The Mount Holly news., 1916-09-19
Mrs. George w. vanderveer is quite

1cIU0Kb VIII HAS lCLhONSN AAS
Smithville to Broad street, Moul
Holly.
Iy Mrs. Mary E. Harris has remove
lg- from Wrightstown and will reside
Belmar.
, Henry 1. Worrell, night officer at th
Der Jail, is seriously ill at his home o
Main street.
nd A daughter arrived in the home {
on Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Shemeley o
Thursday evening. ~
an DIR. C. E. Lord, the dentist, is lai
ed up with an attack of grippe at hi
home on Washington street.
re Vincentown Grange has awarded tn
IN contract for the erection of buildin,
containing commodious hall.
r Miss Lidie Worrell, one of the opera
n tors at the local Bell telephone ex
t. change, is off duty on account of ill
l. ness.
}, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Burtis are re-
d ceiving congratulations on the arrival
of daughter which was born on
S Saturday.
n William ]. Clark injured his right
/ hand last week while making an ad-
ljusfment on the railroad bridge at
: Hainesport.
e The Woman's Home Missionary
4 Society of the M. E. church will hold a
meeting at the home of Mrs. s. Earl
Assay this evening.
Eli T. Fryer, captain in the United
: States marine service, has been advanc-
ed to the position of major. He is
son of Samuel Fryer, of Mount Holly.
The next Governor of New Jersey
will be at the Mount Holly Fair on
one, if not all of the days-October 3D.,
4th, 5th and 9Th. Come and see if you
can pick him out.
The official board of the United
TBrethren church, at its regular month
lly meeting, last week, requested the
return of Rev. L. d. Gottschall, pastor,
for another year.
A macadam road is being built from
Mount Holly to Chambers Corner.
Work was begun last week. Next
summer the road will be covered with
a bituminous mixture.
While driving down High street
after the base ball game on Saturday,
William Grover ran into telephone
pole to avoid colliding with another
car, and slightly damaged his automo-
bile.
Mrs. George ]. Robertson and daugh-
ter Maud, will move to Philadelphia,
this week. Their property on Broad
street will be occupied by Louis j.
Kayser, the new county superintendent /
of schools.
The flights of the airship are worth
the price of admission to the Mount
Holly Fair on the Sd, 4th, 9TH and 9Th
of October. The flyer is undercontract
to give more thrilling exhibition than
that of last year.
Rev. Henry Teller Cooke has accept
ed the call to become rector of st. An
drew's church, Mount Holly, and will
take charge in November. For some
time he has been rector of st. Paul's
Episcopal church at Winston Salem,
North Carolina.
Thomas Martindale, of Philadelphia,
noted hunter of big game, who deliver
ed lecture on that subject in Mount
Holly, last winter, died in the wilds of
British North Columbia, on Wednes-
day. He was on one of his periodical
trips in search of game in the wilder
ness of the northwest. He was 70 years
Of age.
Thomas L. Quigley, life guard at the
swimming pool below the mill dam,
went off duty, on Thursday, for this
season. He reports having made 10
rescues during the summer. The popu-
larity of the bathing there has greatly
increased and, on number of occa-
sions the attendance was so great that
more than one guard would have been
of advantage.
Woodrow Wilson, Free-Trad err" is
the title of Document No. 3, just issued
by the American Protective Tariff
League, New York. 1t is a truthful
and able presentment of the lifelong
economic predictions of Woodrow
Wilson. Nothing more timely than
this document has been put in circula
ton. 1t tells the truth regarding Wood
row Wilson's undertaking adherence to
the oernicious policy of free trade.
A Ford automobile belonging to Will
liam A, Jones, of Mount Holly. was
stolen in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
The driver, John w. Archer, Jr., had
taken the car to that city to bring
home lot of supplies. He stopped at
No. 3l6 Broad street and went into the
building to get some articles. When
he came out the automobile was miss
ing. Among the supplies that were in
the car when it was stolen were FIVE |
Presto-lite tanks, five tires, a dozen |
tubes and wind shield. The total
loss is over $500.
The body of William S. Hodgson, a
retired Pennsylvania railroad carpenter,
was found in the creek on Saturday
afternoon, near the electric light
station, Water street. How he got
I.drowned is not known, but the sup
position is that he fell into the creek
( from a wharf on Charles street, which
he visited almost every evening. Mr..
Hodgson was widower, and had been
boarding with Mrs. Alfred Aaronson,
on Madison avenue. Coroner Gaskill,
after an Investigation, decided that
death had been accidental. Deceased
was in the 10th year of his age. The
funeral takes place to-day. Interment
will be made at Bordentown.
The Burlington Enterprise has daily
items headed why is it ?'> and
: then two or more subjects are mention
ed One of the funniest that has been
inserted was "Why is it that the troll
| ley road between this city and Mount
: Holly is not in better condition ?'' 1t
is not supposed that the Enterprise ex-
pected to get satisfactory answer for
that is the question that has been pro-
pounded more than once for long
|, time. There are many replies that
. could be made but it is doubtful if any
!, Iof them would touch the mark. The
fact that the road is not in better con