The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-09-26
The Great Monnt Holly Fair opens

- Mrs. Charles LaTour is ill with t.
phoid fever at her home on Unto
street.
The Knights of Pythias held a soci'
session on Friday evening, whic
the ladies attended.
lie Mrs. Virginia Deacon, widow OF "
Budd Deacon, died at her home o
of High street, yesterday, after lon
On illness.
Children under Is years of age, wit
ill health certificates, will be admitte
It, free to the Mount Holly Fair on Tues
day, October g.
or The stores of Henry Resented, II
lie Krupnick and David Cerlin will b
closed on Thursday, which is will be
u Jewish holiday.
r. While riding on a shelving on Gran
street last week. Frank Bray, son O
n James Bray, of Rutland avenue, fel
IS off and broke an arm.
Miss Hazel Walch and Miss Florenc,
q Wisham will leave on Thursday TO
S Chicago, where they will enter thu
q National School of Chiropractic.
Robert C. Shoemaker, county super
v intendent of the Y. M. C. A., has re.
turned from his vacation which he
! spent at his former home in Portland,
Maine.
An all day conference will be held In
the Presbyterian church next Monday,
! which will be conducted by Rev. AL
bert F. McGarrah, of Chicago. Leaders
and members of all the churches are
invited to attend.
Acting Governor Gauntt, on Satur-
day, appointed John M. Huff Surro-
gate for this county, and he was quail
fed by Judge Lippincott yesterday
morning. Mr.. Huff has appointed
Henry H. Savage as his deputy.
The Palmyra Improvement Associa-
sion has won its campaign forimprove-
ments at the Pennsylvania railroad
station, and an enclosed shelter shed
will be erected on the eastbound plat
form and fence constructed between
the tracks.
Mrs. Eliza Claypoole met with pain
full accident at her home in Brainard
street, Sunday. She was standing on
chair which slipped from under her.
Mrs. Claypoole was thrown to the floor
and received several bruises and a
sprained ankle.
A Hughes & Fairbanks mass meet
ing will be held in the town hall,
Moorestown, on Tuesday evening, Oc-
tober Sd, at o'clock, Hon. Porter H. |
Dale, congressman from Vermont, will |
be the speaker The meeting will be |
held under the auspices of the Moores-
town Republican club.
THE News is being highly compli-
mented by officers and members of the
Burlington County Federation of
Patriotic and Religious Fraternities for /
publishing, last week, such a correct |
and complete record of the proceedings
of the meeting held by that order on
the 18th. They greatly appreciate the
space allotted to them for their news.
Attempting to start gasoline engine
in the dark proved painful expert
ment for Charles Shinn, a Delanco
farmer. He managed to put the ma
chine in operation, but his fingers be-
came caught in the gears. with the re-
suit that two digits were badly mashed,
his forearm was caught under a rod
and broken in two places and his wrist
badly sprained.
For services as receiver and counsel,
Senator Harold b. Wells and ex-Judge
Joseph H. Gaskill yesterday received
$4,000 each, in the Federal District
Court, in connection with the bank
ruptcy of the Florence Iron Works.
The concern was recently sold to Walt
er Wood, at public sale, for 1928, 500.
The works has been in the hands of
receiver Wells for about two years, dur
ing which about 100000 has been
handled by the receiver and the con-
Germ put upon a paying basis. Pre-
vious to the above award of fees, Mr..
Wells was given $4,000 on account
and Mr.. Gaskill $1,000. Before the re-
ownership is terminated additional fees
will be allowed. L
That one of Mount Holly fair school
teachers is a believer in dreams may
be set down as fact, or, if she is not
she ought to be. While up the creek a
short time since she dropped her
pocketbook into the stream. A few
nights later lady dreamed that she
had taken rake and after dragging
around certain spot in the creek she
recovered the lost property. This WIS
reported to the teacher and she con-
cluded to try the raking idea. She
went to the place where she thoughtJ
the pocketbook went over and after q
few moments of raking, sure enough
she drew the book to the surface and
found its contents intact And this is
not fish story.
Milk will join other high-cost food
products in Burlin gton October l,
when there will be an attempt to boost
the price to 10 cents quart. A few
years ago the price was raised from to
s cents, and consumers, who claim
there is illegal collision between
dealers in the latest price jump, threat
en- to ask County Prosecutor Kelsey to
make an investigation, if the associs-
ton carries out its announced advance.
That there is no warrant for the in
creased price to retail customers is an
other charge of protesting consumers,
who claim that milk shipped by Bur
lington County dairymen to distant
markets sells With transportation |
added at from to 10 cents.
Personal.
Mrs. Frank Willcock, of Philadelphia
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer
Chance.
Miss Ella Trick Champion is spend
ling week with Mr.. and Mrs. George