The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, OCTORER IA, 1919
LOCAL NEWS.

John Is. Herbert has sold the nous
and lot No 20 Cherry street, to SUSIE
E. Driscoll.
Joseph Deacon, of WOODLAND, is a
the Burlington County Hospital, suf
fering with typhoid fever.
William A. Jones has purchased &
new autobus for use on his Mount
Holly and Lumberton route,
The public schools of Westamptor
township have been closed and the
pupils are being transported to Mount
Holly.
Letters for H. C. Wagner, Mrs. Dora
Washington, Mrs. Chas. Bailey and
Mrs. Lucy Bailey remain unclaimed
in the post Office.
Daylight saving will end on the
last Sunday in October, when the
hands of the clocks will be turned
back at A, M.
Stephen Irwin Carter, who is the
champion Npansy grower, has nearly
$4,000 plants out and some of them
are already in bloom.
One of the prettiest fields of dahlias
that can be seen anywhere around
here is at the home of John Gsell, Jr.,
corner of Mill and Cherry streets.
At the regular meeting of Rancocas
Grange tomorrow night at 8 o'clock,
county Y. M. c. A. secretary Millard
M. Rice will deliver an illustrated lee
ture.
At the Burlington County Hospital
during September there were 66 ad-
missions of cases, 55 dismissals, II
operations, death; remaining in in
stitution IA.
A chicken supper will be served in
the Smithville hall, Thursday even
ing, October %, for the benefit of the
Methodist church. Tickets so and rs
cents. All welcome.
John Condetti was fined $3.50 and
costs by Justice Throckmorton, last
week, on a charge Of illegally shooting
quail near Tabernacle. Game warden
Morton made the arrest.
The building on Washington street
recently occupied by Garrett & Dubell,
together with the residence adjoining
it on the west, has been sold by Annie
p. Evan to Cordelia Matthias.
Captain Andrew Macreadie, who has
been occupying William A. Slaugh-
ter's residence on Ridgway street, has
rented Mrs. Manwaring's property on
the same street for the winter.
Mrs. A. s. L. Doughty has been
named by Governor Runyon as one of
the representatives from New Jersey to
the annual meeting of the American
prison congress to be held at New
York October 20 to "a.
Charles Remine Platt, of Wrights'
town, and Miss Rachel South, of New
Egypt, were married in the Mount
Holly M. E. parsonage, by Rev. Cur
wen B. Fisher. Sunday. They will
reside on Madison avenue.
Frank Applegate, OF Philadelphia,
who recently purchased the house at
the southwest corner of Ridgway street
and Mount Holly avenue from DR.. A.
r.. W. Atwood, is improving the prop
erty preparatory to occupying it.
Charles B. Wollner has purchased
DIR. J. Hume Carter's residence proper
tv on Main street, and will take pos
session December /. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Wollner will make consider
able alterations to the property for the
purposes of his business.
l.. L. Plannett, who conducted
grocery store on Pine street, has re-
moved to Miami, Oklahoma, where he
will engage In business. He lived here
l5 years and he left, as he expressed it
with malice toward none and the best
goodwill to all" His many friends
here wish him success in his new home.
The cranberry crop, it is now
thought, will be several thousand
bushels short of estimates made before
the picking season. When the early
August estimate was made by agents
of the Department of Agriculture, it
appeared that the yield in New Jersey
would be about $50, 900 barrels, but un-
favorable weather did much to reduce
the yield.
Work on the road between Mount
Holly and Moorestown is being pushed
but several detours are necessary to
get through the latter town, the streets
of which are in bad condition 1t is
reported by automobile drivers that
the road between Mount Holly and
Hainesport is not as good job as
might be expected. 1t is very wavy
and fear is expressed that it will get
worse as it gets more wear.
At the meeting of the township COM
mittee last Thursday night, bid was
received from the Public Service Elec-
trio Company to light the streets OF
Mount Holly for a term of five years.
beginning November /, when the old
contract expires. The awarding OF the
contract was postponed in order to per.
NIT the committee to make thorough
examination of the figues presented
The bid handed in appears to be al
the same rate as the former contract.
Walter W. Pharo, one of the found
ers, president and treasurer of the Bel
mont Iron Works, and president-of th'
Tuckerton railroad, died Friday il
Beach Haven. Mr.. Pharo was born il
Tuckerton, May 81, 1866. iHe wa
graduated from Haverford college, clas
of 1876 He was member of the Mer
ion Cricket Club and the Universit,
Club. A wife and two daughters, Mrs
Edward Browning and Miss Elizabet
Pharo, survive him. Mr.. Pharo'
home was in Haverford. He was
member of Haverford Friends Nee
ing.
Next Sunday will be red letter da
in the history of the Methodist churc
and Sunday school, when honor wi
be paid to one of its most loved an
faithful members, and will be celebra
ed the sixtieth anniversary Of the col
secutive service of John H. Dobbins