The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-08
The Tiger A. C. will put base ball
team on the field this season

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town, Wednesday and was buried in
Mount Holly Saturday.
Mrs. Richard P. Holeman and Miss
Mary b. Ober, twin sisters, of los Gar
den street, celebrated their seventy
fifth birthday anniversaries yesterday.
Miss Carrie B. Woodward, of Bloom
field, a former Mount Holly high
school teacher who has been engaged
in Y. w. c. A. work during the war,
visited friends here last week.
| Two colored men living at Haines-
port, Andrew Brown and George Cor
don, have been committed to Jail by
Justice Throckmorton. They are ac-
cused of selling liquor to soldiers.
Two automobiles were reported to the
Camden police Sunday as having been
stolen from in front of moving pic
ture show at Riverside. One belonged
to Thomas Buzby, of Rancocas, and
the other to Charles Kearns, of near
Mount Holly.
Judge Jeffrey, of Ocean county, came
to Mount Holly on Thursday to hold
session of court, but his services were
not required, all the business having
been completed the previous Thursday
by Judge Lippincott. The Ocean
Judge will be here again on Thursday
next.
Under the law giving them the privi-
lege Of taking into custody persons
supposed to be subjects for investiga-
ton the military authorities last week
rounded up ten women who will under
go physical examination, and it is said
there are that many more on the wait
ing list.
Under the leadership of Rev. Oscar
w. Henderson, the new pastor of the
First Baptist church, the Baraca class
of the Sunday school has been reor.
ganized with large number of its old
members and extends to all men an
invitation to spend an interesting and
profitable hour with them on Sunday
afternoon at 2.15.
Our readers will be interested in the
article on some recent discoveries in
connection with John Woolman, which
appears in another column. 1t was
prepared by William A. Slaughter and
Henry G. Shinn. In the last few years
THE NEWS has published a number of
articles of local historic interest, which
are of permanent value. Several more
articles are in preparation.
Union chemical engine was called |
out Yesterday afternoon to the farm of
Oscar Pew on Woodlane. The fire got
away from man who was burning
grass, and in short time had spread
over several fields. At one time it was
dangerously near to two houses on the
road. A pigpen, containing three pigs,
was burned, but the animals were
saved, one of them being slightly
singed.
A memorial service for Warren A.
VanDerveer and Howard M. Karg will
be held in the Presbyterian church on
Sunday evening. Rev. James H. Dun
ham will deliver the memorial address.
A double quartette from the Holly Club
will render special music. The organ
izations and societies to which the two
young men belonged will be present.
and cordial invitation is extended to
the public.
At a joint meeting of the directors of
the Fair Association, representatives
of the county oranges, and the local
business mems association, held last
week, the question of holding the an
nual grange picnic at the fair ground
was discussed and secretary Wills was
directed to ascertain the cost of light
ing the grounds and the large dining
room for dancing. Should this be
done the lights would be installed for
the celebration on July 4th and left in
place until after the merchants picnic.
In June, 1915, man giving the
name of H. Fl. Harris arrived in Mount
Holly and engaged board with Mrs.
Sarah Harris, on Main street. He said
he was government contractor look
ing for boarding place for several
workmen. After staying few days he
rendered Mrs. Harris check for $36.
Mrs. Harris deducted the sum due her
and gave him cash for the balance.
The check proved worthless. County
detective Parker has located Harris at
Arlington, Pa, where he is serving a
Jail sentence. He will be brought to
Mount Holly as soon as his Pennsyl-
vania term expires.
Several green sand mari beds have
been found on farms near New Lisbon
and these are pronounced to be rich in
potash and contain large percentage
of phosphoric acid and lime, making it
especially valuable as fertilizer. Since
the war stopped potash supplies from
Germany, some of the old mari beds,
many years ago abandoned, have been
purchased for their fertilizer qualities.
Land that would not bring ten dollars
an acre few years ago is now selling
at good prices because of the mari
deposits. Agents of fertilizer compan-
les are buying the mari beds on a
rapidly rising market.
Suit has been brought against the
Equitable Trust Company, of Allan
tic City, by Mrs. Newlin Haines, wife
of the former owner of the st. Charles
Hotel. for the return of three bonds be-
longing to her and deposited at the
bank by Mr.. Haines' as collateral secur-
ity on note. She claims she lent
the bonds to Mr.. Haines when he |
made the note for $4,000. One of the |
developments during the testimony of |
Mr.. Haines was that there is an aggre- |
gate of mortgages against the hotel for
close to 81, 900, 900, but that the proper
tY is easily worth twice that sum. 1t
is now in the hands Of a receiver.
The home of Mrs. Lizzie Haines and
Delano Mcdonald, ON Fellowship road
near Maple Shade, was destroyed by
fire last week. Mr.. Mcdonald was
burned about the hands and face
while trying to subdue the flames,
which originated from an incubator.
So rapidly did the fire spread that both
families had to make their escape in
their night clothes. Fire companies
from Camden and Moorestown went to
the aid of the Maple Shade fire COM
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