The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-01-08
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day.
he William Wright has been appointed
a. manager of the opera house, A. L. Sailel
y having resigned.
Edward FL. Pancoast has been appointed
l. Freebooter from Cinnaminson, vice Enoch
r Evans, deceased.
Charles H. Pittman, of Hanover, had
It one of his feet crushed by barrel of
e cranberries falling on him
n Miss Clara Severns, of Shreve street,
fell on the sidewalk near her home, on
+, Friday night. and fractured her left col
y lar bone.
i Resented Bros, Mill street, are dis
posing of large lot of blankets and
: other bedding at cut prices during their
r January clearance sale.
The January clearance sale at Rosen-
field Bros, on Mill street, means that you
s can buy sideboards and other furniture at
i half price. Also pictures, lamps, etc. =
Mr.. and Mrs. David E. Sooy, of Mill
street. celebrated the fortieth anniversary
of their marriage on New Years night.
e A large number of friends were present.
There will be meeting at the Court
House, this evening, to which every
citizen is invited. Many questions of
Importance will be discussed. The meet
! ing will convene at eight o'clock
Real estate agent ]. D. Clevenger has
sold the house No So Pine street. belong
ing to Miss Susie E Woolman, of Mason
vile, to Melvina Nippins, of Mount
Holly, for $3.50. Immediate possession
was given.
Wilbur Howey and Charles Schmidt, of
Riverside, are suffering from burns and
decorations caused by the premature ex-
plosion of blank cartridges which they
were handling. finger on Schmidt's left
hand is painfully injured, while the
: palm of Howey's left hand is badly torn
There will be moving picture enter
tainment at the Opera House on Saturday |
afternoon and evening. The performance
will last for more than two hours and will |
comprise the finest views before the public
to day. Admission, in the evening, down
stairs, % cents, balcony, Is cents. Mat
inee, IS cents. No seats reserved.
A special meeting of the stockholders
of the Concert Hall Association will be
held at the Office of Franklin B. Lewis, on
Thursday morning, to approve the action
of the board in ordering the distribution
Of tho eurpl,1s finds 70 tho otnoH hnldaro |
and to transact such other business as
may come before the meeting.
Mrs Rachel Townsend, of Garden street,
who went to Flatbush, L. l., on Christ
mas. to visit her son, George K. Town
send, was taken i'll with pneumonia few
days after her arrival and died last night
Undertaken Morris III. Keller left this
morning to bring the body to Mount Hol-
ly. The deceased was sister of Daniel
Kempton.
Miss Wilson, champion female bowler,
defeated Thomas B. Denness, of Mount
Holly, three of five games on the Mill
street alleys on Friday night. Scores
Miss Wilson, 161, 221. III, IA 202; Den
ness, 1859, IA, 149, TT, 17S. After the
above contest, the Mount Holly team de-
feated Camden club in five games by
total of ia pins. Miss Wilson played
with the visitors.
F. II. Jackal, of this town, who was
seriously injured recently by the break |,
ing of scaffolding while painting house
at Moorestown, is improving His left
wrist was broken and he also sustained
internal injuries. Of the two men who
were working with him one had a wrist ;
broken, hip bruised, and was cut about ,
the head, the other was only slightly in
jured. The men fell some twenty two
feet
In fast and exciting basket ball game {
on Saturday evening the Mount Holly 1st
and I'd teams defeated Riverside LIST and
Cd, in the first game of the Burlington
County Basket Ball League. The features
of the game were the playing of Morgan
and Borden for Mount Holly first and
Philips for the I'd. Score, first team 20 to
8; second team to 5. The second game
of the League will be played in the King
street armory the latter part of this week.
The Board of Directors of the Mount
Holly Y. M. G. A. has secured the use of
the P. o. s. of A. hall, on Main street,
for the rest of the winter. The Associa-
ton will hold business meeting in the
room this evening at 8 o'clock, to decide
on the nights to keep the room open, also
to lay plans for the boys work department
and attend to any other business that may
need attention. There will be a meeting
for men in the hall next Sunday, January
10, at p M. An address will be given
by Alexander Forbes All men are cor
daily invited.
At the annual meeting of the Baptist
Sunday school, last night, the following
officers were elected for the present year:
Superintendent, Joseph w. Colkitt; as
sstant superintendent, John d. eleven
ger; secretary, Samuel Borden; assistant
secretary, Maurice Durand; treasurer.
Howard Moore; organist and musical di-
rector, Mrs Jere Fl. Colkitt; pianist, Miss
Elsie Hughes; violinist, Joseph Wilson;
librarian, Frank Flowers; teacher of pri-
mary department, to be filled; assistant
superintendent of primary department,
Miss Ella Worrell; treasurer of aid fund,
Mrs Joseph c. Cowgirl.
To learn that he is actually five years old
er than he really thought he was, has PROV
ed gratifying rather than disappointing
experience for Charles Penn, Civil War
Veteran, of Bridgeboro. Penn didn't re:
member just how old he was when he
took out pension few years ago. He |
thought he was now about so years old |
and has accordingly been drawing a |
pension of So under that limit. A notary |
public had occasion to look up the old
veterans record. however, and has found
that Penn is older than he thought. Penn
will therefore come in under the 65-year
class and will now receive So more pension
money monthly.
Personal.
Miss Blanche Gale spent Wednesday in
Philadelphia.
Owen Gray of Beverly, spent yester-