The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-01-15
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1907
LOCAL NEWS.

street SCtuce. DOJOC o VI NONAoS'
John Worlin has purchased propert
on Pine street from A. E. Gaskill for $50
Eckard P Budd, of Mount Holly, hi
been appointed counsel for Medford tow
ship.
William c. Wetherill has purchased tt
residence of Edward F. Burns on Unto
street.
The eighteenth birthday of Lulu Hanc'
of Birmingham, was celebrated on Tue
day evening.
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of LEM
will fall on February 10, and Easter Sur
day on March 81.
The residence of the Misses Champion
on High street, has been purchased b
John Butterworth for $4,000.
George Coleman, who has been con
Quoting a store at Masonville, has sold hi
business to A. A. Zelley, of Moorestown
Susan E. Woolman, of Masonville, ha
sold a property on Pin 7treet, Noun
Holly, to Mrs. Thomas W. Nippins TO
$780,
A distribution of twenty five cents OIL
the dollar is being made to the creditor
of the estate of Grant Davis, deceased
of Mount Holly.
Mrs. Frances Chambers, of, Mount Holly
has sold two houses at Jobstown to Geo
Borden, whose farm hands will live il
them next spring.
A handsome memorandum book con
tanning much valuable information is the
seasons greeting sent out by the Unior
National Bank, of Mount Holly.
Roy Grant, of Toms River, was pre-
sented by the Baptist Sunday school, Of
that place, with gold seal ring for at
tending every session during the past ten
years.
Edward Y. Adams, captain and third
baseman of the E. Burd Grub base bal
club, of Beverly. has signed contract to
play with the Lynn team of the New Eng
land League for the coming season.
According to an order issued by Cover
nor Stokes, no military company in the
state can be composed of more than 65
members, and the number must be cut
down to that figure by March 81.
Miss Deborah A. Kelley, one of the
Oldest Sabbath school workers in the State,
died in Burlington. She was so years old
and had been a teacher in St. Mary's Epis-
copal Sunday school more than fifty years.
Rollerskating on the streets of Burling
ton has reached such proportions that
pedestrians have complained against it,
and Mayor Rue has issued an edict pro-
hibiting the sport in the business district.
Michael, son of Thomas Cunningham,
of Evesboro, while passing over bridge
ON the Davis farm, drove off the end of
it. The wagon went into the ditch, and
by jumping Michael received badly
sprained ankle.
Attending the funeral of Miss Mary
Wetherill. prominent resident of Bur
lington Friday, was her brother DR.. 10
seph E. Wetherill, who this week travelled
all the way from Texas to be present at
the obsequies.
Invitations have been issued by the
Seaside Park Yacht Club for a reception
and dance to be held at the Roosevelt, in
Philadelphia, on February 1. Many peo-
pie from Mount Holly, Moorestown and
Merchantville are expected to be present.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Funeral Directors Association
was held in Mount Holly, on Thursday,
and the following officers were elected:
President, William Fl. Cline, Vincentown;
vice president, Frank B. Keller, Borden
town; secretary and treasurer, Augustus
B. Grobler, Pemberton.
At a special election called by the Board
of Education of North Hanover town.
ship, on Thursday afternoon, the taxpay-
ars voted an appropriation of $4,000 for
\ Hiding and furnishing a new school
arl ,se, which will be located on the Han
Bullock farm, on the road leading
=, ~ Jacobstown to Sykesville.
W.
WI well Hazrille, of Kinkora, was COM
Bra, 4 to the county jail, last week, after
ides ing to the latter place to make col
TT is on some articles which he sold
= The prisoner is charged with pur-
i,-s.lg $1053S worth of goods from
LIZ Lanzner, of Trenton, on the install
ment plan, paying $50 down and then dis
posing of the property, after which he
went to Phenixville, Pa.
An adverse decision has been rendered
by the township committee against the
Wissahickon Manufacturing Company,
which concern has been notified to remove
its business to location that will not be
so likely to jeopardize nearby property in
case of fire. This decision on the part of
the authorities was in accordance with a
petition, signed by people living near the
factory on RisdOn street, that such action
be taken.
Her clothing catching fire from an oil
stove at her home, in East Burlington,
Friday evening, Mrs. Thomas Cook, 46
years old, rushed into the street atlame
from head to foot Employees of the Gun
ningham Hotel, hearing her shrieks,
rushed to her aid and succeeded in beating
out the flames but not until the woman had
been seriously burned and their own hands
badly scorched, Mrs. Cook had been pre-
pairing supper and got to near an oil stove.
Almost all the clothing was burned from
her body She died on Sunday.
At the regular meeting sof the official
board of St. Paul's NJ E. Church. Ocean
Grove, Thursday evening, the committee
on pastoral relations submitted recon-
mendation that Rev. Marshall Owens
who is now pastor of the Centenary M. E
Church, Camden, be invited to the
pastorate of st. Paul's Church. The re-
port was accepted, and the committee in
structed to do all in their power to secure
him. 1t is understood that he will accept
subject to the approval of Bishop Warren
who will preside over the next conference
our present form of government have
been revived by the circulation of pc
tition by Joseph r. Gillian, president O.
the Mount Holly Improvement Associa
ton, and which is intended for presen
tation to the Legislature, asking for thu
passage of law creating a borough
charter sfor this town. Advocates ia