The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-12-24
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

with typhoid fever.
Those desiring the services of tb
town nurse, can find her at No. 5 WASH
ington street.
Mrs. Samuel Z. Gaskill, of Murrel
street, is recovering from an attack o
pneumonia.
improvements have been made to tn
Dobbins Memorial Chapel in the Pin
street cemetery.
The Methodist Sunday school, at Tab
ernacle, held its Christmas entertainment
on Saturday evening =
Mrs. Cobb, of Mount Holly, was al
Lumberton, last week, visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. Caleb Ried.
The wife of DR.. Leon Goble, of Penn
berton, who was operated on for appen.
dicitis, is making good recovery.
At Frogtown. on the North Pemberton
road. near Smithville, three deer have re-
Gently been seen grazing in the fields.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of John G. Atkinson and Miss Helen
Amanda Fisher, both of Vincentown.
Miss Luella Irons, of Mill street, has re-
signed her position in the Office of the II.
B. Smith Machine Company, at Smith
ville
The Christmas entertainment of the
Methodist Sunday school, at Vincentown,
was held last night. The programme was
highly enjoyed.
The Bordentown contested election case
for councilman of the second ward, will
come up in court for hearing next Sat-
urday morning.
Upholstering. carpet laying, furniture
repairing, floor staining, vanishing and
kalsomining. Samuel J. Taylor, 20 High
street. Bell 1913 D.
The w. G. T. q. will meet with Mrs.
Sarah Lamb, corner Garden and Button
wood streets, on Monday afternoon, De-
cember 30, at three O'Clock.
A convention of the W. G. T. U. will be
held in the Methodist Church. Mount
Holly, on February 18th. A fine pro-
gramme will be presented.
A sale of fancy work and candy was
held in St. Andrews gymnasium building,
Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of
the Girls Friendly Society Candidates.
The convenience of the telephone is
now being enjoyed at Eayrestown, be-
cause of an extension of its system to that
village by the Interstate Telephone Co.
The unclaimed letters remaining in the
post Office for the week ending December
81, 1907: Mrs. Sarah Fevere, Charles d.
Howard, Mary w. Roberts. Postal, Miss
Catherine Elizabeth.
The production of Hamlet" in the
Lyric Theatre, at Philadelphia, on Thurs
day night, was witnessed by the pupils of
the 1909 class and the teachers of the
Mount Holly high school.
After next Monday the meeting night
of the Shepherds of Bethlehem will be
changed to Friday. This lodge held a
Christmas tree social last night. The oc-
casion was full of good cheer.
One of the most admired houses In
Mount Holly is that of Mrs. Joseph W.
Emley, on Garden street, which has just
been painted by Restore Lippincott. whose
taste in colors is shown on this job.
The annual meeting of the boys de-
partment of the Young Mems Christian |
Association, of Mount Holly. will be held |
on Friday evening, January 8, at which |
time the young men will entertain their |
parents.
Pinesalve Carbolized acts like poul |
tice, draws out Inflammation and poison. |
Antiseptic healing. For chapped hands.
Ups. cuts, burns. Sold by a. B. Allen,
Mount Holly, F. 8. billiard, Vincen-
town.
When John Bean pleaded not guilty to
breaking and entering the foundry store
In Florence, at session of court held on
Thursday. Judge Horner advised the de-
PENDANT to secure counsel, as the charge
was serious one.
A Burlington clothing man, who is de-
sirous of starting business in Mount Hol-
ly, has offered larger rent by So per
month than was ever received before for
the store on High street which has been
occupied by James Z. Parker.
According to announcement made by |
the referee, s. D. 0liphant. Jr., of Tren-
ton, dividend will be paid to-day to |
those creditors holding allowed claims
against the defunct Standard Hicks Ham
mock Company, of Mount Holly.
Returning from Chicago, where he at
tended the annual meeting of the manu-
facturers of wood working machinery, |
Capt. Elton A. Smith, of Smithville, says
the representatives expressed themselves |
to the effect that there will be general
revival of business after January 1.
The mecca for candy buyers this sea.
son has been at the store of Joseph G.
Bower, on High street, where an elegant
array of sweetmeats is displayed. He
has everything in the line of preserved
fruits, chocolates, bon bons, nut candy,
etc., and fancy boxes in which to place
Christmas gifts.
The Baptist Sunday school held its an
niversary exercises last evening, and des.
pite the bad weather good audience was
present. Other Christmas exercises will
be held as follows: st. Andrews and
/. Methodist tonight; Presbyterian Thurs
day night and the Unionville Sunday
school Friday evening.
Philip c. Goodman, of Philadelphia,
and Miss Veneta M. Robertson, of Mount
Holly, were married at the parsonage of
the First Presbyterian Church, Camden,
by Rev. w. FL. Fishburn, on Thursday
evening, December 10. Mr.. and Mrs
Goodman are expected to spend Christ
mas day with relatives in Mount Holly.
A traction engine. owned by Thomas
Marter, fell through the bridge at Kirby's
Mills, on Wednesday, completely wreck
ing the structure. Herbert Marter and
the man who was running the engine,
narrowly escaped injury Marter jumped.
but the engineer was carried down with
the wreckage, and nearly froze before
he was fished out
Mrs Edward F. Burns has received a
liberal response from the lodges at Vim
centown as the result of an appeal sent on
behalf of the Burlington County Hospital
In letter acknowledging the receipt of s.