The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-12
LOCAL NEWS.
Buv It at Boyce's.


Ice five inches thick was gathered from
the pond at Smithville last week.
Mrs Harvey Burtis. of Mill street. hal
been confined to her bed for eight week
with malarial fever.
A reception is to be given In the Levi
building this evening by the local branch
of the Knight of Columbus.
Ross s. McCown. county secretary Of
the Y. M c. A., has been entertaining his
mother, Mrs. M. G. McCown, of Fayettes
vile, Tenn.
Girl or middle aged woman for doing
general house work Is wanted. Address
Mrs. Chas B Horror, or p. o. box 730
Mount Holly, N. j.
A property on the Rancocas creek, neal
Hainesport, has been sold by the heirs OF
the late John D. johnson to the Lumber
ton Shoe Company.
The people of Marlton and Medford are
about to have the benefit of the five cent
package express on the railroad trains
running to those places.
The iqniting of some gasoline set fire
10 the automobile of DR. p L. Gauntt, on
Mill street, Saturday night The flames
were extinguished before much damage
had been done.
The Curtis dry goods store Is to be re-
modelled this spring. A new front will be
put in, the stairway moved back, all the
shelves replaced by new ones, and other
improvements made.
The Common Council of Atlantic City
has APPOINTED E. D. Rightmire city
engineer at 4 salary of $4,000 per annum.
Mr. Rightplire, who is also county engi-
neer, formerly resided in Mount Holly.
The annual election of officers of the
New Jersey Bee Keepers Association, at
Trenton, on Saturday. resulted in the
naming W.. w. Case, of FrenchtownT
president; J. 81. M. Cook. of Essex Falls;
A.. G.. Hahn, of Pittstown, and A. @. Carr,
of New Egypt, vice presidents, and A. q.
Hahn, secretary and treasurer.
Eleven Pullman cars filled with passen
gers is the average train reaching Lake
wood on Saturday afternoons, taking to
that resort many prominent people. As
clerk In the Laurel -in-the-Pines Richard
&. Folwell, of Mount Holly, is hobnob-
bing with some of the noted men of the
county.
Connected with conspiracy to rob the
Riverside Metal Company, Frank Bayer
and Davy Ginsburg, of Camden, have
been committed to the county Jail. After
months of hard work the plot was I'M
earthed by private citizen acting as a
detective, who recovered 400 pounds Of
valuable metal.
Big appetites are wanted for Friday and
Saturday evenings of this week by the
Good Intent Fire Company. The men,
bers are very active In making prepar-
ations for their annual supper, which
event will be up to the usual standard.
The menu will be served in the engine
house under improved conditions
The following are the unclaimed letters
remaining In the post Office for the week
ending January 8: Miss Emiline BARTLETT,
Miss G. e. Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. A. 8.
Jones, F. G. Rowan, Ladislar Toeda.
Postals: Geo. Loveman, Miss Dorothy
Burr, Emma Bartlett, Mrs. Daniel |
CROWN, f. q. Martin, Mrs. Fred Mason,
Mr.. King, Q: Miss Minnie Truitt, Miss
Laura B. Carly.
Columbus Grange has elected the follow
ing officers: Master. Morris Lippincott;
overseer, George Black; steward, Lewis |
Taylor; lecturer, Eliza Deacon; assistant |
steward, William Sharp; chaplain, Israel |
Kirby; treasurer. John Hancock; secretary, |
Rilla E. Kirby; gate keeper, ]. Herbert |
Deacon; ceres, Elizabeth Lippincott |
pomona, Louis Chaffey; fora, Lillian Nj
Bullock; pianist, Alice Grinell-
Officers of Bright Star Lodge No. 10, !
Shepherds of Bethlehem; Past Commander, |
Mrs. Name Clevenger; Commander Will |
liam Rossell; vice commander, Mrs. VIII
liam Mcintosh; chaplain, Mrs. Marion |
Shinn; master of ceremonies, James Richey; |
accountant, Mrs. Sue Austin; treasurer,
Mrs. Ida Eddleman; scribe, B. o. Herbert;
inside guard. Mrs Laura M. BOUCHER;
outside guard, Miss Alberta Reeves.
There are two features in the advertis-
Ing columns of THE NEWS today. One is |
the large advertisement of Martin Bayers-
dorfer, who offers big reductions in the /
line of clothing, furnishing goods, etc. |
The other is the annual report of the /
County Auditor, which appears several |
months earlier than usual, because !
the annual meeting of the Board of
Freeholders has been changed from May
to January.
The Baptist Sunday school has elected
the following officers: secretary, Samuel /
A. Borden; treasurer. Howard e. Moore;
organist, Mrs j. 81. Colkitt; pianist, Miss |
Elsie Hughes; cornetist, J. L. Spencer;
violinists Ross w. Quicksall, Samuel |
Bovine, Joseph Wilson; librarian. Frank |
Flowers; assistant superintendent primary |
department, Miss Ella Worrell; treasurer |
primary department. Miss Florence |
Moore.
Washington Camp, No. II, P. o. s. of |
A., has the following new officers: Past |
President, WINS Russell; president, |
Clarence T. Marshall; master of forms, B. |
p. Haines; recording secretary, Samuel |
Z. Colder; financial secretary, Frank s. |
Davis; treasurer, Albertus FL. Jackson; con- |
ductor, Fl. Groom; inspector, Jacob Haag; |
guard, Herbert l.. Townsend; trustees, |
]. Frank Scattergood, H. L. Townsend, |
Samuel c. Stanton.
A surprise party was given Miss Nan |
Collins, of Philadelphia, at the residence
OF her aunt, Mrs: Sarah Atkinson, of |
Water street, on Wednesday evening last |
Guests were present from Philadelphia, |
Camden, MoorestowD, Hainesport and
Burlington. The young people enter
tanned themselves with games and dane |
ing, music being furnished by an .orches-
ira from Philadelphia. Refreshments
were served, and an enjoyable evening |
was spent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Haines, of jackson. |
Vile, celebrated the golden anniversary
Of their wedding on Wednesday with a |
number of their children and old friends |
as their guests. Both Mr.. and Mrs1Haines |
are hale and hearty, and none present at
the reception had more enjoyable time
than they. Mr.. Haines Is slightly stopped
but on Wednesday he forgot all about his
condition and age and surprised those
present with his activity. Among the
presents received was purse of $25.
On Wednesday evening Anna May Gale,
aged 16 years, living with her grand
mother at the corner of Bispham and
Monroe streets. tried to commit suicide.
On the plea that she wanted to kill cat,
the girl obtained an ounce of chloroform
from local drug store. Going home,
she swallowed part of the drug. She
saturated handkerchief with the re-
mainder, and getting into bed placed this
over her face. Anna was found In an
unconscious condition, but physicians
brought her around all right. The girl
Is worried because of the arrangement of
her father and mother.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs Philip s.
Irons, on Mill street, Thursday evening,
occurred the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Luella Elliott Irons, and Frederick
Ellsworth Colder, son of Samuel E.
Colder, of Madison avenue. The cere-
mony was performed at 80 o'clock by
Rev. Marshall Owens, of Camden. The
bride was given away by her father.
Miss Bessie Anderson played wedding
march The bridesmaid was Miss Cora
Vansleet, of Philadelphia. Walter Luz
kens. of the same city, was best man.