The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-19

q The property, No. go Brainard stree
with all convenience, is for sale. Appl
n to Louis Garbarino. "a High street.
t. Mrs. Mordecai s. Butterworth, mothe
of Mrs. William D. Marion, died at tn
q Arcade Hotel on Sunday morning.
vi George G. Dennis is running an expires
route between Mount Holly and Burline
v ton, meeting the river boats at the latte
i city.
County Auditor Peacock will be at tn
4 county collectors office every day. t
4 attend to all business that is pre-
sented.
p Harvey Thomas. Of Newark, was lai
. up last week with broken rib, sustaine'
, by fall on the ice. He spent the weel
in Mount Holly.
Overseer Of the Poor Charles h. Roger
has had several calls for assistance, during
the past week, from some worthy poo
families Of the town.
!, Mrs. Martha Quigley having obtained
title to the Peterson property, corner o
Pine and Wall streets. will soon begin t.
make improvements on the same.
Governor Fort sent to the Senate las
night the nomination of John G. Hornel
for reappointment as Law Judge for Bur
lington county. The nomination wal
confirmed Immediately.
Edward Williams, colored, stole horse
from Edward L Godfrey, of Mount
Laurel, last week. The animal was re-
covered in Camden yesterday, and viii.
liams was arrested and committed to jail
there.
| A wire dropped across the trolley feed
wire and the electric light wires on High
street. yesterday, burning out number
of lights along the street and In houses.
1t caused a fire in the Gaskill building,
which was extinguished before much
damage was done.
Manager Hulse, of the Opera House.
will give specially attractive entertain
ment on the nights of Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, February 1, Q and 8, for
the benefit of the America Fire Company.
As the treasury Of this organization is in
need of funds, the public is urged to re-
spond generously when tickets are placed
on sale. They will be 10 cents each, good
for use on any night. There will be
no reserved seats.
The first visitors Arthur Powell had af-
ter removing to house on Water street
were two burglars, who were thwarted In
their purpose to effectan entrance on Sun
day night. Hearing the men on the out
side Mr.. Powell got his shot gun, and
coming down stairs quietly waited in the
kitchen for shutter to open. when he in
tended to shoot. Just as the visitors be-
gan to operate another man In the house.
who had assisted in the moving, got on to
the situation. and the noise he made COM
ing down stairs frightened the burglars
and they ran away, leaving jimmy be-
hind them. The men were chased, but
they escaped through Chances pickle
yard.
One hundred and sixtY-two men, whose
ages range from seventeen to seventy-fve
years, who have taken pledge to stop
profanity, cursing and the use of all OBJ
scene language, assembled at the regular
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus at st.
Paul's R. @. Church, at Burlington, on
Sunday. Pinned on each man was the
badge of the Society of the Holy Name, a
society organized in this church two years
ago, and whose membership in that time
has grown from twenty to one hundred
and seventy five. OF the present member
ship, forty belong to the Junior division
and one hundred and thirty-five are mem
bers of the Senior Division. The society
has very strong national organization.
A pretty, but quiet, wedding occurred
at Beverly on Saturday evening, at 6
O'Clock, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam A. Holland, when their eldest daugh-
ter, Dorothy Mae, and Jay Archer Will
liams, Of Philadelphia, were united in
marriage by the Rev. Arthur Phillips,
pastor of the Presbyterian church,
Beverly. Miss Jean Lambert, of River
side, was maid of honor Owing to the
recent death Of the groom's mother, the
wedding was postponed and the invita-
lions sent out to house wedding were re-
called. The wedding was to have oc-
Cured on January eth, but in order to
have 1t very quiet the date was changed.
Only the immediate relatives attended the
ceremony.
The consideration of the temperance
question in general and of problems In
Burlington county in particular, will oc-
cupy the attention of the County Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, at the an
nual institute to be held at Florence on
Tuesday, January 49, Delegates from all
oyer the county, and prominent woman
workers from South Jersey will be pres
emit. The morning and afternoon sessions
of the institute will be held in the first
Baptist church, and will be taken up for
the most part with organization, greetings
and reports Of committees. The evening
session, which will be held in the first M.
e. church. will be addressed by Professor
Francis Green. of the West Chester, Pa,
State Normal School. At this meeting a
portrait of Frances E. Willard, former
president and organizer of the Worlds
and National W. G. T. u, will be pre-
sented to the Florence high school and be
received on behalf of the school by
Daniel Bishop. president of the Board of
Education
Whether 1t was merely coincidence or
whether 1t was design is not known, but
the fact remains that the Burlington
County Funeral Directors Association
held its annual meeting and banquet the
day following similar function by the
Burlington County Medical Society. The
meeting was the largest held for a num-
Der of years, 20 members being present,
in addition to whom there were, as guests,
the following gentlemen from the
State Association: President, w. B. M.
Burrell, of Camden; Treasurer. W. B.
Thompson, of Atlantic City; and chair
man of the finance committee George
Keates, of Atlantic City. There were
also number of representatives of whole
sale houses present. The following Off