The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-18

"oocPn u UHitc anu Wlte, OF new LII
bon. are touring on the Pacific coast
There will be a sale of personal prope
ty at the Eayrestown mills on the I'd an
Sd of March.
Rodman w. Bowker will remove to NJ
Sl4 Broad street, having purchased th
property of William Holt.
i Bear in mind the annual donation da
: at the Burlington County Children
Home, Thursday, January 81.
!, An entertainment will be given in tn
q Opera House on Thursday evening, Jar
uary 81, by the junior class of the hig
: school.
b Fred Kohnen and Miss Minnie Wilson
! of Riverside, were married on January
J, by Rev. s. B. Sims, pastor of the Oh
j Swedes Church, Philadelphia.
j Miss Anna Morgan Horner, daughter o
Judge John G Horner, entertained mum
f, Der of her little friends yesterday after
d noon, the occasion being the anniversar.
D of her birth.
A carnival of Opera, by the pupils o
Mrs. Clothier's Dancing Academy, in ait
/ of the visiting nurse fund, will be givei
f in the Mount Holly Theatre on Thursday
and Friday evenings, February and 4.
r Richard Lamb, proprietor of the Wash
ington House, has decided to erect new
hotel at the corner of High and MAR
! streets Plans for the same are being
prepared by William G. Leconey, Moores
town.
: Upsetting lamp while at play on Sun
day evening, Harry Metcalf, of Beverly
discovered his two little daughters afame
He quickly extinguished the fire witt
rugs and saYed them from horrible
death.
II The regular meeting of the Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will be held at the home of Mrs. Ebert
son, 1922 Garden street. this evening, when
business of absorbing interest will be
discussed. All members are requested to
be present.
Providing money for the future is a
very pleasant and profitable experience
when you have an account with the Mount
Holly Safe Deposit and Trust Company.
Do not put it off, but start an account
now. Three per cent. interest paid on
time deposits.
| Applications for positions as census
enumerators should be sent to Evan F.
Benners, Moorestown, before next Tues
day, in order that proper blanks may be
forwarded them for the civil service ex-
animation that must be taken on the 9th
of February.
Asher B. and Alonzo Kirby and David
Gravatt are defendants in suit brought
by Ernest Snyder to recover 900 dam
ages. The parties all live near Smith
vile. The action grows out of the shoot
ing of Snyder while he was in the Kirby
peach orchard last summer.
While skating on Oakford lake on We'd
nesday morning, Elmer Bussom of New
Egypt, fell and fractured his skull, being
carried to his home in an unconscious con-
dition. Bussom is an excellent skater.
His fall was due to an obstruction on the
ice, which he failed to notice.
Edward d. Stokes and wife left yester-
day on a trip around the world. They
will cross the continent and sail from San
Francisco on February 5, on the large and
handsome steamship Cleveland, remain
ing on that ship until it reaches England.
The trip will take about five months.
The following mail remains unclaimed
at the post office: Letters. F. Day, John
Field, Frank Fielder, Mrs. R. w. Graves,
Miss NJ Deacon and Mrs. Harry Han
cock, Miss E. Fl. johnson. Miss Clara
Millen, Harry Snyder; postals. George L.
Borton, George Lacey, Miss E. Schutter.
There is mistaken idea with reference
to the matter of refusal of James Mar
tins license. The general opinion pre-
walls that this license was revoked. Such
is not the case. Mr.. Martin was applying
for his annual renewal and it was against
this application that the remonstrance was
entered.
Have you an account at the Farmers
National Bank, Mount Holly? MOI Then
this is good time to start one. Three
per cent. interest paid on deposits. If
you have any papers you do not wish to
risk keeping in your house, rent lock
box in the new fire and burglar proof safe
Two dollars will pay for one. for year.
A destructive fire occurred on Tuesday
morning in Buffers 10 cent store at Bor-
dentown. Mr.. BUTLER was carrying a
| lighted lamp through the store to place it
| in the window to thaw the frosted panes,
when the lamp exploded in his hands By
dropping it he saved himself from great
injury, but the store was Quilted and the
stock ruined.
| At the Washington House, on Wednes-
day, was held the annual meeting of the
Burlington County Funeral Directors
Association. there being twenty members
present. Around the banquet table sat
representatives of wholesale houses, who
were guests of the society. The follow
ing officers were elected: President, Will
liam 1. Rely, Medford; vice president,
Henry Stellwag, Riverside; secretary and
treasurer, A. B. Grobler, Pemberton.
Mrs. Margaret s. Peacock, widow of
David B. Peacock, one of our oldest and
m ost respected residents, died on Sunday
morning in the S7th year of her age. She
had been sick but a short time, and death
was due to debility. Mrs. Peacock was
the daughter of the late General William
Trick. She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs Frederick G. Ritter and Mrs John
F. Hillary, and son, William l. Pea
cock Mrs Peacock had a host of friends
who will mourn her loss. The funeral
will take place on Wednesday at O'Clock
P. NJ, from her late residence, 1874 High
street.
Buy 1t at Boyce's