The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17
Eastman's Kodaks and supplies.

The engagement Is announced OF Jos
eph Orfe and Miss Lottie Foster, both Of
Riverside.
| Harvey Burtis has rented bis store OF
Mill street to Benjamin Hirschblond, wht
will open clothing store.
Bad luck seems to follow Aaron NJ
Bishop, of Bridgeboro, who is suffering
from a second fracture of the same arm.
For sale, fine brick residence, corner
property, steam heat, gas, sewer connec
lions, etc. Possession at once. Address
A. A. Anderson, Mount Holly.
| Next Saturday evening the degree team
from the Odd Fellows Lodge, of Glouces
ter. will visit Medford and confer degree.
on eleven members of the latter lodge.
Mrs. Rebecca B. Prickett has issued In.
vitations for the marriage of her daugh-
ter. Grace Travis, to Earl ]. Van Solver,
tomorrow evening at $50 O'Clock, at 31S
Garden street.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Fair Association was held on
Saturday. The old directors and officers
were reelected and the usual dividend OF
five per cent. was declared.
On Wednesday evening District Deputy
Thomas B. Evans, of Moorestown, with
his staff of officers, installed the officers OF
Mount Holly and Unity Lodge, No. 10,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
The third of series Of six dances by
the Mount Holly Canoe Club was given
In the Masonic Temple on Saturday night.
The decorations we're of Japanese style.
The next dance will be held February IL.
Fire caught from stove In the kitchen
of Abraham Cawley. at Cookstown. on
Tuesday while no one was at home and
would have burned the house. but 1t was
discovered by the occupants of wagon
passing along the road.
On the evenings of January 90 and 81,
Mrs. Clothier's dancing class will give its
annual entertainment, a Carnival of
Opera, at the opera house, for the benefit
of the visiting nurse. Tickets on sale at
Aliens drug store and by members of the
class
Charles LaTour is the first In the field
to announce his candidacy for Office next
November. He will try for the nomi
nation and election to the Office of town
ship clerk. Charles is well qualified for
the position, and he is quite popular with
the people.
A new post Office, to be known as Cedar
Crest, will be established at Keswick Col
ony Of Mercy, near Toms River Civil
service examinations will be held at Whit
ings, whittier the colonists have gone for
their mail heretofore, on February A, to
pick out postmaster.
John Mccarthy, son of Mrs. Anna Nc
earthly, of Mount Holly, died in New
York city on Sunday, from pneumonia.
The body was brought to Mount Holly,
accompanied by the young mans sister,
who was summoned to her brothers bed
side by the news of his serious illness.
In his annual report the President of
Princeton University says:-''This year,
as last. about 20 per cent. of the freshman
class enter from public high schools. 1t
is an interesting fact that the 20 per cent.
of our students who come from the public
high schools win more than 40 per cent. of
the general honors."
The following unclaimed mail remains
10 the post Office for the week ending Jan
uary IA: Letters, Theodore Frell, Bertha
Gardner, Nathan Rudberg, Mrs. Hill,
Mrs. 81. o. Hanniman. Postals, Mrs.
Catherine Grady, Mark Rigg, Miss ].
Wigham, Mr.. Lumbach. Miss Annie Mil
Ter. Miss Clarissa Howell.
On Thursday, the Goth of this month,
the managers of the Children's Home will
have their annual donation day. Contri-
buttons of any character will be thank
fully received. 1t does not seem neces-
sary to call attention to the good work
done by this institution. The benefits it
has conferred are well known all over the
county. Help the good work along
The wife of John M. Smith, superinten-
dent of the Burlington County Traction
Company, died at her home In Haines-
port, on Wednesday, from cancer on the
face. The funeral took place on Satur-
day. Interment was made in st. Mary's
cemetery, Mount Holly. Mr.. Smith de-
sires to express thanks to many friends
for acts of kindness during his troubles
A letter from former Justice John D.
Cleyenger states that he has been under
the doctors hands, In Washington, D. c.,
for about four weeks, but he is coming
around all right. He has associated him
self with the Metropolitan Baptist Church
and has been elected a member Of the
MEMS Barracca Glass;" the president
and leader of which Is Congressman
Hamill. of Missouri. The class has sixty
members.
Charged with murderous assault upon
relatives living on Earl street, Burlington,
Barclay Peak, slayer of Katie Anderson,
and now on parole from twenty year
sentence In the state prison, was lodged
In the jail at Burlington Saturday night
after tussle with the policemen, who
took from him blackjack with which 1t
is alleged he tried to beat out the brains
of Clarence Frake. The police say they
haye been uneasy about the presence of
Peak. Saturday night, 1t is charged, he
entered Frake's home with the avowed de-
termination to ''clean house" and when
Frake resisted his efforts to drive the &C.
cupants into the street, he was beaten
Friday, February II, is the date fixed
for the annual meeting of the Burlington
County Board of Education. In addition
to making this gathering for Boards Of
Education, it has been decided to have
the teachers from the various townships
present, and arrangements are being made
to close the schools of the county on that
day. There will be two speakers at the
meeting, one of whom comes from the
west, where he has large farming inter
ests. He has made a special study of
the needs of country schools, on which
subject he will speak. The meeting will
be held in the Mount Holly opera house
The Pennsylvania Railroad has decided
to issue more stock and along with the
statement of this fact comes the oft-re
peated story that the road between Bir-
mingham and Camden is to be double