The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-04-18


t The store In which you have confidence
Boyce's.
Q George II. Hall removed his family
I from Union street to Clifton avenue, yes
terday.
Ladies wanted to cut scallop embroidery
q Apply Mrs. A. R. Allen. Madison ave
nue., Mount Holly.
( The Shepherds of Bethlehem of Bur
lington county will hold convention al
Riverton on April 81.
/ Expressman George B Dennis became
} Ill on Saturday and was threatened with
pneumonia. His condition has since i'm.
proved.
, John Worth, of Mill street, was tax en-
, Ill last week with appendicitis. Other
complications prevented an operation
from being performed.
} Twenty shares of stock of the Camden
and Burlington County Railroad Com
; pany were sold at public sale in Philadel-
phia. last week, for $40 per share.
A bamboo fishing rod and float, picked
up this morning near Hartford by Will
liam p. Lippincott, awaits an owner at
the Surrogate's office in Mount Holly.
The remains of Mrs. Mary Roberts,
mother of William Roberts, of Mount
Holly, were brought here from Camden,
! yesterday afternoon, and buried in Wood
lane Cemetery.
i At the close of the prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening, in the Methodist
church, the first quarterly conference will
be held. Rev. Alfred Wagg, of Trenton,
will preside.
4 The receipt of a letter last week con-
Yeyed information to the effect that the
father of the Italian having charge of the
Boston shoe repair shop on High street,
died in Italy ON March 2s.
In the Methodist church on Friday
evening at 2 40 the Rev. A. r. A. Neu-
doerffer, OF the. Lutheran church at
Hsinesport, will deliver an illustrated
lecture on the Life of Christ. Admission
free.
William Owens. colored, of West Wash
ington street, whose death resulted from
pneumonia, was buried yesterday after
noon in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Deceased.
who was 81 years old. was for many years
9 waiter at the Arcade hotel.
The new home of the Relief Engine
Company. at Moorestown. is about COM
pleted. The suggestion has been made
that the fire apparatus be moved into the
building with appropriate ceremonies on
Memorial day. when most of the people
there would be able to enjoy the exer-
cises.
It's stated that II Thomas E. French,
of Camden. In his proposed investigation
of the affairs of Burlington county for the
past FIVE years, as ordered by the Supreme
courts. finds that any member of the
board of freeholders Is guilty of spending
appropriated money unlawfully, that In
dictments and prosecution will follow.
The remains of Thomas P. Letchworth,
an undertaken, Of Scranton, Pa. were
brought here yesterday and inferred in the
Baptist cemetery. Deceased was brother
of Mrs. Mark Branin, of Brainard street.
He served his apprenticeship as cabinet
maker and undertaken In Mount Holly
many years ago with the late Thomas F.
Keeler.
Coming to Mount Holly to do some
shopping on Wednesday afternoon, there |
was surprise In store for Mrs. Charles |
B. Hornor, who found five shad In the
bottom of her carriage when she started |
to return home. The fish were placed |
there by mistake, and were evidently In
tended for some other farmer. She could |
not find the owner.
A number of Mount Holly men employ
ed In Camden are somewhat uneasy over
the probable necessity of removing to
Trenton, to which place will be trans
ferred the Office of Superintendent Snow
den, If there Is a consolidation of the
Camden and Amboy and Belvidere divi-
sions of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which
matter is soon to be definitely settled.
On Thursday evening, In the Mount
Holly M. e. church, will be celebrated
the sixth anniversary of the Methodist
Brotherhood. Rev. Charles s. Lawrence,
of Burlington, will deliver the address.
An interesting program has been prepared,
consisting Of a solo by Stacy B. Lippincott,
a duet by Mrs. William Atkinson and Miss
Susanna Brotzman, and other musical
features. The service will begin at 7.45,
and all are invited to attend.
An unusually large number of visitors
from the surrounding districts spent Sat-
urdaY evening In Mount Holly. and for
several hours the streets were crowded.
A number of merchants report doing more
business that day than for some time.
This Is particularly true In the case of
Miss Nora Nsylor, whose receipts were
greater than for any day since she has
been In business. She sold over 800 pounds
of candy, most of which consisted of
Easter eggs.
The election for officers of St. Andrews
church yesterday, resulted as follows:
Senior Warden, Charles Evan Merritt;
junior warden, B. F. Haywood Shreve;
vestrymen, William B. Abbey, George A.
Lippincott. William A. Slaughter. Olar-
ence b. Polhemus. Joseph Cross, George
W. HeYer, Edward Il. Lewis. Richard B.
Eckman; deputies TO diocesan conven-
ton. Charles E. Merritt, B. F. Haywood
Shreve, Franklin B. Lewis; alternates.
William B. Abbey, William A. Slaughter.
r. Il. Parsons
New Jersey Lodge, No. 1. Knights of
Pythias, will hold business and social
session in Red Mems hall next Friday
night. Invitations to this event have
been extended to lodges of the order at
Medford. Pemberton. Georgetown, Bor-
dentown and Burlington. A feature of |
the evening will be the comforting of the
Knight rank ON several candidates and
display of some handsome new robes Just |
purchased. One or more of the grand |
lodge officers and Charles NJ. Schooley, |
district deputy. will be present. Re-
freshments will be served.
flouhle frame house situate near the