The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-03


( William d. Jennings. of Medford, ha
bought the hotel of Edward Nippins. a
Lumberton.
Robert A. Abbott has sold the American
hotel, New Egypt, to John Mulraney, o
Philadelphia.
A brown plume was lost last week
Liberal reward and no questions asked 4
returned to Saltzman's store, near fouu
tain, Mount Holly.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Children's Home will be held a
the residence of Mrs. Morris H. Keller
on Thursday, January 5, at $50 o'clock.
James Comley and wife, of Philadel
phia, well known In Mount Holly, arr
both dead. Mrs Comley died on Thurs
day. Her funeral took place on Sunday
upon which day her husband died.
Donation day at the Burlington County
Children's Home will be on January 20
The managers ask for hearty response
as they are greatly in need of assistance
and it is an opportunity to help worthy
cause.
Maps, plans and specifications for the
portion of the Browns Mills and Lake.
hurst gravel road to be constructed by
Pemberton township are In the hands OF
State Road Commissioner Gilkyson for ap-
prevail
The directors of the Farmers National
Bank will serve luncheon In their bank
ing room on Tuesday next, from 10 o'clock.
noon, until two o'clock p. m. Sharehold-
ers and patrons - ladies especially are
invited to be present
Mrs. Harold w. Scott, of Philadelphia,
who was operated on at the German hos
pital, that city, is recovering, and will
soon be brought to the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. William Woolston, 220 Pine
street. Mount Holly.
Weather report for the month of De-
cember, as kept by Charles H. Estili:
Clear days. 8; clear and cloudy, 6; rainy
days. 5; snowy days, 6; clear and cloudy
all day. clear In the evening, 5; clear all
day and cloudy in the evening, 1.
While sitting in chair reading at his
home ON Pine street, Thursday morning,
Thomas w. Nippins was stricken with
paralysis, which affected his light side.
He recovered consciousness before night,
and since that time his condition has been
improving.
Whether 1t is fashionable to save money
or not, 1t is sensible, and nothing will
bear fruit late In life like bank account,
started with the Burlington County Safe
Deposit and Trust Company, Moorestown,
n j., and maintained during the lifetime
of the depositor. Interest 80, COM
pounded semi-annually.
Reserve the evening of February 2 In
the list of your engagements. Madame
Layah Barakat will lecture III the NJ. E.
church on 1.-THE New Women of the
Orient" She comes under the auspices of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies
of the Methodist and Presbyterian
churchhs. The admission will be Is cents.
Unclaimed letters that are remaining at
the post Office are as follows: Miss Vernetta
A. Allen, VIM. Broughton, Mrs. Anna
Dill, Chas. Gardner, Frank Hughes, Miss
Florence James, Phillip Harridge, Jas.
Sanders, Amanda Walker; postals: Miss
Florence Anderson, Miss Hetrie Bumgar-
ner, Mrs. Martha Burroughs, Miss Helen
Carr, 2.
Charles T. Allen died at Oceanic, on
Tuesday. He was brother-in-law of
Mrs. Charles B. Keen and Mrs. Samuel 8.
Wyllie, of Mount Holly, having married
their sister. Mr.. Allen had been in poor
health for some time. He was engaged
In the oyster business, being a member Of
the firm of Allen g. Snyder, and was well
known and highly respected along the en-
tire coast.
In the first of series of damage suits
against the Pennsylvania Railroad grow
ing out of the fire which started on Decora-
ton Day, 1909, and continued three days,
Nathan Austin. of Toms River, last week,
recovered $3.50. Austin had sued for
$1,000. The fire burned over a large part
of Lacey, Berkeley and Manchester town
ships. 1t was attributed to an engine of
the railroad company.
A pretty home wedding took place on
Thursday afternoon at the home Of the
brides mother, on Willow street, Delan-
co, when Miss Ada Rebecca Vennel,
daughter of Mrs. Clara Vennel, was mar
ried to Allen Hickman Vance, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Vance, of Philadelphia
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Franklin ]. Miller, of Delanco Presbyte-
rian Church. The house was decorated
In Christmas greens and holly. The cere-
mony was witnessed by nearly one hun
dred guests.
Isaiah E. Atkinson, well-known farm
er living between Mount Holly and Jack
sonville, was found dead In bed on Friday
morning. He was In town the previous
day as usual, and when he went home he
had bottle of medicine, which he told
his wife was for some pain he had been
feeling around his heart. On Friday
morning Mrs. Atkinson left him In bed
asleep and two or three times went In and
found him sleeping very quietly. The
last time she looked into the room to her
horror she discovered her husband was
dead Neuralgia of the heart was proba-
bly, the cause of death.
Howard w. Parker, who formerly con-
Quoted the Parker House at West Greek
and is well known in Mount Holly and
throughout the county, on Wednesday
filed petition in bankruptcy, placing his
assets at $50 and liabilities at $11, 1929. He
is at present employed as salesman and
lives at Bridgeton. Some of his
creditors and the amounts due are George
HI. Lippincott, Bordentown, $50, 90; VIII
liam H. Page, Burlington, $50; Riley A.
Shinn, Columbus. $1177.77 Elwood King,
Jacksonville. $268 1s; Regina B. Reeve,
Columbus. 1859 10; Rothschild Brothers,
Philadelphia, $479. 100; John B. Tilton
Wrightstown, $500.
The Moorestown Poultry Association
will hold their Poultry and Pet Stock
Show In the Town Hall on January 10
and IA. Entry fee: Single birds, SOC;
pens, 81; display pens, 3d. $500 worth
of premiums and cups offered. Entries
close on January z, and all stock must be
delivered at the Moorestown Town Hall
by 10 A. M. Friday. Any person wishing
to enter and not having entry blanks and
shipping tags. can send their entrance
fee with their stock and same will re-
ceive proper attention. All communica-
lions in reference to show are to be ad-
dressed to Henry Tetnall Brown. Moores-
town.
There is appreciation by the general
public of action taken by Supervisor Isaac
81. Wainwright through whose influence
the Pennsylvania Rrailroad Company has
consented to give to the citizens of Mount
Holly free use of the former Cronk yard,
where coal purchased by private consum-
ers, stone for the township, ETC.. can be