The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-21
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. MARCH q, 1911
This Il the first day Of spring.

This IL the first day Of spring.
Easter post cards and booklets L. 8
Boyce. stationer.
Miss Mary Grigg Ia reported to be re
covering from her illness of typhoid
fever.
Mrs. Charles NJ Sloan, Of Mill street
has had her residence and adjoining prop
erty painted.
The store on High street, recently va.
Gated by Harris A. Glover, has been rented
by Robert Hatfield.
For first class shoe repairing try Will
liam J. Bill. So Main street. Surpassed
by none-equalled by few.
The engagement has been announced Of
Albert j. Roberts and Miss Mary 8.
Beans, both of Moorestown.
At Bordentown, on Sunday. occurred
the death of John d. Black. retired rail-
road conductor, in his 18th year.
The annual encampment of the Depart
ment Of New Jersey. Grand Army of the
Republic, will be held at Trenton during
the summer.
On the ground that Its use gives better
sanitary results. fibre paper has taken
the place OF towels in the public schools
Of Camden.
In their building on Washington street,
on Thursday evening, March so. the mem
bers will celebrate the 10oth anniversary
Of the Union Fire Company.
A musical and recital, for the benefit of
the Burlington County Hospital, will be
held in Odd Fellows hall. Medford, on
Saturday evening. April 8. Tickets 20
cents.
The annual meeting of the Mount Hol-
iy Cemetery Company will be held in
America hall on Thursday evening, March
%. at O'Clock, for the election of officers
and transaction Of business.
In their appearance at the Presbyterian
Church next Friday night, John T. De-
Mar. cartoonist. and e. E. Lippincstt.
humorist. will be greeted by good au-
dience. as their popularity Is well known
here.
1t will require about two months time
TO build the gravel road which is to ex-
tend from Indian Mills to Atsion. Work
on this Improvement was started on Sat
urdsY, and the contractor has promised
to rush the job.
The 43d annual meeting Of the Penn
berton Building and Loan Association
will be held at that place in the Office of
James B. Hawkins, secretary, on Monday
evening, April 8. Officers will be elected
and new series of stock issued.
While going home on Saturday night
about 10 o'clock. Harry Durand and JOS
sph WoIfrom discovered a pile Of rub
bish blazing quite high in the rear of
Karg's grocery store on King street. The
men got busy and soon put the fire out
Miss Lydia Shinn, daughter of J. War
dell Shinn. of Mount Holly, and Harry
Waldis, of Moorestown, surprised friends
on Sunday by announcing that they were
married in Camden on June %, 1910, by
Rev. e. ]. Kulp. pastor of the Broadway
Methodist Church.
Miss Elizabeth White, of New Lisbon,
will attend a meeting of the New Jersey
Conference Of Charities and Correction to
be held at Princeton, on April 2. and 4,
and at the second days session will make
. report on the conditions In the cranber-
ry district of Burlington county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver M. Weber, Of Phil
adelphia, announce the marriage of their
daughter, Emma Rushworth Haigh, to
A. 3. Lincoln Doughty, of Mount Holly.
The event took place on Thursday last
Mr.. and Mrs. Doughty will be at home
after April 10. at ia Garden street.
Although 1t was quite cold. Friday was
pleasant day for an outdoor celebration
Of the feast of st. Patrick, the patron
saint of Ireland While there was no
public demonstration of the event In
Mount Holly, high mass was celebrated
at the Sacred Heart Church, many people
wore tokens Of green and there were sew
eral social gatherings In the evening.
About $50 o'clock on Friday night, the
old ice house bordering on the Smithville
pond and owned by Capt. Elton A. Smith,
was burned to the ground by FIRE of I'M
known origin. Anderson & Dennis, of |
Mount Holly, who have large ice house
close to the structure that was destroyed,
had all their tools used for gathering ice
stored in the Inflated building and they
were consumed.
There 'was surprise on Wednesday at
the announcement that at 2 O'Clock that
afternoon Miss Susanna Colby, saleslady
at the dry goods store of William C<|
Wetheriil, had become the bride of Alden
Archie Eastman, of Bound Brook, where
they will reside. There was some sus-
picion, however, on the part of friends
when Rev. r. 81. Baker was seen to call
at the home Of the bride. on Pine street,
where the ceremony was performed
The annual meeting for the election of
three members of the Board of Educa-
ton of Northampton township and the
appropriation of funds for the mainte-
nance of the schools the ensuing year,
will be held in the court house this even
ing at 7.30 o'clock. The terms of George
w. Durand and John W. Harris expire.
and there will be one member to elect to
ill the vacancy caused by the death of
Joseph G.. Bower ]. Frank Scattergood
Is the only candidate that has been men
toned, thus far, for this vacancy.
The object of glasses is not necessarily
the Improvement of vision. Many who
suffer most keenly as a result of eye
strain have perfect vision. 1t is this class
Of patients who go from one doctor to an
other and getdng relief nowhere, because
the results of eye strain cannot be cured
by drugs, nor does the average eye doctor
understand the effect of eye strain on the
general nervous system. To this branch
of the subject we have given great deal
of study and care and do succeed where
others fail. ]. E. Whitman, No. 54A Main
street.
As he was about to enter the house on
Saturday night about o'clock, William
Sutphin. who is employed by and lives
with Lewis Chambers, the horse under
taker, of Unionville. saw man entering
the house with one of his legs protruding
through the window. Running back to
the rear Sutphin got bean pole, station
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