The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
On Thursday night a leap year dance

Francis, eldest son of Mrs. Jacob j
Garbsrino, of Brainard street, is Ill with
scarlet fever.
1t IL reported that the cap manufacture
ing plant on King street Is to be removed
to Burlington.
, Owing to the Delaware river being
frozen over, people are now walking on
the ice from Burlington to Bristol.
The fact that New Mexico has been adj
mitted into the Union as state, makes
forty-seven stars In the national flag.
A class now being formed will receive
the rite of confirmation on February IS,
when Bishop Scarborough will visit St.
Andrews church.
The remains of Frank Kimble, of Jack
sonville, were buried at Burlington on
Wednesday. Deceased was an uncle of
Senator Grifhth w. Lewis.
The Friends Society will meet at the
residence of Elwood and Bessie Stokes,
corner Of Union and Buttonwood streets,
on Thursday evening. January 25th.
There will be special meeting of the
Burlington County Lyceum of History
and Natural Sciences at the Office of F. B.
Lewis, Friday evening, at 7.S0 o'clock.
The Ankokas Canoe Club will hold an
important meeting In the lodge room of
the Kelsey 6 Killie building tomorrow
night. A large attendance is desired.
John Dennis, living near Pemberton,
was kicked by horse which he was tax
ling from the stable last week. He re-
ceiyed decorations on the face and broken
Jaw.
As one result of the poulty show held
at Burlington last week, was the distribu-
ton of fresh eggs to the Home for Aged
Women and the Burlington County
Hospital.
Mrs. ]. F. R. Long, who keeps house
for her father. Barclay Allen. on Cherry
street, was removed to the Burlington
County Hospital, on Saturday. She has
typhoid fever.
Miss Fannie LiPpincott. of Pemberton,
who sells eggs to many customers in Mount
Holly, is patient In Philadelphia hospi-
tai, where she has had a cataract removed
from one Of her eyes.
As an aspirant for the position of first
lieutenant of Company E, Earl L. Ever
line, who was recently examined by the
State Military Board, has been found
qualified to serve in that Office.
An opportunity to contribute to the
support of the Burlington County Chill
dren's Home will present itself on Janu-
airy 25th, which will be the annual dona-
ton for that worthy institution.
Miss Ruth Branin, of Washington street,
is recovering from an operation for hernia
and appendicitis, which was performed at
the Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia
where the young lady is studying to be a
nurse.
John 81. McCastin and Florence May
Pearce, both of Riverside, were married
at that place on Saturday evening, Janu-
airy 9th. The ceremony was performed
at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. Geo.
IT. Hillman.
From a report which has been given
out, the local nurse fund will receive
about so per cent. of the receipts from the |
sale of Red Cross stamps during the holt
day season, when 10000 were disposed of
in Mount Holly.
The illness of Miss Florence Pumyea.
last week. gave indication that the young
lady was bordering on an attack of ap-
pendicitis She was successfully operated |
upon at the Burlington County Hospital
Saturday.
AS representatives of the Ottomobile |
Company. of Mount Holly, William s. |
Rendell and William D. Marren, accom-
panied by their wives, attended the New |
York Automobile show last week, where
the company had fine exhibit. Mr. and
Mrs. Rendell are now in Boston.
The Mount Holly Lumber Company
held Its annual meeting at the company's |
Office on Saturday, and elected the fol-
lowing directors: John M Rboades, Jo-
siah W. EVAN, F. B. Lewis, George D.
Worrell, Walter /. Dill. The directors |
organized and selected the following off,
GERS: President, George D. Worrell; man
ager, secretary and treasurer, Josiah W. |
Evan.
In mastery lecture on "China" last |
week, Professor Ian G. Hannah, of Cam
bridge University, England, increased the |
fine impression which he made at his |
previous lecture. Whoever fails to b ear |
bis splendid lectures will lose a rare op- |
portunity. The subject of his next lecture
Is "England's Eastern Empire" and will
be delivered In the Court House on Thurs |
day evening at o'clock. This lecture |
deals with India. the Malay states, Borneo
and Chinese ports. Tickets at Boyces or
at the Court House.
First-class winter weather prevailed In |
this section last week, bringing business |
to the coal nero hants and a cheer to the |
Ice dealers, most of whom will be able to |
fill their store houses. The Burlington |
County Transit Company, by active ope- |
rations adopted at the beginning of the |
FIRST snow storm, won out In its battle !,
with the elements and trolley traffic was
not materially interfered with. 1t was
certainly cold enough for the most par
ticular on several days when the mercury
was below the zero mark
The mid winter institute of the Burling-
ton Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will be held In the Mount Holly Baptist
church on Thursday. There will be three
sessions, morning. afternoon and evening
with interesting speakers. At the evening
session DR.. Anna Howard Shaw will be
the speaker. DR.. Shaw is president of she
National Woman's Suffrage Association,
and ia we'll known speaker both here
and abroad, she being the first woman to
occupy pulpit in Germany, Holland,
Norway and Sweden. Every one is cor
daily invited to come out and hear her.
While plumbers were engaged thaw-
ing frozen pipes on Saturday morning at
the residence of Mrs. Henry Cleyenger,
on Mil street. a fire was started between
the floors. In order that the department
might not be called out in zero weather,
Kumpf Brothers, the hardware merchants
on High street, were notified over the tel