The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-26
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Wetneflu Will De closed all Jay On uank
giving.
An invitation masquerade dance will
held at Jobstown on Thursday night, D
cember 9th.
A concrete walk was laid, yesterday,
: front of the store of Abraham Saltzmal
on Mill street.
Mrs Elizabeth D.. widow of Washing
ton W. Watts. of Bispham street. wa
buried on Wednesday.
The annual meeting Of the New Jerse
State Horticultural Society will be he'll
9 at New Brunswick on December 8, 10 an
II.
Mrs. A, L. Sailer entertained a numbe
of young people at an Informal dance o
Thursday evening at her home on Hig
street.
A lot on Broad street, between the Tom
linson and Hendrickson properties, ha
been sold by E. w. Eshsm to Hiram II
Earnest.
Rev. Edwin B. Pollock, D. D.. of Crozie
Theological Seminary, will preach 10 tn
Baptist church next Sunday morning ant
evening.
As the result Of getting emery dust Ii
his eyes, Herbert Citizens of Riverside, Il
being treated at the Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia.
i Some time during December, the glet
club Of st. Mary's church, Burlington
will give a concert In the Mount Holly
Methodist church.
There Ia unclaimed mail In the post
office for Miss Anna Bird, Doris Haw
/ kins, Daniel NJ. Rankin, Mrs. r. Reed,
Fannie Williams and Miss Miller.
The large buttonwood trees which be.
came badly scorched and somewhat burn.
ed during the destruction of the old grist
mill, on Mill street, are being cut down.
Twenty members of the Knights OF
Pythias lodge, of Mount Holly. will go
to Trenton tonight to witness the initia-
ton of some candidates 10 the long form.
John H. Dobbins, DIR. Atwood and John
D. Mason are trustees elected for three
years by the congregation of the Metho-
dist Church at meeting held Wednes-
day night.
On Saturday afternoon some canoeists
from Philadelphia went up the creek to
camp over night. They got caughtin the
unpleasant weather that prevailed on Sun
day morning.
During the thunder shower on Sunday
morning, the low clouds at times made it
so dark that it was almost impossible to
read without the aid of light. In some
cases chickens went to roost.
The annual union Thanksgiving service
win be held in the Presbyterian church
next Thursday morning at 1870 o'clock.
Rev Joseph @. Kulp, of the Methodist
church. will deliver the sermon.
About one hundred attended the con-
tinuous dance given by Mrs. Clothier in
the Masonic Temple, Saturday evening.
Music was furnished by the Imperial and
Rushton's orchestras, of Philadelphia.
A novelty marathon two step dance will
be given by Mrs. Clothier In the Masonic
Temple. Wednesday evening, November
81. Prizes. Imperial orchestra. four
pieces. Tickets on sale at the door. adv
Joseph P. Fem. of Burlington, found
guilty of securing loan from the Union
National Bank, of Mount Holly, by CIV
ing false statement of his financial con-
dition, will have to serve his sentence of
fifteen months in state prison. as his con-
viction has been sustained by the higher
courts to which the case was appealed.
There was an alarm of fire on Saturday
afternoon, but as 1t amounted to nothing
the department did not respond. Some
watchful person saw flames in fire pot
which plumbers were using In making re-
pairs To a vent pipe at the residence of
John D. Mason. on Madison avenue. and
believing that the roof was on fire sent In
an alarm over the telephone.
A new railroad time table went into
effect on Sunday. Several of the trains
which were taken off In October have
been replaced, the company evidently
observing the many complaints made by
patrons of the road. Leaving Mount
Holly for Philadelphia two trains have
been added, 2.47 sp. m. and 10 10 p. M,
while the 8. 20 p. m. has been discontinued.
From Philadelphia 7.50 p. m. and 1914
p. m. are again on the schedule. Taken
as whole the new time table is a great
Improvement over the one 1t supplants.
After long illness resulting from a
stroke of paralysis, Theophilus Zurbrugg,
of Delanco, died at his palstial home on
the river bank at that place on Thursday
morning. He was In helpless condition
for several months. Deceased was presi-
dent of the Philadelphia Watch Case
Company at Riverside and liberal dis
penser of charity. He was interested In
several watch making concerns and was
the most prominent man connected with
the watch case industry in the country.
When a boy he resided In Mount Holly,
W here his father kept watch and jew
elry store. The remains were inferred In
the Mount Holly cemetery on Saturday
afternoon. The funeral cortege was a
long one, being composed of forty-one
automobiles.
Mrs. Howard Atkinson and son of about
six years of age, of Pointville. accompanied
by her sister. Mrs. George Thompson. of
Juliustown, arrived at the Riverside station
on the Wednesday morning train to attend
the funeral of Joseph Conklin. 1t was
the train that takes the crowd of scholars
to Palmyra. and the ladies, seeing them
running across the tracks to board the
train, thought it was the proper side to
get off, but waited until the crowd
pushed by them before attempting to
alight. Unfortunately the train started al
the time when Mrs. Atkinson, with hel
child hold of one hand and suit case in
the other. was about to step off the car,
when both she and her son were thrown tC
the platform. She was picked up and
taken to the Office of DR.. La Motto, who
found that her injury consisted of wrench
of joint in the lower part of the back.
Aunique feature of the 1918 Chautauqus
will be day of special interest for chill
dren to be known as Children's Day
though it will be vastly interesting tt