The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-18
LOCAL NEWS.

Concrete walls are being built in from
of the Pickard property on Madison
avenue
William j. Owen, formerly of Noun
Holly, is now employed as coachmal
at Belmar, n. j.
Senator Blanchard H. White has beef
somewhat annoyed with carbuncle Oh
the back of his neck.
Washington Camp, No. Il, p. o. S
of A., will initiate large class of can
didates on Thursday evening.
The Burlington quarterly meeting 0
the Hicksite branch of the Society o
Friends will be held at Trenton today.
The Rachel Atkinson property OF
Brainard street was sold at public sal,
on Saturday to Ellis H. Parker TO
$1,000.
Electric lights are being installed in
the Lumberton shoe factory. William
Taylor, of Mount Holly, has been assign
ed to do the work
The Alexander Harris farm of 200 acres
in Southampton township, has been
purchased by John O'Leary, who rented
the place for several years.
After some Improvements have been
made, Joseph Kilbride will reside in a
house on White street which he has pur-
chased from John 7. Murphy.
On Wednesday evening $1,000 bail was
street baker, who was arrested on a
serious charge perferred by Harry Allin-
son.
The popularity of the cunning season
has been keeping Charles LaTour quite
busy. AS township clerk he has already
issued AIS licenses to hunters in this
section.
On Tuesday evening Samuel Heller
was committed to Jail to await the action
of the grand jury on charge of beating
his wife. He was on parole for other Of
fences.
Hon. Edmund Wilson, attorney-gen-
eral of New Jersey, will deliver the ad-
dress at the Memorial service of Mount
Holly Lodge of Elks on Sunday, De-
cember 7th
The date will soon be selected for free
lecture to be given in the court house.
The speaker will be DIR. Frank Moore,
superintendent of the New JERSEY Re-
formatory.
b. HI. White has secured an absolute
divorce for Alice Oliver from her hus-
band, James c. J. Oliver. Desertion
was the ground upon which the appli-
cation was granted.
On Tuesday, Edward Longstreet, of
Mount Holly, was arrested and COM
mitted toiail. He is charged with steal
ing Bible and several other articles
from person in Lumberton.
At the next session of court application
for relief under the new law will be ap-
piled for by twenty-six Burlington
county widows. These cases are liable
to be heard on Thursday next.
The annual bakery for the sale of
cakes, pies, bread, ETC., by the ladies of
the Presbyterian church, will be held at
the Office of DIR. c. f. Lord Washington
street, Tuesday, November 25th.
Only those ladies of the Baptist church
whose surnames begin with F.G.H. and
L. will have charge of an old-fashioned
supper to be given in the lecture room
of the church on December IL and II.
Clifford b. Oliver and Sarah f. Haines,
both of Lewistown, were married on
Friday evening, November 18th. The
ceremony was performed in the Metho-
dist parsonage, Pemberton, by Rev.
Newton Nelson.
From the examination recently taken
before the State Board of Pharmacy at
Leslie o. Southgate and p S. Cutter,
of Burlington, and f. II. Bohn, of
Beverly, passed successfully.
The funeral of George G.. Let's will
take place from the residence of his
brother, John H. Let's, Monroe street,
on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
Services will be held in the Methodist
Church, Pointville, at u o'clock.
At meeting held on Thursday even.
ing, the Mount Holly Shade Tree Com
mission, recently appointed by the town
ship committee, met at the America
Hose house and organized by electine
DR.. Charles Harker president, and Ross
w. Quicksall, secretary.
The county has now been relieved O
the expense of keeping Charles H. Riker
who served four months over his sen
'tence in default of fine which he coulC
not pay. Both the father and the sol
are now at liberty. They were convicted
for obtaining horses under false pretense
from Amos X. Dubell, of Columbus
The fire department was called out OF
Saturday afternoon by an alarm tina
was sounded at o'clock. The trouble
occurred at the home of Charles Atkin
son, on Rutland avenue, where an OF
stove in the bed room of person VIII
was i'll exploded. The stove was throw
out of the house before any damage wa
done. The fire apparatus was halte'
while on its way to the scene.
While hunting rabbits in the field
near Andersonville, on the opening da
of the cunning season, Dewey, son G
Steve Clevenger, was painfully injure
by the explosion of his gun, the flesh c
his arm having been torn by piece
the barrel from his wrist to the shoulde
The weapon was muzzle loader, an
the accident may have been due to a
overcharge.
There are to be special religious service
at Vincentown on Sunday, Novemb'
80. One of these will be a meeting fl
men to be held in the town hall at 4
IN. On this occasion the speaker will
Robert A. McKenty, warden of the Eas
ern penitentiary, Philadelphia. Son
very able speakers will appear at Il
various churches, which are to be repr
scented by c. w. Jones, chairman of IL
committee.
The Knights of Pythias have sever
engagements on hand. On Novemb
ODD, the members will attend the Met