The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-23
The Baptist Sunday school Christina
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Thy the choir in the Methodist churc
t next Sunday night.
Charles E. Allison, aged Sc years
: veteran of the civil war, died at his hom
on Pine street on Saturday.
The Unionville Sunday school viii
e hold it's Christmas entertainment OF
Friday evening, December 26.
The vested boy choir of st. Andrew
; church will render special music at thu
regular service on Sunday evening.
DR.. R. S. Clarke, of Mount Holly, hal
has been honored with the presidency o
/ the Southern Dental Society of New
Jersey.
: The farm known as the B. r. Powell
t ST., farm, near Pemberton, which was
bought in by the heirs of Rebecca w
Deacon, has since been sold to B. r
Powell. Jr., for $25 per acre.
j Samuel Fenimore, of White street, and
and Miss Sallie Thomas, both of Mount
Holly, were married December 13, at the
parsonage of the Methodist Church,
Moorestown, by Rev. C. S. Lawrence.
In recent pool match Reuben Ross
proprietor of the West Broad street pool
room, of Burlington, defeated William
Hollingsworth, of Mount Holly, 100 to
80, winning the colored championship
of the county.
While Mrs. Lester Fortnum, living at
Bridgeboro, was pouring k kerosene oil on
a fire in the kitchen stove on Wednes-
day, flames burst forth and blew off the
top of the stove. The woman was badly
burned about the face.
Owing to the bad condition of the road
between the rails of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at the Pine street
crossing, has caused two horses to fall
and break the shafts of the wagons
These two accidents have occurred with
in the past ten days.
Mount Holly Lodge of Elks will give
a free Christmas dinner to all children
who present themselves therefor. The
dinner will be served in the Masonic
Temple at noon on Thursday. After
that, Manager Hulse will admit the
children free of charge to the moving
picture show at the Mount Holly theatre.
While trying to turn the delivery
wagon, belonging John Worth, around
in hurry Wednesday morning, on
Shreve street, Mark Smith, the driver,
received shaking up and was some
what bruised when the wagon upset,
throwing him out. The wagon was
slightly damaged.
An enthusiastic meeting of the COM
mittees of the various patriotic orders of
Mount Holly, which were recently APP
pointed, was held in Red Mems hall on
Saturday night, for the formation of a
patriotic federation. In a few weeks
there will be county federation of the
churches and patriotic orders organized.
Don't forget the holiday attraction of
the Lyceum course, which will take
place in the Methodist church next
Monday night, December %. C. Law
renee Abbott, the impersonator and en-
tertainer, will present aunt Jane of
Kentucky" and Samantha Allen, in
costumes. Mr.. Abbott will also give
monologues and dramatic readings, and
will present other well-known characters
in costumes. A pleasant evening is as
sured. Admission 35 cents
Washington Camp No. II, Patriotic
Order Sons of America, elected the fol-
lowing officers at their meeting last
Thursday night: Past president, Harvey
Rossell; president, Daniel Wells; vice
president, William J. Haines; master of |
forms, job Wentzell; recording secretary, |
Samuel f. Colder; financial secretary, |
Claude b. Bullock; treasurer, Alburtus |
HI. Jackson; conductor, Cleveland |
Brewer; inpector, Carlton w. Davis; |
guard, Albert Major; trustee, Eugene F. |
Engle.
The Bright Star Lodge, No. Is, Shep- |
herds of Bethlehem, nominated the fol- |
lowing officers last night: Commander, |
Alvarette Reeves; vice commander, |
Frank Snyder; chaplain, Mary eleven
ger; marshal, Annie Rossell, outside |
guard, Anna Gibbs; inside guard, Eva |
Mackintash; mistress of ceremonies. |
Sarah Mackintash; treasurer, Ida Eddie
man; accountant, Sue Austin; scribe, |
B. o. Herbert; trustees, Sarah Mackin-
fash, Annie RosselI; representative to |
the supreme lodge, Sue Austin; alternate,
b. O. Herbert
Burlington citizens are incensed over |
the announcement of another delay in |
the building of the Compromised Fed
eral building in that city, owing to a |
rejection of all the ten bids submitted |
on December 1st for the structure These
bids were turned down, although the |
lowest is said to have been within few /
hundred dollars of the initial appro-
priation of SAC, 900 made years ago, when
the city's postal business was little more
than half its present volume. Mer-
chants of the city talk of sending del
egation to Washington to protest against
further delay.
Mrs. Lila w. Thompson wife of Joseph |
NJ. Thompson, and National Councillor |
of the Daughter of America, is much in |
demand as speaker at large gatherings |
of that order. She has just returned |
from visit to Baltimore and Washing |
ton. In the latter city she addressed a |
large gathering of the councils of the |
order. After the holidays, with Mrs. |
Roth, national secretary, her travelling |
companion, she will make a tour of the |
Southern and then to the Western states. |
Mrs. Thompson has been a member of |
the order for fourteen years, and is
Past State Councillor of New Jersey.
f. r. Norris, aged 80 years, who said
his residence was New York City, has
been employed in the printing office of
the Mount Holly Herald for the past
five weeks. On Saturday he presented a
check for IS, signed 'Wm. B. Wills, per
G. M. Sleeper" at Crozier's cigar store,
and another for SIS at Schuyler & Rogers
clothing store. Both checks were &C
cepted. Yesterday it was found that
the signatures were forgeries. Norris
had torn the blank checks from the
check book in the Herald Office, and
also removed the stubs. Other blanks
apparently were taken but no other for