The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-08

ling, March 29th.
Mira. Jennie shinn, who has been spend
Ing the winter at Providence, R. L, hs
returned to the residence of Thomas
. Finley, on Union street.
"a Perplexing Situation" Is the nam
of play that will be staged by member
of the Luther league, in the Hainespol
hall. on Thursday evening.
The first quarterly conference of tn
Mount Holly M. E. church will be he'll
on Thursday evening. Rev. Percy Perrin
chief, superintendent of Trenton district
will preside.
The meeting at Odd Fellows hall o.
Wednesday evening will be of specia
interest as the grand master and numbe
of visiting brethren will be In attendance
AL members are INVITED.
The Methodist Brotherhood will hold it
annual anniversary exercises on Thursda,
evening. April "a, in the NJ. E. church
Rev Charles 81. Elder, of Trenton, ha
been secured to deliver the address
A delegation from New Jersey Lodg,
No. 1, Knights of Pythias, of Noun
Holly, paid visit to Olympic Lodge a
Bordentown on Thursday night. TIT
journey was made In an automobile hack
Thomas Shinn, of Moorestown, wal
killed on Saturday night while jumping
off a trolley car at Merchantville. His skull
was fractured. The man had been sleep
Ing and evidently thought he had reached
his destination.
Tho Mount Holly Gun Club will hold
Its second annual registered tournament
on its High street grounds on Wednesday
April 16. There will be professional and
other good shooters present. The event
is expected to be largely attended.
William 81. Flowers has decided tc
make his home with his daughter, Mrs
Raymond Gilmore, of Bridgeton. He
has rented his house, on Cherry street,
to William Bushnell, who has charge OF
the local Office of the Adams Express Co.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Miss Florence M. Weldie, of Philadel.
phia, formerly of Mount Holly, and DR..
Carroll R. Baker. of Virginia. The cere-
mony took place at New York on March
H. They are residing at Wilmington, Del.
Charles Woodward, living near Jack.
sonville, and Cornelius j. McKenna, of
Mount Holly, are each the owner of hen
which has laid an unusually large egg,
ON the inside of which was found another
perfectly formed egg encased in a hard
she'll.
The Mount Holly Friends Association
will meet In the meeting house, corner of
High and Garden streets, at o'clock on
Thursday evening. 10th inst, when Thorn
ton Hollingshesd, of Moorestown, will
tell about the interesting events connect
ed with his recent trip to the Panama canal5
The sale of airguns and air rifles is now
illegal by an act of the Legislature which
adjourned last week. The law does not
stop at the sale of these weapons but 1t
prohibits their use and children who make
plsythings of these articles are liable
to punishment.
The department was called out yester
day afternoon by blaze which started
In the restaurant of Palmer Stills. corner
of Washington and King streets The
trouble was quickly subdued and the ser
vices of the firemen were not needed. An
extinguisher from the chemical engine
did the work promptly.
A 'mum" social will be held at the
home of Miss Julia Lippincott, corner
Mount Holly avenue and Union street. to-
night, by the Armour W. C. T. U. Re-
treatments will be on sale, and a fine of
ten cents will be imposed upon those who
desire to talk. An interesting program
has been arranged. All members and
friends of Armour Union and Methodist
Brotherhood are invited to be present.
Mrs. Mary H. Stokes, wife of W. W.
Stokes, Of Moorestown, died at New
Egypt, on Thursday. Deceased was one
of the victims Of the typhoid epidemic
that prevailed at Moorestown last sum-
mer. Recovering from this trouble, she
was seized with other complications which
resulted in her death after being removed
to her former home with the hope that
change of atmosphere would be beneficial.
Policeman Job Collins was right on the
job yesterday morning at about half past
two o'clock when he saw fire In the yard
of Henry b. Savage, while passing along
Buttonwood street. The officer secured
the assistance of A. Ashby Lippincott.
milkman, who was serving milk and then
awakened Mr.. Savage. The men did
some lively pumping and extinguished
the blaze with buckets of water after
section of the fence had been destroyed.
The trouble started from pile of rubbish
which had been burned the previous after
noon.
Assistant Superintendent Edward Da-
Wis and mortormsn William P. Armstrong,
connected with the Burlington County
Transit Company, appeared at the Office
Of Justice Charles P. Smith on Sunday,
when the latter gave hearing to fen
young men who said their names were
Charles Tucker, Richard Carpenter, Dan
lei Shinn and Charles Oliver. They were
charged with creating a disturbance on a
trolley car while going to Burlington on
Saturday night, which they denied. Each
defendant was held under 5000 bail for
his appearance at court. They all reside
In. Mount Holly.
At Its meeting last night the America
Hose Company elected the following Off
GERS. President Ge0rre w Eronoh.
vice president, Eugene L. Engle; secre.
tary, s. Earl Assay; treasurer, E. B. Jones;
directors. G.. W. A. French, Charles B.
Jones. R. F. Kumpf, Eugene L. Engle,
Samuel e. Colder; fire police, William A.
Headley, Walter Bryant. William Gale,
Howard Collins. r. P. Kumpf, Cleveland
Brewer; foreman. s. Earl Assay; first as
sistant, William B. Kumpf; second assist
ant, Charles B. Jones; third assistants.
e. Colder; janitor, Howard L. Osgood.
The Board of Education of the town
ship Of Northampton met last night for
the purpose OF organizing. All the men,
beers were present with the exception of
Messrs. Karg and Naylor. John N. Huff
was elected president; j. Frank Scatter
good, vice president. Francis II. Reed
was elected custodian of the funds and
William 81. Mason was chosen district
clerk. The terms of these two officers
begin on the first day of July, the present
incumbents holding over until then. The
other officers chosen were: William C.
Sullivan, supervising principal; DR. r.
II. Parsons, medical inspector; janitors
for Brainard street, John N. Carly an
John A. Tice; Samuel Aaron school, Nor
ris r. Games.
At its meetinp held last NIGHT the Good