The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-09-23

| The Armour Union will hold its regu
lar meeting at the home of Mrs. Charlie
Fl. Engle, Garden street, tonight.
The new bungalow recently erected TO
Arthur d. Cross, on High street, adjoin
ing the mount. is now occupied by tn
owner.
~, Rev. r. Bowden Shepherd, archdeacoi
of New Jersey, will preach in Grac
church, Pemberton, next Sunday even
ing at 7.3O.
Through the agency of F. Carlton
Dalton, a Blasius piano has been PLACED
in the home of Miss Eva Thornton, o
Oakdale.
The State Council o. U. A. M. will
meet at Woodbury. tomorrow. Severa
members of the local Council will be il
attendance.
Master Edward Berryann, of Bridge
boro, has very painful wound, caused
by rusty nail piercing his heel Will,
running barefoot.
The circulating library of the Burling
ton County Lyceum will open in the af
ternoon from two until five o'clock be
ginning next Monday.
After being afflicted with infantile pa
ralysis for three years, Mary Elizabeth
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Flynn
OF Budd street, died from that disease
on Tuesday at the age of four years.
At the Methodist parsonage, Mount
Holly, ON Saturday evening, September
ID, occurred the wedding of Miss Carrie
Pew and Eli Miller, both of Medford
The ceremony was performed by Rev
t. ]. j. Wright.
An operation was performed upon Miss
Ella Jordan at the University Hospital,
Philadelphia, last week. The young
lady is the daughter of Sheriff Jordan,
and there is every encouragement for
her recovery.
Edwin, son of former Assemblyman
Charles Wright, of near Columbus, and
Miss Louise Mason, were married Mon
day, September 1st. The ceremony was
performed at the home of the bride at
Richmond, Va.
The unexpired term of Philip Karg,
deceased, as an elder, will be filled by
Herbert l.. Crippin, of Branch street,
who was elected at a congregational
meeting held in the Presbyterian Church
on Wednesday evening.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage of John Oliver, of Mount Holly,
and Miss Mary Cook, of Hainesport, at
which place the ceremony was perform
ed ON Wednesday evening by the pas
tor of the Lutheran Church.
The Burlington County Transit Com
pany has decided TO install some new
switches along its trolley line. One of
them will be placed in front of the
Mount Holly National Bank, which has
been in bad condition for long time
At the annual session of the Grand
Circle Brotherhood of America, held at
Asbury Park last week, William b.
Pearson, of Mount Holly, was one of the
nine from New Jersey elected to represent
that body at the Supreme Circle, to be
held at New Haven, Conn.,, next May.
Ellis Reed, of Jacobstown, was COM
mitted to the Burlington county Jail on
TO answer at the October term
of court for charge of attempting to kill
his brother, John, at Wallaces Mills,
Chesterfield, ~ discharging two shots at
him with gun during a quarrel. John
re ides with his mother at Chesterfield
He was committed by Justice Braislin,
of Crosswicks.
Going to Morrisville, Pa, on Thurs
day, Constable Charles E. Gilbert ar
rested Constable Thomas c. Shinn, of
Mount Holly, and brought him to the
county jail. The prisoner was given
hearing ON Friday on charge of de-
serting his wife and nine children, and
in default of $500 bail was committed
for court. The warrant for his arrest
L
rick Dolan, overseer of the poor. Shinn
has been spending lots of money lead
ing sporty life, and he should be pun
ished well for the neglect of those he
should love and the suffering he has
wilfully heaped upon them.
An instance of how the Adams Ex-
press Company works may be given by
an incident which occurred in neigh
boring town last week. A trunk was to
be sent away and it was desired to have
it shipped at nine O'Clock in the morn
ing. The agent was notified and he
sent word that the trunk would have to
be ready before four o'clock the previous
day as there was SO much other express
matter to be handled in the morning he
would not have time to give attention to
trunks. So instead of the express com
pany accommodating customers it seems,
in this case at least, the shipper must ar
range affairs to suit the company.
After enjoying fifty years of married
lie, Iilc SOiuCn WCQuliiS anniversary vi
Captain and Mrs. George H. Branson,
of Bispham street, was observed yester-
day in a quiet manner. Entering an
the well preserved couple
were driven to Palmyra, where the ex-
ercises in connection with this event
were held at the home of their nephew,
Clois w. Snyder. The receipt of some
presents and the enjoyment of good
dinner were features that marked the
occasion. Captain Branson served on
the Mount Holly police force for over
twenty years, and was retired ON pen
sion four years ago. He enjoys the dis
of having been the first man to
bring tug boat up the Rancocas creek
to Mount Holly. In his younger days
the Captain was quite an athlete.
After being closed for several weeks
while repairs were being made, the Bap-
fist Church was reopened on Sunday
and the large audience present was
pleased with the decorations and other
improvements that were noticeable. A
surprise came at the close of the COM
munion service when Rev. r. H. Baker,
the pastor for over ten years, rendered
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