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

visit friends.
Rev. Mr.. Zimmerman, of Tabernacle
badly injured an eye on Sunday by &C
cidentally splitting some carbolic acic
into it. He was taken to the Burlington
County Hospital.
A meeting for divine worship is ap
pointed to be held in the Friends meet
ing house at Arney's Mount, First-day
Eleventh-month 23d, at 2.30 p. m. Al
interested persons are invited to attend.
Prof. William f. Overman, of the
Friends Academy, Moorestown, will b
one of the principal speakers at The
Monmouth County Young Mems Chris
tan Association convention at Rec
Bank on Friday.
At the quarterly conference of the
Mount Holly NJ. E. church, held on Sat
urday night, Rev. Thomas J. j. Wright
was unanimously asked to return fol-
another year, subject to the decision o.
the annual conference which convenes
in March.
A man who gave bis name as f. ],
Buckley was arrested in Camden yester
day and lodged in the Mount Holly jail
in default of $1,000 bail. He has been
swindling people in this neighborhood
by getting them to join club to buy
merchandise at ridiculously low prices.
He collected 81 month from his victims.
Miss Mary Virginia Horner celebrated
her 18th birthday at the home of her
father Judge John &. Horner, on Thurs
day evening. The dates of the occurrence
were IL years of age on the 18th of the
month in the year 1913. Miss Horner
was warmly congratulated by a number
of young friends who spent very pleas
ant evening.
supper for the benefit of the Sacred
Heart church will be given in the Ma
sonic Memple on the evening of Nov
18th. The congregation has been before
the public at previous events off this
kind, and the reputation established by
these annual gatherings will insure a
pleasant time to those who extend their
patronage.
Marion Circle No. 8, Brotherhood of
America, had initiation exercises on
Wednesday night The degree team of
this organization is very proficient. The
Circle will attend service at the NJ. +.
church on Sunday evening, November
23d. All members are requested to meet
at the lodge room to proceed to the
church in body.
The ten day rally began in the
Methodist church on Sunday, and al
though the weather was stormy a goodlv
number turned out in the morning to
hear Rev. Percy Perinchief Rev. 7. J.
}. Wright preached an interesting ser
mon at night. The choir rendered ex-
cellent music both morning and even
ing. Services will continue every night
this week with different speaker each
night.
A funny incident happened on a train
between Burlington and Stevens station,
one day last week. A passenger was
going to the latter station and on paw
ing his fare ON the train was told the
amount was ID cents. This made the
passenger look little bit cross-eyed.
and when the conductor told him there
would be an excess to ten cents, making
the entire amount % cents, the passenger
nearly fell off the seat. He said Ii was
bad enough, but he could not stand %,
SO he gave the conductor quarter and
refused to take the change.
Having been the assistant for eight
years, Thomas w. Hume, of St. Davids,
Pa, son of Joseph S. Hume, of Wash
ington street, has been appointed real
estate agent of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company. This advancement was
made because of the recent death
of Benjamin w. Carskadden, his SUI
perior in. that Office. Mr. Hume
was formerly real estate agent of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. He
has had thirteen years experience in
that kind of work and is regarded as
thoroughly experienced official.
Notwithstanding the surprise which
was attached to a masquerade party
that appeared at the home of Fred r.
Boyd, on White street, on Saturday
evening, the host managed to give his
friends royal reception, and for several
e
able entertainment. Selections were
rendered on the piano, and by the use
of instruments that were brought for the
occasion, music became feature of the
evening. There were guests present
from Charleston, Beverly, Haddonfield,
Medford and Mount Holly.
In connection with the Burlington
County Boys Corn show at the Mount
Holly High School building, on Satur-
day, November 18th, the farmers of the
county will have exhibits of seed corn.
Louis Yerkes, farmer and dealer in
agriculture implements, at Lewistown,
has offered one-horse cultivator to the
farmer in Burlington county who ex-
hibits the best bushel basket of seed
corn on the ear, any Dent variety. The
corn must have been grown by the
exhibitor in 1913 and delivered at the
show room, Mount Holly High School.
between one and five o'clock on Friday
the 2Sth inst. This class is open only to
men in Burlington county over d years
of age.
Representatives of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company have been canvass
ing in Moorestown to discover the feel
ing towards running double track
| through that town. 1t was found that
feeling was against the proposition but
that ought not to hinder the desire of
the railroad company to double track its
road between Camden and Mount Holly.
This is an improvement that has long
been talked ofand devoutly wished for 1t
would benefit the people of Moorestown
as much as it would any other locality.
Brt, even if the residents of that town
should persist in blocking the project SO
far as their locality is concerned, it would
not make so very much difference
| There is but short stretch of road there
that needs double tracking. From East
| To tharo ;e 4,