The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-01-13

washington House, has rented his ga
rage on Water street to Harry Nipple
and William Caldwell, who are now ca
tering to the automobile trade.
At Simons' boarding house, Thursday,
occurred the death of Miss Anna Allen,
aged "a years. She had been i'll for a
long time, and her death was FASTENED
by fall which fractured her hip.
Deputy Harry Hawkins, Jr., accom-
panied by George w. A. French and
Joshua NJ. Reeves, of Mount Holly,
installed the officers elected in district
No. l, Knights of Pythias, last week.
An entertainment has been arranged
for Friday evening, January Both, when
Marion Hertha Clarke, an accomplished
reader and lecturer, will appear in st.
Andrews parish building under the au-
spices of st. Elizabeth's Guild.
Rev. Frank Wilcox will deliver an
address at meeting in behalf of the
National Constitutional Prohibition
Amendment, to be held in the Metho-
dist Church on Thursday afternoon at
I2.3O o'clock. Rev. T. j. j. Wright will
preside.
The worlds week of prayer was OBJ
served in the Methodist church last
week, the services being inspiring and
helpful. Evangelistic services will con-
tinue every night this week except Sat
urday. All are invited to attend these
services.
Thomas S. Lord, father of DIR. C. E.
Lord, of Washington street, has pur-
chased the house and lot next to the
toll house on the Lumberton road from
Florence ID. Owen. Mr.. Lord who re-
sides in New Hampshire, will remove
his family to Mount Holly.
| While eating supper on Tuesday, Con-
stable Charles E. Gilbert was stricken
with blindness, having been seized with
paralysis of the eyes by wearing glasses
with a crack running across one
of the lenses. After being confined in a
dark room for several hours his sight
was restored.
| The residence on Broad street, occu-
pied by Judge Horner, has been pur-
chased by Alexander Dubell for S., 800,
the sale resulting from an advertisement
which appeared in THE NEWS. When
Mr.. Dubell secures possession, his drug
store property will be occupied by Oliver
G. Billings, his chief clerk.
Train service over the Mount Holly
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad is
said to have become SO irregular since
the advent of Lakewood express train
out of Broad street station, over the
Delaware bridge route, that the South
Jersey Commuters Club will make COM
plant to the Public Utility Commission.
The bridge committee of the Board of
Freeholders will hold a meeting at
Hainesport ON Monday, January Goth,
for the purpose of selecting tender for
the drawbridge at that place. All bids
must be received on or before IL o'clock
on that day and they should be mailed
to w. A. Jones, Lumberton, who is the
chairman.
An unfortunate accident will keep
Emory Taylor, corner of Union and
Cherry streets, confined for some time
He has been somewhat ill, and while
walking in his bedroom last week, fell
and fractured his hip. Because of the
condition of his health, and being past
80 years of age, his recovery will be
somewhat slow.
The following list of newly-elected
officers of Rancocas Grange, No. 131,
were installed on Wednesday afternoon:
Master, Charles C. Shinn; overseer,
Ezra C. Engle; lecturer, Mary L. Mil
Ter; steward, Edgar L. Buzby; assistant
steward, Charles S. Winner; chaplain,
Laura E. Lundy; treasurer, Oscar w.
Pew; secretary, Nancy NJ. Leeds; gate
keeper, Richard H. Hansell; ceres, Ada
r. Shinn; pomona, Cornelia S. Wills;
fora, Irene Coumbe; lady assistant
steward, Matilda Coumbe; librarian,
Florence t. Wills; pianist, Nellie D.
Buzby.
The annual observance of the worlds
week of prayer at the First Presbyte-
rian Church this year was decided
success. The interest and attendance
broke the record of years. A unique
feature of this observance was the able
leadership of the meetings by the lay
men of the church and their splendid
use of the topics assigned by the World S
Alliance. These services were not only
very interesting but practical and help
full, and the results upon the life of the
church and each participant as we'll as
, upon the various causes for which they
, were held will doubtless prove most
salutary.
The Junior Mechanics conferred the
Oriental degree on twelve candidates on
Thursday night in the Lewis building
e Since that time the candidates fully
: realize the meaning of 1--WE got it, anc
it is said they are handling that subjec
in different way than they did before
: the mysteries of this peculiar order hat
I been solved. There were about II!
Y members who witnessed the conferrinl
d of this degree. Delegations were presen
: from Burlington, Lumberton and Vim
e centown. There are about fifty NOR
candidates that desire to solve thes
C mysteries and they will be given tn
+ opportunity in hort time.
, Mrs. Frank Kelvey was shot in tn
L leg last evening and badly injured, on
L calf being almost entirely torn off. He
4 husband had been shooting crows, AM
y when he returned placed the shot gun
u in the shed back of the kitchen. Mrs
lie Kelvey noticed one of the children play
ee ing near the gun and advised her hus
lie band to remove it to place of safety
d. In attempting to get it he fell over
st basket of coal, knocked the gun owe
i'd and a shell was discharged, the loa
of striking Mrs. Kelvey. The family liv
O. on farm near Arney's Mount and ha
p, expected to move to-day to the Julius
st town hotel, which Mr.. Kelvey recent
purchased.
n The new manager of the Burlingto
do County Traction Company has take
possession of the work and will max
ay the improvements that are very niue
needed as fast as he can. One OF til
for first will be the installing OF an aut
at matte switch system at the Burlingto
-; railroad crossing, thus doing away wit
~ the tower house and the fiagman no