The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-05-12
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LOCAL NEWS.

Wdo OIL QNCi-CdhNdy fASASOA 49,
Holly.
John l.. Fox has bought the fruit AM
fish market of John A. Kelly, on Mil
street.
William S. Fryer has rented the prop
erty on Mill street recently vacated by
Harry /. Cooper.
Clarence Mason has bought a farm o
200 acres at Jacksonville from the estate
of Beulah ID. Gaskill.
Washington Camp No. II, P. o. s. o
A., initiated three candidates at it!
meeting on Thursday night.
Mount Holly Forest No. g. Tall Cedar,
of Lebanon, will hold ceremonial ses
sion in the Masonic Temple on Tuesday
evening, May 10.
Fred A. Tracey, who has the Strout
farming agency here, has moved from
Mill street to White street, where he will
conduct the Office.
A dance will be given in st. Mary's
hall, Washington street, tonight under
the auspices of the male choir of the
Sacred Heart church.
A. Lincoln Sailer is seriously i'll at his
home on High street. He was brought
home from Newark, on Tuesday night,
in critical condition.
Three letters remain at the post office
unclaimed for the following persons:
Mrs. Rebecca Brannan, Mrs. Mary
Green, Miss E. L. Holmer.
John p. Hutchinson, of Georgetown,
was elected treasurer of the American
Jersey Cattle club at it's annual meeting
in New York city on Thursday.
Mrs. Ella M. Keller, widow of Frank
b. Keller, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Howard E. Alcott, on
Brainard street, on Wednesday.
Philip Croshaw on the Smithville
road is the champion asparagus grower
in this neighborhood. Not OILY in size
does he excel but the quality is equal to
the size.
John Throckmorton, ST., and William
b. Pearson have gone to New Haven,
Conn.,, to represent Marion Circle at the
annual convention of the Supreme Cir
Gle, Brotherhood of America.
An incendiary fire destroyed the home
of Michael Flynn, between Moorestown
and Lenola, on Friday. There was
eviden ce that the fire was started in two
places. The loss was about 81 900.
l. Snowden Haines, cashier of the
Mechanics National bank, Burlington,
was on Saturday elected president of the
State Bankers Association which held
it's annual meeting at Atlantic City last
week.
Rain prevented the game of base ball
Saturday between Mount Holly and
Wildwood. The game scheduled for
next Saturday on the High street
grounds will be Mount Holly VS.. Lum-
berton.
The w. C. T.U. will meet at the home
of Mrs. Samuel Emerson, corner Mount
Holly avenue and Garden street, Tues
day afternoon, May 10. A full atten-
dance is desired as there is important
business to transact.
The members of the Baptist church
are preparing for musicale to be given
in the church Saturday evening, May %.
The programme has been selected with
great care and will certainly be one that
will please all lovers of music.
While getting ready for the morning
service Sunday Rev. James Stoddard
was attacked with severe bleeding at the
nose, and was compelled to return to his
home, where he soon recovered but did
not occupy the pulpit that day.
Gen. A. Z. Shiras Post No &c, G. A.
R., are making preparations for their an
nual observance of Memorial day, when
they will visit the cemeteries and strew
flowers, place flags and fire salutes over
the graves of the deceased comrades.
The following officers were elected at
the annual meeting of the Burlington
County Association for Insurance, held
at Medford last week: President, John
E. Darnell; secretary, Henry P. Thorn;
assistant secretary, Harry l.. Knight;
treasurer, William III. Zelley.
During the heavy thunder storm on
Saturday afternoon, lightning struck
large tree in the yard of Edward Hack,
on Mill street. The current followed
some electric light wires to the house
where it shattered the large glass knob
to which the wires were attached. No
other damage was done.
The last grand jury after an inspection
of the county buildings adopted resolu-
ton requesting the Board of FreehOlders
to remove all woodwork in the vault at
the county clerks Office. For some
reason the resolution was not presented
at the meeting of the Freeholders We'd
nesday.
A horse and wagon, stolen from Brener
& Sherman, of Philadelphia, was re-
Cat af ElOronoo Cta
1t was in charge of three boys, who
wanted to sell it to James Mcfarland, at
that place. He refused to buy, so the
boys left the outfit with him as the horse
was exhausted. The boys have not yet
been captured.
At a meeting of Mount Holly Lodge
of Elks, on Thursday night, a handsome
watch charm, emblematic of the Order,
was presented to Charles G. COwper-
thwait, treasurer of the lodge since its or
ganiZation, in recognition of his valu-
able services to the lodge and of the es-
TEEN in which he is held by the men,
bers of the organization.
Henderson Fine, better known as
Harry Fine, locomotive engineer, died
at Camden on Tuesday from the results
of exposure during the blizzard in Feb
ruary. His train was stalled at Whit
lngS Tor tWenty-IOur hours ana tele-
graph pole rammed the locomotive cab.
injuring Mr.. Fine. The exposure for
nearly two days undermined his health.
DIR. Charles Harker, Edward ID. Stokes,
DIR. Raymond $. Clarke, Wilmer Chance,
and Ross W. Quicksall have been reap
pointed shade tree commissioners Tor
Northampton township. The last legls-
lature remedied defect in the tree COM
mission law, making it apply to town
ships, SO the township committee reap
pointed the old commissioners that had
been powerless on account of the defect
i've law.
The father of Warren McCarrack, the
boy kidnapped in Philadelphia, spent
several hours in Mount Holly, on Satur.
day, in consultation with Detective
Parker. On the day the lad was kid
mapped Conestoga wagon was near the
bows home and playmate said that
Warren was placed in the wagon and
carried away The wagon was traced to
Kaighn's avenue ferry, Camden, after
which it could not be located. All the
authorities in South Jersey have beer
instructed to search for that wagon anC
learn its ownership.
One of Burlington county's Officials
who was going TO attend the bankers
banquet in Atlantic City Friday even
ing, had somewhat of a surprise whei
he reached that place. His suitcase ha'
been carefully packed, his evening
clothes, nicely pushed and pressed, wer
ready for wear and he took the Nelli
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