The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-11-03
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Tomorrow will be donation day at tn
Burlington County Hospital.
Mount Holly Lodge of Moose will hol
a social session ON Thursday night.
Charles Kinsler, of Mount Holly, hs
opened wheeIwright shop at Pembe
ton.
The local P. 0. S. of A. will celebrat
its fourteenth anniversary on Novembt
u.
The ladies of the Jobstown Baptis
church will hold their annual oyste
supper in Mantel's hall on November
The wholesale price of milk for Novem
Der has been fixed at five cents quar-
by the Interstate Milk Producers AS
ISOLATION.
William J. Shannon and family are oc
cupying DIR. r. S. Clarke's office proper
ty on Main street. They formerly re
sided on Water street.
DIR. and Mrs. Charles Harker have is
sued invitations to reception to Mr.
and Mrs. Norman w. Harker on Thurs
day evening, November IL, at High anC
Union streets.
Frank A. Elberson has purchased the
interest of Oliver Lippincott in the Cen
trail Garage on Mill street. The business
will be conducted as before with Joseph
S. Shreve as the other partner.
The second and third Quarterly Con
ference of the Mount Holly M. E. church
will be held on Saturday evening. Rev
Percy Perinchief, superintendent Of
Trenton district, will preside.
The deer season opened yesterday and
several gunners from Mount Holly left
on Sunday for the deer section of Bur-
lington county and are now tramping
the pines for this variety of game.
Mount Holly Lodge of Elks will have
ladies' night next Tuesday night.
There will be an entertainment in the
high school auditorium on Brainard
street, followed by lunch at the Elks'
Home.
Special master William A. Slaughter
sold the property of w. COLON Cook,
deceased, on Garden street, at public
sale on Thursday afternoon, to Edith b.
Cook, a daughter of the deceased, for
$1,000.
Miss Emma L. Steelman, the visiting
nurse, underwent an operation for the
removal of tumor at the Burlington
county hospital on Tuesday. Her many
friends are hoping for her speedy re-
coyery.
The annual session of the State Coun-
Gil Jr. o. A. M. was held at Atlantic
City last week. Harry Hawkins, Jr.,
George Nj. Sleeper, William ]. Haines
and Earl l.. Everline, of the local coun-
ell, were in attenpance.
Simeon Stead, proprietor of Cross
wicks Inn, Crosswicks, died on Thurs
day after lingering illness. He was IS
years of age and for twenty-five years
conducted the hotel He leaves three
daughters and one son.
The wedding of Miss Lillian M. Gsell,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Gsell,
of Hainesport, and John Hampel, of
Philadelphia, took place in the Sacred
Heart church, Mount Holly, on October
q, Rev. Peter j. Kelley officiating.
Robert Peacock has been appointed by
the court to defend Griffin j. Johnson, a
negro who slashed Mrs. Laura Smith
with razor short time ago, the wo-
man dying as the result of the injuries.
Johnsons case will come up for trial
next week.
Mrs. William Jones and Mrs. John r.
Lewis, of Medford, have issued invita-
tions for five hundred party to be held
in the auditorium at Medford on We'd
nesday afternoon, November Is, for the
benefit of the Burlington County Chill
dren's Home
A small blaze on the outside of the
house occupied by William Parker, on
department on Saturday. The weather
boards had got on fire from some un-
known cause. The flames were extin-
guished by neighbors before the firemen
got into action.
II. III. Hartman, a grizzled civil war
veteran, of Lambertville, on Friday,
made his annual visit to his 95-year-old
grandmother, Mrs. Amelia Maps. at
Crosswicks. She is the only living
woman who had grandson in the Union
army. Hartman always visits granny
once each year and she always prepares
for the occasion with an extra supply of
goodies.
Elmer l.. Tallman, who has a dairy
farm near Columbus, has been awarded
three medals on his exhibits of milk and
cream at the national dairy show. He
has captured the gold medal for the best
cream, score 81; bronze medal, score
1920, for the best milk shown by resi-
dents of New Jersey, and bronze medal
Tor the best cream shown by residents OF
New Jersey.
Mrs, Oliver Lippincott, 80 Brainard
street, who received the contributions
for Christmas box to go to children in
the devastated war districts of Europe
reports having received $5.17 from schoo
children and $9.0S from other sources.
making total of $l4.25 in cash, also
clothing, dolls, toys, candy, etc. The
box contains a large assortment of arti
cles. Thanks are extended to all per
sons who contributed.
John +. Carrigan, administrator of the
estate of William B. Carrigan on Wednes
day started a $780, 900 damage suit agains
the Pennsylvania Railroad as the re
suit of grade crossing accident il
which William b. Carrigan, farmer O
Medford, was killed. The suit was start
ed by Attorneys Marter and Rose, il
Camden. The papers show that CARR
gan was killed on August 20, 1914, at tn
grade crossing of the Pennsylvani
along the Marlton Pike. In the acc
dent his horses were killed and his wal
on demolished. The accident is blame'
on the fact that the view of a right {
way of the railroad is INSTRUCTED at thi
point by trees and buildings and that n
bell or Waterman was on duty to call al
tention to persons on the highway
the danger from passing trains.