The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-12-29
LOCAL NEWS.

Walter Allen, the builder, is confined
to the house with an affection of the
throat.
The senior class of the Mount Holly
high school gave a dance last night in
the Masonic Temple.
Mrs. Clothier's annual carnival Of
opera will be given in the opera house
on Friday evening, January %.
MIR. Berge, of Argentina, will give a
short talk about South America at the
Y. NJ. C. A. building tonight.
Ice eight to ten inches in thickness is
being gathered from several streams in
this vicinity. 1t is clear, hard ice.
The engagement is announced of
Frank K. Moen, of Mount Holly, and
Miss Hettie Sharp, of Lumberton.
The township committee, on Tuesday
night, appointed Edgar Armstrong as
constable to succeed Alfred J.. Delete,
deceased.
Mrs. Louis Garbarino has purchased
from the estate of Amelia Campbell q
house at the corner of B~uttonwood and
Pearl streets.
The next meeting of the w. C. T. U.
will be held at the home of Mrs. Evans,
104 Broad street, on Tuesday afternoon,
January ., at 8 o'clock.
The sacred cantata entitled 1.-THE
Prince of Peace will be rendered by an
augmented choir at the Methodist
church on Sunday evening, January 10.
George r., better known as Harry
Mullen, died on Wednesday. His illness
had extended over some years, caused
by locomotor ataxia and spinal menin-
gifts.
Scott Logan, of Sheldon, Iowa, is on
a visit to this section, his former home.
He was called east on account of the
serious illness of his sister, Mrs. Joseph
H. Gaskill.
At the Baptist church next Sunday
evening will occur the union service OF
the Presbyterian. Baptist and Methodist
churches. Rev. T.. ]. ]. Wright, pastor
OF the latter church, will preach the
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A remonstrance has been filed against
renewing the license Of Daniel Sooy for
his hotel at New Gretna, on the ground
that he has sold liquor to minors, to in |
toxicated persons and that he is an i'm |
proper man to be given a license.
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On Sunday morning Rev. Johnson
Oatman, Jr., occupied the pulpit of the
Methodist church, and at the evening |
service Rev. William E. Zimmerman, of
Lumberton, preached the sermon, owing
to the illness Of Rev. 7. ]. J. Wright.
Tomorrow will be a big day for the
local Y. Nj. c. A. boys, when they will |
go to Philadelphia with some of thel
other county boys groups. Mr.. Read
will take the boys on an interesting tour,
visiting Baldwin locomotive works, the
Bulletin building, and League Island
navy yard.
Letters addressed to the following per-
sons remain in the post office unclaimed: I
Miss Thelma Brown, Glendal Stock
Farm, M. V. Macfarlane, Will McDade, |
Miss Amanda McKelvey, Mrs. Minnie
Rubia, Miss Marguerite Fox. Eugenia
Bozarth, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Stein, Leslie
Morris, Madeline Metzger.
The Ushers' Union of the Methodist
church elected the following officers at
their meeting last Tuesday night: Presi-
dent, Philip S. Irons; vice president, l..
H. Lippincott; secretary, Floyd Ell
Scattergood; treasurer, Willard F. Lip
pincott; executive committee, A. A. Lip
incott and A. r. W. Atwood.
Postmaster Cowperthwait reports that
there was an increase this year of about
fifty per cent. over last year in the
Christmas parcels post business here.
Prompt deliveries were made daily Of
the numerous packages, and the post
master and his assistants are to be con-
graduated upon the efficiency and
promptness with which all the mails
were handled.
Raymond Throckmorton, who was
mysteriously injured about the head a
week ago Saturday and taken to the Bur-
lington County Hospital in a serious
condition, has regained consciousness
and is rapidly improving. He was re-
moved to his home on Wall street, |
yesterday. Owing to his peculiar con-
dition he has not been asked how the |
accident happened, a relapse being
feared.
The annual free dinner to children
was given at noon on Christmas day by
Mount Holly Lodge of Elks in the Ma /
sonic Temple. The number of urchins
who enjoyed the feast was 284. Music |
was furnished by the Peerless orchestra
and after the dinner the children were
admitted free to the moving picture
show at the Mount Holly theatre. The
dinner tables were decorated with small
cedar trees, prettily trimmed with tinsel
and ornaments.
The financ committee of the Board of
Freeholders was notified yesterday that
there would be some changes in the
salaries of some OF the county employees
and were instructed to arrange the budget
accordingly. Those who were the for
tunate ones were: Joseph Fleetwood, de-
putty sheriff. from 81, 200 to 81, 500; Miss
Travis, transcribing clerk in the county
clerks office. from $40 to 5000; William
A. Slaughter, probation officer, from
$500 to 5000; Lawrence Mingin, deputy
county clerk, from 81, 200 to 81, o
Lady Marion Home No. 6, Brotherhood
of America, elected the following officers
at their meeting on Saturday night: Past
guardian, Mrs. Esther Streeker; guar
dian, Mrs. Maggie Phares; mentor, Mrs.
Elizabeth Mack; warden, Mrs. Hannah
Throckmorton; herald, Mrs. Anna NJ.
Warner; scroll keeper, Mrs. Ida V. Eddie
man; register, John Throckmorton, ST.;
treasurer, Daniel Eddleman; watch of
day, Mrs. Anna ID. Sprow; watch of
night, Miss Olive Robinson; trustee, Miss
Olive Robinson; representative, Mrs.
Elizabeth Mack; alternate, Mrs. Ida
Eddleman.
hat was a most inspiring address
which was delivered in the PRESBYTERIAN
church by Rev. Peter Clark Wright, ID.
d., minister of the Gethsemane Baptist
church of Philadelphia, on Tuesday
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