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

readiness to occupy for the summer.
s William B. Wills, editor of the Herald
has recovered sufficiently to come dow
town and paid visit to his office yes
terday.
Judging by the amount of seed sold
there has been planted larger acreag
of potatoes in Burlington county thar
ever heretofore.
Harry N. Warner, who has bought al
interest in printing Office at Asbury
Park, with his wife removed to tina
o place yesterday.
The regular monthly meeting of thu
Y. NJ. C. A. board of directors will b.
held at their rooms on ButtonwooC
street this evening at 1880 o'clock.
The dancing pavilion at Rancocal
Park will open on Saturday night of thil
week at eight o'clock. The amusement
and restaurant will open on May 23d.
The game of base ball on the Mount
Holly grounds next Saturday will bt
with the strong Wildwood team thai
gave interesting exhibitions here last
season.
Miss Edna L. Bacon, of Newark, form
erly of Mount Holly, read a paper on
woman Suffrage" at meeting of the
Fortnightly Club at the residence OF
James S. Hume on Friday night.
The annual meeting of the Supreme
Circle Brotherhood of America will be
held at New Haven, Conn.,, beginning
next Tuesday. William B. Pearson and
John Throckmorton, ST., will represent
the local Circle.
On Sunday evening there will be a
special musical service at the Methodist
church by the choir in observance of
Mothers day. Rev. T. ]. ]. Wright will
preach short sermon ON "Our Mother"
All are invited to attend this service.
The Campbell Soup Company, of
Camden, has contracted with farmers in
the vicinity of Pemberton for 800 acres
of tomatoes, to be placed in crates fur
nished by the cannery and to be loaded
on freight cars at Pemberton station.
At the meeting of the congregation of
the Methodist church on Wednesday
evening the following trustees were
elected: DIR. Charles Harker, Howard
E. Alcott, Reeve Stewart, Thomas ].
Alcott. John ID. Mason was reelected
treasurer.
The Mount Holly Safe Deposit and
Trust Company has been appointed adj
ministrator of the estate of Charles III.
Estill, deceased Mr.. Estill was col
lector of coins and rare money and his
deposit box contained number of old
coins of this and other countries.
Bleakley & Stockwell, of Camden,
have been retained to bring suit for DAM
ages against Edward I. Haines for injuries
sustained to one of Bert Matthias eyes.
1t is claimed that Haines struck drink
ing glass held by Matthias, causing it to
strike and injure one of the latter's optics.
The funeral of George E. Mccullough,
who was shot in the head with bullet,
took place Tuesday afternoon from his
parents residence on Shreve street. The
floral tributes were numerous and beauti-
full. Mr.. and Mrs. Mccullough wish
to thank all those who assisted in any
way during their bereavement.
A very fine monument was erected
last week on the Zurbrugg lot in the
Mount Holly cemetery. 1t lis of granite.
consisting of four Corinthian columns
at each corner, surrounding a large CEN
trail rectangular shaped stone, all sur
mounted by an appropriate cap stone.
The two base stones are very massive.
The weight of the entire affair is q tons.
1t is the handsOmeSt monument in the
cemetery.
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the Baptist church, held last night, the
following officers were elected: Deacons,
George ID. Worrell, Samuel A. Atkinson,
T. Walter Borton, Isaac Parker, William
w. Worrell, John b. Herbert and JOS
eph Dudley; trustees, Rev. Edward Nj.
Ogden, Morris HI. Keller, William John
son; clerk, Miss NJ. l.. Smalley; choris-
ter, Miss Bessie Hand, of Frankfort, Pa.
Fire was discovered in the hay loft of
Fred Stockton's barn, Pine street, yes
terday morning. An alarm was given
and all the fire companies responded,
but their services were not needed, a few
buckets of water having settled the
trouble. There was another alarm short
ly before one o'clock yesterday after
noon, caused by some smoke seen in the
rear of DIR. w. p. Melcher's barn, from
hot coal ashes. No damage was done.
Thursday morning about half past ten
o CLOCK the house of Alfred Baldwin, near
Centreton, was burned to the ground.
Mr.. Baldwin had been working up stairs
and after he came down his housekeeper
discovered fire in a barrel of waste paper.
She called Mr.. Baldwin who thought he
had eXtinguished the flames and he start
ed for Centreton to get his mail. On
looking back he saw his house in flames.
He evidently had not put the fire out en-
tirely. The house, which was two
story frame, with its contents of house
hold goods was entirely destroyed.
The dates for the 1914 series of Chau-
tauqua entertainments in Mount Holly
have been fixed to begin on June IL and
continue for seven days. The features
will be the Romario orchestra, Dunbar
singing band, Tuskegee Institute sing
ers, lectures favoring and opposing wo-
man suffrage by Mrs. Grace d. Good
win and DIR. Scott Nearing, lecture by
DR.. S. Parker Cadman, lecture by Su-
preme Court Judge r. M. Wanamaler
of Ohio, lecture-recital by William L.
Ellis, Adriatic concert band, etc. The
programme is said to be better than any
heretofore given in Mount Holly.
Miss Katherine Heisler, of Beverly,
and j. Gin ton Leigh, bank clerk at
Burlington, eloped on Friday night.
They came to Mount Holly in an auto
mobile and were married by Rev. t. ]. J.
| Wright, pastor of the NJ. f. church. Leigh
| left the home of his mother, Mrs. A. s.
Leigh, near Burlington, journeyed to
the home of c. X. Heisler, an uncle Of
Miss Heisler, with whom she made her
home, was joined by his bride-to-be, and
the couple got away without being dis
covered. Each left note telling of
their intention to be married, despite
objections of relatives. The bridegroom
is brother of Mrs. Irma Earl, divorced
wife of Binrfey w. Earl, of Edgewater
Park, whose divorce and alimony pro-
ceedings were only settled last month";
Earl eloped with Miss Leigh following a
dinner party to the Princess de Camper
cali, of Italy, an aunt.
The Burlington County Board of Taxa
ton met on Thursday for organization.
William F. Morgan was chosen chair
man, and William H. Absalom was
elected secretary, displacing Joseph
) Kaighn. The latter was practically I'M
der civil service but he did not make
any contest, as he told the Board year
ago that he would not persist in holding
on to the Office if there was a desire to
make a change. We do not know any
thing about the abilities of the new
secretary, but we do know that Mr.
Kaighn has made very efficient officer
E and has performed many acts that really
t did not fall to his lot. Especially was
this this the case in looking up lega
points. He was very valuable acquisi