The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29

a on account OF rellglous holiday.
Dayton Hendrickson caught pike
: weighing 81 pounds in Schrayshuen's
cove on the upper creek last week.
William B. Kumpf, hardware mer-
chant, was operated on for appendicitis
+ at the Burlington County Hospital on
II Sunday.
There was quite a severe frost last
night. Cranberry picking has been
4 completed so no damage was done to
: that crop.
The engagement of Miss Alice. NJ.
Willis of Moorestown, to Alfred V.
Souder, of West Philadelphia, is an
nounced.
Mrs. HI. C. Walch, of Hainesport road,
left on Friday for Niagara Falls and
Toronto, her former home, at which
place she will remain for two weeks.
The heirs of Miss Lydia A. Shreve
have sold to Albert S. H. johnson half
of double residence on Garden street.
The other half is owned by Miss Sue
NewboId.
There will be a parade in front of the
lgrand stand at the Mount Holly Fair
Ievery day at ten o'clock, in which the
horses entered in all the classes will be
exhibited.
Marriage licenses were issued in Phila-
delphia Yesterday to Mary Mckee and
Irving Carpenter, both of Pemberton;
and William H. Roberts, Jr., of Moores-
town, and Helen b. Kester, of Philadel-
phia.
Caleb s. Ridgway, of Lumberton, who
has been at the Burlington County Hos
pital for several weeks following an oper-
alton for an inward trouble, is in a very
serious condition, pneumonia having
set in.
About eighty members of the various
patriotic orders of Mount Holly attended
service at the Presbyterian church on
Sunday evening. The pastor, Rev.
Frank Wilcox, preached an interest
ing sermon.
A district meeting of the Patriotic
Order Sons of America will be held at
Penn berton on Thursday night. 1t is
expected that Mount Holly Camp will
be well represented. The members will
go in automobiles.
The gravel road from Browns Mills to
Lakehurst has been well patrOnized all
the year, not only by the drivers of
pleasure cars, but by the users of auto
trucks, as it gives an opportunity to
make market of Toms River, Island |
| Heights and other resorts.
Rev. James l. HI ndrick, who for IA
years was in charge of the Sacred Heart |
Church at Riverton and has been trans
ferred to Moorestown, was presented |
with handsome touring car by the |
parishioners of the church just as he |
was leaving on his new mission.
A large barn, together with five horses,
gfraW on6 how QR0 hing ha1c
of wheat, was destroyed by fire at late |
hour Tuesday night on the farm of
Frank Haines, near Mansfield Square. |
The loss was about $4,000. Nothing is
known as to the origin of the fire.
Mount Holly and Unity Lodge No. 10,
L. o. o. F., will celebrate home coming
week at their session tomorrow night
Rev. b. c. Lippincott, grand chaplain of
the order, will deliver an address and a
program of vocal and instrumental
music will be rendered. A banquet will
be served.
Arrangements are being made for a
series of evangelistic meetings to be held
In the Methodist church from November
8 to %. Rev. T. ]. J. Wright has en-
gagged Rev. Joseph Nankivel, violinist
and singer, to be present every night dur
ing that time, and neighboring pastors
will preach.
AS an indication of the interest it
takes in the poultry department the Bur
lington County Fair Association offers
$50 in cash prizes, and 26 pieces of silver
ware for displays in that department..
These are special premiums and are in
addition to the regular prizes for the
poultry displays.
The increase in price of ], 900 mile rail-
road tickets will go into effect to morrow.
Consequently the ticket offices have
been doing rushing business up to date.
This morning one man went to the
Mount Holly Office and bought $500
worth of the books-10,000 miles. He
must be going to ''go some"
Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Norman Woolston Harker,
of Mount Holly, and Miss Miriam Mac
farlane, of Philadelphia. The ceremony
will be performed at the Chestnut Street
Baptist Church, in the latter city, on
Thursday evening, October Is, at 7.30
o'clock. A reception will follow at the
Roosevelt.
The famous 'bundle of sticks" that
have been going the rounds of the Odd
Fellows of Burlington county, and that
were presented to Mount Holly and
Unity Lodge No 10, few weeks ago,
have served their mission here and will
be taken to Pemberton tonight by a
delegation of the local lodge and
presented to the order at that place.
The automobile license of Andre Pie
strack, Burlington baker, whose car
was wrecked and several occupants in
jured during recent 10y ride" was
revoked last week by the State Motor
Vehicle Commissioner. The car, while
improperly handled, struck telegraph
pole and overturned. 1t had been driven
wildly through that city prior to the
crash.
Two baskets of very fine apples arrived
at the Elks' Home, last week, both from
the orchards of Edward f. Burns, near
Morton, n. Y. One was sent by Mr..
Burns, the other by Robert S. Gaskill,
to the Burns farm. The apple crop in
New York state is reported by them to
be enormous. The peach crop was very
small.
Samuel Manheimer had an automo-
bile accident on Saturday. While driv-
ing ON the Smithville road, his young
daughter slipped from the seat. Mr..
Manheimer made grab at her and
thereby lost control of the car, which
was upset and considerably damaged.
NoneIof the occupants were injured eX-
cept Harry circuit, whose shoulder was
badly bruised.
The pastors of the Presbyterian, Bap-
fist and Methodist churches have decided
to hold union Sunday evening services
and union prayer meetings once month
in the churches alternately, on the third
Sunday and Wednesday evenings of the
month. The first union PRAYER meeting
will be in the Presbyterian church, Oct.
| 81. Rev. James H. Terry, of the Baptist |
church, will be the speaker.
George ID. Worrell, of Mount Holly, |
and Joseph l.. Severns, of Burlington,
attended the meetings and tour of the
delegates of the Deep Waterways COM
mission last week. The trip included |
visits to Perth Amboy and other New |
Jersey ports, a boat trip up the Hudson,
making stops and holding meetings at
Newburg, Troy, Albany and other cities. |
The delegates were royalty entertained |
at all cities and much interest and en-
thusiasm was manifested in the pro- |
posed work of the commission.
| The proclamation of President Wilson |
appointing Sunday, October A, as day |
of prayer and requesting "all God-fear- |
ing persons to unite at their respective |
places of worship in supplication to AL |
mighty God to restore concord among |
nations now at war, the Methodist, |
Baptist and Presbyterians churches of |
Mount Holly will unite in a union SER |