The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-05-19
LOCAL NEWS.

diphtheria last week.
Lee Hunter and family, of Haines
port, have moved to Mount Holly.
Mrs. J. Ridgway Haines, of Pin
street, is ill with typhoid pneumonia.
Pierre III. Stanton has entered the EN-
ploy of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company.
Herman Krupnick has begun the cree
ton of large addition to his store OF
High street.
At the Sunday morning service at thu
Methodist church nine young people
were baptized.
The mother of county Y. NJ. c. A
secretary Otis B. Read died at her hom,
in Windsor, Vermont, on Tuesday.
Ellen, wife of August Kropp, died a
her home on Mill street on Wednesday
Interment was made in Philadelphia
Saturday.
The Junior class of the Mount Holly
high school held a reception in the schoo
auditorium on Friday evening in honor
of the senior class.
Prof. u. S. Lymal has resigned the
principalship of the Riverton public
schools to accept position in a Pacific
coast university.
The rite of confirmation will be con-
ferred at the Church of the Sacred Heart
on Thursday afternoon, May 2lst, at
2.30, by Bishop McFaul.
1t is reported that Robert M. Snyder,
of the Madison hotel, who is quite i'll
wishes to dispose of his property and
remove from Mount Holly.
Real estate dealer Anderson reports the
sale of two lots on Front street, oppo-
site the base ball ground, from John B.
Davis to Ross w. Quicksall.
The programme has been completed
for musicale to be given in the Mount
Holly Baptist church next Saturday
night. 1t will be fine affair.
The Y. M. C. A. base ball team is
being rendered a benefit at Harry
Bowen's idle Hour moving picture
show every night this week except Sat
urday.
w. S. Gale has the contract to lay
cement tennis court at the Ashhurst
property on Garden street. He recently
completed the erection of large brick
garage on the same property.
P;obp,op Of Noo.aefox,., xroe
the lowest bidder for the erection of
new building for the Lodge of Elks at
Bridgeton. His bid was $l6,S0O, which
was $92 less than his lowest competitor.
The following unclaimed mail remains
in the post Office for the week ending
May Is: Mrs. H. Bennett, Mrs Emma
Borden, Chas. NJ. Barley, VIM. Stog-
don; postal for Mrs. Rebecca Batteman.
Kalbach's saw mill and outfit passed
through town, last week, on its way to
tract of timber between Jacksonville
and Burlington. 1t had been working
in George H. Peacock's woods, near
Medford.
Mount Holly defeated Lumberton
quite easily on Saturday in a game of
base ball. The score was 16 to l. The
game in Mount Holly next Saturday
will be with Bristol A. A., on the High
street ground, at $3.50.
Harvey Thomas, who has accepted a
position as publicity agent for the Pru-
dental Insurance Company, rented
house at Short Hills, near Newark, and
intended to remove there in short
time. He received word on Saturday
that the house had been destroyed by
fire.
Frank l.. Pratt, Jr., has written an
other song, which will be on the market
in few weeks. 1t is entitled ''She's a
Dear Old Girl from Jersey" The music
was written by Jack Stanley, of Wash
ington, who is one of the best music
composers of the Dugdale Music Co., of
that CITY,
The business of r. G. Chances Sons,
on King street, is rapidly increasing
and has made necessary many large i'm
provements and additions to their fac
tory. The firm is gradually extending
the sale of their food products into all
parts of the country. Last week W.
Russell Chance left on business trip in
the interest of the firm with jackson
vile, Florida, as his objective point.
Bishop Charles H. Brent, of the Phil
ippine Islands, has declined the bishop.
ric of the Episcopal diocese of New Jer-
sey, to which he was elected at con
vention meeting on May 6. 1t was felt
that he was the man who could do the
most good in this diocese, although
many of the delegates feared he would
not accept. The vacancy will be filled
at a convection to be held next Septem
Der or October.
Suit was instituted on Friday in the
New Jersey Supreme Court by Davis &
Davis, of Camden, in behalf of Emma
Gill Ellison, of Wynnewood, Pa, fol
$4,000 damages against the Philadel
phia and Camden Ferry Company, Liz
cite Zurbrugg, j. Leo Wagner and Loren
70 Moore, residents of Riverside Or
February % last the plaintiff was pas
senger on ferryboat to Camden. Or
approaching the slip it hit the piling'
with such force as to start the automo
bile in which were the three other de
PENDANTS. The automobile knocked he
down and she was injured internally.
The Woman's Christian Temperate
Unions, Sunday Schools, Y. Nj. c. A
boy scouts, Loyal Temperance Legion
and Constitutional Amendment Leagues
of Burlington county, are arranging 70
an outing on the Green Hill farm, owne
by Henry III. Albertson, near Burlington
to be held on July 4th. The features @
the day will consist of games, music b
an orchestra, short addresses and bas
ball games. In connection with tn
outing there will be basket picnic III
der the trees and all participants will /
expected to bring their own lunche
This is good opportunity for safe an
sane celebration of the national holida,
On Friday, May 30, the Burlingto
County Children's Home will celebra
the fiftieth year of it's existence. F.
the past eight years it has occupied i
present quarters, the Mary A. Dobbil
Memorial House. During the DreSel