The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30
LOCAL NEWS.

OcUiSc OOicy hco puiCiiaoCu e1S iOiiA'S
residence of Charles H. Estill, on Church
street.
The Board of Freeholders will hold q
regular meeting at the court house to-
morrow.
Wetherill's store will remain open late
Friday evening, but will be closed all
day Saturday.
Mrs. Benjamin w. Zelley, who has
been seriously ill with an abscess of the
throat, is somewhat improved.
Mark j. Venable died at the Burling-
ton County Hospital on Thursday from
typhoid fever. He was 80 years of age.
Lightning struck the barn on the farm
last week, and it was totally destroyed.
The Young Friends Association will
meet at the home of Mrs. Josephine
Lippincott, 70 Mill street, on Thursday
night.
A. John Baylies and Miss Mabel Lip
pincott. both of Mount Holly, were mar
ried on Thursday by Rev. Frank Will
cock.
John N. Carly entertained the MEM
bers of the Brotherhood Bible class of
the M. E. Sunday school at his home on
Pearl street last evening.
Mahlon Hartshorne, formerly of Mount
Holly, has gone into the coal business
at Barnegat having bought an old es-
tablished stand at that place.
Mrs. A. ii. Reeves of Moorestown,
has been appointed a delegate to the
fourth International Congress on Home
Education to be held in Philadelphia.
Carson W. Wright and Miss Ray S.
Archer, daughter of John w. Archer,
were married, on Thursday, by Rev.
James H. Stoddard, d. D., at the rectory
on High street.
Allen Poinsett, aged "a years, resi-
last week by taking poison. 1t is sup
posed that his mind became unbalanced
by the extreme heat.
An Italian employed on the farm of
hand by poisonous snake on Wednes-
day. Prompt medical attention pre-
vented serious consequences.
Rev. Walter fl. Semple was in Mount
Holly Wednesday. He is engaged in
business in New York and also has
charge of a congregation of 200 Spanish
speaking citizens in that city.
During the shower Saturday afternoon
lightning struck some telephone wires
at the corner of Pine and Shreve streets,
stunning several people in that vicinity
who were sitting on their porches.
At meeting of the Northampton
Board of Education, on Thursday night,
Miss Elizabeth Ditzell, of Waterloo, N.
Y, was elected high school teacher to
succeed Miss Margaret J. Ross, resigned.
A new auto chemical engine has been
received by the Franklin Fire Company,
of Columbus. 1t was given test on
Wednesday evening and proved salts
factory. 1t has two 35-gallon tanks and
cost So, 500.
The summer change in the railroad
time table took place Sunday. Small
time cards, issued by the Farmers Trust
Company, may be secured at different
stores, THE News Office and from the
Trust Company.
Having been called away on Saturday
by the death OF his sister, Rev. T. J. J.
Wright did not occupy the pulpit of
the M. E. church on Sunday. Rev.
Walter Fish, of Rancocas, preached
morning and evening.
The late Judge Willard P. Voorhees,
will was admitted to probate in Middle
sex county last week. The widow, Sarah
N. Voorhees,, receives the entire estate
and is named as executrix. The estate
is estimated to be worth $500, 900.
Mrs. Margaret Hilyard Davis, OF Ran
cocas, was married to DR.. w. w. White
head, of Mount Holly. on Thursday, in
New York city. Rev. James H. Terry,
pastor of the Mount Holly Baptist
church, performed the ceremony.
The formal opening of the Beach
Haven house, Lamb & Eldridge, pro-
prietors, will take place on Thursday of
this week. A big time is expected. The
hotel has been enlarged, thoroughly
renovated, and all new furnishings in
stalled.
No clue has yet been obtained of the
thieves who broke into Mrs. Evans H.
Topal;pcon,c houSa raoantlv and StoIa q
seal skin coat, silverware, etc. The
house had not been occupied for some
time and the robbery was not discovered
until the perpetrators had had plenty of
time to get out of the state.
Pocahontas Lodge No. 107, l. o. o. F.,
of Moorestown, has awarded to Harvey
Vennel the contract for the erection of
two-story brick building, to contain
store rooms and a banquet room on the
first floor and a lodge room ON the
second floor The building will be located
on the lot next to the Moorestown post
office. The contract price is S., 7S5.
1t has been decided to have the Chau
sauqua series of entertainments appear
again in Mount Holly next year. The
number of subscriptions pledged war
ranted the committee in signing con
tract for 1915. The local committee, wh'
are the guarantors, is composed of DR.
Clifton +. Lord, Dr. Raymond S. Clarke
William c. Wetherill, Herbert S. Kille
Morris X. Perinchief and Charles l.
Tour.
The Independence day outing an
picnic to be held at the Ockanicko
farm, near Burlington, on the Fourth c
July, promises to be a grand affair
This outing is being arranged by the \
NJ G.. A., Sunday schools, boy scouts
w. C. T. u, and other organizations {
Burlington county, and they have pre-
pared a program that will give tn
picnicers day of real enjoyment on tn
beautiful farm. There will be music b
an orchestra, speaking, base ball game
outdoor games, and other amuseme mt
Two particularly fine, large specimen
of box bush in the yard of John Grad.
on Branch street, were sold to John
Rockefeller and removed on Frida,
Much care was taken in getting the lart
plants ready for shipment, so as not
disturb the roots anv more than pOSs