The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-11-24
LOCAL NEWS.

G. Bennett and family, of Moore
town, have removed to Mount Holly.
E. w. Esham will break ground tn
week for another house on Rossell stree
Joseph r. Deacon, of Bordentown, hi
been reelected treasurer of the New Je
sey grand lodge of Odd Fellows.
Pyramid Lodge, No. 80, F. and A. M
OF New Egypt, held its annual ladie
night and banquet on Tuesday evening
Mrs. Frank Powell, of Water street, /
spending the week with the family
DIR. H. r. Faringer, at Swarthmore, p,
Circuit Court Judge Carlow has al
nounced his winter schedule. He wi
sit at Mount Holly from February I
Is.
The William Emery Taylor farm, nea
Pemberton, was offered at public sale Oh
Tuesday and withdrawn on bid OF So
per acre.
All local drug stores will be closed Oh
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Ney
Years days from one to five o'clock Ii
the afternoon.
-Four unclaimed letters remain in tn
post Office. They are for: Mystic Co.
George Regain, Miss Mabel Benedict
Mrs. Norman Burr.
Alburtus Stidfole has been granted
decree nisi in his proceedings for q di
vorce from his wife, who was Miss Dor
Hulit, of Mount Holly.
Miss Mary Sharp, OF Masonville, is re
covering from an operation for appen
dicitis performed at the Burlington
County Hospital last week.
The storm ON Thursday interfered with
the attendance at the public sale OF the
Samuel HI. Chambers farm at Chambers
Corner. The. farm was withdrawn on .
bid of $54 per acre and will now be SOLD
at private sale.
Chester Lewis, son of Howard c.
Lewis, of London, arrived in New York,
last week, on the steamship Adriatic, to
enter the electrical business in the EN-
ploy OF Harry c. Byllesby.. who was q
resident of Mount Holly when boy.
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Lip
pincott has revoked the license of DIR.
Chauncey B. Lambert, of Riverside, and
fined him $25 for driving his automobile
recklessly, improper use of his registra-
ton, and refusal to. stop upon signal
from department inspector.
Wilbur Redd, of Riverside, who had
been in the county jail for some time on
a charge of attempted criminal assault,
was taken to the Vineland home for
feeble minded on Wednesday, it having
been decided that he was subject for
that institution.
The suit started by Thomas l.. Assay,
OF Jacksonville, against Harry B.
Wright, of Westampton township, to
recover $4,000 damages for injuries re-
ceived some time ago when his wagon
was run into by Wright's automobile,
has been settled out of court.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed by the Edge Auto Device Com
pany, of Edgewater Park, with a CAPT.
tai OF $4,000. Its object, as implied by
the title, is to deal in automobile de-
vices The incorporates are Marie b.
Earl, Binney w. Earl, and Frederick H.
Meench.
A large number of Congressional and
other government reports, belonging to
the Burlington County Historical So
ciety, Mount Holly, are being shipped
to the University of Pittsburgh, as the
local society has not room to store them.
There are sufficient number of vol
umes to make a carload.
James Mercer Davis has been appoint
ed receiver of the Linwood Haines Com
pany, limited, of Camden. concern
doing mail order business. The liza bil-
tiles are said to amount to about $50, 600,
with assets of considerable less
amount. A number of Burlington county
people are stockholders in the company.
The annual meeting of the Peoples
Building and Loan Association was held
at the office of the secretary, v. Claude
Palmer, on Thursday night. All the old
officers were reelected. The association
had such successful year that it was
able to announce that the period of ma
turity of all stocks has been reduced
four months.
Miss Miriam e. oatman, daughter of
Rev. johnson Oatman, Jr., of Lumber
ton, will be united in marriage to Fred
erick +. Bachly, Of New York, on Sum
day, November 20. The ceremony will
be performed in the Lumberton Metho-
dist church at IL o'clock. No formal in
vitations will be issued, but all friends
will be welcome.
On Wednesday evening Camp SO, P.
Q. of A., gave masquerade and string
party. Mrs. Elsie Horner, of Camp AZ,
Merchantville, received first prize for the
best dressed, and Miss Lydie Sharp, of
Camp So, Mount Holly, received second
prize. Tomorrow evening, Nov. IS,
there will be initiation. All members
are requested to attend.
The work of erecting new flood gates
at the foot of the raceway opposite Ed
ward Hacks, on Mill street, is about
completed. An earthen dam was first
built and the water in the upper creek
was drawn off few days only. The
new gate frame is much lower than the
old one, the water company making
the change TO accommodate the Anko-
kas Canoe Club. Canoes can now b.
launched easily from the platform ovel
the gates, which was impossible unde
the old arrangement.
Despite the very threatening ant
stormy weather on Thursday night las
the members of the Woman's Guild O
the First Presbyterian Church hav
every reason to congratulate themselve
on the good success which attended thei
supper at the Masonic Temple. Neve
has such function given by this churcl
received better patronage regardless c
denominational distinction. A yer
handsome sum was realized. The men
bers of the guild and church desire t.
extend their warmest thanks to all VIII
so cordially patronized them and VIII
helped to make it success.
Stricken with heart failure shortl
after O'Clock Tuesday night, Joshu
Earl, employed as collector in Atlant