The Mount Holly news., 1914-12-22
LOCAL NEWS.

i'll with pneumonia.
A letter for Mrs. Mary Walker remain
unclaimed in the post Office.
Thomas MacFarland, Jr., has regis
tered as law student with George M
Hillman.
The engagement is announced of Mis-
Edna Moen and Thornton c. Stockton
both of Mount Holly.
The Mount Holly public schools closes
on Friday for the Christmas vacation
They will reopen January 4.
John D. Johnson, formerly of Noun
Holly, has been elected director of th'
Philadelphia Union League.
Under the will of the late DIR. William
P. Melcher, the widow, Mary g., is thu
sole beneficiary and executrix.
The Christmas entertainment Of ths
Methodist Sunday school will take place
in the church on thursday evening.
The annual free Christmas dinner fol
children by Mount Holly Lodge of Elks
will be held at noon on Friday in the
Masonic Temple.
The family of John L. Lewis wish to
extend their thanks and appreciation to
all who assisted in any way in their re-
cent bereavements.
Having secured position of night
watchman at the Lumberton shoe fac
tory, William H. Parks, of Shreve street.
will remove to that place next week.
Mount Holly Forest No. 9. Tall Cedars
of Lebanon, will meet in the Masonic
Temple next Tuesday night. A num-
Der of saplings will be planted and Off
GERS elected.
Rebecca, wife of David Estilow, former
ly of Mount Holly, died at her home in
Bordentown. ON Friday. Her remains
were buried in Mount Holly cemetery
yesterday afternoon.
During the past week American flags
have been presented to the Samuel
Aaron school by the local p. o. 8. of A..
and to the county colony at Four Mile
by the Junior Mechanics.
A minstrel performance will be given
by local talent in the opera house on
February and 8, for the benefit of the
uniformed rank of the Junior Mechanics
and the Ankokas Canoe Club.
Holly of fine quality and well covered
with berries has been coming into the
markets of this section during the past
week. Woodmen report that holly is
now better than for several years past
Owing to severe cold which has af-
fected his vocal chords, Rev. T. ]. ].
Wright was unable to preach at the
Methodist church on Sunday. Rev.
johnson Oatman, Jr., occupied the
pulpit.
The next meeting OF the Young
Friends Association will be held in the
meeting house, corner High and Garden
streets, Mount Holly. fourth day even
ing, Both inst, to be entertained by |
Mary r. Engle and Albert Hansell, Jr. |
At Trenton, on Tuesday, the court Of |
pardons considered the application OF |
Robert Peacock for a Communication of |
the death sentence Of his client, Griffin |
]. Johnson, recently convicted of muir
der. A further hearing will be given to-
morrow. Johnson was sentenced to be |
electrocuted during the week of January |
4th.
John L. Lewis died at his home on
Pine street on Tuesday. He was for
merly an engineer on the Pennsylvania
railroad, having been placed on the /
pension list some time ago. A peculiar
incident in this case was the fact that he |
was buried on Friday. just one month
to the day from the time his wife was
buried.
Constable Alfred ]. Delete, who has
been suffering from consumption for a
number of years, was seized with a Sc
we're hemorrhage while he was sitting in |
the Washington honse, on Tuesday, and
died within short time. He was a men,
ber of Company E, National Guard, and
was buried on Saturday with military
honors.
Tomorrow, at noon, there will be in
teresting services in st. Andrew church,
to which the public is invited. A win
dow which has been placed in the church
will be unveiled at that hour. 1t bears
this inscription: ITO the glory of God |
and in loving memory of Joseph C. |
Clark, by his daughter, Mrs. T. H. Gull
len." Mr.. Clark was warden of st.
Andrews church for many years.
On nextMonday evening at 7.8O o'clock |
promptly in the First Presbyterian
church the annual Christmas festivi-
ties will occur. These exercises promise |
to be better than ever this year. The
rehearsals of the music which is very
beautiful are now taking place and the
singing is exceptionally good. Every |
one interested in this church and school |
is most cordially invited to be present.
While we have always had an idea
that THE News was appreciated by its
readers we were never SO thoroughly con-
WINGED of that fact than on last Tuesday. |
Owing to rush of work which com
PEELED our force to keep going day and |
nighe THE NEWS was about two hours |
late, Tuesday, and from the time it was
usually the custom to deliver the paper
the telephone bell kept ringing and
there were numerous inquiries whether |
the paper was going to be delivered that
day as it had not reached the house OF
the subscriber. This is very gratifying,
as it shows that the paper is still in
good standing with its many readers.
The wedding of Floyd W. Lewis and
Miss Vcrna F. Britton took place at the
home of the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Britton, on Pine street,
Saturday evening. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Thomas ]. J. Wright,
of the Methodist church. Miss Dora
Fenimore, of Ewanville, was bridesmaid
and Richard Fenimore, of Burlington,
was best man. Quite number of rela-
tives and few friends were present.
After the ceremony wedding breakfast
was served. The bride and groom re-
ceived many useful gifts. They will
reside with Mrs. Lewis parents on Pine
street.
The hand of fate seems to have been
heavily ON the family of Morris l..