The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-01-13


of Mrs. Cameron, 80 Paxson street, o
Tuesday afternoon, January Goth.
Ambrose Reeve sustained fall 0
Paxson street, Tuesday night, whic
painfully injured his nose and face.
Through the real estate agency {
kelsey & Killie, the property at q
Pine street has been sold to Natha
Miller.
A supper will be served in the paris
house, on Thursday evening, Januar
22d, by the ladies of st. Andrew
Church.
On Thursday, at his home on Garde
street, occurred the death of John F
Woertz from heart disease. Decease
was in his 9th year.
Walter Sheeler, of Mount Holly, ha
been elected secretary of the South Jer
sey News Dealers Association that wa
organized at Camden last week.
Mrs. r. ]. b. Slack has passed through
a siege of illness since she went to Phil
adelphia to visit her daughter, wher
she became indisposed during the holi
days.
V. Claude Palmer is the attorney 70
Sprinfield and Tabernacle townships
He is also serving in that capacity TO
the townships of Northampton ant
Eastampton.
Mrs. f. H. Lytle and Mrs. E. Rowan
of Defiance, were in Mount Holly OF
Thursday arranging for the admission
of child to the Burlington County
Children's Home.
The Board of Freeholders will NEE
again ON Wednesday of next week ano
from mutterings heard in different parts
of the county there will be some inter
esting incidents at the meeting.
There was an alarm of fire about noon
on Sunday, the trouble being caused by
a blaze which started in house neal
Coles store on Water street. The flames
were extinguished before the firemen ar
rived.
Charged with threatening James
Minney and Frank Greenwood, of Cooks
town, with loaded shotgun, colored
man giving the name of Roy Johnson
has been brought to the county jail tc
await trial.
Miss Ethel nj. Birkhead, of Beverly
and DIR. Bartine Ulmer, of Moorestown,
were married at the brides home on
Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Mr.. Thompson,
pastor of the Baptist church.
The Carnival of Opera will be given
Thursday and Friday evenings of this
week for the benefit of the Children's
Home. The entertainment promises tC
be the best yet given, and those who
have not secured tickets should do SO al
once. The reserved seat chart is at Du-
bells drug store.
At its organization meeting last week
the Mt. Laurel Farmers Club elected
the following officers: President, Ezra
E. Darnell; vice president, Robert t
l.
treasurer, Benjamin M. Haines; property
committee, E. E. Darnell, Joshua Hol-
lingshead, Benz. Nj. Haines, Alfred Oar.
nell, William HI. Zelley.
An application was made to the court
of pardons last week to release Estel
ID. Rightmire, the Atlantic county en-.
gineer, now serving a one-year term
Prosecutor George S. Silzer, of Middle
sex, wanted to appear before the court
but this permission was denied and he
submitted an appeal in writing. This
was refused and no action was taken.
On Monday, January 10Th, the Fe
male Benevolent Association, of Noun
Holly, will receive at "Centennia
Tea" in the Brainard school from to
P. NJ. 1t is expected that paper will
be read giving the history of the asso
citation during the 100 years of its exis
tence. The members extend cordia
invitation to all interested to be present
People in the lower part of the stat
are making vigorous fight for dolla
gas. 1t is not our put, but we canno
help saying don't do it," Let tn
J price stay at $3.50 where it is and insis
on $3.50 gas. Up this way we are get
ting price of 80 cents per thousand
:. reduced from Stand we are getting 9
Acent stuff. Fight for quality, that is G
Fhaore account than lower price.
y, The following mail remains uncalle,
for at the post Office: Mrs. Mary A
Burr, Mitchell & Church, Mrs. A. b
Gallof, Paul Livingston, Miss Mimi
Link, Daniel Ritto, Miss ID. Stoddard
Miss Laura Sense, Rev. C. l. Withrov
ID. D., Miss Eula Bush, Walter Busf
Mrs. Hannah Borden, Mrs. Emily Cor
well, Mrs. Rachel Cole, Miss Mabel How
ard, Mrs. J. g. Sankey, VIM. Rowles.
Philadelphia is making arrangement
to conduct a municipal market with til
idea that the housekeepers will be ben
fitted. The market will be on the san
plan as was suggested for Mount Holl
last year but which never reached pc
lection. In Philadelphia as in Mour
Holly the scheme is being opposed b
the storekeepers who might be hurt an
all sorts of objections are being inte
posed to show what silly idea Il
whole thing is.
Mount Holly Camp, No. 50, Patriot
Order of Americans, will hold a NEE
ing in the Kelsey & Killie building t
morrow night when number of ca
didates for membership will be obligs
ed on Bible presented by John Wan
maker, of Philadelphia. The initiate
work will be done by Camp No. 40,
Merchantville, which has one of t
best equipped and most efficient degr
teams in the state. AT the close of t
exercises refreshments will be serve
At the meeting to be held on the q
inst the members and their wives a
daughters of Camp No. II, P. o. S.
A., are to be the invited guests at
cial to be given at that time by Can
No. 49, which is increasing in inter
and membership.
William Z. Johnson, tender of G,
treton drawbridge, committed suic
between five and six o'clock Satur6
morning by cutting his throat wit
razor. He had been in poor health
a long time and recently received tire
men<at a hospital. He attempted (
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