The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
LOCAL NEWS.


s. Thackara Haines. of the Hollyfort
Ice Company. has purchased a Chalmer
touring car.
Sunday School, at the Baptist church
will be held at 2.15 p. M, beginning
September 9Th.
The wholesale price of milk for Sep
tember has been fixed at AZ cents quar-
by the Interstate Milk Producers AS
ISOLATION.
The Frizlen cut glass factory, located
in portion of the former Anderson can
ming house on Water street, began work
on Tuesday.
The choir of st. Paul's M. E. church
will give concert on THURSDAY evening,
September 8, for the purpose of enlarg-
ing the choif room back of the pulpit.
Rev. Joseph L. Surtees, pastor of the
Methodist church, will return from his
vacation this week and will have charge
of the services at that clutch next
Sunday.
The sale of the Interstate Telephone
Company and its subsidiaries to the Bell
interests was approved by Vice Chancel-
lor Backes in the court of chancery on
Tuesday. .
Rancocas Grange will hold second
birthday treat on Wednesday evening.
September /, at eight o'clock, in the
grange hail.
w. Harold Rogers. who spends much
time with relatives in Mount Holly, and
is well known as an entertainer, has
gone to sanitorium. in the hope of i'm
proving his health.
The November election comes this
year on the earliest day possible the
second of the month. The law provides
that it shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday.
Mrs. and Miss Galbraith, of Brooklyn,
who have been boarding in Mount Holly |
for several weeks, moved on Saturday In
to the residence ON Garden street adj
joining the Baptist parsonage.
Rev. James A. Solandt, Of Newark,
will deliver a lecture at the Friends
meeting house at Arney's mount, on
Wednesday evening, September s, at
7.3O. A collection will be taken.
Miss Margaret J. Ross, former local
high school teacher, will teach the COM
ing term at George school, Newtown.
Pa Since resigning here she has been
teaching at Spokane. Washington.
Herbert WolIner went to the fire at
Honor on his bicycle on Wednesday
night. When the excitement was over
the bicycle had disappeared. The young
man would like to have it returned.
The thirtieth annual convention of
the w. C. t. u, of Burlington County,
will be held in the M. e. Church,
Bridgeborc, Thursday, September 9th.
Come and invite your friends to come.
The annual meeting of w. c. t. U.
will be held Friday evening. September
8, at 219 Garden street, when election OF
officers will be held for the coming year.
/ is desired that all members attend.
The unclaimed letters that remain in
the post Office for the week ending
August Is, are as follows: Miss Bessie
Wilkerson, b. Gaslill, Miss Elizabeth
g. Taylor. l.. G. Waters, Edw. Dobbins,
George J. Fyeels, Jim Lee and Miss
Ada Smith.
Announcement is made Of the en-
eagement OF Miss Verona Smith, daugh-
ter of Captain and Mrs. Elton A. Smith,
of Smithville, and Leo st. Clair Pie. Of
Newark, Del, formerly connected with
the local supervisors Office Of the Penn
sylvania railroad company.
There was a slight fire on the floor of
the barn OF Edward Warrick, at Hart
ford, on Saturday. Fearing that the
barn might be. destroyed, telephone
message.for aid was sent to Mount Holly
and Americas chemical engine was sent
down, but the fire was extinguished be-
fore it got there. The cause of the fire
is unknown.
Rev. MIR. Wilcox, pastor of the Pres
byterian church, was among the pew
worshippers Sunday morning at st.
Paul's M. E. church, Rev. William r.
A. Palmer, minister At the conclusion
OF the sermon Mr.. Wilcox led in
very fervent prayer and gave an exhort-
alton that will long be remembered for
its brotherly spirit moral beauty and
spiritual power.
st. Swithin's 40 day term expired last
Tuesday and he is so per cent. prophet.
At least that figure represents how near
he forecast the weather of the last 40
days. On July l5-his own day-the
time honored ghost sent rain. indicating
that the same might be expected every
day until August "a. But it only rained
on "a Of the 40 days, SO the saint must
be losing his grip.
Miss Ruth Wanger, B. A., graduate
OF Vassar college, has been elected a
teacher in the high school to succeed
Thomas l.. Bourne, resigned. Miss
Wanger has been teaching in the girls
college preparatory school at Cincinnati.
She is daughter of former Congress-
man Wanger, and resides at Norristown,
Pa. Mr.. Bourne will engage in other
business in California.
A fire of unknown origin on Tuesday |
morning completely destroyed the large
barn on the farm of John w. Davis, be- |
tween Pointville and Wrightstown. About
IS tons of hay and 1000 bushels Of grain
were destroyed. The auto chemical of
Union Fire Company was sent to the
scene, and, with the Columbus firemen,
prevented the spread of the flames to
the residence. The loss is partially
covered by insurance.
The local firemen have had occasion
recently to complain of the conduct of
many automobile drivers who seem to
think that their presence as spectators
at fire is OF more importance than that
of the firemen. When an alarm is
sounded every car in the neighborhood
speeds to the scene, and the fact that
fire apparatus has the right of way is
entirely forgotten. This was especially
noticeable at the Hornor fire last week,
some drivers sending their cars across
the line of hose while the firemen were
trying to couple it, and generally inter-
fering with the work. The township
committee, in an attempt to prevent
such conduct in the future, has had the
fire police sworn in as special officers,
giving them power to make arrests, and