The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-12-07
LOCAL NEWS.

LONAL NE WSs
Charles Heringer has opened cloi
ing store at No. Main street.
The Christmas exercises OF the Methe
ist Sunday school will be held on Chri
mas eve.
Stanwood Melcher is now employ
By the Mercer Automobile Company
Trenton.
Contractor Joseph Gregory is buildir
. house at Grant street and Rutlar
avenue for Horace c. Grooms.
Those who rebelled against the amour
Of their tax bills last year have occasic
to give deeper grumble this year.
Harold H. Budd has secured positio
with the Western Electric Compan,
with headquarters at Philadelphia.
1t is reported that the Joseph Stils
farm near jacksonville has been sold I
William Platt, Of Bordentown, ft
$500.
Esther F. Quigg, of Smithville, ha
been granted an absolute divorce from
her husband, Allen R. Quigg. On tn
ground Of desertion.
Miss Gladys Vanderveer has resigne'
as teacher in the Mount Holly schools
and Miss Ida M. Pickett has beef
elected to I'LL the vacancy.
The Burlington County Firemen's AS
sociation will meet at the house o
America Fire Company, Mount Holly
on Wednesday, December Is.
Notice has been fled with the count,
clerk that application will be made TO
the transfer Of the license OF the Jobs
town hotel from John Dubell to William
J. Salmon.
The property on Garden street, owned
by Miss Kate Rhees, is undergoing
extensive Improvements both interior
and exterior. Some people claim that
this is the oldest residence in Mount
Holly.
Governor Fielder has issued q procla.
nation naming next Sunday as State
Tuberculosis day, requesting the people
OF the state to devote that day, or dur.
ing that week. to crusade against the
spread Of tuberculosis.
Nathan w. Everline, formerly Of
Mount Holly, who has been publishing
the New Jersey Tribune, at Toms River
for the past nine months. has severed
his connection with thatpaper and taken
. position at Stanford, Conn.
Miss Orpha Apologize got the middle
finger Of her right hand caught in q
machine at the Hosiery mill on Satur-
day. The finger-nail and the end OF the
finger were torn of. She was taken to
the hospital to have the finger dressed.
While aiding in the removal of ma
chinery at the Royle-P ilkington mill on
Tuesday, John B. Mack, of near Haines-
port. an employee, had his right hand
injured by machine slipping off a
roller on it while attempting to place
same.
For village the size of Chatsworth
they have many sportsmen who delight
in fox hunting and probably outnum-
Ter any other village in the state along
this line. On Sunday there were As fox
hunting permits issued to sportsmen Of
that place.
The Burlington Union of First Day
schools will meet at Arney's Mount on
Saturday, December IL. at 1890 a. m.
Conveyances will meet friends at South
Pemberton at 941, il notice is forwarded
In advance to Florence D. Shreve, Penn
berton.
A number of members will accompany
the degree team Of Washington Camp
No. II, P. o. s. Of A.. to Tabernacle to-
night, where they will do the initiatory
work for the camp at that place when
about sixty candidates will be initiated.
The trip will be made in automobiles.
Residents Of Bordentown are taking
great interest in the "Billy" Sunday
meetings to be held soon in Trenton.
Religious workers have divided the city
into four districts, each with an organi-
zation Of a chairman and two assistants,
and preparatory cottage prayer meetings
are being held all over the city.
A report from New Egypt says: 1.-THE
finding Of tanned skin in the trunk OF
chestnut tree which was being cut
down on the Howard L. Davis farm,
with map and wording that valuable
treasure was buried there and that the
earth in that section was oil producing,
has set the owner to thinking. The in
formation written on the tanned skin
was evidently done many years ago.
The matter will be investigated.
The suit Of John Sogness, OF Trenton,
administrator of the estate OF his son,
Joseph. against Willard H. Rogers, of
Mount Holly, to recover 5000 for the
death OF the boy when struck by Rogers
automobile in Trenton on August 10,
was tried in Judge Lloyd's court at
Trenton on Wednesday, and resulted in
favor of Rogers, the jury returning a
verdict Of no cause for action. 1t was
shown that the Mount Holly man was
in no way responsible for the accident.
At the meeting of Gen. A. E. Shiras
Post No. Is, g. A. r., on Friday even
ing the following officers were elected:
Commander. David E. Sooy; senior COM
mander. Isaiah Smith; junior comman-
der, Ridgway S. Assay; chaplain, Frank
lin Armstrong; quartermaster, Robert
M. Brown; officer of day, John Throck-
morton. ST.; officer OF guard, Ridgway
Rossell; adjutant, Theodore Medley;
council of administration, Robert M.
Brown. David E. Sooy, Franklin Arm
strong; delegates, Joseph L. Pierce and
Isaiah Smith; alternates, John Throck
morton and Robert Brown.
A pretty wedding took place at Trinity
Episcopal church, Vincentown, on Wed
nesday evening. when Ralph w. E
Haines and Miss Cordelia, daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Abrams, were
married by Rev. A. w. Bostwick. Tn
bride was given away by her father. Sh
was attended by Miss Achsah r
Abrams, as maid of honor, and Mis-
Helen Holder. of Pittsburgh, Miss Edit
Walton, of Philadelphia, Miss Edit
Haines. of Vincentown, and Miss MAI
jorie Cooley, of North Plainfield, q
bridesmaids. Miss Edith Reynolds, O
Mount Holly. was the flower girl. Th
l~~x $500 Charloc G Cou,nfou Z