The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-20
Thursday marked the fiftieth anniver-

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sary of the death of Abraham Lincoln.
Look for 1.-THE Clutching Hand OIL
the first page of this,issue of THE NEWS
: The three ladies' Bible classes of tn
Methodist Sunday school cleared s165. z
at the supper given last Thursday.
i Burlington county tribes of Red Mel
will hold big meeting at Columbu
tomorrow night, in the nature of |
boom session.
Benjamin HI. Peacock, a former resi-
dent of Mount Holly, and brot her o
Mrs. Charles HI. Deacon, died at tn,
home of his son, in Plainfeld, last Tues
day.
Mrs. Held, of Lumberton, had son
born during the recent blizzard. Tht
mother is sister of Rev. A. F. A. Neu
doerffer, formerly pastor of the Haines
port church.
Thursday evening, April %, New Jer
sey Lodge No. l, Knights of Pythias
will visit Olympic Lodge No. SO, K. Of
P, at Bordentown. Automobiles will
leave Kumpfs hardware lore at Ills p.
nj. Members take notice.
Among the appointments made by
Governor Fielder, last night, were
| Nelson b. Gaskil, to be a member of the
Board of Conservation and Develop
ment, and William j. Kirk of Burling-
ton, to be member of the Board OF
Commerce and Navigation.
The marriage of Miss Ethel Throck-
morton, of Church street, Mount Holly,
| and Roy b. Watson. of Riverton, took
place in Mount Holly on Saturday even
ing. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. James HI. Terry. They will re-
side in their newly furnished home at
Riverton.
The following is publis he'd by request:
TITS wearisome work on the nerves and
the brain; continual hurry, continual
strain; and central gets tired as other
folks do, and needs to be thoughtfully
treated by you; SO think of her doing her
best in the whirl, and try to be white to
the telephone girl
Mrs. Rachel B. Sailer died at her resi-
Slence, No. 461 High street, on Saturday,
n the 81st year of her age. About
year ago she had fall. which broke her
hip, and she was confined to bed since
then. The funeral will take place this
afternoon. Interment will be made in
Mount Holly cemetery.
Several Moorestown citizens, angered
because the Burlington County Traction
Company has paid no attention to their
CO mplaints of dirty cars, have taken
sw eepings from under the seats and sent
them to biologist, with the result that
disease germs of a halt dozen kinds
ha We come out in the tests.
Mrs. Rebecca A. Butterworth, who
bought the dwelling house ON Union
street belonging to the George w. Hand
estate, is removing there to-day. Last
night she was given shower" of house
hold furnishings at a surprise party in
her honor at the residence of Josiah w.
Evan, on Washington street.
Otis B. Read, county secretary of the
Y. M. Z. A., will resign his position
about the first OF May, and will go to
Ventura county, California, and will
school at Asilomar, CAL Mr.. Read be-
gan work in Burlington county Septem.
Der l, 1909, and has been very successful.
Two Y. M. c. A. base ball leagues, a
junior and senior, have been organized
and the opening games will be played
next Saturday, April "a. Moorestown
will play at Mount Holly and Delanco
at Florence in the senior league, and in
the junior organization Fairview will
play at Cinnaminson, Masonville at
Stanwick and Columbus at Beverly.
Last Friday, about noon, John ].
Elbertson, the Mill street florist, saw a
large flock of wild geese flying over the
milldam and going in a northeaserly |
direction. The flock was very lar ge and |
flew quite high, in two groups forming
the letters w. s., but John could not |
make out what they meant by that for
nation.
In order to raise money toward the |
purchase of new auto pumping engine |
Good Intent Fire Co. will hold five |
days carnival at Rancocas Park begin
ming June 9Th. Several features will be |
added to the parks list of attractions |
for this occasion, and the committee |
having the matter in charge propose to |
make the event a drawing one as well as
a money-maker.
On Monday, May 8, the survivors of
the 23d New Jersey Volunteers will hold |
their annual reunion in the hall of Pos { |
rs, G.. A. R., Mount Holly. This is
Gen. Grubb's famous regiment of "Ya-
hoos." 1t gained the name during the
war by remark of a commanding Off
GER who said the regiment would fight
Dr. march all day and act like pack of
Yahoos all night.
Concluding that Mount Holly was en-
Lirely too small for them, Anna and
Elsie Boyer, Is and IA years old, boarded
D train late SATURDAY. night for Camden,
with the intention of seeing something
Of the world. Their disappearance was
reported to the Camden police, and
when the train pulled into the terminal
at that place special officer Brunei was
waiting for them, and they were greatly
to find themselves under
arrest. Later the sisters were returned !
to their home in Mount Holly.
1t is reported that there is to be boat
ing at Rancocas Park this season, as ar
have been made for creating
the lake there again. 1t will be remem-
bered that when the lake was first made,
a few years ago, one of the adjoining
owners objected to having part |
of his land flooded, and appealed to the |
courts to have the damage stopped. The
court ordered the park owners to let off |
the water and prevent damage to the
property. An agreement
now has been made that there will be no
objection if the lake again is established, |
and it is proposed to do so as soon as the |
dam has been repaired. The recent |
freshet in the creek did considerable |