The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-19
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

ANDREW ! PARISH building, SATURDAY JaI
uary %, from 8 to 5 o'clock.
Benjamin X. Johnson, brother of Mrs
Walter Allen, of Mount Holly died in
Philadelphia, last night.
The Riverside branch of the Red Crosl
society has forwarded 81, 900 to the head
quarters at Baltimore.
Harry Hancock has bought the DAME
Haines farm near Deacon station where
Harvey S. Lewis now lives.
Professor William c. Sullivan has beer
receiving congratulations on the arriva
Of a boy in his family on Tuesday.
Ephraim Sharp, of Jobstown, is under
$500 bail for his appearance at court on
a charge OF indecent assault ON Joseph
inc Stout, Of that section.
The engagement of Miss Bertha Wor.
rell, daughter of Elwood C. Worrell, OF
Moorestown, and Herbert G.. Mortland,
OF New York, is announced.
The Burlington auditorium and hotel
property was sold by Sheriff Stecher, on
Thursday, to the First National Bank,
OF Trenton, the mortgage, for $4,000.
The next regular meeting of the w
G.. L. u will be held at the home of Mrs.
A. M. Boyce, 10 Garden street, on Tues
day afternoon, January 26th, at three
O'Clock. :
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Cameron, of Pax
son street, wish to extend their thanks
and appreciation to those who assisted
IN any way during the recent death Of
Miss Anna Wells.
Walter Rogers, who was committed to
Jail on the charge of stealing from his
brother, developed insanity and he has
been removed to the hospital for the in
sane at New Lisbon.
Jeryis s. Zelley has resigned as super
intendent of the Unionville SUNDAY.
school after serving in that capacity for
thirty-four years. William Rossell was
chosen to succeed him.
Richard Haines, of Medford, who died
last week, was quite an authority on
county history, n had compiled the
g~enealogies OF a number of families.
among them that Of his own.
Thursday OF next week will be dona-
ton day at the Children's Home and the
citizens Of Mount Holly and vicinity are
requested to make a note OF the date and
give substantial aid to this worthy in
stitution.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Medical Society was held at the
Arcade Hotel on Wednesday, and the
following officers elected: President, E.
X. milford, Burlington; vice president,
1t. Eugene Harbert; secretary and treas |
urer, George f. Tracy, Beverly.
Washington Council, No. 10 Senior
Order United American Mechanics, on
Thursday night installed officers as fol- |
lows: Councillor, Walter Bowker; vice
councillor, Joseph Costello; assistant re-
cording secretary, j.. N. Carly; inductor,
X. s. Assay; examiner, VIM. HI. Roberts;
inside protector, w. s. Cameron; janitor,
Frank Vogel.
Yesterday was the time fixed for the
filing by Francis Tracy Tobin OF his
answer to the charges on which he was
arrested after the conviction of Edgar
Murphy. An extension of time had
been granted Mr.. Tobin until yesterday,
but he was not quite ready so he was
granted q further extension of five days.
The Woman's League has engaged the
services of a visiting nurse, by the name
OF Miss Mary j. Lennox. She is a grad
uate from Cooper Hospital, Camden, and
was in training at the time Miss Steel
man was head nurse at that institution.
h will begin her duties on Thursday
at 40 Grant street, where she may be
reached at any hour.
That there will be a spirited contest
over the question of a Farm Demon
strator when the Board of Freeholders
holds its next meeting. The friends OIL
the proposition have been quite busy to
secure votes to have the subject favor
ably considered and it is said several Of
those who voted against the measure at
the last meeting have assured support
at the mex meeting.
In the Supreme Court at Mineola,
Long Island, Thursday afternoon, JUS
tice Crane granted a divorce to Mrs. Ray
Oatman Van Arsdale from Philip Van
Arsdale, of Scotch Plains. Mrs. Van
Arsdale, who is a teacher in the Mineola
schools, named Mrs. Ella Gottlieb, wife
of a jewelry importer Of Manhattan, who
denied all allegations. Justice Crane
said, 1.-THE world can draw but one con-
clusion from the evidence in this action,
and that is the only n l can draw"
At a special masters sale conducted
at the court house on Thursday AFTER
noon under the direction of Blanchard
H. White two farms belonging to the
2 estate of Joseph G. Haines, OF Lumber
ton township, were sold. The farm be-
tween Hainesport and Lumberton, the
homestead, was purchased by Howard
B. Haines for $4,000, subject to mort
cages and taxes amounting to $1,000,
and the farm on the road from Evesboro
to Colestown was purchased by the oc-
cupants, Patrick Carey and Edward
0'Donnell, for $4, $50, subject to mort
cages and taxes amounting to $1,000.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Burlington County Fair
Association, held in the rooms of the
association on January 8, Griffith w.
Lewis, Of Burlington, was elected presi-
dent, Edward b. Jones, vice president;
Richard w. Wills, secretary; and Miss
Ellen G. Curtis, treasurer. Edward b.
Jones, Elton A.. Smith, and Richard w.
Wills were reelected directors. The
other directors are William A. Town
send, WINS j. Davis, John p. Hutchin-
son, Edwin d. Rogers, William Wright
and Henry j. Trick.
Rev. T. j. j. Wright took for his sub
ject, Sunday evening, Billy Sunday,
the man of the hour" Mr.. Wright said
he did not propose to defend Sunday or
his ma nners, as the man was perfectly
able to defend himself. Mr.. Wright
did think he was doing some good.
He also said he would not ~criticise |
those who had criticised the evan
gelist. To both of these promises he
strictly adhered and he gave a powerful
talk on his subject, earnest in every
point, full of christian spirit without any
slang. Despite the storm there were
many present and those who did not at
tend missed a good talk, even though it
might not have fitted in with individual
ideas.
Mrs. James Donahue, of Madison
avenue, died on Tuesday morning with
in q few hours after receiving terrible
burns when her clothing caught fire
an exploding lamp. Mrs. Donahue
A the cellar, and is thought to have
kspver the lamp, causing the ex-
She ran screaming to the first
- then to the y2yd. Her running
uuicRpury to the flames that enveloped
ii,aysnd before her kdsband could ex-
sent h them with blankets, the dam
nHa done. 1t is said that her feet
wereythe only part of her body that es-
capped being burned. Mrs. Donahue is
survived by her husband and five child
rem.
Mrs. Joseph Nj. Thompson of New
Egypt. has been appointed one OF the
honorary chairmen of the made
in America movement in this
country. The other co-chairmen