The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-05-04
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The Woolworth store was closed for |
hour Saturday night, because of t
Is death of one of the officers of the col
pany.
= The annual session and banquet Of Il
1New Jersey Bankers Association w
be held at the Hotel Chelsea, Atlant
q City, on May II.
Members of the P. O. of A. will go
= Palmyra on Thursday night to assist
. the anniversary celebration of the ord
of that place.
Miss Anna Gilbert, of Church stree
was taken to the Burlington count
hospital yesterday afternoon, sufferir
with appendicitis.
Walter E. Leonard will manage tt
new Acme store at the corner of Kin
and Washington streets, which will
3 opened in about two weeks.
Miss Beatrice Darlington and Mi.
: Charlotte Oliphant were local represent,
tives in the woman's suffrage parade 6
Philadelphia on Saturday.
| Medford Sunday schools, lodges an
temperance societies are planning t
take part in the big temperance parad
and demonstration to be held at Bul
lington next Saturday evening.
| Unclaimed mail for the following pei
sons remains in the post Office for tn
week ending May 1: Letters, Isaa
Jones, Miss B. Zietz. Cards, Mr.. an,
Mrs. John E. Wildes, L. Townes, Ffanl
q. Dell.
Victor Long took the boys Of his class
which he teaches in the M. E. Sunda,
school, to Philadelphia on Saturday
Before returning home they visited tn
Geological garden. The boys greatly en-
tjoyed the trip.
-Four persons were baptised at the Bap
fist church on Sunday evening In the
presence of large congregation. Tn,
pastor, Rev. James H. Terry. preached {
fine sermon on the subject. lis tn.
Young Man Safe Pr
The historic cannon that recently
came in possession Of the local P. o. s
[ of A., which was taken from the ground
lat the old grist mill, is soon to be mounted
on a suitable pedestal and placed in
front Of the court house.
A new trestle and siding are to be
built at Stokes coal yard on Water
street. The trestle is to be some dis
lance east of the old one, requiring the
moving of some of the buildings. Wal
ter Allen is doing the work.
Announcement made of the marriage
of Miss Elizabeth J. Purcell, of Mount
Holly, and Warren ]. Painter. of Bever-
ly. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. T. ]. ]. Wright, pastor of the Broad
street M. E. church, Burlington.
At the congregational meeting of the
Methodist Shurch on Wednesday night
the following trustees were elected to
serve three years: Thomas J. Alcott.
DR.. A. R. w. Atwood and John H. Dob
bins. John d. Mason was elected
treasurer of the church for one year.
Six houses are being erected at Oak
dale, between Mount Holly and Haines-
port. Contractor Feeney is building one
for w. H. Morse, of Mount Holly, and
two for himself. The others are being
built for Mrs. May Smith, of Lumber
ton, and Mrs. J. L. Anderson and Mrs.
E. Earl Johnson, of Mount Holly.
Taxpayers in Beverly township have
filed protest with the Burlington coun-
ty freeholders, charging that some of the
men employed on public road improve
ments report for work at 10 o'clock in
the morning, take an hours recess at
noon and quit at 8 and o'clock in the
afternoon, while charging for full day.
Miss Ethelynde Smith, who is to ap-
pear at the Presbyterian Church tonight,
arrived in Mt. Holly last evening. The
program to be rendered by her is OF ex-
ceptional merit and every lover of music
should hear her. Miss Fay Foster,
who will be at the piano, is an artist
ranking among the best and the selec-
lions she will render are Of her own COM
positions.
Sunday was another glad day in the
experience Of the Presbyterian church
in that the members were privileged to
ten more adults into its fellow
ship upon confession of faith and by
letter from other churches. Seven were
by confession and three by let
ter. This makes seventy-one people who
have been received into this church
within the past few weeks. And there
are others still to follow.
w. r. Trowbridge, railroad supervisor
for this district, has been transferred to
Broad street station, Philadelphia, to be
pilot engineer in the valuation engineers
His assistant here, Leo s.
c. Pie, goes to Woodbury., to fill the
same position in that district. Mr..
Trowbridge will be succeeded here by R.
b. Harris, who has been in the Penn
sylvania railroad company's employ at
New Bethlehem, Pa. The new assistant
supervisor here will be r. H. Hellick,
who comes from Irvonia, Pa.
A large number of members of the
Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist
churches will go to Burlington on Thurs
day night and attend the tabernacle
service being conducted there by Evan
gelist David Hughes. Special trolleys
have been engaged to leave Main and
Garden streets at z o'clock. Those de-
string to go may purchase badges for 20
cents from the following committees ap-
pointed by the above named churches:
Philip s. Irons, ST.. Willard F. Lippin-
colt, Pierre II. Stanton, F. Herbert
Alloway, William J. Mcdonald, Edwin
r. Kiner. Harry s. Bowen. Byron Grigg
and William j. Haines.
The impetus added to canoeing by the
approach of seasonable weather has
caused some inquiry to be made about
the probability Of the Fourth of July
carnival on the upper creek being held
this year. The affair last summer was
not exactly financial success, and it is
said that the young men and women
who have given their time and attention
to the arrangements for the celebration
in the past are not very enthusiast,
about undertaking it again. If the gen
eral sentiment Of the community wa
taken as guide there would be no doub
as to the outcome The annual carniua