The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-13

4 The annual merchants picnic will be
held at Rancocas Park on Thursday,
August 18th.
The annual picnic Of the Knights Of
Columbus of Burlington county will be
held at Rancocas Park tomorrow.
Rev. Joseph L. Surtees conducted an
open-air meeting at the fountain on Sat-
urday night. He will conduct another
meeting there next Saturday evening at
seven o'clock.
State president Strong installed the
officers of the Burlington County Fedora
ton of Patriotic and Religious Frater-
mites at meeting held in Mount Holly
last night.
Freebooter Hart and his men did some
lively work Saturday when they har-
vested the wheat on five acres of land.
Threshing it in the field they got 14O
bushels of wheat and 81 tons of straw.
DIR. John w. Branin died early on
Thursday morning at his home on Wash
ington street. He had been seriously i'll
for some time with heart disease, and on
Tuesday he was stricken with paralysis.
He was 81 years of age. The funeral
took place yesterday Interment was
made at Medford.
While making repairs to the roof of
the building occupied by Samuel Lutz, |
on Main street, yesterday morning, |
George Gilbert, employed by plumber
George Mcclellan, fell off when the
ladder slipped on which he was stand
ing. He sustained broken ankle and
was considerably bruised. Striking
some telephone wires in his fall probably
saved him from more serious injury.
A new front has been placed in the
building of Harry HI. Bowen on Main
street. The work was done by contrac-
tor Lewis Lippincott. 1t is said the
Acme Tea Company are thinking of
renting the Bowen building. The store
now occupied by the Acme company is
TO be sold by the Sheriff on Thursday of
next week and the mortgage who has
'oreclosed expects to purchase the build
ng. That will annul the lease held by
ihe Acme company and the South Jer-
'ey Tobacco Company will move into /,
he building to be vacated by the former.
Every drug store in the United States
which sells liquor after the first of next
year will have to take out q hotel or !
aloon license. 1t became known re- 9
emily that the new issue of the United r
states Pharmacopeia will not contain
ither whiskey or brandy. This is the i
'fficial list of drugs for the United States, Ii
nd druggists under their pharmacy
licenses are only permitted to sell the t
rugs it contains. Drug stores could n
nder the present pharmacoppia list,
ell whiskey and brandy on an inte rnal 7
evenue license, which costs $25 a year. a
rug stores in dry" territory will no .
'nger be permitted to sell liquor In any
Quantities, and in wet territory those a
Thich wish to continue the business Il
lust take out license. N
A happy occasion was witnessed at c.
ne home of William Thorn, yesterday, e.
here large number of relatives and is
lends gathered in honor of the 96th
irthday anniversary of William Rossell, Il
no is hale and hearty and every pros O
ect now is that he will live to see the b
,ntury mark. There were five genera b
ons at the celebration, which was
cry interesting feature. Rev. Joseph b,
Surtees offered the blessing at the tt
aborate dinner served in the afternoon
nd also made an address of congratula- to
on to Mr.. Rossell upon reaching the age til
,tained. Friends and relatives were lw
resent from Jobstown, Camden, Had m
onfield, Holly Beach and Delair. Dur h,
lg the celebration telegram was re- &C
dyed by Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Rossell,
Holly Beach, who were in attendance,
,ating that the latter's father was dying,
hich meant hasty return to that j
ace, and was the only incident to mar m
lie happy affair. in