The Mount Holly news., 1915-03-30


factory in Burlington, which has bee
idle for several weeks, was reopened o.
N full time yesterday.
le Judge Carrow has announced hi
spring schedule for attending the court
,e in his circuit He will be in Mount Holl,
r May to 10 inclusive
Miss Anna F. Thomas, who is ill witt
a pneumonia, is very much better and is Oh
r the road to rapid recovery, an announce
ment that will be pleasing to her man,
. friends in this neighborhood.
4 Fifteen members of the local Crane
Army Post, with their wives, paid a re
= turn visit to the Burlington Post las
night. They report having an excellen
time. especially enjoying the banque
served.
Ivan P. Flood, of Newark, youne
: peoples secretary of the New jersey
Baptist Convention, spent yesterday
). with Otis B. Read visiting the Baptis
churches of the county in the interest o
the young peoples work.
Holmes Howe has passed the civi
service examination and will be recon-.
mended by postmaster Reed to be one o.
his assistants, in place of Miss Ellie
Armstrong, whose poor health has com.
PEELED her to relinquish the place.
William A. Jones has bought the gar
Iage building and lot, corner Washington
and King streets, and will continue the
business of repairing automobiles and
keeping stock of accessories. He will
also have his Ford car agency there.
| The Baraca class of the Baptist church
will hold banquet for all its members
in the Sunday school room of the church
on Thursday evening. This class had
remarkable growth from 1S members
about the first of the year until now it
has membership of over 100.
Next Monday evening will be the date
for the annual meeting of Relief Fire
Company. Extensive improvements
have been made to the interior of the
building, and it is desirable that the
members attend the meeting and give
expression to their views on the work
that has been done.
The Ceilings Carriage Company's
plant, Camden, was destroyed by fire on
Saturday afternoon. There were about
rs automobiles in the building, under
going painting orrepairing, most oflwhich
were destroyed. Among the cars lost
were Lozier, belonging to Edward B.
Jones, Of Mount Holly; an Oakland,
owned by Charles A. Bovine, of New
Lisbon, and Pierce-Arrow belonging to
Samuel L. Allen, of Riverton.
Mrs. Abbie HI. Hulme, wife of Joseph
8. Hulme, died on Saturday afternoon
at her home on Washington street from
apoplexy. Early in the morning she
complained of having pain in the head
and feeling dizzy, and at about nine
o'clock had stroke, which resulted in
death late in the afternoon. Mrs. Hulme
was 70 years of age. Her husband and
three children survive her. The funeral
will take place this afternoon.
John Atkinson died suddenly at his
home in Llanerch, Pa, yesterday Mr..
Atkinson was born at Jacksonville, in
this county, 65 years ago. He went to
Philadelphia and entered into the build |
ing and masonry business, and was one
of the prime movers in organizing the |
Master Builders Association of Phila-
delphia. At one time he was president
of the Builders Exchange, and had Of |
fees, as master builder in that building
w. Frank English, a former resident
of this county, died at his home in Lans-
downe, Pa, yesterday, aged So years.
He was born in Pemberton, receiving
his early education, and when quite
young entered the store of Strawbridge
& Clothier, raising rapidly from clerk to
general manager, but he resigned that
position to enter the manufacturing
business, being the founder of the Key
stone Fiber Company, of Chester, OF |
which he was the head for long time.
Complaints made to the State Board |
of Equalization of Taxes of alleged un-
fairness of certain property assessments |
in Burlington have resulted in the board |
ordering city authorities to make CON- |
plete publication of all taxes assessed |
during the last year. The assessments |
were supposed to have been published |
during the last two years, and the State |
Board has indicated to Council that 1t |
will not countenance any further delay. |
The lists will be published in the city |
year book.
Professor Enoch Perrine, Of Bucknell |
University, Lewisburg, Pa, on Friday |
evening, May 7, will lecture in the high |
school auditorium. His subject will be /
John Woolman. There are not many |
persons who are intimately acquainted
with the history of John Woolman and |
a lecture on this subject will be interest
ing and instructive. Mr.. Woolman was |
born in Mount Holly in 1720 and house |
on Branch street is known as the John |
Woolman house."
Charles c. Cowperthwait will relin-
quish his Office as postmaster on Thurs |
day. He will go out of the office with |
the commendation of all the citizens and |
those who have had dealings at the |
Office, and it is the unanimous opinion |
that, regardless of political opinions, Mr.. |
C0wperthwait has made a firstclass, |
faithful and accommodating postmast er |
and there is regret that the fortunes of |
politics require him to be removed, al |
though there is q feeling that his sue
cessor will prove worthy official.
Special musical programmes are being
arranged for the Easter day services at
the Methodist church on Sunday. The
choir, under the leadership of Beverly
c. Kingdom. will sing at the morning
service two anthems entitled Easter
Joy" by Ashford, and Jesus Chr ist is
Risen To-day" by Lorenz. Rev. Joseph
l.. Surtees will preach q special Easter
sermon on the subject "The Verify of
the Resurrection. At the evening
service the programme will be Heavens
Easter Song" by the male quartette;
ITO Thy Great Name" by the choir;
DAY Of Hope and ride on in
Majesty" by male quartette, with a
brief address by the pastor.
The Moorestown and Camden Turn
pike Company, which was incorporated
by an act Of the Legislature in 1S49, has
just filed a certificate of dissolution with
the Secretary of State, and will 90 out of
business. The act of incorporation
authorized it to issue capital stock to the
amount of $4,000 with the privilege of
increasing this to $4,000. The COM
pany was incorporated to construct a
turnpike road four rods vide from
Moorestown to Camden. The officers and
directors who signed the dissolution
papers we're; President, Charles C.
Haines; secretary, John s. Collins; treas
urer, Clayton l.. Andrews; directors,
Joseph H. Roberts, Lester Collins,
William t. Lppincott and Emmor
Poinsett, all of Moorestown.
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