The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-11-09
rHE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1915
LOCAL NEWS.


Stuart Mcfarland. ST., is very i'll
his home on Mount Holly avenue.
Loring s. Borton opened his new 81
tionery and wall paper store in Burlin
ton on Saturday.
When Roy Wyllie, of Brainard stree
came home Friday evening, he found
baby girl awaiting his arrival.
Sheriff Stecher, on Thursday, sold Il
property of John Swain, at Bordentowl
to Harvey G.. Reed, Of Trenton.
Thieves got away with fifteen CHECKER
belonging to Joseph T. Wilson,
Brainard street, one night last week.
The Woman's Historical Society wi
hold meeting this afternoon at th
meeting house, corner High and Garde
streets.
Mrs. Robert M. Brown was quite pain
fully injured on Thursday night whel
she fell down flight Of stair steps a
her home.
Samuel A. Brown has purchased lo
Of land on Broad street, adjoining ths
residence of Daniel Sutter, and viii
erect house there.
At . meeting Of the creditors of George
w. Durand, on Thursday, Henry H.
Savage was appointed trustee. and his
bond fixed at $500.
A cake and bread sale will be held in
the parish house Of st. Andrew 8 church,
from until s o'clock on Saturday, for
the benefit of st. Elizabeth's guild.
The primary department of the Bap-
fist Sunday school will hold sale Of
homemade bread, cakes and pies, on
Saturday afternoon. in the Y. M. C. A.
rooms.
Wednesday was the last day Of the
deer hunting season. Floyd Moore, OF
Red Lion. and Joseph Wilson, of Re-
treat. were among the successful hunters
on that day.
George Merritt. Of Moorestown. cast
his seventy-second vote on election day,
and on Wednesday celebrated his ninety
second birthday. He walked to and
from the polls.
The Holeman estate has sold a brick
dwelling house on Paxson street to DR..
J. Hume Carter. This purchase gives
the doctor a rear entrance to some Of his
Main street property.
Leon s. Homer, Of Florence, has been
awarded medal by the Carnegie Hero
Commission, in recognition OF his rescue
of<Luella Bayne from being run over
by locomotive on June II, 1912.
An enjoyable affair will occur on
Thursday evening at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Reeve Stewart, where the
Ladies' Aid Of the M. e. church will
serve supper and hold parcel post
social.
The unclaimed letters that remain in
the post Office for the week ending Nov
ember 9Th, are as follows: William Cham
bers. Kermont Buffosed, M. r. Gaskin,
Miss Virginia Clark, Mrs. Ann Cook,
Miss Julia Turner.
Miss Sara Phillips, who has been in
Mandalay, Burma, for number of
years, will speak in the Baptist church
on Friday night. She ia an interesting
speaker. and will have much to tell
about her work.
Fire was discovered early Tuesday
night in barn in the rear of Harry
Norcross' blacksmith shop on Button
wood street. The blaze was small and
easily extinguished by neighbors with
out calling out the fire department.
Mrs. Gertrude Smith, Of Church
street, fell down stairs on Thursday
morning, while walking in her sleep,
and received painful injuries. Her body
was badly bruised, and deep cash cut
above one knee, which required several
stitches to close. No bones were broken.
Rev. T. J. J. Wright, pastor of the
Broad street Methodist church, Burling-
ton, who took an active part in the pre-
election fight between the ''drys" and
''wets'' in that city. has been challenged
to public debate on the liquor question
by ]. Howard Birkett, who will cham
pion the cause of the "wets.
On the 25th OF October Clement John
son. aged 81 years, fell from the tugboat
Minerva in the vicinity of Bridgeboro.
On Saturday his body was found float
ing in the creek near the latter place. In
order to satisfy the mans relatives. coro-
ner Worrell ordered postmortem which
showed clearly that death was causedsby
drowning. and certificate to that effect
was given.
Coroner Worrell was called to Beverly,
Friday, to look into the death Of John
Swanson, an aged resident Of that city. |
The old man lived alone. He was last
seen at the polls Tuesday, and some of
his neighbors, looking through a win
dow, could see his body lying on a
couch. They could not make him hear
them, SO they sent for an officer. who
broke into the house and found that the
man was dead. From the appearance Of
the body life had been extinct for some
time.
Examinations were conducted in
Mount Holly last week, by the state
civil service commission, for the position
of assistant county detective. There
were ten applicants, five from Burling-
ton county. the others from different
parts of the state. The Burlington coun-
ty representatives were: Clifford r.
Powell. the present incumbent. and
Thomas A. Mulraney, Of Mount Holly;
Isaac P. Reeve. Of Halnesport; Walter
A. Cassidy, of Burlington, and William
B. Cramer, Of Beverly. The result will
be announced later.
A meeting Of the Mount Holly Pa
rent-Teacher Association will be held in
the high school auditorium on Thurs
day afternoon. An interesting program
has been arranged. After selections by
some of the pupils, Miss Mary Budd
will read paper upon THE Value of a
Parent-Teacher Association" This will
be followed by question box, where all
will have an opportunity to have any
questions answered or discussed. Re-
ports of the flower show held last week
will be given. and plans made for bet
ter show next year. State commissioner
OF education Kendall will make an adj
dress at q future meeting of the Asso-
citation, which will probably be held in