The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-12-28
LOCAL NEWS.

THE NEWS Bell telephone number
667-R.
Charles H. Moore has opened a fl,
market at No. 16 Church street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Keesey and chill
rem are spending the holidays at WI
mington.
Sabilla R. Lippincott. of Vincentowl
has purchased the John B. Comic
property on Arnold avenue.
A large tree in front of the water con
pany's Office on Mill street was blow
down by the storm on Sunday morning
Soon after the first of the year, Geore
w. Durand will open restaurant in til
building lately occupied by his grocer
business.
This evening the Presbyterian Sur
day school will hold its Christina
anniversary exercises In the church a
7.30 o'clock.
Good Intent fire company viii hold
special meeting tomorrow night com
plete arrangements to participate m TIL
New Year parade.
Application will be made to Judg'
Lippincott for the transfer of the license
now held at Riverside by John Kiess
ling, to Gustave Werner
DIR. G. H. Hickman, of Mount Holly
has opened an office at New Egypt
where he will receive patients on Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
A horse belonging to Mark Harmon
OF Mount Holly, fell ON some ice in the
street in front Of Childs' store, on Thurs.
day, and broke its leg. The animal had
TO be killed.
Harry c. Wells, aged 20 years, of
Water street. died early Wednesday
morning Of pneumonia. His funeral
took place Sunday afternoon, interment
being made in Brotherhood cemetery.
Howard Nippins. who recently had an
arm torn of in some machinery at the
Smithville shops, where he was EN-
ployed. was discharged from the hospi-
tai in time to permit him to spend
Christmas at his home.
A large number Of the hotels in Bur
hngton county will be disbarred from
selling liquors three days this week.
License court will not convene until
December 3lst and the licenses issued at
this term of court expire on December
18th.
Mrs. Ella c. 6tansbury, mother-in-
law Of DR.. ]. Ridgway Haines. died at his
home on Pine street. Thursday, from
pneumonia. She had been keeping
house for DIR. Haines since the death of
his wife. Interment was made at
Beverly Sunday.
Miss Margaret 8. Haines, OF Burlings
ton, chairman Of the genealogical CON-
mittee of the Woman's Burlington
County Historical Society, is DESTROYS Of
securing genealogical records OF Burling-
ton county families for the files of the
society. Persons who can give accurate
information should communicate with
her.
Smoke issuing from Flynn's drug
store, ON Sunday afternoon, gave the
impression that the building was on fire,
20 an alarm was turned in and the fire
department called out. 1t was then
learned that some paper in stove not
connected to chimney had become
ignited in some manner and had caused
all the smoke.
Congressman Bacharach has given
notice that he has recommended the
appointment to the Annapolis Naval
Academy of ]. Lorin Golf. of Ocean
City. who received the highest average
In the competitive examination. The
first alternate is John Marts, Jr., Of
Ocean City, and the second alternate
Horace L. DeRivera, of Atlantic City.
Mrs. Charles H. Engle, of Garden
street. is the local representative of the
committee in charge Of the John WOOL
man house on Branch street, and she
will be glad to hear from persons who
would like to contribute toward the
of the property. Most of
the money for the purchase of the place
was secured outside of Mount Holly,
and 1t is thought there should be some
local assistance towards its preservation.
The November report of the depart
ment of vital statistics shows that there
were 1885 cases of communicable dis
eases in the state. OF this total, 144
were typhoid fever, comparing with 129
In October. Camden county headed the
list with IS cases. There were 799 cases
Of diphthef1a, against 1854 in the pre-
ce ling month. Scarlet fever cases
jumped from PAT to S79, 40 being in
Essex county. There were 10 new cases
Of tuberculosis.
On Tuesday the board Of directors of
Public Service Corporation OF New Jer
gey. voted to put the stock of the cor
poration on seven per cent. basis in
stead Of six, as it has been for several
years. A dividend Of II per cent. for
the quarter ending December 81, was
this action having been taken
after it was shown that the amounts set
aside for amortization were very liberal,
and the surplus account was in a very
condition.
Next Sunday special services will be
held in the Methodist church, this oc-
casion being the re-opening of the aAdi-
torium, which has been greatly beauti-
fed by the extensive Improvements that
have been in progress during the past |
two months. Rev. George L. Dobbins,
Of Ocean City, will preach at the morn
ing service, and he will also speak at |
the Epworth League service at 6.45 p. m. |
Rev. Joseph g. Read, former pastor, |
will deliver an address at the Sunday
school session in the afternoon. In the
evening there will be a union service OF
the Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist
congregations in the latter church, at
which time the Mount Holly Glee Club
will be present and render several selec-
tons. which will feature of the service.
While driving an automobile in Phila-
delphid on Monday evening of last week,
r5ohn b. Dolan, Of Mount. Holly, ran
over an year old boy an instantly
killed him. The boy fell from the rear
of q wagon on which he was riding and
then made dash for the sidewalk, run
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