The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-10-12

The wedding Of George Karg an
q Miss Julia Becker, both Of Mount Hoil,
is TO take place this evening, Rev
n Frank Wilcox will officiate.
q Roger Wassaluks aged 8 years, VIII
lives at DoIan's restaurant, had his nos
!, broken, on Saturday, by having it struc
n by bat while playing base ball.
The Misses Lorena and Emma Bate
K announce that the Armour Union wi
s meet at their home, 1852 Mill St., on FIR
day evening, October 10Th. All ar
= welcome.
& Mount Holly Lodge of Elks ha
!. changed Its meeting place to the lodg
a room in the Kelsey & Killie building
, and its meeting nights to the first an,
, third Tuesdays Of each month.
The Young Friends Association vii
be entertained by Mrs. Josephine C
, Lippincott, on Thursday night, at tn
meeting house, corner High and Garder
streets. All members are invited.
y The trial of Clifford r. Powell, Johr
b. Dolan and Charles III. Jones, WHIT
were indicted in Philadelphia for assault
and battery on Francis Tracy Tobin
will take place in that city on Thurs
day.
j Public worship and preaching at the
Presbyterian Church, Sunday, October
II, as usual. Rev. Lewis b. Hart will be
in charge. Prayer meeting at las
o'clock tomorrow night, led by DIR.
PricIitt.
The Lumberton Shoe Company is
about to install new boiler in their
plant and have made additional i'm
pfovements by enlarging their buildings.
When all the work is completed they
will put on forty more employees.
An illustrated lecture on THE Light
OF the World, OF Scenes from the Life
OF Christ, will be delivered in st. An
drew's Sunday School on Friday even
ing OF this week at o'clock, under the
auspices OF the Mems Bible Class. An
Offering will be taken. All are cordially
invited 70 attend
Local advertisements in THE NEWS
produce prompt results. A gentleman
recently advertised for q double heating
stove, and within q few days he had
found what he wanted, purchased It,
and had 1t in use at his home. A notice
to purchase chestnuts brought five re-
plies in short time.
The South Jersey Tobacco Company
moved, on Saturday, into it's recently
purchased property at the corner Of
Main and Water streets. The building
vacated by the company is being put in
order for the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Co., which expects to be ready for
business by November LIST.
Patrons OF the theatre train in the
evening on the Mount Holly branch Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad have asked
that it land them in Philadelphia earlier
than at present The ferryboat this
train is advertised TO connect with
leaves the Camden dock as the passen-
gers from the train are passing through
the shed, and as result they generally
reach Philadelphia at 8 o'clock, or too
late to reach most Of the playhouses
until after the curtain has risen.
New Jersey has a population of 2.S44,-
342 as shown in the complete census re-
turns made public by Secretary Of State
Martin on Saturday. This is an i'm
crease of 307, ITS as compared with the
Federal census of 1910. or fraction
more than II per cent. The largest in
crease in population is indicated in Ber-
gen County. which shows gain of
more than 40 per cent, while the only
county showing decrease was that Of
Sussex, which showed falling off in
the five years OF S04.
Sunday will be rally day at the Meth
odist church, when special programs for
the services throughout the day will be
presented. Rev. Joseph L. Surtees will
preach an appropriate sermon at the
morning service. The Sunday school
session in the afternoon will be OF un-
usual interest. AT the evening service
the Sunday school will render special
service entitled 1.-THE Patriotism OF
Peace. which will be quite interesting,
consisting of singing, Rotations, exer-
cises, ETC., by the scholars.
Forgetting that he had lost foot,
which had been amputated following
his injury in railroad crash. Frank l..
rIox,,. - u,,,oI,ar<rx, riot nth m x,asxfnl
accident at the home Of his mother.
when he started to walk scross the
kitchen and fell upon hot stove.
Hayes had been sitting beside the stove
in conversation with friends, following
his return from the hospital and,
momentarily forgetiul of his loss, arose
| from the chair and started for table,
but plunged toward the stove. He was
so badly bnrned on the arms he had
to return to the hospital.
The terms Of agreement to merge the
Camden and Burlington County Rail-
road Company, the Mount Holly. Lum-
berton and Msdford Railroad Company
and the Vincentown branch. made 1t
necessary to select q new board of direc-
tors, and the following have been
chosen: A. J. County, Henry Tatnall,
John ID. Johnson, Philadelphia; John
r. Howell, Richard Ashhurst, Edward
II. Lewis. John G. Horner, Joseph c.
Kingdom, Mount Holly; William ], ).
Trick, Henry ]. Trick, John s. Trick,
iVincentown: Joshua L. Borton, Joseph
III. Gaskill, Moorestown; John P.
Hutchinson, Georgetown; William H.
Heisler, Pemberton; Wilbur F. Rose,
Camden; l. Snowden Haines. Burling-
ton.
To make It more convenient for the
handling OF those who caused disturbance
at the fair ground, Justice of the Peace
John Throckmorton, Jr., had an office
at the fair ground last week. All the
cases heard were on Thursday wher
} the largest attendance was present
Frank A. Spencer, John Tomlinson
George A. Banks and William Miller
all colored, were arrested as Suspicion
lpickpockets, and on Saturday morning
were released on their own recognizanc'
to appear at four o'clock that day, bu
: they Immediately left town. Michae
: Havery, of Camden county, was al
: rested for assault and battery on Harry
Parker, of Bordentown, and was releases
s under $500 bail for his appearance q