The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-03-02
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1915
LOCAL NEWS.


George w. Craig, of Manahawkin
was Mount Holly visitor yesterday.
The Board of Freeholders will hold
regular meeting at the court house to
morrow.
Mrs. Grace Weeks, of West Washing
ton street, is recovering from an opera
ton for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey s. Enright. Of
Mill street, are receiving congratulations
on the birth of daughter.
Isaac H. Lippincott entertained the
Ushers' Union of the Methodist church
at his home on Tuesday evening.
The board of directors of the local Y.
M. c. A. will hold q meeting this even
ing at its office in the Masonic Temple
Miss Anna Atkinson is suffering from
typhoid fever at the home of her brother
in-law, Dallis Worrell, on Mount Holly
avenue.
Samuel Carter, of Chesterfield, had a
leg broken near the hip, on Thursday,
by being kicked by horse that he was
Harvesting.
Mrs. Albert N. Ridgway, of King
street, was operated upon for abscess of
the liver at the Burlington County Hos
pital on Thursday. Her condition is
favorable.
Harry v. Kester is countiuing to build
on the old academy tract. having bum
galow nearly completed on Ridgway
street, and ground broken for another on
Mount Holly avenue.
The Rev. Frederick H. Beard, pastor
of the Columbus Baptist church, has
presented his resignation. to take effect
May is, when he will complete his
studies at Crozier. and plans an extended
western trip.
Unclaimed letters remain in the post
Office for the week ending February q
as follows: Jos. Abbott, Harry Brewer,
Miss Milder Dingman, Horace Haak,
Mrs. A. L. Swain, Allen Stokes, Wood
A. Edwards.
The indictments against David War
rem, of Mount Holly, containing several
charges of embezzlement in connection
with his insurance work for Philadel-
phia concern, will be considered at a |
session of court tomorrow.
]. Aquila Jones planted sack of Cob |
bier potatoes on Tuesday. The weather
had been SO fine and blowing SO well ad- |
vanced on his farm thai he thought he |
would try the experiment of putting in |
some potatoes at that early date.
Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingstone, ma
tional superintendent of suffrage in the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
will speak in the Methodist church on
Thursday evening, at 7.45 o'clock. Adj
mission free. An offering will be taken.
Next Sunday will mark the first ami
versary OF Rev. James H. Terry as pastor
OF the First Baptist church, Mount
Holly. At the morning service the hand
OF fellowship will be given to 40 persons
who have been recently received into the
church.
Thousands Of geese, brant, and red
head ducks are having glorious time
in Barnegat bay. They seem to have
had information as to the closing of the
cunning season, for as soon as it was
over they docked there by the thousands
and prove very tantalizing to the gun
ners.
very fine address was delivered in
the First Baptist church on Sunday
evening by DIR. o. Bull Close, represent
alive of the Anti-Saloon League of New
Jersey. A congregation which crowded
the building greeted the speaker. Fol-
lowing the address Pastor Terry baptized
ii persons.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church has fixed up the church parlor in +.
very creditable manner. Two fancy ,
glass panels have been placed in the !,
door, the room re-papered and painted
the floor vanished and a beautiful rug
placed thereon, giving the room very
attractive appearance.
Sheriff Stecher summoned a jury of
twelve men before lawyer G. M. Bacon,
acting as master in chancery at River
side, to decide the lunacy of Sallie A. /.
White, of Medford. Her estate was in :
ventoried at $2l00. The jury recommend :
ed that she continue in care of superin-
tendent Deacon at the New Lisbon hos
pital.
Charles Hancock, q retired farmer liv-
ing on Union street, was found dead in
bed early on Friday morning. Death
was caused by heart trouble, with which
he had been suffering for some time
He was in the I'D year of his age. The
funeral took place yesterday from the !.
Friends meeting house, corner High
and Garden streets. Interment was
made at Moorestown.
Mrs. Walter Bird, of Crosswicks, re-
ceived internal injuries and severe LAGER
ations by being thrown from an auto
mobile at Trenton on Thursday night.
The machine collided with trolley car.
Mr.. Bird and two daughters, aged 10
and IA years respectively, were also
thrown from the automobile, but escaped
with slight injuries. Mrs. Bird is the
mother of ten children.
The supper recently held in the Union
fire house by the Ladies' Aid of the g.
A. r. netted $98. On Friday night the
ladies sprang surprise on the Grand
Army boys by visiting them while the
latter were holding their weekly meet
ing, and after spending an enjoyable
evening, the ladies presented the Post
with check for 500. Refreshments
were served by the ladies, the whole af-
fair being great surprise to the mem
bers of the Post.
Burglars entered the residence of A.
Lincoln Jones, on Mount Holly aveune,
on Thursday night, but secured no
booty, although some clothing and other
articles had been bundled ready to take
away Inmates of the house heard q |
noise down stairs, and frightened the |
thieves away. Before entering the |
house the men cut the telephone wires,
so that if heard an alarm could not
be given. The thieves had an automo-
bile in which they made good their es-
cape.
Edward T. R. Apologize died at his