The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-28
LOCAL NEWS.

Harry g. Justin has bought Dodg
touring car.
Melcour r. Lippincott has entered tn
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
Edmund ID. Fryer has entered Rutger
college, to take course in agricultur
and forestry.
George ID. Worrell denies the repor
that he has purchased the Estilow trac
on the Jobstown road.
The Interstate Milk Producers Asso
citation has fixed the wholesale price @
milk for October at five cents quart.
DIR. J. I'll. Carter was one of the judge
and Fred b. Shreve was the starter O
the horse races at the Gibbsboro fair las
week.
Rev. Charles Bowden, of Camden, de
ivered an address at the Epworth League
service in the Methodist church on Sun
day evening.
The automobile license of Robert ]
Thomas, of Palmyra, was revoked las
week, the cause being misuse OF manu-
facturer's numbers.
Hope Naylor Bowden, of Mount Holly
has been granted a divorce from Law
renee r. Bowden, formerly of Lambert
Vile and now of Camden.
Evan F. Benners, Of Moorestown, was
elected an assistant secretary of the
New Jersey Firemen's Association al
Atlantic City last week.
The lunch counter at the coming Fair
will be in charge of the Woman's
League. and the proceeds will be devoted
to the visiting nurse fund.
William Gilbert, of Jacksonville, has
purchased from the estate of Sarah j..
Haines the property on the Burlington
road occupied by Asa Haines.
Earl Smith, younger son Of Captain
Elton A. Smith. has gone to Chicago
and entered the Office of the H. b.
Smith Machine Co. in that city.
A patriotic mass meeting for men only
will be held in the Methodist church on
Friday evening DIR. Sheppard, of Pitts
burg, will speak on the subject. .'God,
Country and Home"
Edward X. Allen, Jr-, of New Gretna,
has been appointed by Governor Fielder
to fill the vacancy on the State Board
of Shell Fisheries caused by the resig-
nation Of Thomas ]. Gaskill.
Joseph s.. McCue having resigned as
postmaster at Cookstown, civil servic,
examination for the vacancy will be
held at,Mount Holly on October %. Mr..
McCue is now conductinga grocery store
at Pennington.
Some damage was done to unpicked
cranberries by a light frost last week
but most of the boys in this county
escaped loss from this cause. There is a
fair crop of berries this year and good
prices are being obtained.
Quite number of Mount Holly people
attended the patriotic service at the
Lumberton M. E. church on Sunday
evening. Rev. w. E. Zimmerman
preached an interesting and appropriate
sermon.
Victor Long and Chester Pratt have
rented the lot opposite the mount again
this year. They have cleared the brush
off and have it in good condition for the
checking of automobiles next week dur
ing the Mount Holly Fair.
Governor Fielder has issued a procla
nation setting Saturday, October 9, sas
fire prevention day in New Jersey. He
calls upon all citizens of the state to aid
in preventing possible fires by removing
rubbish and other accumulations of in
f1ammable material from their properties
Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Harry F. Jones, of Mount
Holly, and Miss Z. Florence Wallace, OF
Moorestown. The ceremony will take
place at Trinity Episcopal church,
Moorestown, on Saturday evening, Octo
Der 16, at 7.3O o'clock. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones will reside at Riverton.
Unclaimed mail for the following per-
sons remains in the post Office for the
week ending September 25: James ii.
Stevens. J. Ii. Reynolds. E. A. Griscom,
James Ford, A. w. Fairfield, w. Fl.
Trippe, Mrs. Ella Bennett, Ira 1. Bloom,
Miss Elizabeth Bunting, Albert N. Gray,
Miss Alice Nixon. ]. P. Inman, w. s.
Richards, Mrs. Frank Shaw.
The dahlia show held at Pemberton,
last week, in aid of the Burlington
County Hospital, was well attended, and
the receipts were $40. The management
desires to thank every one who aided to
make the show success. The following
persons won the prizes: Mrs. Clifford
Cross, Mrs. Frank Mullen, Mrs. Elsie G.
Shreve, Mrs. Rebecca Price, Mrs. G..
Warner, Mrs. Frank Jones, Miss Matte
Austin.
To add to the amount already received
toward the building of another dormi-
tory at the colony at Four Mile, as a
means to secure the $1,000 appropriation,
Variety Sale" is being planned for
September 20 and 80 and October and
2, at the Lakeview house, New Lisbon.
There will be clothing and fancy articles
on sale, home made cakes on Saturday,
ice cream and cake in the evening. Con-
tributions may be sent to Mrs. Robert
Clark, New Lisbon.
y The official board and congregation OF
the Methodist church are contemplating
making some extensive Improvements te
| the interior of the church auditorium
with the idea of removing the cause O
the unpleasant echo by placing a meta
I ceiling about ten feet below the presen
Zone, and other needed Improvements
tBlue prints and estimates will be sub
limited for action at the meeting of thu
yofficial board next Monday evening ano
later at a congregational meeting.
Il Operations at the oil well, near Cass
Nville, are reported to be progressing
reasonably satisfactory. The drilling
has now reached depth of Ave hundre
and thirty feet and the men are pound
ing through jet black earth, extremel
sticky and difficult to bore = Gale
gumbo. Just previous to this deptf
they drilled through what was plainly
former ocean bed, at something like fiy
hundred feet below the present groun
level = as they brought up quicksant
st.alIs ord othor dopocifS of the co,