The Mount Holly news., 1916-11-21

Lie bapJlSt SUNDAY SCHOOi WIN AoiN
it's special Christmas service the even
ing of December %.
The finder Of a chilo's gray wooler
mitten will confer favor by returning
it to THE News Office.
Millard F. Tomlinson will remove
to his property on Washington street,
recently occupied by the United Breth
rem church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Engle have
temporarily closed their residence on
Garden street, and are now located al
the Ivanhoe.
/ Winfield s. Cameron and Walter
Rossell returned home on Saturday
from an enjoyable trip to Cuba, Key
West and Florida.
st. Agnes Guild Of Grace Protestant
Episcopal Church, Crosswicks, has
been organized with Mrs. Mary r.
Braislin as president.
The marriage of John C. Dudley and
Miss Ethel M. Burr, both of Moores-
town, took place in that town on Sat
urday, November IL.
The Yama Yama girls and the Elks
have donated to the Burlington Coun-
ty Hospital the cash prizes which
they won in the Halloween parade.
A California privet hedge has been
planted along Buttonwood run in the
rear of the high school building, max
ing quite an improvement to the ap-
pearancs of the school grounds.
Owing to the loss Of time the schools
were kept closed on account of infan-
tile paralysis, the usual holiday after
Thanksgiving day will not be given.
The school will be closed Thanksgiv-
ing day.
Mrs. Raymond s. Clarke, who has
been ia typhoid fever patient at the
Burlington County Hospital since the
latter part of August, has recovered
sufficiently to be removed to her home
on Broad street.
A Parent-Teacher League has been
organized at Bridgeboro, with the fol-
lowing officers: President, Miss Clara
Harrison; vice president, Mrs. Nsttie
Smith; secretary, Miss Stella knight;
treasurer, Mrs. Clara Bright.
The Timbuctoo A. M. E. Zion
church, Rev. N. ]. Roberts, pastor,
held its quarterly meeting at the court
house Sunday. Rev. w. R. A. Pal
mer, of st. Paul's church, preached in
the afternoon, and Mrs. Lena Mason
to a crowded ho1se at night.
Ruth Law, the female aviator who
gave wonderful exhibitions at the
Mount Holly fair last year, broke the
record last week by flying from Chicago
to New York-832 miles-in nine hours
and one minute, flying time. She
made $50 miles without stopping.
A novel celebration of the Christmas
season is being arranged by the
Methodist Sunday school. On Thurs
day evening, December 81, children's
Christmas cantata will be rendered by
the young scholars of the school and
primary department. Also on the
same night the candy, presents, etc.,
will be distributed. On Christmas
eve, Sunday night, December "a, the
school will sing the carols and hold the
other exercises.
An automobile occupied by two men,
who gave their names as Allen and
Foster and their residence as Bradley
Beach, was struck by passenger train
at Pemberton on Saturday. The car
had almost gotten across the track
when the locomotive struck it. The
auto was upset and the occupants
thrown out, but no one was injured.
The rear axle Of the Car was bent, but
it proceeded to Mount Holly, where
the damage was repaired.
One of the prettiest sights for the
month of November is large plot of
ground at the greenhouse Of s. ]. Car
ter & Son, on Pine street, which is
covered with pansies in full bloom.
The place presented beautiful appear
ance on Sunday, but the owners were
sorry that the visitors had not seen
them two weeks ago before the frost
struck them. Even though some of
them were nipped those that were not
affected were as bright as if it were
summer.
At the meeting of the Fortnightly
Club, last week, Rev. Arthur Phillips,
OF Beverly, gave very interesting
talk on the Book Of Job. A general
discussion followed, at the conclusion
of which Rev. Mr.. Cooke, the new
rector of st. Andrews church, said he
would make that part Of the Bible his
subjeca for Sunday mornings sermon,
and would bring the Book of Job to
modern days. He did so, and the SER
mon he preached was thoroughly EN-
joyed by the large congregation who
heard it.
The thirtieth anniversary of st
Paups Church will be celebrated on
Sunday. November 26, and each week
day night until Sunday, December 8.
Tuesday, November 28, at p. M, will
be Good Fellowship Night, when the
meeting will be held at the court house.
All pastors and congregations among
the white people are cordially invited
to be present. Addresses will be de-
livered by the Rev. DIR. G.. H. Butler,
of Philadelphia, and the Rev. Henry
Teller Cooke, of st. Andrews church,
Mount Holly. The public is in Ted.
The chief of the bureau of entomol-
ogy states that material progress has
been made in investigation of cram
berry insects in New Jersey. The field
station was changed from Pemberton
to Browns Mills during the latter part
of 1915. The so-called black head fire.
worm was unusually abundant and de-
structive, but it seems that spraying
infested bogs with 40 per cent nicotine
sulphate while the insects are in the
larval stage is effective. The cranberry
rootworm, the cranberry tipworm, and
the bloom worm have also been
studied.
The Burlington County Firemen' S
Association held its annual meeting in
Union Company's house, Mount Holly
on Wednesday night. The following