The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-03-07

4uc OhuekH OuAOu VI Vic VA. AS' CAuAe
+ will meet at the home of Reeve Stewa
= this evening.
Miss Frances M. Johnson, of Churc
. street, and George L. Harkins, of Blu
! lington, were married yesterday by Re,
! P. J. Kelly.
Mrs. Caroline Carr, widow Of Capital
; David w. Carr, died at her home O.
Brainard street early this morning. Sh
had been in poor health for a number Q
years.
u The America Fire Company has &C
cepted the invitation to participate il
the firemen's parade to be held at Col
lingswood on Saturday afternoon, MAY
Goth.
Rev. Luther Moore Bicknell, who hal
accepted the call to the pulpit OF the
Mount Holly Presbyterian church, is
with his family, occupying the manss
on Broad street.
George Stoddard will deliver an adj
dress to the Senior group of the Y. NJ
C. A. at their rooms on Buttonwood
street Friday evening. He will take for
his subject the UNITED States Navy"
The United States Civil Service Com
mission will hold an examination at
Mount Holly, on Saturday, March %,
for applicants for the position of post
master at Hainesport. The salary Of
this Office for the last fiscal year was
1854.
There will be a meeting Of the pros
pective members of the Cow Test Asso-
citation in Grange hall at Columbus to-
morrow evening at 7.30, at which time
the permanent organization will be
formed, officers elected, and any other
business transacted which may come be-
fore the meeting.
An invitation has.been extended to all
members of the B. Y. P. u, of Mount
Holly, to attend the 18th anniversary OF
Pemberton B. Y. P. u, ON March 18th.
Meet in Sunday school room at 7.30 p.
m. sharp. Transportation by autos ut
rate Of 25c each for round trip. All de-
string to go will please give their names
to r. HI. Broom, 10 Church street, on or
before Sunday, March IL.
On Wednesday afternoon a soil test
demonstration was made before Ran
cocas Grange by farm demonstrators
Reid. About forty-five were present.
Much interest was shown and a lively
discussion followed the test. Other sub
iects discussed were alfalfa and lime.
On Monday, March ID, there will be "a
demonstration of cutting and soaking
seed potatoes on the Barclay Allen farm
near Esyrestown.
William A. Slaughter, special master |
Of the Court of Chancery, on Thursday
sold the residence lately occupied by DR.. |
John w. Brannin, on Washington street. |
It was cried off at the price OF $3,525 to |
Willard F. Tomlinson, who bought it for
the United Brethren in Christ church. |
After alterations have been made to
The property it will be used as place of
A lot out Pine street was
sold to William s. Fryer for $3.50.
DIR. Rosalie Slaughter Morton, of the
Polytechnic Hospital, New York, and
who is the sister of Captain William A. |
Slaughter, of Mount Holly, will lecture
in Academy Hall, Moorsstown, Satur-
day evening. at eight o'clock. The doc
tor will tell OF .iF in Labrador in con-
nection with DIR. Grenfells mission to
that country. The lecture will be Illus
trated with many fine Views. An adj
fee Of twenty-five cents will be
charged,
Imagine the feelings of an engineer
when seeing small object tagging his
train while travelling at great speed if
you can get such an imagination of the
road in question. Picture his mind
0verbardened with thoughts of a wreck,
broken rails, washout. Consider the
anxiety of the train crew speeding for
exits to learn Of some calamity and then
laugh when you learn that young boy
1T Bamber tagged the Tuckerton Rail-
roadltrain on Sunday last to buy Sum-
day paper.
At its meeting last evening Relief Fire
Company accepted an invitation to par
ticipate in parade at Collingswood on
the Goth of May. A committee was ap-
pointed to make necessary preparations
The Collingswood people will offer sew
eral prizes, one of which will be for the
oldest company in line. AS the Relief
is the oldest volunteer company in the
United States the members will go and
capture that prize. There will be near
Iy 100 hundred men in uniform includ-
ing the Continental boys who always go
On parade with the company.
Job M. Smith, a Tuckerton under
taker, got the surprise Of his life when q
man from Waretown, went to his Office,
told him he wanted to settle his bill for
undertaking services and passed over a
roll of $52 in banknotes. Smith said he
had no account against the man, and
then the latter explained that the bill
had been contracted with the under
takers father, Joseph 1. Smith, in 1876.
The old books were consulted and it was
found the charge was for the burying a
woman forty years ago. The debtor said
be had been living in another part of
the country for many years, and recent
ly discovered the old unpaid bill.
A "wee bit mousie" caused stir at
one of our churches Sunday morning.
He started from the organ and went
directly to the table where the commun-
ion was spread and after taking a look
decided to try and get on the table. Not
being able to get up on the cloth on the
outside he climbed up on the inside and
when he reached the top he got around
on the outside and sat up and took
good look all around. A gentleman in
the congregation decided it was time for
to be done so he went forward
and made strike at the mouse with his
cane. The animal jumped down and
the minister, whose attention had not
before been attracted, looked around
to see if the mouse could be located,
when another member of the congrega-
tionlgave the information that the little
fellow had gone out of side door.
In Memoriam-Georee w. Heyer.
At special meeting of the board of
directors of the Mount Holly Young
Mems Christian Association, held We'd