The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-19

The annual free dinner for children,
given by Mount Holly Lodge of Elks,
Will be served in the Masonic Temple
next Monday, Christmas day. at noon.
The annual meeting of the Mount
Laurel Pursuing and Detective Com
pany will be held at Farmers hail,
Mount Laurel, on Monday, January 8,
1917, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Owing to the snow last week the
public sale OF wood lots at Hainesport,
owned by s. Budd Norcross, was ad-
journed until Thursday, December %,
when the sale will take place in the
afternoon.
A very acceptable and appreciative
Christmas gift would be years SUBJ
scription to THE NEWS. 81 will send
this paper So weeks of the year to the
recipient. THE NEWS is a newsy paper
and nothing can be secured in Burling-
ton county to equal it for the money.
A literary and musical program, "The
Everlasting Light" will be rendered
by the Sunday school and choir of St.
Paul's M. E. church next Sunday even
ing. The annual Christmas sermon
will be preached by the pastor in the
morning. The public is invited.
A Christmas tree that measured AZ
feet in height was purchased from the
Hornor nursery, Mount Holly, and
taken to Huntington Park, Philadel-
phia, on Thursday, by expressman G.
G. Dennis, to be used at that place at
a community Christmas celebration.
John Braislin died at his home in
Crosswicks, on Tuesday, aged SO years.
Mr.. Braislin was well known through
out this county, and enjoyed the dis
tinction of being the oldest justice of
the peace in the county. He was a
prominent figure at Republican politi-
cal conventions when nominations
were made in that way.
At the meeting of the Brotherhood
Bible class Of the M. E. Sunday school,
held last evening, the following officers
were elected: President, Albert H.
Ridgway; first vice president, John
Hunt; I'd vice president, Chester
Croshaw; third vice president. William
H. Taylor; secretary, Walter H. Bow
ker; treasurer. T. Lacy Atkins; teacher,
Rev. T. s. Hammond.
The lights that were used during
halloween week will be strung on
High street this week and will be
lighted until after Christmas. Miss
Lille Parry has donated to the Business
Mems Association q number of ever
green trees which will be placed in the
fountain and the colored lights will be
festooned among the branches. The
work will be conducted by the Bust
ness Mems Association.
Although there was asnowfall of less
than six inches, ON Friday, it made
travel difficult for the trolley cars, and
also for vehicles on some of the coun-
try roads. The trolley road was block
ed for number of hours on Saturday,
caused by cars jumping off the tracks.
The stoppage of cars, together with
the .discontinuan3e of motor omni-
buses from Lumberton, Vincentown
and Rancocas, made business quite
dull in Mount Holly on Saturday.
P. C. Hansan, aged 10 years, of Perth
Amboy, was before justice of the peace
Gabel, of Bordentown, on Friday, on
charge of embezzling 1920 from the
Adams Express Company. Hansan
has been agent at Bordentown since
July and the complaint was made by
express company officials. He twas
committed to Jail and a warrant was
issued for Joseph Fitzpatrick, Jr., a
driver employed by the company,
charging him with being implicated in
the theft.
Atlantic City has just about got
through with its second scandal case in
which Kitty Abrams was implicated.
1t will be remembered that the girl
tried to get large amount Of money
in breach of promise suit but failed.
The girl had hardly recovered her
breath from this suit when she bobbed
up as a correspondent in a divorce case
brought by Mrs. Helen Brown KNITTED
against her husband. An attempt was
made to show that Knitted had been
found in an apartment. with Kitty and
testimony was introduced to show that
this occurrence was the result Of
''framsup" and that the wife wanted
to get rid of her husband. In the sum-
ming up Of the testimony, attorney
Bourgeois, who represented the wife,
said the case was based ON sensational
ism, to which the counsel for the hus-
band replied that "the monumental
phase of the defencs's case is the
fra neup' of KNITTED with Kathryn
Abrams in the apartment on Oriental
avenue" No decision has been rem
dered.