The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-08
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

Herman Bouchslle has moved
Riverside.
The w. C. T. U. will meet in the {
A. r. room this afternoon.
Guy Brothers minstrel show will al
pear at the opera house tomorrow nigh
The annual baked bean supper will |
given by the Ladies' Aid of the g.
r. in the Union fire house next Satu
day beginning at five o'clock.
In well-contested game Of basks
ball, Wednesday afternoon, the fresh
men of the high school defeated tn
grammar school team by the score o
IL to s.
Letters for Miss Elizabeth Stand
bridge, J. C. Taylor, James Anthony
r. Evans, and Warren M. Derby remain
In the post Office for the week ending
February 5.
E. Nelson Frazer, the florist, has
bought from Miss Eliza McHenry, 8
building lot on East Garden street. The
sale was made by A. A. Anderson, rea
estate agent.
Joseph Harbert, for many years station
agent at Burlington. died on Thursday
from pneumonia. He was S. years o.
age. He had been in the employ OF the
Pennsylvania railroad for nearly half q
century.
Howard Dempster. of the South Penn
berton road, who was arrested in Mount
Holly last week by policeman Myers for
been committed to the county Jail for
thirty days by recorder Herbert.
Successful revival meetings are being
conducted in the Methodist church again
this week. Rev. Joseph L. Surtees will
continue the meetings as long as there
IL such an interest shown as has been
manifested during their progress of the
past two weeks.
WINS Petit, who for a number of
years has conducted q grocery store at
Burlington, was placed in bankruptcy
In the United States court at Trenton
on Friday, when an involuntary petition
Of bankruptcy was fled against him.
He admitted insolvency.
Farm demonstrators George T. Reid
announces that two pruning demonstra-
tions will be held on Friday, at Paul
Burk's orchards. Bridgeboro, at ten
o'clock in the morning, and at Henry s.
Lippincott's orchards, Marlton, at two
o'clock in the afternoon.
The annual banquet of the Burling-
ton County Chapter. Knights OF Col
umbus. in honor OF the birthdays OF
Washington and Lincoln, will be held
in Odd Fellows Temple, Moorestown,
next Monday evening. Among the
speakers will be Hon. Joseph HI. Gas
kill, former judge OF Burlington county.
Miss Lille E. Finn. of Philadelphia,
has been added to the corps of High
school teachers in Mount Holly, taking
the place of Miss Ruth Wanger. who has
gone to the new Southern High School
for girls in Philadelphia, at salary OF
81. 900 per year. Miss Finn is a graduate
OF Swarthmore college and has been
teaching in Philadelphia.
The News is now delivered to its sub
scribers in Mount Holly by mail. Pa
irons who formerly purchased weekly or
monthly from our carrier may continue
to do SO at Assays. Boyce's. Shelters. or
this Office, where The NEWS is on sale.
The better plan would be to come to this
Office and subscribe for a year, thereby
being certain of receiving the paper.
The William F. Taubel Hosiery Com
pany. of Riverside, has bought large
factory site at Chestnut avenue and
Adeline streets, Trenton, and will at
once erect large and modern hosiery
factory. The site is 400x200 feet. This
company's factory ct Riverside was re-
Gently destroyed by fire, and it is under
stood that the Trenton factory will re-
place it.
The Board of Freeholders of Burling-
ton county will be urged by committee
of farmers to repave the Moorestown
pike from the Camden county line 70
the western terminus of Moorestown
The turnpike in Camden county is to be
repaved and when these two improve
ments are completed they will form
direct line to interior points in the
vicinity OF Browns Mills, Lakewood and
Beach Haven. saving many miles which
are now lost by reason of the fact that
there is no direct road in good condition.
A special session of Oriental Court No.
10, side degree Of the Junior Mechanics,
was held in the Lewis building en- Thurs
day night, when nine candidates solved
the mysteries of this degree. The 1--WE
got it" mule was in fine trim. full OF
vim and vigor. for the occasion, making
things very lively and interesting for ali
present, especially the candidates. A
delegation was present from Burlington,
who brought over one of the candidates.
After the ceremonies were over the
members proceeded to Durand's new
restaurant, which was tastefully decora-
ted for the occasion. where the inner
man was refres he'd.
A number of citizens OF Lumberton
township petitioned the Board of Educa
ton to purchase land and build a new
school-house in that village. Notices
have been posted calling a special meet
ing Of the legal voters of the township
ON Monday next, in the school-house at
Lumberton, to vote on the proposition
which is to purchase or condemn a plot
of land on Chestnut street at cost not
exceeding 5000 and to erect q school
house OF four rooms and furnish it at
cost not exceeding $4,000, the total cost
to be not over $4,000. The polls will
open at one o'clock and remain open
until seven. Women will be allowed to
vote on this question.
Routed from their beds early Thurs
day morning by fire that was sweep
ing the entire first floor when discovered,
Benjamin F. Foreman, farmer on the
road from Jacksonville to Burlington,
with his wife and three children. were
forced to flee, clad only in their night
clothes, into binding snow storm,
leaving their home and its furnishings a
prey to the flames. The loss will exceed