The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
William s. Kelley is seriously i'll with

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: pleuro-pneumonia.
DR.. Benjamin r. Powell, of Moores
town. is seriously i'll with pleuro-pneu
monia at Hahnemann hospital, Phila
delphia.
Remember the supperthe ladies OF the
La United Brethren church are preparing
to hold January q, at the Union fire
AZ house.
~ Special evangelistic services will be
held in the Baptist church commencing
er January 18th, 1915. Preaching by James
le H. Terry pastor.
The death of Anthony J. Morris, of
b Pemberton, occurred ON Thursday. His
a remains were inferred in st. Andrew
cemetery, Mount Holly, on Sunday.
o Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Chance, Sd.
) and children, who have been spending
the holidays in Mount Holly. returned
: to their home in Philadelphia on Friday.
vi The next meeting of the Burlington
]. County Firemen's Association will be
held at the house Of Endeavor Company
lat Burlington, on the evening of Janu-
Z airy 10.
A civil service examination for the
: purpose Of making up an eligible register
for clerks and carriers at the Mount
; Holly post Office, viii be held at Phila-
ldelphia on January p.
Il A cake bread and pie sale will be held
lin the Y. M. C. A. room over the post
Ioffice on Saturday afternoon from to
Is o'clock, by the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society OF the Methodist church.
| Announcement is made of the mar
riage of Miss Meta B. Herbert, chief oper-
ator at the local Bell telephone ex-
change, to Wilson Matlack, of Mount
Holly and Roebling. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. James H. Terry on
Thursday, December 80.
Margaret Cox, widow Of the late
Townsend Cox, of Bordentown, died in
Mount Holly on Monday night Of last
week She was So years old and had
resided here about six months. The
funeral took place on Thursday, with
interment at Bordentown.
A pleasant time prevailed, Saturday
evening, at the home Of EIwood Sleeper,
on Paxson street, when the boys OF Vic
tor Longs class of the M. E. Sunday
school, of which he is member, gave L
him surprise by calling on him in
body, and assisted him in celebrating I
his birthday. II
The reorganization meeting of the
Burlington county boys agricultural I
contest committee has been called by |
chairman Walter Kirby for $50 A. M.
on Saturday, at the county Y. M. c. A.
office in Mount Holly. Plans for the /
sixth annual contest will be discussed, q
reports given and new officers elected.
The Brotherhood Bible class Of the
Methodist Sunday school elected the I
following officers on Sunday afternoon: !
President, Samuel c. Stanton, first vice I
president, Ferdinand H. jacket; second q
vice president, Charles HI. Warner; third I
vice president, William H. Taylor; secre- J
-tary, Raymond w. Sprow; treasurer,
John N. Carly. i
The Burlington County Federation Of i
Patriotic and Religious Fraternities has
extended an invitation to the patriotic !
societies of the town and county to at t
tend a special service in the Mount
Holly Methodist church, on Sunday I
evening, February 6. when Rev. Joseph
Il. Surtees will preach sermon appro- I
pirate to Lincoln's birthday, II
Miss Cove and her Pilgrim girls will 8
appear at the Methodist church tonight .
in high-class musical concert, which i
is the third number of the Lyceum I
course. This entertainment promises to
be one of unusual merit. The company I
is composed of six young ladies, who
are artists in vocal, instrumental and v
orchestra work. Don't miss it. Admis- (
sion will be So cents. Ii
Statements Of Riverside township
officials and members of the fire COM
pany to the effect that the supply Of
water was inadequate during the fire
which destroyed the large brick building
at the plant of the William F. Taubel !
hosiery mills at Riverside last week, are
challenged by officers of the Delaware
River Water Company. President Jones,
of that company, has written the town. i
ship officials a denial OF the claims, de- {
claring that the water pressure prior to /
and during the blase was amply suffci- Z
ent to meet all demands of the fire ap- ]
paratus. II
Pocahontas Tribe No. Is, Improved !
Order of Red Men, has elected the fol S
lowing officers for the ensuing year: |
Prophet, George J. Robertson; sachem, j
Joseph Stradling; senior sagamore, r
Tilden H. Bedwell; junior sycamore, |
George F. King; keeper Of records, John l
B. Dobbins; collector of wampum, b.
Garfield Bozarth; keeper Of wampum, q
Daniel Eddleman; ianitor. B. Garfield /
Bozarth, guard of Forest George F. u
King; representative, Joseph Stradling; {
alternate, George F. King; trustees, d
George ]. Robertson. j. B. Bennett and 8
George F. King. La
Tuesday, February 8. has been set for f
the date for hearing at Trenton by the !
Public Utility Commission on the APP t
plication of the Burlington County i
Transit Company for permission to in s
crease fares on its road. The company 9
asks for the approval Of the proposed in
creases on the ground that its present !
revenue is not sufficient to enable it to ,
maintain it's property in the condition
desired to afford proper service and also ;
to obtain reasonable return on the in
vestment. The proposed increases are
as follows: Burlington to Moorestown.
from 20 to 80 cents; Mount Holly to
Burlington, from 10 to Is cents; Mount
Holly to Moorestown, from 10 to 10
cents. Il
Official announcement is made of the
esta blishmcnt in Cumberland county
by the State Experimental Station OF
the proposed South Jersey demonstra-
ton and experimental farm, for which
at the last session of the legislature
$25, 600 was appropriated. The selection
Of the farms was made at a meeting of
the Board sof Managers at the Expert |
mental farm, New Brunswick, Friday. |
For more than year a special COM
mission appointed by the Board of