The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-18

the winter in Florida.
Mount Holly Lodge of Elks will hay
a social session at the Elks' Home o
Tuesday night Of next week.
The stork left baby girl at the HON
: Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley J. Duncan,
!. Shreye street, on Friday night.
Philip Karg, civil war veteran and
g former resident OF Mount Holly died o
8 his home in Riverside on Friday. H
was 70 years of age.
0 An explosion at the Dupont powde
r plant at Gibbsboro, on Friday night
was noticed distinctly in Mount Holl
and vicinity by the shaking Of houses
t Mark Reynolds, formerly of Noun
Holly, has resigned as manager Of tn
n Childs store at New Egypt. and vii
take charge of large farm near VAIN
. ford.
Edward Wills, OF Columbus, who re
Gently had an attack Of the grippe, sn,
whose general health was impaired, ha
been taken to the Burlington county
hospital.
i A number Of friends Of L. s. Boyc'
sprang surprise on him Thursday
night, when they called at his home on
Garden street. An enjoyable evening
was spent.
i The annual supper, under the auspices
OF the ladies Of st. Andrews church
will take place on Thursday, January
20, in the parish house in the rear Of
the church.
Caleb s. Ridgway, OF Lumberton, who
has been spending the winter at st.
Petersburg, Florida, was stricken with
pneumonia last week and is now in the
hospital at that place.
The members Of Company E enjoyed
an oyster supper at the armory on
Thursday night. Addresses were made
by Senator H. B. Wells, former officers
Of the company, and Others.
Theodore Hetzler, vice president Of the
Fifth National bank of New York city,
was last week elected president Of the
institution. He is son-in-law OF Cap
tain E. A. Smith, of Smithville.
January 81 has been fixed as the an
nual donation day at the chiIdren's
home, and the management hopes there
will be generous response from the
public toward the support Of this valu-
able institution.
Unclaimed mail for the following per-
sons remains in the post Office for the
week ending January Is: DR. G. M.
Gehringer, Wesley Subess. Price &
Bishop. Miss Matte Lewis. w. P. Ha-
colt. Miss Mollie Chambers. Mr.. Diser
apino.
The township committee has decided
to have the annual township report is
sued this year in pamphlet form and to
put copy into every house and bust
ness place in the Town. This plan was
followed last year and met with general
approval.
Lawrence g. Gillian, of Mount Holly,
has been appointed extension specialist
in fruit growing at the State Agricultural
College, New Brunswick. He was for
merly first assistant in this department
This is Mr.. Gillam's third promotion
since he graduated from Rutgers Col
lege last June.
The Oriental Court of the Junior Me-
chanics elected the following officers on
Tuesday night: Prince grand orient,
Charles T. Shreve; vice grand orient,
Logan B. Morris; herald, Arthur ]. At
kinson; high 'executioner. Roscoe G.
Gale: sentinel, William I. Colby: secre-
tary, Gerald w. Colkitt; treasurer, A. H.
Jackson.
The Mount Laurel Pursuing and De-
tective Company elected the following
officers at its annual meeting: President,
John E. Darnell; secretary and treasurer,
A. Engle Haines; directors, Joseph H. |
Haincs, William Jones, William H. |
Zelley, Bowman s. Lippincott, Robert |
t. Evans, J. Harvey Darnell, Horace
Roberts. Allen Jones, Ezra Evans, Ed |
ward Rogers.
Mrs. Augustus ]. Meyer, who, with |
her husband, was well known in Mount
Holly, having resided at intervals at the
Arcade Hotel, and last summer occupy
ing the residence of former Judge Gas
kill with Mr.. and Mrs. Wanamaker,
lied in Philadelphia, last week. while |
her husband was on a business trip to
New York. She was thirty-six years of |
age. Interment was made at Brooklyn. |
A tree pruning demonstration will be |
under the auspices of the
office of farm demonstration on Janu-
ary %, one at $50 a. m. at H. II. Albert
'on's farm near Burlington, another on
she same date, at 2 p. M, at Charles
Haines' farm near Moorestown. Special
sts will be present from the experiment
station to assist in the work. These
are open to the public and all
Interested are requested to be present.
At meeting of the Mount Holly
Mems Literary Society. on Friday
hight. William D. Marren gave a very
interesting talk on ''Colors, Their Uses
Ind Application, as relating particular
y to the dyeing of cotton goods. The
speaker told some of the early history
ST the making of coloring matter and
It's development to the present time. He
Illustrated his talk with number of |
demonstrations of the making
If dyes.
Twenty-eight boys were present at
meeting held on Wednesday night in
the armory of Company E to arrange
Tor the formation of troop of boy |
scouts in Mount Holly. Another meet
ing will be held at the same place to-
morrow night, at which Carleton E.
Sholl, of Burlington, who has been
active in the scout movement in that
city, will make an address, and outline |
the necessary details. All boys inter |
ested are invited to attend this meeting.
Mrs. William /. johnson, of Water
street, died on Wednesday afternoon
after a few days illness from blood
poison. Mrs. Johnson had suffered
greatly from heart disease, for which she
had received treatment and was much
improved. Two weeks ago she had an
attack of acute indigestion, and a few
days later blood poison set in. Mrs.
Johnson was member OF the Ladies'
Aid of the G.. A. R.; Mount Holly
Temple No. 5, Masonic Tie, and Court