The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-25

Dlrtnuay, feDruary zz.
Rev. johnson Oatman, Jr., of Noun
Holly, made the opening prayer at ths
service in the BILLY" Sunday taber
nacle at Trenton Sunday night.
New shelves, glass counters, bread
cases, etc., were placed in Wollner's
meat market on Main street last week
Further improvements areto be made al
this market.
Assemblyman Emmor Roberts, who
lis member of the Society of Friends,
and an ardent peace advocate, has re-
Isigned as a member of the committee on
tmilitia.
George w. Durand opened his new
restaurant on Main street on Saturday
and enjoyed big days business. The
restaurant is very neat and attractive
place OF business.
Wilson Matlack, who has been dan
gerously i'll with pneumonia for several
weeks, underwent an operation for en-
pyema on Wednesday. His condition
is much improved.
Russell w. Morrison is now connected
with the law Office of former Senator
White, and Miss Charlotte Fitzpatrick
has taken position in the law Office of
William A. Slaughter.
The Vansciver Freight Company has
purchased another big truck, and began
| Io.&a,., ~lo;1o Fra; r1,f corx,;oa bofwoon phil
adelphia and Mount Holly last week.
Daily trips will be made.
Richard B. Eckman, of Mount Holly,
and George N. Winner, of Palmyra, are
Burlington county's representatives on
the United States grand jury which met
at Trenton last Tuesday.
Revival services began in the Method
ist church on Sunday evening and will
continue every evening this week except
Saturday. Preaching every evening by
the pastor, Rev. Joseph L. Surtees.
Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist
who is conducting tabernacle meetings
at Trenton, will deliver oneof his unique
addresses at the Burlington Auditorium
on Saturday morning at 1890 o'clock.
| Miss Ruth Wanger, one of the High
school teachers, has resigned, To accept
a position in Philadelphia ut salary
much in advance OF that paid here. She
will leave about the first Of February.
The funeral of Mrs. Reading Stillwell
took place from the residence Of her son,
William HI. Stillwell, Rutland avenue,
Yesterday afternoon. Services were con-
Quoted. by Rev. Joseph l.. Surtees. The
deceased was " years old.
The wedding OF Miss Christine Yoos,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Yoos,
Of Hainespcrt, and Charles Nixon, an
employe of the Acme store at Mount
Holly, will take place at the Lutheran
church, near Hainesport, tomorrow.
The Woman's Home Missionary
Society of the Methodist church will
hold baked bean supper at the
home of Mrs. Laura Perinchief, No. 107
Main street next Tuesday. February 1st,
from until Up. m. Supper will be
served for small sum. All are invited.
DIR. B. Frank Gibbs was buried in
Washington, D. c., last week. He was
the son of Mrs. Daniel F. Gibbs, who
lives at Pemberton, and is the widow of
Daniel F. Gibbs. Mrs. H. H. Earnest,
of Mount Holly, is sister of the de-
ceased. Dr.. Gibbs had been in poor
health for a long time.
Secretary of War Garrison and Gov
ernor Fielder have been notified by B. F.
Cresson, chief engineer of the state
Board OF Commerce and Navigation,
that the survey Of the route of the pro-
posed ship canal across the state from
the Delaware river at Bordentown, to
Morgan, on Raritan bay, has been COM
pleted.
The remaining members of the family
of Bloomfield B. Pew, and other rela-
tives, desire to publicly express their
thanks for many kind words of sympa-
thy and many acts of assistance from
neighbors and other friends during the
recent bereavement in that family-the
death of three of it's members in one
week.
Among the corporations whose char
ters have been revoked for failure to pay
corporation taxes for two years is includ-
ed the Delaware River transportation
Company, which operates a line Of boats
between Philadelphia and Trenton.
This is not serious matter, however,
for under the state corporation law a
corporation whose charter has been an
nulled may be reinstated by filing Pc
tition and paying back taxes.
Fuel oil from tank car was not flow
ling as fast as Frederick Narranze thought
it should at the sand plant Of Norcross
& Edmunds, at Birmingham, on We'd
nesday night, SO he mounted the car,
took the cap from the tank, and lowered
his lantern into it. There was roar
land a shock. Narranze was blown over
so feet his face horribly burned and
torn. one arm broken and his body cut
and bruised. The lantern exploded the
gas in the tank.
} The funeral of Rev. William H. Car
2 ter. retired preacher, and former Stat
Senator and Assemblyman, who died a
s Trenton on January 16, took place OIL
!, Wednesday afternoon at two o'clocl
g from the Fieldsboro Methodist church
j. Services were conducted by Rev. U. g
:. Hagaman, of Trenton, assisted by Rev
e J. l.. Howard, Rev. Jesse Burns, an
i Rev, C. Evans. The bearers were
Edward Lame, Herbert Zelley, Samu'
o Robinson, Richard Brettell, Fran
II Laird and Caleb wilkins.
s Some remarkable pictures of the Eur
" pean war will be shown at the Mour
or Holly theatre on Thursday afternoo
vt and evening, taken on the German ba
" tlefields by Edwin F. Weigle, offici
as staff photographer of the Chicago II
1t bone. Mr.. Weigle spent seven month
n at the front in Germany, Austria, g
ct licia, and other places, at the risk Of b
n life and at tremendous expense. The
are no other pictures in the world Ill
er these. Every person should see the
at and get an idea of the necessity for mi
as tary preparedness in the United Stat'
ed AS a result of a children's QUAR-
as little Rebecca Cranmer and her broth
m and sister Chastar and Father of N,