The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-03-28

On Sunday night the young men
n group of the local Y. M. c. A. went
~ Easton and took charge of the serviG
there.
ID Letters for Mrs. Sutton, Mr.. nj. Han
1t ilton and Miss Lizzie Berry remain III
olaimed in the post Office for the wee
N ending March 2S.
ID At meeting of the directors of tn
burlington County Fair Association
ri Saturday, twas decided not to apply 70
n a license to sell liquor on the fai
Igrounds.
!. George Edward Phares, of Pine street
: died quite suddenly Saturday morning
after being i'll only few days will
double pneumonia. He was in his 57tl
year of his age.
Rev. Thomas S. Hammond occupied
the pulpit of the Methodist church OF
Sunday, and made very favorable i'm
ipression on the large congregations
| which greeted him both morning and
evening.
: A number of young men at Easton
have organized group of the county
Y. M. C. A, with A. Engle Haines as
leader. Regular weekly meetings are
held Oh Saturday evenings at the
Friends meeting house in Easton.
| Convinced that zero weather has
killed all peach tree buds, many farmers
along the river front have pruned all
lfruit-bearing branches from the trees in
their orchards in order to start the
growth of crop-producing wood for next
year.
B. Howard Harris, son of John w
Harris, entered the United States navy
yesterday and is at present at the navy
yard, Norfolk, Virginia. The examina-
ton taken by the young man was en-
tirely physical and his average reached
the high figure Of 97K.
The United Brethren Women's Aid
society will conduct a bazaar and food
sale Saturday afternoon and evening" in
the rooms of the late DR.. Brannan prop
erty, Washington street. Some Of the
specialties will be parcel post table, a
Larkin booth, Easter eggs and fresh
baked cruilers right from the kettle. Ice
cream served to all who desire.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals will be held at the
residence of A. B. Kirk, 1O1 West Union
street, Burlington, on Thursday, April
at eight o'clock in the evening for the
election of officers and other important
business. All Welcome who are interested
in those that cannot speak.
DR.. Nathan Thorne, Armitt H. Coate
and William G. LeConey, all of Moores-
town, have purchased the mansion
house property at Eayrestown. The deal
includes the fine big house, six small
houses, several other buildings, and one
OF the finest fishing grounds in the
state. They will probably reserve the
mansion for their own use, but sell the
small houses for summer cottages
John A. Hancock, of Columbus, and
Miss E. Ingling, of Camden, were hap
PLY married on Saturday at the Mount
Holly Methodist parsonage, by Rev4J.
L. Surtees. The party consisted of Mrs.
J. C. Stricken, Mrs. Budd w. Pope, Mr.,
and Mrs. w. j. Ridgway. of Columbus;
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Ingling, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Smith, of Camden. At
ter brief honeymoon the newly welded
couple will reside in Columbus.
The U. s. government has sent an in
lquiry to horse dealers in this section,
and therefore presumably in all parts of
the country, asking how many horses
and mules could be obtained for mill
tary purposes, and what the cost of them
would be. They ask for figures on three
kinds of horses cavalry horses that
Icould carry a rider and equipment
weighing ITO pounds; lightIartillery, and
heavy artillery. They also want,figures
as to the number of available mules and
lprices. Only sound and strong horses
are to be accounted for.
The body of middle-aged, poorly
dressed woman was found on the Penn
lsylvania Railroad tracks at Taylor S
Icrossing by the crew of the train due in
Camden at SAT o'clock Sunday morn
ling. She had evidently been killed by
a night freight. The body was taken
to Riverton to await the action of the
coroner, and officers Quigley and Miller
identified it as that of Maggie Mitchell,
otherwise Jumping. Maggie" The
woman had lived alone in small hut
near Westfield since the death of her
husband two years ago and so far as
known had no relatives.
The proposition to improve the road
between Mount Holly and Chambers
Corner is not progressing as it was ex-
lpected to. The Board of Freeholders, at
its last meeting, agreed to improve the
entire length of the road and designated
the amount to be spent for the work.
Since then members of the Board from
other townships want their roads inn
proved and there is not enough money
to do that If the Chambers Corner prep
osition is carried out. One of the roads
that aid is sought for is the Mount Holly
and Lumberton road. This is COM
paratively new road and why it should
be in such urgent need so soon has not
been explained. At present it looks as
If half mile of the Mount Holly and
Chambers Corner road beginning at the
Mount Holly end, will be improved in a
substantial manner, and will be widen
ed to IS feet. The rest can wait year
it is said.
There is case to be heard before Jus
tice Robert Woolston, at Vincentown,
the result of which is being awaited with
some interest. Rev. J. H. BostwiclS
who has been very earnest in the desire
to uplift "the pineys," and who has been
delivering lectures on that point, has
had charges preferred against him for
lcruelty to horse. The arrest was made
at the instigation of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The
ALLEGATION is that horse in charge oil
the minister was neglected to such an
extent that death ensued, although it is
claimed the animal was not in the i'm.
mediate possession of the clergyman and
the question to be determined, if we are
) correctly informed, is whether he is re
sr,onc;hlo for tho 70 TO of thu boroa DBL.