The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-18
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" A lungmoter has been added to tn
= equipment of the Burlington Count
Hospital.
+ Mrs. Julia Payne has rented and ]
Il occupying the residence on Broad stree
owned by Hiram H. Earnest.
Howard NJ. Eldridge has opened
: restaurant on Mill street, in the propert
adjoining Garwood's wholesale house.
The Tiger A. c. base ball team vii
play Victor, of Riverside, Saturda,
afternoon. on the High street grounds.
The junior group OF the local Y. M. G
A. will hold cake sale at the office il
the Temple building. on Saturday after
noon.
Mount Holly's roadways are receiving
their annual spring cleaning at the
: hands of road supervisor Brown and his
assistants.
The Easter cantata 1.-THE Resurrection
will be rendered by the choir of the
i Methodist church at the service on
Sunday evening.
| Rev. Mr.. Bicknell went to Delanco to
preach for Rev. w. r. Memmert, of the
Presbyterian Church there, last even
ing beginning a series of prs-Easter SER
vices.
The pictorial supplement Of the Pub
Tic Ledger, on Sunday, contained an en-
tire page Of nature photographs, taken
by Howard T. Middleton, of Haines-
port.
The former residence of George w.
Durand, on High street, is being offered
at private sale, as the recent sale of the
property to Joseph B. Fleetwood was not
confirmed by the court.
The Industry Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION will hold its annual meeting
at the Office Of the secretary, George Nj.
Hillman, next Monday evening. Officers
will be elected and new series of stock
issued.
The Women's Home Missionary
Society of the M. E. church will hold
public meeting in the lecture room of
the church on Friday afternoon at 2.3O
o'clock. The meeting will be addressed
by one of the secretaries.
Alexander Forbes. III. L. Crippen
and Rev. Luther Moore Bicknell attend
ed the meeting of Monmouth Presbytery
which was held in Beverly last Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Bicknell was received into the
Presbytery and plans were made for his
installation as pastor of the Presbyterian
church here on the 25th.
Next Tuesday, which is st. Marks
day, John Ner Borton, b. A., will be or
dained to the Diaconate of the Episco-
pal church. The service will be held in
st. Paul's church, Camden, the ordina-
ton being by Bishop Paul Matthews.
Rev. Charles M. Perkins will preach the
sermon. Mr.. Borton is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas E. Borton, and grand
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Bodine.
In order to stimulate systematic saw
ing and encourage thrift, the county Y.
M. C. A. committee is conducting a
quiet thrift campaign in several towns
throughout the county. A special ex-,
hibit of 16 colored charts. appealing to
the eye will be displayed in schools
banks and Y. M. c. A. rooms, and
other places centrally located. The ex-
hibit will be in Mount Holly tomorrow.
On Friday and Saturday the Mason
vile Y. M. G. A., in cooperation with
the Masonville firemen, gave two enter
tainments for the benefit OF the fire
company. A large crowd attended both
evenings, and enjoyed the plays, music,
and Rotations. Since the fire house
burned down, the Masonville Y. Nj. c.
A. group has been meeting at the homes
of the different members. 1t will now
use one of the rooms of the new fire
house for its meeting place.
1t is said that the opening of the
Delaware and Raritan canal has had
some effect in the alternating of the con-
gested traffic condition that has pre-
vailed on the New York and Trenton
divisions of the Pennsylvania railroad
since the beginning of the winter, the
waterway assisting in taking away
freight that is stored at both South and
Perth Amboy, New Brunswick and
Trenton and allowing the craft travers-
ing the canal and the Delaware river to
convey the shipments to Philadelphia.
AT meeting of the Northampton
Shade Tree Commission, held on the
18th instant, resolution was passed
that request be made to all property
owners to assist the commission in its
work of protecting our shade trees, and
to increase the beauty of the town by
planting new tree in front of their
property where there is space for one.
By SO doing they will greatly assist the
commission in it's work. The commits
sion will gladly give instructions as to
the size and species of trees best adapted
to the space.
A receiver has been asked for the An
Gent Order Of United Workmen, an in
surance association conducted ON the
mutual plan. 1t has been known for
some time that the society could not
pay the death benefits on the dues that
were being paid into the treasury and a
recent change in the bylaws increased
the dues and decreased the benefits
The receiver is asked on the ground that
the society cannot pay benefits even
with the increased dues and it is thought
the best thing to do will be to close it
entirely.
The worst enemy and the heaviest
burden of newspaper is the subscriber
who owes more than two years subscrip-
ton. II you are delinquent you may
not believe it, but it's true. There has
been a marked advance in all paper
stock prices. some qualities reaching
more than double the quotations Of a
month ago. These conditions make it
hard on the publisher and doubly SC
with long standing accounts. If you
wish to do the publisher little turn
the next time you come to pay your sub
scription, bring along the name of some
good neighbor to add to the army Of
| NEWS readers.
Thomas Martindale, of Philadelphia,