The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-01-11
LOCAL NEWS.


Lewis Lippincott is i'll with pneumon
at bis home on High street.
Joseph Maloney, Of Burlington. W
buried in st. Mary's cemetery, Mon
Holly, on Wednesday morning.
On January DR.. Robert w. Cart
completed thirty years OF service at Il
Rancocas stock farm at Jobstown.
The ladies Of the Sacred Heart churs
held an enjoyable euchre and dance
st. Mary's hall on Thursday night
Fourteen hundred and thirty-tv
dodgers were provided with accomm
dations at the town lookup last year.
Mrs. Clothier will give her annual ca
al Of opera in the Mount Holl
homeson Friday evening, January 2
for Miss Anne McFarlanG
Samuel pd Miss Ada Froster renal
office for the week endin
M.
-sainear Shinn, who former
" e. lVon Pine street. died in Philadel
phia on Tuesday. She was the widoy
Of John w. Shinn.
Mrs. SabilIa Hopkins. Of Noun
Holly. has been granted a divorce from
her husband, Charles B. Hopkins. OF
the ground Of desertion.
Manager Hulse. Of the Mount Holly
theatre, win devote the entertainment
Of tonight and tomorrow night to the
benefit OF the visiting nurse fund.
Coroner Gaslkill was called to Beverly
ON Wednesday night, to view the re-
mains OF Miss Rebecca Coffee. aged rs
years. who dropped dead Of heart dis
ease.
Tax collector John G.. Garrett, who as
sumed his duties on January |, has his
Office at his store on Washington street,
and taxes will be received there during
business hours
The township committee has in
creased the salaries OF the police officers
from $50 to $50 month, and the salary
Of the collector has also been raised
from $500 to 5000 annually.
Evan F. Benners, of Moorestown,
president Of the Burlington County
Firemen's Association, delivered an adj
dress before the Bucks County Associa
lion on Saturday night. at Bristol, Pa
George T. Durand is now employed in
the mems department OF the WetherilI
stores The former clerk, Philip 8.
Irons. Jr., has accepted position with
the Burroughs Adding Machine Com
pany.
Work has been started on the erection
Of new fire house at Masonyille to re-
place the one recently burned down. As
soon as the building is completed the
f3remen hope to motorize their chemical
apparatus.
Good Intent Fire Company has APP
pointed q committee to received pro-
posals for furnishing a triple combina-
ton fire apparatus-a motor engine,
chemical and hose cart, all on one
chassis.
Leo st. Clair Pie, who was recently
transferred from the Pennsylvania rail-
road supervisors Office at Mount Holly
70 Woodbury.. has been promoted to a
main line assistant supervisorship with
headquarters at Harrisburg.
The annual meeting Of the Burlington
County Farm Bureau for the election OF
officers and transaction OF other business
will be held at the court house tomorrow
afternoon at I.5O o'clock. Prof. Agee
will be present to talk over the work.
Cape May is making an effort to Sc
cure q steamboat line between that
place and New York. So far as has
been learned, the boat line established
last spring between Philadelphia and
Atlantic City has been losing propo-
sition from the start
meeting OF the Mems Literary Club
will be held in the High school auditor
ium on Friday night. William D. Mar
rem will talk about wall paper and color
ing materials. and C. C. Cowperthwait
Will tell Of some Of the experiences of
sixteen years in the postal service. It
Il expected to be very interesting gath
ering.
Harold B. Wells, receiver for the Flor
ence Iron Works. was last week ordered
by Judge Haight. Of the United States
District Court, to advertise the plant for
sale before April Is. The report of the
receiver showed that the works had
been conducted at profit under his
management. 1t is said this is the first
time since 1908 that there has been a
balance on the right side Of the firms
ledger.
Elwood Fl. Stokes, who retired as wor-
shipful master of Mount Holly Lodge of
Masons in December. gave dinner to
Z few Masonic friends and the officers
who served under him during his term,
at his home on. Union street on Thurs
day evening. 1t was very enjoyable
affair. A handsome loving cup was
presented to Mr.. Stokes as q token OF
the esteem in which he was held by his
Masonic associates,
A fire broke out in pile of shingles,
ETC., near the barns on the George p.
Lippincott farm near Marlton. on Tues
day morning. The fire spread to a
stack Of straw nearby and threatened
the barns. The Marlton fire company
was called and the chemical wagon and
hook and ladder were taken there by
automobiles, but the blaze was under
control by the time they arrived. The
origin of the fire is mystery.
The monthly meeting OF the Parent
Teacher Association win be held in the
High school auditorium on Thursday
evening. There will be music and reci-
tations by the pupils. and Prof. Sullivan
will talk about the advantages of a
manual training and industrial science
course. Refreshments will be served and
. social hour enjoyed. All parents and
friends of the schools are urged to be
present.
Employees Of the Pennsylvania rail
road, when travelling on passes in crowd
ed trains. will have to relinquish theil
seats to passengers who have paid fares
Annual passes issued last week to the
employees Of the railroad contained the
clause: Passengers paying fare have the
first right to seats on trains" Thi'
means that the holder of a pass will b.