The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-13
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

NEWS Office.
Mrs. Howard f. Alcott has beef
visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph Reeder
at Bordentown.
Bishop Matthews will make his an
nual visit to st. Andrews church OIL
Sunday, December 8.
Henry H. Mattson, former Inembe
OF the board of freeholders from Bur
iington township, died last Tuesday.
John w. Saturday, who has beef
living at Los Angeles. Cal, for the las
six years, is visiting his parents il
Mount Holly.
A special meeting of the w. c. T. U.
will be held at the home of Mrs. Sadie
Filler, 33 Paxson street, at 3o'clock thi
afternoon.
John Hansbury, Jr., and family, o
Delanco, have removed to Mount
Holly, where Mr.. Hansbury is EN-
ployed at the Keesey mill.
Ladies of the Baptist church hav,
decided to keep open house for soldiers
at the church on Wednesday, Satur
day and Sunday afternoons and even
ings.
John Wright, Jr., of Grant street
cut off the tip of an index finger while
using chisel in the manual training
department of the high school las
week.
Two special trains of Pullman
cars went over the Burlington branch
Sunday afternoon, containing 1,10(
soldiers en- route from Camp Dix to tn,
south.
Miss Mary Ann Newbold, who had
been living on Garden street, died yes
terday at the Burlington County Hos
pital. She had been sick about weel
with pneumonia.
Letters for Mrs. Joseph L. Reeb, Mrs
C. Lewis, James Hubert, Edgar Fal
kenburg, Mrs. John Sholl, Mrs. HI. b.
Spangler and D. F. Smith remain un
claimed in the post Office.
The G. w. Durand property on High
street, was to have been sold at public
sale on Thursday afternoon, but as the
one bid received was unsatisfactory
the sale did not take place.
b. Ney Ridgway, Of Pemberton,
caught his thumb between two rollers
at the grist mill there last week. The
member was amputated below the
second joint at the Burlington County
Hospital.
Newspaper advertising is the cheap
est publicity the business man can buy
today" is the opinion OF E. ]. Berlet,
president of the Walnut street Bust.
ness Mems Association, as given in a
recent address.
Sheriff A. Engle Haines will occupy
the residence attached to the Jail as
soon Ms it is vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry 1. Worrell. who will move this
week to apartments in Mrs. George F..
Harbert's property on High street.
The musical comedy "A Virginian
Romance. will be presented under the
direction of Mrs J. Harry Halt, in the
Mount Holly theatre, on Tuesday
evening, November 20. for the benefit
Of the Company E Christmas fund.
Mrs. ]. F. R. Long and children will
leave this week for Jacksonville, Ala,
in order to be near her husband, Capt.
Long, Of old Company E, who is now
attached to the 1l6th regiment, which
is composed of troops from Virginia.
Mission services are being held at st.
Andrews church every evening this
week except Saturday, to which the
public is cordially INVITED. The ser
mons are delivered by Rev. Floyd
Tompkins, d. d., the noted Philadel-
phia divine.
Miss Grace Roraback, national field
secretary of the Foreign Missionary
Society, will address meeting to be
held in the Methodist church tomorrow
evening at 7.45, under the auspices Of
the Queen Esther Circle. All persons
interested in missions are invited.
The managers of the Burlington
County Hospital feel much gratified at
the results of their annual donation
day last Wednesday. The gifts of
money amounted to over $2,700 and a
large quantity OF provisions were also
received. This will give the institution
q good start for the winter.
Burglars broke into the residence of
Nathaniel X. Davidyan, Moorestown,
Friday, and carried away $500 worth of
furs. There was lot of silverware
and other valuabIes within easy reach,
but the burglars were probably scared
of by noise made by Mrs. Davidyan,
who thought she heard somebody
working in the house.
Masonic lodges in the vicinity of
Camp Dix are arranging to hold meet
ings for the benefit of the soldier men,
bers OF the order. The first was held
ut Burlington on Tuesday night. 1t
was attended by number Of grand
lodge officers and about sixty Masons
from the camp. Application has been
made to the War Department for per
mission to erect Masonic club house
at Camp Dix.
The vigilance OF William ]. Clarke,
who walks the tracks of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, probably prevented a
serious accident Sunday. The train
that left Philadelphia at 2.55 was held
up at Hainesport. Inquiry as to the
cause brought the information that
there was broken rail between that
station and Mount Holly. After wait
Of IA minutes the train was told to &c
ahead, and when it reached the place
where the rail had been repaired it wa:
compelled to move very slowly, but il
got safely over and the rail was soon
replaced by sound one.
All the unsold real estate belonging
to the late William B. Wills was dis
posed of last week by the executor, the
Burlington County Trust Company, o
Moorestown. James Mercer Davis pur
chased the half interest in the residence
at Garden and Buttonwood streets, OF
Tuesday, at private sale. At public
sale in Mount Holly on Wednesday
Richard w. Harker bought 1929 acre
of timber land near Pointville for 81.
per acre. Another public sale was helt
at Manahawkin on Thursday, and five
tracts of cedar and woodland disposed
of as follows: No. /, fifteen acres il