The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-02-06
Several candidates win be initiated

o'clock.
| A dance will be given in Odd Eel
lows Hall. Moorestown, on saturda.
might. for the benefit Of the Burling
ton County Hospital. &
! The Keller undertaking establish
ment is now looking after the business
at Medford belonging to the estate o
the late William 1. Reilly.
4 The new car barn Of the Burlington
County Transit Company, at Haines
port, is about completed. 1t replaces
the one destroyed by fire some tim'
ago.
s'South America will be the subjec
OF an illustrated lecture to be given in
the Presbyterian church tomorrow
evening at 7.45. A silver offering will
be taken.
The manager Of the Chautauqua cir
cult has notified the local committe,
that the dates for the Mount Holly en-
gagement will be June II to II, bott
inclusive.
A number Of Mount Holly ladies at
tended a card party for the benefit o
the Burlington County Hospital In
Masonic hall, Burlington, on Satur
day afternoon.
| The code Of ordinances adopted by
the board Of health OF Woodland town
ship, has been ordered published in
THE News, and 1t appears in another
column Of this issue.
| America Fire Company was called
out yesterday morning to extinguish Q
chimney fire in the house occupied by
Mark Brown. corner Union and Cherry
streets. No damage was done.
The Charles Eastburn Company
the contracting concern which recently
did the work Of improving the road
from Mount Holly to Chambers Cor
ner, has gone into bankruptcy.
The senior class Of the Mount Holly
| high school will give a play, 1.-THE
Elopement Of Ellen ON Friday even
ing. February %, in the school audi
torium. Tickets will be twenty-five
cents.
The tax assessment of Sc, 800 on the
hotel property at Ortley. which was
purchased some months ago by John
Worth and DR.. C. E. Lord, Of Mount
Holly, was reduced to 81, 200 last week,
by the Ocean county board of taxation,
on an appeal by the owners.
The mid-winter meeting OF the
Women's branch Of tho New Jersey
Historical Society will be held Fsbru-
airy 14th in the Friends meeting house,
corner Main and Garden streets, Mount
Holly. Addresses will be made by the
Rev. Henry R. Ross and Mrs. Mary
McKssn.
When the new automobile pumping
fire apparatus recently acquired by
Moorsstown Hose Co. No. /, was given
test it was found capable Of raising
water from q creek. tbs bed OF which
was III feet, and could throw 542 gall
Ions per minute at distance Of almost
90 yards.
David Davidson will remove from
the Thomas Early farm near Pember-
ton to Clayton Hancock's farm at
Hancock s corner. which is now occu-
pied by Harry Fort. Mr.. Fort will 20
to the Bloomfield B. Pew farm near
Mount Holly, which he recently pur-
chased.
The ground hog is again INDICATED.
Friday was his day; he saw his shadow;
and the coolest weather Of the winter
arrived on Saturday, speaking volumes
for the wisdom Of the little animal.
Some thermometers in Mount Holly
registered two degrees above zero early
Saturday morning.
Mrs. Amanda Lawrence died at her
home in Camden on Thursday from
pneumonia. Mrs. Lawrencs before her
marriage was Miss Amanda Willitts,
daughter Of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Jarrett Willitts. formerly OF Pointville
and Mount Holly. Her remains were
inferred at Pointville yesterday.
Persons desiring government seeds
should send their applications to Con-
gresham Bacharach. at Washington,
before the tenth of this month, as he
has been granted an extension of time
to recsive such requests. This is ten
days longer than usual, and those
wishing seeds should get their applica-
tions in st once.
The marriage Of Maurice r. Mines
and Mrs. Jeanette Bishop, both of
Woodbury., took place at the residence
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard L. Weeden,
on Brainard street. Sunday afternoon.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
johnson Oatman, Jr. The bride Is q
sister Of Mrs. Weeden. and. before her
first marriage. was Miss Jeanette
Joyce, OF Masonville.
Marion c;,c,aNo q p.oth..h.oa :,
America, had big meeting ON We'd
nesday evening, when state officers
paid an official visit. There was q
large attendance of members and also
members of Lady Marion Home. The
state officers present were John Jami-
son. grand chief Washington: William
McGlain, past grand chief; and Will
liam L. Young, grand scroll keeper.
Some very interesting addresses were
delivered.