The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-01-16

Mrs. Charles Nj. Sloan suffered
paralytic stroke Sunday night.
The annual banquet and ladies' night
of Mount Holly Lodge of Masons Will
be held on Thursday, February ~.
The death of Georgia E. Hunt, daugh-
ter of John r. and Margaret Hunt, oc-
CURED on Saturday after lingering
illness.
| John w. Haines, of Medford, is ill
with pneumonia at the home of his
son, S. Thackara Haines, on High
street.
/ The grand chief Washington and his
staff Of the Brotherhood of America
will visit the local Circle on Wednes-
day evening, January 81.
Richard Garon and J. Price Richards
have the contract to remove all the
wreckage and debris at the Madison
hotel, recently destroyed by fire.
The Ladies' Aid of the G.. A. r. will
hold its annual baked bean supper for
the benefit of the Grand Army Post
on Saturday, February 10, in the
Masonic Temple.
The trial of Thomas Davis, indicted
for murder at Moorestown, which was
to have taken place Yesterday, was
postponed by Judge Kalisch until to-
morrow morning.
Alfred Hammet, aged 60 years, left
his home at Marlton at 1920 on the
night of January 18th. and has not
been seen since. He wore cap and
long overcoat, and carried cane.
Harry M. Abdill and Mrs. John
Nippins have had iron fences placed in
front of their properties on Pine street.
AS soon as the weather permits they
will have concfete pavements laid. =
William g. Lippincott, of Union
street, is almost exhausted from at at
tack of hiccoughs, which began last
Wednesday and has continued to this
date. Efforts to stop the trouble have
been unavailing.
At the meeting of the Fortnightly
club, on the fifth of February, the
place of which has not yet been de-
cided, Nelson Burr Gaskill, ESQ.,, will
be the speaker. His subject will be
1.-THE old barracks at Trenton and their
restoration.
The evangelistic services at the
Unionville chapel will continue every
night this week except Saturday. Next
Sunday services will be held morning,
afternoon and evening. The meetings
during the past week were attended by
large congregations.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union extend a most cordial invita-
ton to all who are interested to meet
with them on Tuesday, January %, at
3 p. M, in the Grand Army Hall,
High street, and unite in an hour of
prayer for national prohibition.
Samuel Cline, who was accide1tly
shot in the foot while cunning q few
weeks ago and has since been in the
Burlington County Hospital, where it
was necessary to amputate two of his
toes, has recovered sufficiently to be
able to return to his home in Medford.
The Women's Historical Society will
hold meeting in the Friends meet
ing house, corner of High and Garden
streets, on the 18th Of February. This
will be one of the most interesting
meetings of the Society, and several
prominent speakers are expected to be
present.
in the vicinity of Mill
o1AO0u W0AC AAQOtC W A4d OACAA s41AAAA
that had been left in bottles on their
door steps for several mornings last
week. The guilty party, who happened
to be woman, was apprehended by
the police and was held in $50 bail to
appear at court.
A. A. Anderson has sold to Frank s. ]
Davis a portion of the Lippincott farm,
located on the west side of Mount
Holly. The tract sold comprises about
70 acres in the rear, including the farm
buildings, ice house and ice pond. The
Washington street side of the farm is
retained by Mr.. Anderson.
The Burlington county w. c. It. U. 4
has offered three prizes, SIS, So, and 50,
respectively, for the best essay of 500
to 1900 words, written on the subject,
The Best Methods of Teaching Tenn
perance. The contest is open only to
public school teachers of the county,
and will close on March 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos eph l.. Shaner, OF
Atlantic City, have announced the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Miss Nina
Shaner, to William J. Ellis, of Pal
myra. The young man is the only son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Ellis, his
mother being Stella, daughter of the
late Professor William ]. Kelly, of
Mount Holly.
Coroner Gaskill was called yesterday
morning to view the remains of Bar
zillai Horner, who died suddenly at the
home Of William Mcfarland, on the
Burlington road. Death ensued after
midnight, as Mr.. Homer had been
heard moving around about that time.
Inflammation of the muscles of the
heart caused death, Deceased was "
years of age.
The companies that issued the fire
insurance on the Madison hotel have
refused to pay the full amount of the
policies. The refusal is based on al
clause in the policies which states that
the companies are not liable UNLESS
fire ensues, and in that event, for the
damage by fire only" when caused
"by explosion Of any kind" The
policies on this property had permit
attached allowing the use of the acety
lene lighting system.
District deputy G. M. Jones, of
Moorestown, visited Mount Holly
Unity Lodge of Odd Fellows on We'd
nesday evening. He was accompanied
by an official staff andthe work of in
stalling the officers of che local lodge
was done in very creditable manner.
The officers are: N. g., Herbert Sha-
dell; V. g., Albert Staley; recording
secretary, John B. Herbert; financial
secretarye S. Earl Assay; treasurer, 7.
Clifford Keller.
+ Tuesday was the date set for the
Public Utilities Commission to con-
slider the complaints against the Bur-
lington County Trolley Company. The
latter having put two new cars on the
road and promising to have another in
a short time, with one or two of the
others put in good shape, it was agreed
that the increase in fare might be con-
tinued At present the comfort of
travelling is much better than it has
been for some time past, although
some of the ierky, wabbling cars are
still on the line.. 1t is hoped this may
be remedied soon and that the road
will be all right.
Fifteen candidates presented them
selves for examination at Vineland,
December %, in competition for ad
mission to the naval academy at An
napolis and the military academy at
West Point. County Superintendent
Kayser conducted the examination in
history and geography. AS result of
the tests Donald H. Ross, of Vincen-
town, was chosen second alternate for
West Point; Brian B. Kane, of Beverly,
was chosen first alternate to Annapolis.
The principal appointee for West
| Point goes from Port Republic; that