The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-03-20
A SON arrived in the family Of Harry

4 A son arrived in the family Of Harry
, Foulks, of Shrsve street, on Sunday.
Mrs. Harold Austin entertained hei
mother, Mrs. Samuel Morrison, of De
lance, last week.
i The annual teachers institute fol
Burlington county will be held in the
Mount Holly high school on Monday
and Tuesday, March 26 and q.
Miss Maud p. Gilbert, of Mount
Holly, and William H. Whiting, OF
Darby, Pa, were married at Elkton,
Nd, on Saturday.
/ New members are being taken into
the Baptist church. Six persons were
baptized Sunday evening, and several
Others have been taken into the church
in the same way during the last three
weeks.
The last of the series of mems meet
ings was held in the opera house Sum
day afternoon, which was well attended.
Rev. James H. Terry delivered very
interesting address on the subject.
1.-THE Race of Life. -
In the high school auditorium, Fri
day evening, there will be an illustra-
ted lecture on "How we talk to Frisco
by wire and wireless" The public is
invited to be present and listen to this
very interesting lecture.
Abram Browning Council No. 1872.
Jr. o. U. A. NJ, OF Camden, will pay
fraternal visit to Washington Coun-
| Gil No. 5. of Mount Holly, tonight.
The visitors will be accompanied by
their own accordion band. and will
give short street parade.
A meeting was held in Burlington
last evening to discuss the organizing
OF a base ball league. Mount Holly
has hesitated to join this league be-
cause there did not seem to be any
chance to reach salary limit. One club
wanted to be allowed to go to any limit
In securing players, and it will proba-
bly, be left out. AS now proposed the
league will consist of Florence, Bur-
lington, Riverside, Moorestown, Ldm-
berton and Mount Holly. A meeting
will be held in the Office OF Morris K.
Perinchief, this evening. to consider
Mount Holly's position in the matter.
Vice Chancellor Leaning, in Cam
den, has ordered briefs submitted on
the application Of the Burlington and
Bristol Steamboat Company to have
set aside ejectment proceedings brought
by Clifford ]. Price. The company
operates the only ferry between the
two towns and its landing on the Jer-
sey side is on property recently acquir-
ed by Price and on which the company
has lease. Price alleges the company
has not lived up to agreements and is
seeking to eject it from landing at that
point. This is denied by the COM
plainant in the present action and it
was represented that il the ejectment
proceedings are carried into execution
there would be no place to make
landing. Two weeks are given in
which to file briefs.
An automobile driven by man in
the employ of Neil Sutter reached the
corner of Union and Buttonwood
streets yesterday afternoon just as a
in which was seated Isaac C. !
Haines, of WOODLAND road, was going /
up Buttonwood street. Despite at
tempt to prevent collision the two |
vehicles came together and the car
riage was reduced to kindling wood. |
Mr.. Haines was thrown out and his
head was slightly cut. That he escap-
ed being killed is the wonder OF those
who witnessed the occurrence. The |
horse was not injured. The automo-
bile was slightly damaged. The
chauffeur was said to have been dry
ing at moderate speed. The machine
and carriage were jammed into tree
IN the corner and Mr.. Haines was
on his head when he was
picked up. His eyeglasses were found
in few moments later and were not
even cracked.