The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
LOCAL NEWS.

day.
There is good skating on the saw mi
basin and race and the coves of th
upper creek.
DR.. 8. R. Maui. of Riverside, ha
been chosen president of the Burline
ton County Medical Society.
The officers of Mount Holly an
Unity Lodge No 10. l. o. O. F., wi
be installed tomorrow evening.
DIR. George E. Raiguel will delive
one of his series of lectures in tn
court house on Thursday night.
Miss Hannah w. Black, of Gardel
street. who has been seriously i'll witt
pneumonia. is reported to be much i'm
proved.
Grover c. Johnson, son of the late
Robert M. Johnson, OF Hainesport
died suddenly at Seattle. Washington
on Tuesday.
Richard B. Eckman has resigned a
treasurer Of st. Andrews church ant
Nelson d. w. Pumyea has been elect
ed to succeed him.
The mid-winter institute of the Bur
lington county w. C. T. U. will b.
held in the Methodist church at Pal
myra, on Thursday.
William c. Cook is now located a
Altoona. having secured position il
the engineering. department of tn,
Pennsylvania railroad.
w. Hamilton Mann, Jr., and hi!
sister. Mrs. Robert c. Chance, Sd, have
purchased the property No. 70 Mil
street, from the estate OF the late Mrs
J. C. Lippincott.
The Northampton township commit
tee has nearly completed the budget
for 1919. 1t is unofficially reported
that an increase over last year of about
81, 300 will be asked.
: Fred L. Claypoole, president; Allen
8. Hatcher, vice president. and Frank
A. Hendrickson, secretary and treas
urer, compose the officers of the Holly
Club, elected last week.
Clifford Britton will hold public
sale Of live stock, implements. hay.
harness, etc., on the Joseph Powell
homestead farm, near Lumberton, on
Wednesday of next week, at noon.
MIR. and Mrs. David Taylor, of Mer
chantville, announce the engagement
Of their daughter. Rebecca, and
Armyadis Hilton, of Moorestown.
The young people are well known in
Mount Holly, where they have many
friends.
A patriotic dance will be held in En-
terprise Hall, West Washington street,
on the evening of Lincoln's birthday,
by the Live Wire Club. Mrs. L. r.
Jackson, Mrs. 8. Cooper, Miss l. E.
Parker and Mrs. A. Muse compose the
committee in charge.
There will be a public hearing on the
proposed county budget for 1919, at
the court house, at ten o'clock to NOR
row morning, when the taxpayers will
have an opportunity to express their
views on the several items of expendi-
ture for the current year.
Jonathan G.. Petit who has had a
long experience as banker and has
been state bank examiner, has been
made secretary and treasurer of the
MooFestown Trust Company. An an
nouncement Of this appointment is
made In the advertising columns of
this issue of THE NEWS.
The annual meeting of the Burling-
ton County Game Protective League
will be held at the court house next
Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock.
Officers will be elected. necessary legis
lation decided upon, the propagation
Of rabbits and quail will receive action,
and other matters discussed.
Another hearing in the dispute on
the proposed increase in water rates in
Mount Holly was held before the Pub
lie Utility Commission at Trenton on
Tuesday. Nothing that has not al
ready been made known to the public
appeared in the proceedings. b. F.
Haywood Shreve. president Of the
water company, was undergoing cross
examination when, an adjournment
was taken to January %.
At the annual meeting of the man
ayers of the Burlington County Hos
pital, held last Tuesday, Miss Sarah b.
Citizens was elected vice president to
succeed Mrs. ]. Howard Burr, resigned
The other officers were reelected. The
reports showed that the institution had
handled over 700 patients last year,
with more than 400 dispensary cases in
addition. The late Sarah Newbold, of
Wrightstown, bequeathed 81 900 to the
institution since the last annual meet
ing.
The Anti-Saloon League of New Jer-
sey has agreed to bear the expense of
appealing to the Supreme Court and
to the Court of Errors, If necessary,
the recent decision of Judge Kalisch,
setting aside the local. option election
in Mount Holly, when the town went
dry. v. Claude Palmer, who is coun-
gel for the league, has appealed the
case to the Supreme Court on writ OF
certiorari. II it is necessary to appeal
the ease to the Court of Errors a de
cision probably will not be given be-
fore next October or November.
The annual meeting OF Annis Stock
ton Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, was held last week at
the home OF Mrs. r. B. Williams,
Riverton. The following officers were
elected: Regent, Mrs. Richard P. Hole
man, Mount Holly; vice regent, Mrs.
H. H. Murray, Riverton; secretary,
Mrs. Frederick Blackburn, Palmyra;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Laurence
Fixary, Riverton; treasurer, Mrs. Harry
g. Firth, Burlington; registrar, Mrs.
David g. Baird, Beverly; historian,
Mrs. Joseph Roberts, Riverton; chap
lain, Mrs William Bags, Beverly.
A "Guard OF Honor" was organized
In the Mount Holly grammar schools
last week. About twenty boys and
twenty girls form this guard. Their
duties are to care for the easements.
halls and grounds of the two buildings
and also to inspire an attitude of care
fulness among the pupils. The presi