The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-11-27


closed at 10 o'clock on Thanksgiving day
I County Clerk Watson T. Sooy end wifi,
spent last week at their home in Greer
Bank.
. A trolley car on Main street. yesterday
afternoon, killed dog in front of the
Lewis building.
: WANTED-A middle aged woman fol
house work. Apply at Greenwald's res
taurant, Main street.
Tickets for the Penn Cornell and Army
and Navy foot ball games, can be pur-
chased at Walter T. Stewards cigar store.
Rev. James F. Olmsted, rector of st.
Mary's church, Burlington. and the Rev.
James Stoddard, rector of St Andrews
church, Mount Holly, exchanged pulpits
Sunday, morning.
The Sunshine club will hold a sale OF
candy in the gymnasium of st. Andrews
church, on Saturday afternoon from I'M
til 5 o'clock They will also offer some
articles suitable for Christmas gifts.
Because the bills presented by the ex-
perts who testified in the Brouwer MUIR
der trial, at Toms River, have not been
paid, suit has been brought against the
Board of Freeholders of Ocean county.
The Ladies Aid Society, of Smithville,
will hold a bazaar, entertainment and
supper in the Smithville opera house, on
Thursday evening, December 6. Ad-
mission will be free, and if the weather is
stormy the affair will be held the next
evening.
The condition of Rose Gallagher, a
patient at the Burlington County Hospi-
tai, is serious and she may not recover.
This is the young lady who was employed
as domestic at the home of Assemblyman
John B Trick, of Vincentown, and who
was burned week ago as the result of
falling down the cellar stairs with a
lighted lamp in her hand Nearly one
half of her body is horrible sight.
While sitting on the step at his home,
on Water street, yesterday afternoon,
playing with matches, the clothing of
Owen Dougherty, aged ten years, caught
fire, and in minute he was enveloped in
flames, which were extinguished by pedes-
TRANS who were attracted by his screams.
The boy, who was quite badly burned
about the face.and chest was removed to
the Burlington County Hospital.
| On the order of DR.. George o. For
syth, a state veterinarian, eleven cows
and one bull belonging to Samuel Davis,
of near Wrightstown, were killed. last
week, having been affected with tubercu-
losis. The state paid Mr.. Davis $40 apiece
for nine of them and less amount for
the other two. The animals were driven
to Unionville, where they met painless
death at Chambers rendering establish
ment.
While intoxicated, on Saturday after
noon, Howard Dempster, of Pine street,
it is alleged, choked his wife and struck
her several blows in the face and threat
ened to shoot her. She came down town
and would not return home without an
officer, fearing that she might be killed.
Justice Krayer issued a warrant, which
was served by Constable Throckmorton,
who took revolver from Dempster. The
prisoner was committed to Jail in default
of $500 bail
The memorial services of Mount Holly
Lodge, No S4S, B. P o. E.. will be held
in the opera house, on Sunday afternoon
at $50. The address will be delivered by
Franklin Spencer Edmonds, Esq, of
Philadelphia Mr. Edmunds is member
of the Philadelphia Board of Education
and at one time was one of the instructors
in the High School of that city. He has
addressed Mount Holly audiences more
than once and is an eloquent speaker.
| Special music will be rendered. Solos
will be sung by Mrs. John S. Gilbert and
Stacy B. Lippincott.
A month of Union meeting and evangel
ical work is being planned for next jan
uary by the pastors of the First Baptist,
Presbyterian and the two Methodists
churches of Burlington. The congrega
ton of these churches have expressed
themselves in favor of such movement and
one of the most stirring seasons of relig
ious work in the city in recent years is
looked for. Full arrangements have not
yet been completed, but it is planned to
have an evangelist to assist in the services.
The pastors who are heading the move
Baptist church; Rev. Percy Perinchief,
Broad Street NJ E. Church; Rev Francis
E. Purcell, Union M. E. Church. and the
Rev. Frank Lukens, Presbyterian Church.
Word has been received of the death of
Mrs James DeCamp, of Burlington, at a
sanatorium in North Pennsylvania, where
she went for special treatment for a
general breakdown in health. Her death
occurred Saturday morning, and while she
had been in ill health for several weeks
her passing away was sudden and unex-
pected. Mrs. DeCamp was daughter of
Professor Camille Racquet. for many years
husband was the late James DeCamp, a
son of Admiral DeCamp, who lived at one
time in the residence at the southwest
corner of Wood and Union streets. Mrs.
DeCamp lived in Burlington for several
years at her home in Locust avenue.
n Charles Taylor, wife and children, who
occupy the tenant house on the farm
of County Collector Joseph Powell, about
mile south of Lumberton, had thrilling
experience, Sunday night, when theil
house and nearly all its contents, includ-
r ing $3.50 in cash. were destroyed by fire
that started in the kitchen, either from
, the range or defective hue. A mar
sleeping on the first floor was aroused by
I the smoke and he gave the alarm. Taylo
and his family, who were all sleeping vi
stairs, had time to secure but little cloth
s ing. They were forced to the porch roo
and from there jumped to the grount
4 without injury. Taylor loses about all b
. had, on which there is no insurance. Tn
: house was worth about 800, on whicl
q there is $500 insurance.
y A further hearing was given Douglas II
s Adams, of Haverford, Pa, and Samuel F
l. HUM, of the Land and Title building
IS Philadelphia, before Magistrate Leo
is Carly in Bordentown township on Frida
e afternoon. The men were charged wit
h exceeding the speed limit in automobilin
IS through the township on Sunday, Octobe
4 T. Adams was fined $14 and HUM $1(
HUM was represented by Senator Horne
- John F. Barnett, of Rowland Park, Bait
:, more Md, who did not appear at the TO
! mer hearing, has taken certiorari to til