The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-09-04
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

day.
At New Lisbon, on Thursday, occurred
the death of Amos willitts, formerly Of
Mount Holly.
The unclaimed letters in the post office
are for Miss Julia Sherman, David Sharp
Mrs. Anna Fish, 2.
The Knights of Pythias, of George
town, held a very successful harvest home
on Wednesday evening.
On Wednesday, September IL, Mrs
Sarah Tomlinson, No ia Garden street,
will have public sale of household
goods.
Tomorrow evening st. Andrews Chap
ter, No. Is, Brotherhood Of St. Andrew,
will hold an after summer meeting at Z Al
O'clock
The improved town hall at Columbus
will have its capacity taxed this evening,
as the Columbus Grange will hold peach
festival there.
Although she was a cripple before being
stricken, the entire left side of Mrs. EN-
ma McCludy. of Jacobstown. is lifeless
from paralysis.
With the season for reed and rail birds,
which opened on Saturday, came that of
the oyster. But the latter will not jump
into favor just yet.
William j. Morgan, of Bispham street,
is yet undecided whether he will continue
his theological studies at a school near
home or at Georgetown, KY.
The Bell Telephone employees will this
week begin the work of drawing wires
through the twenty miles of conduits
which have been laid in Mount Holly.
the transfer of Capt. Branson to the first
ward, and Policeman Severns, who has
been in that district, will take charge of
the third ward
Theodore Hawkins, of Columbus, has
been committed to the county jail. I'm
der false pretenses he secured a horse
from Joseph Tallman and a wagon from
Joseph Taylor and drove to New Egypt.
Can you imagine an up-to-date resi-
dence or business man trying to get along
without telephone? With our low rate
there is no reason why you should. In
ter-State Telephone Company, 100 Main
street, Mount Holly.
On Wednesday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
William G. Morgan, of Bispham street,
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wife, their Youngest son Everett. and
daughter in law, Mrs. Frank Roberts, of
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Joseph R. Gillian, president of the Vii
lage Improvement Association, has Sc
cured permission from John s. Gilbert,
superintendent of the Burlington County
Railway Company, to have all signs re-
moved from the trolley polls about town,
their unsightly appearance having been
declaredsa nuisance.
The Public Service Corporation is ar
ranging to try number of new lights on
its cars. The present arc lights are too
strong for use through towns where the
streets are lighted because they scare
horses. The new lamps will contain an
incandescent as well as an arc light, and
either one can be used as desired.
An unknown man, about go years of age,
was killed by train at East Riverton, on
Tuesday night. He had his right leg
broken in two places and was bruised
about the head. He wore pair of over
alls dark coat and dark soft hat. Cor
oner DeWorth viewed the body and had
it removed to Martins Morgue at West
Palmyra.
A trolley car of the Camden g. Trenton
Company, jumped the track at Beverly
Thursday and struck and uprooted a large
tree. Several pedestrians narrowly missed
being killed. The motorman, named
MacAlister, barely escaped being crushed
to death, as the force which smashed in
the front platform sent him hurting toward
the rear of the car. The passengers were
badly shaken up.
A mis-statement of the condition of The
Burlington County Safe Deposit and Trust
SOAlDdu1. ItlOOlCStOWDs ~. Oss CdHnOJ UC
made to its Board of Directors without the
conniVance of other officers, because of
the fact that their Secretary (who is gen
raj ledger book keeper and the Treasurer
together with the President sit at all
Board meetings. Hence the skillful man.
agement of. business entrusted to them
gives unbounded satisfaction to its pa
irons.
The Ocean County Board of Taxation
has notified George p Compton to add 25
per cent to the assessed valuations of
Pumstead township. The township is
already heavily assessed and this action
of the County Board has raised storm of
indignation. Talk of public meeting to
protest against this horizontal advance
in valuations is heard on every side. and
already influential citizens are Inaugural
ting a movement to have this township
set over in Burlington county.
Shot at with revolver in the hands of
E. Ridgway, his father law, and escap-
ing without injury, is the recent expe-
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Arneys Mount, who had his assailant ar
rested at Glenolden, Pa, and held in $500
bail for his appearance at court on the
charge of felonious assault with intent to
kill. Lundy testified at the hearing that
while protecting his wife from the i'll
usage Of her father, the latter became
angry, secured his revolver from upstairs
and blazed away, but without doing any
harm.
John Warren, an employee at the Elba
Iron Works, Beverly, was taken to his
home in serious condition on Tuesday
morning, suffering from badly crushed
leg and an ankle broken by a two-ton piece
of iron falling on him while at work Mr.
Warren a short time ago came to Beverly
from Germantown, and had recently Sc
cured a position at the iron works and was
assisting in raising the piece of iron, when
it slipped from the ropes and fell upon
him. His fellow employees in extracting
him from the dangerous position were sur
prised not TO find life extinct Mr.. Warren
is young married man. and seems to be
a victim of misfortune, and some years ago
was in a Philadelphia hospital for three
months and nearly died from slipping and
falling on a broken bottle
Congratulations are being showered up
on Miss Dottie Glover, young lady from
New York, who is one of the summer