The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-14
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i A box for the San Francisco sufferer
was packed. on Wednesday, by the w. G
T. U. ladies of Jacobstown.
q The Pennsylvania Railroad Compan,
r will give its employees of the Pavonia ca
shops an excursion to Asbury Park to-day
Four letters remain uncalled for at tht
: post office: Harry Keishan, Harry Thorn
ton, Mrs John Smith, Mrs. L. Schafel
Witt
| Samuel Greenwald, who kept a cloth
ing store where Martin Bayersdorfer now
is, visited Mount Holly, last week, after
an absence of about twelve years.
The members of the Sunday school Of
the Christian Church of Bridgeboro, will
hold their annual picnic in Vansciver's
grove on Wednesday, August %.
Saturday evening, on the road
from Mount Holly to Jacksonville, ,hild's
garnet coat. Return to w. W. Curtis OF
Mrs J. Edward Engle, Jacksonville.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
David H. Mitchell, deceased of Edge
water Park, have been granted TO the
widow, who inherits the entire estate
The annual picnic of the Ushers' Union
of the M. E. church, which was to have
been held at Almonesson Lake, to-mor-
row, has been postponed to future date.
The Metropolitan Band. of Burlington,
will accompany the Mount Holly Lodge
of Elks to Philadelphia, next year. at the
annual reunion of the order to be held in
that city.
Richard Porter was in Mount Holly, last
week. Dick was lively lad when he
lived here and his many pranks are re-
membered by several of our citizens. He
now lives at Waterford.
1t is reported that there is to be Colby
mass meeting in Mount Holly, on the 25th
of this month. Senator Colby, Mayor
Pagan and M. Wiley. of East Orange, are
the speakers thus far booked.
The Camden Baptist Association will
hold its annual meeting in Mount Holly
in September. The Good Intent Fire
Company has rendered the use of its
house, where the delegates will be fed.
Last week Charles E. Mcdonnell, of
Monroe street, entertained Charles Cor
lis, an uncle, whom he had not seen for
% years, and who worked in the cotton
goods factory at Smthville when that
place was known as Shreveville
r. II
of Vincentown, will lose heavily on his
cranberries Many farmers, too, will
meet with severe loss because of the
potato rot on account of frequent rains.
Some fields are not worth digging.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of A. Lincoln johnson, Pennsyl
vania Railroad conductor, and Miss Ada
Thomas, daughter of James Thomas,
both of Pemberton. The wedding will
take place the latter part of this month.
Pedestrians find it difficult to navigate
in some sections of Mount Holly, partic-
ularly at night, because of the large growth
of weeds permitted to flourish along the
sidewalks. Property owners should see
that these are cut down, as there is law
imposing a fine for such neglect.
At st. Paul's p. E. church, Indianapo-
lis, Ind, on June 26, occurred the mar
rage of Miss Hazel Jackson, of that
place, and John B. Peck, of Mount
Holly. Rev. Lewis Brown, d. D., was
the officiating clergyman. Mr.. Peck is
in the employ of G. A. Sims & Co., and
is engaged in engineering work.
The Alumni Association of the Mount
Holly High School is planning to have a
course of six University Extension Lee
lures rendered on Thursday evenings
weekly, beginning November Sth, next,
by j. Duncan Spaeth, Phi. D., Professor
of English, Princeton University, on the
subject of Representative American
Writers.
Greatly improved the Tuckerton M. E.
church was re-opened for services Sunday.
and the Building Committee made an
itemized report showing the cost of the
work already done and the work still
necessary, amounting to about $4,000.
This amount was asked for, and at the
close of the evening services the sum of
s., 612 had been subscribed. The improv-
ments include metal walls and ceilings,
the introduction of gas lighting and many
minor improvements.
Ambrose Reeves and another man, en-
ployed by t. Lacey Atkins, started about
two o'clock yesterday morning for Bur
lington to get load of ice, but they were
compelled to come home without any. On
the return trip the men went to sleep, and
while in that condition Reeves fell out of
the wagon, the wheels passing over his
arm, which became terribly swollen, al
though not broken. The team kept on
going for some distance until its occupant
awoke Finding Reeves missing, his
friend went back and found him in the
road quite badly injured.
| A little blaze that was extinguished
| by few pals of water brought the fire.
men out at midnight on Tuesday. The
alarm was turned in to the night operator
at the Inter State Tele phone exchange,
aud by him communicated to policeman
Severns who did the rest by ringing the
America bell. The fire, which was of
mysterious origin, was confined to an old
ice house on Bispham street. close to the
grist mill. For satisfaction for their
awakening out of a sound sleep, the
Union boys soaked the building with
water before returning home
On Tuesday George Strandes, of Pauls-
boro, went to Centreton to see his wife,
who was there visiting her sister. While
under the influence of liquor the man
acted improperly with his sister in law,
and when demonstrated with by his wife,
he attacked her with an axe and threat
ened her life. In the evening the ladies
came to Mount Holly and swore out a
warrant for Strandes' arrest, and he was
captured near Masonville after 10 O'Clock
at night while trying to leave this section.
On Wednesday morning he was given a
hearing and committed to Jail in default
of $500 BAIL
The Bell Telephone Company found
that its franchise didn't permit it to do as
} it pleased in Mount Holly, when force
of men began to erect polls on the proper
ty of the Fair Association, on Wednesday
As soon as the matter came to the atten-
? ton of some of the directors, President
, Wills hurried to the scene and made de-
mand that the work should cease The
Bell people refused, on the ground that
under state and federal statutes they had
2 right to the use of the property after
! having erected polls and strung wires, be-
cause of the value of the service to the
general community and national govern
ment. By direction of Mr.. Wills, how
< ever, men in his employ chopped the OBJ
e jectionable polls down. On Thursday
! morning the two parties met and discuss