The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26


? of adulterating 1t.
Burlington.
, The widow of Col. J. Frank Cline will
, receive the $3. 200. insurance the decease,
} carried on his life in two companies locate,
in New York.
One OF the first steps toward municipa
Improvements has been made by Burling
ton in having waste paper receptaclel
placed at street corners.
Jacob D. Shedaker of the Beverly roaC
is very Ill, and on account of his advanced
age 1t Is feared he cannot recover. He i,
Il years old and has not been away from
nome for over two years, when he made 6
misstep and fell from trolley car.
Joel James. the veteran railroad tele
graph operator, met his fate on Friday
night at about 10 O'Clock In East Burling.
ton. The $50 east bound passenger line
struck him, inflicting injuries of such
character that death must have been
practically instantaneous. Joel was a
native of Florence, and has operated at
points all along the line for years. How
he should have met death in the fashion he
did is only explainable by the surmise that
he was walking on the track and miscalcu-
lated his time for clearing the on-coming
line.
The body of Captain Daniel Christie.
OF Edgewater Park, which was found
along the shore at Lynn, Mass, arrived
in this city on Friday night and was taken
in charge by Undertaken Slack. 1t was
removed to his late home on Saturday.
Captain Christie was well known boats
man and about month ago left Philadel
phia in command of the barge Sterling
with cargo of coal. Just how his death
occurred remains mystery. He was fifty
two years of age and had followed the
water Tor many years. He gave up sea-
faring life for time and took a position
at Mills shipyard in Camden. He was
employed there up to the time he started
on his last voyage, about a month ago.
He is survived by his wife and two chill.
dren, son and daughter, and was much
respected resident in Edgewater Park.
The Rev. Percy Perinchief, who has
been the pastor of the Broad street M. E.
church the past four years, which is gen.
orally understood as the term limit. is ex-
pecting the assignment of new charge
at the conference which meets In Red
Bank next month. There have been ru
mors afioat that Mr.. Perinchief was likely
to be assigned to the church in Clayton,
but latest reports indicate that he NAV be
given the pastorate of st. Luke's Church.
Long Branch, one of the most important
charges in the conference. Mr.. Perinchief
has made many warm friends in Burling-
ton since he located here, who will regret
his departure. 1t is understood that the
Rev. Francis E. Purcell, who has been
pastor OF the Union NJ E church. this
city, the past year, will sever his connec.
ton with that church at the end of the
conference year. 1t is said that he is
likely to be assigned to the church at
Pemberton.
Mrs. Mary A. Wright, one of the Oldest |
Sunday school teachers in the state. was
given reception by the officers and
teachers of the First Baptist Sunday
school on Thursday evening, in celebra. |
ton of her SO years of continuous service
as a Bible teacher. She is still one of the
most active nnamhoro of A. oaL,
every Sunday she teaches woman's |
Bible class, which is the largest in the
city. Mrs. Wright has been a member of |
the Baptist Sunday school 81 years. She |
Joined when child of 8 years, and when
10 years old was given her first class. Her |
father was minister of the gospel, and |
her mother, Mrs. Sarah Allen, was one of |
the first instructors in the Baptist Sunday |
school, organized in 1926. Mrs. Wright's |
husband was superintendent of the same |
school. and was worker there more than |
40 years.
Capitalists are again agitating the pro-
Ject for new steel bridge across the Della
ware river between this city and Bristol. |
They seek the structure as link between
the rich industrial and agricultural centers
OF South Jersey and eastern Pennsylvan-
la. The cost Ia estimated at $3.50. 900.
The promoters say that this capital can
easily be obtained, once a franchise to
build the bridge is granted by the Govern
ment. Ten years ago similar movement
was started. A company was formed and
a charter obtained from the New jersey
Legislature. A charter was refused by
the Pennsylvania Legislature, however,
because of alleged opposition on the part
of owners of thesteamboat lines Another
mode of procedure will now be attempted
by the advocates of the bridge, as it is
said that they will apply direct to the
Secretary of War or to Congress for the
franchise. 1t is proposed to run steam
or electric line across the structure, and
there will be numerous other facilities for
quick travel. Andrew H. McNeal, pipe
manufacturer, and one of the officers of
the original bridge company. is again
prominent in the project
The question of closing the Burlington
township schools and transferring the two
hundred pupils to the public schools in
this city, as a means of economy, and also
of securing better educational advantages
for the children, is now engaging the at
tention of the Burlington Township Board
of Education. The matter is being
agitated as the result of demands made by
some of the residents of the township,
who desire that their children be given
the advantage of high school course
The State law directs that the school
boards establish such a course whenever
asked, but the township officials are in
quandary as to how they are going to
comply with the statute. There are. four
schools in the township, but these are so
widely separated that the establishing of
country high school is out of the ques-
ton. 1t has been ADVOCATED that the more
advanced pupils be transferred to the
Burlington city public schools, and this
has caused the question to arise whether