The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-19


While drilling cars at Medford, Thurs
+ day afternoon, Joseph Bowker, a brake
man, was quite severely injured.
a The contemplated improvements to tn
; Elks' Home, at Burlington, will includ
the installation Of a shuttle board.
James L. Nixon, of Vincentown, ha
! had tumor removed from his neck at tn
l Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia
Henry D. Walton has resigned as choir
/. master of Trinity Church, Moorestown
which position ne has held for INVENT.
t years.
Walter johnson, of Chesterfield, age
, about As years, committed suicide Satur
day morning by cutting his throat with
razor.
The Riverside Lodge of Masons was in
! stituted Thursday night in the presenc
of $50 visitors, who were royalty enter
tanned.
Postmaster Maurice B. Comfort ant
!, Miss Katharine Shotwell, of Moorestown
|, we're married by Friends ceremony OF
Saturday.
The members of company E, of Noun
Holly, will take part in the field day
exercises to be held at Burlington OIL
Memorial day.
Mrs Josephine, widow of James G
Estilow, OF Water street, died at tn,
home of her son, Clayton Estilow, on Nil
street, yesterday.
James L. Jamison lett for Kansas City
yesterday. He will attend the Genera
Assembly as delegate from the Presby
terry of Monmouth.
The annual reunion and picnic of the
% Dofh 1oh Of mr.
Burlington counties, will be held at Ran
cocas Park in August.
On Saturday Samuel j. Taylor shot an
alleged mad dog ct the Burlington juno
ton after 1t had bitten Flagman Rossell,
who had the wound cauterized.
The spring institute of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union of Burling-
ton county will be held in the Methodist
Church at Pemberton to- morrow.
The remains of Rebecca Read Risdon
were buried on Friday afternoon. The
deceased, who was in her Gath year, was
the widow of Charles 8. Risdon.
The annual report of Auditor William
| w. Worrell and the monthly report OF
County Collector Joseph Powell will be
found in this issue of The News.
The Young Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union will hold meeting next
Tuesday evening at the home of Miss
Grace Prickett, on Garden street.
| The Board of Education of Lumberton
township will hold meeting on Monday
evening, May %, for the purpose of
electing teachers for the ensuing year.
An interesting meeting OF the Foreign
Missionary Society of the Camden Baptist
Association was held in the Baptist
church, Mount Holly, on Wednesday.
Samuel j. Taylor. of Monroe street, is
now ready to make awnings, lay carpet,
cover furniture, ETC. A telephone call
will bring him to your house. Bell S7SD. :
A week of religious service is now being
held at the Keswick Colony. near
Writings. Prominent workers and speak
ers In the rescue mission will be present at
the meeting.
A caveat by the testator's son has been
filed against the probate of the will of
Samuel o. Ross, deceased, for many years
cashier of the First National Bank, of
Vincentown.
A relief association has been organized
by the fremen of Ma rlton. Chief Dun
practice drill last night, so that each
person might become familiar with his
assigned position.
There have been negotiations for rent
ing the academy building on Mount Holly
avenue, and if the matter is accomplished
it will result in a transfer to Mount Holly
of the Mattewan Military Institute, nov
located at Freehold.
There will be double wedding at Med
ford on June 4th. Two daughters of Mrs.
ho io6 hxr
Friends ceremony. Sara W. will become
the wife of George r. Haines. and Helen
M. will be married to Charles r. Williams.
The State Board of Pharmacy has an
nounced that thirty six candidates at the
April examination for resistered phar
macists were successful. Among them
were Elmer E. Mount, of Burlington, and
Leaword G.. Strstton, of Beverly.
The lift bridge over Cooper creek at
Camden is nearing completion, and the
Camden East Side Association is arrang-
ing to mark the occasion of its opening
for traffic with a-Darade of the school
children, secret societies. volunteer fire.
men, etc.
Morris Polivnick, of Burlington, who
has been conducting a bottling estab-
lishment under government license, has
account of law affecting him, passed by
the last legislature, which went into eff
feet May 10.
Arriving at Palmyra on the 4.45 p. M.
train. on Friday, F. w. Smith, member
of the township committee, of that place,
started to chat pleasantly with some
friends, and while walking toward his
home he fell dead. He had been i'll for
some time.
Edward L. Durand has owned the white
mules which he drives to an ice wagon
for II years, and good judges declare
they are worth as much to. day as what he
then paid for them. 1t is said that age
never figures in the purchase of mules
and that they never die.
The following unclaimed letters remain
In the post office for the week ending May
IS: William r. Coufman, Miss Hilda
Carlston, Miss Lizzie Wilson; postals, Miss
Hilda Carlston, Agnes Casey, Mrs. Annie
Smith, Mrs. May Shinn; unavailable,
Lincoln Fire Press, Lono Demyatement.
The burning of refuse tar paper and
other waste material at the plant Of the
Wissahickon Manufacturing Company, re-
suited in q protest icing made to the
township committee by residents of West
Washington street, who allege that the
smoke and dust enter their homes,
damaging furniture, etc.
The Burlington County Local Option
League will hold meeting in the court
house, Mount Holly, on Wednesday, June
II. for the purpose of forming a perma-
neut organization 1t is possible the sub
| iect of selecting candidates for Office may
be discussed that day and If nominees
agreeable to the League are in the field
they may be then endorsed.
Commendation from Bishop Scarborough
was one of the compliments received when
the resignation of Capt. Charles Evan Mer-
rift, of Mount Holly, was presented as
treasurer of the Diocese of New Jersey.
Because of excellent service in that office,
the recent convention decided that Capt.
Merritt must continue in that position,
notwithstanding his recent disability.
! One of the new rifles furnished the
state militia has been on exhibition for
several DAYS in the store window of the
South Jersey Tobacco Company. 1t is
an improvement over the guns formerly
used. In addition to these the members
of Company E, of Mount Holly, are tc
be furnished with new uniforms. and
when received the local soldiers will look
like regular army men.
The w. G. T. U. will hold parlol
meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles En-
gle, 219 Garden street, on Tuesday o.
next week, May %, at three o'clock P. M
An address will be delivered by Mrs. Marl
Sparks, state superintendent of the L. I
L. work. At the same time and plac'