The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05

nj Mt. Holly souvenir post cards. Tn
very best. L. s. Boyce, stationer.
FL The marriage is announced of Mis-
Elvira s. Glover, daughter Of Mr.. ant
nj Mrs. Harris A. Glover, of Mount Holly
! and John G. Gilmore, of Camden. The
ceremony was performed on the seventh
of last March.
a During the year 1909, deposit portion
of your earning regularly In The BUR-
lington County Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, Moorestown, N. J. $1.0O opens
an account. Three per cent interest paid,
credited semi-annually.
Revival services will begin In the Mount
Holly NJ e. church next Monday evening.
Rev. G. M. Hughes will be assisted by
Rev. Everett Decker, Of Philadelphia.
Services will be held afternoon and eyen-
ing, with the exception of Saturday; no
services that day.
Edgar G.. Allen. who was injured by
being struck by a train on the Mount
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died at the Burlington County Hospital
on Sunday evening. Peritonitis devel-
J oped and specialists were summoned, but
lit was not deemed advisable to perform
an operation. A postmortem examination
showed severe internal bruises and
!, aggravated peritonitis, which were
the cause of death. Mr.. Allen was
in the 10th year of his age. He leaves
widow, the daughter of George F. Har-
BERT and two children-a son and a
daughter. The funeral will take place
from Mr. Aliens late residence, on the
road from Eayrestown to Vincentown,
on Thursday afternoon, at 100, interment
being made in Mount Holly cemetery.
For number of years the plaster
walls and ceilings in the audience room
of the Court House have been discredit
to the county on account of their patched
and blotchy appearance. Thei ceiling is
constantly cracking and peeling, and the
plaster has been repaired number of
times, only to become cracked again in
few days Some persons consider the
room dangerous to occupy on account OF
the liability of portions of the plaster cell
ing to fall at any time. The north wall of
the building is cracked from top to bot
tom in several places. showing that 1t is
settling and the building spreading. This
is partly the cause of the constant crack
ing of the plaster work on the inside. The
exterior of the building also has dis
creditable appearance for the want of
paint, and a number of other repairs are
needed. At best, the building is too small,
poorly ventilated and unsanitary, and
there are a number of people who believe
| it would be wiser to erect a new edi6ce
now rather than to expend considerable
sum in overhauling the present one.
Court.
Criminal matters engaged the attention
of Judge Horner yesterday.
Robert g. Brown, indicted for embezzle-
ment of 500 from the estate of Charles @.
Somers, pleaded non vult contendere.
He will be sentenced on Thursday morn
ing.
Norris II. Parker. indicted for assault
on his wife, retracted his plea of not
guilty and entered one of non yult con-
tendere. His counsel, B. II. White. stated
that the defendant is hard-working, In
dustrious man, and is contributing toward
his children's support. Prosecutor Atkin-
son stated that Parker undoubtedly had
some provocation for the assault
Judge Horner suspended sentence and
gave the defendant six months to pay the
cost of prosecution.
Michael Toca changed his plea of not
guilt to non vult contendere. He was In
dicted for assault upon special policeman
Gallagher at Florence.
v. Claude Palmer made statement on
behalf of Toca. There had been a fight
at Florence In which Toca had partici
pated and during which he received a
knife wound. After the fracas he went
policeman and another man came to the
house with a warrant for one of the in
mates. They entered Toca's room and he
thought they were his assailants returning |
to attack him again. He grabbed a water
pitcher and threw it at the two men. 1t
did not strike the officer.
Judge Horner suspended sentence and
imposed costs of prosecution on Toca.
Charles Valkman retracted his plea of
not guilty and pleaded non vult contendere
to the indictment charging him with
illegal sale of liquor.
Mr.. Palmer, on behalf of Valkman,
stated that the sale of liquor referred to
was not one for profit. There was to be a
picnic In some woods near Riverside on
Sunday, and the day before Valkman
bought quantity of beer to be used by
the picnicers. On the Sunday of the
picnic he collected money enough from
those present to pay for the beer.
The court imposed fine of $3.50.
Margaret Graham changed her plea of
guilty to non vult contendere to charge |
of keeping disorderly house at Palmyra; |
Philip Baynes pleaded guilty to larceny |
of chickens; Eta Frazier pleaded guilty |
to keeping disorderly house at Burling- |
ton; George Hodge, not guilty of assault;
Anthony Kensler. not guilty lof assault
and battery on William M. Kaighu. at
Moorestown; Benjamin Bassville, colored.
guilty of assault on VIM. M. Kaighn;
Benjamin F. Clark and William 81. Clark,
rape on Anna D. Egbert, under 10 years
of age, in Chester township on August 8,
not guilty; Herman w. Greiner, not
guilty to obtaining money from Edward
Rigg, Jr., and Richard A. Whelan, In
Burlington, on worthless checks of $17
and $42
Sentences will be imposed on Thursday.
Harry Vansciver and Edward Leon were
placed on trial on indictments charging
them with assault and battery on James
F. Ryan, in Riverside, on the night of
May 80 last There had been ball In a
hall there and the party broke up about
three O'Clock in the morning Ryan and