The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-29
Mrs. Henry I. Budd is at Ocean Grove.

, Mrs. Henry l. Budd is at Ocean Grove
wetherill's dry goods store will be close
J all day next Monday.
Andrew j Kelley and wife, who ar
!. touring the far west, are now in Nome
Alaska.
The services at Grace P. E. Church
Pemberton, are now held Sunday even
ings at 7.30 o'clock.
The widow of Rev. Frank w. Thompson
desires to return thanks to those wht
were kind to her In her recent bereave
ment.
i T. Walter Borton has made arrange
ments to add to his decorative business
interior and exterior painting. Read his
announcement in another column.
Beginning next week Wetherills dry
goods store will close at 8.45 on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday evenings; at six
ON Tuesday and Thursday evenings. and
at 1030 on Saturday nights.
! A movement was started last week to
induce the store keepers to close their
places of business at six o'clock on Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings during the months of July and
August. The agreement was signed by a
number of the merchants, but not by all.
| Those who did sign will close on the
evenings designated, beginning last night.
Pocahontas Tribe, No. IS, 1. o. R. M,
has elected the following officers: Proph-
ct, James B. Bennett; sachem. Lewis
Chambers senior sycamore, James H.
Lewis; junior sycamore, John Cottrell;
chief of records, John B. Dobbins; col
lector of wampum, B. Garfield Bozarth;
keeper of wampum, Albert II. Lear;
guard of wigwam, Tilden Bidwell.
Mrs Oxel Homlund of near Jacobstown,
was knocked down and badly gored by a
mad cow, early Wednesday morning.
Mrs Homlund approached the cow to
milk her, when without moment warn
ing the COW turned and caught the woman
on her horns, and had it not been for Mr..
Holnlund, who was in the barn, she would
have been killed She was bruised con-
sideraby and badly cut about the face,
Another automobile speedway project
is being presented by the Interstate De-
velopment company, controlling the new
Lakewood City in Ocean county. The
company, of which William Woodhouse is
president, proposes to enlist the cooper
alton of the automobile public, manufac-
furers, clubs, individual owners and users
of machines in plan to establish %
mile track in the neighborhood of Browns
Mills.
Washington Council, No. 10, o. U. A.
M, has the following new officers Past
councillor, Richard Rogers; councillor,
George Adams; vice councillor, Clarence
Sherman; recording secretary, Harley G.
Brown; assistant, Thomas Quigley; finan-
cial secretary, Richard Rogers; treasurer,
s. Earl Assay; inductor, R. W. Assay; ex-
aminer. Alvin Staley; inside protector,
F. Armstrong; outside protector, R. Cam
eron; representative, r. Cameron.
Michael Shultz, pipe moulder, en-
ployed at the Hainesport iron foundry,
went bathing in the Rancocas creek at
Hughes landing, Friday morning. shortly
before noon and was drowned. Shultz
stepped into deep hole unawares and as
he could not swim he sank Immediately.
Companions saw the trouble when he first
came to the surface but were unable to
save him. The body was recovered about
two hours later. The deceased was single
and lived in the Polish quarter at Haines-
port.
The second of the series of five inter-
Sunday school athletic meets, will be held
next Tuesday evening, July 6, at 6.45 P.
M, on Washington street The events
will be as follows: so yard dash for boys
under 10 years, rs yard dash for runners
under 10, 100 yard dash for those under
II. 800 yard dash for boys under 10, 44O
yard dash for boys under IS, and a half
mile relay for boys under 10. All races
end at the fountain. The prize, loving
cup, is on exhibition in Halt's jewelry
store window.
Holding that the evidence showed that
husband and wife had agreed to separate
and therefore wilful desertion could not
be urged as ground for the action, Vice
Chancellor Walker at Trenton, on Fri
day, dismissed the suit for divorce insti-
tuted by Mrs. Mary Rainier against her
husband, Herbert Rainier, of Borden
town, where he was married in 1904.
When the husband deserted, as she says,
in 1906, she testified that she told him he
could go or stay as he chose. This re-
mark cost her decree of divorce.
John Rafferty,, a farmer of Marlton, has
passed several days and nearly all of his
money in searching Philadelphia for his
missing wife, who he says, has deserted
him. He stood at Second and Market
streets Sunday morning and decided to go
home. He had So 80 left. Then, accord
ing to the police, Isaac Ruddick, of 308
Kater street, reached his hand into Raj
ferty's pocket and stole the 1888. Special
policeman arrested Ruddick after chase
of two squares. Magistrate Carey held
Ruddick in $1,000 bail for court, and held
Rafferty, as witness, despite his protests
that he must go back to his farm.
Efforts will be made to charter special
train to take base ball enthusiasts and
others to Medford, on July 5, where the
strong Mount Holly club will play two
games of base ball. In addition to this
feature Medford has arranged other at
fractions for celebrating Independence
day The programme of events will con-
tinue throughout the day into the even
ing, when there will be a fine display of
fireworks. Music will be furnished by
the Medford band. If the weather is
favorable Medford will have many visit
ors to entertain on that occasion.
The "redlight system" which is to be
used in notifying the police that their SER
vices are required, was put into operation
on Saturday evening. A lamp hangs at
the corners of Broad and High, Ga rden
and High, Washington and High, Madi
son avenue and Washington, and Mill and