The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-04-12


g port, were visiting relatives in Mount
Holly on Sunday.
4 Sheriff Worrell and Detective Parker
t took batch of chicken thieves and some
other prisoners to the state prison yester-
! day.
Roscoe G. Gale and Miss Emma Shinn
were married on Saturday afternoon. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. James
81. Durham
DR.. Mary Noble, of India, will lecture
in the Presbyterian church, on Thursday
evening, April 81. Every one is invited.
A silver offering ia asked at the door.
New Jersey Lodge, No. /, Knights of
Pythias, of Mount Holly, will confer the
ranks of page and esquire on five csndi-
dates next Friday night. A pleasant time
is expected.
The woods out Shreye street, owned by
Mrs. John Nippins. were set on fire by
some boys Sunday afternoon. About two
acres were burned over before the flames
were extinguished.
Under the auspices of the Lutheran
League, Otis B. Read, of Mount Holly,
county secretary of the Y. M. @. A. will
deliver an interesting lecture in the hall at
Hainesport tomorrow evening.
The members of the Holly Branch Mis-
sion Band of the Presbyterian church,
will give an interesting entertainment on
Friday evening, April 10. Silver offering
at the door.
Saint Elizabeth's Guild will hold clam
supper and cake sale in the parish build
ing of st. Andrews Church, on Wednes-
day evening of next week, supper to be
ready at four o'clock.
The ladies of the Methodist church will
hold cake, pie and bread sale in the
store In THE News building on Saturday
afternoon. Cold ham, chicken croquettes
and veal loaf will also be on sale.
Professor Forbes will speak at the Ep-
worth League service at the Methodist
church on next Sunday evening at quarter
of seven o'clock. James A. Tuson will
be present to sing solo. All are welcome.
The Board of Education of Eyesham
township organized last week and elected
Bowman s. Lippincott president; Will
liam II. zelley, vice president and custo-
dian; William H. Mckinney. district
clerk.
Tickets will be placed on sale this week
at Aliens drug store for the farce, ''The
Old District School," that is to be given
in the opera house by local talent on April
20 for the benefit of the Burlington
County Hospital.
Owing to difficulty between husband
and wife at Burlington on Tuesday, the
man faxed suicide by purporting to drink
laudanum. The case was reported to
Justice Smith. and when the police ar
rived, the husband said he did it as joke
to test his wife's affection.
The Medford township committee has
appointed Charles Wright member Of
the Board of Freeholders to succeed Chas.
P. Kirkbride, who resigned from that
body after being appointed steward of the
almshouse, the vacancy having occurred
owing to the death of George F. Harbert.
Walter G. Penhollow, the former prin-
cipal of the Bordentown school, has
brought suit against the Bordentown
Board of Education for a balance of $500
salary due him. Sheriff Worrell served
the summons on William Warrack, presi-
dent of the board.
Washington Camp, No. II, P. o. 8. of A.,
Mount Holly, has arranged for an enter
tainment in their hall for Thursday even
ing. The new camp at Hainesport and
the local Y M. G. A. have been invited
There will be lecture on prominent
features of the order by William Disbrow,
of Camden.
The Right Rev. William Croswell
Doane, of All Saints Cathedral, Albany,
N. Y, and head of the Albany Episcopal
Diocese. was seized with fainting spell
while administering the rite of confirma-
ton to class at st. Johns church, at
Troy, on Sunday. In falling he struck
his head. on the stone floor OF the chancel
and was quite severely cut.
Harold Deacon, who is one of the base
ball players on the University of Penn
sylvania team, has organized a club in
Mount Holly, which played Its initial
game here on Saturday against the Con-
tinentals, winning by the score of four to
one Deacon intends to play his team
away from town except on such days
when the home team is absent.
Joshua M. Reeves is a patient at the
Burlington County Hospital, suffering
from broken leg and body bruises
Harry Turner. who was also injured at
the time, was removed to his home near
Mount Holly. Both men are employed
by the 81. B. Smith Machine Company.
While painting house at Smithville yes
terday morning, scaffold board broke
and the men fell distance of about thirty
feet. They were badly shaken up.
Hereafter the Sunday school services at
the Lutheran church, Hainesport, will be
held in the morning at 9 10. The change
has been made necessary owing to the dis
comfort and danger caused by SO many
automobiles passing the church. The
. majority of the machines go by In the
afternoon and the dust is great The
parents go to church in the morning and
they are willing to go earlier in order that
they may watch the children who are In
danger of being run over.
The employees of the Roebling plant at
Trenton are on strike for higher wages
and for recognition of their labor union.
The company granted the increase In
wages but refused to make the other
accession. The men therefore quit work,
and the company decided to close the
plant. Fearing that the strike might ex-
tend to the plant at Roebling, In this
county, Sheriff Worrell was notified to
be ready to send deputies there In case of
riot Yesterday the company decided to
close this plant also until the troubles
have been settled.
The Mount Holly Water Company has
decided to lay 1000 feet of eight-inch
pipe ON Madison avenue, Mill and Pine
streets. This. work will be commenced
very soon. 1t might be mentioned here
that the Water Company, some time since.
offered to furnish lumber for stages or
platforms to be erected in various parts
of the town where fire engines might be
placed and take water directly from the
creek. Whether the township or the fire
department was to build the platforms we
! do not know, but the lumber will die of
old age unless somebody gets busy soon.
| John r. Howell is suffering great pain
from an injury he received oyer a week
ago. He was in the store corner of High