The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-11-01


/ Two respectable men can obtain board,
Mill men preferred. Apply S27 Wash
ington street.
Mrs. Gauntt, Of Mount Holly. has been
entertaining her mother, Mrs. Samuel /.
. Bispham. of Moorestown.
Many persons from Mount Holly attend
ed the halloween celebrations at Bristol
and Bordentown last evening.
An eight pound baby boy arrived on
Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond W. Sprow, on Shreve
street.
Ezekias w. Esham and George D.
Worrell have bought from r. s. Gaskill,
four lots of ground on Ridgway street, in
the rear of George W. Heyer's pro-
perty. The sale was made by A. A.
Anderson.
Pemberton Grange has offered premiums
OF ten dollars for the best displays of corn.
apples, pumpkins and potatoes, to be
competed for at the meeting of the Ma
tional and State Oranges which will be
held in Atlantic City. beginning Novem
Der IA. Secretary John Evans, of Bir-
mingham, will receive and forward ex-
hibits.
The letters that remain unclaimed In the
post office for the week ending Saturday,
October 80, are as follows: George Brow
nell, Edward Curtis, Miss Mabel Fisher,
Louis Leman, 2; Thos Hasser, Theo.
Hammell, John L. johnson, DR.. G. Mar
shall, 2; Mrs. Margaret McGowan, Jack
Miller, Allen Nichols, Miss Louisa A.
Phillips, Oscar Stevenson, Mrs. Glover
West.
Don't keep money or valuables around
the house, Office or on your person. It's
dangerous. Deposit your money in
strong institution like the Burlington
County Safe Deposit and Trust Company,
Moorestown, N. j., to earn 8 per cent In
terest payable semi-annually), and rent
box In the Gibraltar like vault for the safe
keeping of your valuables. Rental from
81 to $40 year.
At the annual meeting of the Sunday
school board of the NJ. E. church held
last evening, the following officers were
elected: Supt., A. r. w. Atwood; assist
ants, p. s. Irons, Mrs. Rebecca Prickett;
treasurer. Leonidas Boyce; chorister. John
M. Huff; organists, Miss Elizabeth Ander-
son. Miss Grace Prickett, Miss Lena
Stewart; secretary, John II. Dobbins;
assistants. Thomas Alcott. Edwin Ogborn,
Willard Lippincott; librarians, John D.
Mason. Raymond W. Sprow; superinten-
dents of primary department, Mrs. John
M. Huff. Mrs. Martha Dill, Miss Lille
Brown.
John Cavanaugh was committed to Jail
last night for further hearing to-day by
Justice Bennett Risdon, on the charge of
being implicated with James McHugh in
stealing horse belonging to j. Frank |
Antrim. When arrested some time ago |
McHugh was released under $500 bail. |
At that time Cavanaugh left for parts I'M
known. The latter draws pension of So |
POI AAOhSA AOA juice ICCClNcu Willie |
serving In the United States navy Last
night Cavanaugh, probably unaware that |
a warrant had been issued for his arrest,
came to Mount Holly, and at the Office of
Justice Risdon. who issued the warrant
asked to have his pension voucher exc
cuted, which could not be done until next |
Friday. the regular quarterly pension day.
The Justice had Cavanaugh arrested, and |
when informed of the charge against him,
made on the affidavit of man who was
with his party on the night when the
horse was stolen, Cavanaugh denied all |
knowledge of the theft. McHugh, after
his arrest, made statement correspond
ing with the affidavit of his friend, but
denied taking the horse.
The following officers were elected at
the business meeting of the local Young
Mems Christian Association held at their
rooms at the Mount Holly Inn, last Fri |
day evening: President, Frank Hendrick-
son; secretary, Albert Sleeper; treasurer,
James H. Anderson; chairman athletic
committee, Stokes Burtis; chairman social
committee, Roy G. Wyllie; chairman
religious work committee. Fl H. Branin;
chairman educational committee, B. |
Harold Wills; janitor, Thomas Elbertson.
The membership committee consists of |
Lawrence Bullock, Edwin r. Kiner, Frank
Hendrickson, Jerome Harris and Norman
Armstrong. A committee on rules was
elected consisting of the following: Edwin
r. Kiner, Stokes Burtis, Roy G. Wyllie,
II. H. Branin and B. Harold Wills. On
Thursday evening of this week the boys
are planning to meet In the rooms for the
purpose Of arranging furniture and put
ting the rooms in order for the year. Any
pieces of furniture-chairs, tables, pictures,
ETC., will be gratefully received by the
above committee. Each member of the
association has kindly promised to bring
some article of furniture and the boys
would greatly appreciate 1t II the residents
of the town would help In this under.
taking.
There was little stir in Mount Holly. |
on Saturday morning when Capt. j. F.
R. Long received instructions from Col
onel Mather, of Camden, to assemble the
members of Company E, and hold them
In readiness to embark for Jersey City. as
the Third Regiment had been ordered out |
to quell riots In connection with the Adams |
Express drivers strike. The local soldiers |
were quick in responding and were fur
nished dinner at the restaurant of Harry |
Justin. The call to arms made 1t quite |
inconvenient for some of the merchants. |
whose clerks were compelled to stop work
on the busiest day of the week Early In |
the afternoon, however, word was re-
ceived that the regiment would not take |
the proposed trip and the men were re.
leased from duty. In order to get him to
the armory 1t became necessary for Capt |
Long to send Sergeant Charles Taylor and
a squad of six men to round up Harry
Walker, driver for George G.. Dennis,
the expressman. The team being found
on Mill street, 1t was ordered back to the
stable on Pine street. On its arrival there,
it is said that Dennis interfered by push
ing Taylor to one side and striking Pri.
vate Sholl as the squad attempted to take
Walker. A warrant was sworn out for