The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-08-02
LOCAL NEWS.

Whooping cough is quite prevalent at
Juliustown.
Holmes Vannote captured a twenty.
pound lobster off Seaside Park last weeI
From his travels around the county.
Game Warden Morton learns that rabbits
are plentiful
Rev. Adolph Rapr. of Philadelphia
mas accepted call to become pastor of
the Baptist Church at Medford.
There was large attendance at the
Baptist Sunday school picnic, which was
neld at Rancocas Park on Wednesday.
At New Brunswick, on Friday, occurred
tne burial of Harry E. Elder, formerly of
mount Holly. He suffered from heart
trouble.
Favorable criticism Is being made of
the decorations to the church at Julius
town, the work of T. Walter Borton, of
Mount Holly.
John Wesley Macklin is recovering
from a slight stroke of paralysis which
he received while attending a moving
picture show in the Opera House.
George E. Pancoast, of Mount Holly.
Will have a public sale of household
goods at the Pancoast cottage, Seaside
Park, on Saturday afternoon, August 6.
Falling distance of thirty-ave feet
from hay loft on the Joseph Moore farm
at Mount Laurel. Herman Kaufhold land
ed on bis feet and escaped injury other
than shock
At their meeting last week the officers
OF Bright Star Lodge, No. 5, Shepherds of
Bethlehem, were installed by Mrs. Sallie
Cunningham. Of Burlington, a member
of the grand lodge.
Lost.-A grey, striped cat, white breast
and paws. answering to the name of
Tiger" A reward will be paid for its
return to Miss May Weston. Richardson
farm, r. D. No. 2, Mount Holly.
In order to raise $50 to pay on their
property, there will be pastors rally at
the Second Baptist Church, Mount Holly,
on Sunday, August 81. Invitations have
been sent to pastors of colored churches
In this section.
The present board of directors of the
Burlington County Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, Moorestown, N. j., is a
guarantee of the maintenance of that
conservative policy which has always
been followed and which has stood for
safety and success.
A pair of horses belonging to Everett
Bowker, Of Tabernacle, attached to a
wagon loaded with potatoes, got fright
ened at Vansciver's furniture automobile
on the Elmwood road on Thursday The
team ran into ditch, upsetting the wag-
on and damaging it considerably.
Miscreants effected an entrance to the
railroad station at Masonvi1le, last Mon
day night, and succeeded In getting away
with the telephone and cash box attached
toit. They were frightened of before they
had examined the contents of the ticket
Office. This is the fourth time In three
months that this building has been enter
ed.
The heavy fall of rain Saturday morn
ing. the first in two weeks. put a damper
on the Odd Fellows picnic booked for
that day at Rancocas Park. The shower
was timely. however, for the benefit of
vegetation, which has revived after wilt
Ing under the hot sun. Farmers were
encouraged by the rain and report that 1t
has done an immense amount OF good.
Kumpf Brothers, hardware dealers on
High street, received check last week
for $18. drawn on a Pittsburg bank. AZ
ter 1t had been deposited for collection,
word came back that there were no funds
there and never had been any to the
maker of the check Payment was made
by an Atlantic City man and e made the
amount good. He is evidently the victim
of fraud.
Ernest Watts, executor of the estate of
Firman Dubell, has received notice of
suit to be brought by Nathan Worth to
recover $1,000 alleged to have been paid
by him to Dubell on account of the pur-
chase of some real estate in Burlington. A
former suit to get possession of the prop
erty alleged to have been bought by
Worth from Dubell was decided against
Worth on the ground that the contract
was void and the price inadequate. Claude
V. Palmer represents Worth In this case
James Smith, a negro, arrested on the
charge of assault and battery, was saved
from violence at the hands of an angry
mob. on Wednesday night by Constable
William Mccormick. after he had attack
ed and eluded the officer at the close of
hearing In the Office of Magistrate Smith
at Burlington. Three hundred men and
boys joined in an exciting man hunt for
the negro In which several shots were
fred by Mccormick and others in the
crowd which finally cornered the fugitive
In lot on Broad street. Smith was ar
rested on complaint of Theodore Sharp,
another negro, who alleged he had at
tackled him and had followed him about
the city and threatened to kill him with
an ak. He was given hearing before
Magistrate Smith, who sent him to Jail to
await the action of the grand jury.
While bringing In his pet mare, Martha,
on Thursday evening, George e. Moore,
who operates farm near his home on
Branch street, met with a serious acct
dent that cannot be accurately accounted
for. Mr.. Moore was found unconscious
In field. There was an imprint of the
horses shoe on his cheek, which indi-
Gates that he had been kicked In the face
and knocked down, or that he had fallen
after being overcome by the heat and
trampied upon. He cannot tell which.
On Saturday morning Mr.. Moore was re-
moved to a Philadelphia hospital.
Both his jaws are fractured, one
tooth gone, lip cut and there are severe
Commissions on his side. Some time ago
his brother Howard was kicked by this
same horse and had several ribs broken.
The latter also had his jaw fractured In
Philadelphia machine shop over year
ago.
Spontaneous combustion Is said to be re-
sponsible for a disastrous fire that con-
sumed three barns and their contents on
the farm of Edwin D. Rogers, located on
the road from Medford to Marlton, about
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Firemen
from both the above towns appeared on
the scene and did what they could with
hooks and buckets of water The wind
was blowing in q favorable direction at