The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-23
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, MAY %, 1911
LOCAL NEWS.


Some people are wanting to know what
has become Of the ordinance against bicy-
Gle riding ON the sidewalks. 1t seems to
have been forgotten.
The Camden Sunday School Associa-
ton held Its spring meeting In Trinity
church, Moorestown, yesterday afternoon
and evening.
Amor j. Gauntt, of Jobstown, is suffer-
ing from an injury to his spine and frac-
tured rib. He was injured while assisting
in tearing down barn.
Mrs. Edmond Gardues, letter; Mrs. FL
monia Gsrdues, postal, are the only
unclaimed mail In the post Office for
the week ending May 20.
As the result of tag day In Mount Holly
en- Saturday, a sum Of money was raised
for the benefit of the Bide- s-Wee home
for incurables and blind at Longport
Considerable anxiety prevails on the
part of those persons living at Jobstown
who are receiving anonymous letters that
are being mailed at Mount Holly.
The New Jersey Editorial Association
will hold its fifty-fifth meeting on June
10Th to Goth at Nantucket, near Cape Cod.
The meeting will be held at the Sea Cliff
Inn.
Rev. E. C. Conover preached his fare
well sermon as pastor of the Pemberton
Baptist church on unday evening. He
will leave this week to become pastor of
church at Plainfield.
Next Tuesday being holiday, THE
NEWS will go to press on Monday after
noon and all advertising copy and other
matter intended for that issue should
reach this Office not later than Friday
night.
Robert Alice. having accepted employ
ment at Beach Haven for the summer,
the position of janitor at the Union Nat
ional Bank, win be filled by John
Throckmorton, ST.. until Roberts return
next fall.
The trained horse and dog. owned by
Thomas Quigley. of Mount Holly. will be
the star attraction at the opera house for
Thursday evening. when there will be
other vaudeville acts and some good mo-
tion pictures.
The small building that was used as q
dressing room by bathers at the mill dam
has been torn down. This step was taken
because the place had been transformed
into barroom with crap shooting and
poker on the side.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry j. Trick, OF Vincen-
town, have issued cards for the marriage
of their niece, Harriet Roberts Coles, to
Edward Maule Comfort. The ceremony
will be performed on Saturday, June 8, In
the Friends meeting house at Moores-
town.
Mrs. E Burd Grub, wife of General
Grubb. made her first trip in an aeroplane
Thursday afternoon, when she assembled
from the Point Breeze field with her avia.
tor brother, Thomas Sopwith, the young
Englishman who on Wednesday perform
ed the daring feat of circling about City
Hall tower. Philadelphia, In his Howard
Wright biplane.
On Saturday evening. May 1S, at the
rectory of the Sacred Heart Church, ON
Washington street, occurred the mar
rage of Lester Wispert, of Stanwick,
and Sadie Gleason, of Moorestown. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. P. ].
Hart. John Gleason, brother of the bride,
acted as best man, and Mrs. Olive Schmi-
ele, of Mount Holly, was matron of honor.
A reception followed at the home Of Mrs
Edward Hullings. sister Of the bride.
Official notification has been received
by Capt. Long, of Company e, that the
money will soon be forthcoming as pay
for the men OF bis command who were
ordered to place themselves In readiness
to take part in settlement OF the recent
strike at Jersey City by employees of the
Adams Express Company. The military
interference that was thought would be
necessary at that time to restore order.
kept the local soldiers on duty about
three days.
Announcement is made of the marri age
Of Eugene Hammell. of Riverside, and
Miss Ella Middleton. of Moorestown.
The ceremony was performed at the par
sonage of the Methodist church, at River
ide, on Saturday evening, May IS, by
Rev. Thomas II. Slater. At the same
time and place there was another marriage,
the contracting couple being Miss Elsie
Hammell, sister of the groom Of the
first nuptisl event. and John Pippitt, of
Delanco.
There is encouragement In the belief
that the Otto Automobile Sales Company.
Of Philadelphia, will locate its manufac-
turing plant In Mount Holly. Since this
matter was first introduced, representatives
of that company have been here on several
occasions, and they expressed satisfaction
at some of the building sites which were
shown them by local representatives of
the town who are interested In this matter.
It Is hoped that when another promised
visit to Mount Holly is made by represent
atives of this concern, which will be at
an early date. that something definite may
be announced In the line of new indus
try for this town.
Hearing the groans of man IN distress
at . q. M, Thursday night. neighbors
summoned policemen to the residence of
Samuel Sharp, who lives In the Bickford
building on Washington street. The un.
fortunate man was lying In pool of blood
on the pavement. He had decorations on
mis- jaw and head and was suffering from
shock, the result of walking out of win.
dow in his bedroom while asleep. Several
somnambulistic feats of this character are
credited to Sharp, and in each case he was
injured. DR.. E. D. Prickitt was summon.
ed and the man was removed to the Bur-
lington County Hospital. While on Q
visit to Atlantic City last year, Sharp tooh
q stroll In his sleep, and was caught BY
guests just as he was about to jump from
the fourth story balcony Of hotel.
Although the day was extremely hot, Il
didn't require much work on the part Of
Constable Samuel K. Gaskill to make
some easy money on Wednesday. Walk
ing down High street the officer stopped
q moment and became more interested Ii
one of the workmen than he did to the i'm
provements which are being made on tn,