The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-07-18
LOCAL NEWS.
Visit your home store, Boyce's.

george dorner, OF Beverly, picked two
baskets OF peaches, on Tuesday, and ship
ped them to New York.
Charles Il. FoIwell, Jr.. has passed. .
very creditable preliminary examina q
for admission to Princeton University.
After being treated at Philadelphia
hospital, Samuel Urban has returned to
his home at Florence not much improved.
Amherst College has been added to the
list Of educational institutions which will
honor the diplomas Of the Mount Holly
High School.
At the Morayian parsonage, Riverside,
on Tuesday, occurred the marriage of
Frank Theuer and Mrs. Emma Miller,
both Of that place.
Eliza Jones, of Mount Holly. has pur-
chased property of Thomas F. Watson,
located at the corner of Sixth and Broad
streets. Florence
Robert Peacock Is acting as assistant
prosecutor during the absence Of Samuel
A. Atkinson. who is spending season at
Atlantic City with bis family.
Because of the large number Of people
who are settling at Chatsworth and vicinity
there Is now talk of erecting Roman
Catholic church In that neighborhood.
Miss Laura Ashton. of Delanco, heat
victim, has been In critical condition for
week. 1t was not until Saturday that
an Improvement In her condition was
noted
Because of the excessive hot weather of
the past week, the employees at the factory
Of the Burlington County Shoe Company,
on Water street. were not Obliged to work
In the afternoons.
Evans r. Tomlinson, aged SO years, died
at his home, corner of Broad and Button
wood streets. on Thursday. The remains
were inferred In the Mount Holly cemetery
yesterday afternoon.
Misses Mabel and Annie Mendenhall
and Mary Walther, of Lumberton, are
taking a course in manual training and
art For this purpose they are attending
8 summer school at Cape May.
Announcement has been made of the en-
gagement Of Robert Turner, of Philadel-
phia, and Edith Rink. daughter Of DR..
and Mrs. e. r. Rink, of Burlington, In
which city the groom elect formerly re-
sided.
Samuel Brown aud Miss Agnes c. Barr,
popular In the city of Camden where they
reside, came to Mount Holly, on Thurs
day, July 6. and at the Methodist parson-
age were married by Rev. George T.
Harris.
Julian Schloss. baggage master at Stan
wick, recently had toe cut of by the
fall of heavy trunk which be was I'M
loading from a Cur. Another toe was so
badly injured that 1t may hsye TO be am
putated.
An interesting programme of tableaus,
dialogues, drills. etc, was presented
Tuesday night at an entertainment given
In the Methodist church in celebration of
the fiftieth anniversary of the close of the
Civil War
The New Jersey Poultry and Pigeon
Association filed articles OF Incorporation
in the Camden county clerks office last
week. On the list OF trustees appear the
names of Charles R. Fenton and Harry
Hawkins. Jr., Of Mount Holly.
A Sunday school has been established
at Upper Springfield In the building just
finished to take the place Of the old |
Friends meeting house built in the year
1877, which was destroyed by fire |
nearly two years ago. About forty scho- |
lars have been enrolled.
The State Public Utility Commission
has refused to approve petition for the
issuance OF bonds to the value of $780,
900 by the Riverside Traction Company.
They believe that The company has been
seeking by indirect means to eyade the re-
quirements OF the law. The company, 10
It's petition, set out that 1t Is indebtedsto
creditors to the extent Of $50, 5s3 for ma
terials and work and desires to issue bonds
topay for this.
The bathing grounds below the mill dam
46HC bGCH S04 Wei tC4 lAbO q lC1Ull WHICH
IL being patronized extensively by men,
women and children. Every night last
week over hundred people could be seen
bathing in the pool and as many more
were standing around watching operation
Of those who emerged from the water cool
and refreshed. The crowd has grown to
such proportions that an officer Is needed
At that point to preserve order.
Owing to change having been made
10 the first proposition that was advanced
for establishing a branch Of the Loyal
Order OF Moose In this section. Mount
Holly and Burlington will have their own
lodge and each will have long list of
charter members. Another meeting In
connection with this matter will be held
In Odd Fellows hall next Friday night
Seventy candidates for membership In
the local lodge have already been obli-
gated
On the complaint of Jesse Conway
chief of police of Moorestown, John Bu-
chanan has been committed to the county
jail to await the result of injuries received
by Henry Norsky and Eznack Kupks.
The defendant is charged with attempting
to murder these two boys. whom he shot
with gun while they were bathing In q
private pond on the property of Henry
Lippincott. near Riverton. The lads were
'riddled with buck shot and one of them
has been in q serious condition.
The announcement on Thursday even
ing of the death of Gottlieb Everline. of
Green street, was general surprise. He
was seized with heart trouble In the morn
ing and expired about o'clock In the
afternoon. He had not been feeling good
for several days. The extra demand for
water at this season of the year required
him to pump more frequently and he be-
came affected by the weather. On the
day OF his death, when heart trouble
first made Its appearance. 1t became ne.
cessary to lead him from the water works.
of which he was superintendent, to his
home, and the end soon came. The PLAN
10 In temporary charge of his son. Earl
Everliue, who has good idea of the 5usi
ness It Is generally known that II. ths
death of Gottlieb Everline the Noun
Holly Water company loses q valued
employee.
The annual meeting of the stockholderi
of the Burlington County Transit Company
was held at the office of the company q
Hainesport, last week. and very nearly al
the stockholders were present in person o
represented by proxy. The reports Of tn
officers and the directors showed pros