The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-06-27
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turned to her home at York, Pa.
Rev. R. H. Baker, pastor of the Baptis
church, exchanged pulpits with Rev. I
III. Eastwood, of Burlington, on Sunda
morning.
The Ushers' Union of the Methods
church will hold their monthly bushes
meeting in the church parlor, ON Thurs
day evening. at eight o'clock.
Mrs. Lizzie Page. of Roebling. has bee
granted divorce from her husband. TIL
decree was secured by Robert Peacock
who was the attorney in the case.
/ Letters for Mr. Peacock and Mrs. Haiti
Furman, and postals for Miss Maggie Hull
Clifford Poinsett and Miss Dorothy VII
liams, remain In the post Office unclaimed
New Hanover township has decided t.
issue bonds to build gravel road from
Wrightstown through Pointville to tn
township line on the road to Brown
Mills.
In the M. E. church on the evening o
July IL, a patriotic entertainment will b
given. commemorating the 50th anniver
sary of the close of the civil war. Re
member the date.
The annual camp meeting of the Fletche
Grove Association at Delanco, will begil
on Friday next and extend until Sunday
July 8. Rev. A. johnson will be tn,
special evangelist during the progress o
the camp.
There Is only one member from Bur
lington county on the present United
States Grand Jury, which began thu
present term at Trenton last Tuesday
This honor fell to the lot of William D
Marreu, of Mount Holly.
A ballad singer in connection will
moving pictures will form the bill Of
entertainments at the opera house during
the summer, as vaudeville numbers will
not be presented again until next fall
when the regular show season opens.
The good old summer time is now here
Its official entry dates from last Thursday
at s a. m. An odd feature Of this period
with us is that the sun rises and sets north
Of the exact east and west, so that houses
fronting to the north receive It's rays twice
day now-in the morning and evening
An interesting entertainment was given
last Monday and Tuesday evenings by
scholars of the Sacred Heart Sunday
school, under the management of the
teachers. The program consisted of songs,
drills. recitstions, etc. About 1926 was
cleared.
Degree teams connected with some OF
the secret societies in town have plenty
to do this hot weather. The rushing
through of candidates is a matter that
should receive special attention In cold
weather when the work can be done with
a greater degree Of pleasure.
A meeting Is to be held in the Office OF
is. Conrad OFT, referee. at Camden, to-
morrow, when q final dividend will be
declared to the creditors of Samuel p.
Cline. formerly of Mount Holly. There
is $217.16 in the hands of the trustees,
whose final account has been fled.
A meeting will be held at the Union
hose house. next Thursday, by the chief
Of the fire department. his assistants and
foreman of each company in town, when
there will be discussion of the arrange
ments to be made for the proposed in
spection and parade to be held next Oc-
tober In accordance with action taken at
the last annual meeting Of the fire depart
ment.
While working on the lawn at his home
in New Egypt. few days ago. 8. R.
Oakerson lost his pocketbook. 1t was
found and returned to him by Mrs. VIM.
Bloomell. Harvey N. Moore nearly had
stroke of paralysis when he found that
his pocketbook was missing from his In
side pocket the same evening. 1t was
afterward found at his home. The two
purses contained about $500 in cash be-
sides valuable papers.
Henry B. Read. brother of the late Ad-
miral John j. Read, died at Omaha, Ne
braska, ON Sunday, after an illness of less
than an hour. Mr.. Read had eaten a
banana, and was suddenly seized with In
digestion which could not be relieved.
The remains will be brought to Mount
Holly, and will be inferred in St. Andrews
burying ground tomorrow afternoon, SER
vices being held In the Dobbins Memorial
chapel.
Chester Grant, of Cookstown, son of
Henry Grant, died as q result Of an acct
dent. While out driving young Grant
accompanied by two young women, was
returning from a dance at Allentown
when the horse become frightened and
threw the occupants out. Grant was
thrown on the rail of a bridge and his
head was cut open. On returning home
he unhitched the horse. Thursday night
he become Ill and rapidly became worse
until death ensued. Miss Leona Feaster,
one of the young women, was badly
bruised on the body and legs, but will
recover.
Nelson Cravatt, of Rancocas, drove tc
Mount Holly Wednesday night. and tied
his horse to post near Davis shoe store on
Mill street, while he transacted some bust
ness about town. When ready to go home
he went for his horse, but found that the
bay horse, attached to buggy having rec
running gears, had been stolen. The
alarm was given. aud officers in automo
biles started after the thief, but without
success. 1t being reported that two mer
had been seen driving such rig in tbs
direction of Burlington, policeman Hal
boarded trolley car, but his trip was de
void of results. Late in the evening III,
abandoned rig was found In the lane OF
William Tsylor's farm near WOODLAND
One wheel of the wagon had been broken,
but the horse was uninjured.
Only few criminal matters were dis
posed of at session of court held OIL
Friday. There were charges of embezzle
ment and larceny against Everard Horner
of Bridgeboro He admitted stealing $40
from his employer, II. N. Pancoast & Co.
of Riverside, and for this offence he wa
committed to the State Reformatory
The defendant also stole $3.50 from WILDER
Newkirk, a storekeeper of Bridgeborc
with whom he boarded. On this sen
tence was suspended Wesley Wells, age
20 years, the young man who eloped O
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