The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-08-15
NELL McKenna is now employed as as

James Mullen is now serving sixty day
in Jail. He was committed for being dis
orderly at the railroad station.
Steps were taken on Friday night to or
ganize fife and drum corps among mem
bers Of the local lodge of Red Men.
| An automobile ran over dog on Unior
street Sunday evening. 1t was SO badly
injured that 1t had to be chloroformed.
4 George Dietrich, OF Seattle, formerly Of
Riverside, had his collar bone and two
ribs fractured In recent automobile ac'
cident
Miss H. Elizabeth Clayberger, Of Lum.
berton, has been laid up with a sprained
knee. She received the injury while play
ing tennis.
Mrs. E. A. Upton died at Joplin, Mo-,
on Sunday, August g. Deceased was a
sister of Mrs. Samuel p. Cline, formerly
of Mount Holly.
James D. Flynn, aged SO years, who
had been the owner and editor Of the Bor-
dentown Register for A years. died at his
home on Saturday night
As result Of course taken at the Cape
May summer school, cash prizes were
awarded to Mrs. Helen Goble and Miss
Mand Lippincott, Of Mount Holly.
The quarterly meeting of the Society
Of Friends will be held at the Friends
Westinghouse, corner of High and Gar
den streets. Mount Holly, on Tuesday.
August %.
| As the result of an order issued by Su-
perintendent Smith, red lights have been
placed on the rear end of all trolley cars
operated by the Burlington County Tran
sit Company.
Under new law passed by the last Leg
islature. 1t will be the duty of the town
ship committee hereafter to appoint an
overseer of the poor, whose term shall be
for period of FIVE years.
There was great disappointment for
three passengers who boarded a trolley
car at Trenton last week. On reaching
Burlington they asked the conductor when
they should change for New Brunswick.
that being their destination.
Struck by an east-bound train on the
railroad crossing at West Palmyra. Wednes-
day night. Andy Seigle, employed on the
farm Of Charles Hubbs, was hurled from
his seat on a market wagon and ground
to death beneath the wheels of the train.
Albert G. Mayer has sold his bakery
and ice cream plant to two Of his en-
ployes, Royden Carly and Herbert G.
Smith. The new owners will continue at
the present stand. corner of Washington
and White streets, and will occupy the
whole property.
Avery enjoyable picnic by the Rancocas
Thursday. The event was well attended,
Farmers and their families had good
time boating and dallying with the at
fractions to be found on the grounds 1t
was basket picnic, and no visitor was
allowed to 60 away hungry.
Not in many years has Mount Holly
had so many summer visitors as have
been quartered at the former Academy
property this season. The number Is ma
terially increased with week end guests,
who are quite liberal In spending money
for the pleasure and enjoyment which
they find In this section. Some Of them
are so well pleased with the place that
they talk Of removing here.
Eta Frazier, better known around the
county as Bright Eyes," is spending
vacation at the county jail, where she will
be the guest of Sheriff Worrell for six
months. With other prisoners this cele-
brity was captured In raid made at
Bungalowtown, a village composed OF
canal boat cabins at the east end of Bur-
lington.
After the township committee takes
final action in passing a proposed ordi-
nance for grading. RECURRING and other
wise improving that section of West
Washington street extending from Oak
street to the township line, there will be
q law existence covering that whole
street. About four years ago an ordi-
nance was passed for similar improve
ments from King to Oak streets, but the
street Is In much the same condition now
as 1t was then, little having been done.
When he began to relay the bricks at
t~h sod a.. I'D okr
which had been disturbed when the Bell
Telephone Company tore up the yitrifed
pavement to install a conduit across High
street, W. s. Gale found large hollow
space under the concrete foundation which
has not been properly attended to by the
Italians who filed In the trench This
neglect made 1t necessary to tear out
more of the pavement than what was orig
inally disturbed, and Contractor Gale
would not proceed with the work until
the attention Of the township committee
had been called to the matter.
A widow and son mourn the death of
Isaac Severns. who was buried from his
home at Bridgeboro Thursday afternoon
After deceased had finished his days work
at the wharf of the Philadelphia, Ranco-
cas- and Mount Holly Transportation Com
pany, at Riverside, where he was mana
ger. and seating himself In the stage on
returning home, entered into conversation
with David Mcconnell, the driver and
also Mary Mcconnell and George Ander-
son, when, without any warning or strug-
gle, he closed his eyes and passed away.
DIR. Lambert viewed the body and pro-
nounced the man dead from heart failure.
There was public meeting in America
Hose Company's house on Friday night
to consider proposition from the Otto
Automobile Company, of Philadelphia. to
locate its plant In Mount Holly. Robert s.
Gaskill presided. The company has an
established automobile business, with
agencies in many cities, and has orders
on hand for quite number of cars. The
concern manufactures five or six styles of
pleasure cars and Is preparing to market
motor cars for commercial purposes. It is
necessary to sell $780, of per cent.
preferred participating stock In Mount
Holly to get the plant here. A commit
tee was appointed to ascertain II the stock
can be sold. and to make full investiga-
ton of the statements made in the COM
pany's prospectus. relative to amount of
machinery and tools owned by the con-
Germ, patents, agreements, etc. The COM
mittee is composed Of DR.. R. @. Barring
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