The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-04-23

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day evening will be led by Prof. William
G. Sullivan. Topic, 1.-The man of tn
hour
There will be an illustrated lecture Of
Niagara Falls In the Baptist church thi
evening at 8 O'Clock, for the benefit of tn
e primary department of the Sunday school
e Admission 10 and 10 cents.
At the annual communication of tn
!, New Jersey Grand Lodge of Free snC
!. Accepted Masons, held at Trenton las
j. week, Richard G. Woodward, of Borden
town, was elected grand master.
: County Y. NJ. G. A. secretary Otis B
7 Read spent the early part of last week IL
, Gloucester county assisting In the organi
cation of the county In association worl
, for the boys of the small towns ant
villages.
Carleton E. 6holl, Of Burlington, Johl
Il. Hutchinson. of Bordentown, an(
Charles D. Barton, of Marlton, wer,
elected members of the Burlington county
Y. NJ. G. A. committee at its regular meet
ing on Friday evening.
The 900" party given by the Thlmble
Bee secured about 800 for the nurses
home at the Burlington County Hospital
Those who were instrumental in arrang
Ing for the entertainment desire to return
thanks to all who aided In making the
affair a success.
There viii be q meeting of the Board
of Health Thursday evening at which q
representative of the Mount Holly Water
Company will be present to discuss the
project Of giving the people of Mount
Holly something better than sewage-pol-
luted water for drinking purposes.
Two new street lamps were put up and
lighted last evening. One of them is of
800 Watts. the other contains three
burners Of 100 Watts each. 1t is proposed
to test these lamps and compare them
with the arc lights now in use to see If a
change can be made for better lighting at
less cost.
| For disorderly conduct on the streets
Saturday night, Atmore Shinn was ar
rested by policeman Curtis. At hearing
before Recorder Herbert the prisoner was
fined $25. Being unable to pay ne was
committed to jail for sixty days. The
recorder intends to put stop to rowdy-
lam on the streets.
The Burlington County Bar Association
gave dinner at the Elks' home, last even
ing, In honor of Hon. Edwin Robert
Walker, Chancellor of New Jersey. The
other guests were Judges Willard P.
VOORHEES, and Clarence L. Cole, and Vice
Chancellor Edmund B. Leaning About
forty persons attended the dinner.
Interest is growing daily in the corn
growing contest for the boys of the
county. Good prizes offered to every boy
growing prize corn. The boys of Burling-
ton county are wide awake to the great
possibilities of success on the farm.
Premium lists may be secured at the
County Y. M. @. A. Office, 4S Main street.
Each Of the men who were caught when
the home Of Bert Street was raided, have
been fined. Street had to pay $40, which
was twice the amount imposed on his COM
psnions. Action that settled this case
was taken before Judge Horner at a spe.
cial session of court held yesterday morn
ing, when the defendants waived indict-
ment and pleaded guilty.
Hon. Frank 8. Katzenbach, Jr, of
Trenton, will speak on Cooperation of
Community Institutions" and DR.. John
Brown, Jr., international Secretary of the
7. M. G. A. and County and Rural work
department on "Rural Health and Recre-
alton" at the County convention and
dinner of the Burlington County Young
Mems Christian Association, In Mount
Holly, Friday evening, May 10th.
One of April's pretty weddings took
place Saturday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. leopard. Edge
water Park, when their daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Fleming, became the bride of
Frederick P. Frederickson. Rev. James
Olmstead, rector of St. Mary's church,
Burlington. performed the ceremony.
The bride was attended by Miss Viola
Force, of Burlington, as maid OF honor,
and Leroy MacDevitt, of Edgewater
Park, was best man.
The authorities of Burlington are en-.
desvoring to locate the source of mys-
terious letter which has been received by
housekeeper in that city. Besides other
remarks In the letter there Is one request
that $500 be placed on the step of the res
ident or suffer the consequences. Be-
sides the request for the money the mis-
sive has black hand drawn at the bot
tom Of the sheet. The police and county
authorities look on the letter as a joke,
although they are anxious to learn the
names of the perpetrators of the joke.
Representatives of the Blythe Mauso-
leum Company are canvassing the neigh
borhood with the idea of building large
mausoleum In the Mount Holly Cemetery.
The idea Ia to build structure of con-
crete and marble and fit 1t up with crypts
a chapel. and other features. This will
do away with interment in the ground,
remains being put In the crypts and her.
medically sealed. The carrying out of
the plan will depend upon securing the
necessary number of subscribers. If the
mausoleum is built 1t will cost about
sc, 200.
In the foreclosure proceedings brought
by the bondholders the plant and premises
of the Bordentown Electric Light and
Motor Company were disposed of on Fri
day at public sale at the Office of the COM
pany. The plant was sold to satisfy a
mortgage for $4,000. The purchase price
was $50, 900. The purchasers were Henry
G. Thompson, II. Fl. Aikens. and John D.
McMullin, solicitor for the complainant
all of whom represented the bondholders
of the concern. The plant is used both to
supply heat and light to the city of Dor
dentown and to furnish power for the
Bordentown and Trenton division of the
Riverside Traction Company. The officers
of the company are also stockholders OF
the Riverside Traction Company.
i When the new rule concerning round
trip railroad fares goes into effect the first