The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-09-17
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEW
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1912
LOCAL NEWS.

second crop OF raspDerries last week.
Following license which they secure
two weeks ago, Daniel L. Eastlick an
Ella r. Mingin. both of Mount Holly
were married 10 Philadelphia.
While carrying bucket of boiling he
water, last week, Frank Henwig, workin
In dye house, at Riverside, slipped. HI
right hand was terribly scalded.
By the flying of stick Of wood from
saw which he was operating at the mill Q
]. II. Haines & Sons, Joseph Colkitt, o
Medford, had one of his feet mashed.
Harry Conrad Mellendorf. of Delanco
and Miss Verna Rae Smith, of Farming
dale, are to be married In the Methods
church at the latter place tomorrow after
noon.
The police have been given instruction
to prevent further night loafng at the
corner of Pine and Mil streets, owing t.
numerous complaints which have beel
made.
Two of the largest tomatoes ever seeI
In Mount Holly were shown ON Saturday
They were raised on the county farm b,
q. Clarence Deacon, superintendent of tn
insane asylum.
A cake sale will be held at the home O
Mrs. William B. Pearson, No. 7Wssh
ington street, on Saturday, September %
for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid of tn,
Methodist church.
While making repairs to hose carriag,
at Moorestown, Thursday, Edward Hack
of Mount Holly, had the end of the mid
die finger on his left hand nipped of by
getting it caught In chain.
Otis B. Read, Of Mount Holly, spoke al
h0fh aarv{naQ N tho Ror ff cta hrVr rob Of pl1r
lington on Sunday. The congregation Il
worshiping In the Masonic hall during the
erection ir new ediice
In order to further develop her talents
In music, Miss Elizabeth NJ. Eckman, OF
Mill street. who is organist of the Baptist
chuct, will take q course In Zeck wer's
Musical Academy, Philadelphia.
mass meeting for the moral and po-
litical advancement Of the colored race
was held In Enterprise hall, Washington
street, last night Hon. A. b. Casey, a
colored lawyer of Newark, had charge.
Leon Chafey, of Bordentown, formerly
of Mount Holly, a machinist in the Penn
sylyania railroad shops at Trenton, was
badly injured about the abdomen, On
Tuesday. when caught in some betting.
The meeting held Tuesday night by the
presence of Rev. ]. Morgan Read, of New
Brunswick, former resident of Mount
Holly, who takes great interest in the
order.
Captain William E Doron, of the Bur-
lington and Bristol Ferry company, stop.
ped at THE News Office, on Friday, and
left tickets for his annual children's picnic,
which will be given at the Burlington Is
land park, to-day.
Edward Hulse, manager of the Opera
House, has decided to give matinees on
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, so that
school children may have an opportunity
to see the pictures without interfering
with their studies at night
Judge Horner will hold court at the
court house on Monday afternoon, Septem-
Der 20, from one to five o'clock, and ON
Tuesday afternoon, September "a, from
one to i've o'clock to grant orders for
transfer of voters at the primary election.
For the loss which he sustained by a
recent fire. insurance Adjusters have paid
Herman Krupnick, Of Mount Holly, the
sum of $3.061, which pays for damage to
the building and contents The settle
ment was made through Harry Hawkins.
Jr.
Falling thirty feet from a swinging
scaffold while painting a building at
Cincinnati, Ohio, last week, Charles
Horn. of Riverside, had his jaw broken IN
three places. His other Injuries consisted
of fractured thigh and serious bodily
bruises.
Stacy o. Lippincott, living near Arney's
Mount, has q broken arm which he re-
ceived by jumping to the platform from q
train which did not stop at Mount Holly
His companion, Philip Ii. Croshaw, living
near Smithville, received only slight
bruises.
Charged with disorderly conduct at his
home on Monroe street, Wednesday night,
policeman Curtis arrested Isaac Pierce.
At hearing before Recorder Herbert,
the defendant was found guilty and SEN
fenced to twenty days In Jail. The man
was arrested on complaint of neighbors.
Because her dog had killed all her own
chickens and others belonging to neigh
bors. Mrs. Parker, of Water street, sur
rendered the animal to policeman John
L. Severns, on Thursday morning, and
the officer killed it. The dog had also
bitten several children.
The following recent graduates OF the
Mount Holly high school will attend the
State Normal School at Trenton: Misses
Julia l.. French, Ida NJ Prickett, Mary
L. Flynn, Susie E. Eckman and Ella
McClain. They will take the course with
the object of becoming school teachers.
The game of base ball 10 Mount Holly,
on Saturday, was comedy of errors on
the part of the home team. Nearly every
man on the team contributed TO the mis-
take column, the total being 10. New
Egypt, the opposing team, won by score
~ 80 Co H. I'LL 4
with Strawbridge & Clothier.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Henry Jones started on
Sunday for Lake Champlain. Mr.. Jones
Ia attending the New York Life Insurance
convention this week, held at the hotel
Champlain. Point Bluff, N. Y, as a men,
Der of the big club which is composed of
the largest insurance writers In the COM
pany.
Cards have been sent out by Mr.. and
Mrs George D. Wodside announcing the
approaching marriage of their daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Dare, to Franklin Paul
Jones, Jr., cashier of the First National
bank, of Beverly. The wedding will take
place next Tuesday, at Devon, Pa, the
home of the bride.
The rough handling which Frank Banks,
of PembertoD, recently received at the
mill bridge. has resulted In Detective
Parker arresting Elwell Shemeley, Will
liam Sprow, Walter Nixon and Michael
Britton. each of whom have been held
under 81, 500 bail for the action of the
grand jury.
After being In the employ of Harry
s Ehret, of Edgewater Park, for only
about five weeks, Edward Ryan, coach
man, was accused of stealing q diamond
horseshoe pin valued at $3.50, on Thurs
day Miss Helen Ehret was so over
ioyed on recovering the pin after Ryan q
arrest, that instead of sending him to jail
she ordered him to leave the place, and he
lost no time In getting to parts unknown.
The work of laying amasite on Pine
street has been completed, and the further
completion of this road will depend
entirely on the steam roller. Owing to
better arrangements which have beer
made for handling the material, better
progress is being made. The contractor
was to have the road work In Mount Holly
done by October Let, but that part of the
specification can hardly be reached. There
Is difficulty now 10 getting the proper
amount of help, as laborers find 1t NOR,
profitable to pick cranberries, and potatoes
and cut corn.
With Worth's delivery wagon dashin,
through Brsinard street Wednesday after
noon, and Howard E. Alcott holding hi
sou, 1t was apparent that a further acct
dent had befallen Thomas T. Alcott, VIII
on the previous Saturday was rescuel
sfrom drowning while bathing at the mil
dam. This time the trouble occurred Of
Pine street while Thomas was riding hI
bicycle. In attempting to clear q cos
wagon belonging to I. Lacy Atkins as