The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-07-09

Frederick n. shemeley, of Madison
avenue, is on trip to Buffalo in the In
terest of the Neidich Process Company,
of Burlington.
Mrs. Fred e. Colder was taken III or
Friday, and on Saturday she was removed
to the Burlington county hospital. Her
trouble Ia complicated.
George G. Heisler and a friend, while
fishing on the lower creek, Wednesday,
caught fifteen clubs and catfish. The
string weighed % pounds.
The Vansciver Transportation Com
pany. having stables on White street, lost
one of their freight horses ON Sunday.
The animal died from acute mitigation.
Miss Ethel Wright, daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Frank Wright. of Garden street.
was operated upon at her home ON satur-
day, for appendicitis. She is getting along
nicely.
On returning last night from their out
Ing at the shore, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Atkinson, Of Garden street, were so burn
ed and tanned that friends could hardly
recognize them.
There will be a special business meeting
Of the Methodist Brotherhood next Mon
day evening, July 10, at 7.45 O'Clock, In
the NJ E. church. All members are re-
quested to be present.
The hoftlashf, Me- uaro,aht,a h.5 !.
collision with steamboat on Long Island
sound on Sunday, but no serious results
followed. Captain E. T. Fryer was In
command Of the marines ON the battleship.
he Is a son of Samuel Fryer, of Grant
street.
While driving his automobile past the
farm of John D. Black, on the Eayres-
town road, Thursday night, DR.. r. q.
Faringer. Of Mount Holly, struck team
belonging to man named Nixon, living
at Vincentown. The wagon was badly
damaged and the horses thrown some dis
lance.
The annual picnic of the Friends First
day school will be held on the lawn at the
Friends meeting house, corner of High
and Garden streets, Mount Holly, on Sat-
urday afternoon. At the same time they
will be Joined by members of the Friends
Association. The latter will hold It's
regular meeting In the evening at the
same place.
Robert Peacock having announced his
candidacy for the Office of Member Of As
sembly. 1t will be necessary for the Re-
publicans to name a new candidate for
Auditor. John B. Tilton will make an eff
fort to secure this nomination and will
ask the support of all Republicans at the
primary election In september.
Although he was driving his automo-
bile slowly and blowing his horn. DR.. ]
w. Branin, when opposite White street
on Sunday, could not AVOID hitting boy
name Eckert, who walked into the ma
chine while looking In another direction.
The lad was more frightened that hurt,
cut on the lip being the extent of his In
jury.
There win be a Pythian field day at
Rancocas Park, under the auspices of the
Pythian lodges of Burlington county, on
August Sd. There Will be base
ball. speaking. dancing and all sorts of
racing for which prizes will be offered.
There will be music by Irons Metropoli-
tan Band and display of fireworks in
The evening.
The State Board of Education on Satnr-
lay re-sppolnted Herman A. Stees as
County Superintendent for Burlington
county. The appointment Is for the term
If three years. This act is just recogni-
ion of the services of faithful and effi-
,ient officer who has made the subject of
schools special study and has devoted
!, Is time to the interests entrusted to his
keeping.
Special Officer James ]. Tones, of Pal
nyra, died Of heart failure on Sunday
While returning home Saturday night he
was almost run down by an automobile.
When he reached the house he collapsed
and grew steadily worse until the end
came. 1t 10 believed that shock attending
MS narrow escape brought on the fatal
attack. Deceased was well known In
Mount Holly.
There was some excitement on Garden
street yesterday afternoon when a horse
belonging to Morris II. Keeler became
at . steam roller. The animal
plunged forward and ran intoIthe wall Of the
Friends' meeting house. Dropping uncon-
,cious from shock It was ct nrst thought
Ito neck had been broken. One of its hind
legs was cut and foreleg may be frac-
tured. The animal Is also suffering from
Injuries caused by the shaft entering Its
body.
In at of dependency. believing that
be was suffering from an incurable dis
ease, Nathan Gerber, q wealthy merchant
Of Tuckerton, committed suicide Saturday
morning by cutting his throat. Gerber
was one of the most influential Hebrews
In South Jersey, and was the owner of a
chain Of stores in Tuckerton, Atlantic City,
Lakewood and Mount Holly. Recently
be went TO Philadelphia to consult a
specialist. What he was told, no one but
the doctor knows, for he would not talk
about his visit to the physician with his
family, but he had been melancholy and
-
brooding ever since.
About q week ago the township Of Eyes
ham had sensation when 1t was learned
that Michael Gallagher, q blacksmith. had
deserted his wife and three children and
eloped with Miss Ella Haines9 The story
regarding this alleged affair Is that Miss
Haines had hat trimmed by Mrs Gal
lagher before running away with the lat
ter's husband. In preparing for his de-
parture Gallagher collected considerable
money and left number of creditors be-
hind. The pair were seen on a ferryboat
crossing from Camden to Philadelphia by
q son Of Thomas Donlsn. Jr.. whom Gal
lagher is said to have threatened II he
gave them away.
As the result of an alleged white
slave" traffic having been conducted on
the late Schuyler Rainier farm at Florence,
a foreigner who goes by the name of A.
Schaffer and Flora Marcus, said to be his
aunt, are confined in the jail here in de-
fault Of 81. 200 bail each. They were
committed by Justice Smith, Of Burling-
ton. The exposure Of the place was made
by Elizabeth Pulitzer, of Philadelphia,
who after escaping from the house where
was held q prisoner, declared she was
lured from the city for immoral purposes
Frank L. Garbarino, of Mount Holly, a
special agent of the Department OF Justice,
is working on the case. He says the
government has no evidence that this farm
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