The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-25
Harrv Bowen. Jr.. Is suffering from

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blood poisoning in his right arm.
A selid concrete porch floor has beer
laid in front of the residence of John D
johnson, on High street.
A boil on the left cheek of detective
Ellis d. Parker was lanced yesterday II
order to relieve severe pain which an
noyed him for several days.
Because the graduation exercises of the
Bordentown high school were held in 8
place of worship, Miss Catharine Conway
Higgins, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
]. Higgins, declined to take part In the
exercises and was awarded her diploma
privately on the following day.
At meeting of New Jersey Lodge, No.
1, Knights of Pythiss, on Friday night,
the third degree was conferred on its 25th
candidate of the past six months. There
will be Pythian field day and picnic at
Rancocas Park on Saturday, August Sd,
in which all the lodges of the district will
participate.
| The Mount Holly A. G. base ball players
recently put $25 graphophone In the
window at Patrick Dolan's store to be
CHANGED of. On the ground that this was
form of gambling, Prosecutor Atkinson
put stop to the scheme, and all those
who purchased chances have had their
money refunded.
| Having recovered at bis home in Vim
centown from an illness which threatened
typhoid fever, Rudolph P. Kumpf re-
turned to Mount Holly, last week, and
resumed work in the hardware store of
Kumpf Bros. The young man expects to
leave tomorrow for Tuckerton, where he
will spend week of recupe ration.
Norman Gaskill returned to Mount
Holly last week and turned over $85 of
the gill which he stole from his sister
after getting check cashed. This amount
was sufficient to pay the doctor and funer-
al expenses of the burial of his sisters
daughter. The young man, after admit
will be disposed of at special session on
July 81.
Miss May Lavery, of Masonville, en-
tertained on Wednesday few of her class
mates, Misses Marian Whitman, Marian
Keller, Margaret Walther and Grace
Woodington. The girls had an enjoyable
drive and on their arrival back to the farm
Mrs Lavery had fine supper for them,
to which they did full justice, and all re-
turned to their homes happy. The girls
are graduates of this years grammar school
> During fight on Saturday night be-
tween Diamond" Brown, and Zip"
Stevens, two colored men, the latter, as
result of push he received, broke pane
of glass In the window of the restaurant
kept by P. ]. Stiltz, corner of Washing
ton and King streets Policeman Henry
Hall arrested both men, and while doing
so the officer had occasion to use his black
jack severely on Brown. The prisoner
bit Hall on this occasion, and also once
before when he was arrested. The officer
will prefer a charge of mayhem against
him. Recorder Herbert gave Brown 80
days in Jail In default of $50 fine.
Having been assigned as special agent
of the department of justice, Frank L.
Garbarino, of Mount Holly, who is at
tached to the secret service department of
the government, Is conducting an inves-
tigation Of coal operators as to their hay
ing conspired to advance the price of
anthracite coal. This matter was first
taken up by United States District Attor-
ney ]. Whitaker Thompson, who was
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Taft. In his continuation of this work,
Garbarfno will have corps of coal ex-
perts to assist him. Suits will follow
should the evidence warrant such pro-
ceeding.
Under contractor Thomas ]. Barrett, of
BordentOwn, force of men were put to
work on Wednesday to rebuild the sides
and centre of the trolley track running
Mount Holly belonging to the Burlington
County Transit Company. There was
considerable objection at first because so
much of the street was torn up at one
time, but as long as 1t has taken consider
able time to bring this result about, 1t was
decided by the township committee, that
as long as the contractor appeared on
Wednesday ready to begin operations to
let him proceed and complete the Job as
soon as possible.
William Foulks, white man operating
a farm near Smithville, who was so bad
ly beaten on Saturday morning that 1t
was thought serious results would follow,
will probably make no complaint against
his assailant, who was Albert Goodman,
an alleged exhorter In the colored Bap-
fist Church, located In the former school
building near the round house. When
Goodman had been given tip he went
home and, 1t is alleged, found Foulks In
his wife's bedroom. Being a teamster and
powerful man. Goodman beat the dis
turber of his domestic happiness in such
manner that Warner Pritchett had to
take the farmer home in wagon.