The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-04-16

Walter Allen has broken ground for the
erection of another house at Oakdale.
Mrs. Roxanna Atkinson has bought
Mrs. Sarah R. Lewis house on Bispham
street.
The first quarterly conference of the
Mount Holly Methodist church will be
held on Thursday evening, at Z o'clock.
A cactus plant with several hundred
blooms has attracted much attention at
the Arcade hotel the past two weeks.
The farm of Samuel Lutts, on Wood
lane, consisting of about nine acres, was
sold last week to William @. Hobson, of
Jacksonville, Ind. The sale was made
by A. A. Anderson.
DR.. Hickman, osteopath, has opened
an Office In the residence of Mrs. William
Sharp, on High street. He has taken up
his residence at the corner of Cherry and
Union streets. He has card In another
part of the paper.
The garbled fish laws are keeping
anglers guessing Fish and Game Warden
Morton says that yellow perch can be taken
at any time from any waters which are
not tributary to the Delaware river. 1t is
lawful to fish for calico bass from May 80
to November so, and pike perch from May
20 to November 80.
The Keesey Hosiery Company. of Mount
Holly, has filed articles of Incorporation
In the county clerks Office. The princi-
pal Office will be at No. 16 King street.
The objects of the concern are to estab-
lish q complete plant for the manufacture
Of all kinds of hosiery and knit goods;
cardboard boxes and paper boxes; gene
rate electricity for manufacturing and
mercantile purposes. The authorized cap
ital is 1926. 600, divided into ], $50 shares
of the par value of 800 each. The in
corporators are John Kelsey, Charles
Coles. Walter Allen and George F Ried.
The company will occupy the building on
King street and will at once install
machinery for the manufacture of hosiery.
An automobile accident occurred On the
road from Mount Holly to Burlington on
Sunday afternoon, north of long crossing.
As Jacob Woolman, of Burlington, was
nearing Crow Hill, he saw boy run in
the road, and to save the lads life, turned
his machine to the footpath, smashing
both front wheels and injuring the car
considerably The occupants were neither
thrown out nor injured. Alexander st.
Clair Ross, of Ocean Grove, is the name
of the lad who was struck by the machine,
his injuries consisting of a few abrssions.
He was brought to the Burlington County
Hospital in car owned by Charles Stan
field, Of Stevens station, and was soon able
to return home.
On Sunday morning at SIS o'clock the
police, learning that poker game was In
progress, raided the home of Bert Street,
colored, on Willow street. While listen
ing at the windows the officers heard loud
arguments relative to the money In jack
pot. Policeman Hall met Bert In the
yard and the latter refused to let his call
ers 60 inside. Hall said he was In pos
session of the proper authority, and he
was instructed to gain entrance If he had
to break the door open. Bert saved trouble |
by yielding to the situation. Although
the money had been gathered up In haste, |
only cards were found on table. There |
were six colored men and four white men |
In the house, but two of the latter made |
their escape. The double quartette cap
tured In the police net were lined up and |
to the Office of Recorder Herbert, |
who gave the matter a formal hearing |
last night. The Office was crowded with |
spectators who became interested In the |
testimony. The defendants are John
Jerry Still, Arthur Delaney,
Charles Still, Jr., Theodore Harmon, JOS
eph Rogers, Charles Hawkins, Charles
Albert Street, Robert Howell and George
Tomlinson. V. Claude Palmer is their
counsel. There will be further hearing
At the Recorders office this evening.