The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-07-08

The Ladies Aid of the NJ E. church
will serve light tea on the church lawn
Tuesday evening, July %.
May Archer and Billy Carr, popular
vaudeville artists. will sing popular songs
at the opera house every night this week.
At the Hahnemann hospital, Philadel.
phia, last week, David Friant, of Mount
Holly, was operated upon for stomach
trouble.
Theodore Budd, one of the oldest resi-
dents of Pemberton, was buried on Fri
day. He was extensively engaged in cram
berry growing.
Mrs. George B. Clothier, of Washing
ton street, has charge of the dancing on
the pier at Wildwood, where she and her
family are residing for the summer.
The residence of Rev. Norman Van PeIt
Lewis, of Philadelphia. formerly of Mount
Holly, was recently entered by thieves and
goods to the value of $500 were taken.
The following is the unclaimed mail re-
naming at the post Office: The Advertiser,
Mrs Lanora Cook (foreign), Miss Sarah
Evans, Mrs. Chas Smith, VIM. Faulkner,
Miss Josephine Page.
DR.. John j. Flynn left yesterday tor
Rochester, N. Y, to represent Mount
Holly Lodge of Elks at the annual meet
ing of the Grand Lodge of that order.
which Is held In that city this week.
Laborers employed by the Public Ser
vice Corporation are engaged at Moores-
town making repairs and improving the
road bed of the trolley line operated by
the Burlington County Transit Company,
which, it is rumored, may soon dispose of
its property to the bigger corporation.
Miss Estella Brewer and Charles Hen
erickson Perry, of Riverside, were quiet
ly married by Rev. George T. Hillman at
Elmer. on Wednesday morning, July ID.
Mr.. Perry formerly lived In Mount Holly
The young couple are enjoying their
honeymoon at the Star cottage, Atlantic
City.
]. F. R. Long, captain of Company E,
has Issued orders to the effect that his
command will encamp at Sea Grit from
August 9th to 18th. inclusive The mem
mers will receive six days pay The
first battalion, to which this company is
attached, will have use of rifle range on
Monday, August 18th.
At the meeting of the Ushers' Union of
the Methodist church held at the home of
L. s. Boyce last Tuesday evening, the
following officers were elected: President,
8. Lawrence Bullock; vice president, Will
liam s. Dobbins; secretary. Raymond w.
Sprow; treasurer. Harry N Warner; ex-
ecutive committee. A. Ashby Llppincott
and Harry Il. Bayles.
There came near being another fatal &C.
cident at the mill dam ON Wednesday af-
ternoon. While bathing in the pool at
that point. Philip Chickadanz was seized
with weakness of the heart. which pre-
vented him from getting to shore, although
he was able to swim. Giving an alarm
WAiOA obtA uCJCO ubbCDbiOu W lis COuulbiUu,
he was rescued after going down for the
third time.
At the home of Mrs. Jacob G. Hendrick-
son, Broad street, on Tuesday afternoon,
her daughter, Ruth. was quietly married
to Arthur D. Cross The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Norman Van Pelt
Lewis. rector of the church of the Incarna-
tion, Philadelphia. Roscoe F, Hendrick-
son. a brother. gave the bride away. Harry
II Cross was best man. Only members of
the immediate families were present
AS a part of his celebration of the
Fourth. Harry Butler, employed ON the
farm of Larry Ford, could not resist temp
tation, and on the charge of stealing q
horse from Clayton Hancock, near Colum-
bus, the 17-year-old lad was arrested and
placed in the county jail before the day
was oyer. The animal was taken from
field of his neighbor about o'clock In the
afternoon. Hancock gave chase and cap
tured the alleged thief while he was rid
ing the horse at Browns Mills.
For violating an ordinance by shooting
a cannon late on Thursday night, officer
Henry Hall arrested Jonathan E. East
lack. who was taken before recorder Her
bert and fined SO 90 Dissatisfaction was
expressed at the time because the other
boys In the gang were not taken into Gus
tody. Hall grabbed the boy Immediately
after the weapon was discharged. The
officer says his instructions In cases of this
kind are to remove the cause and the trou
BILE will also be removed
Ex-Governor Edward c. Stokes was
painfully injured last week while running
to catch trolley at Vineland. The head
light of the car blinded him and he STUN
bled aud fell headlong to the street. Doc
tors made an examination and found that
no bones were broken, but the right arm
bruised He was confined to his home un.
til Saturday, when he left for Atlantic
City to recuperate. He has Cancelled
several engagements to speak.
Lewis 81. Carris, who is connected with
the manual trade department of the State
Board of Education, paid visit to Mount
Holly, Tuesday evening, and met the
Board of Education, discussing the pre-
posed trade school here. Mr.. Carris Ii
thoroughly acquainted with every phase
Of this subject and he gave some very
helpful suggestions. Professor W. c
Ash, of the Philadelphia Trade School
has charge of the matter on behalf o.
Murrell Dobbins Mr. Ash is on his vaca
ton and will not be home until the first O
September, hence not much can be don,
until then.
Another sad drowning, the third acct
dent of that kind within a week, occurret
on Thursday morning, the victim beinI
Ernest Thorn, aged years, son of Mrs
May Thorn, who is employed at tn
Imperial Hotel. Undressing on a rail
road lot near the station, the little fellow
placed his clothes at the foot of tree an
jumped into the Rancocas creek with tw
or three companions. He was not oh
served by them when getting beyond hi
depth. Mrs. Mary Lewis, who was stand