The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-06-17
LOCAL NEWS.
Chautauqua begins tomorrow

Chautauqua begins tomorrow.
1t is reported that recent frosts did dam.
age to cranberry vines and nipped corn in
some places.
June 20 will be straw riders night at
Rsncocas Park, when many jolly parties
may be looked for.
At Hainesport. on Wednesday, June
9Th, occurred the marriage Of Howard
Gilbert and Miss Meta Colby, both of
Mount Holly.
Property on which taxes due In North
ampton township are not paid by July l,
will be advertised for sale. and additional
costs imposed.
The New Jersey Experimental Station
Is warning farmers to look out for persons
who are travelling about the state selling
worthless tree dope.
Washington Camp. No. II. P. o. s. of
A. has engaged some fine vaudeville
talent for its smoker to be held on Thurs
day evening next
Game warden Morton killed two dogs
on Friday that were running rabbits. He
Is also after those persons who are shoot
Ing on the upper creek without license.
Several candidates will be initiated this
evening at the meeting of Washington
Council No. 8, Jr. o. O. A. M. The exer-
cises will be followed by pleasing social
Louis Davis removed to Bridgeton on
Wednesday. where he has charge of q
pool room and cigar store which is owned
by Messrs. Hults and Crozier, of Mount
Holly.
On Friday night next New Jersey Lodge
No. /, Knights of Pythias, will confer
the third degree ON eleven candidates. All
members of the degree team are urged to
be present.
Stepping from an Ice wagon Tuesday,
Francis o. DuraDd landed on stone
which sprained his ankle and tore a liga-
ment from the bone. The injury was a
very painful one.
A great outing is being planned by
Mount Holly Lodge of Moose at Rancocas
Park June 81 The program for the day
will consist of numerous sporting events.
dancing, baseball and many other amuse
ments.
While at work on the new concrete
building Of the Royle & Pilkington Com
pany, on Tuesday. Marx Smith. mason
employed by J. R. Gillian. Jr., sustained
. fall of eight feet, but without serious
results.
Willis, son of DIR. Samuel Slaughter, of
Lynchburg. Va, and nephew of William
A. Slaughter, of Mount Holly, will enter
the military academy at West Point, hay
ing been successful In examinations for
that institution.
The unclaimed letters that remain In
the post Office for the week ending June
18th, are as follows: Harry Baker, A. r.
curing, Rev. Mr.. North, Chas R. Stout,
Mrs. Elizabeth Woolman, Geo Jamack, 4,
letters; Mrs. Wrick, postal.
The Vincentown grange held its annual
shildren's day exercises on Saturday,
"Home Ties" was rendered In the town
hall In the evening. The receipts from
this play will be divided between the
grange and the Burlington County Chill
dren's Home
An operetta, entitled 'Everysoul, and
styled a mystery play and musical drama,
will be given by members of the Sacred
Heart church. in the Mount Holly Opera
House this evening, for the bene-
fit of the church. There will be about
seyenty-five persons In the cast Re-
hesrssls have been held for the past six
weeks, under the direction of Mrs. J..
Harry Halt. and the performance prom
ises to be great treat.
Having bought plot of ground fro m
Harry V. Kester. formerly the academy
property corner Mount Holly avenue and
Ridgwsy street, Lester Shinn is having a
residence erected. Mr.. Kester Is also hav-
ing a residence undergoing erection.
Neil Suffers future home 10 also under the
same process as the others. Winfield 8.
Gales is making rapid progress ON bis
future residence This is quite a real
estate boom on and about upper Mount
Holly avenue.
The formal opening of the new con-
crete building erected by the Royle &
Pilkington Company, on June Goth, will
be marked by dance given to its en-
ployees. and those persons employed by
the Keesey Hosiery Company, the Bur.
lington County Shoe Company, of Mount
Holly, and the Enterprise Shoe Company,
of Lumberton. Music will be furnished
by an orchestra. A pleasant time is be-
Ing anticipated and many dancers will be
present.
Or Wednesday evening, while severa
citizens of White street were sitting OF
their porches, they observed man steal
ing into the front yard of the residence O.
Mrs. Stills, who together with tie rest o.
her family was absent. Officer Henri
Hall who happened along was told of tn,
situation and together with several citizen
made thorough search of the yard ant
the surrounding neighborhood, but with
out avail. Several times before the resi-
dents have been visited by unwelcom
persons, but in each case the visitor provet
to be Intoxicated
Fred Riggs and II. c. Hartzell, givinl
Trenton as their residence, which wa
found to be untrue, were arrested at Bur
lington on Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff
Fleetwood and Ellis H. Parker. TIL,
men were charged with obtaining monev
under false pretenses. They pretende,
that they represented the School Progress
League of New Jersey. and called upol
people with the statement that under
new law 1t would be necessary for then
to pay 81 30 for each child II they wante
their children to continue 10 the publ
schools. The defendants were given
hearing before Justice Smith on Thursday
who discharged Riggs and held Hartze
under 800 bail. Several Victims CAV
testimony against the strangers.
John L. Severns, who died at his HON
on Shreve street last Tuesday mornin
from stroke of apoplexy. was buried
Evergreen cemetery, Camden. on FIR
day. He had been member of the Mour
Holly police force for over twenty YEAR