The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-05-19

. property next to Dubell's drug store, oc
cupied as shoe shining place Waite
Allen is doing the work.
/ A euchre and dance will be given il
st. Mary's hall, Washington street, OIL
Tuesday night, May 26, for the benefi
of the Sacred Heart church.
. Alphonso Jones, 16 years old, disap
lpeared from his home in Riverside or
Monday of last week and efforts of hi
parents and friends to locate him hav,
been futile.
The annual fair and festival of Com
pany E, will be held in the armory or
Main street, Friday and Saturday even
ings. The members will give an exhibi
ton drill on Friday night.
Washington Council No. 5, Junior
Order United American Mechanics, will
attend divine worship, in memory Of
their deceased brothers, at the Baptist
church next Sunday evening.
Mrs. Esther A. Gaslxill, mother Of
Robert S. Gaskill, died at her home on
High street, yesterday morning. She
had been seriously i'll since Thursday.
Mrs. Gaskill was in the Gath year of heI
age.
Owing to the death of Bishop Scar
borough the date for the annual visitation
for confirmation was necessarily cancelled.
Former Bishop Gray, of Florida, will
confer the rite in st. Andrews church,
Sunday, June 81.
Palmyra Camp No. %, P. 0. s. of A.,
is increasing rapidly in membership.
At their meeting last week 81 candidates
were initiated, making the total men,
bership $50. The camp celebrated its
21st anniversary last night.
At the annual meeting of the Grand
Army of New Jersey, held in Atlantic
City, last week, John w. Bodine, the re-
firing Post Commander, was presented
with handsome badge, of solid gold, in
the shape of the Grand Army badge, the
star of which was studded with diamonds.
An operetta in four acts, ''Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs," will be given in
the Mount Holly theatre on Thursday
night, May %, by pupils of the gram
mar school for the benefit of the gymna-
SUM fund. Reserved seat tickets will
be ON sale at Aliens drug store on and
after May 21st.
The Mount Holly Water Company
will appeal to the higher courts for re-
versal of the verdict recently rendered
in favor of B. Henry Jones for damages
typhoid fever which the jury decided
was caused by impure water furnished
by the company.
The Burlington County Federation of
Patriotic Societies will hold business
meeting in Dill's hall, Mount Holly, to-
morrow night. AT $50 the meeting will
be opened to the public, when there will
be a general discussion of important
issues. All men interested in this work
are invited to be present.
Action on the proposed franchise of
the Bell Telephone Company before the
Beverly city commissioners, who de-
mand that the company place under
ground all wires on main thoroughfares
has been delayed indefinitely by the an
nouncement that attorneys of the COM
pany will continue the fight to have an
old franchise sustained in court.
Miss Edna Booth, of New York, who
was elected a teacher in the Mount Holly
High school, has decided not to take the
position. Miss Marjorie MILFORD, who
has been teaching in the High school for
some time, has been elected to similar
position in Moorestown. In both cases
higher salary than could be paid in
Mount Holly was the cause for not &C
cepting here.
Ella NJ, wife of Charles Moore, of
Church street, died suddenly Saturday
about midnight. She retired in APP
parently good health. Later her husband
heard her calling for assistance. He
hurried to her side and found her in
fainting condition. Giving her some
medicine which did not seem to relieve her
Mr.. Moore started for doctor but before
he returned his wife was dead. Fatty
degeneration of the heart was the cause
of death.
Walter Marter, of Beverly, hired a
horse and carriage from liveryman Gill
at Merchantville, on Friday, and drove
to Burlington, where he sold the outfit
to Lewis Rigg for $65. He showed Rigg
a receipt from Gill for the purchase of
the rig, but Gill says the receipt is a
forgery. Marter was arrested at River
ton, on Sunday morning, and brought
to Jail here. Later in the day he was
taken to Merchantville by Chief of Po-
lice Linderman, of that place, for a
hearing.
On the first page of this issue will be
found an advertisement of the Chautau.
qua Association, containing list of the
attractions at the coming course in
Mount Holly, which opens on June II.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, June
3, six members of the local committee
will canvass the town for the purpose o.
delivering tickets to advance subscribers
1t is requested that all subscribers be a
home and in readiness to receive theil
tickets, as the committee hopes to com
plete this work on the date set.
: A jury in the Camden Circuit Court
in the suit of Mrs. Mary E. Purden, o
Palmyra, Administrative of the estate oil
Harry Purden, against the public Ser
vice Railway, to recover SIC, 900 damages
for the death of her husband, returned
verdict in favor of the defendant com
E pany. Purden on November %, 1913
left his home at Palmyra to ride on
; new motorcycle. He was crossing Had
don avenue and Browning road when h
r was struck and killed by a trolley cal
1 The plaintiff counsel, encouragement
Wescott, said that the trolley car wa.
f going at rapid rate and that no warn
? ing sounds were given by the motorman
e The defense denied this and declare
e that the plaintiff was guilty of contribu
+ tory negligence.
Some interesting points were brough
J. out in the hearing of the application {
d Thomas J. Barrett to keep hotel a
:. Roebling. While it was shown to tn
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