The Mount Holly news., 1914-08-04

: gagged to John McAnally, OF Moul
Vernon, N. Y.
The watch case factory at Riversid
De which closed few weeks ago, has r
sumed operations and reopened on We'
" nesday, working five days each weel
n Thi s is practically full time.
All persons interested in the local bas
n ball team are requested to meet in tn
|. rooms over the post Office on Thursda
night, August 9Th, at s o'clock, for tn
n purpose of selecting manager for th
n balance of the season.
Two Lumberton couples were marrie'
. on aturday-Charles w. Mendenhal
4 and Miss Beulah ID. Coles, who wer
married in New York city; and Alber
Cook and Mildred Waltz, who went T.
Camden to have the ceremony per
formed.
, John g. Petit had his bicycle stolel
from in front of the Moorestown Nation
al Bank on Tuesday, but quick work oil
the part of Chief of Police Broadwate
resulted in the capture of the thief a
the Camden ferry within a few hours
and also the return of the wheel.
Charles A. Braddock, who at one time
conducted the hotel at Vincentown
died at the residence of his son, in Med
ford, yesterday, after an illness which
began week from last Saturday. Acute
Indigestion was the first trouble, but
other complications set in and death en-
sued
The colored folks had picnic at Ran
cocas Park, Thursday, and they had a
merry day. The trolley cars did large
business and the conductors had some
funny experiences. One of them pre-
sented the new coin collector to a husky
looking man who at once exclaimed:
Don't shoot, mister, I'll pay"
Rev James Stoddard, rector of st. An
drew's church, has gone on his summer
vacation. Rey. Norman Van Pelt Lewis,
OF Philadelphia, will conduct the services
at st. Andrews the next two Sundays,
and ON the following two Sundays Rev.
Mr.. Ohlds, of Colorado, will be in charge.
Mr.. Ohlds is the son-in-law of Rev.
Charles M. Perkins, former rector of
st. Andrews.
Walter III. Cooper, Secretary of Mount
Holly Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, and
here, expired at the Exchange Hotel,
Burlington early on Thursday morning.
MIR. Cooper went to Burlington, ON Tues
day to attend the funeral of Louis Esin-
stein, was taken suddenly ill and took
up temporary residence at the Exchange
Hotel to receive medical treatment.
Watson Buck, of Rancocas, accom-
panied by his father, visited the Sher-
ifs office yesterday and gave bail in the
sum of 81 900 for appearance at the next
term of court. The young man, it will
be remembered, fired two revolver shots
at James Thomas and Albert Sexton
while they were going to work at Stokes
sand pits, near Rancocas, and later es
capped from the constable after placed
under arrest.
The funeral of Henry Leeds wife, near
Hedding, took place on Saturday.
While the relatives and friends were at
the cemetery, thief entered the house
and stole suit case, clothing, money,
etc., and made his escape. Some of the
goods were recovered at Kinkora station,
where the man boarded an east-bound
train. He apparently had more goods
than he could carry and discarded some
of the load while in the station.
l.. T. Miller was arrested by Constable
Gaskill and Deputy Sheriff Fleetwood
at Lumberton, on Saturday, on charges
of passing worthless checks at Trenton
He was taken to that city and locked
up. About two weeks ago he was ar
rested for jumping a board bill at the
Washington House, Mount Holly. He
gave bail for appearance at court on
that charge. A few days later his
mother paid the bill due here.
While the base ball game was going
on at Hainesport, Saturday afternoon,
there was a call for Coroner Worrell |
The report was that two young men had |
seen the body of a child floating down |
the creek, but they were not able to |
swim and did not have a boat, so they |
could not render any aid. The Coroner |
was not present but Detective Parker |
took the matter up. A thorough search |
was made and up to the present time |
nothing has been discovered of the body. |
All the farm buildings except the |
house ON the large farm owned and |
until his death occupied by Charles M. |
Bruere, about two miles north of New
Egypt, were destroyed by fire on We'd |
nesday afternoon. The fire started by
one of the barns being struck by light |
ming. All the farm crops for the year
had been gathered and were in the
buildings and the loss on them will be
heavy. The buildings were insured, but
not the crops.
Benjamin A. Tomlinson, owner of the
-four mill at Laurel Springs, was stricken
with a slight stroke of apoplexy while
passing through Mount Holly in an
automobile ON Sunday, enroute to Ran
cocas, where his wife's relatives reside.
After receiving medical attention at
Prickitt's dispensary for few hours, the
party continued on their journey. Ac-
companying Mr.. Tomlinson were Mrs.
Tomlinson, her sister and chauffeur.
This was reported to have been his third
similar attack.
The funeral of Morris H. Keller took
place from his late residence on High
Street Thursday afternoon. Services
were conducted by Rev. +. Nj. Ogden of
the Baptist church, and Rev. I. j. J.
Wright, of the Methodist church. The
funeral was largely attended, the entire
Burlington County Funeral Association
being present, together with representa-
tives from the funeral supply houses
with which MIR. keeler had done bust
ness for years. The remains were in
tered in the Mount Holly cemetery.
The pallbearers were ID. A. Reed, of
Philadelphia, t. Walter Borton, William
Sherman, Joseph w. Colkitt, Harry l..
lWalters and Joseph G.. Kingdom, of
Mount Holly. The honorary pallbear-
ers were the deacons of the Baptist
church.
Riders of bicycles must use lamps
which must be lighted within a certain
time after sunset, or they are liable to be
larrested and fined. Chief of Police
Priclxitt has given instructions to his
force to see that this order is enforced.
While he was at it why did not the Chief
tell his policemen to arrest the drivers OF
carriages on which lights are not dis
played as well as those which have lights
which are not in accordance with the
: law, which says the light must be visi-
BILE certain number of feet in each
direction? The majority of bicycle riders
are small boys and possibly it will be
easier to practice on them than to have
S the law enforced on the large number O