The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-09

under treatment in Philadelphia hOi
pital for some months, suffering from
nervous breakdown. has returned to he
1 home much improved in health.
Letters that remain unclaimed in tn
post Office for the week ending June
are as follows: Mrs. Edward Green, La
mont Lloyd; Jacob Lalun, Midero Vic
cugo, foreign, letters. Mrs. Milton Mul
ply, postal.
: The court house and Jail are to b
lighted with gas furnished by the Publi
Service Corporation, instead of the ga
!, now manufactured by gasoline machine
on the premises. The cost, it is antici
lpated, will be considerably less.
Next Saturday evening DR.. Thomas
s. Brock will speak and William Smith
both of Burlington, will sing at an oper
air service near the fountain, under the
auspices of the Burlington County
Young Mems Christian Associations.
Richard Miller, colored, was drowned
in the lake at Browns Mills yesterday
He upset while in canoe, and not be-
ing able to swim, soon went to the bot
tom. Coroner Worrell viewed the body
and decided that death was accidental.
Harley Shemeley stepped in front of a
motorcycle that was going down Main
street on Sunday afternoon, at the foun-
| tain, was knocked down and badly
bruised and cut. Two men were ON the
motorcycle, both being thrown off and
severely shaken.up.
The grand jury at Mobile, Alabama,
made its return on Wednesday, finding a
true bill against Joel M. Foster, for his
escapade with Delilah Bradley, of Penn
berton. This action was not of local
character but was in the United States
Court, the law which was broken being
| federal statute.
c. Edgar Shreve, a Camden lawyer,
who has been apprehended before on a
similar charge, was taken into custody
in Philadelphia Wednesday for passing
worthless checks. He gave two to a
theatre ticket agent, one for $3.50, the
other for S., being drawn on the West
Jersey Trust Company.
Mark johnson, who has been employ
ed at the post Office to carry special de-
livery letters, left yesterday to enter a
government school at Washington to fit
him for the navy. After an eight
months course in the school he expects
to enter the navy as musician. His
successor as letter boy is Harold Wright.
Children's day will be observed in the
Methodist church next Sunday. At the
morning service the pastor will preach
short appropriate sermon, and the ordin-
ance of baptism will be administered to
children. The evening service will be
in charge of the Bible school, when the
annual Children's day exercises will be
held.
Some time ago the signs of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company on the
building of the Bell Telephone Company,
were removed, and there was speculation
as to the cause. Now it is announced
that the telegraph office is to be remov-
ed to the former quarters in S. Earl
Assays store. The reason for this is the
decision of the Interstate Commission
that the telephone company and the
telegraph company must appear as two
entirely separate concerns.
In an opinion filed in the Supreme
Court Justice Swayze has reversed the
conviction of Calvin Burns against
Joshua Jagmetty and the Atlantic City
Shore Railroad Company, Burns, after
boarding car of the company at
Pleasantville and being unable to secure
seat, every one being taken, refused to
pay the conductor fare on this ground
and remained on the train without pay
ing. Justice Swayze, in his opinion,
says it is not apparent that Burns enter
ed the car with the intention to ride free,
and that there is no proof that Burns
had violated any rule of the company.
| The outbuildings on the farm of
Charles Yoos, on the Hainesport road,
were destroyed by fire on Wednesday.
The men were working in the fields at
the time and Mrs. Yoos was in Mount
Holly. Three children were in the
house, one of whom discovered the fire
and gave an alarm. The barn and other
buildings were entirely destroyed, in
GLIDING some implements, hay, etc. No
| live stock was lost. The house was
saved by the hard work of a bucket
brigade. The chemical engine of Union
Fire Company was sent from Mount
Holly to assist in saving the property
The cause of the fire is unknown. The
loss is partly covered by insurance.
The Baptist Sunday school will hold
its election for two boys to attend Camp
Ockanickon, the New Jersey county
boys camp of the Young Mems Christ
ian Associations near New Egypt, Oh
Sunday afternoon, June 21st. Boy
from II to IS years of age who have at
tended at least 75@O of the sessions dur
ing the last year will be nominated
The boy who receives the largest numbe
of votes will have two weeks outing a
the camp with all expenses paid. Tn
boy receiving the next largest number G
votes will have one weeks outing wit
all expenses paid. Considerable interes
is being manifested on the part of tn
bows who expect to be elected to atten
the camp which opens on July 1st.
Special attention is called to the i'm
portant changes in hours and services q
the First PRESBYTERIAN Church. Here
!. after through theSummer months tn
= Bible School will assemble at $50 AN
instead of at 200 P. NJ as heretofor,
The entire order for the Sunday evenin
service has been changed. Hereaftt
It this service will pc introduced after tn
l. prelude by the organ with stirrin
IS praise service lasting fifteen minute
e The program for this service will be va
l. led from time to time. The address,
d will be brief and straight to the poin
"a This service will begin promptly at T.;
a and will be dismissed at $50. III
lie theme for consideration during Jul
1t and July will be 'Some of The b
" Things of The Bible" Whether We
he are particularly interested in this book
e not you are very cordially invited to {
lie tend these services. 1t may be If "
rt come YOU will fall heir to much go
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