The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-02

The speaker at the High School COM
mencement, next week, will be William
l Hughes Mearns, of the division of Eng
lish in the Philadelphia School of
Pedagogy.
The commencement exercises of Crozier
> Seminary, Chester, Pa, take place to-
day. Rev. j. H. Terry, pastor of the
Baptist church, Mount Holly, is one of
/ the graduates.
> George Walther, who has been a con-
ductor on the Burlington County Tran
sit Company, has resigned and will take
charge of the store owned by the widow
! of his brother, at Hainesport.
Rev. Robert F. Y. Pierce, pastor of the
Second avenue Baptist church, New
York city, surprised his congregation,
last week, by rendering his resignation.
No cause was given by the pastor for
wishing to sever his relations with the
church.
! Three colored men, two named Har-
mon, the other Brown, were arrested, ON
Saturday, for fighting and creating dis
turbance on Washington street, near the
Mount Holly garage. They were given
a hearing before Recorder Herbert and
discharged.
The Fourth of July carnival and re-
gatta on the upper creek, which has
proved SO enjoyable in the past, will
be held again this year. A preliminary
meeting of the committees which had
charge of last years celebration, and all
persons interested, will be held at Good
Intent engine house this week.
Every Moorestown physician has
signed statement expressing opposition
to woman suffrage, in which they say:
From a widespread and extensive
knowledge with all classes of our COM
munity, we are sure that the large
majority of both men and women are |!
opposed to the extension of suffrage and |
we believe the time is ripe to express |
this sentiment.
The members of the Oriental degree of
| the Order of American Mechanics had |
gay evening Thursday, when they held
banquet in Masonic Temple. There
were speakers of prominence whose re-
marks elected loud applause. The lodge
has several members with musical
talent and their rendering of vocal
selections was feature of the entertain
ment.
The Board of Education of the Town.
ship of Northampton held a special
meeting Tuesday evening and elected
Miss Mildred H. Humphrey, graduate
Of Colorado College, as teacher in the
High School. Miss Rebecca A. Bour-
geois was granted a years leave of alb
sence and Miss Lydia ID. Evans was
elected to the position she had held for
two years.
The grand jury at Mobile, Alabama,
on Thursday considered the charge
against Joel M. Foster, for violating the
White Slave act. Miss Delilah Bradley |
went to Mobile and appeared before the
jury as witness. The result of the in
vestigation will be made known this
week. Foster is living with his wife
and daughter in New York. 1t is prob
able his bail will be forfeited and the
case will not be heard of again unless
the man makes another break.
The fiftieth anniversary of the organi-
cation of the Burlington County Chill
dren's Home was observed Friday after
noon at the Mary A. Dobbins Home on
Pine street. The house was thrown
open to the inspection of the public and
the little inmates of the Home took part
in the exercises. An historical sketch
was read by Richard B. Eckman. The
fire bell on the property was tolled so
times and by peculiar incident just as
the 50th stroke was heard the rope broke.
The township committee and board of
freeholders have arranged to give coat
ing of oil or other material to nearly all
the macadam roads in Northampton
township. The High street road is to re-
ceive Frenchs preparation of asphaltum,
which will be covered with half
inch broken stone. Washington street
is to be given a coating of asphalt
tum oil, as are also the macadam streets
under the control of the township COM
mittee. The committee has ordered
10000 gallons of oil for this purpose.
C. E. Rightmire, ex-county engineer
of Atlantic county, formerly of Mount
Holly, was released from state prison yes
terday. He and three other Atlantic /
county officials, Kuehnle, Unsworth
and Enderlin, who were sentenced to one
of their sentences and were set free yes
terday. Application made to Governor
Fielder, to free Rightmire on Saturday,
was refused. The young man desired
to attend the funeral that day of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha A. Reid.
The police of Philadelphia arrested two
| women and three men, last week, for
having committed number of robberies
worth of stolen goods was recovered.
Mrs. Anna Borton and Samuel Lippin-
colt, both of Moorestown, have identi-
| fed articles to the value of 81 200 that
had been stolen from their houses. Pal
myra and Collingswood were among
other towns visited by the gang. The |
mode of operation was to have the wo-
men obtain employment in households |
and then smuggle goods to the men con-
federates, after which the women would |
leave the place and hunt new fields in
some other town.
Several minor officials of the Legisla-
ture and other state officials whose names
} have been added to the free lists since
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
was incorporated in the state have re-
ceived bills for railroad trips they have
taken since January l, with a request to
remit, and have been notified that I'M
! less they remit suits will be entered
against them for the recovery of the
fares at single trip rates. About $50 per-
sons are affected, as nearly every pass
holder is required to use some part of the
Pennsylvania service to reach the capt.
} tai. Some of the passholders have
$ retained lawyers to fight the collection
e of the fare in the local courts.
Y One of the best attractions scheduled
: to appear at the Mount Holly Chautau-