The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-01-13

cured bondsmen, the others are still in
prison. Scores of complaints against
the resort had been made to the police
by nearby property owners.
The death Of Mrs. Margaret Mitchell,
mother of J. r. Jones, occurred late
Saturday night while Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
were absent from home. Just when she
died cannot be learned, but she had been
dead several hours when Mr. and Mrs.
Jones arrived home at midnight, and on
going to her room found her dead in bed.
DIR. Rink was called in and ascribed her
death to heart failure. Coroner Worrell,
was notified, but after learning the facts
in the case, concluded that an inquest
was not necessary.
| The local lodge of Elks will hold a
night in Bohemia in the near future,
after the regular meeting of the lodge.
The guests of honor will be Vice Chan
cellor Walker and State Historian Fran
els b. Lee, both of Trenton and both
Elks. A feature shortly to be added to
the Elks home here will be an historical
collection of articles and records pertain
ing to the Burlington of old. 1t will be
of much value and interest to the large
number of members belonging to the
local lodge.
: The death of Mrs. Samuel Hackett
widow of a former well-known Burllng
tonian, took place on Sunday morning
: at her home on Delaware avenue. Death
: was due to general senility. She was
seventy-three years old, and had beer
i'll for a long time. Mrs. Hackett was
the mother of Mrs. William Atkinson
of the Mount Holly road. Samuel Horn
of Pearl street; Mrs. Nettie Burns anC
Mrs. William Coon, of Pearl street
brother and sisters of Mrs. Hackett, sur
vive her. She had large number o
friends here, having been born here
Her maiden name was Horn.
The death of Mrs Alcenia S. Rigg
widow of the late Edward Rigg, forme
g well-known Burlington liveryman ant
+ horse dealer, took place shortly afte
midnight yesterday, at her home here
! She has been long and patient suffer
! er from complication of ailments, super
q induced by general senility, departing
: from this life at the age of seventy-fou
o years which milestone of life she reach
ed last Wednesday. Mrs. Rigg was borl
: on farm on the Mount Holly road, be
8 tween Mount Holly and this city. She wa
q a daughter of Louis Richardson, well
r known farmer of Burlington township
O She lived here nearly all her life and ha
r. a large number of friends who mour
. her taking away. The nearest relative
n of her own immediate family are in th
n West. Her surviving children are Mis-
h Maude, Louis and Christopher Rigg, a
+ living here.
C A change in the management of tn
= Burlington Distilling Company too
e place recently at the annual meetin
e and election of officers at the New Jerse
'e Guarantee and Trust Corporation builC
1t ing in Camden, all the stockholders b.
1t ing present. V. Lincoln Sawyer, pres
TT dent OF the company, and Warren |
RAIN, secretary, were voted out of offic
these places being filled by John B. Wa
/ rick, of Moorestown, who succeeds Saw
yer, and Henry FL. Leeds, of Rancoca
Il who succeeds Rain as secretary. Cliffol
Il +. Budd, of Pemberton, was elected viz
{ president, and Robert F. Miller, treasure
-Four new directors were elected the
II being Frank Wainwright, William Cul
y berly, Henry H. Leeds and C. C. Ramb
/ The new board of directors follows: Hem
e C. Dudley, w. d. Cowperthwait, Wi
s. liam Spence, John O'Leary, Bloomfiel
" b. Pew, Robert d. Dripps, Charles l
y Fluck, Frank Wainwright, Willial
Cubberly, John B. Warrick, Clayto
L Hancock, Clifford f. Budd, Henry F
y Leeds, Robert F. Miller, C. C. Ramb,
The new company will start making il
" product in about three weeks. The con
e pany will produce denatured alcohol an
!. by-products. The product of the con
II pany will be used for supplying hea
) light and power. 1t will be used in til
. fine arts, too. Already 400 tons of beet
- and great quantities of small potatot
are stored in the big bins at the plan
&c A lot-of the vegetables just mentione
, have already been put through part {
the process necessary to make th
= product.