The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-28
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The season for bathing at the Mour
Holly milldam closed yesterday and th
guards will not be on duty any longer.
Edward b. Jones has been electe
president of the Burlington County Fai
Association, to serve until the next ar
nual meeting. He succeeds the lat
Griffith w. Lewis.
Mrs. Kate r. Bicldord, of Princeton
was elected president of the Women
Christian Temperance Union OF MERGE
County during the closing session of tn
annual convention held Friday.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Te
Company has leased the store soon to b
vacated by the South Jersey Tabacc
Company, on High street, and will tax
possession about the first of November
At the Philadelphia Bourse, Wednes
day, one share of stock of the Farmers
Trust Company, of Mount Holly, sole
for s121. Two shares of Mount Holl,
National Bank brought s35.25 per share
The ladies of st. Paul's Methods
Episcopal church have organized for I
bazaar to be given the anniversary weel
between the third and fourth Sunday
of November. Mrs. Frank Dillon il
president.
Rev. Frank Wilcox severed his con
nection with the Mount Holly Presby
terrain church, Sunday, when he preached
his last sermon. He has been granted
leave of absence with pay until the frs
of January.
George Darlington, a MoOrestown
farmer, took dose of paregoric in mis-
take for cough medicine, and, afraid
that he was about to die, he went to a
Camden hospital before he learned that
the amount of the drug he had taken
would not do him any harm. Before going
to the hospital he made his will, which
was witnessed by two neighbors.
A grand rally of the Burlington Coun-
ty Union of Baptist Young Peoples So
cieties will be held on October IL, in the
Baptist church at Burlington, at 8.15
p. m. There will be a special car for
each society. Tickets may be obtained
from r. HI. Broom and Floyd s. Stock
ton, at the price of ten cents for return
trip on trolley. and ten cents admission
at the door.
The Cedarbrook, one of New Egypt's
biggest and best boarding houses, has
been sold. Mrs. M. A. NORM, who owns
and conducts the Colonial House, was
the purchaser. The Cedarbrook is
nicely located in the center of the village
and has the finest grounds in New
Egypt. 1t has six acres of land with
lots of old shade trees. The price paid
was "a, $50.
Frank Jones, colored, aged about %
years, committed suicide at his home in
Riverton on Sunday by shooting him.
self with shotgun. The mans body
was found sitting in chair, with the
gun between his legs and cane in his
hand. He evidently had used the cane
to push the trigger of the gun. The
load entered the neck under the ear.
Domestic troubles are supposed to have
been the cause of the suicide. Coroner
Worrell made an investigation and
issued burial permit.
The Public Utilities Commission has
announced its approval of the merger
and consolidation of the Camden and
Burlington County Railroad, Vincen-
town branch of the railroad and the
Mount Holly, Lumberton and Medford
Railroad Company, into the Camden
and Burlington County Railway, in ac-
cordance with the agreement made by
those lines on May IL. Coincident
with its approval of the merger the
Commission grants the application of
the new company to issue capital stock
to the amount of 1854, 400.
Harry G. Allen, a Medforn contractor,
fell about eighteen feet while working
on new barn for Monroe B. Smith,
near Chambers Corner, on Saturday.
He landed on piece of lumber, and it
was found that his back was broken.
He was taken to Hahnemann hospital
Philadelphia, yesterday. An X-ray
examination showed that two of the
vertebra were badly splintered. An
operation to remove the pieces of bone
was performed by DR.. Warren Van
Derveer, under the direction of the chief
surgeon, which greatly believed the
patients suffering, but there is no hope
of the mans recovery.
There was pleasant evening spent at
birthday party given at the home of
Miss Ida l.. Whitcraft, of West Wash
iugton street, Thursday evening. Those
present were: Misses Louise Frazier,
Emily Wilson, Julia Hornor, Helen
Dennis, Emma Kinsler, Myrtle Cotton,
Alice Whitcraft, Ruth MCGEE, Mrs. Gil
yer. The boys were: Aubrey Estil, Floyd
Budden, Howard Williams, Frank
Wells, Harry Leonard, William Shinn,
Harry Shinn, William Leeds, William
Gibbs, Winfield Whitcraft, Edward
Frazier and MIR. Oliver.
School supplies, l.. s. Boyce, Sta