The Mount Holly news., 1916-08-08
LOCAL NEWS.

organist and choirmaster of ST. Al
drew's church.
The circulating library will close @
Saturday, August 10, and reopen c
Tuesday, September 5.
The engagement of Miss Florenc
Powell, of Mount Holly. and Howar
Albright, of Philadelphia, isannouncsC
The South Jersey Tobacco Compan
has had concrete sidewalk laid on bot
fronts of its property at Main and Wate
streets.
Charles Ellison, of Pine street, wa
thrown from his motorcycle Tuesda.
morning while going to Moorestown
and painfully injured.
Miss Helen A. Cunningham has re
signed from the teaching staff of tn,
Mount Holly High school, having sc
cured more lucrative position else
where.
Another civil service examination 70
postmaster at Smithville will be held il
Mount Holly on August 26. No one ap
peared to take the examination held tw,
weeks ago.
The Burlington County Game Pro
tective League will have blue rocl
shoot for members only at Birmingham
on Saturday. August 19, beginning a
2.80 o'clock.
Henry ]. Burtis died in Trenton
Thursday. He had been in poor health
for long time. Mr.. Burtis was at one
time resident of Mount Holly, con
Quoting piano store on Mill street.
Mrs. Ray o. Van Arsdale has returned
from Ocean City, where she has been at
tending summer school, and opened hel
Lumberton residence, where she viii
make her home, having been elected
principal of the Lumberton school.
Charles E. Cause, of Llanerch, Pa,
who has been camping at Schrayschuen's
cove, on the upper creek, for the last
three months, returned to his home OF
Tuesday. Mr.. Cause is private tutor,
and during his stay here was accom-
panied by lad whom he was preparing
to enter college in September.
Chief Linderman, of the Merchant
vile police force, was visitor in Mount
Holly Friday. and while here he looked
through the Jail to see if there were in
mates that he might want to know
about. Chief Linderman is wild,
awake officer, well known and respected,
and feared by those who take a notion
to break the law in his locality.
A number of members Of the Brother
hood Bible class of the M. E. Sunday
school, With their wives, called on Rev
T. s. Hammond at the parsonage on
Thursday evening. 1t was complete
surprise to Mr.. Hammond and a very
enjoyable evening was spent. Refresh
ments concluded the evenings social
gathering
The Burlington county board of elec
tions organized at the court house on
Tuesday, and continued William H
Reeves. of New Lisbon, as chairman,
and Henry H. Savage. of Mount Holly,
as secretary. The board win meet with
Judge Lippincott, ON August %, for the
purpose of filling vacancies in district
election boards throughout the county.
The Burlington County Fair Asso-
citation announces that at the coming
fair there will be two track events of
special interest. There will be 2.25 pace
and 2.30 tzot open to horses from Bur
lington and adjoining counties, actually
owned in such counties at least thirty
days before the fair. There will also be
competition in the poultry department
for farm fiocls owned in Burlington
county.
Unable to unite their two voCes on a
candidate for the vacancy caused by the
resignation of former Mayor Joseph HI.
Hahle, acting Mayor J. V. Roberts and
Rev. William t. Snead, Beverly city
commissioners, failed on Wednesday
night to break the tie that has existed
for several months and which resulted
in the city going dry because the COM
missioners split their votes on saloon ap-
plications.
Joseph Ellis, keeper in the Camden
Jail, who was shot by Wilson C. Ash
bridge when he escaped from prison
with George E. Thompson, an alleged
forger, after Ashbridge had killed Isaac
Hibbs, another keeper, left Cooper hos
pital, Camden, Wednesday. Ellis has
one bullet in his right thigh. Another
passed through his body. The physi-
clans say he will be able to return to
duty in few days.
There is good news in store for the
creditors of Linwood Haines Limited of
America. Their claims will be paid in
full and they will receive interest as we'll
A statement to this effect was made at
the Office of Referee in Bankruptcy S.
Conrad OFT, in Camden, where a meet
ing of creditors is called tomorrow. This
condition has been brought about
through an assessment of $4 on each
share of unpaid stock held by over 1000
stockholders.
Thursday will be Mount Holly day at
Rancocas Park, and good crowd is ex-
pectsd to be on hand to enjoy the picnic
afternoon and evening. All arrange
ments have been completed for a good
time, with something of interest every
minute. Saturday will be Brotherhood
day, and the committee in charge has
made preparations for a large crowd.
This is one of the Oldest annual picnics.
and the committee knows from actual
experience just what the people will en-
joy most.
The auto chemical of America Fire
company was summoned to Fairview
about mile beyond Msdford, on Thurs
day afternoon, to assist in extinguishing
q fire in the barn on the Thackara farm
occupied by Frank Gager. The Msdford
firemen were on the job promptly, but
when it looked as If the adjoining build
ing would also catch fire, Mount Holly
was called. The barn was DESTROYED, to.
gether with some wagons and machinery
and quantity of hay. The Americs
boys did not get into service
Harry Williams, q messenger at tn,
Mount Holly railroad station, rescued
eight-year-old Mary Shemeley from
drowning in the creek above the railroad
station one afternoon last week.