The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-08-29

: The labor troubles at the Royle- Pill
t ington mill have been settled and th
weavers returned to work yesterda
: morning. 1t is being run as an ope
I shop.
: A large bird alighted in garden o.
Union street Sunday afternoon an
| seemed to be lost and bewildered. /
, flew around and finally landed on pos
on the street where after resting few
moments it seemed to get its bearing
and flew off toward the west. A gentle
man who saw the bird said it was her
on or bittern.
Captain of Marines E. J. Fryer, sor
of Samuel Fryer, of Mount Holly, WHIT
has been on duty in Haiti for many
months, has been relieved of duty there
and ordered to the command OF the
marine barricks at New Orleans. Pre-
paratory to transfer to his new station,
Captain Fryer will be at the marine bar
racks, Philadelphia, for short time.
Two men were killed on the trolley
road at London Bridge, just out of Bur-
lington, at 2.45 this morning. They
were Oscar Grainer, of Hoboken, en-
ployed at the silk mills and Charles
Collins, who worked on the farm of A.
c. Smith. The trolley crew saw the
men who were asleep on the track, but
it was impossible to stop in time to save
their lives. They were both addicted to
drink. The bodies were cut in terrible
manner. Coroner Caskill is investi
eating the case.
Willis Challender, 10 years old, was
drowned in the Delaware river, at Flor
ence, on Friday afternoon. After max
ing dive the lad appeared and called
for help, but other bathers thought he
was joking and made no effort to aid
him. When the boy did not come to
the surface again efforts were made to
find him, but it was twenty minutes
before his body was found. An automo-
bile was sent to Mount Holly for pull
motor, and Bertram Stidfole, William B.
Kumpf and Thomas l.. Quigley took
the machine to Florence, where they
worked unsuccessfully to revive the
drowned boy. Coroner Gaskill was call
ed and issued burial permit
Rev. Frank Wilcox died at Linden
hurst, the home of John Wanamaker,
near Philadelphia, on Friday Mr.. Will
cock was at one time the pastor of the
Mount Holly Presbyterian church. He
resigned his charge here and went to
Philadelphia, where he became assistant
pastor of Bethany church. He died from
acute Bright's disease. He was in q |
Philadelphia hospital for some time and |
when he had partially recovered he was
taken to Mr.. Wanamaker's home. His |
funeral takes place today. A number
OF members of his former Bible class |
here will attend the funeral. Mr. Will
cock was born October II, 1857, at |
Orangeburg. S. c. He graduated from |
Columbia University, South Carolina,
and the Spartansburg Law School. He |
entered the ministry fifteen years ago.
He served churches at Portland, Me-;
N. Y, and Sacket's Harbor,
N. Y, before coming to Mount Holly.
Robert Blackburn, aged 10 years, of |
Palmyra, was arrested and locked in the |
jail here, on Saturday, in default of bail
on a charge of assault and battery on
his sweetheart, Miss Elvira Reeves. 1t |
appears that Blackburn has been pay
ing attention to Miss Reeves, but the |
young lady's mother objected strenuous |
ly, on the ground that the lads reputa |
ton was not good. On Saturday he in
duced Miss Reeves to get into an auto
mobile which he had taken from his |
fathers garage, without consent, and |
drove toward Camden. He then told the |
girl that he wanted her to elope and get |
married. She objected and said she |
to go home. He used force in |
keeping her in the car. At Westfi ED |
the engine baked, and the couple re-
turned to Palmyra. His father, who has
had considerable trouble with Robert, |
refused to go his bail, SO the young man
was sent to Jail to await action by the |
next grand jury.