The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-14

Clarence H. Polhemus is spending
his vacation at Buck Hill Falls, Pa.
Wilmer Chance, who has been undeI
treatment in New York hospital, has
returned home much improved in
health.
| The wedding of Harold II. Budd
of Mount Holly, and Agnes B. DeCou
ldaughter of George and Margaret De
Cou, of Moorestown, will take place in
the Friends meeting house, MooRes.
town, on Saturday afternoon, Novem-
Der l.
John w. Harris has leased the Offices
in the second story of the Kelsey &
Killie building and will take up the
business of making searches and in
suring titles. He will open his office
after the first of November as the
Democratic committee has rented the
rooms until that time.
The home of DR.. Henry j. A. Rau,
on Ridgway street, was the scene of a
very enjoyable weekend house party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold G.. Knowlton and
son, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. Calvin Wes-
tervelt and daughter motored from
Woodcliff in order to be with the fam
| lily of DR.. Rau. Miss Anna May Wes-
tervelt, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Rau, for the last month";
went home by auto, and Mr.. and Mrsl
Westervelt will make a short stay in
Mount Holly.
In the U. s. courts in Trenton last
week Capt. Jere Sprague of Beach Ha-
ven, and Edward Samuels, a veal
thy gunner, who had engaged Sprague
to take him out cunning, both plead
ed guilty to violating the federal mi
gratory bird season last spring,
through shooting wild fowl after the
end of January. Report says that
there are several other complaints of
a similar nature that may have been
before the federal grand jury, or may
still be submitted to it. AS conse-
quence, there is great deal of interest
in the kind OF sentence that may be
meted out.
A meeting of the Burlington Coun-
ty Committee of the Roosevelt Memoir
ial Association will be held in the court
house this evening, when it is expect
ed that every member will be present
The members of sthe committee are
Judge Joseph H. Gaskill, Moorestown.
chairman; William t. Dantz, William
B. Shedaker, James H. Birch, Jr.,
Charles P. Farmer, Carleton E. Sholl,
Burlington; Charles r. Stout. Flor
ence; John T. Petit, Moorestown;
Hiram J. Dennis, Riverside; James
Mercer Davis, A. 8. L. Doughty.
Mount Holly; Samuel F. Garrison.
Bordentown; George N. Winner. Will
liam F. Morgan, Palmyra; and Ed
ward H. Flagg, Riverton.
Mrs. Margaret Ritter, a well-known
resident of Mount Holly, had very
narrow escape from death on Tues
day. She had been to Philadelphia,
and was walking up Washington street
on her way from the station. When
she reached the Burlington railroad
crossing, she was struck by a drill
engine. Mrs. Ritter is quite deaf and
she did not hear the engine nor did she
note the fiagman who was out with his
danger signal hoisted. The engine
struck her and carried her to the
bridge, several feet away. Captain w.
s. Gale, who was overseeing the work
of reconstructing the wall near the
railroad, saw the accident and at once
ran to the bridge. He fully expected to
see Mrs. Ritter ground to pieces but was
greatly relieved to find that she was
alive. He aided in getting her from
beneath the engine and the woman
was hurried to the hospital. 1t was
found she was severely bruised and cut
but she was able to be taken to her
home at the Washington house where
she is doing very well. In the accident
q valuable diamond pin was torn from
Mrs Riter's clothing and it is said it
was picked up later by a man in a
Buick automobile. He got away so
quickly that it was not possible to get
the number of his machine.