MOUNT HOLLY NEWS TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1916 Lewis Lippincott is ill with pneumonia at his home on High street. Joseph Maloney, of Burlington, was buried in St. Mary's cemetery, Monnt Holly, on Wednesday morning. On January 1 Dr. Robert W.
Carter completed thirty years of service at the Rancocas stock farm at Jobstown. The ladies of the Sacred Heart church held an enjoyable euchre and dance in St. Mary's ball on Thursday night. Fourteen hundred and thirty-two lodgers were provided with accommodations at the town lock-up last year. Mrs.
Clothier will give her annual carof opera in the Mount Holly nome on Friday evening, January 21. for Miss Anne McFarland, Samuel And Miss Ada Froster remain ffice for the week ending Counsell cainear Shinn, who formerBy No. on Pine street, died in Philadelphis on Tuesday. She was the of John W. Shinn.
Mrs. Sabilla Hopkins, of Mount her husband, Hopkins, on Holly, has been granted, a divorce from the ground of desertion. Manager Hulse, of the Mount Holly theatre, will devote the entertainments of tonight and tomorrow night to the benefit of the visiting nurse fund. Coroner Gaskill was called to Beverly On Wednesday night, to view the remains of Miss Rebecca Coffee, aged 75 years, who dropped dead of heart disease. Tax collector John C.
Garrett, who assumed his duties on January 1, has his office at his store on Washington street, and taxes will be received there during business hours. The township committee has increased the salaries of the police officers from $50 to $60 a month, and the salary the collector has also been raised from $500 to $600 annually. Evan F. Benners, of Moorestown, president of the Burlington County Firemen's Association, delivered an address before the Bucks County Association on Saturday night, at Bristol, Pa. George T.
Durand is now employed in the men's department of the Wetherilt stores. The former clerk, Philip S. Irons, has accepted a position with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Work has been started on the erection a new fire house at Masonville to replace the one recently burned down. As soon 88 the building is completed the Bremen hope to motorize their chemical apparatus.
Good Intent Fire Company has appointed a committee to received proposals for furnishing a triple combination fire apparatus- a motor engine, chemical and hose cart, all on one chassis. Leo St. Clair Pie, who was recently transferred from the Pennsylvania railroad supervisor's office at Mount Holly Woodbury, has been promoted to a main line assistant supervisorship with headquarters at Harrisburg. The annual meeting of the Burlington County Farm Bureau for the election of officers and transaction of other business will be held at the court house tomorrow afternoon at 1.80 o'clock. Prof.
Agee will be present to talk over the work. Cape May is making an effort to secure 8 steamboat line between that place and New York. So far as has been learned, the boat line established, last spring between Philadelphia and Atlantic City has been a losing proposition from the start. A meeting of the Men's Literary Club will be held in the High school auditorium on Friday night. William D.
Marren will talk about wall paper and coloring materials, and C. C. Cowperthwait will tell of some of the experiences of sixteen years in the postal service. It expected to be a very interesting gathering. Harold B.
Wells, receiver for the Florence Iron Works, was last week ordered Judge Haight, of the United States District Court, to advertise the plant for sale before April 15. The report of the receiver showed that the works had been conducted at a profit under his management. It is said this is the first time since 1908 that there has been balance on the right side of the firm's ledger. Elwood H. Stokes, who retired as worshipful master of Mount Holly Lodge of Masons in December, gave a dinner to few Masonic friends and the officers who served under him during his term, his home on Union street on Thursday evening.
It was a very enjoyable affair. A handsome loying cup was presented to Mr. Stokes as a token of esteem in which he was held by his Masonic associates, A fire broke out in a pile of shingles, near the barns on the George P. Lippincott farm near Marlton, on Tuesday morning. The fire spread to a stack of straw nearby and threatened the barns.
The -Mariton fire company was called and the chemical wagon and hook and ladder were taken there by automobiles, but the blaze was under control by the time they arrived. The origin of the fire is a mystery. The monthly meeting of the ParentTeacher Association will be held in the High school auditorium on Thursday evening. There will be music and recitations by the pupils, and Prof. Sullivan will talk about the advantages of a manual training and industrial science course.
Refreshments will be served and social hour enjoyed. All parents and friends of the schools are urged to be present. Employes of the Pennsylvania railroad, when trayeling on passes in crowded trains, will have to relinquish their seats to passengers who have paid fares. Annual passes issued last week to the employes of the railroad contained the clause: "Passengers paying fare have the first right to seats on This means that the holder of a pass will be no longer certain of a comfortable seat on "the plush" when he takes a ride at the expense of the railroad company. At every station he run a risk of losing his seat.
BA former Lumberton girl is sole heir to the estate of Joseph Murphy, the Irish comedian, who died in New York last week, leaving a fortune of several million dollars She is his young widow. Until her marriage in 1909, at which time her home was in Lumberton, she WAS Miss May Frymier, and had many friends in this neighborhood. Her father WAS John E. Frymier, at one time member of the Philadelphia firm of Frymier Edwards, coffee roasters and importers. Mrs.
Murphy was born in Philadelphia, and educated in Germany. Her father served in the civil war. Later his health failed, and he gave up business, his daughter going on the stage under the name of May Firmier. In 1909, while on tour with Miss Grace George, the twenty-five-year-old actress was married to the seventy-year-old comedian at San Antonio, Texas. WAS love match, and friends say their married life was ideal.
They spent most of their time between a mansion at Richmond Hill, L. and New York city, where the widow now lives at Herald Square hotel, LOCAL NEWS. William S. Kelley is seriously ill with pleuro-pneumonia. Dr.
Benjamin R. Powell, of Moorestown, is seriously ill with pleuro-pneumonia at Hahnemann hospital, Philadelphia. Remember the supper the ladies of the United Brethren church are preparing to hold January 27, at the Union fire house. Special evangelistic services will be held in the Baptist church commencing January 16th, 1916. Preaching by James H.
Terry pastor. The death of Anthony J. Morris, of Pemberton, occurred on Thursday. His remains were interred in St. Andrew's cemetery, Mount Holly, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Chance, 3d, and children, who have spending the holidays in Mount Holly. returned to their home in Philadelphia on Friday.
The next meeting of the Burlington Counly Firemen's Association will be held at the house of Endeavor Company at Burlington, on the evening of January 19. A civil service examination for the purpose of making up an eligible register for clerks and carriers at the Mounting Holly post office, will be held at Philadelphia on Jauuary 22. A cake, bread and pie sale will be held in the Y. M. C.
A. room over the post office on Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock, by the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church. Announcement is made of the mar- its riage of Miss Neta B. Herbert, chief ator at the local Bell telephone exchange, to Wilson Matlack, of Mount Holly and Roebling. The ceremony was performed by Rev.
James H. Terry on be Thursday, December 30. Margaret Cox, widow of the late Townsend Cox, of Bordentown, died in Mount Holly on Monday night of last week. She was 86 years old and had resided here about six months. The funeral took place on Thursday, with interment at Bordentown.
A pleasant time prevailed, Saturday evening, at the home of Elwood Sleeper, on Paxson street, when the boys of Vic- will tor Long's class of the M. E. Sunday ish school, of which he is a member, gave ary him a surprise by calling on him in a body, and assisted him in celebrating his birthday. The re-organization meeting of the Burlington county boys' agricultural contest committee has been called by chairman Walter Kirby for 9.30 A.M. on Saturday, at the county Y.
M. C. A. office in Mount Holly. Plans for the sixth annual contest will be discussed, a reports given and new officers elected.
The Brotherhood Bible class of the Methodist Sunday school elected the next following officers on Sunday afternoon: leave President, Samuel C. Stanton; first vice from president, Ferdinand H. Jackel; second and vice president, Charles H. Warner; third from vice president, William H. Taylor; secretary, Raymond W.
Sprow; treasurer, John N. Carty. ized The Burlington County Federation of is Patriotic and Religious Fraternities has extended an invitation to the patriotic societies of the town and county to at- to tend a special service in the Mount meet Holly Methodist church, on Sunday ing evening, February 6, when Rev. Joseph L. Surtees will preach a sermon appro- tary priate to Lincoln's birthday, Miss Gove and her Pilgrim girls will appear at the Methodist church to-night and in a high-class musical concert, which is the third number of the Lyceum course.
This entertainment promises to New be one of unusual merit. The company is composed of six young ladies, who are artists in vocal, instrumental and will orchestra work. Don't miss it. Admission will be 35 cents. of Riverside township in Statements members of the fire com- the officials and the effect that the supply of shall pany to the fire not water was inadequate during which destroyed the large brick building at the plant of the William F.
Taubel Riverside last week, are at hosiery mills at challenged by officers of the Delaware River Water Company. President Jones, of that company, has written the town- ing ship officials a denial of the ciaims, de- C. claring that the water pressure prior to and during the blase was amply suffici- nold ent to meet all demands of the fire ap- J. paratus. by; Pocahontas Tribe No.
18, Improved Order of Red Men, has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Prophet, George J. Robertson; sachem, lady Joseph Stradling; senior sagamore, Tilden H. Bedwell; junior sagamore, George F. King; keeper of records, John Pew. B.
Dobbins; collector of wampum, B. Garfield Bozarth; keeper of wampum, Daniel Eddleman; janitor, B. Garfield Bozarth, guard of forest. George F. night King; representative, Joseph Stradling; too alternate, George F.
King; trustees, George J. Robertson, J. B. Bennett and sion George F. King.
fluid Tuesday, February 8, has been set for the date for a hearing at Trenton by the M. Public Utility Commission on the application of the Burlington County ing Transit Company for permission to increase fares on its road. The company asks for the approval of the proposed increases on the ground that its present revenue is not sufficient to enable it to maintain its property in the condition desired to afford proper service and also in to obtain a reasonable return on the investment. The proposed increases are he as follows: Burlington to Moorestown, his from 20 to 30 cents; Mount Holly to Mr. Burlington, from 10 to 15 cents; Mount a Holly to Moorestown, from 10 to 15 the cents.
had Official announcement is made of the establishment in Cumberland county by the State Experimental Station of of the proposed South Jersey demonstration and experimental farm, for which at the last session of the legislature $25,000 was appropriated. The selection of the farms was made at a meeting of the Board Managers at the Experimental farm, New Brunswick, Friday. For more than a year a special commission appointed by the Board of Managers has been going over South Jersey making investigations of farms and soil conditions, with the result that three farms near Finely station, just north of Bridgeton, were selected, hav- to ing a combined area of a little more than 200 acres. The cost of the farms to the State is $20,900. Quarantine signs and regulations were no hindrance when Mrs.
Harold cliff, of Burlington township, decided to take her three children, one of the trio suffering from scarlet fevor, to a new home her Husband has provided at Pennsgrove, where he is employed. The manner of her going caused a temporary panic among township and city health authorities. The sick child had recovered sufficiently to leave its bed, but was a at the stage of the disease considered most contagious by physicians, when Mrs. Bentcliff, tiring of restrictions under which she was placed by the quarantine card on the door, decided to leave. Township health officers learned the woman and her children had gone to Burlington by trolley, and there taken a train for Camden.
The Camden health department was notified, and Mrs. Bent. cliff and her children were detained at the terminal until physicians could exIt amine the sick child. Burlington offcials were astonished when notified that the Camden health authorities had granted Mrs. Bentoliff permission to continue to Pennsgrove with the child, the and said the matter would be reported, to the state board of health.
On Wednesday night Camp 59, P. O. of will have initiation and all members are requested to attend. The Ladies' Aid of the G. A.
R. will hold an important business meeting the hall this evening. All members requested to be present. Bloomfield B. Pew, well-known farmer who lived on Wood lane, died yesterday from pneumonia, after a short illness.
He WAS 60 years of age. The ladies' aid of the Baptist church will serve a supper in the lecture room of the church on Thursday, February 10, for the benefit of the parsonage fund. Charles Stradling, of Cherry street, was tendered a surprise party on Saturday night, by a number of relatives and in honor of his twenty-first birthday, The men's organized Bible class of the United Brethren Sunday school, extend an invitation to all men who do not attend elsewhere to join the class. Two o'clock P. M.
each Lord's day. The officers of the Burlington County Federation of Patriotic and Religious Fraternities were installed by state president E. N. Strong, of Ringo, at a meetheld in Mount Holly last night. Women are the only liquor license holders in Bridgeboro this year, a wholesale license having been granted to Mrs.
Marie Stumpf and a wholesale and retail license to Mrs. Ellen Eastburn. Mount Holly Lodge of Moose will give an entertainment and luncheon to members on Thursday evening. All members are requested to attend, and each one is entitled to bring a friend. The annual meeting of the Mount Holly Young Association will held at the home of Ezra and Martha Engle.
at Masonville, on Thursday, January 20. at 7.30 P. M. A full attendance is requested. The large brick chimney at the old electric light station on Water street is being torn down.
While working there yesterday, Ambrose Reeves fell and broke a leg. He was taken to the Burlington County Hospital. The ladies of St. Andrew's church give their annual supper in the parhouse on Thursday evening, Janu20. The bill of fare will include terrapin, chicken salad, fried oysters, chicken croquettes and other good things.
The sleet-covered sidewalks yesterday morning caused considerable trouble for pedestrians and horses for a bour or two. William H. Mason had a hard fall on Main street, striking 1 his head, and com-1 pelling him to remain in the house for few days. Burlington county night at the "Billy tabernacle, Trenton, Saturday evening. Train will Burlington 6.14 P.
fare 55c Burlington and return. Tickets further information can be secured Raymond Broom, 10 Church street, Mount Holly. A troop of boy scouts is being organin Mount Herbert Wollner scout master, and Lieutenant Earl Everline, Samuel Browne and George Kates are assistants. All boys desiring join the organization are requested to in the armory in the Arcade buildtomorrow (Wednesday) night. Three lectures on the subject of milipreparedness will be given in the Friends' meeting house, 15th and Race streets, Philadelphia, January 14 and 28 February 11, to which the public is invited.
The speakers will be G. W. Nasmyth, of Boston; Hamilton Holt, of York, and Elbert Russell, of Baltimore. The Keswick colony for drunken men probably be duplicated in the near future by a colony in the South Jersey pines for women who may be gathered the various Christian missions in large cities. It is proposed that they be given employment and that only their moral side shall be changed, but that they may be built up.
physically. This subject was discussed a recent conference at the Keswick colony by slum workers. Rancocas Grange installed the followofficers on Wednesday: Master, Ezra Engle; overseer, Maurice E. Lundy; lecturer, Florence Haines; steward, ReyThomas; assistant steward, Henry Winner; chaplain, Elizabeth L. Buztreasurer, Oscar W.
Pew; secretary, Nancy M. Leeds; gatekeeper, Charles E. Shinn, ceres, Bessie Budd; pomona, Laura T. Lundy; flora, Ada R. Shinn; assistant steward, Elsie L.
Pew; pianist, Myrtle Belle; trustees, Tylee B. Engle; William B. Winner; Sarah A. William Poinsett, of Juliustown, had narrow escape from being fataily burned in an explosion on Wednesday when he placed his lighted lantern close to a tank from which he WAS drawing gasoline. There was an exploas soon as he started to draw off the and he WAS soon enveloped in flames.
Fortunately 8 neighbor, Allen Cox, happened to be near, extinguished the flaming clothes rollPoinsett on the ground. WAS severely burned about the face and arms, but will recover. Joseph Lundy died at his home in Rancocas, Friday afternoon, from apoplexy. He attended a dinner in Mount Holly on Thursday night, and seemed his usual health and spirits. Friday morning he went to Burlington, where was stricken, and was removed to home, death ensuing in a few hours.
Lundy was 75 years of age. He was past master and the oldest member of Mount Holly Masonic lodge, and served as its senior steward for number of years. He is survived by widow aud one son, J. Wilmer Lundy, Newtown, Pa. The funeral will take place this afternoon, interment being made at Rancocas.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Burlington County Fair Association was held on Saturday. The following officers were elected: President, Edward B. Jones; vice president, Robert Carter; secretary, Richard P. Wills; treasurer, Ellen C. Curtis.
Three directors, whose terms expired, were reelected -William A. Townsend, John P. Hutchinson and Ivins Davis. William Jones, of Medford, was elected a director succeed Edward B. Jones, who had been advanced to the presidency.
The financial statement showed that the last fair was conducted at a loss on account of rainy weather. There is a strong effort being made to have the Association apply for a license to sell beer at the coming fair. Advertisem*nts. Young man over 16 years of age wanted at Wollner's meat market, 35 Main street. Experienced bookkeeper wants work for afternoons or evenings.
Apply at this office. Checking accounts, large or small, are invited by the Mount Holly Safe Deposit Trust Company, Wanted, on bond and mortgage $5,000 and $700; good security. Address A. A. Anderson, Mount Holly.
144-egg Cyphers incubator, nearly new, and an International hover fo sale cheap. T. C. Keeler, 40 Union st. Rooms for rent in a desirable location in Mount Holly.
Apply mail only. Address care of NEWS office. Lost- small dog, brown, smooth haired Irish terrier. Answers to name of Zip. Collar marked inside Bide-awee, home New York.
Please return to 25 Washington street, Mount Holly. On Monday of last week Joseph Thomas escaped from the state prison at Trenton and since that time farmers in the upper corner of Burlington county and adjoining sections of Monmouth and Mercer counties are in fear of what may happen to their buildings if the fellow is not soon recaptured. Thomas went to the state prison a few years ago on a sentence of not less than 264 years to 55 years. His offence WAS barn burning and stealing horses in the sections of counties mentioned. During the time he was at work at his lawless transactions he set fire to at least $800,000 worth of farm buildings and caused the death of 40 horses.
In addition to this he had stolen 16 horses. He WAS finally arrested by Detective Parker and at that time he told the officers that he had planned to burn farm buildings at Arneytown and Allentown. That this was no idle threat seems to be assured by the fact that since his escape Thomas has been seen in the neighborhood of the farms mentioned and the buildings on the two places have been burned down. The farmers in the vicinity are thoroughly alarmed and they have determined to be on the watch for this dangerous criminal. If he should be recaptured he would have to serve the 55 years of such imprisonment and it is believed he will suffer death rather than undergo any such punishment.
One thing is certain and that is that if he is seen prowling around the farms in the vicinity of the places named there will be every effort made to capture him and if he cannot be taken alive he will have to be taken dead. Ocean County Affairs. Fear Firebug Although the Ocean county board of freeholders is composed of 12 Republicans and two Democrats, James E. Otis was elected director. There was a peculiar state of affairs when the board organized.
The held 8 caucus and, among other nominees, had decided to support Dr. Herbert Willis, of Beach Haven, for director, and W. Howard Jeffrey, of Toms River, for solicitor. When the board was called to order and the roll call was being made, 8 protest was entered by William L. Butler, of Beach Haven, the retiring member from Long Beach township, against seating Dr.
for the reason that he had failed to file his campaign committee designation and campaign expense account with the clerk of his township. Dr. Willis denied this and claimed that he had complied with the law. The former solicitor ex-Judge Berry, was appealed to for advice upon the question. He stated that the law WAS mandatory relative to Aling the election expense account, and if Dr.
Willis had failed te do so, he was not entitled to his seat, bu it he had done so, 88 the doctor claimed, he should be seated. Mr. Berry suggested that the board take a ballot on the question of seating Dr. Willis, which was done, the vote resulting in his being ousted. The former member, Butler, was seated as a hold-over representative from Long Beach.
This disarranged the Republican caucus nomination, and after two men had been hurriedly named and declined. Mr. Otis, Democrat, was unanimously elected. When nominations for solicitor were requested, former solicitor Berry WAS nominated by the Democrats and W. Howard Jeffrey by the Republicans.
The ballot resulted thus: Berry, Jeffrey, and 1 blank. Director Otis declared Berry elected. A protest was made by Mr. Jones that it required a majority vote to elect an officer and Berry had not received that vote. The dispute was not settled, but deferred to a later meeting.
A provisional budget of $98,400 was adopted. On resolution of Mr. Brandt, the bid of L. W. Holman for the first section of the Barnegat-Buddtown road, at $22,668.84, was accepted, and the contract awarded to him.
On Tuesday morning the dredge which is to undertake the first section of the canal from the head of Barnegat Bay to Manasquan river, got steam up for the first. This canal if completed will compel the county to put in several new drawbridges, all of the jack knife or lift type, like that on the toll bridge across Barnegat Bay at Seaside Heights. It is stated that the war department will approye of no other type of drawbridge for such a purpose. At the adjourned meeting of the board of freeholders, on Tuesday, lawyer Jayne, counsel for Joseph B. Hoff and Howard Applegate of the contracting firm of 'Howard Applegate," stated that the mandamus brought by him for that firm against the board, to prevent the awarding of repairs to the court house to L.
J. Hutchinson, has been argued before Judge Garrison and a decision was expected shortly. The county was represented and its case argued by former Judge M. L. Berry, solicitor of the board.
The final hearing in the application by Edward Fay for an injunction to prevent the Island Heights and Seaside Park Bridge Company from operating their bridge until his claims of about $35,000 for building the bridge are settled, will be held by Vice Chancellor Stevens on April 26, almost a year from the time the injunction was first asked, which was the last week of May, 1915. In the suits brought by Fay in the Court to compel the Bridge Company to pay him the balance he alleges to be due, former Judge Berry, solicitor for the company, has fled counter claims of $24,000 against Fay's claims of about $85,000. Civic Association of Lumberton. It is with hope and enthusiasm that the citizens of Lumberton announce the organization of a civic club, known as "The Civic Association of Lumberton, N. Two preliminary meetings were held late in 1915, but the first meeting in 1916, held early in January, proclaimed the new association firmly established, with 84 members, sincere in their desires, to carry out the highest ideals of such an organization.
In large cities, such as Philadelphia and Boston, the city clubs are societies of considerable importance, their membership including men and women of country-wide renown, and their activities bearing a strong influence for good apon their several communities. Quite in line with this progress, Lumberton citizens have organized their civic association, the objects of which are, primarily, mutual social benefit, civic improvement, and municipal uplift. Like the new year, the association is in its infancy, but its first year of existence, extending ahead, holds much promise, and great opportunities for good. Moorestown. Ground has been broken at Second and Stanwick avenue for the new home of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter 8. Lippincott. The Moorestown Farmers' Institute will be held Thursday and Friday, January 20th and 21st, in' Grange Hall. On Thursday evening, January 20th, Mrs.
Rosa Morgan, of New York. will rive her celebrated lecture "Songs that live." Mrs. Elizabeth H. Richie has closed her house on Chestnut street and is now in Orlando, where she will spend a portion of the winter. The Moorestown Gun Club now has ninety-nine members.
This is a re markable number for the short tim the club has been organized. Court. On Tuesday the case of Edwin Rogers against George S. Thompson, for slander, was continued and at the conclusion of testimony on both sides Judge Carrow instructed the jury to render. verdict in favor of the defendant, on the ground that the latter was exercising privilege as a lawyer when he made the statements which kept Rogers from being appointed trustee in a bankruptcy case, and also on the ground that the marks were not so slanderous as was contended.
At the conclusion of the RogersThompson suit the case of two Italians against the Burlington Real Estate and Improvement Association was taken up. This was the outcome of a real estate transaction. The Italians bought lots of the Association, made payment on account and went ahead with preparations to build. The deeds had not yet been delivered and before that part the business was concluded the purchasers were informed that the deal was off and that the amount of money they had paid would be returned to them. This was quite a disappointment to the foreingers who had gone so far as to have cellars dug and had made partial payment to contractors to erect the houses.
The reason for refusing to deliver the deeds seems to be that inhabitants of the neighborhood where the lots are situated did not desire Italians to settle there. The case appeared to be perfectly plain and the jury awarded one of the plaintiffs $474, the other getting $69. J. S. Collins Son, of Moorestown, had a suit against Clifford H.
Shinn for balance due on bill for lumber The defendant did not put in an appearance and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff. On Wednesday the case of George Linton against the Burlington County Transit Company was tried. Linton is a member of Relief Fire Company, of Mount Holly, and during the fire at the Royle-Pilkington mill, was struck by a car of the defendant company. The testimony on his side showed that he was adjusting the hose leading from the engine to the fire aud that there were some kinks in it. In attempting to straighten these Linton got too close to the trolley track and a car struck him in the back and head, causing him injuries which resulted in his being taken to the hospital and keeping him from work for some time.
The contention was that the motorman was not attending to his duties, but was watching the fire and did not give any signal of the car's approach. The defence was that Linton WaS guilty of contributory negligence. "He was standing with his back to the car as it approached and suddenly turned and backed into the car. The motorman claimed to have been running very slowly and that he sounded his gong continually when he reached the spot where Linton and others were Passengers on the car and some people on the street, corroborated the testimony about the gong being rung. Testimony was also introduced to show that Linton's failure to work all the time after the accident was due to the fact that he hurt his finger playing base ball.
The jury rendered a verdict of $100 in favor of Linton. CRIMINAL COURT YESTERDAY Criminal matters occupied the tion of Judge Lippincott's court yesterday. William Danley, a farm hand, who had been working in the neighborhood of Columbus and Bordentown, pleaded guilty to forging an endorsem*nt to a check and also to stealing a pair of felt boots. The defendant was indicted at the April term, 1918, but was not located by the officers until recently. Part of the time Danley has been living in Pennsylvania.
When asked what he had to say about the crimes, Danley stated that he WAS so drunk at the time that he could not remember the details of the two affairs. Prosecutor Kelsey stated that the check was for $1.65, made payable to the order of Moses Wilbur, and Danley endorsed the paper and had it cashed. The boots were taken from the front of Walter S. Bullock's store at Columbus. Danley stated that he cannot read or write and that some one else must have endorsed the check.
He stated that he paid for the boots as soon as he became sober and found that he had stolen them. Detective Parker explained that Danley had endorsed the check by making his mark and having it witnessed. Judge Lippincott sent the man back to jail until Thursday, so that there will be time to make an investigation of Danley's statements. Douglas Fisher was placed on trial for assault and battery on his wife, Lydia, on August 14 last, at their home on Green street, Mount Holly. Mrs.
Fisher testified that she had been to the moving picture theatre that night and after doing some shopping returned to her home in company with her son- in-law, Albert Robbins. Her husband, partly intoxicated, was sitting on the front porch, He came into the house, and without a word being spoken, struck her on the face with his fist, causing blood to flow freely from a cut on her "lip. She called for assistance, and her son-in-law, who had not entered the house, hurried back and preyented further trouble. A warrant for defendant's arrest was issued that night. Albert Robbins, the son-in-law, said he did not see the assault, but when he went into the house he saw that blood was running from Mrs.
Fisher's face. The defendant was about half intoxicated at the time. Recorder Herbert testified that he issued the warrant for Fisher's arrest on the night of August I4, but that the defendant could not be found by officers until December 1. When Mrs. Fisher appeared to make complaint on the night of the assault, she was exhausted and had a cut on her face.
The defendant was represented by Henry H. Savage. The claim of the defense was that the assault was accidental; that there was no intent to injure Mrs. Fisher. The defendant testified that on the day of the alleged assault he had been drinking considerably.
He did not hear his wife return home that- night, and did not know she was in the house. While hurrying through the house he stumbled while going from the dining room to the kitchen, which is one step lower than the dining room, and struck his wife accidentally with his head. He denied intending to strike her. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The next case was against Byron wards, charged with deserting his family in Mount Laurel township, in January, 1914, and not providing any means for their support.
Prosecutor Kelsey appeared for the state; Henry H. Savage represented the defendant. Mrs. Edwards testified that her husband left their farm on January 7 or 8, 1914, and did not return until January 8, 1916, which was after he had been indieted. He made no provision for the support of herself or their two children now aged 9 and 11 years respectively.
When -he went away he merely stated that he was going on a trip. He sold all the crops on the farm, except some hay and straw, collected the money, and took all the cash with him. The 112 acre farm upon which they re" sided is owned by Mrs. Edwards, On cross-examination the witness stated that she had frequently received letters from her husband, who was in California. He asked her to send money enough to pay his fare home, which refused to do.
She admitted that when he went away she accompanied him the Moorestown station. He told her 8 intended to come back again. The stock on the farm consists of seven his horses, two cows and about 100 chickens. The farm is mortgaged for $6,500, and there is a chattel mortgage on the personal property. re- Harry Shotley, who has been employed on the farm for several years, said Edwards told witness of his intention of going on a trip.
He said Edwards, before leaving, sold all the crops on the farm except some hay and straw. On cross-examination it WAS shown that Edwards had made a lease with Shotley to run the farm on shares; pay two-thirds of the proceeds to Mrs. Edwards and to retain one third as his share. Witness said the farm is well of stocked with machinery and implements, the public sale value of which would about $2,000. Byron Edwards, the defendant, testi, fied that when he left the farm there was 25 or 30 tons of hay and straw there; that the taxes and all other bills had been paid; that he had left all his personal property on the farm; that he had entered into an agreement with Shotley to run the farm on shares and pay twothirds of the profits to Mrs.
Edwards, and that he did not abandon his family but fully expected to return and frequently wrote letters to his wife and others in the neighborhood. He said he had a life insurance policy' upon which he collected $224 and about $100 from the sale of farm products when he left for the west. His reason for leaving on a trip was that he was run down in health, having lost twenty or more pounds in weight, and he believed a change of climate would be beneficial He intended to return home during the autumn of 1914, but his money ran out and he could not earn enough to come back then. He had several jobs of employment, but it was impossible to earn over $15 a week, as the labor market was overstocked, and the cost of living is high in California. When he heard he had been indicted last October for deserting his family he had saved some money and in a few months got together enough cash to return fo Burlington county and face the untrue charge against him.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Condition of School Buildings The State Department of Education has sent out, the last week, a series of questions with the idea of ascertaining the condition of school buildings throughout the state, especially in rural districts. The chief inquiry is whether buildingsare fireproof and what arrangements have been made for the protecion of the pupils and their safe removal from the buildings in case of fire. It is safe to say that in this county there are many school houses that are not only not fireprof but are veritable Aretraps. The idea seems to prevail in many districts that "what wAS good enough for grandfather is good enough for the children of today." At a meeting of a Board of Education within six miles of Mount Holly, Wednesday evening, this matter was discussed and it was shown that the old schoolhouse erected over a half century ago, has a heater directly under the stairway and if a fire ever starts in that building it will certainly be disastrous to the children who are constantly in peril.
Yet the taxpayers of that township have re" fused to do anything to better the condition of affairs. There are many schoolhouses in this county that are so constructed that, while they may not be absolutely fire proof, are so arranged that the pupils may easily be removed in case of fire without danger to life or limb, but there are many others that are constructed on an entirely different principle. It is a peculiar thing that residents of the county districts put up buildings for the care of their cattle at a cost exceeding that, which would be required to insure safety to human lives. Florence. Now that the order has been giyen by Judge Haight of the United States Court for Florence Iron Works to be sold, the employes and their families, and in fact the entire town who are dependent on the works for a living, sincerely hope the management will remain in the hands of Walter Wood, who has done so much for Florence.
The remains of the late Mrs. Anna E. Platt, wife of Harry Platt, were Friday afternoon from the residence of her husband. The interment was made at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burlington. Every day some one else is added to the long list of those afflicted with grip, and the office forces of the foundry and thread works are badly crippled.
Mrs. Charles Peaco*ck and Mrs. G. W. Mead are assisting at the thread works office during the illness of the regular clerks.
Frank Thacher, of the Florence Thread Works, was called to Washington, D.C., on Friday, to visit his mother, Mrs. Ella Thacher, who is here very ill. Thacher is well known and her many friends trust that her illness is not serious. Blank books. We sell the best make only at reasonable prices.
L. S. Boyce, stationer. ad MARRIED side, Rev. J.
Mercer Hunt, Leon Blake, of BLAKE- 29, at RiverDelanco, and Miss Alice Conner, of Riverside. 28, at Riverside, by Rev. J. Mercer Hunt, James Hendrickson and Miss Hattie Haines, both of Riverside, MATLACK HERBERT. December 80, at Mount Holly, by Rev.
James H. Terry, Wilson Matlack and Miss Neta B. Herbert, both of Mount Holly. PEAK- January 5, at Beverly, by Rev. William T.
Snead, Eugene Peak, of London, England, and Miss Doris Perkins, of Beverly. -December 24, at Moorestown, by Rev. R. J. Patterson, Mark J.
Rowe, of New Brunswick, and Miss Muriel Morton, of Moorestown. 25, at Bordentown, by Rev. Howell Dayis, Elizabeth Harry Shuler, of Roebling, and Miss Schaffer, of Florence. 18, at Medford, by Rev. Herbert 8.
Munyon, William Vaughn and Miss Edna Lillian Forvour, both of Medford. 31, at Yardville, Rachel E. Allison, in her 68th year. Interment at Crosswicks. 31, at Riverton, Daniel M.
Barr, in his 48d year. January 7, at Palmyra, Hannah wife of B. Frank Bates, aged 74 years. dauguter of the late William and Jane Coffee. Beverly, Rebecca, 4, at Mount Holly, Hettie Dunn, aged 90 years.
-January 6, at Burlington, Ellen, widow James Doyle. 8, at Bridgeboro, Mildred daughter of Benjamin A. and Georgianna Funk, aged 18 years. 10, at Moorestown, Uriah B. Funk, in his 67th year.
Interment at Mount Holly. GEISEL. January 6, at Palmyra, Elsie Geisel, aged 21 years. GRAY, December 81, at Bordentown, Katherine widow of Edward Gray. HAINES.
January 8, at Philadelphia, Samuel B. Haines, of Moorestown, aged 76 years. HANRY. January 4, at Florence, Lydia Henry, aged 65 years. January 8, at Florence, Samuel M.
Hughes, aged 62 years. January 6, at Cambridge, Sarah W. daughter of Daniel A. and Sallie A. Keys, aged 7 years.
10, at Burlington, Mary Elizabeth, wife of John B. Lippincott, aged 80 years. January 7, at Rancocas, Joseph Lundy, aged 75 years. at Medford, Isabellas wife of Hazelton B. Miller, aged 58 years.
January 1, at Trenton, Ella M. Messler, of Bordentown, aged 65 years. 6, at Pemberton, Anthony J. Morris, aged 78 years. Interred at Mount Holly.
-January 10, near Mt. Holly, Bloomfield B. Pew, aged 60 years. January at Florence, Annie wife of Harry A. Platt.
REID. -January 8, at Burlington, May wife of William E. Reid, and daughter of John B. and Mary E. Marshall, aged 22 years.
SHINN. January 4, at Philadelphia, Josehhine Rinear, widow of John W. Shinn, formerly of Mount Holly. 4, at Philadelphia Harold S. Wright, son of Clarence and Mary E.
Wright, of Bordentown, in the 10th year of his age. WALTERS. -January 9, at Florence, Annie Walters, Bordentown. The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Israel Edwards, on Crosswicks street, and left a son. This makes three sons in the family. Harold Wright, the nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wright, died Wednesday afternoon at the Pennsylvania University hospital at Philadelphia, where he had been for a few weeks, and where two operations had been performed on him for brain trouble.
At an early hour Wednesday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Rattigan, of Crosswicks street, were aroused by the smell of escaping gas, which was supposed to have escaped from the heater. Mrs.
Rattigan was so weak when she arose from the bed that she fell against a piece of furniture in the room, severing an artery in the forehead and bleeding profusely. Announcement has been made of the marriage, at Baltimore, December 27, Miss Bessie Lewis, of this city, and William Keegan, of Baltimore. Announcement has been made here that a theatre erected at Church street and Farnsworth avenue by John H. Mannix, until recently proprietor the Victoria Theatre here. Mr.
Mannix closed negotiations a few days ago for the purchase of the property where the theatre is to be located and work on the removal of the old building now occupying the site will begun immediately. The site has a frontage of 33 feet on Farnsworth avenue and a depth of 182 feet. The new building will have a twostory front with a store on the corner and living rooms on the second story. The new theatre, which will be up to date in every respect, will be ready for occupancy by June 1. Spalding's ice skates are for sale here.
L. S. Boyce, sporting goods. adv PROPOSALS Harry Hawkins, Clerk James Logan, County Engineer. S.
M. McFarland, Supervisor of Roads. Sealed proposals will be received by the road Board of Chosen Freeholders for supplying oil to be used on the County's Improved roads for the year of 1916, at the Court House, Mount Holly. on WEDNESDAY, JANUAY 26th, 1916, at 12.30 p. and opened immediately thereafter.
Specifications may be obtained from James Logan, County Engineer, Mount Holly, N. J. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. By order of the Road Committee of the Board of Chosen Freeholders. JOSEPH A.
DELANEY. Chairman of Road Committee. A. 1. Davis, Director.
PROPOSALS Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington for Supplying Heavy Road Oil to be used on the County's Improved roads for the year 1916, at the Court House, Mount Holly, N. on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1916, at 12 15 p. and opened immediately thereafter. Specifications may be obtained from James Logan, County Engineer, Mount Holly, N. J.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. By order of the Road Committee of the Board of Chosen Freeholders. JOSEPH A. DELANEY. Chairman of Road Committee.
A. I. Davis, Director. Harry Hawkins, Clerk. James Logan, County Engineer.
S. M. McFarland County Supervisor of Roads. PROPOSALS WILLIAM T. STECHER, SAMUEL F.
GARRISON, Sol'T. Sheriff. Dated January 3, 1916. Prs. adv.
fee $23,86 Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington for Cleaning and Applying Heavy Road 011 to some of the County's improved roads, at the Court House, Mount Holly, N. on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1916, at 12.00 and opened immediately thereafter. Specifications may be obtained from James Logan, County Engineer, Mount Holly, N. J. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Road Committee of the Board of Chosen Freeholders. JOSEPH A. DELANEY, Chairman of Road Committee. A. I.
Davis, Director, Harry Hawkins, Clerk. James Logan, County Engineer. S. M. McFarland, County Supervisor of Roads.
SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me directed, Issued out of the Court of Chancery of the state of New Jersey, I will sell at public sale, on THURSDAY, FEBRUAKY 3d, 1916 between the hours of 12 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of said day (to wit at 2 o'clock), at the Court House Mount Holly. N. All the following described tract or parcel of land and premises, situate, lying and being townships of New Hanover and Pemberton, In the county of Burlington and state of New Jersey, beginning at mouth of Lurking Run that puts into the Pine Mill stream a short distance north of the road from Pointville to Hanover Furnace and runs (1st) south twenty-seven degrees east, four chains to a stake in the middle of the aforesaid road; then (2nd) down the easterly, edge of the Mill Pond at full head by the various courses of the shore until you come to a stoue corner to Hanover south Furnace lands; degrees by which it runs (8rd) sixty-eight east, thirty-four chains and seventy links to a stone in low ground corner to the said Hanover Furnace lands; by which 1t continues to run (4th) north one degree and forty-five minutes east, seventy-eight chains and forty links to a stone corner to the same standing In the north edge of Gum Spang corner to 41A returned to John Monroe; then by the same (5th) north seventeen degrees west, seven chains; then (6th) by the same north sixty two degrees west, six chains to a stone corner to. A41 also Hanover Furnace lands; then by the same (7th) north eighty three degrees west, two chains and eighty links to a stone in the Hanover Furnace line; then (8th) by lands Joseph K. Hulme sold to Leonard Dilts north eighty-five degrees west, seven chains and fifty links to a stake in the middle of the Pine Mill Stream; then lous (9th) down the thereof middle to of the stream of the begin- var.
courses place hing, containing 195.5 acres of land, be the same more or less. It being the same tract of land that Joseph K. Hulme, administrator of John Parker, conveyed Thomas to Levi McIntire Parker, by deed Joseph bear- M. Reeves and ing date Oct. 1, 1864 and recorded in Book D-7 of Deeds, page 294, In the Burlington County Seized as the property of Mary Elizabeth Clerk's office.
Gibbs, et defendants, taken In execution at the suit of The Trenton Trust and Sale Deposit Company, trustee, complainant, and to be sold by HERIFFS SALE. By virtue of a writ of feri facias, to me directed, issued out of the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, I will sell at public sale on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916 between the hours of 12 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of said day (to-wit at 2 o'clock), at the Court House, Mount Holly, N. All the following described lot or parcel of land situate in the township of Northampton, county of Burlington and state of New at a stake in the middle of the road leading Jersey, and bounded as follows, viz: Beginning from Mount Holly to, Hainesport, aud corner to a lot of land belonging to late John H. Scattergood, and runs minutes (1) north twelve degrees and fifteen west two bundred feet to a stone iu the southerly line of a twenty feet wide alley; thence (2) along the southerly line of said alley north seventyseven degrees and forty-five minutes east feet to a stone; thence (3) south twelve degrees and fifteen minutes east two hundred feet to a stake in said road; thence (4) along the middle of said road south seven-seven degrees and forty-five minutes west forty-three feet to the place of beginning, be the contents what they may. Being the same premises that were conveyed from to the said Charles Hawkins June by deed 1850, and William recorded An- in derson, dated 10, the Clerk's office of Burlington county at Mount Holly in Book Z-4 of Deeds, page 566, Seized as the property of Robert H.
Hawkins, et defendants, taken in execution at the suit of James A. Lytle, complainant, and to be sold by WILLIAM T. STECHER, RICHARD B. ECKMAN, Sol'r. Sheriff.
Dated Jan 6, 1916. Pre. ad. fee $15.80 HERIFE'S SALE By virtue of a writ of fleri facias, to me directed, issued out of the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, I will sell at public sale on THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1916 between the hours of 12 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, (to-wit at 2 o'clock,) at the Court House, Mount Holly, N. All that certain tract or.
parcel of land and premises hereinafter particularly described, situate in the township of Palmyra, in county of Burlington and state of New Jersey, located and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the easterly side o. a road known as Cinnaminson avenue, four hundred and fourteen and fifteen one hundredths feet north of the intersection of the easterly side of said Cinnaminson avenue with the northerly side of Wallace street thence extending along the easterly side of said Cinnaminson avenue, southwardly any feet in breadth or frontage; thence eastwardly of that frontage between parallel lines at right angles to sald Cinnaminson avenue two hundred and twelve feet on the northerly line thereof, and two hundred and thirty-two and three one-hundredths feet on the southerly line thereof, extending through to Parry avenue. Being the same premises which Mary M. Wallace, by indenture dated the twenty-sixth day of February, 1906, A. and recorded at Mount Holly In Deed Book No.
408, page 4, granted and conveyed unto the said Lillie Swope in fee. Seized as the property of William F. Wt ney, et et defendants, taken in execution at the suit of Andrew G. Swope, ex. ecutor, complainant, and to be sold by WILLIAM T.
STECHER. JOHN G. HORNER, Sol'r. Sheriff. Dated Dec.
15, 1915. Pr's adv. fee $15.30 COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. OXWELD ACETYLENE COMPANY (a corporation In AttachPlaintiff ment V8. On FRANK S.
STOUGHTON Contract Defendant Notice Notice 18 hereby given that a writ of attachment, at the suit of 0xweld Acetylene Company, a corporation, against the rights and credits, moneys and effects, goods and chattels, lands and tenements of Frank 8. Stoughton, a non-resident debtor, for the sum of $206 38, fasued out of the Burlington County Circuit Court, returnable on the on the 29th 15th day of November, 1915, day of December, 1915, has been served and duly executed, and was returned on the 6th day or December, 1915, by the sheriff of the county of Burlington. HARRY L. KNIGHT, WILFRED C. ROSZEL, Clerk.
Attorney of Plaintiff. Dated Dec. 21, 1915. 5t COUGHS and COLDS Coughs, sore throat, bronchitis- knows but what any of these ailments might terminate into serious pulmonary or bronchial effections? We know, of course. that there is no need of prolonging coughs or throat troubles if you will only take a systematic or intelligent course of Jexall Cherry Bark Cough Syrup We back this remedy against the world as a most valuable aid in the relief of coughs and colds of all kinds.
25c, 50c and $1 per bottle. Every bottle guaranteed. JONES' PHARMACY ALEX. DUBELL, Proprietor Opposite the Fountain The Rexall, Store Bell Phone HART SCHAFFNER MARX SUITS and OVERCOATS Let us show you what $15 will do for you in a Suit of of to in by a at the a or Overcoat We'll surprise you. Hart Schaffner Copyright Hart Schaffer Mara SCHUYLER ROGERS MOUNT HOLLY, N.
J. New VicTon Victor Records His Masters Voice REG US PAT OFF The New Victor Records For January are just out and we're right on hand with the complete list. If there are any particular numbers you'd like to hear we'll gladly play them for you. A Few of the New Arrivals that Are Catchy: 17902 America, I love you. American Quartet You'll Be There Peerless Quartet New York Hippodrome March.
Sousa'8 Band 17901 The Pathfinder of Panama March Sousa's Band Whistle While You Walk. Murray Belmont Blue Jay and the Thrush. Murray de Belmont 17891 A Little Bit of Heaven. McKee Trio Where the River Shannon Flows. Me Kee Trio 17898 Success Medley.
Pietro Deiro 17895 Medley Rag. Pietro Deiro 17899 A Stein Orpheus Quartet Swing Orpheus Quartet Angels Dream Waltz. Conway's Band 35500 Nightengale Waltz. Band Poet and Peasant. Victor Orchestra 35509 Poet and Peasant.
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