The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-06-30
Local Option Meeting.

There was a gathering In the Court
House, on Thursday afternoon, under the
direction of those interested In the local
option movement in Burlington County.
1t was not large assemblage, less than
| go persons being present, but this is easily
explained from the fact that it was not q
mass meeting, but rather convention OF
delegates from the different local option
societies in the counties
The meeting was called to order by
Joseph P. Severns, of Burlington, and DR..
Joseph Stokes, of Moorestown, was made
chairman. He took the chair after return
ing brief thanks and said the meeting was
called to further the interests of local
option in this county. Carleton Sholl, OF
Burlington, was made secretary, and the
roll was called to discover what townships
were represented. Answers were received
from IA localities.
The chairman stated that this meeting
was called for the primary object of for
mulating rules for the government OF q
county league and to prepare for the cam
paign this fall. With this idea in view
he would appoint a committee to prepare
rules and he named Joseph P. Severns,
Burlington; William Sherman, Mount
Holly; Elwood Hollingshead, Moorestown;
Carleton Sholl, Burlington; William O..
Sturtevant. Florence.
The committee retired and while they
were out the audience listened to address
es The first man to speak was Frank
Burke, the well-known agitator of the
tenn perance subject. He said he consider
ed Burlington County the best organized
county in the state. The spirit of local
option is pervading every county in the
state, and there is organization or pro
cess of organization everywhere. In
Newark open air meetings have been held
and large audiences have listened to the
arguments presented. 1t must not be for
gotten that this movement means fight,
and II means fight up to the 22d of Sep
TENDER. Mr.. Burke introduced DR.. j. w.
Young, of Louisville, Kentucky, who
gave general talk on the subject of tenn
perance, introducing many jokes and
funny remarks, the majority of which
were laughed at more heartily by himself
than by the audience.
At the conclusion of DR.. Young's re-
marks the committee on rules reported.
The name adopted was 1.-THE Burlington
County Local Option League" the object
being to nominate and elect such members
of the Legislature as will pledge them
selves to pass laws to give the people the
right 10 vote on the license question.
Each local league is to select delegate
and the delegates thus selected will choose
an executive committee who shall have
entire charge of the campaign.
In accordance with the suggestions OF
the committee, nominations for members
from the local leagues were asked for.
Some of the townships were not represent
ed and in other cases there was not major
ity of the delegates present and in those in
stances there was desire to consult the
others before making nomination. The
members Of the township committees as
appointed were as follows: Moorestown,
DR.. Joseph Stokes; Palmyra and Riverton,
Edward Fl. Pancoast; Burlington city,
NJ. E. Hoffman; Burlington township,
William B. Shedaker; Florence. William
G. Sturtevant; Bordentown, Harold B
Wells; Columbus, Robert Taylor; Med
ford, Edmund Braddock; Mount Holly.
James L. Jamison; Lumberton, Professor
Harrison; Delanco, William B. Kelsey;
Marlton, William F. Powell.
The chair announced that it was the
idea of the league to pay attention this
year strictly to legislative candidates.
After short talk by gentleman named
Curtis the meeting ad journed.