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The Harrison times., 1915-03-06
Defeat Farm Census eIll

washington Proposals. In tho logIn,
lotiyc appropriation bin for on ogrr
cultural census were etrIokon out by
tho AenRle.
The Harrison times., 1915-03-06

Happy is the home where Red Cross
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please, All
grocers. ADV.
The Harrison times., 1915-03-06

Nature balances things by marrying
fussy woman to a Quarresome man,
The Harrison times., 1915-03-06

It's all right to carry other peoples
burdens, provided they don't put on
more airs than they can carry
The Harrison times., 1915-03-06

soealed friends are plehtitul-as
long as your money holds out
The Harrison times., 1915-03-06
AS Ever.

AS ever,
"Slnce the war began the women
have been taking the places Of the
men on the Paris street cars"
"Well, they'd do 1t here, but the men
are too i'll hammered to get up"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
Political Notes.

Robert NJ. Brown has announced him.
self candidate for the Republican
nomination of supervisor of roads in
Northampton township.
The Democrats are keeping very quiet
over the township offices to be filed, but
they are possibly watching the Republic
cans and will have full list of nominees
when the time arrives.
Two new candidates for member of the
Northampton township committee have
been announced-Dr. Raymond S.
ClarkeA Republican, ana Elwood H.
Stokes Democrat. Both are high type
men for political Office or for any other
position of trust.
There will be two Republicans contest
ing for the Republican nomination for
county auditor. William b. Crozier, OF
Mount Holly, has announced his inten-
ton of trying for the nomination. The
present auditor, Stewart w. Mcfarland
will also be candidate.
The main interest in the Democratic
party, thus far, seems to be centering on
the Office of member of the county ex-
ecutive committee. The sole desire
appears to get committee that will not
be controlled by Dick Hughes. There is
going to be lively fight on this point
Howard ]. Hart, of Rancocas, has filed
his petition with the county clerk, an
nouncing his candidacy for the Demo-
cratic nomination for county auditor
Howard thinks it shame that the space
on the Democratic ticket for this posi-
ton should be left vacant every year, SO
he has entered the list.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31

The president was authorized to appoint
committee of three to take up this sub.
Ject. Then, in very forcible terms, Mr..
Dureil spoke against employing hand
labor in picking cranberries. He con-
sidered the employment of colonies OF
Italians one of the worst things that,can
happen to the cranberry grower. Es-
pecially did he denounce the practice of
allowing children on the boys, claiming
they did incalculable damage.
Joseph j. White called attention to
the planting of vines from other states.
He had received barrels of plants from
Massachusetts and Wisconsin and on
planting them found they interfered
with the development of plants already
set out, many of them producing false
bloom. 1t was stated that the National
and State Departments were looking
into this matter.
The meeting then adjourned and
those present enjoyed fine dinner at
the Inn. 1t was proposed to visit some
cranberry lands in the neighborhood
after dinner, but rain began to fall and
members decided to leave for their re-
spective homes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
Chatsworth.

With fresh outbreak of diphtheria in
this village. it looks as if we were about
to suffer from medical Ignorance and the
indifference of our local and state boards
of health. Today, August 30, our town
committeeman are discussing how
house should be quarantined where
diphtheria has been prevalent since
August Is; but inasmuch as the family
of our victim has been allowed to mingle
freely with all the other residents of this
township, particularly during harvest
home festival last week, it looks as if a
Jail sentence should be melted out to
those responsible for the outrage.
A state board of healthis very valu-
able addition to our state government
when it is efficient, but. as in the present
instance, when it shows an indifference
to local reports concerning the dangers
which obtain, it is simply menace, as
the potentiality of the organization lulIs
all anxiety, and thus it's lethargic SOM
Violence acts to the public injury.
Our harvest home church festival held
on Saturday was pronounced success.
1t is simply impossible to learn who was
responsible for the fried chicken. The
artist who cooked it is simply wasting
her time in the pines, a job in the Ritz
Carlton chain of hotels awaits her.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
Base Ball.

Mount Holly defeated Lumberton on
the High street ground, on Saturday,
thereby winning two of the series of
three games between the teams.
Vaughn, who was on the mound for
the visitors, did not prove as effective
against Mount Holly as on former oc-
casions. He struck out only one hand.
His support was not the best, but the
home batters had their eye on the ball,
which caused the errors
Chance, barring touch of wildness,
was quite effective, allowing but four
hits and tanning nine batsmen.
Beaudry made three hits, one a three
Dagger. Folwell made pretty catch of
long fly. McCue's work behind the
bat was excellent.
Mount Holly tailed one run in the
third on Beaudry's three Dagger and
came home on a squeeze hit by Lippin-
colt.
In the seventh the home team got one
over the pan on a hit by Cline, followed
by sacrifices by Folwell and Chance
and single by Burtis.
Two more scores: were made in the
eighth on single by Foulks, double
by McCue and sacrifice by Ritter
The visitors got their run in the eighth,
when Murphy singled, was advanced to
third by Cosaboons hit, and Murphy
came home on Worrell's sacrifice fly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
Along The Shore

George Driver, of No. 2610 German
town avenue, Philadelphia, a summer
cottager at Seaside Heights, was serious
ly injured, and will probably lose the
sight of his left eye, when the auto in
which he was riding was struck by an
other car. With H. Simberg, of Seaside
Park, and Frederick Swanson, of Spring
Lake, Driver motored to Asbury Park
on Tuesday evening, and while nearing
Spring Lake on the return trip an auto
mobile going north at the rate Of so
miles an hour crashed into the car,
which belonged to Simburg. Driver
was struck on the left side of the head
inHicting deep cash from the nose to
the ear and cutting the eye. Swanson
and ST nburg were badly shaken up. but
were not seriously injured. 1t was said
that the car which caused the damage
was on the wrong side of the roadway
and was making turn at "a bend.
Charles Dominick, the eight-year-olt
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Celestine Dominick
was drowned in Crozier's canal OF
Tuckerton creek about four o'clock OF
Tuesday afternoon. Charles, with hi
mother, was spending the summer a
lTuckerton with his grandfather, JOSEPH
| E. Lowery, and was in company will
the latter when the accident happened
i The youngster was grabbing from boa
while Mr.. Lowery was attending to som
i work around the landing there. Ate
: several minutes Mr.. Lowery missed tn
, boy and thought he had gone home an
being through with his work went HON
, also. On arriving at the house he learne
that Charles was not there. Mr.. Lower
hurried back to the creek and went
the place where the boy had been pla.
ing The grabbing line was still in tt
| water and when it was pulled in I'll
) drowned boy appeared. He had becon
| tangled in the line when he fell owe
board.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
Columbus.

This quiet little town was in its ele-
ment last Saturday evening, the occa-
sion being the marriage of one of its
prettiest and most charming young
ladies, Miss Leah Kennedy Ridgway,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William j..
Ridgway, to Frank Morton Loid, of
Camden, at the home OF the brides par
1ents, at which there were 10 invited
guests from Camden, Trenton, Borden
town and Philadelphia, besides those
from Columbus. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. Mr.. Cornice pastor of
the Baptist church of Pemberton. The
affair was one of the most elaborate
events ever witnessed by our towns
people, and was a fitting sequence to the
esteem in which the young bride is held
by her host of friends and admirers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loid left soon after the
ceremony on an extended honeymoon,
after which they will return to Can1den
to reside, being at home Friday evening,
October /, at 4109 Westfield avenue.
The public schools will open in Mans
field township on September Z.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N Dobbins will motor
to Green Bank on Friday, and be the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Watson I. Sooy
over Sunday.
Mrs. M. e. Kerlin and daughter,
Marian, spent Sunday at Beach Haven.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31

Mr.. Lewis, who was president of the
firm of g. w. Lewis & Son, wholesale
manufacturers of misses, children-s and
infants shoes, was born in Burlington.
July l, 1868. His early education was
derived from public schools, afterward
from the Burlington Military College.
He entered his fathers employ at the
age of Is, and became owner of the bust
ness at the death of his parent in Febru-
ary, 1899. This business was established
by Mr.. Lewis, ST., in January, 1857, and
has been in operation continuously ever
since. He was member of Burlington
city council for six years, beginning
with the spring Of 1894; president of that
body for one year, and chairman of its
Finance Committee for two years. He
was elected vice president of the Me-
chanics' National Bank in January,
1906, and at the time of his death was
president of that institution. He was
also president of the Burlington Savings
Institution and director of the CITY of
Burlington Loan and Building Associa-
ton. He was one of the incorporates
and continuously director of the Bur
lington City Loan and Trust Company.
He was president of the Burlington
County Fair Association, and state di
rector of railways. He was a member of
many secret societies, thirty-second
degree Mason, past master of Burling-
ton Lodge No. 80, F. and A. NJ, mem
Der of Boudinot Chapter, No. 8, r. A.
NJ, and Helena Commandery, as we'll as
the Mystic Shrine. of Philadelphia; also
a member of Burlington Lodge, No. %.
l. 90. F.; Hope Lodge No. 10, X. of p.
He was past exalted ruler of Mount
Holly Lodge of Elks, and member of
Mount Holly Lodge of Moose.
He was lifelong Republican and
took more or less active part in politics
both in his home city, county and state
ever since he became voter. In June,
1904, was an alternate delegate-at-large
from this state to the National Re-
publican Convention in Chicago.
He was elected in November, 1906, to
the office of Assemblyman by plurality
of 2,4S1 over Hughes, Democrat, and re-
elected in 1907 by plurality of 1917
over Birch, Democrat, and in 1908 he
was given third term by plurality Of
1855 over Wilkinson, the highest candi-
date on the Democratic ticket. AT the
session of 1909 he was floor leader for his
party in the Assembly. He was elected
to the State Senate by plurality Of
8, 279 over Hughes, the Democratic can
didate. He was candidate for the
Congressional nomination in the Repub-
lican primaries last year, but was defeat
ed in the contest by Isaac Bacharach, of
Atlantic City.
He is survived by widow, Mrs. Mary
Lewis, and two children, Howard and
Helen.
The funeral will take place on Wed
nesday afternoon, at three o'clock, from
his late residence. Interment will be
made in Odd Fellows cemetery, Bur
lington.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
Cookstown,s Home COMM,

CookStown's Home Coming Day.
Thursday was red-letter day at
Cookstown, the occasion being the an
nual home coming event. The town
was ablaze with enthusiasm, decorations.
pretty girls, fireworks. firewater, etc.
People from the surrounding towns and
country crowded the streets, and auto
mobiles and vehicles of all descriptions
were in evidence in every nook and cor
ner of the village. Plenty of good things
to eat were easily obtainable, and hum
dreds of people were served dinner that
was provided by the NJ. E. church.
The principal feature of the afternoon
was parade, composed of horsemen,
floats, etc., headed by the Cranbury
band, which marched up and down the
main street several times to be sure that
no one missed any of the details thereof.
Prizes were awarded as follows Best
decorated automobile, Fred Johnson:
best decorated horse. Allie Davis; best
float, George Davis, which represented a
kitchen, with pretty girls pairing pota-
toes and preparing other food for cook
ing, and fine looking matron operat-
ing churn; best horse and buggy, Will
liam Feaster; best work team, Roy Cav
ley.
After the parade there were some ath-
letic events. Raymond Challender won
two boys races-a sack race and a so
yard dash. The 100 yard, which dash
was closely contested, was won by Ovid
Feaster. A running race open to milk
maids was won by Miss Annie Crammer,
who is quite Splinter A so yard dash
for girls was won by a high stopper
named Miss Mildred Norcross.
There were two base ball games one
in the morning and one in the after
noon. Both contests were too one-sided
to be very interesting. Juliustown, with
Chance and McCue as the battery, de-
feated Cookstown in the morning Is to
a. Davis and Tattler composed Cooks
towns battery. In the afternoon, Cooks
town, with Lavine and Tattler as pitcher
and catcher, respectively, put it over on
Hornerstown 16 to 8. Berner and Nc
Cue did the battery work for Horners-
town. The roughness of the ball ground
caused many misplays in both games.
After supper there was music by the
band, speech by Harold B. Wells, of
Bordentown, and very creditable dis
play of fireworks.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
DIED
8, at burlington. Grifith

LEw1s.-August ., at Burlington, Griffith
The , relatives and friends. all organizations
of vhich he was member are invited to at
tand the funeral from his late residence, 2O6
Fast Union street, Burlington, on Wednes-
day. September 1st, at o'clock. Interment
odd Fellows cemetery. Friends may call
tuesday evening from7 TO 8 o'clock.
CsERvENYAK.- August I'D, at Trenton,
John son of Andrew Cservenyak, of Roeb-
ling, In his I'D year.
CooN.-August 30, at Burlington, william
X. Coon.
DARBY-August 81, at Mount Holly. Jo-
seph Darby.
DICKINSON - August Goth, at Florence.
Doris Barbara, daughter of Thomas L. and
Hilda Dickinson, aged IL months.
HAMILTON. August oath, at Bordentown
Mary, daughter of James " and Elizabeth
v. Hamilton, aged months.
HRNDRICKsoN. August 23d, at New Lis
| bon, George Hendrickson, Of Bordentown,
| in his 40th year.
[ MIDDLETON. = August I'D. at Burlington
/ Samuel K. Middleton, aged 81 years.
! PHARES-August d, at Trenton, George
, w. Phares. Interment ut Burlington.
RoGAN = August ed, al Kearny, Thoma
Rogan, OF Burlington.
i REEvEs-August n, at Moorestown, Eliz;
w, widow OF Elwood Reeves, In the Ssth yea
of her age.
SPRAeG. = August 18th, at Tuekerton, X att
crime A., widow OF John Spragg, aged :
years.
WRIG HT-August %, at Burlington. Franci
Morrel Wright
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
a w Lewis Dead

Griffith Walker Lewis, well-known
citizen of the county and state, died at
his home in Burlington early on Satur-
day morning. About a month ago he
complained of not feeling well and con-
sulteda physician. A week or SO later
he went to bed. In short time car
buncle appeared between his shoulder
blades, causing him two weeks of IN
tense suffering. He was thought to be
favorably, but few days be-
fore death his heart weakened under the
strain of his severe illness, and it gave
out, after recurring attack of weakness,
lasting about an hour, at about three
o'clock on SATURDAY. morning.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31


Miss Katie Weldie is visiting relatives
at Wilmington, Del.
Miss Virginia Crammer is spending
the week at Beach Haven.
Levi Shinn and family are spending
the week at Atlantic City.
Miss Emma Rainier, of Philadelphia,
is visiting Mount Holly relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Chance spent
several days in New York last week.
Mrs. Minnie Snyder, of Cape May,
spent the weekend in Mount Holly
Mrs, Margaret Weldie and Miss Lena
Weldie spest Sunday at Burlington.
B. Alvin Sleeper and wife, of Burling-
ton, called on relatives here on Sunday.
Philip 8. Irons and family returns
home to-day after spending the month
at Seaside Heights.
w. Scott Cameron and Miss Helen
Cameron are spending the week at
Fairview Valley, Pa.
Miss Mildred Parker, of Beach Haven,
has been spending two weeks with
friends in Mount Holly.
George A. Haines and sister, Mrs. Ella
H. Scheetz, of Union street, are occupy
ing cottage at Berkeley.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Rossell, of North
East, Pa, are spending the week with
relatives in Mount Holly.
Arthur Thomas, of San Francisco, for
merly of Mount Holly, is on business
trip to Philadelphia and other eastern
cities, and has been visiting relatives in
Mount Holly.
Mrs. Walter Wright, who, with hel
husband, recently purchased the Bussom
store on Main street, spent several days
in New York last week, buying goods fol-
1.-The fall trade.
Miss Ada Glover went to Wildwood
on Sunday, for a stay of two weeks, from
which place she will return to her EN-
lployment at the Lyric and Adelphis
theatres, Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred NJ Anderson, Mr.
and Mrs. William B. Noblette and son
Mr.. and Mrs. William C. WetherilI
Miss Madge E. Huff and Charles Coles
leave today for Ocean City, where the,
: will be guests at house party given b.
Misses Edith and Marian Cook.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31

desire his support. Under these circrfas.
stances the court decided to suspend
sentence and release the defendant, who
was required to pay the costs of the case,
amounting to $33.
On Friday Max Wolf was sentenced
to the state reformatory at Railway,
Harry Pfeil was sent to state prison
for from one to seven years.
Charles Keeling, charged with assault
ing Daniel Genther, at MasonviIle, was
given hearing. 1t was alleged that he
also threatened Genther with a knife.
The testimony showed that Genther was
the aggressor in the trouble and that
Keeling acted entirely in self-defence.
The defendant was acquitted.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
Moorestown.

Bertha Samuels, is years old, saved
her father from probably fatal injuries,
when he was attacked by bull on his
farm near here. The animal had
SamueIs in corner of the barnyard
and was trying to gore him when the
girl stuck pitchfork into his launches.
The animal turned away from the man
to attack the girl but she held him of
with the fork until she could get over
the fence.
The first annual lawn tennis tourna,
ment for the championship of western
New Jersey will start on the Field Club
grounds on Saturday afternoon, Sep
TENDER IL, and continue the following
week.
Mrs. B. T. Stryker, who has been con
fined to her bed for the past three and 4,
half years, was able to get up last weel
and has gone to Beach Haven to escape
hay fever.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-31
The John woolman House.

In The Friend, religious and liter
airy journal printed in Philadelphia. tn,
following appeared under date of Eighth
Month 26:
San attempt is being made to pur
chase and preserve the house on Branch
street, Mount Holly, which tradition has
persistently called John Woolman's
Some years ago the New Jersey Legisla-
ture gave up an attempt to purchase il
as memorial, because no deed could be
found for the property until after Wool.
mans death.
within the past year the specifica-
tons for building this house, as we'll as
a memorandum of workmen's charges
have been discovered in the handwrit-
ing of John Woolman in his private &C.
count book, under date I'LL. 1t was
built for his daughter, Mary, on her
marriage to John Comfort, in that year,
on a lot owned by John Woolman OF
his mother, and if not occupied by him
for the year before he left for England,
was the home of his widow, Sarah Wool
man until her death in 1867, when a
deed of sale was first drawn by John and
Mary Comfort, who at that time re-
moved to Fallsington, Pa, whence John
Comfort had come to Mount Holly.
''The man who has owned the house
for several years recently threatened to
stucco the original bricks, cut new win
dows and otherwise deface what is now a
and well-built little dwell
ing, with great possibilities for restora-
ton and improvement. His intention
was made known by him to the under
signed, and steps were at once taken for
its purchase. A three months option
has been obtained, expiring ninth
month Both, next, and one-third of the
purchase price of 81 800 has been secur-
ed. Title will be taken by five trustees:
Isaac Sharpless, L. Hollingsworth Wood,
Charles F. Jenkins, Amelia M. Gum
mere, and one other to be appointed
There will be no restrictions as to the
or visitors, and an attempt
Will be made to carry out the idea of
social service in the spirit of it's builder
It is the intention to place in it as care
aker Eriend who is in modest circum-
stances, who will care for it for the rent.
There are nearly two acres of land at
ached to the property, from which a
title profit should be obtained.
This is now the only dwelling left
which is associated with the great
Quaker, and Friends are urged to aid in
aising the modest sum required to Sc
ure it. The Friends Historical Society
J interested in the purchase, but being
n unincorporated body it cannot take |
tile. Subscriptions must be promptly |
nade, since time is limited, and they |
I'LL be gladly received, cared for and |
acknowledged by
AMELIA M. GUMMERE,
Haverford Pa