The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-08-01
LOCAL NEWS.

nome OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ill. Is. Nolen
Friday evening.
Agent Joseph B. Fleetwood has sold
Hudson automobile to George b. Evar
of Moorestown.
Harry Stewart has two letters ava
ing to be claimed at the post office +
the week ending July %.
The wholesale price of milk for Augu
has been fixed at five cents a quart b
the Interstate Milk Producers Associl
ton.
A shack at the sand hole on the sout
side of the mount, occupied by Benji
min Fenton, was destroyed by fire o
Tuesday afternoon.
A new porch with a concrete Pounds
ton has been erected at the Churc
street home of Morris Eastlick, owne
by Edward Hack.
Mrs. Dallas Worrell, of Mount Holl
avenue, who has been i'll for severa
months, was taken to the Burlington
county hospital on Sunday.
Wollner's branch market at the corne
of Madison avenue and Washington
street, will be closed during August
The Main street store will be open.
An attractive cement brick dwelling il
being erected on the former Teal proper
ty, between Mount Holly and Oakdale
for Miss Josephine Mick, of Philadel
phia.
A part of the sand dam forming tht
lake at Rancocas Park was washed ou
by high water on Wednesday, and thu
lake ran dry. Repairs will be made a
once.
Mrs. Benjamin w. Zelley has sold he
property at the corner of Union ant
Cherry streets to Cyrus ]. Bradley, VIII,
will occupy it after making some inn
provements.
Grace Bozarth, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wellington Bozarth, of Ridgway
street, underwent successful operation
for the removal of adenoids and tonsils
on Thursday. at the Burlington county
hospital.
John B. Dolan Las successfully passeC
the examination for motor vehicle in
spectors in New Jersey and has beer
placed fourth in the list of eligibles
About three hundred persons took the
examination.
Mrs. Frederick w. Schleicher, formerly
Miss Maud r. Nixon, of Mount Holly
died at Reading, Pa, on Thursday. She
had been in poor health for some time,
and an operation was recently perform
ed, from which she was too weak to
rally.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of John C. Dudley, for
mer member of the board of freeholders
and well known throughout the county
and Miss Ethel NJ. Burr, of Moorestown
q former teacher in the Mount Holly
high school.
Mrs. Edward Braislin, widow of Rev
Edward Braislin, ID. D., former paste
of the Mount Holly Baptist church, an
nounces the marriage of her daughter
Margaret Priscilla Braislin, to John b
Psarman. The ceremony was performed
at Pasadena, Cal, on July 20.
The prizes offered by America Firs
Company in connection with the recen
effort to secure funds for the purchase o.
q pulmoter to be attached to the chemi
cal engine. were awarded last week. A
diamond ring was presented to Walter /
Dill, q watch to James Bray and clocl
to Budd M. Horner, of Masonville.
The former Lee residence, at the corne
of Broad and High streets, is being tori
down SO that the large plot of gronnt
can be divided into building lots. TIL
house is very well built, and contains
large amount of brick, lumber ant
other materials that no doubt will b.
used in the erection of new dwellings.
Twenty-three members of the Women
Home Missionary Society of the M. E
church spent Thursday at the summe
home of Mrs. Laura Perinchief at BrielIe
They had very enjoyable time, beinI
delightfully."- entertained by Mrs. Perrin
chief, who is president of the society an,
takes a great interest in all parts OF it
activities.
A humber of farmers in this count,
have planted second crop of Cobble
potatoes, which, when dug in October
will be stored and used for seed mex
spring. Experience has demonstrate,
that this seed is more satisfactory thai
that received from Maine, being cheape
and free from disease, and produces al
equally large crop.
Colonel Edwin A. Stevens, state roa
commissioner, is convinced by the pre-
liminary surveys of the highways to b
constructed under the Egan bond issu
that the funds will not be sufficient t
carry out the Improvements. A detaile
explanation will be furnished Governo
Fielder. tits believed the executive wi
make public this report to guide th
voters in their action on the $1,000, 0O
bond issue in the November election
The Egan bill calls for $50 miles of road
The 60 per cent. mileage was added
the bill as originally drawn, but tn
bond issue was not touched to care fC
the excess.
The Third Regiment, National Guar
Of New Jersey, which is composed {
South Jersey companies, went to Sc
Girt, on Saturday, for weeks encamy
ment. 1t will be 1000 strong, and til
largest number of men who have ey,
gone into camp from the southern coul
ties. The strides made by the Third i
the last several months have surprise
even the officers Of that command, ar
it now ranks highest in the state of Ne
Jersey. Every officer and man has bes
mustered into the United States servi
under the new law, and every man
ready for any emergency. During Il
camp the men will be put through
thorough course of field work, includil
trench digging, signal work, tactic
marches and other military instruction
necessary for operations in the feel
Captain Long, Sergeant Harris, Corpor
Wright and Private Orcutt, of Compar
E, Of Mount Holly, will go to Perth Al
boy today to take charge of recruitil
station at that place.
There came near being a drowni