The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-11-14

called Tor Saturday nlgnt III 1he T.
g C. A. office, Mount Holly. Plans
s. latlng to the coming exhibition will
discussed and details decided upon.
d Stuart w. Mcfarland, who has bee
n connected with the Office of the Count
Superintendent of Schools for son
/. time, has resigned and finished b
a labors in that connection Saturda
evening. His successor is Miss Eliz,
beth Bishop, of Toms River, who too
: charge yesterday morning.
Detective Parker, last week, nabbe
Michael Durrick, of Philadelphia, fc
stealing bicycle from the basemen
of the Mount Holly high school. TIL
thief watched the opportunity to ente
the building when the janitors wer
engaged elsewhere. The man is unde
$500 bail in Philadelphia, for steaIin
bicycles.
There will be farmers institute a
Grange hall, Vincentown, tomorrow
Wednesday,, afternoon and evening
An interesting program has been pre-
pared. Among the speakers will bt
Lloyd F. Riford, of the State Agricul
tural College; Howard Emmons, ]
Walter Wills, George T. Reid, E. A
Sexsmith, w. B. Durgee, Jr., and Miss
Anna NJ. Hauser.
Samuel Cline, of Medford, was ad.
mitted to the Burlington County Hos.
pital, Saturday, with two of the toes
on his right foot shot off, the result of
cunning accident. 1t is hoped that
iamputation will not be necessary.
Cline is well known here, having play.
ed third base for Mount Holly last sea.
son and filled the same position fol
Lumberton this year.
The junior group of the local Y. M.
G. A. has resumed meetings for the
1season under the leadership of Floyd
Karg. The officers of the group are:
President, John Oliver; vice president,
Merritt Wilson: secretary, Mark John
lson; treasurer, Floyd Wilson. For
this week, in addition to the usual
Bible study and business of the group,
hike and doggie roast has been plan
ned.
Miss Caroline B. Leconey, principal
of the Westfield school. has been ap-
pointed assistant teacher for Burlington
county. Mrs. Ada z. Colby, of Penn
berton school, was the first apposntee
under the new law, but she has just re-
covered from an illness that caused her
to go to hospital. These teachers
are to give their time and attention to
all schools where it is thought the in
structors may be benefited by havin G
aid.
Charles A. Buohl, of Beverly, OBJ
tanned a rule in the Supreme Court
yesterday requiring the City Com
missioners there to show cause why
they should not submit to a special
election the question of establishing
an excise board. Because of the resig-
nation of one of the three Commiss-
toner's the affairs of the city have been
deadlocked and several actions have
been instituted in the Court. The
rule obtained yesterday is returnable
Monday.
A. burglar was at work Wednesday
night and he entered several places.
AT the store of Frank S. Davis he got
a few shoes. AT Karg's store some
stockings were taken. Peter Sarras,
the candy merchant, lost $40 cash, and
the Boston candy store was robbed of
SO. The attempt to enter Gerber's
store seems to have been abandoned,
as nothing was missed. In every in
stance but one the burglar entered the
stores by cutting out back window.
America chemical was called out on
Wednesday to answer a call from Jul
liustown. When the firemen reached
that place they found that the house
of Harry Hagaman had caught fire
from the inside and the flames had
crept through and burned large hole
in the side of the building; but the
blaze had been extinguished before the
chemical could get into service. The
engine was again called out Thursday
afternoon to take care of some blazing
leaves in the court house yard.
About II o'clock Tuesday night
during the shouts and Civilizations of
the Republicans, the people of New
Egypt were surprised by the ringing of
a fire bell, but most who heard it
thought it was false alarm, because
no signs of fire could be seen in town.
Some one received a telephone call
stating that there was fire at the
William H. Davis farm at Cream
Ridge. The origin of the fire is I'M
known. There is said to have been
four horses burned. The total loss is
about $4,000.
On November 25th, at the bungalow
on Buttonwood street, Mount Holly,
the November conference of the Y. M.
c. A. group and scout leaders, Sunday
school superintendent and teachers
will be held. The general topic will be
prayer. During the afternoon session
which begins at four o'clock, there will
be discussion of such questions as:
Is prayer of practical value in SOLVING
fbo x,r0l,lo,,7c cf fba " nj ~ rvro,,,,.
the Sunday school class; the home life;
and the personal life of boys worker.
Papers will be presented by Jacob H.
Cochley, of Medford, and William
Zelley, of Burlington. After the after
noon meeting light lunch will be
tserved. In the evening, J. Harvey
Borton will deliver an address on ''The
place and power of prayer. The
sessions of the conference are open tc
all and everyone interested in working
with boys is cordially invited to attend
In a test case instituted by the New
Jersey Department of Labor under the
law limiting the hours OF women EN-
lployees of factories and mercantile es.
adjustments to ten hours, Abraham
Saltzman, Mount Holly merchant
was fined $50 and costs after hearing
before Justice of the Peace Smith, al
Burlington, yesterday. Commissions
of Labor Bryant charges that on Jul!
Is Miss Sarah Wilkinson, salesgirl a
the Saltzman store, worked l24 hours
The evidence was obtained by inspect
ors. Saltzman contended that Will
the maximum for the day may hav
been overstepped, itcould not be show
that the young woman had worke