The Mount Holly news., 1916-06-27
LOCAL NEWS.

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A boy arrived in the family of Mr.. al
Mrs. William Lincoln, of Shreve sire,
last week.
William Dolan has removed to Riv,
side, having accepted position in Il
watch case factory.
The picnic of the Methodist Sunds
school will be held at Rancocas Park c
Thursday, July 20.
The Young Friends Association wi
hold its June meeting this evening i
the meeting house at High and Garde
streets.
Rev. A. Benjamin Cooper, forme
pastor of Mount Moriah A. M. E. church
of Mount Holly, died at Wrightsvills
near Riverton, last week.
Last Wednesday was the longest da,
Of the year, and when we recall the sor
of weather we had all day it is safe t
say that all will agree that one long da,
of that sort is enough for awhile.
Next Tuesday being holiday, TIL
News will go to press on Monday after
noon. Advertisements and other matte
intended for publication in that issu'
should reach this Office not later thar
Friday night.
Army worms, which devastated farm
: crops in Southern Jersey more than 9
year ago, have reappeared in the eastern
, end of Salem county. The pests already
have caused considerable damage to
grain and grass.
At the Mount Holly Methodist par
sonage on Wednesday morning occurred
the marriage of Pasquale Grillo and
Miss Rosie Scholace, both of Medford.
The ceremony was performed by Rev
Thomas s. Hammond.
Edwin NJ. Haas. of Bordentown, and
Miss Helen B. Thorn, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry P. Thorn, were married
at the home OF the brides parents, in
Medford, at noon on Thursday. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. John
T. Richardson.
Alfred w. Lofiand, of Marlton, who
has been i'll for some time, is now in the
University of Pennsylvania hospital,
Philadelphia, where he went last week
Ia regarded as being quite serious. He
is suffering with kidney and heart trou
BILE.
Three members of the 1916 graduating
GLASS OF the Palmyra high school have
decided to enter the ministry. Russell
Anderson, of Bridgeboro, and Lincoln
Lippincott, of Beverly, will enter Wes-
slsyan University at Middleton: Conn.
and Otto .Noede, of Riverside, will
attend Muhlenburg college in Penn
sylvania to study for the Lutheran min
istry.
This evening the patriotic supper will
be given on the court house lawn. Re-
member the use the money is to be put
to. 1t will be devoted to providing APP
pafatus for the children's playground.
Go and get good supper and at the
same time do something to enable the
children Of the town to have a good
place where they can enjoy themselves
and keep off the streets. If the evening
is stormy the supper will be held in the
court house..
The court of errors and appeals has set
aside the verdict given last December by
the Burlington County Circuit Court
against the Burlington County Farmers
Exchange in the suit brought against it
pyJ. C. Stuart, of Beverly, to recover
damages alleged to have been sustained
by him through failure of his corn crop
after using fertilizer purchased through
the exchange. Mr.. Stuart claimed the
loss was due to the quality of the fertiI-
izer. At the trial the fertilizer analysed
all that was guaranteed for. it, but the
jury returned verdict OF $1,149.78 in
favor Of Stuart. The exchange carried
the matter through the higher courts
and the verdict has been set aside.
At meeting of the Womens Home
Missionary Society of the M. E. church,
held at the home of Mrs. Philip s.
Irons, on Tuesday evening, the follow
ing officers were elected President, Mrs
Laura Perinchief; lst vice president, Mrs
Thomas s. Hammond; I'd vice president,
Mrs. s. Earl Assay; recording secretary,
Mrs. William c. Sullivan; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Walter Fl. Bowker; treas
urer. Miss Myrtle E. Smith; mite box
secretary, Mrs. Philip S. Irons; assistant
mite box secretary, Mrs. Walter Ebert
son; evangelism secretary, Mrs. Charles
III. Warner; literature secretary, Mrs.
Carrie Denness; press secretary, Miss
Grace Haines; systematic beneficence,
Mrs. F. III. Jacket; flower committee,
Miss Tillie Assay, Mrs. Carrie Denness.
The Bell Telephone Company has or
dered that all employees of the company
who were members of the National
Guard or Naval Militia on the 18th of
June, who have been or may be called
into service, will be allowed full pay at
the normal rate in effect on that date for
three full months and a fraction of a
month, and after that date for a period
not exceeding nine additional months,
full pay less the amount paid by the
government. Should the war continue
beyond the year further action will be
taken. All employees who go to war
Will be considered in the employ of the
company and will be given employment
on their return. The above arrangement
will also apply to men who, with. the
company's approval, enlist at any time
after June Is.
The second social session of the Wo-
mans Burlington County Historical So
ciety was held on Tuesday afternoon at
Upper Springfield meeting house. near
Wrightstown. About one hundred and
ssventy-five were present. Alfred NJ
Cox read history of the meeting house,
which was first built in 1927. DR.. Will
liam Starr Myers, of Princeton Univer-
sity, gave most interesting address on
the Indians and Their Influence on
Colonial History" William A. Slaugh-
ter, of Mount Holly, presented paper
on the Indians of Burlington county,
the Lenni-Lenape, one of the few peace
full tribes who disturbed the early set
tiers but little. In connection with his
remarks Mr.. Slaughter showed a num-
ber of valuable and interesting Indian