The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-10-24

Fred IL. owen has for sale some
pretty cut or potted chrysanthemums
. George T. Risdon has secured a pc
sition at Camden with the Victor Talk
ing Machine Company.
Miss Madge f. Huff will have an at
tractive log cabin erected on the Padu
cab farm along the upper creek in the
near future.
New Jersey Lodge No. 1, Knights Of
Pythias, will hold box social in Red
Mems hall on Friday evening at $50
The public is invited.
Miss Mary Britton, of Pemberton,
! and Robert Branson, of Chesterfield
township, were married at the Mount
Holly NJ. f. parsonage by Rev. L. S.
Hammond.
i At meeting of the Board of Educa.
ton on Thursday evening, Miss Mary
IW. Budd was elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mrs. Alice
Kent Stoddard.
Howard Mathis, of New Gretna
who accompanied the Democratic tour
of the county yesterday, had his arm
broken at Bordentown while cranking
the engine of his automobile.
All the boy scouts of the county
have been invited to participate with
the local troop in the Halloween par
ade. Lunch will be served to the bows
in the armory Of Company e after the
parade.
The unclaimed letters that remain
in the post Office are: James Rallison,
| A. H. Rogers, Miss Emma Sutton,
Mrs. nj. E. Schafer, William H. Miller,
James Lahore, Esther Fuson, John
Duffy, Harry DeDio.
| While on his way home from school
at noon. on Wednesday, John
Brown, crippled boy, was struck by
an automobile at the corner OF Brain
ard and Buttonweod streets. The lad
was not seriously injured.
Game warden Morton arrested an
Italian on Sunday for cunning without
license on the farm of ex-game war
| den Wise, near Florence. He was
taken before Squire Mooney at Burling
ton and fined $40 and costs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo st. c. Pie, of Har-
risburg, are receiving congratulations
ON the arrival Of an heir last week.
Mrs. Pie was formerly Miss Verona
smith, of Smithville, and Mr.. Pie was
an assistant supervisor at the railroad
station at Mount Holly.
Do you want to see large ceIebra-
ton of Halloween? If SO, give the
committee some assistance financially,
for there is need of money to pay for
necessary expenses. You need not be
afraid to make an offer because it is
small. The committee will appreciate
any gift of any size. Subscriptions
may be handed to William G. Wether.
i'll.
The hearing on the application for a
writ OF habeas corpus to keep the Ital-
ians under arrest for the Rider murder
from being brought from Philadelphia
TO New Jersey, resulted in the writ
being denied. Detective Parker and
Sheriff Stecher were on hand with the
requisition papers, and as soon as the
decision was made they took Rosso,
Ledonne and VessalIe into custody
they are now in the Mount Holly jail.
One of the most interesting events of
the past week Was the dinner given to
Wilbur Watts, supervising principal of
the Burlington public schools, to cele-
brate the fiftieth year of his connection
with the schools of that city. Over 300
of his former pupils were present to ex
tend their congratulations to their for
mer preceptor and many fiattering and
truthful things were said of the gentle
man who was honored. A handsome
watch was presented to Mr.. Watts.
The milk producers met at the court |
house Saturday evening to discuss the |
question Of raising the price of milk.
One hundred and forty persons joined |
the organization and the following
officers we're elected: President, Clifford |
Emmons, Pemberton; vice president, |
Henry 8. Lippincott, Marlton; secre-
tary, Frank Hargrove, Pemberton;
treasurer, Walter Kirby, Columbus. c.
Craig Tallman, of near Columbus, was
chosen delegate to the Delaware Inter
state Milk Producers Convention.
After some talk about the cost of pro-
ducing milk and the price that shout
be charged for it, the meeting decided
to continue the discussion at Wrights-
town tomorrow evening.