The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
LOCAL NEWS.

An eleven pound daughter arrived
the family of Mr.. and Mrs. Allie RI
sell, of Church street, on Thursday.
Judge Carlow has announced his c
cult court sittings, and he will be
Mount Holly from May to 8, inclusiS
The next regular meeting OF the '
C. T. u, will be held in the G. A.
Hall. Tuesday afternoon, April 18th.
three o'clock.
Edward III. Lewis and John d. JONI
son, Jr., have been appointed to u
membership committee of the Nav
League of the United States.
DIR. Robert N. Kelly, of Browns Mill
has been named as delegate to tn
National Conference of Charities an
Corrections, to be held in Indianapoli
in May.
John Wells, of Branch street, has rt
signed his position with the Noun
Holly Cemetery Company and is nov
employed as superintendent of tn
Brotherhood cemetery.
This years graduating class of tn
Mount Holly High school will go t
Washington on April 6, for three-da.
trip. The class will be chaperoned BY
Mrs. Micajah E. Matlack.
Edward A. Mechling, a well sknowr
Chester township farmer. was fined u
on Tuesday, by. Recorder Herbert fol
allowing his automobile to stand on the
wrong side OF Main street.
Rev. DIR. James Stoddard has been
granted leave of absence, and he and
Mrs. Stoddard will sail for Bermuda to-
morrow in the hope that the trip will
benefit DIR. Stoddard's health.
Walter G. Shinn, former resident,
who had charge of the news stand al
the railroad station for q number Of
years, died at his home in Burlington,
Thursday, from stroke of apoplexy.
Application will be made to Judge
Lippincott on Thursday, for the trans
fer of the license of the Fieldsboro hote
from Thomas Ii. Reeder to Thomas j
Barrett, who recencly purchased the
property.
A reception will be rendered Rev
Thomas 8. Hammond and family &C the
Methodist church this evening, under
the auspices of the Ushers' Union Of
that church. The public is invited te
attend.
Most farmers consider farm work this
year far behind. There are few years
when white potatoes were not in ths
ground and sprouted by the end o.
March. Some claim that while the CROP
may be somewhat late, it will be bene-
fetal, because the early crop from the
south will be gone before the north gets
into market.
A shirtwaist factory, run by electric
power and employing about twenty
hands, is in operation in connection with
the store OF the Philadelphia Underseli'
ing Company on Mill street. Cooper
Smith, the owner and manager, wants
more operators at once, and says that il
he can secure two hundred hands he will
erect q building to accommodate TIT
business. Operators with or without
experience are wanted.
The first consignment of quail, rab-
bits and pheasants sent to Burlington
county from the state game farm, was
distributed last week by game warden
Morton and vice president Worrell, Of
the county Game Protective League.
Portions Of the consignment were liber-
ated around Luniberton, Vincentown,
Tabernacle, Marlton, Beverly, Edge
water Park. Burlington and Borden
town.
The Burlington county high school
baseball league has been organized with
six teams-Mount Holly, Moorestown,
Pemberton, Palmyra, Bordentown and
Burlington. A schedule has been ar
ranged, and the first game will beplayed
tomorrow, when Mount Holly will go tc
Moorestown. Each team will play two
games with every other team, one al
home and one away. No student viii
be eligible to play on his school team
unless he is taking a regular course of
study, and has general average Of at
least seventy. A silver loving cup will
be presented to the winning team at the
close OF the season.
The large barn on the Tylee B. Engle
farm near Centreton, was destroyed by 3
fire OF supposedly incendiary origin at
about seven o'clock on Wednesday
night. Sixty tons of hay, harness and
many small articles were consumed in
the building, but enough help was at
hand to save all the stock and machin.
cry. The loss of the building is covered
by insurance. As some neighbors were
coming across fields to the fire, they saw
q negro running away from the blaze.
He refused to stop when shouted at, and
this Immediately aroused suspicion oil
incendiarism. County detective Parker
was notified, and at once began work OF
the case.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Con-
ductors is not mere sounding title but
it means that there is brotherly feeling
and sympathy among the members be-
yond the bestowing benefits. This has
been realized thoroughly by George w.
Slimm, popular conductor on the
Camden and Burlington County Rail-
road, and he feels highly pleased with
the manner in which his fellow railroad
men have given him attention during
his Illness. And this was not confined
entirely to traipmen. Even with the
duties that are imposed upon then
heads OF departments have time to re
member employees and among the visit
ors to conductor Slimm were Edwin De
Haven, ticket receiver at Broad stree
station, and M. Hutchinson, chief clerl
to the ticket receiver at Camden. Al
of these attentions were highly crafty
ing to the recipient.
A very pleasant time prevailed at tn
Methodist church on Thursday evening
when a silver medal contest was con
Quoted by the Mount Holly Loyal TEN
perance Legion. The church wa
beautifully decorated for, the occasion
The judges selected were Miss Mary W
Budd. Rev. James H. Terry and Rey