The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-12-25
TIE M0UN4-geELY NEWS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER as, 1917
LOCAL NEWS.

IHE NEWS WISHES ItS IrlenuS anC
patrons very merry Christmas.
Chickenpox is quite prevalen
among Mount Holly children just now
Fred Kumpel has purchased thu
William II Ballinger farm near Lum
berton.
The Baptist Sunday school will holt
its Christmas exercises on Thursday
evening.
The new Northampton township
committee will organize next Tuesday
January |.
Mrs. Anna H. Doron died at thu
Burlington County Hospital, OF
Thursday, in her 18th year.
Edwin L. Prickett. of Garden street
is at Fort OgIethorpe, Ga. He is con
nected with hospital unit.
Richard Ashhurst and SON have
closed their Mount Holly residence
and opened their Philadelphia house
for the winter.
When Nathan Martindale, of New
Lisbon, tore down an old shed at the
back Of his house recently, he found
an iron bowl containing $178 in gold.
Justus z. Deacon has been elected
secretary and treasurer Of the Burling
ton County Farmers Exchange, sue
ceeding Charles w. Mendenhall, re
signed.
County superintendent OF schools
Louis ]. Kayser was the speaker at a
meeting of the Fortnlghtly Club held
at the home of Rev. Henry Teller
Cooke last week.
DIR. Morris N. Durand, formerly Of
Mount Holly, son. of Arthur. Durand,
has received a commission as lieuten.
ant in the U. S. navy and is on duty
at League Island.
Next Tuesday being New Years
day, THE NEWS will go to press on
Monday afternoon. Advertisers will
confer favor by bringing in their
copy not later than Friday morning.
Nineteen Burlington county boys will
take the trip to the Agriculture Col
lege at New Brunswick, December
9th and 28th. The trip is a premium
in the recent Agricultural contest and
exhibit.
y Mrs. Percy Perinchief, who was oper-
ated upon for appendicitis at the Wo-
mans Homeopathic hospital, Phila-
delphia, last week, is improving salts
factorily.
Mount Holly Forest of Tall Cedars
OF Lebanon will hold it's annual meet
ing in the Masonic Temple on Friday
evening. Officers will be elected and
several candidates initiated.
Rancocas Grange will have its Christ
mas celebration and tree in its hall at
Rancocas tomorrow "wednesday even
ing. Members are requested to bring
q gift costing not over ten cents.
s. Albert Sleeper and ]. Wilmer
Hoffman. who have enlisted in ma
rine band. shave been presented with
wrist watches by their former asso-
ciates of Irons band of Burlington.
Collector John C. Garrett reports the
usual rush OF pleased taxpayers to his
office on Thursday, the last day for
payment OF taxes without the addition
OF costs. OF course, everybody was
delighted at this pleasant addition to
the Christmas spirit of giving.
.Betty's Dilemma" the annual
Christmas play of the grammar school
pupils, was given in the school audi
torium Friday evening before large
audience. This is the last entertain
ment that will be given there this win
ter, the board of education having
closed the room to evening use because
OF the scarcity of coal.
The December meeting OF the Bur
lington County Firemen's Association
was held at Medford on Wednesday
evening. Blu, little business was trans
acted, only twelve companies being
represented. Harry L. Knight well
coined the delegates to Medford, and
Lawrence 4. Mingin, vice president of
the state association, made an address.
The January meeting will be held at
Pemberton.
At largely attended public sale ON
the Edward Aaronson farm, near Col
umbus. on Tuesday, the farm, con
tanning 140 acres, was sold to John
Sutton, of Pennsylvania, a former
resident OF Burlington county. for sS7
per acre. Satisfactory prices ruled
throughout he sale of the stock, crops,
etc. A Holstein COW brought SOL and
her few-days-old- calf, SIC. Six suck
ling pigs bought 81 each, and corn
$3.50 bushsl.
The curfev ordinance recently adopt
ed by the common council of Burling-
ton went down to defeat on Tuesday
night. Themeasure had been passed
at q previous meeting by a majority
vote, but was later found to lack the
seven votes required to pass it under
q new amendment to the rules. Ii
was brought up again Tuesday and
failed of passage, the vote being six
for it and two against. 1t is said that
the ordinance will be reintroduced at
the first meeting of the new council in
January, and that the votes of the
new members will be sufficient to pass
it at that lime.
When he Red Cross service flag was
planned, { was asked that every Red
Cross member on Christmas eve at
7.8O, placs lighted candle back of the
flag in the window. The National
Board OF Underwriters called the al
tention If the Red Cross managers to
the danger of such proceeding, as in
so many homes there are flimsy cur
tains atthe windows, and that many
fires would be sure to result. So dc
not use the candle. Put the flag III
your window, leave the curtain up al
that window and have the usual lighl
in the pom. The flag will then show
Millions of candles also will be saved
by this move.
Chancellor Walker took q hand in
possible conservation of next years
cranberry crop in Burlington county
on Thursday, by granting an iniunc
ton, restraining William Simpkin,
from holding head Of water in the