The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

William H. Crimson, well known
colored citizen, is ill at the Burlington
County Hospital.
At the meeting of Relief Fire Com
pany, last evening, Nathan A. Barbe
was elected janitor.
DR.. George E. Raiguel-sSill deliver
his closing lecture Of the season in st
Andrews parish building this evening
The township committee is advertis
ing for bids for the extension of tbs
sewer system to east Mill and south
Branch streets.
DR.. M. w. Curran, of Chatsworth,
has been accepted by the United States
for military service and will go on duty
the goth Of this month.
Mrs. l. H. Hutchinson, of George.
town. held tennis tournament at hel
home on Decoration day, for the bsne
fit Of the Red Cross. About $40 was
cleared.
Rev. Henry Teller Cooke will deliver
an address at the annual reunion OF
the Mount Holly high school Alumni
Association, to be held in the Masonic
Temple on Friday night.
The canning club connected with the
Parent-Teacher Association has been
granted the use of the domestic science
room of the high school during the
summer, for the purpose of conducting
adult classes.
Stewart Bullock, Of Philadelphia, is
visiting in Mount Holly. Mr.. Bullock
is a grandson of Amos Bullock, whose
surveys have frequently been mention
ed in the historical articles published
in THE NEWS.
William II. Mason. Mrs. William
Sherman, Miss Mary w. Budd and w.
c. Sullivan represented the local board
Of education at meeting held in the
Burlington high school last evening to
consider matters connected with the
transportation of nonresident pupils.
Two boys, George Sevan and Harold
Woolston, while riding together on q
bicycle, on Sunday, were struck by an
automobile belonging to Haddonfield
man, on the Mount Holly and Lum-
berton road. The lads were thrown q
considerable distance and were bruis-
ed and laceratsd about the head and
body. One of them, Sevan, has a bone
broken in his foot. They are at the
Burlington County Hospital.
The public schools are closed today
in accordance with the proclamation
Of Governor Edge asking that regis
tration day be observed as a legal holt
day. Financial institutions in Mount
Holly also will be closed, and the fire
bells and church bells will be rung
every hour during the time set for the
registration-from a. m. until p. m.
Because of this holiday, the closing
sessions of the schools will be held on
Friday.
Many applications for the South
Jersey YIN. C. A. camp have already
been received. Burlington county's
allotment is only go boys, and those
who wish to attend should govern
themselves accordingly. Some doubt
about the dam at the camp being re-
paired was dispeIlsd on Thursday when
yorkmen began to rebuild the dam.
This will make it possible for camp to
pen on schedule time-Juns 26. The
econd week will begin July and ex-
end to July 10. Several Sunday
chools are planning to send two or
hree boys to the camp as a reward for
and interest in Sunday
chool matters.
A pleasing tribute to the memory
Il the late Captain Charles Evan Mer- |
lit was paid in the Episcopal church
It Waynssville, Ohio, on Sunday of |
asst week. During the services John
}. Cartwright, on behalf Of his father
md mother, Mr.. and Mrs. s. Levsring
Cartwright, presented to the church an |
American flag in memory Of Mr.. Mer-
lit, who was Mrs. Cartwright's broth |
IT. The flag was received on behalf of
he church by the rector and was dedi-
,ated and placed in the sanctuary. A
sermon was preached by the
sctor, Rev. Mr.. Cadwalader. Miss
1wsndolyn Merritt was in the congre-
,ation during the services.
Ellen M. Bailey, colored, OF BnrlIng-
on, was arrested on Wednesday by
constable Mccormick and brought to
Mount Holly. She was given hear
ng before justice of the peace John
rhrockmorton, there being two charges
against her. The first was for en-
$500 from Lily of the Valley
Lodge No. %. of the J. r. Giddens and
Jolifee Union of Burlington. Her bail
was fixed at $500 on this charge. The
other charge was for embezzling 5000
rom the Relief Association for Sick
and Distressed Colored People of Bur-
ington, OF which she was treasurer.
The bail on this charge was 800. The
was made by A. Ida Chinn.
Guy C. Hendry, Of Northampton,
N. H., will begin his duties as associate
Of the Burlington county Y.
NJ. G. A. committee tomorrow. The
county committee is fortunate to Sc
cure man Of the experience and train
ing Of Mr.. Hendry. While working
bis way through college he filed the
pulpit of the New Haven, Vermont,
Congregational church for three years.
Since graduating in 1916, Mr.. Hendry
has been assistant religious work di-
rector at the Washington. D. c., Y. M.
c. A. He is talented musician and
was very popular at csllege, being
treasurer Of his fraternity, Kappa Delta
Rho. Mr.. Hendry is not a stranger to
Burlington county, having visited
secretary Shoemaker in April.
General A. E. Shiras Post, No. 26,
G. A. R., desire to extend hearty
thanks to the organizations which aid
ed in making Memorial Day one OF
pleasant recoilections. The societies to
which thanks are extended are: The
Ladies' Aid of the G.. A. R., Gen. Jo-
seph Hooker Camp, Sons of Veterans,
Captain Long and his men of Com.
pany E, Third regiment, and the
ladies of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. Thanks are also due