The Mount Holly news., 1917-01-09

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By the recent death of John Brais
lin, Crosswicks in without justice o
the peace until the election next fall.
Armour Union will hold it's regular
meeting nc the home of Miss Bertha
Tracey, Pine street, on Friday even
ing.
The annual collection taken at the
Methodist church on Sunday morning
for the Burlington County Hospital
amounted to $3.50.
The officers Of Moorestown Senior
Mechanics were installed on Saturday
evening by Walter H. Bowker, district
deputy, OF Mount Holly.
George Stead, Sr., is ill with pleuro.
pneumonia. He was stricken while in
his grocery store on Mill street, Satur-
i. day, and removed to his home.
| A state inspector is visiting barber
shops in this county looking over
tonics to see If the law is being COM
piled with. Samples are being taken
from each shop.
Officers will be elected on Thursday
night by the reorganized and consoli-
dated Burlington County Board of
Agriculture and Burlington County
Farm Bureau.
At the last meeting OF the Mount
Holly Business Mems Association,
Edward Hack, Harry Hawkins, Jr.,
and the Crew Levick Co. were elected
to membership.
The remains of Ida W., wife of
Nathaniel F. Zelley, who died at
Miami, Florida, were inferred in Mount
Holly cemetery on Friday. She was
the daughter of the late Abel H. Burr.
Miss Emma Aaronson is filing the
position of kindergarten teacher in the
Bordentown public school during the
illness Of Miss Marie Ziegler, who was
operated upon for appendicitis last
week.
A meeting of tomato growers will be
held at the court house tomorrow
"wednesday evening. to take action
relative to obtaining higher prices for
the crop. All growers are requested to
attend.
The funeral OF Robert Templeton, of
Tabernacle, took place from the resi-
dence Of bis son-in-law, William Nit
chell, at Bridgeboro, on Saturday. His
remains were inferred in Mount Holly
cemetery.
William Wescott, a farmer near
Moorestown, who was indicted in 1914
for deserting his family, was located
by Detective Parker at Fairfax county,
Va, last week, and Sheriff Stecher
brought the man to the Jail here on
yesterday.
A number of boys in the vicinity of
Wrightstown organized a club last
summer to raise pigs scientifically and
keep an accurate account of The weight
and kinds of feed used. These pigs
will be killed and weighed Mt Wrights-
town on January Is. and prizes award
ed. The public il invited to attend.
On the 26th of this month, in the
High school auditorium, there will be
a musical entertainment that will be
one of the finest ever given in Mount
Holly. There will be local talent and
also good performers from out Of town.
The proceeds will be used to aid the
Parent-Teachers Association in the
good work it is doing.
Miss Juliet r. Stackhouse, Of Med
ford, narrowly escaped being q victim
Of the terrible explosion which wreck
ed the Madison hotel last week. She
was waiting for the IL. 10 train for Med |
ford, and was reading in the-hotel par
lor until few minutes before the ex-
plosion. She had just reached the rail- |
road station when the catastrophe oc- |
CURED.
A committee consisting of William |
G. Wethernl, Morris X. Perinchief, FL |
wood H. Stokes, Charles LaTour, Fran
els o. Durand, Henry c. Shinn and
Oliver G. Billings, has been placed in |
charge OF the arrangements for the an
nual banquet and ladies' night of
Mount Holly Lodge No. IA, F. and A. |
NJ, which will probably be held in |
February.
the annual meeting Of the Farmers
Transportation Association, Inc, was |
held at the Office Of the secretary, at
Palmyra, on Wednesday, and the fol- |
lowing officers were elected: President,
William t. Baggs; vice president,
Howard Russ; secretary and treasurer,
L. A. Page. Ten trustees were also
elected. 1t was decided to make motor |
truck service between the river front
section and New York, beginning on
June /.
Camp So, P. o. of A. elected the fol-
lowing officers last week: President,
Nancy Groom; assistant president,
Sadie Haag; vice president, Bessie
Ellison; assistant vice president, Jsn-
ME Sharp; conductor, Jennie Simon;
assistant conductor, Ella Carpenter;
guard, Ida Dennis; Csntinel, Emma
Collins; financial secretary, May Hulse
recording secretary, Ellsnior Mount;
assistant recording secretary, Lena
Weldie; treasurer, Elsie Barber; trus-
tees, Hilda@ Rosssll, Jacob Hagg.
There will be installation of officers, to.
morrow night, and all members are re-
quested to be present.
A service unique in its character will
be held in the Mount Holly Methodist
church on Thursday evening, when
the Victor Gospel team, OF the Victor
Talking Machine Co., of Camden. will
have charge OF the meeting. For the
most part the members of the organi-
zation, being twelve in number, are
employed in the matrix department.
They have selected as their motto "Our
Masters Voice One of the features
of their work will be the Brass QHartetts
composed Of Harvey and Elvin
Willetts, Howard Stanton and James
Livezey. Stanton was formerly
Mount Holly young man, and the
Willetts are formerly of Smithville.
Another feature will be the male
quartette composed of Olen Lore, C. ].
Hewitt, w. H. Stats and Charles
Todd. Several of the employees and
friends are planning to accompany tbe
gospel team to Mount Holly. All are