The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-04-03

America hose house TINS evening
500 o'clock.
The next regular meeting Of the v
C. T.U. will be held at the 6. A.
! Hall on Tuesday afternoon. April 10tl
at three o'clock.
The new ice wagon Of the People
Ice Company made its appearance
T Yesterday morning and went aroun
serving customers.
Rev! Russell Fl. Conwell, D. D., viii
deliver his lecture. "Silver Crown, {
Born a King" at the Mount Holl,
Baptist church on May 2.
, Edward Henry. Of Shreve street, ha
, leg broken, Saturday. while playin
base ball. He was taken to the Bul
lington county hospital for treatment
! LawrenceG Gillian, Of Mount Holly
has resigned his position with the stat
agricultural college at New Brunswick
and entered the marine insurance bus
ness in New York.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Carter and Mrs
Hattie Tracey have moved from Pin
street to John X. Scattergood' g proper
ty on Bispham street. Mr.. and Mrs
Scattergood have taken apartment
with them.
| The April meeting of the Burling'
ton county Y. M. c. A. committee
will be held next Tuesday evening. In
the chapel OF the Presbyterian church
The dinner that precedes the business
session will be provided by the loca
Red Cross society.
Young men Of the Methodist Sun
day school will conduct q cross-country
run on Friday afternoon. The star
will be made at Smithville and the
finish point will be at the fountain In
Mount Holly. A. So watch will be tbs
prize for the winner.
On Thursday evening the Holly
Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Club
held meeting and effected a permanen,
Organization by electing the following
Officers: President, Willard #. Lippin-
colt; secretary and treasurer, Frank
Hendrickson; musical director, WI.
| liam P. Randall.
The old drawbridge en- the railroad,
| near Water street. was removed on
Sunday. and new bridge was built,
composed Of two large steal Orders
Two heavy cranes did the work Of lift.
| ing of the old bridge and setting the
new girders. A large force Of man COM
pIsted all the work before shutdown.
Mrs. John r. Lewis and Mrs. William
Jones are arranging 500 party for the
benefit Of the Burlington County
Children's Home. It will be held In
Thomas auditorium, Msdford. on the
afternoon OF Thursday, April 10, at
two o'clock. Tickets will be fifty cents.
and everybody is invited to attend. 1t
is hoped there will be large number
present to aid in this worthy object.
The selection Of an assessor for this
township has not yet been determined
upon. The last vote was two for
Walter T. Stewart and two for Joseph
r. Sisom. with one blank. AS the two
Republicans seem determined to stick
to Stewart and the Democrats are
equally determined not to desert
Sisom, it might be proper to drop both
OF the men and join on new candi-
date.
You may miss the advertisement OF
William C. Wetherill from its usual
position on the inside Of the paper but
no doubt you have run across it on the
FIRST page. BY reason Of its being there
reading matter that usually appears
on that page had to be omitted but
that does not count for Mr.. Wetherill'a
advertisements are always as good as
serial stories and are watched for with
interest by readers OF The NEWS.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith died at
her home in SmithviIle, on Sunday.
She was the widow OF Captain Elton
A. Smith. who died on the 18th of
January. A few weeks ago Mrs. Smith
was stricken with what appeared to be
typhoid fever. but other complications
ensued. She was an estimable woman,
and her death will be regretted by all
who knew her. and had been intimate
ly or casually acquainted with her.
The conviction Of Iraco for the muir
der Of Henry d. Rider is a just result,
and the question to be further con.
sidered is whether any of the others
under indictment will be convicted
It is not probable that the trials of the
others will occur before the April term
of court, when q new panel OF jurors
will serve. Henry H. Savage, who
conducted the defence Of Iraeo, has re-
ceived much com mendation for the
work done by him in what was an APP
parently hopeless case. Prosecutor
Kelsey says q thorough investigation
will be made into the actions of all
who have been named In connection
with this case, although. it was sup
posed that had been already done.
Joseph Ashead, farmer living on
the road from Mount Holly to Moores
towu, was struck by an automobile
being driven by Harvey Jones. on Tues
day night. Mr.. Ashead had been at
tending yearly meeting in Philadel-
phia, and returned to Moorestown on q
late trolley car. AS the car did not con.
meet with one OF the Burlington coun-
ty line. he concluded to walk the bal.
ance of the distance to his home. 1t
was dark and rainy night. and as
Mr.. Jones came along with his auto
mobile he did not see Mr.. Ashead. and
struck him. Mr.. Ashead was badly cut
about the face and received other in.
iuries. He was unconscious aboai
twenty-tour hours. but is reported to b.
improving now.
Rev. William Palmer. pastor of St
Paul's M. E. church, addressed the
Presbyterian Sunday school on the
work among Freedman on Sunday
He gave the school stirring address
which held the interest and surprised
the minds OF all as he revealed tn.
striking and remarkable progress of tn,
race together with some Of the splendic
achievements which individuals OF tn
race have accomplished. He showed
that they were worthy of the effort
that churches were making for theil
i education and development, and chal