The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917
LOCAL NEWS.

JOAH w. ndIfiS fblOcu LIS ~
Jerome at the Fort Meyer, Va, trair
ing camp, on Sunday.
Judge Lippincott has notified all tn
hotel and saloon men in this county t
appear before him on SATURDAY.
Mount Holly Lodge Of Moose he'll
an enjoyable social session at its HON
on Main street, on Tuesday evening.
The season for shooting woodcocl
will open tomorrow, October 10. TIL
dates for deer hunting are October II
"a, 81, and November Z.
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist churcl
will serve their annual supper Thurs
day evening, November 10, in the lee
ture room of the church.
The first meeting of the JUNO
Chautauqua Winter Club will be hell
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, in tn
high school auditorium.
Mrs. John Scammell, Mrs. d. o
Sutherland and Mrs. Carrie Woodruff
OF Trenton, were the guests Of Rev
and Mrs. l.. M. Bicknell, on Sunday
John Farrell, who went to Camp Di!
with the last lot of selected men, failet
to pass the medical examination there
and has returned to hislhome in Noun
Holly.
The next meeting OF the Burlington
County Firemen's Association will b.
held on October Is. at Moorestown, in
stead OF at Riverside, as had been an
nounced.
Joseph g. Deacon, son Of Benjamin
Deacon, Of Mount Holly, has entered
the coast naval reserve training sta
ton at Pelham Park, City Island
New York.
Home made bread, cake and candy
will be on sale at % Main street, Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock, for th'
benefit of the Mission Sunday schoo
on Brainard street.
Harry M. Abdill, Of Mount Holly
wko has been member of the Brav
Abdill shoe firm. in Philadelphia, To-
number Of years, has sold his inter
est to his partner and will take well
deserved rest.
Buy Liberty Bond, get behind the
government and help shorten the war
Our men are giving their lives; you are
asked to lend your money. There
should be at least one Liberty Bond in
every home.
Letters for William Lacy, Daniel
Burns, Charlotte w. Connely, Mrs
Carl Gordon, James A. Thomas, HI. A.
thinner, Miss Martha Preuss and
Theo. Moeglen remain unclaimed in
the post Office.
The annual convention of the Bur
hngton County Sunday School Asso-
citation will be held in Epworth NJ. E.
church, Palmyra, on Thursday. There
will be sessions morning, afternoon
and evening.
A special meeting of the Burlington
County Dairymen's League will be
held in the court house at eight o'clock
tomorrow evening. The meeting will
be OF considerable importance and a
large attendance OF members is urged.
A concert for the benefit of the Bur-
lington County Hospital will be given
in the high school auditori um on
Thursday sning, October Is. The
affair is bel & arranged by Mrs. Benia-
min Deacon, and promises to be a
musical treat.
1t is predicted that owing to the
damage done by the early frost to the
Cape Cod cranberry crops, Burlington
county growers will receive SIS a barrel
for their crops before Thanksgiving
New Jersey cranberries are bringing 50
barrel at present, but the growers are
holding back shipments in hope OF
higher prices.
The Third Regiment, National Guard
of New Jersey, which was sent to
Camp Mcclellan. near Admission, Ala
bama, arrived there on Wednesday.
The trip occupied three nights and two
days. The men greatly enjoyed the
ride through the south. They are
pleased with the new camp. The tenn
psrature there is like summer.
Nearly 600 books and magazines,
collected by Mrs. Ella H. Scheetz, of
the Mount Holly library, were taken to
Camp Dix, on Thursday, by Y. M. C.
A. secretary Shoemaker, and distribut
cd among the soldiers there. A second
lot is now being collected. and persons
having books they would like to give
for this purpose, are reques ted to bring
or send them to the library.
Wednesday, November 7, has beer
named as the annual donation day al
the Burlington County Hospital. The
managers make this early announce
ment of the date in order to give PEG
pie time to prepare. and it is hoped
that many donations OF money will b.
received. The hospital is doing NOR
and better work than ever before, ant
heavy demands have been made upoi
the maintenance account during tn
last year.
Owing to the continued demand 70
refreshing drinks, particularly fromth
soldiers, Mount Holly drug stores will
hereafter sell soda water on Sundays
Last Sunday two soldiers walked from
Camp Dix and when they reaches
Mount Holly they were very mucl
surprised that they could not buy any
thing to duench their thirst. Tn
clerk at the drugstore they visited SUI
pended the rules and presented tn
men with soda water.
Ellis Crammer, OF Vincentown, we
held up by two highwaymen abor
1890 O'Clock on Wednesday nigh
while near Newbold's corner on h
way home from Mount Holly, an
robbed of $20.60. The robbers were
Ford car and claimed to be near
out of gasoline, stopping Mr.. Gran
mer's wagon to ask the way to ga
age. Two men produced pistols an
ordered Mr.. Crammer to get out OF h
wagon, while third man went throuG
his pockets.
At a meeting of the commission
officers of the second battalion, Ne
Jersey militia, held at Trenton (
Thursday night. Col. Harry P. Moo
head, OF that city, was elected maj