The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-12
Registration Day

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passed of quietly. Most of the mer
eligible appeared to desire to get tbs
duty done and went to the polling
places early in the day. Nearly rs pei
cent. registered in the morning. In
the county the total registration was
6, 2S5. which was up to expectation. In
Mount Holly the total fell short of the
estimated ten per cent. of the popula.
ton, the number being 5S9. The five
districts made the following returns
LIST, 70; End, IS; Sd, 81; 4th. So; 5th, 49,
During the afternoon Red Cross
nurse in uniform was stationed at each
registration place in Mount Holly to
show the prospective soldiers that ar
rangements were being made to care
for them in the field. In Lumberton
the Civic League presented an Ameri-
can flag button to each man who regis
tered
Company E, headed by fife and
drum corps, made a short parade in
morning, and meeting was held at
the fountain, where patriotic speeches
were made by former Assemblyman
Robert Peacock, William A. Slaughter
and Henry Fl. Savage, former officers
Of Company E, and Rev. Henry Teller
Cooke.
The feature of the day that probably
attracted the most COMMENCEMENT of
it unfayorable-was the tolling of the
church and fire bells of the town every
hour during the period Of registration
The mournful sounds were especially
Objectionable to the ladies. One
mother, whose son had just registered,
said it sounded like her boys dirge,"
and her sentiments were shared by
many others. DR.. A. r. w. Atwood
probably enjoyed the bell ringing more
than any other citizen. BY nine o'clock
he had succeeded in ringing every bell
in town.
Senator Harold B. Wells spoke at
celebration at Medford in the after
noon. A detachment from Company
Etook part in the parade that preceded
the Senator's remarks.
But few claims for exemptions were
made in Mount Holly, and most of
them appeared to be justified. Doubt
ful claims will all be Investigated. The
percentage of slackers who failed to
register is thought to be very small in
the entire county. Stanley, Frank
and Charles Mitchell, of Hainesport,
all failed to register. They were ar
rested on Wednesday and committed
to Jail. They were released on Thurs
day, after. having registered.
The names of those who were enroll
ed in Mount Holly follow:
FIRST DISTRICT
Richard s. Folwell
Raymond e. Thomson
Washington 1. Brown
Floyd K. Scattergood
Thomas r. Spicer
Otis +. Sturgis
Ivan N. Kefm
John I. Barry
Joseph g. Deacon
Herbert Clevenger
Wilbur 8. Baker
Aubrey s. Worrell
Richard ID. Garon
Harold II. Budd
Benjamin E. Colkitt
Nelson Dew. Pumyea
Joseph r. Gillian, Jr.
George w. Ltpp1ncott
Arthur T. Atkinson
Charles e. Merritt
George III. Bovine
James II. Terry
p. Joseph Perinchief
Lawrence q. Gillian
Frank A. HendricKson
Benjamin E. Zelley
Edwin r. Peak
Stacy Powell
Philip J. Marion
Clifford X. Powell
Frank e. Morrison
Harry COnoVer
Theodore b. Buckholz
Albert @. Anderson
Samuel Nutter
James Forbes
George Boxer
Alexander Clevenger
Frank Ruman
John I. j. Hayfield
Leander Jobes
Frederick b. Middleton
Charles B. Coles, Jr,
Arthur q. Brown
George K. DuFault
James X. Pennock
Condit s. HOruer
Roy III. Fenimore
George b. Thomas
Clarence Colby
Norman w. Harker
Joseph Gregory
Howard 3. Justice
Leroy Leek
Chester K. Pratt
Raymond Fields
Charles Ii. Folwell, Jr.
8. Lawrence Bullock
Frank L. Pratt, Jr.
Joseph A. Dever
Edward w. Powell
Harry l.. Wilson
Philip. b. Burtis
Stokes +. Burtis
Harold l. Wright
Noble II. Jones
William X. Berry
Gerald G. Branin
Lloyd A. Wright
Joseph @. Albertson, Jr.
Frank II. Wells
W. Russell Chance
Edward Cook
Total 70
SECOND DISTRICT
Arthur ]. Atkinson
byron Grigg
Carleton W. Davis
Dayton j. Hendr1ckson
Edwin r. Prickett
]. Harold Eckman
b. Harold Wills
John M. Farrell
George A. Adye
Harry Colby
John D. Armstrong
John l.. Elberson
Edward Cramer
ROh0Tf q. ShnamQkar