The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05

Floyd B. Kempte has purchased the
drugstore formerly owned by Davis <
; Burr, at Pemberton.
DR.. John f. Whitman, the eye spec
ialist, who had an Office on High
ssreet, died early this morning, at his
home on White street, after brief ILL
ness from pneumonia.
William Harold Rogers, who has
been on an extended tour of New Zea-
land, Australia and the western United
States. performing his vaudeville act,
returned to Mount Holly on Saturday.
Judge Carlow was at the court house
yesterday to hear civil cases, but the
official stenographer. having forgotten
the date, failed to appear, so an adj
journment was made until tomorrow
morning.
Tomorrow will be the last We'd
nesday for killing deer this season.
Among the dozen bucks shot last week
was one weighing 200 pounds, captured
by Joseph w. Jones, which attracted
much attention at Worth's meat
market, where it was on exhibition.
The Railroad Administration on Sat
urday took formal control of the opera
ton of the Delaware & Raritan Canal.
The canal connects New Brunswick
and Bordentown, passing through
Trenton. Government supervision will
be extended to all equipment as well as
direct canal operation.
Republican candidates and others
made an automobile tour of Burling-
ton county yesterday and held open
air meetings in many communities.
Governor Edge accompanied the tour
and made a number of excellent
speeches. He told the audiences the
effect of the Presidents denuciation of
Republicans has been to give that
party the most compact unification of
voters it has had in New Jersey in
many years.
Henry w. LETTERS, manager off the !
Walker-Gordon dairy laboratories at
Plainsboro and principal owner of the
Columbia Milk Farm at Juliustown,
and also an expert in growing alfalfa, |
has been selected by the government |
to establish an immense dairy on the |
lines of the Walker-Gordon plant |
at Bordeaux, France, and will |
sail for that country next month. A |
committee composed of prominent |
dairyman from all over the country
will go with him. Their will be herd
of thousand cows on the place and |
the dairy will supply the base hos
pitfalls.
The big musical comedy "Our |
Heroes" to be given at the Mount |
Holly theatre next Tuesday, promises
to be great success. Rehearsals are
being held every afternoon and even
ing in the Masonic Temple. Burling-
ton also will see this play, but with
cast consisting of their own town folk.
1t is to be given there near the end of
this month. In the Maunt Holly cast
will be 125 people. The play will be
given by the Thimble Bee Society to
raise money for the Red Cross. Tickets
will be on sale Saturday at Dubell's
drug store.
About fifty delegates representing
twelve associations, were present at the
fall meeting of the Burlington county
section of the New Jersey Congress of
and Parent-Teacher Associa-
tions, held at Marlton on Wednesday.
DR.. Francis j. Stoddard, of Riverton,
spoke of the work done by the woman's
branch of the Council of National De-
Tense for child welfare. This occupied
the morning. Reports from the var
ious associations were presented at the
afternoon session, and play, rip
Van Winkle," was rendered by the
pupils of the sixth grade of the Marl-
ton school. Mrs. Edwin c. Grice, of
Philadelphia, spoke entertainingly of
in war time. Miss Rachel A.
Dodge, county superintendent of work
among young women, and Mrs. Herr,
Of Moorestown, also spoke.