The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
The Jurors for the April term Of court

hood OF America will be held at Fen
berton on April 30.
Archie Wright, retired railroad en-
ploye, is at his home suffering from
slight stroke of paralysis.
Il Richard F. Glover is now employee
in the wall paper department of Gin
bel Brothers Philadelphia store.
County engineer James Logan ha
: been elected president Of the New Je
sey Association Of County Engineer
The annual congregational meetin
Of the Presbyterian church will b.
held on Thursday evening at ia
) o'clock.
Charles B. Hornor, the well know
nurseryman, died at his home on tn
Jobstown road on Tuesday. He wal
rs years old.
Company B, Second Battalion, Stat
Militia, of Mount Holly, will attent
} battalion drill at Trenton on Wednes
J day night, April II.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Jamison, VIII,
have been living in Philadelphia TO
the winter, have returned to their Gar
den street home in Mount Holly.
| Court crier Harry Hawkins has been
confined to the house for about two
weeks with attacks of Indigestion and
neuralgia. He expects to be out in a
few days.
st. Andrews Mems Club will meet
in the parish house tonight. Joseph
Cross will be the host, and his son,
Arthur D. Cross, will deliver an illus.
trated lecture.
An order has been issued by the Pro-
vost- Generals Office for a call for
10000 more men for the army. The
number estimated to be sent by the
local board is II.
Ernest Bateman, the house painter,
who fell from ladder at the America
fire house, last week, is making rapid
strides toward entire recovery at the
Burlington County Hospital.
Thirty-one members of Washington
Council No. 5, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, are
now in the service of the United
States. Eight are in the navy and
twenty-three are in the army.
The annual meeting of the Presby-
terrain church will be held on Wednes-
day evening, April II, at 7.45. Reports
from the organized activities OF the
church will be read and two elders will
be elected.
William Birkmier, of Burlington,
and Robert B. Mullen, were held I'M
der $500 bail, on Tuesday, by United
States Commissioner Ralph w.
Haines, of Mount Holly. for supply
ing liquor to soldiers.
Reading Gilbert was arrested at Bor-
dentown, on Saturday night, by special
officer Charles L. Carslake,. charged
with being deserter from Camp Dix.
Gilbert said he had been sick and in
tended to return to camp Sunday.
On Thursday evening, May 2, the
Spare Minute Circle of the Methodist
church will present rye tea party of
We olden times" The ability of the
Circle to present entertainment is well
known and good time may be ex-
pected.
Herbert ]. Randall, of Broad street,
has resigned his position with Straw
bridge & Clothier, and, with his
brother, Charles M. Randall, has pur-
chased farm near Newtown, Bucks
county, Pa. They will remove there
this week.
The season for trout fishing opened in
New Jersey last week and will extend
until July Is. 1t is illegal to keep
trout under 6 inches in length or to fish
between P. M. and daylight. 1t is
also illegal to take or have in possession
in any one day more than 25 trout.
Edwin l.. Sibbet, of THE News
Office composing room force, and Miss
Lily May Tomlin, of Ewanville, were
at the Methodist parsonage,
on Saturday evening, by Rev. t. s.
Hammond. Mrs. Harry Johnson and
Henry f. Sibbet attended the bride
and groom.
The Loyal Sisters Bible class of the
Methodist Sunday school met at the
home of Mrs.. B. F. Stidfole, on Thurs
day, and elected the following officers:
President, Mrs. Charles H. Warner;
vice president, Mrs. Daniel Stanton;
secretary, Mrs. Wayne Stiles; treasur
er, Mrs. John N. Carly.
The Northampton fire police elected
the following officers on Tuesday night:
Chief, Allen Eastlick, Union; first
lieutenant, Lewis E. Lippincott, Good
Intent; second lieutenant, Howard
Dudley, Relief; third lieutenant, Ray
mond w. Sprow, America; secretary.
Walter H. Bowker, America; treasurer,
George B. West, Union.
S. Clayton Lippincott, who recently
removed from Haddonfield to the b.
S. Lippincott farm, near Medford, was
so unfortunate as to have visit from
thieves on the first night in his new
home, who stole every chicken he
owned. Thieves also made haul on
the William Rockhill farm, near Ma
sonville, taking lot of his fine chick
ems.
Judge Lippincott had several appli
cations to transfer voters from various
districts to Lumberton, that they
might be in that town in time for the
local option election which is taking
place today. Under new law the
court now has the authority to transfer
voters on any election day, so Judge
Lippincott will sit here today for that
purpose.
The board of education of Glouces-
ter City last week granted an increase
Of $40 q month to the elementary
teachers, which will make their salaries
for next year 1000 each. The entire
teaching staff signed petition asking
for the increase. The request for an
extra months salary this year was re-
fused, but the board decided to give a
bonus next year to the teachers who
| ha f,,I farm
Committees of the Board of Educa
ton have been named as follows
Arbitration-Morris X. Perinchief,