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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18
What l Am Going to
Do This Summer

am going to work on a farm
this summer, and try to help this
country during the war period. I
am not old enough to join the
Boys Working Reserve" or
would do so. Many of the boys
from high school are in this club.
am going to work on Mr.. James
farm east of the city. / worked
for him last summer and found him
a very good man. There are many
farmers who want boys, but cannot
get them, because the boys are
afraid to go and start with a farm
er they do not know.
This will be very healthy work
for me, because / will be in the
open air and sun all day.
If boy does right and works his
best he will make the most money
where If a boy thinks that going
out to work on a farm is going to
be play and no work he will get
very small pay and will not get to
keep his job long.-EImer Hurrel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18

Dig up and burn the shrub
known as the common barberry.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
Rev. Mr.. Bicknell RESIGNS

Rev. Luther Moore Bicknell, pastor
OF the First Presbyterian Church, an
nounced his resignation from the pull
pit of the church on Sunday at the
morning service. Mr. Bicknell has
been pastor here almost three years.
He resigns to accept a call to the
Plymouth Presbyterian church in the
Presbytery of Detroit, Michigan. The
resignation is to take effect on the last
Sunday of November, when he will
preach his farwell sermon. A congre-
gational meeting has been called for
Monday evening, November 25th, to
act upon the resignation All the
members of the congregation are asked
to be present. Mr.. Bicknell expects to
get away by the 9th of December.
This resignation is greatly regretted
by the congregation and community.
Mr.. Bicknell has been an able pastor
and has rendered valuable service in
all movements for the moral uplift of
the town. He and his congregation
have been particularly active in vel
fare work in connection with the
thousands of soldiers from Camp Dix
who have visited Mount Holly during
the past year.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
The Official Returns

The official figures. as canvassed by
the Burlington County Board Of
Elections, are published in this week s
NEWS. They are complete with two
exceptions. The soldier vote has not
been included and there were omiss-
ions in the columns of names registered
and vote cast. These discrepancies are
due to either neglect or indifference on
the part of the election officers for if
they are sufficiently qualified to
carry out the intricate election laws
they certainly ought not to have any
excuse for not filling up the returns
completely.
The soldier vote canvassed by the
County Board was as follows: For the
vacancy in the United States Senate:
Baird, Republican. lOS; Hennessey
Democrat, 80; Prohibition, 6. For the
full term, Edge, Republican, ia;
Reilly, Socialist, /; Congress, Bach
arach, Republican, 112; French, Demo.
crat, SO; Sharp, Prohibition. 7. State
Senator, Wells. Republican, 100; Carr,
Socialist, 5. Assembly, Roberts,
Republican, 112; Haines, Democrat, "a;
Shaw, Prohibition, 5; Cox, Socialist,
Coroner, Leconey, Republican. 116;
Oliver, Republican, 96; Thornton,
Socialist, 7. For "wet," in Northamp
ton, 3: dry" A. The County Board
has thirty days in which to complete
the work of canvassing the soldier vote
and that is the reason it is not in
the published table, as there is posi-
bility of more returns coming in.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
Girls Club House

On Friday, November 22nd, the
Girls Club House will have its doors
wide open in order that gifts may pour
in. 1t is hoped that this donation day
will bring forth all sorts of articles for
the house. The papering and paint
of the lower floor is now completed and
work on the furnishings has commence
ed. Mrs. Harry Wright has charge of
the making of all draperies and is be-
ing assisted by Mrs. Allen Fenimore,
Mrs. s. B. Norcross and Miss Carrie
Powell. The house committee urges
all who are interested to come and in
spect the house or to help with the
sewing.
Mrs. Ella Atkinson, already very
busy with civic activities, has consent
ed to take charge of the club funds.
1t has been found possible to open
up one of the old fireplaces in the
house but the club budget could not
cover such an expense. Therefore Q
fireplace fund has been started among
the clubs. 1t is hoped that the
amount necessary will soon be raised
in order that CHEEKY fire may vel
come all visitors on frosty days.
Just now the furnishings which are
most imperative and which it is hoped
will be brought in Friday are: Kitch
en- utensils Especially large KEITH,
for making cocoa, knives, spoons
/ plates. large pitchers, tea and hanC
towels, sheets, counterpanes, sof.
cushions (great need for many of these
chairs, large kitchen table, desk
straight candlesticks, rugs, vast
paper baskets, clock, good prints o
famous pictures, davenport and
piano.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
BOrdentoWn

Miss Lillian ]. Platt, daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Plat, Of Cross
wicks street, and John Purcell, OF
Trenton, were united in marriage on
Thursday evening at the Methodist
parsonage on Prince street. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev.
James Burns, pastor of the Trinity M.
E. Church. The bride was attended by
Miss Marion Cross and the best man
was j. Jacobs, of Trenton. The newly
weds will reside in this city.
James V. Hamilton, of this place,
has received a letter from a Red Cross
worker in France, in which was in
closed small American flag, which
his son Edwin V. Hamilton, carried
until his death, having died of wounds
received in action September 25th
Mrs. Richard Kettle Hutchins gave
birth to baby boy at the Hahnemann
Hospital, Thursday morning. Mrs.
Hutchins is the wife of Lieutenant
Hutchins, who is now overseas with
the field artillery, and is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs, Philip F. H. Brakeley,
of this city.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
- : -
DIED

BoREL November H. at Philadelphia,
George w Borel, Jr., aged S. years.
CLAsBY-November II, at CoIhngswood,
Patrick CLASSIFY, formerly of Mount Holly,
in his S6th year.
HINES November IL, at Burlington,
Henry Hines. aged ~ years.
JoNEs-November Is, at Camden, Russell
II son of Henry b. and the late Elizabeth
:. Jones, of Moorestown, In his 10th year.
JoNEs-November IA, at Cookstown, John
I. Jones.
KELLY-November l6, at Roebling, Bird
get c., wife of Charles Kelly.
KUMPF-Novemberl Is, at Danuba, Cali
fornia Rudolph P Kumpf, OF Mount ii oily,
aged 20 years.
LEwIs-November 49, at Burlington
Mary M, wife of George A. Lewis.
Observation-Disclosures 10, at Mount Holly,
Charles Mincer.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is, at Palmyra
Sarah b. Newhouse, aged 50 years.
TAYLoR-October IS. at Burlington, VIII
| liam Henry, son Of Hannah and the late
Junius Taylor, aged % years.
| EoK-November l5. at Burlington,
| Walter Louis, son of Henry G. and Florence
| l.. Viereck, aged years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
Hospital for Contagious Diseass

Hospital for Contagious Diseases
An effort will be made to have the
Board Of Freeholders place an item in
the next budget for the erection of q
small hospital at New Lisbon to care
for cases of contagious diseases. At
present there is no such institution in
the county, and there appears to be
need for such place.
The subject has been brought to at
tention lately on account of cases of
venereal diseases that require segrega-
ton and treatment. The military can
Torment, Camp Dix, has attracted q
number of women of questionable char
acter to this county and many of them
are found to be diseased. Some native
women also are afflicted. These are a
menace to the health of the conn
munities. +
Under the state health laws, tt
board of health of each township is
required to care for every case of
venereal disease that may be found
within its borders. The patient
must be held under detention and
treatment administered until the per-
iod of infection has passed. About a
dozen townships have had this problem
to meet and were unable to solve the
difficulty by reason of having no suit
able place for care and treatment of
the cases.
The State Board of Health has been
in consultation with many of the local
boards about complying with the law
in this matter. All the health author
tiles agree that tie diseases are increas-
ing, and that steps should be taken to
abate the menace.
In order to properly care for these
and other communicable and conta-
gious diseases it is believed the county
should erect and maintain small hos.
pital, costing perhaps $4,000 or $40, 900.
1t is impossible for each township to
provide building and treatment.
The director and committee from
the board OF freeholders met represent
atives from the state and some local
boards of health and government health
officers in Mount Holly on Friday
night. The entire question was thor
toughly discussed and the only solution
seems to be the erection of a county
hospital.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
A Short Session

The shortest session ever held by the
Board of Freeholders was that of Tues
day. There did not seem to be much
needing attention and as the mem
bers had not taken any trouble tc
hunt up something for discussion il
was decided to get out as quickly as
possible.
A bridge in Eastampton township
was shown to be in bad shape and il
was ordered that repairs, not to exceed
$500, be made.
The recommendations of the grand
jury, printed in last weeks News,
were read. 1t was decided that these
matters properly belonged to the
committee on court house and grounds
and they were referred to that COM
mittee.
There are number of empty barrels
in Jarious parts of the county, having
contained oil which had been
put on the roads. 1t was suggested
they be collected and returned to the
Headly Good Roads Company. Some
of the members said it would cost
more to get the barrels and ship them
than they were worth, and others said
that some Of the barrels had been
burned in celebrating peace iubilations
The statement was made that every
barrel was worth $3.50 and it was de-
cided that they should be gathered
wherever it was possible to do so.
The Chesterfield and Jobstown road
was reported to be in good condition
and resolution was adopted having
the county assume control of it, in ac-
cordance with previous agreement.
The officers who served at the recent
elections presented their bills, but it
was reported there was not sufficient
funds on hand to pay the sums due
and the bills were held up for the
present.
Sutton & Corson were granted an ex-
tension of time to finish the road be-
tween Merchantville and Moorestown.
They expect to have everything in
good shape by the 18th of next month.
The road is now passable and those
who have used it recently say it is a
great pleasure to be able to come
straight to Mount Holly from Camden
Edward T. Haines, who held the dis
puted office of sealer of weights and
measures, presented bill for his SER
vices for ten months and ten days. 1t
to $6S8.3s and the impress
sion was that Mr.. Haines was entitled
to that sum, SO the bill was ordered
paid.
The bond of County Auditor Henry
l. Worrell was presented and approved.
1t was signed by the Auditor, William
w. Worrell and Joseph b. Fleetwood,
the amount being $1,000.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
MARRIED

LEscH-GAsKILL-No 6, at New
H8fHz, Sergeant G. A. l.. Lesoh, OF Buffalo,
ana Miss Irene b. GaskilL formerly OF
Mount Holly,
PURCELL-PLATT-Nove IA, a. Bor-
dentown, by Rev. James IBurns. John Pnr-
cell, of Trenton, and Miss Lillian ]. Plat.
of Bordentown.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
Advertisements.

Employ every spare dollar safely
and put it to work advantageously.
Start an account with the Mount Holly
Safe Deposit & Trust Company. Three
per cent. interest paid on time deposits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19

Christmas Post Cards. Beautiful and
large assortment. one cent each. l.. S.
Boyce, Stationer. adv
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
Children CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
G A 8 T RIA

Place your order early for Personal
Christmas Greeting cards. l.. S. Boyce,
Stationer. adv
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19


The statement of the Wrightstown
magistrate that he sent, Illegally, to
jail woman who should have been
committed to await the action of the
grand jury or should have been admit
ted to bail was another instance of the
lack of knowledge on the part of the
general run of justices of the peace.
This man admitted that the business
was new to him and he did not know
just how to act. He also stated that he
had been guided by the advice of an U.
S. official whose duty appears to be to
round up offenders and get them to jail
or into court for punishment. AsJudge
Lippincott remarked, it is almost i'm
possible to think that anyone with a
knowledge of the law this official is
supposed to possess would give any ad-
vice of that sort, but there seems to he
a disposition to ''get them, somehow. -
Not long since woman was hustled to
Jail by this same official and was al
lowed to sit in chair in the Sheriff's
office for some time before it was an
nounced that she was covered with
vermin; in fact it was not necessary to
make an announcement of the condi.
ton OF the woman, as it was very APP
parent. Yet the man who took her tc
the Jail undoubtedly knew of her con.
dition, which the Sheriff says was the
worst he ever saw. The wonder is thai
the officer was willing to come with
her and put his uniform in DANCE
of becoming infested.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
Random Remarks

One of the very many good things
done by Judge Lippincott during his
occupancy of the bench was his an
noucement in court, in the presence of
officers from Camp Dix, that unless
the military authorities took notice of
the acts of some of the soldiers he
would see that the civil courts acted.
He admitted that in cases of high mis-
demeanors possibly the military au-
thorities were supreme, but in the
cases that have come before the court
recently he felt that too much leniency
had prevailed, and he was of the opin-
ion that the civil authorities had some
right in the premises. His statement
that some of the men had been guilty
of acts that were disgrace to the uni
form they wore is the truth. According
to reports that come from well-founded
authority there are 5000 men in camp
who should be kept there, but at least
1000 of them have been allowed to get
out and probably have spread disease
in many communities. AS soon as a
woman is discovered suffering with a
complaint she is bounced upon by the
officers of the Department of Justice
and is wheedled or scared into making
statements that have been used against
her, while the men have gone free In
several of the cases that have been be-
fore the court the defendants have
pleaded guilty and that has appeared
as victory for the prosecuting attor-
ney, while, as fact, if they had all
pleaded not guilty they might have
gone free, as did the woman who was
tried on Thursday. The evidence failed
to show anything wrong, but there is
not the slightest doubt she was guilty,
AS one of the officersI of the Depart
ment of Justice remarked in recent
case: IF the woman had not pleaded
guilty we could never have sent her to
prison." In the case on Thursday the
man in the case sa punishment star
ing him in the face if he testified
against the woman. SO he declined to
speak and both went free, so far as the
civil courts are concerned. Perhaps the
announcement of Judge Lippincoti
may bear fruit with this fellow at the
other end of the line.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
Stunning New Blouses

Just what you would like for Thanks
giving, in beautiful shades of tan, flesh,
blue, bergundy, navy and white, in Georg-
cite, Crepe de Chine and Wash Satins,
marked special at So. %, So 90 and &c. IS.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19

w AfAs ACA hhey -sA4ACC yC1Ab, anu u 1lldu
who had taught for f1fty-one years.
The average length of service of the
new pensioners was thirty-nine years.
There are 418 pensioners onIlthe rolls
at this time, of whom 35l are women.
A new stunt was carried on in a train
one day last week. A young woman
occupied an entire seat and whenever
anybody wanted to sit beside her
she would say "This seat is taken. !"
The woman got on the train at some
station above Mount Holly. She made
this remark to several passengers until
Maple Shade was reached when
another woman wanted to take the
seat and was greeted with the usual
remark with an addition: "Some one is
going to take it at Merchantville. Z"
The new passenger said she would oc
cupy the seat until Merchantville was
reached and then when that station
was arrived at the woman who had
been saving it jumped up and got off
the train.
Rudolph P. Kumpf, of Mount
Holly, who several months ago went
TO California for the benefit of his
health, died there on Friday from
pneumonia following an attack oil
influenza. He had been residing at
Oriso, where he was under treatment
to regain his health, and was progress.
ing satisfactorily, having gained Is
pounds in weight and had been told
by his physician that further medical
attention was unnecessary. The
epidemic of influenza, which ha.
reached the Pacific coast, claimed him
as one of its victims. He died in {
hospital at Danuba, Cal. He was 2!
years of age. The remains are en- rout,
to Vincentown, where his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred. Kumpf, reside, ant
where funeral services will be held
Interment will be made in the Noun
Holly cemetery.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19

consideration, but he did not think it
would tend to her reformation if she
were sent back to Jail where she had
been for several weeks. He placed her
in the hands of the probation officer
with instructions to pay the costs. She
is to remain in Mount Holly until this
has been done and then she was ad
yised that the best course she could
pursue would be to leave New JERSEY
and stay out of the state.
Florence Mitchell was then called for
trial by the court. The original charge
against her was fornication. This is
the case the prosecutor of the pleas
has been dilly-dallying with in order
that he might, as he protested, get a
more serious charge against the wo-
man. On Thursday he came In with a
waiver of indictment, charging the
woman with adultery. IN it she was
named as Martha c. Bourgard She
pleaded not guilty and the trial began.
Richard p. Hughes, of the Depart
ment of Justice, was the first witness.
He started to tell of statement made
to him by the woman. He said he
had a conversation with her in which
he told her he was an officer of the
government, appointed to investigate
such cases. He was about to relate the
statement that had been made to him
when he was stopped on the ground
that he had not warned the defendant
that what she might say could be USED
against her. That settled that portion
of the testimony.
The next witness was Bertha Ross
who had been sentenced few min
| utes before for the same offence. Sh
and the defendant were partners i
7 crime and Bertha told Of going out i
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
IN RECOGNITION OF vALoR.

The senate has passed a bill permitting
Americans to receive and wear decorations be-
slowed on them for valor by allied governments,
and the measure authorizes the president to be-
stow American emblems on heroes OF our allies.
If our decorations are beautiful, appropriate
and conferred with Judgment they will be
treasured and handed down as precious helr-
looms by those who receive them. 1t is emil
nently fitting that nations should thus reward
conspicuous merit. Decorations are the acco-
ladies' of knighthood which teach men to SET
higher store on honor, sacrifice and on no
bility of life. This commercialized age OF ours
has been too prone to consider money the only
measure and reward of achievement; and 1t is
well that we now create a value that money
cannot buy. The fathers of our struggling re-
public had double reason for refusing to al
low its citizens to wear foreign decorations.
They wished to emphasize the fact that equality
was the cornerstone on which they built; and
they sought to prevent sacrifice of American
interests and subservience to foreign powers by
which decorations might be won They had no
wish to see American ambassadors come back
bejewelled with the gifts of kings But the
present plan of recognizing valor is not open to
the old objections. It simply puts a premium
on noble acts and those high qualities that even
the humblest citizen may posses. What could
be more truly democratic than this?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

American Review of Reviews: NO
spectacle provided by Nature is more
impressive than total eclipse OF the
sun. This fact is not generally real
lied by persons who have never seen
one, because their idea OF such an
event is, as a rule, based upon the
relatively commonplace phenomenon
of a partial solar eclipse or upon the
equally tame spectacle of lunar
eclipse. With favorable weather. the
impression produced by the sudden
failing of the light of day just before
totality, the weird sunset colors
around the horizon, the appearance OF
the brighter stars and planets, and the
lovely wispy glow OF the corona,
spreading outward from the suns Dor
der-all features Of total as dis
tinguished from partial solar eclipse
is one that can never be forgotten.
The eclipse of June 8, 1918, will be
total for the brief period of from one
to two minutes along the center, and
for an instant along the border, OF
strip of territory in the United States
nowhere more than 70 miles in diam
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
IN POOR TASTE.

The conviction and sentence of Mrs. Rose
Pastor Stokes is the first under the new espion-
age and sedition laws which has attracted wide
attention; and the case will undoubtedly run
the gamut Of all the courts before it is ended.
Mrs Stokes comrades in socialism are, OF
course, caustic in their comment and they lndl-
cate belief that she was tried as much by
deranged public opinion as by constitutional
tribunal This comment is only natural from
people whose reasoning powers have led them
to the excess of statement from which Mrs.
Stokes is now suffering. But, if the Stokes
case is to be considered from angles other than
those which the law provides, it may be well to
reflect that if she had remained in her native
Russia the chances are as one to a thousand
that she never would have made an advantageous
marriage that she never would haze attained
to anything like the position which America
has enabled her to take, and that it is mighty
poor taste, to say the least, for one for whom
country has done as much America has done
for her to revile the government under which
she has made SO great an advance.