The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09

1T Floyd P. Karg has enlisted in th
navy as yeoman.
r Edward Y. Gunsche is acting as al
l. extra clerk at Aliens drug store.
Miss Edna Bates, of Philadelphia
l. visited Mount Holly relatives on Sun
a day.
w. Frank Eddleman has purchased
d house at Merchantville and removed
l. to that place.
Palmyra is going to have base bal
s team this season. Edward A. King ii
: to be the manager.
J. Mrs. John Black, of the "Wigwan
z farm" who was attacked with pneu
nronia last week, is much improved.
0 Mrs. Luther M. Bicknell has beer
quite sick, but is now somewhat i'm
, proved. Her auut, Miss Jennie Quick
. of Philadelphia, is visiting at the
manse
The Burlington County Farmers
: Exchange is removing its supplies,
| office fixtures, etc., to its new location,
the former Doughty & Co. property, on
Pine street.
, Union chemical engine was called
out twice last week. One fire was in
some timber ON the South Pemberton
road, and the other small blaze out
WOODLAND.
William A. Slaughter has been in
vited to deliver an address on the bat
tie of Iron Works Hill, before the Wo-
mans State Historical Society, at
Newark, on May 8.
A meeting was held at the court
house, on Sunday afternoon, to form
an organization to make preparations
to bring the local option question be-
fore the voters at the coming fall cleo
ton. Franklin s. Zelley was elected
president; Nelson ID. w. Pumyea, Sec
rotary.
The grand jury was in session on
Saturday, having come back to take
up few matters and to visit the coun-
ty offices and institutions. They adj
journed Saturday evening, after APP
pointing committees to take up the
various subjects that. were under dis
cussion.
Philip Gallagher, street commission
er of Burlington, died at his home,
Friday, after being stricken with an
attack of his heart soon after leaving
the city hall. Men in his department
had demanded higher wages and this
gave Mr.. Gallagher much anxiety. His
, predecessor in office died in almost the
same manner few weeks ago.
The members of Rancocas Grange
are requested to be present at the regu-
lar meeting on Wednesday evening,
April II, at 8 o'clock, to consider aud
vote on purchasing the public school
building at Rancocas, as it is for sale.
The Grange will confer the third and
fourth degrees of the order to class of
eight candidates the same evening.
At session of the county court, on
Thursday, Prosecutor Kelsey withdrew
a charge against Roy Fl. Fenimore of
stealing wagon and harness from his
employer, Harry Borel, of Southamp-
ton township. 1t was ascertained that
the young man had borrowed the ar
ticles, as he had done on former occa-
sions, and intended to return them as
he always had done.
County Engineer Logan has received |
letter from Senator Frelinghuysen |
stating that the United States has ap-
propriated sufficient money to COM
plete the road from Lewistown to the |
Wrightstown boundary of Camp Dix. |
Burlington county has awarded con-
tract for the completion of the road |
from Pemberton to Lewistown, so that |
there will be good highway in that
neighborhood before many more
months.
In the cast of Ellis Model Wife" to |
be presented at the Mount Holly opera |
house, on Wednesday evening, April |
"a, for the benefit of the local Red |
Cross, will be: Morris Won Fossen,
Thomas Devery, William J. Haines,
Mrs. w. Roland Warrick, Mrs. Charles
w. Mendenhall, Mrs. William G. |
Wetherill, Mrs. Ray o. VanArsdale, |
Miss Hines, Miss Anne B. Grigg and |
Miss Caroline Powell. This will be a |
one act comedy, brimful of fun. There |
will be other attractions on the pro-
gram.
A suit for libel that has just been in
stituted in Germany has brought |
Countess Won Bernstorff into promi-
nence, she being named as one of the |
defendants. The Countess was at one
time the wife of James H. Birch, Jr.,
of Burlington, but was divorced from
him and married Baron Won Radeck. |
This marriage lasted but two
years, and in October, 1917, the Count
ess secured another divorce and two |
months later married Won Bernstorff. |
The latter came in contact with Won |
Radecl1 and there was 6stic encoun-
ter, which caused complications, final
ly resulting in the suit for libel.
The case of Franklin Banks against |
William Simpkins was to have been
tried yesterday. Twenty-four jurors
had been summoned to be present.
This case is one where it is claimed
damage was done by the defendant
hacking water on the cranberry lands
of Banks. The Court of Chancery had
rendered decision in this matter and
an appeal had been taken by Sirnpkins
to the Court of Errors and Appeals. On
this ground the attorneys of the latter
asked that the case be postponed to
later date. This request was granted,
and Simpkins was ordered to pay the
costs of getting the jurors and wit
nesses to court.
Following the requests of parents the
Mount Holly Board of Education is
now holding short sessions in the high
school, A similar request to extend
this same method to the primary
rooms was refused. While the sugges-
tions of the parents of pupils in the
higher grades we're complied with, re
quests from the same parents of lower
grade pupils we're turned down. There
is not any sense in this movement.