The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
Along the Shore.

The Toms River Courier saws that
while no decision has been made as vet
in the contest of the recent local option
election at Toms RIVER, it is agreed on
all sides that it will be set aside by
Justice Kalisch, four similar cases hav-
ing been decided in favor of the vets,
one by Justice Bergen and three by
Chief Justice Gummere. The contest
at Toms River was brought by the
license holders there in the name of
George w. Holman, Jr., owner of the
Ocean house, after the drys had won
the election by a majority of 16 in a
total vote of 275 to POI.
When Toms River people learned of
the decision of Justice Bergen in the
Roselle case they no longer had any
doubt in their minds as to what the de-
clsion OF Justice Kalisch would be in
the election at Toms River. In the
Roselle case, in some ways parallel
with that at Toms River, the decision
was based upon the failure of the Sec
rotary of State to supply the ballots to
the soldiers in camps, or in some way
to notify them of the election. The
same contention is raised at Toms
River There were enough soldier votes.
both in Roselle and in Toms River. to
have changed the result, had they all
voted alike.
Justice Bergen is quoted in the North
Jersey papers as saying that the Dor
ough clerk of Roselle should have Ger.
fitted list of soldiers entitled to vote
to the Secretary OF State, SO that bal
lots could be mailed to them. He held
that, while it might seem strange to
send ballots to soldiers and sailors SO
far from home, the law in the matter
should be obeyed. Chief Justice Gum
mere last Tuesday gave a similar de-
cision in the Essex county cases.
Last week sea plane landed in the
bay and headed for the Seaside Park
clubhouse to get new supply of gaso-
line. While nearing that point the
wind changed suddenly and was una
BILE to avert collision with Ernest Ma
piers yacht, which lay at her mooring
a short distance from the pier. Both
craft were damaged considerably, but
the plane was able to proceed to its
home port in spite of torn wings and
broken braces.
Rev. ]. Franklin Weaver, the new
pastor ofhthe Forked River and Bar
negat Presbyterian churches, was in
stalled at both places on Tuesday.
The service at Forked River was held
in the afternoon at 2 80 o'clock; that at
Barnegat the same evening.
Mrs. Maryetta Matthews of Lake
wood, indicted for keeping disorderly
house in Lakewood and for selling
liquor without a license, on Tuesday
entered plea of non vult, as did her
law, Mrs. Mosella Matthews, |
to charge of maintaining disorderly |
house. Sentence will be imposed on |
July 26th.
At the meeting of the Ocean county
Board of Freeholders on Tuesday,
County Collector Theodore b. Cranmer
had letter from Assistant Attorney
General Boggs, advising him in the
event of Surrogate Thompson's leav-
ing the county to accept commission
in the medical corps OF the army, not
to pay his salary. The letter said that
the writer doubted if the same man
could hold commission in the army
and also commission as surrogate
from the State of New Jersey, and ad.
vised the collector not to pay any
salary should DR.. Thompson go in the
army, until the matter had been de-
cided by the courts. The Surrogate
has been notified that he passed the
examinations for a commission, but
has not yet certified his acceptance.
Spalding's base ball supplies. H. S
Boyce, sporting goods. adv