The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
Robert S. Gaslxill left Yesterday on q

Robert S. Gaslxill left yesterday on
trip to Florida.
4 Frank Randall, of Branch street, i,
very ill at his home there.
John f. Riley is very ill with pneu
monia at his home on Pine street.
The High School basket ball team
defeated the Tiger A. c. yesterday by
a score af "a to l.
Among the 2S5 Naval Reserve En-
signs who received diplomas Friday,
was Martin l.. Dunn, of Bordentown.
Mrs. Alfred r. Shreve, of Union
sereet, was taken to the Burlington
County Hospital yesterday afternoon.
She is seriously ill with pleurisy.
Rev. Karl NJ. Block, of st. Georges
church, Camp Dix, will preach at the
morning service of st. Andrews
church, Mount Holly, next Sunday.
Rev. Harry A. Relyea has been ap-
pointed by Bishop Berry to supply the
pulpit of Central M. E. Church,
Bridgeton. which was made vacant by
Rev. Sherman q. Pitt, the pastor, re-
signing to take up Y. NJ. C. A. war
work.
John j. Boswell, George w. Dad
ing, Samuel G. Fenimore, Henry c.
Shinn, Charles C. Cowperthwait and
Charles LaTour compose the commit
tee of arrangements for the annual
ladies night of Mount Holly Lodge of
Masons.
The severe cold weather of the last
few weeks has taxed the powers of the
heaters in the public school buildings
to the limit. On several occasions the
primary department had to be dis
missed because of cold rooms This
morning it was found impossible to
get any of the buildings warm enough
to begin sessions.
Some fears are entertained for the
safety of the Smithville dam when
the spring thaw comes and the heavy
ice commences to churn and pound
against the aged timbers. The ice
at Smithville is said to be from 20 to
"a inches thick, and unless it is broken
up SO that it can pass through the
gates, the pressure upon the dam will
be enormous.
Men are having considerable trouble
trying to mend broken water main
in front of Mrs. Daniel Suffers prop
erty on Garden street. With the
ground frozen to the depth of several
feet and water running from a cavity
at the rate of many gallons per min
ute, the men were obliged to stop
work yesterday afternoon owing to the
intense GOODNESS of the weather.
Additional items of interest in the
work of the Mount Holly Red Cross
Association are as follows: Miss Madge
Huff will have charge of the Monday
evening surgical dress work; Miss Lot
tie Oliphant will receive applications
for membership in first aid class"
that is about to be organized; Miss |
Decker, county chairman of sewing, |
will visit the rooms of the Association, |
corner of High and Murrell streets, on
Friday, at two O'Clock, and aid in in
structing those who are present. 1t is
hoped that. a large number will greet
this lady.
That excuses will fail to save dealers
who sell short weight coal was demon
strated in suit brought before Magis-
rate J. l.. Smith, in Burlington, by |
the state attorney general, representing
she State Department of Weights and
Measures, against l.. A. Weikman, a
Palmyra dealer. In the case against
E. b. Holten and J. f.
Fowler, agents of the department, de-
,lared they found 65.pound shortage
n quarter-ton load that driver was |
to a customer. Weikman |
entered plea of non vult and paid a
so fine, but said he was not in the
office when the load was made up and
hat the driver alone had undertaken
to weigh the coal.