The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-24

: of 500 and costs.
Beginning next Monday the circu.
lating library will change its hours fol
the winter, opening at two o'clock in
the afternoon and remaining open
until five o'clock.
]. T. Ridgley. Of Pennsylvania, has
been appointed supervisor of the Tren-
ton division Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, to succeed the late
William R. Trowbridge.
James Fitzgerald, of Harbert's alley,
was arrested last week by constable
Frake on charge of disorderly con-
4 duct. He was taken before justice Of
the peace Throckmorton and fined IS
and costs.
| All farmers are invited to attend a
public demonstration of farm tractors
which will be held on the grounds of
the New Jersey Agricultural Expert
ment Station at New Brunswick, on
Tuesday, October 8.
i Many tons OF tomatoes have been
wasted during the past two weeks be-
cause the canneries have been unable
to keep pace with the vast quantities
that are taken to the factories by the
lgrowers. There is good crop of the
vegetable this season. and greatly in
creased acreage over former years.
Robert Morgan and Alexander Jalin-
ski who were before Com missioner
Haines, last week, on the charge of
furnishing soldiers with liquor, have
been sent to the Mercer county Jail,
as they were unable to furnish
$500 bail. They will remain in custody
until the United States authorities
have Sc tiled with them.
The annual convention of the Bur
County w. c. T. U. was held in De-
lance, Thursday. The following
officers were elected: Honorary presi-
dents, Mrs. Ella Hoover Thatcher,
Washington; Mrs. E. v. Street, Bever-
Ily; president, Mrs. H. A. Frantz.
Moorestown; corresponding secretary.
Mrs Catharine B. Lippincott, Moores-
town; recording secretary, Mrs. Julia
Boyer, Mount Holly; treasurer, Mrs.
Ella Ireton, Florence.
Free information and assistance to
men registered for military service, in
properly filling QUESTIONABLE blanks,
will be given by local lawyers who
have volunteered their services, every
day except Sundays, from $50 a. m. to
$50 p. M, at the court house. All
registrants are requested to familiarize
themselves with the questions, by
careful reading Of the interrogatories,
in order that they readily may answer
when they appear at the court house.
The tax rate for Northampton town.
ship is $3.18, made up as follows:
State school, 26 cents; district school,
$1.13; township, So cents, county, IA
cents, and state road, 10 cents. This
is an increase of IL cents over last year
when the total rate was $3.O5. The
district school tax is the cause of the
higher rate. as it is % cents more than
in 1917. The township tax is ii cents
less than last year; the county is 2
cents higher; the state school and state
road rates are the same.
The marriage of Miss Margaret B. |
Parsons. daughter Of Mrs. Margaret |
Ida and the late Charles B. Parsons, to |
Captain Henry H. Cross, of the United |
States army, took place on Saturday |
afternoon in st. Andrews Episcopal |
church. The ceremony was performed |
by the rector, Rev. Henry Teller Cooke. |
Captain Cross has been stationed at
Camp Shelby, Miss, for about year
past. but now has been ordered for
duty overseas. He is son of Mr.. and |
Mrs. Joseph Cross, of Mount Holly.
William M. Corder, of Albany, N. |
u, who gave the name Robert Phil
lips when arrested in Philadelphia, |
Friday, on information furnished by
County Detective Parker, has been |
positively identified by the daughters
of Edward Hack, as the soldier who
robbed their home last week. All the |
stolen property but stickpin and the |
cash, was recovered. In addition to |
being connected with a robbery in
Philadelphia. 1t is suspected that Cor
der was the robber in similar case in
Collingswood.
A public reception will be held in
the high school auditorium on Thurs
day evening, at eight o'clock. to give
the people an opportunity to meet
Edgar F. Bunce, the new supervising
principal Of the Mount Holly schools.
All citizens interested are invited to
attend. Music will be furnished by
some soldiers from Camp Dix. and
there will be brief address by County
Superintendent Kayser. Mr.. Bunce
win be the principal speaker. The
affair will be very interesting and
should be largely attended.
Two Burlington county Y. NJ. C. A.
committeeman have been passed by
the National Y. M. C. A. War Work
Council for overseas work, Herbert L.
Cochley, of Medford. and J. Porter
Ashbrook, Of Lumberton. Mr.. Coch-
ley lis waiting for his passport. Mr..
Ashbrook will go overseas after giving
special statewide service in the COM
| ing United States War Work Cam
paign, November IL to Is. Mr.. Coch-
ley, during the past year, has been
doing excellent work with the Y. M.
G. A. headquarters staff at Camp Dix.
Mr.. Ashbrook has been county secre-
tary OF Y. M. c. A. work in Glouces-
tier county.
What promises to be one of the most
pretentious amateur theatrical enter
prises of the season is booked for We'd
nesday evening, October 2, at the
Mount Holly theatre. The feature will
be one-act play of Scotch Canadian
life. written by Captain David Gray,
now in France. The story, For
Valor," is written around the winning
of the Victoria Cross, and will be pre-
sented here for the first time on any
stage. Following this will be two
act farce comedy, 1.-The Fascinating
Fanny Brown, also motion-picture
feature. Charles S. Morgan, who has
directed the Mask and Wig Club sue
cesses, is coaching the Mount Holly