The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28


The recent street fair held at Moores
town for the benefit of the Burlington
County Hospital, netted over $1,000
A soldiers dance will be held Wed
nesday in Masonic Temple. AS hith
erto all service and ex-service men ar
invited guests, and ladies are invited
by official chaperones only.
The football game at the fair ground
next Saturday afternoon will be be
tween Mount Holly and Hog Islanc
A. A. The visiting team is strong
aggregation of husky players.
Mrs. Sarah j. Harris, who conducted
boarding house on High street, died
on Wednesday. She had not been in
good health for long time, but she
was a tireless worker and never ne
elected the arduous duties of caring
for her boarders.
There will be a Republican mass
meeting at the court house on Thurs
day evening, October 80, at o'clock,
to be addressed by Major Edward p.
Moore, of New York, who is compe-
tent to discuss the many political is
sues OF the day. All voters are invited
to attend.s
Army field clerks, several hundred
OF whom, from overseas as well as
domestic service, have been discharged
through the rehabilitation center at
Camp Dix, will be granted the $50
bonus which the government has been
paying to all officers and enlisted men
honorably discharged.
Donation day at the Burlington
County Hospital will be on Wednes-
day OF next week, the day after elee-
tion. Politics will be set aside then
and the people OF Burlington county
can show their appreciation of the
good work done by this institution by
sending in contributions of any kind.
A FARMERS institute under the Sdirec.
tion OF the Beverly Community Com
mittee and Growers Association, will
be held in Masonic Hall, Beverly, on
Wednesday. There will be afternoon
and evening sessions The principal
speakers will be j. B. r. Dickey, Wal
ter Minch and M. A. Blake. There
will be a moving picture entertainment
at the evening session.
There will be an entertainment in
the high school auditorium on the
evening of November 7, for the benefit
OF the athletic association. The pro-
gramme will include several selections
by the high school orchestra and
speeches by the high school pupils.
Miss Civilization, play by Richard
Harding Davis, will be presented by
the high school pupils. The admissi on
will be twenty-five cents. Tickets
may be obtained from students.
A Roosevelt memorial meeting was
held at the Methodist church last
night, under the direction of the War
Camp Community Service. C. P.
local representative of the |
presided. 1t was an interest
ing and impressive meeting. Address
es we're delivered by Rev. Arthur Phil
lips, Of Beverly; Prof. Edgar F. Bunce
and Rev. William B. Perry, of Mount
Holly. The singing was un der the
leadership of Oscar H. Lehman, of |
Trenton. A quartette OF male voices
from the Industrial School, Borden
town, rendered some excellent old |
time melodies.
Vice Chancellor Buchanan has al
owed an order, returnable at Trenton
November 5, requiring the Martin Fer
'ilizer Company to show cause why it
should not be enjoined from dumping
waste and from otherwise polluting
Cannon run, Pemberton township
of Rancocas Creek. Penn
,erton and Northampton township
'btain their water supply for domestic
from the creek. The attor-
ley general, who represents the State
Department of Health, contends that
he defendants maintain a large pig
,ery along Cannon Run and pollute
he stream at point above that where
'emberton and Northampton obtain
heir supplies.