The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-25


children gained half-year toward
graduation.
Samuel Fenimore, jitney driver for
Wilbur H. Fisher, was committed to
the county Jail last week on a charge
of stealing 500 from his employer.
Fenimore's wife has since filed charge
of noD-support against him, and his
bail has been fixed at $500.
| The Supreme Court, last week, sit
ling as whole, without dissenting
vote, rendered a decision in the local
option election case which has been be-
fore that body. The opinion was that an
error was made by not publishing the
notlce in newspaper five days before
the hearing on the subject.
The sale of tickets closed last night
for the annual banquet of the Burling-
ton County Game Protective League,
in the Masonic Temple next Friday
ev ening. The committee in charge
reports that the acceptances for the
dinner were so numerous that the
capacity of the banquet room will be
taxed to its utmost to accommodate
the diners.
Harry Holcombe, farm demonstra-
tor, resumed his duties at the farm
bureau yesterday, after about
months tussle with influenza. He
was at the residence of his parents, at
Lawrenceville, during his illness. Mrs.
Holcombe also had a severe attack OF
the same disease, at the home of her
parents at Trenton. Just prior to
being taken ill, Mr.. and Mrs. Holcomb
were preparing to remove their house
hold goods to Mount Holly.
Abraham Levinsohn, who has been
conducting clothing store at Wrights-
town, has been arrested on a warrant
charging contempt of court. Levin
sohn erected two-story brick building
at Belmar several months ago, and
municipal officials charged that the
structure encroached 81 feet beyond
the building line. Vice Chancellor
Lewis order Leyinsohn to move the
building back or stand in contempt of
court. AS he had made no move for
ten months to carry out the courts
order, he was placed under arrest.
There will be many activities at the
Girls Club House this week. The
Keep at it Club met last evening and
did service work for the Children's
Home. This afternoon the Ever-ready
club meets with Miss Mannion, its
leader, and works for the club house.
This evening the Watzituyu club will
do some work for the convalescent GEN.
ter at Camp Dix and plan for spring
The Lafalot club and the executive
committee of the county anti-tubercu-
losis league hold meetings Wednesday
evening. Thursday evening the Koleh
club will have special meeting for
new members. Mothers night will be
Friday, when all members have been
invited to bring their mothers for a |
general get together meeting. Open
house will be held Saturday afternoon
from three to five o'clock, and in the
evening from eight until ten.
A canvass for funds to support the
visiting nurse will he made in Mount
Holly during the first week in March |
The treasury is exhausted, and the |
women who are in charge of the nurse
say that money is needed Immediately |
if the nurse is {, be continued. The |
mber of visits made by the nurse |
during the past year is so large as to be
almost incredible. Most of these visits
and ministrations are to poor families
and are free. The nurse has been of
great value during the influenza
epidemic. During the last year the
nurse made 1913 calls, She had 14S
patients, so of them being ''free pa
tients." In addition to these the
nurse made II social calls" These
consisted of visits to families that did
not call her, but of whom she heard,
and who were possibly in need of adj
vice or aid. 1t will be seen by these
figures that Mrs. Claypool, the nurse,
has not had an idle year by any
means.
The Public Service Corporation will
be compelled to meet its franchise
agreements with the city of Burlingl
ton, under action taken by common
council in ordering the company to re-
lay its tracks on West Federal street,
the present Trails with
Hanged rails and raising the tracks to
city grade. In a recent survey, the
street committee discovered that the
company had actually laid its tracks
at one point across the sidewalks of |
adjoining properties. In return for
privileges granted by the city, the
company, at the time it began plans
for the erection of its big power plant
in West Burlington, agreed also to
macadamize and keep in repair the
section of highway in front of the city
drainage station, between its plant
and the Pennsylvania railroad. Altho
the agreement was made in 1914, the
improvements have never materializ-
ed, and Councilman Benjamin Far
ner, who brought the matter to the
attention of council, has been auth
orized to see that the company, at this
late date, keeps it's word.
Government supervision or control
of railroads has dropped anothernot
in the estimation of residents of
Marlton and other towns on that
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad,
who find their train service further
depleted by the latest order of the
federal supervisors. The rule is said
to have been made in order to come
within the requirements of the eight
hour law, without necessitating the
employment of additional station
agents. The Marlton station is now
closed daily at $3.50 o'clock in the af-
ternoon, and is not open at all on
Sunday, with the result that passen-
gers waiting for trains during these
hours have no shelter in cold or
stormy weather, and fares must be
paid on the trains. The package SER
vice is also curtailed under the new
regulations. While the station agents
nave not received official notification
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