The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
'HR MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
: Work has begun on the erection of
dwelling at Andersonville for Samue
Lutz.
Stacy Powell has accepted position
in the Mercer automobile works a
Trenton.
Letters for Lewis Salmons and Mis-
Susan Roberts remain unclaimed il
the post Office.
A son arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin l.. Sibbe. of Evan
vile, on Saturday.
Farmers in the neighborhood Of
: Burlington are paying from S. to Sc
dollars day for laborers, including
their dinner.
The made in Germany" slogan will
not be necessary after this. A simple
yellow streak around the article will
be sufficient.
Albert G. Mayer has sold his resi-
dence on Ridgway street to DIR. Henry
J. A: Rau, the eye specialist, through
real estate dealer 1. HI. Lippincott.
The John Griefzu property on the
Hainesport road was purchased by 7.
8. Lord at special masters sale con
Quoted by William A. Slaughter.
Camp Dix night at Rancocas Park
this week will be this evening. The
dance is for soldiers and ladies who
may be invited by the chaperones.
The Loyal Sisters Bible class of the
Methodist church will hold its annual
picnic on Thursday at the farm of C.
III. Crammer, on the Smithville road.
A special school election will be held
in Southampton township on August
5, to appropriate funds for the erection
of six-room school house at Vincen-
town.
Miss Eugenia Leeds, of Rancocas,
physical training instructor of the
Mount Holly school, fractured her
right arm last week while cranking an
automobile.
James HI. Birch, Jr., of Burlington.
has been appointed chairman of this
county in campaign devoted to the
cultivation of thrift as involved in the
sale Of War Saving stamps.
Lieutenant Jerome G. Harris has ar
rived home from France, getting into
New York harbor on Sunday. He is
at Camp Mills. Ensign Jay b. Tomlin-
son also arrived home last week.
At special meeting of the MarIton
board of education Miss Carrie Burr.
Of Mount Holly, was elected as sixth |
grade teacher, and Miss Edith Cakes,
Of Pitman, was elected teacher of the
first grade.
Rev. Curwen B. Fisher has sold his
farm on the Burlington road, contain
ing 80 acres, and known as the Slack
farm, to II. E. Dodge. of East Orange,
who will occupy it in the spring The
price paid is reported to have been in
the neighbornood of SIS, 600
On Thursday evening special Jazz
dance will be given at Rancocas Park
which will be much appreciated by
the dancing patrons of that resort.
The music for the dance will be furn-
ished by Prof. Richardson's famous
colored orchestra, which has been en-
gagged to come here from Atlantic City
especially for this occasion. The Or
chestra is one of the best jazz orchestras
in the country, and its music will no
doubt be enjoyed by large crowd.
Superintendent Huff made tour out
Washington street, Friday, to notify
all those who are using the Mount
Holly Water Company's water that
the road along that street will soon
be torn up and that if any repairs or
changes are to be made now is the
time to get ready for the work. If
there are any who wish to become GUS
toners it is now time to put In the
pipes. The contractor on the improve
ment to the road between here and
Moorestown will soon be in Mount
Holly.
The funeral of former Judge Charles
E. Hendrickson on Thursday was at
tended by large number of friends
and relatives. Several former asso-
ciates OF the deceased when he was on
the Supreme Court bench, paid their
last tribute of respect to his memory.
Services were held at the late residence
of Judge Hendrickson in Red Bank.
Among the speakers was Rev. A. E.
Ballard, president of the Ocean Grove
Association, with which deceased was
connected as trustee for many wears
Interment was at Red Bank.
At the mass meeting Sunday night
at st. Paul's church there was a good
crowd and splendid music. Miss
Simpson, Y. w. c. A. worker, Ser
geant Ritter, of Camp Dix, and C. P.
Wellman made addresses Much in
terest was manifested in the future SER
vice of the Lincoln club to the soldiers
and neighborhood. This evening at
7.30 the Womens Service League will
meet at the club house. Tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock there will be a
neighborhood lawn party with conval-
escent soldiers from the camp, and in
the evening soldiers party will be
held at the club.
South Jersey physicians have been
notified that the government intends /
to be very strict in relation to the issu-
ance of prescriptions for whiskey. |
Every prescription must be made in |
duplicate and give the ailment of the |
person getting whiskey from drug
store. One must be kept by the ply
stefan and the other by the druggist. |
Agents of the government will visit
each drug store and check up the pre-
scriptions and if any cases are discov
cred where person receiving whiskey