The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-18
Camp 50, P. O. of A., initiated thirty

George d. Worrsll is driving ne
Chalmers car, secured fromagent DAM
: Suffer.
The trout fishing season in New Je
sey opened on April first and lasts unit
lie June fifteenth.
America Fire Company has decided
u purchase puImoter, which will be a
tached to it's chemical engine.
of Robert Brew, state president Of tt
8 Patriotic Order Sons of America, pal
a visit to Washington Camp No. II, I
d Mount Holly, ON Thursday evening.
n The automobile license of Williar
Grover, which was revoked for fast dri,
b ing last year, has been restored by Com
t missioner of Motor Vehicles Dill.
Former Judge John G. Horner wi
/ erect handsome home on Camden ave
nue., Moorestown, in the near future
and then remove from Mount Holly.
q Mrs. Mary Powell, widow of Henri,
Powell, of Pine street, and Mrs. Alic
Morris, widow of William K. Morris, O
Jacobstown, have been granted pensions
Of $12 month.
Special services are being held in the
Methodist church every evening this
week in observance OF Passion week
There will be addresses each evening by
the pastor, Rev. I. s. Hammond.
i A surprise party was rendered Mrs
Clara johnson on Shreve street, Satur-
day evening, in observance of her birth
day. Forty guests were present and a
most enjoyable evening was spent.
1t is reported that James E. Otis, di-
rector of the Ocean county board of free
holders, is seriously i'll at his home, suf-
fering from bad attack of grip, and
also an attack Of blood poison in the
hand.
The death of Frank J. Mack occurred
at his home opposite the Brotherhood
cemetery, West Washington street, on
Friday evening. He was in his 59th
year. His funeral will. take place this
afternoon.
While riding his bicycle on Washing
ton street, Saturday afternoon, Daniel
Nixon, aged about Ii years, of Madison
avenue. was run into by another boy
and thrown SO hard to the road that his
shoulder blade was broken in two places
| A fire in a stack of stalks near build
ing on West Washington street, Tues
day afternoon, required the services of
the America chemical engine to extin-
guish it. A general alarm, which was
useless, called the entire department
| out.
James Wills. Jr., of Indian Mills,
was taken TO Philadelphia, on Tuesday,
| to receive treatment from a specialist to
stop nose bleeding. He was stricken at
two o'clock Tuesday morning, and it
vas late in the day when the flow of
blood was checked.
The Holly Club is conducting frequent
rehearsals for it's minstrel show, which
will be given in the Mount Holly
theatre on the evenings of April rs and
%. Reserved seat tickets will be placed
on sale tomorrow night at eight o'clock,
at Aliens drug store.
The local police and life guard Thomas
l.. Quigley have been given instructions
in the handling Of the lungmoter recent
iy purchased by the township and kept
for public use at Dubell's Drug store.
rhe officers are now ready for any de-
mands that may be made upon them.
The South Jersey Tobacco Company
has purchased the establishment at
Camden owned by Frank Powell, at 126
Federal street. This purchase gives the
Mount Holly company absolute control
of the Oxus brand of cigars. The Cam
len business will be conducted by the
present manager.
The residence on the Paducah proper
ty on the upper creek, which has been
closed all winter, was found to have been
broken into and. thoroughly ransacked
when the owner came up from Philadel
phia, last week, to look over the proper
ty. Bedding and the contents of boxes
md closets were strewn about the rooms
out nothing was stolen.
At the meeting of Washington Camp
No. II, P. o. S. of A., on Thursday
night, four candidates were initiated
and three more propositions for MEM
bership were received. The member
ship contest that is now in progress will
close on April q, and both teams are
working hard to defeat each other in the
number of new members secured.
A forest fire that broke out on Tues
day did considerable damage in South
ampton and Shamong townships. burn
ing strip five miles long and in some
places over a mile wide. Officials be-
lieve the fire was caused by the careless
ness OF some one passing along the
road. Over four hundred acres of the
timber destroyed belonged to County
Clerk knight.
DR.. James X. Stoddard, son of Rev.
DR.. Stoddard, of Mount Holly, sailed
last week for France to be engaged in
hospital work near the front for the next
five months. John Hopkins Medical
College, at Baltimore, granted him his
diploma several months in advance of
the graduation exercises in order that he
might accept this opportunity for active
service. Upon his return to this country
he will go on the staff of the Boston
general hospital.
Life guard Thomas L. Quigley is en-
deavoring to awaken interest in a move
ment to erect public bath houses at the
mill dam before the opening of the
bathing season. Late last year it was
generally agreed that it would be very
desirable to have such buildings, and
Edward b. Jones started public sub
scription for that purpose with $25. II
is thought that the total amount needed
will be about $3.50, and everybody is in
vited to subscribe.
Orders have been issued by Adjutani
General Wilbur F.. Sadier for rife prac
tice for civilians at the Sea Girt military
encampment during the coming sum
mer. Civil organizations and individual!
desiring to avail themselves of the op
portunity to practice shooting unde
competent instructors can do so by get
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