The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-02
George McKelvy has resigned bis

Postmaster Reed will move from
Broad street to Mrs. Alfred Doron's
property at Brainard and Buttonwood
streets, this week.
On Sunday evening there was a
chimney fire at the Earl farm house in
the Wrightstown Camp. No damage
was done except the burning of few
shingles near the chimney.
Two automobiles collided at the cor
ner of Mill and Pine streets early this
morning, before the traffic officer was
on duty. One car was badly damaged.
The occupants we're unhurt.
At the regular monthly meeting of
Relief Fire Company, last night, it
was decided to have open house for
soldier and sailor visitors to Mount
Holly. All men in uniform will be
welcome to visit the engine house at
any time.
Ryland E. Lippincott entered the
national army on Wednesday, when
he went to Camp Dix to complete the
forty per cent quota from this district.
He is in Company 1, 311th infantry,
composed principally of men from this
county.
The base ball season in Mount Holly
closed last Saturday. Financially the
season has been failure, as there is a
considerable unpaid debt. In order to
make up the deficiency, the famous
colored band at Camp Dix has con-
scented to give concert, including
some speciality numbers, at the Mount
Holly theatre in the near future. The
date will be announced later. This
will be rare tfeat for music lovers.
Things were almost turned upside
down in Columbus on Wednesday
night when Chief of Police Carslake
and CaptainAf Home Guards Bower
arrested Howard Archer, who oper-
ates a pool room, shoe and barber
shop, and David Montrey, who has a
candy, ice cream and tobacco store, for
operating penny slot machines that
are said TO have taken many pennies
away from young people, some Of them
school children. The machines, con-
tanning about $50, were cOnfiscated and
the two men were held under $500 bail
each for court.
The artillsrymen from New Jersey
who were sent to Camp Mcclellan,
near Admission, Alabama, arrived there
on Friday in good health and spirits.
They found the camp to be sea of
mud, due to heavy storm the night |
before. The South Jsrseymen are
jubilant over the fact that they are to |
be made into the heavy field artillery |
and equipped with six-inch howitzers.
The heavy regiment will have three
battalions and it will be necessary to
name another major. Each battalion
in this type of artillery has but two
batteries instead of three, as W. the
light artillery.
The extraordinary travel to Wrights-
town has played havoc with many OF
the roads in this county. Not only is
there tremendous increase in the
number of pleasure and business cars
of light type, but the heavy motor
truck traffic is enormous. Strong
efforts are being exerted by Governor
Edge ana Senator Frelinghuysen to
have the government spend at least
5000, 900 on roads in the vicinity of the
camps in Burlington and Bergen
counties, and they are meeting with
some encouragement, as the military
see the necessity Of i'm
mediate action on this important
subject.
The Burlington county militia COM
pRny stationed at Mount Holly, has
been designated as Company B, of the
second battalion. The new state mi
litia has been DIVIDED into seven bat
talions, of which three are located in
South Jersey. The first is composed
of companies A, B and C, of Atlantic
county and d, E and F, of Cape May,
Bridgeton, Salem and Westville. The
second battalion is formed of Company
A, of Camden; B Of Mount Holly; c, |,
of Trenton, and D, Of Somerville and
Pennington. Third battalion, Lake
wood, A; Red Bank, B and C; Asbury
Park, d; New Brunswick, E; South
Amboy, F. In this unit win be in
cluded machine gun company. II
Budd G.. Krayer returned from his
second ocean voyage Saturday. On
this trip he landed at small port in
Ireland. The ship on which he sailed
became disabled while in the war zone,
and that caused little uneasiness, but
q British cruiser came along and con-
voyed the boat to port. After repairs
had been made the trip was resumed
and landing was made at place
somewhere on the coast of England"
1t was only twelve miles from Liver.
pool and Budd had a chance to visit
that city. On Sunday he went to Har-
ward college, where he will perfect him.
self in wireless telegraphy. He enlist
ed in the United States naval service
some time ago, and when he got home
Saturday he found orders from Wash
ington, directing him to go to Harvard
and go under instructions for the
navy wireless station.
Five colored soldiers from Camp
Dix got into a fight at the corner of
Rose and Washington streets at about
eleven o'clock on Saturday night.
The trouble is said to have started be-
cause one of the soldiers, who had bor-
rowed boys bicycle, refused to return |
1t when requested, but slapped the boy |
on the face. Another soldier resented |
this treatment Of the lad, and fight
ensued. Several shots from rsvolvers
were fred, but no one was injured. |
One of the men had his head badly
cut by being struck with q club. The
soldiers were placed in Jail until Sun
day morning, when an armed squad Of
men from Camp Dix came and took
them to camp, where they will receive
punishment that will keep them out OF
trouble for some time. At the time of
the brawl the men were under the in
fuence OF liquor.
School supplies, L. s. Boyce, sta
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