The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-30

Three cent postage goes into effect
on Thursday.
A small bar pin, picked up on the
street, may be found at THE News
Office.
James Anderson, of Church street,
is now employed in the printing de-
partment of the Taubel mills at River
side.
X. Muramatsku, of Asbury Park,
has rented DR.. j. H. Carter's store, No.
% Main street, and will open with a
line Of Japanese goods.
A number of the employees of Irwin
& Leighton, at Camp Dix, gave din
ner of fifty covers at the New Wash
ington house, on Thursday night.
Halloween will not receive any es-
pecial attention in this neighborhood
this year. Both the Mount Holly and
Medford parades were abandoned be-
cause of the expense, it being thought
unwise to solicit contributions for such
purpose when there are so many war
time demands being made upon the
public.
Do not forget the annual donation
day for the Burlington County Hospi-
tai which will be held on Wednesday
OF next week. The managers will be
at the hospital the entire day and the
public is invited to go there and see
what work the institution has done
and what it is able to do. 1t is hoped
there will be q good attendance on
Wednesday.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is erecting some buildings on
Shreve street to house workmen who
are to be employed in laying the adj
ditional track from Mount Holly to
Pemberton. A number of men, prin-
cipally colored, who had been brought
here to do the labor work. left yester-
day, being dissatisfied with the hous-
ing conditions. There was no COM
plalnL ABOUT wages.
Grocery and meat merchants of Pal
myra met on Thursday evening on call
of the township committee to discuss
the subject of abolishing the delivery
of goods. The national food control
leaders have suggested this as means
toward securing lower prices and pre-
venting waste. A letter from state
headquarters was read suggesting that
one delivery day be made. The mer-
chants did not take kindly to the idea
OF stopping delivery, and said they be-
lieved the movement, in their judg-
ment, was one started by the big chain
stores. Attention was called to the
fact that stores which do not deliver
goods had not only not reduced their
prices, but in many instances had adj
vanced them. 1t was the sense of
those who attended the meeting that |
deliveries should go on as heretofore.
The soldiers at Camp Dix like to
come to Mount Holly. They say they
are treated nicely here and are not
gouged when they make purchases,
which is more than they can say of
other places. But there was an occur
renee, Saturday evening, that caused
some of the soldiers to feel little sore,
and they almost came Ito the conclu-
sion they would not come here again.
About ii o'clock there were six who
wanted to get back to camp. They
had been charged so cents each to get
here in iitneys, but they did not mind
that price. When they wanted to go
home the iitney drivers demanded one
dollar for each man, practically six
dollars for the load, as that number
could be carried. Notwithstanding
there were half dozen jitneys stand
ing idle, not one would Itake the men
Tor less than one dollar each. OF course
The soldiers could have gone on the
train, but they would have about three
miles to walk after getting to camp
lust how to control this matter is not
clear, but the iitney drivers ought to
see that their actions are not for the
benefit of the town. Even if it does
not keep soldiers away it gives US a
bad name, and the idea that soldiers
will not be 'gouged" in Mount Holly
will soon be dispelled.