The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-09-18
LOCAL NEWS.


The jurors for the October term OF
court will be drawn next Tuesday.
The Burlington County Firemen' q
Association will meet at Riverside to-
morrow.
Letters for E. c. Jones and Mrs.
Mary Marpole remain unclaimed in
the post Office.
Mrs. Amos Lippincott, of Broad
street, celebrated her seventy seventh
birthday on Tuesday.
George H. Atkins, of Mount Holly,
who is one of the soldiers at Camp
Dix, has been promoted to first SER
geant.
F. Herbert Alloway has decided not
to enter the employ of the Saltzman
store, and will remain with Abram r.
Gerber.
Violet, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Nixon, of Hulme street, died
early Saturday morning. She was two
years old.
Miss Elizabeth A. Ditzell and Miss
Mildred D. Koehler, Of the high school
teaching staff, are occupying apart
ments at DIR. Charles Harker's.
Harold H. Budd has enlisted in the
Naval Coast Defense Reserves as a
chief woman. He reported for duty
this morning at League Island.
Lieut.. John H. McIlroy, of Battery
F, New Jersey Artillery, now stationed
at Admission, Alabama, was suffering
with q cold few days last week, but
il now on active duty again.
The recent fair and festival, held by
the Union Fire Company, netted $3.50.
The members of the company desire
to thank the many persons who con.
tributed food and other articles for
this affair.
Lieut.. Henry Fl. Cross, of Mount
Holly, has been transferred from the
camp at Petersburg, Va, to Hatties-
burg, Miss, to be constructing quarter
master of q new military camp that iu
being established there.
Coroner Gaskill was called to Camp
Dix, on Tuesday, to view the body Of
George w. Edwards, of West Orange,
who had dropped dead of heart disease
while working at his trade of carpenter.
A burial permit was issued.
The Mount Holly schools began their
sessions this morning at q quarter of
nine, and will close fifteen minutes
later in the afternoon. This will pro-
vide the extra half hour required by
the state for physical training.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Fryer, OF Grant
street, announce the marriage Of their
daughter. Esther, to HarryL. Weller,
of Hightstown. Rev. Luther Nj. Bick- |
nell performed the ceremony on Sep |
ternber IL. MIR. and Mrs. Weller will |
reside at Hightstown.
Misses Beatrice and Elizabeth Bar |
rington left Mount Holly, on Sunday, |
for New England, where they will con-
tinue college courses. Miss Beatrice |
has entered Simmons college. Boston,
and Miss Elizabeth is in her last year |
at Wellesley college, Wellesley, Mass.
Jitnsy drivers in Mount Holly have
raised their prices and are now charg-
ing fifteen cents as their lowest fare
for town service. They say that the
expense of running their machines is |
80 great that they are unable to do
more than pay expenses on ten cent
fare.
At the election of officers Of the New /
Jersey Presidential Postmasters' Asso-
citation, held at Atlantic City last
week, two Mount Holly men were
honorsd. Postmaster Francis HI. Reed /
was elected secretary, and former post
master Charles c. Cowperthwait was
reelected treasurer.
The board OF education gave an in
formal reception to the teachers Of the
Mount Holly schools on Saturday |
afternoon from 8 to 4 o'clock. in the
high school building. Refreshments |
were served, and the new teachers
given an opportunity to become &C
quainted with each other.
A letter, dated Brest, August 81, has
been received from Edmund Fryer,
son Of Samuel Fryer, OF Mount Holly. |
The young man is in the U. 8. navy.
He states that the health OF the men |
is good and that the food is excellent
He hopes to be admitted TO the ayia- |
ton school that is in operation near |
Brest.
Pearl, the eight-year-old daughter of |
William Barton, of New Gretna, was
struck and killed by an automobile
last week. She and younger broth |
er were playing on the Bass River
bridge. Pearl ran to get her brother
off the road to avoid being run over by
an approaching car but was struck her
self. The automobile belonged to
Charles Atkinson. who was transport
ing children home from the New
Gretna school.
On Friday morning the body of Her
bert Clevenger was found lying along
side the railroad at the King street
bridge. The mans head had been
crushed and death resulted soon after he
was found. 1t is supposed Clevenger
had fallen on the track and was struck
by one of the many trains that were
going over the road through the night.
Coroner Gaskin deemed the death &C.
cidsntal. Deceased was % years of
age.
Wilbert Stevenson, of Bordentown,
accused of stealing pigeons and auto
mobile tires from Bonaparte Park, was
captured at Bristol Saturday after being
chased by police and employees of the
Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation
and the d. Landreth Seed Farms.
Stevenson, it is charged, stole between
fifty and hundred pigeons and $3.50
worth Of automobile tires. He agreed
to return to New Jersey without wait
ing for requisition papers.
The new pumping engine Of Good
Intent Fire Company was given final
test on Tuesday afternoon, taking
water from the creek at Smithville, a
lift OF ten feet. The pump exceeded