The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-08-28

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i'll with diphtheria.
Real estate dealer r. w. Bowker r
/. ports the sale of the western half of tn
double dwelling house on Washingto
street, owned by Willard F. Tomlinsor
to Frank Wright.
The County Board of Elections me
on Saturday and appointed officers
fill vacancies in the various election
boards in the county. The terms of
number of officers had expired.
Saying that he did not know hi
real age, Barzillai Kelly. of Medford
surrendered himself to Sheriff Steche
when he found from the records of al
old family Bible that he was % year
old instead of 80, as he had supposed
He registered for CONSUMPTION and wa
allowed to go without penalty.
It is reported that the board of edu
cation is considering the advisabilit,
of postponing the opening OF tn
schools until September II. In New
Egypt the schools will not open unit
October /, and in many other parts o
the state the schools will remain
closed until the middle of September
The Paramount Picture Corporation
took a number of movie" reels a
Camp Dix one day last week. For the
accommodation of the photographers
and to show the speed in which con
struction work can be done, one of the
barracks buildings, which will house
200 soldiers, was erected and completed
in ten hours.
While driving out Garden street
on Tuesday night, horse be-
longing 20 Aaron HI. Burtis became
frightened by the shafts of the wagon
falling down because Of the breaking
Of bolt. The animal ran away and
struck tree, breaking its leg. Mr..
Burtis was unhurt, but the horse had
to be killed.
The dog law as amended this year
gives person the right to go into the
woods and fields with dog for the pur-
pose of training or exercising such dog
from the first day of September until
the opening of the rabbit season on
November 10, but at no time while
training a dog can person take with
him . gun OF firearm Of any kind.
After the present war is oyer the
home is determined 70 be the storm
center, for so many of our social work.
ers claim that it is not wholly full
filling its mission. The work of the
Y. w. c. A. is to help the girl, the po-
tential. mothers and home makers of the
future, training them as best they can
for the high and holy calling of better
home making.
A county convention Of the Senior
Mechanics was held in Mount Holly
on Thursday evening. There was a
large attendance present from various
parts of the county. The proceedings
of the convention were of a general
patriotic nature, some interesting ad-
dresses being made. AT the conclusion
Of the program the members of Mount
Holly lodge served refreshments.
The option taken by Walter H.
Church on the hotel property of Rich
ard w. Harker, at Pointville, expires
next Saturday. Mr.. Church, it is un-
derstood, will complete the deal and
take the property in few days. The
price agreed upon is $4,000. 1t is be-
lieved that the liquor license will be
by the new owner, and
that the land will be used for the cree
ton of buildings for commercial pur-
poses.
Wanted, eight autom obiles to give
the children a days outing. The
of the Children's Home have
fixed Wednesday, September 9Th, as
putting day for the inmates, and Sea-
side Park as the place for the outing.
1t is desired that owners of automobiles
will volunteer their services for the
trip. Those who will furnish cars are
to advise Mrs. McIlvain,
matron, at the home, at once, stating
how many children they can transport.
Most people do not realize that the
annual Mount Holly Fair will be held
week after next-September IL, IL, 10
and IA. The management, however, is
fully cognizantof that fact and has not
been remiss in having all necessary
made for this event. The
of attractions is being
rapidly completed, the speed entries
are coming in encouraging numbers,
and every other department is getting
its proper attention. 1t is believed
that changing the dates of the fair to
about three weeks earlier than usual
will prove to be success.
Marlton constables started in Satur-
day afternoon of last week to enforce
the automobile laws, but over-rsached
themselves through ignorance, and
many of the fines imposed were order
ed returned by the state officials.
Many automobiles were arrested for
not blowing their horns at street cross
ings, taken before justice, and fined
1925 each. Wholesale arrests were
made; many autoists refusing to pay
and reporting the matter to the state
In few days the MARI
ton officials were notified that arrests
made for not blowing horns we're ille-
gal, and ordered to refund the money
collected.
An automobile being driven by
Frank Wilson, of Gloucester, skidded
in front of a Bell telephone motor
truck on the South Pemberton road,
on Thursday, and was overturned by
the collision that occurred. Both cars
were going in the same direction, and
the accident happened when Wilson
was passing the truck. The occupants
of the Wilson car, Annie, Mildred and
Mary Wilson, Lille Eager and Lille
and Annie Hazard, were all injured to
some extent. They were taken to the
Burlington county hospital, where
their injuries were attended to, and
later in the day they left for their
homes in Gloucester. The automobile
was quite badly damaged.
A prisoner named Harry Bailey, of
Atlantic Highlands, escaped from Jail
on Saturday morning by climbing an