The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23

= to Mount Holly on Thursday.
George t. Flake, so years old, die
after third stroke of paralysis. at tn
old homestead farm at Marlton, OF
Sunday. He was the brother of Pro
fessor Amos H. Flake, supervisor,
, principal of the Collingswood publi
schools.
j A fire at the farm of Barcla,
c. Leeds. on the road from Pembertor
to New Lisbon, originated ir
the corncrio about four o'clock in the
morning of last Thursday week. All
of the. buildings and machinery on the
place were destroyed.
Harry Knauff, who has been manag
ing the store of the Atlantic and Paci.
| fic Tea Company, has been transfer
red to Atlantic City, where he will re.
sumo his duties in a store of the
company at that place. Linton Soul
thorpe is the new manager.
i The property of the late Charles b.
Hornor, near Mount Holly, was
offered at public sale, ON Saturday,
but the bids were not satisfactory. 1t
has since been sold to Mr.. Hornor's
daughter. The property consists OF a
house and land on the south side of
the road between Mount Holly and
Unionville.
Miss Hannah w. Black, of Garden
street, has been elected teacher in
the public school. Miss Black has
been teaching at Riverton for several
years. Owen Carpenter, western
young man, who comes highly recon-
mended, has been chosen instructor of
manual training, and Mrs. Emily
Buck Gibbons, a graduate of the Mount
Holly school, has been elected to po-
sition in the grammar department.
A number of base ball enthusiasts
from Mount Holly attended the game
at Moorestown between the home
team and Palmyra Riverton. The
visitors made five runs in the first in
ming, which removed interest from the
contest. The final score was to in
favor of the visitors. Moorestown
played good uphill game in view of
the other teams big start. Next Sat-
urday Camp Dix club will play at
Moorestown.
Rev. Robert Stanfield, of the Nor
avian church, Riverside, delivered an
interesting address at the monthly
meeting of the Burlington County
Firemen's Association, held in l. o. o.
F. hall, Riverside, on Wednesday even
ing. Lawrence G. Mingin, Medford;
Wilmer Atkinson, Moorestown; and
Raymond Clawges, Burlington, were
appointed committee to arrange for
athletic sports at the picnic of the as
ISOLATION, to be held at Rancocas Park
ON August II.
Members of the Board OF Freeholders
will be relieved to learn that those who |
read the law respecting the payment
of their salaries overlooked the line at
the end of the law which reads This |
act shall take effect February first,
nineteen hundred and nineteen.
This will allow members to continue to |
draw their per diem rs usual and will |
also give them chance to get bill |
through the legislature to pay them by |
the day or to adopt the law which gave
them the privilege of drawing $30Oeach |
per year, providing that law was not
also included in the numerous repealers |
passed last winter.
When the civil service examination |
was on for second detective for this |
county, James M. Todd, of Camden,
stood high with an average of 1913.
Charles M. Carslake, of Columbus,
came next, with 74.06, and Walter A.
Cassidy, of Burlington. was close at
hand, with $780, Last week Todd was
appointed. While it was not obligatory
to take the highest man, it seems to
have been the proper thing to go to
county to get detective, de-
spite the fact that there might have
been good material in our own county.
In fact it is question in many minds
whether a second detective is necess
ary. But the appointing powers have
decided that he is wanted and that
settles that part of the story. Todd was
at one time employed by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad company. His political
proclivities are reported to be Demo-
cratic.
About the first of the month man
went into the circulating library and
made arrangements to take books. He
gave his name as Curtis Hill, and said
he had bungalow up the creek. He
was very gentlemanly fellow but his
visits suddenly ceased and inthe Phila-
delphia papers of the 18th instant there
was an account Of the arrest of man
by that name who was charged with
posing as secret service agent and by
such representation got 5000 from a wo-
man in Philadelphia. When he was
given hearing the woman refused to
testify against the man unless another
man, who she claimed was the cause
of all the trouble, was brought in. She
finally admitted that Hill got the
money so she and her sister were held |
under bail as material witnesses. A |
Washington woman was at the hearing |
and she said she was looking for Hill, |
who had taken her motor car. The |
man was sent to prison to await further
action.
They have wide awake officer at |
Maple Shade. One evening last week
a Mount Holly man was driving
toward Camden and when he reached
the place where Raffaele Volgarino's
automobile was wrecked he turned his
fiashlight on the remains Of the car,
which were still in the road. Imagine
his surprise when he heard a sound
and discovered the alert officer with
pistol drawn and pointed at the driver.
Asking what seemed to be the matter
he received the reply that the officer
WAS on to him." there had been
enough thieving of parts Of cars and it
had to stop. The autoist was told that
he was under arrest and must go back
to Maple Shade, which he did. When
he reached the magistrates Office. he
was quickly recognized and then the
alert 'sleuth" was compelled to explain