The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-08
LOCAL NEWS.


constables,
All meetings of Armour Union hav,
been discontinued until further notic'
because of the influenza epidemic.
William ]. North, of Rancocas,
soldier at Camp Meade, Md, died
there on Wednesday from pneumonia
Fred l.. Owen. who has been suffer
ing FROM kidney and nerve trouble, has
returned home after feG weeks rest
in South Jersey.
Miss Alice Kent Stoddard, formerly
of Mount Holly, has enlisted for over
seas Y. M. C. A. work, and expects to
sail in November.
A-special meeting OF the w. C. T. U.
will be held at the home of Mrs. Clay.
poole, on Brainard street, on Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
There is an extr aordinarily long list
OF deaths in this issue OF THE NEWS.
The influenza and pneumonia cpl
denies have caused the deaths above
the usual weekly average.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Wire, of Beverly,
are receiving congratulations upon the
arrival Of son in their family on
Tuesday. Mrs. Wire was formerly
Miss Kathryn Gillian. of Mount Holly.
A service flag for Eastampton town
ship will be raised at the railroad station
at Smithville next Saturday afternoon,
at Il 80, with appropriate exercises
Senator Wells will be one of the
orators
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church is planning to holdan economy
social and entertainment in Novem.
Der, in place of the supper usually held
in that month. The date will be
announced later.
Daniel Stanton, who has been jani-
tor at the Kelsey & Killie Building
and the Mount Holly National
Bank, has resigned and has gone to
WoiA ~ Odh1R LILA w AAAAam VlahC
has succeeded Dan.
Sunday was the quietest Mount
Holly has seen for many months. The
streets were almost deserted, owing to
the absence of automobiles. the great
amount OF sickness, and the closing OF
churches and Sunday schools.
Rev. Peter J. Hart, formerly of
Mount Holly and lately of North
Plainfield, has been appointed rector
of the Sacred Heart church at Trenton,
one of the most important parishes in
the Trenton diocese of the Catholic
church.
Barrels painted red. white and blue.
have been placed on Main street by
the Mount Holly Red Cross. for the
collection Of peach stones and nut
shells, which are used, after proper pre-
paration. in connection with gas masks
for soldiers.
Saturday. october IL. is the four
hundred and twenty anniversary
of the discovery of America. Presi
dent Wilson has proclaimed it Liberty
Day. and requests the citizens of every
community in the United States-city
town and countryside-to celebrate the
day.
Two o'clock on Sunday morning,
October a, will mark the end of the
daylight saving plan for this year.
Without question the plan has been
help to every one in the saving of fuel,
added time for the production of food,
and the conservation Of physical
energy.
The explosions at the munitions
plant at Morgan, near South Amboy,
on Friday morning, were distinctly
felt in Mount Holly. Houses shook
and windows ratified quite severely
There were several calls for police
assistance, some residents thinking
that burglars were endeavoring to
break into houses.
The stork left baby at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Garrett on Fri
day. Unfortunately Mrs. Garrett died
that morning, much to the regret of
the community. A painful incident
connected with this case was the re
ceipt Of postal card from Mrs. Gar
rett's son, telling his mother he was
about to 60 across the sea.
A joint Centenary and Sunday
School training conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, will be held in
the Hamilton avenue M. E. church,
Trenton. on October "a and rs. Meth
odists in this section are interested in
this event, and there is no doubt that
there will be large attendance from
the Mount Holly Echurch as well al
from the surrounding towns.
The annual convent n of the Bur-
hngton County Sunday School Asso-
citation will be held in the Presbyterian
church, Moorestown. next Thursday.
Among those who will make addresses
are: Prof. l. B. Burgess. general secre-
tary Of the State Sunday School Asso-
citation; Rev. Karl M. Block, chaplain
Of st. Georges church and club, Camp
Dix. Lady Anne Azapetian, recently
connected with the Imperial Russian
Red Cross Society; and Rev. William
b. Lower. DID,, of Philadelphia.
The Liberty Loan campaign in
Mount Holly is being retarded by the
epidemic Of influenza. Every citizen
should not be backward in subscribing
for every dollar possible in this direc-
ton. The war cannot stop on accoun
Of the epidemic nor will it cease or
account of fake peace proposals from
the German government. Money il
needed to finish the big task and it i
needed badly. Without it there can b
no victory or permanent peace. Sub
scribe to the utmost for Liberty Bonds
the safest investment in the world.
Because of existing restrictions b
the United States Highways Counc
and other federal agencies on publ
Improvements not essential to th
nations war program, the New Jerse
State Highway Commission on Thur:
day decided to advertise for no MOI
bids for highway work until the go'
eminent will allow the highway d.
partment to proceed and the smateris
and labor supply is such that mo-
reasonable bids for road work can
expected. Not more than 90 of the
J miles of the program for highway cor
struction for this year will be built,
it is reasonably certain that the Higl
.ra.,s Couno;I uill not autboriya