The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-01
TUESDAY, OCTOBER i, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
The Trenton fair opened yesterday
The October term of court will begil
next Tuesday.
The board of freeholders will meet q
the court house tomorrow.
John Carr Gillian has been promoted
from assistant to paying teller in th,
Philadelphia National Bank.
The Anna M. Higgins residence OF
Mill street was withdrawn from publ,
sale last week, on high bid on $500.
Sheriff Haines had his hands full
last week, deputy Fleetwood and turn
key King being both on the sick list.
Mrs. Peter Sarras was removed tc
the Burlington County Hospital, or
Friday. suffering with typhoid-pneu
monia.
Letters for John Bostwick, Mr.. X
Cameya. Merdice Mason and Mrs
Will Simons, remain unclaimed in
the post Office.
Your money should not be neutral.
Keep it working for the cause Of right.
eousness and self-preservation by in.
yesting in Liberty bonds.
The annual teachers institute for
Burlington county will be held in the
auditorium OF the Mount Holly high
school on October 81 and %.
Clifton r. Appleton, well known
resident, died at his home on Union
street on Wednesday. He had been in
failing health for some time.
The Loyal Sisters Bible class Of the
M. E. Sunday school, will meet at the
home of Mrs. John Bowker, Harrison
avenue on Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Jamison, Of
Garden street, will spend the winter in
Philadelphia. Their residence has
been rented by Captain Andrew
Macreadie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brown, of West
Philadelphia, are being congratulated
upon the arrival of son in their fam
lily. Mrs. Brown was formerly Miss
Anna Hinchman. OF Mount Holly.
H. J. RUPEE, local representative of
the War Community Service, is suffer-
ing from an attack of the grippe. His
wife and child also are ill. Mrs. Ru-
pert is suffering from pneumonia. She
is at the Burlington County Hospital.
AS a precautionary measure against
possible epidemic of Spanish infiuen-
"a, Of which there are many cases in
Mount Holly, the board of education
yesterday closed the schools until Octo-
Der 7. A number of the teachers are
Ill. Moorestown schools also have
been closed for the same reason.
Mrs. Arthur d. Cross, Mrs. Ivan N.
Keim and Mrs. Samuel K. Gaskill are
seriously i'll with pneumonia. The last
named has been taken to the Burling-
ton County Hospital. Mrs. Harry
Budd, of Greenwood avenue, is also
sufferer. together with Walter LaTour
and the son of w. Roland Warrick.
Jerome Bruere, of Mount Holly, was
arrested last week for stealing a Ford
automobile from Amos w. Taylor, of
Mount Holly, about month ago. The
car was located at Stroudsburg, Pa. On
Thursday, before Judge Lippincott, |
Bruere pleaded guilty and was COM
mitted to the Railway reformatory,
On Tuesday Mrs. Harry Nixon, of |
the Howard Burr farm, ON the Smith |
vile and jacksonville road, discovered
bundle Of newspapers on fire beneath
the porch of the house, placed there
with the evident intent of DESTROYING |
the building. About two weeks ago i
Mr.. Nixon's barns were destroyed BY a |
mysterious blaze, and the family now
believes that q firebug is at work.
Robert Ebaugh. OF Collingswood, |
business manager of the concern SELL |
ing pipeless heaters in the former
Flynn drug store property, Mount
Holly, died at his home on Monday |
night Of last week after brief illness
with pneumonia. Mr.. Ebaugh had
rented one of the Flynn apartments, |
and was in Mount holly the previous
Friday preparing for the arrival Of his
household goods.
Mrs. Margaret Deacon, wife of Joseph
@. Deacon, of Mount Holly, and
daughter of the late ex-senator Howard
Packer, died at her mothers home in
Burlington yesterday from pneumonia
She was married to Mr.. Deacon on
September It'll, about two weeks after
the death OF her father. Mr.. Deacon,
who is an ensign in the U. s. navy, at
present is on board a warship some
where on the Atlantic ocean.
The Mount Holly Orthodox Friends,
through Edward b. Jones. have offer
ed the large tract of ground in the rear
Of their meeting house on Buttonwood
street, to the Board OF Education for
use as q playground. This tract ad-
io.As the school property, and the gen.
erous offer will provide much needed
space for games and physical training
exercises. which have been conducted
under handicap of lack of room.
Good progress is being madein shap-
ing up the Mount Holly high school
foot ball team. Practice is being car
ried on several times a week. The
new football has been bought and
other equipment will be obtained soon.
Games are being arranged with other
nearby schools. Several of the players
are Ill. but their places are being filed
> by others trying for the team. The
high school girls are organizing several
teams for field hockey, and are to be-
gin playing soon.
A train composed of three cars of
trophies taken from the Germans by
American soldiers will visit Mount
Holly next Tuesday from 1l.20 a. m.
to 1.20 p, m. The trophies consist of
rifles, bombs. pieces of artillery, he'll
NETS, etc. 1t is an interesting collec-
ton and proof that our soldiers have
been on the job in France. 1t is prob
able that band will be secured for the
occasion and that there will be a
parade preceding the arrival of the
train. Several fine speakers and eight
marines accompany the train and they
will give interesting talks The loca
tion of the cars here will be aunnuncac