The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
Mrs. Raymond E. Thomson is quite

i'll at her home on Grant street.
Raymond w. Sprow has resigned hi
position at Riverside, and will ente
the employ Of the Herald.
Mrs. Elizabeth Emley, daughter o
the late Anthony J. Morris, of Penn
berton, died at Elizabeth on Monday
of last week.
| Mrs. Elwood T. Kirby, who has beer
seriously i'll with spinal meningitis, is
reported to be much improved, and hel
complete recovery is expected.
Capt ]. F. r. Long, Of Mount
Holly, is now in command Of the
headquarters company of the Hath in
fantry at Camp Mcclellan, Ala.
The annual meeting OF the Burlipg
ton County Board OF Agriculture will
be held at the court house on Friday.
There will be an agricultural show in
the morning, and sectional meetings
for men and women in the afternoon.
In the evening the annual banquet
will be served in st. Andrews parish
house at $50 o'clock.
Union Fire Company was called out
this morning in response to an alarm
from the residence of Harry Booth, on
! Brainard street. The water pipes in
the house had frozen and the fire in
the stove caused the boiler to burst.
Mrs. Booth was thrown against the
kitchen wall and Oliver Lippincott,
who lives next door and who had gone
in to aid in thawing the pipes was
thrown into another room by the ex-
plosion. Neither of them were
seriously hurt but Mrs. Booth was
badly bruised.
Because of the demand of military
authorities for greater restriction of
the liquor business near Camp Dix,
several Burlington saloons are likely to
lose their licenses this week, when the
City Excise Commission holds its an
nual meeting. The board gave notice
several months ago that it would cut
out some Of the places. 1t is under
stood that the Commission has had be-
fore it reports of secret service agents
of the Fosdick Commission, who have
been working in the city. Any evil
dence OF Irregularities found in such
reports would be grounds for refusing
to renew licenses.
At the last meeting OF Riverton
Council Killian K. Bennett, who will
succeed Mayor Flagg. offered resolu-
ton that committee be appointed to
frame and have engrossed a suitable
set of resolutions in appreciation of the
services of the retiring mayor, who had
served eight years. Mr.. Flagg express
ed his deep appreciation Of the senti-
ment which prompted the resolution.
He said he had tried to do his duty as
he had seen it, and that the mistakes
he had made were OF the head and not
of the heart. He could not find words,
he said, to express his gratitude for
what he considered the highest honor
that could be conferred on an outgoing
official.
Russell Blackburn, the base ball
player, has not received any formal
notice of his purchase by the Cincin-
natl Reds, and does not know whether
the deal has gone through or not. Al
ter the report was pri ntsd by the Phil
adelphia papers last W eek, he received
a telegram from the president Of the
Toronto club wishing him merry |
play in the major league next year.
Since Russell is big favorite with the !
Toronto fans, the club there may re-
fuse to let him go to Cincinnati. There |
is prospect that the Toronto club will
play independent ball. According to
a story in the Philadelphia Bulletin
Blackburn may play at short if he
goes to Cincinnati. That's the very !.
job Russell is looking for.
Another gas meter has been removed
rom a Mount Holly residence and
,ested according to the standard which
Dold says the Public Utilities
has established. Like
The others that were removed some
line since this last meter shows that
t was running two per cent. slow.
Odd how they all get the same gait
IN, but maybe that is what the Public
Utilities has ordained. Another funny
came up about week ago.
A gentleman paid his October bill
Under protest and when the-November
bill came in he declined to pay it right
away. Before the amount was two
weeks old an agent Of the gas company
vent to the house and told the wife
hat he was going to shut the gas off.
She warned him not to do anything of
he kind, and after awhile he decided
hat he would take her advice. Com
plants to manager Dold do not seem
10 be of much avail, but of course he
s only a sub-superintendent, with
powers delegated to him from higher
up and that is where complaints ought |
10 go. We know Of one that is going |
there.