The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1915
LOCAL NEWS.
The board Of freeholders will meet
1t the court house tomorrow.
Krupnick's department store will be
closed on Saturday, September 5, but
will open at p. M.
Merritt w. Smith has sold his farm
near Buddtown, known as the Wilkins
place. to Grover Hargrove. Of Budd-
town.
Letters for James Morane. Mrs.
Annie Birch, Robert Steele and Mrs.
Bessie Robinson remain unclaimed in
the post Office.
ID. w. Figner. Of Union street, who
is connected with the Bell Telephone
Company at Camp Dix, will shortly
remove to Wrightstown.
Yesterday was Labor Day. The
only observance in Mount Holly vas
the closing of the banks, post Office,
and few business places.
A meeting Of the executive commit
tee Of the Mount Holly Red Cross will
be held this evening at the home of
DIR. Harold E. Longsdorf, chairman.
A blood test in the case of Shreve
Robbins, of Cherry street, who has
been i'll for some time. shows the pa
tent to be suffering with typhoid fever.
Captain Matthew Kenny, seventy
one years old, of New York city, died
at the home of his daughter. Mrs
James M. Nolan, on the Rancocas
road. on Tuesday.
The local Junior Mechanics will cele-
hrate their fiftieth anniversary at the
high school auditorium on Wednesday
evening. September IS. with an elabor-
ate program. A roll call viii be one Of
the features.
William H. Bradley and Tony Bal
onna have been fined $50 and costs for
allowing their dogs to run at large.
Complaint was made by Came War
den Morton. The hearing took place
before Justice of the Peace Throckmor-
ton.
One uight last week thief stole
three cushions from the porch swing at
Mrs. r. HI. Parsons home on Union
street and also appropriated number
OF articles OF ladies' wearing apparel
that had been Left hanging on line in
the yard Of jeremiah H. Colkitt.
On Tuesday evening the Northamp-
ton Firemen's Relief Association elect
ed the following delegates to the State |
Firemens Convention to be held at
Atlantic City on September 20 and 81
Chief George w. A. French. America
company; Richard P. Brown, Relief;
Alvin Staley. Union; William j.
Hnines. Good Intent.
Members of election boards in the
first district of Burlington county met
at the court house, on Friday night, to
receive instructions relative to the reg
istration of drafted men for the army,
under the provisions of the new law
which takes men between the ages of
Is and 45. inclusive. The date Of the
registration is September IL.
During the past three weeks govern
ment engineers have been surveying |
part of what is known as the great
plains Of South Jersey, stretching from
Bamher toward Medford for more than
thirty miles. This territory is covered
with dwarfed trees and scrub oak.
There are no towns and but a few
houses. The engineers are under the
impression that the government in
tends to establish gun range Of some
kind.
The request of the fuel administra-
ton that pleasure trips in automo.
biles be discontinued on Sundays, in
order to conserve gasoline, was quite
generally respected in this community.
Instead of hundreds OF cars passing
through town only few motorists
were out, and these principally were
iitneys. Those unpatriotic people who
had cars in operation were jeered at by
people walking on the sidewalks.
Rev. James H. Terry, who closed his
passionate OF the Mount Holly Baptist
church last week. has rented home
in Merchantville and will shortly re-
move there. Mr.. Terry has accepted a
position with the Philadelphia adver-
tising firm OF N. w. Aver & Son
When Mr.. Terry announced bis resign
alton from the ministry, he contem
plated becoming head of the English
department OF the Plainfield high
school. but this plan was given up in
favor Of the Philadelphia position.
The federal food board announced
new set Of wheat regulations last week.
The $3.50 substitute rule now gives
way to a less drastic regulation. calling
for ouly 20 per cent. of substitutes with
80 per cent. of wheat flour, and allow
ing the maintenance OF 6O.day sup
ply Of -four instead Of 30-day supply.
Wheatless days and wheatless meals
are discontinued. The new regulations
went into effect September l. They
also provide for the marketing of q
ready mixed flour to be known as
Victory mixed -four"
Much comment has been caused by |
the appearance of the new Federal Re-
serve Bank dollar notes, which have
Just been issued. The front of the new
bills is not unlike previous issues. but
the reverse shows an eagle with spread
wings ready to attack. This is the
first note that has been issued with a |
spread-winged eagle since the Civil
War, it was said by a man familiar
with currency matters. All bills issu.
cd in peace times have an eagle with
dropping wings. but the new one shows |
the bird ready for fight.
The post Office department an |
nounces that the CHIEF cause of delay |
and nondelivery of mail in the military
camps is insuficieucy of address. 1t
is requested, therefore, that every one
pay especial attention to this matter
when writing to the soldiers. Place a
complete address, giving the rank,
company and regiment of the address
see. upon every piece of mail. Then.