The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-03-05

Mrs. John Herbert, of Buttonwoc
street, is seriously ill at her hon
} there.
Miss Rebecca Bourgeois, of Camden
was the guest of the Misses Aaronsor
of High street, over Sunday.
Nelson Heck, of Company H. lat
Infantry, formerly old Company E
of Mount Holly, now stationed a
Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Alabama
is home on ten days furlough.
! Mrs. Henry B. Wright was operates
upon at the Burlington county hospi
tai, yesterday, for the removal of ;
tumor. The operation was entirely
successful and the patient is improv
ing satisfactorily.
There will be an apron social in tn,
M. E. Church on Thursday evening
March IA, for the benefit of the Ladies
Aid Society. Mrs. Horace Johnson
the we'll known elocutionist of Pember
ton, will give readings. A fine must
cal programme also will be given. AL
are welcome.
William Mcdonald died at his home
on Bispham street, last evening. He
was 50 years of age. Mr.. Mcdonald
was an employee of the Risdon machine
works when they were in operation.
On Febr uary 10, John w. Taylor died,
aged 70 years. He was, during the ex-
istence of the Alcott machine works,
an employee of that establishment.
The ladies in charge of the Soldiers
Club House, Mount Holly, desire to
express thanks for donations OF furnish.
ings such as pillows, cots, mattresses,
chairs, 2 desks, mirror, sofa, couch,
linoleum and other articles; also for
$40 from Masonville ladies toward the
purchase of furniture, and to all those
who contributed cakes for The exercises
last Saturday. A few more articles
are greatly desired, such as rugs, NOR
ris or other chairs, dishes, and suitable
pictures.
Many subjects of interest were dis
cussed at the sessions of the National
Educational Association in Atlantic
City, last week. The shortage OF good
teachers was given serious thought,
and the convention went on record as
higher salaries as the only
means of keeping strong teachers in
the profession. 1t was also agreed that
boards of education should be induced
to take more personal interest in
the schools under their charge, and &C.
quaint themselves with conditions by
visiting the class rooms.
Eggs have certainly taken a drop,
not so hard as to crack them, but the
prices have been pretty well smashed.
A week ago people thought they were
lucky to get eggs at IS cents dozen.
Today they can be bought for As cents,
with the prospect of a further drop.
But the poultry and egg raisers are
getting nervous. Under the law re-
quiring certain kinds of grain to be
used, mixed at that, it is almost impos-
sible to get the proper nourishment for
chickens, and unless something is done
to relieve this situation many poultry
farms will go out of business.
Somewhere in Camden" there 40. a
lawyer who is reported to have enlisted
in order to escape the draft. He went
10 training officers camp but could
not reach the standard, SO he began to
pull wires, the result being that he
landed some sort of position that car
lied the title Of Captain with it. One
lay, having case in court, he stalked
N dressed in full uniform, with spurs
On, ready for the fray. The presiding
Judge looked the lawyer over and he
that there was law which
prevented the American flag from be-
ng used for advertising purposes and
he felt that the same rule should apply
20 the uniform Of the United States
army and that the lawyer would not
De allowed to try his case until he had
changed his clothing to that of civil
ian.