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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
A Surprise
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ByH HI WELLS


The tropical sun was beating down
with relentless heat. Patrols were
working their way slowly along on
the shady side Of the street and SEN
tinels were standing under the pro-
lection of trees and doorways try
ing to imagine that this dreary round
Of duty In the heart of Manila was
actual war. Everything else seemed
to be asleep. The stores were closed
and the streets were deserted by pc
destrians and conveyances alike. The
only signs of life came from the open
doors of certain places Of resort, where
the American soldiers not actually on
duty or taking siesta, as every well
regulated dweller In the tropics should,
were smoking dungaree cigarettes and
slipping the beer that made some place
famous. This scene of almost perfect
calm was suddenly disturbed in the
Quartet occupied by the regiment, by
the Eruption Of quilez loaded with
sacks of mail and the wiry little regi-
mental chaplain, whose boundless en-
ergy had found a way to secure a
vehicle even during the siesta hour.
Someone raised the glad cry Of Mail !"
and almost in an instant the camp
was In a ferment. Half-awakened sol
diers poured out of barrack doors like
rats from a sinking ship. Half thou
sand pairs of eyes devoured the great
heap of letters and papers, as the
chaplain and a few volunteer assist
ants rapidly sorted 1t over by COM
panies. Soon each company had It's
share, and few minutes later the In
dividuals eagerly grasped their home
messages and began to revel in their
contents.
No one was more eager or impatient
than Private julius Orion, or "Jule,"
as he was called both at home and
In the army. and as soon as the SER
geant handed him bunch Of letters
he retired to his bamboo bunk and
read them. Carefully picking out
three square envelopes, all addressed
In the same feminine hand, he laid
them aside for the last, so that he
could enjoy them the more, and pro-
ceeded to open the others. This done
he took the three he had reserved, ar
ranged them in the order Of the dates
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
LIoUlDATEs DEBT TO FRANCE
In Sending Prune Trees to Devastated
Country, California ls Repaylng
an Obligation.

California Is generously sending
million and a half two-year-old prune
trees to help in restoring the French
orchards, and enough seed beans to
plant 10000 acres. Canada is under
taking the planting of thousands OF
Canadian naples in France. 1t Is
pleasant also to know that there Is to
be no lack of outside help for the dew
astated towns, observes Christian Sci
ence Monitor, in stating these facts.
English and American architects are
at work on plans for new buildings to
replace those RACED by the guns, both
in Belgium and In France.
The Indianapolis News sees senti-
ment in the prune tree transaction. 1t
says: "These trees are expected to con-
vert $4,000 acres into bearing orchards
In two years. 1t was France which, In
1865, gave to California her first
prune trees. The prune, which since
then has filed many gap on the table
of the American boarding houses, and
has borne the brunt of many Jest,
keeps right on proving Its worth"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
A MESSAGE FROM EDWARD N. HURLEY.
Chairman Of the United States shipping Board.

livery dollar that has been appropriated by Ameri
II can Red Cross in this has welded closer that
relationship between the United States the nations of
the Entente, relationship that will have marked effect
upon the peace council that is coming.
If this work of spreading the gospel Of mercy is to
continue, every man. woman and child in this republic
must give the American Red Cross his fullest support in
its second campaign for 100000, O0O
Our boys in Europe looking to to back them up
and know of no better of supporting them than
through the fundamentally of the American Red Cross
The good it has already accomplished and the
forts and welfare it will provide later when the stress
OF war becomes greater for the United States forces
it imperative that the second fund of 500 900 be
spontaneous gift the part of the American people
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
sardIne SHORTAGE Expeoted.

Shortage of sardines this spring is
expected to result from the severity
of the past winter. Storms and great
masses of floating ice have destroyed
hundreds of sardine weirs, according
to Henry s. Culver, United States con-
sui at New Brunswick, who says in a
commerce report that even the weirs
not wholly destroyed are so badly dam
aged that it may not be possible to
use them this spring.
There will be practically no. catch
of sardines this spring on the New
Brunswick coast. The weirs may not
be in condition for use until summer.
and the catch for the year will prob
ably be smaller than in any recent
years. The past winter is said to have
been the most severe the New Bruins
wick country has seen In 40 years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
Little Fat Makes Them Swell.


strange new disease has broken
out in Germany, according to articles
in German medical weeklies, kummar-
lied In the Journal of the American
Medical Association. The physicians
call it war edema. 1t manifests itself
by swelling of the lower extremities,
less often Of the upper, the face. and
the Serious cavities. Unless permanent
relief is obtained 1t may last for
months.
Apparently all the German writer's
attribute 1t to the poor diet that now
prevails; excess of carbohydrates and
deficiency of fats, together with large
quantities of water, as the food Is
taken mostly in the form of SOUP
The cure is rest in bed and the adj
dition of at least 100 grams of fat to
the daily ration.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
rIbet lakes In w. Co.,

Tibet is engaged in looting expe-
tiition. Just as she has been for cen
turtles. She has invaded Szechuan. a
border state of China. The only sig
nificance this has during the present
world war, according TO the Philadel-
phia Evening Bulletin, is that some
thousand years before Solomon was
born, Tibet boosted Of a high state of
civilization, as did her neighbor SEE
chuan. But ages of warfare have made
Tibet the domain Of half savage ma
rauders. Tibet boasts the sacred city
of Lhasa, the seat of official Buddhism.
where squalor, art, religion and high
pretensions are mixed In inextricable
Confusion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
Bayonet Work Brings In BODY Armo

Civil war veterans who tell stories
of bayonet thrusts stopped by prayer
books in their pockets will be interest
ed in the discovery of protection for
our soldiers to wear in France which
will turn bayonet's point, says the
Boston Post. The shields were invent
ed by Everett Dunbar of Lynn, pa
triotic citizen, who has turned his in
vention over to the war department
without making an attempt to patent
It, Incidentally this opens new
field for volunteer woman workers,
who can sew the cloth parts for the
thin steel plates which are flexible
and fit the body.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
THE WARS RECOMPENSE

The original this
bravey fought and nobIy died. The unknown
Ye who have faith to look with fearless eyes
Beyond the tragedy of world at strife
And know that out of death and night shall rise
The dawn of amper life.
Rejoice, whatever anguish rend the heart,
That God has given you a priceless DOVER
To live in these great times and have your par
In freedoms browning hour.
That We may tell your sons who see the light
High in the heavens-their heritage to take
81 saw the powers of darkness put to fight,
saw the morning break"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
AS She Is Spoken.

The teacher was giving dictation for
a writing lesson. She began "Once up
on a time"
please, teachers what is a punnyT
asked little girl.
what do you mean, Lizzie?" asked
the teacher. 81 do not understand
you"
"You said Once a punny time :"
The teacher explained by improving
her enunciation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
chIorofornInc to Some Old SAVING

The Arctic explorer Stefansson-who
ought to know-has knocked the foun-
dalton out Of several old sayings which
had come to be regarded as solid facts
Among other things he says authori-
tatively that frost bites cannot be
remedied by rubbing snow on them;
that there is no harm in eating snow
when you are thirsty; that Eskimo
houses are well ventilated and are not
generally ill-smelling.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14

Ihey sometimes spare a moment to
tgpeWrite a letter or too.
rapher who sharpens her pencils In
her spare time, and writes letters
which can be Signed but not read =
Stenographers should always dress
modestly and refrain from ANYTIME
but business conversation during Of
lice hours Unless they do this they
are very likely to become million
aires wives, or to meet some other
equally terrible fate. Ga
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14

hour Of their employers valuable
time to convince him he is entitled
to all the credit of the improvement.
Stenographers get from SO a week
to $4,000 year and earn less and
more than this. A poor stenographer
is dear at SO week, while there is
always a waiting list of eager en-
ployers for the $3.50 a month stenog
Evening star., 1918-02-10
PRAISE OF U. S. GUNNERS
French Artillery Officer Comments
on Their High Proficiency
With the Big 75s.

Warm praise of the state of efficiency
reached by American gunners in their
training with the famous French 70
centimeter guns was received yester-
day from a French artillery officer who
had arrived in Washington to join an
official mission. He said many of the
American batteries have exceeded the
best records made by French gunners.
who have been using the "75s" since
that weapon was adopted.
The officer described the work of one
squad. which several times fired thirty
rounds per minute, as being the sub
ject of admiring comment through the
French armies. Four men composed
this squad, one working the breech and
one the lanyard. while the other two
were occupied in passing ammunition
and loading. So perfect were the move
ments of each member, the French Of
heer declared. that it was impossible to
distinguish the slightest variation in
the intervals between each shot over a
stretch of several minutes
Evening star., 1918-02-10
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, February 9.-Ben-
jamn l.. Rucker, aged seventy-one years
formerly Of Washington. but for the last
four years resident Of Garrett Park, died
early this morning at his home. About a
month ago he fell and fractured a hip.
A few days ago paralysis, the immediate
cause Of death, developed. He is survived
by his wife, formerly Miss Sallie Parks
of Amherst, Va. two sons and five daugh-
tiers. among them Mrs. Richard Akers OF
Washington. The funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon at Amherst. Va.
= Following an illness of three days. Mrs.
Elizabeth Fl. Smith. wife of Augustus w.
Smith. aged eighty-one years. died this
county. Death was due to acute bron-
chitis. She is survived by her husba nd
and the following children, all of Wheaton
district: Mrs Frank Stubbs, and Brad
funeral will take place Tuesday morning
from St. Johns Catholic Church, Forest
Glen Mrs. Smith was before her mar
riaee Miss Hardy.
-, Rev; A. = Howard. pastor of the Bap-
here today of Mrs Mary f. Glaze. fifty
eight years old. of Cedar Grove. and Cliff
ton r. Fink. aged f1fty-six. of Damascus
NIiSS margaret "A. Fry OF WOO0Side
and Walter A. Heron of Cobleskill, n
Y. were married Wednesday by Rev, ],
B. Clayton of Washington.
After having been on it's good be-
havior ever since Washington went dry,
Monkey Rum" a section of Rockville
inhabited solely by colored people.
broke loose" last evening. A dance
and a supply of liquor shipped from
Frederick county were the cause.
Sheriff William L. Aud arrived on the
scene about the time of the greatest
uproar and placed Lou Martin and Rob-
ert Baker under arrest on charges of
disorderly conduct. Charles Smith. a
visiting soldier from Newport News.
protested at the arrest and Sheriff Aud
TOOK MIN to Jail. The charge against
Smlth was interfering with an officer.
IN IT, police court here today the wom-
an an. :aker pleaded guilty and were
hned siI md costs and $40 and costs.
respectively. An additional cha rye of
violating the local option law was nre-
ierred against t'aker and he was re-
leased on bail far trial Smiths case
ities oehof
MISS Anna E. Wilson. e. lighter of Mr.
ana MRS. Edward Wilson oH Laytons-
vile, this county. and Ernest q Cart
her, a farmer of the vicinity OF Ger
mahtoWn. were married Wednesday at
the home of the brides parents. Rev
r r, Neel. pastor of the LaytonsviIla
southern Methodist Church. 6erformad
the ceremons 'aeu
Evening star., 1918-02-10
THE OTHER ANGLE
Knitting a Victory
BY KIRK MILLER

The pen might be mightier than the
sword. and then again 1t mightn't
American women have a recipe for
and pen begging for mercy-they're
going to Berlin by needle power.
Knitting the war to a wind-up Is the
answer they've concocted. and they've
got standing army that would make
the bolsheviki look like duckpin
team.
While statesmen and former states
men are picking the haws in our war
works the gentle sex is burning mid
night electricity over the knitting bag.
Next to keeping our soldiers stom-
achs warm you got to keep their spirits
Jack Frost is using his feet for a
garage Socks. helmets and wristlets
don't sound very formidable when the
conversation tends toward war. but you
couldn't win any sharpshooter's medals
in no mans land IL your wrists were
too frozen to aim a musket
Keeping the American forces warm
on iand and sea is a mans job, but the
women have staked of that contract
for their particular contribution.
knitting is the most chronic outdoor
sport since guessing when the war
would end became old fashioned.
everybody is knitting something ex-
cept the conscientious objectors, and
tney are knitting their brows.
Knitting bags have replaced powder
oags with the fair voters, and they
threaten soon to replace opera cloaks
You can get knitting kimono at any
hardware store, and they come in sizes
from two-room- -and-bath to two-bath-
nd-sleeping-porch.
Purl two. drop two-get a knitting
jacket
When the war is over Won car, ne. a.
for a garage.
AS We sew, SO shall ye also knit
Evening star., 1918-02-10
ACTS IN SHIPPING CRISIS.
Government to Create Ministry to
Control Tonnage During War.

ST. JOHNS, n. f.. February $50
critical has the shippig situation be-
come in Newfoundland that the gov
ernment has decided to create a min-
istry of shipping to exercise control
until the end of the war. The con-
stantiy dwindIing tonnage due to the
reauisitioning of vessels for war work
and to losses from submarine and
storms has seriously affected the trade
of the colony.
Matters were brought to climax re-
Gently. when the British admiralty
notified the Newfoundland government
that it would he necessary to reduce
the tonnage supplied for the colonys
needs to onc-thirtf of that which has
been available during the last year.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
worthy entertained q sleighing party
from Homecoming Tuesday.
WINCHESTER. VA.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. Gray Williams and Mr..
and Mrs. Harry K. Russell have return
ed from a visit to friends in Baltimore
and Washington. Mrs. w. d. Smith
has returned from visit to relatives
in Washington. Miss Matte Owen Poe
and Miss 'Cornelia Rutherford, who
have been visiting Miss Alma B. Gills
in Richmond, have returned. Miss Ruth
Guyer has returned from Hagerstown.
Nd, where she was the guest Of Miss
Elizabeth Miller. Mrs. r. Carter Hall
has been visiting her mother, Mrs. JUS
tin Sewers, at Riverton. Va. Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Baker have returned from a
visit to relatives at Strasburg, Va Miss
Mary Kirby is spending the remainder
of the winter with her sister. Mrs. o. c.
Vaughn, near Washington. Mrs. Eliza
beth A. Horsey, who left recently for
Florida, is now with friends at Moore
Haven. Fla. Miss Nellie Huber of
Stephens City, Va, has been visiting
Miss Peery. Mrs. William Nelson has
returned to Demidge. Mimi, after
visiting relatives here. Mrs. Wilton
Stuart is visiting her mother, Mrs. w.
E Green, at White Post, Va. Mrs.
Thomas Stillman has returned to Hor-
boken, n. j., after visiting friends here
and in Clarke county. Mrs. w. Alexan-
der Baker has been visiting friends in
Washington. Miss Maude Jarrett has
been visiting relatives at Strasburg,
Va. Mrs. Daisy Orndorff has returned
from visit to relatives in Washing
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Taylor have
gone to Martinsburg, w. Va, after
visiting the formers mother, Mrs. J. w.
Taylor.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
AMENDMENTS TO DRY LAW.
Virginia Senate Considers Incorpor.
ati1g Provisions of Reed Law"

Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND. Va. February 9.-Amend-
ments are offered in the senate to the
prohibition bill. whereby several new
teeth are put into the measure. To
begin with. the provisions of the Reed
law are largely incorporated in the
new measure. For instance. vehicles in
which liquors are transported are to be
confiscated to the government If they
are used by the owners or with their
consent. The one-quart law is re-
pealed, and it is made unlawful to
bring any liquor into the, state for
beverage purposes. but. it can be
brought in for medicinal purposes.
All the vessels connected with the
oyster navy are made a part of the
police force for the enforcement of the
law The prohibition commissioner is
to issue all licenses for soft-drink es-
tablishments. and all liquors brought
in for any purpose are to have permits
from him before they can be delivered
by a common carrier or taken by any
person. ALL liquors conhscated are to
be used for state institutions and for
hospitals. instead Of being destroyed.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
HERNDoN. VA.

Miss Tillie De Bell of Washington
was week end guest of Mrs. Raymond
Wrenn. Miss Kate Holden of Manassas
is guest of her sister, Mrs Asbury
Harrison. Mrs. Arthur Buell. and daugh-
ters have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
George F. Buell. of Washington Mrs.
George Ramsay Bready has been the
guest of friends in Washington. Miss
Minnie Chaplin has been a guest of
Mrs. Charles Chaplin of Dunn Loring.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Aud of Washington
have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Barbour Hutchison. Miss Cornelia
Meade of Lynchburg. Va, and Miss
Elma Jarrett of Washington have been
recent guests of Mrs. Floyd Middleton.
William Price of Bethlehem. Pa, is
guest of his cousin, Mrs. Conrad Wahl.
Mrs. Asa Bradshaw has been the guest
of Mrs. Frank Ridgeway of Marshall
Va Mrs. Albert Walker entertained at
luncheon Tuesday Mrs. Edgar Aud and
Mrs E. A. Kirk. Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph
Richmond have been recent guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Cummins Miss
Virginia Wrenn of Washington was a
week end guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Washington Wrenn The
Home Interest Club was entertained on
Tuesday afternoon by Mrs Cassius
Lawrence.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
S0cie%

sanitarium at Asheville, N. c. Mrs.
Harry Shuttle and son Harry are visit
ors from Baltimore. Walter Evans has
been visiting in Washington. Rev.
Father Francis Theado has gone to
Chillicothe, Ohio. A. c. Whistler re-
turned from Harrisonburg. Va. Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Brady and daughter
Lucille have returned from Berkeley
Springs. Frank Price was host to a
party of fifteen on a sleigh ride on New
Creek drive. Edward Geldbaugh was
a visitor to Baltimore.
RoMNEY, w. VA.
Miss A. NJ. Giffin. Trone. Va. has been
the guest of Miss Susan Brady. Sergt.
Lemuel Bowen, formerly of Higgins
Vile, this county, who received an hon
orable discharge after eleven years in
the United States Army, on account OF
physical disability, has gone to WASH
ington to enlist in a different branch of
the service. after visiting his parents at
Higginsville. Augustine Charles Nor
gan, jr., Shepherdstow w. Va, and
Miss Mary Bowlby Wirgman, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Fisk Wirgman,
were married Saturday afternoon at St.
Stephens Episcopal Church. Mrs. An
thony Fralix. Winchester, is visiting
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. F. Garrett,
Augusta. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Leith,
Coney Island, n. Y. is spending the
winter with their niece. Mrs. S. l..
Hiett, Cold Stream. Dwight Cummins
was home at Augusta, from Camp Sher-
man
Evening star., 1918-02-10
LYNCHBURG, VA.

Mrs. Rose Schaeffer has returned from
extended visits in Baltimore and Wash
ington Miss Alice II. Murrell has gone
Orleans. Mrs. r. D. Apperson is visit
ing in New York city. Mrs. C. w. Tay-
lor of Taylorsville is visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gannaway.
Mrs. r. J. Hill has gone to Dante, S.
D., for a visit. E. p. Cromwell is at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, called there by
the serious illness of his son, Lieut.. J.
P. Cromwell, now reported improving.
Mrs. E. A Hancock is visiting in WASH
ington. Mrs. r. Paul Turpin has re-
turned to her home in Hampton. Miss
Alzada MacNider has gone to Seattle,
Wash. Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Weekley
have returned to Lynchburg from their
bridal trip. Mrs. l. Sirius of Richmond
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph Ma
than. Miss Edley Andrews has been
visiting Mrs. NJ. n. Obenshain in Roa-
Wilkes barre, Pa
Evening star., 1918-02-10
CHARLES TOWN, w. VA.

Robert Castleman. who underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the
Charles Town Hospital. has returned to
Middleway. Miss Mamie Cooper, Win
chester, is the guest of Mrs Theodore
Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A Higgs have
been spending several days at Norfolk,
Va. J. NJ. Trapnell is home from Passa-
grille. Fla. Mrs. George Deutish, Mid
dleway, was at the wedding of her
nephew, Harvey Price. Bruceton, VA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Cline, Newport
News. Va, have been with relatives
here. Col Symon ]. Murphy. Clay
mont court, Charles Town, Is reported
seriously i'll at his winter home at Los
Angeles. Cal. Allen T. Phillips. Balti-
more. visited his parents here. Mr.. and
Mrs. /. r. Householder. Camp Hill, were
visiting at Cherry Run. Mrs. Paine,
alexandria, Va, is the guest of Mrs. H
c. Page.
Evening star., 1918-02-10
OAKLAND, MD.

Ninian L. Bond of Bond KY. was
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Weber
John Martin is home from Mount St.
Marys College visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred T. Martin. John
]. Sweeney returned from Washington
and Baltimore. ]. 3. Cheuvront has
returned from visiting in Ohio. II.
Bryne Hamill has returned from Camp
Gordon. Atlanta. Ga. having been dis
charged because Of disability. Mr.. Ham,
i'll served an enlistment in the Regular
Army Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fest
gave a reception at their home at Red
House. Mrs. Rebekah Johnson. Grants
vile. was hostess to the ladies' aid
society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Joseph Ross was home from
Camp Meade visiting his mother, Mrs.
Mary Ross
Evening star., 1918-02-10
MANASSAS, VA.

The Catharpin branch of the Manassas
Red Cross Chapter has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Charles r. Mcdonald.
chairman: Mrs. Charles Ford Brewer,
vice chairman: Mrs. J. w. Cation. treas
urer, and Mrs. l.. X. Lynn, secretary.
Miss Laura Tavenner of Catonsville,
Nd. is the guest of her sisters, Mrs.
James r. Dorrell and Mrs. Stewart E.
Bevans. The Bethlehem Good House.
keepers Club has elected the following
officers: Mrs w. G. Covington, presi-
dent: Mrs. Lucy A. Snow, secretary.
and Mrs. NJ. D. Brown, treasurer. Miss
Virginia Boxley, who has been the
guest of her brother -in-law and sis
ter, DR.. and Mrs. Wade c. Payne, has
returned to Richmond. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hilton Evans of Baltimore and their
baby daughter are visiting Mrs. Evans
mother Mrs Winifred Mines,