The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, APRIL Is, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

LoSAL MI w Os
Haveyou bought your Liberty Bond
Mrs. l.. NJ. Bicknell is able to be on
after her recent illness.
The annual communication, of tn
New Jersey Grand Lodge of Masons
will convene at Trenton tomorrow.
The senior class of the Mount Holl
high school will give a dance in tn
school auditorium on Friday night.
The Improved Order of Foresters O
Mount Holly, subscribed for $1,00
Liberty Bond at its meeting on Tues
day night.
Thomas L, Naylor, who purchased
the Naylor property on Mill stree
about month ago, and removed Their
from Columbus, died last week
Rev. johnson Oatman, Jr., of Lum
berton, was taken ill last week, and re
moved to the Burlington County Hos
pital on Friday. His condition is no
serious.
Letters for Miss Freda VanSickles
Thomas Macfrat, Mrs. Nellie Cline
Aub. Taylor, Mrs. Elvira Anderson
H. A. Hoffman, remain unclaimed in
the post Office.
Mrs. Rebecca Massey, II years old
who has been visiting her grandson
William Massey, at Camden, dice
there suddenly on Thursday night A
coroner was summoned, and he decided
that acute Bright's disease was the
cause of death.
No-liquor advocates in Burlington
county were much disappointed Tues.
day when Lumberton township held q
local option election and voted wet by
% majority out of 225 votes cast. Both
sides of the question conducted live
ly campaign, it being the first election
of the kind held in the county.
The Burlington County Y: M. C. A.
will remove its headquarters from the
Masonic Temple to the Office in the
Zelley building about to be vacated by
the Burlington County Fair Associa-
ton, which will move into DR.. J. Hume
Carter's property, vacated by the town.
ship recorder.
Orders were issued Thursday to local
draft boards, providing for sending
2,137 Jerseymen to Camp Dix on April
26. OF this number 2S5 will be colored
men. District No. / of Burlington
county will be required to furnish ID
white and no calored men under this
call, which is considerably less than
the board had anticipated.
At a meeting OF the State Board of
Education on Saturday, a resolution
abolishing the study of the German
language in the schools ofINew Jersey
failed of adoption, although no votes
were cast against it, Three members
of the board declined to vote, and the
measure failed to receive majority
vote. A resolution suggesting that
Spanish be substituted for German
was adopted.
By order of the postmaster general,
parcels for members and individuals
connected with the American Expe-
dictionary forces in Europe shall not be
accepted for mailing or dispatched un-
less they contain such articles only as
are sent at the written request of the
addressee, approved by his regimental
or higher commander or an executive
officer of the organization with which
he is connected.
The motor vehicle department esti-
mates that there are 1900 motor
cyclists in the state and is determined
that all must submit to an examina
ton. 1t is the purpose of the depart
ment to Immediately direct the police
officials of the state and inspectors OF
motor vehicles to arrest all drivers who
are apprehended operating the vehicles
without license. This order of sum-
mary arrest is now in effect.
After suffering to two years with a
broken back, Jacob B. Claypoole, Jr., of
Mount Holly. died at Lenola, Friday.
Mr.. Claypoole was printer but in aid
ing his father at carpenter work, two
years ago, he fell from building and
broke his back. He was removed to a
hospital and was given every possible
attention, but nothing could be done
to restore him to his former condition
and he had been patient sufferer
ever since,
The Crew-Levick Company, which
has service station in Mount Holly,
is notifying its patrons that it has dis
continued tank wagon deliveries. 1t
is claimed that, because of transporta-
ton conditions, deliveries cannot now
be made profitably. The local service
station will be kept open, but it is
understood that manager Oscar Evan
will be transferred to much larger
station in Pennsylvania, which will
require him to remove from Mount
Holly.
Governor Edge on Friday received
from Adjutant General McClain, of
the United States army, letter assur-
ing him that the government will CO.
operate to facilitate the taking of votes
of soldiers and sailors in the service of
the United States for primary and
general elections. This means that
the military authorities will aid the
state government in polling the votes
in the military service, according to
plans made for this purpose by the
state officials.
Richard p. Hughes and James Do.
Ian, of the Department of Justice,
raided an alleged disorderly house al
Wrightstown on Friday, and took into
custody the proprietor, Robert Brewer
of Utica, Helen Perry and Isabelle
Phillips, of Trenton. COMMISSIONS
Haines, of Mount Holly, held the mar
under 5000 and the women under 500
bail each. Deputy United States Mar
shall John s. Voll took the trio t,
Trenton and they were locked up il
the Mercer county Jail.
Springfield township school distric
will hold special election tomorrow
This is the second one to be held there
as about month ago the voters dc
feated four propositions for the en-
larging and improvement of all tn
school buildings in the district Tn