The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

"A udugnter aITlVeu III Tue ldIuliy
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenz Moore, of Wi
mington, Del, last week.
Clifford Matthews and Clarence Hal
grove went to Philadelphia last wee
and enlisted in the navy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks Tidswell, c
Pine street, are being congratulated Oh
the birth of a son, on Tuesday.
Howard l.. Davis, Of New Egypt,
well-known poultryman, has his larg
incubator in operation. 1t contain
22,SO0 eggs.
Former Sheriff Andrew ]. Jordan
has been reappointed by Chancellor
Walker as jury commissioner for Bur
lington county.
Mrs. Rachel Evans, of Union street
had her right arm broken at the wris
on Thursday afternoon when she fel
on an icy sidewalk.
Nelson Heck, who is at Camp Nc
Clellan, Ala, with old Company E, i
in the base hospital there suffering
with an liberated ear.
John w. Disbrow has been elected al
auditor Of the Mount Holly Buildin,
and Loan Association, succeeding
Allen s. Hatcher, resigned.
Harry Norcross, the blacksmith
who has been quite ill at his home or
Mount Holly avenue the past week
has improved in condition.
The February meeting of the Bur
Iington County Firemen's Association
will be held at the house of Good In
teut company tomorrow night.
Letters for w. L.. Watkins, Mrs
Agnes Bishop, Miss Jessie Bolard
Fred Berger and Miss Alice May Davis
remain unclaimed in the post Office.
The question OF incorporating New
Egypt as a borough has been dropped
for the present. The movement did
not appear to be as popular. as the orig
inators had anticipated.
The heatless and worthless Mondays
were discontinued by an order issued
by. Fuel Administrator Garfield on
Saturday. In consequences business
and factories here were in operation
yesterday.
The New Jersey State Potato Grow
ers' Association was organized at Tren-
ton last week. Frederick Lippincott,
of Mount Holly, is member of the
committee in charge Of the drafting OF
q constitution for the new organization.
Ephraim Ford fell from load Of
stalks while at work on the George w.
Moore farm on Branch street Thursday
afternoon, and was painfully injured.
He received treatment at the Burling-
ton County Hospital. No bones were
broken.
Some residents of Mount Holly
think they are saving money when
they spend dollar on railroad trip
to Philadelphia, and then get an al
legged bargain 49c under price, which
may have to be returned later. Buy it
at home.
The Watson H. Cline property on
Pine street was sold at sheriff's sale, on
Thursday afternoon, to Samuel w
Bishop, for $2,O25. Mrs. Stanton, who
occupied the property. will move to
the Isaac b. Huff residence on the
same street, as Mr.. Bishop will move
into his new purchase.
Miss Katie w. Weldie. of Mount
Holly. and Albert p. Greenwsld, of
Hainesport, were married at st. An
drew's rectory on Tuesday evening, the
ceremony being performed by Rev.
Henry Teller Cooke. Miss Lena M.
Weldie, sister of the bride. and Earl
Greenwald, a brother of the groom,
were the attendants.
The quarantine at Camp Dix was
lifted last week and the soldiers who
have been under restraint for some
time were given their freedom, which
was greatly enjoyed. Wednesday and
Saturday saw large number of them
in Mount Holly. The Presbyterian
club entertained large crowd Satur-
day evening. Since the room was
opened in that church over 500 soldiers
have signed the register.
Lieut.. ]. w. P. Skidmore, of the
Canadian and British recruiting sta
ton, Philadelphia, gave very inter-
ssting address on the war in Europe at
the Elks' Home on Friday night. The
address was partly illustrated with
lantern views. Lieut.. Skidmore served
over two years in the trenches in
France as member of the First
Canadian Battalion. He was wounded
number of times and finally was dis
charged on account of disability.
Jack" Rasner, well known to the
baseball fans of this county, and who
playedbaseball ten years ago. accord.
ing to reports received by relatives al
Beverly and Florence, has met death
while fighting in France. Rasner was
one of the fastest second basemen in
semiprofessional ranks and covered
that position for the E. Burd Grubt
team, Of Beverly. Jack for number
of years played ball in the Pacific
Coast League. Two years ago he wen
to France and enlisted in Trench
regiment.
William E. Adams, of New Gretna
was stricken with vertigo as he wa
about to alight from the five o'clocl
trolley at Main and Water streets OF
Wednesday afternoon, and fell head
FIRST to the road. He was taken to tn
hospital in an unconscious condition
and remained so for several hours
physicians fearing that his skull wa
fractured. When his condition pei
mitted a more thorough examination
it was found he was suffering wit
conclusion and several bad cuts an
bruises. His condition is much i'm
proved. Adams was in Mount Holl
to take the draft examination.
Claude c. Thomas, OF Florence,
member of Company H, Hath infar
try, at Camp Mcclellan, Annistor
will spend fifteen years at hard labt
in the Federal penitentiary at AtIant;
Ga, under the penalty imposed by
court martial at Camp Dix whic
tried him on charge of desertiol
The verdict and its approval by Majt