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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
TUESDAY, JANUARY Is, 1918.
The Coal Situation

"Pennsylvania Fuel Administrator
Potter comes back from conference
with the High Mogul, Doctor Garfield.
and states that the coal shortage will
NOT end until the war is over. But he
says Doctor Garfield absolutely prom
issd that the coal needs of the munich
pality would be taken care Of Which
reminds US of some former promises
made by the Chief Fuel Administra-
Tor.
"How bitterly local consumers now
regret that they accepted his promise
last Summer Of an ample supply and
lower prices II they would refrain from
laying in their Winter coal at that
time. How about reiterated pledges
that no one should suffer, that the
government would remedy defects OF
the delivery system2 The government
remedy consisted of laundering
priority -of-shipment policy which left
thts section, less than hundred miles
from the mines, shivering and power
less without fuel while districts hun
dreds OF miles away have more thar
enough to carry them through the
Winter.
.sThe people OF this vicinity are not
taking much stock in Doctor Garfield
promises just now.
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charlemaone Was ! German.

According to his friend and secre-
tary, Charlemagne was a full-blooded
German, an Austrasian Frank, with
yellow hair. fair skin and large. keen,
blue eyes. He was unusually tall. but
exceedingly well proportioned and
graceful. so that his great height did
not at first strike the observer. His
appearance was always manly and
stately, and his countenance. open and
cheerful, but. when reused to anger,
his eyes blazed with fire that few
men cared to stand. He was fond Of
all forms Of exercise and during most
Of his life was amazingly strong. He
was temperate In eating and drinking.
He spoke Latin as fiuently as his ma
tive German and understood Greek
when It was spoken. Late in life he
learned to write. but was never able
to DO much more than sign his name.
In his age. however. be was an edu-
Gated man. At table he liked to have
some one read to him and was very
fond Of history. He surrounded him
self with scholars and encouraged edu-
cation. He Is classed as one Of the
most remarkable men that ever lived.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
OLD CHURCH WITH A HISTORY
81. Fields Has PeWs
Permanently Reserved for
Sovereign and Prince.

There are many interesting associa-
tons with royalty attaching to the
historic church of st. Martin's-in-the-
Fields, where the king and queen re-
Gently attended a special service. 1t
Is not generally known, states Lon
don correspondent. that pews are per-
manently reserbed there for the SOW
ereign and the prince Of Wales owing
to the fact that 1t is the mother church
of all the royal parishes, and the parish
church for Buckingham palace.
Henry VIII built the first church to
prevent funerals passing his palace In
whitehall. The present edifce dates
from 1925, and its chief claim to ar
chitectural distinction is that 1t pos
sesses the only perfect example Of n
Grecian portico in London. In the
older church some Of the children OF
Charles II were christened.
George presented 1t with an organ,
on which Handel frequently played.
Nell Gwynne and Jack Sheppard were
buried in the ancient vaults. It was
opposite the present st. Martins,
where the National Portrait Gallery
now stands, that the Merry Monarch,
on his way to Drury Lane theater,
caught his first glimpse of the famous
beauty as she was selling her oranges
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15

City dwellers and those who do not
lead a constant outdoor life should
avoid exposing unclothed portions OF
their bodies to the bright sunlight for
prolonged period. According to the
Journal of the American Medical Asso-
citation, German specialists who have
investigated the subject say that the
damage that frequently follows the
popular pastime of lying for hours in
the sun on the sand at German beach
es is not merely sunburn. but head
ache and often meningitis. Those who
are inclined to be nervous are more
quickly affected by undue exposure to
the rays Of the sun, and the anemic
and nervously predisposed city indoor
workers are the very persons who are
most fond of sun baths. A tanned and
vascular skin offers better protection
against the suns rays, but the city
dweller's skin is neither augmented nor
vascular. Instead Of being benefited.
the nervous are rendered more nerv-
GUS, and when the summer Is over they
are tanned. but otherwise In poorer
condition than in the spring.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
Filipino Working Girl.

At BOkod a Filipino girl with two
years. training can earn Is cents a
day weaving pillow covers, table rum
ners. or dress material. says the Chris
tian Herald. The food she eats costs
8 cents a day. She not only earns
money for herself and family In addi-
ton to taking complete academic
course. but one-half the proceeds from
her labor. turned into the school fund.
has already provided the school with
Q fine photograph. good collection Of
records. and the instruments for ten
piece stringed orchestra, which turns
out music that would compare well
with the best that graduates from a
New England finishing school could do.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
BANK EXCHANGE In ECUADOR
Rate ls Established by President,
Who Alone Is Empowered to
Make Such Ruling.

A recent law promulgated In Ecua-
dor attempts to regulate the bank rate
Of exchange as regards drafts to and
from foreign countries. 1t provides
for an advisory board to the president,
presided over by the governor Of
Guayas and composed Of delegates
from the chambers of commerce OF
Guayaquil and Quito. the Agricultural
association, each of the banks of issue,
and the national bank inspector. The
recommendations made by this board,
according to Commerce Reports, may
or may not be acted upon by the pres
ident. who alone Is empowered to es-
ltablish the legal rate of exchange
and any pesson selling at a higher
rate Is liable to prosecution, with a
penalty Of ten times the excess
charged.
Export duties, including all sur
charges, may be paid by checks or
sight drafts on foreign markets. where
the goods are exported, taking as a
basis the value of the pound sterling
in the New York market The drafts
mentioned must be sold by the customs
collectors at the prices paid for them.
The purchase Of foreign drafts is
at present very materially restricted,
owing to the scarcity of funds In other
countries; and 1t is generally believed
that the present law will increase the
difficulties.
those oIdtimers used to inscr1be
their historic records on rocks with q
chisel."
Yes" replied the young man noted
Tor sudden outbursts of wisdom; sT
suppose the ancients had their trou-
Dies about white paper shortage the
same as we have"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
churches In Queen PLACED.

People at Tunbridge Wells, England,
rarely say that 1t is impossible to be
In two places at one time, because If
they enter the beautiful old chapel of
ease in their town they can stand in
two counties and three parishes. This
chapel stands partly in Kent and part
~ IN Sussex. This is how the prob
lem is worked out. When the clergy
man leaves the vestry he comes out
OF the parish of Frant, In Sussex. If
he is going to officiate at the altar he
walks into the parish of Tunbridge, In
Kent. If. on the other hand, he is GO
ing to preach the sermon, he walks
from the parish of Frant to the parish
OF Speldhurst on the way to the pulpit.
In half minute he can enter the two
counties and the three parishes named.
The members of the congregation,
however, have to content themselves
by sitting In one county and one par
ish like ordinary folk.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
SOWING TREE SEED IN SNOW
National Forests Of the Country Are
Planted Each Year % Make
Bare Land Productive.

To keep the national forests OF the
United States, which are scattered
from Alaska to Porto Rico. up to
standard, 1900 to 1900 acres have
to be reforested or planted each year.
The bare lands must be made produc-
tive and the thin stands Of wood must
be improved. To do this requires an
immense amount Of labor.
Companies of men travel over these
forests, sowing the seed broadcast over
the snow In the various barren sec
lions. As the snow melts the seed
sinks deeper and deeper and when the
SLOW disappears entirely the seed Is
slready covered over with sufficient
dirt to give 1t bed IN which to grow.
The chief disadvantage Of the meth.
cd, according to contributor to one
Of the scientific publications. Is that
the seed Is conspicuous on snow and
likely to be eaten by birds. After a
few days Of sunshine 1t soon disap-
pears from view.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
Curious WALKING Feat.

The most curious walking feat In
Scotland dates back to former CEN
fury, when Sir Andrew Leith Hay and
Lord Kennedy did great walk for a
bet of f4,500 Hay said he could walk
from Blair hall in Kincardineshire to
Inverness In less time than Kennedy.
They started of that very night at
nine o'clock, in their evening clothes,
with their shoes and silk stockings. Sir
Andrew took the coach road via Hunt
ly and Elgin. Lord Kennedy, with Cap
tain, Ross as umpire, went straight
across the Grampians in pouring rain.
They walked all that night, ell next
day, and the following night, and Lord
Kennedy got to Inverness at six o'clock
In the morning Of the third day, and
won his bet by four hours.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
BIG WATERFALL IN ICELAND
psttlsess Most Striking. Larger Than
Any IN Europe-scenie Wonder Of
the Frleld Country.

Dettifoss. by far the most striking
NJ the Iceland waterfalls. and larger
han any In Europe. is well worth a
siAt, but It involves some very long
rides. The writer. says the Christian
Science Monitor. starting from the
northern part Of Husaytk, took over
l1o days % eeedA Il, ffsppans 4 night
1 no lArmh6uses q DE way. and
nAHns defdsf % gee DE wonderful
Seleauic valley Of Ashbyrgi. The Jour
beg westward to Myvatn from the fall
bvas desert land. occupied about ten
hours.
The fall lies ON the Jokullsa. gla-
Eial river that rises In the vatnaJo-
hun range In the south, and flowing
horthward, falls into the Arctic sea.
Parallel to the river lies deep rift
hke q dried-up river bed: and this has
TO be crossed before the traveller can
btand on the brink Of the chasm where
the river takes its leap 200 feet down.
There IL curious crack In mid-streaIn
and OVER It the sundered waters are
buried In wild confusion, again min
Cling and losing themselves In clouds
of spray. The columnar basalt on the
lar side can be discerned through the
mist. every pillar tipped with moss.
while the near side is also green and
velvety. The walls Of the ravine be-
Ing perpendicular, to descend is inn
possible. and the binding spray pre-
vents long stay near the fall which
u best seen at point lower down
the river. The upper fall. o quarter
Of an hours walk higher up, with If
teen feet of a drop, seems mere cas-
cade after the principal one.
The whole region bears witness to
the "strife OF nature" On the far
side Of the river stretches q desert
marked with dull red cinder heaps.
and crater vents like huge black caul-
drons. snow-capped hills closing In the
weird landscape. From the cavernous
depths In the foreground rises the
ceaseless moan Of the waterfall, so re-
mote from human habitation. and i'm
preesive in fts ionelinasa
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
First Use Of JInoo.

George Jacob Holyoake, the apostle
Of cooperation. was the first to make
use r. the nickname lingo In refer
ence to wrong kind Of patriotism In
a letter which he wrote about the Dis
raelian Chauvihists In 1878. observes
the Argonaut. Nobody yet knows for
certain where the word came from. or
what was its original meaning. Mot
teux. In his seventeenth century trans
yatton Of Rabelais. gave par Dieu" as
aby JingoI" 1t Is some peoples opin-
Son that lingo Is the Basque for God.
and that the word made Its way into
the English language through the
medium OF Basque sailors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15

The manager Of an English north
country firm, Joseph Thomson. ]. p.
was one OF the few who, In the early
days Of Ruskin's social reform
schemes, put Ruskin's ideals into prac-
tice In the organization Of his wooden
manufacturing business, observes
Christian Science Monitor. A definite
minimum wage was fixed for the work.
ers, and they were given shares which
carried full voting powers at company
meetings. Both men and women en-
joyed this privilege. Ruskln, on hear
ing Of Mr.. Thompson's experiment,
wrote to him expressing deep appreci-
alton. II cannot sufficiently thank you"
be said, 'for the completely founda-
tional step which you have taken In
the establishment of just and right re-
lationships between yourself and your
employees" The experiment gave
most satisfactory results
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
Sounds Battling Science.

Mystery still attaches to certain ex-
plosive sounds, heard In various parts
of the world and known to science as
'brontides." On the coast Of Belgium.
says Popular Science Monthly, these
sounds seem to come from the sea,
and are called locally "mistpoeffers."
In the Ganges delta of India similar
sounds are called "Barisal guns"
Brontides are well known in some
parts Of Italy, whene they bear great
variety of names. In Hayu sound Of
this character Ia known as the "gouf-
FREE while In parts Of Australia It is
called the desert sound" Brontides
mostly take the form Of muffled deto-
nations. Of indefinite direction Prob
ably they are Of subterranean origin.
Studies Of eccentricIties In the trans
mission Of sound through the atmos-
phere lead to the conclusion that some
Of the sounds hitherto reported as
brontides were really due to cannonad-
ing or blasting.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
japanese souIptury.

When the Mombusho Fine Arts er
ihibition opened In Tokyo. 1000 per
sons, including many. notables. were
present. A statue Of a nude woman
by Fumio Asakura was removed to 9
private room In the Tokyo Academy Of
Fine Arts near the exhibition building
because the police objected to 1t. A
photograph Of the work shows that the
pose is much the same as the we'll
known September Morn" painting, Sc
.well-known in America. 1t is not Sc
radical as the ''Bacchante" that was
so criticized In Boston. but delighted
New Workers. There are rs other
pieces of sculptory and several hun.
dred paintings.-East and West News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
prx. Hot Atmosphere.

Dryness combined with high temper
eture is commonly deemed injurious,
notes an exchange. This Is the com.
bination found In desert climates and
IN many artifcially heated dwellings
IN northern climates in winter. The
dry. hot atmosphere induces restless
mes and nervous" feelings as well as
drying and irritation Of the skin and
mucous membranes. Susceptibility to
colds Is said to be increased In indoor
jewellers in hot. dry atmosphere. al
though a similar effect does not seem
to be associated with the aridity Of
Aa.ork oNr,o+oc
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
Thursday, JANUARY 3ist, 1918


at two O'Clock in the afternoon, AT the Court
House, in Mount Holly, New Jersey, all
that certain lot of land with the three frame
dwelling houses thereon erected number
800 1872. 294, situate on the south side of west
Washington street in Mount Holly. County
of Burlington and State of New Jersey,
| bounded as follows:
Beginning al a stake in the middle of
west Washington street distant two hum
| dred and five feet from the interse. ton of
| the middle line of said street with the west
| side of Carlton avenue, which stake is OPP
pOstte the centre of the partition wall be-
| tween the houses built by said party of the
| first part originally numbered and 2, now
known as numbers 2S8, 800 on said west
Washington street, and runs ~ through the
| centre of said partition wall and the anne
| course continued, south eleven degrees and
| twenty minutes east about one hundred
| and ifty-etght feet to the north side of a
| sixteen feet wide alley, thence (2l south
seventy-elght degrees and forty minutes
west efghty-fve feet TO the line of land be-
| longing to Alice q. Howell formerly of
Alvin Gillman); thence (3) along the same,
north eleven degrees and twenty minutes
west about one hundred and hfty-eight feet
| to point in the middle of said west Wash
| ington street; thence ~ along the middle of
said street, north seventy-etght degrees and
forty minutes east eighty five feet to the
place of beginning, be the contents what
they may. Being the same land and prem
ises granted and conveyed unto the said
Edgar Earl Johnson by Willard +. Tomlin-
| son. ct ux., by deed dated October Is, 1918,
| and recorded in the CLERKS Office of BurliDg-
| ton County, in book 900 of deeds, page 81, on
| October 18th, 1913.
The said premises Will be sold free and
clear of the inchoate right of dover of the
| defendant, Georgianna p. Johnson, wife OF
Albert A. johnson; and the inchoate inter
| est of the defendant, Ridgway S. Assay, hus-
| band of Adelaide Assay; and the inchoate in
| terest of the defendant, beonfdas $. Boyce,
husband of Addie Z. Royce; and the in
choate right of dover Of the defendant Ida
l.. Pierce, wife of Dallas w. Pierce, and the
inchoate interest of the defendant, William
g. Dobbins, husband of Lille L.. Dobbns,
and the inchoate right of dover of the de-
fendant, Anna NJ Pierce. wife of Charles
r. Pierce, together with all and singular
the Entertainments and appurtenances to
the said premises belonging or in anywise
appertaining.
The conditions will be made known at the
sale and the property will be sold In the
presence and under the direction of
HAROLD b. WELLS
Special Master, Bordentown, N. j.
CHARLES A. RIGG, Solicitor,
Mount Holly, N. J. Prs. adv. fee, 100
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
smeksIes. Powder.

The advantages Of smokeless pow.
der. besides Its virtue Of high explo
.siveness, are two-fold. 1t does not
create q smoke cloud that betrays
the location Of the gun or gunners,
and at the same time the man behind
the gun is not confused for second
by a pail Of smoke that obscures the
range Of vision In the direction Of
tho nnanv-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
Edison After U-Hoats.

Thomas A. Edison, Americas fore
most inventive genius, has settled
down In Washington with the inten.
lion Of staying until we get some
thing that will stop the submarine,
writes Washington correspondent.
he has taken over the old office OF
the late Admiral George Dewey in
the Navy annex and is engaged in i'm
portant laboratory experiments de.
signed to produce an antidote for the
U-boat. He Is in constant conference
with experts Of the navy department,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
Knew hia elblA

% board o steamer somewhere or
the Atlantic" seasick soldier boy was
having q session at the rail when an
,cmcef came along.
. Heliol What's that you're doingY
said the officer mockingiy.
I'm rendering unto the sea, sir, the
things that are the seas, SIR" gasped
the soldier as soon as he could speak,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15

FOR sALE-FARMS, CITY AND SHORE
PROPERTIES. A beautiful property No.
48 Broad street, with all conveniences. lot
961 $50 feet. A coy home No AZ U MON street,
with all conveniences. A good property No.
2iO Garden street, with conveniences. 7room
house and barn No. 81 Shreve street, with
Improvements. House on Rose street, Lum-
berton. Double house on Main street, Lum-
berton. Store and residence No. 10 MIL
street, Mount Holly. Rents Collected, Full
Charge Taken OF Properties. Get in touch
LIPPINCOTT, No. IL Garden sire ct, Mou
Holly,
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ESTATE OF ALBERT S. BIsPHAM
Notice is hereby given that an order has
been made by the surrogate of the county
of Burlington, bearing date on the seventh
day OF November, A. ID. 1917, upon the ap-
plication of Thomas j. Gauntt, the sub
scriber, requiring the creditors of Albert
s. Bispham, deceased, to bring in their
claims against the estate of said decedent,
under oath or affirmation, on or before Au-
gust T. 1918, or they will be debarred OF any
action therefor against the said admins
traitor.
THOMAS j. GAUNPT.
Nov. T. 1917 1-l6 Administra tor,
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Church Notices

UNIoNvILLE CHAPEL.
Sunday Services
$50 a. m. Sunday Sch OIL
70tl p. m. Song service.
7.3O II. m. Preaching service.
Everyb body Welcome
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
REV. LUTHER MOORE BICKN ELL, M. A,
Pastor
Manse. 2l3 Broad street
Morning service, 1880.
Sunday school. l2.00.
Christian Endeavor. 6.45.
Evening service, 30.
Wednesday evening prayer service, 10.
Saturday evening" open house for soldiers
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. JAMES II. TERRY, Pastor
Parsonage, 81 Garden street
we leone for all
Servis, next Sabbath
1920 a. m. Pres, hing service.
10 30 a. m. Preaching service.
2l5 a. m. sunday school.
6 As p. m. Youn Peoples service.
7.30 D. m. Preaching service.
Prayer service, Wednesday evening, 7.45
FRIENDS MEE1 NGS
Meetings for divine service are held al the
meeting house, corner of Main and Garden
streets, every First-day morning at II
O'Clock and Fifth-day mornings at 1870
O'Clock.
Meetings for divine worship are held In
the meeting house on Buttonwood stree 5
the third First-day of each month. at BAT
p m. TO which the public is invited.
At the Church of the Sacred Heart here.
after, mass will be held al and 10 o'clock
In the morning until further notice.
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County Of Burlington, IS.
Joseph j. White, president, and John
B. Davis, treasurer, OF the above-named
company being severally duly affirmed
and sworn, each for himself deposes and
says that the foregoing statement is true.
to the best of his knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH j. WHITE, President
JNO. b. DAVIS, Treasurer
Subscribed, affirmed and sworn TO before
me this fourteenth day of January, A. ID
JEREMIAH II. CoLKITT,
Notary Public
Correct-Attest:
b. II. WHITE,
EDWARD ID Stokes,
BARCLAY G.. ALLEN,
Directors.