The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-09-02
LOCAL NEWS.

"A letter Tor Miss Myrtle RelQ is tn
only one remaining unclaimed in tn
post Office.
There will be a session of Judge
Wells court on Thursday, and week.,
thereafter.
Constable Leon Claypoole is the
father of ten-pound boy who cam,
to town Wednesday.
A civil service examination for post
master at New Egypt will be held il
Mount Holly on September "a.
Thomas ]. Plat, of Wrightstown
has purchased the Harry l. Burroughs
property at 1856 Madison avenue.
Real estate dealer Anderson reports
the sale OF a double house Nos. 1879,
Madison avenue, to Fred L. Owen and
Bradford Herbert.
The Royle & Pilkington Company
has begun the erection of a two-story
addition to their large factory building
Contractor Walter Allen is doing the
work.
Rev. C. B. Fisher, Of the M. E
church, was away on vacation Sun.
day. The pulpit was occupied by DR.
Wellman, Of the War Camp Commun'
ity Service.
There IVES no game of base ball in
Mount Holly yesterday, owing to the
non-appearance of the visiting team
Smithville.
The local Junior Mechanics will en-
terrain delegation from the council
at Wrightstown at its regular meeting
tonight, when twelve candidates will
be initiated.
Raymond E. Thomson, formerly
with the First National Bank al
Wrightstown, has accepted position
with the Market street National Bank,
Philadelphia.
Samuel X. Gaskill has been reap
pointed attendance officer Of the
Mount Holly schools. He resigned the
place some months ago because Of &C.
cepting a position at Camp Dix.
Captain Edward o. Howell. IT,. Of
Avalon. has been appointed supervisor
Of the 1920 federal ceusus for the second
congressional district of New Jersey,
which includes Burlington county.
The public school will reopen next
Monday. 1t is understood that the
day will be devoted to the assignment
and registration of pupils and that the
children will have the usual holiday
for the Mount Holly Fair.
Oscar EVAN, formerly of Mount
Holly, who has been connected with
the Crew Levlck Oil Company for sew
eral years, has been transferred from
Cynwyd, Pa, to one of the largest
stations of the company at Scranton.
One of the wagons of the Hollyford
Ice Company had a wheel twisted off
while crossing the trolley tracks on
Main street Thursday morning. The
wagon was heavily loaded with ice
which had to be removed to another
vehicle.
There is large list of entries and
prizes for the trap shoot of the Bur
lington County Game Protective
League, next Saturday, on the organ
izations game farm near Mount Holly.
The other feature of the day will be a
snapper dinner, the serving of which
will begin at noon.
The marriage OF Justus q. Deacon
and Miss Madeline X. Lautsch, both of
Mount Holly, took place at All Saints
church, Atlantic City, on Monday
night Of last week. The families of
the bride and groom witnessed the
ceremony, which was performed by
Rev. w. FL. Williams.
Tuesday will be children's day at the
fair. The afternoon program will
have a 81, 900 stake with 20 entries and
another good race with two running
races. Tuesday night will be free
night, and the regular vaudeville pro-
gram will be given. The entire mid
way will be open and everything run
ming as on the other nights.
The new sheet asphalt highway
which is to reach from Palmyra to the
Beverly city line on the west was COM
menced last week. The contractors
are pushing the work rapidly, having
commenced at the west end. This
same firm has the contract for the road
from Mount Holly to MOorestown, and
while much Of the stone work is com.
pleted, they have not been able to lay
any Of the six inch asphalt coating be
cause of inability to get material.
J.. d. Winters, who has been con-
Quoting the old West End hotel al
Moorestown as laborers' boarding
house, was fined $50 last week by the
township recorder for selling impure
food. One OF the boarders had COM
planned about the food, saying 1t wal
not fit to eat, and it was alleged thai
Winters told him Ito eat that or 10th
ing" The matter was reported to tht
Board OF Health and fifteen of the
lunches prepared for tie men were in
spected, resulting in the discovery O
badly decayed meat in them. Some
five or six witnesses were examined o.
the hearing before the recorder. and I
numbs of the lunches presented al
evide =.
Y sterday Philadelphia paper ha(
q long account of the way in which
Mrs. Mary E. Haffa had been treate'
at the Burlington County Insane Hos
pital, alleging that she had been lille
gally committed and held there. Mrs
Haffa is at present at the residence Q
Miss Fannie Fort, on Cherry street
having been released by superinter
dent Deacon on parole. She has er
gagged lawyer and expressed desir
that her mental condition be given
thorough and rigid examination. Th
woman claims to have been sent to th
asylum on -affidavits of her brothe
and sister, William and Anna Said
formerly of Jobstown but now Twin
atsTrenton. She says they had h'
kidnapped. She has been writing lie
tiers to different persons in this count.
telling how she has been treated. Sh
sought the aid Of the local lodge
Elks, and wrote to the editor of TH
NEWS, relating in detail her man
supposed grievances. Superintendel