The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-08
TUESDAY. APRIL 8, 1919
LOCAL NEWS.

County superintendent Louis ]
kaser is ill with diphtheria.
Any one having lost russet sho
may find the same by calling at th,
Mount Holly post office.
The Interstate Milk Producers AS
sociation has fixed the price of untest
cd milk for April at cents quart.
A class Of nineteen persons was con
hrmed by Bishop Matthews IN st. An
drew's church on Wednesday night.
The performances at the Mount
Holly theatre tomorrow and Thursday
nights will be for the benefit of the
local lodge of Moose.
Frederick ]. Melville, of the Luther.
IN Theological Seminary at Mt. AIRY
occupied the pulpit of st. Pauls
church on Sunday.
The senior class of the Mount Holly
high school will present their annual
play in the school auditorium on Fri
oAy evening, May b.
The preacher at the Friday evening
Lenten service in st. Andrews church,
will be Rev. T. T. Butler, rector OF ST.
Stephens church, Riverside.
Mrs. Melvina Jobes, mother of Ben
jamin Jobes, who has charge of the
Mount Holly opera house, died on
Sunday, at the age of 81 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Howard Gibbs. who
have been occupying the residence
over the Acme store at Washington
and King streets. have removed to
Trenton.
The basket ball season in Mount
Holly closed on Thursday night when
the Mount Holly Orioles defeated the
Holly Club, at the high school gym
nasium, by the score of 81 to IL.
Harry Warner and Mrs. Leonia
Speers, both of Columbus, were each
fined $21.85 last week for permitting
their dogs to run game. The complaint
'" 80 AAAeoS Ny OaAc NdIucu MOTtOn.
Miss Sarah J. McNary, Ph.D., head
OF the English department OF the State
Normal school. delivered an address on
MORAL Hygiene" before the Fort
nightly Club, which met at Mrs. Bar
clay H. Moore's last Monday night.
News dealer C. Walter sheeler will
remove his place of business to the
DR.. Flynn property on Main street,
which he recently purchased. The
change will be made this week. The
Caloric Furnace Company will con-
tinue to occupy portion of the store.
The old race track at Merchantville,
which has been abandoned for many
years, Is to take on new lease Of life.
The horsemen of that place have form
ed an organization and rented the old
driving park. The track and buildings
will be repaired and some racing ma.
tinees held this season.
There will be a debate in the high
school auditorium, on Friday evening.
April 11th, at o'clock, between teams
from Mount Holly and Haddonfield
high schools. Subject: Resolved, That
the Government of the United States
Should Own and Operate the Railroads
OF this Country" Admission Is cents.
The committee of the Business Mems
Association appointed to arrange for
celebration in honor of the Mount
Holly boys in the war, requests that all
who have returned will register their
names with the secretary of the asso-
citation, Herbert s. Killie, and assist
In having the boys yet to return do
the same.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association, on Thurs
day evening, at eight o'clock, will be
one Of especial interest. There will be
q debate between the seventh and
eighth year grades, and noted speak
er from New York will talk on "Child
Labor" The exercises will be held in
the high school auditorium.
Private Thomas ]. Trotter, 1918 N. |
Third street, Philadelphia, was killed
on New jersey avenue, Camp Dix, on
Sunday evening, as the result OF being
struck by iitney driven bv John
Strube, Of Trenton. The driver claims
that the soldier was standing on one
side of the road, and suddenly started /.
across, stepping directly in front of the |
car. Trotter returned from overseas
and arrived at Camp Dix on March 80. |
He expected to be discharged in few
days. Strube was arrested and brought
to the jail at Mount Holly.
Frank A. Wandle, general secretary
Of the Knights Of Columbus, at Camp
Dix, is sending out an invitation for
everybody to come to the cantonment
ON Friday afternoon, April IL, to take
part in the Arbor Day exercises that
will mark the planting of tree at
that place in memory of the fallen
heroes of New Jersey. The tree will
be planted on New Jersey avenue, and
Major General Hugh L. Scott, camp
commander, all of the Camp Dix bows
and executives from New Jersey and
nearby states will be present.
Since the trolley fare increase the
trains on the Pemberton division of
the Pennsylvania railroad have carried
from two to five coaches more. The
latter number has been added to the
5.2Op. M. train from Philadelphia,
which now carries ten instead OF five
coaches, and the aisles are crowded by
passengers who cannot obtain seats.
This fact is to be presented at the Pub
lie Utility Commission hearing on
April 16 to prove that high trolley fares
drive travel to the steam roads and
that the trolley company will not be
able to increase its income by this
means.
The recent appeal of the Mount
Holly Red Cross for donations of cloth
ing Sprs the European refugees. met
with very liberal response. A ship
ment of 726 pounds of clothing, filling
fourteen large bags, was made to the
headquarters at New York on Tuesday.
In the lot were 13 women's heavy
coats and 313 miscellaneous coats, IA
one piece dresses, 80 skirts, 6 complete
women's suits, 80 waists, bag of un-
derclothing for women, bag of in
fapts' clothing, 16 mems overcoats, 19
suits, AZ coats and vests, 90 trousers,
46 pairs of shoes, and three bags of
miscellaneous articles