The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-20
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

SSCai PosltioH dJ camp DIX.
A son arrived in the family of Abra
ham Saltzman on Tuesday afternoon
Letters for Britton Pullen and Elme
Hawkins remain unclaimed in tn,
post Office.
Captain and Mrs. William A
Slaughter are occupying cottage a
Brielle for the summer.
Miss Helen Evan. formerly with tn,
Crew-Levick Company, is now book
keeper for Henry Rosenfeld.
The w. C. t. U. will hold cak,
sale at DR.. Witman's Office, MAR
street, on Saturday afternoon.
The county Firemen's Association
will meet tomorrow evening at tn,
house Of Good Intent company.
Clifford r. Powell and family will
occupy one of DR.. w. w. Whitehead's
apartments. and will be settled ther.
in short time.
A meeting of the guarantors OF the
Mount Holly Chautauqua will be held
Friday evening at the Office of Morris
K. Perinchief.
Captain Pearl Hamilton, adopted
daughter OF Mrs. Ballington Booth, Of
the Salvation Army. will speak in tn,
opera house, Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tylee B. Engle and
Miss Sue Croshaw will entertain the
Young Friends Association at ths
meeting house on Friday evening
Postmaster Francis II. Reed ha,
rented Robert Peacock's apartments
in the former Perinchief property on
High street, and will remove there.
The West End hotel at Moorestown
was sold at sheriff's sale, on Thursday,
to Blanchard H. White, for $500. The
Mechanics bank. of Burlington, was
the complainant in the sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah B. Dennis an.
nounce the marriage of their daughter,
Emma M. Dennis, and Albert w.
Nouman. of Newark. The ceremony
took place at Camp Dix on May is.
A horse, wagon and harness stolen
from the farm Of Joseph Winn, at
Mount Holly, on April %, by E. Fl.
6ayre, farm hand, was recovered at
Hammonton. last week, by county de-
tectivs Todd.
Jourroup,ap rIur, harc - Mo,rt
Holly have formed union and after
June they demand 70 cents an hour
for fifty-four hour week, which it is
understood has been agreed to by the
employers.
Owing to the existence Of about
dozen cases of smallpox along the
Delaware river, in this county, the
State Board Of Health urges all per-
sons who have not already done so, to
be vaccinated at once.
Walter E. Robb, of Burlington,
chairman Of the recent Victory loan
campaign, reports that the county ex-
ceeded its quota by about $4,000 A
detailed report of the result will be
publ shed in the near future.
ID. w. Figner, who has had charge
Of the Bell telephone system at Camp
Dix, has been transferred to the Phila-
delphia Office, where he will act as
supervisor, position he held before
going to Wrightstown. He will keep
his residence in Mount Holly.
Edward A. Creedon has purchas ed
from John w. Archer the property ad-
joining the store now occupied by the
Creedon Hardware Company. AS
soon as the tenants now in the Archer
store remove, Mr.. Creedon will begin
work to make one large store out OIL
the two buildings.
Charles B. Heller. who lost part OF
leg in France. paid visit to his pa
rents in Mount Holly last week. He
was warmly greeted by large num-
Der of friends. He has been transfer
red from military hospital at New
port News to one at Railway, where he
is still under treatment for his wound
ed leg.
The campaign for the raising of
s13, 000, 900 for the Salvation Army is
in progress in every state in the union
this week. The quota for Mount Holly
is $500. Mrs. William s. Rendell is
chairman Of the local campaign. The
marvellous work done during the war
by the Salvation Army has made that
organization very popular. Returning
soldiers speak in the highest terms Of
the Salvation people and their effici-
emit services. The money being raised
this week is for the continuance of the
organizations work in military camps
in the United States. Every citizen
should contribute literally.
Robert M. Smith, who had been liv-
ing on King street, died suddenly yes
terday morning in Philadelphia hos
pital. He was the son of James M.
Smith, formerly baggagemaster at the
Mount Holly railroad starion. He had
been having nervous spells which
would attack him suddenly and he was
sometimes taken while on the street
and would be compelled to go in store
until the spell had passed. 1t was
finally determined to take him to Phil
adslphia and have him under the OBJ
servation of a nerve specialist. Yester-
day morning he had one of the spells
in which he died. He was AZ years
of age.
Adjutant General Gilkyson has is
sued orders for the annual encamp-
ment Of the New Jersey State militia
at the state camp grounds at Sea Girt
from July7 to August 9. The dates
for encampment of the various units
Of the State militia are: July 7 to IL,
state headquarters camp of instruction
for officers and non-commissioned
officers and rifle practice; July IA to 10,
First Battalion, of Atlantic City; Third
Battalion, of Red Bank; first separate
company. of Atlantic City; July 81 to
26, Second Battalion, of Trenton;
Fourth Battalion, of Elizabeth, and
the second separate company, OF Jer-
sey City; July % to August 2. Fifth
Battalion, of Newark; and Sixth Bat
talon, OF Paterson; August 4 to g.,
Seventh Battalion, of Jersey City.
Mrs. William H. Mason, Sd, read an
interesting paper on 1.-THE Early
Schools of Mount Holly" at the meet
ing of the Woman's Burlington; Coun-
tv Historical Society, held st Burling-