The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13

says the child must be named "Vic-
tory"
Ellsworth III. Burtis, of Burlington,
has been put in the rank of Grand
| pop" A boy was taken to the home
of his son, Paul, in Washington, yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs.; Clarence L. Price, OF
New Rochelle, N. Y, are being con.
graduated upon the birth of a daugh.
ter. Mrs. Price is at the Burlington
County Hospital,
Miss Josephine Kenny, of the public
) school teaching staff, was called to
| New York last week by the illness of
her aged father, who will undergo a
serious operation today.
The Mount Holly Red Cross will
give a dance at Rancocas Park on
Thursday night to raise funds for the
purchase of an automobile for the
visiting nurse.
w. c. Wetherill, chairman of the
local Victory Loan campaign, reports
that Mount Holly subscribed it's quota
of s445, 900, making the fifth time that
this community has fulfilled its duty
by going over the top. This is very
gratifying and a great credit to the
town.
In spite of the unpleasant weather
on Saturday night large audience at
tended the performance of ST Slocum's
Country Store given at Lane school
house by the Ewanville Boy Scouts,
and a neat sum was realized by the
entertainment.
Owing to the inclsment' weather last
Saturday, meeting of the members
Of the County Game Protective
League was postponed until next Sat-
urday afternoon. The meeting will be
held on the game farm, situated near
Green street, Mount Holly.
The annual memorial sermon to the
Grand Army will be preached by Rev.
| Curwen B. Fisher at the Methodist
church on Sunday evening, May rs.
The Grand Army will be escorted to
church by Company B, State Militia,
Sons of Veterans, and Ladies' Aid of
the g. A. r.
Next Monday evenings attraction at
the opera house will be the musical
revue Lets Co." given by % soldiers
from Camp Dix. The entertainment
will be for the benefit of the GONZALES
cent soldiers. Pierre Ii. Stanton will
be one of the principal characters, ap-
pearing in his always appreciated role
of female impersonator.
The Hath regiment of the 18th |
division, composed of former National |
Guardsmen of this neighborhood, is to |
parade in Cans1en to-day. when it will |
stop off for two hours while en- route
from Newport News, Va, to Camp
Dix. Many residents of Mount Holly |
Burlington and other places will go to
Camden to greet the returned heroes.
In order to make room for his bust
ness George B. Mcclellan will devote
the entire property now occupied by
him on Mill street for that purpose
He will remove his family to the prop
erty formerly owned by Frank Mullen,
which Mr.. Mcclellan has purchased.
This includes the house on White
street and the extensive stables con-
nected with it.
Owing TO the bad weather last week,
the Senior Glass play, Miss Some
bodyelse," by request, will be repeated
next Saturday evening in the high
school auditorium. The price of adj
mission will be Is cents. Those who
braved the drenching rains and saw
the performance last week were very
much pleased and report that the en-
tertainment Is really worth seeing.
The reduced price of admission also
should be attractive.
H. J. Rupert, who has been the
Mount Holly representative of the War
Camp Community Service for nearly
year, leaves this week to accept
similar position at Kansas City, near
which two large military camps are
located. He has been a capable and
energetic agent here, and to him is due
much of the credit for the good work
that has been done in Mount Holly
for the visiting soldiers. His departure
is greatly regretted by all who have
been connected with the welfare move
ment. His successor, Mr.. Cook, of
Philadelphia, will be rendered an in
formal reception at the Ankokas
Soldiers Club this evening.
Residents on Burr's road had their
curiosity aroused Thursday evening
over the actions of some men in an
automobile and woman walking
along the road. She was going toward
the Burlington stone road when an
automobile came from the opposite
direction. Two men were in the ma
chine and one of them jumped out and
grabbed the woman who broke away
from him, running toward the Bur-
lington road. The automobile was
rapidly backed after her and soon
caught up with her but she still resist
ed and the last seen of her she was
running in the direction she had first |
started. AS there were not any NOV
ing picture men in the nsighborhood |
it is not supposed that this was re-
hearsal for scene to be given later in |
the opera house. Detective Parker |
says this is the secoud occurrence of |
the kind on this road. In the other
case woman had money stolen from
/ her.
The new taxing law contains some
funny items. A man who wants a
drink OF soda water has to pay an ex-
ira tax on one glass for himself but if
he treats one or more friends he does
not pay rs much as he does for single
glass. If plate of ice cream is eaten
by itself, pay tax, but if you order it
in connection with meal, nothing on
it. II you buy quart in restaurant
and eat it there on goes the tax but if
you take the quart across the street
and eat it, tax free. The most recent
decision which certainly reaches the
limit of absurdity is that eyeglasses are
a luxury and tax must be paid on
them. Those who are subject to the
new rules are not able to tell just how
to charge and at meeting Of druggists
lately there was government inspect