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The Press., 1919-11-06
HOLLAND

Joseph D. Recommendus and Mrs Florence B. Ayers of East Boston | Mass, were married at the COngrega- tiOnal parsonage Saturday afternoon | by Rev. B. F. Case.
 There will be a public meeting in | the interests of education in the Con- gregational church Thursday evening State Inspector l.. T. Garrison and | Supt. Leon O. Staples will be among the speakers.
 Mrs. Eliza Sparrow of Essex, who has been in the Hartford hospital fol
 a serious operation, has so recovered
 as to be out of the hospital and is
 spending a short time with MT. anG
 Mrs. Lorenzo R. Sparrow.
 | The jail is empty, the last person
 William F. Schultz, bound ovel
 ting away Friday. Now there is noth.
 ing but the stock at the barn and the
 farm to call for Deputy Jailer Alfred
 B. Abbey's attention.
 | B. w. Avery of Rockville gave { | talk in the Lee M. B. church on Sun.
 day in the absence of the pastor, Rev
 Wm. Barber. Rev. B. F. Case at the
 Congregational church gave an inter.
 esting discourse for Red Cross day. | MT. and Mrs. Franklin De Haven o1 | New York, who have spent the sum
 mer here, returned to their New York | home Wednesday of this week. MT De Haven has many beautiful paint l ings and sketches as trophies of his summers work.
 Halloween parties were in evidence Friday night. The Epworth League
 held a party in the town hall and the
 young people held a party in Edwin
 CrandalPs unoccupied house by the
 mill. Saturday evening the Y. P. S.
 c. B. held Halloween party in the church parlors.
 Rev. and Mrs. William Barber and son, G. Percy Barber, are in Boston to attend the Jubilee Missionary meet ings. While away they will be guests of relatives in Newton and Bedding. At Bedding they are the guests of Mrs. Albert Barber, who made a missionary address in Holland several years ago.
 The regular teachers meeting was held Monday in the Hicks memorial school All the teachers and Supt. Leon c. Staples were present. A fifth grade geography lesson was
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HOME NEWS.

Paramount Theatre Thursday. Paul inc Frederick in "A Daughter of the Old South' This is an original screen story hy Alicia Ramsey and Rudolph De Cor. dova: ilso a Burton Holiness Friday, Enrico Caruso, in 'My Cousin;" by Mar garet Turnbull The story is an Italian love story with very strong heart in terest. Caruso plays a dual role, that oi a famous opera tenor and of his humble cousin who worships at his shrine also 8 Drew comedy, Squared" Monday. Vivian Martin in Little Comrade " Story is by Juliet Wrlber Tompkins It is de hghtful little love story, with a strong patriotic interest Miss Martin will play the part of a girl who wishes to do some thing for her country, and turns farmer cite :" also d Bray cartoon. Tuesday, Mary Pickford in "Hearts Adrift ;'' a splendid story of tangled lives. Matinees Thursday and Saturdays at 30 D. m.
 The pictures Monday evening will be- gin at 6 45.
 Town Hall: Saturday. Enrico Caruso in My Cousin" by Margaret Turnbull !; also,a Drew comedy, squared" Wed nesday, Wallace Reid in ''The Man from Funeral Range" This is the screen yer sion of Broken Threads" drama by Ernest Wilkes Wallace Reid will appear as a man who is accused of the murder of lawyer. A jealous woman is the real criminal but only two people guess this He is convicted and sentenced to life inn prisonment Through the effort of a vindictlve attorney he escapes, takes up his old work as mining prospector and in time makes fortune, then things happen
The Press., 1919-11-06
STAFFORD SPRINGS

A dance and carnival will be given for the benefit of the Acme basketball team, Tuesday evening at St. Edwards s hall. According to their poster the Acme men who are managing the affair. it will be the biggest event since the flood.
 The high school basketball team will get into action Friday evening when they will play the first game of the season on the Boys club floor. The State Trade school team of South Manchester will be the opponents. The boys are starting the season early are expecting a good sized crowd. The schools athletic association have sea- son tickets which will be sold.
 Many real estate transactions have taken place during the past two weeks. Among them are the following: And CTS Jacobsen to Eugene Laine, land on Keefes plains; John Burgeois to Sam uel KatzowitZ and Himie Kuslansky, tot and buildings on Grant avenue; Lauritz Hansen to Pietro Panciera and William Baldwin two houses on Maid en lane, near East Main St.; Lauritz Hansen to Augusta TiZiani, land and buildings on Benton St.; F. H. Baker to Frederick l.. Cerago, land and build ings known as the Kane property on Wilmington avenue; Adolph Roberts to Carlo Brighenti, property known as the Stafford Hotel.
 Miss Florina Dupre, daughter of John G. Dupre and Leo w. Zelz were united in marriage by Rev. Felix J. O'Neill Monday morning. They were attended by MT. and Mrs. Walter A. Greaves. The couple started on their honey moon shortly after the ceremony banqueting at the Allyn House in Hartford before leaving for New York where they will spend part of the time. They will live in their recently furnished home on Grant avenue upon their return. The many wedding gifts which they received are ample proof that they have many friends. Mrs. Zelz has always lived in Stafford while MT. Zelz has made his home in Norwich where his par ents live. He came here and pur- chased the Campo store last spring.
The Press., 1919-11-06
ASHFORD WestfOrd

Mrs. Jennie Barlow and Joyce Thompson are visiting in Mansfield.
 Charles Justin has moved here from Wilmington into the Corbin house and is teaming for Bert Eaton.
 Rev. P. s. Collins preached at Spring Hill, Mansfield, on Sunday, and there were no services here
 Eleven relatives and friends of Mrs. Archa Walker from North Ashford made her pleasant call Saturday evening
The Press., 1919-11-06
UNION

Theodore Brand of Norwich was with relatives in town last week. MT. and Mrs. Harry Palmer of Hart ford spent the weekend with relatives
 on Marcy Hill.
 Louise Burnham entertained a party of friends from SOuthbridge at the Burnham cottage last week. The Ladies' Benevolent association are planning to hold a social at the home of Mrs. George Heck, in Rock Meadow, Friday evening, Nov IA Mrs. Heck and Mrs. Ralph Bradway will be the hostesses and will serve a chicken l pie supper at thirty cents for adults, and twenty cents for children under twelve. The young people of the Rock Meadow district are preparing farce entitled Keeping House." for this so- cial. If Friday evening should be stormy the social will be postponed to Saturday evening, the 18th. The Quinnebaug Pomona Grange held an all-day meeting at the town hall on Saturday, Oct. 25. They came as guests of Mashapaug Lake Grange There were about 60 in attendance The morning was spent in conferring the fifth degree on class of nine The afternoon program, which began at 1.45, consisted of singing led by
 Prof. Chas. A. Wheeler of Storrs, read ings and recitations by visiting mem
 bers, discussion on good roads by members, and very interesting ad- dress by Miss Margaret K. Stack of Hartford director of child welfare work in Connecticut. This was fol- lowed by general discussion on pub lie health nursing.
 Rock Meadow David Gaudette has begun building an addition to his barn. Mrs. John Csatlos of New York has been visiting her sister, Mrs. George Heck, a few days.
 Herbert and Roy Snow and Chester | Comey of Monson were at Charles Shows on Saturday.
 Albert Heck has his barn nearly
 completed and the cellar is dug for
 the house ready to begin laying the wall.
 MT. and Mrs. Albert Heck and chil-
 dren and MT. and Mrs. Oscar Willis
 visited Mrs. E. M. Noble, a sister o1
 Mrs. Willis, in Willimantic the first o1
 the week.
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taught by Mrs. Ada Rhodes. A lesson in seventh grade history was taught by Miss Ruby Bowler
 The regular meeting of the Library association was held in the library rooms Monday afternoon. After the regular business session a literary program was given, consisting of a reading "The Pumpkin" by Mrs. H. R. Bartlett, and Indian Summer" by Mrs. Myron G. Sparrow. A social hour followed at which tea was served by Mrs. L. Ernest Hall, Mrs. Myron G. Sparrow and Mrs. Lorenzo R. Spar row,
The Press., 1919-11-06
Sunrise.

She struggled to a certain hilltop and saw before her the silent inflood- ing of the day. Out of the east it welled and whitened; the darkness trembled into light; and the stars were extinguished like the street lamps of human city. The whiteness frightened into silver, the silver warmed to gold, the gold kindled into pure and living fire; and the face of the east was barred with elemental scarlet-R. l.. Stevenson.
The Press., 1919-11-06
WELLINGTON

The farm of the late A. G. Rose brook on Village Hill will be sold at auction on Tuesday, the 18th, at 12 o'clock
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
"a Necklace
ST Pearls
@<D
BY VINCENT G. PERRY
Copyright, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)

go! Leave at once! You need not
come Sgainl Here is your ring. Must
call fatherT Rosetta had risen from
her chair, her chin raised, and her
eyes blazing forth indignation. Ro-
setta was very pretty when she was
aroused, and Billy Wright longed to
kiss her, but instead he took the ring
she was extending to him, and with
just the faintest shrug of his shoulders
started for the door. He looked back
just before he went out.
All the fire of pent-up firebrand
soui was in the glance she gave him.
The sense of the ridiculous seized him
and he could not refrain from winking
at her in the most tantalizing fashion
imaginable just before he passed out.
That was the last straw. She flung
herself on the rug before the CRATE
and wept Historically. 1t was all ended
Billy and she were strangers.
He had dared dictate to her and she
would not allow him to do that until
he was her husband. He had said she
was spelling herself with cosmetics
and her gowns We're not sensible. 1.-THE
wretch The beast! She would never
speak to him again. Never
For two weeks Rosetta was unhap-
py. She had told herself that she
hated Billy, but gradually she had be-
gun to think that she did not. She
could have forgiven anything but the
wink.
He had openly defied her-the girl
he had said he loved. She had been
too angry, though, and had shown him
that she could not control her temper.
No wonder he had lost his love and
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18

A new and very odd method OF
growing sugar cane Is proving highly
successful in the Hawaiian islands.
When the cane Is beginning to sprout,
yard-wides strips are laid lengthwise
over the rows of little plants and held
in place with cane-field trash. The pa
per Is strong enough to keep down and
smother the starting weeds, but not to
kill the stout and hardy young cane.
In five or six weeks the weed seeds
beneath the paper have all germinat-
ed and been smothered to death, but
the cane shoots have either forced
their way through or erected them.
selves sufficiently to make little tent
like elevations. Laborers then pass
along the rows and with long knives
make Sits in the sheets, permitting
the shoots to come through. The lib.
Grated shoots at first are blanched
white, but quickly turn green and
lusty. Wedding thereafter is almost
wholly needless, because there are
very few weeds. There is an increase
Of ten tons (about % per cent) in the
yield of cane per acre. Half the labor
is saved and the production of actual
sugar per acre is augmented by more
than ton. The paper used is made
out of "bagasse," which is the residue
of the cane after the sugary sap has
been squeezed out of it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
Learning the Law.

1t is noted that attendance at law
schools is not as great as it used to be.
This may be accounted for in two
ways, observes the Columbus (Ohio)
State Journal. First, because so many
young men have thought it is their
greater duty to go to war and save the
world for law and civilization, and,
second, because the world is going to
change much when the war is past and
a great deal that is learned now of
law and its practice is going to under
go a great change. The reign of prece-
dent will not be so prevalent nor will
the judicial system depend so much
upon shrewdness and money. The war
will stir up our social, commercial and
industrial relations to their depths and
among the fundamentals that will be
aroused from their long repose will be
that of righteous law procedure. so
that much we learn now will be an
client wisdom in the grand time that is
coming when democracy gets a solid
* Indr tior, which it hasn't now.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
nAt Attention. Before God.

Paying tribute to the services per
formed by the British Y NJ. c. A., w.
Gordon Spriggs, writing in Associa-
ton Men, the organ of the Ameri-
can ~" is reminded of the reply
made by Field Marshal Sir George
White to an inquiry addressed to him
at. the close Of the three months siege
of Ladysmith, South Africa, in the
Boer war Sir George was asked to
explain how he maintained his cheer
fulness and upheld the spirit and mo-
rale of his weary troops amidst so
much discomfort, depression and I'M
certainty. Because" said the field
marshal, 81 stand at attention before
God every morning so that may re-
ceive my daily marching orders"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
"a Pig Under
the Fence
o0
By r. H. SWEET

Cal looked down at his wbeelbarrow.
Saves me the cost of hiring horse
and wagon" he said, land I'm trying
to save all l can. as l told you. I've
worked hard at something every vaca-
ton"
II know. And I've been ashamed of
you every vacation" she retorted. 81
vowed again and again I'd stop speak
ing to you. But you did so much better
than the other boys in the high school,
and looked so gentlemanly on the plat
form that l always overlooked your
lapses. was really proud of the way
you represented our class when we
graduated. Why don't you try and get
a gentlemanly position like Arthur
Bray and Andy Searles7"
Because l feel just as gentlemanly
between the barrow handles, and I'm
making twice what Arthur does at the
bank or Andy in the real estate Office, .
he answered. I'm fact, / was offered
Arthur's job before he took it. / feel
my time, with the future beyond, is
worth more than 81 week to me-"
"But it's $3.50 common and undig-
nified," she argued. "And it's sure to
cut you from society. I'd rather go into
the drug store for soda with Arthur
or Andy on their salary, than with you
on twice as much, even though IL
might like you better, and you could
make better appearance if you would.
Why, I'm beginning to hear you spoken
of as Cal Cabbages.' It's horrid p
Cal shook his head with smile.
Il like it," he declared. 1T tells I'm
doing something. hire big field
that seems exactly suited to cabbages.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
At the Cross
Roads
BY A. w. PEACH

Copyright, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)

Edna Duncan read the note swiftly,
and reread it again and again with
growing sense of dismay and shock. 1t
was a brief note, written in a waver-
ing hand, and it read:
Dear Edna-As the result Of an OBJ
Grafton year ago Elmer's mind was
fully restored. Since then he has been
planning to see you, and is now on his
way. Ifelt that should tell you. Any
great shock might be harmful. With
love, BESS."
The note drifted to the floor from
numb fingers, and Edna stared with
unseeing eyes through the twilight of
the room. That note from the far-off
New England village turned her world
upside down. She was engaged to FL
mer Kerney there three years ago. His
head had been hurt in a brave attempt
to halt a runaway horse dragging a
carriage in which baby had been left
by some careless parent.
For two years his mind had been a
blank, yet she had been true to him,
until 1t seemed that never again would
he be himself; and now the wonder
fingers of some surgeon had brought
him to life and understanding, and he,
waiting to be sure of himself, was COM
ing to claim her, while she, in the past
year, had about given her whole heart
to a young doctor of the western vii
lage, Philip Wenton.
Her mind travelled over and over the
situation. Her thoughts had often been
with Elmer, for he had been worth her
love, and he was now, she added in
thought. His gay and CHEEKY ways
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
Old Roman Plumbers

There were plumbers in ancient
Rome, and they knew their business
we'll The great baths (most impor-
tant and extensive of all the public
buildings) were supplied with water
by elaborate piping systems. Along
the principal streets ran lines of tall
pillars of light construction, carrying
pipes through which running water
was supplied to the dwellings on ell
Their side.
When the ancestors of the present.
day Germans had destroyed Rome,
and with it the Roman civilization, the
plumbing art was lost. 1t stayed lost
until within recent years, and now we
are reviving 1t with some strictly mod
ern improvements.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18

where the little sister was sound
asleep. She risked the light, for she
could not go away without a last sight
of the dimpled face and golden curls.
She knelt down and kissed the little
mouth. The. child turned restlessly-
as tear dropped on her cheek-dis-
playing the doll clasped in her chubby
arms. Rosetta cried out in surprise
and slipped the doll from under the
child's arms. A string of pearls was
around its neck-it was the genuine
necklace.
1t dawned upon her instantly. Billy
had sent her the real necklace. In
her brief absence the child had inno-
Gently exchanged 1t for her dolls.
Billy was wrongfully accused. He had
not intended to swindle the jeweler-
he was not a thief.
Rosetta was on her way to the near
est police station, the necklace clasped
in her hand before she realized it.
She was out of breath when she ar
rived, but managed to gasp out an ex-
PLANTATION. 1t all seemed a dream to
her until the officer had sent for some
one, and then she saw who that some
one was
"Billyl" she cried, as she flung her
self into his arms "Billyt' She
sobbed out the story bit by bit
1t was not difficult to arrange for
bail after that. The jeweler was COM
municated with, and when the facts
were laid before him withdrew the,
charge and promised to exonerate
Billy through the press.
The next day Billy found Rosetta
in the nursery with baby Ruth.
"She has cried herself to sleep be-
cause her dollie's necklace was LOST
Ruth smiled. Poor little pet does not
know what unhappiness she has
caused me, but she did show me that
I really loved you. dear"
THAT is all that matters" he said,
as he took necklace from his pocket.
Here's another one for Ruth's doll
and here is one for you"
81 would much rather have my
ring" she whispered.
It was just like being engaged all
over again. He took the ring from his
pocket held out his hand to take hers,
and when the ring was on her finger
kissed her just as tenderly as if it
were for the first time.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
wlnd-priven Dynamos.

An account was recently given in
Ingenioren by Mr.. n. @. Vogt of some
experience of the utilization of wind
power for driving dynamos. The mills
described had sails 100 feet in diam
eter and an area of 5000 square feet.
With mean wind velocity of "a feet
per second 200 horse power was OBJ
tanned. Power is transmitted from the
main shaft BY a series of cogwheels
with the spokes in tension; rope and
chain gearing were found not to an
swer. BY means of gearing the speed
of the main shaft, 121a revolutions per
minute, is increased to 1900 revolu-
lions per minute for the dynamo.-Sci-
entific American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
TOO STRONG ON SYMPATHY
EIvira Parkins Had a Fault From
Which Too Many of Us Are
Not Quite Free.

rs she gomez" Aunt Harriet In
quired breathlessly.
Aunt Harriet's niece, Eileen, turned
from the flowers she was arranging
flowers left by the departing guest.
"She's just going down the path" she
replied. "Shall l call her back? Do
you w1nt TO see her again? Did she
leave anything?"
IF you call her back, I'll disown
you, even if you are my favorite
niece" Aunt Harriet retorted. Tell
me the minute the gate clicks"
Eileen's eyes began to dance.
Months Of illness had not broken
Aunt Harriets spirit. She left the,
flowers and devoted herself to the
window.
"Now!" she announced.
Aunt Harriet drew a long breath,
81 wish" she declared. that Elvira
Parkins never had had a motherl
There, I've said it, and | feel better !"
"Aunt Harrietr' Eileen cried, with
a laugh that broke bounds in spite
of her
81 know, | suppose / ought to be
ashamed, and maybe l shall be some
day, but just this minute that seems
to me the most relieving thing l ever
said in my life Elvira Parkins is q
good woman. She wouldn't hurt the
feelings of a fly. and she'd run her
feet off doing kind things for people
/ could stand the Kindness but what
! can't stand is her sympathy.
"If so much as mention a twinge
In my little finger, she will draw down
her face and lower her voice and say,
I know-you can't tell me anything
about it. My mother suffered that
way for years l have discovered that
Elvira's mother had an accident like
mine and was hard of hearing like
me and had a heart just like mine.
Elvira saw me lodging streak of sun
light for minute. and size jumped
I-for the shade and pulled it clear down
and came back and patted my Shout
der, murmuring, My mother had just
such sensitive eyes. You must be
very, very careful. Mother suffered
so with hers the last of her life"
Aunt Harriets mlmicry was delight
full Eileen was enjoying herself
greatly. do tell me some more of
! Elvira's conversation" she pleaded.
''Tm ready to vow never to be sympa-
thetic again as long as live"
Aunt Harriet sank back on her pill
lows, but her eyes were twinkling.
I'm not saying that I'd advise you
to go quite as far as that, Eileen"
she retorted. I'D only call your at
tention to the fact that there's sym
pathy and sympathy, and advise you
to exercise a little care in choosing
the kind you use."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18

/ The first ferry in the world was
established in 1911 by John Stevens be-
tween Hoboken and New York. TAX
ing up the study Of steam in 1889, It
is recorded. he took out patents on ma
rine engines three years later and
in 1898 completed his first boat, sue
cessfully operating it on the Hudson
river In 1904 a second boat was
equipped with two screws, and the
style of propeller designed by. him was
for many years preferred above later
inventions. Though this was the first
application of steam to the screw-pro-
peller, yet this design was the identi-
cal short, four-threaded screw. used
today. 1t is remarkable that this form
of propulsion was not practically intro
duced until 1887. His original steam
boat also contained the first condens-
ing double-acting engine ever made In
America, and multi-tubular boiler,
In 1907 he built the sidewheel steam
boat Phoenix, which was few days
behind Fulton's vessel in attaining the
legal speed, and was thus shut out
from the Hudson river; but he boldly
steamed her around to the Delaware
by sea, being the first to navigate
the ocean with the new motive power.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
unsinhtIv Garments

Ours Is the only age in which a man
is obliged to wear ugly and unsuita-
BILE clothes-a civilized man, that is,
for whoever has once seen an Arab
in his incomparably graceful burnous
and white folds about the head will
realize that dignity and beauty of cos
tune have not yet gone wholly out of
the world. There we have a natural
beauty which no civilized garb has
ever allowed US. Yet in what age but
ours were there not possibilities of
personal decorationf In losing the
lesson of the dandy we have lost
much.