The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1919
LOCAL NEWS.

spent Sunday in Mount Holly.
The Holly Club will hold a socia
session at its rooms tonight.
A letter for Mrs. Benjamin Jackson
is the only one remaining unclaimed
in the post Office.
Mrs Mary Hillary, who has made
her home at the Washington House
for some time, has taken apartments
at Merchantville.
Mrs. Sallie Monroe and Sergeant
STAFFORD, of Camp Dix, were week end
visitors at the home of Mrs. Henry C.
Claypoole, on Pine street.
Howard C. Lewis and wife are on a
visit to their relatives in this country.
Mr.. Lewis is connected with the Gener-
al Electric Company in London.
The annual meeting of the Mount
Holly branch of the American Red
Cross will be held tomorrow evening at
eight o'clock in the rooms in the Gas
kill building.
Motor agent Walter T. Stewart,
whose Office is with the Fleetwood
Motor Company, is now ready to issue
automobile licenses for 1920. Come
early and avoid the rush.
Charles c. Nixon, of Oakdale, who
has been in the employ of the local
trolley company for some time, has re-
turned to the position he formerly held
with the Pennsylvania railroad.
Assessor John ID. Mason is advertis-
ing in another column for information
about the owners of certain lots on
Harrison avenue and Lincoln and
Randall streets, on the San Domingo
tract.
Robert Myers had his left arm
broken on Wednesday afternoon by
catching it between two rollers at the
Royle & Pilkington mill, where he is
employed. The injury was treated at
the Burlington County Hospital.
The revenue collectors have posted
in the various post Offices list of per-
sons who paid income taxes this year.
The amounts are not public property
and consequently are not mentioned
There is list in the Mount Holly post
office open to- the inspection Of the
public.
DIR. /. N. Keim is occupying the for
mer William B.Wills property at Gar
den and Buttonwood streets which he
recently purchased. Numerous inn
provements are being made to the
house and it is understood that a
building lot on each street will be set
off and sold
Wood & Cox are the proprietors of
the chicken farm at Browns Mills for
merly conducted by the International
Correspondence School. They have
been manufacturing soft drinks and
were supposed to be doing large busi-
ness, but last week the affair went to
pieces and William HI. Hartman, of
Pemberton, has been appointed re-
ceiver of the concern.
Miss Emily Bovine, sister of Charles
A. Bovine, steward of the almshouse,
died suddenly at the home of her
brother at New Lisbon on Friday. Miss
Bovine had not been we'll for some |
time, but her death was not expected |
Miss Bovine, together with one of the |
nurses at the New Lisbon institution, |
left the house to go to one of the out
buildings, to get weighed. At the time |
she appeared to be in her usual health.
Returning to the house she sat in
chair and a moment later was dead |
Miss Bovine made her home with her !
brother Charles, at New Lisbon.
The Peoples Building and Loan As
sociation, which has been conducting |
a campaign for new stockholders dur
ing the last month, held its annual |
meeting on Thursday night when the
directors reported that 8, ,l47 shares had
been subscribed. This is record for |
this neighborhood. The following offl- |
GERS and directors were elected: Will |
liam Sherman, president; Walter l.
Dill, vice president; Edward b. Jones,
treasurer; V. Claude Palmer, secretary;
Charles Coles, William c. Wetherill, |
Harry Hawkins, A. A. johnson, Nor
ris K. Perinchief, George F. Ried,
Charles f. Rogers.
There are several dangerous crossings |
on the railroad from New Lisbon to
Kinkora. One of these furnished a
suit in our courts last week. The worst |
one is at Jobstown, where the ap. |
proaches to the crossing are obscured
by buildings on each corner. There |
have been many troop trains run over
this road and the wonder is that there |
has not been an accident before this. |
On Saturday Joshua Horner was driv-
ing across the track and an extra en-
CINE which was returning from Camp
Dix and was going at rapid speed
struck the wagon and knocked Mr..
Horner out. He died soon after the
accident without regaining conscious
ness. The horse was torn loose from
the wagon and escaped death.
In one of our churches Sunday
morning, the minister, in his sermon,
referred to the curfew bell. He de-
elared that it is farce, and said that
one of the reasons for that condition
was the fact that parents showed such
indifference to the whereabouts of their
children. The minister was right in
both statements. Parents are neglect
full, and the ringing of the bell is de
cidedly a farce. Every evening it
peals forth and the policeman who
pulls the rope walks out and meets
children who should be at home. No
attention is paid to them and the bell
rings just the same each night I'm
less the ordinance is to be enforced the
township committee should rescind
the order which requires policeman
to ring a bell with the only result of
drawing smile or possibly laugh
from those who hear it.
AT meeting of the American News
paper Publishers Association a paper
was read by the president in which he
spoke of the scarcity of paper on
which to print newspapers and the
cost OF advertising. He said every