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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
1 Office OF sETTLEMENr
ESTATE OF MARTHA @. GAsKIr

70 = r UF NJ A RTHA 2. dASKILL
Notice is hereby given that the accounts
81 the subscriber, executor OF Martha G..
Gaskill, deceased, late of the county of Bur
llngton will be audited and stated by the
Surrogate and reported for settlement and
allowance to the Orphans Court of said
county at session to be held on the
Th1rtieth day of January, 1919
THE FARMERS TRUST COMPANY OF MOUNT
HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
= Executor
V. CLAUDE PALMER, Proctor
Dece m her q IqI2
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81 told the minister to leave the
word obey out of the marriage cere
mony."
"Yeu needn't to have taken the trou
BILE He is a man who doesn't believ,
in wasting words"
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SaEkIFF,s SALE

By virtue of an execution, to me direct
ed, issued out of the Burlington County
Circuit Court will sell at public sale, on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY go. 1919
between the hours OF 70 and O'Clock In the
afternoon of said day ito wit, at o'clock),
at the court house, Mount Holly, N. j.
All the right title and interest of James
Barker and Rosa Barker, his wife, owners,
in the land with the building thereon, situ-
ate In the township of Springfield. county
of burlington and state of New Jersey, de-
scribed as follows:
Being Lot No. hin Block l, on the plan OF
lots of the Stahl Tract, prepared by William
j. ID. Eldridge, August 30, 1917, being located
on the westerly side of the road from
Wrightstown to White Hill, and has front
age on said road of twenty-five feet, and
depth of one hundred feet, at right angles
to said road.
Seized as the property of James Barker
and Rosa Barker, his wife, owners, defend
ants, and taken in execution at the suit of
Z. u. Coles and Sons Company plaintiff,
and to be sold by
A. ENGLE HAINES,
JOSEPH BECK TYLER, Atty. Sheriff.
Dated Jan. q, 1919 Prs ad. fee Sll.56
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At the meeting OF the Business Mems
Association, Tuesday evening, wal
service agent presented the subject Of
young girls roaming the streets Of
Mount Holly at unseemly hours and
behaving in a rather bold, if not i'm
proper manner with visiting soldiers
and others. Just what the association
has to do with this matter is not plain.
The officers in the employ of the gov
eminent have the power to act in such
cases, and the township officials, al
though willing to cooperate, do not
see where they are called upon to take
the initiative unless some open act OF
lawbreaking is observed. That there
are young girls who take more notice
of a uniform than of civilian clothes
there is no doubt. Some of tender age
walk up and down the streets, espec-
tally on the evenings when soldiers are
in town and make efforts to attract at
tention. The parents of these young
sters are as much to blame as any one
for allowing the children to run the
streets. If trouble ensues they will
have themselves to blame. AS fact
it is question whether Mount Holly
is as morally bad as some would have
US to believe. In the court room on
Thursday were five women charged
with improper actions with soldiers
and not one of them hailed from this
town, and glance at the court records
fails to disclose many, if any, of such
cases from Mount Holly.
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Easy

ut Is easy to be one sort of philos
opher."
"Huh?D
Easy to deduce that mans misfor
tunes are his own fault. louisville
Courier-J ournal.
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DUBLIC SALE OF
'ohIio SALE OF
O8=ACre Farm

lately occupied by Joseph G. DubeI, in
Lumberton township. The farm contains
brick dwelling and outbuildings, COW barn,
horse barn, shed, corn crib, etc, all In GOOD
repair, Also cows and other personal
property. Sale Will take place on
Friday, February z, 1919
al ~ O'Clock noon. Also
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
in the usual variety and other personal
property.
Conditions cash at close of sale.
ALEXANDc r DUBELL,
ISAIAH b. DUBELL.
Bradley and Warner Auctioneers.
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Valentines. Our assortment is large
and unique. l.. S. Boyce, Stationer
adv.
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CASTORlA
For Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature sssss the Of &1zzzzM1
Advertisements

Valentine Post Cards one cent each
L. S. Boyce, Stationer. adv
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Random Remarks

At q recent session of our court a
man was found guilty Of bigamy and
was sent to the state prison. There ap-
peared to be Irregularities all through
this case, and as result of the evi
dence produced the assessor of River
side township has been indicted for
illegally issuing the marriage license.
This makes two arrests in this case.
The girl in the transaction is going
free, yet by her own testimony she per-
jured herself by giving her age as q
years when she is only II. In his ad-
dress to the jury the prosecutor dwelt
upon the hideous character of the man
who had led astray young and inno-
cent girl, but the latter seemed to be
willing to be led to such an extent that
she did not mind lying about her age.
Three important arrests have been
made within the last two months, one
for obtaining money under false pre-
fences, and one for attempted murder
In both of these cases detective Parker
and his assistant, James Dodd, were
very instrumental in securing the Gull
prits and getting the evidence on
which two have been sentenced, and
on which the other two defendants will
undoubtedly be punished. In the
money pretence case and in the
bigamy matter detective Parker work.
ed affairs to such fine point and had
the evidence arranged in such "a sys-
tematic manner that it was merely
point of presenting it to the jury-con-
viction must necessarily follow. The
detective force are entitled to common
dation for the successful way in which
they handled the cases.
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A Great Convenience!

Night service well as day service will be given
all who desire to take advantage of the arrange
ment made by
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CHAPTER XXI.
A Visit to MaIdonado.

Mrs. Hardin's descent on the office
that afternoon was successful, but not
satisfactory. She had found the man
ager brief to curtness. She was given
no excuse to Iinger. She traced Rick
ards manner to the presence Of Mac
Lean, and snatched at her cue. She,
too, could be businesslike and brief.
Her errand was of business; her man
ner should recommend her!
Richard had seen her making
straight toward the ramada. It was
not the first time; her efforts to line
her nest had involved them all and
often. But today, he was in bad
humor.
'For the Lords sake" he groaned
to MacLean as she approached.
MacLean's grin covered relief. He had
never heard Richard express himself
on the subject before. 'The dead-set
Hardin's wife was making at Casey"
was the choice gossip and speculation
of the young engineers on the Delta.
MacLean had bet up on the outcome.
He grinned more securely.
II am not going to spare any more
carpenters." growled Richard. It was
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tent? AS it was planned, it was all
right, a hurry-up defense. Marshall
all along intended the concrete gate
for the permanent intake. Have you
seen the gap the Hardin gate is to
close? Have you heard what the last
floods did to it? It's now twenty-six
hundred feet, and Disaster island,
which your brother planned to anchor
to, swept awayl If it can be done, it
will, you can rest assured, with Rick
ard" he saw the Hardin mouth then
-"and your brothers zeal, and the
strength of the railroad back of them"
The camp formed a hollow trape-'
zium; the Hardins' tents, and Mrs.
Dowker's, were isolated on the short
parallel. Richards ramada and his
tent were huddled with the engineers.
Across, toward the river, behind Ling's
mesquites, began another polygon. the
camp Of foremen and white labor.
Some of these tents were empty.
els this Mexico. or the States?"
asked lines.
"Mexico." She wondered why he
halted so abruptly. She did not see,
for the glare In her eyes, woman's
skirt in the ramada they approached.
Estrada marched on.
Outside the ramada, the two women
met. Gerty's step carried her past
like high-bred horse. Her high heels
cut into the hard sand. There was
suggestion of prance in her mien. She
waved her hand gayly at the two,
cried, GLOW hot it is |" and passed on.
lines saw Richard at his long pine
table used for desk.
81 can see it all from here" Not for
money would the sister of Tom Har-
din go in!
At table, that evening, her family
heard with surprise Gerty's announce
ment that they were to eat in the mess
tent with the men. It was too hot to
cook any longer; this had been one of
the hottest days in the year.
She expected to hear q protest to
the new arrangement from Tom. She
was to see new development-sullen
resignation. If he would accept it, she
must not argue. Both sister and broth
er knew why 1t was too warm to cook
any longer.
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rage threw the youngster against
'dobe wall and had drawn his gun to
shoot him when soldier friends inter-
ceded.,
Then came the battle of May 4, in
which the Villistas drove the CarranGa
garrison from Parral.
Steve was captured by Martin Lo-
PEE, the Villista tiger man.
Was he afraid? He was not. When
the battle was over, the boy calmly
proposed game of poker with the
bandit chief. 1t struck Lopez as anus
ing He admired the lads cool cour-
age.
''Sit down." he laughed uproariously,
slapping his thigh and commanding his
soldiers to gather round. Here's
gringo boy who would play the great
game with Lopez"
Used Corn for Money.
Kernels of corn We're used instead
Of money. Lopez lost several pecks Of
corn-and his admiration for the
American boy grew.
In this way Steve won his release
from the bandits.
He concluded he had enough thrills
to last him for time, and started hik-
ling the long trail back to the border.
An American mining man gave him
some money. He worked little, here
and there. A few days ago he reached
Ell Paso-sunburned, in rags, penniless
but happy.
Just plain American kid who had
the nerve to go out and get the adj
venture which you, gentlemen, got sec
ond hand from the thumb-marked pages
of wild Bill"
Now he's on his way back to that
tame, respectable Providence to tell the
other kids about 1t.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
A Soft Nook.

Innes travelled, gleefully, in ca
boose, from Hamlin Junction to the
Heading. She could not stay away
day longer! Never before had Los
Angeles been a discipline. Why had 1t
fretted her, made her restless, home
sick? Then she had discovered the
reason; history was going on down
yonder. Going on, without her. She
knew that that was what was pulling
her; that only!
The exodus of engineers had started
riverward in July. Gerty went with
Tom, and she had made 1t distinctly
clear that it was not necessary for In
mes to follow them. Ridiculous for two
women to coddle Tom Hardin! Un-
less Innes had a special INTEREST,"
Her pride had kept her away. But
Tom did not W e; Gerty's letters were
social and unsatisfactory the newspa-
per reports inflamed her. The day be-
fore she had wired Tom that she was
coming. She had to be there at the
endi
Gerty welcomed her stiff1y. Assum-
ing a conscientious hostess-ship, she
caught fire at her waning enthusiasts.
Gerty looked younger and prettier.
Her flush accumulated her childish fea-
lures which were smiling down her an
noyance over this unlimited visit
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CHAPTER xsx-cbntlnued.

Marshall's voice halted them. "Men
II the valley" The audience, swayed
kgain, listened. "Hear me. The riv-
prs running away again down yoDder.
rhis is a message from Richard. It's
broken through the levee. It's started
FOR the valley. Now, who's going to
stop it? Can you? Where's your
force, your equipment? Who can rush
TO that call but the company you are
bounding? gave you Faraday's mes
sage. His hands on the table. Not
another cent from him unless you
withdraw those suits. You say you
have given me your answer, Blacks
answer. Now the river plays trick.
It calls your bluff. Shall we stop the
river, men Of the valley? We can.
win you withdraw your suits? You
can. What is your answer now, I'm
perial valley2"
The scene broke into bedlam. Men
Jumped to their chairs, to the velvet
rim Of the boxes, all talking, scream
Ing, gesticulating at once. The Yellow
Dragon was never so fearfully visual
ICED. Out Of the chaos of mems voices
came q woman's shrek, "For Gods
sake, save our homes" 1t pitched the
panic note. "Save the valleyl Stop
the riverw
Marshall's Indian eyes were reading
that mass Of scared faces as though it
were sheet of typed paper. Barton"
he called through the din. where's
Bartonw
Two men lifted Barton's puny fig
ure upon their shoulders. His vibrant
voice rolled above the shouting. "The
valley withdraws its suits against the
company"
"Then the company" yelled Mar
shall's oratory, 'the company with
draws the river from the valley!"
Pandemonium was loose. There were
cheers, and the sound Of women Sob
bling. Barton was carried out on the
shoulders Of his henchmen. Black led
a crowd out, haranguing to the street.
On the street, Marshall fell back to
MacLean. "That was a neat trick the
river threw in our hands," His voice
had dropped from oratory; the de-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-15
BOY WINS LIFE
BY POKER GAME
Stephen Seaman Relates Hair
Raising Experience While
in Mexico.
USE CORN FOR MONEY
Falls Into Hands of Martin Lopez
Most BIoodthirsty Of Villas Fol-
lowers-Happy to Be Back
In United States.

Ell Paso. Texas.-Stephen Seaman,
16 years old, is the youngest soldier
of fortune.
Steve has just tasted all the hair
breadth escape and 'bite-the-dust" adj
venture you hoped to experience when
you were his age and were thrilling to
the daredevil feats of Diamond Dick,
Handsome Harry and Wild Bill.
Steve lives to tell how he played
poker with Martin Lopez, most blood
thirsty of Villas followers:
How he narrowly escaped execution
against 'dobe wall
How he secuted for the Mexican
federal troops, and
How he was held by bandits.
All this below the Rio Grande
WHITTIER he had wandered in search Of
adventure when he ran away from his
home town, the tame city of Provi-
dence, r. I.
Mexico Appeals to Adventurer.
Young Scanlan had read much about
Mexico, and decided that was the
Country fVr him. Making his way to
Ell Paso, he evaded the soldier and i'm
migration authorities ON both sides Of
the line, riding across the Rio Grande
in box car.
From Juarez he went south on a
Carranzista troop train, and at MeoQui
he got his first thrill.
Villistas threatened to attack the
train. When the bandits retreated
Seaman volunteered to sneak after
them and do bit of scouting for the
federals. By way of appreciation, the
federals boarded the train, leaving him
to the mercies of the military police
of the little town. He was being taken
to Jail as a Villista suspect when an
interpreter happened along and Sc
cured the boys release.
Reckoning the troops, Seaman event,
ually arrived at Parral.
With an American boys proper
pride, Steve refused to act as SER
want to captain, and the officer in a
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CHAPTER XXI.
A Complete Camp.

n Compiete camp.
complete, isn't it," Estrada was
leading Innes Hardin through the en-
gineers' quarters.
"Yes, it's completei"
Her Brother had told her at break
fast that morning how grandly they
had been wasting timeI She would
not let herself admire the precision Of
the arrangements. the showers back Of
the white mems quarters, the mesquit-
shaded kitchen. Gerty's elaborate set
thing was of piece, it would seem,
with the new management. House
keeping, not fighting, then, the new
order Of things!
Tom was afire to get his gate done.
She knew what 1t meant to him; to
the valley. The flood waters had to
be controlled. That depended, Tom
had proved to her, on the gate. And
the men dance and play house, as if
they were children, and every day
counting!
She thought she was keeping her ac-
cusations to herself, but Estrada was
watching her face.
awe are here, you know, for a siege.
There are months of work ahead, hot
months, hard months. The men have
got to be kept well and contented. We
can't lose any time by sickness" He
wanted to add sand dissensions." The
split camp was painful to him. an Es-
trada. even after we finish the gate,
if we do finish it"
She wheeled on him, her eyes gleam-
ing like deep yellow jewels. you've
never thought we could finish jtp
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try, he could not keep up with her
story. Lurid words ran past his ears.
Out Of the tumble of abuse, of shame
and misery he caught a new note.
"You say Maldonado himself sells
liquor to the Indians?"
"Ssh, .senor!" Someone might hear
himi She looked over q terrified
shoulder. That had slipped out, the
selling Of the liquor. She could have
told her story without that; she want
ed to deny It. Relentlessly Richard
made her repeat 1t, acknowledging the
truth.
what makes you tell me now?"
Richard hunted for the ulcer. He
knew there was personal wrong.
''What has Maldonado been doing to
you? Has he left you?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.}.
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exceedingly well proportional and
graceful, SO that his great height did
not at first strike the observer. His
appearance was always manly and
stately, and his countenance. open and
cheerful, but. when reused to anger,
his eyes blazed with a fire that few
men cared to stand. He was fond of
all forms of exercise and during most
Of his life was amazingly strong. He
was temperate in eating and drinking.
He spoke Latin as f1uently as his ma
tive German and understood Greek
when 1t was spoken. Late In Life he
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messages at distances up to eight or
ten miles. says the Illustrated World.
The instrument depends entirely
upon the audion bulb for its efficiency.
The audion bulb, as most Of those
interested in wireless knows, made
feasible the recent long-distance mes
sages sent out from Washington, and
its use for communication by wire also
made feasible the now common trans
continental telephoning between New
York and San Francisco.
The entire principle Of the audion
bulb is to amplify sound waves. and
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Estrada hesitated over his answer.
"You are a friend Of Toms, Mr.. Es-
tradaY
"Surelyi But am also an admirer
Of Mr.. Richard, I mean Of his methods.
I can never forget the levee."
She had to acknowledge that Rick
ard had scored there. And the burn
ing Of the machinery had left a wound
that she still must salve.
''You have no confidence In the
gate"
1.-THE conditions have changed"
urged Estrada. you've seen the mess
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by making bulb small enough to be
placed In the end of the fountain pen
tube Doctor De Forest has literally
made 1t possible for any imam in the
street" to pick up whatever wireless
communication may be going on in his
neighborhood.
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salary he gets. I've cut out the wife's
weekly matinee, countermanded her
new suit, discharged the nurse. made
the kids give up moving pictures and
ice cream, stopped the high-price milk
for the baby and chloroformed the cat
to save its living expenses. But if
this sort of thing keeps on I may have
to stop buying cigars and stop my club
dues"
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learned to write, but was never able
to do much more than sign his name.
In his age, however. he was an edu-
Gated man. At table he liked to have
some one read to him and was very
fond of history. He surrounded him.
self with scholars and encouraged edu-
cation. He is classed as one of the
most remarkable men that ever lived.
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WIRELESS FOR ALL TO HEAR
instrument No Larger Than Fountain
Pen Enables One to Pick Up
Messages Nearby.

The fountain pen" wireless receiv-
er Is an established fact, for through
the use of the audion bulb DR.. Lee De
Forest has perfected little instru-
ment, no larger than some of the ex-
tra-size fountain pens in use by men
with heavy hands, through which it is
possible for man to pick up wireless
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CHAPTER XIII.
A White Woman and a Brown.


For a few weeks Mrs. Hardin found
the mess tent diverting. Before the
Delta had expanded the capacity of
the camp her soft nook had been over
taxed, her hospitality strained. The
men Of the reclamation service, thrown
into temporary inactivity, were eager
to accept the opportunity created for
another. Failing that other, her zeal
had tagged. Events were moving
quickly at the break; Richard was abb
sorbed. Mrs. Hardin told herself that
it was the heat she wished to escape !;
not to her own ear did she whisper
that she was following Richard, nor
that the percolator and chatting dish,
her shelves and toy kitchen were a
wasted effort. She kept on good terms
with herself by ignoring self-conf-
dences.
Richard, the discovery unfolded
slowly, took his meals irregularly. His
breakfast was gulped down before the
women appeared; his dinners where
he found them.
"No wonder!" reflected Gerty Har-
din. "Ling's cooking is so bad" Small
wonder the manager foraged for his
meals.
She worked out a mission as she
lay across her bed that hot afternoon.
Her duty became so clear that she
could no longer lie still. Immediately
she must retrieve her weeks of idle
ness; what must Richard think Of her?
She buttoned herself thoughtfully into
frock of pale colored muslin, cream
slipping toward canary. White was
too glazing on red-hot day like this.
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aaiming fire was gone from the black
Eyes. ''It's only break in the levee.
Richard says he can control it; esti-
mates two weeks or so. 1t may cost
the o. p. few thousand dollars, but
It saved them half a million. Now
we'll have that game of poker, Mac
Lean"
! In the balcony, Hardin was staring
at Brandon.
eff that wasn't the devils own
tuckw
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All Of Ninety Eoos Hatched.

Marysville, Pa.-Results of a hatch
Of 80 eggs, set under six hens of Mrs.
Daniel Kunkel of Jackson township,
it is believed have made record
which others can aim at for years.
Every one of the eggs produced a baby
chick and all are in a healthy condf-
ton.
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charIemaane Was a German.

According to his friend and secre-
tary. Charlemagne was a full-blooded
German, an Austrasian Frank, with
yellow hair, fair skin and large, keen.
blue eyes. He was unusually tall, but
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Trimmed kruba.

Worcester, Mass Michael Kruba
advertised for wife. She stayed 10
days, then left him fiat-minus $500,
he testified.
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The consumption Of newspr1nt pa.
per by the daily, weekly and monthly
publications Of Australia runs about
1000 toms q month
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The population of Madagascar at
the close of 1917 was estimated at 81
227,470.
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His Sacrifices.

aAre you reducing your expenses,
Bill r Indeed am. A man can't
staDd this high cost Of living on the
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Optimistic Thouqht.

OPkfIftsSStO. fIOU9TIs
Those who lose today may win to
morrow.