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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
WORLD WOULD BE CLEANER
Excellent Thing if the Profession I
the "Spy" Can Be Altogether
Eliminated.

We pray God that the next big
thing the world will do will be to
eliminate forever from the face of the
earth that unspeakable creature
known as the spy"
In war it has sometimes become
necessary for good man to be a spy.
but it was the direst necessity. and
nothing else that could induce him.
Nathan Hale was spy, but he was
such only to save the liberty of his
country. His last words when he
died were that he regretted that he
had only one life to give in that holy
cause
But, there are spies who are such by
profession as well as by nature. And
that kind of man is a creature so low
in the scale of humanity that pole
cat is respectable compared to him.
The spy is a person who will break
bread with you, eat your salt, accept
the kindly and hospitable shelter of
your roof, worm himself into your af-
fections, and then betray you. He
will bite the hand that feeds him as a
dog would do. He will send to death
those who have taken him to the
household of their hearts.
A sublime effort is being made in
the worlds affairs now to let the light
in on all the dark corners. The win.
dows are to be flung open and the sun
light let in at the door. And, when
this is done, the spy will disappear
He cannot endure in the light of day
His world is the world of the shadows
| He must have the cover of darkness
! or he cannot work.
OF all crawling vermin that infest
the earth the spy is the most detesta
BILE. He is the most poisonous of rep
i tiles. The rattlesnake and sidewindel
are scholars and gentlemen compared
to him.
Civilization will have taken almost
its longest stride forward when the spy
is removed from the scene of eartl
which he testers by his corruptint
presence.-EXchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
Heating Rivets Electrically.

With the employment of women in
many forms of work heretofore con-
sidered too heavy for them, it has been
necessary to modify the equipment and
form of work in numerous instances.
Such case is the heating Of rivets by
electricity in charge of women. In
stead Of portable, sooty FORCES oper-
ated by turning heavy crank, there
has been introduced an electrically
heated forge which is clean, simple to
operate, and readily portable 1t will
heat standard rivet in 80 seconds
Scientific American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
HER LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE
Faker Had About the Right Idea
When He Answered Question of
Foolish Woman.

Chief of Police Butler was talking
to the reporters about an old man who
was lodged in the city Jail as faker.
"He's one of the rawest workers we
ever took up" he declared, "and yet
he is an uncanny judge of human ma
ture One day woman stopped to
read the sign hanging on his beast
1t said, Help me please. l am deaf
and dumb
"'My poor man. exclaimed the wom-
an, how long have you been afflicted?'
''The deaf and dumb man promptly
replied About twenty years, ma'am,
and, will you believe it? the old lady
gave him a half a dollar.
'But the episode proved Toms I'M
doing, for an officer standing near by
had seen the whole thing. When they
brought him In / said:
atom. why did you make such q
breakT
"'Well,' said Tom, "a woman who's
so foolish as to ask a question of q
deaf and dumb man would naturally
feel insulted If he didn't answer her
How did know cop was right behind
Los Angeles Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
The Liar
By \. RAY BAKER

NOSRSAA6Atp ASA0B ny luc MCOluEo N0WM-
paper Syndicate.)
If anything 1 hate 1t is liar" an
nounced Nina Martin; "and 1 know
you're lying to me when you tell me
Ebenezer won't run"
Jay Perkins took his weight off his
right foot and rested it on his left,
and looked rather sheepish.
"Well. she won't" he asserted,
stoutly. There's something wrong
with Ebenezer. You must have heard
her cutting up when 1 took her out of
the barn. When put her In reverse
she tried to go forward. Then, when
l did get her out, she quit dead, and
l haven't been able to make the motor
so much as fiutter."
Nina's lip curved in a sheer.
"Ebenezer has never been out of or
der day." she shifted. II know you're
lying just because you don't want me
to go after the mail with you. 1 don't
know your reason, but maybe you
have another girl on the road some
where that you want to call on; so
you decided to ride the mare and
leave me home"
Jay tried to get in another word,
but the effort was doomed to fail be-
fore it was made.
You ought to be ashamed" Nina
went on, especially on this anniver-
sary of the birth of the father of our
country, who never told a lie in all
his life. Even when he cut down his
fathers cherry tree just in fun, he
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
British Crops Were LARGE

A preliminary statement giving the
estimated total products and yield per
acre Of the potato and root crops in
England and Wales this year has just
been issued by the board of agricul-
ture. This shows that the yield of po-
tatoes this year, SO tons per acre, is
equal to that of last year, and one
third of a ton above the average. TIL
total production amounts to Az million
tons, by far the largest ever raised.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27

May first came and they returned to
Idaho. On the last evening of the
stay of the brother and sister, Pene-
lOpe and Mrs. Delbert, tired of wait
ing for Buell., who had gone uptown,
set out for the theater together, ask
ing Esther to tell him when he came
/ in they'd left his ticket on the hall
table.
At ten o'clock, when he had not
come, Esther grew uneasy. A few
blocks away on a dark street were
some heaped-up piles of lumber, a fine
hiding place for robbers, and Buell.
often came home that way. Taking
little fashlight, she went to Brille
street. In a few minutes she was pick
ing her way behind the lumber Then
in the glare of her light she saw his
white face.
He lay quite still in the rubbish, his
pockets turned inside out. She re-
pressed the scream that rose to her
lips, and knelt by him to lift his head
in her lap. He opened his eyes.
Somebody struck me-" he muir
INJURED dazedly, Il thought 1 was done
for"
Then he recognized her. Esther
Estherl You ought not to be here p
He rose, swayfng dizzily. She put her
arm around him and helped him to the
house.
A little later he lay on the couch in
his sisters sitting room in a changed
frame of mind. Esther had bathed
and bandaged his head, and with the
touch of her fingers he'd concluded sit
does not matter whether a woman
thinks entirely as you do or not, just
so she loves you"
You'll marry me and go home with
me, Esther, won't your" he asked her
when she was through.
'I-why Buell. p the full voice trem-
bled. II can't be the clinging vine you
like!"
He sat up, holding to her, and
smiling whlmsically, laid his head on
her shoulder.
I'm the 'clinging vine tonight Els
ther." Then he added humbly: please
forgive this stubborn fool, sweetheart"
Esther didn't answer but she kissed
him very tenderly, and he was salts
fed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27

The apartment, in spite OF vide
physical differences, belongs to the
same family as the lead razor and the
wooden nutmeg. 1t Is built to get ria
of; and the persons who acquire one
usually find that it isn't what they
thought it was. In the popular mind
the apartment belongs to the great
family of homes, and can easily be
made into true home by the addition
Of a rubber plant and an enlarged
photograph of the Colosseum. This Is
as much of fallacy as to think that
a bluejay can be made into bluebird
by giving him a bluebird house to nest
in. The bluejay belongs to the crow
family; and while his plumage may
please the esthetic senses for time,
his raucous screams and his bullying
pugnacity will inevitably offend every
one The wise man, in acquiring an
apartment, views it as branch of the
wooden nutmeg family and determines
to pass 1t on to someone else with all
possible speed.-Judge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27

when evening after evening Esther re-
fused to go out with him and his sister,
pleading she had work. ''Shes afraid
of Penelope. the timid little thing !
Well, Penelope sha'n't scare me off
from marrying her if she'll let me-
and I'll protect her and think for her
the rest of her life, the little cling
ing viee' of o womanl"
One evening when the young law
student, Mrs. Delbert and Buell. came
in the hall after play they'd attended
together, they found Esther sitting
there. The young lawyer spoke of the
coming suffrage election. Buell. didn't
believe in votes for women; Carey did,
and argued vehemently. Mrs. Delbert
sided with Buell.. Esther listened for
long time in silence. Then with
kindling eyes and glowing cheeks she
spoke. Her words came in rush /;
swept Buell's arguments aside like
straws. Only the sense that he was
regarding her in angry disapproval
checked her.
In the darkness of her room she
flung herself down. 20 Buell-Buell Y
she breathed. 81 can't act-I couldn't
keep silence. thought some time you'd
tell me you loved me, but you won't
now-you won't now"
Buell. spent a sleepless night. He
couldn't understand how a woman like
that could say, when he'd insisted that
ha,, hr,c
band: Il would not vote as my hus
band if / did not think as he did" He
wanted his wife to think his thoughts
Would she love him if she didn't2
The spring dragged to mid-April
Buell. fingered on more in the hall al
evening and was so cross that Pene
] lope told him she would be glad wher
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
HMarseiIIaiseD Author

A committee has been formed in
Paris for the purpose of erecting a
monument at Strassburg to Rouget de
PIsle, the author of the "Marseillaise, !"
says the Paris Daily Mail The pres
idency of the committee has been Of
fered to Baron de Dietrich, a descend
ant of the mayor of Strassburg, in
whose house the famous song was sung
for the first time. He Is an officer in
the French army.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
He Lay Quite Still.

was not the voice he had heard at the
phone! And that night he dreamed
some one was calling him "Buell, dear
heart" in voice that was velvet and
gold, and the call of the mourning
dove.
Next morning, when he stepped on
the piazza with the milk Penelope had
sent him for, he heard the voice of
his admiration again. The door opened
and young woman of twenty-three
tall and fair and beautiful, stepped
out.
Buell. almost dropped his bottles.
She must be the Miss Perrin who was q
stenographer uptown. A girl like that,
with that voice! His breakfast tasted
like enchanted food.
When he went down in the hall that
evening he met her going out with
young Adonis. Buell. looked in the hall
mirror. The broad-shouldered man
with the tanned skin and keen blue
eyes he saw there looked unhappy.
Presently he turned to see on the
stairs a little woman with a serious,
delicately nodded face, regarding him
with wistful brown eyes. In feature
she was not unlike the Hebe who had
just gone out, but she was older by ten
years.
He flushed a little when she turned
and asked him If he had seen Mrs. Del
bert. Buell. felt tingling in his veins.
She spoke in the voice that for twenty
four hours had held him. He forgot
the young blonde, and made futile eff
forts to prolong the conversation.
Esther Perrin is very good" Mrs.
Delbert remarked at the next morn
ing's meal; 'too good, | think some
times. She embroiders and keeps her.
self and Gayle, her sister She mar
kets and cooks and does their laundry,
and never asks Gayle to spend a
penny. But Gayle is to be married in
June and has to buy her trousseau.
and Esther is bashful and hasn't ad-
mirers or marrying notions"
No admirers Here was one, thought
Buell.. After that, when at dusk Esther
slipped out of the kitchen to watch
from the hall window seat for her sis
ter. to her embarrassment she general
ly found the big Idaho man ensconced
in the hall.
Gradually, however, she came to love
to see him there, and to listen to his
talk about the ranch, the horseback
gaIlops, and auto trips and outdoor
fun. I'D love itr' she thought to her
self. But he-he thinks Pm the old
fashioned clinging woman he likes. and
I'm not that. Maybe | can pretend to
be. He-he is $3.50 dear-it surely
isn't wrong to pretend a little!"
"She's afraid" Buell. said to himself
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
Euture of Flying.

"l'd sooner fly" was a colloquiai
nbrase of two decades ago that was
often used to express the impossible
The magic carpet Of the Arabian
nights seemed no less fanciful than
the dreams Of Langley and the Wright
brothers. In the light Of those days
tho workers on the heavier-than-air
machines were looked upon as tne
foolish descendants Of Darius Green.
They were the same kind Of "cranks
a Jules Verne.
Today billions Of dollars are invest
"A A. the manufacture Of airplanss.-
Iouisyills Ceuzasr-J Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27

period Of two hundred years Florence
was forcing bed for supreme achieve
ment During that time the little city
broke all records, ancient and mod
ern, and it is hard to see where her
competitor is to spring from who shall
take away her crown of laurels.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-27
Mount Holly Lodge Directory


Mount Holly Lodge No. ID, F. & A. M
Masonic Temple
Meets Mondays on or before full moon
Joseph w. Colkitt. Secretary
Mount Holly Lodge No. S4S, B. P. o. Elks
Kelsey Killie Building
N Gets nrst and third Tuesday In each month
Harry l.. Walters. Secretary
Mt. Holly Lodge No. 1877, L. o. o. Moose
Meets every Tuesday at Moose Home
Walter ii. Mason, Secretary
P,cahontas Tribe No. IS, Imp'd O. r. M.
Meets every Monday In Red Mems Hall
John b. Dobbins. C.of
N. ]. Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias
Meets every Friday In Red Mems Hall
samuel G. Stanton. X Of X. and s.
Marion Circle No. 9, Brotherhood of
America
Meets every Wednesday in Red Mems Hall
John Throckmorton. Jr, Secretary
Mount Holly Camp No IS. Woodmen of
the World
Meets second and fourth Tuesday In KELSEY
KilIie Building
Irving G. Gaskill, Secretary
Bright Star Lodge No. IS, Shepherds of
Bethlehem
Meets Mondays In Kelsey q KiIlie Building
Anna M. Rosseil, Scribe
Mt. Holly Court No 1, Imp o o Foresrers
Meets second and fourth Tuesday, Red Mems
Hall
Tilden Bidwell. Recording Secretary
Mt. Holly Temple No. S, Masonic Tie
Meets every Thursday in Red Mems Hall
Mrs. M. 1. Pearson, scroll keeper
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post No. 26, G. AR
Aaaf Ert1 oxy ft,f
Theodore Nicely. Adjutant
Ladies' Aid of the G.. A. r.
Meets second and fourth Tue stay in Dill's Hall
Miss Lorena Bates, Secretary
Washington Council No. 10, Sr. o. u. A. M.
John n. Carly Secretary
Santa Maria Council, No. 1179 K. of
Saint Mary's Hall, W. st Washington st.
Meets first Sunday of the month at 2 %. M,
tuesday after the third Sunday at p. m.
Carlton r. Madden, Secretary
Washington Council No. s, Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
Meets every Tuesday in Red Mems Hall
Herbert X. Smith, Secretary
Washington Camp No. q, P. o. $. of A.
samuel K. Colder, secretary
M Holly q Unity Lodge N0l9I o.o.F.
Meets every Wednesday in Gaskin Building
John b. Herbert Secretary
meets every Wednesday evening in the
Kelsey killie building
Lena Weloe, Secretary
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-15
MEET HERE FRIDAY.

c. w. Kellogg, chairman Of the
Harrison County War Service Coun-
Gil, has called meeting for Friday,
May 16, at 10 a. M, for the purpose
of canvassing the county in regard
to a gigantic Home Coming for all
the boys who have returned from
service. Logan and Missouri Valley
are united on holding the celebration
here, it being the most accessible,
having the largest ground in which
to hold it, and this city having more
men in service than any other city in
the county.
Counties all over the country are
uniting for the purpose Of giving the
boys royal welcome and Harrison
county, who has been the leader Of all
the counties Of the state in all other
war activities, should not lay down
in this.
With our beautiful fair grounds ir
which to hold the celebration, no bet.
ter place in western Iowa could be
secared. The train service is bette,
here than any place in the county
and the city can adequately accommo
dat. more people.
It isito be hoped that the delegate.
to this meeting will agree to holding
the meeting here and il they do, Mis-
souri, Valley can promise them cele
bration long to be remembered.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-15
MO. VALLEY WINS nAPIs rs wcHT
CONTEST ROM NGA-.


Logan High school caa,; tl..gn a
Tuesday, determined 10 u.is..t Us ii.
baseball. The fact that Mo. Valley
trimmed them 10 to May End ra.h-
er grated on their nerves. They
brought large crowd of rootees
with them.
In the first inning the Logan lat.
tiers did not reach first base. In the
last half of that inning A. Hail got
on first with the mighty Elmer Rosen-
baum at bat. The first ball pitched
went sailing over the left fielders'
head for home run, bringing in two
runs. Logan came back in the first
Of the third with one run.
In the fifth through a couple Of err
rors and hit, Logan brought in
three runs which made tie score to
3 in their favor, Mo. Valley having
obtained one run in the fourth. In the
sixth they obtained one and in the
seventh one, making the scove Z to 4.
Things looked doubious for NJ. v.
H. S. and the Logan fans went wild
with delight. They failed to consider
that Mo. Valley had not lost it's
punch. In the last of the eighth Otis
johnson, who had taken Williams
place, who, on account of injuries had
to leave the game, obtained walk.
Hall sacrificed him to second. Rosen-
baum came through with scream
ing single, Johnson going to third
Jones tried to knock out one of the
lights in the First Ward school, bring
ing in johnson. Rosenhaum and Jones
scored on two base hit by Doty, the
nifty little catcher. Doty stole third
and came in on Nofberg's hot one to
the second baseman. Mo. Valley
! rooters threw their hats in the air and
yelled loudly for this put Mo. Valley
in the lead. The Logan fans changed
Suddenly. Instead of confident,
hilarious group of people they were
a defeated, down cast bunch. Their
smile had suddenly gone from Their
faces, and in its place was look of
depression.
i Still the game was not over. Logan
thought they had a good chance to
win, as the head of their order was
up. Jones, the Walter Johnson of
Mo. Valley, fairly stood the next
three batters on their heads. They
could not even see the ball, let alone
hit it. In fact, they did not get as
much as foul. This was the end of
a perfect day for the Valley, as they
would rather lose all their games
than to suffer one defeat at the hands
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-15

Foote's garage reports the sale Of
/, a Chevrolet car % G. D. Huffsker.
Mrs. Nettie Athey has received
word from her brother, John L. Cox,
Of San Jose, California, that his son
Ben has arrived home from France
/ wearing war cross, granted him by
the French government. Also three
service chevrons denoting that he had
served eighteen months at the front.
Everett Hansen leaves Wednesday
for Manning, where he takes charge
of the Willard battery station for, the
Owen Engineering Co.
1 Dean & Daub have been rearrang-
ing their store and now have one Of
the neatest groceries to be found any,
where.
C. Carter Of Omaha is here for a
few days, the guest Of relatives and
friends.
Ed Beck, Geo. Brown and Con Rear
don were here this morning on their
way to Texas by auto.
Ed F. Brauer has been discharged
f.om the navy and is now at his home
in the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Irwin of Monda-
min were the guests Of friends here
last evening.
Mrs. Tom Cooke of Blair, who has
been the guest of friends here the
past few days, went to Logan today
for a few days visit.
Mrs. Harry Ash and daughter, Wv
ian Phyllis, of Kansas City, are here
for months visit with relatives and
friends.
Ward Stinert returned from Phila-
delphia last evening, where he has
been employed in the navy yard the
past year.
! The Epworth League of the Metho-
dist church has purchased a Hallett
and Davis piano Of Harry Way.
Mesdames VIM. Remington and
Chas. Moves of Mondamin were Val
ley callers today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Stueve of
Orson were Valley shoppers today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-15
V1Enl(1ss1)AY--

Mrs. B. T. Riley and son, Chris.
left for Minneapolis this morning for
weeks visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Higgins left for
Waterloo, Ia, this morning, being
called there by the death of the form
cr's father.
Miss Alice Whittier entertained a
party Of young people last evening at
her home on North Harrison street..
Harold, the young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Marshall, met with very
painful injury last evening. A toy
fan, with which he was playing, re-
bounded and struck him in the eye.
He was taken to Council Bluffs
hospital for treatment.
AL Mason and family of Council
Bluffs are moving into the u snnes-
sey apartments to;a-r
Doty & Peterson report the 10 Of
Ediscns to Mrs. Gladys 'li.ean anl
G. n. Morrow of .sIoaalc.
NJ S. Beavl Kn..n 49, 0..a.
passenger today.
Miss Katherine Tiernay reeus.,el
from Carroll today, where she has
been the guest of friends the past few
days.
Elmer Filkins returned today, after
more than years service overseas.
Miss Pearl Logan is home from
Chicago, where she attended the big
reception for the 18th Engineers.
Council Bluffs is preparing great
reception for Co. l., next Tuesday.
Many from here will go down to see
it.
Miss Grace Murphy of Council
Bluffs was the guest of friends here
last evening.
Chas. Parsons has bought out VIM
Glaciers interest in the plumbing
firm of Parsons & Glazier.
Mrs. Clark Colvar leaves Thursday
for Minneapolis, where she has ac-
copied a position with the Minaaapo-
lis Journal
Manager Nor ,lanl of The Majestic
has force of carpenters busy re-
arranging the seating in the gallery.
When completed, Mr.. Moraland says
every seat in the gallery will be as
good as the front seats.
A marriage license was ISSUED in
Council Bluffs Wednesday to Chas
H. Stewart of Council Bluffs AMI
Grace Fouts of Mo. Valley.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-15
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Commencement .Exercises

The Raccalaureate Address to the
graduating class of the Missouri Val
ley High school will be given by Rev.
M. F. Nolan at the Catholic church,
Sunday evening, May 18th, 1919, be-
ginning promptly at eight o'clock.
Music will be furnished by the choir
Of the Catholic church. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all to attend.
The Senior Class Play will be Civ
en- by members Of the class at the
High school auditorium Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, May 20 and 81,
beginning at eight o'clock.
The commencement exercises will
be held at the High school auditorium
Thursday evening, May %, beginning
at 8 o'clock. The program will be
given by the members of the gradu-
ating class and will consist of ora
tons, readings, etc.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-15
MAY PARTY.

The Loyal Women's Bible Glass of
the Christian church entertained the
Loyal Mems Bible Class at their an
nual May party at the church Tues
day evening, May 18th.
The early part Of the evening was
given over to the program which was
excellent throughout, and greatly en-
joyed by all present.
After the program was given,
about 100 people enjoyed refresh
ments in the basement, which was
decorated in the class colors, red and
white.