\VOL VII. NO. 26 3 | preached at 7:00 p. m. to a well filled house. His text | 27:4. One thing have I asked 11--17--07 Big - Rally-Day Services at Florin United Brethren Church. 27 of | He laid emphasis on dwelling in | God’s house as being the principal . | thing needed in the world to day. Rev. J. H. Quigly of Harrisburg | preached a powerful sermon at 10 from every point of view. The day a.m. from Psalm 37:3, Trust in| was set apart for the gathering in the Lord, and do good. His theme | of funds for the re-building of the was “Faith and Doing Good.” He | church. At the close of the even- said in part. “Certain things are ing it was found that $719.78 had necessary to the carrying out of the | heen given to the treasurer. The Gospel plan. Men are needed to members of the church wish to preach. But not all men preaching thank all who have contributed are called of God, hence the failure | towards this fund, and extend to of many God’s call is necessary to them and others an invitation to success in ministry. The people come to the dedication service on need a preacher. For “How shall December 8, 1907. they hear without preacher? ———eee and how shall they preach, except | they be sent.” { Jacob C. Kaylor, of Elizabeth- Comfortable houses of worship town, and Miss Elizabeth M. are needed. Choirs and leaders of | Haverstick, of town were married singing are also important. But | at noon on Thursday by Bishop most of all, faith is needed. This | Jacob Brubaker, of the word we can sometime spell and at | church. Miller Eshleman was best other times we cannot. While in| man and the bridesmaids were Miss health we can easily believe in| Gertrude Haverstick and Miss Mina God, but when sickness comes, | Murray a Kaylor—Haversick They left on an automo- business fails, neighbors forsake us, | bile trip to Philadelphia, Baltimore it is hard to believe in Him. It is Washington and the Jamestown unbelief that “There no God.” Faith ziasps God’s promis- es and repeats, “By thy side I will walk.” The prayer of faith is nev- er lost. but it is never lost. says is exposition. Twins Not Born on Same Day =» An occurrence very unusual took The one who ' Shue, in Rapho township, near holds on in prayer, knows he will | White Oak, during the past week, get an answer. | says the, Manheim Sentinel. On We dictate to God and he never | Friday afternoon Mrs. Shue present- hears us. Because it not way. We must do good. It is God’s plan that we all do good. Life is short, therefore we must use the time. In youth time hangs heavy, but in old age it | passes swiftly. is his | ed her husband with a bouncing { boy, and on Saturday morning she gave him a surprise by presenting | him with a second son. Good Game For Saturday One of the best football games! “Use the time,” is to be plaved here this season will | God’s message. Every life has its | be the one of Saturday when Eliz- influence. One may as well walk ' abethtown opposes the locals. in the noonday sun without a shad- | These teams played each other to ow, as to be without influence. !a stand still several weeks ago so We cannot judge people as we see|you can jnst expect a hummer. ! in their homes. Because many attendance is not what it should be. women are angels in church, and | 5 slander-bearers in their homes. | Now We Get Transfers We become like our companions.| Monday morning anew rule went | Therefore let us walk with God' and be like him. Why should we not belike him? If we support the Gospel we do more good than the ' whole police force of the United | States. We must save buying un-| necessary things and do more for | Christ. Doing good with all God | has entrusted to us is the most | honorable thing that aman cando.” | The Bible School at 1:00 p. m.' was addressed by Prof. B. W. Fish- er of Lancaster. He spoke on the topic, Aggressive Missionary Work in the Bible School” He asked, «Ts there work to be done in Flor- in? Are all the boys and girls of | the town present to-day? If not,” then there is work to be done. and 8:30 a. m. and 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30 and 7 p. m., will be given transfers upon request to the conductors, on any of the city lines. ns Defeated by Columbia The Columbia A. C. foot ball team played the locals here and’ we were easily defeated 46 to 0. This is the best team in Columbla and our boys were completely out- classed. Springer played with the visitors. o Made Communicants Whistle From Manheim Sentinel. was Psalm | The Rally-Day was a success, | Mennonite | SULL MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1907 Tr | Local Doings the Jehovah, that will I seek after. Items of Local and General Inter- | est That Occurred Since Our Last Week's | Issue. The postoffice at been abandoned. George Siller, executor of Sophia Kramer, late of Mt. Joy borough. Wm. M. Hollowbush the ex- ecutor of Aaron B. Stoner deceased is First-class feed for horses, cattle and chickens at” Mount Joy Malt Hous e. Oscar S. Pennell will move into the Cover property on Marietta street this week. Born to Daniel Derr and nee Nora Gantz on Monday a daugh j ter. Now Billy is happy. { Mrs. H. 'E. recipient of a number Ebersole the of presents ast Thursday, it being her birth- day. Charles Marks, experienced bar clerk of Manheim, is serving drinks at the Central 1 Monday. was an House since raised cents a quart but were selling it at five cents for many years. Ephrata dairymen have the price of milk to 6 Frederick H. Baker, our extensive It may be unanswered, | place at the home of Henry K.|coal and lumber dealer, isdistribut- | his trade. ing advertising in wall pockets. the shape of Edward I. Landis of East Peters- burg and Lizzie C. Felker of Lan- | caster, were made man and wife last Thursday. High School boy or Young wanted Man Good for office work. opportunity to learn business. Clarence Schock, Mt. Joy, Pa, | Brandt and Stehman, our exten- sive loeal millers, made the first half of a shipment of a 1200 barrel | ler for flour to a baker at Balti- more. OI Boarding wanted in private fami- them in church we must see them | Turn out and help the boys as the ly for respectabteyoung man, about | state he seventeen years old. Please com- municate with the undersigned. Clarence Schock, Mt. Joy, Pa, Wanted to rent a house, with into effect on the trolley system. ' conveniences preferred, on Marietta | Passengers on suburban cars reach- gtreet or close vicinity of same. | - ~ | considered. 1908 etin, Possession by Jan. 1, Address, House, care Bull- A series of special Evangelistic services will be held in the Done- gal Presbyterian church beginning Monday evening Nov. 25. will be held every Services evening that week except Saturday at 7 p. m., All are cordially invited to atténd. i al ak | First This Season. { The Washington School of Flor- ing, Pa. will hold a spelling bee in the hall here on Cordelia has wife, the evening of | OBITUARY NOTES Levi L. Engle one of the best known residents of Elizabethtown is dead, aged 72 years. AARON B. STONER. Aaron B. Stoner, an aged retired millwright, was found dead in his room at McGinnis hotel Wednes- day afternoon. | Mr. Stoner was aged 74 years and | was apparently in his usual health. After eating his dinner he went to his room, where he was found dead having expired from an attack of heart disease. | Deputy Coroner Dellinger was notified and held an investigation finding the facts as stated above. Deceased was a widower and has no children. He is survived by the following sisters and brothers, | Augustus of New York, David U., Silas, Harriet, wife of J. H. Greiner | and Misses Charlotte and Mary, all of this place. { A MEMORIAL | Aaron B. Stoner, an account of | whose sudden death is elsewhere re | corded and the subject of this short | biographical sketch was born in | Mount Joy, Pa,, on June 22, 1834. | He was the son of the late Augustus Stoner who carried on mill-wright- ing in this place for a number of years and with whom he learned After the completion | of his trade and in 1855 he went | West, crossing the Allegheny moun- | tains Hollidaysburg, Pa., by He spent some time in | Chicago when that city was not as {larze as Lancaster is now, located {for a while at Galesburg, Illinois, | and in 1857 returned to this locality. | In 1862 he went to Portsmouth, Va. and worked the government workshop until the close of the war lin 1865, after which he was em- | ployed for quite a while at the Bald at cable. in | win Locomotive Works in Philadel- phia, Pa. In 1870 he again went { westward, locating in Kansas | where in Butler County of that purchased two farms and | afterwards took up a homestead | claim of one hundred aud sixty acres of government land which he put under cultivation and sold at a fair price. After spendiug several years in Kanses he returned East J ¢ waste c ).c 7. 73 5 3 Ff ! 1 1 f ] ing Lancaster at 6.30, 7, 7:30, 8,' A suite of five rooms would be'and during the later period of his | life he lived retired at Manheim, | Pa., and came to Mount Joy, Pa. about a year ago to spend the rest of his life. In polities Mr. Stoner a staunch and unswerving Republican. Mr. Stoner was a | fine and skillful mechanic. An inlaid gun case which he prized very high- ly, is a handsome specimen of his own handiwork. He was a pleasing conversationalist and had a fund of anecdote and reminiscences of his frontier life which it was a de- { light to hear him relate. In deal- ling with his fellows he was upright | was THE CiRCULATION OF THE WEEKLY BULLETIN EXCEEDS THAT OF ANY OTHER MOUNT JOY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sees Mrs. Jacob H. Zeller atten funeral of Mrs. Daniel $ Reading. ! | Out | Card Basket Persons That Were Visiting Since Our Last Issue—Read Their Samuel Lindemuth of ne Whereabouts. was best man at the Brd Buckwalter wedding at We on Thursday. Miss Kathryne Forte after spending some time v grandparents returned to her in the Capitol City. Messrs. Abram Boyer, 1 Mrs. Thomas Clark of Harrisburg spent a few days in town. Miss Mabella Weaver of spent a few days in town. Willoughby Stauffer of burg spent Friday in town. Lititz Harris- MN Ey Ty HEH he, ed Mr. and Mrs Wm. Scholing are |Schroll, Joseph Detwiler and} John |" yrd “len rv Booser of Iba is spending some time in town. home from a trip to Chicago. McGinnis enjoyed an auto ; 5) Master Allen Morton, spent | Denver on Sunday. \ Mr. and Mrs. H. S Stoll visited insitute week at Harrisburg. | Milton Hacker and wife of the | Andrew Metzroth at Lancaster. Charles Murray of Philadelphia, | Sturgis House Lititz, spent Sunday | Henry and Samuel Smith of is here on a visit to his parents. at the Farmers Inn. They made Harrisburg, spent Sunday in town. M. M. Leib is home from a trip | the np in their new auto. Dora Brandt of Elizabethtown to the northern part of the state. | Miss Sue McAllister of Millers- visited the family of S. S. Stacks M.A I. Utban of Lansdale, | ville was a guest in the Methddist Sunday. : spent several days in the borough. Parsonage over Sunday and greatly Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wolgemuth enjoyed the Evangslistic services. | f Union Square, visited in town Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Hershey and of Quarryville, are in town today. Mr. Reynolds is publisher of the | wife of Lebanon spent a few days in town. Sun, that borough’s only paper. Blaine Grosh of Milton Grove Misses Ruth Markley and Lizzie | has left Chicago, where he held a | Drace of Elizabethtown spent Sun- | position in the big Marshall Field | day in town. Mrs. Annie Breneman of Eliza- Mrs. Ellen Simms of Philadelphia | Bl 3 ; ; department store, and will sojourn is the guest of Mrs. George Brown. |. * .. : : ® in California. bethtown spent at Eh Menangh’s. Irvin Baker and Christ Charles spent Sunday at Washington Boro. Wm. Jackson is spending several | weeks at Philadelphia with his son. Walter Eby of Middletown, spent a few day here with friends. oa Sunday Mrs. Eicholtz of Lititz, is the! : ! | Mrs. Phil. Dieter, and daughter guest of her daughter Mrs. Wm. H. | Elizabeth and Miss Sue Brandt, Gantz. | spent Saturday and Sunday in Miss Knerr of Lebanon is visit- | Harrisburg, the guests of Mrs. S. ing the family of Rev. A. A. De-1,. Long. Mrs. Harry Smith spent Saturday | at Lancaster as the guest mother. Mrs. John Mumma and two sons of Landisville, spent Sunday at J. S. Carmany’s. Fortenbaugh. The finest lot of colts ever seen here were sold at E. stables on Saturday The Brethren in Christ held prayer-meeting at the home of Al bert Walters last evening. TTT 8. Weaver's EAST DONEGAL. Mrs. Reuben Derr was the guefis | of Wm. Gantz on Sunday. \ { Mrs. David Brandt is collect was home with his parents over | for new lights for their church. Sunday. of her | Albert H. Longenecker of Altoona The revival meetings’ closed at Cross Roads church on Sunday evening. There were sions. Mrs. Simon Snyder of Perry Co. Miss Anna Holwager of Eliza- |g spending some time in this ec-! bethtown is spending several days joy. ! { hom Jacob Carron and wife eper- Mrs. Sarah Schroll of Donegal tained a number of their friens on prings, is visiting friends in the' Sunday. borough. } Elmer E. Marsh of Philadelphia spent a few days in the borough | las eex., ast week : Mrs. John Derr returned bme : Mrs. J. H. Allen of Hiawatha, Monday after spending two we Kansas, spent a few days in town | in Cumberland Co \ ba » mof last week. j 34 { past ve | James Serres and Dest fea. Mrs. Benj. R lavehterof |o-= A % ~10 York Ae j. Root-and daug ater of | Perry Co. are the guests of Annie ors, were visitors in the borough and Gussie Barkley last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Greenawalt of Lancaster, spent Sunday here with friends. no conver- Leo Linebaugh, wife, son and daughter, of York spent Sunday with their son Rev. N, L. Line- baugh pastor of the Florin U. B. Church. S Geo. Enslow and John Stm- baugh were guests of Sam’l Tess ler on Thursday. } a Misses Anna, Emma and Edn: Wittle accompanied Mr, and Mr vik deack of Mt. Joy on fobile trip to Brooklyn N. 1; blila. and Jersey City Satur- day on a visit to their aunt Mrs. Lawrence Whittemore. ll Two Foot Ball Victims Ellsworth, the 10-year old son of Burgess J. W. Shrite, broke his leg at the thigh while playing foot ball on Friday. Yesterday noon Samuel Keller, youngest son of Z. W. Keller, was playing foot ball at school when his left leg was broken just above the knee. This makes tvo broken limbs within a week from foot ball. Shooting Match. > ar The entertainment at Maytown given by the Scotch Singers was a grand success on Saturday even- ; Ping, Miss May Smith of Lititz was | o Messrs. Calvin Pierce ¢ : she zuest, of parents lessrs. Calvi erce and H Svar Sunday | Coble of Elizabethtown, C. C. y. | Gingrich, A. C. Gingrich of town Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Fessler of | were the guests of 'S. H. Tressler Reading, were guests of E. Marsh | They treated Mr. {on Sunday. Trexler last week. | Tressler to a pleasant auto trip to Mrs. J. Howard Taylor of West Lancaster. Chester, is the guest of her sister | YT Mrs. H. G. Stoler | NEWTOWN. Miss Mary E. Hoffman of Harris-| Preaching services will be held burg,’ was the guest of her mother | next Sunday morning by the past last Wednesday. or. her here at Wm. H. Gantz’s Farmers’ Inn and honest. Having been thrifty and prosperous, he exacted from others the qualities that make for success. He was a good friend, an interesting companion and a familiar figure who will be missed by a large circle of friends He loved his native town. To dwell within its gates, to die within its teach- | Porders to be buried near its | confines and to live in the memory | of its people were the ruling desires of the closing days of his life. Re- quiescat in pace. The Bible School is the great light | giver. Where light is, there men will gather. A few men set on fire for God can do more hundreds of cowards is catching. It takes to make the work go. School is the pivot of and around it revolves the machine of gatherigg years. If one hears good in school, it is our business to go out and tell the other fellow who was not present. We must not only receive, but impart truth. The successful teacher must be interested in Missions. The aggres- sive Bible School is the one which does home work.” Any boy who asks another boy to come to school is doing Missionary work. America has been more to Protest- aut Christianity through the Bible School. Therefore we must give ourselves, our talents, our energies, our all to its support. We have’ failed in our Foreign Mission move- ment and now God is sending over 1,000,000 foreigners to us every year. These must be evangelized. Every Bible School should be or- ganized upon a missionary basis. The classes must. be orga. d Into 50. We have always on hand to definite working bands. "wive each supply at 28 cents per dozen. band a name, as ‘Gideon's Band,” DeLong tf. “Sunbeams,” “Band qf Mercy” | etc. Such a Bible Sdhool shall prosper. I The pastor N. L. A man near Colebrook made wine Thanksgiving Day, November 28. | from’ green persimmons, which is There will be three classes. 1— | the bitterest fruit known to man, Spelling open to pupils under 12! and then gave it to a local minister years. 2—Spelling open to pupils | who used it at a communion than Cowardise brave The Bible the church’ work ser- 3—General informationopen to all | vice one Sunday. The congregation An excellent Thanksgiving program ! had to whistle the doxology. men willbe rendered. An orchestra will | Admission 15¢., re | served seats 20e. Chas. A. Greider eee lee furnish musie. A Dancing Class Prof. Charles H. Sales will open ang Miss A. Katie Witmer a dancing school in Mt. Joy Hall ers. commencing Tuesday evening Nov. mA nt A Fine Bag Saturday 26, and continuing every Tuesday evening thereafter until February 25, 1908. On evening Messrs. C. N. Mumma, and Frank Good returned from a week’s trip to the] Second Narrows in Perry county with the finest bag brought here | this year. They had two turkeys | four pheasants’ Jacob Mumma, Henry Charles THE WILL The will of the late Stoner was probated at yesterday. The entire estate is given to charity. $5000 is left to Lancaster Trust Co. to be known as the Aaron B. Stoner Fund for the Worthy Poor of Mount Joy, Pa. The principal of this fund is to be invested in first class se- curities and the income is to be distributed to the deserving poor of Mount Joy annually upon the recommendation under the direction of the several ministers of the town. The residue of estate is given to the Lancaster General Hospital to endow a room in his memory for the free use of bona fide residents of his native town who are in too needy circum- stances to pay for the same. Wm. M. Hollowbush, Esq. of this place, is named as the executor B. Lancaster Aaron Two New Tooth Fixers William R. Heilig and Henry Maxwell Walters have registered as dentists. mission The former will practice in this place and the latter in Man- heim. one quail, seven rabbits and thirty-four squirrels. | Re Stehman — Stauffer. Former Mt. Joyan Weds Abraham B. On Thursday Milton D. Sherrick | Thursday ufiited in marriage Dan- manager of Sherrick’s transfer at iel B. Stehman, of Landisville, and Miss Martha M. Fannie G. Stauffer, of Lancaster. Nissley were united in marriage at eel eet the home of the bride. Mr. Sher- Eggs For Sale rick is well known here having been To parties needing eggs for general a former dairyman in this place. Bishop Herr on Middletown, and and his Dr. and Mrs. Kindig of Salunga gpent Sunday in town attending Marriage Licenses the the Methodist Samuel G. Ober and Ella H, church and were the guests at the augh Young, both of Mt. Joy township. Parsonage. services .in Mrs. Frank Carpenter of Phila- delphia, spept a few days here with her mother. B. F. Schreiner and W. O. Sny- der of Harrisburg spent Saturday and Sunday in town. Miss Anna Todd days in the borough Miss Mary Patterson. Mrs. W. W. Strasbach and son Arlington of Hershey, are spend- ing a few days in town. Maurice Heiser of Steelton spent Wednesday and Thursday here and at Donegal with friends, spent several the guest of | Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Baker and Mr. and Mrs Samuel Fissel spent Sunday at Mount Gretna. Funk wife and son: Harold, are spending the week with friends at East Berlin, Pa. Samuel Mrs. Jacob Hurst and Mrs. Frank Hurst and daughter of Harrisburg, | spent Monday here with friends. T. M. Brown left yesterday for Middleburg, Snyder county, where | he is installing a large heating plant. Messrs. Paul Buohl Burwood Brandt and Frank Greenawalt, all employed at Harrisburg, were home Sunday. Mrs. Byron Hy ard and daugh- ter of Philadelpida are guests of their cousins Josgph Hershey, and | Sunday with their parents. sisters, a : A ) turkeys and geese. Distance 30 and 35 yards for 10 and 12 guage | guns using No. 8 shot. Shooting will begin at 12.30 and dinner will be served to gunners. Harry Hornafiusof Lancaster was the guest of his grandparents on Sunday. Rev. Mace, the blind Evangelist preached on last Sunday morning at Kinderhook to a large audience. Show Tomorrow Night. The Empire Amusement Compa- ny will appear in the hall Thursday evening and will give refined and The Band fair will positively be | advanced vaudeville. This com- . ‘a... | pany will continue to show here ald and commence on next Sate | helda thereafter {every Thursda: @ght urday Nov. 23 all rumors to the! | y Aa SE tb | with an entire chp ge of program. contrary being incorrect. Mrs. Frank, who has been at the home of her parents in this place ill with typhoid fever, is somewhat better. Mrs. Frederick Hahn and family | Bitten by of Landisville and Mrs. Abram | : : | Dennis Barnhart | was leisurely Gamber of Moore’s Mill, spent strolling about th #Rughter house | of Mumma & Det*®% one day last Victor Fogie received 40 fine , week when all of ] Rudden their handkerchiefs, a box of cigars and ' ferocious bull dog ju d for Den~ some other useful articles as a’ pig’ throat but got-..s8 his cheek surprise on his birthday last week. which was badly torn. \ a A Driving Mishap On Sunday whilz Mrs, Samuel a ne — “Do It Now” If you have not already | Tressler and two daughters Misses your geat for the Caroline J | Emma and Florence returned home | Singers, the first number of} from church their horse Clarence C. | Star Course in the hall on, Yi fell and the former two were dea ning, do so imme thrown out. The -gjeels passed the chart opened at 1 over Mrs. Tressler but the two day. A ladies escaped with a few bruises. Ae The wagon was slightly damged. Our Si Had the horse they were driving! At court of not been a gentle one, the result Jaeob Lg would ‘undoubtedly been: more Stg serious. > po E 3 gt ’ A shooting match will be held in this place on Nov. 26 for alot of
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers