VOL. VIII. I'HE BULLETIN’'S ( Eight Will Graduate Annual Commencement Exercises of the Mount Joy High School Next Monday evening The following is the program for ne imencement execises of the High sSenlor School Class Mt The members of oy Borough the have comple ted their examinations for graduation. be de and are all eligible The livered by Anna C. Salutatorial essay will - Dearbe ck, and be Greenawalt, given by [t o call attention to f the the valedictory will Gertrude G iS no re than fair t fact that tatorian and valedictorian were the averages o cally the same. The general the i 9 while that of the valedictor- e of salutatorian 1s Ein ste Burg, Martin 1 School Chorus, Bossert Fields of Clover” i ttion- Chorus the A Geibel, Ess: lar,”’ Anna C “Over High School. ry---‘“The Almighty Dearbeck Essay---The Sphere N. Hershey. Essay--The Maid of Hoffer. Instrumental Duet-—Delta Kappa Epsilon March, A. H. hoar and Ruth Nissley Class History and Ol Mary O1 leans, 2ase, narlotte jase- ease Charlotte Ba Prgphecy—-Martha M, Stauffer, Oration-- Taft’s Cabinet, Walter F. Root. Presentation Oration-- Edgar 1, nian, Double Octette~-The Misses Grove, Witmer. Deacon, Baker, Greenawalt, Brown, ibersole, Shelley, Flowers, Me Rittgers, I Smith, Anna 8, Brubaker, Newp leman, Root, Madeiria, ; I.eader Mantle Orationr--Samuel Ww Junior Response-- arrel Fesay Valedictory--Beyo , Gertrude G. G Vocal Solo---Redemption, R. Viola Baker. » peed h to G Address---Prof. Instrumental Solo I Mundchen Fritz St adchen mit dem Spindler, ) shey. Presentation of 1 er. Pres, School Chorus, ‘Merry June,” School. Deacon. Benediction--Rev. J. E. a Sociable and Apron Bazarr The Ladies Mite Society of the hold apron bazaar on Thursday April 29th at 7.30; J. M. Brandt. The following menu will be served: Ham with mayonnaise, Presbyterian church will a a sociable and evening, at the home of new tomatoes sandwiches, i cheese, straws, strawberry and vanilla ice cream, cake, coffee, swiss cheese. Young Man of Promise Mr. A. Hering, a student at Mt. Airy filled the pulpit 1» 13. Seminary, Philadelphia, | of the Trinity Fvangeli of church this place, Sunday, he absence regular pastor who is ill of the Mr. promise, yung man of Hering is a y« and preached two very satisfactory sermons. - Purchased New Autos How ar 1 with a very handsome Haines tour- Longenecker is about ing car since last week. Martin B. H Maxwell runabout cysed at Lancaster | isstand is sporting a hg veek, which pur Talk About “Yellowism” A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Halbleib of this ] Friday. This that a smart (7? iter” town had born to a “ “Tues- day.” Car Off The Track Local was ting on While Fred Baker's si derailed. Monday a car ding was The train crew however succeeded in replacing the car after an hour’s work. A Pair of Beauties Harry Darrenkamp received a 17 14 | were | it weighed They pair of shad th: pounds this week. beauties and we believe there are | few that grow finer. Stock Sold Well Lancaster and Mount Joy rail- | way stock was sold for $59.25 a | share at Lancaster on Monday NO. 47 ment in front of the church | Rev. W. H. Egge I TRCULATION IS MORE THAN MOUNT JOY, PENNA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1909 TRIP LE THAT OF THE Early Closing Movement I'he following merchants of this place have agreed to close business every evening at plac © of ix o'clock. Tuesdays and Satur- days excepted, from Monday, May 10th to October 1st, inclusive; Messrs, H. KE. Ebersole, John H. Buohl, G. Moyer, Getz Brothers, B. Bernhart & Co, I. D. man, D. I'. Gable, H. S. Newcomer, M. S. Bowman, Wolf Yoffe, J. G. Metzgar and Simon Menaugh. - S. Bene- New Pavements and Coping H. H Krall pavement on West Main street and all the that ide of the street with two except— recently relaid his property owners on following suit in a The f Simeon Menaugh’s Miss Mary putting concrete coping along the entire front of James Glatfelter ons are now certain sense pavement in front « store is being relaid, Kuhn is her property, and is also putting concrete coping along his yard and his pavement Hector Henry is doing the IKuhn conereting and Elmer Heisey is displaying his skill on the Glatfelter job. - Met Monday Evening The regular monthly meeting of the W.C.T. 1 held at the home of Mrs. 1. D. Stehman on Mrs Z. W. Kel- ler was elected press reporter and Mrs. John S. report of was Monday evening. Eby made an excellent the recent meeting at Lancaster. A donation of $2 was received and voted to the Willard memorial fund. held t } tne The next ¢ asi of meeting will be on the | Monday in May at home Mrs. Stehman. “They Are Coming Back’ Merchants all over the and ] weeks county e received cards letters, ng the last few bearing the words Are Coming fol- 2 I'hey Back.” A number of robberies lowing at certain places, were uas- sociated with these missives. S0 happens that it is an 1mng scheme of any announcing the fact that sons, who nave used other patterns for a time, are coming back and a -n certain patterns Cows, Hogs and Bulls On Thursday, May 6, tel in Florin, E M. Souder will sell lot of which are some good at the another fine cows bageers and consisting of Also fine 150 extra big milkers Holsteins some stoek and Durhams. and a lot of to the and bulls shoats weighing from 40 pounds. You all know of stock Ed usually sells this lot Don’t forget May 0. — —- should the date, Thursday, Evangelical Improvements Marked way improvements are now at church and parsonage. under the B ings are being repainted, the pave- repaired and electric lights are be- The and ing installed in the church. used Tungsten globes will be current from the Elizabethtown ' plant. It's on Saturday, May | Intending purchasers should re- member that liveryman Ed is quitting business and will sell an! excellent livery outfit at public sale on Saturday afternoon, He has eighteen head of horses, qurrevs. jennvlinds. harness I: z=} 3 . . . ws surreys, jennylinds, harness, blank | cordially invite our white friends | to C. H. Zeller will call the ets ete sale. - Amspacker-Peopples In the United Evangelical sonage Saturday evening, Quintin par- Amspacker and Miss Elizabeth Peo- ples were united in officiated. The young couple enjoy the well wishes of a host of friends. —— Please Bear in Nind That the undersigned will prose- | cute any person or persons depos. iting rubbish on his property at “Spooky Hill.” Harry Shoemaker, — ee STOP while ~ Elizabethtown and Florin [At Getz. Bros. you see the latest brought $56.75. in hats. their holy. wedlock | It | ad vertis- | a publishing comp- | per- | for | magazine | | Sunday ho-! among | kind have your attention. | Evangelical | th build- | will be! ! of Macedonia A. M. L. Ream | | the { by.Rev. F. L. buggies, | I'rances | {son John at Springfield, Ohio Our Card Basket Persons That Were Visiting Since Our Last Issue—Read Their Whereabout. Miss Mame Kuhns and her neph- ew John Murphy spent Monday at Rheems. J. Zeller ness at the county court B.S. transacted busi- house on Monday. Miss Mame Kuhns left today to spend two weeks among friends in New Holland. The smiling Farmer of Harrisburg was countenance of A. Gr. seen on our streets on Monday. Harvey Roberts’ smiling counten- thor- ance was visible on the main ough-fares of the Capital City on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Fickes and Mr, spent Sunday and Mrs. J. Lancaster, Mr. Herr of here as guests of Gi. Metzgar. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ream and Miss are at Bessie Black of Philadelphia, visiting their mother and aunt l.ebanon, Pa. Mrs. Irvin Baker and Miss Liz- | zie Baker spent Monday and Tues- day at Florinel as guests of the former’s parents. Elam Jones, car inspector at Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, hter Mrs. 100 5 William Tyndall on Sunday. was the guest of his dat John F. Pyle is on his way east after spending the Winter with his He Harrisburg last week arrived at . . .«l. . and will visit here this week Mr. Joslin, the aged gentleman that took ill at LL in March and was removed to Conn., P. Heilig’s early his home in New Haven, died at the home of his daughter in that city on Easter Sunday. -e Church Notes. M E. Sunday Preaching in the Ilorin church at 2.30 p. m. next by Rev. J. E. Deacon. LUTHERAN usual at a. on Sunday. 1.30 and 7 p. m. Services School as p.m. Preaching at 10 m. REFORMED MENNONITE The Reformed Mennonites will have services Sunday evening, May Henry H. of All in- 2 at 7.30 by Fisher Lancaster. are cordially vited. EVANGELICAL m. Preach- Rev. W. H. 10 a. m. and 7.30 p. m the Sunday School at 9 a. ing by the minister, e at Fog The public will please note change of time of the evening ser- vices from 7 to 7.30. In the even- the ject: An Infallible Yardstick. ing pastor will have for his sub- METHODIST m. Preach 7.30 .p. 'm. Israel Sunday School 9.30 a. ing 10.30 Subjects: God’s about the Sabbath. meeting at 6.45 Dp. League at 4.30 p. m. ing this evening at 7.30 a. m. and A Mother in and and Command’s Promises Young people’s m. Junior Prayer meet MACEDONIA A. M. E. Fourth Quarterly meeting church will The be held Sunday, May 2nd, 1909. Lovefeast in the morning. After- [noon at 3 o’clock administration of Lord’s Supper and preaching Mt. Zion We Harris, of A. M. E. church, Atglen, Pa. come and hear Rev. Harris, | Rev. Mitchel Lewis, pastor. | CHURCH OF GOD Preaching Morn- Sunday School 9.30. 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. ing subject, *‘Seed Sowing.” ing subject, “The Apostle of Ma- ture Agu.” Junior, 6.00 p. m. Senior Endeavor 6.30 p.m. On Friday evening at 7.30 the pastor will entertain at his home the mem bers of the Senior and Junior Bible Classes. All the members are cordially invited to be present. May 9, in the morning will be ob- observed as “Mother’s Day.” Even Wanted A lot of second-hand brick. Ap ply at this office. OBITUARY NOTES Sam Matt residents I'ridy, one of | the best of county died Monday aged 72 years. Fri ly known Boker— Benjamin F. Baker of | Marietta, inday after a | five weeks’ He born | in that borough and lived there all | died on S illness. was his life. | Hester— Barbara, widow of Fred- | erick Hester and the oldest in East Donegal, died at her home in Maytown on Sunday in her 90th | persorf | The following children sur-| Mrs. Francis Hunter, Mrs. | Edna Warner, Maytown; W. S Hester, and Mrs. John F. stin, Lancaster. year. vive: Hauenstein Mrs IXlizabeth Hauenstein died at the home of her | son Jno. Hertzler on North Barbara street in this place last Thursday after a long illness aged 82 years The was | held from her late home on Mon- | day with services and interment at and 2 months. funeral Lirisman’s. Hauenstine—Mrs. Elizabeth Hau. | enstine, widow of Peter Haunstine, | died at her home, in this place on Thursday, aged eighty-three years. | Death was due to infirmities ineid- The funeral held on Monday morning from the John HH. Hertzler, Barbara street and at ent to old age. was | on | at 10 | Mennonite | | home of North o’clock Erisman’s church. at Vogle—Harry S. Vogle died his his home in Manhein of tuber- | culosis on Thursday aged 36 years. | He formerly taught school in the townships of Conoy, Mount Joy and | well Donegal and is 1herefor every | His wife and two children | Mrs. Amos Meshey of this | Vogle | known. survive place is a sister and George of Florin is a brother of the deceasd. Manheim a’ The {funeral was held Sunday. Withers Withers, widow of the late M. Withers, died at Maytown, on Saturday afternoon. | Mil- | Elizabeth C. Dr. M. in Mrs. her home, One daughter, Mrs. Jacob K. ler, of two brothers, Dr. G. C. Fahnestock, Maytown, survives, also living in South Carolina, and Du. | Jas. De Mont cinnati, Ohio, and one sister, Fahnestock, of Cin- | Mrs. | The funeral was held Tuesday from her | John Spangler, of Lancaster. : 3 : . y 1 late home, with interment in Wood- ward Hili Cemetery, Lancaster. G. Samuel i tree 2114 | cut down. Groff —Mrs. Martha Groff, widow of the late Groff, died on Sunday at the home of her | only child, Christian Groff in Flor- | weeks, | 4 forty- | illness of six in, after an months and died She was a mem-— aged 82 years, Her seven years ago. ber of the Church of the Brethren. days. husband The funeral was held this forenon | of | the residence at house at 8 o'clock from the her son and at 9 o’cloek Green Tree meeting with interment in the cemetery adjoin- ing. «Rev. Salomon Brinser offici- ated. Ce Et Was It Rev. Reitzel? | | The following item appeared in | Wednesday morning’s Philadelphia { Record but as far as we can learn not Rev. Chas. F. Reitzel, ! the Church of it was former Pastor God here. “Mr. and Mrs. Charles were struck by a freight train on a | of | Reitzel | crossing near Tamaqua, the former | having both legs crushed while the and bruised.” latter was badly cut | Weaver-Eisenberger | On Wednesday evening a pretty | solemnized at the; Eisenberger, | wedding was home Abraham Miss Margie Eisenberger was uni- ted in marriage to Benjamin Wea- | ver of Columbia. The ceremony | was performed in the presence of a | number of guests by Rev. W. H. | Egge, pastor of the United Evan- | | | of gelical church. a Lovefeast and Baptizing Quite a number of persons were : baptized in the stream near the] home of Michael Musser in East | Donegal this forenoon and this| afternoon a lovefeast is being held in the church at Cross Roads. An immense number of people are in attendance. : J | Finder will ling the local base ball | evening, | | kindness to him in { words for him we ! with us from the same | cheers the night. OTHER LOCAL PAPER. COME AND SEE IT PRINTED | | Local Doings this | (tems of Local and General Inter: est That Occurred Since Our Last Week's Issue. For Sale—A good surrey. App- ly at this office. Underwear in all styles Getz 3ros., Mount Joy. Dr. I. L.. Richards has purchased {a Buick runabout Forshoes, hats, shirts, neckwear, ete. go to I. D. Beneman. Boys’ suits from $2.25 to $6 00 John«#{at Getz Bros., Mount Joy. Elwood Miller of Middletown, is the new barber at Joseph Hershey's tonsorial parlors. For horses. Sale—Two good driving Inquire of Dt. F. LL. Rich- ards, Mount Joy, Pa. The of Frank, the ice man, may be found advertisement Charles in another column. Lost—A band bracelet. receive a reward if re- gold turned to this office. Hostetter is treating Wm. Christian his house to a coat of paint. | aston is doing the work. Daniel Derr has purchased an | entire new threshing outfit inelud- ing a Huber engine and separator. The Foresters’ band about town last evening serenading our was citizens with sweet strains of music. Mrs. W. B. Detwiler the Mrs. Mary Herr lot rear of the First National bank on private terms. purchased James Glatfelter has two teams busy hauling work to the various cemeteries to be erected prior to Memorial Day. The combination sale at Win H, Gantz’s Farmers’ Inn on Saturday | | was well attended and quite a suc- cess for the first The legal notice of Brandt, late township, may be found in our the estate of John K. of Rapho advertising colums. The hardest proposition confront- team this season is where can it rent a suit- | able field without buying it Quite a number of Elks from this place, attended a meeting of their lodge at Monday making the trip in autos. Lancaster I.ehman, chestnut On the farn of Peter near Elizabethtown. a feet in circumference was It of made 15 cords wood. Lost—DBetween Florin and Mount Joy, a box containing a lady’s lace collar, a gold pin and a game lotto. return Mrs. Bessie Please to | Hendrix. eres To Our Friends in Mount Joy and Community We desire to express our heart- felt thanks to the many friends of our son Dr. J.M. McCanna for your life his short rand recent illness. kind be- Your deep love and many appreciate lizing as youd utterance, rea g never before the strength of your friend- drinking bitter ship and love, which is cup in life’s night garden. Your loving presence Your with us aching hearts, your tears and sobs make us divinely one. We gave our boy to you. You loved, honored and clung to him. We know that our loss is yours also and we suffer not alone. To the medical staff and all who assisted him in word or deed, we know was done for us as well as He, for which we feel an everlast- ing debt which our Lord will repay MR. AND Mrs. H. F. McCAaNNA, Columbia, Pa. Another Combination Sale The second big combination sale { will be held at William H. Gantz’s ‘armers’ Inn on Saturday, May 8 when another lot of bargains will be offered. He will sell horses, general purpose and drivers, cattle, hogs, large lot of all kinds of light and heavy wagons, bicycle and a large lot of household goods. Any person wishing to dispose of any thing can do so by bringing same to the sale. Deeds Recorded M. S. Hershey to I. W. Hoffman, lot in West Donegal: $1,500. Charles K. Bennett to Annie Mc- Girl, lot in Mount Joy, $2,500. H. G Shelly to Jacob Y. Kline, ct. al., property in Florin; $400. J. H. Zerpbey to Pauline Bube tract of land in Mt. Joy; $2,190. Henry M. Wolgemuth to Frank Faust, same tract and consideration. AL. Fryto I. B. erty in Mt. Joy township; $4,000. Brubaker to C. G. Longenecker, lot in Rapho; $78.90 Amos R. AV. Bricker, 2 tracts of land in Rapho; $4,200. M. Musser, guardian, to I. G Strickler, $1,500. J. B. Shaffer to I. B. tract of land in Mt. Joy township; $1,200. P. K. Ebersole to E. R. Hoover, Shaffer, prop- Clayton 8S. Garber to Irvin property in Maytown, Shaffer, 61 acres and 119 perches of land in Conoy ; $2,600. Stephen H. Lindemuth to A. N. Hostetter, tract of land Donegal; $7 040 Charles Nobs KE Nobs one-half interest in property in Mount Joy, $800. Fanny. B. Gish to S 9 acres and 40 perches of land in Mt. Joy township; $925. administrator in East to Lawrence [.. Heisey, Faust’s to Henry M. Wolgemuth, 4 acres of land in Mt. Joy township; $1,000. Emanuel Lancaster Trust Company, trus- tee, to H. W, property in Mount Joy borough; $1,700. Jacob Zercher to borough of Mt. Grosh, Joy, land for street purposes in borough; $1. : M Hostetter granted, land for street purposes in Mt. Joy; $300 Jacob Zercher to Jacob to same same grantee, piece of ground for street purposes; { $1. Katie W. Graybill to Frank W. Groff, one-half interest in 115 acres {and 117 perches of land in Mt. Joy township; $3,076.10, subject to a charge of $,6,000. - Deserted His Family D. Wittle, jr., living Cyrus farmer a bet ween Grove and Mt. Joy, has deserted his wife and two small children, and the other three When Mrs. Wittle one an infant years old. | . ; [ noticed her husband's absence, she became alarmed and went to the first floor, when she found a “You Cyrus.” The man’s Milton and which said will not see any more, fa- ther, who lives at Grove, was at once notified he took his home, where the y are now stay- Wittle is twenty-five years $100 with What caused him to leave ing. of age and took not known. Execution was issued on Thurs— day for $200 by Walter K and his personal property has been Brosey levied upon. These Men Are Misfortuneate John W. Brandt street was on Mount Joy very unfortunate a few days ago. While pushing & wheel- barrow he slipped and fell on his face, striking the wheelbarrow with His handle his face, badly bruising it. left hand tearmg the entire nail off his finger. caught at the William Shires ran a rusty nail He removed the nail; was unfortunate into his hand a few days ago. of it and a very sore and painful hand resulted. enough not to get all “Half and Half’ That Grews County Commissioner Samuel W. Diller has a freak peach tree in his yard which reminds him of a duck that other is resting, then changes off. Last year the south half of the tree bore a bountiful crop while the north half had none. This year the north half ic covered with blos- soms, while the south half is with- out bloom. It is probably resting for 1910. — eee stands on one foot while the r*=1f you want a new and up-to- date suit for little money go to I. D. Beneman. young | Milton ! : > 5 . | Columbia, were united in marriage | carried pink roses. his daugter-in-law and children to home is! , | the | Paul Fornwalt { charge. Off The Track Fast Train in a Wreck Near Here Thursday Morning, But No- body Was Hurt in the Least About 5:30 on Thursday morn- ing at a point-on the Pennsylvania railroad just east of here and a few rods from the Chickies creek bridge, thrown from the track by a broken the Buffalo Express was rail, three coaches and three Pullmans running between the tearing up ties and ballast for vards or more. tracks and 100 The ears, though greatly damaged, were not broken and not one of the many passengers was hurt. The tearing apart of these six cars from the two engines and the mail car put the air brakes to work, stopped the cars and per- haps saved many lives. Wrecking Harrisburg, Columbia to the spot in a hurry; all trains were sent crews from and Middletown were sent via Columbia; hundreds of men the wrecked cars and rebuilt the tracks, cleared the debris, took away so that in about 15 hours all was in good shape again. One man, it is said, slept ahead in spite of the crash and had to be roused when the passengers were sent that was sent up from Lancaster to take The acci- the building of Christian Seitz. to another train them on their way east. dent occurred close by farm About a year ago a freight wreck that the belief is that the rail was weakened occured at point, and at that time by great weight upon it. the Seitz farm says that of late he uo- that point It sounded as though something was The man who lives on ticed a pecular noise at whenever fast trains passed ol loose, he said. He noticed it par- ticularly Thursday morning as he was getting ready to take his milk away. All the physicians in the town the scene of the were ordered to wreck but their services were not required. Married Last Wednesday Miss Margie Joy and Benjamain I. Eisenberger, of Mt. Weaver, of at the home of the bride’s parents on Wednesday. The ring cere- a {mony was performed by Rev. Wal- : : : | ter H. Egge awoke on Saturday morning and | : oh led in a gown o attir- lavender silk and The bride was They are now note) 95-2 sojourn at Atlantic City and 10te | : ¥ ! | upon their return they me |. vi 1 : lin Safe Harbor where the groom is will reside employed, On the Murder Trials John Roth of Florin, was one of the jurors on the Ben Aston mur- | Arey der trial at Lancaster last week ar 111, | 2 drandt of this place, second juror Joseph I drawn o case on a C. L. Nissley, forn} Donegal, was also a juror latter case. ea A Simple Louse’ Di! Set a post in your every hog will rub agaj gives the cue for a ches ive louse killer. W tightly from the gi quarter-inch rope the rope, with kero days. Kerosene will the hogs will keep ot a-gainst this post. Sa a Lowered Their Tax When the accounts of tk of supervisors of Rapho to were audited it was foywd there was a balance of Hyver § year. Ad consequence, the tax rate for th present has been fixed at 314 mills left over from last ainst 5 mills last year. ee _ How Do You Like It? That large annual report you saw distributed thru town, the re- ceipts and expenditures of our borough the past year, is the pro- duct of this office. Execution Issued W. M. Hollowbush, attorney for Walter K. Brosey. has issued an execution for $200 against Cyrus D. Wittle, Mt. Joy township.