. 4 MOUN?” JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4, 1914 $1.00 A YEAR Decide That Mount Joy Must Have a Larger and Better School Building--Loan Carries blic ans Win rumbaugh Carry the State rast 150,000 Majority er Pinchot, | bver Pinchot : 4,000. | ity over Me- | tions, over Hetrick, of the ballots i proximating those for Of course the whole Republican ticket is elected by majorities 'ap- the heads of the ticket. It aws an old-time majority, sel- dom exceeded in gubernatorial elec- but occasionally larger in presidential years. Lancaster city gave approximate- | ly 3,000 majority for the Republican election in Lan- | ticket. ’ joyould | 34 21 45 76 60 n 33 52 37 45 7 15 23 lard Ward ard Borough— Vard Ward Twp.— 44 38 52 73 92 39 42 23 20 4 12 51 44 58 h Grove T 6 13 15 19 42 39 40 32 40 ng Hill kler’'s S. H h Square e the Republicans were pol- heir big majority thruout the! ry, Mount Joy was busy wrest. with the school loan proposi- | The School Board 'asked the | s for a loan of $10,000 for the! ose of erecting an addition to present school building, in order relieve the present congested dition, The voters acted wisely the mat. as they declared in vor of the loan anl by a majority fF almost 3 to 1. In the East Ward he vote was very strong for, carry- Ing by odds of 4 to 1, while in the A Sucorestul Masquerade Miss Viola Baker held one of the most successful masquerades in Mt. Joy Hall last Thursday evening ever held here, the only unpleasant fea- ture about it, was that the attendance should have been: double what it was. An orchestra of four pieces, from Lancaster, furnished the music. They were a good number of con-| testants for the three prizes which were ‘awarded as follows: Finest costume, Miss Florence Heilig, of this place, as an Indian girl; Comic costume, Mr, Jacob Lehn of Eliza- bethtown, as “Mutt”; Ugliest cos- tume, Miss Mary McGinnis of this place, as “some coon.” The hall wore a Hallowe'en dress and presented a beautiful scene, rr. eel A I —— | Tore a Ligament { While washing at her home on New Haven street Monday morning, | Mrs. George Myers slipped on the bricks and fell, tearing a ligament in her left ankle. The injury is quite painful and it will be some time before she will be able to be about; Dr, W. M. Thome is attend- ing her. eet Cee eee School Board Met A brief session of the School Board was held Monday evening, when routine business was trans- acted. The Christmas vacation was fixed from Dec. 21 to 28. After the payment of a number of bills, the Board adjourned. BL = Another Car of Apples This week Mr. G. Moyer received another carload of choice New York State apples. This is his second car within a few weeks. Evidently he has good apples or they would not sell that fast. te rl nnn Working at ‘Harrisburg Miss Sylvia Hershey has gone to Harrisburg, ‘where she has accepted a position ix the Bell Telephone Ex- change. She was formerly an opera- or at this local Bell exchange. rp As NamBoxing Show ng was advertised to A.D unt of 980.4Uag | cess, | tire The Vote in This Vicinity Hole H HOTWIODO IN 56 43 155 57 242 105 69 61 100 70 64 58 41 69 52 49 65 78 94 76 94 11 41 48 30 67 37 63 43 51 29 62 40 60 23 52 48 41 34 50 2 10 21 42 55 41 35 46 West Ward the majority was not as great. In the West Ward there were 61 voters that didn’t vote for or against the loan while in the East Ward there were 45. The vote was as follows: East Ward Por... J... . Against .. elie Nd . 43 West Ward . 96 For v . 64 Acolnst i... 0... Tota ..2569 ..107 For . see Asainst_ " In Mt ty Hall All Next Week The King-Sylvester Dramatic Com- pany which Geo. S. Grennel]l presents to the amusement loving public of Mount Joy at Mount Joy Hall the entire week of Nov. 9th is without a doubt one of the most popular of the many operative companies touring the country to-day. Great care has been taken in the selection of the company, and he plays to be present- ed. They are staged and dressed with great care and in fact every thing has been done to please the eye as well as to amuse. The opening bill on Monday will be Mr. Stanley King’s latest and best dramatic suc- “A Fatal Scar,” an intense drama with plenty of comedy. Strong dramatic situations and climaxes pre- vail throughout the bill, Vaudeville (will be given between the acts, thus doing away with tedious waits. Popu- lar prices will prevail during the en- engagement. Monday will be Ladies Night, when the fair sex will be admitted to any seat in the house for ten cents. Special Ladies’ Tickets will be distributed which can be ex- changed at Getz Bros. for reserved seats, This is a chance which oc- curs only once in a life time, so be sure to avail yourself of it, re ee A ee Former Residents Wed Rev. Lloyd M. Martin and Miss Sue Gable, both former residents of this place, were united in the holy bonds of wedlock at the home of the bride in Dayton, Ohio, on Oct. 27th. It will be remembered that the groom was born and raised in this community, He is now a pas- tor in the United Brethren Church and was serving a pastorate in Tennessee until about a month ago when he was appointed to a charge in Ohio. The family of the bride occupied the U. B. parsonage here until last spring, when her father, the late Rev. H. S. Gable, died very suddenly, after which they moved to Dayton. The happy couple have gone to housekeeping in their new- ly furnished home at College Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio. They have the beet wishes of a host of friends. nm AGA ena, Shade Trees Removed V fhe shade (trees along the Market gide pf the First National | will be watched LOCAL BIRDS ENTERED Mr. Newark, Delaware | No doubt all of you have been reading about the big egg laying contest which is being conducted at Newark, Del, by the Philadelphia North American. Mr. L. Percy Heilig, most progressive poultry raisers, last week entered six of his big egg producing White Leghorn pullets in this big contest and shipped them to the show rooms. The hens are entered for year, A very accurate account kept of the consumption of food and production of each hen. There are hundreds of birds entered in the contest, of almost any breed. The work of Mr. Heilig’s birds with interest. The laying scores appear every Sunday in the Philadelphia North American. A A Discontinued the Work The Llorin Water Company had a big force of men employed laying a water main on the state road at the west end of town. main from the residence of Mr, Henry G. Shelly, (now in the borough) west to the residence of Mr. Abram Nis. sley, the work was suspended for the present. BE Gunning Season Opened The gunning season for rabbits and quail opened on Monday. Many gun- ners were out but rabbits are not as plentiful as last year and not many big bags were reported. one here getting the limit. AD A <a One Day Later The weekly dances in Mt. Joy Hall by Miss Viola Baker will be held every Thursday instead of Wednes- ‘ay evening hereafter, this in mind. On account of another attraction having been booked, there will be no dance held Nov. 12. Person: lla we NGS Il JOrters (he Pos|- Week THE WHEREABOUTS OF FRIENDS THE PAST WEEK What Our Able Corps of Reporters Found in the Card Basket About Yourself Your Acquaintances Friends and Your Mrs. Susan Williams is on the sick list. Mrs. J. H. Stoll spent Sunday at Merchantville, N. J. Rev, N. eral days at Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Greiner spent | Sunday at Elizabethtown, Miss Mae Zeller has returned home after spending Sunday with friends at Lemoyne. Mr. Edgar Hagenberger of Atlan- tic City, was home with his panents several] days. Mr. E. B. Chryst of Philadelphia, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Kauffman Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Eshleman spent Sunday and Monday with relatives at York. Miss Carrie gone to Harrisburg, reside for the present. Mrs. Christian Walters ing several days at Berwyn, the family of Dr. Richards. Mrs. H. H. Morton, Miss Anna Myers and Mr. Charles Morton vis- ited friends at Columbia Sunday. Mr, Benj. Kautz and Mr. Harry Powden of Steelton, were guests at the Evangelical parsonage Saturday. Mrs. Margaret Bopp and Miss Mary Dierolf have returned from a week's visit to friends at Baltimore, Mad. Miss Sadie Bowers returned to her home at Shrewsbury, York county, on Thursday to attend the funeral of her father. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vogt of Lan- caster, visited the latter’s parents, Mr, and Mrs. Harry Dyer, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. BE. B. Christ and Miss Mary Christ of Philadelphia, .spent a few days last week with the family of B. F. Kauffman. Mr; and Mrs. George Hoffmaster moved into the G. Moyer property, Druckepnmiller has where she will is spend- with (Continued on page 6) L. P, Heilig Sends Six Birds to is | After laying the | We | have not heard of one person around | Please bear | DENIES I Many Re- OUR, A. Barr is spending iid lortuar herd Is 1500 B. Niel Formerly of Doe Ss, De { one of our, |THE ROAD WHICH WE ALL MUST | TRAVEL SOONER OR LATER Some Well Known People From Our Neighborhood Have Passed to the Great Beyond Since Our Last Issue | Gone to Their Reward Mrs. William Bisking died at Co- lumbia, aged 38 years. Sylvester Burrell, a Civil War veteran, died at Columbia Sunday aged T5 years. Mrs, Theodore E. Thompson died at Thompsontown aged 81 years. She | was born at Marietta and lived there | many years. Mrs, Mary N. Carrol] | Seated in a rocking chair, kitchen of her in the home on Gay street, ! Marietta, Mrs. Mary N. Carroll was suddenly seized with an attack of heart failure about 8:30 o’clock on Thursday night and died ten min- utes later, She was 64 years old. Henry K. Brandt Henry K. Brandt, of near | Hope, died Thursday at He was aged 61 years. al was held at the house, with ad- ditional] services at the Manheim Mennonite meeting house, Interment was made at Hernley’s cemetery. | The deceased is survived by one | daughter, Mrs. Henry Hersh, and two sons at home, John and Henry. Mount hig home, The funer- Mrs. Franklin Gantz, Jr, colored, of this place, died at Philadelphia, { where she was living for some time | past, death resulting after a linger- Ling illness, aged thirty-three years. The remains were brought here on Friday evening. She leaves a hus: band and one daughter. The funeral | was held from her home Sunday | afternoon at two o'clock with inter {ment in the Lincoln Cemetery. | | oe | Mrs. Franklin Gantz Jr, | | Samue| Snyder { Samuel Snyder, a well-known resi- ident of Manheim, died at the home of his sister, Lizzie, wife of Peter | Shelley, at Manheim on Friday even- ing at seven o'clock, aged seventy- | five years, Death was due to the in- { firmities of age. He is survived by "two sisters, Mrs. Shelly and Kate, wife of Harry Buch of Lancaster Junction. Deceased was a retired | farmer and a member of the Menno- ‘nite Church. he funeral was held ! yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock | at the house and at 10 o'clock at the Mennonite Church at Manheim; in- ‘ terment in the Mennonite Cemetery at Salunga, Isaac B. Nissley i Isaac B. Nissley, a well-known and "highly respected farmer of East Hempfield township, died Saturday morning. at 3 o'clock at his home near Rohrerstown, from tuberculosis, in his forty-third year. Deceased was a son of the late Henry B. Nissley of Florin, and for many years was a resident of Donegal Springs. He had been in failing health for the past year or more, Besides his wife, who was Miss Mary Brubaker, daugh- ter of the late Rev. John K. Bru- baker, there are two sons, Clarence and Robert, at home. The follow- ing are brothers and sisters of the | deceased: Enos, of Manheim; Paris, of Millersville; Walter, of Vintage; | Mrs. Charles Hoak, of near Harris burg and Miss Frances of Lancaster. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Rohrerstown Mennonite Church. simmons sioesuciin Master Gilmour Schmaelzle, son of Mr. ‘and Mrs. Philip Schmaelzle, proved himself a delightful host Friday evening, when he entertained a number of his young friends at a Hallowe’en party at his home on Columbia Ave. A number of games were played and a chestnut hunt was indulged in, Miss Lura Hertzog winning the first prize amd Master Frank Tyndall receiving the booby. Refreshmerys were served. The guests wera: Mary Moyer, Elenora Gable, Lura) Hertzog, Barbara Roll man, Beatriqe Newcomen, Mildred Ney, Bilsie (Shire, Robert Keller, Herbert and \Frank Tyndall, Robert Eshleman, John McGann, Klis Fel lenbaum, John Rollman, Witmer Eb erle, Warren Bates, Ward Backen- stoe and Gilmgur Schmaelzle. LOCAL NOTES News Items Told in A Brief Yet In- teresting Way On next Saturday evening Rev. D. Rishel is to make an address : the meeting of the Missionary So-! ciety of the Church of God in Rohrers- town. The ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Eshleman for the benefit of Mrs. Anna Fetter’s Sunday school class was a great success. The Ladies’ Mite Society of the Presbyterian Church will hold a so- cial at the home of Michael Detwiler on Thursday even- ing, A short programme has been | prepared for the occasion, following the rendition of which refreshments will be served. tl Gp errs Will Build a Garage Recently Mrs. Etta M. purchased the properties Main street from the C. K. Bennett Estate. A few days ago she sold the old meat market, and the resi- dence and tonsorial parlor occupied | by Mr. Jos. B. Hershey, to Mr. Peter S. Brubaker, The purchase includes a 27-ft. front, the depth of which ex- | tends to the intersection of Marietta and Henry streets. Mr. Brubaker contemplates the erection of an ex- Bennett of the present is said his mechanic selring, of Rheems, will move into the property at present occupied by Mr. Joseph B. Hershey. The terms of the above sale were private. —— Keller's Sale Postponed The big stock sale of Messrs. J. B. Keller & Bro. advertised for Friday, Nov. 6, has been postponed. Owing slaughter house. tle,they were unable to get the stock thru the yards in the western cities as a rigid inspection requires conyiderable time. b News 0nd Suecestul Monin LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION OF THE WEEK What Has Transpired in That Thriv- Gathered by our Reportorial Staff Mr. Joseph Gingrich spent Monday at the county seat. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Duffy spent Tuesday at Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Booth were Sat- urday visitors to Lancaster. Mr. E. S. Moore made a business trip to Philadelphia on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bishop were Sunday visitors to Elizabethtown. Miss Mary Hill of Middletown, visited friends in the village Sunday. Mr. J. H. Emerick of Sunbury, made a business trip to town Satur- day Mr. Ryan several days friends. Mr. J. H. Dukeman of Horeybrook, | spent Tuesday in town the guest of his son. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Trostle of near Marietta, were Saturday visit ors to our village. Messrs. J. D. Easton and Harvey Weaver enjoyed an auto ride to Indiantown Gap Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, John Minnich of Philadelphia, spent several days in town visiting relatives, Mr. and Mrs. John Hawk and daughter visited friends at Cone- wago, several days last week. Mrs. John Flowers of Elizabeth- | town, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Bishop Sunday. Mr, Christian Schubel has returned | to Orange, N. J., after spending several weeks here with friends. Mrs. Harry Olweiler and daughter | of Elizabethtown, were the guests of S. S. Stacks and family Sunday. A large number of town folks at- of Harrisburg, in the village visiting German Baptists Rheems last night. Mr. and Mrs. John Groff and son of Elizabethtown, were the guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. ! John Dyer Sunday. Mr. Frank Carson and two daugh- ters Marie and Mabel and Mr. Geo. Rahm visited the latter's son, Charles at (Continued on page 8) ) social held on Thursday even- | S. | The Mr. and Mrs. | on East to the foot and mouth disease in cat- Flor Hori School Ends II's Sec: ing and Industrious Village a Short Distance West of Mount Joy as spent | tended the Love Feast held by the | A New Councilman | ‘Borough Dads Elect Squire J. G. Keen er Vice Dr. F. L. Richards Redgnodd regular monthly meeting off Mr. Barto of the Street Commit. | Mount Joy Borough Council was held | tee, reported having placed stone on Monday evening with the five mnm- | Donegal, Marietta, Barbara and Jacob bers present. The minutes of the|streets. bint regular and two special meet. Mr. Ricksecker, of* the Water Com- | [ | ings were read and approved. | mittee, reported everything in good A communication from Mr. Charles shape at Water Works, purchased a | E. Reed of Philadelphia, was read. | car of coal as ordered by council re- | Mr, Reed was asked to pay halt the | {paired coal bin, flushed plugs, ete. the expense of erecting the new He said that the tenant - the Dr. fence along the west side of his Ziegler property on North High property. In his letter he expressed street, asked to have the water main !a willingness to comply with the re-|extended to his house. This matter quest. {was referred to the Water Commit i The report Geo. H. tee by President Dillinger, Mr. Barto of the Finance Commit. (Continued on page 4) | of Burgess Brown showed that he collected $6.25 jor license money the past month. | Two Special cial Meetings | | Ordinance Becomes a a Law Oct. 30--- | Boro. Limits Now Extended ceptionally large garage on the site |! It | Mr. John Kes-' The limits of Mount Joy Borough, which increases the town by 140 acres, are now extend- ed and those of you who reside in the annexed portion are now full | fledged citizens of our town and are entitled to and will receive, good pure water, electric lights, first-class fire protection and all other advan- tages that any other citizen enjoys. President Dillinger called the Bor- ough Dads into special session at 7 o'clock last Thursday evening for the purpose of having the second | reading of the ordinance relative to { Borough extension. Every member | i except Dr, Richards was present. | | Burgess Brown and Clerk Fellen-| in our advertising columns this | baum also present. week. It gives the new boundaries The ordinance was read and pass-|of the borough very accurately and led by the unanimous vote of _Courn- will be of interest to all of you. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT cil after which they adjourned. A second special meeting had been called for eight o'clock for the same purpose and promptly at that hour Council again convened. The ordinance was again read and them discussed at length, A vote om its third and fina] passage was taken and the five members present made its passage unanimous. Immediately thereafter Burgess Geo. H. Brown attached his signa- ture thereto and the foilowing morning it was filed in the Quarter Sessions office at Lancaster and is now a law. The ordinance as passed, appears area of our Ed is Some Detective An item of a stolen horse being re-| covered appears in another column|Rudoiph Dissinger .Was “Sprinkledd | but after writing that we learned| at the Western Borough Limits | that Mr. Ed. Ream, of this place, is| This Farenoon | some detective, being responsible for| T—— | the thief’s capture as well as the re-| Mr. Rudolph Dissinger, a German turn of the team. The fellow had|character who works for the farmers | stopped with Mr, Ream and acting|hereabouts and is more familiarly | rather suspicious, left after which | know n as Old Rudy, was accidental | Ed. got busy. He went to Collins,|ly shot while working near the west | above Bainbridge, where he found end of town this forenoon, | the team. After that he returned, He was loading ground for Mr, B. | home and next day went to Mid&e- 0: Musser at his new house when a | town and after locating his man had gunner only about twenty-five yards | a constable arrest him. He is now | distant shot at a rabbit that ran in in the lockup at Myerstown awaiting the direction of Mr. Dissinger. a hearing. Mr, Ream even stole the! A number of shot penetrated his march en the several State Police, |forearm to such a depth that they who were here in search of this|could not be located, The greater thief. The rascal is William Wen-|portion of the load struck “Rudy” on rich of near Reading. [the leg and about the hips but as he Te e-—— wore two pairs of heavy trousers A ‘Slight Fire v and heavy underwear they did not Boys started a fire in some dried reach the skin, although he said, “Se grass near the Florin Cemetery on hen -gore ferdult gabrent.” Sunday. The flames communicated The gunner, after he saw what had very rapidly and soon quite an area happened, Beat a hasty retreat, go- was burned over in that section. ing toward Florin. Dr. A. F. Snyder The fire was prevented from getting attended Dissinger. to the buildings of Mr. Geo. Eichel berger nearby after some difficulty. rrr ne A Bad Scalp Wound Miss Pauline Snyder, aged about Big Apple Sale six years, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. On Saturday, Nov. 7, Mr. C. S. Fred Snyder on East Main street, Frank will hold a big public sale of met with a painful accident. Work. | apples at the old P. R. R. depot in men were digging a cesspool which | this place, when he will sell 100 bar- was about six feet deep. The child rels of strictly No. 1 New York fell into the “hole head foremost, | State ‘barreled apples and 175 bas striking her head on a stone and in. kets of extra fancy apples. They ficting a scalp wound that required consist of all leading varieties. fcur stitches. Dr. A. F. Snyder at- PP Giese. tended her. A Pair of Queens Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ruhl of i Rapho, east of here, announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Reist of this plaee, announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday. - eet Eee Keep Climbing, E. M. y i Birthday Party Mr. Walter Greiner celebrated his birthday yesterday and last evening a few friends gathered at his home on Dongal street and tendered hin a surprise party. Supper was ae to the following: Mn and .. R. Greiner and family, Mr. and E. M. Miller, of Sporting Hill, Frank Brian, Miss Anna Myers who, during the past three years, Charles Morton and Mr. and | has held different clerical positions Walter Greiner | With the Century Manufacturing Co. : ——— NA i mim of Lancaster, has been elected Sec ‘ = | retary and Treasurer of that firm. Collar Bone Broken ‘ i iin acess While wrestling with a comganion Hotel License Transferred ‘at young’s school the 15-year-old som The hotel license held by Frederick °f Mr. Henry Eshleman of near Mi | Niedenthal, Florin, was transferred ton Grove, was thrown on the ground, to Patrick Duffy, formerly a Phila. Sustaining a fractured collar bone. delphia restauranter by the court on. Ihe fracture was reduced by Dr. A. Saturday. | F. Snyder of this place. | ———— Eee : —- 0 Eee | Ladies Night, Tonight Will h.eet Nov. 5 | The Richland Club will emtertain| The regular monthly meeting of at Five Hundred this evening, the! the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the General | occasion being ladies night. Prizes Hospital will be held on Thursday, | will be awarded and Mrs. Anna Me | Nov. 5th at 3 o'clock at the home of | Girl will serve refreshments. |Mrs. J. G. Wilson, Blizabethtown. 2t ! A A me et. ——-§- ——— We print all the news fit to print.| We print all the news fit to print. P. Mrs Mr Mrs. Wes.
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