bd a" ed | | Soo0cooBtlicre | ys and PRATER ETT oe BS E08 he 8 Dod Pafesfongeoie open Faw F Walrks are all wearing a broad smile singe they learned that the manage- killed two fine weasels which he mefhit has decided to present each one brought to the o ce of Justice C. H. i i 1 i ; ; T vO X11. NO. 81 [] HE MOUNT JOY BULL MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23, 1914 A MERRY CHRISTMAS $1.00 A YEAR RR A Message of X The ly Observed Here | At this season of the year the is little known. whole Christian world" prostrates it- heaven and the fruits of the earth, superintending providence watches | that they have ceased to excite any over the affairs of nations as well |g surprise, except to those who visit as of men, “without whom not even lands where the religion of Christ a sparrow falls to the ground.” Christmas Exercises Appropriate Programs to be Rendered by Our Sunday Schools Presbyterian Church The following Christmas enter-|daughters, appear carrying wreaths. tainment will be rendered in the|They ask whether he will be lonelly , Presbyterian Church on Christmas |if they go over to decorate the old evening by the Sunday School: i church and tell him if he opens the Organ Prelude, Miss Mary Detwil- | windows he can hear the carols. He er, organist, | tells them he would rather be alone “Christmas for the world,” is the| with his thoughts. The girls leave, title of the service to be used by|the man falls asleep and dreams. the Sunday Schoo c It is| His dream is of scenes attending composed of *® onsive the birth of Christ and is portrayed Bible with | by the following cast of characters: reading; 5 py vei, Ross Hshigmag: Daugh- primary anM™Junior departments. A ters, Sur Barbar, gp! iman, Eva, sacred cantata entitled “Thru the Mary Moyer; Shepherds, Joseph, Gates of Life,” will then be given. Ward Backenstoe; Seth, Robert Esh- It will be in costume and will be leman; Amos, John McGann; Eldad participated in by all departments of Gilmour Schmaelzle; Gosha, Walter the Sunday School, Thome; An old Shepherd, Arthur A man of the present day is seat- (Continued on page 4) 8 Elected an Architect Plans and Specificaticns Will Go Into the Hands of Bidders About Feb. 1 An adjourned meeting of the er, representing this firm was present. School Board was held on Monday, The architect was instructed to evening with a full attendance. The work out plans and present them for the Board's approval as early as pos- iS sible. Present indications are that the addition to our present school | 146 and specifications will be ready building was quite a difficult one in to go into the hands of bidders about subject of electing an architect for | the eyes of the directors and after |February 1st, 1915. wrestling with the proposition until] Giving the bidders about a month's nearly midnight, came to a conclu- time, there is every possibility that sion. work on the annex will begin early There were six applicants and in the Spring so as to be completed finally the firm of Hower & Mowry of until the Philadelphia, was elected. Mr, How- Fall. opening of schoo] next Tobacco Is Moving Phila’s Big Fire A Lancaster dally of Friday even- There was a $150,000 fire next ing contained the following: door to the Windsor Hote] in Phila- Considerable tobacco has been delphia last night, and two hundred bought in this vicinity of late at guests were driven from the hotel. prices ranging from 9 to 10 cents. Ex-Burgess Clayton Hoffman, who is Among the crops recently sold were 3 U. S. juror, is a guest at this the following: Jno. Tyson, 16 acres hotel but up to the time of our go- at 10 and 2 to Levy, of Lancaster; ing to press we were unable to Elmer Dyer, 6 acres at 8 and 4 to G. learn anything of his experience. Moyer, of Mount Joy; Abraham Gam- ber, 5 acres at 10 and 2: Salem Gamber, 2 acres at 9% and 2; John B. Nissley, 10 acres at 93 and 2; Peter Greenawalt, 5 acres at and 2; and 1 acre at 10 and 2; Wil lis Detwiler, 6 acres at 9% and 2 and 1 acre at 10 and 2. rn A A Cr Stork Brings Xmas Present first visitor in this family for eigh- a » doing fine. Monday It Will Take 112 ee vi ‘fhe employes at the Grey‘ Iron A Pair of Weasleg a Mr, Geo. Myers of the Back' Run, as reat Festal Day Will be Fitting- Before the advent of Christ the self in adoration around the crib of whole world, with the exception of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents the secluded Roman province of of love a history which precedes all Palestine, was buried in idolatry. time and will endure thruout all Men worshiped the sun and moon eternity, If asked to explain the and stars of heaven. They worship- rapturous influences which control ed everything except God only, to us we have no other words than the whom alone divine homage is due. evangel of joy which the ange] gave Christ, the Light of the World, pro- unto earth, “For this day is born un- claimed unto all men in its full-| to you a Savior, who is Christ the ness the truth which had hitherto | Lord.” : been hidden in Juda, He taught! The blessings resulting from our mankind to know the one true God, ! Christian civilization are poured-out a Ged existing from eternity unto | so regularly and abundantly on the eternity, a God who * created all|our streets last week. intellectual, moral and social world, things by his power, who governs | like the sunlight and the air of all things by His wisdom and whose | 3 ed on the platform. Two girls, his| tives Mr, was the guest Miller, The Jno. A, Mr. a fine turkey for Christmas. The Zeller yesterday. The county pays ness of the owners will certain- $2.00 apiece bounty on them. Me appreciated, especially since BE thes birds sell at twenty-five cents day. a pd Will Preach at Masonic Home nd and seem (scarce enough at’ price. | gabethtown, Sunday, Jan, 3. “1 Wond ptempora papers Mr. the come visitor at our sanctum Satur. Call again, Andy. Mrs. M. M. Aller Rev. N. A. Barr, pastor of the|riet C. Aller of Glen Loch, Pa. will = ; Trinity United Evangelical ChuTch;|gpend the holidays will preach at the Masonic Home {mM M. Leib on Donegal street. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brubaker of arren, Pa. will spep re with his mothe on Wést Ma; Retew hag ub takes Personal Happenings FAIS Of OF My Re ese Pl We WHEREABOUTS OF OUR FRIENDS THE PAST WEEK THE Found Yourself Your What Our Able Corps of Reporters in the Card Basket About Friends and Your Acquaintances Mr. Mr. Mr, Mr, Mr. Mr. Geo, F. Flaherty of Lancaster, was seen on our streets yesterday. Mrs. H. H. Morton and Mrs. J. H. Gingrich spent Friday in Lancaster. Mr, Wm. E. Kealey of New Haven, Sunday sojourning here. | J. T. Campbell of Harkstown, Pa., spent Thursday ness. Conn., spent Mr, Mr. Mass., day. Mr. Ohio, munity. Messrs. hart, * Horo. 1 boro Mr, town, last week. Mr. P. P. McCaskey, of New Park, , was a visitor to friends here last Thursday. Mr. John H. Baer spent last Thurs- day and Friday in Brotherly Love. Miss Emily spent last week Charles DeLong. Amos Kaylor of his mother terday. Miss Ruth Hoffman of Grantham, was calling on friends terday. Mr. Md., mother Mrs. Mr. Mrs, Jae. Mr, and town on Ruppert of guests of week, Messrs. L. visited at smiling Koehler of seen in town yesterday. Mrs. Christian Miss Virginia Frank will spend the holidays at Berwyn, Pa. Oberdorf, Columbia Telephone Company, was in yesterday afternoon. Mrs, Hutton of Lancaster and Mrs. Mechanicsburg, Mrs. Harriet Blessing last Harvey business Strickler were in town Aaron O. C. Peters of Lancaster, was Friday caller in town. D. G. Landis of Lancaster, was week-end visitor here. Mr. Harvey T. phia, spent Monday in town. Mr. Harry Bartsch of York, spent last Wednesday Arthur Williams of New Bedford, friends Fer spent Frid: P. Rinehart of York. were Friday E. Conrad a Thursday Sheldon W. Funk of circulated Howard Boyd spent and sister. John McCurdy spent Friday here with M. Schroll. Mr, and Mrs. A. C. Flury and son are spending the holidays Wrightsville. Reuben Miller of his son, Mr. S on Sunday. Sunday Engle and Mis. spent from with Mis. Stetter Wox, associate judge of Perry County, was the guest of Mr.’ Albert Zaepfel of the Exchange Hotel last Thursday. Andrew Haas, Marietta Times, Goodlight Mortuary peor Amos M. Gelder Was Buried pesiercay THE ROAD WHICH WE ALL MUST TRAVEL SOONER OR LATER Some Well Known People From Our Great Beyond Since Our Last Issue Gone to Their Reward Sunday at the Brethren Home at Neffsville in her eightieth year, Neighborhood Have Passed to the! Mrs. Elizabeth Bollinger died on | Ie News it Hor Chios Exercises Will Be Held On Friday Evening LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION OF THE WEEK What Has Transpired in That Thriy- ing and Industrious Village a Short Distance West of Mount Joy as Gathered by our Reportorial Staff Mr. H. L. Siddall of Cleveland, O., is spending several days in town, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heisey an nounce the arrival of a daughter. Mr.:Z: 1. M.ley of Lititz, spent | _ Beneman’s Situation Former Merchant is Obliged to Name a Trustee to Adjust His Accounts We doubt whether any subject in town was discussed more fluently of late than Mr, I. D. Beneman’'s misfortune. Mr. Beneman was an exten- sive merchant here and his store and all its contents were completely de- stroyed by fire of an unknown origin about three months ago. Mr, William H. Keller, Esq., of Coyle & Keller, at Lancaster, has been named as trustee by Mr. Beneman. All the creditors were sent a circular which we reproduce that the public may fully understand the git- uation. DECEMBER 19, 1914, TO THE CREDITORS OF I. D. BENEMAN. I. D. Beneman, merchant, of Mt. Joy, Pa, had a disastrous fire sev- eral months ago, which totally destroyed his stock of goods. His loss was about $15,000; his insurance only $5,000. Thiough an oversight, ad- ditional policies to the amount of $5,000 had elapsed only a short time | before the fire. The Insurance Companies in which he was insured were all mutual | companies and insisted on some concession for prompt payment. Ra- (Continued on page 3) Hauer of Philadel- in our Schock of Cornell, home for the Xmas holidays. Mr. F. H. Tenney Ohio, Mondayed in our midst. A. R. Landis of spent last Wednesday in town. Francis Flury : | Saturday in town visiting friends. Francis Flury, a former resident | MrT V of Marietta, died at the home of Mad. his daughter, Mrs. John A. Kramer | Mr HD Gibble of Manheim at Middletown, on Wednesday night. | called on friends in town yesterday. Death was due to a complication of Mri CS Myers of Lancaster diseases. A a | day. : Mrs. Nancy Geesey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bishop vis- Word reached Bainbridge Saturday | j¢.q friends at Harrisburg on Satur- evening announcing the death at Del! roy of Mrs. Nancy Geesey, who died | Mrs. Patrick Duffy and daughter | about 20 years ago when the family | Mr | | fmoved to Delroy. Her husband, one! Capital City, | Wednesday announcing the death of For Sale— { Alice, wife of John H. Erb, which Gate, No. 5. near Mount Joy, died at Mr evening from infantile trouble. The of funeral] service will be held from Greenawalt’s undertaking establish- Mr, Phares ment on South Queen street this afternoon, with private interment in Roath with Mr. and Mrs. was the guest at Bachmanville yes- of Baltimore, Florine], near Columbia, Monday at | School on Friday stoppage of the Song, Choir: ceased was seventy-six years old come, John Vogel: Exercise. ; : ; | : and is survived by his widow and |teen children: Recitation M countenance : two daughters, Mrs. Frank B. Moore ler: Exercise, Ruth Keene Columbia, was | € e, Ruth Keene and Anna Horn, both at home. Sev-| Shelly; Recitation. M funeral is held from the late home |tjon, R. Kraybill: this Wednesday aftétnoon at one pastor: : o'clock. Interment will be made at Silver Spring. About six weeks ago |g. Brown V Mr. Horn's son-in-law, Frank B.|er: Moore, fell dead at his home in Flor |g inel. and Hinkle, ex- Mr. and Mrs. John D. Easton of|tensive brick manufacturers of May- Florin, announce the birth of a|town, daughter this morning. This is the| Friday. Mr, teen years. Mother and daughter are | Sheaffer at his home at Sporting Hill, at 8:30 | ppp. on business on Sunday morning, from heart trouble. Rotite 1 § { we are pleased tq say it does not children: Milton and Elmer, both of [the name of Sporting Hill; Joseph, Brooklyn; [the picture of a Mrs, Samuel Peters, Baltimore, and|carved on the back The date Mrs. Eli Shelly, of Lancaster. The|it is 1722, making the violin 192 following brothers and sisters also|years old. The : survive: Jacob, Henry and John, all| following inscription: Nicolaus An- | Shuman, son of Mr, George Shuman, |of Sporting Hill; Mrs. Maria Brandt |atus, Fecit in Cremona Cathedral 16. (7 of Sporting Hill and Mrs. Harriet | Mr. Lines offers both of these Barber of Manheim. The funeral|struments for sale. was held this morning at 9:30 at the Union Church, at Sporting Hill. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery, and Miss Har- here with Mrs. Joy prior to 1877 communicate with | Wintermyer: er an al suddenly from a stroke, in her 35th | Mabel were Tuesday visitors to Lan- year, She resided at Bainbridge until | caster. > . and Mrs. John Smith of the : | visited friends in son and two daughters survive. | town Sunday. | Mrs. Patrick Duffy returned home Sunday from a week’s visit to her mother at Philadelphia. Mrs. John H., Erb Word was received in Marietta on in excellent condition. Apply to J occurred at Hainton, Pa. She was py macion Florin Pa a former resident of Lancaster Co., Miss Rachael snd Waidler Duke and was a daughter of Mr, and Mrs. man of Honevbrook, were week- Jno. Hoffman. Mrs. Erb was in her end visitors to town, thirty-third year and is survived by Mr. Dale her husband and two sons. Garber a student at Lebanon Valley College. is home over the Christmas holidays. Infant Dies Mr. Clayton Lefevre of the Brin- I'he seven-month-old child of Fred. ser Home near Lancaster was a J. and Leora Mattern of the Toll rmpyecgav visitor to town and Mr Fred Niedenthal re- the St. Joseph's hospital on Monday turned ‘home yesterday from a visit several weeks to friends at Phil- adelphia, Kraybill and daughter of Rheems, spent Sunday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, H. S. Kraybill. i Mr. C. A. Griffith, proprietor of John Heilman [the Elizabethtown Poultry Farm, John Heilman, an aged resident of | woo 4 Sunday visitor to Mr. Roy F. the Lancaster cemetery. Landisville, died at his home in| Baker and family. that place Saturday night from a] ppp Thomas E. Brown of Pitts-! complication of diseases. He Was il burg a representative of the his 76th year. His wife and one | york Life Insurance Co. made a daughter, Amelia, survive, as do the | business trip to town Monday. ' following brothers and sisters: Si-| Miss Nora and Mr, Robert las, Ohio; Mrs. Susan Kauffman, |repnce of Honeybrook, Campbellstown; Mrs. Elizabeth Stef: | the Xmas holidays with their sis- fy, Columbia, and George, of Landis-|ter, Mrs. J. H. Dukeman. ville. The funeral] was held voster | day morning with services at ten | program will be rendered by the o'clock in the Lutheran Church, at | pupils at the Union School Thursday Landisville. New Law- | are spending { A very lengthy and interesting | afternoon, All patrons and friends | are cordially invited to attend. John A. Horn The following program will be ren- John A. Horn, died at his home in | dered by the Florin U. B. Sunday evening: :30 A. M. His death was due to| Song, Choir; Responsive Reading: a | bowels. The de-| Prayer, Pastor: and Ruth Keener; Song eral brothers and sisters, who reside | Choir: Exercise. A Booth. J. Keen- in York county, also survive. The er HH Dunk and E. Fike; Recita- Offering: Address, Primary Song, Bells of Christmas, M. Booth. B. Freymever, Hamilton, E. Freymey- Recitation and Exercise, BE eener; Drill; Song, Choir; Exer- cise and Tableau, Joy to the World: Benediction. Emanuel Kauffman —_— R= Emanuel Kauffman died suddenly Two Valuable Violins Harry K. Lines, residing on | , is the owner of two rare | of which are in | survived by his wife and these [first-class condition. The one bears | Stradivarius and has cathedral in Italy on other bears the in- el ee ee F. P. A. Elects Officers General Cameron Council, No. 851, Fraternal Patriotic Americans. elect- SE to AR ed the following officers on Friday Who Knows This Family? evening: Councilor, Roy Pennell: (Will any one having known Jacob | vice Councilor, Clayton Hendrix: as- G. Koerper or family residing at Mt. |sistant recording secretary, Harry | Tony Collotta, must go to the electri® Mt. Joy street, she purchased Burwood | chair. The last hope to save his {several weels ago. P. R. Gre Mrs. J. BE. Udick, 1115 Berkeley Ave. |Zeller: warden, Charles Derr: inside |life ended yesterday, when the board (Son are do'ng the work. ch Pueblo, Colorado. 2t. | sentinel, Alpheus Morton: conductor, nm sens st CRI nn Hildeson of Tonson, was a week-end visitor to town. | made a business trip to town Tues- A grandfather's clock’ ministrators of evening. her birthday last Wednesday and chiefs and other gifts from friends at Lancaster, ton and this place. i result has decreased their pay. They {are cut from $100 to $500 each but p | effe » a ; 5 ™ He was 70 years of age. Deceased |olq violins, both | effect Mount Joy as the office here | applicants for the | ship is ag big as ever, Gainor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gainor of East Donegal town- Put and Duke street, Lancaster. wag ship, will be united in the holy bonds robbed of her purse, containing $11. g of matrimony at the home of the It Was reported to the polce station. bride. m— outside | of pardons, sitting at Harrisburg, re-| sentinel, Harold Gardner; trustee S. [fused to commute Tassone’s sentence Start the New Year right b in the Mt. Joy Bulletin. |F. Bshieman: chaplain O. S. Pennell. i" imprisonment, “The Market House Opening Day Was a Big Success--Forty Sellers and Many Buyers Present at the corner of New Haven and bakers, green grocers, merchants, Cherry streets, held its opening on and a very large number of farmers’ | Saturday and although the weather from the rura] districts, Almost any- Iman was very unkind, the market thing desired in the market line was | was a grand success. The west end in offered for sale. One could get an ! the vicinity of the market sure excellent selection of almost any- presented a lively scene. Teams and thing and at prices that were right. | autoes were seen on every side and The market opened at 12:30 and hundreds of people were seen going within ap hour some of the sellers | | | Mount Joy's fine new market house cluded local business men such as | to and from the market. had already disposed of their go yds. The market opened at twelve Many of them sold everything they o'clock and soon forty stalls were o¢- offered for sale, while very few were cupied The occupants or seller 1 Continned on page -5) LOCAL NOTES A Soiree Musicale sicale was given in Mr. News Items Toid in A Brief Yet In 3 n Thursday evening by the teresting Way * piano pupils of Miss I r, Elenora Gabel, xT We wish all our patrons and Esther Garber, Howard Lindemuth, friends, yes everybody, a very merry Kathryn Longenecker, Evelyn Mum- Christmas. ma, Jean and Walter Thome, Bar- Mr. Harvey Carpenter has pur- bara and John Rollman, In addition chased a fine horse from Mentzer & to the programme of the junior Hollinger of Lancaster, pupils, Clarence Brubaker and Arthur Mr, Jacob M. Schioll, who is suf- Moyer of the senior class played a fering from an attack of pneumonia mandolin and piano duet, and two i since last Thursday, is improving. compositions by Rubenstein were Mr. E. B. Hostetter, of this place. played as follows: Melody in F. by donated a barrel of dried sweet corn Emily Newcomer, an Kamennoi Os- to the committee at Lancaster, for tiow, hy Caroline Nissly. A special poor of that city. feature of the programme was a H. G. Wolgemuth of Mt. Joy town- chara itled, “There's No ship and Miss Stella H. Hilsher of One Home But Me,” sung and acted/ West Donegal, were granted a license in costume by Isther Garber. Afte fer song en jto wed on Saturday. the programme was over there wese The Junior and Intermediate So- marches and games in which cieties of the Bethel Church will pupils and guests participated. sing for the aged and shut-ins of —r tts Sees town Christmas eve. Trolley Line Schedule Mrs. Sarah A. Schroll has been in- On account of the large amount of disposed the past week. She is pusiness expected on Thursday night nearly ninety years old and at this the Conestoga Traction company will writing has improved John S. Myers and Elam S. Myers, observe ifs regular Saturday night schedule on all lines that night. The of East Donegal township are the ad- Supdav schedule will be observed on Christian H. M. Chris ay, and express cars will Myers, late of East Donegal, not be operated. The Ladies’ Aid and Missionary —ee etl ) Societies of the Evangelical Church Bought a Property : met at the home of Mrs. 8. F. Bsh- Np wie 5 Er formerly Donegal street, Thursday Joy Nurseries view Nurseries and later of the Mrs. J H Gingrich celebrated el hag purchased a property with six acreg of land near received a large number of handker- Neffsville. He will move there in the Spring and will again embark in the y business. near Lancast Elizabethtown Steel- a seein ion es December Pattersonian The December issue of the Patter The Democratic administration iS gonian is out and is a very inters A Decrease in Salaries (of the opinion that post-masters are esting number. It is published by eceiving too much money and as a the Mt. Joy High School and de- serves your patronage. a —— Still a Few Left rays less than $2,000, and the list of ALY person wanting an “eleventh local postmaster hour” lot of calendars can get them at this office. We still have a few with special emphasis on that word few. If in need come at once. ———- Will Wed Tomorrow rmemsmentti— Tomorrow, Thursday, Mr. Harvey 2 Robbed of Her Purse ie esiding at the fork on the Marietta Mrs. Mary Koch of this plice, Sat- & Mt. Joy turnpike and Miss Etta urday morning at 11:30 o'clock, while walkine from Miesse’s store to Chest- ———— —— Repairing Her Property Rocco Will Try Chair First Mrs. Addie Knight of Phi'dadel- Rocco Tassone, the murdered of phia, is repairing her property em os amr scribe for the Bulletin. ' ¥
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