. _ THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN ve ONE DOLLAR A YEAR OUR - MORTUARY Bi moran sone RECORDINGS PERSONAL MENTION ABOUT THE | tr pest | MANY WELL KNOWN PEOPLE HAVE PASSED TO THE GREAT BEYOND Mount Joy, Penna., Wednesday, September 5th, 1917 OUR WEEKLY CARD BASKET Ir t Harr VOLUME XV11. NO. 14 LOAN ORDINANCE |, eomeress | GIVEN THE 0. K. Joined Heart and Hand PROMINENT FARMER FELL OFF AN MEN IN DISTRICT | NO. 1 ARE READY fish irs uci ALL THE LATEST NEWS APPLE TREE FROM BUSY FLORIN Joanie 1 A Yh « - aon » ‘ ‘ Jenjamin F. Shank, aged n had a $60,000 fire Sat- Ingram—Summy Miss Mary Summy and Dr. T. E. | Ingram both of Marietta, were mar ried in that boro Wednesday even- | ing. {| MANY COMERS AND GOERS IN THIS LOCALITY | David Landis, a short distance south- | east of Elizabethtown, was seriougly MADE | injured yesterday in falling from tn { apple tree. He fell from a limb | about twenty feet from the ground, | and landed in such a manner that the | bag of apples which he was picking ! ent Sunday | SUPERVISOR HENRY SMELTZER | RESIGNED—NEW AND NEED- ED CROSSING ORDERED LAID ON MARIETTA SEVENTY-FQUR HAVE NO EXEMPTION CLAIMS— CERTIFICATION WAS MADE TO THE DIS- ~.. ce | Stittler—Landis | A pretty wedding was solemnized | 1 | 1 | TRICT APPEAL BOARD Local Board D tified to the Di its list of m physical law and © [D.C ption. with th five appeal f( mer Ar n who of the Musselman, R. 8., Bair, Bainbridge. , Marietta. . Henne, R. 1, Lane 3. Witmer, R. 2,:Manheim. E. R. Lutman, Manheim. Harry Haines, Mount Joy. N. H. Crum, Elizabethtown. _E. C. Witmer, Mount Joy. -H. B. Ehrhart, R. 1, E’town. 383—P. E. Sentz, R. 2, Mount Joy. 588—C. P. Gruber, E’town. 5—Walter Snyder, Elizabethtown 3—W. L. Ecenrode, R. 2, Lititz. 0. McFarland, R. 1, Columbia 1715—A. B. Brandt, R. 3, Mt. Joy. 9 F. M. Workman, E. Petersb’g 1857—Edward Gromling, Mountville 656—E. I. Myers, Elizabethtown. 1175—C. G. Spangler. R. 2, Mt. Joy. Claim Religious Exemption The following certified, but will claim discharge on account of relig- ious belief. ; 1679—R. L. Martin, Mount Joy. 433—E. W. Hoover, Rheems. 1779—N. L. Greiner, R. 3, E’town. 677—R. J. Ream, Elizabetittown. 2005—C. Db. Fahnestock, R. 6, Man- 26- heim. 93—M. R. Kraybill, Bainbridge. 556—Alfred Ekroth, Elizabethtown 1957—J. R. Keller, R. 2, Lititz. 944—B. S. Ebersole, R. 8, Lane. 642—C. M. Longenecker, E’town. These men, under the ruling of the War Department, will not be ex- empted on these grounds, but will be used in some capacity as non- combatants. A Sure Sign of Peace Pottsville, Pa., Sept. 3—An inva- gion of white sparrows .in this section is the precursor of world peace in the near future, county officials be- lieve. Not since the ending of the Civil War, in 1865, have these birds been seen here, but now they are ap- pearing in considerable numbers. c— CR —— Trackmen and Laborers Quit Every trackman and laborer on the P. B. & W. branch of the Penn- sylvania Railroad, between Columbia and Perryville, went out on a strike Saturday. They were being paid 20 cents an hour and want 25 cents. The Pennsy offered them 22 cents. res A Mer FAIR DATES ANNOUNCED September 11 to 14—Reading, Mt. N Holly sug 18 to 21—Allentown lisle. me mber 24 to 28—Lanecaster, ie ber 2 . Milton x. October 9 to 12—Hagerstown, Md. Dan Derr Get Busy Jacob F. Brubaker, of Rohrers- town, claims the threshing record of the county. On the farm of John G. Moore, at Oreville, he threshed 142 bushels in one hour and in ten hours ‘hreshed 1,231 bushels of wheat. 2 Both Favor It : Preliminary to a conference with Governor Brumbaugh, on freeing at least three of this county’s toll roads, representatives of some of the lo- pe newspapers interviewed County Commissioners Diller and Magee Sat- urday. Both favored the movement. SR Farm States Lead According to statistics the farm states of the United States lead in automobile ownership. Iowa heads the list with one car for every eleven inhabitants. FOR A QUICK SALE--7 Acre Truck Farm in East Donegal, 2 miles from Mount Joy, 8-room house, big porch, slate roofs, good barn, y for anyone. Only $2,500 for a quick sale. Call, phone or write, J. E. Schroll, Mount Joy fruit. ) ~ \ pp« Board | have passed the [a pr 5 draft | i aim for remain d for | nt the Lanc. aster. | | fell upon his head. He wa 1 ered by his wife, who summon W. B. Thome. Mr. Shank’s : { right arm completely paralyze 5 a result } ccident. He ind little | nec arious condition entertained for his recovery. 1 x to } » } N three 1 y the oon than in history. Yn any T in for this period toll age in eve the longe St. CP ree Identify Suicide The body of the man | eral weeks ago near hanging from a tree has been identi- | fied by means of a watch, { George Gruber, fat eer Peter Gruber, of working among the-farmers of Leb- anon county. A widow and several children are living in Elizabethtown. : Ll Med A Good Price. Over at Newtown, a section thru- out which the tobacco was badly cut many of the growers have already sold their crops at fifteen cents thru. This is a better price for a damaged crop than many of them ever received ever raised. BR Bull Charges Auto As Sergeant Gandy, of Lancaster, was going down Duke street in his red-wheeled auto, he encountered a bull that took exception to the bright color and charged the auto. The bovine found it hard bumping, only scratching the paint. Wheat Price Fixed At Washington on Thursday there was quite a time at fixing the price of 1917 wheat. The raisers wanted $2.50 and the labor representatives $1.84. President Wilson compromised and made it $2.20. Doesn’t Help Us President Wilson fixed the price of news print paper at 23 cents but it only effects that used on the Government’s Daily Bulletin. We must pay nearly three times that price. rr A A Moved to Pottstown Mr. Ralph J. Cramer moved his family to Pottstown on Friday, where he will reside in the future having accepted a position with The Wilburham-Greene Blower Works. rte REI Sold a Farm 0. H. Shenk, of Ridgeway, has sold for Amanda Swarr, of ndis- ville, a twenty-two acre farm to Ezra K. Fry, of Landisville, for the con- sideration of $8,000. We'd Hate to Pay That Owing to the ban on the import of cars into France, second-hand Ford cars are selling for $1,600, according to a recent cable dispatch. Auxiliary Meeting The regular meeting of the Hos- ital Auxiliary will be held at the we of Mrs. A. B. Cling on Thurs- day afternoon, September 13th. rr AR Mr Hanged Himself Benjamin F. Charles of Lancaster, aged 62 years, hanged himself to a rafter on the attic at his home on Thursday. October 1st is the Date That’s the date set for the second Liberty Loan drive to begin on a $3,000,000,000 campaign. tie A Qn Play Florin Saturday The Newtown A. C. will play the strong Florin team at the latter place on Saturday afternoon. An ideal place fe x for the best and cleanest crop they | as that of | ! her of Auction- {lights Elizabethtown. | For a number of years he has been | | by numerous hail storms this summer | | ST. AT TROLLEY WAITING ROOM for only | found sev- | Elizabethtown | I'€ xt regular me Light Com Riel ker reported but were repl Supervisor Resigns Mr. D. F. Gable of the Str mittee, reported that Henry Smeltzer had Monday. As there were cants for mittee ac aced. ipervisor resigned no appli- the the general ipervision of the Street department left in the hands of the Street \ittee for the ensuing month. Board of Health Secretary M. M. Leib, of Board of Health, reported no com municable diseases and that the work of a public survey of the gen- eral conditions is now in progress. Treasurer’s Report The report of the Union National Bank, treasurer, showed balances in these accounts as follows: Borough, $3,797.91; Water, $1,620.47; In- terest, $674.00. Ordinance Passed The rules were then suspended by a unanimous vote of Council, in order to take final action on the passage of the ordinance increasing the boro’s .indebtedness $20,000.00, said amount being required for filtration purposes. The ordinance was then passed and upon motion was ordered advertised in the Mount Joy Bulletin and the other local pa- per and that the former print forty copies thereof in poster form. There was some discussion relative to autoists exceeding the speed limit thruout the boro and the Presi- dent asked Mr. Stauffer to bring the matter to the attention of the Lan- caster County Automobile Club. The bills were then paid and council adjourned. position, the Keller & Bros.” Next Sale. On Friday, Sept. 14, Messrs. J. B. Keller & Bro. will hold their next public sale at their stock yards in this place when they will sell 97 head of cows, heifers, bulls and cattle for beeves. This will be another good lot of stock and farmers should not overlook this sale. Next Tuesday morning they will have a carload of Erie county cows at private sale. stn GE Gr sme Died a Natural Death After being sentenced to death five times, and living for months in the shadow of the gallows, to be finally freed, Samuel Greason, im- plicated in the murder of the hus- band of Mrs. Kate Edwards, at Read- ing, died from overexertion from pitching horse-shoes at Carlisle last week. ——— A QQ See Page Eight. We wish to call your particular at- tention to the advertisement of Mr. H. S. Newcomer on page 8 of this is- sue. There will be a big demonstra- tion at his store beginning next Mon- day that you should not fail to wit- ness. Complete details in his spa- cious advertisement. A Slight Mishap Mr. Howard Barnhart of East Donegal, met with a slight iskan oh the Columbia and Lancaster pike Sat- urday night when his Chevrolet tour- ing car struck a telephone pole. No one was injured but the machine needed some repairs. on | 1 ole on Friday when Miss E beth L dis, daughter of Mr. and I Jo La dis, wa u reet com- | A Kitchen Shower and Mrs. John Clark hel h ar, at their he honor of Mr. Those prese kitch Maz { Lov i Misses { walt, Mary | Edith Sprout, | Clark, Mrs. E Edna Smith, Jones, Nagle, Anna dward Lillian Messrs. -1 George Belzar, Clayton Sprout, Paul Ar- | | Tressler, Clarence and Robert | nold, Paul Brenner and Claude Len- hart. A very enjoyable evening was spent playihg games after which re- freshments were served. HAD HIS HAND CAUGHT IN A THRESHING MACHINE Irvin Hoffman, a son of Samuel Hoffman, met with an accident while threshing on the farm of Amos Stauffer west of Florin yesterday. While in the act of filling an oil cup his hand caught in the machinery of the separator and three fingers were badly crushed. One finger was amputated. Dr. W. M. Thome of this place, attended him. Flittings Mr. Amos Meshey moved from Bridgeport on Monday, to the John Wharvell property on West Done- gal street. ; Mr. Gordon moved his family from the Seitz farm east of town, to the P. R. R. property on West Done- gal street, Monday. A Very Good Crop Mr. Martin B. Hiestand of this lace, reports that he has one of the Po crops of potatoes on his farm this year that he has had in a long time. One and a-fourth acres yielded 200 bushels. Some of the tubers weigh 1% lbs. A sample may be seen in our window. BIRTHS : Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Geib of this place, announce the birth of a daugh- ter on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Buller of Florin, announce the birth of a daughter on Monday. A Generous Offer The thief who got H. S. Hoover's chickens at Elizabethtown and lost a scarf pin in the pen can have the pin by calling for it or sending his ad- dress. Auto Club Meeting The Lancaster County Automo- bile Club will hold its Tesutar month- ly meeting in Mount Joy Hall on Friday evening, Sept. 21. Colored Camp The colored camp meeting, which is held in the Heisey rove at Rheems opened Sunday, to continue two weeks. mas AR em — Taken to the Hospital. Mr. Albert Hershey was removed to the General Hospital at Lancaster on Monday for treatment. 1. t Mary and Elizabeth Greena- | ne t Myers, | and [ r. Hagenl f Miss Esther Weber | for Avoca, where she v the family of Dr. Wm. Helms Mr. Walter Brandt and family Pittsburgh, are spending here with relatives and friends. Miss Helen Templar of Philadel- phia spent several days here with Mr. S. F. Eshleman and family. Messrs. Fred Sweigert, Calvin Kramer, Russel Sweigert and Edwin Walters spent Monday at Marietta. Miss Elizabeth Fenstermacher left for a two weeks’ vacation to New- ark, New York and up the Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Patton and son James of East Downington, are spending the week here with friends. Mrs. Anna Buller and Miss Anna Biery visited near Salunga, on Mon- day with Mr. John Hayes and fam- ily. Mr. Fred Sweigert of Philadelphia, spent several days here with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Swei- 1 ie some ert. Miss Wilma Eaton has returned home after spending a week’s vaca- fiom at Philapdelphia and Atlantic ity. Miss Pearl Getz of Ephrata, ar- rived here yesterday to spend a month with her brother, Mr. P. E. Getz. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Torin and son Jack left Monday for Chatham, N. J., where they will make their home. Miss Ethyl Shaeffer left Tuesday morning for York and Baltimore where she will spend a month with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Earnshaw of East Downingtown, spent a few days here with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Brown. Messrs. Albert, James, Otto Frank and John McGinnis of Philadelphia, spent several days here with C. S. Frank and family. Mrs. Mary MacNicholl and Miss Margie MacNicholl of Merchantville, N. J., spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stoll. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rowe and children of Millersburg, spent Mon- day with Mrs. Rowe’s brother, Mr. Reuben Fellenbaum. Miss Elizabeth Heisey of Philadel- phia, returned home after a month’s vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Heisey. Mrs. Sallie Hershey, Mrs. C. S. Gingrich and Miss Fanny Shank visit- ed their sister, Mrs. J. H. Daveler at Elizabethtown on Saturday. Mrs. Wallie Graham and daughter, Sarah of Carlisle returned home Monday after spending some time here with the former's mother. Miss Elsie Brown, of York, and Elmer Brown, of Geneva, N. Y., are spending a few days with their par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Derr and daughter Beatrice. Mr. and Mrs. John The local base ball club journey to Strasburg on Saturday, | where they will cross bats with the | club of that town. Mrs. Harry Eichler and Miss Floi- | ence Rutherford spent Sunday at Philadelphia, the guests of Mr. John Liggins and family. Mr. Albert Walters and force of carpenters started work on the new barn to be erected on the J. S. Carmany farm on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dukeman of Honeybrook, Mr. and Mrs. James Booth of Christiana, were Friday visitors to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Duke- man. I — Bought a Fine Roadster Mr. John Baer has purchased a fine Royal Mail Chevrolet roadster. Daniel Derr and son Walter, have re- turned from a trip to Harrisburg. Mabel and Mildred Geistweit and the form.u’s daughter, Bernice spent several days at Malvern, visiting their aunt, Mrs. Andrew Bachman. Mrs. Jno. Zahm on New Haven street, is visiting in the home of her son, Park at Lancaster, having gone there expressly to see her grand- child. Mrs. Percy C. Hoard and son Frank of the Windy City, returned home last Wednésday after spending some time here with her mother, Mrs. Sarah Brady. Mr. and Mrs. J. MacNichols and children of Merchantville, N. J., left Monday for home after spending some time with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stoll. Dr. and Mrs. William Helman and daughter Margaret, Mrs. O'Hara and Miss Agnes McLaughin of Avoca, spent some time here with Mr. Joseph Weber and family. Mr. and Mrs. Carl McNalley, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gingrich, Miss Helen Bowers and Mr. George Heiserman of Reading, spent the week-end visit- ing relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hollinger, Daniel Schroll and family, Jacob M Schroll and Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Groff, Benj. Groff and Harvey Sheaffer spent Sunday at Gettys- burg. Mrs. Sabina Arntz of this place, and her son, Mr. Norman Arntz of Maytown, left Sunday for Elizabeth- villee Mr. Arntz returned home Monday, while his mother will re- main with friends for several days. Mrs. John Kochenderfer, Mrs. E. B. Light, Misses Ernestine and Fred- erica Mellinger, of Lebanon, and Mrs. E. S. Gerberich, Miss Eva Sei- del, John Millard, Frank Arnold and Paul Bricher, of Philadelphia, were will | § | cows. jt of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hen- drix. former Governor Gens died in London last anada 1ada, Jacob F. Harnish I. Harnish, died at his home Petersburg Tuesday aged 90 a life long resident of very widely Cover , wife of Geor, E in Wash- » is survived John, and Charles @G. oro, is a ‘sure . Snyder r died at her county, from the ides her hus on Dr. A. I, The funeral Evan- /eissport, made. zerne teen he left the unt Joy where > On his ar- the machine muth, learn- ing for this In 1880 he start- Root Plow Works, ved for five years. ed in business for :d until his health His wife, one son ghter Mrs. Lulu. lace, survive. De- of Michael, of Jacob Denlinger of Groff of Mount- 1a Lintner of Lancase uneral will be held from ‘riday afternoon at ill be made in the nue C. S. Frank's Sale _ Messrs. C. S. Frank & Bro. will hold their next sale of a lot of Pot- ter and Tioga County fresh cows, bulls, heifers and cattle for beeves the stock yards at Hotel MecGin- in this place, on Friday, Sept. ‘This will be a fine lot of stock ° farmers should not miss this Also the best lot of New York e Holstein cows I ever shipped. Among them are a few registered 2t —— Smashed a Wheel While Messrs. Henry Meckley and Harvey Sheaffer were on their way to Middletown Thursday evening in the former's Buick roadster, they met with