VOLUME XVIII NO. 16
The Mount Joy
Mount Joy, Penna., Wednesday, September 18th, 1918
Bulletin
The Mt. Joy Star & News Was Consolidated With This Paper
If You Have a Property of Any Kind You Want to Sell This Fall Now Is the Time to Have It Listed--J. E. Schroll
| TmiEvES ROB A HOME V
| FOR THE SECOND TIME
| Thieves entered the home of Amos
{ Wolgemuth on Friday night about 11
HO CONE ENC {o'clock and took drybeef, eggs, ete.
T——— { They entered the basement of the
IT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE | house by prying the lock open with
ithe aid of a wrench which they se-
LUTHERAN CHURCH, ON { cured at the tenant house, having
WEST MAIN STREET ON { stopped there before entering the
SEPTEMBER 23 ANP | Wolgemuth home. They traveled by
24 | automobile and making considerable
ie f the L noise in their Sepaziire, attracted
Lutheran churchmen of the Lan-|the attention of neighbors.
caster Conference of the Ministerium It is also believed that they stopped
of Pennsylvania and Adjacent States at the home of Isaac Givelor, who re-
will hold their fall meeting on Sep-|sides nearby, before they had gone
tember 23 and 24, at Trinity Luther-| to the other two places mentioned
an church here of which Rev. G. A.|above as was shown by traces left
Kercher is pastor. behind. .
The opening meeting will be a ser-| This is not the first time thieves
vice confession and absolution. The |have prowled about in that section, as
complete program for the conference [just about three months ago the Wol-
will be as follows: | zemuth house was entered. Suspicion
Complete Program has been aroused and the people in
Monday evening, 7:30 o’clock— |that vicinity should all be on the look-
The service of confession and absolu- | out for the guilty ones.
o eee tl Ce
tion; conference sermon, by the pres- |
ident; the Holy Communion; the NOT GUILTY, BUT HAD
president’s report; chaplain for the | TO PAY ALL THE COSTS
convention, the Rev. George H. U. bbdiodeie
Shisry ‘ 3 olive Harry Simpson and Theogers
Uescay morning, “l0CK— | Roosevelt Jackson, two colorec
Opening a Dasions youths of this place, were Placed on
and delegates; reports “eS; [trial at court Friday, charged by Al-
treasurer and statistician Tepotis of [bart Emerson with felonious assault
standing committees; Conference Mis- and battery.
sions, Synodical Appointment, Bible!" gp, 0\on testified that the two de-
School Work, Beneficiary Education, |g, jants, accompanied by two other
Committee for Good Shepherd Home, |. 15 eq nren, Hugh Ford and Harry
Inner Missions; election of officers; [yo assaulted * him while he was
“What Does the Bible Teach Con-| oping in a shed at Rheems on the
cerning Prayers for the Dead? the | orning of July 21. He claimed that
Rev. F. P. Mayser, D.D.; diseussion fone of them hit him on the head with
by conference, miscellaneous busi-|," hoc of pipe and then attempted
jie BORONBCeONS: jourament to rob him They ran off without
uesday afternoon, 2 o’clock—De-| (of on vihing
i : “ergy Te getting any g
votional Service; , The Settled Pastor. The defendants both denied that
Bre, (a) “The Pastor’s ¥ ew hoint they attacked the prosecutor.
the Rev. E. L. Wessinger; (b) el A verdict of not guilty, with costs
Laymen’s Viewpoint,” Mr. L. G.
Harpel; discussion by conference; ad-
dresses by representatives of boards
and institutions; reports of special
committees; matters referred to con-
ference by synod; new business; un-
finished business, adjournment.
Tuesday evening, 7:45 o’clock—
Vespers; address, “The United Luth-
eran Church,” the Rev. Prof. C.
Theo. Benze, D.D.; remarks by the
presdient; closing service; adjourn-
imposed upon the defendants, was
rendered by the jury.
BIG CONFERENCE
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE MEET-
ment. ING WILL BE HELD IN THE
Convention Committees CHURCH OF GOD SEP-
The following committees have TEMBER 25 AND. 26
been appointed to serve at.the con-
vention; President’s report, Rev.
FE. Haupt, DD, Rev. D. M,
Rev. J. H. Miller, laymen frop
Trinity, Mt. Joy, and St. Paul’s Mil
lersville; auditing, Rev. W. R. Knerr
Rev. J. W. Huntsinger, Layman
E. Winters; on excuses, Rev. C.
Dierolf, Rev Theodore K. Finck, lay
man from Zion church, Marietta.
The officers of the conference are
President, Rev. H. K. Lanrtz, Shire
mantown; secretary, Rev. Frank Cro
man, Elizabethtown; treasurer, Rev
J. H. Strenge, Lebanon; statistician,
Rev. A. E. Youse, Myerstown.
The conference roll is as follows:
0. R. Bittner, Grantville; Prof. J. D.
M. Brown, Allentown; Frank Cro-
man, Elizabethtown; George R. Desh-
er, Jonestown, C. O. Dierolf, Lea-
cock; H. N. Fegley, D.D., Mechanics-
burg; Theodore K. Finck, D. K.
Fogleman, Denver; S. S. Garnes, Hor
- shey; C. E. Haupt, D.D., Lancaster:
W. J. Huntsinger, Marietta; G. A.
Kercher, Mount Joy; W. R. Knerr,
Strasburg; H. A. Kunkle, Rohrers-
town; H. K. Lantz, Shiremanstown:
A. W. Leibensperger, Lebanon; F.
P. Mayser, D.D., Lancaster; A. M,
Mehrkam, A.M., Ph.D., J. H. Miller]
Harrisburg; S. M. Mountz, New Hol-
land; Owen Reber, Fredericksburg;
4 J. Reichert, Lancaster: J. .
umple, Lancaster; T. E. Schmauk,
D.D., Lebanon; Reinhold
Schmidt, Harrisburg; P. H. C.
Schmieder, Lancaster; Geo. H. U.
Shiery, Lebanon; P. George Sieger,
Lancaster; J. W. Smith, Ephrata; J.
F. Stolte, Lancaster; J. H. Strenge,
Lebanon; F. H. Urich, Myerstown, F.
A. Weicksel, Lititz; B. G. Weider,
Reamstown; E. L. Wessinger,, Lan-
caster; J. E. Whitteker, D.D Lan-
caster, A. E. Youse, Myerstown.
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~ M. N.
New Private Road
Brubaker, Surveyor, assisted
by Henry G. Carpenter, laid out a
new private road for the Bachman
Chocolate Manufacturing ( ompany
from their factory to the Donegal
State Road. Application nas been
made for a public road which was re-
fused and the Company then bought
the land and laid out the road at its
own expense.
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sD.
Can’t Sell Their Wheat ~ |
Lancaster county farmers With |
wheat on their hands cannot sell it.
The railroads have placed an em-
bargo on handling this kind of grain
and all the warehouses in the coun-
ty are full. To end this unusual
condition the warehousemen have
agreed not to buy any more wheat
until the rail embargo is lifted.
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Ream’s Next Sale
Mr. Ed. Ream will hold his next
sale at his stables here on Saturday,
Sept. 21, when he will sell a carload
of Virginia colts. They range from
THIS COUNTY HAS
LANCASTER CITY—MOUNT
JOY BORO HAS 660
ers and they show that
in the county outside
grand total of 47,493.
Columbia is the largest
with 3,121 voters enrolled.
third, with 953.
follow:
Columbia Borough
HERE NEXT WEEK
meeting.
ranged to be
Music, institute; devotional exercises,
Mr. Geib; address of welcome, Mr.
Teacher in War Times,”
+ hold
stock at the yards at Hotel McGinnis,
in this place, on
when they will sell a lot of high grade
Tioga
These are mostly Holstein consisting
of fresh,
COWS.
heifers. A lot of stock bulls.
and cattle for beeves. A lot of good
RAPHO TEACHERS MET
AT SPORTING HILL
teachers of
The
President, John Trayer;
John Miller; organist,
The following
rendered
program was
Trayer; discussion, “Duties of a
baker; music, institute; discussion,
“Nature Work,” Miss Alice Strickler;
recitation, Miss Mary Brubaker;
music, institute.
State Highway Route Changed
The State Highway
The change
There are only two small pikes
along this course yet to be freed, the
Jolumbia and Marietta with a capital
f $7,000 and the Maytown and Mari-
etta with a capital of $6,250.
ee ED MII cri,
Frank & Bro’s. Next Sale
Messrs. C. S. Frank & Bro. will
their next public sale of live
Friday,
Sept. 20,
County cows, heifers, etc.
backward
Holstein
Steers
and
good
springers
Some very
1 to 5 year olds and weigh from 800 shoats.
to 1,400 Ibs. Among them are some Accident at Billmeyer A Qe
well mated gray and black teams. Mr.| John Kromock was seriously in- 3
Ream says this is the best load he |jured Friday when a stone fell from Had Quite a Fall
ever shipped from the well known |a car and hit him on the head, in- Maude Kipple, the four year old
flecting a large gash. He was taken
| to the Columbia hospital, where he
| received treatment. He was an em-
ploye of J. E. Baker Company.
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blue grass region. 2t
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Suit in Ejectment
In Common Pleas Court Robert T.
Taggert has filed a suit in amicable
ejectment against Charles Gensemer ~~ ~Finger Badly Injured
10 gain possession of a property in| Mr John M. Rhoads, who resides
Marietta. The defendant has con- near the former . Schwanger smith-
fessed judgment for $31.00. | shop, in Rapho township, was assist-
TTY ———— |ing to repair a tobacco shed when a
Middletown to be Dry | large door fell over and caught his
First steps were taken Monday to|hand, badly lacerating a finger.
make Middletown “dry” in accord-|
ance i orders issued Saturday a
Seranton y Federal authorities. Mr. P. S. Pyle of Pittsburgh, so
Thers ate garrisons located at SUpPIY | well known here, participated in the
depots m the town. | Westy Hogan shoot at Atlantic City
| last week and finished well up among
Settled Out of Court | the leaders.
The sry of ur san H. Goch-|
nauer vs. Mary Gochnauer, for a di-|
virce, which was to be tried this! A Carload of Potatoes
week was settled out of court. bMr. BE J. Leibensperger of Lan-
———————— | disville, received a carload of Lehigh
iand Berks county potatoes here on
Garner Is Guilty | Monday which he sold from the car.
Samuel Garner, who escaped from | nd
the county prison, was found quilty|
of first degree murder of Elizabeth |
Lausch in court last Thursday.
— Eee.
“Pottsy’” Was There
About the Sick
Mrs. George Mumper, living a
[short distance west of Florin, who
R has been ill the past two weeks, is
Have Girl Barbers F improving at this writing.
A barber shop to be conducted By
ladies, will be opened at Hershey.
Bet the men will lay aside
“safeties” and get shaved there.
y 25,000 coal miners over around
their | Pottsville, went out on a strike Mon-
day.
daughter of Mr.
Kipple who
street, fell down a flight of stairs at
her home on Saturday evening. The
tended by Dr.
shortly after
she was removed to the St. Joseph
Hospital at Lancaster.
Mrs. Charles
Mount Joy
and
reside on
results were a broken bone in the
thigh of her left leg. She was at-
W. M. Thome and
the accident occurred,
To Question Man’s Sanity
Counsel for Samuel Young, a Bill-
myer negro who was convicted dur-
ing the week of carrying concealed
deadly weapons, made application for
a commission to
man’s sanity.
county jail.
examine into the
Young. is now in the
a...
Local Nurse in U. S. Service
Miss Sara Habecker, a trained
nurse and daughter of Mrs. Mary
Habecker residing on Delta street,
in this place, left Saturday for Camp
Merritt, N. J.,
her new duties.
where she will take up
a —
LOCAL NOTES
Mrs. Samuel Fasnacht is improvng
+ | slowly.
Trolley fares jumped to seven
cents at Reading.
Mr. J. Harry Miller yesterday ‘pur-
chased a Saxon six touring car.
47,495 VOTERS
OF THAT NUMBER 14,393 RESIDE
The Registry Assessors of Lancas
ter city and county have their books
on file with the County Commission-
there are |
3 Mumper.
| The authorities are now making an
both
Dr. A. F. Snyder of this place,
14,393 voters in the city and 33,10:
the city, a |
borough, |
Lititz is |
second with. 985, and Elizabethtown, |
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The figures of the nearby districts | 2) MORE TO
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Rapho township |
met at Sporting Hill, to organize
The following officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing year:
vice presi-
dent, John Brubaker; secretary, Miss
Elizabeth L. Workman; assistant sec-
retary, Miss Lillian Becker; chorister,
Miss Gladys
Lewis; treasurer, C. Raymond Geib;
critic, Miss Gertrude Seldomridge.
ar- ;
October 5:
a
Mark Bru-
known as
Route No. 280, from Lebanon to Lan-
caster passed through Elizabethtown,
Bainbridge, Maytown, Marietta and
Columbia has been changed and it is
now planned to run the same over
Chickies Hill over the Columbia and
Marietta turnpike road.
was desired and the new road is said
to be better in every way.
A TYPHOID EPIDEMIC i
in cases of this kind become
to wrestle with at present.
typhoid fever, Mr. Garber’s
| Howhrd, being the victim.
been quarantined, the
person there
has also
fortunate
[effort to locate the origin of
cases,
is attending the patients.
FIGHT THE HUNS| “i:
iA LIST OF THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR
| ARMY WORK FROM BOTH
WARDS IN MOUNT JOY
BOROUGH
Following is a complete list of all ; \ u
; $ sses Florence Sillers ¢ M: >
the registrants in Mount Joy Borough | , Misses I lore nce Sille Su ind Taude
Fr um . Thurcdayv Thana | ESPenshade spent Saturday at Lan- |
who registered last Thursday. There easton
| are 9 1 y Fas Tovd 3 as .
[ape We in he Ea : Wesd and Joe 1 Mr. Reuben Shellenberger spent
| 295: ef ad, malkihp & wag o Saturday at Lancaster, with Mr. Wal- |
mich ter Welsh.
Nath: B East Ward or, Willic Messrs. James and Otta Frank of |
HE 37 Df er, PRAM | philadelphia, visited their mother |
Christian Shoemaker
Fisher Hawthorne,
der,
Benjamin
Winfield
comer, Missimer
Marshall Webb, John Henry
Harry Laskewitz, Amos
Wertz, Clayton Baker
Clarence Reist, George
Walter Haines Derr,
Stauffer, George Geib
Christ
Paul Holmes
Schroll,
renkamp,
John Edward John
Hornafius, Frederick Hollinger Baker,
Henry Thomas
Diffen-
derfer, Winfield Scott Fenstermacher,
John Willis Freed, George Brown, II;
Shickley,
Rufus Ressler,
John Harry Miller,
Smeltzer, William Thaddeus
William Garfield Arthur
Jesse Harvey Watson,
(Continued on page 2)
| THE DOINGS
~~ AROUND FLORIN
{ALL THE UP-TO-DATE HAPPEN.
First Ward. .... ......... 362
Second Ward.......... ... 31D
Third Ward. ........&. .., 269
Foufth Ward............. 155
Fifth Ward. .............} 399
Sixth Ward... ............ 401
Seventh Ward... ......... 360
Bighths Ward... ........... 233
Ninth Ward. ......... ... 327
CONOY voc v iv iivninnis os 474
Donegal, East—Lincoln S. H... 240
Maytown ................ 289
Springville. .............. 200
Donegal, West. ,............ 143
Elizabethtown Borough....... 95
| Hempfield, East—Landisville.. 37
Petersburg .......0. W000... 32
Rohrerstown ............. 30
Hempfield, West—Mountville.. 116
Northwestern: ............ 118
Norwood... i. iia 218
Silver Spring... i... 0.0. 257
Lititz Borough—
First Ward. ............... 603
Second Ward............. 382
Manheim Borough—
Pinst Ward... ............ 302
Second Ward. ............ 377
Third Ward, ............. 130
Manor—Manor New......... 268
Indiantown Aetna ris vn OLS
Millersville ......w5. ..... 720
Marietta Borough—
First Ward... 00... 050 177
Second Ward... .......... 215
Thind Ward... .......... 21¢(
Mt. Joy Borough—East Ward 32¢
West Ward... «0... ... 23
Mount Joy Township—
Upper: ........... ii... 195
lower ...%. ...0 0... 159
Milton Grove... .......... 179
fountville Borough.......... 244
Penn—Junetion ............ 100
South: ................... 172
Pnionville. .................. 295
Rapho—Newtown .......... 124
oporting. Hill............, 175
Strickler’s S, H........... 205
Union: Square... ........5... 325
INGS FROM THAT THRIVING
AND BUSY VILLAGE
Miss Mary Dyer visited relatives at
Elizabethtown Sunday.
Mr. Millis McKinley called on
friends at Elizabethtown on Sunday.
Mr. Frank Landvater of Millers-
town, spent Sunday at his parental
home.
Mr. Martin Liggins spent several
days at Philadelphia, the guest of his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Good of near
Maytown, visited Florin friends on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Elmer Schlegelmilch is spend-
ing some time at Lewistown, visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Walters and
son Earl] spent Saturday at the Coun-
ty Seat.
Misses Elizabeth Stacks and Ada
Rutt were Saturday visitors to the
County Seat. /
Mr. O. M. Shertzer of the County
Seat, made a business trip to the vil-
lage Monday.
Mr. P. D. Malhorn of the Capitol
City was a welcome visitor to our
town on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sanders of
Harrisburg, were Sunday visitors to
Florin friends.
Mr. Wm. Haldeman and wife of
Old Line spent Sunday with Mr. Paul
Koser and family.
Mrs. Anna Mitchell of Harrisburg,
was a Thursday visitor to her sister,
Mrs, John Dyer.
Miss Lillian Doner and Mr. Gilbert
King of Middletown, spent Saturday
with Mary Dyer.
Mr. James Shatz
visited his Y*mother,
Shatz on Thursday.
Mr. Chester Franklin of Philadel-
phia, was a Sunday visitor to Mr.
Thomas McKinley and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Flowers and
of Coatesville,
Mrs. Christian
daughter were Sunday visitors to
Mr. Ruhl and family near Milton
Grove. 2 ll 3
Messrs. John Gingrich and Michael
Myers have gone to Baltimore, Md.,
where they are working at carpen-
tering.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stoll and son
have returned to their home in Pitts-
burgh, after spending a week here
visiting relatives. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Mickey will
move into the David Shonk property
on West Donegal street in Mount
Joy on October first.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eichler and
daughter of Elizabethtown, were
Sunday visitors to Mr. Jacob Ruth-
erford and family.
Mr. Harry Myers residing with Mr.
Elmer Strickler west of town had the
misfortune of dislocating his right
shoulder the result of a fall.
Mrs. Gabriel Geib spent Sunday at
Elizabethtown, the guest of her
brother, Mrs. John Hershey, who is
confined to his bed with sickness.
Miss Kathryn Kline has resigned
her position at the - Elizabethtown
Shoe Factory and has accepted a po-
sition at the Bachman Chocolate
Factory.
John Stoll, who recently enlisted
and is at present employed in the
Naval Hospital, at North Philadel-
phia, spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Hrs. Harry Stoll, at this
place.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard O. Romig
and daughter Mildred, Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Stine and Miss Carrie Moyer,
all of Hershey, spent Sunday at the
U. B. parsonage the guests of Rev.
O. G. Romig and family.
\
IN EAST DONEGAL
Seemingly the School Board, which
d the
Board of Health, have an epidemic
The home of Mr. Samuel Garber,
near the Joint School house, has been
quarantined on account of a case of
son
The residence of Mr. George Mum-
per, a short distance west of Florin,
un-
being Mrs.
Harrison Way, Asher Franklin Sny-
Shaeffer
John
Frederick Baer, Ezra Weidman New-
Thome
Oliver Mateer, Harry Mumma Horna-
fius, Robert Saylor Kauffman, Charles
Deitz,
George Franklin Neisg, Philip Oswald
Schmaelzle, Frederick” Acker Farmer
Warren
Keller, John
Schneider,
Musser
Loraw, Frank
Garber Pennell, Harry Augustus Dar-
Bruckart,
Dewey
OUR WEEKLY
MANY COMERS AND GOERS
IN THIS LOCALITY
Mrs. Louisa Brandt
day at Lancaster.
spent
here for several days.
Lancaster Wednesday.
day visitor to Lancaster.
Mrs. James Walters and
Childs spent Sunday at York.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Mr. and Mrs
burg,
week
caster, were guests of friends
Sunday.
a week.
Mr. James B.
visiting here among friends and rela
tives.
here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Lancaster, were
her parents.
Miss Gertrude
wall, spent the
her parents.
Mrs. Charles Sheaffer spent several
days at Highspire on account of her
mother’s illness.
Mr. Charles DeLong enrolled as a
Kilgore of
guests of
Preston
week-end
Greenawalt of Corn-
week-end here
College at Lancaster.
Miss Belle Leader of the Masonic
Homes at Elizabethtown, was a guest
of friends here Friday.
Jay Klugh, a U. S. sailor, spent
18 hours here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Klugh.
Mr. John Baer of Philadelpphia,
visited his mother, Mrs. H. H. Baer,
on West Main street.
Mrs. P. Franck Schock and two
daughters Dorothy and Louise spent
Saturday at Lancaster.
guests of her parents at
Thursday and Friday.
Miss Helen Schlotzhauer of Co-
lumbia, was a guest in the family of
Amos Kaylor on Saturday.
Miss Mildred Pretz of
spent the week-end here as the guest
of F. R. Stretch and family.
Mr. J. Arthur Moyer left Tuesday |
at Easton, |
for Lafayette College,
| where he wil! resume his studies.
| Mr. Charles DeLong, who spent the
summer at Atlantic City is spending
some time here with his parents.
Miss Florence Habecker left for
Philadelphia, where she has enrolled
{as a student at Temple University.
| Mrs. James Childs and sons Robert
and Leon, also Miss Frances Childs
spent Saturday and Sunday at York.
Miss Margaret Keim left Sunday
for her home in Ohio, after spending
a week here with Mrs. John Zeller.
Mr. and Mrs.
and daughters of Lancaster,
family.
Mrs. John H. Freed and Mrs. G. M.
wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams, Jr.,
and daughter of Lancaster, were
guests of friends and relatives here
Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Thome spent
several days at Washington, D. C.,
last week, making the trip by auto-
mobile.
Mr. Charles Berrier, a farmer liv-
ing north of town, was confined to
his bed early this week on account of
sickness. .
Mrs. Abram Heisey, Mrs. Joseph
Heisey and daughter, Ruth were Sun-
day guests of Mrs. Joseph Cooper at
Salunga.
Miss Christine Moyer left last
Wednesday for Hood College at Fred-
erick, Md., where she has enrolled as
a student.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Good and son
Clayton and daughter Kathryn spent
Sunday as guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Kramer.
Mrs. Sara Herneizy and grandson,
Carl Zeigler of Lancaster, were
guests of Mr. Abner Hershey and
family on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bard Bigler and son
Earl and Misses Lilian Barto and
Martha Heisey were Sunday visitors
to Elizabethtown.
Mr. Harry H. Grosh is spending
several days here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grosh having ar-
rived here Saturday.
Mr. Harold Harmon of Philadel-
phia, was the guest of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Harmon on |
Popular street for several days.
Mrs. Pauline Schmidt of Philadel
phia, returned to her home vesterday
afternon after spending some time
here with Mrs. Anna McGirl.
Mr. Earl Kaylor, wife and two
daughters, Almeda and Mildred were
Sunday guests of S. C. Watt and fam-
ily at Island Park, Harrisburg
Mrs. Martin Garber and grand-
daughter, Miss Mary Peoples visited
the former's daughter, Mrs. Amv
Peoples at Mt. Alto on Sunday. !
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heilman of Eliz-
abethtown and Mr. and Mrs. Abram
Butzer of Rheems were guests of W.
S. Espenshade and family on Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lieberher and
two sons Kenneth and Freddie and
Miss Terressa Goslin spent several
days with relatives and friends at
York.
Rev. Phares Gibble, wife and three
children of Dayton, Ohio, spent Sun-
day as guests of Mr. Harry Beames-
derfer and family on New Haven
street.
Mrs. Arthur Hershey and son Paul
spent from Thursday until Sunday at
Lancaster, with her mother. Mr.
Hershey spent the wéek-end at the
same place.
Mrs. Della C. Albright
REAL ESTATE MATTERS
CARD BASKET
PERSONAL MENTION ABOUT THE
Satur-
man
Mr. James Gemmell visited his wife with
Rev. G. A. Kercher made a trip to | Middletown, consideration
On Wednesday afternoon Auction- |
eer Waser sold for Maria G. Stauffer, |
et. al.,
near
Shelly, for $1,224
Abram W
ville,
Rapho township to Jacob W. Winger,
for $120 an acre
Mrs. Susan Gepfer, et. al. sold the
Aaron M
Mount Joy
Miss Mame Klugh was a Wednes-
Miss Ella
Schock
spent several days at Baltimore, Md.
. Souders of Harris-
were guests of friends here last
and Mrs. Roy Preston of Lan-
here
Miss Ilene Neidig left for her home
; Gepfer, at $107 per acre
in Perry county, where she will spend | : I
i Auctioneer Waser on Saturday sold
for Martha Balmer, her farm situated
in Penn township, near Mount Hope,
consisting of 55 acres and 40 perches,
to Jacob GQ. Hershey, for $6,475.
On
Minnich
Long of Ambler, is
and 33 perches at public sale to John
acre,
H. G.
| Jacob B. Shenk, on last Saturday sold
with | urday at
| terms her
side of Sowth Grant street, Manheim.
Amos E.
student at the Pennsylvania Business |
Company.
Mrs. Wiliam Collins and son were | Sible.
Lancaster, |
|
| stock at
Manheim, | place on Friday, Sept. 27,
{ will sell 107 head of New York State
steers and
Messrs.
feeding cattle at private sale. If in
Plants engaged
manufacture of pulp and paper and
plants engaged
| ducing
which are
Andrew Weidman | dustries and
were | war
Sunday guests of their son Harry and | nounced by Chairman
j war industries board.
eo
Freed of Abbottstown, are guests of |
the 'mer’s s , J. Willis Freed : . ’
he former on, J. Willis Freed and | W. Houses), employed by the Ken
nedy Refractories Company, had the
thumb of
when it was caught in some of the
lumbia Hospital, where part of the
thumb® was
Rose
issued a replevin for a 60-foot smoke-
stack and stack plates valued at $400
now in possession of
Mining and Manufacturing Company.
———-
M. G. Schaeffer, attorney for Chas. ' he
Schaperkoter, has issued an execution
against J.
the Greenawalt House, Elizabethtown
for $8,000.
Mrs. Sara Brady put down a con-
crete walk in front of her property
OUR MORTUARY
OF THE PAST FEW DAYS
On Saturday Jno. E. Schroll, local
estate dealer, sold the fine 29 | RECORDIN
acre farm of Mr. Samuel Steckler, :
situated in West Hempfield township, ————
near Kinderhook, to Mr. Charles MANY WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Jerrier ‘ rOS ’ p, ] Far "yp nr |
Berrien Drosperous farmer north HAVE PASSED TO THE
$3,000 yi a. | GREAT BEYOND
On Saturday afternoon Jno. E.| : ey ter :
Schroll sold the Mr. George Laugh- | Jos K. W ertz died at Washington=
farm, consisting of 42 acres | boro aged 47 years.
Improvements, in Conoy town- | a . :
| ship to Mr. Ira D. Alleman of near! Jno. M. Froelich died at Mount-
$4.100. ville, aged 85 years.
Mr. Phares G. Miller died at Roh~
Monday after a few
66 years.
| rerstown on
aproperty
illness aged
Chiques
in Rapho township,
Church, to John 8S.| days
Mrs. George Shambaugh, of High-
spire hung herself in her bed room
last Wednesday. She was 45 years
old.
Shelley, of Masterson
sold his farm of 130 acres in
John Shireman died at Dillerville,
and was buried in his old home town
Marietta. He was a member of the
G. A. R. and a shoemaker by trade.
Gepfer farm, situated in
township, consisting of
more or Henry
acres, less, to
Miss Barbara Kready
Miss Barbar Kready, the oldest
resident in the county, died at Mil-
lersville on Monday aged 100 years,
Thursday auctioneer Jonas © months and 12 days.
sold the fine farm of Mr. Bri a
| Jacob Zercher, containing 107 acres rice Curran
The funeral of Brice Curran, a
former resident of Marietta, who died
at his home, in Waynesboro, was held
yesterday. The deceased was fifty-
three years of age. One sister and two
Samuel Engle at $250.25 per
and J. G. Shenk, trustees for
farm in Rapho township, near DProthers survive as follows: Miss Ella
Sunnyside schoolhouse, consisting of Curran, of Waynesboro; James, of
52 acres and 40 perches, to Harvey Lancaster and George of Atlantie
‘ v hn » 11
Grube for $142 an acre. , C1
Miss Anna S. Hartman sold on Sat Ty = an
private sale and on private Abram L. Troutwine m
two-story brick dwelling Abram L. Troutwine died on Tues-
house and lot of ground on the west 4ay morning about 6:30 o’clock at
the home of William Easton at Eliza-
Heisey, of Rapho town. Pethtown. Deceased was in his fiftieth
vear He is survived by three
etl oat in brothers: Henry of Kansas; Benja-
: 4 min and Ezra of near town. Funeral
: Will Inspect Farms services will be held on Friday morn-
~ Next Tuesday a large number of ing at 10 o’clock at the Cross Road
( farmers and others interested will go church near Florin
| to Centerville, Md., where they will si
{ pect the farms owned and con- Mrs. 1da Shaver
ducted by the Maryland Live Stock The remains of Mrs. Ida Shaver,
ot 5 There will be three autos vio died at the Masonic Home Hos-
{ a , y. Any person in this hipped to her former home near
section desirous of making this trip Vilkes Barre, on Thursdax by
be accommodated by calling or Funeral Directors Miller and Son.
{ phoning to this office as early as pos The funeral and interment will take
: TH Ha place on Saturday at that place. The
deceased, who is survived by several
Keller & Bro’s. Next Sale children, had been a inmate of the
Messrs. J. B. Keller & Bro. will Home for several years, and had been
[hold their next public sale of live in ill health for some time. She was
their stock yards in this 67 years of age
when they - .
Mrs. Josephine Morrison
{ and ‘Erie County cows, heifers, bulls, Mrs. Josephine Allen MeMahen
calves. Among them are Morrison, mother of Rev. Lewis
some registered cows and bulls. The Chester Morrison. died at the home
Keller also have stock and of her son at 416 Clermont Avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y,, on Thursday, death
need of stock don't fail to be on hand resulting from an attack of pneu-
at 1:25 sharp. 2t monia. Deceased leaves a sister, Mrs.
TTT Studley, whose son wedded Miss
Newspapers Are Essential Battye of this place last week. Mrs.
the Morrison was very well known here,
having been a resident of this place
when her son was rector of St. Luke’s
exclusively in
principally in pro-
newspapers or periodicals Chapel. They left here several years
entered at the post office ago. The funeral was held in St.
as second class matter are placed in Mark’s Church Brooklyn, on Sun-
{class 4 in a new priorities list of in- day.
plants essential to the
or to the civil population an- Mrs. Harriet Hershey
Baruch of the Mrs. Harriet (Bishop) Hershey,
wife of Tobias Hershey, died at her
home at Sporting Hill from rheuma-
tism, aged 7 ars. She is survived
by her husb: and four Sons: J.
Milton Hershey, of West Chester,
Sporting Hill, Edward,
Garfield, of
Sporting Hill and Draper, of Man-
Had a Thumb Mashed
his right hand mashed,
: : 8 Three brothers also survive:
machinery used for crushing stone. he Ins 3 are B Drath Is alse Say ve:
After Br Stover save him temporary Enpnucl | Rishon, Elatbeihtown
treatment, he was take 3 Co (ocers 2 re peor al r
reatment, he was taken to the Co Bishop, of Ephrata. The funeral
was held Wednesday morning from
amputated. } . ay mm 12 ]
pute the Union Church at Sporting Hill
with services at 10 o’clock. Inter-
Replevin Issued
ment was made in the cemetery ad-
Bomberger, of Lancaster, ha:
joining
John C. Workman
John C. Workman, a well-known
farmer, died at his home at East Pe-
tersburg, Sunday morning, from a
complication of diseases, from which
had been suffering since last
March. He was born in 1857, and
D. Sankey, proprietor of was in the sixty-first year of his age.
He taught school for nine terms in
Manheim, Rapho and East Hempfield
townships. He was married in 1882
to Miss Elizabeth Minnich, who sur-
vives him. After marriage he com-
the Chickies
Execution Issued
EEE. a —
Way and Anna
Sunday guests of Mr. Harry Derr and
family near Donegal Springs.
Mrs.
winter,
sole, having formerly been living with
Mr. James Wookey of Philadelphia,
spent the week-end here as the guest
of Mr. W. S. Espenshade and family.
His wife
on friends
home from the Westy Hogan shoot at
Atlantic City where he figured in the
money in p S
Lancaster,
guests of R. Fellenbaum and family.
daughter Florence and son Irvin, Mr. | P2
and Mrs. Harry Kaylor and daughter
Dorothy and Miss Helen Schlotzhauer
Samuel
Ohio; Mrs. Cassel Gingrich, of Hum-
melstown ;
of Hummelstown ;
rose Foreman, of Bellaire; Mr
Geistweite, Mrs. Elizabeth Yahm and
daughter Elizabeth
pleasantly entertained in the
Tf Mr.
and daugh-
North Market street Sunday
.
Marietta street. Mr. Elmer L. | Mmenced farming on the Workman
Hoiroy ad the ork homestead where he resided at the
J time of his death. He leaves to sur-
: : . vive him besides a widow, five chil
58 Rose an Misses > y 1 7 y Clie
Miss Rose and Misses Mildred dren: Charles, Walter, Frank, Ma-
Mary Hershey were tilda, Elizabeth and one sister, Maria
Workman, of East Petersburg. He
was a member of Trinity Reformed
Amelia Reisser returned to Ch 1 x
A Church, of Eas deters
Mount Joy, where she will spend the Fra] Was yam 1 Siorshare The z
with Mr. and Mrs. Eli Eber- : : 5 £.
Stauffer’'s at Landisville. Mrs. I. Oliver Fry
AHirte a ang Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fry, wife of x.
Oliver Fry, cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank of Bainbridge, died very
and two sons who spent [Suddenly at her home in that place
time here accompanied him Friday evening. For the past two or
Sunday. three years Mrs. Fry had not been in
and Mrs Philip Pyle of Pitts- | her usual robust health, but the end
burgh, spent Sunday in town calling | ¢@me very unexpectedly, heart dis-
ease being the cause attributed by the
attending physician. Only Friday af-
ternoon, Mrs. Fry had been upon the
streets of Bainbridge, and earlier in
Mr. Pyle was on his way
several of the
and Mrs. T. N and | the week had spent an evening with
their son Lieutenant Jay F. Hostetter ner m ther, Mrs gr mma Fryberger,
recently returned from France 2 family, in Marietta. She was a
as an instructor for Camp Meade, of member of St. John’s Protestant
Episcopal Church, of Marietta, but
since making her home in Bainbridge
had attended the Methodist Episco-
I Church there. Besides her hus-
band and mother she is survived by
the following brothers and sisters:
spent Monday as the
and Mrs. Amos Kaylor and
1
Sunday as guests of Mr. | anova Freyberger, of Philadelphia;
Kaylor and family and Mr Walter, of Marietta; Kathryn, wife
Frank Kaylor and family at Deodate. | ¢f U. Grant Hipple; Elsie, wife of
Miss Anna Glazer of Springfield, | John F. Stoner, and Misses Bella and
Anna, all of Marietta. The deceased
was in the fifty-eighth year of hep
age
Miss Mary Foreman also
Mr. and Mrs. Pen- |
Adam |
Injured His Knee 4
A young son of John Zeller was
| thrown while playing and sustained
a_ badly injured left knee. Dr. J. J.
Newpher attended
of Rheems were
family
and Mrs. D. W. Kramer on!