PAGE FOUR
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24th, 1924
THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN, MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER CO, PA.

AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM
by Miss Alice M. Miller, of East Donegal
The evening stars had brought the snow
That hid them out of sight,
And travelers hurried off the street,
“Twill be very cold tonight.”
It was Christmas eve at nine o'clock,
No one dared venture in the street,
The snow fell faster all the while
And mingled with it came the sleet.
Around the cheerful fireplaces
Many gathered to keep warm,
While through the town of Hampton,
Blew the wild and terrible storm.
In a cheerless, deserted apartment
In a remote section of the town,
Knelt a child by her mother’s bed
And the tears streamed softly down.
It was an unpleasant situation
For a mother facing death,
To think what might become of Sue,
When pneumonia had taken her breath.
Five year old Sue knelt by her mother
And said, in her baby tone,
“Why doesn’t daddy come again,
And take us to our home?”
“Child, your father doesn’t want to come,
We'll see him no more I fear,
And if he ever would come back,
He'd never find us here.
But you must go to bed again,
Mother will be well by dawn.”
She doubted her final statement,
Surely, this couldn't last long.
“Mother, can’t I go for a doctor?
You said you were worse today.”
“No, child, the night is too stormy,
I am sure vou would lose your way.”
“But, mother, Bobby went one time,
And he came back all right.”
“Yes, but he was two years older
And it didn’t snow that night.”
Very unwillingly she went back to bed,
And when her mother had gone to sleep,
She wrapped herself in her mother’s shawl,
And wandered into the street.
The houses around were deserted and black,
And stared with a spectral glare;
She stopped in front of every one,
Hoping to find a light there.
She murmured not, as she hurried along
Braving the wind and the sleet,
And her worn and torn little shoes
Failed to keep the snow from her feet.
At last, far in the distance,
From a house a pale beam shone;
She quickened the speed of her footsteps,
Fearing it soon would be gone.
It was just a tiny ray of light,
That came from a crack in the door,
But. it guided the child as safely
As a lighthouse guides ships to the shore.
She knocked at the door and heard a voice say,
“I wonder who that can be?”
And then “Who's out?” and she softly replied,
“Please, sir, it's nobody, just me.”
They must have distinguished that it was a child's voles,
For the key in the latch slowly turned,
The room was warm but cheerless and bare,
On the table a dim lamp burned.
There was whiskey and cards on the table,
And she, in an innocent way,
Reached out her hand and took a glass,
“I haven't had any water all day.”
She raised the wicked cup to her lips,
But the man that had opened the door,
Rushed quickly and knocked it out of her hand,
It lay shattered upon the floor.
She looked at him with wondering eyes,
And he, in a kind tone, said,
“That isn't fit for you to drink,
Why aren’t you home in bed?”
She heeded not his question,
But her eyes much bigger grew;
“If it isn’t fit for me to drink,
How can it be for you?”
He dropped his eyes and again he asked,
“Why aren’t you home in bed?
. “Well, mother’s very, very sick
And I fear she’ll soon be dead.
Are you a doctor, mister?
She’s very much worse today,
But was sleeping when I left her
And doesn’t know that I'm away.
*Cause she told me just before she slept,
That I didn’t dare to go;
She said the night would be too cold,
And I'd lose myself in the snow.
When she fell asleep I slipped away,
At first it seemed terrible dark;
There are no street lights out where I live,
And once I heard a dog bark.
But I wasn’t afraid, and hurried on
Much faster than before,
Until I saw a tiny ray of light =
Come from underneath your door.
The men gazed at one another
In an apparent look of surprise,
They had thought they were safely hidden
From people’s prying eyes.
“Please, won’t you go along, mister?
Because I must hurry back
Or I'll lose my way through the streets,
If the snow covers shut my track.
The man that had opened the door for her,
And one of his fellowmen
Together with little Sue, :
Entered into the storm again.
They followed her foo one by one,

Until lenly rt were gone;
But with
They hurried rapi
“And a littl
These
Were follo
To save her
Then, suddenly th
“Up re is where

ie a few m 2
where we used to live .
e the man put us out,
e we couldn’t pay our rent;
id daddy did leave us some money,
e up here.”
s very low,
her doesn’t want a doctor,
'd make us go.”
All this time they were climbing the stairs ,
Until they came up to the third floor,
“In here mother is,” she softly said,
And quietly opened the door.
The woman stared from where she lay,
And then, “Am I dreaming?” she said.
“Thank God, at last I have found you,
They told me that you were dead.
You see I didn’t try to hunt
Until just a few months ago;
And then, they told me that vou were
Where's Bobby?” he said very low.
“He died about a year ago,
One cold night like this one;
Bui here is little Sue, %
See how tall she has grown.
And, there with arms locked together,
They failed to notice the shuffling of feed,
And a form passed out in the darkness,
Facing again the sleet. J
The father made some fire in the stove,
And summoned a doctor, who said,
“ s I onia
A very bad case of pneum .
By morning she would have been dead.’
Next morning when the
He co hardly belie
There were boxes and b
Indeed it was quite a surpr
a very, merry Christma
dead,

And moved back to their dear
little child
who have

| propriation
| for state reward road work on se-
Co. Association
Urge Higher Taxes
(From page One.)
{which will benefit the highway sys-|
{tems throughout the county and
townships. :
f One of the most progressive
{amendments adopted during the
| convention called upon
| Commissioners to adopt a system
| of highway improvement and build-
ing, separate and distinct from the
state system.
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|" The resolution embodied the plan
of roads in town-
for the erection i
with main thor-
ships connecting
| oughfares of travel which would re-
sult in a strong secondary system
of roads.
| The convention went on record
'as supporting the State Highway
| Department in asking for an ap-
of at least $6,000,000
aid in township road problems.
A resolution also was adopted
{which called for the election of the pequea.
County Commissioners to the Sup-|, A
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| B.C.
Association.
Afternoon Session
Atlee, Esq., of Lancaster.
iP. H. Dewey, Tyrone, president of
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the State Supervisors Association,
and master of the State Grange,
and C. N. Berntheizel, of Columbia,
| were the principal speakers at the
afternoon session. :
Mr. Atlee called attention to the
great improvement in means of
| transportation, with the consequent
{burden on the road system, develop-
i kept pace
said, has not
development
ment of which he
with the
lin methods of transportation.
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“The road building
transportation,” he said,
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{able type of road without the terri-| pt; “leassat, L. Martin; *Manheim; Lane.; a
{fic cost at present attendant on| “sept, 13—Maytown: Mastorspusilic.
road construction.” | Brandt; Manor, John Heisey; Pequea. ¢
P. H. Dewey, new master of the |, fore, 20% Manheim, H. Watson; .
| State Grange, asked that the legis-| “Sept. i I Zercher; Mas- \
{lature be “liberal” in appropriating! tersonville; Peques, C. 2. Hess: Manor.
{money for the State reward plan, Oct 4—Conoy, Jae Shelly; *E’town; Mt.
lof which he spoke very highly, {~*~ | Ui | *Mamkeim; Last; Ref Pi.
Tn [Ulm oe, se A Remarkable Value Giving Event
Fights Higher Tax ville; B. Shearer; Manor. mion; Pequea. e a : a e a g
He Sod He tax Jas od TAG he RG ton; Sime T
{ goo ing, but he does not ap-| Ginder. iy h t HH d d f Ww Ww t f
prove of increasing it, a plan | Oct. Roads Wolgemuth; a un re Ss oO omen al or
favored by muny shpervisors, be-| J: Z. Hess: Mion.
Tos { pre] DY... Ln T : 't $3 :
cause. he = declared, many persons | plusint, J. Kuhns, Manheim: Lanes Bob. Lancaster County women have learned from experience to expect remarkable
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in Heir a] “or. 8 Maytown, J. Strickler; Masterson- values in our After Christmas Sales. This year the reductions will be more drastic
a heavier tax. “If it is to be!" i ae: Maso Pied Ives. than ever before and embrace practically our emtire stock of high class garments.
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B must be a universal tax,” | Masheim, E. Ginder; *Mt. Pleasant; Lane; | 3% Decks must be cleared to make room for incomingistocks, besides, we are preparing
He also asked for co-operation ! yr ls pote Hofman; | 386 for inventory. Other stores may equal these pricesijbut never the values.
by everybody concerned in good, Nov. 290—Conoy, 1. Heisey; °*E'town; Mt. 3
roads as the surest means of OM. | Plessant, H. Garman; ‘Manheim; Lane.; . %
leting the road programs. a ; be d A Sh 3 ! d d
plsting the soul progee | (25, Saytons: Maserati, 1. Wo ur Trimmed Coats arply keauce
Moving pictures showing the na-| Dec. 13—E'town; Manheim, Allen Hoffer : : 4 .
ture of work that can be done by ‘Mt. Pleasant; Lanc.; Refton; Newtown, Late fashions, stunning models, new high colors amd the always desirable
+ : | ¥ aa, . . . . ST . . .
present modern machinery, and the| Dee 20Crcss Roads. I. Musser; Master- black. Rich, warm pile materials and sof, silky suede like fabrics. Trimmed with
improvements possible through its |sonville; Pequea, Ira Herr; Manor. : %: AL: :
use, were shown. | oe soos, BL, Bilder] Mi, deep fur cuffs and collars and many with bandings of fashionable fur. Straight
Earlier in the day one of the ton. line and wrap around models. Wnoderful assortments to choose from—women’s,
i speakers had advocated purchase of SERVICES EVERY SUNDAY EVENING AT
such machinery by
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two or more
townships combining in its purchase |
and use, saying that method opened!
up a wide field not much developed |
in Lancaster county.
Mr. Schroeder, of the State Bur-!
eau of Animal Industry, briefly ex-|
appraising |
livestock killed by dogs, the duty of
township auditors.
Local Doings |
Around Florin|
{Continued from page 1)
Reading; Recitation, Let Us Pray,!

{ Lillian Wittel; Recitation, We Wel-| the team in its sixth season.
come You, Nora Wittel; Recitation, |
{ The Story That’s Always New, Gec.| has had much experience both in
Shirk; Recitation, A Wish, Ruth!
Hamilton; Exercise, Bethlehem; Re-|
We Greet You, Naomi!
Brown; Recitation, Tiny But Happy, |
Buller; Recitation, Santa's
Politics, Paul Baker; Song, Primary, |
Lullaby; Exercise, Chiming Bell;
| Recitation, The Best of All, Santina
Perris; Recitation, Santa Came,
Richard Kauffman; Exercise, The
Christmas Stars: Recitation, Snow-
flakes, Carloda Meshey;
The Message of the Christ
Recitation,
Child,
the County |
program |
{needs a man to do for it what Ford |¥
idid for
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(From Page One.)
*E'town; Mt, Pleasant, D. E,
Refton, |
Wolgemuth;
*Manheim; Lane;
| Mar, 20--Maytown, N. Smith; Masterson.
| ville, R. G. Brubaker; Manor, J. L. Helsey;
| Pequea,
{ April 5—E'town; Manhe!m, H. B, Hoffer;
Mt. Pleasant; Lane,; Refton,
April 12—Cross Roads, A. Z. Hess; Master.
sonville; Pequea, BE. E. Hess; Manor,
April 19-—Conoy, W. Helsey; *RE'town; Mt,
Pleasant, Elmer Mellinger; *Manheim; Lane.; |

| Refton,
April 26-—-Maytown, J, Floyd; Masterson. |
ville, J. Ginder; Manor, G. Man; Pequea. |
| May 8—E'town; Manheim, D. Bradley; |
{ *Mt. Pleasant; Lanc.; Refton; Newtown,
| Henry Mellinger,
| May 10—Cross Roads, Ezra Engle; Master.
sonville; quea, Ira Herr; Manor, |
May 1 ‘onoy, M. Helsey; *E'town; Mt, |
Pleasant, 8. Nornhold; *Manheim; Lane, ;
Refton.
May 24—Maytown, A. Hoffman; Master.
sonville, J. Showers; Manor, Jacob Schock;
Pequea.
lay 81—E'town; A. Lehman; York OCo.;

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M J. L. Ginder; *Mt, Pleasant; Lane;

| condary highways. The County Roads, C. M. Wolgemuth;
cond ry : ag ys sag asked by ; Pequea, C. Z. Hess; Manor.
{ Commissione I's also were a5 June 14—Conoy, 8S. Heisey; *E'town; Mt, |
! continue their present liberality and riessant, G. Wolgemuth; *Manhelm; Lanc.; |
Refton,
Masterson
Forry Frey;
ie 21—Maytown, H,
Paul Heisey;
Jun Engle;
ville, Manor,
Kready;
Newtown, J.
S—E'town;
it; Lane.
Manheim, OC.
Refton;

June
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| Masterson
Hess; Manor,
July 12—Conoy, A.
Pleasant, Harry
Lane.; Reefton.
July 19—Maytown, D. Sipling; Masterson-
ville, A. Shenk; Manor, Noah Heisey; Peq-
uea.
| July 26—E'town; Manheim, B. Shelly; *Mt.
{| Pleasant; Lanc.; Reefton.
Aug. 2—Cross Roads, A.
ville; Pequea, Hess; Manor.
L 8—Conoy, A. Heisey; *E’'town; Mt.
H. Zerphy; *Manheim; Lane.;
Roads, B. BE. Wolgemuth;
David Ginder; Pequea; J. 2Z.
Martin; *E'town; Mt,
Emenheiser; *Manheim;
Herr; Masterson-

n.
16—Maytown,
Aug. A. Bhenk;
ville, A, Shearer;
Manor, Cyrus
Masterson-
Lutz; Peg-

23 -E'town; H. Lehman, York Co.;
ai *Mt. Pleasant; Lane.; Refton,
wtown, Avery Engle.
ug. 30—Cruss Roads, O. Hershey;
rsonville; Pequea, Ira Herr; Manor,
Sept. 6—Conoy, V. B. Hilsher Jr.; *E'town;

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LANCASTER MISSION
*Stars Denote Sunday Evening Services
Councils—Lane. Feb. 3; Manor Aug 15;
E’'town. Feb. 4; Cress Roads Aug. 2; Master-
sonville Feb, 5; Mt, Pleasant April 9; Mas-
tersonville Aug. 6; Manheim Satusday after-
noon Nov. 14.
BN ——
FORMER MT. JOYAN WILL
COACH BASE BALL TEAM
The following article appeared
in a Hagerstown newspaper and
is of local interest as reference is
made to a former well known re-
sident of this boro:
“Plans for strengthening the
baseball team of the Hagerstown
Athletic Club for the 1925 sea-
son were discussed at the
of the club held Monday, and
Charles Cassel, heavy hitting sec-
ond baseman was secured to coach

Cassel is a smart player, who
in professional ranks,
and he will be able to teach the
Athletic youngsters a lot of valu-
able pointers toward making their
attack and defense stronger. “The
Athletics were a strong team on
ths defense during the last season;
and with Cassel to brush them up
on the best manner of stepping in-|
to the apple and busting it into |
the great open spaces, the Hagers- |
town Orioles, present city champs, |
will have to show much improve-
college and
{| Margaret Eichler; Exercise, Bethle- ment to hold their laurels. i
hem-Nazareth Calverv; Recitation,
{| God Rest Ye Merry Christmas, Ruth
| Heisey; Address by Pastor; Offering; ball tossers will
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Exercise, The Path of Promise;
Benediction.
(Too late for last week.)
Jacob Olweiler Jr. is on the sick
list.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greenawalt
were Saturday visitors to Lancas-
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E.. Musselman
New Players
It is probable that several
be addad
Athletic roster before the
opens. A good left hand hurler!
will add much to the Athletic
strength, and hz2lp Rummel, Young,
Henry and Socks. The infield ar-
ray presented by the Athleties dur-!
ing the last season can hardly be
improved upon in amateur ranks,
with Ryan at short, A. Socks at
third, Casszl at the keystone sack,
new |
to the!
season
icalled on Lancaster friends Thurs-| 2nd Hargett at the initial hassock. |
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{Joe Haines spent Sunday at New-| A LANDISVILLE MAN IS
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day.
Mrs. Katie Arndt, Mrs. David
Martin and children spent Saturday
at Lancaster, |
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haines and |
town, the guests of John Witmer!
and family. i
The engagement of Miss Mary |
{ Magrini, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
! Petiro Magrini, of Hershey, to Mr.
{ E. Stanley Booth, of Florin,
{ announced on Saturday.
was
Miss Mag-
rini is employed in the mechanieal
{cost department of the Hershey
: Chocolate Company.
Shé is receiv-
ling the congratulations of her many
| friends.
—— A eee
Potato Markets Unsettled
The New York and Pittsburgh mar-
kets are dull with the demand slow.
{ Maine Green Mountains were quot-
ed at $2.25 to 2.40. Pennsylvania
round whites at $1.75 and New
York State stock at $160 to $2.10
Pennsylvania round whites ranged
from $2.40 on the Philadelphia mar-
ket, with bulk stock se
e141 =

to $1.50 per hundred pounds. The |
ket was steady, su
1g moderativ
stock was
] at $ to $2.25 per sack
a
Read the
Bulletin
It pays to advertise in the Bulletin
Other players who took part in
the city series in September were
Gibney, Miller and Rockwell, outer
gardners, Myers, catcher, Rummel, |
Young and Socks pitchers. i
ret A AQ eee
VERY PROUD OF HIS HERD |
H. L. Mumma, of Landisville, is
justly proud - of his accredited |
Guernsey herd, that is under Gov- |
ernment Supervision. The Mumma !
herd numbers 35 head. Mr. Mum- |
ma is a firm believer in pure bred
stock and believes that the eradica- |
(tion of tuberculosis from dairy |
{ herds is of rzal economic
| to the dairymen, aside from its
{desirability as a public health

{ measure. The milk from the Mum-
ma herd is carefully bottled and
cooled on the farm. This herd was
the highest scoring herd in the Gar-
den Spot Cow Testing Association
last year and “Approval,” one of
the individuals of the herd, stood
third among the high cows of the
association.
eet A eens.
A Useful Glue
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ew seconds and add a little s
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' POCKET GOPHERS UNDERMINE ers, and the work is being followed
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Brethren Meetings |
for Lancaster Co.),, An, meth rn rants ress
¥ sig
As
BY
meeting {KX
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OUR SALE REGISTER
up, with a view to coping prompt Ld

AIRPLANE LANDING FIELD ly with any of the rodents that] po) wing is a list of public sales
may appear in the future. for which posters were printed at
I A I
this office or said sale is advertised
in the Bulletin,
Thursday, Jan. 16—On the prem.
nited States Department of Agri- A Real Good Buy
culture from the commanding offi I have a frame double house on
cer of the United States naval air Main street, one side has all in East Donegal township, real
Statin a) San Eo, for Do. veniences, that I will sell reasonable | and personal property by
and the Army landing fields there for a snappy sale. A big lot and| of Elizabeth Stoner, de-
good stable. If you are interested Stoner, auct.
of pocket gophers. The animals
were not only undermining the phone me at once. Jno. E. Schroll, eee etl eee
Mount Joy. dec. 3-tf
fields and causing serious accidents
to the landing planes and endanger-
ing the flyers, but they were also A
MOUNT JOY MARKETS
The following prices are paid to-
ceased.
Keeping Farm Records
January 1, 1925 is a good day te
start a farm bookkeeping set.
Knowing where the dollars come
and go may mean the difference be-
destroying lawns and gardens. |
About 1,500 acres were involved. |
An assistant was detailed to take

charge of eradication operations, day by our local merchants:
The Soil, Survey, Wheat ...... ig tween success and failure in 1928.
e oi By o.oo . age
the air-station officials furnished la- Sur erry 59¢-62¢ Your Soquty a WE 3 Sood
bor and other materials. After 4 «SE EE . books, and the Pennsylvania ate
application of the poison a steam Butter 40c. college has a correspondence course
roller was used to level all the Lard ........ Sere nye 17¢ | of five lessons in farm bookkeeping
mounds and make it easier to lo- = ____ eel A Gene ! that will help you get started.
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p If you want to succeed—Advertise
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LANCASTER
REN

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After: Christmas
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Every Dress Reduced ALL OUR
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Dresses for every occasion that exhibit
Up To $39 Up To $79
COATS
Up To $69

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Fur
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UP TO $19 DRESSES AT $10
UP TO $29 DRESSES AT $15
UP TO $40 DRESSES AT $20
UP TO $89 DRESSES AT $35
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