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Discover Branch Fossil
100,000,000 Years Old
Pittsburgh, Pa.—A tree hranch fos-
sil estimated to be 100,000.000 years
old 1s a prized possession of the Car-
negle Institute of Technology here.
The fossil, found in
Harmarshurg., Pa.
ologists as a “lepidodendron lanceola
tum,” a plant which contributed great
ly to the forming
the carboniferous era
The woody part of the
carhonized with branches tht
became cool
#8 thin as paper It is a
a coal mine at
is deseribiod hy ge-
if coal deposits fr
tree became
other
the almost
tree top four
fossil is
and
feet high with branches spreading
three feet ark. limbs, twigs and
leaves are very clearly marked
Miners in the Harm. r mine of the
Consumer Mining company found the
fossil in the slate roof of an entry,
and the company gave it to the iustl
Soto
(Classified Column
FOR SALE—Dining room suite.
Apply 211 S. Market St. Phone
167R3. april 20-1t
NOTICE—I take in washing, al-
so do housecleaning. Mrs. Welsh
24 West Donegal St.,, Mt, Joy, Pa
April 13-2t-pd
LOST— Pocket book, containing
money, cards, and silk gloves. Find-
er please return to this office.
april
20-1t
WANTED— Washing at home,
Mrs. J. W. Conner, Detwiler Apart-
ment, North Barbara St. Mt. Joy.
Special care taken, Maytag washer
used. april 20-1t-pd
FOR SALE— 1922 Ford coupe,
good tires and paint. Could be cone
verted into small truck, C. Kauff-
man, Marietta St., Mt. Joy, Pa.
april 20-1t-pd
WANTED— Sewing machine op-
erators on dress work. Beginners
paid while learning, Very sanitary
working conditions, The work is
easily learned. The LeBlanc Co.
Mount Joy, Pa. April 13-tf
Every reader should make use of
the Classified advertisemen* section.
It is the way to dispose of what
you have to spare and to secure
what vou may need. tf
FOR SALE—AIl kinds of vege-
table plants, cabbage, tomato, eggs,
etc., also sweet potato plants in
season. Lot of pansy plants, Jac-
ob Gruber, 343 N. Barbara St., Mt
Joy. April 6-4t-pd
MAKE YOUR DISCOUNT
There is an abatement of five per-
cent on 1927 County and Personal
tax if paid on or before June 1.
James H. Metzler, Collector.
mar. 30-tf
FOR SALE—A large home built
The twenty-third
Sunday School convention of
Hempfield township, district
will be held in the Salem Reformed
Theme:
23rd District S. S. Convention
at Rohrerstown, Saturday, May 7
district
East
No. 2,
annual church, at
sessions,
J appended:
ew ey
THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN, MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER CO., PA.
Rohrerstown,
May 7, with afternoon and evening
The complete program is
AFTERNOON SESSION
“Attaining Greater Heights.” I ¢
an do all
Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13.
Convention Business
Offering
Special Music... .... ion. vi. Petersburg Choir
Address Rev. C. D. Spotts, Lancaster
Benediction
Each Sunday School is expected to send at least two delegates,
more if possible.
Superintendents and Pastors are asked to attend and bring with
them a good representation of Officers and Teachers besides their
Delegates.
Mr. Superintendent—Will your school
sentation? Try to have it.
have the
1:45 Registration
2:00 Worship Period
2:15 Business Session
Reports of District Superintendents |
2:40 "Sermon. iu. lo Taso “Attaining Greater Heights”
Rev. John L. Smoker
3:00 Better and Bigger Sunday Schools:
A—*“Better Worship Program in the Sunday School”
Rev. C. E.
B—“Better Use of the Sunday School Time”
A. W. Moyer
C—“Better Officers Because They are Chosen with
Greater Care and Better Equipped for Their Tasks.”
Miss Mary E. Swope, County Sec’y.
D—“Bigger Influence” ........... Rev. A. E. Cooper
3:40 1—*“How Shall the Sunday School Face the Need of Better
and More Adequate Religious Instruction?”
Rev. J. F. Knittle
4:00 2—“What is Your Aim as a Sunday School Teacher?”
Mrs. C. E. Rice
Offering
Song
Adjournment
EVENING SESSION
Philippians 3:12.
7:15 Song Service
7:30 Worship Perio@ i... Young People’s Division
Bring your lunch and attend both sessions.
things thru
largest
Saturday, |
|
repre-
express wagon, very strong, suita-
ble for use on a farm. Apply to
this office. mar. 30-tf
FOR SALE — Grey enameled
kitchen cabinet, good as new. Used
less than two years. Also good
used parlor heater, Myers L.
Wenger, N. Barbara St., Mount Joy
March 16-tf.
HOUSE FOR SALE—A practic-
ally new 6-reom house, along trol-
ley at Florin, all modern conven-
iences and in Al shape. I will sell
very reasonable to a snappy buyer
Come and see it. Jno. E. Schroll
Phone 41R2, Mt. Joy. mar 9-tf
For SALE—Large size Othello
range, only used a few years, nick-
le skirting with polished top, good
condition. Apply to Mrs. Katie M.
Heisey, R. 1, Mount Joy. mar 2-tf
A BARGAIN— Who wants a
tract of land fronting 100 feet on
the highway between here and Flor-
in and 540 feet deep? The price is
very reasonable if sold soon, J. E.
Schroll, Mt. Joy. mar 2-tf
WOOD FOR SALE—I have a lot
of wood sawed to stove length
which I sell reasonable at all times.
J. W. Kreider. Telephone 142R21,
Mt. Joy. mar. 2-4mos.-pd
FOR SALE—Tenement house
formerly known as Shirk’s Row.
Can show a big
ment. Apply H. G. Longenecker,
one of the committee, Mount Joy,
Pa. Sept. 22-1tf
FOR SALE—Modern Home, New
Two Story Brick House with all
conveniences, garage, fruit trees,
ete. Call on owner, Geo. Althouse,
South Market Street, Mount Joy.
Don’t miss this. Sept. 15-tf
WANTED—Young man over 21|
years to open office for Automobile
Insurance. Paul J. Arndt, 151¢C
State St., Harrisburg, Pa., Bel
7-2384R. feb, 9-tf
FOR SALE—
2—1923 Ford Coupe Trucks
1924 Ford Coupe Truck, Hi-Deck|
One-Half Ton Ford Truck
3—Ford Tourings
1924 Overland Touring
1922 Overland Touring
1922 Chevrolet Coupe Truck
1925 Reo Speed Wagon with Cab
1924 Reo Speed Wagon and cab|
(rebuilt) perfectly.
1925 Chevrolet
No, 77 Safe
Touring
return on invest- |
on
been
STRICKLER S GARAGE | Wa
Mayvtown, Ps
april 6-tf
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
In the Estate of Phares B. Steh-
man, late of East Hempfield Town-
ship, Lancaster County, Pa., de-
ceased.
Letters testmentary on
tate having been granted t
dersigned, all pe
thereto are requested
mediate payment, and those
claims or demands against
will present them without delay
settlement to the undersigned
CHRIST B. BRUBAKER,
R. 2, Manheim, Pa.,
JOS. M. NISSLEY,
2504-4th Ave., Altoona, Pa
Issac R. Herr, Atty. Administrators
april 13-6t
sons
to mak
HOW ARE YOUR SHOES?
DON’T WAIT TOO LONG
BRING THEM IN
City Shoe
Repairing Lompany
2 |
at
Further Hearing
proceeded.
trustee to
and father.
look after never
saw the he did act as
reasurer of the association for a
number of years.
Guy S.
London Call Sells Buick.
HAT is believed to be the
first retail automobile sale
ever made by international tele-
phone was closed recently by the
Garber Buick Company when A. F.
Penoyer, salesman, sold a car to
a prospect in London by telephone
from Saginaw, Michigan.
The purchaser of the car is R.
C. Morley of Morley Brothers
Wholesale Hardware Company, who
was in England on a business trip
at the time. Penoyer, an enterpri-
sing salesman, learned that the head
of the Morley concern was to talk
from London to the directors of his
company at a certain hour, and he
Penoyer.
Saginaw.
his East
In Hoffman Case
(From Page One)
John Orth,
sell
who is]
had paid M. R.|who is
$139.20 for storage | Stewart
cases of tobacco in
at
owned jointly by
A charge of
his mother |
10 cents
the
made arrangements to be on hand.
“Hello, Mr. Morley,” said
“It seems good to hear
your voice, even though you are a
long way from home. I understand
you are going to sail tomorrow.
Before you left we tried to get your
approval on one of our new Buick
Country Club cougges. I would like
to have one of these cars trimmed
and equipped for you when you
arrive home.”
After a short discussion of terms,
Morley gave the order for the car.
He then talked for a moment with
Guy Garber, Buick distributor in
placing a mortgage of
King street residence and
turning $8,500 of that amount over
to M. R. Hoffman, Jr., and
mainder to the Schadt syndicate, as
he termed it, which he said was or-
ganized with the idea of buying the
| Hoffman farms.
) | Mr. Myers raised the question as
the tobacco of the to Dr. Smith's
Grove Tobacco Company, was call-| so-called syndicate, and the dentist,
ed and testified he
Hoffman, Jr.,
351
warehouse
stood
connec
father-in-law of
Hoffman, said
the | the syndicate failed to
Maytown, which had | planned because of inability to buy
in all of the farms, he did not know
| just how matters
$17,000 on
the re-
tion with the
Guy
that since
function as
He said he
Hoffman said he had been
fag!
ed,
Carload Lykens Valley
0.52 S Oucen ,St., Lancaster, Pa
told he was to receive some stock
in the association but he never saw Fresh Cows
the stock or knew anything about
it, he said. er :
Dr. D. Sherman Smith, of Lan- Springers and Backward Cows, con-
caster, was placed on the stand sisting of Holsteins, Guernseys,
Thursday at the reopening of the Jerseys and Brindles,
hearing in the case. Dr. Smith, un-
der questioning by B. J. Myers, at- J B K il & B
es for the creditors, admitted . e er ro.
ad a
Road We Must All |
Travel Sometime
(From Page One)
with whom she lived. Services
were held on Saturday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. |
Mumma, and at 2 o’clock at the Mt. |
Joy Mennonite church.
Mrs. Chas. Gaskell
Mrs. Chas. Gaskell, aged 46
vears, of Hoboken, N. J., died on
Monday from tuberculosis. De-
ceased is a daughter of Mrs. Renee
McSherry, (nee Renee Barlow).
Body will be brought here Thurs-|
day, for burial in the Florin ceme- |
tery. |
Christian B. Witmer
Christian B. Witmer, of South
Market street, Elizabethtown, died
on Friday night at St. Joseph's Hos-
pital from pneumonia, aged 37
years. He was a native of Browns-|
town and moved several years ago |
to Elizabethtown, where he was en-
gaged in the plumbing business.
Besides his wife, Mabel, three chil-'
dren, Lawrence, Myrtle, and Ruth, |
at home, survive. His parents, Mr |
and Mrs. Martin B. Witmer, Roths-
ville, and four brothers. Lloyd, Em-
ber and Elam, of Lititz. and Clar-
ence, of Rothsville, also survive.
Services were held on Tuesday af-
ternoon at the Church of God
Elizabethtown, of which he was a
member. Burial in the Mt. Tunnel
cemetery.
Mrs. Benjamin Gish
Mrs. Benjamin Gish, a very well
known resident of Mt. Joy township
died yesterday at 11 A. M. at the
home of her son, Joseph, two miles
north of Mt. Joy. Deceased was |
aged 90 years and 5 days. She |
lived in this section nearly all her |
life, having resided in Dauphin
county but a few years. The de-
ceased was a member of the Breth-
ren in Christ. Her husband died two
years ago at the age of 85 years.
She leaves three sons as follows: |
Joseph, of Mt. Joy township; Sam-
uel, of Mastersonville, and Jacob,
of Milton Grove.
The funeral will be held from}
the home of her son, Joseph, on
Friday afternoon at 1.30 with fur-|
ther services at Mt. Pleasant
church at 2 P. M. Interment will
be made in the adjoining cemetery. |
OOOO
POOR HORSE CCLLARS
CAUSED ROME'S FALL
French Savant Advances an |
Original Theory.
Paris.—Did Rome fall because no
i-ublic-spirited citizen knew enough to
invent a harness that would adequate |
iy utilize horse power? This wenk !
joint in the armor of the fallen eu
pires of antiquity was pointed out by |
Commandant Lefebvre des Noettes at
a recent meeting of the French Insti-
tute of Anthropology.
Commandant des Noettes has made
a complete survey of the history of
the use of animal mative power from
the early dawn of civilization. The
harness of the ancients, he explained,
Lad for tg principal drgan of traction
2000
Now Going On
April 20 to April 30, inclusive
The Piersol Co.
25th
ANNIVERSARY
SALE
The Silver Jubilee Celebration of
One of Lancaster’s Great Stores.
The Greatest Sale Ever Conducted By Pier-
soI's. A Feast of Extraordinary Home
Furnishing Bargains.
FLOOR COVERINGS — CURTAINS — DRAPERIES — CHINA —
GLASS — LAMPS — POTTERY—WILLOW WARE—ALUMINUM—
KITCHEN NEEDS — ELECTRICAL GOODS—LAUNDRY SUPPLIES
— TRUNKS — BAGS — SUIT CASES—BLANKETS — COMFORTS
— MATTRESSES — WINDOW SHADES — PORCH FURNITURE.
DEEP DECISIVE REDUCTIONS
COME—YOU ARE WELCOME WHETHER YOU COME TO BUY
OR JUST TO LOOK—WE ARE GLAD TO SEE YOU.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO TRAVEL MILES TO THIS SALE BECAUSE
THE VALUES ARE REALLY REMARKABLE.
THE PIERSOL CO.
24 E. King St. Lancaster, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20,
PPPOE
1927
# collar consisting of a leather hand
chat went around the peck like a dog
coliar, without touching the shoulders,
and which was attached to a wooden
voke Just above the withers. This col-
ar was so placed that it most effec
tively cut off the animal’s wird by
pressing on hls windpipe and the large
artery of the throat.
Almost Strancied Horses
AS soon #s a tear felt the weizht of
a chariot and its passengers exertine
Read the "Bulletin”
pressure on the col'nr they
forced to rear up their hends
off to save themselves
ling. Hence the rampant attitnde . ¢
all the horses depicted in ancient pa
pyri and sculptures, declared
mandant des Noettes.
As a result of this drawback
great civilizations of the past were
never able to get more than a
tion of the potential motive power
from their horses Oxteams operat-
ing with a wooden voke attached to
the horns, not greatly different from
that in use today. did not suffer from
the oppressive collar and in conse-
quence did most of what heavy haul-
ing was done. oth oxen and horses
were unshod and in consequence were
hot much good in rough ground.
Couldn’t Haul Half a Ton.
Data obtained from translations of
rere
and dash
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a case per month was made. {had not been recompensed for the| f€ Greek historian Xenophon and
0 y Theodosia calle a v 0
M. R. Hoffman, Jr., testified he $17,000, but held a memorandum Joan dp Theodosian ile ahout a]
had made the contract with Mr.! note from M. R. Hoffman, Jr., for Naa inter Sid /
Orth a few days ago and had re- the $8,500 and understood that Ane Se Ceres. that no team)
ceived the money. This he deposited this and the other amount will be | Sen in ancient times WHS over cons
in bank to the account of Dr. taken care of in the course of time. | ® ore Hh ! of transporting a load
T n i it ¢ ver hal )
Thomas E. Schadt, his brother-in- = — | " ke ih ion : |
rs . arious ineffectnn ttemnts ww
law. Witnesses he looked after riou } ten were |
i 3 x oy { 1 | mas to modif 0 |
Schadt’s business r him while he A | 1 i ®
ry Philadelvhis Kk rh ne ae 8 hn not | 3=
1 Philadelphia, : : J LA! until after r ( ©
1e¢ trustees were endeavoring to SB Fhe £ ri \
: . a ° ~ | yout 1e ti o 0
arn the connection of M. R. Hoff- Commencing Saturday I Frasier: ave : i,
man, Jr., Hoffman with ir 1 levise oa '
( 1 101
the Tas Cemetery Aso Anil 990d 1097 | fe
ciation, A letter from the secre- Aj | 9 ai | ndr rs tl
ary H. Ziegler, said there were { Yaa had full HN
certi s of stock issued to the 7 ET = RT BF til theme to the |
He I said they knew it ;
0 the certificates. M. | draw 1 onl
2 i he i een | her i ho =
told by his rould st 1 1¢ | ne
be given stock dct- 1d o be ti &)
ed treasurer of the ass and tn } of ©
-
ness of the ei
Th
save
lizations of the past
invention of the modern harness
to the world, he declared, a mo-
tive force more powerful and econo
iral than slavery
Ems.
You may as well try to conduc
your business without capital as to
try and get along without advertis-
ing. There’s no use, it won't go.
The man who thought a buggy was
good enough
IN THE old days, a solid, conservative citizen might sniff and tell
you he didn’t read advertising.
He didn’t think so much of the horseless carriage, either. The
telephone was newfangled, and an insult to the United States mails,
As for radio, aeroplanes, wireless photography—if they had heen
born then, he probably would have thought them a bit immoral.
But he’s changed. He’s been educated. His point of view has
been made broader and more modern. He has been civilized—by
the automobile, the telephone, radio, advertising.
Every single one has opened up new paths for him, taught him
new things. Advertising, especially. Advertising tells him the new-
est things to wear, the best things to eat. Advertising tells his wife
how to make a home up to date and attractive. Advertising tells him
the prices to pay for things he buys, saves him from the old-fashioned
ways of doing business—helps him live well, keeps him mecdern,
Advertising can help you. The advertisements in this paper are
here to tell you many things that make life more comfortable, more
Read them faithfully. They'll keep you
They’ll prevent you from becoming the type of
interesting, happier.
abreast of the times.
old fogy-—who-—sniff—doesn’t read advertising.
[Mount Joy Bulletin
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