Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-09-11
COUNTY
STRUCK ON THE MEADOWS.
Horse Killed ana Driver Prob
ably Fatally Injured.


ably Fatally Injured.
Charles Berger and ,. George was driv-
ing wagon heavily loaded with gar
bage across the meadows Sunday even
ing. Pulling aside at the Turnpike cross
ing to let buggy pass, their wagon be-
came fastened in the iand. In freeing it
their horse got upon the tracks of the
West Jersey railroadt just at this mo-
ment the motor train which leaves At
lantic City at 10 pm. Sunday night,
came tearing along, striking the horse in
the head, throwing it fifteen or twenty
feet and killing it Instantly. Berger,
who was sitting on the wagon, was
thrown about twenty feet, breaking his
right leg and two ribs, and it is also
thought that he is injured internally.
He was put aboard t4e motor train and
brought to PleasaItville, where DR..
North made him as comfortable as pos
sible, after which he Was removed to his
home in BargaintOw1. His companion,
who had hold Of the Horses head at the
time of the accident. 4caped without in
jury.
Wei U.
Our W. C. T. U. beg5hsits first full year
with membership of % regular mem
bers and eight honordries. 1t was insti-
tuted last Novembek at Mrs. Lacy's
house with membership of seven, all
told.
During that time it has established six
boxes for the distribution of literature;
held five public meetings.; obtained
pledge from tobacco dealers not to sell
to minors taken out five shares of
Building Association dtock sent flowers
and words OF sympathy to the sick and
sad; gave bouquets to the Grand Army
men on Memorial hay relieved one
family in distress and have done many
little things to make men think of what
they owe to their homes and to them
selves as the prOtectOt of the home.
During thecoming year, with the bless
ing of Providence, the Union will ac-
complish much more.
At the last meeting September 9Th,
officers were elected for the ensuing year
as follows PresidentI DIR. Eva W. Lake;
Vice President of Presbyterian Church,
Mrs. Hannah Lake; Vice President OF
Baptist Church, Mrs. Phoebe Adams;
Vice President of Salem Nj. e. Church,
Mrs. Emmaline Ryoh; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. Anna Y. G. Webb; Re
cording Secretary, Mrs. Emmarilla
Frick; Treasurer, Mrss Lydia Doughty.
Appointments Of Snperintendents to
the various departments will be an
nounced next week.
Officers and dSuperintendents will please
give in written reports of their work at
to-morrow's meeting, September 18th,
SO that the Recording Secretary may
have proper record ofit.
The W. g. T. U. contention of Atlantic
county will be held in Pleasantyille, Fri
day, September goth. In the morning
and afternoon the exercises will be held
in the Presbyterian Church and in the
evening q mass meeting will be held in
the Baptist church.
All who are lnterestedin learning more
OF white-ribbon work are cordially in
vited to attend.
Before the enforcement of the excise
law in New York Sunday was ai7.ays a
busy day in the emergency wards Of the
hospitals. Most of the cases brought in
were men injured in fights in saloons, or
by accidents because they were under
tie influence of drink. Sunday is now
the quietest day Of the week.
The president of the Cambridge, Mass.
Grocery Association says that since that
city has had no license he has only one
tenth the bad debts he had formerly.
The savings banks show an increase of
deposits Of more than four times. Again,
the increase of taxable property is $780,
900 per year more to the city than it re-
ceived under the old order of things of
licensing liquor saloons at $1,000 each.
Mr.. Berry, an ex-hangman OF London,
Eng, is now lecturing on his former
gruesome craft. He says he has con-
Quoted over five hundred executions, but
has never hanged teetotler.
DIR. N. s. Davis, at the recent meet
ing OF the American Medical Association,
held in Baltimore, read paper on"Does
Alcohol ever act as Food" in which be
stated that while men had been kept
alive forty or fifty days on water, he
had found no case, although he had
sought diligently, where men had been
kept alive halt that time on deluted alco-
hol. "Vital force, heat force, motor
force, nerve force, and muscular force are
all impaired, said he. ''by the influence
of doses of alcohol.