Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-03-09
ABSECON.


The M. E. choir will practice on Friday
evening.
Jerry Carton, our grocer, sold case
of gum boots last week.
Mr.. Frank Slim met with a fall last
week, but is now much improved.
DIR. Samuel johnson made several sets
of teeth last week for his patrons.
The Misses Josie Doughty and Lizzie
Boice were Phila. visitors last week.
Mr.. Smith spoke very well at the
League meeting on Sunday evening.
Mr.. Smith and family. of Collingswood,
have been visiting at Mrs. G. K. Flem-
ings.
The ladies of the M. E. Church are ar
ranging to hold al Easter Bazaar,
Easter week.
Mr.. Delp, one of our genial agents,
missed his train and had to remain over
until next day.
Mrs. Ann Babcock was the guest of
her sister Mrs. James Ryon at Pleasant
vile on Thursday.
Our new Constable is hustler. That
he will do his duty without fear or favor
ls beyond dispute.
Capt. Joseph Smith has had one of his
fingers amputated, felon being the
cause of the same.
The woodman's axe is now heard and
seen swinging along the Pitney Road in
advarce of trolley line,
Rev. a. T. Dugan attended the laying
of the corner stone of st. Paul's M. E.
Church, Atlantic City, on Monday.
1t was missionary dayi M E Sunday
School on Sunday-the last of the Con-
ference year-nearly eight dollars were
contributed,
Samuel Smith says he is the only Matt
Quay in town and is willing to give the
Big -Four" any advice they may want,
free of charge.
Our M. E. Church needs painting and
refurnishing badly. Perhaps the new
board of Stewards will take up this
work at once and put it through.
Buildings have already been erected on
the lots owned by the syndicate. New
avenues are to be laid out and Absecon
Heights will be an attractive spot.
Mr.. Benjamin johnson, of North Abse-
con, whose foot was badly bruised by
his horse stepping on it, has been con-
fined to his home, but is now better.
May Risley of the Bayview Sunday
School was the first to receive fifty tickets
which was offered by the Supt. to
scholars who would commit to memory
the Books of the Bible.
Brother Dugan is wearing q "yard
wide, all wool" smile. His salary in full
was raised at single meeting of the
official brethren, which expresses the ap-
probation our people have for him.
The following young ladies who acted
as aids at M. r. Festival have been
grouped in photograph by our local
artist T. /. Hamilton, namely, Miss Ina
Lee, Misses Julia and Josephine Hender-
son, Misses Mamie Conover and Emma
Woodward.
A brakeman on the work train had
his toes cut off Saturday night of last
week. This is but the second accident
on the new work SO far. Considering
the great amount of dangerous work
and the number of men employed, the
accidents have been light.
Our church people claim the election OF
Mr.. Robinson as special victory. The
old gentleman has been sexton of the
M. E. church for forty years and this is
the first time in that period that the
members have had an opportunity to
express in a political way, their appre-
citation of his worth.
Cur town election will be to-day,
Wednesday. The ticket named in caucus
is supposed to be safe, although it is said
that surprise will be sprung on the
voters. The danger will be in the voters
thinking all is safe and mot coming out
to the polls. But it does not look to the
writer that the people who put the
ticket through could be caught asleep.
Phe procedure and methods of the
Hotel element. in trying I'd run the town
has aroused the paople as never before.
1t has amazed them so much to think
the church people dare assert their claim
for recognition that the question of in
cooperating into q city under the laws
of 1897 is being very seriously consider
ed A strong sentiment is bling created,
it is said, for this movement in order
that the people will have an opportun-
ity to interest themselves directly. II
this is done the license question will be
taken from the power OF the court and
LETT with councils thus making the pro-
liability of MIR. Price receiving license,
if the result Of the late town meeting is
to be considered, rather doubtful.
The Helios Carbide Light Company is
to be located here as the result of Abse-
con capital and thrift, with the gen.
erosity for which our people are Iioted.
The factory will be located In Pleasant
vile, near the boundary of the two
towns, but the nav improvement in the
resident line will be in Absecon proper.
The building of factory, opening OF
streets and erection of tenement houses
for the work men are now under way
and in few years we may expect to be
q thriving town Of many thousand
people. We have the. men and the
capital. It is said that the promoters Of
| the new factory site intend to make
| this town greater" Absecon. and with
this object in view, the centralization Of
capital is now going on. Fhe first con
eideration will bexlfel' to building Of 8