Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1911-11-01
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Local Happenings Gathered by Hustling
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Candidates active.
|. Nutting days these.
Birds are migrating.
| Plenty of Persimmons.
THE Christians Hope subject for
Sunday night at Adams Hail.
The Macmillan Studio guarantees to
please its customers. Give us trial
Governor Woodrow Wilson will speak
| at Hubin's Theatre beginning at ii o.
| clock A. NJ. next Thursday.
Arrangements are being made for
transportation to the Gov. Stokes meet
ing at Atlantic City on Saturday night,
so that all who desire may have the OPP
portunity of attending
An accident at Pleasantville was av-
erted last Tuesday when split rail on
the West Jersey tracks was discovered
by the crew of a shifting engine and re-
paired before casualty resulted.
All members of Washington Camp,
No. l26, P. 0. S. of A., of Pleasantville,
are notified that on November 7th, N
Adams Hall, at 7.30 P. m, a sour kraut
supper will be given. All come. G. w.
Nash and P. j. Iced, Committee.
Charles Fox, S-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs Charles Fox, fell over rake
at his home in Absecon last Wednesday
and the teeth of the rake were buried in
the feshy portion of his leg. The wound
is painful, but not necessarily danger
ous
A District Meeting of County Camps
of the Patriotic Order Sons of America
was held at Mays Landing last Wednes-
day A District Association was form
ed, of which NJ Hilliard, Of Pleasant
vile, was elected guard. The next meet
ing will be held with the Pleasantville
Camp on November %.
The Coroner's jury, consisting of VIM.
L. Anderson, Harrison Dearden, Jere
miah Risley, Randolph Adams, Enos
Ware and William Moore, in the case
of Alexander Berry, colored, whose life
less body was found along the tracks
of the Shore Fast line, resulted in a de-
cision of death by cause unknown.
An auto smashup occurred on Shore
Road near Absecon last Tuesday eve
ming, when James Adams, farmer, and
man named Tete who was driving his
wagon, were run into by Daniel Collins,
an Atlantic City real estate dealer. Both
were thrown out and severely injured,
the wagon was partly wrecked and the
horse slightly injured.
Last Sunday was observed as Veter-
ans Day at Salem M. E. Church. The
older members and shut-ins were brought
to the church i'm automobiles, and after
service souvenirs were presented to each
veteran member Of the church. The
special music consisted of the old-time
songs of Zion. Next Sunday morning
there will be special service for the
men, with music by the men. The Ep-
worth League services in the evening
will be in charge of Mrs. Robert l.. Race.
The special attention of business men
and our readers generally is called to
the half-page ad. OF Ernest Boyer on
page 5 of this issue Of The Pleasantwille
Press. As stated he can fill your office
needs, whatever they may be, and from
personal experience we know that they
will be filed, promptly and to the best
interest of his customers. Mr.. Boyer Is
man with whom it is a pleasure TO
do business, and we urge our readers to
give him an opportunity to serve them.
At Mr.. H. L. Sands, l6 S. Third ST.,
on Monday evening, Oct. 80, there was
large gathering to Masqued Hallow-
cen party given by the seventeen year
old twin girls. The home was decorated
with autumn leaves anu flowers. After
spending a pleasant evening and partak-
ING Of supper the party broke up, all
having spent jolly evening. There
were guests from Atlantic City, Somers
Point, Linwoed and Pleasantville. At
supper they all unmasked and there were
quite few surprises.
The annual meeting of the Gen. La
fayette Chapter, N. S. D. A. r., was held
in the Assembly Room of the Public
Library in Atlantic City, on last Satur-
day. Oct. %. The officers elected were
as follows: Regent, Miss Sarah N.
Doughty; Vice Regent, Mrs. Joseph
Thompson; Secretary, Mrs. Alfred Ely;
Treasurer, Mrs. Clarence Nourse; Regis
trar, Miss Josephine Gardner; Board OF
Managers-Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Shreve,
Mrs. Shivers, Mrs Gibbons and Mrs.
Emma johnson. The shore members
who attended the meeting were: Mrs.
I. G. Adams and Mrs. Flora Ryon, OF
Linwood; Mrs. John G. Thomas, OF Plea
santville, and Mrs. Emma johnson and
Miss Mae Cordery, Of Absecon.
The cunning season for several varl-
eties Of game opens today and the out
look is that it win be one of the best
shooting seasons in New Jersey in sew
eral years. The game which may be
shot beginning November | includes rab-
bits. quail, pheasant, partridges, wild
turkey wild duck and wild geese. Deer
may be taken only every Wednesday n
November and as the month comes in
on Wednesday hunters may also shoot
deer that day. 1t is illegal to use a
rifle to shoot deer or to hunt them with
dogs. Reports from all sections OF the
state show that rabbits and quail are
plentiful. Last winter syas a favorable
one for quail, many more than usual
surviving the. cold weather. The past
summer was also favorable for game OF
the smaller species SO that quail shoot