The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-07-31
Q ABSECON.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.

From Philadelphia and west-7.8o and 10
q. m. and 6.45 D. M.
From Atlantic city-e.3o a. m. and s.45
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-6.2O. 1926 and 9.45 a.
m; $50 and 6.25 D. m.
For Atlantic City-9.45 a. M. 6.25 n. m.
The Office opens daily except Sunday al
6.15 a. M. and closes It's D. M.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route al
S.2e a. m
Mrs. Samuel Johnson attended the
annual card party given by the Cen
eral Lafayette Chapter, D. A. R., at
the Hotel Gladstone, Atlantic City,
on Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. j. Hamilton and
Mrs. Jennie Nicholson have been en-
pertaining Miss Margaret Mccall, of
New York.
Miss Ruth Adams is spending a
week with Miss Beatrice Adams at
Lower Bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben l.. Babcock
have as their guests for a week the
latter's sister, Mrs. Walter Dietrich
and children, Mary Elizabeth and
Walter, Jr, of Harrisburg, Pa.
Under the auspices of the M. E.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
a bread, cake, pie and roll sale will
be held at the home of Mrs. F. G.
Turner next Saturday afternoon and
evening, August 7th.
A lawn tennis tournament in which
most of the young people of Absecon
participated was held last Thursday
and Friday on Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose
Hammell's court, south of their resi-
dence.
Members of the Absecon Art Club
assembled On Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Edward A. VIII
son at Venice Park for their regular
bi-weekly meeting.
A number of members and friends
of the local colored church went on
Thursday last to Lenape Park, Mays
Landing, on the annual union picnic
of the county.
A watermelon social was given by
the Ushers' Union in the chapel last
Monday evening. A very jolly time
was had and those present passed a
very social hour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira L.. Giberson are
receiving the congratulations of
friends upon the birth last Monday of
a girl weighing seven and three
quarters pounds.
Miss Florence Leech, of Montana,
will give an address in support of
the Woman Suffrage movement be-
fore the members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union in the
chapel next Tuesday afternoon at 3
O'Clock. Rev. R. A. Elwood will also
speak on the same subject.
Rev. C. M. Johnston has recovered
from his illness of a week and is at
tending to his pastoral duties again.
During his absence from the services
last Sunday, Louis D. Champion, ESQ.
of P~leasantville, occupied the pulpit
in the morning and Rev. j. w. Nickel
son. of Wesley M. E. Church, preach
ed in the evening.
Mrs. Samuel Johnson entertained
last week Miss Mary B. McMullen,
of West Philadelphia.
Miss Margaret Cheyney had as her
guest for two weeks Miss Elizabeth
Hodges. of Media, Pa.
MI. Walter Callahan, of Baltimore,
an employee in that city of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad for the last
% years, who is now on his vacation,
and Mrs. Lemuel F. Brownley at
their cottage on Shore Road, North
Absecon.
Miss Kathryn Latimer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Latimer, of At
lantic City. who is the guest of MI.
land Mrs. Brownley, is enjoying the
society and entertainment of the
Young people of North Absecon.
Mrs. Rebecca Donnelly entertained
her nephew, Mr.. Somers Madden, of
Vineland, last Sunday.
A meeting of the Standard Bearers
will be held this Saturday afternoon
al the residence of Mrs. R. L. Bah
cock. The presence of each member
is requested.
Joseph Ireland left last Saturday
for Boston where he will be employ
ed at a large sand plant which is just
being constructed.
Fred H. Henry is driving his 1915
Ford touring car which he purchased
last week.
Attempted Suicide.
Crazed by the theft of nearly four
hundred dollars representing his life
time savings which it is alleged sud-
denly and mysteriously disappeared
the previous night, caused an Italian
laborer at the water reservoir to at
tempt suicide last Saturday morning
by trying to place himself on the
track at the Station avenue crossing
directly in front of the TAO north
bound express, which stops here on
signal. Attracted by the mans
strange actions and realizing what his
intentions were Jacob Seiferman, the
flagman on duty, and M. S. DeHaven,
station agent, succeeded in fighting
him off the tracks in time to ave his
life. Had the train been a through
express it is feared the crazed mans
efforts might have been successful,
but as it stopped that morning time
was given in which to Illustrate his
attempted rash act.
1t is said that the laborer had been
in America nine years during which
time he saved and accumulated until
he was about ready to send for his
family in Italy to come across. The
terrible disappointment affected his
mind for several DAVIS, but he is now