The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-14

was torn by a large cotter pin as he
fell. The incision was deep. He was
carried to the office of the nearest ply
sician, where the wound was dressed.
Mrs. Bates Entertains Mite Society.
TheAbsecon Presbyterian Mite So
ciety was delightfully."- entertained on
Thursday evening, July 5th, by Mrs.
Mary Bates, at the home of Mr.. and
, Mrs. Charles Irelan, on New Jersey
avenue. Late in the evening dainty
refreshments were served by the host
eSs. Present were Rev. and Mrs. R..
A. Elwood, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Irelan, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Irelan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Draper, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. May
Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Smith, Jr., Mrs. Charles Kunkely, Mrs.
John Shaw, Mrs. Louise Yates, Mrs.
Josephine Adams, Mrs. Martin Spiek-
erman, Mrs. Samuel Johnson, Mrs. Ed
ward Mccarthy, Mrs. George Draper,
! Misses Laura Adams, Hannah Madden,
May Cordery, Florence Draper, AIDE
laide Carly, Gertrude Draper, Louise
| Draper, Kathryn Smith, Messrs. T. d.
| Carey, Herman Madden, Samuel
| Smith, Ill, Russell Elwood and Emer-
son Irelan.
Two Girls Narrowly Escape Death.
While walking up the Shore Road
n mile north of Absecon, in front of
Mrs. Hannah BoWen's, at ten o'clock
last Saturday night, on their return
home from Pleasantville, Misses Gla-
dys Ristine, daughter of Mrs. Edna
Ristine, and Alice Conover, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Conover, of Con-
overtown, were run into from the rear
by a Ford automobile driven by Frank
Laubert, of Egg Harbor City; were
knocked down and dragged up the
road under the front of the car for an
estimated distance of sixty feet before
the auto vas stopped.
Wounded and bleeding, their cloth
ing d~isarranged and partly torn away,
the Ristine girl unconscious, both
girls were released from their perilous
positions; were placed in the motor
car and were taken to the office of DR..
c. C. Allen, who directed that they be
taken home. He followed immediate
ly and performed the professional ser
vices necessary. However, it was not
until noon the following day that Miss
Ristine regained consciousness. Both
girls suffered profusely from abra-
! sions, decorations and Commissions.
Both escaped death by a narrow
margin. Miss Conover's cape caught
on the crank handle, holding her Sc
curely fast. The Ristine girl barely
| escaped conclusion of the brain. 1t
was feared at first she had received a
fractured skull. She suffered a deep
| cash at the corner of the right eye.
1t is alleged that both girls were
walking on the left hand side of the
road and that when the auto which
was proceeding in the same direction
on the right hand side neared the
place where they were walking, 1T
veered directly in their direction,
| knocking both down before they had
a chance to escape. The driver of the
car said his lights were dimmed and
that he did not see the human objects.
The two girls are recovering as rapid
ly as could be expected. A young
woman, of Smithville, was in the auto
with the young man when the acct
dent happened.
Ira l.. Giberson took Magistrate
Howard Payne to Egg Harbor City in
his automobile last Monday afternoon.
They found young Laubert at his
home. Admitting his guilt, Magistrate
Payne placed him under $500 bail,
which was furnished by the young
mans father, pending the outcome of
the girls injuries and the making of
a satisfactory settlement with the
young girls parents.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Mails arrive at Absecon Post Office a.
follows:
From Philadelphia and Vest 30 and 1C
a. m. and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic City-6.So a. m. and 3.45
p. N.
Mails close as follows
For Philadelphia-6.2o 20, 9.25 aud 9.45 a
M. $50 and 6.25 p. m.
For Atlantic City-9.45 a. m. 6.25 p. m.
The Office opens daily except Sunday al
6.15 a. m. and closes Tbs p. m.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route Al
5.20 a. m.