The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-07-19

ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN-
IcLED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

cial at the home of Mrs. Walter Bates
on Wednesday evening.
John Alexander has five prolific to-
bacco plants growing in his garden.
Raymond S.. Stevenson, formerly
goes back and forth daily to Philadel-
phia, where he is the cashier of the
East Falls National Bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Guenther re-
turned home last Sunday from Egg
Harbor City, where they passed two
weeks with the family of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry Brander. Mr.. and
Mrs. Guenther are both hale and hear
ty and enjoy visiting their children
and their families. They have ten
children and 80 grandchildren.
Raymond Leeds returned home
Tuesday evening from Camp Merritt,
Tenafy, N. j., having been ~honorably
discharged from Uncle Sans service.
He saw months of service in France
and participated in the very thickest
of two important drives as his dis
charge slip shows. He AYERS that
what he saw of horror during those
engagements battles description and if
it we're de~scribable the story would
| SCSln 1uC CulDIc. AT AlSnI, AC says
when the huge howitzers were dis
charging their speedy, death dealing
projectiles, a bad thunder and light
ming storm could not be compared with
it.
William Irelan, of Philadelphia, rail-
way mail clerk between New York
and Washington, came home last Tues
day evening to spend part of his vaca-
f.@n xr-s+6 Af1 no-onfa Mr. nn6 AHrc
Charles Irelan. His family also are
here now.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad excur-
sion, accommodation and other regu-
lar trains passing through Absecon the
last two weeks, numerous passenger
cars foreign to this road have been
linked in to make up the complement
of cars. Some of these coaches are
from the far west and differ in color,
style, capacity, etc. Cars belonging
to the following roads have been OBJ
served here since July 3rd: Northern
Pacific, Monon, Nickel Plate Road,
Bessemer, Santa Fe, Burlington, ILL
nois Central, Minneapolis, st. Paul &
Sault Ste. Marie, New York, New Hav-
en- & Hartford, Central Railroad of
New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia
q INOllOlh, INOIlu "S0tC1A Lille, NUN
Island, Southern, Boston & Maine, Wa
bash, New York Central, Philadelphia
& Reading, Cumberland Valley, Lack
awanna, Delaware & Hudson, Rich
mond & Washington, Florida East
Coast, New York, Chicago & ST. Louis,
Chicago Great Western, Washington,
Spokane & Seattle, Erie, Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul.
TH4 M II I.raa OnI - 80 .4x
invitation to all to come out to Church
full Gospel messages. In the morn
ing, 1.-The Balancer of Clouds; in the
evening, Goods Good Man"
A. L. Hammell has received his new
Buick touring car equipped with IN
closed winter top.
There are some clever young wire
less operators in town. Lewis M.
Johnston has a fine wireless set in
stalled in the M. E.. parsonage and is
receiving messages from Arlington,
Va, and other points. Emerson Show
ell, Ladow Hammell, Walter Borne
man and James Ballantine are also
putting in outfits, and soon the air
about town will be a "~speaking-gal-
lery".
MISS Oldld OOllONcI anu MIS-. vi. Il.
Massey will visit Barnegat relatives
next week.
c. P. Hammell has caught ten moles
in a trap in his garden this summer.
Baby Girl Killed BY Train.
Straying from home at Ohio avenue
and Mill Road to the Mill Road cross
ing of the Pennsylvania Railroad a
short distance away, little Laura Ad-
kisson, aged less than three years, and
youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs. William
H. Adkisson, vas instantly killed by
the Market street express bound for
Atlantic City at IL o'clock last We'd
nesday morning as she sat On a baby
carriage which she had pushed onto
the tracks and sat down in a few
minutes before entirely ignorant of
the danger. The body was cut in half.
The engineer blew the whistle sew
eral times, but could not stop the train
soon enough TO save the tots life.
The train was brought to a standstill
at the New Road crossing and was
backed to the scene of the fatality.
The two parts of the child's body were
picked up by the train crew, who wrap
ped them in a newspaper n the
train proceeded on to the Absecon sta
ton a mile below, where the remains
were left. A few minutes later Under
taker Parsels arrived and removed the
body to his undertaking establishment.
The mother was overcome with grief
on hearing the news and two doctors
were called in to administer to her.
The father was not at home at the
time of the fatal accident but reached
there shortly afterward.
The youngster was a healthy, active
child and is said to have possessed