Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1909-01-16


the rule, the indignities meted out to
them by banded set of men. The cor
porations are quite as dependent upon
the people as are the people upon the
advantages offered by the corporations.
Bans about Atlantic City, more or
less affecting the entire count, are as
numerous as state laws which arc never
enforced. Most Of these bans. are at
present being zealously pushed
There is a ban" against straw balls. :
Good Aanother against the Board OF
Charity issuing orders for drugs, which
resolves itself into cocaine Better yet.
Then the ban against indiscriminate
handling of gasoline is another highly
important step toward the good and
,afety of the public. The "banS against
garbage collection by farmers, is that
lust? Is it for the benefit of the public
Dr for selected few, helping line pri-
sate purses
To be better satisfied on the score Of
its injustice, the innocent public should
visit the county farmers, who have hith
crto depended upon the strenuously OBJ
tanned garbage for their hog food. Only
to see the suffering animals and the heart
broken and wrecked farmers would re
suit in an immediate rcvokement of thi:
asst ban"
Never has greater injustice been
present garbage restriction.
But few years since Atlantic City
esidents offered up thanks to "Rube"
or taking away it's Kitchen otfal. Now
hat a company turns all this waste into
,rofit and persecutes the one time aid
# the housewife, the forgetful public
oins i'll the howl against the farmer. His
woes, his grief, suffering and wrecked
fortune does not appear on the illumina
ion thrown on the sheet of publicity
for the worlds eye.
Last week an Italian youth, of nine
ieen years, in Pleasantville, met a pain
full and most pathetic death. 1t was
)ccasioned by lack of employment, ne
.ect and starvation Benificent Atlantic
ity sent thirteen hundred dollars to the
lative shores Of this youth for its earth
quake sufferers. Truly a commendable
'pirit of charity. Nevertheless, the
Thought arises, are we first keeping our
,wn natives and pilgrims from suffering!
There are vast number of suiIering
people in Atlantic county who need and
deserve clarity, that assistance Of kind
iot glaringly garbed in charity, but time
". unobtrusive.
While it is noble to remember the
stricken in far off lands, it is less public
nut none the less noble, to first aid the
home people.
The protractcd delay Of finishing the
placing Of all fire plugs, ordered last
year. should now draw to close. De
lays are not only dangerous, they arc
Improbable.
An Atlantic City woman now having
hotel built. Mrs. Mcfarland, has set
4 good example for men to follow. She
has only residents of the place to en-
yage in work on the building. Home en-
-terprise for her. Home charity, home
patronage. If more would follow hci
initiative greater prosperity would be
realized and less poverty result.
Pleasantvile may be justly proud OF
It's fine brick school houses and its edu-
'ational facilities but i'll all this excel
mt equipment there is a serious flaw
The buildings have, probably, been pass
ID upon by the proper officials but are
he fire escapes and exits all that safety
demands?
1t is public duty to closely inquire
into such matters. In this town too
small thought is given to possible fires
too much trust, not enough precaution
If already fire drill is not instituted
in the schools it should be Immediately
undertaken and the pupils thoroughly
instructed in such an exercise.
Apropos fires and general conflagra
ton, the Mayor last week at the coun
I'll meeting, made a worthy plea fol
better fire protection and facilities foi
extinguishing chance blazes.
The present hand engine is about 'as
squirt gun. The volunteer firemen would
also prove about as expert i'll case of
fire, as "a parcel Of school boys let loose
in clump of burning bushes.
To put your trust i'll Cod sounds
well. but is it doing things" when
man works as if he trusted only him
self.
While discussion o fthc race problem
is not the province of this paper, it is
wisdom to consider that in the ultimate
adjustment of society a proper place
mcnt of all classes leads to harmony.
A later development in the progress Of
the town may necessitatc Il separation
of the races. To the more intelligent
colored people, this is always prefer
able. The colored race have their own
niche in the great web of civilization.
their special mission and must necessar
lily harmonizc with the movement Of the
period.
The tuptodate merchant employs
many novel methods of reaching the peo-
,,Io to xYi,o,n bo .atars aud fxiu,y him,