Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1911-01-21
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Credit-Something for nothing.

SOuuuo all TlSnI.
This is pneumonia weather for sure
Take good care of your health.
The six leading magazines published
PSI poems last year-of which some.
doubtless, We're read.
New York does big things, but its biz
failures are among its great events that
are not to its credit.
The ladies of Salem NJ. E. Church are
arranging cantata, subject, 'The New
Minister, to be given at an early date
Keep your attention fixed on The Press
for 1911. Give your neighbor notice.
Something is likely to happen. 81 per
year
As rule it took Mother several weeks
to do her Christmas shopping. 1t took
Father about fifteen minutes the night
before Christmas,
The cellar for the Hubin Theater. ad-
joining the Postoffice, is now being dug.
1t is expected the Theater will be ready
on or about April lst.
Campbell & Wootton, agents for Nor
ris Somers, have sold to Mr.. Luigi Gar
guelo, of Philadelphia, a lot on Third
street, near Pleasant avenue.
On the very first of JAN
A new diary he began;
But before the first of Feb.
His zeal began to ebb.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Mcguire
got down in the vacant lot back of
Crawford's store on Saturday morning.
causing considerable excitement
Every business man should use sta
tionery with his business neatly printed
on it. Such work neatly and inexpen-
sively executed at The Press office.
Time to prognosticate some marriages
pretty soon, now that 1911 has come in.
All signs, diamond rings and all, point
to the need of minister before long.
Every new factory in Pleasantville
means more work, more business, more
wealth. Let's make united effort to
land several for our town during 1911
Plans for the Hubin Theater are about
completed, and when finished the play
house will surpass any and be equal in
design and finish to those in South Jer-
sey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shewell have is
sued cards announcing the marriage of
their daughter Florence, to Mr. Florus
Smith, on Tuesday, November l., 1910.
Although the couple have been married
two and half months, the parents have
just founa it out.
To a hot, perspiring man
There are few
Things more truly grateful than
Falling dew.
But a fellow gets the chills
Through and through
When it is a case of bills
Falling due.
r. NJ. Willis has recently installed at
his place of business an electrically oper-
ated National Cash Register-the first in
the town-and gives with each cash pur
chase a chance on a box of cigars, and
awards one each Saturday night. Last
Saturday was the first and the winner
was the popular assistant postmaster,
Howard Fox. Postmaster Willis says he
is keeping the cigars in the family, but
The Press predicts it will be different this
week.
Hyman Epstein, who for a number of
years conducted a small store in Pleas
antvAle, was arrested Monday by Con-
stable Murphy on a charge of fraud, it
being alleged by salesman for Phila
delphia clothing house that Epstein had
ordered a quantity of goods from his
firm knowing that he would be unable to
pay. A few days before the bill was pre-
sented Epstein failed, and it is claimed by
the complainant that he had sold the
goods which he had fraudulently obtain
ed
The startling figures presented in the
report of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
telling the frightful story that the lives
of 1896 people paid the penalty for
trespassing on the company's railroad
tracks last year, constitute an eloquent
sermon on human carelessness. These
figures, it is taken for granted, do not
include those which We're lost at grade
crossings or in any instance swhere the
victim was not a trespasser. The figures
are appalling and become grim lesson
when published.
Last Wednesday, a full ten days before
the production is to be staged for the
criticism of the Atlantic City public, a
rehearsal of the Phi Omega Pi play was
held at the Morris Guards Armory at s
D. M At this rehearsal, the entire finish
ed performance of the show was produc
ed. complete in every detail, for the bene
tit of booking agents from Hammonton.
Mays Landing. Egg Harbor, Ocean City,
Pleasantville, Vineland and Bridgeton.
The present time is being devoted entire
~ to polishing off the rough edges.
Mrs. Laura c. Risley. wife of Elmer
Risley. of Atlantic City died at the hos
pital Sunday morning after an illness OF
five weeks. The deceased was the daugh
ter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Bowen,
of Pleasantville and was 80 years of age.
She leaves five children, the oldest of
whom is Is and the youngest baby of
five weeks Mrs. Ellis Adams and Mr..
Elwood Bowen. both of Pleasantvillr.
are her sister and brother Funeral ser
vices We're held Wednesday afternoon
from Mt. Pleasant NJ p. Church, Rev.
George ID. Jones officiating, assisted by
Rev. J. H. Litsinger.
Mr. Tompkins, the secretary, and the
Pleasantville Heat, Light and Power
Company are good people, and as a re
suit the borough is being supplied with
its usual lights although the company is
without contract. The Mayor and
Council are desirous Of complying with
the wishes of the taxpayers and at the
same time to deal fairly with the COM
pany The borough certainly should
have all-night lights, and The Press be