The Pleasantville press., 1912-07-10
ABSECON.

cousin at Philadelphia.
Miss Helen Strang left Monday
morning 20 visit her parents at Cam
den.
Mrs Joseph H. Lee, of Washington,
d. c., is the guest of her brother,
Warren P. Tilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mason enter
tanned the formers brother, Mr.. Harry
Mason, of Alabama, last week.
The annual picnic of the M. E. Sun
day School will be held Thursday, Ju-
ly Is, at Lenape Park, Mays Landing.
A meeting of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society of the Presbyte-
rian Church, will be held at Mrs. Ell
woods this Thursday afternoon.
Miss Lydella Smith enjoyed plea
SAINT motor boat excursion with Leeds
Point friends, who made the trip from
there to New Gretna and return on
the Fourth.
i Having rented their Ventnor cottage
for the summer, Mr.. and Mrs A. T.
Butler and Mrs. L. E. Butler have
again opened their Main street resi-
dence.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Goldsmith have
as their guests-their daughter and
NlIs 1IlO NllO. OlldIlto u. Oul
tbs and daughter Eleanor, Miss Irene
Coyle, Harry Bates and Mr.. Thomas,
Of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Morris are en-
tertaining Mrs. Jennie Butler, Mrs.
Lillian Hartman, Messrs. D. Cooper
Morris, Albert Bell, of Philadelphia,
and Oscar Kellum, of Bridgeton, at
their newly purchased home.
Guests of the superintendent, Miss
Jennie Trout, thirty members of the
Highland Sunday School spent a very
enjoyable day on the Fourth at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Jones, occupants of the for
mer Sarah N. Doughty residence, who
served dinner to each one present.
The congregation of the Methodist
Church was favored with two excellent
speakers last Sunday. In the morn
ing, Mrs. Becham, president of w. c.
T. U. of the State of Kentucky, deliv-
cred masterly temperance sermon,
while at the evening service, Rev. Ell
woods friend, Judge Lewis, of Boston,
a member of the Massachusetts Legis-
lature, made strong address in be-
half of the cause of prohibition. Next
Sunday at the twilight service, Mr.
John S. Weaver, Of Pleasantville, will
speak and sing.
Mrs. Minnie S. Ireland, her mother,
Mrs. Davenport, and daughter, Alma,
of Collingswood, have taken occupan-
cy of their Shore Road cottage for
the summer.
After spending couple of months
with relatives at New Inlet Beach,
Va, Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Leeds re-
turned home Monday morning, much
improved in health.
Miss Kate Steelman, of the Quaker
City, arrived on Monday to spend the
remainder of the summer with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Tilton, at North
Absecon.
While experimenting street paw
ing operation on Atlantic avenue,
Ventnor, on Monday, William J. Pret-
lyman, of this city, had a rib broken,
being struck in the back with an end
of cart shaft, which knocked him
down, frightening him severely, the
horse planting one of his feet between
the injured mans arm and body.
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Prettyman
celebrated their thirteenth wedding
anniversary Friday evening a week
ago by inviting number of relatives
and friends to spend the evening with
them. Their guests were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew White, Mr.. and Mrs
William Adkisson and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Adkisson and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Adkisson, Mrs.
Elmira Adkisson, Miss May Adkisson,
Messrs. Samuel Adkisson, Harry
White and William Prettyman, Jr, of
this city; also Miss Elva Gathers and
brother, Jay, of Philadelphia.
An adjourned meeting of City Coun-
Gil was held Tuesday evening, present
Councilmen Mitchell, Mattson, Bon
field, Conover, Sooy and Clerk John
son.
j The Appropriation Ordinance was
unanimously passed over the Mayors
veto. The items and. amounts therein
are as follows: City School Tax, $500;
Sinking Fund, $1,000; Interest on
Bonds, $4,000; City Purposes, $4,000;
Lights, $1,000; Streets, $1,000; to-
tai of $4,000, to be raised this fall by
taxation, liquor license and mercantile
tax.
In his communication vetoing the
Ordinance, Mayor Smith said that he
is anxious to encourage all possible
Improvements, for which reason he
searched for ground upon which to ap-
prove same, but for the following rea-
sons must withhold his SIGNATURE
"First, Because | believe the people
are already taxed to the limit. Sec
ond, As we have so much extra bur-
den this year in the way of public i'm
provements which will nearly double
our tax rate, it does not seem wise in
my judgment to increase the appro-
priation for something not absolutely
necessary, and to do so is not to con-
suit the interest Of the taxpayers who
should be consulted and their voices
heard" The councilmen present said
they had consulted large number of
citizens and property owners, all of
whom seemed to favor the passage of
the ordinance.
A communication was received from
Tax Collector Jesse Showell stating
that as the time for advertising and
selling properties for unpaid tax is at
hand he desired Council to appoint
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