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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-06

OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americas.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Railroad Commission Of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
II. s, Court, Southern District or
Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-06
Americas, Ga, December 6, 1915.

Are you a S. P. U. G.?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-06

ditions are almost as bad as around
the Pullman shops.
The report of the welfare depart
..ment shows that the amount of rent
paid by a family diminishes with the
increase of its numbers. The family
of two, a newly married couple, is
: able to pay $12.22 month on an av-
erage, for its abode. When the Tit
tie stranger" arrives, figures show
that the monthly rent drops to 1913.
Another addition to the group and
1888 marks the average rent and the
family moves to the rear of some ten
l,ement, where the alley in their gar
den. When three or more children
come the survey of the welfare de-
partment shows that $3.50 a month,
or less than % cents day on an av-
erage, is paid for a place to rear these
children.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-06
SOME DOPE ABOUT THE MEN
PICKED FOR JUDGES

Maybe you want to know a little
about some of those candidates
picked for judges by the Republican
county convention yesterday. Here's
the way some of them line up:
Orrin N. Carter-Sat on the arbi-
: tration board of wages and working
d. conditions of $4,000 street car men of
Chicago in 1928. Gave the street
car companies nearly everything they
wanted and the workingmen few
esops.. Now openly fought by the or
ganized street car men in their Of
fetal journal, The Union Leader.
L Hickman ScanIan.-Also member
street railway arbitration board
r1912-13. Refused to approve main
points of the award. Issued long,
fierce statement denouncing the
award. Said the companies were
earning more than enough profits to
pay higher wages and shorten long
.workday of car men.
: D. F. Matchett. - Signed original
call of officers of 16 civic and labor
organizations demanding count of
automatic telephones and investiga-
Etion of city's rights of forfeiture.
Boosted the Penny Phone league.
Jesse HoIdom.-Noted for injunc-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-06

tons tying up labor in strikes. Has
been criticized repeatedly before the
Chicago Federation of Labor. Criti-
cism held just on safe side of con-
tempt of court. Took part in apprais-
al of school land property downtown.
Atty A. R. Shannon for school board
declared Monday night the appraisal
is a legal fraud" and Holdom and
the two other appraisers tried to keep
secret questionable validating meth
DDS used.
Donald R. Richberg.-Attorney for
the Merriam crime committee and
counsel for Merriam in expose of split
interest graft. Helped write report of
crime committee, saying industrial,
housing and wage conditions are
among deeper causes of crime.
Carl r. ChindbIom. - Former
county attorney. Shut out from Of
flee when it was seized by States
Atty Hoyne. Retained under him as
assistant county atty, William F.
Struckman, one of the old timers I'M
der whom tax system of Cook county
developed into the snarl of law and
anarchy it is today.
Jesse Baldwin - On the day he
was nominated made permanent an .
injunction against the mattresses
union denying them the right to
peacefully picket. ...
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
GOTHAM GUSTS

From the way he kicks out his
socks a young wife is afflicted by the
awful thought that he must have had
holes in 'em all the time he was
counting her.
A woman who knows how to make
a bang-up- cup of coffee and whose
hot soda biscuits never go wrong says
she doesn't believe men folks are so
q~uarrelsome at breakfast time as
some of her women friends say they
are.
A man of my acquaintance who
prattled mighty glibly about fellows
who couldn't stand prosperity" came
within about an inch of drinking him
self to death when somebody be-
queathed him a thousand dollars.
A woman whose husband is six feet
high and who weighs 200 pounds can
accidentally let slip some irritating
remarks about "runts" and "shrimps"
to her women friends whose husbands
are small men.-Clarence L. Cullen,
in the New York World.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
CLEANS

Many a mans will power becomes
stagnant from lack of exercise.
The only way to get some people
to the front is by attacking them in
the rear.
You never can tell. The wee sma'
hours may develop some pretty big
times.
Some men never grasp al oppor-
tunity till some other fellow let's go
of it.
IN-SHOOTS
The critic has never been recog-
nized as a leader of thought.
The better the man the easier he
can be fooled by a bad m
Religion that is scared into a man
does not remain long, as a rule.
The chorus girl who can admire a
tightwad has mistaken her calling.
Some men are born great, others
with the ability to make a big noise.
A letter of regret never softens
the kick that sends a man out of a
One kind of a friend in need of adj
vice always seems to think that we
need advice.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
MUFFLED KNOCKS

When a policeman uses his club he
generally raps for order.
If you are going to tell a fellow he
is a bad egg, break it gently.
Even the furrier is willing to admit
that beauty is only skin deep.
A girl can't be blamed for forget
ting a fellow when he forgets him.
self.
1t sometimes takes a certain amount
of strength to admit our own weak
ness.
You never can tell. Many a man is
tall physically, but mighty short fl
nancially.
The average mar feels that he is
a match for the fellow who has money
to burn.
When a woman says she won't, she
won't; also very often when she says
she will.
Many a man who is most lavish
with his talk has to take it back,
slightly damaged.
If you have one foot in the grave,
don't worry. You'll get there with
both feet.
A bride will sometimes sweep up
the aisle, but that is generally the
sections work.
The fellow who always wants to. be
treated says it's an i'll wind that blows
nobody off.
Don't call names; but. on the other
hand, you can f1atter any woman by
calling her a flirt.
There isn't much hope for the peo-
PIE who would rather tell their trou-
bles than be popular.
In spite of the fact that money
talks, it doesn't seem particularly gar
rrlous with some of us.
Many a fellow is a good-hearted
fool, but the trouble is we don't do
our thinking with our hearts:-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
ESTELLVILLE RESIDENT
DIES AT PLEASANTVILLE.

At a late hour Sunday night J. By
ron Rogers, of Estelville, died after a
prolonged illness at II W. Washington
avenue, Pleasantville, in his Goth year..
Mr.. Rogers had j~ourneyed to Pleas
antville about three weeks ago on
business when taken with a severe at
tack of heart trouble and it was only
through the utmost efforts of his ply
stefan that he managed to conquer
the attack, and since that time he had
been under constant care.
For many years Mr.. Rogers had
been connected with the real estate
business, and until about three years
ago he was a resident of this city.
Owing to i'll health Mr.. Rogers re-
tired from active business and since
that time resided with his son, Harry
V. Rogers, at Estelville. He was as
ISOLATED with the Seaside Land Com
pany as a director up until the time
of his death.
He is survived by a widow and a
son, also a daughter, Mrs. Taylor Hale,
of Oyster, Va.
Funeral services were held from the
First Presbyterian Church at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, and interment
was in Salem cemetery.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
AROUND H CITIES

st. Louis night schools have a wom-
an of seventy among the pupils. She
Is diligently striving to make up for
past neglect.
Pittsburgh has reached such a de-
gree of sanctity under the commission
form of government that skating in
the public parks on Sunday is banned.
Two soup kitchens in Kansas City
fed 2,160 guests one evening. De-
mand for meals is crowding the re-
sources of institutions supported by
charitable people.
A huge haul of fish from Utah lake,
amounting to $4,000 pounds, was dis
tributed among the poor of Salt Lake
City, 5000 persons receiving about
eleven pounds each.
A tract of 100 acres of land taken
over by the city of Cheyenne six years
ago has been adjudged worth $500
by a court jury. Interest and court
costs run the total cost to the city up
to S18,980.
A variation of the tag-day idea,a
"keep-the-change" racket, worked on
the street cars of Cleveland for one
day, put $12,870 in a public charity
fund. The scheme looks so good that
ST. Louis wants to try it.
Mobile, Ala, good roads boosters
are putting up coin to double-track
the famous shell road to New Orleans
and thus mitigate the ravages of the
impending drought. Even without a
Crescent City stimulus, the Mobile
shell road is an invitation to joy rid
ing.
At the recent Family dinner" of the
Sioux City Commercial club the pres
idents of the Great Northern and the
Burlington railroads were special
guests, and gave their hosts a fine line
of optimistic talk. But no extensions
or Improvements were promised, be-
cause financial conditions were unfa-
yorable.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

Native-born women in the United
States number over 39,000,000.
All babies born in Brussels are now
registered as German subjects.
Less than ten per cent of the GRIM
inals of this country are women.
The Michigan Central railway now
employs women as dining car wait
resses.
The empress of Germany practices
the most rigid economy, while her
famous husband, the kaiser, spends
money like water.
Several Washington society women
have taken up the study of parliament
tary law and regular classes are now
being held weekly.
Sarah Bernhardt, the famous
French actress, received 100000 for
posing in the film movie. Queen Eli
zabeth." 1t required about six weeks
work and is probably the largest sum
ever paid a legitimate star for such
work.
Sometimes a woman refuses to di-
vorce a man who has been a failure
as a husband, simply because her
pride will not permit her to admit
publicly that her judgment is at
fault.-Ann NJ. Walker, in Lippin-
colts.
Women's dress abroad is now being
influenced by the war. and the latest
craze is to wear wells decorated with
black silhouettes of aeroplanes, Yep
pelins, exploding shells, soldiers
heads and other military emblems.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION.

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an examin-
alton to be held at Atlantic City,
on July 10, to fill the position of ru-
raj carrier at Mays Landing, and va
cancies that may occur on rural
routes from other post offices in At
lantic county. The examination will
be open only to male citizens who are
actually domiciled in the territory of
a post Office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
in Form No. 1877. This form and ap-
p~lication blanks may be obtained from
the offices mentioned above, from G.
B. Irelan, Local Secretary, Atlantic
City, or from the United States Civil
Service Commission at Washington,
D. C. Applications should be for
warded to the Commission at Wash
ington at the earliest practicable date.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
SLOGANS OF SUCCESS

Merely to 'know a thing or two"
isn't enough. You must put the "act"
in "fact."
Take a lesson from the wind. 1t
does a lot of blowing, but never gets
anywhere in particular.
The man who "takes stock in him
self" seldom makes the mistake of
selling himself out" at a loss.
Don't shut off. the power when
you've reached the top of the hill.
You will need it to keep from sliding
back.
Between two men give me the one
who thinks there still is something
for him to learn. For he is the man
who has a capacity for progress.
How you succeed is according to
how you work. How you work is &C
cording to how you think. How you
think is according to how you eat. Not
always, but often enough to make it
a rule.
Success is the summit of the noun
tain of hard work, reached by climb
ing the path of opportunity, which is
often blocked by the powders of dis
enlargement, the gullies of self
doubt, and the precipices of common
mistakes.
Efficiency is a combination of hard
work, high aim, strong purpose, dog
ged determination, resourcefulness,
keen ambition, power of decision, tact,
knowledge, mental grasp, and a null
titude of other things. Easy to be
efficient, isn't it?-Hazen Conklin, in
the New York Evening World.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
PRACTICAL CANNING
METHODS DEMONSTRATED.
Miss Hauser, Domestic Science Spe-
%cialist, Instructs at Bargaintown.

Practical methods of canning vege-
tables and fruits were demonstrated
Tuesday afternoon at the Bargaintown
School building by Miss M. Anna Hau-
ser, domestic science specialist, and
her assistant, Miss Fanny Cooper,
State club leader. There were a num-
Der of important points emphasized
by Miss Hauser the most important
of which were as follows:
1. To blanch all vegetables. This
IS done by allowing them to remain
in boiling water for five minutes, the
length of time varies depending on
the vegetable being canned, then dip
in cold water. This treatment sets
color, draws out all acids and makes
texture firm for sterilization. The
cold bath washes off all remaining ac-
ids, separates skin and hardens pulp
and sets color bodies. By doing this
the fruit retains its natural color,
form and flavor to a remarkable de-
gree. 2. To sterilize all jars, caps
and rubbers thoroughly, as we depend
entirely upon sterilization for the
preservation of the product. Spring
top jars are preferable to screw tops,
as in the latter there is danger of
mole bacteria being hidden back of
the porcelain plate. These tops should
be boiled two hours. The next step
is to fill the jars with the product to
which is added boiling water and salt.
One-half teaspoonful of salt to pint
jars, or one level teaspoonful to quart
jars. The rubber is then placed, top
partially frightened and jars packed
in cooker containing boiling water.
After jars are removed from the cook
er tighten tops nee only, as the nat
ural seal is broken if moved after
starting to cool.
1t should be remembered that club
bling" water is not always boiling
water. In using homemade outfit it
is we'll to allow the water to bubble"
ten minutes after starting to be sure
boiling point has been reached, and
count cooking time from then. The
homemade outfit it made by cutting
a piece of one-haf inch mesh wire to
fit the bottom of a wash boiler. This
wire prevents the breaking of jars.
Wood or straw should ever be used.
At the close of the demonstration a
Canning Club was organized under
the auspices of which Miss Hauser
or her assistant will give another DEM
o%nstration the last week in June.
The demonstration was very inter-
esting and instructive. Miss Hauser
showed how the high cost of living
could be reduced to a great extent if
the materials allowed to waste were
saved and canned. She also said if
more vegetables were eaten there
would be less need for tonics in the
Spring.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12

VIM. Rockelman, James B. Brown,
Frank Lee. VIM. Eauenstein, Lewis H.
Smith, Walter English and Prof H. M.
Nressman.
The usual good things to eat were
served by the Stetser Brothers, and
they were loudly praised by all the
participants.
Following the dinner, addresses
were made by Enoch L. Johnson May
or Adams, Japhet Price, Prof. Cress-
man, Prof. Maltby. Joseph English,
John H. Smith and Lewis H. Smith.
The host, genial "Bill". acted as toast
master, and as everything else which
he does, he did it to perfection. Prof.
Gresham vas especiall~ loud in his
praise of EGG Harbor Townships
schools, declaring them to be the best
of any rural schools in the county.
Mr.. Hauenstein was declared to be en-
titled to the credit for this condition.
A letter of regret was read from AS
semblyman Whitman stating his ina
Sility to be in attendance.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
INTERESTING SESSION OF
KEYSTONE CHAPTER, NO. SO.

Keystone Chapter, No SO, Order of
the Eastern Star, celebrated it's first
anniversary on Friday evening of
last week at Masonic Hall, Linwood.
Three candidates were initiated and
other business transacted before the
social meeting took place. Among
the out-of-town guests were: Judge
Shinn and Brothers Pennell, Ogden
and Gage, of Atlantic City-all of
whom made excellent addresses
beautiful work and the great gain it
has made in membership since its in
stitution n year ago. The officers
are as follows:
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Elmina C.
Westcott; Worthy Patron, Mr.. T.
Geo. Middleton; Asso. Matron, Mrs.
Nettie Leeds; Conductress, Mrs. I.
Geo. Middleton; Asso. Conductress,
Mrs. Nichols; Treasurer, Mrs. Martha
Scull; Secretary, Miss Mabel Adams;
Marshall, Mrs. M. Campbell; Chap
lain, Mrs. Wilbur Reed; Organist,
Mrs. Hyslop; Adah, Miss Elizabeth
Mitchell; Ruth, Mrs. Ketchum; Esth-
er, Mrs. Name Fifield; Martha, Mrs.
Minnie Corson; Electa, Mrs. Name
Ryon; Warder, Mrs. Mitchell; SEN
tinel, Mr.. Hugh Collins.
Delicious sandwiches, ices, fancy
cakes and coffee were served at the
close of the meeting. On Friday,
June 18th, the Chapter plans a big
social meeting.
At the close of the business session,
there will be an elaborate programme,
refreshments, etc. This will be the
last meeting for the summer months.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
YOUNG MAN ARRAIGNED
ON ABDUCTION CHARGE

Arraigned before Magistrate Weeks
on a charge of enticing Edna Strang,
a -sixteen-year old Somers Point girl
from her home for doubtful purposes,
Horace Wright, of Philadelphia, was
held under $1,000 bail to await the &C
ton of the grand jury.
Testimony adduced tended to show
that Miss Strang was engaged to a
youth named Raymond Buzby, OF
Ocean City. The latter in company
Pennsgrove in search of employ
ment and were apparently the best
of friends. In order to find out the
state of the cas- Magistrate Weeks
motored to Pennsgrove and inter-
viewed Buzby in regard to the case
and learned that Wright had left
their boarding house five o'clock Tues
day morning and had taken Buzby's
pocket book containing eleven dol
lars and also two automobile licenses.
The Magistrate brought Buzby with
him to Pleasantville and sprung his
presence rather sensationally upon the
defendant.
After taking the money and leaving
Pennsgrove the evidence tended to
show that Wright had come to Somers
Point and told Miss Strang that Buzz
by wanted her to come to Pennsgrove
and join him and that he had sent
Wright to bring her.
On this representation, and thinking
that she would meet Buzby and that
they would be married, the girl went
along. They had not gone very long
when Strang BECAME aware of the
fact, and notified Judge Weeks, of
Pleasantville, who got in touch with
Camden authorities and the couple
were arrested when they stepped from
the electric train.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
HINTS FOR OUR
FARMER FRIENDS.

When the weather is very dry,
make up for it by cultivating corn
and potatoes every few days.
Bunch your hits, and also the clover
hay after you have cut it. 1t will
cure out better that way.
We all know that a stream can not
rise above its source, and yet some of
us keep right on trying to grow good
corn from poor seed.
This is the month when we ought
to begin cutting clover hay. Keep
close to shore. Clover hay may be
easily spoiled, and it is a big loss
when it does go that way.
Poor binder Irvine is often a source
of much trouble and loss of time just
when you are under heavy xpens
for hired help. So don't buy cheap
Irvine; it is most costly in the long
run.
Slip out and see that all the fences
are in good trim. Rails will get push
now and then. If you do not find such
places, the cattle will, and that will
mean trouble.
Whacking away with an old scythe
that is nicked from heel to point, is
a pretty sure way to make a boy
think that haying is hard business.
The duller the scythe the duller the
job. Therefore, grind the scythe Of
ten and do it well-as well as if you
were going to use it yourself all the
forenoon.
Use pieces of wire of good size with
which to ground at intervals the wire
fence against lightning. Beginning
at the top wire give each piece a twist
around each wire, down to the bottom,
and then well into the ground. You
may say a nice cow, or possibly a
number of them, in this way. Wire is
cheaper than cows.
One of our good farmers, when his
team is semitic a distant field to work,
puts on the wagon a barrel with en-
ough water to last all day, and the
driver is told to water the horses
every time he wants a drink himself
He is to give them a little rest before
watering and then make them move
along Immediately after they have
had their drink.
Doing along in the middle of the
rows with the cultivator is easy work;
but when you get the teeth right up
close to the hills where they ought to
be when the corn is little, you have to
wake up and have your thinking-cap
on. This is the only kind of cultivat-
ing that pays. Ask the man who
gets a hundred bushels to the acre if
this is not so. He knows.
Some farmers are helpless when any
part of the binder or mower meets
with an accident. They can not ever
make a pitman if the me in the mach
inc gets broken, as it often does. So
they have to send away for help, and
pretty expensive help it proves, too,
usually,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
MENTAL RESERVATIONS

"That's a stunning hat, my DEAR"
(The hats all right, but you look a
fright in it,
81 am always at home to my
friends" (Which doesn't include
you, you cat.)
81 had the time of my life at your
party" (Yes, but it was the rotten
est time of my life.)
"Come again soon, dear. Pm so
glad to have seen you" (But I'm
much gladder that you're going.)
81 never saw you look better, Sam"
Except when you were looking for
someone to borrow a five from the
other day.
81 have checked over your accounts
and find them correct to the smallest
penny, Mr.. Smyth." (But Pm going
to keep my eve on you, you don't look
good to mel
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
WHEN A MAN MARRIES

His bachelor friends are about
equally divided in thinking that he is
a nut or a mighty fortunate gink.
His wife's relatives plan to visit
them during the county fair or the
automobile show.
His own relatives plan to give his
wife a good talking to if she proves
to be extravaganza.
His neighbors hope that he will
prove to be a good hand at bridge and
that his wife will throw as many teas
as the rest of them.
His boss wonders how he can do it
on the salary he is getting, but does
not increase it.
His wife wonders why it is that a
little house takes so much time to look
after.
While the man himself is so ex-
cited all the time that he nearly loses
his job-and doesn't realize it.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-12
SEWERAGE FOR
PLEASANTVILLE.

With it P~easantville will boom and
prosper. That has been the only
drawback to our city. People like
Pleasantville, but being used to all
conveniences in other cities, when they
find out Pleasantville has no sewerage
they don't want to live here. That is
all our city is lacking. Everyone l
meet now, since learning that Pleas
antville is going to have sewerage
says: "Good, Hubin; now the town will
Boom and Grow" To the many read
ers of The Pleasantville Press and
friends, would say that l will work
harder than wen to Boom and Boost
Pl~easantville at all times.
FRANK B. HUBIN.