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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-12
ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF PLEASANTvILLE.

Mayor-Charles j. Adams.
Cierk-Nehemiah Andrews.
Assessors-First Ward, Reuben E.
Adams; Second Ward, George M.
Gates.
Collector and Treasurer Webster
Price.
Engineer-Samue J. Clark.
Solicitor-Elwood C. Weeks.
Chief of Police-Clarence Krewson.
Building Inspector-Arthur H. Stiles
Plumbing Inspector-Walter Martin
Overseer of the Poor = Daniel S.
Edwards.
Janitor of Fire House and City Hall
Mark Fritsch.
Street Supervisor-Samuel Price.
Chief Fire Dept.-Paul Wootton.
Fire Warden-James A. Gilkey.
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Mayor Charles J.. Adams, Webster
Price, and Franklin E. Smith.
Members Atlantic County Board of
Freeholders-Lewis R. Smith, First
Ward; John P. Ashmead, Second Ward
Councilmen-At large, Archie Will
lis; First Ward, Frank Blackman,
Charles w. Schmidt, Sr., Wilbur Ad-
ans; Second Ward, Jacob Derr, Will
liam H. Sapp, Walter J.. Anderson.
Council Committees
Finance-Blackman, Adams, Derr.
Saskatchewan, Sapp, Schmidt.
Public Property-Schmidt, Ander-
son, Adams.
Lights-Derr, Adams, Sapp.
Police-Sapp, Schmidt, Derr.
License-Blackman Anderson, Sapp.
Ordinance = Anderson, Adams,
Schmidt.
Council meets on first and third
Monday evenings of each month. s
o'clock in June, July, August and
September; 7.30 o'clock all other
months.
Board of Health.
Neil S. Campbell, president; Thorn
as F. Crawford, secretary; Charles E.
Bowler, Paul Pascarella, Charles M.
-Shewell, Henry C. Thomas.
Inspector-Dr. R. M. Sooy.
Meetings are held on second Thurs
day evening of each month at 7.30
o'clock in Council Chamber.
Board of Education.
. President-Torrence H. Smith.
Vice-President-Edwin Woolbert.
Secletary-Mervyn Wilson.
Custodian School Fund-Webster
Price.
Medical Inspector-Dr. J.. H. North.
City Superintendent of Schools
Prof. H. w. Sinner.
Truant Oficer-Fred L. Winch.
Members-Torrence H. Smith, Ed
win Woolbert, Charles D. Thompson,
George M. Bates and Mervyn Wilson.
Committees
Finance-Woolbert, Bates and
Thompson.
Building and Repairs-Thompson,
Bates and Woolbert.
Teachers-Woolbert, Wilson and
Thompson.
Books and Supplies = Wilson,
Thompson and Bates.
Truancy-Bates, Woolbert and Will
son.
Grievance-Wilson, Bates andWool-
bert.
Property-Thompson, Woolbert and
Bates.
Regular meetings first Tuesday of
each month.
Board of School Estimates.
Charles J. Adams, Mayor; Frank
Blackman and Jacob Derr, Council
men; Charles D. Thompson and Mer-
vyn Wilson, members Board of Educa-
ton.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-12

By virtue of a writ of feri facias, to me di-
rected, issued out of the New Jersey Court of
WEDNESDAY. THE EIGHTH DAY OF
MARCH, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND SIXTEEN,
at two o'clock in the afternoon of said day,
in the Court Room, No. 201, Second Floor,
Guarantee Trust Building, in the City of At
lantic City, County of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey.
All that certain tract or parcel of land and
premises situate in the Township of Gallo
way, in the County of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey, and described as follows:
Beginning at a post standing in the line of
a tract of land which formerly belonged to
Joseph Adams, Sr., and corner to a tract of
land which David Adams and wife conveyed
to Adam Blackman, and running thence Cd
North forty-two degrees East sixteen chains
to a post thence 90 South forty-eight de-
grees East one hundred and ffty-eight chains
and fifty links to a post thence CD North
ffty-three degrees and fifteen minutes East
one chain and thirty-three links to a post
thence "a South fifty degrees East five
chains and fifty links to a post thence 90
South forty-two degrees West nine chains
and fifty links to a post thence go South
forty-eight degrees East twenty-five chains
to the Southeast line of the one hundred and
ffty-one acres thence Cd South ~forty-six
degrees and thirty minutes West eight chains
to. a post thence 80 North forty-eight de-
grees West one hundred and eighty-six chains
to the place of beginning. Containing two
hundred and eighty-five acres of land and
meadow be the same more or less. Except
ing thereout a lot of land situate on the main
road from Leeds Point to Absecon containing
about two acres now Cor formerly occupied
by Thomas Peck. Being the same premises
which Lynford Knowles and wife conveyed
unto Charles Heiligmann by deed bearing
date July 30, 1901, and recorded August End,
1901, in the Clerks Office of Atlantic County
in book 263 of deeds, page 81, &c.
To be sold subject to taxes for the years
1914 and 1915.
Seized as the property of John Burkhart
ct ais. and taken in execution at the suit of
Jennie W.. Chew and to be sold by
JOSEPH r. BARTLETT,
Sheriff.
Dated February IL, 1916.
SAMUEL w. SPARKS, Solicitor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-12

Speaker Champ Clark is reported
to have said, in an interview: "The
Underwood bill seems to be doing
what was expected of it,. Right! 1t
has failed as a revenue producer. 1t
is permitting II per cent. of our i'm
ports to come in free of duty. 1t has
not reduced the cost of living. We
have a Democratic Senator's word for
it (Seuator Newlands) that it Great
ed a countrywide depression prior to
the outbreak of the European war.
All Of which was expected.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-12
MRS. CLAYTON'S LETTER
To Down Nervous Women

TO Rundown Nervous Women
Louisville, KY was a
wreck, and in a weak, rundown con-
ditioH when a friend asked me to try
Vinol. [ did so, and as a result [ have
gained in health and strength. l think
Vinol is the best medicine in the world
for a nervous, weak, rundown system
and for elderly people."-Mrs. w. C.
CLAYTON, Louisville, KY.
Vinol is a delicious cod liver and iron
tonic without oil, guaranteed to over
come all rundown, weak. devitalized
conditions and for chronic coughs, colds
and bronchitis.
Thomas F. Crawford, Druggist,
Pleasantville, N. J.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-12

"The country expects action, de-
clares President Wilson, "this is The
year of accounting. This is cam
paign year, which explains Mr.. Will
sons frequent change of mind. The
accounting will reveal a large deficit
in the Wilson vote when the balance
is struck in November.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-12

County Clerk Harry Knight, of
Burlington county, and Richard M.
Moore, of Bridgeton, will be the dele
gates from the Second Congressional
District to the Republican National
Convention. The alternates will be
Charles D. White of Atlantic City,
and Alfred B. Miller, of Cape May.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-12

Have a heart. Don't spend your
money out of town. Home merchants
are ready to supply your every want.
The real town booster is the man who
never spends a cent out of town.
Study The Pleasantville Press for bar
gains.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-04
AUTHORITY ON. ...
PSALMS WRITES
Personal Letter Of H.
tsrest From Judge
w. c.. Benet.
Knew All About the Erskine Bro
Tiers Long Before Erskins College
Was Established.-Is a Native of
Scotland.

Anything from the pen of Judge
Benet is always interesting to the
people of Abbeville county and the
state, and we are taking the liberty
of publishing a private letter know
ing that it will be read with pleasure
and profit: Judge Benet was born in
Scotland and his opinion of the
Psalms is worth while as Scotland Is
the stronghold of all Psalm singing
religions. In fact Judge Benetl says
that the history of the church is
very familiar as "your A. R. P.
Church was Graded just about twelve
miles from my birthplace, knew all
about the Erskine brothers, Ebene-
zer and Ralph, long before / heard
Of Erskine College, Due West"
Cashiers, N. c., Sept. IL, 1915
The package with "the Psalms
and 'tthe Bible Songs" came safely,
and am most grateful to you fol
sending them. I have gone through
both-somewhat hastily, no doubt
and I do not think they have improv.
ed on, the old Revised version, nor on
the dear old tunes,-long, common,
and peculiar meter-to which the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-04
Anticipate Big r.
Attendance at
Columbia Fair

Columbia, s.. C.,-Sept. 30.-Con-
tinuous advances in quotations for
cotton and the unprecedented prices
for cotton seed indicate that all pre-
vious attendance records upon the
State Fair are to- be shattered this
year. Preparations are being made
rapidly for the early installation Of
exhibits, and reservations are being
taken daily for special exhibits of
farm machinery and other appropri-
ate displays for the annual agricul-
tural celebration while numerous
booths are being constructed by
churches and other organizations for
lunch rooms and refreshment stands.
Consensus of opinion is that when
farmers over the State are receiving
approximately 500 for bale of
cotton and the seed a trip is likely
to be made to the State fair October
% to 27.
A distinct feature of fair week
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-04

old Psalms in metre were sung, Per-
haps I cling too much to old familiar
things; but I never find much, it
any, Improvement, in any modern
arevisions," whether Of the Scrip
tures themselves, or of the old
Psalms, and familiar Hymns. The
Hymnal of the Episcopal Church is
not as good a collection as was the
hymn book it displaced; and that old
hymn-book was not an improvement
on the small collection Of hymns and
selections from the metrical Psalms,
the English "Tate and Brady" and
"sternhold and Hopkins" version.
In the music of the "Bible Songs"
find too much evidence Of the
"Moody and Sankey" influence. And.
in "the Psalms" I was surprised to
see verbal changes in the sacred CEN
turies-old 23rd Psalm, and the
Tooth Psalm. revere the old
Psalms, and cannot bear to see them
altered. The following from Sir
Walter Scott will show I am In good
company. In his "Journaf' he says:
"The expression of the old petrlcal
translation, though homely, is plain,
forcible and intelligible, and very
often possesses a rude sort Of majes-
ty, which perhaps would be i'll ex-
changed for mere elegance. They
are the very words and accents OF
our early Reformers- sung by them
in woe and gratitude, in the fields,
lin the churches and on the scaffold-
mo, no! Let them write hymns and
paraphrases if they will, but let us
have still Gail people that on earth
do dwell".. Law and devotion must
lose some of their dignity as often
as they adopt new fashions" -! :,
Episcopalian, though he was, hi.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-04

A meeting was held in Columbia
last week, when the farm demon
stration. agent forces agreed to come
bine their exhibits into one compre-
hensiye Statewide display Of farm
products. The county BY county ~
hibit: plan VIII thus hs abandoned,
and all exhibits arranged according
to crops, with all necessary informa-
|tion as to production and fertilizer
and soil analysis data. The homo
demonstration forces viii also pre-
bpare an interesting display.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-04

will be the Harvest Jubilee. This
festival introduced last year was an
enthusiastic success throughout the
week and was the means Of bringing
thousands to Columbia VINO would
not have been otherwise disposed to
come to the fair. A queen of the
Jubilee is to be selected again this
year in manner! similar to that Of
last fall and ball will be given in
her honor, following the coronation
ceremony in front Of the capitol,
Horse racing is to be maintained
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-04

by high scale Of premiums this
year. More than $1,7oo viii be com.
peted for in prizes in the. different
events, and some particularly high
quality animals will be seen III srtiop
;on the fair ground turf. - =. Il.
Football games will be played on
two days Of fair week, and this alone
will induce many to attend. Free
acts are to be placed on the. grounds
again this year as last, some Of the
tspecialties being extraordinarily at
tractive. ..:}S&rIf2 as
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-04

love for the old metrical version
continued to the end Of his life. On
the morning of the day on which he
died, he asked his. nurse to read to
him . psalm. She began to read
from the prose version. He gently
interposed, saying, s'No! no! the
Scotch Psalm" -.
Some folks might say that was pa
triotism, not piety. Very well-but
really true patriotism and piety are
not far apart.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
Potash and Phosphates.

The agricultural department of the
University of Illinois has published an
other report dealing with the soils OF
this state and the fertilizers which
they need This new investigation
like the last, shows that Illinois farm
ers need not worry about potash. With
the exception of swamp lands our soils
have all the potassium salts they need,
and the addition of more is a stimu-
liant rather than food.
What Illinois land usually does lack
is phosphorus, and the United States
has a plentiful supply Of phosphate
rock. This is good news to farmers
who had been taught that the lack OF
German potash would cut down their
crops. 1t tends likewise to stimulate
an American industry which was ba.
ing hidden behind clever foreign ad-
vertising. BY the time this war Ia
over, America will know how much
potash fertilizer it really needs, and
what the stuff is worth on the SOIL
Chicago Journal.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
How Donald Delivered Message.

I1Ow O0ndto OCtt~OION tNSoo6SSs
Sportsman (north for partridge
shooting, to highland gillie)-Donald.
I want you to deliver message for me
in the village.
Donald-Very weel, sir.
Sportsman-You know where Miss
Brighteyes lives?
Donald-Och, yes, sir.
Sportsman-Well, Donald, call on
Miss Brighteyes and say Mr.. Washer
presents his compliments, and Is very
sorry that business will prevent him
calling this evening.
Donald-Very weel sir.
Sportsman-One moment. Do you
think you could remember a sentence
of poetry?
Donald-Och, yes, sir.
Sportsman-Then tell her Though
lost to sight, to memory dear"
Donald Cat the village, to Miss
Brighteyes) Washer is flu O. COM
pliments, an is very sorry he Gamma
be wi We the NIGHT, an tho he's lost
his SIGHT his memory is clear, an
may the Almighty forgi'e me for the
lee I'm tellin ye.-New York American.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
SYNOPSIS.
p


siletz of Daily's lumber camp directs
a stranger to the camp. Walter Sandry
introduces himself to John Daily, fore
man, as the Dillingsworth Lumber Co,
or most f Of it, FROM Poppy e TaT to
Daily,s: Hampden of the YelloW Pines Pine;
Co. claims title to the East Belt. Sandry's
and Hampden's men fight over the dis
puted tract. The Preacher stops the fight.
sandry finds that the deed to the East
Belt has never bean recorded. Poppy
dirts with Hampden and tells Sandry that
Hampton is crooked ard that she'll get
evidence against Harnpden. Sandry's men
desert him for Hampden, who has Offered
more money. Siletz goes to her friends
TOR Sandry to save the contract. Poppy
tells Sandry that she has proof Of Hamp-
denis fling bogus entries in collision with
the commission. She, sees Siletz and
aah ne together and
It's way. but is blown Er and Sandry is
dangerously injured. In Sandry's delirium
ne gives Poppy clue to his past. Ma
delirious, talk. Poppy plays with Hamp-
den. and Sandiy refuses her aid: Back
East Poppy fnds that Sandry held up an
associate Of crooked partner of his IA
Lumber Co, the associate dying the same
night. Poppy goes back to Daily's and
hlnts to Sandry that she knows his secret
sandry is called East by his fathers
sickness and is with him when he dies.
Sandry sends money to Musseldorn. in a
letter which Poppy steals and copies.
Siletz in turn steals that and other papers
from Poppy. To prevent Sandry from
sending East for lawyer to fight Hamp-
Gen, Poppy engages lawyer who betrays
her to the commissioner and Hampden.
In the agony of man betrayed by the
woman he loves Hampden decides to
make a fight that will be remembered
ell along the coast" Devastating forest
fires. mysteriously kindled. threaten San
dry's holdings and every available man
turns out. to fight them.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
THEIR DUTIES TO SOCIETY"
Women Would Find 1t Hard to An
sWer Why They Assume Res
possibilities of Position.

Everyone knows what society" is.
although to anyone who did not 1t
would be difficult to explain Men
laugh at it, but 1t is not to be laughed
at. With power as strong as the
church, or stronger, it lies about us,
impalpable. whimsical, almost irresist-
ible. 1t may take all woman has
to give. and give little back; or it may
give everything it has to give, and de
mand little. Whether 1t is woman's
highest duty. or her toy. has appar
emily not been decided. Whether those
who give themselves to it most entire
ly do so in an abandonment of self-in.
diligence or in spirit OF high sacri-
fee, one cannot say. The inveterate
habit. common to all people, of dress
ing up whatever they are doing in a
cloak of morality. has in this case so
confused all the phraseology Of social
rites that it is impossible to tell what
is pleasure and what is crucifixlOn.
Women Dress not because they like to
look pretty, but because they lowe it"
to their husbands. or their children, or
to society. They make calls and give
dinners. not because they like it, but
because they feel themselves obliged
to. and they are glad when it Is over.
They go to parties, not because they
expect to have a good time-they pro-
fess to be bored by them-but because
for various reasons it seems necessary
tO.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

You're spoillng me-" Ie protested
through soot-grimed lips. and | can't
afford to sleep"
Can't afford to go down fer good"
said the general sternly. mo steam.
no power. Food an sleep-fuel an
water. Do you tend to your bilers.
And the owner. with wry smile.
sank on a pile of gunnysacks beside
the improvised rollway of the upper
cutting.
When he awoke it was to find him
self under light blanket of fanciful
weave which belonged to Siletz. The
shy, silent girl had been about him in
his sleep.
When he hurried to the work he
saw here and there groups of Indians.
The reservation had arrived in force
But things were growing worse with
every hour.
Fire was everywhere, in the earth
and in the heavens. 1t heated the
sweet winds to unbearaEle. scorching
blasts. 1t illumined the dun dusk with
dull, crimson light. 1t deserted the
cutting and swept forward toward the
north, leaving ashes and ruin. sullen
brands and smoldering logs that
famed forth vindictively from time
to time.
So dawn founu them on that hot.
grim day in August.
The lean, young ranger was every
where, and Sandry, in amazed appre-
citation, saw a trench shut off
ground-ire, ana the telling of single
pine change the trend of flood Of
flame that was going out of bounds.
But by twelve o'clock the wind
turned and headed south. With ap-
palling might the food spread up
the ridges, crept down into the dip
and joined the slow-burning menace
there.
At that the ranger fired three shots
into the air which brought one of his
aids running out of the smoke, pant
ing and disheveled from fighting
hand-to-hand with a growth of young
spruce.
go telegraph for the Vancouver
soldiers he directed tersely, "this
Is going to beat all records"
GRO BE CONTINUED)
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

ming of such time of anxiety, of fear
that grew and mounted to heart-still-
ing panic, of superhuman labor. as
Sandry, year before, could not have
believed possible-a time to be long
remembered in the coast country.
By eight o'clock next morning the
little wind from the backwater had
freshened with a devilish perversity,
blowing the creeping flames merrily
toward the north.
Daily sent Siletz on Black Bolt to
Toledo. to ask for a dozen men to
help in the fight.
He abandoned the one on the
ridge, for fire goes down hill slowly.
and set his men again in the valley.
Within an hour after Siletz left,
men began to arrive by the road-on
horseback, in wagons, and later on
foot. for there is no call like that of
Fire" In the big woods ts bring re.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
PRESSED HARD
Coffee's Weight on Old Age.

When people realize the injurious
effects of coffee and the better health
that a change to Postum can bring.
they are usually glad to lend their
testimony for the benefit Of others
MY mother, since her early child
hood, was an inveterate coffee drink
er, had been troubled with her heart
for number Of years and complained
of that 'weak-all. over feeling and sick
stomach.
Some time ago l was making a
visit-to distant part of the country
and took dinner with one Of the mer-
chants of the place. noticed some
what unusual flavor Of the coffee
and asked him concerning it. He re-
piled that it was Postum.
IT was so pleased with it that |
bought a package to carry homo with
me, and had wife prepare some for
the next meal. The whole family
liked it so well that we discontinued
coffee and used Postum entirely.
81 had been very anxious concern.
ing my mothers condition, but we
noticed that after using Postum for
q short time she felt much better, had
little trouble with her heart, and no
sick stomach; that the headaches
were not so frequent, and her general
condition much improved. This con-
tinued until she was we'll and hearty.
Il know Postum has benefited my
self and the other members of the
family, especially my mother, as she
was a victim of long standing" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereaI-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and Csc pack.
ages.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup Of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
delicious beverage instantly. SOC
and soc tins.
Both kinds ara equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason for Postum.
sold by Grocega
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
CHAPTER XIV.
Fire In the Forest.

The next day was the ninth Of Au-
gust. The thermometer. hanging on
the eastern side of Sandry's Office.
went slowly up to los by two o'clock.
Ma sat on the east porch in her
little rocker and Siletz braided her
mats on the step. while Poppy Ord
way watched her from cushion
against the wall. The donkey footed
family at the upper cutting. and
from time to time the dinky engine
trundled its high-piled flats down the
little track to the rollway at the
ssough's mouth. The men were all
out and the summer silence hung