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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14

presence A few log huts appeared
aiohg the CuTving road. tie one near
est me m ruins, while a gauny chin
ney beside a broad stream unbvidgpc
was all that remained Of a former mil
Beyond This. IN midst of a grove Ct
noOIe trees, a large house. painted
"hlte' "as the only conspicuous feat,
lure IN the landscape. recognized
II at once as the residence of Major
Harwood.
My gazs rested uRen it. as memory
/ OF the MAJ, and his fate. surged fresh.
~ back tnto mind The place bad
J been spared destruction; it remained
unchanged-but from that distance it
/ mad the appearance of desertion This
condition VAS no particular surprise
Tor HarWooc 6 daughter. scarcely norp
Nhah a girl 10 my remembrance. would
countless b. with friends, either in
LeWisburg or Charleston: and That
the mansion thus deserted, still re
manned IUFIcf~.r.,.,I V.,..
so strange for +ro rnator,, w. ., 49,. w..
Throughout that soctfon would nrataa,
his properly
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losing sigbt - ,ha En,1u [',-p p''.s -,
twisted sbort ,ba hfn ' oI.t "' ,,'' va"
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odd inclination soo,a5 ~ - t '.,'l'I' "o".e
turn aeide and strsr ~ ,b ',"r S,, Inc ~
tharo r,ora oIa..I,. ~, ''"'''''''
kew n tho rvstory ., 1Iar,,., D'y '0 1,
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and old Nod Co,raa .,, s%.'n "I''
veaIed in soorcb 90 .ba De le
homo 70, bad eaia 80, w u'''' 'eu
baItad a. r.a hons ,,1 s''1t us party
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in tha hrr~,, - 3~,ou., o.'.' ','] o''''Iu
rioId mo a1,.1 i'r =, -, o.. INV" I "ouI"
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
No italian Anthem.

Musicians will doubtless wish to
add an Italian national anthem to
their repertoire They cannot ind IL.
Italy has many patriotic songs. as the
Royal March" and "Garibaldi's
Hymn" but no recognized national
anthem. though the last.named song
has almost come to the supremacy.
In this respect Italy is at tho same
disadvantage as Turkey. After the
revolution the Young Turks offered
a prize for a national anthem, but 80
for the poet Of patriotism has not
come forward to claim It.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
LACK OF MONEY
Was a GodSend In This Case,

It Is not always that a lack Of money
Is benefit.
A lady in Ark. owes her health to
the fact that she could not pay In
advance the fee demanded by a spe-
ctalist to treat her for stomach trou.
Bile. In telling of her case she says:
i had been treated by four different
physicians during 10 years of stomach
trouble. Lately called on another
who told me be could not cure me;
that ! had neuralgia Of the stomach.
Then went to a specialist who told
me l had catarrh Of the stomach and
said he could cure me in four months,
but would have to have his money
down. l could nos raise the neces-
sary sum and in my extremity was
led to quit coffee and try Postum.
THE results have been magical. I
now sleep we'll at night, something
had not done for long time; the pain
in my stomach Is gone and am q
different woman.
Every time had tried to stop cot.
fee l suffered from severe headaches,
30 continued to drink 1t, although l
had reason to believe 1t was injurious
to me. But when | had Postum to
shift to It was different.
TO my surprise ! did not miss cot.
fee when | began to drink Postum.
Coffee had been steadily and surely
killing ne and | didn't fully realize
what was doing it until / quit and
changed to Postum" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereaI-the original form
must be we'll boiled. 15c and Csc pack
ages.
instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup Of hot wa.
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
q delicious beverage instantly. SOC
and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
Value Of Expert testimony.

The value II insanity experts and
handwriting specialists grows OF less
and less value the more they are
used in the courts. II a man doesn I
demonstrate his mental incapacity
10 the extent that 1t Is observable
to the Judge and the Jury there isn't
much use to attempt to prove him
crazy by expert testimony. The old
Quaker wEo said: They are all crazy
except thee and me and thee are L.
little queer spoke near truth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
The Real Hardship,

When l reads about dem fellers
over in de trenches feels like sayin'
Dis is de life! remarked Frisco Sam.
Right you are, bo,' answered his
pal "Dere's worse things dan travelin'
about de country in empties, l guess. y
Sure and dem poor devils over in
Europe not only has ter live in
trenches, but dey has ter dig 'em
flrst!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
Sometimes Apply Il LIohtIv

For cuts, burns, scaIds, sores and
open wounds always apply Hanfords
balsam lightly but be sure that It
covers and gets to the bottom OF the
wound. A few light applications are
generally all that is needed to heal
this class Of difficulties. ADV.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
Not Worth Envyinu.

In the United States, ia persons
have incomes of more than half a mil.
lion dollars year. Probably not one
Of these could eat half a pumpkin pie
without regretttng it.-New York Mail.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14

Spartan Women Suffered Untold Tortures
Dlt who wants to be Spartan? Take
Femenina' for all female disorders.
Price 5UC and $l.O0.-Ady.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14

The man who can play cards for fun
may get it-but the other fellow gets
the money.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14

indianapolis, Ind has population
Of 265,57S, according to the latest
census estimates.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14

The henpeCked husband develops
into free.thinkeT when his wife goes
away on a visit.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
AVOID A DOcToP,e puI

on the first of the month by taking
now bottle of Mansfield Cough Bal
sam for that hacking, hollow cough,
Price 25C and 5Oc.-Ady,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
Smile Goes Far.

Sometimes smile will 20 farther
than an answer, especially if It must
needs be a sharp answer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-14
Importan4 n Mo.have

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASIORlA, safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that Il
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01

From the Cape May County Times.
"The Times" notes with pleasure
the rapid rise in Craftsmanship of
Assemblyman Bertram E. Whitman,
of Atlantic County. Practically un-
known in political life a few years
ago, Mr.. Whitman has twice been ell
ected to the Assembly, and acted as
Speaker of the House in the absence
of the Speaker, Pilgrim, this winter.
He is now being doomed by the Re-
publican party all over the State as
Speaker of the House for the next
session of the Legislature.
1t has been our pleasure to know
Mr.. Whitman for a number of years,
and certainly a better able man for
Speaker could not be found if the
State were combed from end to end.
Forceful, clean-cut and energetic, Mr..
Whitman would fill the S~peakership
with honor to his party and State.
We predict big things for Mr.. Whit
man. He has fathered some of the
most important legislation enacted
this winter.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
FULL CITY DELIVERY NOW
ASSURED PLEASANTVILLE.

Full free city delivery of mail for
Pleasantville is now assured. The
year ended at midnight last night,
March 31st, and the goal of $4,000
receipts has been passed for the first
time in the history of the local post
office. Last years total receipts for
March were 1881, for the first thirty
days of March this year, they were
$3.50, and with yesterdays receipts
still to be added they will probably
reach a total of $3.50. Since a total
of $500 for March would have done
the trick, we are fully $3.50 beyond
the goal. Postmaster Obert will i'm
mediately make application for the
city delivery service, and it will be
installed at the earliest possible mo-
ment which, however, will probably
not be before July first.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
ASSEMBLYMAN WHITMAN
AS OTHERS SEE HIM.
From the Mays Landing Record.

From the Mays Landing Record.
Assemblyman Bertram E. Whitman
must have been working diligently
and to good purpose at Trenton to oc-
casion a boom thus early for next
Speaker of the House. Whitman is a
hustler, and with his hustling he COM
bines business ability and legislative
acumen, three traits that have made
him one of the most influential mem
bers of the Legislature. That the
mention of his nam in connection
with the Speakership is taken serious
ly there is no question. There are
booms and booms, but this one prom
Uses to be n that will give Atlantic
County the honor of supplying anoth-
er presiding officer of the House.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
SUPERINTENDENT GALE
JOINS The BENEDICTS
Takes for His Bride Miss Helen
Umbrine, One of Pleasant
ville's Popular Maidens.

Miss Helen Umbrine, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Umbrine, of 20
w. Verona avenue, became the bride
of Rollin Ashley Gale, at $50 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, at a quiet GER
emory at the home of the brides par
ents, Rev. John w. Nicholson, of Wes-
ley NJ. E. Church, officiating.
Hundreds of expectant friends in.
Pleasantville had been watching the
marriage clerks bureau and the local
pastors for a week in an effort to as
certain the day and hour of the we'd
ding of the popular couple. Receiv-
ing invitations in the morning they
were advised that the ceremony would
occur about 8 o'clock in the evening.
As a result, preparations were quickly
completed to give the couple a rous-
ing send-off, but the multitude of
friends on reaching the home of the
brides parents, in the evening, were
chagrined to learn that the couple
had been married in the afternoon
and had quietly left the city in Mr..
Gales automobile.
The couple have the good wishes
and congratulations of their many
friends, nevertheless, and the home
coming reception will be so much the
greater.
Mr.. Gale, who is superintendent of
the Atlantic & Suburban Railway
Company, believes in harmony and
association with his employees and as
a result is one of the most respected
and obeyed employers of a large num-
Der of men in the county. He is also
practically the founder of the Pleas
antville Athletic and Musical Asso-
citation, and of the reorganized crack
brass band in this city, and as a re-
suit has many friends in these as well
as other organizations in town.
His bride is well known for her
pleasing disposition among a large
number of friends and her activities
in social happenings in the city the
past few years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gale will make their
home with Mr.. and Mrs. J. Walter
Martz on Franklin avenue
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
F~REEHOLDERS CONSIDER
MAKING TWO POSTS
May Appoint Superintendent for
Each County InstitutiOn--Sev-
eral Candidates Mentioned.

1t is said that the Board of Free
holders intends to split the superin-
tendency of the County Asylum and
the County Almshouse in half and
make two of it. There will be a su-
perintendent of the Asylum and a
steward of the A%lmshouse, so that the
salary of neither will be large.
1t is understood that there are out
two likely candidates for the first post,
and II of these aspirants is Howard
w. Mcconnell, son of the late Tobias
L. Mcconnell, who has been doing the
work of superintendent under his faith
er's guidance for nearly a year past,
and Overseer of the Poor George Ort-
lip, of Atlantic City. But the latter
is a candidate only in event of there
being no enforcement between the po-
sitions as held by Mr.. Mcconnell. If
the job is cut in half he does not want
it. The name of Louis O'Donnell, of
Hammonton, was mentioned in connec-
ton with the place, but it is hardly
believed that he will consider the ap-
pointment, especially if there is to be
a separate head for each institution.
But there are a number of men who
are candidates for the job of steward
of the almshouse in case the Free
holders carry out the present plan of
having a head for each institution.
Among them are Mayor Charles j.
Adams, of Pleasantville, and three
former Freeholders, George LETTERS,
James Clark and Elva T. Fifeld.
The Board will meet on Wednes-
day, April 9th, and at that time it is
expected that action will be taken
that will provide each of the two in
situations with a separate head and
management. At the present time
Mrs. Mcconnell, widow of the former
superintendent, is the matron of both
the asylum and the almshouse.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
MRS. JAPHET PRICE
GIVES THEATRE PARTY

Mrs. Japhet Price entertained a the
atre party followed by a luncheon
last Saturday. Her guests were:
Mrs. Robert Crowder, Mrs. May North
Crist, Miss Marjorie North, Mrs.
Thomas Simpson, Mrs. Henry w.
Lewis, Mrs. H. R. McClelland, Miss
Ethel Hays, Miss Emily Davis, Miss
Cora Schaible, Miss Mary Valentine
and Mrs. H. L. Harley. The party
witnessed Frances Starr in marie
Odille" at the Apollo in the afternoon,
following which the luncheon was
served by Mrs. Price at her home ON
East Washington venue. The deco
rations were daffodils. A delightful
time was had by all.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
NUMBER 81.
INJUNCTION TO PREVENT
CLOSING OF FOOTPATH.

Attorney Elwood C. Weeks, repre-
senting several property owners at
Pleasantville, will make application
for a permanent injunction before
Vice Chancellor Leaning in Chancery
Chambers on Monday to restrain the
Reading railroad from constructing a
fence along its right of way. The
petitioners in the case are Hattie r.
Lake and Alice C. Weeks, who own
houses fronting on the railroad COM
pany's lone hundred foot right of way
and the centre of which is occupied
by its tracks.
Erection of the fence would prevent
the house owners from getting to and
from their homes, which face on the
strip of land. The case to be set up
by the petitioners is that for more
than twenty years they have been
permitted to use the land.
The stretch of road, which is a foot
path, is the principal means of egress
to the company's station south of the
Shore Road. By closing in the land
the company would also deny its pa
irons a convenient means of reaching
the station.
The railroad company began the
construction of a fence along its prop
erty and was stopped when the prop
critics of the two petitioners were
reached. Attorney Weeks obtained
out of the Chancery Court a restrain
ing order. Acting on this order from
the court the Railroad took up several
posts in front of their houses.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
NEW TUBERCULAR HOSPITAL
TO FORMALLY OPEN TO-DAY
Institution For Atlantic County Pat
tents Will Be Filled AT Once.

The new Atlantic County Hospital
for Tubercular Patients at Smiths
Landing, will be formally opened for
patients today, Saturday, April l.
And in spite of the date it will not
be any April fool joke, for there are
applications enough in the hands of
the Board of Directors to fill the in
stitution at the start.
The new hospital is in readiness for
the reception of the patients and they
will be made very comfortable. The
institution is perfectly equipped and
said to be the last word in a tubercu-
losis hospital. 1t contains a modern
operating room with all the necessary
paraphernalia, and the other equip
ment is just as modern.
There are about sixty patients
ready to be entered. Six of these
will be Atlantic City people who are
now patients in the Camden County
Hospital at Ancora, and who are
maintained there at the expense Of
the county. The county has been
paying thirteen dollars a week for
their keep at Ancora, but it is said
that they will be able to be kept in
the new institution for a little more
than half that amount.
When the hospital was first plan
ned, it vas believed that accommoda-
ton for forty-eight people would be
ample. But even before it is form
ally opened this number is greatly in
creased so that extra beds had to be
procured in order to accommodate the
additional number of prospective pa
TENTS.
1t will be a splendid place for the
patients, too, for there are broad
porches and spacious grounds where
the sick people will be able to live
out of doors the greater part of the
time. There are several acres of
woodland in connection with the
grounds, and all the underbrush is
being cleared away in order that the
patients may roam around through
the woods and get the benefit of shade
and air during the summer. Benches
will be built around among the trees,
and close to the house there will be a
cleared space where on clear days
large easy chairs can be placed for
the comfort and convenience of the
inmates.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
DEATH ENTERS ONE OF
OLD PROMINENT FAMILIES

Another loss in one of the county's
old prominent families occurred Oh
March rs, when Mrs. Josephine Endi-
colt, widow of the late Capt. Samuel
Endicott, passed away. Mrs. Endi-
colt was a daughter of Enoch and
Rachel Johnson and was born at john
sontown in 1886. Had she lived until
the following day she would have been
80 years old. Mrs. Endicott was a
life long member of the Methodist
Church of Smithville, and till her
death was a prominent worker in all
temperance work, holding many inn
portant offices in the w. C. 7. U. at
various times.
Mrs. Endicott leaves two sisters,
Miss Ida johnson and Miss Ella
Johnson, and one brother, Ex-Sheriff
Smith E. Johnson. Four sons and
four daughters mourn her loss. They
are: S. A. Souders, Thomas Endicott,
Somers Endicott, Oscar Endicott, Mrs.
VIM. Eldridge, Mrs. John F. Mathis,
Mrs. Lewis R. Smith, Mrs. Goodwin
Matthews.
Capt. Endicott was the son of Thorn
as D. Endicott, of Mays Landing, and
a brother of Judge Allen B. Endicott.
The funeral services were held on
Wednesday afternoon, at the M. E.
Church of Smithville, and were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Veale, of Port Re-
nublic.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
SILVER MEDAL CONTEST
BY TEMPERANCE LEGION.

A Silver Medal Contest will be Civ
en- under the auspices of the L. T. L.
Branch of the w. G. T. U. in Wesley
M. E. Church this Friday evening,
March 81, at 8 o'clock. The program:
Music-Selected.
Scripture Reading and Invocation
Rev. C. M. Severance.
Contestant No. IA Little Child
Shall Lead Them'-Virginia Carr.
Contestant No. 2-"The Story of
Patsy"-Emaline Lamar.
Vocal Solo-Selected-Mary Baker.
Contestant No. 3-"Papa Does
VIM. gladden..
Contestant No. 4-"Licensed To
Sell, or Little Blossom"-Mamie Aud
Male Quartette-Selected
Contestant No. 5-"Who Killed
Joe's Baby"-Marguerite Lake.
Contestant No. ga Fathers
Story"-Wm. Zulker.
Judges Retire-Mrs. John G. Thorn
as, Mrs. Stratton, Rev. H. R. McClelv
land.
Silver Offering.
Chorus-Pleasantville L. T. L.
Presentation of Medal-Rev. DR..
Met lelland.
Singing-America.
Benediction.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
MAY NOW PAY GAS BILLS
AT ABSECON NATIONAL BANK

AS an accommodation to their GUS
toners living in Absecon and vicitity,
the Pleasantville Heat, Light G.
Power Co. has arranged with the First
National Bank of IAbsecon so that
those who desire may pay their gas
and electric bills at that Bank, thus
saving the time and expense of COM
ing to Pleasantville. The discount of
ten per cent. on all bills paid on or
before the tenth of the month will be
allowed at the Bank the same as at
the office in Pleasantville.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
TRUST COMPANY
ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS.

At a regular meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Pleasantville Trust
Co. held March 30th, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed:-
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty
God to remove from u midst one of
our worthy and esteemed fellow labor
ers, Tobias l.. Mcconnell; and where
as, the intimate relations held with
him in the faithful discharge of his
duties as a director of this institution
make it eminently fitting that we re-
cord our appreciation of him;
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
wisdom and ability which he exercised
in the aid of the Pleasantville Trust
Co. will be held in grateful remem
brance;
Resolved, that the removal of such a
life from our midst leaves a acanc
and a shadow that will be deeply rea-
lized by all the stockholders and
friends of the institution, and will
prove a serious loss to the family and
the community;
Resolved, that with deep sympathy
for the bereaved relatives of the de-
ceased we EXPRESS Tile sIOpe IHdC even
so great a loss to us all may be over
ruled for good by Him who doeth all
things well;
Resolved, that a copy of these reso-
lutions be engrossed and presented to
the family, and that they be spread
upon the minutes and published in The
Pleasantville Press.
BERTRAM E. WHITMAN,
PHILIP G. HANNUM,
LEWIS R. SMITH,
Committee.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
Total
HIGH SCHOOL.


. . a.
The Ushers Union Basket Ball
Team of Mt. Pleasant Church will
play the Quintex Basket Ball Team of
Pleasantville in Mt. Pleasant Hall,
Tuesday evening, April A, at 8 o.
clock.
They may play a double header that
evening and also Thursday evening if
the teams which they are looking out
for will play at such dates.
A game will be played in Mt. Pleas
ant Hall on Thursday evening, April
6, between the Mt. Pleasant Ushers
Union and the West Side Basket Ball
Team of Atlantic City. The game
will be called at 8 o'clock. All are
welcome. Admission 5 cents at each
game.
The Ushers Union will hold their
next meeting Thursday evening April
6. All the members are urged to be
present as important business is to be
attended to. More new members are
expected to come in. The charter is
now open for two weeks to any girl
over fifteen years of age to come into
the Ushers Union as a full member
without paying the initiation fee.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-01
MRS. EDITH S. NEWELL
PASSES AWAY IN FLORIDA.

The many friends of Mrs. Edith S.
Newell, widow of the late Ex-senator
VIM l. Newell, were shocked to hear
of her death on Monday evening,
March 81, at $50 o'clock, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. j. B. Westcott,
in Florida. Mrs. Newell had not been
strong during the winter, but the end
came suddenly from an attack of acute
diabetes. She would have been 81
years old the 18th of April. Hers
was a sweet lovable Christian charac-
ter, causing all who knew her to love
her for her cheerfulness and kindness
to all, and her gracious manner at the
many social functions at which she
assisted.
The body will be brought home on
Saturday. The family had planned to
return on that day, but had not
thought of this kind of a home COM
ing.
She leaves three children: VIM. 1.
Newell, Jr,, Mrs. Hugh M. Collins,
Mrs. J.. B. Westcott; five grandchil-
dren and one great-grandson.
Rev. Wright Eckersley will conduct
the funeral services. Friends and
relatives are invited to attend the fu-
neral services It the residence of Rev.
and Mrs. ]. B. Westcott, on South
Main street, on Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock. Interment private in the
Salem cemetery.