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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-01
THE STRUGGLE
WAS FIERCE
THE FRENCH MADE STECSf.
RE>i~rNNCE HTT WE'RE
FORCED ro ~ tCtsTE
PRISONERS TAKEN
tteut oue Thousand Prisoners Nctv
Captured ~ Germans. ----t on
s.nue Drive Toward
teriun.

LONDON, Match .. s.ersuaa
troops have storus,i anil captured th
village 81 Beaumont. tour niics
northeast ~ teT9inn. and Just olfS-
side of fort pauam0nt, after ser.-
ous struggle, takina one thonsani
prisoners, the German uav ufflee ~
ported thi. attsrnhln.
Following heavy artillery blow
the segman+ afe driving toward Aeg-
dim from the wsst nna Southwest ~
ssoaan ont. German forces ~,
81 tsse eitg aud infantry = Il
to erf 80 thn tses.e..ol
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5, dere vas ao.,rtin bafors rg.,.
i. sf.is plaee last lure u Gsrmaaa
nd Our sungktlnaea ,oday ns
until thfhat about two hundred
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-01

For prince Albert bac erfleid Of ov
Won-over men of all tas ~ heso'ia-
popularity; SO good, and NJ. .r,er ~
Ii viii win you quick as r.1mshi
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BILL cox.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-12-02
In Chancery of New Jersey.

TO MARY HENDERSON:
By virtue of an order of the Court OF
Chancery, of New Jersey, made on the day
of the date hereof, in a cause wherein Charles
S. Adams is complainant and you, Mary
Henderson, are defendant, you are required
to appear, plead, answer or demur to the bill
of the said complainant, on or before the
eighteenth day of January next, or the said
bill will be taken as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a mort
gage given by you, the said Mary Henderson,
to Charles S. Adams, bearing date January
"a, 1913, recorded in the Clerks office of
Atlantic County in book 1875 of mortgages,
page 292, &C., and is a lien on property lo-A
Gated in the City of. Pleasantville, Atlantic
County, N. j., and you, the said Mary Hen
derson, are made the defendant because you
are the mortgagor and the owner of the equi-
ty of redemption in said lands.
Dated Nov. II, 1916.
GARRISON & VOORHEES,,
Sol'rs of Complainant,
Guarantee Trust Bldg,
Atlantic City, N. J..
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, to me d.
rected, issued out of the New Jersey Court OF
Chaneery, will be sold at public vendue, on
WEDNESDAY, H TWENTIETH A OF
DECEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND SIXTEEN,
at two o'clock in the afternoon of said day,
in the Court Room, No. POI, Second Floor,
Guarantee Trust Building, in the City of At
lantic City, County of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey.
All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land,
situate in the City of Ventnor City, County
of Atlantic and State of New Jersey.
Beginning at a point in the Westerly line
of Lafayette Place fifty feet South of the
tending thence Cd Westwardly parallel with
Atlantic Avenue siXty-two and five-tenths
feet thence (2) S~outhwardly parallel with
Lafayette Place fifty feet; thence 90 East
wardly parallel with Atlantic Avenue sixty
two and fve-tenths feet to the Westerly line
of Lafayette Place thence (4) Northwardly
in and along said Westerly line of Lafayette
Place, fifty feet to the place of beginning.
Being lot 8 in block Ola on a certain plan
of lots entitled MAP of property situate in
ing to Ventnor Syndicate" duly filed in the
Clerks Office of the County of Atlantic, at
Mays Landing, New Jersey.
Property will be sold subject to unpaid
taxes for the year 1915 amounting to APP
p~roximately $4,000, including water rent,
sewer rent, interest and costs, and also taxes
for the year 1916 and municipal liens, il
any, for the year 1916.
Seized as the property of John Stafford ct
al. and taken in execution at the suit of
William d. Grange, Surviving Executor, &C.,
of John w. Grange, deceased, and to be sold
by
JOSEPH R. BARTLETT.
Sheriff.
Dated November 25, 1916.
GREY & ARCHER, Solicitors.
PRS fee ST. 90
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PUTTING 1T UP TO YOU.
Concluded from page 81

just such rotten stuff at a few cents
less than you would pay your home
dealer for a good article that he is
willing to guarantee. But you can
not buy a reliable article elsewhere
any cheaper than you can buy the
same article right here at home.
The Pleasantville Press is pushing
the "buy at home" slogan in this
community and we want you to join
us. We are not doing this in order
to enrich the local merchants, but we
are doing it to protect the future of
~Pleasantville and our farming COM
munity and the people among whom
we live.
We want to "keep prosperity at
home," and we want you to help. us
in u work by doing your share, and
you can do that by buying at home
and keeping all of the profits at home.
1t is a serious problem that con
fronts us in the near future, and we
should grapple with it as becomes.
men of brains and determination.
Shall we trade at home and keep
prosperity in Pleasantville? Or shall
we continue to make city millionaires
who wouldn't give us a five cent piece
if we were hungry for bread?
Remember, brother and sister, this
applies not only to your neighbors,
but to YOU as well, if you happen to
be one who has been doing your shop
ping in other places.
Will you join US, "for the future of
Pleasantville 2"
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NOTICE.

Pleasantville, n. J., Nov. I, 1916.
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section
AZ of the Laws of 1903 that the tax list of
real and personal property in the taxing dis
trict of Pleasantville for the year 1916 has
been delivered to the undersigned, and that
all taxes on said list are due and payable at
the office and residence of the collector OF
Line or Suburban Trolley to Park Avenue.
Office will be open Dec. IS, 10 and 20 until
8 p. m. In case of the non-payment of
taxes on December goth, eight per cent. will
be added.
Taxpayers who do not pay their taxes on
or before the twentieth day of December will
be proceeded against as delinquent.
The County Board of Taxation Of Atlantic
County will give notice of time and place,
for the purpose of hearing appeals in cases
of taxation.
WEBSTER PRICE. Collector.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-12-02
In Chancery of New Jersey.

To Kate Price:
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Chancery of New Jersey of date November
/, 1916, in a cause wherein Amariah Lake
is complainant, and William F. Price and
you, Kate Price, are defendants, you are
hereby required to appear, plead, answer or
demur to the bill of said complainant on or
before the January End, next, or the said
bill will be taken as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a mort
gage executed by William F. Price and your
self to Winfield Adams of date February 10,
1908, on lands in the city of Pleasantville,
New Jersey, and you are made a defendant
because it is alleged that you have an in
choate right of dover therein.
Dated November 9Th, 1916.
H. w. EWIS
Solicitor of Complainant,
4 Chelsea BanSBldg,
Atlantic City, N. ].
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JOSEPH
l. G.. ADAMS
STEWART r. McSHEA
FRANK SMATHERS
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-12-02

JOSEPH THOMPSON
M. d.
LEWIS A
JAMES T. BEW
E. V. CORSON
SILAS SHOEMAKE
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-12-02
SPECIAL NOTICE.

All persons are warned against
emptying the contents of cesspools
and sewage of all descriptions any
where in Egg Harbor Township with
out having obtained a permit therefor.
All persons violating the law in this
matter will be prosecuted to the full
extent.
w. J. HUDSON, NJ. D.,
Health Inspector for Egg Harbor
Township.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-12-02
NOTICE.

All persons are warned not to dump
Rubbish in Egg Harbor Township.
Violations will be vigorously prose-
cuted.
R. H. SHEELE, Prest.
VIM. HAUENSTE1N, Sec.
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Guarantee Trust Co.
North Carolina and Atlantic Avenues
ATLANTIC CITY.

Daniel S. White, President; Henry
". Leeds and Clarence L. Cole, Vice
Presidents Herman NJ. Sypherd, Vice
President and Trust Officer; Charles
H. Jeffries, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-12-02
Court of Common Pleas of Atlantic
County,

county.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to
the statute in such case made and provided,
I shall apply to the Court of Common Pleas
of Atlantic County, at the Court House in
Mays Landing, on December 9th, next, at
10 A. M, or as soon thereafter as l can be
heard, for an order authorizing me to as
sumo another name, to wit-Henry Roberts.
HENRY RABINOVITZ,
No. z Antler's Terrace,
Atlantic City, N. ].
Nov. %, 1916.
II. W. Lewis, Atty.
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terrified face grew pale, the floods of color
abated, and suddenly with sob he lay prone.
"'Dear me" said the vicar. 4 had no idea
He came forward cautiously. Excuse me- he
said. 4 am afraid have shot you"
The vicar took the angel home and tied up
his injured wing. Also he clothed him in a
suit of cast-of black, because the curates wire
and daughters, who had been playing tennis in
the garden, had caught a glimpse of him in his
short saffron robe and suffered a shock to Their
sense of propriety.
The curate and his wife could not become
reconcled TO the angels presence in the vicar
age. The village doctor was suspicious Of him.
The villagers disliked him as a foreigner. The
small boys threw stones at him because his
folded wings under his coat made him look like
a hunchback But old Lady Hammergallow,
who lived chiefly on burgundy and the scandals
of the village, took him up because he could
evoke divine sounds from the Wears violin. She
had him in to play at one of her afternoons.
But it was discovered he could not read note
Of music. And his manners were atrocious. In
fact, he had no manners at all. He actually
treated serving maid as if she were one of
Lady Hammergaow's guests Only fawncy!
The detected vicar lead him home in disgrace.
But worse was to come. The angel could not
understand why certain persons had to plough
all day in the hot sun while the vicar and Sir
John Gotch sat at ease. The vicar loaned him
a book on political economy, but somehow that
did not help. 1t was rumored that he was
making socialistic speeches in the village. More
over, he tore up lot of barbed wire that fenced
in Sir John Gotch's estate, under the impress
sion that it was some malignant plant A little
girl had torn her hand on it. Finally, in fit
of angelic rage he nearly killed Sir John.
OF course, Jail doomed ahead for the angelic
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visitor. Disconsolate, he went into the wears
garden at night and tried to fly away. But his
wings had shrunk. He fell to the ground weep
ing and Della, the wears little maidservant
came out and comforted him. He had fallen
in love with Della. She seemed, excepting the
vicar, to be the only person he had met who
possessed tenderness and sympathy.
Mrs Hinjer, the wears housekeeper, hap
pened to see the scene in the garden. She was
shocked. She believed the angels intentions
were not honorable. She gave notice.
In this crisis the vicarage caught fire. (Mr
Wells loves to solve his problems with con-
fagration.) Della dashed into the burning
house to rescue the angels fiddle. The angel
rushed in after her. The flames shot up in a
binding glare. "A rush of music, like the
swell of an organ, wove into the roaring of the
flames" Little Hetty Penzance saw two fig
ures with wings flash upward and vanish.
James Stephenss angels, in "The Demi-
Gods" find much less difficulty in their mortal
environment. The Irishmen in the book accept
them as matter Of course. They believe in
angels while in England there is probably no
one, with the exception of Sir James Barrie
and Mr.. Chesterton, who would credit them
even on sight. This is not that Irishmen are
naturally more credulous than Englishmen. To
an Irishman no phenomenon could be more
unnatural and absurd than the government of
Ireland. 1t is easy for him to believe in the
reality of fairy castles because he has to believe
in the reality of Dublin Castle. Angels are
credible beings to him because the Lord Lieu
tenant and his executive household are al
ready there, living manifestations of stranger
diabolism.
Mr.. Stephens gives US three angels One was
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Z is about ten years ago, we believe, since
Mr.. Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, got in
trouble about angels. Mr.. Borglum had
been sculping some angels for the Cathedral
of st. John the Divine, ard all was going well
until some acute official of the Cathedral dis
covered with horror that Mr.. Borglum's angels
were Of the gentler sex. The cathedral authori-
ties showed conclusively that the perfect angel
is never lady, though of course not even j
bishop would dare maintain that a lady may
not be perfect angel.
These lady angels who have no real standing
are familiar to US as winged maidens in flowing
nighties lowering above cradles principally in
soap Autographs and 39-cent engravings. Ac-
cording to II. G. Wells, they were originally
made in Germany. Possibly they were the pre-
cursors of the Zeppelins.
Among contemporary writers of fiction Mr..
Wells, James Stephens and Anatole France ere
conspicuous among those who have attempted
to depict angels. None Of them fell into Mr..
Borglum's error though Nj. France permits one
Of his angels temporarily to assume the shape
of a woman.
Mr. Weiss angel in "The Wonderful Visit
is brought to earth by a charge Of swan shot
fired by the vicar of Siddermorton, who has a
taste for ornithology. Mr.. Wells tells us:
The vicar stood aghast, with his smoking
gun in his hand. 1t was no bird at all, but
youth with an extremely beautiful face, clad n
a robe Of saffron and with iridescent wings,
across whose pinions great waves Of color,
fushes Of purple and crimson, golden green and
intense blue, pursued one another as he writhed
in his agony. Never had the vicar seen such
gorgeous floods Of color; not even stained glass
windows, not the wings Of butterflies, not even
the glories Of crystals seen between prisms
could compare with them. Twice the angel
raised himself, only to fall over sideways again.
Then the beating Of the wings diminished. the
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angels bore us. They went wandering through
the country with Patsy MacCann and his
daughter, meeting with adventures. 1t was
their privilege to be present at the second NOR
tai death Of Brien O'Brien, most engaging of
scoundrels They made the acquaintance OF
the thin man and Eileen nj Cooley and Billy
the Music and many others. And the youngest
angel fell in love with the beggarman's daugh-
ter, Mary MacCann.
Here is the picture of Mary. There may be
better pen portraits in books but we have not
seen them.
"She was big in build and bone, and she was
beautiful and fearless. Framed in rusty
shawl, her face leaped out instant and catching
as a torch in darkness; under her clumsy gar
ments one OWNED body to be adored as
revelation; she walked carelessly as the wind
walks, proudly as young queen trained in
grandeur She could leap from where she
stood, as a wildcat that leaps terribly from
quietude; she could run deer runs and
pause at full flight like carven statue. Each
movement of hers was complete and lovely IN
itself; when she lifted hand to her hair the
free attitude was marvel of composure; 1t
might never have begun and might never cease;
it was solitary and perfect she had that
beauty that raises the mind Of man TO An
ecstasy which is murderous if il be not artistic
and she was so conscious Of her loneliness that
she could afford to forget it, and so careless
that she had never yet used it as a weapon or
a plea"
Small wonder that the youngest angel, when
the time came for them TO leave, tore his beau
MacCann.
NJ. Frances angels, in "The Revolt Of the
Angels" are. incorrigbly Gallo; that is, they
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BY TANSY M'NAB

an old angel, wise and childish and kind; the
second, dark and determined, looked like a man
of forty; and the third was "young and swift
and beautiful" All three were dark, with dark
eyes. Mr.. Wells's angel had brown eyes.
This must be sad blow to Mr. Arthur Bris-
bane, who has demonstrated in his editorials
time and again that all persons who amount to
anything have blue eyes. The proof of this is
that people like Queen Victoria, Shakespeare,
Sir Walter Raleigh and Mr.. Hearst are num-
bered among the blue-eyed folk. But angels,
it seems, are different.
Mr. Stephens's three angels, in their beaut-
full jewelled robes, fly to earth and join the
campfire of Patsy MacCann, an itinerant beg
gar and petty thief They wish to travel the
roads with MacCann. But he is a cautious
man.
What would the priest say" he whispers to
his daughter "if he heard we were stravaiging
the country with three big buck angels, and
they full of tricks maybe?"
But his daughter persuades him to take the
angels along. They put an unwonted strain
On the commssariat.
DO you know, said Patsy, that the hard
est thing in the world is to get the food, and 4
body is never done looking for it?
Wen have to search for what we eat tonight,
and in the morning we'll have to look again for
more of it, and the day after that, and every
day until we are dead we'll have to go on
searching for the food"
II would have thought" said the eldest an
tk,t - all - - L.
simplest in an organized society,"
Again this smacks Of radcalism or socialism.
But Mr.. Stephens is too fine an artist to let his
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1T was a sign in the showcase at the
side of the door that first attract
ed my attention. The sign read:
photos for Passports and Chauffeurs
Lisences Speciality. We Treat You
RIGHT" After all, thought to myself,
why not go in? This place was as good
as any, and might as well have it over
and done with. Besides, had already
conceived a liking for the proprietor.
We had something in common. He
spelled licenses" the way | have al
ways wanted to.
! studied the showcase again. Under
the sign were three small portraits Of
unpleasant-looking men, presumably
chauffeurS. Also, there were pictures
of two babies. The first was sitting in
a bowl, and wore simple but becoming
one-piece garment, cut low and trimmed
with large safety-pin. The second
was lying fiat upon its stomach, and
wore nothing at all. A card underneath
read, This Style 3 for ST." | blushed
and entered.
The photographer must have been
expecting me. That is the only way
can explain the warmth of his greet
ing. Of course, had spoken to sew
eral friends, in casual way, about go
ing to have this picture taken, and evil
IDENTIFY the news had leaked out. You
know how people are about repeating
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"But," l said feebly, 81 didn't order
these"
81 assume all the risk" he added re-
proachfully. "The loss is mine if you
don't take them"
| hesitated. Here was crisis. OF
course the fellow had no business to go
taking pictures of me that | hadn't
ordered On the other hand, the mis-
chief was done, and it was obvious from
his tone that if didn't jump into the
breach and order a dozen or so his en-
tire business would simply be thrown
into bankruptcy. Could | stand by and
see him lose the savings of lifetime?
Hang it, no! A man has to do the de-
cent thing. | made the only remark
possible.
"How much are they?" asked.
He grew confidential "Well, I'll tell
you. These are our regular art panel
folders, on genuine platinum paper
But on the other hand, I've already got
the negative, and it's no use to me UNI
less you order some, is it?'
He laughed But there was forced
note in it. Obviously, had him at my
mercy.
$50, seeing as | have the negative,
I'm going to make you special rate
I'm going to let you have dozen of
these" his voice sank, and he bent
over and eyed me signifcantly-"for
fifteen dollars"
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things. At any rate, he smiled cordial
ly, commented upon the remarkably sat-
isfactory state of the weather, and haz-
arded the opinion that ! wanted photo
graph.
81 want" said, "a photograph. A
license photograph"
"One?"
Zone. How much are they, and when
can | get it,?
Fifty cents apiece. Day after to-
morrow"
This was disconcerting Somehow |
had had an idea that one went into a
photograph gallery, laid down a quar-
ter, and came away clutching finished
portrait Of ones self. Fifty cents
seemed an overlarge sum to pay for one
small picture, especially picture that
was going to be used for identifcatory
rather than decorative purposes. 1t
wasn't as though | were planning to
hang it up in our living-room to amuse
callers, or mail it, autographed, to an
admirer. | said as much.
He continued to smile "Or you can
have half a dozen for two dollars" he
remarked, cheerfully.
made rapid mental calculation. If
| bought six, | would be paying only
33333333+ cents apiece. That was de-
cidedly more like.
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"Or" he added, "a dozen for three
dollars"
made another calculation-a more
rapid one, since there were no declmals
involved. By buying dozen | would
bring the price down to quarter
apiece. the very amount | had figured
on paying in the first place. / stole a
glance at the photographer. lie was
still smiling, apparently oblivious to the
fact that he had just quoted me price
that gave me half off" as the saying
is. Still. that was his lookout. Busl-
hess is business, say |. 1t behooved me
10 snap him up before he saw his ride
ulous error.
"Ill take dozdh," | said with as
sumed Indifference.
Eyes, sir. Name and address, please.
Three dollars, please
4 ND now, subtly, his manner under
"a went change Before, it was l
who had been master of the situation
had not compelled him to cut his price
in half? But money had passed be-
tween us, and now it was | who followed,
he who led.
"Step this wayw he directed, crisply.
You'll want to brush up Bit
| didn't. but | stepped obediently up
to a mirror, and looked in. Now, | am
not vain man, but | have my pride. l
flatter myself that my appearance, while
hardly ravshing, is at least not repel-
liant. And try to be a neat dresser,
though, perhaps, not snappy one But
when | looked into that mirror re-
coiled. Could this be !, this bleary,
shambling, hunted-looking tramp? Too
late | realized that should have shaved
that morning. My coat was rumpled,
nv collar was utterly wrong, my hair
wanted cutting, and my tie was obvious
" in need of drastic revision downward.
| paved feebly at my back hair, and
then, bent and broken, turned away,
hoping to stink out unnoticed. But it
was not to be. Upon my ears fell the
memorable voice of the photographer.
mo; in here" it said.
When | had my last regular photo
graph taken, back in 1904, the photog
rapher had kept his camera in a nice,
airy, greenhouse sort of place, with in
teresting little roller shades running up
and down the glass walls. Science had
evidently made great strides since then,
for the place into which | was now
ushered was nothing at all like green
house. 1t was more like a college fra
ternity lodge-room. There was the
same absence of windows and atmoS-
phere, and the same sense of some
thing important being about to take
place which you knew probably wouldn't
turn out to be very important, after all.
An evil-looking green light, burning in
a glass tube, added materially to the
ghastliness of the general effect.
Nov, if you'll sit there"-he mo-
toned vaguely toward high stool. |
clambered up and sat grimly waiting,
while the photographer, wrapping his