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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
BOBWHITE
(Goiinus virginianus)

Length, ten inches. Known every
where by the clear whistle that sug-
gests Its name.
Range: Resident In the United
States east of the plains; introduced
in many places in the West.
Habits and economic status: The
bobwhite is loved by every dweller in
the country and is better known to
more hunters in the United States
than any other game bird. 1t is no
less appreciated on the table than in
the field, and in many states has I'M
questionably been hunted too closely.
Fortunately it seems to be practicable
to propagate the bird in captivity,
and much is to be hoped for in this
direction. Half the food of this quail
consists of weed seeds, almost a fourth
of grain, and about a tenth Of wild
fruits. Although thus eating grain,
the bird gets most of 1t from stub
BILE. Fifteen per cent of the bobwhite's
food ia composed of insects, includ-
ing several of the most serious pests
of agriculture. 1t feeds freely upon
Colorado potato beetles and chinch
bugs; it devours also cucumber bee
ties, wireworms, billbugs. clover-leaf
weevils, cotton-boll weevils, army
worms, bollworms, cutworms, and
Rocky mountain locusts. Take it all
in all, bobwhite is very useful to the
farmer, and while it may not be neces-
IT-A -
game birds every farmer should see
that his own farm is not depleted by
eager sportsmen.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
HIGH PRICES AND
LOST PENNIES.

In these days of high prices and
pensive living it behooves US to guard
the pennies with a far seeing eye.
Bad pennies sometimes return, but
good ones seldom do.
1t therefore becomes our duty, when
we part with a good penny, to secure
the greatest possible returns for it.
Lost pennies soon mount into dollars,
and the vanishing dollar blazes the
way to poverty and eventual nowhere.
You ear save the pennies and retain
the dollars if you will read carefully
each week the advertisements in The
Pleasantville Press. They will tell
you at which stores you can get the
best bargains, where quality is of the
best and price is at the minimum,
where your true interests lie when
you go out to spend the money that
comes to you from hours of heavy
and unceasing toll.
None of US may hope to save all
that we earn, for we must live, and it
takes money these days to even exist.
We must spend a good portion of
our earnings, often all of them, and
the judgment and care we use in that
expenditure will determine in a con-
siderable measure the enjoyment and
pleasures of life.
If We buy at h~aphazzard we too
frequently pay dearly for our indiffer-
ence and lack of economical foresight,
whereas if we are prudent and assimi-
late the knowledge that is laid before
US we at least have the satisfaction
of knowing that We have done the
best that we could do under existing
circumstances.
Again We suggest, and emphasize,
that the wise and prudent course to
pursue is to read carefully each week
the advertisements in The Pleasant
vile Press. Read them all, every one
of them, for in little places big bar
gains are often found.
High prices are here, and we as a
community can not prevent what a
whole nation must endure. But we
can, and should, prevent the unneces-
sary loss of pennies through CONNER
cial indifference and neglect.
This is not a day of philanthropy,
and merchants are not advertising for
the sake of handing their money ove1
to the publisher. They are doing il
because they have the goods and make
the prices to back up their advertise
ments, and it is to the financial inter
est of the to dissect every
advertisement and take advantage OF
every opportunity thus afforded.
The expense of reading an ad is
nothing but a little time when not
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
FRECKLES.
Don't Hide Them With a Veil; Remove
Them With the Othine Prescription

This prescription for the removal of
freckles was written by a prominent
physician and is usually so success
full in removing freckles and giving a
clear, beautiful complexion that it is
sold by any druggist under guaran-
tee to refund the money if it fails.
Don't hide your freckles under a
veil! get an ounce of othine and re-
move them. Even the first few appli-
cations should show a wonderful i'm
provement, some of the lighter free
kles vanishing entirely.
Be sur to ask the druggist for the
double strength othine; it is this that
is sold on the moneY-back guarantee.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
PRESIDENTIAL POINTERS

In the first four elections for
president each elector voted for
two candidates, the one receiv-
ing the largest number of votes
was declared president and the
who received the next larg-
est number of votes was de-
clared vice president. At the
election of 1904 a president and
vice president we're voted for
separately and an amendment
to the Constitution provided
that the president and vice pres
ident could not be elected from
the same state. To insure an
election a candidate for presi-
dent OF vice president must have
a majority of all the electoral
votes cast, otherwise the cleo
ton for president would be
thrown into the house of repre-
sentatives by states, each state
having one vote, and for vice
president into the senate.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
WE DON'T WANT THEM.

We don't want any loafers in Pleas
antville.
We don't want any knockers.
We don't want any liars.
We don't want any gossips.
We don't want any cheats or swind-
lers.
We don't want any thieves or
rogues.
We don't want any lawless row.
dies.
We don't want any DRINKS or
sports.
We don't want any undesirable peo-
pie.
We just want honest, decent, respec-
table, law abiding men and women
that's all.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
T TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Frank G. Miner, Deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Emanuel G. Sha-
ner, Surrogate of the County of Atlantic, this
day made on the application of the under
signed, Executor of the said decedent, notice
is hereby given, to the creditors of the said
decedent to exhibit to the subscriber, under
oath or affirmation, their claims and demands
against the estate of the said decedent, within
nine months from this date, or they will be
forever barred from prosecuting or recovering
the same against the subscriber.
REUBEN E. ADAMS, Executor,
Pleasantville, N. ].
Mays Landing, N. j., June 80, 1916.
Printers fee. $14.O6
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15

What is learned in the cradle lasts
to the grave. Cultivate the saving
habit in your children by opening a
bank account in their name. Teach
them to save their pennies-a child's
pennies are a mans dollars.-PLEAS-
ANTVILLE TRUST CO.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
Make $40 to Sl0O Weekly

raising MUSHROOMS in barns, sheds, CELLAR
or out of doors. My Instructions are so sim
pie that anyone In your family can raise
them.
For $500 l will send you my preparation
powder enough spawn TO cover 46 square
feet and Booklet containing full directions for
growing and selling. Big market. Send
money order or cash to
F.Brandner, l301--57th ST., Brooklyn,NY
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Tobias L. Mcconnell, Deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Emanuel G. Sha-
ner, Surrogate of the County of Atlantic,
this day made on the application of the I'M
dersigned, Executrix of the said decedent,
notice is hereby given, to the creditors OF
the said deeedent to exhibit to the subscriber,
under oath or affirmation. their claims and
demands against the estate of the said dece-
dent, within nine months from this date, or
they will be forever barred from prosecuting
or recovering the same against the subscri-
Der.
EMMA L. MCCONNELL, Executrix.
Pleasantville, n. J.
Mays Landing, N. J., June IL, 1916.
Printers fee, S14.06
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15

Go to friends for advice. to women
FOR pity, to strangers for charity, to
relatives Tor nothing, and to The
fleasantville Press for profitable ad-
vertising at all seasons Of the year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15

Send The Pleasantville Press regu-
larly to your son, daughter, friend,
who is temporarily absent from town.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15

Eye Troubles are Hereditary
If the parents need Glasses or either
of them have defective vision there
Is almost invariably trouble in their
children's eyes.
Take No Chances
Save sight, health and comfort Of
your children by letting US thorough
~ examine theirs and rest assured
that only in needy cases glasses
would ever be prescribed.
L. w. BELTS, r. D.,
THE OPTOMETRY SPECIALIST
1908 ATLANTIC AVENUE
ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY
S. E. WHITMAN & SONS,
Linotype Composition
for the Trade
PLEASANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
VX7IIV not give your lad
VIII the same training?

when l was n growing lad, and came
upon many words in my reading that
I did not understand, my mother. In
stead of giving me the definition when
/ applied to her. uniformly sent me to
the dictionary to learn II, and In this
way / gradually learned many things
besides the meaning of the Individual
word in question-among other things,
how 10 use n dictionary, and the great
pleasure and advantage there might
be in the use of the dictionary.
Afterwards. when I went TO the village
school, my chief diversion, after les
sons were learned and before they
were recited, was in turning over the
pages of the Unabridged of those
days. Now the most modern Una
bridged-theNEw INTERNATIONAL
gives me n pleasure of the same sort
So far M my knowledge extends. 1t IL
at present the best Of the one-volume
dictionaries. and quite sufficient for
all ordinary uses. Even those who
possess the splendid dictionaries In
several volumes will yet find IL u great
convenience TO have this. which Is so
compact. so full. and 80 Trustworthy
as TO leave. in most cases. little to be
desired. ALBERT s. Cook. Ph.D., LID.
Professor of the English Language and
Literature. Yale Univ. April "a. 1911.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15

otherwise engaged. The savings may
run into dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25
MISSOURI ZINC | AND LEAD MAKING !. SOME NEW RECORDS Millions Pouring Into State as Result of the In
 creased Demands HUMBLER METALS
 SETTING NEW PACE The Steel Corporation Is Reaping the Benefits of Profit Sharing Plan Among Its Skilled
 Artisans
By HOLLAND

New York, May 24.-(SpeciaL) imports and gold production of which in the year 1916 there is likely to be larger aggregate amount in the United States ard in Alaska than in any pre- ceding year do not interest men who are sometimes spoken of as men of large af- fairs so much as does the increase in the production of metals that are not called precious. One of these leaders said this morning, after reading an item which told of gold production in Alaska, that after all the three metals taken from the bowels of the earth in the United States which are now of the most importance are: First, copper. next zine, and after that lead, although there is not much difference between the industrial impor- tance of zinc and that of lead.
 These metals, if the industries are properly co-ordinated and are organized and operated with a high degree of economy, should, it is said, play an inn portant part in the work of industrial preparedness. Already business men and manufacturers, and especially those who are leaders in great railway systems, are convinced that complete preparedness in- volves first, perfected coordination of American industries and also of Amer ican railroads, since this is essential if there is to be satisfactory preparedness for defense in case of war
 Frequently within the past year reports that have come from the far west have told of the unheard of increase in the production of copper American mines are, as whole, the greatest copper pro- ducers in the world. John D. Ryan, w.. B.. Thompson and E. J. lacking, whose names identify the largest copper pro- ducing properties in the United States, do not doubt that the demand for copper after the war is ended will continue and Will probably increase, so that it is likely that an annual production of 1000 O0O0, O00 pounds will be maintained as long as the copper mines make production of that kind possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25
THE HUMBLER METALS

The Naugautuck valley of Connecticut where is now centered the worlds great est brass industry, the manufacture of which occasioned the largest demand by single industry for copper, is now utilizing vast amounts of zinc, and the demands for this metal have become re- latively, although not absolutely, as great as is the demand for copper.
 How speedily this demand affected the important zinc and lead districts of the west is made clear by reports received in New York from the Joplin district of Missouri which show that the product;bl and sales of zinc and lead ore in the month of April alone were larger than the total production of those mines in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25
'OLD SOLDER HAD
 HIS HEART SET ON
 BEING AT REUNION
But I'd Never Have Been Here if It Hadn't Been for Tanlac," He Says.
 Gains 21 Pounds

If it hadn't been for Tanlac l couldn't have come to Birmingham to this reunion,' said M. J. Cole in conver- sation with the Tanlac representative few days ago. MT. Cole is a Con federate veteran, Fl years of age, whose home is at Waynesboro, Miss. He stopped with his son, J, w. Cole, SIS Twenty third street, during the re- union, and took active part in all the exercises with the rest of the vener- able "old boys of the gray"
 Yes, sir, continued MT. Cole "I had my heart set on coming to this re- union all along, but I didn't see any hope of being able to do it before I began taking Tanlac I had suffered for 10 years or more with stomach trouble and indigestion, and l couldn't eat but little of anything. 1 had to live OF the very lightest of food and even then gas would bloat me up and I would feel miserable all the time. I had kidney trouble, too, and was nerv- ous and disturbed so much getting up at nights that I couldn't get any sleep or rest hardly at all. I had rheuma- tism in my left shoulder and hip so bad that I could hardly get about, and all the medicine l took and everything that was done for me failed to do me any good. I had become so weak and
 
 last ray of hope I had of being able to come here was gone.
 But Tanlac came just at the right time, for almost as soon as l began taking it I commenced to feel better and get stronger right along. My stomach got better and I began to want to eat, and after taking three bottles of this medicine, l can now eat any thing I want without even a thought of it hurting me. My kidneys also stopped bothering me and the nervousness dis appeared so that l can sleep the night through without having to get up at all. The rheumatism slipped away from my shoulder and hip until can hardly feel it at all. got on the scales and was sur- prised to find that I had gained 21 pounds, and that helped my feelings, too, for I had gotten mighty thin, and when the time arrived for me to come to this reunion, just boarded the train feeling about as young and well as I did back in the sixties" I marched for four solid hours with the old boys yesterday and was with them in all the other exercises and feel none tho worse for it. Although I am, Il years old, from the way I feel now, I'm good for several more reunions yet. It certainly is wonderful what those three bottles of Tanlac did for me-" s
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham ex- clusively by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store and Patton-Pope Drug Co.,; in Ensley by D. w. Morris Drug Co., in Bessemer by Pegram- Patton Drug Co.,, iu Pratt City by Gale Drug Co.,, and in North Birmingham by Walker Drug Co.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25
LITTLE NEW YORK STORIES
 BY A BIRMINGHAM MAN
By ALLEN GRIFFIN JOHNSON

hear a squeak out of one of these Man haitian audiences, but say, if you have any love of the south left in you, give 'em a cheer, will you? And give one for Bir- mingham-if you get put out, it will be worth it.''
 MT. Smith was genuine Birmingham enthusiast even before he attended the reunion, but since that last visit, 1 be- lieve he would rejoice if the National Sunday Magazine were to be published in the Magic City in future, and he would also believe that the move was a good one for the magazine itself.
 But here is how another party looks at it Say, l see Irv. Cobb and Henry Wal thai have been having some sort of a meeting down in Alabama-what is it all about? new picture? I see they have that Walthal guy is all right, but what on earth Irv. Cobb wants to get in front of a movie camera for I can't tell As a humorist, he's great. but as a movie hero I don't believe they'll ever discover him. ''
 Harry Ayers of Annston went back home and said New York was more inter- ested in strikes at present than in war deyelopments. Well, that's true, or it was true. when he said it, but since then the Giants have been doing more hitting and less striking out-yes, strikes are be- coming fewer.
 When it is taken into considera ton that Birmingham has no navigable water yet is forced to progress by means of the water wagon, one can hardly give her too much credit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25
E MARION N YHARIAkUS X HELPING HAND
 [e7HD,nes Hp&epd
Dyeing Chiffon With Gasoline

To dye chiffon with gasoline-a reply to l.. M. w. Get the tube oil paint used by artists Into sufficient gasoline for dveine squeeze small quantity of the naint. It will dissolve quickly. Try it win a hit of fabric similar to what you would color, to see if of the desired shade It is safer to put in little paint at a time lest it become too dark, al~ though in that case more gasoline may be added Simply dip the article in. having enough of the fluid to give it an even shade. If, after drying. it is of toe light a color, more paint may be added and the garment redipped. Always wash in clear gasoline before coloring
 IA. B."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25

New York, May A.-(Special)-C. McF'. Smith, fat and not yet 40, represents the National Sunday Magazine and also the Mclean Publishing company of Balti- more, and he spends the greater part or his time travelling. He was in Birming- ram quite recently, so were a few other people, 1 hear, and saw the greatest Con federate reunion in history.
 And you're from Birmingham" said MT. Smith to me this morning. Well what on earth are you living in this place for? Say, do you know I like that Bir- mingham town; there's something about it that makes one remember it after he has almost forgotten about Atlanta. It s there, | tell you. Why, can you imagine Til or New York treating a reunion crowd as Birmingham treated hers? No, sir, you can't. The old vets get kidded as much as welcomed here, and while they may be cheered a bit in certain sections there are still more sections that don't know a reunion is in progress when it is.
 q saw sights on the streets of Birming- ham during that reunion that 1 never ex- pect to see again, and that l know 1 could never see in Manhattan. Talk about hospitaity-I never knew what it meant before It almost made me wish I was 30 years older with a civil war record be- hind me.
 "Oh, yes, you'll see it all in the movies, know, but the movies will never give you the correct idea of the enthusiasm. the warmth, the joy of the occasion. When those old boys go marching across the screen here in Manhattan, you'll never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25
Taking No Chances

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.'
 Jones and his wife were seated at the dining room table perusing the evening papers when the. door bell rang. Jones arose to- answer it when the wife said
 Let me hide those umbrellas be- fore you let them in.'
 t.'Why, do you think it is somebody who will steal them?" asked Jones.
 ''No,". replied his wife, "but it might be someone who will recognize them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25

any year previous to 1898. In money value, this output amounts to nearly S5,- 5OO,OOO, and if the production continues throughout the year, as it Is likely to do, the money value of zinc ore produced by these mines should be not far from $5C, ,0O0,00O. In fact, since January l the Joplin miners have received somewhat in excess of $13000,0e0.
 So, also, the lead miners are urged to 1 their capacity to meet the demand of this humble metal. Out of the mines of Mis- ] souri there went in the first four months I of this year nearly 3s,00O,000 pounds of lead ! ore and how vast the demand is is shown l by the figures which make comparison with like period of last year possible. The increase this year over last years output from January 1 to May was nearly 12,00O, 600 pounds. The money value of both the lead and zinc ores mined in
 Missouri since January i was nearly s15,- 900, or about $6,OO0OO0 in excess of the money value of the output from January | to May 1, 1915
 THE INDIRECT EFFECT
 1 The indirect effect consequent upon the receipt by the lead and zinc miners of these millions in the first four months of l 1916 is reported to be felt not only throughout Missouri, but in the east and west of the Missouri river. Relatively speaking, this mining industry is as great
 as is the copper mining industry, and these two industries combined are bring l ing vast amounts of money into the west. AN HONORABLE PRIDE 1 Just after George W. Perkins worked 1 out the difficult problem of profit shar- l irg, which afterward the United States | Steel corporation adopted with success,
 he said that in addition to the cultivation of the habit of thrift which this method 1 would stimulate, there was also moral effect which, he believed, would prove 1 to be of great value.
 1 The truth that was in this remark has
 been emphasized and confirmed by the 1 experience of the treasury department of the United States Steel corporation. There are thousands of the skilled ar 1 tisans employed by the Steel corporation who through this profit sharing plan have
 1 been able to invest some of their savings
 l in the stock of the corporation. When
 1 the proper officer of the corporation
 1 sends out the dividend slips, not the least details of this work are those which ln- volve the signing and sending of checks | to the skilled artisans who are part own CTS of the corporation. Each of these ] checks is for a small amount, not many dollars.
 l Many of them do not get back to the 1 Urea sury department until weeks and sometimes months have passed. When l they. do come they show much handling l and it has been discovered that the skilled artisans are accustomed to show these checks with honorable pride to their | friends for the checks reveal that the owners are in part proprietors of the United States Steel corporation. This experience tends to confirm prediction made some 15 years ago by the late Abram 1 s. Hewitt, who said that in time the ,,s,ov ,rryc- l tries would be numbered among the prin- cipal owners of those industries and when l that occurred much of the friction be- 1 tween capital and labor would be ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25

dered sugar, a few grains of cayenne pepper, the yolks of two eggs, two ta- blespoons of lemon juice, one and one half cups of olive oil. Mix the dry in- gradients and egg yolks and mix thor oughly. Then add half teaspoon of vinegar and the oil drop by drop, as the mixture thickens. Thin with lemon juice and vinegar. Whipped cream added to the mayonnaise is delicious, but is not necessary. Add just enough catsup to color it delicate pink; then one hard boiled egg, a red pepper, one green pep- per, and a few pickled beets chopped
 fine, and chives. if desired I hope this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25

last month I paid dressmaker's bill of STA and here is another one for $60. Wife-Well, dear, doesn't that show that I am beginning to spend less?
 ROTOGRAVURE!