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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14
STATEMENT OF

The Ownership, Management, Etc, REQUIRED
by the Act of Congress of August "a, 1912,
of The Pleasantville Press, published weekly
at Pleasantville, n. j., for October l, 1916.
State of New Jersey, County of Atlantic, SIS.
Before me, a Notary Public in and for the
State and county aforesaid, personally APP
peared Bertram E. Whitman, who, having
been duly sworn according to law, deposes
and says that he is the business manager of
The Pleasantville Press, and that the follow
ing is, to the best of his knowledge and be-
lief, a true statement of the ownership, man
agement, etc., of the aforesaid publication
for the date shown in the above caption, re-
quired by the Act of August "a, 1912, en-
bodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Reg
ulations, printed on the reverse OF this form,
to wit:
1. That the names and addresses of the
publishers, editor, managing editor, and bus
mess manager are Publishers, S. e. Whit
man & Sons, Pleasantville, N. j.. Editor, B.
e.. Whitman, Pleasantville, n. j.. Managing
Editor, B. e. Whitman, Pleasantville, N. j.;
VILE, N. j.
2. That the owners are Samuel E. Whit
man, Pleasantville, n. j. Bertram r. Whit
man, Pleasantvi1le, N. j.. Walter w. Whit
man, Pleasantville, N. j..
3. That the known bondholders, mortga-
gees, and other security holders owning or
holding l per cent or more of total amount
of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are
None.
4. That the two paragraphs next above,
giving the names of the owners. stockholders,
and security holders, if any, contain not only
the list Of stockholders and security holders
as they appear upon the books of the COM
pany but also, in cases where the stakeholder
or security holder appears upon the books of
the company as trustee or in any other idu-
ciary relation, the name of the person or
corporation for whom such trustee is acting,
is given also that the said two paragraphs
contain statements embracing atlantis full
knowledge and belief as to the circumstance
and conditions under which stockholders and
security holders who do not appear upon the
books of the company as trustees, hold stock
of a bona fde owner and this affiant has NO
reason to believe that any other person, asso-
citation, or corporation has any interest di-
rect or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or
other securities than as so stated by him.
BERTRAM e. WHITMAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
Both day of September, 1916.
(Seal) GEO. M. BATES.
(My commission expires Feb. IT, 1870
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14
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. ]. HUDSON, M. D.,
Health Inspector for Egg Harbor
Township.
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WHAT HUGHES WOULD
HAVE LEFT UNDONE
That Is Campaigns True Angle
and Not the Trite Question
with Which Hecklers Are
:. Nagging the Republican
Standard Bearer.
ACHIEVEMENTS ASSURANCE
LAUNDERING Is NO HABIT

Wincing Democrats Trying to Run
Away From the Record of the Ad-
ministration and to lnveigle the
Voters Down Rhetorical By-Paths,
All In the ThinIy- Disguised Effort
to Change the Subject.
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LEGAL
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the ATLANTIC COUNTY WATER COMPA-
NY OF NEW JERSEY for the election of Off
GERS for the ensuing year and for such other
business as may properly come before the
meeting will be held at the Office of the
Company in Pleasantville, New Jersey, at
two P. NJ. of WEDNESDAY, THE 18th DAY
OF OCTOBER, 1916.
GUY H. DAVIES,
Secretary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

Gen. Pershing's army continues in
fine fettle, "ft for a fight or a frolic."
To its credit let it be said it went
as far as politics permitted.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14

Send The Pl%easantville Press regu-
larly to your son, daughter, friend,
who is temporarily absent from town.
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To T. B. Wireback and Sons
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Chancery of New Jersey. of date September
26, 1916, in a cause wherein Lake & Risley
Company, a corporation, is complainant, and
Walter r. Chase, Lottie Chase, William H..
Horstman Company and you, T. B. Wireback
and Sons, are defendants, you are hereby
required to appear, plead, answer or demur
to the bill of said complainant. on or before
November 81 next, or said bill will be taken
as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a mort
gage executed by Anna Elizabeth Underwood
to said Lake & Risley Company, of date
January %, 1909, on lands in the city of
Pleasantville, New Jersey, and you are made
defendants because you hold a judgment of
record, against Walter T.. Chase, the present
owner thereof. and by reason of which you
have some lien thereon.
Dated September %, 1916.
H.. w. LEWIS,
Solicitor of Complainant,
4 Chelsea Bank Bldg,
Atlantic City,, N. j..
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14
NOTICE.

All persons are warned not to dump
Rubbish in Egg Harbor Township.
Violations will be vigorously prose-
cuted.
R. H. SHEELE, Prest.
VIM. HAUENSTEIN, Sec.
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Pursuant to law, notice is hereby givel
that the Board of Registry and Elections Il
and for every election district in
ARSECON CITX
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-10-14
In Chancery of New Jersey.

NEHEMIAH ANDREWS. Clerk.
Evening star., 1916-12-24

Panama, and mad a
fortune of ST. 900, 600
for his pains. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, famous
boatman and after
ward distinguished in
railroads. had accumu-
lated only Sl,5OO,000
when this pamphlet
was published. Stephen
Whitney had got to-
gether So, 600, 1000 by
fortunate speculations
in cotton Moses Tay-
lor, a shipping mer-
chant, had 81. 100000
James LenoX had
So, 900, 900, inherited
from his fla h err"
while Peter Lorillard
had scraped together
50 100000 in tobacco.
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the name of Astor famous all over the
world as synonym for boundless wealth.
Yet Astor's fortune, which is the basis
of many great fortunes to-day and has
recently endowed a baronetcy in England,
represents just about six months income
of Henry Ford.
In 1866 Mr. Moses Y Beach published
volume dealing with the rich men of
New York, who We're, of course, the rich
men of the United States. William b.
Astor, with fortune estimated at
$6,0O0,OOO. led the list. A man who had
S500.000 had fortune large enough to
justify including his name in this illustri-
Gus list A man who possessed an even
million was evidently a man of mark
The names of some of these illustrious
men, and the sources of their accumula-
tions, have particular interest now.
William H. Aspinwall, who stands next
to Astor with $4,00O,000, had made his
money "in trade" Peter Cooper, who is
credited with 81 100000, had heaped up
his hoard by the manufacture of isinglaSs
and glue John Haggerty, another mil
lionaire, was an auctoneer. Peter Goelet
who is also credited with million, is de-
scribed as "a rich old bachelor who finds
more JOY in bondmen's seals than Cas-
with senate at his heels"
The biography of Peter Harmony, a
man with $2,O00,000, has a ring that
Americans always like "He came to this
country as a cabin-boy, and engaged
largely in the shipping business" Jona-
than Hunt, another millionaire. had a
similarly obscure beginning, but rather
unhappy ending. He started as an apple
boy in Troy. and became president of "A
bank in Mobile. His success drove him
mad, and he committed suicide by jump
ing off a ferry-boat in 1913. George Law
engaged in building the railroad across
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Such We're the great men
in America five years before
the breaking out of the Civil
War, and such We're the
sources of their accumula-
tions. The next important
date in the history of Ameri-
can millionairedom is 1877,
when Cornelius Vanderbilt
died, leaving a fortune of
500, 600 600. The amazing
fact about Vanderbilt's for
tune is that it represents, for
the larger part, the accumu-
lations of the last ten years
of his life. In 1855, when he
was siXty-one years old, the
Commodore, as we have seen.
was popularly regarded as
worth only 81, 100000. BY
the time the Civil War ended
this had increased S10,000,-
600. Up to that time, appar-
emily, money-making, even in
a new country like the United
States, was a comparatively
laborious process. The rich
men We're great merchants,
great shippers, great bankers,
great manufacturers, men en-
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est spectators Wall
Street has ever known.
In seven years he
doubled his fathers
fortune; he did this by
managing his railroads
not with an exclusive
eye to shippers and the
travelling public, but to
the price of their stocks.
Hence the decay in the
properties-and hence
the elimination of the
Vanderbilt family from
control.
The Gould fortune,
of course, represented
speculation in a much
grosser form. Jay :
Gould occupied the un-
enviable position in our
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gagged in practically the same occupations
that had accounted for most of the great
fortunes since the days of Sidon and
Tyre. But new factors had entered the
economic situation-forces of progress
that We're to give opportunities for for
tune-making unknown in the world S
history before. Above all Others stood
the railroad
Vanderbilt, at the conclusion of the
Civil War, sold all his steamboats,, obtain
ing practically all the Sl0,000,0OO that
made possible his real career. No man
ever engaged in a more daring gamble;
his experience demonstrates again that,
in this country at least, it is the man who
ventures everything who wins. The Com
modore purchased railroads, many ofw which
had made no money for years. In this
huge speculation the Commodore won
hence the S10OOOO,0OO left his heirs
Swollen Fortunes of the '90's
AND now American fortunes began to
increase rapidly. New names jumped
almost every day into the millionaire class
Take the year 1890 as the next sign-post
of swollen fortunes. An industrious re-
searcher in that year got together seventy
names representing combined resources of
s., 2,700,000000. The average was S37,-
100000 per man. The greatest fortune
that the world had ever known, the $780,
100000 left by William Henry Wander
bilt in 1855, had suffered by subdivision
among his many children, so that John
Jacob Astor, with $l50O00,OO0, now
led all the rest. There We're now five
Americans who had Sl0O,000,000 each ::
Cornelius Vanderbilt, grandson of the
Commodore, William X. Vanderbilt, Jay
Gould. Leland Stanford, and John d.
Rockefeller. The estate of John l. Blair
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form the substance of Bryan's oratory in
the campaign of 1896, had already begun
to influence popular thinking Wall Street,
which had hitherto only vaguely appeared
as portent now began to figure as the
great bugaboo of the Middle West.
How the Old Fortunes Were Made
TNTlL the appearance of Henry Ford
and this fact should give great COM
fort to those who still fear these personal
accumulations-prac all the colos-
sal American fortunes were the products
either of speculation or of some particular
form of special privilege. Until Standard
Oil made its appearance, railroads and
real estate furnished the basis for the
largest American estates. Both We're emf
nently speculative in character.
John Jacob Astor heaped up only COM
paratively trifing amount in trade; his
accrmulations represented the greatest
and most fortunate real estate specu-
lations in history. His only genius
consisted in an amazing foresight: he de-
tected the future greatness of New York
long before any one else foresaw its splen-
did destiny. He gambled all his earnings
in the fur trade in the future of this town.
And he won splcndidly. All he did was
to purchase vacant, unproductive land,
patiently wait for the rise, and then
realize by letting it out on long term lease
Young Vincent Astor, the present head
of the family could go into a Rip Van
Winkle trance, wake up at the end of
twenty years, and find himself infinitely
richer than when he went to sleep. The
growth in the city's population and
wealth would have worked the miracle.
The land fortunes thus represent the
toll-takers of American prosperity The
railroad fortunes are primarily the results
of speculation. This was conspicuously
the case with the Nanderbilts and the
Goulds. Commodore Nanderbilts s $780,
00O, 900 was largely the product of watered
stock.
Many writers have pictured this bluff
old genius as pioneer empire builder,
as a man who found a string of discon-
nected railroads extending from New
York to Chicago and linked them into
a splendid trunk system But the New
York Central Railroad, extending from
Albany to Buffalo and composed of about
thirteen Independent lines, was linked
together in 1858, fifteen years before
Commodore Vanderbilt had anything to
do with the road In 1869 Vanderbilt
got possession of this completed line and
also of the Hudson River Line, which,
extended from New York to Albany
and combined these two properties. His
personal earnings from this transaction
were about $S0000,000-a huge specue-
lative transaction that in itself represents
the larger part of his fortune.
His son, William Henry Vanderbilt,
was one of the high
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was estimated at $60,OO0,OOO; there were
six men with S50,000,000; and so on
down to J. Pierpont Morgan, who modest
ly asserted his claim to only S25 200, 900
These fortunes, so enormous compared
with those of the previous generation,
We're regarded as constituting a great
national problem. Already they had
begun to exercise their influence upon
politics, That distinction between the
"masses" and the Glasses, which was to
form the substance of Bryan's oratory in
the campaign of 1896, had already begun
to influence popular thinking Wall Street,
which had hitherto only vaguely appeared
as portent, now began to figure as the
great bugaboo of the Middle West.
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might be expected within forty years.
Within sixty years from the time of writ
ing, he added, several bllionaires might
be regarded as reasonably due.
AS Mr.. Shearman wrote this in 1890,
his prophecy would have given us our
first Millionaire in 1890 and his following
train in 1850. He pictured all kinds of
social and economic horrors following in
the billionaire's wake. The billonaire
will bring an army of paupers!" he
exclaimed. All kinds of hardships and
corrupting political influences were fore
seen. His arrival would possibly include
the destruction of republican govern
ment."
A short time ago the Ford Motor Com
pany announced net earnings of $50, ,0O0,-
600 for the preceding fiscal year. Mr.
Henry Ford, who was quietly working in
a machinist's shop when Mr.. Shearman
published his famous article. owns the
lions share in this organization. Pre-
cisely what his holdings are is not public
property; in all probability however,
they are at least 75 per cent. On this
basis Mr.. Ford's income last year. from
the automobile industry alone, was S45,-
pJU,OUU. w HdU HIS income cOnSlStS Oh
from other sources | do not know; that
it should reach $5,OOO,0OO is not wild
idea. But $45 600, 600 represents four and
one half per cent. on billion dollars, and
S5O,OO0,OOO represents five per cent.
That is to say, Mr.. Ford's fortune, based
upon its demonstrated earning capacity,
is already billion dollars. So Mr.. Ford
is our first American billionaire.
The first American Millionaire has arrived
fifteen years ahead of Mr.. Shearman's
calculated time. The first American bill
lionaire-the first Millionaire in history
is comparatively young man, only fifty
three; at the present rate of progress we
can only family imagine what his wealth
will amount to if he lives as long, for
example, as Commodore Vanderbilt, who
died at eighty-three
Henry Ford's Colossal Achievement
THE colossal size of Henry Ford's in
come illustrates. as nothing else can
Illustrate, the amazing economic progress
L.. 1. I
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ABOUT twenty-five years
~ ago an American
~ magazine published
L an article on the
coming billionaire' that
aroused the widest public
attention. At that time
the richest American, accord
ing to popular repute, was
John Jacob Astor, whose for
tune was usually placed at
5O,OO0,000. The writer of
the magazine article, how
ever, Mr.. Thomas 6. Shear
man, believed that these
accumulations, when placed
side by side with those that
might be expected in the not
far distant future, would ap-
pear almost insignificant.
as not the billlonalre COM
ing?" he asked. "When will
he come? What effect will
his coming have upon So
ciety?" Then, answering his
own questions, Mr.. Shear
man declared that, economic
conditions in the United
States remaining essentially
the same, the first billionaire
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Henry Ford's Colossal Achievement

THE colossal size of Henry Ford's in
come illustrates. as nothing else can
illustrate, the amazing economic progress
the United States has made in hundred
years. Beside this achievement in piling
up wealth, the similar performances of his
predecessors even Rockefeller and Car
negie, seem almost insignificant. The
first John Jacob Astor died in lS4S, leav-
ing fortune of $20,OOO,OOO. The nation
had never witnessed anything like this
before. This fortune represented the
labor of sixty-five years in the fur trade,
the China trade, and the unearned incre-
ment of New York real estate. 1t made
New Britain herald., 1916-04-15
BREAK A CHILD'S COLD BY GIVING
 SYRUP OF FIGS
Look. Mother: Is tongue coated. breath feyerish and stomach sour:
Cleanse the little liver and bowels and they get well
 quickly.

When your child suffers from a cold don't wait; give the little ston ach, liver and bowels a gentle, thor ough cleaning at once. When cross, peevish, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, eat or act naturally; if breath is bad, stomach sour, give a teaSpOOnfui ot "California Syrup of Figs,' and in a few hours all the clogged up, con- stipatcG waste, sour bile and untii gested food will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well play ful child again.
 If your child coughs, snuffles and has caught cold or is feverish or has 9 sore throat give good dose of "California Syrup of Figs to eva cuate the bowels no difference what other treatment is given.
 Sick children needn't De coaxed TO take this harmless fruit laXative." Millions of mothers keep it handy be- cause they know it's action on the stomach, liver and bowels is prompt and sure They also know a little given today saves a sick child tomo;- row.
 Ask your druggist for 5O-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which contains directions for babies. children of all ages and for grown ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of commercials sold here. Get the genu- inc, made by "California Fig Syrup company
New Britain herald., 1916-04-15

course, the same as at the state trade school This allows for the full amount of shop work with less aca- demc training. The three-yeaT course covers the same amount Of shop work, but allows for a. greater amount of academic training. The course will be optional It is planned to give credits in music and drawing where the conditions are fulfilled and serious work done by the students.
 Superintendent Holmes brought up a new plan for sounding the no school signal. Owing to the fact that the Stanley, Rule & Level con- pany whistle is not heard all over the city at all times, it is planned to usc in addition the whistles at the Stan ley Works and Traut & Hines The whistles would be blown at two min ute intervals one following the other. Mr. Holmes was not certain the plan was practicable and suggested de- lay in adoption.
 New Names for Schools.
 Following a lengthy discussion over the proper designation of the High and Grammar schools. it was voted to term the new High school build ing, the Vocational High school and the old building, the Academic High school. No action was taken regard ing the Grammar school although the opinion was expressed that Prevoca- tiona1 Grammar school is the wrong appelation. Judge Gaffney said he noticed that PrevocatiOnal was made a compound word and MT. Pease re- marked that this is the day of the hyphen.
 Chairman Gaffney reported that the platoon system is being tried out at the Smith and Burritt schools and some of the principals are so well pleased with it that they desire to extend the system. It was not deem ed advisable to do this yet. Superin- tendent Holmes was called upon to explain the system. He first observ- ed it in the schools of Kalamazoo, Mich The grades are split vertically and while one-half of the school is working under regular teachers at regular studies the other half is en- kaged in special work. At the end of 90 minutes the situation is re- yersed so both sets get the benefit of the system. MT. Holmes explained the advantages.
 Holmes Re-cngaScd.
 Superintendent Holmes was re-cn- ga aged as superintendent for another year at salary of s4,000, the same as last year. An application from the New Britain Milk station for use or a room at the Burritt school during the summer was granted. The board was amused at receiving claims from two. High school boys for recom- pense for overcoats and gloves which had been stolen. Both put full price values on their lost possessions. They were given permission to withdraw
New Britain herald., 1916-04-15
riage licenses issued at the town clerks

riage licenses issued at the town clerks office.
 A meeting of the degree team of the Ladies' Auxiliary, A. o. H., will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in Electric hall.
 Fred Beloin is confined at his home on Chestnut street by illness.
 Rev. G. F. Pihl has returned from a trip west in the interests of the Children's Home at Cromwell
 We nave a large list of appllca- tions for home sites at "BelV1dere, where the most building is going on of any section of the city. You owe it to yourself, to go out early and see this Section.-
 A rehearsal of the Catholic Choral Union will be held at the K. of C. rooms tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 See display of Easter flowers Sun day at Volz Floral Co.'S greenhouses, Edson street-advt.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-15
To Prevent The Grip.

When you feel a cold coming on, stop it by taking LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE and thus keep the system in condition to prevent the GRIP. There is only one "BROMO QU1- NINE" E. W. GROVES signature on box. 25c. >
New Britain herald., 1916-04-15
SPECIAL SERVICES AT HILL CREST CHURCH. 427 West Main St.

Dr. Dillingham; will preach on the Universalist Belief from Sunday, April 16 to Easter, April 23, inclusive. Ser vices at 7:3O o'clock.
 Everybody invited to hear the mes- sage.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-15
City Items

splay of Easter flowers Sun- Folz Floral Co.'S greenhouses, rect.
 Marion White and Miss ICanfield will spend their |acation in Washington, D. c. legree team of Sir Francis
 pdge, No. 429, O. S. s. G., et tomorrow at p. m. for Fl and drill. A full at- k is desired by the drill mas zsplay of Easter flowers Sun aNolz Floral Co.'S greenhouses,
 VI heet.--advt.
 |Ayroll of the sewer depart 8 the past week amounted to H the past week eighteen |ere recorded and one mar
New Britain herald., 1916-04-15
Why the Student Chooses Kerosene

"OOD eyesight is most inn
 " portant asset to student. ~ His eyes are the tools of his trade. Hence the almost uni versal use of the kerosene student lamp.
 Of all artificial illuminants, the light of a good kerosene lamp IS most like sunlight, and dconsequent- ly the best for the eyes. Oculists both in this country and abroad testify to this most emphatically. For purposes of general illumina- ton, the convenience of gas and electricity Is unquestioned. But for the quiet circle of the reading table. nothing is better than kerosene lamp.
 There are many good oil lamps We recommend the RAYO. which does not smoke, smell or form wick crust-proUaded you t1U