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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29

n,oss;on Wv 81. Peter5s DciiUerance.
he had apprehended him. implies that
some delay occurred-that st. Peters
arrest was after searching. Probably
all of the Apostles were more or less
secreted about that time. But, trust
ing to the sacredness of the Passover
season, st. Peter had ventured forth
and was imprisoned, Agrippa intending
his death after the Passover week.
We can well imagine the sadness of
the Church at this Passover season,
which must have reminded them con
siderably of our Lords death. For
some years past it has seemed to us
as though each Passover season, each
Memorial celebration, was a time of
special trial and testing amongst the
followers of our Lord. Whether this
is a fact Or not, surely it will not i'll
jure the Lords people to be especially
on guard against the wiles of the Ad-
versary at these times. Let us watch
and pray lest we fall into temptation.
st. Peter is supposed to have been
imprisoned in the famous Castle Of An
tonia, where our Lord was arraigned
before PLATE. and where st. Paul was
subsequently taken when mobbed in
Jerusalem. The Apostle had a guard
of four quaternions-four soldiers each
who relieved each other every three
hours. Two of the four were chained
to his arms, the third stood outside the
door, and the fourth was stationed in
the passage leading to the outer gate.
The power of grace Divine to give
peace amidst alarms is well illustrated
in this case by the fact that st. Peter
was fast asleep when the angel of the
Lord came to deliver him. The pro-
prieties of the case are also illustrated
by the fact that the Church were not
asleep, but praying for the Apostle. 1t
was not for him to pray for deliver
ance from Agrippa's power. For him
to have asked for the prolongation of
life would have manifested a wilful-
ness incompatible with a full conse-
Grafton to Gods will. But with the
Church it was different. They could
with all propriety tell the Lord OF
their love for st. Peter, and express
the hope that it might be the Divine
will that he should continue with them.
Between three and six O'Clock in the
morning st. Peter was awakened by
an angel, whose radiant features en-
abled the Apostle quickly to discern
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
WITHOUT SALOON REVENUE.

Cadiz, the county seat of Harrison
county, Ohio, has been dry for nine
teen years and is said to be the wealth
lest town of its size in the country.
equally to population, each man, WON.
an and child would have $500. The
latest estimate of the wealth in the
three banks and the three building
and loan associations is $2,300,000
Cadiz pays $4,000 annually for church
support and $4,000 for schools, be-
sides large sums for a library of 5000
volumes, and a 40-acre park with
pavilion, grandstand, lake. race track,
etc.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
PLACE TO FEED THE CHICKS
Difficult Problem on Account of Old
Hens Eating Most of Feed-Runs
Are in Favor.

It is often hard to feed little chicks
on account of the old hens eating most
of the feed. To prevent this l make
a feeding creep for the special use of
the little chicks, writes Owen Crisman
of Russell, Kan, in Farmers Mail and
Breeze. To make one of these runs
take six pieces of 2 by Pinch lumber,
2 feet long, and saw one end of each to
bevel. Nail two of them with the
beveled ends firmly together. Nail the
rest up in the same way. When fin
ished they look like three VS. upside
down. Place the pieces nailed to-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
UP AGAINST MODERN BUSINESS

1t isn't the crank who is putting the
liquor traffic out of business. It's the
business man, the railroad man, the
banker, the lawyer, the merchant, the
men who have to depend upon some
one else for efficiency in the various
departments of the important works.
The liquor traffic is up against the
modern business age. 1t is up against
an enemy that it cannot throttle or
buy or browbeat or bluff, and it might
as we'll save what it can and go out OF
business.-Wichita Beacon.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29

Is AttA lHAEN 1AN
first and second doors, until they came
to the great iron gate leading into the
city. This swung open of its w ac-
cord; and then the angel left him.
Doubtless the angel had started St.
Peter in the direction of Mary's home.
where prayer was being made on his
behalf. The description of the house
implies that it was of the better class.
st. Peters knock was answered by
Rhoda-little Rose-who was so &c
lighted, when she recognized his voice.
that, childlike, she neglected to open
the door before running back to tell
the praying household that he was AT
the gate. Some thought that the little
maid was mistaken. and insisted that
it was his angel-in harmony with the
thought that an angel had supervision
of each of Gods people. md that sucb
might personate his charge.
The brethren were surprised at the
Lords answer to their petition; for II
came very unexpectedly as respects
time. When they realized that it was
st. Peter, there was an outburst of eX-
element which he was obliged to 81
lence by shaking his hands. Then he
narrated the wonderful story of his de
liverance, and babe them tell it to the
other James, the cousin of Jesus, and
Dther disciples. Then he went his way
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
ALCOHOL AFFECTS ARTERIES.

ALCOHOL AFFECTS ARTERIES.
The statement that "a nan is as
old as his arteries" is as true as it is
familiar. The normal healthy artery
is endowed with a wonderful amount
of elasticity, so that it is easily cap
able of accommodating varying guam
titles of blood according to the re-
quirements of the occasion. When the
heart pumps a new supply of blood
into the arteries, they Immediately ex-
pand to receive the additional blood,
and then quickly contract again in
order to pass it on through the circu-
latory system. Here again we wit
ness the hardening effects of alcohol,
which causes an ever increasing loss
of elasticity. The arteries become
hard and brittle, and in the case of
strain are liable to break, and thus
cause a hemorrhage, small or large.
This condition of the arteries is known
as arteriosclerosis; and if an artery
bursts in the brain, the result is u.s.
ually a stroke of apoplexy, causing
more or less paralysis of one side of
the body. The escaping blood forms
a clot, which SO presses upon the
nerve cells al to put them out of
action, at least, for a time, If not
permanently. 1t is not necessary to
say apoplexy is one of the serious dis
eases, and it is uncommon for a per
son to survive a third stroke.-Dr. A.
B. Olsen.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
PERIL IN MODERATE DRINKING.

Doctor Ploetz, editor of the Archiv
fur Rassen-und observation-disclosures,
declares that ut is just the average
moderate use of alcohol which injuries
the race more than genuine drunken.
ness, since there is here relatively no
elimination through sterility or infant
mortality as is the case with the hard
drinker. Many who imagine them.
selves in the category of the wholly
moderate must actually be placed in a
lower category. From the standpoint
of race hygiene, an absolute end of
the drinking of alcohol is the most de-
sirable. The greatest need is that
the average moderate use should dis
appear-that is, drunkenness is sec.
ondary."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29

N2A4&@
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
DECREASE IN LIQUOR OUTPUT.

Effective answer to the charge made
by the liquor interests that "Prohibi-
ton does not prohibit" is furnished
by the report of Commissioner Osborn
Of the internal revenue department
for the fiscal year ending June 1, 1915.
According to this report the manufac-
ture OF both distilled and fermented
liquors has very materially decreased.
The production of distilled liquors.
exclusive of fruit brandies, was A.
AT 1928 gallons less than for the pre-
ceding year. The figures for 1914 were
174,611 ,645 gallons, and for 1915, 1872
1874 ,152.2. There has been a decrease
of 6,358, 744 in the number of barrels
of beer manufactured, the number of
barrels for 1914 being 66,105, 445 and
for 1915, 59,746,7 01.
For the first three months Of this
fiscal year, for which figures have
been made public, there is also a sat
.isfactory decrease in the output of dis
titled and fermented liquors as com
pared with the corresponding three
months of the previous year. Of fer
mented liquors the output for the first
three months of the new fiscal year
was 1856 barrels, as compared
with 19,181 sos for the same months
last year. OF distilled liquors there
were withdrawn during the first three
months of the current fiscal year 27,-
$685. 1929 gallons, and for last year 49,.
456,420 gallons.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
MAKE PROTEST EFFECTIVE.

1t is a great thing for the voter to
make his protest against the liquor
traffic in the prayer meeting or by his
amer of life, but if he would really
tell the government, as we'll as the
Lord and the people, that he wants
the saloon closed, there is but M
method by which he can be recog.
nized; but just one law under which
his opinion can declare itself, and
his conviction makes itself felt, and
that law and method r fulfilled when
he drops into a box a ballot that calls
for neutrality-suspicious. e. Willard.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
ESSENTIALS IN DUCK RAISING
Select One Breed and Stick to 1t
Fowls Should Be Fed Frequent
Iy-keep the Coops Dry.

Don't keep two or three different
kinds of ducks. Choose one variety
and breed for quality.
Don't try, by mixing it with their
food, to force ducks to eat more grit
than they want.
Don't be afraid of overlooking.
Ducks should be fed four or five times
daily.
Don't omit fresh vegetables and
green stuff from their diet.
Don't let their coops get damp and
filthy.
Don't forget plenty of clean, fresh
water, and give them a chance to rest
in the shade.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
DON'T BE HALF SATISFIED

You certainly will not if you get
your TEAS and COFFEES from US.
They are giving entire and whole sat-
isfactiop to thousands of families in
Atlantic City and vicinity. Our
TEAS are the best, carefully selected
and blended, and our DIXIE and
AURORA COFFEES at 25 and so
cents are sure to give entire salts
faction.
ORR COFFEE CO.,
24O7 Atlantic Avenue Atlantic City
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
HATCH CHICKENS IN WINTER
While Outside Weather Conditions
Are UnfavorabIe~ Youngsters Are
Brooded in Poultry House.

Chickens Matched by the mother hen
during the winter are brooded in a
poultry house or shed while the out
side weather conditions are unfavor-
able.
After the weather becomes settled,
they can be reared in brood coops out
of doors.
The coops are made so that they
can be closed at night to keep out
cats, rats or other animals, and enough
ventilation is allowed so that the hen
and chicks will have plenty of fresh
air.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29

that his deliverer
was a holy being,
The Apostle was
hidden to arise.
simultaneously the
chains We're loosed
which bound him
to the soldiers. He
then was instruct
ed to put on his
cloak and to fol
low his leader. He
did SO. Thus he
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
Creep for Little Chicks.

gether 2 feet apart and nail lath 4
feet long on these pieces about an inch
apart. Put the bottom lath 8 inches
from the ground so the chicks can slip
under to get the feed. When through
using the runs they may be set away
for another season. By doing this
they will last several years. They save
both time and feed in raising chicks.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29

to curry favor, es-
pecially with the
influential CIV s,
Agrippa d
the Apostle James
to be b%eheaded.
Finding that the
death of st. James
I & h great
pleasure to the
Jews, he had the
Apostle Peter ar
rested. The
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29

not naturally our
just due. 1t
something t h a t
someone gracious
ly gives US be-
u he or she
is interested in
us. This text in
t h e 8 i o n
speaks of this
gift as the free
gift of God. Now
there are many
people who ex-
pect to pay their
way into heaven
many who ex-
pect to compen-
S a t e G o d or
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
Hens Pay Biggest Dividend.

A-well-cared-for flock of hens will
pay a bigger dividend than anything
on the farm.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
Disease Becomes Enidemic.

A disease that is transmitted
through one generation of chickens to
another is apt to become epidemic.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
Meaklinus Most suscentlbIe.

Roup is infectious and the weak
lings are the ones to first become in
fected.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
Prevent Waste of Feed.

Prevent waste and make every
pound of feed bring the best results
possible.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
The Gift
of God
By REV. W. ". KETCHUM
Director of Practical Course Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago

TEXT-The gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.-Romans
6:23.
A gift is something for which we
do not work. 1t is something that is
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
ST. PETER Delivered
FROM PRISON
Acts I2sIIf 4prfB0..

Acts R.f-H-4prif 80.
Passover Trials and Testings-Dea.i
of St. James-st. feter Imprisoned
His Miraculous Deliveranee-An All
Night Prayer Me eting-The Rewar.
of Faith-Lessons For Our Day-Di-
vine Guardianship q All truly His.
"The angel Of the Lord cttcampeA round aboai
them That fear Him. and deticefeth them
Psalm S4:7.
W EROD was the family name
of several kings who ruled Is
n rael but who were Edomites.
At tie time of today's Study
Herod Agrippa |. had been appointed
king of Judea. He was the grandson
of Herod the Great, murderer of the
babes at Bethlehem, and the nephew
of Herod Antipas, who beheaded John
the Baptist and subsequently, with his
soldiers, set Jesus at naugnt and mock
ed Him, just prior to His cruciiXion.
Herod Agrippa appears to have been
DESTROYS of the good will of the peo-
pie, even at the cost of principle. He
took pains to observe the minutiae of
Jewish ceremonials. On the lookout
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29

OoPADoA p OOyOOU
Surplus and Profits. ........ $4,000
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT
IN BURGLAR-PROOF VAULTS
Officers.
CHARLES EVANS .....,, President
]. HAINES LIPPINCOTT
First Vice-President
DAVID FITZSIMONS
Second Vice-President
ELWOOD S. BARTLETT. - Cashier
Directors.
Charles Evans David Fitzsimonn
George Allen Edward s. Lee
]. Haines Lippincott VIM. H. Bartlett
Geo. T. Lippincott John C. Shape
C. B. Deacon
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-29
1901 IJIl
Atlantic City National
Bank

$4,000
Surplus and Profits. ....... $4,000
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-30
ONE BRAND OF COOPERATION
Success Cannot Be Attained by Sup
porting Scheme of One Man
Farmers Must Work Together.

The least satisfactory business ar
rangement imaginable for farmers is
for a group of them to cooperate with
a professional promoter. Some of
these gentlemen are abroad in the
land again, and it is worth while. to be
on guard against them. Twenty years
ago the creamery builder left his
shadow in the central West, gathered
in a rich harvest of real money and
was seen no more. The creameries he
promoted stayed sometimes a year,
sometimes longer, but most of them
eventually moldered away, the ma
chinery, perhaps obsolete at the begin
ming, rusted, and the farmer investors
cherished their experience. The fault
with the operation was that a cream
cry usually was organized where there
were not enough COWS to support 1t
and the machinery and equipment
were sold at a highly inflated price.
More recently there has been talk
of organizing cooperative packing
plants along similar lines, but this
has not become more than a local
Np1uOA11C dS JOL. FULL N44SSOAAA NOAAOS
word that the creamery promoters
are beginning again, the soothing
hand of time having dimmed the mem
Dry of previous disasters. From Mich
igan comes word of a new form of co
operation, also among dairymen,
which is an organization for the pur'
chase Of a purebred bull. The ami
nal is sold at two or three times his
proper value, and the organization
left without sufficient interest to sup
port itself. There is only n brand
of successful cooperation and hat is
the kind which is heartily supported
by all the c~o-operators, and not con-
cOcted by some one man who, by his
eloquence, holds the group together
and collects their money from them
Orange Judd Farmer.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-30
.arrners' Educational
n and Coz Operative
Union Of America
the world loves a winner.

All the world loves a winner.
Mailing a lie won't always keep il
down.
sometimes the under dog deserves
20 be.
Success is gained by working as If
the boss was watching.
When a man is happy he has no
time to think of failure.
To much sympathy is bad for a boy,
and it spoils many a man, too.
Family jars r all right if they're
filed with currant and crabapple jelly.
Some peoples generosity consists In
giving away everything you tell them.
Why most of us really wish to visit
is to have someone listen while we
talk.
A 4O-acre mortgage will often pro-
duce a larger crop than an S0-acre
deed.
Advice is like a lot of other things;
the sort that's worth having is hard
to get.
John Bull and the boil weevil have
made the cotton growers lot an I'M
happy one.
A bit Of real effort to cure an evil
is better than all the idle knocking
that can be done.
The farmer must not treat lightly
the market problem. 1t is a problem
worth your while to study.
If labor is scarce now, it will not be
more plentiful in another year, so it
is wise to encourage present help.
The story of the farm is written in
the sweat of the farmers brow, and
'punctuated with tears Of sorrow and
tears Of joy.
1t is natural and easy to follow the
line of least resistance. But it is doing
the hard things that develops strength
and character.
Poverty and riches are relative
terms. That is, some persons can be
rich with a thousand dollars and some
poor with fifty thousand.
There are some things that money
cannot buy. Still, If we have the
money we can generally manage to
struggle along without them.
All the farmer wants is a square
deal. This he is entitled to and this
he must have or the hinges of time
will get nightly out of plumb.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-30
MIDDLEMAN IS A NECESSITY
Machinery for Efficient Marketing Be-
zones Urgent When Perishabie
Goods Are to Be Handled.

In discussing the present marketing
organizations the agriculture depart
ment's specialists do not look upon the
"middlemen" altogether as a parasite
because economic laws would not per-
NIT the long continued existence OF q
marketing agency that was acting
solely as a parasite.
Several important factors have con-
tributed to the establishment of many
middlemen as necessary agents IN
the present system of marketing.
Production during the last decade has
increased greatly, and improved
methods and facilities for handling the
increase have been introduced. Keep
ing pace with increased production has
come the demand of consumers for
more elaborate and efficient service.
Seldom is the fact considered that
service can become a very expensive
luxury. With the widening of the dis
lance between the city and the sources
of it's fruit and vegetable supplies
there has arisen the necessity for
special agencies to meet the changed
NO1AO4I4Oh0"
The present distributive machinery,
with all its strong points and its weak
nesses, has been created of necessity,
and it has weathered the storm OF
much adverse criticism. Every part
of the country is now enjoying the per-
ishable products of the most remote
districts. Any readjustment of pres
ent market practices must be based
upon the fact hat ONE agency must
continue to perform the functions or
the present day middleman.
The problems involved in handling
goods through a large market diner
greatly from those of production.
Usually one man or n firm cannot
handle both production and distr1bu-
ton and succeed at BOTH. The vast
volume of business transacted at large
market centers makes necessary some
special agencies which can devote all
their energies to distribution. Espe-
cially does the machinery for efficient
marketing become necessary when
p~erishable goods are to be handled.
Commodities of this sort must be
moved rapidly, must be distributed
evenly, and from their very nature
permit of no. weakness in ~distributiVe
machinery, If they are to be sold at Q
proaA
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-30
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR COTTON
Bankers Have Financial Ability
to Market Crop Gradually.

The earnest determination Of the
bankers of the South in their confer
ence at Galveston to cooperate with
the farmers in order hat cotton may
be sold for a reasonable price is high
ly encouraging. Conditions are ripe
for successful cooperation. There is
abundant foundation for the faith of
John T. Scott of Houston that cotton
will sell for 10 cents, for it is true,
as Mr.. Joseph Hirsch. president Of
the Texas Bankers association, said:
For the first time in the history OF
the South, the southern bankers have
the financial ability to market grad
uaIly this crop. 1t would appear al
most as if the federal reserve act had
been drafted for the benefit of the
southern producers"
Money for financing the crop is
abundant. The warehouse capacity of
Texas. Nathan Adams gives assur-
ance. will have been increased by
500. 900 bales in time for this years
crop.
Two things only are necessary:
First, that farmers shall use the ware
house facilities. and this they seem
inclined to do. Second, that bankers
shall get the money to farmers album
dainty and at reasonable rates: This
the bankers who assembled at Gal
weston pledge themselves to effect,
and the Evening Journal feels conf
dent they will do it.-Dallas Evening
Journal.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-30
Pride in the Country.

We hear the term civic pride" in
~.e city. It applies just as much to
the country resident. It means the
pride that causes you to keep your
premises clean and slightly and pre-
sentable to the stranger or passer-by.
And then you yourself might get some
pleasure out of the welLkept farm.
Measured by the common standard.
keeping your farm tidy actually adds
dollars to it's value and to the value OF
the products, you have for sale. Let's
clean up and stop breeding trouble on
our farms,
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-30
The New Wheeze,

"Out of a job?" asked Yorick Hamm.
aside from the fact that the same is
couched in unprofessional language"
replied Hamlet Fatt, with dignity,
"your inquiry SAVIOR of ribaldry and
is, moreover, uncouth. An actor is
never at liberty these days. If you
don't see his name on 4 Broadway
bill, he is getting more money from
the movies."-Judge.