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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20
In Chancery of New Jersey.

To George r. Weikel and Helen Shaw Weikel F.:
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Chaneery of New Jersey, of date May 18th,
1916, in a cause wherein Amariah Lake is
complainant and you, George r. Weikel and
Helen Shaw Weikel, are defendants, you are
hereby required to appear, plead, answer, or
demur to the bill of said complainant, on or
before the 18th day of July, next, or the said
bill will be taken as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a mort
gage executed by Brazier S. Steelman ct ux.
to the said Amariah Lake of date April 23rd,
1909, on lands in the city of Pleasantville,
New Jersey, and you are made defendants
because you own said lands, or some part
thereof.
Dated this May 18th, 1916.
H.. w. LEWIS,
Solicitor of Complainant,
4 Chelsea Bank Bldg,
st Atlantic City. N. J.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20
NOTICES
NOTICE.

The competitive examination for free schol-
arships at Rutgers College will be held in
the High School Building at Atlantic City
1916, beginning at 8 A. NJ. and continuing
until 6 p. NJ. Candidates may take part OF
these examinations at the end of their third
year High School as preliminaries. Particu-
lar attention is called to the fact that these
scholarships are open to candidates for the
degree of Bachelor of Arts "A. B." and
Bachelor of Letters Lit. b." as well as for
the degree of Bachelor of Science "B. Sc.
Those desiring further information should
write to the County superintendent of
Schools, Mr.. Henry NJ. Gresham, Egg Har-
Dor City. N. j., or Mr.. Luther H.. Martin,
Registrar of Rutgers College, New Bruins
wick, N. J.
Dated May Is, 1916. CIT
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20
CLEANLINESS AND
FILTHINESS.

The Lord does not expect US all to
be godly, but He does expect us to be
clean-clean not only in person, but
in our surroundings.
Now just pause a moment and let's
consider Pleasantville-not from the
standpoint of the kicker, but from
that of the we'll wisher, the builder.
You, reader, are scrupulously clean
with your person. You take your
baths regularly, you cleanse your
hands and face before each meal, you
keep your hair neatly brushed, your
nails trimmed, and yourself generally
both attractive and sanitary.
If you see a person occasionally
who is dirty, and s~lovenly, and filthy,
you have little but secret contempt
for that person.
The laborer in the street even re-
moves the evidence of his toll when
his days work is owe He energies a
man, intelligent, clean, and sanitary.
So much for the person of humani-
ty.
In the homes of our community you
will find the same evidence of scrup-
ulous care and attention to the small
est of details. Spotless cleanliness is
the word in a majority of homes,
while at least adequate cleanliness is
almost the universal rule. You ex-
pect nothing else, and you find moth
ing else.
No criticism, therefore, can be
made of our homes.
But let US step outside the homes
and survey the situation.
Many of the same people who are
so immaculate in their persons and so
spotless in their homes are little short
of ~.slovenly in their outer surround
ings. A few are dangerously near to
being filthy, and yet appear to have
practically no realization of the fact.
Back yards are strewn with rubbish
that should have been burned. Gar
bage is thrown out in the yard or owe
the fence, to stink and tester and
breed flies and disease. Grass and
weeds grow and multiply and become
unsightly to the eye. Cleanliness is
buried under the evidence of forget
fulness and neglect.
What is said of the back yard may
often be repeated of the front yard
or lawn, with a few reservations. 1t,
too, is lacking in that scrupulous care
given to the person and the home.
You can look around town and find
rubbish in every direction. Vacant
lots, alley ways, streets, cutters, ev-
e~rywhere an evidence of neglected.
cause it is the other fellows lot, and
the streets and alleys and cutters be-
long to the public, and what is the
public's business is too often nobody's
business at all.
But why is it so? Why can we not
be as clean and neat in our surround
ings as we are in u persons and in
our homes? Why can we not observe
cleanliness in all ways instead of in
only a few?
These things are worth your seri-
Gus consideration, brother, for they
have a powerful influence on the fu-
ture of Pleasantville and on the gen.
eral health of the people.
If you think such conditions when
they exist are not a constant menace,
ask your doctor. He knows.
There is seldom a happy medium
Generally it is either cleanliness OF
flthiness, and we don't want filth
ness in Pleasantville.
Shall we wake up, and get rid OF
such as may now exist in this town
Or shall we, like the pig, go right
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20
MRS. KERNS' ADVICE
To Weak, Nervous, Rum Down Women

So. Cumberland, Md.-"For a long
time l suffered from a ervou break
down. l could not eat or sleep and was
so weak l could hardly walk. My hus-
band heard about Vinol and got me to
try it. Now l have a good appetite,
sleep soundly and am well and strong.
Every nervous, weak, rundown woman
should try Vinol.-Mrs. D. w. KERNs.
Vinol is a delicious cod liver and iron
tonic, without oil, which we guarantee
to create a healthy appetite, aid diges-
ton and make pure healthy blood.
Thomas F. Crawford, Druggist,
Pleasantville, N. ].
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20

The world is paying the price of its
folly today, and the price is exceed
ingly large, it is appallingly great.
II X
Over in Servia the folly of a half
witted dupe of INSCRIPTIONS plotters
resulted in the assassination of a
worthless archduke. That shot, con-
ceived in hatred and executed in the
blindness of folly, has plunged half
the world into the bloodiest and most
gigantic war of all history. 1t is de-
vastating the fairest spots of Europe,
making millions of widows and or
phans, prostituting humanity, and
Transforming a land of peace and hap
piness into the mire of misery and
degradation. Paying the price of fol-
ly!
II *
Mexico had a ruler in the person of
General Porfirio Diaz. He was a man
of blood and iron, whose simple word
was a law unto itself, but he ruled
wisely and well, or as much so as
could be expected of any mar in that
i%lliterate country. His country was
prosperous and laws were reasonably
enforced. But folly crept in, Fran
cisco Madero headed a successful rev.
o%lution. The old warrior president
fled to Spain and death, Madero was
proclaimed president, and was
promptly deposed and murdered by
the minions of his chief general, HUI
erta. Carranza and Villa joined fore
es for the overthrow of Huerta, but
the United States practically forced
the Indian dictator to forsake his
bloodstained laurels and flee the coun-
try. Carranza became the ruler and
Villa promptly turned his guns
against his erstwhile friend. Now
Carranza is about at the end of his
rope, with defeat and assassination as
his probable reward. Mexican soil is
soaked with blood, and the ground is
Strewn with the bones of its fallen
sons. Had Diaz been left in peace
the country would have continued to
prosper and develop and grow, where
as today it is barren with the ashes of
decay. Paying the price of folly!
II II
While the warning factions were
operating in Northern Mexico outrag-
es upon American citizens in that
region became so frequent and the
situation became so serious that Pres
ident Taft sent our tiny army to the
border as a warning to all evil doors.
He committed the error of stopping
the forces at the border, and the
warning went unheeded. Conditions
became worse, and the heritage of
our timidity is the contempt with
which Mexicans view everything Am
erican. Mr.. Wilson became president
and failed to alter the mistaken poll
cy of his predecessor. Anti-Ameri-
can demonstrations continued, outrag-
es upon our citizens became more fire.
quent, and eventually eliminated in
an American expedition being landed
at Vera Cruz. A salute to the Am
erican flag was demanded of the Mex
icans-and was never given. The
American troops were soon with
drawn without accomplishing any re-
suits other than to increase the con
tempt of the Mexicans for the Amer
lean people and the American army.
Villas horde -raided across the Dor
der and shot up Columbus, New Mex
leo. General Pershing was dispatch
ed across the border with orders to
"get Villa dead or alive" 1t was the
first sane order since the day Taft
sent the troops to the border and
AA --aA -.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20
RELEASES FROM MORTGAGES.

Samuel Ireland to Abraham Free
a being the Northwest half of lot
35 on plan of R. 7. Marshall and s.. S.
Lake, Pleasantville; 500.
Herman C. Kayser to Abraham
Freeman, described as above; $500.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20

FOR SALE = Banjo, good as n
Apply Pleasantville Press office.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20
As The Editor SeesIt
THE PRICE OF FOLLY.

The world is paying the price of its
folly today, and the price is exceed
ingly large, it is appallingly great.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20

S7,315
Section 2. That these amounts shall be
derived from the Duplicate.
Section s. That this ordinance shall take
effect Immediately.
Passed at a regular meeting of Council
held April &c, 1916.
SAMUEL BARTON, President.
Attest:
SAMUEL JOHNSON, Clerk.
Approved April 26, 1916.
j. ALTON MITCHELL, Mayor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20

For "all the news all the time" Of
Pleasantville, read The Pleasantville
Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20
ORDINANCE NO. 1.

An ordinance to provide for the amount of
taxes to be levied in the City of Absecon in
the year 1916 and to make appropriations
and limit the expenditures of Absecon City
during the period beginning on the first day
of January, 1916, and ending on the thirty
first day of December, 1916.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Common
Council of Absecon City that for all expenses
during the period beginning on the first day
of January, 1916, and ending the thirty-first
day of December, 1916, the following am
cunts are hereby appropriated for the re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-09
MONTHLY MEETING
 OF DIRECTORS OF
 s. s. ASSOCIATION

The monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Birmingham Sunday School association was held at the Hill man hotel at 12:30 D. m., Thursday, to hear reports of the work for the past month and to plan work for the coming months. The following persons have ac- cepted place on the school of methods programme: Dr. J. w. Lee of St. Louis Dr. Lincoln Hulley of Deland, Fla, Mrs. Phebe Curtis of Columbus, O., Miss Min nie E. Kennedy of Nashville, Leon c. Palmer of Montgomery, Mrs. S. P. Moore P. E. Green and Rev Lewis Dockery of this city.
 E. J. Rowe, chairman of the teen-age work for the city, reported the year pro- gramme. for the Woman's Advisory coun- cil the Older Girls council and the Older Boys council.
 The report on public school credits showed that 2500 public school credits had been given out from the office of the Birmingham Sunday School association
 A detailed report of work done during May was prepared by the general secre- tary, Miss Myra Batchelder, and a copy was given each director present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-09
MILBRAT RECOVERS
 HEAVY DAMAGES
Verdict in Circuit Court for Alleged Injuries Received in Fire of the
 B. R., l.. & P. Co. Building

After being out since O clock Wednes- day the jury in the case of Alphonso Milbrat, pro ami vs. Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company, returned verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and judgment for $7333. The suit claimed $1OO, GOO for personal injuries received at the time of the fire of the defendant companys building at Twenty-first street and First avenue about two years ago
 The case went to trial before Judge C. $. Smith in the circuit court Monday and lasted until Wednesday afternoon. Milbrat jumped from a window on the fourth floor and hung to some wires for d short while, finally dropping to the ground. He received 8 number of inJu- ries, and is alleged to have lost his mind.
 The suit of Carrie c1cMallen vs. Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company, $3O,O0O claimed for alleged per- sonal injuries while a passenger on a West End car, was tried in the circuit court this week, and the jury returned verdict of $10O
 A verdict i'll favor of the defendant was brought in by the jury in the case of G. w. Moyne vs. Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. The suit was for $10,000 and claimed for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the derailment of a car in North Birming ham some months ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-09
WEATHERLY ID ACT
 AS CITY COUNSEL
Will Take Active Part in the Injunction Suits Filed
 Against Commission

Commissioner James Weatherly will take active charge of the legal proceed- ings in the fight the city will mako against the injunction suits filed by T. c. Mcdonald in the city court, just as soon as ne returns from brief trip to Black Mountain, N. C., where Mrs. Weatherly is i'll. The commissioner of public utilities was well-known corpor- ation attorney prior to his entrance into the public service.
 MT. Weatherly left Birmingham yester- day afternoon, taking with him several law books and copies of the Mcdonald complaints, and other papers pertaining to the case. He stated that in the next five or six days he will thoroughly di- gest the situation and on his return be prepared to engage actively in the case from a legal standpoint
 Mrs Weatherly is in indifferent health,'' said Commissioner Weatherly. and therefore I am going to Black Mountain, N. C., to pay her brief visit will return by next Monday or Tues day at the very latest.
 While on my trip I will have books and the papers regarding the Mcdonald suits and will thoroughly digest the case preparatory to my entrance into it as associate counsel with Cabaniss & Bowie and City Attorney Ullman. I will cer- tainly be on the job when those injunc- ton suits come up for a hearing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-09
WARRANTS ISSUED
 FOR WHITEHEADS
Another Chapter in Alleged Stolen Automobile Deal-Defendants Are
 Placed Under Heavy Bond

City Detective Harry Goldstein swore out warrants for Chester A. Whitehead and Lee A. Whitehead yesterday morn ing before Judge H. B. Abernethy, charg- ing them with grand larceny. Chester A. Whitehead. who was arrested in Chi cago several weeks ago, and made bond, is visiting Birmingham, was arreyted yes- terday afternoon and lodged in the county jail, but later made a $7500 bond. Lee A Whitehead was arrested with Chester Whitehead in Chicago is still in that city.
 It is alleged that the Whitehead broth CTS had stolen four automobiles in Chi cago and sold them to citizens of Bir- mingham. The four automobiles alleged to have been stolen were identified by Chicago Detective Edwin Goggins and John Burke this week. Over 30 automo- piles alleged to have been stolen have been recovered by Detectives Goggins and Burke.
 Lee A. Whitehead formerly resided in Birmingham. and was president of the Standard Home company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-09
SPANISH CLASSES FOR BUSINESS MEN
 ID BE ORGANIZED
Educational Committee of Chamber of Commerce Plans Additional
 Features

Encouraged by the success which at
 ,nded the work of the classes for busi-
 ass men in Spanish held under the a spices of the Chamber of Commerce he 5 last summer the Carnegie foundation hal agreed to foster additional work of this kind in Birmingham during the sum- mel months The arrangements for the classes have been completed by the edu- cational committee of the chamber under the direction of pr. J. H. Phillips, chair classes are to be organized at a meeting to be held at the chamber at o'clock on the afternoon of Friday, June 23
 In addition to courses in Spanish and Portugese, there will be instruction in the history customs, business conditions and geography of Central and South Amer ican countries and special classes will be arranged for the study of Italian, should this course be desired. Competent in- structors in these subjects will be pro- vided and classes will be held in the Chamb- of Commerce and at the Gen. tla. nigh school. The hours for the classes will be arranged at the meeting, most convenient to the majority of those taking the courses.
 The courses offered last summer were taken by more than 100 business men of Birmingham who desired to equip them selves for business relations with the countries to the south of us. Quite a number of the attendants at these classes have since gone to South Amer ica on business. and they have reported that the knowledge of the language and conditions gained at these classes was invaluable to them in their work. The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce was the first civic organization in the south fn to o6 1f a n Carnegie foundation. and the success and interest which attended the promulgation of the work here resulted in the offer of the foundation for further help this summer. During the past few months. the local chamber has received inquiries from many civic bodies throughout the south for information regarding the work, and quite a number of other cities will follow the lead of Birmingham and give these courses this year.
 It is requested that those desiring any further information regarding these classes communicate with William Blanks Everett, assistant general man. agar, at the Chamber of Commerce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-09
OLDER GIRLS COUNCIL
 TO HOLD MEETING
Programme of Work for Year Will Be Gone Over and Plans Approved
 for Teen-Age Work

A meeting of the Older Girls council of the Birmingham Sunday School associa- ton will be held Saturday at 1:aO p. m. at the office, I'll Title Guarantee building. The programme of work for the year will be gone over and plans approved for the work "of teen-age girls by teen- age girls" The officers of the council are Miss Miriam Hostetler, president; Miss Mary Malone, vice president; Miss Annie Beth Crawford, secretary. and Miss Laura Gallagher, treasurer. The district chairmen are as follows: East Lake district, Miss Jonnie Riddle.
 Woodlawn district, Miss Mary Dugger.
 Avondale district, Miss Mamie Myrtle Price.
 Inglenook district Miss Ruby Barton.
 North Birmingham district. Miss Ida Tomlinson.
 East Northside district, Miss Coral Wood.
 Scuthside district, Miss Fannie Bowers
 Five Points district Miss Catherine Walmsley.
 West End district, Miss Virginia kelsoe.
 Fairvew district, Miss Adele Sanders.
 E,nsley district, Miss Grace Hunstutler.
 Pratt City district, Miss Rena Bridges,
 Wylam district. Miss Nellie Beddow.
 This is the first meeting since the new officers were elected and it is 1mpor- tant that all council members be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-09
PLANS UNDER WAY
 FOR ALA. STATE FAIR
Secretary FOwlkes is En- gagged in Preparation.
 CatalOg of Premiums

Active work on the plans for the Ala bama State Fair to be held in October is now under way, according to announce ment made yesterday by Sam H. Fowlkes, secretary MT. Fowlkes is already gagged in the preparation of the catalog, and it is planned to have the copy in the hands of the printers within 30 days. The work of the woman's department, which is again to be in charge of Mrs. John B. Reid as manager, is already well under way, and the outlook for this branch of the fair is the best in the history of the organization.
 The offices of the fair association have been removed from the fifth floor of the Chamber of Commerce to the second floor of the same building, the new of- fees being opened for the first time yes terday.
 The action of the voters of Jefferson county in deciding to eradicate the cattle tick is going to be a big thing for the fair" said MT. Fowlkes yesterday. we
 have given wide publicity to this fact, and as a result we are receiving inquiries
 for space in the live stock department
 from all over the United States. Despite
 the fact that we have been able to get
 the government in recent years to allow
 cattle to come to the fair here from
 the tickless districts, many of the cattle
 owners were afraid to take the risk Of
 bringing their stock into infected terri tory. However, we will not have that trouble this fall and a result there will be big increase in the live stock shown, both from Alabama and from other states.
 l We are informed by the committee in | charge of the races that they will be able to secure several hundred of the | best horses in the south for the fair, and we expect this feature to beA even better than 1t was last year. We are planning splendid list of free attrac- tons and from the number of reserva- tons which have already been made for exhibit space, we will have the finest showing of products of all kinds we have ever been able to get together. Taken as whole the outlook for the fair was never so encouraging
 Mr. Fowlkes stated that another meet ing of the directors would probably be held at an early date to outline further plans for the coming exposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-09
LETTERS TO EDITOR
That North Sea Fight
he Editor of The Age Herald

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 London, very naturally, is busily trying to minimize the effects of the battle in the North sea, and German dreadnaughts are being sunk with great bravery in the admiralty publicity department There is one suspicious circumstance which the British admiralty will find it hard to overcome: that is that the first statements of the opposing forces as to their own and the others losses should have been so nearly alike; in fact, almost identical. The British. try as they may. cannot deny away the fact that they face foe on the ocean that is there equal and perhaps their superior in all but numbers, and it is an open question how long their superiority in numbers will secure them. That the Germans escaped annihilation in the first encounter be- tween the main fleets is more than any of us had dared to hope. Yours truly,
 JOHN KAUFMAN.
 Altoona, June 6, 1916