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Violates Neutrality AppeaI.

Washington, March 6-Announce-
ment OF the American rights commit
tee to call a mass meeting in New
York city in advocacy of American
participation in the war on the side
of the entente allies created stir in
official circles. A hurried inquiry was
made as to the practicability of TAX
ing steps to prevent the meeting, but
the opinion prevails among govern
ment officials that no legal means is
open for accomplishing this. Officials
said freely that the committees pro-
posal is in direct violation OF the
presidents neutrality appeal.
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Thomas Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Iazl
hikesell, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mike,
sell, Mr.. and Mrs, Frank Miller. Mrs.
Marion Stewart, Mrs. E. w. Farmen
Doty Farmer, Writ Farmer, Esthsp
Farmer, John Farmer, Ross MlkessR.
Ralph Mikesell, Raymond Miksssn.
and Mildred Milsesell.
Mr.. and Mrs Mikesell are both
highly respected young people of thu
community and we're the recipients &C
many beautiful gifts.
After short time, Mr. and lErn
Mikesell will be at their home On. a
farm near New Guilford.
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: DEATHS I
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George Allen

George Allen died Saturday at his
home three miles north of Bladens-
burg in Jackson township after an i'll
ness of Bright's disease. The de-
ceased was S5 years of age and leaves
three children: Philip and James at
home and Mrs. Emmanuel Rine of
Bladensburg. No services were held
but the remains were buried in
Woods cemetery Monday morning at
IL o'clock.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-07
MARRIED
AN ATHEIST
Who Made Things Exceeding.
ly Hot For Him
Is The Allegation Made By
Clement {. Moore
In Petition For A Divorce
Against Alice Browne Moore
Insurance Order Is Sued By
A DanViIIG Woman
OthGr Notes From The County
Court House

Clement E. Moore has commenced
an action for divorce in the common
pleas court of Knox county against
Alice Browne Moore, in which he
makes some sensational allegations.
The plaintiff states that they were
married April IA, 1914, and that no
children were born to them. The
plaintiff states that he is a Presby-
terian in religious belief, and shortly
after his marriage he learned that
the defendant was an Atheist, or inf.
del, in belief, and on account of her
religious belief the defendant was ex-
ceedingly cruel to him. He alleges
that she assaulted him with a stove
poker and threatened to take his life.
He claims that on one occasion the
defendant secured a revolver and
threatened to shoot him and that he
left the house, fearing that she would
carry out her threat. The plaintiff
claims an interest in property now in
the hands of the defendant. The
plaintiff states that her treatment was
such that he was compelled to leave
her on January 26, 1916. The plain.
tiff asks for divorce and alimony and
his right to property in which he has
invested, now in the hands of the de-
fendant. L. G. Stillwell is the at
torney for the plaintiff.
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City Is In One Mad Glorious
WhirI Of Enthusiasm
Wooster Deal Fair---OthGr
EnlightGning Information
About The Tourney


4. Mansfield would have taken the ].
i fighting spirit out of any team j.
II but the game Mt. Vernon five. !.
\. They're wonderful" - A Della j.
II ware tournament official. !,
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With Blair rendered powerless by
Mansfield's destructive blocking and
covering, Captain Russell Eastman,
playing with high temperature and
scarcely able to breath because of in
huenza, led the Mt. Vernon team at
Delaware Saturday afternoon to 81
to 25 victory by four baskets, several
sensational, in the last half of play,
putting his team into the semi-finals of
the state basketball tournament where
East Liverpool will be met on March
1S for the championship of the north
ern division and the right to contest
with the southern division winner for
the state championship.
Incidentally, Eastman ignited the
fuse which has set Mt. Vernon afire
with basketball enthusiasm and which
will assure an enormous crowd of
rooters for the Delaware trip when the
Mt. Vernon basketball special pulls
out of this city over the Pennsylvania
railroad on the morning of the 18th.
Fourteen straight victories, nine
abroad, and with the Mansfield game
as a spectacular climax have estab-
lished record for Mt. Vernon never
before equalled in the annals of Ohio
scholastic basketball and have left
this staid old town gasping with won
der at the prowess of her high school
quintet.
Chain-lightning speed, brilliant ver-
satality, rapid-fire passing, but above
all, plain everyday nerve, have COM
bined to make this result possible and
it was these qualities that overcame
the weight and height of Mansfield at
Delaware Saturday afternoon in bat
tie which was denominated as the
fiercest ever fought on the floor of Ed
wards gymnasium with the exception
of its forerunner in which East Liver
pool defeated New Philadelphia in
two-minGte overtime game and quail
fed as Mt. Vernon's opponent in the
northern division semi-finals.
Smother Blair" was Mansfield's slo-
gan and both Atom and Troll, the
Richland county guards, were instruct
ed to keep this star point-getter under
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Common Pleas Court

Common Pleas Court
The regular assignment of jury
cases was taken up in the court of
common pleas Monday, the members
of the petit jury reporting for duty at
3 o'clock. Judge Wood of Morrow
county was on the bench and will
remain here during the week holding
court. Judge Blair will hold court in
Licking county for Judge Fulton.
In common pleas court Saturday
the following matters we're disposed
of:
In the matter of the Mt. Calvary
Baptist Church-Authority given to
the trustees of the church to make a
loan and execute mortgage.
Martha Dunn VS.. Mary ]. Philo ct
al.-Partition ordered. Commission
ers I. C. Rush, Norman Braddock and
Charles Hyatt.
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SSiisty
MikeseIl-F
Wedding

At the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Farmer, Miss Pearle
Farmer was united in marriage to Mr.
Albert Mikesell Tuesday, Feb. 29, by
Rev. S. s. Bergen, pastor of the Pres
byterian church of West Carlisle, o.
At IL o'clock the bridal party took
their places. The bride was charm
ingly dressed in white voile, trimmed
in silk of the same color.
After the ceremony, a three-course
dinner was served to the following:
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mikesell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Farmer, Mrs. Jacob Mike
sell, Rev. s. s. Bergen, Mr.. and Mrs.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-07
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to friends, relatives and neigh
bors for the beautiful floral offerings,
kindness and sympathy shown us in
the late bereavement of our beloved
husband, son, and brother.
Mrs. II. l.. Wharton, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
]. Wharton and Family.
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HITS CIGAR MAKERS
British Embargo On Tobacco viii 30
Felt In Cuba and Porto Rica.

New York, March 6.-Cigar manu-
facturers in Cuba ana Porto Rico will
be hard hit by the embargo which
Great Britain mas placed on tobacco
importations, to go into effect March
18, according to several large import
ers in this city. Most of the Cuban
and Porto Rican factories will be
forced to shut down entirely or run
on half time, the tobacco men say.
Smokers in london will not suffer
from the embargo, however, as there
are enough cigars in storage in that
city to last for at least six months
more. No effect will be felt in the
New York market, Some 100000
cigars are shipped annually from Gu
ba and Porto Rico to London.
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Holds Court in Newark

TIUIus NOUTt IN NtWaTk-
Judge Park b. Blair OF the common
pleas bench was sitting on the bench
here Saturday.
lie said to the lawyers that 1t was
pleasure to sit here and take care
Of the matters which the indisposi-
ton of Judge Fulton made it impos-
sible for him to attend to. He would
be glad at any time to help the bar
out without remuneration-Newa
American Tribune.
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1915, and that on March %, 1915, the
defendant rejected and refused to pay
The claim Of $1,000 although all the
assessments we're paid. The plaintin
now seeks to recover a judgment in
The sum of $1,000. G. V. Trott and l..
g. stillwell are the attorneys for the
plaintiff.
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Foul PLAY Suspected.

Fremont, o., March 6.-Police in
vestigated the cause of the death oc
Irwin Wood, whose body was found
behind slaughter house east of town.
Foul play is suspected.
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PLEADS FOR PEACE
Pope Writes Special Letter For the
Lenten Season.

Lenten Season.
Rome, March 6.-Pope Benedict has
again raised his voice for peace. In a
special letter written for the Lenten
season the pontiff says he can not sit
silent Indifferent to the terrible con.
fiict which is rending Europe. He re-
calls all that he has done to induce
the contending nations to lay down
their arms, virtually throwing himself
between the belligerents and conjur.
ing them in the name of the Almighty
to desist in their plan of mutual de-
struction. The second part Of the let
ter deals with prayers, penance and
aims in the neutral countries, the
aims to be devoted especially to the
relief "of the pitiful children of those
dead in the horrible war"
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Sues Insurance Order

In the court of common pleas a
suit has been filed by Cathleen Bak-
er against the Modern Woodmen OF
America. The plaintiff states that
her late husband, Ralph E. Baker,
carried policy in the sum of $1,000
in Danville Camp No. 1916 of the
Modern Woodmen of America, and
that he took out the policy on Nov.
10, 1898. The plaintiff states that the
said Ralph E. Baker died on Feb. Z,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-07
CHURCH DEDICATION

The new Calvary Baptist church on
South Mulberry street will be dedicat-
ed next Sunday. Assisting the pas
tor, Rev. A. Grayson, in the service
will be Rev. A. M. Thomas of Zanes-
vile and Rev. J. r. Jones of Akron.
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Coming
Nuptials

coming
Nuptials
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Hyman announao.
the approaching marriage of thaar
daughter, Miss Stella, to Mr.. SanauaR
Hartman. The wedding will tala,
place next Sunday afternoon at one
o'clock in the rose room of the vlre
ginia hotel in Columbus, and the Ger
emony will be performed by RahA&
Joseph s. Kornfeld. Following a
wedding dinner, Mr.. and Mrs. HazA-
man will leave on a honeymoon tPhp
to the east and will stop at New Yeeh
for a short visit with Mr.. Hantnan,s
mother.
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CAR STRIKE AT CAPITAL
eervice Practically Suspended When
Crews Walk Out.

SiCWo Vdtk Nul-
Washington, March 6.-For the first
time in its history this city is having
the experience of a real streetcar
strike. Although a few cars were
operated by motormen and conductors
who had stuck to their posts, the
ranks OF the streetcar strikes grad.
tally swelled. Efforts are being made
by the commissioners of the District
OF Columbia and officials OF the de-
partment of labor to bring about arbl.
tration.
The car company officials indicate
that they will try to operate the cars
at long intervals by strikebreakers
The strikers are demanding more pay
shorter hours and better working con
ditions.
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in pretty fix If Wooster had defeated
Mt Vernon.
The Wooster team gave Mt. Vernon
good game and kept the boys on
their toes all through the contest. The
final score was 81 to 70 in favor OF Mt.
Vernon. The summary:
Mt. Vernon (27) Wooster (12)
Blair, |. f..................
Whittacre, Vannex, Simon, ]. I.
Eastman, r. f........... .Bartell, r. I.
SapD, Carleton, C.
Jones, |. Imhof, |. g.
Cunningham, r. g........ Camp, r. g.
Goals-Blair, 6; Eastman, Sapp, 3;
Jones, Q; Bartell, 3; Whittacre, Garlic
ton. Foul goals-Blair, 3; Bartell, 2.
HoNoRS TO ALL
In a team of such perfect accord
and unison as Coach Jacks has devel-
oped this year, honors in the Delaware
tournament are hard to place. The
coach stated himself that no man in
particular deserved credit. However,
he mentioned the splendid work Of Mel
son Sapp at center, pointing out that
his playing was superior to that of
Murphy in the Mansfield game and
stating that he excelled in all four of
the games. In the distribution of bas-
kets for the games, Blair leads with
21 and is closely tagged by Sapp with
10. Captain Eastman Gagged field
ers, Guard Jones made and Robert
Walton, who substituted in the Bloom
vile game, was responsible for one.
Howard Blair shot IL fouls in all and
several were made at opportune and
critical moments.
HlLARITY REIGNs
The Y. M. 9. A. and the surrounding
neighborhood, as well as other places
where returns from Saturday after
noon's game with Mansfield were re-
ceived, became scenes of wild rejoic-
ing when the news came in that Mt.
Vernon was victorious. The informa-
tion spread like contagious disease
and the whole city united in congratu-
lating Coach Jacks and his splendid
team. Large crowds of enthusiasts met
the evening B. & o. and Pennsylvania
trains and gave returning players a
hearty reception.
ON TO DELAWARE
A special train will be run over the
Pennsylvania railroad for the semi
finals in the state tourney, leaving
here probably at Z o'clock in the morn
ing on March 1S. Over 200 people will
make the trip, among the crowd being
a number who have never seen a game,
but who are interested in boosting Mt.
Vernon. Further arrangements will be
later
A DESERVED REST
The team is spending the first three
days of this week resting from the
tournament. Coach Jacks states that
no good idea can be given of the in
tense strain under which the players
Friday and Saturday. Light
practice will be resumed Thursday,
and then on Friday night at Z o'clock,
high will play here. Mt
Vernon can win from Millersburg
any difficulty at all. The
team was scheduled to play Ashland
at Ashland Saturday night, but this
game will be cancelled. Ashland was
defeated here and never put in an ap-
pearance at the tournament
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Findlay, o., March 6.-While VIII
liam Coldren, sixty, was on his way
home from Huber in a wagon, he fell
off the seat and expired in few mo-
Inents. He had lived in the county
oil his life.
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peath caIIs cIvII War Veteran.

Findlay, O., March 6.-Dr. A. C..
Matthias, seyenty-two, civil war vet
erati g dead at McComb. He was
rewarded hy Colonel Moore for BRAY
cry before Atlanta. He was for a
long time mayer of Gilboa and a
prominent lodge man.
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OUR GROWTH
HAS BEEN STEADY SINCE Tire
ORGANIZATION OF OUR COM
PANY FOR THE REASONS

1. We are conservative in making
loans,
2. And hence we afford safety to our
depositors.
8. We are prompt in sending out thAa
interest checks, and this
4. Pleases our depositors.
5. We pay five per cent on time aes>
posits. Assets $10,1O0,000.
6. The Buckeye State Building ana
Loan Company, Rankin Buildfngs.
% West Gay street, Columbus. o..
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-07

Inventory and Appraisement-
In the matter of the estate of Jacob
Hawk, an inventory and appraise-
ment has been filed, which shows the
following: Personal property S775,
moneys $3.50. Total $1,025.
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Distributive Account

w. j. Sperry, receiver of the F. E.
Wooster Company, has filed a distrib-
utive account in probate, showing the
following: Amount for distribution
S483.37.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-07

Entertained
With Luncheon
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil M. Knode, Haoh
Vine street, entertained with luneA.
con Monday afternoon in honor "a
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Miller and daasA-
ter, Lillian, Of Columbus.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-07
Guardian Appointed

c. v. Purdy has been appointed
guardian of Raph David Purdy, giving
bond in the sum of $500, with Simon
]. Dudgeon and ]. Calvin Purdy as
sureties.
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Deed Filed

Deed Filed
James D. Greer to Addison H. Nc
Clurg, lot in Greersville, 81.
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BIRTHS +

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A son was born Monday morning to
DR.. and Mrs. w. E. Shrontz of New
ark, formerly of Martinsburg.
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THE WOOSTER GAME

Mt. Vernon was not imposed upon,
as was thought here, in being forced
to play Wooster Saturday morning. A
knotty problem was presented Coach
Fred Dixon of o. w. u, manager of
the tournament, when it developed
that one team would have only three
games to play to win out. Mt. Vernon
drew the lucky card.
Coaches of the other teams schedul-
ed to play Saturday protested the rest
thus given Mt. Vernon, stating that
the teams would be on an uneven
physical basis. Consequently Wooster,
one of the strongest of the eliminated
teams, was drawn to play Mt. Vernon,
Saturday morning. Coach Jacks was
satisfied, realizing that criticism would
thus be removed. Dixon admitted in
the afternoon that he would have been
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16

it we know less than when we began.
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AS an evidence of our adherence to
reciprocity, if you'll present us with
an automobile we'll furnish the gaso-
line to run it.
Some Americans are as crazy over
money as a bed bug is over human
blood. In this, however, we do not
speak from experience.
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You just literally overwhelm us
when you pay two years subscription
at once. But, then, we can survive
beautifully if you make it five.
Little man, when your ma gives you
a penny to buy candy just go out and
earn one yourself, buy candy with it,
and salt the other down. You'll be
rich some day.
We can't understand why some one
doesn't nominate us for a good fat
office and then elect US without the
fatigue of a campaign. We, like
Barcus, are willin'.
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Funny, isn't it? A fellow got
peeved and stopped his paper the
other day and then rushed right ove1
and borrowed his neighbours to see
what we had to say about him.
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General Nelson A. Miles thinks a
federation of nations would put an
end to war. So do we. But the trou-
BILE is, the kings and emperors and
other potentates won't listen to either
Miles or US.
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A new one has been sprung on an
| overworked public by a murderer, who
claims that he killed his wife in order
to keep her pure. And, we think
dancing on air is the best method OF
keeping him pure.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
THINK THIS OVER.

Every time you walk along a public
street you see something that ought
not to be, and it is not pleasing to
you. Neither is it to others when
they see it.
Possibly it is a broken sidewalk, or
a mud hole in the roadway, Or a lit
tered up vacant lot, or any n of a
hundred different eyesores.
Then, too, possibly it is nobody's
business to look after these things.
Why not make it somebody's bust
ness? Why not employ a town utili-
ty man., whose business it would be to
spend all of his time in cleaning and
identifying the town?
If we have such a man and it is his
business to do such things, then they
will be done-as they should be, and
as they r not now.
Why not a utility man, anyway?
The cost would be SO insignificant
as to be a mere nothing, and the re-
suits would be so gratifying you
would just naturally feel like singing
the praises of Pleasantville to every
one you meet.
That, you know, is the kind of talk
that spreads the fame of a town afar,
and brings in new people, and new
industries, and more money, and
greater prosperity.
This is merely a suggestion, be-
cause we are not running the town or
the people in it.
But we do think it is a good sugges-
ton, and one that would produce ex-
cellent results if f%avorably acted up
on.
Of course you have a mind of your
own and your own opinion on such
matters. But what is that opinion?
We'd like to know, and possibly there
are others, too, who would like to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-16
As The Editor Sees It

Now that the strike is off, the next
thing we hear of will no doubt be an
other boost in freight rates. That
will mean more boosts in the retail
price of everything, for it is not the
roads or the dealers that pay the
Freight is the If the
manufacturer adds five per cent. to
his prices, the wholesaler will tack on
another ten or more perhaps more,
and there is no telling how much more
will be screwed from the public be-
fore it reaches the If it
was simply an increase of the one
five per cent or so all along the line
it would not be such a burden. But
it is not. Every fellow who handles
it wants to suck a little extra blood
from the turnip, until by the time it
reaches your home or business office
the original increase has multiplied
many fold. How does it feel to be a
| goat, anyway?
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Young man, the road to wealth and
fame does not lie through idleness on
street corners. Successful men are
never found there, and men who have
made names and fortunes for them
| selves were not found there in their
youth.
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If some live merchant will spend an
hour or two some evening with his
| store blinds drawn and install a hand
home and attractive window display,
something unique and out of the ordi-
nary, and then advertise it in The
| Pleasantville Press, we venture the
prediction that at least half of the
people in this community will be ar
ound to see it. And many of them
will buy just because they happen to
be there. Advertising will get the
people to a store that is worth going
to, but the merchant and his own
goods must do the selling. Step up,
gentlemen. What merchant in Pleas
antville wants the people to beat a
path to his store?
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The sting of a honey bee is a joy
to the sting of price boosting that is
going on all wei the country. The
price of postage stamps and air, how
ever, remain at normal.
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t. a,o1, ha +,,,o +bo+ +ba u,o1rc Of
women are past understanding, but
the same is equally true of men. To
prove this statement, go out and
spend half a day in the street. Watch
every man as the women go by. Ma
ny of them will ogle and stare and
blink if six inches of hosiery is in
sight. That is, if the woman is not
of their own family. But if she is,
they will make desperate efforts to
engage the attention of other men
until the "sights" are no longer to be
seen. 1t depends, you see, upon whose
pig you have by the tail. That's the
man of it, and most men are just men.
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Do you want to see ~Pleasantvllle
grow? Do you want to see more
money in circulation here? Do you
want more of that money yourself?
Then stop kicking and get out and
push If you see a defect, help rem
edy it instead of complaining. Do
something yourself instead of leaving
everything for others to do. Pleas
%antville is and always will be just
what we ourselves make it, just as the
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