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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
N4u0 M>7~h~~M
WHEELS AND COMMUNITIES.

When a spoke in a wheel is broken
that wheel is weakened and only of
partial or slight value to the rest of
the vehicle. The vehicle itself is of
no greater value than its weakest
spot, the broken wheel. Its useful
ness will not be restored until the
wheel is repaired and placed on a par
with the other wheels. Then it is
again ready to assume its proper
functions in the scheme of life.
And as it is with the wheel and the
wagon, so it is with the citizen and the
community. The latter is only as
strong as the loyalty of the former.
The community will advance only in
accordance with the loyalty and pro
gressiveness of its people.
The mar who forgets his home mer-
chants and sends his money to outside
sources is the broken wheel of his
own community. He is the weak
spot that retards the growth of all,
that produces commercial %stagnation,
that creates local hard times and re-
duces the community that shelters
him and the people who feed him to
the level of a hand to mouth exist
ence.
We don't want any broken wheels
in this community; we don't want any
useless vehicles, or commercial disin-
tegration, or hand to mouth exist
ence; we don't want any poverty OF
distress.
But we do want prosperity, and
progressiveness, and happiness and
contentment, and full larders and
dinner pals, and we can have them if
each one of us will do our duty to
the town in which we live, and trade
with home people, and keep Il own
money in our own community.
We want to "keep prosperity in
Ple%asantville," and we can only do it
by Grading where we live"
Personally, we intend to practice
what we preach in this respect, for
the good of the community, for your
good, and for u own good, and we
would dearly love to see you trailing
right along by our side, and we are
quite expecting to see you doing it
because we don't think we are one
whit more loyal to Pleasantville than
you are.
Come along, brother. When we al
pull in the same harness we make a
mighty strong team.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
TOO MUCH MIDDLE MAN.

The curse of the American farmer
is the rapidly increasing, expanding
and perpetuating middleman.
No matter what the farmer raises
or produces, or what price the ulti-
mate consumer pays, the middleman
and his cohorts and satellites get the
bulk of it.
When apples were rotting on the
ground in many sections of the coun-
try last summer because the growers
could not get a price sufficient to pay
for marketing them the people of the
cities were paying a nickel for three
little runts. If fair sized they were
two for a nickel, and in many cases
five cents each.
Why can't the farmers of this coun-
ty band together in some kind of an
organization and do their own market
ing without the assistance of these
grasping and devouring middlemen?
Surely some method could be devised
whereby their crops could be market
ed jointly and in bulk and thus save
the tremendous s~hrinkage that now
goes into the pockets of a horde of
useless go-betweens.
Orange growers in Florida have
such an organization and are getting
better prices for their fruit and with
less trouble.
In Chicago there are a number of
men who have purchased fruit and
truck land in Alabama. They have
formed an organization for mutual adj
vantage and protection and one mar
disposes of all of their products direct
to the retailers, realizing good prices
or every commodity.
There are enough farmers in this
county, to form a large and powerful
organization. Agents could be APP
pointed in the large cities and ship
ments could be made direct. The SER
vices of numerous middlemen would
be dispensed with and the increased
profits would go into the pockets Of
the farmers.
The coming year promises to be one
of great prosperity to the American
people.
Why give the bulk of the farmers
profits to a bunch of blood sucking
leeches in the guise of middlemen?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

When you meet a fellow on the
street and his face is warped and
twisted by an unholy scowl, what do
you think?
When a lazy duffer hogs a whole
scat on a train and lets a tired woman
stand with a baby in her arms, what
do you think?
When John Smith whispers into
to look out for" but that you must
net til anyone that he (Smith) said
- lat do you think?
Zen n woman tells you that an
"tler woman is the biggest gossip
il town and that the gossip's own
closet is just TANNED with skeletons"
do you think?
VIXEN 2 politician promises you the
1 81 iaan fence around it and
a73a Wleh al Of its green cheese
vi only vote for him, what do
en- thia3s?
aa a pHhlic official forgets all of
lis 2 ozalses and Loses lis good reso-
latiaas aad becomes as blind as a bat
IS soon IS he is indicted into office,
9hat de you think?
a . man eou@ hs I'D q stiff pray
b hurc3 on Sunday and then skins
ECU IN 4 sharp deal on Monday, what
p ven think?
hon a preacher tells you of the
g~lories OF religion and Of the benefits
5f0uEitY ia your daily life. and then
s5cs os and cas- his Sunday dinner
zitH tie 0i=~ IL old church hypocrite
q Vau think?
When you hear q fellow Dragging
# the great deeds he has done and
ECU know lie is lyme faster than an
ato@obile can speed, what do you
mink?
hen g nan tells you a smutty sto-
" OF some good woman and YOU know
~ character is as white as his soul is
.9clz what do you think?
Vixen you hear a young braggart
26king suggestive remarks about ev-
5ry young girl in town except his own
sister, what do you think?
When you see one man trying to
undermine the legitimate business of
another by making yelled illusions to
possible financial disaster, what do
you think?
When a man owes you a dollar and
crosses the street to avoid meeting
hat do YOU think?
When a girl leads a man on to de-
claring himself and then deliberately
losses him over without conjunction,
what do you think?
When a man trifes with the affec-
lions of a good woman and then is not
honorable enough to live up to his
word, what do you think?
wnen ( dutiar borroWs a five spot
from you and promises to return it
tomorrow, end tomorrow never comes,
What do you think?
When a mar looks you in the eye
nd tens you a deliberate lie, and you
'Snow that he is lying and that he
'-novs that you know it, what do you
think?
And if you should happen to do any
of these things, what do you think
other people would think?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
THE EUROPEAN WAa
IN BlHLE PP0pHECN

Undreamed of passions have burst forth
devourinR the lands that patient hands
have beautified and made fertile. and cen
turtles have stocked with art treasures t.
the entire world the war has come as ?
complete surprise because they have no.
read our book $3.50 p~ages-cloth) telling
that Just such conditions would exist. only
to be followed by the still greater deVas-
tation of anarchy. The first edition came
from the press in 1897.
Of vaster interest and Importance is ITS
promise of better things in store for TINS
earth. when the wrath of nations has
run it's course. Send thirty-four cents IN
stamps with this oupon) to cover post
age. to The Temple. No. &c w 6Srd St, New
York City, and receive a copy promptly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
SINGING THE SLUsH.

A Washington dispatch reads:
"Mrs. McAdoo, wife of the secretary
Of the treasury and a daughter of
President Wilson, appeared on the
street today with a cane. It was an
ebony hued cane with a crooked han
die, inlaid with silver. Now and then
she hooked it over her arm"
How interesting! And what a dis
play of journalistic ingenuity in fer
reting out and dishing up to a staid
world the really important events of
the day. But this Solomon Of the
press neglected to tell US the length
Of the cane, its size and weight, the
store from which it was purchased
and the angle at which it was carried.
Such omissions are reprehensible in
modern journalism.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

lively adorable. Yes, and those
liquid, mischievous eyes of hersl
Deuce take it, what was that elusive
scent she used? Did it come from that
fluffy hair, or the gown, Or
Roger was in the midst of telling
her about his resolution to eternal
bachelordom. He had intended to do
it humorously, systematically. But
the warm, physical proximity of the
girl was an Individually ~permeating
thing-went to ones head-and that
little-pink-nailed, soft hand lying pas
sive so near to his was
$50 when I got up and remembered
that today is New Years and my for
tieth birthday, l said to myself"
Eyes. Roger" = oh, the subtle,
amused, encouragement of that infec-
ton. 1t piqued him strangely.
81 said to myself that"
Eyes, Roger"
The man stared at her confusedly
and all at once was accusingly con-
scious that, somehow or other, that
soft, warm little hand of her was nest
ling comfortably within his own trem-
ulous grip.
"You were saying, Roger, that you
told yourself that"
"That I've been needing you for ever
so long, DEAR" mumbled the man, red
faced.
And she:. ooh, Roger! What a per
fectly lovely New Years resolution"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
LOOK IN THE A

If you feel grouchy and out of sorts
and the world seems warped and
twisted from all viewpoints, look in
the glass. Your own reflection will
set you thinking and wondering if
perhaps it is not you instead of the
world that is warped.
When something goes wrong and
you feel like cussing or kicking the
cat there is nothing quite so efica-
cious as looking in a glass. You see
yourself as you are and not as per-
haps you think you are. All of your
hard lines and your i'll humor are re-
flected by the faithful glass, and the
moment a f~eeting smile begins to
creep over your face the glass will
magnify it and glorify it until in but
a snort time you will be forgetting
entirely your i'll humor and will be
smiling from the pure joy of living.
Look in the glass.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
DON'T MISTAKE THE CAUSE.
Many Pleasantville People Have Kid.
ney Trouble and Do Not Know It.

Do you have backache?
Are you tired and worn out?
Feel dizzy, and depressed?
Are the kidney s~ecretions irregular?
Highly colored; contain sediment?
q. Likely your kidneys are at fault.
Weak kidneys give warning of dis
tress.
Heed the warning; don't delay
Use a tested kidney remedy.
Read this Atlantic City testimony.
Arthur E. Penny, painter, sgt Mel
rose Ave-, Atlantic City, N. J.s says:
"My kidneys were out of order and I
had pains across my back constantly.
Sharp stitches often darted across my
loins and | was sore and stiff. The
kidney secretions were unnatural and
contained sediment. The least cold
settled on my kidneys and made my
condition worse. Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me from the first and l contin-
ued taking them until l was cured Of
kidney trouble"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Penny had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
Roger Sat Up.

the club, and as for systematiZing his
life into a humdrum routine-no, no!
not for Roger Fe%atherstonei
All! there went the telephone bell!
His sister Madge Observation-Disclosures
who had married Phil Barnes and
taken out of the merry whir1 of things
as jolly a chap as ever
Hello! hello! Yes, this is Roger
talking. Oh, 1 though it might be you,
sis. Why. no-o-o! I've no particular
appointment for tonight, For dinner
at your house? Yes, I'll come, thank
you Eth? You don't say? Betty
Hurllhg going to be there with you,
loo7 Well, well, of course 1 rerhem-
per her! We used to be sweethearts
back in kid days. When did she get
back in town? Must be four or five
years since we've met All right, I'll
be over
Roger sighed as he hung up the re-
ceiver; then grinned.
Tonight will be a good time to tell
them about my New Years resolu-
ton
The cozy little dinner party was over.
Sister Madge and Phil-"Hub" she
patronizingly called him-were some
where out in the back of the house.
They had left Roger and his old chum
Betty alone tete-a-tete in the dimly
Lit parlor.
How that girl had grown and "im-
proved" during these five years that
Roger hadn't seen her! Why, she had
developed into a positive little peach!
What a sensation she would make at
one of the club dances!
She hadn't forgotten about their old
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
READ THE ADS, SAVE MONEY

Has it ever occurred to you that it
would be money in your pocket to
glue your eyes-both of 'em-to the
ads. in The Pleasantville Press every
week?
It's a fact, and others know it and
are proiting by that knowledge, whe-
Their you are or not.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
TURNING A
NEW LEAF
E$aa .
Delysle terreeCass

~ morning with the barest
~ suggestion of a headache.
That was the aftermath of
NV the previous nights cele-
w bration, memorabilia of
Ssy which were scattered all
about the apartment in a
weirdly incongruous way. Rogers
coat was still brightly speckled with
red, yellow and blue confetti; there
was a battered tin horn protruding
from one pocket, and a particolored
fools cap made of tissue paper was
set rakishly askew on the bronze bust
of Beethoven on the piano.
In the hazily-recalled grotesquerie
of last nights homecoming, Roger had
denuded himself progressively, be-
ginning with his shoes at the door,
his hat and waistcoat beside the
dresser; trousers and linen at the
foot of the bed and, last of all, his
scarf tied in a beautifully neat bow
beneath the mob of the bedpost.
Roger sat up regarding all this
whimsically for some time and Won
dering duly how it is that morning
daylight always imparts such a bag
gard aspect to the rosy visions of the
night before. He yawned and
stretched prodigiously; then made a
bound for the washbowl and i'm
mersed his head in gratefully cold and
refreshing water from the tap.
"Heigh-hol New Years morning
and my fortieth birthday all in one.
The good Lord knows that l don't
feel that old, but these periodic par
ties sure are beginning to pail upon
thing now, I'd begin the new year by
making some amazingly moral resolu-
ton and then But, after all, why
not? I'll make a resolution and not
break it, either! I'm forty years old
today and as comfortable a bachelor
as any l know. Hereby l do solemnly
avow a placid life of %celibacy. No
wedding bells for mel"
Roger dressed leisurely, not a little
pleased with the positive formulation
of the idea that really had been in
the back of his head for months past.
He liked and admired girls, of course
what real man doesn't? But it was
In a detached, im%personal sort of way.
He enjoyed their chatty conversations
as mentally restful after weighty bust
ness conferences at the office all day
long; he liked viyacious femininity
across the table when he dined out
in the evening. But as for actually
~burdening himself with n woman for
life-as for voluntarily demonstrating
himself, e%schewing the good fellows at
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

Eczema spreads rapidly; itching al
most drives you mad. For quick re
lief, Doan's Ointment is well recon-
mended. soc at all stores.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

For Group OF sore throat, use DR.
Thomas Eclectic Oil. Two sizes, 25o
and SOC. At all drug stores.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
E AND
MILK.

The readey Who keeps his
eve on the advertisements in
The Pleasantville Press gets
the cream of the bargains.
Others oct the skinned milk.
Merchants who advertise
get the cream of the bust
ness, while the fellow who
doesn't believe in printers
ink gets the clabber.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

days together, either-recalled lots of
little childish intimacies that had
slipped even Rogers memory. Why,
those fuzzy little tendrils of hair curl
ing at the nape of her neck were posi-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01

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OF MUSHROOMS. Have
the mushrooms fresh. Use the
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The Detroit times., 1916-10-09
FRIGID BLASTS
FOLLOW HEAT
Hottest Oct. s in 10 Years
Gives Way to One, Of
Coolest Oct. 9

bulletins from the weather Office
Monday afternoon. indicated that If
the potted gcraniums have been
neglected thus far. il is high time
10 take them into IN, shelter OF the
dining room window sill and II
there has been human and there
fore pardonablc hcstancy about get
ting acquainted with the furnace. II
is high time that the pride OF the
household get back into the swing
OF stocking a furnace in mid winter
form
For Detroit Is going to have "A
spell OF coldncss. with heavy frost.
according to Weather Observer Nor.
man B Corger
The shocking part about II all is
that the frosty hcarrd King Winter
Is scheduled 10 arrive closely on the
heels Of an Indian summer day
which sct a record for 80 years.
Sunday the temperature went MP
10 50 II was the hottest oct g
since - 10.
Then. as evening began 10 clear
the city parks. cooln"ss settled
down over the city. In the early
morning came thunder storm and
after that the mercury in the thcr.
momcter did a steady volplane act.
A. noon he official temperature
was recorded As 81 degrees
The downward tendency is ex-
pccted TO continue thru the day and
night. and the wcathcrman wouldn't
bc Tho least bit surprised II Detroit
rubbed its eyes, Tuesday morning
and found Itself fdReting In an AZ.
mosphcre that was down In the sos
The Detroit times., 1916-10-09
OF
WILL CARLETON
TO HONOR POET

HILISDNLF. Mitch oct o-The
second meeting OF the VIII Carleton
Memorial association. which was or.
rauizcd a. Hudson Mich n year
ago. viii be- held ar IUllsdalo. Mich
oct 2l The executive committee
viii meet m o'clock and the pub
lie exercises AMI luncheon VIII fol
low in the early evening The as
-ociatior proposes 10 establish a ft
ting memorial Co thu dead poet and
its form VIII De- considered AZ this
meeting Tho incidental expenses
are 10 be met from membership fee
OF one dollar without annual or
other term due
All friends and admirers ~ Mr.
Carleton arc oligihl" and urged 20
take membership, paying the dol.
lar fec ~ tho Uillsdalo meeting or
sending it TO tn treasurer. John T..
Carr. al Adrian. Mich or the prcsi.
dent. Gcors" s. Richards. IN the
Ohio building, Toledo. @ the pres
cnt executive officers
information upon the meeting on
the 2lst. will b. sent ou request by
Prcsldcr Jos vs. Nauck, of Hills
dale college. for the committee 81
arrangements
The Detroit times., 1916-10-09
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.

BOSTON, oct 9.-The trans NJ
lantic lane over which has flowed
steady stream OF munitions and
supplies for the Allied powers from
American shores. Is in the grip OF
submarines OF the kaiscrs navy to-
day
six unarmed merchantmen are
known TO lie on the ocean bottom
south Of Nantucket, torpedoed by
German submerFlbles and late re-
ports are that two and possibly
three more have been sunk.
The vessels positively known to
have been destroyed are
The Stephano, 2.l43 tons. british
Red Cross line. ST Johns, \. F., to
New York
The Srathdene. 1921 tons. Brit
igh New York 10 bordeaux. the West
Point (no tonnage givenl. British.
London 10 Newport News: the
Kingston (no tonnage givenl Brit
ish destination not known. the
BloomcrsdI'k. 3.2ol tons. Dutch, New
York to Rotterdam Christian Knud-
son. 2.5S8 tons. Norwegian, destina-
'ion unknown
The passengers and crews of ell
The vessels are known 10 have been
rescued with the exception OF those
of The Kirs.ton The fate of the
men on th's ship IS as yet unknown.
Allied ws-ahlps are now closing
In upon G.rmany's new submarine
zone The cracking wireless OF
.a-ee Britt p cruisers Is minglinE
with chat Of American destroyers
our upon the sea on missions OF
mercy and rescpe
Reports 20 Nantucket. Newport
and Boston indicate there is cer-
Continued on Page EieNeu).
The Detroit times., 1916-10-09
DRY CANDIDATES
TO SPEAK HERE
Prohibition Nominees for Pres
ident and Nice-President TO
Hold Tabernacle Meeting

! Frank Hanly, o' Indiana. candi.
date for president on the Prohihi-
tion ticket and his running mate.
Ira Landrith. OF Tennessee. will ar
rive in Detroit next Monday on the
Prohibition special train IN which
they are touring the country.
n is probable that these two Pro
hibition war horses viii deliver an
address from the rear platform OF
the train soon after their arrival
The big meeting will be- held in the
evening in the Rilly Sunday taber
uaclc. " is EXPECTED TO be one OF
the biz guns OF The campaign In De
troit for a dry state. Both men are
orators OF many wears experience
Mr. Hanly is former governor
and congressman from Indiana, and
occupies high place Tn tho coun.
ellis OF the Methodist church
The candidate for president
is an educator. orator and political
leader OF national reputation
The Detroit times., 1916-10-09
Five Of Nine Now Tn
der Arrest Will
Be Held
TWO WOMEN
AMONG NUMBER
Gang Thought RespOn-
sible for Many 9th
er RObberies

Thru investipaGoA cf the activities
OF the uaEd of confe ed automobile
bandit, who were gathered In by thr
police Friday and Saturday. follow
ing the arrest Friday night OF Na.
than Levine. ~ years old. No l2l
Columbia.st east. the mystery sur
rounding identity or aigliwaymcn
who have been active on the west
side For several months back IL bc-
ins dispelieu Already three OF The
men arrested have confessed TO six
holdups and admit that thcy We're
the wost ..lc automobile bandits
Altho nine arrests We're made.
seven men ard two women bong
taken into cus'usy. only tbrce Cr-r'rT
men and the two women viii he
held according 10 Inspector OF Dr.
tecuvos James NcCRrty. who said
Monday norr.ng thar no evidence
had Hoor gathered that would war.
rant holding The others
Frca larfce Officers Bates and
Never. VINO aiie"T"d ICviuC 7ud
br5ugh about rbo revelations tha'
followed, are Eradpaliy reco'-riDe
quantities of stolen GOODS TIA. had
been rllforcd hy the uio The men
confessed TO having taken every
thing that wasn't nailed down when
they had the opporfunity, and sOif
outfits. guitcases, travelling boz. zen
MS raquets. clothing and wisceiisn-
eous articles OF every description
are said 20 have been their loot.
Their favorife neif of operations
they told tho officers. was around
the d. A G. whore they could flcn
CONTINUED on Page Eleven
The Detroit times., 1916-10-09
BY n. c. HAmILToN.

AYES FIELD Bo.f4o Oct o
c..tu,. .,a.s.,. t.. t.... ,..r
VET prove superior I" ''' '"'''"H
Red SoX pcnnanl factory. tAe Brook
Iyn DODGERS this afternoon se' ont
.,,... ,,,o .oc,rd ,-.-,.o. or ,,... ,.,rr5,g
''''' '''' ''''' -''''''
series anu d." 'N''' "'''N UT '"'
games
Reih'nI>''n' "I 'n' S',I '.'' ''.
i,h SATURDAY. they were d'''''N.n''
'o cop or aIr III me d,''H'. Az
p7Itn'IN 'h'N cared h''I''''- '1' 'll'
rfpHia'loh~ pI'N"'} Worn 'N M ~
naming m'n'"iS o' 'H' S.'.'' ...N 3
t'u soy .''.I'h
into the thing Win ''u as'"u9
mi"n lha' SPOKE Fo.uin'S "' "",
Tor Manager 'ar'lSan S'I''.''h 'o'
the throwing joh.
Ihe crowd S'll' 'ahtu'NI,e' "l''H.
'h1sNo. 1Nt 'c1,7 IN 'i'' U'r''''e'S :
and pa'''l"n hI.'o 'a7'"' man ~,
saturday N % r.o'h ,nr .e ""., y,
pots IN lei' holo o'ea'Arrs we're
ncEllEihl" ana we 'EI'' u'I" '''
lion was crowded ,,...-,
The DAY should nave H','''',e ~ 7.
against any great sp'ea IN ''a'..,t ,l-
the bugs INTO me STANDS ana J." .'.'
Frahds'anu ms was H' N'' '..'5' =
ing clouds nuns IN 'h' SNF an. -
stiH VINO S"fp' IN tl,l -. 80
seemed IlN'N 10 'a,l So ~ .''''', \,
Jns' oeIoto game ''"'' ""S ''
'hese 'iiHeH, .
Itteen minutes hriors gam, ~, ..',.
" necati!S ee'''''.,ns ~" #. .,.a.
The Detroit times., 1916-10-09

Tho Pore Naruucfte railroad can-
not pay operating cyp"usoe under
the Michigan twocCnt fare rate. tho
CARRYING $500 boo u1-ernos n year.
according 20 'he hondholdcrs, who
will star, litigation AZ 'hc October
term ~ Tho United States supreme
court. The lifigation. according to
Reekman Winthrop and other bond
holders. will involve the validity Of
he two-cent faro rate pOndhoid
ors alloge that there have been no
earnings since July. 1919.