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Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16
FlUME NEARLY
COMPLETED
Big Water WAY is Nearly
Ready for Use.
ALTERS RACEWAY
Important Reconstruction Work
Will Add improvement
to the Park,

A. H. Lupton & Son are rushing
work upon the big flume construction
which is to again furnish the water
from the raceway for the Johnson
Brothers flour mills.
The wooden ume, buflilt of heavy
planking, is practically completed,
and only the concrete abutments at
the intake of the flume and the gates
are to be put in before water can be
allowed to enter the wooden canal
and furnish water power for the mill.
The top of the big wooden fiume
has been heavily coated with a tar
preparation which will have the eff
feet of preserving the wood, and the
f1ume will be covered over and filled
about with dirt.
Workmen are now engaged in
building the wooden forms for the
concrete construction. This work is
being done under the supervision of
Lupton & Son, and they will also
build the concrete abutment.
The new construction changes the
entire appearance of the driveway
and Morningside Park, and when the
entire work is complete there will be
improvement. The lower raceway
which has for years been of no value
to the park and really provided a
danger spot, is disappeared, and
where the open raceway was, will be
provided graceful terraces leading
from the driveway to the wharf level
of Morningside Park. There will be
an excellent view provided over the
lower plateau from the driveway.
This view heretofore has been al
most entirely obscured.
1t has been suggested that the i'm
provement will provide an ideal spot
for band shell where public con-
certs may be given, and such a shell
would also prove a feature for the
Sunday night religious services.
AS soon as the flume and the con-
crete work is completed, the tempor-
airy wooden Golfer will be removed
and the raceway water will be al
lowed to run it's natural way.
Contractor A. H. Lupton expects to
have the water in the f1ume within
week. The bottom of the concrete
wall will have width of two feet,
with thickness of one foot at the
top. The entire structure will be up
on heavy natural stone base at the
bottom Of the raceway.
Excellent sand is being secured for
the filling in of the raceway about and
over the fiume from the foot of Water
Street opposite the Cox & Sons Com
pany's plant.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16
WHOLE NO. 1886
PEACH SEASON
ON IN EARNEST

NO peach season ever opened in
Vlneland of late years with as bright
prospects as the growers see now.
buyers are here from every quarter
OF the county and the fruit is being
snapped up at good prices. Some
growers report as high as 1915 a car
r1er in New York. The peach packing
depot at Main road station is doing a
Dig business every day considering
the beginning of the season. The
boy camp at the Oak road school
house is furnishing all the helm that
is wanted. The biggest shipment was
car load yesterday. The shipping
association sent this out, but every
one of the four hundred carriers were
sold before they left the station. Lip
ltz and Alvord have the brightest
prospects ever at their Iona orchard.
Mr.. Lipitz says Mr. Alvord is an ex-
pert in caring for the trees and the
result is peaches of unusually large
size. The fruit is bringing good
prices. The shipping association at
Main road is sending Garments Just
now. They are a semi-cling stone.
E. A. Pierce is out on his farm
shipping few Carmen's daily. He
also says prices are very good and
the season looks very favorable. The
general run of prices for fruit from
different Vineland orchards seems to
have been from 1925 to 1915 and oc-
caslonally 81 carrier the past few
days.-Vineland Journal
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16
STATION FOR
GULF COMPANY
construction Is Now Conn.,
pleted.
PLANT A FINE ONE
Three Big Tanks In an Enclosed
Yard, With Ground Covered
With Concrete.

Construction foreman L. A. Chan
man, of the Gulf Refining Company.
who has been putting up the station
for that company on Water Street
below Lincoln Street, has finished the
job He has been here since last
March working on the big job.
Tomorrow he leaves for York, Pa.
to put up another station for the same
company, and when that is done, he
expects to go to Lancaster to con-
struct a station at that place.
The station here is a very excellent
one. The three large tanks on their
massive concrete foundations and
supports are right adjacent to the
railroad and easily to be filled from
the oil tank cars.
The entire plant and all appertain-
ing to it is painted yellow The en-
tire plant is enclosed by high fence
and the interior yard space is COW
cred with heavy cement pavement.
The Office is well fitted up. In the
same building are the two pumps,
one for kerosene and the other for
gasoline.
The plant is right at the foot of the
South Jersey Institute hill and at this
point it is proposed to widen Water
Street, an Improvement which seems
to be necessary.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16
FOUR CARS
OF POTATOES

Four car loads of potatoes went out
over the Central yesterday. The tu-
bers are not coming in very fast, and
it must be admitted that the crop is
disappointing in the yield. There will
not be as big crop here as was at
first thought.
The price yesterday at the West
Br1dgeton Exchange was $3.50 to
$3.50 per barrel. That, however, is
&c and a little over per pound.
1t was supposed that this week
would show the heaviest shipping O.
the tubers from this point. If this is
true the spuds will fall short of even
last years product. But the crop is
not yet all dug and as the digging
progresses, heavier shipments may
result. .xs
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16
NO DEMONSTRATION

There is much regret that Branch 8.
OF the 9. B. B. A. will not be able this
year to provide a demonstration for
Labor Day as had been planned. Such
a program would have been wholly in
keeping with the day. The Branch
has but recently assumed the RESPONSE.
plllty OF carrying death claim, dues,
etc., of all members who enlist or serve
their country, in the war for democ-
racy and a freedom of its people from
autocracy and despotism.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16
GLIMPSES OF
1 SEA G|RT LIFE
The Third Regiment Band
!, Takes Hit.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Asbury Park flakes Offer to the
Boys in Camp-Base
Ball Games.

III Sea Girt, Aug. 13.-If there is any
|fhing more popular around camp
Hhese days than the Third Regiment
{aband, the boys would like to know
|what it is. While the men are work
Ling on the parade grounds, the band
I1puts fresh kick into their heels with
IA syncopated melody, preferably
|" America, Here's My Boy, which so
far Is the favorite in camp. In tae
evening the music of the band can
usually be heard in all corners of the
Reservation When things become too
dull an impromptu parade is staged,
with a line of bowling dougn-boys
|tagging on behind the musicians.
b Men in camp have been offered the
Lhse of the Asbury Park Public Lii
|1rary by the officials of that institu-
ation. The reading rooms of the Ii
Esbrary are open to the troops at all
times and, by depositing 81, men can
withdraw books. Notice to this eff
feet has been published at the recre-
| ational canteen of the National
League for Woman's Service, near
the camp.
Crowds watch the men Of Ambu-
lance Company No. 1 dress hypothet-
"a of hot
broken, also alphabetically, and prac-
tise litter and wagon drill. The last
consists of loading the wounded on
litters and hosting them into ambu-
1ances with the least possible jar.
The ambulance company is handicap
ped by the absence of nine sergeants,
all of whom are at the training
school at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
With the completion of a schedule
Iof games, everything is set for the
commencement of the series of base
ball contests for the silver cup that
Governor Edge has offered. Teams
will represent the cavalry, infantry
and artillery, according to designa-
tions, but actually players will be
drawn. from every unit in camp.
The games will begin August IS,
when the cavalry team is scheduled
to engage the infantry; August 20
the cavalry plays the artillery and
the following day the infantry will
meet the artillery.
The rest of the schedule is set
down as follows: August %, cavalry
VS.. infantry; August 23, cavalry VS..
artillery; August "a, infantry VS.. ar
tillery; August 25, cavalry VS.. infan-
try; August 27, cavalry VS.. artillery;
August %, infantry VS.. artillery. If
the troops leave camp before the SER
les is ended, it will be- completed af-
ter the arrival at Admission.
The schedule was arranged by Col.
Thomas d. Landon of the Third In
fantry, Colonel Quincy A. Gilmore of
the First Regiment, Field Artillery,
and Major Brown of the cavalry. Each
company was directed to name at
Least two Of its best players for try
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16

outs for the regimental teams. A
list showing players names, the
teams with which they have played
and positions on the team were to
be submitted today.
To assist in the organization of
the teams three men were named by
the committee: Captain Langdon E
Angle of the Third, Captain Samuel
r. English of the Field Artillery
Regiment and Lieutenant George E.
Wilkinson of Troop A, First Squa-
dron.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16

District Board No. 8, for the final
examination of men drafted into the
Military Service of the United States,
will sit in Trenton instead of Perth
Amboy as has been announced.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16
TO FORT MEYER

John B. R. Nixon of this city. and
Henry q. Bacon, of Mauricetown, have
gone to Fort Meyer, waere they will
enter the officers training camp.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16
IN COURT OF
JUSTICE LONG

Elizabeth Smith, 17-year old girl,
daughter of Mrs. Hannah Gale, wife of
Seth Gale, was arrested on complaint
of her mother and committed to jail
by Justice ]. Ellsworth Long for fur
ther disposition.
The girl is mentally deficient and
utterly incorrigible; her mother and
stepfather can do nothing with her.
Efforts we're made yesterday to have
her sent to the Home for Feeble
Minded Women in Vineland, and, it
is likely that will be where she will be
sent.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-16
Men Drilling for National Prepared

Men Drilling for National Prepared.
ess get great comfort from the use
of Aliens Foot-Ease. When shaken
in the shoes it takes the friction from
the shoes, freshens the feet and makes
walking easy. Gives instant relief to
tired, aching, swollen, tender feet,
blisters and calluses. Also sprinkle
it in the foot-bath. British and
French troops use it. 81 I'm
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Drill With Spade and Hoe Best Training
Now for American School Boys
By JOHN DEWEY

1he war OF the nations Of organized social and
effort Military force only factor The
ultimate decision as to victory well be with the farmer 1t has been
SAID that will be with the country that last hundred
thousand the fedand
men IN the field if their stomachs empty.
The problem more than general 1t which at
home IN America must face The crop report indicates that
the supply OF wheat will be than fifty million
years supply
Coupled with this the general shortage farm labor In the
middle Vest the general industrial development has drained the workers
from the farm into the factory In the North pduc
ton Of munitions and other supplies has taken from
farms In the South the have been leaving for the North for
work Northern railways and other enterprises where they have been
offered profitable for their labor all the
pag factor Of no immigration Of Importance from Europe
the midsummer of 1914 and large exodus Europe the opening Of
hostes There enough farms. If enlist
children in this work they with results beneficial to them
selves the
There will be better results from training drills with the spade and
the hoe than from prang Americas and down the school
yards 1t Of value military training boys of fourteen
rifle nothing for them to monkey with But there work for them
that is Important valuable and educational first of all
opportunity educators and teachers develop constructive patriotism
1t enables the teacher help evolve the growing the idea
Of universal service in the battle of against which
something American something great; and which military idea
transplanted from Europe.
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Failure to Protect Children in Wartime
Brings Perils to Great Britain
By WILLIAM L. CHENERY

England sobcr considering fores CHIT failing
guard the children Of the nation the outbreak of the Miss
Louise Montgomery of the joint committee education Under the
of strong emotion school buildings military
and hospitals and the teaching force crippled by the loss Of
large numbers drawn into other forms of public service
Various kinds of school extension like evening schools medical
inspection, dentistry and free lunches either seriously curtaed
given The compulsory education laws relaxed Over 100000
children between the ages eleven and thirteen lawfully excused
from school to 60 to work.
Nearly 100000 little children of kindergarten primary
turned out Of school followed
the partial complete breakdown agencies
chid-welfare work.
It will be difficult task gauge the results of this policy but
England facing few facts that point warming Juvenile delinquency
England has increased at least "a since the began
The committee appointed to investigate the health of muniton
workers reports that working children ovaxed should pro-
teced not only against immediate breakdown but also against the mp
ston strains that future growth and Development Regard
less other life committee
children should not be employed night for twelve
a day.
For thirteen the national cabor
been active practical to protect the children of the nation
from the recognized effects Of premature labor and the
compulsory school attendance Owen Loveoy general secretary
the committee, is entitled to a hearing at this time
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Shortage of Potash One of Real Causes
Of Short Crops and High Prices
By FRANK B. NEWELL

Much has been said to the of short crops and high prices
Shortage of farm hands, scarcity Of Seeds spectators controlling food
u other advanced
the shortage of potash Fertilizers used without potash give the soil
little nourhment Experiments made 1916 show good growth
where fertilizer made with potash used and poor growth where
not used
The American public has very little knowledge interest in potash
In l9O9lO the potash and the publicity attending
hoste brought home the United States the knowledge that potash
important article commerce. that Germany monopozed its
production and distribution,
The present with its transportation embargo has again directed
attention to German strength potash producer and her present
unfortunate situation a distributor.
While the short and ow-grade crops very noticeable in 1916,
1917 will be far Northern will fare badly the
South the Southern soil will produce unless fertilizer quantities
and of the right kind is used
remains to the American people produce potash at home the
it has been forced to do in other commodities
The has expended the West doing expert
mental work Several large plants have been erected the
and producing small of potash from kp which being
mostly explosive
also been made in the dke regions Of the West and with further
Development work will produce sufficient quantity of potash relieve
The situation and will not be dependent Germany the
future.
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Twisted Sox.

Il suppose you have heard said the
fat plumber, that stockings should be
selected to match the eyes Of tho
we"rcrf"
NO; I'm not up on styles" the thin
carpenter confessed.
Yep. That's the way it goes
awright"
"FaShions do beat an"
"Ycp."
Imagine going into a store and ask
ing for some blue stockings to match
your Wife's eyes
Yes, or trying to pick out a shade
to match some guy with pink eyes
"Or buying half a pair of stockings
for a One-eyed man."
cor Watered silk for man with @
cataract"
"Or hlacll-and-bluc ones for gink
who has been in ii fight"
Il can think of situation that beats
any we have suggested"
what is it?''
"Think Of going into store and ask
Ing for Il pair of twisted soX for
crosS-eyed person"
You win!"
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He Couldn't Lose.

One of the justices of the Supreme
court tells Of young lawyer in the
West who was trying his first case be-
fore the late Justice Harlan. The
youthful attorney had evidently conned
his argument until he knew it by heart.
Before he had consumed ten minutes
In his Oratorical effort the justice had
decided the case in his favor and told
him so. Despite this, the young lawyer
would not cease. 1t seemed that he
had attained such a momentum that he
could not stop.
Finally Justice Harlan leaned for
ward and in the politest of tones, said:
"Mr. Smith, despite your arguments,
the court has concluded to decide this
case in your favor. Maya
zine
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Released in 1915.

In December of 1915, No. 4725 was
released from the penitentiary and be-
gan working to regain n place in So
ciety. For a time his efforts were re-
wardcd. He began saving and made
arrangements to marry and live down
the past.
On his way home from work one
night he was accosted by man whom
he had known in the past The man,
with good deal of secrecy. gave him
sealed envelope, which he told him
not to open until he had reached home.
The envelope contained a key, Il s.
bill, and a paper of instructions. The
paper directed him to a certain place
where he would find a strong box
wrapped in paper. This he was 60 keep
with the key until Il newspaper per-
sonal should tell him where to dispose
of it.
Number 4725-his name is William
Mansfield Williams-Waited until the
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made Of any thin, white or pale-col
ored material. Although 1t has only
wide tucks for adornment it Is inter
esting from the viewpoint Of clever
construction and it is youthful looking
The skirt is made with q panel hav.
ing four wide tucks at the front
placed on its upper half On the re.
mainder of the skirt the tucks are Oh
the lower half. In the bodice vest
Of satin fastens along a diagonal open.
ing at the front with little satin-cov.
cred buttons. The rest Of the blouse
is of geOrgette, with Shrred shoulder
seams and the fullness at the front is
gathered into small bead tassels. The
long sleeves are finished with a row
Of satin-covered buttons along the out.
side seam. A girdle of wide. soft satin
ribbon is wrapped twice about the
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advertisement appeared. He kept the
appointment. The advertiser did not
For some days he waited. Then he
opened the box.
Within 1t were several thousands Of
collars In government bonds, and neck
aces, and rings he could set no value
apon. Frightened, he hid the box.
Another advertisement appeared.
This time Williams did not appear. A
lew days later he was arrested on a
charge of highway robbery. He was
rled and sentenced to fourteen years
The chief witness against him in the
rial was a fellow convict. with whom
he had formed an acquaintance on
leaving the prison. The case, Williams
says, was a frame"
From time to time since his impris-
onment, Williams declares that he has
received threatening letters. Death
upon the expiration of his sentence is
predicted unless the box is restored.
Soul Already Dead.
HOpe II COIueS sooner IMAM ID9t,
said Williams the other night. MY
soul already is dead. Long years of
Imprisonment have made me indiffer-
ent. Three years more and l will die
and be buried over near the prison
quarry without their trouble.
But when CO. the box and its con-
tents will go with me, because 1t is
hidden SO safely that it never can be
found. If 1t should chance that l live
through the eight years more Of my
my first act as a free
nun will be to throw it into Lake
Turn it over to the state7 Why
should I? Twelve years Of my life be-
hind prison bars have dissipated any
impression that the state has any re-
gard for me. I have nothing to live
for. Society has branded me as an IN
desirable. The only way to efface that
stain is to die. I used to amuse myself
In the early years of my Imprisonment
writing to representatives of society
for help that never came. I'm through
with that now"
Investigation revealed that Williams
story, in so far as it relates to his i'm.
is true.
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CONVICT Tells
OF Big FORTUNE
Chance Given Fortune Is His, But
He DeSpairS of Having
"FIing.'
BOX SAFELY HIDDEN
" Liberated, He VIII Toss Treasure
Into Lake-lf He Dies In Cell
Secret Will Die With
Him

Chicago.-Within Joliet IS n man
serving his fourth prison sentence for
crime. Blind chance has made him
the master of fortune, which, were
ne free, he could hardly spend during
his lifetime. The only evidence of its
existence is a key that bangles from
his neck.
The thought of death--death in q
prison cell-haS brought the remark
able story of Convict No. 4725 10 light.
He told it for the first time recently in
the private office of the warden of the
penltentiary.
And this is the story, which-if it is
true-rivaIs in weirdneSs Of detail the
most bizarre imaginings Of 4 Dumas or
Poe.
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Wartime makes US pause TO think
twice before indulging ourselves in
new furbelows. We have looked TO
them heretofore, to provide that variety
which is the spice of apparel, but now
a sense of economy and fitness make
some retrenchment the order Of the
Gay. But far be it from the American
woman to allow her appearance to be-
come favorless for lack of something
new.
Her resource lies in and on her own
head. Now is the time to experiment
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with cOiffures and blossom out in a
new hair dress every once in a while
Few women realize what magic lies in
the couture and how wholly the ap-
pearance may be changed by changing
its style. Now that every woman is
expected to do her bit by making her
self useful in some direction she will
have occasion to think up the best way
of doing her hair for work and for
play. We are about to get into thor
Oughly modern and up-to-date garden
ing clothes and to do real gardening
and with khaki for other sorts of
service.
pretty couture is pictured above
and it is a simple arrangement of the
hair which is waved all round the
head and parted at one side It is
parted at one side, either left or right
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No Sense at ALL

Out in the cold and dreary street,
where the icy wind whipped the pud-
dies into little whr!pools, two men
were talking together.
1t was Saturday forenoon and they
were undecided as to how they should
amuse themselves in the afternoon.
One of them was heard to say:
Coon on. Jack. T. finest match O.
t season is on today. COON along
with me-"
The other shook his head, and a con-
temptous smile curled his lip.
Nay" he replied. Does ia think
Alive no more sense than to GO an
watch a football match on a cowd day
like this? No me! Ah'm goin' fishin.."
London Bits.
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cultivated sense Of clothes must be
about as cool and crisp looking as an
icicle. Or they must be Of soft. fas-
cinnting fabrics that look no more bur
densome than a cloud, like the dress
Of white crepe shown in the picture.
If you know Of n sweet girl graduate
that hasn't settled upon the style OF
her frock for the great day, or bride
who Is casting about for something be-
yond criticism for her bridesmaids,
call her attention to this pretty model
for a midsummer gown. 1t might be
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Whichever Is more becoming), and
brought down over the ears and fore
mead. Small invisible pins fasten it
TO place at the sides. The ends are
coiled in small, soft, fiat coils and
pinned close to the head-one coil at
each side of the back They do not
interfere with its contour.
When midsummer comes women
fake to simple decorative ideas on
their hats and gowns and get away
from many furbelows. The sheer
dresses that lin those who have a