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Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
POOLING THEIR OWN PEOPLE

How completely the Prussian bu-
reaucracy has contrived to keep Sc
cret from the public the numerous re-
verses which the Kaiser's armies have
suffered on land and the failure of
the U-boats at sea is evidenced in an
extract from Chancellor Michaels'
recent speech to the Reichstag. "Our
success on land, he said, CORES
ponds with our success at sea &.
When we take into consideration our
results on the one hand and the fail
ure of our enemies on the other, it
appears to be incomprehensible that
our enemies show no disposition to
prepare the way for consideration of
terms of peace, not to mention peace
which includes renunciation."
Did they know the true state of af-
fairs, not even the German people
could swallow suc1 talk as this. Did
they know that "our success on land
referred to series of costly defeats
in Flanders, the Aisne, Verdun and
the Isonzo; did they know that "our
success at sea" referred to the total
failure of the submarine campaign af-
ter many months to curtail the Brit
ish food and munitions supply much
less to starve England into submis-
sion; did they know that the truth
was being withheld from them by
their military masters even the over
governed Germans might demand a
itrict accounting.
A victory every day is given to the
German armies in the official reports
The leaders dare not tell the truth
lest the diminishing appetite for war
should vanish altogether. But they
are only postponing the day of reck-
oning when the public shall discover
that it has been deceived as we'll as
sacrificed to it's rulers lust of con-
quest
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
GALL WE CAN GET"

Make note of the name of William
S. Scott, president of the Missouri
and Illinois Company, which leases
coal mines near Belleville, Ill. 1t de-
serves to go down in history with
that of Divine Right Baer and that of
the genial gentleman who first said
."The Public Be Damned"
During the course of the Missouri
inquiry into the high prices of fuel,
Assistant Attorney General Gose ask
ed him what was his idea of fair
profit during the war. His answer
was
There is no limit. We get what
we can. Everybody is doing that"
DO you think that is right?" asked
Attorney Gose.
81 am not qualified to say. 1 am
doing all can to get what l can"
How do you justify charging Sc
for something which cost less than
50 to producer"
Because 1 can get it,"
Behind the sublime insolence of the
attitude lies one curious little adms-
sion. He is mot qualified to say"
whether the thing is right or not.
That is, he has not devoted sufficient
attention to the matter of duty to
his fellow-men to know whether his
own method of conducting his own
business is justifable or not. Nor
does he care. All he cares about,
apparently, is to "get what he can"
1t is exactly the attitude of the
Prussian Honenzollerns. 1t is exact
ly the attitude of old Russia, now hap
PLY smashed. In a war for demo-
cracy, just about the first thing for
this country to do is to come down
like a thousand tons of their own
coal upon the heads of the arrogant
autocrats who presume to grab all
they can while the grabbing's good
1t is indeed high time to stop put
tering with sucn excuses as "short
transportation facilities" or "econom-
ic laws upset by the war" and to put
the blame where it belongs Then
only will there be nope of remedy
for the present antisocial conditions.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
WORRY AS A SIN

Worry is sin, equal to that of
strong drink. This was the opinion
of the preacher, Kentuck bishop,
at the Cathedral of st. John the Di-
vine at New York, Sunday Worry,
not work, kills. 1t "weakons the
heart and hardens the arteries. he
declared.
The worriers, who are willing to
admit it, will agree after looking
back over their Fast lives, that the
things over which they have fretted
and stewed for the most part; the
troubles tht gave them most concern
and mental anguish, never actually
happened. They worried and fretted
about matters that they never actu-
ally faced. The frettings was caused
by the cowardly fear that they might
come to pass.
TIE old lady who confessed in sex
perience meeting" that she had ex-
perienced much trouble during her
lif, most of which had never hap
pened, illustrated the condition of the
typical worrier.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
COUNTING THE DAYS

Only a few more days remain, ac-
cording to the present plans of the
war department, until Cumberland
,County's quota of 1877 men will be
called upon to leave their homes and
their occupations for the training
camps. Already many of them have
begun to set their houses in order, to
arrange their business and family
affairs, preparatory to leaving home
Within six weeks, some OF them with
in two weeks, according to present
arrangements, these young men will
be in camp, ready to take up the task
of learning to be a real and efficient
soldier. 80
In every home where a young man
has been drafted and accepted, the
prospect of his going away, his fu-
ture and his welfare are the subjects
of almost constant conversation and
thought. Many a mother is counting
the days, and naturally she doesn't
count them joyously. Again and
again she remarks to husband or son
or daughter, John will be with us
only few days longer"
These may be days of eagerness
and joy for many a young man who
has been called to the colors, but they
are not days of joy for the loving
ones who will be left at home. They
are counting the days, and each day
counted weighs just little heavier
on the heart.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
PASSING OF THE SWORD

The War Department order elimi-
mating the sword as part of the equip
ment of the officers in the organiza-
ton of the new national army is quite
in line with the accepted practice in
the embattled armies in Europe since
the beginning of the present war, but
it none the less marks tae passing
perhaps final-of one of the most
cherished, albeit useless, badges of
the military profession. This ancient
weapon is abandoned for two good
reasons 1t is no longer of real service
either as an instrument of offense or
of defense, and it is a distinguish
ing mark which makes it's bearer a
conspicuous target for the enemy
sharpshooter. The cavalry saber will
probably remain for a time, where
cavalry can find anything to do, for
this form of the sword is to the troop
er what the bayonet is to the infan-
tryman. Notwithstanding the admit
ted uselessness of the sword, its pass
ing will be regretted 1t may still
linger for awhile as ceremonial
adornment, a symbol of military
rank far from the field of active SER
vice, but, like all antiquated things,
must finally succumb to the newt
able and be banished from the kit of
the real soldier.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
WHERE ARE THEY2

What has become of those 100000
reservists who. Ambassador Gerard
was warned in a celebrated interview
with the German foreign secretary,
would rise in arms against the Unit
ed States if she declared war? The
American Ambassador, it will be re-
called, made the pleasant rejoinder
that if Germany had 100000 such
soldiers in this country, we had $780,
00O lamp posts to hang them on" But
the lamp posts have had nothing to
do. All the German reservists who
have taken up arms here are turning
them against the German government.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
WHEN SAMMY COMES MARCHING
HOME

Paris hotelkeepers says that 80 per
cent. of the soldiers on furlough re-
fuse to sleep on beds. After three
years of lying on the ground, they
lind the softness of mattresses and
springs uncomfortable, and insist on
sleeping on the floor.
1t must be the same when the
"Poilus" visit their homes. And thus
we may prognosticate an interesting
phenomenon when our "Sammies''
get back home.
What will their fond families think
of them when returning sons, hus-
bands and fathers scorn the noctur-
nal comforts so lovingly provided
and proceed to bunk on the floor. or
pick out berth in the back yard. or
retire to the barn and literally "crawl
into the hay?"
One thing. however, the fond rela-
tives may be sure of. The homine
warriors won't turn up their noses
at home cooking. And eventually
they may learn again to appreciate
mattresses, pillows and white sheets
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
100000 FEET OF FILMS

Probably the biggest single enter
tainment project of modern times
has been undertaken by the Y. M. C.
A in its recreation work for the SOL
diers in army camps in this country.
1t is movies, of course, but movies
on a bigger scale than ever before.
The Y. M. G. A. organization has
made provision for 100000 feet of
films weekly. That will cover the L.
126 programs to be given at some 343
cantonments, camps and posts. There
will be other entertainments at small
er points, but the great demand is
made for the men of the National
Guard and the National Army.
In the permanent camps definite ar
rangements can be made for outdoor
and indoor pictures. Many of the
shows in other places. however, will
be given from motor trucks that car
ry from place to place the films, mo-
tion picture machines and screens
that can be strung up whenever need
ed.
The pictures will be farces and ro-
mances, with some real war pictures.
But there won't be any sob stuff or
heroics about soldiers leaving home.
The boys don't want it. They want
TO be entertained cneerfully, not held
up as heroes to be wept and walled
over.
More power to the Y. M. C. A. work,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
ON SCHEDULE TINE

OF what use are the elaborate pre-
, cautions for secrecy in the departure
of vessels from American ports if
submarine commanders some three
thousand miles away know precisely
the day and make their plans accord
ingly? The master of the American
schooner Childe Harold, torpedoed off
the French coast June 81, tells a story
which should stir, the Government to
discover by what means German spies
send out such information. There is
quiring it. The suppression of an
nouncements in the newspapers is
nothing to them. Only the other day
an employe of the Norddeutscher
Lloyd was arrested upon the charge
of checking the ships as they passed
the New York Quarantine Station,
near which he was living. There are
hundreds of aliens who know what
ships they are through the disguise
of war paint, or can easily find out
But how do they communicate with
Germany? Are there any unsuspect-
ed wireless plants on American soil?
Can messages be got through to Mex
leo uncensored?
The first question which the Ger
man commander asked when Captain
Byrne had brought his boat alongside
the submarine was as to the where
abouts of two other vessels. "They
sailed with you out of New York." he
said, "and as you are here they should
be somewhere in the neighborhood."
Search me-, was the Americans an
swer. Then an officer from the sub
marine went aboard the schooner and
searched the horizon until one of the
expected ships was sighted. The rest
of the story is not unfamiliar Cap
tain Byrne discovered that the COM
mander had been in the merchant SER
vice and that they had many mutual
acduaintances; and in his simple sea-
mans way concluded that at would
be smooth sailing for u.s." Yet he
and his crew were left in an open
boat, badly damaged, on a rough sea,
and they owed their lives to a mer-
chairman that picked them up later.
This German brand of brutality is a
mere detail in the record; what is
most significant is tne foreknowledge
of the course and position of the vic
Tins. What is the Government going
to do about it?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
The dancing authorities arc cold

The dancing authorities are said to
be preparing to Danish the tango and
bring on a new wabble to be called
the jazz, or something of that kind.
Possibly it is little more than a
change of name, since nearly every
imaginable dance movement mas been
employed in the tangoes, fox trots and
kitchen sinks that have been popular
for several years. But there must be
something new, if it is only the name.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
HENS

Great satisfaction came into the
soul of the woman whose husband
remarked at the breakfast table that
with eggs at 46 cents and rising, ne
guessed he'd better exchange his
roosters for hens.
They take them at the poultry
farm at about the rate of two roosters
for one hen,'' he added.
One walk in life where the female
OF the species is appreciated at some
thing lik her proper value!
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
GOVERNMENT INSURANCE

Very likely some details of tne
government war insurance bill are
open to criticism. But regarding the
general plan of furnishing life insur-
ance policies to our soldiers and
sailors at low premium rates, and
paying allowances to the legitimate
dependents of men in the service,
there is no ground for condemnation.
The granting OF allowances to de-
pendent wives, children, fathers or
mothers is already an established
policy among our allies, and is no
more than just-it's drafting of the
country's wealth to take care of the
family burdens dropped perforce by
drafted men. And the insurance sys-
TEN, with its honorable and business
like principles, is an obvious i'm
provement over the old, unscientific
military pension plan, with it's la
bility to political abuse, its wasteful-
ness, it's uncertainty and delay.
The pending bill, as Secretary Nc
Adoo sums it up, "gives compensa-
tion, not pensions; it fixes amounts
definitely in advance instead of hold
ing out the mere chance of gratuity
after conclusion of peace. 1t saves
the dependents from want and gives
them the necessaries of life while
their men are at the front 1t deals
with its heroes literally for the suf-
ferings that result from their dis
ablement on the field of battle. And
if they die, it makes just provis on
for the loved ones who survive
them"
In the face of these merits, the OBJ
jections of private insurance COM
panies need receive small considera-
ton.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

The announcement that the war 10
costing the United States million
dollars every hour must be interest
ing to those wealthy people Congress
expects to make provide the money.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

If Viscount Ishii, the Japanese Com
missioner, makes as good a speech
when he appears in the Senate as he
made at the tomb of Washington on
Sunday, the Senate will have some
thing worth listening to for once.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

If the anthracite rates are a good
sample of the Presidents ability as
a price-fixer, nobody will kick but the
consumer, and ne has already had
considerable practice.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30


day at the
COURT HOUSE BUILDING
in the City of Bridgeton, County Of
Cumberland and State of New Jersey.
all that certain lot of marsh lying on
Newport Creek in Statnem's Neck in
the Township Of Greenwich, County
of Cumberland, New Jersey, bounded
and described as follows:
Beginning at a stake in the mouth
of an old ditch by the edge of New
port Creek and runs thence due South
five perChes and three-quarters to a
stake for corner; thence by the edge
of an island of upland due West eight
perches: thence South thirteen de-
grees and forty-fve minutes West six
and half percnes; thence South
eighty-six degrees West forty-one
perches to a stake for a corner:
thence N. fourteen degrees West thir-
teen perches to the aforesaid New
port Greek; thence up the same and
bounding thereon the several courses
thereof to the beginning corner.
Containing six acres more or less.
Situate in Stoe Greek Township.
Beginning at a stone a corner of
Henry Briants land in the line of
William G. Reeves land; and runs
thence by said Reeves land North six
ty-five and three-quarters degrees
East fifty-five rods and four links to
a stone corner Of land of heirs of
George Citizens deceased; thence
thereby South one-half degrees East
thirty-six rods and twenty-five links
to a stone a corner of Charles Win
rows land; thence thereby South six
ty-nine degrees and twenty-five min
utes West thirty-eight rods and twen-
ty links to corner in a line of Hen
ry Briant's land; thence bounding
thereon North twenty-six degrees
thirty-five minutes West thirty-one
rods and nine links to the place Of
beginning
Containing nine acres and 95 square
rods.
Seized as the property of E.. Man.
uel Pierce and Henry Winrow. defend
ants, taken in execution at the suit
OF Charles F. Clark, plaintiff, and to
be sold by
CHARLES V. MARSHALL,
Sheriff,
T. G. Hilliard,
Atty.
Dated Aug. IA, 1917.
Prs fees S20.06 S-14. 21, %; 9-4
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

The Governor of Texas, who is un-
der trial on impea chment, has been
suspended from office, but as he is a
candidate for denomination, he can't
possibly care for anything as striking
as that
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

Connecticut has discarded her blue
laws, but they still have a strangle
hold on some other States which no
longer have any use for them,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

We wonder if the food administra-
tor knows that the retails prices of
food are still climbing up; everybody
else does.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
SHERIFF'S SALE

By virtue OF an execution to me di-
rected, issued out of the Cumberland
Common Pleas Court, l will expose to
sale, at public vendue, on
Friday, September IA, 1917,
at o'clock in the afternoon of said
day, at the
BAKER HOUSE
in the Borough of Vineland, County of
Cumberland and State of New Jersey.
all that certain piece of land situate
in the Borough of Vineland, Cumber-
land County, New Jersey, bounded and
described as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a point on the
northerlyN side of Chestnut Avenue at
the distance of $50 feet eastwardly
from the intersection of the easterly
side of Fourth Street with the north
erly side of Chestnut Avenues: thence
extending eastwardly along the north
erly side of Chestnut Avenue fifty
feet and extending thence at right
angles thereto between parallel lines
in length or depth northWardly one
hundred and fifty feet
COMPRISING lot No. 13 of Block
No. So of the West District of Vine
land.
Seized as the property of Frank
Cirelli, defendant, taken in execu-
ton at the suit of Frank Lore, plain
tiff, and to be sold by
CHARLES V. MARSHALL
HAN" 81 Sheriff
Attys.
Dated Aug. 16, 1917.
pr'c foes S11 On 900 On = -
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

Americans in Europe at present
are not complaining of their living
accommodations.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

A soldier, insured or not, is the lif
insurance of his country.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

When Mr.. Hoover gets after the
beef trust we expect to see the COW
jump back from the other side of the
moon. 44tiszi GG.!aa IN
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Arnold G. Hoffman, deceased
pursuant to the order of Frank F.
wallace, Surrogate of the County of
cumberland, made on the twenty
sixth day of July, 1917, on application
OF the undersigned executor of said
deceased, notice is hereby given to
the creditors of the decedent to bring
IN TO the subscriber their debts, de-
mands and claims against the estate
OF said deceased, under oath, within
nine months from the date Of
order, or they will be forever barred
from prosecuting or recovering the
same against the subscriber.
Dated July 26th, 1917.
WILLIAM A. LOGUE, Execu-
tor of the Estate of Arnold
G. Hoffman,, Decd.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30

A hero's fame may be acquired in
the air and yet have an enduring
foundation.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
SHERIFF'S SALE

SHERIFF'S SALE
By virtue of a writ of fieri
facias to me directed, made by
the Court of Chancery of New
Jersey, wherein Moses I. French
is complainant, and Alessan-
dro Rutigliano, ct. ais, are defend
ants, bearing date the 9th day of Aug
ust, 1917, l will expose to sale at
public vendue to the highest bidder
on
Saturday, September 10, 1917,
at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon of said
day at the
BAKER HOUSE
in the Borough of Vineland, County
of Cumberland, and State of New Jer-
sey all that certain tract or parcel of
land and premises situate in the
Borough of Vineland, County of Cum
berland and State of New jersey,
bounded and described as follows, to
wit:
BEGINNING at a stake on the
northerly side of Ounce Street at the
distance of two hundred feet east
Wd1uly VI the edStefly SlQe OF SeV-
enth Street, and thence extending
along the northerly side Of Ounce
Street south eighty-two degrees west
fifty feet; and thence extending at
right angles thereto between parallel
lines in length or depth northwardly
one hundred fifty feet. Comprising
Lot number II, Block 43, East Dis
trict of Vineland, N. J.
CHAS. V. MARSHALL.
Sheriff.
Edwin F. Miller,
Solicitor.
Prs. fees $1222 8-24, 81; 81, IA
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
SHERIFF'S SALE

By virtue of writ of fieri facias,
to me directed, issued out of the Cum
berland Common Pleas Court, dated
July 20, 1917, l will expose to sale at
public vendue on
Friday, September Z, 1917,
at o'clock in the afternoon of said
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-30
T. G. Hilliard,

Atty.
Dated Aug. IA, 1917.
Prs fees S20.06 S-14. 21. %: 9-4
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-06
Drapery Dept.
Bargains for Dollar
Dav

Lace Curtains - Regular
price $3.50, special for $1.O0
pair.
Including 4 # rod and fixtures.
6 yards Of Csc Wolfe, or of
Scrim for curtains for $1.00.
Window Shades, the better
grade for 2 for $1.O0.
The regular 40c grade for
3 for $1.0O.
Wood Waste Baskets, regu-
lar $3.50 ones for $1.5O.
Wood Waste Baskets, regu-
lar $500 ones for SIPS.
Plant Boxes, $3.50 ones for
$500 and $500 ones for $1.50
Linoleums, regular coo and
65c values for 45c square yard.
Bird Floor, Take Elevator.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-06
Mems Hosiery
1Sc Regular Price, Tomorrow
8 pair for S1.OO.

1Sc Regular Price, Tomorrow
8 pair for $1.OO.
Good quality split foot hos
iery now selling for 1Sc pair.
Dollar Day at 8 pairs for $1.0O.
Mems soc Silk Hosiery, spe-
cial 3 pairs for $1.OO.
Onyx 35c Silk Plated Hose,
special a pairs for $1.OO.
Mems $1.50 Madras Shirts,
soft French cuff, $1.00 each.
Mems Percale Shirts-Stiff
cuffs, were zoe tomorrow 2 for
$500.
Mems SOC and Csc Neck
wear, special at 8 for $1.O0.
Remember, the best choice
of these bargains is early and
some of them will never last
the day out judging from the
experience of other Dollar
Days. Mems Wear, LIST Floor.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-06
MattinSS

One or two rolls of pattern and parts of
rolls; values to SOC yard.
Any quantity you want, while they last, Csc.
9x12 It. Mating Rugs, in new designs,
are at less than present importation prices.
Cocoa Mats--$1.00 Mats, special Dollar
Day for Use.
Better grade, special Dollar Day for ST..
Crex Carpet by the yard. In few weeks
you will want them and they will be much
higher Tomorrow, the 36-inch regular 60c
per yard, 45c.
9x15 #. Rugs at $3.50, or with stenciled
border at $500.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-06

Dainty CamISOleS
Flesh Color or White of Tub
Silk, 2 for $1.OO.
On Dollar Day these pretty
little Camisoles, so desirable
under the sheer waists, will be
sold at 2 for $1.0O. Either
white or flesh color, lace trim
med.
Muslin Underwear, End Floor.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-06
Ladies' Sweaters
So and 81 ones for
S1.OO

These are good, warm wool
and old dyes, but they are not
the latest styles. If you need
a sweater for warmth and util-
ity get one of these. Better
grade, regularly $3.50 to $500
each for $3.50 on Dollar Day.
Children's Sweaters-Were
$3.50, for Dollar Day at $1J
ChIdren's Sweaters-Were
$3.50 for Dollar Day at $1.50.
Mems Sweaters - Were
$3.50, for Dollar Day at $1.50.
These sweaters are great
values and there are all sizes
in the lot but not in every
color. Sweaters-lst Floor.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-06
79c knitted Golf Vests
Fancy China For Dollar Day

Fancy China For Dollar Day
Always useful, these pretty China
Plates, Jars, etc, are sharply reduced
for Dollar Day because we cannot get
more as good to sell for their regular
prices.
Decorated China Plates; regular
$1.25 and $3.50, for $1.00 each.
A few four-cup Chocolate Sets that
were up to $3.50, for $1.00 each
Decorated China Sugar, Cream and
Teapot, regularly $3.50, for $1.O0 a
set.
Japanese Tea Sets-Pot, sugar and
cream; regularly SOC set, for Dollar
Day, at Csc set.
Housefurnishing Basement.