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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27
NO DISCOUNT ON GAS BILLS
HEREAFTER.

In accordance with a recent decis-
ion of the Board of Public Utility
Commissioners there will be no dis
count allowed on gas bills rendered
on August 1st and thereafter. The
bills as rendered will be net, and in
addition to the amount for gas used
there will be a service charge of 25c
on each meter every month which
must be paid with the gas bill before
the 10th of each month. The service
charge of Csc also applies to prepay
ment meters.
ATLANTIC CITY SUBURBAN
GAS & FUEL CO.,
A S. Main ST., P~leasantville, N. ].
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27
SHERIEE,S SALE.

BY virtue of a writ of feri facias, to me di-
rected, issued out of the New Jersey Court of
Chancery, will be sold at public vendue, on
WEDNESDAY. THE TwENTY-FIRsT DAY
OF AUGUST. NINETEEN HUNDRED
N EIGHTEEN,
at two O'Clock in the afternoon of said day,
in the Court Room, No. POI, Second Floor.
Guarantee Trust Building, in the City Of At
lantic City, County of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey.
All that certain tract or parcel of land and
premises situate, lying and being in the City
of Somers Point, in the County OF Atlantic
and State of New Jersey, bounded and de-
scribed, as follows
Beginning at a point in the Northeasterly
side of Connecticut Avenue distant fifty feet
enthusiastically from Third Street and con-
along said Northeasterly side of Connecticut
Avenue fifty feet and extending at right an
giles to said Connecticut Avenue between par
allel lines of that same width Northeastward
ly one hundred feet in length or depth.
Known and designated as lots numbered
ffty-one (51), on a certain plan or survey
entitled MAP of lots in the City of Somers
Point, N. j., Daniel B. Frazier Co., owners. a
copy of which is filed in the Clerks Office of
said Atlantic County. Being the same prem
ises which Daniel B. Frazier Co. by indenture
corded in the aforesaid Clerks Office in book
No. ATS of deeds, page So, ETC., granted and
conveyed to Martha N. Jones. in fee.
Seized as the property of Martha N. Jones
ct al. and taken in execution at the suit of
Daniel B. Frazier and to be sold by
ALFRED j. PERKINS,
Sheriff.
Dated July 81, 1918.
Albert c. Abbott, Solicitor.
Prs fee. $16.ee
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

If the daring Italians who made their
way into al Austrian naval port and
torpedoed a battleship have been cap
tured, they will very likely pay a
heavy price for the fame which will
carry their names down to posterity as
among the heroes of naval history, for
the Huns are not of a caliber to feel
such men they would have treated
a generous admiration for a courage
Gus enemy. Had the allies captured
them with all the consideration due
unusual bravery, but in German hands
they are likely to feel all that can be
inflicted on them by a mean spirit of
spiteful revenge.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

Two of the torpedo boat destroyers
now under construction are to bear the
of naval officers who lost their
lives in acts of heroism since the Unit
ed States entered the war. These are
Lieut.. Stanton Frederick Kalk, officer
of the deck of the Jacob Jones, and
Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelley Ingram
of the Cassin, torpedoed in European
waters. The policy of Secretary Dan
iels in thus commemorating naval he
roes while their fame is yet fresh in
mind Is to be commended.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27
AS IN DAYS OF HANNIBAL.

Plutarch is authority for the state
ment that the controlling reason which
led Hannibal to abandon the siege of
Rome was that he had learned through
spies that a plot of ground on which
he was encamped had been sold in
Rome at the usual price in the days of
peace. He thought such a people WAS
neither to be inundated nor conquer
ed, and so moved southwark. The in
cident is worth remembering in these
days when the German submarine cam
paign on this side the water is for no
other purpose than TO scare the Amer
lean people into surrender, says Phil.
adelphia Bulletin. From a military
point of view very little can be gained
by sinking a few schooners. To use
the ~vernacular: we don't scare worth
a cent. We have become too much
Injured to the horrors of war to be
frightened over any such episodes as
are now conspicuous in our news col
umns. They are interesting rather
than important. They come at a time
when all testimony is to the effect that
Germany Is a hollow shell. Aside from
the iron ring of military forces which
surrounds the empire, Germany Is in
deplorable and weakened condition.
much worse than the South in the last
af tha CiviI uvor
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27
Only one-tenth of 1 per cent of the

Only one-tenth of 1 per cent of the
American soldiers in France suffer
from social diseases, and the low per-
centage constitutes the army "the
.cleanest in the world" Is the percent
g for civilian life anywhere near as
small? One by n the lying ru-
mors about the character of American
manhood and womanhood In war serv-
ice abroad are being refuted by the
plain, unvarnished truth.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27
No matter what sacrifices the wa,

No matter what sacrifices the wal
has imposed and is going to impose
they are so much less than those being
willingly suffered by our men in the
trenches and on the battlefield that nc
one at home who is a sincere Ameri'
can will think for a moment of com
planning or trying to shirk them. On
the contrary, every hand will be uplift.
ed to help bear the nations burden till
the end is crowned with victory for
humanity and the worlds freedom.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

After two American negro soldiers
carved up t~wenty-four Germans with
bolo knives while fighting like demons,
it is not surprising to hear that Hun
troops on the east front are mutinying
rather than go to France. The fight
ers from America are introducing a
style of fighting which is evidently get
ting on their nerves.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27
Six-tenths or three-ffths of an ounc

S%ix-tenths or three-fifths of an ounce
of tobacco per diem for the soldiers
doesn't look like any too liberal an al
lowance. Habitual consumers of the
weed for smoking purposes consume
more than double hat amount, reckon.
ing their cigars, cigarettes and pipes.
Apparently the army authorities are
guarding against anything approaching
excessive smoking In the ranks.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

The movement to utilize the boy
power Of the country on the farms is
a good one. 1t will supply much need
ed labor now, and the knowledge it
will impart will last in usefulness long
after the war is over. Furthermore,
its effect In morale and health In get.
ting the growing generation next to
natures heart will be a vast gain in
itself.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

A Chicago dancing master prescribes
~saltatory exercise as a cure for fiat
feet. Medical examiners for the army
are not as dogmatic as they used to be
on the subject of fiat foot as a disqual-
iication for military service. Still, the
Chicago professors" prescription will
be cheerfnlly followed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27
PUBLIC NOTICE 1!

To the President and Members of Common
Council of the City of Absecon City, Coun-
ty of Atlantic and State of New Jersey.
TAXI NOTICE. that a regular meeting OF
the Common Council will be held on Wed
nesday, the 31st day of July. 1918. at 8
o'clock P. M, at the Council Chambers in
said Absecon City.
Said meeting shall consider an application
and hear any. objection as to the legality of
petition filed with the City Clerk of said
City for an election to determine whether or
not the sale of intoxicating liquor as a bev-
erage in said City of Absecon City shall be
SAMUEL JOHNSON,
City Clerk.
I. Samuel johnson, City Clerk of Absecon
City, do hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true copy of notice on file in the Office of
the City Clerk of said City.
In Witness Whereof, | have hereunto set
my hand and seal this 25th day of
(Seal) July, A. D. 1918.
SAMUEL JOHNSON,
Citv Clerk
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

Mother thinks she is making a good
point when she asks if you think it
would hurt you to stay at home one
afternoon. OF course it wouldn't hurt
you, but what is the use wasting all
that time?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

One man out of every five in New
Zealand is now at the front in the serv.
ice of his country, and New Zealand
is organizing another army, composed
of men from twenty to forty-four years
old. "Are we downhearted? MOI"
That is the sentiment! A cheerful
fighting spirit will win the war.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

The alleged head of a family can
make himself a rather satisfactory ia
Their if he will always give his children
their own way. Fathers are sure to
have trouble when they undertake to
reprove their snippy little darlings who
have contracted a case of teen wisdom.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

Attention has been called to the fact
that recent research work on the part
of German chemists has developed
three new colors which will not run
under any circumstances or conditions,
no matter how severe. Needless to
say they are red, white and blue.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

If Doctor Osler had made the remark
attributed to him about human useless
ness at the age of forty, he would have
been obliged to retract 1t. Medical ex-
aminers for the army are expected in
a short time to explode any such the
DRY.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

If there must be a famine In palm
leaf fans, it's fortunate that it is threat
ened for a time when everyone will be
too busy to think Of sitting down and
using one. When the world gets the
Potsdam menace out of the way palm
leaf fans will be cheap again.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

Now and then there is an exception,
but as a rule every mean, contemplate
act, every unworthy motive or deed, ev-
cry despicable, shameless and unprin-
cipled maneuver which man may now
and then attempt in his dealings with
his fellows, may be set down to the
baleful influence of money.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

1t is evident that the mountain and
lake resorts in the interior of the coun-
try are likely to enjoy the patronage
this year of many who usually go to
the seashore.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

A Texan advertised: ST will sell
you two good mules for the price of
two good mules" The Memphis Com
mercial Appeal thinks he was silly, but
he wasn't. He was offering a square
deal. How many people get more than
n dozen eggs for the price Of two
dozen eggs?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

Germany is said to be urging all,
rich and poor, old and young, to go
barefoot this summer to help the ia.
therland. When the masses have been
asked for a few more sacrifices to help
the fatherland they may turn on their
rulers with the demand that the father
land do something to help them.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

Now that the railroads are under
government control, the indignant
traveller whose trunk Is delayed will,
no doubt, write to the president about
1t.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

The unsuitable ship which made 4
trial voyage across the ocean has re-
turned unsunk. 1t may still be an ex-
pertinent, but so far the result is en-
%couraging, and may mean another
check to the costly depredations OF
the submarine.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27
Men Wanted !

attend the Allen B. Endicott Mems
Bible Glass, which meets at 2.30
o'clock every Sunday afternoon in
st. Johns M. p. Church. A cordial
welcome. Teacher, w. l.. Shoemaker.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

A great many people assert them.
selves as amateur investigators simply
because they happen to have some
spare time on their hands.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

German soldiers are being arrested
for trying to smuggle part of their food
rations to their hungry families. Food
will win the war!
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

When the Russians can't think OF
anything else to do, which is every
now and then, they move the former
car to another fiat.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

If you begin that early Christmas
shopping this week, better not load up
with sugar and wheat flour.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

The housewives seem to be solving
the servant problem by doing the work
themselves.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

The navy wants 70 drummer boys,
and about 10000 boys would like the
job.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

The German generals evidently do
not propose to let many of their sol
diers die of old age.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

One way to get a trip to Europe this
summer is to join the American army
OF navy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

lNSURANcE-Fire, Automobile, Plate
Glass. MAX H. KiRSCHT, p. o.
Box 391, PieasantviIle.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

All roads for war drive. funds In
this country lead owe the top.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

Never say die. Get III and help
Kill kaiserism.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

Money well spent is that invested in
subscription to The Pleasantville
Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-27

By virtue of a writ of feri facias, to me d.
'ected. issued out of the New Jersey Court Of
will be sold at public vendue, on
WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19
NEPHEW Of PERsH|NC
WINS COMMENTATOR
Major Paddock Displays Distin-
guishcd Bravery While Repairing
Wire Communication Under Fire.
TWO sERGEANTs DECORATED
American Antiairc"aft Guns Rom
bard Enemy Planes and Soldiers
Watch Contests in the sky Be-
tween French ami Germans.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ~
FRANCE. May lS.-Major Robert Il.
Paddock. native OF Wyoming. and a
nephew OF General PershinG. has been
recommended FOR distinguished bravery
under fire. Ha Is West Poin. grad
uate. and is in n" signal corps with
the American units on the ricsrdy
front.
Major Pa dock nersonally Inspected
the American wire communications
during the nicht Of ! heavy lombard
ment, in which he was not expected
to perform his hazardous duty. While
reTairing the wires under shell FIRE he
was wounded in the leg, and is now
at a hospital
Paddock Is medium. sized. athletic
mans man" ponular with officers and
men. The commanding general recon-
mended him for the Groin d. GWcrre
and for IN award bv tho United states.
s Sergeant ~. Y. Webb tvcaty-two.
OF Munroc. Utah. and Sergeant ". =.
Connen. thirty-nve, OF Pittsburgh.
each have been awarded the Croix dc
Guerre. ICY sre members Of tho
signal corps. and repaired wires under
terrific she'll aud cas attack. Both
are in the hospital recovering.
The Germans on the Picardy tront
are active behind their lines. "a re-
sult OF the heavy casualties suffered
from the American Artillery.
This WIS the mos, perfect dsy-i-
weeks. y WAS marked ~ unusual
aerial activity. Observation balloons
dot the front. and German and French
atrplanes are engaging in duels The
French brought down a German hattie
plane soon after dawn. Enemy aviato-s
ore" sharp and Spectacular shrapo.l
fire from the American ar.iairo-ar
batteries. shells bursting in small
white pufs around tho German ma
chimes. y fock o. French pisres on
observable, ard photocra phinc DUTY.
hovered htsh n tho air. looking like
Eulls- The sun made them ,a.cc:s -.
the German batteries. N" enemy
shrapuel hei7E in a!acS contrast with
the sao"N ti7t q the American Brand.
The An-'-'can dough ooys watch ma
aerial conflicts from their stone w,l
trenches The .-aiiate every ;ir,a
they see French flyer dart with mo
oeSteri;% q swallow from the grasp
OF an enemy aviator and escape 10
safety.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19
SUAErsHnoTERs FURNISHED
WITH POWERFUL FIELD Gy.,SSL.,

In my company they served out
twelve sets q high powered glasses.
You can't hnd any fault with them
lasseS, they're the best money can buy.
our line was about ano yards from the
German trenches. but when YOU took a
squirt through the glasses tho Ger
mans seemed 20 to- about twenty-five
yards away. Some Of -. sharpsh hooters
had telescopes mounted on their guns.
ou, some az u7 got almost as well us
ms the double glasses. AT tina, We
COULD DUMP bullet most any place
We wanted 20 on the German line
without using glasses.
..This is The wa. We wnrrnI In The
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19
CRAWLS THREE MILES
TO PAY UP A BET
Efcc-President of Western Rnnk Get.
Down on Hnnda and
4

OAKLAND. CAL. May 1s.-Crawling
three miles on his hands and knees
TO the accompa niment OF hysterical
hirth from his wife and his boastfuI
taunts OF his golf opponent was tho
penalty that II: "A. Mosher. vice -presi.
dent OF tine Central National Bank, had
TO pay in settling a golf bet with VIII
liam Cavalier. a wcll-known stock
broker.
II bet can beat you and do tn.
whole eighteen holes I'm seventy.six
this morning." waS the challenge made
at tho Claremont links.
Cavalier lost no time in taking up
the wager. "Ill take your bet, but Tn,
$" sure that you can't that II you lost
you must crawl over the entire course
on your hands and knees and buy a
$1,000 Liberty bond.
The terms were accepted. Mosher
lost c'awlcd. and bought tho bond.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19
DALLAS GIRLS ADVANCE
IDEAS AS TO IDEAL
Novel Thoughts Advanced When Asked
as to Kind of Hu.bnnd


DALLAS. TEN. May ts-Dallas
hiEhsschool girls were asked the other
day what kind of husbands they pre-
fcrre6. Six of them answered as toll
lows:
No. Ill" must hav. a chummy road
ster and earn $4,000 year. and h,
mist he !iterarily inclined
No. 2.-My man must earn $1,000 a
year. lie must have chunmy road.
ster and not belong to any clubs
No. ,3-My man must have refinement
and good morals. the rest can taka
care OF itself,
No. <.-ie' must h. good looking and
fine dancer and earn at least $4,000
a year.
No, 5.---r want an ambitious man. His
looks and earning capacity do not mati
ter
No. 81 won't marry unless cad
have lieutenant or captain !
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19

guess they can NIX this hand up SO IL
will help lot in holding a steering
wheel. and l know machines good
enough 10 I can got n job ms chauffeur.
/ From what e + heest-eAaurcurs are. max
ing bigger money than they ever did.
"rhen tho government will AK It so i
can learn to telegraph IL want to.
guess there amt no reason for mo
TO worry"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19

! I hey're not very far apart. ana It's
eV' ol euom OIL aUlI'stA os OF ksra
-ul 10 lsou' MauY EllvrSr oN l,l,lo
gossip - ,,',nr Vas going on in tho
lin"s tic other companies were llv-
irc ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19
SUBJECT TO DRAFT
lieutenant Felix Won Gem minsen, Dis.
q ychnrBed From Service In France,
!. Has Been Clnaslded nv Ro.,d

~ sV7'1Vu Uy EUNFU.
lieutenant Felix Won Gemminsen. q,
,nis rtcitS' who was discharged from
been classified under tho improv.J
selectiye service regulation oy the
local board Tor charlottesville. and
according to REPORT. placed in class 1.
rms action isS purely formal. as re-
CURED by the law relating to men dis
cnar eeo from the army. Mr.. Won Com
mingen is. therefore. subject 10 drnt,
IL has been reported for some time
mat even tho parents OF tho young
man are Ignorant as to his where
abouts.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19
Good once York.r.

War times demand great eticiencS
In office workers These Kind Of works
ers save time and learn OF the good
positions, through tic indeXtd want
Ads 10 this paEcr. II you want hclI
uss them. Call Randolph l.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Md Creel Mean To Be
~ More Than Smart
THE New York (Morning) Sun" /:

"The New York (Morning) Sum-:
If Mr. Creels answer means anything
more than an attempt to be smart, it means
that he holds Congress to be debased,
ignorant body of men, politically and NOR
ally on the same level with the creatures of
actual or pretended criminal occupation
who were once exhibited for fee to idle
and heartless visitors anxious to see the
underworld" of great cities.
Mr. Creel as an appointee of the Presi
dent, as chairman of committee consisting
of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
War and the Secretary of the Navy, speaks
in representative character. The Admin
istration has just succeeded in obtaining
from the Congress statute authorizing the
prosecution of persons who utter words in
tended to bring the government of the
United States into contempt. Yet Mr.. Creel
in this phrase has held the Congress, one of
the three departments Of the government
up to contempt.
1t is unnecessary to speak of the ingrati-
tude of such an attitude toward Congress
on the part of any beneficiary of President
Wilson's Administration. House and Senate
alike have given to the President loyal, un-
questioning support. Their conduct has in
fact been marked by self effacement aston
ishing in its completeness. But in politics
gratitude does not exist.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

found in neighboring journals indicate,
however, that Mr. Creel has again sue
ceeded in creating q painful impression.
Here are few reactions:
The New York Tribune:
The Congress, be it said for the educa-
tion of some readers of Mr.. CreePs "Oficial
Bulletin" is a great American institution
1t is the legislative power of the United
States. Recently it passed what is called
the sedition bill, under which, during the
war, one may be imprisoned for uttering
"scurrilous" or 'abusive" language "about
the form of government of the United
States" or "any language intended to bring
the form of government of the United
States into contempt, scorn, contumely or
disrepute.''
Mr. Creel's words bring Congress into
contempt Congress could abolish him. 1t
probably won't-not yet But what of those
citizens in the twilight of making who were
to be reached with educational propaganda
by the Committee on Public Informa tion :?
Will their respect for the American govern
ment be increased or diminished?
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Use En-!

j. definite object in view, as will
presently appear, clipped this paragraph
out Of "The Baltimore Sun:
"Thc country never needed its women 50
much as now. and the- need and should
receive national direction and instruction
in the service that will help most and
which they can do best. Perhaps we shall
come to training environments for women
where they can be taught aod drilled By
the tens OF thousands in things that viii
count directly for moral, physical and ma
terial reconstruction, conservation, healing
and strengthening during the war and
which will make them regenerating forces
after it is over. In that way no sane ard
wholesome effort would be wasted"
And here's "The Woman Citizens
reaction:
That's right, Work them, drill them
train them, use them. But give them po''t-
ical recognition? The Baltimore sun
would rather p all its type in one grand
calamity yowl than admit the justice Oh
woman's claim to suffrage"