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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
PATRIOTIC MASS MEETING
STIMULATES LIBERTY BOND SALES
TINY GRANDSON OF Mr.. AND MRS. ROBERT M. WILLIS MADE MOST
THRILLING ADDRESS IN INTEREST OF BUYING A BoND-soME
NOTABLE SPEAKERS DIscoURsED ELooUENTLY.
TROOPER OCONNOR GIVES GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS

clear and resonant that it was simply
amazing. Buy a Liberty Bond, this
is your war" Even before he said
MY daddy is in France" one knew
that he was the son of a fighter, and
when he said Make the world a de-
cent place to live in" there We're many
threats that were too choked with
emotion to applaud him. He is the
son of Lieutenant Commander vii
liam Adams Hodgman and the grand
son of Mr.. Robert NJ. Willis. He did
quite as much to open the hearts and
the purse strings of the audience as
did the three speakers who followed
him.
John Paine, of the Victor Talking
Machine Co., is a very forceful speak.
er and gave his audience many in
teresting facts about the growth OF
commercial and political Germany
since the time of Bismarck, the Iron
Chancellor" who dictated the policy
of selfishness and ruthlessness which
governs Germany today.
Mayor Schimpf, of Ventnor, spoke
more briefly but was very interesting,
and afterwards DR.. W. J. Hudson and
the choir sang Keep the Home Fires
Burning.
To those who have not had the op-
portunity of listening to anyone who
has been to the front, Trooper O'Con-
nor's account was most enlightening.
He is an American who served for
nearly three years of the war with
the English Life Guards. He was Sc
yerely wounded and since his recov.
cry has been in great demand as a
speaker. He described the conditions
under which the English fought dur
ing the first years of the war and he
made the audience feel that no matter
what u men have to endure over
there, nothing can be so bad as it was
for them. He spoke very rapidly and
mechanically but with a great deal OF
humor and pathos in all that he re.
lated and brought the war so close
that he could not help stimulating
sympathy and a sense of greater re-
sponsibility toward the buying of Lib
erty Bonds.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20

The mass meeting last Tuesday
the moment one was able to hear the
band which played outside the the
atre. there was not a moment that
was without a thrill. Through the
courtesy of Mgr. Zimmerman, who is
always ready to offer his theatre, the
meeting was held at the Strand and
over one thousand people filled it.
Mrs. Japhet Price had charge of the
decorating and when the curtain went
up, gracefully draped flags made a
stunning background for the tableau.
In the center of the first row the AL
lies were represented by five of Pleas
ANTILLES young girls. Miss Ethel
Bartlett as america" was in the cen
ter, with Miss Marian Ennis as Brit
ANNA" and Miss Frances Garrison as
Belgium, on the left and Miss Kath-
ryn Willis as France, and Miss Ell
izabeth Simpson as Italy, on the
right. The costumes were lovely and
the girls looked charming.
To the left and right of this tableau
were the chairman and speakers of
the evening and back of them was a
male choir from Atlantic City which
assisted the soloists.
Mr.. Louis D. Champion acted as
chairman of the evening. Mrs. Kath,
crime Worcester, of Atlantic City,
opened the meeting by singing the of
fetal Liberty Loan song, What are
you going to do to help the boys?",
and the choir sang the chorus. Mrs.
Worcester has a thrilling contralto
voice and won very hearty applause.
The chairman then announced that
Master Robert Willis Hodgman would
speak and before the audience had
time to realize what he had said, a
very diminutive fair-haired boy dress
ed in a naval uniform came out from
the wing. He was very, very small,
not much more than a baby, but he
stood in front of his audience b~ravely,
and made a funny little side salute
and then he spoke. Buy a Bond, he
said, and instead of a tiny childish
treble the audience heard a voice so
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
YOUNG WIFE GETS MUDDLED.
CALLS HUBBY TO RESCUE

One of Personalities young ma
irons had an exciting experience in
Philadelphia this week. So exciting
was it that she mistook her direction,
and after considerable travelling found
herself in West Philadelphia, when
she expected to be at Market Street
wharf. After getting the right direc.
ton, she landed at the wharf two min
utes late and became so upset that
she telephoned to hubby to come and
bring her home. Maybe she will have
better luck. next time.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
INTERESTING SESSION OF
SOCIETY is PROMISED

A meeting of the Atlantic County
Historical Society will be held at the
home of Mrs. Charles E. Ulmer, 1905
Ventnor avenue, Atlantic City, on Fri
day evening, April Goth.
Among the papers to be read will
be one by Mrs. Charles E. Ulmer on
the "Old Smith Hotel" of Smithville,
n by Mrs. Lewis H. Smith on THE
Life and Voyages of Capt. Samuel
E%ndicott"; and a letter from General
Bell on the old Bell family of Chest
nut Neck, written to Miss Laura
Adams will be read by Miss Adams.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
TRACK.

The H. S. relay team is getting in
shape in order to make a good show.
ing at the Penn relays this year. An
informal track meet was held Thurs
day for the purpose >of securing the
names of the best contestants for the
meet, which will be held again this
year in Hammonton, May 18th. H. S.
has two legs on the cup. Victory
again this year would mean perma,
nent possession of the Hammonton
cup.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
LOCAL OPTION ELECTION
TO BE HELD MAY 81

City Council me in special session
Thursday evening, at the call of the
Clerk, all members being present, to
hear any objections that might be of
fered against the petition, signed by
9S6 voters, requesting a special cleo.
ton on the liquor question, and to set
a date for same.
No objections were heard, and there
being the required number of sigma
lures, Council set Tuesday, May 81,
as the date for the special election.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE FLAG!

In order that everyone may be able
to see how the Liberty Loan drive is
progressing in Pleasantville, a pole
has been erected on the Post Office
square OF which Mr.. Mark Fritsch,
Jr., will paint from day to day the
amount pledged. Opposite the am
cunt a flag will fly and as the figures
climb so will the flag until the day
comes when it will be raised in tri-
umph to the very top. May every one
be able to say that he has helped to
put it there.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Franklin and Verona Avenues.

Service tomorrow, the Third Sun
day after Easter, as follows:
II a. m, Morning Prayer and Ser
mon upon the subject, 1.-The True
Light"
IL m, Sunday School.
7.30 p. M, Evening Prayer and Ser
mon, subject THE Sorrow of Gods
Saints" Miss Vena Haskell will
sing a solo at this service.
Both the morning and evening servi-
ces are bright and interesting, and last
but one hour each.
You are most cordially invited to at
tend.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REFLECTS DIR. WIN. WHITNEY.

A special meeting of the Board of
Education of Pleasantville was held
on April s with Messrs. Stiles, Thomp-
son and Penhallow present.
DR.. William Whitney was unani-
mously reelected Superintendent of
Schools for the term 1888 at a sal
airy of $500.
1t was ordered that a check for SIS
be drawn in favor of Sherwood Risley
as manager of the Pleasantville Base
ball Club for rental of the athletic
field for the year 1917.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20

The Acme sc, 10c and over Csc
Store the opening at their
new location, Is S. Main Street,
Pleasantville, today Saturday. The
opening will be celebrated with a
special sale each day for a week. They
will give the public many bargains.
and it will pay you to watch their
windows and special displays for good
things. Remember the place-15 s.
Main Stand visit their store today,
each day next week, and regularly
thereafter. adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
BASEB BALL.

H. S. will play Hammonton H. S.
to-day Saturday, 3.15 p. M. at the
~Pleasantville Baseball Park. The
game scheduled last week had to be
cancelled on account of wet grounds.
Support the team in order that we
may have at least one bail team in
Pleasantville. General admission ten
cents.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
A PRIZE OF $50.

A prize of a $50 Liberty Bond will
be given by Postmaster Obert to the
individual person in P%leasantville who
sells or turns in the highest amount
in Liberty Bonds during the drive
ending May 9th. Report to either
the Mems or Women's Committee.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
DOUBLE SILVER MEDAL CONTEST

The young members OF the Y. P. B.
will give their music and auditory
contest on Tuesday, April 80, in Yves
ley NJ. E. Church. This is the last
auditory silver medal contest of the
series. before the gold medal contest
takes place. Thus each participant is
one to participate in the latter.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
Wesley M. E. Church Activities
Rev. Dewitt C. Cobb, Pastor.
Sunday services as follows:

Sunday services as follows:
$50 A. NJ, Glass.
1870 A. NJ, preaching by the pastor
on the theme THE Master Potter and
the MARRIED Vessel" Sermonette to
the children.
23p P. NJ, Sunday School; classes
for all.
$50 P. NJ, Epworth League.
80 p. M, More of that grand SER
vice of song, followed by a stirring
sermon. on 1.-The Unheeded Signal
Tragedy"
Wednesday, 7.45 P. NJ, Prayer Meet
ing, conducted by the pastor; the Ep-
worth Choir in charge of the singing.
All members urged to attend.
Friday, 7.45 P. NJ, Holiness Glass.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
Come to the Rummaee Sale.

Did you ever attend a Rummage
Sale? If not, now is the very oppor-
tunity you have been looking for. The
Ladies Aid is going to hold their in
itial affair of this kind in the store
room of Elwood C. Weeks, adjoining
the Reading Railroad, on Friday and
Saturday, April 26 and 81. Have you
~"rummaged" to the limit and turned
ove your discoveries to the Aid wo-
men? Yes? Well it is just possible
that there may be on sale just the
little article you have been wishing
for. Attend the sale anyhow, and see
what a collection of articles has been
gotten together. Tell your neighbor
about it so he or she may come along
too. Remember, the Aid needs money
badly and you may help them in this
way.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
Keep Up Interest, Men !

1t was pleasing to note the increas-
ed attendance at the Mems Bible Glass
session last Sunday afternoon. In
terest had begun to lag, but it is the
hope of those deeply interested in this
organization that it is now safely on
its upward march and that soon the
classroom will be taxed to hold the
men. Anyone who desires to meet
with US will be cordially welcomed.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety was entertained by Mrs. Jesse
Bowen Wednesday afternoon. The
lesson was ably and interestingly pre-
scented by Mrs. Winfield Adams. 1t
was decided to hold the semi-annua1
Mite Box Opening Tuesday evening,
May 7, at the home of Mrs. Levin,
on Lorraine avenue
The Queen Esther Circle held their
monthly meeting Monday night at the
home of Miss Pearl Stafford. A very
pleasant social evening was spent in
games, music, listening to the phono-
graph. Rev. D. c. Cobb and Mrs.
Cobb each gave an interesting talk
to the Society. Delicious refresh
ments were served.
District Superintendent Rev. F. A.
DeMaris will conduct the First Quar-
terly Conference Tuesday evening,
April %, when he will expect a full
report from all departments of the
Church. The entire Official Board is
expected to be present.
The Sunday School is preparing to
hold Rally Day on Sunday, May 5.
Arrangements are being perfected for
rendering a most enjoyable program.
More complete announcement will be
made later.
The large congregation Sunday
night was treated to some splendid
music. This is a feature of the eve
ming service and all music lovers
should come hear it.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20
ANOTHER STANZA
FOR "AMERICA."

Our country tits from thee
We send our boys so free,
Heroes to hail!
France needs help today
The tyrant's hand to stay,
And shall we ever say
Right must prevail.
Florence M. Pierpont.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20

Don't fail to read The Pleasantville
Press. 1t gives your home news.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20

PHOTOGRAPHS. - Anything - Any
where. Max n. kirscht. 8 N. Main ST
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20

ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING.
Max n. kirscht, 8 NJ. Main Street.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-20

The large congregation Sunday
night was treated to some splendid
music. This is a feature of the eve
ming service and all music lovers
should come hear it.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28


receive the of enamel which will
canton flannel
down the side which the door hinged
largeheaded
the hooks the of the
material envep the place where
extend down
form wicks that dip into the
The dimensions
household efficient
follow strictly
height
homes where of milk
would
It
build
operation simple the construction The should
filled
wks and the takes
refrigerator thereby
inside Capillary readily
first dampend by throwing
a
the evaporation takes place continuously rapidly
reduced
refrigerator will
be capillary
ton when the air again becomes drier
used each week and the soiled washed and summed
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28
GO TO Church Times.

The pastors of Columbia and vicin
fly extend cordial welcome to all.
Presbyterian church, Rev. B. T.
Watson Pastor.
Sunday-School 9:45 a. m.
Congregational Woaship IL a. m.
Evening Service at p. m. on every
second and fourth Sundays.
Prayer service Wednesday evening
at $50. Sunday-school topic discuss
ed.
Preaching at Union lst and 3rd
Sabbaths.
METHODIST CHURCH.
L. F. Piercey, Pastor.
Preaching lst and 3rd Sunday in
each month.
Sunday School at $50 a. N.
Epworth Leage 6:15.p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at $50.
Everybody cordially invited to these
services.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Preaching on each nnrst and third
Sunday.
Morning service IL o'clock.
Eveninglservice O'Clock
Sunday School $50
B. Y.P. U. evening Clio
Prayer meeting, Wednesday even
ing $50
Business meeting Wednesday even
ing before the 3rd Sunday in each
month";
Missionary Society, the last Thurs
day in each month, 800 O'Clock.
f. H. Durham, Supt. S, s.
o. P. Bush, Pastor,
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Bible School every Sunday at $50 a.
m. e.
Judge Hancock, Superintendent.
Preaching service at IL a. m. and
500 D. m. on Second and Fourth Sun
days.
Prayer meeting each Wednesday
eveningiat 500.
Official meeting Friday night be
fore the fourth Sunday in each month.
Woman's Missionary Society, the
first Sunday in each month at 2:45 p
m.
Mission Band the first Sunday
each month at p. m.
Ladies Aid Society Thursday after
second Sunday at 800 p. m.
2. T. Williams, Pastor.
G. r. Reed, Sect.
Ray Conover, Tres
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28
Traumatic Shock, Harvard
Medical Expert Finds Far
Most Deadly in Trenches

Men rarely die of shell shock but
10000 a year in the English and
French armies alone as q result of q
far more deadly form of shock-trau-
matte shock, says the Atlantic
Monthly. In fact, the latter is usu-
ally fatal when skilled assistance is
not at hand. DR.. William T. Porter
Of the Harvard medical school has
been sent into the front line trenches
in France to study this strange enemy
in action. Traumatic shock, he found,
usually follows a serious fracture of
a major bone like the hip bone or
multiple wounds through the sub-cu-
taneous fat layer.
BY experimenting with injecting
olive oil into the veins of a cat DIR.
Porter developed symptoms identical
with those appearing in cases of
traumatic shock, confirming his belief
that fatty globules are released into
the veins by certain wounds and these
gradually clog up the hairlike capil-
ldIIcS VI Tie UIdlu uulil ClrCuldllOu
ceases. Then began an interesting Sc
ries of experiments in the front line
trenches in which DR.. Porter tried the
experiment of giving carbon dioXide
to freshly wounded men to prevent
shock. The pOilus were delighted
with his tests and crowded around
eagerly to watch the operation.
All of these details, together with
many keen and humorous reactions
of a trained observer in the war zone,
are set down in DR.. Porter's recently
published little book, "Shock at the
Front" In fact, one well known
critic insists that the book, far from
being a mere medical treatise, is
rather "a glimpse of the war done in
sharp stroke by a physician who has
as pretty a technic with the pen as
with the scalpel."
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28
the following described property, to-

the following described property, to-
wit:
Two certain tracts of land lying iug'
Adair County, KY, on the the waters
of Petits Fork Creek. The first iyaet,
ontains abount 73i acres and IS
known as the w. l.. Stotts farm. and
lies on the Columbia and Burr sVille
road about Al miles South West o.
Columbia, adjoins the Josiah Hunter
Land and the Jack Stotts Land. The,
second tract contains about Is acres.
this tract is in timber and has been
used to furnish wood for the iHsr,
tract. 1t is in what is known as the
fat woods section and about one aB65
one half miles from the first tract.
For more complete description sass-
ence is made to the Judgment, P3ssd-
ings and order of sale.
1 will first offer the two tracts
separately, and then as whole, ands
will accept the bid or bids that bring.
most money. For the purchase priee;.
the purchaser with approved surety
or securities, must execute BSnH,
bearing legal interest from the day o. /.
sale until paid and having the 1a1es
and effect of Judgment. Bid6ers1
will be prepared to comply pr omptlya
with these terms.
W. A. Coffey Master Commissioner
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28
Keeping Books Aids Farmer
in Ascertaining What Part
of Living Comes From Farm

By the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
How many people know just what
it costs them to live? Such informa-
ton is extremely valuable, especially
if the makeup of the cost is known,
both as to money cost and the other
factors. To the farmer such data
should prove valuable, indeed, espe-
cially in determining what part of his
living comes from the farm.
If the accounts have been complete
ly kept, the household expenses are
easily assembled from the cash rec
ord, inventory and record of supplies
used. Nothing in the realm of figures
is more likely to astonish the average
farm family than summary Of the
household costs. The farm furnishes
the family house to live in, milk,
butter, cream, eggs, pork, fowls, fuel,
vegetables and fruit, and often a great
many other things. Yet the farmer
often does not think Of all these I'M
less they are set before him. If he
breaks even on the year he is likely
to think there is no profit in the bust
ness when, in fact, he may have been
living much better than the average
city business man Of like education
attachments and capital.
All these things may have to be
seen to be believed, but well-kepi
set Of records, by adequate handling
can be made to show them.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28
Homemade lceless Refrigerators
Food Can Be Kept Cool in This inexpensive and
Easily Constructed Convenience

Where ice is obanabe refrigerator
useful
butter a
A wooden frame
brass hinges fastened
id,
be made solid
at
desired intervals breadbakng
and the a
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28

type. The French had never seen
any like it. l helped carry it in.
Three of our men were wounded
by my side and l didn't get a
scratch. One of them died this
morning. A sharpnel did it all
at the same time. 1t covered
me up with dirt and quite a
shock. / will close. | wrote
you the other day. Love to you
all. your son,
]. F. McDermott,
Co. H., 1873 Inf. A. E. F., via
N. Y.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

ADAIR CIRCUIT COURT
OF KENTUCKY.
H. K. Taylor Statutory Gdn, of
Dallas StottS Plaintiff,
VS.
Dallas Stotts Defendant,
By virture of a Judgment and Order
of Sale of Adair Circuit Court, render
ed at the July Term, thereof, 1918, in
the above cause, I shall proceed to
offer for sale at the Courthouse door
in Columbia, KY, to the highest bid
der, at Public Auction, on Monday the
second day Of Sept. 1909 at one O'Clock
p. M. or thereabout (being County
Ccurt,) upon a credit of six months
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28


too strong on that
t ak about it
wasn't money we
were suing for,
but the principle
Of the thing"
"Why so?"
"The jury saw il
in that light, evil
IDENTIFY. Gave us
eight cents dam
ages"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28

The following are copies of
letters written by a soldier boy
in France to his mother at
Evansville, Ky.
Somewhere in France,
July l, 1918.
Mrs. Lizzie McDermott,
Dear MOTHER
l Will try and write you this
afternoon. | am well and hope
this will find you all the same.
Well, mother, l am in the front
lines now, and have been for a
week or so. l feel fine and it is
not so bad as you hear it is.
Well, Mamma you know l never
liked the thought of war, but I
have been drilling awful, awful
hard and carrying some heavy
packs on my back and I said
that if ever got a chance at a
German, / would make him pay
for this hard work, and I feel
pretty proud of myself, as l was
the first one in Co., H. and the
first one in the Reg. to cause a
German to 60 into dreamland.
On June 26, at 4::3O in the morn
ing, / was on Post No. /, on lis
ten Post. saw a Germ an
coming up on the top of his
trench. / was only seventy
yards away, so l leveled on him
and he signed up his checks.
The Captain offered $500 for
the first one to get a Boche, so
l was the lucky one. So you
can tell all the people at Manns-
vile, that / have made one shot
on the firing line and got me one.
think / was lucky to be the
first one out of twenty-five or
thirty thousand to get a Boche.
So don't worry about me. / will
be out on rest in a week or so.
Has Hascal or Charlie gone to
camp yet or not. l havn't heard
from you or Hascal or anyone
yet, since crossed oyer. Well,
mother it is awful cold here in
the place where / am. 1t snow.
ed here on June %. l have seen
those big shells burst I a mile
away. We are living in dugouts
and have to have a candle to see
Well mother l will close, answer
soon, as l want to hear from you
all. With love to you all, from
your son,
J. F. McDermott,
Co, H., 1873 Inf. A. E. F., via
N. Y.
Dear Mother
I will try to write you a few
lines this afternoon. Well,
mother, l will try to tell you
about our raid last night. Co.
H., went over the top into No
Mans Land, into the Germans
second line trenches and cap
tured prisoners and l don't know
how many were killed. I think
the Artillery was sure the devil
on the German trenches. When
! we went over the top we were
facing machine guns, shooting
1900 times a minute. can't see
how we passed through it, but
we would just run and fall into
big shell holes and then get up
and run again through hand
grenades. We all tore our trou-
sers almost off and got a new
pair this afternoon. They say
lit was the most daring raid that
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-08-28
SMILES FOR ALL

Not a Thing.
''The youngsters think they're smart
with their new dances"
swell, Uncle Josh?"
It'll admit they do give you a good
excuse for hugging girl, but at that
they amt got nothing on the old-fash-
Toned kissing games"