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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-14

thankfully received by the Red Cross
enthusiasts and will assist materially
in helping finance the enterprising ac-
~tivities of the Absecon Red Cross
Auxiliary.
Freebooter Edwin Robinson and
Councilman Fred H. Henry, of the
First Ward, and Freebooter F. Fraley
Doughty, of the Second Ward, have
filed their petitions with City Clerk
Johnson for nomination at the primary
election this month as successors to
themselves in the Offices named. There
are a number of municipal vacancies
this fall, but up to this time there
seems to be a dearth of candidates.
The Absecon Art Club members
were guests of Mrs. James B. Town
send at Longport last Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Phineas billiard and daughter
returned to their home at Manahaw-
kin last week after spending several
days with relatives here.
William Estel Lee, aged Sc. died
last Tuesday at his home in Middle
town, Del, where he had been living
for II years. The funeral was held
there on Friday, Sept. 10. Captain
Lee, who for many years was engaged
in the coasting trade, conducted the
feed and flour mill opposite the Abse-
con Station for several years previous
to his departure from here. In Sep
TENDER, 1906, his first wife, Mary Bell
Cordery, of Absecon, died. Soon af-
terward he went down in Delaware
and settled at the place where he died.
While a resident at Middletown he
was engaged in the real estate bust
ness. He married the second time, his
last wife being a well-to-do matron
of the latter place. She survives him,
together with three sons and two
daughters by his first marriage. He
leaves a brother, who lives at Wash
ington, D. c., a sister at Atlantic City,
and another at Island Heights. N. J..
A number of his cousins live here and
down the shore. His first wife was
buried in the Absecon NJ. E. Cemetery.
The cause of Capt. Lees death has
not been learned by local relatives.
w. C. T. U. Convention at Absecon.
The fall convention of the Atlantic
County Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will be held in the Abse-
con NJ. E. Church during the morning,
afternoon and evening of Thursday,
Sept. 26. During the morning and af-
ternoon the devotional, inspirational,
instructive, statistical and reportorial
periods will be held while at night
la patriotic, temperance platform meet
ing will be the attraction. Prominent
speakers will address the audience at
night and special musical selections
will be rendered. Songs containing
patriotic and temperance sentiments
will be sung. Representative visiting
delegations from the numerous unions
throughout the county are anticipated.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the en-
tertaining church will provide both
dinner and supper in the chapel. Din
ner will be served at so cents a plate
while 35 cents will be charged for the
evening meal.
Set aside Sept. 26 for a visit to Alb
secon Come yourself; tell your
friends and interested ones and bring
them with you. Come, help and be
helped and enjoy a profitable day to-
gether.
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in his automobile and when he started
his itinerary had not been completed
although he had several points of des-
tination in mind.
Mrs. Towers Townsend is expected
home the last of this week from Della
ware Water Gap, where she has been
enjoying herself for three weeks.
Mrs. May Townsend received two
letters last Saturday and one on Tues
day from her son Edmund, in France.
He writes that he had been gassed,
but has nearly recovered. He took
part in the great drive the middle of
July and witnessed great doings, he
says, when he saw the Allies capture
and kill many Germans, and take vast
stores of munitions, heavy cannon,
machine guns and much valuable war
material. His Cadillac car which was
partly destroyed by a bomb two
months ago has been repaired and re-
built, but he is now taking the ofic-
ers around in a new machine, a Cadil-
lac enclosed car.
The Mite Society of the Presbyteri-
an Church met at the residence of
Mrs. M. NJ. Townsend last Tuesday
evening.
When the so Red Cross banks were
collected in town last week and open
ed it was founud they contained the
pleasing total of $49.67, which will be
used to further carry on the work of
the local auxiliary. Had the one bank
not been stolen from the Cattani bar
bershop, which it is estimated con
tanned from three to foul dollars, the
sum total would have exceeded $50,
but the collections in hand were
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Mrs. Carolus and daughter spent
friday with friends in Ventnor.
Mrs. Carolyn Smith has sold her
dodge touring car to Charles Risley
lat Pleasantville.
Absecon is again without a black
emith, Mr.. Campbell having closed
last week the Church street shop
/ which he conducted during the sum-
mer. He has returned to Philadelphia.
DR.. E. H. Madden visited numerous
1 towns in Cape May County last Tues
day.
While walking on Pitney avenue
early one morning last week Josiah
Smith, of North Absecon, was knock
ed down by an automobile belonging
to Mr.. Burns, of Absecon Highlands,
Mr.. Smith alleges. He was struck by
the fender of the car which came in
contact with his ribs. Mr.. Smith was
thrown to the ground and his glasses
were smashed, but he was able to re-
gain his feet and proceed on his way.
The accident happened neal Thomas
Diapers.
Miss Sara Mathis, who went to Car
ney's Point last week to begin teach
ing in the public school, is making
her home with Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel e.
Steelman, formerly of Absecon, who
live two blocks from the school.
Mfr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, ST., are
having an improved hot air heating
system installed in their Ohio venue
residence.
In the absence of labor to do the
work, Rev. C. M. Johnston has tackled
the job of cleaning the Absecon M. E.
Cemetery. He has been moving the
lots and yard this week and remov
ing the rank growth of weeds and
grass. He has made good progress
and a clean sweep of everything in
his path. The transformation is very
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of Philadelphia, are spending their fall
vacation at their North Absecon home.
Mr.. BROMLEY, who holds a trustwor-
thy position in the ~tent-making depart
ment at the Schuykill Arsenal, will
s~ojourn here two weeks, while Mrs.
BROMLEY is planning to remain sever
al weeks longer.
Mr.. and Mrs. BROMLEY are enter
tanning their sister-in-law and neice,
Mrs. r. Wesley BROMLEY and Mrs.
William G. BROMLEY, of Baltimore,
who, also are enjoying their half
months rest period here.
Raymond Ludlow, who passed the
summer at Mrs. May Townsend's
while working at the Amatol Loading
Plant, returned last week to the home
of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. w. S.
Ludlow, at Keansburg, N. j., for a
brief stay before resuming his studies
at Lehigh University.
Joseph Price and family, who have
been occupying the Strang dwelling
on New Jersey avenue for several
years, moved to Atlantic City last
Monday.
Miss Clara Conover, Of Absecon,
and Miss Elizabeth Conover, of Con-
overtown, have returned to the Tren-
ton Normal School to complete their
teacher training course.
After spending the summer with
her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Simms, at Ocean City, Miss Leira Con-
over returned to Camden and assum-
ed on Monday her position as teacher
in one of the public schools.
Harry V. Miller left on Monday on
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Somers Point

The Somers Point W C. T. Z. held
its annual election of officers at the
home of Mrs. Jas. Scull. corner New
York Ave. and Boulevard, Wednesday
afternoon, Sept. 18th. The following
officers were elected:
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Charter No. 1o.s23. Reserve District No .
Report of Condition of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ABSECON

OF ABSECON
at Absecon
in the State of New Jersey,
at the close of business August 81, 1918.
RESOURCES.
Roans and discounts. .$1o5, S99.10
U. S. bonds (other
than Liberty Bonds,
but including U. S.
certificates of in
! debtedness)
G. S bonds and certificates of in
Indebtedness owned and unpledg-
Liberty Loan bonds:
Liberty Loan Bonds, 3h, 4,
and Az per cent, unpledged.. 13,950.00
4 Bonds, securities, etc. (other
Y than U. 81
Bonds (other than U.
! S. bonds) pledged to
secure U. S. depos-
ecurities other than
U. S. bonds (not in
GLIDING stocks) own
| ed unpledged 49,. IL ,463.75
mCotal bonds, securi-
ties, etc., other
hn u. 21,463. rs
30 per cent Of subscription5.. $4,000
hiture and fixtures. ........ 1000 90
rvs Bank 10, 1s2.5s
ne from national banks 14,e79.es
amount due from banks,
ankers, and trust companies
Their than included in Items
3 and Is 3,601.35
,otal of Items Is and 16s
cks on banks located outside
city or town of reporting
k and other cash ITEMS. 4o5.6
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ktal stock paid in.
lus fund
yvided profits $4,000
current expenses,
terest, and taxes
I'D .............. e33.76
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LIABILITIES

AL1os
ktal stock paid in. ......... $25, 900. 90
lus fund ............... 100000
current expenses,
terest, and taxes
Ia .'.'......... $3.50 10000
est and discount collected or
dited, in advance of maturi-
and not earned (approxi-
Rate) 1,4O4.15
Fued 5000
kank deposits) subject to Re-
rye deposits payable with
X 113,475.59
led checks 107.47
Hers checks outstanding. 49,. 20.So
her demand deposits. ......., 1906
Total of demand deposits (other
than bank d~eposits) subject
to Reserve, Items "a, SO,
81 and Al. .$113, 621.92
Time deposits subject to Re-
serve payable after 80 days,
or subject to 80 days or
more notice. and postal saw
ings):
ertineates of deposit (other than
for borrowed money! ....... 10000
Yther time deposits ........... 45,212.16
Total of time deposits subject
to Reserve, Items AZ and 45,
$45,712.16
United States deposits (other
than postal savings)
War loan deposit account. ...... 3,1S7.5O
other than those above
stated 24.oO
Total .$194,5 31.99
State of New Jersey, County of Atlantic, SIS
I, Raymond S. Stevenson, Cashier of the
bank. do %solemnly swear that
.he above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
RAYMOND s. STEVENSON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me Thu
9TH day of September, 1918.
HOWARD A. PAYNE,
,Sea) Justice of the Peace.
Correct-Attest:
HARRY MATTSON,
F. FRALEY DOUGHTY,
w. +. DAVIS.
Directors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-28
ANSWERS eyN7t,1A GREW

Dear Miss Grey: I would like
to ask you about a young man
who came from Germany a few
years ago. He took out his first
citizenship papers, bought
Liberty bond, joined the Red
Cross and did everything he
could to help this government.
He was working at the ship
yard little over a year when
the other day they informed
him he could not work any
longer unless he obtained a per-
nit. The time-keeper told him
to go and see the U. S. attorney
but that did no good.
Everyone in the yard liked
him, even his foreman hated to
see him leave. Now this young
man is loafing the streets with
many more I presume. l think
this is . very bad thing to have
our German people loafing If
they are good citizens.
Now can this man get a per-
nit to work? The foreman told
him he would help him il he
could and all the fellows work.
ing with him will help him.,
SHIPYARD EMPLOYE.
II the foreman over this mar
will take the matter up with the
United States district attorney
am sure he can get q permit fol-
him to return to his former en-
ployment. II not, the officials al
the immigration bureau. might
have some influence.
This system does seem unjust tc
those who are loyal to this gov
eminent unless they stop to con
slider the German spy system being
unearthed all over the United
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Your Income Tax

Q.-What would happen should
a taxpayer render false or fraud
ulent return with intent to evade
la proper payment of income tax?
A. He would become liable to an
additional tax of 100 per cent and
to q fine of not to exceed $1,000
or one years imprisonment, Or
both, In the discretion of the court
and to the costs Of prosecution.
Q-May a husband an wife,
living together, and each receiv-
ing an Independent income, rem
der separate returns? A. Yes. If
the husband and wife each re-
ceive an independent income equal
to or i'm excess of 1000, separate
returns may be rendered. II, how
ever the income of either is less
than $1,000. but their combined
income equals or exceeds 81, 900,
a joint return should be rendered.
Of a husband and wife rem
der a joint return, is the addition
al tax assessed against that re-
turn based upon the aggregate
amount Of income shown? A. The
normal income tax will be assess
ed against the aggregate amount
reported by the husband and wife
whether a joint or separate return
Is rendered, but the additional in
come taxes are only assessed
against the separate income Of
each.
On case a person has build
Ing and loan stock payable
monthly-if this money is lief.
until it natures and future pay
ments are made the interest would
be about or 8 per cent; but In
case 1t would be necessary to draw
out this money before it natures
1t would be necessary to pay men,
bership fee Of 50 and the interest
would be considerably less. How
would you figure this? AIN.
terest accrued to you during 1917
must be included i'm your income
tax return
Q.-Ts interest on a mortgage
on a house to be deducted? A.
~ OiiC hhtCICot COlutS III, Ill., III
You pay It out, yes.
Of / SCH house what por-
ton DIS to be taxed-the interest
get, or both interest and cash I
receive? A. All profits made by
you on the sale are to be taxed.
Off 1 enter into a contract in
1917 which will not be completed
until 1918, and which requires me
to make expenditures for material
and labor, provide for possible
losses, etc., must / include the adj
vance payments I receive in 1917
in my return for that year?
A.-No. As you are unable to
determine what amount OF gain
or profit you will derive from
the contract until il is completed,
the payments received thereon
during 1917 need not be includ-
ed in your return for that year.
When the contract is completed
the net gain or profit derived
therefrOm should be reported
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Dear Miss Grey: Answer
ing the young lady who COM
plains about her young gentle
man friend not taking her to
a big show
Will you take in considera-
ton that: This young fellow
may not be making a large
salary, and when everything is
so high he has to help his
folks out, and If not, he has to
pay $15 a week to live?
From your complaint I take
it you are about 16 and should
not be going farther unchap-
eroned than to the moving
picture show around the cor
ner."
I'll put myself in that fell
lows place, now listen: Has
to be on the way and work at
least nine and a half hours q
day. Works hard, and does
not want to go out nights be-
cause he needs the rest. He is
at work an hour before you are
informed you will have to arise
or miss your car. So think a
little and see yourself looking
at yourself and leave the fell
low alone il you do not feel
satisfied with him, he can get
along without you yet, and il
you want to get life partner,
keep an eye on the fellow who
watches the dimes, and you will
never need. / know a fellow
who was like this and he has a
home and paid for, I have
debts to pay for.
Give me your opinion now.
SQUARE DEAL"
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How About 1t, Mr.. Man

1t is claimed there are 10000 carloads of NUM-
tons and supplies awaiting shipment at Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newport News
and Norfolk. OF this vast amount, 10000 are for
Pershing and for the British, French and Italian
governments
The condition at New York is typical of the other
Atlantic ports. The New York situation is congest-
ed freight by carload lots is like this:
.sOR PERSHING: ITO loads of freight in cars,
128 on piers, and 1873 on the ground
FOR GREAT BRITAIN: $50 on cars, 241 on
piers, and 372 on the ground
FOR FRANCE 1910 on cars, 615 on piers, and
6734 on the ground.
FOR RUSSIA: "a on cars, 200 on piers, and 1893
on the ground.
q FOR ITALY: 13 on cars and 16O on piers
American commercial freight: 1850 on cars, 1928
ON piers, and 2130 on the ground.
These figures do not at all show the congestion of
freight, back inland, but read them over twice. at
least Then, ask yourself if you are ready to make
some sacrifice of profits or wages to save the coal
that wanting to drive ships out Of Atlantic ports
fo Pershing and the others.
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Painless Parker---Outlau
His Confessions.

professional abunlx- and xaturatlug
his system with the nonsense which
In taught I'm medical, dental and law
colleges and even I'm many theoIOg-
ical seminaries. He might be saved
even at this stage, n he didn't bury
himself In the stuffy atmosphere Of
hts professional societies, befuddIc
his think tank with the jargon of
the Medicine Man, ape the Witch
Doctor and waIlOw around in the
narrowing circle Of ethical prac-
fitiOners who thrive on mystery.
magic and mOOnshine. And even
then he might have q finnI chance
II he had the courage to break away
from the rest OF the gnng and pIny
his own game in n straig hit forward
way, according to the dictates Of
his own conscience.
But, once start q young man on
this path, and II n generally hope
less to transform him into anything
except the Snug. p0mpous parsonage
who lives only to charge big fees for
big talk and move about in the
"better circles" of professional prac-
tfce.
just think of IL, An ordinary iour-
neymnn tooth-tinker getting uS
chesty ms that on no pair! wouldn't
IL scnid yous Imagine my moIsr-
mechanic taking himself and his
Job 80 seriously that he acfusIIy
believes he's been hoistcd into n
.ofuer caste than Just common folks,
II II to Euffaw.
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Matters Not At All

'What do you think will be the effect on the Ger
man minds where they read of the fuel orders?"
asks Senator Lodge.
1t does not take professor of psychology to
read the German mind The German mind is for
war and anything indicating that the opposition is
hard-pressed produces German mental exuberance
This of the average German mind. The mind Of the
German autocrat is another thing. That we close
Offices stores and factories for any purpose is our
earnest, in the German autocrat's mind, that we're
at something for all that's in us.
But why worry about any sort of German mindf
The Germans cannot fight any harder than they
are doing.
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This is Victor Morgan,
editor of The Cleveland
Press who has just return
ed from spending many
weeks on the German
frontier where he learned
many startling and infor-
native things about in
side conditions in Ger
many today. His articles
will appear daily in The
Times. You, as a patriotic
American, will want to
read all of them.
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=0OC16fV.=

ess for tho next meeting OF the
chapter G. P. e. o. society. at her
home, 2501 North Washington
street She will be assisted by her
daughter. Mrs. Charles Mason.
Announcement Of the engage
ment of Miss Ruth Hodge OF Sa-
lem, Ore, and Paul Todd. son OF
Rev. Todd of the G. p. g., has
Just been made. The engagement
is the result Of a romance when
they were attending college at the
Willamette University.
The s. 8. s. dancing club will
hold the third of its series at Lin
coin dancing academy Wednesday
evening, Feb. 6.
The South Side charity club will
meet Friday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. K. Morton, 3114 North
l 9th street.
The literary department Of the
Woman's club will meet Friday
afternoon at the Woman's club
house.
Miss Allie Jean McVtttie and
George Parkinson were married
"Wednesday evening at the Trinity
Episcopal church DIN the presence
Of large number Of friends and
relatives. After the ceremony
they left for short honeymoon
trip, after which they will be at
home in a cosy bungalow here in
Tacoma.
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FOR
HEADACHE, COLDS,
LIVER, BOWELS
Enjoy life! Don't stay bill
ious, sick, headachy and
constipated.
Get rid of bad breath, sour
stomach, coated tongue,
Indigestion
Get a 10-cent box now.

They're fine! Cascarets liven
your liver, clean your thirty feet
of bowels and sweeten your stom-
ach. You eat one OF two like
candy, before going to bed and in
the morning your head IL clear.
tongue is clean, stomach sweet.
breath right and cold gone Get
n box from your druggist and en-
Joy the incest, gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever expert
encsd. Cascarets stop sick hear
ache, biliousness indigestion, bad
breath ami constipation.
Mothers should give . whole
Cascaret to cross, bilious, sick,
feverish children any time. They
are harmless and never grippe or
sicken.
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I3Saa;|;| I3sll Az |3;|;S7ks;
Man. The Fool

. With what cheek burning and sheepishness do
most of look back thru old files and scrapbooks,
upon "poems" which we contributed in our high
school days to the high school magazine! Unaided
memory may perhaps bring them back to us as the
equal of the best work of Kipng or Grantland Rice,
sbut when we actually read them once more on the
printed page with what incendiary thoughts are we
filledl
Perhaps high school verse is improving. For in
stance, in this months Tahoma Stadium high
school organ appears the following, entitled Man."
by AL Merritt, 10, which, submit most any of us
would be proud to recognize 20 years after as our
OWL boyhood composition.
He's only her bills
Pay her hats and frocks and frls;
to take and fro
Whenever she thinks she wants to
To call for her when the bridge games done;
sympathize with grief and fun.
A something to tell her troubles to-
To cheer her when she thinks shes blue.
To take, but give, advice;
To that her horror Of hats looks nice
To post her letters and wind the clock.
And hook the back Of her modsh frock.
To strap her suitcase and find her gloves,
And listen to tales of her od-tme loves
In fact, to do all she ask
And mans such fool he loves the task.
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CHAPTER LIV.

Just ms there
In a good md
sufficient cause
why q fossil
stegocephaius
hns turned to
NstOne, 80 there
In equally good
reason why the
"ethicsl" practi-
tiOner's gray
matter comes TO
contain such an
excess of That
calccreOus mat
ter known In
common parianee
as bone
1t didn't lust
happen so. There
was q pathetic
train of events
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under GROSS INCOME in your
return rendered for the year
1913.
Q.-I rent farm on shares.
When Is my share Of the crops
and stock to be taken into con-
sideration? A.-Only for the
year in which sold.
Q.-Is farmer required to
report the value of the farm pro-
duce which is consumed by him
self and family? A.-NO, but
any amount of expense incurred
in producing garden truck, or
other products so consumed,
cannot be claimed as q deduction.
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1t will be well to closely observe the affairs of
'Runania
The bolsheviH have threatened the arrest of her
liking and sending her utimatums threatening to
beat her up. The trouble is mainly due to Ruma-
nian authorities arresting Austrian officers passing
thru her territory and to hesitation about giving
Russian deserters free passage thru Jassy, tenn
porary capital of Rumania, and the whole affair is
sat very dangerous stage
Rumania joined the allies thru honorable inspira-
ton. She has fought Loyalty and suffered greatly.
Will the allies desert her if the bosheviki forces at
tack her? If allied forces beat off the bolsheviki
from Rumania, will the latter turn to Austria and
sGermany for aidf
There surely are some possibilities, down in that
little corner of the Balkans, that are loaded with
worry.
Camp officials discovery lawyers
sraf in Tacoma What? Lawyers graft? And spotless
fown?-Seattle Star.