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The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
SUBSCRIPTION SI.5O A YEAR
PedricktOwn PenciIings
Interesting Items From 0ldndns
Township

Mrs. John c. Gaventa has had an
operation Of the nose performed in a
Philadelphia hospital during the past
week. Mrs. William Fleming spent
part of the time with her while in the
hospital.
Oscar Hunt, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Hunt, who has lad twelve
months overseas service as chief yeo-
man, was discharged on Monday and
has resumed his former position as
teller in Pedricktown Bank.
Miss Mary Cunard is substituting as
primary teacher for Mrs. Arthur Hertz
during the week.
Mrs. Louise alderman, of New
York, is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. G.
Sparks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Green and
daughter spent Sunday With relatives
in Ashland.
During the severe electrical storm
Of Monday evening, lightning struck
the large barn on Isaac Pedrick's
farm, located across the creek, in
Gloucester County. With other out
buildings, stock and farming inapli-
ments it was burned to the ground.
Mr.. Pedrick succeeded in getting out
two horses. Five horses one COW and
hay were burned. Four horses were
burned belonging to the contractor
who is building the new road over the
causeway from Oldmans creek to Cen
tire Square. The buildings were COW
cred by insurance. Mr.. Pedrick car
ried no insurance on his stock nor i'm
plements.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Williamson en-
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Gaventa, Mrs. Bertha Gaventa,
Miss Myrtle Gaventa and Miss Ger
trude Helms Of Repaupo.
Miss Edith Diver was a weekend
guest with Mrs. Gordon Stewart.
Mrs. VIM. Ness, of Philadelphia, has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. William
Fleming.
Mr.. and RS. T. 1. Holton and Mrs.
Anna Holton spent Sunday in Cam
den.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Burk had as
guest on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. r. Z.
Corson, of Woodstown, Clark Corson,
of Paulsboro and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Sailor, of Penns Grove.
Samuel Snyder has bought a new
touring car of agent H. NJ. Green.
Chester Badgeley, who suffered with
sql u! s! 'e9uH 9ql no sseJsqe ue
Methodist hospital, Philadelphia, for
treatment.
Joseph Watkins has moved from his
farm neal Centre Square into part
of William Burk's double house.
Miss Leona Pedrick, who is employ
ed in Camden, has been spending a few
dyas with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Simpkins.
Mrs. Amanda Shultz has returned
from a visit in Camden.
Miss Mary Cunard has been visit
ing in Camden.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
Personal and Social Notes
The Whereabouts and DOings of
Good People You Know

DR.. John NJ. Summerill at the Cove,
is confined to the bed with illness.
Mrs. Hannah A. Summerill spent
over Sunday with Mrs. Garrett Payne
in Camden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry entertained on
Sunday Charles B. Pullman who re-
ouIned from overseas two weeks ago.
Miss Mayme Braid, of Washington,
D. g., has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Wilbur Sparks.
Miss Alice Roberts has gone for
treatment in the Physicians and Sur
geons Hospital, Wilmington.
Mrs. Charles L.. Smith and son
J. Boyd Smith were in Atlantic City
5ver sunday at the Hotel Elberon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. L. Smith spent
Tuesday at White Marsh, Nd, view
.ng floral industry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller enter
aimed on Sunday Charles B. Pullman
who returned from overseas two weeks
ago.
Miss Kezia Layton has accepted a
position as maSron in the Lincoln Ed
ucational School for boys in Philadel-
phia.
John C. Simkins and daughter Miss
Emma Simkins spent last Sunday with
his daughter, Mrs. Virgil Wiley, in
Trenton.
Miss Helen Leap and Master Aus
in Densten are spending a week with
Mrs. Clark Densten, in Baltimore,
Nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Flanagan, of
Penns Grove, and Rev. and Mrs. F. A.
Howell, of Friendship, were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. David Mutt at
Evan.
Ellsworth Hand, who enlisted in the
Marines for four years and stationed
at Paris Island, South Carolina, is in
town on a ten days furlough, visiting
friends.
Buddy" son of Squire McAdams,
has been taken to Cape May for a
short stay in order to head off a
threatened illness. He was accom-
panied by his mother.
Postmaster Thomas E. Hunt is GO
ing to California next month to visit
relatives, take a rest and incidentally
look over the changes that have taken
place since his last trip.
In the sports at Rutgers College,
New Brunswick, last Saturday, with
Columbia University, New York City,
John NJ. Summerill, Jr., of Penns
Grove, won the broad jump for Rut-
gers. He covered 81 feet 3 inches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Osborn, of
Carneys Point, motored to Daretown
Wednesday morning and took J.. w,
Foster and wife home with them to
dinner, after which all took a drive
through Carneys Point and other
Points.
The friends of Mrs. Richard Swell
ger were pleased to see her out in a
wheel chair last Monday after several
months confinement to her house with
cancer. Her. friend, Mrs. Henry Mil
.er, was the nurse who took her to
Union Corner.
Mrs. William 7. Pedrick, who went
to the Woman's Medical College Hos
pital, in Philadelphia, on April LIST, fol
The purpose of having an operation
performed, has returned home and is
convalescing rapidly. DR.. Dever, the
famous specialist, performed the oper'
alton.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
Mothers Club Officers

The members of the Mothers Club
met in Community Hall Tuesday af-
ternoon and elected officers for the n
suing year as follows: President,
Mrs. Henry Sturgess; Vice President,
MRS. Nj. Won Gum; Recording Secre-
tary, Mrs. r. j. Morris; Corresponding
secretary, Mrs. William Hickman;
Treasurer, Mrs. r. C~routhemel. Chair
mar of the departments are as fol-
lows: Liberty, Miss Finley; Law and
Order, M. D. Jacobs; Help and Mercy,
Mrs. Leon Sentman; Labor and Elk
change, Mrs. Jackson; Flowers, Mrs.
w. Zimmerman; kindergarten, Mrs.
Rose; Social, Mrs. Wedges; Entertain
ment, Mrs. G. R. Dawson; Childrens
Welfare, Mrs. J. NJ. Wright; Member
ship, Mrs. S. NJ. Lyon; Gives and
Legislation, Mrs. Stanley Wood; Wis
iting, Mrs. ]. Percy White; Mrs. 3: 5.
Wilbraham; Hospital Committee, Miss
Finley, Mrs. VIM. Hackman, Mrs. Fire
stone, Mrs. F. S. Sutherland; Program
Committee Mrs. Sturgess; Press Com
mittee, Mrs. Ferdinand A. Vance. A
resolution was adopted to be sent to
Mrs. Lingo because of the death of
her husband.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
Art and Music Essential
The Finer COncOrds of Life At
The Woman's Club, Discussed

Mrs. Fred j.. Peters, chairman of
the Department of Music and Art pre-
sented a very interesting and instruc-
tive program at the meeting of the
Woman's Club on Tuesday afternoon.
One of the most pleasing features
of the afternoon was the response to
the roll call in verses of favorite
hymns, which gave a deeply spiritual
attitude to the meeting. One after
another the ladies arose and recited
a verse of some hymn that had come
to mean much to them. Most of
these hymns were the old time ones
sung by fathers and mothers in ear
lier generations proving that the beau
tiful and good tire, but live on
and on in the hearts of mar becoming
the classic.
The program was as follows:
cart an Essential of Social Reform
Mrs. Fred J. Peters
"AIusic and the People'-Written by
Mrs. Hollis Ashcraft
Read by Mrs. Leon Sharp
Community Work in Music"
Mrs. Robert BAIL
Mrs. Peters in her paper, showed
that true art sprung from deep emo
ton. She explained that a people
who felt deeply would be an artistic
people and that deep feeling preceded
ed all social reform and out of it came
beauty and harmony the essential of
true art.
Mrs. BAIL made a strong appeal for
fostering instruction in music in our
public schools. She spoke of the
great value of music in the lives of
people and what community singing
had accomplished for the people in
the past war.
After the program an interesting
business meeting was held.
Mrs. B. F. Justice, President of the
Club for 1919-1920, Mrs. Hannah Ash
craft and Miss Emma R. Summerill
will represent the Woman's Club at
the 25th Convention of the New Jersey
Federation of Women's Clubs now in
session in Atlantic City this week.
A joint meeting of the Mothers
Club of Carney's Point, and the
Woman's Club of Penns Grove will be
held in the DUPONT Club House on
Tuesday afternoon, May goth, at 2 2.
M. The meeting will be known as a
"Music and Art Fete." A splendid
musical program by visiting Club
members will be rendered and an ex-
hibition of art, antiques and ha.di-
work in charge of Mrs. Fletcher w.
Layton and Mrs. Joseph Herber will
be held.
The guests of honor will include
Mrs. H. H. Clark, Woodbury., District
Nice-President; Miss Bessie K. Hires,
of Salem, Ex-District Vice President;
Miss Marion VanWagener, Newark,
Chairman of Music, New Jersey State
Federation; and Mrs. Murdoch. East
Orange. Chairman-elect of Music for
the State Federation. Guests are al
so expected from the Woman's Club,
of Salem; Half Hour Reading Club, OF
Merchantville and the Reading Club,
at Woodbury..
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
Ty Cobb's Side Of the Affair
Penns Grove, May s, 10:

PennS Grove, May o, IVY.
Sporting Editor Penns Grove Record:
That certainly was a very big sur
prise to me when l read that nice lit
tie article that was printed in the
Ledger on last Monday morning. 1
guessithe public of Penns Grove know
me long enough thats1 would not send
out any fake reports in regard to any
boxer. The facs. is that no kilograms
can be sent from here later than 8
P. NJ. Now, some boxer closely con-
nected with the other boxer, Johnny
lyman, sent that report out and not
me. Now, | am out to square myself
with the public and | defy anyone
that can come to M and say that
ever was connected in any crooked
deal. l have had enough experience
in the boxing game to be on the Level
and l hope to die that way. sure do
feel very bad about it and I am out to
the public to pass their own opinion
on whether I sent out the false tele-
Continued on page 8
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09

On Sunday Officer Harbeson arrest
ed a soldier named Edwin Turner, OF
18th Co., Fort Mott. The young fell
low was m nEsferm and helplessly un-
der the influence of Wilmington's
hi~gh-speed fluid. When put in a cell at
the lookup he deliberately, upon his
own admission, set fire to the straw
mattress in his cell. Soon the small
place was filled with smoke and be-
fore an officer could be summoned
with a key to open the place, Turner
and another prisoner were almost
s~uffocated. Turner was found lying
on the floor in a semi-unconscious con-
dition. He was revived and an ambu-
lance came from Fort Mott and took
him in charge.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
Junior Civic Notes

About go pupils of the 9th, 7th, and
Sth grades have registered in the Car
den Club. Twelve members OF the
Woman's Club have volunteered to
supervise these gardens during the
summer, visiting them once a month,
giving suggestions and reporting the
best in each respective group, so that
the state organizer may inspect the
best in the club in his midsummer
visit. The ladies will make the first
inspection during the first week l
June.
VIM. P. Bedie, County Agricultur-
al Agent talked to about fifty men,
bers of the Garden Club on Monday
afternoon, giving them instruction N
fertilizing their gardens, planning and
~cultivating them and how to destroy
the insects. The children We're much
interested in his talk. While some
were not more than eight or ten years
old they gave eager attention to what
was said. The Garden Club move
ment is not merely an economic move
ment, but educational and patrlotlc'
Encourage the children in this work.
The Woman's Club will offer the
following prizes for the best display
of products grown by garden club
members next fall.
First prize-$2 for the best display
in each grade, 9Th, 9Th, It'll and 9th.
Second prize-$1 each for the sec
ond best display in each grade.
Third prize of SOC each or its equiv
alent in each grade.
The Club will also offer 81 for the
best boquet of flowers grown by.
Junior Civic member. Second prize
of a dozen flower bulbs will be offered
A third prize of half a dozen bulbs fol
the third best boquet.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
I. O. o. F. 100 Years Old

On Tuesday evening, May 18th, the
one hundredth anniversary of Odd
Fellowship will be celebrated in fitting
stvle at Community Hall when a class
of 70 candidates will be given the
1st. End and 3rd degrees by Eden, No.
81 and Fairfax, of Wilmington. The
Degree teams and visiting brothers
will leave Wilmington on a special
boat at 6.15 and on arrival at Penns
Grove wharf will be met by a band
and the lodges from District No: n,
where a parade will form, marching
to Community Hall. After the degree
work refreshments will be served.
All Odd Fellows are requested to
be at Odd Fellows Hall at 6 O'Clock
sharp.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09

field meet in Wilmington. The Scout
boys are working nobly selling bonds
for Uncle Sam. They can be depend
ed upon for any future national I'm
Urgency.
The game of baseball between Car
neys Point and Penns Grove last Mon
day on the Penns Grove ground was
2 to 0 in favor of Carneys Point when
The rain interfered.
The Girl Scouts will have their cake
social Saturday, 18th, at 2284 Market
Street. All welcome.
First NJ. E. Church, Carneys Point
Rev. S. H. Coulter, Pastor.
Sunday services in Lafayette School
1890 A. NJ. Sermon topic, Eye Shall
Know the Truth and the Truth Shall
Make Ye Free. John S-32.
Sunday School 2 P. Nj.
Epworth League, Anniversary Sun
day. Subject, "A Lies Service For
God" Matt. %, 1920.
Evening topic, "A Great Man Who
Had a Great Weakness. II Kings, 81.
The attendance in the Sunday School
last Sunday was so. Room for more.
At the meeting of the official board
a resolution was passed expressing re-
grets that Charles D. Reiter is leaving
our village, because he was one of the
founders and influential members OF
the Church. Congratulations were
also given him on his securing an i'm
portant position in Chicago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
The Red and White

The magazine of Penns Grove High
School was issued this week full of in
formation about school affairs. The
new cover design and topical art
heads by Carl Summerill are an at
tractive feature besides literary
stories and newsy school notes show
the thoughtfulness of the editorial
staff. It gives the school literary
standing as never before to the High
School and is very creditable to all who
helped compose and publish it.
The home advertisers have done adj
mirably in encouraging our higher
education in Penns Grove.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-13
HUMBOLDT STRIVES
TO REDEEM ITSELF

Striving earnestly at the eleventh
hour to redeem itself for its funk in
the Victory Liberty Loan campaign.
Humboldt county, or at any rate
Winnemucca. bestirred itself yester-
day to take advantage of the extension
of time in which to fill its quota. In
quiry at the two local banks discloses
that 103 applications for bonds were
received at the First National yester-
day, and applications continue to come
in rapidly today. The amount had
not been totaled when The Silver
State went to press.
The Winnemucca State Bank &
Trust Company merely reported that
many applications for bonds had been
received by that institution. 1t had
no figures ready to give out.
A party composed of L. G.. Camp
bell, Carl Haviland, II. C. Oastler and
William Blattner left early this morn
ing for Paradise Valley, the purpose
of their visit being to sell Victory
bonds
This afternoon it is believed by
those in a position to best estimate
possibilities, that Humboldt county
may scramble over the top, before the
retreat is sounded-not with any blare
of trumpets or waving of banners. but
over, just the same, with reputation
saved. There appears to be no doubt
about the State making good at the
last moment.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-13
SHOULD HAVE A FISH-STORY-
TELLING LICENSE IN ELKO co.

Carl Prentice had the time of his
young life Thursday evening. waving
a big trout before the eyes of a score
of admiring friends. The trout was
beauty, all right, being about twenty
two inches in length and weighing
about five pounds. We still insist for
Carts benefit however, that Charlie
Runyon used to catch this kind with
his teeth, while he always insisted
that Carl was obliged to chase them
up an irrigation ditch before making
a successful landing. The fishing
and hunting rivalry that existed be-
tween Runyon and Prentice was a
thing of joy to both of them forever.
Fl Elko Independent
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-13
BASEBALL PLAYERS TO TURN
OUT FOR PRACTICE TONIGHT

At meeting held in the high school
auditorium last night it was decided
to start baseball practice Immediately,
as prospects for good team and sew
eral games with teams from other
places are bright. Dave Christen was
elected captain of the team to repre-
sent Wirnemucca and another team
will be organized for practice games.
All persons interested in baseball are
asked to be al the ball park sharply
at $3.50 o'clock tonight for practice.
At that hour on each succeeding Tues
day and Friday night practice will
be had
Much talent is said to be available
for an excellent team for Winnie
mucca this season. Citizens have
agreed to raise sufficient money to
buy uniforms and equipment for the
team and also to stand any loss which
may be incurred Two outside teams
are after games already, one being
the Reno Elks and the other Battle
Mountain AS soon as the boys get
limbered up practice games are to be
played by local teams each Sunday.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-13
MANY NEW ANGLES
IN PEDROu ESTATE

The Pedroli estate maeter assumes
new phases of interest as the days go
by. The finding of buried money in
the cellar of the Pedroli house neliv-
ened proceedings at an early stage.
This money is claimed by Louise Co
recco and her sisters, it being testified
that they received it in 1917 from sale
OF county scrip. Louise Corecco also
claims to have been the common-law
wife of Charles Pedroli
1t was alleged in the proceedings
last week that Pedroli did leave a will
and that it was probably in the pos
session of Mary E. Cooney, his sister.
She has been cited to appear and pro-
duce the will in court May 81.
Yesterday, Mary E. Cooney filed two
claims against the estate, one of
which was for services rendered de-
ceased from October 10, 1896 to the
time of his death, amounting to $685.
256.45. On this, payment of 1870 is
acknowledged, leaving a balance due
of $27,2S6.45. She also claims $11,111
as her proportion of the estate of Ce-
leste Pedroli, who died in 1911, and
whose estate. it is alleged, Charles
Pedroli held and used until the time
of his death, without division. A de-
cree of the district court in 1897 had
ordered the basis of division of this
estate.
]. E. Cooney also claims $11,111 as
his share of the estate. according to
the 1897 decree, and he claims the
same for julius Pedroli, who returned
to Switzerland some dozen of years
ago. J. E. Cooney also files claim for
$140.0S for services and expenses this
years in the matter of the estate OF
Charles Pedroli, deceased.
With these complications great
legal contest is to be expected in the
matter.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-13
A|RPLANES RETURN
FROM TRIP TO EAST

The two airplanes from Mather
Field. Sacramento. which passed
through this city last week EN- route
to Ogden to take part in the Golden
Spike" celebration, again passed
over Winnemucca today on their
return trip, but did not stop this time
The third machine, which was broken
up at Carlin, went back to Sacra-
mento on a freight car.
First sighted today was the big De
Haviland, which flew over Winnie
timated at $4,000 feet. This plane left
Elko at 1922 o'clock this morning
and few straight through to Reno
landing there al 1854 pm. This means
the De Haviland flew 325 miles with
out stopping. the time required being
three hours and twenty-five minutes,
thus averaging a trifle more than one
hundred miles per hour. The plane
was piloted by Lieutenant Beck.
The smaller Curtiss machine ar
rived in Elko this morning at i0:45,
took oil and gas, and flew to Battle
Mountain. Time consumed is unavail-
able. 1t flew over Winnemucca .at
1:4S pm. and landed in Lovelock at
2:51 pm.
1t is thought probable the machines
will remain in Reno over night, as the
pilots like Reno and are well treated
there, continuing on to Sacramento
tomorrow.
This fight of airplanes may mean
more 20 Winnemucca at later date
than now appears, and is fit subject
for discussion among business men
here 1t is said aviators will not like
to land here in future because of the
sandy condition of the landing field
chosen. II is also said that people in
Elko have been working for several
months preparing a good landing
field, even building a hangar, expect
ing that some day an aerial mail route
might be established. Perhaps they
were tipped eff by their Hometown
| senator At any rate, with the pre-
vailing conditions if now appears like
ly Elko and Reno will be named a.
stopping places for the planes ant
! Winnemucca can watch them sail by
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-13

U. Weitman was here yesterday
from Mill City.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-13
SPRING TONES

Everyone needs a tonic at least
once a year, and no doubt Spring is
the best time. We have all the best
tonics. Let us talk to you about
tonics.
Dynamic Tonic, one of the best, rs
cents and $3.50.
Hills Tonic Hypophosphites. $1.0o.
Mayr's System Tonic. $1.25.
Fellows Hypophosphites, s1.50.
Beef, Iron and Wine, $1.00.
Tanlac, $1.00.
Snowfower Co., SO cents and $1.00.
The store of service
STEPHENSON'S ON THE CORNER
advertisement.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-13
PRESIDENT LEvEY IS
ASKING FAIR PLAY

Restoration of through car service
between the Coast and Chicago via
the Western Pacific and Denver & Rio
Grande will soon be effected, due to a
protest made by President c. Nj. Levey
of the Western Pacific (corporate)
against the reported attempt of the
Southern Pacific to swallow up the
identity of the former road. An or
der providing for restoration of this
service is promised to be issued.
propably today, by w. r. Scott,
Federal manager of the Southern Pa
cific-Western Pacific, according to re-
ports from apparently authoritative
sources.
Max Thelen, director of public
service of the United States railroad
administration, has ordered the
change, according to information re-
ceived in railroad circles Sunday. On
his recent trip to the Pacific Coast, it
is said, he Investigated reports about
the two railroads which pass through
here, and it is further said that he
found the Southern Pacific had virtu
ally eliminated the Western Pacifi
as a transcontinental line, through it
government of both roads as an ageni
of the railroad administration, am
was crowding its own trains at tn
expense of the Western Pacific IL
such way that travellers between
San Francisco and Chicago have beer
unable to secure dining car accomao
dations.
THE public complained not alon
against the Southern Pacific seizure
of all through traffic" said Presiden
Levey, "but it also complained of il
inability to go East via Denver wheE
such a routing was sought. The
Western Pacific Denver & Rio Grandc
route is via Denver, whereas the
Southern Pacific routing is via Ogden.
The geographical routing of our roads
explains why travellers are obliged to
go via Ogden. When these public pro
tests became numerous | took up the
matter with Federal Manager Scott.
who has indicated that the situation
will be changed"
The Southern Pacific has been
given a contract under the terms of
which the government pays it rental
of sfS,000,000 a year The Western
Pacific has been unable to obtain any
kind of contract with the railroad
administration officials, although its
road has been seized by the govern
ment for operation and turned over to
the Southern Pacific.-[Sparks Trib.