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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
"CONfNION SENSE"

These are the times that try mems souls" Such were the opening words Of a pamphlet issued 142 years ago today, Jan. 2, 1777, bearing the title of Common Sense," and written by Thomas Paine, an Englshman who had been a stay-maker and excise man and a Dissenting preacher in his native land, and who had emigrated to America in 1774, becoming editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine
 Common Sense" was perhaps the most powerful political pamphlet ever written. The demand for it was so great that all the available presses could not turn it out fast enough, but more than 100000 copies were sold. By reading it's terse, decisive sentences the people of the colonies were fired with a determination to achieve complete independence.
 '"The sun never shone on cause of greater worth" wrote Paine. Iris not the affair of a city, a county, a province or a kingdom, but a con tinent-of at least one-eighth part of the habitable globe. 'Tis not the concern of a day, or a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in it to the end of time" Again he wrote: Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Oh, receive the fu- gitive, and prepare an asylum for mankind"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
THE HERO OF QUEBEC

Good God,! To think that l should have entrusted the fate of the country and of the administration to such hands!"
 Thus Pitt, the great English states man, to Lord Temple, after an inter view with James Wolfe, the young soldier who was soon to achieve i'm mortality and death on the bloody battlefield of Quebec.
 It was not without reason that Pitt made this exclamation, for, ac- eording to Lord Temple, Wolfe had assumed an air of bravauo, craving his sword and flourishing 1t or beat ing it on the table, while he talked of the wonderful things he would ac- complish with that weapon.
 Wolfe was born just 192 years ago today, and he was only thirty-two when he set out on his last great mis- sion. The little town of Westerham, in Kent, boasts of being the DIrtn- place of the conQueror of canada. Col Wolfe, his father, was native of the north of England, while his mother was form Yorkshire. As Q boy, James Wolfe was of 8 sensitive and n.DressionabIe nature. and from his toddling days he burned with war like ardor. Ills younger brother, Ed ward, was seeply attached to James, and followed him in all his projects, even to the wars on the continent, where he found an early grave.
 James was only thirteen when he had his first experience as a soldier in camp on the Isle of Wight but he got no farther, for he became seriously i'll, and was sent back to his mother and to school. Two years later lanky stripling of fifteen. Wolfe sailed away from England's shores to begin In Flanders the mill tary career so brief. but so pregnant with glory Wolfe belonged to a fam fly that had been prominent in south western Ireland for centuries. and which still has many representatives, in Tipperary, Cork and Limerick. Gen. Wolfe's great-grandfathe was q c7tXlic and was implicated in q re- .be&@on and sentenced to be evxecute5 but'he escaped, fled to EngIand- Of all places.-turned Protestant and became the progenitor of loyal Bri- tons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

and retired to the Thebias in upper Egypt to live the solitary and self sacrificing life as an anchorite.
 Macarius lived in the fourth cen toury, and if we may believe the tra- ditions cor -arning him, he was a champion faster. For seven years, it is related he lived on a diet com posed of herbs and pluse. During Lent he ate only on Sundays, and then only a few cabbage leaves. One of the remarkable tales told about the candy saint" is that once, having killed gnat that bit him, he ex plated the "crime" by spending six months in q marsh where great ve- nomous flies abounded, subjecting himself to such torments that he be- came a mass of putrid sores.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
HUN POSSESSIONS
 SEEK FREEDOM

Sydney, Australia. Dec. 2-In not a single island in the Pacific formerly ruled by Germany do the natives de- sire a return of the German domin- ation, says Thomas J. McMahon. an Australian authority on the affairs of the Pacific islands, who has recently returned from an extended tour in the Central Pacific He visited Mau- ru Island and the Marshall Group which were German possessions be- fore the war.
 Wherever he travelled among the former German colonies in the Pa citic, Mir. McMahon said, he found that the Germans had made no effort properly to develop commercial ad- vantagea but had in several cases de- voted themselves to the strategic op- portunities.
 The atives of Mauru have asked the government to preserve them from a re-esta ablishment of German government there" said Mir McMa- hon.
 Tn the Marshall Islands" said MT. McMahon, T was much impressed by Japanese industry. What they have already done in the Marshalls will bring nothing but praise from everybody, The Germans shame fully neglected the Marshall Islanders as they did all other natives, but dur ing the past three or four years the Japanese have been systematically building up the people, educating them and making of them a very creditable race" MT. McMahon said in speaking of the relation of the Central, Pacific islands to Australia that they were the halfway house to San Francisco and to Japan"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
THE PATRON SAINT
 OF THE CANDY MIXERS

Probably few of the confectioners and candy makers who cater to the public's sweet tooth" are aware of the fact that they have a patron saint all their own, but such is nevertheless the case. He is Saint Macarius, and his festival is celebrated today.
 Macarius was adopted by the con- fectioners as their protector because he himself followed the occupation of making sweets in Alexandria be- fore he fOrsook the world and it's ways
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
TFGE BRIDGEPORT HYDRAULIC COMPANY.
82O MAIN STREET.

Water rates for the quarter endin9 January 1st, 1919, are NOW DUE and payable at the office of the Com pany, No. 820 Main Street All bills must be paid on or before Jan. 18th, 1919.
 Business hours on Saturdays from s A. NJ to 12 M.
 For the accommodation of the public the office will be kept open from
 8 A. M. to 8 P. NJ Mondays, Jan. 6th and 18th, 1919.
 ALBERT E. LAVERY. al t" Secretary.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

The skitish horse that used to be afraid Automobiles won't show anv ilfe nowadays unless an aeropIane lodges down into the road.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

IT this movement to write state songs spreads all over the country business should be good in the waste basket trade.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
FIN A CIAL
Don't Sell Liberty Bonds.

Don't Sell Liberty Bonds. It is not only unpariotic, but un- wise as they will sell higher after the war. If you need the money we will loan you
 $42.OO on a 5000 Bond
 SS4.OO on $1OO.OO Bond
 at 6Go Per Annum Bonds pledged for loans may be re- deemed at any time. Come in and see us. Open evenings until eight Alexander S Company 1T ARCADE, BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
"THE LIGHTNING RAIDER"


and offered him a cool million for it,
realized that fact when 1.-The Wasp"
told him that the block was safe in the
deposit vault of the Metropolis Bank,
the most impregnable financial insti-
tuition in New York City. But Light
ming, although fearful that she would
not be able to accomplish anything
against 1.-The Wasp" still dared to
match her wits against these arch
criminals. The same day Tom Nor
toms old butler went to his master and
begged to be allowed to send a great
cedar chest of valuable silver to a
safe deposit vault, fearing it would be
stolen from the apartment. Tom, fl
nally, to get rid of the old servant,
told him to secure a wagon and take
the silver to the vault of the Metropo-
lis Bank. So this was done, but the
next morning Tom read in the papers
that the strong room of the Metropolis
had been broken into the night before
and a deposit box robbed. He at once
called the butler and told him to bring
the silver back to the apartment as he
feared the Metropolis was not safe as
he had supposed. At the same time
1.-THE Wasp" read the account of the
robbery in the paper and left precipi-
lately, fearing hat WI Fang had out
witted him and secured the block. WI
Fang, in his underworld den at the
conveyance of two abandoned sewers,
also read the news and chuckled huge
ly. Shortly after he left and, as the
wagon bearing Tom Norton's chest of
silver back to the apartment left the
front of the bank, he aroused the ire
of the driver by cautioning him again
and again to be careful of the precious
load he was hauling. What the hell
have you got to do with this" said the
driver; but WI Fang only murmured
something about the chest being very
valuable and left smiling. An hour
later the chest was carried into Toms
apartment and when it was opened
there was no silver but, badly cramped
from her long confinement, vas The
Lightning Raider and in her hand was
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Gerald Piercey, Deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Albert G. Abbott,
made on the application of the undersigned,
Executors of the said decedent, notice is
hereby given, to the creditors of the said de-
cedent to exhibit to the subscribers, under
oath or affirmation, their claims and demands
against the estate of the said decedent, with
in nine months from this date, or they will
be forever barred from prosecuting or recov-
ering the same against the subscribers.
CHRISTINE E. PERCY,
Pleasantville, N. ].
GUARANTEE TRUST COMPANY,
Atlantic City, N. ].
Mays Landing. N. j., January 18th, 1919.
Printers fee, $14.06.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
onIy Thino She Didn't Know.

The father of a little Washington girl
recently bought a horse and carriage.
Yes, they still sell.
The little girl was anxious to drive
the outfit, and was not backward in
voicing her desire.
"Why," said her father, "what do
you know about driving a horse?"
81 learned down at grandpa's last
summer" answered the child. 81 know
everything about how to drive, all ex-
cept when to gee ana haw."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08

Estate of Susan A. Strickland, Deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Albert G. Abbott,
Surrogate of the County of Atlantic, this
day made on the application of the under
is hereby given, to the creditors of the said
decedent to exhibit to the subscriber, under
oath or affirmation, their claims and demands
against the estate of the said decedent, with
in nine months from this date, or they will
be forever barred from prosecuting or recov-
ering the same against the subscriber.
ABSALOM H. HIGBEE,
Somers Point, N. J.
Mays Landing, N. ].
Dated December 23rd, 1918.
Printers fee, 1882.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08

clutched tightly the precious ebony
block. She explained at length to
Tom how she had crept into the chest
the day before and been carried to
the Metropolis strong room. That
night with an OXy-acetylene torch she
had left her chest and by looking for
a deposit box with fresh finger prints,
found one in which THE Wasp" had
left the ebony block. The powerful
torch cut the steel like butter, and
taking the box, she went back to her
chest and was carried in it to Norton's
apartments. lightning, you are a
WONDER" exclaimed Norton, his wor-
ries at an end with the ecove of
the block on which so much depended.
Il have it now; it's mine at last" he
said; but turned to look into the lev
eled gun of WI Fang. Just hand it
over" the Chinaman said grimly. 81
knew Lightning's scheme and it played
right into my hands so l let her go
ahead and save me the trouble of rob-
bling that bank. l appreciate her clev-
erness, Now hand it over quick"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
REVENGE at Last

MY wife used to find fault with me
every time / mispronounced a word"
remarked Mr.. Cumrox. "Now, I'm get
dnY even"
"How?"
Daughters home from boarding
school. 1 pick out a piece of war news
Tut of geographical names and get
mother tC read it aloud.'
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
Dated December 23rd, 1918.
Printers fee, 1882.

Bids will be received by the Board of
Chosen Freeholders of Atlantic County, New
Jersey, at IL o'clock A. NJ, in the Freehold
ers' Meeting Room, Guarantee Trust Build
ing, Atlantic City, N. j., at a regular meet
ing there on February 18TH. 1919, for all
labor and materials involved in the furnish
ing and constructing in place of a Toulouse
and garage to be erected on foundations pro-
yided by the County near the bridge-tender's
house at the Beach Thoroughfare Bridge on
the Pleasantville Boulevard.
Plans and specifications covering this work
may be had without charge at the office of
the Engineer for Atlantic County, 636 Guar
antee Trust Building, Atlantic City, and no
bid will be considered unless made out on
the bidding blank which is included in the
specifications. A certified check to the am
cunt of 500 is required to be filed by each
bidder to guarantee good faith in his bid.
The right is reserved to reject any or ali
bids.
FRANK SWOBODA,
Chairman Bridge m
A. H.. Nelson, Engineer for Atlantic County.
Prs fee, 1854
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that persons hav-
ing bills against the City of Pleasantville
must have them In the hands of the City
Clerk on Friday preceding the regular meet
Ing nights of Common Council. which ara
the first and third Mondays of each month.
otherwise they will not be paid.
By order of the Common Council Of
Pleasantville.
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS,
City Clerk
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08

There Is more Catarrh In this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether. and for years 1t was supposed to be
incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies
and by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable. Catarrh
Is a local disease, greatly influenced by con-
stitutional conditions and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Medicine, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional remedy,
Is taken internally and acts thru the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One
Hundred Dollars reward is offered for any
case that Halls Catarrh Medicine fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY e. CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
advertisement.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08

and his work as
witnesses of him.
We now consider
another fact of
his life that will
help us to answer
his S e a C h i G
question. 1t is his
resurrection from
the dead.
Proof of His Deity.
Paul, in his
epistle to the RO-
mans, places the
resurrection of
Christ before us
as a certain proof
of his deity. "De-
clared." he Saws.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
German Critics Doomed.

Is it not a pity that German criti-
cism has been allowed to dim this
fundamental and precious truth of the
bodily resurrection of our Lord? Let
us VOW that we are done with it, and
return to the teaching of the Scrip
lures. Perhaps this good thing, with
many others, will come out of the war
that we will not permit German inf
dels and skeptics to interpret our Bible
nor to do our thinking for US; nor ac-
cept their conclusions in spiritual
things as final any more than in other
things.
Too long has America breathed the
foul gases of unbelief from the gas
bombs exploded on our shores by the
long-range religious guns of Germany.
Is it not time to protect u sons and
daughters, as well as ourselves, from
German infldelity? Religious pro-Ger-
mans in professors chairs and pulpits
should be elected. They are the pup
pets Of German religious autocracy,
that has tried to hold America and the
rest of the world in the bondage Of I'M
belief. We do not want German-made
Christianity we want the Christianity
of the Bible, which offers peace to
every troubled heart.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
PUBLIC NOTICE. !!

Public notice is hereby given that the
city cesspool located at the gravel pit
Doughty Road and Washington avenue. IL
completed and ready for use. Permits
must be secured for the cleaning of cess
pools from the undersigned. All persons
failing to do so will be prosecuted.
w. J. HUDSON,
Health Inspector of Pleasantville.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08

When you leave Pleasantville to es-
tablish a home in some other locality,
you will want to keep in touch with
your home town. Don't fail to have
Pleasantville Press sent to your
address each week. 1t costs only 81
a year in Atlantic County, and SLIPS
outside the County, and you get many
times your moneys worth.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF PLEASANTVILLE.

Mayor-Thomas F. Crawford.
Clerk-Nehemiah Andrews.
Assessors-First Ward, Reuben E.
Adams; Second Ward, George M.
Bates.
Tax Collector-Webster Price.
City Treasurer-Geo. Zippler, Jr.
City Engineer-Samuel ]. Clark.
Tax Search Clerk-Webster Price.
City Solicitor-Louis D.. Champion.
Chief of Police-Clarence Krewson.
Police Justice-Richard G. Brown.
Building Inspector-Pau1 Wootton.
Plumbing Inspector-Edward G
Helfrich.
Overseer of the Poor = Daniel 8.
Edwards.
Janitor of Fire House and City Hall
Mark Fritsch.
Street Supervisor-Samuel Price.
Chief Fire Dept.-Paul Wootton.
Fire Warden-James A. Gilkey.
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Thomas F. Crawford, Mayor; George
Zippler, Jr., City Treasurer; Franklin
e. Smith, Clark Adams and John P.
Ashmead.
Members Atlantic County Board of
Freeholders = Clark Adams, First
Ward; John P. Ashmead, Second Ward
Councilmen-At-large and President.
Albert e. James: First Ward, Wilbur
w. Adams, Charles M. Chattle, Mi
chael Lutz; Second Ward, Walter J.
Anderson. Edward N. Meloney, Ray
mond G.. Ireland.
Council Committees
Finance-Meloney, Anderson, Lutz.
Streets-Anderson, Chattle, Adams.
Licenses-Chatt1e, Adams, Anderson.
Public Property Adams, Meloney,
Chattle.
Lights-Chattle, Meloney, Lutz.
Police-Adams, Meloney, Chattle.
Ordinances = Anderson, Ireland,
Chattle.
Poor-Meloney, Anderson, Lutz.
Fire Observation-Disclosures Chattle,
Anderson.
Education-Chattle, Meloney, Lutz.
Printing-Meloney, Chattle, Adams.
Sanitary-Anderson, Meloney, Lutz.
Building-Adams, Meloney, Chattle.
Rules-Chattle, Meloney, Anderson.
Railroads-Lutz, Me1oney, Chattle.
Audit-Anderson, Meloney, Ireland.
Public Parks and Playgrounds-Me-
loney, Anderson, Chattle.
hlOlo Oh ODdIJ1CJ fAodlllOJ AuIA.
Council meets on first and third
Monday evenings of each month. 9
o'clock in June, july, August and
September; 7.30 o'clock all other
months.
Board of Education.
President-Arthur H. Stiles.
Vice-President-John S. Weaver.
Secretary-E. Leroy Adams.
Custodian School Fund-Webster
Price.
City superintendent of Schools
William G. Sullivan.
Medical Inspeetor-Dr. J. H. North.
Truant Officer-Harry J. Grimm.
Members-John S. Weaver, Arthur
H. Stiles, w. G. Penhallow, Lewis R.
Smith, Warren C. Marshall.
Committees
Finance-Weayer, Penhallow, Mar
shall.
Building-Smith, Weaver, Penhal-
low.
Teachers Penhallow, Marshall,
Weaver.
Property-Smith, Weaver, Penhal-
low.
Grievance-Marshall, Smith, Wea-
yer.
Books and Supplies-Penhallow,
Weaver, Marshall.
Truancy-Weaver, Smith, Penhal-
low.
Regular meetings first Tuesday of
each month.
Board of School Estimates.
Thomas F. Crawford, Mayor; Wal
ter J. Anderson and Edward N. Me-
loney, Councilmen; John S. Weaver
and w. G. Penhallow, members Board
of Education.
Board of Health.
Neil S. Campbell, president and reg
istrar of vital statistics; Mark w.
Blake, yice-president; Jesse Bowen,
secretary; William L. Anderson, Guy
Wilson, George w. Singer, Samuel G.
Bowen, Jr.
Inspector-Dr. w. j. Hudson.
Meetings are held on second Thurs
day evening of each month at 7.30
o'clock in Council Chamber.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08

Bids will be received by the Board of
Chosen Freeholders of Atlantic County, New
Jersey, at II O'Clock A. NJ, in the Freehold
ers' Meeting Room, Guarantee Trust Build
ing, Atlantic City, N. J., at a regular meet
ing there on February 18th, 1919, for a one
ton, worm-drive Ford truck. 1919 model. with
standard equipment, including an open ex-
press body with semi-enclosed cab as manu-
featured by the Parry Manufacturing Com
pany, or the equal thereof.
Specifications and bidding blank may be
secured without charge at the office of the
Engineer for Atlantic County. 636 Guarantee
Trust Building, and no bid will be consider
ed unless made out on the bidding blank.
A certified check to the amount of 500 is
required to be filed by each bidder to guar
antee good faith in his bid. Delivery to be
made at Atlantic City. and the car must be
demonstrated to satisfy the Bridge Commit
tee that it is up to standard requirements.
Delivery must be made within 80 days of
the award of contract. The right is reserved
to reject any or all bids.
RAM SWOBODA,
Chairman Bridge Committee.
A. H.. Nelson. Engineer for Atlantic County.
Prs fee. IS. 06
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
LEGAL NOTICES
REWARD.

$40 reward will be given for infor-
nation leading to the arrest and con
viction of anyone emptying sewage in
Egg Harbor Township.
BY order of the Board of Health,
CHAS. L. SMITH, Sec.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-08
Who Is
JesusChrist?
By REV. W. W. KETCHUM
Director OF the Evening Glasses.
Moody Bible Institute. Chicago
CTHIRD SERMON

TEXT-He saith unto them, But whom
say We that I am?-Matt. 1915.
In two previous sermons we consider
ed the character OF Christ, his Word