The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-15
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT H CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

Peter Cerruti has again leased the
property he now occupies for another
term of years.
The Epworth League of Wesley M.
e. Church will conduct a pastry sale
at Crawford's Drug Store this Satur-
day morning.
Warren Albertson, of P~leasantville,
and Leon Conover, of Conovertown,
were elected members of the Main
land Republican Club at its last meet
ing.
Charles S. Adams writes from West
Palm Beach: Weather great. Town
filled with Atlantic City people. Bath
ing and fishing fine. Something doing
every minute" :
James Lafferty, for many years a
prominent contractor and builder in
this section, died i'll Philadelphia on
January 21st, at the age of 76 years.
Interment in the Quaker City.
Word has been received by Mr.. Wal
ter Yates, of Mortified, from his son
John, with the A. e. F. in France, that
he received shell shock. His friends
wish him a complete recovery.
The Women's Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church will meet
Wednesday afternoon next at 8 O'Clock
at the home of Mrs. ]. H. North. The
president of the Society, Mrs. Sara
Nicely McClelland, will preside.
Edwin H. and F. G. Burk, who con-
duct the garage at II S. Virginia ave-
nue., Atlantic City, have purchased the
garage and automobile business of the
late Gerald S. Piercey, and assume
control of same today Saturday..
Mrs. John T. Hewes has the sympa-
thy of the community in the death of
her mother, Mrs. Eliza J. Eldredge,
who passed away at her home in At
lantic City early Friday morning, Feb.
Z. Elias d. Mason, of Pleasant ave-
nue., is a brother of the deceased.
Joseph Mendel, coal and wood agent
for the Bethlehem Loading Co., advis-
es The P%leasantville Press that the
sale of wood and of small buildings
which he has been conducting, has
been temporarily suspended. He ex-
poets, however, that it will be resum-
ed at an early date.
The Southern District Conference
Christian Endeayor Societies will meet
in Calvary Presbyterian Church, Cam
den, on Saturday, Feb. 22nd. Vice
President d. w. Macmillan will preside
at the morning and evening sessions,
while Rev. DR.. Henry e. Jones will
conduct the devotional exercises at the
morning session.
Women suffrage was defeated in the
United States Senate on Monday by a
vote of SIS to 30, just one vote shy of
the required two-thirds majority. "a
Democrats and 81 Republicans voted
in favor of the amendment, while Is
Democrats and II Republicans voted
against it. Senator Frelinghuysen ia
vored the ~suffragists, while Senator
Baird opposed them.
Sylvester Jones, %16-year-old colored
lad who had been a pupil in the
Smiths Landing school, walked away
with the overcoat of Principal Charles
w. Ingersoll, and was arrested in At
lantic City when he offered the gar
ment for sale. Principal Ingersoll pre-
ferred charges of theft against the boy,
and Judge Ingersoll committed him to
the reform school at Railway.
The Mission Circle of the Baptist
Church met at the home of Mrs.
George H. Adams on Monday. After
the opening of the Mite Boxes a social
hour was enjoyed. Those present
were: Mrs. A. F, Bossler, Mrs. Samuel
%Lippincott, Mrs. Joseph B. Thomas,
Mrs. Phoebe Adams, Mrs. George Hill,
Mrs. Joe Conover, Mrs. Frank John
son, Mrs. Sarah Harris, Mrs. Kruger,
Mrs. Breslin and daughter, Mrs. j.
Keith Macleod, Mrs. Daniel Edwards,
Miss Sparks, Mrs. milford Sharp, Mrs.
VIM. Sykes, Mrs. Hartley, Mrs. Aaron
Warner, Mrs. George Snyder, Misses
Grayce and Elsie Adams.