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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-19

The days of hard work are over.
Nobody will work much in the fu-
ture. Play will be the big thing in
life. Three or four hours day OF
work and taking it pretty easy at
that. Crops will just grow of their
own sweet will. Shoes will come out
of the mill just like that! Houses
will grow on bushes and machines
will make themselves. But wages
will be high. Oh, yes, indeed! All
the money one wants to spend. No
need to save any, for all one will have
to do when he wants more will be to
get a scoop and shovel it up. Just
press a button and new suit of
clothes climbs on your back, or new
fur coat snuggles itself around your
! wife's shoulders. Press another but
ton and dishes come out laden with
food. and then rush back to the kitch-
en- to wash themselves. There'll be
padded cells and straightjackets for
the foolish nuts who insist upon do
ing hard work. "-Capper's Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-19
CAN'T Be BEATEN FOR
COUGHS AND COLDS
DR.. Williams 101 Tonic Also Ideal
for Malaria and Grippe Treat
ment

Three compounds, Iron, >Quinine
and Magnesia, have known value 10
the treatment of Colds, Malaria and
LaGrippe. Quinine clears out the dis
germs from the blood. Magnesia
purges the whole system Of its ac-
cumulated poisons. Iron strengthens
and invigorates the body through the
blood.
All are necessary to a successful
treatment. All are in DR.. Williams
1O1 Tonic-correctly proportionede
That's why 101 Tonic Is universally
known and used
Csc nd SOC bottles for sale at your
drug store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-19
GROWERS
GET FIRST CASTOR
BEAN CHECKS
Cialms Board Mailed First Money to
Helm 4 Walker, Sub-Contractors
on March 10
The Miami Metropolis says:

iho hldlll MetrOp0llS says:
The first 50 checks in settlement of
CLAIMS against the government by
castor bean growers during the war
were mailed on March 10, and 2O7
more on March IL, all Of them to
Florida subcontractors Of Helm &
Walker, according to letter received
py Senator Duncan U. Fletcher from
the castor bean claims board and for
warded to the Metropolis.
This marks the beginning Of the
end OF the strong fight made by cas-
tor beai growers for damages sus-
tanned in attempting to help the gov
eminent by producing the beans for
the manufacture of airplane lubri-
cant. In thsi fight V. W. Helm of the
firm of Helm & Walker of this city
has taken leading part, and has
spent most of his time in Washing
ton for the past several months.
The Chamber of Commerce, also a
contractor in the castor bean grow
Ing, has been backing up Mr.. Helm
at one time sending Guy Livingston
secretary Of the Chamber, to Wash
irgton to testify in behalf Of thc
! growers.
The claims arose because of mis-
representation by government official:
and employees of the profit to be made
in the growing Of the beans. and thu
furnishing by the government of al
legged inferior seed, the prices pait
by the government for product, prac
tically every grower in the state, /
is said, who attempted to raise casto
beans lost money.
More checks are to be mailed ever,
day now until all allowed claims ar
! paid, according to the letter receive,
by Mr.. Fletcher from the claim
board
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-19

Most of the farmers of Lee county
have saved enough meat and lard to
last them through the year, The cane
crop was exceptionally fine and the
farmers have sold their syrup readily
at the mill for $3.50 per gallon. More
cane is being planted this year than
ever before. Other counties would
de we'll to follow the good example
set by Lee county.-Palatka Times
Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-19
According to figures complied b,

According to figures compiled by
the United States Department Of
Agriculture, the man in the city eats
two-thirds more beef, veal and mutton
than the man in the country, but the
man in the country eats two-thirds
more pork than the man in the city
and one-half more poultry.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-19

Tanlac is sold in Lakeland by Hen
ley Drug Co.; in Winter Raven ny
Anderson Drug Co.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-09-18
Bargaintown

Zion Church is now equipped with
a modern electric light plant and the
fixtures make the lighting of this rural
church all that could be desired. 9th
er improvements are being planned,
and among these will be new interior
decoration.
Rev. and Mrs. Buck are appreciated
for their real worth in the community
and services are well attended.
Sunday School at 2 P. NJ.
Preaching at 8 P. NJ.
Epworth League, us P. NJ.
Preaching, 8 P. NJ.
On Sunday, Sept. 10, there will be a
special service in honor of the educa-
tional interests of the community.
Principal R. A. Clemens will give the
address. 1t is desired that all parents
of children in the local school be pres
ent, and a special invitation is extend
ed to all who are interested in the edu.
c%ational uplift of our country.
Come every Sunday.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-09-18
Somers Point

The Women's Republican Club of
Somers Point held a meeting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Absalom Hig-
bee last Monday evening. Mrs. Mary
North Chenoweth, who vas elected
president of the organization. deliver
ed a speech to the women. Mr.. Hig-
bee gave information on the laws reg
ulating the coming election. Officers
were elected as follows: Mrs. Cheno-
weth, president; Mrs. Florence Scull,
vice-president; Miss Eva Higbee. Sec
rotary, and Miss Estelle Ralston. Urea
Surer.
Plans are being perfected by the
Somers Point Volunteer Fire Co. No. l
for an old fashioned Firemen's Fair
to last a week. and to be held in the
new building now under construction
early in December.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-09-18

Hammell, who has served as election
officer for a number of years. AS the
result of the odd situation all three
men presented themselves last Tues
day for the work of primary registra-
ton. The services of only two Demo
cratic officers in the ward being re-
quired, Messrs. Conover and Hammell
served. Further controversy in the
matter will be up to the county ofic-
ers having the appointment in charge
to settle.
School opened last Monday with the
following teachers in charge: Miss
Nettie L. Alexander, principal; Miss
Blanche Alderman, Miss Carrie Saal-
man, Mrs. Cordelia Turner and Miss
Carrie C. Reed. Miss Saalman is the
only new teacher. She is from Egg
Harbor. The total enrolment was
ia, but a number of additional schol-
ars are expected to enroll. Police
Officer Schoep1in will investigate cas-
es of truancy.
Henry C. Morton, of Pitney avenue,
has a new Ford Sedan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steelman R. Lee have
had a Caloric pipeless heater installed
in their Church street home.
John Allen has been appointed jani-
tor of the public school.
Harry B. Conover is having a front
porch added to his North Absecon
home. 1t is being built by his son-in-
law, Harry B. Boice.
Part of the equipment has arrived
for the erection of the electric trans
mission line between here and Tuck
erton, by means of which the Atlantic
City Electric Company will supply cur
rent to the Tuckerton Wireless Station,
which is to be enlarged and equipped
to send wireless messages to far dis
tant points.
Mr.. and Mrs. Furman Horner have
bought the Stevenson property, form
erly the Herbert Lee premises, on
Shore Road between Lee and Colorado
avenues. Mr.. and Mrs. Horner moved
here last spring from Havre de Grace,
Md. They have been making their
home with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard w. Morris.
Walter NJ. Burns is the p%ossessor of
a new Ford Sedan.
At the last meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union a letter
was ordered sent to Mayor Harry
Mattson thanking him for collecting
$14.50, which he turned over to the
society to help defray the expense of
the repairs recently made to the w.
c. T. U. pump at New Jersey and Sta
ton avenues. The society also thanks
the donors for their contributions,
which were greatly appreciated.
The writer desires to thank his ma
ny friends for the personal interest
they have taken of late in supplying
each week written copy of their
social functions, church meetings, per
sonal jottings and current events of
timely interest. He also thanks those
who contribute verbal information and
for the assistance both classes of in
formants render by freely volunteering
same. When personal interest is taken
by the contributors as well as by the
news gatherer, he is better able to GOV.
er the city more fully and intelligently
and at the same time reduce the posi-
bility of mistakes to the minimum.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-09-18
Absecon

S. Paul Lutz, wife and baby, of Sa-
vannah, Ca, are spending their vaca-
ton with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
A. Lutz and family.
Mrs. F. Fraley Doughty has returned
home from the University of Penn
~sylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, where
she underwent an operation. She is
now convalescing at her home on the
Shore Road.
Ebert Hammell and Allen Town
send are preparing to leave for De-
troit, Mich, where they will resume
their duties in an automobile instruc-
ton school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason and son
John and Mr.. Gustave Guenther mo-
tored to Egg Harbor Friday to attend
the Fair.
Mrs. John S. Lewis has been ill the
last two weeks at her home, Shore
Road and Leeds avenue
Mrs. Leslie Golf, of Pleasantville,
was the guest of Mrs. Joseph Tilton
and Mrs. Steelman Tilton last Wednes-
day.
DR.. and Mrs. H. I. Foulds, of Ocean
City, former Absecon residents, visited
Mrs. Lemuel F. BROMLEY, Mrs. Rebec-
ca c. Tilton and Miss Kate Steelman
last Tuesday.
Messrs. Harry White. Fred, Zacha-
riah and Samuel Adkisson have been
enjoying tent and cabin life at Clark's
Landing the last two weeks.
Mrs. Nina Conover Robins expects
to leave the last of this week for her
home at Lansing, Mich, after visiting
her mother, Mrs. Julia Conover, and
other relatives at North Absecon the
past month. Mrs. Robins was formerly
an active member of the Anxious Club
and at the meeting of the club Friday
night, at the home of Miss Ethel Gil
berson, a linen shower was given in
honor of Mrs. Robins, who was married
a short time ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee went last Monday
to Carney's Point, where they spent
the day at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Leroy Strickland.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. R. Lee entertained
four railroad signalmen at a dinner
party at their home on Friday. Five
other signalmen were invited, but for
unavoidable reasons they were pre-
vented from attending. Present were
w. I. Bell, superintendent Of signal
men, and Fred Souseman, Of Camden;
F. A. Potts, of Atlantic City; Arthur
Conover, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee, of
Absecon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w. Smith spent
several days the past week at Cedar
brook, where, On Monday, they attend,
ed the funeral of her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Duble, aged IA, who was in
stantly killed last Friday by an ex.
press train at the station crossing,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-09-18

We do not claim that the mere use
of want ads" will produce prosperity.
But 1t seems more than<a coincidence
that most prosperous people are quick
to recognize the value of classified ad-
vertising. Let us supply your wants
through the Cent-a-Word column Of
The Pleasantville Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-09-18

Charter No. 1928. Reserve District No g.
Report of Condition Of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ABSECON
at Absecon
in the State of New Jersey,
at the close of business on Sep. 8. 1920.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ......... 1924, $3.50
U. S. Government securities
owned:
Owned and unpledged. SIG, $4,000
Total U. S. Govern
ment securities. .- 16. 250.00
Other bonds, securities, etc.
Securities. other than U. S. bonds
and unpledged ............. 100, e31.65
60 per cent of subscription) 10000
and unincumbefed .....".e. 7~,852.o1
Furniture and fixtures. ........ 10000
Lawful reserve with Federal Re-
Cash in vault and net amounts
due from national banks 13,5o2.78
Net amounts due from banks,
bankers, and trust companies in
the United States (other than
included in Items II or 14). 11,25T.9l
S25,269.84
Checks on banks located outside
of city OF town of reporting
bank and other cash items.... 524.15
Total .$3o8. as1.s4
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in..........$ 25,0oo.oo
Surplus fund 5,000.00
Undivided profits ....$9,S03.52
Less current expenses,
interest, and taxes
- s,961.99
Certified checks outstanding. 1857
outstanding ............. 2o.22
$32.8e
Demand deposits (other than
bank d~eposits) subject to Re-
serve deposits payable with
in 80 days)
Individual deposits subject to
Total of demand deposits (o,ther
than bank deposits) subject
to Reserve. Item "a .7,oo
Time deposits subject to Re-
serve payable after 80 days.
or subject to 80 days or
more notice, and postal saw
ings)
Certificates of deposit (other than
for money borrowed ........ 1,359.00
Other time deposits .......... 81, 456. 10
Total of time deposits subject
to Reserve, Items 40 and 43;
$9S,S15.13
Total .S3OS. SS1.e4
State OF New Jersey. County of Atlantic. IS !:
L. Walter j. ROBERTS, CdSnler OIL tue
aboye-named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
WALTER ]. ROBERTS. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day Of September, 1920.
ANU JOHNSON.
(SeaD Notary Public.
Correct-Attest
HARRY MATTSON. SR.,
F. w. SOMERS,
e. Fl. MADDEN.
Directors.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29
NORWICH BULLETIN; SATURDAY; MAY 2s, 1920

village and thatsth landscape gardening committee purchase three Carnperdown elms for memorial trees to be planted in memoriam of Captain Charles Satterlee, Us S. navy, who with his ccrew perished on the U. S. s. Tampa while ons convoy duty in Bristol channel, England, Sept. 26, 1918, and First Sergeant Lyman J. S. Richards, who died March 25,a 1918; from pneumonia at Fort Williams, Me. Miss Amelia Mathewson.. chairman of the landscape gardening committee, with two others whom she may select was ap- pointed a committee to determine the To- cation of the memorial trees. The treas urer, Waiter M. Buckingham, reported on fire prevention and recommended the pur- chase of two ladders; it was so voted. An entertainment will be given soon for the benefit of the Gales Ferry library. A communication from the Eastern Con- necticut Power company in regard to street lighting was read. It was recorn- mended that billboards be provided for advertising and D. R. Povey, head of the street department. announced that Nor man L. Brown, R. B. Taft, Walter M, Buckingham. Orrin s. Bennett. Peter Hoffman and Rufus W. Hurlbutt had been selected to serve on his committee. Music was furnished on his Victrola by Orrin S. Bennett at the close of the busi- ness session.
 MT. and Mrs. Eddie Simmons of Nor
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29

Hyde street
 Miss Smith of Durham. Brooklyn teacher, spent the week end with MT. and Mrs. Herr.
 Andrew Clark is able to be out after an attack of grip.
 Michael Shea and family have been en- tertaining their, cousin. Miss Anna 'Bren- nan of New. York.
 Daniel Agayau and son of Fall River. the new owners of the farm familiarity known as the Patrick Shea place. have been spending a few days on the prem | ises. ~ Recent visitors with Mir. and Mrs Fitch Johnson were Mir. and Mrs R. w Chapman of Colchester and MT. and Mrs | l. w. Foote of Preston.
 Miss Elsie Rodler of New York, for. | rner resident here, is visiting Mrs. How ard Hoxsie . Week, end visitors in the village were Mir. and Mrs. Wright at Mir. Frinks'. Her l. bert Graves at MT. Safford's. and Mis- l Elsie Hawes at her home on the Green l Walter Sager is visiting Bert Tracy a Storrs this week.
 William Miller is working in P1ainfeld
 Twenty-six members of Canterbur. grange went to Brooklyn Tuesday even ing to participate in a Neighbors nigh gathering with Pachaug grange. Mrs Thomas Moore died at her hom !, in the Black Hill district Saturday las
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29
tsr.eial 10 Tn. l,ulletin.,

= New London. May 2s. There is at Yeast one industry in the city and right n the populous section, that is of but 1ery little benefit to the municipality and q detriment to the neighborhood where 1t is located. It has been there & decade or more and numerous com apiaints have been filed against it, but s4ip to date the protestations have been ignored by the health department The Industry is located in what was known fifty years ago as the Russell Hebron Barn. with entrance on Howard street near Bank. but years ago the entrance Apvzs changed to Bank street Hides and taIl0v and presumably general market received and worked over in a way that Brings profit to the concern. It is not 1 sweet perfume factory, that's sure. sThe odor from the place is far removed 3rom the real article termed perfume In Honsequence the complaints are multi plying as time goes on. Within radius Of two hundred feet of the plant are at s4east seventy-hve families and every
 member thereof would feel more content &nd happy were what they term as a nuissnce removed to more distant To- ~ation. Some of the nearby residents lave alleged that a pull with the pow ITS has kept that place just where 1t 1s for so many years.
 z When pr. Mitchell came to town and Rock charge Of the health department lt uaS supposed that he would be free from influences that favored this sort of an industry in 8 populous center. Per fsps he is and will give this matter his 3ersonal attsntian, when he gets to it. An the meantime the residents of that kection are crying for help. In the years That have gone claim has been made khat while at times the odor from that Dlzce may be obnoxious, and compel the riosing of windows in the good old sum- Hner time, the odor is not a menace to xhe public health. That may be so, but
 Recording to residents in that section it
 zs a confounded nuisance and ought tc Se absted.
 According to published regulations. to Become a member of the New London
 Rolice force a man must be not more 1han forty years of age and must
 ~ass stfict medical examination and a
 Satisfactory but not very strict menta
 Examination. mental in so far as applied
 so education. He need not be college
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29

wich have purch ased the house and lot belonging to Attorney John J. Lawless of New London, situated on the village street here. MT. Simmons is connected with musical comedy of New York and has been travelling in the west most of the past winter MT. and Mrs. Simmons take possession July list They have spent several summers at Gales Ferry.
 Charles Hawkins Chapman. superinten- dent of the Waterbury division Of the Connecticut company trolley dimes, and Mrs. Chapman motored here Thursday and were guests over night at the home of their cousins, Courtland F. Colver and Miss Kate B. Colyer, at the submarine base. MT. and Mrs. Chapman make this annual visit for Memorial day to the Gales Ferry cemetery. where are buried the parents of MT. Chapman, MT. and Mrs. Romain A. Chapman, former resi- dents.
 Mir. and Mrs Rollin C. Jones of Nor wicIl were guests at dinner Wednesday evening at the home of MT. and Mrs | Walter M. Buckingham.
 Miss Helen Hamilton of Norwich and l her cousin, Dr. Norman Cole, from Mary land, motored to the village for cal
 last Wednesday afternoon. '~
 MT. and Mrs. Lester Reed, who have i spent the winter in New York, returned
 last Wednesday to the family home a l Allyn's Point.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29

and pig-pens became public nuisance, and today not 8 single pig is raised legally within the limits of the city.
 There is an ordinance forbidding the keeping of pigs and for a time, long time, that ordinance was very strictly enforced, but as time has gone on there has been relaxation in enforcement of the ordinance and so It Is said, there is pig or two in the city that are pri- vately- owned. But when the city prop CT ignores the ordinance how can com mon everyday citizen be expected to ob- serve the city law in that particular regard? The almshouse now politely called Hillside farm, copying that name from other cities, has it's full quota of pigs This well-conducted institution is well within the city limits and is under the control of a committee of the court of common council. Should the fellow who owns adjoining property attempt to go into the pig raising business he would probably be arrested and arraigned in the police court for violation of city ordinance. This anti-pig law is appli- cable to the whole city and not to any selected section thereof And now comes along an. old codger who declares that , the municipal piggery is located within the limits of the city of New London
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29

Miss Julia c. Richards was surprised Tuesday afternoon at her home in the Long Cove district to receive the teacher, Miss Evelyn E. Whipple, of the school. and her pupils, who came to hang Miss Richards a fine May basket filled with fruit, flowers and candy.
 Mrs. R. D. Fitzmaurice of Providence, R. L, was visitor at, the summer cot tage of the family, The Pioneer on the Bluff, Wednesday.
 Rev G. H Wright will speak on Me morial day Sunday morning in the NJ E church from the theme Dark Days and the Blessings They Bring. Rev. Allen s Bush will assist in the service. The chil- dren of the Sunday school, with Memo. rial day program which they will give ir place of the regular Sunday school ses sion, will follow the morning service ant will conclude by marching to the villag. cemetery near by. with the congregation in, attendance, and will place a geraniun on every soldiers grave. closing the ex ercses with singing.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29
GALES FERRY


 The second lecture in the course of Citi- zenship was given Thursday afternoon in the vestry of the M. E. church. Mrs. Rose of Hartford, who was a canteen worker in the Y. M. c. A. under New York organization for one year during the late war, was the interesting speaker.
 The Ladies Aid society of the church served baked bean and salad supper from , to ' o'clock which was we'll at tended. A sale of useful articles and aprons was also held. The supper and sale netted a. good sum.
 The bi-weekly session of the Village Improvement association was held at the clubhouse Monday evening, Rev Allen s. Bush, the president, presiding. Re ports were given on the work of the sev- eral committees. It was voted that the street department purchase six rubbish cans to be placed where needed in the
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29
CANTERBURY GREEN

The conference of six churches held at Wauregan Tuesday was attended by Rev. Robert Humphrey, Mrs. Humphrey and MT and Mrs. Hale Bennett.
 The Ladies Aid society meets next Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Herr of
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29

woodbury.-c. IL Brown has bee en- gagged as lrlncinsi of the hirc;it'i sSs col for another year, nlalsns lzs .ts.il : ear in Wooibury. His saialy Nnl De Afs''p-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29

after an illness of several weea-z Bune-al serSscSs sconducted hy 1-eS- Arthur 1@r-
 wick of plainfield were held AohdA, -f- teInoon. luriaI will be m Ao,a Sc l-a- the former home of the family
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29
Pianos and Piano Players

The lifting of the embargo for few days has enabled to show you assortment of 75 different Pianos and Player Pianos including such standard makes chieksrins HaIlss Davis, Rehr Bros, Wassrrmanu, Crawford, Lexington, Conway, and many others Select YOUR fsyorits Piano while the this possible .N
Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-29

Cut the high cost of living at it's hiah- est point by buying a good Refriaera- tor, which has special sanitary con struetion and insulation that eonserves ice and will preaSrve food. conpIcte line, ranging from T5o up.