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Notice of Settlement of Account

Notice is hereby given, that the ac-
counts of the subscriber, Administrator,
of the estate of John D. Layton late
of Salem County, N. J.. deceased, will be
audited and stated by the Surrogate OF
the County of Salem, and reported for
settlement to the Orphans Court of the
County of Salem, IN Friday the gath
day of September, 1920, at which time
application will be made for h allow
apce of commissions and counsel fees.
Dated Salem, y. ]. August goth. A. D.
1920. WILLARD LAYTON,
Seo0.5t Administrator.
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Union Baptist Church, Carneys Poin

Rev. Lewis Revis, Pastor
HOO A. M.-Sermon by pastor, text
"Watch Ye Therefore"
200 P. M.-Sunday School.
500 P. M.-Sermon by DR.. A. ].
Cooper to the Carneys Point Mission
airy Bible Institute. Text, "Woe Be
unto the Land Whose King is a Child"
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend.
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Notice to Creditors
Salem County surrogate's Office

Estate of Moses Braxton, Deceased
Pursuant to the order of Loren P.
Salem, made on the seventeenth day of
August, 1920, on the application of
Daniel V. Summerill, Jr., Administra-
tor of the estate of Moses BraXton, de-
ceased, notice is hereby given to the
creditors OF said deceased, to exhibit
to the subscriber, Administrator as
aforesaid, their debts and demands
against the said estate, under oath or
affirmation, within six months from the
date of the aforesaid order, or they will
be forever barred of their action there
for. against the said subscriber.
DANIEL Y. SUMMERlLL, Jr,
Administrator.
Dated Salem, n. J., August 18th, 1920.
9-3-9t
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Christian Science Church

Services at II A. M. Sunday and 8
P. M. Wednesday. l.,
A free reading room is maintained
in this building where the Bible and
the Christian Science literature can be
read, borrowed or purchased. from z
o'clock until 4.30. All are welcome.
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Notice of Settlement of Account

Notice is hereby given, that the ac-
counts of the subscribers, Executors,
of the estate of Catharine Gaventa late
of Salem County, n. J., deceased, will be
audited stated by the Surrogate of
the County Of Salem, n reported tor
settlement to the Orphans Court of the
day Of September, 1920, at which time
application will be made for the allow
of commissions and counsel fees
Dated Salem. n. j. August goth, A. ID
1870. FRANK J. GAVENTA
GEORGE GAVENTA,
:. oO-5t Executors,
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Bethel M. P. Church
Rev. S. ], Dorlon, Pastor

Rev. s. J. DOrIon. Pastor
1890 A. M.-Sermonette to the chill
dren on GA Bag of Feathers" Sub
ject of sermon to adults, "Don't Let
the Fire Go Out"
2.3O P. M.-Sunday School. w. F,
Yeager, superintendent.
$50 P. M.-Young Peoples Meeting
Miss Emily Brooks, leader.
7.3O P. M.-Evangelistic service.
Prayer Meeting on Wednesday eve
ming at 7.30.
Glass Meeting On Friday evening at
7.3O. w. S. Fisher, leader.
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First Baptist Church

EITSL DdptIS CIIuICH
Rev. Fred j. Peters. Pastor
Services for Sunday, September 10Th.
1880 A. M.-Sermon by the Pastor.
- Noon-Sunday School.
800 P. M.-Baptist Sunday School
at Carneys Point in School House on
Shell Road and Walker Avenue.
$50 P. M.-Open air meeting at
Broad and Main Streets.
7.3O P. M.-Gospel service.
We are glad to be able to announce
that we have secured the services OF
Evangelist Erikson from September
goth to October 10th. All his friends
will be glad to greet him again.
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NOTE OF

wish for myself and mother to pub
liclv thank the friends who by the loan
of their cars ad other ways helped us
on the occasion of father's death and
burial. Eugene r.. Fish.
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Red Mems Hall, Pedricktown.

In pursuance of the provisions Of the
election law Of the State further notice
Is given that the Boards of Registry
and Election will meet on the second
Tuesday in September (September
14th) at ten o'clock in the forenoon
and then proceed to make a house to
house canvass of the voters, completing
it on or before Friday, September 18th.
The said Boards of Registry and
Election will meet on the fourth Tues
day Of September (September 28th) be-
tween the hours of Z A. NJ. and 9 P. NJ.
at the place where the next General
Election shall be held for the purpose
of conducting the Primary Election and
for registration purposes.
The said Boards of Registry and
Election will also meet on Tuesday, Oc-
tober 18th. from l TO 9 P. M. for the
final registration of voters.
Notice is hereby given that the Coun-
ty Board of Election will sit at the
Court House, Salem, on September oath
and 25th and Primary Day, September
28th. and also October 28th and 18th
and Geeral Election Day, November I'd.
The Judge of the Court of Common
Plea will sit at the Court House, Salem,
on Primary Day, September 28th. and
also Genera Election Day, November
I'd, for registration during
the hours the polls are open.
Notice is also given that a
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between the hours of 6 A. NJ. and Z P.
NJ. and to vote upon a referendum en-
titled "A Soldiers Bonus Act" Chapter
endum entitled "A State Bond Issue"
Chapter 352 of the laws of 1920.
Absentee electors who are registered
for the General Election may make ap-
plication to the County Board of Elec-
tions for a ballot to enable them to
vote on.
BOARD OF REGISTRY and ELECTION
r. III. Lloyd, Harry BiitZstein,
93-4t President. Secretary.
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ELECTION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER End

will be held in Salem County at the
polling places above named on
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Sheriff's Sale
SALEM COMMON PLEAS
Between

Between
Ralph Dispigno, I'll Fa de
Plaintiff DO. ct ter.
and On Dockete'
Pietro Montagnoli, judgment.
Defendant.
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Notice of Election
Notice is hereby given that a
PRIMARY ELECTION

PRIMARY ELECTION
yin be held in the County of Salem.
New Jersey, on
Tuesday, September 18th, 1920
for the nomination by a direct vote Of
the people of candidates for Member Of
the House Of Representative from the
F1rst congressional District for full
term and to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of the late William J. Brown
in, Senator, Member of General Assem-
bly,, Sheriff, two Coroners, one member
Of each of the Republican and Demo-
cratic County Committees from each
election district, and the following Of
fees TO be filled in the several munich
palities of said county
Penns Grove
Two Councilmen
Three Constables
One Justice Of the Peace
Upper Penns Neck
One Freebooter
One Township Committee
One Justice of the Peace (full term)
One Constable
OIdmans
One Township Committee
one Justice of the Peace (ful1 term)
One Constable
POLLING PLACES
Penns Grove
1st D.-Liberty Fire House.
I'd D-High School, North Broad st.
Ord D-Odd Fellows Hall, West Main
Street.
4th D.-23 South Broad Street.
Upper Penns Neck
1st D-Next Presbyterian Church,
Carneys Point.
Second Precinct in Bungalow, 461
First Avenue, New Village.
Third Precinct, Old Cove School
House on Georgetown Road.
0Idmans
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Returnable September Term. 1920
By Virtue of sundry writs to me d.
rected and delivered, against the said
defendant, Pietro M~ontagnoli, 1 shall
expose to sale at public Vendue, on
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long exposure TO the elements at the
hostelry's portals, was at the wheel.

long exposure TO the elements at the
.hostelry's portals, was at the wheel.
Antoine greeted me with that air of
lofty condescension tempered with a
sincere kindliness that had made him
prince among head-waiters. AS l
shook hands with him his lips quivered
and tears came to his eyes,
bade Antoine Join me in the back
seat that he might the more easily
bring me up to date as to affairs on
the estate. -
ut must be little slow7Rtp here
after the years you lived m town."
l suggested. "but of course yopre all
old friends"
well. yes; all friends" he acqui-
esced. but with so little enthusiasm
that looked at him quickly. He pre-
tended to be absorbed In the flying
landscape at the moment. Flynn,
noticed. was giving ear to our con-
versation from the wheel.
1T was sad, very sad, Mr.. Bash.
ford passing away so far from home
sir. 1t was great shock. And he
had looked forward for years to n
Qulet Ire ABROAD.
Antoine's speech was that Of n
well-trained English upper servant,
and l imagined that I'm his youth he
had taken some English butler as his
model. He used to pretend that he
knew French very imperfectly, and I
was surprised when he now addressed
me quite fluently in that language.
You have been with the armies Of
dear France" he remarked. "The
war Is very dreadful. My parents
were Of verdun; It grieves me to
know OF the suffering in the land Of
my people"
AS replied sympathetically in
French I saw Flynn straighten him
self at the wheel with an impatient
fling Of his head. Antoine indica ted
him with contemptuous nod: Mar
ried Elsie, the German woman who
worked I'm the lnen-room at the
Tyringham This had caused some
trouble, and there is a pantry girl.
Gretchen, who was Ill for n long time
before the master left, and he sent
her here for the country air. She is
little devil with her dear Father
land"
! laughed Mt the old fellows gray.
fty and carn"StneSS. That the war
should he making itself felt on the
quiet acres ut BartOn-on-thc-S Sound
was absurd.
/ was pOndcring the rccrudescence
Of race hatreds due to the upheaval
I'm Europe when he startled me by n
statement uttered close to my ear ::
"There have been inquiries for the
widow; these have caused me much
anxiety. 1t seems that there are per-
sons anxious to see her. There have
been inquiries. one-two-three
times"
Probably some Of her American
friends anxious to pay their respects,
or some Of the neighbors making calls
OF courtesy" I suggested.
"A foreign gentleman who acts very
Queerly," Antoine persisted.
My uncle's widow was q vague, un
known being whom had never ex-
pected to cross my horizons. II she
meditated descent upon Barton on
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DODSON TELLS THE
HORROR OR CALOMEL
You Don't Need to Sicken, Grippe.
or Salivate Yourself to
Start Liver

YOU'RE bilious, sluggish, consti-
pated. You feel headachy. your sto-
mach may be sour, your breath bad,
your skin sallow and you believe you
need vile, dangerous calomcl to start
liver and bowels.
Here's my guarantee! Ask your
druggist for bottle of Dodson's Liv-
er Tone and take a spoonful tonight
If it doesn't start your liver and
straighten you right up better than
calomel and without gripping or max
ing you sick l want you to go back
to the store and get your moeny
Take calomel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak and nauseated.
Don't lose a day. Take a spoonful
of harmless, vegetable Dodson's Liver
Tone tonight and wake up feeling
splendid. 1t is perfectly harmless. so
give it to your children any time. 1t
can't salivate. 55
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the-Sound. the trust company would
certainly have had some hint of he,
approach. hut Terrence clearly ha,
had no tidings Of her beyond her las
communication from Bangkok. Still
II was wholly possible that a globe
trOtting widow would have friends ir
many parts Of the world and ] could
see nothing disturbing In the fact tha,
Inquiries had been made for her.
said as much. Antoine's answer was
another shrug and Il jerk Of his head
toward Flynn. as though even the en-
ployment Of an alien tongue might no,
conceal our conversation from the bic
Irishmnn. When we had reached the
farm and were running through the
grounds Antoine spoke again.
1--WE thought we would put Won
up at the house. Mr.. Singleton, and
not in the garage" he said inauir.
ingly.
'Not at all. Antoine" answered
quickly. 1--WE must stick close to thu
law iD such matterS"
"Very good. sir. Stop Mt the gnrage
Flynn"
To the casual observer the garage
was charming two-story house fol
lowing the general lines Of the plaster
and timber residence, from which It
was separated by q strip Of woodland
and formal garden. The garage
and quarters for the chauffeur were
at one end and at the other were a
downstairs living-room, with a broad
fireplace, and three chambers above
so planned rs to afford charming
view OF the Sound. whose shore curved
In deeply at this point. On the
chauffeur's side was a small kitchen
from which l had been served with
my meals when lodged there.
The house is in order. You will
nave your meals at the residence,
suppose, sir" Antoine suggested.
debated this moment and when
he limited that dinner could be more
conveniently served there than in my
own quarters. said that for the
present the Tlynns might give M"
breakfast ana luncheon at the garage
but that | would dine at the house
III was five o'clock when I reached
the garage, and Antoine left me after
opening my bags. with the suggestion
that ] could SUMMON Zimmerman. u
former valet of the Tyringham for
any service might require. kn"w
zimmerman very well and said
would call him when occasion re-
Quircd.
"lle Is Of that race" said Antoine
p'nintively In the French which now
seemed to come readily enough to his
lips.
Race? BOtheration! You mustn't
trouble yourself about race questions
out here. Antoine. Zimmerman Is n
good old chap. who's probably for.
gotten the very name OF the German
town he was born in"
"They do not forget" Antoine re-
piled with emphasis. "There has
been much discussion-much-
Forget 1t. Antoine! supposed
you were all living here like n happy
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mgr
"By JOveT calculated, "theres
more here than appears. You're Il
love with the girlr'
Rubbish" he cried impatiently
you'll think I'm talking rot, but this
girl was the INSTALLATION Of char.
acter had dreamed of and groped
after for years. That's all; but it's
whole lot, I can tell you'll"
LET us be practical for a moment
Searles," I urged. "Emperors, presi.
dents, and popular murderers are not
more conspicuous than the people of
the stage. No girl talented enough to
get two engagements, even for small
parts, In n tirst-class London theater
could vanish. With your acquaintance
In the profession you'd be able to
trace her anywhere on earth. BY the
way, what did the paragon call her.
self?"
"ViOlet Dewing was her stage name
and the only name the managers knew
her by. assumed that, Of course,
all had to do was to finish my play
and then have Dalton, who represents
me over there, make an appointment
to read 1t to her; but Dalton worked
for three months trying to find her
without success. I wasn't the only
person who was interested in her.
Dalton said that half dozen mana
gers had their eye on her, but after
Honorable Women closed she stepped
into the void. I knew what you're
thinking-that the other members of
the two companies she appeared
with must have had some inkling of
her identity, but I tell you Dalton and
1 exhausted the possibilities. 1t was
by accident that she got her chance in
the pantOmime-SOmc one wouldn't do
ut the last minute, and they gave Miss
Dewing a trial. She was well liked
by her associates in spite of the fact
that she was bit oifish and vanished
from their world the minute the cur
tain fell"
"a clover govcrncSS out Of Job,
satisfying 4 craving for excitement
and PLAYING the mysterious .Ole as a
part or the adventure. Am i to as
sumo that you've burned your play
and that the incident is closed"
"Oh, 1 didn't burn it; / have q copy
locked in safety vault, and Dalton
left one heavily sealed at a small ex.
elusive London hotel where, he found
after much difficulty, the girl had
lodged during her two engagements" !"
"You're morbid" said. "Show me
her photograph"
He laughed ironically. "Never q
chance, Singleton! You haven't yet
got the idea that this young
woman is out of the ordinary.
She refused to be photographed
wrote 1t into her two contracts that
this was not to be asked. I never
saw her Off the stage. and can't give
you a description Of her that would
be Of the slightest assistance to the
keenest detective alive. In that panto.
mime she was a frOlic. the clowns
daughter, and. although nobody saw 1t,
she was the whole piece. the elusive
SDrite that could evoke laughter and
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"oh, Pm Not Knocking the Dead!"
struck me us pretty decent. square
sort of chap, and not at all the
familiar grOuchy uncle OF fiction and
the drama. made notes on him from
time TO time with view to building
play around him-the perfect uncle,
unobtrusive, never clustering at his
nephew; translating the avuncular
relationship into something remote and
chaste like a distant view of Mount
Washington In winter. 1t was just
like him to retire from business on
his sixtleth birthday and depart for
the Orient. there to commit the
shameless indiscretion Of matrimony."
"Like him! 1t was the greatest
shock Of my life. To the best of my
knowledge he never knew any women
except the widow of his partner in the
importing house. She was about
eighty and perfectly safe. He spent
twenty years in the Tyringham, the
dullast and most respectable hotel
in the world, and his chief recrea-
tiOn was leisurely walk in the park
oSAoAS SoAhS W DCu. Lou COuiu SET
your clock by him. Pretty thin pick
ing for dramatist. should think.
He used to take me to the theater
regularly rvery other Thursday-it
Was a date-and his favorire enter
tainment was vaudeville with black
face establishment preferred. But in
his shy fashion he was kind and
generous and mighty good to me-"
"If you hadn't gone to war, but had
kept right at his elbow. the marriage
might have been averted." suggested
Searles. "He did leave you some
thing. didn't her"
"Fifty thousand cash and the right
to use the garage at the Barton farm.
Calling It a farm is a Joke; it's rocks
mostly. He bought the house to have
a place to store his prints and Jap
ceramics. He hated motoring except
in taxis up and down town. and when
I urged him to set up machine, he
told he to go ahead and buy one and
build the garage. Told me I'd better
fix up the studio In the garage and
have 1t as =. place to work In. His
will provides that / may lodge in the
garage for life"
"The estate footed million, as I
remember, so l can't praise his gener-
Osity. But the widow, your unknown
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CHAPTER I.
,esscw ~ cexAxss ,c,e1an7sy .sox,
The "Troops~

The "Troops"
1t was hard luck, said Searles,
"tnat 1 should spend a year writing
q play for woman only to find that
she had vanished-jumped OF the
earth into nowhere. This was my
highest flight, Singleton, the best writ
Ing ever did, and after the vast
pains took with the thing, the only
woman I ever saw who could possibly
act 1t Is unavailable; worse than that,
absolutely undiscoverable! Nobody
knows have this script; I've kept
quiet about it simply because I'm not
going to be forced into accepting a
star / don't want. I have feeling
about this play that never had about
my other things. The public has been
30 kind to my small offerings that
I'm trying to lead 'em on to the best I
can do; something little finer and
more imaginative, with a touch of
poetry, If you please. And now"
He glared at me as though I were
responsible for his troubles. AS he
knew I had been flying in the French
aviation corps for two years and had
Just been invalided home, didn't
think 1t necessary to establish an
alibi. Fate had been kind to Dick
Searles. In college he had written n
play or two that demonstrated his
talent, and after n rigid apprentice
ship rs scene-shifter and assistant
producer he had made killing with
"Let George Do It." farce that earn
ed enough to put him Mt ease and make
possible an upward step into straight
comedy. Even as we talked a capac-
ity house was laughing at his skit
"WhO Killed Cock RObin?" Just around
the corner from his lodgings So his
story was not the invention Of re-
jected playwright to cover the non.
appearance of play which nobody
would produce.
"Isn't 1t always n mistake to write
a play for particular starW I sug-
gested. "SeemS to me I've read some-
where that that Is among the beset-
ting sins Of you playwrIghts."
"Old stuff, my boy; but this isn't
one Of those cases. The person I had
in mind for this play wasn't star,
but a beginner, quite unknown. 1t
was when was in London putting on
FAIRY Gold that saw her; she had
q small part in pantomime, and
pantomime IL the severest test of an
actors powers. you know. A little
later she appeared in Honorable Wo-
men, a capital play that died early,
but there again I felt her peculiar
charm-it was just that. She was e1.
Quisitei No one ever captured my
imagination as she did. I watched
her night after night I was afraid
that when I heard her voice it would
break the spell. and actually shook
like man with an ague when she
tripped out on the stage as the in
genue in Honorable Women And
her laughter! You know how hollow
the usual stage mirth is. but that girls
laugh had the Joy of the lark ascend
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tears by q gesture, a lifting OF the
brows, a grimace. BY utterly differ
ent methods in Honorable Women
she proved her wide range Of appeal.
Hers was the one true characteriza-
tion In the piece. When Terry was in
her prime you remember how we used
to say that only one bird sang like
that, and from paradise 1t flew? Well,
this bird sings on the same branch /!
Her voice was her charm made audi
ble!"
Rave some more" pleaded.
"You never talked better in your life. I"
Don't be an ass" he said sourly.
Lets forget her and take a squint
at your affairs. Just what do you
mean to do with yourselfT
my shoulder still creaks a little, and
the doctors advise me to sit around
for a while. They offered me some
Jobs in Washington, but desk work
and inspection duty are too tame after
couple Of years spent in star climb
Ing. I'm going up to Barton-on-the-
Sound and I'll camp in the garage on
my uncle's place."
your uncle played you a nasty
trick" interrupted Searles; "getting
married and then adding to the crime
by dying. You couldn't beat that for
general spitefulness."
do you remember the immortal
lines:
oh. skip your dear unclel'
The Bellman exclaimed
A he angrily tinkled his bell"f
"Oh. I'm not knocking the dead {" he
protested. "Mr. Bashford always
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