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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
COUNCIL DISPOsES OF
SEVERAL SMALL MATTERS.

A regular meeting of City Council
was held Monday evening, President
Chattle in the chair, and Councilmen
Anderson, Adams, Blackman, James
and Peck present.
Requests for lights at Talbot Ave.
and Old Turnpike, and a series of
lights at Chester and Washington
AYES, were referred to the Light Com
mittee with power to act.
A motion prevailed that the City
Solicitor and Mr.. Vosbury, consulting
engineer, represent the City in a pro-
test against any increase in the water
rates of the Atlantic County Water
Company.
A resolution was adopted to pay
Edwin G. Britt the sum of 81, %. So
on the sewer contract, and Remington
& Vosbury 1888 for engineering SER
vices.
A communication from the Solicitor
officially notified Council of the in
creased rates allowed the Pleasant
vile Gas Company by the Public Util-
tiles Commission.
Ordinance No. PIP, proclaiming a
junk shop in certain localities a nuis-
ance, passed third and final reading.
Ordinance No. 213, to vacate a strip
of land known as Richmond avenue,
was passed on first and second read
ings.
The matter of the grading and gray
cling of Greenfield avenue was again
discussed and the Street Committee
reported they were ready to go ahead
with same.
A communication from the Atlantic
City Electric Company offered tt run
their lines to the new sewerage screen
ing plants without cost, if the city will
guarantee the company $25 per month
for "a months for current.
Butler Boyd called attention to the
bad drainage conditions on the Old
Turnpike, and the matter was referred
to the Street Committee for investiga-
ton.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
personal AND
! SOCIAL RECORD

Miss Mary c.. Stephenson was a
Quaker City visitor this week.
Mr.. William Townsend, of Philadel-
phia, was a P~leasantville visitor on
Sunday.
Mrs. A. H. B. Mowbray, of Balti-
more, is the guest of S.. E. Whitman
and family.
J.. Norman Shinn was in town this
week visiting relatives and renewing
acquaintances.
Mrs. Walton Risley entertained on
Wednesday Miss Johanna Heinsohn,
of Egg Harbor City.
Misses Elizabeth and Esther Mutzer,
of Camden, were guests on Thursday
last of Mrs. Leslie Golf.
Miss Mary Godfrey, of T~uckahoe, is
spending ten days with her cousin,
Miss Catharine Sullivan.
Miss Florence Fowler, of Camden,
spent the past week with her cousins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Golf.
Miss Erma Lake, of Glassboro, was
the guest over the weekend of her
aunt, Mrs. Samuel Carton.
Clyde NJ, the young son of Mr.. and
MIS-. a. h. Sm1tn, or Pn1ladelphla, mas
been quite sick for a week.
Miss Eleanor Gilkey, Miss Ella Hum
nell and Miss Anna Helms we're At
lantic City visitors this week.
Mrs. Frank Webb spent a day in
Philadelphia last week with her moth
er, who is in very poor health.
Mrs. H. R. Pennypacker, from Allan
tic City, visited her mother, Mrs. Miles,
between showers on Thursday.
Master Grover Vincent is entertain
ing his two cousins, Misses Iva and
Edna Doughty, of Atlantic City, over
the weekend.
Mrs. G. Edwin Blandford, of Wash
On, D. c., is the guest of her par
and Mrs. Mark Fritsch, on
q.
""+t and daughter,
guests
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21

q sDg=
lumbus. have selected Rev, Gregory
Moran, of ~Pleasantville. to be Grand
Knight-next year.
On Friday evening, Aug. 81, the At
lantic County Christian Endeavor
Union will give another moonlight sail
on the yacht Chalfonte, leaving the
Inlet wharf, at 8 o'clock.
Ralph L. Stewart has Just been
awarded the contract to install a Magic
Service Heater in the parsonage of
the M. E. Church, Absecon; also one
in the home of Herbert Bowen, on
New Road.
We are reliably informed that the
Democrats will have a full ticket in
the field for local Offices this Fall.
They will have a fight on for members
of the County Committee, two sets of
candidates being in the field.
You doubtless enjoy reading the So
cial and local items in The Pleasant
vile Press. Bear in mind, when you
have some n visiting you, to call or
write or phone us the fact, so that we
may make. this department more inter-
esting.
Samuel Hecker has just been grant
ed a renewal of his license to conduct
a junk shop in Pleasantville. Sam
says he intends to thoroughly clean
the yard surrounding his shop and to
conduct his business in a manner that
will be satisfactory to all.
City Clerk Nehemiah Andrews has
been busy issuing %gunners' licenses
because of the opening last Monday of
the season for shooting black-bellied
and golden plover and yellow legs.
The season for reed bird, rail bird,
marsh and mud hens opens Sept. l.
The County Board of Elections met
in P~leasantville on Thursday evening
last for the purpose of selecting poll
ing places and naming election ofic-
ers. Owing to a fight over the Repub-
lican boards in P~leasantville, the ap-
pointments were put up to Judge In
gersoll.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Leslie Goss wish to
announce that they have sold their
Oakland ven home and their pres
ent address is 342 29th venue San
Francisco, Cal. They left no unpaid
bills any place or at any time. Any
one declaring to the contrary is sub
ject to suit for defamation of charac-
ter.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
LIGHTNING STRIKES CHURCH
AND DOES OTHER DAMAGE,

Lightning wrought havoc in Pleas
antville last Monday evening. The
steeple of St. Peters Roman Catholic
Church was struck and set fire 10
same. The blaze ate its way into the
concrete construction of the building.
The fire company responded to a call
and extinguished the blaze. The loss
is fully covered by insurance. William
Champion was felled fiat and rendered
unconscious. but was soon restored by
medical aid. Other freaks, but of a
less damaging nature, were also re-
pOrted.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie uun entertained
over the weekend their cousin, Mr..
Harry Lee, of Tuckahoe, and Miss
Reba Addison, of Philadelphia.
Miss Nellie Myers, Miss Emma
Douglas and Mrs. James Wallace were
weekend guests of Mrs. Alice Snyder
at her home on Edgewater avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Claude Bailey and
daughter, Henrietta, returned Thurs
day from a few days visit with rela-
tives at Centreville and Barclay, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Vincent enter
tanned over Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Doughty and two charming daugh-
tiers, Misses Iva and Edna, of Atlantic
City.
Miss Bernardine Turney, of W. Park
avenue, entertained ove the weekend
Messrs. John Mcfarland, Edward Ho-
gan and Irving Turney, all of Philadel-
phia.
Miss Mary Valentine, of Westville,
and for a number of years a teacher
in the ~Pleasantville schools, spent this
week as the guest of Miss Emily H.
Davis at the Leech Apartments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Salotti (nee Dor
othy SMITH, of 108 N. New Road,
P~leasantville, are receiving congratu-
lations upon the birth of a daughter,
Dorothy Madeline, Sunday, Aug. Is.
Mrs. Isabel Miles entertained on
Monday her cousins, Mrs. Geo. l..
Dych, Mrs. o. Johnson and Mrs. Ella
Ruekstool, from Philadelphia, who are
spending a few weeks at Ocean City.
Mrs. Charles Wright and son Glad
stone have returned to their home in
Yonkers, N. Y, after being the guests
of her parents, MI. and Mrs. Levi
Hewitt, of Pleasant avenue, for two
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh ]. German, of
Philadelphia, are enjoying a weeks
vacation in Pleasantville, taking in
the many delightful trips afforded
summer visitors to this part of the
country.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Golf entertained
at dinner on Monday last Mr.. and Mrs.
e. Fowler and Miss Florence Fowler,
of Camden, also Mrs. R. ]. Frendlich,
following which the party enjoyed a
trip to Atlantic City.
Misses May K. Smiley, Helen Fisher
anu 1Ni VI Dul $500 anu NIL. EuSdl
Peck, of Yeadon, Pa, were guests
over the weekend of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Weeks. Mrs. Weeks accompan-
led them home for a weeks visit.
Miss Winifred Stafford, of New York
City, spent the weekend with her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. C.. Stafford.
Miss Stafford returned on Sunday af-
ternoon, accompanied by her sister,
Miss Pauline Stafford, who will spend
several weeks in New York.
Mr.. VIM. P. Gilkey and family and
Mr.. Arthur R. Smith and family were
recent visitors in town, motoring down
in the formers new seven-passenger
automobile. Mr.. Gilkey, a recent guar
antee man at Hog Island, has been
promoted to membership on the ship
ping board.
Mrs. G. Edwin Blandford, nee Miss
Helen Fritsch, of Washington, D.. c.,
entertained at the home of her par
ents on Decatur avenue last Wednes-
day evening Mr.. and Mrs. John H.
Weaver and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Davi-
son, and on Tuesday, Miss Amy l.
Ware, of Atlantic City.
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
SCHOOL A NOTES.

Under a new state law, which re-
quires school children to hold fire
practice one hour each month, the
Board of Education of P~leasantville at
their meeting on Tuesday ordered
Clerk Jackson to purchase $50 copies
of a book entitled Fire Prevention, y
published by the National Board of
Fire Underwriters, in order that the
children a be given full instructions.
Miss Grace Good, of near Lock Haven,
Pa, and Miss Mildred Smith, of Vent
nor City. were elected grade teachers,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
A NEW

A Storage Warehouse, known as the
Acme Storage Co. and located at 10 S.
Second street. Pleasantville, was op-
ened this week. The town is growing
to such an extent that a place of this
kind will be appreciated by those in
need of a place to store goods of any
description. See ad. elsewhere.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
WESLEY M. E. CHURCH..
Rev. J. L. Surtees, Pastor.

Services Sunday as follows:
Attend the Glass Meeting at $50 and
be refreshed.
Pastor breaches at 1890 on Pre-
vented by Cod"
School session at $50.
Epworth League at Z, led by John
Kirkbride.
Evening service at 7.45.
Mrs. Margaret Tilton, of Atlantic
City, will sing during the morning
service.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday night at
7.45. Everybody welcome.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
HAD "BARRELs OF FUN"

intermediate Society of st. Johns
NJ. P. Church enjoyed a barrel of fun
last Saturday evening at the Steeple-
chase. Those present were: Misses
Maize Somers, Verna Oakley. Ruth
Muskett, Sadie Rodgers, Elizabeth
Caddick. Ada Caddick. Sara Sutton,
Ethel Duncan, Naomi Moore, Hattie
Bozarth, Edith Hawkins, Vera Haw-
kins and Doris Hawkins, Harry Rice,
Harry Arlan, Jimmie Channels, Harold
Glenn, and Mrs. NJ. w. Howell.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
Standing of the Clubs.
TRIRTY-Slx STATES RATlFY;
WOMEN SOON MAY VOTE.

The Legislature of Tennessee this
week ratified the Constitutional
amendment to give the ballot to wom-
en-. making the Seth State to ratify
and giving the required number. AS
as Secretary of State Colby is
sues the required proclamation, it will
become the Nineteenth Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States,
and the women of the entire country
will this year for the first time enjoy
all the privileges of suffrage.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21

Mrs. Anna F. C~roasdale, mother OF
State Librarian Francis E. C~roasdale
and Mrs. William B. Smith, of. Detroit,
Mich. died at the Atlantic City Hos
pital early Monday morning as the re-
suit of a fractured skull sustained in
an automobile accident on Sunday
evening. Mrs. Smith had just depart
ed for her home prior to the accident
and following a visit to relatives in
the county and was apprised of her
mothers death upon reaching Detroit.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
PieasantViile Administers Whitewssh
and Then Gets Dose of Own
Medicine.

P~leasantyille easily defeated Ham
monitor on the local diamond last Sat
urday afternoon by the score of 9 to 0.
Scott Long, the veteran local tWirler,
pitched the first half of the game for
Pleasantyille, and performed very
creditably. He was succeeded by Nc
Claim, who held Hammonton s~coreless
for the rest of the game. Hammonton
made but four hits, and they We're well
scattered. The lineup
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
Scouts in Need of Tents.

The scouts are in need of a fly to
eat under and two or three tents, as
their bungalow will not accommodate
the boys. Anyone wishing to loan
these to the scouts will get in touch
with the scoutmaster; he will guar
antee them to be returned in perfect
condition.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
DASE
- L
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

The Bader Club plays at Pleasant
vile this Saturday afternoon. Pleas
antville plays the same team in Allan
tic City tomorrow Sunday afternoon
at the New York avenue grounds.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
Pack up. Scouts.

Pack up your troubles in your old
knapsack and smile. Today week we
leave for Cedar Greek Camp, s days
in the big outdoors-traeking, hiking,
swimming and all kinds of outdoor
stunts. Sell your tickets, boys; save
your pennies; and spend a good time
at Cedar Creek. All together, Scouts.
Show the people you are a live, wide
awake bunch.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
PUBLIC, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE.

A vacancy will soon take place in
the carrier force at the local post Of
fee, for which position no one has
made application. 1t is therefore open
for the public and anyone desiring TO
apply may do so by calling at the
Pleasantville p~ostofice. Applicant
must be is years of age and of good
character. no other requirements are
necessary.
T. II. OBERT. P. NJ.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
ROSARY SOCIETY C

The next Euchre under the auspices
of the Rosary society of st. Peters
church will be held at the home of
Mrs. ]. Edw. Wallis, SO Chestnut
street, Wednesday afternoon, August
25th, at 2 o'clock. All cordially invit-
ed.
If the weather should prove unfavor-
able, it will be held the following af-
ternoon.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
AIE WIS 7 EARNED
NOTES LOCALLY

The Ladies' Aid of Bethany NJ. E.
Church will hold a Soup Social on
Wednesday, Aug. 25. Refreshments
will be offered for sale. The public is
invited.
Beginning Wednesday. Sept. 1st, the
Pleasantville Public Library will be
open every week on Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday afternoons from 8 to
5 o'clock.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
Thank Atlantic City Scouts.

The Scouts of Pleasantville wish to
thank the Atlantic City Scouts for
their donation of Is cots, folding army
type, for the camp. The Atlantic City
Scouts are very much interested in
our camp.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21

.sugs sowns IN Atlantic county

III fact, the gain is the largest reported
of any town in the county which had
more than 500 population ten years
ago, in the way of per centage of
growth. P~leasantville is the third
largest center in the County, Atlantic
City and Hammonton having greater
populations. The 1920 figures for At
lantic City are 50,682, and for Ham,
monitor they are 6,417.
Other figures officially announced by
the department are: Egg Harbor
Township, 1860; Galloway Township,
2115; Absecon, 702; Linwood, 681;
Mortified, 1927; Port Republic, $40;
Somers Point, 800.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
THE GRIM REAPER's TOLL.

Harry Wootton, one of Atlantic
City's best known citizens and law
yers, and for thirteen years the city's
solicitor, died suddenly Sunday morn
ing at Longport, following an attack of
heart trouble.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21

Miss Armenia Leeds Risley. of Phil
adelphia, spent a most pleasant Tues
day with her parents at her home
here. the "Poplars'. Miss Armenia
and her father. Mr.. Walton Risley, en-
joyed the evening by taking a long
spin through the country.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
HAMMONTON

The game at Egg Harbor on Sunday
resulted in a victory for Egg Harbor,
the score being 10 to O. The first
three innings of the game gave prom
Use of a battle royal, neither side cor
ing. The bad decisions on balls and
strikes by the umpire after the third
inning seemed to knock all the pep out
of the local boys, and Dump" Adams
who was doing the twirling for Pleas
antville, became so disguised that he
retired in favor of Gerald Smith, no
other local pitcher having accompan-
led the team. The whole team play
ed without apparent interest after the
third inning, and errors, added TO
clean hitting by the Egg Harbor boys
vas responsible for the trimming.
Collins F. c. defeated the Keystone
A. c. in the first Atlantic County Sec
ond Glass Base Ball League game.
The score:
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
PLEASANTVILLE'S POPULATION
NEARS THE 5000 MARK.

Personalities population under the
Federal census, taken the first of the
year, has just been reported officially
as 5,887. This is an increase in ten
years of 1,497 or a gain of 34.1 per
cent.
The First Wards figures are, 1884,
e'9 The Second Ward, 2.703.
has more than a third more.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
Boy
Scout
Notes
of


~The inning a benefit
Strand Theatre.
liable - secure
&
camp. Mr.. Z~fmIaerman was sonsHited
and offered a 9lan which wiz eRabse
all the boys to go to camp. The show
is Monday, Aug. 80. Tickets cost 20c,
the same as box office price. Every
ticket a Scout sells helps him on his
trip. 500 to the scout and 500 to
the Strand. The scouts, one and all,
wish to thank the Strand for this plan.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21

ming a beneht
Strandwyheatre
aahIe - aacIfre
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21

T. H. oBERT. P. NJ.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-07
Two Cavalry Outfits
 Plan to March 800
 Miles Cross Country

Del Rio Tex March 6-One of the longest marches ever undertaken by United States troops is to be made soon by the Second and Third snuadrons of the Twelfth cavalry. which have just been ordered to proceed overland from Columbus. N M. to Del Rio. approximately 5aa miles, Their route of march will closely parallel the Mexican border
 The troops are preparing to start March l5, and it is expected that the journey will consume 30 days as lnaneuvers are to be held along the way and ample time taken for anv testS which the commanding officer of the regiment. Lieut.-Col. ". C Rivers. sees fit to make.
 Colonel Rivers has distinguished record as commanding officer of ar artillery brigade in the Third div'- sion at the second battle of the Marne. He was the first American field officer to cross the river when the Germans began to retreat, ac- cording to officers who took part ir the battle. later he was assigned to command the Brownsville district In France he held the temporary grade of brieadier-general.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-07
K. Woods Walker,

R. Woods Walker, 50 years old, former resident of Pine Bluff, died at his home at Little Rock yester- day after an illness of two months Walker was trust officer with Lit tie Rock bank.
 Born on the Walker place, near Pine Bluff and edueated at the old Jordan Academy, Walker was a member of a pioneer Jefferson eoun- ty family. Soon after finishing his early training at Jordan Academy and taking course at Spring Hill college. Walker returned here and taught Latin at his alma mater. being the instructor of many men who lat CT became active and prominent in various lines of endeavor elsewhere.
 He is survived by one sister. Mrs. B. E Benton. of Pine Bluff. and one brother, Creed Walker. of Memphis.
 The funeral will take place from his residence in Little Rock today. Among the Pine Bluff relatives who will attend are Misses Eulalie. Beu- lah and Cornelia Walker and Mrs. Anne Jones.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-07
Co., Operative Store Forces Huge Cut
 in Price of Food

Lawrence, Mass, March 6.-In op- eration on small scale only for five weeks, the cooperative de- partment store established by Presi- dent William NJ. Wood of the Ameri- can Woolen company for the benefit of 15.000 employees of the company here has reduced the cost of living for them and incidentally others in this city
 When carloads of canned goods, vegetables and apparel, including shoes and gloves, beean to arrive price lists were distributed through the big textile plants and all the supplies were subscribed for quick ly, as the prices were much lower than the retailers asked.
 So eargerly did the workers bn~ that a 10-stor ybuilding had to be utilized to house the supplies. It is nearly empty again. but cnnsign- ments on the way will permit th- management to go ahead in more extensive scale.
 The general public cannot bnv from Woods store. but his experi- ment is causing a big reduction '" the price of other merchants. Here is comparison of prices in the re- tail stores in December and today:
 Dee Today Women's suits --SS0To5 soS
 Plush coats --40d 50 29 50 Women's silk
 dresses N25 Mems suits ----50@s0 1e095 Shoes. a pair ----- sCd1s 5N10
 Round steak that is 23G25 cents pound was 4O0 50 cents: sirlo'n steak, 35d40 cents. was 55N 50 cents: lamb chops. 30 cents, were 3S: fresh eggs 69 cents dozen. were 95: beef to stew, Is cents, was 20 cents: ham bnrcer steak l9 cents. was 25.
 The best grades of canned pears. neaches, tomatoes. meas. beans. and -he like are offered to the Wood employees at II cents: the retail rler- chants a~k 80 cents. Potatoes. brine" ing s cents a peck in the retail rtores month ago. were 3o cents in the cooperative stores. Gloves at 35 cents pair were s1 outside.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-07
Expect Soldiers
 to Drive Birds
 From Reservations

Saskatoon, Sask., March e.-Broad districts which formerly were re- served for bird sancturaries have been opened for soldier settlement in the lake region of Saskatchewan. It is believed the birds will migrate to other districts.
 The lake lands are considered among the most fertile in the pro- vince and officials of the Dominion land office decide dthat it would be necessary to open them for settle ment within few years at all events and that, therefore. they should be offered to service men.
 Opening of the reserves will mean that birds may be hunted during the open season Thus far no one has been permitted to trespass on these reserves, for hunting purposes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-07
Branch Rickney Finds New Climate
 for Training Men

Brownsville, Texas, March S.-lt remains for Branch Hickey, manager of the St. Louis Nationals, to discover that way down in extreme southern Texas, nestling along the Rio Grande, there is 8 spring training ground for major league baseball clubs that may prove a real find
 Rickey, accompanied by Connie Mack. came to Brownsville last fall in doubt He left with contract for the Cardinals spring training camp here, and so for the first time n major league history a club will train in Texas south of Houston and San Antonio.
 The local association guaranteed
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-07

suitable baseball grounds and cash guaraneee of s10,000 for ten exhibi- ton games, but a change in the ex .hibition series schedule will give the valley twelve games, principally be- tween the Cardinals ana Philadelphia Athletics, who are training at Lake Charles, La.
 In Brownsville, where the Cardi- nals will work out. the playing field has been put into condition under di- rection of Frank Hill. an old time professional, who in the late '90's' played in many parts of the country,