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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
English Greek

Inc 51th anniversary of Asbury M.
e. Church held last Sunday was a
decided success. The entire program
was carried out with a large audience
at each service. Over $500 was raised.
Miss Martha Frank, who has been
quite Ill, is somewhat improved at
this writing.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Asbury
Chuch was delightfully."- entertained by
Mrs. Walker Tilton on Tuesday after
noon. After the business was trans
acted the hostess served lunch of ice
cream, cake and strawberries. Those
attending were Mesdames Caddie
Smith, Margaret IngersolI, D. Gage,
Eva Lee, Mamie Steelman, Mary
Frambes, Elizabeth Steelman, Anna
w. Lee, Ella Steelman, Eta Somers,
Amanda Lee, Ella Higbee, Mamie Hig-
bee, Laura Webb, Hildreth Steelman,
Mrs. Couch and little Miss Hoeffer.
Next Sunday is Children's Day at
Asbury. In the morning the pastor,
Rev. Frank Stevens, will preach to the
children and baptize any children
whose parents desire it. In the eve
ming there will be the regular pro-
gram-special music by the choir with
Rotations by the children.
Rev. Oliver A. Lee and wife, of Tren-
ton, spent Sunday here as guests of
Mrs. Lizzie Albertson.
Ivan Steelman is spending some
time in Wilmington, Del, with his
brother, Mark Steelman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ingersoll and
children, of Somers Point, are spend
ing the summer with Mr.. and Mrs. 1. J.
Lee.
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expected here text Monday to spend
his fortnight's vacation with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Spieker-
man.
Reuben L. Babcock and DR.. Leland
S. Madden went to Hightstown last
Wednesday to attend the Commence
ment Exercises of Peddie institute,
their Alma Mater.
Mrs. Frank Conover and Mrs. Jen-
ME Freas were guests of Mrs. James
E. Sooy, in Atlantic City, last We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Kesler and Ed
ward Pennington motored last Sunday
in the formers Buick car to Fleming
ton, N. j., and brought home Mrs. Pen
nington, who had been s%ojourning a
couple of weeks with her daughter,
Miss Mabel Pennington, who has been
teaching school there the past year.
Miss Pennington is expected home in
a week or ten days. The Kesler party
Travelled 227 miles on the round trip
last Sunday.
Mrs. Jacob Seiferman attended SER
vices in the Baptist Church at Egg
Harbor last Sunday.
Mrs. w. p. Pate, of Richmond, Va,
O1 luu1o udy " Sptlu d IliO1lIn
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as Draper, ST., OF Pitney n
Miss Annetta Croswaithe, of AL
toona, Pa, is spending a pleasant So
journ with Mrs. S. A. Lutz and family.
Mrs. Oliver Strong, of Ridley Park,
is spending an indefinite period at the
home of her mother, Mrs. S. A. Lutz.
MI. Strong, a former railroad employee
here, ONE down each weekend.
Commencement Exercises Next
Wednesday Eve. in School Auditorium
The commencement exercises of the
graduating class of Absecon School,
will be held in the school auditorium,
Wednesday evening, June Is, at 8 o.
clock. All parents and friends. are
cordially invited to be present. All
are welcome, no tickets having been
issued. Following is the program:
Processional-March from Tannhau-
ser-Wagner.
Invocation-Dr. J. R. Reeves.
Salutatory-Edmund Smith.
Musie-Grammar Grade Children. !.
Hisfory-Asenath Lake.
County Prize Hesay-Lewis johns
ton.
ProphecyNLadow HammeII.
Music-Grammar Grade Children.
Valedictory-Lewis Johnston.
Music-Grammar Grade Children.
Address-Rev. C. M. Johnston.
Music-Prof. Herman Madden.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Benediction-Dr. j. R. Reeves.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12

Fred Carty. who has been making
his home with his uncle, George Spiek-
'efiflan III New York, the past year. is
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. Henry E. Jones. D. D., Minister.
Services next sabnath as followa.-

Services next Sabbath as follows:-
1870 a. m., Children's Day service.
Pastor will speak and will be assisted
by a number of boys. Baptism of
children.
2.30 p. m, Sabbath School; Harry
L. Lake, Supt.; Calvin S. Burns and
Lewis H. Lake, Associate Supts. Or.
chestral music.
Z p. M, c. E. S. will meet for praise
and prayer. Topic: Common Mistakes
in Daily Living. Prov. 24:27-34. Lead
er-Mrs. Job Clifford.
7.30 p. m, Children's Day Service
by Boys and Girls of the Sabbath
School. Splendid and interesting pro,
gram. Come early to get a good seat.
Wednesday evening s o'clock, Pray.
Ell meeting. DR.. Jones will lead.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12

Miss Lorine Boice entertained the
Absecon Art Club members last Wed
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
WESLEY M. (. CHURCH,
Rev. J. L. Surtees, Pastor.

Fathers and mothers should attend
the old time Glass Meeting at $50 a.
M, Sunday, thanking God for the gift
of children.
At 1870 a. M, the Pastor will ad-
minister the Sacrament of Baptism to
children.
At 7.40 p. M, a program of Song
and Recitation, as per the ancient
days.
Wednesday night, Prayer Service at
7.45.
Everybody welcome here.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
IN THE CITY SCHOOLS.
Concluded from First Page.)

NOOASAAAN0 VI EASR AaSCsI
nett, Blanche M. Bowen, Margaret D.
Burrell, Anna May Collins, Martha
Cramer, Anna Diemer, Mary Essington,
Dorothy Evans, Marie C. E. Finkbein-
er, Mary Ford, Roy Frendlich, Alice
Goldmyer, Charles L. Hartman, David
Hazard, Gladys Holmes, Edna Howe
ser, Richard Howeser, Carl Koehler,
Edna Kroger, Agnes Lake, Mildred L.
Lake, Howard Lloyd, Anna B. Mack,
Leslie Merrick, Thomas n. Monk, Bel
va Nelson, Harry Newman, Ellis Nick
erson. Anna Ottenheimer, Borden Pain
ter, Clarence A. Peterson, Kathryn
Porteus, Crowley w. Praster, Eva Reid,
Norma E. Risley, Angelo Russo, Will
lam C. Scarborough. Ralph Sehussler,
Naomi L. Shamrock, Fred E. Smith,
Helen Smith. Valerie T. Smith, Grace
Smedley, Harry Sutton, Gladys S.
Swensen. Edna NJ. Taylor, Joseph B.
Thornton, William A. Ware, Russell
Willis, Agnes Wilson.
At noon yesterday friday the
Pleasantville schools closed for the
term.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
PROGRAM OF SALEM M. &. S. S.
FOR cHILDREN's DAY SERVICE.

Song by School.
Prayer.
Exercise by Primary Dept.
Song by School.
Recitation-Dorothy Glendenning.
Solo-Ruth Lawrence.
Recitation-Gladys Smith.
Song by Mrs. Smiths Glass.
Solo-Winnie Weller.
Recitation-Helen Mcconnell.
Song by School.
Recitation-Betty Bradley.
Solo-Gladys Mathis.
Song by Mrs. Bowen's Glass.
observation-disclosures Morrison.
Song-School.
Address by Pastor.
Benediction.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
coLoRED MINISTER'S ASK AID.

For the purpose of aiding the Bryant
family, who lost their home and en-
tire household furnishings by fire re-
Gently, a meeting has been called by
the Ministerial Union for next Tues
day evening, Jan. 18th, at Samaritan
Hall. All churches, lodges and civic
organizations are urgently requested
to assist in raising $3.50, if possible,
for this worthy cause.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
STRAWBERRY AND
ICE CREAM FESTIVAL

The Ladies' Aid Society of Wesley
Church will hold a Strawberry and Ice
Cream Festival in the church dining
room this Friday evening, June Il.
Tickets Is cents, which entities the
purchaser to homemade cake, straw
berries and ice cream
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
LIBRARY NOTES.

Notice of change of time: During
July and August the ~Pleasantville
Public Library will be open on Mon
day and Friday afternoons from 3 to
5 o'clock and on Wednesday from 6
until 8 p. m.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-12
IN MEMORIAM.

SHELLEY.-In loving remembrance Of our
daughter and sister, Myrtle A. Shelley,
who departed this life June 18th, 1914.
A happy home, once enjoyed,
How sweet the memory still
But death has left a lonesomeness,
The world can never fill.
Father, Mother, Brother.
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lakewood

The Sunshine Club will give a social
this Saturday evening, June II, in the
school building. Ice cream for sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Carr had as their
guest last week their daughter, Mrs.
N. L. Nicholson, of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Adams, of High
land Ave, Pleasantville, visited Idle
wood frienQa Monday afternoon.
The Perneskie property on FrankIin
Avs. has beer purchased BY Phi1$4a2
phja parties. who are making i,npf6p4
nients.
Among the graduates from Nhe
Grammar School was Justine Ceuleers,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Ceuleers.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27
ALBANY FIGHT
ON NEW START
Resumption of Evidence Finds
Socialist Enmity Strong.

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. PA four-day
recess, devoted TO planning an attempted
compromise, found New YORK assembly
men today as grimly determined as ever
to go through with the procedure of
trying FIVE socialist members.
Speaker Sweet, head of the movement
against the socialists. today appears
stronger than ever. When the judiciary
committee met today and the introduce
tion Of evidence was resumed by John
3. Stanchfeld there was little indica-
ton that even the few members of the
judiciary committee, who are against the
unseating of the socialists would have
any influence against the slated plans of
the assemblymen.
National interest in the socialists trial
has manifested itself throughout the
recess. Word has come directly, by post,
and indirectly through political channels,
that boards of aldermen in many cities
where socialists are seated and state
legislatures which have socialist members
are watching the Albany proceedings
with intense interest. State Legislative
business has come to a practical stand
still, All interest conferred today on the
question whether Stanchhe1d, attorney for
the state, would be able to show a di-
rect connection between the FIVE social
lists and alleged plots to overthrow the
government.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27
KOREA CLINGS
TO AMBITION
FOR
Leader Says Moral Force Is
Steadily Overcoming
Jap Aggression.

BOSTON, Jan. 27.-Japanese force and
aggression in Korea is steadily being
overcome by the moral strength and
passive resistance of the Korean people,
according to DR.. Syngman Rhee, presi-
dent Of the provisional republic Of
Korea, who spoke yesterday at a meet
Ing in this city. He expressed complete
confidence that Korea would eventually
achieve independence.
To-day, in Korea" he said, the world
witnesses the slow but sure victory OF
a great moral force. The japanese have
found physical force helpless before this
moral force. They face, with their thou
sands of trained soldiers, and their
modern equipment of warfare, a people
without arms or munitions, but a people
whose entire moral fabric is concentrated
Pin a desire for liberty and freedom.
They face a people WHO have enjoyed
self government for more than 1000
years, and who possessed an enduring
civilization centuries before the Middle
Ages or the discovery of the New World.
THE Independence movement In
Korea came into the open last March.
Thousands of men and women, and thou
sands Of children, heartened by the words
Of President Wilson, cried their cry OF
liberty. They had no arms. they made
no threats, they were not violent. But
they were shot down by the japanese.
Other thousands took their places, and
the japanese rife war continued. Yet it
achieved nothing. and Japan was com
PEELED to adopt other practices.
The Toxic government proposed a re-
form program, and declared that they
would put It into effect. Heralded in
the newspapers, bearing the fulsOme
praise Of the Japanese officials, what did
It accomplish Nothing. Whyf Because
the Koreans refuse to be deceived any
longer, and demand the complete indie
pendence.
"a people with a distinct civilization,
a people with a different language, a
people with different physical traits. a
people with a different dress, and a people
that has shown its willingness to obey
the teachings Of Christ, will never sub
NIT to japanese domination. +
'"There is no longer a Korean empire,
but the republic Of Korea. The republic
of Korea was born at a period Of sorrow
for the Korean people, and it will live
until their hearts are filed over the at
tainment Of freedom and independence"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27
COOL OFF, WAIT!
RECTOR'S ADVICE
IN DIVORCE CASE

WASHINGTON, Jan. PA two weeks
cooling of" period before marriage was
advocated by the Rev. DR.. William
Sheafe Chase, rector Of Christ church,
Brooklyn, before the house judiciary
committee. DR.. Chase headed a dele
cation from Brooklyn, which came to
Washington to urge favorable action on
a resolution by Representative Randall,
prohibitionist Of California, proposing
a constitutional amendment designed TO
lead the way to the enactment Of uni
form divorce Jaws IN all states.
A wait Of q half a month before chang
ing from single to double harness, in the
opinion of the Brooklyn clergyman,
would mean no more hasty marriages,
which, he asserted, are largely RESPONSE
bic for the alarming increase" in d.
vorces.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27
Bogus Agents Get
Away With Liquors

BOSTON. Jan. 27.-Fine old liquors
with a value running into thousands of
dollars were stolen from the residence of
John Powell. Representing themselves
as United States revenue agents, a band
If several men gained admission to the
Powell apartment, c-ommandeered the
liquor and hauled it away in a truck.
The robbery was committed in the
daytime. Powell, who was away, was
formerly local representative for a
wholesale liquor 1rm The pseudo reve-
nue. agents presented their bogus Gre
dentials to Mrs. Powell, who yielded to
their demands for admission to the
apartment, search and coniscation of al
coholic beverages.
When Powell reached home and
learned of his loss he communicated with
local prohibition enforcement officers
and learned that they had no part in
the confscation.
A search throughout New England has
been Instituted for the robbers.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27
Death of Rich Miser
Reveals He SubsiSted
on Bread and MIX

CARDIFF, Jan. PA wealthy mans
miserable death was described in the
eoroner's court here recently.
Bsau Field. aged 78, had lived alone for
a number Of years in poverty, although
he had $4,000 in the bank. A nephew
told the coroner that the old man had
lived on dry bread, herbs and water. He
did not suffer from the delusion that he
was poor; 1t was pure miserliness. II
any one cared to provide him with any
thing he would take it, but he would not
pay for it himself.
az heard that he vas ILL.," continued
the nephew. az went to the house and
got through the window. I saw that my
uncle was i'll and l wanted to go for a
doctor, but he would not let me go.
Next day he collected his rents as usual
That night I found him lying dead on
the floor Of his bedroom. Death was due
10 bronchitis.
The coroner returned a verdict OF
death from natural causes accelerated oy
sel~f-neglect." He recalled that he neid
an INQUEST on the dead mans sister, ana
had occasion to make strong remarks
concerning his neglect to provide her
with proper attention.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27
DYNAMITE USED
TO BLAST WELL
OF FLAMING GAS
Spectacle in California One Of
Most Extraordinary In
History.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27.-ImAgfne 4
torch, with a fame 200 feet high, burning
with a roar that could be heard for
thirty miles and throwing put waves OF
heat that scared everything within a
radius of hundreds of yards.
Imagine that torch, burning thousands
of dollars worth of precious fuel, extin-
guished In the fraction of a second, as 8
man might blow out a candle.
DYNAMITE MORE
EFFECTIVE THAN WATER.
The conquest of one of the largest fires
In gas well history, in the Elks hills,
Kern county, California, has demon
strated that dynamite is far more ef-
fective than water in fighting the most
stubborn fires.
Dynamite had been used in the past TO
wreck buildings in the path Of great
CONGREGATIONS, but never, deliberately, as
a direct weapon against flames.
A new Standard OIL Company well had
caught fire from friction soon after the
vast underground source of gas was
tapped. For ten days picked crews
fought the fire. A hundred and ninety
million cubic feet Of gas was being con
sumed every twenty-four hours-enough
to supply a city.
Water, mud and earth were poured
into the crater Of the well, to no avail.
DYNAMITE DOES TRICK.
WATER COULDN'T.
Then Ford Alexander Of Taft, Cal, ar
expert shooter" was sent for. he had
accidentally discovered, in fighting an
other fire, the effect Of high explosive on
tame.
By means Of cables suspended from
nearby derricks, $50 pounds of 100 per
cen Hercules blasting gelatin was swung
directly into the flame, thirty feet from
the mouth of the we'll. The gelatin and
the electric wires attached to it were in
sulated against the terrific heat and the
explosive discharged by an electrical
spark as it reached the flame.
The explosion snuffed out the tower Of
fire.
Immediately streams of water were
played upon the well to prevent the fire
starting again.
A fortune in natural gas was saved,
and q method worked out which will
save millions OF dollars.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27
VIENNA LOOKS AT
u. S. AS GOLD MINE
People Believe Every American
Rolls in Luxury.

VIENNA, Jan. 27.-The United States
is the faraway fairy tale land Of silver
and gold in the thoughts of the misera-
BILE, hungry people of Vienna. In their
Imagination most of the Americans, II
NOV quite all, are millionaires.
From Vienna's standpoint it is nearly
true. An American who has $500 can
get 100000 crowns If he exchanges
his dollars for Austrian currency.
Cabaret artists delight their audiences
with songs Of Yankee millionaires. In
| the Simpliclssimus cafe, to fox trot
rhythm, you learn what the cabaret
singer would do were he an American.
Being an American he would naturally
be a plutocrat, but he would also be a
philanthropist. He would buy up all OF
Vienna and move It to Switzerland where
it could get plenty to eat and thaw Out
It's chilled bones.
STORIES ADD TO
FALLACY OF BELIEF.
A favorite story Viennese Ike to tel
you is of an American demanding Of a
Vienna banker how many crowns he will
get in exchange for 500.
"As many as you want" the banker
replies with n sweeping bow.
But being an American In Vienna has
it's disadvantages. If you demonstrate
because you are charged four times as
much as a local inhabitant you will be
curtly asked: What are you complain
ing about? For 50 you can buy the
whole city"
Food smuggling Is the leading industry
Of hungering Vienna. You see the 'sneak
traders" as they are called, everywhere
with their knapsacks on their backs.
Practically no effort is made to stop
the practice.
"You know that man is a %sleichhean-
dler; why don't you arrest him -" 1 de-
manded of a Vienna policeman,
Because I have a wife and two baby
girls at home to feed" was his short
answer.
But these people are getting every
where; that's why you don't get your
ration on your food cards" / argued.
TELLS PATHETIC
STORY OF NEEDS.
"In spare hours 1 have to put on my
own knapsack and go into the country.
FOR one week we had only bread and tea.
Ny wife and I can live on that, Blu the
pabies can't"
Instead Of better organization to ra-
Non equality to rich and poor what little
/ Noou tucIt ASf II 10 PAdtAiNdAy CfNAS lin
Tor himself. Instead of bearing the mod
crate charge of large quantity transpor-
tation by railroad or In wagons, food has
Che exorbitant price of having been
brought TO Vienna on the backs of human
beings with this additional increase Of an
illegal business.
So many people have become KNAPP
sack merchants that shops are complain
Ing they can't secure girl clerks. Servant
girls are quitting their work to strap a
bag on their backs and go into the coun-
try on bicycles or by train to buy provi-
sions from the farmers Then back In
the city they s%neakingly peddle from
house to house.
The fact that one has a food card does
not insure him that he viii get even the
Bample-size ration 1t calls for. He must
Aunt from store to store until he nnds
food for sale on cards at the fixed gov
eminent price.
The only Viennese who today get
enough food to live on either patronize
these illegal knapsack merchants or put
on their own knapsacks and go into the
country.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27

CANTON, O., Jan. 2c.-May Gertrude
Dean, 16, and pretty, has turned down
an offer Of marriage that carried with
1t a fortune of $4,000, a life Of ease
and an opportunity to travel and see
the world.
she is the girl who refused to marry
William Bennet Hoffman, 81, after the
license had been secured and the minis
ter summoned.
Miss Dean answered an ad printed
by Hoffman, in which he explained that
he had to have a wife by Feb. 1 or he
would lose a fortune. She did 1t In "a
spirit of fun as she explains, N
didn't expect an answer.
Hoffman called at her home. Their
courtship lasted two days and then she
decided that she couldn't make up her
mind to spend her life with him, So she
called it off, fortune and all.
The next day Hoffman married Ida re-.
Hinton. %, Of Middlebranch, after a Ave
hour courtship.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27

ROCHESTER, N. Y. Jan. 1.-The
honeymoon murder for which Mr.. and
Mrs. James Louis O'Dell are held in jail
here, is a puzzle to lawyers and to stu
dents of morbid psychology.
Edward J. KneiG of Rochester vas the
victim. He was 10, and when he was IL
n Mrs. O'Del1 was 10, they had been
sweethearts.
His body was found, hacked and bat
tered, beside a railroad crossing five
miles from Rochester.
Mrs. O'Den sobs to police officers ana
to physicians who endeavor to quiet her
"I killed him! Jimmy is innocent.
killed HIM myself because he wrecked
our happiness"
O'Dell. who IS 22-four years Older
than his brtde-is more composed.
PAY no attention to what Pearl says
I killed Inn, because he deserved to die
James O'De1l of clean. n. Y, an
Pearl Beaver of Lopez, Sullivan county
met last summer and were married
few days before Christmas.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27
Blaming
Nail Famine Now

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26.-,Pity the poor
landlord and blame the high rent cost on
the Jack Of nails.
st. Louis Contractors and hardware
dealers declare that shortage in nails
in Missouri and Kansas is holding up
building operations and thus keeping up
rents. They claim that the greatest
shortage exists in the SIS, los and COS. In
Kansas City, it is declared, dealers are
ratiOning nails to their customers.
The shortage is primarily due to the
recent national steel strike, II indi-
rectly to the coal strike, it is claimed.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-27
Opens Drive
for Publicity Fund

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. PA
campaign to raise funds for the adver-
Using of San Francisco throughout the
east and middle west has been started
here. An even 100000 will be spent
annually for the coming three years by
the San Francisco Convention and Tour
ist league, advertising the attractions of
San Francisco in periodicals.
MAKE it a million" Is the slogan
adopted by the solicitors today as they
opened their campaign. 1t was pointed
out that cities much smaller than San
Francisco spend more than 100000 an
uually for this purpose and San Fran
cisco was pictured as Tagging far be-
hind"