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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19
REQ MOTOR OUTPUT
RECORD SINCE WAR
Rumored Slump Has Had No
Effect on Lansing
Company.

The reputed slump in the automo-
bile business has not affected the
usiness OF the REQ Motor Car Co.
and according 90 statement made
today by K. IT.. Scott. vice president
and general manager Of the concern.
likely 20 do so in the near future
Mr.. Scott's statement reveals the
surprising fact that during the pres
ent month-the month Of August
the REQ Motor Car Co. VIII have
produced and sold more automobiles
and spced-wa gOIs than IN any
month since the war. while IN vol
me OF business d0ne-measured in
dollars-the month VIII far eclipse
any month ln the history OF the
company.
Still more significant, perhaps. is
the fact that all indications point to
another record breaking month In
september. Dealers orders for cars
and trucks for September delivery
ere far I'm excess Of the possible out
put OF the REQ plant. and conse-
ouently there IS every Indication that
thc extent By which September sales
exceed those OF August viii be lin
tied only BY the ability OF the fac
tory end OF the enterprise 70 IN
crease production.
Very frequently in the past six
weeks or two months we have been
oske3 % venture an opinion as TO
the future-partfcuIar the tmme-
diate future-of the automobile
business" said Mt. Scott IN his state
rnent It is impossible for me 70
speak or the automobile Industry as
a whole. We,are told that automo-
rfIes are not selling as readily nor
as easily as had been uniformly the
case during the past two years. L
do not know whether that is true or
not can speak from personal
knowledge only OF the situation in
which the REQ Motor Car company
nnds itself at this time.
THAT situation, so far as am
BILE TO Judge either from our pres
ert business or our prospects for the
Immediate future. is excellent Aug
ust will have been the biggest
n onth. in TIE volume Of business
cone. ia the history Of this com
pany. Only twice before in the NJ
teen years we have been in the bust
ness have we shipped more dutomo-
Tiles during a single month than we
shall have shipped this month-and
on both OF those earlier occasions
tie exceptionally heavy shipments
were made possible By an accumu-
1ation Of stock during the winter
months. At no time since the war
have we produced or sold as many
cars and Speed Wagons as this
month. We have not the slightest
Doubt that our sales this month
could have been easily doubled If
cur production had permitted
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19
COLE OWNERS RACE IN
RECORD CUBAN DRIVE

Although the Cole Motor Car Co.
In common with most manufactur-
ers Of high grade motor cars, long
ago withdrew from the field OF track
racing individual Cole owners are
rolling up some remarkable victories
in stock car events in various parts
Of the world.
A few weeks ago the Cole Motor
Car Co. received word from Havana.
Cuba, TO the effect that Roland
Markham. driving a stock Cole
Aero Eight at Oriental park there.
set a new stock car mark for Cuban
drivers by going a 1O-mile course in
3 minutes and 10 seconds, or at the
rate Of 65.45 miles per hour.
Markham's latest victory is the
second in which, with an Aero
Eight. he has beaten the field OF
fast cars and esta blished a new Gu
ban record. In a 30 mile race on
the same track a little over a year
ago. Markham's Cole Aero Eight
travelled the 30 miles in % minutes
and Is seconds.
Markham's newest Cuban record
was esta blishel on a one-mile dirt
track used ordinarily for horse rae
ing. The Cole entry was a regular
stock chassis. The Aero Eight fin
ished fully a quarter OF a mile ahead
Of its nearest antagonist.
The wonderful steadiness and fine
running qualities shown by the Cole
won an enthusiastic demonstration
Of approval from the thousands Of
spectators who lined the track.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19

tablished near Paris by Count Paul
IgratieT where members OF that
family and some Of their noble
friends are reconstruoting another
fortune.
The duke of Ieuchtenberg-B Beau
harrais is farming near Tours. The
Prince Lyszezvnsid IS a bank clerk
Princess NTestchercky and num-
Der OF others ara comm ercializing
their knowledge OF art. doing inter
Tor decorating. Prince Goudachef,
once Russian ambassador 20 spain.
IS farmer. Gene Nicola5ef drives
truck and many Russian OFFICERS arc
mechanics and some are taXicao
chauncIrs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19
HAYNES OFFICIAL TO
MIDDLE VEST STATES

Gilbert L. Radoye. director OF ad-
vcrtisinS and sales promotion for the
Haynes Automobile Co, Kokomo.
Ind, leaves on an extended trip this
week through the middle west states
in the interests OF the Haynes com
pany.
The object Of Mr.. Radoye's trip
is 10 obtain frst-hand information
relative TO existing conditions in the
automobile markets OF these states.
10 carry on an intensive campaign
for new Haynes dealers, and 10
stimulate generally the sale Of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19
NEGROES TORTURED
BY BRITISHERS IN
AFRICAN COLONIES
Writer Tells of Treatment Ac.
corded Negroes by Bril-
fish Officials.

LONDON. Sept. 1S.-I L
ment OF British treatment Of ne
groes In British East Africa is made
by Sir n. II. Johnston, writing in
the Observer. Many OF the asser-
tions made before the Negro con-
ference in New York he says"
were wild and windy, but il be-
hooves our Colonial Office to see
plain justice done 20 the 100000
Of black and brown people in this
Colony and 'PrOtectorate. Nj
merous instances OF bullying, fog
ging and torture are cited by the
writer.
The natives" he says, ARE slow
ing coalescing, Bantu with Nilote,
NIohammendan with Christian and
Pagan SomaH and Gala with hith-
erto despised negro in their COM
mon hatred OF the invading white
man. owing to the exceptional
crueItjes which have stained the
white mans record during this pc
riod OF 1 5 years. These are not
CrueIties OF soldiers or policemen,
Of government servants OF any kind
but of individual settlers. British or
Boer in origin.
Many Murders.
Not only have murders, light
hearted murders, OF natives taken
have revolving cruelties been com
mitted. but when the white delin-
Quents are brought up for trial
white juries acquit them or white
judges infict trivial penalties. or
rebellious public opinion forces a
governor 20 revise a sentence. I
doubt II capital punishment for
murder has ever been imposed on a
white man in East Africa
Again. in the great war, thou
sands and thousands OF native por-
ters were cOmpulsorily enrolled by
our government or by the military
authorities in the uuhappily-
'Protectorate' and the ARRANGEMENTS
FOR their ComnlIssariat their medi- I
cal treatment their lodging and
clothing have been miserably made |
1uate. with the resaIte that some
5000 TO $4,000 OF them CIT was re-
porter died during the pursuit Of /
the German forces.
Retain Tongues.
THE survivors have retained I
tongues and the power OF speaking. /
some. even, had been mission edu- /
Gated and when Dora defense of /
the Realm aCt) took her hand of /
the mail service they have stammcr- I
inEly told the world outside Africa 4
something or their nreveuuble suf- /
ferings and even Of sinsularlv call /
Gus and sometimes cruel treatment /
al the hands Of the military auLh-|
critics.
Now the eliminating incident is .
this. Some two months ago there
occurred at Nduru, in British East .
Africa. cases Of focging and tor
ture. so severe that according 70 a /
medical officers report. i'm some
cases. the noEged natives died from
the torture and hCErinE. These 4
crimes seemingly We're committed
ON a European plantation The
Europeans IN what Isl now termed a
colony apparently take the law in
Co., their own hands and administer
punishment as they please.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19

Haynes cars. Leading bankers.
chamber OF commerce secretaries.
newspaper publishers. merchants
and business men viii be inter
viewed and consulted by the Haynes
executive in all important communi-
ties In order 70 ascertain the actual
conditions. Every effort Will also
be made 10 secure high grade rep
resentation for Haynes cars in all
open" territory.
Mr.. Padoye viii be accompanied
by J. D. Parmerlee. district sales
manager for the Haynes company.
Their itinerary viii include the fol
lowing states. North Dakota. South
Dakota, Minnesota Iowa. Wisconsin
Michigan, Illinois. Indiana and Ohio.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19

Those were the happy DAYS when
a farmer appeared at the hack door
with a choice variety Of food pro-
dues at reasonable prices.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19

tt is all right for food faddists to
ask folks 10 live on nuts but Il is
quite another thing to ask them to
live with them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19

When one observes the efforts Of
some persons 20 see thin IS he is
convinced that all the rubber is not
going into tires
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19

No matter how much victuals
cost few persons Will deny them
elves -there are just as many TAT
men and women ss ever.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19

There is sucn a thing as having
ZOO many close friends when
man tries 20 borrow a little money
90 tide him over until payday
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19
Look at -

30x3-Plain Tread, regular list
$l775; special offering .$14.30
30x3Iz Non-skid Tread, regular list
$3.50; special offering $3.50
32x3H Non-skid Tread. regular list
$780,; special offering $22.40
3lx4 Non-skid Tread. regular list
$3.50; special offering $26.25
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10
Absecon

Miss Elizabeth Conover and Mr.
Walter Conover attended the Victor
concert, given at the Ambassador Ho.
tel on Wednesday evening.
DR.. and Mrs. Howard Conover and
family, of Barnegat, are spending a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Conover.
Mrs. William Sixsmith, of Ashland
Pa, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Darius Smith.
Miss Betty Conover, with a number
of friends of the Alumni Association
of the Trenton Normal School. have
left for a two weeks camping trip al
Somerset, N. j..
Deputy Grand Sachem Joseph
Smith, Jr., of this district, accompan.
led by Nicholas Duley and John Black.
man, of the Alletah Tribe of Red Men
wood, where Deputy Sachem Smith in.
stalled officers Wednesday night
Thursday night he paid a visit to Plea.
santville Lodge for the same purpose.
Miss Catherine Morris, of Devon,
Pa, local school teacher the last term
has been visiting Misses Marguerite
and Myra Kesler, at North Absecon
the past week.
The July meeting of the w. G. T. U,
was held at the home of Mrs. May
Townsend last Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Irelan entertained the
Mite Society of the Presbyterian
Church, at her home on New Jersey
avenue, last Thursday evening.
Miss Charlotte Schoepfin spent the
weekend in Atlantic City.
Miss Marie S%choepfiin has accepted
a position at the Ambassador Hotel
Atlantic City.
Mr.. Arthur Amole and Frank Probst
were the guests of Miss Caroline
Schoepfin and Miss Edna Steller the
first of this week.
Mrs. Sidney Bradley and son Bobby
and Billy McAdams, of Atlantic City
spent Wednesday in Absecon as the
GUESTS of Miss Charlotte %Schoepfin.
Mayor Harry Mattson ven to
Woodstown last Tuesday on a business
Miss Leona Conover has a position
as filing clerk in the Western Union
Telegraph Office, Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ards, of Phila
delphia, were guests over the Fourth
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Smith, ST., and other relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Yelland visited
relatives at Trenton over the Fourth
Mrs. Townsend Shovel entertained
her father, James Yelland, of Trenton
the first of this week. Upon returning
home he was accompanied by his
grandson, Emerson Shovel, who will
visit in Trenton two weeks.
Howard Lewis and family, of Phila
delphia, have bought and taken pos
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10
English Greek

Mr.. and Mrs. J.. B. Willetts are en-
from Pedricktown.
Mrs. Mamie Steelman entertained on
Sunday the following guests: Mrs.
Blanche Miller and son Kenneth, of
Camden; Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Shar-
rock and daughter Naomi, of Pleasant
vile; Miss Edith Steelman, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Force, John Steelman and
Hildreth Steelman, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Gilman, Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Gil
man, Miss Ellen Mccormick and Wal
ter Gilman, Jr., all of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Abbie Scull is quite i'll at this
writing. Her many friends wish her
a speedy recovery.
Miss Gertrude Kelly, of Philadelphia,
was an over the Fourth guest at the
| Wesley House. Nj. and Mrs. Becken'
bach also spent the weekend at the
same place.
Miss Martha Frank spent Thursday
in P~leasantville.
Miss Edith Steelman was the guest
of Miss Betty Weaver, of Atlantic
City, Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Lee motored to
Bridgeton on Sunday.
James Banning, of Wilmington, Del,
was the weekend guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Steelman and
Miss Della Steelman, of Atlantic City,
were calling on relatives and friends
in English Creek on Sunday evening.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10

ASA week ohe my frien getta pretty
"a seeck. For tree, four day he no
feela good cen da stom. He lOsa plen-
ia dat stuff wOt maka you weigh whole
lot and he dunno wot's m stter.
He feela tough so mooch he decida
go see da physish. Dat guy geeva
heem somating and tella heem go get
ia filled en- druga store. My frien
geeva look and was only leetle piece
paper weeth somating on wot he no
can read. He tink dat piece paper no
holda yer mooch, so he aska da ply
Ssh wot he gonna getta filed weeth.
Da physish tella heem was pre-
scripsh. but he no say wot's da writ
ing mean. Anyway, my frien go cen
druga store and trada dat paper for
box of leetle dill and dolla feefaty
cent to boot.
He taxa DAT pill for tree, four day,
but b keena right on feela tough. He
beein ttRk&Sda physish duno somating
VOLS Fl weeth do stom. So one
day see da chiroprac and dat
guy aIti6ssfa gotta hees goat. He turna
my frlen upaside down and punch cen
dazbHfk - hardA 4 can
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10
Absecon in nine years.

Absecon in nine years.
Miss Virginia Babcock has been
spending the week with the family of
her aunt, Mrs. Walter Dietrich, at
Harrisburg, Pa. She accompanied
them home from here in their machine
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Joslin entertain
ed over the July Fourth holidays Mr..
and Mrs. William Gleason and two
sons, Clark and William, Jr., of Gibbs
town, n. j., who motored here in their
new Ford sedan. Mrs. Gleason is the
niece of Mrs. Joslin. Sunday after
noon all six motored to Ocean City,
while Sunday night they attended SER
vices at Central NJ. E. Church, Lin
wood, of which Rev. w. H. Libe is
pastor. He was formerly stationed at
Gibbstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Cattani have as
their guests this week Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerard Carchio and children, Ralph
and Marie, of Lyndhurst, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Magno and children, of
Newark, all of whom motored down
last Sunday.
Charles Alloway, of Philadelphia, a
former resident, was the guest of Mr..
Nv d. u II OO01lA odtIlo dy
until Monday.
The July meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the M.
E. Church has been postponed for one
week, from Tuesday, the 18th, to Tues
day, July goth, at which time an all
day meeting, picnic and social com
bined will be held in Mrs. E. Carolus'
grove at North Absecon, beginning at
1890 in the morning. Members and
friends are to take box lunches with
them. A pleasant time is anticipated.
Mrs. May M. Townsend was rendered
a birthday surprise party by relatives
and friends at her Shore Road resi-.
dence last Tuesday evening on the oc-
casion of her fiftieth anniversary. The
evening vas pleasantly passed in mu-
sic and a general good time was had
by those present. As a fitting climax
to the celebration Mrs. Townsend was
presented with fifty dollars by her
guests. Present were DR.. e. H-Mad-
den, Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Townsend,
Allen Townsend, Dr. and Mrs. Leland
Madden and son Bertram, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hosea Madden, Rev. and Mrs. R. A.
Elwood and son Russell, Miss Hannah
Madden, Herman L. Madden, DR.. and
Mrs. Samuel Johnson, Miss May Cor
derry and the guest of honor.
Miss Winifred Hackett, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Z%epheniah
Hackett, of South Absecon, and Mr..
Warren Winsterd, of Philadelphia,
were quietly married last Saturday af-
ternoon by the pastor of the Atlantic
City Baptist Church, at the parsonage,
Upon their return from their honey
moon, which they are spending in
Brooklyn, the newlyweds will be at
home in Philadelphia. The bride is 16
and the bridegroom % years of age.
Mrs. A. L. Hammell, superintendent
of the Home Department of the M. E
Sunday School, entertained at her
home last Thursday afternoon the Wis
itors who make the quarterly calls or
the members to distribute new jour
nails and to collect statistics from the
preceding quarterly, upon which to
base their reports.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10
sz tnE7:%sZ Today EUGENE oDHHHn His Wife's Money
IS sePs@%sg5A HuopHn~~ The Lost City

session of the property on New Road
opposite Charles Fry's, which they re-
Gently acquired from the Cheyney Els
tate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason enter
tanned over Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Briggs and sons John and Walter,
Jr., of Wilmington. On the Fourth
their guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Mason and son Harry, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Kuhl and daughter Marion,
of Atlantic City.
A number of Absecon juveniles dis
ort themselves by taking daily dips,
dives and d%uckings in the inlet cow
at the foot of the White meadows.
Lemuel White and family, of Phila-
delphia, are summering on their farm
east of Reed Road.
Mrs. r. Hudson and grandchildren,
Elizabeth and Larner Osborne, of Phil
a~delphia, are spending the summer
with the family of her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Conoyer, at Conovertown.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shoemaker
and Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Weber and
daughter Marie, of Philadelphia, spent
the Fourth with Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Conover. Miss Marie Weber will
! spend the rest of the summer with Mr..
and Mrs. Conover. Mr.. Weber has a
large plumbing business in the Quaker
City.
Ansley Hammell, of Pennsgrove,
spent the Fourth at the home of his
father, William Hammell.
Master John Conover was the guest
of his brother Benjamin, at Penns-
grove, the past week.
Miss Ella May Smith, of Burlington,
has been visiting her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hammell, at
C%onovertown. Last Friday she attend
ed the funeral of her grandmother,
Mrs. Smith, at Oceanville.
Miss Ruth Adams, who has a gov
eminent position at Washington, came
home a week ago for a weeks sojourn
with her grandmother, Mrs. Josephine
Adams, and aunt, Miss Laura Adams.
Raymond Ludlow, of Keansburg,
who has a position at Jersey City, has
been here the past week as the guest
of Miss Ruth Adams. He registered
at Mrs. May Townsend's.
Mayor and Mrs. Harry Mattson had
as their guests over the Fourth her
sister. Mrs. Wilmer Shinn, and two
sons, Wilmer, Jr., and Enoch, who mo-
tored here from Pennsgrove in their
machine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea Kendall and
daughter, Mrs. Shaw, entertained on
the Fourth, Mr.. George Houser and
children, Dorothy and Buddy" of
P~leasantville. Their guests on Sunday
included eight Philadelphia friends.
J. Howard Roop, of Indianapolis, so
iourned with his sister and brother
in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Babcock,
from Saturday until Tuesday. He
dropped in at the home of his sister
unexpectedly on this, his first visit to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10
Asst NIGHTS DREAMS.
Concluded from page A.

Concluded from page A.
which flowers appear he traces the
connection to the fact that the day be.
fore ne had talked with a man named
Gardner and attended a patient named
f1ora-which appears quite reason
able.
No normal person need fear to
dream of a garden. In fact, to walk
In a dreamland garden Is a form OF
exercise most highly recommended by
the mystics. Simply to see a garden In
a dream indicates good fortune ahead;
if you walk in one 1t is still better. To
take such a stroll indicates much
money and ones business will increase,
1t Is a good omen for farmers and sail.
ors especially, and to the lover 1t Is a
esign that he will not only marry the
one he loves but will have all sorts of
success In life. But If the garden ap-
pears to be weedy and ruinous the
omen is not so good. Havelock Ellis
takes a garden as a symbol of the
ground he has covered in his book,
1.-THE World of Dreams" and says: 81
have cultivated, as far as I care to,
my garden of dreams, and it scarcely
seems to me that it is q large garden.
And yet every path of 1t, l sometimes
think, might lead to the heart Of the
universe"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10
Sea View

The service at the Baptist Church
on Sunday evening was fully appfeci-
ated. Mr.. Robinson, of Atlantic City,
is an able speaker, worth your while
to come out and hear him. There will
be regular service every Sunday eve
ming. Come and help by your pres
ence.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Powers enter
tanned on the Fourth Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Babcock and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Somers and son, Mrs. Liz
zie Somers and daughter Anna, all of
Atlantic City: also Masters Kenneth
and Winfield Turner, and Misses Ida,
Anna and E. J.. Powers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10
C~Copynght)

There is no false modesty about the
Cent-a-Word Column Of The Pleasant
vile Press. No legitimate proposition
need hesitate to launch forth to find
a response. Need not even sign your
name or address. This office receives
and holds replies for you, if desired.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10

My frien try explaina hees pain ees
no cen da back and dat only place he
gotta trouble e da stom. But da
%chiroprac no are for dat. He keepa
right on puncha my frien cen da back
when e upaside down.
Now I no tink ees right for do dat.
Eef he wanta fight wot for he no tella
my frien e da face? feegure any
body wot puncha one cen da back ees
fraid for fights square.
But my frlen say nexa time he 90
see dat chiroprac he tella heem he
gotta da pain cen da back. He feegure
eef he do dat da chiroprac puncha
heem een da stom. My frien say eef
he can fight rlghta side up he can lick
dat s~on-of-a-gun cen tree meenute.
And I beta you seexa bits my frien
can do dat, too.
Wot you tink?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10

The boy who plays truant from
school seldom brags about it after he
grows up.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10

If you give a party, tell The Pleas
antville Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-10

No person interested in Pleasantville
and vicinity can afford to be without
The Pleasantville Press.