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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
Tax xemptionL aw On New
Buildings Not Up To State
Assessors, Board States

ficient to warrant a reduction. For
example, ssum a dwelling house
assessed for $4,000 on October 1.
1919. After October 1, 1920. -four
new rooms were added. This addi-
ton would be exempted, but the as
sessment could not be less than $10,-
900. 1t might be more If the pre-
vious assessment had been too low,
or the property had increased in
value without regard to the addi-
ton of the four rooms.
Alterations, additions or repairs
which add to the value of the prop
erty without increasing its capacity
for dwelling purposes are not within
the contemplation of the act. In
cases where the right of exemption
may be doubtful, the doubt should
be resolved against the exemption
and the taxpayer left to his remedy
by appeal. but this doubt should be
a substantial one. Where the right
to exemption is clear it should be
allowed"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
EVENING TRADE SCHOOL
RESUMES FOR TERM

TOTTENVILLE. Sept. 2S.-The
T%ottenville Evening Trade school re-
sumed again Monday night after the
summer vacation with a number of
classes in the various studies. Will
liam H. David is the teacher in
charge and he is being assisted by
James H. Tate. a teacher in the Tot
tenville day school. They have corps
of teachers and there is still room for
more pupils in the various classes
that have been started. Two new
classes that are being formed are
for the teaching of both orchestra
and band music. If sufficient num-
her can be secured the band music
will be taught Monday nights and
the orchestra Wednesday nights.
The gas engine class under h di-
rection of James Woodburn, who has
been at the head of this class for the
past several terms Is again one or
the most popular classes at the
school.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
DR.. PEGGS TO SAIL ON
SATURDAY FOR EUROPE

TOTTENVILLE, SPIT. 2S.-Dr.
Mcdonald Pegs, chief surgeon of
the Richmond Memorial Hospital
at Prince Bay. sails Saturday on the
Cedric for Europe. He has been in
vited by Sir Robert Jones, Nj. D., of
Guys Hospital. London, to assist him
in important bone surgery opera
tions. Sir Jones is probably the
leading ~orthepedic surgeon in the
world.
DIR. Pegs through this special in
~yitation will have access to the large
number of clinics and hospitals OF
England. During DR.. Pegs stay
he will also be engaged in some spe-
cial surgical work at h University
of Edinburgh. The associate sur
geons of the Richmond Memorial
Hospital will relieve DR.. Pegs dur
ing his absence and this honor II
experience will mean greater service
to the community upon his return.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
TOTTENVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bennett and
family moved Monday to their dairy
farm near Middletown, N. Y, where
they purchased recently.
Mrs. Katherine Brown and
daughter, Miss e. Blanche Brown,
have been visiting at Nyack.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Meisner and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Meisner went
10 the Trenton fair today.
Mrs. George Yetman has been Wis
iting at Livinston, N. j.
Miss Margaret Allen, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Allen, a
returned to Vassar College to re-
sumo her studies.
Tony Andrianny has entered
Pratt's Institute in Brooklyn for the
fall term.
Mrs. Thomas Tyrrell is seriously
ill at her home following a stroke
of paralysis.
William Cougle and family with
Herbert Cline motored to Clinton,
n. j., over the week end.
The Girls Scout Troop No. 4 I'M
der the direction of Mrs. Byron La
Forge will hold a food sale Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. William Miller, S04 Sleight'
avenue.
The last card party of the season
at the Life Savers Club of the
AMIGA Club will be held Saturday
night. Euchre and pinochle will be
played and a number of prizes will
be awarded. The awarding of meer-
schaum pipe will also take place.
Club members should show appre-
citation of ladies efforts by turning
out in large numbers.
Tottenville Council Knights of Co.
lumbus met last night at their club
rooms and arranged for the install
lation to be held at the next meet
ing. A report of the block party
will be given. @
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
PLEASANT PLAINS

MI. and Mrs. Charles Stegman, of
randy Hook, who leave tomorrow to
take up their residence in California.
came over Sunday to spend the day
with Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Shea, of
Amboy road. j.,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bardwell, of
the Bronx, were visitors here Sun
day.
Misses Lillian Duberstein and Ida
Feingold with Hyman Lipman m
Sol Feingold, of the Bronx, spent
The weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan Alschuler.
Rev. William Burd, pastor of st.
Marks church, preached at Wood
row church last night on the occa-
sion of .Woodrow Week" being OBJ
served at that place.
A special meeting of the Annadale
Country Club has been called for to-
night at the clubhouse for the pur-
pose of electing officers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28

But you must call Mr.. Lee up. l
want you to meet him." Thus wrote
a girl friend from Chicago to
Blanche Scott, who is now Mrs. Lee
of Council Bluffs, Ia, and chairman
of the National Humane Society.
The Chicago girl had been visiting
in Omaha with Miss Scott and had
been showered with attention from
Mr.. Lee, who had been a friend of
some years standing. However. in
Productions had been omitted. In
fact, it happened that Miss Scott,
who was a secretary and was work
ing exceptionally long hours just
then, never even glimpsed the man
who was entertaining her visitor SO
royalty.
So Miss Scott refused to telephone
the unknown Mr.. Lee until the Chi
cago girl gave her a message for
him which had to be delivered. Miss
Scott t%elephoned. Mr.. Lee felt that
the least he could do in return for
the courtesy was to call and express
his thanks in person!
That was in February. In June
they were married!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
1853 PERSONS
ARE |LL|TERATE
Facts Revealed by the Census
of January, 1920 Middle
sex Most IIliterate Co.
BY GEORGE ii. MANNING
washington Correspondent OF tne
Perth AmhON Evening News

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S:-Inere
was a healthy reduction in the num-
Der of illiterate persons in Perth
Amboy, in the sense of being unable
to write in January. 1920, as COM
pared with 1910, according to figures
announced today by tn. United
States Census Bureau.
In January, 1920, there were 1889
illiterate persons, ten years of &
and over in Perth Amboy, including
thirty-four native white, 1,54S for
eign born whites and nine negroes,
constituting 5.3 per cent. of the total
population ten years of age n over,
compared with 9.9 in 1910. For the
native white the percentage is 0.2,
for the foreign-born white 10.5 and
for the negro 2.5.
The younger generation OF Perrin
Amboy is much less illiterate than
the older as is indicated by the fact
that while 6.3 per cent. of the males
and so per cent. of the females
twenty-one years of age and over are
illiterate, the percentage of illiteracy
in the population sixteen to twenty
years of age is but 0.S.
There was a slight diminution in
the percentage of illiterate persons
in New Jersey in 1920, compared
with 1910, the Census Bureau fig
ures show. OF the total of 1861
persons in the state in 1920 who
were illiterate, 6,797 were native
whites of native ~parentage, 2,S99
| were of foreign or mixed parentage,
| and 111,595 were of foreign birth.
| The number of illiterate negroes was
500. In the total population ten
years of age and oyer the percen-
| tage of illiteracy was 81, as against
4 2 q -, 1N1A Tn fha oaca of the ne
groes the percentage of decline was
| from 80 to 6.1. In the case of the
native whites of native parentage
| from IL to o. per cent.
There is more illiteracy in the ur-
ban districts of the state than In the
rural, the percentages being 3D. Tor
the urban population and as per
| cent. for the rural.
Ry counties the percentage OF IL
literacy ranges from Sc in Middle
sex county to IA in Ocean county.
School attendance in New Jersey
improved between 1910 n 1920.
| There were 426,665 children seven 10
| thirteen years of age in New Jersey
in January, 1920, n that NUMBER
4O4.92S or 94.9 per cent. were re-
ported as attending school, COM
pared with 1926 per cent. in 1910
OF the children fourteen and fifteen
years of age in 1920, Ills par cent.
were attending school and of those
| sixteen and seventeen years OF age
800 PER cent.
Thirty per. cent, or nearly one
third of the population OF New Jer-
sew are either infants or children I'M
| der fifteen years of age; 81 per cent
are young people fifteen to nineteen
| years old; 40.6 per cent, about two
| ffths, are men and women in the
| prime of life, from twenty to forty
four years of age; while 21.l per
cent. are forty-five years old and
over.
The number of illiterate persons
in the principal New Jersey cities IN
January, 1920. together with the
percentage of the total population
ten years of age and over at that
time and in January, 1910, is given
by the United States ensus Bureau
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
MIS-. Helen Van Meerbeke

. TOTTENVILLE, Sept. 2S.-Mrs.
Helen J.. Van Meerbeke. formerly of
Tottenville, died yesterday at the
home of her niece. Mrs. E. R. Moul-
ton. at Larchmont Gardens. after a
lingering illness.
Mrs. Van Meerbeke was in her
eightieth year. and is survived by a
brother, r. NJ. Ryerson, of New
Brighton; three nieces. Mrs. Moulton
with whom she. resided, Mrs. Charles
Dayton. of Rutherford. and Mrs. I. v.
Moore. of T~ottenville. and a nephew,
julius A.. Let's. of Tottenville.
The interment will be in Wood
lawn cemetery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
EVENT FOR METUCHEN

METUCHEN. Sept. 2S:-A mass
meeting is being arranged by II
Chamber of Commerce of the Dor
ough to be held on November a. at
which time a discussion will be held
in regard to establishing a sewage
system in the borough to take the
place of cesspools. All of the citl-
zens of the borough will be request
ed to come out. even though the
population seems to be divided on
the matter.
An effort will be made to have
members of the State Board of
Health present at this meeting n
discuss sanitation. DR.. c. A. Hofer.
a Metuchen physician. will be one of
the speakers at this meeting and he
will request the establishing of q
system mainly for h purpose OF
preventing the spread of disease.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
FIVE BOYS ON HOBO TRIP
UP STATE ARE HOME

TOTTENVILLE, Sept. 2S:-Five
Tottenville boys arrived home last
night after a 200 mile automobile
ride to Middletown, N. Y, in which
they rode by truck without costing
them a cent either way. They got a
hitch by truck on an auto van NOV
ing Charles Bennett and his family
from Tottenville to a farm near
Middletown and then made the re-
turn Journey by the same method by
asking various ones on the road for
a lift. They left here 10 o'clock
Monday morning and arrived home
last night about 6 o'clock none the
worse for their trip up the state.
The four were Roy Jones, Wilfred
Chapman, Harold Knott. Walter La
Forge and William Brunskill.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
100000 Prescriptions

I compounded over 100, 900 prescriptions
from the best physicians and spent Az
years in the drug business before 1 dis
covered the wonderful prescription Tor
"Mendenhalrs Number 40" successfully
employed in blood troubles. chronic rheu-
matism and catarrh, constipation. stom-
ach, kidney and liver troubles, eczema
and skin diseases. II not benefited by its
use your money will be refunded. j. C.
Mendenhall. Evansville. Ind. 40 years a
druggist. Sold by Barnekov & PETE. 335
State ST., Perth Amboy.-Ady.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
To Act ON Motor Laws.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-Plans o
a permanent association of officials
of sever eastern states to seek uni
formity in motor vehicle laws, was
announced today. At a meeting II
was decided to bring before legisla-
lures improvement in the motor
laws.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28

The percentage OF lIIlteracy III
New Jersey by counties is as follows:
Atlantic, AZ; Bergen, 4.3; BurlinG-
ton, ga; Camden, 81; Cape May,
81; Cumberland, SIS; Eessex, 40;
Gloucester, 80; Hudson, 81; Hun
terdon, 2.7; Mercer, SO: Middlesex,
SO: Monmouth, 20: Morris, Az;
Ocean, IA; Passaic, 10; Salem, 80;
Somerset. 6.5: Sussex, SO; Union,
"a, and Warren, 40.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28

NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. ISL
The prosecutors office is preparing
a. criminal trial list for Tuesday ane
Wednesday of next week. On Mon
day Judge DAILY will sit at a widow
pension hearing and on Thursday
Friday and Saturday naturalization
cases will occupy the time of the
court.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
VIM. T. BoGARDUs

That h undertaking business will
be continued as heretofore at PIT
MAIN ST, ~Tottenville. under the
management of Frank d. Rowe
and Thomas J. Reed from Manhat-
tan, comp-tent and experienced I'M
dertakers and embalmers who have
internittently assisted him during
the past u years.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
The
Advertised
= =
Article

is one in which the mer-
chant himself has implicit
faith-else he will not ad-
vertise it. You are safe in
patronizing the mer-
chants whose ads appear
in this paper because their
goods are up to date and
not shop worn. /: Z: :.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
FARM SELECTION PERPLExINe
Study Of Several Intrieats Points
Called For-knowled0s Of Basic
Principles Needed.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture)
In choosing a farm one has the op-
tions Of buying with the intention Of
operating the place as his entire busi-
ness, buying a small farm and renting
enough additional land to meet his
needs, or renting farm either on the
snare or cash basis. Ones choice In
the matter Is usually determined by
the funds available.
II one has only small amount Of
capital and wishes to undertake Mrm-
ing az business from which to de-
rive his entire income, he should, In
nearly all cases, begin as renter.
However, II he wishes to buy farm
on which to live. deriving part Of his
income from other sources, then, pos
sibly. purchasing is desirable, even II
capital is limited.
Whatever course is followed, 1t Is
highly desirable that one thoroughly
understand the basic principles gov
erning the farm business before de-
Gliding some of the finer points. A dis
regard Of these basic principles Is re-
sponslble for large proportion Of
farm failures.
A man may unconsciously work all
his life against some economic barrier
when success would have been COM
paratively easy If he had selected
farm where the economic principle
would aid him instead Of working
against him.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
MAKES
GOOD CASH CROP
Farmer Can Make His Farm Pay
Substantial Profits by
Producing Fuel.
USEFULNESS Of MACHINERY
Modern Apparatus Not Only Cuts
= Wood and Standing Trees, but 10
ussd for Various othsr Pur-
POSES About the Farm.

prepared BY the United statss Dspart-
ment Of Agriculture.)
The farmers problems appear. all
of sudden. to have become the lead
Ing national problem. Congress II
talking Of little else than legislation
aimed to help the agricultural inter
ests. The bankers are busy explain
Ing why they can't lend the farmer
the cash he needs. The plight Of the
farmer IL the chief topic Of discussion
In railroad circles and among business
men at all the big markets. Farmers
themselves are organising everywhere
to force the prices Of their products
up to point where selling will not
mean q loss to them.
Meanwhile what the Individual
farmer needs Ia not talk. but cash.
Certain things he must buy right
along for himself and his family. He
can't wait for the national debate to
run down.
In this situation farmers who are
hard pressed for cash may be over
looking the fact that all around them
money IL growing on the trees" and
the. crop is inst waiting to be picked.
This is almost literally true. In 9TH
sr words the farmer can harvest an
,ther crop-his timber. All over the
country thousands Of farmers are
turning to this immediate source Of
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
Modern Machinery Reduces Hand Ia
Dor In Filling the Woodshsd.


cash. In money value, frewood ranks
as Americas sixth crop. Government
statistics show rank Of crops in this
order: Wheat corn, cotton, hay,
oats, firewood.
Money In Producing Fuel.
With one of the practical, low-priced
power log saws now on the market,
the farmer can make his farm pay
substantial profits by producing fuel
"a commodity that has held up well
in price and for which there is an al
most unlimited demand. Then, too,
there Is always G. steady market for
ties, fence posts and timbers that
can easily and quickly be cut with
these lightweight, portable machines.
In this way the farmer, with little
work or expenses, can realize good
profits and still hang on to his grain
and live stock If he wants to, until
prices get better.
On nearly every farm in most Sec
ions Of the country there Is timber
In more than sufficient quantities for
home use. There are live trees that
need to be taken out to give room for
younger ones to grow. or to clear the
land for cultivation; there are dead
trees that are allowed to decay; and
on thousands Of farms, the banks Of
rivers and creeks are lined with great
logs and other drift wood.
For many years the farmer has been
Interested in, and has readily accept
ed, machinery that would save him
time. labor and money. Now he is
seizing upon a machine that actually
makes money for him-as well as saw
ing him time and labor. Those who
have used the 1921 improved model
log saws say these machines come
near to being perfect saving outfits.
They do the work Of ten to fifteen
able-bodied men-cut down trees and
saw up logs and branches Of any size
at an average cost Of about IN
cents a cord. Cutting IS cords Of
wood Is an easy days work. and 1t 70
possible to cut as much as 80 cords
In that time.
Machine Cuts Standing Trees.
One Of the most popular log saws
makes over 800 strokes q minute. and
its engine pulls over four horsep0w-
er. This particular machine cuts
down standing trees, too. By attach
Ing this clever device, trees can be
cut down with the level Of tie
greund, - thsre will be no stump, q
higher up. ~ desired. BY attaching
. circular saw the outfit 10 quickly
;urnsd into q buxs aaw. which rapad-
T. sips Up lfsabs and braneAes, those
perts a ~ tree which usually % to
WASTE yst which peed1ce fully sns-
0ae0 e ~ weed.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
ahershand Lens In uss.

From references made to skilled
writer's In ancient literature, the infer
ence 10 drawn that shorthand was
known long before the Christian era.
The nrst authentic knowledge Of the
art dates to the first century before
Christ. The pioneer Of !toman shert-
hand was Marcus Fulllus Trio, seere-
tary and librarian to Cicero, who de-
vised a system which was little more
thansa list Of abbreviations. Later it
was improved to such an extent that
reporters Of the time could keep pace
with the speakers by writing in relays.
The system Of the Latins fell into dis
use between the Fifth and Ninth CEN
turtles, and modern stenography dates
from 1888.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
AGRICULTURE A NATIONAL
PROBLEM

A sober national thought with
regard to the importance, the
absolute necessity, Of a sus-
tained agriculture In this coun-
I try is imperative. There is,
perhaps, no single solution for
the situation which the farmers
are now facing, but there are
many steps which can be and
should be taken to place our ag-
riculture on q more satisfactory
basis and to stabilize the busi-
ness Of farming, not in the in
terest Of the farmers alone but
in the interest Of the nation as
a whole. The matter is Of such
tremendous importance to our
entire population that II should
be recognised everywhere as a
national problem and DEALT with
as such.-Annual Report Of the
Secretary Of Agriculture.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
$36.153.07
OF COLORADO. !

STATE OF coLoRADo.l
County of Cheyenne. ss.
l, z. n. Akerly. County Clerk. in and
for the County and State aforesaid, do
hereby certify the above and foregoing
to be a true and correct statement of
the receipts and disbursements of
Cheyenne County, Colorado, for the six
months ending December 31st, A.. D.
1920. as appears from the records of my
eluded with the County Treasurer.
standing in Bonds issued April LIST.
1908. and payable April 1st. 1928, the
sum of Two Hundred ($260.00) Dollars.
which were. issued for the purpose of
satisfying the judgment of Bent Coun-
ty. Colorado. versus Cheyenne County:
said bonds bearing s per cent interest
per annum. payable April LIST and Octo-
ber 1st. each year.
In Testimony Whereof I have here
cial seal at my office in Cheyenne
Wells. Colo. this 8th day of January.
A. D. 1921.
E. H. AKERLY.
(SeaD County Clerk and Recorder.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 8th day of January. A. D. 1921.
CARL J. NELSON.
(SeaD Notary Public.
Audited and approved by the Board Of
County Commissioners of Cheyenne
County. Colorado. on the 11th day Of
WALTER RAMSAY.
ANTON I. JOHNSON.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
Pilgrim Fathers Were sep.ra.ists.

The Puritans sought tie reform Of
the Church - England. The Pilgrims
were Separatists from tile FIRST, who
ho already left England and formed
an Independent congregation In Ley.
den, whence they came to New Eng
land. They numbered forty-one fami-
lies. 1O2 persons. landing at Plymouth
December 20. 1920. They had previ-
onsly made 4 covenant known A. the
Maynower covenant, which bound them
into 4 civil state with q religious
basis. They wished to found - church
without a bishop and . state without
q king"
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27

Will Stop the Hogs, buA Aiiesw
Horses and Cattle 70 Pass.
inches from each gatepost. inside the
lot where the hogs were confined. .
short post was driven. Long boards
nailed from one to the other Of these
posts made another panel Of board
fence, 1S inches high and parallel with
the boarded-up gate. with an 1S-inch
space between the two low walls.
When hog comes to this detached
panel. 1t will 60 to the end and pass
round into the narrow passage be-
tween the two board walls, continuing
on through and out at the other end
till 1t tires Of the performance. One
that is short enough to turn in the 1S-
inch passage Is too small to jump or
climb over the boards before 1t. and
one that cannot turn il unable to face
the wall and make the attempt to
climb.
All other stock, except small calves
or colts, will step over the low walls.
No wide cracks, offering footholds,
should be left between the boards
II. +. Grinstead. Columbia, Mo, In
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
S9,4lO.55

39.440.55
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
chIness Llk. III. phonesraph.

The phonograph has found great
favor in China. Chinese buyers like
cheapness. and they do not inind the
scratching SO long as the machine 10
loud enough. The record-making 10
most expensive, the most famous Chi
Dese banda and singers being engaged.
The Chinese do not care for foreign
records. except for laughing songs and
loudly clashing instrumental selections.
with the bagle and drum.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
DRY PLACE FOR SEED BEANS
Meids viii ouie,siy Attack Crop n
Moisture osts % Them, klilln0
oermlnatln0 Qualities.

I. Beans for sesd should b kept In Q
dry place or mosds wfll readily attack
tAsm. Beams Win heat n, he least
bit of moisture es4s to thsm and d.
stfVys tAsif gsEnlnating qualitisA
Shsvsains thsn 0vse wtn 40 hsso
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
Specific.

A traveller who alighted from the
train in q small Southern town was
greeted BY q colored porter, who
shouted at him: "Palace hotel. boss."
and grabbed the travellers baggage.
and the latter said: "Wait Q minute,
Rastus. II this hotel American or
Europeanr And Rastus replied: II
dunno. boes.. but think they's rrish.'
San Francisco Chronicle.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
HOG PROOF GATE IS
HANDY ARRANGEMENT
Cattle and Horses Permitted to
Pass at win.
Two Low Fences, About 10 Inches
High, Serve to Keep Swine In
Their Own Pasture Other
Animals Can Step Over.

A farmer uses this arrangement to
keep the hogs in one lot, while allow.
ing his cattle and horses to pass un-
restrained into another pasture. The
gate was removed from the hinges.
and the space from post to post was
boarded up solidly to height Of 18
inches from the ground. About 18