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The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
The Editors Cleared His Desk

No wonder it's a%-rainin'
And the clouds form in the west,
For a cyclones struck the Office
The Editors cleared his desk,
The magazines and papers
Were piled SO monstrous high
That, pom my word of honor.
They ALMOST reached the sky.
Came a gentleman one day
on business to confer,
When all he saw was papers
Which hid the Editor.
The desk looks now SO barren.
Bcrsft of clippings. books, an all
I know 'twould ne'er be recognized
If the. man now came to call.
Now. "the force" is all rejoicin'
And the firemen now can rest
All sleep in peaceful slumbers,
cause the Editor cleared his desk!
". B. S.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
CHFW-LOVFLAND

At the home Of the bride, s. West
Harmony Street, Penns Grove, Miss
Elizabeth G. Chew and Mr.. Edward
r. Loveland, of Woodstown, were
united in marriage June %. 1921. The
bride was given away by her father,
Joseph c. Chew, in the presence of the
members of the family, The home was
beautifully decorated. The bride car
ried a handsome bouquet of white
~rosebuds. The ring ceremony was
used. A splendid wedding dinner was
served, after which the happy couple
left amid a shower of confetti, for a
trip to Washington, D. c.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
WHY Not Join Up

The greatest secret fraternal society
in the world is the rapidly CROWNS.
Order Of the Universal Brotherhood OF
Man. It's sign is a smiling face, its
grin a hearty hand-shake, its pass
word is "What's the matter, Brother!
and its motto Cooperation ,
Its elusive secret is frankness ana
its reason for existence is to hasten
the good time coming. There are no
initiation fees or monthly dues, n
the only qualifications for membership
is a willingness to lend a hand.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01

ed temporarily, OF. until repairs were
made to the streets above named.
1t is understood that the drivers are
not to stop between Railroad Avenue
on Broad Street to Union Corner, nor
on West Main Street to State either
to take on or discharge passengers,
and not to park within that territory.
The new rule went into effect on We'd
neSday morning.
An ordinance was introduced and
passed first. reading amending the or
dinance.1 providing a $4,000 bond issue
and increasing the amount to $4,000.
1t also fixes the rate of interest at 6
per cent. instead of 512.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
Farewell Party

A farewell surprise party was gwen
Maxide Fox and Ivy Casby by a few
friends. at the home Of Alberta ShlLl-
ing. Carneys Point, on Monday even
mo June goth. The evening was
spent playing games. Maxine and IVY
Tecaived two beautiful bouquets.
Those present were Maxine Fox,
wv Casby, Alberta Shilling. Emma a
Summeriil. Sallie Bailey, ElmIra
Ierton. Helen Miller, Louise Calhson'
Mabe Callison, Edith Casby and Mrs
Shilling.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
Road Contract Given

The Road Committee of the Salem
County Board of Freeholdels met in
the Court House, Salem, on Tuesday,
and opened the bids for the construc7,
ton of about seven miles OF gravel
road from Shirley to the Gloucester
County line, on which concrete is to
be laid next year. The State engl-
neering department estimated the cost
TO be S113, 641.25. The bids were to
be on a percentage of the estimated
cost. The Tri-State Construction
Company, of Bridgeton, was the lowest
bidder. which was $50 per cent of the
cost, amounting to S7S,298.82
The amounts of the bids were as
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01

Mr.. c. Emerson Johnson. Of Ienns
Grove. and MISS Mary E. Colds
Borough, of Carneys Point, were a
ried June p, 1921, at Emmanuel NJ. +.
Church parsonage, by Rev. R. s. Car
Isle. The bride was attended by Miss
Vera H. Hurf and the groom by Mr..
George. Sherwood. Upon their return
from Atlantic City, Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson will reside in Carneys Point.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01

Preston S. Foster, editor and man
ager of the Elmer Times, and pub
Usher of the Woodstown Monitor
Register, was married to Miss Amy
D. Hand. of Newport, \. j., by Rev.
G. Raymond Haaf, in their new home
in Elmer, on Thursday, June %, 1921.
They at once left on their honeymoon
trip for Williamstown, Mass, with the
\. J. Press Association.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
edricktOWn PED
and LOca
Interesting Happening
mans TOwnshi

Mrs. Gilbert hutchinson
Fla is spending the summJ
parents, Nh. and Mrs. VIII
Miss Martha Burke is il
Lurena Shoemaker, in PhiII
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wd
SWedesbOro, spent Sunday
and Mrs. Charles Hamptonl
Miss Marion Reeder, ID
III. and Mrs. J. Reeder, Of
and M. Thurman Sparks,
and Mrs. Wesley Sparks,
ned at the home Of the bridj
by Rev. Harry Garrison
Methodist Church, in Brdgd
Mr and Mrs. D. Clay 81
Sunday in Foftesque.
Mrs. Gordon Stewart retdI
a visit in North Carolina,
Stewart IS employed.
Miss Irene Detwiler, of @
spending some time with a
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geora
Nh. and Mrs. Hubert Shod
Philadelphia, were guests
day with Mrs. Emma Sparka
Mr. and Mrs. James Str}
Philadelphia, are guests
MAY Su1mple.
Nh. and Mrs. Harry JoH&
Mrs. Ruth Justice have beenI
q few days in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sp,
Salem. were weekend guel
Mr.. and Mrs.. John Hewitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hord
William T. Hunt spent over
in Florence.
Charles Lock, of Conshohod
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver.
over Sunday.
Charles Knorr, who recentl
his family to Penns Grove, is {
in Asbury Park during the
His sen. William Knou, is
ploEed there.
A big time is planned for
the Fourth. A parade led
will take place in the NOR
prominent speaker has been
for the day. Two games Of
and other sports viii be he'll
Athletic Field both morni
afternoon The ladies of the
Church viii serve chicken pc.
ner and supper.in Red Mems
Tie third game in the serie.
ball between WoodstoWn and
town was played here last S
Pedfickt0wn won with the SC
The members Of Rebekah l.
nicked last Thursday after
Pennsville.
Oliver Citizens has bought
Chevrolet touring car.
Mrs. John Zaas, of Brook
visiting her mother, Mrs. En-
ard.
Mrs. Rachel Sparks fell fro
ladder. breaking her wrist.
Rev. and Mrs. John Ma,
spending a week in Easton, P;
Miss Elizabeth Smith is n
York and Red Lion, Pa
Mrs. Mary Hertz has 0e
Grove where she is employee.
the summer.
Mrs. Fannie Holton has
from a visit in Swedesboro.
Miss Hilda Swaverly retul
Friday from the Trenton
School for the summer vacat
Twin sons were born to
Mrs. Walter Norton in the
boro hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin So1
turned after spending eight
in Hallandale, Fla. Carl G
turned with them after spen
weeks in Miami, Fla.
Mrs. Harry Justice and
spending some time in Abse'
Miss Flo Springer is Vi.
Wilmington. Del.
Mrs Mary Shoemaker has
home after spending severi
with Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Sh
in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Claude Proul, of Trel
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Snyder.
Stanton Cunard has been d'
from service and returned to
here last week. after two Y
listment. While in service
stationed in Naval hOspit.
Denver, Col, also in Californ
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01

About $50 men who have been
working at the Delaware Ordnance
Depot were given a vacaton on
Thursday. About 100 rema1n 10 axe
are of the property. About 500 tons
of old steel shells have been sold Tor
Junk.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
SPAPKS-CRtIG

William Sparks, Jr.. and Margaret
Craig, both of DccpWater, Clover
Penns Neck( were married at Bethel
NJ. P. Church, Tuesday evening, June
%. 1921, by Rev. S. J. Dorlon.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01

At the lowest bid this will make
the cost of the gravel portion about
/ 100000 per mile.
Charles F. Seabrooks, a member OF
the State Highway Commission, was
nresent at the meeting, and it is eX-
nected the Commission will approve
the bid.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-25

All Women's Louis Heel
Shoes, u Price.
All W0men's Louis Heel
Oxfords, u Price.
All Women's Military Heel
Shoes, $3.50 discount.
All Women's Military
Heel Pumps and Ok
fords, 2O%o discount.
All Women's Louis Heel
Pumps, 2Ogo discount.
All Children's and Boys
Shoes, 20Go discount.
All WOmen's and Chill
dren's Arctics and Rub
bers, 2Oqto discount.
All Mems Shoes from
Regular Stock, 209o dis
count.
Shoe Department.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-25

One Large Lot of COrsets,
u Price.
Entire Remaining Corset
Stock 20% discount.
One Lot of Brassieres,
u Price.
Entire Remaining Bras
siere Stock, 20%o dis
count.
One Lot of Silk Camis0les,
Chemise, Gowns and
Boomers, 1a Price.
Entire Remaining Silk
Underwear Stock, 2OT
discount.
All Philippine Hand En-
brOidered Underwear,
u Price.
Corset and Underwear Dept.
Second Floor.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-25
A Monster Sale Of All Mems
Clothing and Furnis hings

All Mems Work Gloves
Mittens, 25T discount.
All Mems Hosiery, $3.50
discount.
All Mems and Boys Hats
and Caps u Price.
One Lot Extra Good"
Boys Suits, u Price.
Entire remaining stock of
Boys Suits, 259o dis
count.
All Boys Underwear, at
1915 60 discount.
Mems and Boys Dept.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-25

All Rugs, $3.50 discount.
All Blankets, 20%o dis
count.
All Comforts, 20qo dis
count.
All Pillows, 20To dis
count.
All Linoleum, 209o dis
count.
All Congoleum, 2O%o dis
count.
All Carpet Sweepers, at
2Oeo discount.
All Panel Nets, ~ price.
All Cretonnes, $3.50 dis
count.
All Colored Madras, 25@o
discount.
Rug and Drapery Dept,
Second Floor
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-25

Entire Stock of Toys, ~
price.
Entire stock of House
Dresses and Aprons, 1I
price.
Entire Bargain Basement
stock, 209zo to 50qo dis
count.
Entire stock Trunks and
Suit Cases, 1a price.
Basement Store
Entire stock Of Hardware,
Sporting Goods, Cut
lery, Auto Accessories
and Electric Appliances
$3.50 discount.
Hardware Dept.
Entire stock House Fur
nishings Department at
25ee discount.
Basement Store.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-25

Entire stock Mems Kup-
penheimer Suits, 25%
discount.
Entire stock Mems Kup-
penheimer Overcoats at
25%o discount.
All Separate Trousers at
$3.50 discount.
All Sheep Lined Coats,
25T discount.
All Mems Mackinaws at
$3.50 discount.
All Mems Hats, 12 price.
All Mems Underwear at
$3.50 discount.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03
MAN THE PYGMY

reached by our despsed and invisible instincts. We are not at all the highly rational darlings of a universe that we supposed ourselves to be. We can still be the masters of our fate if we will, but it is only. by a frank recognition of our constitution and life carefully ad justed thereto. And so on.
 At least. so stands psychology today. A century hense it will doubtless jolt man again, or if psychology does not some other science will. Which suggests. we submit, the real reason man is able to withstand so cheerfully these shocks" of discovery, eacr one, when seen in per- spective, only increases the anazingness of the universe and of man. For the more science learns the more it discov- CTS to lie beyond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03
A STARTLING PRODIGY

From the Providence Journal.
 Some prodigies are more agreeable to read about than others. The S-year-old chess champion, for example, is a very attractive instance of natures occasion al lavishness in distributing youthful talents. But here is a startling story from Paris-a boy of II, it is charged, has been the leader of the Black Net Band" who have carried on an extraor- dinary campaign of burglary The po- lice have now captured the alleged of fender and "are wondering what to do with so accomplished a criminal of such tender years"
 If he can be proved guilty of the long series of. offenses cited by the authori- ties, the first thing to do with him is to make it impossible for him to com tinue his career as a prodigy of law lessness. M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03
A VISIT TO MAETERLINCK

William Lyon Phelps. in The North
 American Review.
 IN the late afternoon of typical win
 ter day in Paris, December 1i, 1yVS, e@ and in response to a cordial invitation giving the time and the place, walked through the cold drizzie up on the heights not so far from the Trocadero, entered the long crooked Due Raynouard, came to an opaque portal in an opaque wall, made out in the darkness the number 67, rang bell, and waited the result of the intinnabulation-which went echoing off in the remote nterior-wth an accele- rated heart. l am not ashamed to con- Tess that l have always been hero worshipper; only my heroes are not pio- neers. nor politicians. nor captains of in- dustry; they are creative artists. l ad- mire individual specimens of all the classes just mentioned, only I admire them without any excitement; but never can see poet, novelist. dramatist, paint CT, musician without reverence. | had time to think about all this and various other matters before the solid gate fell back. followed maid servant through long passages and reverberating corri- dors, just as if we were characters in one Of the plays, until after an incredibly long and winding pilgrimage the maid stopped in front of a door and knocked. A clear voice called "Entrez.o And I did.
 A cheerful contrast it was to all 1 had seen outside of it. It was rather small square room; bright fire was blazing merrily in the open grate; the walls were lined with books; a table was in the mid dle of the room, a comfortable chair placed at it, while directly behind the chair, so that the writer could reach these particular books without getting up, was a set of the Mermaid Series of the Eliz- abethan Dramatists, besides many other volumes in the English language The chair at the desk faced the door, and as I entered, saw the man in the chair buSily writing in the old-fashioned way,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03
BLAND OF THE MIND.

From the Portland Oregonian.
 A French author once coined ADA phrase: The land of the mind.~
 It is a realm that many of us have forgotten. There the imagery is real; there death is unknown, and the only riches are mems thoughts.
 With every age it grows in splendor. Dickens, Milton, Shakespeare, Hugo- these and countless others have left their all for those who travel there.
 The demands of existence have blind ed some of us to the joys that lie in such travels. As children we roamed the fields of imagination. but now we believe only in the material.
 Yet we call ourselves wise.
 The dreary nights of winter are ahead. Why not cheat them of their dreariness, and on the wings of litera- ture. journey to the Land of the Mind?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03

with pen and ink. He looked up with hospitable expression, Immediately rose, shook hands warmly, and offered me cigarette I lit it, and was so confused that put the wrong end in my mouth. This appeared to amuse M. MaeterInck; in fact, he roared with laughter. laughed to keep him company and ar once we seemed to be intimate.
 For an hour we talked freely, "Lne heure Amicae," he was kind enough to call it afterwards. He spoke of his i'm mense admiration for English literature for English poets, English dramatists, and, among American authors, for Emef- son, He confirmed all that he had writ ten to me about his love for Browning | reminded him of his early Translation of the Elizabethan Fords tragedy, ITS Pity" and he smiled, saying it was a work of his youth. l told him of my difficulties in finding a copy in Paris, and of my pleasure in finally adding ic to my collection. We spoke good deal about his play, "Monna Wanna, and when I said 1 should witness it next month in Munich, he looked distressed saying that the Munich performance was bad. Later, l thought it was good Y certainly gives one a notion of the stand ards that prevail at Paris when l say that of all the months I have spent In Paris in the twentieth century, never at any time during my visit to that city has there been single one of MaeterlincKs plays on the stage. l can judge of the acting qualities of his dramas only through English and German.
 As I rose to go he gave me an auto graph copy of his translation of the work of Flemish mystic.
 When Maeterlinck visited America Tor the first time in 1919, found him the same man-frank, hearty, modest and sin cere The enormous successes of his plays written since 1903 had not changed bis nersonal manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03
DIR. WOODS CHEMICAL EYE'

based on ultraviolet rays, will not go to sleep over it. They can doubtless per- feet similar devices of their own, which will not only give them the same ad- vantage as we have, but will lessen the advantage perhaps, by enabling them to see our own lights as easily as we ourselves
 But even without that, the mere fact that an enemy knows of the existence of new military invention makes it much less effective. No one knew of the ''big Berthas'' before the war, hence Bel gium and France went on relying upon steel and concrete frontier forts which were knocked to powder at the first ad- vance. Had they foreseen the advent of the heavy mobile howitzers, they would have taken steps to guard against them. The Canadians would never have choked to death at Tyres had their commanders expected chlorine gas. And this argu- ment is especially good in the matter or a signalling device. One can imagine commander in despair because his every movement was being accurately reported, even after he had guarded against every. Known method of communication He could never guess that a spy was simply flashing the reports by invisible flashes. The idea couldn't possibly occur to him Not only would the information continue to go out under his nose but in the meantime the morale of the whole com mand would be destroyed in the search for the leak. But if the existence of the device is known. it would not be hard to prevent it's use by a few precautions.
 Perhaps pr. Wood knows or suspects some scientific service which his inven- tion can render in time of peace, and hence feels justified in announcing it. But it should be a great service, indeed, to make up for the enormous loss in niii- tary power which we suffer by not keep ing our secret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03
Appeal of Music

Good music has an appeal which cannot be equalled if the taste for 1t is cultivated" said Miss Berney Gillen. When first went to Chicago to study my idea was to go to all of the vaude- vile and musical comedies that l could sandwich in between my classes. My sister Mary who was with me, insisted that I devote much time to concerts instead, and I soon liked them so well that looked forward to going more than to the more popular and cheaper amusements.
 "The value of good concerts for the education of children cannot be overes- timated. During the winter every year in Chicago there is week of concerts devoted exclusively to the children. Such an institution would, believe, be a great educational influence for Bir- mingham children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03

From the Baltimore American. if HOWEVER gratifying to the national IT egotism it may be to know that
 an American scientist has devei- oped another great invention, and to Baltimoreans that he halls from Johns Hopkins, ore must question Dr. Wood s wisdom in announcing his chemical eye" to the world. The device was pro- duced for a military purpose, and we are not told that it will accomplish any, thing useful in the arts of peace or that it even adds anything important to general scientific knowledge. But by in- forming the world of it's simple exis- tence, it's military value is greatly les sened.
 The experimental art has been carried to such a high degree of efficiency II science that, once given the idea there are scientists galore able to work out it's practicable applications. In announce ing the idea, you announce nearly every thing. Once Leonard had shown that the rays from the electric spark in vacuum tube were not cut off by certain opaque substances, it was not hard for Roentgen to develop his apparatus ana make the discovery useful in hundreds of ways. Once Raleigh and Ramsay had discovered argon, 1t was a compara- lively easy matter to devise practicable methods of producing and utilizing it.. And everywhere, during the war, the same thing was seen. No sooner had the Germans put over the first gas attack than the allied scientists were at work, and at the conclusion of the war we had begun the manufacture of gas far more deadly than anything the Germans had dreamed of. In everything, from heavy mobile artillery to photographic reconnaissance an invention on one side was followed by it's counterpart on the other Other armies, knowing that we possess an invisible signaling device
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 lA ALAN, the pygmy, ought to be ac-
 IlWll customed by this time to the dis covery of his own unimportance He has done it so often since science arrived upon the terrestrial scene to blast his conceits, The new measurement of Orion's right shoulder shrinks our tiny globe to negligible speck in the uni- verse. But what is that to the shocks that have gone before!
 Those ingenious speculators, the mod -ern psychologists. are fond of reducing these shocks to three main discoveries The first was mans discovery that, 50 far from being the center of everything and living oa the only patch of ground anywhere. that patch was only small bite of very large globe, which in turn was but one revolving unit in vast cos
 mos of earths and stars.
 The second shock came many centuries after in the shape of the Darwinian theory. Heretofore man had conceivei of himself as very special creation Tor
 which the whole world had been pun' and he had been wound up ana set III motion as the chef-d' oeuvre of all etee- nifty. The new theory of things left him as the climax of known creation. put grayely attacked his uniqueness or or,sih Lit made him the natural descendanta or at least the relative, of all sorts of de- sn;sad tb;nrs from tadpoles to monkeys
 The psychologists consider that the world is just now approaching an equaty erievous shock to egoism as a result or tbe discoveries relative to our suocoH- sc;ous minds The change in outlook is hike that following the acceptance of the Darwinian theory. for it reveals human consciousness as anything but self-de- termining and independent creation, as we have fondly conceived it to be- and has closely related it to the primitive mind of the race and in addition subordi- : rated it to it's past, immediate and re- mote.
 We have all known, in sense, that we carried our past around with us; and the past of our ancestors, as well. Tie new psychology diseloses the detailed l fashion in which this is true-by delving | into the subconscious-an thus gives stress and reality to our unseen ego l that 1t never had before. So probably the psychologists are right.> It may be something of a shock to human vanity J to learn that Betelgeuse would fill our {, terrestrial sky if it replaced our sun ] It is a fer greater shock to realize. for Instance. that the elaborate reasons that i've give for our politics and other solemn lviews are usually just so many excuses ! Tor subceaseious eeneluAieps X. slrsa<y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Not an Automobile sFlirty

eI made one New Years resolve when left home in my car on Saturday morning." says Frank Dominick,' and that was that would pick up any pe- destrians. on my way downtown. l hadn't gone far before l overlook my neighbor, Frank Willis Barnett hit ting 1t lively clip down Chairemont avenue. asked him. to ride and he jumped in.
 When I reached the Mountain Ter race junction saw an attractive young woman waiting for Lakeview car and invited her to get in. It appeared to me that she was on the eve of getting in when she spied my parson friend on the rear seat, and declined with thanks. This is my version, but he says never had chance, for as soon as she heard my dulcet notes she set me down as -vamp.'
 T had better luck at the Twenty seventh street corner, for charming matron accepted my offer at once on the next curve l took a chance on pretty girl. and in she came with alac- rity And so why be down hearted, as two out of three ladies rode down with me. l think it's a pretty good batting friend guyed me all the way into the city for getting the 'high sign" as an automobile 'flirt.'"