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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
MIR BURTON CONFIRMED.

The confirmation by the senate of George L.
Burton. of South River. for a full term OF four
wears as member of the State Highway Com
mission is extremely gratifying to Mid2esex
county and ought to meet With the satisfaction
of the whole state Although Mr.. Burton has
been member of the highway commission but
a comparatively short time he has clearly DEM
onstrated his ability.
The work accomplished in the development
Of the state highway system since Mr.. Burton
has been chairman is decidedly creditable to
him and to the state. The program for the
coming year is an extensive one and there is
every reason to believe that it will be carried
through in the same efficient manner that has
been displayed in recent months The record
Mr.. Burton has made since being appointed to
the state Highway Commission really left the
senate no alternative but to confirm his noni-
nation for full term when presented by the
governor.
1t is to be hoped that the commission can be
kent free from any patent pavement scandals
and that the state will soon see an excellent
system Of highways extending into all parts Of
the commonwealth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
,IU STICE Is DONE.

The law has been vindicated and justice is
done.
The negro murderer of Mrs Edith Marshall
Wilson will die for his heinous crime during
the week Of May 2. The speedy and thorough
manner in which the TRIAL was conducted re-
fleets great credit on the county prosecutor and
his staff. Just as the prompt arrest of the fiend
Is most creditable to the local and keyport po-
lice.
The restraint shown by the people under such
irving circumstances also speaks well for the
nublfc in general Were it not for the confidence
that the people have in the authorities TO do
their duty speedily and justly it is possible that
they might have taken the law into their own
hands as is so often the case in other communi-
ties That they refrained and permitted the law
to take its course is highly commendable.
Middlesex county and particularly Perth Am
boy has received much unpleasant notoriety in
connection with this case. The news OF this foui
murder has been sent TO every corner of the
earth. person who recently returned from
a trip to the Panama canal told of receiving
the news of the crime by wireless while on ship
board far out atsea With the name of the city
thus blackened the redeeming feature is that
the criminal was quickly arrested, given fair
trial in accordance with law and promptly SEN
fenced to die As horrible as the crime Wa II
is gratifying to know that in spite of the
greatest provocation no mob violence or law
less took place The entire proceedings were
carried out in the most orderly manner.
The course of Justice has been followed; the
law has been upheld and the good name OF the
city and county. as far as possible. has been
redeemed
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
TUE pRosEc1roR,s COOP WORK.

/. These are busy days for Prosecutor Stricken
With three murder cases, one of them OF the
most revolving character. following each other
In rapid succession, he and his assistant John
E. Toolan have had their hands full They nave
succeeded in securing two verdicts of first de-
gree murder. with one case yet to be tried
This is no slight achievement.
BY the average person, interested only in the
outcome Of these murder trials, the vast amount
of work. the nervous strain and the great vital
ity needed to conduct them so successfully Is
hardly realized There have been few prosecu-
tors in the state who have had to face such an
ordeal as has confronted the Middlesex prosecu-
tor during The past few weeks and the admir-
able manner in which the situation has been
handled speaks well for the ability of the prose-
cutor and reflects great credit on the county as
a whole Prosecutor Stricken is certainly es-
tabl.shing an envable record.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
RIPPLNG RHYMES
BY walt Mason.
THE SAFE COURSE

I haven't sandbagged any man,
or Kidnapped anybody's child; I've
followed up my old time plan when
all the world was running wild. l
haven't swiped a Henry car, or
gathered in illegal spoil. but 1 have
picked in a jar the small rewards
of honest toll. 1 pity men who rob
and say, who will not like good
scouts behave: they never have a
decent lay between the cradle and
the grave. There's no use talking,
life's a frost unless we dodge all
sin with skill; our breaks are made
at frightful cost, and every man
must pay his bill. We can't be hap
py or serene as through this world
of ours we go, unless our records
are as clean as is the well known
driven snow. Oh, some for long
may dodge the cops and carry on a
course of crime, but when we sin
all comfort stops, we cease to have
bully time. We have no joy, no
peace of mind, our nerves are rack
ed, our hearts are sorei avengers
seem to walk behind, and retribu-
tion stalks before. 1 pity those who
cheat and steal or slug q strangr
for his roll; their lives are bleak,
they never feel the peace that
warns the white mans soul.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

great many methods of wrestling,
some of the best known being the
following: Graeco- Roman, Cumber-
land, Westmoreland, Irish and Jiu-
Jitsu.
@. What Is the average number
of fatal motor accidents each year!
w. G.
A. According TO the National
Safety Council the deaths from auto
mobile accidents now approximate
5000 a year in the United States.
@. Was there War of Devolu-
ton, or is the ID" a typographical
error ?-R. NJ.
A. There was such war in 1867
6S, which arose from Louis X1V's
claim to certain Spanish territories
in right of his wife. Marie Theresa,
upon whom the ownership was al
legged to have "devolved." This war
was ended by the treaty of Aix-la-
Chajelle in 1868.
@. Is there a material called
bombast ?-H. S. X.
A. In the time of James of Eng
land, a mixture of cotton and SILK
yarn was called bombast. 1t was
used to pad the enormous breeches
worn at that time. Hence bombast
is applied to anything written OF
spoken in an inflated style.
Q. Where may / obtain a hux
to solder aluminium cooking utensils
E. N.
A. The Bureau of Standards
says it is impossible to solder alum
mum cooking utensils and obtain a
repair that will satisfactorily resist
corroison.
@. When 1 order double cream
.,d a. will not urhip what ran he
done to make it thicker? r?-K. w. NJ.
"A. Cream that is too thin to whip
properly will whip much better II
the white of an egg is added. If
large quantity of cream is used, use
the whites of two eggs. This will add
both to the quality and quantity Of
the cream.
@. What is the seating capacity
/ of the Mormon TABERNACLE ?-I. "
A. The seating capacity of thii
edifice. gallery included, is 10000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
LADDER OF AUGUSTINE
By DIR. w. E. BARTON

elf-consciousness.
II Know" That means that !
possess intellect; l can think.
'T Can" That means that l have
will. l am capable of volition.
II Ought" That means that /
possess in my knowledge convic-
tion of right and an ability to do
right, and a knowledge Of obliga-
tion.
II Will" Character is the pro-
duct of will. Woodrow Wilson has
said that the chief requisite for 4
president is the power of decisiq
That power of decision is not ft1
presidents alone. When it has un-
der it personality and knowledge
and conviction ana a sense of right.
it is the chief requisite for success
everywhere.
You will read many treatises, per-
haps, on business psychology. and
on success in life; but you will find
no easier lesson to commit to mem-
ory nor one more useful, as a basis
for your study and thought. than
the Ladder of good old Saint Angus
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Much of the writing of st. Angus
tine is buried deep beyond the depth
of the ordinary readers interest. To
be sure, -Augustine's Confession"
constitute a document of extraordi-
nary human interest, and his vision
of THE City of Cod is still an al
lurklg one for all thoughtful men
who hope for the worlds better
ment. But most of his theological
material is for the patient. scholar
and not for the casual reader. How
ever, everyone ought to know
Augustine's NAdder."
1t had five rungs. and YOU may
read them downward, but you must
climb them upward:
l Am.
/ Know.
L Can.
] Ought.
i Will.
On that short ladder a man may
mount high.
II Am" That means that / am
conscious of my own existence. ]
am an individual. with power of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

O. Why was George Washington
called the Father of his country
ID. T. G. ~
A. George Washington was can
ed the Father of his country in crate
full remembrance of his heroic pat
riotism. and the fact that having no
child of his own, the United States
represented to him the posterity
which should keep his name.
@. Is millet seed used for any
purposes other than seeding IL. 5.
A. Millets have been grown for
in India, China, Japan,
where they are used as human food:
In the United States millet is used
only as a feed for domestic animals
The only use of seed in this country
is for feeding domestic animals and
for seeding purposes.
O. Who first occupied the White
House Pc. NJ. II.
A. The White House was first oc-
cupied by President Adams in 1900.
Q. What is meant by "catch-as-
catch can" wrestling ?-D. F. F.
A. The catch-as-catch-can me
thod of wrestling is otherwise known
as the Lancashire and is the only
method used in professional wrest-
ling in this country. There are a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Another reason why a man can dress quicker
than girl is because it takes a girl half an
hour to get the seams of her silk stockings ex-
actly straight up and down the back OF her
calfettes ~ .
The prize damphool of the year is the New
York man who wants a. divorce because his
wife won't talk to him.
Catechisms and Dogmas sometime makes
members of differentf religious denominations
quarrel like Cats and Dogs.
Yon can't sometimes always tell some Oh
the hest fighters we ever knew We're also the
worst henpecked husbands we ever knew.
1t has just about gotten so nowadays that II
a girl doesn't wear her skirt clear up to her
knees everybody believes that she is bowlegged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
THAT VAIL FROM HUDSON AND ESSEN.

Hudson and Essex counties never get through
talking about being compelled to pay an enor-
NOUS state highway tax to meet the cost of
building improved roads in South Jersey" 1t
is true that Essex has very little mileage of
state highways and Hudson has none at all, yet
IL the people of Essex and Hudson would not
use the roads Of South Jersey" in such vast
numbers the south Jersey roads would not
need so much money spent on them.
No one uses a Hudson county road from pref
erence. Yet the Hudson county people swarm
out over the roads of the rural counties and
are free to complain If they are not in first
class condition. Why shouldn't Essex and Hud-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
Them was the Happt DAYS.

Did YOU know that Abraham Lincoln was d
saloonkeeper once upon time. Well he was.
Here is a copy of the license granted to Lincoln
and his partner in New Salem, ILL.,, in 1888;
"Ordered that William F. Berry, in the name
OF Berry & Lincoln, have a Incense 10 keep d
tavern in New Salem, TO continue twelve months
from this date and that they pay one dollar IN
addition to the six dollars heretofore paid as
per Treasurer's receipt. and that they be per-
mitted to charge the following rates, viz: French
Brandy per half pint % cents; Peach BRANDY.
per half pint, 1S cents Apple Brandy. per nall
pint, II cents; Holland Gin, per half pint. 1S
cents; Domestic Gin, per half pint, IL cents;
Wine, per half pint 25 cents; Rum, per half
pint Is cents; Whskey, per half pint, ] 2 cents
Berry and Lincoln gave bond as required by
law.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
Plan Aid in Near East

According to advices received
from the headquarters of the Near
East Relief, the committee is about
to start a campaign for funds to
carry on the work. A coupon book
has been printed for sale, each book
containing sixty coupons to be sold
at 81 each. A dollar represents the
cost of feeding one destitute child
for six days. There are five coupons
in a sheet and these represent the
cost of feeding a child for month
The entire book provides for the ex-
pense for a year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, Direc
tor. Washington, ID. C. This oner
applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medical and financial troubles. 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
Annther BUSY Guy

Squire Bill Stephens, of Petersburg, KY. is a
candidate for the brown derby that goes to the
busiest man. He is President and Director OF
the Farmers Bank, Trustee of the local grave
yard, promoter of the local baseball CLUB, local
representative of the Tobacco Growers Asso-
citation. runs the Petersburg garage, Road Su-
pervisor local Magistrate. member of the Fis-
cal Court, Counsel for the County Judge, man.
ager for B. B. Hume. President of the Peters
burg Coal Company, runs free legal advice bu-
reau, hears all local arguments In the grocery
store every afternoon and acts as official referee
and human encyclopedia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
"Swen Gatherings" !"

you are a social nonentity," complained the
Dertist's wife. 1T is just home to office, office
to home with you. You never go anywhere, and
YOU never get invitations to attend functions like
other men,"
''You are wrong, my dear replied the Den
tist ION the contrary. nearly every day some
patient gets into the chair in my Office and
makes me atteifd a swell gathering"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

son pay their full share of the cost of the up
keep of these highways throughout the state?
This constant howl we hear from Essex and
Hudson about the state road tax for the benefit
of South Jersey every time any distribution OF
state money is discussed is getting rather tire
some.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw. what is an idealist?
Pawn idealist is a fool man who thinks
that women are angels, my son.
Naw-Wilhe, If you ask that old fool another
question tonight I'll beat you until you are black
and blue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

l guess you're Just like other men,
So this fact you will note:
You will feel very sheepish when
You find you are the goat
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright, 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Rang Y

He's now in Heaven. we all hope,
For him we're saying prayers;
He stepped upon a cake Of soap
His wife left on the stairs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

While playing poker Bill Smith died,
Plum full of holes. I understand;
The Coroner said: "Suicide!"
Bill had five aces in his hand.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

You will find men in every land
Who are your friends in sunny weather:
You prosper-and they'll shake your hand,
Go broke-theyll shake you altogether.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
lI,I

No dear reader, Will L. Drinkwine is not
bootlegger. He is an undertaken, and mas an
establishment in Syracuse, n. Y.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Investigator claims that our Puritan ances
tors didn't burn witches. Lots of history ism
history; it's fiction
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

When you get blue, have grandpa tell you
about 1878. We are lucky and don't know it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
A MODERN NAVY.

The flying boat is the latest subject of contrc-
versy in naval circles. According to the dis
patches from London the British have developed
the hydroplane to the point of a thousand horse
power motor and a body carrying from twelve
to a hundred passengers.
This craft is to have range of 1.5oo miles.
II can: therefore. cross an ordinary ocean and go
about anywhere a cruiser dreadnought can go.
And it can go much faster and go up in the
air If necessary.
The new engine is called the Cub" and the
new body the Titania.
Meantime the submarine is being developed
TO carry 11-inch gun.
In view of all this Senator Borah wants to
know and has asked by resolution What con-
stitutes modern fighting navy?"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Baseball is an American game isn't ii?
asked the Englishman. .
ut is to me-" replied the American. But IL
would be all Greek to you
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
Jmnrovinr ON Iake,s Junk.

At an evening reception,
I've found with frown;
That the larger the limbs,
The tighter the gown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
We Think Wen Go to seymour.

Dear Luke: Come down to Texas. The girls
bathe in Sweetwater and dress in Plainview.
&C w. W., Mineral Wells, Texas.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25
Names Is Names.

There are some bad men in the world. But
Charley Toogood lives at 159 Fayette street,
Cumberland, Md.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Oh, IL Petroleum V. Nasby could only return to
liven up the official correspondence out of Wash
ington.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Get Down To BUSINESS and You q u II
the World.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Railroads report that they hauled. more
freight and got more work out of each car
in 1920 than ever before. And at the highest
rates The inventor of the Chinese puzzle ought
to investigate railroading.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Poles should find consolation, in that the 81
lesians now will have TO help Berlin pay the in
demnty
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Immigrants, landing in New York from Ell
lis Island, beat up an agitator advocating over
throw of the government. Reform of deplor-
able conditions at Ellis Island might make all
immigrants like that.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Best definition OF a pessimist, penned by
country editor yearsago: "A pessimist is ma
who has been compelled to live with an opt
mist"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

It is only question of time until all generals
have to beat strategic retreat This applies
to General Depression
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

An old Easter tradition is that the sun dances
Maybe. Prior to Doc Volstead' many mai
saw the moon dance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-25

Congress considers appropriation for preserv-
ing Tennessee shop where Andrew Johnson,
seventeenth President. worked as tailor. Won
der how much Andy charged for suit in those
days?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-18
British Use Strange Disc
To Test Auto Headlights

that the irregular areas are moro
true I'm testing a drivers ability to
view objects ahead OF him at night
than If the areas were definite shaped
squares. circles or triangles-
The reason for this, they say. is
that the human eyes. trained to
look for a popular pattern, will be-
lieve it sees that outline before it
actually comes into view. For this
reason this strange design IS chosen
The disc Is placed at several
heights and varying distances from
the car. TO determine the strength
Of the headlights and their degree
OF conformity to the law.
Headlight glare is determined by
placing the disc at a point six feet
to one side Of the automobile. II
IS family illuminated by a small
light i'm front. When the headlights
are out. the faint hight makes the
disc visible TO an approaching motor
ist With the headlights on, the
dazzling beam will make the disc in
visible for a certain distance ahead
of the car
An observer walks toward the car
until. out of the dazzling light he
can see the disc behind The dis
lance between this point and the car
is set down as the dazzling range
of the headlights.
This is the point ahead OF the car
where an approaching driver will re-
gain his vision. The greater this dis
lance. the higher is the rating which
the headlights receive.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-18
NITRATE COUNTRY
READYFOR "BOOM"
Triple Cities in Alabama to
Reap Benefit From Big
Ford Project.

FLORENCE, Ala, Dec lily
ing the most romantic industrial
drama in American history. Flor
ence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia, Ala,
stand today ready to fulfill their
destiny
It Is these three city, with an ag-
gregate population OF approximately
10000, who are in the midst OF
Henry Ford's proposal 10 develop on
a gigantic scale, the government
nitrate plant and Wilson dam. the
greatest hydro-electrfc reservoir on
the North American continent.
II fs these three cities with an ag
their resent residents who Will
benefit quickest and most from the
acceptance Of the Ford bid. Geo
graphically, the situation is rather
unique. The Tennessee river here
flows almost due west. At the loot
Of Muscle Shoals, and by shoals is
meant merely a rocky upthrust In
the bed OF the river where the
stream cuts It's way down 80 feet
In 1s miles. Is the city Of Florence.
1t is on the north bank.
Propose TO Merge Towns.
Abutting on Florence city limits
IS the north end of the Wilson dam
and the government reservation,
which is the center OF the Ford pro-
posal.
Four and one-half miles west Of
Florence and on the south bank Of
the stream stands Sheffield. Between
Sheffield and Florence. partly in
both, is Nitrate PLANT No ?.
Two miles southwest OF Sheffield
and one mile off the river is Tus-
cumbia. Opposite Tuscumbia on the
river Is Nitrate plant No. 1. The
three towns are connected by rail-
roads. one free bridge and an cleo
trio interurban car line.
A movement is already on foot to
merge the three towns under a
single government and enlarge the
incorporated area, now about 10
square miles, TO 20 or %.
Problems confronting the people
here on the eve Of the expansion
that is expected overnight with the
formal announcement of acceptance
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-18

az the Ford bid. naturally fall into
these lines:
Housing the sudden influx.
Preventing profiteering.
Expansion OF public utilities.
Curbing insofar as possible specu-
lation, Of which there has been very
little so far
Probably the greatest point OF In
terest 10 the outsider coming into
the stage where Ford will play his
mighty industrial drama Is:
What is the reaction OF the peo-
pie here?"
And the answer is that there IS
very little visible reaction, an en-
tire absence OF that hysteria OF
those who see riches in their grasp
Tri-cities. as the three towns are
known collectively. explain this by
pointing 10 1918 and the bitter
awakening when the work was stop
ped on the nitrate plant. People
here are still incredulous. They say
10 one another: 1T IS too good to
be true"
The Tri-Cities had a bitter
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-18
Thousands Thank
DR.. Leonhardt

Who Discovered This Common sense
Remedy.
II you think that the surgeons knife
is the only method of escape from the
misery OF piles, it's because you haven't
heard OF the new treatment known as DR..
Leonhardt's HEM -ROID.
The Doctors treatment is internal By
experimenting for years he discovered the
exact cause Of piles and then went fur
Their and compounded a remedy that
would remove the cause.
Or. LeOnhardt wants every sufferer 10
benefit by his discovery and so that there
will be no doubling or delay Wetticks
Drug Store and all druggists are author
lied TO sell HEM-ROID with guarantee
that 10 will do as stated or money back
On that honorable basis every sufferer
should secure a package Of DR. Leon
hardt's HEM-ROID today.-Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-18

nish lumber and material for un-
limited construction. Conservative
estimates are that within six weeks
from any given date. substantial six
room houses could be completed at
the rate or so or more a week.
This rests largely on the matter
of labor supply. The lumber Is avail
able on short notice; so Is the hard
ware. There IS ample vacant prop
erty within short distances OF the
business center available.
In 1913. at the height OF war
work. people slept in atticS cellars
garages. tents, anywhere 10 be out