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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
English Creek

An EpWorth League Rally, under the
auspices of Camden District Cabinet,
was held at the Asbury Chapter, Eng
lish Creek, on Friday evening, Nov. IL.
Delegations from neighboring leagues
were in attendance. District Presi-
dent Campbell delivered the address
of the evening. It was practical,
spiritual and inspiring, A Cabinet
Council followed. Much help was re-
ceived and results are anticipated.
Mrs. Rejoice Barrett is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs. J.
w. Ingersoll.
Those present at the chicken dinner
given by Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Smith on
Saturday evening were: Rev. and Mrs.
Alfred Burr, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Eng
fish, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Headley
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Headley, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Ingersoll, Mrs. Benz. Head
ley, John Burr, Dorcas Ingersoll and
Martha Frank.
Mrs. Daborah Ann Soul is very i'll
at this writing. She is n of the old
est residents of English Creek, having
recently passed her 8Sth birthday.
Samuel Soul, of Ocean City, was a
caller at the home of Mrs. Soul on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merryn Wilson and
daughter, Lorena, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Frambes.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Hildreth spent
Friday with Rev. f. A. Howell.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

something better. l am going to buy
a flying machine"
"a flying machinel What the Old
Harry do you want with a flying ma
chine?"
For practical use. 1t is quite an
effort for me to go downtown shop
ping. We have no auto or carriage,
and the street car is always crowded.
How nice it would be if l could have
Il flying machine waiting at the door
for me! l could step right into the
machine and start the oto and go
sailing right over the houses. and land
at the door of a store. If / had any
packages to bring with me, don't you
see how handy the machine would
be?"
Not by a darned sight !" exploded
Mr.. Bowser.
But you must see that, with the
witchhazel and my flying machine, we
should be nicely fixed. If | fell out of
my machine and got bruised all owe
we would have the remedy right in
the house to cure me. Remember,
that is my birthday present, Mr..
Bowser."
Il don't care a hang if it isl am
opposed to it! What do you know
about flying machines?"
"Oh, l can learn to fly, can't l? I
can get someone to give me lessons. l
know a lady who owns one, and it
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
ABSECON HIGHLANDS.

There was a meeting of the Grange
last Saturday night and two new
members were initiated.
Mrs. Jones, mother of Frank Jones,
is building a bungalow on a section OF
her sons place on R%idgewood avenue,
near Sth.
Mr.. Chas. Foster, of Sth avenue, fell
and fractured his ribs almost a month
ago. He is getting along very nicely.
Mr.. VIM. Keys, of Sth avenue, re
Gently built a new barn on his farm.
There will be a barn dance at the
Grange Hall this Saturday night. Put
on your Bingham dresses and overalls
and come. A jolly time awaits you.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
"E Pluribus Unum."

"E Pluribus Unum," the Latin mot
to on the diverse of the great seal
of the United States and on certain
Of the coins, meal zone from
many" 1t was first proposed August
10, 1776, by Benjamin Franklin, John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who
had been appointed Il committee of
three to prepare a device for the seal.
This device, however, was not ac-
cepted, and it was not until June 20,
1882, that the motto was adopted as
part of the second and successful de-
sign submitted by Charles Thomp-
son, secretary of congress. In 1896
congress decreed that the words
should appear on certain specified
coins.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
|Wo9ERmn De- ; Nle R : 5:
How Twentieth Century Scientists Have Rubbed the
Magis Lamp and Made the Age-old Dream
of Alchemy Come True
MOL
THE AGE OF CHEMISTRY
(Told In Eight Sketches)
BY JOHN

Within the last few years the world
has been electrified by the vast strides
made in the field of science by the Gre
alive chemist. Indeed, within a gener-
alton the influence exerted upon the
entire fabric of our civilization from
within the laboratory has been SO
enormous that we are prepared at
last to accept the oft-repeated state
ment that we have passed beyond the
age of machinery and have entered
into the more mysterious age of chem
istry.
What this new era is to bring forth
in the way of scientific discovery rests
upon conjecture, but certainly, the
miracles performed in the last half
century have been sufficient to warrant
almost any expectancy.
America has heard that Germany's
chemists saved her from an early dis
astrous defeat, both in the field and
in the matter of obtaining supplies,
Without the tremendous expansion OF
her plants for the production of nj
trates and ammonia from the air by
processes developed by her great
chemists the war, without question,
would have ended years before it did,
as a result of the exhaustion of Ger
many's explosives, if not from the ex-
haustion of her food supplies because
of the lack of fertilizer for her fields.
So great, in fact, have been the &C
complishments in the last few years
that scientists now declare that a ma
ton without applied chemistry will be
"~defenseless in war and laggards in
peace"
Previously unheard of scientific feats
have been reported from the labora-
tory, but because of necessity, they
were performed so quietly they were
robbed of their glamor and their trap
pings of omance while lesser achieve
ments on the field of battle and in the
council chambers of diplomats have
been hailed by throngs.
Those of us who have left the class
room and the study hall far behind find
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
OF MAILS.

Mails arrive at the Pleasantville post
office from Philadelphia and all distant
points at us and 10 a. m, l, go
and 7 p. m.
Mails arrive from Atlantic City at
7.20 a. m, l and 5 p. m.
Mails arrive from Mays Landing at
| and Z p. m.
Mails arrive from Linwood and Som
ers Point at 8 a. m.
Mails arrive from Ocean City at /
and S p. m.
Mails close for Philadelphia and all
distant points at 6.15 and 9.15 a. M,
1915, 3.45, 4.30 and $40 p. m.
Mails close for Atlantic City at $50
a. m, 1915, 2.15 and 6.20 p. m.
Mails close for Mays Landing at
1918 and 4.30 p. m.
Mails close for Mortified, Linwood
and Somers Point at 1915 p. m.
Mails close for Ocean City at 6.15 a
m. and 2.15 p. m.
The only mail dispatched Sunday
closes at Ais p. m. and Is for Atlantic
City, Philadelphia, and all distant
points.
Office opens at 7 a. m. and closes al
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
MIR. BOWSER'S
WITCHHAZEL
And Mrs. Bowser's Flying
Machine.
By M. QUAD,
By M. QUAD.

tG. 1921. b.. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
1t was n day previous to Mrs. Bow
ser's birthday. There had come into
Mr.. Bovser's office, a sharp-featured,
keen-lookine man, who gave his name
as Mr.. Gordon. He was a practical
chemist ana was connected with a
wholesale drug manufacturer. He
wanted to 90 in business for himself
or with a partner who had money and
energy. lie had heard OF Mr.. Bowser
and had called to talk business.
One of the great money-makers for
the drug house, was witchhazel. 1t re-
turned over 100 per cent profit. Mr..
Gordon wanted to go into the mani
facture of ~witchhazel. 1t would make
a couple Of men miliionaires in five
years. The world was not half sup
piled. The liquid was a dollar a pint
and still going up. He had a talk
with Mr.. Bowser for two long hours,
and he satisfied him that the oppor-
tunity of his life had come TO him. 1t
beat bookkeeping and pig-raising all
to pieces.
AT five o'clock Mr.. Bowser started
home, as usual. He was placid and
satisfied with the world. He looked
around him at the stores and Offices,
and calculated that he could buy them
all, in two years. Two or three of his
fellow passengers, on the car, stepped
on his toes, and the conductor took
fifty cents from him and forgot to
make the change. Nothing irritated
Mr.. Bowser, however. He smiled, as
he entered the hall of his house, and
that smile warned Mrs. Bowser that
he had something up his sleeve. She
said nothing, however, and after din
ner he suddenly began:
Mrs. Bowser, do you know that to-
morrow is your birthday"
Eyes, ! did not forget that" she re-
piled.
"You have been a dear, good wife to
me and l am glad that | have pre-
pared a surprise for you. 1t isn't q
necklace of diamonds or pearls, but
that will come a little later"
at was good of you to remember"
she murmured.
81 have always remembered and al.
ways shall. You have stood by me as
a true wife should. Let me ask you,
If you know a liquid called witch
haZel?"
81 think l do. We have kept it in
the house ever since we were mar
ried."
Eyes, we have. 1t is a great thing
know what it sells for at drug stores?
1t is one dollar a pint, my dear wife,
and they make a profit of one hundred
per cent. There is an increasing de-
mand for it and it will probably go TO
a dollar and a half a pint"
"But what does all this talk mean?'
asked Mrs. Bowser.
1T means, that l am going into the
manufacture of ~witchhazel. / have al
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

ready arranged with a chemist, and we
shall begin the manufacture this fall.
That is your birthday present, Mrs.
Bowser. In n year from now I shall
be financially fit to buy you a diamond
necklace worth, at least, twenty-five
thousand dollars"
THAT will be nice of you, Mr.. Bow
ser. But you must make your witch
hazel out of roots and bushes"
"Of course, l know that. That Is the
easiest part of all. Mrs. Bowser, there
Is growing, along the roadside, in this
manufacture ten thousand gallons of
he liquid. l am going to gather the
cots and bushes for my part. Mr..
'ordon will attend to the distillation
md the putting up of the remedy in
'%ottles. 1t Is to be called 'Bowser's
hundred thousand bottles every month.
I shall begin to gather in the fall and
II will be a play spell for me-"
But there is something l wish to
tell you, Mr.. Bowser," quietly observed
Mrs. Bowser. "You hadn't said any
thing about my birthday, and l
thought you might forget it. and so ]
bought my own present. That is, I
have bough. a present on the condi-
ton that you approve of it."
"Have you bought a new dress?"
was asked.
"Oh, no. 1t is something more valu-
able than that. Mr.. Bowser, find my
self a little lame with rheumatism
you should use Bowser's Witch
hazel for that"
rat would be good. hu' | have
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

desert caravans-produced from a
substance as ordinary as coal tar.
Truly, chemistry has descended into
the depths of the earth and extracted
the secret formula of nature. The
modern researcher, by constant dili-
gence and untiring effort, has per.
formed the mysteries which kept the
alchemist of other centuries cropping
in the dark and branded him as one
allied with the devil himself. The re-
searcher, in finding in coal tar, not only
things of beauty, but remedies for
most human ills, has outdreamed the
alchemist by transforming a base SUBJ
stance into something far more pre-
cious than gold.
From this black, sticky mass he
adorns M'1ady with colors rivalling
nature itself in their barbaric splendor.
He distils perfumes that equal the JAS
mine and he makes terrifying gases
that one day will make war unthink-
able. Thousands of articles upon
which we depend. from INT to paw
ing blocks, from altar of roses to fer
%tilizer, and from illumination gas to
royal purple, are derived from the
same substance.
AS recently as 100 a man who dared
to say that he could produce a ruby
from a lump of coal would have been
accused of practicing the black art and
doubtless would have ended his career
at the stake. In three centuries we
have gone far. To-day we accept
these miracles but few of us know
how the miracles are wrought. And
vet there is no mystery.
The succeeding sketches will show
how the accidental discovery of an
English boy at work in a laboratory in
1880 started the development of cre-
alive chemistry, and will tell how it
IS possible to produce a silk purse, a
bottle of perfume, the colors of the
rainbow, a variety of medicines, food
stuffs and poisons, all from the sama
material.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
The Frequenter of Clubs.

He stopped, coming out of the Union
Club, and paused to flick a bit of dust
from his coat with a lanquid finger.
With a half-hid s%cornful smile he
watched Percy Carrignle, the munition
m%illionaire's son, timidly pass through
the portals of the club. II amused
him to see the uncertainty with which
this richie looked around him.
His father, for more years than he
could remember, had f%requented the
club and he made fair to follow in his
fathers footsteps
He stood h%esitating: Should he go
to the Vanderbilt's or to the Ritz first?
Suddenly he remembered. He had to
go to the Vanderbilt's; he didn't have
enough milk in his wagon to go to the
Ritz.-From a Theatre Program.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
Not Distant EnouQh.

The Escort-Who's that fellow that
seems to know you?
The Lady-Only a second cousin
once removed.
The Escort-Um! Well, he looks as
If he wanted removing again.-Lond0n
Punch.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
First Aid.

Can you recommend a reliable
bootlegger?"
g" know one who is strictly up to
date"
"In what particular"
"He operates a private ambulance
service ."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

Hubby (reading paper)-"Just think,
an earthquake has destroyed the en-
tire town of Psszikszykisgy in Po-
land"
Wife-"Was it spelled the same way
before the earthquake ?"-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

it difficult, lacking
technical knowl-
edge, to compre-
bend this swift
transition from one
era to another, an
a m a period
when the nations
of the world are
making serio II S
plans to scrap their
worthless armie S
and %navies, depend
ing for protection
entirely upon the
subtle but deadly
TT
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

Nurse-"Why, Bobby, you selfish lit
tie boy! Why didn't you give your
sister a piece of your apple?"
Bobby-"I gave her the seeds. She
can plant EN- and have a whole or
chard."-Kingston Standard.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

Head Waiter-"Those were good old
days of the war profteers, when all a
fellow had to do was to stick out his
hand and some one would drop a S.
tip in it."
Hat Check Girl-"Yes, those were
the palmy days."-Philadelphia Bulle-
tin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
Knormous spider harmless

Fhe "crab spider" of Brazil Is nearly
two inches long, and its fesr, when
stretched out, occupy a surface of
nearly a foot in diameter. This great
spider is perfectly harmless.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

Paul-"If l were to propose, what
would be the outcome?"
Pauline-"That would depend wholly
upon your income. "-Philadelphia Bull
letin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

agencies developed
secretly in chemical
laboratories.
We who are not
c h e m / S t S hear
strange tales these
d y S, no less
strange b e c a Il S e
they are true, of ru-
bies and amber, or
naments of ivory,
%shimmering silks,
colors of every hue,
and x per-
1 Il m e s-once the
precious cargo OF
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19
A Place for Everything.

When an elbow, vigorously used in
debate, hits the edge of a plate of
soup, the soup spatters. Also, the
tablecloth suffers. 1t happened at
Giesenheimer's Hungarian restaurant
on the East Side. Giesenheimer was
mad. He strobe to the offenders
table. "Ain't you ashamed of your
self? Amt you got no honor? Sup
pose you would do such a thing in the
Ritz-Carlton or the Biltmore, what
would they say to your"
what would they say to me-" re-
peated the owner of the elbow. They
would say: If you want to do such a
thing, go down to Giesenheimer's -
New York Evening Post.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

7 p. M; corridor open until 7.30 p. m.
Money Order Division opens at 7 a.
m. and closes at GAS D.. m.
Sunday the office Is closed all day..
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

$50 Mrs. Yearwed has given UP
trying to reform her husband"
Eyes; she is bending her efforts now
TO keep him from getting worse."-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

Waiter-"What will you have to
drink before your meal, madame?"
Madame-"Let me have an oyster
cocktail."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-19

released by The Institute OF American Business. New YORK;
Arizona republican., 1921-01-19
Modern Woodmen to Meet

FFIOUNIf sFOONFEISII NU EWctN The Modern Woodmen of America will hold their meeting on Thursday night at the W. O. w hall. At this time there will be an installation of officers and it has been requested that all members may be present without fail
 Goes to Miami
 Abe Little left last week for Miami
Arizona republican., 1921-01-19
GOOD ROADS ASSN. |S
 TOMEET HERE FEB. Il

The annual meeting of the Arizona Good Roads association will be held at the chamber of commerce on Friday, February II. The meeting will be called at 10 o'clock in the morning. Delegates to this convention will be appointed on the following basis:
 Class 1, cities and counties, are en- titled to five delegates each; class 2, organizations are entitled to two dele gates each, and class 3. individuals. are entitled to vote in person, no proxies being allowed.
 The meeting will open with the re- port of the president, Dwight B. Heard, and of the secretary, Harry Welch. Following this the report of the com mittee on the highway commission bill will be heard, after which there will be a series of addresses on road subjects.
 Then will come the election of of ficers for the coming year and the se- lection of committees. The board of directors. with one member from each county will be selected first, and these will elect a president vice president and secretary treasurer.
 The directors of the association at this time, with their counties, are as follows:
 Gustav Becker. Springerville. Apache county: B. A. Packard, Douglas, Co., OOCOHluo SOuilS, 1. A| 0ll L1SfNS l Miami. Gila county; Frank A. Webster l Stafford, Graham county; Norman 1 Carmichael, Clifton, Greenlee county; l Dwight B. Heard. Phoenix, Maricopa 1 county; A. M, MacDuffie, Kingman l Mohave county; J. A. Morrow, Hol- brook, Navajo county; R. Ronstadt | Tucson, Pima county; w. Y. Price Florence. Pina1 county: James A. liar. rison, Nogales. Santa Cruz county; T G. Norris, Prescott, Yavapai county
 and G. 4. Marsh, Parker, Yuma county
Arizona republican., 1921-01-19

Three new grammar schools will be constructed in Phoenix during the present year to relieve congestion in existing structures, John D. Loper, su- perintendent of schools, announced yesterday. Each structure will cost approximately S60,000, according to estimates
 The proposed structures will be To- cated at Hurley heights, Eighteenth and Adams streets. and in block 36, West Capital addition. Bids for con- struction work will be let by the board of education about March 1. These three new structures will provide fm' about 1000 students.
 Grammar schools of the city are so congested at the present time that it has been necessary to create part day sessions in one or two instances to make room for all pupils enrolled, this in spite of the fact that many tenn porary wooden structures have been built to accommodate students, he said.
 School growth in Phoenix has been at the rate of 9 per cent year for the past two years" Mir. Loper declar- i ed last evening. continuing: More
Arizona republican., 1921-01-19
WILSON P.-T.A. HAS
 IMPORTANT SESSION

The last meeting of the Wilson Pr. A. was one worth while and the dainty refreshments served by the hostesses, Mrs. Mathews and Mrs. Harbold, were greatly enjoyed by all.
 The members who attended the state board meeting on the previous Monday reported on the interesting and useful work that is being done, especially by the thrift department.
 The president, Mrs. Thompson. urged that the association work to the end that Wilson PIT. A. come forth with 100 per cent in the membership drive that is now going on in the city and rural districts. The Phoenix Appli- ance company has offered as a prize a vacuum cleaner to the lady securing the most members or the largest per centage of members based upon the number of families in her district. At this meeting it's was decided to change the order of business to some extent. having the first meeting of each month to be a business meeting only and the second meeting to be de- voted to program and refreshments to be served. Mrs. Black and Mrs. Rogers will be the hostesses forthe next meeting.
 It was also urged that the Wilson Pr. A. support the high school PIT A. in their work.
 Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. Rogers of this district worked last Tuesday at the Associated Charities and their help was much appreciated, this being the first response from any district to the call for help.
 The president appointed to following committee on resolutions: Mrs Clara R. Taylor, Mrs. c. c. Black and Mrs Fred w. Smith. This committee re- ported the following resolution: Whereas. The Wilson PIT. A. wish ing to cooperate with other organiza-
 tions which have gone on record fol } the "clean-up" movement in Phoenix:
 and
 , Whereas, We the members of tn,
 Wilson Pr. A. deem it expedient t , voice our sentiment against the pre- ! yailing conditions which menace tb. physical, mental and moral welfare O : our young people; now. therefore. be i Resolved, That we uphold the cit and county officers in their work fo 3 better conditions and urge them to re 2 lnewed efforts.