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The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24
AMERICA FIRST

Of all the places which produce
men of clear thinking in political and
religious liberty Princeton College has
produced several. From John Wither-
spoon, President of that College, who
was a member of the Continental
Congress, and also signed the Articles
of Confederation as well as the Dec
laration of independence to Woodrow
Wilson, former President of Princeton
College, America owe much.
Now comes DR.. John Grier Hibben,
president of Princeton University,
who in his bacealaureate sermon to
Princeton graduates last Sunday, gave
the correct Interpretation Of America
First" He said in part:
"There is a cry today which IS
heard throughout our land, America
first If this signifies, as | am afraid
it is often regarded, a self-centred
policy and program for u inteTna-
tional life, I resent It with all my be-
ing. | believe, however. most pro-
foundry in the Idea of America first,
If we interpret this national slogan as
America first i'm the service Of the
world: first i'm its ready response to
the worlds needs and its wise and
generous leading of the nations of the
earth into the larger life of mutual
understanding and concerted action in
obtaining the liberty. equality and fra
ternity which form the reward and the
glory Of all human endeavor: first to
use its great power and influence to
realize the desire of all peoples of the
earth, the disarmament of the ma
tons and the permanent peace of the
world.
"The universal law, that opportunity
appears in the way of duty, is true,
not only of the individual life. but as
the nation as well. We are in a posi-
ton in America at the present crisis
of the worlds history, where following
the line OF least resistance, it seems
to many to be wise on u part to buy
immunity from world responsibilities,
and consequently world opportunities,
in order that we may develop our own
resources and be a realm unto our
selves. We found ourselves unpre-
pared for war. Were we likewise
unprepared for peace? We are sadly
u~nprepared if we do not see today in
the possible international relationships
the way of responsibility which must
lead inevitably to the open door of a
great world opportunity.
although the beginnings of this
century record the most terrible and
disastrous war of all history, it may
yet be known as the century of peace,
if you and the men of your genera
ton so will it. Although the first
years of this century are characterized
by materialistic doubt and Materials
tic drift. it may yet be known distinc-
lively as the century of moral and
spiritual progress, if you so will it.
Although a pagan philosophy of life
may seem unduly to prevail in many
minds at this time, nevertheless this
may still prove to be the age of re
viving faith in God and this century
the contamination of the promise and
the potency of our Christian civiliza-
ton. The dream may come true-if
you will it."
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New Commissioner of Education

Gov. Edwards has named Dr.. Henry
Snyder to be State Commissioner OF
Education to succeed Calvin n. Ken
dali, who has been commissioner for
ten years. DR.. Kendall declined re-
appointment because of failing health.
His second term ends June Both.
DR.. Snyder, who has been superin-
tendent of jersey City schools for
many years, has declined the appoint
ment of State Commissioner which
pays $4,000 a year. He got $11,0OC
in Jersey City.
Those interested and acquainted
with New Jerseys educational system
are unanimous for the appointment of
A. B. Meredith, the present Commits
sioner of Education in Connecticut,
where he gets $4,000 a year. Before
going to Connecticut about a year
ago he was State Superintendent of
High School education under DR.. Ken
dali for several years and is fully ac-
Quainted with the advancements made
the past few years. He was formerly
superintendent of Newark public
schools and Essex County schools.
He is the man Governor Edwards
should appoint.
Woodrow Wilson, Governor, APP
pointed Calvin n. Kendall, of Indian
apolis, Commissioner of Education in
1911, in order to give a big boost to
the public school education in New
Jersey. It took many mental spasms
and political fits to get the people
from the |ittle red school house t
the "Big High School, building, but
hundreds have got the benefits anC
parents now see the advantages OF
getting education at home which for
merly cost thousands Of dollars a
boarding schools. When the educa
tional history of New Jersey is writ
ten, Woodrow Wilson will be called
the great booster of high school edu
cation in New Jersey when a new er;
began.
The investigation of the progress.
and comparative efficiency Of the pub
lie school system by the educationa
department of Russell Sage Founda
ton shows New Jersey is the onl,
Eastern State to show a gain in tn,
last thirty years and stands fourtl
for efficiency. Most of the progress
has been made in the past ten years.
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IRISH FREEDOM

The promoters of Irish freedom
would make us believe that the Irish
fought in the American Revolution
and but for them the Colonies would
never have gained their freedom. The
above article fully explains what kind
of Irish promulgated the Revolution
airy war and won the freedom of the
American colonies. 1t was the Scotch
Irish, the Presbyterian followers of
John Calvin, the great French apostle
of religious and political freedom and
not the Irish followers of Roman alb
solute and ~autocratic monarchy in re-
ligion.
The author of Calvin in the United
States, said there were only 1000
Romanists in Pennsylvania in a popu-
lation of 100000, only in one hundred
in 1859. The proportion was less in
other colonies, except Maryland.
The Babtists are mostly Calvinists
and the greatest advocates of religious
and political freedom in American, as
their founder Roger William was. At
the time of the American Revolution
there We're 56 Baptists Churches in
America.
When you near an irish aglIaUOI
telling you the Irish set America free.
ask him what kind of Irish. If a man
does not believe in religious freedom
is he qualified for political freedom?
Food for thought.
To the Synod Of the Presbyterian
Church, convened in Philadelphia, il
ITS, belongs the responsibility-anC
may we not say the glory ?-of being
the first religious body to declare
openly and publicly for a separation
from England, and to counsel and en-
courage the people, who were thel
about taking up arms. It enjOinec
upon the people to leave nothing un
done that could promote the end il
view, and called upon them to pra.
for Congress then assembled.-Scotc
and Irish Seeds in American Soil
page 1926.
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was formed by a convention composed
chiefly of PTesbyterians, they estab-
lished perfect liberty of conscience
without the blemiSh of a test.
Out Of that Presbyterian constitu-
ton has come the famous Jersey JUS
tice," the extension of which all over
the land would be an unspeakable
blessing. The Rev. DR.. John Wither-
spoon, a native of Scotland and a
lineal descendant of John Knox, was,
in the Revolutionary time, president
of Princeton College, and was the only
clerical member of the Revolutionary
Congress. He, as might be expected,
earnestly and eloquently supported
every measure adopted by Congress
for securing independence. When the
important moment came for signing
the Declaration, and some of the mem
bers were hesitating to atfiX their
names to it, he delivered an eloquent
appeal, in which he said:
"That noble instrument upon your
table. which insures immortality to its
author, should be subscribed this very
morning by every pen in the house. He
that will not respond to its accents,
and strain every nerve to carry into
effect its provisions, is unworthy the
name of a freeman. For my own part,
of property | have some, of reputa-
ton more. That reputation is staked,
that property is pledged, on the issue
of this contest. And although these
gray hairs must soon descend into the
sepulchre. | would definitely rather
they should descend thither by the
hands of the public eXecutioner than
desert at this crisis the sacred cause
of my country
All honor to him and the Church and
the principles which he so eloquently
represented! That Church may well
be proud of having her clergy so hon
orably represented among the signers
of the Declaration of independence.
Witherspoon remained in the Con-
gress. excepting for a short period, till
1882, and contributed perhaps as
largely as any one member to the pa
tri0tic cause. He was chairman of the
committee to receive and consult with
Baron Stuben, who has come to Amer
lea to offer his services to the patriots,
and he was the only one who could
converse with the baron. They con-
versed in French. The Congress was
then sitting at York, Pennsylvania.
None of the colonies was more en-
thusiastic and self-sacriicing on be-
half of independence than New Jer-
sey, or "Nova C@sarea," the one rep
resented by Witherspoon and the n
so full Of "Blue-stocking" Presbyter-
ians. 1t was to it that the patriots
fled for refuge from New York on the
entrance of Howe's army into that
city. 1t was amongst its True Blues
that the scattered and discouraged
forces of Washington found, again and
again, recruits and provisions and
shelter and encouragement. A Tory
historian says that mot a stick of
wood, a spear of grass or a kernel of
corn could the British troops get in
New Jersey without fighting for it,"
Her people had caught the spirit of
her eminent representatives in Con-
gress and of her republican college
at Princeton, where so many of the
chief actors in the Revolution had
been educated, and hence they stood
united and firm and enthusiastic thru
all the conflict.
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John Calvin made Geneva, Switzer-
land, the greatest educational center
in Europe. Cardinal Gibbons, in his
Gath of Our Fathers" says: "Cal-
vinism in the 10Th century gained
such a foothold in France that the
faith of that Catholic nation trembled
in the balance" The massacre of st.
Bartholomew August 24-25, 1872,
swept the Calvinists from power, and
many French Huegunots came to
America and settled along the Della
ware river.
In 1919. Woodrow Wilson, a Calvin
ist of Scotch-Irish descent, made
Geneva the capitol city for the inter
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national government of the World by
the League of Nations.

The vice president of the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad states that IN 1911,
23.3 cents were left out of each dollar
received after payment of operating
expenses and taxes. The comparison
wildly illustrates what has taken
place in our transportation system.
The laborer is getting all the profits
and the stockholders, the owners, get
ting neal to nothing.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Salem County surrogate,s oHice

Estate of Mary C. Sparks, deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Loren P.
PIummer, Surrogate of the County of
Salem, made on the twenty-sixth day
of April, 1921, on the application Of
Robert N. Vanneman, administrator,
With the will annexed of the estate of
Mary c. Sparks, deceased, notice is
hereby given to the creditors of said
deceased, to exhibit to the subscriber,
Administrator C. t. a. as aforesaid, their
DEBTS and demands against the said
estate. under oath or affirmation. with
IN six months from the date Of the
aforesaid order, or they will be forever
barred of their action therefor, against
the said subscriber.
ROBERT w. VANNEMAN,
Admir-. C. t a..
Salem. N. ].
Dated Salem. N. j., April 26, 1921.
4-29-9t
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r.

The Cooper Hospital, of Camden N.
j., offers a three (3) years Training
(Theoretial and Practically to young
women who wish to enter the Nursing
Profession: A High School education
is required.
This course admits young women to
one of the many positions demanding
the Trained Nurse of today.
For particulars, write Superintendent
Of Nurses,
COOPER HOSPITAL,
i-l-l5t Camden, n J..
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If one stops to think he will notice
the predestination of World Liberty
which began with John Calvin and the
growth of religious and political
freedom from his time to making
Geneva the capitol of the World, by
being the home of the League of Ma
.tionals, largely formulated by former
President Woodrow Wilson, a Scotch
Irish Calvanist, and former President
of Princeton College, the foremost
Presbyterian college in the world.
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Two Of our exchanges had glowing
accounts of the high school commence
1nent in their town but the article
failed to tell when it took place and
who were the graduates. The cub re-
porter should be taught to tell Who
what, where, WREN.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-08
"Simply immoral Is 0. K. in New York

the first to take place after the code
of criminal procedure had been amend
ed so as to include men as well as
women under the head Of Migrants"
In his decision, which filled twenty
pages, Magistrate Ryttenberg contend
ed that the testimony of the two po-
licemen, who found the banker scantily
CARRIED with the two young women, did
not indicate a violation Of Section 1877,
Subdivision 4, of the code, with which
Breitung was charged.
"The intention Of the legislature, it
would seem from q careful reading of
this statute" the court ruled, was to
classify and punish as Migrants per-
sons Of both sexes who either did moth
ing to earn q living or who earned
their living In a disreputable way.
Those who violate Clause +, Subdi-
vision 4, are those who assist or take
part in the business Of procuring
people for indecent acts. The statute
does not concern itself with people who
have reputable employment and do not
make profit or business out of i'm
morality, but who are simply immoral"
Breitung was on hand when the de-
cision was rendered.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-08
Yes, Indeed; This Is Funny Old River

~HICAGO.-"Yes, SIR" said Martin
LETTERS, for years the bridgetender
at the Clark street bridge, to
Thomas O'Neill, his crony, "this is a
funny old river. I've pulled fifty men
and women out Of that old water there.
They get to thinkin' about their trou-
bles and before they know it they're
in. | mind a case about"
The telephone rang. The bridge
tender laid down his pipe and took up
the receiver.
"Uhhuh," he finally said, and hung
up the receiver.
"There, now" he said. I'm told
that John Axelson, who lives at 3246
Wilton avenue told Sergeant Barry at
Sheffield station his son, Walter Axel.
son, threatened a little while ago to
come down here and jump Off my
bridge. The mans been sick and
hasn't worked for three years, he
says"
The bridgetender glanced out the
window, then started down the steps
A man had stopped at the other end
of the bridge, climbed to the railing
and as a score of startled pedestrians
watched he leaped into space.
In minute LETTERS was in Il row.
boat and pulling toward where he
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Shattered Romance
EAVENWORTH.

r EAVENWORTH, KAN.-Thrust
back into Kansas state peniten-
tiary because he violated his
parole by marrying the daughter Of the
former warden of the prison, Elmer
Inman is placing hope that his shat
tered love romance will be restored
through executive clemency.
His bride Of six weeks, a prominent
society girl and social welfare worker,
was formerly Miss Lavona Codding-
ton, daughter of j. X. Coddington, as
sistant state attorney general and I'M
til last spring the warden Of the peni-
Tertiary.
The marriage was revealed when In
man again was placed in prison. He
began serving a sentence of from ten
to twenty years in the prison in 1916
for a $4,000 diamond robbery at
Arkansas City. AS trusty he served
as chauffeur for the warden'S family
and the love romance then began.
Last summer he was paroled, and
one of the conditions Of q Kansas
prison parole forbids marriage during
the parole period. Inman, however,
met Miss Coddington at Bartlesville,
Okla, and the marriage was performed.
The honeymoon came to smash a
few weeks later when the paroled
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designed for a surface speed of 81
knots and a submerged speed of from
nine to ten knots. The power plant
will combine the latest engineering de-
velopments resulting from expert
ments conducted on the naval collier
Jupiter, now the aircraft carrier Lang
ley.
The two main engines, set well
astern, of $500 horsepower each, are
Of the six-cylinder type, and are con-
nected with two motor generators
which will drive two propellors. Two
engines of the same type, of 1000
horsepower each, are located forward
and are connected directly with the
generators, which, through two rear
electric motors, will drive the subma-
rine at an economical surface cruising
speed of II knots
BY combining the main and forward
plants maximum of $500 horsepower
will be obtained. When under water
the submarines will be driven by the
aft motors from batteries and no gas
engines will be run.
1t Is estimated by submarine ex-
perts that these vessels will be able to
operate for month away from their
bases or tenders.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-08
"Fiighting Daughters House Peace Meet

MT EMORIAL CONTINENTAL hall,
INH turned over by the National So
ciety Daughters of the American
Revolution, for the general sessions Of
the arms conference, is dedicated to
the patriots who achieved American
independence. 1t is situated west of
the Presidents park on Seventeenth
street on the site of a residence of
James Madison.
Designed by Edward Pearce Casey
of New York, the erection of the struc-
ture was undertaken by the daughters
in April, 1904, at a cost of 100000. 1t
is built of Vermont marble and in de-
sign and general appearance resembles
the classic buildings erected during
the American Revolutionary period. 1t
is fit companion of its neighbOring
structures, the Pan-American and Red
Cross buildings.
Many of the rooms and portions of
the building are the gifts of or were
furnished by individual chapters of
the national society. For example, the
spacious entrance hall Is the gift of
the Pennsylvania chapter. In inches,
forming the frieZe are marble statues
of Revolutionary heroes from several
states. A north and south staircase,
both memorial gifts, lead above to the
galleries and committee rooms.
Opening directly from the vestibule
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-08
Yank Decorated by japanese Emperor

fall of 1917 with the allied armies In
assisting in the evacuation of the
Czechoslovaks from Siberia"
The Twenty-seventh infantry was
closely associated with the Japanese
in the first advance from Vladivostok
to Irkutsk, distance of about 1000
miles through Bolshevik territory. 1t
was during this advance that the SER
vice Of Captain Berry was brought to
the attention Of the Japanese govern
ment, which in recognition of his SER
vices presents him with this medal.
The duties of Captain Berry, who
served as supply officer, were par
ticularly difficult on account Of being
off from the American base of sup
plies, and troops were forced to live
on the country, the supply of food
still being very scarce. The American
troops stood the rigors of two ST.
berian winters where the thermom-
eter often registered 60 below zero,
without much discomfort.
Captain Berry, who served through
the Spanish-American war, re-enlisted
in the army in 1912 at Fort Logan. From
that time on he was in California the
Hawaiian islands, the Philippines, and
Japan. He received his order to ST.
IBERIA from Tien Tsin, China.
Captain Berry was married recently
to Ida Morganstein Of st. Louis.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-08
A CCORDING to the agricultural ex.

A CCORDING to the agricultural ex.
~ perts the trouble in the corn stu
alton is the presence of some half
billion bushels which the farmer does
not know what to do with. After do.
nestle consumption, foreign demand,
hog feeding, cattle raising and other
outlets are taken care of, the half bill
lion bushels loom as surplus which
keeps dragging down the price.
Corn exports are bucking up and
have been all year, according to the
foreign trade tables. In the nine
months ending with September, corn
exports were 105,000,OOO bushels. This
is compared with only 100000
bushels In the first nine months of
1920.
The statlsticians Of the National
City bank Of New York estimate that
the total corn exports for the calendar
year 1921 will be the largest In 20
years.
But the demand is not enough to
eat up the surplus. The American
Federation Of Farm Bureaus has COM
pleted an interesting computation Of
the 1921 crop. The crop itself amount
ed to 3,163,000,000 bushels and the
carry over from last year was 21s,-
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Powerful Wireless; Powerful Message

tons can understand each other" the
operator replied.
"There is lesson in that" the
President said. 1--WE all ought to be
tuned up so we can understand each
other"
The Presidents message sent around
the world in less than five minutes
was as follows:
ITO be able to transmit message
by radio in expectation that it may
reach every radio station in the world
Is so marvellous a scientific and tech
nical achievement as to Justify spe-
cial recognition. 1t affords peculiar
qualification that such message from
the Chief Executive of the United
States Of America may be received in
every land, from every sky, by peoples
with whom every nation is at peace
and amity. That this happy situation
may ever endure, and the blessing Of
our own land may presently become
the fortune of all lands and peoples is
the earnest hope Of the American ma
ton"
This is the most powerful wireless
station in the world. When completed
it will comprise u antenna units sup
ported by y towers spread out as the
spOkes of a giant wheel almost three
miles in circumference. Each tower
is to he 40 feet high. Twelve Of them
are already up.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-12-08

COMMITTING new in the way of
y submarine motive plant, compris-
ing a combination of gas and cleo
trio propulsion, will be installed in the
three American submarines of the V
type at the Portsmouth IN. H. navy
yard-if they are ever completed.
Naval engineers are said to be
watching construction with great in
terest because of their expectation of
improved operation Of submersible
war craft to result with the new in
stallation. A cruising radius Of 10000
miles Is said to be one possibility.
The latest submarines are to be q
025-tOn boats, measuring 800 feet in
length and equipped with electric en-
g'nes of $500 horsepower. They are
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935000, meaning a total of 1882, 000,-
600 bushels.
The average consumption over q
period of ten years, including exports,
the bureau places at 2,761 100000
bushels, leaving 621, 100000 bushels to
be disposed Of. The average carry
over for a ten-year period Is figured at
100000 bushels, leaving 521 100000
bushels as the white elephant"
A whopping crop in 1921 came on
top of bumper crop in 1920. 1t found
a large carry-over accumulated. Com
paratively small exports in 1920, due
to high prices and to heavily de-
creased purchasing power abroad,
helped pile up the surplus, also a drop
came in domestic requirements.
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lively colors, but satin, georgette, ma
lines and net keep it company, and
these lovely fabrics are supplemented
with many furbelOws in which rib
hons, artificial or made flowers and
varied ornaments are included. Vel
vet vindicates its use for slim and
gracefully draped gowns made to
grace the most formal affairs with
narrow trailing ends Of drapery re-
placing a regulation train, on some of
them. Black Is almost the universal
choice in color, and skirts are always
long.
The same character of gown is made