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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
John W. Carey Dies
Suddenly Wednesday
Expires as He Reaches Home
Here as Result of Paralysis
of the Brain.

John w. Carey, one OF the best
known men in the service of Atlantic
City, and attached to the Board of
Health as Chief Food Inspector, died
at his home. New and Doughty Roads,
P"leasantville, at four O'Clock Wednes-
day afternoon. His sudden death will
be a shock to all who knew him, for
Carey had many friends, both in his
public and private life. He was the
oldest attache OF the Health Depart
lnent and was considered a most val
liable part of DR., Salasin's staff.
Mr.. Carey reported for duty al City
Hall as usual early Wednesday morn
ing, seemingly in his usual good
health. When he returned 10 his Of
fee about noontime, he complained
TO Dr.. Salison OF feeling unwell and
was advised to 90 to his home. He
Immediately started away and had
reached the entrance to the garage
attached to his house when he fell UNI
conscious in his automobile.
Drs. Fish and Grier were immedi-
ately summoned and at once realized
that Geary was suffering from paraly-
sis of the brain. He was carried into
the house but never regained con-
seriousness, the end coming at four o.
clock.
Mr.. Carey was a member OF Allan
tic City Lodge of Elks. Atlantic City
Aerie of Eagles. Loyal Order of
Moose, Fraternal Mystic Circle, Red
Men, and active in the Second Ward
Republican Club. He was also a di-
rector OF the Equitable Building and
Loan Association; and a member Of
the Volunteer Firemen's Association.
He was we'll known in charitable af-
fairs and was one OF the nos active
workers in the many public drives.
He is survived by a wife, a son,
Robert. and a daughter.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
SHOT BY

RiYian Burnett, of Atlantic City,
was shot by Milford Williams. OF
Pleasantville. at Craig Hall, on Tues
day, when a rs calibre automatic re-
volver suddenly went off. The bullet
went through Burnett's arm and land
ed in his leg.
According 10 the statement of VIII
liams. he was reading a paper when
Burnett came into his room and show
ed him the gun. Williams took the
gun and after removing the maya
zine took out the shells and then as
sembled the parts again. While
working the safety catch "A bullet that
Williams did not know was in the
gun suddenly went off. Burnett was
leaning over him watching the opera
tions and received the bullet.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
SCHOOL WORK
HAS STARTED
Twelve Room Grade Building Is
Now Under Construction on
West Decatur Avenue.
Finished Next January

The work OF erecting the new
twelve room grade school on West
Decatur Avenue is now underway and
shortly after the first of neXt veal the
building will be delivered to the Board
of Education fully completed. The
contract for the work was awarded
by the Board of Education On Tues
day evening to Sherman S. Sharp, of
Cape May, whose bid was the lowest
and amounted to $65, 700. 1t al at
first stipulated that the work should
be completed by December 9th of this
year, but the contractor told the Board
that this was too short a time for the
erection of the building and the time
has been extended until January goth
of next year.
On Tuesday night the contracts for
the plumbing, electrical work and
heating and ye~ntilating was also
awarded to the lowest bidders. Hunt
and Wilson, a local firm, will install
the plumbing at a cost of $5,075. The
electrical work will be done by the
Guarantee Electric Company, of At
lantic City, for the sum of $4,000 and
the heating and ventilating contract
was given to Alexander Mckay, of At
ldlltlC Wy III IhN I'LL vi Yifi-c'
This makes the cost of construction
mount to S7,012. The additional
sum necessary for incidental expenses
of sidewalks, architects fees, fencing,
etc, makes the total cost about $780,
200, which amount was appropriated
by City Council at a special meeting
held last Friday night.
Engineer Raymond Thompson inn
mediately started the work of survey
ing for the foundations on Wednesday
and the actual work of construction
commenced this Friday morning.
There will necessarily be some con
gestion in the schools from the time
of opening in September until the
new building is completed, when all
the pupils will then have ample op-
portunty TO attend school full time
and there will be no more of the half
time attendance which met with so
much objection on the part of par
ents during the last term of school.
Already there is a movement among
citizens to have another school build
ing erected in the First Ward during
1928 to AXE care of the increase in
population which is sure to come to
that section with the erection of the
large number of houses which will be
started this fall and winter.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
BENEFIT CARD PARTY.

A benefit card party is TO be held at
Grannywood. the Mortified residence
OF Mrs. e. G.. Shreve, next "Wednesday
afternoon to raise funds for the sup
port of activities of the local Red
Cross. Tickets for the affair can be
procured from Mrs. H. c. Munro. The
Red Cross needs funds at this time.
The salary of the public health nurse
is paid by the County Board of Free
holders but there are many overhead
expenses to be met by the organiza-
ton.
The report for the last year recent
Iy issued shows that the cost of nurs-
ing service in the Pl|easantville Dis
trct was S3334.32, OF which the Board
of ~Freeholders contributed as nurse
salary $3.50. The balance was raised
from various sources and this card
party is given to raise some of the
funds needed this year.
The report further shows as fol
lows: Cases under care Jan. /, 1921,
90; New Cases, 232; Total 255. Nurs-
ing visits 1868. tuberculosis visits
1872, All other visits 400; Total 1852.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
Absecon Students
To Attend A. {. High
Decision Reached at a Public
Meeting Tuesday Night--SOme
Favored Local Building.

An open meeting to discuss school
matters particularly with reference to
dealing with the high school situation
held in the Absecon School audi
last Tuesday evening under the
auspices of the Chamber of Commerce.
About IS were present including par
ents and members of the Chamber of
Commerce, Board of Education, Civic
Club, Parent-Teachers' Association, etc.
The subject was presented from
practically every viewpoint by Mr.. John
Bewley, of the School Board; County
Superintendent Henry NJ. Gresham,
of Egg Harbor City: Charles b. Boyer,
Supervising Principal of the Atlantic
City Schools; Mr.. Mishlich, who is in
terested in educational work in New
York City; Hover T. M~arstellar, prin-
cipal of the Somers Point School;
Mrs. r. l.. Babcock and Mrs. Lewis M.
Clark. of the Absecon Civic Club.
Since il is impossible to send To-
cal high school students to the Pleas
antville High School this coming
term, on account Of crowded conditions
in the latter. quite a number of towns
people favored the erection of a high
school here but, after the subject was
discussed at length, during which
and figures were stated it was
found the municipality is not at pres
ent in a financial condition to under
take the erection Of a building of the
type and kind it would be desirable
and necessary to have 1t was decided
the only present alternative in the
matter is to send the local students
to the Atlantic City High School
while rather expensive, will
give them the advantage of every ed
ucational facility.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
CLUB MEETING.

The Second Ward Colored Republi-
can Club held a business meeting al
New Road and fremont Avenue on
Friday evening. August 18th. The Of
fcers of this club are: O.. Brinney,
President; Nelson j. Smuthers, Vice
President; Eugene Walker, Secretary;
Clarence F. Clark, Assistant Secre-
tary.
A committee from the club, COM
posed Of Ccra Brinny, VIM. Smothers
and Morris Birscoe, has approved the
following resolution:
whereas. Senator Emerson L. Rich
ards has proven so faithful in fight
ing for the passage of the Civil Rights
Bill, and has always responded to
every emergency wherein the rights
and interests of the colored citizens
were at stake,
Be 1t Resolved, that we earnestly
request Senator Richards 10 run as a
candidate for the State Senate in this
coming election, as we feel that he
owes it TO his County to serve as a
representative of all the people re-
gardless of class OF creed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
County League Game
Now Being Played
Gegan Will Pitch Against Ger
mania This AfternoOn-Ham-
monitor Plays Sunday.

The recently formed Atlantic Coun-
ty League of baseball teams are now
getting into full swing and games will
be played regularly on Saturday and
Sunday during the remainder of the
BAH season. This Saturday the Pleas
antville Regulars vii meet the Ger
mania team on the local diamond. 1t
is expected that Bill Gegan will pitch
this game. He will be opposed by
Lew Hanselman, who is no mean
twirler.
Egg Harbor is to meet Hammonton,
at Egg Harbor, this afternoon. On
Sunday the P~leasantville Regulars
will go to Egg Harbor to play with
the Hammonton team and the Egg
Harbor team will visit Germania 10
play Germania on their home grounds.
1t is expected that Dump Adams
will be the pitcher in Sundays game
for the Regulars.
Pleasantville has already lost the
first game of the series. that played
with Egg Harbor last Sunday. Not
withstanding this setback. it is the
opinion of those who have been fol-
lowing the clubs this season that the
Regulars vii pull out of this hole and
come in the victors at the end of the
season. The Regulars have the best
pitching staff in the league, with
dump" Adams. "Bobbie" Mclean and
Gegan. OF course it is recognized
that Egg Harbor is OF mean foe with
Charlie Kuehnle and Lew Bauers.
Harmonious mainstays include Har-
ry Bachelor, Esposito and Montgom-
cry, who is now playing with the Syr-
acuse International League team.
Germania depends On Lew Hanselman
and Liepe.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
CONFER ON CANDIDATES.

The officers and members of the eX-
ecutive committee of the Pleasant
vile Women's Republican Club, held
a conference on Thursday evening to
discuss the several candidates for ell
ection this fall. No endorsements will
be made by the club. The secretary
of the club was instructed to state
that the article published in Atlantic
City papers this week as to the en-
dorsement of Senator White for re-
election to the State Senate "a err
roneous and that the Club did not en-
dorse Senator White or any other per-
son for Senator at the meeting held
August 14th. The secretary, Mrs. ia
phet Price, did not authorize the pub
lication of the above-referred-to news
article. The Club is to hold a special
meeting at the Red Cross rooms on
September 5. AT this time candidates
will be invited to attend.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
.COLORED LAD
MURDERS BOY.
Charles Eikens Shoots Albert
SmallwOOd With Gun He Did
Not Know Was Loaded.
Victim Died Instantly

The staid village of Pennington
was wildly excited on Wednesday af-
ternoon when Charles Eikens, a young
colored lad, shot Albert Smallwood,
aged five years, killing him instantly.
The load from the shotgun entered
the back of Smallwood's head and
blew off a part of the head and neck.
According to a statement the color
ed boy made, he was sitting in the kit
chen of his home, which is about 200
feet from the house where the Small
wood boy lives, when Smallwood sud
denly crept up from behind him, grab
bed the half of cantaloupe, ran out
of the doorway and began eating it.
He made some sarcastic remarks.
This enraged Eikens. He ran upstairs
into a rear room, snatched up his
srandfather's shotgun and, returning
to the open doorway, aimed the weap-
on at the boy. He says he warned
the lad he would shoot if the melon
was not returned.
Instead of obeying, the Smallwood
boy suddenly turned and ran. He had
hardly taken five steps when the col
ored boy pressed the trigger of the
left barrel of the shotgun, and the
white youth fell dead. Young Eikens
rushed out and picked up the dead
boy, carried him back into the house
and laid him on a couch. He then
hurried to the door and shouted TO
William Hauenstein, Chief of Police of
Egg Harbor Township, who was near
by, telling him of the tragedy.
Hauenstein placed the colored youth
under arrest. and then notified the
coutny detectives by telephone of the
shooting.
Eikens was taken to the Atlantic
City Jail and will be held to answer
a cahrge of murder at the October
term OF court. Eikens claims he did
not know The gun was loaded. The
victim is a son of George Smallwood,
a veteran life guard of Atlantic City.
but lately transferred to the Police De-
partment.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
Ocean City Bridge
Belongs To State
No More Toll Collected for Use
of Highway-Big Celebration
Held on Tuesday.

The Ocean City-Somers Point auto
mobile bridge and road is now a part
of the State Highway System and no
more is toll exacted from those who
desire to travel over this route. The
lifting of the toll occurred last Tues
day at noon and this event was cele-
brated by thousands of people in
Ocean City, Somers Point, Atlantic
City and this city.
During the morning appropriate eX-
ercises We're held in which city and
bridge officials joined with state ofic-
ials. Treasurer William L. Massey
surrendered the title to the property
to State Highway Commissioner Wal
ter f. Whittemore. Other speakers
included Mayor Joseph Champion, of
Ocean City; Henry Moore, of Haddon-
field, and Highway Commissioner
Seabrook.
There was an automobile parade to
celebrate the event. The line was of
considerable length and over HOO cars
took part, with two brass bands. The
autos travelled from Ocean City TO
Somers Point, thence to Longport and
Atlantic City. The return route was
by way of the Albany Avenue Boule-
ward, through this city and down the
Shore Road.
The road, 10,390 feet long, was built
by the bridge company at a cost of
$3.50, 600, construction beginning June
3, 1911. Since that date it has paid
the shareholders of the bridge com
pany almost exactly 100 per cent. in
dividends. Last year the dividend
was 80 per cent. and this years diyi-
dend on the S65, 600 worth of stock
being So per cent. The total profits
We're $4,000. In the eight years
SIT, 622 pleasure cars, S1,660 motor
trucks, 15.155 motorcycles and 44,S28
walkers or miscellaneous vehicles
passed over the bridge.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
MORE A ALLOTTED.

This being Ladies' year the Egg Har-
Dor Fair Association has made allow
ance and allotted double the amount
of space for ladies' exhibits than in
former eXpositions. The children, par
ticularly the girls of the Vocational
School, and the Home Community
Work, as we'll as the school children
in their dress-makng, millinery and
sewing work, will be well represent
ed. The boys and girls poultry class
es of the Vocational Schools. the diff
ferent hog clubs. and live stock clubs
and the youngsters who are to Judge
them will be heard from.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
Daniel Steelman Is
Named as Assessor
Takes Place of Roy Lewis for
Second Ward of SOmers Point.
Firemen to Confer.

City Council of Somers Pont, held on
Tuesday evening. Daniel Steelman
was appointed as Assessor for the
Second Ward 10 succeed Roy Lewis,
who recently resigned that position.
The appointment is for the uneXpired
term.
Members OF the volunteer and paid
fire departments appeared before
Council for the purpose of settling a
dispute that has been in progress
since the formation of the paid fire
department. As a result, James G.
Soul, representing the volunteers.
will meet City Solicitor Higbee. and
the duties of the two departments
will be made clear to avoid further
friction.
Among the questions the two men
will settle will be who will assume
the leadership at a fire and which
company shall be used. 1t is thought
that a chief will be decided upon to
have control OF both departments
when a fire breaks out, and he shall
decide how the fire shall be fought.
Work on the gravel %surfacing of
First street and Eighth street will be
started in a short time, according to
the report submitted. Because the
grade IN First street has not yet been
determined. work will first start or
Eighth street. and as oon as this
avenue is completed, work on First
street will be rushed.
Many OF the Councilmen wished to
see work on First street started first,
because this avenue runs parallel
with the Shore Fast Line, and at
tracts more attention from visitors
who pass through the city on their
way 10 and from Ocean City. This
work has been delayed because the
City Engineer had not given the
grades for Contractor Martin Y. b..
Soul when the contract was entered
into.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
ATTENDED CONVENTION.

Fifteen members of the local Camp,
Patriotic Order Sons of America, at
tended the Gath annual meeting of the
State Camp held at Wildwood on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The State s~ecretary's report show
ed a membership for the order in the
State of 24,S21. a gain of 375 over the
last report, with a total of 1S9 camps
in the State. The order paid out for
benefits during the year. $107 ,172.76.
The total value of subordinate camps
in the State is 1892, 904.47.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
WAR PICTURES COMING.

FLASHES of Action. a picture made
by members of the United States Sig
nal Corps of the actual fighting dur
ing the World War, is soon TO be ex-
hibited in this city under the auspices
of Mainland Post of the American
Legion. The picture is released un-
der the direction OF the national head
quarters of the Legion and is being
shown in all parts of the country fol
benefit performances of Legion posts
The date of its appearance in Pleas
antville will be announced soon.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Vickers, OF 90
Pleasant avenue, entertained a lew
friends one evening last week in hon
or of their wedding anniversary. The
evening was pleasantly spent in play
ing games, singing and dancing. At
a late hour refreshments were served.
Those present were; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles DeGroodt, of Atlantic City;
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel G. Bowen, OF
Park avenue: and Nh. and Mrs. James
c. Vickers and son, Jimmie, Jr.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
BAYLlsS WAS SPEAKER.

At The noon meeting and luncheon
of the Kiwanis Club on Tuesday the
principal speaker was David Bayliss,
of Baltimore. He is connected with
the Atlantic City Fall Pageant and
this subject was discussed freely du,-
ing his address. He INTERCEPTED many
interesting stories that finally induced
a story telling contest among the XII
wants members. The weekly attend
ance prize was donated by w. w.
Clark and was won by Kiwanian Clark
Adams. Ii was a handsome fishing
rod and reel.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
CORBIN CITY TO HAVE
RECORDER AND COURT

Corbin City is OF have a Recorder
and a police court in the near future.
An ordinance to provide for the APP
pointment OF a Recorder has been in
troduced in Council and will pass final
reading on Monday, August 2Sth.
Capt. James Smith has been promin-
emily mentioned as the person who
will be named as Recorder.
Chief of, Police Lee Roberts and his
staff of sergeant and four patrolmen
are soon to be uniformed with regula-
ton police caps and coats.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
0 SENT HOME.

Clark Zane, the boy who vas picked
up by Sergeant Naylor this week and
who could not, at first, tell who he or
his people were, has been sent to his
home in Elmer, n. j. It was learned
that he had a brother. Harry Zane,
living in Elmer and two motorists
from that city promised to take the
boy to his brother. The boy said his
mother had left his father and was
living somewhere in Pennsylvania,
while he had started to roam about
the country.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
NOW A DRUGGIST.

Miss Estella Ralston, daughter of
DR.. George Ralston, of Somers Point,
is now a druggist. She graduated
from the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy this spring and recently re-
ceived notice that she had passed the
examination for a druggist as required
by the New Jersey State Board of
Pharmacy. Miss Ralston is also a
soloist Of note and frequently is heard
at various churches and entertain
ments. =
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19

Bill Jones marched his wife and
twelve children into a shoe store and
told the clerk to fit them up.
The clerk worked hard for almost
two hours and at last had each of
the thirteen whims satisfied as to foot
comfort so started to make out a
sales slip.
ooh, don't want to buy the shoes"
said Bill, Just mark down the sizes of
each one. | am going to order the
shoes from that new mail order house
at Kalamazoo
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
BEACH PARTY.

A beach party was held last Mon
day evening on the beach at Virginia
Ave. Those present We're: Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Collins, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Grimm, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. levin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Horton, Mrs. Zelda
Hambleton, Norma Grimm, Everett
and Melba Horton, Chas. and VIM.
Levin and Carl Collins.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
BOY SCOUTS CAMP.

Headed by Scoutmaster Emil Snap
pell. the members of Troop Seven
will go o S~chwenkville, on the Perkl-
omen Creek, Pa, on Sunday 10 par
ticipate in the annual camp at that
place. The Troop will 30 this year IN
their own automobile truck.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
ATTENTION JR. o. U. A. M.

Every member of Excelsior Council,
No. 231, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, is urgently
requested to be present at this weeks
meeting, as matters of importance are
to come before the Council that inter
ests every member.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
Eerdilizerl Ferdilizer!

"Ferdilizerl Ferdilizer! You'all
come here, you Ferdilizer," called the
tiIler OF a rocky ten acres.
why for do you call that chile
Ferdilizer?" asked the new neighbor.
"Ya see ma wife run out of names,
so we decided to name him after both
of US. My name is Ferdinand and her
name is Eliza, so we call him Ferdi-
liZer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
AN AGGRESSIVE PASTOR.

In the Christian Advocate for Aug
ust IT. under the heading New Jersey
Conference, appears the following
note: English Greek is one of our
rural appointments but it has an en-
ergetic people and an aggressive pas
tor in the person of the Rev. A. II.
Burr. They have recently enlarged
and refurnished their community hall
at an expense of $1,000 in order thai
they might better meet the needs OF
the c~ommunity."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
NUcKoLs-JAMESoN

Joseph Nuckols and jeanette Jane
son, OF Pomona, were married at high
noon on Wednesday, at the Wesley
Parsonage, by Rev. w. L. Shaw.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19
LODGE PICNIC.

Energetic Lodge, 1922 will hold a
picnic in the Hall next Wednesday
evening. Everybody come out and
bring your lunch.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19

Read the Wednesday issues of The
Pleasantville Press as well as the
Saturday issues. Sent to regular sub
scribers until October first upon pay
ment Of twenty-five cents additional.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19

Face Powder is very dangerous"
says my friend, Doctor Blizen, "es-
pecially If a man wears it home on a
coat lapel"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-19

Miss Fret-"Yes, she's pretty, but
it's "a gift"
Miss Worry understand.
Her brother is a druggist and it
doesn't cost her anything"