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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
LAWN FETE.

At a recent meeting of the congre-
CATION of st. Peters R. c. Church,
arrangements were made for a lawn
fete which is to be held on the 18th,
18th and 10Th of August, on the lawn
surrounding the church. Rev. Father
~Prendergast presided over the meet
ing and named. committees for the
affair. They included a committee to
have charge of the printing, composed
of T. Barnes and Joseph Deemer. The
arrangement committee members are
James Riley, William King and Will
lam Gallagher. The general commit
tee is composed of Mrs. E. Cassidy,
Mrs. Anna Scott, Mrs. 7. Barnes, Mrs.
Guenther, Mrs. Huston, Mrs. Costello,
Miss Gertrude Scott and Charles Cas-
sidy. Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Mueller
were named on the candy committee.
Charles Weisenherger has been NAM
ed as a committee of n to have
charge of the entertainment, while j.
Rossiter and George Leech compose
the purchasing committee.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
DEPUTIES SWORN IN.

The United States government,
through the Department of Justice, Is
preparing to handle any outbreaks
that may occur during the railroad
strike. Fifty special deputies were
sworn in at Trenton last week by
United States Marshal James H. Null
herin, on orders from the Department
of Justice at Washington, and were
SEM to various posts of Importance
in the State to assist in protecting
mails and interstate commerce ship
ments during the railroad strike.
Other special deputies were sworn in
at Newark and Jersey City.
The points to be guarded include
Hoboken, Jersey City, Elizabethport,
Manhattan Transfer, Camden and
Trenton. Some of the deputies will
act as guards on mail trains.
The marshal's action follows orders
received from the Department of JUS
tice. Earlier orders instructed the
marshal to have in readiness 800 or
400 and these will be called upon if
eventualities in the strike warrant it.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
Who Are the Alaskan Fish Pirates?

VlGoRous Warfare, the Department
of Justice has announced, will
be made by the government this sum
mer ON the outlaws and fish pirates
In southeastern Alaskan waters, whose
depredations since 1919 have worked
serious injury to the Pacific fisheries
industry. ARA ngenents have just
been completed for the three depart
ments, Treasury, Commerce, and Jus
tlce, to work together.
The depredatlons of the fish piYat es
have been a serious menace to the In
dustry for about three years, says the
department. The protection afforded
10y the Navy department to fishing
concerns during the war was with.
drawn after the armistiee, and dur
ing 1919, recent reports from Alaska
Indicate, there was a veritahle boil
shevist reign of terror along that coast.
Fishing corporation employees were
%terr0rized, traps we're robbed and boats
fred on.
ON the other hand. %denounclng as
''preposterous and Indignantly false
the statements of the salmon packing
corporations (which caused Attorney
General Daugherty to declare war on
fish pirates of Alaska, Dan Suther-
land, delegate TO congress from Alaska,
Addressed Il heated protest to the DE
partment of Justice. in which he
charged that the complainants are the
real criminals who are seeking to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
Westward the Farm Star Makes It's Way

the most salient phenomena of the
worlds history.
The tendency revealed is one of the
movement of agricultural production
from the east westward. The star of
the farmer has been moving westward
for hundred years. 1t is now CEN
tral over Iowa, which is by far the
richest farm state in the Union. Farm
property in 1920. In that state, was
valued at $S.524.S 81 600, which is al
most $4,000, 900 900 ahead of the near
est rival state. Illinois, whose farm
values were SO. COG. 10000. But Texas
surpassed Iowa in the value of its
crops-a circumstance due TO the I'M
menSe money value of cotton and beef
as we'll as of corn In 1919. In farm
values, the states which come near
est to Iowa and Illinois are, In order.
Texas, Nebraska, Minnesota. Missouri,
California, Kansas. Ohio, Indiana,
South Dakota and Wisconsin. The
once imperial state of New York is
thirteenth on the list.
The bulk of the farm value OF the
United States Is in the upper Missis,
sippi valley. 1t is there, where the
black soil lies deep on the prairies.
that the index of farm wealth rises
highest. g
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
NOTES.

A warning has been given by the
United States Secret Service that nu-
merous counterfeit bank notes are
being put in circulation in this section
of the country and merchants are eau
toned to be careful in receiving bills
while the counterfeiters are at work.
Chief Houghton says raised bank
notes aggregating thousands of dollars
have been put in circulation in Phila-
delphia alone.
More numerous than others is a 50
note raised to $40, which in most
cases can be recognized by the por-
trait of Jefferson.
The following is a list of the por-
traits appearing on Federal Reserve
notes: 81, Washington; 50, jefferson;
SIS, Lincoln; $40, Jackson; $40, Cleve-
land; $50, Grant, and 800, Franklin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

yKT ASHINGTON.-An application
w filed here with the Federal
Power commission shows that the
American super-Power corporation
proposes to build II hydro-electric
power transmission line all the way
from Lewiston, Niagara county, to
yonkers, where connections would be
made with local lines supplying New
York City. The estimated cost of
this line would be $27, $4,000, the
power corporation promising to supply
not only the base load for the electric
companies distributing power in New
York City, but to supply communities
In the south, central and southeastern
parts of New York State where pow er
r. not now available.
The plan to build a transmissio on
line from the northwestern part of
the state to the southeastern means,
II carried out, that hydro-electric
power would be transported, for the
first time In history, several hundred
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
Benefit DANCE.

A euchre and dance for the benefit
of the chapel of st. Joseph's will be
given on the evening of August rs at
the Waverly Hotel on the Shore road.
Mrs. R. Slater, proprietress, has kind
ly consented to loan the spacious
rooms of the building for the use of
charity on that evening, and plans are
being completed to make it a great
success. Both of the large u par
lors as well as the dining room will
be put into use, the u parlor to be
used by the card players and the din
ing room to be used as a dance floor.
A committee consisting of Mrs.
Albert Cramer and Mrs. Mary Over
end will assist Mrs. Slater to make
plans for the affair. A number of
special prizes will be offered.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

divert attention from their own oper.
atoms, and called upon the department
to prosecute both classes of Alaskai
fish pirates"
If the courts will punish the ar,
rogant, selfish and avaricious pirates
of Chicago, Seattle, Portland and San
Francisco, who have always in the
past and do ar present consider them
selves immune from punishment, II
an extent commensurate with their
crimes, the evidence of which Is on
file in the department, 1t viii create
wholesome regard for the laws by
all classes in Alaska" Mr.. Suther.
land said.
The reference of the attorney gen
eral to tile existence of a ''veritabIe
bolshevist reign of error along the
coast particularly reused the lndls-
nation of Mr.. Sutherland, who as
serted that the department had been
'.m.sled and fooled by falsehoods."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
NEW SAFETY RULING.

A new safety rule, affecting automo-
bile passenger busses throughout New
Jersey has just been promulgated by
the Public Utilities Commission. 1t
requires all busses to make a COM
plete stop at grade crossingc.
In the ruling the commission holds
that all auto bus drivers subject to
its jurisdiction shall come to a full
stop and shift gears to a neutral posi-
ton before crossing the tracks of any
railroad. Such stops must be made
not less than fifty feet from the neal
est rail, the stopping point to be de-
termined by the physical conditions at
the crossing.
Failure to comply with the order
shall be considered by the commits
sion sufficient to warrant the with
drawal of the commissions approval
of the permit obtained from the re-
spective municipalities to operate auto
buSseS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

OUR slowly emerging real figures
~ of the eensu of 1920 now present
fully to the public attention the 81
ganttc fact of the surpa ssing farm
wealth of the United States, says the
Boston Transcript. They give the
total value of the farm property of
this country on January /, 1920, as
ST. ,924, 10000, and the value of farm
crops for the year 1919 as $14,755,-
100000. This was an increase in the
Waite of farm property from $780,
343,5S0 in 1850 and from $20,439,-
e01 ,164 in 1900, and In the value of
farm products from IS. All 100000 in
1000, showing n rapid and Indeed won
derful progress all around. The prog
ress of the aggregate agricultural
wealth of the United States is one Of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
"VAMPS" WHO
MADE
BY JAMES c. YOUNG.
" u "oOfuIe newspaper
THE BEAUTY WHO DEFIED AN
EMPEROR.

y ONCEIYE for a moment that you
~ are standing in IA Roman road
way, toward the end of the Third CEN
Jury. A hedge of humanity lines both
aides. In the distance you hear the
nayering notes of a horn, and soon a
drumbeat sounds, then a fanfare of
horns. Aurelian is approaching to en-
Joy the ceremonial triumph extended
10 successful leaders.
Who is the woman that walks be-
fore him? A woman of remarkable
beauty, loaded with golden chains
which slaves help to support, and
dec,led with so many jewels that
she almost faints from the combined
weight. the clamor and humiliation.
She is Zenobia, former ruler Of Pal
myra, who called herself Queen of the
East and dared to challenge Rome.
Xenobia's story is gay and sad.
When her husband still lived she
reveled in the delights of war and love.
1t has been said that she made many
of his victories possible by her ad-
vice, and between them they erected an
empire. Then he was assassinated by
ii nephew. She took the field, won the
throne and extended her power over
u broad expanse. Rome watched with
envious eyes and sent armies to con-
quer her. But she partly defeated and
partly wore out these armies. Then
Aurelian was made emperor of Rome
and himself came to subdue her.
Inch by inch she vas driven back to
her capital of Palmyra. Aurelian
stormed vainly at the gates, and Zeno-
bia sent him insolent messages in an
swer to his proposal of terms. At
last the city was near capture and Ze-
nobia fed across the desert on a
dromedary. She was seized and car
ried before Aurelian, who demanded
why she had defied Rome. She an
swered that she had not been able to
regard other emperors as such, bur
You. alone. acknowledge as my on
queror and my sovereign"
Her blandishments failed to move
Aurelian and he carried her away to
Rome. to march before his chariot
along the Appian Way, a beautiful
captive. To complete her %indignity.
there followed. just behind, an elabo-
rate chariot which she had had built
with the announced purpose of riding
IN ii when she entered Rome, a cor
queror. But on the fateful day Zeno-
bia was deeked in her golden chains.
snd the clank of each link was u
'ieathblow. Sac died not long after
yasd of humiliation.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
GRADUATES TO ENJOY
SEVERAL SOCIAL EVENTS.

At a meeting held last Wednesday
evening at the High School, the class
of 1921 accepted an invitation from
the class of 1922 to attend a beach
party, which will be given on Friday
evening. Quite a number of matters
were discussed during the meeting,
including a dance which the class
plans to give in the near future. This
dance will either be held at Lily Lake
or the Atlantic City Country Club.
The matter was left open until inqui-
ries could be made concerning dates.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
CUPID LURING HAWAIIANS
OUT or EXISTENCE AS RACE
No Material Decrease in Death
Rate, but Records Show Many
Intermarriages.

The Hawaiian race is not dying
OUT but In reality is marrying itself
out of existence" according to IA state
nent made by Miss NJ. Hester Lemon,
registrar of vital statistics.
Although there has been no mate
rial increase in the death rate of pure
blooded Hawaiians during the last
four years. the birth rate for the cal
>endar year 1921 showed a material
decrease as compared with those of
the four preceding years and indicated
that Hawaiian men and women are
destroying their own race by marry
ing into other groups, she said.
sit will be seen readily that this
practice will tend to increase the part
Hawaiian population and at the same
time decrease the pure-Hawaiian pop
ulatlon in so far as the future is con-
cerned,' she added.
During the fiscal year ending June
30. 1921, there We're 1859 marriages be-
tween Hawaiian couples. In addition
to these. IS Hawaiian men married
women of other races and 142 Ha-
WtklldL NDilltIl WtIt HltlIlCu " llC vi
other groups. Births among Hawaiian
families during the calendar year 1927
were ~ less in number than those
registered during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1921.
Applications for allotments on land
in the rehabilitation settlement on the
Island of Molokai we're made by rs
Hawaiian or part-H a wafian families
before the time limit expired, accord
ing TO announcement by the homes
commission, which has charge Of the
attempts to rehabilitate the Hawaiian
race.
There are lots available for only
20 or "a families and the commission
will select what 1t considers the best
fitted families among the applicants
to inaugurate the "back TO the land
movement for the Hawalians as 1t was
conceived by the late Prince 10 Kuhio
Kalanianole during his service as
delegate to congress, 1t vas an
nounced.
AS soon as arrangements a be
made other tracts will be prepared on
Molokai for additional settlers.
The commission hopes to be able to
place the first group on the land by
July.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
SOLONS WILL HOLD
ADJOURNED MEETING.
Concluded from page I.

charge will not only provide money
for the running expenses of the sew
erage system, but will also provide a
part of the money with which to re-
tire the bonds to be issued.
At this meeting Council will also
take up the changes to be made in
the specifications for sidewalk and
curbing where this has not yet been
laid throughout the city. Several
changes are contemplated which will
work to the advantage of property
owners and at the same time give
substantial work.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
CUPID FAILS ON JOB

Did Not supply Car Users and the
Company Stops Service.
Dan Cupid's failure was responsible
for the removal Of the after-midnight
car on the Lewistown and Reedsville
Electric Railway,
Some time ago twenty-five love-
smitten young sWains who were court
ing their ladies' fair in Lewistown,
Pa, petitioned the company for an
after-midnight service to return home.
The petition was granted with the
understanding that they should pat
ronize the car at least three times
each week. But they have fallen down
on theIr patronage and the company
has ord sred the CIR renlnv"l.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
CLUB MEETING.

This Wednesday evening, July ~,
under the auspices of the Colored
Women's Republican Club of the End
Ward, the second monthly meeting
will be held in Burwell's Auditorium,
to which all voters, men and women,
are cordially invited. Excellent pro-
gram has been arranged. Rev. Hear
sey, of st. Paul's, will be the speaker.
Cora Tucker Washington, President.
Josephine Terry, Secretary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
A WEEKLY

In this issue of The Pleasantyille
Press there appears a sketch of the
life of Frank B. Hubin. Next Wednes-
day the subject of the special feature
will be Freebooter Robert M. Willis.
Each week there will appear an arti-
Gle giving a short history of some
prominent citizen of Pleasantville.
Be sure to read this feature. 1t will
be interesting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
Left Gate Open, Front
Yard Fills With Fish

John Wilson, a farmer of near
Poplar Bluff, Mo-, has arrived at
a new scheme to catch fish. VIII
sons home and front yard, which
is fenced with pickets, is To-
Gated in the lowlands near the
river. The other day the river
began rising, and Wilson's front
gate was open.
The river came up and filled
Wilson'S yard. Thoughtlessly,
while maneuvering in his yard
in Il small boat, Wilson noticed
the gate open and closed it.
When the river went down the
next day he had several hun
dred pounds of fish in his yard,
as they could not get out with
the gate closed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

tons there should be SIX types of
weapons, a lightweight gun and
howitzer to accompany infantry divi-
sions, a medium-weight pair for corps
use, and a hea-.y team for each field
army. The board found that for
divisional use, a gun of about 3-inch
caliber firing missiles of 'man-killing
characteristics weighing not more
than 20 pounds and With a maximum
range of 15,Go0 yards, was ideal"
but that the American and French
75s, while not exactly filling require
ments. formed a practical substitute.
The army artillery as well as the
National Guard field batteries are now
equipped with these weapons supple
mented by some American 3-inch guns,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
Big Booster.

81 understand Gladys Gladeyes, the
movie star, pays her new press agent
$4,000 a year"
Hes worth it."
"Eh?"
1.-The fellow has brains. The first
thing he did was to have GLADYS
photographed in a bungalow apron,
stirring something on a gas range
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
TWlNE IN CHICKENS CROP
Operation Discloses Enough to Make
Ball Size of Orange.

OpCTdtiOU otS~tooVS -HS1H' Y
Ball Size OF Orange.
Departing from his occupation as
minister of the gospel, Rev. A. r. Hick-
man of the Groton Presbyterian church
at Groton, S. D., performed an opera
ton on one of his speckled hens with
the result that he removed enough
binder Irvine from the hens Crop
to make Il ball the size of a large
range
The chickens craw was so greatly
enlarged that it dragged on the ground,
SO Rev. Hickman %sharpened his knife
and made an incision In the neck al
lhe top of the craW.
Finding the large quantity of binder
Irvine he removed II little by little. and
the hen is now fully recoyered-laying
her customary egg every day. How
she managed to devour the Irvine and
why will remain a mystery.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
The Limit.

First Flapper-"Oh, you know thai
fellow, do you? Then he's a commo
acquaintance"
Second Flapper-.Indeed, he is
He's the last word in yulgarity."1
Sans-Gene, Paris.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

Hubby-"Only the fool thinks he is
never wrongi"
Wifie-'May you not be mistaken in
that?"
Hubby-"Absolutely, no."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
Check.

Didn't l give you a piece of pie
last week." demanded the old lady Of
the tramp. u didn't expect to see
you again so SOON"
II fooled you, ma'am,'' was the an
swer, u didn't eat it."-Exchange.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

Has Blankum College a big repu-
tation?"
Il should say it hasi Both Swotter
and O'Fling, the great ball players,
are from there"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

"Hullo, Binks, what's the game?"
My wife has written cance cling her
latest dress order and / don't want to
forget to post the letter!"-London
Passing Show.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

Boss-"Why don't you work like
jim. You never catch him looking at
the clock"
Office Assistant-"No, sir-but I'm
going to get a wrist-watch, too"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

Wifie-T'm afraid | spend more
than I'm WORTH
Hubby-"More than Pm worth, per-
haps, dearest, but don't say such a
thing of yourself"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

What do you care for your farmer
constituents? They don't know enough
to raise crops!"
Eyes, but the way they can raise
votes is a caution!"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19
In Training.

sher@Theg girls are all going in for
gymnastics now"
He-"Aw, indeedl May ! ask why? ?"
She-"So as to be ready to jump at
an offer OF Observation-Disclosures.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

'Now, there's Mabel, she's been
married and divorced twice."
Eyes, and it looks like George Flop
per is a likely sutton for her third
venture"
NO, not George. She told me her
self that it's Jack Porman's turn
next"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

Every member of an organization is
a salesman and the goods themselves
are salesmen, too.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

She-"Why did you sigh when the
amateur band played My Old Ken
lucky Home? Are you a Kentuck-
ian?"
He-"No. Pm a musician"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

Reading The Pleasantville Press is
reading the news OF this locality.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

Don't give your children fatherl,
advice-let them get old unassisted.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-19

Many a man with two spare tires
has no spare cash.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-03-17
HOW ENGLAND TAKES
CARE Or ITS POOR
In London Alone. More Than
$4,000 Persons Arc Cared
For Through Old Age
Fund

London. March IL More than
72Doo persons in Loni"n are de-
pendent on the old agc allowance.
according 10 figures just announced
In addition about 10000 septua nn-
arinns are In warehouses or hos
pitfalls. receiyihg free medical treat
mam and ciothlng. or under the care
OF the guardians
More than thirds of the old
age pensioners are women The
totals show considerable decfeaHs
over 1914. although there is mark
cd Increase In the number OF women
A maximum OF 10 shIElngs weekly
Is granted under the pensions act
The minimum Is one shilling week
An income of ESQ . year disquali.
flies from the pension benefits.
Few. II any, destitute people are
nowadays allowed 70 spend the
night In the open. Prom 1914. when
hundreds OF homeless Londonetp
silent nightly on s'aircases and undn'
arches. the figure has declined TO sr
odd case here and there