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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11
"LION" MACAROM
WINS FIRST PRIZE
IN CHICAGO TEST
Local Product Judged the
Superior of Eight
Leading Brands.

In recent test Of eight different
brands of macaroni, made by a Chi
cago chemist, the Lion" trard was
declared superior TO any others, &C
cording to word received here by the
San Antonio Macaroni Company, its
manufacturer. o. j. King, resident OF
Lincoln. Neb.. sent The eight different
kinds of macaroni to Chicago for analy-
sis, among them being the best known
on the market. The test was decidedly
in favor of the Lion" brand, it was
said.
Lion" brand products have been
manufactured in San Antonio by the
San Antonio Macaroni Company for
the last 80 years and have become ma
tionally famous.
Formerly the manufacture of paste
goods was an exclusive product Of
italy but is now extensively manufac-
tured in the United States and other
countries. Macaroni is one of the
most important industries of Italy to-
day. The consumption of macaroni in
Italy. as well as in many other Euro
pean countries, is great. Prior to
tue W Ollu W ar lNdlN tAil'i N'u w az
parts Of the world millions of pounds
annually. A large amount was export
cd the United States.
The early American manufacturers
of macaroni soon discovered that it
was impossible TO manufacture high
class macarOni out of the soft and
hard wheat used in the making of
breads. and in consequence. there was
considerable money lost at first. 1t
was not until American manufactur
ers began to use Durrm wheat prod
ucts that they met with any degree OF
success.
Today. the American manufacturer
is enabled 10 compete successfully with
foreign manufacturers and as a result.
the importation of foreign macuroni
has been reduced to q minimum.
Lion" brand products not only
have large sale. in the United States, |
but are in great demand in many for
aign countries.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11
SELL ARMY GOODS
L. s. Mercantile Company Does Both
Wholesale and Retail Business.

The L. S. Mercantile company at 233
West Commerce street enjoys the dis
tinction of being ono Of the largest job
bers of new and reclaimed army goods
in this territory. The concern also
does large retail business. 1t has
been less than two years since the
T. $. Mercantile company was estab-
lished. yet during that time, the con-
Germ has built up n large trade.
On October !. 1921, the business was
incorporated with capital of $4,000
and surplus of $500, under the name
of the l.. S. Mercantile Company, Inc.
1t is the policy of the company to
carry general line of army goods so
rs TO be in n position TO supply Gus
toners with practically anything need
in this line. J. y. Miller is president
of the company. !. j. Miller of Royse
City, Tex. is vice president; and A.
Roberts is secretary and treasurer.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11
HANDLE LARGE
QUANTITIES Of
. FRESH PRODUCE
Pruitt Commission Company
Distributes 600 Car
loads Yearly.
WILL BUILD ANNEX
Building on East Commerce
Will Be Enlarged in
Near Future.

The Pruitt Commission Company has
one of the largest and most up-to-date
cold storage plants in Texas. This
plant, located on the Southern Pacific
tracks OH East Commerce street, has
approximately 10000 square feet of floor
space. More than 600 carloads of
fruits and vegetables are handled year
ly. The Pruitt Commission Company
began business here on a modest scale
in 1900 and has developed into one of
ten largest concerns of its kinL in the
state. r. T. Pruitt and Edwin Lamm
are the owners.
There is loading space at the
Pruitt Commission Company's plant
which accommodates six cars at n time.
Contents of the cars are placed in cold
storage rooms, seven in nu:nber, four
teen feet wide by thirty feet long. Two
of the rooms are used for the storage
of bananas. Immediately after their
arrival the bananas are placed in the
storage rooms to ripen and by slightly
heating the storage rooms the process
is hurried along, Mr.. Pruitt says. Each
of the rooms holds more than 1900
: punches of bananas.
All Kinds of Vegetables.
Practically every kind of vegetables
known may be found in boxes which are
stacked to the ceilings in the vegetable
rooms. Some of these vegetables come
from the Rio Grande valley. Mr.. Pruitt
says. Since the Lower Rio Grande
Citrus Exchange was established at Har-
lingen some time ago products from this
section have increased in demand. The
new company, which is composed of
{ Californians. has organized the pro-
ducers and placed a system in the valley
whereby the products are packed cor
rectly for shipping. The grapefruit.
oranges. lemons and many other fruits
are sorted, prepared and packed in the
proper way.
There is n refrigeration machine. in
stalled in the basement of the Pruitt
Commission Company's plant which has
twice the capacity needed in the seven
cold storage rooms. The refrigeration
capacity is more than seventeen tons
daily. Mr.. Pruitt says, which equals
eight and three-Quarter tons Of ice.
The company is planning numerous
additions TO its plant. These will in
clude the construction of another room
in the basement which will have a cap
city for 5000 boxes Of apples.
1t will be So feet wide and 165 feet
long.
Started in Small Way.
The cold storage capacity OF the
Pruit Commission Company's plant is
more than ten cars. Mr.. Pruitt says, and
the improvement will include the en-
largement Of this. But the plant is
said to be already one of the finest and
most up-to-date cold storage plants in
Texas. Owners of the Pruitt Com
mission Company established their bust
ness in San Antonio on small scale
in 1900. At first they occupied small
building on Military plaza. but their
business increased rapidly and they were
forced to seek more adequate quarters.
They rented the building at the corner
of Military plaza and Dolorosa street
but it too became too small. Several
more moves and the Pruitt Commission
Company had established its large cold
storage plant on the Southern Pacific
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tracks and had acquired another build
ing near the city market house.
Mr.. Pruitt is one of the strongest
boosters of Merchants Trade Week"
in the temporary organization of man.
ufacturers and jobbers. He is invit-
ing the visiting merchants TO visit his
plant where he says he will show them
one of the most complete stocks of pro-
duce in Texas.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11
American Naturalist a Visitor.

Tampico. Mexico, Feb. 10.-W. w.
Brown. naturalist of the American
Museum of Natural History at New
York. who was here last fall making
n study of bird life in this district.
has returned for a more extensive study,
which will take in mammals this time.
He expects to spend six weeks in the
vicinity Of Panuco. gathering specimens
of mammals. fowls and reptiles.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11
Woman Journalist Meds.

Ortiz, the only woman journalist in the
State of Coahuila, editor of the political
newspaper. FL Combate. was married to
Col. EseQuiel L. Salinas. The wedding
was kept secret. being formally an
nounced TO friends last Sunday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
PROBE
START PLANNED
Legislative Committee Named
for That Purpose to Meet
in Trenton Tuesday

TRENTON, April despite the
fact that money for the investigation
of the bridge activities of the for
mer Highway Commission seems to
be unavailable, unless taken from
some emergency fund of the States,
the legislative committee created to
carry out the probe has been called
to meet at the state house next
Tuesday for organization purposes.
At that time a chairman and a seq
rotary will be chosen, a conference
will be had with Attorney General
McCran and plans for the work to
be done discussed.
The resolution creating the COM
mittee provided for the sim of
$4,000 to detray the cost of the in
vestigation, but the annual appro-
priations bill failed to include 1t SO
that the effect of the resolution, so
far as providing the money s co l.
cerned, is without force. However,
the lack of authorization of funds
is not regarded as fatal to the sue
cess of the anticipated probe.
The senate members of the probe
committee r Emerson L.. Rich
ards of Atlantic, William H. Bright
of Cape May, and Joseph F. Wall
worth, of Atlantic, the senate pres
ident. Speaker of the House VII
liam w. Evans, of Paterson, Assem-
blyman Adrian G.. Chamberlain of
Essex and Assemblyman Frank H.
Welsh, of Hunterdon, are the
House representatives. All the
members are Republicans except
Welsh, who is a Democrat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
MAN AND HORSE ESCAPE
WHEN TRAIN HITS WAGON

TOTTENVILLE, April 17.-Ed-
ward A. Mathes jr., son of a Prince
Bay milk dealer, while driving a
horse and wagon, was struck by an
east bound train on the Tottenville
division of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit at the Woodvail avenue
crossing, Pleasant Plains, at shortly
after 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
Engine 20, in charge of Engineer
Sleight of ~Tottenville, struck the
wagon and turned it over. Mathes
was thrown clear of the wreckage
and escaped injury. The horse, I'M
injured, was released from the
wagon and started to run away.
Mathes after a run of nearly a block
caught the animal.
The trs in, in charge Of Conductor
William McAndrews of Tottenville.
left st. George at 1920 o'clock and
was making good Roadway toward
PLEASANT Plains station on the
down grade. There is a f1agman sta
toned at this crossing, where a num-
Der OF similar accidents have oc-
CURED and a number have been
killed in past years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
FORDS BUILDING
BOOM STARTS
Much Construction Work Un-
der Way--IncIudes Houses
Stores and Factory

FORDS, April 7.-Building activi-
ty here is at its height according to
reports of the building contractors.
Never before in the history of Fords
has there been a~-greater demand for
residences and business space and
builders are said to be working over
time filling their contracts.
Smith & Ostergaard are erecting
a plant for the Fords Art Stone
Works at a cost of $4,000 and ex-
pect to have 1t completed the lat
ter part of this month. Hans Han
sen is building several new dwell
lings near Herbert's Garage just
off New Brunswick avenue. A new
colonial house is being finished on
Maxwell The doughnut
bakery at the corner of Hoy and
New Brunswick avenue which was
demolished by fire several months
ago has given way for a new store
and apartment now in course OF
erection.
Arthur Durham Is busy getting
ready to alter the business block on
New Brunswick avenue to house a
movie theatre. Frank Durham is
completing a store near the fire
house for Jensen &c Rodner. Louis
10th has just completed his store
and house on Ford avenue. Vernon
Ashley has erected a modern garage.
Numerous other dwellings are in the
course of construction in the vicin-
ity of Ford
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
SOUTH AMB0Y

John Shuts of Raritan street, is
able to be about again afaer being
confined to his home for the past
two weeks with an attack of grip.
Photographers OF no few number
have been busy the past week max
ing pictures of the famous and re-
nowned Hole In the Wall" The
first shovel of earth that will mean
its transformation will be lifted on
Monday, according to current ru-
mors. Many residents of the Me-
Gainesville section. feel that the
long drawn out fight for the i'm
provement has at least been won.
The buses will during the period
OF destruction and construction, take
a detour route W Rar1tan street
Via the Deep Cut bridge and down
Main street.
A large delegation of members
OF the Jr. o. U. A. NJ. of this city,
journeyed in a body to Spotswood,
where the monthly meeting of Past
Councillors Association was held.
Mrs. Anna K. Suits and son, M.
Lee Suits, will motor TO Trenton to-
day to attend the meeting of the
Legionaires at the State Normal
school at that place. Dinner viii be
served after the meeting at Hide
brecht's.
Jones Birmingham motoi ed with
a party of friends TO Sayreville yes
terday.
Edwin Carroll has accepted a po-
sition as clerk with the Strausser
grocery of this city.
Mrs. George Gamble was a New
Brunswick visitor during the past
week.
Miss Mary Mount after spending
the week at the home of her mother
on lower Main street, will entrain
for Philadelphia. Pa, tomorrow.
William j. O'Brien motorcd to the
home of friends at Red Bank yes
terday.
Joseph Novack was a South Riv-
er visitor yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Corbin. of
Phillipsburg. are spending several
days at the home of Mrs. Corbin's
mother, Mrs. Mary Cassidy.
1.-THE Passing of the Old' will be
the subject for discourse at the First
Baptist church tomorrow night. The
Rev. George ". McCombe, pastor.
will preach on the subject.
Mrs. Howard Hardy is able to be
about again after a siege Of illness.
Tickets for the American Legion
minstrel are being sold very rapidly
and indications point to packed
houses on both nights of presenta-
ton. The tickets are being sold for
one dollar and may be secured from
members of the Legion and members
OF the cast. Reservations can be ar
ranged beginning Monday at the
Legion headquarters.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Protestant church will
hold a luncheon in the basement OF
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
kEYPOKT

Due to the fact that attorney:
could not be present at the hearings
scheduled before Acting Recorder
Smith last night, all cases were post
poned until April 20.
Miss Jane Carpenter of Third
street, is visiting friends in Glen
Cove, Il +.
David Layton has been engaged as
j~anitor of the Public Library. Mr.
Layton, recently purchased the Da-
vid Walling house in Warren street
The Thought Club will meet on
Monday at the home of Mrs. Fred
Kruser.
Miss Marie Currie returned tc
Philadelphia after visiting her par
ents here.
Louis Van Rixoot and Charlie:
Thompson, who have been spending
several months in Florida have re-
turned home. The two young mel
motored from Jacksonville to this
borough.
The Central Railroad of New Jer-
sey will soon begin the erection of q
new passenger station at Unior
Beach. The building will cost $4,000
A. Stiliweli Van Buskirk and son
Arthur s. Van Buskirk, attended the
annual meeting of the Holland So
ciety in New York City last night
The engagement has been an
nounced of Miss Luella Low Bush
nell Of Brooklyn. granddaughter
of Mrs. Westervelt of Main street
to Garrett Frederick Hoagland o
Boston. Both Miss Bushnell and
Mr.. Hoagland are former Keypor
residents.
Judgment has been passed OF
eight traffic violators who have beer
arrested in this borough by Inspec'
tor P. o. Weigand. Among those
arrested were: George King of High
lands, fined SIS and costs; Edward
Lambertson, South Amboy, fined 81
and costs; George A. Burnett, Red
Bank, fined SIS and costs; Herman
Jones, of Harris Gardens, released
after paying costs. Others released
after paying costs were Louis Mo-
dosk of Perth Amboy; F. Tobey, OF
Boston, and C. H. Legerand of Eliza
beth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
KEASBEY

The regular monthly meeting OF
the United Exempt Firemen's Asso-
citation was held here last night
President James Quish presided
Only the regular routine of business
was transacted. Representatives
were present from Fords, Hopelawn
and town. Refreshments were serv-
ed after the business meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Kress enter
tanned relatives from Fords at their
home yesterday.
Mrs. Louis Y. Sosin, of Perth AM
boy visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. I. Klein, yesterday.
The children who had perfect at
tendance for the month of March,
were excused early at the local
school yesterday.
Miss Ida Fullerton was an out OF
town visitor yesterday.
The holes and ruts in Crows Mill
road are being filed in with stone by
the county lei
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bertram and
children yer out of town visitors
last night.
Morris Deutsch was a New York
visitor yesterday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
METHODIST CHURCH
SERVICES TOMORROW

TOTTENVILLE, April Ser
vices at the two Methodist churches
in Tottenville tomorrow in the alb
sence Of the pastors at the annual
session of the Newark conference
will be in charge of Professor John
IL. Stauff, superintendent of Bethel
Sunday school and Professor w. E.
Atkinson, teacher of the Mems Bible
class of st. Paul's church, The two
men will divide their time between
the two churches. Mr.. Stauff will
have charge of the morning service
at Bethel and at night he will be at
st. Paul's, while MIR. Atkinson will
be in charge at the morning service
at st. Paul's and at the vesper SER
vice at Bethel at 4 o'clock. James
Laing represented st. Paul's at the
Laymen's conference at Newark and
William H. David was the represen-
tative for Bethel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07

the church Thursday OF next wsek-
Lunch will be served at loon
There will be a suiar meeting o.
st. Martha's Guild of Christ church
Wednesday night in the PARISH
house.
The Rev. Georfe W. McCombA.
pastor Of the Baptist church. has
joined the automobile wne Of the
city, having purchased an enclosed
car recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Mu1rafne and
Mrs. Masters motored to the home 81
friends at Dover, N. J., during tins
week.
Preparations for the detection IN
traffic that will be occasioned when
the freeholders commence the oui1d-
ing of the roadway between the state
bridge and the hole-in-the-waf1 are
being made at this time. Superin-
tendent Freeman is fixing Raritan
street by giving 1t a of ashes.
Mrs. William ]. Edwards Is COM
fined to her home suffering with an
attack of the grippe.
Harry Rufner will be numbered
among the cast of the Legion min
strel mimics TO be presented or Fri
day and Saturday OF next week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
HAS
BUSY SESSION
Chamber of Commerce Ac-
composites much-NeW
Spirit is Show

METUCHEN, April IA new
spirit in the interest of a progress
sive borough, among the members
of the Chamber of Commerce wds
noted, when a meeting Of that body
was held last night in the audito-
rum of the Y. NJ. c. A. The meet
ing, which was the first one to be
given in this auditorium by per
mission of the directors. had the
largest attendance ever recorded at
previous meeting of the Organization.
The officers felt much gratihed that
their efforts to enlist the presence
of large ~assemblages at these meet
ings is meeting with success.
Much was accomplished at this
session. Numerous reports from
committees were received One OF
the reports was from the commit
tee in charge of the billboard ordi-
nance embodying the licensing and
regulating the erection Of billboards
in the borough. The organization
last night unanimously adopted the
proposed ordinance which VIII be
presented to the borough council for
action after it has been approved
by the Borough improvement
League, of which Mrs. Aylin Pierson
is the president.
The B. I. L. is credited with the
origination of the fnstigated ordin-
ance to prevent placing of ~billboards
in places which detract the towns
streets. Two large boards were
erected some weeks & on Main
street and with the help of the Ia
dies league they were ordered abol-
ished.
A committee reported that spleu-
did progress Is under way by the
council with their w program.
1t is expected that next Tuesday
night some definite action will be
taken after the meeting of the State
Board of Health takes place, which
is scheduled for that night. They
also reported that plans are made
to amalgamate the local fire COM
panies under the borough admins
tration.
The organization with a full vote
favored the offering Of the annual
prize for an essay on a civic prob
lem, to be written by a pupil of the
Metuchen high school. Further de-
tails are expected to be made public
shortly.
The building code which was
drawn up by this organization n
! approved is now in the hands of the
| borough council. Since nothing has
been done in that direction the Off
| GERS agreed to take the matter UP
| again with the borough men.
The members of the Borough I'm
| provement League will be invited TO
attend the next meeting Of the or
ganization. The B. /. L. and the
Chamber of Commerce are the two
leading organizations here who strive
for the progress of the borough and
splendid accomplishments by these
bodies are already on record.
A. K. Hillpot, chairman of the
| nominating committee, reported that
in view of the rapid growth of the
| organization in the last year and the
| success 1t has attained the committee
felt the present officers should be re-
elected at the meeting which Is
| scheduled to be held in May.
The officers al present are William
E. Schultz, PRESIDENT; William {.
Danforth, secretary, and Henry
| Rumiet, treasurer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
H0PELAWN

Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Salvonee
will spend the week end with
friends out of town.
At the last meeting of the Hope
lawn Fire Company held recently,
julius Gregowitch was enrolled to
the membership.
A truck belonging to the Ward
Baking Company was disabled here
when one of the wheels came off.
The truck was lowed into a nearby
garage.
Miss Bertha Reid, of Lea avenue,
visited friends in Montclair recent
~.
relatives recently.
Two bungalows are being erected
on Howard street by Madsen Broth
ers, of Perth Amboy.
The local fire company will hold
a dance tonight.
Michael Kotchik, Michael Dudun-
sky, Frank Byack, Ignatz Mickelous
and George Barrett yer present at
the Exempt Firemen's meeting held
at Keasbey last night.
A delegation from this district is
expected to go before the Wood
bridge township at their next meet
ing to urge the speeding of the
sewe,. system, which Is expected to
be laid here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-07
AM|C|T|AS To
HAVE BIC EVENT
Association to Celebrate An
niverSary at Club House
Next Tuesday Night

TOTTENVILLE, April 6:-The
celebration of the thirtieth anniver-
sary of the Incorporation of the Ami
citia Association of Pleasant Plains
will be held at Amicitia hall next
Tuesday night with a reception and
dance for the members, their wives
and lady friends at their clubrooms
in Amicitia hall. The Amicitia Asso-
citation was incorporated on April 10,
1898, and 1t is fitting that 1t should
be held on that day thirty years af-
ter. The association was organized
on July 5, 1885, with thirteen charter
members and there are still ten of
that number living. They will be the
guests of honor for the occasion. In
vitations have been sent to the va
rious members and from responses
already received there is going to be
a large turnout for the event. There
will be dancing to music furnished
by Professor MuIford's orchestra of
Brooklyn and a prominent speaker
will make an address, giving a brief
history OF the association.
Joseph Seguine, president of the
aoooSadt4OAtS 10 CT lilo l1OdQ u LILO dI-
rangement committee and he is be-
ing assisted by fifteen members of
the association. Arthur J. Romer Is
the vice chairman and William
Walsh Is the secretary.
Amicitia hall which is owned by
the association was erected just be-
fore incorporation thirty years ago
and is now practically the only pub
lie hall In that section and is a
source of revenue for the association.
The Amicitia Hook & Ladder Com
pany, one of the remaining volunteer
fire companies on Staten Island, was
started among the members of the
association and until recently made
its headquarters at the hall. The
first meetings of the association were
held in a store in Amboy road and
then rooms we're secured at Amboy
road and Station avenue until the
hall was built. The Amicitia bowl
ing team is one of the crack teams
on the island, having won the cham
pionship in the All Staten Island
Bowling League more times than
any other team.