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We offer a low rate and longer time
farm loans than ever before in Ran
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figures, prompt service. Citizens
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. If. +. j. Baltz Manager.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-09-28

Our telephones are: Office, Z
Residence IA. Call either at
time when you have news items
report.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
CGi LECT0R PAYS $1,000
FOR RARE u. S. STAMP
First 10-Cent Stamp of 1o47
Had Been Cut in Two to Pay
Scent Postage.

A United States postage stamp, said
to be the only copy in existence. was
purchased for $1,000 recently at an
auction sale held in New York. The
name Of the buyer was not announced.
but it is stated hat he has of the
best collections of the United States
stamps in the country.
The rarity was a horizontal half oi
the first 10-cent stamp issued by the
United States in 1S47. A 5-cent stamp
was issued in the same year, but the
user of the stamp sold evidently had
no 5-eent stamps when he mailed his
letter from Baltimore, so he carefully
cut the 10-cent stamp in two pieces
and used one Of the halves to pay the
5-cent letter postage. The stamp was
on the original envelope. Had it moi
been on the envelope the stamp would
probably not be recognized as genuine
A few copies of the 10-cent variety
lave been cut vertically and diagonal
ly to serve for 5-cent postage and they
are valued from 500 to $3.50.
An inverted center copy of the frs
United States airplane stamp. p
cents, crimson and blue, issued in
1918. sold for S515. 1t was unused, but
not perfectly centered. for a 4-cent
Columbian issue, 1oJ3, printed in blue,
the wrong color. Sill was paid. This
was slightly higher than the standard
catalogue price. but it was a superb
unused copy. An unused copy Of the
24-cent, 1850 issue. with wide margins.
sold for S125. An imperforate copy Of
the Accent brown. 1902 issue, but with
oblong perforations at the sides pri-
vately applied for machine use. sold
for SOB. Only n copies of this odd
variety are known.
Among the foreign stamps which
brought high prices vas a Bulgarian
error-stamp, the 5-stotrick, rose. print
ed in the color Of the 10-stotrick. = ich
sold for s101, and the same prie : was
paid for a 15-centime French stamp
unused, in the rare blue green shade
on green paper. For a choice special
collection of Netherlands stamps GOV
ering the years from 1852 to 1867, in
elusive, S151 was paid. There were
179 stamps in the collection, nine being
on original envelopes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

of eight children. Her father is JAM
tor of the school, bank and Methodist
Church. Funeral services, under the
direction of Rev. ]. w. Wainwright,
were held in the NJ. e. Church yester-
day (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock
and were attended by her teachers
and school associates. Interment was
in the M. E. Cemetery.
Going To Virginia.
Messrs. A. L. Hammell and Harry
Y. Hammell, of this city; o. J. Ham
nell and son Ward, of Pleasantville,
have planned to leave this Saturday
for Morattico, Va, on a weeks gun
ming trip. While South they will make
their headquarters at the home of
Ansley Hammell, brother of A. L. and
o. j. HammelL
Absecon Art Club.
Present at the semi-monthly meet
ing of the Absecon Art Club, held at
the residence of Mrs. r. L. Babcock
last Wednesday afternoon were: Mrs.
May Townsend, Mrs. L. S. Madden,
Mrs. j. M. Bewley, Mrs. F. F. Doughty,
Mrs. George Conover, Miss Lorine
Boice, Miss Hannah Madden, Mrs. r.
A. Elwood, Mrs. Samuel Johnson, Mrs.
A. L. Hammell and the hostess. Re-
freshments were served at the conclu-
sion of the social period.
Missionary Society.
The monthly meeting of the Won
ans Home and Foreign Missionary
Society of the Presbyterian Church
will be held ext Tuesday afternoon,
Jan. %, at 2.30 o'clock, at the home
of Mrs. Samuel Smith on New Jersey
avenue. The subject for c%onsidera-
ton at that time will be Work Am
ong Freedmen of the South"
Workers Conference.
At a meeting of the Workers Con
ference of the Presbyterian Sunday
School presided over by the pastor
Mr.. Walter A. Groves, at the close OF
the morning service IN the Church
last Sunday morning, officers for the
ensuing year were elected as follows
Superintendent, Mrs. r. A. Elwocd;
assistant superintendent, Miss Han.
nah Madden; secretary, Samuel Smith
Jr.; treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Johnson
%organist, Miss Catherine Miller; Sup
erintendent of the Home Department
and Cradle Roll, Mrs. Earl Fairbroth'
prS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN-
lcLEo BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

Freebooter and Mrs. C. M, Kesler
entertained at dinner Sunday, Miss
Ruth Vaughn and Mr.. H. Alton
Vaughn of Hammonton, Chief Evans
OF Amatol, Mr.. Douglas Cavileer, Miss
Catherine Morris and Mr.. James Con-
over.
Mr.. Raymond Conover entertained at
dlnner Wednesday evening, Misses
Myra and Margaretta Kesler, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis w. Cook, Mr.. Douglas
Cavileer, Miss Catherine Morris, Miss
Betty Conover and Mr.. James Con-
over.
Mrs. C. M. Kesler and daughter Mar
garetta and Mrs. J. Pittinger, of Phil
adelphia, attended the w. C. T. U. din
her in Atlantic City Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Pennington have
been entertaining their daughter, Mrs.
Charles G. Smith, of Jamesburg, N. j.,
this week.
James Quinn and family, of Pleas
~antville, have bought a lot $50 feet
from Shore Road, and are assembling
materials for the erection of a bunga.
low on the north side of West Nevada
avenue, the new street being run
through the Tilton tract, South Abse,
con, by Griswell & Audrey, the recent
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
ENGLISH CREEK.

The Epworth League of Asbury NJ.
Z. Church was entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. j. B.. Willetts at their home. on
Thursday evening. After the business
session, refreshments were served
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. 7.
w. Ingersoll, Mr.. and Mrs. I. ]. Lee.
Rev. and Mrs. Burr, Mrs. Eva Lee,
Mrs. Mamie Steelman, Eleanor Salter.
Martha Frank, Mary Willetts. Andrew
English, Hildreth Steelman. George
Willetts, Russell Clements and John
Burr.
Mary Willetts, who recently went
under an operation in the Atlantic
City Hospital for the removal of her
t~onsils, is conyalescing at her home
and will soon be able to return to her
school.
Mrs. Katherine Woolbert was the
guest of Mrs. Charles ]. Smith on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Henry A. Smith and children
visited her mother, Mrs. j. B. Willetts.
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Marian Soul has been quite
sick with the measles at her parents
home in English Greek, the past week.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

purchasers.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Prettyman,
Jr., of w. Bolton avenue, who went to
Philadelphia nearly a month ago to
spend the holidays with their par
ents, will remain there until spring,
Mrs. Prettyman at present is in a
Quaker City hospital recuperating
from a minor operation.
Mrs. Henry Grunow and son, of At
lantic City, were guests of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Spieker
man, last Monday.
Mrs. Mark Reeves, of Northefild
spent Thursday with her mother, Mrs
Martha Clark, on Church street.
The Inauguration ceremonies Of
Governor Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, al
Harrisburg last Tuesday, we're plainly
heard at the radio station of Heyl c
Hartzell, Nevada avenue and Eighth
street. The Governors oath, inaugu
raj address and details of the parade
including the musical selections of all
the bands were distinctly audible oyei
his receiving set.
Mrs. A. C. Fleming, president of the
Absecon w. C. T. u, Rev. and Mrs. J
w. Wainwright, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Pennington, Mrs. Charles C. Smith
Black represented the local society
at the banquet Of the Atlantic County
Woman's Christian Temperance Unior
held at the Hotel Wiltshire, Atlantic
City, last Tuesday evening.
Roger Married.
Announcement was made the first OF
this week of the secret marriage in
Atlantic City last July of Alfred Roger
Jr., only son of Councilman and Mrs
Alfred J. Roger, ST., and Miss Ruth
Mess, youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Mess, all of this city
The ceremony was performed by ar
Atlantic City clergyman. Not even
the parents of the contracting parties
were appraised the knot had been tieG
until a few days ago, so they were
nearly as much surprised as friends
of the happy couple both here and in
Atlantic City, where the two families
formerly lived.
Rose Pruchnicki.
Born in 1910 on the Rose Hill Farm
this city, where her parents then liv
ed, Rose, in her 18th year, third daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Pruchnicki
died at her parents b ?. Ohio anG
Cannon avenues, last Tue. v evening
at 1915 o'clock, from stomach trouble
caused by a three weeks attack Of
measles which followed as lengthy q
period of suffering from distress in the
side. She had been i'll since the frs
of November, when she was forced tt
quit school. She was in the seventh
grade and was an apt scholar. Rose
was an affectionate child and had a
mild, pleasant disposition. She viii
be greatly missed in the home and
among her playmates. She was One
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
Eloper Tells Wits
to Marry Rich Man

BowertOwn. Pa.3Nhen he Jeff
his wife TO elope, il is believed,
with a siXteen-year-old Charles
l.. Miller, thirfy-three, left d note
saying he was willing to pay tie
expense if she wanted to get a
divorce, advising her to marry
a rich man next time and send
ing her lots of kisses.
il is thought they may have
crossed the border into Canadian
territory.
Miller left in a motor car.
which he abandoned in Le5-
anon, with instructions that il
be turned over to his wife. y
week before he had SOLD mis-
brick house in New Berlinyille.
Miller has a son, Curtis, thir-
teen, and a daughter, Edna.
nine.
In front of her home nearby.
Miller stopped his car and
picked up Edith H. Clark, six
teen, schoolgirl. He wrote ar
eight-page letter to his wife be-
fore leaving home. which he
mailed from Lebanon.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
PUBLIC NOTICE.

PUBLIC NOTICE.
Public Notice is hereby given that the
Common Counc of the City of Absecon
City, County of Atlantic and State of
day of January. nineteen hundred and
~twenty-three, at eight o'clock p. NJ, in
the Council Chamber of the City Hall,
Absecon City, New Jersey, and it is their
intention to consider al ordinance for the
vacation of all those certain public
streets situate in the City of Absecon
City, County of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey, and described as follows:
Number ]. A street known as Railroad
Avenue. beginning at a point in the Eas-
terly line of the right of way of the
pennsylvania Railroad Company. the same
being the intersection of railroad and
Illinois Avenue: and runs thence %
Southwardly, along said right of way,
nine hundred 5000 feet more or less to
land and now owned by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company; thence CD Eastward
", at right angles to said right of way,
forty (40) feet; thence go NorthWardly
parallel with the first course, nine nun
dred (900) feet more or less to the West
erly line of Illinois Avenue; thence "a
ENTHUSIASTICALLY. in a ~ontinuation of
the Westerly. line of Illinois Avenue to
the place of beginning.
Number 2. A street known as High
street, beginning at the Southeast corner
OF High Street and Railroad Avenue; and
runs thence ID Eastwardly, at right an
giles to Railroad Avenue, about eight
hundred fifty $500 feet to the Westerly
line of Absecon-Atlantic City Boulevard;
thence (2) Northwestwardly, in a contin-
uation of said Westerly line of Absecon-
Atlantic City Boulevard, about sixty (6O)
feet to a point known as the intersection
OF High Street and Absecon-Atlantic CITY
B~oulevard; thence go Westwardly, along
the Northerly line of High Street, about
three hundred seventy-fve (375) feet To
the Easterly line of Railroad Avenue:
thence % Southwardly, parallel to the
right of way of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, forty 4O feet to the
place of beginning. INV
SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Cifx- Cl1.I~
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

What has been conceded TO be the
most beautiful and impressive statue
created TO honor and exemplify the
American war hero has just been
completed by one of Americas fore
most sculptors, Alonzo Lewis. The
memorial has been named American
Doughboy Bringing Home the Bacon. i"
and was created by Mr.. Lewis for
the American Legion. II IS to occupy
m honored position lin a field of
Flanders poppies) on the campus Of
he University Of Washington. The
statue is Is feet high and has been
cast in bronze.
The photo shows Alonzo Lewis.
sculptor, putting the finishing touches
on the statue.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

Beethoven's piano has Just been dis
covered in Vienna. a dispatch states
Because of The masters deafness the
piano was made especially for him so
the sound would be louder than ordi-
narily. The dispatch adds it is prob.
able the piano will be bought by
Beethoven museum. housed In the once
Royal library in Berlin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
Not So Bad.

A teacher was giving her class a
test in geography and one little boy
became quite mixed.
One question was: Name the
zones"
His answer was: There are two
zones, masculine and feminine. The
masculine is divided into the temper.
ate and Incorporate; the feminine
into frigid and the torrid."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
Bad Proposition.

Johnny was taken to see the new
baby, whom he eyed very critically.
why, he has got no hair, father!'
was his remark.
The fact a admitted.
And he has got no teeth, father
was the next comment.
1t could not be denied.
I'll tell you what, father was his
final remark, you've been fooled:
he's an old one"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
Border Poetry.

Four and twenty Yankees. feeling
mighty dry.
Travelled up to Canada to get a case
of rye.
When the rye was opened, the Yanks
began to sing
Whoever heard of U. S. A.-Long
live the king"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
Taking No Chances.

q" can strongly recommend this
ham, said the shopkeeper. You'll
find it mild and well cured"
Il dare say you know best" said
the young wife, but | think I'd al
most rather have a perfectly healthy
one hat hadn't needed curing"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
KEEP OFF STREET, PENALTY
White Plains Man Uses Back Door to
Avoid Going to Jail.

Edmund J. Ryan, a New York
broker. was directed by Judge Holden
in the City court to remain off Grand
street, the principal thoroughfare Of
White Plains, n. Y, for n year, be
cause his wife, who is instituting sepa-
ration proceedings. complained that he
had annoyed her and their three chill
iren. Ryan was warned that if he
was caught on the street on which
Mrs. Ryan's home faces he would be
sent TO Jail. He had to leave court by
a rear exit 10 keep out of jail,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
Absolute Failure.

Mother: I've tried so hard to make
you a good child, Margaret, and yet,
in spite OF all my efforts, you are
still rude and naughty"
Margaret deeply moved) What a
failure you are, MOTHER
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
Perpetual Calendar.

Thirsty days hath September,
April, June and November.
All the rest are thirsty, too,
Unless you make your home
brew.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

Every Pleasantville woman thinks
she has an ideal husband before mar
rage, and a very real one afterwards.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

We see an article in an exchange
about business men, who do not ad-
v~ertise. But if they are real business
men, they DO advertise.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
Lazy Larry.

There is a man in our town,
Lazy Larry is his name.
He never works or worries,
But sleeps good just the same.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

Alice: do you really think that
clothes make the MANI"
Virginia: "Of course not. It's the
kind of car he drives."-Life.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

l no longer fall out with the audi
ence if If encores the performer; |
only hope that the second spasm won't
be any worse than the first.
ENCORE: A demonstration on the
part of an audience in which the self
conceit of the performer seldom per-
nSts him to interpret the meaning cor
reAs.y. Bill Sans Dictionary, page
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

A Chicago man choked on a button
in his soup. Maybe the soup was
made out of dressed" beef.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

About the only P~leasantyille man
who doesn't make a fool Of himself
occasionally is the one that nature
saved the trouble.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
ONE JAP DREAM
is SHATTERED
tIarked by REIMBURSEMENT OF
Tsingtao Leasehold.
CAME TO LIFE "a YEARS AGO

Snatched From It's Existence as ;
Shabby Fishing Village Germany
Spent Sixty Millions TO Transform
it Into "Spotless Town. to Serve az
Gateway to German KuTtur and
commerce-Taken Over by Japan
at Outbreak of War and Again
Transformed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20
Amt 1t the Truth.

Paris dispatches say the new styles
are copied from clothes worn 800
years ago.
That's nothing-some Of our recent
styles go back to the Garden Of Eden.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

If you give a party. tell The Pleas
antville Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

Don't fail to read The Pleasantville
Press. 1t gives your home news.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-20

And speaking of full measure
many a pint bottle holds q barrel OF
talk.
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Heavily travelled highways through.
out the United States will be almost
perfectly lighted before many years
have passed, judging from the early
popularity Of a new type of highway
lighting unit brought out within the
last two years by the General Electric
Company. This is known as the
Novalux parabolic nest type of unit,
so-callsd from the arrangement of a
series of reiectors grouped about the
lamp.
These refectors are arranged one
within another, resembling a nest.
and their usefulness lies in the fact
that they catch between them all the
rays from the electric lamp. throwing
these rays directly upon the road.
Practically non Of the light strays
off into the surrounding fields; more
over, there Is no glare.
Although the lamps used in these
units are only $50 ~candlepower, the
volume Of Hight delivered from the
refiectors upon the road is equivalent
to nearly 1000 candlepower.
Motorists and all who travel upon
the country highways at night have
found from experience that these
lights are ideal. They give a continu-
, 1923-02-21

the Phillip ranch before, but this
year had received a special invita-
ton to attend the regular buffalo
roundup which was held for three
days beginning on Jan. goth. There
were fourteen men present taking
part in the roundup of which Mar
quis was one of them. The buffalo
rodeo was witnessed this year by
hundreds of people who came from
various points in South Dakota and
the East. Marquis was so impressed
with what he had seen that the pur-
chase of the buffalo was transacted
before he departed homeward and
now he holds the distinction of hav-
ing the only herd in the state.
, 1923-02-21
JEWELS AND GOLD
HEAPED IN TOMB OF
AN EGYPTIAN KING
WHOLE WORLD THRILLS AS
CABLES BRING NEWS OF
MARVEL OF ANTIQUITY
UNEARTHED BY EX-
CAVATORS

The whole world waits from day to
day for the latest developments in
the most fascinating news story which
has ever come over the cables, name,
ly, the discoveries being made in the
tomb of the Egyptian king, Pharaoh
Tutenkhanum, by the Psychologists.
The latest report from Luxor sur
passes in thrills anything ever con
ceived by f~ictionists. The marvels of
antiquity unearthed last Friday and
the scene where the excavations have
been conducted are described by a cor
respondent as follows:
The damage done inside the tomb
by thieves seems to have been far
less than was anticipated. The can
opy chamber itself apparently is al
most untouched. The large size of
the canopy, which to a great extent
hides numerous inscriptions and dec
orations on the walls, has led learned
men to think that it may cover other
mummies in addition to that of Tut
, 1923-02-21

ankhamen.
Entering thru the breech into the
inner chamber, which now is brilliant
ly lighted by electric lamps, the Wis
itors exclaimed with delight and as
constituent at the beauties of the glo-
rious shrine.
Among the discoveries inside the
tomb was a vest of gold thread,
adorned with precious stones and
hung with amulets. What hitherto
was assumed to be the sled which
drew the mummy into the tomb, now
is believed to have been the litter
for carrying a sacred boat in the
funeral procession. 1t had four han
dies.
The two statuettes of Tutankha-
men are particularly interesting. One
shows the king wearing the crown of
upper Egypt and the other the crown
of lower Egypt, significant of his
dual kingdom.
The chariots are small and not serv
icable, like those in the outer cham
Der. They apparently are models.
The chariots are covered with gold
plate and inlaid with colored enam-
els and stones.
The %treasurers of the inner chamb-
err are bewildering in their number
and riches. 1t will take a long time
to examine and sore them. Note
worthy among these is a gilded box
six feet long by four feet wide, the
contents of which are not known.
Psychologists are particularly inter
ested in this box, as nothing like it
has previously been found. They are
evincing great curiosity as to what
they believe is inside.
A number of other boxes also re-
main to be opened, but the cover of
one which has been lifted revealed
a pile of %glittering jewels with gold
settings, resembling those found pre-
viously which are now in the Cairo
museum. They are said, however, to
excel in design and workmanship the
jewels discovered earlier.