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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28
SPOTSWOOD

MI. and Mrs. Harry Fredricks
spent Sunday at Clarks Landing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wellington B. La
Rue and son Allen, of Preth Am
boy, were Sunday visitors at the
home of the formers mother. Mrs.
G. B. lie Rue.
MI. and Mrs. Ralph Ousterman
and daughter Mildred of the Dor
ough. rid Miss Ethel Poulsen, of
Runyon. and Willard Apologize of
Old Bridge, motored to Keansburg
IN Sunday afternoon.
Misses Dorothy and Betty De Voc
of New Brunswick are visiting at
the home of their grandfather,
George w. De Voc.
Mr.. and Mrs. William McMulkin
and Mr.. and Mrs. Phineas Bovine
were out of town visitors Sui day
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Jolly and
children were visitors at Clark's
Landing on Sunday.
The blarney stone is so inaccessible
for tourists that they now kiss a
substitute put in a place more con-
venient to reach.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28
CRANBURY

The past masters Of Apollo Lodge,
Nc. 1855, F. & A. M. of Cranbury,
will entertain the Past Masters Ma
sonic Association of Middlesex conn-
ty at a chicken dinner in the First
Presbyterian chapel here Friday eve
ming. September Z. Former Cover
nor William N. Runyon past master
of Plainfield lodge, is expected to be
present as well as other prominent
Masons. The dinner will be served
at Z o'clock followed by a meeting
of the association which was recent
ly formed in Middlesex county.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. L. Compton and
family, of Hamilton Square and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wells and
son of this place were recent visitors
as Asbury Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Compton and
Miss Hazel Compton, of South Am
boy. were visitors on Thursday with
Mrs. Emma Hu'der.
Mrs. I. w. Wiley, the Misses Hat
tie and Alice Wiley and Mrs. T.. w.
D6nham, of Trenton, were recent
Visitors with Mrs. J. S. Silvers and
Mrs. Ella Suits.
Mrs. Name Hoffman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex. G. Appleget and son Alex, Mr..
and Mrs. Nixon, Mr.. and Mrs. Yates
and Mrs. Eva Wolfe, Of Trenton, are
on a motor trip to Canada whore
they expect to be for about two
weeks.
Fred Douglass Lodge, X. of p. and
Court of Calanthe will hold a har-
vest home in Association Park,
Highstown, Friday.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of
the Second Presbyterian church will
hold a food sale in the chapel, Sat-
urday afternoon, Sept. 8.
Rev. William M. Curry, pastor of
the Ninth Presbyterian church of
Philadelphia, occupied the pulpit in
the First Presbyterian church here
Sunday.
Mrs. Bessie B. Dey has been
spending a few days in Jersey City.
The Misses Ruth and Ida Will
taker and Mrs. M. w. Straley will
be the hostesses for the Stitch and
Chatter club at their home Thursday
afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28
CASES
ARE CONTINUED
Raritan Township School
Board Hears Janitors Deny
Charges Against Them

GERMANTOWN, Aug. 2S-Albert
Antonides, ~janitor of the Clara Bar
ton school, and Howard Suydam,
janitor of the Oak Tree school,
through their attorneys, William A.
Spencer and Samuel Schleimer re-
spectively, denied the charges made
against them at the hearing before
the Board of Education of Raritan
Township held at the Germantown
school last night.
Mr.. Spencer, appearing for Anton
ides, asked for a dismissal of the
xcomplaint because, he said, 1t has
failed to comply with some legal
t~echnicalities and asked the board
to state a specific date when the al
legged offense was committed. He
said. that the informal complaint
made by the board charges An
to.ides with a crime and yet no ar
rest has been made nor trial before
a justice held. The attorney oues-
toned the jurisdiction of the board
in tie case, finally asking to have
the board furnish the date of the
offense.
Edmund A. Hayes, attorney for
the board. In his opinion believed
that the arguments of Mr.. Spencer
: were not of any merit but agreed
that a specific date should be named.
Mr.. Spencer's plea was that a seri-
ous charge is involved, hat Anton
ides is a married man and that a fair
chance of trial be given him. The
board took Attorney Hayes advice
and continued to take the testimony
of Mrs. Suzzie Lovich who brought
rharoae AGAINST tho / nifOrL
Mrs. Lovich, pale faced and hard
Iy able tt stand the strain of hear
ing proceedings, read the complaint
which she has made against Antoni-
des, charging him with calling at her
house and committing various mis-
conducts.
Questioned by Attorney Hayes,
Mrs. Lovich at first denied that any,
one called at her home since the
complaint was made against the
janitor, but later declared that her
defendant did call on her, and that
he pleaded not to prosecute the
Ease ar it would break up his home
and family. She also testified that
last Saturday Attorney Spencer Of
fered her $75 not to appear before
the board and press the charges.
Asked by Attorney Hayes whether
she would accept a higher sum to
drop the charges she answered In
the negative. Following this testi-
mony the board agreed to postpone
the hearing until next Tuesday nighsA
to give the defendants attorney
time TO prepare the defense case.
Attorney Schleimer, for his client
Janitor Suydam, hurled at the board
a series of rules with which they
failed to live up to when making
the complaint against Suydam. He
first questioned the legality of the
summary proceedings, said tina the
complaint was entirely insufficient
for the board to proceed with prose-
cution and further intimated thai
his client has not violated any rule.
He also asked a tentative date when
the subordination is to have taken
place.
After a debate between Attorney
Schleimer and Attorney Hayes the
board agreed to file a new complaint
and serve a new notice and hold a
continued hearing on September 10.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28
CARTERET POLICE SOCIAL
CLUB PLANS MOVIE SHOW

CARTERET, Aug. 2S-The Police
Social Club of the borough is ar
ranging a special motion picture en-
tertainment for September rs. The
afternoon show will be given at the
Majestic theatre while the manage
ment has donated the Majestic thea
tire for the evening performance. A
feature picture will be secured to at
tract the attention of movie goers,
the committee announced this MORN
inc
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28
COLLISION IN CARTERET

CARTERET, Aug. 28.-A bus
driven by John Resko. of 872 Am
boy avenue, Perth Amboy, and a car
operated by Charles E. O'Donnell,
of this place, collided near Brady's
corner here yesterday morning. Mr.,
OiDonnells report to the police
states that his car was damaged to
the extent of $3.50. The rear mud
guard and rear tire were ruined.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28
CARTERET

The Carteret Republican Club will
hold their first annual clambake at
East Railway Sept. 16.
A benefit dance will be held by
the Carteret Hungarian Independent
Club on Sept. 3, at their Hudson
street club rooms.
An appeal to tie State Board of
Health to check the fumes coming
from a local fertilizer plant is ex-
pected to be made by the citizens
and the borough officials.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28

future generations Of bedbugs. reaches. heas
and ants is to use the new discovery Pesky Dev-
lis Quietus r. d. O."
A s5c package Of P, D. @. makes a quart.
enough to kill a million bedbuss, reaches. heas
and coolies n at the same time destroy their
eggs.
Impossible for them to exist when p D., Q. is
properly used. Free a patent spout in every
package to get the pesky devils in the hard-to-
get-at places and save the juice.
P. d. @. is not an insect powder, no muss or
dust. does not rot or burn the bedding.
P.D. @. for family use 35c. Hospital size $3.50
makes five gallons. p. d @. can also Pc
purchased in sealed bottles, double strength
liquid form.
Genuine P. D. q. is never peddled.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28

Bedbugs lay an average of seven
eggs e day. Under favorable con-
ditions they hatch In five days of
which wo-thirds are females. They
mature to adult size and are capable
of laying In four weeks. How many
bedbugs would you have In a year
If you left one female or egg unmo-
Tested for one yeafS
To rid the pesky bedbug, you readily see how
necessary it Is to use a preparation that VAL kin
fhs eggs as we'll as the live ones.
P.D @. has been Demonstrated by the lead
fhnt theaafest and most economical way TO stop
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28

Cardboard models of houses on a
one-quarter or one-eighth inch scale,
are made instead of blueprints for
his clients by an English architect.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28

Mrs. Peter Mckenzie, New York
City, waits at the empty crib while
forty police make a house-to-house
canvass of the Chelsea district for
her baby daughter. Lillian, kidnapped
from her carriage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-28

Sold BY City Pharmacy, IncY and other iead.sg druggists
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
THE DUB

He was dull and he was stolid
And his head with bone was solid,
Or at any rate that's how he looked
to us.
He seemed shy of information
Or of any conversation
On the topics we had chosen to
discuss.
lie looked stupid, heavy-headed,
And we thought his brain imbeded
In the ivory and granite of his knob;
Yes, he seemed a hopeless dud in
Every way, till of a sudden
Someone got this bird to talking Of
his job.
Then his face with glamor lighted,
And his eyes grew keen, excited,
AS he spoke of things he understood
so well;
We, who thought we could ignore
him
Sat quite breathlessly before him
While his conversation held US in a
spell.
Thus we learned this little lesson,
Which we'd lay a lot of stress on,
Don't misjudge a guy who seems to
be a gawk;
You may find, as quite few have,
He has better brains than you
have,
When the man who knows his job
begins to talkH'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
OLD DAYS IN AMERTCUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
(F'rom the Times-Recorder. May
25. 1871

20, 1910.
Among those who will attend the
veterans reunion in Chattanooga
will be Messrs. c. J. Clark, Frank
Payne, (. A. Nisbet, w. E. Brown
W. F. Murphy, 7. L. Summers,
George w. Walters, DrC. K Chap
man, Dr.. T. NJ. Merritt, and per-
haps others.
The death angel has claimed Miss
Helen McMath, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Lee McMath, who
passed away at noon Saturday at
their residence on Rees Park In
view Of her protracted illness, ex-
tending over a period of several
years, the death of Mrs. McMath was
not unexpected to her family and a
large number of devoted friends
Cobb Summerford, who resides
near Cobb and is one of Sumter's
successful, was in the city Saturday
with encouraging reports of crop
conditions in that locality. Several
good rains have fallen there re-
Gently, Mr., Summerford stated both
upon Sumter and Crisp county
sides Of Flint river, and the prospect
HOW Is Hlotc encouraging Iuoh az
any time in many weeks.
Mrs. C. V. Huntington is confined
to her residence on Chuch street as
the result of an accident sustained
Friday evening, resulting the break
ing of her right arm between the
shoulder and elbow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson Stapleton
were host and hostess on WedneS-
day afternoon, entertaining in de-
lightful manneH a number of the
members of the Redpath Chatauqua.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
Believe 1t Or
Not!

ROME, May 25.-Frank Doss,
formerly Floyd county farmer,
but now a resident of Lowndes
county, has written friends here of
an exciting encounter he recently
had with a monster alligator, in
which he used a double-bitted axe
with telling effect.
Mr.. Doss writes that he was
working in a swamp when the al
ligator attacked him. He defended
himself with the axe with which he
was cutting at the time, and for
tunateIy managed to put one of the
beasts eye out Of commission early
in the fracas. Even with this ad-
vantage, however, it was with diff
Guilty. Doss says, that he managed
to avoid the savage rush of the en-
ragged gator Finally, he managed
to cut him across the other eye,
binding him. Later, he writes, he
"heaved" the axe "helve" and all
down the throat of the luckless ami
NAL.
Whether the gator died from
acute Indigestion caused from the
double-bitted axe or from other
causes, Mr.. Doss' narrative fails to
set out. He does say, however, that
he took the skin to Valdosta and had
lit stuffed
1t measured Is feet and two inches
from tip of snout to tip Of tail, ne
| asserts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
EDI T ORAL
co NJ M E N T.

The Covington News laments the
amount Of taxes we have to pay in
this country, but rejoices they are
not as great as in some others,
as witness this from Editor Light
foot:
"The cost of running the ma
tional government for the fiscal
year ending June 80 viii be ac-
cording to estimates complied by
the Senate financial wizards, 49,
475,700,0O0, which means a per
capita tax of $22.5O for every man
woman and child in the nation.
Add to this your State, county
and municipal taxes, and you will
see where you stand as a mem
Der of the American republic. This
is some tax, but even at that it is
not as bad as cvonditions in Eu-
rope, and a whole lot better from
the fact that here in America peo-
pie are attending to business,
earning money, paying their bills,
and laying by in the savings banks
of the nation something like
billion and one-half dollars a year.
The tax is too high, but the bills
must be paid, and so long as we
continue to be the most eXtrava-
giant nation on earth, we will have
big taxes and an army Of grum-
blers larger than the military force
Of Russia"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the times-Recorder. May
rs, 1899

TO- 1925.
Messrs. c. H. E. Griffith and
Frank Burke returned Yesterday
from Columbus, where the day be-
fore they engaged in tennis contest
with Messrs. Lloyd Bowers and
Frank Fontaines, representing the
club Of the city. The contest re-
suited in a victory for Columbus.
A merry party of young people
took a moonlight drive to the coun-
try last night in a wagon drawn by
four of Schumpert's & Lewis
handsome bays. A visit was made to
the home of Mr.. A. d. Gatewood,
four miles south Of the city.
The price of the western nee
essity" bulk meat, continues stiff,
while the price Of the South's folly,
cotton, continues to decline in spite
of. the reports Of floods, cold wealth
er and other unfavorable circum-
stances. There's something radical
ly wrong, but the farmers have it IN
their power to right it.
Miss Ella Martin, who has been
the charming guest Of Miss Jennie
Stapleton for the past two weeks,
returned to her home in Sanders
vile yesterday.
Miss Mamie Tarver, who has been
the guest of Mrs A. M. Williams
for the past several days returned to
her home in the Artesian city yes
terday
Miss Mary Chapman returned yes
terday after a visit Of two weeks
among relatives in Washington,
Wilkes, county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
10 FARMER MAKES
Cd IN GEORGIA.

One year ago last Thanksgiving
party Of yankee" farmers and
rm women came down to Geor-
i on a sightseeing tour and in
ing through Worth county
me upon the home of c. H.
rangward, a formeli Ohioan-
d they all remarked This looks
.e home"
The story Of strangward is
5st interesting. Less than 20
.ars ago he was working on this
me farm at fifty cents day.
had come from Cleveland,
Mo, where he had previously
lrked in his fathers foundry,
father being a stakeholder in
e Indiana Fruit Company, which
d bought large tract of land
Id had gone into the business of
Using peaches and plums, and in
lentally had made a failure of
e enterprise through no fault
the land itself, Young Strang-
ard started simply as a fran
.borer and it took all his money
pay his board, but he worked,
! studied the soil and he studied
.e business Of marketing the
,ops, which few farmers in this
.ction do. When peaches failed
IS company went to raising canta-
upes which We're shipped under
ie Indiana Fruit Company brand.
j rotation with cantaloupe his
ompany raised oats, peas,
2rn and beans on this farm. The
arm of sos acres has 400 in cult
alton. Young Strangward's indus
~ and knowledge of the game
rought him quickly to a position
E farm foremen, and now by in
7sting his savings he has risen
. the position of president and
eneral manager of the company.
His company does not owe
ollar and what is more, it is one
farm that pays divi-
ends. Last year he made $4,000
ct on cantaloupes and $1,000
rom cattle and hay.
Now the point which the Times
wishes to stress in recit-
az this story is that Mr.. Strang-
ard keeps books on every trans
ction and herein lies the secret
most farmers success, while not
} do so spells failure.
The Times-Recorder believes
nat the only reason why one half
he farm owners and all the ten
Mt farmers Of the north are not
/ the southern section of our
tate is simply because they don't
now the advantage here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
ERE'S WHAT CONSTITUTES
EALING IN FUTURES.

Recently four judges of the
United States Circuit Court heard
rgument by counsel for the gov
rnment in its suit to enjoin
dealing in futures"-in other
words, to prevent betting on fu-
ure prices of commodities on ex-
hanges. The government con-
ended that dealing in futures was
antamount to conspiracy in re-
traint of trade in violation of
he provisions of the Sherman Act,
single question asked by one of
Judges would seem to indicate that
hat the government failed to
make its case.
According to decision of the
supreme court conspiracied con-
list Of two or more persons plan
ing together to accomplish GER
ain purpose. In betting on ex-
hanges, two or more may agree
0 force the price of a commodity
10 or down, as the case may be,
lut in carrying out their agree
nent they act individually, for
hey bet against one another or
yer another. Furthermore, in
orcing prices up or down, betting
based primarily on the scarcity
+ the commodity in one instance
md the abundance Of it in the
,ther. So that the betting is not
Wholly responsible for the price
hat results. The question of the
udge was whether or not within
he definition Of Conspiracy"
here really had been violation Of
he Sherman law.
The case may finally be decided
,ne way or another, but that
loesn't matter. So far as the peo-
lie are concerned the question at
ssue is whether or not IDEAL
np III futures" is gambling, and if
i Il gambling, whether or not
10Th national and State laws re-
ating to it are applicable Some
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25

Governor Charles w. Bryan of
Nebraska, attracted national at
tention when in his inaugural ad-
dress he said: During the past
years and especially during the
late war period there has been a
universal tendency towards an ex-
cess of government. This is result
ing in the enactment of public
laws for the cure of private and
personal ills are burdening the
state government with functions
and obligations which will destroy
the effectiveness of government
activities and also of individual re-
sponsibility."
Evidently Brother Charles has
a few ideas as we'll as Brother Will
liam Jennings. Does Brother
Charles possibly mean that it is
excess government to legislate on
Darwinism and that the matter of
reading the Bible is one of individ-
ual responsibility rather than
something to be compiled by state
authority?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
OPPOSE TAX MEASURE

SAVANNAH, May 24-Local OPP
orators of chewing gum slot machines
are planning to combat the effort OF
the city to tax these machines, ac-
cording to announcements here. a
tax of $40O was recentvl placed on
such machines. The attorneys for the
operators contend that if the ma
chimes are gambling devices the city
has no right to tax them and if they
are not, such prohibitive tax should
not be imposed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
She Knew Where He Was

"Ah, madam" said the pious visi-
tor. Il am going about giving adj
vice and consolation to unhappy
wives. Do you know where your
husband is every night?'
Indeed, I do"
"Alas, madam. You think you do,
but he may be here, there, anyw-
here"
well, if he gets out of the place
where he is now he has to raise a
granite slab that weighs at least a
ton, and he couldn't even lift a scut-
tie of coal while he was alive. -
Detroit Free Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
TOM SIMS VS.:

A banker has it nice. He keeps
bankers hours. We had rather
keep bankers sons hours.
The River Nile is 44O0 miles
long, which isn't as long as Salt
River, up which politicians 60.
College professors live an easy
life, but you must have a head for.
the business.
Great Britain imports about
100000 goldfish every year, not
counting American tourists.
Girl living across from us S a
window dresser. Forgets to pull
down the shade at bedtime.
Many men are out of work in
Ireland, perhaps because all of
chem can't be policemen.
Selling insurance is fine. You
can prove to an enemy by figures
he will die next week.
Natives of Persia eat dirt for
medicine, the dirty things.
The male halibut is much small
er than the female, so she a tear
for male halibuts.
A bit Of gossip too good to keep
may be too good to be true.
No politician can make good
race if the wind is against him.
Being a millionaire is fine job,
but it takes a lot of money.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25

No wonder the high cost of liv-
ing is mounting in this country.
Editor Mcintosh has found the
cause right in his own office. This
innocent local item recently APP
peared in the Albany Herald:
THE interior of The Herald
building is being repainted, and
the confusion and 'messiness' in
cidental to the work have been
in evidence for several weeks.
cone man in the office remarked
-lu!ed 10 qof s!q4 4eql 5u!uIom s!q4
ing was progressing very slowly.
"Well, replied another, there are
two negres and one is superinten-
dent
THE explanation was clear
enough"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
ASKS FREE TREATMENT

ATLANTA, May PA petition
that he be allowed to come to the
Georgia state hospitals for treatment
has been received at the office of
Governor Hardwick from Harvey
Hines, of Wilson, N. c. The man
states he is i'll, without funds and
wishes fire Transportation to the hos
1ital.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-25
AD NO. 90


Notice is hereby given that a Bill of
which the following is the caption,
will be introduced at the approach
ing session of the General Assembly
of Georgia, at the request of the
Mayor and City Council of Ameri-
Gus.
AN ACT to be Entitled. Gan Act
to amend an Act to Revise and Con-
solidate the several Acts Granting
Corporate authority to the City of
Americas, approved November IL,
1889, so that after the passage Of
this Act the Mayor and Citv Council
Of Americas shall have the right and
authority to levy an ad valorem tax of
one-half Of one percentum in addition
to the tax already authorized. and
to provide that the amounts raised by
said levy be kept separate and dis
tinct from other funds Of the citv
and to be applied only to the pay
ment of the OUTSTANDING floating in
debtedness of the City of Americas,
and to supplement the present school
fund of the Board of Public Educa-
ton for the City of Americas, to
pay operating expenses, not to ex-
ceed two mills of such one-half Of
one perceEtum; to authorize the
Mayor and City Council of Americas
to execute notes and sell the same
in anticipation of this tax levy and
)r other purposes"