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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-27
CURRENT EVENTS

Lincoln and an exchange of pris- oners was arranged.
 O O O
 After The War.
 Colonel Leedy became a pharmacist at Memphis after the war until 1870. He entered the banking business in Huntsville in 1870 and removed to Birmingham in 1887, where he en- tered the real estate and insurance business. He had served as colonel on the staff of numerous commanders of the United Confederate Veterans. He married September IS, 1873, Kate Stratton, who died June g, 1914. He Is survived by his son. w. B. Leedy Jr., and one daughter, Mrs. l. F. Young. Another son, John s. Leedy, died a few years ago.
 For several years Colonel Leedy had not taken an active part in business. Much of his time was spent in Florida. He was always an ard ent sportsman and was never hap pier than when hunting ducks at the various clubs along the Mississippi river.
 An image of Buddha made from the bones of more than 2,600 persons who died in the last ten years and were stored in the temples charnal house
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-27
AT THE MOVIES

AT THE MOVIES apitol-"Over the Border" Galax-Ralph Lewis in The Third Alarm"
 Odeon-'The Oregon Tratl" ncess-Franklyn Farnum in Fire Brand"
 Rialto-Constance Talmadge In Mrs. Leffingwells Boots" Roy yal-Charles Jones in Trooper O'Neil." Strand-Eileen Percy and Theo- dorc kosloff in Children of Jazz" Trianon-James Oliver Curwood' S "Jacqueline" or Blazing Barriers"
 CURRENT EVENTS Civitan club luncheon at the Tut wiler hotel a 1 o'clock
 American Business Mems club luncheon at the Tutwiler hotel at o'clock.
 WSY program begins at 8 D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-27
LOCAL DATA

For the 24 hours ending at D. m. July 26, 1928:
 Highest temperature ............... 90 Lowest temperature .....,.......... 6S Mean temperature .,......,......... 79 Normal temperature ,.............. S1 Deficiency in temperature since Jan
 uary 1 .................... 100 Rainfall ,........ ..,............,.. .01 Total rainfall since January 1......3 37. 16 Excess in rainfall since January l.. '. 25 Relative humidity, a. m. ......... ss
 12 noon ......,...... ..,....,..... 52
 D. m. ..,.,..... b1 Dry thermometer, a. Tn. ......... Fl
 l2 noon ..,..,,...... ......,,.. 8S
 p. nl Q . s...,... h2 Wet thermometer, a. m. ........ 6s
 12 noon ...........,.......... "A
 p. m. ............ T2 Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States Weather Bureau during the 24 hours ending at D. n Qnth meridian time. JulN 26. 1a22:
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to serve at least 30 days It hard labor, beside the fine. If this prac- tice does not stop, conviction may result in the loss of the drivers li- cense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-27

Iron ore used as a binder in place of sand clay Is saving from S2,000 to $3,000 a mile in the cost of road building in northwestern Louisiana, 1t is estimated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-27
PERSONALS

not the time to permit legislation to interrupt the flow of new wealth and better citizens into this state.
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Friday TODAYS ,;'s ;'s' ;. JCAlI!OARR. 5
AT THE THEATRES

Lyric-"Getting Gertie's Garter" Loew's Bijou-Raymond Hitchcock In person. vaudeville, and feature pie ture, Above All Law"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
H. S. WILL HAVE
BUSY WEEK END
Baseball and Track Teams VIII
Meet Glassboro Teams at
Pitman and Glassboro.
GAME HERE SATURDAY.

Coach Emory w. Helfrich, of the
Pleasantville High School baseball
and track teams, announces a very
busy weekend for his athletes. This
Friday afternoon, at 1.30 o'clock, the
baseball team will play a game with
the team from Glassboro High School,
at the latter place, and later in the
afternoon, the P. H. S. track teams
will contest with the G~lassboro track
teams at Pitman.
On Saturday afternoon, the P. H. S.
baseball team will play at home with
the team from Middle High School, of
Cape May County. This game will
probably be staged or the new dia-
mond, so come out and help the boys
inaugurate the field with a %clean-cut
victory over her old rivals from Cape
May County. P. H. S. defeated Middle
H. S. earlier in the season by the
close score. SIS. After Saturdays
game only one more home game re-
mains on the P. H. S. schedule. The
game will be played June LIST against
Wilmington H. S., a newcomer so far
as local High School teams are con-
cerned. Tags will be placed on sale
at the usual price, namely, zoe.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
Organizing Chapter
Order Eastern Star
Local Branch to be Instituted on
Monday Evening, May 18th.
Keystone is Active.

A Chapter Of the Order Eastern Star
will be organized in this city on Non
day evening, May 2Sth. Everything IS
in readiness for the institution and
installation of officers. The meeting
place will be Junior Mechanics Hall.
This will add another Chapter 10 Dis
trict No. 10, which now comprises
three Chapters in Atlantic City, .
each at Ocean City, Linwood, Ham
monitor and Egg Harbor City.
On Saturday evening, May 18th
keystone Chapter, of Linwood. viii
tender a reception TO Mrs. Nettie c.
Leeds. District Deputy for District No
10. Mrs. Leeds is a Past Worthy
Matron of Keystone Chapter. The
reception viii be a very elaborate
event and the committee is hard al
work planning for the fayors, decora-
tions of the hall, tables, etc. Il viii
be attended by the Grand Officers Of
New Jersey and all the New Jersey
District Deputies, as well as delssa-
tons from the three Chapters N At
lantie City and the Chapters at ocean
CITY. Hammonton and Egg Harbof.
Eastern Star members throughout
this District are preparing 10 attend
the annual meeting TO be held soon IN
Atlantic City.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
FRANKLIN AVE.
TO Be OPENED
Petition Being Circulated for Ex-
tension of Street from Wash
ington to Mulberry Avenue.
DEVELOPING new TRACT

Another section OF Franklin avenue
is TO be opened UP in the near future,
which will then extend that avenue
from Verona avenue to Mulberry ave-
nue.. Petitions are now being circu-
lated and signed to have the avenue
graded, sidewalks and curbs laid from
Washington venue TO Mulberry ave-
nue.. When this improvement is COM
pleted it will cause considerable traffic
to be diverted from the overcrowded
Shore road through a part of the bus
mess section of the city.
With the opening up Of this new
section of Franklin avenue, there will
also be the development of another
large tract of land, one of the few re-
naming tracts yet available for build
ing purposes. A few days ago Her
mar Boehm purchased the John Col
Inns farm, running from Adams avenue
to Collins avenue. This tract contains
about fifty building lots and will be
put on the market Immediately. Adj
ans and Collins avenues will be grad
ed and curbed and have cement side
walks laid, with water, gas and cleo
tricity run TO the property for house
hold use. Franklin avenue, where it
runs through this property, will have
a width of 100 feet.
Thompson & Gale have charge Of
the development work for the new
owner and expect TO start work very
soon. 1t is expected that several new
homes win be erected on this tract
during the summer and fall. This de-
yelopment adjoins a tract owned by
f. T. Adams. which is also being dis
posed of for building purposes. The
new development in this section will
make the city solid in construction
from Lorraine venue down. Above
Lorraine avenue considerable building
has also been done of late, and with a
continuance of the boom now IN ii
will only be a short time before every
available property on the meadow side
of the Shore road up to Absecon has
been improved.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
Local Kiwanians
In Third Place
In Shoot Last Thursday After
noon are Outclassed by Ocean
City and Hammonton.

Boy. page Doc Conover. He's in
again! After all that buster, too, at
the last Kiwanis meeting. Doc had
it all figured out just how the Pleas
antville boys were to walk away with
things at this shoot, as per usual. But
somehow, something slipped, or, rather,
somebody slipped, for Doc himself did
fairly well for an amateur. He was
high man on his squad, with a score
of As. What Doc said to the rest of
that aggregation after the totals were
announced is an interesting story, and
was a decidedly personal matter. The
only outfit the boys showed up to ad-
vantage against was little old Atlantlc
City, and those boys from across the
meadows just can't locate unless they
are right at home shooting out over
the ocean from the Million Dollar
Pier. Some alibi, we'll admit, but still
you ought to hear Docs. It's really
pitiful.
The event was held at the local
trap on Lyons Court, last Thursday af-
ternoon. The competing teams and
their scores are as follows:
Ocean City-Sack 40, Wallace AZ,
Burgess 40, ~Cossabloom At, A. L..
Smith 40; total PIP.
Hammonton-R. Smith As, w. Crane
38, Cordery SO, Godfrey 81, Campanella
AZ; total 200.
Pleasantville-W. w. Clark 40, DR..
Conover As, Green "a, Resell AZ, R.
Willis 35; total 1876.
Atlantic City-Wheatley 26, Cal.
Brown 40, Clark Adams SO. Gill Smith
81, DR.. Hughes 80; total $50.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
PERSONA NEWS

Miss Eva c. Needler, of Lansdale,
Pa, was a guest of Miss Elmira D.
Day over last week end.
Miss Marion Crowell, of Atlantic
was a dinner guest Thursday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. ". Claude
Bailey. Miss Crowell was a former
domestic science teacher here.
Mrs. Gwendolyn B. Goodwin, daugh-
ter oil Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Bassett,
who underwent a serious operation in
the Atlantic City Hospital in April,
has returned and is now convalescent
at her home, As S. New road.
Miss Fac Ang is spending some
time with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Walls, on S. Second street,
while her mother, Mrs. Eleanor Ang,
is in the Atlantic City Hospital. Her
friends hope for a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Edward Adams, of Leeds re-
nue., will leave Saturday morning,
May 26th, with her delegates to attend
the Parent-Te achers' Spring Conyen-
ton, to be held at Hammonton. There
will be two sessions, morning and
afternoon.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
KIWANIS BUSY ON
MUNRO MEMORIAL
Erecting Building at Pine Rest for
Use of Children as Tribute
to Late Member.
EDWARDS ADDRESSES CLUB.

Members of the Kiwanis Clubs OF
this city and Atlantic City are now
busily engaged in erecting a building
at Pine Rest, which is to be used for
the children who are inmates of that
institution and who have formerly
been placed with the adult inmates.
This building is being placed as a
tribute to the memory of the late DR..
Henry c. Munro, who was a Kiwanian,
and Superintendent of the institution
during his lifetime.
At the noon meeting last Tuesday
Reuben Edwards, a member of the
Ocean City Kiwanis Club, was the
principal speaker. He has Travelled
extensively and gave a talk on his
travels in South America, particularly
through Chill. He was the first man
to sell a typewriter or a fountain pen
south of Panama. At the time of his
visit such mechanical devices as the
typewriter and fountain pen were un-
known in those countries.
Lewis B. Ryon, grocer, won the at
tendance prize. Thursday afternoon
the local club attended the meeting OF
the Atlantic City Kiwanis Club. Al
that time Kiwanis Clubs in this sec
ton which have beer sponsored by
the resort club were guests.
This Friday evening a delegation OF
Kiwanians from this city will go to
Camden, where the recently organized
Kiwanis Club of that city will be pre-
scented with its charter.
Local Kiwanians, who attend the
International Kiwanis Convention al
Atlanta from May 2Sth to 31st, will be
treated to many rare sights While IN
the south. One of the features of the
convention will be plantation Days,
a picture of ante-bellum lines II
Georgia, with a log cabin on the stage
surrounded by 'possums, dogs, grow
ing cotton plants and old-time darkies
of a type so rapidly passing away
Atlanta Kiwanis say they expect te
"set the calendar back so years" tt
show the contrast between the ole
South and the new. A barbecue
planned to serve 5000 visitors in one
hour, is to be another feature of the
convention.
The convention committees are
making especially elaborate prepare
tions for the entertainment features
including minor tours through the
battlefelds which surround the city
and where were fought the battles
which marked the end of the wal be
tween the states. National Memorial
Day, May 80, will be observed witt
elaborate ceremonies in which repre-
sentatives of North and South viii
Join.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
Atlantic Chapter
De Molay To Form
Boys Fraternal Organization VIII
Be Instituted Tonight in
Morris Guards Armory.

Atlantic Chapter, Order De Molay,
will be Instituted to-night in the Nor
ris Guards Armory, Atlantic City. at
8 o'clock. 1t is expected that a class
OF over one hundred boys of Atlantic
County will start this organization,
which is fostered by the Masonic Fra
ternity. Each Chapter of the order
has a staff of twenty-five officers, and
Ernest Hartley, Jr., of Pleasantville,
is in line for a position on this official
staff.
The Chapter will be instituted by a
large delegation of boys from Essex
Chapter, of Newark. There will be
about forty-fve in the degree work,
which is said to be of exceptional
merit. Membership is limited in this
order to boys between the ages of six
teen and twenty-one years, the mem
bers automatically retiring at the lat
ter age. Membership is selected from
among the sons of Master Masons and
their chums, and the various Chapters
are sponsored by Masons.
All Master Masons who are interest
ed in boys are invited to attend the
constitution of Atlantic Chapter. This
order is named after one of the Cru
saders, De Molay, who was the last
Grand Master of the Knights Templar.
This new organization is expected TO
prove very popular with the boys OF
Atlantic County.
The order is national and has a mem
bership of over 300 5000 in the United
States, with 700 chapters in all of the
principal cities of the country. 1t was
organized four years ago in Kansas
City and teaches patriotism, obedi-
ence, loyalty TO the public schools and
general uprightness.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
MEETING
OF COUNTY P. 7.
Prize for Local Association Hav-
ing Most Male Members-Sea-
son of Activity Ahead.
SUMMER PARENT COURSE.

AT a recent meeting Of the Atlantic
County Council OF Mothers Congress
and Parent Teachers Association,
Mrs. Charles ". Blake, the Chairman,
announced that a cash prize would be
offered to the local Association hay
ing the largest number of male men,
bers. The prize will be presented al
the spring conference Of the Council,
which will be held in the High School
at Hammonton, Saturday, May IS, the
Hammonton PIT. A. acting as hostess.
This is the bi.annual meeting for the
election OF officers and is open TO all
members, but only delegates may
vote.
The morning session will begin al
1870 o'clock and will be given over to
the reports of presidents and special
standing committees, whose time will
be limited TO our minutes. The social
hour will be spent on the lake.
The address of the afternoon will
be given by the State President, Mrs.
Drury w. Cooper, OF Montclair. The
program committee includes Mrs. Geo.
Parkhurst. Mrs. Mary c. Brown, kath-
crime Chalmers, Mildred Graus, Antoi
nette Doell. Nominating Committee
Mrs. William Relyea, Cora Schaiblei
Jessie NJ. Hill. At this meeting there
will be a display OF books suitable for
children and special literature fol-
parents.
Early in June, through the courtesy
of Mrs. E. G. Shreye, the council viii
hold a pfcnie-tea at G~rannywoon
Mortified, with Mrs. William Relyea
as general manager.
There will be a u for parents
held in connection with the summer
school at Ocean City, beginning July
2, and lasting two weeks. Parents
may enter their children in the dem
o~nstration classes in the same build
ing while attending these courses
which include Freehand Drawing, Lit
erature, Story Telling. Child Psychol
ogy and Physical Training. Monday,
July 9, there will be a special program
which will include addresses by the
State Commissioners and State Presi.
dents of Mothers Congress and PIT.
A. Members of the Atlantic County
Council will act as hostesses during
these two weeks.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
WESLEY PRoGRESSIVES
APPOINT COMMITTEES.

The first regular monthly meeting
of Wesley Bible Glass for
Men was held Thursday evening in the
social room of the church, with a good
attendance. President Charles E. Ris-
ley oficiated and committees were
named as follows: Membership.
w. Kirkbride, Walter H. OFT, W. G..
Bailey, Leslie Golf. Elwood C-Weeks.
Visiting-E. C. Weeks, John Mcguire,
George Schussler. Rules-Wilbur
Reed. Secretary Pierson was right on
the job, and although he had mislaid
some of his shorthand notes on the
previous meeting, his minutes yer
unanimously approved.
Those enjoying the social inter-
course of the evening we're: Charles
E. Risley, VIM. G. Pierson, Rev. ". L.
Shaw, Elwood C Weeks, Edward Whit
taker, Wilbur Reed, John w. Kirk
bride, John Mcguire, Capt. John E.
Blake, Walter H. OFT, Leslie Golf,
Joel Ballantine, William Zulker, VIM.
Hoffman, John Vansant, w. c. Bailey,
George Schussler.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
Two Badly Burned
By Electric Current
Louis Stewart, of Pleasantville,
And Albert Cramer, of Mays
Landing, in Hospital.

Two Atlantic County men were TAX
en- to the Atlantic City Hospital on
Thursday, suffering from serious in
Jurles, which had resulted from being
burned by electric current. Early
Thursday evening, Louis Stewart,
employed as an electricians helper at
the P~leasantville sub-station of the
Atlantic City Electric Company, was
engaged in pouring oil in a largs
transformer when he accidentally
came in contact with his right elbow
with n of the conductors, charged
with $4,000 volts. As he was stand
ing on a concrete step, the full force
of the current probably did not go
through his body, but he received
third degree burns of the elbow, Sec
ond degree burns of the shoulder and
both feet, the force of the first shock
throwing him around into a second
contact with the current.
Stewart had been working for the
company but four months. 1t was
lucky for him that Albert Newman,
head electrician, was present at the
time, as Stewart was knocked uncon-
scious and Newman had to work hard
to resuscitate him. He was removed
to the hospital as soon as he recover
ed consciousness. The line with
which Stewart made contact carries
all the current to furnish light and
power to Pleasantyille and the other
mainland consumers, and it is a mir
acle that he was not killed outright,
the voltage being far higher than that
carried by the deadly third rail" of
the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad.
About Z O'Clock Thursday morning,
Albert Cramer, who has charge of the
substation of the West Jersey & Sea
shore electric line at Reega, was at
tending to his duties in working
switches at the station, when in some
way unknown a contact of the high
voltage current was broken and the
current flashed across the gap, caus-
ing second and third degree burns of
both hands, second degree burns of
the right side of the face and first
degree burns to the right side of the
chest. His clothing caught fire and he
rushed outside to ~extinguish the
flames. A neighboring farmers wife,
who was taking a COW out to pasture,
saw his plight and rushed to him,
catching VI a pail of water and dash
ing it on the young nan Her prompt
action saved him from burning to
death.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
TiIman Johnson Is
Elected Principal
Selected by Board of Education
for New Decatur Ave. School
Now at Smithville. i.

Tilman Johnson, now principal OF
the school at Smithville, has been Sc
lected by the Board of Education as
principal of the new Decatur avenue
school in this city. He has had con-
siderable teaching experience since
graduation from college several years
ago. Other teachers for the Decatur
avenue building are TO be selected
soon. The building is now practically
completed and the transfer Of stu
dents from other buildings will take
place in a few days.
Final plans for the new Leeds ave
nue. school were made Tuesday eve
ming. at a meeting of the Board OF
Education in the high school building.
Bertram Ireland, the architect, was
present. and with members OF the
board went over the plans. A special
meeting will be called on May 3lst 10
receive bids for the construction OF
the new building.
1t is hoped TO have the Leeds We
nue. building. which will be of bunga-
low type. open for the fall term. The
construction work will be pushed this
summer. The present building is TO
be torn down as 500 as the present
term ends.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
TRucK=FoR ADAMS.

Following the address Of Rev. John
B. Adams before the Spring Institute
Of the Atlantic County w. c. T. [.
here on Wednesday. Mrs. Steelman. a
former County President, pledged so
toward a fund 10 purchase a new au-
tomobile truck for the "Raiding Par
SON. Other women Immediately made
pledges until the sum of $3.50 in cash
had been obtained. This with amounts
pledged to be paid in the future. will
be used to pay for the truck which
Adams insists ne needs to cart away
the evidence he secures in his raids.
Adams was unsuccessful in three
raids here on Wednesday. He had
been tipped off" where stills or wet
goods. could be found. but his search
of the premises failed to reveal any
OF the stuff he was looking for.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-19
Washington Program
Has Been Arranged
High School Graduating Class
VIII Visit Nations Capital
For Three Days Trip.

On Monday morning the Senior
Glass OF the Pleasantville High School,
accompanied by the Senior Class of
the Ocean City High School, will leave
Absecon, via the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, for a three days trip TO Wash
ington. They will be chaperoned by
Miss Nancy Miller. The program for
the entire trip was announced this
week, as follows:
Upon arriving in Washington they
will leave on a sightseeing tour,
which will include the United States
Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial.
In the evening they will visit the Con-
g%ressional Library.
Tuesday morning they will visit the
Washington Monument, the Botanical
Gardens and the Fish Commission.
In the afternoon they will go to Ar
lington Cemtery, and from there pro-
coed TO Mount Vernon by trolley, re-
turning by steamer. In the evening
they will enjoy a moonlight sail down
the Potomac.
Wednesday morning the class will
visit the Treasury, War and Navy
Building, and the Bureau of Printing
and Engraving. IN the afternoon they
will visit the Pan-American Building,
and from there will proceed 10 the
White House, where they will meet
President Harding.
They will make their headquarters
at the Hotel Driseoll.
The members of the P. H. S. Senior
Glass are as follows: Alfredo Dins-
more Anderson. Elizabeth B. Ander-
son. Anna Lorine Boice. John w. Boyd,
Robert Archibald Burrell, S. Willis
Clark. Ralph E. Conover, F. Louise
Draper. May Belle Fenton, Alton B.
Fox. Eugene C. Holmes, Frances c.
Jensen. Stanley Lavigna, Marion Price,
Virginia NJ. ST. John. Thomas ]. Scar
borough, Jr., Thelma Leona Shaw,
Somers R. Steelman. Russell Quentin
Summers. Lewis S. Terry, Conan Ber-
dell VanLew.. Carl Edward Whitman,
Maurie E. Apologize, Hilda F. Fields,
Edward L. Blake, Mae Cullen, Ruth
Miriam G~lendenning. Charlotte P.
Leeds, William D. Lloyd, Francis NJ
McGeary, Raymond Miller, Manville
L. Robinson, Dorothy Robinson, Cliff
ford Maurice Somers, Ella Mae Som
ers. Anna Bertha Pauline Stafford.