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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13
Northfield Personals.

After visiting her aunt, Mrs.
George W. Leach, of Atlantic City
for a week, Miss Flora Ryon has
returned to her Shore road home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Flick, of
, Grove avenue, are entertaining
Mr.. and Mrs, Eugene Somers and
son, William, of Catasauqua, Pa,
Tor Two 'weeKs.
Several out-oftown guests were
entertained Tuesday by Mrs. John
r. Coughlin, of Halbert avenue,
at luncheon. They included Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Roop, of New York
City; Miss Katherine Mccullough,
of Wilkes Barre, and Mrs. Will
liam Miller, of Ventnor City.
After passing several weeks In
New York City. where she has
been attending Columbia Univer-
sity, taking a special course, Miss
Mary Hannum will return to her
home on Oak Crest avenue, to-
morrow. She is a teacher in the
Linwood public schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Goodwin
leave their Franklin avenue home
tomorrow to spend a two weeks
vacation with relatives at Water
bury, Conn, and Blairsdell, N. H.
Mrs. Ethel Magee. of Zion road,
and Miss Emma Andler, of Mar
gate City, passed few days re-
Gently at National Park, where
they visited relatives of Mrs. Ma
gee. They were entertained on
a motor party at Riverview Beach
and New Castle, Del.
Mrs Morton Collins, Mrs, Es-
tel Collins and daughter, Miss
Marjorie Collins We're guests OF
Mrs. Harold Isaac at luncheon in
her Mortified avenue home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew X. Little
field, of Fifield avenue, are en-
joying a motor trip in Maine,
where they are visiting their son,
Silas Littlefield, who has been
passing the summer at Camp
Keoha.
Miss Esther Bird. of Atlantic
City. is being entertained by Mr..
aud Mrs. William Vaniman for a
week.
Guests entertained by Mrs.
Ethel Magee at her home the past
few days include Misses Dorothy
and Anna Magee. of National
Park; Mrs. Matte Smith. Miss
Alice Smith, Walter and George
Smith. of Clayton. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Magee and son, Charles,
OF Camden, are also guests.
Mrs. Wallace Shappell and chill
dren, Dorothy. Hannah and Vio-
let, of Fairbanks avenue, are en-
joying a visit at the home of Mrs.
Shappell's mother, Mrs. Hannah
Scargle, of Woodbury..
After an absence of more than
a fortnight, when she was a guest
Of Mrs. Charles Paterson, of Jack.
son avenue, Atlantic City, Miss
Lillian Grier has returned to her
home.
After passing few days at
the guest of Mrs Howard Van
Dyke. of Mortified avenue, Miss
Minnie Allen has returned to her
home in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Sahm, Of
East Oak Crest avenue, and son
J. e. Sahm, Jr., were week end
guests at the home of Mr. Sahm's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William D
Sahm, of Lancaster, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cordery, Jr.
and Miss Belle Cordery, of Oal
Crest avenue. with Mr.. and Mrs
James Knauff, who are spending
the summer in Linwood. motor
ed to Wildwood "Wednesday fol
the day.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13
Enjoy outing.

A number of Mortified people
enjoyed Sunday at Tumbling Dam
Park, Bridgeton. Luncheons were
taken and served picnic style.
Those enjoying the occasion
were Mr.. and Mrs. George Isaac,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Isaac, of
Northfield; Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hassen, Richard Lodge, Jr., of
Pleasantville; Miss Sadie Neary,
of West Philadelphia; Mrs. Mar
garet Hassen and Miss Mamie
Hassen, of Frankfort, Pa.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13
Mrs. Jagmetty Hostess.

Mrs. Victor Jagmetty entertain
ed at luncheon Thursday several
out-of-town guests, who motored
to her Shore road home. They
included Mrs. L. E. Buse and
daughter, Shirley, Mrs. William
Parker aud two daughters, Matil-
da and Amelia, and Mrs. Amelia
Broadbent, of Philadelphia; Mrs,
Josephine Reeves, Mrs. Talbot
Reeves and daughter, Betty 10,
# MAYS Landing.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

. Miss Sylvia Leeds is spending
the month of August at Altburg,
Vt,
Three thousand reservations
have been made for party at the
Gateway on the 30th of August.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

Nervous Party: THE train
seems to be travelling at a fearful
pace, ma'am." Elderly Female:
Eyes, amt it? My Bills a-drivin'
of the ingin' an e can make 'er
go when e's got a drop O drink in
i'm. "-Eyerybody's Magazine.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Muller,
of Jackson avenue, are entertain
ing their aunt, Miss Clara Lands,
of Philadelphia.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

WALTER w. WHITMAN, Post
master of Pleasantville.
PROF. CHARLES w. NIGER
SOIL, Pleasantville, N. J.
SCHEDULE OF VOTES FOR
INSCRIPTIONS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

each and every Club" of s25
turned in. 10000 Extra Votes for
each new subscription.
CREDIT SCHEDULE FOR
ADVERTISING CARDS.
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
Sailors Worried by
Village That MoUes

There is, unless it has quite recent
" been abandoned, a village in
French Indo-China which is a source
of worry to mariners of the vicinity.
Captains Of steamers are never quite
certain where they will find it-a fact
that cannot be said of any other vii
lage in the world. 1t is called Snok
Frou, and its location IS somewhere"
on the MekOng river.
1t has, or had at last accounts a
population Of between two and three
hundred and consists of a large num-
Der Of huts built on RATS and dashed
together with rattan ropes. Its In
habitants are engaged exclusively in
the occupation of fishing. Its only
evidence Of terra firma is a connection
maintained with half submerged trees,
and the whole town changes its po-
sition from time TO time according to
the vagaries Of the river or the whims
of its inhabitants
Steamers passing up river may find
II al one spot and on the return trip
discover that it has moved elsewhere.
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
Identifcafion Ring?

a curious double ring of pure gold
that probably was factor In some
Of the financial deals of the ancient
Phoenicians, has been found in rock
hewn tomb on the island OF Malta.
Twelve indentatlons on each side fit
the two hoops together perfectly, it
Is said in a report TO the Archaeological
Institute of America, and help form
the design OF a complete sea-going
galley. Its probable Phoenician ori-
gin suggests, since the Phoenicians
were the merchants of the early Iedi-
terranean world, that it was used in
sending confidential dispatches of a
business nature. In those days OF
precarious communication one-half
would probably be carried by a trusty
messenger along with important let
ters to the owners confidential agent
who, on recognizing and matching the
ring, would accept 1t as the bearer )
Identification.
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
Believes in Liberty,
but No More License

For years and years had been puz-
zled by that phrase of patriotic ora
tors, "Liberty-but no license"
Then an innocent-looking friend
gave me a dog. 1 got dog license.
Having a dog, I decided to go on
a hunting trip. I got hunting license.
On the chase, I met a buxom rural
lass. | got marriage license.
We bought a motor car-and q
motor-car license.
The lass turned out to be the pos
SCISSOR of expensive tastes. and finally
she left me fiat and bulging out on
the wrong side of the ledger. | got d
beggar's license.
After a few months of begging. 1
hope to get enough to buy a push
cart and peddler's license.
Meanwhile, / understand what It's
all about Every night / repeat my
little precept. "Liberty-but no more
license r"-Kansas City Star.
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
New Dover Opera House. Dover

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
Partners. Boss and Artinelli. Worlds
greatest acrobatic duo. Partners
vet deadly enemies. For slim Artinelli
has enticed the soft, dark-eyed dane
ing girl away from giant Boss who is
infatuated with her. Boss and Ar
tinelli. Whirling through their fam
Gus trapeze act at the mammoth Win
ter Garden, one hundred feet above
the audience. Suddenly a hush falls
on the thousands below. The climax
Of the great acrobat's performance
the startling three-fold death-defying
leap has comel Boss glances down
for an instant at the sea of fascinated
eyes, far below. Through his jeal-
ously-maddened brain thought flash
es. If Artinelli should fall-if he,
(Boss), should miss by a fraction of
an inch his partners wrists as they
come flying toward him!-the grill
the There, in a few words, you
have one Of the big punch" scenes,
which take place in Paramount's lat
est production, Variety" The film
was made in Germany by the Ufa
Company. Emil Jannings and Lya
de Putt are the featured players.
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
HoLO to Meet a Lion

Lions have a greater fear Of man
than many realize. according to Mr.
]. Morewood Dowsett, the wen-known
big-game hunter. the king Of the for.
est" if you stand your ground WIN
often stop and look menacingly at you
growing all the while; some lions will
even turn tail and bolt after halting
You want to be very cool IN the pres.
ence Of a lion and never show YOU
have any fear. AS to leopards, it will
come as news to most people that I'll
is possible to strangle leopard If YOU
get a firm grip Of the throat from be.
hind so that he cannot claw YOU" Mr.
Dowsett says the musk OK Of Canada
upon scenting danger. form a line fac.
ing their foe as quickly as would a
regiment of soldiers, and here they
stand ready for an attack.
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
Neuter PossessiUe

Originally the pronoun his" served
as the neuter singular possessive.
About the Sixteenth century this be-
gan to be replaced with at" Thus
Ben Jonson wrote, "It shall fright
all it friends with borrowing letters, .
and Shakespeare. GO to 1t grandam,
child" About 1900 this form, In turn,
began to be replaced by "it's," with
the apostrophe. Rare In Shake
speare and not to be found In the
King James Bible of 1911, this form
became the common literary one by
1923. Later in the same century the
apostrophe was dropped, conforming
to the possessives of the other per-
sonal pronouns. and since then II has
almost always been written "its"
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
Screen and Stage
Strand. Smyrna

Friday and Saturday-"Hogan's Al
ley" the Gregory Rogers story which
Warner Bros. have picturized with
Monte Blue in the stellar role, was
directed by Roy Del Ruth, and has a
remarkable supporting cast that in
cludes Patsy Ruth Miller, Willard
Louis, Louise Fazenda, Nigel Barrie,
Mary Carr, Max Davidson, Ben Tur-
pin and others. The story, laid in the
old Bowery atmosphere of New York
of twenty years ago, concerns the ro-
nance of a little Irish girl and a
young prize-fghter, which a rich doc
tor and the girls father attempt to
end. The young mans famous left
hand is injured in his rescue of his
sweetheart, and makes fighting an i'm
possibility. He wins the girl, how
ever, and turns to plumbing for a
livelihood; and they go back to the
simple folks of the alley to find hap
piness.
Monday and Tuesday-Direct from
six months run on Broadway at
$500 top comes "Mare Nostrum" Our
Sea)-a romantic and swift-moving
perturbation of Blasco Ibanez's fam
Gus story of the same name, directed
by Rex Ingram. This picture was ac-
tually filmed along the Mediterranean
Sea against backgrounds of historical
significance and rare scenic charm.
Hundreds of thousands of people have
confirmed the laudatory opinions ac-
corded its premiere showing at the
Criterion Theatre, by unbiased critics
on the worlds leading newspapers.
To quote few: "Mare Nostrum has
something for almost everyone, those
who like drama, poetry, spectacle,
Characterization or beauty of setting" !"
Eileen Creelman, N. Y. American.
"The acting throughout the picture is
uncommonly fine and the direction
could not be bettered. Norbert Lusk
Morning Telegraph. "'Mare Nostrum'
is an extraordinary picture "-Doro-
thy Herzog, N. Y. Daily Mirror. Alice
Terry and Antonio Moreno are unfor-
gettable in the many dramatic Sc
quences. Mare Nostrum" is a pic
ture of 1901 thrills.
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06

II the geologists who have special
lied In glacial history are correct, the
Maumee river, IN Ohio, at one period
and through part Of its length flowed
southwest between banks that now
guide 1t toward the northeast, says
the Toledo Blade. This was during
the recession of the ice wall. or one
OF the recessions. As the glacier melt
ed away 1t formed a cold, muddy lake
at its base. An outlet toward the
north had not yet formed There was
only one direction for the water to go
and that was in the general direction
of south. The discharge of the AIau-
NEE was at Fort Wayne. The Wa
bash received it. Year after year,
possibly for a length of time to be
measured in centuries, the icy, milky
waters from the base of the enfeebled
glacier reached the sea through the
valley of the Mississippi
Three series of sand ridges to the
west and northward Into Michigan are
records of three lakes, each ridge an
old beach against which the waves
beat and upon which the ice cakes
piled and melted away-places as
bleak as a Greenland shore and far
more lifeless. Making broad sweep
the beaches come around to where
the river began, south bound to the
gulf.
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
Sanctity OF the Mind

By all manner Of boards and traps
threatening the extreme penalty Of
the divine law, excluding trespassers
from these grounds, it behooves us
to preserve the purity and sanctity OF
the mind. 1t Is hard to forget what
it is worse than useless to remember
e am to be a channel or thorough.
fare, I prefer that It be of the noun.
tain springs, and not the town sewers
the Parnassian streams. There is
inspiration, the divine gossip which
comes to the ear Of the attentive mind
from the courts of heaven: there is
the profane and stale revelation ot
the barroom and the police court
Thoreau
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
Mans True Character
Not TO Be Concealed

Many people learn to mask their
thoughts, and anger, chagrin, greed
and spite, as well as glee, pleasure
and humor may be fairly effectively
hidden by the man with the poker
face
All the same, nobody can really dis.
guise his real nature by facial con-
troll, and those, who have learned how
to read the human face as one reads a
book, are able TO make very fair es-
innate of character by a close and
shrewd inspection. It is because so
many people never attempt to master
the art Of face-reading that the wiles
Of rogues are so successful and the
triumph of the practieed Lar so COM
plete
Apart from the general aspect of
face, which is determined by the bone
structure beneath the skin, what real
~ molds the features and general ex-
preston? The answer is, character.
Scientists now realize the close re-
lation between body and mind and In
nothing is this interacton more COM
plete than in the imprint of the mind
upon the face. We hear of the illegal
face" for example. 1t is a face with
a set, firm mouth, keen eyes and
powerful jaw. These characteristics
are merely the result Of concentration,
persistence and determination.
Why is this? 1t is because the
many minute muscles which mold the
expression of a face are directly con-
trOlled by the brain.
Smyrna times., 1926-10-06
Co-Operdtion WORKINGS

The All-American Cooperative com.
mission, Cleveland, Ohio, says: Mod.
err cooperation has been traced bach
into the Eighteenth century with the
discovery Of a flour mill sociery
backed by 43 Sheffield (England) clups
in 1895. Organized to defeat profteers
In -four milling, the coop rendered
effective assistance. although IT finally
disappeared owing to the lack of ex
per7ence of members and officers il
business matters. The original SO
ciety extended TO include the sale OF
shoes and milk. The rise Of sounc
cooperation dates from 1874 In Roch
dale, near Manchester, England"
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-01-21
HARPER URGES FOR
NEW CONSTITUTION
CONTINUED from first page)

practically proof against all assaults
Of amenders. The few Amendments
that are permitted to stick make
few radical changes in the spirit of
the constitution itself, which remains
almost identical with the document
that came from the hands Of the Con-
vention of 1874 These few changes
are salutary, and the people have in
dubitably demanded them.
But in the meantime the state has
advanced. Its population has multi
piled many times. 1t has become one
Of the foremost states in industry and
commerce, and yet it must limp along
like a winded horse with the string
halt. Time after time, year after
year, The electorate of the state has
voted for changes in the organic law
in the interest Of progress. But because
of technical interpretations of the law
their will has been thwarted. Time
after time the people have declared
that they should have the right to issue
bonds under proper restrictions" OF
to have a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, or tC
prohibit local legislation, or to inaugu
rate other reforms. Majorities Of
those having sufficient interest in state
affairs to go to the polls have declnr
ed for these things, but they have beer
defeated by the negative influence OF
the Indifferent class not sufficiently in
terested to go to the polls.
When lawyers and courts themselves
cannot agree what the valid amend
ments are, and what the proper pro
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-01-21
BROWNIE

Miss Glenna Smotherman visited
Lucille Bass one night last week.
Mrs. W. J. Brown went to Corning
one day last week.
Miss Ciifie Poynor is on the sick
list at this writing.
Hogan Jones visited ]. d. Kerley
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Bass took dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs r. NJ. Summers last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Clayton visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace ]. Brown Sun
day.
Mrs. J. A. Vester served dinner for
Sunday school classes No. 4 and 5
Sunday.
Mrs Una Merriweather visited the
week end with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. yester.
Mrs. Jim Alphin. who has been i'll
so long, is no better at this writing.
Most of the farmers in our commun-
ity have taken advantage of this pretty
weather and have been farming some.
There was basket ball game at
Albright school house Saturday even
ing, between lower Pirtle and our
boys. The game was taken by the All
bright boys.
Our school teachers have been on the
sick list for a few days but are re-
ported better at this writing.
j. ID. Kerley made n business trip 10
Tipperary last week.
A number of young folks met Satur-
day night at the park at Mr.. Clayton's
and were entertained with a chicken
roast and pies. All report nice time.
Mrs. Dona Goings and Mrs. Maggie
Abanathy visited the bedside of Mrs.
Jim Alphin Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elbert Triplett visited
at the home Of Jim Browdy and family
Sunday.
NJ. A. Ponder has cut a fine lot of
wood for Luther Abanathy the past
week
J. II. Bennett and wife visited J. A.
yester and wife Sunday.
Our new cotton gin, owned by II.
Quellmalz, closed last week for the
1926 season.
Wiley Forest has moved near Shan
non to farm this year.
We were sorry to hear of the death
Of Henry Guntharp, who was buried
Mt Pirtle cemetery last Wednesday.
Mrs. W. A. Britton has been having
tussel with the chills for the past
week.
on Jan. 10, Mrs. King Cottle died
at her home at Peach Orchard, at the
age Of GO years. six children, girls
and boys, survive her. Bro. Miller
Of Jonesboro. pastor Of Baptist church
at that place, conducted the funeral
services. A large crowd was in at
: tendance.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-01-21
ENGELBERG

Mrs. Anna Sparber left Saturday
for Jonesboro where she will visit her
children and friends.
Eliza Robinson and Ed williams were
in Pocahontas on business Friday.
Several of our Pensioners cut wood
for the church last week.
William Steimel sold and delivered
some hogs to John r. Kizer for IL
cents a pound last week.
Miss Evelina Weisenbach spent Sat
urday night with Mary Sparber.
Pete Brodel has been on the sick
list with a cold absess. He is reported
getting better.
Mr.. Weisle of Brinkley, who has pur-
chased the Riggs overly farm, moved
here last week. We welcome him to
our locality.
Miss Katie Miles, who has been
working in Pocahontas, came home
Saturday.
Sanford Williams, who has been
visiting friends at Sikeston, Mo-, re-
turned home last week.
Geo. II. Steimel is reported on the
sick list.
Edward Cissel, who has been visit
ing relatives at Huffman, returned
home last week.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-01-21

cedure is for their adoption, Mr. John
Citizen is certainly confused and meta
phorically up a tree. There is only
one way out of the dilemma that will
be fair to all and in line with state
progress and pride. A new Constitu-
ton is the only answer. That it is
needed none can successfully deny. Ar
kansas can never get into the swing Of
the rapidly moving parade Of progress
until the hampering restrictions Of fifty
wears ago are removed and an organic
law provided that will enable it to
keep up with other states. 1t is no
answer to remind ms that the proposed
Constitution of 1918 was defeated The
whole world was then caught in the
flOod-tide of war, and Arkansas itself
was suffering from the throes Of world
strife. The people were thinking more
Of winning the war and returning to
a condition of nOrmalcy than they were
of writing new Constitution. On a
comparatively Ineligible vote, the pro-
posed was defeated. But its defeat
was due more to indifference than to
opposition. The best informed voters
favored It, but those who were unin-
| formed feared there was some subtle
trick about it and voted against it on
the worn-out theory that what was
good enough for their grand-fathers
was good enough for them.
Now the war is over and only few
of the scars and the income tax remain
to remind us Of it, A new day has
dawned. Arkansas Is coming into its
own, but it cannot grow into full sta
ture unless the hampering restrictions
Of an outgrown but respectable old
Constitution are removed. A new Con-
stitution will meet the requirements.
The cost will be negligible as compar-
ed with the benefits to be derived.
The time has come to act. Let US
cut the ropes that tie our hands, re-
move the gag from our mouths, and
move forward untrammeled and un-
afraid.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-01-21
MAYNARD

Every one reports a nice time at the
party given by Miss Lena Dees last
Saturday night.
The Junior-Senior banquet was a
grand social success.
Debating seems to be the prevailing
occupation Of the M. b. A. students.
Misses Naoma and Lura Lee Hatley
have entered school at the NJ. r. S.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson and Miss
Rowena Gupton of Brakebill were here
on business last Saturday afternoon.
Ray McCannon of West Plains, Mo-,
spent Saturday night at the home of
Raymond Spencer here.
Misses Rubye Mdfdock, Della Girls
mon and Ray Gupton were Saturday
night guests at the home'of Miss Flor
ence Johnson. All report an uproar-
ious time.
Uncle Tom Spencer has all at once
fallen in love with his chickens and is
building them new house.
Aunt Lizzie Redwine and Mrs. Daisy
Spencer, who have been suffering with
the flu, are better at this writing.
r. L. Spencer and family spent Mon
day night with II. NJ. Spencer and fam
lily.
Earl Johnson and wife were shop
ping In town last Saturday.
Will Collins and family have moved
TO their new home on the Ben Choate
farm.
Miss Grace Spencer has resigned her
los-.,on in the postoiIice and is teach
ing school at Reece Ridge.
Melvin Bradley and his new bride
-were seen in town Saturday afternoon.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-01-21
Oh! You Chicken

During the past six years we have spent severa onda
hundred dollars this space urging our I aI "a bove
o diversity raise more stock plant more feed and ABOVE
all
RAISE MORE CHICKENS
During the past two weeks we have hao evlue' @ o wv
their annrecaton of this advice Many farmers are nov
eun@ their ocks and selling the old hens we nave %
had 25 or 80 who did RAISE MORE GHdGkEN%S % sole % -,
anJ show MS their CHICKEN CHECKS, 1ney Ian az
from So on $50 90 and the old hens brought from @iO
to ST rs each Not bad for a few old hens ~ e,
Whv not try it this year? If it pays the o'ner ie'
low it will pay you. - ..+ +ho+
we'll kept flock Of chickens is the best asset 'na'
farmer has.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-01-21

Wanted-Renters or share crop
pers for 60 acres of good upland ana
creek bottom on the Hin Farm, one
mile east of Attica. VIII pay to have
10 acres of ground cleaned up. own
80 uu Farm. 24-3tp.