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terms. Barry-Pate Motor Co. Inc. 1898
Sherman ave. NV. and 121S Conn ave. NV.
NV. Adams 5000 and Main $50.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
|Motorist Causes
Freak Display
Runs Machine Into Pole
When Pursued by North
field Cop
FIRE WORKS RESULT

The city of Northfield had a
series of freak fire works display
early this morning as the result
of an automobile accident.
Night officer Everett Lever was
chasing Ray Duffy, Of Linwood,
on the Shore road, for speeding.
In his effort to get away, Duffy
put on more speed, and as a result
bumped into telegraph pole, next
to the Sub Station of the Atlantic
City Electric Co., on the Shore road
near the property of George
Krumm. Several of the wires were
shaken from the pole. and the
city plunged into darkness.
The wires in front of City Hall
threw out queer lights for some
time afterward.
Duffy was arrested and taken to
the City Hall where he awaits a
hearing before Recorder Stanley
Lovett.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
OCEAN CITY CLUB
WILL ACT AS HOST
Members to Entertain XII
wanians at Dinner July
~, at Resort

The Ocean City Kiwanis club
will entertain the Pleasantville
organization at luncheon when
a horse shoe pitching tournament
will be a feature of the day, Wed
nesday, July 81, at Ocean City
The club will gather at the Ocean
City Yacht club. Plans have also
been made for motorboat race
to be held in the thoroughfare.
The Atlantic City Kiwanis club
will entertain the local club Mon
day, August 4. The luncheon al
that time will be held in the
Marine Grille in the resort. The
club will not have another meet
ing either of those two weeks.
A report of the Kiwanis confer
ence at Lake Hopattcong, when
trustees of clubs throughout the
state were guests of the Dover
club, was given at the meeting
Tuesday by Robert i. Race, trus-
tee and vice president. Mr.. Race
declared than an invitation has
been extended Governor Bingham
to attend a meeting of the Pleas
antyille club.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
Gas
Tax Income
Atlantic City Dealers Believe
Resort Will Contribute
That Much /
SAVING TO
COUNTY GOVERNMENT

The two-cent gasoline tax, which
went into effect July /, will cost
Atlantic City motor owners as we'll
as resort visitors, approximately
$4O0,00O during the first year, it is
predicted by motor vehicle and To-
cal distributors for oil companies.
The Atlantic City and Atlantic
County governrants. it is estimat-
ed, will save between $1,000 anGi
$4,000 annually as result of their
exemption.
Although no exact figure could be
obtained regarding the output of
gasoline oils by the different agen-
cies, it was estimated at 100000
gallons year.
The tax is collected from the SER
vice stations by the large producing
companies and turned over to the
central Office of the motor vehicle
department at Trenton. Commits
sioner Dill believes that by collect
ing the fees directly from the COM
panies, less expense will be entail
ed and consequently greater am
cunt of money will be turned over
to the State for road building, for
which the tax is imposed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22

Totals -. 2,749 1924 455
School No. 2, located at Park ave-
nue. and the Shore Fast line, had
the greatest increase during the
school year when it was forced to
accommodate 208 more pupils than
had enrolled as the bells first rang
last fall
The increase in that schools en-
rollment shows the rapid growth
of the Second ward in that section,
growth that continues, as will
be proven when school students
are again counted with the reopen
ing of the institutions.
The No. school, also in the
Second ward, had an increase of
102 pupils during the year. In the
First ward, the increase in enroll
ments was not SO large. The great
est was reported in the Woodland
avenue school, where 70 more
pupils were enrolled during the
school term. Thirty-two more were
placed in the High school. and 40
. in the Leeds avenue school, the
smallest in the system.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
ADVERTISING

The Delaware & Atlantic
Telephone Company pays
tribute to advertising, because
it charges residence telephone
subscribers a higher rate when
the subscriber uses the number
of his telephone in an advertise
ment. When the telephone
number of a residence is used
in an advertisement, the tele-
phone company classifies that
telephone in tho business
classification at higher rate.
The telephone company finds
that there is a greater number
of calls over telephone whose
number appears in an advertise
ment. Advertising does inspire
calls by telephone. 1t creates
interest and promotes sales.
Day in and day out, testimon-
ials are being received at the
PleasantvilIe Press of the
success and sales made through
advertisements placed in this
paper.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
BACHARACH TO PUSH
CASE AGAINST GUARDS
Asks For Report OF Case
When Two Citizens
We're Halted

AS far as Commander Boedeker,
of the Coast Guard station at the
resort, is concerned, the incident
when two Atlantic County citizens
were fired at, shackled, and then
taken to the base there, is closed,
following his investigation when
he exonerated guards making the
arrest.
Commander Boedeker declared
that the two men. Alfred c. Reed,
resort banker, and John Ordille, OF
this city, were at fault, because
his investigation showed they
were running without lights as re-
quired by law. and the 26 foot
motorboat failed to halt when
ordered by the Coast Guards in a
pursuing cutter. Reed and Ordille
were halted last weekend while
fishing by the Guards.
Congressman Bacharach has
asked for copy of the official re-
port filed in Washington and will
push the case.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
CIRCUMVENTING
THE BLUE LAWS
Ocean City Will Haze Sun
day Amusement in Pro-
posed Nafatorium

The Ocean City Chamber of Com
merce announces that plans have
been finally completed and sub
scriptions received for the erection
of a 100000 natatorium and beach
club.
The project, which is being pro-
NOTED by the Chamber of Com
merce, in the words of Major Joseph
G. Champion, will be Ocean City's
"only genuine amusement" Because
of the city's ordinance prohibiting
the operation of amusements of any
kind, and even the sale of SOFT
drinks on Sunday, amusement pro-
prietors have never located here,
and SO well has the natatorium
idea seized the interest of the
city's residents as a project that
VIII Z etroactively prove beneficial
to the resort that more than $780,
900 has already been subscribed
for its erection.
The natatorium will be allowed
to operate on Sundays and has also
been given the Endorsement and
support of the city's clergy.
The natatorium will be erected
this winter at Sixth street and the
boardwalk and will provide accom-
modations for 5000 bathers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
Market For Improved u
Property Better Than Before
Values of Improved Real Atlantic County Have
Decreased-Transactions Recorded Show
Unusually Healthy Condition

With real estate brokers Atlantic City complaining be-
the extraordinary boom of 9251926 did not last
figures gathered from the recording of deeds in the county
clerks office Mays Landing show unusually healthy
dton of the real estate market in the entire county
The time of greatest depression in the real estate market
here February and March of this year. when an aver
of but 655 deeds recorded In April there
of &c per March, May showed
of 46 per April while but little ahead
of May.
July is showing substantial gain the average the
three months being approximately 40 per higher than
for the three months Immediately preceding the boom
Building loan associations authority for the state
ment that values of improved real estate in Atlantic county
have decreased dollar under the market that existed
at the height of the BOOM for that period boo ia
unmproved lots rather than in developed property.
The market for improved property much better than
at time previously and houses and business buildings
find ready sale.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
SOlOnS To Name
Tax Officials
Mortified COuncilmen to Ap~
point Board of Assess
ment and Collector
WILL PASS ORDINANCE

Mortified City Council will in
the future, name a board who Will
make assessments in that city, and
who win collect the taxes, instead Of
voters in that community, accord
ing to an ordinance which has
passed on first reading through
the Council, to be brought up for
public hearing August !.
The old system of assessment OF
taxes by two assessors from each
ward viii be done away with for
assessment by Board which will
consist of three members, accord
ing to the ordinance.
Board members will be named
for a three year term, one mem
ber's term to expire each year SO
that there viii always be vacancy.
1t is believed that by such System
of collection, chances for political
favor entering into the assessments
which may be made will be less.
The Board. as well as the re-
ceiver of taxes, to be chosen for q
period of three years by the Com
mon council. win receive such
salary as from time to time that
body shall fix They shall be
bonded. The office of assessors
and tax collector win be abolished,
according to the ordinance. upon
the passage of the act.
The salary of the Assessors and
Tax Receiver viii be fixed by reso-
luton, and win be payable quarter
ly according to the terms OF the
ordinance.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
LINWOOD FIREMEN TO
HAVE MOVIE BENEFIT
Will Be Giuen at the Rialto
Monday and Tuesday
Nights

1.-THE Fire Brigade" featuring
Charles Ray and May McAvoy,
will be shown at the Rialto theatre
Monday and Tuesday nights for
the benefit of the Linwood Volun-
teer Fire company. Members OF
the Borough department, with
their friends, have been busy dis.
posing of tickets for the attraction
for the past three weeks, and a
large turnout is expected.
The picture bring back to, the
screen the Charles Ray everyone
loves in a role that lifts him to
new heights. He plays the part OF
Terry O'Neilt p young fireman
who finds himself tangled in a net
of politics, duty and love, and the
announcement comes in one of the
most thrilling elimaxes ever
screened.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
Bayview Avenue
ToBe Improved
Ordinance For Grading and
Crawling Highway Is Pass
ed by Council
STREET NEEDS REPAIR

Work on the improvement OF
Bayview avenue from the Shore
road towards the bay, some five
hundred yards will start soon, fol
lowing the passage of an ordin
ance through Common Council al
its last meeting providing for the
grading and graveling of the high
way.
The work will be done under
the supervision of the Street com
mittee of Common Council, oil
which Edward T. Stephenson il
chairman, and City Engineer
Thompson. The cost will be pait
by assessment of benefits upon the
abutting properties.
The cost of the improvement
according to the ordinance, will
not exceed $4,000, which sum has
been appropriated for that pur
pose. Temporary improvement
bonds will be sold to meet the cost
of improvement.
The street has been in poor con
dition for sometime, and is one
of those listed by the street com
mittee for Improvement in the
second ward. The street north OF
the Shore road has been widened
and brought up to grade.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
Sept. II, Time
/ Set For School
Opening Date
Enrolment This Year Expect
ed To Go Over the 5000
Mark
GREAT INCREASE WAS
MADE LAST TERN
Supt. Announces That Regis
tiers During School Year
We're Augmented by ass
More Names

Schools of the city will open for
the 1928 term Sept. IL, which
comes on a Monday, according to
an announcement made at the
Board of Education meeting Tues.
day night. The date was recon-
mended by Supt. S. M. Horstick.
The time for opening follows
the Atlantic City Pageant, which
is usually attended, school or no
school, by large majority of
residents of this community. With
the resort spectacle over, the
school youngster, it is believed,
will be ready to get down to seri-
Gus work
Some 5000 pupils are expected
to be enrolled in the schools OF
the city with the opening of the
coming term, allowing for the
rapid rate of increase in school
population. This number will be
exceiled ii the increase continues
as it did throughout the school
year last term.
y Students enrolled at the close of
the school year, according to re-
ports made by the Supt., totalled
to 2.749. Two thousand, two hun.
dred and ninety four were en-
rolled as the schools opened last
fall, making an increase of 455
pupils in the four city schools
during the nine month term.
]. table showing the enrolment
and increase follows:
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
COURT LIMITS HIS
KISSING FOR YEAR
Jail Sentence is Eliminated
at Suggestion of Accus-
ing Woman

Found guilty in Special Sessions
Court of having kissed one of his
customers, Samuel Mable, Atlantic
City insurance collector, has been
placed on probation by Judge VIM.
H. Smathers, with the caution that
he should kiss nobody but his wife
for a year.
Mabie, man of good appearance
and probably on the near side of 40,
was accused by Mrs. Gladys
Phillippi of having embraced her
when he went to arrange for ad-
ditional insurance. :" have never
been called upon before to decide
whether or not kiss is assault and
battery" said the Judge, "and,
frankly, l don't know what to do
with him. I'll leave it up to you" be
told Mrs. Phillippi.
II don't want to send him to jail
your honor" replied the complains
ant, but l don't want him to get
away with it and think he can go
on doing the same to others"
Mabie denied that he had kissed
Mrs. Phillippi, saying that all he
did was to alphabetically pat her
on the shoulder when she cried over
the loss of her child, who had been
dead just year when the incident
happened. did you have any tears
in your eyes when this man kissed
your" asked the Judge.
NO" was the reply.
did you cry out or call for help"'
mo. / was too much excited.
had never had anyone to do any
thing like that to me before"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
"HERE's TEN DOLLARS"

Here's ten dollars. / found
it out here in front of your
store"
George Guard, well known
builder and proprietor of the
Home Department Store, in S.
Main street, looked up from his
desk to see a man holding out
$40 bill to him.
He had never seen the man
before. Mr.. Guard was some
what surprised. The manner of
the visitor left no time for
argument.
Mr.. Guard took the money and
the man who found it turned
and left the store.
q What do you think of that?"
Mr.. CuarG managed to say. "Call
him back"
But the stranger who brought
in the bill was away and out of
sight.
For some moments, Mr..
Guard fingured the bill,
-wonderingly, wonderingly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
MOTHER AND FOUR SMALL CHILDREN
START LONG HIKE TO NEW YORK CITY
Walk From Township to OceanDile Where They are
Found Sleeping in Field Are Taken to
Police Headquarters

Seeking friend in New York
city, young mother and four
small children started to hike from
their home on fremont avenue in
Egg Harbor township, five miles
from this city, to that metropolis,
and reached Oceanville after an
allday drill Wednesday. There,
exhausted, with night having over
taken them, and without funds or
shelter, they trudged off the road
to a nearby field, where they
sought repose for the night, pre-
pairing to resume their long tramp
with the dawn Of the morrow
At that point they were found by
Harry Bennett, of Chestnut Neck,
who was passing in an automobile,
whose headlights picked up the
sleepers, causing him to stop and
investigate. He brought the quintet
to Police headquarters here.
Questioned by Chief of Police
Bellville Naylor early yesterday
morning, the woman gave her
name as Mrs. Hilda Rosloff, "a,
with the Township address. All of
the party were in an exhausted
condition following their long hike,
made without food, and with little,
if any, rest.
They were taken to a nearby
lunch counter, where they were
fed by local policemen Then they
were again taken to headquarters,
where, while the four youngsters,
whose ages ranged from two to
nine years, stretched out on the
hard benches and went to sleep,
despite the noise of patrolmen
coming and going, the woman told
her story.
She declared that she lived in a
small house on the fremont road
in the township, but without her
husband. She stated that she had
started for New York to join a
friend, with whom she and the
children were to live.
Police who took the family home,
and investigated the case, declared
they were housed in a small hut
in a remote section of the town
ship. They stated that there was
but one bed in the one room of the
building, and declared that the
case was such that they had turned
it over to Israel Smith, overseer OF
the poor in the township, who is
making a further investigation.
Officers also stated that the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
FINED $500
FOR MTOXICATION
Ventnor Judge Passes Sem
tence on Driuer From
Pennsvlp0ni0

John Hallahan. % years old. Of
421 N. Sycamore avenue. Merton.
Pa, was fined $500 and his auto
mobile license was revoked for
two years when convicted before
Police Judge Endicott. of ventnor.
of driving while intoxicated.
Judge Endicott declared In pas
sing sentence that only the illness
of the young mans father saved
him from a term in the county
jail. Harry Shoemaker who together
with two other young men were In
the machine at the time OF the
arrest. was fined SIS for being
drunk and disorderly. The othsr
two were dismissed. s|
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
Seven
Thousand
Decapitated
Terrible Slaughter of Animal
Crackers When Reading Train
Hits Biscuit Truck
MANY ROSE MARES
BADLY INJURED
Crossing Accident at Palermo
Mountain Tops Scattered
All Around - Snow Peaks
Cover Landscape-Rain Of
Biscuits

Seven thousand animal crackers
were decapitated at Palermo eros
sing yesterday morning when a
Reading Express train hit a
National Biscuit Co. truck. The
impact hurled the truck fifty feet
and knocked the biscuits out of 1t.
The landscape was strewn with
the forms of decapitated animal
crackers, mountain tops, zoo ZOOS
and broken Rose Maries.
Fandango cakes smeared them
selves all over social delights.
Fluted cocoanut bars were buried
under snow peaks.
The Reading biscuit shooter laid
down a barrage of pretzels that
would have made now friendly
power hold up it's hands in dismay
The ticket office and waiting
room were shot full of fig newtons
Cheese tidbits filled the air
Peanut cakes obscured the sun.
At Palermo Station yesterday
they dug biscuits with a steam
shovel.
Leroy Camp, Is years old, Allan
tic City high football captain; and
prominent in boy scout activities
was driving the truck. Kenneth
STOPPER, q years old, of 1923 N
Michigan avenue, Venice Park, was
with his. They survived in the
avalanche of $1,000. worth of baked
stuff.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
Superintendent Peasantvie Division Atlantic City Gas Co.
Gas Company Spends $25O,OOO
On Mainland In Year, Supt. Says
Myers Charge of Territory States His Organization
Believes in Future of City and Nearby Municipalities
R. 0. MYERS

Faith that the prosperity of the
Mainland section of Atlantic
county will continue has caused
the Atlantic City Gas company to
invest $250,000 in the PleaaantyilIe
division since the resort company
merged with the Pleasantville
Gas company, which provided this
section with gas a little more than
a year ago, r. o. Myers, superin-
tendent of the Pleasantville divis-
ion, declared today.
That sum, Mr.. Myers stated, has
been used for construction and i'm
provement in the Mainland com
munities, and for extensions which
have provided farmers and resi-
dents of the. more rural sections
with gas service.
Business is good, the outlook is
very good" Mr.. Myers, who came
here from Nashville, Tenn, short
ly after the Atlantic City Gas Co.
took control of the local company,
a year ago last April, stated. He
has charge of all territory in the
county excluding Atlantic City.
1--WE have confidence in this
territory, otherwise We would
never have spent the money we
have" he continued. "Since we
have taken over the local company
we have spent s250.000 on the
Mainland. Where that company
provided some dozen men with
gang work, 125 are on the payroll
today"
The Gas company made record
when it's construction gang laid a
four inch main from this city to
Mays Landing in four weeks, short
ly after Supt. Myers came here
after being employed as U. G. l.
superintendent in Nashville. That
main gives residents along the
road to the county seat gas.
Continuing it's aggressive policy
the company ran a main IL miles
from Absecon to Egg Harbor city
in two days less than four weeks.
This gives the residents of the
pike gas service.
A four inch main has also been
run from Absecon to the Seaview
Golf club, and mains have been
placed wherever business con.
ditions warranted in all municipal.
tiles served by the gas company.
Mr.. Myers stated that the com
pany was giving people commences
they never received before, and
that those favors were being re-
turned by the public with increased
business for the gas company. He
reports an increase of consumers
and states that they have never
dropped off at any time
In the list of extensions con.
templated soon is one to Belco-
vile, near Mays Landing, where a
line will be run. The Ocean City
Country club win also be provided
with gas. and main run to that
club house.
The Superintendent declared
that the company at any time is
z
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
MORRIS OPENS NEW MARKET

The smiling and jovial William
Morris is more smiling and jovial
than usual this morning, for today
his new branch market opens at
Greenway avenue and Main street.
Mr.. Morris now operates three
markets in this city, where the
by-word is courtesy, cleanliness
and service. The new market will
be as completely equipped as are
the other two, fresh meats being
in stock at all times.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22
BROTHER is HURT
Mrs. Victoria Peck Receives Wore
OF His Injury Following
Accident.

Mrs. Victoria Peck, of Broad
street, received word Monday that
her brother, Reginald v. Todd, OF
Philadelphia, had been badly in
jured in motor accident, Mr.. Todd
was on his way to join his wife
at Browns Mills when wheel
came off his car while he was
driving through Moorestown, the
impact throwing him into a pole
He is suffering from conclusion,
decorations and probable internal
injuries.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22

woman received $25 a week from
her husband, but that she did not
handle the money carefully. Mean
while the family will await action
to be taken by the Township offic-
ials.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-22

ready to give extension where the
business increase will warrant. He
stated that the company maintained
"a hour service, and calls could
be put in at any time.