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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-08
WEBB
WHITEWATER

"a ulIlG pOuIlQ QduSIlGGI WdS UOI1l
to Mrs. Athena Lofgren last Tues
day in Douglas. Mother and child
are doing we'll
The Webb Mothers club met at
the home of Miss Prudence Andrews
Wednesday with nearly all the mem
bers present A delightful dinner
was followed by a short business
session, the remainder of the day
being spent socially.
Mrs. Ada Mortenson is spending
the week with Mrs. Eliza Reynolds
at Light.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Thompson
at Whitewater are enjoying a visit
from Mr.. Thompson's sister from
st. Johns, Ariz.
Mrs. d. H. Taylor and Mrs. Ruben
Sunday to visit with Mrs. Gardner,
Mrs Tavlor's mother.
Miss Dora Tilton, Roy Mortenson
and Hirst Dillman motored to st.
David Sunday to visit friends.
Alfred Mann, formerly of Rucker
was in the district last week on
business for the game department,
of which he is deputy warden. He
visited old friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Jack Giles has been enjoying
visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Brown of Tombstone, who have
been her guests for the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stewart, Of
Los Angeles, were guests of Mrs.
r. G. Mcbride a few days last
week, going to Bisbee Friday.
nH1sc .
Friday night in Tombstone with Ike
Dedman.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rice were
shopping in Elfrida Saturday and
visited Mrs. Joe Blalack.
John Stevens, formerly of Webb
but now of Douglas, came out to
his fathers ranch this week to
attend to some business and visited
old sneighbors. 4es
Charles F. Harris, of Douglas, a
former resident of Webb, narrowly
escaped serious injury Tuesday when
his car overturned. His car was
stalled on the road near st. David
and he was being towed into Tomb
stone by Deputy Sheriff Bennett
when he lost control while passing
another car His car overturned
twice, throwing him out before it
landed in the ditch Mr.. Harris was
taken to Tombstone for treatment.
He has two broken ribs and cut
on the head.
Mrs. A. S. Porter and Mrs. A.
MCGEE motored to Douglas Sunday
to visit Mrs. Porterys daughter, Mrs
Lofgreen.
Andrew and Joe Mortenson and
Martin B. Williamson we're business
visitors in Douglas Monday.
The celebration of May Day at
the Church of Latter Day Saints
at Webb was well attended and a
good program was enjoyed. Refresh
ments were served, and in the eve
ming the day was finished with
a dance well attended.
Mrs. Minnie Wells left last week
for Glendale, Cal, to make an ex-
tended visit with her son and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Carrier.
r. c. Mcbride was a business
visitor in Wilcox Tuesday.
Mrs. r. A. Leitch and family
returned to their home at Webb
Tuesday from Cascabel, stopping in
BlSDee Wnere uCCle RODerCa was
operated on for tonsils.
Mrs. E. D. Harris ST., Mrs. E. D.
Harris, Jr., and little son and Mrs
P. Nelson motored to Douglas Tues
day on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe B1alack and
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Norris were
business visitors in Douglas Tuesday.
Miss Olga Holm was unable to
teach Monday on account Of illness,
Mrs. Ralph Schupbach went to
Bisbee Wednesday to be with her
sister, Mrs Darcy, who was operated
on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Kerby are
the proud parents of baby girl
weighing nine pounds born Monday,
May 2.
-O----
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-08
DECLARE MARTIAL LAW

BUENOS AIRES, May 6 CPp-Mar-
trial law has been declared in Bo-
livia, says a message to La Nacion
from La Paz. Students are said to
have rioted after a demonstration
against the government The mar
tial law was declared in fear OF a
revolutionary outbreak, the message
said
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-08
CARROLL NERVOUS WRECK

GREENVILLE, S. c., May Q1---
Earl Carroll, the New York theatri-
cal producer, was said today by DR..
C. o. Bates, one of his attending
physicians, to be a nervous wreck
Carroll collapsed on a train April
Is while en- route to the federal
penitentiary at Atlanta
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-08
GLEESON

Capt. McKittrick. of Santa Barbara,
is here looking after business inter
ests.
Ida Corrin, of Bisbee, was visitor
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-08
MUSICAL CONVENTION
HEARS WEIRD NOISES

BERLIN l9. = Cacophony rather
than harmony seems to be the favor
ite mode of musical expression for the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-08

The quintet produced the weirdest
sounds of all.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
TROOPER KILLED,
CYCLE HITS TRUCK
Truck Turned to Left and
Trooper Crashed
/. Into 1t

State Trooper ]. A. Smith, sc
years old, was accidentally killed
last night when a motorcycle he
was riding crashed into the rear OF
truck near Point Pleasant. Smith
had been on duty at the Governors
reception at Sea Girt during the
day and was on his way back to
his station at Farmingdale. The
trick, driven by William Heck
turned to the left to enter gaso
line filling station and Smith col
lided with it as it swung around
He was taken to the Point Pleasant
hospital. where he died about 20
minutes later from fracture OF
the skull. Smith enlisted in the
police in 1923. following his dis.
charge from the regular army, in
which he had served since 1916.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
Beware OF
Money Order
Swindler
Young Man Posing AS Vaca'
ZIONIST in This
Vicinity
HAS ROBBED MANY

A young and exceedingly clever
Money Order thief is known to be
operating in this vicinity.
The young man, about % years
old, is well dressed. His pro-
ceedure is to enter a store, make
a number of purchases and repre-
sent himself as summer resident
He then offers in payment a money
order, the amount of which is
more than the purchase so that
some change is coming to him.
The money orders are bona fide
So that the storekebper usually
cashes them. However, they are
part of a stolen mail shipment
and the Government has stopped
payment on them. The Orders
bear the imprint of Binghamton
New York, on them and if any ap
pear. the local postal authorities
as well as police should be notified
at once.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
SANITARiUM
STOCK SCHEME
Prosecutors S Orders Awake
Brigantine Proposition
Out of a Dream

The stock promotion dreams of
Harry R. Mercer for a $3,750,0O0
health sanitarium overlooking Brig
antine Beach went to smash, at
last temporarily, yesterday, when
Prosecutor Repetto ordered the Sea-
side Sanitarium, Inc, a firm spon-
soring stock sales of the project,
to suspend operations. The order
was issued by Chief Harold, of the
county detectives, and Captain
Brennan, of the vice squad, both of
whom have been conducting an in
vestigation of the concern since
July 81. In charge of the firm S
spacious offices at Pacific and New
Jersey avenues were Elwood Mer-
GER, who said he was a brother of
Harry Mercer, sales manager, and
Gerard Schaffer, fiscal agent.
Following a conference, Mercer
and Schaffer agreed to have Harry
and John r. McClintock, Jr, of
Philadelphia, counsel for the firm.
appear before the Prosecutor Both
Harry Mercer and McClintock were
in Philadelphia yesterday.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05

cognizance of the plight Pleasant
vile is in and come to It's aid?
1.-THE cross overs from New rQ.d
to Decatur and to Verona are
something that the County and the
State should join in building. 1
believe that the State of New Jer-
sey should bear the great portion
of the cost of these cross overs.
1T would appear from the fact
that the state engineers have made
the plans for these cross overs
that it is properly a duty of the
state.
Il am confident that the people
of the City of Pleasantville will
quickly grasp the real ana
underlying cause of Main street
parking situation and the at times
impossible conditions in the
street.
81 feel that / have their back
ing in making demand upon State
and county authorities to hear our
pleading and to give up relief from
an unjust burden"
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
CONVENTION OF
WOMEN DEMOCRATS
PIeasantuille Lady Hostess
to Cumberland County
Delegation

The Woman's Democratic con
|vention WIFI be held this year
August %, in the Ritz Carlton
hotel, atlantic City, and represen
tatives from Cumberland county
Cape May. county, Salem and Allan.
tic counties are planning to attend
Mrs. Rebecca Estelle Winson, OF
Estelville, is madame chairman OF
the committee on arrangements
and will call a meeting of the com.
mittee this Friday to complete
plans for the AFFAIR.
Mrs. Fannie o. Sheldon, demo
cratic county committee woman,
and president of the Woman's
Democratic club of the second ward
of this city, will be hostess to the
delegation from Cumberland county.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
PLEASANTVILLE HAS TO BEAR ODIUM AND
EXPENSE OF DELAYED TRAFFIC UNJUSTLY

Atlantic City, or reversing the
route when motoring from Atlantic
City through Pleasantyille to the
west.
There is of course, some traffic
of county nature of Importance,
especially between Atlantic City
and the county seat at Mays Land
ing. 1t is to the advantage of the
county to expedite this traffic.
Without question the hundreds of
people who pass through Pleasant
vile to and from Atlantic City and
Mays Landing will welcome the
cross overs from Verona to Decatur
to New. road as relieving them of
traffic delays caused by the pres
ent Main street congestion.
"As officials, court attendants
and all others who have to trans
act business at the county seat
are delayed here, the delay
amounts to time and expense not
only of private and company nature,
but also of county nature. The tax
payers have to meet there ex-
penses.
More thousands of persons are
bound to and from the resort at
Atlantic City They come from
about everywhere in the state and
adjoining states. Why inconven-
fence them by delays in the streets
of Pleasantville? Is it not a fact
that they win carry back better
impressions of Atlantic City and
Pleasantville, if they are not de-
flayed by traffic jams?
"Pleasantville has a railroad
crossing situation for which it is
not to blame. Two great railroads
cut through the city and block
traffic. The traffic on these rail
roads is bound to and from Allan,
tic City, yet the City of Pleasant
vile suffers losses because of the
traffic jams back of the crossing
gates. Business is interrupted
every time the gates are down.
Did any one ever stop to think
how much of the time our streets
are blocked by the gates at the
Reading, Pennsylvania Electric
and the Shore Fast crossings?
is it entirely fair to the people
of the City of Pleasantville that the
County of Atlantic and the State
of New Jersey does not take
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
Assn. Holds
Annual Banquet
Mainland Building and Loan
Directors Report Much
Progress
NINE PER CENT. PROFIT

The directors of the Mainland
Building and Loan Association held
a very enjoyable dinner Tuesday
evening at the Atlantic Hotel and
Teas Room, on Washington avenue,
the occasion marking the compile
ton of the third year of the Asso-
citation, and given in honor of the
fact that the Association had reach
ed the point where nine per cent
profit is shown from their annual
statement to the installment share
holders.
Sixteen directors and their
friends graced the table and at the
conclusion of the dinner short adj
dresses were made by Solicitor
Clarence 3. Dixon, who expressed
his pleasure at being associated
with the Mainland B. &. L. Asso-
citation; James C. Vickers, vice
president; Nicholas j., Waters, sec
retary; William c. Lear" and Sam
uel Hecker, two of the original
board of directors, who still serve
in that capacity; Horace Morrison
and many others, all of whom feel
that the Association has earned a
right to feel proud of it's success.
At the conclusion of the address
es rising vote of thanks was tens
dered the secretary, Nicholas j.
Waters, for his fine work in placing
the affairs of the Association in the
condition they are today, and for
his untiring efforts at promoting the
interests of the Association at all
times.
The committee in charge of the
affair consisted of Milo E. Bassett,
chairman, who acted as toastmas-
ter at the dinner; James c. Vickers,
Stanley Drinkwater and Clarence
B. Dixon.
Those present included James c.
Vickers, Nicholas j. Waters, Clar-
ence B. Dixon, Fred Albright, Will
liam c. Lear, Milo E. Bassett, STAN
ley Drinkwater, A. Fuller Lippin-
colt, Horace Borgnis, Morris Dia-
mond, Horace Morrison, Samuel
Hecker, Tired Drinkwater Charles
Chewell, Ray w. Clark and F. ].
Woodruff.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
Smith Opens
New Store
Furniture Company Locates
at North Main and Old
Turnpike
IN INGERSOLL STORES

The Smith Furniture Co.. of 70S
Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City
have opened new branch store
at the corner of Old Turnpike and
North Main street, this city.
Their stock is now in, and i,
comprises an unusually large
assortment of fine furniture,
lamps, etc. Period designs, as well
as modern articles are on sale al
liberal prices.
Pleasantviile has long felt the
need of good furniture store, and
this one will be appreciated by
many furniture buyers-i The an
uouncement of this store appears
on page 6 of the second section.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05

SOME GAME TOMORROW

When the Melrose Morris
Guards meet the Pleasantyille
Regulars tomorrow afternoon at
Floral avenue, it will be a con-
test to decide what is what about
county championship. The
Pleasantville team has two
victories to its credit, while the
Melrose- Morris Guards has one.
If the Guards win tomorrow, the
two teams will meet to deter
mine the championship of Allan
tic County-that is, IF the
Guards win. Get back of the
home team IN full force to-
morrow.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
A. A. A. Meets
With Success
Large Number of Local Mo
torists Join The
Association
ADD PROMINENT NAMES

NJ. L. Malarkey. conducting the
membership campaign for. the
Motor Club of Atlantic City, in
PleasantvilAe reports that he is
meeting with success and that the
results thus far are gratifying. A
partial list of local people who
have taken advantage of the A. A.
A. membership. is as follows:
Mayor Charles E. Jackson, Wah
ter Thoms, DR.. ]. Ward Weaver,
Harry o. Myers, Edward P.
Hambleton, Joseph Price, Sinclair
Boice. Mike Stevens, ]. Summers,
John Ia Davis, Charles Hewitt,
Joseph B. Thomas, James Ewing,
VIM. Scopis, Presley F. Ellis, A.
Manno, J. ]. Alexander, S. P.
Praul, Herbert P. Bailey, Els
worth Martin, Katherine Heiser,
A. L. Confer, Marie NJ. Miller.
Samuel Van SAINT, Charles A.
Marshall. Ferdinand Degbiller,
Jerry String, r. Patton, E. N.
Moon, Chester A. Remlay, E. B.
Weaver. walter H. Manning. Geo.
A. l.. Field, Fred Brown, Harry w,
Krep, Emma E. Doherty. John l.,
Elherson. Walter A. Smith.
Floyd S. Collins, Harry A.
Kehoe, OF the N. j. State Vehicle
Dept; Albert B. Coleman, North
field; W. D. Dare, City Garage;
Turner and Adams, Hudson-Essex.
New members are joining daily
and Pleasantville is well repre-
sented.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
Tells Why
He Chose
PleaSantville
David r. Sander Declares
That 1t Is Fastest Growing
City In This Section
OPENS NEW STORE
ON MAIN STREET
Has Been Watching Develop
ment of Pleasantville For
Some Years and Realizes the
Opportunity Ahead

Pleasantyille has a 80 to SO cent
Store" 1t will be open to the
public tomorrow at 8 to South
Main street The announcement
in connection with this new store
appears on page of The Pleas
antville Press and says "the splen-
did. opportunity offered to the
public by our new and modern
ideas in giving wonder values
always, has made possible the re-
markable success of this fast grow
ing institution"
why have | chosen Pleasant
ville?" David r. Sander, president
OF the company behind the latest
mercantile venture, repeated the
question advanced by the reporter
for The Pleasantville Press.
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The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
Working Hard At 65,
He ShunS Retiring
Lou Barrett, Pleasantville
Resident, Hates To
Stop

Twenty-four years of solitary du-
ty in "a railroad tower may sound
more like punishment than a job,
but it is real job to Lou Barrett,
and, at 65, with pension time draw
ing near, it grows more dear. to
him.
Mr.. Barrett is the oldest signal
man, from point of service, on the
Atlantic Division of the West Jer-
sey and Seashore Railroad, and his
home is in Pleasantvi,le. He is one
of the few individuals who does not
know what it means to be idle
Since he was ten years old, serving
as an apprentice cook on a coast.
wise windjammer, he has worked
Barrett, sailed the seas for a dec
ade. Forty-five years of his life
have been spent railroading. These
years have stopped his shoulders
and whitened his hair, but they
also have deepened his mind and
wilened his view of life.
Code of Silence.
Barrett's most cherished posses
sion is his workshop-the railroad
tower. Within its drab, yet friend
ly walls, housing the signals which
control the trains and guard the
safety of thousands Of passengers
daily, he is at home.
He is one of less than three score
of towermen on the Atlantic Divis
ion-the men behind the scenes
who must see and act quickly, and
without whom the railroad would
Continued on Page p
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
Find Body
OF Trapper
Man Drowned Off Ocean
City On Decem-
ber IL, 1926
FOUND IN TUCKAHOE
RIVER COVE

The body of Edward Camp, 60,
of South Seaville, was. found on
Wednesday, lodged in a cove of
the Tuckahoe river. The man, a
trapper by occupation, was drowned
off Ocean City on December IL,
last year, and had been given up
as hopelessly lost by his family.
C. e. Garrison, of Ocean City
was grabbing In The Tuckahoe for
soft crabs whep he noticed pair
of red gum poots lodged in "a
cove in the. bank. Because. of the
position of the body and the tide
1T could not be removed until
yesterday afternoon.
Mr Camps son identified the
body by silver watch which he
carried He also had his cunning
license, and $45. in money. The
body was taken to South Seaville
for interrment.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05

Il believe" declared Mayor
Charles e. Jackson, that this
troublesome traffic situation in the
Main street of the City of Pleas.
antville can be solved and that
great relief may be obtained for
the city if we are given the CO.
operation of the county and state
authorities we should have.
Under the present conditions
we are compelled to rigidly en-.
force local parking ordinances in
order to keep our own people off
from the streets of their own city
so that through traffic bound for
points beyond Pleasantville may
have clear right of way.
THE present situation is any.
thing but pleasant. The people of
the city do not enjoy it, neither
do those who come to Pleasantville
stores to trade.
Il am firmly of the opinion that
the people of the City of Pleasant
willie and their neighbors from the
surrounding cities and towns have
first right to use the streets of the
city.
Il do not mean to be discourteous
to the visitor from a distance. We
hope and trust that many visitors
will come to Pleasantville, patron
ize our stores and view the city
with a thought of making their
homes here sooner or later.
1T is not fair, however, that we
should be inconvenieneed and have
to resort to means and methods
of the law, employ police and main
tain courts TO antagonize our own
people who want TO do business
with our merchants and who wan
To be permitted to enjoy home towr
advantages.
"A large percentage of The
through traffic which is causing
all our troubles prefers some way
to get through or around our city
without causing all this trouble
and expense.
Such a plan has been worked
out by state highway engineers. 1t
provides for a route along New
road, overhead crossing of rail-
road tracks to Decatur avenue and
overhead crossing of the Shore
eastward along Verona avenue t
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
Auto Strikes
Little Boy
John Haley Seriously Injured
By Speeding Auto
mobile
WAS CROSSING MAIN SF.

John Haley, youthful resident OF
JOG West Greenway avenue, Was
struck and seriously injured yester.
day afternoon at a quarter of six
o'clock by a speeding automobile
on South Shore road.
The Lad had just crossed the
street TO take a dog home and was
recrossing when the car swooped
down upon him. He was rendered
unconscious, and the driver, John
Stromer, of 44S N. Main street,
stopped and picked him up. He was
rushing him to a physicion when
he stopped traffic officer and
notified him of the accident.
Haley was rushed to the Allan
tic City Hospital, where it was
learned that he has sustained a
fractured scull, a broken leg and
severe decorations of the body. He
was given immediate treatment.
Stromer was held under $1,000
bail pending the outcome of the
lads INJURIES The latest report
received from the hospital this
morning stated that his condition
was fair.
Haley is s years old and very
popular with all the youngsters of
his neighborhood. They are wish
ing him complete and rapid re-
covery.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
CHILD WINS
$4,000 AWARD
Thomas Ross Was Or
phaned in Crossing
Crash at Milmay

The Supreme Court at Trenton
yesterday sustained three verdicts
aggregating s32. 900 recovered in be-
half of Thomas Ross, Jr., 3 years
old. in suits against the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company and CAL
vim Steelman, an engineer in the
eompany's employ. The suit was
the outcome of an accident at Mill
may, Atlantic county. in November.
1928, in which three persons were
killed and a fourth. the Ross child,
was seriously injured. Thomas
Ross, Sr., with his wife. Christina,
and their two sons. Roberts years
old, and Thomas, Jr. were riding
in an automobile over the tracks of
the West Jersey G. Seashore Rail-
road. The car stalled: train
crashed into it. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross and Robert were killed.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
HARRY MEYER
LONGS TO GET HOME
Northfield Young Man Lett
MysteriousIy About a
Year Ago

Harry Meyer, the young man
who so mysteriously disappeared
about a year ago and from whom
they had heard nothing until a
week ago, has again written to his
family.
In several letters which have
been received since the one to his
brother a week ago, he speaks of
his longing to reach home. He is
anxiously awaiting his discharge
from the army, which will prob
ably take quite a little time, but
he will return as soon as his
credentials are received.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
SCHEDULE OF JUNIOR
BASEBALL LEAGUE
Second Half Schedule Released
BY Coach HeIfrich.

Second Half Schedule Released
BY Coach HeIfrich.
Friday, Aug s.
Van-Mar VS. Baptist at Reading
avenue.
w. A. C. VS. Plaza at Ball Park.
Monday, August s.
Van-Mar VS.. w. A. c. at Ball
Park.
Baptist VS.. Plaza at Reading
avenue.
Friday, Aug. 12-
Baptist VS.. w. A. &C. at Reading
avenue.
van-Mar VS.. Plaza at Ball Park.
Monday, Aug. 10
van+Mar vs.. Baptist AT Ball
Park.
w. A. C. VS.. Plaza at Reading
avenue.
Friday, Aug. 19-
Van-Mar vs. w. Al. C. at Ball
Park.
Baptist VS.. Plaza at Reading
avenue.
Monday, Aug. %
Baptist VS.. w. A. C. at Ball
Park.
van-Mar VS.. Plaza at Reading
avenue.
Friday. Aug. 90
Van-Mar VS.. Baptist at Ball
Park.
w. A. C. vs.. rIaza at Reading
avenue.
Monday, Aug. 20
W. A. C. VS.. Van-Mar at Read
ind avenue.
Plaza VS.. Baptist at Ball Park.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-08-05
STARTS IN
BUSINESS AT 19
George Cressy, Northfield
Youth, Opens Upa
Store

STARTS IN =. =. E. ...
George Cressy has opened fruit
and produce store in the third
store belonging to jackson &
Kreutz. at Shore road and Fifield
avenue.
George is only 19. was born and
raised in Northfield. AS a youngs-
ter he was a caddy on the North.
field Golf links of the Atlantic
City Country club, where he won
many friends. Later on he entered
the machine shop belonging to the
same club, working there until a
few months ago.
His friends wish him success.
o.