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The News of Pleasantville And The Mainland New Building $111,700 Here During August Homes and Service Stations Costing Over $10,000 Swell the Total YEAR’S BUILDING NOW HALF MILLION Forty-Seven Permits -Are Is sued—Garages and Dwell ings Form Larger Part of List, With Alterations Sec ond A total of $107,200 in.construc tion was registered in the books of the city building inspector dur ing the month of August, according to the monthly report issued today by Warren Austin. Forty-two per mits were issued, and the total for construction in this city since the beginning of the year is now $5f>7,213 The largest items in August’s building were a residence on t Ansley avenue, to cost $17,500, and two service stations, costing $10,000. Homes and garages also made up a large portion of the total, and alterations and roofing work helped swell the total. The permits issued, together with the amounts to be spent in construction, follows: L. J. Jobes, Ridgewood avenue, garage, $500. B. F. Washington, Fourth and Adams avenues, small church, $8,000. J. L. Palsgrove, Jr., for Mr. Ang, 1123 Main street, frame garage, $175. (Continued on Page Six) Dr. Bew Killed In Water Physician Is Caught While Swimming Off The Steel Pier HIT BY PROPELLER Lieut. Colonel Richard Bew, not ed heart specialist ,and an amateur long distance swimmer, was killed Sunday while swimming in the ocean off Virginia avenue, Atlantic City, when drawn under an Inlet pleasure yacht and mangled by the propeller. Dr. Bew was swimming around Steel Pier with Captain Richard Hughes, of the beach patrol and Richard Turner, mascot of the life guard force, when the tragedy oc curred. Just as the trio passed the end of the structure the yacht Princeton, with Captain Gale, per sonal friend of Dr. Bew, at the wheel, came alongside. A sudden surge of the sea drew Dr. Bew un der the ship and despite the efforts of Captain Gale to turn the yacht away and the attempts of his com panions to save him, he was caught in the blades of the propeller. He was pulled on board and taken to the Atlantic City hospital where he was pronounced dead. Dr. Bew was born in Germantown in 1882, and during the war served with the medical corps, where he attained the rank of lieutenant col onel. His brother, James Bew, Jr., was killed at the Inlet several years ago when a seaplane in which he was riding as passenger crashed to a sandbar. TWO ARRESTS IN POLICEJtAlDS HERE Proprietors of “ Speak Easies” Out on $1,000 Bail Two men were arrested Saturday night here in prohibition raids by the police. They are Edward Tuck er, 7 Franklin avenue, and George Smith,! 1305 Lincoln avenue. Both are being held i'or the grand jury on bails of $1,000, on the charge of possession and sale of alcoholic li quors. A large quantity of distilled spirits were seized at Tucker's place, and Smith’* poolroom yielded both applejack and whiskey. The raids w’ere conducted by Officers McGhee, Doney, Klein and Endicott, under the supervision of Chief Nay lor. . -<$><§> PHONE NIGHT OR DAY Coal yard or Muo*«on cement & Sup* ply Co., may be reached by phone day or night. Phone 41. Orders at night receive prompt attention following morning. Building supplies, too.—adv. KNOW YOUR CITY *. No. 4—PLEASANTVILLE AS A DISTRIBUTION CENTER. Pleasantvllle la the natural distribution center for the most populous territory in Southern New Jersey, a section embracing 150,000 people. Through its advantageous position on the Main land it commands easy entry into Atlantic City, Ocean City, Cape May, Wildwood, Stone Harbor and many other smaller cit ies scattered within a short radius. Firms quick to take ad vantage of this situation are Gulf Refining Co., Standard Oil Co., American Oil Co., Sinclair Oil Co., Atlantic County Sales Co., Drinkwater Bros., Abbott’s Dairies, American Ice Co., and num erous other wholesale houses. Fashion Changes Cause New Rebellion Against Knee Ban Question Is Whether Miss Mainlander Will Follow Paris or Let Philadelphia Set the Style—Curves To Be Reinstated Does Philadelphia net the style for the Mainland Cities ranging from Absecon to Somers Point? Philadelphia is said to set its own style, but does its dress opin ion influence this locality? It seems that Paris i3 determined to ban knees, reinstate ancient curves and encourage the waist line and plumpness. The fashionables of Philadelphia are said to be in rebellion and de clare they will continue to keep the hips a secret. As for long hair —the long hair threat does not cause the Philadelphia girl to flicker even an eyelash. The Mainfand girl will have to decide between Philadelphia and Paris. The question soon will be: "Am I to be Philadelphian—or Mrs Sara Jane Hewitt Funeral of Estimable Lady Held From Home of Daughter. Sarah Jane, widow of the late James T. Hewitt, died Saturday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Winfield J. Price, 17 West Wright street, after a linger ing illness. She was eighty years old. She is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Calvin S. Smith, and two sons, Aaron and John Hewitt. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon from the Wright street address and conducted by Rev. Franklin Haley, pastor of Wes ley M. E. Church, Pleasantville, of which she was a member. Inter ment was in Pleasantville cemetery. MRS. ANNIE SCULL. Annie Scull, widow of the late Nicholas Scull, died Sunday, aged 66 years. Relatives and friends, Eilso members of Trinity M. P. Church, Ventnor, are invited to at tend the funeral services Thursday at 2 P. M. at the residence of her laughter, Mrs. Karl Printz, 47 E. riiompson avenue. Friends may sail Wednesday evening. MILTON F. STEVENSON. Milton F. Stevenson, husband of Flora F. Stevenson, died Sunday in Northfleld, aged 74 years. Rela tives and friends are invited to at tend funeral services at Parsells' Funeral Home, IS W. Washington ivenue, Wednesday at 2 P. M. In terment in Pleasantville Cemetery. Friends may call mis evening from 7 to 9. YOUNG ELOPERS ARE ARRESTED Mast Appear in Juvenile Court for Hearing September 19 A runaway marriage to Elkton anded a young couple in the Mays Landing jail ton warrants sworn out by the mother of the groom. The couple, who were married m August 31, are Waiter Williams ind Louise Rapino, both 16 years jld.. The mother of Williams, Mrs. Irace Finnerty, swore out the wrar vants before Frederick Berchtold, )f Egg Harbor City, claiming that ler son had been married without ter consent. They were later re eased on $200 bail each to appear >efore Judge Smathers in Juvenile 2ourt on September 19. • • Clark Lumber Co., lumber, mill wort tnd builders' supplies. Phone 187.— Lake Jk Risley Co., supplies, lumber hardware, paint and ooaL Phones VI tnd 18.—adv.ic —,--* "It Jxjes Make a oifTeience When fou Buy Your Coal!" Call Burkard :o&i Company, Marine 7900.—ad vat am I to be Parisian?” If she follows Paris, and it is a well known fart that women have followed Paris for centuries — curves again will be the vogue and without apology. Bread ajid po tatoes fit right in with the be-more feminine campaign, which includes everything connected with the fash ion trade, from hair goods to jewelry. Ruffles are back for all they stand for and almost anything may happen in the world of fashion. This is not Philadelphian, how ever. These startling announce ments fail to arouse even slight interest in the dressed-to-the miuute girl of Philadelphia- They say thumbs down on the hip and graceful curves, and as for the waistline and plumpness, never again. As for long skirts and curves, they are taboo forever, ac cording to the fashion of the Phila | delphiau. If the Mainland girl should fol I low Paiis it would not be long be | fore the fashions of nearly a cen tury ago would be in vogue. Not I all of the important dressmakers of Paris have shown their collect ions as yet. But some of the leaders are still to cc|ae. But even if well-known houses contradict curves, the buyers have seen and j liked them and placed many orders for clothes, which are fitted with waistlines. Many of the models now being shown have circular skirts and nearly all of them reach several inches below the knee. They are supposed to give back to women that old familiar “fair-sex” look of which shingles, shins and trouser skirts have robbed them. Even the designers, who have not gone the whole way toward curves and the new silhouette, have edged away from the masculine styles. Philadelphian—or .j Parisian?— that’s the question for Miss Main lander. AUTOIST SUED FOR $20,000 Woman in Machine Upset is Plaintiff for Damages The sequel to an automobile ride on the White Horse Pike last fall, which ended when the machine up set near Hammonton on its way from Atlantic City, is the action for $20,000 against. Harry Latt, of At lantic City, which has been entered in the Circuit Court of this county by Elizabeth Pettit, who says she was a passenger in the machine on Latt's invitation. The case is list ed for trial in October. McMAHON’S DOG WINS FIRST RACE “Lady Ahtreb” Ahead of Field On Ohio Track "Lady Ahtreb,” W. A. McMahon’s greyhound which he is having trained at. the Springdale Kennel club, Hamilton, Ohio, has already won its first race. The youngster, hardly out of its training period, was pitted against a field m veterans, and came through with flying colors. She was closely fol lowed by “Bachelor Daddy," a member of the Springdale Kennels, rind hull] dogs were at least twelve lengths ahead of the rest of the field. Sutor and Fredericks are in charge of training the dog and its kennel-mate, "Bit O’ Luck.” Always 2,01*1 lha to a ton. Every It*. go»d, clean coat „ BARTLETT & HOLZER Phone 681J —aiiv. Worthfleld ALMOST 100 ENTRANTS FOR CROWN OF “MISS AMERICA” dinimd TMcfwU Uirector- General 1 ity HigCdut The first parade of the pagean. will take place tomorrow afternoo" at 3 o'clock i»i the form of a baby < and juvenile review Pageant, offl-1 cials today for the first time made public the complete list of the girls who will compete for the title of “Miss America" and possession of the golden mermaid. They are: Miss Bridgeport., Antoinette I Violet. I Miss California, Bertha Wiezel. I Miss Chicago, Myrtle Christian Valsted. Miss Minneapolis, Sylvia Bren ner. Miss Oakland, Ruth Smith. Miss Rhode Island, Julia Frances Costello. Miss San Francisco, Naoma Far rand. Miss Southern California, Louise Heathman. Miss Union City, Sue Hoch. Miss Wilkes-Barre, Esther J. t Cantor. Miss Baltimore. Beulah Colds- i borough. Miss Hartford, Leona Farth Monoson. Miss Kalamazoo, Florence Nina Clement. Miss Newark, Carolyn Pierson. Miss Pittsburgh, Bary Millnack. Miss Battle Creek, Charlotte Jane Lowe. Miss New Orleans, Gladys Moore. Miss Springfield, Anmi G. Bernard*. Miss Washington, Gladys Crookman. Miss Dallas, Mozelle Ransome. Miss Longport, Louise La Forest. Miss Wheeling, Mildred Doiothy Bright. Miss Gary, Anna May Owens. Miss Utah, Esther Kilpatrick. Miss Biloxi, Phyliss 1 Input. Miss Indiana, HMd\ Ilcreh. Miss Miami, Marie Hands. Miss Philadelphia, Kathleen Coyle. Miss Buffalo, Kay Armstrong. Miss Lansing, Margherte Straus. Miss Spokane, Eva King. Miss Elizabeth, Penn Mankus. Miss Pennsylvania, Florence R. I'voons. Miss Boston, Ethel Beatrice r.a Pierce: Miss Charleston, Clauda IlarvinJ Miss Utica, Margaret Lockwood. Mis* Wichita, Mildred Orr. Miss Jersey City, Eunice Geiser. Miss West New York, Betty Schwartz. Miss Yonkers, Emma Sacket. Miss Lynn, Muriel E. Bowers. Miss Pontias, Margaret Tinney. (Continued on Page Six) PAGEANT TICKETS, PRICES* AND BOARDWALK PARADES I lu* arrangement of prices for tickets either singly or In blocks for the entire Pageant is as follows: Wednesday, Sept. 7—First Parade, Babies Escort Beauties. Start Garden Pier— Off Missouri Avenue. New Jersey to Missouri Avenues . Price, $1.00 Thursday, Sept. 8—Second Parade, Reception of King Neptune and Bathers. Start Garden Pier—Off Missouri Avenue New Jersey to Virginia Avenues . Price. $1.00 Virginia to Michigan Avenues . Price, $2.00 Michigan lo Missouri Avenues . Price $1.00 Friday, §ept. 9—Third Parade, Rolling Chairs. Start Garden Pier—Off Hartford Avenue New Jersey to Virginia Avenues . Price, $2.00 Virginia to Michigan Avenues . Price, $3.00 Michigan to Chelsea Avenues . Price, $1.00 Chelsea to Hartford Avenues . Price, 50c i> Three-Day Tickets, $5.00 I hrcc Blocks- Nort it Carolina Avenue to South Carolina Avenue; Illinois Avenue to Indiana Avenue; Ohio Avenue lo Michigan Avenue. Pageant Headquarters, Room No. 4, Central Pier. Evening Features Tuesday evening, Sept. G —Director General Armand T. Nichols and the members of the Pageant Committee have arranged a formal reception to "Miss America" of 1920 along with the pick of girlish loveliness from cities and States all over the Cuited States. Wednesday evening, Sept. 7—Contestants for the title or "Miss America 1927" will meet in the Hall Room of* Young’s Million Dollar Pier, where a stage will he constructed for appear ance ot Hie Beauties before the Grand March which initiates the dancing feature of I lie American Beauty Ball. Thursday evening. Kept. X- Unities in American Beauty Pageant to he judged in evening dress at. Garden Pier Theatre. Friday evening, Sept. 9 -opening of the Golden Apple, in which have been placed the final vote of the jury of famous artists will decide the identity of Hie beautiful young girl who is lo he "Miss America of 1927" in the Ball Room of Young's Million Dollar Pier. HAS NARROW ESCAPE1 Paul R. Goldey, superintendent | Jf the • Suburban trolley line, escaped serious injury shorlly be I 'ore noon today when the trolley | vIre in front of the offiee of i rbompson & Gale broke, and tin* | leavy wire fell and struck him on j he head. Mr. Goldey was able |o ake command of the situation. Miss Klizabelli Ellers, of Centra- j /ille, Md., is a guest this week at j he home of Mr. and Mrs. W.Claude ; Hailey. Merchants, be wise, advertise bo ore your business dies. An unadvertised business grows stagnant like the pool that has no lutlet. Don’t be a stagnant pool. LINWOOD APPROVES Linwood Common Council Directs Advertising for Paving Bids. Final approval of the Ocean 11IiIh and Poplar avenue .street improvement work was passed last night at a meeting of the common council of Linwood Borough, and advertising for bids was directed. The streets will be paved with tar and stone. Little else of import ance was accomplished al the meet ing. ■---_ Six persons were arrested and about $5000 worth of liquors, wines and beer were seized by Federal Agent Willahl Barcus in a series of raids in Atlantic City, Stone Har bor and Wildwood over the week end. Greatest Sales Days Set For Sept. 15,16,17 Merchants Unite in Offering Season’s Newest Mer chandise SPECIAL EDITION PLEASANTVILLE PRESS Announcements Will Appear In Tuesday Issue — Offer Prizes, Movie Tickets and Band Music Pleaaantville’s Great Community Days will occur next week—Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, Septem ber 15, 16 and 17. The streets and stores will be decorated. Band music will feature the gala shopping days. Over one hundred prizes will bo awarded. Buyers in the stores will be given the opportunity to obtain free mo vie tickets. A special edition of The Pleas antville Press, containing a large community week section will be is sued Tuesday next. This will con tain the announcements of the mer chants participating in the ’week, and will contain special articles and illustrations. Parking Space. Parking space for all purchasers is guaranteed by the Merchants As sociation. Two plots, one owned by Maurice Lake, in the rear of his Main street market, and the other owned by Neil S. Campbell, on First street, have been secured. Lake’s is in the heart of the shopping dis trict and Campbell’s a short block from the Washington avenue inter section of Main street. A special committee, which has spent three weeks working out de tails for the Community Days, is composed of Samuel J. Stoloff, Kenneth W. Goldthwaite, Louis H. Allen, Morris Diamond, George Guard, Louis Cohen and Harry Pod gur. ---- Carrier System For Somers Pt. New Mail Deliveries Will Be gin First of Year, Says Postmistress Postmistress Mrs. Eurelda Sooy has announced that the residents of Somers Point will have carrier mail delivery before the first ot the year. Two deliveries a day ex cept Sunday are promised. Work at the post office has been so heavy during the past year, that Miss Clara Krenz, a new clerk, itas been employed. Street boxes will be placed at points throughout the city. A large number of residents have already numbered their homes in order to aid the call carriers. LABOR DAY MOST QUIET IN YEARS Police Preparations For Accidents Are Not Needed Here With only three arrests recorded on the blotter over the weekend and Labor day, police here say the three days just passed were the quietest in recent years. Only two minor automobile accidents occur red within the city limits, neither ol them serious enough to require the attention ol the police, while traffic through the city streets, though heavy, was most orderly. 1 he police precautions were not needed. Uolli Police Chief Helville Naylor and Recorder William li. Stephens declare this year's Labor day week end was less marked by accidents ami dlsorderliness than any in their terms of office. Lake * Hi Bley Co., euppiiee. lumber hardware, paint and coaL Pbonea li *■**11 1J.—-4U1V.X Co- lumber, milt work *od oullders Biipph-a Phone i«7_adv C. A. BEITEL .. Watchmaker und Jeweler Next to I'ostona-e. Phone 6S2W , Wm. E. Mathla, numbing and Reat nir 43 E. Wn*r Jersey Ave.—advv WATCHI REt-AIA HEADQUARTERS All work po. sor.ally supervised and guaranteed. Ir. Ian J. Doughty. Jewel er, 17 S. Main it.. Pleasantville.—adv. -.eXi>_ cn\l_ OF QUALITY. HYGIENIC IC71 & COAL CO. Call ;»n2. —adv Lake A itlsloy Co. supplies lumber, hardware, baint and coal. Phones 12 uid 13.—adv, „ __ County May , Have Park At Monument Stand Made By Minute Men At Chestnut Neck, New York Road GROUNDS NOW NEGLECTED Board of Freeholders Will En deavor to Get Land Owner ship Settled pnd Create County Park Where the Minute-Men of the Revolution made their stand at Chestnut Creek on the New York Road is likely to become a county park. A monument has already been erected there by the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, but when the New York road was i rebuilt recently a new route went through a little to the west of the monument. The monument stands facing the old road and the river. Its sur roundings appear to be neglected. The condition of the ground sur rounding the monument was called to the attention of the Board of Freeholders by Rev. Arthur Elwood. The monument is almost lost sight of in the disfiguring con ditions. Due to the fact that the State Highway Department changed the road, the ownership of the old road is in doubt. The old road would naturally revert to Atlantic County, but it is not certain that this trans fer has been finally completed. A previous State Highway Commis sion agreed to move the monument to a new location at the side of the present highway, but the new com mission did not acce.pt this respon sibility. It is within the legal rights of the county to maintain a park. The road committee, of which John f Tomlin is chairman, will undertake [ to develop a park at the monument j the name of the county. It will . ! be necessary to transfer the owner ship of the road to the county, also for the D. A. R. to dedicate the monument and ground occupied to the county. It may be necessary for the county to purchase a suit able triangular plot about the monument. ---__ Newspapermen Before The Jury Jurors Open Inquiry Into Sources of Stories Printed ATLANTIC CITY JOURNALISTS At Mays Landing The Atlantic County Grand Jury, investigating !tJle alleged vice and graft* con ditions in Atlantic City, had 10 witnesses, summoned through Ed ward D. Huntley, president of the Northside Welfare Association, and Max Grossman, president of the Municipal Research League, wlfich two bodies are investigating con ditions in the resort. Tho only indictments returned were one against Obie Johnson, colored, of Atlantic City, charged with the murder of his wife, and two others against persona who are fugitives from justice. These were impounded on request of j Prosecutor Repetto. The Grand Jury immediately vent to work'on the Atlantic City vice charges following this pre sentment and Huntley was among tin; first called to give testimony 1 because of stories appearing in the newspapers regarding the alleged vice conditions. These were Francis E. Croasdale, manag ing editor of the Press Union and former secretary to Walter E. Edge, when he was Governor of New Jersey; Harry Finley, Wm. Shoemaker and Harry Resnick. -- * SIGNS AND LETTERING of every description. M. A. Frltsch. 10 W. Decatur Av«.~a/l -<&§ Clark Lumoer Co., lumber, mill work and builders* supplies. Phone iff? atlT TAX COLLECTOR’S NOTICE OF TAX SALE The list is now ready for publication, nnd includes tax in arrears for 1926, and sewer rentals for 1927, due Dec. l! 1926. If not paid by 12 o'clock noon. Sept. 14, 1927, the items will appear in The Pleasantville Press, issue of Sept. 16. The sale will take place Oct. 17, 1927. WEBSTER PRICE Adv—x Collector of Tax*a* ,