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An interesting industry ; was established in Cape I May County in the 1880s » when, in 1881, a bill was | passed through the New Jersey legislature entitled '• "An Act to Encourage thp i Manufacture of Sugar in < the State of New Jersey." A one dollar bonus was to be paid to each farmer who < sent one ton of raw sorghum cane to a processor from which crystallized sugar could be | manufactured. The bill also provided for N ym ton uM m totim a! Car nhrto crvtsa Hat S tMpc; Tht FMthrato. CareM. Hani 6m. Trtffcato, ar HaIMn itaca Jaa. 1. 1*1. yaa will racam fraa wan daiha praam matnbanhla la Bm "fat" CM. un m mm - wm phizes Yaa'll aa M nm to tow* atoaal aaaBaarttoaB aaatoft. fraap ft caaata, atofto cratoas tor BWaraat m • lap mi annua I atonal party 1 rwara. Na Baaa ar dar«aa CALL 522-4141 Gtoa aa yaar mm. aBBraaa. wm \ atop yaa mra abraaB A in yaar al \ par eratoa — aa tortbar vartllca- \ Baa to aacanary. MAO MAX BEYOND THUNOERDOME 30P M.H Gdnon jrxi Tru AATirf sl« m ffm pK *« JIM- htuntt m*n ijtrrd ■«xl tcun^mon mjn © VARHER CABLE OF NEW JERSEY 967-3011

a one cent per pound bonus to the manufacturer for each pound of cane sugar processed. MR. HILGETof J. Hilget Sons sugar refiners built and extensive refining complex in Rio Grande. Middle Township. Sugar cane was planted on approximately 700 acres and was refined and sold at 7.5 cents per pound. The yield was smaller than expected and the farmers were disappointed at their yield of sugar cane, which averaged only five tons per acre. Lemuel E. Miller, being the largest sugar cane grower on the Cape, (having planted 120 acres > grew 641 tons of sugar cane, earning about $3,648 in profit, yet this was still considered a marginal operation. The Hilgets decided the Cape May industry was not Shrine Band CAPE MAY - The LuLu Temple Shrine Band wjll perform a concert as a part of this year's weekiong Seafood Festival at 2 p.m. Father's Day, Sunday, June 15, in the Victorian Bandstand. In the event of inclement weather the concert will be held in Convention Hall, also beginning at 2 p.m. ASCO Picnic AVALON - The Avalon Senior Citizens Organization will hold a picnic at the County Park noon Tuesday. June 24. A picnic lunch will be provided at a nominal charge. ASCO closes out its 1985-86 season with the outing. Rummage Sale At St. Mary's STONE HARBOR - The spring rummage sale at St. Mary's Episcopal Church will be held in the parish hall on 95th Street starting 6 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. Saturday. Included will be white elephant items, jewelry, books, magazines, and clothing. For further information, call 368-5922

profitable enough and stopped production. They were replaced by the Rio Grande Sugar Cane C9., and the county farmers continued to grow cane. THE METHOD of ex ; trading sugar from cane was such that only one half of the sugar could be retrieved and with the low prices that sugar Nvas then getting, the company closed its doors in 1886. What did not help was the refusal by the State of New Jersey to continue paying a bounty for the production of sugar and the growing of cane. STILL THINKING that sugar had a future in the county's agricultural base. Henry A. Hughes, in 1887. began the Hughes Sugar Cane Co. (with help from the United States Department of Agriculture) and processed 15 to 20 tons of cane per day. It was Hughes who invented most of the machinery used in the refining process, but even with the help of the U.S. government, the company could not make a profit and closed its doors in 1890. Like many other forgotton industries and business experiments on the Cape, the sugar cane industry flourished and then withered away. (ED NOTE Merrill teaches social studies at Lower Cape May Regional High School and has lived in the county since 1975. If you're interested in a par ticular historical item, write him care of this newspaper. P.O. Box 130. Cape May Court House. N.J. 08210).

A.M. Exercise CAPE MAY - A morning exercise class will be held Monday. Wednesday, and Friday at the Cape May Elementary School beginning June 20. The one hour class, beginning at 9 a.m., will be taught by Merc llaumann. Call the Department of Civic Affairs, 884-8411, ext. 20 and for more information.

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