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VOL. XXX.—NO. 13

SEA ISLE CITY, N. J., FRIDAY, MARCH 19, I9IS

IN If dROlIT Of DIE CITY lime Items About Folks You Know-Notes and Gleanings of a Personal Chcracter; Budget ol Events; What

You and Your Friends Are Doing

THE WEEK'S HEW8~IK~BRIEF PARAGRAPHS

I n. C. Rompp and bunilr tpent Sunay at their cottage. Edward Back it driving a new aotoobile thia week. Trtorge Curran had hia Magnolia cot;i‘ open thia araek. | Rev. J. J.O’Farrel waa an Ocean City in Thondar afternopn. I i'atay MonUgno waa a buaineaa viaitor Philadelphia on Monday. ' f Roger Martin and bod were in town Wedneaday. Many viaitora took advantage of U>e ring weather on Sundry, and strange •re aeen on Uie boardwalk.

Miaa Elizabeth Dongberty ia a Philadelphia viaitor thia week. Mr. and Mra. John J ocher, of Philadelphia. were at their cottage on Sunday. Mr. and Mra. B. T. Leaver were in town on Wedneaday. Mra. B. T. Stevena was a Quaker Clt* viaitor on Monday, attending the funeral of her brother. David Roeenieid, who conducts a atore on the boardwalk every summer, was in *nwn on Wednesday. Mra. H. F. Kline and family have aeoored a bouse in Ocean City, and will move there next Monday. Tom Delaney spent Sunday in Wildwood. where be was the guest of Wm.

Wirth.

Miaa Ethel Nickerson U or the aick | a tins week, •offering from a severe

tld.

| Edward Unnd Jr., who baa been on ic aick list for the past week, ia abou' Jnretidence of Doctor R. C Scott j ia painted thia week, and preaeota a

it appearance.

| Sunday excursions on both the PennTvania and Reading railroads Start

inday, March Slat.

1 The data of Mane of the ••Timse’' lendid Kaalsr edition has been postmed from March !**th, aa annoancad K week, antil the (oilowiag Fn-lay,

|>ril Slid.

Charles Robinson baa cleaned bis lot r Italia Street, to aavs work during the

Auguat Nahm, our popular and progressive tailor, spent Sunday and Mon-

day here.

Pr< feasor Robert T. Mai thy, of Pleasant ville, waa the guest of Doctor

Way on Tuesday. —

Mr. John F. Donnelly, treaanrer of the | lott, (or biloera’ litter remaining ten days fnnin thi. ..a ' T ' ■ n after the completion of a contract, and

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEW BULKHEAD LAW Stone Harbor Builds Continuous Bulkhead at $160,000 Coat; Up on

April 6

From tkr ComtptmJemi. -Stone Harbor ia one u( the resorts recognise the edvantage in Chapter 1J! of the Laws of IB16, for preventing encroachments of the aea. At a meeting of Councils on Monday night an ordinance passed second reading by nnanimoos rote for the issue of bonds for thtsum of f100,000 wherewith to build bulkhead along the beach or ocean front from 83rd LVeet to lllh Street, with jetties opposite nine namtd street* at interra 11 between. Another ordinance, also passing second reeding, waa for bond iasne of $33,400 to pey for a public walk along the bench or ocean iront from 84tb Street to Street, and from 97th Street to 107th Street, same to be of wood, 10 feet above high tide, 24 feet wide and with iron-pipe railing. Still another ordinance, adopted withont diato provide for the purchase of land and the erection thereon of e municipal building for boosing the municipal Ore department and other municipal office*, at a cost nat to exceed <6,000.

two o'clock on

April 6 to hear objections to these ordin-

tbe passage thereof. Other

ordinances passing second reading at the meeting were : Penalising the maintenance of moaqpito-breeding places, damping of refuse on eidewalka or vacant

WILL BUILD CHEAPER WALK Bulkhead Plans Also Returned to Engineer For Revision; Objections to Contin-

uous BjRthead

OPINION If DiVIDEO Tbe meetingthF Commissioners i Wednesday found all tbe City Scions their places. Objections w ere heard to the construction ol aeontiuui d bulkhead beach front, and tbe opinion present seemed about equally

ASSOCIATION HOLDS LIVELY SESSION TUES. Y. II. B. A. Urges Appointment Building Inspector; Will Help

For Clean-up

At tbe regular meeting of tbe Young Men's Business Association held on Tuesday evening at tbe City Hall, it waa reported that tbe auto run from Harrisburg in Mar would be brought to Sea '.ale City, and Herman Scbenkel, aa a commitiee, will procure a trophy to be presented at tba City Hall when tbe autoista

arrive.

Twwlve members were present and two BW member* were admitted—William J. Fox :.nd William J. Bbellem, both

niacle clear what tbe bond tasueWau* to the City, and also mentioned Watlhere were some obj Chon* to builjfcg the boar.Vwalk north ol tbe Lighthouse, lie liad written to a great in my cl the beach-front property-ownere, however, and since so rere present, he believed that their ice gave consent both to the bond

and tbe buildit

bulkhead. Tbe opii eo taxpayers present a aa that Uie boardwalk should be cowtinued above tbe Lighthouse, as it always was, and this

will be done.

Tbe bid of Clarence Pitiffer, which way the loweat, was returned, and a cheaper plan will be secured lor the boardwalk above tbe Lighthouse, and

A communication from the Presidebt of the Booth Jersey Commuters Association was read, thsnking the local Association for the <16 membership fee. A communication from the ParentTeachers Association asking for cooperation on clesn-wp day was favorably acted upon, and tbe City improvement Committee instructed lo work with tbe

Parent-Teachers.

Empire Title and Trust Company, of Philadelphia, and wife, epenl Hunder at their Shell Street cottage. Mrs. Don-

nelly waa down again Ibis week.

Tbe local lodg* L. O. O. V. will bold its

o*> Sunday at 2-30 lor tbe

'log year.

Ballots were mailed ail the members ol Tbe only contest of Serrxtery,

■ v -uh.' fLn-nJ Loci s v

u I

I of refuse has been carted

I Mrs. Mary Hnbbard and Mrs. E. P. l. mother and sister of Mrs. K. B luM tt, returned to their borne in New work on Tuesday, after a stay of two louiha here. ■ Dr. J. Moipan Seed, pastor of First j. K. Church. New Brunswick, N J.. j bo was Uie preacher at lb* Jobl.ee je local M. E. Cborcb In 1911, died| fry evd llewly on Tuesday evening at bis •X New Brnnswick. |>lrt, A. L. Sailor, ol Mount Holly, Kss tbe guest of Mr. end Mrs. E. B. Arlu on bo'.daw Mr. Arnett motored I Mount Holly In his new Cadillac on f nday sod brought Mrs. bailor back

h him.

| W ork will be resumed on the Sea Isle •rsou's Inlet road next week. Work ts stopped seme time ago on account t lhe bad weather and tbe Illness of U* •tractor, Henry Clouting. ire. Herman Diamond, Mra. Charles ip, Mra. Jean Howat and Mrs. Wm. krbotir, and the children of each. Lied Mrs. Bingham, formerly of Sea \ City, el her Avalon home on Tuesday t hose who attended Uie meeting of County Council tor the promotion of flaw-hold Arts at Caps May Court • on Saturday were . Mrs. Iwwis i«r, Secretary, Professor John feral, Mies Etlisl Nickerson, Mrs.Win. is and Mm. Iloloock |aii addition is being built to the West raey Garage, ow ned by Jerry Delaney, l. doubling it in six#, and giving it a |r entrance, so that care can drive in Je way and onl Uw oUier wiUioul fcking out as belors. A large flock ol giesc. migrating lo b north, passed over Sea Isle onTues- ^ af in noon, indlcatiug, according to fa! woaUier sages', Uiat the backbone ■ .•ken and spring Is at

Kenny, Prewdnct of the Oaks Club, and William Mailer, me ol i, bcUi of Philadelphia, w err in town on Wsdueedav. TY* Oaks flub,

which ii

fd.1 John Baer, daughter and sen, lee their Laudu Avenue atore open, fa will remaio for two weeks. Hie |re will remain permsoenUy open lor U wason after KuU-r. The Baers Immo spending tl»e wluter In

hladr pula.

bharim Havre, ol Wilmington, well bwn here, 'as In town on Thuradav, sting Ids old Iriviidv. .He lias almost Itii-iy lecorered 1*001 Um lujarte* he pile.! last winter it: Um wreck in ■cli the engineer wm killed and

a W. C. T. IT. held a mothers' ing on Wrdnredsr evening. 40 being •nt. it wna a service full of eduwere taken in the Union. A rtraw * Was taken, 41 voting lor no ms and two eutng for saloons, ybodv enjoyed tbe evening and re

boardwelk here, intends to spend a thousand dollars in ImprovauienM to their property in the very near fatore. A “ house-warming " payty was tsndered Mr. and Mrs. Irving Fitdi at Uieir home on Neptune Street into which they recenUy moved. Among Uicse present were Mr. and Mr* Kerman bchenkel, Mr. James Rosa, Mr. William Sleigelman. John Marquette, Anna Delaney, mile Croneckrr, Margaret Dever, Mary Hue lace, Mrs. Frank W. Fowki-s. Mrs. G. F. Mornhinwcg, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Haflert, Liaxie Delaney, Mrs. CiarPfeiffei and others. Emma Whittington, who was reported lo be seriously ill last week, died in a Frankfort! hospital on Friday. Miss Whittington was tbe daughter ol tbe late sx-oouucilman Thomas Whittington and a sister to Charles and George Whittington ol Ibis city. The funeral services were conducted from her moU.c's residence, 1611 Wakling Street, Frankfort), on Tuesday afternoon and interment w as made In the Cedar Hill Cemetery. Miw Whittington was well known betc, having lived here and been a regular visitor for many years. Her death was caused by appendicitis and was very sudden. SEA ISLE M.E. CHURCH NOTES

..I

tended and fnll of interest. The Pastor preached on Christ as a permanent ideal for every day at the morning scrviae ; at the evening service be stated so ns of the Christ. Tbe Choir rendered splendid music. held the annual elect!, n r year 1916 on Thuradav last. Thev will be published next week Hsrviese next Sunday at Um regular h<uire. Special mnsM by lbs largs cboit. Everybody Invited.

ST. JOSEPH'S R. C. CHURCH. Neal Hunday is Passion Hnnday. Special errvtora will ue held in all thr Koman Catlwlic Churches tbe world over for nulveraal peace. ilHt. Jneeph's Church U>e Bfrescd Hacrameot will be tposed upon Uie altar all day. T1m aubjeot ol Uhi OIUi ol Uie Lenten Millions by Uie Key. Otarrel will be ' Ttie wagee ol ain ia drntb." Kveryne, ol every denomiuaUun Invited. Service* on Sunday : Hunday School at Z p m, neimon and Benediction at7-3flp.ni. Week-day service :

tor licensing vendors lor street traffic except each aa are permitted by law. autoInpians POWTSUCCESS Dozens of Cities Along The Route Offer Troohies; Will Eclipse 1910 Event WILL COME TO BEA ISLE rBOMTHK ‘' HAUaiUBCEO TELKORAPH, MARCH 8TH " Piehminary arrangement* but made for tbe 1916 publicity run ol tLMotor Club of Harrisburg, May lOtii, 11th and 12tb, planned a week ago. dlcate one of tbe beet oonteste ever held by the local organisation. Great encouragement is being received from tbe cities along the proposed by the advance agent who is preparing the reception for Uie loor or five hundred Harrisburgers who will advertise Uie city. Ten entries have already been the Motor Club's offices and many more are being received. An enllinsiaatic reception will await those who are fortunate enough to accompany Uie Harrisburg party, and •ouUieru New Jersey resorts areoutdoing the efforts for publicity which they can attain. It means something to Uissv hustling places lo impress Harrisburg shore goers and Harrisburg business men, end they are not going to leave anyUiing t udoue. Steps will hare be made iu nearly every city of Importance passed Uirough and many ol th- smaller exdnsive resorts will be visited and irtpected. George Frond, who is doing tbe preliminary organtsaUon work, is hust'ing through New Jersey now, and is meeting with Board ol Trade bodies and busines and arranging for the presentation ophiss. The co the club will arrange for a survey trip over the route in April, when all the dm tails of the trip will be arranged. From Atlantic City contra word of Uie presentation of a liandsoiue trophy by tbe Hotel Rudolph and anoUier from Uie Slates Garage, while several oUiere are promised. At a meeting of the Board ol Trade of Ocean City on Friday Uiat body, with Uie Frogressivs L*ag«, offered five handsome trophies, and offered every co-operation lor making Uie rnu a

success.

" At Sea Isle City the Young Men'e Business Association at a meeting on Tusedsr. Uie Mb lust, arranged for tbe presentation 1.1 a handsome trophy si the City Hall when Uie tourists pass Uirough Uiat place. Hearty co-operation ia also promised. Wildwood will present a handsome trophy Uirough Harry Ottens, who is interested in North Wildwood. Meetings o. commercial bodies in Wildwood, Slone Harbor, Avalon and Millville have been called to act upon pub- j

belly for tbe Harrisburg run.

" Arrangement# have been mads to have enough frrrrboat# at Fennsgruve t« trjusport the ci-iiteetaiit# to Wilming-

ton on tbe second day

■ter r$ap|xi e Boar) of l!

ired- T

bids will be re-advertised "‘or.

Mayor Atwater soggeted that since tbe City baa been getting along for 2S years withont rmiliqgs on the boardwalk, they shoal J not be put on now. The other Commiaefoners were o( *

different opinion, however.

Tbe bulkhead plan submitted by tbe Engineer was of too expensive a type, and w-M returned M him u ith instructions to prepare a Aw plan not to coal more than <2.60 per ruin.ing foot. Whether tbe City will take advantage of the new continuous bulkhead law or not remains lo be sofn, but the possibilities are that the idea wifi be

abandoned.

Mayor Atwater members to tbe Be terms bad expired-

Old G. A. K. VM._ their annual sahacripMoi

Acting Y.M.B.A., Um CommjaaTonersappointed George B. Jeffreys a^nuiidin* iustMclor

for a term of one year.

Tbe paper* in reference to the old -jwer were sent to Uie Clerk by Um etsolidtor J. N. Hildreth, and were turned over to Solicitor Vooriiers to be

investigated.

An ordinance providing Uiat where E ss and weeds grow to an onsighUy ght upon a property, Um City lias power to cut them down and ssera* Uie cost against the pru|>ertr owner, was declared unoonstituiumal. It was bnioghl up upon request of the Y .M.R A., wbo would iiave the city look clean and have

all lots cleaned off.

Swain Street, between Uie West Jersey and Reading railroad station*, will be gravelled, and Uie Director of Highways waa instiucted to iiave Uie work

dane.

Tbe boardwalk and bulkhead situation being mixed up as it I* at Uie preeut time, it ia impossible to tell just w list will be done in the matter of con■traotingeither of them. The oedinanoes providing for the sale of hoods to rover the cost of the work were pusaed on third reading and final passage. PROFESSOR CARRIS GIYES

TALK

City Hall Thronged -at Farenl-

Teachera' Social on Tuesday Evening ; Prolessor Maltby

Makes Address

The ranch-heralded meeting of the Farenl-Teacbere proved a splendid success. Uie City Hall being thronged on Tuesday evening, when an inti-resting ■d instinctive programme was ren-

dered.

The hdames* session waa held at 7-30, but there -tas little buaihen before Uie meeting o.lier than u nommiiuicatiim from Uie Young Men's llnsn.es. Asenci tiou stall .g Uiat they would aid in lean-up day. Promptly at eight o'clock the social nasion commenced, and after several ell rendered song, hy Mm srliool children. accompanied cn Uie organ by Virginia Atnbrrg. Professor Lewi* H. Carris, Assistant HUM- Commissi.im-r o' BdncaUon, Uie speaker of Uie evening was introduced. Frofessnr Carris spoke of miwlitl stiun in education, bringing home Uie fact that feiok learuing is not nil that is desirable In making u wcU-b.ilni.rrd man. His able remarks were followed by an address by Professor Robert Maltby, who spoke r.f bis vocallm-sl work in AUantic Countv. Hi* remurks lined in very nicely with Uiose of Professor

Cariss

J. F. D« Inner, tnd son Tom, motored to Philadelphia on Wednesday and saw KHbsi-e-Williaini match.

<> far is

newspaper* in Uie h

event promia

run of lum, when 7tl rare w«rr rove j (rum Harrisburg and vicinity! ling- •• All members of tbe Mot.. r Tbe | Harrisburg are eligible nnfi an

w ua Uirough which 1 lollment it

Maii'a "amp, 966 Anburv Avenue, j **'* ,uo * ,U *’• Ukii-g a Uvely in- j leave Harriabuig a Ocean City.—Bo* advL. page e.—mt! | foreot. sod from present iudicatiou* the i ng point* iu tbe u

a Uie

A resolution was adopted pointment of a building inof w.-nld be empowered »o rn _ sightly bnildiugs, and help dean up Um --“'•'vetrew^u beach front. Home Week Committee reported .. ims, and upon motion an sxpsr Old Home Week celebrations will „ asked to come and cooler with the committee, eo Uiat tilings will get into shape soon for the event, which will take place tbe week of July 12th to 18th. After several minor discussions, the meeting adjourned. COUNTYCOUNCIL HEARSREPORL Met at Court House Last Saturday; Big Delegation Attends ; Proceedings

In Detail

BEET AL*IH IN BAY Tbe March meeting of 'be Cape May (kiwucil for Uhe Promotion of Household

Art* was held

Court House, last tfeturday afternoon. 1 an attendance of representative from every part of the county. Aaron W. Hand, the President, and Mrs. Lewi* Chester, of Bea Isle City, the Secretary, were both in place. Tbe first order ol businosa waa tin ports of the Couuaellors of tbs Hi Culture Cireiee, which were by *' w mouth," and eo lacking iu the desired detail, that a new rule ww* adopted that beraafler all must be iu writing and be sept on 41e in the office of tbe President. II reports were ol progress and of in-

creasing interest.

Mm. McKaig. former.r of (tea lale, reported the Ocean City Circle as having made t good Iwgiuulug. Mrs. Stafford, ol CrM-nfleld, L'ppet Township, naid seven of bar Haiping

Hand Circle,

home at Greenfield, bad their nittricuIstiou ribbons, and were we I on tbe Way toward* earning their Freehmeu b-JWoii*, and three little girls wrrrworkiug foi Um ribbon*. One'e grandfather ha. said her sewing waa belter than be. mother could have done at her ago oi even when older. The needlework include* plain sewing and <mbruidere; crotabeting and reed work, with plain simple stilcbea and sewing cards for tbe iitile ones. Keeping account* is part ol the work fequired, and it waa wonderful bow apt they ail were at it. On Bti Valentine’s Eve their circle held a (estival with prize cookies with pink icing uu<i oilier goodie*, and a .ketch from .Mr*. Reeve and other entertainment, all having a lovely time. Mies Lucy Cole had befcu ol great assistance. On April 17th Um circles ol Um township will hold a prize contest and fair at Tuckahoe, and would like everyone to eotno lo it. Mi*. J. E Bauer, Counsellor of Uie Busy Rees of Beasley's Point, could not be present, as her circle bad its meeting .'alurday afternoon. Next month bei citoie will give an entertainment to gel money to buy a basket bail. Glria ol tin. circle were first to be ready for Uie Prestiinou class, and a lew are wearing tin- button nod are trying for the junior class. < for little girl ia so anxious to get into tin* Freshman class that .he ssk* her mother lo leave work for her to do when "he comes from school. Miss Nicikerwn reported for Ui* children of Sea lale City, and Mrs. William Steven, lur a eiicle of adulta recently formed and meeting Munday*. Miiu. Uarris said lb* " Four-Leaf Clovers " of Stone Aarbur were bolding their own, but had be«n delayed some-t-v the abaenoe of lbs aewing teacher fur

two meetings.

Mrs. John Sayre and Mrs.

COUNfY ORGANIZATION IS CERTAIN Meeting Held on Wednesday Night Roused High Pitch of Enthusiasm ; Four Resorts Represented ; Alter County Improvements COBBITTEE WILL ARRANGE DETAILS '

Acting on a resolution passed

last meeting of *he Sea Isle City'Young Men'e Business Association, delegates from Stone Harbor, Avalon and Ocean City met the local Association iu the City Hall on Wednesday evening, at eight o’clock, and discussed plans for tin forming of a connty boosting organisation, mud* np of delegates from Uie various ses-shore civic organizations, for tbe promotion of tbe general good of the

connty and every municipality in it. Irving Fitch, secretary of the Yonng " “ " opened the

ing. Those present included Clayton Haines Brick, President >.! tbe Ocean City Board of Trade, Frank Swan, President of the Ocean City Y'oung Men's Progressive League, William Barron, President, and G. Puuergiil, Secretary of Avalon Bo'rdof Trade,M.L.VanThnyne. Aaion Board ol Trade, Messrs BimpiRnd Rommell, representing the Slone Harbor Board of Tiade, Edward B. Arnett, Charles H. Clouting, Lewis meyer, Jr., Irving Filch, Charles Camp, Herman Schenkei, Albert Amberg, A. G. Rice and YFiiiiam A. Haffert, of tbe

local Aasociation.

After staling the purpose for which the meeting was called, Mr. F'itcb called for the election of a temporary chairand William A Haffert wa elected. G.Puttargid.of Avalon, was elected

temporary secretary.

After a practically onanimon* expression in favor of tbe forming of a County organisation on the part of the representatives of the Coonty, the fob lowing reeolution was adopted on rollcail, ail voting ‘ yea " : - “ Whereas, in response to • cad from tbs Y'oung Men's Business Associfor a meeting to be held in the City

Had. Sea lale City, at 8 p.m. Mar. 17lh. for tbe purpose of forming a County Seashore organization, delegations from the Boards of Trade of Ocean City, Avalon and Stone Harbor and the Y'oong Men’s Bnaineae Assoc-ation of Sea Isle City met, and it is the expression of tliemember* of tbe variotu organizations that a County organization be

be formed,

“ Therefore, be it resolved that a committee be appointed to prepare rules and by-iawa and outline pinna for said organization." Clayton Haines Brick congratulated tbe Y’oung Men’s Business Association for their effort in forming a Connty organization, and thongnt it waa*capital idea. He expressed himself aa being in favor of tbe project, and said it was the beet move that bad ever been started, end that Ocean City wonld back it np. Considerable enthusiasm was aroused a* speaker after speaker endorsed the , idea, and promised that the organtev ation* which they represented wsr hearty accord with tbe movement. A committee composed of two representatives of each municipality waa appointed to' go to Wildwood and papa May aud explain tbe object of tbe new organization to the Boards of Trade of those places and gel them to join. After this is accomplished, another eeting will be held in Bea Isle City st « call of the chair, and a permanent organization will be effected aud ofl eera

ected.

After considerable general discussion

and exchange of ideas the q

-at the uieetinj^D^w^

of each high school and grade girts, and trip to Philadelphia this ( lhair problem was to find a ®*stin*4 Mshan was Iw feean City sUplaee large enough to accoumodate Monday attending to tome business

tbem. Mr. Hand suggested using rooms interests.

tbe Court Building, and when last, seen tbe girls and counsellors were

looking tbe building over.

Mrs. Hoffman, of Woodbine, reported her 160 members orgsniaed with six counsellors, and the circles all named

lug good work.

The Counsellor of the Wildwood Creel Circle showed a sleeve baud aa recommended by Mra. Reeve, bearing the letk. aud J., the maker being not yet ready for tbe ecniora. There were also polka dots in different colors allowing « gain over a habit or a hnte. Thus om meant the chewing gum habit stopped, aud another a love growing for the detested bi d making. The band bad five waa likely to Iiave more, as the maker was determined togrow iu grace Mr. Hand followed the reports with die comment Uiat all were evidently rntaged m work that was doing good. Tlie committee on place and time foi Coonty Contest suggested that ii rouid seem to be beet to hare that for ueediework and cooking held with th for potatoee, corn and onion* at tJ time of the annual meeting of tL. Cod*) Board of Agriculture the second tek in November iu the Court Building Court House. This was approved. A demonstration was given by Miss Elizabeth Xander, tbe trained nurse -ith Mias Josephine Learning, on making p a bed lor a sick person, and of freshening it up while occupied by helpless palieut, with Miaa C. Corson a. A knack waa in folding ovei and tucking in tbe corners of Um under•lieet so that wrinkles were impossible. Mis* Xander alto allowed how to movt patient in bed without lifting. it meeting of tbe Council will be iu President Hand's office at Court House on the aflernooiPof May 16,

AVALON ’Umri" CumipotHln Mr. Thomas Barron spent severs) day* in Philadelphia last week. Mr. and Mr. Alfred Taylot motored to Avalon on Sunday to spend the dm with Mr. C bn rise Hhomeley. Mr. John Kichulz was m Avalon on

Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph W. Hindis were the guest* of Mrs. Waller A. .Smith oi.

Hondsv.

Mrs. Phteb* McCann has returned from a visit with her son at Cohoes, K.j Miaa Avalon Corson spent the weekend witii Mias Helen Campbell, of West

Philadelphia.

I Mr. and Mis. Georgs Corneal have Robert opensd UMii collage at 17II Htrert

i MiUer. of Court House, reported a ciluts ‘ ***• Ralph Peterson made s shopping

WITH THE LAW-MAKERS Brief Chronic's of th* Week's News

At Trenton

—The business of the State was stupeuded on Monday, when Billy Sunday delivered his sermon " Man or Mutt "in the Bute House to Governor Fielder and Hie entire Lcgislalnre, aud thousands of visitors who thronged the Capitol. —Senator Hutchinson’s Home Rule Bill, empowering a municipally to establisfany form o| government not in contravention of Uie Federal or Su>t« 0 tutious, passed Ur. Benate on Tuesday, and will ->ow go to Uie House. If it is pu.wd by Uicl body, it will be submitted to the voters next fall with the Women Suffrage amendment. —An atu-uipt to amend Uie Gaunt Local Option Bill, so as to legalixe tbe selling of liquor on Hundaya, between one o'clock In the alti-rnoou and in.dnlght, was killed iu the House on Tuesday. POST OFFICE WILL BE IN TIMES BUILDING Deal Closed To-day; Nsw PostmastaM Takes Hold Soon; Will Live In Sam* Building Thomas Ludlam. Jr., Uia newely appointed postmaster, to-day leased | Uie store adjoining tbe Bea isle Phar- i mac). in the Time* building, aud will / move the post office there, whan be/ takes charge neat month. Mr. Ludlam and his wUo will occupy two of the apartments in the building. ^ wine, will he renovated, and eourertid into ore large apartment. e new location oi the post office ia central and ol eagy aoenss to all.

£ i a c There 1$ a Strange am markable Mystery. aected With '