May County Times

ATLANTIC COAST NEWS

VOL XXXII.—NO. 8

SEA ISLE CITY, N. J„ FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1917

3 Cents a Copy, $1.30 a Year

STY SEWS KOTES OFPHSTWEEK Heist and Qleanlngt el Pvtonal Charadsr; Utth Ittnvt About FoHct Tin Know.

Am cxNi&( oat my entire Mock et e— foortto price reduction. M. Wippe«hl, See Ue City. Mrs. Edvard B. Arnett left on \ ■seder for a May In Hew York with her Meier, Mrs. E. P. East. Dr. end Mrs. B. 0. Scott end children will ictorn to Bee Isle Gity on Febnutry 14th, after a stay of severnl months in

Trenton, N. 1.

The Methodist Church tea was held this week at the home of Mrs. George Whittington on Wednesday afternoon.

lags continues to grow each week. Capt. Van Artedalen, of the Sea Isis City Fish Company, was a visitor on Wednesday. The captain has Jost rets rned from a trip tr Charleeton, B. C., and will again be with the Sea Company this.epring. The (Sty Commlksioners held a brief eeaeion at the office of Director of PV nanoe Fowkec on Wednoaday. Solicitor Voorbeos and Engineer Coilieon att ed. Ho bneineH of any importanoe was

Gustav Oronecker, who is at Eddystone, ?a., was a riritor nnder the parental roof on Bandar. Everything is etiU boomlrg is the word, with plant working day and night and high wagee prevailing, Owing to the scarcity and high cool, electrie eomot will tarniebed on Wednesday mornings only instead of oil day Wednesday. Tbs sitnotion in the oool market ie aoate, not

of wool as the inability to obtain tt at ■ay prios. The Art Haodls Cinb,which was tonnod' two weeks ago, hold its second ws social at the home of Mrs. L. J. Mornhinweg on Monday, with a good attendonce. The proceeds of these affairs go to the fond of 8t. Joseph’s Church. Mre. E. L. Lewis, of PUinfUld, Bute o.gonioer of the New Jersey Buffroge Association, was a Sea Isle visitor on 1 Thursday and Friday of lost week, trying to see a re Iodise to term a local suffrage organisation. A meeting woe held for this purpose in the Cuy Hell on Friday afternoon, with aboat a doseo lou^e ott~--’inf. The moving picture and vaudeville oottrtainmeM of the Business Men’s Aesoeislion will be held in tbe Garden Theatre next Monday evening mt eight o’clock. White the committee have maintained a stolid secrecy as to the program arranged, a surprise or two •Mid a fine lot of piotates is promised. The proceeds of the affair will go to tbe

Mies Dorothy A a. berg, who it with her mother at West Hew York, N. J., has grad a sled from tbs grammar school of that place and is now attending the Dnton Hill High School. Mr. and Mrs. Amhatg and daughters. Dorothy and Virginia, .will return to Ben leie City is June and will spend the summer at their Boardwalk home. The heating plant in the local school Mood up well dn *ing the exoeesire cold of Monday and Tuesday. The only trouble experienced was oa the west aide, where tbe windows are not as tight as might be, bnt this was only lor on:-half session of tbe school. The exposed poeiti' of the school bwddiiig to the sweeping weel winds certainly proved s

A double birthday part* was held on Tbasaday evening at the home of Harry Steer, Pleasure svenue, it being the occasion of bis own birthday and the eleventh of bis daaghlrr Virgin,.. Among tboee present were tin Mieses ■£dna Whittington, Lillian and Mildred Wilklneoa, Julia Whittington, kiuabeth and Virginia Steer; Moaten Clay HutUrn. Met her. Wilson. Millard Hand and - Bomnel Delaney; Mr. and Mrs. Waiter | Sharp, Mr. sod Mre. Harry F. Kraiea, • Mr. and Mm. Jams* T. Chapman, Mr.

ana Mre. Many Steer. (CtwMaaad on page •)

County Grange Notes

Tbe special meeting for conferring tbe degree of Pomona for County Grang foT form will be in the hall of the Kio Grand Grange this (Friday) evening, andaspractiM leads to perfection this third time for the county will probably be the beet. Tbe attendance is Urn to tboee who have taken tbe fifth degree or are candidates therefor, but it U likely that tbe ieotarer’i hour following tbe

A. D. T. Howell will be open to all. Mm. Beeae P. Bieley, at Pbmona of the County Grange, is tbe ruling graoe. Her appointments for her court, so for as it was possible to bars

itative of tbs

Granges of tbe county, and with two or three.extra to fill Jn vacancies. Tbe court will be mode up of FJixsbeth Wallace and Emma Yerkea, Tuekohoe; Mm Minnie Mscars, Palermo; Mm. Frank Swain, South Ueaville; Gladys Blanche Beaman and Hilda Moore, Stone Harbor; Mm. Percy Townsend and Ella Panamas, Dine Creek; Edna Endioott and Sarah Gillon, loo Grande; Mm: McPherson and Mm. Brown, Cold Spring; Ghost, Linda McPherson, Cold Spring; Devil, Beeee P. Sisley; Stone Harbor; Master, Llewellyn Hildreth, Bio Grande; Overseer, Grorge Sayre, South Seville; Steward, Truman Hickman, Dine Creek; Assistant Stewards, Lucy Hildreth and Sbep. Taylor; Chaplain, Jacob Corson;

Seeratary, Eli

Tbe candidates tor tbe defies am tboee who have been admitted by obligation rince tbe foil form seesion in Stone Harbor in the spring and other* who wish to Join, application to bt made through the subofdinau secretary or representative at time of the meeting. Tbe only requisite for memberehip is to be n member in good Mending of a sabordinate Grang* and vouched for by an official of it, this degree being prepared for in tbe four of tbe *ubordinale. Each degree has Me moral lesson. That of the Pomona is that the way to eucooee la beast with porila and temptation*, and thee* mud reach tbe desired

it “pemverel”

At tbe Stone Harbor Grange Saturday installed, ard with

Form Dayman's Association

A Bsymaa'a Protective Association, probably tbe first in tbe Bute, wo* formed at Tackerton, H. J., last week. Tbe Association starts with two hundred ibert, and tea principal object i* to protect the sports of conning and flab'ng and seeks tbe repeal of la we that hamper tbe sport.

MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CO. ADVERTISING Money Alio Voted for Mosquito Extermination and Farm Demonstration by Freeholders

Following on executive session luting two hour*, the Board of Freeholder* at their meeting at Cape May Court House on Inst Tuesday appropriated $6000 for oOunty advertising, $10,000 for moeqoito

RECENT DEATHS

Sooth Sea villa—‘’Uncle Billy” Moore, a lifelong resident, passed sway Wednesday. Janaary Slot, at the age of M yearn. He followed the round* for a living, u did hi* son*. It bu only been a few month* since bis ton John wu drowned near Townsend's Inlet, and Jort a month later when another eon, William, Jr.,

better known u "Biddle,” wu found „«• p.per* ewer, i dead in the bottom of hi* boot from I should be used and given a higher * ' * Par paper rather than that every pi.per

school, $1800 for farm demonstration, $1000 u a contribution to tbe county fair and $2100 for county hospital*. All of tliese appropriation* were urged by tbe rsriou* civic bodiu of tbe county, and prior to tbe executive Marion representative* of tbe different organisation* were given tbe floor to bate a final word u to why tbe appropriation* should be granted. Lather C. Ogden and J.M.E. Hildreth, of Cape May, were tbe spokesmen for tbe mosquito work; Edward B. Arnett, of Sea Iris CJty, and Joseph G. Champion, of Ooean City, for tbe advarrising; Joseph Camp for tbe farm demonstration and Dr. Doaglu, of Cape May Ocmt House, for the county fair. Final resolutions were read from the Pomona Grange, County Chamber of Commerce, Jacob Li pm an, of the Slate Experimental Station at New Brunswick, and the Jewish Farmers' Association of Woodbine, all urging that one or the other of tbe aarioaa appropriation* be

mod*;.

Bonds Bring High Premium Tbe iaene of bonds for tbe building of bridges to connect Ocean City with Bea Isle City, acroasCoraon’a Inlot, wu sold to Bali A Eldndge, ol New York, at a premium of $6000. Tbe total issue wu for $184,000, but $16,000 of tbe bonds ware bought by tbe County Sinking Fund. $118,000 for one hundred and twelve $1000 bond* wu tbe bid of Ball A El dredge. Tbe other bidder* Hornblower A Weeks, 114 bonds $118,615 H. L. Crawford Co., 112 bonds. 118,061 H. Forbes A Co., 118 bonds.... 118,681 Fiord Grand, 112 bonds 118,460 J. 6. Ripple A Co.. 114 bond*.. 118,444 Altwator A Welia, 118 bonds 118,100 Gea. B. GibboauACo.,118 bonds 118,480 B. Garrison (County) * bonds.. 2,040 Ooean City T. A T.Co. ; 118 bonds 118,460 First National Bank, Ocean City, 114 bonds 118,006

Collector's Report

Tbe matter of publishing the report of tbe County Collector wu brought up by Freeholder Townsend, of Cape May Court Hoou, in aach a way that some one will get a fat printing Job and the balance of tbe newspapers in the coanty will get $80 for printing $280 worth of legal advertising. The reeolntion, u adopted, provide* that one newspaper office in tbe county shall print all the supplements containing the report of tbe Coanty Collector, and that these be famished to the other uewepapers, regarUiet* of their circulation, to be circulated at a flat rote of $60 for each paper. The plan in other year* wu to give the papers $80 for tbe work and make them tarnish theirown supplement*, but many county editor* balked on that proposition this year, taking the stand that tbe

rial paper* in each town

heart failure. Tbe funeral wu from the home of bis son-in law, John Langley, on Saturday, February Sd. Interment at Booth Dennis Cemetery. Deceased 1*

by three daughter* and two

Ocean View—Britton Corson passed away at hi* residence her* on Sunday, March 4th, after t long iUnsas. Mr. Corson wu a resident of the community

be used.

resolution, from Townsend

also, uks that Senator Steven* be requested to drdit a bil' for Introduction in the Busts which will allow the rounty to legally pobheb this report in pamphlet form inetesd of in the neweptpere. According to bi* etelement. this is Freeholder Townsend’s idea of

for many years and took an active port** vin S 1,1 JU *J' * or ib# county, and appar-

ently the other Freeholders share 1. opinion, for they oil voted for it

in Methodist Church affairs, of which he ’** a member. Funeral urriees were

on *•-. Trwibl. o» H'll, B«w« Do.,

officiating. Interment wu made at Pe-

tersburg. Deceased ie survived by his A r *»° luUou by freeholder. wife, an invalid, j t McElaaic, BeuueU ami Heul directed at-

tention to the fact that the contractor i on the nsw Holly Meach turnpike re-

Diaposing ef year property by Will surfacing job ns* uaneoeeasnly delayone thine; rite selection a! a eaitn- mg hie work in filling on either .ids o| hie executor ie quite another. And the new Richardson'* Channel bridge, yet loth horooM a very simple matter ' on a hoe with the rood, and eel forth when you (evoke the aid ef the So- that if the work wu eot done in two cttritr Trust Company, of Cope May *r«k* the county would do it and Cltt. N J_ to tdmlnfetor vour eatato- c,l » r K- tb« coat to the contractoi. Ttu

resolution wu adoptixT*

h«Ut ol hie material in Allegheny Conn- 1 ' >U * ,r U, * u * r * before toe Board w ere

Dinaoi Buteb-td, ““ ,l, ^ "W—

Eng'Aeer Rice avd a third Freeholder * cotoruting concern went into k> to tfn-d spoil nn o»io0 , ooo,. ‘>•“‘1*-lit lo. Bo-ol oo u “ »<l

the road. j M* particular kt*4 of povihg sod Invited >

e cnnimHtoa to inspect stood now being I

Sea Isle City Library Closes Successful Year

The Be* Isle City Pnblic Library Ae•ociatfen held its annual meeting in tbe City Hail lut Tuesday evening. Tbe following officer* lor the year of 1*17-16 were elected: President. JameeT. Chapman; Vice President, Mr*. L. J. Morabinweg (succeeding Miss Nickerson); Secretary, Irving W. Fitch; Treasurer, Mrs. L. Bteiumeyer, Jr. The Treasurer reported a balance on band of $90.40. President Chapman called particular attention to tbe fact that while tbe City Commissioners had kindly allowed tbe Association the free use of tbe City Hall, with light and faei supplied, tbe actual running expenses must come from membership dues, and be suggested that every one form into a committee ot one to secure a new member. The fee is $1.00 per year. Attention wu directed io tbe fact that the Library now owns 382 books, donation* from friends, and hu 24 hooka on hand loaned for library use; in addition to that between 400 and 800 books arc received from tbe State each year, one ■et of 160 being interchangeable with 53 new books monthly. During tbe year 132 nomee were enrolled u library users and 2100 books were circulated. Al other feature to which Mr. Chapman directed attention wu tbe story-telling boor each Friday night, and to the fact that the children were taking out very few volumes of fiction, but rather were reading good and eouuti hook* which would tend to give them a broad and pt ctical education. The librarian, Mr*. Needham, Vice President Mornhinweg and Treuurer Sttinmeyer were formed into a committee of three to interview the City Comm its loners with e view of allowing tbe Association to remove tlie library to tbe ground floor of toe City Hall, in the room gbicb is now the Mayor's officx That tbe top floor wu cold, bleak and inacceeribia from Landis aveooe are tbe reason! forth* requested change. The finance* of the Association loot year come from about $27 in mem berth p dues, about $70 from beneflu and a donation of $18 from Mayor Atwater.

1916 Auto Licenses Still Good in Jersey Cotnmiaaioner of Motor Vehicle* Wm. L. Dill on February lot granted a request by tbe Highway Department of Pennsylvania that the time daring which the use of 1616 Pennsylvania licenses in New Jersey is permitted be extended to February 18th. Tbe extension wu desired becauu of the difficulty in securing new lioenee tags.

Big Span Collapses; Many Lives Are Lost (Sour pnm x>tspw<c&. aepc u, mo Quebec—Tbe second attempt to

bridge the St Lawrence river here resulted in another failure when tbe

center man, weighing over

5,000 tons suddenly collapsed and fell into (be river yesterday causing a lots of 27 lives. The span was bang rabed from pontoons end was about 15 feet above tbe water wlien, from some unknown cause, it collapsed and sank into the river, which is 200 feet deep at this place. About 90 men were caught on tbe span when il began to sway and all of du down bio tbe water with tbe structure. The bridge is the largest in the world, b rnatemilitod length from shore (obese hong 3,239 feet, with a dirt*nee of 1300 feel between anchor baUrcsseu. The central span n 640 feet loog. The 6td cuflapu occured Aug. 29,1907 when 60 engmeett and workmen perished in

barter.

Thie paragraph might well have bees written about the mats incident ir the new srruj w« have secured and the hret m- * ailment of which will appear in an early un* of this paper. The story is Web of Steel By Cynu Yowruend Brady, Father and Son ll is a tale of strong daring, honorable mea. at faithful women, of high adveo tur*. ot great success and toiurc, of love and tragedy. Don’t Miss It!

MILM SCHOOL ILL SI iB Great Beron de Hirsch Institution at Woodbine Will Go to New York State

Arrangements have been completed and the plans announced for the transfer of tbe Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School from it* present location at Woodbine, N. J., to a new site eut of Peekskiil, N. Y. There were a number of reasons for the desire to transfer the school, chief asuong them being the (act that the land at Woodbine did not meet with nil the needs of tbe institution. One other location received carefa' consideration. It wu a plod- near Bound Brook, N. J., bat upon tin comp'etion of exhaustive tests by Prof. D. J. Crosby, of the Afrieoh tarsi Department of toe Mote of New York, and Prof. W. W. Waruw, of the •ame department, a* well u Prof. J. B. R. Dickey, soil analyst of the New Jersey Experiment Station, the farm near Peekskiil wu decided upon. The Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School is one of the subsidiary objects of toe Baron de Hirsch Fond, which wu incorporated in tbe Bute of New York in February, 1881. Bom* School History The first regular clou of the school located rt Woodbine wu formally organised in October, 1864, with an enrollment of fifteen students, all of whom were sons of Woodbine settien. Prof. Babsovicb wu superintendent of tbe school for ten yean, or antil 1604, daring which time, despite his beet efforts, the nambe* ot pupils did not greatly increase, due, no doubt, to tbe fact that agricallure wu not t tbe Jewish people. In 1600 a campaign wu instituted for more students, with the result that pupils were sscared from all parte of tbe Jewish world inetesd ol Woodbine. Tbe plyut now consists of toe following buildings: School building, ernegogne and aeumbly hall, creamary, cow, calf and horse boras, poultry plant, greenhouses, mechanical shops, power house, instructors' and superintendent's cottages, dormitories for the student dining hall and kitchen, and is considered one of toe show places of Cape May Ccanty. The New Location The form to which the school wilt >w be removed lies in beautiful country, on a good wide stone road leading Irom Peekskiil to Yorktown Height*. The pnoe paid for the land is $80,(M). Many preliminary •turtle* and much invustigation are to be modi of other school buildings of a similar nature preparing the plan* lor the new school, and tiie committee iu charge doe* not expect to complete the plant eighteen month*. Jacob H.Bchifl ami Julius Rosenwaid each made contribution* of $180,000 fur the purpose of removing th* school from Woodbine to its new home. Tbe Agn cultural bebool Committee, which acts ie managing body tor toe inatituis composed of Samuel Fleish*.r, of Philadelphia, chairman; Mauric-.- Kels, David W. A in ram, Maurice N. Weyl, Howard 8. Levy, Stuart Loucheim and Leon J. Gbermayre, of Philadelphia; Dr. Jacob G. Ltpman, of New Brunswick; Hagens S. Benjamin, Alfred Jarstxki, S. F. Rothschild, Cba*. L. Bernhsimer and Joseph A. Kosec, of New

York.

Plan Improvements '

At Ocean City

The City Commissioner* of Ocean City have decided to hold a special election Tuesday, February 27, to ascertain popular opinion on a proposed bond issue ot $38,(U0. Th# money is to b* spent a* follows: Improvement of tits Fourth street wharf, $4UUU, addition to tbe music pavilion, $2U,U0U; new curt ace water dram on TwelRh street, *14,UX

Legislative Briefs —Tbe State Legislature on Monday passed a resolution indorsing tl.e action of President Wilson in severing diplomatic relation* with Germany, and offering the financial aid of the State to the Federal government if needed. —The "jite” will at last come into their own if tbe bill of Senator Osborne posee*. It provide* for tbe repealing of tbe Kate* jitney law, which force* jitney owners to pay taxes similar to street cor railway*. Under the Osborne law the jitney* would operate without this burdensome tax. —Another single tax bill was introdoced in the Senate on Monday by Senator Osborne. It prcvide* for a tax on land*, exempting bniidings and all improvements A similar bill introduced lost yoar by Senator Hennessy was defeated. —The House and Senate hare agreed that no bilfe shall be introduced after Monday evening, February 16th. This plan wm used last year, also, and helped facilitate imooth working of the machinery of the Legislature. —Another liquor bill was introduced on Monday in tbe Senate bv John B. Kates, providing that tbe liqaor question in municipalities be left & tbe band* of the voters, and on petition of 16 per cent of these the city aathoritiee are forced to pass an ordinance to abolish liqnor or enforce more stringent regulation* as to its sale. On refusal to pas* such an ordinance tbe city antboritiee must submit the matter to a referendum vole. —The only opposition to the passage of the Edge road iaw, at toe hearing on Monday in the State House, developed from Hudson County, which county claim* that if the law passes they will be forced to pay $3,01)0,000 of tbe $15,000,000 to be raised for road purposes and will not receive one cent iu benefits from it. This law would take toe place of the Egon $7,000,000 rood law. —Owing to tbe unsettled condition* at Watoingtou, with war with Germany in prospect, tbe Legislature, instead ol adjourning antil next Monday night, will have ricrsaes from day to day until that dale so a* to be ready for a meeting at a moment's call. Provision has been, mads for aa emergency appropriation of $100,000 to properly equip the State

Atlantic City Will Fight Sinking Fund Bill

City Solicitor VVooitoo, « City, has staled toot the cuy would undoubtedly be again al thr hill that has been presented in Hie Assembly by Mr. Piereon, which provide* tor the control and administration of the sinking feeds of the municipalities of the Biair. Mr. Wooton declares ihst the whole tenor of the bill is agaiud the home rule idea, and that it would interfere materially with the admimmation and operation of the ainking uind of that city. "Tbe bill provides for a commission of five and then goes on to say that this shall be supervised by a Slate official, who Bhali be a sort of Chief Sinking Fund Commiesioner. It virtually establishes a bureau by the 8ute and takes a.«ay the home rule idea entirely. 'Ws do not believe that any Slate official, no matter how capable lie may be, can administer the sinking fund of this city m well os it i* managed under the pretint system. No man from another part of the State Can understand the needs c f this city os well os we undemand them ourselves. We have one of the beet sinking fund administration* in the State, and we aboil not ait quietly by and we it impaired by the passage of

I bill.

'The idea is that of a dreamer. We have worked our sinking fund system out along practical lines and we do not t to hare it disturbed and thrown a state ol chaos by tbe passage of bill. Mr. Pierson’s ideas in his home rule bill ore good, but the bill which applies to the unking funds is all wrong and totally at vanauce with his home rule ideas.” Tbe law, if passed, would work oil | equal.y to the detriment of all municipalities.

William Matiaban has sold bis Allan : House botsl, at Townsend's Inlet, to

the Camden Bottling Company.

Mauabau has conducted tlie hotel for the post decode and had built up a fine summer patronage, it is understood

Mr. Mauahau will uudlf bis how* with a slator in Philadelphia.

Dr. R. C. Scott wishes to announce to his patients hi* return to hi* pisctice in 8ea file City ou February 14, 1617. Office Ik art, s to IU a. m., 1 to 3 p. m., 7 to • p. m.. Sunday*, 6 to 1) a. m. and by appointment.—Adv.

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