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E tt tor tbc irtater

y, $1.50 « Year

» SOVS IN FRANCE

It CAOWINB SLOWLY. I

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SUES

t. t). NOWELL, TO AVALON RED CROtt. Camp Lee—Boyt Appr«citt«

at Fair Coiinty

Bank;

Hv«l at th* TUOS

r dmtmLZ. »m. faa. Cur-. 1-M : FlU*. Set Me CltT

rartea. ,

- -mr The patriotl*m * Cap* Mar Countr

cuttrlbottd betore the •«. at lM TOS cficr «. a- torttay. raake a

r to FMC ham tor Christ

•ale of M6J.000 worLB of

Crest mcod<2 Liberty Loan drt*» vhlcl.

Allovir.K flee perao&c to t-rarr ft ’ II; In the Const;, each bought a 9

e (SoUeer; «• our flchter.

. Tirctnla Speer. Sc* 1

; JSr costrfbaM to tM* e buy* «c worth of n&okew. sod s It In the L«Mb of one of our • at the front. Hi* j^cestaa^e

ccq came* with

e to ackoowMs* 1U receipt h; 1 card to the person thronjck cj* be rrcolved the gifL

The bond* wen ssbeerlbed mainly

hronyh the rariou* banks. wbich.ya\r their IhM and eBort for the part four

week* to the aale of tbe bond*.

' The flm National Bank of Ocean Cl*.;, which 4oe* the gnat bulk of the

bitten Of upper Cape May County, bought »7&,<XK' worth

O. HowelL- Jr.. of Awaloa. former

of the Cape Count; - Committee. trea*i’rer of

the Chamber of Commerce, and twice .. candidate for the Atseinbly. U now Captain of the SJOth Infantry. TT.' 8. A,

Camp Leo. TiL “*

In * letter under date of September Jtth, to the Avalon Red Croan, Mr. Howefl write* a* follow*: • I be* to acknowledge receipt of yocr very kind note of the ITth. and also tht receipt of the sweater and wrlatteu thl* moraine. They certainly are Ene and exactly what f hare bees wanting. Tbe night* down here,: Men quite coo! and only last week wrote Mrs. Unwell naklng her to kni me a *w«al*r exactly like, the one yo.

chare

doubt; ■

iatrd

& *wwv

h package, and the

s of the donor tt w * aide of the card at toe “Our n in France Tobacco

' In New York.

y cent received goes to buy to- • fur clerical work. IvertUlng etc^ are donated.

• > tedpri-' D. Ctoi. cf PhUadelpbix and a part; i a*«i H* of Utoada. «*• ▼ttlton to to* CfaU! 1st pn

h Smfh. stone I Hard Cake. C Lbeth Bnkhiaoa.

£«nd in your mite now— _ http*. Too get ytior thac

men sue one, ehvw* toat lia, t er. like the one you rent seem* ti the most appreciated gift among the men. and I think any eh art put for^ ward In that line will he well 'wjnld. Our camp here, a* you pruoahiy have read. 1* a monster proposition quartering when (vurpleted about 4k.*

about twice the entire

At Cape Ka, Court Hon*, toe Na-

—t>.-v .. b" 111 on t480 acre* of land, haring

about 150« frame build leg* The Hoaalonc cover* SI acre*, and baa I Vi mile* of connecting corrldara.

The Ocean Otjr Title, and Trust Company purebaned MO,*00 worth of bond*, while toe Taokahoe Nation al Bank, of Tockahoe. nan died 912.000

worth.

Ilona] Bank disposed or 950.000 worth of the bond*, making a total «f 911T.000 oat of the grand total of 9452.000. purchased by to* upper section of the

County.

RECENT DEATHS.

Han every Friday aftenMne. troa » nntn 6 c'«leok. u mw tor the eol dten. AB women are asked to help.

L. 4,

L. J. Speer, of Weet -icrsey Avenue, died on Wedneedxy night from * par-

open their aobeeripUon book*, end e who have not yet purchaeed Is still have time to Invert In the M tf nil known to vestments—Ub-

alytlc stroke Mr. Speer we* In good

***** W*. °W Mar Wednesday morning. P .. In (X,

e eoctal tans of tbv leesl ebur Save austed. Mb the Methodist sad

* *. Mr. I

let prise. Sale Hlne*. Stone Harbor tod prise, Ida Smith. Sea Isle City. ><-1 nr lx*. Esther McGinnis. Mildred

In the

at five o'clock, he oomptolned of pain* to Ida heart, and went to

day. The potto will be open from six o’clock to toe morning until sere toe tomtom. Reeeme wti-aee m

Hon of (he town, about iMrty-erven year* ago. He leaves a widow end

e of Jelly. Claes U.

l J. P. Dew

adatoms on toe birth Eh tar. which arrived at

Minerva Street. Sea lile City; Iwnjamin Speer, now at

vIDe; and WUUam Speer, of Se* Ule city; Ml** Vldrtte Speer, of Sea Ule City; Mr* Barrett. Mr*. Hick. Mr* Maloney, of Philadelphia, Mr*. Brown,

tod prise. Levbda SeuB. Ocean City.' r Camden, and Mr*. Grace, of MBIStd prim, noeence £Ubml Bumal TtUe. There are seweateen grt^ebll

day. win be allowed to vote. The candidates art: Assembly. Stork Lake, Republican: Samuel A. Lanning. Democrat; Surrogate, Henry S. Douglass. Republican ;E. L. Rice. Democrat ;

^ 1st prlf*. Mary McetpraM. South ,

ley Qulgg. IB Ocean City. OO I

I ’-™ A I I Ibtt hi* I I !-.'iiciag

* TJ night. Weighs eight pounds, wad w> dRECH ** ‘k* •- weH, ib«"h you. R*4»s* by *

Thera are aevtral local contest* In toe Ceuaty. ehirfly In Lower Township re Chaa Bohn and J. P. MacKisaic are both candidates for Freeboidcr. and in Cape May City, where Henry Rutherford and L. Miller are rival aspirants for tbe toweholeer berth.

The Camp bakery has a capacity c 45.000 pound* of breed per diem. The Camp laundry building 1* 200 feet square. It* cost with modem machinery installed will be approximately M of a million dollar*. 1C miles of large water mains hare been laid and S£ mile* of sewer*. ISO mile* of small water pipes. Ton can-get from this a vague idea of the aise oi tbe place, and 1 believe' a trip to Wrightatows sometime In O-tober or November, when thing* get la full operation, would well repay you all. In onr n

mem we are getting

mirr i

i Pltte-

One bunch of fellow* they are. to

on the tort c

r 900 n

I «: W p

I k HI*... »1

tomorrow. Of the flrst hunch, we hav ulte a few college men and on th 'hole a rather over the average clan They are all earnest and hart wort era and 1 honestly believe that whei the new National Army gets five or al months’ training, they will be the to est body of fighting men In tbe worif This way sound like Idle • bunk", bu tbe spirit of th* men and their dentr to catch on ead perfect themaatves ti

hy th* women of th# town, with Mrs O. Douglass, of Cepe May Court Houae.

Ocean City. Second prise (9J.M). Julia Whit Uagton. Be* Is!* City. .

interment will be made at Wood Cemetery. Ocean View. Th. deceased was la bis seventy»ecoud year.

Let Ua O* Veur Printlns

(Conlinn ii on f-egr &)

SOFRONEY NOW COLLECTOR.

Mark Lake

Prices t-y Ocean City TH1* A True* C«. Flirt prit* (ti). Male Bert Cape May Court Houae. Second prise (T5c>. Tuckaboe. Third prise (We), Lurie Rwrtne. Pet

lee M Bcfroney. 8m Ule City's I [ coOnctor. started hU doues

r Republican Neenintc for fix

i II.

> to* fund raised by to* local folk.

school auditorium on VelniedST evening was far tbs toad, ead was * da-

rt prise ail. PI—pot Campbell. ■ Cityrood Prise (76c). Jalia Whitting SM lair City.

Sea tsto City in rwomt

METHODIC^EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Rev. A. Corbin Brady. Pastor.

completed tbe Beading out of the 2917 tax Mil* Judging by the dispatch promptness with which the new collector U taking to his work, be make a worthy succreeor to Wayne Strothers, who retired from the post tton last Thursday, having resigned (our weeks previous Taxpayers have until December 20th to pe; their taxes; after that time a penalty of eight per oeot wUl be a and after Fehioary 2nd. 19U, i

Mr.

: a visitor over tbe «

_____ . Campbell I* haring a gad built It 'wrtghL, the -ear Of tl* iwoenUy emnpktod ert- - t**, «* Central .venue Asked wheth- , «r or not s rumor that be was to ptft * tad operrt* th* local Traction pony Mr Cxmpbrti stated that he

19 A*

m, “Mot a Word of Christ

Pledged te th* support •* th* best In'rrost* of Cape Nsy County, I em ask'np yeur vots solely on th* me of my record during my proviso* term In the Aseewte/. If yeu believe In clean egletetion end believe that the Governor of the »t*U should hav* As- | aemhlymen who will stand with him •■d will help along the buslnAs a ministration of the fttats's effelr* i advocated by hbn, vote for me on November 9th.

LOCAL OPTION MEETING.

LOAD VP TH* F

| or THE B0Yd IN PRANCE.

. Fill H In Aid ** M,K ' b Money J You Can Rpars'To Bc>'Tohn»e For » tMash Dodar Bay* Four FatoaBH Of Tottmeo )

To Tbs Tdltor.

itn p. m . Bunds; Uchool. TeamptaneePay ■ 7 00 p m , Bpworth Leagu* Topic. “The lorelgu Avalancb* “ 7.45 p. m, “Over tbe Top“ In both

our'Xl'ara.

Don't be slacker* Count on* In the Army of Christ All nr* tortied to nt toad to* Mrrice# aad to loin ta war-

rfaip with us. "Bbow your Color*" county U affiliated with the league,

will be sung by th* choir el th* eve

Th* Cape May County Local Option League Is bolding * meeting this mor dug at Cap* May Court House. Is

Baptist Church.

Pastor* will be urged to present th* j cause of local option In their churches | next Sunday, al all serrt'wa Pr

This edv. paid tor by Mark Lake.

Ocean City.

tSStf^SL;: -tw'

-Our IVijr* In FTsi

M*fc dollar boys 1"^ pfackagm. each »1Ui Hnu «ad that ta each U my paekagm u

Peerment M. E. Church Rev. Jobs C. Wallu-r. Pastor. The aerrloes hav# been well attend *d during i*w imet low weeks and much Interoat Is bring 'akco la toe

Dollars are coming in slowly for the oy* In Franc* Tobacco Fund, arc DU going u. pass over the appeal of j your fighting boy* In the crid i mud of Uie trenches of France for ]

»•

your n

Tb* subject* tor tbe next four Bungay evening* arc Nor 4th—"Ts Ule Worth livingNov 11th—"Thu Devil a Juggler " Nov. Uth—"How To Get Everytblax You Want" Too ere welcome

* tor the Cep* May Candy

Dlaport/fs of your property hr Win | is on? thin/. Aie arierilou of a suits-1 ble executor la qulto another. And! yet bolh become a tery simple matter I when you Invoke th* aid of the Security Tru*. Company, of Cep* May| Chy. N. J, to administer your sriata

If I am elected to the General Assembly by the people of Cep* May County. I PLEDGE MYSELF TO REPRESENT THE WHOLE PEOPLE •vKhcut r*o*rd lo party, creed or condition- I am for ECONOMY to the use of public monies; and AGAINST any SCHEMES to further burden the Tar.

peyere. GIVE ME YOUR SUPPORT!!

Samuel A. Lanning