May County Times

CAPE MAY COUNTY, (St* Isle Cm P. O.) N. J., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1918

Ocean Citys' Churches Solve Fuel Problem by Merging; Coast Guards Get Pay Increase; Corson's Inlet Bridge Damaged by Ice Jams; Other Notes. Thro « decieloti rendered by the ■ comptroller. December 1. 1917, the • cortft guards will be granted an increase of pay amounting to 96 per month, says an exchange. Aa the act mgrees May It, 1917. the . receive the seven mo

back

sued giving the enlisted force of the days leave, together } With ten days’ re-enlistment leave dun t year. The liberty that was formerly twenty-four hours ted to 18 t- being granted in turn according to the complement of the stations The guard aerrice was mobilized as lee lams at Corson's Inlet played of the navy si the declaration of the havoc this week with the new auto present war with Germany, and has bridge, the piling for which work ah proven to he one of the most

branches Of the g

At least thirty-four of these, and

mown over by the lee. and have m rer in the |

washed out to sea and Newton, owner of the wen known and ,

5 Cents a copy, $1.50 a Year

FREEHOLDERS TO VIS!! COMMERCE CHAMBER DECIDE TO LAY MATTER OF COUNTY ADVERTISING BEFORE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT NEXT MEETING; SENTIMENT FOR EXPENDITURE.

TOMULIY LAUNCHES SENATORIAL BOOM

PRESIDENT’S SECRETARY’S LETTER TO GOVERNOR LOOKED UPON AS OPENING GUN OF CAMPAIGN REPUBLICANS WANT BAIRD TO SUCCEED HUGHES.

The subject of County advertising was re-opened at the meeting of the Board of' Freeholders on Tuesday, when W. Lane DUg. of the Dorland '. of Atlantic City, for an appropria$5000 was appropriated by the Board for this purpose, of which $1500 was spent In newspaper and farm journal publicity. In making up the appropriations this year, however. no money was provided. Freeholder Joseph Camp, of Middle Township, expressed himself In favor of an appropriation and It was suggested that the Freeholders, as a body. meeting of the County which will be

held In

bor, on February list.

■ for Powell and Champion, the • City contractors, to aave son r them. And It pays to aave piling 1 days, with the price at $80 apiece. r Despite the set-hacks of the severe > winter, Messrs. Powell and Champion 1 have not abandoned their hopes of haring the bridge open for travel this

The Cape May County Chamber of

1 pled so much of the attention of the

mber at their last two martl again be the subject of debuts.

There aru so many good argumems

a subject will be

mt to know-lag that there will be

an Interesting

the short- In a reel estate development at Chelsea, later extending his Intereat to the whole of South Atlantic City. Some of the most besutifnl i cottages In that

Newton'

by himself being a m architecture. Mr. has extended his holdings southward to Cape May County, and bered among Its moot ardent admirer*. lorida City

that the on that

csrd was from Mrs. Myrtle

Smith, wife of the Ocean City postmaster, and will be remembered as a Wildwood school teacher, s*y> the

Wildweod Journal. And just

lh- Smithf and the many other Cons-

— i; Bdka who are wintering j-aloaa, the Journal thus the aeme column, the '

homd: “There has been three or four

snows during the

the depth on the level is nearly a foot and a half, wsa the mild ext day of the

there was s little cold gray day

and slippery at night Before day-

The matter of County advertising was strongly urged by the Chamber of Commerce last year, and it was plan of the Chamber's advertising to spend one-half of the apfor advertising and the a booklet to send out to replying to the advertising. The Freeholders could not see It that way. and no booklet was Issued.

■ pay for.

Mr. Pererly recovered for the entire amount, some thing around $60°. t Shallow Water

1 by many from the newspaper

published In tl

' weeks, the most of which staled post ' lively that the trains would be with

h two weeks ago.

• van a. m. more snow, the dahee tailing steadily from aoon until AM at night.'

ETE HOPE THE FROG IB CORRECT.

received, ally laid

If any advertising is done, the sentiment of the Freeholders seems to be to advertise to attract farmers to migrate to the County rather than to advertise the resort*, each of which do extensive advertising of their own

WILL BUU.D BIG PLANT AT TUCKAMOE.

i time due to a lack * plant school. E part of its beating sp ■ forced to shul down, and

I scarcity of coal is admii local consumers are of the 1 If proper effort* had

shut down of the

8 of your property by <: tbs ejection of a sultatt la Quits another

RED CROM ASKS HELP.

The Sea Isle City American

’ Cross through It* President. Mrs.

' Theodore DeBow. says: tder If some of the women

- folks think of our boys these 'old days light*. It doesn't seam so or they

I surely knit or do something r that they do think. Then

be a terrible howl If somr of our boys are called fa the next draft If there

Isn't anything made so U

can give them an oul#l Do your

J1 be nc cause for fault ftnd-

RECENT DEATHS. Joseph Oambeno. of Philadelphia. me on January M. and the ZSth. started Sea Isle City's shop, twenty-nine y< when at the agt of fifteen, be

tnd Hog sure enough aaw oa Saturday last which

day, hut despite the Vineland. N. J.. Feb. 5 —Farmer more Jones ha* s bullfrog weather prophet of win Ur. weather prog-! • ho lives In an underground ditch on his farm Every spring this frog

out In time to make a spring id s forecast. Yesterday he apand signaled one more snow

and than beautiful spring The farmer believe* In the f.'og. because he *sys “BtDly" hasn't failed the last five

yarn.

dsy. half your corn And half you,- hay." far as the sun shines In.

Just so tar win the enow blow la." The hind would rather see his wife

Work I* to be started immediately by the Bethlehem Steel Company on 5 plant for the United States Gov

road, near Tuckaboe, and eight-inch zb ells will be d detonator* manufactured. The number of hands to be employed In the plant will be at least two thousand. and probably four thousand, actbe demand for she 111 which will be d Jons for various will be located

of the

the South River and the Tuckaho, road, and will extend from the point where the company's property first reaches on the road on the other std* of the bridge to the stream known a* Cedar Creek. The office* will be built along the road, but the main building, will be a constderabli distance from the highway and wUI rea.-h nearly to the river. This will be a “war plant.*' and It* operation and permanency will depend upon war condition*

11 Than see the sun on this day o' the

GIVES BINOCULARS TO NAVY. The following Uttar baa been received from the Navy Department by

'holder The

Sea Isle City: Washington, Feb Mr. Tbeo. E DeBow.

ear Sir:—

Your prompt and patriotic respon** to the Navy's call for binoculars 1* mi at appreciated The glasses will be very useful In the prosecution of

Nsral Operations until victory Is At Uw termination of the

sred into partnemhlp. that lerminated i ^ . ffon ^ * ben Mr Luongo bought hi. Inuresi thttn u, you when U 1. bop*

P O. S. OF A. ELECTS OFFICERS

of the Cape May

(ty Aasodatlnn of the Patriotic G Sons of America, held at South i ilia, the following oOce-s for 191$ were alocu-d -PraMdauL A. T Freli ! man. Cape May C. H.; Vic • President. | A Spencer. Cape May; Master of : Forma, Harvey Bowes.. Cape May C. H Secret*! >, Jas T. Maxon. So. Seavllla; laspcior, Wm K swaia. Cold *l>rla«; Guard. K A Bourgeois. Ocean (iiy: Chaplain. Edward

( ape May C. H adopted upon the

(Path at the Aviation Station at W* Co. Tag, of former District President Klmar K Rauch of Camp 15. Ocean Cape May C H Conductor. V W I‘.< rsen. 8c HeavUle.

years later.

The deceased was in hi* ««ih year, and was v eil known here After ar illnsss of two weeks. Mr*. Eliasbstii Delaney, nslber of fu/mar CUy CoamlseioDer J. P. Delaney, at bar home on Paris Street, on Thursday morning at four o'clock.

that you wUI feel compensated for any evidence of wear by the know! edge that you have aoppllsd 'eye# tor the Navy" during a very trying period On behalf of tb* Navy. I wish to

heartily

FRANKUN W. MOOHKVB1.T. Assistant Hetty of the Navy Mr. DeBow ha* suggested to tb*

Department tbs' many pairs of biuocu lam might he secured by the Navy from Cap* May County, if a little pub licity were given to the Navy's dire) ll<

HANDLING W S. S CAMPAIGN.

iherlff Wm M Bright, sag or of the War Saving Stamp* Jgn. I* losing neither time nor uaily in presenting the merit#

tvlags

■kiss of thi* #u exchange very l» say.: "Mr Bright t apewhes on thi* subject the faculty of dressing Up each QlSerently from the other, with maty any iwpetitlour. In language

•very time

is one of tha best orator* in Cape

Kay County."

W. t. 8. RALLY AT

COUNTY SEAT SATURDAY.

ite. former Banking Commissioner of New Jersey, and Henry A. Rosenfeld. a vice president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, will apeak at Cape May Court House on Saturday after 9th. 1911. at 1M. on f War Saving Certificate*

is.

1* familiar with the movement in Great Britain. Both are good speakers and the public are cor dlally Invited.

$1,933,188 IN MOTOR FUND.

Motor Vehicle t'oimnlsalonet

Dill sobmltied hi* annual report to the Legislature on Tuesday, skowlua

receipt* for 1917 of $1,913.1(3. an (heir tax uni- baa

r of 87 per cent

vear He recommended legla- • enacted next year to change * of license fee* for motor vrt having pneumatic lire* so that r of 40 cents yearly for each r would be Impoaeo to more distribute t&* assessment*

WILLIAM A. HAFFERT Notary Public All Work Promptly Attended To. 104 WoM Jaruoy Avsnu# Bug late Btlor, M. J.

The daath of United Staton Senator William Hughes, in Trenton last week, baa resulted In a premature opening of the Senatorial fight, which wan to have been the big feattre of the 1919 Election. Governor Edge must appoint a sacsaaor to Mr. Hughes to serve until the next general election and at tl tion a Senator wUI b

of Mr.

term to March 3d. 1919, and tor the full t in of six year* to follow.

Jooepb Tumulty, 1

Pr- sldent Wilson, has bee prominently as a candidate foi State* Senator to succeed Hughes, hut has not Indicated w he will be a candidate. Republican leaders declare, however, that the letter made public by Tumulty to Governor Edge, which follows, is really the opening gun of Tumulty's campaign.

Tumulty's Plan,

ential improvement of the Corrupt Practice* act, in my Judgment, la to limit the amount of money that

behalf cf each can-

didate, and to limit and specify objects for which money may be expended. The key to the political corruption In our larger countie* lies In the party organizations, which under existing condition* represent private Interests. "Hie only method that 1 have heard iggested that promise* any relief from the fraudulent practices In the iduct of our election machinery Is In removing this machinery entirely from any control of or Influence by these party organisations. The old theory of each perty organization appointing two men to protect the party Interest has absolutely broken down. “If candidates happen to be nominated who are opposed to the organisation. the representatives of the organisation. instead of working for these candidates, actually unite with the opposing organ ixatijn lu an effort to defeat the candidates who have been nominated contrary to the wishes of the organization. The only remedy la to get away entirely from this selfish control of the election machinery. No county committee shot Id be allowed to work for the nomination.

that our elections 'unities be held In

(our public school houses and conducted by the public school t'-xchcrs is. by all odds, the best eolui.jn for election corruption that I have heard. The suggestion which you made In your message of a county board of elections, appointed by the court. Is all right so

far as it goes."

Want Baird Named. More than 100 business and profeeklonal wen of South Jersey, representing every county south of Mercer, called upon Governor Edge at the state bouse on Monday to urge him to fill that portion of the unexplred term of the late United Stale* Senator William Hughes between now and the ne era! election by appointing Sheriff David Baird, of Camdet ty. A notable incident in c with the conference with the g wax that Attorney C rott. a Democrat, spoke on behalf of Baird. The great need of Washington now," the attorney general said, "Is Baird Is si, exceptlon■uainess man. and more that, be la every Inch a patriot." Friend* of Baird believe that his long oar vice to the Republican party ratiiies him to tbe honor that would go with the temporary appointment as Senator llughea* suceesaor. Governor Edge haa the highest {x-nwiial and political regard for the Camden veteran, and. taking all consideration* Into acruunty Baird appear* just now to be the beat sanatoria] bet Tbe Baird booimr* po'nt out that

ambition to enter

a contest for United states Senator, and for this reason he would be entire!) satisfied to take tbe t appointment and serve now until ’he next general ( Thla would be s political ivdri Governor Edge If he la to be dale .-r*l fall to succeed Senator Hugh** tor tb> unexplred portion of I Hughes term from election day uniII I Man-b 3. 1919. and for the full term erf [*ii years, fc-gltmlw March 4, 1919. | if the Governor derides to make the I nin. It Is believed that ho Will be a candidate for the short and full term*. (Continued on page 3)