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Republican but Independent.

A NEWSPAPER FOR ALL OF CAPE MAY COUNTY. Published Every Friday by The CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES COMPANY (Incorporated) West Jersey and Landis Avenues, Sea Isle City, N; J.

WM. A. HAFFERT, President and General Manager. CHAS. O’CONNOR, Treasurer. C. F. SCHUCK, Secretary. Philadelphia Office: 717 Mutual Life Building. A. F. Smith, Foreign Advertising Representative. Advertising Rates Furnished upon Application.

Enured At Lbe Post Office, Set Isle City, N. J, u second-class matter.

NO COMPARISON POSSIBLE. The Elmer Times feels well satisfied with Salem County as compared with Cape May County in a financial way. It says, in a recant issue: The financial statement of Cape May County, published in the county newspapers last week, shows the bonded debt of the county as $866,400.00. The boating debt is $46,000.00. Salem county occupies an enviable position in comparison. Most of the municipalities in Cape May county are also heavily bonded and high taxes will be necessary for many years to come to meet interest payments and maturing .obligations. Man,}' of the improvements for which the bonds were issued will Lave been worn out long before the bonds are paid off. The Times forgets that Cape May County has constructed over one hundred and twenty-five miles of good roads in the past ten years, against Salem County’s sixty-six, and it forgets that Cape May County, because of its geographical position, must maintain a bridge system that represents an investment of over $300,-

000.

There can be no just comparison made between Cape May and Salem Counties from any point of view. Cape May County is distinctly a seashore resort county, and must make and maintain «nch improvements as will make the County most attractive to those who visit within its confines by the tens of thousands each year. The separate municipalities must likewise bear the brunt of the unusuaj demands made upon the resorts by their summer population. Salem Count), on the other hand, is purely an agricultural centre, with small demands on its purse-strings. What, for instance, would Elmer do with a $600,000 bcaidwaik? Or Salem with a lighting system that during the three summer months would cost $10,000 to maintain? Or Woodstown with a $500,000 Municipal Pier? Or Pennsgrove with a municipal orchestra for three months of the year at a cost of from $5,000 to $8,000?

OFFICT A.Xj" jaiK/BDTOMRr

C A.FE1 3VCA.T OQ-CTFmr-

n , r r , | j COUNTY OFrTAJWkTKmV Board of Chosen Freeholders 0 ., BiAckw^i

Cap* May County, N. J. Tha regular meetings of the Board are held on the FI rat and Third Ti day of each month at the Court House, Cape May Court Houas, at 10X0 A. M. OFFICERS Director HENRY S. RUTHERFORD Vice-Director AUGUSTUS HILTON

Clerk

F. W. FOWKES Sea Isle City County Collector JOS. L SCULL Oceaa City

ERNEST W. LLOYD

Cape May City County Engineer

IXAMING M. RICE Wildwood

Road Buperviaor

DANIEL SCHELLENGER Erm

Steward of Almshouse LEWIS T. DOUGLASS Cape May Court House

Superintendent of Soldiers’ Burials

JOHN W. REEVES... Cape May aty|- WtK>J ‘' m ® •

Custodian of Court House

LEWIS fi SMITH

Cap*. May Court Houe Farm Demonstrator J. ARCHER STACKHOUSE Cape May Court Houar

CORONERS Dr. N. A. Coheaw. Wildwood Wl!«>n A. LaMs*. Cold Spring a M Huffi—•• Ocean City

OVERSEERS’ OF THS POOR »©W CITIES, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSKIPS OF THE-COUNTV OF CAFE

MAY. CINoa.

Gu* May City A. O. Bennett Ocean City T."” Sea Isle City..... A. North Wildwood.. Wildwood.

Cap* May Point South Cape May-

Stone Harbor Mart* U Van Them* Wert Cape May. Wtt. W

Wildwood Onset J. H.

Mid dli Loser

List of Members

CITY, BOROVCH -AND TOWNBWP CLERKS OF THE COUMTV OF CAPK MAY •

Name, Address. District Represented Term Expires on January l»t of the Year Opposite Name..

OCEAN CITY

Addreee, Ocean City John P. Fox 1»1» John E. Townsend 1S1I SEA ISLE CITY Address. Sea Die City E DeBow 1920 James F. Eustace 1920 NORTH WILDWOOD Address, North Wildwood Floyd Hewitt 1921 John W. Young 1921

WILDWOOD

Address. Wildwood

Augustus HD ton 1921 VpptrJi Otto Koeneke 1921 "

CAPE MAY CITY

Address. Cape May City John T. Bennett 1919 Henry 8. Rutherford 1921

UPPER TOWNSHIP Address. Tuckaboe

Hope W. Gandy l*If

DENNIS TOWNSHIP

Address. (Peermont) Avalon Levi Wenlxell 1919

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP

Address. Pierce’s P. O. Joseph Camp 1921

LOWER TOWNSHIP

....JL W. Rosanl

Cap. May Point. H. H. l Booth Cape Max--Elrin B. Martin Stom Harbor Leo F. McCrsren Whet Cape May..... .Thee. W. •» * Crem i. .Hasey <L. Nick.

L. C. Abra

Cape May City....

Ocean city Harry A.^Utfla Sea Isle City Irving ntch North Wild wood... George A. Redding James E WhlteeeU

Is Yom* Money Safe? Security is what you wisk for your savings. We offer it end neite your: fullest investigation aa to our rehability, business methods and fuslilin. . Deposits by mail -will L» promptly acknowledged. Write us about opening.an Account Security Trust Company, CAPE riAV. N. J. 3X lHtere»t Paid on SavingB Deposlta

Osman M- Geary. Denniavtlle

Middle . .A. T. D. HAweB. Dias-Creek

Lamer. Charles <C. ~

TAX COLLECTOR* --FOR- CITIES, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS

OF THE COUNTY OF

CAFE MAY.

Cape May City.-. W. J. Fendersm * Ctty.i E. W. 1

EreJon Waltar A. Bmlth Cap* May Point J. T. Huff South Cape May.C. MsxahaU Rudolph Stone Harbor Clarence O, Leukus

■ .Chas. H Lars

gapp. Petersburg

ASSESSORS OF «mES,-*OROUOHS

AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY

Cttisa .

Cape May CUy j. Alien Wales

Drv M. T Totuds

Beoihlt OUyrw....B.J6. M.

INSANE, OR JUST CRAZY? One of tne firet rules of journaliAin, which holds good in newspapers of every political faith, is to keep its columns open to its readers for a public expression of timely topics, provided that nothing of a personal nature is allowed to crop .through the ex-

pression.

Apparently the consolidated Democratic Wildwood Sun-Tri-1 ». R>U GrM> ** Wl bune has not yet, in its youth and inexperience, learned this rule, | for in the issue of February 14 there appears a communication so : committee assignments For intensely personal, and so vituperative, withering and condemna- '.9ia tory that, in reading it. one peuses to wonder if the writer is really j almshouse -Fox . Bennett, Gandy, ".t Lnie”. or i. .n tomu. ol MrtiUitfa. for the mUhe. ' , n-BuSu’fii.StiD cornu* I he winter of the communication was a saleaagent for the , -Bennett, lieu at and Kmmeke

South Jersey Realty Company, 01 Stone Harbor, for a peri< d of

years, and Mr. Reese P. Kisley, whom he attacks, is one of the j HILLS—Kuetan.-. cimp. i"nin. ^ South Jersey officials. Our friend, of the derisive pen, none other auditing—Hewitt, tamp and Kcm-o-U*n Uoonjc Chuponu-r Connor, .so-, oral his connocUon with K0.0 South Jersey concern, by request, and since breaking off former I eke. ^ “diplomatic relations" has been in a constant state of internal war I HOADS—-Rmbertord. Bennau.<Camp, with the South Jersey’s officers. H*® 0 "- Eu»tace. HewitL HUton. . , T. rox. Candy. Iinimelfe MatfBeiliL I he article to which Mr. Connor takes such strenuous exccp- ; Townsend. Yount; an^ Wentxeu. tion is the one enUtled "In Time/if War, Prepare for Peace,” which l ,JGI,TING ANU ^‘-^CTRlCAL-De-

^1 of the County poper S pohliehed two w^h. the raa of u

which roost of our readers will remember. mosquito kxtehminatION — W ake up. Editor Blackwell ! Its bad enough to let anything ' DrBow ■‘“ 1 Voung. so personal to get by, but when the object of the attack has ex-]" 8 ®^?* 0K I lugoN ' ER ®7“«pressed such pro-DemocraUc sentiments, so thoroughly in accord ■ burying indigent

with your own editorial policy, as Mr. Risky did. breach of news- AND bailors- j w. Since Ha^TT;! McMurtrt* paper etiquette becomes all the wider. board ok vocational school v, ' 4t * C*** Harrg fl. Tuber

ESTIMATE—Youn».\ Euatace xud Wildwood Creel Wm. A. Juettoe Koent-ki-. Woodbine Israel Kisenberg

THE IMP Ol THE PERVERSE.

The fuel administrator for the State of New York warns his constituents that "every indication points to the fact that the coal stringency will be even more acute next wintei than n u at present,” This can mean only that President Wilson u .l*ig|r«lly determined to retain the incident Garfield in office and that the foolish policy is to be cortinued of fixing coal pricea at a figure where the small mine owner- cannot operate their properly. The greater part of all our troubles about furl -r.l food spring from the attempt to regulate prices in defiance ..f «on..ma law and .,f pracUcal condHiom. If Secretary l^ne liad U,-n jrrmitted to g..

'■n witii the arrangi-m - -

SOLDIERS I tfoeth Cap* .Mat . iv ‘ - - u.

Court and County OHtews

Cap* Nay Court Houm

summer, there would h;n A striking example days of the operation of t ed, has come to Kepm*ru in a letter from the An

e fit

pany burned 3t .

pounds on the correspoini of 15 tons a day. The lo per day. and"the lo», m p excess irf tliat amount. I: drawn the desired rvsuJU thoroughly, and the exetgradually at a future time

-» kac*) the iiifing day

- made with the coal men W • < 'lalkss days this winter, ating” in coal in the first five fu. l .nier, now happily remindl ' ,, ‘ t*- Paige, of Massachusetta, pUtal ('oinivitiy in his distrirt. r M** {r,,n ‘ freeling, the cm-

• ouuutai i'l<-ju Judge

HON HENRY H. ELDREDGE Oerk ol ' 'ouita and ■ ountr CU-ik A CARLTON HILDRETH

iJepuiy I’lerb of Court* end Cociii <

Clerk

KT1KUNU \V. COLE

la-pmy Sheriff MEAD TOM UN

mpared i

-fl.

457.2661«

eatingj $7,000;

Hf Sup* rim^ndt-nt of S*-booU end Wto-lar) ol VoreUonel Kchoolr

AARON W HAND

, COUNTY BOAPO OF ElCCTIOKS Jjoto H. Bt*»««uu i .l-.., ,,

1 l*-vl Dickeneo:

| j Cites. HhMlD c*awSuJ Weller MutbeiTord ColT*^^-

•ffti’i ’

JUBTICEB of the feace of the

COUNTY or CAFE MAY

cm*e .

ea CUy-JereoM £ Rush

Mazda Lamps DOUBtf Uttnr AT ORE-HALF THE 6NT

It is Safe, Cool aod Econocnicoi to IfOk Mritk Electricity. Electric Irons for Solo er Rcot

WIRE YOUR HOUSE NOW The low cost end ksting satisfaction will please you. Pay a little each month. Ask ns about it

Electric Light Power & Water Co.

Phones: Bell ai; Keystone 17-A,

SEA ISLE CITY, N.J.

CONTRACTORS * BUILDERS

ESTIMATM* OHEEmRULLY OIVEN LUMBER ABO BUILDING 8UPRUBB PAMT. COAL. MOrOP BOAT SUPPurB STRATHMERE lumber 00. BAOfc-ag. WADDINETON.

Modern Convenience* Open AS Tbs Year MRS. FRITZ CRONECKEB’B HOIfL BfllEVUf

SeoIakCtty.N.J.

no* tod Frit* St. WfrBWMiiffaviMnnsi

Bee Ule <Tiy—Alfrs* H Bteelmea

Kdeerd C. Bfovrae

NoMb WBSw—4 M» M. My

Both Phones

Prompt Service

West Jersey Garage Landis Avenue, just South of Ocean Avenue

SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.

Repairing, Storage and Cleaning

UASOUNE, OIL, ETC.

Cage JU> uiir Juaee J. rv*k

Bereugke

Bioo* Harbor—k. E. Hoi hr a Goer** j HurauN Weel Cap* M»r MueAn Woodbluo -J a Lena

Mesh.

Uppw—Jaxoee bboenaker. TMbab*S Ua»nl>—A. E. HotDxn. D#um*>iu,.

Thumaa J. Duiroll, IWll. pUlo Mlddlo— L T OarrMeau.

: OEALEXe IN I LUMBER AND MILL WOE CEMENT, LIME, HAH. PLASTER, NAILS. *C . .. ~ OFFICE AND YARDS:

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