CAPE MAY COUNTY, (Sea Isle Cm- P. O.) N. J., FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1918

SUm READING EXCURSIONS AGAIN START DOLLAR SUNDAY EXCURSIONS WILL BE RESUMED TO THE SHORE NEXT SUNDAY. THANKS TO EFFORTS OF CHAMBER OF COM-

At the regular meeting of the City Connnl*»io»erv In the CHy Hall U*t Friday. Director Chapman reported that In connection with payment* to the rax company on their contract to meet the blXl* for oil and coal the account xtandx a* follow*: Paid for oil and coal Due Fax company to 3-14th. Inc. 117.91 Mr. Chapman alao stated that the company had taken up the matter of purchasing oil and cdal and the city In all probability will no; advance further money. The followInF resolution was introduced by Mf. Stelnmeyer: “Whereas, we as dt liens of Great Free Nation, the Glnrioo* Unit-j rd State* read with horror th«* coudi- 1 lion* eilaUf amonc the Armenian* and Syrian* and of the terrible torture to which theae people *•-<■ pul by Automatic nation* or Armies that have not even a eonalderntion or pity for Innocent children, and Whereas, there Is in the rntted | State* a Committer formed for the Ar- purpose of and no* solUltlrc fund* "'with which to Tender such a-sistance' a* possible to relieve the huRKer and , the live* of these million* of des-, Utute people and starrlnF children.!

MERGE AND UNITED STATES SENATOR FRELINGHUY8EN.

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rard C. Steven*, accompanied by t T Steven*, wa* a vlaltor this L staying at the home of Mr. and [James Eustace 1 Whelan*and wife, of PhUa j, returned home on Sunday afrlng alteration* to the Inr of their Minerva Street houses mo weeks. bcKS FOR SALE. In any quantlpO OO per thousand (now stored old Continental). Loth . Bos S27. Sea Isle City, or ^'a Dru* Store.—adv. T pretty wedding took place In -n Ml** Ktolse Kra-iae t the bride of J. C. Je«*el*ohn. lotte. 8. C. The bride la the bter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Krauae. well known here. a 8. Jeffery*, brother of George tfferys. of Sea lale City, ha* been Secreury to United State* r David Baird, of Camden. Jef1 is editor of the Camden Poat-

Whereaa. a sub-commltieo has been | f rmed In the City of Sea Isle City, consisting of Rev. John T. Gillison. Mr.. William A. HaCert and Irving Pitch, j the latter acting a* Treasurer, to re- 1 colve and ■ollclt fund* for thi* most deserving cause, therefore Be It Resolved, that thl* Board of Commissioner* does moat heartily endorse the movement to obtain fund* to assist the Armenians and Syrians and approve of the Committee a* aforementioned." It was mpved by Chapman, seconded by Stelnmeyer. that the resolution as read be adopted

BOOST J. P. DELANEY FOR BOXING COMMISSIONER ; Philadelphia Record Sporting Editor Lauds Former Sea Isle City

Commissioner.

Now that boxing has become legal Ired In New Jersey the next step In order to get the sport started properly will be the selection by the Governor of the three Commissioners who are to have charge of the details as tequired by the Hurley law. There *111 be no trouble finding plenty of weli-quallfled men In that State to fill -he bill. Men who are not In politics: tonest and clean in reputation, and ■ bo want to see the sport carried on * lth a spirit that will make It as popular a* baseball, and make the legislators feel they will never have ally i-ause to regret their action In vctlng for a boxing law. In the lower end of Sute there Is one man who Will iave a host of admirers hacking him for the office of Commls*loner, a posl•lon for which he Is especially well lunlifled. Jerry Delaney, of Sea'lale City. 1* one of the best-posted men t-oxlng in* New Jersey. Hr has been a very- good boxer himself, and has kept m touch with the sport for many years 1 'lack, but it Is not liaely that he will make much effort himself to secure a 1 ntr.mliuilonershlp. as like all really ible men. he has a sedae of modesty list will prevent him pushing his j claims of ability in this particular line. ! but there la no doubt that his admirer* will see to It that he Is not overlooked In making the selection*. Ever i rince Delaney becalfie Interested In boxing and alhlelica be has had an enviable reputation tor squareness

WEEK'S HAPPENINGS

COUNTY

ASSEMBLYMAN MARK LAKE DISTRIBUTING PHEASANTS; FRISCO BOYS END LONG TRIP TO CAPE MAY BARRACKS; FIRST AIR LINE MAIL SERVICE WAS IN

COUNTY.

Chairman H. S. Mowrer, of the Cape May County Liberty Loan Committee, has lined up his Ocean City forces for the big Third Liberty Loan drive, which start* April 6th. On Monday night. Mr. Mowrer organised teams to make a house-to-house canvas* to secure subscriber* to the loan. “A Liberty Bond in Every Home" Is to be the slogan of the County Committee, and Mr. Mowrer proposes to see that It la carried out In Ocean City, at

least.

Assemblyman Mark Lake recently received a number of English ringnecked pheasants at hi* home in Ocean City. He had these distributed in several pari* of Upper Township. There will be about 300 of these birds sent to Assemblyman Lake, who will have them distributed in the farming communities of Cape May County. A correspondent of the Ocean City Ledger call* attention to the fact that the first regularly organised and conducted U. S. Mail Service by air line Is to be the credit of Capo May County. leaving the beach of Stone Harbor with Marshall Earl Reid carrier.

nnd honest dealing. He U a keen and, (or Clty and ntanlag * successful business man and. know- , flernoon ^ lhe BUmmer of

; every angle of the boxing game.

UNITED STATES SENATOR JOSEPH S. FREUNGHUYSEN. Through Whose Efforts the SundayExcu:>icn« Have Again Been Started.

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i In the de- . of the Ocean City High School intvllle High last A number of local young folk d the debate, which was on the m. “Resolved, that at the close * present war universal military Inlng and service should be the flxollcy of the nation." Isle City Public Library en on Tuesday evening, i 26Lh. after being closed since -. due to the severe cold I shortage of funds. At s meeting • Ubr.-.ry Association on Monday. Mowing officers were reelected: i T. Chapman President. Mr* Mornblu* eg. Vice-President; I , Secretary, and Mr*. L Stein r. Treasurer Wm A. Hafiert Mr*. L. Chester were elected A donation of 150 was re 1 from the City to aid in carry i the Library lETHODIST episcopal church. Sunday Service*. Service* every Sunday at 10.10 d 7.30 p. m. Sunday School at 1*0 m Prayer Meeting Thursday eve

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IESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH. Rev. John T. Gilll*an, Pastor. Winter Schedule. * Sunday. 11 A. M . public worship Sunday. £ *0 PM. Graded

o 8 P. M Junior League.

SPRING MEETING OF COUNTY AGRICULTURAL BOARD The Executive Committee of the County Board of Agriculture has agreed to hold the regular *p meeting of the County Board of Agriculture at Cold Spring. The C range hall ha* been kindly offered for that purpose on Saturday, the 23rd of

March.

The morning session will begin at ».3G a. m.. with a meeting of the Executive Committee, after which l will be a meeting open for the dUcussion of agricultural problem*. At this time the delegate* to the State Hortt cultural Society and the State Board

neck- r of Sea I*le City on hi* visit to

Washington last week.

..Whether the excursions are to be re-■um-next Sunday or not cannot he

— said -1-finitely at this ume bu*. at

the Reading railroad, will be ramunedj fca <i. tie- question is open for conaidnext Sunday. March *4th. erati -n nnd S.-natnr Pr.-llnghuysen has

The a»U.r mnn-lrtp to •■""'l >■•.-»■ -■> 1* -“I

- - .nelder It cloeed until a decision

Due to tLe earnest and nealous fort* of l nited States Senator Jo*- ph Frellnghuysen. cooperating with the Cape May County Chamber <«f Commerce, the dollar excursions on

th-re would be no possibility of anything crooked or ande-hand being done while be was on the Job. *vhlcb would mean early and late. Hating a crook or a faker like he does a rattlesnake. Delaney (who can scent one of that gentry a mile away) would soon make short work of anyone who would

queer what he has all his

life considered the greatest sport ir.

the world.—Phils. Record.

of Agriculture wUI report.

ports will be very Inu-recUng. as th delegate to the Stale Horticultural So rlety wa* Ralph Taylor of Cold Spring, and the delegate* to the 8tat»- Board of AgricoHure were Ralph Scbellln ger. of Green Creek, and Cha* Tom of Cape May Court House. All of these men Lave given splendid report*

In past years.

The usual custom of serving one of Cold Spring's famous feast* will be dispensed with. It being thought that this plan would be In aeeordance with food conservation. Sandwich*-* maybe brought by those not caring to go

to Cape May for dtnn-

shore points from PhRadel:

were cut off by the railroad adminis-

tration daring the winter, th-

causing considerable sacrifice on the

part of people of moderate mcanbad been accustomed to pan

these excursions tc obtain a cheat and Healthful Sunday outing. After con-

ferring with Senator Frellngflhy i

the subject. MrAdoo told him that

traffic conditions have Improved - lently to warrant the service belt turned He took the matter up

with the Pennsylvania and Re -ling

roads, with the remit that the slon* will be running again next -'un-

day.

The ball wa* started rolling by Mayor R. W. Cronecker. of Sea lale who Is chairman of the transport committee of the Chamber of merre. and who secured the ai-1 of Senator Frelicehuysen while In Wash-

ington last week.

The dollar excursion* mean almost the very life of the shore react t - In the Spring and early Samm-r. and of their resumption wa* se-

ed with delight.

Imtc advice from Philadelphia

The afternoon session will be novel that the Pennsylvania railroad In that Utile pertaining directly to «g- not run any excursions Into Cap- May riculture will be 0a1k>d about The County. This will deprive A' farmers are already familiar with the Stone Harbor and Wildwood t food production aide of the war and which Just now depend on Pennunderstand It pretty thoroughly What vice, of the dollar excursions unt they wsnt to hear about is the unfa er.

miliar side of the wjr which the Allies have managed, so fsr. to keep on the oth*-' *ide of the water*. A written

r,ory of this is not like the verbal '"“'-h * l, “ Uon f "»' story given by one who has actually M » rt - ’ rb °” c!o ** «ffi'l-tlori-

Railroad official* made him familiar with their plan*, wa* told that tl < urslona were not to- start until l»t. and these were to be at -

creased rale

He at once got bu*> and whi told by himself, in the i

How It Was Done. Rl*ley. who wa* t

ST JOSEPH’S R. C. CHURCH. Rev. J J. OTarrrtl. Pastor.

Good Friday Stations of the Crows# (rmoi, and Benediction, at 7 *0 p I Palm Sunday: Maas at 8 a n> Wa ftutlnj of Bleased Palma dunng

Regular weekday Mass at 8 * My day.

«.«en In the fight The County Board of Agriculture ha* bewi able L. ae cure such person In Mr. O. P. Arm strong, of Newtor. N. J. Mr Arm strong, until recent')' a student at Rut ger's College, has .»een decorat*-d by the French Government for bravery, md now is at home o:i a furlough, r* aperstlnr from an attack of Uerroan war ca* Mt. Armstrong will speak from direct experience at the front. Mr Wm H Bright, of Wildwood 'ounty Chairman of lhe War Saving’ampalgn Committee w 111 address thmeeting Mr B. L Frankel. Manageof the Federal State Employment Bu ream of Philadelphia, may be present - make a abort address regarding

is t-. n reached one w ay or the othAnd anyone who know* Joe Freligl-, n know* what THAT mean*. IT- hid-fit Brick, of the Chamber of Comm. rce. wk- consulted by wire, and tary Hafiert ■ might go a* far a* be liked This !>• lug agreed upon. Mr. Hafiert touch with Mayor Cronecker -tind the latter war about i ii-hiiig trip to Wa-hlngton tc honk "Hoover. Mayor wa* given the high-! light- <-f the situation and readily en--repted the mission of landing Adoo too. hxmc kind of bait will do for both soliloquised the Mayor. "The only li.ing I-> to have enough of IL" !•• the Secretary kept the telephoto bells tingling In the Mayor's office* -long the coast. Mayor Cronecker stan- -1 for Washington. He stopped • nough In Philadelphia to l> his facts for the Mayor la a fi-lK-rtnan when it comes to

of bait.

id factory he visited is In the Building, and Is ran by I iik-ram. City Ticket Agent of tiling Railway, and Assistant iptlmiut to Vice President 11. Ewing. by-the-Way. appear to be a* I n high explosii e as T. N. T.— hy they are roost safely hannptimist*. Cronecker w 111 tell lust what at City Ticket Agent’s. Innffice and what he did with ashinrton when h<- makes hi* it tin- Chamber of Commerce

STONE HARBOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION IS TIE. The electfon for two members te

Stone Harbor School Board, held on

Tuesday evening, resulted in a

vote between Mrs. S. E. Herbert and John Rclchart. each receiving sixteen vote*. Mis* M. L. VanThuyne wa* elected for the full three year term. The School Board will, no doubL de-

cide the tie at its next meeting

NEW SOUTH JERSEY EDITOR.

1912. The air line was always ahead of the train service and the auto In time and once by reason of delay In delivery beat the wire. Dr. Freshen, then postmaster of Stone Harbor, baa the credit of dispatching the first mall bag by airship and Postmaster E. M. Sutton, of Ocean City, of being first to distribute mail sent in that manner. Announcement was made last Friday by Adjutant General Giikyson of the official quota* which each district In New Jersey will be required to furnish to make up the total of 4275 men to go to Camp Dlx In the five-day period beginning March 29. These men will form a part of the 95,000 Included in the recent call of Provost Marshall General Crowder, and are equivalent to 12 per cent, of the Slate’s original grots quota. Cape May County will be required to furnish twenty-three

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nr letter (written before muncetneDt that the excursion- would] M- resumed): A* (he late Professor Mmtyon was von! to remark*—"There is hot- ’" III fhc lime these Ilnes-sre pltntro hf fate of the "dollsr" w-asli.-i. don* thi* spring will probably b- de-|

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For the entangling mesh of red tape: in which the Palm Sunday requ--t if i aught l» to be cut. thanks to the ,-florls of the Cape May County •’luaro-te-r of Com merer working with United Stains Senator Joseph S. Frcdinghny who*-- splendid cooperation wax i nm

i be said and that it rut bait b«-forr he •d after he got on * all you could ask of 1

y fisherman

iberal in Politica. j ighuysen. who 1- look-nl<-re*t* of our New] sorts so ably Ip ibtsl I* longs ,o the newer rnat.d by the war

• Interpret* world icy aflret this Nation

•’Kaiser or Bust" and "Ketch the Kaiser" lettered In chalk on the side of four Pulmans on an evening train from Philadelphia thi* week, attested

Thomas H HlggiP*. of the Cheater!'»>'• *Plrit of the several hundred (Pm) Democrat is now publisher ol “'‘tig men en rout- from San Pedro, th. Somers Point Record. His »on. 1 ''allfortils. to the Cape May Barracks. Alfred Higgins, is the editor Assort Tbr ‘ «niinl«>F »• Cape Mr / are aicd with them as advertising manag- *1' l>*«* of Countrj

I* S. M. Kane. The jiaper wa* un

the editorial mansgemetit of AVALON. ’harle* H. Collin*, who U now In the Mr* Minnie Brantl. of New York, la '■ountry - * service at Camp Dli •iM-ndlug sometime with Miss Mahan.

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Mrs. E. E. Batts 1* spending a few days with friends at PeermonL Rev. J. B. Walker will speak at -erniout M. K Church. Sunday, 24th. Mrs. Cha*. Walton, of Philadelphia, spending sometime with Mr*. C. Mahan. Pei-rmonL Mr. Roy Mshan lx at Kelly Meld, San Antonio. Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stelnmett, of Philadelphia, haie opened their Peermom collage for the season. Mr. Phillips, of the Avalon Coast Guard Station, left on Monday for hla home in Virginia, for sev. n days* leave Mr. t'laud.- Bingham is spending somet line at his home in Avalon. Mr and Mr*. H. C. James have riv turned to tb.-lr Pcermont home after spending the winter in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs Cline. ,,f Philadelphia. »t tage on Harbor

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New Jersey has reason to be proud of the splendid record which Senator KYeiinsbuyscn has made during his first year In Washington U i-erve* to show that New Jersey voter*, when given the chance to nominate and el i-ct a United States Senator in ur year free from the entanglement* of a presidential campaign, a.-- no; likely to "gueas wrong”. And It Justifies the hope that South Jersey in particular will use the same fine sense of discrimination In selecting Senator Frelingbuyaen’t running man- next fall ibat It did Id helping (AH IT DID) to elect Senator Frellnghuysen himself

secured by Mayor Richard W. Cro- ! alone while your Liberal damp* 1

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Mi Geo J&- k.«on ha* almost finished Mr R W t Unger’s new boat bouse on 71st 8t. Peermont. Now Is tin- time to get your cottage* in order fur the early renter* at Peermont and Avalon.

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