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GAfE MAY COUNTY {S«* Itu Cm f.O.), N. J., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919

how party wm kIvm

IfaAtoy araota* fcr oD ocean Ctty bW* who have btmm In mrrU* aad an at home, at tha eloae of tbe rw$

alar mo^tiav •ab>ti

The vacancy catued by the raalgoa don of B. C. Schanae. Jr., aa Praeldaat. araa filled by the e’ectloo of T. LAroy Howe Bty *■ Darby, aeerawa* elected Vice PraaMaat Tbe

Mrs. Annie stuck, arte ha* tecs with Mr* Chariee Ball atoce earl (he year, retorted on Wedneaday •rtil be with Mr* Ball tor the prw

A Ught In tbe Start Ato* the return of tha

Hotel Indl-

proprlelor, Mr. ■ hi* hum;/ to

■car onui Bomeuaw cext falL' Ml*. Helao Earteat, vte has bt

the guest of her aaxrt, Mr*. Rmar L. Pa*an»a. for * week. rtMbad to her

tetoels Philadelphia oo Btefiai

Hr. Afaett arrlrad Tmaday aaealag . to ipan tha hooae on Parts straat and 1 task* ready tor Mr* Arnett, who 1* «x-

peetod tocioieaw. Mr. Arnett I Mg at the Bettarce for a few d. The eotoad at termer and-1

itamodore Charie* J. 1 at the Ocean City '

Monday Luncheon at the Hotel in Philadelphia. The

dore 1* Joat home from dip to New Orleea*

The crowd of excarsioaista to tbe reecgu^UitjBundaj overtired the ding nearly all the way from Camden to Ocean City. Aa extra coach waa

added for the return trip.

last year Atf Mr Clayton Maine* Brick. . It dlstribot- °* ^ M ay Coaa*y Chamber of Commerce, recently celebrated hie birthday analveraar: by a dinner at hla bone. Wesley Avenge, Occam City.

ANNUAL MEtTIHfi OP NKO CROW. Tha aanoal meeting of tha Bed Croe* wm be koM at City HaU on Friday.

the Ms*, at «P N.

»SrS2rFT-?Tz?z' guaat while la Sea lata df Mr* Augurtoa MlHer, preridsnt of U» toes! t W. C. T. V. Tbe mgolar meeting of the Ladle* ' Aid of the Lutheran Church waa hold at tha parsonage Wedneaday evening. ' In the absence of the prerfdent. Mr*. . A. * Ankele. Mr*. Clarence PfeUfer i the vice proaidant, war In the chi Bar. Thom** P. Ogle visited his daaghter In Tran ton Tuesday on ‘ way to Ocean Grove to attend Cots, ene* Mtos Ogle is a student at tha

t Button daring hi* ab-

tbe M. *. Church. arc to give a social at the church this evening, to which all arw invited, the ermambfif*

Mr* Harold Sutton antartalnasl at • middle of Pob'-iarv- the Wednesday Tea f* tte Ladles Aid Mis. Bone vouch*.* ,or a robin a»vlr- f bar ten* on Coral •treat, firveral bte* assn and heard 1 t-whan ware Mt of Mm. hot the In tbe aouthlaad are turning their fac- hsauty o' the aftenjooa brought out a f*

Nr*. Gaorg' W. Lot A and daughter. Mi* Maud Loslia Love. lenV “0^ \ two TWt with frieadi to Philadelphia, stopping for a fow tey^on the way to vi*il Mr*. Love*

fdr appendlcitl* at tha Jewish UL Mr*. Diamond axp^ta ha wifl return with ter Tbe lenten cl with Mr*. J. T evening. Part* evening with time in April. March XT. with Mr* “Tha alder* by the river abate out itelr powdery curt*; the willow bud* to aflver for little ter* and girts. Judge Steehnan'a little willow traa h *** ao ladastrioualy trimming up dew days ago la a thing of beaut} wbOe the Urge tree on the lawn of

on* to relieve the present *r» gasleas city. The Receiver la iaaa to act until orders are r from the Court, but there should be a

►Ply MT Word waa received on of the aafa arrival from .. WhltLngtxm. son of Mr. and Mr* Cha* Whittington, of Minerva •treat, who tea tern In Pranoa

at Camp Hutsphrta* 1 to be bach tern* in

! Mi*. Percy BM bungalow <m the ocean front, will regret to lean that Mr. Neel is quite 111. and the young aon. Percy. Jr, I* In the hoe . pttsl having * ‘

agofa

srs?:

» l-ottle be waa

Mr* bar* jtUi

from Wallace street. Philadelphia, to their beautiful new home In Merton

on the Mein Una.

Dieposip of your prupartg by Win to one thing: the aelaction of * awtts h*a executor la quit* another Aad yat both becom* a vary aim pie matter whan you Invok-- the 1 Id of the timl

The Ladies Aid of the M E. Church bald It* last regular monthly meet tag with Mr* Harry Steer oa Pleasure aveaue I« was the moat largely at tmdad meeting of tha aaaaos Over thirty ware prewant Aa It was the laM most lag of the eNctaJ year there •wtito? a* „ Man'* Club mat at the bomr of »4STSB5irSS.*=S •boat thirty - Frank Sharp o*r»er v*aasuveriaa Ir <h*

.. June M. tea been set a* the data for the opening of the Ocean City Summer School. Prof. James M. Stevens, superintendent of the Ocean

5 Cents a copy, $1.50 a Year

AT THE CHURCHES

L C CHURCH. Bte. X J. O’Farell. Hector.

Benediction at t:U P. at eight O’-

LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES. Rev. John T. OiUiBpn. Pastor. It will soon be four year* since 1 first Lutheran preaching •ervic* * h«ld in Sea 1*1* city. The event will • **■" * with an appropriate celen servicer for adult* will be held oa Tuesday afternoons four to five o’clock, instead of Pi a* previously announced. The a «* for Junior* will be changed from * ‘ to FMday afternoon*. u announced. 1* more «. both adult* and the Junior*. Mr*. GUllaon will have charge of Jhe Friday afternoon service. An Illustrated sermon will be given r “The Children's Church' thl* Sunday morning Tbl* U the fifth of a

‘ sennoaett parent* am Invited to

at eight, the Broken Wires.”

The monthly meeting of ' • Parsonage on

f ice-President,

DffilDSSin wsicurwis

CLAIMS THAT CHARGES AGAINST PRESENT GOVERNMENT ARE FOUNDED ON LAW AND COMMON SENSE, AND OBSTRUCTION NOW IN WAY OF LEGAL GOVERNMENT.

e in a flourlab-

Wednesday Mrs. Minnie

absence of Mr*. A. 1 aBair* of the Sc lag condition, i and the Society ha* p

The biggest men of the world, aad tha leaders to the progreaeau of this intensive era,

“The Sabbath

the timearf^oe and Finance and Director of High- • way* The question at irsue is one

entirely separate end distinct therefrom, utd it would have been far

l tor i

the Sabbath." 1

a mental aad spiritual ton'c, and by

reattag tKnn aeculi

the vital toroes of Every line of logic leads to the con

Church, at lea it once every Schaduia of Sarvicao far At 11 * m. Sunday*—'

run'* Church/'

At 2.30 Sunday afternoon*—Sunday

School.

At t p. m. Sundays—Divine Worship

- The Chil-

103S Anbury Avenue. Oct an City. March lit. to help him celebrate hi* entartag the class of the “Eighty Tear* Young." Lieut. Murphy jn

tlat Ladle* Aid Society was a success £7. p from first to laac Mr. William Clark, . Y. M. C. A. social dlractor at Camp Diz. was in charge. Mr. dark waa an actor for 16 yoar* Mr* Clark, who waa with him on the stage, rccom-

ad aaaiated with the eoOne of the piano trick*

to play a selection while standing

WHITE RIBBON RALLY.

The Ratification Hatty planned by » W. C. T. U„ Mace the ICtb of January, when the Mtfa Bute ratified

^ not fear a little cold water’', said Mia* Esther Elfreth. the State -

stirring

the B. S. .. .. . aorvlag aa one of the lodges, with Mr*. L 8. Chester and Mr. Cha* R. Hahn Paul Rloe aad Clay Sutton were •dal winners in the essay contest. The subject of the assay road by Paul Prohibition",

which woo first pits* "The Bible on ■ S'*•" and l« in c

(Ed. Note:—Communications are always welcomed by the Time*, bu their publication doe* not necessaril: mean that we concur in the opinion, expressed. Letters must be signednol for publication, but as evidence o good faith on the part of the writer.) * March 12. 1918. Editor Cape May County Times:—

Dear Sir:—

When 1 wrote my previous oonunun •cation I did not expect to become involved in a controversy, and I wish it to be understood this 1* positively my last offense. 1 viewed the siti from the background for a long before taking up the aubject. bt someone more prominent and a in municipal affairs would do ao Nothing contained in my comi_ cation was Intended to Imply a enttcUm of the manner In which the two commissioner* have administered their —ipectlve offices of Director of Reve-

tecomlng to Mr. Fitch, as a public official. if be bad upheld the dignity of his office by replying in a courteous and busine**-Uke manner Instead of besmirching his office by an indulgence in insolence and becoming dictatorial in a vain attempt at bombastic rhetoric for the distinct purpose of di-

verting tfie Ellention of and discrediting myself ttvee In an evasion of tb

I am not in tbe least dlstnrbed by his classification of me, but place no value on his judgment. It will not interfere with our existing friendly relations or in any manner depreciate my estimate of hhn aa a citisen and public official. Nothing, however, could be more convincing of the truth of the rumors currant of tbe acttvttg on part of the oonnMasiaB-rs to probe *atoeUon of a third comndathan Mr. Fitch’s outburst ef t*

FRriR THE BUNNY SOUTH. A letter from Mr. E. 8. Arnett fed ao many Item* of Interoat to tha ter.' folks we give an extract ter* nte there: “The Rosenbaum* an bar* Wi had two day* fishing out In the GuU of Mexico for Grouper. Red Snappei and Amber Jae>-s Tbe first day wt went out In a boat about the size ol the one we wen out in on the Baj when Ludlam waa along. A stiff wtat waa blowing; which kicked up a pnttj

it work. Lucky for ua then was a boat within sight wtlei came and towed us in. We got homa ■'—* 9 P. M. Thi women wen all it ua. Last Monday w« . but In a larger boat and day’s sport. So blamed Hot, though. 1 didn’t feel good tor twe or three day*. We aaw lota of sehoola on tbe top of tha minnow* and onoa bile a school of porpoise* would gat after the Bcnaatls aad then would be Mate ortwn. Both an very fast “The city is full of tourirt* They me from all over the country. It la Umated that 60,000 an ten. about 20% in their auto* Coming In you cenae tags from every State, eminel U ten; also Mr. and P. Dougherty, from Philadelphian whr have a c

inerra street, *. They will *

rhtte tainwg to day. Joe Sharp, a brother < and Walter, came up. He had Jt •a- He waa looking for a Dr. I of Cape May, who 1* hen.

no longer hesitate to do his part to establish a legal governmert Their auris are now Illegal and cannot be legal mill a third commission, er is elected. The very Intent and purpose of the law is to give the people the benefit of three voice* in the deliberations of the board and this is being defeated. The rights of the people to three representatives cannot be abridged or cartailed at the whim of one or more public officials to suit their own purpose. Again the two commit! soners admit questions may arise upon which the law require# three vote# In the affirms live. This •-ely the illegality of as now constituted, the audacity to try and mate you believe the governmoM can to legal at one time and illegal at anMhae. It has beea said by tbe can*

tnUte* to a

w* have only two.

be legal On the Hi

parsed'at this rc^rt. Mr*7 Bell dV j «>mmlaslonere continue to _ ■ires this gift to the local Lutneran i Richard W. Cronecker as Mayor and

Church to be regarded as a memorial to Mr. Bell, who waa a regular wor-

shipper at Messiah Church during the summer months. In accepting this beautiful gift, the Church Trustees “ ive decided to appropriately engrave memorial plate to be attached to the piano, bearing the names of both Mr.

end the

ta! death occurred a tow year* ago

WOODBINE.

Min M. ZeUcmyer Is paying a visit of a few weeks to her fatter here. Dr. J. Levenson spent aeveral day* In Philadelphia. Mr. D. M. Ponnell vial ted the town

recently.

Mlee 8. Huffman left town oc th« early train Monday morning for Phil-

A gathering took place at tbe Central School Auditorium. Friday eve-

ning. A number of High 8«'

aachers

helped ■

aka the evening enjoyable.

Mr. H Barringhaus, of Philadelphia,

visited his parents here recently

Mr* Hartman spent Friday at Court

ouae

Mias Dudley, High School teacher, is away for a few days. Mlaa Green-

stain is substitute.

Mm. Liberman tea received word

from “Over

Total Abstinence and Christian Cltt■aship" waa Clay Button’s topic. Honorable mention knd .he gift of a book waa awarded the other alx conwere: Julia Whittington, Carl Ford. Lillian Wright and Evelyn led by a chorus I girls, was spirited, the temperi rally sing* being given with a ig which carried tbe congregation i Item. Mrs Augustus Miller, item of tha W. C. T. 0^ Bang a aolo in the morning. Mr. George E. W. Was the evening soloist, and was Steer were heard with

' in a duet

BON KILLED IN FRANCE Mr. and Mr* C. H. Morgan, of Clermont. have receiv'd notification of the death of ttelr son. Abram N. Morgan, who was kill ad in action at Verdun

Toaaday b a year Appreciative mention of -* “ bravery waa aenc by hie Captain

“ He want with tha Na-

row Ocean City two

Berg** IH

tt Guard I

iwhila. Cted t

at tha P. R.

Mr. E. Feldman aum* hie former H. station soon

Aba Singer waa a recent visitor here. Mias D. Cutler returned to Philadel-

phia Tuesday.

SOUTH DENNIS.

Mias Elisabeth Cahaley. of Audubon. «Ot the week-end with her parents Mr*. Ed. Ross, of Petersburg, spent Saturday with relatives Dr James Jefferson, of Johnstown,

is visiting hie parents

Chas. Mrerwald spent two daya of

AanaM mm In Philadelphia

ie Met"

ded the funeral

Lawrence MrKaag and family at tan

1 of Mr. McKaig's moth

the City Ctprk in tbe presence of tbe

being no re-

fot _ .. They know that so long as bia is continued on the roll of taken by the voters to mmlssioner. He know* e cannot be two ne office any more Bgally bold two elective urpoae of the Commls >g to take cognisance of ■f Mayor Cronecker Is Notwithstanding thl* ", if I am a voter 1 dc

accessary step*

on."

‘tber provides for tb* temporary absence of the chief execo live by authorising tbe Director ol Revenu and Finance to officiate In ag aucb temporary ab- » does not provide r unlimited absence of ittve. Tbe definition of mporary" U "limited length of time.” If the chief executive tiers ta ml be did. to in of his intention temporarily, and make n where he could be 1. be by aucb failure to * law. relinquished hla aa If he had filed hi* resignation with the City Clerk before _ . that time he was officially dead, and H became necessary :rk to at once take proceedings for tbe election of bis auc cesaor. ited. the law does not provide for the unlimited absence of Jve and the Director of Revenue and Finance has no authority to assume the duties of that office. It is apparent that we have lx-en depriv vs of n chief executive >mmtnKioner from the time Richaid W. Cronecker left tb< city It follows we have been without a legal government since ihat lime Tbe two commissioner* have

Buafiay.

Mlaa Heasie Cahaley baa sons to ' “ for an Indefinite period. A. J. Meerwsld and two sons

to Tucker!on on Saturday

Pm Peterson, of PiaasanlvIUa.

la visiting her parents.

Mrs Ka'pb Peterson, of Avalon, call-

i on relative# on Tuesday

Jeaae Crandol has returned to hit

r tin- i

If such is the

it. at voter*, take the

voters generally Into their confidence by calling a public meeting to detor mine upon a comae of action Without the cooperation of the commissioners. and while (bey fail to lake cognisance of the Mayor's official demise, the voters, as well ns the City clerk,

are powerless to art

Therefore We are c onfmuied with an extraordinary situation wkkh require*

Hinltb. of Goshen, has rented extraordinary treatment If the com the Fldler proper:/. | miss loners will do their duty by the Joseph Meerwsld tea returned to,passage of a resolution removing 'be naan City, after spending a weak name of Richard W Crcmecker from UA hla mother. the roll of officer* the City Clerk will

by maintaining an illegal government. A. CRITIC To Creditor* of the Seashore Oa* Company of »•* l*l« City. In ptrsnance of an order of tho Court of Chancery Of New Jersey, made on the day of the date hereof, in a cause wherein Michael A. Maloney •• complainant, and the SEASHORE 0A8 COMPANY of SEA I8LB CITY U defendant, notice is hereby given to the creditor* of said company to present to THEODORE DeBOW, at Sea Isle City, New Jersey, the receiver of laid company, their several claims and t said company, duly oath or afflrmatloo, wiuun two months from the date here >f. or they will be excluded from the leneflt of such dividends aa may hereafter be made and declared by aaid court from tha' aaseu of said company. THEODORE DeBOW. Receiver. Seashore Gaa Co. of Sea Isle City. Patrick H. Harding. Attorney of the Receiver, 617-619 Federal Street. Camden. N. J. Dated February 27th, 18X9.

ADMINISTRATOR** BALE

BDty. mad* so 1_ In _th» matter afjke 'AlKr;'

Notice U boroby *lv»n that Ibo sdmlolstrslor of tbr Estau of _ Rvans. dn-viiwd. »ill on Tbaradsy. i •lay of April. 1*1*. at X o’clock la tl

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County;!. J.

or p:«M Of ■MUd.

boars. Ntadls tpWB•Sip. Cap. May County. Nrw Jrroay, Vtlae - No. 115 owl 117 ID nierk No. M. s. »n on Plaa of Sion* Harbor 1*07. filed tbe Clerk . Of*r* in Cape May County. N*» Jencr, by South Joreey Noatty Com

jrll. 1*1*. at Z o

-*ld day aetl at publlr Tend

■e Court Houw In Capa May -

AH tost certain I - -

of Third Atenue and ntandlng Ibanco Soutbeoterly oaloac tbe Nortba*atari) Itae of Sfith Street etsty foot tdOf: 1*1 Sortbeailerly perallet oltb Tbird Aveme one hundred sad leu t*e< | lit)) ; 13) Noitfi- • •eteriy parallel with *&lb Street elsty foot *0) »o (be aouUMoaterly lloe of Third Ara- ... -—.—HMmalaag «h* *ostb-

noe one hundred

t ( I cm to me |,.«<e o' beelanlBf.

Buitdlna reeirlrusne.

. _* aame load sod premlaae wbtcb

the South Jer-.y Healtj-

New J,

corporation of the Slate

Jereey conveyed unto Oliver L Eran>. iwr In me County of Maaieotasry to or .''•nneylranu. daiad March ZTth. •-orJed at Cure May Court Houee. H. 1*11. In deed book No. ZSd. parr

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Sold Mile will be aubjeft to tha apt the Cepe May Couaty Orphaaa I mate sod rondltlon. will bo made i ■ be time and elare o' Imted: Msrrh A l»l*. WEST J Kit BBT Tit I William s. DamoR. I 172 Market Street Oa i—lo—H.