ape May County Times

V No. 41.

CAPE MAY COUNTY (Se» Isll Qm f.O.), N. J„ FRIDAY,.OCTOBER^

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NOTES

PAST WEEK GLEANINGS OF

IARACTER; LITTLE INTEREST ABOUT KNOW GATHERED

OF THE CITY.

CUIT

FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER

OF SEA ISLE CITY, AND, FOR YEARS C-ERK^OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF FREEHOLDER^; ILL FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS; TO BE INTERNED ON SUNDAY.

and Fo”' Service eat now installed, battery, batten' airing; Original Ford ; all standard mi

POSITIONS—The

railway mall clerk ex&m)-

n and women new

1 lor Special Preparatory

free information. Inter State Eureaa, W! ISih St, N. W. Washington. IX* C.

RUNT—New Bungalow, unfuron Neptune street, near school five room# and bath, all con115 per month. Apply to *« or Ao Edward B. Arnett. pBaris street ailv 5L 'ted numt-er of young women, ot leas than etc year of High _r its «quivaleiu desired to enTraining School of Use Cooper at Camden. N. J.—adv.-lt "Itm mesh bag. containing X money, in Ocean View or on 0 Sew Isle. Reward if returned B. Jeflerys. Sew Isle Oly.— for sale, over fire thousand feet. Boardwalk and centre of city. 1 if sold this month. Thomas But den Roart. Medford. Mass. Una of SloTt. just received ; ranges aod oil Moves; see our and compare oar prices. Pfeiffers, Store. Ads. the fruits of success by eav4 Investing your money. Securt Co. Cape May, will help you. tor Baby—Fitch Drug

BUILDING AND LOAN DRIVE MEETING WITH SUCCESB. Week's Campaign For New Members of the Building and Loan Association* of the State Closes Saturday; Catholic Bishop Com-

mends Plan.

The week's drive for a million ne uilding and Loan members in New Jersey doses Saturday, both local Associations cooperating in the drive. A goal of three hundred new shares in the two local Associations will not only be exceeded, but every todioatton points to a subscription that will top

the four hundred mark.

'At the services on Sunday at St. Joseph's Church. Monsignor Posxi read a letter from the Bishop of the

Diocese of Trenton, commending the — — — — drive and urgmg Building and Loan Wednesday night at eleven o'clock, investment as being a safe and sound Mr Fowkea pawe^ of kn inBoth the Set Isle City and the which would have-caused the orBhiarr Tradesmen's Building and Loan Asao- person to become bedfast, Ur. Pfewkes elation* have -paid better than eight attended w (,:i duties as LVrir of the per cent, during the past six years, ddU| two weeU and regn-

»n«t were never as prosperous and sol-

. Mtav Tb«R— isle Assnolatton. attended the meetings tFk« a

mtli at Cape May Court House. Hie

j-’. Jocher and wife, of Rich'.and. were among the visitors Of the A. L-ongo returned on Sunday Philadelphia, where he uuders operation for removal of tonWm. MacMurraj. of Cleveland, spent a few days of Ust week * r parents. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. older DeBow i: having extra-

Butterworth. owner of the Hotels, at Camden and Phi!motored to Sea Isle City for -end. stopping at the Bellevue

otel

FRWFOKBIEI !WEff$miK

MB LBI6IUESS

A REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT CAPE MAY COUNTY, CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING; WHATS WHAT IN COUNTY AFFAIR^!

After u illness of nearly five /r&rtr which gradually grew more ikvere< Frank W. Fowkea, Clerk of the Cape May County Boatd of Chosen FrHbolddied at bis home io'Sea isle Ghy on

being arranged for in t^e Tradesmen's Association tor the exclusive purpose of loaning on new buildings. In the hope of Bulging some local -work this wlnAny new building, in which there is a reasonable equity, can be financed the Building and Loan. way. widen Is by the payment of a small sum each month until the stock manures, when the building is clear and the mortgage is cancelled. With the allowance fas the earnings of the stock, the actus, cost of borrowing on buildings from the Associations will not exceed three per cent., while the lowest rate oil interest on a straight mortgage is five

er cent.

The State drive win close tomorrow.

it trip ft

d*7.

September 23d, when be waa taken wheel chair to vote. A cold resin led, which added to bit other compltebtiuns was the direct result of hi* death after a period ol most intense suffering. Mr. Fowkss was born in Btrmiiifharu, England, in 1S62, and after his School education went with the railroad! and work in various capacities until be to America at the age «f sixteen, then become connected with tbs heading RailroLd. starting as a uuckas. er Its became file clerk, and was promoted to claim agent. Later be served as private secretory to the President,

and

building or saving, is invt'.Gd and urged to consult with either Chas. H. Crouting. President, or A. S. Steelman Secretary of the. Tradesmen's AasociaUon. or Edward' B. Arnett, President, or Wayne M. Strathe.s. Secretary, oi toe Sea Isle City Association. o*hen full Information as to the workings of

the Association will be explained.

'Building and Loan Associations In New Jersey arc under the dlnw". supervision of the State Banking De-

lent, and are conducted even

rigidly than banking institutions. making them as safe as any possible form of savings and investment can

humanly he made.. .. — PLANNING GET-TOGETHER

DINNER.

Mayor Fitch has under way a plan tor a get-together dinner, to be held In the near future at a Philadelphia hotel, to which' aU taxpayers and summer residents of . Sea Lie City will be invited The dinner will be tor toe discussion of the problems of the advancement and development of Sea Isle City, and win serve as a common meeting ground for the City officers and those whom they are elected to

serve

The proposed hotel building project, the bank and other proposed mouicipa! improvements are to be the topics of discussion at the dinner toe detailed plans for which will be an-

nounced later.

Ocean City—The Bei’.-vue Hotel Is being g.wtiy unproved by toe new own-r. E. S. Schantx. The hostelry Is located at Eighth street and Ocean #vd is one of the largest hotels in the resort. Wildwood — The Democrats of the County will escort Senator Edwards, the gubernatorial candidate, through toe County on Thursday of next week, stopping at See Isle City for lun been. Speeches •vIH be made In all the principal cities a the County. Cape May City — The Cape MayCounty Chamber of Comtnelce will this place In the High School Building, on Thursday evening. October C3rd. The proposed revision of the tax sale 'aws will be the chief topic of the meeting. Cape May Court House—The County classes in sewing and cooking are being formed, and persons who desire to enroll are urged to make application to County Superintendent of Schools. Aaron W. Hand. The courees are free, and oprn to all county resi-

dents.

SQUARES OF BOARDWALK At the meeting of the Oily Commissioners held at toe City Hall on Friday ot last week, toe matter of rebuilding toe boardwalk was discussed with the City Engineer. William Column, and it was concluded to commence with toe preliminaries at once for the re-construction of ten nquaree. six from Italia Street, south, and three from Ocean Avenue, north. The square from Dolphin Street to Shell Street, which is in very had condition, will not be included in the new work, but will be re-gecked from ma terial salvaged from the old boardwalk. The project will cost slightly over J30.M0. .from toe Engineer’s es-

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the visitors of the week was Cronecker. who spent the with his mother at the BelleI. Mr. Cronecker now has a

Greater Ford, Pa.

• stork vtxi'.ed toe ban* of Mr. i. Richard Simroertnan. of Ital- ^ on Sunday morning, leaving e pound baby boy. Both moto-

biby are doing fine.

George Jefierys has the for extensive aireratious to e of F A. Wood, at stratoTbe alterations will include

' ition of a kitchen i

Every person interested to investing.' General Freight Agent, repr-eenting toe

Trunk line Association for many tears.

He first came to Sea Isle City as s

visitor thirty odd yean ago, and later severed his connection with the railroad and eugag* d in the real estate, hunranre

and contracting bosine« here.

Held Various Offices -

in 1916 he wee mads City f Sea Isle City and served in that eapacityun i he we*electedCityCommiie oner in 1513, which position he fatained until 1917. In 1906 he wee elected Clerk oi the Board of Cuoeeu Freabqldu, and served in that capacity until

is death.

Both as City Clerk of See Isle City, e nd Director of Finance he proved capable aod efficient, ana during hij term as Clerk of the Board reduced the workings of that body to a fine science. It has been said by all who kpew him even remotely that he was the most capable statistician ami moet efficient Cierk the Board has ever bad. Hip cords of the Boards business were mi way* *ept op in the most legible and dear manner, aad coupling his clerical training with his legal knowledge made him an authority on the law* of finance and bonding. Every bond issued in toe County during hie tenure at Clerk passed through his hands, and was prepared by him. And in every cam toe prooeed-

FEDERAL GAME LAWS i“B« approved by the highest legal

FOR DISTRIBUTION, j bonding authorities in the countay.

Mr. Kowkes toaveaa widow (uee Kath-

g the absence of Rev. and Mra .. GiUisor. the Lutheran parts receiving many ImproveThl* week ft is being paperwork is being done by Mr.

Selvas, of Ocean City, was this week of her unde. Ml Luongo- Roger Luongo. who r here eince spring at the y barber shop, will leave very - for the south, where he will

the winter.

. Mount. Slate Inspector of coudU, was to Sea Lie Ctty r insp-witoK the aeeounL of ' oi*. Outside of two mi-

Through the courtesy of Congress- enne Petereon; aad

n<an Bacharach, the TIMES fv able offer free of charge to all who T-. r call at toe office, copies of the Jeral Game laws. revi*d to date. The laws are in pamphlet form, and every sportsman' should have a copy.

fifty i

LOCAL.

Take her home a box of eandy.-

Fitch Drug Co.

WalUe Barbour, who since his re turn from overseas has been employed to Camden. Is a regular visitor every Monday with his mother here. Mrs. E. O. Osgood, who for the past year was local reporter or. toe TIMES, left last week to accept toe principsishfp of toe Belleplaine School. The City Commissioners, as the guests of the City Engineer. William CoiUson. Journeyed to Atlantic City on Monday to make an inspection of the -VLntic City boardwalk reconstruction. prior to commencing work

on the Sea Isle walk.

Mrs. William A. HafferL who has •en v-rionaly ill with diphth- 'a, is iow entirely out of danger, a:

Ffousd to be in excellent coadl- quarantine lifted. No other and were approved by him. He have developed in the resort, dm Saturday for Trenton. *S»ly to the prompt ~rit.n of the local

health board. v of tbe Mooe* dance* for

* to Be held this Saturday ! Georg* King, popularly known as Moose Home, on Minerva King George the Travelling Typo, nalr-rs of the local lodge j blew into town last Friday after a u»g on various mu»i tour of the Sooth. Mr. King has «ia. and 11 I* poeeible that worked oK and on ai the TIMES a ar this year's dances will (for six years, and usually turns product. when most needed, staying anywhere

* two days to three week*, and hitting toe high spots for anotb rUon of the country. He boast*, iruthfally. of knowing the "bo**"

N. J . Mias Cherry Moffat, of every print shop to the smaller ellry E Lewis. Mrs. M W. Nerd ] m of the United States, and has a tiladeipbii Miss Helen B Ltijidiug tdfer from every one of town ■adena. cai The house part} ho coove anytime ready to work. Be m lit Miss Egan's hooai. ow fere landing in Sea 1 ala City (by motor tar Isaivthg tor her home in 1 from Atlantic City) King was employi tor inner part of Uua month ltd in Richmond. Va.

years o' age Funeral on hoadsy afteru. at two o'clock, and interment will be made m Calvary Baptist Cemetery, Ocean View. The funeral aerrit be conducted by Rev. J. T. UiUiaosi, of Uie Lutheran t hurch, with which body Mr. Foskee became affiliated about

year ago.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend tbs funeral services

STONE HARBOR. The Rev. 8. D. Daugherty, will preach at the evening service tomorrow, in the Community Lutheran Church. A gregationml meeting will be held directly after the terrie*, at which every u her ahaoid he present. Daugherty was a guest at the Hines O-uage dr.ring his etay in £ Harbc*. The "Cupatt Chalet" was brightly ! ghtly over toe week-end. , Mrs. McCoy, mother of Mrs. CuptU, entertained I boose party from YasiungUxi, D. C. Mr. Law retire Mata* and family. Ml for their home, in Oyerbrook today after rpendiug tor summer here at Robrt's Apartment on lM*h Street. The rumors that toe stations here are to be dttcontinofd have been afiectutily bp the J'ubbc CtiliUr* C*unthty are to stay. The fvrfecl summer erather of the lint ol the week templed Uie wsek«ra to make the eurir start Kt.nday morning belie* mg it would burn <- ten o'clock. The storm which has been gathering broke in ail .it* lory before toe train arrived aad continued *ii day. A stream of umbrellas flowed op down the eue* te-

le ws* also concluded to install a sewer for the property of Theodore E Ocean Avenue and toe Boardwalk, to do away with toe side toilets. This property is to be greatly Improved during toe winter months. The Engineer was also directed to draw plans for a new drain at Pearl Street and Landis Avenue, to eliminate the rain water floods that have recently brought forth proteats from adjacent property owners.

WANT PHOTOS. FOR WAR HISTORY.

GILBERT SMITH

AMS MAYOR

F. P. CANFIELD NAMED DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND WILLIAM H. BARRON DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS AT ORGANIZATION MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY; MET AGAIN LAST NIGHT FOR COMMENCING THE ROUTINE BUSINESS.

The newly elected Commissioners of toe Borough of Avalon met^at the Borough Hail on Tuesday at noon, tor toe purpose of effecting a formal or-

Gilbert S. Smith was named Mayor and Director of Public Property; F. P. Canfield as Director of Finance and William 1L Barron a* birector of Highways. George H. J_cksan was made Borough Clerk, toe appolntmedl being for four years. No salary warn fixed lor toe office, this being left over to toe meeting of Friday of this week, when toe balance of the municipal appointments and the salaries there-

of la to be settled.

Tb» retiring Clerk. R. W. Rosenbaum. opened the meeting with the assistance of Attorney Boswell, ot Ocean City; Mr. Boswell Is to he made Borough Solicitor, and acted at 1

Although the New Jersey War History Bureau at Trenton has received After passing the payment of an item of $250 interest due on a Sewer Bond, and recommending an 'mmediate audit of toe Borough's hooks to enable toe new Commission to start clean, toe formal meeting adjourned.

Outline Plana.

When called upon to make a es. Mayor Smith gave way to the other commissioners, and Mr. Barron, the first called upon, sta’ed that he was glad that things were as they were, and that be. for one. would do his best to straighten out toe ^ffalga of toe Borough, and conduct the affairs of toe town for toe best Interests of

aaymi

vice during toe recent war with Germany. many fagtiUes of martyred soldiers have evidently overlooked the appeal which wa# made by the History Bureau, some weeks ago, and

have neglected to respond.

It is toe intention of the Bureau that one of the first publications in connection with toe history of New Jersey’s part in toe war will be a ■ gold star" volume, confined to photographs and data of toe Jerseymen who lost their lives either in action or otherwi ,e ill toe servtC' Director Dullard Is annous to have in this volume a photograph of every Jerseyman who dedicated his life to toe service. and parents and next of kin in this viekiitg. who have not responded very liberally to toe first appeal, are

mail photographs and dam to

Cape May City—In the belief of Geo. L. Lovett, of the U. S. Weather Department. toe winters; in this county wil! eventually become as warm as those ia Florida, due to the change the course of the Gulf Stream, which is now said to have shifted its

mrse ten miles shoreward - w - ar Borens Trenton, Green Creek — Joseph Camp- the | New Jersey, at the earliest opportunKing Crab King of Cape May County “T- Photograph* will be carefully , „ . - jT , , . - preserved by the Bureau and returned hu fed , rtrort bruJilM »» "lu u,. b»n these valuable fertilizer material this - made from them for the purposes

year, and has a large gang at work grinding them and shipping to the nearby markets. The crabs are betaore popular yearly as an allaround fertiliser material. Ocean City—The Morgan and Eanck Pcm of the newly founded American Legion has been organized by Ocean City's service men. The name is given in honor of Enoch Morgan and Elmer Hanck. both of whom died In the service The post will include Upper Township and Somers Point. Alfred R. Smith has been elected Post Com

mander.

Wildwood—With a tecord of twentyaix fires in this resort since the first of this year, taxpayers are becomiralarmed over the almost inevitable increase of insurance rates that Is threatened. It has been proposed that the City offer a reward of $1,000 for the arrest of any person caught in the act of setting fire to a property, or acting suspiciously. No action has as yet been taken on tola Ocean City—The Committee of the Board of Trade named to select a site for the Board of Trade's hotel proposition has selected a plot of land at the Boardwalk and Seventh street, with a frontage of 300 feet, it is likely that the project will fall through, however. because of local opposition developed against the selection of toe site over o&e at Tenth street, which part of the committee favored it is said hotel will be erected by private capital on toe Tenth street site. Cape May City—The funeral of Reu•n T. Johnson, one of the best known figures in County political and Sunday school circles, look place Sunday of Sir. Johnson was a

of the history.

The moet unique and widely talked of exhibits In toe County Fair, which was held at Conn House Friday and Saturday of last week, were toe two floats of Stone Hasbor. The vne, toe Municipal Float, was a boat mounted on a motor truck, toe sides of which were draped with canvas painteu to represent the surf. The boat itself handsomely decorated, and war manned by the school children of toe Borough. The other wa# the Southern plantation float, the idea of toe Pastor of the Stone Harbor Colored Church. Darkies on a bale of cotton, eating watermeilon. and riding In a tiuntlen wagon, drawn by an aged mule, brought down hearty applause it hen driven in front of the grand stand.

Security Trust Company, of Cape May. and served as postmaster for ten years Enas, under the Harrison administration H* was born at Town Bank. Cape May County, on January 1C,

lie.

AWARD CONTRACT FOR

MOSQUITO WORK.

The State contract for one hundred and thirty-four thousand feet of ditching in Cape May County has been awarded to Heaton. Brown and Simpson Company. The work was started oe Friday. September 26. Half of tots sort Is to be done at Beeslty's Point.

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i the .'

ihove Wildwood. This wort is expected to he completed in about six weeks. Avalon, on Tuesday ot last week.

WILDWOOD FAIR NETS $5000. The three-day fair on the Boardwalk. Wildwood, netted the tidy sum of $5wWj for the Memorial Building Fuad for the City of Wildwood. The

her of the Board of Directors of tii^ fair was conducted under the auspices

of toe Wildwood Athletic Club.

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Director Canfield was then sailed upon, and In a neat address be'outlined his plans tor toe Borough's welfare, stating that he had believed ever since Commission Government came Into existence that It was toe ideal form of government. #Half of the population of New Jersey is now under Cammission government, he said, and that toe government was a system of business management with the Commissioners as the executive beads of the Borough's affairs. With the future before it, Mr. Canfield oouciuded. there Is no reason why Avalon ohAtthl not spring ahead and develop as Jts natural advantages entitle It to, aad that be would always and at all tlmea conduct toe affairs of his department according to the spirit as well a# toe letter of the law. Mayor Smith then declared that to his view toe most good .can and will accomplished by forgetting the

to toe future, and that It was the doty of toe Commissioners to work together for toe welfare of toe report. One great advantage A don had. the Mayor said, and that vas its municipal ownership of all public utilitiee, ex--ept electric light, and he stated that his great regret was that the litter was not also municipally owned. Eviry person in toe town has a special .oh as a member of toe community, ■nd all should work hand in with he City Commissioners to make Avaioo toe great revert it deserved to be. The remarks of all three Cbmmlailoners pointed to harmony, and progressivene's that speaks well for the -uture of Avalon. The dates of the regular meetings have been art for “very Wednesday night, toe Commi#>ioo Lw requiring weekly meetings instead of monthly meetings, as heretofore.

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ZT17IS OFFICE vL/ is the place to have your printing done, bo matter what kind it may be.

Miss E. CebcO returned from a visit i Philadelphia. A twelve day vacation was given the school teachers and pupil* becaura of the holidays. iaa Z RsHnowitt, entertained a crowd oi school boy* and girls, at bar home, Thursday evening. Mrs. Kchulxburger _and son, are in Jersey City. A crowd gathered at the Lyric Theatre Friday evening, to see the show camel/, "By* foe Eye. Mis* C. Runer Vld took her uemal trip to ItitadelfMl’on Saturday; Many oi our town folk* motored to the Fair on Saturday. A Mx-» Meeting *ae I,eld at the Liberty flail, on Sunday evening. Mr. and Mra. A. L. Cornets ami Jbabe, spent the week-end with their parent* here. L. Bovaid was boanr lor tbe holidav. Mica D. Jofiae lell lor Pbilfdelpbia on Tuesday.

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