ORS

sin sit ewufw thhs m "M *ir*. m. >.

AMERICANS 3IGGEST USERS CF RAILROADS; j : SERVICE HERE FAR OUTSTRIPS EUROPE tbp world. AjBMloau> bu> inorr **11-i ^ ,-„rr:.-<! l-y ibf railroads of vay r rrrtrr, and a pr-at.T amoon! or simo* " . « more than tbr truMiortailon U «nppl»o«l and umV. lu (i> . al by .•i;h-rof the two othor Uie tnltod Suuai tbati In n»} other ; , , n ,u»t year. In c.mtmrtaon

tt». total of 6^1 otrrie.1 by the ita-l* in Ot-rmany and the total of ■at- •*. bj the railroad!' In Kran<»

too tnlU* per capita carried by f tilted the !•• r ; r ^ <S !' .’.‘’^'waV'T.'o 8wt« tnllroad. IL 1B» were almoat thb l .i • ' s »» • «ve tint' » the to,, no it- '-r-plta^ ^.mnlle* per ^ ^ Sf SJ^ntn 7n S. pomt.nn^ppl.ed to the rnit.,1 Statn. 1 t'r « "irca"e.l by the t'-ermant and Fran-.. „ mi:: an. the United 8»£> rail rood* In K wet-inetv:- nOl^-nt • • In the 1 nit8,101. In Germany the ton mil.- ;m - .m! >- - ■ t-.-- 1.

TDXK/EOTC

- OF

Omci-A^L

Xva-A-xr CQTJisrTY

CITY, BOROUGH Ai-D TOWNSHIP CLERKS OF THE COUNTY

OF CAPE MAY

According to SUtirtU* prn-red by r. t * the Bus Ton o' Katlw.-.y Kcon>mlr», tl.- HT

ce 191S. 7-rf

BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLD-

Cape May County. N. J.

The regular ireetinga of the Board are held on *he Firw and Third Tuea- cittM

day of each month at toe Court Houae.

Cape May Court Houae. at 10.30 A. M. Cape May City William Porter — Ocean City Harry A. Morrla OFFICERS S) . a city ... Wayne M. Strnthera * I trrtSTUS 1 HILTON North Wildwood.. .George A. Redding

' A, G V,JSL“ . jWfldwood .

JOSEPH CAMP I Boroughs c,erk , Anion Gt«. J. Jnckaon

j 1RV1NO FITCH S.-* Ul. CU> , H. H. MM. \V SAIT DlJ, ' Iy CS ltC,0r \vnd*ooa Aoulh Cpe M.r Elvin B. Hwlin

; SlOB. Ha.fcor *!-«« T. RM

ERNEST W. LLOYD..Cape May City, West Cape May Thoo W. Reeves County Engineer i Wildwood Crest.. .Harry L Nickerson LEAMING M. RICE w D dwood | Woodbine L. C. Abramson

Road Supervisor. - — JAS. McUNDEN North Wildwood | Townships

On. ted. htitoi

■a Fr^v,.#

YY7

Th. Inc... .1.1.. .1." 1- ... -''a P" »„ ™r. WM »>. 1 = the last year 'or whitf con-parauve dat_ ta avaiubit^

l for U1S.

Supt. Almshouse and County Farm , Dennis. Orman M. Geary. Dennlsvllle LEWIS T. DOUGLASS Middle.. .A. T. D. Howell. Dias Creek t ape May Court Hotme Lower. Charles G Reeves. W. Cap. May

Walter Scoble, Inc. Millville. N. J. The Leading Music House in South Jersey Piano*, Player*, Victrola*,

^J C

Sonoras, Records

“ No nulla whac too Hve Oar service is next lo year door"

Superintendent of Soldiers’ Burials JOHN W. REEVE? .Cape May City

Custodian of Court House

R. L SMITH

Cape May Court House Farm Demonstrator J. ARCHER STACKHOUSE Cape May Court House

Upper. Jesse T. Young, Beesley’s Point .

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY.

LIST OF MEMBERS Name. Address, District Repmunted. Term Expires on January 1M of the Year Opposite Name.

«. OATES MUST MILLIONS iN U. S. BE ADJUSTED OWN RAILROADS ; Dean of the Whaitw, School ol Wage Earner* Directly and jnFinance on the Need of Good directly Affected by Reads

Railroad Credit. Solvency. TO MAKE INVESTMENT SAFE.! DIVISION OF

Clties Cape May City—James J. Doak Ocean City—John J. Devine Frank H. Ware Reuben Ludlam Sea Isle City—Alfred S. Steelman North Wildwood—A- M. Ely Wildwood—B. C. Ingersoll Walter M. Beers Andrew Johnson

OCEAN CITY

Address. Ocean City

John P. Fox John R- Groves

SEA ISLE CITY

Address. Sea Isle City

I The©. E. DeBow | James F. Eustace

NORTH WILDWOOD

Address. North Wildwood

' Floyd Hewitt

— | John W. Young SECURITIES. wildwood _ j Address, Wildwood

Tr.n.- Mu'll,I .»«. O-- i . .f! f" I.: i'.'.'.:’

pert it Ian Say. Road. Must Be ly t/ Deposltori Hold Large cApE ^ AY CITY Self-Supporting ur Becom. * f •»* llw ») r Address. Cape May City

Ranknitrf Bonda John T. Bennett Bankrupt j Henry S. Rntherford

UPPER TOWNSHIP Address. Tuchahoe

Boroughs

Stone Harbor—OUI 6. Salvesen Edw. T. Fries Wildwood Crest—Edwin B. Fagan West Cape May—David Hughes Woodbine—J. S. Levin

Townships

OennL- A, E. Holmes. Dennisville Thomas J. DurreU, Bdleplsin Mlddb—L. T. Garn Uon. - - - - Cape May Court House Lower—Frank Eldredge, Cold Spring Upper—.Tames Shoemaker, Tuckabott j

THE ESSENTIAL AND THE NON ESSENTIAL Draw a definite line between the essential and the non-essen-tial and save the difference. Start an account with the First National Bank and deposit your spare cash weekly. 3’-, Inte.-est Paid on Savings Fuad Account*

j per cent interest paid on Savings Fund Accounts FIRST NATIONAL BANK

OCEAN CITY, N. J.

ASSESSORS OF CITIFS, BOROUGHS

AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY

In an address on “The Railroad Pur*W.” delivered in Philadelphia, January S, Dr. Emory R. Johnson, dean of the Wharton School of Finance, and •ne of the nation’s leading authorities on railroad transportation, divlaml that ’’after the first of M»r< h the eon panics must be nelf-supi' Tiinc or l ecoine benArufL" Continuing, be wnld: * •“'an the railroads 'fully flnancesl and operateil when they are returned to their owners? For two yoara the g u vennnei;t hits drawn uj-m the public treasury u> urtaln the

credit of carriers.

“If the carriers avoid fniluro tle-lr Income must cover openting cyt-i.M->, i malateniticc end capital • hur^—: If! the companies succeed to the extent j that is aemr-ided in nubile iutere»t. | they must not only be able to meet unavoidable expetiM-s. they must have 1

•onie surpliu revenue!

“If there Is no th-ome to l.e used in | part for betterments »nd In jiari for , building up a surjilns or reserve fund. . the public will not Invest In the railroads. their credit cannot N •e-estab- ) llshed and maintained and «»n>wr»fe j ownership am! operation of the rail-

ways will full.

“The Income of the rurrler- Is dele.- | mined by public rvyulutinn. nrd prop- ' rrly so; bet from thj, It follows that the country mast decide between a policy of adequate revenue, o lb# railroad corjeiratlons of the . ,• :<• and , a policy of K'ivemmeot owaersiiip. i “The gove -ument is entitled t.. credit ‘ for bavii.c given greater uni-v to rail- i c t.vud operation, both ■ » •’ • ! It bn* dune much that '!• .tri ers were prohibited from <1 - ■ t V > j-u’ - | He now roaiite that , . the earrlcrs In the Joint it- ■! <■ • inent and terminals should be etewur- i >

aged, last end of prrventevl.

“The railroad legislation now I- '"! , f Ing In Congress must ardv© many difli r cult questions, but the txit.*t i-nth al one is that of providing for the future regulation of rallmads In aecorlnnrc with | a policy that will cause th* curriers to secure revenue sufficient to enn’<lihem to perform their s.-rvl,--* ad. ©.lately and with progre.-slve ••ihrlen-v ! Tlie railroad business mu*: be nude at I ■ tractive tn private Invisticenls „t ih- j : CO<ntry will have to adopt tnveniuier.' j-' ownership and wperatloo of the rah- ; ruad*. Tlicre U no ©.her altet i.ialv

INCREASED WAGES TOOK 97* OF INCREASED PATES, i

Increos.-s in freight end passenger. rate* made durirc federal i-onfol * xmountryi to 000.000 when a}- j plied to «i-c traffi. moved up to July SI, llOh. vvhue the in.-rewaes in wag - : applied to the number of employe.-. , and ttoo bonra nr •- worked in July. ■

Mill Iona of thrifty Americana wh. have laid aside aomelhli g for a “rainy day’ ar. alrectiy or Im’.lrcctly owners of rar.nmd sevuritiea. This ownerghlr rei.Kwcnts not only Individual invettin the railroads, but holdings of railroad wcuritJe* by life Insurance coioimnie*. saving* banks, fire and marine insurance companies, benevolent i .-.(••latlona, educational Institutions, tru- •■om|>*n'e* and biate and Nnilonal banks. A Urge part of the »*«ci* cf these iustltnilona depend on the aol-

*e: -y of the railroads

Tlic ownership of railroad securities among i.icse people I* divided approx-

| tmately »» followa:

Individuals. numbering ovei l.hirt.oon own ouirigbt about *10.-

j ocim.m.o m n-llroad securities

Os.-- ivs1,000 a:e stockholders with ul . --rage hnlding of *lfl.U.<S. i. Insurance companies, with 5It.t*sijOOO policies In force, own

Gandy J®-*

DENNIS TOWNSHIP Adtlri-M, South Seaville

Charles E. Foster 1®22

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Address. ITi-reo’s P. O.

Joseph Camp 19*3

LOWER TOWNSHIP Address. Rio Giande

Jos. I*. Madtlsslc . . 1921

Citie,

Cape May City J. Allen Wales Ocean City Dr. H. T. Foul da Sea Isle City G. E. W. Coxson

Ncrth Wildwood— 804 Asbury Avenue,

1st Ward Robert Bright 2nd Ward Louis Krause Wildwood Lynn H. Boyer

Boroughs.

Avalon Wm. Bennett Cape May Point Norman Rigor South Cape May Albert J. Rudolph Stone Harbor Harry F. Jakemelt West Cape May Harry S. Fisher Wildwood Crest Wm. A. Justice Woodbine Israel Elsenberg

is a Real Men’s Shop! Pleasingly stocked with everything that men need, in up-to.the-second styles and priced so that men from every point of upper Cape May County save by

trading here.

Tones’ Men’s Shop

Nixt to Title s

Ocean City, N. J.

LIST OF STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1920 jn.nris..

Middle..

ALMSHOUSE — Ma-.Kisi.ic. Gandy.. Eustace, Groves, Ko-neke, Ben-

nett I AUDITING—Young. Foster. Ruther-j TAX COLLECTO rs FOR CITIES,

Townships.

. .Rolls Hewitt, Ocean View V. N. Erricaon, Dias Creek Aaron Woolson George Hoff, Tuckahoe

lord.

5U.o00.OiW.O00 of railway RILL? -Gandy, Camp, Kucneke.

nearly

wcurities. S ivlncs banks. With 10.000.000 dep-.-ib own SM7.000.000. Fire a.id marine Insurance coro-paitit-K. casualty and surety computiii* • -vn a tolnl of S'VIB.OOO.OOO. Ib'tievnletit uiworiatlonfc. col1,.^... <i-ii ( w,:>, .-haritable instllu-

ti.it

Kl.000

Tru«i .-vitupanh -. Stnt«- and Ne ttoual Imiik- own R8G1.000.004I.

.•..-.•onllng to v’ntbttie* compiled for ih#- AwM'ialioo of Life Insurance Ptvnid. nts In MS. 27.05 per ctil of life lnsunm -e comimnles’ asset* w# re In v«~*.ed in railroad lionds. and during •1,.. Hr*! half of 1010 the pi n-mage of I romI I-..rid* held by the hfe H-sur^

Interest cf Wage Cameva.

BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF

CAPE MAY

Cities

Cape* May City.. -W. J. Fenderson. Jr. Or. an City E. W. Bc-lelgh Sea Isle City M. M. Sofroney North Wildwood P. 1* Peterson Wildwood Robert J. Kay

thb

#-ad own

:'e* of Amcrimn raill.mipie of the United rage earner who puts saving* hank lm» a dlthe *oundne88 <rf rail.t .jii account of the he saving* of men and

I by Ui

BRIDGES—DeBov. Gandy. Camp. Groves, Hewitt. Liu.ace, Foster. DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS—FOX. FINANCE—Koem-k-, Camp, Ruther-

ford.

LEGISLATIVE—Fox. Hewitt. Camp. 1 LIGHTING AND ELECTRICAL— ; MacKisMC. DeBow, Koeneka.

1 LUNACY—Eustace, Fox, Young. Boroughs MOSQL1TO EXTERMINATION — Avalon Ralph Peterson Camp. MacKiesic. Canny. I Cape May Point J. T. Huff PRINTING AND ADVERTISING— South Cape May. -C. MarshaU Rudolph Groves. Koi-neke, Gandy. ] Stone Harbor Thomas A. Gash PUBLIC BUILDINGS- Bennett. Her-1 West Cape May Harry T. Ludlam lit. Camp, Ku.-tai •. i Wildwood Crest Chas. H. Lare ROADS- Tin Dln-ctor and Full Board W oobine Dr. Joseph Joffe VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS — Young. Townships

(L.nnls H. M. CarroU, Denn'svUle

— Middle.-VVlUets Corson. Cape May C.H. COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS 1>nvlrr .Scott Seymore, Cold Spring

Addre

: Cape May Court douse

e boi

y the

cf th

inetltuilon*

banks whi.-h have

no dividends,

•kbolder*. and Deputy

>ug* to the de

tliat the hank

#*#e»t Of doing

ir* ha

Supreme Court Justi'-e

HON CHABLHS c. BLACK

Circuit Court Judge

HON. HOWARD CAKHOW

Common Plea* Judge

HON HENRY H. ELDREDGE •jerk of Courts and County Clerk A. CARLTON HILDRETH lerk of Courts and County

. .Alfred H. Sapp. Petersburg

In looking about for a banking Institution to receive your money, you want to find one that Is safe, conven-

ient and accommodating.

We want you to consider this old established Institution along these lines and cordially Invite you tc call

on us ano open an account. S PER CENT. INTEREST

PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

Security Trust Compare . CAPE HAY CITY N J.

COUNTY BOARD OF TAXATION SAMUEL ELDREDGE. .Cape May City JAMES M. CHESTER Ocean City E L RICE Tuckahoe GILBERT C. HUGHES. S#-c.

Cap© May City

Clerk

K. 1L STILES

Sheriff

MEAD TOMLIN

jmi

• •u the mutual plan had at the

■ r-iial de|■#**-•* of M 422.- . .,-dited to 5#.011.404 del***

i ; < erase denovit of HP072 .uren T-vered rantnal asrings

'«i stat.ii of the Union.

'•-!!.ptrouer’s report give* the of railroad bond* held by mai <- hanks in the Ne« F^if-

-Sln.ue New Hampshire,

i. MruMariruastts, Rhode Dlaud neetirut—as $*05272.1 «c Tbs

if -he Ftaie Supertntendes>t

l ounty Superictendent of Schools sud Secretary of Vocational Schools AARON W. HAND

COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

CORONERS DR. N. A COHEN Wildwood H. THOMPSON ...Cape May City i)HN P. CADMAN Ocean City

/Jci

lEORGE JEFFERY.'. Chain ran

St> Isle City j j (

rhows that th- j JOHN E. TROUT O cean City -t- mutual aa»- - K oN A. WHEATON..Nc Wildwoodi e-d of 1918 la New l 6M , TH syjDlCOTT, Gvc.. Riu Grand*

rdvertisers will find this

paper an excellent medium in which to display their bargains and make their wants knov/n

We Can Supply All Ycur HOUoLHULU INiLtuS

You waul whai you want when you waut it, ana at the lowest prices lor standard goods. Our st. ck is compleU;, and we make quick deliveries to all parts of Sea Isle City. Phone orders promptly filled.

WHEN YOU

NEED

Groceries Butter Bread Cakes Tobacco Candy P. ubber Boots

Garden Hose l ; i liiug lacklt haihiug Mip, ties

Sin e>

Har w are Aulo Tires Oil Skins

Rubber Goods Boat Hardwaie Boat Supplies WE CAN . . Life Preservers __ Honseh- Id Goods SUPPLY 17

Pols and Pans 1 a.i.l- at d Oils

\. lU'Stns

P.. iiiin-bcs

Cioibiuu

Bicycle fires

Gasoline

CLARENCE PFEIFFER General Merchandise SEA ISLE cm', K. J.

PAINT DEVQE PAINT