Vol. 35. No. 37

SEA ISLE CITY, CAPE MAY COUNTY, N. J., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1020

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CITY NEWS NOTES Of THE FUST WEEK ~TC« AND GLEANING* OF A PERSONAL CHARACTER; LITTLE ITEMS OIL INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW GATHERED IN THE CIRC'Jir OF THE CITY.

VORD SERVICE STATION AND **>AIRS. We carry A complete Une genuine Ford pa U, and can make -«r* promptly. Electric welding ' brazing done, and storage batter-re-charged. Expert auto 'repairs, dard Ores ana tubes. MAZUBIE'S AGE AND SERVICE STATION, Uie City.—Ad». tt HOES' SHOES! SHOES! For all ' family, from the smallest tot up to an4 mother; school tboes, drcea work aboes, in endless variety 1 popular prices. Big shipment no' . all siaes and styles while the stock ' 1 . YOllR pair is wailing for you. get 'em. PFEIFFER S BOULE-

HTOBE. Adv.

ABDEK THEATRE; lamooi serial, nd ami liafted," (eatoring George and Margeurite Cot tut. First and | * episode will be shown on WedV night, September 1C, coistinaing ‘sittay 18. Admiaiiioii lie and Adv. J ATCHES that are good time trs/ Just the thing lor the boy ' going to school. FITCH URUU js strongest business ally today j'ood bank. Security Trust Co, May, offer* you 1U services, gooil warm weather sport Is blllThe place to play is a BRACA'S, avenue—adv. tl. . ' ITMAN’S valid I i-s by the box.— DRUG COMPANY.-^-adv. H BOASTED PEANUTS— day ut BRACA'S.—adv. tt

Mr. C. William Bauer, of New York 'tty, Is spending a few days with his aunt, Mrs. Albert Am berg. Mr. Harry Van Artedalen and Miss E igabeth Wood celebrated Labor Day at Atlantic City. dr. and Vra. Edward J. Henry and fa: illy returned to Philadelphia on Tl ursday. dr*. L. K. Ragan and Miss Freda B igart have been visiting Mr. and I nt Theodore SchaaL Mise Ella Booraem. of Washington. L C., Is visiting friends in Sea Isle

Cry.

Jr. and Mrs. George Koehler, who ha e been guests at Mina’s Inn. I.ft oi. the Tuesday mon.it.g Express. dr. William Peil. I^mdis avenue aud C ral streM. went So New York early In the week.

V WOULD ^ BW ILL OHUIIES PETITIONS IN CIRCULATION FOR MUNICIPAL PURCHASE OF THE i ELECTRIC LIGHT, WATER AND GAS COMPANIES; MANY SIGN iN FIRST DAY OF ACTITITY; MUCT

HOLD ELECTION.

’ Iss Margaret Byrne returned yesrda, from a ten days' visit to her father, Joseph T. Byrne, of Waah-

Ingtop. D. c.

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Powers and the Misses Marion and Kathryn Powers were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Henry on Lnbor Day. Mr. and Mrs. John Menke will pass the balance of the season in Sea Isle City as guest* of Mr. and Mrs. Tbea

dore Sctaaal.

The taxptyers of Ses Isle City wsnt the city to own the tleclrtv light company, the water works and gne plant, and waul all three to he operated under public ownership, according to peliticiu now being liberally sign-d lot the mun-

icipal purchase of all three.

The law requites flat the City autboritua be petition'u w lien public utilities are to be bought, and. then an election on the question is mandatory. If this election is carried by a majority of Uie voters, a commission is appointed to appraise the plants of Uie various utility companies, and the city may then purchase them at the valuation

fixed by the commiaeion.

No reasons is set forth in Uie petitions j why the city should own the plants, brt those circulating Uicm are etaling . that it. Uie case of the electric, company ! municipal owuemhi,, would be all day .current at lower than present rates and I a saving in the City of something over ' $MKX) a year in strwvt lighting; Uie water works would mean much ’ower rates anu the saving of abonl $2000 to Uie city for fire service every year; and the gas plant would mean acesaiUon for all lime instead of Uie present miserable, rotten service and mismansgemenl. Three eels of the pelttioi.o are bcii

circulated, Uie/.ret appearing

uesday night.

being

i Wetl-

and Mrs. Homan, of Phlladelar< among Sea Isle’s visitors. ' Surf has fe few guests, among are Captain John S. Cole, Mrs.

famlL, of Avon.

un» Btoffel, of West New . J, is vlsittnr; at the home of

Amberg.

Civic Club held Its last Card Thursday evening. Tne House

i until the 15lh.

John Dennett returned on Wedthe "Magnolia", where she staying for three weeks. Betty Edgar, of Pitman, has ting her classmates. Miss MilMiss Coxson. _,«awn -d Mis. Joseph Maguire, who t the Magnolia for seven 'Uiiied on Tuesdry. Ida M. Smith will go to Phiiat Sept. 20 to resume her At tfi< Ter-pie University, try Kadcliff and family. Mr. Baxter motored from Millapend Sunday with Mr. and vr. Dolphin street ~r Atwater a: I family re- ■ their home In Chadds Ford v. after a nieaaant seaaon’a t ihelr Boardwalk home, lam Compton Jacobs, of Deltas been paying a brief visit -r. Mrs J. T. Gillison. rehis home on Friday butt. "nual meeting and dance at - Club on Friday evening was tful occasion. Commodore • snd Secretafy-Treasurer Wells were re-elected. h Monsignor Poxcl. R< . Joseph's Church, was host -ular weekly Monday There will be another par-

Monday evening.

Mrs. Charles K. Landis cnhe week-end Mrs. Lan- - and her husband. Mr. and -j M. Holcombe and their sons.

, and Gordon M.

- omas F. l.udlam. Sr., went ville, Staten island, on Mon ''tend the funeral of her brothCordon, who died on Thurswee». after a long Illness. Strauss, cashier of Brown - hanker- of Philadelphia. rr-Sunday guest of Miss SMornainweg. ai the Landis te of her parents, Mr. ana

r Mornblnweg.

^fccMauut and Mrs W. F. Jocber 3 1“ Atlantic City on Sunday.

■Manus is leaving Sea lf’-e City

BEr Thlladelphla. She will rt-

to attend the Egg Haruor

E Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.

pjADd friends from Millville. a M. Amberg, who is now emthe Census Bureau. WashI D. C-. has been spending Uiree With her parents. Mr and Mrs JAmberg. She will return ‘

u Sunday.

fl&iO THE WARM DAYS r TftMit forgei FITCH'S for ice

Mr. and Mrs. John J. McBride have closed their house, aud with their two daughters Mrs. Lewis S. Chest and Mrs. Lewis Sanderson, zeturned to twn on Thursday. Mr. Abraham Potashnick.Yrorn Cleveland. Ohio, who has been serving as a life guard, we’" off duty on Tuesday and left Sea Isle City the same eve-

ning.

Mrs. Elisabeth Massey, who was token suddenly HI on Monday, operated on t tbe Lankenau Hospital In Phllade! ■ phi a. on Wednesday, is making a re-

markable recovery.

Mr. and Mrs. Marius Estephe. Miss Elmira McSorley. Mr. Deo Wensel, of Philadelphia, and Miss Maty Keeney, of Atlantic City were Labor Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Mc-

Sorley.

Mr*. Jean Howet, who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. Barbour, and other friends, on her way home from Bc-it-land, left for Norfolk. Va, last week. Mrs. Howet made a tour of Be'glum „ her way back and visited the grave of her brother In France. This brotbjne of fifty who are buried in one grave. A particularly sad feature of tbe loss «f ih.f brother la that he got himself tttnrfrrrrd from his own regiment in order to be with his twin brother. The brother returned witha acratch, while be fell with his to the foe. He waa the only Scotchman among the fifty The funeral of Mr. Joseph Dallas, who died at his work last Thursday. held from the Lutheran Church on Sunday afternoon. The Rev. J. T. Gillieon onducted the service. Mr. Dallas's only brothcr. ifr George Dallas. Justice of the Peace of Gloucester ;ity, and Mr. Arthur C. Jordson. of Newark. New Jersey, brother to Mrs. Dallas, were in town for the service. The Lawn Party given for the l.u-.jt-ran Sunday School on the church grounds Tuesday last was largely attended. There were games, aud plenty of ice cream and cake. Professor I.eitoy J. Archer arrived „i Mondqy. am- is located at Mrs. John Speer's until the summer tenants vacate the Ea»; House, which he has occupied for the past two years. Mrs. Archer is still at Lakewood. Miss Gertrude Fisher will board with Mrs. Ira Hess. Miss Magill. the Kindergarten teacher; ins a room with Mrs. Speer, but Is taking her meals with Mrs. St« tnmeyer. Miss Collins and Young arc at their homes off shore. The school started off Tuesday morning, with 126 children in their

places.

Mrs. Richard T. McSorley celebrated the seventh annlve-sary of the birth of her son. Frank J. McSorley, 3rd. with a birthday party which Included thirty-two children and a dozen or more grown-ups. .There were twen'ysix children from Sea Isle and six front Or Min City. There were game* on tbe beach and a Donkey party indoors, with prizes which were awarded Sarah Mellon and Jack Hughe*. The Booby prizes went to Mary BraunU and Tom Hughes. The dining was attractively uecorated and what was mere to be desired by the small gue*!s, the table we* plied high with cakes and there was an abundtce of icc cream. The "Breakers'’, the summer ‘tome ol Mrs. B. J. QuLin. which has been a ttal 'e centre of boapitality. is sadly depleted. Every day sees the departing of one oi more sobs or daughters with their families. On Tuesday, Mrs. William Keville aud her at Billy left for Rlcumond, Va.; Mrs. 'aines McCrca and family went to Chestnut Hill on Monday: Mrs. Y.'illlam Force and Mia- »'«*gy Force have returned to Philadelphia; Mss Madi line V. Quinn, who has been traveling through New England, paid a Hying visit to her home here, before going to West Philadelphia; Mr. A J Quinn has returned to -Richmond. Va., after a delightful visit with his mother and ststet*.

MARRIED HERE

A wedding was Uie cheif event at Uie Loliteriii Parsonage this week. Mr. James G. Grmnley and Miss Rose Rudinoff, both of Csmden, were married at noon on September b, bv Rev. John T.

Gtlltaon.

A good sized family party was present nearly sll of wbrui sere near relaUres of Uis young couple. The bridegroom i> the son of Mr. Wm. Grmnley, of Camden, for over thirty years a city official of that place. , The party drove down U Townsend's | Inlet, s<ter tbs wedding, where a celt-

CHURCH TO BE BUILT

AT TOWNSEND'S INLET. I Towni,< n,. . Inlet Is determined [have a church. Several meetings have been held recently under the auspices of the Ladles' Aid Society of Which Mr*. E. B. Rose Is President. Mrs. L. Conn. Tre* furor, and Mrs. Sadie Countins. Secretary . The- "hutch w ill be named Grace Lutheran Chun-h. and will be a community work, participated In by people of all the churches. Over one hundred and fifty dollars is already In Um treasury of the Laid ie*' Aid Society, and auUiorizcu KUb- | scripUon paper* are In the hand* all the members. The Lnlidis Estate lot, at the corner of Roberta and Cedar avenue*. Is being purchased, and the j title will noon tie passed to the Church Extension Board of the United Lutheran Church, who will hold the deed In trust until a permanent local or-

ganization Is effected.

Substantia! subscriptions are being secured by the pas.ur in charge, Rev. John T. G, llson. who is asking for ten donation ol fifty dollars eakh to pay for the building lot in full. Mr. David Lennox headed the list with a cash donation of fifty dollars. The plan adopted is «o erect a plain but substantial one-story chapel, ample in size, so that both church services and Sunday-school work can be carried

THE FACTS ABOUT WOMAN SUFFRAGE

STATES THAT HAVE RATIFIED

REPUBLICAN

California, Colorado, , lliinola, Indiana, Idaho, Iowa. Kansas Kentucky Maine, Masssrhusetla,

Arkansas, Arizona, Missouri, Texas,

Nevada. New Hampshire* NsW Jersey, New Mexico, New York. North Dakota, Ohio. Pennsylvania Rhede Island. South Dakota, Washington , Wool Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

DEMOCRATIC Utah. Oklahoma, Tennessee,

STATES THAT HAVE NOT RATIFIED .

DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLICAN Con recti cut,

Vermont.

TOTAL S

STATES THAT HAVE REJECTED

REPUBLICAN Delaware

TOTAL 1

DEMOCRATIC Alabama, Ulaslsstppl, Georgia. South Carolina, Maryland, I-oulalana, TOTAL

ELEVEN Special Sessions of State Legislatures to ratify the Amendment were called by Demo* cratic Governors, to SIXTEEN Special Sessions called by Republican Governors for the same purpose.

WEEK’S HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT COONTY A REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S HAPPENINQ8 THROUGHOUT CAPE MAY COUNTY, CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING; WHAT’S WHAT IN COUNTY AFFAIRS.

ELECTION OFFICERS NAMED. The Cape May County Board of Registry and Klectlon. ol which George Jeffrey of Sea Isle City, l* President, and Smith Endtcott. of Rio Grande, 1* Secretary, haa made public tbe nanteb of lhos< chdken to serve rmembers of the district Boards of Registry And Elect iou at >the Primaries and General Election Those in upper Cape May County are: Upper Township—Republican. Fr«-d Gandy. Tbon • Miller, Democrat. Edward R. Cam,.. Jonathan Hess. Sea Isle City, 1st Waid—Republican, Morris Sofroney, Wm. Whittington Democrat, Martin Wells. Sylvester Fredericks. . Sea Isle City. 2nd Ward—Republican. George Busch. Walter Pfeiffer. Democrat. Edward H. Dover, Georg. Gardner. Woodbine—Republican, Samuel Ro*cnfeld. Joseph Feldman; vemocrat. Hyman Halpviu. Mor Goodman. Dennis Township. 1st Precinct—Republican. Reuben L. Chester, James Williams; D’mocrauCharh-a C. James. Thoma* Dun-ell. Dennis Township. 2nd Precinct—Republican. C. B. Corson, W arren Wills; Democrat, Oliver Heaton. Prank Barnes. • Stone Earbor—Republican. Fred W. oblnson, (?. Lewis Herbert; Demo crxt, Charles I. Duffield. Michael LenAvalon— Republican. F. H. Stratton. Eugene W. Lloyd: Demrcrmt. Elijah L. Batts Hugh H. Holmes.

From tbe Millville Republican.

Millville Lodge. 'No. 5iS0. B. P. OElks, ha* bad outings in past years at Anglesea. Sea Isle City, Wildwood Crest and elsewhere, but never in the twenty years’ history of the order ’ there a more thoroughly enjoyable carton than was their annual event at

Townsend’s Inlet. (August 25th).

About eighty members of the lodge, mostly from Millville and Vineland, made -the trip in automobiles, going tbiougbout the morning and early af-

moon. _

The Millville band, which accompanied the lodge, gave a delightful concert on tne plaza of the Townsend's Inlet Hotel. * hu h was the lodge headquarters lor the day and evening. One of the main featutes was the elaborate shore dinner served by H St-mon. s member of the lodge, w ho

is tbe proprietor of the hotel.

THE UNJVERS.AL-CAR Announcement

<J We will display at the Cape May County Fair on September 17th and 18th, the new Fordson Tractor, Ford Sedan, Touring Cars and Trucks. You Are Invited To Attend Herbert Shaw Focer & Mecray wndwood Q a pe May C. H. Garage c ‘ p * “•»' A. M. Pstsrson. Mor., Cape May Court House

CARD OF THANKS. 1 take this opportunity of thanking those w ho so kindly and lympatbctical‘v assisted at the funeral of ujv father, osepli Dalis*. Lin wood li. Dallas

M. E. CHURCH. Rev. W. H. Luther. Pastor. Preaching in the First M. E. Church >1 10.3b a. m. aud 7.30 p. m . by tb< mstor. W. H. 1 Jit her. Morning subject. Seeking a Man and rinding (tod. Evening subject. The iharing of the Deaf, and Seeing of the Blind. Sunday School, 2.30 p. m. A hearty welcome to all.

Miss Margaret Twohey left on Tuesday for Washington, D. C.. where she will be the guest of MIbs Elizabeth Leech. Mrs. Richard T. McSorley interestingly describes her experience In the aeroplane. ••Of course 1 was timid about entering the plane, but once we were started the feeling jtf speed waa delightful. I thought, when we were over the city, he wa* going slow to favor hts passenger, because she was a woman, but he was not. The turn at the Pier was a bit disconcerting, hut the ride waa all too short."

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. The Cape May County Teachers’ Institute will b.- held at Ocean City, . Monday and Tuesday. September 2Vth and 21st. Another two days of the steady too abort school year are to be thus wasted. CREST HAS NEW MAYOR. By virtue of bis office of president of council, Joseph F. James became acting mayoi ot Wildwood Crest recently upon the death ol Hon. Philip 1*. Baker. At the regular meeting of Council on Monday night ol last week Mr. James tendered his resignation as a councilman to becom< effective January 1st next Mayor James will be a regular candiate lor that office at the fall election. TRUST COMPANY PROSPERS. The officers, directors aud members ot the clerical force of the Ocean City Title and Trust Company enjoyed a ditiuet at the Normaoide Hotel, celebrating the ts-ntti annlTeraary of the organization of the corporation and also the passing of the I l.bbO.IKKl mark In the deposits. Following the dinner, there were m.aresses by several of the officers and Mayor Champion. Those of the bant officers speaking were: Clayton Haines Brick, vice president; KlUttau Tuieiu, solicitor; Ruaaell It. Nutty, secretary and treasurer, CUn’on i,. Price, title officer, and Hurling Cole, assistant UUe officer. QNE ON GANDY. The Tuckahoe Correspondent in the County Gazette says: "Freenolder Hope vv. Gandy has made many and vat ted nips down the river, but the most unique experience of all his fishing trips occulted oil Monday. Mr. Gandy and wile weie entertaining on theii new power boat 'Alone,'^Ir. and Mrs. Geo. W. Shoemaker. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Snyder aud Mrs. Ed. Lloyd. About lour o'clock, while fishing at the mouth ol Middle River, Mrs. Lloyd pulled in aud deposited in rather a deep'basket what the party supposed was a Bounder. When,-after a lapse of perhaps five minutes, h« heard a Butte.ing aud caught a glimpse of the supposed Bounder t oing through the air and gack into the water, apparently none the worse irem having been captured. Mr. Gandy now believes U was some specie ot Hying fish." TEACHER SHORTAGE HITS COUNTY. .ariou* reasons Cape May - County has been loriunato during the tsi two years in maintaining it* school* at lull su- ngih. A chief one of these is that in most of our district supervising officer- have been on the alert to discover proper persons to fill the vacancies aud nave no. permitted their opportunities to c*cape. This : ear. however, the difficulty of obtaining ptoper teachers ha* reached is zenith. They are not available in such numbers as are required and cannot be persuaded excepting by the payment of such salaries as will permit them to live. District* which refuse to recognize this fact do not and cannot obtain teacheis. Under similar conditions they could not obtain doctors, lawyer*, teamsters or mechanics. 1 eacbers who used to be capable of living on nothing, largely because their f. allies' aided in their support can do it no more and do not find It necessary because their services are in demand a* never before. We still have with us, however, districts In which the people have come to no realisation of this and are atill inclined to indulge in the old-fashioned eport of baiting the teacher and rendering her position Impossible of endurance, incidentally destroying the usefulness of the school from the ctandpolnt of the children, and yet to be obsessed with tbe idea that there are those Willing to stand these delectable' conditions for the pleasure of living in such enlightened communities and with suc h amiable people and at a price less than that paid by any other com-

munity.

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