ay County Times

Vol. 35, No. 46

SEA ISLE CITY, CAPE MAY COUNTY, N. J., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1020

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CITY NEWS NOTES OF THE PAST WEEN

NOTES AND GLEANINGS OF A

PERSONAL CHARACTER; LITTLE

ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT

FOLKS YOU KNOW GATHERED

COMMISSIONERS CHIEFLY CONCERNED WITH FINANCES

Meeting on Monday Devoted to DiecuMion of Appropriations and Passage of Emergency Resolution.

IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE CITY.

The meeting of the Sea IsIp City Comnilaaioneni. held in the Borough Hall, on Monday afternoon, waa devoted largely to a discussion of the finances of the city for the year, chiefly of those appropriations which emergencies ha v e caused to be overdrawn. A resolution was adopted, p-ovidlng for an emergency note to cover urantici- | pated increases in the cost of electric

TOED SERVICE STATION AND

pc-pa 1 pc We p-.rrv n rnmnlet* line * ng an<1 and disC0UI..S. The of g^uine Ford pam and on make bo inrluded in th) . i 92 j ^ Ievy repairs prompUy. Electric welding Th() of Theodore E. DeBow. on

the Sewage disposal engine contract.

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Electric welding and brazing done, and storage batteries re-charged. Expert auto repairs, clandard tires and tubes. MAZUIUE'S GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION.

Sea Isle City—cdy. tf.

DUY YOUP. WINTER SUPPLIES HERE. Ou: stock of winter .-oods is now complete, with everything In great variety in wanted woods. Shoes for all the family, underwear, trouaers, boots, overshoes, oil-skins; paints, oils and varnishes; hardware and groceries loo. Let us supply your needs. PFEIFFER'S Boulevard Store.—ad-tf.

SKIFF FUR SALE, luWy equipped, twenty-three Iret long; eight horse power Lathrope Engine; boat and add engine two years old, and in perfect condition. UHeied for sale account of going out of fishing business. Louis Scala, 165 Paris Street, Sea Isle City. Adv.

SPESD AN EVENING AT THE MOVIES. Serial eveiy Wednesday night; leaturee on Saturday and Sunday nights. One show only, at h.lB. Admission 2Kc and 17c: a good allow always. Adv. if.

BOOKKEEPING AND AUDITING Books opened, balanced, closed and audited. W*. F, J ocher, 10 Dolphin St. Sea Islt City. Adv. NONE SUCH GOOD PEANUTS as those Leah-rousted ones at BRACA’S.

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Your strongest business ally today Is a good bank. Security Trust CoCape May. offers you it* services.

received and app di po-lt check ordered returned. • irdinaiice No. zj. providing for the construction of Yen eel an Road, was passed ou third reading, and will become a law next Wednesday. Mr. Fralrs. of th? gas company, was present, and asked the Commissioners whether or not hi* gasoline company could buy steam from the city in the event the city bought the gas plant, as he was dependent for his steam supply on the gas plant. No action was taken, the matter being consider-

ed premature.

BOLD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

A barefaced and audacious robbery was committed at Eldora last week. Miss Sue Gough, who has a farm in Eldora, comes up every year from Wildwood, where she now lives, to husk her corn, although well past the four-score mark. This year there waa some two hundred bushels. While busily al work one sunny afL rnoou a young man. well dressed, and of good appearance, came Into the field, and asked If the farm was for sale. Mis* Gough replied that she would sell, and accompanied the good looking stranger to the house to show "the folks”

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Arrived, she found only one man in he machine, and her friend, assuming i threatening air demanded what money she had. Not being satisfied with

. „ „ , . | what she brought him he ordered her btop thBl cough. ,Hull line of coogt. b;ick upstalrH t0 Ke( . | f 8he rou i d not

tyrupt—H1CH DRUG CO. Adt. fim , more. Lut needless to say

PIPE LESS FURNACE For Sale- had given him every OMit the first Nearly new. large sue. Apply Esrl M.! »n>e. wisely concluding the life

Waddiugion,btrathraere, N. J. Adv. if imon 1 than

and not relishing the

, , u <a of being bound and gagged and

THAT POPULAR INDOOR SPORT. j|,. fI t0 lhe chance of a nelghoor droppool. is made ooubly auractlve when ■ ninK ln He tor ,; what she had played at BRACA’S.—adv-tf. | brought, fortunately not a great sum. 1GE CREAM all the time—FITCH ; and departed leaving his vlcUm to hcr

DKUG CO.—Adv. j P‘» L, ’ ,ul occupation. Tasty, good eating Candies—FTTCH ! —

DRUG CO. Adv. ANNUAL MEETING OF COUNTY

Mr. and Mr*. Hugh MscMortrie, of fetum Harbor, were viaiting friends in bes Isle City on Monday.

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

Tonight Mr. and Mrs. J ocher entertain toe Civic Club Card Party. This U the first to he held ou Friday night*.

Mrs. Martin Soden came from Philadelphia for the week-end to do some last things at her house. Mr.. J. P. Higgins was her guest.

Messages from Philadelphia report the arrive! of Mr. William K. Bryant at the Pennsylvania Hospital. The piurney was made' with comfort and th - aged invalid stood the .'•ligue remarkably.

The Rod Cross Roll Call begins Nov. U and closes Nov. 24. Th. ifficlal roll, ctors will be: Mrs. Theodore LhBow, Mrs. Walter Sharp, Mrs. Benjamin F'ord, Mrs. Ira P. Hess.

Dr. C. W. Way left on Thursday last for Washington. D. C His mother. M:s. Eugene Way. and his sister. Mrs Sarah Warner, accompanied him. They traveled by auto, taking side trips enroute.

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Mrs. Carrie Gallen’s luncheon

Trustees and Officers ol the Civic Club was attended by every member except two. Mrs. Chaa. K. Landis, trewaurer and Mrs. J. J. Hagan, president. Mrs. Hagan was so anxious to be present

ahe overdid and suffered a relapse.

The Loyal Order of Moose Is planning a gala street carnival ana ball for Thanksgiving night. There will h. ten prize*, five of them cash, lhe carnival will be held either ou Landis Avenue or on the Boardwalk, and the ball will be in the Excursion House.

The first of the season's Ladies’ leaa will be held next Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Edward Buck. The tex* of other yenri have been the big social event of the week, and it is likely that the asms interests will he taken by the ladies again this year. The proceeds of the affairs go for the benefit of the M. E. Church.

On Wednesday evening of last week Mrs. Gal ten gave the card party for the Civic Club. There was seventeen tables and a half table orei. F inancially and socially it was a marked success. From now or. the card parties will be held on Friday, that evening being more agreeable to some of the patrons w .iose co-operation is so much appreci-

ated by the club.

Con’racier Sutton is making rap.d progress lr. the preparation of Landis Avenue for its coating of asphal' All places where the old pavement was loose have been cut out and rt filled with crushed atone and tar. and the etreet has been swept and made ready for the finishing touches, which will probably be commenced the latter part of this week, good weathe

tog out until then.

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Excellent Program Aranged. It will not be long before every furer in Cape May County will be visitj on his farm and asked to Join the County Board of Agriculture on lhe basis of a paid membership. This oik will be earned on through the tale and National organization. Definite plans are being made and carried out in MonmuutB Coumy now. It will probably be January before the canvassers reach the farmers in Cape May County, lu the meantime, we should study up on the problem of farmer organization and should have a thorough understanding of the whole mailer when the time comeAl the Annual Meeting ol the Cape May County Board of Agriculture a part of the program will be given over to this matter and Mr. H. E. Taylor of Freehold, President of the State Council of County Boards of Agriculture of this State, will speak No memberships. however, wiil be solicited at this meeting. A regular business nutting, involv,_g reports of commit!-'men and County Agent, and the election of offl cers of the County Board, will be held, during the morning session. Mr. W. H. Hamilton. Assistant Director of Fanners' Institutes, has been able to secure for the afternoon session very high type speaker*, namely A. FI Young of Mercer Count;- who will discuss truck crops, not forgetting the all imponant soil Improvement methods, and Mr. Clinton Clement of Riverton, who will speak on profits In tree fruits. Mr. A. E. Young

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

LADIES NIGHT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE!

PROVES SUCCESS

BOROUGH OF AVALON PROFITING BY OWNERSHIP OF WATER PLANT. AND VINELAND ELEC TRIG LIGHT AND WATER PLANTS' SHOW HANDSOME RETURNS; MIL' VILLE VOTE'. FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF UTILITIES.

With only 290 consumers, ail at flat rates, with on metered service in the town, the Borough of Avalon water plant comes within $19o0 of n^etlng all its ann-ial costs. Including the Interest on the t>o.->d Issue cover ng the plant. Director of Publi Wo: ,s. William H. Barron, on Monday j! thi* week said to a TIMES represet tali ve: "While we show a loss of a >proximatcly $1900 • year, you mu t not think that that Is an actual lo s, for the Borough pays nothing for t>s own water, and I claim that w«- more fire plugs than any othe. '.jWB OUT sire In this section. F'urther than this, we us*- unlimited quantities of water for flushing sewers, and at the sewage disposal plant. This alone would turn the deficit Into a profit, but there Is more than that We employ men by the year to operate the water and sewer plants, and these men do countless yob* in every pan of the Borough which saves tin- Borough hiring extra men. and their time is all charged against the water account.” The water rate at Avalon Is a Hat 115 per year to each consumer, with no meters in the town, and no large users The success of puLUcly owned utilities is shown In Vineland, where the Boiough owns both the electric light and water plants. The gas is piped from two outside companies, there being no gas plant In the city. In the "Monograph of Beautiful Vineland", recently Issued by the Vineland Chamber of Commerce we find the following testimor al to the value of welloperated municipally owned utilities: "Due to the Borough’s enterprise, while all utility corporations haw greatly increased their rates, the borough is still conducting its business at old prices. This feature is most significant. The old prices—the old wages have gone. Practically everything—labor, material :.nd their offshoots have increased over one hundred per cent. The two corporationowned gas companies which serve the community have been compelled again and again to ask permission of the New Jersey Utility Commission for an increase In rates in order that they may keep their heads above water. Thus today Vineland users of gas are p-ying approximately double the price of a decade ago. Gaze upon tbal picture and then look upon the one shown by the Borough of ’ Ineland ; Oblic utility plants. Ever increase of business, ever betterment of service, no increase in rates, and still increased profits which go into the pockets of the owners of these public utilities— the people of Vineland! (The bold face Is ours). The contrast is striking. and the picture alluring. It forms a compelling and Irrefutable argument In the case of the public ownership of ullliUes and places Vineland in the front rank of well-governed cities. (Following (his figures are given which show a net profit of $11,570.68 for the electric plant for the past year, and $0,710.16 from the water plant.) The article concludes with the question, "What would we do without our municipally-owned utilities with their satisfactory service and handsome profits.” At the general election held last Tuesday, the citizens of Millville voted In an overwhelming majority for the purchase of the electric light plant.

Entertainment Will be a Feature ol the Meeting at Cape May City Next Thureday; All Ladies are Invited.

Ladies right will be featured at the November meeting of the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce to be

City, on Thui I8lb. Alter the usual bueinet* session, au entertainment will be given under tbe auspices of tbe Cape May CityBoard of Trade. All who are interested in tbe Chamber, either ae delegatee or friend*, together with their feminine intereets, are invited to attend the meeting, which 1‘resident Luther C. Ogden piomieee to be a banner one.

OCEAN VIEW,

Mr. James Godfrey, of Corson's Inlet. spent FViday with his mother here. Mrs. Joseph Lloyd and son Matthew spent Tuesday in Sea Isle City. Mrs. Grace Gandy and daughter. Mrs. VanGilder. are visiting in Cape May. Mr. and Mrs Rolen Hewitt are visiting Mrs. Hewitt’s sister. Mrs. Halett, ai Newfleld. V*- - id Mrs. Frank Sbaw. of Oceac City, are visiting here. Miss Laura Townsend spent Saturday with her sister. Mrs. Harry Knuff man. of Allantic City. Mrs. Carlus Corson spent Saturday I: Ocean City with her son. Mr. Raymond Sharp. Miss Lilia Coombs is visitlug in Philadelphia. Miss Martha Godfrey, of Bridgeton. Is spending sometime with her mother. Miss Edyth Wills and brother C'harfes spent Saturday at Sea Isle City. Mrs. Eleanor Allen Is spending two weeks with her daughter in Philadelphia. Misse Anna Allen and Helen Pervin are enjoying a visit with Mr. Jas. Allen, fishing and crabbing. While Helen was driving on the Sea Isle Boulevard she though! the meadow looked good, so steer.-d the machine Into 1L but with the kindness of Mr. Dal...*, was pulled out.

MORE OPINIONS ON UTILITY PURCHASE

PRACTICALLY EVERY OPINION ASKED IS WHOLE-HEARTEDLY FOR PURCHASE. THOUGH SOME WOULD LIKE FIGURES; TOWNSEND'S INLET SAID TO FAVOR MOVE; PLAN OF ACTION OUTLINED.

BELLEPLAIN.

Annual Meeting Iasi year and made suth a hit that the farmers want him back again this year. Mi. Clement is a big fruit grower In Camden County and comes Just as highly recommended. It U the duty of every farmer In Cape May County to attend this meeting, but no-one will regret doing his duty after securing ueb Information as these men will impart. The meeting will be held in the Court House Building. Cape May Co rt House, on Saturday. November 20. The morning session will t.^in at IdOO o'clock and the afternoon session at 1.30 The women as well as the men are invited All persons at all interested iu agri culture would do well to mark the 20th of their calendars so that there will be no slip iu attending this meet-

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The first rock fish of the season to be caught in a pound ne: was brought in by Pasquale Montague on Monday. It weight^ twelve pounds, and was bought by M A. l.uonco. and sent by hlm to O. P. Waldron, of Philadelphia, the well known coal operator and summer resident of Sea Isle City.

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DENNISVILLE.

The Ladies' Aid meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Ogden Gandy on

Monday evening.

Mr. Samuel Woolson spent Monday

in Philadelphia

The people of DennisviUe are glad to hear that little Roland F'idler Is now recovering from whooping cough. Mr. Richard and Charles Stevenson spent Sunday with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Errickson. of Philadelphia. spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. S Woolson. Miss Grace F'idler is spending this week with her mothei. Master Frank Springer has gone in tbe bay oystering with Capt. Augustus

Meerwald.

Hacheal Creamer spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs. Eugene

Springer

Mr. Clarence Hughes has gone on a week’s gunning trip. Miss Helen Fidler spent Tm-sday with her mother. Mr. William Green spent the weekend with bis parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Everingham spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Gandy. Miss Helen Carroll is ill at this writ-

ing.

Mr. Samuel Westcott spent Sunday with his family. Mr. Hany Westcott is re-building

bis home.

Mrs. Phoebe Fidler. Mrs Clara Geary and daughter spent the weekend in Cai*- May Court House. Miss Carrie Westcott spent Sunday

in Millville

Mr. Andrew Andersen is spending eome'lme gunning beie.

Miss Bessie Rasinger. of West Cape' ay. visited her grandn other over, ip » *-ek-end. The Masquerade bah which was given by the P. O. F of A. lodge, was delightful event. Those winning prizes were Miss Lolita Hess wearing ihe fanciest costume, and Mr. Charlie Harris wearing the most comical cos-

tume.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Warren, of Tiiekaho*, were calling on friends last week. They will soon remove to Swedcsborough. where Mr. Warren is employed. *‘r and Mrs. Asbury Bachelor recently entertained a number of friends. "r. Clinton Howell, of Millville, spent Sunday with his friend. Miss "dna Pettit. Miss Lucy Heaton visited her grandmother. Mrs. Samuel Nichols, over the

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lr. Joseph Mason and brother. Mr. Edwa: I Mason, and Mr. l-evl Hand, also Mi. Randolph Mason, motored to Wilmington. Del. Mrs. Marguerite Hand spent »he week-end with her parents at Pleas-

Townsend's Inlet will back up the proposition to come before the voters on November 30th, for the municipal purchase and operation of the threc public utilities now serv'ng Sea Isle City, is the opinion of William J. ShelI* in. well known Inlet merchant. When Mr. Shcllem was asked by tbe T1MF1S a* to how he stood and how he thought the Inlet felt in this matter. Mr. Shellem said: 1. personally, am heartily in favor of the city buying all three plants, and I think that all of Townsend’s Inlet feels pretty much as 1 do. My reasons are that with the city owning tbe gas plant there is every possibility of gas service being extended to the Inlet, and the service will be such as can be relied upon. Then. too. we will hate belter electric service, by which 1 mean, either all-day service, or at least a service that comes on early enough to all* w one to see in (be hour of dusk.” City Commissioner Hiram Love, who was quoted 'wo weeks ago as hav ing salU that he was in favor of the gas purchase, but not certain of tbe ■ iher two. asks that this statement be orrected. Mr. Love said: "1 have always been in favor of buying nil three plants, as I feel that the ownership of the plants by the City will mark the beginning of the real prosperity of Sea Isle City. What I did say was that the voters who were not familiar with thg situation could not vote intelligently until they had some figures :ia to the probable earnings of the companies, but 1 did not mean that 1 felt ihat way. because I have investigated sutemen's of the electric light and water companies and know their gross receipts and their expenditures.” "From tlie viewpoint of the man who is spending his first winter in Sea Isle City, and has had until this time a long distance view of local conditions, how do you feel on this question", was asked John C. Quinn, son of the late Mayor Quinn, of Sea Isle City. Mr. Quinn replied that he wanted to see the city buy all three plants. "One central plant then could be maintained for all three utilities”, said Mr. Quinn, "and lhe resultant savings in operation and overhead would be a direct return to the tax-

tvllle.

Better service, and the advertising value to the resort are the two main reasons why Michael A. Luongo. thi coal dealer, will support the proposi tlor. "If the city buys the plants.” said Mr. Luongo. “the visiting public and the summer cottagers will deal with one person, instead of chasing up three to get their water, gas or electric lights turned on. And as soon as the wurd goes out that Sea Isle City has set tbe pace and bought Us utilities. people will realize that the resort has taken a progressive step that will be the best advertisement the town lias ever had." "If you lived in a town in which the question of buying the public utilities came before the voters, how would yoi voter' was the question put to Wil

Jiam H. Collisaon. Jr., City Engineer ol Ocean City and Sea Isle City, and Mr .-son replied: "I would meet cer lainly vote 'yes' on the question. It li only a matter of time before Oceax City will have to buy Its utilities and tie watching with a good deal ol interest how Sea Isle City views U»« question.” Clarence Pfeiffer, the popular ownet ' me Boulevard Store, is in favor ol the purchase of all three plants. ”1 m especially keen about the gai reposition.” said Mr. Pfeiffer, “and while I have given no thought to the other two. I am In favor of tbe City buying them If it will mean -arilei lights at night. But 1 would like te some figures on the probable coal of the plants, and their earnings, so 1 could Judge whether or not the city will have a good Investment if It buys them. There are lota of othera, J know , who feel as I do in this." The questioi* of whether or not the city should buy the gas. electric Ughl and the water plants will come up al a special election to be held or. November 30th. The proceedure to be fol lowed by the city will be to first hold the election, and if the majority of the oters vote In favor of the purchase, the procedure will next involve the ap pralsement of the plants. This Is don* wo competent engineers, one ap minted by the City, and the other en gineer by the utility to be appraised A third man t- appointed as referee, and the price fixed by these men, is the price the city mum pay for th* plants. This Insures a fair valuation lor all three plants, and Is a guarantee aeainsi over-valuation to the detriment of the city, or under-valuation, to the detriment of the utility corporations. The purchase would be financed by long-term utility bonds, and the bonds retired from a sinking fund into which a fixed amount would be paid ea* h year. Any earrings of the plant* above the sinking f ind requirements would be a profit to the city, or any deficit in the earnings would be a loss.

AOODBINE.

Mr. H. Eisenberg and Miss E. Cohen spent the week-end in Vineland. The Lipmaii family motored to Egg

Harbor Saturday.

An entertainment and dance wai ven by the Girl Scouts at the Liberty Hall Friday evening. Nov. 5th. Th* affair proved quite a success. M. Blume was a Philadelphia visltoi

-•er the week-end.

B. Uabinowftx paid Philadelphia a

short visit on Friday.

Mrs. C. A. Shropshire spent a few hours in Millville last Tuesday. The Firemen's meeting was held ti the Borough Hall Sunday evening. N. Ix'twin and brother were home for a few days recently. D. Kennin and A Goldinger motored to Philadelphia Friday. Mr. B. A. Palltz. of New York, paid the ‘ow n a visit Saturday. Miss E. Shapiro apeut the week-end

In New York City.

M. Rablnowltz, as usual, was home

over the week-end.

'.Isa S. Shropshire took a shopping tr.p to Philadelphia Friday. Miss I Benson spent several dayi with her brother in Philadelphia. B. Cob^n visited his parents on Son

day

A. Shrop- hire, wife and bah) spent Sunday with their parents here Miss F. Gri-ensteln, D. Joffee and R Cohen were In Court House Saturday Miss B. Zimmerman and sister wert Millville visitors Saturday. Mrs. Levy, ol New York, is will !i<t mother on an indefinite stay. Miss Jean Kob was another of oui

week-end visitors.

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CAPE MAY C. H. GARAGE

A. M. Peterson, Manager Cape May Court House, N. J.

Dial art f»r Sta /»/• City and Vicinity

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