Vol. 36, No. 11

SEA ISLE CITY, CAPE MAY COUNTY, N. J., FRIDAY, MARCH 4, iQ2>

Cents a copv

Qif KIS NOTES Of TOE PIS! M NOTE* AND OLCANINOS OF A PERSONAL CKAAACTER; SHORT ITEMS OK INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW ANC THINGS YOU SEE. GATHERED IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE CITY.

SHOES FOR ALL THE FAMILY. AT morteralc price* Pfeiffer'* Boulevard Store. All the »boe* in our Urse *iock hcve been reduced to pre-wax price*, and prtaent exUoordln&o value. Id every alxc to lit from the *uu . ua larceat roember of the family. Thl* wet weather Is time for boot* and rubber*; we have them at" all prive*. Lei ... supply your want* In every line, save money. A telephone ia moinlamed Jor your convenience.—Adv. J-i tf FORD SERVICE STATION AND REpairm. 'V# carry a complete tine ol genuine Ford part* aud can mak.' repairs promptly. Electric wellm* - id bnxine dona, and storage batteriu* recharged. Expert auto repair*, standard tire* and tubes. MAZURU'B GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION. Sea lx 1 -' City.

Adv. tf.

THE BEST IN MOVING PICTURES •very Saturday and S...»e.tV ulghu Special lealure production of live red* on both night* commencing at 8:16 aharp. One show only. Admission 2tc and lie. You are always assured of a good show. —Adv. 8-4 EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY IS offered bright girl l work in printing office .and learn office and press work. Good pay. pleasant surroundings. Preler g with high school education, though not needed if bright. Apply TIMES: office. Sea Isle City.—Adv. ‘VlU IN. GRADE AND CLEAN UP that preparty or vacant lot <>■ yours. Spring is coming, end this is the beet time of the year in which to hat work done. Uradim; ana graveling promptly and economically none. LcONOO A CLRKU’ L Sea isle Clly.—Adv. ST. PATRICK'S DANCE AT MOOSL yr.n on Thursday, March lith. lor Ibr t ol ihe Loyal

LITTLE BUSINESS BEFORE SEA ISLE COMMISSIONERS But little new business came before the meeting of the Sea Isle City Commlsioners. which was held at tbe City Hall

n Monday of this week

The Welshaeh Street Lighting Comany. which owns the lamp-posts In the city, asked In a letter to the Board, icther or oat the city would continue use their equipment after the munid- 1 pal purchase of the plant, and the anser was an emphatic "no". The contract was let for the building 1 three book-type Jetties alorg the bench-front, to WUIir.ro Kharrock. of Unwood, the lowest bidder when the bids were opened several week* ago. and loan of SS.dOC was authorised to rover

le cost of the work.

ELECTION BOARD PAT CANNOT BE INCREASED

BOARDS OF CAPE MAY COUNTY MUST MAKE RETURN OF OVER PAYMENT IS VERDICT OF ATTORNEY.GENERAL REPORTED AT TUESDAY'S MEETiNG OF CAPE MAY COUNTY BOARD OF FREE HOLDERS: BOARD STOPS PUR CHASE OF CINDERS FOR ROAD WORK.

AGRKTS FOR THE WONDKKFbL "Stewart Phonograph, pi ice IM; also «i the latest pnoimg.-apn iucu.de. A. U KICK A COMPANY. auv. U. WHY HAVE CHAPPED UAf* >S Ol rough skin? H. K- MuLords LO. luca Toilet Cream—Special Ho—FITCH I'ltlAi

CO—Adv.

FROM 8X60fl TO I-.000 TO INVEST In first Mortgage. Apply. Do* L Tl" OFFICE. —Adv. It THAT POPULAR INDOOR SlOlll pooL is made uouw, atracuve played at RRACA Ii.—Adv. U. VvK Alt.: READY FOR YtA.lI E-mS Older; he*l taalc. eg.FJ1VH DRUG OIMPaN .' e-Adv. NONE SUCH GOOD PEANUTS Ah those toasted ones ct BKACAS.—Adv. A PLEASING TALC. FRENCH' Orange Blossom—a uuhgtuful ouo FITCH DRUG CO.—Adv.

FREE SEEDS

IRE THREATENS DESTRUCTION OF THE VOIGHT COTTAGE Haze on Thursday Night Guts Kitchen of the Home of Mrs- H. Volght: Thomas J. Devine Burned on Handi An explorion :n the kitchen of the oicht Voltage, on U» beach front, on 'i-i'-day night, nnd the resultant lire

WEEK’S HAPPENINGS II

Messrs. Noble Hnt snd laonard Frambea have cs'.ablished headquarter* here, representing a roofing concern, snd Inopen an office for wholesale distribution In thl* section. The Men's Club of the X. E. Church, was in session at the home oi Mayor Fitch on euesday evening, wit! aliendanc- Tiu u^riness of the evening was caV.cit and Ice ert commissioner* Fl'ch and Ewe Philadelphia on Wednesday, for a conference with the Electric Light Company official* with reference to the purchase of the electric plant by the City. Robert Woodrow was a week-end visitor, stopping at the Bellevue. Wool 1 row reports the real estate business as being good, and that he ha* several good sale prospect* lor Sea Isle property Mr*. Margaret Needham was a visitor cl tbe home of her yarenu Mr. and Mrs. George Jpfferys, on Sunday, and lef on iy for a month's tour of the south. Mrs Needham will visit part of n time with friends In Savanah. Mr. and Mr*. E B. Arnett surprised their friends by arriving home unanon Friday ol last week, after spending the past four months in Florida. The Arnetts motored through Fkyrlda. and made the return trip bj train, shipig the ear by boat from J: ksonvllle. A subscriber sends u* a picture of Spider Fredericks. In his fireman'* uniform of the St. Petersburg Fire Department. with the notation that he "Is the most popular man in St. Petersburg." Those who have seen the photo irankly admit that "Spider" does cut a handsome figure. Mr*, william C . Hlcmm Is visiting In Washington. D. C.. the guest of her cousins. Congressman and Mrs. Edward B. AlmofL ui Al ibaraa. at the OcCfge Washington Inc. and la enjoying many social courtesies anu hocpltalitica while

there.

Mrs. Margi-eritc Needham left oo March I, for Atlanta. Georgia, to alien the wedding of Miss Frieda Evelyn MscKnigbt to Mr. RunseU Gray Baker. M'as MacKnight la the daughter of Mr. Frederick MacKnlghL Chic, Inspector of Fire Underwriters Association of Southdistrict. From there she wUl \1sil Mrs. Henry Kropp. Jr. of Signal Ml. Tenn.. better known In Sea Isle as Miss Egan. Mr*. Needham bss t month's leave of absence from the Feueral Keucrve Bank, of Phllade'pnla where

Whether an election board takes one »y or ten to complete a registry for any election, the pay can only l»- at the ri.to $10 for the day* actual Mx-clflcd in the law. This was the opinion of the Attorney General of the Slat.-, read by County counsel. Palmer Way. at the meeting of the Cape May County Board of Freeholders on Tuesday at the Court

Hou»

registry throughout heavy this year, by re

enfranchisement of women, the registry was formerly ■

Min of th*and where

nplrted

year two and even three days were needed to coraph i. the work and in most cases the rneml-cr* of th* Board* of Registry and Election put in their bulls to the Board of Fie-holder* for the day* actually enraged in the work. These bills were paid, but the money must now be refunded, an Unlaw specifically states that only povment can be exacted for the day* allowed by law. Attorney Way wa* directed by the Board to proceed with the collection of the overpayments throughout the

No Bids Opened

Bidders were scarce .>i Tuesday'* meeting, only ono being rvesdved for tin palming of the Almshouse- and one foi the re-oquiplng of the Ocean City drawbridge with electrical apparntu*. Roth ere was only one bid In each the Herk wa» directed to re-adver-Use. to make bids to be opened on Marct

16th.

A communication was re, eivrd from the State Highway Comml**lo:i. rtsting that the Commission liad ofilclally over Ib-ute IE. extending to Bio Grande. February 16th. and would hereafter maintain 1L This takes'about flfteer ol road maintenance off the county and places It on tfae State. Eventual!it will be hard-surfaced to In-come r of the route to Cumberland county. Vice-director James F. Finance presided at tbe mecUng. due to the lllnea.* of Director Hewitt. There wen- eleven members present for the morning session. w’.iUe in the afternoon the number wa* swelled to twelve by the arrival of Joseph Camp, who championed 'he cause of a delegation from the Stone H-irtor Board

Through the courtesy of Congraa^uan f—se Bacharach. the TIMER is again able to offer its readers a supply of ttuwsr and vegetable seeds without Charge. U colled for at this office, or ll requested by mail. NONE WILL BE GIVEN TO CHILDREN under fourteen years of age. unless a letter is scul.

Mrs. Stanley Quigg. and daughter, Betty, of Washington. D. C- were viauori last week, the guest of Mrs. Uulgg's parents. Mr. end Mr*. J. p. Delsuey

A post card from the Ludlams axys that Miami is the best place they alrucif in their Florida travels. They will i

Tbe Tradesmen's Building and Loan A asocial ion open* a nsw series today. March 4th. and it oe<ng the day of In-

auguration of Harding tior. of "safe and sane

once more tl* Association should large number who are glad

The Loyal Order of Moose re-organlr-uou meeting -fas held at the Moose Home on Tuesday evening, with tire following officers elected: Earl M. Wl dlngton. Dictator. William Sh'.ilcm V Dictator; Joseph Massey. Prelate; .acob While. Treasurer and WUSam Speer, Si-urgent at arm*. Tbe retiring Dictator Clarence Maxunn. who served ms. snd ,uui meb to do with the a the Lodge .u Uic past few y .-loss of seteff ca .didatns were ad to the Order. They were - Edward _ _vcr. Lcltoy Archer. Harr;- Muller. Ooorgc Love. Ray Brown and Walter

Pfeiffer.

A delightful surprise party was tendered to Gustav Uroneckcr on the occasl hi* twanty slgW birthday on Friday ,t weeks Mr. and Mia Th-odoie Fitsgurald acting us bos'a Among the were: Miss F. Kidd, of Philadelphia; Mayor and Mrs. Irving. Filch. Mr. and Mrs Theo. Fitzgerald. Mrs. KathnrFowkea Mr. Friars. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pfeiffer. Miss Croneckcr, and Captain John L. Maher. The table was tsstefuly decorated and among the favor* were ml nature red dog*, symbolie of the ■Red Dog" cjpb Which ha* met more or leas regularly thl# winter nnd of which Gustav Croneckcr is a member.

•nled

l J. Devine. * t the Vioght < • experiments ■ecUTv.-d. and t

with hi* v

'.m flames qulekly ! .lichen. Through

li-role work of Mr Derine. arid of ilism Rlclmrdwm. wlo was called by Voigt, the Hume* were confined al-i-t entirely to the kitchen and pantry the pretty In-aeh-fror t cottage. Tim .. room wa* damag -d by smok-. ihe kitchen I* romp,etriy gutted. I'rring hi* work In exJnguiahlng the will} the aid of * ovel and sa:>d. Devine tea* hudlv ..urned on tbe hand, and sllghtlv burned on the • I. -nd. First nld was admlnlsterid to ; by Mayor Fitch. Mr*. Hilda Volght • ,i:ied a seven- stral. of tbe rlrht I:-. In a fall while leaving 'die When the alarm of Are »x# .tot ■ Moose Band was in practice a Hall, ai.d v.., member -ll.itely respond-vi *r.d th. Are it before the fire apparatus an."

Committee .

OCEAN CITY BRIDGE SOON TO BE FREED

inference Held Between State Highwsy Cuiiimlsslon and Owners of Toll Bridge Connecting Atlantic

and Cape May County

May Count »• Democratic Cape May Court House

i*l week, endorsed Judge Kid ridge for t-appointmenl to the bench In this county nd also E. O. Howell. Jr., of Avalon, lor he county hoard of taxation, ihe lerm if K. L Rice, of Tuckahoe. as a memof tin- board, expiring tlri* spring, rdge EMridge was appoint,*! 40 the cn as the succes.ior of Judge Curtis ;er. deceased, cod afterward he war ;>poinled - for a term of live year*, and term will expire within a short lime, lias mad- a most excellent Jv-lsL his hundreds of friend* in the ci ty de-

clare.

Captain Howell has bren active In lemocmtic circle* in this county for n umber of year*. He served In the war with Germany and when the Government census wa* taken about a year ago In charge of the work in this district.

pairing the railroad bridge

Channel Into Stone Harbor. It is the plan cf the Board of Trade mem ben have service resumed on the Rrndtni: o Stone Harbor this year, nnd they nt the County to aid In putting th, bridge, owned partly by the County, safe condition. Tbe Reading service wai discontinued Into Stone Harlsir with th. crash of the South Jersey Realty Com

tay two years ago. Other Board Business

Other business of the Board' was n-

follows:

Advertising of the County, to the ex-

1 in th,

Easter Edition of tbe Cape May t

■a.

motion pievalted to Join Into thleague of Boards of the Utalc, knov.11 ; the Slate Association of Boards of Fnholders, and the payment of ISO annumembership fee woa author Uod. unsel V.'ay was directed to proc-, with enforcement of the collection the 1920 State School Tax of the Boroug of Stone Harbor. In the , um of $6.1“ as stated by County Collector Heat ley that this non-payment wat holdin ver $80,000 In slate school tax to I distributed In the school districts of tl county.

D ir to the earnest efforts of assemblyBoswell, the toll bridge that bar V the bane of motorista betweer S..m>.t* Point and Ocean City will sour be free. Lust year Mr. Boswell succeed«<i :n retting through a law providing foi the State purchase of this bridge, but the lav spsclffed ne time In wlJch the Jersey Highway Ci uunlsslon must a the matter of the purchase and freeing of „ llhe span which conn ecu Cape May with

Atlantic County.

Attorney General McCran. of this Slat | having given an opinion About ten dayi ago that the law phased a year or mon ago made It mandatory upon New Jersey to take over all the roads and bridges Assemblyman Boswell, lust seek. Introduced a bill In the Legislature to < into State Highway Commiaatoi to ■d within ten days after the act effective to take over the remainoil road* ind tc.ll bridges In the . Ir. conformity with the ad parsed

I last year.

| By reason of this, a committee from the State Highway Commission wa* appointed to confer with the owners of the bridge, looking to the purchase, and a meeting was held In Ocean City last

Friday.

The bridge construction Is said to have cost $261,400. Many of the subscribers to the bridge stock when the road to Somers lYilnt wa* projected put their money Into ll with little 'bought of retting mu, any financial return. They gave the money In the way of public splrilednes* nnd with the hope and oellef that such a road way would be of benefit not only to Ocean City, but to all of Cats- May County. Much to the s'lrpii*' '-nd gratification of these people, the bridge early 1- i:an to pay good sized dividend*, the dividend announced alter the a meeting last year being IS per cent

REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S HAPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. CONDENSED FOB QUICK READING: INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS GLEANED FROM PRESS AND PUBLIC. OF A COUNTY NATURE AND OF MORE THAN PURELY LOCAL INTEREST.

i of March.

a which date Burle-

go out of office, and after installed It la likely that complaints of lost and mtsegrried mall will receive attention than they have for eight push say* the Cape May Court House Gazette. One of the thing* that Incomprehensible here .3 the frequency th which the moil due here B l * ch morning Is carrico by. and goes i[ : May or Wildwood—sometime# c d sometimes the other. Twice very ccnlly the first class mail destined foi « bonk here ha* thus gone astray, u* upsetting the entire day's routine Ir ,: inktitu’lon; adding a full day to thl :ne of "exchange" and creating u dan-

is and cUies its have n<

ble In order to have the course comi by fall. It will lie known as the n City Country Club. irtn Past Councilors' Association - 1‘aM Councilor*' Association of May County was organized at a ing of representative* of the various lodge* of the Junior Order of American Mechanics In the hall of Goshen Council. No. 1*1. and the following officers were nstilulrd: County Councilor. E. Riley Mlxner. of No. 91. Goshen; vice county councilor, J. icon O.-idman. No. 126. Ocean City; ity secretary. Fluvlll James, of No. 91 county treasurer. Kolia Garret son. of No. 126. » remainder of the ufllcera will be >d and instituted at a meeting to be held at Cold Spring Council. March Will Soon Take School [Ians are completed for acquiring the .ron tic Hirsh ; chool at Woodbine by e State, by which ll will uc converted :o a bom,- for the feeble minded. Senir Whitney** bill for an appropriation having passed the House of isemhly and Governor Edvards lias apin'ed the bill penuitting the acruislm of the property-.

ST. JOSEPH'S R. C. CHURCH Very Rev. A. Monsginor I’ozxi. Rector Sunday Mas*, at eight o'clock; Sunday School at 2 o'do k. followed by Stations of the Cross and Benediction. Confessions every Saturday ever mg. from I to 9; and on Thursday's before First Friday*.

M. E. CHURCH. Rev. W. H. Luther, Psstor Preaching in the First M. E. Church at 10:20 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. by Hie pastor. M rning subject: "God's Plan for the Age*. ’ Evening subject: "The Viooa of the Heart.' Sunday School. 2:20 P. M.. Harold Sutton. Supt.

1 tanks in a chain. Coinplai

,-fleet whatever, apparently. But let us

lope for better limes ahead. Golf Course for Ocean City

A golf course is now assured for icean City, a site having been adeef-d it homers Point lor the builuirg of an

•Ightc-n-Rble course.

Experts who examined the site select-

MESSIAHS LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. B. S. Disc. Pastor. Services for Sunday. March 6. are as follows: A. M.. sermon, "My Father's Busi7:20 Sunday School. 7:45 P. M-. sermon. "Christians.*'

IILLVILLE IN THROES OF SICKNESS

The Millv.ffc Republican says:

Mitlvdle is now in the grip of la grippe. While the malady does not appear to be of a serious nature It Incapacitate* iu violin a for activity and holds them

stated that it was one of Ihe best loca- bounefast If no worse. The sick in the

It Is city numbers hundreds, unverified state-

hut two miles from Ocean City and not ment* placing the number as high as .vrther from tbo center of Uie city . 2.2bo. This may be overdrew!., but earth* 11 the locations suggested at Twenty- tain it Is that tbe numbe- la large enough fifth street or the on.- at the North Point jio seriously Interfere with buslne-s. The Shore Fast Line from Philadelphia. Atlantic City and Ocean City , as well as . iodine stains are easily removed. 1 the Suburban llau from Atlantic City, I the mute: ia! stained will stand It. Wt-.i pass through or run to tbe site. The | thoroughly in a large quantity of water, suggested cut-off from Mays lamdlnr to I if not., sponge with alcohol. If the stain Ocean City would pass the property. Jilis on starched material, soak in diluted Is the Intention to start work a* soon as I ammonia.

wa* a time when ice-cream luxury—now mother knows Uiat lie best foods she can set before ily. Hard to make? Not with • freezers t!«at do not r,quire Expensive' Not nowadays >u can use snow to freeze It.

the wrong side over the snout of a tea-ketUc will reJuvitiate most velvet, but for that which ia badly wrinkled, the bes- treatment Is panning. First steam, then iron wrong side, taking care always in the sam" direction.

When

>u need printing of the quaff'o

will mulm your compel! ton of Laving through the prosperous I look cheap, try the TIMES kind—«nd 11 years ahead. | costs no more.

The Practical Way to Save

do It I

value o* $200 a

Or, If you wishte buy a horns, er build through ths Building and Lean. A new series now open. Shares $1 esc)

turtty.. JOIN NOW.

Tradesmen’* Building and Loan Association

SEA ISLE CITY. N. J.

C. H. Cleutlcg, Free. H. C. wove Trass. A. S- Settleman, SeCy.

THE UNIVERSAL CAR The Ford Runabout

THE FORD RUNABOUT needs no advertising. About al have to do Is to tell you »e cen supply the demand someining like promptness Jid the selling is over. We never been able to get enough Nfim ,he t0 me * t demand and do not suppose u>e eve" will 9«« rnough. 1 are more than four million five hundred thousand Ford in operation today, and of th s number about three thousand areln foreign countries, the rest right America, but we have one hundred and five \o one

and ten millions of people -nd It looks mand come* In that we wMi h.-.vc to scl bout* before we can satisfy that demand it Is one aren. little utility, it fits

here In hnudred

many Runa-

the factory, from

> millionaire railroad owner, employeev to the millionaire most a- necessary these days as

Cape May Court House Garage A. M. PETCRSON Mana«*r Cape May Court Hou»e, N. J.

We Take Great Pleasure in Announcing the OPENING OF OUR SANITARY AND QUAUTY MEAT MARKET on FRIDAY, MARCH 4 A few words to the public of Sea Isle City anc^ nearby that we will carry a full line of High-Grade City Dressed Meats and Provisions and a Full and Complete Line of Fruits and Vegetables For the Opening Days of our Sanitary Meat Market we offer 1 Pound of Pure Lard FREE to each customer with a $3.00 Purchase. This offer we are giving for the entire week with a $3.00 purchaae »i B. & H. STEIN'S Sanitary and Quality Meat Market Landis Avenue and Italia Street Sea Isle City Both Phones Prompt Delivery Service DON'T MISS THE OPENING