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BUDGET MUST BE SLICED

Use of Praning Shears Sure to Spread Oisriiay, but the Move r!°-a8C8 Jersey Taxpayers.

I»rmy Dumping Ground In Illicit Bco.-.e Trado—Wldf*prt:d Dlcrogard ot Law CauMt Thoughtf'il Cltlzona unop Conoem.

Tw'nioo.—PrnnlnR ahrar* _n2 great lamentation'promise to >vur* In the next etsslon ot the -> Jerwy legloKture. Governor Ed’ «nls hu put the u heeio ln mrtlon fc the pruning proona. and the departments of the state jovernmont. said to be evertmnlened with tophenvy parrolU. bepln even now

to feel the cutting edga

The go\ srnof called a conference of the departtne. '' heads and made a

doesn"

•TOMS MARBOH SPAf.KB

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tt was up to him as chief eXecn- j

ttv« and hsad of ;..l State Kudget Oom- Mise CeciUa Stmrick. and ber eiat.-r*, mission to make the move. During the ] *r* in Mra Bajle'a .eautifui First

summer and fall the beads of departmeti'S charged, with the dut; of preparing the annual budge’s for ’heir respective departments will be expected to look around and t" study the situation sttti. - view to preparing tor the

pruning process.

The hept-.-.uvn Stan spedal session dr^ ; the week, took np the same vita, iiubj ct and resolved to do something to j. That body, measuring the temper of th^taxpayers, pledged Its best endeavors to thwart any btiempt by the next legislature to levy an Income t*n In the resoluftous adopted It was recited thst the federal 'overnneut, faring the pressing dpnmnd for s reduction of the tax burden. Is casting about for means to that end end that It would be loedvlaahia for the state »o step in where the federal legislation left off. Tbe report of the special on taxation recently pi

elude MS period *r *< ;.>'t*vLui church toinorrow. n<A. Frank ^toee. of Mar s y>~

t-r«*ch at Cj* 1

Praa- Sris. Otarwe Cfc ^bWck, Tnowred to it-ffltt PeavPJe in Mrs. Chubblck-u ear.

/ank. will See th* Teinjatrar, <■ Hally on Friday at

line. His gift is fe- Cnniu*. He was (tale eomptrolle: for three y.-nre and for some years has bi-en iwesident of * large end busy bank in bis old boroe town after moving up from the ranks. In the year and a half be ha* <>ccup!ed the axecutlve chair he lias lean, officially and by law. head of the State Budget 3ammbulo«. with amnle scope for bis powers of observation as to the Inociae and outgo of tbe people's

ed that the income tax appeared to b» the only solution of the problem of gathering oddod revenue since the present system appeared to be Ir.ade-

___ | quate to meet the demand- When New do much in that Tor* M*te passed Its law providing for

such an Income tax It attempted t.' lay e tax upon resident - of New Jersey whose buslnes* or occupation happened to He In that state, but «h- courts pet a quietus upon the attempt. Ar Income tax In this Kate would be About as populs- mangy mongrel In a kennel i-h, those who recommended it expr i the belief that, e its unattractive mien, it might ued thronpb tbe presslag t’es of the situation. They had not ta^en Into contidr alon ail the ooasi bUttlea of tbe pruning knife as suggested by Governor Edwards. Illicit Boors Trad* Latest returns from the Held of acHob would seeui to Indicate that "New Jersey Is almost as wet as tbe Atlantic oc«ur and that 87.7 pec cent of the population la evading the law Intended t.< dry i: up. Federal and

supplemented

naval airplanes and cruisers akm* the

The governor told tbe dvi>arOne>t' coast, have been dlrccUng their best beads he had called into the coafcr-1 efforts m the attempt to stop the tide erce that In the makeup of next year's j of liquor appareutlr flowing In budget It will be abaoluuly necessary] traband. while Internal rajds i

to do some paring down worth the ; order of the day.

term. Ho very plainly and bluntly t"ld j Tbe new fed* ral j-rohlbltlon dlrecthe nssemolage that the Kale salary I tor. Farmer Brown of Swedeaboro, hat roll is Lir too big. Mint some b-auches j proclaimed that the busy booth of the government are overlapping, must go, that t»e Kate will be charted with cooSoquent additions to th*- costa, j up am". Volstead vindicated. Prosecuan: ;hat tt would not be vert difficult tore and Judger In the several counties •c make cuts In ’*■ peyrolls wMi stjbavo deritred that ’ne eupplemmtiil serious detrim* . to .•flklency. j law. which beau Vstotead by a mile or Very naturally :-uch a move wH! more, will heve to he observed If every

.This knowledge, coupled with tbe feeling now widespread over New Jersey that taxes arc ebnonually high, the t appropriations are at dltry bclghts, that fad? and frills in som. of the wepartmenu hsve exacted heavy tod* from the state’s revenues and that the disposition to pomp up xalartea has been growing more and more apparent, caused the governor to sert the frK wedge !•■ the crack break the jig rock standing It. tin- path

s ore the

spread no end of dismay among th< army of patriots who figure in the state lists and It Is very probable that every one of tbe departments wiB go the It ait In tbe effort to evade the issue. It rill be the policy no doubt to

net George do It"

But the governor was in deadly earnest In his txhor’niion. showing that In the coming year the Income ct the state from several sources will be inatsrtslly reduc 1 by the Industrial depression, srhlcn glvea little sign of Important impraveroent in the seer tuture. and tjat it wlH be necessary to moet this axliency by a financial poli-

cy of retronchmert.

The** haa been little or no effort at such, retrenchment In recent years. The state's revenues have grown with great strides, but the demands for cp; proprtatlons hsve more than kept pace with the growth. Frobahl- surplus funds In the treasury have stimulated the ideas of the faddists, und it has been a tremendous task for the Ap-

Jail U Jammed And It begins to U> k ns though t.V Jails would be Just that, for the J ’ge." Kiting as inaglstrates under the so called Van New law. ap pear prone to Eire the offenders lU

full measure. «

Some of tbe law breakers have been open and oaring in their dealing with 'be thirsty cittrens. while others have been more subtle, moving about undo cover and transactlnc their little affairs with eecrecy and eucctas. The aroma of the Kill floats upon the atmosphere. and the home brewer keeps Keady vetch upon tbj: boldng kettle. In this unsaiixy Ktuatlon many thoughtful men and women -jf New Jersey are giving careful study to me ifruve problem of whether this whtet read and almoK general disregard of law Is not seriously conducive to a spirit of anarchy. When the New Jersey legislature last winter was discussing the bill, prepared by Speaker Hobart and lawyers In the service of the Anti-Sal non League, now semiofficially

propriatlons Committee of the legWa- ! known as the Vat Ness act—though tu'e to k**p anywhere near these de- { Assemhlyo^n Van Neas had nothing mauds. ( j more to do with It than Its Introdoc-

The only direct state tn\ now levied j dop—the predlcdim waa made 1

Is that ot a mill on tbe dollar of valua- ] such drastic legislation wculd do pretlena for the constructicn of the high- : risely what It la now doing, ere*tin* in way system, and that expiree with tills i the minds of thousands of orderly, year, but it will be neesmarr .n lay the j peace loving and petrietlc men and sac.* tax Zee » few rears to meet the 1 . omen « deep sr .*ed hatred of the

Interest charges on the bonds Issued I *vjt - cT the law making body,

far the Hudson river tunnel and tbv ! “While It le the h.w It should be itnDeUwsre rlrw bridge as extensions of! pUcitlr obeyed." said one who could the system. TtiEt expenditure, how- never be secused of fttejdaUp for the -rer win be neutral-zed er*-otually by I Ihjucw Interects, "but Uni tt strange the Income from toU* from these tvo ] that tbe i -ople wb.. appeared to have Mg projects, wb-Ji will also rethe the j been so itterty hostile to such sumboada a few years lutar. i -nary law should be forced to unapt it But ambia-ms pit - f schemers of | from tbe hands of the men they had all sorts hare laid such heavy burdens | chosen to rep rear a i them in tbe leg’stipoo the annual appi iprlatlrms ax to laUve hallr. Thuae who were really incrvsse tbe school and other taxes and | responsible for the passage of the set provei: the CIv.-tK.,^ of funds to the I claimed that th*y had run for th* legreduetloc 1 of Uxatinn slung other lines.! IKature upon tbe Udo* sod had been The school fund* corns Dorn the Ux«- j elected, but tb**re wfre many in both

Mon of the rollroad corporations, and branches of the legislature who aee

these tax bills have grown to ennr- j to Lave become panic stricken over lnou » PtoportiAns In recent yenro, add-1 throats of tbe radicals and voted within* largely to the necessity for higher | oet respect to the prevalent •enttmerts

farea and carrying charge*. ! of their comtunniUw.

Tbe Income froi. :not..- vehicle- L- j -Th* present Kturticoi is one of lha c^mes hus rtsfc.i to more than $8.00(1 mest deph.-rahle N - w lersey ever en000 annttsUy. bo* .imt •» devoted I couatanai. Placed as It la c* the searoad uatatanauee, ‘.■eel ie the regu ^r i roast, with lu bundroda of little Isoancual approjii.*urrti» fwi tfcst pur- lated and hidden inlets and bays. It afpoae The K?vcn.l c^rn'ies hare been : fords the hen ptwrible *.Tenure for the obliged to sdd to this exiwnse Item. ■ ti-ansfe- at siauggicd l.quor from vreboena by the txtpayera. Urge outlays ’ sel ; and tbe pro-mM furor Is due uo for other roads Iwcumie the whtde ! doubt to tbe cudden discovery of whi t trend of mooero affair* hiij■*-«« to be had probably been tU-'.ag for a couple toward pormau-m good „f years. Our state has b* a made the Education sic' I *' way impro.e- diibiplng ground for this Utlrit tiafflc, menL taerxfore. have !«*. n ti,c priarf. a nd the decent peique are deeply pel Meins lr tbe riv'ii* c.*i ,.{ U ri>g . chagrUted by the u.iploiaam notoriety until the tax till has broom* a bsrdae ; which nsre—trUy srromjituies It. But t» the average dtlsen. to *a> nottl'ig! If ail tbe psopii. or even » msiorlty of of industrial and haalnesi ■•ni'.-pnua. ’ a anted tb-r law enrorre-j there

Krrwlck were ber- Mat ■wrlirc ttua aesaoo WSew gurortr at Mr«.

Hugh MacAntsr. Mra. WlUlsra yxder

pareta In lie-‘ beauHful

Pleasure Bay

Mra. MoOiW. Of PHtodrinbis la the

-uret ot Mra. B. T. Th Anson,

c-’hartre K. Paura. of Uaseeeb. Pa,

* trip *o

Fosuw Moore i> on *

Mexico. 'L>' raalsr daue-raarxhrid a* «ba w«r*

Club oo Saxcrda*

ranged lor and the chltdrao

Mr. and Mr*. OmJtge Caae: U« Saturday and are days here.

Rav. K. T. En*V*er(, are ocomrinx Mr. C-a**r>

Mra. WQUea Moran •«*« lama*'.

ret Cheater, are f '

i it i

ter tbs

l**e laiFayeti*Ml. Ostraadar and Mrt Oxtraada* And trienda sre lo tha Aiberia. Dr. John B i'Bek and family have

ley Hoad. to. AUCU*’. Di. Mare and faratlr are In o moved to SSth f

e irte Urn We’wter h

Ur. a.*d Mrs. W. I. Krlent of PhiU - >tpnla are hare for a atort atny. Harvey Hoover a.A Allr rt Rea, wltii IhcHr (amlll.a. are ic the Graham true- . Mra. Je*n « Madden and Mra Rjllh Ho wee .pent the week-end .n tewn Mrs. K. G. Man- Went up to ih'Jodelpfcia .‘or a few days and Is triad to be aoe again at tbe "Sign of (be Ancnoi ^1. T. Naisle and family, of toun** >wn. Ohio, motored on for a two weak*' r‘.Mt to the »’wr* «md toeal«f in a bun an low at Stone ttarbor. on Tuxedo Polr.t They oa.ne for relaxotlon aial tab In* and they went away aatlxBed. kavinc caught S*8 fuh it two weeks. Amonr th* oatr’i ware Pound-*, trow. IWtehwrek and k ng flsh. The 1-plaoopal church h.W a vary, dellghtltil Koffe- Klatch at the HiuUaU aw.

Mr* Rethri- EHreth. Prowrirot of th* M.

J. W. C. Jt, Thuraiay en, ot the Avalon

Mra MvOsnn. Pi4adden« of the W C. T. V.. Mra. 0. K Hayward. Mra. otja.

th* i.Vtnp 9iou*id».

Misa Uuiyta BmKh baa bsen at bsuth »ea*W» ‘ khm Groo:*!* a pert of ‘be

S <t l >e Kaiuh cottage in Mayor HmHh baa had a cottas' ; Camp at no* the forty days Homestead hed.O mar.'he week-

Mr. nrri Mra.

the Starwood. U rejoylnx , '* T "it, ot M*

Mr* Anna Joly. 1* b Dr. F-uet haa ta«r at I

all this mouth. AH her arertmeuts taken lor tha seaaen. , _

Mra. B. H. Oegood. rt

Miaa Clara Doume and Mrs.

entertained Mb* Clara Volme a W. H. Bodabaugh *' ^

CaKno Tea Room,

favor* were Garden Sa ”°*' w ' r ** of Mra Rodal-augfa. who la ttwu

Fr

(ding so rlore to tar ow. It l« very g^pSont

and Hioat- there had a good t Mra. Chariea * nil with the Readln Stth Street bungalow. U * have the ladle* drop In wldle Wpith* ir Uteir buabnnda to orrive. 1 M.rJoHt aad Elen nor W*Jb are tukln.: vimmiuc lenro I), from Mre Harry I Jllte. who took l aaona at a nviotcriimi U* rihSer m the * My. Scon SB and . I^irkas

Mra Oyster purchaaed the bungalow on the Channel at SStl U I ’lilding (■ small tumgnlow s» Vi’ r of her lot. Jolut Manger la dninr

(>n« O* Winter* line M boat, nglrara name in Monday utterw or usual trip and a. i rtpidiy at lha dock tbe C»4>t dn 1 h<-« 'or the corner ot the Sba' -ri Baa.-i, wnere be beached her- * ore beldg weu patroeiacd tb>«

1 Everything forQUAUiy

o —nothing for show

T HAT’S OUR iDJ?A in making CAMELS—the Quality CigaretteWhy, jart buy CameU «d leok at tte package! ICs tbe best packing science has devued to keep cigarette* freeb aud tuil flavored for /our taste. Heavy papei outride—secure foil wrapping inside and the Terra ae stamp over th«.ead to sea' the package and keep it air-tigSu, And note tkial Thereof nothing flashy about the Camel package. Jfo extra wrappings that tlo not improve the smoke. Not & cent of needless expense that must coir a ont of the quality of the tobacco.

Camels wonderful and exclusive Quality wins on merit alone.

Because, men' smoke Camels woo want the taste and fragrance of the finest tobaccos, expert-y blended. Men smoke Camels for Camels smooth, refreshing rniidpe and their freedom from cigaretty aftertaste. Camels are made for iren who think for them* selves.

AVALON ATOMS • nib* wid* wvt nr ID.

The flajh «f the white wlngi ~M(Hbe< Cmrey’s Chickemn," like ■ ‘ updung fo.ni from th* bresdterx Tt-wnared s Itilet bar and the blue exp.n»e x- -etching nwsuy to th« ion nolle ■ nui-imer ukr-ure to ' M aoul -f an .rtlxt. ■Hie Guild of fit Jobn'.-by-set with Mra W. W. Thomaon oi «tey. Early In Auguat tha Guild wW giro a card party and dance at Avalos ‘ Hotel. xa Emma Woilser wU op-nd lho :

. aud Mra. Failoo ana Marion And Bertha Graham, of PfcUadctpbta, have leaned a dOttagr in nth’ IS tree! tor the aeaaon. Harry Stitak of the Holly Beach GoaM j Guar. Station la* 'jeer. U nx'- rred to'

these Used Cars we are hindered in fi-

Samuel Murtun. who. with hu family u llv.d or Uth Strret for mans year*. XX !»«> asvvn a noatUOB In Mi- Sup*V■x Captain Morton'* re Mamie* Oandy ta point of oe.-rie*. r and Mra. Paul J. Auatifl and fora-1 11/ arrived today at Uw Bh«n Iry cottxg-- for th* month ot Auguxt. Thomaa. aartsr-te-l** to lire- 1 i» uln. - gwt at the Slas^aley. Francs* Shank Down. *Ui —

nancing new Car Sales. So we must move Used Cars!!

SVCRY ONE «N GOOD CONDITION IP YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR BARGAIN AFTER A WEEK’S DRIVING, BRING IT BACK ANO OCT YOUR MONEY SACK

■ -rf th*

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Utah

net. ttw-'-.-rocu, Usnt the si os! upct Las shout hceo rvAvtak MBMbody will have to tafcs oa •ffpcriv. inownreet tor »

in* to htl* hu- found

Six Room and Bath U. S. Cov«nuM»l-Brail Sectional' Bungalow Six« 37 by 32 feet

$i4oait

Double floors and walls lined with Beaver or Upson Board. A'penn»*nent heme for Suoiraer and

Winter.

$700.00 may retrain on six

STUDEBAICER 1917 WINTER AND SUMMER TOP GREAT »ARO«IN AT . . .

BU1CK-4 Touring

$450

TRADED IN. PERFECT CONDITION, WONOERFUl. VALUE AT ... .

OVERLAND Chassis NOT YET RECONDITIONED. WONOERFUL BUY FOR MAN WHO WORKS ON MIS $100

DODGE 1918

EXCEPTIONAL BARGAIN

WHY WASTE MONEY T YOU MUST S**- THESf CARS TO REALIZE VfHAT BARGAINS THEY ARE

OTHERS AT SAMI ATTRACTIVE PPICS.S

per cent first morlLagB. «

:»11 for {

Write, phone or call

floor }.ian and lurtlier in- f

fiXTOStion.

UNITED PORTABLE | BUILDING MFC. CORP. W Brcdotay. Ngw YmW

PIERPONT & BROWN WILDWOOD, N. J.

Because we have tied up our money in

Did you ever dream of such prices as these?

$400 $450