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CAPE MAY COUNTY TUISS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1»28

CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES Consolidated with the Sea tele City Review, February, 1918 WILLIAM A. HAFPERT, General Manager NOREVILLE WALLACE SHARPE, II. Managing Editor Published Every Friday by the OiPE KAY COUNTY TIMES COMPANY

(Incorporated)

Atlantic Avenue and Eighth Street West Jersey and Landis Avenues OCEAN CITY, N. J. SEA ISLE CITY, N. J. Philadelphia Office—717 Mutual Life Building. A. F. Smith, Advertising Representative. Subscription Price, |1.50 Per Year in Advance. • Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application.

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Entered at the Post Office at Sea tele City, N. J., as Second-Class Matter.

BUCE3HG THE BUCCANEERS

In his “Outtuie of History,” Mr. H. 0. Wells, the British anthor, says among other things, in discussing the founding of the American government on principles of equality and freedom, “They did not realize that a free press could develop a sort of constitutional venality due to its relations with advertisers, and that large newspaper proprietors could become buccaneers of opinion and insensate wreckers of good beginnings.” In that sentence Mr. Wells betrays his ignorance of the history of public affairs in the United States. His reference to .the “venality of the

press” in general is as untrue as his further statement regarding the pro- j Funeral Director and Director of the prietors of large newspapers. Board of Freeholders

Undoubtedly the opinions of advertisers have considerable weight

with the publishers of newspapers. They ought to have; not because the

mtn advertisers but because they are leaders in the industrial affairs ; tinuouTresIdence'Cape M^'c^n-

of the community in which the paper is published. The judgment of men j ty. probably a record. He who are leaders in industry is entitled to the respect of the press as ofiat Beesley's Point in 1857.

everybody else. # Mr. Foater was elected a member There are a few people, too many in fact, in this country and in other oT the Bo, ' rd ot Chosen Freeholders countries, who think that any thing that is favored by a banker or by a so- J"'”®. wL" ^

called “captain of industry” should be opposed by aU the rest of the; elected to the Sma

country. While it is true that in some instances bankers and leaders in I election of November 7th, by a big industry sometimes favor policies which are antagonistic to the interests i majority. He has served as Director of the country as a whole, yet the interest oi’ business leaders are so|® f 'f® Bo *^ d du ^ n * th « P"*

dosely interwoven with the interests of the people in general that nlti- " *" * *

mately all must stand or fall together.

When, therefore, the pres* espouses the same causes that are espoused by those men whose ability and industry and thrift hav b-ought them to leadership in business affairs, that position is take,'* not in opposition to the interests of the country in general, but in harmony vrith those interests. No doubt there are dishonest men in control of newspapers just as there are dishonest men in every occnpation, but they are a small minority. They soon become well known and their influence is negative. Under our system of a free press, every view of pnhlic questions has opportunity for expression and the power of one “buccaneer” is offset by the po*;- of

another.

Fear of the large proprietor of a newspaper is particularly ill-founded. It has been demonstrated time after time in elections in large cities that the metropolitan press has relatively little influence with the voters among whom it circulates. Candidates in Mew York City have won notable victories with practically every newspaper in the dty against them. As a matter of fact, THE INFLUENTIAL PORTION OF THE AMERICAN PRESS IS THAT WHICH HAS RELATIVELY AM ALT. CIRCULATION and is perused by readers who are personally acquainted with the editors and who judge the merits of the opinions expressed largely by their acquaintanceship with the author. In other words, a large number of newspapers having an aggregate circulation of one million copies have far

CHARLES E. FOSTEF

Charles E. Foster, of South Seallle. boasts of slsty-flre years' con-

months, and in that position proven a capable and efficient of-

ficer.

Mr. Foster served on the Township Committee of his home township. Dennis, from 1894 until 1910; In 1897 he was elected President of the South Seavllle Building and

SKeeter Visits

Lodge 15 th NovEmber Deer Skinny:

The other nite after Mom washed my ears She says Robert behave yurselt tonlte. We’re taking yu to South Seavllle lodge for It’s election of uffleers. Pop seya it's not lection we're goln fer it's refreshments. Mom didn't sey anything but sbe looked hard at Pop as though he give a secret away. As soon aa we git in the lodge Mrs. Moore seys. My what a big feller yu are, Robert, an’ ktet me. don’t like her fer thet. It worsen „'ettln klst by yer sister or aunt or yer relutivea. The first feller they elected wu* to be the hoes. Somebudy ast him if he wu* Wet or Dry. He seys both. Thet must of been right fer everybudy voted fer him. Somebudy seya he wu* up agin thet before. Sum ledy leaned over to Mom an’ seys Ain’t he hansum. a pity he ain’t got a wife to luk after htm. Pop lafed and seys, Thet feller’a sensible, he ain’t nubody’s fool. My teecher wuld give him 50 per cent on thet one fur the men lafed an’ the ladles said la “Thet so" an’ stuck their noses In the air. The next lection, one feller seys if he’s elected he’ll never cum to lodge. Everybo Jy voted fer him. Next wu* a ladiee lection. It wu* cloee. They wu* running neck to neck when one ledy stuck out her neck an’ won. There wu* a file over this fer one of the ladles said the votes shuld be recounted fer she voted fer herself an’ when the votes were read off her name wu* missing. It wu* rumored Dave Baird sent a lot of money down to awing the lection but nubudy seemed to her it The next one only the ladles wen allowed to vote fer the beat looking and moat popular gurl. Frank Swain easily won 24 fer him to one Lydia Pinkham. Sumbudy accused Lydia fer voting far herself. Frank didn’t seem to want the job but he

accepted enyhc

Then the bosa seya, Enythlng fer the good of the orderT One feller

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Ocean City Personal Jottings

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AMoelktloQ. which offlee h. Bill | r.. Iwf. cat out th. .lUhlnt ho!J., He .creed u io.pector dur- ,h, town', ded Chult. Some teller Ins the re-building of the Sea We „„ Nothing doing If. th. onlj city turoplh. during IMS «ua HOT. c h.„„ I ,it to opm my mouth. HU

In private life. Mr. Foeter la

funeral director.

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wife aeya Tom you abet up. Everybudy must agreed with him fer they

kept the singing.

Then we ate ice cream. I heerd one ledy say, “Look at thet bird eating two platee of Ice cream and he’a three weeks behind with hte dues. After thet somebudy started te play the piano an* everybudy started to go home. I dlda’t blame them either. Yee before they went

L. W. home there wu* aome discussion on a. m. p. m. taxes. Somebudy suggested sanding 2:28 4:18 | the tax aaaenaor a box of poison can4:02 4:68 dy. Somebudy seys It would only be

I'-r—* -.ukiuauva ut vac mimun copies nave lar „ i— • —- -- —» ~ mom ihitnence in forming th. opinion, of their reader, then • few large 1!“'* "!!? ““ J 1 " ’ h *'' . , " c ' 1 * peper. with mi egugl circoUHen. ” - n - , ‘ U U t: ” 1, * rd , “' d *“ ”“ la " 1

Mr. Wells’ reference to large newspaper proprietors who have become 1 12 Sun. “buccaneers of opinion” will merely provoke a smile among Americans 13 Mon - - 2:35 who understand far better than he the processes of shaping pnhlic opinion! 14 Tue *- -

The Ocean City Post Office was closed last Saturday in recognition of Armistice Day. An annual field survey te being made by Tax Assessor Roger Wll Hams, of Ocean City. Mayor Joseph G. Champion visited with friends over the past week-end, returning to hte office the early part

of the

Mr. and Mm. J. M. Chester have returned to Ocean City, following an out-of-town visit of several days test

week.

Miss Mary Curby, whose home te In Egg Harbor, but who te residing, at the Lamonte hotel in Ocean City, visited Philadelphia over the past

week-end.

The regular monthly meeting of members of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society, of the

First Prosbyterli Church, In O^an | 1, 1922. For fifteen

City, was held Tuesday afternoon at Prior to that time a total of ti.Sfl

the home of Mrs. Freeman Rlsley, 000 had been issued. AU of this 626 Central avenue. j the thriving city 1 of Ocean City. A shipment, by highway, of a; E. Maylin Robinson, who ||

number of new Studebaker autorao- j near Third and Wesley avenue, w

biles, arrived Tuesday morning at surprised Tuesday evening when

the establishment of Charles Sack at number of friends visited his hoi Ninth and Asbury avenue. - Sack and laughed a party. There wg left for South Bend. Indiana, more sixteen young people who attenii

than a week ago to get the new ma- and congratulated Robinson on

chines frem the factory. birthdny. Be declined to tell hlsi]

Captain Alfred Smith and Walter The first man to purchase a pi

E. Allen went hunting over on the ot shoes nt the sew Boot She mainland and vtelted with relatives <>P«ned Thursday morning at li of AUen at Glass boro. The two men Asbury avsMs In Ocean City, by | spent several days during the past c - Smith, well known retail ah week In the fields but report fairly dealer of that dty, was Fru

little game. 1 Schneider, who bought a pair of t More than thirty members of the do *"' tor ***• ha by.

Allegro Club, an organisation of! Members of the Civic Class of U

women of Ocean City, who hare set Ocean City High School visited

E. B. Bacon, of Jersey City pleasant visitor at the new the TIMES the early part

week.

Mm. 8. E. Beck. 136 W.,|„ ,

nue, has opened Vernon Hail r ■

winter mo^’hs. Her summer also In Ocean City, will be c

during wanner montns next y^

A surprise birthday party

Eva Fisher, to be held at u._ u of Mrs. Robert Smith, of Oceana was featured with many pretty,

and an all-round- good time. Members of the Ocean City ch* of the Needlework Guild have

elded to hold an exhibition of net work at the home of. Mrs. El tub Gandy, In Ocean City on Tuea

evening, November 21st. More than »1.86J,000 in bulldt,

permits has been issued since h

out to study American music, musicians and composers, met nt the home of Mrs. Randolph Fox on Tuesday night and enjoyed a musical

meeting of the City Commission on Monday after*wo and wHocm an unusually quiet session of thi body. Mayor Champion delivered brief talk tor the students.

A total of fifteen bugiee. ei snare drums, two cymbals and baas drums won first prise in th Armistice Day celebration at Opt May last Saturday, for the Occu City members of the Veterans Foreign Wan. The entire dm corps and line-np of ex-eervlce ma in marching order did nnquaiilfti credit to the municipality they resented and ware eongrs("tet«d following the showing in the pars* and subsequent demonstration. An attractive linen shower given last Friday la honor of Us Bertha ' hattin, for some time ephone t perator of the Bell

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26 Sun. _ 2:23 27 Mon. „ 3:16 28 Tues. _ 4:06 29 Wed. ... 4:51 30 Thurs. 6:31

in the United Statei. We could, if need be, cite aome specific instances in; 4 ; 4 ® which, apparently, newapaper proprietor* have endeavored to co-operate ! - Fri with Britiah interest* in supporting propaganda in the United State*, but lg - ' “ ' . with utter failure attending their efforts. The American people have the . q Hlt , ■^pl|ty not only to read but to read with understanding and discrimination.! M(Jn ~ JiJJ

' WHAT WAS THI OBJICTt

In its issue just prior to election (Friday, November 3rd) the Cape May County Gazette, Cape May Court House, printed an article from the Ocean City Sentinel of the previous week, and editorially accused Ocean City of trying to eliminate Upper Township from the line of State

highways.

Probably the organization in which this was discussed was wrong in

suggesting even the thought that this be accomplished. The motives of

the organization may have been very selfish and sectional. But even so. why did the Gazette make the expreszion of this organi-

zation appear as the expression of the people of Ocean City in general! And why. of all times, did the Gazette see fit to print this comment just on the eve of an important election, in which an Ocean City man was before the voters of the County for election to a most important County

office!

What object had the Gazette! The answer to that question is puzzling many who had believed that this eminent and highly respected journal would, regardless of it* feelings toward Ocean City, play square with the candidates whom it alleged to be supporting. IT’S OVER NOW! Here and there we find a disgruntled voter who cannot reconcile himself to the result of Tuesday's election, when a Democratic United States Senator and Governor were elected in a normally Republican state.' and who honestly feel that the State is going to the everlasting bow-wows because of this fact. Forget it Election is over now, and unless we miss our guess we i will be doing pretty much the same things in the same old way during the next three years, under Democratic rule, than we have hitherto. We | lived throngh two terras of Wilsonism. and three years of Edwardizm. and , we will no doubt survive three pstrs of Silzerism! The Republican party, though, wants to wake up to the demands of the people and try to frame their platformi> a little cloaer to the hearts and needs of the voters.

6:42 7:36 fist a stomach ache.

7:58 8:41, What struck me funny Skin wu*

2:46 9:10 9:51 thet nobody wanted (•’ atari a band 4:00 10:1, 10:38 like they do in moe lodge*. Ain’t

6:04 11:14 11:32 this a funny old life.

6:03 13:10 12:16 6:69 12:25 1:04

7:63 1:16

8:36 9:87

BKEETER.

1:68 2:48 3:39 4:30 6:24 6:18

7:11 ~ Sons of God 8:05; For a« many aa are led by the 8:56 Spirit of God. they are the anna of 9:46 Ood.—Homans 8: 14.

6:46 11:62 12:00

McAdoo canceled a speaking date because he could not get a stateroom in a Pullman. An excuse that will not make many votes among ns common people who are glad to take any berth, even if it must be an

upper.

. DEATH OF RUFUS SMITH

OCEAN CITY—

Rufus M. Smith. 81 years old. a retired buslneea man, of Philadelphia. who lived at 616 Ocean avenue. Ocean City, wan taken 111 with heart disease the latter part of last week and died at 1:80 o’clock MonI day afternoon at hte home. | Deceased Is survived by hte widow. | Mrs. Mary Smith. The body uaa taken to Philadelphia and Interment I was In West Laural Hill Cemetery. I Death was caused by an acute dllatation of the heart.

Scores of visitors to Ocean City took notice of the new office of the TIMES, which opened Saturday In the Kuehn Building at Eighth and Atlantic. Congratulations on the advancement of this newapaper in broadening out throughout Cape May County, have been received by

telephone and mail.

The office of Walter Kuehn. In the recently completed Kuehn Building at Eighth and Atlantic avenue, now boaata a splendid new rug equipment Kuehn spent some time la the purchase of a rug suited to the neede of hte new and attractive quartera and finally decided on a

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| Haines, of Phtiadolphia, in the uau-

An active campaign to secure nounced near future. Those wko memberships in the American Red were present were: Mr. and Jin Cross te In progress In Ocean city as Edward Magee. Walter R. Chattli. a part of the annual Roll Call of the | Robert Price, T. B. Chattin. Ma organisation. It te planned to in-1 William Seat isn, Mrs. M. Marshak crew the membership to more than Mrs. Harry Chattin. Mrs. Jow* one hundred persons. The following j Morey. Mr*. Henry E. Jackson. Mn women are participating In securing C. Wllden. Mrs. A. 0 McLane. Mlsw

N- N- C<>8 Ho- Helen BUOnu. IN.rtml.u.

mer Shoemaker. Allen Coraon. Emily I Laura Smith, Cora Rau. Olive CotJ °** ph L “'“H- William O. Una. Blanche Collins. Margaret G»Abboti, Clinton B. Price, Harry | ford. Emma Gifford. Jessie Jack. DHesdlsy. Howard Taylor. R. Howard sle Chattin. Bertha Chattin. Gilbert Kvsrton coraon. R. L. OofriHsIns.. Leonard Parker and Wall*

•nd Miss K. M. Rogers. Icisrke.

The S-.-ndy AdvertlM* Is tsklng s

l-nsd of Money to the Itnnk. He does _ This every morning. The Mall Order I'u-.V b '

don’t Worry him. Wouldn’t

Mancheater (N. H.) Union—"Everybody as* to much happier when '.°f rw,

FIRST LEAGUE MEETING

OCEAN I ITY—

The first meeting of the season of the Bp worth League, of the First M. E. Church, of Ocean City, will be held In the lecture room of the church on Sunday evening. Novem-

ber 1*. at 6:46 o’clock.

This Is s young people's meeting, under the leadership of young people, end a Urge sllendsnrr u 4*.

sired by (he officers.

There will be sn Interesting islk by HerU tt Wilks, the prssideni. a n,|

in orchestra of young

A question for childless wives

jour hi

wage* and price* were at the peak.” write* a diagruntied critic of deflation. Sure. Mike. It waz ever 10 much more exhilarating to pile up a twenty-

billion-doliar debt than it iz to try to pay it.

nrid take a Load of Money to the Hank DoB ‘* bugst the dale the time and <*\*ry morning) Well, you can! We »be place Come and enjoy yourselr. still have Boms Hpacs left and so has and add enthusiasm snd Interest io

U* “•“k. the meeting.

If

WITHOUT a Will and leuvez real estate and per•oa»l property, do you know what part of hi* estate will come U you. what put will go to hit relative*!

If you don’t know, read oar FREE booklet - WILLS and the ADMINISTRATION of ESTATES Better a reading of thi* now and a Will to follow, thaa diiappointmeat later. Write, phone, or call for yonr cop*.

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