CAPE MAY COmrrY TIMES, FRIDAY. JAJUABY 5, 1W3

City Grows as It Advertises

CHAMPION IS DIRECTOR

' In the Court House Building.

A more »het will receive universal OP NEW FREEHOLDER BOARD commendation was a resolution ee- —'— tabllshlng all offices of the Board at (Continued from pas* 1) Court House, to be open dally dur-

bera the Directorship of the respec- ing regular business hours. Hitherto

the Clerk’s office was one place, the

made by a certified accountant re-, siding outside of Cape May County, I

was authorised.

Those Talkative Barbers

'Dou’t you Uki to go Into a barber

The resolution further dehneh the Oolfetor-. bo that a person having business with

• live departments."

So States Speaker at Recent Dinner

ol Ocean City Kiwania j work of each department and Its any of the offlcwt of the ^,.<1 was

Clnb ! scope, aa follows: compelled to travel all

! DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS:; County to locate them.

0 | . * . . . , ' In charge and direct supervision of | Another resolution was adopted South Advertising Heavily , t , CUrt a, um En . «h.po..riu» th. B^rd

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as autnonseo. I abop when you’re about fagged out. Director K.f eutpoeren* to er..! ^ dnUt > eet of nil» for the conduct; her. e hot towel eppUM to TO

'“'■'•"veh-hu, , would Uh. « he,ter

■f somebody would tie a bet tews! around the barber's Amo so he couldn’t bombard me with a gas attack of strueg onlnas aae weak logic. “

employ

. „ what help la neceeeary to run the OCEAN ciTT— i fflneer. Sealer of Weights and Meas- co Unty - g buBlneaa. and fix the comCharles W. Rosa!ear. manager of urea - Rold Supervisor, and. penaation of such help.

U,. Dor lend Adrerf.tnp .. 0 '

. »«.,0h o, the Kl.enle Cluh "'l™“ „„„„ perteln-' ^ Solicitor for the U^e feer t m .

> the finances of the County.

Ocean City held Wednesday of last

All County records, books, etc., are

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Treasurer, sinking funds. County

Couneel. T„ Boerd. Surrophte. Sh.r-1 *" ~

City, declared that a city will ‘‘grow as fast as It advertises” and told of Instance* in support of the theory that municipal advertising creates business, civic, social and commercial

Interest in almost any city. The speaker told of a trip through

Florida, made In the Interest of advertising, and of how a number of

cities had seriously considered

Increase of advertising appropriations for the coming year, among them being: Asbvllle, 925.000; Daytona. 518.000; Fort Myers. 520.000; Miami. 902.000; New Smyrna. 91.000; Pensacola. 530.000; St Augustine, 939 000; St. Petersburg. 971,000. Asbury Park. N. J„ recently

appropriated 925.000.

In Lake County, Florida, the speaker continued, a tax of one and ■ one-half mills was assessed per taxpayer for advertising. He told of bow

a certain dty formerly was the polo '7 Engineer, 93500; County Treascenter of the nation but had permit-1 urer. 92400; Clerk of the Board, ted the polo interests to die out. and 12000: County Solicitor. 51600; cited that as an illustration of how' County Physician, 51200. This aboladvertlslng might have built up th* lahes the offices of County Auditor

Iff, County Clerk, special legislation, printing and advertising, and matters pertaining to public records and purchases \)f supplies' and equipment. PUBLIC BUILDINGS: Public! Buildings and grounds, courts. Coun-1 ty Physician, County Superintendent! of Schools, vocational schools, farm bureau, hospitals, dlers’ burial, liberation of prisoners, widows’ pensions, lighting and mosquito extermination. The resolution further sets forth that if any work does not come under any of the classifications It shall be the duty of the Director of the Board to allot It. subject to a majority vote

of the Board.

Create Offices and Fix Salaries

and be removed only by the consent of the Freeholders, under a further resolution adopted Monday, and an audit of the County’s accounts.

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Building and Loan stock la the eafeet. wlaeet Inveetn :e. Your money grows fast. Is safe and always subject to your call. Sea Ilk (Sty B. 4 L. Association CHARLES K. LANDIS, JIL.

dty from many standpoints. In Miami the tax rate Is high. but. as It was pointed out. the assess valuation was high in proportion. ' Submerge yourselves and think of advertising your city. Where a community thrives, the Industries also thrive. The advertising Ocean City has been a success, but you must continue to press forward and succeed. The authorities will. I feel sure, make every effort to appropriate a sum of money sufficient for the needs of the city.” The speaker advised taking subject of advertising seriously mind and bearing through taxation rather than popular subscription, and urged placing such expense in ’ the tax budget of

the city."

and County Purchasing Agent. Irving Fitch, clerk of the former Board, was. by resolution, again elected clerk. Mr. Fitch then stated that be had been solicited to continue as Clerk for a time, to expedlate the business of the Board, hut that It was understood that his acceptance of the office was only temporary, and that his resignation was in the hands of the Freeholders for their action at any time. The law. he explained, required that the appointment be for three years, and that It was for this reason that he was

named for three years.

The salary of each of the three Freeholders was fixed at 93000 annually. and the meeting date was fixed for the first and third Wednesday of each month, at 1:30 P. M..

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