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CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES Consolidated with the Sea Ule City Review. February. 1#1» V.TLUAM A. H/JFERT. General Mannyer Published Every Friday by the CAPE MAT COUITT TIMES COMPAHT (Incorporated) Atlantic Avenue and Eighth Street West Jersey and Landis Avenues OCEAN CITT. N. J. SEA 13LE crrY ’ N ' J ~

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“If it’s Not in the Times-—It Didn't Happen”

DEMAND AUTO LICENSING AGENT The stand taken by the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce in iniutiag upon the appointment of a motor vehicle licensing agent in that resort will meet with the approval of every aufo driver in Upper Cape May County. The diea of residents of north of Court House being forced to travel all the way to Cape May to procure a license for their can is all wrong, aad certainly not in line with the rapid progress of the County, and the steadily increasing number of automobiles each year. This matter was agitated by the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce last year, and a resolution was adopted and forwarded to the proper authorities stating the need for an additional licensing agent in the upper portion of the county. The effort was futile, at least in the immediate result but with the added effort of the Ocean City Chamber, the objective might easily be gained. One thing is certain—there will be far more cars licensed from this County if the getting of a license here is made easier. And this is not meant as a reflection upon the present agent W. L. Ewing, of Cape May, who handles his difficult task each year with unusual efficiency. It is simply too big a job for one man. and both for his own good, and the good of the County at large. Mr. Ewing should be relieved of the upper portion

of the County.

SAVE THE PENNIES It is just as true now as it was when Benjamin Franklin wrote his “Poor Bichard's Almanac." that a penny saved is a penny earned. During the war millions of people saved pennies by buying war savings stamps in small amounts. Hundreds of thousands of children held those stamps for five years. The stamps are now payable in cash and the holders can. if they choose, get the money and spend it on candy, movie shows, or other forms of luxury or amusement. We shall find out in the next few weeks what kind of people we have in the United States—whether they are really thrifty and desire to save something against the day of adversity or prefer to spend as they go. Under the far-sighted guidance of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, the government has prepared in advance a plan to aid further saving by those who are willing to pursue the saving policy. The Government offers savings certificates in small and large denominations into which the savings stamps can be transferred. The records will show to what extent the people of the country are disposed to continue the saving policy they started during the war. If saving the pennies is to be abandoned, there is not a very bright future ahead for the United States.

J A STRANGE CONFESSION If there ever was a weak confessior made by any body of public officials, the Atlantic County Board of Freeholders should be credited with making it. This board, it is said, will issue $25,000 in "emergency notes” to make up a deficit caused by the "high cost of prohibition enforcement,”

it is reported.

It probably will be news to the taxpayers that there has been “prohibition enforcement" in Atlantic County. Visitors to that city last summer couldn’t see with a spy-glass any signs of that kind of enforcement. If ten per cent, of the hotel and restaurant keepers who openly sold booze at from fifty cents up. per drink, had been prosecuted and fined, the county would have collected in penalties more than enough money to meet the $25,000 deficiency. POINTING OUT TAX FAULTS City officials who are obliged to meet the taxation problem in detail realize the difficulty of fitting budgets which fairly groan under appropriationr that are either directly or in effect mandatory, made so by statutes or the workings of statutes, to an arbitrarily fixed maximrm rate, says the Newark Evening News. Forcing up valuations so as to balance assessments against a fixed rate would be the first inevitable sequel to look for. perhaps. But a dangerous condition thereby would be created, which would lead to worse things, and that very quickly. After all. there is only one way by which taxes can be reduced: that is by reducing them. There is only one way by which this can be effectively done; that is by spending less money in the operation of government for the needs of which the taxes are levied. Taxes will never come down so long as public money is spent unnecessarily. They will never come down __ long as people demand and receive luxuries and comforts through public agencies which cost must be paid for out of the public treasuries. True reform in taxation can never be achieved, even in little part, so long as unjust and inequitable assessments prevail under unscientific systems ; so long as slipshod practices in the making of appropriations exist in governing bodies; so long as those who have the power of spending employ it carelessly or recklessly, or so long as budgets are weighted down with the tyranny of mandatory obligations. It need not require study at this time to determine that mandatories form lit greatest barrier against tan redaction in tMs state. City Commissioner Howe’s illustration of Hewark’s handicap in this respect is typical of most, if not all. munidpjities. Hewark s budget is made np of appropnations widen are approximately eighty-Sye per cent, obligator, and dftemi per cent, discretionary or optional with the commission. The'p™ j' I" get rid of a. much of this mandatory burden as may be possible or practicable Public economist, arc gettreg toward agreement in beliering that too muck and too many classes of property are exempt from taxation^ Senator Pierson of Dmon County found a umunmhy rf re^ „ M , fcSon that the subject of school financing, and school financiering as well is inaliermbly atreched to the gnestion of taxation and forms one of the mSt important phases of it. These are only some of the angles of a subject imit th ' i " pon ‘” o ”

Skeeter’s Views on Auto Licenses Jan 11, 1913 Dear Skinny: Pop seys buckle on yer armor an tercet yer teellnca far we're goler to ret a license ter the car. Pop aeys he's sick of all kinds of licenses, noticed the other day when the Doctor visited us Pop whispered somethin in his ear about a prescription ter spirits of termsndl. Ths Doctor sed he wui sorry but be didn’t bev a license ter thet kind of a prescription. I don’t no if Pop means he’s sick of thet license or he’d be sick for thet license. Pop seys life is Jus one license after another whether its hirh license or low license. He seys a fellar gets s bad start by getting a Marriage license. then a bunting license, then a fishing license, then a dealers license, then an auto license an now It's a commercial license. He ain't got them all yet ter the other day when the weather an Pop wux disagreeable Mom sed be didn’t her any license to talk to her the way be wux. 1 thought thet would with a marriage license. Pop but he only looked sad an aed how things change. Before yu marry them yu give em a penny fer ther thoughts and afterwards yu got to give em 10 bucks or s new hat If yu want them to shut up. Pop seys they ought to give I out with marriage license* for everybudy had a tag on their back a feller could tell who bis wife Is by jus comparin numbers. Skinny did yu ever dream yu wux In a dungeon an Jus when yu felt the rottenest the king sent yu a pardon? If yu dlffn't yu kin get the same feeling by getting an auto license. We went to Court House to get the license. Everybudy wux nice an lite the same way a cat Is wltl mouse before be takes a swallow. The lady In front of us tergot her old drivers card so they give her or I mean made her take an xamlnattoa. somethin like taking Syrup of Figs. If yu can swallow all they giv yu. yer all rite. If yu don’t, yu take It enyhow an get spanked in the bargain. ' They ast her sum questions. Did yu ever run enybudy down? The lady In back of us whispered There a reputation In Townsend's Inlet she ain't run down. In fact She • an old friend the other day an afterwards run him down, alarm clock seys 1 meaning she wux peace disturber. If her face wux her fortune Ingersols are expensive. She sed she wux always karefnl to obey the law. The next question ux. Is i* a sin for a prohibits can, slcobol In his radiator^ 7 he answei wux It depends whether the radiator is the car’s front or his front Is the radiator. The next question wux Tell in yer own words whet yu wood ’say if when trying to fli a blow out on the road yer best girl an another teller drove by an lated at yu. If yer thoughts are unspeakable—write them. The next question wux Is there • higher office In the country then the Motor Vehicle Dept? Sumbudy sed yes an office in the Metropolitan building. He got thrown out quick I don’t think thet wux the rite answer. The next question wnx. If yu were driving along a quiet road an broke the speed limit an nobudy i yu wood yu report yer offense to the State Trooper especially If Kelly wux the trooper? Believe me Skins there sure are a bunch of lyars In this

•orid.

Pop didn't bev much trouble though. He sed Hello Governor and the teller looked pleased an giv him his pardon quick but afore he did he said what do yu carry in yer llivPop bed most the time relatives including Aunt Em. The feller opened a book of Bradstreet an Dunn. According to Pop they tergit all about Bradstreet an everybudy gets

Dunn.

The teller sed according to classification what yu carry cums under chickens an truck. Ter got to get a commercial license. Pop sed the same thing ujider his breath he seys when a tire goes flat. I guess thet wux beeux his pocket book got punctured. We got 2 ti _ with Princeton College colors with X on. I ast Pop what the _ meant. He sed thet stands ter Xtra money. I ast Pop what It about he sed he thought the leather trust wux in back of it an trying to make walking a popular pastime. Skins i wux lucky this week. The teecher wux sick .with a terrible deesease she got when she wuz home Xmas. Pop called It candy consumption. He sed It starts with a good taste in yer mouth an ends up a sick headache and a desire to be irritable. I told him the desire wux chronic. SKEETEK

Seen and Heard in Ocean City

Merchant Marine and Mi«« Democracy "Mother, may I go out to steam ?’’ ’’No, my war-sired daughter; Bury your hook in some mullet stream For John Bull owns the water.”

SCHOOL rumi

OCEAN CITT— Ths Board of I

Walter Chattln wa* a visitor to Philadelphia on Saturday. Harry Clopp. of Atlantic City, paid a hurried visit to hla cottage here recently. Mr. aed Mrs. Henry B. Cooper hare returned from Philadelphia, where they spent the Christinas hol-

idays.

Mrs. Same Ingeraoll has returned to he' home In Ocean City after spending a part of the winter at Wildwood. Mr. and Mrs. J. William Morrison were In the Quaker City over the holidays. They have returned after a very pleasant trip. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Steelman and son. George, and daughter. Edith, of CoHlngiwood. have been enjoying a visit with friends here. House Captain H. M. Newkirk, of the Ocean City Department of Public Safety, -ras the guest of hla son and daughter-ln-law. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Newkirk, of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred a Stevenson accompanied by Masters Ralph and Raymond and Carl Delam*r. vf Philadelphia. have been enjeytng a week with relatives In Ocean City. Ocean City has Hated among the permanent winter residents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Oornman. Since closing their apartment on the boardwalk, they have taken up their abode at 916 Weeley avenue. William M. Ranck. of this city, has returned to his post at the 10th street depot of the Reading Railroad, after a delightful vidt to Willow Grove. Pa., where he was the guest of William G. Hancock and family. A new recruit has entered the ranks of John Luther Wilson. Burlington. Mr. Wilson will be recognised as a mttnber of the Ocean City Anglers' Club. The arrival made his debut on December 16. mal ’ the Wltoon family, three boys and a girl. Think of the fishermen there Will be from Burlington next a

mer!

The regular weekly meeting of the City Commissioners of Ocean City was called Monday afternoon in the Coramlaalon Chambers of the City Hall. The regular bualreaa wia duly transacted and the minutes read. The only new subject brought before the city rulers wha a letter from the its Club of this city, urging an Increase of the advertising appropriation. for the advancement of Oeean City in outside fields. No action, . waa taken, the matter being deferred. The meeting was brief. The building progress and Improvements of Ocean City have moved another landmark. The Burrows’ cottage, at 34th and Aabury avenue, has been moved 'o another site situated on Central avenue. Thla cottage for a long period waa the residence of former Police Magistrate Arthur D. Burrows, and waa one of the first bouses built In that part of the city. Thla dates back to the day when the Ocean City turnpike was a corduroy road and Asbury avenue a cowpath. A new and more modern dwelling'will supplant the old cot-

tage.

Mtaa Ethel Lee, an attache# of the offices of M. B. Stannard, has Joined the ranks of vacationists. John J. Foster, well known realtor. has enlarged his office by taking In the adjoining etore formerly occupied by an electrician. Mr. aud Mrs. William Stewart, who hare been Using in their cottage at Ftfty-olxth street and Aabury avenue, have taken apart menu In the Adams Apartments, on Eighth

street.

At the annual meeting of the Sunday School Board of the First Method Ut Episcopal Church. Hlrstn a Mowror was re-elected to the office of Superintendent for the seventh successive year. The progress made by the offices of John J. Foster. Ocean City realtor. Is responsMil? for the annexing of the adjoining business site on Eighth street near Wesley. The new addition waa formerly occupied by an electrician. After passing through the experience of two operations within ten days at the Hanneman Hospital. Philadelphia. Mrs. William E. Massey. of Ocean City, to showing rapid strides toward recovery. Dr. H. L. Northrop was the attending surgeon. A gathering of the younger aet oi, Ocean City were entertained at the home of Mias Marion Steelman. 431 Asbury avenue. Sewing and card playing filled In the evening pleasantly. Those attending were: Mtoa Lucille Townsend. Mrs. T. W. Mould. Mtoa Mae Hoeefer. Mtoa Sara Goff, and Mtoa Sara Smith. Plans have been made for extensive Improvements and addlttona to Scotch Hall, it to sUtsd by Mtoa McGlbeny, and the work to to be completed before the beginning of next summer. There will be a number of additional bedrooms for emergency patients and obetetrical cases, and a large and Inviting sun parlor will be

Tuesday night la the Bgh School Building. Ocenn City, to tnuanet the ok Oa Board, the

little

H. W. Townaend. ___ total enrollment of UMtonath i ed 101 puplto In tht M-rt and tha attendaaee nveenve for the same period wan ffi-dl. The fact that Vivian B,

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tlon of the plans far tha aew High School Bonding, loft little ether ties for the edocattoanl body, baa promtoed howovao to have entire plan* finished aad la n neaa on the fifteenth of the mo when they will bo ftoaod hotoro the

If the toad could fiy ho’* make moat valuable bird, a btotogli claims because he to aa taemy i poisonous Insects. Frogs might d< vour Insects all right, hat Just tt Mine wa re glad they don’t fiy.

By virtue of a wilt of Fieri Facias, for sale of Mortgaged Prom tom, to me directed, tooasd out of tha C of Chancery of New Joraop, oi llth day of Dltioohot. A. D. 1932.

T. Godfrey, et aL, i

CHARLES P. PROFATT ENGAGED Announcement has been made of tbe engagement of Charles P. Prorate. of Ocean City, formerly of Atlantic City, and Miss Estelle Henderson. ef Pleasantvllle. Mr. Profatt has during hla residence in Ocean City established himself very favorable. having been identified In many active civic movement*. He to manager of the Universal Electric Company. located at Asbury avenue and Seventh street, an enterprise that has been guided to a high mark of aucunder his capable directorship. Not only has Mr. Profatt gained many friends for the Universal Electric Company, but has also boarded up a boat of personal acquaintances, j Miss Henderson, the daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Henderson. Is widely known In the younger set of| tbe mainland city and ranks b'gh in the esteem of social circles. Although the date for the nuptials has not been set. the marriage to expected to take place during tbe month of May at the residence of the bride-to-be’s parent*. 4 East Park avenue. PleasartvtUe. The tentative plana include a delightful honeymoon trip to Tellowetone National Park and other points of Intereet enroute west. Durlng the war Mr. Profatt waa connected with .he Merchant Marine service, where he held the rank of mate. The home of the newlyweds

will be in Ocean City.

Listed among recent reality negotiations of Ocean City, we find the firm name of The McLaaghlln-Coao-ver Company. This firm acquired a large portion of land In the Gardens a abort time ago, apd have a this by the purchase of a generous tract situated between 7th and Itb streets and from Bay avenue to tue exterior line. The deal waa < mated through the Fidelity Re Ute Company of Ocean City, provementa are now in the ptonnlng which will add another modi tlon to the city. The names of tbe purchasers are well known through

this part of the state.

In checking over his records for the current year. Fire Chief & B. Conover finds that 8S fire alarms were recorded. 16 of these were from the Gamwell Boxes about the city. 58 by telephone, 12 were stm alarms and 3 false alarms. The greatest damage estimated was that created by the outbreak at the Fleetwood Hotel where fire destroyed fiv.990.00 of real estate, furniture, fixtures, etc. Thla was covered by Insurance. Tbe balance of damage by fire waa about 1800.00. While the summing up of theae figures seem email, yet when they are stretched out over a year’s period, the fire department will be found a busy institution.

and Lorraine ?. Gnnean. aft ux.. etaL. am defendants. I shall axpaae to aete at puLUc vendue, <m MONDAY, JAlQAXf Utk, IMS, between the hours of twelve aad five o'clock p. m.. to wit, at one in the afternoon of aal4 Bur, Sheriffs office, la Cape atop Court House, Cape May County. Mow Jar

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All that certain Lea. with the appprtOMUMA la the bill of complaint in tha raid particularly rat forth that to to aay:

easterly line of th* State aad County

road leading to Twrknkn. old i being twenty-five foot terns the tro of the Main Heart era nod feet from the contra of the State aad Gouty rand tondln Tuckahoe; thence (1) along northeast line of the raid State County rand leading to Tod

North thirty-fonr hegrera aad fifty minutes Went eavratara hundred and fifty-eaves feet; thane* (S) North seven ty-feur lagTsse and twenty-four mi mu tea East, four hundred mad six-

ty-nine and seven-tenths font to

(3) along the line of add Stratton South thirty-six degrees aad twenty aix minutes Bad fifteen hundred and forty-eight feet to n corner -n the northwesterly line of th* mid Main Seashore road: theae* (4) dong tbe northwesterly Bn* of add Main Sea-

LEAGUE

Captain R. Smith, former Commander of the American Led on Poet waa elected President; J. K. Trout, also a former Commander of the Legion Post, waa elected Vice-Presi-dent; Walter E. Allan, a former President of the Ledon. chosen as Secretary | Lawrence Nickerson Treasurer, aad J. TboraJey Hughm. Financial Secreury. at the regular anc ii lection and meeting of the Yoo"« Men’s Progreealve League, on Monday night- The meeting was held in the League headquarters, in the Hann building, and was rvfiectlve of much interest for the ad--cement of tbe Interest of Ocean

nine and eight-tenths foot to darn of beginning. (Excepting nwarring out of tha above denertbed tract of land a place of land and buildings thereon ownod by Edgar Stratton and to about one hundred and fifty feet in front or breadth on the Main Seashore road aad art* in a northwest direction of about hundred feet, said Edgar Stratton * land beginning on tha northrtat side of Main Seashore road abort th# distance of throe hundred aad thirtynine and eight-tenths foot team beginning corner of th* tract I above described.) Also staspftng Non 1 to 13 Inclusive and X3 aa< In Sec. 4; Nos. 6. C aad T t* See. 6: No. 3 In Sec. •; Non. 3 and 4 in See. 10; Noe. 1« to 22 Inclusive in Bee. 8: Noa • and 7. Bee. 1; M*. 7. See. 8: Nos. 8 and 9. Sec. f. plan of lots

of Ocean City Crest.

Amount due under decree is •!.- 816.61. with Interest sad Shi

GEORGE A. REDDING. _ Dated December 29. 1922. il m. P. Godfrey, Sol’r. drtt-*f$25.S0

By virtue of a writ of Fieri ? de bon to et tarris to aw direct* sued out of the Near Jenny Su| Court, on the 16th day of Aagu D. 1921. l shall expose to m public i

b. op a. ihsiau opficeks j xonur. mxiuxt in*. u»

between the hours of twelve and t' o'clock p. bl. to wit. at one o'eloc In the afternoon of said day. *» ,l Sheriff’s office, la Cape May Coui House. Cape May County. New Jr All that certain tract er parcel < land and praraiew hereinafter P* Ocularly described, situate, lying *» being in the city of WUdwood. i the county of Ca^w May mad state <

New Jersey:

Beginning la the northwest

Punctuate Thii Sentence! The late professor rushes into bis class room and throws off his coat

and pants.

Since an Indiana girl has bestowed the name of "Galloping Gertrude" on her coupe the fad in spreading and other names like "Rambling Wreck." "Shadow-rapus" and "Unterrlfled Democrat" are being coined. One good thing about the recent World War wa* that the bird and t''» eons who started It did not benefit very much by their action.

Last Thursday evening waa the time of big doings at tbe Daughters of America. Tbe new officers for the ensuing six month* were duly installed in the several office*. The Installing officer waa former state Councilor. Ida Nixon. The work which waa beautifully done and tbe team and office-, made a very im-

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were present from Atlantic city Pleaaantville. Somers Point. Pitman iJnwood. and Woodatown. Speeches i We , re , ta \ d ' by th * —officer, and by the State Conductor who was I ^*”t •» the guest of the Atlantic

City Council.

! M ‘“ Lake. State Secretary ’ Mr » Baldwin with a pin ‘ wh. K K °! the P,,m * n Council of which she la a past Councilor. a hanuaome hand embroidered spread the gift of Mis. Ellen Seaman. w« won by Mrs. Smith of the Pleasant which A Cafe,erU ,unch ^r which the Daughters are rapidly becoming famous, wa* served at the conclusion of the business session wm* ™' ,r * d,l > r "‘K 111 » claa. of four

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line of Beach aveaae forty feet non eaatwardly from th* - north***t*’' line o. Roberta aveooe: rartainii

»ne o. Konerta avenue; eoau>“‘ » front c- width northraotwardir -*<d side of Beach avonuo forty f< and of that width extending non weatwardly at right angles to Bex avenue one hundred feet. Beta* 7 in block 114 on plan of H°

Beach City, filed.

Amount due under execution 8608.25. with Interrat nnd »«rll

fees to be added.

Seised aa the property of Sam’ F. Rudderow. et aL. eo partner*. eI « 8. F. Rudderow aad Bon. *«'■' danta. taken in execution at the n of John W. Cheney «nd OomP &c plaintiff, and to be aotd by GEORGE A. REDDING. Bbenff Dated December 16. 19*3. .. . , Harris A Ha ris, Attys- 6-4tpfH* «