cat* MAT COUITY TIMES. FRIDAY. JANUARY 19. 1983

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CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES Consolidated with the Sea Isle City Review, February, 1915 WILLIAM A. HAFFERT. General Manager Published Every Friday by the CAPE HAY COBNTY TIMES COMPANY (Incorporated)

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WHY THE PROTEST? The Small Board of Chosen Freeholders of Cape May County hare been in office nineteen days. In this time they have had to grasp the complex workings of the County machinery, apd keep the ' shop" smoothly running—no mean job. Yet the first official act of the new Board has brought forth a protest namely the passage of the 1923 tax budget—a budget that was necessarily framed by the Board of Freeholders OF LAST YEAR, as the law does not permit a bill to be paid in the new year until the tax budget has been passed, and the appropriations fixed. The TIMES does not presume to question the motives of some forty odd serious minded and sincere taxpayers in lodging a protest against the budget, but even the most casual observer could not help but feel, that underlying the protest, was a motive deeper than that prompted by the few pennies more that the taxpayer will pay this year per hundred dollars of assessment in the increased County tax rate. The average person will unhesitatingly sign most any petition that is presented by one in whom they have confidence, and this is. no doubt, how the majority of the names on the petition filed with the Board of Freeholders on Wednesday came to be there. But some person or persons unquestionably had as a motive in circulating and presenting the petition, an object which can logically be focused in a desire to discredit the new Small Board of Freeholders at the start,, and destroy in a measure the confidence and support of the taxpaying and voting public, which very naturally, views with distrust any public officers who are implied to be spending, or contemplating spending, more money

than necessary.

In all fairness to the new Board, the members should at least be given c year in which to make good and either prove or disprove the wisdom of the small over the large Board, and the selection of the voters of the men

now in office.

No sensible, sane business man would expect a new manager in his store or factory to revolutionize conditions and reduce working costs in a period of nineteen days: it is scarcely less fair to expect the new Board of Freeholders to pare appropriations, and cut expenses, before they have really commenced functioning. The TIMES will be among the first to protest when anything goes wrong in the County government—and its protest will be loud and long even as it has been, at times, in the past. But let's not get too fast

INSIST UPON OUR RIGHTS

The action of the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce in going before the New Jersey State Highway Commission, in Atlantic City last Saturday, and laying before that body the demands of the County for the year, will meet with the approval of every true Cape May Count!an. The request of the Chamber was the immediate establishment of the New Jersey to Delaware Ferry (Cape May to Lewes) and the completion of the hard surfacing of what is known as route 14 of the State Highway system. This route is from the present hard surfacing on the Seashore road at Swainton. through to Marshall's corner and thence to Tuckahoe and joining the

White Horse Pike at Egg Harbor.

With the forty million dollars made available by the passage of the Good Roads Bond act. there is no reason why the State cannot complete both these projects during the present year, and Cape May County is justly entitled to every consideration in the matter of state money. There are probably more out-of-state cars traveling the roads of this County than any other County in the State, save Atlantic, and we are entirely within our rights when we insist that the State help us in giving the visitors the good roads and easy access that they expect and demand.

Skeeter Complains of Mail Service

January 18. Dear Skinny:

I di.ln't icet a letter from you last week so I thought maybe you died. So I am writing to let you no how sorry I am if yu are ded. Well anyhow yu ain't like us along Shore Road fer we're all dying to get our male—the only trouble is that It's

such a slow way.

1 I ant Pop what R. F. D. meant. He said It wus Read. Forgotten an Delayed. I sed what makes the delay. He sed he thought the present postmaster general Is jealous of old one an wants to get his job. The old one. yu no. got a job frean the movie# to tell the peeple how good the actors and etc. are. Hed sed all le actors were angels and there motto wuz Love each other. Pop seys they sure live up to their motto an though he didn't no if they wuz Angela but he wuz pretty sure they wuz high fliers. It looks as though the poetmaster (who Is now) becuz they ain't giv him a job In the movies an is keeping the good nows.from the postmaster (who ) from the peeple who don't kare about them anyhow. So we get mail after we give up hopes of ge tting It. I’m in favor of giving up hopes quicker or getting a movie job

fer the postmaster.

Aunt Em w'eeps every time she sees a postman. It wuz like this. Many, many years ago Aunt Em had a bashful feller who wrotp her letter an ast her to marry him. Aunt 'Em seys yes an put a special delivery stamp on her letter. By the time the feller got the answer he hed three

children.

Gee Skins yu wood lalfed to see Aunt Em trying to drive Pop’s Elizabeth. I didn’t laff becuz I wuz with When we got to Court House she tried to pass a feller an she run lie Ludlam's lawn but he must of expected her fer there a sign in the door "I'm in the Clerk's Offlce." So she never slowed up but started fer the Clerk's offlce. But unfortunately fer a tree it wu* In the way so we skidded on the road agin an Anally stopped at Smith's Garage becuz accidently the gas run

Seen and Heard in Ocean

inCityJ

An Allied Association Veterans of Lewis Coesaboon was high man in Foreign Wars has been formed here, the Legion Post Trap Shoot last SatMeetings will be held in Atlantic urday. breaking 23 out of possibly City, hammonton and Cape May. 25 blue rock. Young, of Atlantic Morris L. R.gglns has been elected City, was second with 22.

the Allied Commander.

Quintet of Camden with a long

It will b- one of tha harden g, m(1 of the season for Um seashore p a%1 . ers. but with Joe Mangold and Eddi* (Stretch) Miller, the two former At lantlc City Eastern League N ' playing their anal stellar g« mf l( is expected that Oeaaa City win cent through with another victory. Delivery of the December issue of the Telephone Directory has been completed In One— City. Thu Is the Issne of the Directory u,,, carries the new pretx In Atlantic City, namely Marine and Nept Unt The book is Issued in an entirely difi ferent atyle from previous direct. I

ories.

Announcement has been made tk»t the Telephone Company will Install before the season starts a new h position switch board, on the second floor of the building F'ey now occupy. The board will be of a modern type and Is necessary to take care , the company's I this resort.

The Kiwanis luncheon of Wednee- siring of victories to its credit day was c. silent one. In reverence of other South Jersey cage rivals, will the death of John R. Groves, a Char- tackle Ocean City's fast going five ter member, who died suddenly Tuee- on Temple Hail Court tomorrow

day afternoon. Practically the only night. »u 11, .puiminj ot . Mr ,„ d Mnl Jobn „

cominlHe. to dr.tt rmolutlon, on .1, th(s c| bougd Ior F , or , a .. d,„u ol « broiler Xtwnnl.. Tbe „„„ „ j„ k . Dr. J. Tbornley Hughee has been aonvlile, then by easy stages to Lake receiving congratulations from every Land, where they will spend

one on the appearance of his new winter.

VI"’ , br "*'• '* * 11 " Tb, complexion ol Anburj .venue 81b nnd ttede, .venn.. Hint ncrom ^ „„ „ u , h lo , 41h ihe ntreet Ivoni the old locntlon. The „ , „ >ld th „„. wb „ •ton, presents . wondertul .ppe.r- ^ ^„ 0 „ „

.nee especlnilp .1 night when the

- , 8 8r8 on ‘ led an old inner coming licit »otild Judging from the way new mem- not recognize the street, rs are coming in the moot popular The Plains Gunning Club and the

function the Chamber of Commerce Knockers Club Joined forces Monday ever held was the annual dinner at an d held a venison dinner at the the Northfleld Country Club. The Hotel Lorraine. Mayor Joseph G. general expression of the members Champion was the principal speaker and guests present is that it was a ©f the evening. Local politicians

mighty enjoyable time. Let's lv»ve W ere represented in number, more of them. „ . . „

Several former Eastern eague

Harold Paris, of the American Le- luminaries will appear with quintet i Cliurch - ‘** 1 UotttTday aftergion. Progressive League, and a few Joe Hyde, and Muench. performing noon - P roTetl 10 •>• somowhat of

othforganizations In the town, has at the guard posts. The rest of the Just bought himself a new saxa- team will more than likely be made phone. He stated yesterday that he up of Sam Lennox at center, with had some idea of fonning an Ameri- Sugars and Engle pairing off at for-

can Legion Orchestra, now that he ward.

The local Chamber of Commerce and the Young Moa’a Progreenne League united la entertaining the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce Thursday tight. The Ocean City meetings of the Connty Chamber are always very fully attended. Ocean City having become known throughout the County as excellent

entertainers.

The Misslonsry Tea. of the W en's Home and Foreign Missionary Society, of the First Prehytenan

has the saxaphone. All he needs is the rest of the instruments. It has been reported thst authority has been given for the sale of the First Baptist Church building, which will be removed from the present site at 10th and Wesley avenue.to make room for the new church nuilding. plans for which have been approved. The new church will be of the type found In California and the South-

wesu

The man cum out a

must her a loose connecting rod fer I kin tell from the sound of yer motor. Aunt Em sed Don't get fresh. What yu hear Is my knees knocking together. I told her she ought to use hubb caps or she might scratch her frame. Mebbe she wuzn't sore. we got home she told Mom I wuz a chip off the old blockhead. That sure did please Pop—nit. So long fei I ain’t feeling well cause

my teecher's better.

SKEETER.

Many complimentary replies

being received at the Information

sed Lady yer Bureau in acknowledgement of the

ANOTHER BOND ISSUE Apparently the end is not yet in sight for bond issues. The voters of New Jersey will have another one staring them in the face next November, if the Legislatures sees fit to submit it to the voters. It will decide the question of whether $1,000,000 shall be spent for the purchase of a right of way for the New Jersey Ship canal. Mayor Frederick Donnelly, of Trenton, long engaged in water way work, has already launched a statewide campaign for this proposition. Ihe bond issue, it is stated, is necessary in older to obtain Government appropriation, to constrnct the cmU. the -.mount needed to complete the prop, ositton being estimated at 518,000.000. The State appropriation wo.iU way, but awing to the pendency of other canal projects in which the national government wu devoting immediate attention, action wu nost poned.

only

to 1911 the State appropriated 5500.000 tor acquisition of a right of

be used in the event of Federal aid.

P. M. 0. 'S VS. L 0. U. 'S

mennfT““ » 14000(MO <° countries 1„, y„r by

T'L°l n ^ “ ,ra -

stonily sending m.ne, .. Enro^ ”'' ^ than Urn inieres, „ d , prillC]pJ «'»■* is more

The familiar argument that Europe must pav '

is essentially unsound.

i the allied debt,

a goods, if she pays at all.

p^SiTtLTi. * - r ,he to protect ciS i. thei, right to I„k

DO STATE POLICE DISCRIMINATE? Rural state policemen have been hauling in autoists at a great over in Middletown township. Monmouth county, and many Ones have been imposed. By-and-by no doubt statements will be published about the large sum of money resulting from the activities of the police and this will be done to properly Impress the public that t. e state police are "some pumpkins" and are very efficient in garnering mocey to run the government. The queerest thing about this last activity of the state policemen is that it was not done last summer here was urgent need of action to punish speeders and other offending autoists. but is being done now when the chief automobile users of the roads are farmers and other

natives.

A farmer forgets to bring his tomobile license with him when he leaves home and when the state p lice demand to see his license 1 hasn't got It. At the worst it is •trivial offense, but it furnishes { opportunity to soak the tanner wit a fine. Maybe the lights on tl farmer's automobile go out and the farmer, not being a mechanic, doee not know how to fix them. I! to go down town to get them tlxed. He may have an excellent excuse for not having lights, but under the law he can be lined. The state police and the politicians who want to see this particular branch of officialdom run In the interest of politics say that what the state police have been doing In .Middletown township Is "putting teeth into the law." Maybe it is. but it la hard for a plain, common p«*rson not endowed with the Intelligence of a state trooper or politician to see things In that light. If it l B putting teeth Into the law. then the beat thing to do is to knock the front teeth out of the law and to put some heart and common sense into the Red Bank Register.

receipt of the New Year's greetings cards mailed by the Chamber of Commerce. The cards were mailed to all who uad inouired about Ocean City in 1922. The Information Bureau keeps an accurate record of

such inquiries.

Very little business wss transacted at the meeting of the City Cojnmiasioners Monday afternoon. The tax budget and the year’s avropriations

Jack Ackton says that he did not tell any one his dog's name was "Woofhound." He says that is the breed. The dog's name is Hungry. Jack seems to be having some difficulty In securing a boarding house for the pup. Speaking of dogs. John Fto#*er Just bought a petlgreed bull, that he calls Rags. The dog got lost the other night snd Jack had half the town out looking for him. Reuben W. Edwards has the ability to tell a good story or present at original sketch. His latest Iraperson ation of the Radio fan was received with thunderous applause at Chamber of Commerce dinner. Edwards stated he had been advised to buy a Radio set for the benefit >f his nerves, but after seeing the antics of a friend of his. who had Installed a Radio set as a nerve cure, he decided there was nothing doing. Then Mr. Edwards was asked to show how his friend acted. He did. Ocean City High School's veteran

social feature. Th n Church

room was tastefully decorated with

multi-colored floor lamps,

pleasing and entertaining prograc

was rendered.

parsed second reading. This will * D !? whi,e Quintet will open come up in the final reading on Feb- , , ke,b * IJ B€a, * on ln Hammonruary 8 th. Incidentally It might be 1°". to “ orrow nl S ht - It wlU be the .mentioned that the advertUIng ap- £7 two sa,n * Coach propnations for this year la •12.00U „ mer l n * er strengthened the against 86,600 for 1922. ' j t,™ 0 " * nd Whl,e flve considerably.

The Passaic Wonders, s basketball team undefeated in three years, will play here against tha Ocean City High School in February, w statement Professor Elmer E. Unger, physical trainer of the school today. The Ocean City quintet played Passaic Wonders at Paaanlc just previous to the new year. The game here Is a return one. Herman Selvagn Is tasking quite hit as leader of the High School Orchestra. - The boys of this organisation are: Doyle Hoff, Pianist: Vincent and Joe Broad ley. Violinist#: Fred Pfltsenmeyer. Saxaphonist Harold Miller. CornetUt; Walter Huff, Clarinetist: John Devine. Drums. Herman, by the way. building an xylophone as a part his manual training studies.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Leroy Howe entertained Tuesday evening at their Central Ocean City residence. Dancing and cards constituted the evening's program. The gusats Journeyed to the suburbs a la Ford. Thoee present were all members o Weekly Club, as follows: Mr. Mrs. Addison Sharp and Beatrice; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Dannelly: Mr.

John Boswell "pred ‘" d Mr > Elwood Itokn; Altoret L.1-

Tie store ol tbe UnlxeM Electric Eddie Bnrron wil! to! in, rnnn'nxi B ° b " 1 T *“ »*nn«lll'. *»> Compony won broken Into Wedneton, mn,«, l„ r ., ra . „„„ “I- Fl.bqr. morning. Tbe method toto wm llri- jumping center, while Tom Ad.nJ Tit ehterulmaont Commlltee a trUngular place of glass from and Marcus Blackman will pair off the Young Men'a Progressive League , „7* V * n “ e windows.! at guard. George Gardiner, guard. P ,an ,0 open tbe wiqter’s enteriamdlsplayed in the window Charley Gibb, guard, are out of the nl, ‘nta with an address from one of

game due to injuries. i the local buslneaa men who has adThe boys snd girls like to go down ' dre “ ed lhe before. A nmnto Jimmie Howe's bouse at Central b ' r of ,1,e * e ln, onnaI addresses will Ocean City for a party. They were be held throughout the winter. Otball there last week and reported hav-, er r **‘ ur «* *b»* tbo enterUInmen: ing had a wonderful time. Dancing ^ con,n, ltte« have in mind is the Inand cards filled up part of the even- ,ro< I uct * on of staging every Monday ing. though some old fashioned nlKht - S® 11 * *beeta will be prepared games were played, such as Spin the of the ^t” 1 musical hits and a numPlate. Post Offlce and Wink Those ber of ®P*cl“Hr written parodies,

present were: Misses Jean Molt,

amounting to $15.00 apparently ere extracted through the hole made. The local police department was informed of the robbery and are

Investigating the case.

The offlce of James M. Chester and Company have lost the services of a ery good stenographer, and Walter Ackton. former resident of Wilmington. Del., now living here, has won a wife. Announcement is made Mr. Ackton and Miss Mary Kirby were quietly married recently In St. Augustine's Church by the Rev. T. F. Blake. After a short honeymoon the couple will reside in Ocean City. There was a discussion at the Young Men's Progressive League Iasi week regarding the urgent need of . fire zoning ordinance for the business '

section of this city. The secretar,. >

fcari instructed to write the City Com-1 !u ‘ nl * h *‘*'•1 ln *b* building, apparmlssioners in reference to this mat- * aily h ' h “ no regard for tbe health ter. asking the officials to take early I of hl * At first his excuse

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Jeannette Garretson. Beryle Relchlv CONTRACTORS MAIL US Elizabeth Smith. Bob Owen Masters li8t8 tor *«PPll««- ' Curtis Powell. George Brown mill“ v# y° u money. Champion. 191* Hubert Smith .nVT.E« Ho." S”? IS* *”»«•

William F. Shrlver Is becoming a

very unpopular man In Ocean City with member* of , be Progressive . eague. and tenants of the building he owns, known as the Hann bulld-

Shrlter has steadily refused

action looking toward the passage of the bill said to have been prepared or that Is in course of preparation by City Solicitor A. C. BosWell. H. Leeter Smith. President of the Ocean City Athletic Association, is authority for the statement that the baseball season will open het* early In May. The Association wi IT place a team In the field recruited from Players here, with the possible addition of a battery from the ranks he collegians. Games will be Played on the new athletic field pro tded by the City at'the City Park. Such men a* Dennis. Howaan. Weis- 1 enthal. Williams and Collard will be

seen in A. A. uniforms.

• as that he could not purchase coal, but later he ignores communica.iohs and committee, entirely. The League and the other tenants of the building have taken the stand of "no heat, no rent." H is thought that the Iom of revenue may po^.bly bring Shrlver

to time.

MORNHINWEG’S

BAKERY

Bread Rolls Pies and Fancy Cakes BAKED ON PREMISES

Landis Avenue and Cnral Wrest SEA ISLE CITY, N. A

Poor Parking Place

Even the youngsters keep up t 0 date in their metaphors. Willie had forgotten several of the things his her told him to get at the store when scolded about it be said Well, mother, all I can say Is. my memory is not a good parking pi ac « for all the things you tell me to get."

Installation of officers for 1923. by the L. Russell Henry Post No. 810 Veterans of Foreign Wars, was preceded by a street parade, headed by the organization Bugle and Drum Corps in their new uniforms. Delegations from Lieutenant J. Willis Gale Post, of Atlantic City, and Cape May Post No. 386. were In the line of parade. County Chief of stuff, Janie# Othannoasey. was the installation officer. The officers installed were as follows: Commander. Irvin

However, if* Warm in oeoma'“ •**”"**■ Adjutant Morris L. Riggins; - TtoUto todies' Anx.li™!?.*"^ **?'"• *•»«•*< IW~:

Ths Young Ladies' a.,..., i • «xaymona rrice; marched in the parade and ^ or . V , iC0 ; Con, . man<l * r ' R “J ,mo '>d ere thirty of them Tbolr uniforms ! MT'| JUn £to Vlce ' r ? ran,and « r - R« -Uted of . „. IT ow blue ™ ™ Sx ” I!:; ?'* P,a "V J °^* h K * h ewtuu (Ua j News Sergeant. Angus Wade; Trustee

J. Devine.

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