Cape May County Time

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ide Interest in die Times’

Great Subscription Campaign ^

gg* tbix CUT, CAPE MAT COUETT, M. J-, FBIDAT, MARCH 2S, 1923

HUMBER NINETEEN

Mab Priic Offered Worker Twain*

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JEEEELL AG AIM HTADS COCHTY EDUCATION BOAEDS

The County AaaoeUtlon of Board*

Education held IU annual meetat Hurretl'a Cottage, Cape May

Court Houae. last Thursday night.

At w__a /v. v b , with fully one hundred board inemtbe Mott Caah Bnnneei from Mctiona of the County

Nunet of Nominea Bong Received Daily

following are the nominee* Caps May County Ttmea 8uhon Campaign up to noon wedr. It ytmTiuine la In thia Hat kjuM hare received a aubacrlp(eelpt book and a aample copy Cape May County Times, conr the rulee gorerntng the eonPleaae notl*T ua If theee have

there may be eotne who tnm ■tancee or Inclination will be to taka part In thia contest. WILL CONFER A GREAT _ ON THIS PAPER IF THEY NOTIFY 08 WITHOUT DE- : the receipt book _ Jboee who wish a furistion of the oonteet will _.ormatlon without being 3 take part in the campaign, manager will make a t to aee all the nominee* i». and those who can conr do so. are Invited to call e and give her an opportacuas the contort more

COVZBT OPPfCE n FIRST NATIONAL BANK

The Cape May High School Orchestra furnished music before and after the dinner, and several excellently rendered violin aoloa by Mr. nisssns, of Woodbine, were greatly enjoyed. The speakers included

CONTRACT AWARDED FOR OCEAN CITY HIGH SCHOOL

New Strnctu• Will Cost Half Million

Dollars When Com jleted

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Expanded bv Mayor Fitch nt Third

Forty Covers at Moose Banquet

Annas! Ban a net of Order

Sheik™ Now is Dictator

, delphla. was awarded the contract to construct the new Ocean City High School at a cost of approxlmately 1338.000. according to an | snnouncement made this week by

Henry W. Townsend.

County Will Build Bridge Another Span Needed to Comwete Grassy Sonnds Road to North Wildwood: Freeholders Met Wednesday

_. (Each started with S0.i. except where subscriptions I the Damnations)

etth

80.000

A0,000

A0.MI . Fowler Stratton 80.f 1 MAY COURT HOUSE

50.000 —60,000 50.000 60.000 60.000 50.000

-76,000 -60.000 -76.000

t Shields — 1 Timmons .

To facilitate the handling of contest business, the CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMER Contest Department has been moved Into the Flret National Bank Building. Sea lale City, and the Contest Manager will be at this office every day from S to 13 A. M. and from 1 to « P. M. All persons having business with the TIMES Contest Department will please call directly at this office, using the entrance on Parts street. The Ocean City office of the TIMES, 60S Eighth street, will be open every Wednesday night for contest business, from 7:30 to • :30, and as easary to ban

John Enright, of Trenton, whose topic was "Education." Roy L. Shaffer. Assistant Commissioner, spoke on the health program of the schools, and Louis J. Kaaer. County Superintendent of Schools of Burlington County, had aa his subject 'Consolidation of Rural Schools.” Everett Jerrell. of Cape May. was again elected President of the As— latlon; William A. Hallert. of lale C'ty, was elected Vice-President, and C. H. Newkirk. Secretary and

Th . e ^i rd V*?, 11 * 1 b V 1 ?“ et °JL th *! the Ocean City Board of Education. . oyal Order of Moose held on Tues- _ ,v d. v evening at the Busch Hotel, was Rodgers Company was tt

alt nded by forty members, Incl'.d- lowest bidder for the construction ing ibe women folk, and was one of ; work. This firm will commence op-

the most successful of the season's on * Br ii v-.

Tbe -.rA w,

William Shellem as Dictator of the * lTpn to

Lodge, and Earl M. Waddington me ‘ >lnr ' ° f *i Untlc ,helr b,d ^

Past Dlcutor. |lng tlfi.fi**.

HEW FROFE8SOR SEA ISLE CUT SCHOOL A new professor, or principal,

the Sea Isle City School arrived on Thursday night, at elx o’clock, and by reports up until press time, he likes hla new surroundings very mU pro eseor and Mrs. LeRoy J. Archer are In line for eongrati'laUona. The -dungster weighed seven pounds.

Mayor Irving Fitch acted as toast-

Richard H. Johnson Company, cf

Debt Now $1,443,265.37

At the meeting of the Board of Shoeen Freeholders at Cape May Court House oi. Wednesday. It developed from the report of County -engineer R. Fendall Smith that another bridge would be needed to complete the new road from Burleigh across Grassy Sounds into North Wildwood. This bridge will span what is known as "Mill Tall" Creek, a creek that the original plana called for filling In. It developed that this creek could not be filled in with permie-

A. H. Sapp -

Rev. Franklin

vs aao and everything is serene with the —Ir'ir: hta mother. Name? Not yet.

Edward C. Stevens Hubert Shaw Maurice Sofroney

Miss Hulda Heaton

Mrs. Olive McAllister Miss Mildred Pierson

Miss Clara Riley

Senator Edge Hits Ku Klux

In Addira Before CboBber of Coa-

rct of Court Boom Loot EzkL Speaker Scored AD -Bloc"

io«.reY .ad In'bl. .ddrea dwell up-1 Ore.. Cur. ree«r«l boll.

on .he rioiu or lb. liooa Lod... 1 ln.-..UUtlue ood plumbloe-ou, • „„„ "Purity. Aid and Progress." Mayor tatlon contracts, the termar bM ml; | riOB of the War Department, and Fitch said, in part: wh » U ^ 1 th * t th * con,r * ct w,lh the HU> "My friends. It has been two yeeni wo I* w,,, . .?* . ol !. ! Dredging Company would have to be - ace our last banquet, last year s ,b *! modified to eliminate this fill, and occasion having been marred by the | . suhaUtute therefor a bridge, serious accident to our esteemed sec- f ,u . d ‘®« *** ^*4^*. ,, f ,. w as *n i Proper resolutions were adopted to reury. and we are all happy that he , “ c ' de l "^ , i ;, 1 * f A 4 ,?®,L provide for the alteration of the Is with us tonight to enjoy this ex-; 0 ° 0 ;,, >e *V r n .f l ,, f ° rty ..^*1* w' pUns. this to be done without extra cellent feast which the Mlasee Busch 0 * recently halr cost to the County on the Hill conbsve served In such fine style. , million for Incidental expenses. tract, and providing for approval of "Tonight we are gathered under » plans for a bridge acroas this creek. the canopy of Purity. Aid and Prog- : __ . and authorising a bond Issue of not rem. the fundamentals of the Loyal LJ- L-.- 0 _.

Order of Moose, and as a Moose I nigilWaV DOalQ

teel it my duty to say a few words 0 ^

of what we owe each other as Moose. | Purity as affecting members one to-1 ward another to me means purity I •f mind, purity of thought, purity]

does not mean that we are t C cted to be angels and pious ci

res

Court Building Filled

CORBIN CITY

Mrs. Harry Whit-ng

TUCKAHOE

60.000 1 Miss Edna Corson

Frank Creamier

K0 000 George Davis _OI'.UUV U.r-w fin.

DENNEVILLE 1 E. Carroll labeth Fldler GOSHEN

-60.000 ;

—60,000 Mrs. Agues Sturmer .

60.000 jeadore Immcrman . .60,000 Eugene Katz

S. Lapldus -

Before an audience which filled

-50,000: the court room of the Court House

.’■ulldlng at Cape May Court Houae

_60.00f last night (Thursday) United States 60.0 j0 Senator Walter E. Edge, talking to _Sf.000 the Cape May County Chamber of 6D.000 Commerce, severely scored the Ku —50.000 Klux KUn and all kindred organlza_60.00 C tlons which defeat the wlU of the —60,000. majority by a strict adherence to

i some minority ritual or rule. *

—60.000 Senator Edge particularly dwelt _60 000 upon the practice of fllllbuatering In

the United States Senate, and told

—60.000 how U>e important Ship Subsidy bill —60.000 was held up for four months in that —60,000 body Through the tactics of the mi_*0.000 nortty Senators: how when a vote —60,000 was called one Southern Senator took

Visits County

in Roads Dunne the Tear to New

Hiehwav Commission

ires, but It docs mean a stralgbt—r» »rd and conscientious conduct. Otherwise we fall of the obligations ;

JSS’b.-SU?-. H °' y Want Shore Road Paved Aid in Us full sense means more i than the mere contribution of^oney i ^ new State Highway Commie-

more than 113.000 to pay for the bridge. The Clerk was directed to advertise for bids to be opened at the Board meeting on April 18th. Director Champion and Freeholdera Key and Foster were in their places a, Wednesday meeting aa were all the County officers. The Board meeting room had undergone some changes since the last meeting, the most Important being the provision for triple the floor space for spectators. and convenient desks for those

who needed them.

Other than the Torth Wildwood bridge the matters at Wednesday's meeting were largely routine. The

_6o!oPO the floor and for nine solid hours __6P.600, read from a manuscript of the

60,0# ° | M 7Tie L ^bove ls*the flrrt list of nOm- j League of Nations, a matter entirely 000 Inees for the 61P00 In prises to be I foreign to the question before the ' l^Sded May Nomination, are hotme. merely to hold up the vole. 0.000 coming In dally and more names will The bill was defeated by ona of the

‘.000 be added to our next Hat.

to a distressed brother or worthy Bion met wUh the May County report of the County Clerk for the cause: It means that we shotUd aid, Board of Freeholders and County month of February showed a net inwith love am; re«pect to our fellow- representatives at Cape May Court come of $1676. and a check for this man and endeavor to make ourselves House on Thursday from 11:16 un-■ amount was’ turned over to the a help to brother Moose in tll . 11: 45 ^ M l0 ^certain the a*-! County Treasurer. dally lives. Aid the upbuilding o. . f c M county in roads I The report of the County Treasour order, aid the upbuilding of our th^f y^r urer. Harry Headley, was read and Individual characters, aid In the Engineer R Fendall Smith pre-' ordered filed. It showed net balances work of making our City. State and the w i g 'hes of the Freeholders at the various banks of the County Nation a better place in ^Ich to and the prograln outlined to the of 3188.086.18 on February 1st and live and above aU aid in mainuinlng Highway Board was for the immed- » n*t balance on March 1st of $303.the principles laid down by those , ate compleUoil of the paying of thei 8M-23- This Included a considerable men who aided In the creation of ghore ^ far M Marshall's cor- sum of bond money, and for the curthls great nation. 1 fancy the Bol- ner w j iere ,|, e t urnB t a juck-' rent expense* of the month a rwoluabevtst definition of ’aid' Is to 'tear aho ^. immediate establishment of the 1 tion was adopted to borrow $10,000. down:' let us 'aid' to 'build up. Cape May to Lewes Ferry: extension In connection with the proposed "Progress, the last In the link. of rout e four from Absecon to Sotrers bond issue for "Mill Tail" Creek pictures to me the work of making Poln! an<1 by br)d(?e , cr oes Great Egg bridge, the County Collector filed a ou- order worth while and to th.. Harbor Bay to Beesley's Point: State supplemental debt statement, as reanswer to the problem: It tells me ald tn tbp and hard-sur-. uulred by law. showing the net debt that the men who conceived the Loy- facln _ of Rooaevelt Boulevard from I of the County to be $1,443,265.37. ml Order of Moose meant that those thp shore ^ , nto Qc-an City. — 4

who choose to become a P* 1- * ° f ,h ^ The new four-man State Highway great work should be progressive in | Commi8Sion toured an of south j er . expounding purity and rendering gey , n ordpr ^ ho , d a ^ rieB of aid. and unless we show P«*™«* fere nee with various boards of freethen we have failed in thework un- ho i dere on rlmd matters with a view dertaken. Our ultimate end depends ^ OTercoming the handicap of being

1 greatest lart minute , fiUlbuaters

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The prizes that are to be given .. u u rr fresh tag." he aald. "for one away In our frse-to-aH campaign are ] wbo has been tn that great dellbera-

wbo would like to realize big

from the use of t '

entirely upon our progreeeivent This applies Individually and collectively. and there to no doubt but that we all do not give theee princlplee enough serious thought." Fart Dlcutor Waddington took as his topic "Optimism.” He urged support of the Sea lale City administration. and if criticism be deemed nec : rurj that it be constructive criticism instead of Just plain “knock-

ing."

— Dlcutor Shellem In a few words with folks i made a plea for the support of the prompt- membership of the Lodge during his

I PERSONALS

E WE ARE BUILDING OUR » you have a chance to buy

1 for your house and

cn AAA pro* 1 trom roe use oj w ho dispatch their ousineas prompiaa aaa ■PAre tlmt in the next few weeks, j^ c « a voU without prolonged

cZ*r.AA! <-—U Avan* discussions. It would be a good oh- a handsome watch chattn was preca aaa l A -e-v orisa of tan doUan to of-, Jeet leaaoa were I able to bring the Rented by the Lodge to Part Dlcutor

■* ’ < i vhe candidate turning In the entire Senate her* and let the mem- Waddington.

;p agn arrount o^casb subecriptloii ben aee how Cape May County die-, other weaken were: Past DieU-

- n. hnalnM." tor Robert Y. Stevens. Herman Dla-

of international m0 nd and Robei: Maaaey. Music

Edge brought for dancing was furnished by Past In your, forth loud and prolonged applause Dictator Marurle's oi-heetra. and the Well when he said that "after e cloee first tuneful strains of the latest Jaxz kept workers hand study of European allaln 1 am 1 the feet of the Mooee and their , now more convinced than ever that ladles moving until the wee hours of

' the United States to doing exactly; the morning.

PEKBMONT

1 K*— tw fcj ^ o< MUkPETERSBURG the contest, ending April 17th at 6 ***.. fF^ ta mu p. M. AU subecripttons la the Cape Qoert^;

r Regina

Fee~whG the stayers and

. teally are.

two months behind in a spring building program. The delay to due to the prolonged refusal of the Senate to confirm a SUte Highway Commission. The Inspection tour ended Thursday evening. General Hugh L. Scott chairman of the board, pointed out that the South Jersey tour was the first inspection to be undertaken by the road board. This pronouncement was in effect a reply to the objections of the RepubUcan legislators, that Governor Sllzer did not name a South Jersey man to the commission. "We fee’ that we are all Interested in South Jersey.” said General Scott. "We want the people of the State to feel we are Interested In every part of the SUte. whether we «tae from

there or not."

or three and approximately nine tenths per cent, of the assessed valu-

ation of the County.

A resolution was adopted directing the Stone Harbor Electric Light Company to remove the ditused electric light poles from the side of the Avalon turnpike, these poles now being ready to fall over and constitute

a menace to the public.

Director Foster was empowered to have the Court House building root reshingled at a cost of $660. The contract for the supplying of gravel for County roads during 1923 was awarded to Warten Colder, for Pennsylvania Railroad shipment, and to William G. Moore, for Reading Railroad shipment. The contract for cinders waa awarded to E. Endlcott. and the cinders purchaaed up until this time by Director Champion from Earl M. Waddington. of Sea lale City,

was confirmed.

ORDER ADA SILICA CONCRETE BLOCK for your foundation and real satisfied.—adv. 17tf.

Wake U*! Get !■«*! _ .

mer will come again and with of a )] *. r debts from England j—flTr TRUCK IS OCEAN CITY. It a longing for an automobile. Lot ^ Fnnce j have great sympathy. STOLL TKULn. tto

I the right thing In exacting full pay-

re XiTprtSr 7o«, b. „ -; rlJre Fren“ i».rTh. m. Si BEIXEPLMH YOUTHS D JAIL ^“—“**237 ZS&’&iX 'fis* S.-’T.l’.S:

_ _p In and aee for yourself,

i Department Btores.

S THE TIME TO REPAIR

We have a good stock of 1 and heavy weight.

1 street

falling In this, land the Simplex ] undertaxed—actually the per George W. Brown, of thto city. ArRadlo Outfit—what everybody wants.. tax In France to one-third of msnda Chiappinl. 18. and James Don’t Miss Thu (hmorttmitr our tax. and the natural roeult to ( Hadley. 24. both <> f

How long would It take to earn that France to bead! tough' money to buy a Bulck Car. i tional bankruptcy

Irem, or bo.ro-. t,

that France to beading toward na- j held under $200 and $500 ball re- . - spectlvely by Magistrate Frank H.

iplon Roofing of Cham- { much ** Items of buslnem traasaeted at the I May'coun t y ^Cou rl' ' Both were com* and Wert avenue, this opportunity to glyen yot^ to _^n meell|ic on xhuraday were P**“6 e : m Ht*d to the Cape May County Jail

, N. J.

for

,v*. , have a ebaace to win * ro ™ “"T*; uti paving of the Main Seashore | ' “i^o^Yng to the police: Hadley, ACCOUNT HELPS ster should you fall to land ^ ^ Manlllial ., corner, and the tbe of tbe two prisoners, who

i tract of your erpendlgivee you a receipt for paid out. Open one I Security Trust Co. Cape

LE—BUICK TOURING, Ute model passengers, large family or hack- ‘ sale. $700. R. G. Hall Block. WUd-

[ for

I quick T City

David 1 t Garage.

Bulck.

Ton Cut Loee A special feature of thto contest ^ appropriated double the sum »pwhlch will appeal to all w *o are pro p r iated last year for the Delaware thinking of entering to that every- ia Cd i ng for thto ferry; requvrt for body taking an active part, and com- jjj oou County advertising appropetlng according to rvtoe a 111 » ln prUtion In X»24. and $20,000 for either a handsome and valuable pr'se moaqulto extermination the same

or a generous award la cash. Esch vaar

candidate to rewarded according

eatabltohment of the Delaware^ferry; former i- worked for Brown, to

report that the Slate of Delaware leKed ^ bave 8W) ien the machine and

An.0Mb th. «m. an- la * er me( Chiappinl.

Immediately after the motor car

was stolen, fliers were tent to all police departments in a radius of a! hundred mile# to apprehend the fugitives, and a few hours later the Bridgeton police arrested ChUpplni In the stolen truck, but Hadley ea-

He was apprehended In Mlll-

for a reward far in excess of the ef-

SS'i'm K re..'” T„ VV.d.a,,- U.. Tu- T. Job.

.< 8-..b s-.m, v,.re_

the effort put forth, and those who jq. SEAVILLE ORANGE GROWING -rtou. .«< 4,1—lb-W ^ WotUi, ItMUr Fruk Sw.lii rtSTwii— b * e ;

o-,(erred the fourth degree of tbe to tbe resbrt by Police Chief Howard

■TEN. TWELVE ^ID TI" ,7 U.. Tk- T Jok— -.1 Fol—.« G-r,,

Ford busses. Call Lennox. Town-

17-1 L

*LE—HUDSON SEDAN. ».county Time# that all served s cmcaen pnipi* surper. ro- i.urnea u> uw.ro u, ro« -- menger. s bargain at wri whato^ thT out-! nous Grange will be held Friday. m atlU. A still may kill Internally Plerpont. City Hall come. wlU win aomething for th* March 23, at Cold Spring Grange and externally, it seems,

spare time devoted to writing tub-

Wrif tlons.

(Cootlnued oo page 4)

about $160

What could be fairer or more gener- Grange,

ous thau tbe zuarantee made by tbe Before the meeting ous tnau roe .ua _ lhiU ' MrTM , a chicken potpl* supper

We read of two men who were burned to death by the explosion of

STRAND THEATRE OCEAN CITY, N.J.

Id wood.—18-lt.

-LARGE BLACK e $100. Mr. Bishop Ocean

I WHEELBARROWS

J J. Harding. >nnle N. J. * Point, N. J.—14-l$t. Use®

CONTRACTORS MAIL UB YOUR

Hats for builders supplies. We can save you moaey. Champioa. 10th

. and West avenue, Ocean City. "Look tor lbs sign.”—adrer-

.t 4tf.

Carpenters Wanted Ocean Citjr—SSc per hour EDGAR F. BERGER 3200 Artrurr Avenue

WANTED

6 Firrt CUm Cerpenter. 00 CENTS TER HOUR Apply l- Cokkaboon IU xii, *.. . OCEAN cm

Saturday, March 24 KATHLYN WILUAMS HARRISON FORD LEWIS S. STONE BEBE DANIELS IN "Tire World’s Applause" Added:— Electric Comedy : Felix Cartoon : Pathe News SPECIALLY ARRANGED EASTER PROGRAM

r- • j RICHARD BARTHELMESS rnday in d dorothy gish i.

"Fury"

c . J Paramount Pre*caU

Saturday gloria swanson m

"My America.! Wife"

ComedyPest of the Storm Country

Inkwell Cartoon

Pathe News

AGNES AYRES and

THEODORE ROBERTS in

Monday

"Racing Hearts"

Comedy

News Reel