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May County Times

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■u nix cm, oipi bat oorair, 1.1, ranix, octobeb s, 1923

NUMBEE FOETY-SEVEN

ber Opens s New Yea*

: Badss Reflect County Wealth

Delay Arouses Freeholders’ Ire Isaist on Prompt Completion of Ocean City Bridge; Contractor Bis* agrees WHfc Engineer

xjunty engineer, who oroerea not In tie syeclficattons, and •wythlng possible ■k. To tbts all three d that they had in-

IKFAHT MOETAUTY LOWEST ! D • 1 T~y • nr cape may county 11 oliucal 1 arties B«ti. Sate A™»k IbUjiU U Hitf** P ra , ne PlatfomiS in Mercer County

TRENTON—An fant death rate for 1922 1921 is reported by of Child Hygiene. ater than last year, s ill is that of the preceding jeers •tea progress in the effort to prevent unnecessary deaths in children under one year of age. The lounty which has had an inleath rate of more than 100 per 1000 live births during e last two years is Mercer County. The infant mortality ratg for 1922 was 78.7 per 1000 live

of 8.1 <

The lowest in Cape May County and the ncond lowest in Monmouth In 1921 Gloucester County nfant.mortality rate of 78.1 19*2 tb rate was 68.f T f-eaae wa* -*ue tb the extensive child hygiene wort efcrried on by the Bureau of Child hj^'-ne in cooperation with the Glo caster County Health Association. It is believed that Gloucester County should be set .p as an example to some other run i counties, both as to method for obtaining the best rechiid health work and f jr co-operation between the State Department and ubn-ofUcI J organisations or agencies. TWO HUNT nr AUTO ACCIDENT Two automobile drivers ware injured early on Saturday morning in which.they riding hit each other. Raleigh

driving a

received

aims. The

Goldlnger. who was

_ . Woodbine, passed a touring ear parked on the right side of the road. It was necessary for Goldlnger to go towards the left and

as he did Burgansky drvHjpto bis ^ ^ “ Goldlnger is a aoph*«pV4lfeft ^the cos

- - - -,th cars were

Wet Plank Defeated at EepnUicaa Conrention After Hot Scrap;

Edge Favor

to fores krin to live up tc A(s B AB&ESTEB B. /She Solicitor was directed • PASS

V-srrM Of the cottraet by while time wire be-

streng h*«B (or anotkaf chai put the thing orer.~ On his Ise not to attempt to efaM c bridge, and to pash the ' Quickly ss yossUde by putUn

James Wheatley, 48. of Wildwood,

Is lodged in the County Jail pen

action by the December Grand Jury on the charge of gassing bogus

Chief Cobb, of Wildwood.

be allowed, if

A charter has been _

- from the Compti oiler of the Currency I for a new National Bank in Ocean t City. The new bank is headed, according to-reports, by Edward M. . Sutton, well-known contractor and id. Postmaster of Ocean City, and Rusj a. Nulty, Treasurer of the Ocean

- td from Company

Sty Title and Trust Companj.

... TKs tmefc will have a capital ot »101!.00# ua . 01 tlOI.OH

’ Buk mmiiiMl' u.d U ’ k.r. nu la Uxn CIV

life

and In.estlgaters City during the

first sign of his lack of proper speed. — ■ —^ be taken fir— of inspection are be borne by the contractor. Advertise fsr Bidz resolution of Director Kay. the Clark was directed to advartiM for hide for the re-conetruetiou of Burnt MiU Co’.art, on the Woodbine to Marshall’•Ule Road. The engineer filed nis aadmate for this work at 17,669. and the job wiU be from the regular bridge tion. PhU appropriation, fact that the County's bridges are in better shape than ever before, shows a substantial balance as of October 1st, according to the report of the County Treaau-or. filed at this meet-

ing.

Jn line with the proposed extension of the County building*.. Director Foster applied to the trustees of the M. E. Church, of Court House, for the price of a ten-foot strip of lard on the south side of the Chun*, whies would be required by the County. A letter from Harry 8. Douglass, chairman of the trpsteea. offered the land to the County for 81,208.

Walter Dooley, a May pity, was this a thirty-day vacation Jail by Squire Shield

ek Invited tc a n the County , of. Cape May.

being drunk and dlsord

At the time of the arrest Dooley wss apparently trying to exemplify (ember Morn In the evening. It this condition that attracted the passerby's attention and caused the

ire of the authorities.

Work on Timtt Building Progressing Due to a delay in securing 1

tent, the progress on the

building for the Post Office and the Cape May County Times ofnees and printing plant was alow during the past week. All framing, however, has been cut and ready to put in place, and the foundation forms are

Oag Wat shall conUta five

• Mints end- shall be designated as

“Tbs Cbm Year- Prognu-.”

shall contain feu points andakall be 1 4 tbs "Five Yew Pror* . tk* lists so MbmJtted the 1

r- mitu. wili decide ugos ir <iad five ycnr progrsms

n submltUng Um "“T* *

tU*hN of the present two b situations.

The anrual T-^oiMn' Institute, of all u» tas'^re U this Count/, will be held la Wildwood this year on »*■»•*>»■ O'X*” ' RHuu U kr >»- MM to MM MMa U mM»

Thf. and u*xt weak is west, tor several of the Co clal* Director Joseph O. C

of the Board of Preoholdars. tott Thursday tor a motor trip through Penna/hranla; Director of rinaaee Robert J. Kay left Tlroredi./ for a trip through New York ■into; Surrogate Irving Flte> left Thursday tor a week in Norristown sad Delaware Water Gag. aad County Treasurer Harry Headley left today tor a two

motor tour ot New Jena/ and

Frost Thir Waak

,“ r r^Triv toeiw.n Uvwrad to OUbart ll^tb. b BSMmtMe^Mtoiu writ to Avalau. N. as tknths m*r

r-airsas „ tr Chamber ot Oo—naror grama and tha awm»d aa Wadnesua/ OC

Foob rush In where angel* have

UZ'iL'ZZZ Sn l SuM-“.e-r?K c “'

County, but not hasvy late crops. ” has continued d tbs day*, tl ful, have been cool.

fnr Shw Of the

Wt. 4tt adT. tl

During the past week J. Kellogg,

of Jersey City, and William Haalett, of Philadelphia, printing efficiency

a, inspected the site of the

new building and took Inventory of the TIMES’ plant, with a view of laying out the plant in the new Lullding with the greateat efficiency for pro-

duction and economy of operation. Next Friday Columbus' But Banks and schools will observe

Friday. October 12th, as a legal holl-

t being Columbus Day. In lea, and in the department the holiday is not g< nerally

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. DeBoi returned to their Neptune Street i on Sunday, after a visit with and Mrs. Jamas O. Hardle. In Both Mr. DsBow Mr. Ksrdls are Intorestoe la the demeat of a large gams preserve. Woodbine, which the/ recently purchased together with friends. WHY HAS THE BUSINESS OF Security Trust Comptny. Cap* May City, grown so fast If it isn’t because the people have confidence in them, and In their manner of doing business. and la tha directors, aad in the

Becker County Chairman By ZIP Both the G. O. P. and Democrats t the St&tg Convention, held in Trenton, last Tuesday, made valiant efforts to win the approval of the but fickle, public. The wets are just a wee bit drier, and the dry* are just a bit damper in theory. More excitement prevailed at the Republican caucus, where the wet element backed by a year’s promisee of throwing the Anti-Saloon League overboard, came loaded with ammunition enough to cause fear and trembling in the heart of Rev. James K. Shields, State Superintendent of the League, but after the dust had cleared Shields want away with a Victory tucked in his hip pocket. The big gun of the wets was Senator Walter Edge, who made it plain that he did not approve of the present state of affairs and favored a The wets got their first aeten the convention took a slap Chairman Stokes. Instead of Chairman Stokes acting as Temporary Chairman, which is the usual a vote was called for Tempo rare Chairman and Senate Floor Leader Stevens, of Monmouth County. 50. Thie is the that this has occurred for

yeirs.

a the platform was drafted the referring to the wet question

read. “We stand for a modification of the State Enforcement Act to har-

wlth any modification* that made in the National Act.” old friend. Senator Davey voted with tLe dry*, to the

nlahment of many not on the in-

matter of fact the control conveBtion laid wKh Uncle

Davey and he proceeded to kick the props from under Senator Edge’s am-

bition tor reflection.

Governor Bluer presided at the •mocratie Convention.' HU opening ad drees wss practically a synopsis of the platform ss it was afterwards adopted. Jim Nugent, the' boss of Essex County, trained his guns on the platform In a desire to place a plank for the modification of the State Enforcement Act. Hr only received a. few scattering votea ana was beaten. It Is quits evident that Jim U no longer a power behind the throne, and the present administrate seems to function mcceesfully without his adrice. One of the planks adopted wss the authorisation of the Chancery Court to appoint a receiver for utility companies that cease 'operating for ten days. This U aimed particularly at the trolley magnates. Another pUnk Is empowering the Governor to remove the Jersey members of the Tunnel Commission. Governor Silier laid particular stress on J)Hi ss be is not altogether pleased

if the Commission

that the State Highway Commission would h?ve to build approaches to the Hudson Tunnel at the cost of $1,000,000. This decision, which in the opinion of Senator Emerson L. Richards, of Atlantic City, counsel of the Commission, relieves the State of New York of the necessity of paying one-half the costa of the plaxas and other construction Incident to building the approaches. Incidentally many are wondering the real cause of the ire shown by Senator Richards towards the Governor. Last spring Richards was one of the Republican Senators that assisted in putting acroaa the small Highway Commission. Since summer, however, he has taken a creek at the administration whenever an 'occasion

It County Conurnttw

cker, of AvJon.'Waa re-elected chairman of a County Committee, at

don't you Join the procession, gad become one ot the Trust Company building!-- rispoaltora. and on* of ita booetor*. ouiioing. Joln ln , u prosperity T

Vsn Ira Kathrine Krais*, of Mrs. Priscilla RutherMay; Mias Mery £. i City; Miss Lydia J. dwood; and Mm. Marof North Wildwood, ss. E Footer and Ralph

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