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Resigna Clerkship

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i of tke ndUtor, *c 4 Io*» that war* w«i_„ -—l and hlrSdec under the r. Tha evrtlas Rprty swept by the ■ the top of the radl-

i la many of too towfca

Utilities Make, Gftod Showing

Brief Review of Year’s News

Court Sentences

tae Tooth Goes To Jamesbuf; Another Given a Week’s Sopite

Commissioner Corson Resigns

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DEATHS

I. bo treat damate n

9 drove the rain throoth the

■•ye vara.

pranka with aa

goyltal, CMir^bmrtSSMr. Hand was M and had beea U1

arrerai moatha

Staoe the death of his wife last

fTOH the euaw-ridden i the vMalty of PbiladfJpbU

sar-rtaed to

iHMdtOxn Gty Progreecrve Lestgoe » J. ivaaa. weU-kn

Toeat Men's Protreerive . Moaday eveaiac. defeatiai I T. Jastlee by a vote of S<

MffSrwynUDt victory

laaioHty of the

old be < *

elected

r. Or. 1. Thoraley . Lawrence NlckerWalter B. Alien, and

Those sleeted were: WiUlaa id wish. Dr. WUllts P. Haiaee, 1 Trent. Hiram & Mowrer. Al-

Jed spent

the home of his death tar. Mrs. J. & Bay. Ardmore, Pa., and his son. B. A. Bead, MerehaatviUe, N. J.

Ms Is snrrired by two other k

Bernard Head. Cape May. aad Albert &. Aland, editor of "Star and Wave." wwkly pobllcation la Cape May City.

Cm PtM» Em. Profil U 1924 A Grand 'AcWranM MmIa j

■ra oorrecUre

Ooesa City Ofi oal, Whs Hu Bsosat* lj Bssb in the LbasUght, Wm Step 0>t Karoh 1

Wat Prominent Contractor

_ fcxrtatsndsat of Public UUMtiee Be Beer sebmitted to the City Gommmdom at the meetlat of that bsdy _ xmntaf t ‘ “ 1*M. details

ef Mr. DePow br the Goon ■Wi the pnbUc utlUtl* dtv. dsenrfflat to the i aadtton pabBahed la U. — — — to elty U

«ated to flMM.71. Bor ls« wae tedasod to *S.*7I.M Is owe the city appronriatlon i •l*** more than ia 1»S*. bat at C

that a large n amber of offea< •we brought to Justice. The < m AUhrar J. BoU«fc of WIMmod. ! fmsd to be the outstanding criminal i J* the year. The eoavte- J

was bronght shout by en fa 1*4** la revenue, ia » or

and a d

of about I1.70S, which also tadudm c ‘ t5 «< 3

? r;

the ereetloe of the now * Use oa Minerva Street and c km with the Atlantic City Hr.

The realty values la the county

•• a great growth.

-Jas la Ocaaa City ., uu _ fl*.900,0eo to fu.000.ees, Which is than one-third of the satire

tea of the county. The Bapub-

p—— woo p radically every eonaty

^tee, excepting that of Woodbine, which Samuel <

a Democrat, won by a aa “*■ The voters of Sea tate Oity da-

te retain the r — -—

by a

ITejmwn Ooeper. e«e «. waa MntaocwJ Br*c£st ‘JS, '* ’g^£ 12X3

Clij Commlaaloner Brartoa A Ooraon. Director of the Stroet and Hl^hway Pepartamat. of Oaaaa City, tendered hia resignation aa a member of the City CommlaBloa at the Moaday meeting of the CwnmlaalonerCTTie reeignatlon la to taka •Tact on March

a^jthe.OKy Commlaalon. accepted the Director Corson, who ia St ]

sss

aad the bey . funUy. *£S'Tn' i Ztf a u SJ‘

at aa aieettea held laat May.

£ g

'Si * rsta* tor a wiek dlw^CfcSf

»eot ao he oould per off the

chronicled by tbe TIMES, wei Ob *ew Tear’s Ire Sherif 1

b im *01,010 klibwmt hours of current fa el even months at a coat per kliowat hour of .lldSc. There is no record of the pleat production for 1***, bu'

mptured Mght bootleggers unloading • hootch at Mosquito Point. 17S e J

Sent To Jamesburg

tor and builder, being at o epelated with the firm of Sutton A Norton, which built the Ocean QtySomer'e Point bridge. He eleo wae connected with the Corsoa-Orumeas Company, of Washington, D. C. Recently Corson came into the limelight, figuring In an alleged «- capede with the Philadelphia police over a traffic violation and more roomily figured In an alleged Atlantic City bad check passing affair.

of Scotch whiskey and tour trucks

1**4 product! n as a basis

tor coK^ariaon, and the 1*** cant per kilowatt hour was .lM7e showing a decided reduction In production cost in 1**4. For the month of ~ comber. 1**4, 1«.7#0 kilowatt he of current was purchased from the Atlantic City Electric Company, at a

January *nd—FreehoWars orgn i. Champion re-aleeted Director. January 7th—Oraaey Sound Bridge

destroyed by fire.

January 8th—flea Isle City Comm last oners adopt City Utility Mans-

er daughter. M t Philadelphia.

The eoasmoAitar of Bio Orarde was

auSerlag a grjat deal, aad la mite of his advaaaad ajpsjw

_ 'le'-oS: 1 rwpacled dttaea of

isre be zuo

Bio Grande, where

ago. He was atnambvr of the Metho- • Church aad Chaplain of both Poa Orange aad Cold flprl ordinate Orange. He leaves _ aad eight children to mourn hia teas. Mias Ella M. Corson. ™CaHtornia; Mrs. Carl Batberford aad Mrs. Burtaa Hickey, of Camden; EUon Oor-

i was tocmsrtr editor of i City Sentinel, aad at one 1 the Farreli (Pa.) News, i well known In this re-, tker of note and often services at the First and First Baj r this city.

tar Bright III i H. Bright. Senator fron.

ago. suffering an affec rt. and Is under the docQrsve concern is felt by r friends of the fmaily for r recovery on the eve of his J in Trenton on Tuesday, the

t Umnaaea of fortune a The fleeur.ty Trust Company

Xn. Detank *. raster Mrs. Deborah E. Fester, wife of Mr. J. C Footer, fo eman of tbe Oasette priatiag pleat, died Friday Tuesday laat to be operated

Uc City ■

faMuMag local plant tor the month of .flflle

the great aavlag to the elty ef this

a teas of ,4.98S.i< it 19** ed into a profit of fS.49l.SS in 19*4. Tbe dtv appropriation far (hte ‘

pertmeat. a

v as <1999

US*, but _ •till a profit of 91.a90.SS.

‘ util ty.

in 19*4 ttSTta

hare la ha rev-

-<re 91.799 neSw howia bull

IMS. white the ap-

rs about 9*7*9 leas. ta»Uh. of

January 9th—Judge Eldredgs fines

JMfifat at Moequlto Point

9990.90 each.

JrawiT uth—Brawni. Orart Jwties Luther Campbell assigned preside over Atlantic. Cape M Cumberland and Salem counties. January 15th—DeBow Qty Utility Manager of Sea Isle City. January lit!—County Tax Budgst alls tor 9451.158.41 to bo raised. 929.999.00 lam than preceding year. January 29rd—George R. Grim, of ” by -

January J 4 th—Trial of Anthony J. Bulloch, of Wildwood Crast, proves

aga nst 98.95 la 1988.

Ia the water utUty there was Just tout aa even break as between tbe two years, the profit being 9191.14 In 19S2 aad 9945.99 la 1994. The revenue* from this utility in 1**4 were 9T1* greater than in 19SS and the np era flag sipeneae »TH greater, tat

* ‘ .000,060 r.ior* gallons of ■e pumpod In 1**4 than In

192*. the eost per themmad gallons

of water pumped aad delivered

consumers ia 19*4 costing the d .047Jc as against .0781c ia 1*88. A summary of the operations of tbe throe utilities tor the two years shews s teas la 19X8 of 819.591.78

aad ia 1*94 of only 9**84.97.

uaty **tb—Mayor Courtrigat of Wildwood, .odgna skip to accept position with

Ony

Fsbnmry 4 th—E. *. Culve-

Pdatad Mayor to fill the

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to hardmirface Central Avaoue. la Korth Wildwood. February IS—Bullock found guilty Of criminal assault Sentenced - Mrve from five to tea yaara a 91999 by Judge Bdredge. appealed. February 19th—Freak storms of . rain and thunder grip coast ts flooded. Bootleggers* trucks J at Mosquito Point oa New Tear's Eve sold for 98900. Capture “* bootleggers approximately $14,-

vlvsd by on* daughter, Mtes Celeste, two eoas, Arthur aad Roy and aer

M.-e. Emma, wife l_ Buxard. axed 48 years, died at her home in Miami. Fla., as the result of an operation In one of the i hospital*. The deceased was daughter of the late George Everlaghem. a native of Capa May county, aad for years the family resided in Ooesa City aad Cape May City, where Mrs. Buxarl is widely known. Beside her husband, one daughter. Mrs. Lysis Towers, survivas.

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The residents of Sea tele will be sorry to learn of the deaths of taro of their old Umars. Dr. Howard J. O'Neill, one of flea tele's first eottagaway at his hem* ia WJB the

father of Howard O'Neill, who owns the Howard Apartments, on Marias Macs.

Mrs. Thomas Germania died borne at Belleplalae on Sunday morn lag. January 4. after a few days' 111Interment waa made oa Wedlag la Mill villa

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HoUi Btllird. Blcbtfa

Street aad Oeatral Avenue, Ocean — “* Good Meals (anytime) I may

1-1 yr. 1

1 as State Boxing

March 1st — County

Weight* and Measures Paul B. Carroll died suddenly at bis home at Dennlrrille. Hamilton tract, consistleg of fourteen blocks located in North Sea Isle City, purchased by Street A Riley, of Ocean City. March 10th—Eighty-eight mile per hour gale wreaks heavy damage. Roof of the Pa'aline, large Ocean City apartment house, torn off. TurnK roads flooded. William H. CampJr.. appointed Prosecutor of Pises of Cape May County. Howard D. Taylor, of Ocean Oil ‘ '

D. Taylor, of Ocean City, appelated a member of the County Tax Board. March 11th—Freeholder Rsbert J. Kay outlines Court House alteration

March 17th—County •90.000.000. Aa 919.000.000 over IMS. Battle brush fires la various sections of the county. March 18th—Mayor Gilbert B Smith, of Avalon, appointed as County Superintendent of Weights aad Measures to succeed the late Paul E. Carroll, of Dennisvllle. March 91st—Government abandons " * City light *

"If you have the ■and” to suck to . you can turn time into dollars thn -tgb a savings account in Security

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up dollars of your own. and

turn will pile up other dollars at 4

• compound Interest. You to the pile by mall.

—9-lt-adv

March Mrd Ocean is over third of entire county. Assessed for 9*9.476.159, an Increase of 19.000.000. March 94th—Cap* May City Commiealoners proteat again* t? per cent, valuation Increase. March 99th—William Lake. 89. Ocean City pioneer, burled. March Mth—Thom** E. Ludlam, Jr., appointed receiver for Holmes Fish Company, of Sea tel* City. March 29th—Emanuel Klefler. 85. of North Wildwood, killed by truck while alighting from street car at Third and Pennsylvania Avenues, North Wildwood. Apm April 1st—Ocean City National Bank opens. James Robinson, colored housebreaker, of Ocean City, een(Contlnued on Pag* •)

Wood Will There Have «e To Learn To Behave

Utieal circles 'that Corson* 0 would

eventually resign.

Under a reent State law the new Commlselone will be chosen by the

s3*ool P l£!Sd br ““’D”* 01 * Townrap Wood waa accused by his school teacher. Mias Aura Wool* m. of being unmanages Ms aad as being the instigator of much of the trouble «L*t haToccf^ “ the SouthBoavUlr School Wood, who ts tall for his age, 01 hu tsacher. Sh that Wood frequaptly caused the . ^^•^ p "K ly .u52tE necessary for bo- to allow Wood

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-Alfred Urauhatt. the local truait offteor. who Uvea opposite the school, .taled

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Sea Isle City Mm. C — -

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rsMsbTfsr 1 ^ JdsSBlt**I «£ T25Ly® Ur ~ *“ “ °~“ ^

family left W<

ter^jato. few day. with frteads to Mr. Stuart, who cooduets a meat mar-

Dlrectrr Campbell _ _ crat aad Director Champion is a Republican. some difficulty may be found in selecting a man agreeable to both side*. Talk has been free over the pro* pact that the city manager plan of government, which waa recently adopted by Cape May. would be in vogue in Ocean City before summer. However, two special election* would have to be held here before March Arot, If the city managership waa

The Oommlaslonerx held their regular meeting in the Commlaelonerv' rooms. City Hall. City Cleric Morris made a com pie e report of the •pedal election held last Tuesday. Mayor Joseph G. Champion read a communication which gave the State requirement for tbe establishment aad maintenance of a free municipal public library. The library will be governed by a

be tbe Mayor and Superintendent of School*, together with five other member* to be appointed by the Mayor with the ■eaetion of the other

The five appointed a have a term of from one to five yean, aad each vacancy shall be filled by a member appointed tor the number of yean remaining la the term of the five year term trustee. The trustee* appointed by Mayor (Continued on Page I)

ss rmsnier cm in* nmsncsn SCOTS smi r.af.a •as.- ysss-w it Wednesday with friends In Sea

atrstJSBwie. but i« to fisa bis City for

u.IMSSK.T&B"---n’. BuiMlng and Loan ectog laat •STiZi Fitch _ __ ..•ntui — srx Stn, rST z,"iz°tsxf?£z ■■ “ 4 M to th* town. No new head, a hurried trip to d to sutecieot new ^ " ifC OaJlrn and bsr brother. Wor

■is. Philip J. Walsh

Mrs. Philip J. Walsh passed away at her home In Philadelphia reatly. She waa th* wit* of Philip Walah. who built the Welsh Memorial Homs For Orphans, known aa Camp Cardinal Doug

dollar*—more often. It to pluck. takes grit to start now and keep at It. but soon it will be easy, and th* Interest Security Trust Company. Cape Ma? City, pays at 4 per cent, will be a rich reward for your efforts. If you deposit your savings with them, and you can do It by mall. —9-lt-adv.

Sailed Per OaUfenia

it of th* Sea w.rres, and his

A* City Chamber c

wife, smomssnlsd — Craoscker sad Ous Cron ocher New York yesterday on th* 8. ».

•— — CalifoSka Stop# will be

Of. Panama Canal. San :

J"* 8 treasurer^ at Court He as*; a s±z.

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MATINKK DAILY ttto

•undsy, Jss. it— Laurette Taylor ONE NIOHT IN ROME

RACING LUCK

Tbs Os-Getter*—Flrt When Ready

Friday A Saturday, Jan. 14-IF— Reginald Denny. Laura D-Plante to THE FAST WORKER Into the Net—No. •