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CAPE MAY COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER

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Wildwood Will Have Rotary Club

James Chapman Postmaster 20 Years, Dead Was Pioneer Resident cf. Sea Isle and Prominent in Business Circles

Leaves Widow and a Son

FtoUowtnf as IHncs* of aararal ymn. Jamas a Chapman, postmaster of Ssa Isle City, dlsd at

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Claims Salary Under Tenure of Office Act

Case of Shaver vs. Avalon School Board Aargued Before Acting Commissioner

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Stnhah Reserves Decision

m cass of I. H. Shaver, rf Sea Isle City, asatast t of BducatlOB of the Bi Avalon, for the payment of ealary durln* the preaest achool year and for relnstateaea*. ' *■ ‘

Baby Killed, Six Injured In Auto Crash Friday Night Ocean Gty Party Out For Evening Drive Run Into By Car Containing Diree Men Said By County Detective Higbee To Have Been Intoxicated

First Aid Rendered Victims By Sea Lie Gty Doctors

tr» of Baa Isle City, comln* from Philadelphia thlrty-Sve years Ha was bom la PhUadal. on January K. IMS. and as an Infant was taken by bis paisata

Ua. While In E up the trade of priattus sad ed his apprsBOeeahtp. While In Philadelphia he v as a printer, and noon beet master of his trade. HU e to Ssa Isle City was t

Upon the death of A. Q. Hide, a fast friend be left the TIKES take charge of the tosinesa of A.

Waste in Preventable Accidents Amazing Figures Presented To Rotarians By Insurance Co. Representative

Hx Ocean City residents wore badly Injured and an Infant killed instantly on Friday evening about 8: SO, when a Studebaker and Chevrolet eolllded head-on between Sea Isle City and and Ocean City Gables. Motorists coming from Stratb*re and Sea Isle City found e occupants of the can lying the road while others wsro walking around in a dase. The occupants of the Studebaker ear were Christopher Jaeoby. Mra. Bailie Jacoby. Krs. Joe. Meehan and her 0ve-weeka-old Infant. William J., and Mra. Catherine Roonsy. all of Twelfth Street, Ocean City. The occupants of the Chevrolet were Allen Wilson. 5110 AaAvenut; WlUard NcNatt, .r-iory Avenue, Ocean City nines Haje. 375 Third Ave-

M. J.

e of Dr. C. W. Way and Dr. sue Way. Sea laic City, by

lain -Stevens. Sr.,

ens. Jr.. Doc Jones. A1 Davis.

TLomas Jefferson.

Isle fnty. and H. B. Whlttekamp. of St rath mere and others, wh'ers they were given ftrst aid treat-

meat by the doctors.

The Infant son of Mrs— Meehan was killed instantly, talking a fractured ekull broken neck, being struck ou the right side of the hei little child died in its mother’s arms. After being given Irat

Sea He Couple Robbed in Philly Car Broken Into and Wearing Apparel Stolen Mr. and Mrs. George M. Rung, of this city; hso sn unpleasant experience lart week In Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Rung left this city on Saturday to spend itlon touring Pennsylvania. morning they were tplng In Phlladel-

their car on

Street, between Tenth

iventh Streets,

i they returned to tbs car.

that It had been

Into and all their effects stolen. They reported the Incident to tbs Philadelphia police, who assigned detectives to the case. detectives apprehended igroee. Watching the closely they apprehended

beard 5. 1111. and later for rsinstatemeat. as his . *, a»-. viisLrrtz but get into the Gilbert Smith, board, former Mayor of Avaloa. whoa gveotioped by Mr. '

Invites -GtiTh» Address City Rotary Club •«> to aU tbs , City to hew

•Park, and was a t of the company uatii fcU deal four years aa CHy Con holding the ones

g* aahod Mr. Smith waa "Do you

handed to you anxiety or undue insel for the board

Hand, objected to tbe gumam and be waa s-URm-

by tbs

crrains whetlm^or pot tbe reMg-

naUoa bad bew aooeptod.

H. Barroe. nreMdest of tbe Board of RdueatlMi of

Avalon waa called ts stand by Hi

Mr. Hand. He teodSed that he

to go to ; JMu a I he appeared belter, and was brought home on September id not regain his strength, r knew that be was snfrom an advanced case of and happily dlsd * ig-

ot this.

Ha U survived by ha wtdrw.

Nelson B.

Cuapmsn. of Camden.

WHAT ms

Mr. Shaver's reelgnatloa. He si that Mr. Shaver had bee* pa for tbe yew. though be was c employed as teacher. ThU a

Mrs. Mabel Uoyd vice preMSeat, wea next called to tbi 1. She said that Mr. Sharer's

Avaloa board eeemed to tw «»1-

ln recalling tbe date of

,..Ag Mr. Shaver's resigastion and as the minutes of their

aga tailed to disclose this

fact, tbe only proof appetred to be the verbal statemenu of the

Said 75 P. C. Preventable

Of course, it la fact that a majority of the accidents of every nature are the result of carelessness, but Just how large that majority is and what the resultant losses, is not known to the general public, perhaps. startling figures were to tbe attention of the of the Sea Isle City Monday evening weekly dinner by Mr. peon, of the engineering of the Travelers’ In-

most the by the

other

It

out-of-State care. The prisoners were glvan a Miing before Magistrate Penick and one of tbe prisoners Kjuealed," making It possible for the detectives tc round op a gang of thieves, all negro**. Nine negroes were arrested and held under flSOO ball each for C °m”. Rung waa ah Is some of his personal el hie wife did not iw article. Most of the sU

rendered

further use. Philadelphia police bedleve that they have a gang of thieves have been a source of comp for tbe last four or five years, tout who have evaded the clutches of the law. It Is expected that tbe negroes will be given stiff

sentences.

that 76 per cent, of the a In the country were preTbat Is they wars due

M. these last figures t arrived at by a computation of the ige life and working period, total loss In days was

Subscription Price of tbe TIMES Reduced Commenda^Ftth this date. October 1. IMS. the sobseriptio* price of tbe CAR

COUHTY TIT

be re-

11.50 a year to 51 ‘Shoved and ktewiaf machinery nutaHed during tb' past year, including a Duplex webb pmt, hare proven that a saving in the production oast has been effected which we

Cc. Tax Board i CuttSenWe ’ AngMBwnta Allows Appeal* To tbe Amount of Oval SUD.000 —MoaHy Umn.pctrtoi LM.

r£.; ample a person who has just snberibed for a year at fl.50 win get the TIKES for a year and a half without further The THUS has nem covered its field as thoroughly at it dees today, nor has there ever been produced in Cape Kay County a newspaper which to ty asim, 1 and at the tame time

ty Tax Board, i by a eutemeat. ahowlhl tall Ulowances made body la stoesemeatt on rt properties In •wW. by tbe awns* ~ *

flM.OOS .which will I a cut In tbe total tax As tbe city 1 in wbleb to n definite netloa was t

fire loss of $675,000,000 annually,

toll of 86AM killed

and 186.000 injured, it is. as Mr.

Btmpeoa *01 Us* to. MS*, reme-

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Mr. Smith, wnen again sailed „ the stand, declared that the Ps real-Teacher's Aswiclstlon o( Avalon had printed s resohi non to the board In Sepiember. 1816. reouestlng Mr. Shavers resign at Ion. no charge* beln| preferred. He said tbel the earn,

evening he Informed the

tloa that Mr. Shaver bed resign ed end that the boerd had ac-

cepted hU reslgnat* 00 - Mr. Btranan navlsed

Shaver and Mr. Hand, counsel for the boerd to present their aiguuents to him. He said be wo'“wlthhold decision uaUl that III K r . shaver holds life certifies tee to teach la two Statss Mice Mary Hildreth t« now head of the Avaloa School.

Illustrated Article On Gape May Co.

Appear* in September Usue of Rending R. R. Magazine

A two page Uiustfatod article

om Cape May County by W. R- D.

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in the September i lbs Reading Railroad

an Idlereeling puhl monthly by that R

The article entitled "Cape May .All tbe Year," tells of the advantages and otttacUons this county and of Ita exhibit at tha Sesqul-Centsnnlal Exposition Illustrations In the article are from photographs which were taken for tbe preparation of the

large perapecilve

the county exhibit at tbe Seequl. They are airplane view* of Cape

City. Wildwood and

Oft is

in the article, which la a mighty fine piece of publicity for Cape May County. The banking concern that makee money for Itself can be safely relied oa whoa you wish to be safe in making your deposit. They will help you in many ways. Try Security True! Comp-ny. Caps May. when you wish banking bust-

ably Internal Injuries. RE. CATHERINE ROONEY, grandmother of Mrs. Meehan, probable fracture of hip. bruise* and cut*. JAMBS HAlAi. driver of Chevrolet. leg bedly injured. ALUSN WILSON, shocked, the •as*. Injured probably of the even. WIUpARD McNATT. broken

mdltlon of the tails of the Studeon their way to Sea Isle City from where they Intended going to Ocean View and returning by that way to Ocex City. They were moving along at a moderaty-rate of speed and we;; on the right,band aide of tb* road on the way

City.

The occupants of the Chevrolet, which bore Pennsylvania tags, were on thei.- way ti ■ City. They were goinj - Isle City. It la alleg * going 3t a high rate of

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YOU CAN OWN YOUR HOME. The building and loan plan Is the nomlcsl means of financSee Irving Filch, secretary, Tradesmen's Building and

lale City.

Elected Directors of Ocean Gty Bridge Co.

(ttm Linen Show*-

> home of ae present

Planning For Sea He Basketball Fans Hope To Secure So. Jersey League Franchise Plans are being made for the basketball season In Sea late CityLast year this city enjoyed big

Of the two reprovers the equal of Tbe regular first mostly of B star*, was of Mg Local Ass.

franchise In tbe S We. Matters look vorable that tbe local colons will be able to obtain the franchise. this year will on the Excursion rhlch by the way. la one of the best in South Jersey, very few cages equaling It The is being sre—rd this - It Is expected that practice will be held as soon as It is '

and opened sins on West * Central A Forty-second Street, three hidden for the work, as follows: ...ri Newton Bugbee CetopSnW Trenton. 91T.4M. John Wright; Peermont, $11.- - tlantte $88.8*8. The bids were

the moral tntsrcst of the employer In the employee, which would make Urn look out tar the safety and welfare of the worker i

Miss Agnes Courtney of her wedding at tl Miss Ruth Hahn. Those were tha Hisses Agnes Courtnsy, Lillian Wright. Margaret Anna Busch, Ruth Hahr ertae Reed and Mrs. Horace Rice. An enjoyable evening by all. refreshments b< at a lata hour.

Security Trust Cape May. has capital and surpli of 1700,600.00; deposits, over $6.000,000.00 Think It over when you have banking business—Adv.

There will be a sentatlve team as year. The Une-u v of this team will be composed of sevenl new faces and it ts hoped that the schedule of the team will bring team parts of South Jersey.

lint Game of Grid Season

JOHN SIMPSON Lndi.eerlng Department of Travelers Insurance Company, who addressed Sea isle Rotartans Monday evening on Accidents, Their Frequency and Causes.

Winter Schedule, of West Jersey Trains The winter schedule of the Isle City. Ocean City and Bi Hartoor branches of the West Jersey and Seashore Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad went Into effeo* last Sunday. On week day* trains will leave -a Isle City $:«« and $:8T A. ., and 4:44 P. M. On Sunday. T:1S A. M.. 8:8$. 4:81 and 6:68 P. M. Trains leave Philadelphia for Sea Isis City 6: i*. 1:81 A. M. 1:15 P. M.. (Saturdays only) and 4:1* P. M. On Sunday. 7:10 (Excursion Train) 1:4* A. M. and 8:80 P. M. Trains leave Sea Isle City for Ocean City at 1:88. 11:16 A. 8:01 (Saturday only) snd 6:67 P. M during the week. On Sunday* 1:6$ (Excursion train) 10:16 A. M. 3:01 and 6:07 P M. Trains lea vs Ocean City for Sea late City. 6:80. 0:06 A. 4:11 P. M. during week daya; t:46 A. M. 3:00. 4:04 and 6:30 P. M. on

of real eattta. The r be referred to the City. 1 for an opinion. . - *v A djecueeion of a heating sy% tern for the new firshouae and palnftag Of aame Decupled, the remainder of the aeealoc..

Endorse Capr May Co. Historical Society Propositioc Approved By D. of A. R.

mg, itera uie -w, ^ *— ence Eld radge. West Cap* May. endorsed the tarotag at a Cape May County Historical Sdc*nt*.- ! A committee consisting of the officers —rrHaSt

A. R.. tha chair to bear a plate with the inscription. "Cape Key Patriots Chapter. Capa May OesnMri. BUd-

Small Canrc Court Judgment Justice of the Peace. Luther I'. Garretlaon. of Cape May Court House, held Smelt Cause Court last Friday, the following Judgment being rendered. Federal Hat and Leather Company. Inc., of Philadelphia, vs. M. R. Dee Hat Company, of Woodbine. Judgment was for plaintiff for $161.18.

The good cltlsenahlp tenting held in the Lutheran Choreh last Thursday at f addressed by H. H. Atlantic City, waa quite wall attended. It wa and all present took the position that tbe speaker made It clear, that as Christ ten people we ware not aa faithful as wa In the exercise of our right of cltlsenahlp In the support of y»u. clenn candidates for office.