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CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. II. NO. 5.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1902.

Subscription—$1.00 per Year.

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THE LIGHT -CONTRACT AWARDED CAPE MAY ELECTRIC CO FOR FIVE YEARS RESOLUTION BY MR. WARE PASSED--CITY SOLICITOR TO TAKE NO ACTION ON CERTIORARIE PROCEEDINGS A SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING UP AN ELECTRIC LIGHT ORDINANCE, AS THE PRESENT CONTRACT EXPIRES IN July. An ordinance waS PASSED TO SECOND READING tract be entered Into^ilb the Cape May Electric Company, onraroeuclng- fnim August 1 next, at a cost of thirty-five oenia per light per night. No other business wait transacted ex eept the offering of a resolution by Councilman Ware, ordering the City Solicitor to make no defense against the ceniorartc proceedings, instituted some time bsck by Miller and Hurley opposing the FranlfMn Electric Light Company? which was paased. The Councilmen present were: Stephen B. Wilson, Walter S. Ware. Lemuel E. Miller, John Hatpin, and T. Maskel Sharp. TIN CANS7*. DUCKS. Lasso Suggested For This Scien-

tific Conner.

Dunk stories sre In-coming more numerous and more varied In chararter The latest is that which came to the Ukuai.ii porter a few day a ago Whilelbat

d by Ui

(Julius firing of a guti, which ini lit have been taken for Il.jwey’a Uinihardmetu of Manilla. How ever, a c)*eel olnu'rvation discliwed Ihi- lad that our genial con tractorjwid" lot I liW, A. H'. Faulkner, attended by two ofShls apprentices who were engaged In thr/Xlni; _ii« cans inui tl* air. "Praeticirig tlw Ih*s." tiny as d to the reporter.-a» hr quh-Oyap-pi-arnl on the scene When nrarly a dsi Kail beeta tlius s|s-iit and many |niuiid- of ammunition shot sway, to tlie boys’ sinusi-ineii' and tin- Is is-.' rX|s-iise. he was by thia time able to bit a can on th'wing.' B^it cans ami dunks - art- quite diff-rent kind'ot iiirds, as Mr.-Faulkin r afterward leynn-d The day arrives..tlir hour of ilepantir is at band sod At , in taking l-.-sve of hifrieiidN at the ’•Web." tells thein tlial din-k shisiting is purely a scientific art. based upon lecliuicsl princi|*les. anil-fhal.. every 'liff)' who cviries a gun docs u-4 understand this tbcoy. We next fi — i hnu in th" V rlnlly of Jarvis Sound-1 m-suinw sTowCd away iij a sail pond bux. i waiting—yea. watching and wailing— for ducks. After seewnttHRoOTs thnapent in patient anticipation, a lone duck approaches. Al.. aomewhal benumbed by the cold and a trirtc sire from'hilong cramped poaiUou, slightly Ha»-s (thinking.with an nxaltiiig smile of tbs< tin can practice and Che benefits derived therefrom.) The duck flared ! AL ahoUl After ra«king a complete circle the. bird diaappeared, and with it a viaiun of acicn tlfic arts aod tochnical principles vAis now but a shadow of 'the past. How. ever, we verily believe had Mr. Faulkner had a plum-bob, chalk Hue, aquare or 00mpus, could -describe circle*, semi circles, right angles and trisuglas in a manner surprising even to the dock who Would never have made more than a aemi-ciicle before Al.'s plum bob.would have shown the course be bad taken. The HkkaUD man after bearing the* before and after of the above trip would suggest that Mr. Faulkner, on other similar occasions, tike s iseao with biro, and not compare a can with a duck—in this particular kind of flocking. Thieves Loot Office. Charles H. Dougbcny, oue of the ©oromission merchanla'at 901 B. lOth Bk, Phiiadelphia, reported to tbs polloe Mon. day that his uScein the building at the southeast corner of lOib and Waluut atreeta bad Imm entered by thievm time Saturday afternoon between 8 and K o’clock. Th* door bad been forced ow-J aed a valuable iol of sample goods sad

FACTS IN BRIEF. Matters of General and Local Interest Mentioned. There la talk of a shoe factory locating In Woodbine. Arlington Steelman, of Tnckaboe, was badly burned about the face while operating a gaaollue engine. The Sea Isle City Board of Trade will take atepa to ascertain the owuorshio of the beaab front at that reaort. The valuation of payable property in Cape May county baa Increased from $7,025,424. In 1901. to $8,140,000. Maybe the slaughtering of machine political stocks 1* hot a foretaste of what la in store for the machine itaeif. Rev. J. Morgan Davis,' of Etonlowu, will occupy the pulpit of the South Dennis Memorial Baptist Church. The handsome cottages have lieeti^cbm-ph-ted at Sea Isle City for Dr. Thomas Hack, of Philadelphia. Thousands of surf clnma are being washed up-m our ls-achi-a and ani being gathered by the fishermen for codfish

halt.

Captain Enoch IngersAl, of Titekaho*. had hla hand badly roaahod a few days ago by an 80 pound weight falling

mi it. J

■ Thrte new members of City Council are to lie el-cted at Sea Isle CUv In March, and caudldah-s are already coming to

th*- froot

P*iam The latent and beat for HeadLIKIII aciica and Neuralgia. Send io ■ I iVU ccnU j^’ ri N ?’° P°- B®* 57.

CURRENT COMMENT MATTERS 0? GEHERAL AID LOCAL INTEREST DISCUSSED.

An Impartial Review of Matters Under Thonaht—The T.lk .( the Gosaipa.

t by the sunset sea. Matchless in thy worth and greatness, Deathless shall thy glory be. Set with hills of getulike beauty. Wash'd by ocean's restless tide, Studded thick with .wealth of forest; Treasures rich in thee abide. >— When officials reaort to vover they coi foaa they are up toaomothing which will not bear iiispec>lou. When they take tbn public into their confidenop they bring tbe whole conimnuity to the aup|>ort of wise measures and get'tbe benefit of friendly and intclilgeut criticism. It is just tbe difference between good admluian and bad. Publicity insures the Secrecy prumulea the other.

u work out ilanwn deaiiuy. stead of one anpremc leader R l

alld declarationa of policy were dictated

ralla on the road between Ope May and , bj (bat leader. But the party ;,,WIlle - . j la now dcpriCdof that guiding brain The eliicVcu farm of E: L. and L. «• | b, lhruWll up()n , tB owu reaooroe.

Rice, at Di-iitilavllle. la a sight to behold. | &l| thomamUof little ehleken. are of

itched out weekly. j x diaw> and |„ a raultitudo of oounscllois AlUtonih imarly thr. r vear. ha. .-lap- ! tbrn . m ay 1m- either wisdom or oonfuaU.... ■d since the sewerage System was star- | The r<ir (i^eral dewtel st Se-v Isle Cuy the system has ""t | ^ !„ Senate was a significant

illastratinn of the changed Cimdllhiua Uiat have befallen the panyT'Ut la plain , that fur at least some years to oume, uti-

Tbe women tj| m new (eador of ooa , m . nd | n| ' a nt hority'

.tld not even waab the dUbea. | roc rit-««l m-iuey-w .11 control

K.. Urn M L strr. partor the rR- puhlioau o.a.ncila.

Method.at Lhu'ch at Oreeu tlreck, has declined the offer of |he piesidm.cy id the |

New jersey Home for Friendless ChU , The large halamn, in tlw Stete Tress-

I ijry baa served to a rrset tin- atlention of

Word has come from Like Charle^ I e v «ry depaftroetit of the goremmmt and La., that Hie Rev Daniel L. Hughes. D.! « '»• time in the f.iatory of

i. The total I

Company has

FIND Cape May, N. J.

.Sea.. ...... important nnm | n laving 100-pound declaration, of

j leader.

The West Jeraev and.Seavhor.- Railroad 1 lm

The death of General W. J. Sewell has

brought ihe Retiuhlleai-: party of New Jera-.-y face to face with new conditions. The old order of things has passed away with the departure of the great Camden

For a quarter of a century past irtant nominations, appointment*

IrOty «

it Wn placed in operation.

A church supper wa» given at Wildwood ] u on Tnewlay night, which was clinked j „

and seivod by the

New Jersey

of thia city, is very ill there Irom j has'there 1«een such a clamor for Bute

in hia eiglity’-r— 11 moo*

paralysis. He is now

jear. . (

A recent southeast storm washed huussiida of alenhuo-i iIhi-lK--ai:li at Sea

City, at n for ii-

hi making flower uuiuiidv r ik'Xl MjiMiin-r. a

Wildwiw-I council ha* amborited treasliner .nd collect ion U. V. Van Horn to ..Lifv bondlioldeni Jiia- tbe oUlalanding . b-nuis of fbc boiough "will be rvdeeuind

and lisid in full by March 1.

Even the inacpl^e leaders are now ■isbaiued inackuo s ledge rr*|iou*ibliity lor Opiuioo party; the old theory mg can make no break” was rather severely'jarred in the campaign of

.sat Nofcniber.

The big railroad bridge at Townacnd> Inlet waa so badly dainag--d by recent storm tides that it will probably take

three tnnuth* to repair tbe dai will !»rubahly omt the West Jel

Seashore Railroad Company $25,0U0. A valours cutoff from railroad couneo-

Uotia. »

.age, a

S. Stiles; recording secretary, H. L. Stafford; treasurer, Harry Blackaou; incite wnllncl, Joacpb Clark; outside sentinel, John Wright:

To Protect Oyster Bed*. The New Jersey Slate Oyster and Shell Commiaatea met in Camden Monday and discnase£ the advistability of new laws for the'bcttcr protection of the oyster. Delet were present from all the southern

n decided to haves bill in-

nonry as there U to-day. Tin- Morrih 'Pisins asylm

Form

iptl.ig

wi erectiou of a now Sonnt h t hem suggestions are

nm as usual

subka a big allowance. Former Governor 1 Vnorboee suggesred In his last animal ■nrmage that the State House park, be enlarged and President Francis, of tbe Senate, In hia speech accept lug the gavel,

Strongly urged the ei ate chamber. Both

likely to be favorably considered. State Comptroller William Hanonck suggests that a larger sum be appropriated towards the reduction of the school ux in accordance with the plan of cxScnatnr Spikes, and there is a proposition before tbe Legislature to have a new Normal School bnllt in the northern end of the State. Essex county Mica for an appropriation of $250,000 for a school there, while Hudson county has put in a measure asking $800,000 for a Normal

School. Esae^ia III the merabern are of I

Another request is for $20,000 to an equestrian statue of Oenqral Sowell.

jkety to win out, aa the Republican party.

Dryden Elected Senator.

John F. Dryden was elected United States Senator from New Jersey by a strict party vote at noou ou Tuesday. 1 Tbe Senate and House Of Ataemhly voted

separately la their respective chambers.

Mr. 1

mexpired five yean tbe late Senator Sewell.

Drydeu will go to Washington to fill

the unexpired five

ira of the term of

Wi-tlneaday the

Senate and tbe Assembly iuenn-j«iut aeaaiou; the journals of both bouses werfc read and Mr. Drydeu declared Senator

from New Jersey.

Scheme

7TS

injoy Wealth.

PERSONAL INTEREST. GoBBip of the Besort In Whi^h Yon May Be Mentioned. Mr. Samuel R. Stito» ha» the dlrtlnat; Inn of being tlie firet to liring out hia alelgli and take advantage of the first snow fall. Mr. A C. Glle, one of our)no»t promineul business men, after ajichding a pur. lion of tbe winter in Philadelphia, has returned and is now permanently located Rev, Alfred J. P. McClnre. of Phils, delphis, will preach In tbe Episcopal Church of the Advent on Sunday, and at will be the

iyer Davis baa sent out cards , February 4 aod 11. after 4

Mrs. 8. Boi

for Tuesday, February -I o’clock at her realdcui St reel. Tbe card of Mias

ice, 2 aa Ci

2134 Locust larollue Hare

Davia, 1623 Spruce street, la enclosed. Mrs. Samuel A. Bisphaui a reguli summer resident here and the Misat

Bispham gave o'oloek on Tuesday, at their residence, 2318 D* Lsucy place. Mr. George C. Edmunds, of Wert Cape May, underwent s second operation Monday afternoon In Philadelphia, hia physician here. Dr. Westley R. Wales, being present. We are pleased to note that he is now rapidly improving. Mr. Jobu Cox, after a sojourn io tbe South, has returned and joined Mrs. Cox who waa a topping with her father, D. F. Crowell, West Cape May. on Sunday; they have aluoe departed for their borne in Philadelphia. Mr man of wide experience, and coitU-m| entering tulo tbe journalistic North Carolina. * At the dlmnsr given by Mrs. Lincoln Godfrey for *ier daughter, Mias Elleu, before the Saturday Evening Dancing Class those present were Mia* Alberta ftrinloii, Miss Cnyler Patterson, Miss Florence Meado, Miss Laura Cos'.ea, Mins Mildred Beiiann. Mins Henrietta Wright, Miss Anna Gerhard. Messers. John Packaid. 8d. William B- Hart, Daniel Newball, Morrison Harris.

Cox la a newspaper Tinplates field of

TROUBLES OF HIS OWN.

Unusual Amount of Patience Shown

by Clerk at Union Market.

The Herald reporter the at her day, while interviewing Mr. George C. Craw, ford about the benefit# derived from advertising. over beard tbe following coi - vernation which occurred between a elerk of that establishment and a young l^dy who wa* newly mtrried, and (lid not know a little bit about either huusekuep-

aiid she was giving her

ir shopping, a

first order.

the grocer waa a clever man. and was used to all kinda of orders aud could Interpret them easily. “I want two pounds of paralysed sugar.” she began, with af business-like ■If- .. “Yea'ro. Anyflblng else •” •Two Una of condemned milk.” “Yea’m.” * He set down pulverized sugar aud condensed milk. •‘Anything more, ma'am “A bag of

fresh.”

“Yes’tn. What next?”.

•'A pound of desecrated codfish." He wrote, glibly, "deeiocatod ood.” “Nothing more, ma’am? 'Wo have

some nice horseradish just iu.”

“No,” ebo said, ■ “It would be of no uae to us; we don’t keep a horse.” Then tbe grocer sat down aud fannod himself with a patent washboard, altho* tbe temperature waa nearly freeziug.

' fresh salt. Be sure It Is

who is said to 1» worth about faoo.ooo has j &\.y.

No Increase For Trolley Men. The employes of the A tl * f,l >c City trolley line company have been officially infonneff that theirrequest for an increase in wages is resumed by the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company, which controls

the line.

It waa stated that the wages paid, 16 9-3 cents ah hour is more than trolley employes in Canutes receive, and that it la ou a par with the wages paid foe similar service cities ol the population of Atlantic Die men asked for no cents an hour.

d among his children and g rand-

a large portion of his

Fumigate Neighborhoods.

ipeart

•al last summer that the duplicate of 1901, which In reference to tbe expen-

se in

COMMUNICATION. To Publisher of Herald. It is reported that an etnergenev committee has been formed to ap|M»r before tlie legislature of thia State and endeavor Id obtain an extenuation to tbe charter of ('alm May City, whereby tbe -bonded induutedneM will be materially increased, (according to minor, some $250,000 ) It reallr makes little difference couce^iiug the amount—large or small, the principle ia the same, being ouly oue of degree aud not of kind. Thia means, of course, an increase in taxes. It had been thought by many who appeared before tbe cumorissiohcrs

appeal 1 1901, wl

dlturecolumns showed some $60,000 upwards, waa large enough for this small community. It la for tbe individuals in the aald commnnlty to say whether they wish to saddle another increase In the shape of taxea which will ultimately accrue to the benefit of a private corporatjbn. The additional bonded indebted. ness will Involve a yearly increa taxes of some $10,000 or $15,000 Is tbe payment* of bonds at maturity. It scarcely needs demonstration to prove that the benefits which tbe whole people of Cape May will derive from this increase are of tbe most meagre and incidental character. Indeed it can be shown that they are almost if not altogether a necessity. Evidence cumulative, abundant aud positive can be brought to show that tbe expenditure of any anm of public money, in any locality Increases the value of the private property in that locality, ami consequently is received by the owner* of that property. Tbe syndicate, being made up of men who are combined purely aud solely ou individual: account and for individual gain know that they must reap tbe profits accrued from all public Improvement*; we presume that few if anf persona would refuse to teceive pnifi's from any aonrec regarded a* legal and legitimate. Few iodividuala or corporation* refuse cvj.-n | charity In largo amount*, though they j would, porhap*. and often do disdain it in j shall package*. It is certain that even: the steal trust, the Standard Oil. Comtbe great tall road#' and owners of iblic' franchises, the receiver* of profit* from internal and external tanffk and all other forma of blood money do not objuot to charity contributed by the nation In large amounts; nor do they themselves or the aulmcrilicr* blame them for It, thongh It is true that great natlona create charities U> sustain such thing* as IriMtc, and then tuni round and complaiu at what tney call the n

indit

pany, tbe g

l boy nine year* of fge, waa bound o

lie continued L

SAMUEL DAY DEAD. A Distinguished Citizen 1 Away on Sunday. After long and patient Buffeting, I Samuel Day at • • - which for the past three year* bad 1 tied all bis effort* at recovery, and - j Sunday morning last at 2 o’clock^ angel of death descended aud claim this saintly sufferer. He wa* born in Burlington county n* Haddoufield. March, 1811, and when b

years ■

farm near bi* home,

follow the pursuit of farming asd id considered the beat known cradle) section of tbe county. At another fj in bis life be waa for thirteen yean gate keeper on the Camden and Ml turnpike. Later he moved Spring, and rcaomcd hi* former < tlou, and about ten year* ago he e Cape May where be ha* alnee rent In character be Wf* honest, hut and upright and led an undeim but nevertbelow trne, eh/iatian life. ^3 was loved and respected by all wbofc— him. Uncle Sammy, as be * lr known, wa* a favorite with the jll

aa well as the old.

Tbe deceased wa* 91 years of I leaves a widow aud two sons, Mr. Day, of Ml. Holly, aud Mr. SamuelJ

Jr, of Cold 8p

Service* were conducted by E Ft*ber. at the residence of bis t Mr. Evan' Myers, on Tnasday. Jo>. ment wa* made at Cold Spring oem Uiry. • < -VtfM

produc lion ar

ber* exert ibemnelvea toward gi legislature to give u* local option in tlou, and when thia i* obtained, let a community exempt all personal

II businem

labor and capital from U then sou if Cipo May w__ b Kim tbo like of which j

wildest fancy ha# not yet picimed.; f The increased value of laud bi caused by an increase of population, ■

the. value of laud being brougt

population, to Ibis population rightfi® belonga the accumulated Interest ui\g land value*, and this ‘utcrest -hou“* taken to sustain public imp* and public neoesaitie*. Tbe faiiurwjj cognize Ibis simple fact has I cause of the downfall of the groat d

rations of the pasL^Tho |i**t civilization* have boon it hi an erroneous method of taj

inbshltauia of all couiitriee and um{ kiml* of government have in alt hitj

1 Inm

be op-1 have at this preae ^ yoke themselve* to !>e a lM.iid*e* t<

conceded that 1

dividual or corpora

tlou undertakes auy busincs# transaction

excepting solely ilu and they do

chattel *1 avert can hardly he ci Tbe 20th century should ser lietta. It ia lime that civilization w bid

mbllc si

gain and limy <J

the profit* that tbe pul fool lab enough to give them. Since It la plain >then that

provemeuts hicreaae tbe valm

iblic lm-

land,

justice demand* that the interest upon

sh'Mild be paid bj accumulated profit*, being ‘ paid for by

Ibis me teased value

Uio*c w,bo reoeivethe' Public improvements

public funds, tbe interest upon those funds, which are public cafcfal, belongs to tbe whole community, and should return to the public funds Private indi-. viduala or corporations have no right to appropriate such fund* to themselves, and the public have no right to allow

do so. If tbo uxpavera of the

Jape “May are to

other

licular locality, then

bear tbe increased taxation.

The land speculates* anticipate a band-

it In tbe aatn of lota. The

w hole of Cape “May are to expend $300,000 or any other glveu _.*uai iu any par-

let that locality

apme profit i crease of U

pou this properly *111 the^irhole community

to bear tbe increase la rimply to force

be robberr. For t

corporation, who will be thout it, and from which the

»hole community derives next to nothing.

enriched

»hu

We repeat then, that the iacreaaed taxe* upon the value of the laud should be paid by the land apeculat >ra. On tbe side of the corporation It should be aaid: Thor will apuud thousand* of

to build high and

up I I lol

hand Jr

ifty pripciplc# ai

Izlng an erroneous economical a system pull* down with tbe other iu it* mad and incourageoua ca turned its attention towards maintsi asocial system whereby men ar* notl Inflnenced toward a desire but can be good, ll turned our attention and began to reudei tbosd thing* com nun

Publi

fr*nchlae*,under whatever m

belong to tbo public, and the po should have bravery enougb to r> them. Tbe ao-called representattv the public have no right to part public franchise* under any elr ■lances. Nor should the tndivMua render bis Individual rights, In tbe session of that which be hlmaeJf created. + . We have tried all method* of tax' but tbeTigbt oue Why Oot let the : ocutary witness at least a trial of only natural method which will glv the Individual that which be make tbe comumulty that which it make*

Wm Poktu

Merry Sleigh Bell*. The best aleighinr that h here for a number Of j

them demands that these 1

falling a

should not be taxed 1 The profits made ttntil CVcaing . lhcn rf^htly — -■ < •- ' ■«——ite- j tbe road* In at

of ontlnfi!'

on forty 01

ou these improvements belong legitimately to the syndicate, being tbe product of. tbetr labor and eapltal. Tb« p«-3u

ideal condition l