CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. VIII. NO. 6

CAHE MAY. N. J.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1908. EIGHT PAGES

Subscription—$i.oo For Year

COUNCIL ON BONDS AND SEWERS STORM WATER DRAINS WANTED

Special Police to Sign Comtrad—For am Ordinance to Increase The City's Water Supply

(Uy Council ojei In regular »e**lon on Tue»»l»v tjxcninj, »llli all member* j.regenleaccK S*yre.

Waje pre*idea.

A ooiuiuunicalion *•» ***<1

Jamb Snare, executor of KlUabelh I.. Devine, asking tot'n number of correettom. on the Ux duplicate which Uc'Cribe, varioua -properUe* formerly ow ned by Uio XiewtK Eatate, ami the ■uaner a a* refer rod to A!*e*or Camp-

bell * ' ‘ '

A petition wa* recei'ed from oanere of properly on Ocean street. Co'urnbla avenue ami tiuemey street, a-itUiffor the laying of a storm water, sewer to relieve the l!oodt*< 1111 »<**» hoa^vftjtt* in that tocaiity, and the pe.ilion aas ordered published acconling totaw. the reiKirt of Tax Collector Needles, for the month of January, allows collections to the amount of tXU.lt> A letter from County Collector Xo*. I Seull, asking for the payment of the balance of county tax-, wa* n ail, and on motion was passed, directing the City Treas irer to pay III* s^me^ - The re|iort of the City»T/ea«uMr t*r the month cf January, was Ttadr Among o.her thiags, it allowed the, ■eceipis foe the month - to be; from taxes, fxt^.ou; from water rents, $J&7; from se«er •sidsiiaeiib*, W*; from I r permits,116: from County Col-

Fehruary iatk is The 99th Anniversary of The Birth of Our First Martyred President

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ny

or schools, I^JWUq ft*

hand was»9,ttn«) : 'Ttafso

that there was Tn^rhe^sTnKInj! Tund, goi.UJuio; aud the balance of school fundaaband*»asfi,7«i.t»i. /,• ; : r City Engineer Townsend was called upon to make a slatemeat wllJt regard to the progress being made in'The' plans snd spcciticatiens for the storm water newer, m the neighborhood of Kearney «ad iteuk^e a»eau*s and stated they Wotrtd ready In a few

daya.

Sir. Townsend pte-ented a re-olu-1 requiring that when «|>ecial

MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT

Ml Ml Ola Bid writ, the Famous Bari

lone Sinicrr

Mire Ola Hid well, out pf Chicago's most noted and versitile entertainer*, alio ha* just completed a most successful lour of the Weal and Houth, i* now touring the eastern states and will beat iha lint HapUst Church, Cape May, next Monday evening. Hid well is a pupil of some of the

> From Fire Mile Bescb Son.

The news that comes from Trenton - this week should beencouraging to the ; resident* of tf)f sefsiile resorts along I the New Jersey rogst, a« wall gs to the , fanners whoTaupply them with farm . products during the summer months. : The stale engineer's report of the pro-

summer policemen are to be chosen, world's famous masters, Including posed Inside waterway, from Bay ithal before being efccfed each appli-j Edwin W'arebam, of Ixmdon, and Head to Cape May Point, has been <canl must sign a coutreot Q • *>• M'- 1 -Dudley Buck, of New York She is | printed and submitted to the mem•quit the service at the end of time for one 0 f four woman baritone singers in j tier* of the present legislature Accord-

THE BEACH WATER WaY A Olasrrrailon Upon Its Many Ad

which he is to be elected and waive alb the world and has lbs low est voice of rig(«s other than being discharge!I for any female vocalist; at Jt»e aama Umt cause during the term for w hich he j she has a very wide range' and a voice may be elected. This resolution w»- of great sweetness and richness. She OBanimously passed. Mr. Tow n^nd i. a talented v iolinist and a reciter gave notice that Iha Polls* (.'otuu,iU«-. pf n0 mean ability. A v aried program which he i* chairman, will meet uf jj,us promises an evening of rarepleas-

the City Hall on the last Friday of t»-b month to hear complaints against potica •ftloara-, ,, , . ,. The bonds of th* Mayor, Recorder and City Solicitor, w*r« ogeepted. A petition was filed Afr v»r Heal F>ate Company,requesiing) th* laying of sewer* upon Pittsburg. Jndtoaa, Trenton, Heading, Philadelphia, N»w Jsr-ey. Idaho, Ma^sachu*■eUs and .Tkw gvcquas^uul. W*it ■ treet. Aflst air -reading J the Pillion there wgs 4 pause fpr nearly live minutes, in 4hieh 'lira* no member uttered a won!. After Hie President had asked Council two Or three times what action they would lake, and no member rcsponmnjf, 'he directed the petition to be laid over. - . Mr. Moore introduced a resolution directing the treet and Fire and Water Committee to have an ordinance prepared, authorizing the issuing of bonds for the increasing of ^ w ater supplyanil for the bufldinf ojC^fers and drains. Mr. Townsend objected to the 1 pe»-age of the resolution unless it alipujatad th* building of the storm water sawaa jar ibe neighborhood of, aewers enough. lo^ worry shout, aad that, the t Hy of Cepe May was getting into debt without receiving any increased, revenues, »nd , „ should meet the legitimate enlarge, meal when lire enlargement Is la "'ffri’er' consldefabW ’ dlscussloh the resolution wa* pws^ hy the following

vote.

Yeas- ■{easts. Klwell, J. Hand. 8. 'Hand. Moor*. Shaw and Ware—6.

d F.i

tor all who have the good fortune

"The best I ever beard,”

Is the testimony from places where

been. Tickets J.> cents. Miss

llidwell wiVwima .he Sunday even-

lug M'fv ice of the church.

First f-katlog Drew Lover* of Sport The cold cave has gladdened tnr hrwtts •■ffnesi ice •hatiog enfbusis*i* the first time this winter in resl.lf sero bblr to enjoy the novel of /ikMng shorn oyer Ibe ioe covered Isles snd sod poods. Lake IjIv over at Csp* 'lay Point i* covered with s fins smooth surface ol ice about five inches think snd bunissues glided shoot over the ice on Tu-sday and yesterdav, unmindful of tha |he etiff northwest wiD'l that blev 111 foreefol gusts donog the greater portion of the

time.

The ice coated ponds hi afi parts of lover Caps Mar county were Aagerly sought out hy the small boy and girl skaters, who from early in the murniog until lair al night aide merry glassy surfaces. —. Tb*r* u ahfr good skating 1

the report the channel U

fifty feet wide at its narrowest point, and one a«t qf drawing* shows eight

feet of water tot depth and another where Miey *ill re>ide-

show* ten feet of water- Tbujsthe channel proposed In the bill liitrdduced by Senator Hand last w latex, asking for an appropriation fora vey, and it was mainly through his cfiortH that Governor Blokes w as induced to sign the hill, after It* parage. But, as elated, the survey has .been finished, the report of the state engineer is favorable to the project, and a bill will be introduced at aa early day to defray the expenses of Iha construction of suqh a waterway tjy the slateAt the present time everything looks favorable to the passage of a bill pro

PERSONAL MELANGE Records and Items of Their Coming and Going

Henry J. We*t for Stale Comptroller—Senator Hand Introduces Bill For Inland Waterways—Local Option Bill Makes Its Appearance

GOSSIP OFTHETOWN

What is Going on In the Social Colony-Many interesting Chatterings

Kcv. James Burns officiated at a wedding In Camden on Baturday

last.

J. Hpkcr l-cam.ng w as a guest over 8unday of Mr. and Mr*- C. K mer Townsend, in Germantown. Frank B. Mecray and Percy F Bothell left on Monday for Ari onu. where they will pass several week*. Mia* liottif Hillman will lead Ihr Epworth League meeting on Sunday evening. The subject will be "Help and Dellverence in Utah" Fred. Boerner, Jr., who has been erhployWl tor •omr «lw tn Pennsylvania, as telegraph operator, returned home on Saturday for the

winter.

Mrs. Edwin Mudge, of Pittsburg, and Mr* Thomas W. Eadwlck, of Philadelphia, J»ave been guests of Judge and Mr* James M. K. Hildreth

for a few days.

Ml*s Mattie Marey will spend Ibis month with friends at Mooreslown, Chester and Philadelphia. Miss Marey and her favorite pel dog Harney, will lie missed aryunti tqwp. Dr. Anna M. Hand will lead the Baptist Young People's Union Meeting at the FI rut Baptist Ch'treh to-morrow evening. The su^jeat will be "Ministering to Strangers and ihe Sick." Former City Solloltor J, Spioer learning attended the dinner given by the Camden Bar Association to Justice Charles G. Garrison, In the Philadelphia Boone on Saturday evening In honor of the Judge's twenty yean on the bench. All lawyen in the seven South Jsr*p Cgutjliev were Invited. Miss Nan M. Green, oqe of Gprmantgu n's fairest and most acoqmplUhed 'laughl*™, > talented pianist and possessing a delightfully pure and sweet soprano vole*, ha* consented to assist in a concert to be given in the Baptist Church here at an early date. nd Mrs. « Hllam Claussen will leave for Phl'ailelphia on Saturday,

They desire

to expre*. to their many friend* here their appreciation of Ihe kindnea* shown them in their bereavement over the loea of their daughter, Mr*. Anna

L. Edmunds.

CWaiirhto bridge otgoers

Columbia Lodge No. S3, X. O. M., has elentad the following offloer* for

Senior Master—Waller M. Ewing. Worthy Master—Lewi* N. Smith. Junior Master—William F. Bonder.

Chaplafn—J. Irwin Ware. Conductor—Joa. Robiuson.

Keoording Secretary—Joseph H.

Wellman.

Financial Secretary—Wtl^un D

iding for this work, but at the lime it behoove* the residents of »h* seashore counties to give the mailer

their attention and devote soma Of VaazanL

their lima to th* slwngthgplng of lh«| Treasurer—J. Clarence Gallaher. hands of their representative* In thaw Raprwttgtl vs tq Grand Lodge—lot.

efforts tq secure aneh lagislaliqn. Th»] A. Robinson,

can be don* by th# senning of cleiegail Right Guard—W. V. Ooverdale. lions to Trenton and axpUlolagMm Ltfl Hoard—Bert L. Hickey.

salt oismdovs at Fishing Creek, snd the

Pond at Bio Grands is frozen o'

which sjlord* much pleasure to those

who live iu the rural district*.

Kolrrtafoioeai 10 be Given

Next Tuesday eveniny, Fxbruary 11 sii enti-rt slnmrnt will be given st the Auditorium, on Jackson street, for the

benefit of The Young Men' There will be four plays—Tbr

. "on. loerrwui ur ruui i>isy>—inr

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1-X - . V 7^, , T«k,r; Tfce M.n f...» *r. MW iniM—1-r „ 1M

diraallAK u»t »pplic,tlon b, m^l. '« -Ull?

the Caps May County Circuit <ourt,'. f . r , 1'

ob’eet and urging the nooessity of such a waterway. We or the seW>re counties claim that itmk a waterway would be as useful to |r eoast farmers the improved roads of the state have proved to be, and it would admittedly tend to increase the popularity of the seaside resort* Of the state, yh|ch today are assessed for mere than on* hundred million dollar*. The trgnments are all tn fafer of each a waterway, and the probability u that we will get il if the readenu of Ute I •bore OQunlle* but do tlMdy duty. Cape May oounty would, perhaps, b* mere largely benefltted than any other sear shore county by the construction of this proposed waterway, and the leading citizens of the several resort* of tie coofftp should get together at once and take auoh action m w|1| gcaUt ihtiT member, of the legUiatur* in their cfTorta to secure such a meaiur*. The project Is now on the verge of suoaem, and we should exert ourselves to make

it-toomplete and lasting.

sill hr «s sale si kfer-T’s Drug

cn Thursday, February 30, for71 pointment of three **«»r oorotnisaion- 1

•venues. The action w»« l»»en in i lri^'»Usn*.r* o it annou xird-T to do away with the prwwnt of Mm Mary Eleanor Neal, esimmtwdon whose. Urrilory dgugbler of Mr. and Mr. FyedB.Naal Varenue* draff- «• HW*-. Jeffhri

ordired by th* ordinance of July *«" Rif

n Hi lay of the mm* place, on W«d-

FOB SALE A bargain,on easy terms. 14-room wiisWi Vffy Riertw ff Stockton avenue. 'Must be eoiff gt once. Owner going abroad. Address,

801.N1

606 Washing ten at, Cape May

Denting, the talented entrratner,

the Security Trust, Company, due a. Gia Bid well, at the Baptist Ubumh, of >r,", • f*«affjf£mtag,*ebt*ry-I#,«*fek-j

Little Lev Iksmtuon, sob of Mr. and

Mrs Harry *

vionday, brforrgmn, -a^

awl chih.*a<r““ “

Inside Sentinel—Monroe Kimaey. Outside Beotlnal—T. Carl Taylor.

Ground Hog Saw

If tmdition ta to be b.delved ala weeks of uopleasaut weather I* to be expected a* the ground bog saw hir ■bad w Sunday- But the people of age do not taka moch stock In Mr. Qroadhog. The sen was bright almost all day and the air was biting The groundhog could not help hot tee shallow and forthwith bide himself In jus bole for six weeks Observer Lovett of the Cape May office of the United Plate* Weather Bores a. laugh* at th* Idea of the proundUe 1* busy heaping tabs on the conditions as they prevail, and bs cannot figure out that a ground tog has goylblug to do with the clemem*.

A Clean up Bale

iplete deea-up—that I* what want. weTieke a large eioek sf cylinder ij due record* on hand, and we want yon to com* and hear them, make your own selection* and da 10 up Ihe stock we have on baud. It 1 <easier for you |p pick out |u*t what you like after >ou hear them than It Is to buy what you

have never beard. Charles A. Swain, 806-7 Jackson St-

Dr- V. M. D. JU»v wn* r Rjwms B. Kitiivm,

followdilDt^T 80

'"TtTf-f•‘flntTi -; i

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Read UwHCKALD aad g«

D- ®* m V wa«, Rjrjux ii- Rwvm, ««e»w bp the wotrod, Ogden hulkllngTtod fleer >

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GOVERNOR FORT ON PRIMARIES

TIES THAT ARE TIES Reminiscences of Railroaders And 7heir Doings—Short ^Sketches of Prominent Men On W. J. R. R_

JOHN FRANKLIN FORT,

Thkxtos, N. J.. February 6. At the convening of the Legl-lnturt tin Monday night, Governor Fort *en' a abort mcsxage dwelling upon th< question of amending the primar law* and the revision of the Hlatue*. The message said: The extension of the primary laws to the election of delegates to conventions for the selection of delegates to the national conventions of the great political parties should be made. For myself, I prefer a direst vote for delenatioual convention, with tbe right of each voter in *uch party to express his choice for President and Vice President of the Republic Ml hi> ballot. Under the call of the National Goiffinittee of the Republican party for the convention to be held in June, it is doubtful about the right t< select delegates to the national conven lion by direct vote. The call issues* by the Democratic convention is not before me, but probably it is of thi

ne nut .-is.

'The State has no ooutrol over ns Uonal conventions, and the call for lb< Republican NaUonaKjonvention see into limit the printary selections by a direct vote for delegate* te Slate* having such a law at th# time of the issuance of the call. But, whether this be not and without considering lhfi> question further, It b clear that lb* general prinmfy law for the aelaetton of these delegates should be made applicable to the election of delegate- t, the district end ■'late convention*. Tl>< method of bold *o*h primaries ehould not be left to political committee', btr ■hould be carefully guarded by hi* and conducted by ihe election officerNo other primaries should be legal not permissible, and Ihe law in this re ■peel should be extended to the selection of all representative* in all local political committees I believe that if a eoqeurrenl resolution should he pas-wd at once, a commission could be appointed the present week wbioh ooukl report a satisfactory revision of the primary la< forthwith and of the election laws later, so that both question*

lied- ,

'IX in your wisdom, you approve thi* sugge'Uon and will authorize the appointment of such a commission by a concurrent resolution, a full revision of these laws ean be ready for your lion al the pi

lure It should be clearly provided for n some simple ami etfecti'c way. “Another subject mailer needing im nediale attention is the pending reision of the general slat tiles of this slate a« authorized by an act approved 'larch 60, 1804, entitled ‘An act providing fur a new publication of tbe ptiblft acts of the legislature of this ■'late.' A commission was appointed in 11104 uiider this act. It has, therefore, been in existence about Tour "I recommend the passage of an act timilar to Ute act found in the pamphlet laws of IH71, page w, and the ap pointment of such a commission as therein provided for to revise thegen.•ral statutes of the State. They should ue able, with constant attention to .his work^ 1° complete this revision ready to be acted upon by the next ses>ion of Iha legislature. The body of rur.law is already excessive. It can oe greatly reduced, ami under able revisers, such a* those who were appointed under the act of 1671, good rebe obtained- 1 recommend the atiihori**Uou of the appointment of such a commission.” The Senate, on Monday night, con Inned the remainder of the appointments made by tbe Governor two weeks ago and men I lone! in The Jape May Hkkai.o of week before In the Senate, on Monday night, senator Hand, of Cape May, introduced a bill which is an important •lep toward the creation of a continu>us system of inland waterways from day Head to Cape May, a distance of J1 miles, connecting all the coast resorts. The bill is also in line with ttoe projected waterway from Cape Cod to iiatteras. The Hand measure pro-, ides for e<tabU<hliig a department of iqiand waterways to look after the feasibility of all water routw for carrying freight and passengers, to recommend the opening of natural streams and oonatruction of artificial channels, to Improve and maintain those now in existence and to be created- The department Is tq consist of a single comiquuianer to he . atqxiiuled by the Governor for five years at a salary of

JiXKK) a year.

Bobbins, of Burlington, intro, duccd a bill abolishing the State Sewt age Commission, vesting all its power the Stale Board of Health, ending

'Further discussion of needed pri- the term* of all member* of the Stale mary and election reform will therVj Health Board and creating tore be rerervaff uqtil th* earning in of! State Board of Health of six members, the report of this commission should 1 to be named hy Hie Governor, with a you authorize. aalary of WX) a year each and 1600 “The expenze Incident to this revis- ■ dd^,0 ?'* , ,or lhe "**" w *ry. T** ion need not be great and provhfion for' bl " teoStenirc, the Bute Health It may be left for later action by the Bo * r<I 0 ‘ , Pascal lines and is designed Legislature. * 1 10 crc,lc officers of profit for poliU-

■The law* relating to elections ami primaries adopted prior to and at the session of UW7, are in a very confused stole and should be thoroughly revised. Chapters 178 and £77 of tbe laws of 1807 relating to prtmarie* are In conflict on many points, and chap tor ssi of th* same year, relating to the Question of popular expression as to tbeehotoe of the people tor United StolM Senators, is a most unsatisfactory law. If there la to be any expression to the eetatlon of Senators as a guide tor the action of the repreeentoUves of the people In the IstgUls-

There are railroad lie ,„,i railroad tie*—Ues underneath the rails and tire above the rails; ,!,««. i.uer exist among the men who hold the destinies (?) of the traveling public in their hands, and what i. more, their fate Here are three little tire—two of a kind that weld the hearts of the sex, the other a b nd of affketion of twenty year* .landing between two conductor. of the W. J. H R. .yrteo,. Find Tie Ex-conductor Elmer May. ew, remembered as one of the ity.~ genial trainmen ever on the road, a id who ha. kept in dose touch with I,,* " tA friends In a business way e ,,. r re. recently took to bis hem a I home his thin) wife, and the bes, .,f the story is that this latest Mrsf Ma - was Elmer’s first sweet-hean. 1‘apa thought the couple loo young >-> . enture upon courtship, so the lad w. , tllowed to come no further than Un ?aie, and they drifted apart, to to happily united at last. Second Tie—The veteran conductor, leremiah Mann, familiarly known as •Jerry” Hann, 1* also about to form a second tie of wedlock. Having lo«: a . devoted and loving companion "al years ago, he found the scripadage true that It is not good for to live alone. On reliable 4othority it is said he will soon wed it »lrs. Garrison, residing in Philadelphia, but of an old West Jersey family. Mr. Hann has been on the West Jersey .tailroad for over forty years. He waa for some time in Government service during the Civil War "Jerry” has seen many changes in tbe personnel of ;be W. J. R. K,, in both officials and employes. He is the same active, faithful and reliable train official as of

yore.

Third Tie—Conductor Harry Wilson and former conductor ClareoaeBrooks, passed a delightful day together at the latter's residence in Philadelphia, on Sunday last. Their friendship was formed on the road twenty years ago, and the^v were chums on a tour to California and through the far W«t in 1894. With Mr. Wilson were his wife and daughter, and Mrs. Bell, widow of oonstuctor William Bell, riiese good people reside at Glaasboro, Mr. Wilson's “run" being between that point and Bridgeton. Mrs. Bell is accomplished in music, and her rich contralto voice added greatly to the musical numbers of the day's entertainment, In all truthfulness Harry Wilson is i man of “high standing, 1 ' both in itolure and in manliness of character. < May tni* tie of friendship exist to be enjoyed yet these many years.

Master of Jobs Mecray Post At a muster of John Mecray Post 40, Li. A it , held od Friday evening, Jaotary 31, 1908, there was a resolution of protest unanimously adopted against ihe chsoge proposed by sn amendment (No. 14) to offset tbe decision of tbe Attorney General, sbich permits sol 'hers and veterans who are inmates of tbe State Home for Soldiers, Bailors snd Msrioers, st VioeiaDd, to remain in said >me after tbe teath of their wives. It tbe unanimous sense of the member* our Post that inmate* of said home should out be deprived of tbe benefits of it> care and support during thar declining years, simply because the* 1 we death their wife and life companion. ! feel that every Post in this depart, ment should take action sod protest sgsintt this amen Iment wbioh is now before the Legislature. W m T. Stzvzns, Oommander. A. C Gita, Adjutant.

Florida, pir Sunday, that Wllmon W. WhiUliu had died there from heart fie superinduced by grippe. Mr. Wblldm was aged about sixty-two years ■nd was a native of Gape May Count Some thirty years ago be was connected a Cape May newspaper. He was long time engaged in tbe aboe business in ( amdee For Ihe last 80 years he has resided iu Florida, having been largely instrumental In tbe development of Orando, Lakeworth and West Palm Beach, tbe Utter of which be wa* Mayor for several years. He to survived only by bu widow, who was formerly Miss Hannah Learning, a dsngbter of tbe late Lemuel L ‘— *•' Cape May.

I dans. Here, of or all member* served

wiihonl jwy.

Mr. Minch, of Cumberland, introduced a bill abolishing tbe Kiparton Commission end placing the work of that board under one commissioner at a salary of 83000 a year By Mr. Minch—Creating the oftloe of Commissioner of Reports, to be named by the Governor, al a salary of 82600 a year, to determine what parts of reports of 8tale officers shall be priatod. Hy Mr. Wilson, of AtlanUc-Per-mlttlng the Prosecutor* of Atlantic

MOUSES FOR RENT 10 rooms,eily water,gas, one-quarte* acre of land, 818 per month. 6 rooms, city water and gaa, 811 per month. 8 ten room houses, electric lights, gaa, bath, Are-pi aces, s toll ana ry ranges. 816 and 816, respectively. Gii.bkkt C. Hi'ohbs, No. fit Ocean Street.

First Baptist Otaaroh

Regular services will be held Sunday ‘•I tbe Baptist Church. In tbe j evening tbe pastor will speak on •‘God's Love Story." Mias Ola Bidwell will sing. Every one give a oot-

1 dial Invitation to attend.

(OOKYIMUBD ON FOURTH FACKJ