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VOL. IX, NO. r>. Mm CHIEF OF POLICE Council's Nine Votes Go To Geo. C. Baldwin' Asks for Deposits

CAPE MAY HERALD. CAPE MAY, X. J., THUR9l>AY, FEBRUARY 4, 1909

1.00 PEK YEAR

THE TREASURERSH1F Ro.itine Mailers Considered—Some Sewer Work Reported FiniskedCutling Down Lights

urnenc reported «torm w. t*r Maan on Orena and Querncy »l. ud Cdiunbla avnnun rtnlnbrd. Tnanurrr Smith reported I WOO at chant. National Bank. addraa»*d coun ell aBtinc lor a .liare oT the city's di poalu and dlacounta Ha aald the bank had a capital of SSO.OOO, and a aurpluot ti.OM. He aald that ot the M stock holder, in Cape May City, they acr. uneaaed last year and paid In > the city treasury In late, lo.uo.ycj.

Wear Capa May I 142.006. and In Lx "ape May Point, the

the finance Council then went Into the election ol n chief of police (or one yvar. The only utna Wap that of 'Officer Georse C. Baldwin, and ha rwoal.sd all c* the nine

new bond of L H Smith. Jr., as Treasurer. for 110.000, with L H. smith. J. Henry Edmunds. VVm. R. Shappard. L.UIher C. Cbrdem and Jccaeph H. Hnnc. at 0 -The constables were ordered to 'renew

n of Mr. Gilbert I17.000 c ■ coming due this month In the Sc r Trust Company were ordered rc

the of fie

Hdtor Curley aald that It was no concern of council, and that Smith -rat the de facto treasurer, and Mr. Millet

his right t aid the mat-

"up to Mr. Millet personally, the city of Cape May - Connell therefore took no action.

PERSONAL MENTION M«ny Facte Concerning Thoee Yoi Know. Re*. Or. Jeraee MdLaod. t* ^apr May . made the opening prayer at lh» mewling oi the State Senate on Monday evening Mr. Flunk Sheppard, of Hughes ah. la visiting friends In j hlladelphla. She

Captain Bailey The many friends of Baggage Master Charles Corson, of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, regret to hear that he Is seriously 111. Miss Mamie Norton and Mr. Percy Douglass popular young people of Idas Creek were married last week, by their uaslor, the Itev. J. W. Vent The Rev. J. s. Garrison for three years pastor of tha M. fc Church at Tuckahoa,has requested that he be Irene re. red to some other charge at the nest 'Mr. and Mrs Wm. Lafure. of Overbrook. I'm. are guests of the Maguire cottage (or several weeks, where Mrs. la fore la recuperating from a severe attack of pneumonlm Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Boody and their laughter. Miss Winifred, returned on Monday evening from l.ondon. England, s'here Mr. Boody had an important hos’ tork on blondsy morning. They * ar.

>f the directors o

- days <n iTUIadelphU a Many friends wish th

Y oka hams. Japan, where h

nek Silk Co., of Chicago. Mr. 8 Thompson of the United Gas 1m rut Co. of I'hlladelpbia. receive Her from Mr. 8anso a few days

HUNG AflOliND ON IHEMBSj Porter’s Band Fqrnished Good Music fat the

Occasion.

IKE FREAS WINS EASY

, The Kannedy alsterg do wen. ' 1 Kidder Hughes mines \tcr (aw portunltlas to while away b’l le 1 Dr. - and Mrs. Ewing wore present. Doctor as a spectator while Mrs. Ewfag gilded gracefully over the exquisite

floor.

Mr. Doyle seemed to enjoy tha throng *B the roller. ' Did you oee Merchant on the floor, smiling aa a basket Ot chips Well, he's getting the two-step to perfection.

a tha floor,

let are ideal ment puttlag forth every af-

Shori - Paragraphs ol Those Who Enjiyed (he Skatmg- Many Spectators—Few Mix-Ups

'The rink a'os rn ■tty and many a «W dlsaslSHnted from performing a

Brownmlllei agers, and a

fort to furnish Cecelia Hick ay’s smiting countenance was noticed among the spectators. Florence Ware has been nilaaa^ on the roller. It la aald the came In contact too suddenly with the floor and Is nursing a bruised ttrafl. Mrs. Maurice Crease was there eightseeing and lias quite a notion of trying

the wheel.

Dicky Ware and his little brother were

The kid In

!>t centre of the floor lacles did some fine quiet. He's an to the

enen Hiey found that

unavoidably Hindered , tuntl wne of His wanderf.il K eo4_

have the pleasure at i nille and Lulu ring has attracted much »f witnessing some of j attention by their easy way of going

| oyer the floor.

Boggle Hand kept In the center of the

The Rutherford twins

Don’t try to do laacy alums until y» Mm Joseph Baldwin and Mr. John

do the spread eagle.

| Mlaa Lottie Mills knows age the (pliers Just as

oowa pau does the ribbons—she Is a

Somebody s knees an very sore, but T^. not from kneeling la a prayerful s tuda . w .. . : Hand baa the proper swing— vw

Harry Mills and Dave Pierson

lies on the gtlda

Rome people skate as t

t get puffy—and a

» rollers hot t

Fred Hand likes cts to skating wit

■ '•tting cold In your knot. eh. Mm Batteaat was an interested

It may Incidentally he raid Dial id over. In a peraonnally way. Mr. little daughter Kathleen, only she U a tall Kathleen now." and adds. Mrs. o write, with me fn very kindest -d* to yourself and Mr. Thoropalso Mr. and Mr. Bro iks. . n J >ther Cape May frlonda. '

Williams—King.

On February Ird. at noon, at the home : Mr. M. L. DiUon. MS Pine street. I’hlladelpbia. Mias Helen Waller King, daughter of Mm L prances. King -of Cold Spring. N. J.. was marked to Mr. Albert M. Williams, of PhlladMphia. The

Orchid. Mr. Amaaa Walter, uncle of tha gave her away. She was attended by JoHn and Ruth Davidson, who ear-

's., where Mr. Williams, who la a Civil Engineer In the employ of the 'ennsylvanta Railroad. Is alalloheil.

off.’FTWld pw—they n * ,r *" ■

» job.

STILL KTLING WITH FINANCES Condition of the State’s Treasury Occupies the

Legislature

REDUCTIONS MADE

NEW CHIEF OF POLICE, iff leer George C. Baldwin Proiret.d on George C. Baldwin, the new Chief of •ollce of Cape May. Chosen Tburwla} evening, has been In continual eerwee

in officer etnee Die IMS, and his promj-

wetl earned and graUfylng promoliun. Wot only to Mr. Baldwin, but to the cit!tens of Cape May generally. Mr. Baldwin was bom In Philadelphia a October 24th. 1662. and ootalned his -hooting and trade In that city. Hr

Plan to Divert School Fund Has Been Abandoned-Much Opposition

Orawf

i! Ha la grace In the ex there an y and be o

e you In the mlx-up?

Why not have a lady's runs. 1 Mr. and Mm R. T. Ware were nolle

among the lookers on.

1 Mr. and Mm Everett Jarre!' we i i luere also Everett lx all to the go , on tha wheels and Mrs Jarrell has d

Did you i

fellow? Well h so timid, don't

That girl w

t too.

i noticed In the

Who la that bump-hadd Who tries ! Dip the girls? It Isn’t'smart, and U

managers should call Mm off. Mrs Harold Hand wda-

1 win pardon us. for * . mlt—sufflea li 1 of others.

- Cape ^>lay Man.

Hughes is

WEST CAPE MAY COUNCIL Meets in Regular Session Monday Fa. Bus ness. -'-TheOouncll of West Cape Way met In .tha borough hall on Monday evening, with Mayor Reeves presiding and all

Uma From Bridgeton Pioneer

aka win try IL * ' I Just now George H. Mlaa Eldredge, the pf^tty Mias with much talked about and plaid suit, who Is alwats smiling and He' la much In a day's news—the nei talking, la never ^without an eccort— of pretty much every day. let's what good skating and k' Smile Hughes is a printer. That helps sore

| A printer as a rule la a pretty go

And the band played on—and tha mo- kind of a man—otherwise ha would n c was enchanting too. have been a printer. Hughes was a Cape Mm George Sandgran and bar bright May man where he learned the printing ttla boy was there—and ha want* pop business la a weekly newspaper office, i get him a pair of akatus right away, and become ai' .-fl ‘round printer. Then Frank Gassed)- baa lest seven pounds, he want to Philadelphia. Ha worked In xd 11s did It skating,'too; get In line Camden and he then went acre •stop'Taklng anti-fat. skating will roll river and for a good while was M off. - religious publication. That helped Mr. Frank Reeves, that tall fellow. When Mr. Hughes came to Bridgeton enjoys It alone It seems; why don’t you he worked for a long while on th# News I hook on ond show ao*e of the pretty That wax the time the paper had damsels a good tlme'tod?? ! make-up of a real live newspaper. Marie Tbompaoo never missed a Bum- Mr. Hughes was responsible for th!

Thursday | bar. she was od tha Job. ■ winging j Later he went In business for Mmaelf. Thut*4*r afternoon. February 12. through the crowd like • folry. : He had his own printing office and ral-

M art he Wales, a cute'little gtrlknowa sad high class poultry and pigeons on how. to keen out of mtx-nps She has the side—or maybe the printing buxlnesi the >rt£pwBflne. j was. a aide Issue. Anyway he was kept Don't get gay. and think you know It prett/ busy with both prOpoalUc all. for if you do you’d surely gat s' fall prospered. Hat was a moving a; —and then. | the South Jersy Poultry Assorts!

took a decided Internet In Public

TO CELEBRATE LINCOLN DAY Ttse Public Schools and G. A. R. Ni

n and John Me-

bAite the hundreth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln at the High School auditorium, to which the general public la Inrltsd. There will be appropriate exercises, and It ought to b* a

Trenton. Feb. «.—The duuix-lal condl Ion of the elate continues lo be the prominent feature of the R'gtsUtnre. and the lawmaker* ond the stale lead era are endeavoring to derive means by which the threatened danger of a deficit In the elate treasury can'be averted without dlmluUblug the share of the railroad taxes now devoted I* the public achoola or without Impoalnt

•tale tax.

The committee which waa appoint*' by the senate to Investigate the sub Ject held a meeting In the utntebonae and Senator Hillery of Morris, chair of (be^commlttre. declared eni phntlcally tlwHeno of ihr money g' tng to the schools from the railroad could be touched and (bat there wouli not be a stale tax. The committee was In session from the time of adjourn ment Mot- - night until early Tue» day morning. A careful study of the general appropriation Mil for the flora' year, which cloaee Oct 31. demonotrat ed to the satisfaction of the committee at least that *000.000 could lie saved without materially reurdlug any nei esaary Improvement. Mr. Hillery ami Senator Cornish of Warren, member of the committee, declared they would not support the governor'* miggestloi of a state tax. The plan of the com mlttes. It la understood, it to ent or the *000,000 which It believes It hadiscovered could be taken from the ap propriaUcnH for the prevent year with out seriously Interfering with an; needed Improve ment •tatamant of Slat, Finances. In compliance with Its retpiest Comptroller West submitted to I be ai sembly Monday night a statement af footing the finances of the state wblcl Is Intended to be of benefit to the law makers In reaching a satisfactory sole Hon of the knotty questtoi:. Thl dealt with the receipts and disburse meets through different sources of th state during the past five years am figured that there would be a defier of *750.830 If the 1909 approptiallor bill waa like that of last year The house waa so favorably Im preened with the comptroller's state ment that it ordered 500 copies of It for the use of the members. Governor Fort held a conference Monday afternoon with some of tbstate officers of tbe Junior Order tlnlt ed Amerirnn Mechanics, and s close It was announced that the ex

4th day ot J

NOTES FROM CPUBT HQI15E Events Which are Transpiring at the Qaunty Seat

MORE SCHOOL ROOM

’cnonal Mention oi tite Rendeita and Visile, a in this Progressive Town Mr. Albert A. Howell, of < raia transacting business b t the weak. Tha boys and girls have t

elected to tha police lores US* Mr. Baldwin wax u Mlaa Elisabeth Keeler, of Mod ling ton county, of siaia. Tbey have a Lome on Laley nown as tbe Baldwin Coin Ira. Baldwin o

la interested Ir baa always taken an mi help lo Cape May. li.

wui be a

Though I'rueoculor boot cl 1C Camden County grand jui

-’late Mutual Building and Lo. n Aaao a ale lo be probed. Tbe aonuuun, oreinan. Dr. Prank o. tUc.-n. Di la aald to be a close pollUcn .nand of Sheriff Cooper U. Haicn. Tt. ebarlff baa been moet open In his ai :m that the alluauun called lor anti g of the summons .or Ir da; lo. towed a connfefunce yesterday by Dr Stern and Sheriff Hatch. The session has been called for Friar morning at ,10 o'clock. In the meanme It la understood subpoena, are u a Issued jMr a number of shareholder. > appear flkd explain what they kno. about tbe loan associations mesa I stated last night that men gremlin all walks of life will also be son monad before the body to explain whm tbey know about the defunct association

Mr. A. B. Corson ap datives and friends at South 1 Mr. Hollis P. Mickle, of Pel as attending to official btulm -ring tbe first of the week. Mr. William Christian waa a •■-'tor at bis home at DennlevtlhMr. William Powell entertained « cany Die first of tbe week. Mr. Joseph L 8cuu, of Ocean CUy,

MCNTAVILLE FLOWERS Be At Skating Risk Hall on

STATE TREASURER'S REPORT What Waa Paid Out Last Year In Cape

May County

Tha report of the Stal for the year ending October

JV*he rec^imi

tuoimnem ligurea 1

ole r lower, is engaged m portraying -idled by the finest geniuses of tha ace in novels and playa It may be aid nothing trivial enters Into bla work, -od yet every bne of It la of popular -uirean All who nave beard him «xworfc a lecture, yet you get all tha nuclam and elucidation of a 1 '