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"THE COUNTY CENSUS in 1850 Upper Township: White 1599; na wed a; Total 1, ; n vuhin: White 1,886; Colored ; (ma marlon fonlsds" Town: ships © White E Ree t m w84. — 1840; 1,604. Lower Township: it hite 1436; Colored 167; Total 1,603. In 1840; 5 dec. RS lige B. Hughes was the grand» of Thomas B. Hughes, BOW e ldo ig on Sewell Avenue and Willium Cawedy, was the srundfather of former Mayor William Cassedy. who resides on Corgie Street, and of As sistant Postmaster Frank W. Cassedy Lewis T. STEVENS

HELP THE SALVATION ARMY "A man may be down, but he‘s never out?" is the slogan adopted by | ‘the Salvation Army for its forth-com- | img Home Service. Campaign. it is & wlogon which rings true to the canse of bamanity, If there was an organion which worthily represented that cause it is the Salvation Army. It« heroic work in France was mm »sible by the fact that it had been mining . in | that work for more years than the Mun had spent in preparing for the great wa |, All honor to the Sulvation Army [for what it has done! Let us all put wur shoulders to the wheel and boost it to a glorious success in its efforts to expand it service and increise its ERTS

Information on SOLDIERS :and SAILORS FoR HISTORY OF CAPE MAY COUNTY Name and title Address ... Nume of organization 1 L ansd Date of entrance ‘nto service .. Citation or other decoration for brav ° Wounded in action (when and where) . Killed in action (when and where) Died of disease (when and whore) ... ‘Taken prisoner of war (when and where) ... Other remarks: «- Name of Informant . Address Send Coupon When Filled Out To LEWIS T. STEVENS CAPE MAY, N. J.

THE BOROLGH OP care isLAND| an wot of ® Brawd ‘of Cape | c imeor poritted, with the fol lowing Downdiiric Beginning af m gorner post standing on donus Autler‘s lund, . beuriyg. south rhay four de thirty minutes: cast, from old Cape Island Bridge, and four chains. from low water marks rusning F north wdx. deigetes west, standing on the edge of Crock, then . following courses of the said creck ou wardiy, to i post standing on the southermont ide of the said creck, directly: op= waite to the mouth of a creck called uming‘s Creek; | from thence to a at standing on the southeast corner haron — Sehollemger‘s . landing; | from thenee to a point on the southermaxt ead of the — Sand-hills on Poverty Hemen: from thence, along: the sou shore at low water murk, to the place we beginning. he aet also designated the follow» fome 1s to serve until an election lin be neld on the first Tuesday in May, up: Efieebtdaieti ir al intone ark, . amdstant bourse Huzhen, high Ahinintine edy. hevourh EXCH duties: on the -- megs -- PUBLIC READING ROOM A public Reading Room is one of the necessary things in every Community. | A place where people cal obtain the latest books and m place ‘where one tan drop in for a few minutes and look over the daily papers and magazines and keep abreast of the times tin It seems whic that such this could be made here m Cape May, to have papers and magazines for such a worthy pes as most all publishers are willing to assist in their work, It would be money well spent if the City Commissioners would take this matter in hand and make it m municiple affair, appropriating a sum t year for its maintainance.

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M hideiwigencrnemnogntial l to liang a ~ tii Hamtetsnaatee sats, Hille‘ tham ra fren tems J ing: r-" tiompim the a lug. t obeu h the ceetraling body, is elected ma? as this L athe — mice? of Bi eepamien Te Nik are ar wien fo E., Mecr Porci Paune vent of all Tiivrance will ihe earcind "yong this aystem, it being more economical than Companies. Plan of: Operation Your hane) in the EW beri a IX ccBANCE, h assential "Wie b (Benes ying i "the Slots Campin ee wi "he fre tion. that at the end of your Pe Year you wht recurs a dawned thetk thr your perticn Nadiad «arning that has made during fet vest. bella fact r ih pro mk n Sabscriber a PPZCa win Fact, ant! ofhine "fee rtrd pim fer thers, each Subscriber: having och os ~aalgmie ‘% dends, ations, high overhind by--% Pear rous Cok CxH ca (LJ f., Capraccno 19 % eu pous‘e ttack Mainat which. the lowes Paradies s fol Th meare (o fon aasm uas, 9p air ude Sopoaiee which ‘will her ar w ah * inx" whic ea Be" Jo aie mate" sige, to colicet, in , the besinging Othe rate rol Ras experignce of years has demonateated her Old Line expenses mentioned. above, Cire a tied % addition fnrhnied Mlustrated V to she an Men, ol axving. or earning in affected we anvinie that the Mathiee, Tune do trom ] ite Buln ther B Policyholder the year ‘the «om chine thar i eset ? Fil for and expenses Fra a (h soe,c00.00. You can readil wee ihat a saving or c of se per gent has been effect IT mente Tor "ademnity had been $soe0, and ent rtce L W aD Tree Tegured Me Tomes and" caption, the aaviag ould be t-5.00, or so per cent. prsicopripneiy d fragen ymer he e comiste: largely: of Raminige W Theat Agemic: Diiict Arent, and Local Ageots.. Our ervens "in Tmlied to 35 per cron. Comparison of Service nigh are: conducted. wi whe it t proper tating Too mole wid th Heine n thoy a Watering.

A startling. fret in. this. competion in diclored. in, thefe: sert of fxht Commission. ress by . the Gov tinge of" "Sex "Y icke which shoe Axes tl wend el ep Tike from "dare af Monts lad an average ol us per cent ol H Thas (AEHIHD We Cover Every Hazard to an Automobile, Including- . o ae 1a 2 tw‘ the extent. of ve to, or the death of one person, with a tout limit of Bromcone o r own car cxused by col (abcr aa ei the other s Jelpment Fa " aiftime may "be in laid up bamage: cowry you to Ue evtent of $1.000 for any damage forg Mc ouet: ~suomobilen. 7 a . A) Hitle: "cidding bee‘ X Tesits in trouble, and you are exprcaed a. V i b ith "le ‘Toes: l led looney. "You. Inne Four Bowe ansinat" fre: loss: Wig ‘ake & it ile vein Tom ‘of edn, or any pari of its operating eas . ‘Rressit , prowcts against loss. through rumming. off. ferrybes iarine. or railroad. wrecks Experience of Others Wo Come Pattent of the Son Artome Piri Com po i‘ before, the State: Convention, which orginRd nis Autimotite Cufre rite "St) hem wo vi "insurance in a Re rocal Underwriters o nH Ptuutt PNM 3 ecelved a dividend heat (of Predigo. whicy made the net Tose our murance for fie: Set only Sise Bole From ‘1 letter received from Secretary of In: aurante A Exthange of Lo: Anaties. Caliornt have naved our membe fand, hax been The, Aytomobiie . Mutual _ Insurance . Company.. of Proth dunce. B. 1. Uo pring Automobiles only), % irie To per cem diotacnde sach year, and als urtinarcin pues Aviotiobile Mutesl Insurance im.pu minh brow avete de real abe pedirne tnt failed to pay 6 dividend after being one year in business.... The cap sp the a Indemnity Exchange, which is run exactly on the same principle as our own, re ports "Premiums in force" as follows: January a, i915 January 1, 1916 , had whita expire wet clit dhiaut" go per cent. of <2 stones

The system is in suceessful operation in almost every State in the Union and under the supervision of twenty-five State governments. | It has taken in New Jersey. Within sixty days we have received applications from more than: six hundred New Jersey motorists, representing $2,000,000.00 of insurance. More than a thousand have signified their inter-tion of joining just as 800n as their present high priced old line insurance expires. Address all epplications for membership or inquires to | Bes 212 109 PT (c a local Investigat 915 Corgie St., Cape-May, N. J, — Keystone Phone 359

TILITY BOARD HANDLES MANY TOUGH PROBLEMS ecord of Its Work as Shown in Annual Report Furnishes Eloquent Answer to Irresponsible Criticism. | | DELICATE ADJUSTMENTS CAREFULLY WORKED OUT Report is Especially Intereating. as Cone a s riety of the Work the Commis: sion is Called Upon to Do. Trenton, Apri 16. Critics of the State Hoard of Public Utlthy Commhe loners will do well to read the annual port of that body, Just stlmitted to luvernor Edge, — They will find out a reat den! they dont know und will have an opportunity to ask thenelvex whether, if they-had been on the Juls usted of the men who consiltute the vourd, they. would bave been able to ccomplish the vent amount of swork nd the remarkable resulte which thee men have necomplinhed. It is a fact generally acknowledged that most of the erftfelm of the homed hrs. been — partisan im selfich, — not henlthfol and. constructive. . But: the very Tact that there fan been erftichnu .. evidence of the trying nuture of the problems the contmilaston | lims. been enlled upon to solve. The report In of special ereat beenuse of its exhnuative analyais of the Increase In public utflity rates, fncludIng trolley fares, over which there has bren so much public discussion and no little erfticlem, | The report is of further interest in ahowing the wide scope of the boned‘s activities and the nome: times amusing mature of the complainta it is called upon the adjust. In current press discusion the pubBe hers only of the formal complntite upon which public beatfigs wre held. Ax a matter of record the Inspectors of the board Invertigated during. the year G41. separate: complnintr, and wherever practicable satinimetory: adJustmentta were made, Henrings were held on 153 formal compluintx. In all canes where: informal: treatment. of: ccmplainis falls to bring wbout a aat Ixfactory adjustment the complaints mre put on the calendar for formal hearings. | That no complaint: which lns uny appearance of Justice In it In too trivial to receive the board‘s attention Is Indicated by the fact that even disputed water and electric light bill« of small amounts were adjusted. Beside the 168 formal and the G41 Inform! cases referred to, the bonrd during the year gave rellef is 145 grade crossing canes and In 41 cases fuvolving. fasues of capital stock, reviewed 12 ordinances, conildernd three mergers, approved 85. leance, agree me. ts and sales of property ab® made 80. mmections of gam, electrle. aight | and — water . planta, . ;3"oate . toll bridges, ete, all in addition to the unwaunl duties put upon it in relieving freight congestion and. in extending public service to meet waritine condithous. Railroad Mate Problem. In no particular, says the report, ham the departure from the precedents and procedure developed during the times of normal regulation heen so marked m in the operation of rallronda by the federal | government, . The rate. increames ordered by the director general of rallronds affected not ouly interstate ines, over which the federal government has rate furlndiction at all times, but also to lines‘ lying within the atrtes over which the Jurisdiction of the atates Is supreme, It is noteworthy, saya the report, that In rate reaulntion of these Intristate Mines | the netion of the director general was | noguesced In by the stite anthoritles, [41 betig generally recogutzed that the | matntennnce of ratirond efficiency was of vital importance. White the federal government tnok aver the express, felekriph and tele phine. eompantem, 11. did. not. respond to the nuggeation that If moume th ‘operation of uttlities purely local. in their activittes, such as the street ratl whre, | It was, however, recogulzed at Waslington. that conditions. affecting { uiilitien teft aubject to locnt control { were serious and of a nuture requlring | that atate boards and. commbatoners provide needed relief . Tis nttitude of the administration Ix wel forth in letters of Director McAdon and Pro tdent Witson, which are Included in the report. ; While serious reepect and consii eration were given to the suggestion of the President that the local utiti ties should receive such treatment unl ; relfef aw the federal government wnuld } g.ve them if operating them an a pai [of the war activities of the nation, 1 would be erroneous to assume, say the report, "that the boards and con missdone having Jurlsiictton over pub lie utilities did not themselves apure clate the rnvity of the situation o thet they Colt that their dutien wou be perforined by gmuiting, without in quiry or cannlderation, increased rate merely. upon tie: suggestion of. th Prostdent." Deckdonn of public utlifties: bourd was made known are cited in the

Banting that the polles: gener saw consistent with thet hat. the public y could aut excape the eff ng. costs of tabor and onsterhit itt but there wis, In ‘act, a bigher lihor cout dic thi tite thon In stith x where ar wet ser were not wo promouiie When we entered . the. win" to im th s report, "the mons. maite facturing Industries of onr state were busy and labor sone steadily esaplen 6 wiges narterdilly above the level of | sent. yours. . Phe consivaction. aind aperation | of great manition: pants} within the stute and no few rafles hr youd fr= b war followed by uf uf wees hitherto unbentil of to attract workenc to these. pints . The wager wo offered and pad did mos, If bo true, extablit a standard to which he wager of emplayens tn newrhy industries necowarlly. conformed, Wage Competition, "Unless they: consed operating. et tirely it became necessary: for julle | utilities to pay wages foy compare | bie to those paid in other Industrie In the case of the Public Rervice Ruth | way Company the wages of employees ! were very materially increnned by the | War Labor Board appointed (by the ! secretary of tabor, which appotntmentn were Iatér confirmed and approved by . the President," The report calls attention. to the fact that in every case where approvid | of increased ratex lits been anked the bourd has xed a time and piace hab) heating, of which public notlee bevel given, In no case was the matter dis- | posed of without consideration of all objections urged aud thorough eritical ; «nalysts of all testimony and argu ;, ments submitted. | It is pointed out | that the board wer dealing with con: , ditlons recognised as emergent and that in granting Increases it specifcally announced to the utlitty that the rate fixed or allowed wan an emer: | gency rate; that it Imposed conditions in which this principle was recoils ed and mecepted; fhat the bourd retained Jurldiction of the rate? that‘at regular Intervals report» wore requir«d of revenues and operating expense zo that the board could art feomith when. conditionn. changed ani, if the utility did not voluntarily reduce fis rate, could prevent the continued fm« position of n rite reasounbly applionble only to abnormat conditions. The bourd, lins already done this in respect to the seven cent fare granted the Publle Service Railway Company, | ‘The report discusses the right of the Unlity: Commladon to Increase rites beyond those fixed by municipal ordipanice In making the original grant to ; the utftty, . The potter of the bound on this yueation was declired In the cuse of the Wildwood Water Works | Company va. the. Borough .of North Wildwood, in which the borough mnin- | tained that Inusmuch as there existed a contract between the borough and the water company the Unity Com mibmlon was without muthority to order the filing of a schedule In excess |of the maximum rates allowed In the | contract. — The eaneuce of the poltcy | | of the board as ald down in that cane was that the board, having power to | [Ax mites. was justified In incrnasing | raten where an ordinance or contract | Imponed terms Involving such tow and hardship an to make {t imposalble for ; the utility to render "safe, adequate | aud proper service." On an appeal | {from this decision the Supreme Court | upheld the board, | Board Upheld by Courts, In the number of cases since then, | the report points out, the question of | ‘the right of the board to fxe rates, I- | respective of the terms of municipal ondinnces, hn been before the courtx, and it lag been seltled by their decistonr that the beard not only him | thority to fix rates, but that 1t does | ‘not perform its duty If It falls to | imurege a rate which clearly appears {to be unreasonable or Insufficient, noto U {prescribed in a local ordinance. | On the question of service the re{port mays that, "Judged by standards reasonnbly applicable to ordinary con dftions, the service nffor®ed by public utlifties during the past year has been, fn — many . Inatunces, | unsatisfactory. The services of muiny cotapetent. nnd energetic young men. linve been lost to the electric and gax companies, street tallways and oth : public utifities an the result of voluntary enlistments or the operation of the draft. | With the ceasation of war activities an Increared number of men available for employment en.) better opportunl« tiew afforded to obtain promptly. me terinls for routs und replacements, vonditionx. of ervice should progtiw« sively Imprave in the canes where they tive fitlon below. the normal stand ard unit much @tondurd « reached ani nintatned, | To this the people wre fustly and rooonably entitied, and If the urilltfes with chiny go not promptly and voluntarity needed | Iiprovements «uch improve» monts must nnd will be required." Of the informit: complitnis. which | were referred by the board to fnigwee> ; tors the largest number came from En‘sex. county ~upward of 80, . Ber county war wo clome, second with nt ferat 78, — Cudson had over 00; Mor {mouth, 50; Union, 41; Midilenex, {Camden, 31; Mercer, 27; Atlnti {Phere was nut a siingte county from ‘Atlantic to Warten that did not hve at tenn five, Complaints In Variety. | There complaints cavered every pos: alble charge of which @ public Paged could be gullty-Inndegunte ju trie light, trolley. and. tritn fervice; disputed bills of all sorte, frozen pipes, bursted water . maing, . demurrage I | I

batzes | threat t. dbsintiue Bert ce hecmice of disputed. bills, #2T€G town ul: service, averctunded , condl lan of rnalley eurs, elita. for. mak bortidise lost in rrmalt, ete — @ue mak i hover comity compluined because ¢ eles raph mapony hind +hutyad. fo tetivertiy . w neowiges . He yot — hit e e el ust the. Etec ruilronc. af | whinky ston broustt, . The cldin wan adjust at. A man n Bergen kicked about 6 liscourteous. eonductarette. . The. fat ennductorette | was. reprimanded. . a ann In Freehold bind w. fhigmun dip nlssed for dran.ontiess, Ju a agreat mnclurity of theme. dt amnt | complaints | the utility . wa «ond to be wrong, aind the nter wa ined to the arsfuetion. of th rompdlainont, | Even in a majority 0 lipared bili It. turned out that th meters were wrong and ihe compialn mts chichi. The report also includex a tabula ton of the mumber of personw. liter and Injured on the ateam rultronds & he state an dthe electric or. trolleg rond«. . On the aterm ronds 451 ger ons were kitled and 1447 Injured, 1s he clossificetion of those killed. the argest number, 145, wore: treupannety m rullroud property, 129 ware stract by Jocomotives and 84 met death & ile m On the trolley rouds 58 were Milist nd 1,440 Injured, eGf thone killed thy reatest nutaber, 80, were struck by ars, Of the Injured 174 were due tt deratliments, 188 to being struck by ars, 248 to collision of cure with cary ind 31 to colllston of cars with aute nobiles, STOKES FOR CHAIRMAN ormer Governor is Nominatet for Head of Republican State Committee. Trenton, Apri. 16 -Former Gover or Edwant C. Stokes, president of the Mechunies‘ Nutiomil Eitk of Trontom, ‘emmittee for the chuirmunahip of the Sinte : Commulitee: to nucceed | State ewton A, K. Bugbee, tendered his reaignati medintely. . The committes refused ecept It at thut time, unanimously questing him to stick on the fob after the seanlon of the legislature, wewenting. the resignation. be anld did mot think It proper for. a candidat for governor to be chairman. of State Committee during the ont In selecting a new chairman minds of the committeeman mat turned to Mr. Stoken by ressonof experience an. viee. choirmatc chairman and chairman to. the and the remarkable mbillty he strated as the munngerial head of party organbation in the-staim. | It understood that he will nccept.o-Amtte the other duy If he would, be repiled: "I haven‘t been asked to be char man, and therefore I have nething t aay." The Nomiinting Committee gonaleta of Willi Brommin of Somergat, coum ty, John I, Fluvell of Ensex, .C, Asm Fratiels of Monmouth and Wiltiem 4 Albright of Gloucester, DEMOCRATS ARE IN BAG Their Bolshevik Tactics in Legia lature React Against Them. Trenton, April 16.-Now that lexinintive buttfe in over and the at mosplicre is somewhat cleared, It becoming more and more evident that mistake in attempting to make pier cnl capitnl by uttucking the constra tive pollcien of the MepubMcmm Frigg wdnitalstration, timi place, they have #. pitied porhing und fallure in no great met In ray enue. In the a place, heir polfey of petulant prot hiax heen directly ut sariknce with ne thought of the intelligent vote of the stute hi is furitermore evident that Haga mnd Nugent, the 1 to thelr candidate for ward 1 Bdwints, by eating blu on the futile, Magical, thunklens taak a endenvoring to teir down what-the B public ndiintstration . was atrivin to build up. The result was ® complete tramp for the adutnistrutt ceeds like success.. ‘There In no doub of the effect of this legislative sesslot upon the result of the compalgo nex full, Well, Knowledge is Power, diaunte hnd been to the dentlnt te get a tooth pulled, A few days late a friend of the family, a mun whos sond presented un extremely barefoot «1. appenranice, | called ats Jimmalal roune, — linimle aquiriued around awhil and Annily usked: "Mister Rrown, dl a liye much when ya gotcher ; sulled Pig iron From tron Sanda, Experiments in New Zealand ha iad the stage where fron is actually pro | hiced at the rite of 15 tons per day Plans are tow being made fer wmlarging the plant,