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PERSONAL MENTION : interesting personal para- • graphs of the coming and going of cape may visitors and residents. Sherman S. Sharp, the wide awake contractor of this city has just finished building a handsome school boose at 'Glasaboro iptoich is a credit to the Board of Education but also; a credit to the builder, andthe men who c : , ;iit to the builder, and the men who ' .e jroxked on the job for over one 3 • at. itobben Cohen and family are still occupying their Ocean street cottage. Mrs. Cohen has been in poor health, and says that no where in all the world does she find health and happiness as at Cape May. * Spencer Wright, who has been coming to Cape May for time out of mind is still enjoying the great weather at Cape May from the porches of his Ocean street cottage. Louis Ay ere, the prominent Philadelphia bus ness man, with his entire family are loth to leave the shore on account of the delightful bathing which is said to be the.best of all the

year at the present tifne. Mrs. Edgar P. Stites, Jr., has been j spending some time at the Elberoc ( hotel in Atlantic City. Mrs. Stites j returned home by motor on Tuesday ^ accompanied by friends. ] S. J. Santamaria, of the Santa ( Maria apartments, of Atlantic City, j whs in this city one day this week on ( business and while here said that | Cape May had the finest beach in all ( the world. Mr. Santamaria has trav- ( elled all over this country and Europe _ and said that he saw no reason why ] Cape May should not be the greatest ^ sea side resort on the Atlantic Coast in the next ten years. J. C. Heartrich and wife of Philadeiphia and New York, were visiting friends on Guerney street on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Heartrich motored to Cape May from interior Pennsylvania, and were en route to Delaware and Maryland and the Virginias. James Leighton, of Newark, N. J., has been spending a week with friends here. Mic* Mazie Mende, after spending a very enjoyable summer at Cape May. has returned to her home in Philadelphia for the winter. Paul Clark, of Wayne, Pa., motored to Cape May Friday and spent the week-end as the guest of A. B. Little, Jr. .Ralph Price, of Minersville, Pa., was a visitor here this week. Mr. Price who is well known for his musical talent, is now conducting a large band in Potts ville, Pa. E. P. Stites, Sr., is seriously ill at his home. Mr. Stites is in his 85th year but takes keen delight in- hymn writing at this advanced age. Several of our young "ladies enjoyed the trip to Ocean City the first of the week. it

John Price, of Tuckerton, formerly of Cape May, was greeting friends here the first of the week. Mrs. Louisa Kreutzer is lo sated at ■ 19 Perry street for the balance of the ^Several lots are being graded on Franklin street to be in readiness tot building. Mrs. C. P. Elfreth and daughter, of Overbrook, Pa,, are enjoying the month of SepteroBer-m-their_cottage 47 Jackson St. Mrs. Leonard Davis, with a party of friends motored to Atlantic City on Thursday fork days outing. ' Mrs. Cora Webber," of Haddon Heights, N. J., is a guest of Mrs. Robert Hand. William Barstow will occupy 1014 Kaaraey Ave. for the winter. H. J. Donoghue end family will spend the winter el 915 Sewell Ave. Dr. Ashburn will shortly occupy his W tan on Wellington St adjoin | ing the A. and P. store. L Mrs. Bert Haghae has leased the I * ********** St for the J. H. Hudson has ciaaad his Columft. bin avenne cottage aad returned to his *tarh— toWlhto^DM.. f Mia. Mahal Mr* dam, has returned

DEATH OF JAMES B. HASTINGS James B. Hastings, principal of the West Cape May schools passed away on Friday morning, after a brief illness, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eldredge, West Cape May, > where he has made his home. Inl terment was at Eovina Center, N. Y. 1 Mr. Hastings came here about eighteen years ago to take the principalship of the West Cape May schools and he proved to be a valuable asset ! to the borough and to the county. J His wife passed away during their residence at West Cape May, probably ten years ago, but he had become 1 so attached to his adopted home and ' to the people of West Cape May that ' he continued his residence there until 5 the spring of 1919, when his ill health caused him to resign and to return to his ancestral home at Bovina Center, " N. Y., where he continued to reside l' until ttie past August. He seemed to e have regained health and strength and yielded -to the longing he fell to return to his friends in West Cape May and aocepted the reappointment as principal He was received with * rejoicing not only by the people of the 8 borough, but also by many school men and women of the county who had l" learned to value him as a school man e andas a citizen. He had planned to n reorganize his school upon modern g lines and was deeply engaged in this * and full of interest in it. ana iuii oi m •>- i*

He was a graduate of Hamilton college and a classmate of the present ej Commissioner of Education, Calvin N. 0] and he hod chosen and pre- cl pared for teaching akjiis life work. b. interest is His pupils was prov- n erbial and never (Jeased. They sought c for advice apd aid when they, be- n came high school pupils and when g they became college students, just as 0; they did while under his direct tutel- j, age, and he never failed them. He b earnest in all county educational b ' movements and gave of his time and ^ ' effort to promote everything which , : promised benefit to the educational a system. He occupied the office of mayor for one term and had been pro- /j ' posed for election this fall again. p Mr. Hastings influence has been al- F ' ways for progress and his public 0 j spirited and unselfish work for school a and community will cause his name a to be cherished for many years. May j ^ he rest in peace. • f ? McKISSIC WINS IN ] ? LOWER TOWNSHIP J. P. McKissic won out at the' ' Primaries over Geo. E. Walters 'for j e the office of Freeholder on the Repub- " lican ticket with a larger majority than he has ever before received. •• The majorities from different dsit- "• ricts follow. Wildwood Crest, 64; Lower Towne ship, 56; West Cape May, 10; South tape May, 7; Cape May Point 6. h — „ Mrs. Samuel McCftbe has closed her beautiful summer cottage on Columbia avenue and returned to Philadelphia for the winter.

CHURCH OF THE ADVENT Rev. Pan! Starter ant Howe Ph. D. Rector SUNDAY SERVICES 8:00 A. M. Holy Communion : 10:30 A. M. Second service* and ser- ' ; mon. ! 8:15 P. M. Sunday School 4:00 P. M. Evensong. The. man without a definite aim in , life is helplessly disabled. Money has its proper place and is a staunch friend in times of stress. ( Start now with the Security Trust Co. I RUMMAGE SALE 8 The W. C T. U. will bold a Rummage Sale at comer of Washington and Perry Sts., October 7, 8 and 9. e 10-2-20-lt-1500 e , , , POTATOES FOR SALE i- _____ • 210 bushels of fine eating potatoes. Orders tahan far ton bnshsls or mare, d Delivered at 3U5 a bnaheL r Ma S»eck. Week Cage May. 1M-B4MMI

WOULD HAVE 1 BALL TEAM . A PUBLIC PLAY GROUND WHEHE l WE COULD STAGE TRACK, MEETS, BALL GAMES, OB OTHER SPORTS. > Perhaps in no other town of its t size in America is there a city that ■ has not a place where the young folks , r of the city can meet in friendly com- " petition with otoer towns and cities, 5 in track or field^epo/ts. On the Jer1 sey Coast this season Wildwood, 1 Ocean City, and Atlantc City had 1 base ball teams, (Atlantic City is the 9 home of one of the fastest colored 9 base ball yearns in the United States, - the Bacharach Giants), but Cape May e was without a base ball team. The 9 otoer day the writer of this article ^ was passing by the Presbyterian ^ church when fie noocea on thepavee ment a piece ef paste board; picking t it up to his amazement it was a ticket h good for one admission to the Cape e May base ball park in the year n Eighteen Hundred and Ninety — that d is thirty year® ago. At that time n Cape May had the fastest summer ° base ball team in toe entire United B States, with the Best Collegiate stars 's in the country as members of toe team. 1- ~ j - . i

Is Cape May retrograding its ? efforts to have something that is one v of toe biggest advertisements in the country for a city or town— a good , "Ball tearft ' we will have to ad- j mit that we are. Good people of , May, why not have entertain- j ments for toe benefit of a public play , ground and before the season opens , Nineteen Twenty-one, we can offer ] it a suitable place for the colleges to j their spring mee's or train their 1 ball or foct ball teams. The University of Pennsylvania foot ball ■ teams have trained here in years , It is understood that the Board of has contemplated turning over , present base ball park to the Board presentbase ball park to the Board of Health to be used on toe dump. It sure is a shame that a city as big and well and favorably known as Cape has to have such an unsightly dump in the midst of Ehe residential section as toe one now situated near the ball park. Why not have an incinerating plant? The Hustler. J'LAN WORK AND SAVE J Start the saving habit and open an : account with the Security Trust Co. A Strong Institution. -

IMPROVEMENTS ; REJECTED t — u PHILADELPHIA ATTORNEY OB- * JECTS TO CAPE MAY'S AD- " VANCEMENT, BEFORE COM- c MISSIONfeRS AND WINS THEIR FAVOR. ' " d The proposal of the Palace Theatre a 1 Company to lease a portion of toe beach between toe Convention Hall • and Pavilion No. 1 from the city for " toe purpose of erecting a 385,000 mov- <• ' mg picture bouse thereon was rejected g 1 by toe Commissioners at their regular c s weekly meeting last Tuesday by a * vote of two to one. Mayor Melvin e • and Mr. Sheppard voting against the ' proposal and Mr. Wentzell voting in j s favor of it. e The meeting was largely attended 1 by the beat business interests of the " city, who distinctly showed toeir ap- ? proval of the proposed improvement 1 by their favorable comments during e the arguments set forth by the several r speakers. Charles W. Edmunds, Esq., ] * of the Pennsylvania bar was decidede ly against the proposal, although this r was n-jt definitely "known until after d he had negotiated several record , s breaking flights into the higher ale titodes of oratory; attacking the moving picture business generally, and , IS . - J! - .1 II j 1 I i

pleading for the alleged needed moral n uplift erf Cape May. t As toe mat* issue before the c Commissioners his principal contentions were the proposed inadequate ( rental; the possibility of the enter- j t prise falling into the hands of-irre-lj sponsible alein born who would event- 1 r ually bunco the city out of its legal ij. rights as a consequence of a long term j lease of twenty-five years which |( to his mind,, was virtually a sale. ; Ernest W. Lloyd, Esq., answered ] Edmunds in a sound, business ] proving very clearly that as a _ resort Cape May was more oaj^ss a ] parasite, and depended upon the j stranger for toe sale of amusements, ( 1 and that the proposal offered was an , ' advancement along this line. ( I ■

Mr. Luther Ogden made a brief a advocating the adoption of improvements in keeping with toe dtp's high standard of patronage. Ex-Senator L. E. Miller was positively against the proposal, and agreed to doable the offer with toe j hope that it would not be accepted. He was not disappointed. The "remainder of those present were, without doubt, heartily in favor of the proposal and were greatly diasapointed, though not ' surprised at the . action of the Commissioners. ] " 1 " 4 THE RESULT OF PRIMARIES The Republican voters of the Second j Congressional District selected Con- ; grass man Isaac Bacharach as the - choice for candidate for re-election. , No otoer opposition appeared on • either ticket. The Repubiean ticket will be as ; follows: President, Warren G. -Harding. Vice-President, Calvin Ooolidge. Congressman, Is sac Bacharach. Assesmblyman, Andrew C. Bo swell. Coroner, Benjamin C. IngersoL Freeholder, Irvin H. Eldredge. LUTHER OGDEN HEADS COMMERCE CHAMBER The sixth annual convention of the ' Cape May County Chamber of Commerce, held in the School Auditorium, " Sea Isle City, on September 2Srd, was ' one of the best attended meetings in months, and resulted in toe elec- ■

tion of Luther C. Ogden, of Cape May i as President of toe organization! Clayton Haines Brick, of Ocean i .City, was President from the time of j (the inception of the Chamber to the ] present time, and asked that he be • I not re-nominated. Other officers elec- ; j ted were: Secretary, William A. HafSea Isle Crtv; "Treasurer, L. P. ; 'Coney, W ildwood; Vice-Presidents, Champion, Ocean City; Earl Waddington, Strathmere; Irving Fitch, Sea Isle Ctiy; Gilbert S. Smith, Avalon; Clarence A. Krouse, Stone Harbor; Lewis T. Stevens, Cape May; Samuel A. Lanning, Wildwood; and Chas. E. Foster, South Seaville. Rev. J. T. Gillison; of Sea Isle City, was elected Chaplain.

; REMOVAL NOTICE L«n»e» Replaced Frames Adjusted Cape May Optical L. C ASHBURN, Mgr. n Prescription Work Our Specialty Eyes Examined by Improved Method 324 Washington St. Cape May, N. J.

Make Your Dream Home Real. Build at once and save all taxes for the next five years. The New Jersey legislature has passed a law exempting from taxation for the next five years all houses erected during that period. This will be a big help toward paying for a "Home of Your Own." Our Home Building Service will assist ; you in getting started at once. Write or > phone for plan booklets. J. H. Coombs Lumber Co., lnc« Building Materials Wildwood, N. A

THE PUBLIC i JL1BRART NOW LOCATED IN TBlf HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING— ADDTTJON. AL FUNDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN AN UP-TO-DAT* LIBRARY. The Cape May Free Public library been rntsSWshed and, during toe entire summer under the direction erf Mrs. Mabel Sehanb as librarian, has been functioning at the Convention Hall in a room granted for its use by the Coiisiiiuduueie. There were hundreds of patrons aad many kind words. The number <rf books now to possession is about 1400. On the first of September, when the contract with toe librarian eloaed, toe bocta aad paraphernalia were removed to the high school building, where a room in toe basement had been prepared - by actum of the Board of Education. The pay of the librarian during the summer was provided by the Commissioners <rf the dty. Since toe library is absolutely free to the pubt Ik, there is no income available excepting that provided by an annuity from : an endowment of 31500, provided by - toe trustees of the late Cape May • School of Agriculture, Industrial Art 3 and Science which, was merged in 3 1913 into the State Summer School

system. Otoer endowments are needed. In order that the use of the library should be uninterrupted, City Superintendent Brunyate suggested to the Board of Education that be be pro- * vided with a clerk who could relieve of the large amount of clerical work he is compelled to take car? of, and also give attention to the library. The* idea is an excellent one for it is far from economy to compel so important a school official aa * city superintendent to waste valuable time which should be devoted to the supervision of his schools, in mere routine clerical work. The Board of Education feels this to be true, but seems to be doubtful of availably money. Perhaps the problem will be solved later. Wildwood has arranged the matter in precisely this way and is obtaining very satisfactory results. Those who have been most active in securing toe establishment of the library, have from toe first, had in mind the great vah t of such a library would be the high school, as well as I to the public, iifsupplying as it does, valuable reference books in many sub- ' jects. The Board of Education has had under consideration the use of the public library and the high school library together as a public library, and this is in line with -the suggestions of toe State Library Commissioners. Wildwood has done this very thing and finds that it is a great advantage both to toe public schools anil to the public. The employment of a clerk to the superintendent who would also give careful attention to . the library, would relieve the situation of the necessity for detailing faa.h.rc In hanrllp tllP llhrflfV. SS

they have had to do up to date. It goes without saying that under a plan of this latter kind, the attention given , to toe matter must of necessity be ' more or less casual. The public library will receive some > hundreds of additional books within » a few weeks, in art, science, history [ and fiction, and will be in a position when its organization is completed to I offer at all times, up-to-date books, both in fiction and the other subjects ~ named. The library is one of the big things which have com? to Cape May during the past year and the entire public will share with us in the hope f that it may receive such assistance as ► will enable it to serve continuously and in the fullest measure. Almost • anybody will realize that a total of from 2,000 to 3,000 books cannot be t cared for and kept moving, without toe attention of somebody with the necessary time to devote to it. Also, ■ the number of books will be continu- ' ously growing. Ultimatelythe public will be asked to vote support but the trustees desire first, that all of our citisens may realise what has been provided aad be ia a position totoasider it with fall | knowledge. Deal forget the Pot-Pie Sagger at the Gsaag* Hall aa Octehar 9th. BsaaBt sf Saaday School. . . W i