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— — A. LEON' "^LACE. CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1921 .'SSSAS?- — m.

GALA I 1HT FOR MASONS LADIES NIGHT CELEBRATED INHIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM PROVES VERY ENJOYABLEOVER 500 PRESENT Cape Island Lodge, No. 30 F. and A. M. and Adoniran Chapter, No. 39, R. A. M., celebrated Ladies Night in the Auditorium of the Cape MayHigh School on Thursday evening, January 20. The affair was a decided success and enjoyed by several hundred people. i he entertainment which was most1v local talent was rendered in a very pleasing manner and well enjoyed by alL The affair was opened with a piano solo by Miss Helen Porter. Miss Porter's ability is so well known that it is unnecessary to comment on it. Miss Catherine Stevens rendered a Spanish dance act which was very creditable. Mrs. John T. Hewitt and Miss Godell, music teacher of the Cape MayHigh School were very pleasing in solos which were enjoyed by all. . The cornet and accordion music byMr. Herschell Berry, of Millville, and the violin solo by Miss Bundy, of the High School, were well met by all present, calling for several encores. A sextette of young ladies, all members of the Cape May High School rendered a song and dance act in a very pleasing manner. These girls deserve a great deal of credit for their exhibition as it required a good deal of practice to accomplish it in such a faultless way. The harmony of the evening was taken care of by the All Star Five of Millville. The humorist act by a professional of Philadelphia, created many a laugh and was well liked by all After the entertainment- light refreshments were served by the men. ■phe^committee in charge,- - Messrs. iRiffeardson, Frank B, Mecray, Gilbert C. Hughes, Dr. Frank R. Hughes, and Irwin H. Eldredge, deserve a great deal of credit for the successful way in which it was carried off, considering the obstacles with which they had to contend with £nd which were unavoidable. / The use of the ha.ll was very kindlygiven by the Board of Education and the Committee desire to express their thanks to that body for their generosity. « CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETS AT COURT HOUSE On January 21st, the Cape MayCounty Chamber of Commerce, met at the High School Building* at Cape May Court House, at 8:30 P. M. The program included a review of the in- " dustries of Cape May County, as follows: Resorts, Joseph G. Champion. Banks and Banking, W. J. Tyler. Agricultural Activities, J. A. Stackhouse. ^Printing Establishments and News- ] papers, William A. Haffert. Fisheries, Augustus Hilton. MRS. BELLE STITES Mrs. Belle Stites, wife of Joseph Stites of West Cape May was, in some unexplained manner, killed at Winslow Junction on Monday night. The body was found on the Reading Railroad bridge just north of the station. The funeral took place Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock, interment at Cold Spring cemetery Mrs. Stites was closely related to several of the older families of this resort and was a daughter of the late Richard Smith, an! a sister of Mrs. Samuel Taylor and Mrs. N orris Smith of this city. CITY AFFAIRS All the Directors were present at -the regular meeting on Tuesday 18th 'Inst. A lease was ordered prepared for a ocrmanent home for the American Leg:on, The Veterans of Forrgn Wars and Poy Scouts at the .-or.ventional Hall. Notes on Tax Revenue ordered renewed at The Merchants National Bank of $30,000 and $5,000 each.

WITH THE i CHURCHES s METHODIST I Four new members were welcomed - into the fellowship of the Church on Sunday 16th inst. The Pastor, Rev. Geo. T. Hillman will deliver a Leci ture in the Church Auditorium on ', Thursday 27th inst at 7:30 p. m. Subi ject, "The Phillipine Islands and Peof pie as I saw them." Tn the evening , the Local Masons attended the Ser- - vice in a body, the Pastor preaching a 1 special sermon. PRESBYTERIAN f Sunday 16th inst., the Sacrament of f Communion was celebrated at the morning service in the dignified and ) solemn manner customary in the des nomination. Mr. Rodes sang an apt propriate selection from the Cantata of "Nicodemus." . In the absence of i the pastor the Rev. E. P. Dyke, of ! Cold Spring, officiated at the evening service. The congregation was un-j - usually small on account of the at- ! traction at the Methodist (Cape May • > Lodge F. & A. M.) Those who were, present listened very attentively to a I r profund, scholarly and exhuastive disI course containing sound logic, clear : thought and plentiful in illustration 1 both in excerpts from poetry and prose, on the "Personal immortality of Man"; subject somewhat clouded in i this day and generation by the genert ation by the conditions in the after- : math of the World War and the criti- : ca! materialism of the age. Mrs. Eli dredge sang "Come Unto Me" by Raft fo in her usually natural and feeling style. > 'The Variety Supper" on the 18th ' inst was a complete success and netted about $60.00. I CHURCH ATTENDANCE It seems to be very generally accept- ■ ed and pronounced tooth from pulpit, pew and on the street that "The attendance at Church Services has i gradually "fallen off." It requires ■ no close observance to discover that the fact stands. An examination of the congregations will also disclose that this is i shown more in the small attendance i at the evening services. The Roman Catholic Church lias however no complaint in this direction. Reducing the analysis to the attendance at the Protestant Churches, the men seem to predominate in Che offence. This however is not . only true as confined to men. The children are conspicuous by their absence. Even the morning congregations present only a representation of about ten per cent of men -and about one per , cent of children. This too in face of , the fact that the morning has generally been the time when attendance is the largest. It had been fondly hoped that the Sunday School and the various Societies connected with the Churches would increase the attendance. Semi-entertainment had also been expected to produce better results. The reality has not come. Interrogating the question: — "Is indifference the cause? Has the "War" so far beclouded the vision as to distort the moral reasoning. Have the i

delights of pleasure lured human na1 ture away from the things regarded ' as of the religious and spiritual? Have men as thinkers lost faith in Christianity and concluded that it has not brought conditions expected of it ? ' Have men "cut loose" from the "moor- • ings of their fathers" and set out to " investigate on lines of o: alytica! 5 thought, which have finally brought j s them to eschew the "faith once deliv- : ered to the saints?" If any or all of these are true, then we are led to in- " quire, "How shall they be brought ® back" ? ' BURLINGTON AMERICAN LEGION TONIGHT The attraction for this evening will ' be the fast Burlington American Le- ' gion five of Burlington, N. J. There [ will be dancing after the game which ! will be called at 8:30 sharp. CHURCH OF THE ADVENT Rev. Paul Sturtevant Howe, Ph.D., Rector f SUNDAY SERVICES 8:00 A M. Holy Communion : 10:30 A. M. Second services and sermon. : 8:16 P. M. Sunday School. 4:00 P. M. Evensong. . . ANNOUNCEMENT Hats for immediate wear in new colors and materials. Very smart . styles for the early Spring. LOTTIE R. HILLMAN, , 2t 209 Perry StrWt. » t

ATTENDS DANCE^ 1 Miss Catherine Needles attended | the 'Tledge Dance" of Phi Kappa Psi | fraternity, held in the Chapter House at Carlisle last Saturday evening. ( Miss Needles, who at the dance was I the guest of George M. Stevens, spent t a delightful week-end in Carlisle, 1 greeting her former classmates, r — ■ — DIVORCE RECOMMENDED On motion of Judge Hildreth, C. V. D. Toline Esquire, sitting as an ad- - visory master of the Court of Chancery, has recommended that Czarina I Adams be granted a divorce from . Allen Adams.

To Delinquent j ■ ; Taxpayers | I Si 1 ! Notice is hereby given that all land on which * \ ; taxes are unpaid for the year 1919, will be sold f at tax sale on X Tuesday, March 1st, 1921 | and all taxes not paid by January 25, wijl be I t advertised in the newspapers on Saturday, * > January 29, 1921. * [ L Yours respectfully, X • ; ; . W. J. FENDERSON, | j ■ Collector. ♦ ) : |

CAPE MAY HARBOR i A COMMERCIAL ASSET d ENTERED THROUGH A STONE PROTECTED INLET 800 FEET n FEET WIDE WITH THE MORAL SUPPORT AT THE NAVY YARD SHOULD MAKE A MODERN PORT

- The many natural advantages of - Cape May as a sea-shore resort have S been advertised every year with the hope that the coming season would be a more prosperous than the last. Still old Cape May has not reached that pinnacfe of success that has been attained by some of the new coast re^ f sorts. e Cape May is not only fortunate in | J natural advantages but possesses arti- I : - ficial improvements that should not be - overlooked. The land locked harbor » with its exceptional wharfing possif bilities is without a doubt Cape May's f greatest asset, and we should direct | J , our energies toward combining the , - j natural assets with the artificial ones, j Railroads, tide water and shipping J f ' facilities are always being sought j i e ■ after by the big business interests of J the country. This is demonstrated by - the growth of industrial plants along r the Delaware River and its tributar- • i ies, and in the vicinity of Newark Bay. i Now, Cape May can offer just as f good, if not better, inducements for , i locating here than many of those . - places. We have, besides the ideal 1 - land locked harbor within two miles of - ocean traffic, two railroads with i - direct connection with the haitoor and i • with abundant room for private sid- :

" ings, also hundreds of acres of wasted i land east of the railroads and coni tiguous to the harbor that would make s unexcelled industrial sites. ! Did you ever stop to think what the , development of this wasted land and the utility of the harbor would mean • to Cape May? Instead of a parasitic business for three months we would 1 have an increased population, permai nent building improvements, and an ' all year round business ~at would ■ benefit every one in this locality. But in order to accomplish anything ; along these lines it is absolutely necessary that we have the co-operation : of the several municipal governments, . the various civic bodies and the citi- : | zens at large in exploiting these un- ; | equalled opportunities. Nothing can be accomplished if we hide these opportunities under a bushel measure, • they must be advertised in a way that will attract the attention of the man wife is looking for just such industrial sites."\And be ready to give him any information he may desire so that we ■ can sufficiently interest him to locate We have just passed through an era of prosperity — let us try and keep it and not depend entirely upon the summer boarder.

CAPE MAY r H1GHSCH00L Wednesday 12th inst. Cape May ^ High School Girls were victorious in D the basket ball game wit£ Court House played in the Convention Hall. Score 9 to 8. A social hour was spent with the visiting team in the High ,d School Building. j. "Good English Week" was observed :e in detail. Attractive posters made by the students under the supervision ie of Miss McMahon, the art teacher, |d were exhibited in all the rooms. nj Teachers and pupils were "tagged" ic for mistakes in English. Errors conld sisted chiefly in the use of "double negatives" as "I haven't nothing"; n "Best not go"; "Get it off of"; "Awful d big"; "He don't do it"; "Where is it at". It is acknowledged "that the exg perience has benefitted all." .. Mr. Eldredge, Physical Training n Teacher, attended a meeting of the B) Physical Training Teachers' Associai_ tion at Court House, on Thursday last. This Friday evening the High n School Boys pla>1ea basket ball against }_ Cape May Court House boys in the e Convention Hall. ^ Friday 14th .inst., the Wildwood n High School Girls defeated the Cape d May Girls in Basket Ball, 12 to 11. y Game was close from the first whistle. ,e An examination of the detail will x show that Cape May played the better game. The line-up was: a Gape May H. S. Wildwood H. S. Reeves forward Hartley e Douglass forward Carlberg Hinds center Malcom ^ Stevens s.-center Nye Johnson guard Scully Edmunds guard Silen Homan (sub) — guard Kloo c d Field Goals — Reeves 4, Hartley 8. si Foul Goals — Douglass 3, Hartley 3, * Carlberg 3. ?• Referees: Bloodgood and Eldredge. s On 14th inst. Wildwood Boys' Baskit et Ball team defeated Cape May, < s. score 43-25. About seventy-five rooters accompanied Cape May. NOTICE Why worry about coal when you can get good dry wood delivered 1- promptly. Order now before bad i- weather sets in. Call Keystone a 807-A-l 1 or drop a card to Walter P. n Taylor, Cape May, N. J. l-15-21-2t

PERSONAL MENTION ' INTERESTING PERSONAL PAHAi GRAPHS OF THE COMING AND t GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. t I Mrs. L. F. Durand is spending a few . weeks with relatives and friends in ; New York and Newark. | Robert Blattner spent several days this week at his home here. ' Mrs. John H. Mecray is entertaining i her mother Mrs. Havland, of Brooklyn, N. Y. , Mr. and Mrs. J. Ashton Williams [ celebrated 25th anniversary of their [ wedding, Friday of last week at their t home in Laurel Springs, N. J. Miss Mary Doak was one of the guests from Cape May. Laurence H. Eldredge has returned ' to his studies at Lafayette College [ after recuperating a few days at his i Mrs. Howard Barnett, Jr., is»spet%' , ing the week in Philadelphia. I I Merle Eldredge was in Cape May on ' j Sunday visiting friends on Columbia I avftnue. EVENTS OF THE WE£K 1 Mrs. John H. Mecray entertained a •.small bridge party at her home Wednesday afternoon of this week. Mrs. G. L. Hooley and Miss Hooley ' entertained at bridge Thursday after- ' noon last. | Mr. and Mrs. Jay Mecray enter- , tained on Tuesday evening of this week at their home corner of Benton avenue and Jefferson street. The Presbyterian supper held in the basement of the Presbyterian church Tuesday evening, was a wonderful | j success. Plenty of good things to eat, at well as good people to meet. Miss Ella Bennett gave a bible reading at her home Thursday afternoon. Miss Bennett's Thursday afi ternoon readings are always interestI ing- ' Accidents are no more a matter of ill luck than good fortune is a matter ; of good luck.

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