STARTLING FACTS During .1921 the most startling ' thing may be the retain to pre-war prices for everything. Maybe yoa 1 can get a pack of cigarettes for a .nickel whu knows? i New York is all bet up over their proposed enactment and let us hope they frill not reach here, for it would j mean no Sunday movies, or newspapers or baseball or motoring, golf- , ing, spooning, or anything except going to church and sitting quietly at home afterward, reading. You dassent even loss your own wife on Sun- . 3ay, much less anybody else's. Most startling of all may be the abolishing of jazz. It has already been hinted at by high authorities. If this alone happens it will make 1 1921 worth while. Let us sit steady in the fliwer and never mind the rough rood for we're going to get there with both feet, no matter what hapf>eas. Mistletoe was a glorious thing in the day that it imparted the hint that a girl wouldn't mind being kissed, but everybody seems to know that now. The price of shoes is to take a big drop next month- That ought to gladden many an afflicted sole.

Tfasy started fat jUiiday to ran an the crooks oat of New Yo*. Tfant win probably be a limusiias town fa a few days. There is one field in which the wise ' man and the fool meet on a common level. That is when they fall in leve ] and take their pens in hand. Port- being only 9 cents on the hoof and 35 cants in sausage, it's easy to see what's in this Kind of a skin game. The South has determined to reduce . its cotton acreage to one-half that of last year. Well just have to continue to wear rift socks, that's ofL Many a man who in Ms time husked 100 bushels of corn a day now has a son who finds it mighty ' hand to bite the grain off a roasting ] l Some of the children of the people who used to attend spelling schools are making their living writing bod spelling rube stuff for the news- ■ papers. The Sabbath was intended for a. day of rest, but misguided reformers ; would make it a day of arrest. If epidemics follow the styles, you 1 may look for an outbreak of knee- ■ monia this winter. t Millions of people who object to food prices will never blister their own hands on a hoe handle > Every fanner I know wonders what a city man does with his time.

LOCAL BUDGET Borough of South Cape May, State of New Jersey, for the Year 1921 THIS BUDGET SHALL ALSO CONSTITUTE THE TAX ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1921 Be it ordained by the Council of the Borough of South Cape May, County of Cape May, that there shall be assessed, raised by taxation and collected for the fiscal year of 1921 the sum of Twelve Hundred and Forty-five Dollars ($1245.00) for the purpose of meeting the appropriations set forth in the following statement of resources and appropriations for the fiscal year of mi' 1921 1920 Amount of surplus revenue $ 1,244.00 8 1,989.15 LOCAL BUDGET Surplus revenue appropriated 800.00 531.43 Miscellaneous revenue Amount to be raised by taxes 1,245.00 1,386.05 Total 12,045.00 $1,917.48 APPROPRIATIONS General Government: . _ „„„ „„ _ -» Administrative and Executive — 5 371-80 Collector and Treasurer . 200-(K> 231-31 Assessor ! : 175.00 181.50 Water and Fire ' 250.00 100.00 M.rS.,1 : 240.00 240.00 Lighting 100 00 22000 Streets and Highways 500-00 500 00 Health 20.00 20 00 Contingencies 60.00^ 53.18 Total & : $2,045.00 $1,917.48 The foregoing budget was approved bv the Council of South Cape May, in the County of Cape May, and State of New Jersey, at a meeting held on the third dav of January, 1921; and will be taken up for final adoption at a meeting. to be held in the Borough Hall, in said Borough, at -12 o'clock, noon, January 29th, 1921, at which time and place any objections thereto on the part of the taxpayers will be presented and will be heard and considered by said Council. -->» EL B. MARTI?<, Borough Clerk. j-22-21-2t-126-p$ — —

APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE Borough of West Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TAXES FOR THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of th Borough of West Cape May, in the County of Cape May and State t>f New Jersey, that there shall be "assessed, raised by taxation and collected for the fiscal year 1921 the sum of Forty-one Hundred and Sixty-four Dollars for the purpose of meeting the appropriations set forth in the following statement of resources and appropriations for the fiscal year 1921. Surplus Revenue r 5 300.00 Resources:' Surplus Revenue Appropriated Miscellaneous Revalue 200.00 Amount to be Raised by Taxes State Railroad Tax ^ 400.00 Appropriations 1920 1921 Interest . ' $ 200.00 $ 200.00 Water Rent 146.00 146.00 Salaries -_= 780.00 780-00 Engineer Expenses 100.00 100.00 Maintenance of Police - 200.00 200.00 Lighting of Streets and Public Places 1.400.00 1-400.00 Building, Repairing, Cleaning Streets 1,200.00 1200.00 Support of Poor 50.00 50.00 Board of Health IPO-OO 100.00 Ditches and Sluices ..... — 100.00 100-00 Stationery. Printing, Advertising — 250.00 300.00 Auditing 30.00 Contingent Expenses 185.00 138.00 Memorial Day Contribution ... 20.00 t $4,661.00 $4,764.00 This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. Attest: THEO. W- REEVES, Clerk. EDWIN MORTON, Mayor. The foregoing Budget was approved at a meeting of the Borough Council held at the -Bo rough Hall, West Cope May, on January — . 1921, and will be taken up for final adoption at the meeting of the Borough Council to be held Monday, January' 24, 1921. in Borough Hall, in said Borough, at which time and place any objections thereto on the part of any tax payers may be presented to and will be heard by the sold Council. Doted January 10, 1921. > THEO. W. REEVES, Clerk. l-15-2l-2t-ptf$18.72

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AN ORDINANCE | AN ORDINANCE relating to taxes for the year nineteen hundred and twen-ty-one, and malting appropriations for said year. - SECTION 1. The Board of Commissioners of the Q€y of Cape May do ordain, that there shall be assessed and raised by taxation and collected for the fiscal year of nineteen hundred and twenty-one the sum of one hundred and seventy-two thousand one hundred and ninety-four dollars and eight cents for the purpose of meeting the appropriations set forth in the following statement of resources and appropriations for the fiscal year of 1921: Surplus Revenue, December 81, 1919 $32J)06J!9 . Surplus Revenue, December 81, 1920—.: 3,665.79 RESOURCES 1921 1920 Surplus revenue appropriated (including unex- . MM.M pended balances of 1920) I 3,665.79 $ Receipts from water department 27,000.00 . 35,000.00 Receipts from Convention Hall- 5,000.00 5,000.00 - Mercantile licenses - 1,500.00 2,500.00 i Gross receipts tax _______________ 3,000.00 2,500.00 Franchise tax 5,500.00 2,000-00 Other miscellaneous revenues n 200.00 Amount to be raised by assessment of taxes 172,194.08 119,579.81 ! $217,859.87 $198,786.10 APPROPRIATIONS Redemption of bonds $ 18,500.00 $ 9,000.00 Redemption of improvement notes 2,000.00 ' Interest on bonds 49.212.50 46.272.50 • Sinking fund 18.449.87 16,985-51 Interest on current loans 7,000.00 5,000.00 Redemption of school bonds . 3,500.00 3,500.00 Interest on school bonds 4,027.50 4,050.00 1 Maintenance of police department 12,000.00 11,600.00 Repairing and cleaning streets and boardwalk 17,000.00 15,000.00 Lighting streets and public buildings 18,000.00 15,000.00 - Property repair and improvement — 3,000.00 3,000.00 Maintenance of water department — — 19,500.00 16,000.00 Overdraft for coal purchase for water department 3,305.89 Maintenance of- fire department 12,500.00 12,500.00 Maintenance of sewer disposal plant 4,500.00 4,500.00 F Overdrafts for coal sewer disposal plant 922-20 Maintenance of Convention Hall 3,750.00 8,750.00 Stationery, printing and publishing 1,500.00 2,000-00 Advertising : 3,500.00 3,000.00 Poor fund 200.00 300.00 Board of Health 1,600.00 1,500.00 G. A. R. Memorial services 200.00 200.00 Public music 7,000.00 4,000.00 Rebate of liquor licenses : 800.00 , Commissioners* salaries 4,000.00 4,000.00 f. Clerk's salary 3,000.00 1,000.00 I Superintendent of water works salary 500.00 500.00 „ Solicitor's salary ! 1 1,200.00 1,200.00 , Treasurer's salary 1,100.00 1,100.00 Collector's salary 760.00 760.00 « Assessor's salary ^ - 660.00. 660.00 r Alderman's salary 300-00 300.00 J Overseer of Poor's salary 300.00 300.00 Engineer's salary ; 1,500.00 1,600.00 - Electrical inspector's salary 600.00 600.00 Street supervisor's salary 1,200.00 1,080.00 . Auditor's salary — 300.00 200.00 Cotangent fund : - — 2,500.00 3,500.00 8 $217,859.87 $198,786.10 •- SECTION 2- And it is further ordained, that this ordinance shall take n effect immediately. J WILLIAM R. SHEPPARD. 0 PUBLIC NOTICE 0 The foregoing tax ordinance for nineteen hundred and twenty-one, which 0 is declared to be the Local Budget for nineteen hundred and twenty-one, 0 was regularly adopted and approved and passed first reading by the Com0 missioners of the City of Cape May,, at a regular meeting of the same, 0 held on the eleventh day of January, 1921, and will be taken up for final 8 adoption and second and third readings and final passage at a regular meet- - ing of the said Commissioners, on Tuesday, January 25, 1921, at ten o'clock 8 in the forenoon of said day, at the Commissioners' Room, at the City Hall, corner of Washington and Franklin streets, at which time any tax payer n or citizen may appear and object to the passage of all or any part of the a said Local Budget andTax Ordinance for the year 1921.- ,, Dated, City Clerk's Office, City of Cape May, N. J., January 11, 1921. ,e — WM. PORTER, City Clerk. y l-15-21-2t-139-pf$30.24. _ APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE Township of Lower, Cape May County, New Jersey. r A RESOLUTION RELATING TO TAXES FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE (1921) BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee of the Township of Lower, in the County of Cape May, New Jersey, that there shall be assessed, raised by taxation and collected for the fiscal year 1921, the 6um of Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Ten Dollars, for the purpose of meeting the appropriations set forth in the following: >e Statement of Resources and Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1921 ie Surplus Account a. $3,201.24 ^ Anticipated Revenue: 1921 1920 - Franchise Tax $ 700.00 $ 500.00 m Gross Receipt Tax 10.00 10.00 Amount to be Raised by Taxation: / Second Class Railroad Property 500.00 270.00 j /Taxation 5,710.00 5,400.00 ^ I — $6-920.00 $6,280.00 >, Appropriation t> \ Board of Health _ — ; $ 200.00 $ 400.00 ■,n Salary Collector, Treasurer, Assessor 900.00 900.00 Z Saiary Clerk 250.00 250.00 (X Committee Fees 300.00 300.00 £ Relief of Poor 200.00 200.00 Z Roads 3500.00 3,000.00 ln Solicitor and Delinquent Tax Collector 275.00 275.00 Z Printing and Advertising 200.00 200.00 m Property and Improvements 400.00 400.00 Z Police and Lighting 125.00 125.00 Z Election Expenses 250.00 ™ Fire Warden 20.00 ™ Contingent 200.00 180-00 Damage by Dogs 100.00 Z ' $6,920.00 $6,280.00. Be it further resolved this resolution shall take effect immediately/olid this Budget shall constitute the Tax Resolution. v. And notice is further given that said Township Committee will meet .. at the Township Hall in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, 1 on January 26, A. D. 1921, at 7:30 o'clock. P. M., for the purpose of giving a i , hearing on said Budget and the final adoption of the same; at which last mentioned time and place objections to said Budget may be made' by any . tax payer of said Township. By order of the Township Committee of the Township of Lower, Cape May County, New Jersey. Doted January 12th, 1921. WM. C HOFFMAN, Cleric. l-15-tt-2H«f$ 19.44 I e e 0 10

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