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Forms close promptly at 5 P. M. each Thursday • j VOLUME 66— NUMBER 16 CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1921 SSflot PEE™ A. LEON EWING, MANAGER ' ^ '*** . . . »|

PERSONAL i MENTION 9 INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS ^ AND RESIDENTS. C. Dudley Moore, of CJlen Ridge," N. J., spent a few days in Cape May | last week. . j '' Mrs. S; B. Wilson hat? as her guest , for a few days, Mrs. L. L. Wood, of ' Wilmington, Del. — s ' I* Mrs. Sallie Scheflenger left Cape : May Tuesday for Bayonne, N. J., | where she will be the guest of Mr. . and Mrs. J. Stratton Ware for a few weeks. 1 Mrs. W. J. Fenderson, Jr., spent < a few- days in Philadelphia this ■ week. , I. Learning Sheppard and family ^ who hatfe been spending the wintey in Philadelphia, have returned to their cottage, 38 Jackson Street. James F. Lucas and family, after • spending the past few months in , ( Philadelphia, have returned to their Hughes Street Cottage where they will spend the summer. Luther Ingersoll and family, of ( Saulsbury, _ Maryland^ motored to - Cape MayiDhursday. Mrs. Bessie T. Hazlett left yeSter- | day morning oh a two weeks' trip to 1 Knoxville, Tennessee, where she will be the guest of Rev. B. A. Bowers and familyThe family of jjst-ry L. Parkinson, of. Lansdpwne, Pa., who remained ' here until late, November, have re- ^ turned for an indefinite period, occupying their home a,t 29 Perry Street. ' Miss Marguerjte Dunham, of Alio- ^ way, N, J., is spending a few days with friends in Cape May. Mrs. L. Stevens entertained at Five Hundred- on .Wednesday after- ' noon at her home on Corgie Street. Mrs. Lewis Hawley entertained the ^ ' members of her club on Monday evening. t * STATE BONUS NOTICE •' i Applications for state bonus can J be filled out at the high school Mon- ' day and Tuesday evenings, April 18th ' and 19th, beginning ( at 7j30 p. m. Applicants must have been residents ' of New Jersey at the time of enter- | ing service. - Soldiers bring original discharges. ■ Navy men must have papers showing dates of enlistment and . ais- ^ >charge. - If these are not available write to the Bureau of Navigation. Washington, D. C., for certificate of service. WANTED— Wanted to rent small furnished cottage near shore during ; latter half of Jung, Inquire "No. 128 | - Star qnd Wave. — 1 It V. — LADIES HATS v Just received a fine assortment of ladies hats. KAHN'S, 508 Washingi ' ton Street.

FISHING PIER ] NOW OPEN MANAGER CHA5L. S.MlTH.'HOOKS A BIG CROAKER AND RUNS TO STAR & WAVE OFFICE , WITH THE LIVE FISH— MANY | CAUGHT SINCE. Last week the City Fishing Pier, just back of the Convention was opened for the season. To Manager Capt. Smith, goes the honor of catching the first croker of the season, and he was justly proud of the feat. Although the weather has been anything but favorable during / past few days, severdi large catchhave been made. Last Sunday a party of anglers from Philadelphiahere, but owing to the rough weather, nothing was caught. ' Mr. Smith has made some attrpc- 6 five- improvements to the pier this 0 year, the. first being ithe flying of a 11 big blue pennant, wikh the words" *- "City Fishing Pier" engraved on it.' In a wgek or sa when the weather f warms up the beys will so^<%et the 1 fishing fever and then w# can look y for some real, records to be broken, 1 especially among the drum fisher- 1 who all say they aye going to catch the prize drum-this season. v ANOTHER BIG VI EEK ( * AT THE LIBERTY ? Everyone is talking about "Mid- Is summer Madness, "\Jieralded as one of j the finest shows ever shown at this j 1 theatre. Lila Lee seems to be very | ^ popular with the movie fans in Cape j ' May. We promised you a big week ' April 11th but wajt until you see c the attractions here for the week of e April 18th. "Earthbound" which comes to the Liberty, Thursday and Friday is a production which is being P shewn all over at increased prices. a The management takes great pleasure a in offering this wonderful picture at *' their regular admission prices. This " is truly, one of the-most remarkable 1 productions ever presented in Cape May. On Saturday. Pearl White 5 to the Liberty ir\ "The Tigers ( Cub." As an added attraction we are ^ showing the first of a series of single 0 reels of "Kineto Reviews," . bearing f the title of "Thrills." We promise ^ you in this picture the greatest single- r reel you -have ever" seen. — • » ( AMERICAN LEGiQN BALL TEAM c DEFEATS CAPE MAY H. S. < The American Legion has entered * the field with a first-class ball club, ' as was demonstrated recently when 1 they trimmed the Cape Mar High 1 , School boys by the scbre of 5 to 0. , The American Legion has the mate- 1 rial for a good ball ciub and will cer- 1 taiiily cause some stir in the baseball | doings of Cape May County. Lem- • mon who pitched fop tHc Legion, ! showed some of the/ability of which : this team will he made. .

FOCER & MECRAY Authorized Ford Dealers WHAT'S COHJING THIS WINTER? YOUR BIN FILLED WITH RUTHERFORD'S COAL WILL RELIEVE YOU OF THE ANXIETY Order Now at These Remarkably Low .Prides EGG 12.75, Stove 13.25, Nut $13.25, Pea $10.75 ) Rutherford's COAL -v IT SATISFIES Eldredge Ave., West Cape May, Phone 175-R

BUILDING GRAFT IS DENIED BY COUNTY BOARD Grand Jury Charged by Supreme Court Justice Black to Find Indictments orhe Fired-The Board Denies all Charges of Irregularities / and Waste

A road building graft, with approx- I imately $900,000 involved,, was charg- t ed against the Board of Freeholders i of Cape May county in a report sub- ; mitted to the grand jury by 'Supreme 1 Court Justice Charles J. Black. ' With a bonded indebtedness of $1.- ' 416,000, of which half was author- i ized in 1920, Cape May county is now i within $26,300 of the extreme limit of i its borrowing capacity as fixed by ■ law, the probers assert. TW5: report represents four mohtlis' I work .by William J. Kraft, of Cam- ' tien, and Edward P. Bacon, of Jersey ' ordered by the court to investi- i gate the road building scandal by a 1 j special committee. » 1 i So impressed was Judge Black with ] • the facts contained in the report that i j he advised the gr^iul jury that unless ! they found bills of inditment against I the persons involved ,he would dis- < change them and personally see to the : calling of another grand jury. "You are also advised," he went on ' "to examine carefully the grand and . petit "Jury lists Ahieh are before, you < and if .you find on them the -name of I any person whom you deem unfit to decide this case you are asked to mark his name and rail it to the at- , tention of the court." ; The Board of Freeholders re pre- | senting all" the districts in Cape May ] County, consists of fourteen memUntil recently Augustus Hilton, , of Wildwood was director. The pres- , cnt director, Floyd Hewitt,- .North , Wildwood, was for many years a member. In addition to "extravagant expenin auuiuori 10 muoiokoiii "pv"

ditures of money in road building, — careless management and inefficiency," it is also charged that the counhas lost iterest of more than $400,deposited in one bank, despite the that no interest was paid on this "EVery cent of- the money deposited in this bank represented a loss of three per cent, interest to the countytax payers," said Mr. Kraft. "Other banks wore willing anyl anxious to , pay three- per cent for the use of the i money. Apparently, no effort was ever made to reach an arrangement with the directors of the .bank where- - by interest would bd paid on county.' deposits." Collusion between the board of' freeholders and contractors in jhe construction of roads and the provisions for supplementary- building whiph violted the statutes of the State and county besides being hegdlessly extravagant arc alleged, in the -report. Among the instances cited -in- th'e report is a street in Avalon^extending a mile over low marshy land which is hardly passable in ' dryweather and is impassable invjwet. This roa-^Ms abruptly at the channel of* Townsend's Inlcf. It was con--structed in 1918 at .a" cost of $23,500. Besides being practically useless as a means of travel, the report asserts, , it is unnecessary, being parallel thruout most of its entire length, by a good gravel road less than two city blocks away. Another instance is citfcd in ^ the road connecting Sea Ise City with " Corson's Inlet, a distance of about two and a half miles, which .was Constructed six years ago at a cost of'* $16,0091 Recently the report states, bonds were issued for the w'idenin^--of this j-oad — "an unnecessary operation"— at a co. -A of $28;719.50,. with an additional appropriation for' "special" wo?k of $12,000, making the total cost' of the widening nearly'- three times the cost of the. original road. The report asserts that thousands of dollars have been spent on the ''widening" in the course of a single working day. From Turtle Gut Inlet to Two Mile

Life Saving Statiop, a disslightly over two and a half miles, a road was built .along the shore. Riling in operations at Turtle Gut Inlet were let at a cost of $84,879.8& Subsequently when a storm washed away this work, the road wa3 relocated and additional work was done on it costing about $140,000. The report says this road runs to a "dead end" and- is not yet- completed. Thousands of dollars worth "of bids for roa| way and other enterprises were lelj by the county board, the investigators find, without having been advertised, despite the fast that the specified all- bids for work amounting to more than $500 must be publicly advertised and bids sought in advance. As an instance of the alleged careand extravagance of the county board, the probers cite the instance of where the Tiffon Wagon 'Company was paid $4|114 each for two automobile trucks by the county. . At the time this payment was made the trucks were actually on sale by the firm at $2,700, it is charged. Denial of charges of irregularities, waste and illegality in the conduct of affairs of Cape May county was made by members of the Board of Freeholders of* the county Thursday. The defense, however, related only specific items in the Investigating Committee's Report submitted to the Cape May county grand jury TuesContinued on page 8 -

BIG TIME FOR ] , ODDFELLOWS DEGREE DEMONSTRATIONS AT ] THE CAMDEN ARMORY, APRIL 30TH WILL BEwVELL ATTENDED — OVER 1000 CANDIDATES. Tentative rephrts from 15 lodges, with 79 lodges yet to be heard from indicate that the proposed class pf , 1,000 candidates jptfll be considerably j larger, and that the degree demon- ( stratiolKof the Independent Order of { Odd Fellows, at the Third Regiment , Armory, Camden, on April 30th, j will be by .far the largest gathering £ in the' history of the Order in New ' -Jersey. . j Grand Master Burton A. Gaskill , ■ yesterday announced that 15 lodges ( s of the 94 in SoutiT*Jersey have re- , i ported a total of 400 candidates. The < • largest humbes^reported fay any one ( ' l«lge was 76. ( ' It Is now estimated that over six f ' thousand members of the Order will ' take advantage of the reduced rail- < I road fares and will crowd the Ar- j irttory to capacity. . ! The society of Odd Fellows is the } > leader in numbers of the _ fraternal ( beneficial Orders of. the world; the , i last statistics , showing a member- } ! ship of over two and a half million. s : In New Jersey the Order has a mem- j ' bership of near forty thousand, which v - has grown largely in the past few ( years. In addition to the fraternal and beneficial side a splendid Home ! for the Aged is maintained in Trenton, and an Orphanage" at Newark, i Allen Redfield. City .Clerk of. Glou- ' cesser City, is Chairman of the Cam- ' den Committee of Arrangements and j i is being assisted by enthusiastic a»d , ' hard "working assistants. GAS PRICE NOT RAISED 1 , 'City Solicitor Lewis T. Stevens -has , ■ I received word from the State Public ' Utility Board that -the request for . '■ the suspension of a raise of gas ■ charges from $1.90 to $2.50 per 1000 feet has been complied with and the , rates have been suspended, and t a hearing will/fae held in Camden, o - ' Friday, April 29. The local com- * pany .read meter on April 5, and ex-, pected to make the new charge without a hearing, .but they cafmwt now dd, it. So April bills, at least, will be at thd- old rate. 1

TO ORGANIZE ."\ , i LEAGUE TO ORORGANIZE THURSDAY NIGHT —MOVEMENT IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN LONG NEEDED IN CAPE MAY. All those interested in the movement on' foot, to organize a ProgtipssLeague for Cape May City are urgently solicited to be on hand at Mc- - Cann's ^Auditorium on Thursday eve- , - Q ning, April 21st at 8 P. M".Tor-the J purpose of organizing and electing officers. - It is the purpose of the League to promote all things beneficial to the resort in conjunction with the Board of Trade. Organizations of a similar nature have been' proved very successful in other places and "it is hoped that the project will meet with such enthusiasm that it will be a success from the Start. In addition to the above It will be conducted on a social basis, having club rooms where a man can go and spend an hour or two and find some amusement. It is planned to equip the club wrtth a' library and reading room, pool and billiard tob'es, shuffle board and other thipgs that seem suitable for such a place. This is something that Cape May has al- . ways needed and the membership is open to all over 21 years of age. MILLINERY The shop of sensible prices. Milof Aristocratic smartness, catering to the requirements of a reclientele. Next week, hats specially priced at $5.00, $7.00, $8.00, $10.00, $12.50. Sport Hats. Roman Bashes so popular now at $2.00. 35 cents each. , LOTTIE R. HILLMAN * Perry Street \Cape May J. S. GARRISON Repairing of Watches, Jewelry, Optical Goods and Phonographs Old Gold, Silver and Diamonds Bought

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