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S ^^bhnJ[)AY MiraclS I ' Coethe, Ac Great German Poet, Visit. Saarimicken ^ Forest and, Discovers the Philosopher of Coal (Told In Eight Sketch**) By JOHN RAYMOND I. ^ No. Ml" ' ... ; "• I \ THE PHILOSOPHER OF COAL J . - . -«m 1 ;n sh, lnrr«t ncarowMout dreamini •without

In 1771, fere lived near* Eaarbrackt. in Germany, a chemist < Banted Stapf. He was an eccentric old ' man who had an idea, far ahtad of hi:- I times, the nany things beside coke could be tbtaned in the combustion of ; bituminous ccai. ' Stauf had onstructcd a number of , evens over a turning mine and treated , •coal so that heobtained oi.. pitch, coke , Bad soot. Tbit was quite a forward , Step and altbugh he lived in the depths of a fcest the great minds ot 'Europe heard of his work. In fact. ] Goethe, himstf made a pilgrimage to the ovenL- of the far-seeing chemist , and in his aut.biography wrote a sink- { lag commentan his visit to the 5aar- ] bracken fores: , i "Ready an glad to pour his complaints into a human ear, the lean < . Secrepit, litie man, with a' shoe- on pne tpot ad a slipper on the other, t land With gtckings hanging down and i Weiwdly Milled up in vain, dragged himself ur Ihe mountain to where ' , ,the pitch loose stood which he had •V 'built himnlf and saw with grief now I falling ino ruins. Here was found a 'eonnect»J row of ovens in which coal w»s to be freed from sulphur and "undent for use in the iron works; >ut af the same time they wished also to recover the oil and pitch, and in'deed, did npt want to lose the lamp black, so that all failed together on account of the many ends in view." Goethe, who dubbed the chemist of SaarbrucRhn "Kohenphil'osoph" or the Philosopher of Coal, wrote his commentary .less than a century and ? half agor'What would be his comment to- . .-u — —r one ,0f the^g£cat

American plants " where almost unlimited numbers of' p.oducts arc obtained from the disr filiation or Mitral I Stauf" certainiy ' was one of the pio- ' neers, but it appears that the Chinese used coke as an article of commerce more than j 2,000 years ago,

- of the immensi value of the wasti product, coal ttr fn the Middle Age: tured for use in thi arts and for domestic purposes. Thi earliest record O coking coal in s regular oven was il 1620, when a paten w a s granted i i England to Sir Wil liam St. John fo making coke in a bee hive type of (

Later patents were granted in Scotland and Germany, and ' linallyi in 1817, we find Isaac Meason ■ "making coke in the ground" in Fay- j ette "County, Pennsylvania. i That was the crude beginning of one ' , of America's key industries, for from : 1 these bee hive ovens, wasteful as the/' . I were,, grew the great modcrfi plants j : that Astonished the world .during «thc . 1 war by their production of poison r gases, high explosives, fertilizers and - i other vital necessities, In times of- , 1 peace these plants produce dyes and I great quantities of intermediates^ for '■ ; the manufacture of other commodities. 1 ) In times of war .they are easily con- , - verted into strongholds of defense. ' You will remember that it was an 1 English boy who discovered the possi-, bilitv of manufacturing dyes from coal f tar but England 'let the great chance e slip through her liters and as a CcSylt - she found herself in a 'bad way when f war broke out in 1914. It was humili- - ating for the United States to" be t caught napping and to be compelled to ■ s beg Germany to sell us dyes to color - our stamps and currency but England f 'found herself in a far more serious - situation. She had no dyes for her - uniforms or' flaps, and no drugs for ,1 her wounded. She could hot sell to i the former German markets because i she could not color her textiles. She y could not send sufficient high explo- - sives or gasses to the front beqausc - she lacked the essential coal tar crude, i- But England will not be caught' s asleep again. ' She has placed an emi- bargo on foreign dyes and is working n with all her strength to devejop her >, own chemical industry.

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SjiRiiiMsF i "-a Itf CLUB jig] I $ "-a v | I , ; _ •• I I No Entrance Fee to | I Join THIS Club T JUST STER UP TO THE CH Rl ST M A S NCLU B WINDOW AND & MAKE THE FIRST WEEKLY DEPOSIT -(OF YOUR f J OWN CHOOSING) AND YOU "BELONG" . Jt: Thin ClGh. like Christmas itself, is for everybody— rich, poor, ig. young and old- They all appreciate having some extra money iff when it is most needed, which will be early next December. f| Plans to Suit Them All $ Club now open and we extend a very cordial invitation to £: you to Join. f • .- - ' 5 SECURITY TRUST CO. ^ | : , CAPE MAT, M. 1. 2 II CAPE MAY ELECTRIC SHOE REPAIRING SHOP A. SUDAK jl 505 Washington Street, Cape May, N. J.'

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NORTH WIUHMHn! OPENS PROBE WARRING FACTIONS BOTH FEEL THEY HAVE WON FIRST SKIRMISH/ THE MAIN QUESTION SEEMS . TO BE WHY BACK t TAXES ARE NOT COLLECTED j The initial public hearing granted 1 by the two investigators appointed by Black, of the. State .Supreme i Court, upon the business tranaac- j tions And records of the city of ; North Wildwood was held last week. , A heavy downpour of rain caused a ; small attendance,. ' The city officials were represented J by City Solicitor Robert Bright, and , the members of the Civic Improve- 1 ment Association of North Wildwood j by W P. Wolcott, a Camden attorney. , At Ihe request of the investigators, i E. Rusling Leap, of Camden, and former ex-Sena£or Lewis T- 'Stevens, of 1 Cape; May, Wolcott read a list of | (Jape; May, woicow reaa a use ui .

questions which members of the association thought should be looked inj Many of the questions propounded were answered by Tax .Collector P. L. Peterson and City Clerk George ' A. Redding; others were left for the investigatbrs to report on. The high lights developed were that certain records prior to 1905, when George A- Redding took office, are' missing- One of these is a minute book. The city solicitor 'fold thef* commissioners of ^Investigation that he is proceeding to collect outstanding taxes to the value of $250,000 by.j 1 legal proceedings under the law of | 1918. Former Senator . Stevens informed I the gathering that, the sinking fund i of" the City of Wildwood is intact. No loans of any kind were made on the securities in the safety deposit box at the Marine National Bank. This dispelled the nasty rumors around the meeting hall that certain ! city officials, had borrowed money on notes giving securities of the sinking fund as collateral. Senator Stevens said that the State auditor from the ! department of municipal accounts, who is now working at Cape May 1 Court House, will soon begin an audit -of the books of the city. He will go back some years, probably until 1905, and report all erasures^ and linquenciesE The commission appointee! bv the £ court will not be able to render a ret port until the auditor completes his work. "When we do submit our rei port, if facts warrant it, we shall ask : for an investigation; if not, we shall lor investigation, j

make such a' statement," said Mr. , Stevens. Both factions consider that t they have won the first skirmish- j I — : I PLANS FOR POULTRY HOUSES I FREE I T On December J>f>e Mayj. j County Poultry Association held a | snappy meeting. Among (fther i things recommended for publicity was i the fact that plans and specifications I would 'be furnished to anyone interested ni building poultry houses. It j was the expression of the meeting that as many poultry housese \vere j being ejected in the counSjuind many ] more would .be erected, there should 1 be sqme uniformity to them for appearance sake, and farther there ^ should be incorporated in the build- ] ing those fundamentals .which go to ] make-up a profitable type of house ! The recommendation of the Association was: Write to the office of the . Farm Demonstration for plans. J. A. STACKHOUSE, . "^-County Agr. AgentIN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY Notice to Absent Defendant *o FORREST RUSSELL COLE: By virtue of an order of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey, ifiade on . the day of the ■ date hereof, in a causq^wherein Rosina R. Cole is pe- \ titioner and you, ' Forrest Russell : Cole, are defendant, you are required : to answer petitioner's, petition, on or : before the fourth day of February, : next, or that in default thereof, such [ decree will be made against you a» ; the Chancellor shall thiiilc "equitable i andyusfc •, t The said petition is . filed against . p'ou for a divorce from the bonds of || matrimony. | Dated Decemher 3, 1921. i JAMES M. E- HILDRETH, I * -Solicitor for Petitioner. I . 214 Ocean st, Cape May, N. J. 12-17-21-988 Hie man without a definite aim k> ttf«»is balpleaaly disabled. Money has tta proper place and ia a vtauacb 1 friend In times of atreaa. e Start now with tha Security Truss (Ob

Sale of land for Unpaid Taxes for 1920 Notice is hereby given -that the subscriber, E. M- Bowne, Collector ot Taxes of the Borough of South Cape in the County of Cape May, and State of New Jersey, will sell at public vendue, on Saturday, December SI, 1921, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at th£ Borough' Hall, m said Borough , of South 'Cape.May, the hereinafter described properties, upon which the | assessed thereon for the year I 1920 have not been paid, together 1 with interest or penalty thereon from fl September ' 1, 1920 (average date M when first and second half taxes were I due), at the rate of eight per centum I annum and the charges of this I sale, and any persons holding any "in- 0 terest therein may pay the same be- I fore sale, by paying such costs as 1 are then incurred- . ! The said lapds and.the name of the persons in whose names they are t ass'essed for the year 1920, are as follows: — v

Block 17 . - Lot 28, unknown $ -48 .1 Lot 30, unknown — — -4° t Block 18 | Lqt 20, unknown 1-60 :? Block 22 a Lot 28; D. B. Martin Co., 2nd „ 1 half — — M :i D.- B. Martin. -Co-, 2nd ^ » . LotalIo",'~D- - Martin ^feJ-.tnd half JX---. -48 | . Lot 31, D. B. Martifi Co., 2nd ;1 r a* half — -4 8 i Block 23 ~\ ■ Lot 23, unknown — -96 :j Lot 24 j unknown -96 a Block 26 \ m Lot 1, Wm. H. Derr -80 I Lot 2, Wm- H- Derr— -4| S Lot 3, Wm- H. Derr .48 » I I Lot 4, T. Weinman -3- *, 1 ! Lot 7, Wm- H. Derr -3- .1 hot 8, -Lewis M- PhUlips .96 i ■ Lot 9, 'Wm. H. Derr... -3- 1 1 Lot 10, Lewis M- Phillips .96 4 I Lot 32, Lewis M- PhilUps -96 i Lot 34, John Wilson -96 J . Lot" 35; John Wilson—, -96 • Lot 36, John Wilson- -96 J i Block 27 i Lot 15, John Wilson -96 ^ ' Lot -16, John Wilson -96 j 5 Lot 17, John Wilson -96 • - Lot 19, John Wilson -96 j 5 Lot 20, John Wilson > -96 \ . Lot 21, John Wilson- -96 • .- Lot 22, John Wilson -96 > Lot 23, John Wilson . , L2t 24, John Wilson — 1 -96 * /"Lot 25, John Wilson" -96 { I Lot 26, John Wilson -96 . - Lot 27, John WilsonT -96 , Lot 28. Join, Wilson 96 . Lot 30, John Wilson < Lot 32, John Wilson » I " Lot 34. John Wilson -96 s Lot 35, John Wilson — -96 ; ,- Lot 36, John Wilson -96 k Lot 38, John Wilson 96 . Block 28 ! II Lot 1. P. Day -80 Lot 1. P- Day

Lot 3, John Wilson -3- : IB; unknown J". Lot 34, J. A: Lord -96 Block 29 15, unknown -96 | 16, unknown •9e' ; Block 30 | of 13 I -32 I Part of 15 I Frank J Brown — pPart of 17 | 32 . Block 33 Lot 4, H. J. Erdman -80 5, C. F- Weine — -80 10, unknown •- -80 Lot 12, unknown -t — -80 Block 39' 29, John Strain — -80 ^ Block 45 Lot 4j unknown,"!- -32 Lot 6, unknown ' — -32 8, unknown -32 Block 48 Lot 13. unknown 32 Lot 17; unknown — -32 Lot 19, unknown -32 21, unknown ; -32 23, unknown ! -32 Lot 30, unknown -32 Block 46</2 Lot 31,. unknown — -32 Block 47- . Lot 15, unknown -80 Lot 23, unknown — -48 ■Lot 25, unknown -4» Block 51 Lot 27, F E- Gabel — .48 Lot 37, C. H. Hoffmn — - -8Q Block 56 * Lot 35, John Wilson .48 Lot 37, John Wilson — ..48 Lot 39, John Wilson -48 Block 60 . Lot 24, R. L- Ermillo .96 Lot 26, R- L- Ermillo .96 Lot 28, R- L. Ermillo -96 Block 61 *• — .* ' Let 2, "Charles Hoffman 1-12 Block 62 , Lot 25, unknown -- — i-- — - -9§ j Lot ^7. Robert Jones .96 Lot 35, unknown — B .96 . - Block 64 * Lot "2^ unknown — — ? -92 Lot 32, unknown — -80 t- BlocV 70' f -Lot 18, unknown — •-•-«. -96 Block 78 Lot .6, Wan. Middleton. .48 Dated December Y, 1921". • & M. BOWNE, Collector. ' P. F. 50.66 j ' Those who -received their Christg mas Club checks from the Security I, Trust Company, " Cape May, do not have to worry about their spending money now for this Christmas- You * should join the Club now forming for next year.

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A X-maa Gift FREE A fine Electric . Iron will be. given to every customer '

who signs a contract to have a hoiise wired 3 a during the month of December. j It will not be necessary to have the wir1 ing done in this month, but the contract must . I be signed 'in December. Our prices are lower in December. Let J, | us tell you more about it j * A. D. REEVES

| H HUcIcome Gbristmas present | 'I MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN f 1 CAPE MAY COUNTY | § To anyone whose- name is mentioned in a this valuable historical and genealogical % book this volume will be an appropriate .% 5 and pleasing Christmas present, and will C g be valued more as the years go on: 5 A present of lasting value for the ® $ children; an ideal wedding present; a A ft birthday present of unusual interest, con- S g taining in many cases the date of birth. '/■ S "MAYFLOWER' DESCENDANTS IN "g 2 CAPE MAY COtJNTY" is in every large S § large lifirary in the country and should be 5 5 • in every .house in Cape^May County. *• " | ORDER NOW IN TIME FOR f f CHRISTMAS | :9. ALBERT R. HAND, Cape May, Publisher- :»

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