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PERSONAL JENTION INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OP THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAT VISITORS AND' RESIDENTS. Mr. and Mrs- Charles Church of this city are quests of Mr. and Mrs- John Church of 22. West Locust street, Philadelphia, until April 1st, when they will return to the Star Villa. MKb Rae Curtis spent the week end in Philadelphia as the guest of Miss Kathfyn Murray. •Dr. ond Mw- R- Walter Starr, Jr., of 124 Decatur street entertained at dinner and bridge on Saturday ingJ. O. Rutherford made a business trip to Philadelphia on Monday. Dr. J. J. Stetzer of Wayne, Pa., aoocenpeiied by his son, spent several days in Oape May this weekMiss Sara Hughs is enjoying rome time in Philadelphia with Mr. and Mrs. James Groet ranger Miss Emily Harris, Miss Ruth and Frederick CleaTby, of Philadelphia, were guests of Mr. and Mrs- James Nieoll over Sunday. , Mr. and Mrs- Robert Hewitt, acoompained by their daughter Jeane, were visitors in Oape May this week. Richard Little and George Little of Philadelphia spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs- A. B- little of this city. Miss Leah Bwing of Trenton, NJ., wiU. spend the week end with her parents, Mir. and Mirs- Bel ford Ewing at their home here. N. Perry Edmunds of Philadelphia, vnas a recent visitor in Gape May. Harry Blown spent a week in Shenandoah, Pa., with relatives- _ G. W- Cook of Philadelphia, motered to Gape May on Monday. Mrs- Jeane Stetzer of Wlavne, Pa-, is enjoying a week in Cape May re the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Seulsbury Mr. and Mrs- William Williams and thair son, Frederick Williams of Philadelphia, are spending soipptlroe with Hon. Frederick F. Melvin of tfcM" dty. Mrs- Frank D. Hines, accompanied by ber daughter, Miss Ruth Hines, .have returned to their home after enjoying some time in Philadelphia. Mms- lizzie Richardson spent several day* in Philadelphia this week. Mrs. Daniel Fboer, with her grand daughter, Barbara Armstrong, are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Hines, of phiaRobert D. Woohver, of Camden, was a visitor in Cape May this weekAMERICAN LEGION AND CITIZENS OF THIS CITY EXTEND THEIR THANKS TO FATHER KENNEDY

Father E P. Keunedy, ractor of b The Church of our Lady Star of the t< Sea, this dty, Should have the thanks e of all the citizens of the city for his ' offer of the spacious hall in the rear f* at the church for the use of any organization for a banquet or other so- ■ dal gathering The boys of the American Legion, who entertained the a posts of the courtty here on Tuesday L night in the hall are particularly e grateful to Father Kennedy for his t* hospitality in the use of the hall and n his speech at the rally, which was p greatly appreciated i, Father Kennedy has made many improvements to the church property 0 in this dty, in the last few years, and has made the church grounds & one of the show places of the dty. j. On any day, at play time of the v scholars of the parochial school, one h can see Father Kennedy entering in- t! to the plays with the children- This p tends to make him a much beloved e one with the little ones and their parents. e THE BAND ^ Adverse circumstances have forbid- f den practices for the last three )' weeks, the loss of Mr. C E. Holmes * is felt vary keenly A rehearsal will s be called for Thursday, January 26, at 8'F- M. The band will be glad to have any players who can read musk ^ come and play. The line is not yet j filled. Positions vacant, two cornets; s one mtto- Learners who have Instruments are welcome to oame and form a learners' class We want a band NOW. The band of the past cannot 1 do us any good. u

LEGION RALLIES |! ATJ5APE MAY TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY ODD GATHERED DESPITE THE » RAIN AND MARCHED THRU 1 STREETS WITH BANDS AND COLORS. .MEET IN, CATHOLIC AUDITORIUM s The monthly rally of American Le- ^ gdon posts of Cape May county was held at Cape May dty Tuesday night . and two hundred and thirty members, f bands and auxiliary members participated. The posts with their bands formed ^ on Ocean street in front of the Progressive League headquarters and paraded through the streets, return- . ing to the Catholic Auditorium where covers were laid for three hundred guests. Father Kennedy was the first speaker called upon and his remarks j were prefaced by the Legion present- . ing him with a huge cake- Father Kennedy's remarks were brief but j full of warm welcome and he closed with the invitation to "Raise" the roof j and I'll put another on," which was received with the usual noisy applause of the service men. Commissioner William R. Shep- .' pard made an address of welcome in f the absence of the mayor of the dty and made a hit with the boys by concluding "The town is yours- Now, take charge of it" r Hon. Lewis T- Stevens, president j of the Board of Trade, spoke on the1 movement in congress to insist that] the foreign countries pay their war debts so that the soldiers' bonuses' 1 can be paid, and Mr. Steven's talk was followed by a vaudeville act . which was well received. County Chairman Trout rendered a ,, detailed report and announcement e was made that the next county rally j. would be at Cape May Court House. Judge Henry H. Eldredge next 1 took the stage not waiting to receive . the usual storm of shouts "On the , stage," which had greeted all his J- brother speakers of the eveningAttorney Fletcher Stites, formerly [1 a Cape May boy, was scheduled to be ;> the speaker of the evening but sent . a telegram of regrets. President of the Cape May C-ham- . ber of Commerce was called upon to "pinch hit" and gave an interesting - historical and patriotic talk upon the e subject, "The Dawning Day."'" j The posts answered to the roll call - as follows: Woodbine, 9; Tuckahoe, | 9; Cape May Court House, 13; Cape I i, May, 45;- Ocean City, 43; Wildwood, :. 39; rG. A. R, 2; American Legion Auxiliary, 35, and last but not least, the bandsThe Wildwiood City Band, the official Legion band for the county,' stood nobly by and played while their buddies enjoyed the dinner and smokes, but were given a seat of r-,

honor and received the undivided at- 1 tention of all the ladies who dispens- 1 ed the good cheer- i LOCK IN WOMEN TEACHERS * t When the Cape May High School s afternoon session began, Professor > A. Rodes, principal quickly .discov- ( ered that not one woman teacher was 1 to be seen. Their disappearance so 1 mystified him that he conferred with . E. R- Brunyate, city superof schools. , Students were hurried to tiie homes j of the teachers. ; Principal Rodes made another . search of the building and on arriv- ' ing in the vicinity of the .upstair# waiting room, heard pounding. To t astonishment he' discovered that • pounding came from inside the j He found a janitor and open- -J ed the door. • Some mischievous student had locked the entift corps of teachers in the « room, some say with the idea of fore- I ing a half holiday on^the eve of the ; American Legion parade ; Superintendent Bninyaie and Prin- . opal Rodes eay no one will be pun- ' ished, but the next time such a trick ' is played all guilty will be dealt with * severely- ' Don't miss American Legion and of Foreign Ware Concert, ' evening, February 6, 1922, ' at the Liberty Theatre, i — — i < "Mayflower Descendants in Cape : . County," a book of lasing val- ; ; for children and grandchildren. I ,

, minsthel sum [i I BIG SUCCESS Y E RECORD BREAKING CROWD- V- £ U TENDS THE PROGKESSlC D LEAGUE'S SHOW' C o The Progressive League, the lie b wire business men's organization u minstrel show was a big euoco- e ■s Last night the Paiace Theatre w* g A crowded with folk from all over tr t s. county, eager to greet the home U J r- ent They were not disappoints, even if they came miles to see th ti d show, the minstrels were of to a notch order and were applaudd a d again and again, and the specialtde h >" by the Quidort brothers and Mis ■e Jean Walters, Oape May's favoriz b d daughter, were well received. Mis C Walters is one of the best perform u * ere in the State and we predict d s bright future for her should she pic t) t- the stage for her chosen professor I :r Lew Bennett, with his light-hous t rt sky piece, the trade mark of the Pre a d gressive League, was one of the bii f »f hits of the fivenBg. Lew and hi r is Town Topics were well received r >- The singing by the minstrels was f of the usual order. Frank Mecnay ai r >- middle man or interlocutor, covere f n himself with glory. President Leon r y ard Davis, in his neat little speed j i- before the footlights was the pride ofj w the members of the club. President ; ! Davis said that he wanted to thank - >t everyone conngcted^isifh the show; y ie j Mr. Joseph Cox for the use of the _ it J th- atre. ar.d last bjrt net least, the it' public tor their generous patronage- s ss j The after play, the skit on the,. Ik | Gape May county Board of Freaholdrtjers, was well received. William B. I Gilbert, as one of the freeholder# from the northern end of the county; [ it George little, as Dope Dandy, and ly Gail Kokes. as the keeper of the e. county poor house, came in for rounds ft of applause. Bob Sawyer, every■e body's favorite as Skutton, one of the ie men Are rs of one of the contracting is Hims in the trials, and Horac? Church, as Mix Riley, were good, y Bofc Sawyer brought the house dowir ie when iie said that he painted the Sea it Isle Corson's Inlet road, instead ofput' ing on the proper coating, and i- Hoi ace Church, when asked about ceo ment,, said that he bought 6 bags of g cement' for his last contract and had e 3 bags left which he was willing to put on the Mechanic street-Goshen road contract II Clifton Ware, in his song, "Dapper e. Dan " Was especially good, and was iC |applaude<l vociferously. His make-up 1, as r. co!ore<l Puiman porter was porin taci '.arly good. Cliff has the makan't, of a p.ofessional. I Miss Catherine Needles presided at le the piano to the great satisfaction of id performers and audience and demon - >f strated unusual techniquesuauea unusual lecnmque-

The Quidort brothers were top • of the show; Ronald with his impersonations, and Joe with his saxaphone, made hits, while the brothand their dog came in for rounds of applause. Every reserved seat in the house was sold for both nights, | and it is understood that the show r will be repeated at Wildwood and . Ocean City, and possibly at Tucks - i the home of one of the freei i

WUriOG BBTS CAPE MAY U. S. HIGH SCHOOL FIVE lilSES HARD FOUGHT CONTEST In the opening game of the seasthe Oape May High School quinplayed « very good game and put up a bard fight although they didn't a victory in the basket ball with the Wildwood Alumni on the Convention Hall floor, Friday, 13. <h* boys always managed to keep the score at a narrow margin thmout the entire game, and even had advantage at the end of the first half. The ttyie of play used in the game both sidee was an innovation for May. The game was played under Inter-flbllegiate rules, which more science and technique than Eastern League rules. Mr.has coached the High School to play a five-man offensive style of play, operated in circular It b similar to the Dartmouth system. The Waldwood Alumni played straight basket ball in the first half but to&nged to the fivedefensive SJBtem as used in the ' half, but ebanged to the five1 defensive system as used by I in the second half- As a result both teams were playing de- '*• fcrifcive tall ar.d Vwldwood was only II able to score one goal during the last '! half, 'while Cape May did not score e _ field gca! i3iathalf. p Die. game woe particularly clean B" shown by the very small number eof fouls committed. ' TJie line up: I Wildwood v Nickerson, f; Brown, f; Croker, c; '■podfcs, g; Anderson, g. d , Cape May H. S. e Jiarcy, f; Cherry, f; Ash burn, c; ^ Cambers, g; Tenenbaum, g. Substitutions : VKldwood, Inglee for '• Irown; Sjostrom for Inglee- Cape ■Lvnne for Chambers. | Goals from fWd: Ashhurn. 2; broker, 2; Brown, 1; Nickerson, 1; w 3ross, X. ® Goals from foul: Tenenbaum, 4; larcv, 3; Nickerson, 4. Referee, Little. 3{, ILLUSTRATED POULTRY [o LECTURE The South Seaville Grange, No. "r 117, will throw open its doors to the 15 prilic at 8.30 o'clock P- M- Tuesday, II Jinuarv- 24. r" Tllie poultr>- business when carried <xt on a -commeixaal scale, has provei to be a valuable asset to our Cape >hy county farms. Beside furnishint a source of revenue for the own-, s''ei the poultry farm finds that H is anridenably better off in soil feart.ila" it!.

Wdllard Allen, poultry specialist, t 'p wil be present to give the illustrated ls lature and enter into any discus- "* sins that might come upJ" Here is a treat for the poultrymon i ^ akl poukrywomen of the county- f ^ At you coming? c w "" \\ id Don't miss American Legion and j ^ a- Vaerane of Foreign Wars Concert, i( e- Monday evening, Febroary 6, 1922,' at the Liberty Theatre. t

« § 1 § W - g For Sale g ; | Six Bowling | | Alleys I I . « )3( and equipment, including two automatic setters. Als« )S( 5' two pool tables with equipment. Building about to be ^ Q remodeled- O ft 1 ft - APPLY X ALBERT. R HAND g 8 Cape May, N. J. S S 8 » i «

THE GARBAGE FIGHTJS WON , PETITION OF CAPE MAY CITIZENS CONVINCES OPPOSING COMMISSIONER. The garbage contract, which thret- . ned to disrupt the exclusive oommun- [ ity dub, has been won. j City Commtssioners this morning ' voted |900 for the removal of the garble and ashes from April 1 bo ' January 1. The fight was won after a petition had been circulated by prominent- business men of .this dty. I Caramissaoner WHliam R- Sheppard . was won over by this petition. ALBERT MscKENZIE IN CHARGE OF NEAR EAST POST 1 Mrs. George R- Mackenzie, of S1 22nd street, Philadelphia, wall leave ! Tuesday, the 24th inst- for Florida ' where she will spend the rest of the ' winter- Mt. Albert Mackenzie, a ! law student of Pennsylvania, is now r at H&rpoat, located in a valley in in- " ler Turkey, about sixty miles from the fighting line. He is an accountant ! for the Near East Relief and in. ' charge of the Harport Unit, which i lias three posts, a radius of twenty " miles from the other- ' Mr. Mackenzie makes his rounds 5 on horseback There is no communj- " cation with the outside world in or ' out of that part of Turkey, until 1 next April, after the snow and ice 5 melt. Then through plenty of mud, over mountains of rough roads, in 1 caravans they ride, the only means r of travel to the Black Sea, thence across and on up to headquarters in Constantinople- ; CAPES LOSE FAST GAME On Saturday night the Cast. Millville team invaded the dty and gave ; the local team it's worst defeat in many months r During the first half the Capes e played better ball and a nip and tuck half resulted in a score of 20 to 16, I; favor of the visitors at half time. .; Millville opened the second half with a biaml of ball seldom seen in I; this city. Wonderful team play, coupled with good shooting, netted the visitor* 17 points before the locals located the basket. The homeboys seemed bewildered at this rapidfire exhibition- From this time on the Capes managed to hold the visito. ore fairly well, and at the end of ie the game the score stood 57 to 26, in y, Mdl'lville's favor A gross lack of team play featureo d the Cape's work, and with the visitr- ors working a five-man defense, a# >e well as offense, the locals were badly l- trouncedt, On Saturday night West Philatlelis phia A. A- will be entertained, while 1- on Thursday of next week Wildwood will be seen in the local's hall for

, the third game of the series. , 1 TO BUILD JETTIES It has been made public here this • i afternoon that the Bureau of Navi- ■ gat ion will spend more than $200,000 , the jetties at the entrance to Cold | Springs Inlet and Cape May harbor I this spring. Entrance to the jet tie* I will be dredged to a depth of twenty- ' five feel- The Delaware Bay and Riv- ' ,er Riots' Association, President AlG. Bennett, and the Master : Mates and Riots' Association have i been instrumental in having the Buk reau of Navigation deepen the harbor entrance and to extern! the east I jetties 450 feet farther into the seaI This Insures a haven of refuge of all I ocean-going craft on the Jersey side ' of the entrance to the Delaware Bay. f Already many tows and tugs have » sought refuge in Cape May harbor. ^ CITY AFFAIRS [ Commissioner# Sheppard and Went- ? | zell were present at the regular r j meeting, Tuesday, 17th inst- A moS tion was carried to attend the rally 1 of the American Legion this instC The Women's Community Club was £ given permission to use the Conven- ^ Sion Hall for a "Colonial Dance," on e February 21st, 1922, admission to be * free. The tax budget, as passed first 3 and second reading, January 3, 1922, 2 was rejected- At 11 A. M., the comC missioner# adjourned and met at the C residence of the mayor- A new bud- £ get and tax ordinance was introduced f for 1922 ami passed first and second > reading, and ordered up for final pas- *• sage on January 31, 1922. The new £ budgef contained an item for the re- ; moval of garbage of $9,000. '

STOCKHOLDERS HOLD MEETING NO CHANGE IN OFFICERS FOB MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK. ' SURPLUS HAS GROWN TO $5«.0H, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO TfS CAPITAL At the regular annual meeting of , the Stockholders of the Merchants ; National Bank, held at the banking j house on January 10th, the entire , board of directors were re-elected to . serve for the ensuing year. The stockholders meeting organicI ed -with Lather C. Ogden, as chairman, and Thomas S. Stevens, as secretary. - ^ The board met for organisation on Friday, January l&th and re-elected the following officers: Henry H. Eld- . redge, president; Joseph H. Han as . and John W. Mecray, vice presidents; i E J. Jerrell, cashier; Harry H. Need- » les, assistant cashier, and Joseph H. j Hanes, chairman of the Board of Di- • rectors. The following gentlemen are also i serving the bank in the office of dit rector: W. L Cu minings, John T. i. Hewitt, F- B. Mecray, Dr. W- H- , Phillips, H. S. Rutherford, W. L. f Stevens and Charles A. Swain. The Merchants National Bank ops ened its doors on December 10th, . 1908, and since that time has steadily r grown in strength and in the con1 fidence of the community. It has e now a surplus account of $50,000, an I, amount equal to its capital, and in j addition to .this has undivided profits s of over $20,000- Lt has in the neighe borhood of one hundred stockholders r, who are interested in its welfare and a host of friends and patrons who enjoy its facilities and wish it wellHIGH SCHOOL PLAYS AN e UNUSUAL TREAT n _____ The two plays which are to be pre- ^ sen teg. by the High School Dramatic ^ Club next Friday evening, promise '» to be an entertainment of unusual excellence, since they are calculated f both to please the most blase and to n amuse the ihost sober members of '• the audience- "The Loan of a Lovd er" is a sprightly musical play in a Dutch setting, in which a pretty girl, after vainly trying to make the man she loves notice her at all, finn ally wins him by getting another I" beau, at which Master Peter, who betfore was so blind, begins to sit up n and take notice, and so the play ends happily- The characters . are wellu chosen and furnish many amusing scenes throughout the little skit. This piece has been presented on the y professional stage and is sure to be a favorite. "Ici o Parle Francaise" is a laugh 'e from the time the curtain goes up ^ on the "poor, unfortunate maid-o'-all ,r work," till it faHs on the bewildered

Mr. Spriggens, who has gotten into so much trobule through his pretense of knowing French. He rents his hous^to "lodgers of distinction," but finds it does not pay; neverthe1 less, in the process, his daughter is 1 united with her lover, so what else can one want? The cast of the play# are as follow: Loan of a Lover Gertrude, Margaret Griffith; Peter, whom she loves, Harold Hand; Swyzzel, John Donley; Ernestine, Rosalie 1 Wentzell; Capt. Amersfort, "loaned" to Gertrude, William Lynne; Delve, Edward GriffithIci on Parle Francaise ' Mr- Spriggens, wlho let lodgings, Charley Sandgran; Mrs. Spriggens, ! Lucille Souder; Victor DuBois, a ' young Frenchman, James Cavaleajite: ' Major Regrulus Rattan, a fire-eater. Morris Cherry; Julia, his wife, Kothryn Stevens; Angelina, the daughter, Manta Teal; Anna Maria, maid, Isabelle Bosserman. tl The motion picture of the ; <nt of • New Y'ork which was to have been . shown in Rutherford Hall, on Janui arv 10th, and was postponed, will be - shown on February 7th, at -8 P- Mi The importance of the film men- ; tiooeil can be appreciated from the t fact that it was shown before the , combined Senate and House of As- - sembly at the opening on Tuesday, ; 10th. Invitations are extended to all - women's organizations and clubs of 1 the cityi Don't miss American Legion anil r Veterans of Foreign Wars Concert, - Monday evening, February 6, 1922, at the Liberty Theatre. *