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' 111 in " PALACE THEATRE 2 DAYS ONLY MO VDAY 4 TUESDAY, MARCH 13th & 14th DOUGLAJ TAIRCANKJ tube mmm I Announcement | Jf I take «ki« opportunity of announcing to the public © 1 V that I hare returned from the aouth where I have been ^ i 5 fw the paat three months for my health and will again V j B take personal charge of my establishment on Decatur Vf , g street. » fl i ft All work will be guaranteed as to quality and V ! 6 workmanship as in the past. M , ft Before ordering your spring suit stop in auil get A © my prices. ft ' © We will sponge and press suits for 50 cents- ft © A 1 w Charles Scherer g r. § 22S Decatur Street CAPE MAY, N. J. , 5 1 *

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RIO GRANDE NOTES Mrs. Locke and sister Rae, were shopping in Wildwood 'last dayMrs- Raymond Watson and son ' * were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edwards on Tuesday. Mrs- Frank Sheets and family of Fishing Creek were visiting Mrs- ' Sheets' sister, Mrs. Edwards on Fri- 1 day. Mr.N. and Mrs. Krappeabauer were week ehd visitors at their home town, Haddonfiekl this week Mrs- Dennis Fisher attended the funeral of a relative at Millrille on Saturday. Mrs. B. Neal of Cape May spent Sunday with friends at Rio Grande Mm. Edna Endicott apdri Saturday and Sunday with her daughter in TrentonRev. John Mayhew of Philadelphia preached at the Mission church last Sunday evening. We are glad to note that Harry ' Steur is efcle to be about and attend v to hie work after an illness of several weeks. The many friends of Mrs- Robert Nonas and son Earl are glad to see them bade to" Rio Grande, they having 1 arrived home from Denver, Oolorado, 1 last Wednesday- Mt. Norris i-. slow- ' ly improving in a private sanatarhim in Denver. Robert Neal, who is now a student of Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, has , returned to Iris studies after spending some days with his parents Mr. and ; Mrs- Fred fteal. , We welcome amriher new family to j Rio Grande- Mr- and Mrs. Charles ' Sdirader having taken up their res- t

[ idence here. Their former home was Claymont, Delaware . William Kimble and two sons, Geo- . rge and John, availed themselves of the opportunity to visit Philadelphia i on Washington's Birthday. They re- ; ported a fine days enjoymentRio Grande folk regret the re- ' moval of the Todd family who returned to Wildwood and will reside . on ' West Maple avenue. They take with them the best wishes of their . many friends here. The many friends of Fredrick Lutz, one time ball player of the , Wildwood club, are saddened by the | news of his death at Salida, Colorado, where he went some time ago to ret gain his healthUNCLAIMED MAIL list of unclaimed letters remaining r in Cape May Post Office for week ending March 8, 1922. i ' Batte, Mrs. EkrumaTrue, Master Howard, Jr. (2). Inoalling for the above please say , advertisedI SOL NEEDLES, P- M. ANNEX NEWS On Friday evening, March 24, a [ social will be given at Winfield Mor- ' rell's, 820 Jeffereon street, for the of raising money for the ' commencement prizes. The Fanny Jackson Lyceum will contribute its annual prize at the commencementA meeting has been called for the 1 re -organisation of the base ball team, | Demonstration night will be held in the school April 7. It is the wish that a large number of parents and 1 friends attend. Herman Brown is a welcome addition to the Boys' Glee Club-

TAX EXEMPTION IN A MESS j j Assembly cannot reinstate Runyon j Tax exemption law. Taxing suppos- l edly exempt properties will add near « ly 2 millions to state funds but will ! « make thousands suffer unless remedy { can be found. J Following a derision in the supreme J court that the Runyan law of 1920, ] exempting from taxation for five 1 years all dwellings built between * October 1, 1920 and October 1, 1922, i is unconstitutional , legislative lead- < ers began to wonder what can be done » to relieve a situation which is bound i to bring financial distress to many ; bozne builders of the last ye^r and a j quarter. • This legislation was passed to stim- « ulate borne building and relieve the t housing situation, at the time ma- ( terials were at peak prices and when { little or no building was being done, i The intent of the legislature was to • permit those who built in the five- ' year period mentioned in the act to * have the benefit of freedom from tax- » es dn Jersey, where the tax burder. $ was heavy in 1920, and where it is < still heavier. , Declare Class Legislation Under the derision of the supreme ' court, written by Justice Bergen, it is 5 held that the Runyan law is class « legislation and contrary to that clause ! of the state constitution, which pro- ( rides that all property shall be as- • sessed for taxation under general and , uniform laws- In the particular case " at bar. Julius Koch against the Essex ' county tax board, the board is di- < reeled to include for taxing purpose? * : all property which it excluded under ! the Runyan act. ; • The court appreciates the pressing i I emergency which prompted enactment ; | of the Runyan law, but ooments that v I the emergency was no ground for vio- , lating the constitution. I Thruout New Jersey millions of dol lars has been invested in construe- l: tion of dwellings since enactment of a 1 the Runyan law. In many shore w ! places, particularly the smaller ones P I which were beginning to boom when f ! entnance of the United States into the i| , war held up resort development, scores j< and scores of operations have been fj started to house summer visitors and o ' to care for increasing permanent pop- b i ulation- Savings of years have been ! invested in these homes on the spe- ,• I cific legislation promise that no taxe= s , would be required for five years be- . ginning October 1, 1920. y Thousands of Homes Built In cities of the state thousands of 1 homes hare been constructed and I other thousands are under construc- > tion which would not even have been i started on the high building market ■ if it had not been for the tax-exemp- \ tion act, which was supported by the time of its passage by real estate men I and all other classes interested in the I housing question. I There is no question that the RunI van law has mightly relieved the I tense shortage of dwellings of a year I ago. Now the capital and enterprise I that took the initiative to provide I homes when homes were needed are I themselves confronted with heavy I financial burden of the ruling of the I supreme court is not softened in some J1 way by the legislature now in session, - or unless there is a remission of tavs es bv the municipalities in which buildings affected by the decision are - situated - f Means Deluge of Foreclosures a If the director of the court in the - Essex county case were to be followthe assessments and collected gen- - erally in the state — include the prop- - erty which has been exempted in ase essments and collect the taxes for the e period- of beginning October l.jtfbo, r there will be a deluge of mo ntage foreclosures such as the' state has Ic never heard of and hundreds upon e hundreds of families in moderate rire cumstances trill have to suffer sale of i, their homes for satisfaction of tax - liens accumulated since the Runyan law went into effect. Just what remedies can be applied in this emergency has not been £ thought out. There seems to be a c general impression that something can be done by, the legislature to reMere the situation, but there is no certainty about this. There is also f an impression that taxing authorities may be able to devise some way to give relief that must come unless ruin is .to overtake thousands of new home buyers. i They may appeal the supreme court decision to the court of errors and ap- * eals, of course, but there is no telling 5 what the court of errors would doj Rates and Agents Both Mixed » The notice from the state board instmeted the county board in each > county to restore to taxable ratable? , of each taxing district the amount of i tax which had been exempted under i the act of 1920, and include them in i the total amount from which the local and county tax rate is fixed. This means that in fixing the county tax rate this year the total exemp-

tion in each district must be included, : and therefore many of the districts ] will have a lower tax rate than expected. appropriations for each munic- i was fixed last month, and that : considered when the -tax rate is I fixed and the derision came just in time for the assessments exempted to ; added- < Some of the real estate dealens in « their articles of agreement for the 1 sale of properties included a section 1 •.hat no taxes would be paid for five so now the dealers are wonder- t

, ing just where they stand on this 1 i point- The purchasers of properties : • also began to inquire yesterday. Another question that is worrying - the taxing and municipal authorities , : is what will be the effect of an appeal i to the court of errors and appeals i Wall that prevent the taxing of the 1 i new properties, pending a final decision ? If at so acts and the tax nates : , are lowered, the various mumcipali- . ties wall be short of ruiming expenses i and will hare to borrow, s In the opinion of some south Jersey - tax and municipal officials the courts

, derision will not affect the 1922 tax i rate, but will create a surplus fund for use next year1 In the opinion of many officials the ' only remedy possible now lies in a reversal of the Supreme Count by the , Court of Errors and Appeals, to . which tribunal an appeal is to be imi mediately taken so it is said. Fluted Ice Cream Dishes, 500 for - |L00, while they last- Star and ' Ware Office-

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Jk The Telephone Pole is a fruitful tree. On its angular branches arc bright crystal apples, and the wires they bear aloft are the pathways of the world's conversation. They tell of the birth of a baby across the street or of the death of a monarch half way around the world. The stately trunks of cedar and chestnut stretch from farm and town and suburb to the larger cities # where the burden of wires is too great for poles, and the lines are underground. To carry all of the telephone wires of a great city ,, overhead would be out of the question. To put all wires underground in the less densely populated places would be just as impracticable, for it would make the cost of the service prohibitive. Ideal telephone service should ^give to every subscriber, whether in city, town or country, quick communication to near or distant points in the most eco- , nomical manner. 's such an ideal that the men and women "'of the Bell Telephone System have constantly in view. Something new— whether ft be developed in Sacramento or e Kalamazoo— is immediately available to every other town in the Bell System where it may be introduced to advantage. THE DELAWARE & ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CO. W. W. BRITTAJN Diatrict Manager