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WH%I,Oh INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS Gregory Qgden, son of Mr. and MrsLuther C- Ogden, of this city, after enjoying a week with his parents, returned on Tuesday to New Hampshire, where he is a student of Exeter CollegeMrs- C- Glassmire and son, of Germantown, motored to Cape May this week, where they spent several days. Mrs. Frank Sines and daughter. Miss Ruth Hines, spent some time in Philadelphia last weekJohn F. Craig, Kings ' Court, Philadelphia, spent a few days at his Columbia avenue cottage this week. Mrs. Louise Whitney, who has spent, the winter with relatives in Ocean City, Drexel Hill and Chester, Pa., is enjoying^p-few days a£ her cottage on Windsor avenueMrs. Leonard Davis was a visitor in Philadelphia on TuesdayMrs. William L Kerr and Mrs- M. Yake, of Trenton, N. J-, are enjoying a few days in Cape May as the guests pf Mr. and Mrs. Sol Needles. William Weaver and family, of Philadelphia, motored to Cape May this weekJoseph Leedom, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday here looking over his South Lafayette street property. Mrs. Mary A- Knerr was a Philadelphia visitor this week. Mrs- John J- Coryell spent the week end with her mother, Mrs- R- Faith, of Darby, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McCullough and daughter, Margaret, left Cape -May on Saturday for Oonowingo, Md., where they will remain for a few weeks. Irvin Zimmerman, of New York, is spending some time here with his j family at their cottage on Kearney avenueJohn Reeves, after spending the winter in Easton, Pa-, with his son, D. Leroy Reeves, returned this week to his home in Cape May. Mr®. M- C- Carlton, of Baltimore, Md-, is enjoying some , time in Cape May with her sister, Mns. H. H. Brown, of Columbia avenue. William C. Mecrav spent several days this week with friends in delphiaMiss Dorothy Weaver, of Wildwood, spent the week end here with her cousins, Misses Audrey and Ethel Warner. Dr.. and Mrs. Whitmer Stone, of Philadelphia, were guests at the Van Zant Villa, over Sunday. Mrs"- Lewis 1f- Stevens entertained the members of her card club on ' Wednesday afternoon- ^ Miss Kathryn Murray, of Philadelphia, and Frank Miller, of Atlantic City, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Curtis, over the week end. Mr. and Mts. Lafayette Miller, Jr., j 1 of Reading, Pa., were visitors here ! this week. Herbert Pettit, of Penn^grove, was ' a visitor in town this weekMiss Mary Esther Sheppard, who ( spent the winter with her sister, Mrs- ^ Raul Langdon Cox, of East Aurora, N- Y-, has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Poacher, of New York, for ' a weekHarry Mac ray and Benjamin Jen- j kins, of Atlantic City, spent the week end here with the farmer's parents- * _ . Mrs. Ella Hall left Cape May on Wednesday for Howarth, N. J., where 1 she wall visit her son, William Hall, for a few weeks- ' Mr- and Mrs. Joseph Roth motored ' to Philadelphia on Monday. s Karl Scherer and William Scherer spent a few days this week with < v their parents, Mr- and Mrs. Charles Scherer at their home here. ' Daniel J. Bishop, of Philadelphia, t was greeting friends in Cape May on t Thursday- . j Miss Catherine McCann was a visit- t or in Philadelphia this week- I Mr. and Mrs. C.' Large, of Philadelphia, were viators in Gape May I this week- Mr. Large is erecting a c cottage at the corner of Howard s street and Kearney avenue, which he r expects to occupy- this summer Mns- Chester Davis, of Philadel- c ifiia, was a visitor in Cape May one r day last week. William M- Gassed y made a busin- v ess trip to Philadelphia on Monday. 1 Alfred Stevens, accompanied by his two sisters. Miss Helen and -Miss j Elizabeth, motored to Philadelphia on r Thursday where they will spend the week end with relatives. c

IITT OFFICIALS > HOLD MEETING > TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED DOLs LARS PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE BOARD OF TRADE AND THE PROGRESr SIVE LEAGUE The regular weekly meeting of the r City Commissioners was held on Tuesday morning at the City Hall, Mayor Melvin presiding. Commisg sioners Sheppard and Wentzell both !" Fifteen hundred dollars was put J aside far the Board of Trade newspaper advertising and thirteen hundred dollars was put at the disposal g of the Progressive League. The Progressive League will use their a^t propriation far erection of road signs, n' Armistice Day celebration and numg erous other ways of advertising. The city appropriated five thousand dollars far advertising for 1922 and this r money is a part of that appropriation. Senator Stevens stated that he was j* in Trenton on March 30, representing the city against the suit of Patrick Hunt and Frank Green in regard to f the garbage contract The Supreme , Court disregarded the suit of Hunt j and Green but awarded a writ of cer- j tiorari to Robert H- Keith to be j heard at Trenton on April 13th. j Solicitor Stevens' was instructed by j the Commissioners to make preparations to defend the city against Mr. i Keith. The city engineer wa% ordered to communicate with the naval authori- ' (Continued on page 8)

S Friend D. Hunter, son of Rev. Wil- j B liam Hunter, of 737 Washington 5 i street, is on the Honor Roll of Tilton I f I Seminary, Tilton, N- H-, for the high | rank he received in his studies during i the first semester. Mr. and Mrs. William Bristow, of j New York, spent a few days here this week. _ Miss Anita Hand has returned to ' } Philadelphia after enjoying a few days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron W. Hand, at their home, j lil Perry streetMrs- Ida Qallagher, of Mt. Ver, . non, New York, is spending some time in Cape May, visiting numerous r friends. I Mrs- E. M. Phillips spent several . days of this week in Philadelphia.! f visiting friends. j Mrs. Jay E. Mecrav spent several'' days out of town this week. j; I Miss Leah Ewing, of Trenton. N- , J . is enjoying a visit of ten days i ' with her parents, Mr- and Mrs. Bel- j ' . fond Ewing. Mr- and Mrs. Joseph Zilllnger have | returned to Cape May after spending j four months with relatives in Ger- ; I | Mrs. Alexander Lyle entertained a j number of friends at her home on | | Washington street, on Wednesday j evening. c 'T? Frederick lindenheimer has return- ( ed to Cape May from Philadelphia , where he has spent the winter, and ' ' will open his cottage, 295 Windsor , | avenue. Mrs. E. McDonaiC^ of Philadel- , phi a, has rented the cottage at 223 . Grant street, which she will occupy t during the summer months. Dr. and Mrs- Paul Sturtevant Howe J , entertaining relatives from Paoli- I Mrs. William Long-rtrtoh, of Philadelphia, has rented the cottag No; ; 201 Howard street, where she will spend She summer. Mrs- Bessie T- Hazlett was a visitin Philadelphia this weekMiss Catherine Needles spent last week end in Collingewood, N. J., as a the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Beck- t tel. Mrs. Beckjtel. before her mar- l1 riage was Miss Murphy, physical s training instructor in the Cape May d School in 1921. . a Miss Gertrude C. Rudolph, of 5022 i avenue. West Philadelphia, has opened her cottage. No. 35 Jackson t street, where die will spend the sum- C mer- I Mrs- Walliam B- Stoever, of Iincoln Drive, Chestnut Hill, spent Wednesday in Cape May. Miss Catherine Ewing, of Trenton, * will spend a few days this week with her parents here- . • o Mrs. Sussex S- Davis, of Philadelphia. spent a few days in Cape May recently. - -* " fc Mrs. Laura M- Brown was a Phila- t delphia visitor one day this week. S

TIME TO CALL . ! A HALT - BLIND PIGS AND BOOT LEGGERS ARE SELLING VILE STUFF TO f YOUNG MEN OF THE CITY WHICH IS SAPPING THEIR VERY MANHOOD > It is high time that the citizens of i this city awoke to the fact that men [ , who have no principles, or a bit oft - American manhood are selling hootch | ■ i to Jpung men and boys of the city which is known as block and fall anil j ; t white mule. Some time ago a farmer residing i - not far from the city purchased somei; I of the rile concoction which is called ; whiskey, but never was, and the fa1"- i ■ - mer was made so violently ill that | , j" his life was dispared of for many | ■ - weeks- j . » When the prohibition officer. C- R. , j - Brown, of Swedesboro, was appealed s to to send some of his men down nere j • . and clean up the city he was reported ■ by one of the Philadelphia evening ' 5 papers to have said that every time]] r that anyone drank sweet cider in this 1 1 c city that the women appealed to him], i to have the officers here- When the j > Philadelphia morning papers pub- ; t lished an article about the grocery 1 , ..stores, and fruit stores kept by for , » eigners, were selling this wiW bran.! j j . of death dealing poison, the fruit I, -.dealer promptly walked into the of- , - fice of the correspondent of the pa- - . j pers in this city and threatened to > ] j"bump" the correspondent off if anyjj , j more stories appeared in the Phila- ! ; . delphia papers about the fruit store j | It is not only known to almost 1 , everyone in the city, but to the pro- j , ; hibition enforcement officers that the;, j grocery stores, fniit 6tores and other : , places kept by foreigners, and Ameri- 1 , , ; cans with no principles, are selling ' , ( hootch without fear of beii* raided ; - , by the men who are drawing big sal- , ] ' aries, but do little work, to clean up j , the conditions in this city. Several - | raids have been pulled off here but - each time the offenders were tipped . | off and when the officers appeared . nothing was found- i I On a Saturday night recently sev- , eral young men were so drunk on De- ' catur street in front of a fruit store that the police warned him to close , | place at once. . It is said that the place on Lafayette street near the Reading tracks , I is selling a rile brand of stuff at twenty-five cents per drink. It is al- ' j so said that one of the grocers on j ! Elmira street has made enough money ] ! and will retire to return to Italy- | It is high time that the good people , j of the city and the church either de- j man.) good rum or no rum, and that J the sale be stopped at once at there ^ is no revenue pouring in the city's coffers from the illicit sale of bad, !j : vile, rotten, nefarious, miserable, f ; death dealing potions that is being j dealt out in this oity. POl'LSOX — TOBEK , I Miss Julia Tobek, of Philadelphia, and Clarence E. Poulson, of West Cape May, were united in marriage 1 afternoon, April 2nd, 1922, at|r the home of Mr and Mrs- Charles the parents of the groom. Rev. George T. Hillman, pastor of r the Methodist Ohurch, officiated. The bride w*as attended by her sis- 0 Miss Elsie Tobek, of Philadelphia, while Mr. Charles H. Poulson. Jr., brother of the groom served as man. There were about twenty guests TO REORGANIZE TWILIGHT L BASEBALL LEAGUE , ? The Sunday Schools of Cap£~May d and West Cape May are endeavoring ® to reorganize the twilight baseball which proved so successful a several years ago. On April 30, the * daylight saving time goes into effect and it will be possible to play a nine p inning game after 5-30-The league will not be confined to ** the local churches but will take in fl Spring, Erma and Cape May h if they care to come in. 01 nr»EPE5DSHT "Have you ntlced how Independent travelling salesmen are getting?" "They're not taking orders from anyDeacon Dubbs. of Sorghum Cen- ^ tre, State of West Virginny, is in See him at the Cape May High School, on Tuesday evening, April 1L w

STATE UTILITIES HERE 0NM9NDAY ' UCHT AND POWER COMPANY ' GRANTED RAISE IN ELECTRIC RATES. WILL GO INTO EFI FECT AS SOON AS COMMISSION APPROVES OF THEM "I^ie New Jersey State Utilities I I Commission met at Cape May on : j Monday morning, last- The meeting 1 j was called to order at 11 o'clock in ; the Commissioners' room at the City ' ; Hall, for the purpose of hearing pejtition against the contemplated rise ■ | the rates of the Cape May Light ! j and Power Co. ' I Mr. McGargie, travelling auditor of ■ ' the light and Power Co-, was the - 1 chief witness and he endeavored to . prove to the Utilities Commission | that the Company lost money during ■ | the year of 1921 and it was far that ' reason that the company was raising ' | the electric rate- The rare which ' j they asked the commissioners far was 1.17 cents gross and 16 cents net per ' kilowatt hour, against the present rate of 1314 and 14 '-s cents per kilo- ' jwattfaour. ' | City Solicitor Stevens Lewis T-" Stevens protested in behalf of the city against so high a rate as the other seashore resorts are-not paying ' ; it. Wildwood 's steady users pay 15 : cento per kilowatt hour. Ocean City, j which, is about the size of this resort, also *ays 15 cents on the first 100 1 . kilowttt hours, and he further asked ' | if they compromised with a rate of • ] 15 cents per kilowatt hour if the com- ] would lose money. Mr. McGarstated that they would with the rate standing the same as they had .submitted to the Utilities Board far " approval- Mr. Kingsley, vice presi- ; dent of the American Railways Co-, I took the floor and said that he had ' ] anticipated some such argument and prepared another schedule which 1 if all concerned were willing, he ' would like to submit in place of tfae ■ first one which seemed to prove satis1 factory to alL ' The. schedule of rates "which mill be farce as soon as the Utilities Commission pass on them is given below. Light Rates, General Character of service, alternating , 1 currentHours of service, twenty-four-Who may take service, any resident ! or commercial consumer. Rates For the first 100 KWH per month, ' j 16c per KWIH; net, 15c per j For the next 100 KWH per month, i gross, 15c per KWIH ; net, 14c per j For the next 100 KWH per month, 13c per KWH; net, 12c per For all over 300 KWH -per month, j lie per KWH; net, 10c per Discount A discount of one cent per kilowatt hour from the gross rates will be allowed on all bills paid on or before the tenth of the month following that j month in which service is rendered. Minimum Bill $1.35 gross and $1-25 net (far payment before the tenth day of the '■ month as above) per meter per ' monthEASTER DANCE AT CONVENTION PIER The newly formed hospital com- , mittee of the Women's Community . , Club, jointly with the Progressive ; Committee, have perfected plans far an Easter dance to be held in Convention Hall, on Easter Monevening, April «f7th, for the bene-! of the hospital project The admission will be fifty cents j and the committee will serve refreshments free of charge. As a great majority of the town people feel an intense interest in a i | lo&l hospital and hope to see the , . idea materialize, all efforts to raise : , funds far t^ same should have a ] appeal and it - is only through! continuous work and effort that such | a project can be realizedTherefore it is hoped that the pub- j lie will turn out in enthusiasm and ' make all such benefits for the cause a success. Come then far a pleasureable time, r and far a humanitarian reason to the Hall on Easter Monday, April 17th. Man's lll> is mostly get and forget, woman's give and forgive. j' :

FREEHOLDERS i METTUESDAY Y COUNTY BRIDGES,. RACKED BY IC HEAVY TRUCKS, ALL NEED P- REPAIRS- CENTRAL AVENUE N GRASS PLOTS, NORTH WILDWOOD, TO BE SEEDED us The Chosen Board of Freeholders )n j met at Cape May Court House Tuesig j Aay and disposed of numerous county i„ | affairs. ty Freeholder Stein, of the Bridge e. j Committee, reported that numerous ;e | bridges throughout the county were it i badly in need of repairs and should I be made soon because of the heavy if , traffic of the auto trucks. The Ava,e 1 Ion bridge, nearest the resort, Stone to i Harbor, Middle Thoroughfare and in i Corson's Inlet bridges need immediate ;g j attention. The Cape May bridge over it ' Schellengeris Landing is said to be lg ^ settling and it was advised that a :h I diver make an inspection to ascertain ls I what needs to be done!r j Of all the bridges the Corson's In,t j let one is said to be in the worst con->-!dition. Mr. Stein stated that he intended to make an inspection of all p-- the* county bridges in the near fu,e ture. ,e County Solicitor Palmer Way was g ! instructed to proceed with condemna5 1 tion proceedings to secure the right y, j of way for the Burl eigh -Grassy t, (Sound road. •0 j A letter from the Civic Improved merit Association of North Wildwood, if signed by J. Rittenhouse, secretary, i- protested the use of a county truck r- far other than county business by ie contractor Muller. Upon investigad tion and statement of Freeholder Anir derson it appears that the use about i- which the complaint was made was -, the pulling of a stalled car from the d mud when it couldnt be gotten out d otherwise. The Freeholders considerb ed the act a commendable one on the ie part of the driver. ie A Mr- Werner's letter was read reguesting that he be permitted to remove sections of the guard rail from * in front of his property on West Rio Grande avenue^ so that he could have "■ access to his property by car. It was the opinion of the Board that if the 8 rail was removed the owner should fill in between the road aim his own property so that traffic would not be I * | liable to break through and make the ! ] county liable for damages- ^ I Freeholder Eldredge, of Cape May, | reported that the Cape May Point I r j road was full of holes and the clerk ! I was instructed to communicate with 1 '' ! J- S. Robinson and Co., Inc., asking) r them to make an inspection of that j ^ road and report on its condition. This ' section of road was treated with a j ^ patent surface and while it remains ' hard in spots it is full of holes and ! far from being acceptable in the eyes j r jof travelers. It is subjected to hard ; usuage by heavily loaded trucks of ; the Cape May Sand Company and it | 1 is doubtful if anything excepting con- ' crete or similar bard surfacing will B ! ever hold up. j When the question of procuring the ! seeds to plant the plots in Central , - avenue, North Wildwood, was brought t up, the Cape May Freeholders ob- ! r,jected strongly on the grounds that! i their constituents must be aware that , i Central avenue is a county road and I ' ^ not a street of Wildwood or even of : | 'North Wildwood through whioh it ) ( goes, "piere has been considerable I : " I unfavorable comment on the cement ! ■ encircled "mud holes" on this road,!" ' ;but the work was done by the county 1 and in the opinion of most of the ! Freeholders and the citizens who have " | to live in the neighborhood, the work ' " ! so started should be completed. It < ] appears to be a question of tearing, ,t ' j up the cerment work laid at the costTl ' | of thousands and paring the street or j i 1 planting grass seed- ! ■ 1 j The Board chose to do the latter J by a vote of 9 to 5- Those voting c | j "No" were: Chadwick and Cree, of I ?!

CONVENTION If ATTRENTON Y WALLACE AND MURPHY IN COND TEST FOR POST OF STATE E COMMANDER- WILL CONSIDER )- LOCATING THE STATE HEADQUARTERS AT TRENTON. rs Trenton, N- J., April 4. — The third s- annual convention of the New Jersey •>' Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, began yesterday and will conre tinue today, at the Assembly Chancer is in the State House. The adavnee re ! guard of the delegates arrived in Id town yesterday prepared to legislate y in the interests of the overseas vet- »- erans and to devise plans for the furle ther strengthening of the forces of id the organization in this section of the e country. sr A lively contest is on for command>e er of the organization, the leading candidates being D. J. Wallace, of Esn sex county, and John H. Murphy, of , Jersey City. For rice commander i- there is a flock of aspirants. The l- convention will consider the proposii- tion of locating the state headquarters 11 at Trenton. This project Is sure to i- result in a spirited contest as the North Jersey delegates are of the is opinion that the headquarters should i- be located in the northern section of it the State by reason of the fact that y the greatest number of veterans reside in that section, j. The Washington Park memorial j, commemorative of Washington crossing the Delaware river, preceding the k battle of Trenton, will nlcn be cony sidered by the convention. The LegisL. lature has made a small appropriation for the establishment of a park, it The World Wiar -proposed memorial s building for which some $65,000 was e collected by school children with the t understanding that the State would .. appropriate the balance of the money e required to erect a suitable structure ' ~— will receive the attention of the delegates. Proper hospitalization far disabled veterans end the enactment of n legislation, state and national, tendQ ing for the aid of ex-serrice men in general, particularly disabled veters ans, are .other matters to be conside ered by the overseas veteransU Commander-in-Ohief Robert Woodside, of Pittsburgh, National Adjutant Ruell W. Ellton and National Quartermaster Walter I. Joyce, both of New York, are scheduled to address j the convention. The local organiza- ■ | tion of overseas veterans has planned J | a number of events for the visiting * | delegates such as smokers, vaudeville ^ entertainment, street parade, etc5 ] SPECIAL TRAIN FOR EASTER s I i The Pennsylvania R. R. will run a s , special express train tor the accomi modation of Easter, leaving Market t II street on Saturday, April 15th, at 1.15 i , P- M., and arriving in Cape May at f ! 3.11 P. M. Get ready to receive the 1 1 crowd- Board of Trade and Proj gressive League take notice. WILLIAM T. STEVENS ? 1 Former Assemblyman William T. I Stevens died at his home here yester<lav (Friday) morning, aged 80 years. : ! He was born November 13, 1841, . i and served in 1876, 1877 and 1878 in , the Legislature, and was in Citv c ! Council 1869 and 1870, and from 1885 :,to 1892I I The furteral will be held on Sunr day at 1.30 P. M-, from his late resiI dence- * i He is survived by his widow and i 1 six children. ,! Ocean City; Corson, of Upper Town- • ship; Eldredge and Shaw, of Cape • i A resolution was passed expressing : the appreciation of the Board for the ; efforts on the county's behalf 'of Capj itain Theodore McKean, who made a ; I thorough examination of the condition ■ I of the Rio Grande bridge and sub- ! mit'.ed a report of his findingsT~.:c Beard adjourned to meet Mon:<.uy. A-.ril 10th, at 2 P. M-, at the Stone Harbor bridge.

Announcement « "BAY IT WITH SHOES" WALTER M. BEERS TOt OPES A BRAKCH EHCXtTSIVE SHOE STOKE AT CAPE MAY OH OB ABOUT APBJL 15th, UHDEB MANAGEMENT OP KISS ETHEL COOK, Or CAMDEN IN THE TURNER BUILDING 323 Washington Street