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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
Made the Most of His Hats.

When Lord Miner held his first re-
ception at Pretoria the officers and leg
islators were given to understand that
frock coats and tall hats were expected
of them. There was only one shop in
the place in which silk hats were sold,
and this had but four of them. The
Transvaal legislators rushed off in a
body to buy these four, but the halter,
not being mad, saw his opportunity
In their extremity. He knew there
was no time to get hats from any
where else, so he resolved not to sell.
he offered to let them out on hire at
the rate of 10 shillings for ten minutes.
His shop was close at hand. Four
gentlemen could present themselves
before his excellency. After ten min
utes they must silently steal away and
hand over their hired fnery to another
painting quartet. It was done, and the
halter still repeats dreamily as he re-
calls the moment of his life. ut would
not have been fair to have sold them.
not fair to my customers and not fair
to myself. Globe.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

"Analysis Of the new express rates,
which go into effect February LIST, and
the parcel postal charges made by
w. H. Chandler Of the Traffic Bureau
Of the Merchants Association yester-
day shows that for packages of fifty
pounds 1t will be cheaper and more
convenient to use the express COM
panies rather than Uncle Sam. While
IL is cheaper to use Uncle Sans SER
vice for small packages, yetif yod want
insurance on your packages and want
them called for you will find it In most
instances less expensive to stick to the
express companies.
" After February Let, said Mr..
Chandler, the express rates on prac-
tically everything except lightweight
packages, destined beyond the second
parcel zone will be lower than the unin-
sured parcel post rates. When there is
a shipment of any weight, the differ
ence between the parceIpost and the ex-
press rate shows up In favor of the lat
ter. If, however, the premium for in
charged by the Post Office is
neutrality-suspicious. even in light
weight packages the difference in favor
of the parcel post quickly disappears"
York Sun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
Proposals

Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Commissioners, of the City of Wildwood, in
the County of Cape May, at the office of the
City Clerk on or before the 24th day of lam
uary, for-the planning, writing, illustrating
and printing 25,000 booklets, u pages, 9xl1I
inches. Cover to be in three colors, rest OF
book to be in two colore throughout. stock
No. / super calandered paper, basis 25x38, 20
lbs. Book to be born nd with two wire stitches
and have two folds after stitching. To be
banded into hundreds md cased.
Job TO be delivered CO. uplete in three weeks
after awarding contract.
All bids must be accompanied by a dummy
of the paper, on which booklet is to be print
ed and photographs to be used in same, and
sketches for cover.
All bids must be accompanied by a certified
check, payable to the City OF Wildwood, for
the amount of Si00.
The commissioners reserve the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
IF. e. SMITH,
II. W. RYAN,
w. G. HENDEE,
Commissioners.
JAMES e. WHITESELL,
Dated January 9Th. 1914.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
SYSTEM OF GOOD ROADS
People of Lower Township and
West Cape May Entitled 20
Consideration and Profec-
ton In Their Rights as
Citizens and Tax
MAYORS


Probably the most popular public
work in this county and perhaps In the
state, is the creation of a system OF
roads throughout the county and State
which shall meet the demands ofmod-
ern times. In ~ county the progress
in this direction has been SO great that
state roads are found everywhere aud
the building Of a few miles more will
make the system absolutely complete.
This is cause for rejoicing. There is no
occasion, however, for the dimming of
the Iustre of this achievement by our
Board of Freeholders, by attempting
anything that will be oppressive or in
furious to any part Of the county or to
any OF its people. 1t will be necessary,
therefore, to go slow with the proposals
TO do away all the grade crossings, on
the way to Cape May, beginning with
the SallIe Marshall Crossing, about five
miles above here by creating new roads
and thus practically eliminating the
great boulevard which has cost the
county many thousands of dollars to
place In Its present condition, placing
all residents and all property thereon
on a back road, which will have been
practically abandoned, If the new plans
go through. The loss to Lower Town
ship,to the borough of West Cape May,
and TO the hundreds of property own
ers along this road, would run into a
vast amount, and no public body should
contemp plate for a moment the infliction
of such losses upon the large number
of people who would thus suffer.
There is no logic to support such an
act and the special pleading which
may be INDUCED in will be speedily
shorn OF its pretences and its specious-
ness readily understood, when it comes
before the public. The railroads found
an established road, established settle
ments all along it, homes existing,
farms laid out, aud in the building of
their routes so as omake go many cross
Jugs, took their chances aud assumed
ell responsibility. II these crossings
are dangerous, as undoubtedly they are.
1t is up to them to make them safe by
such devices and such warnings and
such protection as may be- necessary,
and hundreds Of property owners who
are not responsible. should moi be made
to suffer by the erection Of new roads
at their expense and to the detriment
of their properties. The least that
should be done for their protection from
loss and for consideration of them as
thrifty citizens, to whom the new pro-
ject or projects may near ruin, is 10
permit Of exhaustive examination and
debate In order that the sense Of these
communities may be thoroughly taken,
and justice melted out. Up to date such
information as Is extant is not COM
plete, nor has II undergone the scrutiny
of any but a very small number of
those most interested. Before anything
is decided upon there should be the
widest publicity and the most careful
onsideratian.-Cape May Star.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
nThe corsioan Randit.p

Only those who have Travelled a good
deal in Italy can realize the depth OF
the resentment that is still felt there
at the losses the country suffered
through the "Corsican Bandit" as Ma
poleon has been dubbed. The Italians
have a saying about the French, Are
the French thievesr' mo, but bona
parte "a good part of. them are" And
when a visitor goes to one city after
another, sees one building after anoth-
er that was robbed of its chief treas
ures by Napoleon, he begins to under
stand this savage sentiment. 1t is even
stronger in Malta. which island was
virtually swept clean of its splendors
of medieval and renaissance art by
the conqueror. The Maltese loot is all
somewhere at the bottom of Alexan-
dria bay, the ship on which Napoleon
loaded 1t having foundered there.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

On Monday evening last about forty
friends rendered William J. With,
proprietor of the Hotel With, q real
surprise party. In fact Bill was SO
taken In that he couldn't find words to
express himself, the occasion being
the thirty-fourth anniversary of his
birth. During the evening Mr.. With
was presented with a fine pair of solid
gold cuff buttons aud q necktie pin, the
gift Of those present. Also a boquet of
5Fnne'pinK carnations, the gift of Mrs.
W. j. Wirth. Singing, solos, recita-
lions and dancing helped to make the
moments fly very rapidly and precise
ly at midnight the guests sat down to
a fine course luncheon. The Heating
and Hand orchestra furnished the
music for dancing while James Taylor,
of Little Hip fame, tickled the plano
during the intermissions. 1t was al
most daybreak before those present
made up their minds to depart for
their homes, first singing a farewell
song and wishing the surprised many
more such delightful returns of the
happy day. Among those present
were MI. and Mrs. w. j. Wirth, Mr..
aud Mrs. Charles Albig, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. G. Schlichting, Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
ford Ayars, MI. and Mrs. William H.
Austin, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry s. Witte,
Mr.. and Mrs. b. French Spang, Mr..
aud Mrs. Leon Charlson, Miss Ruth
Agar, Miss Louise Faith, Miss G.
Hogan, Miss Emma Each, Miss Kath-
rine Faith, Miss q. Bradley; Messrs.
William q. Hendee, George w. Grant,
Evan B. Evan, George Alblg, Lewis
Coney, Herman Carstaedt, Jesse Hand
James Taylor, Moses Hand, J. Charles
Each, Ludlam Rodney, Henry Keat-
Ing, Jr., George Middleton, Fred Rob-
inson, Richard Coplay, Frank Dixon,
and Alburtus Reeves.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH.
So Easy Nowadays That 1t Positively
Peeved the old Timer.


So Easy Nowadays That 1t Positively
Peeved the old Timer.
I'm in an organization where the
members are expected to furnish the
secretary with photographs of them
selves"
"Yes?"
'Well, | hadn't been to a ~photogra-
sS.s for twenty years. | hated to go.
I r-emembesea tAe-old head clamp. and
the twisted spine. and the awkward
hands. and the depressed chin, and the
silly smile. 1t seemed to me worse
than the dentists. But had to GO. |
walked into the photographers big
room like a Christian martyr. and the
operator pointed out a chair. and | sat
down, and he said. That's ALL | ask
ed him to repeat 1t. He did. Then |
got out of the chair and went back to
my office"
ssWellT'
We'll. | don't feel right about it. 1t
didn't seem to me worth while. l
don't think the photographer treated
me right. 1t looked to ne as If he had
a disagreeable job on his hands and
wanted to shirk 1t. He should have
fused over me more. What do know
about posing? Besides. there wasn't
time. That's ALL he said. and dipped
me out Of the chair. They didn't snub
me that way twenty years ago, no,
sir!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

Miss Anna Holmes, of North Main
Street, gave a house party the first of
the week TO q number of her Stone
Harbor and county seat friends. On
Tuesday evening a banquet and dance
was held at the old Holmes Mansion.
The guests were Miss Gladys Larsen,
Mrs. Hilda Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam J. Christian, Messrs. Lewis Her
bert, Clarence Letzkus, 8. l.. M. Grear,
Thomas Larsen, Raymond Joslin,
George Potter, Of Stone Harbor; Mis-
SEES Rae Thompson, Bella Thompson,
Mary Powell and Frances P. Wheaton;
James Thompson, Barnwell Valiant,
and Claude Rice, of Court House.
On Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob d.
Townsend OF Stone Harbor. left in COM
pany with DR.. and Mrs. Ed win Frease
for Algeria, Africa, where DR.. Frease
will go as a Missionary of the M. E.
church and Jacob Townsend, a teacher
in the Mission school.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
sven wedding in Philadelphia

Frank McGarry, a brother to the
McGarry Brothers, Of Holly Beach
was married to Miss Roletter, of 20l7
south 18th street, on Wednesday, JAM
uary 14th, 1914, at the Church OF Ephip-
phany. It was a swell church wedding.
The bridesmaid was Miss Anna Dill
more, of 1948 south 18th street, and the
best man was the gfoom's brother,
Edward q. Notary, a Wildwood
builder. The happy couple left on a
honeymoon trip 10 Florida and other
parts of the south.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
Stevens InfrOdu-
ces Election Bill

Assemblyman Lewis T. Stevens, Of
Cape May. was in Wild wood yesterday.
He has introduced an important cleo
ton bill, providing for q codification Of
the election laws, and adding to them
euactments providing for direct election
of United States senators; personal reg
istration In all municipalities of more
than II, 900 persons, instead Of 5000, as
at present; preferential primaries, to be
held In September Of each year; sep
aration Of municipal election from gen.
eral elections, the former to be held the
third Tuesday Of April, and prohibits
party conventions for parties polling
less than 5 per cent Of the assembly
vote Of the State. The measure incorp-
crates the present primary election and
corrupt practices act without change.
The most important provision Of the
bill allows voters to participate in the
primarIes'of the party with which they
intend to affiliate themselves at the
next election. Absence Of a provision
of this character prevented thousands
of Progressives from voting their prim-
airy ticket last fall. The present law
covering this point requires that a
voter must vote in the primary of the
party he supported at the last preced-
ing general election. The bill also ell
inmates the party ballot at municipal
elections.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
Board of Chosen FreehOIders
Public Notice

Sealed bids for the construction of mud
both sides of the Avalon road. in accordance
with plans and specifications which will be
furnished by the County Engineer, L. Nj. Rice,
Wildwood, upon application, will be opened
in the court house, Cape May Court House, at
or as soon after twelve o'clock noon as the
Board may determine. on Tuesday, February
3D., 1914.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
all bids.
BY order OF the Board.
FRANK w. FowKES, Clerk.
Dated Jan. 10, 1914.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
AN AMERICAN FARMER


1882, Breathed Spirit OF Liberty
From Golfers Weekly.
We who today preach the religion Of
the back-to-the-farm movement ought
not to forget the delightful book entitled
Letters From an American Farmer"
first published in 1882 and now made
accessible to the general publicin a low
priced reprint. The author of the let
ters was a Norman, who came to Amer
lea as a military engineer in the army
of Montcalm his name was st. Jean
de Crevecoeur, and he was naturalized
as an American citizen under hal of
st. John. The style of the "American
Farmer" as he calls himself, is dis
tinctly of its time, yet the book is GER
tainly one OF the three most valuable
which we produced in that century, the
others being Franklin's "Autobiogra-
ply" and John Woolman's .Journal y
Says Crevecoeur:
"When ] go abroad it is always in
voluntary. never return without feel
ing some pleasing emotion, which l
often suppress as useless and foolish.
The instant l enter on my own land,
the brightideas of property, ofexclusive
right, of independence, exalt my mind.
Precious soil, / say to myself, by
what singular custom OF law is it that
thou vast made to constitute the riches
of the freeholder? What should we
American farmers be without the dis
tinct possession ofthat soil? 1t feeds, it
clothes us; from it we draw even a
great exuberance, u best meat, our
richest drink, the very honey of our
bees. This formerly rude soil has been
converted by my father into a pleasant
farm, aud 10 return 1t has established
all our rights; on it is founded our rank,
our freedom, our power as citizens. our
importance as inhabitants of such a
district. X M 1t is not com imposed, as in
Europe, ofgreat lords who possess every
thing, and Of a herd ofpeople who have
nothing. Here are no aristocratical
families, no counts, no kings, no bish-
ops, no ecclesiastical dominion, no in
visible power giving to a few a very Wis.,
ible one; no great manufacturers am
ploying thousands, no great refinements
of wealth. The rich aud poor are not so
far removed from each other as they are
in Europe
Conditions in America havechanged,
but the love Of freedom remains. So do
the pleasures Of the farmer who mixes
intelligence and sentiment with his eff
cheney. The world is altered from cen-
tury to century, decade TO decade, but
mankind changes less rapidly. II you
ever enjoyed reading Thoreau or Tx
Marvel or Richard Jefferies, you will
find your reward in making Creve-
ceur's acquaintance. One of the cheer
full facts about America today ia the cef.
tainty that all our economic changes,
now causing such unrest, tend to with.
draw the unwholesome stimulus that
factory life has had, and to restore and
increase the number ofpersons who will
possess their own small pieces OF land
and raise wholesome families upon
them.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
Resolution

Resolved, BY the Mayor and Council OF the
Borough OF North Wildwood. New Jersey,
that this ouncil will hear any and all objec-
tIons to the issuance of bonds to the amount
of thirty thousand dollars ($30,0O0.O for the
erection of a sewerage disposal plant in the
said Borough on Tuesday, February 3D., 1914,
at the council m In the said borough
hall at eight o'clock p. m.
Resolution passed an. z. 1914.
Resolution posted IAN. 10, 1914.
GEORGE A. REDDING,
Borough Clerk
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
Wildwood and Delaware
Bay Short Line Rail
Road Company
Annual Meeting ofStock-
holders

Notice is hereby given that the annual
of the stockholders ofthe Wildwood
and claw Bay Short Line Railroad will
besheld at the pri cipa' office of the company
In the criminal building, Oak avenue, Wild
wood, N. j., on Wednesday. the 4th day OF
February, A. d., 1914, at two O'Clock, p. M,
tor the purpose of electing a Board OF Direc-
tors and receiving and acting Upon the re-
ports OF the officers and for the transaction of
such other business as MAJ properly be
brought before the meeting.
Dated January 10, A. d. 1914.
c. L. BLACK WELL,
Secretary.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

Miss 8. E. Wentzell left Monday
morning to spend the week with rela-
tives in Camden and in Salem county.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

State of New Jersey, County of Cape May, IS;
l, CLARENCE G. ELDREDGE, Cashier OF
the above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best
OF my knowledge and belief.
CLARENCE g. ELDREDGE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this 18th
day of January, 1914.
JOHN BRIGHT, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest: GEORGE N. SMITH
r.. w. RYAN,
WIN. III. BRIGHT,
Directors.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

Boarders Wanted-Mechanic boarders wan
ted. Good table board. Reasonable price.
ll9 Spicer avenue. Wildwood.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

Juniper avenue, running through to 18th
street. block 90, Wildwood. Inquire George
j. Heck, Easton, Pa.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

CONEY'S storage warehouse, express and
boarding stables. Teams to hire. moving,
packing, shipping. Piano moving a special
ty. Phone 2l5. Post office. Wildwood, M ].
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

For Sale-Ron top desk and chair, good
condition.. Complete SlS, or desk alone SIS.
l15 Il. avenue.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

For R~ent-EIght room house, heat furnish
ed, all -conveniences, u~Efurnished by the year.
John Bright, lis &. Magnolia
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

Read the JOURNAL cent-a-words.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

For Sale-Launch Mabel. Won more first
prizes than any launch on the coast. Price
$500. Harry M. lowering, Jig W. 18th st.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23
Marine National Bank

at Wildwood, N. j., in the State of New Jer-
sey. at the close of business January ID, 1914:
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

DATED january sth, lgll.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-23

RESOURCES.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03

bed one morning the slavey discovers
his revolver and handouts and thus
learns his vocation. She concludes
that he is there to cause trouble for
her friends in the next room. The
detective enters at this moment and
upbraids the girl.
Later the detective has the crooks
at bay, but the slavey facilitates their
escape.
Five years after finds the slavey in
magnificent suit of apartments, oc-
cupied by herself and the two crooks.
Under their direction she has gained
the sobriquet of MY Lady Raffles.'
Learning of a fashionable wedding
the crooks buy a handsome cedar
chest, which they send in with the
other gifts. Kelly is in the room in
which the gifts are kept, having been
assigned there to keep watch. He
sees a white hand come out from
under the cover of the chest. He
draws his gun, which is accidentally
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03

Well, l have seen both Eleanor
Fairlow and Mrs. Utter, and now,
while I am waiting for Dick to come
home to listen to my solution of the
matter, I'm going to write down my
curious experience with two of my
sex.
When 1 got over at Eleanor:s l
found her waiting. We talked a
while about the charity bazaar, but
1 had a feeling that all the while
she was waiting to have me open up
the subject of blackmail. 1t came
to me in a flash that Dick had told
her about it and that she really knew
more than l did.
I determined then not to say a
word to her about it. If she wished
to say anything to me about her
trip home on the same train all well
and good, but l was not going to
pry into her affairs.
l found I was the better waiter"
for just as l was getting ready to go
she said:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03

you are not the only one of your
family who is charitably inclined,
Mrs. Waverly. Dick told me about
rescuing the pretty widow he asked
to dine with us. Said she had lost
her pocketbook and had to get home
to her child. am rather curious to
know if he got the check she prom
Used to send him yesterday"
For a moment l was tempted to
say: Lets drop the bars. l know
from what you have just said that
my husband has told you of the aw-
full predicament in which he finds
himself. You can help him more
than any one else, for you can tell
that he was in your company until
you retired for the night. Of course,
you may be submitted to much I'M
pleasant notoriety if you do this, but
will your sense of right predominant
over your sensitiveness of self" But
/ did not do it. l only said:- Yes,
Dick told me of befriending some
poor woman who had lost her pock-
--. -
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03

discharged. In the confusion that
follows the owner of the hand es-4
capes. Kelly, however, has had time
to observe that the hand bears a pc
culiar birth mark. Cudgeling his
brain, he recalls that the little slavey
back in the boarding house had just
such a mark.
He hurries after her and locates
the house occupied by the crooks.
By a ruse he admits himself. He
steals into the girls room, where he
conceals himself behind a curtain.
There he finds her and places her
under arrest. The girl is clad in
bloomeEs, so the detective grants her
request. to put on skirt. She goes
to the wall, a panel slides back and
behold, the girl has escaped his
clutches. He hears machine out
side AMI rushes to the wondow.
From the speeding car my Lady
Raffles" throws back a. kiss to the
outwitted detective.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-03
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE

is ELEANOR FAIRLoW KEEPING ANYTHING BACK?
Copyright 1914 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
Planning for the
StOrk's Arrival

Among those things which all women
should know OF, and many of them do
Is splendid external application sold
in most drug stores under the name Of
Mothers Friend" It is a penetrating
liquid and many and many a mother tells
how 1t SO wonderfully aided them through
the period Of expectancy. It's chief pur-
pose Is to render the tendons, ligaments
and muscles SO plant that natures ex-
pansion may be accomplished without the
intense strain so often characteristic OF
the period of expectancy.
Mothers Friend" may therefore be
considered as indirectly having a splendid
influence upon the early disposition Of
the future generation.
Whatever induces to the ease and COM
fort of the mother should leave it's impress
upon the nervous system of the baby.
At any ratio 1t is reaoonable to believe
that since Mothers Friend has been a
companion to motherhood for more than
half century II must be a remedy that
women have learned the great value Of
Ask at any drug store for Mothers 8
Friend" a penetrating. external liquid
OF great help and value. And write to
Bradfeld Regulator Co., 402 Lamar Bldg,
Atlanta, Ga, for their book OF useful
and timely information.