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Anti-Saloon League
Attacked by Doremns
Resentment of Former Judge
Aroused by League’s En
dorsement of Senator
Whitney
The Anti-Saloon League of New
Jersey, in a statement issued by
Rev. Marna S. Poulson, formerly
pastor of the Ventnor Commu
nity Church but now superinten
dent of the league, calls upon all
Republican members of that or
'" ganization to support Senator
Arthur Whitney at the June
primaries in his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for
Governor! The plea issued by Mr.
Poulson takes both former At
torney General Thomas F. Mc
Cran of Paterson and Judge
Doremus of Bergen county to
task for their records on the wet
and dry issue.
Judge Doremus was not slow in
issuing an answer to the Anti
Saloon League statement. In a
communication offered for publi
cation on Monday of this week
the former Bergen county jurist
hotly attasked the action of the
league and wound up by declar
ing that its support was a handi
cap, rather than a benefit to can
didates for public office in New
Jersey. He cites the defeat of
Runyon, Frelinghuysen and Kean
within the last few years as proof
of this contention.
The Anti-Saloon League’s en
dorsement of Senator Whitney,
issued by Rev. Marna S. Poul
son, follows:
“We, of course, have no can
didate for Governor, but the wet
Republicans have put up Thomas
F. McCran, who has always been
a friend of the liquor interests.
The only way to defeat him is for
every man and woman voter in
New Jersey who does not believe
in what he stands for, and repre
sents, to vote on June 16th for
someone else.
“No matter whether we throw
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Hickman Is Endorsed by
First Ward Organization
Sentiment in His Support Shown
to be Unanimous at Well
Attended Meeting
Major Frederick Hickinan was
unanimously endorsed for Coun
cilman-at-Large at a well at
tended meeting of the First Ward
Republican Organization in Vent
nor on Friday evening of last
week. There were fifty or more
members in attendance, includ
ing prominent leaders in the po
litical life of the city, and Major
Hickman was warmly praised by
many of the speakers.
Others who received the en
dorsement of the organization in
cluded W. K. Clymer, candidate
for Council in the First Ward;
James G. Scull, unopposed to suc
ceed himself as tax collector;
Miss Anna Van Z. Van Valken
burg and Harold L. Boston, can
didates for membership in the
County Committee.
Included among the speakers
during the meeting were former
Mayor Charles Godfrey, W. Pres
ton Crook, Councilman Isaac B.
Sweigart, Councilman George F.
Wingate and Councilman-at
Large Joseph R. Bartlett. The
club decided to retain as perma
nent headquarters its present
home at Winchester and Little
Rock avenues, and it will be re
furnished and t h o r o u g hly
equipped in the near future. -
Ventnor Politicians Are Accused of
Interfering In Margate’s Primaries
Hot Resentment Expressed Over Invasion of Neighboring Commu
nity by N. Freeman Parker and a Few of His Henchmen
in. An Effort to Defeat A. P. Reilly for Freeholder
Accused of “Political
Poaching”
N. FREEMAN PARKER
Nutter Enters Fight
For State Senator
Petitions for Nomination of Col
ored Lawyer Are Being Circu
lated on North Side
Petition for the nomination of
Isaac H. Natter as Republican
candidate for the State Senate
have made their appearance on
the North Side and hundreds of
signatures are already said to
have been obtained. Nutter’s1
candidacy has been launched, it
is said in political circles, with
no thought that the colored law
yer will be successful in winning
the nomination. It is his inten
tion, rather, as well as the desire
of his supporters, that the way
be made as difficult as possible
for State Senator Emerson L.
Richards to obtain a renomi
nation.
This element among shore Re
publicans also is taking into con
sideration the possibility that
Samuel P. Leeds may eventually
enter the field, thereby creating
a three-cornered competition. If
this were to happen, with Nutter
polling a large vote among mem
bers of his race, they say there
would be a chance for the hotel
man to win out.
Nutter’s hostility to Senator
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DEVOUX B. EDWARDS
WRITES ON GARDENING
Devoux B. Edwards, promi
nent shore florist, will resume
in next week’s issue of the
VENTNOR NEWS his inter
esting and instructive series of
articles on the making and the
care of a garden. Mr. Ed
wards is an authority on horti
culture and floriculture, and
the articles from his pen have
aroused a great deal of inter
est among readers of the
VENTNOR NEWS. They are
being resumed in response to
requests from many readers
of this publication.
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Accusing Ventnor politicians,
led by N. Freeman Parker, of
“poaching” in the Freeholder
campaign now under way, the
members of the Margate-Republi
can Club expressed hot resent
ment at a largely attended ses
sion Monday evening. Parker
and a few of his henchmen are
said to have been active in Mar
gate recently furthering the po
litical fortunes of Richard Bon
sall against Freeholder A. P.
Reilly, who is seeking renomina
tion at the coming primaries.
An effort is said to have been
made, to twist into an argument
against Freeholder Reilly the re
cent arrest and conviction of a
resident of Margate on the charge
of driving an automobile while
intoxicated. This incident oc
curred in Ventnor, but it is be
ing used by the Ventnorites in
vading the neighboring commu
nity as an argument against the
renomination of Reilly.
Several speakers at the meet
ing Monday night commented on
the activity of the Ventnorites,
asserting that no attempt had
ever been made by them to co
erce Ventnor voters, and the
foreign persuasion” used in the
Freeholder campaign was desig
nated by them as an “insult to
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$40,000 Paid Thns Far
by Ventnor Taxpayers
Work of Collector Scull a Month
Ahead of Last Year, and City
Profits Accordingly
Approximately $40,000 in taxes
has been received by Tax Col
lector James G. Scull since the
bills were sent out to Ventnor
property owners weeks in advance
of the date on which they were
mailed last year. By paying
their taxes in full for the year,
prior to June 1, Ventnorites will
be enabled to save two per cent
of the total^they owe for taxation.
About 60 per cent of those who
have paid thus far have remitted
for their taxes in full While this
is considered a good showing, it
proves that property owners gen
erally are not taking advantage
of the opportunity accorded them
by the early mailing of the tax
bills. That payments will be re
ceived in greatly increased volume
between now and June 1, however,
is the confident expectation of the
tax collector.
Last year at this time the re
turns had not as yet been made
from the office of the Atlantic
County Tax Board for the very
good reason that several cities of
the county, including Ventnor, had
not submitted their reports. The
work is fully a month ahead this
year and Ventnor, as well as other
cities of the county, will be saved •
the expense of interest made
necessary in 1924 by the borrow
ing of money to tide the cities
over the period of delay.
Deliveries at any time desired dally
and this insures Ventnor householders
the best service for all kinds of sea
foods. If orders are riven to the
CHELSEA FISH MARKET. *707 At
lantic Avenue. Phones. Bell—Marine
2180 and 2181.—Adv.
DK. REEDS CUSHION SOLE SHOES
Sohellenberg's, 1*08 Atlantic Ats.-J.4s.
Mayers of Two Cities
Absent For Week-end
Mayor Adams of Ventnor. and
Mayor Risley of Margate are both
out of the state for the remainder
of the week, and as a result Jos
eph R. Bartlett, president of Coun
cil, and Commissioner Josiah Nor
cross, director of finance, are
holding forth respectively as
executives of Ventnor and Mar
gate.
Mayor Adams left late Monday
night after attending a conference
session of Council for Boston,
where he will remain until the end
of the week.
Mayor Risley leaves this morn
ing for Williamsport, Pa., where
he expects to remain over the
week-end. -
New Auditorium On
Pier Wins Approval
Plans for Structure to House
Large Dance Hall Considered
by Councilmen
Although four members of
Council were in conference session
for several hours Monday night
the scheduled adjourned meeting
of the Ventnor lawmakers did not
materialize. Chairman Wingate
of the Street Committee was the
only member to appear and re
spond to roll call by City Clerk
Reppetto, who announced a lack
of a quorum.
Tentative plans for an additional
auditorium on the Municipal Pier
were considered by the solons
in executive .session. Colored
drawings submitted by Seward
Dobbins, well-known architect,
were inspected and general ap
proval given, it was learned. The
plans provide for a main audi
torium or dance floor 30 x 68 feet,
with east and west sun parlors,
comfort and rest rooms for men
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Margate Carries Colors
Of Holland to Victory
Speedy Filly Owned by Ventnor
Contractor Wins at Lexington,
Paying 8 to 1
Margate, a two-year-old filly
named after the City of Margate,
won a race at Lexington, Ky., the
other day and paid 8 to 1. She
is the property of Edward J. Hol
land, contractor, of 5 South Corn
wall avenue, and is considered one
of the finest bred racers in the
country.
Mr. Holland has a large stable
of horses, including two others
named Ventnor and Longport.
Ventnor is also a mare, while
Longport is a stallion. Both will
run before the end of the month.
Margate has beaten all the best
two-year-olds at Lexington. She
is the offspring of Delhi and First
Ballot. Mr. Holland and several
other local racing enthusiasts saw
her win her last race and those
who ventured to back her with
real money were well repaid.
Margate is also eligible for
both the Debadou Stakes and the
Kentucky Derby, both to be run
May 16. The stakes are worth
$15,000, while the Derby is worth
about $60,000 to the winner.
Many thousand dollars worth of
horseflesh is contained in Mr.
Holland’s stables, but Margate is
his pride. He is depending on her
o make a strong bid for first place
in the Debadou Stakes.
-Gall BURKARD COAL OO.
—————Marina 7S00—
-Adr.
One-Way Route on Absecon Boulevard
Daring Re-Surfacing Urged by A. T. Bell
Feasible Plan to Remedy Traffic Daring Congestion Periods Out
lined by Hotelman—Freeholders Advised to Go Slow on
Albany Avenue Bridge in View of U. S. War Dept. Plans
An arrangement with the con
tractors engaged in the re-surfac
ing of the Absecon Boulevard
whereby that highway might be
used for one way traffic while the
improvements are under way is
urged by A. T. Bell, in a com
munication to The Ventnob
News.
“There is yet another possibility
to help out in the present situa
tion, which only comes to a crux
on Sundays and holidays,” writes
Mr. Bell in a communication re
garding the need for new bridges
on the Albany Avenue Boulevard.
“That is to make some arrange
ment -with the contractors by
which the Absecon Boulevard
might be used (not with perfect
satisfaction, but nevertheless
used) for one-way traffic for the
few hours at the high peak.”
This plan has been tried on
highway construction elsewhere
throughout the State and has
been found not only feasible, but
highly practical. By leaving a
space wide enough for only one
automobile to pass, either in the
center or on either side of the
Absecon Boulevard where the
paving is in progress, a one-way
line of traffic could be run into
the resort on Saturday, and an
outbound line maintained on
Sunday. This, Mr. Bell believes,
would go far towards a solution
of the serious problem confront
ing the resort while the Absecon
Boulevard is being re-surfaced.
Mr. Bell advises the Freehold
ers to go slow in their plan to
construct new bridges at Albany
avenue and elsewhere along the
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Atlantic City Teachers
Rank High In State Body
Eight Local Instructors Hold
Offices in Conncil of High
School Teachers to Meet
Here in October
Unusual consideration is ac
corded the teachers in the At
lantic City public schools in the
large representation they have on
the State Council of High School
Teachers.
Eight local instructors hold of
fices in the various branches of
this organization, which will con
vene here October 8, 9 and 10.
Plans for the convention were
made at a dinner in Newark
recently which the local officers
attended.
Dr. Fred W. Maroney repre
sents the physical training teach
ers of New Jersey on the council,
Miss Clara Krauter is the sec
retary of the Vocational and Arts
association, Miss Lucy Lord and
Miss Clara White, president and
secretary, respectively, of the
Kindergarten association; Miss
Catherine Carrigan, secretary of
the Social Science association;
Raymond Whitmoyer, secretary
treasurer of the Science associa
tion; Miss Laura Fans, president
of the Librarians’ association,
and Henry P. Miller, representa
tive on the State Executive Com
mittee.
YELLOW CAB Company,
Quick, Safe Service—Adv.
Mar. 6000.
VENTNOft TRUST COMPANY
_ . 4% on Tima Devoaita
Safe Deposit Bones
■Adv.
Suggests Traffic Remedy
A. T. BELL
Contending Bidders
Delay Improvements
Threat of Court Action Induces
Margate Rulers to Postpone
Street Lighting Award
Contending bidders for idle con
tract to install an underground
street lighting system with orna
mental metal poles waged a merry
war on Monday at an adjourned
meeting of the Margate City Com
mission, respective representatives
of the two companies offering the
two lower bids each threatening to
appeal to the courts in the event
of an award to the other.
Placed in the dilemma of prob
able delay for many months the
City Commissioners voted to re
ject all bids and readvertise for
proposals to be submitted on May
18th.
F. C. Joutras, representing the
Central Station Equipment Com
pany of New York registered a
protest against the award of con
tract to the Greenwood Engineer
ing Company of Philadelphia,
whose bid of $56,000 was $1,350
lower, but the company had failed
to include a detailed drawing and
specification of the type of metal
pole to be used. Claiming that the
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Yentnwr Not to Protest
Margate Artesiu Well
Objection will not be entered
by Ventnor City to the proposed
drilling of an artesian well by
Margate City at a hearing sched
uled to be held today at 10.30
o’clock at the State Hoase in
Trenton under the auspices of the
New Jersey Department of Con
servation and Development.
Upon application having been
filed by the Margate authorities
of intention to sink a new well
with a capacity of 720,000 gal
lons, public notice was given by
M. E. Kummel, state director,
that a public hearing would be
accorded any who might be op
posed to the plan.
LITTLE HOCK INN—We Serve and
Deliver the Beet lee Cream in Town—
Atlaati© Ave.—Nep, Ttfft IIt