Cape May County Times

ATLANTIC COAST NEWS

NEWS NOTES OF PAST WEEK Notes and Gleaninjs ol Per tonal Character; Little Items - About Folkt You Know. I

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[ Claude Towns haa aa a gueat this , his father, Charles Town, of [ Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rumpp. of PhilIphia, were Sunday v 1*1 tors, lookj after their property here. I Mr. snd Mrs- Benjamin T. Leaver, t Philadelphia, had their Kimberly, e open over the week-end. f Mrs. T. F. Riley, of Bala. Pa., fhter, Helen, are occupying rdwalk cottage, >en for the past two I Ex-Mayor James » week-end at his Boardwalk cots, which he will soon open for the | Mrs. Anna Busch was a Phlladeltor several days this week, b Hotel Is now opened for the

6 spending i

Mrs. George Cronecker was a PhllaIphla visitor several days this

' the time with her

i. Jocher.

There Is atm a small supply vegetable seeds for free distribution ,t the Times office. Adults may have a package by calling, or by mall upon

| request.

Mrs. Jacob Busch, and daughter. , of Philadelphia, are guests f the Busch Hotel, for an Indefinite

Clearing ol Lots Left With Highway Director At a meeting of the Sea Isle City Commissioners some weeks ago, the ter of clearing off lots In the lowection of the City from brush, was igbt up by Director of Highways mey, and Engineer Colllson volaered to ascertain how Ocean City it about getting Its lots At the meeting this week, the word from Mr. Colllson was that cards are sent out to the p: ners. advising them of the intention of the City to clear off their property, and asking their cooperation. The lota are then cleared and a bill sent to the property owner, which In no case is more than $2.60. After some discussion it was moved by Mr. Ftowkes that the matter be left In the hands of the Director of Highways, the postal cards, similar to those of Ocean City, to be sent out at once by the City Clerk, advising the owners of property on which the weeds have grown to such a height as to be a menace to the surrounding property In case of fire, of the Intention of the City to clean off these weeds. Solicitor Voorbees stated that In the of the bondsmen of J. Harvey he had entered suit and reid that the case of th^ City be for trial In the Court of Chancery to recover from the property of the bondsmen the amount due the City under this Judgment. All ittle this out of Court pr< no avail, and the City will noi the issue, levying on the few ties owned b> the Signers of the Quit claim deeds were Ralph Short, for Lot 18. Block 7. S. W. section, and Herman Barthmelr for Lots ll and 12, block 28, S. W. sec

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Notice was read by the Clerk of the Intention of the State Board of Tar.ee and Assessments to alt In the City Hall. Bee. Isle City, on Thursday. May . to hear the City's appeal against the reduction made by the County Tax

RAISE ALLOWANCE EON HEALS OF PRISONERS Only Brief Session of Freeholders on Tuesday; Will Accept Green Creek

Road Tuesday

Saw Porpoise, Thought It Was a Submarine While the world was aghast at the word that a German submarine had fired a torpedo at the U. S. destroySmith, off the coast of South Jer- •. and missed by thirty yards. Capri Sam Bally, a seasoned and able Cape May pilot, makes the statement that the chances are ninety-nine to that the only 'thing that came near the Smith was a lively porpoise, a fish that are plentiful In these waters at thla time of tl|e year. Bally declares that a porsembles a submarine torpedo, :e the crew of the Smith saw but the wake of the alleged it Is safe to assume that a created all the disturbance. To lend encbartment to the sltuaon, the report from Townsend's Inlet is, that on Tuesday morning, several hours alter the attack on the Smith was supposed to have taken place, the scout cruiser U. S. S. Chester, was seen off the Inlet, apparently ^searching for a submarine, and after manoeuverlng around about four miles off the coast, suddenly headed to the east

and disappeared.

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Captain and Mrs. Lewis Conn, who intered in AUantL City, have il to their Townsend's Inlet home 'here they will remain for the sum-

Mlaa Harriet Bruff, wh. nas been ! spending the winter In Pittsburgh and | Philadelphia, has returned to Sea Isle City, and expects to remain for the

summer.

Herman Diamond, our popular purveyo- • was again the victim of the often reoccurring appendicitis attacks the latter part of last week, but Is again able to be up and about. Miss Dorothy Treft, of Philadelphia, waa an over-Sunday guest of Mr*. George Busch. Hiss Tref* was a former resident of Sea lale City, and is well known here. William Smith, of Philadelphia, was a Sunday visitor, the guest of his mother. Mrs. J. J. Smith, at her Ariadne street summer home. Cbas. O'Conner, at Camden, has recently purchased the Herman Barthmelr property, corner Landis avenue snd Pearl street, and will make It his Mr and Mra. D. E. Williams, of PalLimore. have closed their cottage, after spending a week here. They will return the latter part of Mar to stay for the season. A number of local Suffragists attended a rally at Cape May Court House, on Wednesday, representing the newly-organis .*d Suff-age association. Hr* Feichert was the principal

speaker.

Dr. P- C. Scott gave hi- first Red Cress lecture in the City Hall, last Friday, to »he local Auxiliary of th* National Red Croaa. Tie lectures will continue every Friday, the second being today at four o'clock A coffee social In tbe Methodist Cliurch basement on Wednesday evening was very successful. The of arternoon teas, which were held •very Wednesday during the winter, have been discontinued Sea lale City can boast of tbe high•et 8 pole in Cape May County io that on top of the standpipe of the Water Company, which Is f** 1 from tbe ground. Tbe staff was put In place by Superintendent DeUuw last year, and Oui Uloiy can be seen wav ing tothe breeaea every day. from a great distance [AMIHaaal Leeal 9** ea ya>s <

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Standthorpe Land Company, which owns a laige tract of unimproved property near Townsend’s inlet. On appeal, the County Board last November reduced the Standthorpe assessment by one-half, although the assessment on all the other properties In ■ere left the same

At the request of the Public Safety Commltt' ,>f the State. Mayor R. M. Atwater announced his Intention of

ring In a special officer to guard of the four public utilities of the

City. This was done. Ten dollars

voted to help defray the exf the State Committee, b»ing lount that othe.- cities paid. iual donation of $25 was made

to the M'-Cray Post O. A. R.. for decoration of grtTL on Memorial Day.

State Chaplain Hsckett Was Preacher Here

fhapiatn John Hackett. of Millville, ho la the friend and spiritual coun•llor of the men of the Leesburg Prison Farm, was the speaker at last Jay evening's Lutheran Church ice. Rev. HatAett recently reed a Chaplain's commission from the Bute of New Jersey to bis present office, created by a special act of tbe Legislature. He Is a licensed preicher of the Methodist Protestant Church, and an earnest Christian worker. His sermon was a demonstration of gladness. pathos, and forceful appeal, was greatly enjoyed by all who were fortunate enough to *-i present

Resolution of Thsnks

Tbe Wildwood Battalion was invited to participate in s patrotic meeting held under the auspices ol Business Men's League ol Sea Isle City, on Tuesday evening April 17th, Wmkakas At the occasion tbe entire Battalion was invited to the bone oi Mr. Gustave Mnrnhinweg, wb*i tbe supnse ol all delicious relrssoioents hsd been tbougbtfoHv prepared. Thuuou Bk It Rbsoi.vkd. That a vote oi Thanks be and is hereby extended to Mr. Mornhinweg and lamily lor tbe kind hospitality extended to the Wildwood Battalioo. Capl. John O’DsaiKUt, Lieut. Hakmi E. BututHanr •• Lion A. WUATOn, " Ski sox A. Hits,

Joseph P. McKlssic waa Acting Director at the meeting of the Board of Freeholders, at Court House, on Tuesof Director RuthDlrector Hilton. The a was brief, and taken up with routine matters, bond of Henry T. Clouting, the ictor on the Stone Harbor Ro ilona, waa approved, being Trust Company bond in the regular “Aie Increase per diem in the allowance to feed prisoners, requested by the Janitor of the County Prison, was allowed, being changed from thirtyfive cents per prisoner to fifty cents, with five dollars the minimum Instead of $3.60, as before. It waa claimed that with the present high cost of living It was impossible to feed the pri oners on the old allowance, ard upon investigation the Board found this

be true.

The oontractors on the Green Creek road requested that the Board take over the road next week, the year limit expiring on April 22. It was decided to mqpt next Tuesday at Court House, and after the meeting to inr «ct and finally accept tne road. The old Holly Beach road trouble was again brought up by Road Supervisor Schelllnger, who stated that he was doing the work of the contractor. Willis, in filling In on both sides of the new Rlchardoon's Channel bridge, and requested power tc also build the shoulders on this new fill, the work being part of the Willis contract After some discussion It was found by referring to the minutes that this power was given some weeks ago, and the work was ordered done. Contractor Willis, it win be remembered, partly completed bis job. and then quit, leaving the County to complete the road, which is from Rio Grande into Wildwood. The County retains sufficient of Wnils' money to pay for all the work they are now compelled to do The Clerk was Instructed on Tuesday to again notify the bonding company which supplied the Willis bond, that the County was completing the contract, and that they would be look «d to for payment of any sum which It may be necessary to expend In ex-

>sa of the contract.

Would Use Vacant Land

A resolution of Walter L. Yerkes. of Tnckahoe, passed by the Cape May

County Pomona Grange at Its meeting iae cape May County Board of In South Seavllle. Thursday. April 19. Freeholders, held at the home of was read and endorsed by the Boaru j Freeholder Levi WenUell. of Avalon. Tbe resolution set forth that the last 5j OIl( j a> . afternoon,

eluded not to place guards at the

Spring Session of the County Pomona Grange

South Seavllle. N. J.—Tbe Pomona Grange, of Cape May County, held its

g session In the P. O. S. of A. Thursday, April 12th. afternoon

and evening.

Every Grange in the County represented, and In their reports expressed their wttlingness to aid the State or Nation lu the present crisis. Walter Yerkes.' of the Tuckahoe Grange, offered a resolution which was adopted by the Pomona proposing to till all idle ground, the labor, material. and use of horses to be donated. Such crops to be raised as thought best, and the harvest to be shipped to a point dealgnated by our President for Government use. This Is to help relieve the food question. Avalon was named as the place to hold tbe Orange picnic, sometime during August. Following the business of the Pomona, supper was to about two hundred from all

parts of the County.

After the supper came the literary programme, which was a success in every way. The P. O. S. of A. band furnished the music, and there were several recitations, singing and addresses by Dr. Walter Yerkes, Prof. Stackhouse and Rev. Kanne.

County Will Not Yet Guard the Bridges

A meeting of tbe bridge committee

COUNTY REPRESENTED AT WflTERllY HEARING Representatives of All Civic Bodies in Favor ol Government Control; Boost County Canal The question of Federal ownership the State Inland Waterway had “Its day in court”, so far as South Jersey Is concerned, at Atlantic City last Friday and the result was most gratifying to all friends of this important In spite of the most Indeeather the audience which atthe hearing packed the City Commissioners' Board Room to overflowing. and all those who attended led with facts and figures of convincing sort, demonstratquestion the supreme importance of the proposed extension of the State Iniand Waterway through Monmouth County to New York Bay and across Cape May County to Dela-

ware Bay.

In the absence of Major Mark Brooke, the meeting was preaided over by Mr. George W. T. Miller, C. E., U. S. Assistant Engineer, of Wilmington, Del. Major Brooke was unavoidably detained, on account of war mat-

ters. The proceedings were taken Phia. Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay

the State Inland Waterway to Now York Bay will be of vast benefit to the New Jersey Coast resorts, making It possible for the members of the 176 yacht clubs and the owners of the 80.000 power boats of tbe Greater New York littoral to visit these resorts by a safe inside route without crossing the dangerous Inlet bars, which preeasy access to most of the New

Jersey Coast resorts.

It was shown that a Croaa County Canal, connecting tbe State Inland Waterway with Delaware Bay, via Cape May Court House would shorten distance between Philadelphia “The Clyde of America” by t ty-flve miles to New Jersey < sorts, obviating the long and < ous detour around Cape May 1 and affording a short cut as Important to yachtsmen and motor boat owner* of Philadelphia, Wilmington. Chester, ' etc., as would be the northern extension to the power boat owners of Greater New York. Expert testimony was adduced to show that the Cron County Canal could be dug by extending the existing Cape May Court House Canal to Delaware Bay through loose soil by hydraulic dredging at no great expense and at an average elevation of only a few feet It was declared that the cutting of this cans! and the extenstlon of the waterway from Bay Head to New York Bay would make the New Jersey Cvaat resorts as accessible by motor boat from New York, the Hudson River and Island Sound and from Phlladel-

Grange favored a County State snd National Committee being formed, under the supervision in the various districts. of the County Farm Demonstrators, they to secure the use of all Idle, unused land, and obtain an army of volunteers from *11 parts of tbe County to raise crops on these lands which are most needed by tbe Government. the harvest to be shipped for national nse to some centre! station. The plan set forth In the resolution was to request farmers to donate their labor, plows, horse* and farm imple menu, and work the government farms for a certain amount of time each day or week. This suggestion was in line with that offered by Governor Edge, and being advocated by the National Government, to prevent

a crop shortage.

Meeting adjourned shortly after jocn to meet again next Tuesday

NATIONAL SINGLE TAX PARTv ORGANIZED

County’s bridges at this time. The contention is that there would little tor an enemy to gain by tinkering with any of the bridges that the cost of guards would be unnecessary expense. This matter of safeguarding the public property of the County was referred to Mr. Wentaell's committee at a meeting of the Board sev-

eral weeks ago.

Have Flag Raising South Seavllle—This village was alive Saturday night, when the whole community met at the P. O. S. of A. Hall for a flag raising. The speakers "f the ev.-nini: were Ur. Walter Yerker. Rev Raymond Kanne and James Maxon William Champion waa chairman of the committee charge. The band assisted and i the close of the addresses, everyone j present sang “America

The National Single Tax Parry came Into existence last Sunday, the ou< come of the single tax convention held in Atlantic City the latter part of 1*M week The party will not affiliate with any other political party. The provisional organixation. springinr from the convent loa. elected tbe fol lowing officers: President. William J Wallace. Newark. N. J : Vice Pre.*i

dent. Luke North. Los Angeles: Trea- j dinner hour, urer. Cham. H. ingeraoU. bead of the j Hauusos

ingerwoll Watch Company: and Seer- i tary, James H DU. of PbUadMpt.a

NOTICE.

"Don'i forget to take part in tin- first shoot of the Wildwood Gun Club st their grounds, EighWeutii and Otten v'anBi, adjoining Wildwood Yacht Club, North Witdwood, N. J. Saturdai April 21sL Entrants free inclnding target* gS.UO. Lunch at the Wildwood Yacht Club. Shoot to «'art after the

by an official stenographer and a report will be compiled by Major Brooke's office and submitted in due course to the Board of Army Engineers at Washington to be ultimately transmitted, to Congress. Hon. Isaac Bacharach, through whose efforts the meeting waa called, was detained in Washington by Congressional duties. County Well Represented The public-spirited cltiienn. whoatnded this meeting (some of them i me fifty miles through a hard storm i he prewent), are as follows: From lUpe May: Hon. Lewis T. tevens. Senator from Cape May County: Luther C. Ogden. President of the Cape May Board of Trade, and John F. Craig. From Bridgeton: Former Senator B. H. Minch, cf Cumberland County. From Wildwood: J. Albert Harris. Former Postmaster; Learning M.Rice. County Engineer (of North WUd- :); Samuel A. Laning; P. L. Peti, Charles A. Carlson, and J. W Sayre, the last three of North WildCape May Court House: Stllwell H. Townsend, member of the Board of Freeholders from Middle Township: Edwin D. Foster. President the Board of Trade: William Steel. Game Warden of Cape May County, and L. B. Erricson. From Middle Township: Joseph Camp, of the Cape May County Grange. From Stone Harbor: Hon. Herbert. Mayor: Lloyd Seaman Street Supervisor; and R. P. Risley of the Cape May Couuty Chamber of Commerce. From Avalon: Hon. Gilbert Smith. Mayor; C. Mahan, of the Board of Trade; F. B. Canfield and W. G. Are-

der.

From Sea lale City: Theodore E. DeBow. member of the Board of Freeho'ders. From Ocean City: J. P. Fox. member of the Board of Freeholders, and W. Scott Hand, delegate to the Rivers and Harbors Convention at Washington, D. C., snd the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Convention at Philadelphia. What the Meeting Accomplished The concrete results obtained by the meeting were substantial Papers were filed with Engineer Miller, explicitly setting forth the tonnage that would probably move over the waterway between New York and Philadelphia and New Jersey Coast resorts and the towns and cities situated on waterways tributary to tbe Iviaware River and tbp State Inland Waterway, such as Bridgeton on the Cohansey River and May's Landing on the Egg Harbor River. It was shown that this tonnage would result In lower freight rates than no wexlst on such imfiortant commodities as vegetables and farm products In general: building materials, including lumber, cement, lime and brick; fuel. Including soft coal, anthracite coal, cord wood and oil: glass bottles and other products manufactured In this territory. It was proven that the extension of

they now are by automobile. Will Give State Waterway

On behalf of the State of New Jersey. Senator Richai ds gave assurances that tbe existing State Inland Waterway would be turned over to the U.8. Government without charge for the

purposes proposed.

On behalf of the Atlantic City Cham-

ber of Commerce and the Cape May Chamber of Commerce a resolution was offered by Freeholder SUlwellH. Townsend of Cape May County, seconded by Former Senator Wilson, of the Atlantic City Chamber of Com-

and by Mr. C. Mahan, of the

Cape May County Chamber of Com-

to the effect that it was the of the meeting that the State

of New Jersey tender the State Inland Waterway to the U. S. Government free of charge. This would put the Governr-ent in possession of a waterway, ll J miles in length. 6 feet deep at mean low tide, 100 feet wide

the bottom and representing a total

expenditure of nearly $400,000 by the

State of New Jersey.

A resolution passed by the Cape May County Board of Freeholders, endorsing the waterway undertaking, was handed in by Freeholder DeBow,

of Cape May County.

Senator Stevens stated that the fin-

ances of the State of New Jersey had not permitted the purchase of a dredge to keep the waterway open and would not permit of the proposed

extensions at any early date. The importance of the waterway for

the use of torpedo boats and submarines between New York Bay and Delaware Bay and for coast defense purposes wa- pointed out by several

speakers.

Organize County Red Cross On next Monday Evening, at 8 o'clock there will be a Public Meeting at the Auditorium in Cape May City, to organize a Chapter ol the American Rad Cross. Special Speakers will be present. r

READING RAILWAY ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS Announcement is made of the appointment of Edwin L Lewis, now District Passenger Agent at the Widener Building, to become Assisf nt General Passenger Agent of the Reading Railroad with office- In the Rtading Terminal, vice W H. McCormick, who has been assigned to other duties: and of the appointment of George F. Ingram, at present Advertising Manager. to succeed Mr. Lewis, as District Passenger Agent at the Wldeitfr Building J. N P. Sonder. Jr., now in charge of si eclai train arrangements In the General Office, will become Advertising Manager, with offices at Spricg Garden atatlor.. Disposing ef your property by WU1 ‘ >n « thing; the aelectior of a eufta. ble executor la quite anethar. *»d yet both become a very »impL when you invoke the aid ef the n - curity Trust Company, of Cksa Me* Gfty. N. J. »