Cape May County Times

ATLANTIC COAST NEWS

VOL. XXXII.—NO. 31

SEA ISLE CITY, N. J., FRIDAY. JULY 20. 1917

CITY NEWS NOTES OF PAST WEEK

Notes and Gleanings of Persona! Character; Little Items About Folks You Know.

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Mrs. Henry Brooks is spending the litter part of this week in Philadelphia. J. O'Donnel, of Philadelphia, is again occupying the Harwell cottage on the Boardwalk for the season. N. Quirin and family, of Philadelphia, are now occupying their Hartaon street cottage. The .Miaaes WoerU, of Philadelphia, are now at their Dolphin street cottage, remain for the season. J. A. Carrie and family, of Philadelphia, are enjoying their annual sojourn their cosy summer cottage here. Thomas McUowan and family, of Philadelphia, have taken the Conway cottage Minerra street for the eeaeon. Wilfred Bail, of Philadelphia, -reived Monday to slay for the aeaaon at the ibdell cottage on Shell etreet. O. P. Waldron and family, of Philadelphia, have opened their pretty cottage on Loretto atre-t for the manner. The Klemm cottage lias been taken by Zeiu and family, of Philadelphia, for the balance ol the season. L. M. Bocke and family, of Philadelphia, hive taken the Bnckley cottage on Mtxham etre <, and ar now occupying for the season. T. h. hailly and family, of Bala, Pa., arrived ihia week to apend the remainder of Uie aeaaon at their handaerue beach front aciumer home. William Knpp and family, of PhilaIphia, have opened their cottage on isdne street and the Boardwalk, and spending the aatnmer here. William Quernll and family, ol Phila•iptna, have again opened their cottage arnson alreet, and are here to stay he summer. William Collmar and family, of Phila•hia, and P. Corcoran and family, of •Maker city, are the lateat ol the i«ner colony to open tneir cottages ■arrison street foi the season. The •' Monday Morning Clnb” held second meeting this week at the resi“Ce ol Mrs. Theodore bchall. on Shell >-et. Members of the club are rather "■ent in explaining jnst what U ia all '•ut. hut the name sounds imeresting. Mr and Mrs. John C. Jocher,of Phila, are at Uieir Dolphin street cotBe fur the aeaaon, coming down last iturday. Ttie Jochrr cottage ha> been u •rore Uie start of tire season, occuJ by the children. The card party at St. Joseph's Hall • wr-k was given by Mrs. Uallsn and »• Downey and was a great succeas, I, 1 many handsome prises. Mrs. J. irdie was highest in fire hundred, with core of 90U0 in seven gamts. k,r - a °d Mrs. Frank Stetson and "ter Hanoi* motored from Wash:h*n. D. C., on Saturday last, and are ■ii ling the week here as gu-ala of • James A. Twoher at her Board1 “'tUge. Mr. Stetson mads hi* ; \i»it to sea Isle City Isat year, and ""‘•rs to come down for the season ly > a He ia a nrominenl attorney at aanou's capital. ' ' Uie City Lmt on Women's 'vice of Uie Connril ol National I»e. ' was orgawued at Uie Mayor'* c ‘ r . Ill the t ity Hall, on Wednesday *** week. The preeideiita ol tire va»"men'sorgaaiaaliona which were ''■•eiiled at the mseiing elected the ■aing |>rrniai<ent nffioris: ChairtuSli, • B - Chester, president ol tlw ""l l <-a,-hera' Aasocialmn and the ”•*’ Aid Society of the Methodist J, "h; Treasurer, Mr*. ChnsUan An- • T'cwideut ol the l.adiea' Aid 8< '> "1 ll.e l.uthetan Ctiurch; Secretary. " ", Needham, of the Alt Nee- * ur * Club. The purtwise of Ute orK ^ secure the sup|K>rt mad '■pcrative ehorte of Uie women of this ' *11 maUeraralating to Uie defense 1 '■ uation in co-uperatioii withthr • JeiM-y Committer on Public Salsty uuder Uie direction si the Council sbuual l,r, yn*e, appointed by the ‘•‘Jeut of the liulsd Ha tea.

Leroy J. Archer Named Local School Principal At a meeting of the Sea Isle City Board of Education, held last Tuesday afternoon, Leroy J. Archer, of Lakewood, was named principal of the local school at a salary of ninety-five dollar* a month. He will take the place of John H. Carrol, who has been at the head of the school here for the past two year*. Mr. Archer cornea well recommended, and formerly taught at Lakewood and Orange, X. J., and also taught for aeveral year* in New York Stale. The school term was lengthened from nine to ten tronlhe, school to open this year on September Uh and continue until Uie middle of Jone. A kindergarten will be added and the school will be regraded and the departmental system of education installed Miss Meerwald and Miae Fischer were re-elected to teach Uie intermediate grades and a now kindergarten teacher will be named at Uie next meeUng of the Board. The plan ia to have Uie kindergarten for one session and in the afternoon have Uie teacher of tbia class aid the backward pupils in the other grades and so raise the efficiency of Uie ecbooL

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RIGOR PLANS CONTROL OF FREEHOLDERS Lets Cat Out of Bag in Heated Discussion Before Wildwood Crest Council When Adoption of City Form of Government is Up for Action

LOCAL William Carrie end family are again sojourning here for the season at their coxy summer cottage. Frederick Mueller and family, of Philadelphia, are at Uieir cottage on Pearl atrett for Uie season. Mrs. C. E. Anderson, of Philadelphia, is now at her collage here for Uie season, coming down from her city home last week. Tlie extra pieces were added to the band this week, and with their addition very good rnoaic is rendered. The band now has fifteen pieces, including the leader. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cavanaugh, 01 Philadelphia, are spending Uie season here, stopping at Uie Depot Hotel. Mr. Cavanaugh has been a regular Sea Isle City visitor for Uie past twenty-seven

rears.

The Bad Cross sewing classes in tbs Women's Civic Clnb every Wednesday and Friday altemoons are well attended. Every woman is cordislly invited to aid in Uie work of making bandages and oUier war-tune necessities to equip a

comity base hospital for

soldiers.

The annual meeting of the Women's Civic Club was held on Wednesday afternoon, with Uie following otlicers elected: Mrs. J. J. Hagan, President; Mrs. L. J. Downey, Vice President; Mrs. Henry Brooks, Secretary, and Mrs. J. J. Smith, Treasurer. The fir*, headstone ever manufactured in Sea Isle City is the one now completed in Uie cement yards cl J. P. Delaney for Jeremiah Donovan, Uie well-known local man who died last

year.

James (j. Dixon, superintendent, and P. K. Cunhfle, sale* manager, of the Automobile Sale* Corporation, of which Percy tl. Neel, a Sea Isle City summer resident is president, drove here direct from IMroit, arriving on Tuesday, in a new 67-type Cadillac car. IVl* model. Tlie car hai not yet been placed on Uie market. Mr. and Mr. William Patterson aid Mias Gertrude Reddan, of Jersey City, arrive today for a two wteka' stay with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Delaney, who have motored to lliiladriphia to meet them. Mr*. Patterson and Miss Krddan are cousins ol Mr. Delaney, one of whom he has not seen lor twenty year*. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wells, ot Philadvlphia, are now at the Wells cottage on Pant street lor Uie balance of Uie sea•on. Mi. Well* made a splendid record in Uie Pennsylvania Le*i#latar« last seanun a* a ItepresenlaUvr from Philadelphia. In* bill to abolish capital pnuishmenl in Uie SUte creating contrywide attention. Mis Wells was tonnerly Mise Way, a sister ol IH. Clarence Way. ol Kea Isle City.

D. Mile* Rigor, of Wildwood Creel, pseudo leader ot the inaurgent Republican element of Cape May Connty, sellstyled county *'bo«i” of email Board of Freeholder fame, spread himeelf Uie other night before a meeting of the Wildwood Crest Council. The eobject ol whether or not the Crest shunld change to city form of governmett from its present borough form was the snljeci under discussion. Rigor, who, it is said, wants to control the Board of Freeholders, having an eye to several fat appomUre job* Uiat become vacant on Jannaiy 1st next year, was present with hi* righthand bower, Ernest Lloyd, of Cape May. Lloyd, be it understood, aspires to the Solicitorahip of the Beard of Freeholder* next year and incidentally w ould not object to becoming City Solicitor for the new city of Wildwood Crest should Uiat form of government carry at the election to be held on Tuesday, August 7Ui. On the floor of Connell Mayor Philip Baker, of the Crest, stated Uiat lie was not enUrely ip favor of the proposed change, stating that the Crest had prospered and grown hannnnionaly and soundly under its present government and was not large enough to become a city. He added that with the few voters of the Crest (there are less than fifty) Uie addition of two members to the Board of Freeholders from the t'reel would antagonize the balance of Uie county, and this would give Fire Mile Beach (North Wildwuod, Wild*<-od and Wildwood Crest) six Freeholder* at against only two from each of ti.c other

beachrt.

Mutt Kill Upper County Clique The following is quoted from the FT** Atilt Btcch Journal ! t‘ie parvntlietical quotations being ours): " In answer to these statements Mr. Kigor esid: ' We have a clique against us (meaning in the Board of Freeholders) headed by Fox, of Ocean City. Unless we get two Freeholder* to Itold our end of the fight we don't get thst Cape May road. These oppu

Cape May road referred to is from the Crest acroas Two Mile Beach to Cape May City.) Be* late City, with eixtyone voters (nearly two hundred rotes ere polled at Uie last election), has two Freeholders. Mark what I tell yon, gentlemen If we do not get Freeholder* we do not get the road.' '1 wonder if the present Freeholdon this island are ia favor of Uie road T asked the Mayor. One Freeholder was against it and »a« lukewarm nnUI recently. 1 am assured Uiat all will help n* win out against this Ocean City clique.' " “Jack” Fox on the Griddle ■Mayor Baker, after tome farther diecassiou, said Uiat he had heard that the present Freeholder* from -Mile Beach were not in favor of Uie Cape May road. " Boaa” Rigor •plied thn*ly: " • assure yon, Mr Mayor, that urown Freeholders will prove friendly. Tliey a i*h to defeat Uiis clique dominated bv Fox, for it control* all Uie northern end of liiecnant} and want* to encroarh op -ii our end. Let us not allow Uii* ■Ww ""d to dictate to u«. We ol the lower end want representation. If we don't get tlie required representation we cannot get the road." Mi. Diamond, a Wildwood Crest Uxpajer, -tepped on Rigor's foot when he said that he tlioaght the desired change might U-a political move. Rigor quickly refuted (7) this. Nothing political about it. How could there he? Why, one ward of the Crest, nnder iu new form ol gmeimnent, will hare just seventeen voters, fifteen of w hom art controlled by one mtereet. And they will have Uie pown to send a man to the Board of Freeholders! To quote a little farther from Uie

Journal:

“ ' If any citizen here can show me that this change in government is not good, 1 am willing to vole against it,' exclaimed Mr. Kigor. ‘ Why, Mr. Mayor, ;* woud be glad to hare yon

Pleasantville Favored For Normal School

Report* from Trenton thi* week would em to indicate Uiat the aentiment of Uie .State Board ol Education a* to the location of the new $350,000 Bute Normal School in South Jersey is nearly equally divided between Millville and Pleasantville. Boosters for Pleaaantrille are redoubling Uieir effort* to have the school located there. The Cape May Connty Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution three months ago favoring Millville aa the best suited to Cape May County'* needs, and Uii* week tsamnel P. Leeds, President of Uie AUantic City Chamber of Commerce, made a tonr of this connty and got the indorsement of Uie various delegatee for Pleaaantville a* Uieir *eeond choice. Mr. I-cedi i« confident that Pleaaantville will win ont.

about to build a road from Uie mainland j l,ie Freeholders. In fact you oagttt to

into Ocean City and ? hare spoken with , ^ °" r -’

, property owner* and Freeholder* during I ‘V You're a bigger enemy than

wounded ‘ |j. e put week, and they all eay that uu- thought you were,' said Mayor Baker,

less we get these two Freeholders wr smiling. ' I have enough burdeu* to will not get the Cape May road. (The i nr nitre m

O'Connor-Keenan Nuptials ! Dr. Way Writes From Paris

Robert Sterling O'Connor, of Camden, •on of Mr. and Mr*. Chaa. O'Connor, prominent Sea Isle City cottagers, war married on Saturday last to Mias Mary Keenan, ol Philadelphia, at a Nuptial Maas in the Church of the Assumption. Philadelphia. Mia* Mary Martin, a well-known membe- of tbe Sea Isle City (amurer colony, was bridesmaid, and Mr. Edward Kelly, from Uie F-.-I Myer •-aining ciuup, »*• groomsman. T ' couple will reside iu Bntfaio, N. Y., where Uie groom i* employed by Uie Curtiss Aeroplane Comparv on government work. Mr. O'Connor is widely known among Uie younger set in Sea Isie'City, having been a summer resident here for many ytara. He was a member of Uie Ca|>e May Baseball Club for aeveral aeaaons and was prominent iu athletic*.

11*1001 the Wildwood Sob 1 Dr. C. W. Way, of Sea lale City, a Cape May County boy, in writing to a friend in this city, aaya that in Pari* they do not tell meats on Monday and fueeday, nur pastry or candy on Tuesday or Wednesday, but residents can obtain those articles by card. There is plenty of flour, sugar, milk and butter. Dr. Way it connected with the American Ambulance Hospital, and writes in Uie highest terms of the fine hospital wiUi all comfort* for it* paUenta—good buildings, good light and air. It will be remembered that Dr. Way and three other physicians went to Parir early in Uie year.

Aviator Barclay's Death a Mystery run Cable Dtvpatch Is Vhilsdtlj.M* Tmiletlii.] Minute inquiries have failed to disclose the manner in which L. Norman Barclay, an American rolnnteer aviator in Uie service of France, met his death at Uie front. Barclay, piloting a monoplane, departed from his ariaUon park for x patrol over the German lines, but did not return at the appointed time. An hour later his mangled body was found bv peasants in the w reckage of hit airilanr. He had fallen in a dense wood iack of Uie tiring line. F^xamination of the body and machine coold not determine whether Barclay killed in midair by a German avia- . whether hit machine met with an accident and fell, or whether it was shot down by anti-aircraft gnus. No one reported having seen a French machine fall that day. Barclay was 22 yean old and came 'rom New York City. He was one of Uie ;lrat American boys to drive a field ambulance car. For some time he was a member of the Pont-a-Moneaun aecUon of the American ambulance. He joined tbe air corps last aamraer. Hie young man re (cried to above was the eon of a nephew of Arte mas C. Barclay, a Civil War naval veteran, who ha* been a resident of Sea Isle City for the past eight months, most of the Ume connected with Uie mechanical department of Uie Cart May Cocmr Times. Mr. Barclay served under Admiral* .irter and Lee on the lower Mississippi river and saw some exciting ume* while Uie wat was going on. Among other incidents he relates was that the vessel to which hr was attached had the honor of towing the Confederate ram " Mis>cri," a counterpart of Uie famous Mtrrimac," out of Red river after it* capture at Alexandria early in 1M6. the ironclad being too unwieldy to ratigate that treacberons water wiU: safety, also claims the distinction cf being ot about thirty of Uie youngest men living who saw active service iu the Civil

War.

Times" Party Leaves on Monday

Arrival and Departure of Mails Mail* arrive and depart at the Sea IsiIsle City post office as ioIIow*: Depart—7 and U:46 a. Hi., CCj i

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Arrive—7. 8:30. 10:30 and II:30 a. i 3:30, f> and 0:30 p. a. Other open* 6:30 x.m., does* 7.30 p.

The winner* of the belated trip o( the

sra May Couxty Ttui.s’ popularity ] contest conducted Isat year will leave (on Monday fur Uieir tuar of Niagara Falls. Toronto, Thousand Island*. Monjueal, Lakes Champlain and George. U>e

| Hudson river and New York. The lucky ones in the contest were

■ Miss Virginia Am berg, city; Mrs. W. W. Uruuks, city, and Mias Heaaie Mahan, ' IVermnnt. Gwiiig to the fact that ail

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visited this section aimoel every day for u Wednesday 12 46 I 2.6 7 the past three weeks have not been with j 12 Thursday. 1 60 2 ont their toll ol damage. Numerous 13 Freda. ...... S 60 3 tree* have been uprooted and broken by J *' ; 4 ^ . s Uie wind and lightning. Tin- summer I(l . 5 Iiouie ul F. W. F.bvhng, on U* Board- 17 Tuesday. 10 fj 1 elk, was struck last Saturday night. Is Wednesday « 6i> 7 igbUnug entering through Uie roof a"d a| Kr 'j tT “ T ^ lw ^ passing out through a back window. Saturday... !» A.6 •» The boat house of Love Brother*, on sJ St-ndav .... ii 2-6 V Venicean road, was struck last week 23 Mwdy 10 10 10

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and could not get away to lake

O :< 30 *3 .'i0 Uie Inp as >clicduled it was postponed

by Uiem from time to time unul the season closed and the host* stopped running- Mira Mahan thru concluded

S1I1E ROM) MORE? ROT m MUIE Freeholders Find They Must Wait Until 1919 to Participale in Fund; Raise Pay of Bridge Tenders

Director KuUierford reported at the meeting of the Board of F'reeholders on Tuesdav. at Cape Slay Court House, Uiat the money from the State on the FMge road law for Route 14 throngb Cape May Connty would not be available nntil the latter part of I91S or early in 1919. Any road bnilding Uiat is done npUi Uiat lime, he reported, would hare to be financed out of Uie county's porof the State vehicle fund, which this year ia $43,«XJ. This temporarily set* back the plan to immediately pave three mile* of the main seashore road with a permanent paving, as Uie entire $43,dOO would build Uian two miles. Bids were, nsvertheless, opened for the work, to extend from Uie head of the Ocean City road sonUi. The bidders were aa follows: K. M. Mutton $87,270 Eastern Paving Company 57,270 Charles A. Raid 00,030 E. A. Corson . 52,440 Clark, Johnson A Clouting 69,400 Holmes A M iner 61,410 On account of the mixnp in State fnnds no action was taken nn awarding the contract, the matter being left over nnUI the next meeting, which is to be at the call of the chair. Another Stone Harbor Road Freeholder Townsend introduced a resolution providing for Uie building of a road in Stone Harbor from 111th street south on Third avenos to ll?Ui street, Uien down 117th street to Second avenue to the Coast Guard station. The resolution was adopted, providing also for the Solicitor to prepare the necessary paper* for Uie bond issue to pay the coat of Uie work. Mr. K. P. Kialey, of Slone Harbor, was present to nrge Uie matter along. The salary ol Uie bridge tender at Ocean City was advanc'd from $40 per month to $65, and th« oUier tendeii were advanced $.'• per month each. Tlie bond* of E. A.'Corson and W.C. Bright, on Uie work on the Holly Beach turnpike for completion of U>e contract idoned by II. P. Willia, were pre•ented, but were returned for lack of affidavits setting lorUi the worth of the signet* of Uie bonds, which are for personal sureties.

Motor Inspector Grant

Decides to Quit

Following his participrUon in at dedal Ocean View some week* ago, caused by hi* -ecklees driving while on duty as a state officer, Inspecto of the Sute Motor Vehicle Department, has re aigued hi* poaiUon. Maurice Mines has been appointed to the vacancy.

Camp Meetings in August Tlie South Seaville camp meetings w ill open on August 2d, which will be Kpw«»fih league uay, Friday, August 3d, will be tcui|ierance dsy, Saturday, August 4th, mieaiooar) day, and Tuesday, August ?Ui. local prearliers' day. Bishop Joseph F. Berry w.ll preach 011 Suudar. August 6th. Tlie meetings are held by Uis South Jersey Aitovs Camp Nertaue

Wildwood Loses $12,708 On New School Building Judge Lloyd, in tbe Camden Circuit Court, on Tuesday granted n nonsuit in ‘he case of the City ol Wi'dwood against tlie Massachusetts Bonding Company for $12,708. The suit was over the building of tlia j tisa High Scho-.l, the rouiract for which the original contractors abandoned. Tbe School Board then relet the contsact, after advertising for new bids, and the . difference between Uie original and new contract, together wiUi Uie payments tbe ongiual contractor received, represented Uie amount of Uie smt. Tlie contractor was bonded by the Massachusetts con-

cern.

26 i to lake a trip to Bermuda instead, and 60 9 2Mj this was granted by the TlMKk, she *C16 11 SU 0, V‘"’K 11 ,r Therefor, Mrs. Brook. 4" I*. 16 1 left Ih'' City, and with the further per30 mission ol the TlMXu sold her tour to 10 > Miss M. Ilerrimaii, ol letsey City, sn

of Miss Amberg.

«• tourist* next Monday, therefore, tie Mis* Amberg and Mira HernThey will be away leu days.

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Chris Hand Gets Appointment Chris lland.ol Torkahoe, well known county Republican, hu* been appointed by Governor FTdge -• a t'ominiraiooer of FTIrctions f.'r tlie New Jersey soldiers who will be abroad next la!'. The duties will email a trip to France to obtain the irgnrration and election result and report to Trenton. Tin salat v is understood to be $2600.

—A dead whale seventy feet long and weighing fifty-five tons was lauded at Town Bank, several mile* from Cape May, last Sunday night bv Samuel F. Casuer, Jr., and FTdward M. Sayen, ol Fhlladrlidna, w ho have cottages at Cape Mav. Tlie skeleton will be given by Mr. Caatner to the New York Academy of Science. The whale was seen iu the vicinity oi Capa May several davs before Uie body tarned up.

Look over your nup^f of printed stationery now. Don't wait until It Is all gone before ordering a new aupPiy.

While Uie force was at wora, aim | ^ Wpdnt ^j av were temporarily Stunned by the shock. .Thursday.

A large hole was tom in Uie roof of the Friday building and nmr damage was dou* to , »

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1 -et both become a very simple matter

when you Invoke the aid at the Security Trust Company, of Capa May Oily. N J, to vittlntwtor reut mom*

Don’t blsme the editor il the news you would like to ace printed iu thi* column doe* not appear. We are only human, and unless you tell us what's wh-t we cannot spread the good word, bead or bring in your news items. Wa will apprec*** k.

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KlUJtllOl 3 NOTICE All aie invited to attend the first auntversa!\ of GraceI'mon ,\. 61. K. Church, tiecund avenue arid 17th street, Avalon, Ol. Sunday. July 22d. at «Jtt p. m. All tlie church pastors tiave been invited and addresses will be made by Mayor ! 'unUi. S.-uator Daix of I'ennaylvauia, ( liarlea ll. Hall, A'. Mahan aud \V. A. Curtiss. Sermon bv Bishop 1\ A. Bolden. Some ol the sweetest singets of the colored race will be present. An sUort »ill be made to raise $2011 for the church.

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