ATLANTIC COAST NEWS

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VOL. XJCXU.—NO. 4l

SEA ISLE CITY, N. J„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1*17

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Notes tell SleanitiBi « Fsttonal Ctaraeter; UtUe Items About Folks

Ton Know.'

Mr «a4 Ml*. C. OM. Croa*k« h»d u • hoars gam*. Mr. l^r Bum. of

SewArt. H. J, «W

Mr. W. E. Doo«kerty. of the Brood Sir** Thwlr*. PfciUdWphl*. wom a 1 Id tor to B« Irt* “ —

watrh fob beartax lb* photo of tb*

and it* Bxruret “C24", whirb irmh*r a* an ftnploye* of tb* Hld*(if 8(«*I Coatpany

The body waa tabro In chart* ^ Coroner BotTmas. of Ocaan City, who ‘ from lha 8t*«l Ccmpany, that t Baa wan Wintam H Twfca. a tlmanKh. of 40C Aahnead SirawL

Mr*. Tbomaa E. Ladlnm. Sr., la In BridK*t>ort, Oocul. tor an vtay. th* tuoat of hot Bat*r. Mr and Ml*. { (caily loft this 1 to«r of the F * A pood day** ^ort m. from Uso Ooaaa Ptar t»a* enjoyed ott Taeaday by Mpaai*. ■■ L WIntert, H T. Doagbnrtjr.and tiB* Os Mr* Lou.a Kfcnun. wh»**i at her cotta**, miurod »o her b0B* tlria wok. after ao enjoyable

town. Pa. HerbMt U*m. wife and act idclphia. who (pent tbe past tb* Wen* Cotta**, hara rottpoed to Ibrir Hob* Tbk **» the 4r»t Sea itl. vtiit tot the All

Tb* ■... , Pi Ctob liaa beM ehani-T-n from the £ ruraioo Bnaae lo tbst.Cm Ha n Pilar mnfih* wtS be hoM today at : I. m . lo which all JJ*«rb#« are vlitdCOU> WEATHEH K COMING—Ord,r your coal (mp the WoBa lo* Com ;*ny. Sea l«> -bj- Leave oroero with TboBBn*. ‘

E R Arnett.

hs'tjr tnwa. Oarleatown. Tburadny mjtfl Monday

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maktnr sett, hr an to.

3 Cents a Copy, $1.50 a Year

•OOY OF DROWNED MAN FOUND AT WHALE BEACH.

while

Corwoo't Inlet on Sunthty, leth. waa found at Whale Beach Inal Friday mornlny by Waller S. Reinhart, dr, and Bom*. Re***.,

wntiiM BtsvnmoiEii suht cfyui Hottest Political Coolest in Years Foiled Tuesday; Ex-Judge

Douglass Wins Surrogate Nomioation; Light Vote Polled by Democrats; Freeholder Scrap

for Aaewnbly. vlncinj; over

ponent, CoravRl* E. Still*, by a m* Jorliy of lOd votea. When Uw rtittrn* from Wildwood showed that

fishing at the Inlet when their boat capeired. The two masajpd to ewlm the shore, but TwIaj bee.:®* ex-

ay 1 vatu A F stathm at

COMMISSIONERS REFUSE TO CRANT STATION SITE. The Sea Id* (Tty oaed pertalnsiff Railroad to locate a proposed tdV Inlet, an tb* mne Director of Highways Chapasac and Bngiaear Col Uaon went over the ground and found that th* railroad owned 144 feet of ground to tb* north of the site asked for. and recommended tha* tb* station if built, be buDt on railroad property. There has been an active agitation at the Inlet for the building of a Button. and the only ooestlon to debate waa where ‘t ahould be located, aom* thinking It should be moved farther north. A hearing was held before the Public UUllti** Commission, and their answer was to leave the station where H Is. The action of the City Commissioners wiQ make this Impossible, as the only place a station could be built oa the present site, ts cut over the City-owned street.

ried Ocean City, bit assured. The.* was no contest to

Democratic party for the Assembly nomination, and the democgaUe vote throughout the County waa vary Itohi Samuel A. Canning, of Wildwood, it. the nominee, and will oppose Laki

S ‘ 1*| *1 Section.

SELUNO OUT. Must close out our entire shoe stock by October first. Pall line of ladles'.

the beach by 63 rei HwilmtoMy cartit neifrt—IVRi was

ty was in low*' township, where Pfesent Freeholder i. t. MacKissSc was opposed for reuoml nation on beih Republican and DemocraUc tickrtt. by State Committeeman Chat. Bohm. McKisslc captured the Democratic nomination, while Bohm waa

6TRATHMERE WANTS EARLY TRAIN. The Strathmere Board of Trade at a recent meeting prepared a petition to the Pennaylv.tnia Railroad, rcRneatlng that the morning train to Philadelphia leave to arrive In Philadelphia not later than *.47 a. m, and on the return not leave Philadelphia earlier than C p m., to enable business men who commute daily, to hare a lull business da* in the City. A similar schedule va- tried out last year, at She Instigation of Chas R. Hall of Avalon, but after a trial of several moatha. the schedule was abandoned by the railroad, on account of the aasar ol ‘ ‘ " Cape May City,

lor the office at the General 1

of Deonlsvllle. for the Reputo nomniatlon for Surrogate, by a majority of 1*4 votes. Mr. CairoCs defeat was the big surprise of the election. as be was conceded evee by the leaders of his opposing fact loo . to be an easy winner. Mr. Douglass made a clean-cut campaign and will make an excellent running mate for Lake In Kovirabcr. Mr. Douglass was formet ly County Judge, and it ooc-'of the bee*, known members of the County

Surrogate E. L. Rice. Rie being unop posed It L frankly admitted Jo Democratic circle* that they have no hop* of electing banning to th* Assembly, and that they will concentrate their entire efforts to land the SurrottaUshlp for Rice. If Dtuglroa' popularity waa great enough to win th* BOBtoatton away from Paul CsrroU. U Ha own party. It Is a foregone conciusl - that to defeat him at tb Norsmbsr will have to “

GEOR3E W. BOYO O.ES AT HOME IN CAPE MAY. George W. Boyd, passenger traffic manager of the P. R- R- lines east of Pittsburgh, and one of the most widely known railroad men in the country, died Ism Saturday afternoon at Cape May. He had been iU since early to June. Mr. Boyd was sixty-nine year age. and was appointed passenger traffic manager March L 1911, succeeding J. R. Wood, who retired. *“ 1W2. when the office of assistant i cral passenger agent was established, i Mr. Boyd waa installed as Its first ln- ' ruin bent

TTu*. «*«. .r wmtms Hife'tSLlL.'SLSSf'SX." 4 ';

while they last. Saatoo's Shoe Store, Sea lato City.

tm Mtoaea Mae and Mari* Hahn Her (toed a house party otar the *ck-*sd, closing ibe season with a gay and llvaly time. The gueM included Misses Rae and Mari* * “to. “S- is? SST;

Among those ironc Sea Uto City «ttending the Inter-State Fair, at Tranton. this weak, were; James F. Bustaev. Tehcdorw E DeBow. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Arnett. Mr and Mrs. Thom as E Ludlam. snd Mr. and Mrs. William A. HaCyet Th* Cap* May County Fair opens today, and tb* usual Urge numbgr of Sea Isle folk will go over to Court House • ii her today or tor-xorrow Th* Be* Isle City School will be rtreogt* iwprw *eut*d to the Domestic Seism* and Household Art* exhibit, a greater number o? the school children taking pert this year than ever before The Baa Isle City Board at Education met in tb* school house test Tuesday night, and appointed Dr E C Scott medical toapector for the present -* r bosi y*s,. The firs* report of J. Leroy Archer, the nsw principal. b«»rd. and accepted by tb* Boar •bowing that everything waa now running smoothly to tb* school aSalrs. There will be an informal meeting, to which all taxpayers are Invited, to ib* City Hall Mat Monday night, for ibv purpose of discussing the proposed taking over of Land la Avanue. from Matilda Street to Townsend s Inlet, by the County. The Board wlU Ml hern. •n th* city Hall, nex * * '•"noon, at XM The initial awettag of tb* Parent'

Reeve*. Karl Wolfram. Albert Reinhardt. U. 9. H, Budd McCarthy. Archibald Baca. Capt. Jon McCullough. Mink Hildebrand. Georgs Hair‘ - Cor ner Walter Scott Reinhardt.

Disposing of your proparty by WUI Is on* thing: the selection of a Suitsit quite another. And y«i both become a very simple matter you Invoke th* aid of th* 8* curity Trust Company, of Cap* Cny, H- T, to administer you m

*ri.-mooa. a , j jo o'clock "•si rocvptloa waa given l- - •cboal teocbm, mad tea was creditably •roved lb* msmbers present by '*•-

Dr H smith, of New York, arrived t« Monday to aaaiat Dr. Scott to bis '■•sette* b-re Dr Boott came down oa "•dnsaday treat Psiuuylvanla. wber* h* has bsso ravupcrsllog from his Uln»*B ol last w later Dr KuscH. who Hwat tb* summer berg to Dv Beott'a Mara, has raetUMd hla City practice Invitations arv out for the wedding Of Mis* Emily Wydnuy Hawkins, dsuxhter of Cohwel C 8. HawktoA *•'1 known summer cottager here for ’“••y years peat, to Wllltoto R Murhhy Jr . at th* Calvary Church. Oeruwntoen, on Balurda* evening. Ortw»Sih Mias Hawkins is “ known in Bra UJ* (Tty. having i mt-rsd here with her tsthei The Buihlkag CesxunUlee m~< at the Lutheran Pareonaxe last Monday utus. and lenaaity approved tb* action °f the • utisrpaatiun. to pure has tox the Augast Ns bin properly tor e P«‘ Tb* necessary prcUtotoa L*** been attended to. and as sow ntu- pspeii. an- property drawn re"•rded. elc, the extra fronreg* on l-sodia Aveau* uf «1 fset will b* add •d to ibr tt Pw-t sheady owned by the butch. M will be about two mcaths u *ore Um formal transfer la cwaglsV

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice it hereby given that Wayne M. Strother*. Tax Cotlector and Trsnaorer of the City of Bea lale City it now making up a hxt «* LB drltsouect taxpayers of said City, for the year X»U. UntoM said tax«# arpaid the properties wiU he adverUstd and said by th* said Collector of Tax-

es. without further notice

Th* list uf all properties tm which tivss have not been paid will Nr ad-

ocrals had no candidate for this ot _Me«ibsr» ^ ^V^ourly^toeoitl^ Inke* and Stale each got 14. ^aKr ^^ttra^ ^T.' UecKl^c each go. S4. Cape May Court House on Ratorday The complete election return* (unafternoon to organise. official) of the County for the Asaem- - Freeholder Contoet. uly and Surrogate offices was as folTkt xuly rani local conuat to ths.j^w*. Lake. Rtille. Carroll Douglas*

X* « xs

Cape May. lat ward 10 Cap* May. Znd ward v 29 Cape May. <rd ward X..... 41 Cape May. 4th ward » Cape May Point 5 Dennis Twp, tot 54 Dennis Twp.. Snd <4

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AVALON NEWSLET8.

Mrs E. E. Baits 1s an oul visitor this week. Sunday School will be held to the rennont M. E Sunday Mlool ' 1040 Sunday morning . and Mrs. Albert Newcomb, daughter Doris and MMe Peart Morris, all of Bridgeton, wer* guests of Mrs - Mahan, on Sc ‘ Mrs. Anna •r home to Bridgeton, after spending ro weeks to Peermoat. Mr. and Mrs Charles Walton are guests at the La ray this week i entertainment waa held to tbs Avalon school Friday evening, which will continue throughout the winter. Mist Margaret Thr.mas returned home after spending some tlw P Vermont. The Avalon casino will be open until further notice. *n ' -day nights only. Mr. Monroe Hilbert returned to his home to. Philadelphia, after spend tor

Middle Township, 1st Middle Township. Xnd

Middle Township. Srd »» Middle Township. 4th 41 North Wildwood. 1st ward 1« North Wildwood, ind ward IX Ocean City. 1st ward X02 Oeaa City. 2nd ward 1*< Sea Ul* City. 1st ward X Sea isle City, tod ward X7 South Gape May W

Stone Harbor -

. 125

Weet Cap* Mar Wildwood, lat ward .. Wildwood. Xad ward . WUdwued. Ird ward WUc* od Crest Woodbtor ...

Total 1M4 Lakes Majority Doug law' Majority

THE LOCAL ELECTION.

k ^._ Corav 111c E Still*, tor the Aseemhly. vortisvd tor Bale to the TIMES next ft,.* Me City by a good am week. Friday. October 5th. unless the JolUy | Mt Tuesday, the vote being tt taxes are paid thereon oa or before for saih- and X7 for Lake to th.- SrcWedneoday. October 3d ond Ward, and 16 for Btfile and I for

Taxes art payable at th* office of m th. First Ward .. * a..rf VSi.iki Sc* l»:r u o lw.n>t(na nnll«i

017 WATNE M STRCTHERS. M ,.tf Tax Oytttotor

It Is Our Daily Task B eeeaidee ead selv* ise prtedadpraWeBMroev To* u beer—the* is why wee** to.t«»MB-d«.e.Teur ■rtortW b ■N wm * ■« •baalob* dee*. 9eppo.> yoe ask *• w soNSt

8 Do us la-* oolleu a good vote, , fading hlx opponent. Paul H. Carroll.

(Tb* voto wae. Carroll XL Doagtoa* XL w second ward: GairoO 2. Douglasb 14. (br ctxa[M .l ,teps. ha- hewn proparwi by trot ward . . . Mr A Ambers and any person may ~ obtain one. trttheut chargv. Koquesls

AT THE CHURCHES

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH. Rev. John T. GUllson. Pastor. Go to Church, at least once evwrj

Sunday It will do you good In body, soul and spirit .All '.be grast minds

of the age axrm- with the divine la’ that man needs a weekly day of rest. A photo-card of the Lutheran Sun-

day School children, grouped around

I Tlw County Committee elected on tb* Republican ticket, to toe Second Ward, was Jam*- T Chapman. 41 ■ . votes: Theodore E DeBxw. Xt votes: Irving FlUffi. 42 votes. Chas H Clouting. the other candidate, waa defeated i by one vote. hD totsl being S4." In the First Ward Kerman ©cheokel. William 1 narnes and Ed*srd C 8tev*=. were

The Damocratlt vote w&* very D

by mall will be at^nded to. U sent to

tb* Church

The Sunday School children are be

tlon blbk-s. awarded for regular

ti-ndancv and good behavior

graded lesson Idea. Introduced and IK-rMM-d by Mr*. .1 till son. has already proved Itself to be a better system of

— v „ r | lustructkOT to the Sunday 8»-hool than

— — foo,Mt -*ab*r, local or tht . omume happy-go-lucky methods.

Ib (be second ward George

METHODIST EPISCOPAL. A. Corbin Brady. Pastor

Service* every Sunday al 1040 a m and 7.30 p m. Sunday School at 240 p. m. Prayer Meeting Thursday

nlng. 7.30.

Committeemen to toe fi«*l

J county _

J Jeffery* and Cba* Cami

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County

ward there wefw no In the Democratic box to the second wait Irving Flub and Cbaa. Clouting each received a veto for County Commute*. while Mr DeBow ard A Gorden were each voted on tor Coroner.

SOUTH SEAVILLE. I Miss Msranret Steelman, of Cam I den. L visiting Mrs UdB Wheaton Mr* Edward Mi-klMster was at the Court House oa Thursday Mr* Harold CoUitos and aon spent ! Ihr ueeh-eod with rotative# at Salem. I Jaiuee Hanna of South Vineland, i .peat the uroh-eod with H. Hilton and m | tamily The P O. 8. of A Band are arraying to give OP entertatomeot In the near futuro.

Mrs. C Mahan and friend. Mrs. Ludwig Johnson, spent one day this week to Slone Harbor W. H. Gaunt and family reU the'r Philadelphia home on Saturday Mr Harry Ringler returned to his Philadelphia home last week. Mias Rachel Brewster and friend* are making a short stay lu Peennont

tots week.

Mr. W. Walker, of Rox bo rough. Pa. preached to the Peennont M. E church Sunday morning and evening. Mr. Charles Lane* was an out of ,wn visitor tola week. A. K. Higgins and tamily returned > their home In Ltonerch. Pa Mr. Lewis Canfield waa an out of town visitor for a few days Miss Marion Smith baa been visittnx out of town friends for a few days the

tat week.

P. a Maguire and family leave here to-day tor their home to Camden. N. J. Mias Georgeatn Welntraube eek-end visitor here. Mrs. Amos High field entertained on Thursday Miss Bertha Johnson and friend, both of Bridgeton. Mina Amy Brooks, who has been spending sum* time with Mrs E C. U Fletcher, returned lo Washington. D. Mrs. Maude Welntraube to spending the week with relatives in Peennont Mr. and Mrs John Elcboltx and children. of Delair, were guests of her mother. Mr*. Levi Wentsetl. Miss C. D. Wentsell waa a week-end visitor here Mr. Charles La r c* entertained one day last week, his brother. J. P. Lance, of FblladUpbla. and Mr William Sra tor. of Wanamakcr'a Mr. Lance tiad eondsiful luck With fishing The cashier of the Ocean City bank Is at C Mahan's office every Monday afternoon, between th* hour <f XX" and 4 o'clock Those wishing lo get check* cash*'*, bring them there l«tween tont hour Mr. SC. E Ball* to home tor a few days fur erection Mrs John K Thompson, of Town send s Inlet. Is tb* sural uf her mother. Mrs R Cobb

MSI CLEARING OFF GQIMRI LIST Number of Cases Tried Before Judge Eldredge; Will Hear Murder Case on October 15

The Common Pleas Court was to •salon all tost week, and again startI Its work on Wednesday of this week. Judge Eldredge presiding. Six isea have been disposed of. Everett Spellman, bouse and Jail breaker, did not make good his threat of again taking French' leave from the County Jail, and last week retracted his plea of "not guilty" to the charge of breaking and entering, and plrad ••guilty.” On the indictment against Spellman and Arthur Taylor, tor breaking prison, the plea of not guilty wax aubsUtuted with one of "guilty." Robert Beekbarl. of Eld ora. indicted on three counts for forgery, was found gtiflt; by the Jury. Henry' Brown, of Stone Harbor, who figured in-t rasa; slinging match, and was indicted for atrocious assault and battery. »a* found not guilty, and as discharged. The Court directed a vcrulct la favor of the defendant In the case of William E Canaan. Indicted for larceny. Tht- testimony of the State wax such that the defense was not called upon. T'je Jury to the case of Fannlp Heea. indicted for larceny, returned a verdict of "not guilty." After toe session this week, the court will adjourn until October 15th. when toe trial of 'ho Wildwood murder case will take place.

WILL AID FARMERS The New .Jersey Experiment Station 1# planning to dv* help to securing the proper methods of storing vegetables, and trull*, for the winter Mr ftoscoe Deliaun. Market Gatd-n Specialist. Is willing to visit any man * fain; and show him the bent method* of »turag*. If tor tarmei dors not already know them Bhouid any farmtr care to take up with this proposition, kindly drop a card to the office ..( the t'wunly Farm Demonstrator. Cape May Court House. U. J.

J] Potting it off today won't get it done tomoriow. An advertisemen: in this paper today will bring business tomorrow.

OCEAN VIEW ITEMS. Mrs. Harry Kauffman spent a day at ils week to Atlantic City. Richard Godfrey and daughter Elms, of Rrmx. spent several days of this week with hla mother. Mrs. Emma

Godfrey.

Mrs- Elisabeth Smith, who is staying with her eon Frank, at Narbeth, spent several days st her home here. Mrs Harriet Justice has returned home, after spending the week with relative* in Swedraboro and Camden. .tomes Horan and family have returned to their home to Philadelphia, after spending several week* with Ernest Dowoatn and family. Mr* Alice Payne and daughter. Stella. of South Seaville, spent Sunday with her mother. Mrs Emma Godfrey. Emmor Lewis, who has been spending the summer to Vineland, is at hla ■ m»r ner*. Mis* Irene Eckersley spent Sunday with her father al Townsend'# InieL Mias Vera Kauffman baa returned to Atlantic City, where she enters High School, after spend leg th* summer lib her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.

Rev Garner T. Hard rendered a very niereeting tx-rmoc on local option In die Methodist Church. Sunday afterMiss Beatrice Morgan, of Green Creek, spent the week with Mias Ellxa itebhtaa Mrs. Allsrt Way. Mrs James Anderxin and daughter. Miss Rachel, spent Tiday at Stoue Harbor Abe Morgan, of Company G. Sea Gin. spent Sunday with hla parents

here.

xiuut i Ib-rry and wire, uf Millville, •nd Mrs Andrew Uroaddus, of New fork, called on Mrs William De VauL Saturday. Mrs Albert Way and two daughters spent Saturday at Court House. Dr Lyons and wife. ni‘sabinaries iro-i China, were the gueeu of Mrs I»*a unci*. Jqha liras, and wife, this we~k. . Rev. Raymond Kanne. of South Scv vtllc. called on Mru. Ella Townsend, Tuesday afternoon.

Board of Chosen Freeholders, Cape May County, N. J. PUBLIC NOTICE WHEREAS, certain rraldenta and property owners uf the City of Sea tale City have priitioned toe Board of ChoPrvehoidrrs to acouiro and bereafmamtain as a pan of the County Ruuds System the road or highway known as Laudis Avenue, beclnalng at its HXcnirctlon with Mnillda Street and extending aouthwratwxrdly to 1U intrraw-Uon with said avenue at Town-M-na'a Inlet, also toe Street known aa 13th Street from its intrmetion with said lauidi? Avenue and extending northwestwardly to the easterly aide of the Mato Channel; and PUBSC ANT i*. ;» resolution of toe iioaro of Chosen Freeholder*, PUBLIC NOTICE hi hereby givet thal a meeting of (he said Board will lx- held In i he City Mall at Sea 1 els Cliy. New Jersey, at ." o'clock lu the arternoon «n Wednraday, the Third day uf (Xtob< r. A It 1917, for the purpose of giving a public hearing on the (juration of granting tl-e pctltPin hereinbefore- referred to and thereby acquiring the said road* by and for the County, at which time and placj any and ah pirson* may appear and present. either orally or to writing, their object Iona to toe acqulsltios of such roads by the said Board. By order of the Boaru F. W. KUWKES.

Clerk.

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