Cape May County Time:

CONSOLIDATED WITH THE SEA ISLE CITY REVIEW'.

Vou XXXIII. No. 37

CAPE MAY COUNTY, (Sea Isle City P. O.) N. J m FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918

5 Cents a co«t, $1.50 a Yeai

m ms h If HE PIST WEEK

iCTE5 AND gleanings of a PERSONAL CHARACTER; LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUT folks you KNOW GATHERED IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE CITY.

NOTICE—FT» quick basicaxe dellTr .7 fcrnd or *l*e me Voar th,<k» on arrlrtn* In Sea We City; I .ill deliver jour lc**a*e at once by ,ato unck. Quick aerrlce. moderate -Untea CalL write or phone. M LVONGO. Bea Ule City (Cor. FrlU »nd Landl* Avenue*). To Kettle the Estate of the Ule Lr.it stelnmeyer. Sr. the Heal Estate u d bu*lne«a Is now for aale. For further particular* apply LEWIS STE1NJIEYER. Jr . (»dv ) S«w ‘»U City. N. J.

James McBride, first-class Run polnler. \islted bis mother. Mr* Katbartne I* McBride, over tbe week-end.

Mr John P/ M. Murphy, of Pitts trarj.li. who. with hU two datiRhters

SEA ISLE CITY MAN DROWNED

— “ WEEK’S HAPPENINGS

T COUN

Word was received in Sea Isle City at noon today, Friday, o.' Uie dro«uiti{ of Joseph Smith, of Ariadne street, while at sea in one of the boat* of the Holme*

Kish Company this morninR.

It is said that Smith waa standing neat Lie edge of the boat alien a auddi n larch threw him overboard. Hi* body

ha* not yet been recovered.

Member* ol the crew atalr that Smith swam around (or twenty minnte* before he finally sank, bnt that the water war

too rough to attempt a rescue.

A REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT CAPE MAY COUNTY. CONDENSED F.OR QUICK READING; WHATS WHAT

IN COUNTY AFFAIRS.

RED CROSS ACTIVITIES. I'ndir I hie heading each week will Ih' puhllfthed the ufDrial new* of the Sea l*le City llranch of the American R<-d Crora. a* supplied by the Chairman.

RED CROSS NOTES. Those who are doinj; their bit. The ladies who work>-d in the se.int room Au* 22: Mr*. Ford. Mr*. Norton. Mrs.

IVItow.

Miss E. Wendel donated a pair of

socks.

There will be a regular monthly TneetlnR of the Red Cross September

.~i u»* 22y r ,!S!J*5li2™£2i A Iffi!E 1 ^m a "“ nl *>•r" l “

■ >|. . ■ ....... •U™ united State, naval a\iatlonj| aK |, 00 ) (U p mro || IH .|| l , nuD |i )a .|>o.rdchlldren, one of whom i« in the eerviee rorp., which took place In the quaintin the two moving picture

little Church of the Advent at Cape ; , h , <lr , v through tbe kindness of th.

SUGAR FAMINE AVERTED. .May. Saturday afternoon. management. The generous response

■ ■ 1 from the people netted the treasury* « What threatened to be a serious su- j “Everybody welcome, everything [ ! “ ,m - Th, “ Cross ladies

gar famine in Sea Isle City waa aver-, free" This is tbe aim of the Knights'ducting the collection were: the Mlaatad last week by local Pood Admlnls- in their IW buildings on this side. aS|*? Woreriz. Mr* ; Covell the Miner, trator Irving Fitch. It was found that well as the fifty or more buildinjea on I Rapport. Miss totson. Miss Miller, the food administration had allotted the “other aide." Their building at i Mr, ‘ lh*Baw. and Miss Eustace, of the to Sea Isle City sugar sufficient to Wiaaahlckon Uarracka is fast appcoa : Motor Messenger Corps, meet the denutnds of the permanent ching completion, when the orders ■ population only, not taking Into con- slogan will be on the front of the bull- CHAPTER RESOLUTIONS, sideralion the greatly jnflated popula ding. The following resolutions were Hon at this season As a result only i ■ ... juranitnous’.y adopted by the Execul

9,000 pounds were allotted to the re-1 sort, whereas at least 25.000 pounds

imiitec of the Cape May County

i tJt.Tln.apier. Au.erfran Red Cross, at a

> tor Itotort -rvlr- to TZ**" ‘

Draft Ihnrds hai

r for good atenograpl

TteM^facta were made known House. August 12th. 1918: 2; *** w,,, ' ! " i0,vr '‘ n

son. has been at the Surf for, ( cr thcomlng K0 weeks, left for their home on

Monday.

Miaa Lillian Betterton, who has sen with her grandmother for the imer. will go to her home In Jer-

,probat»i) he assienr-d to v ork In the jofficew of tl>e Judge Advocate and tbe I'rovo- t MarshaL and to stti-nd to mil

itary law matter* In the field.

wlth-

City on Sunday. Mrs. John P. Garry, of Elmira Inghta. New York, and Mrs. H. D. iugrr. of Elmira. New York, are the uesta of Mr*. J. G. Hardle. Ur. and Mr*. S. B. Dunlap and Mr*, •rank HU1. of Cannonburg. Pa. ar--tved at the Surf House on Monday, or an indefinite at-y. Mr. and Mr* Cba«. Seider. Jr., of I’hiladelphta. are in Sea Ule City for lhe balance of tbe season with Mr. ind Mrs M. J. Ryan. Mr*. Seider ra* formerly Mias Marguerite Ryan. Chariea Westel wid mother, of Pullrdelphia. are enjoying their season's nay at the Dholer Cottage, on Union street. Mr. Westel U an eminent plralM. well known In the Quaker City. Mrs Arnold G. Pfeiffer and two tiildren. who have been paying a visit '•> Mrs. Pfeiffer's mother. Mrs. F. C. Hupp, at her cottage on the boardr alk returned on Wednesday to her i.otne at Edge Hill. Miaa Jane HandUn. who Isas been :>t the Surf Hotel since tarty In July. - leaving tomorrow for a stay of a i- w days at Trenton with friends, be I re going to her home In Pmaburgh.

Pa.

Mr* C. K. Robb, whose husband Is prominent in Philadelphia financial > irelea. is taking up knitting. Her w>rk will be of aaalsUnre to the Local It'd Cross. Mr and Mrs H. K. Mrsirov entertained the committee and their wive* and the pairnnesae* and their hua-i-nnils at their home, after the Friday i i hi Yacht Club danr.- Tonight Mr and Mr* Meairot give a dinner of i • •■lily eoverm al the Yacht Club.

Mis* Elizabeth Ryan, better known In Sea l*le City a* •’Besaie". ha* add •d to her laurels a* a swimmer by defeating Olga Dorfner. American champion and holder of many world - * records. In commenting on this, the •porting editor <•! the Philadelphia Injuiret says: “All the more remarks life regarding the victory t* the fail ibet Mir* Ryan has only been in nr,ve swimming competition* for two

years.” -

No more pleasure craft i

travel In the Cape May harbor, and fishing Uiats are allowed to go outside. The reason for this regulation w.i-- not diM-losed by the authoritie*, when It became effective last Saturday. It is thought, by some, however, that the pleasure craft weiv bceoming so numerous that they Interfered with the proper landing of sea (•lanes at the Coastal Air Station. \nother report states that the step was taken to prevent the possibility .of landing spies here from off shore

.u the Chapter, shall Ih- obtained from iiairnuin of the Chapter. This . is in accordance with instructions j from the Division office, after the allowed ..Hit of letter A. D. No. 210.

SOMERS WARWICK HICKMAN TAKES MATRIMONIAL DIP.

Cape May la agitating the project of

conne” led with the Wells lee Company “ puhlic library here We need It

'several years, has taken another DO * t * ca " t ? of «»”* Pr~c«>c;

sea tin ° r ° ,,r "‘•Idler and saflor hoya. A

TneitolBv evening at the parHonage of <'*rnegie building may possibly be obU V r-Weh he wed Mh“ FU« u,,n ^ prodded the city furnishes a

r “

reremony. w 1

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TIDE TABLE FOR AUGUST

HIGH

Date a.m. p.m. a-tn. P-at- i SO Fri 1.16 3.49 9 32 10.23 „ j-i, 4.21 4^2 10.36 11JH

Da'e

1 Kun 2 Mon 4 Wed 5 Thur I Pri. 7 Sat 8 Sun «l Mi.n 10 Tues... II Wed

l.ilmrio Delflno. of Philadelphia, y.d wif.- have been *|iending a week >• Sea Isle City They have been '■•■'king over some properties with h of purr lining a summer butt •D Delfino 1* field officer for t 1- >rsylvnnla I.istiMiilon for the In- j 18 Wed. uetloo of the blind. t9 Thur.

20 Frl -.

•<>w tl^i ibe draft limit ha* been ^ <-d to melude men up to forty-five j % Sun.. 1 »• of ag«’. without dependents, it!<3 jj UII n't take long to s.* bow much foun-1 }' 4 Tmt- • •O tfirre i* to the loudly proclaim- •r, w.d patriot ie desire for arrive service j . fi Thur. •he (»»rt of several Sea Isle folk* j-

■ ’ least.

Mr* Edward Gatrbell. who ha* hern , I ling her lister. Mr*. Samuel Jainl ; 'ti. on the boardwalk and Hammonstreet, returned to her home in ' ladejphia oil Wednesday Mis* M. rcaret 11 Jamison Is entertaining 1 : two cousins. Mi%* Elizabeth N. •h.ne* and Miss Grace E. N. GatrhelL nnd her friend. Miss Mollie Rosen bjum. of Philadelphia Ray Wilsun. of tbe IStfa Infantry, is '' ' fcoesi of hi* parents. Mr and Mr* 1 • >rge Wilson, al their Minerva str**-' 1 e Kay spent three year* in Chiand smons the many trinket# igbl with him is a piece of the 1 - »t Wall «*f China • •onih's *. rvice at the Philippine l nd* In 1»I4 is f Philippine “Bolo". ; • irved knife several feel In Irtirth. nod as keen as s razor Young Wilson ' traveled to every point of interest in America and foreign rour“g ■* 1 at a m-ro la. He n^vde the trip mtlnent to Sea Die i» hvr a lay-over of fourteen • road, beating a letter be

All the News of Sen Isle City ih the t APE MAY COI’NTY TIMES Ever)- Kridny Have it sent tv your city home <iunnjr the winter. per } enr, by mail, postage paid.

HIGH LOW

a m. p m. a m- p.m. i.23 1.49 i 1.35 12.1S C IS 6 38 12.28 3 ,HI 7 04 7.23 l.o'i 116 7 46 8-04 1 43 1-68 8 25 8.42 222 2 40 9.03 9.20 SOU 319 9 38 9 56 3 36 3 57 10.13 10 2o 4.10 4.35 10.47 D OS 4 43 5.13

11.21 11 42. 5 16 5.62 All y |p UJK2 --

for library purposes of onc-

H.lrd of a mill In the tax rate, a .greed to by a vote of the people.' The Bible Conference al Orean City

will close Sunday. The M-*siuns will

held on iKiUi-hty*" Pier. In ihc irnlng al lo.3o and in the evening 8 o'clock thr- service* will b> durtvsl by the Rev. R. A. Torn

D-. of law Angeles. Cal.

At 3.3*1 Sunday afternoon Re A. Thorapsan will lell of tbe capti

J.-rusal'-ni

The Or<-an City Chriatian Citlz«*nship will also <ioM- Its session! tamp ground on September 1-

rring addn-sses. by Dr.

Martin, fir. PolUman. Mrs. Lulu L.

Shepard. Dr. Baltin.

12.45 l.t 1.13 141

. 2.17 247

3 26 3 54

do Is to in

5 dO 6.3£ only necessary thing* and then loan 6 30 7.28 •M give—your savings to your Go 7 23 8 3<i eminent to help It fight your war. *30 9.33

9 40 10.33

GERMAN SPY SCARE

EXCITES AVALON

elievcd To Have Been Same One

That Attacked Man At Wildwood.

“A big tunic ha* been washed hore m Avalon. C feet long, wolgh- .; •'.on pound*, .md at least 3oo years d by all the known .-i;:n* of romputik a se* turtle's age"- was the rumor lie-day nfienuHin. A visit to the

th*- find n-vealed a go«Hl urtle. the actual weight and ••nts being Hoo iwunds in

•ight. f'-et in Inrhes from tip to

" ’ ’ hip. 4 ft . 6 inches across front flopin fact all of Seven ' 3 ft. 3 inrhes across bark shell.

HUN SPIES BELIEVED TO BE AT WORK AT AVALON: SHOTS EXCHANGED BETWEEN COAST GUARD AND MYSTERIOUS |-iz'-d m STRANGER. WHO ESCAPES.

Resolved, That the Branches within the Chapter shall lie assessed for the •uni of two hundred dollars, to pay ike expenses incurred by the Chapter; and that each llranch shall be assessid In proportion' to membership on

record April first. 1918.

Resolved. That as the Chapter has been annoyed with increasing frequency by mall which has gone astray hich has not reached the proper Branch official, each Branch Executive 'onitiiiib-e must advise the Chapter promptly as tn the authorized mailing

address of the Braneh.

ALFRED COOPER.

Chairman Cape May County

Chapter. A. R. C

Attest:- Edna L Sweeny. Sec*>

BOY SCOUTS HERE

■ea Isle's white lent city was pin I last Saturday for St Elizabeth'*:' Battalion of the Boys of that church. I

at 23d and Berk*.

Major A S. Murray. Captain* Thom1 Holden. John Slu-rlork. John Canal-1 -

dy and John Csjn wi.h Thoms. FW u.unication b,

I'ed hi#

Monday.

. Sanmei Mortor

itb Tbomai

uiu<-. . hief of the Commissary, are I" 1 * taking the he«t of care of their CG **" barge*, averaging 11 years, the youngest beiruc a we«- bit laddie of 9 ] and the oldest IS. Tbe ramp is or-1 gan:z<d on a strict war ha*i« and thi be#! of discipline prevails. t Thursday war visitors' day and Ih- , re.-n two and three huadn-d of the; •Drives and friends rame down from , the big city on the excursion. Some! '' ,r .

of the frii-nds the boys have niade> a *JJ*j“ [ , ’ r j?* /

since being here were also invited.! ,

Basket* and bov, of goodie* were Mr ’ r ( brought along and a feast w»# enjoy id ; ' ' . in the mesa tent, overflowing In little -Y, group* along the beach. I Mr* I#-wis s The C.imp i* named for the Chap- - . ' lain of th. Battalion. Rev. Thomas ‘ lr, ' n ' i "" ,a un

Avalon, and

lie Beach w-n* thrown Into a *tni« of excitement on Tuesday over the •cape of alleged Hun spies, wlm w.-r» ■••n atlempting to rut vii.« along ie sand dune* Ju*t south of Peer ont. early Tuesday morning The man. or men. fln-d upon Patrol uard Gallagher and fled, with rialla jer in pursuit. In some mr.nr.er t;al lagher was giv. n the slip, and alami was sent to all the coast guard stations. w bo quickly *• rt “relnforeeruents" to search along the sand dunes ••nd brush for the hiding Herman*. Abou the time of the commotio:: and tun Are. a height Hash oil shore was follow^ by an explosion wltirh shook AvalonUus in their Ih-iI- The lieach front was strewn with dead fish on Tuesday. Wednesday morning n similar explosion was heaid. Conjectures are many. It i* believ'd that .the man. or men. who were discovered on Tuesday morning ur>German spies, w ho have been In com tnunlration with Hun submarine* op •rating In ihc*r waters, but definite In lormstion is lacking. Avalonians elth cr by chol<-e. or by admoeiuon. re-* fuse any and all information, either as to the number of German*, if more than one. or the extent of the search or whether or not they have been cap-

lured.

One thing is eeitain and that is. il the alleged spies an- still in hiding on Seven Mile Iba- h their doom "i* | ed. as there is no eM-a|« . eVi>-pl by j water, that cannot D- closely guard<-d ; From the little information ihnt j could be gleaned, it o|ip*'ars that rie high tide and roir of the surf drawl* | •■d out Gallagher'# call to In* patrol mat** on the beach-front, and hi# ammunition gave out before he overtook the Ib-einc Germans. He tb-n phoned to the Avalon and Slone Harbor -station*. who sent d-tarln.v-ni* ol about fifty guardsmen and marims to tak«

up the search.

Some ate inclin'd to discount !*•- Whole thing, and say thn* som.s.nhaving early morning taiect praeti«-e eansid all the excitement. Olh«-r> Ihthat during Monday night tbe Sermans w<-r»- land'd from a Hun larine. and were to cut a»l emst

ZZ. j guard #1*1;

across the bottom shell, res across the forehi-ad.

ilc fellow was noticed by Dr. . of Williamsport, as he was

on Monday. He railed to

w bile

»d Sir Turtle'i

DibMnc In. floniim; on its back m- believe it tin- same turtle 1 strackid Benjamin Alexander. oUr.c man from Philadelphia, who drowned at Wildwood Sunday.

found was badly lacer-

n* il claw'd, and turtles are

1 to make vicious attacks,

harttnclc* on tin 1 hack give ere10 th* - age theory, one- very barnacle was on the inner edge

• top shell.

- Dd;

OCEAN VIEW. >Tr. and. Minford Beam, of Germanown. an- spending the week with her father. Steven Parsons. Mr Frank Shaw •r-.nt the week- • nd at Wildtjhod. Thomas Jai': >i. of PI i’adelphia. #IM'Ui Sunday wirli E. C. Cole and fam-

ily.

Mr and Mrs. ’.you*, mlssionariea from China, an- to speak and sing fn • he M E. Church Sunday evening. Mr. mid Mrs. Burdette Tomlin, of Millville, w ho are onmineiing at Ocean •Hv. visllid Mr. and Mrs. William De Ysul Wednesday evening. H-d Cross worker* of this c:«nai" to (.lay the parts of the

Plan

1 In

SOUTH DENNIS

in Sunday. entertained 1 Friday.

■ given In

of A. Hall at South Sea-i-enfng. for the benefit

he pncea h- P. O.

ville Friday - >1 th- R«d Cross.

Ml- Minnie Young, "f Sw.desboro. •pent Sunday wilh Mr*. Eliza Smith md hel|Hd le-r proimre tin- annual dinner for the Friends, who held services n th.- old Meeting house Sunday.

E’li

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friend*

1 Mr. and Mr; '.• *i. t Mr and Mr# J. Hardy

;jB: THRONG ENJOYS BRILLIANTLY PRESENTED SHOW

RECENT DEATHS. John Conrad J ocher. Sr., father ol tohn Conrad Jocbei and William J.k' .i. well-known Sea Isle rummer . . -idem*, di-d on the eve of hi# nlne•ieib birtliday at the home of his son lohn. in Philadelphia The funeral •ervlee was held on Tuesday. Mr locher has la-en a great sufferer for .err* and tin* been most tenderly afd for by hi* children. Little Charles Podick. Jr., who Innr.d himself lumping n week ago. Is vln . rt the point of death a! the Dry J Drove! Home in Philadelphia. TI# father. Charles Podick. was called o his Ddside Tuesday. After the above was in type, baby Pod nek died vve.l-d*d > Hie iutirral w Ih* lomom-w, Sat udsy.

CQU CONSUMERS MUST im xtnter surra not Consumers muxf buy their Vinter supply of Coil dnriqf Uw Spring ami Sumimnr ix slors^c ifm>diu±um is tube watnLtincd at a

EtATURE NIGHT AT OCEAN PIER THEATRE

Every Thursday Night is Special Feature night. S'-ven and eight reel WE ARE ALWAYS Showing the late release Paramount *nd Artcraft high-ctass feature photo-ni.-.yt. Our prcsentotions feature euch .-.rll known screen favorites as Gerald- - Farrar, Douglass Fairbanks, Paul- * Frederick. Charles Ray, William i Hart. Mary Fickford, Jack P’ekford ind others. A feature attracting wide attention » the vocal solos rendered every FrF ivy evening, at 9.30 o'clock, by a well t-nnwn Philadelphia vocalist. Seleelions Witt be sung, until further notice, «rot» La Toecs. The Ocean P-er Theatre Is clean, ciot rod comfortab’e, and everything r**.vil-'r is being done for the comfort of our patrons. Electric fans coupled with the ocean breeze that always sweeps through the house, keeps the Sp- izl courtesy to ladies, and special provision is made for taking care of baby coaches. Two shows nightly, the first at eight o'clock, and the second at nine twenty. Admission 15c. plus war tax. 0. CINI w