Cape May County Ti

CONSOUDATED WITH THE SEA ISLE CITY REVIEW.

Vol. XXXIII. No. 40

CAPE MAV COUNTY, (Sea Isle City P. O.) N. J., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

20, I918

5 Cents a copy, $1.50 a Year

CIIY NEWS NOTES OF THE PAST WEEK

notes and qleaninqs op PERSONAL CHARACTER; LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW BATHERED IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE CITY.

To settle the EsUte of the htU l* Steiameyer, S'-., the Real Estate and business Is now for sale. For far-

ther particulars apply

LEWIS STEINMETHR. Jr.. (adr.) Sea lale City. N. J. Mrs. J. H. Petersen. Mrs. Andrew Setaro and Mlaa Dorothy Evans were visitors to Ocean City on Monday last.

Mrs. GUIlaon has been on the sick list for several days suffer! nj: from the after effects of a severe dental operation. Involving anaesthetics. Haro - and Ixmls Crlppa have with them Wolf Gangrlehtcr. Horace Butler. Kobt. Hltchtnicm. Robert Lodfte. all

u-Mdenu of Tacony.

Anna Mlley Robinson arrived at the

Mrs. George Anderson, of Philadelphia. and a-party of friends were visitors here the latter part of list hreet Messrs William and John Nolan, of Philadelphia, were recent guests' of the Misses Dougherty at their Paris Street home. Miss H. E. BrufT Is spending the week In Vlrglnu. visiting her nephew. Prank Beckham, who Is In Hie ser-

vice.

Ninety registered in the September 12th draft in Sea Isle City. Wayne M. Sir Jibe rs and Irving Pitch wen the registrants, and had a busy day. One hundred and eight i.uplls are

WEEK'S HAPPENINGS

IT

A REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S HAP. PENING8 THROUGHOUT CAPE MAY COUNTY, CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING; WHATS WHAT

IN COUNTY AFFAIRS.

Messrs Phil. J Pole). S. J. Healy. Coleman i-ouls Stein and Prank Reardon were i incy Sunday visitors, the house guests of,

Mr Andrew Martin. Mr and Mrs Henry Stohrer. well

known Sea Isle City cottagers and

Cape May Conn House, September 18The September term of the Cape May County courts started on Tuesday, when the Urand Jury was selected and charged by Supreme Court Justice Black. Afte routine matters were disposed of, (rial of the Circuit Court usues wai

commenced.

Attorney Krnest W. Lloyd,' of Cape City, was the defendant in a ease tried in the circuit court on Wednesdav. at t^c suit of Georgians Brian!, a former eliant, who charged that Dloyd had not arconuted to her for HI the fnnds which had passed through his hands in the conrse of some litigation lie had handled for her. It «aa testified that the slU>rnev bad come into possession of acheck for £>*•, out of which he said he would deduct fl40 for his fee and lusts, and send her his check for the diffenence. Hlie rlvimed that in spite of frequent demand* for the money due her, Lloyd still retained it. The verdict of the jory was in her furor for Ute fall unonnt sued for, fltX), and the costs of suit. A case of Benjamin Katx and others,

|r uni mended to the Engineer's Officers »Kainst the Pennsylvania Railroad look

home here, on Tbur-day. September j Camp, at Camp Humphries, nearly two days to try. and finally ree12th. Chas. Swam, who w^s best 1 '* ulted in a verdict of "no cause for acman when the couple w»re wed in lion." The case aroee from an accident Philadelphia In 18*8. was master of A program of unusual interest was Bennett • crossinc on the Cane Mar .. .n. arranged for the Fifteenth Annual 1 “ , croM,,1 S. 0 *' U>e Cape May

Reuninn of the Lake Family, held at ro * <1 i *** December, when katx'a anto

now registered In the local school, the people to use their automobiles on largest number In years. The school Sunday for the purpose of attending

work is progressing smoothly, with a chnrch services capable set of teachers.

Mayor and -Mrs. Irving Fitch, and ! In the interests ol pa|>er conserve daughter Katherine, returned on Mon- Hon. and to comply with the new War day after a week's motor trip through Board order, the Cape May City Sur Pennsylvania. Mr Filch has purchas- 1 end Wave has reduced the alee of Us ed a Bulck coupe j piper from eight pages to four, enlar

(glng the site of the pages.

Doctor Tberon Smith, who has been i

practicing here since early spring. * T lte Executive Committee of the left on-Monday for Newburg. N. » - County Board of Agriculture will mwi preparatory to reporting at Camp! on Sslnrrlsv, *=epl 21st. nt 3 o'clock Oglethorpe. Ga Dr Smith received „ Ciipt . Mmy Coart House, to arrange hla commission as a ftrst IJeutensnt Earrmrs' Institute >n.-clings for the in the Army last Thursday Dr. Smith roniln , W lnter Mailers of policy and assumed the practice of Doctor Scot!. xprns< ronnecled with the office of who la now in the south. Farm Ivtnonslniiion will he discus*

. ed

The household of Mr. and Mrs J. P. Delaney. Jr„ was'elaiidened on Tue»- yg

day of last week by the arrival of a ,| le j ' nX '

of Mr and Mrs Cbaa. M Rob- baby girl. The newest is named Anna. now Hos i xUnd ln f *,arge of the uson. on September 4th. and Is doing after her aunt. "Aunt /nna" la also MeoMUtag department. Mr. Hand bs* Icely, thank you. here with her new family, a boy. nan- Bomi, 0 f friends throughout the Comi

ed John after daddy Colemsn Mrs. , y wllo win not onIy b|g formeriy Miss Anna Dw fortunp tn be.np wp!1 located, but

in bis complete recovery of old-time ' health. His son. Morgan Hand. Jr., well known engineer, who has been tn

Miss UUlaw Betterton won the ukele property°oVn«ra wlebrmrf^thHr“fif C4U ^ P n ^Jj' “ for selling the mos' tickets for the we ddlng anniversary at their - nTnMM ,n

Elaborata" She sold thirty dollar*- - —

worth

Mrs Mary S. Brooks has closed her summer home here, and will reside In Vfmore at the Lincoln Apartments during the winter season.

FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR HONEY COLLECTED COUNTY ATTORNEY DEFENDANT IN SUIT TO RECOVER AMOUNT; SEVEN INDICTMENTS BY THE GRAND JURY, RETURNED ON THURSDAY.

A correspondent writes. "What has happened to the City's service flag? One never sees It any more I have been asked shout It by several people this summer." The annual meeting and election of officers of the Tradesmen's Building and Loan Association will be held in the office of the Secretary. A. 8. Steelman. on October third.

William R. Bryan I. who will be rememberrd as a resident here for many years, and one of the resorts best known mtrehanta. ia still enjoying a visit here, which will extend to Octo ber first Mr Bryant is In his 88ih year, and still enjoys bis daily cold bath, year around. After leaving here be will return to the Soldier's Home either In Day ton or back in Virginia, where he spent last winter.

Mr and Mrs. Frederick Mueller, of 1 l.iiadelphla. are still at their cottage > ■ ( oral street, and will -einain umll October, having had a moil enjoyable

Ocean City. In the Auditorium on the Camp Grounds. Thursday. Sept. 12. at 10 a. m. In the morning several pa tiers of interest were read and discuss ed. and in the evenlna. the noted ir ventor, Simon Lake, gave an tlluatrai

ed lecture on the Submarine.

J homa* Nav Hie (white) and hU

'. Alice NaviUe (colored), were

held under >1.000 bail. each, by Justice of the Peace Ingeraoll. Wildwood, for keeping a siw-akeasy. They are nowin the Cape May Court House Jail nwaltlng action of the grand lury.

The pvt dance against them ~

A kind correspondent of 'lie TIMES

pnd. il„ lolkmln, l-in. Uk-n troiu „„ •rmwr. Sn. r-J 1 Y.,.| n. m et, N „ U |, M , n daughter. Mrs. waiter 'oss. of Pet era- ( Bring down oach morning two sult-

rine!; M« C Jd ' ^ fU " ^ bC,,,ed ^ * n<1

had been six years since Mrs C. had to lhf e nUited men for a dollar b * en ^ I^' f ''. an0 * hr . ? V * ?, be PW bottle His business flourished

MU. 4 T.,*r— VrCorwtek of Wei “ 0P “ “ . W l H Jf “ U .T T Un, ‘ l U "“ accured the evidence

MlaasTberaua McCormick, of oest Koe , again It is quite evident that (|.i m I'l iladelphla. la '.he guest of Mr*. El Mrs Carrigan's long residence in the

' " r Peierwon for a tv- weeks" stay hack-woods has tnafic enjoyment of a Th ^ R . v Mamie M Lew i* nastor

^ ,hP B, ■ lm0n, ' ,1 » U to * r "‘ 1 t»wn ‘n>POM"ble Her (>r KlrhI nap,,^ chun-h. of Oc«n

Phone observer. wish will be echoed by everyone •" 1 - Mr .„d Ur. Juld. <■ Jocb„ « .nd lb- -n.

I'l tladelphU, who have been unable _ “ ‘unnrer here this season, expect to , IXsCAL.

ibel, local residence daring the (Held over from last week.)

latter half of this month.

BIG REGISTRY IN COUNTY

* n I City, nas Uken the Initiative I matter of cliurrb services througbout the winter and baa addressed a letter to the Met hod let and Presbyterian congregations, selling forth the situa'tton as It looms up for the winter and baa urged that Borne action be taken

Mm Wm Crlppa. Jr. of Tacony. is I A surprise party was tendered Mr by the congregations looking toward ndlng a few weeks at the Matilda C. Fitzgerald, at his bone on Miner- a I'r.ion effort for the wtpter similar 1 venue cottage and Is entertaining va street. Saturday evening, by his to that of last year. The details h» Katharine Costs and Mias K , wife The occasion marked his natal feels could be worked out satisfafto<••14- [day and aonga. musir and mirth aboun- rlly by a Committee from the three

‘ded A partial Bat ol the guests fol churches

Mr Wm Decider Is enjoying a aec- j ow , M r an ri m„. T. C FitxgeraJd. rel tsraiion at hla cottage by the j|r. and Mrs. C Geo. Cromekcr. Mis* The ninib annual meeting and elec•k ' bannel He is one of the many Edna Mae Kidd. Luella Hendrick- <Ion of officer* of the Women's Cbria-

:uer residents who tborvugbly eo- PODi Jsne Burns. Be*a Hendrickson, nan Temperance Union of Wildwood .. . - , >!» «« l '< W—»™< 'b« Ebllb OJIubn. Hit, nr—, M~r, ... '.r|J Tb.rarU, of 1— w-l In „f U,r Bn.rd, .,11 reli.., lb. Sorooe, 1

■oral resort (Jus C ronecker. Jos Coll. Harry Mur the Baptist lecture hall, when the fol-1 .... „ number of th> *e men will be available

phy. A1 Cunningham and H. S Itougb lowing officers were elected President.I * >• f" • for Immedtate call ■Tradesmen’s Building and I»an ert> Mrs Sarah W. Maxwell; CoiTe*t<ond-l

-ciatlon will open a new serier of — ! mg Secretary. Mrs. Alice Fagan Ue-1 tickets INTERCHANGEABLE B,C REGISTRATION i- "n October first Subarriptiona The TradesmenBuilding and Ixuaii-cording Secretary. Mrs Ophelia Ely; | _____ IN STONE HARBOR. reepeetfully solicited by any of Association will open a new senes «•: Treasurer. Mrs Minnie 1ngl« On j ! i-irw-torw. or A. 8 Slevlman, Hoc- imk on October first, and invite sub Thursday a special business meeting | One hundred and seventy-flve vol r The Association earned eight wrlptlons. which may be- given to any was held in the lecture hall at which ‘ ua . n ^ ,l > | Vi* „ era ar.- register.-d this year in SI. <ent last year, and Is In nourish i>i r »- < toi. or to A S. Steelman. Secre- meeting arrangements were made to [’<Sets between I bllad- lpbia and At ! doui-l-

• "nd Irion A gilt-edge Investment ,, r T The AsucU.lon earned clgnt attend the county mn vent ton. ... be ««*•• <**•<**** 11 ^ C L , >- u.Fmn of last

mviirs Investigation adv tf p,, «^ n i last yea., and Its stock is s held at Ocean City. September i'.rii ! Then- Is to be a sharp coni.

gtlt^g. mvea,men, that _wHi_st.nd | ^ Primary election.

was struck by a train. The railroad' dt lense was that Katz had not used the precaution required by law in crossing

the toacks.

Many caaes were nod-snited by Circuit Judge Cm now because the attorneys

- not ready for trial,

a Tburaday afternoon, Uie Grand Jurv returned Uie following indictments: John Stratton and Mrs. Lillian Corson, of Upper Township, for adulter, and another (or indecent conduct. Percival Her*ward. Cape Mav. lor aseanlt and battery on Gertrude Holmes Frank Williams, for theft of an auto from Albert Riine, clone Harbor.

James H. Hawkins, a naval officer of .promised thereafter.

Cape May, for aggravated assault and

battery.

Charles Lee, of Cape May, larceny. £. Cartaiialo, L. Gnaracamo and Mary Mosley, larceny.

BUY YOUR BONDS By MELVILLE DAVISSON POST. That appalling damnation—intelligence without humanityconverting a whole people into a predatory monitor hae deecended on the w?rld. No human institution, fine or noble, ie any longer safe. Invasions from a malignant star or fabled boasts breaking up through the crust ef the earth could not more awfully threaten us. Every energy of every clvllizeo istion must be assembled for resistance. An idle dollar ia an idle weapon! How shall we face enslaved men. mutilated children and for. lorn women if in this hour of supreme peril we hold back idle ■n our house a weapon that would have helped to save the worid?

RED CROSS ACTIVITIES.

Under this heading each week will be published the official news of the Sea Isle City Branch of the American Red Crosa, as supplied by the Chair

The Red Cross shipped their allot mem of knitted garments to the Bureau of Supplies, the early part of this week. 25 sweaters and 60 pairs of woolen socks. TI is allotment cf socks was made possible '.hrough the efforts a number of summer cottagers and few of the winter resident*. The local branch 1s still having to beg for worker? on the Refugee gar-

ments.

The women who are doing their bit: Those who worked in the sewing room on Thursday. Sept. 12: Mr* Norton, Mr*. Roue. Mr* Ford. Mrs Hes*. Mr*.

Kuehno. Mr*. DeBow.

WILL HAVE GAS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

The gas plant, which baa been shut

down for the past two weeks. I* to resume operation early next week, according to Superintendent Wllson.who Is procuring parts needed for the re-

pair of the j t from Boston. The gas pi^ut has been overloaded

this slimmer, and a series of minor accident* culminated in the blowing out of the turbine, which mu*t be replaced. After repairs are fully made, the piant will be in excellent condition. and unintenupted service Is

LIITIEITKT III poutics this reu

ONLY CONTEST IN CAPE MAY COUNTY IS FOR SENATORIAL NOMINATION; DEMOCRATS HAVE NO CANDIDATES IN FIELD; EDGE SURE S T ATE WINNER.

COUNTY WILL TAKC OVER

WOODBINE ROAD

REDUCTION ORDERED IN

STONE HARBOR REAL ESTATE, j

i number

Following an appeal by of Stone Harbor property owner*, tne County Hoard ol Taxation ordered a general reduction of ten per cent on the valuation of land throughout the

Borougb.

II wa* contended that the valuation on building* wa* nearly rorrec*. but that the land value* were out of all

proportion.

Asserror Hugh McMurile. following

Through the efforts ol Freeholder »vi Wentsell. Washington Avenue,

in Woodbine. to be extended from a point a: the intersection with the Den- the Tax Board decitlon. tendered hi*

nirville-Wood bine road to it* intersec- tcalgnaUon.

tlon with the Marshallvllle road. This piece of road has been main-

tained by the Borough for many year*. Two lhouwind . four hundrw , lind although really part ol Uie Cgunty road -ighty-aix men between the age* of system, and Freeholder Wentzell's rre- • igbte<-n and forty-five regiien-d in olution adopted at Tuesday's meeting r *»T M "> roum > on Somber .12U*.

• funeral service* of the late Mr* ,, iu , t f , l:ld investigation ) B Carte. we»e held last Sunday —cr— : =

ins at the Pearl Street residence ' viler. Mia* H E Bruff "

K1CKIE SAYS

I £&£ i ** ** ^ £ Mde a, noon cu Back*. VC COSTS OS tAOtett 'day /<’ PB,»jT twA AM' 'ME AimT ( <3\\l\*4 'EWX AYUA-t, EVSH NA . • *lees-on of the Sea !►!. , SAW'THAMW.S* WHY OOtiT j 1 " " about cinpleted. and some 00 ftOuve’ To Tnt CANA '‘’V’"* * rr no ~ ! ,, ‘ lnR i ah' ASn*E».FER A SAtAPvE, "■* addition to n»*rl> one bun ) ^ *t.d fifty feet, and baa an eighty l TQOl_J wide platform for Ashing Ftoh

| The Jewish re*ldenls of Fit .Beaeb and several families frot. May lirld their religious aerv u i-elel-raUnns In connection wilt, | New Year'* holidays at the 'Strand, corner Lincoln and P»» !waa orranireo here under the m Beth-Juda Temple of Worship. asMimed charge of the M-n •< liratluns ever *lnce A duo abut *iarted to procure nu-r

. j* , lantlc City, Ore

Wildwood (Angleau-a. Wildwood. An drew* Avenve. Wildwood and Wild-

vrn, wood Crest /or We», Jersey A Sea- , rijlr shore Railroad), and Cape May IT." *‘d nrnrt. tnten haogeabl. that is. they iheir I »re now good <«. trams of ' iiber lb. ,

Hotel i " Jersey A Se£*b«ir« Itailruud dr av . ! the Atlantic City Railroad

:,ii»n Only commutation Iirketr ar<- mad*- . . Int<->'hangeable. regular oneway and

family

khlcb round t<

o councilmi-i

Candidal-* for tin-

- present incumbent. ] 8. E Herbert, and Clarence A Krou*< For Council, only one (M-tlrinn wa*

filed, that of H. John Anchor. The run for the othr-r vacancies is

to be made on stickers.

With Primary Election only four days away, the poliiical mi nation haa simmered down. In this county, to a fight jpelween Senator Lewis T. Stevens, of Cape May City, and Ex-Sheriff William H. Bright, of Wildwood, for the Republican nomination for State Senator. f«.r tlie three year term. The Iremocrats failed to put a candidate In lire field, the party being much disorganized in the County, aa it is all over the State An effort was made by the County Committee to have Mayor William Stevens, of Cape May City, stand as a candidate, but the Mayor declined. It has been whispered that the nomination would be made on the D-morraHr tick.-, by stickers, on Primary day. but leaders of the remnants of the county organization say (hat this is untrue, giving reason the fact (hat it would In- useless to run any man who did not take sufficient interest in the party to file a |>et Irion, and have his name primed on the primary ballots In the regular way, ll Is the first time In the history of the* party that there is > Democratic candidate. Mark 1-ake. of Ocean City, is unopposed for renomination for the Assembly on the Republican ticket, as In the case of the Senate, the Democrats have no candidate for this nominarion. There has not been such a political apathy in Cape May- County- In yean, ns exists this year The ranks of the voting t-opulation have been thinned the call to arms and Interest seems < entered on war actlvltira, rather than on who's who in the political arena. There Is -very indication that the Senatorial nominarion will go to Senator Stevens, who during his two previous terms has made an enviable r*cord in the upper House. It was Stevens who procured for Cape May .County over a million dollars for State roads, under the Edge road law. which will give to the County nearly thirtyfive miles of hard-surfaced roads with-

the next five years

Senator Stevens has worked faithfully in the Interests of the County, ind is universally known as the moat approachable and most accommodating representative the Couniy has ever had lu the Senate. He ha* introduced and pm more constructive legislation on the statute books of the Sute than any other Senator from this county. NINE IN SENATORIAL RACE Nine candidates hare entered the Republican and ih-mocratic primaries for nomination for I nited Sutea Senator. and ia this field there are four Republican*, lour Dcmorras and one Sociali*! The Republicans seeking 'be Senatorial nominarion are Govcr•oi Walter E Edge. l R-coid • •id < ongrerxman Edward W. Gray lor •h.- Ion; term, and Senator David •iiird fm th- -boti i-rui The Demorat i«- fi-ld ir made up of funner State -"-nator Chr-rlc* O'Connor Henneesy, frank McDennlt. ArscmblytuMi Ai.-*. nd'-i Simpson and former Hanking • ad Insurance t omnn- ron. r George -aMonie for the long term, and Sen- <•>! Hennosy for the short i-rm rhe lone Socialist candidate for the •rimary i* James M |,eil|j. of West

New York.

There seem* to be no qoe. HoD at all to the ouleume Of rile Republican '■unary, the party voter* in general • ing convinced that Governor Edge • 'll w In easii). In the lA-morratic field there will b« a sharp contest be-twe.-n Senator lfcnne>>y and LaVonte. and th-re t. a maiked division uf •■intilon at to which will win Mr. IjiMonte I* regarded a* having the advantage over Senator Hi-nii—a*y becau*e Mr laiMotile I* the organization nine Mi R-llly »ill 1-aie no oppose rlon on th.- Socialist ticket The fact that Governor Edge's petition contain." about 4u,0o0 signer* a* .-iii.-i the name* on tn. prf> * “f Record and Gray, hi* Kepubli-

onents for t

l be

All the News of Se* Isle City in the • vpg mav county time* Kvery Fndgy ,l Aetit to your city home ■ •luntiK the winter. per • ^Itoul, posu^d pud.

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LANDED BIG CHANNELL BASS.

HAVE CAPE MA. CONTRACT

Messrs.

| -Bone Harbor, i

iMtion. l« full o been unable to (•ali-ri- by r.-fi.-. irnt.d volum. , lion ol (be rove

I- long I e

Itlfir*

• on the pell-

ing newer and »

. Toe ba—

frlud ^orl

jal barrack* in Cape May A “ '* 1 in Ocean City ba* ju»l been heo* and more work tor the

•Ber flrm I* in sight

i Monday

while. |

nder riie direction o I la-Hoy Faugh, of

I Naval Station, a Fatrli

: ilr CtaL wbo't. again try ing hi* band j Service wa. held al the . dallf" to land another |lonum. WlldwoiMt.

BRIDGE LUMBER HERE AT LAST ;

Chaplain Er ie Cape May ic and Hem

Mayi

- Hlh. A smilltar aer

s held by Ciiaplain Faugh, as

SEVERAL LOCAL CONTESTS A number of local contest* In tbs County arc of moic than usual Inter--*t Chief among ri.e«- i* the Fieeh<.|def fight In Drum* Township, tne candidate* being ib< preM-nt ln< umbent. l-evl Wentsell. and Holland B. Mason, uf Belle Flain Ih-nnl* Townhip Imiude* the Borough of Wo«4birve and DeBDIsvilie At Stone HartMir. win-re the normal •••ling population i* in the neigbborhood of one bundled, twice that numIV. effort .- bellir made'by (be “Clt-

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I»lspo*ln- af your pmt» rty by Will . one thing; the aelectlea of a aulU- i e executor la quite another. And li bM-nnir a very glmplc matter

August 311 Music for lb. [was furnished by the W Barrack* Naval Band from I

At a regular in..-ring ai the City • jlialL of the Wildwood City Band.,, • Waller M lleer* wa' elected eecretary • ■ m (dare of Cbaa. Ijin who has gone Ho Fblladelpbla Juble Smith wa* ,• )e< led treasurer and from all n i-.rt-Jbody playing any uudrunient of a tianri i ' J Will be gladl} w elcomed, *4) * the i I Wudw vod Tribune

CARO CF THANKS many kind fQ.-iid* wbi

the tuners) of

* Harry Cade, and for reset on* of sympathy M158 H. L BRUFF