Vol. XXXV No. 3.

NEWS NOTES

Of THE PAST WEEK

AND GLEANINGS OP

kRSONAL CHARACTER; LITTLE ^-EMS OP INTEREST ABOUT I0LK6 YOU KNOW GATHERED N THE CIRCUIT OP THE CITY.

TH ROLAND In •* THE TIGERS Kir»l incillment of Hue will be ebown at the GarI l^teetre S»turd»y night, December L. No change in admiaaioi pricebite SUc and children lie; the Tbea- *' 1 now heated comlortably, and '1 a* u and comfy ae yoor own fireeide. e oat tbie Satr.rday and eee the ^ inetallment of U.ie maaterfa! aerial o-play. Two big comedy featoree I also be shown, at well at a late e Newt. Ad». It. hitting. Woldlng and Braxing dona Maxuriea' Garage and Ford Samoa ill on. Full equipment now Installed, for Exide battery; battery g and repairing; Original Ford - and repair*, all aUndard mi ‘ alte* of auto tire*; gasoline, areaaoriea. MAZURIE‘8 GAR. , Lendls Avenue, Sea Isle City. bOUlt NEEDS FOR THE WINTER ^ be supplied at Pfeiffer's "oulerard Everything from parlor ftori | warm, fleecy winter underwear, 1. e moderat* prices that make ahop- , here a pleasure and a profit. It over our Block, adv. tf. checking account helps you kp track of your expenditures and 1 you a receipt lor every dollar out. Open one with the Security

t Co.. Cape Hay.

camera m a constant source of asure and profit We have

Itch Drug Co. adv.

CAPE MAY COUNTY (Sia isi* Crrv P.O.), N. J., FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1920

5 Cents a core, $1.50 a Year

Boardwalk Lumber is Now Ready (or Shipment Here Commlaaioncrs Urged To Assist Contractor Waddington in Securing Freight Cart To Transport Lumber Now Awaiting Shipment

at Southern Milla.

yA 1 Monday** meeting of the City Commlisloners. Mayor Fitch read a Ain uni cation from Contractor Earl Waddington, to the effect that all the lumber for the Sea Isle City Boardwalk iw^onatructlon was cut ... the mills, and ready for shipment, and urging that the City Commissioners in securing from the Railroad Administration the necessary cars to have the lumber shipped. Mayor Fitch stated that ho had at once taken the matter up with the Director of this district, but had aa yet no reply. It will take about three weeks fo- the lumber to arrive alter n Is shipped. The annus] report of the Sinking Fund Commission was read, and approved. It is published In this issue. Mayor Fitch reported that be had taken up the matter of Sunday ExcurSea Isle City, and tad.asked the Mayors of Avalon and Stone Harbor for co-operation. Excursions to

Shall Sea Isle Progress or Shall it Deteriorate? Dear .Mr. Editor: It wa» kind of you to publish In one of your September issues my letter “The Dream of the Optimist" ant I thank you. I also noticed a published reply signed H. H.. which may stand for Hustling Hoffert. Nevertbelei feel •he letter did some good and 1 ■till an optimist. On a recent visit to Sea Isle I wot Teeably surprised tc- see the rebuilding of many squares of the boardwalk, and the driving of a new well by the water company that the resort may have an ample supply of water : Then, too. there Is the New Boulevard to Corson’s Inlet, nesting completion. The number of citizens In Sea Isle are few wuo realize what these Improvements are going to do for this resort. I also learned of several new cottages lo be built this Spring and of many other properties thst will have improvemen's and a new coat

paint

»f our Street Commissioner will only e to It thst the streets leading to the railroad stations are raised, or s proper dra nage system Installed, possibly

Mrs. Cbaa K. Landis, Jr., lea- es on today for a week's stay In Pbiladeli with friends. Wallace Ltndennan, of House street. Sent the week-end with friends in |Udwood. Leon Cramer, of House stieet. kt> rialned her alvler, of Clayton, N. J over the week-end. •• J H. Collier, of New York City, i a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. r arenco Mazurle. John Spencer, of Atlantic City, spent “e week-end with Lloyd Simpson, at s Italia street home. Mayor Fitch spent the latter part of st week in Quaker City, on business

suers.

Mrs. Herman Diamond was an out--}own visitor on Tuesday of this Contractor Edward B. Arnett has totmenced work on the building of stores on AUsntic avenue. Atlantic The contract price is $40,000. Mr*. Emmons, who ts spending the rlnter here as the guest of Mrs. H. A. rajss. is in Philadelphia visiting in mis for the veek.

WiM«oa —f rounnoi i„, sia- wbra tt , ua „ „ a

we will be able to reach the stations

Director Chapman reported that all the ola lumber taken from the Boardwalk wax now stored In the city yard. No new business could be undertaken, and no bills paid, until the passage of the Budget ordinance, which will be

Monday.

NEW FISH COMPANY ORGANIZED. D. A. Tolson. well known local fisherman, has taken out lncorx>oration papers for an independent fish company, which will commence operations in the Spring. It 's understood that the stock ol the company is all subscribed. This will bring the total pound ret

operations here up to seven.

LOCAL. George Whittington was a Philadelphia visitor on Tuesday, attending tbe Anto Show. Freeholder Theodore E. DeBow was a visitor to tbe Pbiladelpbis automobile •n Wednesday. Mrs. I>eBo<v is st precent visiting relatives at Newport News. W. M. Slrntbc- retarned on Monday, after a trip to Avon-by-tb* Sea, including a aide trip to tbe New York Anto

Show.

Mri. Clarence Pfe'ffer i

without hip boots or row boats. This condition has been a disgrace for many year*, and another thing Mr. Street Commissioner, please do not overlook those weed lots and the strips along the sidewalks, especially leading up tq_ the l>oardw«.Ik. They are not only unsightly, but a detriment to health— you have a remedy against the owners of these lots, why not exercise It? 1 might also add to this list tbe lights along Landis avenue which are paid U. burn, but In many instances do not always burn when they should. Mr. Editor, the demand of today IS efficiency. What is efficiency? It is DOING things, not wishing we could do them, dreaming about them, or wondering If we can do them. It is knowing how to apply theory to practice. It Is the trick of turning defeat Into -xperlence and using It to

achieve success.

For the past ten years Sea Isle has suffered with defeat—she has paid well for her experience—why not urge the Commissioners to call a ciUsens* meeting to be held in Philadelphia

WEEK'S MiSS iHWGiiiiiii comm A REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S HAPPENING8 THROUGHOUT CAPE MAY COUNTY, CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING; WHAT'S WHAT IN COUNTY AFFAIRS

Takes $243,000 To Run Ocean City. The lax budget for Ocean City this year totals $243^45.(19. of which $215 720.09 Is lo be raised by taxation. Tbe total budget la approximately $6! more than last year. Out of the total this year's budget. Improvement Certificates to the sum ol $17,500 are to be retired. League Elects Officers. The Young Men's Progressive ague of Ocean City has elected the Bow lag officers for 1920: President. Roy E Darby; vice-preei-u'- Walter H. Allen; treasurer. Clinin B. Price; financial secretary. Dr. J. Thorr ey Hughes; i.-cording secretary, A. M. Plummer; trustee for three years. Frank E. Darby ; executive committee. John B. Adams. Dr. W. Y. Christian, Domain M. Darby. Rolla Garretson. F. Leroy Howe and John

Trout.

Will Erect Courtesy Signs. The Progressive League of Ocean City will at race erect road signs with arrow on a while board with Ocean City In white letters. The courtesy signs are to be- placed at all entrances to the city and are to be six by four feet. On the entrance side the signs will read: "Ocean City Welcomes You to America's Qreatest Cottage Resoru Please Drive Carefully.” On the reverse side the signs will read: ' Thank Y'ou. Tell Your Friends About Us. Come Again.” The city and Board of Trade will be asked to share the expense ol the road signs. League members, using their own cars, will piece the signs. ivlng Ocean City on a date set, taking different routes. Oppose Higher Licensee. The Indications are that tbe propo-

State League Plans Cu£ on Pound Net Fishing Proposals to curb pound net fishing along the New Jersey Coa*t were approved Wednesday by the New Jersey Fish and Game Conservation League, meeting in the Hubert Treat Hotel at Newark. A* the recall ol considerable discussion of tie activitu* ol pound net tishermen on the coast in catching small fish, especially young bloefisb, the league unauimout.lv passed s resolution recording its opposition to this practice and authorising the appointment of a committee to dratl a inearare for sab-missi-'ii lo *be Legislature for curbinsuch fishing. It was pointed oat that by requiring that the mesh of nets be largei the difficulty would be largely overcome.

GIVE GALA WELCOME HOME TO WOODBINE SERVICE BOYS. ”hat was probably the most memorable •vast ever given In Woodbine, "Welcome Home” banquet, deuce and testimonial presentation lo forty-two veterans of tbe

wortd war.

The urrengement committee was beaded b> William Abramson, Secretary of the- School Board, and the affair was held under the direction of the Mayor and Borough Council. The other members of the committee were Feldman, M. Kubrak. N. Lifahos, H. Lipschltx and H. Rotman. The members of Borough Council are Joseph Rablnowitx. Mayor. S. Greensiein. H. Hal pern. P. Homstein, J. S. Levin. H. Reiner and L. Shapiro. No detail was omitted to make tbe affair a complete success. The music as supplied by the J. U. DuBols orchestra, and the banquet was served tbe Borough Hail Those to whom Certificates of Hon ■ were presented for their part in the world conflict sere: Michael V. Abramson. Simon Alexenberg, Hairy Becker. Edward Ureslow. Jacob Breslow, Michael Liume. Samuel Decker. Max Rablnowita, Jacob M. Cytron, Samuel Collier, Morris Cohen. Harry Elaenberg. Engem L. Feldman, HarGUckman. Louis Goldfarb. Louis Goldberg. Nathan Ureenstein, Benjamin Itzkovita, Abraham Kein. David Katz, Isidore Kornat, Louis Kovnat.

Ocean City's House Looters Sentenced to State's Prison Louis B. Wastcott and Silas Robinson, tbe two fishermen indicted on chargee of having robbed a number of ■ominer cottages in Ocean City belonging to Camden and Philadelphia people, waived their right of trial by jury and appeared Wednesday in special eeeaions belore Judge Eidredge, at Cape May Court House, and entered pleas of guiltv to tbe indictments. Westcott, the elder of tbe two men, was sentenced on two indictments charging him with breaking, entering and robbing, and given two and a half to seven years in the State Prison at Trenton. Robinson was sentenced also on two counts for the •■me offense and waa given one end n ball to aeven years in tbe btaie Prison. Westcott will have serve five years and Robinson three years. They were taken to Trenton on Thursday to begin tneir term* in tbe .State Prison. Judge Eidredge was lenient with Rob•nson, who is only twenty-three years old. The young man bad baen in tbe military eervice during tbe war against Germany and bad been discharged bat a short time when he met Weeteott. The Court expressed the belief tbat Rohineon bad been led astray by Want cott and for that reason be made bis sentence lighter.

an ition of the State Fish and Game\ Morri * KeoBb Noman S. Letwln. Sam-

early date, and endeavor to make a i Commission to have a hill introduced ut ' 1 Letwln. Joseph Levenson. Barney

united effort to turn the experience gained In the past ten years into sueThere Isn't one thing mentioned

a Phils- ln “F “optimist" letter from the build-

delphls visitor on Wednesday, attend- lnK of ,be t<*eh front hotel, organizing Ug he funeral-of ber uncle, Mr. Chas. * to the clearing of the unsi t :ht-

Ceorge Pfeiffer, father f Clarence nd Walter Pfeiffer, returned on Wedtstiay, after spending a seek with

e-atlves In Philadelphia.

C. W. Idler, who died last Saturday. Mr. Idler was a frequent vlalto - beze. Work baa been commenced on extensive alterations to tbe interior of tbe •tore qi tbe Filch Drag Company. New shelving is being put up, ami additional show ccsee will be i.usteUerl. Harry

Mailer is doing the work.

(Continued on page 4) WANTS COMMUNITY BUILDING Sea Isle City, Jan. 12th, 1920. To the Editor of the Cape May County

Times.

Dear Sir: For several years there

in the Legislature to Increase the fish- Liberman. Mos.-s MendeUots. Edward ing and bunting fees from $1.15 to N * ppen - "'HHam Oxley. James G. axil.65 wiU hare considerable opposi- {* ey - ,r><1 s Oxley. Eric Oxley. Ablation. Several South Jersey Leglsla- bani Potaahnick. Harry Raff, Louis announced that they w ill oppose! s,eln - Stein. Jacob Sherman.

any higher fees, saying that with the ncreased number of hunters and ang lens since the boys rt turned from overseas. the present fee should be sufficient to meet all the commission's exuses. They also assert that southn New Jersey has not had as liberal distribution of fish and game from the Hackettstown hatchery and Perked River game farms as have the nor-

thern localities.

h-he also attended the P. O. S.

dance Saturday.

Vllj HI Market

s<a isle was well represented at the O. S. of A. dance at South Seavllle Saturday night. Among the visit- » were Mr and Mrs. Chaa. Hahn, ibs Rebecca Collins ana Miss Madge

J E-iner Peterson. a the vicinity of the

.. o. Minerva street, appro-

-* .ho .act that Sea isle City ts soon jatve a local ..and. Every once-ln-twhUe the discordant noises coming

the home brings to mind tbe fi tbe good men and true who will oae tnr band, are hard at it, and .. . .o<rtto.est in tbe practioe work tug uoleo as the days progreos. e Women’s Civic Club of Sea Isle

-Uy will hold a rummage sale at 3515

street. Philadelphia, from Jan-

uary 22 to 24th. Inc] talve. Donations of clothing and bou» hold articles arc -> -.ug solicited by the committee, which comp-ised of Mrs. l_ J. Downey, pur* i bo.uax Hock, ami Mias C. R. * n fl- Mrs. Jaa. Hagan ir President j«« toe organisation, eud Mrs. Miry S.

Brooks is Secretary.

Through an ovtrelgi.t, brought about the Hobday rush whh which every newspaper office, large and small, is effected, notice of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Hazurle, mother of Clarence! 3.az. rie. ires omitted. Mrs. Mazurle *‘ a * bn..*d on Saturday, January 3d.j c "»l Laurel Hill Cemetery, after an j oi several years. She was on* 1 ^ iu«- rtoorCa oldest residents, and i ■ :xaiiy beloved and respected. She 5»*ii m her sixty-fourth year.

Mm Ed-Td B. Arn.U » .madid, 1 — dl«duiod .mom U,, la K.. Vo* CU,- m tbe °: Jr “■! n ~‘ b * '"

play-ground faculties for our hove and .

tin.. II ... commonly imdei.iood! Loo Ooo.o Cl., that the school grounds were soon to From Information received frt .. be equipped with swings, slide-ways. ,wo Prisoners. Wescott sod Roband various kinds of gymnastic appa- * n *° n - accused of robbing cottages ratua. One of our Churches bad n-e- 0c *“ an ,hp police have recovered ognised the need of suitable opportun- * number of articles of value. ThentUy lor the Juniors to enjoy them-, * nclu<1 ‘' a ba,r dozen fine rods and selves, by providing a limited equip- a Rood rifle and five billiard torn of athletic devices and opening ,,1! Bs. Tho police say that most of the room so equipped several evenings 'h** articles as listed with them a week for the young people to enjoy ! bave * M ‘ , ' n recovered. Disinterested themselves. This same plan was tried P^P 1 '' tl0 b«ve viewed the loot, as out b.- another church In our rommun in the police headquarters Uy with partial success, but not suffle-j ' 'Lib the ln. t few days, declare that

guest of her sUter, Mra. E. P. Eaah Mr. and Mrs. -iraett spent the end In LambertvIUe and Trenton. Mra.

“ -'“A Bu “'> ■W”‘ WMl£ -|Arn«t coin, from ihere to Now York,

n Si mh tjearllle, visiting a school Mrs. Etta H. Osgood, for more than a year on the staff of the TIMES, and teaching school at beileplain since early fail, leaves next week for Florida. where she will remain for the balance of the winter. -Her trip south is made necessary by failing health.

niCKIE SAYS

L VkEkP. PktPGG? If «tA N \ MMOM b.HE<ME nEMv.GMOCrT ( rr ih, WCh \F ri% ova* o**c, \ PEG rf -(A\CLS K N/JKO of Tkvtta \ ■Ok WU. -TU‘ PtkVCA (kMO EVLCC-4 LtTtVS Brf ►DOetJf'vMkka.T / I GOT lk\iL j H<SXZ % . —/

■he wh'ilc lot was not worth $2,000. and that this was a generous estimate. Possibly the wine may be ini ludrd in this estimate. Newspaper estimates of the value of the

lent results to warrant the inevitable cost of heaUng. lighting and proper supervlsion. No doubt all of our Churches, togsther wDb the School Board and the Parent-Teacher Aaaso-

cixtlon would be glad to help in pro ea KOO,i r * n “ hl S b a* $30,000. vldlng ideal recreaUonal facilities if —— they knew how to go about ih WOULD START FISH PL«NT

What this town needs. Is a central, j IN SEA ISLF. CITY.

•‘Ccntmunlty" building, large en-1

ough to provide a real gymnasium. Representatives of s firm of broke,* with shower-bzths. lockers and dr\Kr w *' rc ‘ ,a iown Iaal planning for log-rooms, a place for table games, a ,ho organization of a company to reading room and library, and a hal! erect * fi! ' h factor}' here. The plan large enough for the young pej^it- to Ul "' a11 ,b '' ncto-edlble fisn ca-yht have their own lectures. deMtes, c on-; the local pound net fishermen, and certs and celebrations. The City Ha.' r,><luc< ' tbea> 10 oU* “hi lertlllzer. could well afford to move Its exc ilent, Contracts were entered Into with little library to such a buildim so 111 Um ‘ ,ocl ‘ l companies for all the that all needed equipment, and spec'ii j aon '*dlble fish caught, at the rate ot features could he centralized in out " eTen dolla » B » ton, and nrgotlaUons building. | *' tkrp entered Into for the purchase of

Why not call a meeting of the Com-1 lan<1

mlsaioners. Ministers. Sunday School! " hethe or uof the factor} will maand Day-School Teachers, and all iu- i •‘■'lalBe Is a matter of speculation teres ted citizens, and decide cpon' Tlim ' aro of such plants in j some proper line of action to p.ovlde, a ‘^ 1,h - a f i d .L. 1 * reliably raid they

lauch a buUdlng? Your w.Ol-known 1^,®°

anility for bringing such things to Ule CHy > pass, would be sufficient warrant fo.- »o resort

calling *ach a meeting, to which all t * ctor J’-

hyrente ihould be tnriled <** . cold? Try our P* a woiK-vn cc -rntr mn, ( L>ru< C<1 ^

nelled f<

■his is inly partly true. Seal sill have a fish tactury and or a resort and no fish |

Nick Steelman.

Max Wclw

Benjamin Wolfson,

WOULD OUST SUPERVISOR One ol the Hist duties devolving upon the new board of freeholders in Ocean County a ill be to act upon three widely signed petitions that have been pieeeuted to Uie hoard, demanding tbe removal ol tbe present load supervisor, John V. Holman, of West Creek. Tbe petitions bear the names ol some of the sections

of thv county.

TOWNSEND'S INLET. Mr. and Mrs Robert Bllnn were uesU of Mr. and Mr». William J. Shelicm on Sunday, motoring over from their home in Wildwood. Mr. Fied. Hanley, of Philadelphia, as a Sunday visitor here. Mrs. Charles Robinson Journeyed to Philadelphia the first of the week to spend a few da)s on a shopping tour. Mrs. E. W. CountIm. of Camden, visited here on Tuesday, returning home

i Thursday.

Among the visliors in town this week we had Mr. George Kappel. Mr. and Mrs. L. Simon, of Philad P phla. spent a few days here this Wuek looking after their property on Rob-

ert* avenue.

COMPLETE HIGHWAY SYSTEM ESTABLISHED THIS YEAR. Trenton. January 8—At the regular meeting of the New Jersey Bute Highway Commission held In this city today. State Highway Engineer Thompson made the following statement to the Commissioners: ''Observation of resalta obtained by tho Maintenance Division of the State Highway Department on the sections of routes taken over during 1919 and the effectiveness of its work where performed on continuous stretches of Highway under State Jurisdiction, convince me that in order to secure uniformly good results over the entire system, the Bute should asaome control of all the routes of the State Highway System at an early date.” 1' line with this recommendation the Commission thereupon voted to begin steps at once to assume control over Bute Highway Houia* or. portions thereof still under local authorities and bring about by the time -lentloued the complete establishment of tbe New Jersey State Highway System This system aggregate 665 of highways of which the Co mm tool on has alreauy reconstructed about 100 miles and during the course of this iris building season wm recon sun* t »e 70 miles more. Since the reconatructed mileage K general is or w 11 be of heavy concrete the assumption of control over it by the State *1 not Involve either difficult or costmalntenance problems. On tbe other hand tbe control and maintenance of the remaining 480 miles pend' ing their reconstruction, and the nec•sbi y of maintaining detours while reconstruction is in progress will be a great administrative task and will entail upon the State the expense now being borne by the counties with State

•Id.

The Commission, however, is so enthusiastic about the results which lu maintenance force:, are already achieving that It has decided to put the entire Stole Highway System under State control at the earliest possible moment and i* going to do so without taking away a penny of the State Aid allotted to the counties for their 182" building season. Increases in motor vehicle funds coupled with economics itoch will result from a ceiv tralized system of maintenance make this possible. The money thus released for some tf the counties vrill be placed on other 'uv' riant highway projects within counties. The Commission held a numbe-r of Important hearings with highway officials and citizens from many of 4bs counties and municipalities of Um State who c- me to the meeting for help or advice in taking care of Jielr local highway problem*.

A FRIEND OF THE CHILDREN.

Walter Scoble,inc. Millville, N. J. The Leading Music House in South Jersey

Piano*, Players, Victrolas, Sonora*, Records

** No nutter where you lire Our service is next to your door ”