Cape May County Time;

Vol. XXXV No. 7.

CAPE MAY COUNTY (Sea Isle Cm- P.O.)> N. J., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, i 9 2<

5 Cents a copy, $1.50 a Year

CIIY NEWS NOTES

COMMISSIONERS TAKE STEPS TO REPAIR STORM DAMAGE.

OF THE PAST WEEK I Will Hold Public Meeting Next Satur-

NOTE8 AND GLEAN!:«u« of PERSONAL CHARACTER; LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW GATHERED IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE CITY.

THESE STORMY DAYS YOU NEED RUBBER BOOTS. February and March are stormy months, and if you are an out-of-doors man you will need boots. We have 'em. In large variety of alies and standard makes. Rubber overshoes for those wl c only need so out occasionally, Goodyear brand. Try a pair of army shoes for good looks and hard wear. PFEIFFER'S BOULEVARD STORE. Sea Isle City.—adr. SPECIAL SALE OF STANDARD TIRES—The prices of all standard tires have advance d 259<; while they last, my entire stock of Miller, Ajax a.. I Mich lean liree will be sold at the oid v'cesi all sizes, all treads. If you need are. ~>on. BUY THEM NOW and save 25'^t on the cost. MAZ'JR1ES GARAGE and FORD SERVICE STATION. §ea Isle City.—adv. tf. GARDEN THEATRE FOR GOOD MOVIES. Saturday night showing Ofth episode of Ruth Roland's master serial. The Tiger's Trail.” Also showIpg late comedy, and Patlie News. Admission, adults 2tic. children lie. Come out this Saturday, and enjoy an evening's wholesome enjoyment

adv. 1L

When you want printing of the better kind, done by specialists who hare made prinUne heir life-work, call the TIMES PRINTING HOUSE. The new thrift habits formed during the war should be encouraged. An account In the Security Trust Co., Cape May, will help you.

J. W. Patker. of Beverly. K. J.. was a visitor on Tuesday, looking over his beach front pioperty. Tlie Ladies Tea of the M. E. Church was held on Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. B. Forth J. McGowen. of Philadelphia, a well known eoltager. was a visitor on Sunday. inspecting Ms cottage on Hartson street. Herman Rumpp and daughter, of Philadelphia, were among the visitors on Sunday, looking after their proper-

ties.

Mrs. Anna E. Ankele, who Is spending the winter with her daughter, at toll mgr wood, was a visitor from Tuesday un'il Saturday of last week.

George J. Straubciiller. of Philadelphia, was among the visitors on Sunday, looking alter his beach front property. Very little damage was done

to siraubmi'ler property.

t has. K Landis. Jr., spent the fore Part of this week m Philadelphia on business, and Mrs. Landis visited at Court House with her brother. Under-

aberlfl It. W. Uoavubauui.

day Night, in City Hall, to Discuss Storm Protection and Jetties.

The meeting of the Sea Isle City 1

Commissioners on Monday was

ducted with funeral-like solemnity, un-, til the optimistic smile oi th<- Mayor, supplemented by that of Director Love and Director Chapman, bespoke the fact that then's nothing that couldu' be worse, and a llule thing like a hit of storm damr?e on the beach front

wasn’t going to phase them.

Director Chapman's report was sorrowful enough. The boaidwalk fro-a the lighthouse north was all gone, piling and decking, and one square in the southern section was demolished. The new boardwalk in the Pier section was damaged, the band pavilion le duced to kindling wood, and 16 piling knocked from the good sections yf the boardwalk All the bulkheads were badly damaged, and some demolished

entirely.

asked whether he had any recommendations to make for repairs. Director Chapman stated that it was early to even suggest repairs, and that he had gangs at work salvaging railing of tie- boardwalk, and stacking up the lumoer. and that another force was at work repairing the damage done to the new section of alk, and putting up the rest pa-

vilions.

Director Love then stated that he believed the only solution to the damage caused by every northeast storm was a series of Jetties along the entire front, similar to those at Atlantic City, Avalon. Stone Harbor and Wildwood. In this the other Commissioners concurred, and Mayor Fitch produced several sketches h» had prepul ed of Jetty designs. The CoinmlstJouers agreed that something along this line mu*.t be done, hut were unwilling to incur the vy expense of putting out these Jetties, unless the taxpayers of the resort were willing, and would concur m their action. Accordingly it was decid<-d to boil a taxpayer*' meeting in the City Hall at t ight o'clock on next Saturday night. Feoruary 14th. A ca* 1 lor this meeting has been issued by the Mayor, end personal let tecs are being sent to the heath front property owners. Instead ol re-building the hand pailion, it was informally suggested that the le-building he deterred, and that for this season u nail be rented, a string orchestra be suhsUtmed the brass band of other years.

FREEHOLDER JOHN BENNETT ANSWERS THE GREAT CALL Board Attends Funeral Services in Body; Interred at Cold Spring 1 Cemetery on Thursday.

WEEK’S HAPPENINGS II

A REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT CAPE MAY COUNTY. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING; WHAT8 WHAT IN COUNTY AFFAIRS

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TO THE TAXPAYERS OK SEA ISLE CITY :

lii view of the damage caused by the recent storm it ia deemed essential that all taxpayera of our City attend a Public Meeting for the purpose of a general conference with the Board of Commissionere. to dtecusa means of a better protection on our ocean front. This is a matter of vital importance to every taxpayer. 1, therefore, hereby make an official call for a public im-vtiug of taxpayers to hr held in the Assembly Room of the City Hall, Saturday. February 14th, 1920, at 8 o’clock P. M.

Stalling Cole in Ocean Cijy

Sterling Cole, for many year* deputy 1 c.-nniy clerk, hi Cape Mav Court House. • liar accepted p 'ion in the title departient of the Ocean Citv Title and Trust

••nipany. H- is •ncceeded bv Edward Supcrintender.toftheSeaboarc<Trans4i>(-», who has been connected with the I portation Company Believes That

THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

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Has Narrow Escape

•nelabte M-*'ir Champion, of Cape

WILL MAKE EFFORT

TO FLOAT THE SKOLFIELD

The mid-winter season Is hard upon us and bolds every thing aUJ and cold in Its grasp, end uothing ran verify this more readily than a seashore town which is always at Its lowest ebb of vitality at this time of year. Heavenly

An effort will be made nt once to! ** ,Mce * to Uv « ‘ n - M «t*hy. grace■■arrow escape no:lt Ujt ' three-mast barge. "George K.| full> ' ‘* a * ,s ln '° • ^ Van Winkle-Skollii.-ld.” which was washed ashore u, *‘ re 10 '‘•'“‘A*® ““tU th isrd

Captain John Bennett, bf Cafe May City, one of the oldest members of thCape May County Hoard of Freeholderr both in point o( years and length of service, died at his Lome on Snndsv

night, after a long illness. •

Toe Board attended the funeral services in a body, interment was made

at Cold Spring CenSeterv.

Captain Bennett was seventy-six years old, and was one of best known pilots on the Delaware Bay and River, never having a serious accident in fifty years of active work. He was a member of the Pilots Association, » delegation of

which attended the funeral.

The vacancy on the lioard curded by bis demiss, will be filled by the Cape May City. Commissioners. His deatii makes the fourth on the Board in as

many years.

when his snto wh- etrork bv the P

l<«,> • drill Wl,; nlWdinun, 1“ «■* «"» *•<*. I’-i-Pii-l ...l ..n id.nri.bnol.r.dl!*™ 1 - rimu, U, b.tv, n.m..-,,!

maged,

the se- Captain \S. si. Melvin, Superlnlen•sing within d, ' m ot l,lr Seaboard Transportation

t.'onipetiy. of Boston, Moss., owners of the barge, arrived on. Saturday, and i tilled that he believed it ’-ossibli Hoot the vessel, and that an effort would be made as soon os conditions

would permit.

The "SkoJltld" Is well up beach, and at low tide is high and dry. Many interested observers of the vessel last Sunday, wa.ked all around her

with dry leeL

Cape May Pastor Improving

Fatiiei Kr’ly. n-ctnr of the Cape May Catholic Chinch, has been taken to St. Francis’ Hospital, in Trentmi, where he is improving rspidly. He bus been coffering from blood poison in his leg and has been in St. Agnes' Hospital, Philadelphia, for nearly two years. The leg has been a inputs ted above the knee, but be is able to be about

Endorse Canning For Tax Board

Sauiue! A. I.aiming, of Wildwood, chairman of the county Democratic committee, was uns-.imously chosen by the enmnntte- as tbe candidate for the appointment for membership on tbe tax hoard. Tin. committee took this step because the governor told them that ail appointments mast have tbe

BOY SCOUTS VOLUNTEER endoreemenl of the county committee. FOR WORK ON STREETS. The position pays $1,201) a rear. There

i it general regret that the plum did not

Through Monsignor Pozzi. Catholic R , , ornier Blll . |ia c F . Coreon, says

Scouts Offer Services To City in t | le

Cape May Countv Gazette.

Cleaning Up Storm Damage; Set

to Work Monday.

This matter will also. ir. all probabili-

ty, be discussed Saturday.

Director Love presented the Treaa-ure.-’s Report for January, which was received and ordered published. A page of advertising in a county book-! let being ivsued by a Cape May pub-1 lishlnc concern was ordered, at a cost of *100, and a page in the Easter Issue! of the TIMES, at a cost of *75, was also taken. The matter of issuing a

Peter Keenan, of Philadelphia, one local booklet, to supplement the newsUle'a mo-l ardent boosters, was paper advertising, was discussed, but

action deferred. Director Chapman reported the sale ol old lumber from | tbe boardwalk, amounting to *225.

among Sunday ’s

visitors, and despite e to his collage, re-

market that "it might be worse." Mrs. Thomas is. Hargcsheinier :ind son i it us. h., Jr., of Philadelphia, were Nuuday visitors. Mrs. Hargcabelmer is a daughter of Mrs. Grafely, a well

known cottager here.

To right's the night for the Parent-

Teacher house. The of stunts by a nance. A :

vided.

Mrs. Janie len and then vr. all ot Phi cottagers bet and Sunday, tract for Un collage, on t. lered storm Word has i of Mrs L. N. J. Mrs. i Albert Air be for many yea vialtor here. Bergen achoi ail school Ua at her death, needay, Janu Dame Hue cnee Way, tc France, will next April, t Uce. Young war record, i •he army it i Hla father. 1 affirms nor d

1 the school dea a series followed by ectra Is pros. John Gal- . John Manwell known re Saturday at the < on-

uf the death Union Hill, ster of Mrs. e City, and

summer

u the North years, and t half mast eu on ki ed „ Dr. C')aree years In a Isle City le his pracan enviable -euros from ik of H- un. ay. nii'Tier

or, but d

■ay that ha exj-vcled Clarence back

Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Rupp an ', daughter. Mis* Alveda. of Glenside, well known cottagers here. Slave left for a stay ir. Cuba. Returning they will spend some time in Florida.

Tbe Boy Scouts of St. Joseph’a Chur ^ Sea Lie City, twenty ia aumeaded by Scout Muster. John Braca. went to work ou Pearl Street Monday, to clean up the siorm damage- anu wreckage. The services of the Scouts was offered to the City by Monsignor Pozzi, and at the hi cling of the City Commissioners on Monday, the offer was no sooner uct-epied by Director .of Highways Chapman, and the Commissioner, than the Scouts trooped in. awaiUng orders. The youths went about their setl-im-posed ts«k rheerfnlly, nnd exhibilirig remarkable organization for the comparatively short time they have been

drilling.

The Commissioners vot.-d their thanks to the Scouts, who on the time of the city's greatest need for labor in caning up the storm debris, volunteered their services, without pay. The Scouts will he kt-;>t at work, under Director Chapman's supervision, every afierroon until Uie city look* its normal self once more. MILLVILLE TRIBE MEET SOUTH SEAVILLE WARRIORS

MICKIE SAYS

'DONf MCMEtt TUROVM TU‘ PAVER, j OOVPM 'N SAN.VgjTMtN’ W W PAPSa ’tbDAHl ALU FILLED 'MVtV* AD*'." MIW-LfVitMv ADS 1% "WE MOST V) ALU ABLE PEAOIM THEN t% >. AUO BESIDES. tf Tf \M06NT FEA TVf ADdE(cr\»\MO,\M^D BE OS JOCD TO OVAQCrE NA LOTS NSOOE FEA TU' PAVcR. NESBfU

On haturday night, .lannary SI, Big Chief Psughbarn with 72Chief v arihir» and Braves ol Tuecoia Tribe, number 17fi, of Millville, trade 1 down to Booth r eaville, with one of the finest degi.e teams iu the stale. Tiiey gave the dHfereut degiees to a c'.aas of t'H palelace. After tliAbig noise wr.» over the horel Chiefs trailed tliem down to the main floor, wheie four long tables were loaded down witli kraut and irankfuitets, coffee, cake, and ice cream. After Unbig eats, songs, gnarh-ttes, and Jig dancing were enjoyed,.which left everyone in good humor for tin lung trailiK-

Prelector Stone at Court House

Professor fi. K. btone, formerly principal of Uie Baron de ilirsch Agricultural School, of Woodbiue, baa been appointed superintendent of agriculture in the Cajt- May County Vocational School. He succeeds S. D. Einstein, who lias held tbe position for the past two years. Cap-- May County and Atlantic County are the only two counties in the tilauUiat teach agriculture as a vocation

High Licenses af Wildwood

The new mercantile license ordinance

bat been passed by the Wildwood Commissioners. The license ior

tioneera selling real estate, advanced from $1UU to auctioneers Selling other merchandise than real estate pay l*2f>, same as heretofore, and Uie fee lor auction store* rod places win goods are regularly s-.id at auction i main* Uie same at V1U0. Newspaper publisher* and pnntre* have had their fee increased from Flu to and similar rath of increase has been applied to wholesale luauuiactumof ice cieam. Under the new schedu >-, bolUen brewed soft drinks musi pay a license of Flou, aud bultiei 'r agents or ir sentatives, selling or delivering brewed so t drinks, must also pay llvxi license. The fee for selling uruinaiy suit dunks remain at Fib sh hel _ Aviation The license fte for real estate agents

has hern increased Itutu $ib hi $£>,

attourneye engaged in renting real eslate lnii-1 also pay a lee of $2 >. The Jiuancr wnl tome up for final reading

on Thursday, February l«th.

A surprise party wa- . t areuce Masone, at l.-i Tuesday. Among those Mr. and Mrs Win. 8L-H. Mrs. M. M. Sofrouey, Mr. tnei PeUirsnu, Mr. an-1 M Maznne, Miss Rebecca t Y, ilhelniina Coaniiss, Film Jr., Miss Madge Peterson, ties, John Mazurie.

r. aud j HT 6 - ra. FiJ-! Nutlan

ELP IN MAKING OUT

INCOME TAX RETURNS. S. M. ShellenKcr. of the Internal

will sit at the fallowing ». to assist in making w* May < M.-rehant« . c-b. U . Tape May Trust l ompany; Feb. ty Cos-t House. First

•hbl Bank: Ft-),. 19-20. On-ai n Fity Till* and Trust Com i. £114, WEdwood. Marin, tank; F'eb. 25-26. Wildwood Title and Treat Company , i uckahoe. Tucaaboe Na

’"HE STORM'S AFTERMATH. Woik is to be commenced at onci on the i •-construction ol the Sea lab City Ocean Pier. Dominie Cini, bead ot the Pier Company, was in town Sunday, ;u.d ihsuucud ConUacloi Stevens to repair the damage. The big plate glass window In the store of Louis Braca. on Ocean 41 cue, was blow n in by ihe high w in uunng last week's storm. Train service *0 Ocean City v. as resumed on T uesday mor ning, alter flv. uays cessaiion. The damage to the ocean Lily uranch ol the West Jerk. Was grenlvi than auywuere else along the line, with not only the Middle i'hurouguUie bridge damaged, but frequent washouts irom Sea Isle City to eorson's Inlet. Both Cot sou's loh-i and Townsend'j inlet tvcain U wire very litue At L'orsu;i a me only damage u was some :.ind nil washed out ol inlet nuthln ads. and one ol the ueatuy collages partly undermiu.-d. The alritude of U.e majority 01 ihe beach liohl cottage owners, who listed Sea Isle City last Sunday, and incc. has nei c optimislic. and whuliy heel! ul. consideriug tbe havoc vrought by the storm. The tbougbt wmed to be Uiat the resort got off ery easily compared with others all he way Ir im the New York - irginia eonst.

During each of the past three yoars t week has h.-en d.slgnated as VisitJits School* Week. Last year more hail thirty ihousand person* visited .he schooi^ during th.- week set aparl or this purpose. The week whit-ii U designated as Visit-tht-Schuuls Week this year is the one beginning Monday. February 16. It in hoped that a larg. atimh--- ol i>ersons will visit the schools this year than visited ih.-m last year. ' k comes at a time ol the fathers are not at busy as they aiv a', some other seasons, and

others, can visit

the

ml*.

School* Week is to i their school*, anc eats them *0 mu

isll to sc! quainted 1

lersl of VisU-tbe-11 crest the public nothing else in-

persona!

bools. They wfU bee.

g!!h the whai phy

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ippre-ciate *

eachcr at-d their re-ca: ter importance will be it vill pay the school tax—

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ZTfffS OFFICE

! vL/ is the place to have

your printing done, no

I Thomas F\ P.eUly. o, Bala, was _ _ u priiiua, mm nuu, ■ ,r •“ *“*w. •*« matter what kind ft niay'be.

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melts away and the uirda and bowers usher in the busy Spring and uie "good old summer time." But thanks be to the powers real rule lor things are not what they seem to bo, lur wbile w e seem to be in nn« slate ox lethargy, there are whip* p—«ing .u ihe night and live wires at work, unu Uie nisi and best ol which 1* our Free Pumie Library. Our city may cougtaiuhue useii upon having it in us midst ot neuwucs. Do y ou roaden reauy know that w u have a tree library iu our tow 11 and u eoiuplele one at reai: \te are sure you do, but we w an', you to know more about 1L It ia now just suuung out ou Us huh year and with the help ami to-uperauon ot our towusmen and visitors u is hoped that the pieseut year will be by far us btigbtest and best year. The LF oiury is pieasaniiy located in a large, waiin, wt-u venuiaieu room on the aeo- ■ nu uoor oi our Lily Hail, with a com* ivous, w eil-iniurmed librarian In charge. 11.e Library is open from 6^0 to 8 dock every Tuesday and Friday evemug. un iu shelves are encyclopeis of several kinds, text and refer:c- books and over hvc- hundred hooka hCUCh. Xlagnyiyi— and p-i-*—q.caif oi which have been generouaty donated irom vurious sources, aside from Ibis the Free Library i limirgmai/m qJ •New Jersey sends in cases of fifty book* tv.ui ot the beat books irom the an. amnors, wmc-n are interchangone at any tune. The membership ia entirely free to rdeuis oua properly own ere, »nrt >u are coruuUiy invited to come, see >u join, u you are a business nmn^ nuusewue, a mechanic or engineer, iu can h. d the book you wanL If ■u are- incurably ruimuiuc y6u will unu .ore- stones oi aii kinds. It you ue u ooy or girl you too have equal ignis to the library. Come all lm< >uur hobbies stabled in our 11-

Mary.

Lust year there was made 25CJ loans 'f books, hut hope mat It may only be i drop Hi a bucket compa. .d with »be omlng year.

A book club is funning at the library lor the purpose of securing mo latest and best reading matter. Tho '» ore 25 cenb per name, payable the 15th oi each manth na «.■ the club shali lose 4>ch w m supplied with a new book of flcuon o dtart fko dulc-s and a aerial number nulling them to a book of '*»>»■ own chalco and when read by all ths club members the book becomea tbe property of the Sea Isle City Free 14brary. Msmberauip open to all Tho desire to Jc in.

TOWNSEND'S INLET. fc Jt i» with dtepeet sympathy the members of the Ladies' Aid Society, of Townsend's Inlet, record Uie ta t death of Mrs. David Lennox, of Tcwueend’i 'n'et. X. J., who passed away in Philadelphia, January 17th, 1929. A number of the luetnoars of the Bociriy. who live in the City, attended the ral her vice*. Lei body was taken to parent's home, at (.'offieville, K .nfor burial, and was accompanied by bri busbaud and father. a. Lennox's kind and genial manson for ber a host of friend* and can bin feel they nave lost a friend indeed. She is survived by her husband and a lilUe sun and our hearts go out in deepest sympathy to those who are left to mourn ber lost.

Mrs. Henry Brook*, accompanied by Mrs. John Dennett, of Philadelphia, wu> n visitor on Sunday locking after b.>r preparty Intareate.