Cape May County Time;

Vol. XXXV No. 8.

CAPE MAY COUNTY (Sea Isle Cm P.O.), N. J., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1920

5 CErrrs a copy, fi.50 a Yeah

« m NOJES OF THEM WEEK •,OTF» AND GLEANINGS OF A PERSONAL CHARACTER; LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT folks you know gathered in THE CIRCUIT OF THE CITY.

these stormy days yod ,.I» RUBBER BOOTS February Vanb are Bionnv montba, and It an., an oul-of-doors man you will .,^1 boots We have ’em. In l«i>~e y-nety ol sites and standard makes, hubber overshoes for thoie who only n«-ed go out occasionally. Goodyear I .ami. Try t pair of army shoes for od looks and hard wear. I’FEIF-

•KRf: BOULEVARD STORE. Sea Isle How the ladfcs bav

ity - -adv.

BOY SCOUTS STILL BUSY ON STREETS)

The Boy ScocU of St. Joseph> Chorch are still spending their aiternoona working on the City Street*. On Tuesday afternoon the work of Pearl Streets was completed, uiid the street restored to iu pre-storm condition. On Lincoln's Birthday the troop, headed by Scoutmaster Braes, marched through the street* and extended greetings to the various business bouse*

and men through the town.

Commendation of tire scent movement is universal, and the work the

boys are doing deserves it.

TAXPAYERS WANT JETTY PROTECTION

PUBLIC MEETING ON SATURDAY NIGHT DEVELOPED VERY LIT-

TLE OPPOSITION TO PLAN

JETTYING OCEAN FRONT OF SEA ISLE CITY. COMMISSIONERS WILL GO AHEAD WITH WORK AS QUICKLY AS PORSI BLE; VISITING OTHER RESORTS FOR OBSERVATION OF EFFECT OF BEACH FRONT PROTECTION.

SPECIAL SALE OF STANDARD riKES—The prices of all standard tiret have advanced 25%. while they last, my entire stock of Miller, Ajax and Mlchlean Ure» will be sold at the eli icca; all mixes, all treads. If you i.eej Urea soon, BUY THEM NOW ,nd save 25% on the cost. MAZUJHES GARAGE and FORD SERVICE . ,-ATiON. Sea laia City.—adv. U. GARDEN THEATRE. SEA ISLE CITY. Now showing Ruth Roland, ui her latest screen success, the "Tlger’a Trail." A gripping, vital story, run ; serial form, every Saturday and •-unday night. Also a good comedy nu late Paibe Newi Admission, dulls 20c, children 11 .—adv. Be ihrifty If you wish to succeed. Have you a savings account in the Security Trust Co.. Cape May * SUCH GOOD CANDY; loose or in ’ ixes, as you prefer. Fitch Drug

mpany.— adr.

Mayer Fitch spent Thursday and Friday of last week in New York City on businew. returning on Friday nighL Make a dollar do a dollar's work.

started to do it

Is told In the editorial on page four. Lewi* K. Cheater entertained the Men's Club of the M. K. Church, Wednesday' evening. The usual good attendance made tin- affair a succ.-ssiui and enjoyable one. The pie-Lenten dance of the Moose u Tuesday night was the best success of the season. About $2U was cleared. This was the last afUir to be held un-

til after Easter.

The pen Rental season of Lent began on Wednesday oi line week, which wrs Ash Wednesday. The day was appri pnaleiy observed iu both the Lutheran and Catholic Churches. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Scbaal, of Philadelphia, well known summer cottagers here, are spending some time in i iorida, making a tour of the state. Among the places visited were Miami,

Opinion w;>8 almost unanimous, at i»* publir taxpayers' meeting at the

Isle City, on Baturdny Hid ami desirability of i al-.inK Uie beach front roro farther storro en Only one objection de

INTERCHURCH MEETING WILL BE HELD AT COURT HOUSE | li I.a* been tir.allv decided to bold the Cepe Mar County Programizing Conference in the Baptist Church at Cape May Court Honse on February 23rd at If o'clock in the morning This meeting is to take up the results of the recent Rural Survey, which was made bv men and womrn residing in j th* count’. These people have shown intents: in the survey and it is expected that the Conference will lie ell attended. The results of the snrey brought out the tact that 2-' 1 of the Rnral Churches in the comity

dead.

To tills meeting have been invited the ■misters of the conntv, one laruntm and one layman from each church (lie conntv, as well as Slate Seerelar Sunday School, Y. M. C. A. and Y. w. C. A., together with the e! leadrts of the various denominate ifrying on work in the countv. Dr. Warren II. Wilson, than wh •ere is no greater anthority on country church problems, will b* at the Conference and speak. There will also I present Dm. Brunner, Sc .-.in. and otlie who arc leaders in the Interrluircli

World Movement.

NEW MOTOR TRUCKS BIDS OPEN AT MEETING ON TUESDAY, AND FOUR THREE-TON NASH TRUCKS BOUGHT FOR ROAD WORK; RAISE SALARIES OF BRIDGE TENDERS; OTHER BUSINESS OF THE ROAD.

City Hall. S. night, on tb* building Jetti

protect 11

croachmeui«.

reloped.

(A Jetty is a kind of sea wall, usually built of two rows of pllinc and filled with stone, extending out from th beach into the ocean. The object is to break the force of the heavy seas during storms, and collect eand during

favorable tides and winds.)

The meeting v as opened by Mayoi .

Fitch, who stated the i. :non for whkh | Despite the !nclen < at weather on H was called, and imlted su*«w*Uons j Sunday in Philadelphia, the first *1 and arguments pro and con. on the ad i , ' ru F sIo t l carrl.-d 206 p

visablllty of building jetties, and the)Sion type need’-d. Mayor Fitch produced ; City, three pencil sketches of proposed jet-

ties. and passed them around.

EXCURSION ON SUNDAY WAS WELL PATRONIZED.

Harbor. Avalon and Sea lale

TIMES printing is QUALITY print- 1 1'alu. Beach and Rockledge. The high cost of living Is solved, and the ladies are doing it. See editorial

n page lour.

Clarence F. Schuck and wife, of 'hiladelphia, spent Saturday and Sunay here. V Schuck is private secretary to 5i.s. Selden Twitcbell, and epresented the Twitciiell interests at he taxpayers meeting in the City Hall •n Saturday night. Mrs. James Hagan, Mrs, L. J. Downey and Mrs. .J. Hardie, all Philadelphia, and for the summer ntf.s of S<a Isle City, were visiton

Posunaster Thomas E. Ludlaai. Jr.. o weeks’ business trip thru >.i Pennsylvania. He will return .r*t week. About • wenty-five numbers of the '■ak:' l" ib. which has a collage on the „ „ • front. were down on Sunday for

he day.

Thomas McCoy and wife, of PhUa-i-Iphia. were down on Sunday Mr McCoy p'-nns .o open a store here igaiu this season.

Fr,<d

the

C. Berlingir and daughter, of •iphia. were among the visitors unday. Mr. BerUnger will spend

.umroer here as usual.

John Raymond, of Philadelphia, a Minday visitor, renting an apartment or the season. Mr. Raymond will con duct one of the Excursion House storix this year. Missel Anna and Frances Busch, an.. Frank Busch and wife, of Philadelphia, were visitors on Sunday. Dvailau; tnemaelves of the opportunity .Horded by the first excursion. Walter Scoble. of Millville, the “pbono jo; h“ man was a visitor ou *1 day looking alter »Is local Lusluess, miking his first trip -n six weeks, due 1 to weather conditions.

e of the

the penuanei

Mr. Woodrow, a cottager of Paris I sured.

Street, was the first speaker, and he' quehtloned whether or not the jetties' MR. BRICK SERIOUSLY ILL Mould stay on the front If they were • put there. He cited that thirty years Claylau llaiue* Biick. President of ngo Jetties were put out along th*- the Cape May County Chamber of C

front, and to-day there Is no sign of metre, and well know, them. To this Mr. A. S. Steelman n- Real Estate operator, is plied that the "Jetties" he referred tc’hla home, sufiering fn were not Jetties at all. but were drive-1 pneumonia. Mr. Brick i ways to the beach, constructed of mud 1 on Tim red ay of lust

Cbas. H. Clouting was the

Ocean City ionsly ill at i bronchial i taken sick

diepnind of, bnt it u

■ek, looking at the storm damage and calliiig on mends, from here the party went to Ocean City, thence to Atlantic and return to their i^usker

City domiciles.

NEW HOME FOR BOARD OF TPAOE

Mr. C. B. Smith. District Manager oi the Delaware and Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph Company, has enlvied into an agreement with the Ocean City Board of Trade for the use of the second Ilooi of me Massey and Edwards building whereby th# Telephone Company

and the Board of Trade joint office there May 1st.

speaker, and he pressed home the now thought tl.at the dangi

need for some term of prelection, and, i a*=ed. stated that he oelieved that Jetties,

were the only salvation far the proper- jutles held what sand had collected ty a ] 0 ng Uh* fron “Fines I came t aring the past two years. The light here thirty years sso.” he eaid, "three. house at Atlantic City was threatened

quarters of the beach has washed out v. h destruction thirty years ago. he the heavy north-cast storms, and-raid, and to-day there arc two squares we must either move the ocean front : of housi-s built to the ocean side of it, keep the ocean out JetUes saved due to the jetties that were put out

the north end of Atlantic City when at that time.

it was worse ofl by tar than Sea Isle The idea of the r.«cd oi Jetties havCity is. and I believe, it can and will 1 Ing become pretty well fixed by this do the same for us." Ills suggestion time, the balance of the meeting was was to have Jetties placed at the 1 devoted to dlacusalons of the kind of street ends of every other street. ' jetties, the manner in which they Edward B. Arrv-tt then staled that j should be plac-d, the number that he believed there was no “and to draw should be built, and the probable from even If the Jetties were pul out. Mr. Arnett estimated that it would and Uiis was answered by PmsfitimUeiroat 11000 for each jetty, with the Montagna, who stated tha. there were! stone given gratis. At ti ls Juncture, ill open a two great bars ol sand, well known to Mr F. B. Sharp voiced hi. objections I the fishermen, just off the shore and to the Jeltj idea, stating that thi

The meeting of the Cape .May County Board of Chuseu Freeholder, at Cape May Court House, ou Tuesday of the .ongest sessions held in many moons, adjournment was not taken til nearly five o’clock. The most itiiporta‘>t business of the .lertiug was the pnrcliase of four threeon auto trucks, of Nash type, at a cost if $3883.67 each. Th-re were folly s dozen bidders on the truck*, representing all makes and styles ol trucks, ami alter a conference the Board seitlrd ■ou the Na-h as heal suited to tht ; ; the 0 nnty f-.i t;.t lo^J *oik for which Uie new trucks are intended. This type of truck was used by the United States government iu Mexico France, and withstood the severe cork equally well with i pensive trucks. Tiffen trucks, of which the conutr now owns two, weie otfered for FTSlo.W, while the other nearest bid to the Nash was the “Seldon

83150.00

Fierpont and Brown, of Wildwood, were awarded the closed sedan-type cat for the use oi the Road Supervisor, the Board ordering a Tve-passenger Studebaker, at a cost of $2700. A Ford Sedan was sleo purchased Focer ana McCray, Cape May, at a cost ol $fi37.7d ■or use of the Supervisor's department. The anto tracks and the passenger care were purchased in line with the ; patrol system hich u u. launder Supervisor McLiuden. Under this ->)*lem, tracks will U kept ■ ployed in each district iu the County, a m constant patrol will be mode of th’? roads and repairs made os soon as needed, so that they will lx kept in the best possible condition. Freeholder Camp reported that the Avalon to Stone Harbor Road (Third was very badly washed by the storm, the gravel being cleaned off for t he three miles, arid one stretch of 2UU leet wasiied f uiiy seventeen inches deep. A million then prevailed that the Road E..pervisor make a surrey of Uie Comity Roads, and report the storm damage, with the probable cost of pairs, at tb> next meeting. The wage of the bridge tenders Uiroughoul the county will be increased on March brat as fui una . Uu the Wildwood budge, incieased to $75 pci month: ou i .e Ocean City bridges, $65; Sea Isle City district $5‘>; and Cape

May $50.

OCEAN VIEW.

Mr. and Mrs. Griffith Gandy rpent Monday in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. .uihur button and son Ralph, of Stone Harbor, visited her mother. Mrs. Lydia Howe.' Mrs. Lincoln Way and two children are spending some time In Philadelphia. . Mr. Herman Diamond Is having his old barn turn down and having a new built, Lucien Eddie and Leonard utility doing the work. iu Mrs. Harry Duwnani are opeumug the w inter in Merrill. Fla. Mr. ana Mrs. diaries Coe tie spendjig cue winter in fhitaneiplua. Mis. Anthony Cauuso and slslen, tua and KuUi. were Sea Isle City via-

■wrs duiuroay.

Mr. j tarry McCullough Is visiting nr. Elmer Cox and latnlly. Mr. Ruben Whittaker i* visiting In

auauiic L«ly.

Miss Hoioihy Howell was an ocean dij visitor ou Saturuay. jir. \v amun Barber, ol I hiladclphia, spent sane with ms sitter. Mm.

t-aincr Lioj*..

mis. 1 rank Uuxhnell, ol Philadelphia, it, v miung Mr. and Mis. F'ranibee

Mr. Lincoln Way is visiting In Philwueipma over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Thompson, of Aurnsiuwn. are visiting Mr. TUotnpaou a tit.cr, Mrs. F urman Downotn. -. Miuioru Beam was in town botatr. Chart. Bolnnu- t'^^•. relumed hums -»wr speuuing three mouths In Alacarpeulers are very busy . ost uuiking in bea isle City imiying te by the recent

. John Nicholas recently sold his uuu to a Philadelphia lumber

Miss Eva Tulner, ol Philadelphia, ■.cut me week-end with her mother.

STONE HARBOR.

Albert Aniherg was a visitor on .:.uraui, and FYiday of last week, loo kin.; after bis beach iron! property. Mr. ... H-rg will return, with his lataUy, Ei abou< six week*, ta re-open his

pi otc- raphic studio.

it.e host of friends, both local and * lii aUelphla, Mra J J- bmuh, a oi.ager here tor mueieen years, were I _ •hockc d to learn ol the death of her f dan,'., r. Mae, on January 31«L J usl j j

day' tollowing thej

James Godfrey, foreman o

si day:, coming prompuy lietber their Apartments

j lind t

Stone Harbor lias had

Tliis arrangement will enable the this sand would wash in with favora- beach would wash. Jetty or no J< uy. i ^an usual, owing to the Boatd of Trade to establish an Infor-jble Uoes. md that be was opposed to building » r - >l '’" v ln * msttoii and Publicity Bureau, and | Chas. It. Hahn, c bea<h front prop- them. Hir oh lection v.-. a., only om-" 1 ,1 ''' ^oit Harbor Ap

rome one will be iu charge daring the. er ty owner, staled that he had observ- made.

husiieas hours ol the day. (c-d that the beach is getting gradually , Freeholder Theodore E. DeBow,

— ’ i lower, and that he was in favor of any j owner of beach front property, sag- ''ad floaPil n the c-iai.uel or cul to

form of protection that could be plac- gested that the Jetties be placid out al ‘'* “vie -““i i Arati ,

„ .... VX c-n Hi.arrlaalk work the front. only forty f« Land as the beach made '• u,er P ropt

HU.1' .-a. cbji Jr „ kcJ v Jauin b- . Jl, O.o

V. I.l. City. K. J. Apply to Evl ,..H .bom U.e .sUtlw; Jetty .■I'oi.a.A , bru.h net ,ork on Hie m- el'Rhi.

Su.Snne«. S. J.. « »!« Fomo. Streol. nod b- e.a.ed U,., ofl. Pre»n, vo „U. ,o • ben bo . bo> bl. fiber bed 'be ..„d ... I. ,..b.A ,n i iu , „ cured special legulathm whereby a , Robert 1. Slovens and W. M. Stru.h- j ***» « ^ f company could be fonn.il to erect jet.;-™, both owner- of beach from , ' < IJ “* ‘ ' l; *“

lies for the protecUnn of the bi-ach stated that Jetties were, to their mind, i

front, and that such a company had ’ what w as need.d tn^n organised and the jetty buOL it'an 11 t h *t t }, e 1 was the intention then. !)■ s.iid. that a!should make a tot

WOODBINE.

The Levenson family deeply regret ie to,-;, ol ineir uaughur, Mrs. Blone, uo pusiM-u away at the Howard Uuapilul, l-hiiaueiphia, last Muhtlay nighfhe houy was brought Tuesday evening auu hurled uu VVeunuoday, - returned from Philadeiphiu with inteuuuus oi remaining

the summer.

. Uiutman spent a lew. boon at cuuit House uu baiurduy. .1 meeting oi the Board of Education w as heid at the Central Bchoo 1 building Aionuay cvenmg, Air. £>. hiuger was home on a short

iiaiL

day.

1 Alls,

Bevy and brother, of • isitors here ou Sna-

. Adolph

MICXIE sirs

i protect the iront,: 1501111>r ’ Hainere have sojourned here iv Commissionera 10 '*•' tl,e a,ld doubtless would it Investigation to liave surprised, hsd tiie train been

arrs. Cutler lelt for Philadelphia i unumy alveiuoou. .ui.t.- V-. liubehUeld look her oso-t •rip to 1 hiiadcipuia lust Saturday. •Mayor i-aui-uwiu returned Monday .ram his business trip u> Uie city. aa euti-nauunenl and dance will be given by the N. J. R. club, Friday evi uni-:. .Vh, 27. at the Lyric Theatre. -Mi.-.. Kraviix djui oi pneumoitia at ncr son’s hom- iu Reading, last Thuraua>. it ml buried here at noon. Sunday. .vl;. atrack is slowly recovering from an illness and hopes to continue teach-

ing soon.

Miss U. Smiles spent the week-end in Philadelpnia. Mr. L. Uoldms i returned to his j home iu Norristown last week. Want to cut down the cost of UvingT You cam Others have pledged to do 1L See editorial ou page four.

ueatb of Dorothy, anut

r daughter.

■ the

jetties : 1

The entenainrunt. unde

pices ol the Pareut-Teacher's Assocralon, at the school house on Friday night of last week, proved a success Irub: very point of view, though the shew . htch was Intended to he staged

was water-logged by toe stor

didn't come off. In Us stead a very acceptable skit was put on by Elinor Peter-on, Elizabeth *Vood aud Pearl Wood. The playlet dealt «fth the w-•onit d wife and cb< «-ild of one stern Judge who afterward* relented and took hu. sorrowing w fe back to the uo»um of his home and famUy oh Cbristmav eve. alh-r she bad been shot by a bold, bad burglar, whom the Judge had sentenced to Jail year* previous to the tune the action of the play took place. This was followed by ibe "Amatvires”, three tn number, on two of whom the cartaln was rung down, and the third. Reward Stevens, awarded the prize. A song by Elizabeth Wool, was well received The entertainment »»* followed by a

dance A'a^ ut $50 was netted.

nunibe. would come into the company j c ' -r and share the ezpeiise ol building Jet- i have ‘ties ah along the front, but that ti ■ father had paid for the one ..jell

which still stand*. In this

jtion he stated th" hi* father (the 'ate Chas. K. Landis. Sr founder of

«iM.Cti5).hiid«»lf.W"cta»»Mp MtF

• iirtiland to studv rhe forms of nro-i^TStems in use.)

s and see v

■plislied. and decide on

vhlch type to "se bare. (Acting on las suggestion, the Cummissioners are ‘Pending today. Friday, in Wildwood »nd Slone Harbor, and will go to Ocean City and Atlantic City on Sat-

o find the

, had tlie train beer ’ll j

tliret Yacht Itasii.* ■ (I ^ t

he Bang-low Colony j Ji i| with huge cakes oi ' ■-

Street to the

» ne seen.ing ocean ice fioatinc seaward.

JJarry Littls and Andrew Brown of 3rd Avenue, come lighting hi to lain a survey and they would have beer humec a iitue more ratiier than mist seeing one of the residents from tin upper end row down 3rd ivrinu- pi i)..

SPRING IS COMING, and a tonic needed. Ask u*—wo have 1L FTtCh | Drug Camp any-—adr,

; Stone Harbor

wy an v n on Sunday, ly during our

and Mrs. Lloyd .Seaman left last f'*r Pieasantville, N. J., to -gain

in a j take up hi* work, wbirb was interrupt-

*- | \HB k.nd of pctstlai ibaf I per* dividewds b tbs kind 1

uaos. Th# quality of your business Is ofles Jodgcu t lbs quality of yonr (aiioaery — iufsHor printing gives an ; lioprsssion of cltesrosss thst , it Wd to overcome, »hils good printing carrisswlrt, il a detirx' Usuggettioaofqekicy. • 'A'# prod. — only QoaHt* tj Printw. u '..«lb#ryoo e snl en issxpentive Itsrdbill or r lotcrbssJ in colon, il w order it from us you will I sure at getting good work. Wo hers the cquipmset sod the "knew b tw" I bet nosh loos to get cat roeUy good printing—prieting tli-1 impresses teoplo with the good Uete of ils assn. That la (he only kind at printing the*

HOT OR COLD, as you

1 ■ T hermos. Filch Drug Company.—adv. • ed by hi* long and Berjoua illness.