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COmeLIDATED WITH TIE SEA ISLE CITY REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1918

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SEA mx CITY, CAPE KAY C

, IT3AY, OCTOBER 27, :

Five Cents a Copy—$1.50 a Ym

HEUSIHJTES or THE PeWEEK

AMD CLEABUGB « A ERSOXAL CHARACTER; sour POLES YOU DNW AID ISOS YOU SEE, GATHERED Tire CIRCUIT OF THE COT.

M NOW >• time to think of heat for the

winter

ner; If jrwi #Un to epeslarin wooi etoree at fl.SB will appeal.t6 n>u, and our parlor m from $»:7» np are real beau-

in 1 ^

iffer’B Botflerard Store.

6»-lt.

»RD WOOD. Ilfl.OO PBH CORD rered. cot to stove lengths; leave orders at Pfeiffer'* Boulevard U or drop a card to RAYMOND ZARTH. Oeeaa View.—advertleeU SS-lt-” ■ CHECKING ACCOUNT

h the Security Trust Co.. Ospe •Y8TES8 —MAURICE RIVER ee are deUdoae now; take home a rled; we serve ‘am any style.

CHAMBER OF OOHKERGE WILL PLACE ROAD £

l Oifamj

fine, elx-horeepower; now in daily

Sand Ipfl

The Sea Ue CUj Chamber of <h*n■roe amt in the Cltf Hall on Tuesday evening, with President Boeder in the Chair and Secretary Ludlam at his poet A resolution wsa adopted pledging the support of the Chamber and tti members to the hew bank. The Public Improvement Committee was directed to enter a protest with the Board of Freeholders at the condition of Landis avenue, which it a county owned .oad.'and which recently developed some bad holee. The important business of the evening was the motion to place conspldous road sign* reeding '•Short Road to Atlantic City and Ocean City by way of tea Isle City” on all roads south of tb-.' Sea Isle City Turnpike, and signs at Thirty-fourth street and Fifty-fifth street. Ocean City, directing motorists through Sea Isle City by the Corson’s Inlet Bridge. President Boeder announced the following committee appointments,

the first

seek csss; Ways and E- Ludlam. Jr* Earl M. Wsddlngton Edward B. Arnett. William Buckley aad Gostev Morn hi awe*; Membership. James MeDerttt. M. M. Sofrouey aad Maurice Feldman; Railroad aai Transportation. Irving Fitch aad WUUem Haffert; Literature aad Advertising. C. W. Travis. John Maher aad M. M. Sofroney; City Improvement, Edward B. Arnett, Gustav Croneeker aad Herman Diamond. { .The nest meeting win be or the Tuesday in November, and be-

The Sea Isle City M. . E. Church was bright with flowers and filled with an enthusiastic company Af teachers and scholars from the various Sunday Schools of Cape May County on Tuesday morning, whm the Cope May County Sunday School Convention called to order at fi:4S. A spirited song service was conducted by the k pastor. Rev. Franklin Bowed, who welcomed the assemblage in the name of the Church. Mrs. A. W. Miller was at the organ. Rev. Kart Reamer, c." Avalon, offered prayer. Honorable Gilbert 8. Smith. Mayor of of the

UK ICE- RIVER COVTL, ALon hand. Family rad* a Mrs. Harry Jacobi. Sea City.—advertisement Ifi-tf. NONE SUCH GOOD PEANUTS AS m at BRAGA’S.—

of the

in town Mon-

drive to enlist every property owae as s member, will be Inaugurated.

PEOPLE’S MAR YET COUP AMY ARE EZCURfiOX HOUSE BUYERS

Atiaatfr City Concern 7 .. Batch Frant Rsspezlp aaAMaka

The agreement of sale on the purchase of the Excursion House, on the boardwalk. Sea Isle City, the deal for which was made last week, was corded in the County Clerk’s Offics this week, and shows the purchasers

and Mrs. Clinton Hoffman aad to be the People’s Market Company. . wlUl u-r of Atlantic City. Jullu. Lichten-

stein to President of this concern, aad his brother Harry, to Secretary. It d understood that the brothers have In mind extensive Improvements to the baiUing ae anon as the

TATI, fffnikfi VIST BUMROI

a nemvsuen Ospe Miff Foraut. No. It. Tell Cedars of Lnhaoon. tod by Robert Werpoot. Grand Tail.

——— of Wildwood, and Mayor Warren Mrs William C. Attemua. *“ Han a. of Woet Wildwood, attended •delphla on Sunday. , h< Urgmt gathering of Tall Cedars Milam and hto mother, for the current year, at Ertdgeton. ae Boulevard, are enjoying a vo- Tnendny evening. Tito eer^ioolal. m trip through Pennsylvania and which had been planned for months. York. attracted delegations from each For-

set In South Jersey.

York.

Man Coffin and WOHnn Cooper

Mr. Coffin plans

- down

■bring.

hto boose on Pearl street

XSGDrc HEEDED A DSHX

tofmnor aad Mrs. Archer went to The rush of a wild engine through (wood for the week-end. taking the quiet precincts of ths Stone Har- ► Mrs Arebnr-s brother, Master bor Branch on Wednesday set every 'in Tbompeoa. on* to*wondering It teems the big r. GaonreGardner end Mrs. a ! feitow n^d^l • irtnk and earn, all own^T^nL^ w^ to war bach to Sm UV. CMy .o ^

.. ■ -_i n . in iime to take the 1:44

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' .uw, Mn. lUntf. .. p-, ..a. .» ►«»«

a. W*. K. Buck, wbe hM ^ „ 1U

•ith her daaghtev, Mrs. Harold rro,n

HHiami

COHTEHTIOH OF SUHDAY SCHOOL WORKERS OF CAPE MAY 00UMTY HELD IK SEA ISLE COT oi TUESDAY; UDORSE HUYSEH FOR 8EXAT0R RUHYOH FOR GOVERNOR At CLOSE or

; FREHKtoATOR AHi

lag so many of the Sunday School workers of the County. Mrs. Harry T. Hughes reported tor the Primary Department that eight

The Missionary report of Mrs. Sidney Goto. Chalrmar*. JS.fitT.t4 aa the total Mtosioaary contribution of the County. Mias Altos Haddaa. State Secretary of Children's Work, gave as addraas on -Wo Called Little Thlags.” which contained muck food tor thought. fe«v. Charles If. Haines, of thb Court House Baptist Church, made one of hto Inspiring addressee. Mr. Haines has aa underlying current of bamor that enlivens hie remarks which are. after all. essentially sertou aad spiritual. Chaeacter buUdiag iacluded. according to the weaker. purity, high ideals, endurance, enthusiasm, cheerfulness and spirit-

CHAMPION SIAYS STOHY Of COCKY ROAD a COMMUXICATIOH TO THIS

XT ff SPARER, MAYOR OF OCEAH JOT REMOVES THE ROCKS FROM ZEE “ROCKY ROAD TO

TIOX GAMARDS.

BIG CELEB RATIOS WHEN THE PIKE

Atlantic City Flam Big Time on November 4th to Mark Opening of White Hone Pike

HAPPENINGS OF WEEK

Atlantic City will be represented by S00 automobilea in the big parade on November 4th, marking the completion of the paving of the Wulte j Horae pike.

DUBUX;” REFUTES PRE-ELEC-1 In a letter ^ the white Horae Pike

Celebration Committee, Harry F. Ewan, secretary of the Atlantic City

iy> the Editor I Chamber of Commerce, announces It -111 b. nulled lbet. lew d— lt ■ , erumemebte ere bepre.lone to tbe reeeot prtiuit-. eer- “ Pwrtlelpete lo tie eele-

taln pelwne tbousbt It loeombeot bratlon .

upon them to have printed and die- Included among the shore business trlbuted, a number of posters and and ciT ic associations in line will be | other literature, under the title, "The lh « Chamber of Commerce. Rotary Rocky Road to Dublin.” The poet- Club. Kiwanls Club. Lions Club, Auadorned by a "cut” of the tomoblle AaeociaUon. the Automobile J bridge bum by me at Corson’s Inlet. Trade* AaeociaUon. and Hotelmen’e' The purpoee of the literature was Association. All of these associations of course very evident. It was an have or will appoint committees to | attempt to discredit me, in the erti- co-opente with the city officials In □ration of the voters of Cape May completing arrangements. County, and cast a reflection either j Headed by the dty officials of Atupon my ability as a builder, or upon lanUc City, the delegation will leave my integrity as a man and a citiaen. the City Hall at ten o’clock in the If the first alternative to correct, morning and proceed to Camden for

and they aimed only to discredit me the parade.

as s builder, a sufficient answer is | Every branch of the Camden Counfurnlshed In a letter received from ty Chapter of the American Red Mr. Irving Fitch. Clerk to the Coun-' erase will be represented In the «noty Board of Freeholders, which reads tor run to Hammonton and return, as follows: «

September 22. 1921. OCEAH CITY PROGRESSIVE

Hon. Joseph G. Champion. Mayor. ^ 1 sjwwa*oo*tx. * «an City, N. J. | LEAGUE BUYS HOTEL

In reference to having seen a pho- j

tograph of Corson’s Inlet Bridge pic-'

luring a depression which I under- m 1B, * e

HAPPENINGS OUT OF THE ORDINARY THROUGHOUT CAFE MAY COUNTY, CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING — ITEMS GLEANS) FROM THE HIGHWAYS AID BYWAYS, OF THE COUNTY’S RESORTS AND MAINLAND.

D. I

i to rWt her daughu

The rMignsiioB of Elmer L. Fetormi/r X . » blrh toh«e effer* U>morn>». October termliistoe a bueli

October .» tor».»»»— J. ft Gallon and her nieces. u „ ou , h , c b begs* «• «•**• ***“ and Eleanor, earns down Fri- ^, b-r-m* Ctork ef the ■•f the wMk-end Mr. Joeefih He leetae oe h-nday ■ Jolnad them oa Baturday. ^ (imJn , ,|, t <jui>. of hie F»»r.tuntod on Funday aftorftooa. ^ vUh ^, ( . r |* Eaet. Is a New - Ladies' Aid ep.nl throe dnys yort Hal- OrgeeiM'*®" "■g for serving atd ctoartng up „f . hoei of fries*' v> «he dinner and supper, eervad klDI Mix Wllhelmlns CedhU-JJ** • -toty fiundny Seheol Coeren- t>xn aypototod « •*?**”_* ' •Id In (*to M. E. Ctonroh «n tiro to Uum '■T. t| it- duitoe ol b*r office Mu« 'hwt ft NMta Mrs. Madffc. Mre day nwrnio* (V'eher IQtk

tore Anna Mnrot and Miss

• over from Ava-

a cow rhaeed aed

Ul gMtb 'h. other dey. Want

whee •• ^ ^

The Prcnldent appointed the following committees: Luther C. Ogden, Coleman F. Corson and Juttoon Corson on Nominations; Evsrett J. Jarrell end Bernard Tronnem as the Auditing Committee. Afternoon Seirion At noon a recess was taken. ' The Ladles' Aid of the Methodist Church nerved a hot roast beef dinner with accompaniments to which ample Jus-

tice was done.

Reports of officers and committee* were given in the afternoon. The Treasurer reported a balance in the Treasury of flfi.Ofi. Luther C. Ogden. of Cape Mar. resorted for the Committee on Nominations. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: President. Gilbert B. Bmltb; Vice-President. Everett J. Jarrell; Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. 8. H. JBsdieott; Recording Secretary. Edwin C. Miller; Bute ExecuUve Committee, B. J. Jarrell; Bute Nomination Committee. E. J. Jarrell; Children'* Division. Mrs. Harry T. Hughes; Young People's Division, Theodore W. Reeves; Adult Division, Bernard Tronnem; Administration. Luther C Ogden; Home Department. Mr*. Elltabetb Hwa.n; Education Committee. John H. Rose; Mtanlontryi Department. Mrs. Frank Biooks;! Teacher Training, Mrs. Alfred Cooper; Evangelism. Garner T. Hand; ! Temperance. Howard Sunton; Finance Committee. John W Mecray. C. N. Newkirk and Dr. Herbert LumThe First M. E Church. Wf Wildwood. through IU Sunday School Bup-rliiteudent. Harry M. Learning, invited the Convention for lfi22. The i invitation was accepted wtlh thanks. Three brilliant addresses occupied

th* afternoon.

Rev. Dr. C. O, Bosserman. of Cape M*y City, chuae "I'ntlmbered Mortar” a* hi* ■pedal part of th* general theme. "Building Ckaraetor.'' The Sunday School build, up ip faith, through the word of God, Lem than half 'b# children is tbe t'nlted Mate* am la the Bunday School. Ijuufcieg upon leal rurt ton as the mortar With eklcb we build. SM lu It that we build aoi vi|fr antoaipered ■uotof, tea 1 king without training or « proper eeoae of the relation betrrea rHigtuu* Inetructiou and nee-

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10 Air fitw is dujbt about (he rwiy HilllM Dultof Baud toaue. which t-torti up tor dedaion by the

TtBf Read the

The building con Ulna twenty-

that according: „ _ . ,

County Engineer to the Board an in-1 Tlie members of the Young Men s spection of said bridge was made by : Progreasi ve League h~ve purchased

wlth the TenEyck-Lorralne. a four-etory

holders Pfeiffer and Foster on March „„„ . 28. 1(22. and tbn following to an ab-1 lK>t#, b ** Ud ‘“* at “»• of MnUl ■tract from the report signed by R. ,lre * t “d Central avenue, aud wUl Fendall Smith, County Engineer; I utilise it aa a club house. “We fowl the water at low tide J Tbe purchase has been made from to be much deeper X the point of *et- the owner, w. w. Bailey, of St. Cement than in the draw way, in-1 Petersburg. Fla., and possession will ~ kiths channel «r tho daep- j be giver* April Yfi. Thd house to now of the same has lUftod to being conducted by Mre. W. O. the Northwest, and had undermined schwart*. of Ocean City,

the pOtof.”

Yours very truly,

IRVING PITCH. Clerk.

X have reaeon however to believe,, try. etc., end s Urge exchange, the that the picture of the bridge was Utter belag on the first floor, taken and printed, not so much to | It in planned by the league to m«k* call the attention of the public to the alteration* to the first and second subsidences which have since taken J floors for the use of the members of place, (because they knew as well as the organisation. The third and I what was the cause of such subel- fourth floors will be retained as denee), but rather to call attention sleeping quarters. to the drew, and by Inference create | ::

BRIDE ON BATURDAY, TO SCHOOL MONDAY

Mrs. Archibald Anderson, tbe II-year-old bride, who wsa married Baturday at Elkton, returned to her studies at High School. Wildwood, on Monday morning, with th* Intention

of flnUhlng her course.

Prior to her elopement she was Anna Todd, daughter of the real acute broker. G. Todd, for many yearn associated with Beecher-Kay Company. Anderson. ■ graduate of tbe aame school, won considerable reputation as an athlete. HU father wan

_ a former member of the Board of by snbetltuttng a wooden for a steel Education and two of hU sister: are

draw, did they realise they ware prac-

in the minds of the

public, that in substituting a wooden or a steel draw, I had. in pUln EnglUh, defrauded the Uxpayere, and

profited by the change.

Now I wonder did those persons realise, that In attempting to ^impeach me, they were impeaching tbe Board of Freeholders then in office,

lose servant I wssT

Did they realise that in accusing me of wrong-doing, they were also

accusing my employers T

Even if they only intended that the voters of Cape May County ehould believe that I had been shrewd enough to hoodwink the Board of Freeholders and the County Engineer.

ticaJly accusing these gentlemen either of criminal neglect of their 5-iy, or of utter iucompetoncy. Is Justice to myself, end In Justice to the gentUmen who constituted the County Boar of Freeholders at the time, all of whom I regard with the highest esteem. 1 feel It my duty to make public a clear state-

ment of the facto.

The bridge in question, it will be!

COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW OFFENDERS BEFORE JUDGE

Several offsndeni of the Compulsory Education Law were heard by Judge Eldredge, at Court House, on Wednesday. B. Fowler's child, of Eldors. was absent eleven days Mrs. Schenk, of El lor*, answered summons as being responsible for her

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.tructrt In .ccotd.nc, with VlhU. bl „ th . t , be „„

unuer tb* doc-

and spec ill cation*. furnlsr>e<i oy the 1 tor . B Cttre

County Engineer, end others werei . . _ .1— to, ,b. Ibtclfirt murtth. u r"'* 4 , ^

pulory Educatl'-n Law stating (be

lbs poUi-jwhirt. •# «

. edfUMtoi. |

■OCD aa 1 waa permitted to begin the

work.

It was not long however before w* diaoevet-eo, that owing to tb* embargo placed upon th* railroads by (he government. It was practically Impossible for me to get some of the material aft** tb* orders had been

placed.

lu particular was this true in the caa* of the draw which by tbe terms

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parent* of ehUJre'i absent from srhooi are liable to s fine or lup<lsonm4nt. He said that he <U£ not intend to be harsh but only (be dlresl necessity Is srri-ptahSe as an excuse for a pupi. cot belag prsoent at school. Upon the assurance of 'he children’s pare in*. that they would be more ovnetusl. Judge Eldredge dismissed the charge. It was their first violation.

t-iT You will enjoy reading or Keep In touch with the Jdai mKEETER. on Governor Edwards' Estate activity of Cape May County, j trip to Cap* May County. This ls-

Bee page six. ] sue. page four.

Treat (or Ahnihoose Inmates Wildwood Lodge of Odd Fellows, headed by P. L. Peterson and Freeholder Anderson, treated the Inmates it the County Home to an automobile trip on Sunday afternoon under the Supervision of Mra. L. Douglass. Matron. They toureU to Ocean City via Sea lale City, to Beealey's Point and then back through South Sea-

vUle.

Appeal for Fund* for Memorial Th* Cape May City Progressive League has issued an- appeal to all residents and property owners in Cape May Ctty for funds for the erection of an ''{.erlaatlng stone monument to commemorate and perpetuate the deeds of the young men of this town, that posterity may know what they have performed in the cause of human rights and for the inspiration of the coming generation.” Forty Yean an Engineer In honor of tbe completion of forty years' service as an engineer on tbe Pennsylvania Railroad, Jas. ML F. Bower waa tendered a surprise party by hto Mends and relatives at hla hope on East Andrews avenue, Wildwood, Monday evening. Bower has been running on the Wildwood branch elnre 1900. He to a prominent Mason, e member of Heretyrd Lodge. No. 177. and actively Identified with the Presbyterian Church, of

Wildwood.

I Alfred Taylor, one of the present [ Wildwood commissioners, maay years ego waa Bower's fireman. Boats Land Safely After Storm The last two of tbe seven fishing; boats which were caught in a thunderstorm and northwest gsle off the coast Monday, put In a: Cape May Tuesday with all hands safe. The other five arrived earlier. The last two boat* were etch manned by two mfin. Captain Hans Hansen and Jens Franadan In one, and George Nichols and Harry Peter-

sen In tbe other.

Hansen, whose home to at Jackamville, Florida, eald in thirty yerre of experience on the AUxntir and the Gulf of Mexico, he had never seen It blow herder then night before last. Hansen said they were twentyeight miles off shore when tbe storm broke. They were obliged to run nearly 200 miles at sea before they dared turn and face the gale. Ocean City Guards Celled Out Working on the Ocean City boardwalk near Eighth street on Monday, some mechanics were sure they saw the body of a woman floating on the esc about 1000 feet from tbe beach. They called the attention of Policeman Marpl* to their discovery and he notified police headquarters. House Captain 8. B. Scull notified the United Blatee Coast Guards at the Fourth

street station.'

The guards manned a boat end went In search of the body, but all they found was a large hamper basket. upside down. It was empty. They said they *aw nothing of a

body.

Four Millions is New Buildings Up to tbe middle of October, the value of tbe permits for new structures lu Ocean City from tbe first of January last was I2.10S.000. The value of the building permits Issued during all of 1921 by Inspector Smith was tl.341,000. which was a recordbreaker up to that time. Work waa started last week on tbe new ocean front hotel, the cost of which will be tl.000,000, and It I* eaperted that operations will atari within a few weeks on the new high school building on th* land between Fifth and Sixth atreeia and Oeeas and Atlantic avenues. This building. it has been estimated, will coat 1300.900. At thto ret*, the building permits wlU run above ll.000.000 thto year.