NUMBER SEVENTEEN

ape May County Ti

ocxan am omc*

SEA ISLE CITY, CAPE MAY COUNTY,. N. J., FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1923

Freed on Charge l School Bor Exoner-

Cases Postponed h having rocelvod atolthorford Baker, of Cape

3 man Jnat out

1 by Judge EUredge. House on Wedneathat last January a itolen from the Cape !, and the typewriter

o Baker. He al-

Jht It from a oedfll. not knowing that Baker freely confessed typewriter, and made

e evidently had i story, for he

May case was that

colored, charged _ id entering

■ Lewh, Cape I . I with forcibly en-

nt to Injure " J of the houee.

I guilty, and trial was . two weeks to give the l chance to get a law-

POUR SEASONS IN FOUR DAYS Saturday—Sunahlte and spring weather. Sunday—More sunshine and summer weether, thermometer registering about 70 degrees at Monday—More sunshine and autumn breeses. with the mercury scooting downward. Tuseday—B now. plen' - of ■now.- then hall and stiff, cold northeast winds. Four seasons all within »6 hours! Confound the groundhog; next time be sUcks up his head on a sunshiny day. hope be choke*.

The Tick-Tack The Rosin String Appeal in Letter to the TIMES for Recreation Centre Should be

Intent I

NO MORE BEABINQ STEAM TRAINS FOR SEA OLE New Gasoline “Bumt” Wffl Give Seteke Between Here and Tnehahoe Official* of the Reading Railroad made a trial run from Tuckahoe to -Sea Isle City on Monday In the new gasoil ne-drl«ea passenger eoach 'hlcta will. In the future, ply between the two points, displacing the earn train now In nee. The new "buggy" eeeta forty people cou-fortably. and has a com part- . - .. •-aggage. and

It would be

ment tor the driver, for

Will Hold Boys' Interest By William A. Haffert I wonder how many readers of the TIMES read the letter on the editorial page last week, under the heeding of "The Tick-Tack and the Rosin String"? In the rush of getting the edition last week In the malls on time. I simply glanced through this letter written by one of 8-a Isle City's boys, and O. K. d It for print, and It was not until after the paper was printed that I began to really seriously think shout It. In case you have not rvsd the letUr. here It Is again. If you have read it, read ti a second time. Perhaps the psthoe of ti—the appealwill strike you ms ti did me: Mr. Editor: _ „ Have you heard it? If you have you know how annoying ti

of not fulltT i

Ocean City trio. MarLydla Goddard and ▼ho "mixed ti up" last Goddard home. They

- ij Jail under f , of Ocean City,

„ ng a worthless i on the Ocean City Company, was freed r not to do ti arain. t Ocean City, entered f of Detach eg. stating

is understood that ti will be run as soon as the shed to accomodate It at Tuckahoe Is completed. It Is likely because of the reduced .pense of operating the new "him" greatly Improved service will be given In more frequent traits conaectlng to and from Philadelphia.

Many Pound Neb on Jersey Coast

i New Jemr Fish

f Mrs. Mae Irvin, of

1 Illegal operation of ras again brought up.

i has adjourned re-convene until De»n Isaac Bachaa Washington office of his secretary. Mr. b prompt handling of ~ trred to him. j ststoa that he will -t visits to Washington. 1 communications be a there. He also extatton to hie constitute of bis office when ■ Capitol City, and • that every courtesy 2 be extended.

SZSZ Furauba Great Fnh Supply

Prac-

No .otaer portion of American seacoast can now compete In the tm

portance of Its fisheries with that

part of New Jersey between r *"’* ware Bay and Bandy Hook, tfcally the entire fresh fish m

the Middle Atlantis States. In 4 he greet -metrepolitaa are* awbd New York. Is taken from the Atlantic ocean along these shores, while the commercial supply Is supplemented In season by the catches of hundreds of thousands of hook-and-llne

US FOR READERS

t courtesy ol

r of Con-

TIMES ..„J supply of vagWhile the supply « glad to dlstrlbuts cost u> our readarm. „. to the TIMES of -•t sond the children, be given to children —ithor . that i will be given i this year mads

continuing

A report of Protector James Stratton, of the Pish and Game Commission. covering the coast fisheries, ■bows the; ■ total of 1SI fish pounds . licensed In If 1» by this dapartL Of these huge fish traps. 114 In the Atlantic ocean and 41 ware In Raritan or Sandy Hook Bay. Greater restriction of sea-fishing

sa a means of conservation,

la now engaging the attention of state and federal Seta authorities, according to the New Jersey Pish and Gams Commission. A migratory fish law. drawn along the Unas of the migratory bird law. that would pro-

tect fish of certain species their natural spawning

You wanted to get “Old Reliable" out and do some damage, but don t do ti—you can't stop ti that way. It was caused by a gang of young .-oughnecka—but why are they roughnecks, mischief makers. parking on street corners, sad doing everything but that which Is respectable? Because there Isn't anything else for teem to do. There Isn't any amusement of any kind for them to enjoy. The young man’s by-word In San Isle is. “Gee. ain't this a dead town." and ti aura la. A hall could be acquired and a rude gymnasium erected to be opened two or three nights a week to the general public, and

In three inontha’ time when n Sea Isle City youth moves an aim you would not hear the bones crack. Do you want Sea lale City to h j progressive In the future? Do you realise that the, future of Sea Isle City depends upon Its youths? Can an under-exervH*d youth with stiff muscles and cracking joints develop Into a healthy

man? Can i

GENDER OF THE STORK That mythical old bird known as the Stork has been making considerable of a fuse arouitd here fately in more ways than one. Oar society reporter brings in an Item referring to the bird as n “he.” A couple of the editors, who don't know much shout society but have met the stork face to face, say the bird Isn't a "he” at tfL It's a "she." And there you are—with a probMm that has How Old Is Ann dlev nted. G e highbrow hurries to a dictions ▼ and come* back with a «owln.- face and the solution. He finds thi bird Is made two ways— has both genders, and'that either he or she is right. ; The poor simp doesn't take Into E nt that the kind of a stork discussion Is a mythical and doesn't lay eggs and *ii the pictures of storks that fire have seen made their deliveries With a market basket. This would duggest the female because males don't carry market baskets as a Who can set us right? Who Is fipfficiently familiar with tradition to tell us the sex of the stork?

OFFICE OF FARM DEMONSTRATOR MOVED The offices of the County Farm Demonstrator and the County Board of Taxation moved Thursday from tMi Court House to the Hoffmsn Building on Mechanic street. The vacated offices will be occupied by the Board of Freeholders after alterations.

County Tax Rate Slightly Reduced ^

SWAM ASHORE FROM RUM-RUNNER “COFICU” Sea Isle Man Escaped bv Swim min?

in lev Waters

Meeting in Court Rev - John B Adams, otherwise

known as Ocean Clty'e "Flying Par-

m ,son." admitted this week that one of West Wildwood Structure | „„ ben , tte c „ w tl .

: leged rum-smuggler "Coflcu” escaped by swimming ashore in the Iceclogged waters of the Atlantic ocean on the morning of Monday, Feb-

ruary 12th.

According to. Federal Prohibition Agent Adams, this fellow jumped Into the bitter cold waters off Corson's Inlet, and without much ado. struck out for the land opposite from which the Coast Guards were lying In wait

for the smugglers.

How he managed to escape amid the heavy ice floes In the waters Is not known, but he did. Reaching dry land, according to Prohibition Agent Adams, he walked dripping wet to Sea Isle City, a distance of

F. W. scowelre Co.. N. V. M.MO.OO “° re tb “ '° ur ml ‘“' , , , . D. Hann. W. Wildw'd 22,800.00 Faint from over-exertion and alMr. Hann. who is Mayor of West most froren. due to exposure, the Wildwood, being the lowest bidder, man. a fisherman, was taken 111 next the bid was accepted and the con- morning with pneumonia, and tbe tract ordered drawn. The building' Federal authoritlee realtilng that of this bridge wlU fill a demand of man escaped when Boatswain long standing on tbe part of the res- Richard Sutton discovered his clothes idents of West Wildwood, as ti Is 1 on the deck of the "Coflcu." instithe only entry way Inti that resort, j tuted a search and discovered him at

and the old bridge is in dangerous; Sea Isle City.

condition. * | Although Agent Adams has reDirector Kay presented the set of' fused to disclose hls name. It Is exrules under which the Board will pected that the man will be arrested

function. The rules were read by I within the next few days.

Clerk Fitch, and provide that the!

regular meetings of the Board shall be on the first and third Wednesday of each month, and that two mem- j hers shall be required for a quorum. The annual meetings are set for the! cond Tuesday in each January. ! The bad condition of certain Counroads was brought up and County Engineer R. Fendall Smith was dl-

Award Contract for New Bridge

Freeholders

House Wednesday Receive Bids For

Other Business of the Board

The Board of Chosen Freeholders met at Cape May Court House on Wednesday and disposed of much outlne business In the prompt and efficient manner that has marked the workings of the small Board since that body took offic£ last Jan-

uary.

Among tbe more important matters disposed of was the opening of bids for the construction of a new bridge across Sunset Lake, from Wildwood to West Wildwood. The

bidders were as follows;

H. H. Hoffman fi27.660.00 Sutton & Corson Co. 26,400.00 Carl R. Camp. Phila 26.177.22 R. J. Manfleld Co.. N. Y._. 24.fi41.00

Greis Named As Prosecutor

; engineer «. yenuan onuiu waa ui- I _ . . — . — . p._

Thneh Protest Was Filed Acainst' reeled to prepare plans and speclfl- i But AuDointment Has Rot Been uon-

csiions for the repair of Wildwood finned bv the Senate: Freeholder

Boulevard, for resurfacing the Roosevelt Boulevard. Ocean City, and the Goshen and Belleplaln roads. To facilitate road repair work, two

Badffet Because of Increase in Tax

Rate, the Rate is Lower

n unhealthy man run a

or town as It should be run? Can he stand the stress and stra>n of hls dally routine?

Then why not resolve NOW

that every boy that grows to manhood In Sea lale City will not be Justified In taring that the town did not do everything In Its power to encourage him to

keep healthy and straight? There's only one way—sports

and s gymnasium.

On# hour a week In a gym will make any man. as well as a boy. feel better at the b.-eafi-fast Uhls especially If he works

In su office. v

Now. men. 1 think this over. “My boy shall have gymnasium privilege* in Ses lale City.” I REPRESENT THE BOYS.

On the opening night of the Chautauqua last Friday. Dr. Llndatrom,

during J In bis address, touched on the very i. Is ad- j point that Issued as an appeal from

County Value $47,565,277 The tax rats In Cape May County, tor County purposes, will be lower this year by a few polnu than ti

waa last year.

ThU was brought out on Tuesday, when tbe County Tax Board fixed tba Ififi* tax rate at n!nety-sf ~

ited by many Interests. The fact > one of Sea Isle's youths a few hours that some of the shore fishers re- before hls lecture. You were probportsd fish so scare* last summer that ] ably there, and If you were, and If they did n«*» operate their pounds you had previously read the letter, has girt*' pramoterr of protectory you noticed how particularly fitting

laws another strong argument favor of the proposed measure .or conserving tbe publics seafood sup-

fitir.

FKR801AL8 ARE BUILDING OUR have a chance to buy t for your house and reduced prices; soon r Landis avenue store 1 store, and Ktuce our stock b i and see for yourself, rtment Stores. B TIME TO REPAIR I have a good stock of and heavy

, J. "Look for -L 4tf. OEST BUSIN rood bank. Security May. offer* yon Its ~r=t. U. FOR BALE; CUT TO fit stove or furnace; delivered. Lu . Sea Isle City.—adv.

have crsated another serious menace to ibe galling Industry, as well as endangering tbe pleasure of millions of visitors to Jersey sea coast resorts. This oil 1s driven by wind and wave Into tbe bays aad over tbe natural spawning grounds of tbs fish. Its action kills tbs eggs, which tbs fish deposit mostly on aquatic plants In ■hallow water and is **" ~ *

structlt, to fish fry.

The point Is what are WE doing to keep Sea lale City's youths—boys and girls—In Sea lale City? What Inducement have they to stay In what to them is a "dead old town." Have you ever thought how Utile there la to do In Ses Isis City In the winter tfene. (except get Into mischief) for those in the formative periods -* their lives— the future cltlxena hi I ness men and women, mothers and

fathers?

Why there Isn’t even a movie show

equally de-4 to amuse them. The whole list • of

and .re**, 'SSr. | g.

nun, luarenu •»«•«>«■• tlnba I cardj ■mown, cld.r.lt« and W»I

are co-operating In seeking federal to church, and restrictions of oil-burning stssmora '“

tbe rate was practically ninetyeight cents. The exact figures, li decimals (as used In working ou the rate) Is: This rear |.fi7686 last year M7fi62. Tnls rate is per one hundred dollars of asse

value.

When the Board of Freeholders, in January, adopted the tax budget for UJ3. there waa a storm of protest from one section of the County which regarded the amou of the budget as ruinous to the County, and placing a great tax burden upon Its people. In the light of Tuesday's figures this proves not to be the The total amount of net taxable valuations in the Coun# this year, upon which the tax rate Is based. Is $47,666,277.00. This Is an Incr over laat year cf six millions of dollars, tbe valuation In 1S22 being $41,671,626.00. Few counties. If any. In the state of New Jersey, anywhere near the rise of Cape May County, can boaat of a greater Jump In valuation* In ■ single year. ti Is confidently expected In quarters where the present small Board of Freeholders k.'Ce the unqualified confidence of taxpayers, that the County tax rate next ytsr will show a material drop, because of tbe continued rapid growth of the County, and tbe economical, wise expenditure of public money now being practiced.

GILL SPEAKS TO VETERANS AT COUNTY BALLY FRIDAY The Morgan Ranck Poet. American

Bill Killed

Passes Buck

Fordson tractors were voted for. one GomilUSSlOn

for use In Upper Township and the i other In Middle Township. A num-1

her of these tractors are now in use “7 Id the County, principally on the On Monday Governor Bllter subBtate roads. mltted the name of George R. Greis As an aftermath of the work done as Prosecutor of Cape May County, on the fill of Third avenue. Avalon. Senator Bright evidently is relucaeveral years ago, a claim was pre- tsal to approve this appointment and aented at Wednesday's meeting by u would cause little surprise If ti the Hill Dredging Compu . for 4t r , was rejected. There Is ■ possibility 3f 8.66. which ti was claimed waa 1 that if Greis does not receive tbe en■UU due them on their $23,000 con- dorsement that an sdlnterim term tract for the fill. Tbe matter, on wm result. An attorney will be semotlon of Director Kay. waa referred lected to fill this vacancy for one

to the Solicitor, for an opinion at 3

the next meeting.

A matter of general Interest to the County was a resolution providing that In the future no County road that has been hard-surfaced shall be opened for any purpose, such as laying sewers, water mains, etc., for a period of five years after the work was completed. A resolution was also adopted notifying the City of Cape May that the work on the hard-surfacing of Beach Drive In that resort would soon begin, and that all curbing must he In before this work Is commenced. Director Kay Introduced a resolution directing the Engineer to prepare maps, showing In colors all the County-owned and township-owned and State-owned roads In the Coun-

ty.

In routine matters tbe report of Sealer of Weights and Measures. Paul E. Carroll, was read, showing 431 Inspections made In February, with 18 adjustments, and one dealer In coal. M. Shapiro, of Woodbine, fined $10 for a weight law violation. Returns from the Almshouse for sale of farm products for February amounted to $34.60, and from the Surrogate's office the receipts turned In were $408.26. while the Sheriff returned $748.7$ for hls month's business.

these "amuse- American Legion last Friday evening,

menu" sometime* lag In Interest— Thf County Rally, as the affair Is .ad Hun con,,. Into".. U, "renin- »" “J chSin'’"','?,',”,' “J ,lrln, and llcl-ln,l" and wormn. rh. WM Tfc. trouble Id that ara are an apt pnreda throudb the town. TheWild to foiket that w# were once kids wood Band furnished the music.

Cl,,—Edware ii. - not. -Wf i u

that will check this evtl.

SUTTON HAS ACCEPTED

OCEAN CITY FOSTMASTEBSHIF

prominent Ocean City road contrae- leav* that for the preachers. But I ,I '* V *‘*™“* ™ ^rMl tloiis. tor and president of the Ocean City do want thU problem of keeping Sea | l " ® A^erira en Chamber of Commerce, has defin'tely | Isle's youth happy and contented and ■““J* *** J^ L^r startfnc wMh accepted the post mastership of Ocean straight In their town brought home, •I*!!, w^rlnd Midlns City tc which he was appointed two forcibly to those agendas which j h I ^ , w 0 rU%ar He Im

week. ago. ^uld auuUoraUaxUtlng 1 Announcement to this effect was The City Commissioners, from pubcontatned in a disps'ch from Miami. He fund*, or the Chamber of Com-

Fls last week elating that the new mere*, or the churches by public --- — -7 , , - . _, postmaster would be home about subscription. It matUra not which ««»«“*• ^

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• SaSS^'nn. In ». ST "

“21 "!,”'l,;" H ren.d blal X.TSSSi. Jr.. Vto^crenrean.

Petersburg

days In

; fisr* : Fraak

Mbs H* will

ict at good wags*.

master here.

, a Democrat, as poat-

our government. T. D. Kaewell. Jr..

■ | der of Atlantic County, also spoke

HUM-RUNNERS HOW IN FEDERAL COURTS Case Heard Before Federal Grand Jury at Trentin Tuesday

Greis. who lives In Court House. Is 34 years old. He was born In Hammonton. N. J.. graduated from University of Virginia In 19>0. in 1912 he began bis public career as clerk of the District Court of Atlantic City and Uter was connected with a New York banking firm. He moved to Court House about a year

ago.

The Parker Bill, calling for a reduction of salary to $1600 for the Freeholder! of Cape May and Ocean County, whs killed In the Senate afpaasing the Assembly. Senator Bright waa In favor of thta bill but Senator Mathis of Ocean County, the only other county affected, opposed the bill. Thle bill received only four

favorable votes.

Assemblyman Stevens' "Five-Man Freeholder Bill." aa It la known In the County, was passed by the Assembly. Stevens Introduced a n amendment that before the bill became effective ti should be submitted to a County vote. ti la very questionable If this bill will meet with the approval of the

present Senate.

The recent decision of the- New

Jenmy Bute Supreme Court relating to the construction of bulkheads Is of particular Interest to seashore property owners. The gist of the decision Is. that the tkne for a property owner to lodge complaint against an Improvement of this nature la when they ore notified an

Improvement 1s contemplated. In the opinion of this Court, when

a property holder, without objection, has permitted a rtty to expend money for public Improvement, he has

standing to object to the assess-

ments. The only recourse for. tbe dissatisfied property owner for a review of assessment Is sn appeal to

the Court of Common Plsaa.

One of the last sets uf the old

A Grand Jury In the Federal Court st Trenton on Tuesday heard the cases of two Sea lale City men and five others charged with conspiracy and the Illegal transportation

liquor.

The men are; Henry Davie and . John Nelabn. of Atlantic City: James Dervln. Philadelphia; Stanley L

Clouting. Ses Isle City: William J. Highway Board was Jackson. Baltlnore; Dominick Pal- buck" of approving 'he Graaay ma. Sea Isle City, and Captain Round Brldg< While the contract Charles B. Parsons. Wildwood. with the Highway Department Is The men were taken on February unsigned, contractor Carl K Camp 12th last In a raid on the alleged u no t letting that cause him sny rum-runner "Coflcu." which was delay The material Is being asmoored In the Ocean City Basin Mtnbled » th utmost speed. WednssJacob Horn, of Htratbmere. a for- day the K III Dredging Company and mer sea captain, who It was rumored Camp had some differ, nee* that were woplrf give sensational testimony, aired at the Freeholder meeting hut ••• *-■- < —• — amicable arrangement will be

was III at bla home and did not go ,

1 are o

under $1600 ball

made to prevent delay.

William awaiting tbe outcome of their bear-

Frertou, U. O. Vi" <*• <>«* Jurf. Z Mr Sutton was a postmaalsr for Ihlr- an 4 bla character properly developed.! «°«^ n | tw.lv. wir, zsvTre. ffsjrirjs ~ Bt,8s wn - 1 ^ 0PEEA -' E 'ts.sr'vs! 1 1 rs:i2!rirs. u “w^r H T h, t,.,,.re, B«Tv”ri« - ■ j V—« V .' l V toJ »-“■'•*«!■ ! WHT ui^DA SILICA CON- & U, Si "."IL itfuiret,, Kl SSL ?SS2L A^reW.m 1 chft. .UKKI A., romr b«,re„ Ire. ,*£.«, re -rel Linday 17-lt or* along thta kne with fortaw Mayor economlc.ll) for the rraort's good, —ml?- lilt. iuj^artlnf on WHEELBARROWS 1 MAfTf Bacharach. who was seise ted snd s problem socially for the youth's . . . •t»rilng on March Slat, and

I. Harding. 4kani*: to III n similar position la Atlaatle, good

Point, N. J.—14-IH. City about that lima.

FOR ENDURANf'E USE ADA SILICA CONCRETE BLOCK In your

building—adv. 17tf.

(Continued a

It ta hard to tell what and when 1 Will probably operate through

the world ta coming to. Isle City.

Carpenters Wanted Ocean City--85c pes hour EDGAR F. BERGER 3200 Aibury Avenue