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.. 1 report ot the Cocat/ » In- ; r on this work abowad.Tar/ Mtprogreee and. only thirtean man plowed duiiuj- the fyt> week’i « allowed Mr., MaraiMil at the BHi.ng. In the^banvrt <*>■**- Kay, Who u M hl» wealtos. - Champion etatad tint he id igree to an ext«uioh''’hf tone In until th^^l

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<racpuTio»-TOA]i un onaa nwgirer nr om mat oorarr CITY, CAPE MAY OOUITY, *. J. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, *19tt ■wolb c

Court Imposes Light Sentences

NUMBER FORTY-MINE

***** EMndge Holds to of Jail Tom for liquor Law

Conway Left Off Easy

Apparently •orth while to taka County, and banqi .ed at the tne^in* Choeen FrwholdtOT «l Wednesday, tor the trete of on •cue. North i *ork had plans had 1 it, but the useless unle b!d on bulldmi 'tho no artlon was taken, !»,.od will be withont concrete road. , ' i np on W«dnSMKy tor granted to Royal Jr. :«r

to Latimer a eertaln Uoyd. WUdsryQd he*,#, ant. purchased IS.OOO 2Z£J2ZL“;™3 le. When he attempted to

the 'ear. Dare, a WflAwood lyaitor. produced » Wl of a ' atsitdd the ear waa to SM of. h;loan of *275. _ Was lovely fo - Car reeptlnr

that an erasure had t,?«n the-date the bill of salt

Mn. Francis Koblck, who plead i lullty of sellinc and poaeeaaln* liquor “ w “ eenteneed to aarve alz hours In jail and pay a fine of *100 by Jt

Bid redye last Wednesday,

Mra. Koblck was raided after one the authorities had purchased liquor from her at her home near Woodbine. Bhe la 61 yean old and

Mrs. Koblck praaented a forlorn

Mr, Soov, counsel

Dare. UUmer had «o claim, ks lost all heal status and he had ntf best-

In the court. * ~

TWO HTVEHUE OFFENDERS ARE HELD FOR COURT tamwi With Br«iiir amntaii

Woodbine House

William Mach eud Charles Sxull. Schools of Cane Mar Cone tv to,«two eleT6u-year-old youths, of Wood- ^ “ 7

Education Cost Is Decreasing

b*a®. were held for e further hearing gfjludge Eldredge last Wednesday at

j. The pair jrtrt arrested on the eomNUint of Louis Decker, of Woodbine. Jtwice Lerln referred the couple to th« Court after a preliminary

Judge El dredge questioned ’ fathers why they were unruly, father stated his boy! was a. Judge El dredge roe led the old-faahlened cure ly boys as using a shingle in

shed.

ch'e father, in broken English, blamed the boy's mother for his fs!l- ‘ He stated that his wife

appearance In Court. Dressed in s periodically drunk. Prosecutor Ereostume ot-thirty years ago. with s rtflkson questioned Mach as to where shawl over her head, aha answered his wife obtained liquor.' Mach said the Court's questions with, the aid of he was unable to telL He 1s enn an interpreter. ployed as a night watchman. In ro-

t|»e legal obligation* around In most free manner causing much d tress to Mr. Bony, who objects* to Latlmar-s methods, la fact. Attorney Booy objected to Latimer, to Ids wlt- «- hto writ, objected to thn eoart

r ImUmvaddrei

She stated she was born In Poland and lived In this country 17 yesrs. She has twelve children, five of which sre living home with her. Their range from 5 to 15 years. They manufactured moonshine whiskey

om berries and fruits.

In view that tbs children would be the greatest sufferers, Judge El dredge ohlered her confined In the County JaU_until g P.M., and fined *100.

of sentencing

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■»«. *7 want to teU the tenth — - -n.

hnfi he objects." The Jury jrviAmUy woman to serve even such a snort RATHER AMD 90H ABE ohj'-nted to Mr. Boor's objection* by - — • ' ^

girto« the verdict to LelW.

r ter.ii is consistent wltn his assertion that no ons convicted of seeing liquor would escape without a*—

iiAiiud that he wa L ts fast as It was sne asked th»t the inspect the work ta I thtr might

difflculUee I

Tuesday at ten in the morning ; tet as the tbre. ' motion was adopted UhR notify the bo—*— ——— flatus of tbjs

can be res should the

ability a qtokgl would have overpaid vk— with one exception. The ex-. k Was a chap named “Midget"

Want Bcetiers ■ “Tins In a

Board of 1 County, the

:oi, u gtng the

Su.e Route Hi W lof the Beestoys Point Bridge

Great Egg' Harbc Point. Is itx-hiAtd.

folicw*: •

The r

\U at

Marmora, f “olnt to 1 “e with Route Me. 4 et AhNu WHEREAS to the Board of Chosen Pro County of Cape Ma • hould be laid ant W h l the Slate Ifiskway

SK.

^ THERETOM BE IT RBED - by the Board ot tolder* of the CoutT i ■ h “' *e do urgeatfy W[ SUte Highway a Route Ko. 2» a* deeerlbed

"•icable .

^ be ir fpbtmmm k»-

ED. That a

yt certliw V Or CM ot Bosrd be muAad to the Bute ' “T Commllep and Btoo to the

of the Board «*

■ of A-'

which the County murt this drawbridge epereiectrictty. This amnrnuulreostved sad fimd far latar

AT vruwtos

■U ia Aet .tt Oat Thor] i

PlTMB

A number of disgruntled pugilist*

Conway Gets Supesded Sentence Last Wednesday morning. Wl'lUm' Conway, of Cold Spring, was given a suspended sentence by Judge Eldredge. Conway was captured In the raid on the notorious Red Onion Inn and waa convicted by a a Jury on October 10th. of transporting a girl for Immoral purposes. Before the sentence wss announced Lawyer Joseph Douglass uade s plea in behalf of the youth, ale stated that he was convicted solely on the testimony of one of the Inmates of the pb

_ , . her testttntoiy could not he « «w» ~t as rolMMi fto iiHmii t r-fueh totoed^l^i of SSwnStbSrove^Tdrolt with.

In addressing Conway, Judge Eld-

redge stated Inasmuch as At was he

(Judge Eldredge) who married Conway and his wife, ha fait a paternal interest in him. Conway, who is 21 yeirs old. has one child. Judge Kidredge, in vary direct terms, told Conway that the cause of his trouble Is

directly due to his failure to provide for his family. In reply to Conway's assertion that he jl!' -work when he

could. Judge Eldredge stated, any with good health and a fair

amount* of ambition can support a

Abowt throe rounds

for him. In the wte4-np “Kid" Richa giro to the toirth round of a achefinled IS-ruund bout. Fran Ue Rice «f Baltimore, was the victor.

'AJ*.sr'

Ytay bouikt out H. Loeffler of thrparttos Invdtoad. i ftor Doeffler

b np the- wh H is belfeved

could, they reeefted the condolence* sad legal fcdvfee or

16th. In the High Sehooi. Cape May Oty. at eight o'ctocE

■t Myers has of tbs evening.

That Despite Increased Cost Education Cost Is Lower

$389,633.71 for School.

Figures are always dry reading, but whan they show a saving of money to Mr. sad Mn- Taxpayer, the 4*are* liven up, and the reading U easier. Than, too. figures abut our schools sns always more or tees intersaUng, because we are all directly

effected by them.

Here are the facte: In 1*S2 the

cost of educating every school child , , , — enroUed In Cape May County was waa recl P |ent of ®“»>y complaints of **6.27, while in the school rear end- , P^ce. and Just the week previous sd In June the coat was redo-ed to I. tlle rald 8 brawl occurred there. *•2.62. The coet of educating eac 1 , ma ® wa8 ,nJ " ed when ■truck over child that attended achnoi nn 1:,“ he8d w,t h a whiskey botUe.

RESTAURANT OWNER FINED FOR POSSESSING LIQUOR Evidence b Procured in ScheHinger’i

Landing Raid

Mra. Mary M. Milaon, owner of a staurant at Schellinger's Landing, W «J fined *200 by Judge Eldredge last Wednesday. Mrs Mary C. Beckett, an employee ip t. e same reetauropt, was fined *200. *udge Eldredge In passing the sentences stated that the Hobart Act provides that only a fine can he Inflicted on those found guilty of possessing liquor. While he doubted very much that the liquor was used only for their own purposes, as they claimed, the lack of evldencd that they sold it saved them from

serving a Jail sentence.

The place was raided under the Instructions of Prosecutor Eriickson. Prosecutor Frrlckson stated that he

Justice Levin, of Woodbine, stated the youngster waa not being the proper environment. Judge Eldredge ordered that youngsters and their mothers appear before him on next Wednesday. The Court plans s thorough investigation of the case betore nfaklng a disposi-

tion, of the youths

EBJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

ud will ba the five-year plan of tombar. and the ons-year former having tea point* ttar five point*, to be ossd

Mayor Gilbert & Smith, of Avalon. Is now secretary of this organisation.

RENT CAR LOAD OF AUT06 ARRIVE HERE

The first ear load of automobile* to arrive to Baa Isle City came to over the Reading Railroad on Mondo/. tor the local Ctoretond and Chandler dealer. CUroace S. Masurie. All the ears wars spec.*I painted Cleveland*, and are sow oa display

ris's Oarage. * taking the agency for the

Cleveland and Chandler cars, Mr. Masurie ba*. sold *' number of these aatos to Ikls aacUoo. Dfpaijtterff State Duck E. octet Deputy Sheriff James Hoffman, accompanied by Har.y Spaulding- wvdea of the County Jell, bagged dorks on tbs opening A*y of the ■oo. The ftuntrs Itod^oot.tojto*

toangwrMc the v *“

WHT NOT START AN WTSMBT la the Security Trust Com-

Z.-- Cape May CityT ft only takas Hint to art fLJ* to begin each cm account, sad way tehees yowiua AoU by malL «B-lt him to bed.

In sentencing him Judge Eldredge ild to him. “1 am suspending ; sentence under the condition that you live home, behave yourself, and port your family. Clearly understand th*a Is only probationary, and failure to dp as directed you will be called by the Court and your sentence Invoked." , Kg* Day Sentence for Selling Liqi Cosmos Capaeehione, age 21, who conducts a soft drink parlor and store at Otteos Harbor, Wildwood, was ■•■traced to serve s term of sixty days to the Co-inty Jail and pay a fine of *1»* last Wednesday by Judge Eidrrigs. CappacMone's counsel, to pleading '•lemeney for hla client, aaksd ibo Court to remember i Car kf-hi one was oonvlcted on the eridcaoe of . witness that only poa- . a maty par emu of his mental powers. Judge Eldredge stated that the statement possibly may be true, but It only took a drink or two of

Capaochlone contended that be had tha liquor ft hU it sold any. Ha wgs convicted testimony of s man who was cxrasted while leaving the store to of a bottle of liquor. The witness testified that he had purchased It from Capaeehione. Sixty Layi for Setting Up Exercise* Prank Tildan. colored, • 140 West Burk Are., WildWood, and hla wife.

' to •TT .

Tilden, were sentenced

days in the County Jail by Justice Byrne, of Wildwood. The Tilden* were arrested ty Chief Cobb on the complaint of h neighbor, France* ten. who slated when Tilden need exercise he would attempt to display hi* pugilistic powers on his wife. His wife proved anything but a eetap. and assisted by a frying pan.

scored fronuant knock downs.

Justice Byrne in order to preserve _ age to the neighborhood, sent t sm to the County Jail, where they will

Tllder Is the wills the Court Intoricated last weak.

Driver Is Fined Fifty Dollars and

Held for Court

David Abrnmowite, age I

' Ine, and his son, Victor,

Injured last Saturday evening near. Woodbine, when struck with a car driven by Forest Hem. of MarahaUvllle. The father and son riding a bicycle whan the accident occurred. The boy was seriously to Jared and taken to the MllMlie Hospital. He received a fractured leg. Internal injuries atad lacerations. The

was bmlsed about the legr table Morris Ltehow ami Me was charged with

driving 'sad

. He was fined

..—s by Jostle* Levin, of WoodOn %Khlqg tha ear. two bok

tles pt. mopmhine liquor wia dls-

After paying his fine the

negtyagrnisrg Hess was again arrest- ; ed charged with possessing and transporting liquor. He will be tried be-

foreJdage

t Eldredge.

fojeJff

Character Witness Vouch far Imi ‘last Wednesdsy Judge Eldredge suspended senteno? on Manford Todd, arfe 17, of Wildwood. Todd had plead guilty to the charge of sterling a watch voile employed as a helper on an ice wagon in Wildwood. When the sBthoritlee searched him ' they discovered two other watches. Todd stoutly, maintained he had found them. Just before Judge Eldredge was about to sentence the boy to the Jataesburg Reform School the lad'* father,'asked permission to address the OAprt. The ‘boy's father stated that he could pot understand the cause rf the theft. - Excepting this one instance he always was an obedient an- In dastylons lad. He stated that many of the persons pwisent had known the bey train childhood. He named Robt Bright, of Angieeea, Sheriff Heong. and Chief . Cobb, of Wildwood Robert Bright stated he believed that the lad had the makings ot a man and thought that if the Court would give him a chance he would pfove it. Sheriff Bedding spoke well of the boy and Chief Cofa'j stated he bad never troubled the Wildwood authorities before Judge Eldredge to addrflng Todd said that he believed what Mr. Bright had said, that he could make good, but he had to make good tor two reason*, ona for himself anu one to prove that the Court did not make a mistake in giving him a chance. He warned him that* he should uever again be tempted to steal.

child that attended school, based the average attendance throughout the County was *»2.56 to 1822. and only *87.67 last year. These figures prove two things—If all the children who were enrolled could attorn school regularly, the cost of education would come down, for the State pays 13 H cents every day a child is to school; and It prove* that the Boards of Education are using good bustoaaa practice to cut educational coate at no sacrifice of the high stan-

dard rff tha schools.

AThile you've road so far, you might be Interested to knowing that the highest tax rate for school pur poses Is in Dennis Township, where the rate is **.60 for *100 of assessed valuation; the lowest rate la to Wild »d Crast, where the coet to only

: canto per *100.

The total receipts for school purposes to this county last year—now hold your breath—was the staggersum of *1.00S.307.5S! Of thlc amount only *I74.1*2.*2 was exlad, because in the j~eoatpte included the bond issue of O City's now High School, wolm. Is a

1 catloaal purpn—. teevtog out tha

' coal Of BOW ■ehnst*. a.id

u* tu* «>* of *41 X.1TO.J4 waa ra»d_ *M eOivdd, and *388,622.71 i ed, leaving a alee balance toe

Boole to start the new year on

laaamwb as County Superintendent of Schools kL R. Brunyste has so kindly opened kis books, and they

before ue. let ua eee how

much the school property of the

it it c

to carry the interest on remain lug outstanding jonds. Hero it is: Value of property. *841.700, and. interest paid on bonds In 1*22-28. 238.188.80. There are now 202 teachers employed'in this County, and there ase *.072 pupils on roll. 2.068 of whom are boys and 3,013 girls. In all of the County last year there were Just 140 pupils who weft neither aba$ni ~V tardy during the year, and the rerage dally attendance was 4,410. ninety and two-tenths per cent, of

the enrollment.

Of the 6,072 pupils enrolled to t» County, only .23* ora colored.

whiskey bottle,

the place wan raided, he stated, the -evla«...-» was'thrown through a trap door, t Jilt in the floor, for this purpose, "he bottle waa broken, but enough r malued to prove without question hat the contents was liquor. The c* tinsel for the defendants denied the charge that the*djor was built for this purpose, and stated it wss used as a rapid jaeans of disposing of oyster shells. PchelUnger’s landing is on the outskirts of Cape May City. It la the favorite haunt of many Sunday fishermen.

HALLOWE’EN CARNIVAL AT CAFE MAY COURT MOUSE American Legion to Cbadoct Masquerade Festivities The Thurston Elmer Wood Post of the American Legion, at Court House, will start their fall actlviura w'th a Hallowe'en Carnival. This affiJr wiU ba bald on Mechanic Street Court H*»usa. on Tuesday evening. October 30th. The object ol the cnrnlval is to have a good old-time social gathering In Court House. The Court House

the evening is a crack 48-piece band. Friaa will ha given for thn.saooim costumes Tnree local business men

wiU be the Judges.

The date was set that It would not conflict with the affairs to be bold to various sections of the County on Um following night. Many novel attractions are planned. A section of Mechanic Street will be used for dancing The new American Legion Home on Hand Avenue will be open for inspection daring the evening. Dr. Alex Moon and John C. Smith are to charge of the carnival. The Legion Post plan many social activities for

the coming months.

i Altera

i to Court House

A communication, lodging protect to the prop-wed enlargement and alteration of the Cape May County Court House, fr-un Daniel Hand, of Newf .x, a former resident of Cape W-i Court House, was read. This communication set forth thst tiff, change would'be a big mistake, the present building belong; to a certain age and type of architecture that Cape May .County should be proud of. This communication, also,

was ordered filed.

Power to act was given to the County Engineer In haring five hunof the County ms ’e. showing aU the roads, County id State, with colors Indicating which are bard-surfaced and which are gravel. of this la to be *245. and the mape wiU be sold at coat to any

one who wants ona

WILD FOWL SEASON WAS

Coastal bays and their tributaries black with flocks of earl, arriving docks promised an auspicious opening for tha wild fowl ssnon In New Jersey, on October 16th. According to observant sportsmen, many signs point to the coming season as one of the best, as far as numbers of wild docks and gams are concerned in recent years, and exponents of the federal migratory bird law, which prohibits Spring shooting, say this regulation has convinced even Its

early opponents of its worth. The opening days ot the

found every avaUabl* point along the bays and streams occupied with the bllt)ds of gunners, while the shore Unes were littered with their anchored decoys. The open season. October 16th to January 31st. will

little let-up 1c the shooting and

every flurry of weather favorable to good gunning w)U bring a fresh rush of nlmrods to the shore countU-s. Hunting will je permitted during the season for all kinds of wild ducks (ex'epting wood duck), and for wild

coot, galfnulas and

Wilson or Jack anlpe. A seeson. already open on black-bellied and goldplover and gregter an 3 M<naer yellow-legs, as wall as rail birds, nor a and marsh or mud hens, vill continue' November 30lh. R -ed b'rd season :

will cloee October 30'A.

State and federal law* permit; shooting .of migtetOT gnme birds from a half-hour before runrlse to sunset, each weakd ,y of the open Poachers who r tiempt night huntlag will be heavily penalised and many gunning elute hare promised their co-operation with game euthorttlc in preventing infractions of the

law.

RECOVERS STOLEN CAR THEN HELD BY POLICE Frank Supple, a saleaman for a sMw firm and hrlllng fro-n Massachusetts. had his car stolen from In •rent of City Hall In Atlantic City Tuesday afternoon. He was to the Ctty Hall at the time. He reportea tha loss to Detective Taylor, of the Atlantic CUy force. The Atlantic Oty police notified the Ocean Oty poftes. Supple, later, recovered hla mx. but, the Atlantic City poUce did not taU the Oreen City police, and so. whan Supple went to that resort In tha car Wednesday after neon. Officer Harry Taylor Invited him to call at Police headquarters. House Captain Newkirk, after hearing the man's story, telephoned the Atlantic City police headquarters and found that the man had him car and everything was all right Supple left town. Before going he eald he expected he'd have a lot of trouble before be reached Camden.

APPOINTED TO RIVER AND HAE30R CONGRESS

Mayor Gilbert 8. Smith, of Avalon, bae renin been appointed a member of the national R'rers and Harbors Congrem. which * 111 hold Its annual convention this y-sar it Norfolk. Va.. November 13th to 16th. This la the fifth aucceaaive year that this honor

ot duc .^j hM bwn conferred upon Mayor

Our Price* on Stoves and RftBgBB are yu&ranteed to be the I owe* 1 in Cape Map County A. ROSENFELD Woodbine, N. JL