judge Calls for Investigation

A mild «

uprcme O—, ____ “ ^3ns.° , J2'

in

e ord?r«d that body to lavaattfaU if affaire ol tho CRy of Ocimus Otr. ir addrevtav Uo Oread fan, idge Black Ml** *

c- ncceaHy of

fir deliborattowa Bo « >r. to uboir oWpXtaw

a: they d not a trylo# body. ** tlMr^oaty ard the Stem ■«* o( th» W. eviewiBt the tutdwi >y .*xrwii Pro: *caw th«f dkoolff ^'

fter revlet

irred and if M, ta t returned ■jOl—t Referring to th»' udge Black ■** '

arged on the *art of Ue < mere, and at iMtf * -* reported that < sn sold and t&OB rned over to tk >u have the p r- witneoMB _ The law atr^M that one or and Jurors can be excused fra * ration* on n«y of the cenaa," med Judge Btack. “tor aped* as. with the consent of the fetiow rore, and it la t ' irteen lurora to mt. After the charge. . you find evMeoae eTaach a sstnre nt you art In ywar own mind eeo■red .anx the hnr ’baa not been tyed, you rtii

term of ■

» Onpe Maty County Ur'tte O^Sd duryj

*8* oan ur

■twin or uwnas' tfxm - 11 ** room of u,. Court rt* 1 ** »«>»» U tin UWTMV’ ta u 1UUOII Otago to loon -oortot .ooortl DortM th. taat mmos of Court two hau dianoand last Tumday. at the Wnla* day of the December term oweont of Burton •nUtb. Court reporter for the Qwtte, vanished from the same , Tht disappearance of the cloth1m remind, u. of the in fhte of Jodge Reid. At one of the trials that Judge Reid Brestdeolor 2l ““ w ** »«w>««d of Maaling. The Judge admonished to reform his ways and

May County Times

tar ooran mm ha. t 0^^, wait a*t othxb ir cmt .,v 00^

■nte accused thanked HU Honor and to show hU future Intentions be went to the lawyer*' room and when last seen ha was dlaappeargWJoffco gl*. topooetand high silk hat. Neither the clothing or the culprit ever returned.

Judge Clarence Cole r T. Byrne, who u pre

fhape of _ _ ings so that' minutea" - Justice Black in retiring the Grand r> cautioned Bhartt Bedding * only the twenty-three , lied enter the Jury room. The Court House was tiled to »ing. For a XMBynt the aui p stunned and then a butt of axemen t ran through the ’mowd. ter order had been restored Justice »ck retired and Judge Dongea ard the Circuit Court ea*During noon hour groups the corridors of the Court House cusUng the charge. The action - diacueaed by leaden to the varipollUcal factiona. and apparently

them. No farther Intonaaticn <1 be gleaned from those that are ual!y conversant with the affaire cf

County.

Grand Junto Clarence El dredge, enable: of the tloo.l Bank. WT

NafMM

mao: Charl«g____. ___ . Jb CarU. Wildwood; W. F. Haloes. D • Ocean Oty; John MaeNamee. City; j. 8. Btoeahaar. WildJ Alim, Wale*, Cage Hay; 11J c-uff. Bo Oranda; rraak c. r, '«. South Dennis; E. *. Fox. Idaood; Otto . ^

Otto Bnft

•berlmln. Co«d Bgrtog; Frank ^her. West Cage May;-Georg? lola. cape Hay Court Hoo-e;

. WUdwpod: James H.

Wildwood; William R. Hughes. Ocean City; WtBtom H. Hand. t* 1 DennU; William Neill. Wild"'SSE**

WILDWOOD BEACH PKWT CASE BOW BEER HEASD ***** Dooito Seviewiaf Koch Disputed Title The Wildwood beach front . h “ rd b3r imS * e Dongee. in Court House. -The - - the ownersda of oertal _ the beach froht to being fought by Urtrof the ablest lawyer* in the Bute.

nts John

the suit

- - Realty Company. George A. BourgoU ard W'lHam a MraeU are eounael for the defend The question involved dates back to the time of John A. Burke. Dr. Andrews. William Taylor ap«t their —octotd*, who sold their hoi ding* the Holly Beach Improvement C01 »aay to The case, which to expected to require almost a week to review, started after noon on Wednesday. Many of the elder inhabitants of Five Mile Beach wpre called ■—tees* to testify as to the ease's that the ocean had made past forty years. Captain tomw -csguii

Jdaeguasd Btatl

l?it greet leg testimony regarding life

Merisi,

1 your name, tell your see. end nv*. so Bants win knew.)

letura Indictmeai. Against Twelve, Mostly on BSnor Charges; Will Meet Again Inter Were Out Two Days After deliberating from Tuesday forenoon until about 4.S0 Wednesday afternoon, the Grand Jury were ready to present the IndietmenU

agreed upon.

In returning the IndietmenU Clar■crence Eldredge. the foreman. eUted

that It was impossible to make a D ** r Sant*,

thorough Investigation of some of the 4,J bare been a good boy agd would charge at one©, and the Grand Jur- g?? 10 brln * * rt,lB outfit and

CITY, CAPE MAY OOUlfY, B. J. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, I9ta n * aL * CXNT *

Presoitment By

Grand Jmy

BTJMBER FIVE

Letters To

-••- Santa Claus

D«ar Santa,

I have been a good girt and would ' like you to bring me a coach and rain Uitflt and cooking set. thanking you.

toy age to 7 years.

from ANNABBU. KEHNXR,

Sea Isle aty, N. J:

to preee their UveeGgaUona. Judge

Eldredge agreed to this plan. True bills were returned in the fol-

lowing oases:

Joseph Champion, of Court House.

charged with ’breaking tad entering - 1 »ould like an Uttel

bora Li Jorab NmU»KT'".'o5i fc-S*. » ‘2V2 “Ml . totoM for my little brother, my age

May butcher. ^

A. J. Lennox, a real eeUte matt, ef SLj.Z?*” Wildwood, charged with Ureeny ns Tb ** kU *

bailee. Lennox was recently fined 1X00 by the State Real BsUte Ootn-

mtoelon for irregularltlen.

Henry C Moore, of Oceec City, wan charged with 4eeertion and non-

support.

Jamas Cannon, of North Wildwosfi. waa also charged with desertion and con-support. Cannon waa ed tori week '

police.

I~Roy King, of Wildwood, was charged with assault.

of j. ;

Miller, of Ocean City.

Lewis BristhwaUa, Ocean City, was charged with 0. * 1 Brtodhw

from BUDDY KEENER,

Sea Isle City. N. J.

ARNDT KEENER, “ Me City. N. J. a blackboard, a moving pleura Goodbye Santa. / BUD BOFRONBT. Boa Me City, M. .J.

County Wants Cape May Ferry

Hu Good Representation Before State Highway Commission to Request

Immediate Action

Outline Paving Need*

s train, n a t and a Parched game.

Joodbye Santa,

FRED 8OFR0NKY, Sea Me City. N. J.

charged _ pol, a Wildwood merchant, on Coil

bus Day.

Clarence Ireland, of Ocean Cltj, u chsuged with unlawfully enterT brt.. ra b Eraur be. .

SlrtS uS ‘bb’art.btaj , loo) Cbtat. • boo ot obuitao hlo. the oora. ttataool m , taora’i worn. oU »

Uttto

to Five MU* Beech dl

hip deep on Pacific Avenue, stated that In thoee days, before piling was placed, a ' arrel was sank In the sand. The piling was then p'»ced In the barrel use send pecked around it. This prevented the piling from washing away. To obtain drinking water they rank the Leach. Fresh.water waa obtained from iheee wells until an especially high tide washed over them and they were filled with salt water. Tee'.lmohy showed that the ocean made inroads from #88* until about 1103 when It started to recede. All the witnesses agreed that since the Government built the Jetty at Cold Spring Inlet that much of the beach

has been reclaimed

rthur Hall : entered. age 89. was ’ast. 3 uaay afternoon by f Troo.wr Jeech charged with an assault Ptari Lokey

(M baft He vae Is -esday by *ka Grand Jury.

win toko put.

‘N tbo feeertt; Trnri Company. «*7. Into year, have received ‘LsciutwtheemowK they paid Uh th« eeervad tetorrat. rate «wtalaly as eear way to aavs **' Were you one hav* the oypor year, an the New

y If not. yto h r agate this year

COLORED BOY'S BITE LANDS HIM IF JAIL

Sister Also Arrested in Quarrel Be-

tween School Pupils

Zulus 3rundage. colored, age IS, Of Rio Grande, and hto sister Florlne. age 18. will be tried in the Juvenile Court by Judge-Eldredge on chargee growing out of a quairel that occurred on the Rio G-ande school grounds last Friday. The boy assaulted Frank Matter*, age 14. during the recess period and bit him severely under the heert. Florlne awdrier. her brother by scratching the victim’s face. Troopers Jeech and Rap kin. who were summoned, took th# Injured tod to Wildwood where he was treated by Dr. Horen stain. Matters's father and Paul Chests*, the principal of th* school, lodged charg« of Ureeny and assault against Zetea, and hi* sis Ur was charged with being Incorrigible. They in the custody of their

Lasryer Swlngharuner,

eearinl in hie effort* to have th* Ocean City officials drop

.*S3 1

bootlegging charge t

The South •eavilto Orange held their annual Christmas festivities in theP. a to. Of A. Hall, BoathBeavUle. M*t TMofisy svrr’ig. Poltowteg the old eariopn each Granger brought a —ft present. The preeenU were grouped together and distribute.- - those in attendance. Many were recipients of funny and ridiculous gift*. The aheenr* of Worthy Master Rosenbaum was regretted. He was • unable to attend.

Majrnr Fitek MenAt Tail OnAnn Mayor Fitch, of 8ea tote O^. w** eieeted Grand Tall, of the W May County PorenC Tall Cedare of Lebanon. at th* annual apriteg «N this order, held In Wildwood, 'eat F-'day iM FOr the second auecetov. a Mayor has ruled the County Cntera Mayor Warw Haan. of Went Wildwood, preceded Mayor Fitch.

■suit and batte-y upon Annie Pearl Lokey. Both are colored. Helen Moore, of Wildwood, dieted for larceny. She to charged with stealing a bathing suit. Oscar Adams. Helen Moor© and Hairy McCade, all of Wildwood, are charged with larceny. Another charge of larceny waa pressed against Oscar Adams, of Wildwood. Grill* Wales, of Cape May. to charged with erne nit and

battery.

Midnight Alarm Dirtnxbe Sea Me For the third time in the same number of weeks the Sea Me City fire siren disturbed the slumbers of the residents of the town about midnight. Fortunately the eer the firemen were net required tori Tueedsy night as the fire was extinguished before they arrived. The call sent in response to an alarm given when the new sedan owned by Mrs. Marguerite Luongo burst Into flames. Clarence Masurle. th* local Cleveland and Chandler agent, rushed to the scene of the fire with a fir* extin gulsher and quickly subdued th* flames. The origin to thought to be caused by the car hack firing. The loss amounted to several hundred

dollars.

Goodbye dear Santa.

MAURICE BOFRONBT.

Sea tote aty. N. J.

I have b*M a good boy, Fleam ■•a ftifiam wages and a bee gun. It to a hard Job. From G RUN RAFFA. Bra Me aty. N. A

Dear Baata: " tried tv he a peed ftrt. FI 7 m> mother dtohee every day.

"SlLS&t.,

Sauce State Trooper, Fined $UJ8 It cost J. Clarence Moore. 21. of

MayvlUe while driving la a careleae manner. When Jeech started to admonish him and warn him not to repeat the offence. Moore became verbally abusive. Justice John T. Byrne, of Wildwood, tried to convince Moore of th# error of hie way* by fining him flO and costs for rechlem driv-

ing-

Mrs Horace C. Rim, who has been suing since Saturday. December 1. u fouad this week to he working la a Oamdee de returned to the

ty attending the dinner to Senator Edward L Edwards, at the -tobert Treat Hotel. Newark, last week, was Clara E. McCann and Miss Ke: - rlgan. of Wildwood. Following th# Newark trip they _,bhi several day* In New York, claying at the Waldorf HoteL ftLtk A*rtrtta<«raJ cm Ttf U«« The advertlmment of * J. Path Company. Millville, which ordinarily appears on the last page of the TIMES—page II—appears this week on th* tori peg* of the first section— page *. This rior* has every woek a real message of Intereri to the people 9 i Cape May County. A Cap* May resident asks Just what should s man do when so aeroplane drops a load ot bottled liquor in hi* back gardra. IF YOU WANT/ LUMBER CR anything ta builder*' supplies call Champion. iOth Street and West ffveaus. Ocean City. N. J, phone 48fi.

bring and a coach and I want a trunk full of etothee for my doU. I will ekwe

up my letter.

Good By*

from VELMA SIMPSON, Sea Me aty. N. J.

Dear Santa:

I tried to be a good boy. and * ma to tell you what I want tpr

32 ^ I want an expreea wagon and a

From JOE LA ROSA. Sea Me City. N. J; Age 7 yean old.

P. ft

Dear Santa Claus J will love you very much If you send me the things I naked you for. But do not forgot my little etotsr Lucy. Send her anything you want. She to two year* old.

toied to be a good girt and

much. t.Ulp —

I ha-.

I love >

A number of representative met of £**** County attended the meeto ” tbe New Jersey Good Roads

f* tb * Hot ** D«anto. At-

mSilf U * t 8 * ,urd »7- when the Btate Highway Commission sat to

of 801,111 Jer *®7 for

ro«M to be Included in the 1814 pav-

httg Rkogrtun of the Bute.

id v Ur of , tlle fl,,e njember# 01 tne Mghway Co m mission were present, with General Hugh L. Scott acting M ■chairman. The other Commtoriouere.present were; Walter Kldde, P ^? r H ' 8M wart and Abraham Jailn.

of three new routes

man The metropolitan centers to the. shore were present in full force, and the Commission heard first the pier Mr the Black Hone Pike, from Philadelphia to connect with Route 18 at Mays Landing, by way of Weymouth. Than followed the advocates of the uittng Highway, from Pennsgrove, through to HJilvTle, and finally the MtUvHle and Vlreland boosters who

the eo-called Mlllville-

Plke, which would create a paved highway through Glassboro. Vineland and ML rllle and connect with Route 15 to Cape May County. Tnto Utter route appeared to have all the’beet of the argument*, and came .out first in the evident support of the delegatee attending the meeting, and with the Highway Commission, though the latter did not give any decision for any of the new route* This route, it waa pointed out, would tfunm a permanent population of ♦h.Wfl people, as compared with only 14,808 served by the Black Horse

Pike.

Glassboro befit serve

Cape Hay County Eaten

Cape May County entered at the Lag end of the hearing, and remained — on all three routes. State William H. Bright acted as an for this County, and wher by General Scott which of the three routes he favoepd, hie reply waa that “Cape May County wants them He admitted, later, that the

to Millville route would the needs of this County.

Primarily, Senator Bright said, he anted to call attention to this Oountv'a needs. They were the 1me completion of the hard eurof Route 14, from Marshall'* to the Atlantic County line, rt of Route 15 from Rio Oraade norm to Goshen. On the secondary program, he said, he wanted the Commission to consider the Beesley'a Point to Somers Point bridge, aafi the Cape May to Lewes. Delaware ferry. This latter project would be

better named the New J ware Ferry, he added. (Continued on Page 8)

tatlon fbr entertaining and enUght-

u-*™ ta ■» doub, but

SSttaToLSV"" » “•

** the fi*« meeting of the

r*n«iL«?. rgM, 5* t,on to ** held ‘a OvMtoriBe. and a good attendance la

£ re, ?T t wlU h* reeelred

about the Cape May to Lower tar y

Saturday* ^ WhlCh w “ h,dd

ALLOT *86.389 TO CAPE HAY C0UHTX State Highway Commission Distributes Vehicle Funds

Last Tuesday the State Highway itatotoaion appointed between he irious counties 82.600.000 of motor vehicle funds available next yes-. The apportionment was based upofi areas, populatiou and Improved roe'’ mileage in each County. The allotment ranged from 171.734 tor Somerset to 8237.354 for Essex. The other allotment^ include Camden, 8108.T06: Atlantic, 8131.588; Burlington. n?2.796r- Cumberland. 8123.500; THeueeeter, *82.914; Ocean. 8127.688; Salem. 888.530; Hunterton. 878,602; Monmouth. 8150.462. and

8US.186.

min Motor Vehicle Department an-

olffT asd I want a wsm aDd^ai»^} ,Bce that registrations up till last

• wuirfaisinj PrUsy totalled 6800,000 mo.e than

BAHEB CRITICALLY IHJTTRT.D H LUT0H0BILE SMASHTTI Wife Also' Injured When Car Hiti Sxprm Track

'•"-inowu

_ * er 01 Oonrt House, and his wif«

Ss? 'SKS.'-bS

rataUd I, 'bT , ’tb“ a “““fatatatlSf

S;

im. But„;

and M <>on were

summoned, and rendered first aid P e condition of Elmer and h£ irtfe was each that It was Impoeslble -®

th ® Millville Hospital

until Wednesday morning.

J , meb ‘ rr ® eted Rob-

trnefc*’ J* driver of the K Schellinger. of u^w. w!?' h help * r Th «7 were unehto to give any cause of the accl-

t , h#n th ®y believed

samer lost control of his machine or yearns confab by the llgh£ ££

" nd ® r 6300 ball and SchSbeJil «mder 11600 bail to await

the outcome of the victims' injuries. Ball was furnished by thei: empfoyer!

COUNTY CHAMBER TO MEET

IF DEMB18VILLE MEET FRIDAY Tbe Cape May County Chamber of but* ,n *h 7 l>Unn ® d f or SESSZr 2“

of dat ® b « been made!

H. ^ *r’ enln * wU1 be

Y*U-known throughout the

tton “ w. ^Lif lk8 w on ■ Proti-

Sunday School Convention Snooeafsl Fully one hundred and fifty perns representing every section ot

lb« /»uiit,. .itend.d a,

5~°” 'be^Cap© May County Sun-

fcAo^ConvenUon. which wax

Mid last Friday night at the M E.

lurch, Wildwood.

Dr.. Forest Dager, weU-known

derine, spoke on the

S8 h, meaning Self. Stock and Service. Richard Matthews, of West

told about eain l > Ufe at

Lake Winnwuseke. and Dr. Joseph E. Appley. secretary of the State As-

sociation. also spoke,

r™* *** wm presented to the County Association for payment of du ®® to th# State organisation

next re ^ r ' t convecuon

will be settled at an executive committee meeting to be held at the home of Mayor Gilbert 8. Smith, Avalon In Januanr. Mayor Smith to president of the County organization.

. ddi. Weft 1

to Santa,

from LOUIS* SIMPSON.

See Me at?. M. J.

; lari year.

rrah I Wat

t a pair o( ekoee aad a IMfi 0[ ^ c, tyi long pop gun aad a alrpUaelg-— for nuslnrea d that to ab I want. My •**- SSrawtaTl" lertrod# sad Ataeeto. to mj ‘"■gTSL Me Cl

tea. Oertrafie ■ , . airier, they want a walking fioU sod rtt. My other etoter w*M»a ate* 16 blue dree* and my other-brother

"to Inches long fop-gr-wani a plate m eand

Good bye from Your loving ehtlfi

THEODOM STILL aad my etoter* sad brother#, n rued Swain ton. New Jersey

Dear Santa Claus. I -am writing a

year eo you would bring

want I would like to have a new mama dot'.. I want a cedar chert with a doll In It aad all the dolls, clothes In It and a box of Jowely and I a doll stroller and a little brother; Jest like Mr* Towns and a Chririmar tree and a closed car for Georg* Town and something for Dorothy and Buddy and something for Dorothy* new little baby brother and aomethteg tor the poor li.tle gtrto and boys- Thank-

ing you very much fro*r. your little girl KATHRYN FITCH. Sea Me aty. N J-

Continued on Page 4

FIRST YEAR OF BUSOTESS lAst Monday was the first aunty of the First National Bank,

which opened Its for the first time

. 1928.

The Sea Me aty institution las ipwo remarkable growth, with ieposlts nqw running close to 1200.0 )0. On Its anniversary day the Bank distributed 814,009 to Its Christmas Club depositors, and to now starting on th* work of enlisting members In

the 1984 aub.

Th* success of the Institution to bset Indie'.ted by the fact that it has b©«n ah’* to mt *

no- •_ it by the

&ea Me Oty aad nearby has not had to borrow banks, or rediscount any oi its paper. SHORE ILHE OPERATING

Two new busses have been placed Id operation between Cape May and Atlantic aty by the Shore Service Co. The busses are painted a bright orange and have all modern appliances. They are a little smaller than th* busses now in use but are equipped to carry heavy loads. Officials of the company say that they will conUnue to give Just as good service throughout the winter as they

did during the

Fire Threaten* Home of Aged Couple A fl.e that originated from a match that was thought to be extinguished rorea'ened the home of Mrs. William ft Mason, at South SeaviUe, tost Sunda 2 night. Mrs. Mason, who to 84 fteMirt 0 * ' “ U8 ® d ' h ® fi« when, after lighting a lamp she placed the smouldering match stick in an ash tray near her sewing bssket. The flimsy materials ignited and the flames spread rapidly to the curtains. Mr*. Mason called her husband who succeeded in smothering the Ofmes with blankets before the neighbors, who were attracted by the-flamee. could assist. The couple recently celebrated their forty-fifth wedding anniversary.

Trait Company Has Hew Officer The Cape May County TiUe and Trust Company, of'Court House, baa a new officer, in the person of Mias Marian Hewitt, who at the last meeting of the Board of Directors was elected as assistant secretary. John Sayre is secretary of the company, and Fred W. DeCamp to trust officer. The Trust Company 1s now on a thlrty-oay schedule, meaning that all ordinary sea robes, and title insurance policies are issued within thirty days after the application to made

Santa Claus HAS ARRIVED AT Pfeiffer’* Store WITH A FINE SELECTION OF GIFTS, TCTS AMT CoJTDfflS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY OPEN EVENINGS

SEA ISLE CRT, I. J.