Cape May County Times

CAPE MAY COUNTY’S HOME NEWSPAPER

SEA IHIX CITY, CAPE MAY OOUBTT, H. FEIDAY, AUGUST 81, 1888.

By tmk. tut

VUXBES FOBTY-OD

$531,000 of Wildwood Realty Sold Every Waoe of Property Offered i* Ackley Sek Radi PaxektMr at Good Price

Some Have Been Reaoki at Profit

SMtfa Jertey Bed Irtete Bert laSmtaeat ia tte Onatzy

Wildwood ouulderm. havo awakened to the nine of real Mtato In tkat city with the reealt that the ware ot riling prtoea rtaewher* on the

Sea Isle City Beach Front Values Jump Ibt Hi Swua ul (HnaoL Sa. Sdd it Treble Piioe ol e Tea Kretbs Af

Sea Isle City’s Baby Parade Was A Colorful Spectacle Bathes Were Larger Than Beer Before and Tots Were So Original sad Pretty ia Their Hake Up That Work of Judea Was Bot Easy

Lutherans Sell Chapel ■ Will Build New Church Bayer Seeks M Lots ia Southern Section of City

The real estate market la Sea Ue City has been unusually active the past two weeka. with many

-boll' nring.

market la now In full

of the real estate events of tbe year In Wildwood ia Ackley’s tnnoal sale. This took place Monday and Tuesday of Ule week ud $611,000 worth of real estate was sold. Rrery piece of property offered was boufht and every piece in the catalogue waa olered with two exceptions, and tbeee will be sold. Sere ml of the properties hare already been readd at an advance, netting a guick profit to the purchaser*, and 11 can be sold at higher figures, lu ern vernation with a TDCBS #■* tesentatlTe, John A. Ackley. L-j! haa been la the Wildwood iK estate business for yflara and

Probably the outstanding deal rt the week was a piece of beach front, between Swain and Garrt non Streets, which was bought originally for «1S.000. waa sold last week for *11.000. waa re-eold on Sunday for *10.000. and within five hour* afttr the last purchaser had »he agreement* of sale In hla paeaaaskMu he wrs offered and refused **4.000 for the property. The aale* were made through the offee of M. M. 8ofroney. Another purchaser through this office haa taken nine beach front lota In the south secm. With practically no undeveloped beach front property in the central section of the town, it la but natural that the greatest activity will be in beach fronts north of Garrison Street and south of Loretta Avenue. Atlantic City Investcrs were in this resort during the past ten days, and - ~ for

i cheapest i on tinning I

Ackley

1 un )ust back from California, and I have been to Florida and own real estate there, but to my neither equal South Jersey ud I cannot andsr-tand why uyone from here waata to go to either place. As good oppertaniUn *a presented in either State an be found right bets at borne and the same energy put into South Jersey real estate or any occupation will bring lust as good mulls and with as quick turno<er. The man with the Florida y-.war.ts to stop here and Invest

In money.

New Jersey Is the best situat'd State in the Onion. Our product* are unexcelled In quality and we are within four or five h ur* trucking distance of the bet; markets in the world, in which to sell them. We have the bet; beachee on the coast and tbej can’t be Increased, eo why tbo.ldn't values continue to rise »nd prosperity crown intelligent ♦Son*' This is not a boom we haring, merely that people are awakening to the real value, the 'acre* of diamonds’ that an scattered about them.” That Mr. Ackley’s views an ■bared by others Is eHdeaoed by

The Slaughter

■^r of WUdwoad r enu«a. waa sold through the of- * « Realtor Walter H. Troen. » price stated to be *76.»00. late Dr. J. M. Slaughter had ■^ office on this corner and eonl6 **d a drug store there for

One local real estate office reports a commission to pu tract owned by nlnety-dx separate owners. In the aoulhern section of the resort. If title can be obtained, the property will be used for a sub-division. It •extends to the beach front, from Landis Are-

te.

The office of Irving Fitch reports the aale of a dwelling, lot Id. ble-Jc Id. on Ariadne Street: let 14. Norte 1*. on Italia Street, near tie Boardwalk; 60 feet on Landis Avenue, adjoining the Lutheran parsonage. This Utter property warn purchased by Clarence Pfeiffer, who will erect a

~ k U that of the lot and strucon the Boardwalk between Udwood and Oak Avenuee. now *upi*d as * shooting gallery. “♦ l operty. owned by Andrew 'Mb u u understood, was sold «J-.°00. H having more than 'upled in value during the

*5 ■"** or eight roarr'nnits for the erw “fjAgee were taken

‘“‘••nrlg Brothers. Tbeee -wm-

1,,- 10 built on Taylo. "iinna. Hudson and Park ^■‘'vard block and will cost ap-

^tiaately *40.000.

* r d w a 1 k front property * 11 ttnd* of fancy figures *2.300 to **.600 a foot. It

F sported that the magnificent

f ■'> of George W. Banka, on jr r n‘>d-°od Avenue, was sold

cut by

Core. CitT I.»,Jopmrnt H Hall, of Philadelphia. ' ‘ “ syndicate which on Wed purchased a tract of *lf In the vicinity of Fifty-first ^♦an City, and which “ development on the enme M Marvla Gardens. Atlantic ■ar, * w “ made through ■V* OUaa. of Atlantic City, n, Price has not been

,or * rainy day Is the r, ..'ng a prudent pet son can . ® ur “rings put In Security J -ompany. Cape May City. 10 draw intereet at oaoe. —41-lt-edv.

Two hundred tots, depicting everything from a "dog catcher” to an "angel In heaven." made a colorful spectacle on Sea Isle City * Boardwalk on Wednesday afternoon, the event being tbe annual baby parade, staged by the

•"omen's Clric Club.

There were more entries In the parade this year than ever before. and ahnoet without exception the tots presented such pretty or such original pictures that the task of the Judges in awarding the prisea, handsome silver loving (pt, was no mean one. and it as aot until well after 6 o'clock hen the work waa completed. The Judges of the parade were seated In the Music Pavilion, and the kiddies psseeil in review, while clicked and the Municipal Band vied tor aUeotloa with the ejaculations and appla.we of the huge crowd which Uood

the vicinity of the Judges' stand. The Judges were: Benedict A. Osala, well-known portrait painter. of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mr*. M. P. McOeahau. of Philadelphia; Common Pieaa Court Judge James Pender, of Bdgeoombe County, N. CX. rod his daughter, Mtae File a Pender; Mrv J. C. Gc'le*. of Sea Isle City, and Mr*. Di. Thomas Nock, of Philadelphia. Aa the tots passed before the Judges ti e selecwas made by number of the 1 In every case the

WiD Erect Bps Home The MacMurray loC corner ■

Street. has been purchased through tbe office of J. MacMurray. Mr*. A. G. Rice, the new . ■ m/wtrern

dwelling on tbe site at once. (Continue’* on Page Twelve) Ocean Gty Will Have Big Advertising Fond The Ocean “aty Ckaimmr of

Commerce, on Wednesday night, raised (40.FOP within twenty minutes for city ndvertMtog puraonea The meeting was held at the Bacht Club, and E. M Button.

. i . » .u. /n.reareKrer slated

tnat roe city’s advertising appropriation had been spent, and ihat moro funds were twded for fall and winter adv-rtlslng. “We .red u lre« " t. «jred. "but I am going to ask lor *4*.-

000 to be •*— --

Nine hundred dollar* it* sum wa* realised. The program of the Ocean City Chamber includes newspaper advertising. both local and outside, and It Is pUnned to eend oopltm ot the Ocean City newspapers for the winter months to all who visited

City this

Judge Eldredge Orders Slot Machines Destroyed On s court order Issued Judxe Eldredge seven slot — chines were destroyed by Promcutor’s detective* Ward Hlgbee and William Unfreed Wednesday morning. The machines had been confiscated August 1*. They were found in roe restaurant of Lealie ScheUlnger and the barber shop of George WeiUce. both of ScheUlnger * Landing. and In the novelty store of A. K- Hone, on the municipal pier of Avalon. Tbe machine* were full •« nickels and bras* check* although the collector bad been aroundto empty them the day before. The money which haa not been counted yet will become the property of the county. Entertained Store Staff Harry Sheff^T^ MiUriUe - &>a lale summer cottager, entered the suffe of his Millville and Vineland stores at dims- - hU Sea Isle home last weer.c.

Four Classes Made Up the Pageant Viewed By Hundreds

Freeholders Ask Few Toll Free Bridge Believe Hut Any Delay in Finishing Big Span Would Be Injurious To South Jersey

Pennsy Will Make Clean Up In Sea Isle Supervisor of Wert Jersey System Admits Hut It h Heeded; Wffl

1923 Advertising Plan Brought Good Results Given Credit For Prosperous Season of County Besorts

Conditions Shown To Him

Mayor Bofroany** efforts to have the Pen nayl vanla Railroad Improve the conditions surrounding MUK. of Its property in Ben lale bid fair to produce results. At the .meeting of the Commissioners on Tuseday at which all member* were present, the Mayor preaented a letter from Superintendent

BeaaLoro Railroad, in which that

ucH.ee were compared In the Civic Club house following the parade. The winners were: dans No. 1. _oet original or u-->cy decorated float—1st, The MerauJ’*. represented by little Peggy Cn.-ner; 2nd. An Ice Cream Cone, the peach cream of which wan tiny John D. Jest; 3rd. Sea lale City Dog Catcher. being a Urge do^ zssa mounted on a wagon, wtkn two live dogs "caught” and with another being chaaed by the official dog catcher and entangled In the catching net

aa the float passed b**— Judges. Honorable me given to "Angel In Hi the person of Miriam

depleting tbu pearly gates of paradise with the little angel sitting In a creecent moon, and the heaven and stare for a 1 ground; "Jenny’s Best,” I little Billy Fehrle In a fanny era under the shade of Urge »—*- trees and surrounded by Ji farm products; "All Alone by the Telephone." showing dainty little

visor Hanson to Sea lale City to look over oonditlone. After the letter was read the ayor said the supervisor had made a vUtt to-He* lale and he had accompanied him on a personal tour of the | track of the old Pleasure Avenue 'Railroad, which had bden abandoned, and asked that the rails be removed and tbe road bed leveled and cleaned. The supervisor admitted that the con dlUons were very bad and said he would recommend ‘hat the work be done. Mayor Bofroney said that he would give the company a week In which to act and If .nothing was done by next week, tbe mat r would again be taken up. In an Informal talk the Comaaloa— saUTWhal when the

ly by the telephone, with rectory and phone “wonder he is all alone, too;” “The i-ugi-list." in roe person of little Jame* Hayden, in a realistic ring. The "Mermaid.” first prise winner, was a beautiful representation of this mythical being. The lower portion of little Miss ter's body was as realist "tah” as may depletion of a

all filled with realistic peach ice a. the hart peach of ell being r Joel, mhos pretty bend and ir body protruded from the Urge cone. “Wisteria’* Won in Condi Ciass The winner of the first prise in Clnai No. i. fancy decorated go-cart or coach, wee "Wisteria," with Utile Billy and Fern Hackett. twins, grinning happily under a realistic canopy of blooming wisteria. Tbe second prise went to “little une* Bud." being Edna Weatherby. surrounded by roes buds In a coach which seemed In Itself to bloom. Third prise went to Ei Crancalelll. In s beautifully decorated coach, and labelled "Doesn't your heart ache for a baby like me?" Honorable mention went to dainty Sylvia Coreon. aa a Cuple DoU: to chubby Harold Cherry, as s cyclist, mounted on a tiny wheel and decorated in the national colors, and to Colder (Continued on Page Seven)

Meeting of Odd Fellows at Wildwood At a recent meeting of the Woodbine Borough Council the Mayor and Council promised to help tbe local lodge of Odd Fellows make tbe convention, which will take place from October 6 to Ifi, Inclusive, a successful one. It was shown that the idea of the convention wee chiefly to disclose tbe good qualities of the order. As representatives from many cities will be present, it wUl tend to place Woodbine where It Justly belongs. All tbe factories, the manufacturing plants, and Mr. Tinsley, of the Bute Colony of Feeble-Minded Males, have also promised to help the local lodge of Odd Fellow* in this great undertaking.

Director of Bridges and Public Buildings Champion rreeented at the Board of Chosen Freeholdera' meeting. Wednesday afternoon at Cape May Court House, a resolution to the effect that the board resolve that the collection of tolls from pedestrians and automobUlsU using tbe bridge that Is to connect Philadelphia and Camden should be eliminated. The resolution was approved by all except Director of Courts and Charities Fester, whe did not vote. resolution waa brought forward bscause work on the bridge may atop untose the State of Pennsylvania agrees to collection of toll*. It mated that If the building of the bridge was delayed beyond the contemplated time, it would result disastrously to South Jersey. Mr. Foster, who did not vote, said whUe he would not want to ase the bridge held, up. be felt that tolls should be

collected.

Director Champaon said It had _jen suggested th** * telephone booth be Installed c t the end of Grassy Sonnd bridge, with a gong In the booth to call the attention of the bridgetender when the phone was being rung. The phone, it was pointed out. would serve to put the bridgetender in Immedlate communication with the authorities when say accident occurred. and again It might be used to warn the bridgetender to throw opes the bridge to prevent the escape of criminals The board approved the plan and reIt to the Director with power to act.

* into Bee lale. steps, shoal :en to see that It remove* la and puts the road bed In

Millville Kiwarns dob Given a Clam Bake

at a dam bake on the See Isle City beach at 6 o’clock on Wed sadsiy afternoon. Hie Millville Kiwanlans left In motor ear* at 3 o'clock on Wednesday. and If a roll call had been taken it would have registered a ninety-nine per cent, attendance. The MUlvllllans were greeted with Ideal weather, and enjoyed their trip to See lale City, and the hospitality of their fellow member and host, to each an extent that many of them plan aa early re-

Wheeia Lock; Car Strikes Pole tlliaa Petereon. of Woodbine, escaped serious injury os Monday afternoon when an old ear whUY she was driving etrock a pole on Washington Avenue as a result of the wheels suddenly locking as she was about to turn the corner She was bruised slightly about the face and hands. The radiator of the car and front lights ^ broken. The car was la a very poor condition and unfit to drive. Mias Peterson wee taken to her home, where e physician was call ed, and her condition was found to be not serious.

Two Cars Collide; No One Hurt Barnet Breelow. of Woodbine, escaped serious Injury at Egg Harbor, on Thursday evening, when his car collided with another car aa he was about to round a corner on Buffalo Avenue. Neither Mr. Breelow, nor Mrs. Archie Mendelslon and her daughter. Roelyn. who accompanied him. were hurt. Breelow * car suffered a smashed windshield and bent fenders, while the other car had eiwiier damage.

Rand For Speeding Arthur Tice. 2*. of Woodbine, waa fined *17.10 by Justice of the Peace Jacob 8. Levin, of Woodbine, on the charge of speeding through Washington Avenue, on Tuesday evening. Tics had been going at a fast rats, about *6 miles an hour, when be wee overtaken by Special Officer Barney

Some people hesitate to open bank accounts because their balance would be small. The Security Trust Company. Cape May City, welcomes the small depositor. Try them. Deposit by mall. —41-lt-edv.

Four Saved in Sensational Sunday Rescue Life Guardi Had Twenty Minutes Battle Polling Foot Ezccrtionirts From Hole Hear Jetty

Kitty Reed Was Heroine On Sunday last one of the most sensational rescuee ever made on Sea Isle beach took place when Lifegiards Tom White and Jack Dennett, assisted by Ralph Kendlg and Ted Neagle rescued four bathers from the suction holes near the Jetty off Ocean Avenue. It was a few minutes before 10 and the lifeguards and their friends were crossing the Jetty to reach tbe "stand" when lifeguard White noticed three bathers dangerously near the Jetty and started to the water's edge to whistle them away. When but half-way down, one of the bather* stepped in the hole nt under, aa the holes are 10 to 16 feet deep In Endeavoring to assist her, the two other* fell In th* same hole. The boys Immediately shot down the beach and dived for Unable to drag them out. due to the northeast current causing a greater suction, the boys had to hang to the Jetty and hold the drowning ones In their anna. Thinking he could be of assistance. Leo Ventl approached too close to the hole and suddenly lost hla balance and fell In himself. Hr. too. had to dragged to the

Jetty.

White climbed upon the Jetty and pulled the four up. Dennett and Kendlg succeeded In getting out of the hole and got the boat, while Neagle remained In the hole In case one of the others slipped off the Jetty, Using the boat to bridge the hole, all four were brooght In safely; one of whom had to be

that Edward Lore be put In charge all bridges waa approved. The board commented favorably and referred to the Director of Publicity the suggestion of Director of Finance H. Foster GoeUn that the County of Cape May take part in tbe Besqul-Centennial celebration next year by having a

part of which expanse he proposed to have the county bear. The other part. Mr. Goal in believes, could be shared by the resorts, probably according to their assessed valuation- This display would advertise the county atriosal Inducements. accrue very much to Its prosperity. Mr. OoeUn said. Director Champion said that the (Continued eu Pag* Twelve) Wildwood To Have Big Musifcal Event Precccdi T* Qe To the Civic Oab

be given on the afternoon at August SC. at MAjMk lover* wUl have the opportunity ts enjoy i weU-known aruus as Mia* Marie Stone Lengs*r«e. concert contralto; Mia* Manuks Konrad. ‘ date; Dr. James Davenport, wit tenor, and Mia* 1** Hendee. accompanist. Tickets for the musicale may be procured from any member of the Wildwood Civic Club. Don’t forget the dale.

Wife Deserter Taken To North Carolina George A. Midgett. of Elisabeth. N. C.. waa taken back to that town Wednesday In the custody of a Sheriff after being arrested Tuesday on a writ of capias by Sberiff George Redding, of Cape May Court House. Midgett waa wanted In North Carolina on a charge of abandoning his wife and several children and for Jumping ball. Sheriff Redding received notice of presence in Cape May County of Midgett. from the North Carolina authorities, and immediately located him In a boat houae back of Wildwood Crest. He arrested the fugitive and turned him ovei tbe Elizabeth Sheriff when the latter came north Wednesday.

Campbell Exonerated The Coroner’s Jury, empanelled by B. C. Ingereoll. Wildwood Coroner. Tueeaiy exonerated Robert Campbell. 2*. of Uanarch. Pa., driver of the machine in which Mira Dorothy Lynch. 1*. 14» N Wilton Street, West Philadelphia, was fatally injured Saturday Mia* Lynch died th* foUowinc morning a* the result of the Injuries.

Complaint Dismissed By Utility Board Atlantic City Electric Company la Giving Adequate Service To Ocean City

Bolt of Lightning Impaired Service For Tim the Company Could Hot Be Held Responsible

Those rescued were Sarah Raffa. Agnes Graaso. Lena PhlUpina and Leo Ventl; all four were excursionists from Philadelphia. II took the boya twenty minutes to bring all tour In. While swimming off Frits Street last Thursday. Kitty Reed and BUI Foley beard a cry for help William Sheehan. They Joee to the bather and quickly swam out and held him up until Guard White arrived and all three pulled him safely ashore. Miss Reed was nearly exhau ed aa Sheehan waa a maa cl to the 200 mark. Mias Reed deserves much ere for her gameneas In siding Foley to hold Sheehan up until White

arrived.

Charles Gardenl was another pulled In during the past weak. Two More Sated out 11.20 on Wednesday ilng. Mr*. C. Lester and Nancy Brown, both of 2120 North Sixty-third Street. Philadelphia, were rescued from the surf by Lifeguards Tom White and Jack Dennett, assisted by BUI Stevens, former captain of the Bes Isle Beach Patrol, who waa talking to White and Dennett at the time. The first girt was brought la by WlrUe. Stevens and Ralph Kendlg. while Dennett went on to reach the other girt Due to a bed undertow. Deacould not bring the girl ashore and had to keep her afloat until the other* could go out in th* boat and pick them ap. The second young lady deserve* much credit for "keeping her head” and not becoming frantic. This makes ‘ ' last Thursday.

Concluding the Atlantic City Electric Company is doing everything that can .be reasonably expected. both In the matter of construction and operation to render safe, proper and adequate service, the Public Utility Consnlaslon on Saturday dismissed a complaint by the city of Ocean City. On April 29. Ocean City submil'.ed to the board a formal complaint, alleging that the company serving that municipality with electric light and power Berrios, had for “the peat eeveral yean and at times during which the several public buildings and moving picture houses have been filled with people.” tailed to furalah safe, adequate and proper service by reason of the tact that the supply of electrical current had tailed, leaving the city in total darkness and remaining so for various pe-

riods of time.

The city of Ocean City further claimed that the Atlantic City Electric Company had aasurod the petitioner that the electric lighting system would ^e so Improved aa to not cause the lights In said city to be extinguished by want of electric current, but notwithstanding this assurance there had been an interruption on Saturday evening, April 25, 1925. lasting from approximately 2 o'clock to about 10 o'clock. The petitioner therefore prayed that the Atlantic City Electric Company “be required to equip ita plant In such a manner aa to give assurance for electric service to this municipality, and If (Oontlaaed on Page Twelve)

Refuses To Support Wife and Children William Coe nan. of Tuckahoe. u ordered to pay *16 a week to support his wife and three children. by Ju*'ice of the Peace Bugarman. of Woodbine. Hla wife, who made the com plaint, stated that until the Fourth of July, all the food and necessary house thing* she received, was what be brought from the at ore*. Since then he refused to live with her and bis three children. Upon refusal to return to them. Justice Sugannan imposed the penalty of 916 weekly.

Kiwanis Eight at Crest Pier Kiwanic Night waa observed at the Wildwood Crest Pier Tuseday night and the Wildwood Kivanls Club wa* present to enjoy a concert by the Holmee-Baker Orchestra. Member* of the orche*entertalned the club with a musical program at It* luncheon at the Fenwick Tuesday noon. Dr. Charles Knoll won the attendance prize by guessing the total ages of all club member* who were born in August. Hie guess. 280. wee exactly right.

Wildwood Baby Parade Mias Ellen Robinson, pretty Camden girl, wee crowned queen of the seventeenth annual baby parade Wednesday by Mayor Edwin Culver.

LMOORLYN THEATRE* ▼1 OCEAN cm. N. J. JLs “The Brightest Spot on fth the 3foard»alk .

a of th* Geo. W. :

Walt! no Per Ooflnoa Ortffith to THC MAftKIAOC WHIRL With KaooaUi Bartaa Ntta Naldl. Hamson Ford mad Bd-

TURB Added—Satire Comedy— Ben Turpin in The Marriage Clrcaa The Fo* News "Sees All. Knows Air-

Sat. Mon. A Tuea.. A JO. 29-31 and kept. 1— WUAJaJI FOX PRESENTS Edmund Lowe ha THE FOOL By ChannIn* Pollock Tbe Picture that —a-a ha aplte of tbe devil. Dltwt from the auooeaaful run In New York.

A New Story of the Pnee

The Prrh Theatre "The Moorlyn's Little Brother"

Location—On the boardwalk at Park Ptooe. (bstwShnSre md 4th Streets.) Attractions— Pine Photootava md Good Music. Portonnanceo— Dally Matin* ■t S P. M. Evanhasa 7.11

City S0» CtlOB “ — Moortyn ~MaiiasemenL)