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CAPE MAY CQUNTVS HOME NEWSPAPER SEA ISLE OTT CATC MAT COUHTT. * J . FRIDAY. FEBRUARY S. 1926

HUMBER THIRTEEH

[IdeSolons ci: on Gutter Ordinance irfVHkMJhriai

Hand Sentence Held Up By Judge Waftte 1mm 1» wtiWiht* By Bk Oraaie Cwyk

lAdvertiw For Bkk tor

Freeholders See Movies of New Paving Y&Klitiuc Hard-Sarfaeiag Method Explained To Coup Offldali By B. W. Bailey

Three Large Building Projects For Sea Isle This Spring Buf Boaae To Be Renovated and Greatly Modernked—Hew Amuse ■eat Enterprise To Go Up on Beachfront Between

Garrison and Swain Street*

Want Somers Says Bottle Was Past Record Point-O. C. ; His - LifeSavet Wins Approval t-j * a * Judge Eldredge. However Fine* If-* n w n a Koad Improved r or MacMurray

New Bank Building Plana Being Drawn By Architects

Co. tea late C*r Owl „ u I look Uw flrot oodntta Ma# m*i

ft* aaM: The xreal-

aarvto* tbta roart can reader la tha Qf amdtoo of Ike home llfi

ite the dlf-

R and Central Avonoaa. waa

> the County Board of

lUova waa paaiad tarraaatoj

it to ba raload by tha ta*

I fMxa $«2JS1JS ta $61440 P extra amowt to be aaed to

a public titntty dedett

f for report latar.

I of tha State 1 aapna of i. at tha Rubart Treat

| Newark. Thureday and Frif thia week at which Import-

* to tha city will be

> diet la tha caae. which cauaed a real aarprtae. It waa elated by la attorney ba waa aeekinit n

adteatioo.

Tha naueual feature* tn

case, which waa heard last week, ware that after a wordy batUe

with hie wife. Hanc moved ic next door. He aopplied

ale wife with tha prodecU from hi* farm and tl* per weak and clothed the children in addition to furniah00—f of j ins the home and fuel. I pobUabtd it waa stated laat Wedneaday —t to alii om of tha Juror* ala understood “ the taatructioaa of tha Ccwrt.

The couple have six children.

■ of the ordt-

; Rotary Club To Organize Next Monday a fate's Hew Cnie Unit ViD Be FsntaOy InstxtnM By Ospt Many Smith, af Atlantic City I on Feb- Mecca For Progressive Men

!

See laic Cltra Rotary Club will

Illy o alas I ■rte E BUR.

tic CUy publisher, and president of the Rotary Club of that reevrt. After conference* from time to [ almost a year. the. of Dr. Palen. District of Rotary, waa homily or the Sea Isle City club, the elasaUeatloa and membership list bavins been approved by the International Rotary, at Dr. C. W. Way. who active in orculxla* the b. visited the InternaScea In Cblcaco about aco. and met with Dr. Pales last seek in Philadelphia, preliminary meetlnc was cm Tuesday night of this In the ofhee of Irving Fitch, to fix dues and arrange (Continued on Page Seven)

sWant Bridge Improved Board Gets UssmininsI From Cape May Cittoou

' Board of Freehold I n petRtoa last ' J algned by realdonU Uvtog » Hay CUy. Waat Cape May

[ bridge U 1 oca tad an

e from Cape May Bast Cape May.

»roet. Jackass Street. Street and Waat Myrtle form an InteraecUao

Tbe bridge Is nart B of traMc. 8ev-

Hard Bufnciag Heeded The second resolution, endorsed the rec immendation of the t ounty «rb-r of Commerce to have this boulevard bard surfaced this year. directed attention to the need of the permanent surfacing of this thoroughfare into Cape May

News From Today's Classified Ads

narket on Seerahore Boulevard, .ear Conn House, for aale. «! acre poultry farm. X poul-

mo Baptists To lave Baptismal Service In term*lag ordinance 1 by Immeretom. will be nd--•C Ur tbe Palermo Baptist at the evening aer >» at 7:B at which time the Rev. E M StoBrU. will Subject. "Buried with Him U»m.“ II a. m. the subject "Weary at Bcnuet. but >rd with Joy at Sunriae." <bool meets at >:<S n. m. Stoffel* will also preach at Or BapOat Church at IAS p r school at S:N p. m. history of every fortune with the Brat dollar anved. >oum by opening a saving* In the Security Trust 'I. Cape May City. —i

State BJulevard. edge of Jourt House. 110,000. • room bouse, furnished. S ota. at MayvlUe. or Seashore doulrvard. IS.S00. Poultry farm for sale or rxhangr. Owner of S-famlly apartment bonne, located tn Overbrook aactloo of Philadelphia, will exchange lor lot* In Ocean City or Sea late City. Ford commercial body, in prod condition, price 1X0 00. Tbe Clamlfted Depart merit rf tbe TIMES I* a vast atorvi>uae of bargain* In thing* Mi need. Sew bargain* every eek. When yon base *omeihlng you have no fuither u_r for. Mil which would be of value to lone else, advertise it In .ha Classified Department IS 00 u offered weekly to

Harder Than Concrete

R. W. Balter, of tbe American Vlbrolithlc Corporation, det strafed tbe advantages of vibrollthlc. a new hard-anrfnclng preparafloa by two reels of moving pre-

construction and anUclTbli stone la driven Into tbe plastic rasoltne driven vibrating transmitting fifteen hun-

up cause first the air entrapped in the concrete nod then tbe excess water In the slab to come to the surface where they are eliminated. Continued operation of tbe vfbrp-

irfncn of hard, ght at the piano of traMc. The advantage claimed for this ottood oT hard-surfacing is that It cheaper and will not crack as readily as the bsrd-snrfaclng now a*. It is also claimed that It wear better and longer.

North Wildwood Treasurer Honored

Three large building projects are assured for Sea Isle City this spring. It waa found thla week. One will be on the property from Garrison Street in Swain Street, on the beachfront, knowa as,the ••Croaecker" tract. This property was purchased by Mrsara. Hamburger A Sage), of Atlantic City, for Mt.SSO. and was aettled for last week, when the purchasers announced their plan to a large Hamburger A Sagrl art heavily Interested la Cape May County real eatate. Their property la Sea Isle City includes la addition to the "Cronerker" block, tbe • DeBow" property. Boardwalk at Ocean Avenue, which proparty will also be remodeled by them The Surf House, for many years in tbe Strother family, waa nettled for last week also, by a Philadelphia syndicate headed by J. Rose Thla hotel will be reconstructed and modernised by the • Installation of many private "• and other convenleacoa.

that tbe hotel will be one of the modern along * always eaaplendld patron ago, maay “* there for the after year. The third project now nanorod Is tbe construction of a modem hank building for the Firm National Bank. A firm of wellNew York bank architects

and are

Hairy Thomas Sentenced To State Prison

kier sad Hotel Propnetor Get* From One To Three Yean in Jail Conducted Gambling House

Hereto*, By Feflew Italian*

n honor of Mr. A. J. Cafiero. tbe newly-appointed City Trear of North Wildwood, a banquet spread was given Sunday. In New Hotel Hereford, under the auspirea of the Italians of the City of Wildwood. Special Invited guests Included Hon. George A. Redding. Mayor of North Wildwood: Hen. Edward 8. Culver. Mayor of Wildwood: Hon. Orville T. King. Mayor of WildI Crest; Commissioner* Call and Taylor. H. F. Gretsbsch. president of North Wildwood

Council: also Councllmen Hewitt, j Settlementa

plans for tbe

which la to be completed In the early summer. The at rue turn will be thirty-five feet on Landis Avenue, by sixty-five feet — Paris Street. The e of tbe bank, quarter* occupied sli gantxatlon. will be moved to the r of the bank property, facing Paris Street. The new bulldwlll be hard-preased brick, p red. with white stone trim>g- It will contain In addition to the banking room and lobby, an office for the president. re* 1 room for ladles, equipped with dressing table, mirrors and other accessories to milady's fort, dlrectora' room, building loan receipt window, large vault, storage rooms alid heal wblrh will be equipped with tbe latest type otl-burnlng heater.

Roberta. Spent* r. Sayers. Bradshaw. Magistrate Steelman and John T. Byrne. Isaac Green and Chief of Police Albert Thompson. North Wildwood. Peter Viola was chairman ot the committee baring the affair la charge. Music as furnished by Prof. Borelll The menu comprised some un-

blending the bast of prepared by chefs who

In their line.

Beal Estate Active Quietly, and with no i ance of activity, real estate In >«n Isle City U changing hands In single lots, small blocks and large plots. Among the recent sales is a Urge plot near Loretto Avenue, containing about 30 lots which waa sold by H 8. Fox. of Tuekahoe. well-known dealer and developer, to Mr. Van Hook, of VlneUnd. The deal was made through the office of John

U Maher. r being i

of visitor* c

Fifteen Captured In Wildwood Raid

The establishment of "Jew Benny." a negro, at Garfield and Arctic Avenue*. Wildwood was raided by Chief Cobb Sergeant Korrum. Patrolmen Kellar and Solomon Sunday morning, about 13t o'clock. Fifteen persons,

|eight men and found in the ' rested. Two

All were given a hearing before Magistrate E. L Chalmer* on Sunday and were fined Hum 111.X0 to KC.XO. Including cost*. Tbe proprietor of tbe dlaordetly bouse and ^Charles Kluxer, a Wildwood contractor, were fined the maximum amount.

100 per cent

ty bought during the real estate activity side red by real ratal

runner io the biggest year that this resort has ever known. Work on the preparation for the filling In of 8ra Isle City Gardens la under way. tbe bank* being burn, and the lands made In readiness for tbe dredge, wblcb I* expected to be on tbe Job very

to take i shortly. Tbe contract of the and going | company call* for tbe completed

fill by June first, and la barked by a fidelity bond given by the

dredging company.

Radio broadcast* In Philadelphia are being made every Wednesday night from tbe Pennsylvania Hotel, telling of 8e* We City and Sea I*l«y City Garden*.

r place and were

“Knve and Sacreed" the Buildlag and I-own way. which U safe <-a*y and sure. Ask Irving Fitch. Secretary of tbe Tradesmen * Building and Ix*sn Association Kea Isle city. Adv

Harry Thomas, colored, proprietor of the Thomas Hotel. Sixth Street and Haven Avenue. Ocean City, was wnfenr^t to nerve from one to three year* in SUte prison by Judge Eldredge

on Wednesday.

Thomas was found guilty the previous week by a Jury of conduct Inc a disorderly bous*. The speclflr charges were thst Thoms* tolerated and abetted gambling In n pool room which he owned •* 111 West Avenue. Ocean City. Thoms* held himself as a benefactor to his race. He frankly tied he permitted gambling unall stakes In his place and participated In the game* aomeAttorney George Grets, who presented Thomas. mad< rong plea for clemenry. calling lentlon to the fact the xlola>n had occurred over a year t> and hi* client had sold hts ■crest in the business before I arrest. He stressed the fact at several prominent Ocean City men had appealed as charartor witnesses for Thom*/. Hr

Page Seven)

(Continued <

Cape May County Health League af Work Done For the • Month of December • Iso uorothy Rice, county health se, .-sport* the following work * sy the organization which i* >C no much to raise 'be hesltb •fiord of t ape May county, for •nowth of December. if tuberrulosi* under

Poorhotue Popular Fret holder Foster reported that there are *3 Inmates tn the County Roorbouse at the present Urn* He stated this U double the number of inmates fire years ago.

[Ill

Arrange For Secqi Announcement ms* made at

tbe meetlnc of the < ounty Board of Freeholders that a larger exhibit spare than first Intended would hr secured tn tbe tirsquM toiU-onlal eihlbtl Tbe tentative plan* are foi four booth* located in lb* Pal..** of Foods. Dairy and Agriculture, where exhibit* ot Hus type will be * taxed All the Industrie* of the county will b* 'epiesent-

examlnatinn 4 by Dr. Dunham. One pammeuded for s Ithors were advised e followed-up by 1 girls had their tonsils and denoids removed at Dr. Mace’ Inspttal. Tb.-y are doing well. The supplies for bed cases kept n hand b* the nurse have been i demand, and are kept in use •ost of the time. Anyone needing xese may have same by getting ir >uch with Miss Rice t loth tog has been distributed xD month. The return* from > hr 1st ms* Seals have been good but league would like all to make

Luther Ogden Heads

Penna. Lumbermen's Ass n

l-uther C. Ogden, director ot the • pe May Board of Freeholders,

was elected president of the Pennsylvania Lumbermen * A*-<* istlon at a meeting of that organization held in the Bellrvur-Stratfnrd.

Philadelphia, last Rafirday litis 1* tbe first ttme In the his-

tory of tbe organization that a member other than a l'enn*y Ivama lumberman has been honored with tbe presidency Ogden ha*

been a director in th-

Dell

fire

isylrania.

Mary l«

| Jersey lumbermen form the orI rantutiou | Hating for a tainy day Is the | l»e*t ihlug a prudent person can !do Youi saving* put In Si-curity ! Trust Company. Cape May City i begin to draw Interest at once.

—adv.

I Twe Resolutions By Freeholder j Chunpioa Endorsed By County

Board of Freeholder!

For State Highway Dept.

The county Board of Freehold er* passed two resolutions on Wednesday In referent r to the Oceant itv-Somrrs l , »tnt Boulevard. Tbe lesolutlon* were for*.ittied State Highway Deiw-tmcnt for consideration. *l'h<- D Is a* follows: Whereas. The Stair highway front Somers Point to Oct Is a highway by whiia bile* nom North Jersey. New York and the New England States enter tbe county of Cape .Mat. and Whereas. Said high* .\ M extensively travelled throughout the year by automobiles travelling to and from said county of t 'ape \| a y-

and

Whereas. Many accidrnts have occurred thereon, being attributed to depressions In the roadbed on said highway and because of in sufficient: fenring along the same, therefore Be it resolved. By the Board ot < Chosen Freeholders ol the < ounty of Cape May. New Jersey, that the State Highway Commlsston n! tbe Stale of New Jersey give the matter of tbe depress tons In tbe State highway front Somers Point to Ocean city, and tbe Insecure fencing along tbe same. Us Immediate attention. In order to preserve the life and limb of persons traverslnr said highway, and be It further Resolved. That tn the judgment qf this Board the roadway should be so remedied a- t» prevent depressions in the future and the fencing along tbe said highway should be made more substantial and aecure. and he It further. Resolved. That a -copy of this resolution, certified by the I 'leek of this board, be forwarded to tbe Slate Highway Commission.

The health-giving benefits , , a bottle of liquor were explained |EldrfAft I '-O' rad , I Cu, W„ Cunt I* Dupat, rrdgr by Mikolas Ttirrhl. of Wildwood. Dm Monday Turrhl! Over Ownmkip pleaded guilty to the cbatgr of I ______ possessing a quart ot liquor. It almost requited the sriviees of | Unusual Court Happening

rpmer to understand ‘

Turrhl. When asked by Judge I Eldivdge wlty.he had the liquor.' The V

why. h

e iolios lag dialogue ncriirrml: Turrhl "I'm slcky loo." Judge "You're aixty-two.” Ttirchi. shaking hi* head and placing hts hand* on hi* slomarh "I'm slrky here | have the ontatlx and almost dir. The itllc. he save nty life " Judge Kldrrdge replied: "So saved your life. Well, the Court iesn'1 want to Inflict a death

slue ot a rrpntattoo waa

exemplified In « ourt on Wed ova day morning when William MacMurray. who was found guilty of - receiving stolen goods, was caltod

for sentence To hwar an speak well of a client I* n usual occurrence, hut fo Prosecutor and Judge *u

these statements as tn character, particularly after a conviction, ta , «n unusual happening It Is the I first time In our recollection that

occurred in the t onaty

fined *100"

He was led away w ith hi* I ' < ”*V-

,i:d* Still grasping his chubby Thr ra,ln *“» unusual la stomath. | maay respects It was the out-

growth of a huataesa transaction and dne to circumstances which threafened to wreck MacMurray'n

reputation lor honesty

MacMurray is a silk merchant living In 8e* Isle «1ty. He wu ■aught tn thr silk crash which occurred several years ago which drove him and a boat of other I merchants into bankruptcy. His business, which was located in Philadelphia, went Into the hand* of receivers. A number of his creditors, with whom he had oealt for many year*, attempted to assist him finaccially. He purchased silks and brought them to the store of Mr*. Kathryn K-itss.'

In Sea Isle flty.

A misunderstanding arose between Mr*. Krabta and MacMurray. MacMurray took possession of a quantity of silk*. Mr* Kraian Dimed tbe ownership was ber'a.

Limeifck Prize This Week Goes To Cape May

Charlotte K. Stevens I* the Lucky

Lady on Whom Fortune Kindly Smile* in Rhyminf Contest

Judging Is Now Hard Work

The winner of "Splnlerhood' Umerirk No. S is ' harlotte Steven*. of 3u Guemey Street, t ape May. to whom a check for F1v« Dollar* ba* been malted. The w inning completed Mmerict

read* a* foltawn:

Reynold* I* mart

It*

Bootlegger Caught When Car Breaks

and Identified a quantity of goods ss belonging to her. A civil suh followed which resulted D a spill verdict Thia was followed by a criminal suit charging MacMurray with tareeny and possessing stolen The ease waa tried laat V.^1 Beads y Judge Eldredge directed tbe (ronilnued on Page Seven)

Celebrate Seventeenth Wedding Anniversary

Fatrlewits Finally Apprehended By Connty Detective Unfreed Harry Fate’ewitz. 1S78 Fortyeighth Street. Brooklyn, was heel under under XZSvO ball by Supreme t'ourt • ommlsslont-r Harry S. Douglass, after a hearing on

Wednesday afternoon.

Fatelewitz was charged with possessing and iranspnrtlng liquor Tbe county authorities believe lb • apprehension of Fatelewitz will check, the activities of one of the biggest bootleggers in Ute country. He was arrested on Tuesday evening at Park Boulevard and Davis Avenue. Wildwood, by Founty-De-tective Fnlreed. while riding in a truck with Frank Oltavn. of North Wild* ond. Three five gallon ran*

of alcohol was seized

Olson stated Fatelewitz had brought a a car Into the garage where be is employed lo he rc-| palted and had engaged him to deliver several package*. He denied be knew the contents of the cans : Olson was held a* a material wit-!

Fell Through Ice: Escaped Uninjured ivid Feldman? lit. won of Poster Jacob Feldman, of Wuod- . escape•* serious Injury and

Franklin A. C. football He is also one of tbe leaditerw of Woodbine. He will IMIget* College In Septet.,

Reading Approve; Plan* The plans of R IVndall Smith Minty engineer, for draining the -oposed bald sutfa-ed toad neat avtlle station were approved by tbe Reading Rail mad The rail osd officials agreed in the plan* i a rommunn alien to the > .Minty Board of Freeholders

There u nolluna IDrlists ran do.

Hul just tbe same,

{ She'* the one la b

Ufi H nukes her decidedly bine.

The Judges, w Ini wee Misses N

R Johnson. Helen < ares, and Mr W. E. Middleton, of tbe TIMES; staff swarded bowers Me mention to Mr* F. V Candy, o* Petersburg * whose last line was ''And her) Mr. and Mrs. George Feldman. Of course sbe * going to rue.'' Alsu; Woodbine, celebrated tbelr sevenJohn F. Gs .dy. of Petersburg. I Iccnth wedding anniversary on whose last line was "And *brI Sunday evening. January. *1. at might a* well start life anew " | their home. In tbe prwanaoe of fully Sptnslerhond Idmerh-k fans are seventy-five guests. Friend* and now numbered by the thousand In I relatives from New York and Alt ape May County, interest In tbe j lanUc ‘City came for tbe special Umern k» growing as tbe story on occasion. A large number of trteoda which this coolest is based, and] front Woodbine also were present. « which Is running serially In tbeJA fine supper was prepared and TIMES grow* in InlefeM I enjoyed by all present who spent A Matnage is usually the end of I very en -rattle evening which most Slones they always ••|u«.| lasted until about 2 a.'m. Mr. happily ever after Not so with I Feldman Is part owner of tbe W. "Splnsiethood." for this great story I R- U- Hal company. Is really just getting under way.)

Reynolds

, Sea Isle Board of

Education Reorganizes

taken tbe latal 1*1 plunge peaceful lor troubled, as thr

R.ad this story You can start lbp Sea Isle City Board of I

it today. And S.nd in a last line hr ,d on Monday evening, to the Umrrick. Wfaieh is always , Urr; s MuHer waa elected ro

based on an in. idem ol tbe atory.] >wld . of , be BomrA . - ! Walle, llolmra. vice president,

ejection ot Board of MU'* I' Roy j- Archer, secretary.

Education Members| t .L b, '.. h, l‘ 1 * rt ,or . ,w ■ choo,

i««-

The regular election for m beis of the Boaid of Edueat of Woodbine, will be held at Central School on Tuesday. Fet ary •) Those whose teims eg| are William Abtanison. Mr*. Rnsenfeld. Tell Vaughn and M. Daneihlrrh No opponr have appeared as yet. and it probable that 'these will he elected again The time set thr hail-dlnc I* from 4 tn o'clock In the afternoon

Thr Connty Hoard r r* raised the salary o utor's clerk from MS

Dumb Like a Fox

was adopted

t Estimates on Monday Iso. Tbe total amount to d by tnxatlon is til.or IX.000.00 lews than

7’ Ground Hog Storm i* I Did Little Damage 01 j While Philadelphia and ftoutli r- Jersey as Dr down as Millville were In lb» throes of a miniature j blizzard Wednesday and Thursday. Cape May seashore resorts escaped with no damage and little or no snow Tbe wind blew pretty hard Wednesday night, and the rain was heavy, hat the severity of tbe storm passed r.t by

alcohol and s

hts I

• ppeared

Judge Eldredge asked him If he wa- not aware It was against i! I.I» lo make liquor, and why did he hide tbe still tinder it h.-' -'■"h. Itusansky pleaded he -•••I'd not understand Judge Kl..ii. said: “You seem to un-l-i.tand some thing*. Maybe >>mi will understand when I dl- !•<! you to he ronflneo lo the ' ounty Jsil until you pay a fine

uf XSOO."

Library Crr

ion Re-orguiara

Tb Cape May County Library commission held its rrorganlga--Uon meeting last Monday in the library- building. ' ourt House Tbe oBcets are Allred cooper, president: laming Myers, vice p,e*,dent: Mis* Roganna Gandy, necretaiy. and Geotge Boeder, treasurer. Mrs. W R Sheppard, of c a pe May

•t> l

George Boeder, of Be* who is now in Florida, lected trewsurer lor a five

• motorists have d