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CAPE MAY COUNTY S HOME NEWSPAPER

PUZZLES Metro Mi Kane* for the CM- | dret ertaj Friday in the 1 Fife W is popular with

tu ms cm, cat ut oararr, x i, nnut, octobee 22, i«m

Harbor

Resol uwadwood f Trade 1 Better Road Boa re of 1

_ t rappireoCBtj butfaSIoc* to John H ; Court ft?IS, «

Sea kle City Utilities Election Tuesday, October 26 Sentiment Appear* Strongly in Favor of Sale of Gas and Electric Systems Which Have .Been Consistent , Losers For Municipality

dallowe’en at Wildwood To Be Joyous Night Resort Making Effort To Usher in Annual Event With Fine Display

1925 Was Year of Heaviest Loss on Gas—Electric Lost

Everybody I* Co-operating

Vajuu mi tha

(hat it* road

N«*t Tuesday Us voter* o' Bss Isle City will go to the polls to ssy whether or not they want to seSl the aunictftJ gsa and electric light systems of the rerun. All the necessary prslimtaanes have been carried through; blda have been received of IH.000 for the gss plant sac 1100.060 tor the elctrb- austem. abd these have beer, accepted by the City Oosamtariosen, subject to appro-, al. or rejection, by the vptais. Sen Unmet appear* to be overwhelmingly In favor of the Bale of both ntlHtlea. It U argued that under private ownership these pienU would become part ef a giant corrorsU-'n, wfth

be taken from taxpayers, and tbat better sendee prill be had for the or even less, rate. for the gas plant Is the Jersey Central Light and ~ Company, which own the City, imeroua others in New Jerbetr plat sd by the eo _ do away with the local plant set'rely, and pipe City through Baa We City, to Avalon and Stone Harbor, where have been given ay. Tfee rate for Sea Ms City would be the sai City, starting at IMS

Pomona Grange Meets Saturday The Cape May County Pomona Grange fall meeting will be held, due Saturday, October 23rd, at the Grange Hall, Rio Grande, with an afternoon nd evening session. The speaker of the day will tie Howard Hancock, of Cumberland County, president of the State Federation jf County Boards of Agriculture. Ed Burley, Pomona Grange Master, has an iriteir-'ting program prepared for the County grangers. Pomona Gr-.ngv is composed of all' the Subordinate granges in the county.

Cape May Co. Medical Soc’y In Session Annual Meeting Held a Woodbine Colony and Officers Elected '

To Form Ladies' Auxiliary

Infuriated Negrp Shoots His. Wife 1 . Murder and Attempted Suicide Startles Ocean City —Man in County Jail Victim Afraid of Husband

Testimonial To Congressman (Looks Like Bacharach Brilliant Affair! Bullock Must

Serve!

Veteran Representative Visibly Affected By the Exhibition of Esteem in Which He is Held By the

People of His District

Tribute Paid To His Services By Public Men Who Know

Court of Error# and ils Dismisses His ; peal From Verdkfc

Many additional Interfiling features were announced today for' the community celebration and parade to be held in Wildwood on Salt

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last Sunday morning, William 17. colored, shot and killed her' In She rear of 726 Weet Avenue. Ocean CKy. He titan placed the revolver against Ms own head In sn unsuccessful attempt*d to commit suicide. The bullet wdtb which ho attempted to end hU life failed to penetrate Ms skull. K pierced the flesh beMs right ear.

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They Include special prises to schools. Boy* Seoul .raops sad s Special commercial a •will suppiement the lion of the procession with a series of exhibits of T ' ‘ and Institutions

County.

A beautiful American flag ..nfliTm »r!h. Ha^ of umM-i '' A Dr * m J? a £L? % This feature will not eliminate ; of Dr. Allen Onon and students from the competition 1 T - Tom ' tor the individual prises/but H la “‘•o expected to stimulate Interest lu

the group entries.

In a similar competition, us winning troop to have its choice be-

The sonosl masting of the Cape May County. Ned leal Society

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troop insignia. Scouts with their '.coops win aid their respective ccboofc by having their scoutmssfra. certify their attendance and the school to which It should ►« crsdltsd. Many automobile sgeocles have signified their Inteatiad ed, entertag the commerelsl sectfes to display the latest models of the ears they sell. Other I * houses nlll enter the com with float*. An Ocean Cilr sorority the pace for stn-llar orgaa_^ by enteriag the parade as a body. Several fraternities and sororities whose members summer la WtldWtlM

systems I* Gn? nd S in AUsMe

County No raal ostate goes with and elaei « roan tkto sale, the City ratatutag \he

valuable property It acautrad. oa i Avenue whan It bought electric plsnt from the Brocty estate In 1*21. The Atlantic City Company is at present supplying current to the city, and will continue this soutei of crppty. but in addition will build direct line from Ocean City ath. so that current will be nlUhle to Sea Inle City and . jortn nouth by a line running through the raeorts. as well ss from the Une now extending down the msln Sesshora Bond. The rates to con*noer» *>U be ITe per kllowst for he first afl; 16c for the next 14c for all over 120 kUowsts. The rat# for electric refrigerators, cook stoves, oil heaters, motors and the like will be 1T< for the first 10 kilowats. and 6c thereafter. Power rates will also be on s sliding . «1«. The present rsles are 17c

flat for hi

tram 17c down to 6e for power These rates apply U> mr

‘ rate

was held at Woodbine Colony on {or lh . w»sk tad In oedpp tbnt - - :Mta. tftftMaab to -■ AtamMj k —

An additional facial 'feature

Isis City shows the electric t I nearly me utilities to be Usady. e* - and ti»*t | sistsnt and heavy losers This t toad* in Partly due to the fact that Mf All ownerahip all exteamoi

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— . .. - -ouia Court Hook Uity to continue . ^ . Pegs <> Narrow Escape in v-oliiator

In a collMcn lax: Sundsy la FhUsd^pat*- Mss Undine Campbell of Cape May Court House, miraculously escaped Injury when she was thrown against the wind shield of the car In which sin was riding, her head crashing

(hrougk the shield, but n< scratch being sumntned.

Him Campbell, together with KM Mart# ghute. of Cape Hay

« House, had been vlaitlng

ed for the yaar 1»1?: President. Dr. George P. Dakota; vice president. Dr. Httddhei PstUt; secretary aud reporter. Dr. »ngene Way; treasure 4 -. Dr. H. H. Tomlin; member naMnstlng committee of State society. Dr. C. W. Way; annual detagau to State aoctety. Dr. P. B. Hughes; alternate. Dr. Herachel Pettit; eenaor. Dr. W. P. Haines; committee on public hepUh. wglfara nnd legteUtlon. Dr*. Julius Way. MUlard Oryder and WUson A. Lake. Announcement wan made that Dr. Green, president of the State M erica! Society, had appointed Dr. Eugene Way a member of the welfare com ml Wee of tbs State

society.

Pvofoesor 8. P. OUpin. of Philadelphia, gave an addraes on “Nervous and Mental Diseases of lalerest lo the General PracUtloner" and waa voted the U anka

of the Society.

Dinner was served by the Chef of the Colony and tbt Institution Inapscted by t^e aoctaiy. Egg Harbor lua.. Bee Point, was selected as the pl-»ee of meeting, at which ttms s laJtss. suxlliery society will

Tks bullet failed to fracture

m skull. He revived under the

treatment of Dr. Corson, t mumbled, "1 wanted hi

i- I went mad."

• waa removed to a cell In slot ton bouse. Carootr OariWestcott. of Sooth SeavlUe.

s the

first policeman to roach the scene of the* shooting, Immediately after the woman and the man had been removed for medical care, ateiaed an Inveetlgatlon of the afialr. He learned that the man had srrivbd the previous day and endeavored to Induce hi* to Pittsburg with ipanyiag him

dub Meet lx* Postponed The County Kiwarns and and Rotary inter-club meet at the Wildwood Golf C!ub, scheduled for next Saturday, has been postponed until Saturday, October 30th. H. Foster Goal in, president of the Wildwood Kiwanis Club, together with the interdub committee has prepared a real holiday for service dub members and their women folk. All of the dubs. of the Coijnty are co-operating for the affair, which will tndude athletic stunts, cards and a buffet supper.

Contract For

Drainage Work

Is Awarded

Newton Bugbee Co.’a Bid of $17,610 For West Jer-

■ sey Ave. Job Accepted

Auditor's Report Received

iblage. such as never bss been rivaHed In this station Slate, gathered Gateway Casino. Soman Point. Tuesday evening to pay homage Congi Many mei* and women of both

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1606. filed -Into the beautiful Casino. Their presence w flitting testimonial '.o the ably represent©* district Is Congreaa for the past twelve year*. The affair w4* sponsored by the Somers Point Booster's Club, which as George Goll. Mayor -of Sotnsns Point declared. Is a politics! organisation and formed for the purpose of b log Somers Point. While testimonial dinner was arranged primarily for the organisation tc express Us appreciation to Congressman Bacharach. K was enlarged tc permit the entire

district.

That an affair of such magnitude ami scops, attracting peris from all stattoos in life, la credit to the Somers Point Boosters' Club, waa freely

pressed by speakers.

Congressman Bacharach was deeply touched by the presence of his consUUienu a and friends, tore than he was by the eulogies aid to him by the speakers.

He said:

Bcmaiks- of Cragrr—si

he awards for the and individuals competing In the . fancy dree*, character, tons •> , asw record for the tikan1 nations wlH supplement the efforts of the competitors. The WUdwood String Band. In full New. Year*’ regalia, and the WUdwood CKy Band will fumlen music. Both, tbeae,organixationa have made c&betanMa) <ioHhc community eel#-

WHAT trris

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to tbs ferries, when a car by toast Kernel. » feoih merchant. PWlsdolphla.

coMa* off Eighth fit reel. struck tks car Is wklrh they were

g. Kamel bring at fault

Both parties were h»ld for a wring and to tbs surprlss of

the Mafltotvrir ruled

(bet they salt to the damage

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Kernel's ear was only sltokriy jMg’-d- lbs rihar esi being is.

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to Jail For the first Urns. In many months a bearing was held at the Ocean OUy Police Court oi Sunday afternoon. Mad* War. presided. Grimes was week awed condition when tie was broocht before Magistrate Ware, ess warned by City Solicitor rdt anything that he might ssy would be used again* him. Ouesnle Jacobs, stator of the jad women, was called as witness. She testified that h. ■deter had recently arrived to the resort from Ptltaburr According which she had calved. Grime* attempted to ne(Onttnusd oa page two)

Man Fined For Reckless Driving

Widow, Receive All of Two Estate* The will of the late Jamas T. Chapman. Post mast e- of 8m Isle CKy, who died September 29. to prabau during His widow. Mrs.

is the sole

beneficiary. Mr. Chapman naans her as the executrix. The will as made In 1916. The will of Chariaa A. DUIer. Philadelphia, who died mid denly on September 29, at Stone Harbor, was admitted to probate tbla week at the Surrogate'* office. Cape May Court House. His widow. Mrs. Katherine DUIer. the executrix, was bequeath ed the entire personal and real

property.

County P. O. S. of A. Meet* at Court Houae The various lodges of the Pa-

triotic Order of the fion* of America -rill hold a county rally at Capa May Court House on Tuesday evening. November 9. This la the Ant Of a number of such meetings to ba said In (he

varies* sections of the county. The itarpoee of the meeting is

- ; ■— to crest* closer acquaintanceship YOU (MOULD HAVE a bom* of ibr members of the organlaayour sva Oat plea *>U hrip llnB and to c.asts additional In-

>r>t H tarsal. A muttral program and 1 * §*r*ri* othrr entertaining feature* are jjigj '»!"»■»>

The parade will form * Cress* and Pacific Avenues and mor* promptly at I o'clock, the probn to break up at Twentysixth Jkvenue. To fscllltof* dataBeat ton, entries should be In prior to ths parade at ths bureau publicity. Board of Trad*. Jackson building. Ooak and PacMle Avenue*, but cntrlea will be sr**v.ed up to storting time, s competent corps of marshals being named to car* for the lai* entries sod get them In ths

proper divisions.

Philadelphian's Car on Shore Road

A Correction

In last week's Issue It ■ roneoualy reported that Attorney Harry Tenenbaom. of Caps May City, setod aa counsel for Joseph TTblll, of Cape May City, who refused a lawyer** advice to T guilty to the charge of lewi against him by the September grand Jury. In some manner the reporter covering ths caw Court House got his notes fused with another case of the same charge and stated that Mi Tenenbaura waa ths lawyer 1 the case. The name of the defendant waa also Incorrect. It should have been Rudolph Roman, colored, of Wildwood. Ha waa represented hr At'ornsy John Acton, of Wildwood.

„ you fiaa* » fiecieury

Court Every Day NextWeek There wU he Court Session* every cay next w*q)i with the exdeprion of Saturday, wilt Judge Henry Burt Ware, of Salem County, presiding. It la expected that over thirty ea*M will be tried. All parties In the various cseee and the jurors have been notified.

. Wildwood, for recktaa* driving by Juattoe of the Psoas Chalmers of WUdwood. last Ttwrafey morning. Ta/terv ear collided-with the car «< A. Ytcflor A Jama, a salesman of lb* A. o Spalding Bros.. Company, of Philadelphia, on Shore Bead, near Bw.Mnton. last Wednesday afternoon. Adams waa gong norm on ths Boulevard toward Ocean View and Tartar waa ^otng toward Cage May Court House. when he tried to pass * truck on the road, sidemrtptng Adams' car. Adam* claimed thaf Taylor waa on tke left side of the road tad

was to blame.

Both care wore damaged. Adams' ear being the wore* of ta* two. he not being able to operate U. The •«* of hi* cer was crashed In. lights broken and glaaa of the doors snd back

At tks meeting of 8*a Isis City ^mmlasionen on Tusoday. the hid of A. Newton Bugbee ComS* ij"* a drainage aystom on Weal Jersey and Central Avenue# aad Portythelr Md of

9)7.11*.

Mayor Uofroney reported the receipt of a check from the Prudential Development Company for 91000 aa ths fUnt Installment of the amount agreed upon by tbat company as their ahare of tbs of lha Want Jersey Avenue drainage work. The cheek wi ordered turned over to tb City

■eaeurer.

The report of the auditing

company of the elty'a finance for 1026 waa praaanted by Director

Love and ordered published. The sewer eyaiern wa» ordered

extended on Prince Street, east of Landis Avenue, far enough to

take care of two new h> erected by Harry Hawkins The report of the City

glneer on the coat of filling In tod low lot* between the West Jersey Railroad and Pleasure Avenue. north of Swain Street, was presented by Director Maher and the City Clerk was instructed to

lunlca'a with the Board of Health and request that body

toko action bafore October J* Je-

the action of the I In affirming Bullock's ebl . . The trial of BuUdek. #*h*»*d Interest by his ngHtthd J nanelaJ standing, was !

la the Caps Mar County i and created an Interest whit leaded beyond the boundar Ne# Jersey. He waa Indicated along his daughter. Mary. 2) yean « tar the alleged crimi Mtohtar. It years o

Mr. Toastmaster, members of U# Somers Point Boosters Club,

ladle* and geatl It la with much

affection and regard,

ly flgpreaaed by the spsakere of tke evening, and so gsaulasly at-, tested by the presence here tonight. not only of my neighbors, but of frienda snd conatltusaU from all corner* of my district. I realise full well tbat the complimentary words spoken about me here tonight have exaggerated both my merit* and

your regard.

Had some mention been made of my shortcoming* during the twelve year* of public aervlce which I beve rendered to the country a* representative of the Second Congreslonal District the greet State of New Jersey, I would feel more It la a great honor, my friends, to be elected to public office by the votes of your fellow-cltlsena: ll l* much more so since the right of suffrage has been given to our mothers, our wives and

our alaterr.

But to be no honored year after year by an ever Increasing number oi votes, carries with It i tremendous fear last some daj one may do something tbat wcjU make thL honor nothing leas

and the offenae occurred, ll charged. whUe ah* was a visit to the Buttock, bom* February. 1022. Buttock eras

years old at ths Urn When the case Bullock's daughter s

and it *was because of I

cumotance that the

taught to upset the i hi* own case. He gad the verdict rendered wt

and unintelligible.

In ruling on 'this l _ . Supreme Court. In the prevW*# , opinion, declared that rraa though the verdict was tllegtafift, K did not not neostaarily matte it erroaaoua. The Jury-a aottga la acquitting the daughter, the - court said, although toettaUM declared ah* *14*4 h*r tat her la the comarttatoa of dim ettaaa. might have boom become the Jury , thought the daughter waa.a *M«u4*r her - ‘ ^ ‘

“ri there might .

.. soa* tar th* Mfifilffl Bullosh nan carry U* the Untied State* Su-

preme Court, il Jack* a* « Jaatiee

Lady Drove Car Without License; Coat Owser $50

toko action netore uciow i- u«- ——

daring theta lota • nulaanoe and then misplaced confidence.

ordering It* abatement. *o that the cMy can take action toward

having them filled In.

Middle Townahip High Won From Cape May Gty Middle Township High School won IU first victory of the teason last Saturday at Court House, defeating Cap* May High School. 12-0. Dean ana Jones scored the touchdowns and Doughty kicked the extra point. Middle Township. on several occasion* had the ball on Cape May - * flve-yard-1 but could not gain the necea yards to put It acres*. Cape May waa n*v*r within acorlng dis-

tance.

Today Middle will tackle Holy

Spirit ‘ High School, at Atlantic Taylor * caf waa damaged on clly Lari Saturday Holy Spirit the right aide, the force of the ,i efMl#d Vineland 10-7. Vineland collision turning It around. - was the class B. champion* of the

No on* waa seriously Injured. j aat jut.

but It la the opinion of wKai—— 1

that If a rear a*

would

* had occupied the it Adams' ear, they been nwlously In-

Announcement This will announce tbat I have pure baaed the lonaortal buslnoos of Michael A. Luongo. Re* 1*1" City, and will conduct It aa a ftmt-claaa shop In wary a ay; tafttoa' hair bobbing a specialty: ten years experience at the RltsCarllon ta Philadelphia. Domonic Trombelto. formerly Uiongo'a. Landht Avenue, at 40th Street. Sea laic City. —Adv

Halo Out on Bail

Jamas Hale, of Newark, the driver of lh« Chevrolet car which figured In an tteddent outside of See Isle City about a month ago in which the infant eon of Joseph Meehan, of Ocean CKy. waa fatally Injured, waa reJea-d from the Atlantic City Ho*pU*l last week. Ha la out oh a 96000 bond to allow him 10 atlNjd lo hla business affaire In Newark before Ih*

Inquest la held.

It U believed that the Inquest will be held next week at Isle City In the Clip HaU.

A fine of 910.06 was 1 . . Dr. J. Agnew Hayra, of Philadelphia. for allowing an nallccased driver to drive his ear. fig Magistrate Orone. of Wil-’etjett.

i Sunday.

Dr. Hayes' ear. driven by M>* Alio* McLaughlin, of SOU North Sixteenth Street. Philadelphia, ran Into a track driven by Nobta B. Morris. 419 Albany Avaaws, Westmont, N. J.. on Shore RonA near Burleigh, about 1.20 Bua* day morning, dam-ling the truck but all escaping Injury. Hay©* agreed to pay for lb* damage to the truck, the front left wheel of which wa* broken. Mtaa McLaughlin wa* glvta a severe reprimand by the Magistrate. who gave her a an*peng*4 sentence. . State Trooper* Reilly ani Patterson made tb* arreeta.

In the comparatively long time, aa memberahtpa In the House of Representatives go In these hectic times. In which I have been your representative. I have ahraye tried to follow the eame prinel-

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Chairman Abaent, Hotel Organization Postponed Due to the absence of the Sea Isle City hotel comm ttee chairman. George Boeder, who Is In Canada this week, and the tact that the company's attorney. George R. Oris*, of Ocean City, was unable to be present, the meeting for organisation scheduled for last Monday, waa deferred

until next Monday.

During the week, however, cording to David Geller. who Is handling the details of the hotel project during Mr. Boeder's ah-

number of application*

have been made and the required 220 fe* paid by pereon- interested In becoming signers of the char-

ter appliratlon.

Thr plan of (he Hotel Committee le to rale* sufficient funds by the sale of sleek to erect a modern bote’, la Sea Wa City. The meeting next Monday will follow the regular Chamber of Commerce meeting In the CKy

Hall.

Lanning Still A Candidate An Item In thle paper last week fetatad that Samuel A. Lanning had btan replac'd by Raymond A. Brennan aa the Democratic candidate for Aaaembty. Lanning. In a statement to oa* of our representative# Tuesday "My frienda selected roe a* a candidate for the Democratic party. I have n*var dadlnad the nomination. I am still oa tb# ticket and I expect to be sleeted

on Election Day."

New* From Today'* Qcasified Ad. Our read era find It very often the ease that an Inspection of the elaaelfled columns disc loans Just the article for which th«y have been looking. *1 la Interesting and beneficial to look over this departntaut each week and se* the many

Why apt atari aa latoreat account In Security Trust Company. Cage May CUyr it only take# 91 to bagln suck aa aaaoaat. and you mn do It by mall. Adv

The article* vary, aa win be awn from these three Items selected at random from the cleavlfied ada Air sale—Pair of Kentucky nobit hounds. A medium elaed heater la for eale at a vtry low price. It Is said to be In good condition. • A yacht. 20 feet long and ll fast wide. U tar aal* la Ocean Cliy. Rand the r ’nrte-