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SEA ISLE CITY, CAPE MAY COUHTY. H. J.. FEEDAY. DECEMBER 10. 192G.

XlflKS: TWO 'TXTS

NUMBER FIVE

llbted Aged Mother of

bol Story Leonard

aE^BJW,tfc An 7 al Co - ij ~ ^ ^om and

Heanng of His Case Post poned Until Next Monday

Was Found r Ten MinI Deliberation

mtM' deliberation,

caae oC Lewis wkh the trans-

itoxleatlnx liquors.

Of auitty. Th* purchased ako In hie motor winter season

trdlft c

f the

not ia

the

1 truck a ton* the nr benci* Tow r. - reeded by State t. On. when the

a peculiar odor truck which

nrered to he al-

, the

Physically unable to appear a' Court House on Monday, due to the death of hta a<ed mother on Lecetnbet 4. the hearing of Anthony Bullock, wealthy realtor of Wildwood Crest and Philadelphia. which was to have taken pUce on that day. was postponed until Monday Dee^nber 1*. by Jndfe Henry Bari War*, the presiding Judge Counsel for Bullock, former Judg' James M. E Hildreth, of Cape May City, stated that Bullock would be unable to app-ar due to his mother's death oa account of the close relationship between mother and son. Mr. Rfldretb. produced a physician's cettlflcate testifying to Bullock’s Inability to appear. Two weeks ago. bis son*, through their oounsel. asked that their father be sent m an

asylum.

Bullock ia charged with ertminai assault and is lighting to escape a santenc from A

Potato Show

Fine Program, Full of In-

struction By Specialists Featured Proceedings

List of Prize Winners

Mrs. Edson and Mrs. Booth Injured in Auto Crash Stone Harbor Residents Suffer Serious Injuries When Mrs. Edson Mistakes Boardwalk Approach For Bridge and Car Crashes Through Railing at Ventnor Mrs. Edson Pinned Beneath W'recked Automobile

Walter Treen Talks on Hotel

Skrn Grafting 'Bishop Case oaves Youlh s Life "F r? i

Lomes 1 o Lnd After Delays

Problem ^' ar ' e8 Butcher Per-

wu the flrtt

uid for the State hut he hud been dUtrlM between t House and T ;k-; noticed Leonard I truck. He naif | truck and order > *t up. When h. | what he bad in be defendant, h^; Hhiug. The Troop' r I the truck, Andjktng cusm In the

while in th-

’oclt he found two i eontuln.ng, Ini wuhtae liquor. 11*1 1 bhn K there | ► A* the cirttvj

§«Mw«-cd in the;

eoudi led. etatiu* !

keouard before tSn ;

mlneiooer Hart> I ige May Court I |i*e Ward Higbe- I

I ga to thr]

i -Mqwor was re- 1

itttor'* office t rated He aairf

t October 14. and

•key.

f Wildwood, a lerlologist. after ^M! that he had i of one of the ft to be grain Red It whiakey, Prosecutor Camp-

School Tots

Entertain

The annual corn and potatc ahjw. conducted lofnUy by the Cape May County Board of Agriculture and County Vocational School a. war held at MiddlTownahlp High School lust Sat-

urday.

The program aa arranged and carried out was enter:alning and educational, the specialists preeeent giving many valuable bits of information to the farmerc present. These meetings should be taken advantage of by all farmers of the county, as the slogan now is not more farmers, but better farmers, and the road to better farming i» through edu- : ertion and that U what these. , meeting* are—educational i The follow iug is a list of the persons whose potatoes or corn 1 were placed first, second . as** j third, together with the placing. ! 11. R Co*, farm -rope ^eclallst I of the State Experiment Station, did the judging:

. : Little Business By Sea Isle City Commissioners

Mi>. Frank Edson and

William Booth, of Stone Harbor, were badly injured Thursday' morning, about 3.40. when Mrs Edson. driving a Ford sedan, mlntook the .>arrow Baltimore Avenue approach to the Ventnor Boardwalk for a bridge, increased j

speed to shoot up the incline and!Oil Companys Hereafter plunged through the ratting to Must Install Pumps as the beach, about twenty feet be-j p er Ordinance

low. They are both In the At-j lantic City Hospital and lau.-t j

reports received here state that i New Street Map Approved they are in a semi-conscious con- j __________

Very little business of ituport-

Thc two women bad been via- • UaCr wag paB6ed by seo Isle City Iting at the borne of Mrs. William j Commissioner* on Tuesday A - Geller. J South Baltimore Ave-j y ot ( j nu . i h<- Coturais-

former resident of Stone I ^loners have been dissatisfied with <,,, *^ }r ';the way in which the oil com-

panies have left the streets when

curreo | installing oil tanks and pump* or Mrs. Booth and three valuable ume . snd lo CO mpel the dogs owned by Mrs Ldson ■-”|n WM nllli hereafter to put iu thrown dear of the machine as ft I pumps - am j tanks according is

j lean

1 forms Successful Operation

Wildwood Commit Hood Anglos Man Mo,. Sorvo Points Out Pitfalls To i traprorlng from burns which b. Six Months i

Re Avoided received nine weeks ago Marry ne rt\Oiaea | Wi. building a fir.- and thinking j to hurry it along he used gas.'-. —

So. !,lo Promoters Profit | i He AJ.S Uniency of Coort

i County

Jail—$300 Fine

Walter ■«. Treen, chairman of

aptijly

® k , ,b On applicition of Attorney

Charle# Butcher, j . , .

eces of skin on Jol,n Ac,0,, • ^ Wildwood, coun-

tbe plac: not yet healed on hi* J fo< Louis Bishop, former aide. Four of these pieces lived 1 hotelkeeper, of North Wildwood,

well njjo was con»tc«.*d in October, 1®;4. of selling liquor bill took wmj( jan appeal latej- which w.e rejust | fused by the Supreme Court, 1 BUhop was re-sentenced by Judge doctor. UeDf-y Burt War*, of Salem

grafted six more piecee of skin!,. ...

~ il- l.n .™ m. ... plar. nut <' ® nn ' ■ »r-l«l„ n. U « yet healed above the elbow Jf ® n Monday, to si* momha in (hi skin which was grafted Uvea, j the county ja<l and fined 1364

the doctor will not have to graft j ending the rase

TW. .>1. .u Ul... rroro; , or

a re-sentence, stated that his client bad aold his hotel and

engaged In the liquor

the accident

Rotarictns.' , ’ , "‘'" > '!E*“

'I John Powell, third.

Peach Blow Potatoes—Keeve,

| Mrs. Edson was pinned under

wrecked automobile.

rear a mow rotatoe*—neever „ — _ . ci i •* Reerea first Samuel Compton ! M f®' Boo,h alou * ,h ‘‘Jordlhanee 7K was prepared Gave a Japanese Sketch, a L^oo,.- McCray third beach and her moan* were beard . ci , Solicitor and passed ReTitaUon md . ^S ^llSSoir! hr U. rc U«. „ „„ „„„

Health Song

Seed Cobbler*—Carl Dickenson, first. Frank Dickenson, “econo;

N. S Taylor, third.

Late crop Potatoes—N. 8. Tay,ilur. first: Mary Norton, second:

were Warmly Applauded,Frank Swain, third.

1 Superb* Potatoes—W. L Coe. first, A. H. Beeves, second: Ed-

g.r McPherson, third

notary Club were give* a treat t cobblers—Alex Matthewa. first. Monday evening, not i «l* ra d 0 n Howell second; Maurice

» from Jane :: tn.kc it 1< per alcohol Norton ow. but thought

Wai

for

: liquid

program, and they thioi uglily | enjoyed It. The enirrtainers were pupils of Mias Brack In the second and third gradas of the 8;a lale City public school, and most creditable did they aej quit themselves and in return received a genuine ovation. The first number was a Ifttl? Japanese play entltl-d "Marusaki." being a motion drill and It was prettily git on l, six

little girls. Victoria Campanile. first and second. Hetty McAllister. Marion Wad- small White Cap Deni CornI dington. Betty Hakirt. Eleanor saimid Compton, first: Melvtn j Speer and Helen Miller 'Abbott, second: Ewing Brothers.

The second number was a; third.

' recitation. "If Toys Could talk."Large White Cop Dent Corn— i by Billy Coml) The little man; s. B. Taylor, tirst. and I^wls

: was thoroughly aelf-poaseased and j Hoffman, second.

I hi* delivery good. j As had been •dvertlsed preNumber three was a health | rlously. the pereons who won firat i on Mary Had a Uttle Cold.", place In any of tbew ela**e- are ! ^g to the tunc of Mar, Had a | entitled to a trip to Trenton durI.ittle Uunb. The participants ing Farmer* W T Jack K-hnrr. Angelina Braca.! penae* to b,' paid Jointly by the , nmr C^fly. Katherine Cream ? r. | County Bm.ro of Agriculture and

iNIckey P-saalano and Nellte; ' <^ , 2“ a t n ^ 00 ^ „ Tw ., i High The applause they re-' iCostlnued *• jeeived wa. a testimonial of how br> ^ '>‘«k [Hearing on South

Wlte*. third

Spauidiug Lewis Hoffman, first: 8. El dredge, second Yello*. Bwee*»—H. 0 Mackle. Aral; J. *- ChAHUtcrs. a«ond; Joseph camp, third. Red Sweets—John H. Powell, first; Charles Howell, second. Yellow Dent Corn—Beth Miller, first. A. H Reeve* second: Guy Erricson, third. White Dent Corn—Prank Dlca-

Tbe ap-aker

nor police. As soon as me in for -n>1 December 14 jured woman told him of thei j, r relation tbe new msp of crash, be hurried to the twene j ||1# , C|I , lrreU gjvjn| , Ihe g|roetK and found the unconscious form by nunibe ,, instead of names, as of Mrs Edson pinned beneath' vlde<) by ^...nnc 6 5. was ;ethe car. Bruno summoned l>atrol- ., ve( , 0 faeiaiij signed and men Donogbue and Carney and Th , g^,.. lbu ^etecthT McGee, but it wa. nee-l^p wl „ ^ soo , b ,.

eosary to obtain oae of file ap- inc j,

paratus to right the upturned cs; j B(J , one llld rP ceived for and remove Mrs Edson But lor |n(lrtng down the wooden »lhKtbe receding tide Mrs. dson , u|v , n Jhe le>r lhr oW elw would hat* drowned before bc-. I)lc ,, Bht plant and rosing the

in* extricate Tha injur*.: wo 1>rtelt Mach

men were al'once riMhed to the; Thl* wa* from Muller i Dlsholpttal j monrt; Sea Ule ClIV- and wasTafd Mrs. Fdson remained iincon-1 uver j or fymr;. conhlderalion scious all of Thuraday. but par- Th , pp^r,. of W11 | a r,i Wilghl. tially regained consciousne** tm. % f aU hfnl employee of the city at Friday. X-ray pictures ^ ^Unt. was raised to 3130 taken Friday to find her Jnlurlea. i ^ mol)lh< mh* » er ,. ordered paid but aa this paper goes to press] un( , lh( . f-ommisdon ndjourned.

their extent has not been de-.

termlned.

The roof of the car wa* caved,f^- pk . in and the windshield shattered. ,r llC L/CSllOVS

Mrs. Edson Is the wife of _ i r\ 1 I Justice of the Peace Frank Ed- South UenniS Home

son. Mrs Booth is the wife of|

the former proprietor of ;

Tent. Stone Harbor. ; Mo One in Houae W'hen Examination has revealed that pMrs. Booth sustained two frac Mre 3tar,ca

tured ribs and that Mrs Edson suffered concussion of the brain from a blow above the eye Mrs. Booth, it is believed, may be able to leave the hospital thl* week, hut although the recovery of Mis Edson is practically certain, it 1* not known just when she will be »utficlently recovered to retun. to

her home.

the Wildwood Chamber of Com- 1 P l, J'* Ic | i a:

meree and aal .« manage: of thr f” m w- tYildwood Hotel, addressed j the Sea Isle City Hotel Coni-

mil tee ot the Chamber of Con.-| a " d ' h, ‘ , f 0r, “ r T

mem- at a meeting following «he |

regular chamber session held In * "" "

the City Hall. Sen 1*1 • City. Mon

day evening.

Mr. Treen told of the pitfall,

of a hotel proiwsltioi- and how the ' Wildwood hotel committee met with success. He discussed in detail the plan of sales, the methods used, the obstacles that had to be removed the pessimism on it* mr , ot man, I. ton, ,,,, munltles. when such a movement Is started and of the grant satisfaction when the proposition I*

succesafuity put through

Mr. Treen

clared that Europe's benches could not ompare with the beaches of South Jersey and when it came t© a hotel proposition. such ns projected for Sea isle City, it would be a success because Sea Isle City c»a offer

something to attract visitors, and I r D. L t in <hf' Cape May Cou 'r jail tor in order to aocomtnodate visitors I ^ u ° 8crl P ,,ons '' or * ulc * ,aac ] violation of 'be llquu law and hound hotel should b« of Apparatus Have i appealed bl* sentence t.-e follow

m, --

,_!skln which was grafted i lak.-n from his left 1-g

i above i be knee. Saturday morning

put tnrougn r-p . . _

!■■■ 1 uckahoe is Pushing Fire

Co. Plans

buslncs- He said Bishop living an upright life In Us community and asked the mere/;

ot the court.

Two weeks ago Bishop was allowed a ion days' stay in order to arrang.- his affair*. Bishop on Friday. October 1,

began serving

erected that would suit the needs.'

Mr

Reached $500 Mark

’ ing Tuesday, through r

j fore Judge Wai sel for Bishop a

that t

ly received by the assemblage ty'iH Hold Weekiv Meetini/s dL,c,0^ • <, ,b *' 'h* 1 *" voluntarily The speaker suggested that tb? r, ° ,a " "Icetinga j cn , cre( j Ihc county Jail on

speaker suggested that tlu

selectlon of the site by the hotel committee he postponed until a properly appointed committee had made a survey of the different

*lt?e submitted

At the end of his talk hr was given n rising vote of thinks. The selection of the site for the new notel and plant, for the starting of operations were scheduled to take place, but due to the discovery that the organization was not properly forme., th. selection ot the site was post-

Th ■ second booster meeting < the Volunteer Fire Company «

Tuckahoe, was held last Friday | , ’ nrf

entug in ilagelgaiis Hall. J] 11 ''

entered

tuber 1 and . could n

tallied there, as no remitter has been sent from Trenton In relcr-

- the' decision Bishop, lit -antloe remaining under

Tuckahoe with an enthusiastic! *»“*' while-in Priso*. gathering of citizens in attend- Jud 8* a hearing on ance to put over th- first rural 1 ln s* 1 * 1 ’hut he bad no fire rmupany io Cape May Conn-, J' lr l* d l c * lon ,n ’he matter, ly. Morris Krinskv presided Bishop It Js said. nndeTy.t.*Kl At the meeting H was an I’h* 1 he was to begin sentemm nouuc.d that Bubseriptlons! on rictobn I. having received a mounting t.. ISOfi had been made! notice ffom the C-unty Prosecuand that there would bs no! 1 ®’ *® ’he effeci Bishop, after

poned until a properly appointed i worry ai , 0 obtaining tb • nece*-! wrHag about * week In tha committee has mad- a -survey of-^, ry f UU( | H m ake the project i<*»unly jail was released Weduw the various sl'.-s offer J. and a rc ailty , day Octobei 12. after it was destock subscriptions sold in order Robert Smith, cashier of thz' 'hat be could not be legal- •

,0 _* 1 T* the propot,ltlon twpeius [Tuckahoe National Bauk. In hbi 1 * deUlned St'bsrrlptlons for stock In the It | h commended the effort- ol' Bishop's arrest wa. the otit-

«on.pany were recWved from Ave lh( , community | n tjlelr efforts to i r ®“"' u’ »" exhauathe inveatlga-

icenllnued on pace Two) I nr™...— ■ n— s~4.i>_. 1 lion ol the death of Joseph

.sixteenth Street near

hUadelphfa.

Rev. G-'O

denied

Acton then the aland mart staled b* tracking

roe 21

pastor of Trinity M tbodUt Pro-j testant Church. Ventnor. whose; topic was "The Elements of Co*.-

JerseyRoad Plani^^ Chamber

Manhooit or the thr:e-'(W May Representatives of Commerce

■ [niled man^ -the physical, men-; ^ Uy ^ ]

al and spiritual i

i »tr Jones -aid one ot th* most

hop. tul most encouraging sign* Adoption

'of the times was the dlsposUioti I pik. ' ^ to net toe her to dla-

The lirnne of Mr. and MirThomas Miller, at South I'.-nnls burned to the ground on Tuesday The fire started In the kitchen from an unknown origin, and the house was pretty well gone before the urr wa* noticed. When the firemen arrived :* was too late to save any o the furnlNo one was In the house at the time of the fire Mr. Miller 1* an employee at the Feeble-minded Home, at Woodbine, and Mr*. Miller teaches school at OllT-

Back Case Taken Under Advisement Judge Ware Will Render His Decision Next Monday

, with

who

the Black Horse j e to th* coast re-

i Camden, rather than

December Meeting Will Be 1

Held in Ocean City

Both the hot:

■ and furnitui

prac

»»:, fc: wn- .- ths- < ha!'-.-: r

cross-Btate road -from Camden

cw-vperation I ,o New Gretna. Burlington In the period ot the County, was advocated by South accompli-h 'l wonder- Jeroey repre.enutlv* at a hear- >-.> in, W«, SUt, Hlrt.., Commission Wednesday aftei- , noon. The hearing wa* conduet-

he board to 0bt»ln > ;ew* ir *nrvey made by Major

Sloan

Freeholfiers in Skidding Car

tNo One We. Hert-Two!" Missed Trenton Inp .c

The December meeting ■'! thsj. Cape May County Cham set ofjConunerce will l»e held on Ds-j] cember 16. in «h« Oceanic Hotel.! Or zn City The county organUa ] Hon will be the guest* of «h' j Ocean City Chamber of Com-

merce.

The chief bustnes* of the tn.se'- i

network of lnK w >]| be a discussion of the,

y and aceondary thorough-j , 9 j7 county adverttalng plan*, a-, throughout New Jara-y- report* ! by the Publicity Com-j

counties represented were

May Cumberland. Salem.' Prominent Philadelphia speak-1 ster. Atlantle and Camden. I ^ will address the in ■ctiug. on itot Richards, of Atlantic ] »ubj «t». E eryone. meuibei I advocated the building of i or no , invited to attend thl:

,(.) road from Bay Head!

Who Is It?

Attorney Ralph Wescot former Prosecutor Euk.-h-

ropr'sentln* Harry W. Back and Walter Back, who were convicted several months ago on an a—suit and battery charge- made application for a new trial before Judge Ware, on Monday at Court

House.

Mr. Weacott stated tb*t he wa* interested in the civil side of the case and that the verdict of guilty had been returned againet the weight of the evi-

dence.

Judge Ware. In replying,

stated that the case wai a .fustic- of the Peso cide and why It wa* i before one In- couldn*'

the community in their effort* to i co,B, ■ ol procure a Ore fighting apparrtu.-l «

and the successful organltlng* N*Btb of a volunteer fire company ! "°' f -

Dr. W L. Yerkce was called f fou,1,, '’v*'' i" 'be tonneau of a upon to sprak and delivered a; motoi cat slier h* had drank very enthuelastir speech. n 0 liquor said lo have b-en sold by said hi was pleased that the peo-1 Bishop Six other Philadelphia pie In the community were it youth- w re found In the car, hearty accord with the fire com-1'’“'‘d trom ’be liquor. pany and the obtaining of an; _ .. ,

engine, thelt preeent- • »t the

meeting proving It. Grimes Murder Trial

May

May f v *nnty.

Ask. Damages For Boat

i providing i [ $796.96 t , ot Wlldwo.

Bscharach. Th* i I patrol boat had’*

| stand.

He said he would decide 1 matter next MondaySeveral weeks ago. foi

Prosecutor Eugene Eole repr

Other* spoke of the growth ot! the "Gateway to Pape May Coun-I ty." the finely paved highway.*. It* progress and Its future, and . what the continued co-operation on the part ot the eititen* t manifested In putting acrose tt fire company and the raising < fund* for the purchase of fit apparatus would moan for Tuck-

ahoe. the goal being and finer Tuckahoe.

Following the meeting, which' wa* amended by many women.,

a luncheon wa- served and a THE MEMBER!* of the IfJS . t radio concert, under the au»-1Christmas Club ol the Security - de-1 Pi c *« «f the II. A p Company [Trust Company, of Cape May. are tried 01 Tuckahoe. wa* given receiving their check* for the ndeT . | It Had b.t-n planned to have | amount they have saved, with roan orchestra present at th. meet-Iteren Thl* Club 1* an .-xcell*at In*, but due to the Inability to thing for Ca^e May f'ouuty, a* obtain one the tadlo conc. rt ! most of the money saved by tht* . ubatltiited. A: the next'.very easy method i* expended lo-

Set F or December I 4

Judge Henry Burt Ware, at 'ourt House on Monday, au■ouoced that all rases awaiting sentence will be dtspos-d of on

Monday. December 13.

On December !4. the trial of William Grime*. colored. of Ocean City charged with the rourdei of hts wife will be taken

j meeting

th* Backs declaring that

a verdict of guilty had been returned by a jury ab'alnieiv contrary to lhr weight n4 the evidence. asking Judge War* thatj the verdict be set aside. He I stated that he ha-1 other evl-; donee to produce which was sub- ] elanttal. furthor charging that!

the jury was misled.

Th.- Back* were charged with [ aa-ault and battery on Mrs. Anna I K. Manning and ’he Jury i- ! turned a verdict of guilty.

enliven the proceeding*. A suggestion wa- made meeting night be changed Friday to Thursday, on act of that evening confllcfilng

tally. [call

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that j Company.—Adv.

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