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CLASSIFIED ADS Cost Little Bring Sure Results

SU ISLE CITT CAPE JUT OODSTT R J. FRIDA' HAT M 1X7

SINQIaK CO ft I

jesqui Gold Medal For

Co. Received

^$1 Bag of Coal Costs County Good Sum

i com;* two ram

By Us* V-mr. It w>

on By County For the (Tonality and Excellence Of Exhibit

Trip Completed

* R D Hall, in bta report to ( Board of Kreeboldera at their on Wednsaday ataled

Jury Free* Lacey Irvin, of Cape May City

Lacey Irvin, colored, of Cap* May City, charted with larceny and receiving atolen gooda. w*a on Tuesday declared "not guilty

by a Jury.

The eaae waa over coal worth lew than |l.M~aad over which tha good character of Irvin anff hta aged mother

la Queatlon.

Proaecutor Canphell la his

to the

, Jury

•taled Irvin told ■ young colored boy. Nathaniel Edmond*, to get

t procured the bag be paid Ifly cent*. Kdmont mol. It man charged, lb* yards of Gap* May Ice and

Cool Company.

Edmond* tanlihed oa the stand

the bureau Of publicity and rtWng. there has been retd from the Seaqal-OMlernlai notional Exposition Jury of jiM. the gold medal awarded Cape May County for ortgl-

r and rx cell roe# of praam -

: In Ha exhtbU. ^

^ that Irvin had ashed him to get

n, 1117 «»«.. I—Mb, u» ^ W| IU ". t m

, Irvin had l< ld him to gel

declared Irvin supplied

(. All during hie testimony monda grinned and laughed ' carre*ng spectators to do liheotae The oncer who arrested Edmonds said that Edmond* aald

taking the cool to hla

' aunt, but the offleer aald the

i going In a different dl from his aunt's hotter I Steven*, of the eoal com mtlBed that cm different

jaty. be aald. la being delivered r the printer In (mail lots. Five Bdrei copies were sent to nhlngtoa. D. C.. where they

n the Cape May CounCtamber of Commerce boor I during the latter half

•cell.

’ -•port of this paper pf bltahed

week:

Ts**d*y morning waa spent in to da work and In the ini of Baltimore Industrie*. P. M. the party left for ntnjmn arriving shortly af- ■ The following morning party Inspect*' the building tke Chamber of Commerur of (nlted Bute*, at H Street I Avenue, follow■blch they left for Hager* ». Md.. by way of Frederick.

the party then • Hagerstown. F u*u»l warm welcome was aded to (he vlatlore and in valag they were the guMla of Hfgtraiowu Maierta at a banquet and the-

itieftrld. oa return (com whEh

afier lunch, the party left Harrisburg, arriving, at *•*«■ Mng eatertalned

Foap of member, and visitor, the Harrisburg Chamber of tuerr* at dinner. The follow,

morning was spent la props

I* work and at noon tha 'f laapecled the Bute Capitol ! through the courtaey of A •1 Hamilton, private secretary, > received by Governor John *•»>«. In hi* offlee. Following

the party left tor York.

* a luncheon stop was made.

Proceeded then to Lancaster.

•** '»t*rt*ia#d In Lancaster by ' Uncaater Chamber of Com

and Mayor Flank C. Mu*.

^ »t a dinner at the Media •r.tj Oub. The evening waa

: J" Propaganda work and

* following morning the party „ "ord. moat of the members on,teg t„ Cap# May County *»»'•! Wilmington. Newcastle ; PennaviUe, arrirlnr In 'Jt'don In time to participate

Bremen's Parade htld In

rtty on Saturday. ** *'cry u-- _

■”"te<l for the' party

pu, ‘ llc|, y bo# and

"’* r * all uniformly

a striking

‘treeta of the town.; ,, * 0 r | » represented ll the

. “■rr Cape May. Wlldhood. '• Harbor and Sea Isle City.

Httdreth rwpres*'nted_ the If'Mu

Is being g flip.« ^ tta-PB.

Forfeited Their Bail To Cointy

^ ball of Walter MarKinsle I . I ' 1 * HacKensle waa rofeltJM*e Kldredge Motday

-vutor Campbell aald the! '■ the two mentioned had rid over for two t*-m» , 41 ootlea* to appear for * d ignored. ’rltare of ball waa alaaal- '* *>>e case of Gegge '“dieted by the 8epteu»-r

J«ry f 0r : Hquor.

leg from th» company's bin* It wasn't a question of s low* over one bag of coal, but to atop thefts. He said Irvin had him he neat Edmonds after

I denied he

Irvin oo tie had told the

eoal from the coal yard. Be declared that Edmond* generally picked coal along the railroad tracks and that the eoal be thought be waa buying waa that

sort of coaL

UnassTn testlSed as to brio's

Irvin's aged mother denied, the a land, that the knew tb* boy was gsiting «>aL

Former Judge

Capt. Henry T. Corson Passes Away

Pardon Court Frees Man After 6 Years

Va»ili Railean Wag Sent To State Priaon Charged With Incest

Wa« Woodbine Resident

[Noted Airman Will Land in Wildwood

Former Life Guard Blamed Trouble To Booze

The Court of Pardons last week granted a parole to Vaatli Railof Woodbine, after be had d alz years In the Slate penltenUary for a crime of which It I* now believed be waa not

ffullty.

In May. ItSl. Ballean entered the State penitentiary, after being convicted by a Jury charged with Iseest. on the complaint of his daughter, and said to be sub-

stantiated by his wife.

tb* after the trial, j bridge, hla wife, after a divorce, remar-'

tied. She had obtat

on the ground

married

The mamagr

another boarder In the house to an Investigation revealing the ue facts In the esse. At the trial In l»!l. Railean fainted dead away and had carried from the court root lid at that time that Railhat he had harmed hit :er and vehemently denied the charge that hr committed

terrible crime. (rile was tbi of the county.

An Invitation was extended the Bo.r0 of Freeholders on Wednesday to attend the rrremonlea and dinner Incident to the landing of Major Dargue nest Wednesday at Wildwood by Marshall Bat abridge publicity director of Wildwood, on behalf of the city and Cham-

ber of Commerce.

Balnbrldge

Major Dargue was

the • Goodwill Flight" and that Cape May County waa to he signally honored by being Included

In the atop* which the nil

will make only seventy stops be-

ing punned toy the flyers. The flyers. Mr. Balnbrldge said

would land In Wildwocl about

lg or 11 o'clock.

The Freeholders ace pled the Invlutlon and thanked Mr. Baln-

round of desertion and “IT 1 » boarder in her home. rlamDUrg •age of her daughter to _ 0

Restaurant

A Mode n Aesop's Fable

Man Charged With Stealing Fre«J By Jury

sop Fuller, colored, of Woodfurnlahed a fable for a Cape County Jury at Court House whan be was before the

-. V—..— -a of wine, one flv*^uiion .nr stolen *oed*. ' on eror** " beer in pi v.. k mtattor 1 . fermentation and one O'

Wag One of Cape May County's Begt Known Skipperg

He Neared Century Mark

Captain Henry T. Coreon. of South Sea vine, one of Cape May County's oldest reeldenta. paaeed away Tuesday at hta late borne at the age of tl years, having eeled hta birthday three months exactly to the day of bis General nines- due to Ible for bis

death.

Hitt Trust Com pai y. »r City. (• prosperous «• attends strictly to its and the burine*, of Ito and, therefor*. tVy 'a' they ran with po- “ k ri*u to join In thlr ( "r by opening .n aceomt by .wail — Atv

The deceased waa on* o! -he best known r*4d*nt* of South Seavlll* and a wrvlvor of a line of eea cap tains who made Cape

May County fameu- when the. — ships of thta nation carried the' f'tting

and stripes to every port on |

the face of the glot-

Mr. Corson, though partly Ind. malnlalned * clear mind d told Interoatlncly of the ex-j rleneea be had on the aeas He waa IB New Orleans when Fort Sumter was t-c*Hged by the Confederate Army Then thirtythree year* of age. the captain piloted the 'Trade Wind" h a number of Confederate getting through without a

acratrh.

The 'Trade Wind" was a supply v f ssel *o the I'nlon At my The deceased In an Interview with a Philadelphia newswrlter a short time ago. i.puhllshrd In this paper, told vividly of hi* early experience*, be having been a skipper at J1 years of age When twenty-two he married Hannah Learning. The funeral took place Thursday from hta late home, service* being conduetid at the house by the Rev. Mr Etggiwe. Interment was made at Calvary Ceme-

tery.

b ieved Fuller«

story thp* h. purchased meat legrd te have been stolen from Max Cutler, of Woodbine, from a fish denier. The defendant's story evidently didn't strike the Jury as being ''Sahy" and fable was solved. If such to his bentrit—his freedom'after nerving two months In the count}

■'boarding house."

Aesop was charged with stealing calf meat from the slaughter

house operated by Cutler,

waa without counsel and several time*. Prosecutor Campbell asked Fuller If be desired to ask the various witnesses question*, in other word* be hla own counsel Fuller, appeared very boastful

and shook hta head. ' no." On the stand. Aesop told

clean story, his leetlmony being

panctuated by hi* apparent fulness. He denied be toad near the slaughter house or he had stolen the meat. II

clar-d hr bad bought the calf meat from a flaherman who did not have anything but the calf meat In this truck. Hr aald be paid the flah-rman |*00 and he

he waa getting a bargain, so much meat, about five

piece*, for that sum.

Who Is It?

Forged Checks; Sordid Case Now in Reformatory Ailed in hui County Court

Missed Employer; Resorts After i Poag Landed m Jail Cheap R R

Excursions

Packages To Be Delivered

Contained Booze

A sentence to the State Reform- North Wildwood Youth* Albert Pn*g. colored, of Atlantic Publicity Director Ha!’ Inatory at Rahway waa given Leroy «';» Re Renter J c City was toind gutlty oa Tuasday , . . * Hoff, alias “Dutch" Vanamann. of w ill Be Sentenced For ^ , J|( rhj ,,. ot tran.^.ru.ton dtructed To investigate Re* wndwood. n former life guard | Mistreatment of Girl P-'-'-' ‘ a of illegal into*teat- j ported Cheap Excursions

there, by Jndge Eldredge. Monday !

■ . *■ “ I or (ns i

r was indicted by the April, They Enter Non Y'ult Plea w,thou ' eoun " 41 ' w «* ^presented Stone Harbor R R Rridoe Jury, charged with forstng I ^ « i tea ^ |(>hn Ac|on ( w „ d . naroor IV Bridge

• in Wildwood He pled j

stated that aoo-vult to the charge c

appointed by Jiu

In hta

the checks, which ranged ;

The defendant admitted that he had been paroled from Rahway after spending IS mouths the;. . sentence betas reduced for behavior H< aald he was xg to make good the checks, as his father bad promised to help

municattoB the State

Very Wet

Sleuths Find Beer, Wine and Whiskey in Tucka-

hoe Road Place

Proprietor Sent To Jail

n AnX* 5 t the TVcka- .

Friday, the thirteenth^ unlucky day for A. Ocean City Manor, on

hoe Rond, when County OKictl** Ward Htgbee. State ‘Trooper Carnes and Constable J jf- 'kicks decided to pay hta placi kn«wn as the "Hamburg Rei :a<^aat.'• a

Charles Quidorf Acquitted of Taking Elec-nc Bulbs M From Mecray Building

The raiding party eonUcated 1 • 2306 bottles of beer, threeT«hre*.

gallon jugs of win*, elghl

e-gallon

Jug of beer. Angler took particular pains In keeping the alleged liquor "cold.'' and from the eye* of the public. Much of the liquor was buried

I Probably one of th- mom sot l ^ I Tt,€ Bomr * of Freeholders tasM did rasas ever beard In the oourti- p “«- *•* -• r, '«tafl by police of- j. half hone wwrion on Wednceof Cap* May County »», he*r<t nc *f L>l*»rd < ollins. ot the Ocean day at Court House no matter < before Judge Eldredg. nn T ue* ' “r P 0 '* 0 *- «ho arid Poag wa. of considerable importance com

day afternoon. c«"-ciuri.r.x Wed '-rrytng s !•-• knee which when inj , before the board, nsaday own ing, detail* ut teml- •-amtaed at th. jiolke station wa* | n » co[ raony being of auch n nature ,, found to b> two eans of li]Uor. j m^bway to be unprintable and shocking " b"* Poag'* I* rso« was searebad 11|„ plans l

to many present. »' "Qhor were found, m the Ninth Street bridge".'ocean William Carey. Leon Banleson. |l» 'h* hip pok- u of hu trouaers.; city, the State to pay half of the

Charles Scaxette and Chs.:^ 1 •Hta* enu*>d much laughter j cost.

Maxhelmer. youths ranglnc • th# court room in renting the | Freeholder Joeenh Champion in ngea from 16 to 16. nil of North arrest and sub-efMt ncnrcli ot 1 hi, report stated that the Stone Wildwood. charged with *t- Poag. [Harbor railway bridge pi. n* for tempted rape on Betty Betid "hen eroas- 'imtaed be aa« he reconstruction or alteration* had

wa# sentenced on s previous, irnger. of North Wild wood and knew it was w •ishey because be in no way been helped by a recharge to the Reformatory for each Jointly tanned on charg. tasted It. He . «ltaed as an ex-! cent communication from the larceny from hi- faUier i of lewdneaa. wer. fhe defends:, , pe,t by declarir.c that h.- UaJm j railroad company which stated Hoff said that he erred only, Thefour youth* were charge ums! liquor atn- prnbibltiot. Hc'that the Board of Dtreriotn of ben be waa talcxtested. with attempting ... rape the girljstated -hat th. M-sey was "sorta’the company had authorial the

and subjecting her to ludlgnin. -.ah.' When t:» liquor waa of-1 sale of the bridge.

the evening of December if.rrd m him to l< ntify. h. caused, Mr. Champion stated that he

among the | had been unable i«i discover •—*-

sp-s tstors by b

Jury Didn’t Think Justice Was Guilty

Take* Stand In Defense

"Not guilty." was the verdict returned by the Jury In the ease of tastier of the Peace Charles iorf. of Cape May City, who before Judge Henry Eldredg'

,day. chare

of Just!

trie

,n by him on Januaiy iT last Jeremiah Mecray. owner of th* building from which the eloctrlc light bulbs were purloined from a Christmas tree, tesllfled that on January 17. In the evening, he saw Quidorf on a step ladder beside the Christmas tree. Wh.

lounds. There were fllve, >(ik#d Q tt|dorf wh , t he WM do , nB , discovered by th# raider*. . . , clrcull .

he aald he wa* Axing a circuit. H* aald he accused Quidorf of j Rotbsi stealing the bulbs and Quidorf

didn't deny It.

Clarence Bose, colored Jani-

tor of the Mecray building also testified that be saw Quidorf on a step ladder by the Christmas tree and notified Mecray. He aald Mr. Mecray had been complaining of petty thefts being committed and he thought that he had

the culprit. He said he

ivered by the raiders.

Each mound waa covered with a sheet of corrugated Iron and

shrubbery.

That Angler waa not a follower of Isaak Walton was ascertained when the sleuths found that he had exceptional talent In deeignIng and decorative art. In the cellar of Angler's place they found 106 bottles of alleged beer laid out In pretty design*, triangles. circles and star*. County Detective Htgbee said. "Angler evidently took pride In laying out the bottles In the various design*. and really they looked *o attractive, I haled to destroy them.

but artistic tastes cannot be nur-ed in an affair of that sort.") h(ll

Much of the confiscated beer n,,,,, T st ,( ena . q„| was desuoyed on the promt*** dorr , , nd Pro^cutoi Angler wa. taken before Ru- (d<> pi orcd lU e fact th. preme Court Commissioner lewis', hp tWQ m .. n , houll1 ^ brough T. Steven, and held under 636001 ove>r , . rl a,. .mount

hall for court. In default of ball R* was Involved,

he wa* confined to the county

prison. On Monday the ball was —- ■ ■ — reduced to 11000 and Angler wa* , ... released. W iidwood Ktwantans Enjoy Musical Program

on the North Wlldw.

Boulevard.

Judge r.ldredge on Ttieeday announeed to the specistora that by reason of the ehararter of the case any one eee'ng At would be permitted to leave the aourl room. Ol the eight women present two left. On W-dneaday • ruing sixty women were prext and remained during the

testimony.

tCswtmued on Pae* Two)

In. one of the

Pong toetifled know what w elataiiag that him bring the City and that

I in ptac- thing that the Stone Harbor i hta nose Company bad to sell thta county.

“In the near future." declared

he didn't Mr. Champion, "the bridge will fie package. | bq cloned If thr railroad company

Jury Acquits Couple On Adultery Charge Act, Charged Occurred Back m Unuary, 1926

jtl**U

Mar Smith aadl^ 0n */ thauwr. el!

ting ov the troll' He admitted that found in his hip private consuaptl the other bottle ployer. da Kldredgi

help

matters.''

Solicitor Palmer M. Way reported to the Freeholders that Samuel Leeds, of Atlantic City, in a recent speech at a meeting of Bo- Scout drive workers In Wild'-ood. stated that an ax curslot, rate from Pit teburg to

resorts waa being ary the various railroads. Way stated that to hla

V

P^csf' Mon

January 26. Ufifi were acqqitted * alCTIIMJ iTidll

j Acquitted on

Jury befare

idge Eldredge on Wedaaaday. Tb* star wlte-as f<

r*. Sadie

ployed By Mrs. es rifled that

away from home on the average

1 that the mat‘kotowed at the

*. - her of ComW. R D f art '* ilr '

n report at th*

Smith as a maM I J^SSflult C^HclTEJC Mr. Smith wa* : 0

j publicity Director

Jtor invewtlgatio® tn report

• eext meeting of the oounty

Chamber of Commerce and of the

board.

Freeholder Ctauttag offered a resolution that a recommendation be made'lo Supreme Court Just lee

night.

to 6666 a year.

‘ '“V J a* v.- • i rx be mane U) supreme VA/u«. of five nights a week and that;Howard McVeigh Denied'Campbell In rogsrds to the inO” S'-™! Thai He Made mi

TKreata Against Wife

one naia sne saw Rothenbauser i ________

and Mrs. Smith together In scant j

attire and stated that *ne naw.Jury Out Leaf Than Hour 1

them acting Improperly on see-.

eral occasion*. Mrs. Boxartb said!

Rothenhaueer gave Mrs. Smith Howard Miirfxh. of Paler 640 In gold on one occasion for I *** acquln. at Wednesday her to buy silk underihlngs l«he charge ot lassult and Intent < Rot ben ha user, on the stand. <u kill hie » a Emma, the Jury

Ocean View Buys Fire Equipment

had found the bulb* together] denied he bad had Improper re- j returning

: guilty" rer-

Order Given For Four-tank

Buffalo Apparatua

with Quidorf* belonging* basket tn the kitchen

building.

Quidorf on the stand denied that he took the bulb* and that

nd goods found In it

latlona with Mr* Smith, dedar-;<lict after t» «

tng when he did call on Mrs-j^oHr.

Smith It waa on business and! McVeigh /was charged, went that on every occasion he waa (to tb* hor .'of hta wife's pararcompaaled. denying he was ever]ent on Ma: I 13 and attempted alone with her. lie also deni !;ta asnau!' id kill her. he brwaa In Wildwood when the Ing chai*-- 6* havlag said.

alleged acta took placi Mrs. Smith, the mothei three children, also denied had been guilty of Indlscrolt duot and declared that hei latlona with Rothenhaueer on business, having met him

or twice.

Mrs. Mary Fuller, of Phlladel-

•gel' her

It takes me the rest

Must Provide For , A , p u roKr V" ."T' LI- ll l Icsdemhlp of Roy Laud-man. n MIS omall Children . Mich the Klwaman- were pul ..ror.^TS,, w „. M J •'"."■•I. «■-- --PK

week wa* made against William p * <r *- ■Scull, of Northwewt Dennis, on Monday who was before thJudge for failure to provide for hie children, ranging In age*

testlfled that on January;.Mi 14 and 16 she had been attend- liIng Rothenhatuer's mother and h bad notified him to come horn- j M from Wildwood on account of hr; "

nines*.

Reut- Touting, father of Mrs. McVelgf '•«<' McVeigh came to hi* hor where hi* wife waa living. th. he was excited and carried evolver. Clouting said h.- w' nft- r McVeigh when he

look for hta wife, but

Ocean View Fire Department. Inc. ha* purchased a four aak chemical Buffalo Are apparatus, to be mounted on a IVi-ton DodgvGraham chassis m derision was made by the company and cttlaens at the first regular meeting of the cominy held last Friday night In the ;bool House. Delivery. It 1* expected, will be

It ta planned to hare a big parade on the Ktourth of July, at which time the bousing of the new apparatus Is scheduled to take

hreatened i

•rdered him from the flouting asserted that

gh said, "ir i don't get berjH. Foster Gosltn Resigns l* ,1 !' , h r r u,er \ .5 ,, ‘! Lieutenant Governorship

• Fen-I'

from S to 13 yrars. Scull told Judge Eldredge that be was making tig to *20 a Id have to pay to

s week board.

Judge Eldredge aald he would allow the temporaly order until Prosecutor Investigated Scull , case, holding the defendant unhavlng pleaded noncharge. Scull had county Jail several

Suspended Sentence

_ * • .1 • i ITUS»»a • spe M«J ' ounty Mayor ! A suspended sentence was Case Against John aI)<] wr ||-knnwn ' uslntws man.'given Robert Brady, of Wildwood. Neilimeister Nol Pressed Probably tho^ In the northern by Judge Henry H. Eldredge ( ,n . [part of the County will not recog- Wednesday, on the charge of 1sAa Indictment, charging John j nlM ni. pioO'e so readily, but he suing bad rbrrks. when the deNelnraetater. of Wildwood, with j j, whirl) known even north of fendaht told the Judge that the trail ting arrest was nol prosied jcoci-t House. Anyhow, by ‘be cheeks had been made good.

.ell Judge Eldredge severely repti-

jotlon of t

tst mandvd l

• in- the i

prac

Tuesday luncheon of t wood Klwvnl* "lub. at wtek. Solo* wer; ten Harry Burl’ ir*. Irvin F

Ray Laudenian

Walter Trren. ebalrmsn of the Wildwood Boy Scout drive, which la bring conducted this week to rale* two thousand dollars for Scout work in that resort. called for worker- from the Klwanta Club !.' aeilit In putting the campaign arros*. Many Kl»an Ians are members of the various teams that are collecting

A number of witnesses testi led in behalf of ihc eharaeirr >f Mr*. Smith and Rotbenhaux ; by I Mro. Smith'* husband sat band ' side Prosecutor Cam..t- 11 durin)

! the trial.

Will Dedicalf* New Citv

I thlr

Salesman Had Narrow Escape

7'rlock

Joseph Strvenson. a salesman, of

a Philadelphia firm, caped serious Injur) Wednesday evening

skidded, i analog into an electric

light pole on the SI

Elmer Cox. of Ocean View, and attempted to make a right I turn misjudging the distance. car striking the pole. He escaped Injury but the car waa badly

Hall

that hta daughter and M' v ;h had been separated and V Velgh had on severs! occasions • -d hta wife to return, but ghe used, saying she couldn’t 11*# -ith him on account of hi*

• ruelty.

McVeigh on th*- stand denied that he attempted to kill his wlf* and that he had planned to kill her or her parents by procuring a ptatol i»n weeks before the alleged attempt, or that he had anld lx- would "get" hi* wife.

Glaraboro Planning Elabor- j o ,, ate Celebration of Event ;

Co.

Krei

H. Foster Ooslln. of Wildwood. IS been compelled to resign hta ffosltlon as lieutenant Governor of tb* Fourth Division of th* New J'-scy District of Klwanta International on account of his health. Mr. GoaHn has been In poor health for some rime, spent part of last winter In Florida and wa* forced to decline ra-etecUon to the Board of Freeholdcm.

Jn Monday evening. May 33 tinning at 7 P. M (daylight te), eeremonl’s will begin on • dedication ot the handwtne » City Hall In Gtasshor<'. and ■ official* and cltlxen* of thi*

rry Indictment 'topped By Prosecutor

County Chamber of Commerce Next ThuradaJ

Classboro re

has- been made, and n officials will be present tlon and dance for will be given by the Club. Immedtai-ly aftei

iiy

1 Intoxicating Hlon or ProeeCampbeil. Ji

The Cap# May County Chamber ot Commerce will meet next Thursday evenlag at Avaton. Th# election of officer* will take place at the meeting and a report of the htooet'r trip recently taken by the eounty will be re- . celved A prominent speaker will address the Chamber on that

rtainmec.

all