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SEA ISLE CITY, CAPE MAY COUBTY, N. J., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1927.

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Dr. Herechel Petitt

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State Road Program Aids This County

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Considerable Benefit Derived From 1927 Road and Bridge Improvements

Commission Makes Record

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Cape May bounty benefit ted conalderahly this year due to the action or the State Highway Commission considering this county and adjacent counties in ID 1927 road improvements and bul'.ding of new bridges. Some of the work is completed while other operations will be finished In early 1928. Among the notable road improvements was the paving of Rente 14. eight miles between Middletown and Estellvllle which cost *325,868. One and one-half miles for re-location u. May* Landing. 8161*42. Route 15. five miles of paving between Maurioetown road Del. mont. Cumberland County. 8240.000; bridges fafltween Kldora and Donnisvillc. over East Creek. 812,over Ludlam's Pond. 811.000; Johnson's Pond. 89800; over Deanft Creek. 820*00; five and one-half miles of paving b tween East Creek and South Dennis. 62:7.826

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S. I. Road Contract

Awarded

Hill Dredging Company to Rebuild Boulevard—Bid Wag $189,854.63

Work To Start February 1

One of the final steps towardsthe reconstruction of the Sea Isle City Boulevard was taken by the Board of Freeholders Wednesday at a special meeting, when the Hill Dredging Company was awarded the contract for the work. There were three bidders and the Hill Company was the lowest with 8189.854.63. The Eastern Engineering Company, of Atlantic City, bid *199.119.85 and James Ferry. Inc., also of Atlnnllc City, bid 8208.080. Several weeks ago the approximate cost of the work was given as >195.000. The Stale- has appropria’ed 825.000 for the work. A resolution was adopted by the Freeholders providing for the issuance of >200.000 in notes for the cost of doing the work. It Is expected that preliminary work on the road will begin early In January. The HU1 Company will use two dredges on the work. It D understood. The road Is scheduled to be closed beginning February 1. It will be hydraulic sand 4111 and

gravel top.

An extension of 15 days was granted the George S. Curtiss Company, wno are working on the Perry Street bridge. Cape

Mav, culvert.

A resolution providing -for the raising of >632.158 by taxation for 1128 was sdopted. According to the reeol'Mion 820.000 will be provided in the 1928 budget for special advertising. W. R. D. Hall, county publicity agent,

asked for *55.000.

A request from the Daughters

of the Revolution, asking that

they be given permission

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Fail To Impress

The Commission has eestablishi a record for road Improvements during one season It has contracts this year adding 150 miles of modern paving and 54 new bridges. The bulk of the ImprovemiM». however, are In the north rod central sections of the Stale. The operations will represent an expenditure of more than 19 million dollars, and will close reroiicln* gaps <>n several of the through llioro.ighfares to lessen delays to traffic. I'onforming to the advanced standard set by the highway board for Its work they will keep New Jersey the leading Stair in the nation for the uniform width of ID roads, substantial construction, easy grades and comprehensive planning. Visiting delegations from many Slates and. federal officials, including Thomas B. MacDonald, rbt-f of I>,<- United States bureau of roads, have declared that New Jerso has shown a more careful and intelligent study of its road system than any other r«rt of (Continued on page three)

Carols Will Be Sung By Children

Three Bus Loads of Pupils Will Tour County Evening of the 23rd

150 Will Compose Chorus

Girls and Boys Write Santa Claus

Christmas carols will be sung

through the county on the evening of December 23 by choruses of about 150 school children, the best singers In the schools under Mrs. Crone's supervision. The two Pierce-Arrow buses owned by the Upper Township Board of Education and the new school bus owned by Stone Harbor will carry the children. One Upper Township bus will leave Bcesley's Point at 5.30 P. M.. and will stop to pick up pupils at Palermo at 5:40. SeaviUe, 5:30; Petersburg. 6:00; Tackahoe. 6:15.

Here It will join the other

Upper Township bus and the two buses will reach Belleplain at 6:".5: Eldora. 6:50: I.’idlaro. 7:05- Dennisvllle. 7:30; south Dennis. 7:25. From her.- the first bus w ill go to Sou .ti Seavllle at 7:40. where It wIU pick up South SeavUle and Sea Isle

pupils: to Clermont -*

I South Dennis Children Tell

No Indictment Against Brown

Miramar Man Who Killed Man in Fight Freed

Winfield Brown. 22 of Miramar, who was being held in the county Jail to await the acUon of the grand jury in connection with the death of Albert Tarbottom. 48. also known as Bolton, of Beesleys Point was freed Tuesday night when the Jury failed to return indictment against him. Brown had been <n a fist fight with Bolton. It was alleged that Bolton struck the first blow and Brown struck back. Palton dropped to the grolnd and died. Brown gave himself up to the State Police after he saw Bolton was dead. The altercation was caused whn Bolton accused Brown of painting a “K. K. K.“ sign in front of his boarding house. Two other prisoners were released also on Wednesday when no indictments were returned against them.

Old Resident of Sea Isle Passes Away

Mrs. George Gardiner, Who Came To Resort 42 Years Ago, Dies

Was 72 Years of Age

One of Sea Isle City's oldest residents, Mrs. George Gardiner, passed away Tuesday evening, after having been stricken Monday with a paralytic stroke, from which she never regained con-

rooms In" the old Court House H^iousness.

The deceased was 72 years old and bad been a resident of tbs resort for 42 years. She came to this country from England when a child, settling in New

York City..

On November 26 Mrs. Gardiner visited her brother. I. H. Robinson. In Baltimore, whom she bad seen for over eighteen years, was the twenty-second child and the youngest in her family, and her brother, who is 80 years old. the youngest brother. was for years an active member of the First M. E. Church of Sea Isle City. Poasessplendld Christian charace was beloved by all who

knew her.

Tlie funeral will take place Saturday afternoon from the rest dence of her daughter. Mr*. Claude J. Town. Forty-sixth St.. Isle City. Services will be held at the house with Rev. Harry von Uffel officiating. Interment will take place In South Dennis Cemetery. The body may

viewed tonight.

Besides her husband, she is —rvived by two daughters. Mrs. David Mazxonl. of Philadelphia, and Mi$. Claude J. Town, of Sea

Name Trenton Appointments

Read Mfmber of Senate Steering Committee

ate and Assembly were announced Tuesday by Senator-elect Charles C. Read and Assemblyman-elect Fred McMurray. Tl.e senatorial appoint* were Alfred H. Sapp. Ocean City, asalstant hill clerk, salary. *500; Rev. De Witt C. Cobb, of Wildwood. chaplain. *300: and Michael Nldorf, of North Wildwood, page. *200. The Assembly appointments were Koscoe C. Spaulding. Cape May Court House, bill clerk. *500. and Clarence Schellenger. Cape May. clerk to committee.

*350.

Senator-elect Read was named as member of the Senate Steering Committee. The Steering Committee U one of the m< important, as It controls, to large extent, the precedence which the various Senate bills receive.

Grand Jury Returns 14 Indictments

Appointment, .o tl„ st.tc Sen- No R ' all r Important Cases

No Rest For Editor of Contest

Is Swamped With Replies —Had Hard Time Decidiiej the Winners

Good Ones This Week

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TSree Big Real Estate Sales

That Jolly Personage

What They Want

Letters Are Interesting

(for pupils of both

o»«. u .v.. .tcbooD) at 8:00. and Cape May Court House at 8:15. The secord bus will go from South Dennis to Goehen at 7:4a. to Dias Creek (for Dias Creek and Green Creek pupilo) at 8:00.

and Court House at 8:15. The Stone Harbor bus

leave Avalon at 5:30 and Stone, Harbor a! 5:45. rtteWhS Cap.-1 May Point at 6:30; West Capt i May at 6:45: Low. r Cold Spring. L., 7:05; Academy. <: 15j Erma. l v (for pupil.-- of Erma and Fishing) _ Creek) 7:30' Rio Grande. 7:45; | Whites boro. 8:00. and Court I House at 8:15. Each bus will i ' return oter the same route. I Carols will be sung as the (Continued on page three) r(

Three big deal* aggregating *100.000 were consummated in the office of W. H. Treen. WUdwood realtor this past week. The Van Horn property, more genera lly known as the "Pines." 100 x too. he norlhwtei corner of Pine and Pacific Avenues was sold for >50.000. Four stores together two good sited rooming houses and a 40 foot lot In Pine Avenue, constitutes this valuable parcel. One of the Lipkln stores, corner Hollr Beach and Oak Avenues, brought *15.000 and th- corner of Glenwood and Pacific Avenues, the third of thih group of sales giving to a promising outlook for the ensuing year's teal estate busi-

The Missing Letter Contesu being conducted by this newspaper continue to attract many readers, i fact the editor was swamped ds week and had much difficulty i selecting the winners. In the "Bridgeton Missing Letter age" there were letters Inserted that should have been leit out and in another one letter was left Intenuonally. The composlevidenlly had his mind on Sunta Claus and was making hia li*. of things from the ads be was setting. An was placed In 's (If Value Appeals—Shop at Steele" the “a” was missing, but 'e" was superfluous. In ingersoll'a ad there was an "r" miasS from “Cumberland." This was error. But many fans failed catch the missing "e” In velocipede. Where fans had mentioned that an "e” was missing from Steel's and that there was not another missing "e" they were included In the prize winners, where their solution was O. K. olber-

The winners of the Bridgeton

page solved It this way:

Letter Word Advertisement B be Goldberg's Dept Store K wardrobes Bowden's Auction A any Rigglns-Gaskill-Hum

S Steel's Steel's

E velocipedes Esibill A Sbarv M smoking H. Bruskin stainless Esibill * Sharp,

—E'Hrin B. Fagan, Wild-

ad Crest, Is Foreman

No Remarks By Judge

The December Grand Jury met Tuesday, returning fourteen Indictments. Supreme Court Justice Luther A. Campbell presided wllh ClrraU Court Judge William Frank Sooy. and Judge of Common Pleas Henry H. Eldredge on the bench. Justice Campbell In addressing the Jury said that as there was no matter of particular Importance before them he would not make any recommendations, lie appointed Edwin B. Fagan, of WUdwood Crest, foreman. The list of true bills returned by the Jury were aa follows: Helen Applebee and John Applebeo. two counts, possession of Intoxicating liquor and maliualuIng a nuisance. C. W. Marriott, of Wildwood, two counts, desertion and nonsupport of his wife, desertion and non-support of his child. Harry Taylor, of Wildwood, embesxlement. James G. Wilson, formerly of Sea Isle City, two counts, fraudulent checks. Bob Vargloe and William Anderson. of Wildwood, fraudulent checks, two counts. William Davis, of Ocean City, fraudulent checks. Thomas Cancelosi, of Wildwood,

larceny.

Rudolph Roman, lewdnees and Indecency. Frank Duffin. of Philadelphia, fraudulent checks. Robert Morris, alias Sidney, of Ocean City. larceny. Charles Roman, of Wildwood,

darceny.

The grand Jury was composed of Edw-ln F. Fagan, foreman: Paul Fmholf. Mary Ogden. J. V Thompson. A. L. Gelsenhoner. J. J. Helnle. Fred Bainbridge. Washington Hilton. Tracy Grant. J. H. Beecher. Th*-nas Loper. Harold Hand. {: . ph Halt- tinsr. Chartos Hoa'bg*** w R. D HsW-Wrmr’Sk-.JrV' tjm* f C. II. Newkirk. Walter T. ilarrieon. Viola Joalln. Dannlnu Myers. Warren Halor’in'n-. Fred Melt and Rufus P. Hayes.

Damages of $12,500 In Auto Case

Leroy J. Archer

L. J. Archer Succumbed Last Night

Higher Pay For Troopers

Recommended

Stricken With Acute Indigestion — Dies Before Medical Aid

School Principal 8 Years

Verdict Favors Mi-s. Devine In Suit Against Ralph L. Chester

Car Fatally Injured Man

Col. Schwarzkopf, in Annual Report, Also Asks

For More Me.-*

LeRoy J. Archer, r-incipal of the See Die City school for the past eight years, died suddenly, al his home on Pleasure Avenue, on Thursday night. Professor Archer was npparenUy in the best of health, and attended to hi* school work until noon vest* rday A,., noon he was strlck'n with an attack of acute indigesUon. and was assisted to the office of Dr. C. \V. Way by the school Janitor. After being treated he went home and to l>ed. Getting up toward evening be stated to Mrs. Archei that he was i> . ling j better. As soon as be 1 reached] the living room he (hopped, to the floor, and died before medical . aid could be stm . -ai. - . Professor .‘.relic *' ■M in *jjt prime of life, and one of the best known educators in South Jersey. He raised the standard of the local school to one of the hlghert efflcienoi'. :*nd was always active and interested in citric work. He ed as Secretary of the Sea City Chamber of commerce, was a member of the Sea Isle Rotary Club since It was

organized.

He was elected last month as President of the Cape May County Teacher's Association. He is survived by his widow. Funeral arrangements have not yet bden made.

A Jury, after being out from nofcn to 7:45 P. M. on Wednesday returned to verdict of >12*00 In favor of Mrs. Caroline M. Devine, of Ocean City. In a trail brought against Ralph L. C'heester. prominent Ocean City realtor, whose automobUe struck and fatally injured John J. Devine. The trial which began on Tuesday ended Wednesday noon and marked tha nnlversary of Devine's death, hich occurred. Dccc-mber 14. 1926. Mrs. Devine bad asked dam-

ages of $50,000.

Chester on the sUnd denied that he bad been negligent or reckless while driving the machine which struck Devine. He testified that Devine walked ar -ond the front of the cor in which he had been in occupant declaring that he hould have walked to the rear. The defendant said that Devine's head was buried in his coat collar and bD hands in his pockets.' He stated that Devine was from 8 to 10 feet away when be first saw him and that it was impossible to avoid striking him. though he had tried to avert 11He said he was about 15 feet from the crosswalk at the time and that the car was being driven at a moderate rate of speed. On Tuesday Chester testified he didn't know how the accident occurred Witnesses for the plaintiff testified In regard to the manner Devine left the car, which be had left before being struck by Cbes-. ter> car. One witness declared that Chester's machine was going "pretty fast" but could not qualify as to tne rat*- of speed. Chester h—i. testified .not the car was being driven at about 20-?S William Powvll. former member of tne Ocean City police '<!•■ partrat testlfi. ibat he had pai-sed. ster's ( - in the opposite til-' ' .mp anf laid the machine was

Advertisement For Bids Given Wide Publicity

E either in steel's or missing Have Fine 1927 Record The winners were G. J. Bennett,

Jr.. WUdwood: Mrs. Daniel Adams, Port Norris; Gladys Thompson. Ocean City; Pobert L. Bateman. ' ollegevllle. Pa.; Samuel Unlglicht. Woodbine; Mn* C. H. I'raner. North Wildwood; Mrs. Charles Calhoun. Cour House; Eva L. Ewan. WUdwood Crest; Lewis

(Continued on Page 2)

“One Lunger” Caught

State -Police in the county continuing their war on "onelungtrs.” those cars being driven with one headlight, arrested Fred S. Green, of Sea Die City, last Friday night. State Policeman W. T. Cams, who arrested Green, said that Green's car was without a Ugh'.. Taken before Justice of the Peace Clarence William*, of Tuckahoe. he was given a suspended sentence and a severe reprimand.

Navy Record Helped

d sentence was given 24. of PhUadelphlr. Cldredge, Wednesday a larceny charge, was disclosed at the >n had an honorable the Navy and had

by the Ocean alleged theft iV. Riggs, pro-

Have You Written To Santa?

Get Three Month*

Higher pay and mere men arc , asked for the New J.-rsey State Police by Colonel H. Norman, Sch'-arzkopf in his annual re-{ port to Governor Moore. Colonel. Schwarzkopf showed that at prevent 140 men are attempting to: cover 7000 square mile* and l! cannot be done efficiently. "At every station there Ls more work than the troopers can handle and throughout the <>rgunizaUon It is estimated that

working between

indicating that :he advertiseent for bids for the re-construc-un of the Sea Die City Boulcird received wide publicity, was iown In the list of firms and Inviduals who requested plans ' " ' County

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tvihe on Tuesday tesUthc financial ttmings of her husband and his health and condiUon before leaving their home on the night'of the accident. She was overcome during her testimony and a recess was called by Judge Sooy. On Wednesday she described the clothing her husband wore on the day he was fatally injured, denying that that his coat collar Was as Chester had

testified.

Attorney Patrick Harding, counsel for the plaintiff in hD address to the Jury declared that there was no dispute in the case l I'hester's car had struck and (Continued on page three!

Cases WiU Be Tried On Dates Scheduled

Circuit Court Judge William F. Sooy on Wednesday indicated that cases net for trial on dates scheduled would be tried. As a result of lawyers and their clients not being present Wednesday- he maria -: "off ior term” 12 cases and made one a "non-suit." Court attach-s declare that the action of Judge Sooy Is commendable and should result in cases being tried promptly.

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said Colonel Schwarzkopf, so. we are not able to c with all of the requests

upon us."

As to compensation, a parison with the pay receiv municipal police indicates, stated, that the trooper* ar

Late Judge

Eulogized at Court

Dollar Prize in Contest For Boys and Girls

A prize of ocj dollar will be awarded the boy and girl sending this paper the best letter on "What Christmas Means To Me" by Monday even!nr. December 19. Boys and girls up to fourteen years of age may send letters. No letter should contain more than two hundred and fifty words. A prize of a box of crayons will be awarded for the best letter in each age class, the loiter award will go to the very best of the letters regard-

Parents are requested not to ie!p their children with the letiers. Letters should be mailed :o Uncle Bill. Children's Editor if this paper. Sea Isle City, in lime to reach him on or before

leUer

will be

That figure, it is almost doubli expenses of the "Tnts is not pa.-ilng conditio

THE PLAN IS SO EASY that many of the member* of the Christmas Club of the Security Tru-t C mpany .of Cape May. xy thai It was Just like finding money when they received their cheek in the distribution just

Why not Join the 1928 >w? —Adv.

In Resolution Offered By Bar Ass’n Aft-r Opening December Term

News From Today's Classified Ads

Is Read By Lewis Stevens

New

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