CAPE MAY

HERALD.

VOL. I. NO. 1. WILL BE PUBLIC'S PAPER

CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1901.

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CAPE MAY's newest newspaper in the CAPE MAY HERALD which appears today in response to what seems to be a sincere demand for a newspaper which will not be published for the advancement of one or two politicians, nor in the interest of any corporation, the existence of which is a detriment to the community's welfare. This newspaper will attempt to discover the affairs of the city and county of Cape May in an absolutely impartial way, always keeping in mind what is to progress and for sub-

stancial improvement. It will attempt to foster and promote

all matters for the public good, and will, at the same time, have an eye cast toward economy. It will firmly, but pleasantly, oppose extravagance in local affairs. It does not begin its existence as a rival to its esteemed co-temporaries, but will always beartly join with them in upholding the good things which they may suggest for Cape May's advancement. There are some necessary improvements

which Cape May ought to have, and these

things will be suggested and supported by the CAPE MAY HERALD in future issues. This paper will not support any faction of men, but will rather lend its aid to legitimate and economical enterprises. Political jobs and schemes will not be approved of, and they will be thoroughly discusses in plain English and in an unbiased manner In short, the CAPE MAY HERALD will be published every Friday in the interest

of the Cape May community at large,

and with this cardinal object. In view, it

asks the support of all lovers of Cape May in the fight for progress and fame

as an American seaside resort.

THE NEXT ELECTION. Officers to be Succeeded and Names on the List.

The annual charter election of the City of Cape May will be held on Tuesday, March 12. Much interest will be centered in the event, as upon its result depends on the stacability of the local government for the coming years. The officers to be elected are: Mayor for two years to succeed Thomas W. Millet; Recorder for two years to succeed John W. Thompson; three councilmen for three years to succeed Joseph P. Henry, John Akins and R. James Cresswell; Assessor for one year to succeed Charles T. Campbell; Collector for one year to succeed William Porter; Treasurer for one year to succeed Isaac H. Smith; Constable for two years to succeed Edwin P. Clark, now serving an unexpired term; three Commissioners of

R. Wales, Theodore Mueller and William S. Schellenger, and Overseer of Poor for one year to succeed James Thornton. The candidates so far mentioned and announced are: Mayor - Thomas W. Millet. Recorder - John W. Thompson, William Porter, H. Freeman Douglass. Council - John Akins, R. James Creswell, Mortimer D. Leaming, T. Maskel Sharp, Francis K. Duke, William H.

Church.

Assessor - Charles T. Campbell, Joseph B. Hughes. Collector - Lewis T. Stevens.

expired term; three Commissioners of

Appeal for one year to succeed Thomas

Constable—Edwin P. Clark, Harry

Siegfried.

Commissioners of Appeal - Thomas R. Wales, Theodore Mueller, William S. Schellenger, William Townsend. Overseer of Poor - James Thornton,

James Crandol.

THE GAS CONTRACT STATUS

IT HAS NOT YET BEEN ATTACKED IN COURT. Cape May is Still in Danger of Having Two Big Light Bills to Pay. - Action Needed. The alleged contract to replace electric lights as a public light by gas as presented by City Council on December last and accepted by the legal majority of five, has never been attacked in the courts and, although it has never been signed by Mayor Millet, nor the city seal attached to the same, is still open for debate as to its legality, and there is a chance that the city may yet be compelled to pay the $4.-

500.00

to pay

per year in addition to the the $8,000 it is bound to pay for the next two years

bound to

inanity at Urge. *he hid* which t

New Water Mains.

CITY Council met in adjourned session at City Hall on last Friday evening to consider what action it would take on the bids which had been presented at the

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lution of Council. Another matter concerning it, was the money in which the proposition was premitted. On this

May, and for in various pars

The publisher thanks the citizens for the kindly feeling manifested for the success of this enterprise, which were conveyed to him before work had fairly been commenced on this first edition. M. A. SCULL.

of the town, net work of

CHARLIE C. MANN A SUICIDE. Well Known Summer Visitor Was Deapendent over Illness. CHARLIE CARROL MANN, seventy-two years old, a retired stock broker and wellknown Democratic politician, of Philladelphia, and owner of the club house property, corner of Ocean street and Columbia avenue, Cape May, committed suicide Tuesday morning in Philladelphia, by shooting himself in the right temple, while lying in his bed at his home, No. 633 North Twelfth street. He bad been suffering for the past ten or twelve years from a general breakdown and a complication of diseases, which made him despondent and weary of life. For the past year he had not eaten a morsel of solid food, and has subsisted entirely on milk. He passed last Spring at the Brexton.

mains, and making the con-

water.

who was

a good flow of of this city

rardsd

"Charley" Mann, as the suicide was known, came from Baltimore in 1858. He was connected with the well-known Carroll family of Maryland, and married into one of Baltimore's exclusive families. The young man associated himself with the sporting element and acquired a fondness for the gaming table.

First National Bank of Cape May.

A PETITION signed by the following

citizens of Cape May, Dr. Westley H. Wales, Stephen B. Wilson, J. Stratton

Ware, Councilman John Halpin, Chas. S. Church, Lewis T. Stevens, William W.

Hughes and J. Allen Wales; and D. H.

Fraizer of May's Landing, has been presented to the Comptroller of the Treasury

of Washington, asking for the allowance of papers for the organization of the

always sure of a Edward W. Cresse,

the lowest bidder, was awarded the contract at his figures, $9,874.00.

The payments are to be made in three equal portions; each portion to be a year apart. The first one will be made as soon as enough of the work has been completed to warrant it. The fire and water appropriation of City Council, it is understood, has about $5,700.00 still available for current expenses and improvements.

A Golden WeddingMr. and Mrs. Salem H. Wales, of New York City, on Tuesday celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. On account of Mrs. Wales's illness there was no further celebration than the gathering of the members of the family and a few close friends. Mr. Wales was a cousin of the late Judge E. L. B. Wales, and the late Judge Ell B. Wales, of this county, and was born in Wales, Mass, 75 years ago, coming to New York in 1846. On February 12, 1851, at Bridgeport, Conn., he married Miss Franora E. Johnson, the daughter of. James D. Johnson, a Bridgeport business man. He has been connecten with several banks, has been a park commissioner and a dock commissioner and was the Republican nominee for Mayor of New York in 1874. His daughter is the wife of Ellhu Root, Secretary of War. All of Mr. Wales’s immediate family are still alive.

Of a Cape May Wooing. ONE of the notable social events of the season was the wedding of Miss Elisa Whelen Miller and George Gordon Meade Large, which took place Wednesday at noon in St. Mark's Church, Philladelphia. The bride was taken to the chaucel by her uncle, William Montague Lyott. A wedding breakfast followed the ceremony at Mrs. Montague Lyott's

First National Bank of Cape May, as in

authorized capital of $25,000.

The severe cold snap which lasted from the middle of last week and through this week has been a favorite

to come under the electric lighting and other contracts. Council, after the citizens meeting of protest, recorded the motion by which the proportion had been accepted, and probably thought then that their duty ended. Since then the Cape Island Gas Company, through its attorney, has the proceedings of the special meeting of the City Council when the motion to rescind was carried, into the Supreme Court to test the legality of such an action. There is a great question whether a contract can be recinded in sch a way and that question will be taken up at the term of the Supreme Court which convenes on Tuesday next. It may be that the action of Council will not be sustained by the Court, and then the old contract of December 4th will still be on the city's hands. Another thing which helps to bind the contract, if it is binding, was the action of the Committee of Protection to Property, or a majority thereof, in designating, as an employee of the Gas Company has said, the places where the lamp posts were located. There was, of course, no special authority of Council given this committee to do such acts, but they seem, nevertheless, to have

been done.

As matters stand the contract itself is no doubt illegal, because of not having been accepted by an ordinance or reso-

point the Supreme Court of this State was already held, in the case of Foster vs. the City of Cape May:

the city

period of five

necessarily involve amount of public characters should

careful consideration, and made

the city, with all the

propriate to the execution of

Such a contract would expenditure of a large A contract of this entered into after a most and made under the

The acts of June 1, 1886, and May 22,

1894, authorize the five year contracts, but

only when made by resolution or ordin-

ance of Council.

The contract, therefore, is clearly Illegal, but it would stand, unless carried into the courts. If not contested, it would be operative and the city liable to pay this extra and unnecessary amount of money

out of

the city treasury.

The Gas Company knows this and at the February regular meeting of council

their bill, which was referred back. Bills will come every month. Either council or the citizens who do not want to pay two heavy lighting bills should take the matter of the contract to the Supreme Court on certiorari to test Its validity. In the meantime the people should have an eye on the candidates to be elected to City Council next month, and see that no man who will vote to renew this gas contract or vote to pay the bills already alleged to have been incurred be given a chance to go into that body and vote for just what they

don't want.

The Gas Company's agent (who is not in the least to be blamed for it because it is in his business) will do all he can to elect the men who will be "gas men."

New High-School. WORK is progressing satisfactorily on the new High School building on Lafayette street, just south of Franklin. The capable firm of contractors, Masons Wen. H. Church & Bro, are doing an excellent job. The building, which when complated will cost at least $35,000, will be an ornament in Cape May and will no doubt increase the values of property in

May, who deserve well the success they are seeking in their efforts to advance themselves, and incidentally, Cape May.

AT THE POST OFFICE. Improvements to be Made and the Efficency Increased. POSTMASTER Walter S. Leaming, who assumed his duties on the 1st, is be coming a popular Federal officer. He has since assuming his duties on the careful lookout for little things which ought to be done to improve the service at Cape May, and has in mind several thoughtful improvements which will be added as time permits. There will be more light in front of the office in the

POSTMASTER LEAMING.

evenings, so that persons going to mail letters after the office is closed will find the letter drop. A railing will be put up to the windows with "in and out" directions, so that those waiting for the mail will be served in the order of "first come, first served." The appointment of Miss Lizzie Ware, daughter of ex-Freeholder Maskel Ware, as assistant postmistress,

meets with the approval of the patrons of

fqipfirij

competent clerk under the late Postmaster

office. Miss Ware was formerly a

F. L. Richardson. Miss Rebie Dosk.

daughter of ex-Councilman James J.

Dosk, who has been also a popular and competent clerk under Mr. Richardson, has been retained by Postmaster Leaming.

Mrs J. Granville Leach. Jr., of

street.

Rev. William C. Rummell, of Philadelphia, occupied the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday. He will preach again next

Sabbath.

Rev. J. B. Adams, of Ocean City, has been assisting this week in the revival services in the First Baptist Church. Much interest is being

revival services in the First Baptist Church. Much interest is being manifested at these meetings. Rev. J. M. Cockins, formerly pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this city, and Mrs. Cockins ar-

rived in Europe last Saturday, where

they will pay nearly a year in travel. The question of improved sidewalks for Sea Isle City has been

taken up by City Council and before the opening of another season flag,

concrete and brick sidewalks will be put down.

Any person who has the interest of Cape May at heart may send communications or questions to the CAPE MAY HERALD over his or her signature. The signature will not be used, if the sender does not re-

quire it.

The rummage sale held by the Parish Aid Society of the P. E. Church of the Advent, on Friday

andSa ' ' ' '

ration

was the first rummage sale held at Cape May.

and Saturday last netted that organization about seventy dollars. This

Subscriptions have been asked for by Assessor Charles T. Campbell and John J. Ratty, Jr., for the laving of a cement payment in front of St. Mary's R. C. Church. Any sums may be sent to Father Dennis

S. Kelly, the rector.

Mrs. Katharine Ramsey Hill, of Washington, is making an extended visit to Mrs. E. Carter McKnight,

I. iot Hed

at her cottage at Washington - and

Jefferson streets. Mrs. McKnight

gave a luncheon on Wednesday aft-

ernoon for Mrs. Hill.

Chief Justice Depue has been assigned Justice Charles E. Hendrickson, recently appointed to the Supreme Court, to the circuit in South Jersey in which the late Justice Ludlow

in which

held court comprising the counties of Cape May, Atlantic, Cumberland

and Salem.

Mr. John W. Swain, of Goshen,

MAYOR THOMAS W. MILLET A POPULAR DEMAND IS MADE FOR HIS RE-ELECTION.

Some Things He Has Not Done. - What Interest Was Taken By Him. -

Stands for Improvement.

Mayor Thomas W. Millet, who was chosen chief executive of Cape May two years ago after a campaign, which was warmly contested, has proved all through

through to be a

man whom the people could have confidence, and one who knew his duty, and

did it.

He has allowed none of those personal and petty spite actions to be a factor in his administration, and has not used the office for personal gains, but for the public good. In every important matter he has been loyal to the city's interest, and has never swerved from the path of fairness and progress. He was kept a watchful eye on all lawlessness and on every occasion which demanded it, has directed the police to quell such doings as were not desired by the conservative public. He has been moderate in his ways, and with a purpose behind his moves, has had

a pnrp

success along such lines.

It can be

proudly said of him that no

blackmail schemes have ever emanated from him, and the city has thereby had a clean administration. No evil thing has been allowed to go unmolested as a result of a "divy," but all have been shut down upon if evil to the general public. The charge made by a political enemy that he

has done nothing is a bare falsehood Mrs. Amariab Foster who has its face. There are many things he has been confined to her room for some

not done because the public have not de- weeks past, suffering from rheuma-

manded them done, but every demand made by a sincere call has been compiled

with. One of the things he did not do

was to sign the contract with the Cape

Island Gas Company to light the town with gas for five years at $1,500.00 per

year, and thus forever end in Cape May

BAPTIST'S INTENTION To Move to a More Desirable Location

When Prepared.

THE congregation of the First Baptist Church of this city, whose edifice at the corner of Franklin and Lafayette streets, is one of the handsomest In South Jersey, are anxious to move from the present location to a more desirable one, to some point on Washington street. To this end a committee consisting of Messis, Walter S. Leaming, William T. Stevens, Elbridge G. Doughty, and Robert S. Hand. The members of the church are now eagerly

at work raising the nucleus around which they propose to add enough in time to

accomplish their desires. The church has had a remarkable stride forward since the calling of their present pastor, Rev. C. D. Parker some four or five years ago. Under his guidance the spirituality and finances of the church have been greatly

enhanced.

The present church was built in 1880 under the pastorate of the Rev. Frederick B. Gruel, now of Worcester, Mass. After the departure of Mr. Gruel, there were many pastors who remained for short periods. Rev. Thomas Neal, Jr. put a new life in the congregation during his pastorate, and cleared the church of

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what debt it had at the time. Pastor Parker is a beloved shepherd and has a united Congregation, all working for the

advancement of God’s kingdom.

of electric lights as a means of lighting. The people did not want

year,

the use

public

it done, and he knew it. He heeded the public even before a public meeting of representative citizens congratulated him

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horse-power

and is finished up in cherry, with

large state rooms with all modern convenience.

ina congratulated

tat thing which Mayor

Millet did do after he was inducted into

office was to begin the movement to get a new route of travel between Cape May

and the South, and thus open a new territory from which Cape May could get

more patronage. It was Mayor Millet who met the officers of the Queen Anne

Railroad by his own appointment both in

Philadelphia and at Cape May in the summer of 1889, and there inaugurated

the movement which resulted last summer in the building of Cape May's new ocean pier, and the establishing of the new ferryage line between Cape May and Lewis, Del., and gave us connection with

the Queen Anne Railroad. It was Mayor

Millet who introduced ex-Senator Lemu E. Miller to the Queen Anne Railroad of-

ficials, and the doughty Senator, with his pluck and grit, went to work with a will

for Cape May, and thanks to him, too,

the financial part of the plan was worked out and Cape May has as a result one of the best seasons last summer, which it

had had for fifteen years.

Many other little things have been done for which he has the thanks of the community. It's as little as could be done

to re-elect

FOURTH WARD:

Wm. Gilbert of this place is getting his new cottage on Corgie street

ready for early occupancy.

Mrs. Amariab Foster who has

weeks past, suffering from rheumatism, is slowly regaining her former

health.

There is some talk of a $5,000 cottage being erected near the corner of Washington and Union street, by one of the wealthy residents of this

place.

We understand that Mrs. Monroe Kimsey will start out giving Phonograph entertainments to help along the "dollar plan" of the Baptist church building fund. Whether she will make a door-to-door canvas or

not, is as yet unsettled.

Mr. Monroe Kimsey is one of our skillful and energetic young boatbuilders is engaged in the construction of a 30-foot Naptha Launch for Mr. Charles M. Williams, master mechanic lor the W. J. R. R. The Launch is equipped with two three

engines, twin screws

looking glass panels, and having two

in appreciation of these facts, Mayor Millet for a second term, a courtesy which most mayors in many towns are awarded.

Heptasophs Officers.

CAPE May Conclave, No. 183, im-

proved Order of Heptasophs, installed its officers for the ensuing year last night, who are; Past Archon, Wm. H. Smith; Archon Lewis T. Stevens; Provost C. Edward Hughes; Prelate B. L. Schollonger

Secretary, Andrew S. Hush;

Financial Secretary, Samuel H. Moore; Treasurer, Albert B. Little; Trasees, L Harry Smith, William G. Batteer, A. L. Leach; Representative to Supreme

District Deputy Supreme Archon Eng-

N. J., was the install-

When you pass by the store of

Charles A. Swain it will pay you to step in and look at the assortment of Emerald Enamel-ware which he has in stock. If you are in need of an oil heater he has some fine ones to choose from. He has also just recieved and excellent assortment of

Chimney Crocks which he expects to sell at the lowest possible prices.

Why not buy a Smoke Radiator and save a part of the heat wasted in going up the

chimney.

In addition to this Mr. Kimsey is also building several

other boats to be used in Cape May waters during the coming summer.

ELDORA NOTES.

Mr. Isaiah Christian is improving slowly from a severe illness. Mr. Ralph Sutton has accepted a position on a farm at Cape.May. Mr. Thomas Charlesworth and

family have removed to Cold Spring.

Capt. David Scull was visiting his

lady friend at Cape May Saturday

and Sunday.

Mrs. Lide Sutton is nursing Mrs. Woolson who has been sick for a long lime at Cape May Point. The charming daughter of Mr. Samuel Sutton was visiting friends at Cape May on Sunday last; Fox hunting has been the popular sport here this winter, and has resulted in huge numbers bring killed. Those on the sick list are Misses Beulah and Ada Bishop. Mr. Richard Creamer and William Peterson.

The skating is excellent, and the young folks are enjoying themselves immensely. Spikey, one of the well-

also cutting a few

known here, was

figures.

cutting a I

Plant and Franchise Sale.

Master in Chancery Norman Grey, to satisfy a chatter mortgage of $20, 000 held by the estate of Wm. O. Robh, will sell at public auction next Thursday the plant of the Franklin Electric Light Company, as advertised in the CAPE MAY HERALD, and also the exclusive franchise to sell electric light which the city granted in 1886 for 99 years to sell W. B. Miller, from whom the elec-

h. Thia

W. B. Miller, from

tric company purchased it. This will practically wind up the Franklin Electric Light Company as a