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CAPE MAY HERALD.

Recognized Leader

VOL. ill. NO.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, OCTOBER l, 1903.—EIGHT PAGES.

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FERN LEY COTTAGE IS HEAP OF RUINS. FIGHTING THE FIRE Brave Work of Men and Boys With Buckets Sav'S Adjoining Properties.. Tbe Kvrnlry rotugt, at the ocean end of Emerald avenue, Cu|<e May Point > for many years the summer home of tbe late Rev. Thomas A. Ferrley, D. D. Philadelphia, was destroyed by between the hour* of six and never* o'clock Sunday eveninj?. So quickly aid the fire spread that none of the contents could be aavad, the tightly dosed bouse having tilled with smoke before the fire was in evidence Quick and energetic work on the part of tbe only family nearby occupying the Ewing cottage in giving the alarm and pumping tube of water for instant use, prevented a conllagralion. Half ■ score of men were on hand within five minutes of the appear-

ance of the flames.

The origin of the fire is as yet a mystery. A servant of the Eernley fannly and two small boys were at the cottage a part of Sunday. bringing their lunch with them. Whether a fire was madt in the kitchen stove and any portion thereof remained thf*e, wben they left about -t o'clock, in the absence of public statement, is not known. Smolfe was discovered issuing- from the roof of the kitchen, but before water could be had the flames broke through, .and in a twinkling tbe small frame cottage was a seething furnace. A strong sea breeze blew showers ol sparks over the neighboring cottage*, ana for a time the Point was tbreateneo There being no fire fighting apparatus at band, the men and boys of the town formed a bucket brigade at the ^Cwing cottage pump, and by heroic effort facing the intense beat succeeded saving the Haddock Memorial Home across the street and the Beadle Memo'tal Church next door. The roof of the latter building, however, caught fire two places, and the side of tbe church i* so baily scorched that repainting will When the cottage was about down severe electric storm broke, the wind shifted to the west and, with increased velocity, ca-ried a steady stream of sparks and embers dlrecdy into tb< town, but the tocrentsofrasneffectua 1 !: prevented any further destruction of j. oper‘y. This is the first fi» Point since the bo. mng of the Centennial Hotel in 1883. During all these yean the resort, composed en jrel; buildings of a highly inflamable character, has been without fire protection. It is to be hoped that property will now realize the folly of this neglect and take steps at once to be able meet any future danger from fire. Tbe Fernley cottage was saved from fire oely a year ago by the timely arriya] of nearby cottager who cooly earned biasing lamp from an upper room

the front yard.

This cottage was among tbe first built wben tbe reso't, then ca'led Seag ove, was started in 1873, and no one ibot-ght more of tbe place or was more active in tbe cottagers' association than Dr. FWnley. Since his death some yei~s z"0 1 witlow and daughter had always spent a lew quiet weeks each summer tbe To Mrs. Fernley the long time summ home thus baa a pecuua iy warm ime.esk She and her daughter, Mias J< phme Fernley, had cloneu the cottage only the previous Tuesday. Mrs. Fernley, no doubt feeling tbe weight of advarcing rears, bad some daya before remarked that this would be her last sojourn here, which now seems like strange prophecy, she then not knowing that by Sunday night the little cottage

would be in ashes.

PERSONAL INTEREST. isaalp of The Town la Which You flay he Mentioned. Clinton Sellers, advertising agent of the Cape May Real Kata e Co., was a recent visitor. . Allan Ewing, son of Sheriff Ewing, of Court House, was renewing old acquaintances in town the first of the week. Col. John Tracy, proprietor of the Lafayette, after a very succeaafnl season Monday for his home in Lao*ilale. Pa. Mis* Hannah Henry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Henry, left Monday for Bordentown school, where she will lake op the atndy of art. 0. M. Hal ns, who conducts a wholeliquor house in Atlantic Gty, is making ready to open one here, the Devon for the winter. Mrs. Elwood Koaeman of West Cape May accompanied by her daughter Mis* Elisabeth is this week visiting friends and relatives in Camden and other points. Mr. Percivai Gaaaatl of Washington is registered at the Star Villa. He master of the violin and accompanied Kemp on the piano at the Baily

ittage.

Nominee for State Senator Lewis M. and Mrs. Crease of Ocean Gty were visiting Cape May the last of the week. While here they registered i

Villa.

Migs Anna Crowell, daughter of M: and Mrs. Edward Crowell, who has been quite ill for tb<u>*st lew weeks is able to be out, much to the delight of many friends. >. and Mrs. Thomas B. Kennedy of 'hiladelphia are enjoying a honeymoon visit in Cape May. They were married Bridgeton Wednesday afternoon and e at tbe Windsor. E. E-. Kutachman, who has looked after the golf interests during tbe seajust closed for the local papers has gone to his home la Philadelphia. He will again take up his studies id the U.

.fT.

Carl Reeves, who has won much popularity in Cape May during the just ended through his able work Lhe base ball team, left on Friday for Philadelphia to take up his studies st the University of Pennsylvania. Samuel Tatnall of Germantown, bo. with his family is making quite a length y stay at tbe Carroll Villa, l* a fine flute soloist, and with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Sanders, of .Morristown, affords the guests the pleasure of many little concerts.

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Residents of tbe 'own of Court H< e very much excited a few morrtng

LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER FACTS IN BRIEF.

TH/S SEASON NOT AN EXTRA ONE.

HELP IS SCARCE.

MYERS WILL AGAIN

Stubborn Fight of Numerous Heirs U Reopened by Judge Voorheea. After six years the will of the Iste 'Squire Charles Myers is no farther toward settlement than in July, 1897, when it was otiered at Court House for probate. Judge Harrison H. Voorheea, presiding in Orphans' Court last week, buck where it was first, and all the bi'ter fight of a year and a half ago must now be renewed. When the will was first dedaraed valid there was a stubborn fight on tbe part several children by a former wife, who claimed their f.i I :ier was incapable of making a will. The Court suatained the document, which bequeathed the bulk of hia large estate to a child of his third wife. lu March, 1902, one of the daughters began an ejectment inlt to oast her tepmother from tbe homestead. Tbe trial, which^ksied nearly two weeks, one of tbe most sensational ever tried in this county, and the jury declared the will valid. The Court of Ersubaequently sustained the will. The dissatisfied heirs at once applied to the Orphans' Court for a decree reopening the former decree by which the will was probated, and this Judge Voorheea

has granted.

lodge Voorheea also declared the will of the late J uvtiee B.‘Grand oil valid, and secures to s number of charitable institutions substantial bequests.

A Few Facts of Interest Gathered About the Canning Factories. One of the many industries of Cape Mat County is the canning of fruits and vegetables, one would not think it of so small a county either, bat it equals if not exceeds any county of Its sise in the whole State for ita numerous canning factories. There are several in lower Cape May County that make it a specialty canning of tomatoes, and now that the season is on, one can readily walk for many miles through the country and see nothing but large field* of tomati (Love Apples as they were called in Colonial days,) as far as the eye can reach, and nothing is more beautiful than s large see rage of tomatoes just before picking time. The tomatoes are picked about three times a week, up until frost kills the vines, when picked they are loaded Into wagons and conveyed to the factory io thigmanner, where they are emptied into a monster scalderand gone through with the steaming process, and thoroughly washed, then they are ready to be skinned, this work is done by women, they receiving three cents per bucket, from here they are conveyed to the filler^nd packed Weans, then they are capped, soldered and put into a large cage and are lowered into a vat ot water which is always kept at a heated temperature, there the cans are allowed to remain until thoroughly cooked, after this process has taken place they are then taken out of the vats and into the cooling room, where each and every can it thoroughly tested by an expert, after remaining a few boon in ihis manner they are ready for the con-

sumer.

To give our readers some idea of the enormous shipments of tomatoes which, kes place just in one'->wn. While in in venation with Mr. A R. Shinn, who superintendent of the factory at Bio Greode for Cox A Bros., tbe other day, the reporter was surprised at the speed tbe factory hands oonld handle the I. On an average days run over twenty thousand cans were pat up by this factory alone. It fillers wtiich are capable of putting up forty cans each per minnte, so far this year nearly four hundred thousand have been put up, aod the season is far from being over, and if frost holds ofi until late, the number will be greatly increased. Compare this with the many other factories in the State, and then form some idea of the enormous lot of canned tomatoes that are consumed, just speak ing of one state.

nuiuiHionmisaiMi ■ ■mkihh id k bi n mut buc#

ago by the finding of

cartridges and ftuee bidden in the cedars near tbe road to Benny's lending. It was believed that an attempt was to be made by robbers somewhere and tbe au'horllMa bad jnst started an Investigation when Joseph Douglass, an Inhabitant, explained that be lad been u-ing the explosive* to blow op stomps, and —-* ■ away so boys would

The Thirty-eighth Annual Convention of the Cepe Mar cocntv Bandar School Association will be held in tbe Hollywood M. K. Church at Holly Beech on Tuesday, October 8th. An excellent programme has been prepared, end reports from every M. E. Sunday School

Capt. John Reeves Expiree. Capt. John Beeves of West Cape May after a lingering illness of nearly three yean, died at hia home early on Friday morning. He was over seventy yean of age, s<-4 served nearly one year in the Civil War. He waa a consutent member of the Pint M. E. Church of Oape Ifay, and dearly loved to be in hia pew each Sunday to listen to. tbe difierent discourses, and waa a member of Cape May Lodge No. SI, A.O. U. W. a kind and devoted husband and a loving father, apd leaves a widow and two sons, James and Harry, who are both employed in Philadelphia, and a daughter, Mn, Rovilla Downs, whose home is also in Philadelphia, to mourn

his loan.

Tbe funeral took plaee from hia late reaidanoe in West Cape May on Monday afternoon at two o’dook. Interment Cold Spring

Our enterprising merchant, Charles _ Swain, will have a cash matting sftle, fan tram YZ m. to 8 p. m.' NarcoUasfi

whfch will ImKl tuttil Octofer S. Tb. .b foe*, (.tata, mncUO. tfUbtu ™

dynamite .hnuld be beard. Opening exarclae*be-

gin gt 10 a. a. and kart u

large day is expected and several exeat-

state ha-

gs tea and viritors will be erorlded by

e of Holly Beach.

tbe Chpe May Hagsu

Stillwell Retiree After a7 ■era of Active Service. Samuel Stall well, for twenty-aeven captain of the Cape May Lighthouse, retire* to-day, October 1. from the Government service on account of advanced age. C. S. Woolson. first assistant keeper, baa been promoted to the captaincy, and second assistant keeper Hngbe# now become* first assiahose place 1* in turn taken by John Puaey, of Lewe*. Del. Captain Stillwell will be eighty year* of age Christmas. He has been married fifty-nine year*. Although so far along life's shady lane, the captain and bi* wife look well and atiU retain the use of their (acuities in no small deg-ee. T can still climb tbe lighthouse," he i, ‘‘two hundred atepa, but 1 get the rheumatism in the calf of my leg. ^e*. have been captain 27 year*, and In all that time have never been called to account for any r. miaanea* of duty. I first came here in 1836, wben this Light house waa built, tbe beacon before that time having been the small round place down near the barns, which waa only about «> fe-1 high. I stayed here and a half, and waa then sent to Five Fathom Light Ship. That is ofi to the southeast, 23 miles from Cape May. the Light Ship until 1878, when was assigned to this point." 'Captain, how do yon feel up in’ tb* iwer in a fierce wind storm ? " asked the reporter for the Hkealo. 'Just as comfortable as you do sitting here in the parlor," was the astonishing answer. "We read under the lamp and forget it. Tbe Lighthouse baa stood the gales of 44 year* and will itand, oh, twice 44 rear* longer. It is 35 feet in diameter at the base. The wall* are 7 feet thick at the ground, and the foundation is 33 feet below the eurface, made of piling, concrete and cron*tree* of hemlock. It la 180 feet to the top of tbe dome. Oh yea, we can feel it shake when the wind blows hard enough, but think nothing ot that. The light? ■Yea, it Is very powerful. About ten miles ofi yon can get some idea of it. It is visible 22 miles at sea.” Mr. Stillwell and wife will live in Cape

May.

A Western Editor** Trow Wee. From the Waukee (Iowa) Banner. Editing a newspaper is a nice thing. If we publish joke* people aay

rattlebrained. If we dqp't we are anl^mit 0 n the eit*.

old fossil. If we publish original matter they aay we don’t give them enough selections. If we give them selections they aay we are too laxy to write. If we

don’t go to choreb we are a heathen;

we do we are a hypocrite. If we remain in tbe office we onght to go oat and bustle for locals If we go out we are

not attending to business. If < old clothe* they laugh at us

wear good clothes they aay we have a

pull. Now, what are we to do? Just

likely some one will eav we etole this item from our exchanges, aod so we did.

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tereat Mentioned.

October.

Goldenrod.

Hazy mornings. Read the Hesald. Evening* at home. Cider making time. The golden month. Cricket on tbe hearth The coal man is happy We lead—other* folio* Busineas slowing down. Camphor ball* scent the air. Read tbe Cape May HaaAi.n. Go teaberrying in the wood*. Overcoats have put tn an appearance. Get your job printing done at the There is a freight car famine in the produce shipping point* in Sonth Jersey What coal has been in tbe coal bin u I wen burnt when tbe days have

been chilly.

ported from up country that robins are doing great damage to the grape* which are now quite ripe. Tbe wind wa« "to weat'ard" wben the sun crooned the Line. Thi* means a fair autumn, aay the weatherwise. Advertise in the HulaLd and make your want* kaown to the public. It is the recognized leader in Oape Mav. The sale of the store goods of Elwood E. Benstead on Monday afternoon at West Cape May waa largely attended. Gists Wanted—Girts over fourteen years of age can secure employment in the Gold Leaf Factory, West Cape May. The Devon Hotel under the management of Mr. Kehr will remain open all winter for the accommodation of guest*. Benjamin Wellman of West Cape May has been distributing ripe figs, grown tree in bis yard, among hia friends

here this week.

The annual seanon of the Cape May County Teachers' Association will be held Friday and Saturday, October 9

and 10, in this city.

hickory tree at Dias Creek which, it is said, is one hundred years old, was iwn down by the recent wind storm

of Sunday evening.

J W. Magee, the president of a syndicate of Pittsburg men, has puschaaed

for 17500 from tbeCape May Heal Estate

Co. the old excursion house at Sewell' Point T. J,. Ostertlng of Pittsburg ha*

been commiseloned to prepare plans of

large and fully equipped casino

81 PERU RIGHT OF WAY IS ALREADY GRANTED.

TO COST $7,000,000 Road to be Run From Camden to The Seashore—Stock is'

Said to be Subscribed.

Once more tbe rumor prevails that here la to be cnustructod a trolley railway from tbe Delaware to the *». at a cost of aotne 17,000,000. Tbe stock la ■Id to have been fully subscribed, the ighte of wav purchased, and plans matured, so that work will be oommenced ithtn thirty day* and the road in operation by next May, Tbe scheme is to both passenger and freight trains, which would make the line a strong competitor of tbe steam roads. There i* no

to apprehend failure of the pro-

ject should it ooee get m operation, but

X likely that It would materially

nterfere with the bukiucas of the steam i ail ways. j People will take tbe speediest route the aessborr. as every minute aaved transit give* that much more time - enjov the pleasure* of the beach. Vet there are many who would eoioy a little longer ride on the rails, to whom the reduced fare would be an item of saving. However, the travel between Camden id tbe feaabore is constantly growing, ipecislly in the summer season, and it may be tbe trolley line would carve out a business* for itself without trespassing upon the increasing traffic of the great roads, the car* of which transport passenger* to their destination within an r, a feat that is not likely to be

iimplubed by tbe trolley.—

ANCIENT MARRIAGES.

Arc Stone Ballasting Road. With the intention of still further reducing the schedule time between this dty and Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Rail wad Company is putting down a stone ballast the entire length of tbe W. J. & S. R. R. branch. This in addition to the 100-pound rail will mkke the road one oi tbe moat perfect in

state.

Although the vote waa very light throughout the state on Tuesday of last week the amendmedt* were defeated by majorities ranging from £000 to 3000 votes. Chpe May county gave a small majority against the adoption of the amendments, there being only 30

votes cast in this dty.

Took Charge on Monday.

Swain Bros., composed of Horace Charles Bwainf who recently bought out the entire store ufN. Hand A Bon of West Oape May were in Philadelphia on Saturday, renewing the stock of good* needed for the store and took posseaston

of it on Monday morning.

DoatMry.

Office of Dr*. Lorenos and BobolL *a*or. to Walter J. Learning, corner of Oeean and Hughe* streets, open f practice of dentistry in all Ita bra. Mondays from 11 a. m. to 8 p. m..

also offers great bargains in remnants. Don’t forget the place, 805n street. Onjsr by ’phone, or post oOm box Ml also. Foil line of

household goods serried.

endorsed by I

Sfojlrifutfj be open Monday. Ootobei 5 eftor that Paw Monday* end Tuesday*.

A Record of Those of One And Two

Centuries Ago.

Below we gives list of marriage licenae records In the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey. These will be continued from week to week and ought to be interesting to those who want U delve into family history. You will warn the Cafe May Hesald to follow thevUsta. They began in the issue of Au-

gust 20th.

(cosnsoxn from last weee.) Phcbr Coxa and Charles SUlrnan, Gt. Egg Harbor, December 18, 1781. Elizabeth Craford aod John Richardson, December 17, 1756. Rachel Craford and Ji March 17. 1788. Sarah Craford and Ezekiel Eld ridge. April 14, 1741. Elisabeth Crawford and Edo* Buck, MayS, 1778. * Mary Craawy and Jeremiah Coreeu, sptember 24, 1768. Rachael Creeey and Jotham Townsend, November 14, 1768. Abigail Crease and Return Bad cock, February 28, 1788. Esther Crease and Richard Edmund*. June 21, 1769. Hannah Creme aod Thomas Matthe* January 8, 1768. Hannah Crease and Thomas Pratten, June 21. 1769. Priscilla Cream and Permeuaa Coreeu, ovember 1, 1778. and Jusbua BUllrga,

10,1787.

Rachel Cream and Nathan Godfrey, September 11, 1780. , Sarah Creme and Thomas Smith, November 15, 1788. Hannah Cramey and Isaiah BUlaa, camber It. 1770. Marcy Crteeej and Bcevm Isaard, nary It, 1781. " and Jacob Hand,

tbe medleal fraternity of

°—

Rev. Frank 8. Sheppard

la tbe First Baptist Church next Sun-

The Hulalb will be pleased to have you nmd any event* of

Croesi

Ablgil Crowell end Levi EWridg«,

ugust 7, 1776.

Elisabeth Crowell and Ephraim Baneroft, Jan* 8, 1768. Hannah Cron ell and Jonathan Whlldeo ovember It, 1778. Pbebe Crowell and Knekkei KMridge,

AN OLD WAR VETERAN Interesting Item From One Who ' Fought In Civil War. One of the Civil War Veterans in attendance upon the dedication of the monument erected by the State of New Jersey upon the battlefield of Antietam on the 17th insl., was comrade Thomas Stevens, of this dty, who received an invitation to "go along," iadoring a railroad ticket to cover the journey. At Broad Street Station upon his arrival aod while waiting for train time, he was accosted by a veteran who approached him with “Hello Stevens! How is my old Comrade?" Sterena was surprised to find the man was a member of hi* company in the Fourth New Jersey Volunteers. It was remarkable that he should recognize so quickly a comrade after forty-one yean

had passed.

Mr. Stevens was not in the fight at Antietam with his regiment for the good reason that be had been shot down • short time before at Sonth Mountain, and for two weeks lay in a nearby village, where he beard the din of tbe battle, ‘ He was then taken to the . hospital at Hagerstown, where he remained seven months before sufficiently recovered to return I regiment, which be did of his —_ choice, ss he had the ofier of an honor- j able discharge. He had been two 1 months in Libby and Belie Isle prisons, 3 living on bread and water, "and we had to dig for the water,” said he to the writer, in relating his hard ex] He completed his three yi and fought in many a hard battle, eluding Gettysburg .in 1883; yet, he declares, he neWr lost a day from ‘ ‘ Dean. At the time Stevens was shot the adjutant of his regiment was killed almost at his ride. The regiment suffered terribly, ahtait twenty being killed and wounded in his

company.

Mr. Stevens was delighted with trip, notwithstanding the recalling many trying incident* and the revif-™ of many sad memories. The nies of the unveiling of the mi be found deeply interesting, *nd President Roosevelt, with shook hands at the dose, be wee favorably impressed. From Antietam Mr. Steven,

It bods Crowell and Isaiah SUiss, April

Uvda Crowell aad Jai • *?, 1780. (TO HPOmXVBPK

Governor and many State titled to wear the Grand Army I nsited the beUiefleld of Get' where he fought forty year* age Barring riSghUy defective this gallant sutdlcv of the great Wag Rebellion, is hale and hearty, aML ipanionable a* ever, and is •

May's meet «

' ef Cape May's

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