The Best Ad\erti«ing Medium ! In Cape May County. L Whvr The Largest Circulation |i

CAPE MAY HERALD.

All the new* that’* fit lo print. Largest List of County New* than any County paper.

VOL. VII. NO. 5-

CAFE MAY. N. J.. THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 1907.

Snbacription—$1.00 per Year.

CAPE MAY

HARBOR

The Conditions Imposed By

River and Harbor Bill

TO EXPEND $100,000 MORE LOADED WITH PINE LUMBER

BOAT IS

TOTAL LOSS

Schooner Samuel Sharp Full

of Water and Sunk

TOUR DIME MIT 8E IN'LUOED

■ BUI Wilt l‘**« «• Krporied WIU Oo Through » n<1

The Crew at Klght Men Taken oar hr Cap*. Jamen rUdreUge 01 tiaiunla; Morning

Special to Ope May. Herald. WaahlugUH., D C, J»'>. SO-Tbe htl' rrcwolly ra.iortad to C”"*™** '■J l,> ' lllrer aud Harbor C-.o>'«l>u- V'-'w bly be conaKUnni in a eomtulilee of Ue whole Uouat "I Kaprmctitalleea rllhe' tu^norron or Piiday. With regard to lb* approprlalloo f«e « »l» May. aa UU£od by t >e Lrgl-la'ur ..f Sew Jeraey. U» City O-aooll of « at. May. tkn il.>a.ol of and tmmer..otuaritltae orgaiiiaaitona New V ..rlt ai.o IVnoaylvania. and urged upon the committee by Cougreaituen of Sew Jeraey. the* were able to get the appropriation reported The language ol that aecUon of the bill relating to Cape May reads as foliowa: ••Improving Gold Spring Inlet, Sea Jemey. lo a depth of fifteen-fe»l. in accordance with the plan printed in House document No. 588. Fifty-ninth Congre»a second session, 1311,000. •■|*iov»dei!. That the depth m»y be increased to twenty |pre feel in case tbe local sutborities or private persons or corporations shall within one year from the date of this aet, contribute to the improvement tbe sum of $100 000, msk ing tbe sum so contributed subject to tbe order of the Secretary of War in such manner as he shall direct; and tbe said Secretary of War may rvee ye and expend upon the improvement to a depth of twenty-five feet tbe said inn. of $100 000 so contributed • I’rov deJ. further, That Ibe Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials sod work as may be necessary lo com tel. said improvement, to ba-paid for as appropriations may from time to time In made bv law. not to exceed in tbe a« gregale, exclusive of tbe atnoont herein appropriated and of any sums contributed from ot' er sources, in cs - Uie improvement be made to a depth fifteen feet, or $000 000 in the case tl improvement be made to a depth ••Provided, lurlher. That no p-.r k of tbe fomia herein appropriated and authorised sbatl be expended on'il tb. necessary land and right of way for Ih. shore end- if the jetties X' T lighthou-e-for the establishment of a life saving station and for s depot of engineer supplies shsll have been deeded to tbe Uni te<l 'tales free of cost. And oStUl aasuiaocr. satiafastory to the Secretary 11 War shsll have been given that the plan of the harbor to be established vate capital inside the entrance will tn modified by increasing tbe distance between tbe bulkheads immediately inside tbe shore end of the jetties ia tbe man ner recommended in said Honsa docu ment numbered 388, Fifty-nlath_ on grew, second session; and that tbe work proposed by tbe United Mates for thi entrance ebsn net to this harbor will be supplemented by such expenditure from private or corporate sources as shall make the harbor amiable for cofnmei sod protected from injnrioni wave ac-

tion

“And, provided further, That tbe P* creury of War shall bare power scribe, regulate and at a-y time Bodifi the wharfage charges at this harbor .sod oo part of this appropriation expended until tbe Cape May Heal Batata Company shall, for itself ami its successors and assigns, execute such formal acceptance of Uua proviso aa the Secretary of War may require." These are tbe first appropriations ever made by the National Viovernment for tbe coast of New leraey, which ia hundred and twenty-throe miles in length Tbe Co d Spring Into* M the northeastern boundary of Cape May. Tbe latter part of I tat sommar a Board of Eogtoeee fJBeera from the War Department nt Washington, were at • npe May, and after being nbown property they were greatly impteaard by its poaaibilnied, and there Hems mentioned ia the appropriation bill an a direct remit of their

Tbe two-masted schooner Samuel Sharp, driven ashore lad Friday night tbe shoal near tbe mouth of the bay known as the Chpe May Spit, lade with pine lumber, ia foil of water and has proven a total loss. Some eflort ' may .* made to nave a portion of her rigging and cargo if the sea that drives over her subsides. The crew consisting of Captain Stoland sod men, ware taken ofi by Captain W. FJdredge, of Cape May Point life-saving station The schooner deared at Bermuda Hundred lor New York, but was driven of her conroe by a snoceaaloD of galea, and finally endeavored to reach Delaware Breakwater, but gales again hindered and she went on tbe ih sals about three miles ofl -outb Cape

May

The pine lumber is washing ashore in large quantities along Cape May Point, and the beach la literally strewn with wreckage from the stranded vessel.

Happenings of a Week Among Yw r Ilrlailvr* and Friends Trrwrlj ToraasOther Mention

MRS. MARY MARCY DEAD >11 Known Resident Bnocumba to e Complication of Dtaeaers Mr*. Mary Marcy. widow of Sumner Marly, died Sunday at her home on West Perry street, alter a long Hines* Death was caused by a complication of rs She was aged about etgbtv yean . £ • ; , ro.Marcy was well known here, having lieea a resident for many v-iarv With her husband she moved here trom Dias tdie was a memberof tbe Methdial church and bad alwaya been very nrotuiuent <n tbe work of the cborrb ind Sunday school- Several years egf he was compelled, tiecaore of her 111 iralth, to give op her active doties. Elbe • survived by three children. Dr Mj)on arcy. of Peoria, fll.; Malter t'ar y, of Pbilaoeipbia sod Mia* Locy

iarey.

Pewrrml rervioes will be tiriJ from her late borne this alternoon at one o'clock. James Borns officiating. Interment will be made at'Tabernacle ceme-

tery.

School Orchestra fat F..r the porpoa- ot f ibleenirrtalnmrats held In tl kI rvsataslly laktug psYa In «i erciassal the sch.o.Jbe'High f gaptls. have orgaulaed K|

Eva 1

PERSONAL MENTION

Winter Visitors *re Numeroi s About Town

ATLANTIC HAS NO CLAIM

A Fit of Jealousy Over Our Deserved Appropriation

MUCH UlOIGUHIOt IROUSEO

Gardner Bays Vole Against a

Mrs. William Townsend ia at Tuckeran, N. J. t vlrtiag Dr. and Mrs T. T. •rice. Mrs. James E- Taylor is visiting her ■osier, Mrs William H Nelson, at Cheater, l‘a. and Mrs. Samar) F EMrrdgr are

spending a fortnight with relatives and at Cape May Court "onse. Mr. and Mrs Wiliism H. Church itarteri oo Tuesday for Florida, a here they will pau a couple of months. Monroe Krnckaon has purchased s wmII paper and paint store of Walter Errickson at Cape May Court House. .Mm "abrl Focer entertained at her iome on Perry street last Thursday vening in honor of Miss Bertha Hleelman,of Clayton. Progresaive five hundred was played and an eoloyalile evening spent A number of her friends

were yresent.

. and 1 rs. T II. Parkinson and Florence Parkinson are in Philadelphia for a visit On *atnrdsy they attended the wedding of their aon Mr. lifiTord T H Parkinson to Miss Esther lark Levis, of Lanadowne, Pa., in HI oh'-’a Episcopal Church there.

Patronise Advert Isera. P-tronise the man who advertises Uemember that this man If~taking ail this tronMe lo preaent his goods to yon Ives yon special prices and brings the good^lrtnally to ronrdoor through the newspaper in order lo save yon tbe sveeieoca ol looking in all I be stores for what yon want. Hr la a benefit to the com mom I y for withont him the newspapers could not run and in bovtng from him yon are doing a good thing for the town yon live in. $uy of the advertieers. They are the up-to-date aod wide akrike men.

wiu k

It Is

II baadded. Then will be four violins, tbe players bring Miss Eva BevtlU. Ralph Townsend. Imran tiacklus »ud Pbtlip Levy, Miss Helen Porter will he tbe pianist sod Jay Her . <111 play Iberoroct. A Paltbfal Employe After thirty eight years of contlnnons wrvire In ibe Cape May W are office, Mr A. b. Bosh, oo Monday transferred his ilotiesto the office of the Cape May Herald. Mr Bosh entered the Wave office as so spprenHoe boy and remained iteadlly with that paper until last Saturday. and for more than twenty years of Me service has been tbe fore®*', of Tbe Herald hopes that be ■ill remain as long with os as with the Ways. ______ Mr. De Tarck'eKno Wilder De Tfirck. tb* sou of Charles A. Ds Torek.

phi* and New York, and of tbe shipping interests of Ibe port of

The oongregstiou of Ibe 11 ret Preeby terian Church will on Wednesday ■■ext vote for a pastor to soon by the reetgt by tbe Her. A. W. Upow* The throe hedrog canoldstre an rotd lobe Rev. J>r, Janree McLeod, of PHaoetou, ». J_ Knv. Mr Lyle and

Poe Mayor of Philadelphia Congressman John E. Heyhorn. summer •esident of Cape 'fgy, wi nominated for Maydr by tbe Republican* at the uoif rm primary idrvtion 'sturdsV by a great popalsr majority. It was a veritable landVtide f< ' Congrresmaa. Me defeated John M. Wsltori also a summer resident of Cape 'av. Keybnrn polled 80 286 a oil Walton 80.801, girl g Her born g plurality of 20.1*52 Tbe eiection Ukes place Febrn

iry 10.

Will Prewent Faroe Tbe fare* entitled ‘Two Bonnycav e,” will be given on Saturday eyrning, February 0th, in tbe Aodltoriom, for the benefit of the Choral Union. The chsractera will be taken by Frank WttOlrr, Fraods *». « ollirr, O.O. Barr, Mias Lydia W. FonUe, Mrs. O. 0. Barr and visa Helen Moon. An excellent musical program will be rendered at intervals daring tbe evening. A general admission of tweaty-five cents will oe charged. Etc nerved teats are thirty-five

cents.

•aaael Dana kin Demi Samuel Dnoakln, aged 74 yean, died Friday morning at the home of bis sister, Mrs. Benjamin Wellman, <>n Broadway. Death was cause.I by heart trouble sad dropsy from which he bad suffered throe years. Mr. Dnnaklo came here last Beptem her because of bu ttl health Until that lime he bad bis home at Minnow Brook, Herkimer oonnty, New York. He wet tbe old eel'guide in the Adirondack mountains. Tbe fnnerel was held here, interment et Cold Bpeiug.

Resolutions calling upon Represenlave John J. Gardner to fight in''on revs the Hem to appropriate |1,200 00U upon a harbor of refuge at cape May or to rrsigu, were adopted by Atlantic City y • ooi'dls Monday aftrrnoonI will not favor colling out tbe Cape V appropriation," said hepreaenta live t.r.rdngr that night, when told ol council's action, “r-och a perloruiaoc* joke Cape May people are •■pending $0,0 0,000 for improvements sod ■ave a right lo consideration Mere in Minn tic • Ur there is no one spending i cent, so far as any one knows, to con ilruct a harbor or to develop tbe need of one. 'I would not vote against a harbor ol refuge project anywhere on the coast. They are Denied wherever they can b* .-slablisbed. I will not Atlantic ity has or ami is doing nolbing to establish one ■'

DUCKS SWARM ALONG COAST tiousands of Winter Fowl Seek Ibe Bomb Jersey Inlets With the coming of the cold snap tbe unoers in this section are enjoying tbe best duck shooting of tbe winter Nearly all the bars and streams tn Cape May comity are froxen over with here and there a few airholes. These open spaces are being frequented by thonnndaof black ducks, broad bill and buffle head ducks aod great Bocks of diving fowl It is the only means they have of finding lood. The birds are plump and fat. as the cold weather has not as yet been of long „-UKli durM'-'o t“ hurt Ihe-n. Ti» iiviting is p.'ii.-uVr y good !■■ tbe viriis |y.,r C--td Spring I .let A p»rtjr of thr-eCtpe May sportsmen, bo gunned on I list WyOllds, bagged oVet j> • liisck, c >b brsd and bfoad bd

duck*.

Historical Relic la

Coroner Robert 8. Miller has in hi> poHsesa'on a historical vwhc which be value* very bighlv .It is a deed written, with a quill pen bn a piece of deer bide, three shot holes showing plainly. I be deevt was made by ooe of bis a Dees tors. John 'Uler, of Ceaarea river, (now Cohansey) tn the eonnty Cumberland) to Noah Miller, another one of our townsman’s ancestors 640 acres of land the consideration being M pounds. 10 abilllngs. Tbe deeil I* acknowledged betore John Wali ng. •d lieare date 1717, in the reign ol George, King of Ureal Britian. The properjjronveyed, r Uler a farm/which ha* ever since beei "Uler fa mil r and ia alt us I ad near tbe Cumberland oonnty alma-bona- not far from Bridgeton. Thla Noah ''Uler was le of tbe patriot* who burned the

Greenwich harbor

TERMS SOON TO EXPIRE

Senator Hand will Appoint a Large Number

ALL THROUGH THE COUNTY Local Topic* of General In* •crest Mentioned

COMMISSIONERS 0E DEEDS PARtGRtPHS CONDENSED DOWN

From all Over tbe Cow Bly— Four for Cape May CUT '

ie terms of a Urge number of Comm Isirr of Drsds expire this year. Ao) •oo wbo de-ires to tw a eommlaatoorr be appointed, provided Senator Robert E. Hand will appoint tbem. Hr la abso lately tbs power lo grant tbem. Cape May City Is entitled to eereu comntiasloners. Besides the four to be elected there aretbr following: J. Harry Hughes. expiring In IIU: J Henry Edmunds. ISMI, and Gilbert C. Hughes. 1010. Tbe others to be chosen iLla je-r In Cap, day county are: Auglrara two 10 fill ra--aociea; routs towuablp. two. ooe to fill •acaocy aud one to snccerd [-earn log Klee. Ir., term rxulred; Holly Beach■ on* to luoceed John L Burke, term expired: !a>wer lowusblp, two to succeed Furman Barurtt aud Reuben T. Joboaoo. term* expired: Middle towuablp. oo# lo succeed Cerleton Hildreth, term expired; Ocrer City, first ward, three, ooe lo fill vacancy wo to fill racaucy, and Jwo to sue totwrt Fiaber and Joseph -L. Sen 11 term expired; aeoood weed, three ta aoc 1 William K. Maaary James M. Cbcaand Harry Headly. lerma expired: Sea City, two toaucceed Edward F. Dausnd James T. Chapman, terms ex plrtd. South Cape Hay. two to fill vacsoUpper township- two to aunneed Jamra Shoemaker and John & Donglaw i expired: Wildwood, one toaucceed aer R. Baser, term expired: Wood lilue, throe to fill rscaclee.

All tbe Weeks Oocurren County Briefly Told Faragrapha Mrutl Howard Jamra. of Dei i-oaila of Druoia Uiwnalilp.

—Caotain

den. a few .la vs ag' deer In the woiela n ev. B F. Hoc! Grande M. E. < hu from a serious ill on bis duties. -Alvin Header

-Borough Council o thriving Russian Hebt. approptialed UviP to

THE SECOND WAKU

May e Yoa and Towr Frieuda Mrs. Joseph B. Hughes. Jr., are occupying their pretty new borne, roomily built tor tbem oo Queen street.. Mr. Wm. Porter aod family bare taken LafayMr. Sherman Sharp aad family will occupy the oottaga reoeoUy rseated by Mr. W m. Porter and family. Mr. H. T.Wars basso far reoorrrrd from lo be able to taka out

Mrs. Heroes Church was the recipient r a genuine surprise a lew days ago when V dray baiked up to bar borne aod unloaded a handsome piano, a prevent from her husband. It la aaadlesa to that • M t. Church was highly delighted. Meadan.es Bern Del Ooesoo and Son Ugyd were recetri Dranisrille rial tors. Mrs. M B. Bonder two month's trip to ter stater Mrw. Wm.: Mias Nettle Miles, a charming visitor, has returned to bee Philadelphia borne after a' abort visit with -her friend Mias Stella Lloy i.

Thome*. Ludlam, of Dcnnisville. for e umber of year- mate of tbe United States light honse steam Zuania, bu been promoted lo the captaincy of that

craft.

number of Masons from Cape May Court Honse and other points on Tuetday night paidw fraternal visit to Cape Island Lodge of Muons. They resisted and witnessed all tbe work ol Ibe evening. A banquet was held after the regular work waa finished. Julios Way, administrator of the estate of tbe late Thomas J. Yarrowjr , will thla morning sell st vendue what ia probably the moat valuable collection of scientific book* end instruments ever in this coonty. The library ineludes over 500 volumes. Among the instruments are otoscopes, mierotones pbygmognaphs, hemoqylometer* and many others of similar pronimda ion.

With the foor cottages East Capa May tract, aod • number of

other prospective

To Give Reception The Camden Bar Assoctalion will on February 8th tender n roneption to Supreme l onrt Jostle* William B. Trenchard. Vice < hanollor Edmund B Learning, Circuit Court Judge Frank T. Lloyd, Judge < barira Van Dyke Joline and Proaecntor of tbe Plena Henry 8.

'oovei. '

The event will take piece in tbe ing at tbe Camden Court Honse, aod all tbe mem tier* of the Bar in Camden, Salem, Gloucester. Cumberland, Atlantic, tpe May aod Barilogton will be umt? I. Tbe committee which hu the affair in charge onnsietsof Ex-Judges Howard and E. Ambler Armstrong. Tbo ou C. Franc!, William T Head.

The State Os sett* Tbe “State Gsxette" will contain full eynopeii of Hie proceeding* of tbe Senate aod Assembly ol 1907, a hit of all bills introduced, passed and vetoed The session promises to be ooe of great interest because of them being s publican SenaU aod Democratic Ai uy- > fhe ••Dailr Oasetto" will be mailed to snbaciibere for the session for a

ty-fire cento.

No other newspaper in tbe state will give so ranch In detail of the legialati

proceedings.

fact that ought to be known throughout tbe atato la that the"Weakly Btate Gaaette" la only one dollar

real estate agents that cottage* wHl rent wail and that Uharlen A. Swain, «*—7

offering groat

Maqoelte and U d8e partly lo the

A. G. Hew set-. Overseer of tbe Foor, reports the expenditure of hot $42.61 under bis direction during the past fla-

Ity and plenty of work, and partly to the determinat on of the oversee* that

1 ’ ‘ ' » by '

too liberal with tbe poor fund*.

The appropriation

• $800 and $467JB remalna la the

Addroea, tbe John LMorpby PulJlah-

log On', Trow tom, N. J.

Splendid abort ilories appear each week In the Holiday Wegaaloe oi ‘THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS.” They crisp and breegy—Jm*t the Mod that • ao herd to find and ao daiigblfal to id. Boy "THE PRESS” every day tbe week; yon will get all tbe

J. W. BROWN IS GUILTY Wa« Charged With Cruelty to His Children COOK IS t FUNNT WITNESS

H(ale’s Witnesses Tell of Harsh Dto cipllue aad Corporeal Paalahment—Jury Aoqalls Him

K .*•, game • ilierated five : ■ Tuckahue.

11.101

■Ktbeet

HOUR GRAPES

Cape May Appropriation Ire at Atlaatlc Otty. • Radical changes in the atUtnde of bit home oonnty toward Congreaeman Jobe J Gardner will result from the million aod a quarter appropriation for the harbor of refuge at Cape Hey," tye a dispatch from Atlantic City to tbe Philadelphia Record. Froiniuenl i, with interests centred here, believe that the harbor of ref age would be -e advantageous to shipping itre of the Jeraey coast, and I to believe the progressive spirit shown by Atlantic City should receive national recognition and reward, local and dvic organisations a take action next week censoring Gardner's attitude toward tbe appropriation. It ia also annonnoed tonight that delegations will cell apon angressmao who at preaent, ta 111 at

is home here."

There happen to be tbe conn tie* of Burlington, Cumberland. and Cape May who hare a say. and who will easily outvote Atlantic county if any soch nonsense is attempted.

The jury

i the trial of J i tb* charge of c

>elly t

■bis

children, after one bnur's deliberation. Friday nlgbt brought la a verdict of gutltv oo aix counts for cruelty and acquitted him on the bills charging asoult. Marjory Brown, the eldest of defend It's children, was called to testify aa to tb* harshoeas and cruelty of tbe (alb, r < dally discipline of herself and the fire children. Bbe recounted oumrrlich Ber father hod corrected the •eu by lisp ping them with the open and with the closed fist, and by ig tbem to stand ap for a half hour im* aod by beating wlib a stick. Witness related tbe fact of her father comlelllDg her to take the younger children ■urs each day In the biuerotwithstanding their aeffer-

ing.

E. E. Graham, professor of children's diseases iu Jefferson Hospital. Philadelphia. testified to bsviog examined all tbe n children s few weeks ago sod prodog four of them below normal In vitality and general health. When asked iboormoi condition could have arisen from exposure, witorss replied that light have so resulted, and in bis opinion did so rreultMrs. Gregg, an Ocean City dressmaker, stifled to having witnessed reoeated acts ' cruelty on tbe part of tbe defendant ■ward all hla children. She recouctod ■me of tbe qnretioot that were proponbsd to tbem daring the semi-daily Bible ladings and described the pnniebmenta bleb were meted ont to those who could

Ooe day, when IlUia Willie come borne from school with s poor report, the father took him out lo the bashes and beat him with s stick on tbe bare flesh. Wltoe>a said she counted fifteen stroke* and coaid them a half square away. On another don. when Brown was shoot to cor ooe cf the children him wife inter-

fered and said:—

on con knock me down sod beat me hot yon shall not beat my child so George Lee. s boatman at Ocean City, sore that be saw Brown kick little >' IIe dear across the boat because be 1st s

knife fail Overboard.

Christopher Benthal. s life saving patrolman. recounted his horror at vering Brown take bis boys into the sarf naked lo the middle of November. Herbert Smith, aa experienced boatman testified that sometime*, when Brown took bis boys out la ssa in s small boat, lb* weather was such as lo keep all other hosts inside the beach. Rev. EL T. Casselberry, a Presbyterian minister, while be had net er seen Brown strihe any of lbs IlUia ones, hod frequent

FACTS TOLD IN BRIEF

Winter Mrs. Brown brought oe of the little girls to his borne to show 1m tbs braise* oo bwr body, reselling it me alleged, from her father’s whipping.

motion of the defense for Ik refused Benjamin F. Lee took the stand for the he lived

■* of Interval Gathered fbr Our Busy Reader* •Moodey ia always ladies’ day *t the Y. M.' A room*. —Rev. Samuel Tor wav the speaker it tbe revival services at tbe First M K. Church on Moudsy evening. He preuebed a verv Interesting sermon, iessrs-SiUwy A Son. of Camden, ownot to* Cape May Grain and Coal Com oany, will bnild on Wmdilngtonstreet, afi joining the property of tbs First M. EChurch, an office and salesroom. —••Two Bounr Castles" U the nsme of the farce which will bt presented by n urn tier ol young people of this aty In the Auditorium, on Saturday evening, ry V. Tbe play 1* given for the of tbe Choral l>lon and promises to be a grand encoee* In every feature.

MwtGwllty. Gap* May

Thursday. Jama* A. ... phis boatasee mo. and Mtbor of Bee leleOky Council, stare* a pirn of no*

Skaters Having Pwa

Tbe oold weather which prevailed daring Saturday. Sunday and Holiday Ice sufficient for tbe skaters to touting on Lake Uly and other i for a couple of data. Those

aod kept the oonmoom In an iproar. Sb* described Brown as a atom quickly.

t yet shark It was mad* tram ah* ooM. No variety Just plain shark.” Asked It the chlldrea were clothed, alt tasaaM: "Yes there Is a cartload of eo many that they are ly way." Wtalar Blows, the defendant.