Tli«- IU-*t Ailvortisiiu: Milium j! In Tape May County. Why? Tlu> Ijirjjost ('imilation !,

- • > •• , GAPE MAY HERALD.

VO!.. VII. NO. 14.

CAPE MAY, N. J.. THURSDAY. APRIL 4, 1907.

MERRY EASTER THRONG MKNTI0N1NCS OF THOSE WHO WERE IN 'TOWN OVER EASTER

. olir. of rtiiU.ldphW, i* eu- | Mm lior lun 1*. I‘ui.-r of liultiuiorr.i* 1 rrjtisleml »l the Viixioia ,for a fort-

ni|(bl.

Mr and Mm Byron E. Halxtead. of New BruusMiik, N. J., are aojoarninit

al the Vtnrinia

Mr. and Mr*. K. P. B. Warne, have been ocrupyinj: over hUater one ot their

Stocklon Bow coUairtn.

A. 8. Bhriiea. the prominent New York book publnher, and Mrs Barnes,

are regtstenil at the Virginia

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Boyd Mr. and Mrs Kltrin P. Cook were

i’ajje are oc- j Etster Day visitors to the shore, locklon are- Thotnaa Em'iions, of Philadelphia.

has leased the Riepel cottage on Ocean

Mar hall, of afreet, and wil 1 open a cafe there.

;ue*t»of Mr. and Mrs J K. Jacoby n

heir .•otUire'over Easier

Victor O. Stroebel has been a gues ,t ibe Virginia He will bring hisfanrtl

lere to a summer collage

Mr. and Mrs Edwsrd Page are oc

COUNCIL IN SESSION

Two Special Police Officers to Be Apppointed by Mayor Millet al Once

ALL ARE PRESENT

e Kas

and A

Philadelphia, are occupying' their

Windsor avenue Cottage

Mr. and Mrs. Percy .V. Kothell, of Philadelphia, are Visiting Mrs Harriet

8. Hugties, on Hughes street.

Mr and Mrs. Frank 8. Kutschman, were among owners of Sooth t ape May cot lages who passed E ister there Mrs. Albert A. Uose, of Camden, is visiting her parent*, Mr. and Mrs. Mas kel Ware, at their North street home. Hr. Richard Norris and Dr. Charles N’ Davis, both of Philadelphia, are occupying their cottages on Beach avenue ,

Alfred B Miller, of Chicago. who|coinii passes bis summers here, is haring a . Dr. racer yebt built at ScbeUengerfe Land- were

The '‘is«es Baird, daughters of Mi and Mrs. Dsvid G. Baird, oi Beverly, N J.. are guests of ■ 'ape May relative’ .Miss Mary Pettit,'of Philadelphia, is visiting her ancle, Rev. Arthur liras, at his residence, No. SOU Lafayette

eel.

who has resided i

ind Mrs John Madiso

ing.

I ?•>*«

rery pro

Virgin

,k as guests of the Aldmi

longc

Hr and Mrs. John M R >ger«. of Wilmington, are passing Lie Easter week at their cottage. No. 519 olu ohm

avenue.

Capl. Nelson, of the Atlantic and Golf Coast dredge •'Catt." is having n yacht bnilt for his use during the SumHarry Hughes Johnson, a prominent lawyer of Cleveland, 0., was a recent visitor to bia father, Eld ridge Johnson, of this city. Mr. sod Mrs. R. R. Miller and Mr.snd Mrs Alfred C. T lomar, are occupying Washington street cottages for the Mr. and Mrs. W. Joyce Sewell, and' Mr. and Mrs. George D. Mc 'reary, Jr., ot Philadelphia, were among Easter goests at the Aldine Miss Florence N. Brown, and Miss Fsnnle Van Scoy, a formtr teacher of oar public schools, aye visiting J isa Laura Wemple, at the Wyoming. Mrs Charles P. Sweeney, of Dam; Pa., has been passing a few days wit her sister, Mrs. Louis C. Sayre, and with her cousin, Mrs Willism F. Cassedy. Mr. sn 1 Mrs Peter Sbietis are guests s: the Virginia. They are having built o i Beach aveuae, west of the New Hotel Cape May, a handsome summer

villa

Mr. and Mrs. M. E lleisse. who have "pent the past three winters at Corn-wall-on-Hudson, N. Y.. are occupying their II oghes street, cottage for the Spring season. Mr. and Mrs Frederick Martyn Dunn, of Philadelphia, were among the over Easter guests who were occupying apartments at the Virginia. They were accompanied by Miss Scott. William H Chew, editor of the Standtrd and Jersey men, of Salem, N. J •, was s visitor to Cape May last Friday, and purchased ooe of the Sewell cottages on Windsor avenue, long occupied in the summer by hu mother John 8. Scully has returned from' a visit to Pittsburg He will pass the summer in the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, where he has a large front farm. He may pass his winters at Capa May. He is unr of the directors of the Cape '‘ay ileal Estate Company.

Col. J. Granville Leach and family of I over Easter Day

Philadelphia, are occupying their Laf-! Mr. and Mrs. John M. Okie, and Miss ayelte street cottage during Easier J Okie, ol Berwyn. Pa., were guests al week J the Virginia, and have leased a cottage

Dr. and Mr* R. Waltei Starr, of | for the summer sesson.

Pniladeiphia, are occupying their cot-J "illiam N. Weaver r.•turned last Frin East Cape May for the Easter day from a visit to Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs.

I^wis, a sister of Mrs. Weaver, I* hi* guest al their Cold Spring home. Mr and Mrs. Chris. Gallagher and Miss Gallagher of Philadelphia, sir guests at the Yiiginia They bate wilt them their handsome sutomoblle. Mrs. Charles Keilom, ot Deiair, N. J. formerly M ss Ella Taylor, of Cape May. is a guest of her brother, James E. Taylor sod Mrs. Tayloi, on Jackson street. Dr. Frederick J. Haerer, of Philadelphia, who has a handsome Summer borne on Washington street, opposite West street, is having bia naptha launch

remodeled.

Col. and Mrs. John A Baker,of Washington. have taken for the snmmer the Richardson cottage on Jackson street, which they have occupied for the past Coi. John Tracy,, proprietor of the Hotel Lafayette, has been a guest of the Aldine^ He is here looking after bis hotel and the preliminaries lor tLe Summer season. d Mrs. E. H. Godsbalk,. whe over Sunday visitors to Gape May M>s Godshslk was formally Miss Doan*. ol Caoe May, and is a sister Capt. frank Down*, of Holly Beach. W illiam G. Essen ha* purchased the Presbyterian parsonage building adjoining the church, and will remove the building to a lot o > Kearney and Stocktoqjivenue and improve the baildiug. Edmund K. Brown, head civil engineer of Ibe Cape day Real Estate to., has .purchased the Richardson farm at Rio Grande The transfer was made on Monday throngb the agency of Charles

T. Campbell.

Mr. anu M'S William H.Chorch.wbo have passed the Wider in Florida, returned home on Monday. Mr Cbnrcb will prepare the Colonial Hotel of which he is owner aod |»oprietbr, for early Summer opening Mr and Mrs. Thomas CaUioan, Jr , of Philadelphia, are goeats at the Virginia. Mrs. Collinsn was Miss Dooner. a daughter of the late Piter K. Dooner. They are acoompanied by- Thomas F Dooner, her brother. Mr. Richard Campion, of Philadelphia, aod Miss Campion, ocrnpwd over Easier tber cottage on Columbia ate nne Mr. Campion recently purchased the handsome Mil von cottage kt Beach avenue aod Jrfleraon street, for the transfer price of 921,260 and will, it. Is reported occupy it daring the cuuing

Street Committee Given Power t Rebuild nad bob Avenue—Engineer Benckert Oct* Increase

City Council met In regular session on runslay evening with all nirmb.-n prev nt and Preaidenl Ware presided. The Solicitor ot Weal Cape Mty asked

with to- Capa M«y City dUpoaal plant. Engineer M Benckert. ot the disposal plant at Msdlsoo svenn- wsa granted an increase in salary trim Hit to Vi per

ot ti

ot Millet asl

The monthly re.i r William T. Sirs

large Dumber of lmpr»

for the appoint > sppoiul them, ot Hull ling lo

Subscription—$1.00 per Ye

GUNNERSJDPROSE BILLS LUMBER DEAL IN COU RT SAYS IT ONLY PROTECTS FOWL FORisTOCKHOLDERS AFTER FIVE MILE BEACH

COMPANY PROFITS

OTHER STATES

Sporting men In Cape May county are very much axrrciaed over the propose 1 laws regulating game, particularly one which will prohibit the gonnlng tor quail tor three years It it should become a law. and another which prohibits the gunning for bay birds, a general name name given to the different varieties ot fowl which frequent ibesouodeand beaches to spring sammer, remaining hul a few week* and then taking their flight elsewhere. ~ • claim Is that men of Uii< county bare spent ooo-lderahle sums for several 1 for the pnrpoa- of stocking the o« nn-

ty with quail, entirely Independent of tie Slate, aod have provided themselves win, expensive equipment in guns and dogs for the enjiyment of the sport, but will la deprived of the privilege through lbi» legislation. In regard to the bay birds, the claim that siuoe these birds are migratory anil do oot batch or domicile here for a sufli ciently long period of time to be seriously diminished in numbrr.the legislation dors not protect them, but simply uvea I hem for thr gunners of other Sutra.

EASTER SERVICES AT THE CHURCHES Owioj to Tbs Bad Weather a Poor Attendance Was Had

CAPE MAY NATIVE IS HIGHLY HONORED Senate Resolution No. 5 Is a Compliment

a.k 11

,«de within the res projs-ny ■•woe ig for the lay.n 1 received ami 01

Broad

sewer there wi

printed.

Mr. Sayre Introduoaia resolution directing thou persona who are the owners t property along streets where severs hav been laid aod who have oot connected wit them, to d > so. and the resolution w< An agreement was enured Into with the Worthington PumpCompany for the placing at the waur works of a pump which will lift 2.500,000 gallons of waUr per d ty. A contract was enured Into with IbcAmericao Fire.Engine Company for the rbnhdlog of the small 1 _ _ his Is completed It will make three steam re eiiginea In perfectlarder. The Are and waur committee wasdl ecud to receive bid. for the laying of Qrec thousand feet ot six loch waur imio, the city to furnish the pipe. Mr. Moore moved that the music comilttee be discharged and the motion was

irried.

Ao ordinance was passed through first aud second readings providing for the contract between the Cityaod the Cape May Light and Power Company, for the lighting of the resort for the next live years at thirty-five cents-per light per night. According to the light* which bare been used dariog the paat year, the contract will amoant an-iu illy to about

*14.000.

The street committee was directed -to iruvide a way for the reTeirmg ->f storm raur on vacant prpperty we«t of Madison venue, and for the diverting of thr waUr nto the storm water sewer there. The street committee was directed to get bids'.for the relaying of the sewer on Broadway from the bridge to Beach are our, and they were also direct-d to get ids for the laying of a newer on the eastru portion of Stockton avenue. The street committee was given power ) rebuild Madison avenue, and to secure bids for tha spreading of the gravel on thr leuue, tha city to furnlib the material. Bids were also ordered received (or the building of a naw botnlwalk between the foot of Decstor Street and the foot of Windsor avenue. The street committee was also directed 3 negotiau for the opening of Columbia vsoue from Franklin street eastward to

the First M. R. Chui off very pleasantly In splu of U of the weather. In the m'irning Pastor Baras preached a a lut-luspirlng "The Resurrectloo." u> qulu good eixe congregation. The music wa flne, tbe choir aaug ehrautifai anthem, and a solo by Mr. Lawrence Reeves wall received. latheev-nlog the servic** were gii over entirely io the Sabbath school. ‘ storm somewhat luUrferrwt with the cellent program that had been arranvri for the occasion, wuich we herewith

peod:

Singing. "Praise to the Risen Saviour,' By the School Responsive Heading, P.igeSLe*flet,8cbi Prayer. By Her J. K. Wils Singing.' O Time of Wbiu Lilies." School Responsive Reading. Page 1*1 H lanal Duet, Mrs. W. H Thompson Mr. I.arrenoe Re Solo. "What B«*t Bring*.” Ana L Recitation. • The Tidings Glorious,” Mary Price Solo, "The King of Glory.” 'Basel ©itei "Awake Little Lille*,' Recitations and Song. Clans of Girls Slnging.“Softly tbeSb glows Fall," Soho Solo, "Jeans 1* Risen,” E-lith Bush Nellie While Remarks by Pastor Barns Sc Supt. Ogden Singing. “Chrisf the Lord Is Risen•' School Recitation, “And Lo the Stone « Rolled Away.” EKen Nelson Solo. •The Beautiful Etster Tidn." Fanny Rose man Recitation, "My Storm Tossed Flower,” Mamie Nichole Singing. Coornation, Hymnal 1*1. p. a. cauBCH or rug advkxt The splendid musical service rendered in the P. E Church of the Advent, on Lefarstr et, on Sunday, will be Snndsy. At toe servioe on Sunday morning a processional cross was preaecud emoriam to the laU Dtvld S. Merwin, read the first ae vice of the church in the Girl's Friendly Socle'y hoU' Hughes street, on December 84, 18BB. cal program was well lost excellent EaaUr _ the rector. R-v. Arthur lees. In the evening the children's choral setrios was good and the mo'igrexalloo good, considering tha inclement weather.

The property committee was instructed to prepare for the proper lighting of the

coancll chamber.

Mayor Reybnrr Sworn In John E. Bey burn, one of Cape May' ■let devout (yie lds aod a summer reel dent here from early child hood, became Mayor of Philadelphia at noon Monday, ■ad within, a few minutes after be had .ubacribed lo the nsnal oath of offloe. ehlch was admlalsteyisd by Judge Sfawke. Select Council unanimously confirmed his ' et appoin'menu. These were Gorge R. Stearns to be Director of Public Works; Hanry Clay. Director of Public Safety; Joseph H Ktemmer, Director of Sappliee. sad Dr. Joseph 8. Neff. Director of Health.

Max Kanfmann was * cretary lo lb* Mayor.

Let Well Enough Alone

While the passage of two-crnl-a-mili maximum fare bill might aubetaotlally

people of the Slate, it i« a whether or not it would be

advantage to the peonleof booth Jersey, particularly those going to the seashore resorts. The regular fare now to the Cape May county seashore resorts, even for a single excursion ticket it leas ■ oente per mile, and, if a straight

rate Is pnt Into effect, the "fares''

would ha higher t han they now are. Sometimes It Is better to let well enough

alone. Capa Mayeoaoly b

The following resolution wa- pissed in the Stale Legislation last week: Whereas, The site on which lUeaes-lons of the Goutloeotsd Congress were held i u Trenton. New Jersey, from Novrmbei first to December twcuiy-fourth.onrthou kind seven hundred aud eight)-four, be log uukuown. iu locatioo has long since b-eu e question lu which . ml.ieut and dis tioguisbed hist irlan- have absolutely failed and d las greed: and. Whereaa. C-ntts K. U eHrey, of thi Sl-tr. phyaiclab. author aud liiioriao.dld oo Dec-mber flfteeulti, oi e Ihouaaud ulo< ■noilred and aix. give the flrat authentic proof by doonmeutary evidence that the sessions of the Contlneulil Congress, ai aforesaid, m-t in the Freucb Arms Tsvi, located on the southwest corner of pre-eot Slate aud Warren streets, the site of the buildiog now ewued aod occupied by the Mechanics National Bank: there Rmolved (the House of Assembly c incurring). That, as an evidence of the high appreciation of >hii distinguished ’alned service, the thank* of the Legislaureof this State are hereby extended to Carlos E. Godf reyfor bis priceless oomribotioo to Am*rlcan history; Resolved, That Hi* Excellency, the Governor, be requested to forward a suitably ■grossed certified copy uf this resolution i Doctor Godfrey Doctor Godfrey Is connected with the Tuckahoe family, and la well known. Los preserved many valuable records

the Bute.

r-laproi

Lumber Company fi affairs of the com pan William T. Garr through hu counsel.

isde Uie application j con defendant company leg IU accounting of It. j Col

he compelled to give an acc

profits.

Acoordlng to the bill, the company wa» organised iu April. Ull>4. and 153 -.hares of stock were Issued Of thi* Garrison . ecame the owner of 56 aod Henry B Coles aod William C. Coles jointly of 97. Garrison says that the Coles were dirretora, but be docs not know the tbiid. On January 16.11*VI. Garrison was declared a bankrupt aod iu Novemtwr uf the same year his obMg^l.ms were discharged. During the bankruptcy proceeding* his stock In the Five Mile Beach Lumber Compahy was sold. He bought It back

MUSICALS A GRAND SUCCESS Mach Credit Due the Ladles.for Ai ranging (lie Affair

Crowned with

mtulcale which t ^ _ op by the ladles of the P. E. Chinch of the Advent, aad which took place last ting In the Victoria hotel was really chief event of Easter week. Much credit was reflect-d on them in the way the program »t«r arranged and carried out. A targe audience filled the spacious room of the hotel, and as each part was render

obliged to arise the second ti >nse to the crowds encore, last earn was realised which will go to help defray some of the expenses of the

eh arch here.

Easter visitors (fire wipes out ARE NUMEROUS! OYSTER SHIPPING TOWN

Hotels Were l-illed-‘Sumrner- Business Section of Port Norris

Like Appearance

Hie number of viaifora who came to Cape May to pan Easter equaled the numbers of any former years. The visitors came down in fairly good numbers Thursday, Friday and Saturday and the w eather was largely responsible . for the bringing of the guesta. A number of house parties were given. Buoday proved cloudy ami there was alight ram at times, but no downpour big slater resort, Atlantic City. This, of course, somewhat hampered the promenaders on the board-

walk; but many braved it.

At tbe_golf club and at the yacht club cotenea of members who bare hut met last Bummer came together -again and talked of bpring aod Bummer pro-

FACTS TOLD IN BRIEF

a of Interval Gathered for O

re la»t Friday night wiped out anricr River. I■ started 'n thi

■undreds of far

rsbykee

sably He*

To Advertise the Reaorta The Board o! Trade, attended by many of the leading boaioras men of Five Mile Beach, held a meeting on Tuesday Ing of last week ana decided to raise *4000 fur advrrthlog the resorts this *■ Each of the municipalities will oontrlbute the food. A committee consisting of J. Fitblao Tatem, Philip P. Biker and Carl A. Haswio. was appointed to pi . exhibit for the Jamestown Exposition, representative of the Five Mile Beach On Wednesday evening the oonocll of North Wildwood voted the Bjard of Trade an appropriation of •Ituo.

Governor Stokes signed these bills just passed t>r the Legislature: Appropriating *10,000 for so elect rocatlon chamber, regulating pawning of mechanics' tools; sioolng widows of soldiers, sailors and

Spent Easter Here Cape May experienced an Eat equal to "ve balmy days." Among the visitors were a number df our cittage colony who enjoyed the Beater tide nt their seashore homes, preparatory to an early opening erf their cottages for the sum mar ‘ While here lance crowds visited of Charles A. Swain. 805-7 Jack-

in booorof their daughter, Mias Beftina Hallo well Mr. aad Mm. John Wallace Hallowell will glveadaaoe la the Belle vaa Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, thin

riding for semi-yearly Inspection of all bakeries; giving snrg-oo geoeral of National Gnahl two aaslstaota: giving Cape May county land to Government for it giving Government riparian rights on the lower Delaware, Beta need from the West H. W. Gandy, who left Tuckahoe twenty years ago to seek his form

II In Western

■ sad Ohio' oil fields, has re-

tire gronnd sod

Mr William R. King, of Philadelphia, baa been span Jlng Easter week at tha Aldina. He tang in the Church of tha Advent on Sunday morning and at

their mnaeale at the Virginia last Ilia niere, Miaa de Silver, wai one of the participants in the ma

-The salt'David Baird, as asaiknee be Cane Island Gas Company, against tha Oily of Cape May, L again eat down for trial at the terra of oonrt which opened ' ~ - Tuesday. The claim of

What Vow Have Seen Waiting For opportunity to purchase a sirictiy ra, up lo dale, well lor —■* *— ean terms Here ti Is: Uleaataihrm ' '

—Snappy and sporty styles are here and they are at Tvneubaum's. The Ladies' Aid Society of the First M. E. Cfanreh will hold a rummage sale on April 10,11 and 12. —The New Jersey State Medical Society will meet at the Hotel New Cape May in the middle of J nne. The Eastern Telephone Company has began the laying of its underground con dalle on Washington street. —The State Commander of the G. A. R., will visit John Mecray Post No. 40. of this city, on the evening of Friday. April ID. Rev. J. L. Estlin. D. D., will preach Cold Spring Presbyterian Cbnrcb Sabbath morning, aud at thq Cape Chapel in lb

reoiug.

—The Cape May Choral Society held i rah ea reel at the Glen wood last evenini and following it gave a banquet to Mbs

Blanche M. Whitley.

—Beeves Bros, are extending and proving their lanodry at Congress street, tear of Broadway, preparing for

pec taut snmmer nub,.

—The Delaware and Atlantic Telephone Company baa a large gang of here, stretching twelve new wires from

Cope May to Bridgeton.

—Swain S. Reeves has been elected a delegate from the First Presbyterian Church toy the West Jersey Presbytery,

tbe 16<b Inst.

end of the whir stream of water losers were pre

Tbe buildings burned include tbe stilt ping houses and offices occupied by th State Oyster Commission. Maurice Roger & Co., William L. Fidlrr. Form ro D marts. Hagemant & Pole. G. C Yate*. (>( deo Gaudy, Batem 10 & Blizzard. Hear & Co.. Henry & Bnzhy. We-t Jersey t ck. office and freight station and the pur office. Struct-are* destroyed helooge-l i tbe West Jersey aod Seashore K.ilroa Company, are Insored. and will be relmi: Twentyootof twenty-sixbusiue— p:.c< in tbe borough were consumed, aid th ioas is estimated at ot.-r *SU.<»d. Th hottses will be reboilt at once.

THE SECOND WARD

Lower Towns

m election for Tuesday, April 18. to voti in a proposed *5000 bond Issue for tbe iu-

f Its pnblic roods,

faeear baa been appointed ad-

deceased. Vi ed colored ra

—The Baptist Yunna People's Union meeting to-morrow evening will be led by Mrs. Lilbara Townsend, and the subject will be "The Consecration of one Day In —Tbe Cape May High School Alntnnl week elected John T. Hewitt, presiMias JennieT.Hanes, vice preaidenl: Mias Anna E. Townsend, secretary; J- A’.

Ian Wales, treasurer.

—Two hand red and twenty-four doBats was cleared from the art exhibition given In the High School. With this money pictures aod drawings of famous m.

Miss E1UG. Bush, of Philadrlpnii. was n qver Sunday visitor nt Ibe he me uf her Joseph f reuse has put down an excellent cement curbing in front of bis (Joren st.

property.

The cottage on Queen street, belonging to Mr. Charles-York, I* receiving a I resit

coat of paint.

Mr.Harry Hazelhnrut is hiving his band>me cottage on Washington painted and

otherwise improved.

Mrs. George Rosi an t son of H >lly leach, were visiting among relatives here

n Saturday and Sunday.

The Misses Hannah and Jenni- Smith are entertaining i heir oousin. Miss Croaell e ‘baa called of Oak Lane, Phi lade! nhia. The different properties of R. S. Hand, a Corgie street, are bring painted and

otherwise pat in first class order.

Judge and Mrs. J. M. E. Hildreth entertained over Enter Sunday, Mr. an I Mrs.

Thotnaa Eaatwlck. of Philadelphia.

Mias Carrie Cbt rch aud gentleman friend, of Laurel Spring. N. J.. pass-1 ibe “»*ter holiday season with her gra i lp*r-

Ata Mr. and Mr*. H. H Church.

Mr. William Cisselman Is havi-ig bis >tta«e. corner Washington and Jefferson streets, painted and otherwise put iu order for an early occupancy by the family. * Mr. Charles Harkrr.of tbe United Btales Postal Service, who h u> been occuP) lug tbe cottage. Dl 1 Washington street, fur tbe

>r mure, 4*s moved bis family lu

West Perry street.

Mr. Gilbert C. Hughes was the a tent wbo transacted the tran-frr of the rottaae property on Lifiyey teal met near M-idison a venae, of Mrs. Hea irtia Bennett to Nr». Lillian R. Pullen, of Cuokstown. K J. Handy Passe t Is making preparation* for the Improvement of his lot at the rot are of Lafayette and Queen streets He will remove the old dll -pklated house now st .ndlur ob the lot and more one of ibe Brexton booses .there and pnt it In updo-