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vol. 65 — no. 4 CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1920 "iSkSSSoi S'PE. TIM A. LEON EWING, MAi r** **** A. LtUh r,ninu,

PERSONAL ; MENTION ' h INTERESTING PERSONAL PARA- I GRAPHS OF THE COMING AND c GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. * Mr. mad Mrs. Walter L. Hughes are enjoying a very pleasant automobile ' trip to Baltimore, Washington, and other paints of interest c Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fleisohauer and c their daughter, Mrs. Wm. J. Kimsey, 1 are speeding a week in Philadelphia. Me. and Mrs. Joseph Drogo have re- ' turned after a two weeks auto tour of Pennsylvania and other interesting points. : Mr end Mrs. Wm. King are being congratulated upon the birth of a son, J born October 4th, at tfce Methodist 1 hospital, Philadelphia. Mrs. King, ' who has been summering here for a ' number of years will be remembered 1 as Miss Mary Frances Kelly. 1 . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nicholson have left their . .-cottage on Beaah avenue 1 and returned to their Millville home. ' Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis Mayer have returned from spending the sea- i son at Gape May, to their home in 1 Ardraore. John Watson, lieutenant of the < watch of the Interior Department, ' says he returned some time ago from a visit to a nephew at Cape May, and < was astonished at the good condition I of macadamized roads in New Jersey. > Mr. and Mrs. William Maurice Cassedy have bdfcn entertaining over the week-end,- the Misses Eleanor and Catherine Murray and Miss Lynaugh, of Philadelphia Miss Eleanor Mur- ; ray recently announced her engage- ' ment to George S. Curtis, of this city. Chief Petty Officer John Winter ' sailed from Coca Sola on the W. S. S. ' Mercury, and expects to arrive at Cape May in a few days. Miss Marjorie Marcy, of RTverton, ' full-back of the All-Philadelphia 1 Hockey Team, sails for England October 21st, where she expects to plav against the English, Scottish, French and Belgium Hockey Teams. Miss ; Marcy is well known in athletic circles, and is a regular summer visitor : at Cape May. Mr. and Mrs. L. Bert Eyster, of 32 State Road, Cynwyd, Pa., spent the dosing week of the season at the Hotel Columbia. Mr. Eyster and his family have been members of Cape May's summer cottage colony for many years, except the past season, but they expect to be back next June dux xney expecx 10 oe duck nexx june

as usual. Mr. Eyster is a member of * the Vestry of the Church of the Advent, Cape May. William S. Barrett, a prominent * business man of Jacksonville, Fla., has been renewing old acquaintances this week while visiting his father, Furman Barnett, at the homestead at Cold Spring. Incidentally Mr. Bar- 1 ® nett participated in the celebration of the 87th anniversary of his father's c birth. Wilbur DeTurk who is now a stu- ® dent at Lehigh University, spent the * week-end with his parents. Lieut. Jere Tryanny, Commander of f the U. S. Wainwright, was the week- j end guest of George S. Curtis. Miss Helen Smith and Miss Norma ' Hildreth toured to Easton, Pa., one day this week. Mass EHsabeht Ware, who has j been suffering from a nervous breakdown, has again resumed her duties at Cape May Court House. The cottage on Perry street, owned by Miss Btta Gregory, is being im- i proved by a fresh coat of paint. < Miss Charles Shields was in Phils- j delphia one day this week. , Mrs. L J. Poacher has closed her ] S. Lafayette street cottage for the winter and returned to her borne, 90 West 97th street. New York. Robert Hewitt, of Philadelphia, was a visitor here this week. i Mrs. Daniel Steven? and son, of < Philadelphia, are- spending a few '♦lays : with relatives Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Wales and Dr. and Mrs. Phillips are enjoying an i automobile trip to Beetoa and other ' cities ' v Leiaad Sharp, who is attending the Wkartom achnoi. University e t PeansyMaia. wm a week — d visitor. Harry fibril— si and fknij have cam te Kay Wert where Mr. Sckei HoMorhmo— odan hlia

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tompkins and a neice, Anetta, left here Monday for a I brief visit with friends in Chicago, HL Mrs. S. H. Moore was a Philadelpshopper this week. The Misses , Frances and Bessie j Bockius have opened their Perry St. cottage for a few weeks. Mrs. Sidney Goff has returned from Philadelphia where she attended the wedding of a friend. Miss Mary Shields visited Her fam- t ily here this week. e Mr. ( and Mrs. George Jacob y have c closed | their beautiful Columbia Ave. j. cottage and returned to their winter v home. ' y Miss Anna Smith and Miss Edith c See are enjoying a very pleasant va- j cation at Delaware Water Gap. j Miss Anita Hand enjoyed a week t at the home of her parents. t Mr. and Mrs. William Essen have t just returned from a trip to the near j visiting Indianapolis, Cleveland, ■ 4 Detroit, and Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. j are great travellers. They ' were much interested in the big im- { provements being made in Detroit. j Mr. and Mrs. Sherman S. Sharp, the I } builder, left on Tuesday morning init theirmotor car for a trip to the Delaware Wkter Gap, and other places of ^ interest in Northern New Jersey and t Pennsylvania. | j Harry Stiles, of Boston, a former . Cape May lad, who has made good in | the "Hub" of the universe, is Here on j his annual vacation, visiting his mother. Harry says there is no place < Cape May if you want to go fish- ] ing or gunning. , . HIGH SCHOOL NOTES K — • h On Wednesday Gape May High j school began its "Hi rift Campaign for ! j the year with a sale of 82 stamps, j ( Thrift day is observed every Wednes- 1 j day when members of the junior class 1 make a drive among the pupils to | have them save at least 25 cents by buying * Thrift Stamp. Last year , the pupils of the High school saved in ' this way over $300 and it is hoped they will triple this aftrount this year. Last week the class of 1921 elected ( the following officers for the ensuing _ , year: President, George Meyer; ' Vice- President, Charles Swain; Sec- , retary, Irma Gosling; Treasurer, Alice | Rea. , Several new organizations have ! been formed in Cape May High j School in the past few weeks which ' add much to the spirit and life of the [ school. Among them are a Boys' . ^ Glee Club and a Girls' Glee Club under the direction of Miss Goodell, [ the instructor in Music, and a Dram- | . atic Club under the direction of Miss ' ... , .n r- ilu

the teacher cf English. Rehearsals are held weekly and public performances will be given at an early date. Plans are already made for the holding of the Annual Fall Track Meet. This is an interclass affair and brings out the material for the Spring events. .The. boys have been out daily during the last two weeks practising base ball. Many positions to be filled on next year's team and much interest is manifested. The High School is expecting to again [send a winning team to "the University of Pennsylvania Relays and to ] that end sprinters are being coached I in the fundamentals by the physical training instructor, Leone Eldredge. Athletically this promises to be a banner vdar for Cape May High School. ELECTED TO SCOUT COUNCIL Franf "B. Macjay was elected a member of the Cape May Boy Scout Council at the regular monthly meetTuesday evening, to nil place made vacant by the resignation of R. Brunyate. WILSON— THOMPSON Mr. and Mrs. John W. Thompson the engagement of their! daughter, Frances, to Mr. J. Leroy j Wilson, of Cape May, N. J. CHURCH OF THE ADVENT J Rav. Paal Startcraat Haw. IV D. v Rector SUNDAY SERVICES IM A. M. Haly C, A. M. Saeaad sendees — — t:U P. M. My UmI 4 m p. M. 1 ii ^

RECTOR LANDS BIG SHARK REVEREND PAUL STURTEVANT < HOWE, RECTOR OF CHURCH OF ADVEENT LANDS SEA MONSTER. On Monday night while fishing on the Convention Hall Pier between • eight and nine o'clock Doctor Howe, | j of the Episcopal Church of the Advent , the battle of his fishing career, ; when he caught a big shark that 1 , weighed Three Hundred Pounds and , and measured nine feet long.' Howe was fishing for Channel , when he hooked the big fellow, ' and for one hour and a half it was a royal between the Doctor and I the big monster of the deep. Assisted ] by some of tthe other fishermen on | the pier the fish was landed on the and then taken "up on the pier] j where it is now on exhibition. Man- j , i Charles Smith of the pier cut the | fellow open and found three small . sharks and a half dozen croakers that . | the oid fellow had just lunched on. 1 Life Guards here say that there is probably another one around as at this Jthne of year they usually travel in ' pairs. A DELIGHTFUL TRIP __ | j Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Balm and ' daughter Elizabeth, accompanied by Mrs. A. B. Branson and son.: ,Alfred\of Moorestown, N. J., have I ju At returned from a most delightful It rip by auto through New- Jersey and ! I Pennsylvania. Among the interestplaces visited Aas Valley Forge, j including Washington's Head I quarters and the Washington Memor- I j Chapel. It will be remembered I that the late Rev. F. T. H. Finn, the beloved pastor of hte Church of the Advent, of this city, was assistant , rector of Washington Memorial Chapel .after leaving Cape May. Rev. Finn was ordained to the Priesthood ' while in charge of the Church of the Advent and had one of the largest [ congregations here; also having ' charge of tthe Episcopal Mission at j Cape May Paint. ! The Rev. Mr. Finn and his sister I were noted for their charitable work : and did many kind acts to the poor ' while they were here. The Sunday 1 School at that time numbered over ' one hundred scholars under the supervision of the late Mr. Merwin. Mr. ' Merwin was the father of M^. L. T. ' , Stevens of this city. '

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY : 1 QUESTION AS TO LIBRARIAN 1 STILL UNSOLVED— EXPECT TO 4 HAVE AT IMtT AWO BOOKS ' BY EARLY SPRING V- _____ 1 The new Pub be Library has now in poses sion about 2,000 books and needs ' i a librarian to put :c into active . operation. Superintendent Brunyate > serving as many people as his other ; duties will admit and there is a constant stream of callers at the high ■ | school who seek the use of the books. ' | The matter is apt to be discussed • again by the Board of Education at 1 its next meeting and there are a num- ' . ber of people who will pray that some ' ! way to secure a librarian will be ' . found. ! j Some hundreds of other books which ' I are ready for Shipment are being " withheld by the State Library Coraf mission until arrangements are com- ' pleted for the handling of them. When 1 everything it satisfactorily adjusted, • Cape May will have the largest pub- ' , lie library on the caost with the ex5 eeption of those at Atlantic City and 1 Aflbury Park. Within a year the j number of books is reasonably sure to run to 4)000, and its constant ' growth ft assured. — j) Our literary folk should put their shoulders to the wheel and boost on this, one of the biggest and most importaitt things "which has recently j come to Cape May. 1 ' — • — - MAYOR MELVIN AT , i WATERWAYS CONVENTION . j Mayor MeJvin was delegated by j the Commissioners as representative e of the city to attend the Atlantic e Deeper Waterways Association and • Rivers and Hjrbors Improvement As- . 1 sociation convention, held at Atlantic _ ; City this week. ■j The mayor always takes an active : e interest in all projects which make for ] t the betterment of coastal resorts and , ? the country in general, t ___________________ t

CRUISE IN CHESAPEAKE j Captain William King, of Philadel- ^ phia, who has been for many years one of our most popular summer cottagers, sailed with the squadron of the Corinthian Yacht Clubr~bf Phlia- | , delphia, on a cruise of the Chesapeake Bay last week, using his well known cruiser, "Katherine III", which made fine weather in company with much alrger boats of the squadron. A number of yacht clubs were vis- ] ited and the entire party treated most , ] hospitably in all. The cruise proved , . very enjoyable to all who participated. ^ ' SENATOR STEVENS PRESIDENT ELECTOR Former Senator Lewis T. Stevens, , _ of this city, was made one of the New [ Jersey Republican Presidenial Elect- , ors at the Republican State Convention in Trenton on Tuesday. This is the first time in over thirty years that , [ Cape May County has supplied one of ; | the electors. The late Richard Least - | ing, of Dennis Township was the last , one named from this county. BIG RALLY AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ; A Big Rally at the First Baptist 't Sunday School this Sunday at 3:00 p. m. Some special feature will mark r the rally. Hon. Henry E. Eldredge will speak. Morning Worship at 10:30 a. m. Subject, "Disloyal Subjects." Evening Worship at 8:00 p. m. Hon. Rowland Munroe will deliver the message. All are cordially invited to all serv * vices. ? READING RAILROAD 8 OFFICIALS HERE C '-Jr ^ The Reading railrpitTbfficials were ■ here on Wednesday looking over the c railroad property toward the end of | making big improvements before the B season of nineteen and twenty-one. r ! There is a well founded rumor that the i | Reading and Pennsylvania railroads I will have a union station in Cape May.

; REMOVAL NOTICE Lente* Replaced Frames Adjusted * Cape May Optical [' L C. ASHBURN, Ik" sr. Prescription Work Our Specialty Eyes Examined by Improved Method 324 Washington St. Cape May, N. J.

Save Your Farm Machinery The depreciation on $1000 worth of farm machinery amounts to ap= proximately $200 annually if left in the open. ; Mr. Farmer, there is no use in your losing $200 annually on each $1000 worth of your machinery-but you WILL lose that much if you leave your implements out in the [ weather during the winter. A good implement shed is the BEST INVESTMENT you can make. Come in and let us show you some implement shed designs and tell you L what a good building will cost you. J. H. Coombs Lumber Co., Inc. Building Materials ' Wildwood, N. J.

PALACE THEATRE OPENS OPENING PRODUCTION "GO AND GET IT" PROVES SPECTACULAR PLAY— PATRONS ABE WELL PLEASED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS. The opening of Cape May's newest photoplay house on last Friday evening wa a pronounced success. Every seat was taken and remarks were heard on every hand commending the complete rebuilding of this playhouse. The system of indirect lighting produces the delightfully restful effect which is so much to be desired. The seating has been arranged in a semi -circular manner so that every seat faces the stage. The excellent ideas and good taste of the general contractor, Leonard C. are in evidence everywhere. The opening production, "Go and Get It" was one of unusual merit and held the spectators attention every minute. Every one in Cape May should be proud of the fact that we now have two excelelnt theatres and the fact ; that they are helping to attract more 1 people to our city every night is ; plainly shown by the lines of cars 1 which now extend from one end of Washington street to the other, every night A LARGE TUBER James Sayres and sons, of Rio Grande, are good vegetable growers, producing large crops on small acreage, putting efficiency and intensive , farming over against the large acreage, half tilled and poorly fed soil. They believe in soil improvement as &- ■ safeguard against diseases" and for | crop production. Including their vegetable growing 1 they have grown some good potato • crops. This year's yield was a bump1 er one in quantity and size. TTteto 5 , /will be exhibited in the Vocational • school show window, at Court House, . a potato grown on their farm, which weighs I pound 10 ounces, the largest reported on the county with but one exception, this one was said to weigh pounds. Ask Sayre how he does it. Cape May County has potato soil equal to any farmed soil of the country. 1 MISS COOPER'S , WEDDING ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cooper, of Cape May Court House, have issued invitations to the wedding of their daughter, Miss Annie Elizabeth, to Mr. Arthur Nelson Ferris, of New York, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Court House, Saturday, October 23rd, at twelve o'clock, noon. PLAN WORK AND SAVE Start the saving habit and open an account with the Security Trust Co. A Strong Institution. KONOWITCH BROS. REDUCE PRICES Konowitoh Bros of Cape May and Wildwood, have become recognized by the big producers of foods as heavy buyers, which give them many advantages in selling good merchandise at very low prices for cash. Beginning on October 9th, they will reduoe their prices on every thing in their store from 10 to 20 per cent. They have always endeavored to give the very best goods at the very lowest prices and they state that this is . the first opportunity they have had to cut down the H. C. of L. Their same t efficient delivery service will be maintained and phone calls will receive J prompt attention. \ iIfor rent 1 I APARTMENTS Z Broadway and York Aye. ! | West Cape May. N. J. | FIVE ROOMS ; \ ? ; Apply te I A. k. HAND. Star ma* Wave