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A. LEON EWING, J "EE CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JEESEY SATURDAY, NbVEMBER 26, 1921 WTE CENTS A COPT. VOLUME 66— No. 46 SUBSCMPTION PER TBA»

PERSONAL 1 JENTION INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND ' GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS j AND RESIDENTS. Mr. and Mrs, F. Goodell Eidredge and son were in Capo' May last Friday attending the funeral of Mr. | ELdredge's mother. They, haverert" \.t£irned to their home in TrentonMr. and Mrs. Thomas Van Winkle! left Cape May for the winter and have gone to Palm Beach, Fla£, " where they expect to remain for -several months. ( Robert Hewitt, of Port Washing- ' '•x ton, L- I., is spending some time in Cape May with his family- \_ Miss A. B. Van Dervort is spend- i ing a month in Philadelphia and New York. Mrs. Frank Hlnes and daughter, ■ Miss Rutb Hines, are enjoying a few days visit in New YorkMiss Leah Eying and Miss Catherine Ewing, students ef .State Noma' 1 School. Trenton. N. J.. are "fiome for- '• the holidays. * Miss Kathcrine Eidredge. daughter j: of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Eidredge,. 1 ' whq is attending the New Jersey Col- ■ lege for women -at Nets^Erunswick, J will spend her Thanksgiving vocation ' with her aunt, Miss Bertha Laurie at j ' her home in New York. " | • THE TURTLE Gl T^hET 1 PROJECT v • . 1 ■ . I! The investigation of the board of freeholders has brought to light a great many surprising things but it ha-s not gottdn to the root of the matter- at' that. If was pleaded among other things, in just ideation, that they\had built city streets and gone < v in ifor other expensive, propositions I • . with which (he hoard t>f freeholders < had absolutely nothijig to do, because < urged to do so by the various mump- ; ipalities. The municipalities, cities, I boroughs and townships, have Been i granted no ppwer.to dictate to the1 1 board of freeholders what they shall do, and certainly should not be heed- . ed unless what they odvficate is right i and legitimate. I I The board of -freeholders is the i responsible body in county affairs and, 1 its duties are defined by law. The ; resolutions of boards of trade and'! chambers of commerce likewise furnish no sufficient reason for any par- I ticular line of conduct for the board of freeholders for the reason that such, resolutions. are merely ttye opin- | ions of those individuals who support , them and should have their names attached to them to make this ctear. j ( Such bodies cannot speak by resolu- , tioQ for a community for they do | not represent it in law or in fact- , They represent merely those who- arc present' at the time. The resolution ■ • - is- passed- . '* VJ , The continued agitation for the ex- ] . ,-Y penditure of county money in the fil- ' , ^ ling in of Turtle Gut Inlet cannot be , justified by 'resolutions of this kind j nor by the appeals of' city and borough governments. These gqvern- * Mtients are going outside t of their legitimate afid. legal functions in proposing such a thing and are therefore expressing only the opinions of , the individuals voting. The proposi-7 tion is so unqualifiedly wrong that the mere mention of it suggests graft and calls for -vigorous investigation. The time to lock the stable is BEFORE. the horse is stolen. WHAT A FATE! Ex-Preaident Wilson is to be pitied i more than ever. Who would have | __ - thought that he was destined" to have a Tumulty for his biographer? Or rather, who would have thought that he would ,have been given a second place in an autobiograph of Tu- : mutty ? - ' — 192 DIRECTORY The .Star and Wave Telephcfie and Business Directory Cnlendajf will go to press in a few weeks. Those wish- , jng advertising space, see A. -L-. . ' Ewing- , Keystone phone, office, 90; residence, 378-A. " Mary Miles Minter in "Her Winning Way,'' at the.Palace, Thursday, December 1st Benefit of the* -Progressive League.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL MEET IN WILDWOOE I FIRST MEETING SINCE ELEC j TION OF COURTRIGHT SMITI | AS MAYOR, AND FOSTER GOS LIN AS HEAD OF WILDWOOI ! BOARD OF TRADE, WILL BI ON NOVEMBER 30th When the .Cape May County Cham her of Commerce meets in the -Wild wood' High School, on V^dnesda; night, November 20th, at eigh o'clock, the delegtes 'trom all section of the -county will be greeted b; Wildwood's new Mayor, W. Court right Smith, and by the newly elect ed head of Wildwood's progresSiv. Board of Trade, H. -Foster Goslin Both of Wildwood's btfbsters are ver; young men, and their greeting to thi Chamber" is looked forward to. - # The night will the occasion of the ! annual ladies' night, and the women- J folk are especially invited-^ join in | j the program being arranged by both I Mr. Smith and Mr- Goslirt- / I Luther C. Ogden, of Cape -'May, 1 President of the County Chamber, j who was missed at the last meeting, 1 will, preside, and has a few things up j his sleeve that wi|j spell big things; I for Cape May county- ! Everyone, whether a delegate or not, is invited to attend the meeting, i The date is November 30th, and the place is the Wildwood High -School. I ELIZABETH E. ELDREDGE | Mrs. -Elizabeth E- Eidredge, wife of Captain Francis Eidredge, died at home in West Cape May on Mon- j day. afternoon- after an illness of five weeks. Captain and Mrs Eidredge i 1 well known to Cape May people j been married sixty years, liv- 1 the greater part of that time ni 1 this community. The funeral took , place at 153 York avenue,, on Fri-i day,- November 18th, at 1.30 P. M... the* Rev. Curtis O. Bosser*an of- j ! Relating. Interment at Cold Spring Cemetery. The deceased is survived J j her husband, Francis Eidredge,-: jaiid two sons, Loring B. Eidredge,! 'and Francis Goodell EidredgeFROZEN WORDS A New England salesman, , known | his friends as "Windy," tells a* siok^of its being cold in Wells Rivert; . Once when he was Iherc ft was so j cold that as soon as he spoke a word it was frozen and dropped to the. floor of his room. In the middle of.j the night it grew warmer and he - was awakened by some one talking, j ! The sound seemed to come from the, 4 floor. . He got up, lit the light, and ; found that the. frozen words were! | maltipg and returning the conversn- , tion- that he had the evening before- ' PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE BENEFIT On next Thursday night, December ,1, the Progressive League will hold | a benefit performance at Cox's' Palace TheatreThe feature picture will be Mgry •Miles Minter in "Her Winning Way " This picture is one of the be'st offerings of this clever little star. • Also an exceptionally good comedy. Tickets- can be obtained from members of the League. Admission, 30c. I JAPANESE TIPS* I The vale?. at the Hotel Shoreham", ' Washington, where mqgt of the Japanese delegation are putting up, thinks this promises to be a bleak winter- The hotel gets the monhy ,, for what valeting .he does. His re- , ward,, in addition to the usual valet j salary, whatever that may be, is the I tips he may receive- ' "I pressed fifty-four suits of clothes . for the Japanese yesterday, sir," he reported, mournfully. ' "Yes?". ; „"Yes," said-hep "Fifty-four suits. Two Japanese gave me a nickel each and oiie gave me three cents" Mary Mrles Minter in "Her Winning Way,"' at the Palace, Thursday, December 1st- Benefit of the Progressive League.

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_ __ - r -r 2 LEAGUE'S CLUB HOUSE NEARLY I COMPLETED 1 After months of hard work jvith I tools and paint brushes, the Progres-' > 1 sive League's new club house on De- . catur street is about ready for oc- , 1 cupancy. Stewards have been secur5 ed and the place is in perfect order, s | the equipment consisting of two pool room», shuffle boards, music and r I lounging rooms, assembly room, bed • rooms' and baths. 2 At a recqnt meeting Superintend- ' •I ent Spring, of the Light and Power ' : Co., was appointed chairman of the ' I Publicity Committee and will, in the near future, lay some important ' , plans before the mombors of the 1 I League- 1 On Monday evening last the 1 , League voted to allow the New Civic 5 s Club the use of the Club House to , "conduct their meetings, and on Tues- 1 . I day afternoon there will be an elec- , [ tion of officers for this new organi- 1 t zatlon. , ! v EDWARD PAGE DEAD < ' 1 '' | Edward D: Page, a well-known 1 j ; residence and property owner of i ! Cape May died in' Philadelphia on ' . Tuesdayspf this week. Mr. Page has 1 '', been a loveb-~ofCape May for over i i forty years and toblra great interest i in property here and at Schellenger's i ! Landing, owning many cottages here, i ! Mr. Page was also a lover of yacht- • 1 ijig and fishing. '4 . "• * > *y ' 'J\ VOLSfEAD INCREASES BUM : PROFITS 1. ' 1 s j We are of the opinion that the j Volstead act was originated by 'the I B liquor' .interests. Time was when a i • j licensed saloon had*difficulty in mak- i ^ j ing ends meet- Many of them are j new making fortunes. It is true gov- ' e j ernment inspectors arc "investigat- 1 1 ' | ing," or "shaking. down." the bootleg- h '' . gers, .but they Continue their profit- i p able enterprise. i . V. ""*• PROGRESSIVE. LEAGUE MINr STREL SHOW 1 '[•' The Progressive League is now planning a minstrel show from local i talent. , i Frank Miller is the chairman of a . committee who are working up a.cir- I cle which will he a real credit to the : '• League. t BUILDING BOOM HITS CAPE - . MAY One dozen hew houses 'are being f," erected in Cape Capo,, and the foture - outlook is very bright for building. 1 i, Every -indication points to a busy Ic wintef for labor! f — MOTORING TO YORK, PA, t ' , e Mr. Bodes, of the Cape May High . School, drove to York, Pa-, in his new 1 B Ford sedan, to visit his parents- over ' B the holiday. ' FRENCH'S HIGH GRADE PAINT. ! **.19 Per Gallon a * .' ' ' ELDREDGE". & PHILLIPS, iBc315 Jackson Street, Gi^pe J. Keys. Phone 144 B*ll jtoone 139W Serve others and others will serve I you' gladly. (

DR. WHITAKER DIES SUDDENLY ; • • t HEAD OF MATHEMATICS AT SOUTH PHILADELPHIA HIGH *j EXPIRES SUDDENLY AT HOME Q 1 Dr. Herbert Coleman Whitaker, 1 head of the mathematics department s of the South Philadelphia High School, died suddenly today at .his s home, 776 N. 26th street- s Dr. Whitaker,. who was fifty-nine, v had been ill about a year, but wa's ^ to be recovering. Yesterday. a visited the high school and while there became so weak that he was ^ sent home in a taxicab- e His condition became rapidly worse e and he died at ten o'clock. 1 Dr. Whitaker is survived by his c widow, two daughters, two sons, • a c sister and three brothers, one of ' whom is Dr. Lemuel Whitaker, prin- f cipal df the South Philadelphia" High * School. Norman Whitaker is widely. ' as an international chess play- i 8 er. > A « Dr. Herbert Whitaker has been * of the mathematics department 1 even since the school ■ was opened in 1907. Previously he was an instruct- s or 'at the old Central Manual "Train- r ing School, 17th and Wood streets, which yas closed in 1912. He was born ins Cape May, N. J-, i October 31, 1862. a son of Franklin and Lydia Learning Whitaker. He j was graduated fYom the .University s 6f Pennsylvania in 1885 with the dc- n gree of bachelor rff science! and a year , f he took a mechanical engineer's v degree- In 1896 he, became a doctorof philosophy. Dr. Whitaker married Miss Agnes Tweed, Swedesboro, N. J., 'in 1887, I the year in which he first became a' j" professor of mathematics in Phila.- ^ delphia High Schqjds. He contribut- ^ ed largely to mathematical journals, „ and was the author of Elements of , Trigonometry and other textbooks- j also was a geneologist and wrote many articles on this subject. J f Dr. Whitaker was master of Thorn- J . as R. Patton Lodge, F. and A. M., a ; member of the Philadelphia Teachers' j Association, State Teachers' Association, National Education Association,' a charter. member of the Camden As-) tronomical Society, Philadelphia 1 Economical-.Club, Sons of the Ameri- 't can" evolution. ;»»» I V DENATURED ALCOHOL r 188 pro off higheit test. Contains niNjB'enzol. At 65 gents a gallon. Charles A. Swain, 305-7 Jackson st. FORD CARS ARRIVED r " • d Focer & Mecray, the Ford dealers > at Cape, received a special shipment of-Ford seitans, coupeleis and t touring cars this week. Mary Miles Minter in "Her Winning Way," at the Palace, Thursday, T December -1st- Benefit of the. Progressive League. • - GIRLS' BASKET BALL A county high school league for a r scries of games at basket ballj has v J»een organized and -a schedule is in J course of preparation . | . • -/->

^ ~ take the home paper We otice knew a man who was too stptgy to take the newspaper in his home town, and always sent over to apt-row his neighbor's paper. ; One evening he sent his son over th borrow the paper, and while the slan was on the way he ran into a large stand of bees and in a few minutes his face looked like a summer squash. Hearing the agonized cries of the son, the father ran to his assistance, and in doing so ran into a barbed wire fence, cutting out a handful of | flesh from' Jjis anatomy and ruining $4 pair of trousers. The old cow took advantage of the in the fence and killed herself eating green corn. Hearing the racket, the stingy man's wife- ran out of the—house, upsetting a four-gallon churn full of cream yito a basket of kittens, drowning the whole flock. She slipped on the cream and fell downstairs, breaking her leg and a , *10 set of false teeth. The baby, alone, crawled into the parlor I and rqjned a. *40 carpet;' During the excitement the daughter eloped with the hired man, taking the family, savings with them. The moral is that every man should be a subscriber to his home newspaper- — Brooklyn Eagle. - BANKERS' CONVENTION T-he .Cape May County Hankers* Association- will meet at the Pi-ogres- , sive League rooms on Thursday -ev- ; ening for^iheir regular monthly con?: , fefencet Several' prominent speakers ' '.Will p/nke addresses. ' -UIVIC CLUB WILL ELECT OFFICERS A meetingMof the . Women's Civic j Club of Cape Slay and vichiity," forj the election of . officers, will be held Tuesday,. November 29th, at 2.30 P. i at the. Progressive Ledfcuc Club j House, Ocean street, j The vice president and two other i members of the Women's Federated ] Clubs of Ni J., will speak. 192 DIRECTORY j The- Star and- Wave Telephone i. Directory Calendar ^ill go! press in a few weeks. Those wish: ing advertising, 'space, see A- L-| Ewing- Keystone phone, office, 90; resident' 378- A. teachers" £lub meets Lower Township Teachers' Club met at the Academy School Wednes.afternoon and was given some interesting demonstrations in teaching methods by Miss - R. S. Gandy the helping teacher of the countsMarv Miles Minter in "Her Winning Way," at the Palace, Thursday, December-slst- Benefit of the Progressive League. MEMORIAM In. sad and loving remembrance of. -my dear husband and father, Samuel M. Schellenger, who passed away November 16tfi; 1905. i wife AND children.

NEW SLOGAN FOR COONTY CHAMBER 'THE COUNTY BEAUTIFUL," SUGGESTED BY PRESIDENT OF THE CAPE MAY COUNTY „ CHAMBER OF ^OMMERCE. i WHO SUGGESTS WAYS TO MAKE IT SO, ASKS EVERYBODY TO HELP By Luther C. Ogden, President _ Cape May County Chamber of Com- . ' ■ ; merce •*' Cape May County is a most worn derful county, though most of its - people having so long been accustomed to their surroundings, seem to fail to realize that_there ia here anything out of the usual. In what other county of the country . can be* found such a combination of coast line, with magnificient beaches, and immediately back of them such fertile fields as are to be found in our mainland- In ouf setr tied complacency, do we flly realize . *] that our beaches are the most wonderful in the world T So hard and smooth »and sloping so gently, that > they are -the' natural playground for 5 the world; for here the little tots. can > play' in the ripples, at the water's edge, while their elders sport in the • r deeper waters and plunge through ; the breakers, and all with, perfect - 1 safety. ' t No rugged rocks, or loose and - shifting sand, render in any way unsafe ,the bathing beaches of this' 5 county. Nature has provided us > lavishly with wonderful opportunities ' —the development of which is only f I just begun, and the future of which I cannot be fully forseen. Ouy maihland area: Just plain , - farmland; yes,- farmland, to be sure, ^ capable of raising almost any desired crop, and under careful and proper ' ■ tillage, capable of undreamed of de1 velopment, and producing ip great ' abundance, making ,lt if- desired, a * land not only of plenty, but a bower ' of beauty as well — a joy to all who 1 -may behold it, - . '» Running through the county in r every direction are roads of which , 3 we piay be justly proud and over 1 which come into our county tfie thousands of tourists, every year, and it is. particularly along these ^xrnds 1 that the County Chamber of Com5 merce desires to see the development that shall cause these tourists as they return to their homes to proclaim Cape May' County: >■ The County Beautiful Can it be done? .Yes, and with - comparatively little ' effort, if .the owners of 'property along these roads 3 shall once get the vision and all join I in .the- sp'orti How shall it be done? Clean out | the unxlerbrush briars,", tear dbwn the : old dilapidated fences; 'tear down or ; repair "tumble- down." barnS and , j buildings. Then tyaving destroyed J the unsightly, commence to build up. I . Paint the Buildings ' In place of rickety fences, plant ' ' fruit trees, shade trees, hedges or flowers— or anything that "ill be I beautiful and pleasing to the eye* of the -tourist- • • i.: ..'-M We are told-of the heauties>f travel among the splendidly kept farms - o'f Massachusetts and through the ! sections of New -York, where the b. roadside is lined with -beautiful. fruit >| frees — these being not- only wonder- " ! ful but" profitable — or of the wonders -I of California roads, lined on all sides i with wonderful flowers ami foliageCape May County can do all these things — and make our -roadsides just as noteworthy. . Some job, do you say?" Y'es, it is , some job, bdt wha^ is theie that is . wortlf while that isn't some job to , secure? -Get the vision of The County BcaqAiful and then get busy on your own property, and. the job- may >uon be doneDo vou want help or suggestions ? * . . The Public ; Improvement Committee . ' ' ' , of the County Cham' e." o" 'CorTir.;: fh* : . ; . is ready to -haip. witli suggestions a: any time, and will, if necessary,; assist in. securing seeds and - plants. Write the chairman, Mr. C. A. Nor1 ton, Wildwpod, and 'see how quickt/ , the assistance is given. * Shall we all join fn the effort and. • make old Cape May County really The County Beautiful?