, 1904-02-17
HOLLY BEACH ITEMS.

Among the Centre House guests the
past week have been q. w. Snyder,
Mt. Holly; H. S. Courier, Lansdowne.
Pa; F. ID. Dorsey, Philadelphia; Ar
mold Bonham, Pittsburg, Pa; Joseph
Hall, Merchantville; VIM. Woodland,
i Baltimore, Md; B. d. Collins, Mill
Vile; Clarence f. West, Bryn Mawr;
w. e. Pharo, Holly Beach; J. ID.
Collins, Camden.
The Cape May county school exhibit
for the st. Louis exposition has been
shipped to that city. The various
schools of the county contributed their
share Of the exhibit.
Electric light is acknowledged 10 I've
in this age an indispensable luxury and
one of great value to any locality where
used there are nc lights superior to
those furnished Wildwood.
DIR. w. r. Powell, of Camden, has
purchased two lots Oh Taylor avenue
across from Judge Charles u. Garrison g
cottage and will erect thereon a pretty
cottage.
The EldoradO cottage on Burke ave-
hue has been rented to one of the prin-
cipals of the Vineland high school for
the coming season.
There are some good opportunities to
invest money-many not 80 good but
we assert with confidence that an in
vestment in property in Wildwood now
will surely prove profitable. Baker
Bros. \
Frank Albright was a Sunday visi-
tor. His mother is having a cottage
built in Wildwood.
Several parties in this town have re-
Gently made large purchases of zinc
stock.
The Holly Beach firemen are making
preparations for their annual ball,
which will take place on Friday eve
ming, February 26th, in the handsome
ball room of the new thorough hall.
The young ladies of Holly Beach are
10 king forward to the event with
great expectations.
Elwood Austermuhl, u of the well
known Holly Beach property owners,
com panied by VIM. Wrifford, Albert
all of Camden. Messrs. Austermuhl,
Wrifford and Jessup are directors in
the Provident Building and Loan AS
SOtfdtIOb VI 1diI0Cn, dLlN WI. HAtiIDlttS-
ter is secretary of the association as
Bank of Camden. The party was
down on business for the association
and were entertained by Mr.. Auster-
muhl at his cottage. They were very
much pleased with the substantial
progress being made on the island and
those of the party who had never been
haro Iofnro u,ara cnrpricoA fhot Rive
Mile Beach has forged ahead to such
an extent, when its proximity to Cape
May City is taken into consideration.
A fire broke out about two o'clock on
Tuesday morning of this week from
the chimney in Jack Applegate's cot
tage on Davis avenue. The fire COM
pany was out ia short order and the
blaze was sOon put out. The firemen
did good work, as did also &. Kurtz,
who is not a member of the company.
The night was bitter cold and hot coffee
was served to the fire fighters from the
homes of Miss Parker and d. +. Pick
ering. Considerable damage was done
to the interior of the house by the wa
ter. The loss will probably amount to
two or three hundred dollars.
Revival services are being conducted
in the Holly Beach Presbyterian church
by Pastor Rush, assisted by DIR. }. l..
Estlin, of Laurel, Del.
Contractor VIM. II. Garrison received
a carload of red cedar shingles of extra
fine quality from Vancouver, British
Colombia, a few days ago. The freight
on a car of shingles arriving from the
state of Washington sometime ago
amounted to $3.50.