, 1904-03-16
HOLLY BEACH ITEMS.

Mrs. Mary J. Riley, of Philadelphia,
was down a couple of days during the
past week.
An infant child of Albert Let's died
on Monday evening. The family had
inst moved here from Newfield and
had not got the furniture placed in the
house before death visited the house
hold. The funeral vas held at New
field on Wednesday of this week.
A little child of Luther Ingersoll died
on Tuesday.
Joe Daniels, of the Roosevelt cottage,
on Rio Grande avenue is engaged in
bis spare time building a new boat for
use in the sounds.
S. A. Laning, representing the
Woodruff interests, was here Friday
with two capitalists, prospective pur-
chasers of the ice plant.
Easter Candies, Baskets, etc., at
Mech & Co.'s. Il
The Presbyterian Sunday School
teachers are arranging the usual Easter
services for the classes. An interesting
musicale will be rendered and a feature
of the entertainment will be the distri-
button of Easter eggs.
A. w. Johnson made a business trip
to Cape May Court House Tuesday.
The brick foundations are up for the
four Parker stores, corner Davis and
Pacific avenues. Andrew J. Olson will
occupy one as a fruit and ice cream
parlOr and it is rumOred one is to be a
grocery store. John Kennedy will stock
one with gents furnishing goods and
DIR. N. A. Cohen will open a branch of
his Wildwood Drug business in a part
of the building.
1t is always well to remember that
a man has more than one pocket, and
when you clothe your idol in the fine
raiment of exalted sentiment, look out
for the cloven hoof or foot of clay.
Last week mention was made of the
fact that a negro voter of Holly Beach
was offered four dollars to vote a
marked ballot; this he tore up, but it
is said that he had another marked
ballot at the time which he is supposed
to have voted.
A life saving crew can eat ice cream
at midnight, pull an oar in the teeth
of a northeast gale, smoke a pipe, tell
a story and go to bed as if nothing had
happened. Last Friday night the
crew were routed out at midnight by
distress signals from the mess room,
where a vessel was stranded on the
dining table loaded with ice cream
from the entertainment of Beach Coun-
Gil, Jr. o. U. A. M. for the eight men,
bers of the crew, all of whom are mem
bers of that order, but were prevented
from attending by their duties. They
have gentle () rules for awakening
one another at the station. Charles
Nickerson's loving method of rousing
Ed Hoffman by lathering his face and
plugging his nose with ice cream may
be effective and blissful but not
commendable.
Councilman VIM. r. Pinker on
Monday night stepped to a sheltered
place alongside of Mrs. Meech's dry
goods store when he suddenly d1sap-
peared In a vinegar barrel full of rain
water. He was wet to the waist but
sustained no injury, except as he states
in conclusion ''the loss of his match,
his cigar and a good pair of shoes
whose soles were done brown in the
oven the next morning" when he arose.
The Ladies' Aid of the Holly Beach
Presbyterian church will give an en-
tertainment and sociable at the Dor
ough hall about April LIST.
DR.. Spooner's illustrated lecture
given Thursday night, March 10th,
was a successful affair, being well at
tended and interesting. The lecturer
proved himself superior to the disap-
pointments of life by lighting up the
darker side of war, and with his inlm-
liable humor and pathos holding the
eager interest of his hearers to the
close of the lecture.