Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-12-18
HOLLY BEACH

last night, leaving o eum OF money and
many other things. The popular pas
tor was found at the home of Mr..
Thompson and some means had to be
devised to compel him to return home.
This duty was delegated to Miss Flor
ence Barnette and Charles Foster, and
when the handsome couple appeared
before the Dominee the latter believed
that he had a marriage to perform.
Anyhow, the couple performed their
duty well, the pastor returning home
TO find the company in waiting.
Among those present were Mrs. Picker
ing, Mrs. Oswald, Mrs. Clark Shaw,
Mrs. ELI Barnett, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Roberts and son, Mrs. Milford, Miss
Florence Barnett, Miss Effie Johnson,
Miss Georgiana Miller, Miss Mabel
Vaughn, Miss Flossie Smith, Charles
Foster, Thomas Holmes, Miss Sarah
Harker.
Don't fail to go to the Star on Satur-
day evening. sc. Nice and warns
In the First Presbyterian church on
Sunday evening, Dec. Goth, the Pastor,
Rev. s. A. Harker, A. NJ, will preach
on the subject, IA Night in Bethle-
HEM" A cordial invitation to attend
all the services of this church is extern
ded to the public.
Mrs. John Downing, Taylor avenue,
attended a meeting of the executive
committee of Cumberland county w.
G. L. u, held in Millville last week.
An address was given In the evening
by the State Y. Secretary, Miss Eliza
beth III. Goodwin, of Greenwich.
Harris q Holmes have sold out their
meat and provision market on Andrew
avenue to l.. Hallen, Wildwood Crest,
formerly of Vineland.
Benjamin Botwinick, proprietor of
the Central Market, has rented the
store on Pacific avenue owned by w.
A. Shaw, and will conduct the bust
ness at that stand in the future.
The Christmas bazaar held by the
G. E. society ofthe Presbyterian church
was a grand success and a neat sum
was added to their treasury.
Figs, dates, apricots, dried peaches
and prunes and all kinds of nuts at
Albig's. \
Last weeks Court House Gazette
says: I'm the Common Pleas court a
remonstrance signed by Fred G. Meyer
and twenty-one other residents of
Holly Beach was filed against the Ii
cense application of Martha Cooper,
widow, the objections stated being nu-
Anaereas. and The Nhief OF. which was
that there are already six retail liquor
places within 500 feet of the house of
said applicant" The location of this
saloon was to be in the building on
Pacific avenue formerly occupied as
the gas office. OF another case the
Gazette says: 1.-THE last case heard
was that of Margaret Williams against
the g. b. Coles q Sons Co., the plain
tiff seeking to cov damages because
of the failure of the Coles Co. to supply
a bill of lumber at the figure they had
quoted him, lump sum-. According to
the testimony of Williams he gave
Coles a list of lumber and mill work
needed for his new house at Holly
Beach and on Aug. 30, 1907, received a
letter quoting him $3.50. Six days later
he received a second letter in which
this figure was raised to $1168-an in
crease of S308-and saying that a clerk
had made an error in computing the
figures in the former bid. Williams
purchased his stuff elsewhere at a price
more thad 5000 above the first figures
quoted him by Coles. The jury said
mo cause of a~ction.'o
Mrs. Somers Barnett entertained a
number of friends last Tuesday eve
ming, at the Centre House, in honor of
the birthday anniversary of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edna Cobb.
Louis milford has concluded his SER
vices as clerk in the grocery store of
Roberts u johnson, and entered the
employ of Benjamin Botwiniek.
Before buying Christmas gifts for
your lady friends be sure and zee Miss
Scott's stock of pretty things;you'llno not
regret it. 21S Andrew avenue, Holly
Beach. \
Miss Alice Sehrumn, teacher of mu-
sic and drawing in the public schools,
was an over Sunday visitor at her
home in Collingswood. She was ac-
%companied by Miss Judith Tomlin, also
a teacher.
Miss Sarah Holmes, teacher in the
schools here, spent Sunday at her home
in South Dennis.
Twelve young friends of Miss Helen