Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-10


walk, saw flames and heard the alarm.
People started do wn the board walk in
droves aud at that time it looked
as il it might be a serious fire, for the
flames If not subdued promptly would
soon leap to a thickIy settled part Of
Holly Beach. ats the AtlanticPier,"
pantingly said the crowd, as they ru-
shed to the ecene. 1t was soon seen,
OF the boardwalk, in the old Butts
bath houses and store fronts said to
have been bought recently by DR.. Yubas.
The firemen arrived promptly and the
fire was o o put out. Firemen claim
ed to smell kerosene while working
around the buildings which were dilap-
idated one story affairs.
For Ssle-The ground upon which
the Poplars stood. Twenty feet or
forty feet frontage next to Marine Bank,
or will sell it as a whole. Apply TO
j. H. and A. H. Coombs on Saturday,
October IL, 1919. at the property. 1t
Miss Erma Moore is spending two
weeks In Philadelphia with her sister,
Mrs. W. H. Shive, Jr.
Miss O'DanieI wishes to notify her
friends and patrons that the store will
be closed Wednesday and Friday eve
nings at 6 80. Other evenings at s 80
except Saturday. 81
Mrs. Adolf Andersen, of Maple ave
nue., is at Chincoteague, Va, visiting
her sister, Mrs. Bernard Long.
Miss Carey's School of Music is
open for the Fall and Winter terms at
los Sweet Briar Road, Wildwood
Crest. st
The Samuel Mcbride double cottage
Oh west Poplar avenue has been sold
to w. G. McMann.
Edward Boyd, a colored man from
Philadelphia, has been implicated In
the theft of automobiles and bringing
them to Wild wood. He was caught at
Wildwood with a machine belonging
to George A. Long, a student f ON
Ohio. Mr.. Long anne here on Sep
TENDER Both and identified it. Ludy
Bishop went Boy DIS bail for $1,000, bit
when it was increased to $4,000 the ac-
cused failed to get bail and he is in
Court House Jail awaiting the Deem
Der grand jury.
Having sold their house on Andrew
avenue MI. and Mrs. Elias Lee have
moved to west Wildwood avenue. Mr..
and Mrs. William Nuss, who occupied
the upper part of the house for year,,
have moved to Israel Woolson's house
on west Taylor e
Andrew Mum, who bought the Oak
avenue cottage, belonging to the Chas.
H. Nickel estate at the Ackley sale for
$4,000, threw up the deal and forfeited
his purchase money. He has since
bought of Eugene Mothes the attrac-
rive property at the corner Of New
York and G,enwood avenues, taking
both houses for something like $4,000 or
$1,000.
Miss Helen M. Geisenberger, Wild
woods obliging city clerk, left last
Friday for Hartford, Conn, on a ten
day vacation. She was accompanied
by her mother. They are visiting
Mrs. VIM. Graham, a sister Of Mrs.
Geisenberger.
Adolf Andersen has cold his double
cottage on Maple avenue to a Mr..
Fisher, who stopped at the Delwyn
the past summer. q
The general prosperity of the past
summer at Wild wood has been shared
in to a great extent by the Wildwood
and Delaware Bay Short Line railroad.
Many of the old bills have been paid
and there Is cash on hand to pay in
terest on bonds to date. This line is
three miles in length, extending from
Wildwood to connect with the Reading
at Wild wood junction. 1t was built
by local capital, and the prime i've
in the undertaking were Warren d.
Ham and E. G. Slaughter. They
~persevered until the first train ran over
the meadows in December, 1912. About
that time Baker Brothers stepped in
with some $50, 900 in the purchase of
the roads bonds and saved the day.
The future looks bright for the road,
and more local people should use it in
going to Philadelphia. Use the Read
ing and help build up the island. N
The Lords Supper will be adnmist-
cred in the Presbyterian church Sun
day morning, and at night DIR. King
will preach a sermon on John Wesleys
favorite passage of Scripture.
A very enthusiastic congregational
meeting was held in the Presbyterian
church Wednesday night. Hon. p. P.
Baker presided and Ralph Wood, the