CAP* MAY COURT HOUSE NEWS. I Albert Hvria. proprietor at Bdgttoa Im, WlMwooE. vttb hU vita, were calliai on fHeade bare lut Prlday. Jajeee U Bprleper and wife e^eat Suaday with lira. Bprlocer'e deter. Mra. Ada Heaa at Qreee Creak , Clarence Turner and tamlly have |

two oxtelli-nt

of tbe ei ed fros

tally email on he evening be

•What

Postmaater Rlcbardaoa Mechanic atreet

Ntckeraoi

Ralph

apendlng ae bit crandm'

come out of Naaareth and he cold como and aee " Joacpb Lamp. 01 Piarce'a, war In our town on Saturday morning la it Miaa Emma Wlckeraon. of Angleaea.

ween

family on | tralna. j After belni

valon. la , weeka the

home of ‘

my weather.

Charles Gladlng baa been to Phlla- Cbnrlea Daweon. of Erma, bought a delphla arranging to atari a meal mar- I load ol good aalt bay of Captain Elmi ‘ nt Cape May. which be bai accom-

t •

•tie* Wed

d kcraplng th lev. Miter \

tbe road on Saturday, wae In town on Saiur

day calling on frlenda en route for

Cape May

} Mra Louisa Kimble and

ig in progress aoout See gM||nl ih o P pe„ at Cape .. w . viva! oieetlngs at tbe Bap* i Mitt Mary J. John

list church have closed

plltbed. * | Ale* Srhelllnger and brother. WlllOverteer Fred Neal waa grading ; lam. na« b took a load of wood to Cap*

iturdi

May for tbelr aged parents Friday,

bringing back a Bnc cow.

Wm Carretaon, of Erma, representing R D. Chat-e A Co. waa aolictling

wera ordera for nursery stock In tbts vll-

daya at the home of Ust church have doaed . of Mra. Coleman Camp. Monroe Weldon and wffe. of Cold | pk|i.d e i t h,,

Mbs Amy Thorn, of Ocean City. Spring, apeit a day of last week here ! Kn .' closed bet vlalt with her friend. Miss with Mr Wa atster. | M onro ^ Han' Helen Hand, last Tueeday morning j Socrates Wlllla Is recovering from an wltb Crei

and returned to her home. j attack of tha grip |

Errit

• of tbe

•ry atoc

i last.

Hagarmau. of Philadelphia.

of Poll Norrta.

cently with Sidney Goff and Cape May city. Mrs Cora Tasso went to Millville or Thursday to remain the mat of the

winter.

atienta. Banjo C the home of Dr. Julius Way last Tuesday evening. City water was pnt in the Red Men's hall on Tuesday last Mlaa Anna Archer conducted an In-

sailing

rande. was Mrs lev. J. W. j here

day‘wlih Ter SS* VtJj ‘"rrucTn ”” A,l ‘ , * S * ul w ” Cour ' Hou *«

and — —*- ' Wednesdai

firm of tathlonable dress makers of and Nathan Slltes,

Philadelphia is vltltlng bei titter, came down on Monday ana sealed the

hatgaln for the achoonei Koianna

and wife took tea ' Hand, owned by Frank and Charles

and wife on Friday j Howell of Ibis place Captgln Hauy Tuttle, of North

r parents. 1

i wife, a' Dies Creek.

a Taylor returned to Bftdge-

?veral

fsday

Jobr. Hawn Is wltb bit daughter snd

husband In Philadelphia

Mler Efflc Thompson badly tpralned

her wrlsr while romping

Edward Shaw r.as be«»o vis'ling bis

daugfcier in Vineland

Master Leslie Morion, of Cape May. If visiting his aunt Mrs Silas Shaw The annual trustee meeting was bell

the M. Yayne.

here last week as

Caine with the revival meetings In the ! sister

Baptist church. j Frank Lake and wife were In Phlle- • George Jonea, .of the Mina tola Glass ! delphia last Friday on a shopping tour Works, waa here on Tuesday conterr- | Mrs Daniel Focer. of Cape May city, ing with Leander Taylor, who Is man- j was visiting her mother and sister la<t

r of the works here. 1 Thursday

te,*'

Miss Etta

ton on Tuesday alter spending se days with her uncle. Leander Taylor ' Surrogate B Clinton Hewitt made a business trip to Ocean City on Friday

morning last.

Mrs. Joseph Brown, of Stone Harbor. J has been spending several days wltb :

Mrs. I-rank Nichols

Misses Dora and Bertra Hall went John Morton was re-elected 'irus'ee i Frldi to Seaviitt on Saturday to vlalt their lnrt Mri Lou „ e HtrrU churcfc

cousins.

Mrs. Henry High, of Dias Creek, was calling on friends here last week

Pori. L I- . lag'i. Is vlsitl

this week.

arty

tnd foi

.Ing frlem

uerly ol Ibis vilids In th^vliUce

Joel Fisher is building a new cedar picket fence around his dwelling bouse

thlu •

week, which adds gieatly to the

spent

Her

:nry H;

Rem Taylor and Misses Xenia Roorbach and Minnie Springer went to Bridgeton on Saturday and returned Sunday morning. Harry Tyler, Charles Carson. Warren Darcaa and Raymond Sparks were among those who attended the Pie Social at Dias Creek last Thursday even-

ing

Mr. Rockhlll, of Millville, was In town on Tuesday looking after business interests. Mrs. Mary Rice and daughter, Alma. from Swalnton and Mlaa Lila Townsend, from Goshen, were visiting their sister. Mrs. Wllburt Husted. last

George Garretson, Roy Shields and Harry Spauldlnf were In Philadelphia on Saturday last. James Tasso and wife have moved into the Lndlam house on Bsystde ave-

nue.

Wllburt Newman Is entertaining company from Bridgeton this week. Harry Charlesworth. of Mfllvllle. came down on Saturday night to visit

friends.

Mias Marne Little has returned to her West Chester home after spending several days with Mrs. Laura Steel. Sheriff Ewing was at Cape May city on Thursday and on hi* return was accompanied by his granddaughter. Miss Me tig*.-, of Buffalo. N. Y. has opened s dress making establishment

i South

at Mrs. Florence Hurrell'e,

Main street.

Capt Chaa. Vanaman. of Dias Creek, drove to our town on Wednesday with his new horse and buggy John Taylor was called to Bridgeton the first of tbe week as a witness In a

Mrs. Benjamin Hall went 1> Harbor Saturday afternoon to with her husband.

place Friday afternoon to visit friends Mrs. Edward P. Hand. Jr., and Utile aon have been spending several days with Mr. Hand's parents. Mrs. Freeling Hewitt, of Anglesea. was tbe guest of Captain Chas. Ross and wife on Monday last Charles Loper and wife, of Green Creek, drove through onr village on Wednesday last. Mrs. Alfred Cooper has been In Wononah this week making the acquaintance of her grandson. Mra. David D Birch went to Cape May city on Friday to visit friends Mrs. Mattie Cresae, of Green Creek, was here on Thursday la*t,jc^takr the train to Camden to visit her daughter Miss Ethel Richardson has for several days been the guest of her aunts

A fine son came to the home of Mr and Mrs. E L. Farr on Friday last at Wenonsh. Mrs F. was formerly Miss Bertha Wallace. Misses Edna Whlllain and Georgia Grace were guests of Miss Minnie Norton at Dims Creek last Thursday Mra. Charles Loacalgo was the guest of Mrs. Met Swain at Erma last Thursi»y Miss Sue Goff, of Eldora. has been spending several days with her lister. Mrs. Ludlam Hand Mrs. T. P Enicson. of Green Creek, was hart on Friday Iasi visiting her niece. • A Carlton Hildreth, of Camden.made a business trip to this place on Thursday last Miss Eva Edwards, of Rio Grand, was here on Friday shopping. Mrs Daniel Hand, of Newark, came down on Friday to spend several days with her mother. Mrs R R. Sharp Contractor Charles F. Garretson has had his house wired for electric lighting. Charles Corson did the work. David D Burch went to Woodllne on Friday to attend the Fanners' Institute. Mra. Ed. Beoeaet baa bees spending a few days with her son. Ralph Beneset and wife, at Swalnton.

A ball will be given at Millville next Tueeday evening, when Miss Xenia Roornacb. of this pl*oe, will lead the

grand march.

S-DAY TOUR TO WASHINGTON Undsr tbs Personally-Conducted Sys tern of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The n-xl Pennsylvania Railroad Per-sonally-Conducted Tour to Washington leaves Thursday. February ZC Rate, covering railroad transportation for tbe round trip, hotel accommodations and transfer of passenger and baggai

sggage, . |H 50

on Thursday eve In the M. E Church ; Saving Station, spent Thuisdaj

iday of last week with bis family,

taming to duty Saturday

student In .

B Hewitt,

doe glass factory in Magnolls N J.,

burday home with hi* family High, ol the Oreau City Life

spent -

seek ’

orgeo : returning to duty Salui

1st: first assistant Mi*» Nora Hand, i j j Qulncey. s student in Jefferrecond assistant. Mrs "tana Endlcott: son Medical College, was visiting third tstifUnt Mrs Mell Hand ! friends In the village Sunday, iciurnMrs Llrzie Shaw passed a few dsys ing i© his studies Monday morninn of last week with her parents at Den j Parties from Green Cr-l; ..based a oi * v,I!e | grey fox all day Saturday m mu vtlNortb Rio It taking quite a building • lag. but did not succeed in killing It. boom Walter Hand and Ervin Har- j rl* will noth build new neftses wildwood news Arthur A belle and wife were over ; WILDWOOD NEWS Sunday visitors with her brother. ! On the evening of (be 6tb of Ihe

4 'So Jict, Uhat Sack Uo-morrow finds you farther than to-day.” Il you secure a policy of Life Insurance today, you are taking the best possible means of advancing your family’s interests. The Prudential Insurance Co. of America. Hem: Office: 1'ewark, K. J. JOHN F. DRYfJHN. President. lksuh d. ward. Vice President. EDGAR B. WARD. issasn-.t&ssg xd Vice Presided. EDWARD GRAY. Sectclary. H E. RlCUAkDviv. AssLJiopt.. O-j-e May

i new sun

lining

United American Mechanics of Fiv»Mlle Beach will celebrate the second anniversary of the organization, and

A mosquito was seen on Thursday. ! an enjoyable time Is anticipated by all Rev. Samuel Hlgglnbottom.of Prince- State Councillor Reed and State Com

GREEN CREEK NEWS

i University, preached ait excellent i dl Secretary Mler*

e Presbyterian Church last

M. E. Church and paisonage last Friday. Rev. J. Foster has been on the sick

from New York, f 1S.00 from Trentoo and fll.50 from Philadelphia. These

IBS

days at the Arlington. Normandie. Riggs. Ebhitt, Shore ham, Cochran.

Gordon. Barton or Hamilton Hotels . Wednesday evening, when Capt For accommodations at Regent. Met-1 *eph Brown s chimney caught fire. The -- ------ ' ‘ extinguished and no dam-

ropollt 12.50 I

olonlnl Hotels. I Are was si

illtan. National or

less. Special side trip to Mt 1 *«e done

Vernon I Mrs. Mary Ross, of Court House, has All tickets good for 10 days, with' been vlsltlc? her parents. Mr. and Mrs

special hotel rate* after expiration of w HolUngshead.

hotel coupons. j Captain M. M. Norbury has been

I coupons.

For itineraries and full Information tpendlng a few day* at home while his apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, vessel I* In Philadelphia.

263 Fifth Avenue, New York; 4 Court

Street. Brooklyn; 789 Broad Street. Newark. N J.; or address George W. Boyd. Assistant General Passenger Agent. Broad Street Station, Philadel-

phia.

The Daylight Store.

Tbe poular dry goods emporium of O. L W Knerr, located cl No. 518-20 Washington street. Is known a* tbe daylight store among the shopping public because of the Immense amount of light which is about the place, enabling purchasers to examine minutely the goods which they era buying Mr and Mrs Knerr both have excellent

MU* Bea'rlce Roes has been vldltlng her grandparent*. Mr and Mra. W HolUngshead. and Captain Rosa. Mrs. J D Hoffman ha* been entertaining her aunt, of Fishing Creek Rev W M Lister made * business trip to Cape May last Saturday. Captain Sebastian Norbury has arrived Id Philadelphia from a trip to

Charleston. S. C.

Mr and Mrs. Alida Norbury were given a pleasant surprise last Tuesday evening. Several of thelrfriends came in upon them wltb a good supply of

Ice cream and cake.

Misses Virginia and Erma Norbury are home from a visit to tbelr elster.

in vs

tastes a* to tbe selection of thslr goods : Mra. M Cr<

er

careful buyers snd seepre all of thej several days, le out agali

and as to their display. They are

i ill for

up-to-date effects which are needed In i Mrs Jene Foster Is visiting her eon.

a modern dry goods, notion aqd mini- 1 Edward. In Camden,

nery establishment. They have a full j James Scbelllnger. who Is working line of ladles' and mes's furnishings on tbe Rio Grande end Holly Beach

home with

logs. I

They have always on band a full line | of Ster fart, ev In a well-selected stock Of goods in a store of this character.

RIO GRANDE NSW*

Smith Endlcott was among the Reading agent* taken to Philadelphia on

Sunday eve on business.

Mrs John Morton and eons, of An-

glesea. w<

B R. 1

Hand Is shipping Urge q

it, of .

ere Saturday visitors h ere

rge quan-

tities of sweet potatoes to Philadelphia markets. Joseph'Hewitt wa* given n bath on Tuesday by accidentally falling Into a hot bed full of water. Charles Hand Is still stocking hie store with everything menttonable. and when completed will be one of the fine*! .stores In South Jersey. Harry Petitt came bom* on Tuesday after a visit with hie parents nt Ha-

1* prill*. Mrs Sai

a time with her brother

Creek.

George Endlcott of Raleigh, Is sewing wo«r here wltb hie steam ma-

chine.

Arthur Loper and wife, of Cold Spring, were in town Friday, buying

fur*.

MUs Mae Neal, of Cape May, patted Sunday under the parental roof. John M. Ireland wae married to Miss Charlotte Young on January 26.

new road, spent Sunday at b

music teacher. I* giving Mrs Mary Norbury lessons on the organ. Ralph Shetllnger set bis machine on Captain James Swain's wood yard and sawed him several cords of wood last Saturday Rev. H. S. Norris, who makes his home here with his daughter. Mrs. Maggie Scbelllnger. was born In Shrewsbury. N. J.. December 18, 1819. and preached 24 year* In the New Jersey M E Conference, and has been euperanuated for IS yeara. and. tbongb be Is over 83 years of age. be Is active and enjoys full use of his powers and expects to attend another annual conference on the 18th of next month.

DIAS CREEK DOINGS Rev. John Wagg waa calling on friends In the village Friday last. Tbe Pie Social, In I. O. M. Hall on Thursday evening last, was a great success In every sense of the word. Two hundred people were present, and nearly every village In the county

was

reprei

>taln

Frank E. Howell went to

Maurice River on Important business

Saturday lasL

Mra. Ann F. Benexette, who has been seriously 111 for the past month. Is much better at this writing. E. S. Howell, of Court House, was

m — —. visiting hie mother In this place on

at Everett, Mass., at th* home of tbe ! Saturday.

There was a large delegation of the

George Taylor and wife, ^of Cold | Dtf* Creek Orange at tbe agricultural

Spring, were recent visitors here. Charles Hand was compelled to bat quite a valuable hone filled Mra Edna Endlcott waa atopplnc

at Cap*

meeting et Woodbine on Friday l**t Several of them missed the West Jersey train and were compelled to come

the A. C. R. R. lau train.

mother of

wae stopping home on the A. C. R. R. lau < T- Mrs. Grace, of Swalnton. mi Ite a valuable Charles Grace. Is spending a »i to have been : very pleasantly with her son

j very pleasantly with her

| village.

rival meetings, which have been j Charles Woodlln U making some d for a week Friday evening. ; needed repairs and alteration* in the

will be presen dll as other ■

the occasion, as well as other wellknown members from a distance A handsome new banner will be presented to tbe lodge by tbe ladles, a committee now having tbe matter In charge. The lodge here started out two years ago. with about 31* members, and there are now 84 names on tbe roll of membership It has prospered from the beginning and Is now among

the strongest In the county

WEST CAPE MAY. Mra. E. G. Doughty and daughters were iu Philadelphia last week. Mr. and Mrs. Parkinson, of Florence Cottage, otherwise known jas Ludlam’s Place, on the hill, have moved to Cape May. Miss Louisa Wheaton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wheaton, is under medical care at the Hahminnau Hospital, where she underwent an operation recently. Miss Selina Reed, formerly k resident of Cape May, who now resides in Bridgeton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Claude Doughty. Mrs. Charles P. Corson and daughter Maude, were shop: ing in Philadelphia during the week. Have'you nliticed the smiling face of one of the Borough young ladies? Perhaps the presence of a certain young man frqpi Dennisville may throw some light on the matter.

COLD SPRING. ' re. A. J. Matthews and mother are« ■pending a few daysiii Philadelphia and Medford. Mr. and Mrs. George Elliott spent Sunday with her mother at South Den-

nis.

Lewis Hoflman went to Court House ou Tuesday evening to take a lesson on the banjo. Mn. Sto -e, of Qamden, has been ■pending a few days with Mrs. Charles McNeill. We are sorry to note the illness of Mra. George Walter, who is suffering with dii htheria.

What te Lucal OH ? I have been asked that question numerous times. The practical use of Lucal during the teat ten ynara has made theorising unnecessary. It does not matter what an article is made of. If in practical use it answers the purpose to which it is put better limn anything else on the market. , A. C. Glut, 416 Washington street.

Backed by the Pittsburg syndicate headed by former Senator Fliun, the Cape May Heal Estate Company has about completed arrangements with the officials of Cape May fAr extensive improvements, including the extension of the boulevard drive and the boardwalk and a new sewerage system. Expenses are to be borne partly by the city and partly by tne company. The sewerage system will carry waste matter to the bay, where it will pass out to sea without befouling the ocean front. Tbe ordinances providing for these improvementa will be introduced into Council next week.

captain of tbe tug Gladifen, which d the passengers from the steam-

Tfae

rescued

er Medians, off Hamilton, Bermuda, last week, te Harry M. Chester, formerly of Dennisville, Cape May county. Captain Cheater went to the Bermudas ten year* ago a*d has been instrumental in earing a great many live* In the

Carpets! Carpets I have the Largest Assortment in this city to Choose Irotn,Including Imperial Axminstcr, Milton Velvet, Empire Velvet, Roxbury Tapestry, Extra Tapestry, Best Tapestry, Mottled Tapestry. Royal Tapestry, Ingrain Carpets, 3 ply Union Monarch Extra Super, Columbia Extra Super, Victoria Union, Gothic Union, Norfolk Ingrain, Aubusson Carpels, Rag Carpets. Why pay car fare to Philadelphia and freight charges, when I will deliver Carpets at your home at less per yard tten you can buy on the so-called

Bargain Days.

GHAS. A. SWAIN,

30£>*'7 JAGI^SON SW., CAPE t9~T>adli!g Slani]» given on all Purchase

P. O. Box 841

Long Distance 'Phone

Local 'Phone 65.

MAY-

foi 10c. and over.

Closing Out Business ..Selling Below Cost.. 7Z- ID 3 ^ son & S on - Picture FramesWindow Glass A large assortment just received ol Popular Priced and

High Grade Framed Pictures.

Walter Savage

309 Mansion Street,

CAPE MAY. N. J.

33. S. CURTIS,

Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fitting. All Orders

Receive Prompt Attention.

SHOP-No. 11 Decatur St. CAPE MAY, N. J.

peo;end-

BURLEIGH.

Another stormy Su'-day, and our pie did not have the privilege of attei

ing divine service.

.Samuel Endkott, of 'dillville, is spending this week at his home here. Frank Wolcott, of West Philadelphia, lent Thursday'on hie farm.

the guest of his family here. Mi/a > auiie Heathoote ia spending this week with friends in MiUriUe. Wesley Fisher and wife, of Court Houae, ope >t Sunday with her parents

here.

Mesdamea Abbie Douglas and Elisa Endlcott wheeled to Court House on Thursday. Alex. Douglas, Jr., a d wife, called on their parents at Court House ou Friday even! g. Eddie Hand has been oasLUng his brother Gar- er in his grocery store. Miss Helen Crease and Mrs. Clara Hand were Bio Grande visitors Thuredsy and bu-day. U. T. Hand am! wife attended revival at Kio Grande on Thursday gave an ins; (ring

Thq^Cape May Real Estate Company is having built, by the Bucyrus Company of South Milwaukee, a hydraulic dredge, at a cost of 6130,000, to be used for the excavation of the basin back of ('old Bpring Inlet here. The hull is being built at Norfolk, and will be ti Irish ed shortly. The diameter of suction and discharge pipes will be 30 inches, and j the length of the diacharge pipe 2500 fueL Fifteen pontoons to carry the pipe are now being constructed by Capt.

MOIs, Bcheile ger’e la- ding.

Romanic, •• 1 ne Ideal Wall (taint.” Itomalitc is an Oil Paint pat up in paste form to be thinned with water. Jt ! is made ter both inside and outride exposure. H is durable and hns flood fire years o exteriors with seaside expos-

Itteliat (without gloss),

abb., hygienic ami given^ vctjm U. R. Government Buildings^at tl

io Exposition. later the_

artistic

at the Buf-