CAPE MAY HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1905.

CAPE mr COUNTT WILIS K*cor4a of Ancirnt I>«^»o«i Ranorded In th* P«bllo Art-hUM. (ookTMUitD nwix i-Arr wrkk.) 1715 APRIL OARIaON. UARKBrHON, REMAN, of C-p* May; will of. Wife Hrlwckrr. 8ooi— Jacob, Denial. Oer«. Joabenil Noeh; deuichtere—Mery, Kllw brlb end Recbrl. Tbe wife rzecntrU of reel end pcreonel cetele Wllneeeee — Robert Toe nwnd 1ST jeere old). Heoery Lloerd end Abrebem Beuor. Proved 'ley 10, 1715. ' Lib. fl. p. » 1715 May 9. Inventory of tbe eetete tl’IM . all peraotie'); ntede by Jobu Sotu rra and Robert Townaend. 1715 Sept. IK. Oelb of Rebek b Garre eon ea escculriz. 1705 JUNE * GILBERTSON. LUBEET, of t'apa May Co. Bond of Peter Coraou of k^ajharbour. eaedminiatretorof the estate of Jamea Steelmen of C«pc May fellow bond»man. Lib. I, p.108. 1716 July I*. Inventory of tbe estate (£130 9.10 ell penonal); made by John Taylor and William Gouldin junior. 1714-5 FEB • GOULDING. 8AMUEU of Cepe May Co., yeoman; will of. Wife Sarah. awn>-Joseph. Daniel, daughter Margaret. Tbe wife executrix of real and personal estate with Samuel Jobnaon and John Creaae aa overseers. Wltoeaaaa— Jamea Somers. John Creaae (43 yra. old) ami Catbarin Croaon. Proved April *>. 1715. Lib. 8. p. ». 1715 May 9. Inventory of tbe peraonal estate (£191.15.-); made by .John Somers and Robert Townaend. (TO BE COXT1XUXD XEXT WEEK)

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If you want your linen worn out in two wa-hiiiics don't let us do It. Troy Hand Lapndrv, 810 IV^a'ttr at.

Sea Hogan's R ail ac of tba latsat tun piece pepsin gum fu

# FOR SALE OR RENT. Farm at FlahlmcCreek.adjoining Harry Learning's premise*. loqulre of C. C Reeves. Eldredgr P. O.. Cape May. N. J.. J. Howard Obudell. 14* Cbeatnut St.. Pbiladrlpbia.

WANTED. First-clan representative wanted in Cape May and Vldn|fy. Liberal contract. Reference and bond required. Quick promotion and permanent position. Old reliable ao<i established company. Pays >ick, Accident and Death Benefits Snn Aaaorance Society. Jeraey City, Sew Jersey.

FACTS TOLD IN BRIEF MENTION

The Happenings of The Week Briefly Told-Other Matters of Interest. All kind Molasses Candy made fresh every day at Hogan's. —Oysters have cheapened in price twenty per cent, since tbe mild weather bar

come.

—Hewitt Brothers, of Angleaea, have received tbe contract to enlarge tbe Wildwood public school building at a cost of

94.300.

—Mrs Florence Weiaampel baa so d to John B. Huffman the bnilding occupied by Mta. Hatpin, on Decatur street, for

•900.00.

— Rev. A. W. Spooner will preach a sermon to young man at tbe Preabyterian church on Sunday evening entitled “Fast Young Men.” —Thomas Sayre baa Invented a cigar lighter which promisee to bring him Urge returns for bir many sleepleaa nights in thinking oat tbe Invention. —By the bursting of tba flint tank at the factory of tbe Taylor Stftee Glass Company at Cape May Court House last week aJargr number of men and boys have been thrown oat of work. —Tbe Holly Beach borough council has rejected two bids for the construction of the •25.000 boardwalk, all the bidders fall Ing to comply with tbe specification.. New bids will be asked for. —H ild wood will dedicate its new school building on Saturday and the exercise* will be attended by State Superintendent Charles J. Baxter, and Coanty Snperiuiro dent Aaron W. Hand. —Mr. John W. Mecray will lead the Y P. 8. C. E. meeting at the First Presbyter' lan Church tomorrow night. The suuject will be '‘Christian Endeavour Cun rude ship; With Their Churches st Home snd in Distant lands. ” The same subject will he bad for tbe Y., P. • U. meeting at tbe First Baptist Church tomorrow evening. Tbe leader will be Mrs. Irwin Stevens

Plans Adopted for Clerk's Office. Cape May County will have a new clerk’s and surrogate's office, the plans haring been adopted by the Coonty Board of Freeholders- Owing to the reoenrflre at Cape May .Court House some suggestion* were made to the committee and the plahs which are now agreed upon are ooosldsrrd for a more Are proof building than those adopted three weeks ago. Tbe committee of freeholders visited several of the county clerks’ offices throng bout New Jersey and Pennsylvania before determining upon the kind of office they desired to

erect.

• Music Bo*. Play- * and give you alarge lo. Something new.

City Coe aril assembled, and it is brn-l y enacted by the authority of the same. That there shall be issued sod sold by the City of ape May. bonds to the amount of thirty thousand dollars in denominations of five hundred dollars each, bearing interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, pay able sem -uinBally and maturing in thirty years from the date thereof, which date shall be the first flay of April, nineteen huedred and five, the proceeds to be applied solely to me enlargement and tangovemanu of tbe water works and sewe/age system; and also for tbe purpose of retiring that certain floating indebtedness of the l3ty df C spe May, which was created and incurred for the purpose of the construction of s system of sewerage for said city, and for the purpose of the construction of a system of sewerage for said city, snd for the extension of Beseb svenoe from Madison avenue to Sewell’s I'oinl, and the improvement and protection of the same. Section s. And be it further ordained and enacted that the said bonds shall he in sub stance and form as antborued and directed by the first section ri an act of the I^gislsturc of tbe State of New Jersey, entitled An Act tb anUxrixe any dty of this state, 0 raise money, either by temporary loans or by tbe Isaac or issues of bonds for any sum

Connrd Godfrey Married. Miss Maud Haigh. the pretty daughter of Brooks Hnigb, of Atlantic City, and Mr. Conard Godfrey, formerly connected with the Bell Telephone Company In Atlantic City, but now with tbe same corporation In Cape May. were married on Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock by Rev. J. Harden brook Townsend, at tbe rectory of A seensiou Church, at Atlantic City. Owing to tbe death of the grandfather of tbe briff, the wedding was strictl private. Mr Godfrey is a member of Company L. Third Regiment. N. G. N. J- TLe couple will reside in Cape May. *

Crona Nominated for Jndge. President Roosevelt on Monday nominated Joseph Cross, president of the State Senate, for Judge of the TJ. 8. District Court fot New Jersey, and Judge Crons will have coocnrrent jurisdiction with Judge William M. Istanlng. Judge Croas lias been speaker of ibe Assembly, and la now nerving hi* *eventh year in the Senate. In 1*5 he was nominated for Speak ••r by one vote over Edmund L. Ross, of >pe 'av county.^ .

* the si

rot in said city, and

ic tor me purpose of ret ' - matured bonded tndel

tbe floating c ness, for tbe

of the publicimil . age system snd for other lawful purposes of such city," approved March as, 1901. " ‘ it. Be it farther ordhined _ .lot tbe Mayor Is here' • sign the said bonds, tbe 4 __test the same snd lo affix me cu seal of tbe city thereto, snd the City urer to countersign the same snd sign the coupon* thereto to be attached. Section 4. And be it further ordained and enacted. That the Finance Committee are berebv authorized and directed to prepare ■the said hoods ready for execution by tbe oflierrs of the city hereinabove named; and upon their execution as herein directed, to sell tbe same or any nan thereof for the best price which may be obtained therefor; —‘ ’—than the par value thereof; and e sale thereof or any part there * and the payment therefor the proceeds such sale or sales shall be applied as 1 forth in the first section of this ordinance. Section 5. And be it further ordained and enacted that there shall be raised annually by taxation a snm sufficient to psy the interest on said bonds and two per cent, thereof into a sinking fund for the redemption of

said bonds.

Section 6. And be it further ordained and enacted. That all ordinance* and parts of ordinances inc nsislent with ihe provisions of this ordinance, be and tbe same art hereby repealed, and that this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon dne

publication.

P. SIDNEY TOWNSEND. President of Council.

Prudential Policies Are Gaining. in popularity day by day. During 1904 an increase ot over One-half Million Poilcies! Write for Information of Poticie*

The Prudential Insurasce Co. of America. e™- c<rx,: *■ 1 r*r~ Incorporated as a Stock Company by the Stair of New jersey. JOHN F. DBYDEJt President LESLIE D WARD. Vice Pre.ideut. El GAR B WARD *3 Vice Preaidtnt. FORREST P. DRYDEN. jd '’ice President. WILBUR S. JOHNSON, «th. Vice President snd <.omptruUer. EDWARD GRAY. Secretary. H. K. Richardson, Asst. Snpt., Cape May Court House. N. J. 2002

G. A, R Pont Elects New Offloerc. John Mecray Post. G- A. K . has elect* 5- following offlc'-r* for tbe curreot year; Commander. Ainrroriah Foster; senior he. Joseph B. Hughes; junior vice, Alfred 'ouder; Q. M.. John D. Craig;surgeon. Dr. James Mecray: officer d< tbe day, Joseph H Brewton; officer of guard, Daniel Ooagrove; oonncll'of administration, F. K. Duka. John W. Reeves, 8. B- SUtes; adjutant, Benjamin Wellman; quartermaster sergeant, Samuel C. Barton; sergeant major. Samnel R. Stltes.

STOREY COTTON GOES UP. Cape May Residents Among Tboee Who Loae Investments. State Senator William J. Bradley, of Camden, was appointed recrirtr for the Storey Cotton Company last Thursday af-' ternoon. Tbe proceedings, which were before United ntstes Circuit Jndgo Loaning st Trenton were kept iwcret untjiLLba next day. In order that Receiver iftelley might .collect nab on three checks, aggregating about •£00, which pare tamed over to him by Secretary and Treasurer Quinlan, In tbe petition for a receiver, tbe allegation la made that tbe seaef* of' tbe Storey Cotton Company do not exceed IN).000.and 1U liabilities are more than •950,000. It L said that between •30.000and *».000 Is invested in this scheme by prominent residents of Cape May. eome of them able to loee their supposed Investment, and others not so able. Only recently a n her of oar residents requested a return of their Investment*, bat their requeeU ’ sot complied with.

Pol a ter*-for Advertiser*. OT When a merchant tells you It does not pay to advertise be admits hie bu-inrse U not worth advertising. Try aa ad In the Herald, and watch tbe result*. For aU the

Samnel 8. Hand, who was I of the gang of men that laid the firm rail n sad Cape May. died at reel. Camden, on Saturday, aged 73 yearn. Ha had bona la the employ of the railroad for nearly half a

igo. Mr. Hand of the Broadway Mecbothkm Kpiecopa) Church, sad

A. WOOLSON’S GENERAL STORE Fxagxtra-

Comb and sbb the bargains VOD CAN GET IN GROCERIES and PROVISIONS

1 have jest added a dry grads sad - —. * each a~

Waists, Ladies sad Geats UnIso a roll Use of

AN ORDINANCE. rohibiilng dogs from running at Urge within the limi's of the City of Cape May without being muxxlcd. Section 1. Be it ordained snd enacted by the inhabitants uf the ( ity of Cape May in City Council assembled, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same. That it shall he tbe Only of foe Mavor of said dty to appoint in each year, a fit and proper person, whose duly it shall be to take np and etn pound all nogs, either male or female, found ruaeing at large in the said dty, from tbe first day of July to tbe first day of September. In every year, and at any and all other such times, aa the said Mayor by tion hereafter may from time to ignate. except such as ahall be securely muzzled with s substantial muzzle so constructed and affixed to every such dog. male or female, while ruonin effectually prevent its b son *0 appointed by tL_ —, pound said dogs, either male or female, so found'running at large, as aforesaid, until the owner ahall redeem tbe same by paying to the Chid of Police of said dty the snm of two dollars each, and also the sum of twenty-five cents per day for the expense of feeding and keeping each dog, male or female so redeemed; but if no owner appears within five days after tbe taking up and emponnding of any dog. male or fcmale.aad redeem the same, that then and in such case it ahall be lawful for the person, so aa aforesaid appointed by the Mayor, to kill and bury every dog. male or female, so by him taken up sad.etnpounded- and for every g. so oy him taken np. killed and traried, shall be allowed the snm of one dollar d fdr the expense of keeping and feeding said deg. the sum of ten cents per dsy each, to be paid to him by. tbe city treasurer of said city on his producing to tbe said treasurer. a certificate of said fact, signed by Chief of Police of fold dty. Section *, That any persoc or persons who shall hinder or prevent, or in any wise interfere with said person so appointed by the Mayor, or any person or persons assisting him in tbe performance of his dnties under this ordinance, and every person aiding or concerned is said offiose.. and being convicted of the same, ahall .Jlqtmflfine of

five dollars.

Section 3- That it ahaD be the duty of the Chief of Police of said dty. to keep a rccotd in a book to be furnished him for that purpose, of all dog% male or female, taken up and empounded as aforeeaid. by the person so as aforesaid appointed by the Mayor. *1 of those killed and of those redeemed and looeys paid to him by such owner or enarndthecx; —*— pay over ell money paid to Mm by the owner or owners of the dog*, male or female, so redeemed aa aforesaid, to tbe Treasurer of said dty at the dose of each mooth, shall file with the. Treasurer * atatemc the number of dog* killed and buned and the Number redeemed by the owners thereof and the amount of mosey received tor redemption asd keeping of tbe same. Section 4. That of,ordinances luw - ^ hereby repealed, and that’this ordinance “^iFsnwS^r&tfrwsRND/^

lyiottiiigsi Mottinpsl! How is the tim* to make your Selections. I have rtne line J Japanese and China Mattings. The Price you cannot match eitr.er in this city or Philadelphia, taking grade for grade. A few Rolls left over at a reduction of one and two

Rolls less.

THESE WILL HOT LAST LOHG. ,

CHARLES A. 8WAIH.

Local Phone 65.

305-7 Jackson Street, CAPE MAY, N, J.

AttwC J NO W. THOMPSON, fawdrr.

AN ORDINANCE.

NOTICE TO LUTIT CREDITORS.

An Ordinance to aatiw rads to the amount ai

William L Cresee, Deceased. _ the order 5 B C Hewitt. Burm of the aabucriber Administrator

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*4 6001? PVJY TO SAVE MONEY. Is to deposit a portion of your earnings each week or eich month with this Company. Remember, there is no business so small, and none so large, but that this bank will give it care-

ful attention.

Three per cent Interest paid. Security Trust Company. Of Camden, N. J. Cape May Banking House. * V COR. OCEAN AND WASHINGTON STREETS.

CLEARING OUT SALE TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR SPRING GOODS. SALE LASTS UNTIL MARCH 26th

This tale iaehuUs Goods in tor'Warm as woU. Jos Lavcnthol, z fllfl Washington BL See this week’s Cape May Herald.

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