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VOL. VI NO.

CAPE MAY, N. J., THURSDAY. MAY 31, 1906.

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OCEAN LINERS AT CAPE MAY

Many Advantages are To be Gained Will SUE SI* TO EIGHT HOURS

1‘tana Bring Laid to Makr Tillllraort a Trrmlnal fur Tb tV-can tircjbounda

MEMORIAL DAV EXERCISES Da; Waa Approprialclj Here Yea u-rda> Hpcaklnjs and Hinging Mrix.orial Day waa appropriately erlrb raUd here yraiarday with a parailc In tbr •fUrnoou. followed by abort addrraars ai the iron pirr auditorium by Iter H. P. Crxgo. Rrv; Jam.-* Burn*. Iter. Ka'brr Kelly, Iter Fraocia T H. Finn. Krneat W. Lloyd, K~, , and Aldrrmau Fraocia

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u the •< aid a -

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Thia city baa datermioad to be tbi tm mirt amouK tbe Allan tic towna of America aod; while tbal ambitloua aim. tb* *cblceam--ot aucb an ntopian dream aa may ap tbe •uperflcial. Bat not aa a aunio diva Cape May direct her tboilgbla aod

a.piraUoua,

The baaatifol city that nratle. at tbr lower point of N'rw Jerary. who e blatore dates from earlr Colonial time* *eea in tbe improremenu now in progrraa dock* for tbe great ocean Hoars that cruas the *»*» and that is tbe atuff of which CapeMar'* dreams are made. Wbeu» riaitor talk* to tbe men who direct the affairs of thia place and tbr men who are m*kiB( tbe New Cape Mar. nr will be told that aoooer or later, and they aay Tory aooo. the big ah ip* that take peoQie to and from Karopeao porta will hare a terminal la South Jrraay. to avoid the trip op tbe Delaware Kirer and Bay. and that tbe legteal point of embarkation l* In the new harbor la this city. They declare that It take, the big boat* all to eight hrar* to get from th - r ipe* to tbe dock in PUiladelpbl *. white a ub docktag fadliMes at thia elty. p**ayn'c--r» can b« lauded la Philadelphia in one hour on the fa-l trains that-arill more brer the new third-raid rfeetrie road. ■ TWo means, the Cape May people aay. that thin will be one of the gre tt porta of tbe AUaoUc Coast: that freight and passenger* can be qti\$kl t landed on the do.ika.aad'qaickly hauled away hj tbe railroads that already centre her*. It is pointed out with muco assurance that If es to figure as k great

TO Bl'It.D HP^k I8LK HOAD lore Than »2H.t>00 to Be Kipcodi

hide last week •

EX-SENATGR WILLIAM FLINN Who Visited Cape May on Monday With Other Directors of tbe Cape May Real Estate Company t. . ...

o K ibert F.. Hat

J*y

But* were prraeuted a* foil >w*: Sutto-i A Corson. Ocean Ctlr. •W TitSA. 11. Lupton. Bridgeton. HJ WM: J A Me Liu-denA-Co . "Angleera. *ST.S»; liolirrt K.

Hand. Ftt.Wll.Mt.

On the bri-lgea and entrer • the bit* follow.: J. A tfeM'i Ir-t dt C.. H LuptoJ. kltPlVi; r wo lore Eu Boia. FHTir. Klwanl B. Arnet . FiiTV ittton A- Corson. |1T»! IV Hol-ri K II and lUttBY A Jiff err lit.- of FJJO w» a.I tber raa between tbe bid of H ta I » 11 tb .t of

lutlou A Corson.

The Change le-The Primary Law The Jackson bill jaal signal by G..r -mor Stokos will make the pre pel n try ampalgn lhU/»ir Jam two we.-k. longer hat it waa lest fl*ll- laatetd of bring .eld on the *e to id T i*» Ur la Sep emV-r. tbe primaria*- will, w held thi ye .r oa l .r in rib Turn lay of Mat month, d-ptembei The raa -oua for the Chang.-, aa s.t forth when lit* bill wa* prudinc in -the laarialatnre. were th tt It had b wn abown by tlw operation of the law that tbe people needed more time after tbe close of,

i ,n season to aludy the

n^’tSUMMER COTTAGERS MERE

Gobyfoatorial years, there wi

such a long campaign aa TW law. d These near* met with tbe at>proral of a majority of both bouses of tha

lae. and the bill wet passed.

ship owners will bare to ship and land . here and hare tbe people taken orer tbe varift tallmart lines that place Camden and Capa May Only a short distance apart (Mpe May baa already became a resort for the antutnobiUng ‘fraternity: it is aMegrd that its attitude of hostility toward the gambling fraternity is attracting steady inflates-of people wnoae presence ta .aaetdeairrd al seasid. resorts, while the policy s of making tha place auractire aa a family home for the summer colonists As* made a boom to real estate

Aeeeoe Property at Fall Yalae Tbe Board of Taxatioo mat last Saturday with arrersf aasreaore sad after coo-

hmnl i

L On Tuesday

tructed tbe absent

a tbe coming Sain.

day. I ke board will soon out U each person s Uaok to be flUed oat node oath, sbowiag bis real and personal pet

party.

Lease HcHooi foo Karly Fneeds of adneatiam criticise just oae thiag which happens at Cape May. that is tha loo early iasriag of the sc by some of the echoUr* there aeei be a disposiuuo on the part of their child raa oat' of re they hare completed their * gratmar got tha eery

ifhesl

klug lore, a fool skipper is

Oa Sand ty. June 3rd, The Philadelphia Sonday Press will gtre free to each of Ite iBbacribers tha greatest aod *oe*t sappleneot picture hr cr pat oot. by any news paper. ..It is printed la beautiful colors .ad is ttzli tnebss. Tbs picture is entitled T-he Skipper.". A aluoning Summer girl sod tbe "skipper" make two gsaatnel? great subjscte for a picture worth foaming. Kreryhody will want to get oae of these pictures. They are worth a dollar apiece. :ured ezciaairely with The Philadelphia Sunday Press Jaae 3rd. Be wise sod tell your news letter to reserve yoa a copy

ibseul mindedur*s U not true. He bad n doing some shopping on Waabiogioo set sni was just malking down te Charles A. Swain's. 3US-T Jackson street, after a roll of wire Bacting for bis screen and doors, becanse it is ebaapsr them than

A few eery desirable cottages situated io tbe most desirable part of tbe town Also I bargains in-lots in differed edly. Now is

J)EATH ANGEL BUSY •mo Pro ml neat Old Pwoplr Pass to The Oraat Beyond Zebulou York, aged 73 years, died on Thursday afternoon lael, after an Illness cohering sserral months. A few week* preceding bis dealb. bowerer, be waa ablr to be ontdoors and w*t tbongbt to be getting lietter. bat a tum came for tbr umr, and ols death, occurring a* It did. *» unrxprcir I. He Is snrrlred by s Iduw and two sons. Charles and Kites. m-funersl uucurred on Monday sfur sin. tils » rrlce* being In etiargr of Her. iiu** llur s. pss'or of lbe M. K-Church, wb . h church Mr York was a airmbrr. Mr*. Mary Mecray. widow of Uia lair -remiah K. 'leeray. dial on Thursday etilnv hist st tbr residence of tu-rdnUi.d - tar. Mrs Thomas W Ei*twltk. Kbe had u falling health f-r -mie lim- Mr. ly waa a daughter of tbr lata Gah rr. Hhr bsnrvital by a'son, JrrrMecrsy.s.d two dsoghiera. Mrs. . M. F. HiMnib sud Mrs. Ka*tw|ck. .alto- was prominent in the Pie.b) lerinn linrch .U her Me. The laneinl occurred on Sutdar sfler■am. from the resit’race of Mr. aod Mr*. rUslwlck. ami the lutcrmetil was made at be Cold spring Piesbyleria ertaetrry.

Bnnahinny Days Start Them From Their City Homes . . tbe J an* days approach tbe number of rlsitorm. particularly those who occupy itamer cottage* proportionately Increase cumber* Tbe floe aunthluy days bare ten Jane-like for some' tin)e and the atmoepbere. and oondtlions have been remarkably dry and Inrigoratlng. Tbe foliage which bas-bnr.t forth lo all parts of tbe city, together with *11 robbery and the exoelleat Iswat which are pec altar to CapcM.y. baa transformed it from tbe dallneas of winter to tbs fulloem of lifuof be summer eeoeon Along with the spirit of private lm-

are cleaning ap arery part of Aha town preparatory to the coming of the expectant rush of summer go eats, and Cape May oarer looked any prettier than it duesM the present time Thera see me to be a uaisja of spirit to beautifying the priests properties, so that when ooe looks up tbe residential arenas* be sot only slews the long lloet of shade Iran and tbe splendid looking yards and newly-paiotad rillas, bat seas tbsenlminaof tbe effort to make Cape May more

UOOD C-TIZKN DKAD t'apt. dwuirw Chratrr of Ucmbcn Dice on Pneaday Kyi-nlng t- James Cbealrr, of Cio.bru. died Tneadsy of last week at the- raaatrucc n-ia-lsw. Dr. C. J. Messenger. Colllngswood, N J. wsa bora at West Crack 33 years ago. •ml ha* lirol la Uotei-u since childhood, ss pooilueut la Hepubllcsu polilios BMmbar of jeers, bat uerer hrld public office. Daring the Cleil Wai s* s member of the Union army, earring s Jersey regiment. He was a mei of the John Mecray Poet, of -Cape May City, of lbs Junior Mechanics, of Goshen, and of Arbutus Lodge. F-d| A. M.. of Cape May Court House The latter lodge

P. * K INSPM.'TION President Baer and Other OH Go Orer Capa May Line George F. Baer, president of tha PhUatMpbia flt Reeding Railway, oeaampaated jffioialx of tbs company, mm0o- a r the Cape Msy dlriaton Itet Thursday purpose of Inspecting the work of lasprorrfhent arcqod Winslow Jo action, and the double traoklug of the Cape May and of the.roed. eaa Impraremeats. the raaalt of agreemeot by whiobthe Peoasylrsnia w01 oat part of tha road, are being oarried under the direst I oa of tha Heading's

son J. Wsaka. Chief Engine Hunter. General Ropertaiao Dice aod Saparintaodact of t City B

A large amount of preliminary work la ta way of astaadloa . the public water terries so that Caps May baa now not only an abundant supply of tbe very beet water furaiabad la tha State, but tbe meant of distribution baa baas Improved slnoe loot

To Hare Tbe ChIMros Edward ErerrU Hale's optimistic artiste on "The Comforts of Today.'' nod the first srtlcls of u serious Guild Slavery are tha eon treating feat a res that dtetia guteb the Juba number of tha 'omea’s Heat C ompantos. Tha latter ■hiaatte ^ - the first oi

Tha O. A. R-'a Forty Toon . [From Leslie's Weakly.] An especial Interest has beee taken la the Memorial Day oaiabratlooa this year tbs cooalry from tbe foot that

there te the aqulvaleat of oue hundred pages la all—it alive with tbe praotleal

appreciate. Thia month's flcUoa te daily good, tool ad lag "A Home af Your Own," by Jaliet Wllbor Tompkins; • ' sad the FncaJtyby Mary Wllbeimiaa ~~aatfnffa; "Martel Tawkabary*s Ufa •ork..’ by Mary Kaatoa Yores: "Aa April “ 'HU Way wlrt Chiidres,"

Al-t-u. uf lll.ickwisallot

PERSONAL MENTION

appeared

Spring Visitors are Numerous About Town

YOUR NAME MAY BE INCLUDED

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Dr. riisrlr. I|. Iter.1 arrival st theAldliir

l.'enl, O. Cn'lihnrt Powell I* a late arrival at the Windsor. Mr* John B. Iiore.ls pa*«ing a fottolghl a* a guest al th* A Mine. Mr. and Mrs. lamia J, IVaeoo are again ini-mg gnreta at the Unlmilal. Mr and Mrs. Ivml. H. Ayres are taJ

joyi-ig a s- Jonrn

si the <‘- 'allace (

have taken a

Hughes street villa for tbs season. MU* A. C. Knight and companion, Mis* FrUman, hare returner! to Cape May. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Thomas have opened iheir onitags nn Washington Si. Thomas S. Kireens. Is risking bis donghter. Mr*. F W Poroer. aF Lewes.

Dal.

ocrupi lug their cottage on Stockton

Mr. and Mr* .fame* M. Rletaon hare

apartments at the Windsor for a brief

Wllllnm J. Holman has opened hi

Header

-A large number of bathers a

Suoday.

-Mrs Mary E. McCormick has beeo appointed postmistress of Stone Harbor. place of bar husband, tbr late John Me Cortulck. —The U. 8. Senate has reported favorably upon the pension of James Crandol. of this city, and tbe bill will probably pass that body. * joy Brown, of Rireralde. N. J.. has been elrcted a teacher In the public bools of Cepe May City, to succeed Miss Carrie Chamberlain, wbo resigned The pupils of the Cape May City ■ have raised a rum of money to be forwarded to San Francisco toward the rebuilding of schools In that stricken city. -Her B. ?. Bock, who has. for three rears, been In charge of the Methodist burchre at Rio Grande aod Green Creek, vlll take a racatloo ou account of III

health'.

—Gen. Edward Bard. Urabb. it Is sooaneed. will be s candidate for tbe Itepublioau nomluatiou for Congress against Congressman John J. Gardner, of this

district.

Miss Bernice Bennett, of Elmirs. N. Y. ss beeo elected for High School work.’ and Mias Charolette I.. W. Uodsay. of W. Pittsburg. Pa-, has been chosen lo teach 4th Grade. -Charles T. Campbell was last week

Jackeo

Mr. .1

Oolnt

star waa la good health up uhtil year ago when he was iajurad white Aghtlag a forest fire near Swain He te aarrived by a widow and itidraa. Hix oldest son. Beaton, ta Bait Data City; J. Monroe Cheater, at OosM City: Lawia S. Cheater, ai Son (ale CRT, UUd a daughter, Mrs

idolph. of Tioga, u a guest of

Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Marshall, on Firsl Daniel F. Crowell, of Lanrel Springs, has been risking Cape May friends .for •

Toriolgbt.

iMr. and Mrs. E. F. Kunkrl are occnpy ing their cottage oo Ocean street for tb<

of blue fire and

TUw Mte Ctete ai Fvanae. Tbe works of a dock made r* tha Oatbadral of Bt Oarrula d Arrencbae t two tone. Then are fire aaU of wheats, and tha hours are struck oo a baD weighing or*r aix tons by a >er of Z20 pounds There ore floor i to thia dock. Whfcb la the larfaat ta France.

Daniel laard at al to Joseph L. Paal flsuo — tracts la west te rilled Sammy .j and ooe treat oa tha south side of rood leading from Joe. M. Hands to Rio

Mr and Mrs Jars L Crease, of Philadelphia. and Mr. and Mr*. Morgan Hand, of Cape May Court Hoorn, ware on their o thslr father. Capl Maorioe a Franklin street boms oo

FACTS TOLD IN BRIEF:

d Washington ■

tlae

add family, of Philadelphia. hare opeoad their oottegv oo Ocean Ml-s Kate spent a portion of Ust summer at tha Cape aod waa very favorably ragar dad by all wbo met her. Mr. and Mrs. Beniamin I. Gibbon are spending some time at tbe Cape enjoying dally trips In thoir launch. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Gilbert, of Philadelphia. are oocnpyiog their cottage on oward street for the summer. Mrs. Thomas F. Kelly hat opened ber cottage on Bench avenue ad Is accompanied by ber Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Shearer hare taken a Franklin street cottage wl ley will occupy during tbe summer. Her. Arthur J. Smith, wbo conducted >* union revival erviom here last Winter, now in the midst of a snm raaful nm ai

BelaiV.iMd.

and Mrs. Louis H. Washburns, of Sangertiee, N. Y_ have been risking Mrs. Wash bn roe's parents. Mr. aod Mrs. John

K'rbyjln West Cape May.

Harry E Stereos, son of Pilot Daniel E. terras, has cloned his ysar's work at sfferaou Medical College. Philadelphia,

ad te now home for a vtaU. Dir. a wall-known MlilriUe _ . iFTing n cottage at

Cape May for the summer aod te a dally

wean Cape May and Out city.

OUray i. M cape May taking the place of C. Bari Miller, secretary of the Cape May Real Batata Company, while

Mr. Milter and bride am .

B- M. Wsaver, a well-known Pittsburg j uslaeee man. has taken the cottage o' . former Lnmael K. Miller, oo Hughm , street, sod will occupy te dpriag the

by John J. Ratty —Tbe Cabe May County Board of Tax itloo was organised by the elect loo of Kxtssemblyman Eugene C Coir as chairnan. and Lawyer Jonathan Hand, of Cape day Court House, as clerk. George L. Record, corporation counsel of Jersey City, annoaoeea that be te a candidate for tbe nomination for U. S. Senator |from New Jersey, on tbe Rr publican ticket, and te a Kooserelt Re-

publican.

—Tbe commencement of the West Cape May High School was also held last Friday teen Ing, the graduates being Ethel Hillman, KUxsbetb Eldredge. Emma Wheaton. Etta Letts, Gertrude Vasoar and Archibald Farmer. County Superintend-

ent, Barr delivered an address.

Lev. H. P. Crego. pastor of the Finn Dapltet Chnrcfa. te preaching a aeries of Sandsy sermon* upon the dootorioee of hb church. The serrooo for next Sdndsy even lug will be entitled "The Baptist

Dortorlne of Regeneration.”

—At the O. L. W. Knerr Daylight Store they now have on hand for sale a soureoir letter containing eight views of Cape May. These views are the rise of -postal card Views and are so arranged that the letter

KKAL ESTATE MOVES

Ocean City aod Beasley's Turnpike Oo. to Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Co. (73. Right of way along tbe Ocean City and Beasley's Point Turn-

pike. '

•oas C Smith Admr. to Axariab Sutton $73.50 tract of woodland and swamp the Tuckahoe Road and adjoining lands of Thomas Beasley and others. J. X* Marshall at al to I.ndlam M. Lee saae for five years, at |100. per yr. dwell-

ig bo nee Ac. at SeevUle.

Same to same laaas for fire years ate 190. per yr. store known as the SaaTitle Post

William W. Bishop to Socrates T. Shaw fll. lot 8. map B in the division of tha estate of Swain Shaw deceased, sit uate along

~elaware Bay.

te te James H. Shaw $1. lot 3. map B

Swain Shaw aetata.

M to Caleb Shaw et al $1- lot 13. map

R Sstain Shaw estate.

Same to Caleb Shaw $1. lot 7, map B

laaas Cohen, aoa of Mr. sad Mrs. Joseph a. will w Seeder east, Jaae A be i Kata. Levy.