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VOL. VI. NO. 48

CAPE MAY. N. J.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER ay, 1906.

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ODD FELLOWS OFFICERS Grand Lodge Elects Officers At Trenton TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY

The New Jereer Grand tixlge

Odd FVWowb lust Thureday at Trenton, ll

elected the following oBCer*: Grand Master, Hurry L. Jones. Tren-

ton: deputy grand master. Assemblyman. Frank Crowthera , D. D„ Perth Amboy: grand scribe, Harry S.

Pine. Camden; grand treasurer, seph R. Deaeon. Bordentown; g representatives. Harry J. Melosb-

Jersey Ctty, and C. F. Fleming Slang er. of Qlaasboro; grand chaplain. Rev. Joseph Ketchln Mining. D. D.. Trenton; grand marshal. Thomas B. Eng Hah, Ridgewood; grand conductor. William T. Robbins Hamilton Square; grand guardian. Henry w - Bgner. Jr. Newark; grand herald. Clarence Paul.

Atlantic City.

Henry Melosfa, of Jersey City; Frank Toaaey. of Camden; Augustus Grass man, of Hoboken; E. U Pearsall, of Jersey City; Joseph R Deacon; of Bordentown; Chester Thompson, of Clinton, and Wesley B. Stout, of -As bury Park, were nairod as a Committee to acquire the Odd Fellows’ Home of Trenton, or to erect a new Institution elsewhere, tSo.OOO having been appropriated for the purpose.

On Impure Elections.

The Court House Oaaette wants pure elections. Here Is what It had to say on this subject In 1U last week's Issue: "Unless the evil of marked ballots can be stopped La this Stale, tha govam

ment of the cotamoowo

tually tall into the hands of the boodlerm exclusively. In the last election It Is claimed that there were at least 1000 marked.ballots In Cape May County alone, and this means that at least 1000 votes were bought by

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or that representatives of both parties are supposed to bare been more or less addicted to the habit for years So far as purely party advantage U concerned. It ts as fair for one as the other, but those who care more for honest elections and good government than they do for temporary success of any party or taction feel that the time has come when I be evil must be abated, or government of the people, by the people, tor the people will be a thing of the past To stop It would be comparatively easy. When the Legla lature amends the election laws so that no ballots shall be circulated out aide of the polling places, then, and not till then, will the marking of ballots for Identlflcadon be stopped."

They Think They Are

The troth that most of the men who are popularly rrgsrJed as politi laust ' boI politicians at all. They know Ut or nothing of the science of politics of the deeper motives that control I be votas of the people, ot what may be called the p-ycnologicml factors in the for men with s poll, for workers who can "handle 1 ' certain touts, for tools who will do dirty work a ad that ka about all. They would laugh In acoru-

fol incredulity at I

ago by M. J. Hot which bad to bo coat pint sd by the boadamea of Hogan and Co.. Hanot fimtfaad the job far them work cost the - akty aboat Mb .000 aad

RED MEN PARADE All South Jersey Members go To Millville 4000 MEMBERS TOOK P1RT Inc of Parade Extended For Bei era! Hquarea — Great Cblefb Make Speeches

Red Men from over a acorn of towni New Jersey practically owned Mill ville Saturday and tt)e demonstration proved lo be the greatest that secret order baa ever attempted in thia

Started one month ago, the plana fa local celebration soon grew ontil 3Ute demoDatrationWs the only way out 'of the matter. Joint counth from Manoiuaakia ami Toar-sla Tribes oi Red Men went to work with a w R. 1 Invitations were extended to every tribe of Red Men in the State, and the turning oat of every tribe rilhhi s radius of a bundral miles apeaks volfor the friendly spirit wKh which tbe.Millville Red •*ro—about KW—are considered by tbeir fellow warriors. Special trains from <'amden, Atlantic lily. Cape Slay, and Ft rt Norm brought hundred-, of rxcuraiosiau to witneaa Ibe psradg. The traction companies bad difficulty in accommodating the crowds, and many living within twenty miles drove there rather than

Uke chances.

The parade termed on Second Street, starting at Broad, and the seven divisions rested on Oak, Vine Mulberry, Pine, Sassafras and Main btm-U Tenbanda aad four drum corps enlivened tbe parade, which was in charge of Marph Wessick and bis aides, Fred Bailey, Robert McGalup. Howard Meyers and Mark Chambers. Tbe Red Men in Hoe were about equally divided as to costumes, half be.nt in the drvja of Indian warriors with paint, feathers, moccasin, and auiU and the other half io dturo’a at-

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Tbe m Minted “braves’’ careening about Ibe streets prior to the parade acted as a restraint to tbe crowd, keeping them wilbiu tbe police lines. ' Floats representing the work of the Men and -oloo bumoroas events, ./Which every Red - brother it lamilisr with, followed. Nr, 'The Hoe of march from Main StasM led. down Second to Florence Avenue, Third, to Broad, lo Columbia Avento Mulberry,to Fourth, to Main, to High, to Broad and-tlien conntermarcfatq High and Main SlreeU, where the le was dismissed - Folios log tbs parade all who- could gathered in tbe rooma of Tuscola Tribe tbe great chiefs held a levee, waking short addnease There were seven dntalons, and tbe dxthdivMooa was made np as follows: Cape May City Band. OgalUlla Tribe So. IK of Cape May; Waprila Tribe,No. ■Be of Wildwood, Ponemah Tribe, No, 18S ot Chpe May Court Hones. Meqoaa tribe. No. 24B of Delmont.

STRONG WORDS AGAINST BRIBERY llev BnrauHpcaks MIimI Kres-ly Upon This KahJect F'rom Pulpit . Jmbwi llurna. In hi- ae.iuon on -tnnday rvenlaaat'be M. K.Chnix-h.-pokr his miod freely upui Ibe question of bri-

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lion. Hr Mid il-ai a lieu we pick candi'lolea for Pr»ddrot and Gorerilsct bo seal men. but wbeo It aalrctlng officers for Wanrr pool. ' wars not . so careful sod voted to do public buslneaa whom wi would not trust for privgia business.

Resorts at Jamestown.

Tbe New Jersey Commission to the Jamestown Ter-eentennlal Exposition, o be held near Norfolk, Virginia, beween April £8 and December 1. 1*07.

URIE* OF PATRIOTIC SERMONS. Rev. Mr. Roma wifi deliver tbe fifth of a series of sarinoaa on Notional and Pat.iotic ■ objects In tbe M. E. Choreh, oo Bunday evening entitled; ther I. •'What ConsUtutea Dangers Which Threaten Our National Life." T6 these the pubUc and especially aou-church going men are cordially

There b a peculiar lalortet t-rioogiaf to the still deter Sowers, which abide as the tpproaefa of wlalar. Tbofa

WHAT THE OPEN GAME HAS DONE FOR FOOTBALL

—Oonabou In Cleveland Plain Dealer.

REAL ESTATE COMPANY REQUEST Aak l« Have Their Property Valued At SOOOOOO County Board of Taxation held a public bearing for appeal* Imat Friday. nosi important case heard wa« that of tbe Cape May Heal JSalats Company whose assessment' was set by Asketaof Hughes at fMO.600, which made their tax bill *l9.9fD. This wa> in accordsooe with Instructions given him by the bnanta committee of Tbe aty has issued bonds on soconat of tbe <hpe May Heal Ratals Company’s uvements to the a meant <•'$217,000, and tbejutsresl on them aasount to •12^30, annually. The - county tax ■ary to pay their share amounts to *4.000. and the sinking fundryqaired is HJD00, making a total gf $30,330

of* the Bute represent, an Important industry has arranged to conteaort Bureau" at the Exposition A suitable building,jrtll be provided awl a competent attendant baa been secured for the purpose of afford Ing an opportunity to secure publicity moderate expense to those participating. No charge, whatever will be made by the Commission for the use of the building nor'for tbe attendant, but each resort la to furniah. transport and Install such photographs, booklets. matter as may be deemed advisable without coat to the commlaIt Is the desire to be entirely i tbe various competing resorts and so we wish to offer an equal oppor them all. Not knowing just what official or organization to addreaa Jng this meant to bring the matter before the public of your community. In order that they may know the conditions under which the exhibit sill be mad*. It may be that thia proposition wW appeal to the Common or some public organization such aa a Board of Trada. If any further Information la de-

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to bear Its own expense Qty Solicitor Learning appeared. before tbe Tax Commlaaionen staling tbat tbe finance committee, consisting of rs. James J.Doak, William ft. Sbaw and F. bid lie y Townsend, bad agreed the night before to an Assessment ob 1000,QUO, or a reduction of 98.1U.OJ, In their tax bills. Tbe Board baa not yet rendered its decision. If tbe'Boarl grants the request, there will be deficiency of *8,112 in the money sppropelled for tbe current year.

Lewis T. Bryant. Lock Box 41. Atlantic Ctty, N. J.

Reform In Road-building. Elijah C. Hutchinson. State Road' >mmlaaioaer, baa struck upon a plan which win be a reform In the method of road-bull ding In the State. It has always been the custom of the depart11* accept the plana of the county engineers Tbe State pays part of the

Inspection of the road l dorse meat at the plana are mad this way the Stale Department a

. and Mrs. Ernest W. Lloyd visiting friends and relative* in Bridgeten. Mr and Mrs. John F. Jacoby, passed Sunday at I heir Columbia avenue cott- !*• Rev. Arthur Hess, of Laosdowoe, will officiate in tbe P. E church of tbe Abrnt on Sunday next Tbe family of Hhennan Sharp are meats of relatives and friends in Bndgrton ever tbe holidays. Mrs Catlett ami son of Washington, •re visiting her mother, Mrs Sarah "oater, of Perry and Mansion streets Miss Helen Wiley has been selected us tbe additional teacher m tbe priiuary department of the public acbool. Rev. Arthur Hess will conduct Thanksgiving services lu the Church of ie Advent at eleven ocVluck to-day. Wadsworth reese, cashier of the Court House bank, has been elected ashler of the Pitman National Bank Jauira ■* Eld red gr, of Peoria, III. is visiting Cape May friends and relatives, Jkia bis tirat visit to Cape May for six yarn-*. f Geqrge Baum is having another haod>me cottage built on Jackson street, adjoining the one be now owns and

Survey of the Cape May Haybor. From Camden Post-Telegram. Cape May’s boomers are pleased by the derision of tbe War Department to make three surveys of the proposed harbor of refuge-at East Capa May. These surveys are for depths of 16, 20 aad 26 feet, with estimates of the coat respectively of e^etr'dredglng opera'll will coat the government a million dollars at least to make an entrance snd barber atjffitt point and It Is quea MonAble whether it would be need ae a •belter for many craft except pleasure boats aad a few coast m- as tarproi which there la greater need aad which would be vastly commerce, la the proposed from the Delaware river I catting straight across the lower part of the State, to Groat Egg Harbor Inlet which la a natural ’harbor refuge, and requiring for Its use large vaaaal the channel

r. Irl Tbe Rev. Iri H. Hicks has been riled by the popular demand to rauos the publication of his wed known and popular Almanac for 1807. This odld Almanac is sow randy. ~

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tb cents, by W< CoarsBT, 2301 Locust Street, sola, Mo., pabUahers of Woao ssn of tko boat duller monthly

PERSONAL MENTION

Autumn Visitors are Numeroii. About Town

TOUR RIME MIT BE IBClUDEu

Happenings of a Week Among Vo-i Relatives and Friends Tersely Told—Other Mention

Frank K. Hebentbsl, John Hickey, and Walter Smith of bcbellenger’a l-aodlng, are oo a gunning trip through

tbe sounds

aaoe Baras, pastor of tbe M.K Choreh, will preach tbe Union Tbankagiviog service at tbe Baptist Church at 10,80 this morning. Mrs, William F. Oasqldy and diughw, Mias Rebecca, and Mrs. Charles P. Eld radge, are spending a vacation in Philadelphia find Chaster. The funeral of'Mrs. William Godfrey occurred from her late residence in West Cape May on Sunday afternoon, tbe Rev. James Jlurns oSctaQng. N. Z. Graves, who recently purchased the farm of John Brown above West Cape May. has awarded a contract for building a large barn to William L. Cummings and Son. A. D. Ewing, son of «x-Sbenfl 8. E. Ewing, left on Monday morning for Washing foe, where he will remain throughout the winter as private secretary to Horace M. Oaks. Thomas B. Wanamaker, a partner id eon of John Wanamaker, the merchant pripce, of New York and Philadelphia, will build a 9 26,000 new Burner home on Beach avenoe. Mrs. George Baum has returned to her Jackson street home after a pleasant visit to her former home in Pori Dunleer, County ftoath, Ireland. She was accompanied by bln sister, Mias

Mary Oallan.

City Solicitor ] Spicer Learning baa fen selected by tbe Cape May Real Estate Company as tbeir oounael, in place of Edmund B. Learning, recently appointed a Vice Chancellor.. Hey. H. D. Laverty, D* D. preached bin fsrwell seam on at Cold Spring Presbyterian Choreh on Banday morning. In tbe evening be did tbe same West Gape May cbapel. Lurgv cougreg* lions beard him. Tbe marriage of Mias Edna Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jamas T. Bailey, formerly of Cape May, to Mr Alexander Murray, of PhoaaixvUla, Pa, oepfombar 22, la announced. ' They 1 THU Cape May Sunday.

f Norristown, Pa.

has bean rutting her son Supervising Principal C. E. Deduct of the Public Schools. To-day Mr. aad Mrs. Dechant will pay a Thanksgiving and re-

FACTS TOLD IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered for Oui Buoy Readers Big line of Fruits, Nuts and Candy a ogon’s. —Woodbine factories ary rushed with orders. There are no idle bands in tbe town. -Diphtheria having abated tbe public schools of Cape May Court House again opened. -A number of Cape May County sjifeumen have lost vauabie rabbits bound* through tbe work of poisoner, A large dreege is at work filling in Ibe lota along Beach Creek, Angleeea. where many Philadelphians own boatbooses —Riley Mlxner, of Gosben, baa been ippointed to tbe United States Life aviog Service and will be stationed at Cape May. -Toe Cepe May County Board of Taxation will sit at tbe borough hall id Holly Beach ou Friday night to bear ppeals. —Set Isle t ity Council will expend a large amount of money during tbe wind the opening and erteetton of qew streets -Rev. Joseph Reeves has accepted pastorate ol tbe Baptist Church at Palermo and will assume charge on January 1. —Tbe Daughters of Pocahontas will bare a Thanksgiving potpie supper In tbe Holly Beach Borough Hall on rhuradsy night. -Tbe heavy winds which sprang up yesterday afternoon canard several i to be put at anchor a few bno1 red yards ofl tbe pier. -Tbe_gunners are not haying very oactrlock now. Much of the game has been killed ofl. so many were out the drat week of the season. —Hereford Lodge, No. 106, L O 0.*F. •f Cape May Court House, will have a big time on Thanksgiving, when they iold their annual supper. —Tbe Carpenters snd Joiner* of America forty strong, enjoyed s bannet at the Hotel Fenwick, Hildwood i honor of tbe election of national Beers. —Tbe borough officials of Avalon, tbe Seven-Mile Beach resort, have under consideration a proposition made by Henry .Brooks, of Pbiladeipbia, for lighting that town. —fbe harvesting of holly, cedar and laurel baa started In the ftoath Jersey woods snd swamps, and mamy men women and children are making money gathering Ibe greens for dty florists. -The Wildwood and Holly Beach Board of Trade and tbe borough of North Wildwood or Angleeea, are considering the proposition of being repremted at tbe Jrmesfowne Centeno irl. —Owners ot speedy horses in tbe various sections of the county held a ting at Cape Msy Court House on Saturday and laid plans for tbe organisation of a trotting horsemen's association. —Several of tbe churches of • Five ile Beach will combine ip anion Thanksgiving services on Thursday at the First Baptist Church. Hey. L. W. King, of the Methodist Church will deliver tbe sermon. .

NEWS OF THE COUNTY Locsl Topics ot Qentr«l Interest Mentioned PARIGRAPHS CONDENSED DOWN

i la Tbe County Briefly Told-Cbetty Paragraphs Mentioned Hnrvrylng for New Road County Engineer Fendall Smith was this week making a survey for the proposed 8tats road between Court House ■nd South Didnis. Making Christmas Wreaths Tbe people in the vidoity of Delmont, this county, are busy making wreaths for tbe Pbiladeipbia hoi day trade. From every bouse come* tbe sound of tbe tack hammer.

Directors Erank E. Bate. Fishing Creek. William Shaw. Tockaboe. and A. T D. Howell. Diat Creek were on Wednesday elected local directors of what is known aa tbe Fanner's Reliance Fire Insurance Company an organisation connected with tbe Grange. Pytblaoa. Have a Big Time The Dennisville Chapter ol the Knights of Pythian* bad a gala night Saturkay wben the Dorchester Knights payed then a friendly visit. Many preparstioos were many lor tbe event which wae the most interesting, ever held in tbe town. After the regular work of the evanlug, a banquet was held. Speeches wen made by members from both lodges. Advertise With Us A glimpse at tbe columns of this paper will convince you which paper in the county tbe advertisers consider Ibe Our Urge drculstion U appreciated by all op to date bustuesa men. Other papers may be accorded tiie highest dreoUUon in the county but it U wholly through ignorance on the part of tbe one making such a

Judge J. M. E. Hildreth, at Bridge id on Moodfty imposed sentence upon WiHlam DeLucca, tbe yonug Greek who convicted at Ibe recent term of tbe Criminal Ounita for wrecking a train on tbe Central Railroad near Vineland. itence ol tba Court was tbat be stand confined in Ibe State prison bard labor for a period of five years and thence till coals of proaecutloa ere paid. Tbe case will be appealed to tbe higher courts oo a writ of error through aosel, Louis H. Miller. Bail fixed at 9*000, tbe young man,* father, Thomas DeLooca, going on

raaoed at Trenton on Tuesday, Ni Jersey only gave in tbe aaeembiy vc plarslity of 4,374 for tbe tUpuUtcaa* or against 30,000 last yew and 67.000

- —asauglfi^ul Chart- r Ua—toll. UMM*. m Bfci Muaaf ftoto. Muto to* Otofig

Will of Ja On behalf of cx-Postmaster Louis S. Chester, of Sea Isle Qty, Camden lawyer* bare begun suit in tbe Orphan's Court, attacking the will of the late tmes Chester, of Gosben, Cape May mnty. At foe tune of bis death Chester left ■ estate valued at 920,000, the bulk of which went to bis daughter, Alfaratta C, Massinger, wife of Dr. Massinger, of Colli ngswood. Tbe grounds upon which tbe coolest is being made are ■

County to Receive 94,100.40 Cape May county will receive as ns apportionment of the (ranchis# tax for 1906 under the Voorbees law $1,106 49. Ibis tax is baaed in the gross receipt! of corpora t urea for last year. Tbe tux la sms isad by the State Board of Taxation bnt is collected by the various ■umdpafitm. Fox Hunt To-Day A grand fox bunt will be run at Green Creek and along the Bayatda road to Denaisville to-day. Twenty i, accompanied by a dosen bounds, participate. Foxes have been re-

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pays e bounty for nil that are destroy-

Tbe venous Boards ol Education of Oapa May county are to meat at Capa Hay Court Houas on December 16th. They will be addressed bv Prof. Charles J. Baxter, the Stato Superintendent of Schools, and Prof. Louis Bouviar, super, intendeut ot High Schools.