CAPE MAY HERALD, THURSDAY. APRIL

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LOCAL COUNTY ITEMS PRtKK^UUKU

PETITION OVER CENTURY OLD

Waa l*r«TMir«I In Capa Maj Coanly I>urln< llaruiailoaarj War Tl>pn- luu> rrorolly been louad a prlilloo a tal.b w«» n>«.lp ap daring «h» Rcralait.vo«r) War. ahkloglbc Cap. M.TConnij MllilUBiFD Co rroialn al boair. Tba P»tir*oo nNola aa lolloaa. and 1 1 ■ •Ci,g t

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Kmi . Jlorrrnor. Captam <• • •» Coaimaadar la Chlrf. tn. aod . Tlir IViltlnn of Sundry ibr Inba’d Capr May county. Humbly Sbci

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CAPE MAY POINT.

The W eek'* (Keurreoce* In That |

Seaahore Keaort

The Maicra fruih the licrtuanHoapiul j I’bilaticlpbia, have i>(u:ncd the John II ; Lankt uau Home here for the Eaxtrr

Walter

f rbiladelphia. 1

CAre riAY COURT MOUSE

Partial List of Visitors at The County

Seat

School Director* of Middle tounablp Cape M<)

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r ; Hd..i your IVtlliooerm are eery appre rii . ' Urn-ire. u iht- a-aaou D DOW aileanctag.

1„ ' in »bicb Ibey can cruise a long our ooaa .

„„ I allho.il much danurr from the luclem lt { , ..f Ibc ecalber: that they will afalo to j f. ., Oiiruhom and do all the mtechiaf lo j M.rti power'. Aud tba threala, rcpeatedl) j a tiered hr ibe enemy, that tb.y will daa- ! tr.il our ..It worka. bum our bouaea and ! ntnn lrr the country; all tend, further to .nilrni u> In mtrapprebeualouaof danger. n..t 1 hr wbule of the mllltlatn a oollec.r I> »l) are but lew.and wbeu otwfourlh .it of tb ue few |. 00 duly a broal ( our .pec.ally aa we caonot apewllly obtain .ukt.nce from the aljavcot couutiaa. Your IVtltiooera do therefore bamhly ■u 1 -t that it m.y pleaae your Kroeiletj. r. < • tue premlar. under your conaldcra01. ..ml exempt tbr mllllii of Cape May. • I I, per ormlogtbeirtourof duty abroad, nd 10 poiut out ouch method*, aa may 3.be the inhxhltauta lo keep up a iwgu ie .Miardr-rir any other meaaure, yoor Jicelieucr may think moat eonduciee uraataay- Aod yoor Petitioner, aa

duty bound .hall ever pray.

10th ilarct

amn Eld rIwinck Newt

the

at Coort House has re. 111 ted lo a barmouioua aud aggre-sire movement ou the iwrt of both the advocate* Slid opponent, of Incorporation in behalf of better at reel, and aidrwalks The boroughitea have have agreed to ab .ndon their project 11 ehe other side wiii anile with them in pr - curing the Improvements at the bands o'

the Township Committee.

Postmaster Arlington Coraon. of S-mt !• keeper in the Court HouarXeltoual Bank.

Tbot

George Taylor Daniel Crowel * Zetiulo i Swaine Kobrrt Paraoo Cochran .-Ulathie, Foster

Hand

pick, hi- .

half dose...

DIAS CREEE. Item* of Personal Interest For Our Busy Renders Merc Little 1 Isreocv Toter, who waa severely burned severs! week* tgo In able to go oat ou pleasant days. lie is quite lame with bis burns. Mr*. Acbaah.cc .i llengcr waa calli ig on Ineniis at Cape May on TTiaraday

last.

County Su|wnnteo lent 0. O. Barr, risited our public sebo-1 one day lasl Capt. John Cullen and wife were visiting their daughter Etta, at Goaben on Wednesday. Charles Kelly of Philadelphia, wa» visiting Blends in the village over A number <>f our people went to Green Creek last week to attend the lodge entertainment and report a good time.’ Mias Della Norton spent Sunday with her friend, Mias May Cihadley of South

re visiting Hoy

■r Sunday

wife

HUQHKS AT UTICA.

UTICA. X. T.. April l-Oovernpr Hughes was the guest of tionor ot a banquet of the Utica chamber of cuw mete* last night. The governor. Introduced by the prewiden I of the chamber of commerce, spoke In part as follows: •The Importance of providing effective state supervision of public service corporations seems to be generally cm coded. I a ball not recount the griev sucew which have made the subject oik .f lutramount public Inlereal, If Is luffMeut fo say that the |>eo|>1e. wlth•ut unliimslty tdward rights of prop Tty. but with a just Insistence upon the performauce of public obligation*, demand that Ibe state shall exercise Its IKiwer over Its crealuree and compel due regard for the' dntlea which are corelallve to "the privilege* U has granted. ••Federal regulation la not a atibsHtute.for atate reguUtlon. Federal powers aud atate powers are exiwdsed lu dlffereut spheres. Congress has complete authority over Interstate eomtnerv . and” the atate cannot Interfere with the exercise of Us prerogatl ami It la desirable that the federal thorlty ahull lie fully oxerelsi-d until every abuse Incident.to Interstate merce la ended. “But however broadly Interstate commerce may be defined, there will remain the prwtdem of transportation wholly within the atate mid of other local public service. Over locnl domeatlc commerce aa dlstingulsl from Interstate commerce congtws : no power to exert control, and If the dttxens of the atate are to be pi tec ted m gainst abuse* of <*>n>orate pr lieges In connection with stu-h local dotnewtl.- commerce they must look for their remedy to the sUte and lo

1. Hsu

ta Whllldln

,• Hand

:is Kltnnoda

-1 Smith

than Jenkins

Kx-kr

Tbomss Scott

>U. Ji

WUIlstn Yal

I'li, I ip Godfrey Ejoch VYi'lcU

lasiwh Stiles

Joseph Lu llsm Chiatopber l.-smyns ■Um-• Godfrey Shsmgar HewtU

It »b tisrris

K ijah Townsend

Tboa Stiles

Jacob Wdlets Joshus Gar re 1*00 qd John Bakers Arch'd Hu rhea ir Stephen Young

John Golden John Gotdeu John Stltws

David Townsend

m Haul. Jr

. JJavld Hedge*. 'Uranus Townsend Jsoo-ka Swsin irius Uorwou Henry Y. Towoaeod .ss Eldmlge Kroben l-mUam ~rph Coraon Christopher Ludlai .mea Godfrey. Jr John Townsend. Sr

tb Corson Jesse Coraon r.Conbu Henry Young >b G sndy Bern Coraon : idorsedi A Prtitloa from the Militia of Cape May. 10 March, 17W. State of New Jersey. Office ot Adjutant General. Trenton. March IS, 1J0T. rrrb, certify that the foregoing la copy ot the original paper now on HI K. riKBBK BKEITXaLL. Adjutant -General.

THROWS DOWN GAUNTLET.

CIXCIXNATiXapiII 2.—Cbarlea P. Tuft hua accepted for bte hn.tber. tb. Aw ret ary of war. the challenge sent by Senator Fothker. and the fight b now on In Oh 16. Mr. Taft nays In lib tonual acceptance of the smtator s de fiance that "this Is a direct contest 1-e tween the friends of the admlnistm Hon of President Hoosevelt ami his op ponents." ami the woo tier It Is submitted to the people the hetter. The reply to J-'oraker says In i*rt: “Senator Kocnker's statement ludl cate* that be Is running for the prt-sl dency ami for Hie senalorshlp. Tin friends of Secretary Taft are urging him for the presidency. -A* the aen a tor ha* Included the two olfices III this primary contest. Secretary Taft's friends accept the prn|Mmlllon nod will make It a distinct contest—Taft ft the pie*ldenoy or aeunlnrahlp or For aker for the prraldency or aenatori ship. “If the Kepublb-an* of Ohio. Iiy tlM-lt vote* at the primaries. Indicate that they prefer Fontker for the presi deory or senatondilp. Secretary Taft Is ellinlnatetl from the i>olltlcnl Klimt Hon. If the |>e>tile of Ohio Indira It Secretary Taft for the |ier*idency 01 seuatorsblp. Senator Foraker Is ellin luaitsl from the |«dltle*l altitaHnn It ohW

ALMANACK DE GOTHA. ■naaoey of This OM s>« WoeM 9mwtoum laatltatioa. The Almanacfa de Gotha Is more than n almanac. It la an Instiyittaa Bravely arrayed In red and gold. It He# •n the table of every diplomatist, la Is ranatsiit request lu tbe newspaper ofof all countries aod makes a wider more Imeritntlonal ap|>eal than any etber annual of reference In tba world. It Is to Kun>|s- wbat Burke and Debrett and the other peeragea are to tba British Isles, and It Is also the lineal ancestor and model of such topical encyclopedias aa our Whittaker, our Hasell ami our Statesman's Yearbook. A iMdltlcnl ami auclnl history of the world for the last I.V) years could be written from Its back numbers If these were readily accessible to students. But they are not Tbe Almanacb de Gotha began to appear In 1*03, but the purchasers did not file It for reference. The earliest numbers In the British museum are those for 1774 and 1*83, and a complete set can be consulted nowhere except In The editorial office In Friedrich's Alice In the little Thuriuglau capital. Probably not In ten thousand of those who currently use the almanac has any knowledge ot Its Interesting history'. It bad of course It* prcdeceason. Tha^hlbllogrnpities of .dmanaes are ttomfSpMis tome*, ami the middle of the eighteenth century was the golden age of this kind of llicrature. In Paris alone aa many aa seventy-throe almanac* were published lu the year 1*00. htclm'lng n royal almanac, an almanac for merchants, an almanac for Freemason*. an almanac of bensta. an almanac of badinage, etc. Tbe city of Gotha Itself bad Its own almanac from a still earlier date In the shape of an "Improved Gotlia genealogical and writing calendar.” tffe origin of which la lost lo the mist of antiquity, though a copy dated 1740 survive*.—Frauds Cribble In Scribner's.

A FEAT OF MEMORY. kaagwlll's Rnot*leggr at the Ram, As an Indication of the quality of Zangwill's mental proves*** I may relate an inclde.n that occurred while we were pro iuclns 'The Children of tbe Uhelto.” Mr. Zan .« HI was sc In my offi-c. ami we were going over some ot Hie details of tbe play. It tbe day that l-al-ori. Intimately uected. with the Jircytu* case In Paris, was assassinated. Knowing that Zangarlll bad ultimate knowledge of tbe case, a New York newspaper sent representative up to see him. Tbe reporter cnlcrvd and after conveying tbe

T O give relief when most needed to (yet the insurance money in the hands ol the afflicted family with as little red tape ns possible,such hits ever been the aim of

The Prudential

Nearly hall the total number of Industrial Chums paid by The Prudential in lilOtl were paid direct by the local offices, thus obviating the delay of sending the papers to headquarters before payment.

BCCUABKHT. April i - Disturb anccs arc reported from Putua. lu Mol darla. and many case* of plundering Incendiarism aud armed conflict In Wallachla. A numlwr of pcnsnntihave been killed or wounded by troops at Langa and Fatnlele.' At Gnllcca. In the center of tbe d.studied area, nil tbe ringleaders bare been captured The communes of Huerexaul and Pc genl are In full rerolL and tn>o|m have been dispatched there.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

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WEST CAPE MAY

Elmer WilleU spent Friday in Phfla delphia ou business. Capt. John Douzlass, of the schooner John Uos*. oho reside* at Swain ton, was visiting his mother in tbe village

this week.

C pt. Wm Tomlin spent .the Easter I oliday* under the home roof, while hi* vsssel waa discharging a cargo of sugar in Philadelphia. FISH INC'CREEK. Ilae Little Town Furnishes Many Items ol Interest William Lornt and William McPherson. spent Sunday at Atlantic (Sty. Mrs. Wm. McPherson 1* entertaining Mr*. Laura Peek aod daughter, and Josephine Petclson of PbilsdripUn,

this week. .

.Hsrrv L*-*mlng and wile took tea with D. M. Wool son and wife on don

day. '

Caleb .Shaw entertained J. K Bishop of Philadelphia over conday. Edward \Y00U0n made a bovine** tnp to PhHadelpb a the first of the

Harry Htite* and isi Holly Beach, cawr over hereon Sunday .0 attend the funeral of Ibe infant of Lemuel Schrlleoger. Mrs. Emma Js o**, of PbUadc'p^Ui, spent Friday with her dsnghti Miaars Berths Haad and Lola 8ha», of Erma, spent Hun-lay with Mr-.

iWMattuews.

Mrs Ida Ctanww of Cap* May pjiM.

Tbe Adjoining Borough Mr. AlUsrd Hillman was aa -router visitor at Atlantic City. Mr*. Anna Lodlam. of Hammonlon, w*s visiting friends in tbe borough over Easter. Mr. aud Mrs. Coleman Camp have been entertaining company from Court Boon this week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reeve*, of Pblladel phfa, were calling on relatives and friends In the borough on Monday. A new post office building le being erected at tbe end Swain's grocery store which will be ready la about two weeks. Mr*. Ira Torner aod -laughter Grace, of Rio Gnmde. spent Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. Warren C. Neal, of York The Slate Sewerage Commleeloo will permit Wee* Cape May to empty their sewerage in Cepe Island Creek, and tbe borough will be compelled lo Install a disposal plant or connect with Cape May City's main.

WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO.

ONEONTA. N. Y, April 2.-Mr*. E I.m eland, a niece of the late C. P Huntington and a beneficiary undr Hie latter'* will, was Instantly kllle yesterday while operating a new auto mobile which had I wen delivered U her on Saturday. v attempting to thru around on Chestnut street Mrs. Loveland unlu tentkmally turudd uu full (lower, ami -ar abut acpuis the sidewalk' anil (•lunged over a stone wall that crowns twenty foot embankment. Mrs Loveland waa thrown from the car aIt dropped to tbe ground, aud her ueck -as broken. Mrs. Loveland's daughter. Mrs. J. It Bickford of Boatuu. who orcnpled tbe with her mother, escaped with alight bruises.

"The Country Dsy by Day” la the title f a series ol article* which appear each day la Tag Puu.xDri.raix Paaaa. The •erics Is a review of tbe present day eou ditioos aod is exttMnely valuable as giving new aud toterewtiog aide light* of this greet country country of our. If yo ler The Pnxas served at yoar home 1 lay* In the week yon are sure of getting the best there ta both aa to news aod otta I

ALBANY. N. T-. April 2.-Tbe Hi Inga of tbe coort martial appointed try the charges against Captain Lonl* Wend cl. First battery of New York of Irregularitle* In Ilia control of tbe First battery armory In New York city were sent to the executive chamber by Adjutant General Nelson II. Henry The findings and nentence of tbe conn will not be made public until given out liy Governor Hughes. It la generally assumed, however, that tbe court has found him guilty by default.

tba meat Important highway IdUa be fore tbe b-^slalara. It was Introduced by Mr. West ami provide* that tbstate shall pay the entire coot of fa

"Indeed':'' said Mr. ZingwtU. ”1 think I can p epare that for you. Come to see me In three or four days, and 1

will have it ready."

“Wc want it now." objected the newspaper man. “We want to print It Ip pur (lapcr tomorrow morning.'' ‘Tlul yon surely don't expect me to quote you date* and facta out of my mind on the spur of the moment, do youT asked Mr. Zingwtl] In astonish roenk “Such a thing D out of reason." >ut It's tbe only way we can make u*c of It," replied tbe newspaper man firmly. Mr. Zaqyrwill thought r moment and tlieo asked If he could hare my stenographer for a abort time. He was called In. and Zangwlll dictated to him then and there a two colresume of all the famous trials of blstoryr from Savonarola down, and quoted every Important date and hlsconnected with eaclu— From "Israel Zangnilt" by George &

iVlcr. In Bohemian.

The Crovralag Blow. ••Mothers and nurses have devised and Invented many ways of procuring obedience and correct behavior froth their little charge*." said a park policeman. “The familiar 'bogy man' la still employed, trat the time* change and tbe people with them. Tbe last fine day. when tbe park waa filled with mother* and narses. 1 heard a new way of appealing to tbe love or fear of a child. A stylishly dressed young woman leading an Irrepreaalble youngster, after making all •orts of threats and promisee without effect, said. ‘Child, child, you give me wrinkles under my. f "—New York Free*.

■vw Terk Markets.

FLOUR—Quiet, bu

Chi. A Northw..lt*H Southern Per. TO' D. AH WH Southern R> . rit Erie South. Ry. pf.. T1 Gen. Electric....14*1* Sugar 136 Ifi. Centra! I46V4 Texas Pacific... 1.1 barkaw*nna . 4* Union Paetflc . IriS Louie A Nash.. JI* C. •- Bteel Manhattan 1M U. 8 Steel pf. Int.-Met Sq West. Union...

Missouri Pac. ..

Clams at Top-noteh Prioe Cape Mav conntj'elam longer* ar orlvlna $7 SO per •.honaaod for tbe blvalrea h ta a record breaklog price.

The Famous SL Louis

Our Matting Display :

is larger this S|)riiin Ilian ever before. l^ist si-anon we miIiI more inatlitigs tliun any [■n \ ii-tie year and we propose to make this the hiimier year. We have purchased tliiccl from one of llie lurcest ini|iorters of Chiun uml JupHiie^mattinns h large number of the prettiest designs utid offer you over 10,0,! RtiUs, t® KruM

Do not e kind T iu both t

seconds, hut lirnt «•

iifenor s goods

ALL 1907 PATTERNS

CHARLES A. SWAIN, 30S-7 Jackson Street

CAPE MAY, N. J.

Tv Care a Bad Habit. A way to cure a had habit Is thus explained by the Ber. Ssmnel Mc-uBmb 1 the New York World: If you bare habit you wish to get rid of put your mind upon It after going to bed. Ba solve to discard that habit at the mo ore lapsing from aemlcouInto complete unconscious Bepeat the operation several nlghtm. aereral weeks If necessary, and core will follow, provided that the day after the first night the experiment Is started you obey tbe Impulse that will on yon to avoid the

An Irish lad on tbe east side was obliged recently to seek treatment at a dispensary. On bis return bom* from tbe first treatment be was met by Ibis inquiry from his mother: TAo' what did the docthor man say was the matter wld your oyer "He said there was some furrln sub stxnre lo It." “ShoreT exclaimed tbe ohl woman with an I-toM-yoo *o air. “now. maybe, ye'll kape away from tblni Lyetallai. borsT -Bmcr** Magtxlue. tbr IPid Place. "What; Flab.u* ou the Salfcathr

J_' world for the money. 8A-borer __ power 106-inch wbetl base. 2230 pounds Great speed and endurance. Thoroughly fip-to-date,

freaky. Very quiet. Wonderfully One Welsbach Lamp

comfortable The aim pleat car built and the easiest to operate. Many exclusive feature*. A positive revelation to those who have net

Will give you

More Light than

Built by the originators of tbe famous Integral motor and transmission system and the three-point suspension; and backed by fourteen

s Tt, Lboi. b-T, ! [ In taUeiiti it. tq « ul k ami

been defeated in any endor- 1

4 Open Flame Gas Burners

or 4 Electric Lights AT 1-4 THE COST

a ace control, and have won many speed contests over cere of far

greater'(rated) power.

1901 Uriel II Biiaboul, 92250 1901 Model 18 tonriig ui 92500 Write tor descriptive drcalsr. or better ill. arrange for a demonstration. Cape May Auto Co.

BottY Phone*

To the Cl y Ooonelt of the OH y of Ospe May: ■."tfsgg-assffrr? Cliy of Cape May. oad State of N*w Jer •ry. commencing shoot two hand red fe ■ (300) east ward of the Reading railroad track* and ooellaulng weatwaidly along -tag with tbr

Baking Company

NOTICE OF ELECTION

PoUle Notice 1* hereby gtren that so CIcctloa will be held «l the Township loose, 1a Lower township. Cape May ooniy, New Jersey, aw , TUESDAY, APRIL M. MS

morn lag sad aevta o'clock la the eveningxt wbtot Urns all Iroalvyere of the tewaffleuTorBONDe orth“amount OF nv* THOUSAND DOU^HB for the perpnee pf alleetc^. repairing. SSiSSVhirth.tLir-

WetiliaUllcaOJi TM

Remember—We do Plumbing CAPE MAY ILLUMINATING COMPANY 406 Washington Street. O. A. Merchant, Jr, Gen. Manager. ?ocal PHO « E n*' It

Established 1886. ^ Bell Phone 97x The Daylight Store | Correct Millinery | For Ladies « Md Children Easter will be here pretty soon, you’ll want n new hat. There is so much that is Novel and Fetching in our Spring Styles thHt you should’nt overlook them. Then-our prices are right, and you always get lull valueIf you have one of our hats then you’ll be all O. K. lor Spring. O. L. W. KNERR. 618-20 Washington St.

WM. S. SHAW GENERAL CONTRACTOR •min la £ime, Sirick, Sand, Cement and Sni/dert to. StatenaU. ill gur. JW

HOWARD F. OTTER

FURNITURE and MATTRESSES •xo.v-asxwwux"