Onh pj|Kr lu the County that Hlin A Col ami Comic Section UI1\ A Bureau ol Fashion Page llflU Th^ Moat County Notes VOL. VII. NO. 17.

CAPE MAY HERALD.

Twelve County Towns Represented In This Week s Isstir. j More Than Any Two County Papers u Combined - - Largest Circulation

CAPE MAY. N. J.. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1907. EIGHT PAGES

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TO SAVE HER FATHER, WOMAN DIES OF BURNS

Mrs. J. Spicer Learning Dies on Tuesday Evening as a Re suit of Her Bums

FIRE ENGINES SAVE RESIDENCE

Or. Jonathan Oramlo'a. Who Hat Boob an Invalid rue Several Yaara And Wbooc Lire Mr* (x-atnl'nit Trled # Id Have A loo Dloa

Of lajarlra

A fire * tic!, prured to be dangerous !• life "and properl:. warn lbat which uc cumd ol the reatdence of lltv Solicitor J. bpt^r Learning, corner Hughe* and Franklin Mrvel*. about two o'clock. Moo afternoon. An oil »U>ve which waa iiard lu the aick room of Kx-Senator Jonathan F. Learning. wa». either npMt qr el: ploded and canard the Are. Mr. learning baa been 111 for more than a year and bad been confined to bla bed most of the time He waa being nuraed by Mho. Klixabelli

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lighted the room'the chill which wav OOCaaiomd by the aontb wind blowing, and had temporarily left the room ooaurrraod. Be fore abe returned the fire had alartad. The beroivm of Mia* Sbrevr deaerves the greatest of praise. Three times *ne attempted 10 reach the Doctor, and was driven bfick by tbe fire and amoke. boi never faltering abe’ Dually drag cd him from tbr room at the risk of her own lile, end tbeaurvivor* of the fireliare nothing bot commendation for her br«vy deed. A* abe could. ML* Shreve succeeded In gvttiugtbcrx Senator out of btarooui.dur lug this linae bis daughter. Mrs. L laplori Learning, had run lout the room b< auotbrr door to get her father out, not knowing that Miaa Sbrerr waa laboring in tbr flames ou tbe other aide of the room Mr*. learning fought her way through tbr firv to brr father* brd. aud beo.miug bewildered in not Hading'him. ah* re-covered-aufficieutly to-figbt her way back through tha fir* again, aud by which abe waa *0 severely burned that she did uit recover from tbe accident. Mr*. Learning died at half-past five o'clock on Tuesday evening, aud after ihr time abe waa burned abe did not complain of any suffering; abe waa *o burned, boweeer. t bat. ahe could not aee at any time. Dr. Learning, who is® year* of age. was burned about tbe hands aud face iu being gotten out of tbe room, aud Miaa Sbrere. who helped to get him opt. wa. aeryiel) burned about the bauds and face also. Dr Learning died at 5 *5 this Thursday morn-

ing-

After the fire alarm bad been sounded and nrlgblaira bad reached the house. Dr 1 .earning. Mrs Lramiug and Mia* Shrev# were carried acroaa the street to the cotpatiruln were immediately cvred for bv Dorton Pbniipa. .Mrcray. Marcy aud Walaa. and as aooo M could be tbe Injured ooea were taken to the residence of Councilman F. Sidney Towuaeud oo WashiogThe room occupied by Dr. teaming wad oo tbe second floor of the cottage, and that port ion of- the house together with ibe third story were damaged By the Are. while ibe first floor waa completely sat urated by water. Tha amount of damage to the property 1a about WBOO. The fire department dcaerv -Lde praise for tbe splendid manner la which they subdued tbe tlamea While tbe alarm wa Dot of auffleieot length to inform the public that a fire was taking place, nevertheless when the firemen did arrive they found a stubborn problem with Which to deal, and It waa only by bard, quick and effective work that tbe building waa saved from total de*truction There waa of course tbe usual ooodemnaliou which is given by tbouglitleas o ilookers at a Brr. but the great m sjorlty of those who were about tbe premit** during the conflagration expressed their admiration of the firemen's work. Mrs. Learning is a sister 6/ Vie* Chancellor Learning aud aUo of tbe let* Ex Belt*tor Waller 8. learning Miss sbrev'e baa gradually aluce the fire and la now out of I Mr* Helm K Lonmin* waa U ter of Dr JoostLao F.. Learning born In Cape M«* county, and a

.y Court House Ha pi i-l Church, ac r her niarriag- became connected wit - First Bsptlst Church of

>ire» iu ihesocirtr In • he whole communiiy deeply .ympatbix ill a her husband, father aud brocket li heir Irreparable loss. Tbe funeral a ill lake place to-morrow Friday, at a-quarter fast eirrrn at Ui Lienee of Mr. and Mr*. F. Si.ln.; To* nsend The interment, which will t. •trictly private, will b* m**le al the Co'i spring Cemetery Undmaker Henry 8 Kutherfenl has charge of I hr funeral ar

uded Colgate Cnirersity In Sew 1 . ProTHlnic*. H 1 He took Ji| |y of -medicine and gradllattd rrsoll Medical -College. I'hiladelphia. iciue til* fullowiog year, aud eubse-

queotly look up a course of drutisty lu t c

sylvauia Dental College and after

bis gradual ton practiced dentistry as w*!l as mcdiciue and i-oiitiuued iu tbe practic uotll 1M8. when bis health failed him am

retired permanently lu 1S5K tbedi

of A. ’

- * j nferivd upon him by tbaPenu- > Iranis College of Dental Sara- ry, Dr. Iseamlng .comes.from a long line of utlnguiabed ancestors being a descend-, nt ot Christopher Learning, who catnr'i# lo. on in I«7i. aud l-lrr in KHl. locatet: u 'Axi acres of land Id Cape May county uddiesl here in Mat. Id®. Hi* grand

grandfather •rCSfeW T A big and tl

sere all member* of the New siure and tbe holder* of .A ir D-icior himarlf waa first a

id •outiuaeii lu that political faith notil bis death! "In IWB be waa a member of the Ne* Jersey House of Assembly.md from ISIS to 1X15. aerveil as 'State Senator from ibis county. * bleb position beal-o served a second term from 1*77 to 1880. For a number of years be was township superintendent of public schools for MM or township slid for flfb-au Tcais was a county-examiner Fur tan terms be served

uf tbr New Jersey Stale Nor

School, and when iu tbe r-tate Seu> serv.d aa chairman of the commillee tbe ratahlisbnirut of tha New Jerhey Agricultural ScbooLaod waa largely loteresleil lu areurlog fur Kutgrrs O-ilrgr tbs agri cultural rtidowinrot fund. From 186h until 1877 he waa Surrogate of Cape May county. Tbe octur aas always Meutlfird with the Baptist Church, and for orrr sixly years wa* oonnscod with lb* ohnrch at Cape May Court House,niher as super inteodrnt ot ‘the Sunday school, teacher, trustee deacon or clerk. On Febrnary £2. 1817. Dr. Ix-amlog married Miss Ells* lieu nett, aud to them four children wet* born: Walter S Learning, who was a State Senator, and dted a few ‘ of Cape May:

.. the family. I __ died at (he age of twelve years. The Doe

waa married a second time to Mr*. Yoong. a elstar of fala first wifefew J ears ago. The Doctor waa

'f Fellowt and of Cap*

CM.

be held tomorrow at L JU with that of his daughter, bot Intermeul win be private at Cap* May Court House

Conductor Frederick K. B. Toinpklo*.of the Heading Railway, is oB duty because of• Ah affiidioo with Mood potsoolng. which be coo its ctrd while letting rope* slide through bis hands Id bringing his yacht down lb* Delaware. from Philadelphia 'o Cape May. HI* physician. Dr. W. H Phil Ip*, rrpor.s that be la rapidly recovering, but hie right band and arm are

The Women's AusiUan: of tae P. K Cho-ck of the Adernt. was orgaa.xed last Friday evening by tbe election nf the f*L lowing officer*. Mr* T. W. Wolff, pres!

Hew City Kagiaoer CHy Coniycil met in special erwdoa last

JoN ATII * X F. Lkamisq

at the Odd 1 ge. F. A A.

Hotel Georg* E. Lighlcap. who wa* proprietor

■on. Mr. Ugblcap has been long engaged in the hotel businae and l be l people of Cape May welcome hie n this re*, rt A'bomber of Improi an to be made to the hotel before It ot

Joseph P. Hear?, tbe pel at nun. who** nstabl Ishmant to at U* Wrabiugton otieet. any* his boat uses to better Una season than

COL. QEORQE W. SMITH DIES TUESDAY EVENING Her and Ardent ChrUttan

Colonel Georg* W. Smith, who has been an Invalid for several year*, but-a ho has been seriously III for more tbau a month, died at his rrsldruc*. No. fitt Washlngiou street, about serm o’clock laat ereuiug. He I* survived by a widow, two son*.Walter B.. of Cape May. *nd George H. W.. of Newark. N. J . aud four daughters. Mr*. Blanche W!tli*nia,ot Camden: Mr*. Cbaa H. Lang, ot Urrmanlown: Vrm. Samuel H. Moot* aud Mr*. John C. Utile.of Cape May. and Mi*. S.Ill* B Smith, uf Philadelphia. Tur fuDrral will occur oo S .turJay afaeruuou aud be cooducted by tbr Rev. James Burns, pastor of Ibe First M. K. Church, of which Col. Smith has brea a member for a great many yean. John 'lecray Post, No. «0, G. A. K . of w hich tbr Colourl was a membrr, will conduct George Waabingtou Smith was horu on February Sf, 1 88. at Ciudnuatl. Ohio, brlug . grsuo.aon of Ibnutaa suillli. who came from England to Alaryla.m lu IlSU. Tbe Colooel'a lather died In Ciuciou ll in 18 Stand left three sous: U.orge v\ .^lamm I. aid Williams*!. In I Mi. tbe widowtsi

PORT FOR OCEAN LINERS

Tuck a hoc River Could Float Vessel Drawing 30 Feet of Water

IMPORTANT OUTLET

A Utile Dredging and Jellying to Kgg Harbor Would Mean Much

pbia, where George learned •■ade In 1810 I live ad rami

bere George W. *

e- T lirrd.with

that James T. for tbe past Trtffil has resided In Philadelphia. In 1861. George W.. Alderman of- Cape May. bid t: out bis term because of enlisting ip (be Tib New Jersey Baultnsnt for tbe War of tbe Rebellion. On June 17. 1861. be became First Ueoteuant of tbr Cap- Maud Home Gqards. Ou August ad, be en isled as a First Sergeant in Company A. 7th Regiment. New Jrraev Volunteer Jufau ry for throe years. He was promoted to Sergeant Major ou January II, 1808 Second Lieutenant of tbe company June 18. 1868. and made First Lieutenant of Csmpsny H the same regiment, October 2, 1802. and tflnally promoted to Captain of Company C. same regiment, on Febrnary 88 1S6S. which latter position be resigned ou JanuiryT. ISM. Hr was wounded al th* battis )f Chaneellorsvill* on' May 8. 1883 being .but through the cheek, which was the suseof bis resignation froai the erreioe MtF'fpllosrlng January. When the ad ranee being made upon.Kiclimond. just betbe Seven Day* Bst Ue^he was In . mand of Companies A and G At tbe baftle of Malvern Hill ' tegiroeot. far every a b-ring killed orerunnded. and be bronght regiment safely to Harrt-

.. rVelior one year. In 1871 and 1878 be Sergeaohwt.Arms of tbe New ' — ■ Senate. Alter the doe* <4 t came Interested In the State Militia jegantaed Company H. 6th Regiment, N-tlonal Gnards. aud was made tlsCem tain oo June 4,1878. On September 81, 1888, he was promoted to Major of the regiment, and on October 11. MSI. was chosen Lieu tens n IM'olonel: lu ibis latter office be remained nntil Match 14. UM7.

when be resigned

in religions lit* Colonel Pmltb intent Methodlat. and for»'e« inperinlendent of tbe Snnday htod-y. In early life br

jao In pollilta, but darlUL .. . he was affilLted with tbe P ohlbltloo party Hb brother. James T. Smith who

Sunday srhool In weal her. which has let be Was a RepaJyfT of early vrgetabien. Gl ns bis Utter rears »h... .an t... .. . tt,e P nhihithoi tofee wrex* ago naa u

ie Battle of tbr WIMernna. -od bin brother. William H SmM. who served lu ’a Pennsylvania regiment, was killed In tbe BsUle of Gettysburg. Daring the last several rear* of bte life, while tbs Colonel nas been oolr al taken about In a wheel chair, bis

In hb church waa n order that be mlghli.

of t Lt sermons br bod — between tbe church and bis home, by whle'i method be woe ettaMrd to hear every sermon and nlktbr skrvlern which took Place In Ibe church. While ett fltt-d to lie derotrd a great deal of 'bto

Imr to |

tint of Uo o.e.„ filled with the w oil and water co

Hlgb School Katrrlalanient The Cap* Mar High Sc ool will git entertainmeut in the Andltorlum.oo April 7h for the benefit of tbe Library. There weir one band red and fifty books bought last fall and so far notblug means for bt The library I r* wish to kerp It up. Ticket* are oo sals at Marcy'* drug •• Usnerrr seal*. SO ortrta; general adInn. ISorula very Interesting program will be rrn1 aa follow *: eel ion. High School O.cfamtr*; piano Era Hewitt; Vaadsrlll* ttkvt. h. BUT - ; Bit, Clifton Ware; Stiff. 1Biave; piano soto. Edith Edmnnds; sixteen High School Utrto:

C. Uul* bh* opener nilut atorr at MB Jaohaoa M _ by £r UuL la ibepMi to th* jZ

Tuckaboe Hirer reaches ths sea through Great Egg Harbor River, flowing Into ll and carrying with It a volume of water which would be effective In culling out a channel If it were properly Jetl lad and directed. A saugulnr and enterprising ruckahoeao aaksd about the depth of tba Inlet aud the draught of a veear', which could aafely navigate Into It or out of If, promptly said: "Thirty fret: a vraar' •Iran log that much cam* dear. Inin it» bay Laat summ r, an ocean llurr. t Local loyalty add eutbuala-ui hot If a vraael drawing to) feet ma get lb rough the Inlet, there uu been no me sort of a eatad) *m wl sled a way for bar. for ll could i n*en don* under normal coiidltlous The great atari ship Hindi*, ho we todo a normalli Impossible years ago wbru ll fonnd a wav >o tbe position at * hlcb it stranded rff Oorm Tbe Inlet I* a flue onq. good, tbe rbart* and soonrdlug to tb of tbe local seafaring men. for ten feet of drpib at any time of tide, and tb). Is an drat for eosatlng vraael* of fir* or hundred Iona burden, pel haps mot*; a It will on* day become an Important oi let to tbr sea for reseels laden with Tut

shoe's productions.

As population aud commerce lucre* Its value will appeal to the govemmi and tbe erection of J-ttlef will deepen to thirty or more fret easily enough. I cause of the Immense volume ot back » ter which could br utilised to sweep ou channel and maintain lu. depth. Great harbors have been built In Europe under similar conditions, and there' than one created here as lime Another of Tbe Improvement rumors is that negotiations are proceeding fot Un purchase of 10.000 acres of land to extend from Middle river, north of this place, and Tuckaboe river, the object to errata manufacturing town. Definite information aa to the negotiators could not be obtained, bat ne It to the fixed bell-f that all axtraordlnary enterprise* originate la New York.SCw Yorkers are said to be back of It. Mayor-Cbamploa. of Ocean City, to Interested in a project to Install an "excel Blor”planh8br the changing of some of the forest tree* Into that shredded fibre which toao useful in packing breakable mrrehandle* for shipment. It to figured that It can be produced here a* rhea ply ip tb* booth, from which eectioo most ll to now obuiaed. The price has risen a few year* from 87 per .top to 817. pressed brick plant is another of tb* projects apt |o materialise toon foe the Qllllxatioti Of the great bedsig clayey deposits. The Reading Hallway has adder] a new building to IU facilities for the storing of freight, and it needs anedbrr.

WILL RELIEVE i DCDCflW A I POLICYHOLDERS r OVOUlNAL

Age bf —■

MENTION

After I teaching the Agr of 75 N<

Farther Payments Hrqnlred Senator Dry den has celebrated his re-

sumption of settee bnslocna relations, af- ,

ur some week* of llluea*. by the promul j Spring Visitors are Numerous

gallon of resolution* passed by tbe Board of Directors of Tb* Prudential Insurance Company granting concessions this ><nr

pulicybuldrt* of far reaching import-

About Town

of V

world. By an edict wnlcb gov* forth day every industrial policy bolder in The Prudential, who baa attained 75 yean, will be presented with a fro* ol paid up policy for lbs full iusuraoce. . Iu other words, no further payment ot premiums will be required after tbe age limtl of 75 reached, oo matur how much longer the

insured may lire.

''These ooooeesioaa." said Senator Dryden in explanation today, "will rallevt cle* from the payment of any further premiums, costing tbe company cwr 8750.000 *ud a continuance bf this policy daring

A WEEKS VISITORS

FARMERS ARE ALARMED Cold treat her Retards Growth c

Spring Prod ace

In all part* of 'Cape May eoanty, S*tu> day . Ibe ground waa liberally covered with front. Frnlt and produce gruweti much alarmed orrr the cantlunrd cold eat her, which baa retard* I tbs growth

Jet a

through lb* wet eal many small village* farmer* who .bare wan' bend the cold so far hare not glrrn op bepref harvesting any early Iroch. Much of the early seed planted to non

roil ini bad a t

time there was t year It to scarcely above t gronud. so tb* farmera tall ns.

y. h

I Association of this

Tbe Young Mi

city will giro an entertainment al

Church, on We.

il«a. May let, as.iaied by tbe doliu Club, tbe Cape May Choral So >nd tbe Cap* May Club.with other Bttrv!ona. rendering Selected solos and choruses, the church should tie fllltd. Aritnto-

i'on. 83 oruts.

On Tu.stay evening following tbe elec Lion of officer* will take place at the), rooms Tbe pnbltc Is luvlted and all mbers. Including the ladies auxiUr. - . expected to attend as Prof. Price wtl. demonstrate through hie gymnasium cl*****, the work that I* being don* in

thatT

Frank Kbicy. of tbe Capitol Cafe, has bail bte buns* thoroughly renovated tbrougbont. Tbe rooms have been painted. papered and adorned with ptclnre*. and fnrnliureibaT* barn pat

Jolt it y. DpTbEX ext tea yegrt. it U estlu.atcd three and oue-quarter millions of dc They will. I understand, affect proportlouatefr more policies tbau a similar change lu any other Industrial lusu compatfR Tbey ape entirely voluutnry; they are net tbe result of any legtolatlie o. present or prospective, but euti ly.ln Jfoe with the general practioe of Tbr leotUl to benefit tbe policy bolder* In anything that can safely be done beyond bat tbe contract calls for. The compel) baa already made voluntary concession! In tbe form of increased benefit*, cash and mortuary dividends, more liberal pahl-ni policies, etc., of more than eight milliom of dollars and theiroonlinuanoe from year sr will necessarily involva very Urge additions to this amount. ''There baa been much new legislation upon ths sabjsct of Ilfs Insurance and

While ll to too early to fot fulury effect of the new Uws,Tbr Prudential may be relied upon to meet the situation In a spirit of the utmost fairness. Not only baa lbs company always done wl was legally required to do. but it l >oe tar beyond the mare ieiler of th* Uw. id in the most liberal spirit has extended ' the policyholders the privilegas aud advantage* of one conoessioo after another. other words, the company ha* alsrays tried to do more than the law required aud >y be relied npon to con linn* so to do. In lu final analysis St at tbe best are a declaration of a broad and general principle of admintetion. and xecutiou of details a i

patty n

higher Uw than a gallon which calls for the meul of the insured, compatible wl

DEATH OF LAFAYETTE M. HALL t Well Known Real Estate Brokri Huecumba to Bright* Dlaeaae Lafayette M Hall, aged 37 years, died -boot seven o'clock On Tuesday morning, altera week's lllnrsv from'.Bright'* disease. Hr- Halt waa stricken on Tuesday t week aud suffered intensely uut

the end came.

has been for a number of yean prominent member of the Board of Health of this city. He to a faithful member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church and mbrr of Cape Mar Isudge No. 81. AnOrder of Qulted Workmen. He to survived by a wife, one son. William Hall, now a dril engineer in New Y’ork Oily; aud mo daughter*. Miss Harriet sod ills* Mae. Mrs Msbalab J. Ware aud Mia. Mary B. Church, of tbb city, Mrs. Char las & Shaw, ot AUaulc City, are sister* of the deceased Toe funeral wRI occur from h^ late resfaleuorou Irefayette street at 1.45 o’clock Friday aflernoou. Tb# aervicss wit] be ooodnoted by tha Bar. James Bams, r of tbs First M. E Church. Cape May Lodge No. tl. will attend and lakr part In riiv service al tb* grave. The Inmt will be mods at the Cold Spring

Exaiolnatlba of Applicants At tbs recent examination for ear and dorks to tbe ChpfMhy post offioa. tbe

Lawyer Charles H. Ivlmuudt tonr Kurope tluriug tbe coming

Sommer.

Lotus J. McGrath, one of known Beach avenue cottagt

recent visitor.

Dr. Charles II. Heed and t H. Keed have been I'aKaiug several day*

■I the Aldine.

_.Mr. sml Mrs. William E. Rot formerly of ‘ ape May, are guests of

Mr. and Mrs Kvervtl J .

Queen slieet home.

Tbe sixteen atudeuia who came here on Friday from Sew York City, left 8un-'*y, very much impressed with I

beauties of tape May.

Hum iu C Swain has sold his home Corgie street to Chariei T. Ferguson, of Philadelphia, and removed to York Avenue, Weal Cape May. Edwin K. Cook, one of our best ki summer visitors and golf players, purchased a handsome yschct in York, which be will bring bere to Cape

May.

Congressman and Mrs. Henry CLoudenslager. of I'aulaboro. N. J .have leased tbe collage of I. Learning Sheppard on Jackson street for the season, and will occupy it next month. Former Senator William Flinn, on of tbe prominent member of the Cap May Real Estate Company, was a vtsii or lo Cape May laat Friday, and in spected tbe company's land here. Charles T. Clark, formerly a residen of Cape Maj, but now located in Phils delpbia, spent a few days with bit brother. E. P. t lark during Ibe pas week. This is bis lirst visit tot tope Mb, in four years.

rj.5IM.UO) During the last several years i* withdrawals have been very heavy, ;eerdiag greatly the receipt*. At this me tbe asset* of the asset* of tbr asaocia on are said to be *1.300,000 principally In ally nd mortgage*. Should the a«-o-alioo go Into liquidation this amouu'.. It said. will*£r distributed among tba isrebolders who reside lu nearly every

then' Secretary P Kromdy Itreves said:'Tbe

auditors. John N. Ulaapell. Soperiutondeut of bcbojls of Cumberland Cou ity; George P Williams, a real eat it* agent of MerckanlvUle, aud Rlwarl C. Wilson, of Philadelphia, have just eomp’eU-d their annua] audit. They submitttd tlieir report to the directors last week- Tbey said that, after appraising all the bouds and securities aud tbe real e-tale, they beliabllitles. and there wet** uo bad invest-

STRAY BULLET HITS AN AUTO Heavy Glass Serves to Shield Oocn phots of Car Miaa Annie C. Kuight. of 1605 Cbeatnul street, Philadelphia, who 1* well known ip social circle* of Cape May. had a narrow scape from death In I'hiladelphia lastSai rday. Mias Knight, her mother and an other membrr of tbe family had just seated themselves in their automobile, which the chauffeur was cranking, when a bullet crashed Into the heavy glass wind shield iu the trout of 'the machine and seat th apllnterad glass showering over tbe once • of the car. Fortnnatelv the bullet •pent and tbe resistrnor offered by the glass, stopped It before It could slriki any of tbe occupant- of tbe automobile. Had the chauffeur beau In hto seat hi ■Bight bay* sustained serious injury al the shot struck directly In front of bii Tbe police are' Investigating the matter. Tbey say no one wa* seen In tin vicinity of Seven tecuth and Chest mil when tbe pallet slniek the machine and the* think, some small boys had placed cartridge oo a car track. Tbto to, in ear*, borne out by tbe teatimooy of ifarr boy. wh-> aai i be aaw several boy down Srrr.ileruth street. Tbe bulle' found by Mis- Knight, alongside of

tub will

Repeat lu Minstrel Show Tb* Cape May Club will repeal iu minstrel show on Saturday evening. May 4lh w han It will produce "Tradlng ln Stocks." s bit upon local stock speculators wbo deal principally In snlulug companies, large no mbrr of person- were disappointed at tb* show last Friday and Saturday beeanse of tb* fall a re of tb* elnb to prod a or tbto part of the program, but tbe boys antbat owing to tbe objections whose feelltuts might be burl they I one weak from

First Hard Thunder Storm Tbe Bret real hanl tbunder storm of the Mann broke over Cape May, on Tuesday ulgbt. and It was acorampanied hr heavy peals of thunder, sharp sheet*of lightning ermllleol rala* " '

ailed throughout tbe night . No damage, however. i« report# I to bare ' me by tbe lightning from aoy eee-

arby.

STATE MUTUAL B. AND 1. ASSOCIATION

i. The application

association was unable to pa When Patrick FiUzereld. of filed bi< petition for the appe He filed bi> withdrawal noli 35. 1906 If. al tbe •barebol the trustee plan is decided u

THE SECOND WARD Some Intereating Items that May Please You and Y'our Friends Mrs Marie Miller passed e few days very pleasantly with out of towi. relative* last week. Mr. Luther Cummiugs was renewing old acquaintances in tbp City of Brotherly - Lore fora few days last week. Misses Helen York and Mary Price were Deunlsville laat Saturday aud witnessed tbe match game of ball played between tbe Cape May High School and Denniaville teams on the latter's grounds Eoirlneer Albert Slilwell. of Lightship No 4<i, oo Five Fathom Bank, iurnjoj lag a few days davs on shore. Mr Richard Campioa and friend, of Philadelphia, were inspecting tbe vast East Cape May improvement* in tbe neighborhood of Scbelleugers Landing last Sunday. Mr*. Charir* York spent a few days with Her daughter. Mrs. Horace Church, of Holly Reach, early in tbr week. -Shews* accompanied by her sister Mr*. Walters Baggagrmavter E G. Doughty, of West Cape May waa viewing tbe improvements at tbe Lvnding being carried on by tbe East Cape May Real Estate Company. Herbert Townsend, of tbe West Jersey and Seashore Railroad.passed a few boars very pleasantly with-bit mother Sunday last. The Misses Doak have been entertaining their friend Miss Irene Getoenberger, of Holly Beach, for a few day*. After making extensive repairs, painting and otherwise improving bis bou-e, Mr. George Rlaeman is again occupying bis pretty little collage.

Wbat You Have Been Waiting Fur An opportunity to purvhaas a strictly lodero. op Jo dale, well located home on

ar;

having twelve rooms,

large cemrut bacemenl, new bot plant lo -xorllrni shape. Fine system of electric ligb Ing and ga* throughout the h Most dralrsble cottage fof "—

always brings good r

PLisas* ion given immediately. Full particulars apply lo UlI-BKST C. BCUIIES, Heal Estate Broker.

v H.

be Fire! M. E Church next Sunday will ^e aa follow*: Preaching by r. James Barns, at 10 80 a. m.. subject "No Night lu Heaveu.'' and iu on "The Utdiflod Chriat,” cordially Invited. ,

•‘Sunset" Postponed

Tbe drama "Sunset" wnlcb was announced to be given os Sal onlay evening by tb* pupil* uf the Hlgb Scboel fort be benefit of the Libnuy Fond, has been

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