A N»w DapaKur* *.

The Cemifca BotUtoc Oomjhhy tu opened .1 No. «X4 Woehlnttoo 6t.. k clear, tobacco and djarette depart meal, "here It wUl »etl at whole*ale retail and a box a pedal ty. Every popular brand wUl be aold. High School Commencement The commencement of the Oipe May High School wUl be held c Thuraday evening, Jim*' 3. la it Washington street Kink Hall. The. will be ten graduate#. Rev. Dr. McLeod will deliver the addreaa to the data. On that evening the annual banquet of the Alumni Aaeootatlan will he held at the Odonlal Hoad. -.1 the cloae of the exercise#. The i.accalaurcate sermon will be preached •.n Sunday. May SOth at the First

FORT TO RSFORMKRS Oevamer to Speak at Opening ef

Governor Fort announced Tueeday tat he would apeak kt tfce dollar dinner to be given in Newark on May S7, when the New Idea Repub sana will open their fall campaign. Thla declaratlo'i cot red aa much surprise In political circle* aa the ernor'a refusal to attend the . , v u Th^raa N: McGcrter. president of the i u-l>c oc/stce Crcporalloo. gave last Saturday In ho.: ; of David Baird, which George t.. Record, a "New Idea" leader, calle.!

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The Work of th* Life Savers. •\ ritten Especially for the Herald. The approaching annual vacation ol the local crews of the United Stales Life-Saving Service invites at lentlon to some notice of the Immense work that is done by this dpartmenl of the National Government

every year.

It la not quite forty years sto-c the firat life-saving stations were es tabllshed by Unde Sam, In accord ance with thg act of Congress of 1871 Beginning on the coast of Long Islan the number of stations has gradual..' Increased year after year, untH to day the service Includes two hundrt - and eighty stations, scattered at in terrala of a few mile* along the coast and forming a continuous and unbro ken chain around the entire UniteStates, including the great lakea.ar.. even far off Alaska. This means ar army of two thousand five hnndrn hardy, able-bodied men engaged t the work of saving life and proper!.' The area covered by the service 1: divided Into thirteen districts, th. New Itracy coast being the fifth dktr .ct. The Superintendent of thla dis l.-iet l« Mr. John G. W. Havens, wh . rag t: Point Pleasant, N. J. Th. aaialai *. Inspector la Lieut Claud, j. Coch an, of the Revenue Oittc Serrlca, whose reskdonce is at Rec Bank, N. J. The keepers of the sta lions are on duty throughout tut year, while the period of employme® o. the aurfmen. or active season, ai tt U termed, is ten months. On th. Atlantic coast the crews number a. aurfmen and a captain, excepting se . oral section* where shipping is mor numerort*. like Bos IOC and „ New York, where seven surTmen constit. te a crew, and at one station nlh At Sandy Hook there is a crew .. eight, at Lewes. Del.. 7; at Caj 'i'.-nry, 8; and Cape Hattaras, rite active season is from August 1 ti. May 21, of each year. The off-ae. Dm. June and July, being the cal and least stormy months along ll. Atlantic seaboard, when there Is leas dai gt-i of shipwreck. The official resnme of last ) work ll hlyhly tatecesling. It show th at there were 1094 vessels Involve • thin the field of life saving opei. tains, of which number only 66 v« t *vu w.e* totally lost. On''board the3. vccacls were 6712 persons, of when It were lost. The total value of vs» SMki.a d cargoes was 613.540,000, cAt r J11.650,000 worth was saved l A. .lie laving crews But- - '.at was not all. Foreign sh.p p:ux hid much to be thankful for. O i>i- veisels from distant ports th. would have gone Co pieces on tt. AuiiTl.-rm coastw. had the life savin crvu« not been on hand, only senacre totally lost, and of the 6-7 persons whose lives were endan;.-. ed nut one was lost. Equally Interesting is this Ren. * Warning signals were made by th. beach patrol ajgl stalled watchme.. t* 21S resa^ running into danger. amiags having been gl v and 20 i^he daytime. O. go warned 97 were ateaci-

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WErr CAFE MAY

The Board of Health met day night and re-organllid fey «toet-

after which e

The Annual Crowning at St. Mary's

Church.

Next Sunday the touching ceretnonles connected with the crowning will take place In SC Mary's Church, o«i Washington street. The children, dressed In white, always make a beautiful and Imprcaslve sight which M not soon forgotten, and their fresh young voices move us much more the best singers or te most the best singers or the most eloquent speakers.

ed and their work for the sun was five* due cxmsldaratkm. The Improvement In Him. Weatherby'a condition and hope of final recovery la very gratifying to her many

friends.

Mias Gertrude E. NUee. one of the '-taclpal teachers In the Bweedebotu High School, waa a week end guest of her unde Rev. J. L. Landis. W. L. (Amimlngs A Sod, we building a new dwelling on Columbia avenue for Rev. James Cox.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

LOST

A pair of Ice Scales, from one of te C. S. Church ice wagons. Please return to Robert Sutton, driver, or office. Jacksop and Ferry Sts.. Mrs. D. H. Corson Dead. Mrs. Caroline Spence Corson, wife of Daniel H. Corson, died at her borne at Helalerville, and was laid to rest In the M. E. Church burying ground on Saturday last, A lay 16, 1909. funeral services being conducted at the house by Rev. Clarence Busby A faithful and devoted wife and mother, a kind neighbor, a devout Christian has passed from earth to the glorious, u reward that awaits the righteous. Deceased -was the daughter of the late George and Mary Spence, and was 79 years of age. Mr. Ooraon, who la now 81 years of age. Is an uncle to the late Walter Hogan, who recently conducted a large business In Cape May. The Fishing Fever. Minna Irving In Leslie’s Weekly. Whs iv tender leaves are budding out And' skies are blue and gunny. And birds begta to look tor sticks And bumble-bees for honey, I shot my eyes and seem to hear The water gently swishing Above the pebbles, smooth and round. I want to go a fishing. * I long to smell the wann.new earth. And see the sunlight glancing On speckled hides and silver fin*.

Record of Transaetlons Which Have Bean Reoantly Noted From Court Boob* Gaaetts. The following are some Capo May county real aatata transfers:

Cap* May City

Robert R. Corson. Sheriff. lands of Caroline Mueller. M ala, to Cape May Building wad t^mn Association. $4600. Premises southeast corner Decatur St., sad Columbia Ave.

West Cape May.

Ida C. Barrett at rlr to George Creidler et ux. $350. Loti 3 and 4. block a on Broadway, Hughes tract. Administrators with will annexed i George W. Middleton, deceased.to Ottier Howard. »76. Lot 218, block IS.

plan Milter Farm. South Cape May.

George M. Miedei et ala to Katherine M. Derr, *1. All estate, right, title and Interest In lots 1, X 2. 7 and 9. section 26, lot 2, section 27. o Lilia M. Zlmmermann. $1. All estate, right, title and late re* t , scetlon 44. lot 1 and weatermoat 16 feet of lot 2 and weatern--55 feet of lot 7, In section 24. lots 8, 10, and 12. section 24. WUUam Zimmerman et ate to Geo. '. Mid eat |L All estate, rlgbt.tltlo and Interest in los 6 and 6, section 26, lot 7. section 27, lot 12. section 26, lotts 5 and 6, section 27.

On leaden feet I walk the street. For rod and basket wishing, And shady nooks, by running brooks, I want to go a fishing!

The Philadelphia Record. During 1908, the Philadelphia Re cord printed nearly a million Hues of displaay advertising in excess of that published by any other Phlladelphli. newspaper. This supremacy te due to the fact that The Record has a large: morning circulation thsn any other Philadelphia newspaper. Tke sam< qualities of "Record" circulation thai make the exploitation of merchandise pay, make “The Record" the Waal medium for summer resort advertte log. The proprietors of resort hotel! and summer boarding booses seeking patronage'from Philadelphia and vl dotty, should be represented In Us advertising coiamns.

Rummage Sale. The ladies of the First Presbyter lan Church wHl hold a rummage sale on Tuesday next, hi the store formerly occupied by W. S. Hogan, corner of Washington and Decatur streets.

■ it-iirtei all UUa work a vast amou: t M mui-i-iianeoai service te perfarmea •very ‘year by the crews which ' ha* no cunnvctioo with wreck duty, and icm nit ■ -hapter by Itself. These men ar* toak.j io by the general public In the loco-itAw of the station* for •olatancc In overcoming various dk > leal lies and a-eeting sit sorts of si. tfeUoos of nued that would ordlnaril; fall within the purview of the tecs' . -Jtbortttea, or engage the at lectio.- - > I private parsons or interests. Whfl ja services they thus render U Mistr neighbors mod others te not reiSled to Che saving of Ufa and prop •fty from shipwreck,, tt te neve^th lets tat the majority of caeca human! ■arias is character, and such as coolnot be withheld without sub leering the service to criticism. Moroore aUUngneas of the station crew* to meet such occxxlocal demands tends to promote a spirit of good feeling toward them on the part of the c ■nnnlty which may at say time 1 i nrned to the advantage of the oar

vto# when the U

as sometimes happens, are In need ot outeide help to save a vessel qr r

Homs Site*—West Cap* May Fifteen high and very desk-able building lot*—all together or. stogie, for cash or on easy truitallmestla. But few such tote to be had in bto borough Also nearly new nine room attractive dwell tog with large groundi and barn ad lea* thao present coal

boose atone.

J. L. LANDIS, Agent

Keystone phone IStX.

OF INTEREST TO OLD SOLDIERS OR THEIR HEIRS Cartatu- Old Soldier* Hava Land Claims Coming to Them From th* Government. Any old Union Soldier, or Bailor ho served 90 day* or looser In the late Whr of the Rebelllou,. and who went waat after th* war and nu ’ a homestead entry to any state the Union for either 40, 80 or 120 acres before June 22nd, 1871, has a claim coming to him from the Gov-

•ramanL

It doe* not make any difference whether he proved up on hi* homestead entry or rimply left It. There were thousand* of old selera who went to Kansas and Nemaha after the war and took up eighty sere homestead* and when the grasshoppers and hot winds i along simply left Iheir entries went back east. Each of these men have claims. Under a Supreme Court decision thee claim* are aaeigitebie. R. H. Peale, Judge Building, Balt LabCity, Utah, perfects the title to the-n claims and win pay the highest mar ket price for same. If the soldier Is dead the widow u> heirs can sell this right. If a soldier never made an entry be has nothing to sell.

“HAIRBREADTH HARRY” IN AFRICA. Notwithstanding Mr. Roosevelt's order that no one except hi* party should go with him to Africa, “Hairbreadth Harry” prove# to b* an exception, and positively without fail enters the wildcat wild* of Dark Africa. alone, unaided and single-handed and without help, hunts the monsters of thte Jungle tn their lair*. The children will ftod great enjoy ect in thla new “Hairbreadth Harry series of courtc*. Grown up people wll split their sides laughing and everybody will want to reed these wonderful exploits told exclusively to The Philadelphia Sunday Preae. Follow the great aerie* from day to Sunday through the African Jungle with “Teddy” and “Hairbreadth Harry.”' Order from . dealer orjrrlte The Philadelphia Pres£

Dedication Regular Army Monument. On Monday, May 21, Memorial Day. the monument to the regular army engaged In the battle of Gettysburg will be dedicated on the BrtttofMd by the

Taft wifl participate to the oeremonies

be aold by the from all principal ateriooa May 27 30, good to return unto June t, toclualve, at reduced

PROPOSALS FOR A GRAVEL ROA Cap* May County,

I be received by the Board of Choaen Freeholder - of Cape May County, N. J.,, until twelve o'clock noon of the day o. meeting on the eighth day of

(1909,) at Cape May Court Boom, N. J., for the coostructton of a gravel road from th*. ending of the Firs: Goahau Road to bridge over Sluice (keek, a dtetenci of two and six hundred three tbous-. xndths turtles (2.603), the aeoood sertton of the Goahen oad. Bald road to be oonatructed according to plans and may be

:>ii«rribe for the Herald

$1,434,000,000

Life Insurance in force January 1,1909, shows the commanding position in the Life Insurance affairs of this Nation held by

The Prudential

Spring Opening

A nd you will conjmand respect Let us aid you in selecting a becoming fabric for your SPRING SUIT. We pledge unqualified satis fad ion in fit etc. VANKESSEL 424 Washington Street Keystone Phone la^X

CAPE MAY HERALD

Camden Bottling Co. loiporM ud Domestic Wises and Llqners

A FULL UN£ OF HliH-CLASS WHISKEYS

Three Feathers Whiskey Mount Vernon Patterson and Coane No. 6 Tramrick Peerless Overholt

Sunny Brook Gibson Monticello Pepper Wm. Penn Autocrat

AND ALL OTHER LEADING BRANDS

A Large Variety of Bottled Bee^^ Fine Line of Jo6n St.eigerwald & Co'a. Cigars Bok Trade a Specialty

■era PHowis

312 ft 314 Washington Street Cape May

neer prior to the t

I of gravel he proposes to itoe he conetraodoo of thte road. 1 proposals must be on the re- • form provided for riled and platoly i the out aid* of envelope ! them "Proposal* tor Secn Goshen Road” with name 1 address of Mddsr. d of Freehold-

GAS

t pavilions during the summer of 190*. Bpectrica riOB* 0*n ha had from

Printing of the Better Kind for Commercial and Advertising Purposes

4 WASHINGTON ST.

NOW

IS THE TIME

OIL HEATERS Linoleum, Oil Cloth, Stove Boards, Stove Pipe and Coal Hods. I have a stock on hand. Prices Reasonable. CHARUES A. 8WAIN 305-»7 Jackson St. Cape May, N..

...THE...

Merchants National Bank

CAPE MAY, N. J. Is pleased Jo announce a continuation of satisfactory ■ growth. Atflose of business, May i8tb, it had .... '.33 1 Active Accounts. . S/ojtjSJ.yz Loons and Investments. $/06,763.57 Deposits. 2 Per CesL telcresl Allowed on Time Deposits ( PRIVATE BOXES FOR RENT IN FIRE AND BUTGLAR PROOF VAULTS

OFFICERS W. L. Strvkns, President Joseph H. Hanks, Vice-Pras Hbnuy H. Ki.ureixik, Cashier Gbokux H. Kkkvkb, Vice Pros Evekhtt j. Jekkeki., AssLCsihie

Wm. H. Church W. L. Cummings Joseph H. Hanes JohnT.HewlU

OIREOTORS George H. Reeves F. B. Mec-ay H. S. Rutherford John W. Mecray E. W. Springer W. H. Phillips, M. D. W. L Stevens

lee and Coal Lehigh and Susquehanna $6.85 per Ton—D* count 25c. p' r T »" AU Sizes TTUCHAS. S. CHURCH