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CAPE MAY HERALD.

\'()L. IX, NO. 21.

CAPE MAY, H. J..

'AY, MAY 27. 1909

*1.00 PE] t YE Alt

THE SUMMER THRONGS COMING Many Cottages Have Been Opened This Week All Over Resort EARLIER THAN USUAL

Many Cottager* Com* Now Before Decoration Day to Stay at the Shore Until After September—Golfing and Yachting Have Started— Harbor Great Boon to Cap* May.

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a tendency to open the c-oCtAftra on Dec-oration Day. and the season of the first day of June rather than the middle of the month which formerly was the custom. Throughout the Week there has beei a cantinuous moving in of people and their effects and In consequence there la quite a large cottage colony al ready Installed and they are arranglif various social entertainments whirl, keep up until the cloee of the summer season late In September This Week the Saturday afternooi tournaments of the links of the Cape May (lotf Club will begin and quite a number of week end players are ex peeled for the first of these events The Cape May Yacht Out) has opened It* club bouse and from Frl day night until Monday morning there Is to be found a large number of the members about the place arranging their yachts which sail In and about, the Cape May Harbor, which now covers an expanse of 500 acres aoc la more than le feet deep. This har bor was dur put by the private land syndicate, who filled meadow land with what they took out of the bar bor. To connect this barber with the Atlantic Ocean. *Ui<- Government U spending two million dollars In dredg IttC and building Jetties on each aide of the Cold Spring Inlet. Fiahinp is Good. Hondrds of pounds of flan are belt.? cawtht daily by the bay shore fiaher men in the many pounds that Une lb< Delaware Hai~ shore, in Cap*'’ May county. The largest cslIcJi at king crabs made this season was made 11. • weak when the pounds were so fuL that help bad lol be seemed to cleai

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busily

jf business persons who are HaMi antile- tax for the term be- ! Mr. and Mrs. James P. Lucas have {1 Doing June 1st. He la making a j opened their cottage no Hughes 8t.,^ house to house canvass In order chat no business person shall be slighted. | Mr. and Mrs J. P. Williams, of ] Philadelphia, will enjoy cottage life Among tha Hotels. here this aei The Hotel Cape May has many | Randolph Justice, of Philadelphia, ooma reserved and Is assured a very | who Is Interested In property here ■uccesaful season. Among those who was a recent vial tor. will he numbered among the guest* : John A. Bailey and iamliy. of PhilMr. and Mrs. E. F. Oook. Mr. | sdelphla, will spend the tununer In md Mrs Louis H. Ayres and family. | a Queen street cottageIt and Mrs. E. H. Morris and fam- Senator Thomas B. Harper, of Jeok y. Mr. and Mrs. Harding, Mr and ■ I Mown, has leased a fine Hughes Ir*. William Barrett and family, of ' street cottage for the season, hlladetphis, and Mrr. and Mrs E William Penn Hall, of Phliadeldudge and family, of Pittsburg Gen- j phis, has leased a Kearney arenue <ral Passenger Agent G. W. Boyd and cottage for the coming summer, amlly will also be among the guests. | Mr and Mrs. Mackenale who have The Devon la one of the popular | jmt returned from Ekrope are at louses which Is open all the year,and | Cape May. occupying their cottage ■as been under the mrnagement of J -jo Stockton avence. L Kehr. Us owner, for s number of j George W. Boyd. General Passenger Agent of the Pennsylvania R. R-, in-

Another School House Flag. The Junior Order of United Ameri can Mechanics, of Goshen, will rsls* a flag in front of the Cape May Coot House High School FYlday afternoon May 2b There win be interesting ex •rdsea by the school and an addrem by Ibe Rev. W. W. Bullock, pastor o the First Baptist Church.

Move in Treaaurakhip Fight Matthew JKferag^^h attorney fo Ex-Mayor Millet, began proceeding on Tuesday to secure lhg*office o treasurer of the City of Cape Ms for Mr. -Millet. Which office la nor being held by L H. Smith, Jr., unde the law of 1904.

•till Purchasing Farm*. N. Z. Grares, of PhiladHphla. ht added to his large area of farm lac in this cily by purchasing two mot fame, aggregating 7M acre*, whle will be cultivated in connection wit.' his model Farmstead by the Sea.

Q at 10.M a s of 1M». A l.p. m.. there wlB be a patriotic ser e ronstetlng of singing, short address i of a flag 'u

s gauss. For everyday wear II Is. perfectly plain, with or without “clocks" af'icb embroidery nevortheleo* t* us>f directly over the Instep. Dainty UttU flower* made of ribbon

•UN tHINE •It* of Rsflectieno Gatherod Hera and There. Conditions now seem to be In favor of a very hewry crop of fruU this eeasoa. The report of our- farmer* that there wUI be a large crop of strawberries Is very gratifying. The N. E. Graves model farm la certainly beautiful everything around i as clean as a pin .and lots of vial its are daily seen going to and from it* place. Why when did that happen? If you ere a subscriber of the HHRALI) yoo wouldn't have to aak your next neighbor who is Don't let another week go by without a HERALD your home. Joseph B. Hugoes. has Just completed painting the City Hah and Ire bouse at the corner of Wash ngton sod Franklin streets, and be has done an excell ant Job of work flecta credit on him as a master

' Appraiser Sol Needle*

COTTAGERS ARE CUAAING HERE Cape May Is Entertaining Visitors-Will Have a Busy Summer

COTTAGES RENTING

lama of a Paiwonal Interest Concerning Local Residents and Vlsltore—Thoa* Who Will Be In Cottage Colony—The Gossip of Your Friend*.

•AN aXCCLLCNT FORM. Manuacrip of a Fiem Found Amor Paper* af the Lata A. L. Haynes la going over the papers of the t* A. L. Haynes, deceased, there as fOuhd the foil awing poem, a waa written whoi^he was a teacher In the puMlc ee^ooi at Cape May Court House, some forty year* ago. Wo take ■real pleasure Id publishing this poam. * The First Flower- of •prtng. Welcome, Welcome, little stranger. With thy petals bright as day. boo dost not thyself endanger, la the balmy air of May. Why ahoald mother earth thus rear On this solitary wild; With no kindred flow-rest* near tl Seeming like an orphan child? Dost thou love the forest quiet. Where t^O massive Titans rise; That thy home Is wvor nigh it. Or the haunts of men deoptos? NO; thou hast a aortal feature. Friendship In thy face of snow; Mao bat tamed away from salon And thou wilt not with him go. As the pure undying aptalt, ivoe the lifeless, fallen stem; Rise upward to Inherit

a bier; If by aB thou weft eroded Thou afresh dost now appear. When my form In death lies Beeping. Not a tear let adrrpw iLed nt a friendly flower be keeping Watch around my lowly bed. And each Bpring time meekly bloom !■«. May It teach tb* paaser-by.

a. J. A. Oeoae. the owner and proprietor of the Chaifonte. will manige her popular house as usual Congress Hall Is being placed In hape for an early opening by Mias Hal pin. who was Its proprietor two

Shamrock III, for Junk. Shamrock ill. Sir Thomas Upton's utter, which carried the hopes of Ireat Britlao In the Inteematlonal racht races and waa defeated deciavoly by the Reliance three year* ago. tea been condemned and will be sold or Junk, at one of the yacht rendehk near New' York. The mast of the Shamrock IH la >w at Cape May, and la seen at Vashlngton street and Texas avenee. 'here it was placed when presented y Captrln Charles Barr, the skipper < the Reliance, to the Cape May 'acht Club. It took four flat railroad an to get It here.

Attention Comrades soldier*. Bailor* and honorary nember* of John Mecray Port. NO. G. A. R.. are requested to meet Port Room at 10 A. M. on Strnday j SO. to attend divine service* the First Baptist Church, at Chpe' - day.

Walton, of 1

stalled bis family In a cottage here for the summer last week. Mrs. Louisa Campbell, of Ambler. Pa., has been a guest of her parents. Dr and Mr*. Samuel F Ware, at their cottage on Decatur street. Lewis A. Scott and a party of friends, of Philadelphia, are enjoying a cruise up the coast In hit large auxiliary crosier, the "An Revolr.” William J. Sewell, Jr., son of the late United States Senator from New Jersey, and family arrived this week and opened a Kearnew avenue cot-

tage.

The family ofTComptdoUer John M.

Philadelphia, arrived on

iloo of their

Ocean street cottage which has Just

been completed.

Rev. Howard Wayne Smith, of Philadelphia, will preach In the First B*.« net Church next Sunday, May 30tb. Member* of the G. A. R. will attend ■ he morning service io a body accompanied by (he Cape May Band. Mr. and Mr*. N. Allen Stockton, a# Philadelphia, and their daughter, MU Christine Hare Stockton, will spend a part of the summer at Cape Mag. where they will be Joined by BMr. and Mrs. Hod in* he ad Nathan Taylor,

the latter of whom

Hare Stockton. r —• Mrs. Taylor is ooe of the OTM

224 Annual Masting In Millville The Women - * Foreign Missionary Society 'of the

were extended by Rev. John R. Mason and Mkn. Mary Oar mae by Mr*. N. J. Wright of Bridgeton. Report* of the

lines. A talk ou Uceratur* by Mr* Mad. of Salem, and remarks by .'Reeves, of New Brunswick, the

looking of the

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with dark hair, large nark eyes and

Heavy Wagon Crush** Leg. While J. Milton Godfrey waa workC in one of his fields near Tucks>e on Saturday with a team hitched • a heavy wagon, bis little eon. Shimind, climbed Into the wagon. The tones started suddenly and the 1Kle fellow was thrown oof, the wheel ng over him, crushing one leg ibove the knee. -

State Medical Society.

The Medical Society of New Jersey will meet at the Hotel Cape May oo lone 33 to 36. Thia will be their aec-

a bouse. They were so Sundays, 1.36 a.

the dark ollre complexion that is almost swarthy. This rich coloring is made even more Indian like In appearance by the faint touch of red that creeps through the daeky Hot. Broad Street Trains To-morrow Through train aurvjoe betwt Broad Street Station, Phaadeipbia,aL| Cap# May. via the Delaware River Bridge, the all rail route, will be ee- " ihed by the Pennsylvania Railbeginning to-morrow. May 38. Trains wtil leave Broad Street Bta-

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-harmed with their visit here Mat ■une that they voted unanimously to tome this year. Governor Fort will be

On May S3 1909. M 630 Broadway Weaet Capo May. N. J.. by the Rev. I. L Lambs Mr. Edward £ kina and Mias Violetta Virginia Spaace of Cape May p*y.

Oape May. 8.06 p. ■».. week days.

11.36 oo Omdaym.

They wM leave Oape May on weekat 7.30 and at 4.66 p.

The Graduate* From th* Grammar Grad* Throughout tha Ccunty-'A Largo and Intelligent List—Ocoan City an* Cap* May Omitted—A* they Ar* Net Under County Ceur*«.

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TELL OF WO UK FOR MI880N8

The graduating exercises of the Oape May County Public School* will be held at Wildwood, on Friday. June 18th. Those who will receive diploma graduates from the grammar schools of the various section* of the county are: Nelly Beach. Jamea Martin, Earle -Maxwell Ethel Shaw. Gladys Oeratel, Beaatrice Johni. Mary flak man. Percy Madline. William Fbccian, Rebecca Taytor.Hon or Bright. Norman Dowier. Archer Hendrick. Joseph Shoemaker, Mai cob Murray, Harriet E. Coatee. Wildwood. MU too Sander*. William Will eta, H. Footer Goelki. Joaephine Rakeatraw. Helen Dag an. North Wildwood. Clarence McOlniey. -Marloo McGlnIcy, Leah Streaker. Jeaale Shlrer*. •ea villa. Strafford. Caroline Wllbeta •tank Wilhelm.

Juiee Blake. Wert Cape May. Irving Uenstead. Julio* Morton. Wesley Toy. TUUe Rayfield. Crmjk WUI lam Tttua. Cold Spring. W. HolIU Hoffman. Cap* May Point 0 msoc, Cora R. WUI WObur Williams.

On Saturday evening last at the Tabernacle M_ S. Parsonage, Erma. N. J.. Mr. Thomas Battened of Cold Spring, and Mias Edna W. Aden, of , ware wiUad k> marriage by -Matthias 8. Messier, Mr. William Oraaae, of Cold Spring acted an

c end Mrs; l Sring-

and 1 P. M. Betarntag I Crert at 6.80. Round Ml

Chlidraa 80c.

the borough of Woodbine have organised a society called the Woodbine nl Aid Society. T**r k**« » J - ready aecured abort »1M fay. anhocrlpA supper and dance war* sivaa night la the Agricultural

com SCHOOL

Will Receive Their Di-; plomns at Wildwood | June 18

THE COMPLETE LIST

Coal!

PUBLIC SCHOOL GOinCLMLIlI Ten Are Graduated In The Class of 1909 Good Class

Cap* May. W. J.. April 1. 1909. W* desire to anoounce-that #* arr giving the LONG TON. 8340 poundi. Hie price 1* 38.00 per ton for Egg. Stove and Chestnut Coal, and 34.00 par too for Pea Coed. Ten per cent, discount allowed If paid within thirty days from date of delivery. Should any customer prefer u> purchase on the SHORT TON basts of pounds, we will' sell tame si tlM per ton for Egg. Stove sod Cheetiuu Coal, sod 36-44 per um for ■•** CosL Tea par oenL discount si -owed if paid within thirty day* from data of delivery.

PRICES AT RATE OF 2240 POUNDS PER TON. Egg, Stove ar.d Chestnut Coal

EXERCISES FOLLOW eat Thursday Evinmg Will Be* Them Get Otplemat et Rink Hall on Washington Street—Banquet Will Be Held at Colonial That Evening —Claee Day Neat Wednesday.

One-Half Ton.... 4J9C One-Quarter Ton. 2^2 One-Eighth Ten.. 1.11

Lrtitla DeVsne Rle Grand* Once C. Neal. Leah M. Harris.

Denn ItvIH* Alton BothnaU. Hattie N. Fiddler. Hannah V. Williams. Oscar D. Grant. Howard Wootooc, Ralph Watson, Oswald Haebrouck.

One-Half Ton.... 8X6

One-Eighth Ton..

Cap* May Court House * Wooded HoUnee, Dorsey Ft-rter.

lass, John 8. Godfrey, Lnura Hewitt, Lora T^tor, 86 per eooL. Bran

Ojivla Bayard. Isaac Cohe^— •1 8-7 par cent.. Fannie Cohen^sniart)erg. Abram Isenberg. Annie Gdklstein. BenJ. UxkovUx. Max Kal-

Flora Rnbloeoc. Jo*. Pastor, Joseph Zees, Israel Reiner. Gissier. Harry Otkkmsn, Barney Brown, Ids Marcoa, Harriet FeWBbrksky, Robert Joffe.

South Seavllle Clarence E. Detp. Jceephlne Hancodk» Percy T. Heaton, Raymond C.

Ocean View. PhUltp MkBer, MFrs T. WsyAouias

The annual coaimer.. etnent exercl- * of the Cape Vi*y High Btnool will Jte place next Thurudsy at Ibe Kink Hail, on Washington Htreet. fhere will be ten graduates. Logan Jkv-klua. Rachel Buck. Curds. Bertha Flake Haley. Jeanne R Hand. Laura Warwick Hujhe*. Brest even* Mecray. tkhel B. Steven*. Merlnda WhUldln StUwe!). Ka-n. rbompBoo and Esther Bmsnnei Wmi The aiiti-iai class day exercises will he place the day before On ibe night of the commencement the Alom■I Association will bold ill annual •soquet at the Colonial.

-WE-LL ALL TAKE TEA" Put tb* KcttW On—Jenny or Mol ly or Polly or J*ru*baProm Charleston New* and Courier The Charlotte Observer tier supped n gain, and fwe are beginning to loa

•6.40 2.76

Egg, Btov* and Chestnut Coal

On*-H*lf Ten.... 8X0 8J4

16.44 One-eHalf Ton.... 2-77 If bills are not paid within DATS from date of delivery, no dtet will be allowed.

34-90 \*-» bin TKtRTT

■ On.” The Montgomery Advertli mmedlately iwotested mat It waa ~M rut the Kettlo On." and now c<*r Washington Hrald. which rarely e e* a mistake about anything. < ■"'"Polly. Put the Kettle Oo." 1

Ills Important point, bul we are advised ■eorgta. bow engaged la business la the lias slipped lu trolley this lime, that

Tell Josh to ret t

> Georgia vein urartu red ll

D this mutilated fast

County Trotting Gossip, the annual meeting of the Oape ■lay County Trotting and Breeding :lstk>D, held at the track, the following officers and director* were elected: 'President, Dr. J. Morgan DU; first vice president, Charles P. man; Second vice president Horace E. Richardson; Secretary, John Douglass; treasurer, Bdwlo Poster; directors, Frank lavllem. John H. Twadell. Isaac Powell, Horace ERichardaoo, Lin D. Compton, James 3cheUeoger. Charlea P. Vanamsn,Walter Harrell. Dr. Julius Wsy. Alexsnde . Bpringer, Alfred Cress* and Robert iUer. Th* flirt meet tola season will be held Saturday. Jtme 6. at Cburt kknise track. There wBl be two race*, free-for-all. purse 360 ; 2.40 class, fifty bushel* of oats. There will also be a sbow of single harness teams and draft team*. Rib boo* will be swarded. This seatoo the Aaaocfatioo Will aid more meels than in any previous yean. Kionette. sired by Kinrter, record 1.14 <4. owned by Alexander RSpringer, to training at Roadetown and will race at Salem on Memorial Day.

DENNIBVILLE Miss Mabte WvntsHI ■pent last Thun

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