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FIFTY-fHIKD YEAR. NO. 6. CAPE MAY CITY, N.J., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1908. —

PERSONAL MENTION OF VISITORS SOME INTERESTIN6 NOTES In this Column Will Appear Personal News Only — Star and Wave Readers Are Requested to Send in by Phone or CKhfcrwise. Miss Elisabeth H. Hughes has re turned home after a very pleasant visit to New York, where she was the guest of Mr. -and Mrs. Howard Fagan. Mrs. Ethel Farrow, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with her daughter. Miss l Octavine Ware. Edward Miller, of Philadelphia, ■pent a few days with hia mother at her pretty Hughes street cottage this week. I James R. Simpson, chief clerk of the United States Express Company of the Philadelphia general office, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Stitea over last Sunday. This was Mr. Simpson's first, visit to Cape May. He was delighted with the beach and the "grand old . ocean." Edgar Page S titer, 3rd, spent Saturday with his grand parents here. Edgar says "Cape May suits him all right." Miss Sarah Holmes, of South Den- ► nis, was an over Sunday visitor at the home of the Rev. E. P. Stitea. MiBS Nellie Blake, of Hammontown. spent Sunday with relatives here and in-West Cape May. E. P. Stites Jr., of Philadelphia, was here on Saturday Mr.Rtites holds a responsible position with the United States Express Company. Mrs. E. K. Edmund- haa entirely recovered from her recent illness. She is at present visiting her son, N. P. Edmunds in Philadelphia. She will return to her home her in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hughes are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Markley at their home ir. Salem. ' A party of Philadelphians who took dinner at the Virginia Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Pancoast, Mies Tullman and A. G. Williams. Miss Lucrissa Hughes entertained h?r friend Misa Elva Miller, over Sunday. Mias Miller is a lady of charming personality and is a teacher in the public schools at AtUhtic City. A party of prominent Philadelphians. who have been spending their snmmers here for a number of years, were over Sunday guests at the Virginia. They were Mr. ana Mrs. -Geo. W. Boyd, Mr. aod Mrs. Edwin Conk and Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Ay res. Two New York guests were registered at the Virginia this week. They were Charles S Harris and E. Foster. Joseph R. Frambea, of Tuckaboe, made a business trip here Wednesday and took dinner at the Glenwpod. J. F. Jacooby, who is very well known here, was a "guest at the Virginia Sunday. Dr. Reu A. Hand, of Camden, was an over Sunday visitor -with hie parents. Mr. and Mrs. P. William Wilhelm, of Philadelphia, were visitors here during the week and stopped at the Virginia. C. M. Tice, of Philadelphia, was in town the first of the week and stopped at the Aldine. Among the guests registered at the Virginia this week were Geo. F. Parker, E W. Lanschle, W. Sloan, W. J. Gray, and W. D. Mainer, all of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Reeves, of Philadelphia, are visiting his parents thisweek. Miss Beatrice E. Coburn entertained a number of her little friends at her home, 214 North street, Tuesday afternoon. the occasion being her fifth birthday. r Mrs. Allan Wales is visiting friends in Wilmington this week. Reuben Robinson, a former Cape May man, but now of Philad Iphia, is stopping wi-h his wife at the Maguire cottage. Miss Florence Parkinson is passing tha^wcek in New York with friends. Dr. McLeod is t.king a fortnight vacation In Philadelphia and^New Y6rk. Charles Scherer, the le.-see of the store, corner Decatur and Washington streets, is making the interior look very attractive. Mr. McAdams, of Elizabeth, was an over Sunday visitor Frank W. Miller, of New York, was here the first of the week looking after the remodeling of the MiUer cottage. Now is the Time, tor cutlery— Pocket knife, butcher or ' carving knives, knife and fork sets. Carving sets, silver pla'ed knives and forks, also silver plated tea and table spoons. A new lobjuat received. Call and examine them. Prices are right *nd the goods are right. ^ CHARLES A. SWAIN. 31*5-7 Jackson street. Cape May. r The greatest musical treat of the| season. The I-otus Quartette, High School Assembly room^next Tuesday.

DEATH OFTKWHENA REEVES SWAIN,. On Sunday morning last at 2:80 ? o'clock Mrs. Tryphena Reeves Swain, J aged 39 years, wife of Postmaster Horace E. Swain, of Eldredge passed , away at bar home in West Cape May, ' having been unconscious for about 27 hour ; preceding the end. She had'been _ ill for two or three days and was finally compelled to take to her bed e affcer which she gradually sank. The funeral occurred at 1 :30 o'clock Tues- ^ day afternoon, services at the late home, interment at the Cold Spring Presbyterian cemetery. From her young girlhood to the time of her death. Mrs. Swain never enjoyed perI feet health but she endured with remarkable patience and fortitude, suffering and pain, the full' extent of l» which probably nobody excepting her- * self ever knew. She was a most energetic and ambitious woman, and ap- - plied herself at all times with great I I zeal to the performance of every duty 8 and responsibility. She wis the most dewed wife snd mother and tvery e neighborly deed of kindness she could e do. was sure to be accomplished. She t has entered into rest and into her ret ward and her memory will long |be t. cherished by many relatives and 3 friends. i INTERESTING ; NEWS NOTES ! OCCURRENCES BERE AND TBERE 1 Incidents Wiucb Bave Attracted > the Attention of the Star and Wave Brooklyn Daily Eagle : The first round of the Utility Poultry Club's great twelve months egg- " laying competition has been fought and ' wor. easily by a pen of white Wyanc doites, the half dozen birds in the pen , having laid 245 eggs amrfng them duri ing the first three months. The contest is going forward on E. 1 W. Richardson's farm at Rayne, near * Braintree. Since October 1 twenty | 3 pens of ^pix birds each, all of breeds chosen for their prowess in supplying , the breakfast egg, have been engaged " in the most serious business of their 1 life time. Few birds have failed to appreciate 1 1 the position, the. most indifferent being a white Wyandotte which has not j ; laid a single egg, having been con- j tent, apparently, to cheer on a companion in the same pen, which has laid J r no fewer than twenty-seven. Many of the birds which got off the 1 mark badly; put forth special efforts toward the close of the first quarter, i Thus a pen of Wyandottes which was . near to getting the wooden spoon at the end of the first Hi&otfi, "has jumped 1 r to ninth place in the list, having! : created a record for the competition ■ during December by producing the j large number of 115 eggs, or an average of nineteen eggs per bird. ; There will be a check in several pens during the next few weeks, as some of . the birds, chiefly Leghorns, have seen ' fit to molt. f The result to date of thb efforts of , j the half dozen leading pens are as follows: White Wyandottes, 245 eggs; i | white WyandoM es, 193 eggs; white : Le Grease, 186 eggs; white Wyan- " dottes, 183 eggB;' white Wyandottes, ; 182 eggs ; buff rocks. 177 eggs. . A pen of partridge Wyadndottes has i only laid twenty eggs in the three j i . months. . : i AS •) ! Watch Knox. Might as well begin , flying his colors nbw, and you will, I ' later, be proud of your astuteness in1] selecting the successful presidential | , candidate. He is certainly the ablest i , man before the people, by long odds. THE ZETA CLUB. j , The club held its regular semi-annual j ' busine-s meeting on last Friday. Le- 1 i Roy Wilson was re-elected president; 5 Ralph Schellenger, vice President; 1 Fanny Thompson, secretary, and Jean- ' nette Hand, treasurer. We notice "Kidder" looks pleased to : * have Fanny sitting- beside him when 1 , he presides. Tha meeting this week ' I will be principally on, Lincoln. We ' : wish to call attention to the fact that | the boys of the school are rehearsing ] ; for a minstrel show to be given next < month. ( ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED. i Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren Hughes, an- ' ' nounce the engagement of theirdaugb- 1 tcr, Elizabeth H. . to Mr. Andrews D t Kindberg, of Sweden.

;lLAWS IN THE ; LEGISLATIVE GRIST ) BOTB BOUSES ARE BUSY B ' .... I Some Bills Introduce!! and 1 Others Psssed During r - Weet r . Both houses of the legislature settled* down to business this week and ~ the legislative mill haa been grinding pretty steadily. The griat of bills introduced is quite as large aS usual and includes many designated to mak*. changes of trifling importance in exist-i ing laws. The great measures before ' the legislature are the inland- water-! way measure, the public utilities bill," ' the local option bill and the civil ser- ! vice bill. The inland waterway bill , " a..d a public utility measure are sure , ~ bf passage, but it is not likely that ' either the local option bill or the civil service measure will get through this , session, though reasonably sure to win , in some form, sooner or later. The revision of the primary laws in accord" , with Governbr Fort's suggestion may , > also, receive attention. / ' | SENATE BILLS INTRODUCED. ■ No. 109, Mr. Ackerman. Makes' surrogate s fe-s where estate has value ] of less than $200, half' present fee and one-third if value if less than $100. I (Revision of laws,) No. ill, Mr. Wilson. Makes monuments and tombstones for one year ] after erection subject to lien oh judgment. (Revision of laws, i No. *115, Mr. Bradley. Apropristes $4,000 to repair Rahway reformatory dome. (Appropriations ) No. 116, Mr. Price. Authorizes loan i of state funds on farm mortgages up to forty p r cent, of value at a rate of interest not exceeding three per cent. ' ) Finance.) - No. 117. Mr. Ha id. Increase salar- ' ies of county judge' of Cape May to . ! $1,800. (J udiciary . ) , j No. 118, Mr. Gebhardt. Amends act j , of 1874 respecting writs of error by ! , j requiring the same where brought for j ' I j review of judgment to be sued within j 1 . six months except in case of infants, j - | where time is one year. (Revision of j ' . j laws. ) 1 1 -I No. 119, Mr. Wilson. Amends the ( ; road act (revision of 1895) by requir- - 1 ing the assent of not less than two- i - thirds of the owners ot lineal Irontage i I j on any road to provide for its improvement under the general road act. (Ag- ■ j riculture.l ( i PASSED, j vSenate Np.36 was amended by the ] I I house to make its provisions effective ! ■ j only for three years after the passage , '• L I of this act. By suspension of the rules i '■ 1 it was placed on third reading. It , ' 1 provides that four per cent, bonds of a I > '■j public utilities act can be sold_for 70 I • per cent of their par value. It amends i j the act which makes 80 per cent, the i i • minimum for the sale such bonds, i ' | It was passed by a vote of 47 to 5. : ' i ! Other house bills passed were : j No. 40— Regulates fees in foreclosure \ j proceedings. No. 87— Establishes chancery cham- 1 ' : : in Atlantic City and appropriates ] * i j $1,200 for their furnishings. | No. 15 — Incorporates the .borough of ' 1 j Ramsey, Bergen county. i 1 I H.-use No. <19. drafted by the attor- { i j ney general, extending the time of the r 1 ; state board of assesors for the assess- t ; ment of second class railroad property ■ J i for the years 1906 and 1907, to conform i with the recent decision of the court of frrors and appeals off the Perkins act, j was favorably reportedby the judiciary ! committee. 1 WEST ELECTED COMPTROLLER. | £ 1 The Senate and, House met in joint 1 1 session Tuesday afternoon and elected j ^ I Henry J^-WesfyCamden county. State ! j Comptroller. ana\Joahua E. Borton, i county; was re-el acted DirectonTof Railroads. Mr I was nominated by Senator Brad- 1 ley- ' " j a The Democratic nominee was Stephen t M. Egan, county collector of Hudson, t was named by Senator Fielder, i was chosen by a vote of , 63 to 27. y the party ballot. t The Democratic candidates for rail- t road director was Joseph E. Strycker. of Perth Amboy, chairman of the Mid ' dlesex county committee. After the joint session rose the mem- v bers of the legislature and state officials ' guests of the new comptroller at ( buffet luncheon served at the Tren- « House. f There will be another joint session '

to elect ' commissioners of j THE CIVIL SERVICE BILL. ' The Senate had the Ackerman civil - — "«aej«ill under- .viaMeraHon Tuea--day. * It originally provided that civil service should be mandatory on the state- ' snffi permissive in counties snd cities by referendum. Senator Ackerman amended to give governing bodids of I i counties and cities power to adopt by resolution. Mr. Robbins and othere objected and offered amendments to make it necessary to accept by ordinance. This was lost, as was also another amendment by Mr. Robbins to provide for a referendum in cities and • counties. Mr. Fields secured mraend- ' raents which gives preference to vet- ■ erans of Civil and Spanish ware who ' pass examinations. He also secured an ' amendment requiring the consent of 1 the commission and of the official " affecb d when a transfer ib ordered. '■ Senator Leavitt amended his school • tenure bill. No. 41, making it oompul- - aory for teachers to serve their proba- " tionary period of three years in one I district .instead of being permitted to : serve the three years in different sec- ' tions of the state. ' Governor Fort appointed a commis1 sion to frame bill to permit popular I election of delegates to national con- ' ven tions and codify all laws- relating to r elections, former Governor Stokes, chairman: Chandler tt. Riker, of Newark, and Nelson Y. Dungan, of , Somerville. i * ; WEST CAPE MAY'S WEEKLY HAPPENINGS ; LOCAL NOTES AND COMMENT Social Occurrences and Movements, Together with References to Public Matters and the news | o( the week. Mr. and Mrs.] William Swain, of Philadelphia, are the happy parents of a girl baby." I I John W..Reeves*ard son, A. Higginr Reeves, were Philadelphia visitqra d'n Tuesday. The concussion from the explosion • at the DuPont Powder mills last .week, 1 1 sixty miles away, was distinctly felt here, houses being shaken and windows rattledi Many thought i- an earthquake. ^ Mrs. Joshua Hoffman went to Philadelphia Monday to be with her on, Harry Hoffman, who is seriously ill with typhoid fever and is being treated a hospital there. Among those who were called here Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Swain were Mr. and Mrs. : Charles Eldredge, Miss Julia Swain, , Miss Emma Swain, William Swain, Bert Swain, George Swain and Thomas Everingham. ail of Philadelphia, and 1 Mrs. Enoch Eldredge and Mrs. Joseph ; Stroud, of Pensauken. i ' Mr. and Mrs. William Fenderson abd : j son, of Philadelphia, were over Sunday 1 j guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Fender- : I Dr. Clarence Eldredge, a prominent physician of Ph;ladelphia, was a visi- j : ! tor here Tuesday. j i Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corson spent ;i with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. ! i Lilburn Hoffian, of Philadelphia, j i beeu spending a few days here with j i ! his father. < I Mrs. "Emma J. Eldredge and son, H. ! 1 Eldredge, of Philadelphia, were ! < guests of Mr and Mrs. Walter Hand < ! this week. i Mrs. E. G. Doughty and daughter 1 1 Mary, visited friends in Camden Wed- > nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Swain were : < called tn.the home of t -eir son Post- ! i master Horace E. Swain, this week, 1 1 of th- illness and death of his 1 wife. They will remain here with i him for a time. j I CARD OF THANKS. Mr. Horace E. Swain, desires to ex- 1 1 : press his earnest appreciation of the ' | kindness and attention of many neigh- ; > I bore and friends during the illness and : ! I after the death of his late wife, Mrs. I Swain. I For Seed Potatoes. | John Kienzle, "of 126 Dock street, j j is the proprietor of the j ( I largest "seed potato house in America 1 1 j and supplies many farmers.in this sec- < | tion with the most reliable seed pota- j « they have ever used. Farmers t who desire seed potatoes which will t yield satisfactory results, should try < those sold ^by this house. See adver- ' tisement in another column. , Here ia Relief for Women * ' If you have pains in tbe back, urinary, bladder or kidney trouffle.* and want a certain, pleasant herb cure for woman's ills, try Mother Australian-Leaf. It is a safe « and never-failing regulator. At Drag- ' gists or by mail 50 cents. Sample ' package FREE. Address, the Mother } Grey Co., LeRoy, N: Y. * 2-8 4t 1

i WATFRWAY " » » • , ■ ' BILL IN TBE LEBISLATDRE. < . ' [ Appropriation will be Made to ' Begia this Wort this S tori The Public Ledger says : No project before the present session j -of tSe Legislature is engrossing the i attention of the South 'Jersey [senators f and Assemblymen as mgch . as the 1 scheme to deepen the inland waterway which parallels tbe Atlantic coast from 1 Bay Head to Cape May. These two • points are now connected by a zigzag . channel through bays, inlets and other : water courses, by means of which j small crafCcan make their way at high . tide. - In abffl£ places the present depth, when the tide is in, is two feet . or less. The shortest available inside r water route between Cape May and . Bay Head is 117 miles. > While the proposed waterway would , stimulate commerce, its chief value f would be for pleasure, travel and inf tercom muni cation between the many resorts upon the sea and bay shores. It would lead to the establishment of new and useful routes of travel by 8 team and power boats. ' Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist, ' has just reported to the Legislature the result* of a survey and estimate of tKrcoet of a channel bribe minimum ] depth of 8 and 10 feet, respectively, and width of 50 feet, in compliance with an act passed at th« last session, s He find ; that the probaole total cost . of an 8-foot channel would be $289,416, including $231,287 for dredging, and of a 10-foot channel, $513,931, dredging for which would cost $419,987. r Senator Hand, of Cape May, and . Senator Wilson, of Atlantic county,' came to the Stale House last week i with the draft of a bill appropriating $100,000 with which to begin at once the work of drudging the channel. ^ After consultation with Governor Fort, who is heartily in favor of the im- ! provement, a change was made in the " program. A bill was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Hand creating the Department of Inland Waterways. This measure, which is the first step following the completion of the suri vey, provides for the appointment by ' the Governor of a commissioner of in- , land water ways, who shall be allowed 1 such clerical force and assistants as be necessary. It shall be the duty : of the department, among other things, t "to maintain, improve and repair the I existing inland waterways of this State i and to construct and maintain such additional waterways as may h« author^ I iietl anfftSJHstfueted by appropriations ■ and make and enforce proper - rules and regulations for the use of the } The South Jersey legislators will ask ' for an appropriation of $100,000 to be- | i gin the deepening and widening of the : channel. Whether the State will grant ] so large a sum the first year is prob- ! lematical. One of the most influential < | members of the House, who represents . J down-State county, said to-day that the iine of administration policy seems I 'o be in line of retrenchment in every ( direction, and that the inland water- i scheme of which hi is an earnest . advocate, would he fortunate to get an 1 appropriation of $50,000 as a first instalment. This proposed improvement has no ! connection with the Atlantic States ' waterway plan, of which Rep- < repentative J. Hampton Moore, of 1 Philadelphia, is the head. ; Among the coast resorts which would : i connect! d by the inland waterways • system before the Legislature are Cape May, Wildwood. Holly Beach, j Sea Isle City, Ocean City. Somehs 1 | Longport, At)antic,Oity, Brigantine. Beach Haven. Barnegat City, Sea i ! side Park, Point Pleasant and Bay | f NOTICE TO LIMIT CSEDiTORS. ' i Estate of Henry Brown, deceased, j Pursuant to the order of Chas. P. Vanaman, Surrogate of the County of I Cape May. made on the 5 eleventh day | of February, A. D., 1908. on the ap- . plication of .the subscriber, Admistra- , of said deceased, notice is hereby J j given to the creditors of said deceased * to exhibit to the subscriber, under 1 oath or affirmation their claims and demands against tbe estate of said deceased within nine months from the eleventh day of February. A. D., 1908, " or th»y will be forever barred of any T action against the subscriber. February lltb, A. D., 1908. 8 JOSEPH E. BROWN. i 2-15 9t Administrator. 8 Martha Washington Progressive Supper The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a Martha Washington Progressive Supper in the basement of e the church on the evening of Washing- J ton's birthday, February 22. It will L ' unique and enjoyable.

OLA; BIO WELL AT BAPTIST CBSBCH. . marked that if one heard without seeing ber, be would think he was listen ing to a man. Her remarkable range ) waa well sustained and die teemed equally at home on low and high hotea. Her recitations were wfell received and •he responded to „Te„! eoeote.. She performed remarkably well a moot difficult task, that of one person entertaining an audience for an entire . V > THE N. J, MEDALS FOB VETERANS. ' Andrew Dorner and other veterans ; of the Civil War have received tbe bronze medals issued by the State to ' all veterans, and they are all proud, ' as they should be, to have this rem»m- ; brance. The medals are made of metal | from captured rebel cannons. TELL WORLD YOUR WANTS For Sale I Will aell for want of use. Bay mare, 1150 lbs, 9 years old, sound and gentle I in all harness; excellent work and' , farm home ; alro good market wagon, buggy, 2 sets single harness, farming implements, etc. Can be seen on the premises and arrangem mts made oq Saturday, February 22, 1908. • GEORGE W SNYDER, 2-15 2t Cold Spring, N. J. For tale. About four hundred pair homer pigeons. . A part of these birds were 1 raised and mated "by myself.' Sailing out on -account of poor health, impoasi- ' ble to care for them. Aaron Woolson, Fishing Creek, Cape May county, N. ; J. Phone 17m" 2-15 3 1 FOR SALE, Coal and wood business, located on the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad I at the foot of Perry street. For in1 formation apply to Cape May Grain and CdS "Company, 627 Wsshington «lreet. Cape May, N. J tf SPECIAL Pork chops, 2 lbs for 25 cents. Sausage, 2 lbs for 25 cents. Prunes, 4 lbs for 25 cents. Apple butter, 28 cents a "pail. Soup peas, 5 cents a can. Excellent coffee, 20 cent a lb. Hens on a strike, Eggs 30 cents dozen. Baking Pawder, 4 cents a tumbler. Oranges, 18, 20 and 25 cents dozen. Cranberries. 5 and 10 cents a quart. Crackers, 4 lbs for 25 cento. Fig bare 12 cento lb. 30 different varieties of National Biscuit Co's. cakes and crackers at the usual low prices. All goods promptly delivered. J. WOODRUFF ELDREDGE. 1 West Cape May. You will miss a great pleasure if ydu fail to hear The Lotus Quartette next evening. High School Assembly room. FOR RENT — Small houses at $10 per • month. Apply to Dr. S. F. Ware. Cape May. 12-14 tf WANTED— Farms and country wanted this section; 2% per cent, after sold. HAHK, 418 E. 79th Street, New York 1-18 17t Nfttice of Removal 1 wish to snn ounce that on and after «. March firat I will be at my new store, 413 Washington street, where I will carry a full line ofcloth suitable for and Gentlemen's clothing to Cr' ELI ROSENTHAL. HOUSES FOR RENT 10 rooms, city, water, gas, one quarter acre of land ; $13 per month. 8 rooms, city, water and gas; $11 per month. 2 ten room houses; electric lights, bath, fire places, stationary ranges. $15 and $15 respectively. GILBERT C. HUGHES, 214 Ocean street. Real Estate Bargains Three cottages for sale or exchange, in Cape May City and one in West May. Also building lots, and a good truck or poultry farm. Bell phone 57D'. GEORGE H. REEVES, Broadway and Yorke avenue. West Cape May. WANTED— A representative in this county by a large real estate corporation. Special inducements to those who wish to become financially interested. The Real Estate Security Co.. Fort Dearborn Bld'g, Chicago. 2-1 4t The New Paint Store John Little has opened up the busiof sefimg paints at the corner of Jackson and Washmgton streets aod it is just the place to buy fresh paints. - 8-23-tf