OPE MAY STAR ^ WAVE >a WEEKLY EDITION

FIFTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. a CAPE MAY CITY, g. J , 'sAtUrdct. FEBRUARY 29, 1908. *. rHREE CENTS A^COPY'l 1 ™ WI I yJU

TO AID THE SUMMER SCHOOL SENATOR BAND'S NEW BILL I . Slimmer School of Agriciltore lo ho Part of the State School System, v." Senator Hand has introduced in the Senate a bill *to establish summer courses in elementary agriculture, , manual training and home economics. It provides : "First. For the pdrpose'of establishing and maintaining summer courses 0 for instruction in methods of teaching elementary agi (culture, manual train - - ing and home economics there shall be appropriated annually a sum not exceeding 12000 ; provided, that no money shall be expended under the proviaious . of this act until an appropriation therefor shall have been made in the annual appropriation bill. "Second. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations for establishing and maintaining summer courses . of study in elementary agriculture, manual training and home economics, and shall designate the place or pieces where such courses I shall be provided. Certificates of graduation from such courses of study as prescribed by the State Board of Education shall be valid licenses to teach in the public schools the subjects covered by said certificates; provided, the holders tl reof shall also hold certificates valid as licenses to teach in the public schools in which they shall be employed. "Third. All expenses incurred in establishing and maintaining Buch courses of study and which are to be paid out of the moneys appropriated under the provisions of the act, shall be paid by the State Treasurer on the warranty of the State Comptroller on •hill® approved by. t' e State Board of ' Education." herniations Adopted by the Woodbine hoard of fidncatioa. Feb. 20th, !008. Whereas, The State Board of Education has advanced the theory of training children in the fundamental principles of earning a livelihood ; Whereas, it is the intention and conclusion of the said Board of Education to .'introduce manual trsinine, home economics and elementary agriculture into our public schools, whereby the preparation of the child for the duties of life can be most advantageously obtained ; Whereas, the growing need of com- i bining theoretical and practical knowl- 1 edge, can mora effectively be met by i making manual laljor a part of our public school system ; RWhereas, industrial training, espec- < •ally the cultivation of the soil, is es- i •ential to and inseparable from useful i citizenship, and \ Whereas, our local conditions and facilities claim our unremitting efforts ( to place the public schools in the best 1 possible shape for the material and in- 1 tellectual development of our children ; < » Resolved, that the Woodbine Board 1 of Education is heartih in accord with i the movement advanced by. the State's t foremost^educatore. t Resolved, that the Instruction Com- 1 mittee, in conjunction with the Super- t vising Principal and County Superin- p tendent consider the question of introducing industrial training and es- j peticlly, elementary argiculture in our s schools, and of the cost of extra ( teachers]and appliances needed to carry v the teaching of the new branches of a the curriculum successfully into effect, r and, to report to this Board at its next c meeting.' v Reeolved, that our teachers be re- v quested to qualify themselvi s for the 1 instruction of tbe'new subjects, which n are offered in the Cape May School of t Agriculture and Industrial Art and » Science. Resolved, That the Board of Educa- ° tion advance if necesary to the teachers c a loan sufficient for the purpose of at- it tending the said school. „ : — : <- E ANNOUNCEMENT. o I wish to announce to my friends and patrons that I am now located at my * new store and am prepared to furnish them with the very Latest Styles of 8 Clothes.. ^ » I use the most up-to-date methods. p and employ none but the most skilled mechanics, thus assuring the very T Latest Style, Perfect Fit and above all Honest Tailoring. Very truly yours, CHARLES SCHERER, is Ladiee' end Men's Tailor, v Corner Washington and Perry 8treeta. ft

RESOLUTIONS BV F1SHIN0 CREEK SUNDAY SCHOOL L Whereas, Almighty God in hia wisdom has allowed the removal from our school of a valued scholar, there fore .be it .1 Resolved, That we, the Sunday school, desire to express our high esteem of Leslie Douglass as a scholar |U and as a friend, and to express our sorrow aad bereavement. Resolved, That these resolutions be printed in the Star and Wpve, and a copy be sent to the bereaved family. J. DURELL HOFFMAN, HERBERT S. SHAW, J® LESLIE P. BATE. Committee. " February 25, 1908. : ATLANTIC CITY I DISLIKES IT * II CAN BAYE NO BARBOR 8 ~ J U. S. Engineers hare Declared it net Worthy of Im- ■ provement ^ A harbor is an impossibility at Atlane tic, a statemerc supported by the g I voluminous report of a committee apf pointed to investigate, by Atlantic's y hotel men ! The following are Some j of the statements made in thB report 0 referred tot g Major W. H. Hewes, under inatruct'ons from the War Department, .ex- ' amined the proposed harbor and under n date of October 18th, 1884, made a re- . port from which we cull the following statement: "I am not prepared to say that the harbor is not wor thy of improvement, B but as the cost of making the improve- i j ment is far greater than the benefits I 1 to be derived therefrom, and as the s works if constructed would not neces4 sarily effect a permanent improvef ment, and as there is no public necessity for the works, the deduction from e the facts must be that the work is not worthy of improvement." In another portion of the reports of 1 - the engineers in 1886 it is stated that I - it would require $3,000,000 to secure a 10 foot channel ani twin jetties from j 11 miles to 2 miles in extent. On i every examination by the govf rnment j : engineers whether for the purpose of [ i i creat'ng a harbor for vessels coming in j , i from sea or for merely deepening the ; water over the bar skirting the inlet, , ■ to make it navigable for pleasure craft, I j the report has been adverse and the t ■ scheme has been declared impractical, J < uufeasib'e and unworthy of govren- j ment attention. • i , Under date of December let. 1904, I j Major C. W. Raymond. U. S. A., was I detailed to examine Absecon Inlet again and reported to the Chief of En- 1 gineers adversely, saying among other c things ; j \ The present and prospective demands q of commerce for the purpose indicated i t the act of Congress are the forma- : [ tion and maintenance of a straight channel of moderate depth and j « between the termini of the two electric 8 railroads in the same State to facili- „ tate a very large passenger traffic for ; p the purpose of pleasure and not for p This^traffic does not appear j have any national or interstate importance. j v The object of the improvement than i f proposed was "to enable light draft 1 1 steamers to ply between Atlantic [ p and Brigsntine Beach, so that ii visitors at the beach may have quick j 8, and reliable connection with the rail- 1 tj roads at Atlantic City." and that a j p channel 6 feet deep at mean low j c. water, with a mean width of 75 feet, j F would be sufficient for this purpose. ' j condition of the beach showed j n marked changes, and he found nothing j indicate any possibility of keeping I the channel open by tidal scour. He tl considered it very probable that the ! 0 channel would require frequent dredg- j g| in order to remove the sand that! i* would be blown into it from the beach, j B< did not consider the route worthy j p of improvement. i j, Major Raymond's report closed with I c, these words : jFor the facts and reasons above jr stated, the harbor under examination tl is not, in my opinion, worthy of ini- e, provement by the general Government. K ; m li' STORK VISITS SUPERINTENDENT ^ BARE. 4 County Superintendent O. O. Sarr ia the proud father now. The stork cc visited hia home recently and left a pi baby of the female periuasion. w

" INTERESTING ■ NEWS NOTESr I OCCURRENCES BERE AND TBERE ir — ; — -- r Incidents Which Have Attracted " the Attention of the Star and Ware Mrs. D. W. Rotjan is quite ill with pneumonia. A A lhSenator Hand's bill increasing the salary of the common pleas judge to $1800 has passed the Senate. C® C® C® r" Death has c'aimed two veterans from Lower township thts week. Furman Garretson and Isaac Cobb. «• (a C® R Collector Sol Needles deserves great credit for his enterprise in the matter , of sectfring the Graves factory for fl Cape May. <* » • Assemblyman Corsville E. Stille is an enthusiastic farmer aud bears the reputation of being one of the most skilful in Upper Township. He ia i- raising blooded fowls and supplies e fanciers. •> <0 •) B Congressman Loudenslager, of South e Jersey, is retained as the New Jersey I member of the Republicwi Congressional Campaign Committee, of . which he has been one of the leading ' . members for a number of years. » ® ft James Jaquette and John Kimsey nave been committed for the alleged purloining of wii e from the Delaware , and Atlantic T. and. T. Co. Their friends aay that the men thought the ; ' j wire had been abandoned and there was | certainly lots of it scattered arouud ' ! belter skelter after the storm for several weeks. . fr C® (• The Cape May delegation of the 1 Municipal League of Seashore Resorfs 1 was treated to a lemon Tuesday. Ur- ' gent word was sent to a'ttend at Trenr j ton in support of the Inland Waterway ! ' i Bill, and they turned up there on time J j only to find that the hearing had been ■ 1 postponed to enable Senators to attend | | the tunnel opening at Hoboken. I ' (• (® f® J At a meeting held at the Yachtmans' I I Club in Philadelphia of the Commo- , 1 dote of the several yacht clubs on the ' South Jersey coast, for the purpose of advancing the matter of the in t waterways, they pledged them- ' selves officially to further the interests of this bill. The meeting was adjourned until March 3rd. This waterwill be of great advantage to farmers, truckers and oystermen. > (•<•(• 1 The inquest upon the death of Leslie of Cold Spring, which oc- r curred at the Bennett's Crossing of the Jersey and Seashore Railroad, on I night, was held Friday and the jury empannelled by the Coroner. . | W. A. Lake, returned this verdict: | "Death caused by compound fracture ! the skull by Engine 6040, West Jer- h I and Seashore Railroad, through the h negligence of said road in not having ! j, ; precautions at said crossing to f, I protect life." )t » « W Paul Pierre, a young Frenchman C caught trying to Bteal a passage rr ; Philadelphia to Europe on a cat- j tl tie steamer which left Philadelphia w Friday morning. He was discovered c< in the hold and Pilot Benjamin John- C' son brought him ashore here in the m take-off pilot boat, and paid his fare to ■ Bl The scarcity of work | d, caused him to try to get back to | Si Two other stowaways were ! oc and landed here about a j tc month ago. « ®> V in One of the best steps ever taken by I g, Legislature was the authorization | 8U of a commission to investigate live I cz stock conditions in this State and re- th port p plan by which the breed of Jer- M »ey cattle can be improved. Senator ar introduced in the Senate j w bills which, if made laws, are well • calculated to attain the object sought, j co material improvement of the stogk of this State means a large addition to M the State's wealth. By the last Fed- ar era! census there were 85 166 dairy L. cows in New J-raey, and the improve- w: ment to a higher grade of this class of m live stock alone would be of immense to New Jersey. A * * - Cape May Point will apply for in- wi corporation as a borough during the iu present session of the legislature. It ch first incorporated in 1878 and after

j the decision of the Supreme Court that j this .act was unconstitutional, reinoorI pirated under a law passed in 1889. l. This also met disaster at the hands of <| the court and the enabling act which t passed the legislature- to enable borj ougbs to continue existence was not Ej taken advantage of by Cape May Point. A bonded beut which had accumulated under the borough was j ignored after the borough ceased to exist until the Supreme Court declared it valid and ordered ita assessment on the prop^Cy of the borough. The final assessment has been made to pay off the last of these bonds and if the h borough should be reincorporated ■ it would start without anyjiocumbrance in the shape of back ddbt. e f® f® (• f 0 Tne Hotel Cape May, which will open April 11th, will have 500 people to entertain as a beginning for the 6 Easter season and a number of people are coming downjto opr n their cottages and give increased eclat to the-opening event Manager Doyle will have two r Important conventions to entertain r during June, aggregating over a thousand people and may corral several others. The opening of the Hotel g Cape May is the beginning of good , things for Cape May. ► AAA Assessor Charles T. Campbell is active in his efforts to develop good, ' things for Cape May. He has been much interested in the factory propo- ( aition and has done good work AAA Sewers are as necessary as streets in . any newly built portion of the city, for a!) drainage must be made into eewere arid no hou-es can be built unless sewers are first placed for their accommodation. It is also worthy of note 1 that the new sewerage system was , built by the city of its own accbrd, but I , the State would have ultimately compelled something of the kind, if it had not been done. The pollution of running streams. ia no longer permitted. 1 The new system is being used by the established portion of Cape May and it or something like it would have been, built whether the. new i a8t side enterprise had "appeared or not. , 1 1 A A A 1 1 Did it ever occur to you that the area , | of the tract from Madison avenue to j , Pittsburg avenue and fiom Beach ave- 1 , to Schellengers Landing contains . | as many acres as the inhabited portion j i of old Cape "May? I , A (• A I Officer George Baldwin had a severe j attack ."of illness on Tuesday, hut is j recovering. I ( rie

GRAVES' VARNISH : WORKS SOUGHT ■ c MAY BE BROUGHT BERE [ Committee Appointed to Confer " With Mr. fares as (o Land :» Other Matters . ;»

A special meeting of Council was g Wednesday evening to hear what j E been done- Tfi the matter of secur- ' the establishment of the Graves' ; w here. ^There were present a 0 number of citizens. President q called upon Assessor Charles T. ! d for information as to the j movement and Mr. Campbell stated • he had talked with Mr. Graves who nad expressed 'a willingness to si consider, a proposition if suitable land t< could be obtained and some concessions si made in the matter of taxes He bad si suggested a tract of 30 or 40 acres and j ti to be located near the harbor, n members of the Lower Township fpi committee had expressed a willingness w be liberal with reference to town- ' ni ship charges if land should be selected < k the township. MfT~ Campbell sug- ! tl gested several tracts which vcould be si suitable Mr. b. F. Eldredge was i si called on and expressed the opinion , ft it would be a great thing for Cape if the factories could be secured and thought that the people would be willing to do anything they could. i hi Mr! L. C. Ogden suggested that a ar committee be appointed and on motion ' fa Councilman S. H.Moore, Mayor gc President of Council Ware m and Secretary of the Board of Trade, ( nc C. Ogden were appointed to confer ! xi with Mr. Graves and report at a later ! co meeting. | tj, i w Dance at Auditorium y, Monday evening, March 2nd, there > Pi will be a dance given at the Auditor- pa iumr Excellent Music. Admission ov 25 cents. I te H. BBLLANGY. l*ae

£ BOARD OF TRADE f ORGANIZES * FIRST MEETING AT an BALL c- : — Z~ , ' " LaLge fiatiering of Represeitatite Citizens Sign - Roll iy (j . On the call of Mayor Melvin a numjg ber of citizens and business men of this city met at the City Hall on Tuesday t afternoon to discuss the advisability jj of organising a Board of Trade and the e meeting was organized by the election e of Mayor Melvin" as chairman and g Luther C. Ogden, aa eecrotary. Presia dent of Oaancil, Dr. S, F. Ware, was g called upon by the Mayor to give his 0 views and he spoke briefly and to the n point, aaying among other things that h "We are like a merchant with a big stock on hand, something must be 2 done to sell it. Wejnust have the peoj pie coming here. Aabury Park was way down a few years ago hut, energetic action by her business men has a started her off and she is doing a great j business. Cape May can do the same. n We. must put people on the road to _ present the claims of Cape May and our Mayor is espe~ially wall fitted for work of this kind " a S. F. Eldredge was called upon and r stated that the time had come when b something should be done to arouse in3 terest in Cape May in order that we : - may win the prosperity which is due ua. ' 1 Luther C. Ogd-n was called upon, ; s and said that was a member of a 1 Board of Trade once, a live one which - did things. We met .about four years , 1 ago, and elected officers and nothing '• ■ has been done since. The old one is dead, gone and forgotten, now lets doi velop a new one on business principles, i A thing of this kind needs money and ' I. we must be prepared to contribute and 1 to obtain contributions from as many f i as possible of the people who are in- 6 j terested in Cape May I believe great " good can be accomplished by concerted ' j effort. In the old concern we received c promises of money from hotels and I -'there which were never paid, and^s j J :we depended on these promises forjg ] obtaining money to pay • bills, we were j put in a hole. We will need a better I system than this." j A. W. Hand was called upon and V j said that "A resort is a business prop- p I osition in which every business man I j and property owner is a partner. An " j organization of the kind proposed ■ would unite all of us and enable .all to ' u I assist in pushing the business in which | p we are partners. Funds should he C j collected in advance so that the move- p j ment would start with a substantial j treasury of cash. not elusive promises." I C Frank Wrisley spoke for the hotel- } ~ that they would be willing to help ! out and Mr. C. Earle Miller said a j u number of encouraging words. On | motion of Mr Ogden the chairman | ir J was authorized to appoint a committee I 'of five to formulate by-laws and sug- ! ?? j gest nominations for officers and S. F. j ' S. H. Moore, W. J Fendertson. O. O. Merc'-ant and L. C. Ogden) - | appointed, the chairman to be ex- w • officio, a member Mayor Melvin an- ! nounced that a meeting on the N. Z I al matter would bo held Wednes- 1 w night. et !F A Terrible Fall yet not Seriously Injured 1 While passing down Washington j street and directly opposite Reading di terminal, a lady tripped across the i he passing into M. A. Scull's ®e store, only to find that souvenirs pos- j j8 tals had fallen to six for five cents. On recovering from the shock she expressed her pleasure at finding the fall general, hitting stationery, toys, !li novelties and souvenirs of various I in After loudly voicing her;?8 also promising that future ' lrr both for herself and friends : pr should be done at this store she left Sa much better. 2-29 tf j SMITH-VANAMAN. Leavitt Smith, of Holly Beach, brother of Mayor Frank Smith there, eo and Miss Anna Vanaman, one of the ra: of the Holly Beach High ^ were united in marriage at the pj par onage Saturday after- J. by the pastor. Rev. James Burns. — They left amid showers of rice and the congratulations of many friends, on foi afternoon express for a trip to ca iagara Falls and other points. Miss cai Vanaman is a daughter of the late foi Dcvid Vanaman, who was princi- sp< pal of the West Cape May schools for an over twenty years. She has been a an' teacher in the Holly Beach schools for •seven years.

TELL WORLD YOUR WANTS J SLOOKI LOOK I LOOK! - The new up-to-date Five and Ton 1 Cent Store will open Saturday, Febru- G arj 29th, at the comer of Washington ti I and Perry streets, with a full line of useful articles. Come and see the bargains Post Cards a specialty. Fine f Easter Carda, 8 for 5 cents. LEWIS S. BENNETT. IX)ST—A black neck piece in West % Cape May on Monday. Please return to Mrs. Heater Sender, West Gap® ; May. - LOST-pn February 21st, Butterfly J a stickpin, somewhere between the y residence of Shamgar Douglas and Gold i „rsrr j. ^ | n Bast Doy Strayed from the home' of Frank ' Bates, a brown beadle hound with t | name of "Don" on collar. it ? Fqr Sole. 1 A farm at South Seaville, fifteen r minutes from station, containing 800 . fruit trees, six years old, 1 acre aspar- _ agua, 400 hills rhubarb, sage row. 8 acres strawberries, currants and goo e-3f-bernes, grape vines. No buildings. - Excellent summy home could be de- i 3 v eloped at comparatively amall cost t and advantages of country and sea- 1 aide enjoyed. Address, M. E, Collins, -3 South ceaville. 2-22 8t I Aatefor Sale " » M Automobile, very cheap, Winton, special made, cost thirty-five hundred I ($3500.) Sell four hundred, including top, lamps, winter boots, dust shield, linen covers lor seats, tools, four inner tubes, one shoe and extra parts. Guaranteed -in perfect order. ^ 2-29 2t J. H. MULLINER. For Sale. A nice cottage on Seaville Gamp Apply to Mrs. Mary E. Collins, Sbuth Seaville.; 2-22 2t - Sj x FOR SALE. < 'oal and wood business, located on the West-Jersey and Seashore Railroad at the foot of Perry street. For in- - 1 formation apply to Cape May Grain and Coal Company. 627 Washington street, (Jape May, N. J tf Financial Notice. To the business tuen and merchants | of Cape May City and vicinity ; ! The First National Bank of Cape May Court House, offers to discount notes for 30, 60 and 90 d<ys. Board meets I every Monday morning at 9 o'clock. WM. H. BRIGHT. 2-2^1 President. Cigar salesman. Experience unnecessary'. $100 per month pnd expenses. Peerless Cigar Co., Toledo, Ohio. 2-22 6t Wanted. I Cigar salesman wanted. Experience unnecessary. $100 per month and ex- | Peerless Cigar Co. , Toledo. A 2-22 6t j i RENT — Small houses at $10 per month. Apply to Dr. S. F. Ware, Capc Ma> - 12-14 tf JJk | 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 O. HUGHES, 214 Ocean street. 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 Deatbom Bld'g. Chicago. 2-1. t4 Afeats Wanted. Easy selling household specialties infor hotel and boarding Big money for agents of both Send for catalogue and circa- j lare. Atlantic Mercantile Co.. Atlantic City, N. J. 2-22 4t " For Sale Will sell for want of use. Bay mare, D50 lbs,. 9 years old, sound and gentle all harness ; excellent work and farm horse : also good market wagon, buggy. 2 sets single harness, farm ng implements, etc. Can be seen on the • premises and arrangem *nts made on i Saturday! February 22. 1908. GEORGE W. SNYDER, : 2-15 2t Cold Spring, N. J. jj For sale. About four hundred pair homer pigeons. A pqrt of these birds were raised and mated by myself. Selling aut on account of poor health, impossible to care for them. Aaron Woolson, Fishing Creek. Cape May county, N. 1. Phone 17m 2-15 3t Now is the Time, for 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 lot ju«t received. Call - ! rod examine .them. Prices are right rod the goods are right. CHARLES A. SWAIN, 806-7 Jackson street, Cape May.