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Or other Orcanlration.. a»ecioHonr or individual*, •'-rod far puhlicatior. either; in weeVIv or daily edition", will he charred for at the rate of one dollar or any rnaohrtlon occupyine three ineher of .pare or . tea- a ad five centi per line ip addition for each •dAiowalllne. •TAR AND WAVE PUBLISHING CO. <18 and 317 Washington Street Aaron W. Hand, Oeneral Manager TO OUR READFRS-ll yon d»not receive voor aer rerulorty. we will cooalder H a Uvor If yo.. report the matter at once. No attention naid to trrwrned eommunlcationr. In order to reenre atThe Star and Wave i motet all of Jta reader* to tend to it by telephone or letter, or to brine to It rcnonalty. any Interesting new* that may come in their way. Soch obliging aid will be warmly ap*TheSmr and Wave mtaranteo each week a tartrer circulation than any other paper in Cape May C innty. If any advertiier can prove thi* statement h mcormct 1,1* advertiaement will be Insetted free. TELEPHONFfS' ,m„ / Mnart atf'tttMfc, M. 2641 ,ntt1 listen. He. 170 lutein Mac Delaware ail Itlaafic, Nt. 23W ADORE SS CAPE MAY SIA* AND HAVE j PMADQPMA AGENT L P. Stilts. Jr. 5534 Wyafcatofl Avt. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE " By virtue of an order of the Orphans' JOourt of the County of Cape ; May, made on the first day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eight, the Subscriber, administrator of the estate of Mortimer D. Learning, deceased, will oin Monday, the first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, at two o'clock in the afternoon, sell at public vendue, at the office of Samuel F. Eldredge. No. WO Washington street. Cape May CityNew Jersey, the undivided one-half interest whereof Mortimer'D. Learning cBed, seized, (which is subject to the right of dower of Harriet A. Learning, widow of James Learning, deceased), in a certain tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being on the Westerly side of Decatur* street, in the City of Cape May, in the County of , Oape May, and State of New Jersey, adjoining lands of HelyyS. Rutherford, and bounded as follows, tpwrt-c , Beginning at a point in tbetold side liDe of Decatur street, sixteen and one half feet from the centre thereof and ; at the most northerly corner of what was formely McMackins. now Henry i S. Rutherford's land, and running . thence thereby and at right angles with said street South sixty-four degrees and twenty minutes West one hundred and twenty-one and fivetenths (121 5-lOj feet to a lot formerly ' Charlotte Bridenthal's ; thence North ' twenty-five degrees and forty minutes ' Wot, thirty (80) feet to a corner; ] thence by a new division made line 1 North sixty four degrees and twenty '• minutes East one hundred and twenty- ' one and five tenths (121 5-10) feet to ' the old side line of Decatur street and 1 airteen and one-half feet from the cen- ' "tre line thereof ; thence along said side . line South twenty-five degrees and ' forty minutes East thirty (80) feet to j the place of beginning. Containing ' within said bounds three thousand, six ' hundred and forty-five square feet of land more or less. > JOSEPH E. LEAGUING. i Administrator. < SAMUEL. F. ELDREDGE. I Proctor. < P. F. 69. ES 5-2- 5ts j COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION. ! The nineteen) h competitive examine- ' tk» for Free Scholarship in the New ( Jersey State College for the benefit of 1 Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts 1 under the Act of March 3ist, 1890, as amended by Chapter 90 of the laws of j 1906, will be held at each County Court ' House in the State on Saturday, June < 6th. 1908, beginning promptly at 9 a. m. and continuing until 5 p.m. One scholarship is allotted to Cape ' May County. 1 In 1908, the number of points required for admission will be 124. t On June 6th, candidates will be er t amined in: s Algebra, counting as 2 points s Plane Geometry, counting as 1 point t Solid Geometry, counting as } point a English A and B, counting as 3 points a United States History, count- c ing as 1 point I Ohemistrv and Physics, either, t counting as 1 point a or both . 2 points a In view of the present, limited time allowance of one-day the County Su- a perintendent .will hold an -adjourned t session in Pie Court House on the a morning of/ June IStH, between 9 and I 1 o'clock, or competitors may, if they J prefer, 'ake the remaining requisite J examinations to secure a total of 12} 1 points at the College, either on Satur- J day. June 18th, «»r on Tuesday. Sep- J tember22n0, 18 may better suit the in- * dividual convenience of the candidate. J On June 18th, candidates wril be ex- » ' amined in . f German, French or L*tin, two 1< years of either, counting as 2 points I Optional subjects, from the n (following list to make 12} (points, counting aa 1 point o (a) Ancient History, coon ting C aa 1 point t! (ta) Mediaeval and Modern His- d lory, counting as 1 point C

j (?) English History, counting-^ . ^ (d) Additional German, French, or Latin, providing a total of not more than three points will be allowed in any one language, nor a total of more than four points in foreign languages, each additional year, counting as 1 point For further information write to the Registrar. Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., or to O. O. BARR. . County Superintendent of Schools. . , H« ; An ORDINANCE. "To regdlate the Dumping of Refuse and Waste." " The Board of Health of the Oity of ie Oape May by virtue of the provisions ^ of the Act of the Legislature of the - State of New Jersey, entitled. "An Act to es-ablish in this state Board of i* Health and a Bureau of Vital Statis- '• tics and to define their respecfivr ,, powers and duties: Approved March >* 81st. 1887k the several supplements and h amendments thereto, and of others acts, doth ordain: i. An ordinance to regulate the Dumping of Refuse and Waste within the Oity of Cape May. and to piovide a penalty for ths neglect to comply „ therewith: Be it ordained and enacted by the 1,1 Board of Health of the City of Cape 'j May: First. That from and after the pas- ° sage of this ordinsnce, no place for the " deposit of refuse, waste from stores, >- lota of yards, shall be maintained within or upon any street, alley, lot or * other premises within the limits of the i- Oity of Cape May, other than the public dumping ground designated »y the Board of Health, and under such rules and regulations as the Baid Board may j prescribe. Second. And be it further ordained; ; that the Dumping Ground shall be located at the northeast terminus of ColI umbia avenue, and on the northwest E [ ride of said avenue. "Third. And be it further ordained, that the qse of the public Dumping Ground for the deposit of such refuse and waste as in the opinion of the Board of . Health is, or may be detrimental to health, is hereby prohibited. Fourth. And be it further ordained that any person, persons or corpora - - tion violating any of the provisions of ; this ordinance, shall upon conviction i forfeit and pay a penalty of 620 for 1 each and every offense. Fifth. And be it further ordained, f "that all ordinances or parts of ordiI nances supplementary or amendatory i thereto, Bnd inconsistent with. this or- ■ dinaoce, be, and the same are hereby i repealed, and that this ordinance shtll ; take effect immediately. DR. A. L. LEACH. President. WM. PORTER. Secretory. Dated at Cape May, May 4th, 1908. 5-8 2t

Notice to Delinquent Taxpayer. Notice is hereby giTen that after July 1, 1908, I will-proceed according to law to collect all unpaid real estate taxes for the vear 1907, then remaining unpaid, by making sale of the same. All delinquent taxpayers are requested, therefore, to arrange to settle their lespective amounts due. SOL. NEEDLES. Collector, 6-9 tf No. 508 Washington street. AN ORDINANCE ENTTILED "An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of bonds of the City of Cape May, New Jersey, to the amount of One-, hundred and fifty thousand Dollars "to provide the necesmry funds to pay for the Amstruction of sewer and storm water drains in said City and improvement of the Water Works, Water Mains, and furnishina a greater supply of good water to the City of Cape MayBe it ordained and enacted by the inhabitants of the City of Cape May, in City Council assembled, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the Section 1. That when this ordinance shall have been regularly passed and shall have token effect, the City Council or the proper Committee or committees thereof may without further order advertise for bids for the improvement of the Water Works, Water Mains, and furnish a greater supply of good Water to the City of Cape May, And the construction of sewers and storm water drains in accordance with the petitions, plans and specifications on file on the following named streets and avenues. Pittsburg avenue from Vermont Svenue to the 'outlet into Devil's Texas avenue .from Massachusetts avenue to Washington street, ■ Massachusetts avenue, from Texas avenue to East street, and on Washingstreet from Texas avenue to its Eastern extremity. Trenton avenue from Massachusetts , to Vermont avenue, Indiana i from Michigan avenue, to West j street. Union street from vLafayerto , Street to Washington street. Washing- , street from Union street to West , street. West street from Washington | street to Missouri avenue ; ** Massa- , ohusetts avenue from West street to .Vermont avenue from , avenue to Reading , avenue, Missouri avenue, from Indiana c to Reading avenue. t Trenton avenue from Massachusetts f avenue to Vermont avenue and Pitts- ( avenue, Trenton avenue. Reading t avenue, and Philadelphia avenues from 8 Jersey avenue to Idaho avenue, j avenue from Beach averyje to t avenue, Trenton avenoe from s avenue to North Side of Cape t May avenue, .Michigan avenue from s avenue to Indiana avenue. West street from Indiana avenue to 8 Massachusetts a venue. West street from t Massachusetts avenue to Washington s street, Washington street from Schel1 anger street to Schellenger's Landing, New Jersey avenue from Madison avenue to Philadelphia avenue. Which bids shall be received and / opened in Common Council of said City, and tlje award of the contract to - lowest responsible bidder or bidshall be made by the said City Council at such time or times as said' I

Council shall determine to make auchl award, or said Council may if in their judgment it be advisable, to employ workmen end furnish material for the construction of said work or skid portion threreof aa they deem advisable. Section S. And be it ordained teat the said City Council shall without further lor other order, or ordinance for the purpose, borrow for the City of ; Cape May the sum of One Hundred and ~ Fifty Thousand Dollars, and issue bonds of the City therefor, pursuant to the provisions of an act < t the leg- . islature of the State of New Jerseyentitled "An Act to Authorize any . City of thia State to raise money either by Temporary loans or by issue or issues of bonus, for "any sum n X exceeding fifteen per centum per annum of the taxable valfie of the real and personal property rated for assejpment in such City and to use the same for the purpose of retiring floating or f matured- bonded indebtedness, for the s enlargement and improvement of the e public buildings, water works/ sewerJ age system and for oth»r lawful pur1 poses of such City," approved March |l $2nd, 1904, and the various acts Jsupr plementary- thereto and amendatory J thereof. ( \ 3 The proceeds from the skie of bonds 8 shall be used sb follows : For the Cost of House Sewers b Michigan Avenue, tee sum of » 624,534.00; South Street, .the sum of r 62250 00 ; Indiana Avenue, the sum of $16,965.00; West Street, the sum of 8 64127.75; Washington Street, the sum 8 of 68907.65; Trenton Avenue, the sum of 64835.00; New Jersey Avenue, the • sum of 61669.96. 8 There shall be used from the pro- ■ ceeds of the sale of said bonds the for 1 lowing sums of moneys for the payr merit of a system of storm water 8 sewers as follows: Madison Avenue, the sum x>t J 8 62580.33 ; Benton Avenue, the sum of 1 62475.00 ; Franklin Street, the sum of ' 5770.50; Jefferson Street, the sum of 6508.75; Stockton Avenue, the Bum of • $462.50; Ocean Street, Guerney Street " and Columbia Avenue, the sum of " $2960.00; Union Street, the sum I c $1247,55; Washington street the sum of 1 $2378.05; Philadelphia Avenue the sum t of $264u.90 ; Read ing Avenue, the sum 1 of $2291.40; Trenton Avenue, the 1 sum of $8926.40; Pittsburg Avenue. ' f the sum of $5303.50 ; West Street, the > sum of $1826.25; Massachusetts Avenue, the sum of $2237.00 ; Vermont 1 Avenue, the sum of $600.00; Missouri ■ Avenue, the sum of $541.50; Indiana r Avenue the sum of $1143 20; Texas i Avenue, the sum of $738.00. : And thore ahall he Used from the proceeds of the sale of said bonds the sum of fifty thosuand dollars to be expended in the improvement of the 1 ' Water Works and the addition of new ' • wells, wa'er mains, to furnish' a ■ greater supply of good water to the I inhabitants of the City of Cape May. c The bonds shall bear date the first ' day of May. A. D„ 1908, and draw in- ] terest at the rate of five per centum per annum payable semi annually, , and said bonds shall not be sold at less ' than their par or face value; said 1 bonds shall be in denominations of One c

Thousand -Dollars each, and one-third ] of the cost of house sewers shali be issued* in long term bonds payable in r thjrty years from their date, and two- e j thirds of the cost of house sewers shall C e be issued in short term bond and payf able in two years from their date. Eighty-five thousand dollars of the , cost , of storm sewers and water im- a r provements shall be issued in long' a term bonds, payable in thirty years , from their date, and five thousand dol- , . lars of the cost of storm sewers shall - be issued in short term bonds, and pay- 8 able in two years from their date, and t< all moneys received from the assess- p ments of the adjacent properties for • the cost of the construction of said i sewer shall be paid into a fund and b ■ preserved intact to discharge said short g ■ term sewer bonds at their maturity, s r Said long term bonds shall be coupon " bonds and said short term bonds shall , ' be registered bonds without coupons. . 0 Secton 3. And be it further ordained . and enacted that the Mayor is hereby p authorized to sign said bonds Bad the _City Clerk to attest the same, and to affix the corporate seal of the City - thereto and the City Treasurer to 11 I Countersign the same and sign the coupon thereto attached and the Finance |( Committee are hereby authorized and 0 • directed to prepare said bonds ready 1 for exprntinn hv ?K*> nffi.«re of tkefitv ' I for City

■ hereinabove named; and upon their • execution as herein directed, to sell th«- ' same or any part thereof lor the best - Price which may be obtained therei fore not less than the par value therer of and upon the sale thereof or any - part thereof, and the payment thereof, - the proceeds of such sale or sales shall be applied to defray the cost of the construction of the sewers and im- • provements to the water works herein referred to. • Section 4. And be it further ordained and enacted that upon the completion of the sewer work ordered under the provisions of this/ordi nance the costs thereof shall be assessed to the | adjacent properties respectively, to the amount of the benefits conferred upon said properties respectively, in accor- - dance with the'provisions of the Charter of the City of Cape May and exist'aws governing such City as to assessments, said assessments shall be made immediately upon the completion of such work and become payable in three months from the date of such assessment. Section 5. And be it further ordained and enacted that upon the issuance of si-id bonds an amount equal to two per . centum per annum, shall be paid Into the- sinking fund to creaffe^ sufficient ' to meet such' long and short term ~

outstanding sewer and water bonds at their maturity, and there shall be as- J sessed annually in . the City of Cape J the necessary taxes to pay into the 6 said sinking fund annually the neces- J amount, and also to pay the an- J nual interest oc . said long term and N short term bonds. 4 Section 6. And be it further ordained and enacted that this ordinance shall . take effpet immediately upon its p2s- 4 sage and due publication. 1 Approved May 6th, 4008. S. F. WARE, I President of Council. A F. J. MELVIN, Mayor. 3 JNO. W. THOMPSON, 4 5-9 St Rprnnipr — J Try an Adv. in the Star and Wave. \ !It P"y.

WEST CAPE MATS WEEKLY HAPPENINGS LOCAL NOTES AND COMMENT Social Occurrences and Movements, Tpgether with References to Public Matters and the news . of the week. Mrs. Claude Eldredge and Mrs. R. Swere visitors at Court House Wednesday. Mrs. Cliveland Gordon and two children have been spending a week with her father, Isaac Scull at his home in Dennisville. William G. Blattner was a visitor at Paterson several days this week, in attendance at the State Camp of the Modern Woodmen oCAmerica. He is the State clerk of the camp. Mrs. Woolson, of Fishing Creek, spent Tuesday with her daugher, Mrs. Eldredge. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Reeves returned Wednesday from a very pleasant visit with friendsjin Port Norris and Bridgeton. Carl Rutherford and family have taken up their residence in the Claus- • sen cottage on Broadway. They ^ fortnerly made their home in Philadelphia. " J Mrs. Jesse Parks, of Camden, hss I been s spending a few days with her I grandmother, Mrs. Hester Souders, on avenue. Walter Ewing was among the Philadelphia visitors early in the week. ^ Mrs. J. Hughes, of Camden, spent part of the week here v ith relatives. Mr and Mrs. Samuel Dusk, <>!' Phil- e adelphia." were^alling on friends in a the bordugh during the week. Mr. and Mre. C. S. Corson, of At- 1 Untic*City. were over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hughes.

U MY BEST FRIEND. 1 " Alexander Benton, who lives on 8 t Rural Route 1. Fort Edward. N. Y., a - says: "Dr. King's N-w Discovery is * - my best earthly friend. It cured me of f asthma six years ago. It has also i er- I • formed a wonderful cure of incipient . 1 consumption fbr my son's wife. The 2 first i ottle ended the terrible cough, o - and this accomplished, the other sympi toms left one by one, until she was perfectly well. Dr. King's New Dis- f - covery's power over coughs and colds - is simply marvelous. " No other rem- - edy has ever equaled it. Fully guar- a 3 anteed ty All Druggists. 50c and $1. » Trial bottle free. may ' HIGH SCHOOL BASE BALL NOTES 1 ' Camden High School today. Game ; called 1 :30 p. m. ^ ; Battery, Weaver and Rutherford, i This pair will make the North Jersey - 1 ites go some. Come out and cheer the boys on to I victory. The team deserves to win. ' They are county" champions and should win the South Jersey championship if properly supported:

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We desire to speak this week a few words on Farm Implements. Before buying a Riding Cultivator oxa«uioo the Iron Age. None 'hotter and few equal. Iron A;e Variety Machine. What it 1 will do. It w'll open furrows, distribute fer- 1 tilizers, plant corn, peas and beans, and cover in one operation or separ- i atoly : mark and open two furro*s. By i the use of this machine Leslie F. i of Fishing Creek, was enabled save nearly $200 in labor alone in i year. < Have you tried the especially pre- j pared and medicated chick food, 3c per | pound- Sure preventative of the gaps, and indigestion in young chicks. I Lawn Mowers « The Park Mower has a 16 inch blade. I It possess all the improvements of any i high priced- lawn mover but without i

the unnecessary frills. Price only $3.25, guaranteed to give satisfaction. 22 pounds of sulphur, 17 pounds lime, 60 gallons water, mixed, will kill .the San Jose scale, also free your trees of I oth*r fruit killing insects. Trees should be sprayed three times during . the spring. We have the sulphur and lime, but refuse to furnish the water, as the competition ia to strong on that article. / I We sold last week, in our bargain department, good matting for 6} cents der yard, carpets at 14 cents per yard. two days the ladies closed the bar1 gains all out. , " Don't fail when visiting our store t up the bargain department as every week we are putting new articles on it. This week there is 50c and $1.00 hats, in perfect condition, for cents. w

REUBEN T. JOHNSON , ERMA, N. J.

I' 'iCEEP house! IRYDALE-S aaa V. M- D. Marcy and Co. J Woodrufi Eldredge, West Cape May