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TELL WORLD YOUR WANTS' IT WILL PAY TO ADVERTISE ' W 1 Ji jn Hire Ust »r hud Y Aijttiig, Wait Kelp »r ' W«t, Pit it Here FOR SALE. FOR SALE — One two-borae open wagon in first clone condition. Built 1 last fall by Swing Apply to Star and ' ■ Wave Office. It ■ FOR SALE— Two good work horses. f Apply to Oape Hay Grain and Goal ^ Company. 11-21 tf ; r svnc HAcaoi rot srn ' One American Sewing machine in good condition for sale. Price $7. Ap£f to Mrs. Irvin H. Eldredge, 817 earney avenue, Cape May. 11-14 tf " - ' .STOVES i 1 have a lot of good new and second hand stoves, ranges and heaters, which 1 will be sold very cheap for cash Must : have the room. Wm. T. Chambers, Jr. , 108 Perry street FOR SALE— A good farm on easy Apply to J. II. Hughes, 410 . Washington street FOR SALE— Paper cutter, 32;inch i surface, very strong. One small , ' Staple binder. Lot of new and second hand pulleys. Apply to Star ' i and Wave Publishiug Company, Oape May, N. J. __ tf | FOR RENT. FOR RENT— A new house having i three rooms and a lean-to first floor, , three bed rooms second floor, gas, city water, nice porch and yard. Twelve dollars per month. Gilbert C. Hughes, 1 114 Ocean street i FOB RENT— Nine room Unfurnished 1 [ boose, including fine bath room. All t modern improvement Location 605 . Bogbes street Apply agents or Jos- ! «ph Stites. ~ DESIRABLE TENANT HOUSE i On Washington street, 8 rooms first ; door; 4 looms second floor. Gas, city { water, nice yard and porch. 81 1 per , GILBERT C. HUGHES, Realty. ] , 914 Ocean Street REAL ESTATE WANTED— Information of a farm for sale in this section. No attention . will be paid unless exact location, . complete descriptiou, lowest price and : terms are given. Address at orice James H. Boggs, 1637 Edgely street, Philadelphia. . 1 1-7-4 ta ( WANTED- -To rent a small furnished cottage or apartments in Cape May < or West Cape Address letters to « "Cottage," care Star and Wave Office. ^ NinvAwm HI t h' you want to buy? I Do you want to sell? Do you want to rent? Do you want to borrow? )0 you want to insure? : I consult I . SOL. NEEDLES. Igent for Glens Falls Insurance Corn •any and others. 608 Washington street. > 11-16 ly MONEY do you need money ( ' If so, and you can secure loan qg i fi> st ortgage. covering city property, 1 have sums from 8'. 0 0 to $4,000 to offer you. - GiLBERP C. HUGHES. Realty. 314 Ocean Street. ; < HOLIDAY GOODS Just received a larve assortnient»of Christmas Book" and Toys. Our Holiday Goods are now on display. Special A few odd and end frame i - pictures 24x80 in. While ihey last 50c , each; value $1 CO. SCULL S NOVELTY STORE. I 60 1 Washington street. ' ~~ now Is the time """" j for oil cloth, linoleum, stove boards < oil beaters, stove pipe and coal hods. 1 have a stock on hand, prices reason- 1 able. . CHARLES A. SWAIN. 306-7 Jackson street. . BOWLING COUPON I, look what's here [ v^This coupon and five (5) ii t cents will entitle you to a 1 L game of Ten Pins at tbe Con || , gress Bowling Alleys. ri Edward L. Hughes, Prop. . , NOTICE I The party of five men, from Cape ■ May. w!k> shot four hens belonging to ! I George Oliver. Cold Spring. 00 Wed- [ neaday. November 28th. had better re- j k place them or proaecutjoii will follow. 1

! FIFTY YEAISS OF WEDDED HAPPINESS A-r and Mrs. Thomas Eldredge, Sr., estimable couple residing in West 1 Cape May, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding Tuesday. JChey were entertained for the day by [ Mrs. Eldredge's sister, Mrs. Kaiherine Bruce, at her cottage on Ocean 1 street. Several of Mrs. Eldredge's sisters were present and it was a very enjoyable occasion of reunion and pleasure. JETTY WOK DEVELOPING The contract for tbe govern -nent work on the harbor Jetties is not pro- - ceeding as rapidly as it will in a short 1 time. The "pocket" boats are drooping stone at the "outer end almoat daily and the crib work is five or six hundred feet out and is being filled with stone.' Tbe contractors say that the force of men will be largely in- . rre'avTI in_the springand atone will arriva more rapidly. They expect to 1 complete the work in two years or leas. A CABBAGE CURIOSITY Three large cabbages with their stemajrunning together into one, mak- | ing three cabbages with but a single , stem or root, is a curiosity jraised by l former Sheriff John W. Reeves, of West Oape May. BOUQHT DECATUR STREET LOT ! Charles Scherer "has purchased the . vacant lot on Decatur street in rear of the building recently occupied by him, and bought by the Merchants' Nations] ! Bank, and will erect stores there. MIFFLIN FOG SI0NAL STATION. PENNA. Notice is hereby given that the fog signal bell at Fort Mifflin Fog Signal Station, Fort Mifflin, Pa., is broken, and the signal cannot be sounded. Repairs will be made as soon as practicable, and the bell replaced by a"perfect one. f By order of the Lighthouse Board. »UY OF IDE H0IM DEALER, The nicest selections of Ohri<tmas toys and gifts can be mad* at the old reliable home establishment of Miss Stitea, at 306 Washington street. Fine assortment of up-to-date goods of tbe moat attractive kinds, at Philadelphia prices. Early purchasers are apt to secore best rwdfts. FREEHOLDERS MEETING Notice is hereby given that a stated meeting of the Board of Choaen Free.of toe County of Cape May, J., will be held at the Court Houae, in «aid county, on Tuesday, the 1st day of December, 1908, at 10 o'clock A. M., for th« purpose of settling the accounts 0/ the county, hearing reports of copimittees. and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the Board. All persons having business before the Board are reei ectfully requested to be in attendance at that time and place. By order of the Boar I. jAMUEL TOWNSEND. Clerk. Nov. 24. 1908 11-28 It MUSIC Lessons in voice culture Hnd theory ; also banjo instruction. Ogden Build- [ ing, second floor. M. DOUGLAS KROMER, Graduate musical department Univert { si y of Pennsylvania. 11-14 4t ART INSTRUCTION China decorated and fired. Xmas ; orders taken. Address, Miss Emily j i W. Bennett, Cape May Court House. 11-14 4t |- 1 PRINTING OUR PRICES so-called "cheap" printing houses of Philadelphia. You are invited to call ! here and be convinced by samples j Our qualities linger long after cost is ' * forgottgn. Star and W ave Publishing Company, 315 and 316 Washington Street Cape May City | AT tHE 5 AND 10 CENT STORE ! Come and see the new line of Holi- I day Gtoods just received. Among tbem j you * ill find presents from 5c to 26c, | including Glove Bones, valued at 50c. I our price 26c. Boys' tool chest at | 25 cents. Something new in the way . of doll babies. A large quantity of j other useful things too numerous to mention. Come, see, and be surprised. WITH EVERY ONE DOLLAR; PURCHASE we give a fine piece of | i Glass Ware * • 6 AND 10 CENT STORE, Cor. Washington and Perry Streets. I r . 11-28 St I CONTINUED ON 6TH PAGE

1 PERSONAL MENTION OF VISITORS SOIB INTERESTING NOTES 1 Star aid Ware leaiers an Re1 (aestei ta Seal ia Dy Flew . ■ j tr Otherwise. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shattuck, of ' 2081 Locust street, Philadelphia, gave " a dance last week at the Huntingdon ' Valley Golf Club .for their debutante daughter, Mirs Mildred Shattuck. Tbe gneats numbered seventy. Mr. Robert Fleming, Assistant City ; Treasurer of Camden, baa returned borne after spending a few day* with i 1 Mr C T. Sink. Perry street. Mr. and Mrs. N. Z. Graves are enjoying a sojourn in California and will i be gone a month. A. D. Lee, who has paaaed his i eightieth year, is .almost as tireless as tbe other boys in his animal gunning expeditions. ' Those registered at the Virginia f were : Dr. Francis M. Turner, Rienard } Eastman, Mr. and Mrs. George Baum, j i Philadelphia ; T. B. Stubs. ;J. H. Black- ! well, Cleveland ; J. H. Poodenter, Hot j s Springs ; M. B. Laatey, Germantown ; J I 8. A Wall.gW. Harden, Pittsburg; J. I H. Decker, Atlantic City ; James Mor- | gan, Hartford, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parks, of Phila- 1 delphia, spent Thanksgiving here with | > ber —other, /Mrs. Whitney. John Long has purchased a fine tour- i ing car. He, with his wife and rev- • j eral friends made the trip down from Philadelphia Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew MacAdams I are the .guests of Mrs. MacAdams 's j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Focer. [ Frank Entrikeo made a trip to Philadelphia Monday where he exchanged his touring car for a larger aud more up-to-date machine. Miss Octavine Ware, who is spend- | ing the winter in Philadelphia, ia vis- , iting her coosin, Mias Flossie Ware, i The guests at the Windsor this week i included Herman Herder, Mahlon ■ Hutchinson. Dr. C. B. Penrose, Anna ' 1 A. Considine, Mr. and Mrs. UoNev.ij, Mr. and Mrs. Colket, Philadelphia; ' John Atford, Germantown; Mr. and Mrs. P. T.' Stenton, Royerford. G. Franklin Davis, of Collingswood, ; ' this state, was a receutjviaiior. | Mrs. D. O. Eldredge, of Norfolk. , Va , was a guest of Miss Sallie , Hughes, during the week. Miss Margretta Long, of Philadel- | phia, who was a guest of Mrs. S. H. i Moore, has returned to Germantown. ] Oou icilman-elect Jacoby is the laat | ! of c ittagers to close his house. He , I will reside for the winter in Philadel- ( phia. , Dudley Moore, our proficient letter ■ carrier, has accepted a position as ( tutor in a public school in Atlantic ■ County. , County Superintendent O. O. Barr ( was looking after thbacbools in Tuckaboe on Monday. | Miss Dorothy Bockius is passing the i month among friends in Philadelphia. ! Mrs. Mary Davis (nee^Taylor) is ; home at her mother's, Mrs. James E.!' i Taylor, on the sick list. Mrs. Loreua Hall ia vidting friends!' at C'.ayton this state. ( Mrs. J, P. Doyle was a Philadelphia j 1 shopper Monday. Jennie W. Hughes is visiting friends ( j in Wilmington. | Mrs. J. Ashton Williams and chil- I ' j dreu, of Laurel Springs, are enjoying ! ' I a visit here with relatives. ' Mr. And Mrs. A. R. Hand and son ! : ; Millet were guests with Mr. xnd^Mra. j ' , I H. F. Ettinger at their home in Phila-' ! delphia duriug ths early part of the j ( week. « i ; Mrs. Charles Chase, of Colliiigs- '. < .1 wood, is visiting her parents, j | Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Bush, at their ; | home on Washington street. | • j Mr. and Mrs. George Wentzell have | I been entertaining Mrs. Wentzell's two1 , | sisters, Mrs. Margaret Litty. of Phijg- j delphia, and Mrs. Lizzie Rittic, of j I , New York Cite. i j Mm. Maskel Sharp entertained her ' ; sister, Mrs. Robinson, of Port Norrii-, • | during the week. # I Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Doak and lit- , ' | tie daughter Mary, of Philadelphia, ; j were guests with Mr. Doak's parents E over Thanksgiving. I Mr. and Mrs. ElwaoJ Benstead are | entertaining Mrs. Emma Hand, of Camden. Mias Ida Mae Rutherford, of Philadelphia, was a viaitorfwith herf pa rents the laat of the weak. { , .. ..... . I,

Jdhte and Frank Meerej. Irvin Stevfci ad Talker Smith, expect to start on a ducking trip to North Oaro- • lina an February, in » fifty foot motor | boat, which (ia being presented to i Mfcet Smith, by his employer, a Mr. , Scott, who formerly resided here dur- > ing the summer, in their large cottage Henry 'Waiker Head left Philadelphia Wednesday with party of Phila- . delphians far Georgia, where they will spend two or three weeks hunting quail.> . MUMMERS PARADE FOR NEW YEARS Hurrah for a grand parade on Hew i Year's Day. Tbe Cape May Civic - Club are making big preparations for ! a big Mummer's Parade, on New YeaytBay. This club ia made up of a hustling lot of young man of Oape I May, who are anxious to see something i doing; and with the help of the bimineasmen and every citizen in Cape Maj^ we can have a grand time here on ttgt day. Cape May has been slow for years in tnia respect and ia atill i slow. Let everyody get together and i see what we can do towards making things lively. Everybody— large and small, -young and old— will enjoy it SeverC 'business men have uotified the I j members that they will build floats and do their share toward making this e ! grand success and we would like to ; hear from every business man in tbe ; city that he will give hia help and aup- | port by turning out with tbeir horses and wagons, and making a fine big parade Special iuvitationa have been sent out to different orgnizatidns throughout the county to turn out I with us and have a good time. Those ; who have not received iuvitationa will ' receive them within the next week, i ; All of the colored clubs of the city havebeen invited to turn out in comic i ; costumes, and there will be some lively I ca ;e walks and some very funny capers in tbe line of march. Of course. Captain John Garrison, with hia Mosquito I Club, will be on hand to amuse the i spectators. Let every business man in town take a hand in .this affair and make it a auccea. Lets make old Cape May ring on New Year's Day. Address all letters to C. B. Taylor, 631 Eimira street. F. B. WRiSLBY, Prea. - O. Bv » Sec. CHARMING SATHERS ON BEACH SA. TURDAY Miss Ella N. Grater and Miss CharLindrey, of Philadelphia, who have been stopping at the Virignia for weeks were the cynosure of all eyes at the beach Saturday, when they j went down into tbe surf to enjoy a bath. They remained about ten minutes and disported themselves very rapidly, watched by a large number of people. They said the temperature of the water was low but it was not severely colrt as might ba imagined and tasted just like it did in summer. Tbey hastened to cover when tbey came out and treated themselves to a rigorous ruubing down. Ihey seemed to have suffered no ill effecs fiom their experience. ENTHUSIASTIC SUNDAY SCHOOL 1 WORKER ' Reuben T. Johnson returned the first | ot the week from the Stale Sunday j j School Convention at New Burnswick, j I where he delivered an address on "The | Coujty Sunday School— Ideals and How \ j Attain Them," he having to tate i | the place of Thomas Riddle, of East i who was burned out five days | before the convention. Two years ago ; delivered an address at Soramer- I ville, N. J.. before the Sundaj School j | Convention.. He has lately been elected ! j superintendent of Temperance Teach- ! j for the County ot Cape May, but I | up to this time.the officers and teachers j j of the Erma, M. E. Sunday school re- | : fuse to give their consent- Several years ago Mr. Johnson took this school j I of forty members and over forty dol- i j re in debt and to few years increased | | attendancejto the second largest in ! the county. I HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BAlL | ' The fifyt of a series of match games | .the basket ball teams of the | Cape May and West Oape May high schools occurred Thanksgiving Day, in the afternoon at 3 o'clock, and resulted in favor of Cape May by a" score of 9 to 7. The teams were as follows : Cape May West Cape Ma? Stacy Robbins, C Harry Graves, G i Logan Bockius, F Walter Taylor, C Wm. Mecray, F &im'l Chambers F Albert Little, G Lem Teal, F | Augustus Hinea, G Richard Reeves, G I ' Frank Shields, F Referee and Umpire, F. Collier. Time keeper, Harry Needles. Scorer, Harry Mecray, There were twelve 1 fouls by Weak Cape May and two by Cape May. I I

- J INTERESTING : NEWS NOTES i ; OCCURRENCES HERE AND THERE | ; latitats Wkidi Hire Attracted ! ' lie Atteatiaa af Ike Star aai Ware s ' - — ■ • ; We do not know whether we have a duly commissioned pound keeper or not. ' but we do know that there is need for ' one. Hones are frequently found ' roaming some streets, and playing . havoc with plant* in ground* not pro- , ' tec ted by fences. Since Oongrees Hall r lawn has been turned into a pasture] ' ground the evil has become aggravated. 1 Pi, nil ■ ■ ■ -t l t ■ t ■■ i ■ 1 - I ceraaps it bovaii j oe oorae, ncwevar,- . as a "monument" to tbe greatness of . a name. • • • 4 I The double tracking of the West 1 r J essay and Seashore Railroad from I Sea Isle Junction to Oape May is contemplated and may be accomplished 1 before another season. 1 (• » a T < i _ One Who desires to go to Anglesea, , Wild wood or Holly Beach, or to Sea i Isle or Ocean City, from Oape May, if 1 . he makes s start on tbe morning train, ' i is compelled to wait at the respective 4 ; Junctions, two hours or more, before i he can get a train going across to the i place desired to be reached. This plan ' dl -courages travel to and frpm these ' i places. If tbe old plan of attaching a ' 1 passenger coach to the freight trains 1 which pull over to the beaches after the up-express passes, were resumed' : it would be a great accommodation to - many people and cause more travel. i • » » It will certainly be admitted by any , candid person familiar with the facts, i ' that the Five Mile Beach resorts would , not^be the flourishing and successful J I resorts they are, had it not*: b*«t%or , the Baker Bros, and Ottena. It is . equally certain that Oape May's great { prospects would not have existed, had * it not been for tbe wonderful achieve- : ments of the Cape May Real Estate Company. It is, therefore, scarcely ' credible, that these people should be 1 ■ made subjects for unjustifiable condemnation and vicious criticism by the t very people who reap the beuefit of j ( their labors, and their enterprise, f without, in most instances, contribut- . ing the slightest effort. 4) « • € | In developing any new tract for re- j 1 sort purposes, sewers are among the ^ first necessities. Nobody, nowadays, will build bouses, of any pretension, un'ess possible to equip them with all ] the modern conveniences. There are e very few resoxts on the Jersey Cosst, ( no matter how small, which are not j. provided with water supply ar>u drain- 1 j age facilities. (V (• I The city authorities should look into the matter of having mosquito breed- i I ing areas in this vicinity treated by t | State Entomologist Smith and every t ' 1 municipality in this section should join { 1 the city in taking this matter up. , ; j There is no resort which suffers less from these insects than Oape May but € they should be totally eradicated if € . i possible. r (• <» S , Every resort is endeavoring to secure the best water, the best lighting, the 1 best sewerage disposal system and c every other convenient^, which will c please its patrons and attract others, j Their governments also feel that it is c necessa y to provide music, to assist i j enterprises designed to attract visitors t I and business, to appropriate money for i | advertising purposes, aud in every way I | to assist the development and growth j r ! of the resort. Each resort govern- I r j ment assumes a much greater reapon - ( | sibility than municipal governments J t I ! are usually saddled with aua the keen 1 1 'competition among resorts seems to ' ! make it necessary to do so. The de- I | tails enumerated all cost money and j r I this money is to he obtained from tax- • t , | at ion only, in some cases, and in others i r , j from taxation, license fees and var- 1 , ioua other sources of revenue. Taxe's j t are, therefore, higher at all the resorts j ^ I than they used to be. , w (• » It will probably be admitted that the c , Anti-Saloon" League has been formed j I to secure prohibition by a more In- 1 * ! ! direct route tbau that followed by the j ' . j Prohi . tiou Forty and that ihe local i ' ; j option movement js ouxy tbe beginning ! "j. J of a series of stet>s leading to ultimate { c prohibition. Now iocal option is alt j fundamental principle in which every- 1 r body believeSr'or should believe, in this | 1 country, but it does not follow, that a

bodge podge of a bill, containing riaments destinetly opposed to real local option, should be enacted into law, merely because xfrmamVd by a nan 1 from Chicago or his associates under thetltle "local option." If we wow I guided in <xir Judgment of every preposition, merely by tbe title given to it, we would go wrong very often. For instance, we have all .beard of tbe "8torey Cotton Company." *Uefa de»lt in no cotton, of tbe " Earnest Workers"" advertised as a beneficial fraternity, bat reaHy a skin-game to enable several people to do without work, earnest or otherwise, and go on. A local option proposition is a very simple affair. It is merely tbe application of tbe referee 3 um idea and there is nothing new about it Only spring a law paaaed giving tbe Woghs of Five Mile Beach "local option, "on the question of consolidation into a city. It is a principle ting a vote upon any question whatever, affecting a community, whenever tbe people desire to have it. • ¥ w F. W. Wolff, of tbe Oape May Company, has leaaed No. 668 Washington street. At- present he is occupying it. te * • A new cement -Walk is being laid on avenue, in rear of the Victoria. Hope more such enterprise will follow. « • 9 The cottage formerly occupied by O. O. Barr is being moved on rollers to its new location on Queen street, beStockton avenue and Betfch ave- <* <h » John M. Walton broke ground on Ocean street on Tuesday for tbe erection of a handsome cottage. WWW It is something to have attracted , ! the unjust critcisms of the great Philadelphia newspapers on the proposed additional appropriation of $366,000 (or the Cape May harbor. It shows that they believe the project is a great and that the harbor is going to be successful and useful as tbe fondest friends of Cape May could wish. Otherwise these great journalists would not be so alarmed and waspish about it. j fc te • Caps May County hens are on a strike. One farmer that has several hundred fowls, went out to gather bis and found only one. The Presbyterian supper .on Tuesday evening netted the workers over $55. bad plenty and sociability shown among the audience. <• <» <• Notice is hereby given that Goose IsFlat Upper Buoy, No. 26 B, a second-class nun, marking tbe edge of Goose Island Flat, Delaware River, heretofore reported adrift, was replaced November 16. By order of the |Light House Board. » » <• With Carnegie, one of the chief beneficiaries of the tariff for protection, declaring 'n favor of revision and reduction and Taft for honest revisit looks as though something would happen to the tariff schedules. Carnegie makes the statement, howthat tba American tariff "almost exempts the poor and heavily taxes tbe rich'.-" (• (• (• New Jersey Congressmen will fall heir to two of the most important ttee chairmanships in the House of Representatives if the seniority rule observed by the Speaker in making committee appointments at the organization of the Sixty-first Congress. In two instances it is generally believed the rule will prevail, and that i Wayne Parker will, in the next Congress, preside over the Committee on Judiciary, while John J. Gardner will sit at the head of .tbe table in the room of the Committee on I Postoffices and Post Roads. (• £ e Neither local optionists or "home rulers" will find much encouragement j their theories regarding saloon regulation in the stand taken by Caleb Van Husan Whit beck, a member of I the State Excise Commission. Mr. . Whitbeck is tbe editor of the Hacken- | sack Record, and that paper said recently in its editorial columns; | Each man is entitled to be ruled, but I involv.ng moral • and personal | should be enacted by the whole j State, anu not by his few neighbors. Stau is wiser than any commu- ■ uity- The right to sell and buy intoxij cants can nu more he left to a locality | than, the right to six wives, or the I right to employ infants at night. To I tbe will of the State we are, or ought Continued "on 6th Page