THE schools' HONOR ROLL l cwrrwffiii raw msTfAg j Ja«M« Kiik, Audny Warner. Mary { JCeeler. Fifth Grade— Mary Church, Hen- g rietta Goff, Ella Harker, Elizabeth f Henderson, Theresa Tomasso, Florence f Warner. Lee Lemmon, Albert Tomasao, ( Olarence-Reigner. , Fourth Grade — Walter^Daria, Robert ( Henderson, Raymond Rosenthal, j Micajah Smith. Russell Sink. Stanley ( Scheilenger. Henry Spencer, Mary , Douglass, Aids Ewing, Natalie Rc- ■ land, Edith Warner. , Third Grade— Frances Brown, Florence Chambers, Sidney Bush, George ( Finch. Harry Roecap, George Steven, , Raymond Warner, Leslie Tenenbauin. ( Second Grade — Lawrence Brian t, f Fred Chambers, John Keeler, Rudolph { Scofield, George Spencer, Ella Reeve, } Mary Esther Sheppard. First Grade, A— George Gable, Charles Gable, Alexander Lewis, j Parker Jerrell, Myrtle Chambers, ( Margaret Waldorf. First Grade, B— Leonard Clark, Wm. ( Hess, Wm. Shaw. .Elizabeth ;Elwell, ( Leah Ewing. Kindergarten -May Hess, Catherine Ewing. i Grammar Department, Annex, J. , Ryland Fortune, A. M.. teacher. Merlon Johnson, |Samuel Trusty. Joseph Gibson, Willie Selvy. 'Henry Owens, Jennie; Wright, Madaline . Ferguson, Frances Matthews, Melinda Wright. Percent of attendance, 99.887. Primary Department, A. M. Borican, teacher— Thomas Cox, Walter Thomas. Alfred Nash. Fanny Owens, ' Ethel Woolford, Alice Edmonds. Percentage of attendance 94.9. ~ Primary Department, E. . Reid, teacher. — Moses Wright, Matthew Thomas, Louis Bose, Luther Edmonds, Annette Simpson, Carrie Simpson, Dora Dennis. Josephine Smith, Margaret Cornish, Beatrice Dennis, Elnora Lewis. Percentage of attendance, 96.61. Kindergarten, S. Estella Fry, teacher.— Russell Lewis, Louisa King. Percentagejof attendance. 86.886. SOME NEWS ANfltOMMENT - BREEZY OPINIONS AND NEWS Items Gathered by Stir ud Ware Reporters and Comment m Current Events The first strawberry festival was given Monday evening here by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church, ft ft 9 The lawyers who represent Henry Brown, colored, in his suit for >10,000 against the oity for forcible ejectment last season from the music pavilion are Lewis T. Stevens, of this city, and Eugene C. Cole, of Seaville. ft « ft The New Jersey Children's Home Society has its headquarters at Trenton, New Jersey. Its object is to find a home in a Christian family for every homeless and dependent child in the State, and its work is baaed -upon the theory that God loves every homeless child so much that He has a good home for it in a;Ohristian^amiiy, and will bless any well ^directed effort to find the child and the home and bring them together. It was organized September, 1894. First child received November, 1894. Received to date, November 1G, 1460 children. ® ft The comic section of The North American for March 7 will (contain something altogether new in the way of an entertainment feature for children. It is really surprising that Walter R. Bradford. The North American's prize humorous cartoonist, should develop into a writer of fairy story | verse. However, he has done so,- and j it is said that he has madf a remark- j able success of it. To illustrate Brad- ] ford's version, "The Little Journeys of Nip and Tuck, The North Ameri- i can has secured John R. Neil), who is , probably the best known illustrator of j children's books in Ami- lica. Together | they have ma e the prettiest feature ever printed in a comic section of a newspaper. Bradford's verses are light and entertaining and amusing j Neill's pictures are beautiful and j i attractive Tbe North American's object is to j give! to its patrons something decidedly different from the average coarse -eomit fentui e. The management of tbe paper believes that it has succeeded 4 9 S In a recent address Dr. James M. Green, of the Trenton State Normal School, said in part: . We boast justly of our wonderful opportunities for education, and I suppose there never has been a time when we have had greater reason for pride than given in the opportunities that are afforded to our youth of whatever degree of fortune to obtain a reasonable education,. But when you reflect upon it, you are distressed by the- fact that a very large proportion of onr youth are leaving our common schools before they are fitted for any useful work iu life. That is a vary regretable and a remedial thing. We have not yet be-

< to understand what is Hie doty of a the state with regard to the prepare- f tioo of our boys and girls for proper f fields of usefulness. (Applause. ) e "I am not one of those who desire to t see an extension of the functions of the o state in untried fields; or who would c the feellflgs of our common a nature, and suppose that by p concentration of strength and enter- i; prise in collective effort -we would solve t that which individual effort and a strength have been unable to achieve, o I do stand for the very best work ii these lines on which we have ml- s ready collectively entered. c "We find in our educational work n great opportunity for advancement * should make our elementary courses a of such a character that the ordinary t student would see that the prosecution a of the entire course was worth while. ' must realize that to bring our fc young met] and our young women into { proper opportunities for usefulness is j an appropriate branch of our eduea- a tional equipment. t "We have only begun tbe develop- r ment of our common scbodls, and this a but one phase of onr activity. c ft ft ft c 1 It is a crying evil in all of the t smaller cities and towns that residents , send to the big department stores in a the large citiesVor so much that they , want, which could be obtained at , home just as readily, just as good and ( ' at jpst aa reasonable prices. There are ] 1 scores of people who pay little atten- ( ' tion to tbe merchandising facilities , ' of their own town because so intent 1 ' upon studying and patronizing the big , 1 stores in the! large cities. Probably , ! not less than one hundred thousand | dollars are sent annually to Philadelpbia to the department stores which delivers here, by the residents of this ! little city, which could be spent aith , • our home.mer chants with just as good [ results, probably purchasing identical goods. There are many of those who have , . the department Store habit who are : just as apt as not to be vociferous in their complaints of business dullness. Yet bow can business be expected to continue here if you buy.all your goods a out of town. These out of town mer- ' chanti are not going to spend anything 1 with you and if you do not patronize , the home merchants, They cannot spend ) money with you, simply because you give them no chance to have it. I Look over the advertising pages of i tbe Star .andJWave and see what ia offered and then go aod investigate. They are making no humbug offers of alleged "marked down" goods like the big stores, but we will wager that jou , B can buy anything they Jiave to offer at s prices as low as those which prevail in the big out-of-tovyn stores, just as good j in] quality and with just as good a . j guarantee. The out-of-town merchants t do not pay any of tbe taxes that main- } tain tbe city nor assist in its advancej ment in any way. They simply take the cream of the business for their own : profit. Furthermore they are creating i s a monopoly which saves nothing to the - people, for their prices are usually j high, but which if encouraged unduly, f at the expense of local business, will 1 s crush out all the dealers in the smaller s towns.* s ' Our local merchants should advertise 1 e vigorously in tbe Star and Wave, 1 which is read by practically everybody i and keep their goods and facilities be- 1 i fore the ! people. This is the way to - persuade the people to do;their trading 1 - at borne (by^ceeping them informed of r what your business consists of. ft » ft In a notable Washington's Birthday a address before the Union League Club, n of Chicago. Governor Fort, in discussf ing tbe development and growth of the ■ powers of National and State execu- • tives described exactly the situation B that confronts himself in this State. • | Said the Governor : ' "The tendency seems to be to hold • ! the executive responsible for matters - which the Constitution never contem- ■ ! plated should fall upon him. The peo- j 8 ; pie of the country are reaching this ! " conclusion, oecause the* tendency of the ! 9 time is to hold someone responsible for ' f j legislation, aa well as all other matters r in government. This we find to be 8 true with regard to municipalities,; a j States and Nation. The executive ; e I stands alone and the;p-*ople are able to I i focus demands upon him. Under the • j provisions-of the Constitution, which , I permit him to recommend legislation, 0 | he ia being callfd upon constantly to • exercise that function in a much more 8 general, as well as specific, way than { heretofore." ^ The Republican party in New Jersey is turning to .Governor Fort to • guide it over the threatening shoals. ^ It is looking to him to outline a safe course of action. In a sense, as he ' says, he "stands alone and tbe people • ~ are able to focus demands upon him." 1 It may tall be a responsibility not an8 titipated in the Constitution, but it is 8 an actual responsiblity, nevertheless. " Governor Fort occupies a central 8 position. He has already electrified 1 and put new life into the rank and file 1 of his party. May^his courage not fal3 ter and may the good work go on. — B Jersey City Journal, i » 9 ft r Oity Council should pause before - spending >5000 for the employment of

band next summer. The only reason t this expenditure is to obtain a ' for the resort which will prove J entertaining to visitors and attract them io spend tbe summer or a portion of it here. There would be no justifi - cation , for tbe expenditure of this amount for the pleasure of our resident people or the help employed here durthe summer, in the present condiof the finances of this city. If the suit for damages brought in the name j of Henry Brown, colored, should estabthe fact that Council cannot make l such rules governing attendance upon ^ concerts in the public pavilions as will , make them attractive to visitors, it ia worse than useless to spend the money l and Council will be glad of an opportunity to reduce the bodget by this j amount It is not a question of "right" for anybody, it is question of l business. If the whitest and most 1 prominent citizen of this city should | ^ prove distasteful as a part of tbe g audience in attendance on tbe concerts, 2 tbe visitors for whose entertainment the city provides the band, be | should as a matter of lovalty to the city's interests, reTain away. If even j of the Japanese doing business i in summer should prove obnoxious * to visitors at these concerts he should 2 seek amusement in some other form j and so with all olasses of people de- t pending on the business of this resort. [ directly or indirectly, for a livelihood. < they will not do this snd if lawyers depending upon this city for a livelihood going to be at hand to help squeeze ( the city in damages, if possible, be- , of its effort to build up the city's ; attractions, the efforts will have to ■ cut out and the money .kept in the ■ treasury. ft ft « 1 The Masquerade Carnival to be held ' 1 at the Excelsior, Skating] Rink, .on ' March 11, will no doubt be much better than tbe one held February 28, for the management]are taking more, pains 1 and several skaters are taking more ! interest. i (•(•(• And now it is President Talt i ft ft ft i L. T. Stevens has been appointed re- . ceiver for A. J. Small ;Eogineering . Company. CouDcilman Adam Suelke and J. F. I Jacoby have been elected honorary , members of tne Fire Department ft ft ft , Lieutenant E. S. Hand, 15th Cavalry, U. S. A., ia now stationed at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas. ; <. ft » A meeting of tbe County Association ! of Boards of Education will occur at 1 Court House, Thursday next. ft ft ft 1 S. R. Stites has been a member of 1 1 the Board of Education for thirty years 1 and an effective member,$too. i ft ft w Walter Bennett and others while working on the beach this week found i two little "Cape May Goodies" which i ia usually Regarded as distinctively a : ; summer time fish. ! ft ft ft Miss Harrietts Crease, of Court House, brought three carrier pigeons 1 1 down with her on the train ; Monday , • morning. The birds, as soon as they were loosed, which was at 11 :30, {ook a i straight course for home, arriving 1 there at 11 £6, and it was very amusing to see how one of them tried to . deliver the note attached to iL Mis* , Crease cannot account for the length . of time it took them as they have been , i known to fly 600 miles in one day. ft ft ft William E. Presser has purchased of , L Tenenbsum the property adjoining Tenenbaum's big store, and which has . been occupied by Presser for his saloon j , business for two years. S ft i* It is *aid the plans for a new cottage are in the hands of the architect, to be . erected on Kearney avenue. , ft ft ft 1 The plans for the remodeling of the ' building, oorner of Decatur and W ashington streets, if carried out, will be j j very attractive feature to that locality, | 1 when co npeted. » ft ft ' The new Council are taking up some 1 1 very important matters to the better- . 1 ment of the city in making it more ! . attractive. •) •) « ' j The si cond annual High School min- ! strel will be held Friday aud Saturday | 1 evenings, March 19th and 30th. » APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE An ordinance to direct and prescribe 1 the amount of taxes to be levied in the Oity of Cape May, in the year. A. D., • 1909, and to make appropriations and , limit expenditures for the time beginning the first day of January, A. D.. 1909, and ending the thirty-first day of ! December, A. D., 1909. ■ Section 1. Be it ordained and en- . acted by the inhabitants of the City of Cape May in City Council assembled, and it is hereby enacted b> the author- - ity of the same, that tbe following i amounts are hereby appropriated fo The ancient game of bowls used to ' be played in the open air but the Cape I May experts, who are hard to beat, s learned the art in the palatial quarters which houses the fine Congress Hall Alleys, 81 Perry street. Try them, tf OAS TOSZA. Imd YmHiw Always Btuflt ! Sifutin

respective purposes herein sifted, any funds hi the Treasury.- to be used for the respective purpoeei and not Otherwise 1. Mayor's Salary. > 600.00 . 2. Recorder, Superintenpent Water Works, etc.. 1000.00 8. Assessor's Salary , 600.00 4. Collector's Salary, 600.00 6. Treasurer's Salary, 600.00 ! 6. Building Inspector's Sal, 160 00 7. City Solicitor's Salary, 800.00 8. Street Supervisor's Sal., 600.00 9. Engineer Water Works, 780-00 10. AteL Engineer of Water Works, 720.00 1 1. Two Engineers of Fire Department. 1440.00 12. Police and Watchman, 4000.00 18. Lighting Streets and Public Buildings, 18600 00 14. Repairing, Cleaning & Watering Streets, . 6000.00 15. Fire and Water, 6600.00 16. Property and Improvement. 4000.00 17. Incidentals, 1000.00 Interest on City Bonds and notes, 33000 00 19. Sinking Fund. 11164.00 Schools, 4100.00 21. Payment of >1000 School bonds, 1000.00 Int on School Bonds, 1200.00 28. Stationery, Printing and Advertising, 1600.00 24. Fire Department, 4800.00 Poor Fund. 600.00 Memorial Services, 800.00 27. board of Health, 500.00 28. Operation Sewer Plant, 8000.00 City Carpenter, 600.00 Oity Engineer, 600.00 Engineer Pumping Sta., 720.00 88. Amuaemets, 800.00 88. Music, 5000.00 Total, >107,774.00 Section 8 And be it further enacted that the money appropriated by the first section shall be derived from the following sources : i Anticipated water rente, >16,500.00 , Anticipated licensee and Miscellaneous receipts, 11,600.00 Tax. duplicate for 1909, >79., 774.00 1 1 Total. - >107.774.00 ! "Scetion 8. And be ^ it further ordained and enacted by the authority of the same that this ordinance shall take ' effect immediately. . i . J. F. JACOBY, President ofCouncil. F. J. MELVIN, J Attest :-JNO. W. JTHOMPSON. Recorder. Approved March 8, 1909. petition. To the Honorable City Council of the City of Cape May ; Gentlemen:— We the undersigned, beinc Freeholders residing in said City ■ f Cape May respectfully petition your Honorable body that you will cause > the following named streets, hight ways, roads;or alleys in said City to be laid with a sidewalk, curbed and guttered of such character as the judgment of your Honorable body deems best. Continuation of Franklin street ■ from Lafayette street, both a!des to Kearney avenue ; Se well street from Howard street to Franklin street, both f sides; Kearney avenue from Howard street to Jefferson street, both sides ; Howard street from Hughes to Columbia avenue, both sides ; Howard street, both sides, from Columbia avenue to ! Beach avenue: Jefferson street to I Kearney avenue from Beach avenue : Queen street, one square ; Beach ave1 nue to Stockton avenue; Beach ave1 nue, north side, from Second avenue to Madison avenue; Perry street, both sides from Bridge over Cape Island - Creek to Beach avenue; Congress ' street, both sides from North street to Beach avenue; Windsor avenue, both ' sides from Pennsylvania Railroad tract - to Beach avenue ; North street from j Perry street to Grant street, both sides; Jackson street, both sides, from 1 Bridge over Cape Island Creek to - Be*ch avenue ; Broad street, both sides i from Jackson street to Elmira street ; , Decatur street, both sides, from Lafayette street to Beach avenue; Stock - ' ton street, both sides, from Howard ' street to Madison avence ; Bank street, both sides, from Broad street to Lafayette street ; Lafayette street from . Jackson street to Schellenger's Land- • ing ; Queen street from Oorgie street : to Lafayette street; Jefferson street! i from Corgie to Lafayette street ; from | , Perry street to Congress street, both [ sides of street known as Congress J | Place ; South Lafayette street, both | j side, from Perry street to Grant street ; ! i Washington street, both sides, from | . ' Perry street to Schelleoger's Landing ; | Guerney street, both sides, from Co- ] | lumbia avenue to Reach avenue ; Grant I street, east side, from Beach avenue to : I Broadway ; Broadway, southeast side ■ from Grant street:to W-st Perry street ; , i Madison avenue, both sides, from Wash- ' ington street to Beach avenue ; Benton 1 avenue, both. sides, rom Sewell street j to Franklin street; Corgie street, both ' sides, from Franklir. to Madison And your petitioners will ever pray, etc- ■ Dated February, A D.. 1909. 1 Names Location of Property Isaac'H.; Smith, Jr., Corgie street . G. Earle Miller, Washington street. 1 Edgar Holmes, ' j R. H. Fadeley, I Alfred Hand, I Mrs. Helen H. Curley, 205 Ocean st. j Joseph H. Hanes, 206 Perry street. James T Rice, 589 Elmira street. . E. J. Jerrell, 911 Quern street. ; I W. R. Sheppard, Decatur street. , E. H. Barton, i Washington street. I Joseph B. Hughes, Jr., 915 Queen st. . Daniel Focer. , T)r. S. F. Ware., Cor Decatur and Lafayette street. Sol Needles, Cape May. . David O. Orowell, Cape May. i f George C. Baldwin, , Frank B. Mecray, . J. W. Mecray & Bro. , • M. E. Heise, > Wm. Hehenthal, Thomas Stewart, » Wm. Porter, i Charles T. Campbell, Jacksor. street. , Harry Hehenthal, 509 Franklin street, i Ellis C. Eldredge, I Zachary Taylor, f V. M. D. Marcy. Received, accepted And ordered published at a regular meeting of Oity Council held March 2; 1909. jno. wtthomspon. ( "• City Clerk. I y r i■t i n 1 h j

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