CAPE MAY STAR™ WAVE

FIFTY-FOUKTH YEAV^NO. 13 - 1 CAPE MAY CITY, N. J. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, <9o9. THREE CENTS A COPY i , 'a ' ' |

TELL WORLD * ' YOUR WANTS IT Wlu'pAY TO ADVERTISE < If yee Have Last or Fouid I i Aiyttiag, Wait flelp or ' Work, Pit it Bare WANTED— Housecleaning or washing , and ironing, at home or by day. Apply 700 Broad street. 8-20 tf 1 FOR SALE. ; FOR SALE— One good work horse ' Apply to Oape May ' Grain and Goal J Company. 11-21 tf ] , _FOB SALE— A good one hundred acre flk farm with meadow and shore. Ap^Lly to Capt James Swain, (owner), 1 P^raen Oraek. N. J. 2-6 18t i FOB SALE— A desirable, well located , cottage, in the best renting section. Small amount of cash, balance can remain on mortgage. For particulars ap- < ply to J. H. HUGHES, 410 Washing- i ton street I CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ' Of the most up-to-date variety, and fully approved by the Board of Underwriter, are now offered for sale by 1 M. H. KEARNS. Cor. Washington and Jackson streets, r 3-18-3 ts , FOR RENT. i FOR RENT— Small Boarding House, c furnished ; 20 bed rooms. Cor. South ( Lafayette and Perry street Oape May. , Apply to Edw. Crease, 678 ^Washington ' street 3-20 ' ■ ; I FOR RENT — A new house having three rooms and a lean-to first floor, three bed rooms second floor, gas, city 1 water, nice porch and yard. Twelve j dollars per month. ^Gilbert C. Hughes, ; L 814 Ocean street FOR RENT— In West Cape May, eight i room house beside pantry, and airy ; , city water. ya« nrrc cif land suitable < for farming or chicken raising, one chicken house, sixteen fruit trees, ail bearing and all kinds, bouse in good , condition, bright, cheerful and sunny ; rooms. All rooms facing the south. This property will be made interesting to any one wanting such a place. Ap ply to Joa. S. States, Cape May City. 6-9 09 t REAL ESTATE f A RAKE OFFER An excellent borne located in the center of the thriving and popular 1 borough of West Cape May. The house has ten rooms, driven well and with excellent water. Cement sidewalk. Lot 60x100. Rents for $160 per year. Will be sold at a big concession. Terms to suit purchaser. • GILBERT C. HUGHES, Realty. 214 Ocean Street, City. DO YOU WANT TO BUY I Do you want to buy? ' Do you Tvant to sell? Do you want to rent? Do you want to borrow? Do you want to insure? consult SOL. NEEDLES, Agent for Glens Falls Insurance Company and others. 508 Washington street. ~ ;.11-16 ly WEST CAPE MAY IS QROWINO George H. Reeves, real estate agent, j building lots and homes. Will buy, j sell, reut or exchange. Bell 'phone | 0 67-D; Keystone 111 -D. NOW IS THE TIME. for oil cloth, linoleum, stove boards oil heaters, stove pipe and coal hods. I have a stock on hard, prices reasonable. CHARLES A. SWAIN, 805-7 Jackson street. PICTURES FRAMEDad^ Smith's Studio, or H. T. Hugbee, opposite Reading ritatioD 1 GOOD PAINTING decay, when you can save i; with a coat of Paint properly applied. Jobbing a specialty. Call up Keystone 108 A. Joseph B. Hughes, Jr., 916 Queen St. 3-l8-8t> NOTICE Three or four carpenters can obtain work of Edward B. Arnett, Sea Isle City. HALT! HE IS INNOCENT. I Ladies and Gentlemen :— Now is the time to have your spring and summer clothing looked over. We will clean, press, repair or alter, anything they need, and keep them for you until you call for them. VAN KESSEL, 424 Washington street, Oape May. Keystone 'Phone 1S4X i

THE STATE ! LEGISLATURE OCEAN BOULEVARD BILL PISSED 1 Important Measures Cm- I sidered as Latter Days if Session Approach After Mr. Matthews, of Hunterdon bad vainly tried to kill the Ocean Park- ] bill by loading it with amend- j ments, which would make the State ( responsible for constructing the boule- { vard, as well as all highways, between i county seats in the State, the House ( Monday night passed the Senate bill | permitting the seashore counties to t I complete the ocean parkway. Mr Vredenburgh, of Monmouth. ] promised the House that the work ( would be started at once by the counties and rushed through to completion by ( this coming summer. | The measure only needs the signs- j ture of Governor Fort to become a law, then will start the finishing of one of < the greatest ocean parkways in the , world, along the Jersey Coast, from j Atlantic Highlands to Cape May. The ocean boulevard bill provides j for an improved automobile road from | Atlantic Highlands on the north to ( Oape May in the south, the* cost to be , borne by the coast counties involved. < The work is to be done under t£e di- , rection of a special state commission ( consisting of the Governor, the Presi- , dent of the' Senate, the Speaker of the t House and the State Commissioner of j Highways. The State bears no share of the expense. Visit the AUDITORIUM CAFE for . lhe finest sea foods and salads. Excel- , lent service. Open every evening until . 12 o'clock. tf j Can you get up in the morning? If | not, immediately go to Garrison's . Jewelry Store aud get an Alarm Clock. $1.00 alarms 76 cents. Have you got the time? If not, go to Garrison's Jewelry Store and get a < Dollar Watch for 75 cents. i IF YOU NEED SIDtWALKS OR If you have concrete and cement 1 work to do see Jaquette and Newel , , contractor. West Oape May. Paving , and curbing a specialty. Estimate cheerfully given. 8-6 52t 1 SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES Call and inspect the new spring and I summer styles and the latest ideas in , ladies' and men's merchant tailoring, which have just arrived. CHARLES SCHERER, tf 304 Washington street. 1 YORK STATE GROWN FRUIT and other nursery stock in large quan- ; titles. Buy direct from grower. We ; offer a complete line of this famous stock at reasonable prices, and can ; save you one-half of what you would i Day agents. Send for our new illus- , trated catalogue. L. W. HALL Sl CO., Rochester, N. Y1 Business established in 1879. 1-2 13' ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Cape Island Turnpike Company will be held at the office of j the Company, No 22 Federal street, i Camden, N. J-, on Thursday, April , 8th, 1909, at 10:30 o'clock A. M. , Eiectioo for nine directors same day s | and Place. J. M. HARDING, 3-20 8t Secretary . NOTICE . , Notice is hereby given that the Board - of Health of the borough of West Cape May will meet at the Council Chamber the third Monday evening in each month. . 3-20 tf THOS.'H. HUGHES, Clerk. i COMIC MONTHLY FREE "THE PUZZLER" ' On Containing new and entertaining - puzzle pictures, conundrums, interesting tricks and experiments, enigmas, - riddles, knots, problems, word puzF ales arid various other puzzling g things for social and instructive . entertainments; Keep a file of * the "PUZZLERS." They will be 5 great fun for children, visitors, . friends and everybody. Send name and address now to be in time for next copf . J. J. STINK MAN, Front and Ontario Sta., Philadelphia, Pa. 3-30 2t n "The Grand" Motion Picture Theatre e is the popular place of resort in the evenings- The pictures displayed are - the latest and most interesting obtainable. This is the only show of the e kind now running in this city. tf r SPECIAL EASTER MILLINERY OPENING y Miss N. Whitney 'e millinery parlors, a 209 Windsor avenue, will display a collection of the most beatuiful products of the milliner's art at the .regular Easter opening to occur Monday. Tues- . day and Wednesday, March 29th, '30th and 31bL

SOME NEWS ANDCOMMENT BREEZY OPINIONS AND NETS — — I Battered by Star aid ; Wave Reperters aid Comment 1 on Current Events At a special meeting of Council held | evening, all members were ; present. Theodore Townaend, weather ' observer in Philadelphia, was present to discuss a location for the govehi- , ment kiosk and was received very cordially. A committee accompanied Tuesday morning and agreed upon ' site for it. An agreement was authorized with Dr. Physick for the laying of a sewer his property. The bond ordinance authorizing sale of bonds to secure mdnev to take up floating debt and other matters was 1 passed to second reading. i An ordinance directing that 12 per i cent interest be charged those dclin- i quent in payment of taxes was passed i third reading. A special meeting on Tuesday even- i was for the purpose of receiving ! for the storm water sewers 1 authorized by ordinance some months i ago. All members were present except Suelke. The proposals were opened i and vead and referred to the Street ' Committee and City Engineers for tab- ; ulation, Council taking a recess while i the work was done. The tabulation follows : Bidder Contract E. F. G. i Aliutk Coral radio; u i Scpph Ci. $15,912.38 $4.78754 $ 8.155.6S ] ' 15.533.54 6,472.86 I J. Hirvry Burnett 8.42420 3,43755 6.47450 Bits. 4,64750 8.074.05 : Sweden. B. F. Ce. 19.1055 6 7,016.66 10.85926 J. Harvey Bennett being the lowest bidder all three contiacts were awarded him and checks ordered returned to unsucceaful bidders. ft ft <• The contract for the building of the county road to Holly Beach has been awarded to A. H. Lupton, of Bridgeton, who was the lowest bidder, hia bid being $56,104 60 and the next bid being that of Edgar Crease of this city, who bid $66,535.26. The did not award it when first read Lupton was a new bidder and tbey thought it incumbent on tbem to investigate his standing. This has been found to be satisfactory and the contract is therefore awarded. The assertion which has been published that there was a desire to ignore the bidder iu order to favor Senator Hand, who was smong the bidders, had no foundation whatever, in fact. The has found out through experthat the lowest bid can be the most expensive for the county if the bidder is not capable of "making good" on his contract. ft ft ft The fine cottage on Eeach avenue ] ' knoVrn as the Hobbe property, adjoin- ! ing the corner of Jefferson street, has been purchased by Meroucan Hughes, j of this city, through the real estate 1 agency of W. J. Fenderson. 4 9 8 Roller skating and basket ball engage the attention of a laree proportion i of Oape May's young people. Pavilion No. 1 should b« opened for the accommodation of visitors. The County Road Overseer in Lower Township, Charles Lopv-r, gives close attention to his task and produces exI cellent results. •) •) •) William Rac has had himself "taken" j i in various attitudes on roller skates and j is selling the photographs as souvenirs | . of (he skating rink. (• ft 5 This paragraph is culled from one of t the rural newspapers of southern . Indiana : "The band boys will give a masked ] pie social at the town hall in Cochran j . Tuesday evening. Admission ten cents, i , Ladies with pie will he admitted free." j | We do not know what it means but , perhaps our "band boys" can work it ~ out as adaptable for one of their enter- 1 ' tafnments. r <• <"• <• " Mr. Keneman represents Gately & - Hurley in this city and can be Been at t his address, 914 Corgie street. A (• (• e The Tall Cedars seem to have taken s to the woods. ft (• (• [ A number of people have been here ' during ^tbe past week investigating rentable cottages. ] (s ts (# _ A large number of people are now . making preparatiou for the carnival B which will be held onjthe 12th ofJApril. r It is predicted that this will be the h greatest of the season, h ts (S ft There has been considerable com-

• plaint because of a coating of shells placed on portions of the road to Holly Beach. They are. hard on auto tires, st ft. ft Newell and Jaquette are putting down several fine granolithic aide walks about the city. e fs . The Star and Wave Job Printing De- ' partment has placed a large order for envelopes with one of the beat paper , ; factories in the United States. These • envelopes are to be made from heavy. Toft dried paper of good quality. Place your summer order now and, save money. ft <* 8 A large contingent of the member - 1 ship of Mayflower Lodge Odd Fellows i went to Wildwood Thursday evening to | institute a new lodge. 4 ft « They have commenced to tear down the old Gordon Hotel on Decatur street. 1 ft ft ft i A cumber of ear business men visited < i this week. ] ft ft ft i We notice several new cement side- . walks under way on Washintgon street j • i WEDDING ANNIVERSARY , i Postmaster and Mrs. James E. i i Taylor were the recipients of a very < complete though agreeable surprise j ' on Wednesday evening when a number i - of friends arrived in celebration of the i I twenty-third anniversary of their ( wedding. A thoroughly jolly time was , enjoyed. Those present were,: Miss | : j Bennett Mrs. S. S. Marcy, , i Daniel Focer, Mrs. W. J. Fender- j i son, Mrs. J. H. Hughes, Miss Martha ■ Marcy, Miss Jennie Hughes, Miss OarI rie Focer, Miss Sallie Hughes. Mrs. < ; J. Romig and daughter, Phoebe, of 1 ; Mrs. M. J. MacAdams, ' i of Chicago. TWO BAPTISMS i Little George Washington Reeves, i I son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reeves, ' . | and little Willikm Reeves Spencer, I i son ot Mr. and Mrs. Henry Spencer, i I were baptized on Wednesday at the I j residence of Mr. Charles Sandgran, 719 i ' Franklin street The ceremony was i i performed by Rev. Mr. Burns, who is ' i highly esteemed by the families inter- i lested. Little George Washington ■ Reeves iB the last child to be baptized i ! in Oape May by Rev. Mr. Bums. i j COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS J Three hundred tons of crushed stone i " and gravel were ordered to this point i ' and are being used to extend the stone < ! road mileage which the county has j adopted. Freeholder Spence and ! County Road Supervisor Stilwell are ■ I directing the work. The stone is laid * and then covered with a superior qual- ■ ' ity of gravel and when the material ! has been properly rolled and packed it ' ie perfectly firm and almost indestruc- ' tible. A mile or so of this kind of road r built through West Cape May two years ago is regarded as the best piece ' of road in the county. The Board of Freeholders may ultimately have all ' county roads constructed of this I I material. IN MEMORIAM. , In loving memory of Mrs Ida L. " Farrow, who passed out of this life , March 26th, 1908 ( | HUSBAND AND CHILDREN. A FALSE RUMOR The report which has been circulated - that one of ihe family of Mr. and Mrs. i William Waldorf, lesidina on Mansion street, was afflicted with Bcarlet feveris UNTRUE, and as the effect ot th. r rumor has beer, injurious to our business I find it necessary to deny it. WILLIAM WALDORF. e AN EXPERT PIGEON FANCIER George Jefferson, of this city, is I probably one of tfie ablest pigeon I | fanciers in this section and hss taken j ' I several prizes in competitive exhibits, j d He is very fond of his pigeons and j s ( has some rare ind very pretty varieties, j WEST CAPE MAY SCHOOL WILL OPEN ^ The West Cape May schools will be . j opened on Monday next, March 29th, 1 d | and all pupils are expected to be present , n Lit possible. ' DEVILED CRABS and CLUB , SANDWICHES at the Auditorium I _ Cafe. Open evening until 12 o'clock, tf i SPRING OPENING fc Received the latest styles in men's: t clothes. Our stock is know complete. Step in now and let us show you some new suitings and assortments that repn resent the best values we have ever seen. Personal attention given to style and workmanship and a perfect fit „ guaranteed. ® VAN KESSEL, 424 Washington street, Cape May, N. J. Keystone 'Phone 124X k j' The ancient game of bowls used to ' be played in the open air but: the Cape May experts, who are hard to beat, learned the art in the palatial quarters which houses the fine Congress Hall i- Alleys, 31 Perry street. Try them, tf

THE KIOSK I WILL STAY COUNCIL 6IVES FINE LOCATION 1 Yeatter Officer Townsead Bern ! Inlay aa4 Taesiav to Arrange tor Setting it ap Weather Observer George Lovett received a dispatch from Chief t Willis Moore, of Washington on Sator- 1 day last, stating that men would be t here on Monday or Tuesday to place t the kios in position, which i shipped here from Atlantic City t last Wednesday. President of Council t Jacoby bar interested himself and to- < gather with Council agreed to give to ' the government the use of one of the t city pavilions as a location for the 1 structure. Secretary Charles Brown- t miller, of the Board of Trade, wired i Chief Moore Friday last tendering the t good offices of the Board of Trade in i securing the place for the erection of 1 the kios and received a reply 1 expressing appreciation of services ( offered and saying that men would be 1 sent on Monday to do the work and to i place the structure at the location 1 proffered by councilmen. t Theodore Townaend, official in charge • of the Weather Bureau in Philadelphia, ( and Section Director of Penntylvania, f was here Monday evening by direction , of the Chief of the U. S. Weather j Bureau at Washington, to discuss with , City Council the question of ihe placof the kiosk which arrived here last j week, sent from Atlantic City, where t there was some difficulty about its lo- ( cation. He was immediately assured t that body that the government could , 1 any properly the city had and that ] i any assistance the city could give ( i would oe cheerfully accorded. A fine ( space just off the boardwalk in front j i of (Sty Pavilion No; 1, was sgreed upI on Tuesday morning and will admit of j the public's viewing it from all sides , and of obtaining the information upon ( the weather which it presents, without , difficulty. The contracts for its foun- : ; dations and for placing it will be given , : out at once. The kiosk is one of twenty t i built by ibe government at a cost of , I $2500 each, to be placed at important , i centres in various parts of the country, | I to supply information about the climate | and weather to the public in such a , 1 form that it can be easily understood. . ; It contains five thermometers, one bar- , . ometer. one thermestat, weather maps , I and other things. Cape May will have j i the only one on this coast The large : map formerly used is superseded by f this arrangement which answers the 1 purpose much more thoroughly. i A kiosk is defined by the Century j dictionary to be "A kind ot open! pavilion or summer house generally . constructed of wood, straw or other light materials and often supported by ! > pillars round the foot of which is a ! j balustrade. " "In FYance, a street news- ■ j stand or booth somewhat* resembling in | form a small kiosk." A kiosk as used j by the weather service is a small ; structure in which scientific weather j i instruments are kept on view but | f amply protected. WOMEN'S AID SOCIETY TO MEET The Woman '8 Aid Society, of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, wi'l | meet at Mrs. Miranda Reeves residence I ; at Cold Spring today, Saturday, , j March 27tb. MILLER EDMUNDS *| William F. Miller, of Haddonfield. j " N. J., and Miss Louisa Edmunds, of J 4 West Cape May were united in mare rige March 10th, 1909, by William H. Harrison, Justice of the Peace, Had't ' donfield, N. J. They have been visit- | ing friends here this week. } THE HARBOR JETTIES J I Two barges of alone carrying cargoes j | of 800 tons each were dumped into the i j jetties whun are in course of conI struction to form the entrance of the 8 ! harbor here. This marks the begin- „ mag of active operations on this work _ which will continue until winter, r Barges of stone are expected, to arrive e from the quarries daily and the work is to be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. The inshore work on the west side of the inlet is nearly finished - and work on the east side will be soon commenced. e While you are cleaning house let us clean your lace curtainB and blankets, s Keystone Phone, 40D. j TROY LAUNDRY. f tf . 10 Decatur street

SHIELDS MAY RESIGN YORK BUSINESS CAUSE StiU his Luge laterests here * - aid Will CMtieee Werkieg j far Resert There are always rumors a-plenty about Cape May, especially at this season of the year, upon various in which the people are interested, and there havp been a few darthe v inter in regard to the affairs of the Oape May Real Estate Company which we have paid little heed, because we doubted their authenticity. most recent of these rumors, howseems to be so nearly removed from the realms of donbt by the certainty with which it is stated by men who seem to be in a -position to know, that we are constrained to publish it stated it is that "Mr. Peter has tendered his resignation as of the Oape May Real Estate If thie be true as aeema we will regret it very much and are sure that the people of Oape who have been intelligently observant, will be with us in this sentiment The fact that the annual meet ing for the election of officers of the will occur April 13th,, lends strength to the rumor since a resignation at this time will give the stockholders ample time to secure another to fill this important position. We have heard for some time that Mr. Shields' New York business, established a few months ago, has developed rapidly and |has been absorbing and more of his time, so as to make it difficult for bim to reach Cape frequently enough to eive proper attention to matters here, and this has probably been an influence to indue* resignation, If it has occurred. Mr. Shields is probably the largest individual stockholder in the company and also probably the largest individual owner of lots, according to the information we have been able to glean. He also keenly , interested in Oape May as a resort and in the success of the great enterprise of which he has been the head for several years. There is the consolation, therefore, that while may be unwilling to bold an official position to which he can not devote ample time, he will nevertheless work for Oape May's advancement and the Company's interests and probably, also, 1 take up the matter of development of 1 his own individual property. Oape 1 May's interests may be advanced rather than retarded, therefore, if he has de1 termined to resign from official responsibility as rumored. | We will seize the opportunity, at any 1 i rate, to aay some things of him which j should be more generally known. Men : i who have had personal business rela- ' tions witn him are a unit, so far as we 1 1 have come into contact with them, in declaring that he is the soul of honor 1 as a business men and always abjolute- ' j ly re(uses to countenance anything but ' j the straighti-st business methods. In " | his work here he has accomplished ' some wonderful things. We have been informed through congressmen arid other officials at Washington, who absolutely know, that probably no other j man could have suci eded in securing a j the government's interest and approi priation for the Oape May harbor. ' i Even a wayfaring man who has no j touch whatever with the intri:acie8 | and difficulties of securing the attention of such a body as the Congress to ' the Lmost laudable objects, cao understand that a harder task could not have been found than that of obtaining such an appropriation In modern parlance, * | Mr, Shields is a "live wire. " and he is " i more than certain to .electrify any en- | terprise or individual with whom he becomes associated. We are glad that j he is interested in Cape May, no mat- ' j ter in what capacity, and believe that ' great results will be obtained for this | resort through his energy1 and his de- ' sire to realize upon the ideals he has ~ pictured for its future. LAUNDRY NOTICE We. the undersigned, agree to s launder all collars for 2 cents each, in- ' eluding fancy collars of ail kinds. ; TROY LAUNDRY j 8-20 St NEPTUNE LAUNDRY CO. ' ROBBER . STAMPS, Braas or Copper Stencils for marking a boxes, baskets, etc., will be made to - order at short notice. NTAOKD WAVE STATIONERY DEPARTMENT 317 Washington Street