CAPE MAY STAR s WAVE WEEKLY EDITION

FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 25 CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. SATURDAY, JULY 24 1909 THREE CENTS A PY

iilWORLD^ YOUR WANTS IT WILL PAY TO ADVE1TISE II th Have Last « F«uR Aiyttiig, Wait Ball ar Wait Pit it Bare r 1 THE ONLY [DAILY AX CAPE MAY t The Daily Star and Wave is the , ONLY daily paper published at Gape May. Everybody should subscribe. One dollar for the season, paper delivered at your door every morning. All the local news and notices of en- . tertainments. Advertising coluAns a , complete directory of nearly all of the . business men and hotels in the city. If yon have loet or found anything or i have any wants a little advertisement t in the Star and Wave classified columns • is the thing you need. WANTED ; WANTED— Young woman would like l a position as cashier, D. E. bookkeeper, l or clerk. Can give references. Address 41 S. El dredge ?. 0. Gape May County. tu-th d wit FOR RENT. FOE RENT— A new house having ] 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, ( 114 Ocean street. I FOB BENT— House of eight rooms. , unfurnished. Apply to George H. Reeves, 407 Broadway. w-tf ^ FOR SALE. — | TWA UADCrC Matched Team of i InU nUIUU dark greys, good J driven, good workem, good appearance ( Apply to 280 Perry 8t., Cape May, N. J. i I FOB SALE— An Irish terrier and a fox I terrier, pups. Prices reasonable. Thoroughbreds. Apply J. Errickeon, West Cape May. 7-16 d-Z w-1 FOR SALE— Horse, colt, two sets ' harness, spring wagon and trap for i sale at low i prioes. Apply to William i O hampers, Jr.. .109 Perry at. 7-16 6 ( ;• — ] FOR SALE— Three new hair cushions i belonging to yacnt "Sea Gull," used one summer. Inquire at 41 Jackson . street 6-86 8t j IF YOU NEED SIDEWALKS OR i If you have concrete and cement ' work to do see Jaquette and Newel', contractor, West Cape May. Paving , ■nri curbing a specialty. Estimate cheerfully given. 8-6 62t _ REAL ESTATE ! WEST CAPE MAY. i •WATCH ifc GROW George H. Reeves, real estate agent < building lots and homes. Will buy, ] sell, rent or exchange. "Keystone 'phone 111-D. PLACE YOUR PROPERTY IN MY HANDS FOR SALE OR KENT. AL WAYS HAVE CLIENTS. ] FIRE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY. > SOL. NEEDLES. j 608 WASHINGTON STREET < KEYSTONE PHONE 114 M. t HOME SITES, WEST CAPE MAY { The owner will sell 15 highly desirable building lots, all togetner or singly for cash or on easy instalments. But a few such lots for sale in the borough. I Also a nearly new 9 room house with < large grounds and barn at less tnan present cost of house alone. J. L LaNDIS, Agent. 520 Broadway. Keystone 'Phone 184x The Security Trust Company has demonstrated its worth and standing in this community. Therefore the com- 1 munity should strongly support ;t. 3 BOAT BUILDING PAIRING. ! Railway on which to run out boats for examination or repair. Many years of experience enables me to assure satis- 1 faction. JOHN PHAR0.1263 LafayetteSt TAKE NOTICE My wife, Lily M. Hand, having left mi bed and board, I will not be responsible for any bills contracted by* her, or for her unless authorized by me in writing. OHAS. K. HAND. Erma. Cape May Co.. N J. Dated July 18, 1909. 7-18 6td— 6tw BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY The best appointed restaurant in Oape May can be secured at very liberal terms to the right party. Address Restaurant, Star and Wave Office tf NOTICE OF TAX SALE I Public notice is hereby given that all [ , taxes for the yeer 1> 8 remaining un- . paid on August 2. 1909, will be advertised and collected according to law. I GILBERT O. HUGHES, j 7-82 9t wAd Collector. ]

" THATjGBANDjOONgEKT Z The grand concertEto be gtven on ( Thuraday*evening. August 6th, at the ( Presbyterian Church. Jwill be one of ! the swellest affairs of the season on ' Se basis of the talent Jwhich will per- , form. This will include Henry G. J Scott, leading basso in the Hammer- i stein Manhattan Opera Company. ' | Madame Suelke Shaw, who has delighted so many Oape May audiences ] with her great singing. Henry Fry. org* ist and Tbeodor Gordohn, leader of the Hotel Oape May orchestra, the greatest vio- linist which Oape has ever en-joyed. The price ' of admission has been placed at 60 , cents. AUTO TRIP ' A pleasant trip in an auto was taken a party Tuesday leaving Oape May 1 1 in the morning for Philadelphia. They 1 ' remained but a short time tnere and ; then returned arriving back home ( 1 Tuesday evening. Those of the pary were: Mr. Nate Fowler, Miss May MacDonald and Miss Margaret Mac Donald. Mr. Fred Richtor waa unable ( , ts accompany them on account of ^ business. i AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH { Preaching by the pastor. Sunday ( morning worship, 10:80 o'clock, sub- ] . Ject, "Behold this Dreamer Cometh," j I Gen. 37: 19. Evening worship 8:00 i ; o'clock, snbject, "An Open Door," i Jno. 10:9. The church is well ventilstedA seats free, the services short and to the point Come. ( CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST MEETING 1 The Christian Scientists of this acetic will hold services every Sunday j morning at half past ten o'clock at the Borough Hall, at Holly Beach, duriog the summer, the use of the hall hav- 1 iog been granted them by Council for < that purpose. Those going from Cape ( May may have Borough Hall pointed out to them by trolley conductors. It located at corner Pacific and Montgomery avenues. Take 9 o'clock boat Sewell's Point. d-w tf c "www 1 RICHARD M. HAM PROMOTED i Richard M. Ham, former room clerk t i of Bellevue-Stratford, hqs been pro- ] moted to be assistant manager. "Mr. j succeeds Mr. Scott, who after ] twenty-six years' connection with the t Boldt interests has resigned to become I manager of the La Salle Hotel, Gbica- t go. The new assistant manager has j been connected with the Bellevue- c Stratford for about five years, but 1 prior to that time was connected with f several hotels in Washington, D. O. t Mr. Ham was for several years chief cleric for Mr. H. M. Cake, both at the Noramndie ,in Washington, and the I Stockton at Oape May. Many friends 1 here will be glad to hear of this ad- t vancement by Mr. Ham and will wisn t him continued sficcess. t While you are cleaning bouse let us ' clean your lace curtains and blankets. Phone, 4UD. TROY LAUNDRY, tf 10 Decatur street, t A NEW BAND what we all longing for. It is also , interesting to stop at Crowell's ' furnishing and Hardware Store, ( comer Washington and Perry streets, t sell anyth ng you want. Bicycle t and automobile supplies. Mason Jars , dozen. 6 and 10c goods. P. O. CROWELL & SON. > HIGH GRADE STONE j We cart furnish you with a high < grade sioDe, building and foundation, ( cheaper than you can get elsewhere. DeMayo Company, Vineland, N. J 7-8 8t w ' — — — — i NOTICE i CAPE MAY BAKING COM | PANY BREAD for Sale at all ( Grocers. Phone Orders Keystone ] 90- f • : NOTICE i My wife. Georg:ana Snyder, baring left my bed and board. I hereby give . notice that I will pay no bills excepting those contracted by myself. Bertram Snyder, i Dated July 19, 1909. , [ NUE BATTERIES. 'f 1 6-10 Volts, 84 Amperes. i ' JThe making of a good Dry Cell Bat- ' tery for automobile and gas engine service is one of the most difficult pro- . blems to the ba tery manufacturer ' This is the reason why so many cells offered lot sale are unsatisfactory for ignition work. A thorough knowledge i , of electro-chemistry, coupled with ; . mechanical ability and a great deal ot i experimenting, has produced the NUE f — absolutely the best Drv CelIB»"'ry . that is made for Ignition | ■** s. | This is not a mere statement, out an . actual fact— attested by the leading I I scientific institutions of this country. ' ' and from all users of NUE Cells. CHARLES A SWAIN. Sole Agent, 805-7 Jackson street.

SOME NEWS ANDCOMMENT BREEZY OPINIONS AND NEWS Battered ky Stir uA Tave Reverters aad Caaneat aa Carreat Eveats Be o-i hand at the Pavilion No. 1 evening next and enjoy the benefit to the Cape May base ball team to be given by Porter's Marine Band Charge of admission 10 cents. This is pleasant way to chip in a little to help the team. • ww Francis Collier, for several years teacher of manual training in the high school and assistant principal, has resigned his position to which be was reappointed in May and the Board of Education is seeking an eligible candidate the position. ® « • Captain F. S. El dredge, whose residence is in Philadelphia, was called to attend the funeral of his sister and remained a few days. He and wite have been spending the summer at Atlantic City. <• <9 (• What! Spend $100 on a bathing euit?" "Now, hubby, this isn't a bathing suit. This is a beach costume." — Herald. « • V Henry Scott, Madame Suelke, Prof. Fry and Prof. {Theodor Gordohn will be included in the array of artists which? will perform at the grand concert to be given at the Presbyterian Church on the evening of August 6th. WWW The Newark Evening News says: "Atlantic City will not tolerate Sunday base ball. The reputation of the resort is at stake and therefore the most drastic measures will oe taken to this grossly immoral practise. Sunday the Atlantic Oity nine played the Ohicagoes and beat them. even the royal flush of such a vicdid not swerve the local officials from meting out justice to the violators of the law against Sunday ball playing. The managers and backers and players of the local club ?were into court and were mercilessly fined $1 each, or to stand committed till their fines.were paid. « « A pigeon of the carrier or homer was blown into the Hotel Cape during the recent wind storm and cared for by one of the porters untp the weather was favorable, when it released. A silver band encircling its right leg bore the register maik "P. B. 46662." W (• Walter Fenderson^ holds the hign in duck pins at Hotel Cape May with 116. www Judging from the reports sent out from the township of Franklin in Gloucester Oonuty, 'which rejoices in the possession of a "Board of Protectors," the new statute which provides for the creation ot these protective bodies is now here else quite so unpopular. It is alleged that the protectors theiio zeal have included in their official li-t of drunknrds a> d those who ! likely to become such, pretty nearly j every male resident who even occas tonally tak> s a drink, and a mighty of proles has gene up. — New Jersey Mirror. The annt-sl reception of the faculty of the Cape May School o! Agriculture, I Aitand Si i<nce to the pupils and friends of the school will be given ■■ informally on Friday evening at | Congr ss Hall. The ne«t of the series of lec'ures on the "Great Johns of History" being' delivered by Ri v. Dr. James MeLeod, pastor of the Presb ten in Church, will o<cur -ronday evening next upon "John Knox." Larg- audiences attend and appreciate these lectures each Sunday ev.ning tf W w • Ev»r' bedy who has an opportunity to learn how to e» im should familiarize themselves with the art, for the necessity for the exercise of this useful knowledge oftentimes comes upon one i unawares and may be instrumental in saving not only self hot others from watery graves. Aside from its useful1 ness in - mergencies, swimming is one of the most Peklthfol recreations possi ble and a most « njoyable diversion. Good swimmers occasionally drown, but their cb*tices for surviving sudden immersion throu h accident or otber-

wise are a hundred times greater than those of pes sous ignorant ot the art. Swimming, s tumid be early taught : every child yfayaloelly able to lean). Then is ^ touch of the wild in human jj nature that calls forth into the woods and fields when the summer aays ] lengthen, Xo "mingle with the unii verse," as Byron loved ?to da It is . good for man that this is so, else be > would aeoo grow into a calloused, mechanical being ; blind to beauty, to fellowship and all that is boat aad j sweetest fa Ufa The man that takes g no delight in going forth into nature's l hallowed precincts where the hand of human being has not marred the hand- ' g iwork of the Creator, has ho sympathy with liia fellow creatures, no love for 1 the bounty of providence and is not tp ! be trusted. There is a crying need . , for more "back to nature" movements a not only in our public schools but . amoag the older generation as wall. _ The natural life is the ooly real Ufa ' . The man who lives on the labor of B others, whs is a part of the huge, de- ' moraliizng machinery of a great city, ' is only existing. It is not the fanner's . - boy who becomes a criminal. The past . j history of the nation, of all nations, j r has been made by those who Uved near . i to nature and loved her laws, and the 1 - future of. America [lies hi her farmer boys, chaste, honest and filled with ^ that spirit- which makes all mankind ' kin. It is tiie desire to get nearer to . I nature.that drives men from the city - to the country and 'tis well to heed her j call.— Atlantic County Record. e> « « The Oape May Summer School has - > enjoyed an unusual success this year. 1 b Visitors see invited to visit the high 1 - school sad see what is being done and ' i its purpoea. It is a real, live school 1 ■ with between 100 land 200 pupils ac- ' lively and enthusiastically interested. 1 • • w i The Star and Wave will receive news 1 - of Friday's ball game at Atlantic City - as soon as the game it ended and will J bulletin Uie results. • « 6» 1 5 At least three Cape May girls will > . attend thu. Trenton State Normal dur- 4 - ing the coming school year, two of ' B them recent high school gradual-. < ■ ing class. 1 1 (• (• Ok I g And now as to the Board of Trade. 1 e It is one of the best organizations in ( f Oape May. Everybody connected with I j it is there for the city's good. Every- t body, who belongs, chips in his own 1 money from $5 to $100. Officials do { c their work without any pSy or any re- c e ward except that of doing good. The r j advertising campaign this year was the t . most successful which was ever waged i t here. The base ball campaign Ib one t . of the greatest, the Fourth of July t r fireworks were the best ever. Now these things and many others are all s necessary and should be attended to i i and the Board of Trade does it. Every 1 t business man abould be a contributor 't to this organization and aid in its work, c It is 8 weak position to take to stand t t as a critic of what others are doing t i when it is just as much vour duty to t i get busy and take part in work for the t - general good. i b (• (• (• c b The faculty of trie Oape Msy School i - of Agriculture, industrial Art and c s Science, have invited students trustees i r of the scnool, city officials and other c 3 I friends to attend a formal reception \ I j to be given at Congress Hall, Friday 1 b evening next, July 23rd. t M (9 fit (• t Dr. G. T. Hayman and son HBwley, j who are summering at the San tfarloa | cottage, Cape May Point, also accomy panied by Dr. William F. Hawes, | , caught three dozen nice fish during a s recent trip in the sounds. t Somebody should buy South Cape May, put up an elevated board walk, and all the amusements in which exn cursionists delight and make it the K ! amusments ceotre. A beautiful lake i_ cou'd be created there with little 1 II effort and other attractions galore, n (• (• (• d The Five Mile Beach fishermen are y convinced that the facilites for reach- ( ing and returning from the fishing grounds are much better at Cape May j 0 than elsewhere and want to locate e here. Why are not the requisite aci- commodations provided at the Landing? i il 9 » •) i e Col. Jacob Mincer, head of one of , n the big trust companies in New York, n who is making an automobile tour of I- the coast resorts, was in Oape May e yesterday. Ool. Mincer's travelling i 1 companions were Vincent B. Kelly, i. one of the founders of Palisades Park, i. N. J., his son John T. Kelly, who has n large iniercts in Cubs, former AssemCoutinned on Page 5

MANY PITTSBURfi PEOPLE HEBE ENMYDW SI HER SEISIN i I baffles litiig Lug ScjnnsuR FM Ik* Fleianlen. I Oape May owea much to Pittabaig ] and will owe much mote. Tha wonder- ! ful harbor and tee immense improve- ] ments already accomplished together 1 with Itee Hotel Oape May, one of the i fin est]_ho tela in the United States, ere because of large in vestments of I Pittsburg capital and the interest of . the men beck of [the capital will be a great influence in bringing Oape May ( to the front as an important seaport as well as tee leading resort. Wa are glad to note, therefore, the presence of so many from that most snteroritof American atiee, who ere enjoying the summer life as it is here. Of these the Hotel Cspe May Is entertain- 1 ing Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Vilaack, Mias ' Louise Vilaack. Miss Dorothy Vilaack, ' Joseph Vilaack, Kenneth Vilaack, Joha and maid, Maurice Vilaack', Car] G. Vilaack, Mr.land Mrs. E. J. Fraenheim, William Fraenbeim. Norman Fraenbeim, Richard Fraenheim. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gallery, Mr. and Mrs. K. N. Modge, Mrs. Anna Hughes, , Thomas Stevens Brown. Mr. and Mrs. ] F. Moloney, Miss Katberine , Moloney , Miaa Dorothy Moloney , Miss j Koenig. Mr. and Mrs T. T. , Mrs. J. A. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. De Roy, two children and | The third floor is the Pittsburg , section this season and it is pretty , occupied. , THE 8TORY OF A MARKET ] The Control Market of Mecrgy Brothers, at the corner of Washington ' and Ooean'sireet, is a beehive of indusand a centre for food .'products of ' all kinds. It would 'make a confirmed 1 . dyspeptic lung to eat when he saw the great array of meats, fruits, vegeta- ' bles, groceries, eta, which are visible at almost any hour. It is the greatest spectacle Saturday morning, ' between 5 [and 8. Tnen people ' await their turns to obtain the choice ' foods and the number of them thus en- ' gaged is often large, the wait cense- 1 quently a long one. Twenty-six or 1 more clerks are busy as possible from ' the time of opening to the time of clos- 1 ing and it is the boast! of the firm that ' they provide the most prompt and 1 thorough service possible. The.Central Market is noted for its succulent vegetables and native fruits and should be for [they come directly the farm owned by the firm as do and eggs, squabs and several other commodities. Foreign, Southern and California fruits and vegetables are also handled In large quantities and the most comprehensive line of groceries and meats of the finest qualities are sold in great amounts The MeBrothers have been in the busimany years, know what is required by the Cape May trade, and provide it in any quantity necessary Ai man said in the presence of |the writer. "Mecray's Market is[ to Cape | what Wanamaker's is to Phila- , delphia. " A MONG THE BOATS The "Georgeanna II," owned by William Griecora Cox'e, 70 ft. long, 12 beam and 60 h. p. engine; the "Mermaid," 186 ft, 10 in. long; 23 ft I 36 in. beams, 260 h. p. engine ; the i "Lisann," forty-five footer; the "Nereides II," Francis Rogers, fiftyfive footer, 40 h. p. engine, are a few ■ of the big boats that rendezvous in the harbor, the beginning of the great j fleet of yachts of all kinds? who will | the Cape May harbor in a year or i The launch "Princess," owned by W. H. Heise and captained by Walter | 1 Bennett, pushed its way through the dense fog Thursday evening to Holly Beach in 46 minutes, starting at 6 :18 and arriving at 6 :59 1 * ■ ■ ■ The habit of thrift always follows a ' man. Save your money and deposit the same on interest in Security Trust , Company, then it makes money while, you sleep. 2z WALTER E. JOHNSON DEAD Walter E. Johnson, of 1735 N. 15th : street, Philadelphia, died suddenly on , Sunday, aged 65, and Mas intoned Wed- , nesday at 2 p. m. His Jwife is Alida i Townsend, youngest daughter of the - late William S. Townsend, Dennisville. He leaves a widow and one son.

Mr. and Mra. B. A. Smite aoter. tained a merry •racing party in tee > Stockton Oafe Tuaaday eraoing. Tboea r Praerat were Mr. aad Un. attain. Mr. and Mra. Amoa Worthington, Mr. and Mra Hynaeman. In. Mabel Riegel. Thoanas Emmons, Mrs. Copeland and Mi* Elizabeth Smith. SUCCESSFUL GRABBING The " Malvina, ' ' auxiliary power boat. Oaptete Scbellencer, took out yesterday morning. Mr. and Mae. wubrahara, Mr. and Mra. Okariea W. Haxleton Keavea, Mr. and George Keerae, Mra. Reeraa, Master Thomas Wilbraham, Mrr ' O. Wilbraham, Miss Laura • They caught 864 crabs. In tee afternoon Mr. and Mra. Me- ' Cauley and party caught 110 crabs and enjoyed a sail to Holly Beach. ; THE BASE BALL BENEFIT ; SiTUMAY EYEN1N6 JULY Utt Yn fir Tn Celts ill leu SfeeM Ceecert af Fta Ink. 1 Base ball is being enjoyed with old time fervor, but it costs money somelike everything else. Hence the 1 cify has granted a benefit by Porter'a 1 Band at the city'* music pavilion to occur Saturday evening next. Admission will be but ten cents and I the money will go to the base ball team to mec4 expenses. Come along out everybody and slip in your little dimes. Ten dimes make a dollar, a thousnd make a $100. Think of it This may sound axiomatic but it is true nevertheless. You may pay a $1 if you like, but drop at least a dime in . this good cause. Base ball is the moat I popular thing. Help it out ' FIRE CHIEF DOAK GETS GOLD WATCH Assistant Chief James J. Doak, of the Cape May Fire Department one of the organizers of the department in ] 1869, was very agreeably surprised and pleased on Wednesday evening by being presented by the members of the fire , department with a fine gold watch, a fire engine engraved on the front case and his monogram on the back. The presentation was made in a neat speech on behalf of the {department by

: I Mayor Melvin and Mr. Doak, who was ■ almost overcome at this unexpected j evidence of kindness and good fellow- [ ship, responded in a few feeling words. . Chief Doak was for seventeen years j ' an active member of the department , 1 and twenty-three years assistant chief. I He is entitled to no small amount of , credit for the present excellent condi3 tion and effectiveness of the depart- . j ment. He resigned Ikst May. [ j AT CAPE MAY POINT t Carlton Hall will be the scene of a 1 1 charming entertainment next Saturday r | evening, July 24. Some literary readj ings by a tslenteo young elocutionist , | from Baltimore, a selection by a vocal r i artist from Cincinnati, a sparkling lit- , tie comedy, spiced with musical inter- / ludea by a five piece orchestra, wjll j furnish both variety and pleasure to those present. AND, we shall not only be receiving i our "money's worth" (if I may be - permitted) but at the same time giving 1 to a most worthy institution. The Seaside Home, whose good?work is so well known here among those philanthropically Incline^. '-23 2t j CAPE MAY BAKING COM i PANY BREAD for Sale at all B Grocers. Phone Orders Keystone 9D. . tl