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TELL WORLD YOUR WAuTS II WILL PAY TO AflVERTiSE U JH flare Lest er Feud Aajtkiif, Wait fleip er Werk, Pit it Here LOST. ^ ! The Star and Wave lout advertise- I meats have been very successful during the past month. Have YOU lost anyf *mg? ^ ( LOST— String of Gold; beads. Finder t will be rewarded if returnee to Mrs. John P. lloyle, 817 Kearney avenue. 1 . for rent. ■ — — — ..... < FOB RENT — A new house having 1 three rooms and a lean-to first floor, i three bed rooms second floor, gas, city water, nice porch and yard. Twelve dollars per month. Gilbert C. Hughes. c >14 Ocean street. I FOR SAL fc. I HOGS FOR SALE ~~ t Forty first class bogs for sale at Me- • Cray's farm, lor cash. I FOR SALE — A Grand Upright Piano, h '? ST*1 cU2? CODditl0n- 8t Star h and Wave office. 9-4 tf TWO HORSES dark greys, good E driven, good workers, good appearance f( , AlriO 8J Inch Tread WORK WAGON * Apply at 280 Perrv St., Cape May, N. J. ^ FOR SALE— Large lot ot pulleys, °5 wood, split and iron. Star and Wave ™ Office. tf or * FOR SALE— A Horton Wing Mailing Machine First class eoodition. Apply at Star and Wave Office tf M cr FOR SALE— Printers roller proof press 11 iron stand, in go oa condition. No reasonable offer refused. Star and Wave se Offioe. tf WANTED £

WANTED — Cigar salesman wanted. Experience unnecessary. Big pay. Globe Cigar Co., Cleveland, Onio. 10-9 3t WANTED— A. seamstress to help on ladies tailor made coats and skirts. Apply to Ghas. bcherer, the tailor, 304 Washington street. tf REAL ESTATE COTTAGES TO RENT J Four bouses with six to nine rooms ; , gas, city water, electric lights, baths. , $8, $11, $15 and $16. respectively. One of the bouses has a wall range, gas : range and open fire place. i GILBERT C. HUGHES, . tf No. 2m Ocean street ( MONEY TO LOAN On first bond and mortgage in sums ' from $300 to $3000. < UILEBRTC. HUGHES, i No. 214 Ocean street , IF YOU NEED SIDtWALKS OR \ If you have concrete and cement work to do see Jaquette and Newel', . contractor. West Cape May. Paving and curbing a specialty. Estimate 1 cheerfully given. 3-6 52t i WEST CAPE MAY, J '•WATCH US GROW George' H. Reeves, real estate agent j c building lota and homes. Will buy, , sell, rent or exchange. Keystone phone 111-D. ' plage your property in my i hands for sale or rent. al- . ways have clients. fire insurance a specialty. ' sol. needles, i 608 washington street i keystone phone 114 M. MUSIC ' MUSIC STUDIO Lessons given/on piano or organ, any ! hour, day or evening. > REUBEN B. REEVES, i 310 Washington street, i 10-2 6t Second floor Ogden Building. ( PICTURES FRAMED ^ j H. T. Hughes, 612 Washington 8treet. i Or at Smith's Studio. Beach Avenue. I BOAT BUILDING PAIRING 1 1 Railway on which to rua out boats for J examination or repair. Manv years of , experience enables me to assure saUs- i faction. JOHN PHAR0.1263 LafayetteSt J The Security Trust Company individ- I ual sale deposit vaults are a great ' convenience, tor tbe small rental of 8 $3 and up you aecure a receptacle for r your valuable papers and securities * free from all danger. tt 1

CONSTITUTIONAL i CONVENTION s siiu cmsras will wmsi I Reasais jiiei far Seiatarial Kepresestatiaa Cwutj Basis The following able discussion of an important question is from the TrenTimes : _ Since the defeat of the amendments last week there has been a renewal of tne demand for a convention to revise the oonstiiution. It cornea principally from Essex and Hudson Oounties, but is being re-ecboed from some of the smaller oounties. Back of it is the desire of the big oounties to increase their representation inltbe state Senate at the expense of the other counties. The chief exponent for the call is the Newark Star, [which is doing own party no servioa in this matI Let us see how the [Democratic party would fare by Senatorial districts : Those Democratic strongholds. Hun- 1 terdor.. Warren and Sussex, have each : Seaitor. [They are #he only sore 1 counties in the State and 1 always elect Senators of that faith. ' create Senatorial districts, and, 1 the Republicans being in power, all ' they would have to do would be to ' annex Hunterdon to Mercer and the ' majority of £1,000 in the 1 would be swallowed up in the 4 4,000 in the latter. Sim- 1 ilariy,;by the'annexation of Warren and " Sussex to Republican terrtory Loose 0 communities aa Democratic Senatemakers would" pass into fistory. Or, on the other band, maybe the three j counties wonld be put into one district c togetber, which would be Democratic c and furnish the only one sure Demo- j, cratic district in the State, outside of Suppose Hudson should get three instead of one as now. Essex would get a like number, and every j, Democrat from Hudson would be offset a - by a Republican from Essex, with the

- net loss to the Democracy from those ' from Hudson, Warren and Sussex. Thats not all : Oape May, Cumber- - land, Gloucester [and the like counties 1 are interested. j New Jresey has always had the county system. By the constitution of 1776 it was provided that each countv should elect one member of the Legislative Council (now Senate) and three members of the Assembly. The 1 > same sort of provision was made in 1 , the constitution of 1844, only by that i instrument the lower house was based upon population, as in the Federal ' constitution. Afterwards the Legislature created Assembly districts, which were later declared unconstitutional, J sod the people wb<ri recently bad an ! opportunity to engraft upon the constitution a provision for electing As- C aemblymen by districts repudiated it ' and rpafce for county representation 1 in the lower house as at present. , Oape May has had a Senator since . 1776, and for long before, but is now ' asked to give up its birthright So are the other counties. The advocates 4 of a convention fail to note that ' | counties are units in thiAState for the ! I purposes of legislation. We have I county court houses, roads, bridges, j school superintendents and innumerable , other things. To safeguard these in terests and to be a check on hasty legislation it is well to have each county , Senatorial district as has been the t since the foundation of our State. [ In this respect we but take for our , model the constitution of the United ,, States, with its equal representation ( of the States in the Federal Senate. r Of course, it will be said that the Slates are sovereigns and the counties t not. True, but the practical result c in both federal and state government t identically the same, namely, rep- c resentation in the conservative branch t of the Legislature by political subdivisions not based on populstion, and representation in the popular branch of » the Legislature based upon numerical i strength. . If there were any defects in the , guarantees of life, liberty and property 3 in the present constitution of New Jer- 1 sey there might be ;some reason for a 1 convention to frame a new instrument. Our constitution of 1844 is modeled closely upon that great charter of . human rights, the constitution of the United States, adopted in 1789, and h which needs no revision, and which, t the constitution of New Jersey. s has been amended only in a few particulars since its adoptioo. Our con- n stitution is a guarantee of fundamental h principles which leaves details to be worked cut by the action of the people's represe natives in the Legislature. - is as it sb< uld be.

SOME NEWS Y AND COMMENT I BREEZY OPINIONS ANB NEWS II Iteas Gathered Bj Star aid Ware Reporters aid Ceaaeat oi Carnal Eveats " All Hallowe'en is due October 81st, and we trust that Mayor Melvin will 8 see to it that the scenes of outlawry f which dishonored the last celebration e of this evening will not be repeated to f the disgrace of tbe city and ita citizens. t How tbe habit ever originated of makB ing this date a pretext for running 9 wild on the part of boys, including \ some rather old boys, and taking un- _ couth liberties with passers-by on tbe . street, we do not understand. - The , particular feature of last year's boorish j saturnalia was the throwing of flour up on every one who was unfortunate . enough to oome within range of the j numerous boys and young men who had chosen this particular form of "fun" for the evening's amusement. Some nioely dressed ladies, visitors, had their clothing practically ruined. Some of the borne people had thair clothing filled with flour as to seriously damit. It pasted tbe bounds of innocent amusement and furnished an excuse for black and white ruffiians to terrorize tbe town and there is no doubt whatever that they will go further this year than last if the authorities do not rigorously take bold of the matter andjirevent it. » S « The so-called "Progressives" need not take any credit to themselves for Nichols' election in Cumberland i It was simply a personal , conflict between Nichols and Stokes ] which Stokes anwieely, as we think, ( allowed himself to become too promi- j nent as a factor. (• (• (• Colby should remember that while it ^ is possible to fool some of the people all the time and sill of the people some . - ail me nine anu sui oi uie people some

5 of the time, it is not possible to fool - a majority of the people all of tbe time, even in Essex County. « (• * i Senator Hand is one of those under consideration as Republican leader on ■ the floor of the Senate at the next i session. *» S « Work upon the county road to Five' ' I Mile Beacn has been resumed and the : road will be closed to travel until it is completed. (h « ® The Newark News says: "it is no esay matter, as has been proved throughout tbe country to impress on j the voters the importance of a princi- , pie unleas the voter can see for himself how be is to be personally affected by I , the adoption or rejection of that prin- | ciple. Tbe necessity for a campaign of education on principles is thus ap-| parent. Tne News has been conducting a j of education" for six years including a great deal of misrepresen- ] tation and abuse of ita opponents all ( tbe state, but it does not yet , to dawn upon the erudite editor , that voters have thoroughly informed ( themselves upon the alleged "princi- t pies" advocated by the "News" and ) have voted accordingly, wanting no ( application of them. There is not much danger now of 5 tinkering with the election laws by J the next legislature in ways suggested ^ ^ by those over-zealous "reformers" i who would, if they could, tie up the 4 voters so tightly that he couldn't vote 1 1 at all, or would vote at the imminent | ! risk of going to jail„for his pains. One proposition solemnly put forth, ' take from Urn people the right to I ! designate their election officers. Imposing that authority on the courts, contemplates both an invasion of the 1 public right and a perversion of the duties of tbe judge. This proposition is in line with others diai have been made and rejected that would make i New Jersey's government {and policies , judge-ridden, and at the same time s the character of the judiciary.— r Star. a (• • C. T. Ferguson, head waiter of the , Ho.tel Cane May, for the two years it s been open, has proven his ability « the satisfaction of everybody this season and won the good will of the " guests entertained at the great 7 a a a Harold Hand is now in charge of the L (f on tinned on Prfe^Flve) ' n

SOME EXPRESSIONS' T OF COMMENDATION 's ib. n.z. (raves' enterprise i Sibslaitial Citiieis speak Eaceaaagiag woris aid eitead gee4 wiskes We have received numerous com- ' mendatory comments upon the «r£cle published in last week's issue refery ring to Mr. N. Z. Graves, his important n enterprise in Cold Spring and his large 0 holdings of real estate in this city. L Everybody appreciates the value of tbe interest here of so enterprising 1 and energetic a man and. everybody ' hope* that his interest will continue and his enterprises prove successful 8 and profitable in every sense. We pub- ^ liah the letters below. p Editor of the Star and Wave : e Dear Sir :— I read the interesting e comment in the "Star and Wave" of 1 last wepk, relative to tbe return to Oape May of Mr. N. Z. Graves, after t an absence of several weeks, and the 1 allusion to his great dairy enterprise at ' Cold Spring, and his large interests in I real estate in tbe Oity of Cape May. - In the interest of Oape May I second - your expressions of appreciation of Mr. i Graves, of his interest here and hope > he may oontinnaldrlaaed gauge policy > of improvement. ' Toon truly, SAMUEL F. ELDREDGE. I ' Oape May, N. J„ Oct. 7, 1909 To the Edltorjof tbe Star and Wave : 1 It was gratifying to progressive people; here to find in the Star and ' Wave last week the very just tribute 1 to _Mr. N. Z. Graves whirh you pub- 1 Mr. Graves' enterprises are of ' tbe character which set tbe pace and a lasting benefit ;in inducing 1 others to advance along the same ' modern lines or in leading the way to ' the upbuilding of our resort If we 1 bad s few more sucb men interested ' Cane Ms v the nlscp mieht. s/win ,rL I in place soon ad-

vance beyond our fondest dreams. L. C. OGDEN r Oape May, N. J., Oct 6. 1909 , Mr. Editor: I I was glad to see in your pap^r last week the article upon Mr. N. Z. Graves' enterprise and the kind words t comment. It is an " honor to Gape ! May to have such men as Mr. Graves i so earnestly interested as friends, as well as investors. His Farmstead-by-the-Sea is almost as valuable to Cape 1 May's reputation as our fine Hotel Oape May and its influence in developing dairying on modern lines will be of incalculable value to the county. We ahould give all of the encourage- | ment to Mr. Graves which can be given. Very truly yours, A. B. LITTLE Editor : In the last edition of your Cape Star and Wave, under the date of the 2nd inst., I saw an article in regard to one of Mr. N. Z. Graves many enterprises and as this is one directly appeals to us here, it is subject for congratulations that we such an enterprise devoted to tbe high state of profiency to which Mr. Graves has developed the Farmstead in the short time_he his owned it. It has been the pleasure of the writer to answer the many enquiries I that have been made to him by guests of our house in regards* to this enterprise in question. We have sent quite ja large number of our guests to the | farm and they have on their return come and thanked us for getting them interested enough to make the trip. 1 We certainly hope for Mr. Graves success in this and in fact all other enterprises which he may have here. S. B. WILSON. M. E. CHURCH Ral'y Day services Sunday, October VOth, when it is expected everybody will be in his place in all the services, and will enter on an era of increasing prosperity of the church in all ita de- ' part men ts. 1 Prayer meeting 9 a. m. ; 10 :30 a. m. the pastor will preach on "Christ's Appearing;" at 2:80,'p. ra.. the school will meet in the • audience room and have interesting exercises; 6 p. m., prayer meeting in ' the upper room ; song service at 7 :16 p. m , and at 7 :30 the pastor will preach the .fourth sermoq of the 'series on ! "Night Scenes in the Bible." Special

ABOUT REV. N JAMES fl COCKINS ie WRIER PASTIR IN LAWSUIT ► grave ckarges ea4e agaiast a PreskytBTii eiiister lar■erly sta tilled ken '* The Pittaburg Gazette Times says : e Charges that a minister i8 attemptf* ing to acquire a $300,000 estate by the '} practice of fraud, that he used undue e influence to persuade his wife to make '• her will in his favor, in spite of an * agreement that her half-brother and 1 half-sister were to be her chief benefiy ciaries, and that he is now planning 8 re-marry although he is said to have ' promised not. to do so, are features of a bill in equity filed here yesterday in Oommon Pleas Court No. .2 Tbe action is that of Mrs. Adelaide I Miller Blink, of Baltimore. Md., C againsrthe Rev.;Jamaa M. Oookina, of , Loa lAngeles, Oal. 8he sues for tEe r benefit of herself and her brother, At- I } torney Horace J Miller of this city, i t and tbe court waa asked to enjoin i , Cockins from encumbering certain real - estate. A preliminary injunction waa 1 I granted. Included aa oo-defendanta < are nearly a score of Individuals and I | corporations from whom the minister < , is said to have been receiving the in- < tares t from his wife's estate since her ' death on March 7, 1907. i Mrs. Blick says that her half-sister ' ■was a great deal older than she and t her brother. Before her marriage to ' Cockins, it is stated, she made a will t by which her entire estate at ber death ' was to go to her half-brother and halfsister. She is said to have told them t tnat hef marriage to Cockins, in 1896, P would not In any way affect this will, f Cockins, it is alleged, exercised an ■ undue influence over his wife against " Mrs. Blick nnd her brother, even tak- s ing he* to Europe and the Orient to t the attachment she had formed them. It is said Cockins would not S allow his wife to stav at the hnmp nf S 1. wife of

Mrs. Blick while^ahe was visiting in Baltimore, compelling her to go to a hotel. At tbe death of Mrs. Cockins ig her husband is said to nave produced a will in which his wife bequeathed her entire estate to him. Mrs. Blick says that she and ber B brother threatened at that time to cone test the will, but Cockins, who was s then 60 years old, [signed an agreement g by which be was to have only the use . of the estate for life. At his death the e estate was to revert to Mrs Blick and ] her brother. Cockins, it is stated, also . entered into a verbal agreement that e be would not marry again. Oockins some time ago went to Oal- . ifornia, and Mrs. Blick says that she t received a letter recently announcing his engagement to marry Mrs Margaret Hobbs, of Los Angeles. She wrote to him at once, reminding him of his agreement not to marry again. In 1 reply Oockins is sain to have informed" ' , Mrs. Blick that conditions had changed [ and that the agreement had been can- : . celed. Mrs. Blick says that Mrs j Oockins told her on several occasions 1 , that her husband had compelled her 1 , to make a will in his favor. , Mr. Oockins was formerly pastor of I , the Presbyterian Church here. I 1 SAVAGE— LAND Sara A. Land and Walter H. Savage I were married Tuesday, October 6th, I ' : 1909, at their future home, 304 Broad- j ' s way. by the Rev. James McLeod. j 1 i Only the immediate family were I ( present though several friends later j ( ! joined in giving them the usual con- [ - gratulations. Many beautiful presenta | J i were .received. In the afternoon the j i young couple left for Niagara and | various other points to enjoy a brief • honeymoon. The usnal decorations ! ( • adorned the carriage and many friends { of bride and groom gave them a hearty farewell salute at the train. • 4 WILL BRING HOME HJS BRIDE J G Leslie Crawford is visiting in t East Pittaburg. and when he returns c he will bring his wife with him. She t was formerly Miss Adele Weaver, t daughter of George Weaver, formerly t of this place. w 1 v For FALL CLOTHING q New consignments of latest clothes t are now ready for your inspection at ( , Van Kessel's. 424 Washing ten street. Latest styles made to order by expert workmen and satisfaction guaranteed. c — t While you are cleaning bouse let us 8 clean your lace curtains and blankets. Keystone Phone, 40D. TROY LAUNDRY, « « 10 Decatur street, g

CIT)f COUNCIL'S S REGULAR WORI T ROUTINE 1ATTER MSPOSEI OF 4 Bif Taii OrdereToff aa4 Wotii| Farce at Water Warts Reflated At the regular monthly meeting of - Council held on Tueeday evening, e Oouncilmen Doek. Elweli. Gilbert, e Hand Joseph, Hand Stilwell, Jacoby, e Moore and Shaw were present. Saelke a ebeent Minutes of .regular and inter1 vening meetings were read and ap- - proved. 5 A petition from William FHnn and 3 G. H. Flinn asking for sewers on New t York and other avenues (was directed i to take the usual course. The Building Inspector's report meni tioned five permits issue for bniMiwgj , The police report contained list of a ! half dozen drunks and disorderlies dur- ! ing tbe month. Tbe Mercantile Ap- . praiaer reported the collection of $80 mercantile license. The Treasurer's report was received and filed. The Fire and Water Committee, Joseph ; well, chairman, recommended that the use of the big tank at water works discontinued and called attention to patent fire alarm device which indicated to firemen the location of a fire, that they could proceed to tbe spot without delay. On motion the committee was authorised to take the big out of commission and to investigate the fire alarm device and report council. Tbe extra firemen at the water works were ordered discharged. Property and Improvement CommitWilliam Gilbert, chainmui, reported that they hed closed No. 8 and cut out nine lights. They asked instructions about reducing the number of lights and on motion were authorized to remove lights when they though' it feasible. Stilwell Hand for tbe Committee on recommended the purchase for of belt damns in nu v,« f $10 in tbe

a courtesy of a Philadelphia house. Deft cause it had been found very useful b and economical in handling the large s be1*8- It was ordered purchased. He r called attention to a sewer condition of two or three cottages at Beach avenue r and Jefferson street An agreement in blank was pre3 sented by the Delaware Bay and t Sewell's Point Railroad in which it 3 was recited that company granted cer3 tain privileges to city in placing aewera j under tracks of company and specified j certain restrictions, the agreement apt plying to sewers already laid. Mr. Doak objected to it becauae he daimed . the railroad was operating under a > franchise, bad no fee simple title to • tbe street and therefore could make t no restrictions or regulations concerni ing ■ it. City Solicitor sustained this , view and stated that the railroad com- ! pany had tbe privilege to use tbe sur- | face of the street only and sought by | this agreement to saddle responsibilty . for possible accident which might be traceable to tbe sewer construction on i tx.e city. On motion tbe commuoica- > tion was laid on the table. City Engineer Townsend reported made a preliminary survey of the lower end of the dty as directed. He called attention to coal waste at the sewage disposal plant for want of sifting airangement for handling ashes | and a riddle was ordered procured. He reported the survey of the Herzberg i lot on Beach avenue and the discovery j that the railroad.'did not encroach upon | the sidewalk, stating that after the I construction of a 10 foot a'dewalk I there would be from 6 to 8 feet of inj terval to the nearest track. At the I request ef Mr. Moore he had examined j the Jefferson street sewer and recom- ; mended three manholes so that pipes could be cleaned when necessary without taking them up. Mr. Moore offered a motion which waa carried that the Committee be authorized to these manholes constructed at Mr. Doak expressed the opinion that tbe difficulty ^with sewer connections in two or three cottages was due the fact of their being below the of the sewer. The Solicitor advised that the Street Committee require sidewalks and curbs to be built lines to be establisbed.by the present Engineer. No action was taken on the proposal to pay life guards beof lack of money. Bills were taken up and after their consideration Council adjourned. Place your surplus on time deposit with the Security Trust Company and get 3 per cent interest. tf