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if \ WEEKLY EDITION - V > - ■ -= • • • . ===== FIFTY-FOU. M YEAR. NO. 32 CAPE MAY CITY, N. J. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, .909 THREE CENTS A COPY

IRVIN H. KLDHEDGE Re elected AssesQor TELL WORLD ~ YOUR WANTS FOR RENT. FOR RENT— Six rooms, famished or unfurnished: Apply si 916 Queen ■treat 10-30 bt FOR RENT— A new house bavins three rooms and a lean-to first floor, Ibree dad rooms second floor, gas, city I water, nice porch and yard. Twelve dollars per month. Gilbert C. Hughes, 314 Ocean street FOR RENT— Several furnished oottages for the winter, and unfurnMwd by the year. For particulars apply to J. H Hughes, 410 Washington street. FOR SALE. FOR 8ALE-A Grand Upright Piano, in first class condition. Apply at Star mi Ware office. 7 Ck 8-4 tf FOR 8ALE — Modern summer home recently built nine rooms, cellar, bath, hot and cold water, gas, fully screened, three porches, nice lawn and hedge. GILBERT C HUGHES, l»-»0 4t 214 Ocean Street WANTED W ANTED— To rent privilege of buying. small farm. Cape May- County. State location, etc. Oleen, Bo* 161, Anglesea. N. J. 10-16 8t REAL ESTATE COTTAGES TO RENT Four bouses with sis to nine rooms ; gas, city water, electric lights, baths. IS, $11. $15 and $16, respectively. One of the houses has a wait range, gas range and open fire place. GILBERT C. HUGHES, tf No. 214 Ooean street. "money to loan On first bond and mortgage in sums from $600 to $3000. gilebrt o. hughes, No. 214 Ocean street ip you need sidt walks ob If you have concrete and cement work to do see Jaquette and Newel', contractor. West Cape May. Paving and curbing a specialty. Estimate cheerfully given 3-6 52t west cape may. , * -watch us grow" George H. Reeves, real estate agent building lota and homes. Will buy, sell. rent or exchange. Keystone I phone lll-D. place your property in my hands for sale or kent. always have clients. fire insurance a specialty. SOL. NEEDLES. otW WASHINGTON STREET KEYSTONE PHONE 114 M PICTURES FRAMED H. T. Hughes, 612 Washington Street. Or at Smith's Sludio, Beach Avenue. BOATBUILDING Pairing" j Railway on which to run out boats for examination or repair Manv years of ^experience enables me to assure satis- : JOHN PH Alt 0,1263 LafayetteSt , Bacon 16, Sour Kroot 6c mit Pork at j the Pittsburgh. REMOVED TO NEW BUILDING Charles Scherer, the fa hionable merchant tailor, of 304 Washington street has moved to the new building on Decatur street near Washington, which be recently erected in order to hare improved working oonditions so as t> P remit him to handle bis growing : business with greater care and prompt- i ness. Mr. Scherer has catered to a very particular trade here for several i rears, and 'has established an en vis- j ble reputation. for fall clothing i New consignments of latest clothes '• are now ready for your it spec ti on at i Van Kessel'a 424 Washington street j Latest st >les made to order by expert 1 workmen and satisfaction guaranteed. j

PERSONAL MENTION OF VISITORS SOIE INTERESTING NOTES Star aid fue Readers are Re' qaested te Send ia ky Pktae er Otherwise J. Ashton Williams, of Laurel I Springs, was among this week's visitors. Mrs. O. T. Ferguson and daughter have been enjoying a visit to Washington friends. Miss Grace Hughes, of Darby, Pa., ~ is visiting ber grand parents, I Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Hughes. Mrs. Ralph Cummings, is visiting ^ re'atives here. k Miss Mamie Bellangy has gone to Camden to spend the winter with her . sister, Mrs. S Connelly. ; James Curry, of Camden, the hard , , hitting second baseman of last sum r mer's ball team, spent aeveraTdaya in i n Cape May last week. < M. H/Kema, was in the doer woods ( I of Tockahoe Wednesday. ; J. H. Beneret, of Philadelphia, i Y spent a few days here this week. | e Mr. and Mrs. J. Parson Smith, of : Philadelphia, are guests at the Vir- - ginia. Mr. Smith is a brother to I. i " H. Smith of this city. s Dr. Qharles N. Davis,, Richard O. n Norris and L.2J. McGrath, of Philadelphia. were here Tuesday to exercise i the right of franchise. i H. W. Barnett and F. P. Lloyd vis- i ited Cape May in a touring car. | r Mrs W. W. Wagner, of Philadelphia, < is rapidly recovering from an attacx c e of appendicitis. Mrs. Wagner is a sis- t , ter of A. M. Ludlam, proprietor of the < V Virginia Hotel. j Misa Mae Hall ib spending her vaca- ] tion in Norfolk and Baltimore. i W. S. Clauasen was here on Wendes- < day inspecting some cement work, be is having done. ■ James E. Taylor is passing a couple i • of weeks in Philadelphia and other I ' points. j < Dessa W. Hand, formerly of Cape i May, but now of Philadelphia, is vis- 1 - iting Mrs. J. Harry Hughes. i Rev. James McLeod, pastor of the 1 • Presbyterian Church, passed several c j days in Philadelphia and New York. I a Ex-Chief of Police William Farrow, now residing at Royersford, is a guest c of his daughter, Mrs. Jesse Edmunds, t Cottager William King wae looking c over hie different properties this week. 1 ® Leslie Crawford has accepted a poai- t tion in Philadelphia. | D. B. Mayhew, of Oecan City, was I greeting friends on the street the first 1 of the week. \ t Mrs. R. R. Miller, of Camden, ia t . a guest of Mrs F. Sidney' Townsend. i j Charles F . Gable, of Jackson street, t has removed with his family to Phila- i delphia. { RECEIVES CONGRATULATIOGS Senator Robert E. Hand has re- | ceived warmly congratulatory letters J . upon bis election from nearly every ^ State Senator without regard to party. ' DR. LAKE PURCHASES FARM 1 Dr. W. A. Lake has purchased the ' Wales farm upon which he has been 1 j residing for several years. * The Security Trust Companv individ- J I ual safe deposit vaults are a great j. convenience, tor tne small rental of s $3 and up you secure a receptacle toy a your valuable papers and securities free from ail danger. tl

SOME NEWS > ANDC0MMEN1 ; BREEZY OPINIONS INI NEW! . Itess fatten! tj Star ut Ware Reporters a ad Cosaeat ta Carreat Ereats A bottle found on the meadow a Schellenger's Landing, contained th< * following note: "Maroh 26, 1909 r "We are shipwreck in Jarvia Sound with nothing to eat, but plenty ti drink. Finder will, return note to M 0. Kern, Cape May." ' This date has been traced and founc to be a night when a prominent organr izatiou of Cape May visited Wildwood 9 9m < Evans Slaughter, the late Demo " era tic candidate for the State Senate, has been a candidate for various I offices often enough to have diacoverec that those who do the voting are pretty i closely in touch with public affairs and cannot be "-ooled" very easily. More1 over it is rather a perilous undertaking for a candidate to attempt to "fool" them, for be is reasonably certain to be caught at it. So when be allowed himself to be persuaded to launch the maliciously false accusations against Senator Band, right on the eve of election, when a reply was practically impossible, he did a foolish thing, which any man of good judgment and experience in political matwould have advised him against, and would have told him that the only possible effect wojld be injury to his own cause and not to that of the candidate attacked. These last hour attacks upon the reputation and record of candidates are back numbers in 1 political campaigning. Lake the primitive Australian's boomerang, they fly back to their sponsor and damage him, aa is perfectly proper. No matter how intense the feeling of a candidate may be against his opponent, the people are not interested in this phase of the matter. They are concerned about the principles in volved in the contest and about the true character of the oandidate. Any I > of lawful age and qualifications has a perfect right to become a candi- i date for any office and to present to people his claims for preferment. If he sDCceeds in convincing a sufficient number of them he will be elected. If be does not, be will be defeated Whether defeated or elected, he ia not justified in holding "grouch" against his opponent merebecause he is an opponent, nor ia justified at any time in attacking opponent's reputation falsely. Whether or not candidates realize, et all times, these fundamental facta, the people at large do, and. as a rule are not minded to support candidates who tte possession of a feeling of personal malice against an opponent, or a keen desire to discredit him, unjustly. In the larger cities the failof success of many a so wiled reform movement has been due to the viciousneos of. its leaders and its newspapers in attacking their opponents. hideous cartoons sometimes pubinstead of currying conviction tne rmnd, against those caricatured, very of: en has the directly oppo-ite effect because it is so perfectly evident that they are an expression of maliciqus hostility in which there is no principle involved ana whiob serves as a warning to the people against encrusting their affairs to Ooutinned on Page 5

UNOFFICIAL RETURNS FOR CAPE MAY COUNTY N | Senate Assembly County Cle'fe Coroner I / >. * , V Q Q £ — Q a "3 " ' I Name and Place a- S S I & — j? ^ if 2 B -g 1 g | g | I Beon.a:Ha.B:caB.n:5a:Q , 9 r o™1®?! 1!S 9 1,4 124 ' U" 122 9 113 70 11 Cape May, 1st, 311 92 219 302 9! 201 291 11£ 17C 28 UK 66 17 i Cape May, 2a. 197 68 134 196 6» 18( 184 7( 10E 18! 18t 4{ j Cape May Point 27 2 XE 2) c i£ 2J 6 lj 17 £ 11 ' j; 2®?1n,sDTwP' : 182 1* 64 170 »4f 8E 144 I6E 25 163 146 16 Holly Beach, M47 82 166 299 5> 22f 265 6£ 194 98 239 i -I Middle, 1st' 8E 165 262 & 16t 287 8£ 167 223 97 22 , 1 1 Middle, 2nd,' 1 1 88 21 67 87 20 67 84 28 61 74 33 41 ! I °ceao City, 1st 144 SE 106 144 27 117 14£ 27 121 146 26 120 < ! a« i » n_"$. IS 62 80 147 87 110 14" 43 98 1*7 4S BE ' City, It 63 85 63 33 61 34 5^ 32 „ M "6 22 121 116 26 -12f 111 26 90 11(1 * 106 Twp., 24C 9i 149 2ft 42 >44 27 > 7C 20' 245 101 141 1 Cape May, 144 R 91 15E 39 117 146 5- 91 85 105 27 S!!£T,?0d- 87 39 167 4i IlS ,6 5£ 108 84 15f 120 i | ^Woodbine, 127 8 9'- 121 32 95 12£ 34 9 29 121 92 i Totals. |16— 2] (21664 |l72q |~4&«]

I WILLIAM PORTER. . Recorder-Elect tv . flnnltaKU AImtI, gAkallan*.. Alexis

ELECTION OF ! CITY OFFICERS I PORTER DEFEATS TBOMPSON Pisrality of Six Votes Hakes William Porter Recorder I I The election in this city passed off 1 quietly but there was a good deal of : intensity beneath the surface. There was up to Saturday no prospects of a contest exoepting of the most perfunctory kind, but developments and alignments began then in the matter of the city tickets which produced somewhat 1 unexpected results. The fight centered very largely upon the recordership and a pluralitv of six votes in tne count : grave the office to tbe Democratic candidate, William Porter, over tbe Re1 puhlican candidate. John W. Thompson, who haal-elti the ifice for sevexal ■

terms. Porter has been a candidate < it three 'imes and number three was lucky nuuih- r. Party politics cut very little ice in the city elections, but < the majority of'tbosc elected to city officers are Republicans. t The city officers elected are Frederick J. Melvin, Democrat, who was unopposed. r Ouunril, Frederick W. Wolff, George S. Douglass, Republicans, and W. H Church. Democrat. , J Recorder, William Porter. Democrat. \ Chosen Freeholder. John T. Bennett, S Assessor, Irvin H. Eldredge, Repub- 1 lican. Collector, Gilbert C. Hughes. ( Treasurer, Stephen B. Wilson. '4

Overseer of the Poor, Albert G. Bennett The detailed vote is as follows : 1 FIRST PRECINCT I Mayor— Frederick J. Melvin, 400. Council— George S. .'Douglass, 186; IF. Sidney Townsend, 161 ; Frederick W. Wolff, 284. Recorder— John W. Thompson. 187; I William Porter, 226. Assessor -Irvin H. Eldredge. 210; George L. Lovett, 195. Chosen Freeholder — John T. Bennett, 389. | Collector— Gilbert C. Hughes, 888. [ Treasurer— Stephen B. WilBon, 312; ! Charles York, 90. 1 Constable— Alexis Schellenger, 828. l Overseer of the Poor— Albert G. Bennett, 338. SECOND PRECINCT i Mayor — Frederick J. Me'vin, 268. ; Council — George S Douglass, 142; I F. Sidney Townsend, 1 17 ; Frederick W. tfolff. 168; William Q!" Church, : 187; Harry B. Hand. 62; Still Hand. - 141. Recorder— John W Thompson, ISO; | ■ William Porter, 118 Assessor — Irwin Eidredve, 56 ;!

CHRISTOPHER S. HAND. Assemblyman-Elect 1

George L. Lovett, 106. i J Collector— Gilbert O. Hughes, 264. j t Treasurer -Stephen^B. Wilson, 197; 1 Charles York, 57. ( Chosen Freeholder - John T. Ben- ' nett, 257. ] Constable— Alexis Schellenger, 219. \ Overseer of Poor— Albert G. Ben- t nett, 178. In West Cape May, for Council W. i Fcnderaon, Jr., obtained 153 votes; f W. T. Morris, 103 ; Edward Morton, j: ; Charles Willis, 3. r The vote in Lower Township was as v >' Senate^- Robert E. Hand, 240; Evans J: G. Slaughter, 86 ; Augustus I. Smith, p '4. "Republican plurality 166. t

Assembly - Christopher & Hand. m: K. Russ Torbert, 446; Freak 8heppard. 9,- Plerelity 206. County Otafk— A. Oariton 227 ; Luther Garrison, Ht ; Charles Totalis 4. Plurality, lBi Oorooer-Geoega H. Reeves, 228; . Benjamin Ingersoil, 97; Walter L. Yerkea, 6. Plurality, IK. • Assessor— Joseph P. MarKissic, **1; JameaT. Hoffman, 53. Majority. 808. Collector— Charles O. Bohm. *241; Levi Dickinson. 86. Majority, 166. Township Committee— John O. Elliott. *80S; Linford Balbruner. 7. Majority, 286. Surveyor of Highway — Joseph ^TCreaae, 138; Thomas Matthews, •». Overseer of Poor— Jere H. Woolaon, •188; Setfi T. Chambers. 126. Pound Keepers— D. Pelleser, 4; Levins Chambers, 2; Thomas Soulte, X ; Obarlea^Howard, L Aval on polled 188 votes and Senator Hand received 116 of them. Levi Wentsell, Democrat, was elected freeholder in Denn'a Township, defeating Footer, who was serving by appointment > tbe vacancy created by tbe death of tbe late Jeaae D. Ludlam. One hundred and forty .votes were cast for Wentsell, candidate for freeholder, at Woodbine, to sixteen for Foster. Charles E. Foster's vote in Dennis Township, exclusive of Woodbine was, 86 more tnan that of Levi Wentsell . for freeholder, but Woodbine gave Wentsell a majority of 1x4 and this placed him 88 to the good. Dennis Township Committee, Eli Townsend received 186 votes ; Oolleo- . tor. H- M. Carroll, 818; Oonstabla, Sam Christian 820 votes; Surveyors of the Highway, John O. Errickson 818. K. B. Mason 196; Overseer of the Poor, George S. Robinson, 820. Hope W. Gandy received 266 majority for Freeholder in Upper Township, and Sapp, for Collector, defeated Mickle by 1 34. The latter has been Collector for ! many years. The latest returns from the election , in this county show that Robert E. ' Hand, tbe Repbulican candidate for State Senate is reelected to tbe Senate by the largest plurality ever given a candidate for 'his office in this county. .,'622. A. Carlton Hildreth. Republican, ia elected County Clerk by a majority! of .1728, and O. S. Hand, for the Assembly by a majority of 2166, Reever, for Coroner, by 464 majority. The fight upon Coroner was a question of localities rather than of party or persona. Five Mile Beach claims that he shouldfbe located there because of the urgent need sometimes in summer for prompt action by such an official. THAT CAMPAIGN "ROORBACK" SmifiHTEP'S FAISE CHARGES Defamatory Circular Loads to Prompt Apprehension of Supposed Sponsor Cam sign "roorbacha" are back j numbers and hopelessly out of style, j but Democratic candidate for tbe I State Senate, Evans Slaughter, or hia managers, if there were any, evidently | did not know this, for the Monday noon i and evening mails were loaded down I with circular letters to voters, containing accusations and charges galore against Senator Hand and a silly car1 toon loaded with absurd accusatory ! phrases, then a card containing j stickers and an appeal from Slaughter ! for votes. This card contained Slaughj ter's name at the bottom and printed in script. The circulars were unsigned. ^Several prominent fnendB of Senator Hand's called his attention to this ' new feature in a listless campaign, and the accusations and charges were 1 so brazenly false and vicious that it 1 was concluded by a number of people | with whom he discussed tbe matter, that it should not be permitted to pass I unnoticed. The Senator accordingly made complaint before Alderman Joseph B. Hughes, of this city, and was apprehended at Wildwood and taken before Justice of th» Peace Koons, of that place, where he waived a hearing and was held under to answer at Oourt in December before the Grand Jury. The circulars probably increased Senator Hand's vote, for everybody realized that darsix months of campaigning Senator Hand's opponents would have long ago produced any true charges against him for wbic'i they may have bad the material and the best proof that there nothing of the kind in existence found in the silence which prevailed to the evening preceding the election. Tbe majority of voters like fair play and last hour charges never aid the cause of tbe man who makes them.