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- rj FlKTV-FOl TH YEAR. NO. 32 • CAPE MAY CITY, N. J. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 20, igo9 THREE CENTS A COPY - '

TELL WORLD 5 YOUR WANTS ( FT WILL PAT TO UVEITIS H jtn live Lest «r FeuA ; Aifttfig, tut Bel) er Wert," Pit it Bert ! LOST. ' ! LOS*— Going from Windsor Hotel to ' (Surch ot the Advent vie Lrttayette t and Mansion streets, a small silver . chain purse. Initials "K/ B. H. ' on . top. Reward of 91 if returned to Mrs. Hill, Windsor Hotel. It 1 LOST— A« Oape May on November' 9, ] a pali of noae glasses. The case had Wiilcta Corson's name on it. The tinder please return to Truman Hickman. Green Creek, and reoeive utaii ** FOR RENT. FOR RENT— An eight room house, bath and other modem improvements, comer Madison avenue and Lafayette street. Apply to Lewis S. Bennett at 6 and 10 cent store. tf FOR 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, 214 Ocean street. FOR KENT— Several furnished cottages for the winter, and unfurnished by the year. For particulars wply to J. H. Hughes, 410 Washington steel. FOR SALE. FOR SALE— Notices to prohibit gunning signs, card board or muslin, 6 and 10 cents each. Star and Wave Office. FOR .<ALE— A go-cart, with fur robe. in excellent condition will be sold reasonable For address apply to Star and Wave Office. HORSE FOR SALE — One good work borse. Just right lor a farm. Price 960 Cape May Grain and Goal Oompany. FOR SALE— Two good work horses and a wide tread wagon. Very reasonable. A. R. Hand. Oape May. FOR SALE- A Grand Upright Piano, io first class condition. Apply at Star and Wave office. 9-4 tf • FOR SALE— Modern summer ho'tae recently built, nine rooms, cellar, bath, hot and cold waUr, gas, fully screened, three porches, nice la*n and badge. GILBERT C HUGHES. 19-90 4t 214 Ocean Street. v WANTED WANTED-A HOUSE KEEPER, to live with an elderly lady in the country, two in family. Reference required. A good home lor the right party. Apply for address to Star and Wave Office. tf REAL ESTATE COTTAGES TO RENT Four bouses with six to nine rooms ; gas, city water, electric lights, baths. 96, 911. $l.r> and $16. respectively. One of the hous-s has a * all range, gas range and open fire place. GILBERT C. HUGHES, tf No. 214 Ocean street. MONEY TO LOAN *

On first bond and mortgage in sums from $300 to »3000. c GILEBRT C HUGHES. < No 314 Ocean street ' : • ( IF YOU NEED SIDEWALKS OR ( If you have concrete and cement * work to do see Jaquette and Newel1, 1 eontrsctor. West Oape May. Paving and curbing a specialty. Estimate . cheerfully given. 3-6 52t ( WEST CAPE MAY. , '•WATCH US 0 ROW' George H. Reeves, real estate agent building lots and homes. Will buy, , mil. rent or exchange. Keystone , phone 111-P. I PLACE YOUR PROPERTY IN MY , HANDS FOR SALE OR RENT. AL- , WAYS HAVE CLIENTS. FIRE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY. < SOL. NEEDLES, 1 •608 WASHINGTON STREET • KEYS TON h PHONE 114 M. PICTURES FRAMED ST"1 H. T. Hughes, 612 Washington 8treet. [ Or at Smith's Studio, Beach Avenue. BOAT BUILDING PAIRING. Railway on which to ru« out boats for examination or repair. Many years of , experience enables me to assure satiaJ&HN PHAR0.1263 LafayetteSt j' Any one in need of a hat should asa 1 those Mrs. "turner is offering for 91-60. 1

IF BASKET BILL HERE p Cape Itj Ptajs WiWwtrt A. A. ■ofay Eveaiag. The first basket bail game of the ~ in this city will be played Mon- J day evening at Auditorium Hall, between Oape May and Wildwood A. c A., and promises to be a lively oontest The Wildwod team is very much elated over their showing in the opening oontest when they defeated West Oape last Friday evening, and are determined not to alio# the local five to come out victorious. Ttaay will be g accompanied by quite a crowd of 8, rooters to "whoop ber up" for the g beacbitee. The Cape May boys have been working very earnestly to get in j shape and are now in first cIsbr oondi- £ tion. They are equally confident of q ! their ability to put it over the Wild- 0 wood five. The exact lineup of the ' team has not been determined >et, but £ it is safe to predict that they will j. make it warm for their opponents. The Oape May High School team is ' practicing every day and a>e fast get1 ring into form and are now ready for ' ■ their opening game. The team will ( ' play with a Wildwood team at the ' latter place on Tuesday nfext In the ' r lineun for Oape Mav will be Hines, r Shields, Mecray Robi ins, Needles and - Eit.Ren. 1 The second High School team will play their hrst game with the second f ~ West Cspe May team on Thanksgiving ' - afternoon. In their lir.eup will be s Kearns, Stev. ds. Hughes, Stetson, 1 1 Hebenthol and Hart. WILDWOOD A. A 28 WEST OAPE MAY 7 ] The basket ball season of 1909 in 1 5 Oape May County waB opened by the < 2 West Oape May A. A. and the Wild : wood A. A. Friday evening, when the I - Oape May team was taken into camp • A large crowd was in evidence to see 1 r the game which resulted in defeat for the Red and WhiteTby » score of 28 to 1 - 7. The Oape boye tut up a game of g class considering their great handicap 1 - of no praciice since 1908. The first three points were scored in the initial , hall by the fast floor work nf Greaves . Faust secure*: the other two field goal in the last half, ltae Red and White was accompanied, as usual, by a large 'r crowd of rooters. -*ho journeved with • the team in the Melwfha and all en- " joyed the evening despite the defeat cf their favorite 8. Score : y Wildwood A A West Cape May d Taylor forward Faust Seyber forward Ghnnnells Koloack center Nichols - Banks guard McPhereou Meyer guard Greaves Field goal*, faylor, 6; Sieber, 4; 0 Kolback, 3; Faust. 2;. Greaves, 1; II Meyer, I. Foul goals, Taylor, 1; t Seiber. 1 ; Greaves. 1. d The West Oape May A. A. have the players to make a fast team averaging 135, but the iack of suitable hall will probably Keep them out of the game this year. Greaves will probably ,. go with thq Five Mile Beach A. A. 1 as an offer has been made by that ® club, they haviog learned his worth • last year in the few last games of the season. . , . I

SAMUEL P. ELDERDGE d APPOINTED RECEIVER t Vice Chancelloir Learning, of Gam- 11 den, on Monday appointed Attorney p Samuel F. Eldredge receiver to close c up the affairs of the Oape Mav Bak>ng t on the petition of William c G. Essen, of this city, a stockholder c and creditor ot the company. 1 The company is said to have prop- r erty in Oape May valued at $3,0(10- « Eidredge's bond was fixed at $5,000. « CHAPEL CADETS TO GIVE MINSTREL 1 The W st Oape May Ohapel Cadets ' will give a minstrel show at Skating ' Rink Hall, Washington street, on 1 Tuesday evening, November 23. The entertainment will comprise chi.tiy < minstrel and character songs, recita- 1 tiona, town topics, etc General ad- 1 mission will be 16 cents, reserved seats 1 cents. Toe proceeds of the minstrel 1 show will go to the Oadet'a new uni- j form fond. 1 The Cadets have been conspicuous 1 figures in Oape May celebrations for 1 tbe past several years and in apprecia- i lion of this fac: they should have the I hearty suooort of all. DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS , Georgie Anna Wright, age 19 years, j died at 4ne borne of her father, ( Moses Wright. Perry street, on Sunday ( ■t\12 o'clock, of tuberculosis from , " which^iisease she had been afflicted for 1 about nine months. Tbe funeral was held on Wednesday. [j

PERSONAL MENTION < OF VISITORS INTERESTIN6 10TES I Stir ui Wire Barters ue Ke- > qaestrt t« Sirt ii Ay Flue tr Otherwise Miss Gertrude Bendheim, a charming Brooklyn belle, is enjoying a pleasant | sojourn with Mr. and Mrs. Bloch, of c city. 1 Dr. Charles H. Reed, Wm. F. H. t Reed and their sister, Mrs. Margaret I Bedell, are registered at The Virginia. 1 are here for a few days looking over their real estate holdings. Mrs. P. Logan Bockiua is visiting I her daughter, Mrs. Elwood Souder, at 1 home in Wi'mingion. 1 Mrs Frank Mecray is spending the week in Philadelphia. Joseph Leedom was a Cape May 1 vsitor this week. Horace R. Ware, cashier of the 1 Security Trust Company, is enjoying I ; trip in the pilut bust j . Kruilk and Walter Entriken and 1 , their families are occupying the | Leedom cottages on Congress street, j Letter Carrier Charles 5. Briant j spent pait of h:E vacation with Charles A. Swain at Mr Swain's boat house. Miss Margaret Ware enjoyed a visit , to Philadelphia this week. Mrs. W. N. Hand and Mrs. Ella Eldredge, of West Oape May, are enjoying a visit to Philadelphia friends. S K- Stites was a guest of his daughter, Mrs. Paul, Philadelphia, on Tuesday Mrs: Paul is recovering from the recent amputation of her hand. Mrs. R. C. Hughes is enjoying a few days in Philadelphia. T. W. Millet, J>., is renewing old acquaintances in Philadelphia Mrs. Stilwell Hand is a guest of her 1 son. Dr. Hand, of Philadelphia. Miss Sue Uildreth, of Jackson street, is entertaining from Philadelphia this week, Mrs. M. F. Percivai, Mrs. H. M. McBorney, H. M. McBurney,- Jr. Dr. James McLeod has returned 1 home afn-r passing several days in 1 Philad Iphia. Mr. and Mrs. John M Rodgere. : have been passing the week at their cottage. Mrs. M. L. Richardson and daughter 1 Edith have closed their Cottage and 1 will pass a portion of the winter in 1 Philadelphia. 1 Joseph R Wainwrinht, of Philadel- ' phi*, was a recent visitor looking over ; his different holdings. Sal lie A. Foster has just returned ; from a trip to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Griffin • former cottagers here, have been ■ passing the week with Mrs. Wm. McI Donnell at her Hughes street cottages. Mrs. David* Bsird, of Beverly, this ' slate, one of our cottage colony, was calling on friends this week. \ W. E. YOUNG TAX COMMISSIONER , Wilbur E. Young, of Anglesea, who has been serving the County Tax Rnard at. rpturv verv effectively Board as secretary, very

during the past year and a half has appointed by Governor Fort a j member of the Board to fill the unex- ^ pired tern of Aaron W. Hand, who recently resigned to accept the Superin tendency of Schools. This appointt is generally satisfactory to the county. Mr. Young is very well in- ' formed upon property values and is a of sterling integrity and most energetic in business He has been engaged in the general contracting business for several years. He has been clerk to tbe Borough Oouncil of Anglesea for a number ot years and was formerly collector of tuxes for several terms Before ordering your winter clothing call on Charges Scberer and examine choice selection of new patterns and fabrics for winter wear. You will get more wear and greater satisfaction from the garments made by Scberer, because be cuts to fit and builds tbe garment 10 suit tbe individ1 ual Oare, skill and experience, comwith richness of fabrics, result in perfect-fitting clothes produced by his expert workmen. Mr. Scberer's Ladies' and Gents.' Tailoring Establishment is now thoroughly settled in bis new and convenbuilding on Depatur street\and is prepared to accommodate nis customers in a skilful! and satisfacmanner. 600 sheets white paper, sizes 81x10}, neatlv boxed, pries 36 cents.

SOME NEWS s AND COMMENT BREEZY OPINIONS AMB NEWS 1 Itees fiatkerrt kj Stir art Wire Eepertere art Ceaaeit Curat Erats It is reported that several of the contractors have been awarded contracts for furnishing material and work on tbe twenty-five new bouses that are to be erected this fall by a firm on tbe New Cap* tract. s « e The painters are kept busy daring flue weather and many cottages arc being beautified by fresh ooats of paint at # • The p^fiple have said "never again " to the imported moonshine artist, J. Frank Burke, and bis specialty. Even - those who were duped into "chipping : ' in" to support in luxury the great norde of parasites who rode in the so1 called local option chariot, have ' awakened from their trance and will : keep their moneys in their pockets. (• (• (• Such organs of the "New Idea" machine as the Newark News, reply to - Former Governor Murphy's opinions i upon various new ideas by attacking 1 Murphy and endeavoring to create ' the impression that he is a bold, bad roan. Tbe beinousness of differing 1 with the opinious held by the Newark > News and the New Idealists is suiii- : cient to cause the condemnation of any r man. of course, but there are lota of people who agre* with Murphy upon 1 several of the subjec's discussed. » » » 1 Opening basket ball at game of season at Auditorium Hall next Monday r evening between Oape May and Big Five of Wildwood. • ® ® 1 The value of steel passenger cars - was effectively demonstrated in the ■ collision on the Pennsylvania Railroad 1 in Jersey Oity, last Saturday. The 1 wooden smoking car was badly smashed and some of the people inside were ■ severely injured, but the steel cars rer mained intact, the passengers escaping with such bruises as would necessarily r accompany a shaking up of that kind. 1 Even the windows were unbroken, ex1 cepting some of those in one car that was thrown over on its side. The re- - suit fully justified expectations as to r the staunchness of the steel coaches and will hereatfer be in greater favor d thin ever. The fast trains on the Pennsylvania road are now mostly a composed of them and orders hive (i been placed for many more. A few - years hence wooden passenger care l will probably be Bcarce in all well regs ulated railroids. — West Jersey Press, s » « « A shooting match will take place on j the farm of Lewis Wilson, better o known as the Townsend Homestead, above Petticoat Bridge, Gold Spring, * on WtvlnpR/inv Nnvpmhpr 24 rum. on com-

mencing at 1 o'clock sharp. The prizes to be awarded are one oow, hogs, geese, turkeys, ducks and chickens. If Superintendent Burke, of the Anti Saloon League could have counted anywhere near a ^majority of the incomin Legislature for his pet measure nis voice would have been raised in triumph. Perhaps the fate of Local Option at the coming session gives him less worriment than does the pregnant fact that contributions to the League from the churches in this State show a shrinkage in the past year. If the Pactolian stream dries up, Burke will find, like Othello, that his occupation is gone. — Trenton Gazette a & 9 You should attend the GrandjOarmval under the auspices of the Board ot Trade at Excelsior Stating Rinx, on Wednesday evening, December 1. A beautiful prize of a gold Waltham watch will be awarded. a Who owns a house on the day it is sold seems a very simple question. It looks as if an owner owned it ontil it was sold, then the new owner owned it, but that is not a good rule to bank on. A man in Bayonne owned a bouse on which there was a mortgage. Tbe mortgage was foreclosed and tbe Sheriff sold the property to satisfy the (Con tinned on Page Five)

CAPE MAY PRESENTED CAPE MAYANS WTO NWFUK | Ike Cwutj, City C«»cil, Burt | •f TraJe art Citiras Rqnseatrt it Beef# Waterway Caaratka Tresidenc ol Oouncil John 1. Joeoby. j I and Oouncthuan Adam Suelke represented Cape May Oity Oouncil at the ] ( Atlantic Deeper Waterways Oonven- , tion at Norfolk, this week, Oharlds L. ' Brownmilier, the Board of Trade, and Senator Hand, appointed by Governor ( , Fort, as a representative of New Jer- , ^ sey. Chris Gallagher, was also there ( f and may be regarded as a represents- , tive at large of the citizens of this city. Councilman-elect, F. W. Wolff, ( . of this^ity, also attended. The steamer Lord Baltimore, which j left Philadelphia at M:16 o'clock Toes- , . day morning, with 234 delegates from t Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey abroad, enroute for the conven-i B tioji, arrived at Baltimore at 9:30 j p. m. The party came down through the Ohesapeake and Delaware Oanal, inspecting this chain of the Inland , canals and its locks at Delaware Oity, 0 St. George and Ohesapeake Oity. A banquent was held aboard ship at I o'clock in the afternoon, when ade dress were made by Congressman J. j Hampton Moore, president of the Association; Senator Robert E. Hand, ' of New Jersey, and former Senator, W. J. Thompson, of New Jersey. Upon arrival at Baltimore the boat f s temped to the wharf of the Old Bay _ LifieT where the passengers were transferred to the steamer Alabama which sailed for Norfolk, where they were ^ due Wednesday morning. The convention is one of the most important ever held to the Atlantic coast, and will be followed by vasi improvement in our waterways from Maine to Florida. Cape May is pare ticularly interested, as the United d States Government has selected it as e the first place oh the coast to begin the U harbor developments and utilization of ■ protested waterways. Our Oape * May representatives spread the fame of the retort by booklets and voice, * and found many who were greatly 1 interested. [" MEETING OF OAPE MAY COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY " The Oape May County Auxiliary of M tbe American Bible Society met Wed>r nesday, November 7, in the Presbyle teriau Church, this city, at 8 p m., , and transacted its business for the year. Dr. McLeod presided and E. P. w Stites acted as secretary. The officers rR of last year were reelected, viz :, Dr. McLeod, president; J. R. Wilson. * vice-president ; E. P. Stites, secretary, and George Ogden. treasurer. It w as decided to appoint a colpor,r teur to travel through the county to ^ distribute bibles. Dr Dobbins was ' appointed to establish if possible a

depository at Ocean Oity. h The congregations of the Methodist, ^ Baptist and Presbyterian churches 1 met in the Presbyterian Ohurch at * 7 :80 p. m. to hear the Bible sermon " preached by Dr. McLeod from, "Thy , Testimonies are Wonderful. " 1 PUT UP HANDSOME NEW ELECTRIC SIGN C '■ The Cape May Light and Power s 1 Company has erected a handsome sign a ' on their building at the corner of t 1 Washington and Decatur street. The 7 " sign reads "Cape May Light and V ! Power Company," and reaches across ( ' the entire front of the building on t Washington street. • It makes a very I ' bea-tiful display, tl^- sisn being com- s t posed of over 300 electric lights, in red, [ 1 while and blue colors.and will make the 1 corner the most brlliantly illuminated { and attractive in tbe city when lighted. I I CAPE MAY LADIES 1 IN GUNNING PARTY ^ Among the gunners seen in Goshen Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Sheppard, * Miss Ethel Otter, Belford Garrison and H. F. Otter, all of Cape ' May. The ladies are cracker-jack 9 shots and produced quite a string of c rabbits. t - , COUNTY TAX BOAR ) HEARS APPEALS | 1 The Oape May County Board of } 2 Taxation held their meeting at City t s Hall on Monday to hear appeals for ! Oape May City, and 116 petitions of - appeal for taxes |were made to the c boar-l of *>hicb 100 received a hearing. I

THOMPSON GETSJECOUNT BAltfT BAKES T» BEBfEMEB Etna's Said PhnDtj CWkagrt irt Vhc h lasrrtr tekRecwitrt Notice was served upon tbe election officers of this city on Monday that Justice Trenchard, of the Supreme Court, had granted a petition for a recount of the ballots, presented by John W. Thompson, defeated for reelection as Recorder, by a plurlity of six votes. This recount will oecor at Court House Friday, November 26th. ! fight on tbe recordsrship was a fierce 'one and the result a surprise. | opinion is general that tbe result will not be altered by a re-examination of the ballots though whether any thing more than the chance that errors were made in tbe count has induced t the petition for a recount, doth not r appear, and is not Btated by the parties to the contract. ) MUCH GUNNINtToN ' OPENING Or SEASON The gunning season opened Monday 1 and the woods were alive with dogs - and gunners. The wonder is that any living thing survives in the woods t after tbe onslaught of the great army • of gunners each year. A great many - more farmers than usual pot op notice* - warning gunners not to trespass with > dog or gun. Not a lew did so out of resentment to the license fee required of all local gunners, t Every day this week the huntsmen r w.-re out early sod laie, beating tbe - woods and fields for the festive rabbit 1 and other game, and may resumed b with well filled game bags Tbe trains brought many visitors from tbe t city, who set forth with dogs and c necessary accoutrements for their - favorite hunting grounds. j MASQUERADE AT SKATIN# RINK ' Mgbtfil Event far Tkuksjiv- [ ing Evening e Those who enjoy masquerade carm- , vale will have an ^opportunity to y indulge in another of these delightful affaire at Excelsior Skating Rink on Thanksgiving -evening. These carnivals are always thoroughly appreciated ( by tbe roller skat.-re and this one will f prove no exception coming as it does . after the enjoyment of Thanksgiving . festivities and good cheer, and will attract quite a throng id search of an e evening's pleasure. >. First, second and third prizes will be •g awarded to the best dressed skaters, and also, first, second and third prizes , to tho<e equipped with the most comic costumes. The regular admission will be charged. o CHURCH SERVICE 18 THANKSGIVING DAY Union Thanksgiving service will be

held in the First Baptist Church on next. November 25th. at :3U a. m. Rev. George L Dobbins will preach the sermon. ' Special music by tne combined choirs. FREIGHT LINE BY STEAMER OPENS NEXT WEEK Th Atlantic City Transportation (will begin to operate freight service bi1 boat between Philadelphia and Atlantic Oity next week, tbe first trip being made on Thanksgiving Day. steamer will stop at Chester, Wilmington, Oape May and Ooean During tbe summer rush it is probathat tbe company will carry pasThe company has recently purchased tbe Alpha, a steel craft, feet long and of light draft. The ; purchase price is reported at $70,000. a short time a second vessel wlil probably be added to tbe new Him. Atlantic Review. Buckwheat 8 and 16 oents package. Pork Sausage 16 cents. Country scrapple 6 cents. Good flour 84 oents. White American grapes, 12. Pittsburg Beef Co. , Jack son street. Tbe Security Trust Company individual safe deposit vauiis are a great convenience, tor tbe small rental of and up you secure a receptacle fer valuable papers and securities free from all danger. tf COPY PAPER, letter size, pecked i one ream in a box at 46 cents. Star and Wave Stationery Department.