STAR AND WAVE \ - WEEKLY EDITION'

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TELL WORLD ♦> YOUR WANTS 1 IT WILL PAY TO ADVERTISE , If ;ti Have Lest or Found > Aaything, Wait Help or \ Wort. Pat it Here FOR RENT. - I FOR RENT — Unfurnished cottage, , first claaa condition, moat desirable . 1 cation. 14 rooms, $16. G. BOLTON ELDRKDGE, Merchants National ' Bant Building, Cape May. 13-4 3t i FOR RENT— An eight room houBe, ( bath and other modern improve- ' .meats, corner Madison avenue and < Lafayette street. Apply to Lewis S. , Bennett at 6 and 10 cent store. tf ( FOR RENT— A new house having 1 , three rooms and a lean-to "first floor, I three bed rooms second floor, gas, city i water, nice porch and yard. Twelve dollars per month. Gilbert C. Hughes, , 314 Ocean street i FOR RENT— Several furnished oot- 1 tages for the winter, and unfurn- I labed by the year. For particulars , apply to J. H. Hughes, 410 Washington ■beet. FOR SALE. J FOR SALE— Notices to prohibit gun- ' ning signs, card board or muslin, 6 ' end 10 cents each. Star and Wave < Office. I FOR SALE— A top buggy in perfect ' order, good as new. Built by Caffrey. Apply to Joseph* E. Browr, Green' i Greek, N. J. " 11-27 4t < FOB SALE— A Grand Upright Piano, I in first claaa condition. Apply at Star ( end Wave office. 3-4 tf i FOR SALE — Modern summer home 1 recently built nine rooms, cellar, 1 bath, hot and cold water, gas, fully ] screened, three porches, nice lawn and , bridge. GILBERT C. HUGHES. • 10-80 4t 214 Ocean Street i v WANTED t WANTED— Gold cutfcrs cao secure f employment at the lactory in We.-t j 1 Cape May. 1 1 REAL ESTATE COTTAGES TO RENT \ Four bouses with six to nine rooms : j gss, city water, electric lights, baths. , §8, $11. $15 and $16. respectively. One of the houses has a wall range, gas range and open fire place. S GILBERT C. HUGHES. j tf No. 214 Ocean street. ( MONEY TO LOAN On first bond and mortgage in sums ' from $300 to $3000. GILEBRT O HUGHES. t No 214 Ocean street. IF YOU NEED SIDEWALKS OR If you have concrete and cement | wotk to do s«e Jauuette and Newel, contractor. West Cape May. Paving and curbing a specialty. Estimate ; eheerfully given. 3-6 52t ( west cape may. '•watch us grow' George li. ILee ea, real estate agent. , building lots ai d homes. Will buy, ' sell, rent or exchange. Keystone 1 phono lll-D. PLACE YOUR PROPERTY IN MY ' HANDS FOR SALE OR KENT. AL 1 WAYS HAVE CLIENTS. 1 FIRE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY. . SOL. NEEDLES. , 608 WASHINGTON STREET KEYSTONE PHONE 114 M. PICTURES FRAMED §£"ai; H. T. Hughes, 612 Washington Street. < Or at 8mltb's studio. Beach Avenue. , BOAT" BUILDING pairing! 1 Railway on which to rua out boats for 1 examination or repair. Many years of 1 experience enables me to assure satis- i faction. JOHN PHAR0.1263 LafayetteSt | FREE— to Boys and girls, Flexible i Flyer, "the Sled that Steers." The , best eled in the world. You can easily , secure one within a few days for a little pleasant work. Be the first in your 1 town. Write today stating your age. A postal card will do. W. L. Davis. 168 East 84th street, New York Oity. i Place your surplus on time depos i ■ with the Security Trust Company and get 8 per cent interest. tf "The little Savings Bank in the bonis is a greater guarantee for the 1 > success of the children of the family, ! almost than all the advice in the world."— Wm. McKinley. Start now— an initial deposit of one dollar gets one of those silver nickel . ■safes at Security Vrust Oomp e

BASKET BALL AT SKATING RINK Opening Glme Hotly Contested - Splendid Schedule Arranged The first basket ball game of the > season in Cape May was played at Excelsior Skating Rink Tuesday evening between Cape May High School and West Cape May A. A., resulting in a victory for the High School boys by a score of 17 to 16. A large crowd was present to witness the game, fully half in the audience being ladies, and they were certainly treated to a lively and inter- i eating contest. Both teams were handicapped for lack of practice and were a little off in goal sheotiDg but : made ep for this deficiency by the determined manner theyjplayed. They . very evenly matched and put up clean, snappy game. Cbannells work . clever and tbe defense on both sides was good. Floyd Hughes was the arbitrator and he handled the ' game with ability his decisions being impartial. fn the first half the Cape May five £ad it on West Cape May, making excellent shots and playing with dash and vim that looked like cer- j tain victory, the half ending with tbe standing 14 to 6. In the second half West Cape May made a change in their lineup, substi- , tuting Greaves for McPherson In this , half they completely reversed the order of the first half and carried thq play into the enemy's territory. They , back like a whirlwind that took j the High School team by surprise, i overcoming the lead against them, and i with bat several minutes to play had j forged to the front with a lead of , point. , The last few minutes of play was , fast and exciting, bringing the large , crowd present to their feet, shouting j vociferously and yelling encourage- , ment to their respective favorites. ^ Both teams were working hard, Cape , May to regain the lost lead, and the ( Cape May boys to retain the , advantage gained in the uphill fight, and a moment before the whistle blejw . to end the contest Shields made a sen- ' sational shot, getting tbe finai and deciding goal and winning victory for Cup* May The lineup as follows: , 'Cape May West Cape May , | Mecray forward Channella : j Shields forward Faust Robbins center M'Phrsn Nich'ls ( Hines guard Tenenbaum < Entriken guard Nich'ls, Greaves Field goals — Channels, 6; Mecray, 2; . 2 ; Hine°, 2 ; Robbins 1, Faust Graves 1. Foul goals -Robbins two out ol 6; Hines 1. Referee Hughes. The next game will be played Sator- i day night between the Cape May High , School and Wildwood Juniors, play ] starting promptly at 8:15 o'clock. After the basket bail game the hall , was immediately cleared by the rink , attendants, taking less than ten min- , utes to remove everything from the , floor, and skating started at once and continued until eleven o'clock. The management of the rink announce that they will have two games , a week, a mid-week game and one on Saturday night to contn ue through the basket ball season. They have also arranged a series of nine games between the teams that played Tui sday night, and will put up ] . a handsome cup, the winners of the j | receiving the trophy and having their name* engraved on sam<-. This dual attraction is quite an ^ I innovation, and will become very pop- | , I ular vj.th the devote- s of both basket ball and skating, giving them the chance to witness a Aively contest, and with but a few minutes intermis- , sion, those bo inclined, can indulge in the delectable pastime of skating for . several hours. The hour of closing the rink will be extended to 11 o'clock, giving ample time to the skaters. The admission to' tbe double attraction will remain the same as has ! ! previously Jprevailed, and should re- 1 ; ceive the hearty support of the people. . management of tbe nnk is to be - congratulated on their efforts to furn- 1 iah amusement at a minimum cost The rink la admirably adapted for these games, giving adequate space for the players and allowing plenty of room for spectators to watch the I cgntest in comfort with view of every play unobstructed. Another unique feature and one that ' i will prove very popular will be a ' , series of games played between two 1 teams composed entirely of ladies. The young ladies -have about completed their organization and will soon be reedy to battle for supremacy on tbe basket ball floor. A benefit nigbt will be given in tbe near future, tbe proceed* going to provide equipment for tbe fair basket ball towers. t

: SOME NEWS ANDCOMENT BREEZY OPINIONS AND NEWS I terns Gathered by Star aid ; Wave Reporters aad Comment on Cirrent Events A car load, more or leas, ol gunners started from this city Monday morning ■ morning for gunning grounds. I 9 9 W Ocean County oyster planters are , very much opposed "to tbe law which . forbids the "fieabening" of oysters, t. .) 9 It is said that tbe goose bone j weather indications are stormy condi - | tions during the late fall and .a severe , cold snap during tbe holidays- This will be followed by a period of mild weather when severe winter weather , will set in and"continue until spring. t» 0 9 In 1896 there were v64 teachers em1 ployed in Oape May County. There are now 140. » fr 9 A teachers' institute met here in 1876 for the, teachers of Oape May Coanty only and the number of teachers was about 45. 1 9 «• (• I Oape May County Republicans, in convention assembled, in 1906, included in their platform [an indorsement of tbe direct primaries for county officers I Oape May Ooonty's representatives I in tbe legislature supported tbe measure establishing them, when it was introduced. There is no objection to 1 tbe direct primary idea for coanty and 1 city nominations. It might be an im- ' provement to abolish primaries altogether in county and city affairs and perform tbe whole business at the gen- ! eral election. The extension of the '■ direct primary idea to congress and 1 state nominations, however, wjll never be endorsed by South Jersey, while in possession of its right mind. When it ' consents to this it will be in a mood to ' agree to a State Constitutional Convention, delegates to be elected on.tbe basis of population. Under the present system there is a chance thai South | Jersey may be occasionally the recip- | 1 ient of the honor of supplying a gover- 1 - nor for tbe State, but under a direct ' primary law it would be ' 'never again. ' ' 1 is a sufficient reasotf for South 1 Jersey to stand pat on the present sys- ; tern of nominations. w (• (• With the death of Dr. William Torrey Harris, formerly United States ' Commissioner of Education, there 1 passes one of America's greatest educators. The educational Tiistory of the nation will unquestionably class Dr. Harris with Henry Barnard ,and Horace Mann. He was an educator of • educators, a teacher of teachers, a ' scholar and a student in a land of ' opportunity and achievement. 1 •) « •) j Senator Ganut has been elected High Priest of the'National Grange, Patrons 1 of Husbandry and has secuVed the next 1 meeting of the National Grange which '■ will be held in New Jersey. 1 The State Senate investigating com- ' raittee on school expenditure is at 1 j work. It consists of Senator Freling1 j liuysen, chairman, and Senators Brad- ' ley and Silzi r. The State Bcaid of Educaiion is represented by former 1 Jjidg W. H. Morrow, of Belvedere, Col. W. G. Schauffier, of Lake wood, ' and St. John McOutchen. of Plainfield. ' Jonn P. Murray, of Jersey Oitv, is counsel, and Kiwood Moore, of, Trenton, secretary. 1 <•(•<• Miss Jennie [Wright and Miss M. Frances Brown, after spending a week in Philadelphia as guests of Mr. and . Mrs. Charles Duncton, 2068 Fernon | , street, returned home today to attend . school. <• (• <• ! Comptroller Frets, of New York ■ Oity, Bays of the recent campaign in that city : "We had fifty-seven varie- ' ties of candidates, the ballots were ; four and a half feet long and there was , fusion. When three or more need money they get together and form a party. Fusion is when several parties J get together for revenue only and in- , dorse a candidate. Then they ask him for money. If he has the price and ' falls for it, he thinks he's the candi- ' dale of everybody— until after election. «• «i » > Sportsmen report that the storm of last week brooght thousands of wild

duck and !g<-ese .to the inside waterways. ' rTbe Cape May public schools jeop.ned Thursday after being closed since last Wednesday for Thanksgiv5 ing vacation, and Monday, Tuesday and Wedhesdav of this week, for the Teachers' Institute. 1 — mrm •> Reports of .Secretary of Agriculture Wilson show that the yields of the farms in tbe United States made *n immense increase this year, tbe crops being the biggest in the country's a history. e » • The Asbury Park Journal alleges that the Publicity Bureau in that ^town e has spent over $6,000 during the past h year end only $107 in advertising. The salaries and expenses seem to have consumed the fund. This seems to be e an unfortunte example of bow not to i- do it. e This is somewhat different from the s Oape May Board of Trade. Every d cent raised by it was spent for the r resorts welfare. Fifty dollars promised tbe secretary remains unpaid. 4> « i- The Ventnor Yacht Olub recently e held a b<g meeting to endorse the inland waterway project, when it was voted to hold a banquet early in FebD roary, to which Governor Fort and the >' commodore of every yacht club along (Con tinned on Page Five) ; WORK BEGUNON 25 NEW HOUSES Foundation and cellar work began on Tuesday on five bouses of tbe ° twenty-five houses to be erected on the new Cape May tract. The work will proceed rapidly and the liberal J"- terms to purchasers which are being offered may lead to the building of ~ many more bouses than first settled ' upon. The houses to be erected will d be very attractive [and according to r most popular styles in architecture. They are to have .every modern con1 venience and will make fine summer 0 residences. i- «= KILLED EIGHTY-FOUR 1 WILD DUCKS h i John Mecray, Frank Mecray and '• I Judson Bennett formed a duck gunning party which arrived home Thursday !t noon with eighty-four wild ducks as the reward of two days gunning, h Frank redeemed himself by nearly capturing the record for the trip, Jud Bennett's last spurt of 18 at one sitting being the only thing which '• knocked him out. s — ■ - e CAPE MAY BOY HONORED K In the pnvato office of the agent of e the Spring Garden district of the .. United Gas Improvement Company, .. Broad street and Columbia avenue, ^ Tuesday morning, the employes prea sented Stuart U. Thompson with a f token of their esteem and affection. Mr. Thompson has been connected with the U. G. I. Company twelve ^ years today, and ihe office was prettily B deeorated with American beauty roses, t chrysanthemums, carnations, ferns, j, etc. The gift was presented by O. A. Oonrad, assistant agent, in a pleasant speech, to which Mr. Thompson made an appropriate reply Captain James t Carr, one of tbe oldest employes of the district, then spoke a , :w word in Denalf of the employes and their kindly f ieeling for their chief. Mr. Thompson r was much surprised at the greeting which waited him on entering the l' office. —Evening Bulletin, Dec 1, 1909. ' Mr. Thompson ha* really been with " the above company twenty-three years, t -as auditor and agent elsewhere, eleven years before being placed at the head of the Spring Garden, Philadepihia offices! when bis company secured tbe - lease of the Philadelphia Gas Wcrks. 5 CHURCH NOTICES H1 — 11 BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday morning service at 10:30. Dr. Frank S. Dobbins of.Philadelphia, ^ will preach. Evening service at 7:30. D sermon -by the pastor, subject, "Christ of the Every Day World." * M. E. CHURCH " The pastor will preach next Sunday 10:80 a. m., on "The Power of God," * and at 7 :30 p. m. on "Pardon." " PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH a Rev. Royal J. Smiley will preach in d the Presbyterian Church the coming Sunday. L Whil you eare cleaning house let u. clean your lace curtains and blanketas . Keystone Phone, 49D. f TROY LAUNDRY, d tf 10 Decatur street

MOST SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTE HELDj ; CODNTY TEACHERS PRESENT Able lecturers aod Interesting • opening Eiertises male Institute enjoyable s 8 The Teachers' Institute, which occupied Monday. Tugsdav and Wednesday at the High School building Hub city, s was one of the moat iateresting and n profitable of recent 'years. Three of t the speakers were of the faculty of tbe . new State Normal Sehool at Montclair, e one of the Trenton State Normal, and e one from the State Department of 0 Public Instruction. Prof. Stone's work was [on methods s of teaching arithmetic in the primary y grades, and his discussions were very e helpful to primary teachers. The - evening session was held Monday evening and Dr. Charles S. Chapln, principal of the Montclair State Normal r School delivered an extremely interest- • ing and able address on "The Work and ■ the Workers," every available space - being filled in the Assembly room by e the large audience. Preceding the ad1 dress there were several musical numbers including[a piano solo by Joseph . Meerwald, a vocal duet by Mr. and Mrs. J. Woodruff Eldredge, a piano solo by Miss Helen Porter and a vocal solo by Miss Reba Stevens. • Miss Lucrissa Hughes, teacher of I music in the Cape May schools, was in charge [of the music during the instii tute, and Mr. Jacob D. Townsend, of b Cold Spring school ; Miss Doane, of n this city, and Miss Gertrude Fisher, of c Seaville, gave very entertaining reci1 tations with Ynarked ability at the I opening exercises of the various sesf sions, and Miss Rose Gandy contributed d a vocal aolo with her usual grace and 1 ability. One of the roost lesrned men 0 and best lecturers ever heard by a • Cape May audience occupied two per- - lods on Wednesday This was Will S. r Monroe, of the Montclair Normal School. The regular program follower. MONDAY SESSIONS Morning— 10:45, opening exercises; 5 U :00, "The Purposes of a Problem in d Arithmetic," John C. Stone; 11: :45, i S questions and discussion of subject. i' Afternoon Session— 2:00, "Geogs raphy in Elementary Schools." Miss 1 Susan A. Reilly. 2 :45. questions and j " discussion of subject: 3:00, Interuiisd son; 8:15, "Primary Number W< ;k." ~ John O. Stone; 4:00, questions ar.d d discussion of subject. General Evening Seasi'.n— Lecture. "The Work and the Worker," Charles i r S. Chapin. ■ commencing at 8 o'clock. | e TUESDAY SESSIONS Morning— 9 :30, opening exercises; ' 9:45, "The Heuristic Method of De-| ' v loping a Process." Illustrated, John • O. Stone ; 10:30, questions and diocussion of subject. 10:45. intermission; j 11 :00, "Geographic Materials," Miss B Susan Reilly. Afternoon— 2 :00, "Percentage and Its Application," John C. Stone; 2:45, • question and discussion of subject; ' 3:00, intermission; 3:15 "The 'L Weather," Miss Susan A. Reilly; ^ 4 :00, . questions and discussion of . ® WEDNESDAY SESSIONS Morning— 9 :30, Opening exercises; i 9:45, "The Beginnings of Manual ; ^ Training,"T. D. Sensor ; 10 :30, "State ; Teachers' Association," Aaron W. B Hand, 10:45, intermission; 11 KK), "Mental Work and Mental Fatigue." 'h Will S. Monroe. Afternoon Session— 2:00, "The View j I • Point of the Child," T. D. Sensor; j 2. 45, questions and discussion of subject; 3:00, intermission; 3:16, "Les- ' B sons from European Schools," Will S. Monroe. Before ordering your winter clothing call on Charles Scberer and examine | his choice selection of now patterns ' and fabrics for winter wear. You will 1 get more wear and greater aatisfaction from the garments made by | Scherer, because he cute to fit and ; j builds the garment to suit the individ- i ual. Care, skill and experience, oom- ; bined with richness of fabrics, result ' in perfect-fitting clothes produced by , his expert workmen. Mr. Scherer' s Ladies' and Gents.' Tailoring Establishment is now thor- ( oughly settled in his new and conven- , 3 ient building on Decatur street, and j 1 he is prepared to accommodate his ' customers in a skilfull and satisfactory manner. 8 Pretty little Calender Pads for those : dainty hand painted backs at the 8tar ; i and Wave Stationery Department

PROGRESS OF THE > BREAKWATER CO. " M*ny who regularly viait Sewell's Point to watch the- building of the . great seawalls which are to protect the entrance of the Cape May Harbor of refuge, have been at loss to know why •he work has not been rushed et its usual speed during the past few days, and on investigation the Star and Wave finds that toe answer is en easy one. Oantain J. H.'Shepperd was recently interviewed on the subject and t he pointed out the real cause, which is , unusual swift current which runs through the inlet. The current is so | powerful that barges frequently drag , anchor stones weighing more than ten tons. The current is also reponsible ( for ihe rapid changes- of the shoals which have been known to change from feur to five feet in a single hour. Men , who are experts in this line claim that ' it would be impossible to hold the heavy barges near enough to the sea I wall to unload them during the recent high tides which have swept the ceast I The work of erecting these seawalls is ! particularly distresiang on account of . shallow water which surround them. The contractors are compelled in some cases to build railroads on the stone t piles to transfer material to had points. I During this week one railroad tut been , washed out of shape three times. In I another case a wharf was erected to receive supplies and when completed j it had ten feet of water at the end | and in a very abort time this wharf was about thirty feet from any water, f which ia due to the rapid changes of r the bars. Today very little is left of , the wharf. In another instance the stones which fiiled in the cribs settled , down about four feet in one nigbt, meaning a loss of about fifty tons of I stone to say nothing of the cost of reI placing the same. Two tug boats and 1 several barges have been lost during ( this operation These and many other heavy losses are taken very gracefully bv the company who is now asking for I estimates for twelve barges and two j_ powerful tugs to be in readiness for about March the first next, when this . enterprisiug company will add greatly [ to its present equipment and rush the "job" to a finish by the fall of 1910. | The jetties b-ve caused the beach to j "make out" at Sewell's Point about . I 2500 feet and it is expected" that the I j beach will make out as far as the Hotel Oape May which ia about-one and half - miles. II A. S. Kelley, of New York, and enI gineer of wide experience, who also j assisted in the construction of the East | j River tunnel, between New York and Jersey City, will succeed Capt. J. H. i bheppird, who is about to take up . j a different branch of The Breakwater . Company work. dofl babies ; in great numbers and at all prices i have just arrived at Miss Stites' store, at[303 Washington street. Some are I the. cutest ever seen at Cape May, and ■ they are offered at prices which are I below the department stores. Thq finest assortment of dainty writing uppers, packed in fancy holly covered boxes. Just the article for your Sunday school scholars. Christmas tree ornaments in many designs and all sorts of toys to please the small boy. Don't forget number, 303 Washington street. 4-3t santa claus Has Jnst Arrived at tbe Five and Tn Cent Store with a double deck load of Christmas Presents for both young and old. Come look them over and have them put aside for Christmas. First come, first choice. See the big doll free Corner of Washington and Perry street. We give yellow trading stamps. tf A ollege Education For Your Boy Why not start an account now for boy? When he is old enough there wi<l be money to send him. Call at the office of Security ' Co. tf OHRISTMAS25HOPPERS Charles A. Swain, 305-7 Jackson street, has a complete line of goods this season. The second floor is tbe place to visit Call and see his line before purchasing elswehere. FOR FALL'OLOTHING New consignments of latest olothes are now ready for your inspection at Van K easel's. 424 Washington street styles made to order by expert workmen and satisfaction guaranteed.