STAR AND WAVE ___ V WEEKLY EDITION

' ; FIFTY-FIFTH YEAi^.NO. 5 CAPE MAY CITY. N.J. SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1910 THREE CsllTS A COPY^ ' Big H

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ONE CENT=A= WORD COLUMN ALWAYS BRJNfi fiBEAT RESULTS No Advertisement Taken for less tkii Tweitj Cents. Tell the People You Waits FOR RENT. FOR KENT— Sever* 1 furnished oottagea for the winter, end unfurnished by the year. For particular* apply to J. H. Hughes, 410 Washington l ?=" „ • FOR KENT — Unfurntahec cottage, I h first class condition, most desirable L location, 14 room*, $16. G. BOLTON P ELDREDGE, Merchants National Bank Building, Oape Hay. tf FOB KENT— The Benj. Grease farm, at Rio Grande, N. J. Address Mary K. Crease, 441 Chambers avenue, Camden. tf ~ FOR SALE. FOR SALE— A 6 horse power Fairbanks and Morse Marine Engine, with clutch, propeller and shaft. Equipped with ticnebler carburetor. In first ciaas order. Frioe $126. Apply to H. C. Piereon'a, 1169 Washington street, Oape Hay. 1-23 6 FOR SALE— One lot on Hechanic street, about 400 feet from Broadway, West Oape may. J. Woodruff Ei dredge. FOR SALE — A Grand Upright Piano, in first class condition. Apply at Star apd Wave office. $-4 tf A HOHK ON EASY TERMS 7 Hake any reasonable terms and you ran have a beautiful borne on Pearl a tree c, near Broadway, in the popular Borough of West Cape Hay. New bouse, perfect oondition throughout, 1 on nice nigh ground, containing seven rooms and s sun parlor; gaa; excellent flow of water from driven well. Immediate possession. Call and make your own terms and the property is yours. Price very low. GILBERT O. HUGHES, Realty, 214 Ocean Street. IP YOU NEED SlDbWALKS~OR If you hare concrete and cement work to do see Charles Jaquette contractor. West Oape Hay. Paving ; and curbing a specialty. Estimate , choci'f ully given. 8-6 S2t , REAL ESTATE west cape may, i •watch us grow' George H. Reeves, real estate agent, i building lots and homes. Will buy, | •ell, rent or exchange. Keystone j j phone 111-D. ' PLACE YOUR PROPERTY IN MY | HANDS FOR SALE OR RENT. ALWAYS HAVE CLIENTS. FIRE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY. 1 SOL. NEEDLES, t GOB WASHINGTON STREET i KEYSTONE PHONE 114 M. We pay $80 a month (salary and fum- f ish rig and all expenses to introduce poultry and stock powders ; new plan ; steady work. Bigler Co., X 976, 1 Springfield, Illinois. It i .PICTURES FRAMED £r* : Vp. T. Hughes, 612 Washington Street. j Or at 8mith's Studio. Beach Avenue. t BOAT BUILDING pairing! i Railway on which to run out boats for examination or repair. Many years of experience enables me to assure satis- , faction. JOHN PHAR0.1263 LafayetteSt i FOR FALL CLOTHING J New consignments of latest clothes are now ready for your inspection at Tan Kesael's, 424 Washington street. ' Latest styles made to order by expert I workmen and satisfaction guaranteed. The Security Trust Company offers t ► its patrons fair, courteous treatment ] absolutely regardless of the size of your account and last of all we are lcterested in Your prosperity, be- c cause with YOUR success and that of c every other citizen lies the growth a and prosperity of this community. c Depositing your money in Security 0 Trust Company ;makes it absolutely k safe from loss by robbers, fire or ac- » ddent. 120 SHEETS of good Linen finished ' paper, weighing 22 ounoaa. rt35 cents, 1 | envelope* to match, 35 cents per hun- ' ■ ■ 1 ; BLANKET BARGAINS t i Horse Blankets and Breast SUalds I art being sold at extremely low prices _ to nuke room for my spring stock of " ■a m as* I have a good line of Whips, * Oils and Hantaan Dressing* at price* o i that an right e JAMES MeFADDKK, " J *"•». « <

,S0ME NEWS (] AND COMMENT 5 BREEZY OPINIONS AND NEWS s Hens fiatbered by Star aid Ware Reporters aid Cemmeit •a Current Ereats Nathan Davis, who recently bought - the Matthew Band place at Erma, is j cleaning it op and improving it very 3 much. lb lb 9 - John Hewitt is engaged in tbe'ene largement of his "Day Light Store" I quite extensively and proposes to c modernize it and extend the business materially. It will ^ultimately reach , department store proportions, r 4 » a> ■ Miss Gertrude Gidding prepares the •dvertising for the GidiUng store ana her skill and ingenuity are very evident. She is very popular among the patrons of this establishment ; « « ® Swain S. Reeves, one of the most . ■ esteemed citizens of the lower section ; ■ of the county, is quite ,ill at nis home , and his son E. S. Reeves, who is now ; located in Rahway, N. J., was here on , - Monday to visit hire. , ' A 9 C* Charles A. Swain advertised ooal oil , at 8 cents per gallon in the Star and 1 Wave Saturday and laid in a large supply to last a week. The supply was 1 exhausted in a day and a half and 1 i another supply sent for. www The effort to prevent action by Council upon the treasurer question seems to be oocupying a great deal more of ' the attention of some people who have no good reason for being interested than is called for. The assertions 1 that Council cannot intervene and had better "go alow" to avoid getting 3 the city in a "pretty mesa" are am us- 1 ing. Council is not a party to the suit ' in the Supreme Court. That is | "between two men" and Council's powers are not curtailed by anything these two mer. have done or will do. ' is not a particle of doubt about , the ability of the new solicitor to give Council as good and as sound advice aa ' it ever received from any solicitor, Many people have lost sight of the fact that even if the law which has invoked to retain to the incumbent his position as treasurer, should prove valid and applicable to this city, there has not yet been an appointment in 1 conformity with it The only appoint- C ment ever made was for the comple- C. tion of an unexpired elective term and this was fully recognized by the In- * cum bent and his supporters because he sought and obtained election at the close of the term for which he had c been appointed and this appointment and its effect upon the tenure of office v:as immediately dead. If the office f must be legally filled by appointment, it is within the power of Council either before or after receiving the con- " elusion of the Supreme Court in Millet vs. Bmith,;to make the appointment. (• 4 w "Everybody who remembers the schisms which have taken place in the party, or who has read about them, knows the unhappy fate which befell most of their pariici- fc pant*. The lesson ought not to be lost on anybody whose recollection goes t back of 1896, to say nothing of the t| previous insurrections. fe Let all the dissidents of 1910 remem- f that the collective wisdom of the d party is greater than that i of any of its members, or that of any « dozen or score of them. The Republican party has a great mission. It was given a mandate in 1908 to perform a certain work, and it will carry out its a : orders, even though some of its mem- g may attempt to place ohstruc- ' o in its path. The obstructionists * and not the party will be harmed." — Trenton State Gazette. ^ "Much has been heard about the use- a leaaness of County Tax Boards and of d< the proposed effort to be made in the C this winter to have them ® abolished Tbess board* were instituted a few years ago for the solution of a very difficult question in Lb* equalization of taxes, so that each community would be required to bear L It* proper share of county enpenaea. w Up to that time each city |and .town h bade fur of being smimJ higher w titan the others, and naturally, the tl Met. Property ™ requwed by » a be m i 1 at tall rate* kmc ba- *

fore the coming of the County Tax Boards, but it never was. A 60 iter , cent valuation was by ?tadt understanding the one on which assessments were based, but even this was not preserved absolutely by assessors, and | 40 to 60 per cent was the range of values found over the State. Hence an ii equality in the burden upon the I various taxing districts. Then came the County Boards which were expected to be a clearing bouse for the local Boards of Assessors. These boards have accomplished much in equalizing the burden of taxation by : reducing the effect of local sentiment i upon values. It will be well to think ' twice before abolishing these boards." — Plainfield Courier-News. * •> 9 One reason lor increasing cost of living is that we are plodding along in a i luxurious age. We formerly took a i jug to the store, bought a quart or i gallon of molasses and carried it home again. Now we have a gentlemanly clerk call at the house with an expen1 si *e wagon. He takes the order for 1 a quart of moiaasea, and we decide that he may bring it to ua in a can adorned by a costly lithographed iabel. We use the molasses and throw the can in the dump heap. The consumer pays for the cleric hire, delivering, can and label, above the price molasses could be sold for under former conditions. We must pay for all this or the man who serves us will have a viBit from the sheriff. We demand that almost everything we eat shall go in neat, sanitary packages, whether it be molasses, breakfast food or confections and we pay the bill in a way that increases the cost of living to the consumer.— Elmer Times. « 4' Q WANTED-A CANDIDATE Councilman Adam Suelke was kind enough to send us *hile stopping at Daytona, Florida, a copy of the Daytona Gazette-News, in order that we might see in it an advertisement for , candidates for Alderman, none having - yet stepped forward to serve their , country in this capacity. In a letter , the paper he writes as follows : — We probably could help , them out (referring to the Alderman- ( ehip). I am agreeably pleased with , this city, quite a cottage colony here , North and West. Real estate" . extremely high. For instance a lot on , this street, 65x160, in this immediate ( block would cost one from four to live , thousand dollars. This has our prin- ^ oipal streets at home skinned a mile ( for price. The streets are all over ( 100 feet wide and all sidewalks cement j paved with 6 ft. blocks, prescribed by , city ordinance and enforced. 'Tia indeed * pity to see the immense loss in j the orange groves by frost. Thie a. m. at six the thermometer registered , 26° and has been remarkably low here ( for weeks destroying entirely the fruit , crop. "Mr. and Mrs. H. Hazelhurst, Mrs. , Belz, and myself and wife are enjoying ( hour of our trip, nevertheless. We leave here tomorrow for Rock- f ledge, tnen Palm Beach. We are hop- j ing to return home about February 8th. { Yours truly . ADAM SUELKE." , (* (• « j The Junior Christian Endeavor entertainment of the Presbyterian j Church was a great success. , OARD OF THANKS 1 Editor Star and Wave : Dear Sir:— Will youk.ndly express ; your columns my sincere " and apprecation for the many ' shown me by our many ^ friends and members of the lodges, c my husband's recent illness. ( Their acts of kindness and sympathy ' will live in my memory forever. ' Respectfully, 0 LOR AN A PETERSON The Security Company come* to you fc as a sound conservatively managed institution and offers you first r of -II SAFETY for money deposited t with ua ii Envelopes at 10 cents per hundred is t latest bargain in paper goods in d Cape May. While we admit that they are not the beat we keep in stock, we * consider them to be of good quality. in and pass your own judgment t on them. Star and Wave Stationery „ Department, 817 Washington street. ® ■ ii IMPROVEMENTS AT LANDING S The dredging operations at the t Landing are going to maks deeper e water end nxae available for boat ii and the Board of Freeholder* e will have the bridge repaired ao that • draw may ba operated with more d t ilil^r The Clifford Wilaon plot will a no doeb* hinni I the aire of many • mrfm ggia i n I iVf- 1

; SOME USEFUL ; SCHOOL FACTS i — - ; SCHOOL TAXES VERY MODERATE ; The Nataral Development of SchMls aid some of the Resalts Which will he Reached I y There is so much said of high schools " now-a days that there are a number of ; people who apparently think them a new thing in the school system. Th-s is not the case, however, for Philadelphia and the large cities of this State have bad them for over fifty years. A 1 partial high school course was introduced into ail of the schools of Oape May Coonty;in 1897 and contained a 1 great deal of the work which constitutes the present approved course. | For forty years at least high school topics have been tanght in some of the 1 older schools of this county. The "approved" classical or scientific course'including Latin and one modern language, mathematics, science, uis1 tory and English, and the English course of about the same scope excepting that Latin is omitted and more attention given to English, have been substituted for the old course and the State has insisted upon more time and teachers, especially devoted to high school work so that it may be more thoroughly done. The new courses are incidentally college preparatory courses and a graduate of the complete four year oourse ia entitled to enter the junior class at Ibe State Normal Schools, and saves two years of time, graduating from the Normal in two years instead of in four. The large increase injthe State's appropriations of money has made the ' establishment oi a high school system ona modern basis possible, and as it more firmly established, it will become more useful to the county. The courses of study will be made applicable to local conditions, ! more and more. .There i6 an occasional ' complaint.that the new system has in- ' creased taxes inordinately, but this is not true. Local improvements and . the auilding of a system of roads . figure more largely in the increases, j where it exists, than schools. In Mid- , die Township and in Upper, the necessity for building new bui Idings made the school expense somew hat unusoal, ; but it must be remembered that most of the expense for building incurred in two districts, would have been ] under any systeni which j provided proper accommodations and < facilities. The old buildings were permitted to last just as long as they , could be made to, and in most in- i stances, were not abandoned until they , absolutely unfit for school use. | The children are entitled to comfort- 1 ; able, well ventilated buildings, fit in ' ! every sense, and money must be ex- ■ pended to provide them. The par- j simonious policy . which has contented , itself m'the past with permitting children in some districts, while at school, , be more poorly housed than a favorhorse, will never be suffered to be reintroduced. The rates of taxation for local school upon each $100 of assessed valua- i tion throughout the county are as < : Avalon, .14; Dity of Cape May, ] .098; Cape Point, .123; Dennis I Township, .488; Holly Beach Borough, .36; Lower Township, .04; Middle , Township, 1.02; North Wildwood Bor- I ough, .188; Ocean City, .09; Sea Isle 1 .048; Upper Township. 1.02; j Cape May Borough, .234; Wild- j wood Borough, .18; Woodbine Bor- I ough, 4.06. The rate for State School Tax is • the same in .each district, .266 but it | no bearing on the question of highor lower taxation for schools because this is a regular charge fixed by a law 1871, or perhaps earlier, which i varies only with fluctuations in the c total ra tables of the county or when 1 as has been done by State appropriations {laying a port ion of it. To explain more fully we will say j that the law requires the assessment each year upon the total assessed valuation of -all the taxable property in the State of $.276 on the $100 far school tax. This is estimated on } the values of one year and the levy and collections made in the succeeding year. As the taxable values for each sofceeriing year are atwaya aoaoewbat higher than tboae of the oraoeding yea r. the rate fluctuates and to always a trifle lower than .276. It is probable that, taken aa a whole. * Ktoai te^a vera aevar lower to Oape "

May County than at .this time. In the City of Oape May, each $1000 of , valuation pays 98 cents of school tax. k In Ocean City 90 oents ; in Avalon $140; in Oape May Point, $1.20; in Dennis Township, $4.88; in Molly : Beach, $3.60; in Lower Township, .45; in Middle Township. $10.20; in North f Wildwood, $L 83; in Sea Isle. .48; in Upper Townehip, $10.20; in West Oape May. $2.84; in Wildwood, $1.80; in Woodbine, $4.06. If a mau owned $1000 worth of property in each of the municipalities of , the county the total local school tax he f would pay would not suffice to pay 1 t tuition fees alone for a single child , in the most ordinary primary private . school for one year and books and sup- j , plies would be an additional charge. L There is absolutely nothing in the ! _ charge that school taxes are high so i t fsr as Oape May County is concerned. . 1 OIL CANS BELOW ! WHOLESALE COST \ Commencing January 81st, and last- ' ing for one week only we will reduce ! the price on galvanized coal oil cans '■ to 16 cents. This price is lower than : tin. At Swain's Variety Store, 306-7 1 Jackson street. ^ , ANNOUNCEMENT Believing that Cape May needs and , sill supportfa modern up-to-date Dry Goods, Millmery, Lacies' and Men's 1 Furnishing Store and that the public in ' * general appreciates the progressive I merchant who endeavors to modernize , the methods of doing buHness we have i been prompted to make the alterations ' which are now under way. ] The KNERR STORE has set down . in this community to give satisfactory service in the distribution of merchan- j dine to Imake good the merchandise < ! itself, that is, give full value for value ; received. i Success in the selling game doean't 1 simply mean goods sold. It means cusiomera^satisfied. It has always been 1 and will continue to be our aim and i i purpose to SELL SATISFACTION, i Courtesy, frankness, fairness and quality are our business builders. Yours in the interest of Cape May, ' U. L. W. KNERR. J MRS ROBERT E. HAND ILL Mrs. Kobert E. Hand, wife of our ( Senator, has been seriously ill for jja week or more, but is now thought to be slowly recovering. J ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. William F. Cassedy announce the engagement of their 6 daughter, Rebecca Mecray Jto J. Har- 1 Bennett, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Judson D. Bennett. £ BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL H C OFFICERS ELECTED I The following officers were elected the First Baptist Church Sunday was approved hy the church at ^ their annual business meeting : * Superintendent, Everett J Jerrell; assistant superintendent, Ottawa secretary, S. Irwin Stevens; assistant secretary, Charles Hand ; treasurer, John T. Hewitt ; librarians, Harrison Shaw, Miss Bessie ; chairman music committee, Mrs. Daniel Focer; superintendent C department. Dr. Anna M. g Hand . ^superintendent home depart- , ment, Mrs. M. A. Knerr. A FARMERS' PRODUCE , EXCHANGE 1 George A. Billings, of the United States Department of Agriculture, visited Cold Spring Grange. Patrons of Husbandry, last evening for the pur- I pose of a conference upon the subject of establishing a Farmers' Produce Exchange, and an experiment farm. C His interest has been secured by Wil- j Ham Rau, of this city, and great benefit to the farming sections is hoped for. Before ordering your winter clothing ^ call on Charles Scherer and examine choice selection of new patterns and fabrics for winter wear. You will j get more wear and greater satisfaction from the garments made by because he cuts to fit and builds the garment to suit the individual. Care, skill and experience, com- V bined with richness of fabrics, result J in perfect-fitting olothes produced by t his expert workmen. Mr. Scherer 'a Ladies' and Gents.' L Tailoring Establishment is now thor- Y oughly settled in his new and convenient building on Decatur street, and is prepared to accommodate bis £ customers in a sk'lfull and satisfacmanner. . c 8AVE YOUK MONEY Fresh Liver 7c. Dandy Mackrel 4c f Rump Round Sirloin Stt, 12c. This is up 2 you Pitts Beef Ko j NEARLY 4M TELE- E PHONES IN CAPE MAY g YjjggSf FKEE SQTKE TO CAK MAT HMT Id IB $$$TE T$V IflV UIB. H Us Kiyrist Lm( Mm* TUMi Eastern Telephone Co. ^ WALTER B. WHAT, District Mgr. K 2nd Floor Post Ofl!c« Building

; BUSINESS DIRECTORY i REP BUM A flREATER CRY Money Circulated at Hmh vE Eveatially Come Bad te Yta SOCIAL STATIONERY Star and Wave Publishing Company I 817 Washington Street. HARDWARE, HOUSE FURNISH'GS Charles A. Swain, 806-7 Jackson Street WINES AND LIQUOR^ > Camden Bottling Co., 818 Washington J. J. McCann, Auditorium, Jackaon St. Frank B. Wrialey, Washington Street James Carroll, Sc helling er's G. C. Helfrecht, The Cecil, Decatur 8t. GENERAL CO-JTRAOTORS William S. Shaw and Son, ElmlraSC MACHINISTS Reeves, Jefferson Street LAUNDRIES Troy Laundry, 810 Decatur Street WALL PAPER Lf, Nolr, 898 Washington Street BUILDERS SUPPLIES Ogden and Son, near P. R. R. Depot Diamond and Co., Holly Beach, N. J. BOOTS AND SHOES Johnaou, 318 Washington St. R. Giddlng's, Washington Street Thomas H. Taylor, 606 Washington St Tenenbaum, Washington Street MARBLE WORKS Blattner & Bennett, West Perry Street HARNESS MAKERS W. A. Lovett, Cor. Washiugton & Parry McFadden, Excelsior Building ICE AND COAL S. Church, Keystoue 'Phone 76 WATCHES AND JEWELRY J. K. Hand, 311 Washington Street Jacob Garrison, 305 Washington St. PLOWS Samue: T. Hilmau, West Cape May T. Johnson, Erma, New Jersey GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS R. Giddiugs, 419 Washington St. W. L. Kuerr, 506 Washington St. I H. Smith, 608 Washington Street PLANTS, SEEDS, ETC. Rau, 109 Perry Street Landreth Seed Co. , Bristoi, Penua. REAL ESTATE BROKERS Gilbert C Hughes, 214 Ocean Street 8. F. Eldredge, Merchant's Nat. Ba?k Building. G. Bolton Eldredge, Merchant's Nat. Bank Building. H. Reeves, West Cape May Needles, 508 Washington Street J. H. Hughes, 410 Washiugton Street GROCERIES, MEATS ETC. Pittsburg Beef Co., Jackson Street Soults, Cold Spring, N. J. TELEPHONE COMPANIES Eastern Telephone Co., 2nd floor, P. O. CEMENT SIDE WALK Charles Jaquette, West Cape May Edward Newell, Weet Cape May CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS Bros , P. O. Box 661, Cape May PAINTS AND PAINTERS C. Little, Jacksou Street A. C. GUe, Shop In rear of.'the Qlenwood PLUMBING, TIN ROOFS, STOVES Chambers, 109 Perry Street M. Brown, 322 Mansion Street Reeves, Jeflerson below Corgis Charles A. Swain 307 Jackson Street F. Brown, 315 Mansion Street BAKERS F. W. Wolff, 496-408 Washington St, ILLUMINATORS Cape May Light and Power Company, 426 Washington Street*. Cape May Illuminating Company, 406 Washington Street. FURNITURE ETC. j M. Wentzell, Perry Street F. Otter, Washington Street BANKS Trust Company, Cor. Washington and Ocean Street. National Rank, Washington and Decatur AMUSEMENTS Bowling Alkye, Perry Street. ExecMor Roller Sink. Weet Parry St Centime* m e ge •