. STAR AND WAVE

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ONE CENT-A-WORD COLUMN ALWAYS BRIMS RREAT RESULTS N« Advert iseaeil Tales for less ttu Twnt; Coats. Tell the People Year Vaats FOR REHT. FOE BEhlT — Several Boarding H oases for tbe summer, hfer particulars apply to J. H. Hug-has, 410 Washington r street. STORE FOE BENT Large grocery store with all fixtures complete. Large storehouse attached. Located on Main Seashore Road at Oold Spring, N. J. Large dry goods store adjoining, doing fine business. One will help the other. For rent at •10 per month. Apply to LB. Eldrafre, Oape May Oity, N. J. 4-30 tf FOR SALE. TOURING OAR FOR SALE Touring car, five passengers, fully equipped, guaranteed in perfect condi- ■ tloo, thigh grade car. Best bargain , . ever offered, nearly new tires, with extra tubes, top, tools, etc. 4-80 8t J. H. MULL1NER. FOR SALE— At reasonable price, a "Splendid" cook stove, in first class ' Condition. Inquire of Mrs. Kdw. 8ayre, Queen street. FOB SALE CHEAP Two boats, one oat boat 30 feet over ' all. Ready to install an engine $160 One new motor boat never been used, 18 feet long, $80. For further infor- i ■ nation apply to Ospt. R. S. Ludlam, , Broadway and Pearl street, W escape : DIAMONDS, WATOHES, JEWELRY For diamonds, watches and jewelry it will pay you to buy of L. M. Nelsons. I have been dealing with Cape May best citizens for ten years. Before purchasing elsewhere drop us a postal, will send goods on approval. L. M. NELSON. 342- Broadway, Camden, N. J. 2-26 18t WANTED WANTED — Suitable accommodations for the month of July for sixteen members of tbe faculty of tbe Cape May Summer School. Hotels and boarding bouses willing to furnish ■pedal rates to pupils of tbe summer School address T. D. Sensor, Trenton, N. J., staling terms. 4-80 2t REAL ESTATE WEST CAPE MAY. 210 BROADWAY "'WATCH US OROW' L George H. Reeves, leal estate agent, building lots and homes. Will buy, ■all, rent or exchange. Keystone phono 111-D. PLACE YOUR PROPERTY IN MY HANDS FOR SALE OR RENT. AL•WAYS HAVE CLIENTS. FIRE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY. SOL. NEEDLES, 608 WASHINGTON STREET KKYBTONB PHONE 114 M. A HOME ON EASY TERMS Make any reasonable terms and you *■ ran have a beautiful borne on. Pearl , street, near Broadway, in foe popular Borough of West Oape May. New jwoaa, perfect condition throughout, «B nice high ground, containing seven moms and a stm parlor; gaa; excellast flow of water from dn van well. Immediate possession. Call and make your own terms and the property is yours. Price very low. GILBERT O. HUGHES, . Realty, 814 Ocean Street. [ BOAT BUILDING PADUNaJt HRaihray on which to rua out boats for Bfanmination or repair. Many yean of Bmnsriance rtnahlea me to assure satisIJOHN PH ABO, 1263 LafayetteSt L Keystone Phone 06 R. ||v - . lpst. I LOST— A breastpin set with diamonds E^nmria. baloiwmgto .IL^^G. Mo Star and Wave OffiaT 4 80 4t E Jart unloaded one carload of special ■limit Potato Fertihaar. REUBEN T. JOHNSON ■MS ARB yP-TO-DATE AS USUAL MmUou. Call at Van Kesael's store MmI we know tttM styles will make MMt with you. [ ' STOP I LOOK 1 read I ■1 1 w is thetime to have ram- oamsnt

CAPE MAY'S NEW I ATHLETIC PARK i W«*l£ TO START IMMEDIATELY i Patron It fee Provided Wilt a lodera Ball Field-Will Erect Eiieasive grail Staad Prapara tions for OapeJMay's new ' enclosed Athletic Park are going \ steadily [forward, and contrary to the i anticipations of many that the scheme would expire in its incipiency, real activities are to immediately start, a force of men put to work, and the 1 building of tbe park land erection of t grand stand and bl esc ben will be i pushed rapidly to completion. A. T. Hayess, President of the ' Board of Trade, and Charles Brown- ■ miller, '.in connection! with, the | committee appointed by tbe . I Board of Trade j on the enterprise, have' been . busily, but unostentatiously, 1 getting plana perfected and] making .all nec- . easary arrangements for converting - the plot of ground secured on the Robb 1 estate into an up-to-date ball field, the 1 consummation/^ which will give Cape May a park equal to any used by teams - playing independent bail, and the con- | veniencea and equipment of the ground will compare favorably with many of the minor league parks. Some of the lumber for building the high[tence that will surround the park : is already on tbe. ground, and other materials for the erection of the grand stand, bleachers and all accessories will be delivered as needed. On Thursday Still well Hand and Manager Brownmiller surveyed the lot and laid out the diamond. This week three car loads of gravel arrived, , which is to be used on the infield. I This will be rolled hard and covered : with several inches of loam. The grounds will be graded us to assure perfect drainage and to conform strict- - ly with requirements for Major League ; parka Before each game tbe base lines, batter's and [coaches boxes, and foul 1 lines running to tne fence will be marked with 'chalk or other white substance. The site for tbe park comprises a space of 400x400 feet, which will give ' adequate room for grand stand and bleachers (without interfering in the ( least the playing field and allowing about 800 feet[from the home plate to tbe fence. | The home (plate will.oe placed 90 feet from the stand, and the space between first and third base line tbe 1 same distance. I Tbe grand (stand to be erected will have a seating capacity to aocommo- ( date the largest holiday crowds, j will be substantial and airy, and ar- . ranged with regard to; tbe physical comforts of tbs|patrons. In the meantime Manager Brown- , miller has not been .slumbering, .[but \ has been arranging a schedule of , games with fast teams to play here • this summeifand looking after the lineup of hia team, and when the] bell rings for the curtain raiser, will have an j array of talent that will form a win- y ning combination for Oape May. , Several of last year's team are.anxious to return and be has a number of other tan players engkged to be given a I try out, among them four reliable i pitchers, one a speedy left hanker. The personnel of the team and[eohedule of games will be given oat at a Later l date. i Fourth of July is tbe day aet for the < formal opening of the park and extensive preparations are to be made for the event The entire day is to be ' devoted to athletic contests and amuse- ' ment features of various kinds, bat the 1 chief attraction is to be the ball game I in the afternoon with tbe strongest < team that can be secured, when the , opening ceremonies will be held. Tbe 1 season will continue until September 1 with gamas scheduled for every day I except Sunday. . Prior to tbe formal opening the , team will play a number of preliminary gmmee with nearby teams to give tbe « players a thorough try out and retain t the fastest lor the team, and poaaibly , a aeries of games will be arranged , with Manager Darner's Reserves. : Among teams that will be seen beta < this summer era Leeds, Frenkford. 1 Soa thwart, Bridgeton, Huntington. , Westmoreland, Salem, Tyrone/Millvilla, Berwick. Braddock and Home- 1 stand teams w Pittsburg. Maryland A. 0 O. and Walhrak A- a. of Baltimore I ^SSjSf'taML s^2d*Mdu£il ] S*" **525 3" £ SmwTS » ggrSSFsriS:

SOME NEWS I ANDjCOMMENT r BREEZY OPINIONS AND NEWS i liens Battered fej Star aid Wave Reporters aid Comment h Csrreit Eveits j Tbe Doctor's Protective Association f of Cape May Oounty met at the office , of Dr. James Mecray. , « » • I A large number of dogs are roaming > tbe streets and are playing havoc wjth | pet cats. Cannot some one find some- [ thing to play havoc with the dogs. 5 Why 'not allow the Mercantile Appraiser to collect $1 00 from each B owner. « m « * Wild rabbits make their home on * the beach front near Madison avenue ■ and are the source of amusement .to - cottagers in this neighborhood, but of [ late they .are being bounded to death by homeless curs. 1 a e» 9 1 The wedding announcement of Miss 3 Frances Doane to Mr. John Hand, 3 states that they will be at home after 9 June first in Chicago, 111. Mr. Hand is tne or of] Oapt. Harry Hand and Miss 1 Doane was a member of the faculty of f the Cape May High School. « •> e ► The Baltimore Inn -is undergoing a : most thorough renovation ' inside and r oat, at tLe direction of tbe owner, I Miss Harrison, who will conduct this , ' popular bouse this season. The opening day will be May 16th. I www i Twenty-live sheets of Good Carbon ' f Paper at 60 cents is the latest bargain put up by the Star and, Wave Stationery . Department. Will be sent by mail on I receipt of price. ' W €» (• i Miss Hobson and Miss Paiste, of tbe . High School faculty, gave a card party : i at tbe Virginia. Among those enter- 1 tained were Misses Mary Hughes and Laura Hughes, Mes-rs. G. Bolton ElI dredge, John Hewitt, Dudley Moore, j w w » , Profits in wafer meters must be I enormous as one firm has a represen- I [ tative at almost every- meeting of . , Council. i e w w i Miss Blanche Hughes entertained a , | small dinner party Wednesday evening. | « •) » 1 Fire Box No. 91 has been supplanted by box No. 94. I <w 9 W 1 Fishing from tbe piers hasjagain be- 1 , come a popular pastime among tbe ladies. < tat Expressman Hebentual has purchased < new horse. Trunks wilAnow be de- < with greater apidifcy. He is - having trow Hers made for him. • j Judge Hildreth sentenced William , and Lillian Johnson on Wednesday to ( five years in Trenton for robbing two actresses at Holly Beach last summer. . amount was $700[in rash, (• f- s ( Instead of waiting for bids for bonds , &om bankers why not give our own j people a chance to buy one bond or ( at reasonable prices? « W « Byron Search, of West^Cape^May, ' parch ased],a handsome FordJTour- ' car.of. AgentfDaniei.Focer. ' » • m < The Sewell'sJPoint House [should be placed in ahape]and made an amuse- < ment centre. It is ideally located for 1 this purpose. 1 W « • < At the beginning of Oape May's I its patrons came very largely boats but with tbe provision of rail- i road facililes this means of tranapor- 1 gradually, lost ground, whether ] through railroad influence or not is a mooted question, until it . van i abed, en- } tirely. Tbe great activity which has j anown in the development of bar- < bar facilities with a broad and deep 1 entrance together with the creation of j the inland waterway by tbe state from i this point, is making the subject of a live one not only here but in all tbe resorts up to Atlantic City. Transportation. by water brings South two hundred milee nearer to ' resort from Atlantic Olty down ] and with the completion of the harbor , one of the first enterprises will 1 to connect with Lewee and probably with tea projected electric road wkioh , in promised fro. Raltimcra dm the j eeatm staro ef Maryland. Otoaa eoe- I aaatf wMk toe Batok w M ** ' .OeatfaaedeaHeel .

COUNCIL MEN IN SESSION i SOME CONTRACTS AWAR8E8 : i Tie Water Meter Mai Sleeps h < tie TraR-MeetiigBelA ta Tieslay ail WcdiesAiy Eveaiags t Tuesday evening City Council held a j regular meeting in the Council Cham- i ber, the Members present were Presi- ] dent Jacoby, Maasra. Oimroh, Elwell, 1 . Moore, Wolff, Gilbert i After tiie reading of tbe minutes of ( . previous meetings the names of Wil- I liam Bush ana Taylor Ellison were ' . presented for confirmation as members , of the city Volunteer Fire.Department 1 The vote was unanimous in their favor, i In a report from S. Walter Bennett i it was stated that feet of new side t > walks had been laid in accordance with ■ > recent ordinance. ! Chairman Gilbert of the Street Com- I i mi t tee, reported that the* city has re- t ceived 84 cars of gravel and two oars a of crushed stone. Council then 1 authorized him to purchase tea more I cars. Bids wore [received for [placing an l 1 iron railing on the ocean side of the d 1 boardwalk from Pavilion No. 1 to Mad- e ison avenue. The bids [were as follows: fork Bros., $L«26.00; Joseph d Hanes, $1,950.00; J. Harvey Bennett, 1 ' $1,107.60. u 1 Mr. Elwell moved that .the award when made should go to Mr. Bennett. 1 1 Carried. \ The Committee on Streets was instructed to advertise for bids for coal li suitable tor the sewerage disposal tplant. Contractor Stetser has started the a bulkhead at[Yacht, avenue and S. Walter Bennett was appointed inspector I for the city. Contractor A. O. Gile has been n awarded the contract to paint the arch on Beach avenue, the price to be $29. n Bids were received for placing No. o 1 fire engine in a modern condition and s were ordered filed. Street Committee was empowered to j steps from the boardwalk to the g in front of Hotel Oape May. On account of an omission in the specifications for sewers, pavilions, etc., all bidders were requested to with- £ draw their bids until they received e better instructions. WEDNESDAY EVENING Council met in special session Wednesday evening in order to complete 1 unfinished business left over from Tuesday night, and the business was C disposed of jn the following manner: n The American-La France Fire Engine v Company was .awarded the contract to 1 overhaul the Silsby Fire Engine No. 1. The price for same was $2,426. The special police elected to act from July first until September 15th t were Wilbert Ormerod, Wm. Gibson, o Charles Finnaman, W. W. West, £ George Lehman, Charles W. Daniels, " Lewis Williams. E Council appointed four life guards to ' take care of the bathers during the " months. Tbe salary is 860 per £ month. Tbe men selected are very f efficient and have long experience in ii this service. Those appointed in this s service were Stephen Kelly, George c Holden, Harry Fisher and Thomas I Keen an, and tbey will aot[under the e direction of the Mayor. f A bid from Seasongood and Maher, c of Cincinnati, but on account of c not being in accordance with the specifications, tbe bid was rejected, and the C committee waa instructed go adve/tiae for new bids. o Tne Mercantile Ordinance was t recommended to second reading for p amendments, after which it C passed the second reeding. n Are you undecided where to have clothes made? Are you looking 0 for a first class tailor? Are you tired of having to take tbe suit back for alterations and leee your time as well your temper? Avoid all the on pleasantness connected with clothes ° and have them made by * CHARLES SOHERER, fi Ladies' and Men's Tailor, a Of May. N. J. f| Mrs. K. S. Imdlam, corner of Broad- T and Pearl street. West Oape May, will open bar cottage for Btiardsn en May 14th. Board fay meal, day or 8 ■ mA Good I'M* Kaasonahle terms. 8 Funfair information cheerfully given. 4-81 It Engraved or Printed Visiting li Cards to enclose with Commencement 1 Invitations at 00 eento to#4.0U. It will SSSKb^I

PERSONAL MENTION OFVISITORS SOME INTERESTTNfi NOTES ! ail Van Realm art Re qaestel ta Seal ia fey Fktae tr Otfeerwist jl Mrs. Thomas W. Eastwick, who has J spending the winter in Philedel- j phla, was here Tuesday ookiog after j summer come. a Mm George D. McCreary, wife of' ( McCreary, of Philadel- , phis, was a guest at the Virginia last i week. William Ulasemire and family jhave ■ D. O. Orowell Jr'a. house which ] located on North street. W. Routing a, Jr., of Philadelphia, leased the Webb cottage on Hughes street. O. B. Smith and H. W. Eno, of the Telephone Company, were here a this week looking over thej 'phone 0 situation. c Don Frary, of Chicago visited S. F. 1 this week. Mrs. Brown, widow of former Polioe * Captain .Brown, of the Philadelphia h is now located in her sum- * cottage on Kearney avenue. John F. Craig and family, of Philadelphia, are preparing to make Cape their summer headquarters as usual. t Mrs. Leavitt Smith and baby, of e Beach, are guests of Mrs. D. C. b on West Perry street. ° R. Walter Cox and family will be B' located in the Go wen cottage on Stock- 8 avenue. " Charles Miller And family have taken b a Stockton avenue cottage. ^ Attorney S. F. Eldredge was in on business this week. b L. p. Ogden was attending to busi- w in New York recently. b O. G. Marshall and family, of Ger- ^ mantown, have entered into occupancy of their First avenue cottage for the Jacob Snare and sister, Mrs. O. T. ^ have opened their Congress J* street cottage for the season. ^ BOARD OF TRADE WILL MEET V An adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Trade will be held Monday E evening at the City Hall, at 8 o'clock. C ^ g MRS. MOONEY DEAD The mother of Mr. Thomas J. of Philadelphia, who ia erecting twenty-five houses on the new Oape May tract, died on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. The funeral 1 will occur on Monday at 10 a. m., at t. North 11th street, Philadelphia. t w A PEANUT EXCURSION a The "Peanut Excursion" given bv B the Epworth League of the First Metb- ii odist Church, was a great success, both o financially and socially. Trains left n "Peanut Lane" every five minutes. were made at "Ohestnut Hill," " "Pecan Junction," "Nut Terminal," through "Ground. Tunnel" to "Sheilbark Oity." ° were served in[tbe din- y ing car after this long but most enjoyable trip. In the parlor car cake and • candy were on sale and Madam fl Daubqiue, .the palmist, bad a booth '• erected where you could have the c revealed for tbe sum of one * cent. About forty-five dollars was '' cleared from the sale of tickets, etc. TAX BOARD ORGANIZED c The Oape May County Tax Board b organized on Tuesday last by tbe elec- b tion of W. E. Yoong,' of Angleaea, ^ president, and Harry F. Headley, of n Ocean Oity, secretary. The remaining d members are L. E. Hughes, of Lower b Township and Stilwell H. Townaend, w of Middle Township. w A SEA FOOD OAFK ' k Tbe Oecil jOafe under the management of Gas Helfrecht, [wiil^soon open, a Mr.lHelfracnt strives to conduct the w seafood. cafe on the Jeraay{coaat ta At tbe present the Oecil ia famous for its been, liqoorejand lunches. tl TRY THE COLONNADE IOE ORKAM pun and aaade of fresh fruits, ti 818 Washington attest 4-301t b. MMJ4MKRY a Latest summer styles, new tot fee « folks. Millinery Partor, lfo ■ fay. a. BHXMAR ^ arSMwSlXi1 s

i ' - ' "h Wfldwood Fishermen Find 'em at Cape May 1 Fire Teas of Weatfisk Captirel off sfeare ul laalel ■era 0, Three fishing noata fromlWildwood caught 89 barrel, of in ML Delaware Bay Thursday~and~I^^3 to ship same by tbe^eaS^lE The weight of thu cargojwaa about five tons. The fisharmen will endeavor to secure a suitable landing plaoe in the harbor for their conventhis season. Fire Arouses Many Sleepers A fire caused by the overturning of oil stove in the bachelor apartments of William Kau, on Thursday night caused a great deal of excitement. All the damage was confined to one room. In throwing the blazing stove out a window Mr. fiau had his arms and hands severely burnt and will be unable to work for several weeks. IMMENSE OUTPUT OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY The Fora Motor Company, of Detroit, has moved to larger and better equipped quarters and there seems to no limit to the output of cars. The official ngurea from tbe company for shipment of cars during the last week show that 1085 completed machines built and shipped out during the and one-half days from April 18 to Saturday being a half day at the factory. Tnis gives an au.uai average of 188 cars shipped per day, which Is a record that will be hard to Mr. Daniel Focer is ihe Cape May representative of this company. PASTOR INSTALLED A committee of West Jersey Presbyinstalled Rev. Samuel S. Harker, pastor of the' Holly Beach Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening. Rev. James McLeod, D. D., preached tbe sermon. Rev. J. L. Landis delivered charge to the pastor and Kev. Casselb^rryTpantor of the Oity church, charged the congregation. CHURCH NOTICES M. E. OHURCH The pastor. will preacn next Sunday a. m. the fifth sermon in the series on prayer, subject, "Praying for the Minister. " At .7:46 p.m. there will be a "Mother's Day" serviae, subject, "Recollections of ^Mother. " Each member ot the congregation, it hoped, will wear a white [carnation other white flower in honor of mother. FOUR YEARS FOR CHAMPION Ira S. Champion, ex-City Treasurer of Ocean Oity was sentenced to four in State Prison on Monday. He had entered a plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with a note for 07,000 on the SecurTrust Company. A strong plea for clemency waa made by bis counsel in which he stated that "At tbe time the indictment was [found against [him in this county, the time[beiwas arrested, Mr. Champion had $60,000 of Ocean City's money and he was .only obliged give bond for $16,000. Sometimes had as nigh as $120,000 of Ocean 'a money and ye"t" his bond .was never more than $16,000. What did be with tbe $60,000? Did be run away? He had tbe chance. He knew what waa being done here, he knew be would be indicted and convicted and he technically pleaded guilty. Did be it. No, he turned over every dollar to Ocean Oity. Men who have nominal deaire, who want to rob, who are schooled in crime would have taken that mooey and gone." Club, Chicken. No. 2 Sandwiches.at Colonnade, $18 Washington street. Health and mn-cae are .developed be jodicioas exercise afforded by the alleys. Oougroas Alleys. 81 Perry street, are the most modem and best equipped. Tiy an even gig at the ancient end ever safembie No mae oae ptaee a limit [ea yew bat a growing aceeaat r"» «* «— *1. "u