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CAPE MAY STAR AMD WAYS BrgSsTs; ' ToVXRTISINC RATES-rorlhccoer^kBOcrf ^iMd^TistJoMd^TtrtaemoiUbT n»fl. CMh "tvff- f u°'-fo' iSS^S "|«Ml«*lMrrtinni. >< cents per inch. Transient AdmSi, is cents per inch each insertion. Mw'ltftl naming for ij tesertions cr oeer, or MMI ||,I to indies or orcr. is cents per inch. mJZ,.— notices, fire lines or 1ms, sj cents single MTliis. po cents three insertions. Thirteen times •\£3Sa££E~«« per word each in'55 33ES2w^S® *lf a eroro appears oppoaite your name «■ wrapper or paper it indicates that yoor subscription expires this month, lbs snbseriptkxSprice tolfl.OOper year In advance. SOME NEWS AND COMMENT IIEECT OPINIONS ANB NETS Items Cathered it Star aii Ware Reporters aai Csueat •a Carnal Eteals Nine commissioned offioers ot tne U. 8. Battleship Michigan, dined at the Windsor on Decoration Day. The Michigan is on practice duty in these waters and will remain tan days. 9 • « President of Council John J. Jacoby, has not only one of the finest and argeat cottages in Cape May but also has an old fashioned vegetable and fruit garden which is very trim, neat and productive. Whether he does the tilling or not deponent saith not. o # » Upper Township has reelected R. M. Hartman principal of the Tnckahce High School and Miss Gertrude Turner as one of the assistants ; Miss Bertha Campbell as teacher at Palermo ; Miss Estella Oole at Seaville ; Rev A. O. Apgar, principal, and Miss Maud Foulds, assistant, at Petersburg ; Miss Elizabeth Haines us assistant at Tuckaboe. ® 9 « Cape May should fall in line and provide for a "aane" Fourth of July. Under a city ordinance tliecrackers and fireworks are prohibited unless the consent of the Msyor is obtained uo that no new legislation is required to make the Fourth safe and sane. - 9 9 « Mr. H. B. Moyer, supervising Principal of the Cape May City public schools, has been granted the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Pennsylvania. The degree will he conferred at the commencement exercises which are held June 15th, 1910. He baa also been granted a First Grade State Certificate by the State Board of Examiners at Trenton. So far as we know there are but three of these certificates held in this county, including that of Mr. Moyer. « « « Cape May was well represented at the bell game at. Court House last Saturday afternoon, quite a number accompanying the team to that place over the Pennsylvania Railroad, while eeverai made ibe trip by autoe. Several of the players and a number of high school girls and teachers and a few friends formed a strew ride party and made the trip to Court House and back • ft » Miss Emms Britton gave a week's end old fashioned bouse party at her summer residence, Oepe May Point. Those who enjoyed the occasion were Miss Emma Haipense, the Misses Listems, John Harpense, Alvin Dodd, Mr. English. Mr. Willeta. of Philadelphia, ■ iui Villi.m U.1.a.(I..1 .f n... I#

and William May. r 9 9 9 In every town there are also a num- ' ber of men wise as though endowed c with the wisdom of Solomon in their ' own estimation, who criticise unceas- ' ingly. but who never raise a finger 1 otherwise, to correct the deplorable 1 conditions which they voice so vividly. 1 They reoall the fireside soldiers in war 1 times who know just how the thing ' should be done but are exceedingly 1 careful not to get into a position to do any part of it. • » » In its account of the power boat race 1 from Philadelphia to Havana the New 1 York Herald has the following : < Walter Murray Bieling is the Caro- < fines skipper. Youth at the belm and ' good old aea dogs to advtoe and balp < along. That's the Caroline's way. 1 Together they an a valuable asset 1 Btoling's training and egdnpy have 1 bean dsmenetntad in all the Bermuda < end Marhlehead ncea, aad te the spert 1 he «tVM Ms tea urgNdgingly. He's • mfacte. • OhMIMii with bask ten and topal in teaasa. Prods. Tharbar. nf Lm* Island Snood. * NewtehaBa wsg, tsasttag aaaaro.

1 mid has plenty of experience and courage to back it up. Then there is "Jo" S. F. Kerr, and it's s sure thing thst iTte ^rau^'nlJlsstyw. snd^e , ler and John Grubb are the engineers, 1 and the cook, like the engineers, is a < 4 professional. • « « John McOann was the first to erect ' ' an electric sign this season. His idea ' being to put the comet on the "blink " ' ' and was successful. • ® • ' Sunday excursions for the inspection , r of the lands of the Cape May Realty r Company, owners of the property ] ' known as South'.Cape May, are* weekly ( occurences and rapid improvement is ' promised in this section. The Cape ( May Land Company is developing ] ' another tract adjoining Cape May r Point and a recent purchaser has se- ( cured a plot about three hundred yards ( of the beach just back of the lands of these companies and propeaee to first . develop a town site by grading end ' preparing lots and streets and erecting ' fifty cottages before asking the public , to invest Many lota have been sold by the companies named, and the men , Z compoeing the companies are impressed with the feet that there is nothing . safer than New Jersey sea coast { I property and nothing more certain to yield large returns than real estate in- j vestments in any part of Cape May ; County, the advantage of which are becoming known widely. The recent , . organization of the Prosperity League , b of Cape May County was1* realization b of the manifold advantages of the b county and the necessity for publishing them far and wide and developing them. - ' « « • Happy is the man whose deeds will bear J The original test of the unerring < square. Who through life has upward trod, ( ' Striving to please his maker— God. < Se°king through deeds of charity and j love s To gain admission to heaven above; j r Knowing that the stone in the rubbish i cast, 3 Shall be his master work at last. 9 ft « i Jfrs. Mary Hand, of West Cape Ms y j : s recently purchased a new Ford Run-n- 1 - bout from agent Daniel Focer. It is a I beauty. •> 9 9 * David Woolson has purchased the * property, 832 Lafayette street, from 1 Joseph Henry, and is reconstructing , 8 it into a modern dwelling. 3 a <• •> 5 " Duncan Campbell will be the ohief , clerk at the Hotel Cape May for the \ ooming season He has bad an extensive experience in the hotel business, , having been chief clerk at the Eastman Hotel. Hot Springs, eeverai win- . j tera and at the Grand^Unlon, Saratoga, several summers. • WW j Felix Du Pont and family, of Wilf mington, Del., have leased the Hudson „ cottage on Beach avenue. ; « • • Ask Joe. Harry, Err.est or Put. 9 w » t A correspondent in the Newark News writes, referring to John Grace the Revolutionary scout. y "A difficulty that I have encountered * is this, which, as I said before, makes me doubt the correctness of our " records, and the question I wish to ask f is this : Were there two men by that name or just one? My ancestors lived ^ in Philadelphia, but Pennsylvania is not credited with any John Grace. Family tradition tells us that he wa* a 8 wagon master. Jersey is credited with r the only John Grace of record in the - War Department, who enlisted at e Salem in 1777 for the war, mustered out 1783. It is said that John Grace (Salem man) served as wagon master > in 1779, March. May, June and July.

The pcint is, where did he get it? 1 have examined, apparently, everything of record inJTrenton. Philadelphia, the Departmeqt, Washington and Harrisburg. Our tradition says that he was in the battles of German town and Brandy wine. The War Department also credits the Salem man with these battles. If any one can straighten out this riddle it will conic a great favor. v W a Memorial day always renews the discussion as to how the flag should fly. President Harrison held that it should displayed at the top of the staff all day. The" army regulations, on the other hand, require the flag to fly at from sunrise to noun, and at the peak from that time to sunset In abme places, again, it is kapt at halfstaff all day, although then to no good aotnorlty for this practice. Since uniformity to desirable, the army plan on the whole, the beet. Children Ory m nmairs CA8TORIA

COLD SPRING Miss Pbene McPheroon visited ber The cemeteries were visited by a large number of people Decoration Day. The Reading train now stop on flag at Geld Spring atation Mrs. K. E. Laverty arrived Tuesday evening for a visit with her niece. She Is the widow of the late D. H. Laverty, a former pastor of the Old Church. A trial Township vs. Willie Smith held in Justioe Barnett'a Court Saurday. No verdict waa rendered. Mrs. Emma Paraonssmith, of Merchant vi lie, called on ber old friend, Albert Mathews, Thursday. Mrs. W. Shaw, accompanied by her infant daughter, of Philadelphia, is spending a fortnight with ber parents. Mra. G. C. Buck, of Court House, spent Tuesday and Wednesday with parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ewald C linger spent several days of last week with Mr. and Mra. Irwin Eldredge. A number of our young people enjoyed Saturday afternon at Town Bank. Miaa Millicent Ohadwick spent Saturday evening at Cape May. Virgil and Maggie WeHon entertained a party at the home of their parents last week. Willie Search recently purchased a new Ford automobile. Miches] Brown, who is carpentering in Camden, visited his home friends last week. ' A special limit should be fixed for automobiles which pass through our village with lightning speed. Children dry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA ADVERTISEMENT Sealed bids will be received by the City Council of the City of Cape May. New Jersey, on Tuesday, the seventh day of June, 1910, at the City Hall, at eight o'clock p. m., for the laying of 800 feet of 6-inch cast iron sewer pipe Maryland avenne and approximately 8100 feet in New York avenue and 250 fact in Pittsburg avenue. Also seven three-way fire hydrants. 1 Plans and specifications may be see by applying to William Potter, City Recorder. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified chick to the amount of two and fifty dollars, payable to . Isaac H. Smith, Jr.. City Treasurer. | The right to reject any and all bids is I expressly reserved GEORGE S. DOUGLASS. Chairman of the Committee on Fire . ! and Water. ! Dated May 24, 1910. 6-28 3t 1 SUPPLY FOR COLD SPRING At a congregational meet at Cold Spring Chapel on Tuesdav evening the session were authorized to invite the. Rev. Chae. H. Jones, D. D., of Philadelphia, to supply the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church until the next regular meeting of Presbytery at which time fuitber action will be taken. I/flrtlAir S®*1 *our fr1eD<,s wl,hl IVC6I6V the drug or drink habit J to the Keeley Institute, r fff*p 30 years of successful cures. ^ Write for particulars. i Only Keeley Institute in Eastern Penna , 812 N. Broad St.. Phlla I THE ANNEX COMMENCEMENT i The fourth annua] commencement exerclaea of the public school "Annex" ; will be held in Allen A. M. EL Church, t Wednesday evening, June 8th, st 8^10 1 o'clock. There will be three grammar i graduates: Samuel S. Trusty, Jennie . M. Wright and Maud E. Cooper. The i annual address will be delivered by F. i J. Handy, D. D., district euperinteni dent of the Delaware Methodist Epirt copal Conference. His subject is "The I Readjustment of our Standards." NOTICE Sealed bids will be received by the City Gocrci1 of the City of Cape May. ■ New Jer-"- . on the seventh day of i June, 1910. °t eight o'clock p. m.. at t the Oity Hall, for the laying of approximately 989 lineal feet of six inch cast iron water main in Yacht avenue - and Smith's allev, also furnishing and i setting of three-way fire hydrant. , Plans and specifications may be seen by applying to William Porter, Oity 1 Recorder. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check to the amount of One - Hundred Dollars payable to Isaac H. Smith, Jr. City Treasurer. The right to reject any or all bids is 1 expressly reserved by the city, p I All bids moat be addressed to George e S. Douglass, chairman of City Ooun- . cil'a Committee on Fire and Water. . Dated May 81. 1910. 1 GEORGE 8. DOUGLASS, i Chairman of Committee on Firm and Water. '' PILES If yost tea Piles we will euro you found a ca— we couM not euro. ■stew??!?* i i. ? t t h d X

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i DIAMOND & CO. I Dealer in Builders Supplies HOLLY BEACH N. J. YOUR SIDE WALK I If laid by the ; JAQUETTE CEMENT CO ' Will give you great satisfaction. | Ask for estimate. Work guaranteed for one year from time of completion. P. O Address, Cape May i 8-l-10-6m i Having Put in an Up-to-date ' Mill, We are Now ready to : Grind all kinds of Feed on Wednesday and Saturday. ; COB MEAL A SPECIALTY i J.K. SPECK AND BRO. Bay Side Road South Cold Spring !| Established 1886 Pboue Connections ; THE DAYLIGHT STORE Summer Suggestions: t You are preparing for sum- , mer comfort. We are pre- , pared for your de; ires. Plenty o of light weight things for r hot weather. e Ginghams e Percales Lawns Dimities e Swisses White Goods in great variety 0. L. W. Knerr. e 518 & 520 Washington St. f JOIN ; THE CLASS THAT C9.9K » — 1=— — ,

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Pedigree Seeds lzsa, Landreths' Seeds w iich ucceed. I If not sold by year merchant in sufficient variety write for Landieths' Catalogue. This advertisement with an order for over $1.00 is worth 30 cents, r Say if a private Gardener or a Market Gardener , D. LANDRETH SEED CO., Bristol, Pa. mention this Real Estate and Search Company r of Cape May County, N. J. Representing FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY OF NEWARK TITLES INSURED Searches, Abstracts of Titles and Fire Insurance FARM PROPERTIES BOUGHT AND SOLD Offices: FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J. A GOOD COMBINATION Scbemm's Light and Dark Beer. Smith's Ales QAHagber and Barton's Whiskies and a GOOD HOT LUNCH all day At THE CECIL CAFE 205 Ocean Street Fine comfortable rooms on the European Plan, for Gentlemen only W '"a Tht&OBCHT, PrepZtZ- A