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SERIOUS CRIME CHARGED Calorefi Resident of Sagtown Defrauded By a Stranger The Gape May County Gazette aays: Shortly after noon on Wednesday Mr. Moore, who lives on the Return B. Swain farm at Swainton, accompanied by R. H. Selvy, a colored man who works for Moore, came to the office of "Squire Garretaon and asked for a variant for a man whose name they did not know, but whom they accurately described, on a charge of obtaining money under false pretense, the victims being residents of the colored settlement near Swain Station. The warrant was issued for "John Doe,' and placed in the hands of Constable Champion, Who brought out his automobile and Was about to start for Swains, When Mr. Moore saw the fellow standing near the hotel. Moore walked toward him, and the fellow -took to his heels, running back of the hotel and across fences and truck patches nearly to the Reading R. R. Moore shot in the air twice, - which soon brought out a score or more Of men, women and children, all of I Whom joined in the race. As Champion I mached the back of Hughey Tomlin's lot he saw the fellow spring up out of ( the weeds and rush into Tomlin's house, where be found him a moment later hiding under a table. The constable , hauled him "out, feet first, and contrary to his pleas to be let go, he was placed la the dock and the warrant read to ' him by the Justice. After telephoning ' several times to Philadelphia, and to ! Cap. May, for bail, wnich was not forthcoming, the fellow was taken to \ jail, and yesterday morning was given a ' hearing. When questioned by Prosecutor j Lloyd he- gave his name as Philip Golden, son of A. Golden, junk dealer, ' 8807 Auburn street, Philadelphia, and ■aid he came to Court House to buy ' leather scrap from the leather factory; Was not uway from the town during Wednesday, and never saw any of the J complaining witnesses until now; it * must have been somebody that looked . like him, he said. Mary Selvy, took the stand and said ® • she was the widow of James Selvy, a . pensioner, and that shortly before noon * ' Wednesday the prisoner at the bar , came to her bouse and said he was an Department at Washington, and had * been sent to examine her eyes; if they war* defective she would be entitled to C native a double pension («72 instead of fSfi per quarter) after September 1st; ° that he did examine her eyes and said ' they were afflicted with cataracts, and t that he had glasses which would relieve K. the trouble. Unless she paid him $7 for c »' the glasses her pension would not be inf ••ased, and another pension examiner _ • Would not be along for five years. She F him she had no $7, but sent to ^ P Moore's farm for her son, to whom the K fallow told the same story, and said he , f had to be back in Washington at eight , o'clock that night. * The ton was sworn and corroborated , Jhe old woman's evidence. j, Charles Armour testified that the fel» •'low came to his home at Seagtown and aold him two pair of spectacles for 812 g aash with the guarantee that it would g entitle him to collect $425 back pension „ j Ana on Job Moore, (long since deceased). He gave Armour a receipt for the money ^ on a scrap -of paper, upon which was Written the following: "Mulholand. Paid in full $12, for both.,, i On the reverse of the paper appeared: t "Received of Mr. Chas. Armour $12, for gle«»es to ahow disability and the . right to draw back money of Jobe _ Moore, $425, by September 10, 1910. M. ROB, Pension Auditor, v Waahington, D. C. p On the day of the arrest, after Golden E had left the telephone booth, 'Squire Garretaon stepped in and picked up a f< #et of frames such as used by opticians t s in testing eyes, and a scrap of paper on b whieh waa written the word "Armour." a These were shown to the accused at the B ' hearing, but he denied -ever having seen b them before. All the witnesses were d most positive in their identification of the fellow, and it ia known that In spite ii I Of bis insistence that he had not been out of Court House, he was seen walk- A Aug up the railroad toward Swainton. J In default of $1500 bail Justice Garret- C ■on committed the accused to jail to C ■wait the action of % Federal Grand L Jury. I t 1 COWS COOLED BY ELECTRIC FANS 1 I | The modern cow barns at the Farm- F Mead-by-the-sea are cooled by electric e fa as and every possible device to insure g the comfort nd health of the cow. i, s f being used. A tall fleg pole from r | Oregon baa beeo erected <m the kwn , I nd the famteau Sag or eetKMal so v K ■<*" are always tying from its top. ^ I m- . I mm oi mRt^pohete at ft. mm s< Kf jcssrar"; i :

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CALL FOR REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION _______ i Nominate a Candidate For Governor The Republican voters of New Jersey are hereby called to elect delegates at 1 primary elections to be held according ' to the provisions of the statutes of New . Jefsey, to a State convention to be held in Taylor's Opera House, in the city ot ' Trenton, at 12 o'clock noon, on Tuesday ' the twentieth of September, 1910 for the ' of nominating a candidate for Governor to be supported at the ensuing ' election. The basis of representation from each ' county under this call ia one delegate for each 200 Republican votes cast at ' the last gubernatorial election for tbe candidate for Governor and one delegate 1 for each fraction thereof exceeding one ' hundred votes. Eech election district. ' is entitled to at least one delegate; but a delegate from any election district which at the last gubernatorial election cast leas than 200 rotes for the ' Republican candidate for Governor shall ' entitled to cast such. fractional portion of a vote in said convention aa may ' be determined by the respective county " committees of th State. The number of votes to which each ' county is entitled under this call ia aa follows : Atlantic SO * Berger 51 Burlington 38 8 7« 1 Cape May 12 1 Cumberland 25 * Essex 171 ' 21 Hudson : 173 * Hunterdon 14 60 8 Middlesex 43 8 .39 Morris 35 i Ocean 13 8 Passaic 69 1 IA ' Somerset 18 ^ Sussex . ... 0 ' Union . 54 * 16 * a Total 973 1 FRANKLIN MURPHY, 4 Attest: Chairman. 1 EDWARD W. GRaY, Secretary. * Newark, N. J., August 3, 1910. - TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS Pursuant to the laws of New Jersey you .are hereby requested to attend th6 .■ primary meetings in your respective Election Districts on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1910 the purpose of electing delegates to Republican State Convention, (to held in Trenton SEPTEMBER 20th) and delegates to the Second District Congressional Convention to held in Hotel Cape May, N. J., ThursSeptember 15, at 12 M. The number of delegates to be elected , is as follows : Cong. State * 1 1* 1 1* * May 1st 2 1 b May, 2nd 2 l(||b 1st 1 1*1" 2nd 1 1|| * Holly Beach 2 1 1 1 11 Middle, 1st 2 1 ' S 2nd 2 1 Ocean City, 1st. 1 1|| ® Oty, 2nd 1 l|| 1 Isle, 1st 1 1* Isle, 2nd 1 1* d South Oape May 1 !• 1 S 1 . Wert Cape May I 1|J * Wildwood 2 1 Oape May Peiat I !• EL H. HOFFMAN, ck. Ob. Beg. Rx. Com. vert paM vert. % tteGHOCMiMwegMfmttataw 1 •t rt rt ehrtm beewngea. t Oggmfti «ta tart OWta WH«

EXECUTRiX SALE By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of the County of Chpe May, in , the State ot New Jeraey, made on the , twenty-sixth day of July, in the y ear of our lord one thousand nine hundred , and ten, tbe subscriber, executrix of the I ! last will and testament of Theodore deceased, will on Monday the nineteenth day of September, A. D. , 1910, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the office of Samuel K. Eldredge, . southeast corner of Washington and De- 1 , catur streets. Cape May City. New Jer- ' sey, sell at public vendue, .111 that certain lot of land or piece of ground with 1 the building and improvements thereon ' erected, situate on the easterly side of Decatur Street at the distance of fifty- 1 feet and six-teenths of a foot south- 1 eastward!}* from tbe southeasterly side of Columbia Avenue, in the City and ' County of Oape May and State of New Jersey, containing in front or breadth ' on said Decatur Street fifty- feef and • extending of that width in length or depth eastwardly between parallel lines ' with Columbia Avenue ony hundred and '■ thirty six feet to ground of William Marks, bounded northwardly by ground d now or late of Charles Young; east- f wardly by gtound ijow or late of said Marks; southwardly by ground now or a late of Denizot and westwardly '■ by Decatur Street. f Being the same lot of land and premi- ' ses granted and conveyed to the said 0 Mueller by deed from Victor dated November tbinl, A. D. T which said deed is duly recorded 4 in the Clerk's Office of the County of Cape May in Book No 68 of Deeds, pages r 43 etc. a Said premises will be sold subject to certain indenture of mortgage made and give by the said Theodore Mueller and Caroline Mueller, his wife, to Albert Adams and now held by Mary M. Way and Julia W. Adams, to secure the payment of Five Thousand Dollars, togethwith accrued interest thereon, from twenty-ninth, A. D. 1908; also subject to a certain indenture of mortmade and given by tne said Theodore Mueller and Caroline Mueller, his ' wife, to Jacob Hagstoz and now held 1 John F Craig, to secure the payment " of Fifteen Hundred Dollars, together ' witn accrued interest thereon, from May. fourteenth, A. D. 1902; also subject to 1 duerihe City of Cape May for the ^ years 1906, 1907, 1908, and 10l«, besides ' accrued interest and costs CAROLINE MUELLER. ' Dated Cape May City, N. it ' August 15th, A D. 1910. ' 8-20-5t 1 P. F. $16.60. 1 Children Cry FOB FLETCHER'S CASTORIA f GREEN CREEK * i Miss Edna Schellenger, daughter of , Mrs. Abram .Schellenger, of Avalon, is , spending s -me time here with relatives. Misses Horence" and Lillian Conover, who spent the winter in Baltimore, came . on their vacation. Miss Violence , has gone .to Cape May for a few days. They will return to Baltimore for the | Mrs. Almira Stubblefine, of Brigeton. | is spending a few days with Mrs. Eliza I Misa Sallie Smith, of Philadelphia, is on her annual visit with Miss Evelyn Lake. Enoch Band filled thep nlpit on Sunday evening while Pastor Somen was at " Rio Grange. Miss Minnie Hand ia at Rio Grande for two weeks. j Mrs. Cane Key has gone to MiDville ' and thence, to Atlantic City for ten days. FALL OVERCOATS II An net needed at the peasant, tat will be ia gnat demand within a days. (Mar yoaia now and avrtd thermh. Otarta Bstanr the Merchant Tatar en Deeatar Blnei. «

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FISHING CREEK Mrs. Grace Wooison is entertaining her sister, Mrs. Millie Bellworthy and friend, Marion Witmore, of Brooklyn. Tames Hawn and daughter, Cora, of Krma, passed through here on Sunday last. Mrs. TJibert and children, of Philadel- j pliia , are spending a couple of weeks with Mrs. Hannah Wooison. Leslie Bates and wife entertained Mc and wife on Sunday . Charles Barnett and Miss Reba Tayof Holly Beach, took tea with Mrs. Barnett. Miss Edith Ross returned to her home in Brooklyn after a pleasant visit with William Thompson, of Cape May, took with his friend, John Snyder and on Wednesday. Nelson Olson, of Atlantic Highland, attended the funeral of his friend, WilWhite, Jr. Mrs Annie Garrison and sister, Mary of Holly Beach, were called home owing to the aad death of their brother. Miss Bessie Harris, of Frankford, •« visiting her fried, Mrs. J. Snyder for Mrs. Noreross and daughter, Helen, returned home on Monday after a visit relatives. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA THE PRESBYTERIAN CONCERT Cape May seldom has the opportunity enjoy such a musical evening as was cfTorded by the second annual concert ! at the Presbyterian Church last evening and a large number were present. ' Hi Harry Guerney, a most remarkable tenor in volume and compass, and Elsie Baker, a contralto of great were the vocalists and after singing several selections on encores not included in the program, gave a duet the closing number, which was very much appreciated Miss Miriam Larking and Miss Helen were the instrumentalists, Uie farmer an peeomplislied violoncelloist and the latter equally accomplished on ; the great organ, and piano. The selections by both these performers were . greatly enjoyed Miss Porter's "Overto William Tell," given in its entirety on the organ had the effect of an orchestra in several passages, notwithstanding of the limitations of the instruments. KEELEY CURE. The curelhathis been continuously successful for more thsn 80 years is worth investigating. For tbedro^or drink habit. Write for Only Keelev Institute in Eastern Penna.. 812 N. Broad St.. Phllt. DIAMOND & CO D«lv m Builders' Supplies HOLLY HAdCli J.

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