with G. granddaughcouple days ^^^^^^^^Hsardton on, Monday mornthe erection fine linmdwaji adjoining the ^^^■tCliarln- Hughes. Tliii will add ^^^■ber fine home to that part of . ^^Hraadway. The program for Christmas night at ' ^ the chapel will be particularly interest - T fa8 P The parcels post additional business ^-aowujres an assistant these days to help Postmaster Sayres in both mailing and distributing the heavy mails of the last ten days. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert' Turner are •pending Christmas in Trenton with her parents. Reuben Hoffman went to Philadelphia to spend Christmas with his son and family. Samuel Toy has gone to the city to enjoy the holidays with some of his family* and friends. "We are sorry for the social hardships jnf so wv of our railroad men who eanthe day off like the employees

M Si or IU 1 00 •±IeM pi allies. n' ■ er for leu t can be ^ i * 'c .f mown to tl C.R CO. • t4 ji other public «... rivate employers t: who sKarefhs^joy of then .. . w S*S. ELEZABETH TAYLOR Mrs. -Elizabeth Taylor, aged 91 years, died of paralysis December 17, 1613, at 1 her home in Philadelphia. Mrs. Taylor 1 leaves two children, John Taylor, of Philadelphia, and Zachary Taylor, of Cape May. DEATH OF MRS. CARRIE KEY Mrs. Carrie Key, aged 66 years, died - 1 at her liojne in Millville on Friday mora- ' 1 ing last and her funeral occurred o„ ' -Monday morning. She was related t $ a number of people in this county, bejng j a sister to Mrs. Cornelius Leaminr and ■ | Mrs. Truman Hickman and is alw, re. ■ lated to the Taylors. IN MEMORIAM ' SMITH— In aad and loving remem. j brance of our dear wife an(j motbcr Hattie D. Smith, who t'ile& December 25, 1910. Three years h«ye passed but > we cherish your deaf memory. %sband and children. ; approbate An American m<,t0rng through a small Scotch town was pulled up for excessive > speed. 8 "Did"' y°u ,see that notice, Dead Slow*?" inquired the poleeman. i "Course ydid," returned the Yankee, - "but I though jt referred to your dura9 ed little fawn!"

TRUCK jfle59 for sale The "Suburban" the oily truck built in Cape May County. Duplicate parts can ba obtained within a fsw hours, without . even going out of the County for them. Capacity two and one-half ton. A special feature of this truck is its worm drive which doas away with chaia and sprocket, which has proved superior to the old method. Every part guaranteed Quick Sale at a low price. Call or Address M. L. BAYARD & CO. Woodbine, N. J.

fs itbji* . and di in tteL ill those I »< „ * ei* of - the holidays ti a Philadelphia. ; h □airing extensive fi ughea street cot- tl .few York, will pass »l s family at his Perry f' h well for the ingoing of B' il to acquaint themselves 1 being done by the different C for the benefit <Jf fax- S > i. Black, of Chester, opened his S reet cottage, for a 6hort stay, ^ I. F. Fisher of Perry street, was 1 ,g in Philadelphia this week, and Mrs. N. P. Edmunds were - Sunday visitors here. d . i»s Sellic. and Jennie Hughes after , --ing several weeks in Philadelphia ,-re retured home for Christmas. W e would like to see the new Mayor I after he is sworn in office on New Year's t Day, arrange for a parade on that day. in right, and give joy and pleas- 1 to all. We expect to see it. % ' Mrs. Warren W. Shaw arranges to t come here every week. She has just ' purchased another lot on Stockton ave- * nue. She Is the owner of several properties here. Dr. Charles H. Reed of Philadelphia, 1 has been ocrtfpy ing his Hughes street ' cottage for several days. Mr. and Mrs. George Lcggitt were • looking over their beach front property 1 this week. There is a petition in circulation for ' .signatures in our city; asking the Gov- ■ crnor to release Louis Kuehnle," of At- ■ lantie City, from State Prison at TrenFrom' the way .the holly and the cedar are arriving most of the homes will be equipped and made attractive for Severing-. Dfowgung nien from school will en jo# the hosSality'uf their honfl-s and wiljr gladden tie hearts of many of ' the F?huger set. ALLJSON ACQUITTED— j HENSON CONVICTED William Allison, colored, of this city, ; .indicted for keeping a gambling joint on Jackson street and William Henson, | indicted for the same thing, on Mansion . street, were on trial before Judge Eldredge on Monday. Because of the j terms of the indictment Judge Eldredge instructed the jury to bring in a verdicct of not gnilty, after Allison's counsel, Judge Hildretli. had pointed out that the evidence must be confined strictly to the terms of the indictment, and no evidence being produced bearing upon r the charge made. r Henson was not so fortunate and was t convicted, the jury bringing in its verdict after an hour's deliberation. AD. IN STAR AND WAVE WINS BUSINESS FROM OREGON 1 ~ B Wfovwill gay) after reading the story whach f<HJp#s, that the Star and Wave 1 is WtTp'great advertising medium! A subscriber in Portland, Oregon, saw the Troy Laundry advertisement . in onr columns, soliciting laundering work by parcels post and sent on a package of linen for treatment, peri haps it was the desire of the shipper to test the efficiency of the parcels post, perhaps Harry Balm's honeyed phrases in his advertisement hit the mark, anyhow the business came all the way from Portland, Oregon. H. C. DIXON SUCCEEDS 0. 0. BARR H. C. Dixon, supervisor of schools at Woodbury has received appointment as County Superintendent of Schools of Salem County, N. J., to succeed 0. 0. Barr, formerly supervisor of schools in this city and county superintendent of Cape May County for one term. He had also served one term as county superintendent in Salem County. PETITIONS FOR KUEHNLE I Petitions have been circulates during the week for the pardon of Lonis Kuehnle and they were signed eagerly. It is seldom that so mueh sympathy is, expressed, over any matter by so large a number of people as in this ease. There is a feeling that be has been made the goat and has been treated with much more rigor than wae justified. CAPE MAY'S APPORTIONMENT According to the apportionment of patronage aa fixed by the Democratic State Senator*, Cape May County's share in the line-up la as follows: One doorkeeper, assistant sergeent-at-arms, clerk to Committee on Railroads and Oanals aad one page

^^frv a large -cAwd of basket ball \ g«W -Bridgets one of ■T wurnt lacings aeen on the local Lev Martin, the lightning forvfrd, fairly bad the Bridgeton boya standing around with open moutha as they not" know what to do to stop him. The Cope May boys were the first to <?n a field goal. Then the score was tied at six, after that, however, the Cape May boys were never in danger, tbc first half ending 25-13. The Bridge - boys made a game spurt in the first five minutes of the last half, bringing their score up to 25 while the home boys were scoring six points, but Cape May spruced "up and swept them off their feet. Every one of the home team helped in the scoring. Simmons was the 6tar of the visitors with six field goals. I lineup: May A. A. Bridge to A. "A. Shields forward McFaddeu forward Simmons Mecray centre Archer Vanzant guard Bowe guard Bonham Field goals — Mecray 11, Martin 6, Shields 3, Little 2, Vanzant 1, McFad- Lb den 3, Simmons 6, Archer 3, Bowe 3. Foul goals— Martin 11, Simmons 0. Referee=-Uttle. The Cape May A. A. will play the St. Paul team of Philadelphia champions of the Brotherhood League Saturday night. There will also be a good game Thursday (Christmas) night. The Sea City boys will play here and, as this team always puts up a good game very fast and. exciting contest is expected. The Cape May High School lost a basball game at Bridgeton last Friday night by the score of 28-10. The lineup: Cape May H. S. Bridgeton H. S. forward Riley "(Sheppard) Hughe9 forward Lewis Mecray centre Tullis Baker , guard Elwell Eldredge glw4.-~ 1 Beebe Goals from fieKF— Reeves fTHugbes 1,. Mecray 1, Baker 1, Riley 2, Lewis 7, \ Tullis 3. Foul goals — Eldredge 2, Beebe 3, Sheppard 1. f There is a great deal to be »aid favorable to Delaware's whipping post. J What better punishment could be meted out to a wife-beater or a white0 slaver than a vigorous public lashing? THE POST OFFICE'S BIG DAY I ,t Last Monday's mail included 50 bags ,i received and 69 sent out, showing the n largest day's post office business ever ]. done at this season of the year here. It ie also shows that the balance of Merry -e Christmas offerings is im Cape May's it favor. :1, lt SLIGHT RAINFALL iv The rainfall for the past two or three months has been very light and ,n the springs are, therefore, unusually low. Lake Lilv, at Cape May Point, is ^ lower than for years. Wednesday eve- ~ t. ning's rain was the heaviest for many CAVE-IN CAUSED DELAY jy Because of a caving- in of the banks in the newly constructed road "bed across the meadows to Anglesea, of the ,e i West Jersey and Seashore R. R. the 9.50 . A. M. way train from here was ordered n in on the Wildwood branch on Mon- ^ day morning to collect at the drawbridge the Five-Mile-Beach passengers, * who could not be brought over by the r_ regular train. | 1 Children Cry 1 FOR FLETCHER'S , £ C ' STQR I A J A patient is supposed to profit by a g | doctor's advice. So is a. doctor. lt ! A fellow isnt necessarily in the swim | just because he drinks like a fish, jf ! One thing about the wages of sin is ). | that a man doesn't have to go to law to n j collect them. ){ j Every man has his price, which must [e | be why a man feels so cheap when he ^ realizes he has been sold. Charles A. Swain has a very large stock of Christmas goods — a word to v the wise is sufficient. B — j f- Drop postal card to Troy Laandry, 7 Cape May, N. J, aad reastve oar beaa10 tiful 1914 Calendar fas * HOW I SERYE YDO First, I will build you faa bast boat for the money. . . Second, I will stoaa year boat fa my 5 £ enclosed boat hauaa by fa* year or the j "a ■ Third, I eaa offer yoa • «Ma * fas ie ' beat second hand boata aad tafta yaar . i present craft fa part payment oa a maw ' I one. BaBways on which to run boats. 4 j JOHN A. PHAB0, 1203 Lafayette fa, I Keystone phone No. HD.

- 1 1 if the iest quality. We pay panicular attention to the selection of our J ' FEED. Thai which we offer will be found of superior grade" and fa I excellent condition*. We grind every day and our com is meet and clean. 1 IF YOU HAVE COB CORN WE WILL SHELL AND GRIND IT FOB I YOU, ANY DAY. WE SELL BRICK, LIME, CEMENT, TERRA COTTA, HOLLOW TIL* | FRENCH'S PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES HARDWARE, FERTILIZERS AND SEEDS GET OUR PRICES ON NAILS ELDREDGE & PHILLIPS, Inc. , Perry and Jackson Sts., Cape May Keystone Phone No. 144 For your COM FORT Buy OIL STOVE HEATERS Now at ■Vri CHARLES A. SWAIN _ ... OF ... 305-307 JACKSON STREET NEW LINE OF ... . CHRISTMAS GOODS Just in for this SATURDAY ALL FRESH AND NEW Mrs. Laura M. Brown At 417 Washington Street Santa Claus Supplies Dainty, useful and ornamental gifts for mother, sister, aunts and sweethearts ' A FEW SUGGESTIONS— FUR SETS, TOILET SET8, KTT.K SKIRTS, BATH ROBES, SILK WAISTS, FANCY COLLARS, STT.K HOSE, FANCY HANDKERCHIEFS, KIMONOS, JEWELRY, FRENCH IVORY, LEATHER GOODS, AND SWEATERS. COME IN AND INSPECT THIS STOCK. MRS. E. TURNER Washington and Jaekson St, Cape May, N. J. OUR STORE IS OPEN DAILY With a Full Line of XMAS GOODS LadiM* tl.26 Flauncldtt ud Crepe KiaieDM, fer9Se Kimoue $1.49. Ledlee $4.50 ud $6.00 Ba* Rebes $3.49. Childru'a $3.00 Cute, $2.2S. J. LAVENTHOL 319 Washington Street i'iii "BifaliTi'aimrt'ii'f '.i-n'I'eiiiTdfi" ' i iSliiMM