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FIFTY-NINTH YEAR CAPE MAY CITY, N. J- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1914 THREE ty'.iACQFY

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NEWS AND jl COMMENT ItnU OF LOCAL INTEERST. PASS- j f ZNO EVENTS AND OCCURRENCES | O LEANED FROM HERE AND THRRK — READ THESE ARTICLES ABOUT TOUR FRIENDS. ft-. Aiiffnan will occupy the Presby- ^ pulpit tomorrow, both services. ^ Mire. John B. Vanzant has been con- 1 fined to her bed for two weeks with bronchitis. j ^ J. J. MoCann has been enjoying a few g days' visit to New York, Philadelphia, ! and other cities of importance. I ' . o . j Mrs. Clara Haynes, who has been spending several months in California, t h now in Salt Dike CSty, Utah, where | she is stopping for several weeks before j returning home. * * * |l !Mtb.E. Truner is passing, a few days') at Saranac Lake, N. Y. Mrs. Turner | operates one of the largest business en- j i terprises at Cape May. and is taking the , mountain rest prior to the spring and i summer rush of business. On Monday i of this week the thermometer registered : 24 degrees below zero on the veranda of I the hotel where Mrs. Turner is stopping. | Miss Sara Marry and Miss M. Vonder- 1 lindt were among the many who enjoyed hearing the famons baritone, Titta | Ruffo, in the role of Don Giovanni, last i Saturday afternoon, at the Metropolitan Opera House. Assemblyman lewis T. Stevens has received requests from progressive Republicans in Atlantic, Burlington and Cum- j berland Counties, asking him to become ' a candidate for Congress in the Second j Congressional District. — Philadelphia On aesount of changing the styles af V ribbons on Oliver Type Writers, we have j reduced the price of stock on hand to 20 cents rach. Star and Wave Stationery Department. An no usually One entertainment will be given Thursday, March 12th, in the j Washington Street Hall, under the auspices of the public schools Miss Marion Wilaon, a talented impersonator, will present Ave character sketches in oo4 tume. There will also be music by local talent between Miss Wilson's appeari

•40 BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE 01 |°' Here is the record of the one hundred ® and thirty-eighth Legislature of New ( 1 Jersey up to this week. \ The Senate has held eleven sessions P and the Assembly has met twelve times ** each session averaging about two horn i in 'ength. 1 The number of measures introduced Las Win 640, 202 bills and six resolutions in the Senate and 421 bills and c eleven resolutions in the Assembly. The * eighth week opened on Tuesday. In the Senate 77 Senate measures n have been reported from committee and given a second reading. Out of the 77, the number passed is 28, the remaining j 49 being on the calendar yet. No Assembly', bills have yet been paaeed in 1 the Senate, though several are pending 1 there. In the Assembly 114 bills have been j reported and considered on second read- , ing, of which 34 have been passed. Most j of the measures passed have been of , minor importance. The Assembly bss , passed three Senate bills, all of them \ relating to the jury muddle. One bill has been approved by Gov. Fielder, and was found to be defective ; and immediately had to be repealed. ; The other two measures that have passed both Houses are the repealer of this bill and the fury validating measure Which takes its place in untangling the Jury complication. . We will never have peace until the sessions of Congress and the Legislature are limited in duration and placed shout Ave year* apart. The multiplication of law* at the present rate is nonsense. DANIEL OONSIDINE. - Daniel Oonsidine, a brother-in-law to the late Thomas H. Bambri ck and a brother to Mias Elisabeth Oonsidine, died at 916 South Sixth Street, Oaadcn, on Friday of last week and the funeral occurred Tuesday morning at hi* late resdenoe in Camden.

THE MAN I ABOUT TOWN | (X-EMS OF ' INTEREST" GATHERED i HERE AND THERE FOR YOUR 1 PERUSAL, BY .A STAR AND WAVE REPORTER. Samuel F. Cord, of Laurel Springs, here during the week consumating f the sale of his lots, to be used in eon- c nection 'with the Grange at Erma. ] Evan Myers, of Washington Street, j celebrated his birthday on Saturday, j I the 21st. His many friends gave him a great surprise. j j The Pennsylvania excursion train car- ; ries a number of residents that are em- | I ployed in Philadelphia. t | The Summer School is the town topic j . amongst our residents. | The crossing at the Reading Station Iia in very bad condition for pedestrians. ] The new Street Supervisor should con- | fer with Oouneil st once, and have same ] 1 , attended to. The Legislature is passing a law, that , tax shall be levied on cats. Our Coun- ! cil should see that the Assessor taxes | i all dogs. ' j Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Doak were over . i Sunday visitors. ' ! Mrs. Dr. Alex Marcy. of Riverton, is a . guest of Mrs. Dr. V. M. D. Marcy while here. She attended the meeting on Wed- • nesday in the interest of education. William Briant, of New York, is here ' i for a few days. t Mrs. J. Harvey Bennett, of Sea Isle i City, is a guest of her parents, Mr. and j Mr*. Wm. F. Gaaeedy. ' j Mrs. A. M. Lengert. Jr., of Philadel- ■ phia, is a guest of the MaGuire cottage - for a fortnight. ;j A CLOSE BID. J The Cape May Dredging Co. .was a i close bidder for the contract of dredging an inMsd waterway between Norfolk, f Va., and Beaufort, N. C. ej Stanford Ross, Inc., qf Jersey CSty, s were the lowest bidders, defeating ,'the j ' Gape May Dredging On. by 2-100 $f «- I cent a yard. II j BAPTIST CHURCH. e The regular Communion service will be held at the First Baptist Church at n the close of the morning worship. The " theme of Psetor MoCurdy's sermon st ^ | this hoar will be "Is Christianity Worth l' Propagating!" At night in the series '• j on "Beyond the Grave," the topic will ! be "Weighed in the Balances." i The Jnnhiors will hold their meeting — 1 Rtindar afternoon at 2 o'clock. At 3 2 ^

, o'clock the regular aession of the Bible y 1 School. At this time the Men's Club f| ' Class will hold a reunion. Every man , who haa ever attended this class is es- ' pecially urged to be present. New memwill be heartily welcomed. | The General Committee will meet in the lecture room of the church on Mon- f day night at 7.30. e The monthly business meeting of the * church in connection With the mid-week service on Wednesday night at 7 AO. j Young Peoples meeting on Friday c night at 7.30. J CARPENTERS LOOK! ! ! Mephisto Bits sold on a guarantee. 1 If you break a "Mephisto" you will get ' new one without cost or excuses. If k does not PLEASE YOU better than f any bit (barring two bits) you have 1 ever u-ed return it and get your money ' back. Can you equal this offer anywhere! Special sale for two weeks on this line 9 a bit and get a carpenter's tool— j • 9 CHARLES A. SWAIN, ( f 305-307 Jackson Street, Oape May B Q e Two ear load* of fertilizer have just arrived at the Oape May Grain and Coal e Company's Store. Buy direct from the e ear NOW. t o Money saved to make needed Improvements on the farm. If pat by systematically, will accumulate faster than yoa ! tnsrlne, and the total lum, when secured. wlU enable you to obtain Improved machinery, more stock, or home com- ° forts; that will make the farm yield * greater returns and make life better d worth the Uvtag. The Security Trust n Oo. win serve you. ,. A carpenter* tool FREE. Aak about it at Chaa. A. Swain's Hardware Store. ' 1

NEWS OF THE 1 CAGEDARENA . i CAPE MAY A. A. TURNS TABLES ON ST. PAUL FIVE IN ONE-SIDED GAME 40-17— DOWNINGTOWN TO BE THE ATTRACTION IN LOCAL HALL THIS EVENING. Shutting out St, Paul without a field goal in the first half and ten minuter v of the second half, the* home boy* had ^ little trouble in defeating the St.. Paul of the Brotherhood League on the ^ local floor last Saturday night. The Oape May boy* played great defensive ball in the first half not letting St. Paul get within fifteen feet of the j basket. The home boys passed and j dribbled in fine style Shields was off his foul -shooting or the score would have been greater. . 1 In the second half St. Paul shifted its t Farrington going to center in 1 place of Best, Tait going to forward in Farrington's place and Best to guard. Cape May helfi them scoreless for 1 about ten minutes in this half but Farrington broke our chances of shutting hi* team out by running up the floor on ' a long pass and dropped it in. later in 1 the game Matnewson and Tait scored. Kirk was the star for the home team ( with several difficult field goals besides shooting six out of seven foul goals. Shields was the large scorer for Oape May with six field goals. Baker scored ] three field goals, and every one of the ; home team one or more. The lineup: 8 Cape May 1* St. Paul I Shields Forward Farrington i Kirk Forward Matnewson : • Baker Center Beat 9 Crombe Guard Tait Wan rant Guard Carson Field goals — Shields, 6; Kirk, 3; Baker, 3; Crombe, 2; Van rant, 1; Farrington, 1; Matnewson. 1; Tait, 1. ' Foul goals — Shields, 4; Kirk, 6; Far- ^ rington, 1L ' Referee— Little. . e DOWNING TON FIVE TO-NIGHT. *' The Oape May A. A. will line up against one of the hardest teams that ; has ever been to Cape May on Saturday night. The Downingtown five. This II team has defeated De Neri and Trenton, t of the Eastern League. The large ate tendance gave encouragement to the ,t home team and helped them overwhelm - h ingly defeat the St. Paul team, so come .a out strong to-night and cheer them on 11 to victory. Potashnick will sell two ear loads of

horses on Monday, March 2nd, at Five cows will also be ofat this sale.. HOW 1 SERVE YOU First. I Win build you the beat boat the money. Second. I wlU store your boat In my enclosed boat house by the year or the Third. I can offer yon a choice of the second hand boat* and take your present craft In pari payment on a new Railway* on which to ran boats. JOHN A. PHABO. 1101 Lafayette BU Keystone phone No. 16D.

i MENTION INTERESTING PERSONAL PARA- « GRAPHS OF THE COMING AND * GOING rF CAPE MAT VISITORS j AND RE8IDENTS DURING THE PAST WgEK. i 1 Ming Ruth Truck ess, of Philadelphia, will spend a wlfek with her friend. Miss ' Dorothy Sheppard, on Jackson Street. t • • » i C. B. Smith, of Atlantic City, manager i of the Bell Telephone Company, was here ( Thursday attending to business. C. Vf. Parish, of Springfield, Mass., ( been spending sveral days at the ( NlcGuire cottage. j Mias Berternia Hollowell, who has 1 spending the winter in the Aus- j trian Alp* and Vienna, will sail for next week on the Baltic. Alfred Hand, of Philadelphia, has I spending several days here. Mrs. R.. Cohen has opened her Ocean i Street cottage and entertained her sons and daughters over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Leach, of Philadelphia, were visiting Mrs. H. D. Lemmon, Mrs. Leach* sister, over Sunday. Miss Edna Hill, of Philadelphia, has been visiting her uncle, ex-Senator R. Hand, for several day*. Mrs. Samuel S. Doak, of Philadelphia, been spending the week here visiting friends and relatives. Miss Harriet Hall has returned home , after spending sveeral months this winter in Philadelphia. Mr. Samuel S. Doak, of Philadelphia, has been spending several days here. Mrs. S. Teitelman was the winner of the beautiful ring at the P E. Church supper recently held in the Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fleisehhauer, or ' j Cold Spring, who have been spending two ' weeks in Philadelphia, arrived home oo | Friday SPLENDID PLAY, e "The Dawn c I Liberty," a Revolution- . ary drama, presented in Washington e Street Hall, Thursday evening, was enn thusiastically received by the largo crowd in attendance, and pronounced one of the best plays witnessed here this win-

ter. the cast being composed of the best f local talent available. Those who took 4 part were : Messrs. Alan DeP. Ewing, Stacy Robbins, Theodore Reeves, Samuel Channels, Orion Reeves. Smith. Hughe*, Edgar Dawson, Leone Eldredge, Raymond Otter, Floyd Hughes, Albert Smith, and lt Miss Helen L. Porter, Miss Rebe Doak, Miss Adele Rowland and Miss Irene Mat- * thews and others. " The play was for the joint benefit of the Basket Ball Team and the Band, and * will be repeated this eveniag. V A carpenter* tool FREE. A*k about "* it at A. Swain'* Hardware 8 tore.

IT affords me much pleasure to announce the arrival of the latest novelties in Designs, Materials and Trimmings that will be fashionable for the coming Spring and Summer Season of 1914, and that I am now fully prepared to execute orders. GYSRIEF LADIES' AND MEN'S TAILOR 424 Washington St. Cape May, N. J.

COUNCIL ' MEETING A special meeting of Council was Jield , Tuesday evening at CSty Hall, President pro. torn. Gilbert in the chair. The appropriating ordinance passed 'ts third and find reading. Mr. Gilbert was elected president pro. iem. to serve during thhe absence of President Marcy. , On motion the city Solicitor waa di- j rected to prepare a bill fqr presentation ( the Legislature to assess the cost of - streets on the abutting property t owners and have same presented at this ( Mr. Meeray .spoke of the poor cars ( used in the service given Cape May by , the Reading as compared with those used , on the Wildwood branch and on motion ^ was appointed a committee to wait on the company referred to^for the pur- ( of urging improvement in this detaiL , The Fire, and Water Committee waa . authorised to ask for bids for repairing pumps at the water works. The clerk was instructed to send bill* to the Hotel Oape May, Gape May Light and Power Co., Farmstead and Oape May Coal and Ice Company for water furnished and remaining unpaid and urge payment. Committee on Fire and Water was directed to install water meter in the Hotel Columbia. The proper committee was authorized to employ a competent man to come here and test the city lights in order to ascertain if proper power is being furnished. The Committee on Property was au- ) thorized to have necessary repairs made to Pavilion No. 1, an dto make report on Washington Street water • The proper committee was instructed to have suitable coal bin built at Sewer Disposal plant and have ground put In good shape. COUNCIL'S WISE ACT. Council has done a wise thing in putf ting to legitimate use the many thoua1 and* of dollars obtained on bonds issued for purposes to which the money could not be applied and waa therefore, turned b into the sinking fund. Bonds paying five per cent., banks in which the money ig deposited, paying three per cent., net loss to the city, two per cent If some way can now be devised of retiring the floating debt, not by issuing bonds and - funding it, but by some more legitimate n method, as by the collection of delinquent taxes and delinquent sewer assessd ments, there will be cause for rejoicing. >f The city has been, for several ye»rs, eari- rying a floating debt, created in anticiIt nalinn rif I.TM Mliml SnmptillKW vJlT taxes, equal (

k' nearly to the whole amount of tax as- j sessed for a year. In other words, its >- regular reoeipts have been nearly one ( s, year behind its expenditures. This costs . tr & pretty penny in interest, probably , t- enough to pay the whole cost of a brass d band for the summer. The city should ( be placed on an even keel and kept there . 1" just as a prudent business man would keep his own business. ( >f o ,d SEE THE HAS-BEENS— THAT NEVER AVERE On Tuesday evening of next week, it "The Has Beens" will meet the powerful «. "Would Like to Be's" in the caged arena of the Cape May A. A. on Washington — Street. The "Has Beens" are a lot of old men who think they can produce some speed with a basket ball. They are members of the Presbyterian Sunday school and have challenged Mrs. Smith's class of the same institution. The game will be fast and furious, and will be worth a $1.00 of any ones money, but owing te the large number of entertainments which have been pulled off during the past few weeks the finance committee have decided to make the price of admission 15 cents. Both teams have been practicing nightly and Percy Rothell of the "Has Beens" has been seen early in the morning trying for long shots. The "Has Been lineup will be: Councilman John Mecrav, Frank 'B. Mecray, Jay Mecrav, Percy Rothell, Thomas S. StevenB, Gilbert C. Hughes. The game will be called promptly ft 8 o'clock. THIRTY OCEAN POUND NETS It is said that there are likely to be thirty ocean pound nets in operation between Holly Beach and Ocean CSty during next summer. EDWARD W. SAYRE Carpenter and Builder. JOBBING WORK WILL RECKTV» PROMPT AND EFFICIENT ATTENTION. til QUEEN STREET i- •

ORGANIZATION EFFECTED MRS. V. M. D. MARCY CHOSEN AS PRESIDENT OF THE HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPE MAY DISTRICT — MANY PRESENT AT MEETING. Through the untiring efforts of Mr. A. Hand, County Superintendent of Ihblie Schools, and his oo- workers, them gathered at the High School Building oa afternoon, February 25, a □umber of the parents of the children of ouj- town, together with the teachers of our public school, to consider the formation of an association that would unite the home and school and aid in developing our children, morally, mentally And physically. This matter having been previously considered at the Sectional Institute 1 held in Oape May on January 16, 1914, a committee was appointed at that time ' to take up the matter and arrange for a ' meeting in the near future, the following persons having. been chosen to serve ' in this capacity. Mrs. Dr. V. M. S. ' Marcy, Oape May, chairman; Mrs. A. J. ' Matthews, Lower Township; Dr. John r Huff, Oape May Point, and Mr. Theodora ' Reeves, West Cape May, and through the combined efforts of this committee the following program was carried out : on Wednesday afternoon: The first speaker was Mr. A. W. hand, ® representing the schools of the county, 8 and in a few well chosen words he stated the object of the meeting. He was fol- ' lowed by Miss Edna B. Prett, organizer, sent out by the State Library Oommisr sion of Trenton, who made a most ex1 oellent and enthusiastic address. Dr. Moyer, City Superintendent of Public In- ® struction, represented our city school, r and very ably discussed the needs of the a present day schools. Mr. Wm. Porter, who had been chosen to represent the Board of Education, was unavoidably detained from the meeting. Mrs. Alexander Marcy, of Riverton, J representing tthe Mothers' Congress of New Jersey, then addressed the meeting in a very able and pleasing manner, setting forth the ways and means of ef- ^ feet ing such an organization and the beny ofits derived therefrom. 14 A motion was then put in order to im- ' mediately organize and the following 'e officers were chosen: President, Mrs. Dr. V. M. D. Marcy; Vice-President, Mrs . Samuel v F. E3- '* dredge; Secretary, Mrs. Sidney, R. Goff; " Treasurer, Miss Eloise Schuyler. Thia organization is to be known as the Homo r~ and School Association. The meetings are to be held on the fourth Thursday to De ncia on tne lourtn i nursaay

of each month in the High School Buildat eight p. m. The following committees were also appointed: Public Library Committee, Mr. G. Bolton Eldredge, Miss Eloise Schuyler, Mr. A. W. Hand. Affiliating with Mothers' Congress Committee, Mrs. Luther Ogden, Mrs. ' Eckard, Mrs. George WentzelL Program Committee, Rev. Wm. D. MeCurdy, Miss Helen Foley, Miss Lucrissa R. Hughes. . The committee for permanent organization will probably be the temporary I committee w^ich lias been previously t This organization seems to hare f started off under glowing colors, and it is j earnestly hoped that every one who is r interested in the welfare of chilldren will give his or her hearty support to CWs movement, then, "we know not what our bounds shall be." j" MRS. SIDNEY GOFF, See. - CLINTON RUTHERFORD MARRIED, f Clinton Souder Rutherford, of Seattle, e Washington, was married to Miss Amy f Blanche Dahl, of Seattle on February 16, 1914. Mr. Rutherford is the son of Mr. - and Mrs. H. S. Rutherford of this city. On March 17th, (St. Patrick's Day) Miss Camp will give a benefit night at ' the Opera House for the benefit of ths J" Altar Fund, of St. Mary's R. C. Church. ^ Potashnick will sell two car loads of fresh horses on Monday, March 2nd, at Woodbine. Five cows will alsq.be ofe fered at this sale.. COAL CONTRACT AWARDED Charles A. Johnson, Secretary of th* Geo. rf Newton Coal Co., was the successful bidder for supplying the coal to be used at the city water works foe the ensuing year. The amount of co4» g to he supplied will be about 100 tons. r; 0 I f I Affvsrtfts ta the Star and WWe. 1