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exercises ok jl june_fourth EXERaSES WILL BE HELD IX <. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH COMMISSIONER MEREDITH WILL] ADDRESS THE GRADUATES. ^ Eight students composing the Senior Class of the Cape May CSty High School , will be graduated on Thursday. June 4. L The following is the calender of y exercises: ~ !n Sunday morning, May 31st, RcV. Dr. W. ( E. Lake will j»reach the Baccalaureate t sermon To the graduating class, the Shool Board and the teachers of the , f ' school. The Commencement Exercises will be j held in the First Methodist Episcopal | Q Church, beginning at 850 p. m., on ^ Thursday, June 4th. Doors will be t opened at 7.45 for all who have tickets. ! f Admission will be given to all, with or . ( without tickets. j6 The address to the graduating class will be delivered by the Honorable A, B. | j Meredith, Assistant Commissioner of ! ( Tducation for New Jersey. f The Annual School Exhibit in the , Main School Building on Monday, June j 8th. from 8 to 10 p. m. The Manual ; f Training and Sewing Exhibit of all the j f schools will be found on the third, or 1 High School floor. The Drawing Exhib- 1 ( its of the High School?' and of^ the , Seventh and Eighth Grades, also "other High School exhibits, will be found on , the same floor. The drawing and other , , exhibits of grades below the seventh will ^ be found in the respective class rooms. 1 All parents and others who are inter- 1 . ested in the work of the school, are cordially invited by the School Board. Superintendent and teachers to visit this exhibition. Tuesday. June 10th, at 9 a. m., pupils will receive their reports for the year, | and any work which they have had on exhibition. The diplomas will be awarded by i President William Porter, of the Board 1 of Education. The gTadutes are: William Leone "El- j dredge, Class President; Edgar Kirk Dawson, Vice-President ; Dorothy Me- j cray Sheppard, Secretary; John High ^ Mecray, Treasurer j_ Augusta Louisa | Nelson, Orion Hughes Reeves, Florence . Fay Snyder, Emma Heine* Swain. REV. LAKE WILL PREACH BAOCALAUREATE SERMON The baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of the Cape May High School will be preached in the Methodist Church, Sunday morning. May 31, by the pastor, the Rev. Dr. W. E. Lake. A cordial invitation is extended to all friends and relatives to attend these exerccises. exerccises.

The newly elected officers of the Ep- j worth League are the following: Prcs- ( B ident. Miss Ethel Hillman; first vice- 1 president. Miss Anna Smith ; second vice J president, Miss Ethel Scull; third vice- is president, Miss Melvina Townsend;jlo fourth vice-president, Miss Mary ai Hughes; secretary, Miss I -aura Shaw; ci treasurer, Mrs. Mary Harris ; Chorister, j s< George W. Reeves; organist, .Mrs. Wm.jp /Rich man. | o: The League devotional meetings have ' si increased in attendance and- interest b lately. Last Monday evening the leader, d Mrs. Maud Hughes, had a very interest- , v ing and profitable discussion on the j Mbhammedan religion. There is a con- 1 h test on for attendance, led by Miss C Elizabeth Corson and Mr. Clifford Sharp, j h why not encourage the young people by b accepting the invitation? s Sunday evening, June 7th, the Masonic Lodge will attend our church in a body A RARE BUSINESS OPENING. j Well located property on Perry Street j with full ocean view. Lot 40x145, on t which is erected a two story frame ( building containing five bowling alleys, two pin setting machines, pins, balls, , benches, chairs, cash register, safe, pool , tables and all appurtenances. , The alleys are considered the beat in , South Jersey. Upper and lower floors, | large enough for other business. Prem- • ises in good condition. Price low. little cash required. GILBERT C. HUGHES, Realty 214 Ocean Street PIANO TUNING. Joseph R. Andrews expert'piano tuner and fegulator, will be in Cape Mar week of July 8th. Orders left with R B. Reeves. &10 Broadway, West Cape May, will receive prompt attention. Keystone phone 274. 6-30-2t •

travelling 1 shoreward — ■ ( SUMMER VISITORS ARRIVING AS 1 THE TEMPERATURE SOARS — I MANY PROMINENT PHILADELI PHIANS OPENING COTTAGES FOR | SUMMER. The high temperature of the last week has given impetus to the travel aborej ward and as a result this city is begin- I ' ning to present a mid-summer appear- 1 During the past week a number of 1 the younger set' took a <1'P in the surf, 1 and found the breakers as congenial as ' | The old Carlton Hotel at Cape May ; Point, recently purchased by the Sisters ' of the Sacred Heart of Mary, of West has been renamed Villa Miria 1 the Sea and will be opened for the 1 summer June 10. The building is being | extensively remodeled inside and outside. The- graduating class of the Chestnut Hill Academy chaperoned by Miss Spinson has arrived in Cape May and will j spend a few days at St. Marys by the | Sea, at Oape May Point. Mrs. Isabel West. Ardmore, will ocrtipy a New York Avenue cottage for the | Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Havward and • family, Devon, have taken a New York I Avenue cottage for the season, j Arthur Mudra. German Consul, and Mudra and family, Gerraantou-n. I will spend the summer in a New York | Avenue cottage. The cottage at 1309 New Y'ork Avenue, will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Murtagh jtnd family, of Philadelphia. for Hie summer. James Lucas, who is one of the leading members of the Cape May Yacht (Continued oq page five) ' | OPEN COLONIAL HOTEL TODAY . , The Colonial Hotel was opened today I under the management of John H. I Coleman. The hotel was erected in 1904 by W. j H. Church and several years later a rear wing was added. During the last win1 ter the building was so 13 lb Mr. Chlc1 1 man. The building is one of the most | modern hostelries in Cape May. It has ' ' accommodations for nearly 300 guests and has equipment including an electric 'light plant, steam laundry and other Mr. Coleman, the new proprietor, is an twelve years connected with the Union League, of Philadelphia. He has as his guests today about ' twenty members of the Saturday Afj ternoon Club of the Union League, who e ; motored to Cape May to celebrate the j hotel opening.

BUILDING HANDSOME COTTAGE ON QUEEN STREET I G. Johnson Graham, of Philadelphia, I | spending a few days in Cape May \ looking after his cottage at Queen Street \ and Stockton Avenue, which is being 1 ' erected by Contractor Otis M. Town- ] | send. The /tract ure is nearing com- i pletion. ItfHs one of the most modern | of the many vp-to-date cottages in this 1 j section of the city and commands a ( , beautiful ocean view, being only a hort from Beach Avenue. It is eonveniently arranged on the interior, j Ground will be broken in the fall by 1 ] Mr. Graham's sister. Miss Jennie ] I for the erection of another | | and up-to-date "cottage on the 1 jiot — adjoining. It will be completed ; the opening of the summer season of 1915. MOTORISTS VISIT SEASHORE. Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Metz, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Jeffries, Mr. and Mrs. J. W . Mr and Mrs. H. S. Graw, Dr . and Mrs. Gaus, Atlantic CSty, mo1 red to Oape May, and spent a few days ' during this week. • Mr. and Mra. R. W. Lloyd, Miss Lloyd, ' and Mrs. J. B. Colahan. 3rd, Mr. ' and Mrs. Henry C. To'wnsend, Jr., motored .down from Philadelphia last Sun- ' day and enjoyed the aea breezes, for a • few days. • " An auto party composed of Mr. and • Mrs. R. K. Walling and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Walling and son. Philadelphia, were visitors during this week. t 0 ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Corson, 911 r Madison Avenue, announce the engaget ment of their niece. Miss Mary S. Price, to Howard H. Willetts, of Woodbury. The wedding will take place It the near . future. The bride-to-be is popular In a t large circle of friend.

memorial i services G. A. R, P. O. S. of A., AND BOY j ■SCOUTS HEAR SERMON IN FIRST ; BAPTIST CHURCH — CAPE MAY I CITY BAND RENDERED MUSIC. , The Memorial service of the John j Mecray Post, No. 40, G. A. R, at the | First Baptise. Church brought out a con- 1 ( gregation that more than filled the j spacious auditorium and even standing ( room was at a premium. The men of , the Cape May and Cold Spring P. O. fi. I of A. turned out in full force to do j . honor to the old soldiers and the Boy ( Scouts were there to add their enthus- 1 , iasm to the occasion. That it was a worthy occasion with ■ such an assemblage goes without further statement. Pastor McCurdy spoke from : , the text "Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life." j He said in part as follows: "••We gather here this morning to do 1 honor to those who have £iven more | than all thia. If all the gifts of money j that have ever been made were gathered into one great pile of gold, if there were j added to this the value of the farm pro- - , ducts of our rich land for the last hundred years, we would not have money | I enough to begin to make a gift com- . parable to the gift these ha-e made. 1 "What shall it profit a man if he gain i I the whole world and lose "his own life?" 1 "We have had an illustration of this . in recent days when brave men gave . their lives in defense of the honor of j . our flag at Vera Cruz. The whole nation mourned, business came to a stand still. Old Glory hung at half mast on th< day j of the funeral of these men. Your | . Post is named after the first man from j j Cape May County to lose his life in the j war of the Rebellion." PROMINENT LECTURERS FOR r CHAUTAUQUE WEEK ~ " The Rev. Dr. Rusael H. Conwell, pastor' of the Baptist Temple of PhiladelT phia, who recently celebrated the delivering for the five thousandth time, of the lectiire, "Acres of Diamonds^" t will be one of the speakers at the g Chautauqua in Cape May from August ,17 to 23. Many other celebrities will c participate in the exercises, Frank Dixon, r Dr. A. E. Turner and either William Jennings Bryan or Judge Ben Lindsay will be among the lecturers. n Other features will be concerts by the Dunbar Singing Band, the Romano ^ Orchestra, the Tuskegee Institute Singers, the Toy Symphony, the Four 0 Artists and the Adriatic Concert Band, e and lecturers Mrs. Minnie Bronson, Chauncey J. Hawkins an3 Paul M. Pearson , rearaon

fifth aw? ual i banquet " 1 ABOUT U PROMINENT CITIZENS PARTAKE OF SUMPTUOUS DIN- J j NER— ENJOYABLE PROGRAM OF j | SPEECHES AND MUSIC. About eighty -five prominent residents j of Cape May were present Friday even- 1 ing of last week," at the filth annual ban- 1 1 quet of the Board of Trade held in Mc- ( Cann'a Auditorium. ] The event was one of the most success- , ( j f til ever given in "Cape May and the | committee on arrangements, consisting 1 , of Everett J. Jerrell, chairman, Samuel j : F. K! dredge, Esq., Irwin Eldredge, Fred ■ Wolff and Frederick J. Derr, deserve 1 unstinted jftiiee for the enjoyable affair j « | which for the first time has been given 1 without alcoholic beverage. 1 1 Samuel F. Eldredge, Esq.. was toast- j : master. The speakers wcrFT ' 1 Samuel F. EldredgP, toastmaster; i ' I Luther C- Ogden, president of the Board ' | of Trade; Ernest W. Lloyd, the Honor- ' j able Henry H. Eldredge. W. J. Dwyre, ' I I ,a kc wood: J. J. Devlin. Philadelphia;. ' and the Rev. William D. McCurdy, of ' the First Baptist Church. ' I Dr. Francis H. Green, of West Chester State Normal School, who was to have j - spoken on the subject. "The Nature and j 1 1 Worth of Wit .and Humor," was unable | to be present but in his stead J. J. Dcv- ; 1 lin, of Philadelphia, kept the guests in " , an uproar for more than a half hour by | ' j telling- witty and humorous stories. Mr. I j Devlin is a well known and popular ' monologist and is in great demand for i banquets and similar events. William J. Dwyre, of Lakewood, spoke " of his intention of bringing to Cape May j e 1 a cumber of saddle horses and establishing a society circus and other interest- j ing events. A pleasing feature of the program was 1 - the barftone sftlos rendered by Albert N. Lindaay. of Philadelphia. Mr. Lind- " say is soloist with -utnmujiual range of '" voice and is a finished voouilt. Those presets were: Evan Brown, '• Jesse Browri Charles L. Brownmiller, ^ John J. Djlbs. G. E. Eldredge. Frank R. e Hebenthal, Floyd Hughes. J. F. Jacoby,' * David Konowitch. E. W, Lloyd, Dr. H " W. Lutnmis. Thomas W. Millet, Sr., L. '» C. Ogden. W. E. Pressor. W. S. Shaw. n Charles A. Fwain. Walter Smith. Dr. S. y F. Ware. S. B. Wilson. J. Allen Wales. Millard Ware. W. N. Weaver. A. R. |C Hand. A. H. Faulkner. J. Harry Hughes, 10 Gilbert C. Hughes. J. J. McCann. S. S. ■* Sharp, J. Calvin- Smith. Solomon TeitelII man, A. T. Haynes, Robert Hughes, Al■K bert Phillips, Judge H. H. Eldredge. the n> Rev. William Dwyre McCurdy, Thomas Stevens. John W. Mecray. Frank Mecray. William S. Vanzant John P. Doyle.

CONFESSES TO ARSON. William S. Marvel, who said he was a j ( was arrested, charged j with having set on fire a haystack in , West Cape May early Tuesday, owned Frank Farmer. Before Magistrate ] Hughes. Marvel confessed and said he had served several terms of imprisonment before, one of ten years for similar offense. He was held for the Grand Jury. NOTICE OF REMOVAL I wish to announce that I have removed my millinery parlor from the 228 Perry Street, to 220 Perry " Street, two doora from the Roselle and '■ that I have a fine line of the latest hats I for summer at reasonable prices. Miss L. R HILLMAN, 220 Perry .Street, Cape May Facial requirements a etudy. r

1 W. L Cummings. George O. Cummings, I W. S. Walker. W.-F. Dent, Gys Rief, j George Toppin, Alexander Mears. E. G. Jones, William H. Thompson, John j Thompson. H. C. Bohm. Grant Vanaman. j J. M. E. Hildreth. S. II. Moore. Samuel | Tencnbaum. A. W. Hand. Daniel Focer, 1 A. C. Zillinger. J. Simpkins. Robert E. j Hand. Frank Entriken. W. L. Stevens, F. M. Stevens. W. J. Fenderson. Jr., I Adam Suelke. J. J. Dwyer. R. L. Jenks, Thomas W. Millet, Jr.. Otis M. Town- | send. F. W. Wolff. I. H. Eldredge. S. F. j Eldredge. F. J. Derr, Everett J. Jerrell. 1 Dr. Frank Hughes. J. Edgar Sickles. Jos- j ' eph Bamford. J. H. Crager, Joseph K ' Hand, Stacy M. Robbins. Joseph L. Wil- ' son. A. E. Evans, William McFadden, 1 William Hebenthal. Albert N. K. Lindsay and William Dwver. COLLARS Laundered at the Columbia 2 cents. *

SEWELLS P0INT pAVILK)N j FUN FACTORY WILL OPEN MONDAY, JUNE 2 d Thursday Evening, June 4th, Baaket Ball Game, ; i. Cape May Millrille \ DANCING After the game P ' Musk by WENONAH CADET ORCHESTRA f Admission, 25c. THE CASINO will open for the season June 13 |

personal mention PERSONAL PARA- ; GRAPHS OP TOE COMING A>b GOING oF CAPE MAT VISITORS j AND RESIDENTS DURING THR j PAST WEEK. Hobart M. Stevens, a student at Perj kiomt-n Seminary appeared in concert j with the Pcrkiomen Symphony Orcbesi on Tuesday, May 28th. j Mrs. Elnora Schellenger has rented 'the half of Mrs. Charles Schetleeger s house on Eldredge Avenue and has moved into it. Mrs. A. G. Bennett, Madison Avenue, was a delegate to the W. C. T. U. convention in Tuckahoe and incidentally visited relative there. Miss C Smith, nf Germantnvn will C. of

be the guest of Miss Irene BennHt. Mad- | ison Avenue, on Decoration Day. Herbert W. -Johnson, of Haddonfield. was a week-end visitor with friends in the second ward. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. MacKenzie are , enjoying their fine Stockton Avenue cottage. Mrs. MacKenzie has made big al- • terations to the house interior. Mrs. L. F. Entriken and daughter Eleanor are spending a week with relai j rives in Narberth, A. I , Mrs. Daniel Stevens has returned to '■ ; her home in Philadelphia after spending ■ two weeks with her aunt and mother, i on Washington Street. ' | Miss Bessie Entriken. Ocean Street, ia ** • visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph Hughes, i - in Philadelphia. f Mrs. G. H. Garretson and Miss Sue | Hildreth are enjoying a few days in s the state of Virginia. ' j Mrs. John P. Doyle and Mrs. Allie - Ewing have returned to the Stafford in ■ Baltimore after a pleasant week in Mrs. J Doyle's palatial cottage on New Jersey ■ I Avenue. t Ashton Gilbert has purchased a seven, - passenger touring car. f Q NOTICE. DO YOU NEED CLOTHING? '■ We have the latest and up-to-' te fashions for Ladies' and Men's Suits, '• Top Coats, Cloaks, Dresses, Riding habits, etc. OUR WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. '■ We guarantee fit and workmanship at '• very moderate prices. •' CHARLES SCHERER. Decatur Street, Near Washington 5- Groceries, provisions. salt meats. '" fruits, tobacco, oranges, bananas, pat- '" ent medicines, hardware, cigars and ,e i tobacco on sale at W. H. Smith's, 506 18 Broadway, West Cape May.

DONATES FUG TQ BOY SCOUTS PRESENTED AT MEETING OF THE 1 G. A. R POLLOW1XG THEIR ARRIV1 AL FROM CEMETERIES WHERE I OJMRADES' GRAVES WERE DECORATED The Rev. Dr. William D. McOurdy, paator of the First Baptist Churclv jA . behalf of Charles A. S*sin, the wen known hardware merchant, donor, will I present- a full set of Scout flags to tha . Cape May Boy Scouts, Troop No. 2, at r , meeting of the G. A. in Waehington Street. The meeting will be held following toe return of the veterans from the various , cemeteries in the county after having

decorated .the ~^raWs of their departed . comrades. It ywill to. a fitting occasion / , for the presenting of thvnational colors donated by a patriotic, pbhjjc-spiritqd' citizen to a, younger generatiou, wWeh has pledged to "do a good turn" djuly." The response will be made by Captain W. F. Dent, scout master, who wiflx , doubtless eulogize the worthy donor. ; Following the presentation, addresses will be made by varioQs persona, including old soldiers who will give some ; reminiscences of the Civil War, tha reading of Lincoln's address at Gettysburg. solos, duets and music by the Cape i May Band. The public is invited to attend these exercises and should be , present to honor the patriots, both young and old. | After the exercises the members of ( the G. A. R present will repair to Derrit dining room on Washington Street, where supper will be served. - - -

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MARINE CASINO DECORATION DAY DANCE Dancing 8.30 to 11.30 P. M. • JOHNSON'S MUSIC We Can Get ItO Wi* ou.r F°ur Ton p.dd.d lir, * , ' Van for Long Dutonce Where is It •. Hauling CONEY'S EXPRESS B^phooJrue ,md R*ilro,d Wildwood, N. J. I 5-23-4 Osi ■ ■ ■ ■ 1 ' " — ' 1 Ube little Sbop A. B. VAN DERVOORT WILL open May 25th, with a fine display of Art Needle Work Materials. Infants' and Children's Dresses. Novelties. Stamping done. Lessons Given in Embroidery. 427 WASHINGTON STREET CAPE MAY, N. J. — -