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FIFTY-N1NT. V-AR „ CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1915 THREE CENTS A COPY

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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS several communications occupied the attention of the j city fathers for the great- 1 er part of the evening— of-' ficer reeves insists on ctty i , paying him $455 back salary, j , Regular meeting of City Council was ( held on the evening of February 2, 11U5, : | President York in the chair. Members ( present: Ashburn. Bailey, Gilbert, Me- , eray, Smith, Wentzell, York. ( a communication was received from | the Board of Health in reference to the ( unsanitary conditions existing at Hbe | Iron Pier and requesting the city to , extend the Decatur street sewer |o tlie^ : . boardwalk so that the pier may be conL nected therewith. ' On motion the matKter was referred to the street commit^^Etnotlier oommunication from the - of Health in reference to an unlot on North street was referred ^^^^Kleet Committee. ^^^^^B|unication from the Board ^^^^^^^■eference to weeds and grass to grow on both sides of in front unoccupied ^^^^^^kquesting that the city see to property cleaned. * Matter to Street committee. ^^^Faecond communication from the I ^^Krd of Trade in reference to forming ^^Hiuilding code and giving authority to Vthe Building Inspector to enforce same. | A third communication from Board of Trade in reference to PavTig Ordinance. Commending the work that, has been clone in the past two years in enforring provisions of the considerable number of properties in front of which pavements hsve not been lsid. request ing that even- possible effort be made III* Ul» f.

to have these laid as quickly as possi- A ble— referred to Street _Committcc. ^ A communication fro in the Cape May ^ Light and Power Co., Kelson Z. Graves ^ .-president, addressed to George Wentzell in reference to holding up funds due f| them by the city- and as to the test j g made' in October. 1914, to ascertain if .city was getting the proper power &s!j per contract. This. 1 communication .» brought out "a lengthy discussion after' which Mr. Mecray moved, secondeil by ( Mr. Wentzell that after retaining $1,000 ^ or a sufficient amount to secure the city j £ from any loss, the balance of this ac- jo count be" paid. Passed by a vote of 5-2. ( Mr. Mecray. chairman of the Finance! Committee, stated that the Treasurer^ had informed him that all notes of 1913 excepting about $2500 had been paid and that finances of the 'city were steadily improving. City Solicitor Hildreth reported on c tbe bill of John X. Reeves, which had 1 been referred to him. by statirtg that c Mr. Reeves insisted on the full amount j 1 of the bill. $455. bAig paid him. < Bills were ordered paid. 1 AUTOMOBILES ' See Jos. Stitea. Cape May City, for the famous (.hrtercar and new Metz ' pleasure cars represented "east of De- j the only two makes of real gearless ^ pleasure care represented east of Detroit. Examine them and be convinced why they save machine shop expenses. 73-2-16-li) REWARD! Lost in vicinity. Holstein cow, 5 years old. Finder kindly call the Baron DeHirsch Agriculture School, Woodbine, N. J. 77-2-8-15-lt Overcoats If you need a good overcoat or a suit go to Cham. Scherer for bis reduced prices for the winter on suits and overcoats. Also ladies' top coats and suits. Scherer's Decatur Street near Washington St., I Third Special Sale 14 qts. White Enameled Dish Pans, 55c. 15c and 20c Tea and Coffee Cans only 10c each. 75c inverted Gas I-amps Complete 45c. 55. Piece Dinner Set $3.95. 40 Watts G. I. Tungsten Elect lamps, 30 cents. Qaaaeroles, in Nickel Oases. $1.50. . Writing Paper and Corresponding Cards Very Cheap $2.20 Guaranteed Bicycle Tires $1.85. J. E. MECRAY'S, . — 004 Washington street.

least we forget j For the information of all who giay be interested, we publish below, the law j relating _to the receiving of bids or ■ proposals and awarding of contracts by ! public bodies: I' j "When bids ..or proposals for supplies j or for public works or building or other publid purposes are asked for by boards | of managers, having .charge of any of the public institutions of this state, or | by boards of freeboldere^common coun- - oils, boards of works or other bodies 1 control of counties, cities or h other municipal bpdies of thiB state or 8 department of the same, or any S committees representing such boards or • such boards or bodies or committees shall proceed in the manner folto wit: Said boards or govern- 8 ' bodies or committees shall give pub- v \ lie notice at the time sueli bids or""f>ro- f posals are advertised, of the time and v place when such bids £hall be received, t and at such t|me and place the said board or governing body or committee ' in session, shall receive such bids, t and thereupon immediately proceed to s ' unseal the same and publicly announce the contents in the •presence of the 1 parties bidding or their agents, provid- * 1 ing said parties Or their agents choose 1 ' to be then and there present, and also t ' make proper record of the prices and c I terms upon the minutes of the body. r No bids shall be Received previous to the hour designated in the public notice, f and none shall be received thereafter: t ' and any failure to comply with the pro- r ' visions hereof shall be a misdemeanor." 1 PUBLIC MEETING I An effort is being made to secure a f 9 visiting nurse for Cape May CStv. To I increase interest in tliat proposition a j 1 e public meeting will be held in the High ■ i 1 School building on the evening of Feb- < 1 rnarv 12th. Miss Fsnnie F. Clement, ' fiunormti>(iHi.nl 1 1 f visiiine nurses of the I of |

Red Cross Society, with head- g quarters at Washington, will be pres- 1 1,. ent and addn-ss the meeting. All who j i, are in any way interested are invited | (] to attend this meeting and hear what I are necessary for the securing of * _ JOHN P. DOYLE'S COTTAGE RENTED | J. Fred Effinger, of Washington, D. 8 CX, through the real estate agency of r ,W. J. Fenderson lias leased the palaition «0ttage owned by John P. Doyle, d i on New Jersey avenue. Mr. Effinger I . occupied this cottage last season and 8 j was greatly delighted with both cottage ' and Cape May. ■ ' Q 1 MRS. EVAN MYERS After a lingering illness and a futile ( operation Mrs. Evan Myers died at her f 1118 Washington street on Mon- j day morning at 2.30 o'clock. She was j fifty eight years of age and for over j thirty years had been a consistent mem- , of the First Bapt is t Chufch of this j j city, living an exemplary fife and en- , dearing herself to everyone who knew ] her by acts of'kindness and her cheery - disposition. She leaves a husband and ( three sisters, Mrs. Robert S. Hand, ( Rachel and Anna Hebenthal. also four ( brothers, William, Harry. Frank and I Herbert Hebenthal, and many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Funeral service® were held on Thursday at her t late home at 1.30 o'clock, and interment i was private at Cold Spring cemetery. , oPatriotic Entertainment by Division > No. 2 in Chapel of First- M. E. Chureh Tuesday evening, February 23, 1915, at 8 p. m. Admission 10 cents. a real bargain ^ Ten room furnished cottage. All modern conveniences. Lot 40x120. Centrally located. Liberal terms. Whole property can be now purchasi. ed for less than what it cost to originally build the house. Call and get the price and terms, ex- 1 , amine the property and you will be satisfied that it is the best chance to purchase a comfortable borne ever made in this city. ' GILBERT C. HUGHES, Realty. No. 214 Ocean Street. HOW I SERVE YOU First, I will bulM yen tha best boat _ for tbe money. Second. i will store your boat la my enclosed boat bouse by tbe year or tbe Third. I can offer you a cboloe of tbe best second hand boats and take your present craft In. part payment on a aew one. Railways on which to run boats JOHN A. PHARO, IMS Lafayette m. t Keystone phooe No Ulk

NEWS AND |] COMMENT | items of\ocal interest, pass- ; i ing events and occurences ; gleaned from here and there— read these articles about your friends. Everybody is now playing shuffle- \ board at Ed. Say re's place on Decatur c street. Many proficient Bhuf tiers are , giving daily demonstrations of theirskill. ~ . ' | Millard Ft Ware, general contractor for [ all kinds of cement, brick and concrete t work, has a number of large contracts j work on East Cape May and else- , where, and will get busy as soop as j the weather conditions permit. ; ... ( An artesian well is being driven at j the Hotel Uape May for the purpose of | supplying that hostelry with water. i ] * * * I Mrs. John Bennett's residence which | moved from Washington street to Cape May, has reached its destination and is a decided addition to tlie j cottage colony of that section. - * # * 1 Mrs. Daniel Focer, who has been con- < fined to her home on Perry stri-et for i time on account of illness, has,] recovered sufficientlv to be about again. ! * • • I TIip gunning season for wild ducks j has closed and many of the sporting fraternity have hung up their breech- . and have seized the clam tongs j , 'and have proceeded to dig up tlio Land- j i Creek and thorbughfares in quest j of tbe luscious bivalves.

The young ladies' club which was or- • ;s g&nized several" wo-ts ago met at the | j,, | of Miss Millicent Hand on Wash- ! fl I street and enjoyed a delightful ], time.-"The club is known as tbe "0. D-i (Continued on fifth page.) j ;-x '• — ' fi j"" BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES '' I'astur MeCurdy makes the fyllowing special announcements for Sunday, Feb- ] rtiary 7. at the First Baptist Church. I '' The regular communion service Sun- j morning at the close of the sen-ice. | ^ Reception of members at this service , and hand of fellowship will be extend- 1 ed. "Go to Sunday School" Sunday will ; obsen ed by the church at 3 o'clock. | - Every member of the church i's being •' p<-rsonally invitqd to attend the Sun- 1 1 | day sohool at this service and to bring f friend. A record breaking attendance ] 4 looked for. ' 1 Sunday night Pastor MeCurdy will I a series of illustrated evan- j ' gelistic sermons. These sermons will j ' [ one on, "The Prodigal Son ; on j the Healing of the Blind Man ; The Unmerciful Servant: and on the Seven Words from the Cross. These sermons j ' intended to impress through eye and | 1 ' ear the importance of immediate pub- 1 lie acceptance of Jesus Christ. ' Brotherhood prayer meeting on Saturday night at 7.45. Reports from the ' Billy Sunday, meetings are always in order at the^e meetings. If you have ! ' caught fire come around and burn us up. Tickets for the concert of the Temple ( Girls Octette concert on the 23d will j be on sale after iionday. February 15. t General admission 25 cents; reseverd seats, 35 cents. BOY SCOUTS ATTENTION All menbers of Cape May Troop No. • 2, Boy Scouts of America, will meet at headquarters, Saturday, February 6, - 1J0 P. "M. sharp. Important business. W. D. McCURDY, Scoutmaster. " COUNTY BOARD OF ~ \ AGRICULTURAL MEETING 1 The Oa^w May County Board of Agriculture will meet at South Seaville on " Friday. Tebruary 19, 1915. The Farm Demonstrator, Prof. George B. Thrasher and others prominent in the farming circle _jvill be present. A profitable meeting 'is assured. J8-2-Bp2 stoves, heaters and ranges' 9 Call and see our line of Stove Boards, ' Coal Hods, Oil Cloths, Stove Blacking , and enamels. jesse m. brown. ■ 5,000 shipping tags 9 $5.00. February only. Star and Ware Publishing Co.

BASKET BALL CONTESTS V ..... . defeated here in the 1 most exciting and closely i contested game of season— ' score 50-49 — st. elizabeth to ' be here tonight. ' 1 The Cape May A. A. defeated Ed. 1 William's Riverton five on last Satur- 1 day night in one of the most close and exciting games seen here this season. 1 With four minutes to go, Riverton ' at 47-43. Baker dropped a field goal in and Kirk scored two fouls, tie- ' the score. A field goal put Riverin the lead. Kirk then scored a making the score 49-48, with ten seconds to go ; »Kirk dropped a doublein which won the game, score The lineup: CAPE MAY G. F. Pts. Shields, forward 3 0 6 .Little,^ forward 7 0 .14 j Kirk, center a 10 80 Raker, guard 3 0 6 Hughes, guard 2 0 4 20 10 50 G. F. Pts. forward ... 8 0 16 I'ittinger, forward .... 2 9 13 j center 2 0 4 j guard 4 0 8 1 : Hayney, guard 4 0 8 20 9 49 1 1 Referee — Little. ; j On Saturday night the Cape May A. A. will lineup against the St. -Elizabeth 1 ( five of the American I .vague, : K0N0WITCH BROS.' NEW STORE j The new store of Konowitch Brothers now 'completed and ijoing •- rushing

under the management of David Konowitch. The Konowitch brothers are bustlers and operate an1 other store in Wild wood which Is con- ' ccdi-d to be the finest yon Five Mile - Reach. The Cape May store is equip-|h-<I with all modem conveniences, including power meat grinders and cof- ' fee mills. The merchandise handled by ; this firm consists of selected meats, poultry, groceries, vegetables and tropijeal fruits. Lewis S. Bennett has as- | sisted greatly in making this beautiful I market popular. THE N. I. L CLUB O11 Monday night February 1st, the j N. L I. Club of Cape May "was royally j entertained by Mrs. Ella Carter hlcKnight, on Washington street. Only a of the club were absent in spite of I the extremely rough weather. The jollity lasted until mid-night. I This club will be entertained every j other week at Carter's Hall, 741) WashI ington street. MRS. HILDRETH ENTERTAINS I Mrs. James M. E. Hildreth entertained for Mrs. J. C. Corry of Philadelphia ] Wednesday afternoon, at her. beautiful Washington street home. \ ' THE OCEAN CITY BUDGET The Ocean City budget for the present , is one hundred and fifty-nine , thousand doyars. The city does not own the water works nor the sewer svsI oAN ARRIVAL I On Wednesday a fine baby boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Spicer Learning, on Hughes street. 5,000 SHIPPING TAGS • $5.00. February only. Star and Wave Publishing Co. Ware's Drug Shop (THE REXALI- STORE) ; Patent Medicines, Drug Sundries, Toilet Goods at Lowest Prices; Ask to . see the Blue Line Rubber Goods, 2 year 1 guarantee; also fresh stock of Pirika, 1 Samoset and Huyler Candies; All Writr ing Paper and Holiday Goods reduced. 5 Washington and Decatur Street, e Decatur and Washington Streets Gape May. L* BISSELL CARPET SWEEPERS 1, One Bissell "Cyco" Bearing Sweeper j will out last fifty brooms. Brooms wear out women and raise an awful I dust. Charles A- Swain, 305-307 Jackson street, is offering these sweepers at e $2.75. You are invited to examine them at any time.

THE T. Y. S. CLUB ' ' j On Friday night, January 29th, the jolly T. Y. S. Club organized at the home of Mrs. E. Garter McK night, 749 Washington street, for the purpose of ; holding carnivals of merriment, -music, ] ■ pool, manhattan and. cards, to be held . every other week at Carter's. Hall, ad1 dress as above. Some of the very prettiest and most charming young ladies to be found in old Gape May were present at - this -event. Gallant young fellows were plentiful — and the dancing I was an important feature of the eve- ' ning. Charming music was furnished ' 1 a Reginia. ' I Among the ladies' were: -Aliases Daisy 1 . Schellenger, Mabel Eldredge, Mary . Douglass, Ella Harker, Beulab Schel- , longer, Tilly Hhghes, Mary Keeler, 1 , Elizabeth Corson. Kathleen McCann, ' . Poinsetta Poinsett, and Mrs. Ella Me- 1 , Knight. The gentlement were Messrs. Ixufie Hand. James Hand, Virgil Marcy, Ben Poinsett, Lewis Knerr, James Kirk, ' • Rutherford Baker, Floyd Hughes, Ed- ' I ward Phillips, Joseph Cox, Robert Hand, 1 Lee Lemmon and Sylvester Robinson. 3 The Club party promises more mem- I I bers and will be entertained every other I _ week- at OarterVHall. The party dis3 banded at mid-night. 3 THE MARCY OPEN J — -> 1 ' The Marey under the management of ; Mrs. T. C. Sink, has remained upon dur3 ing the Whiter. Mrs. Sink is now an- - nouncing special low rates for early [I spring months. The" Marcy has a pleasant location and is near the beach. I' ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. DanieLC. Hand announce the engagement of their daughter Edith to John P. Keller, of Philadelphia '

PERSONAL MENTION INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS CL THE COMING AND- GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Miss Dorothy Sheppard, the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Sheppard, entertained Miss Katheryn Smith, of IJanarch, Pa, kad Mr. Howard Beckof Philadelphia, over the week end. Mr. L <rt Hewitt, a rising yotrng in the real estate business in Philadelphia, was a visitor here early in the week. Mr. ' and Mrs. William Hickey have installed a new Victrola ia their cozy on Madison avenue. Mrs. Herbert Townsend, of Philadelphia is passing several days most enjoyably with Assembly and Mrs. Lewis T. Stevens at their home on Oorgie St. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Falkinburg of Aatl antic City made a visit to their parents over Sunday. Mrs. Samuel Bartram and little daughter are spending some time in Philadelphia with Mrs. George Meyera Mrs. F. R. Hebenthal was in Philadelphia one day this week. . 5,000 SHIPPING TAGS 1 $5.00. February only. Star and Wave Publishing Co.

MECRAY BROTHERS Announce the opening of the COLUMBIA HOTEL on April 1, 1915, for the season. Reservations are now being made for , Easter. Special RatesAddress, Mecray Brothers, Cape May, N. J. \ . ♦ FOR SALE OR RENT Hotel Virginia Jackson Street, near the Ocean CAPE MAY, N. J. Furnished and equipped with private bath rooms, electric lights and steam heat An all the yesu- round house. CHARLES H. EDMUNDS OWNER 1420 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA r * FOR SALE. Black Monorcas and Brown Leghorn Cock- | erels. Far sale by Poultry Department, Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School, Woodbine, N. J.