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COUNCIL _ i PROCEEDINGS HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION IN ORDER < TO START REPAIR WORK AS SOON i XS POSSIBLE— COMMITTEE IS IN- • STRUCTED TO ADVERTISE FOR s BIDS FOR PAVING STREET. The regular meeting of City Council 1 wan held Tuesday evening in the City < Hall The members present were: Ash- 1 burn. Bailey, Gilbert, Mecray, Smith, < Durn, uauey, onuen, . .-imvu,

Wentzell and York. The reports of the Treasurer, Police and.. Engineer of the water works were received and filed. Tht\ following communication was read but no action was taken. Cape May City, N. J., Feb. 18, 1915. To the President and Members of^ City Council, Cape May City, New Jersey: Gentlemen: — (We would respectfully call your attention to the fact that one of the City's fire plugs is directly in front of the door of our building on Jackson street from which we load all of our goods for delivery to our customers. The location of the plug makes it very inconvenient for us in our business. and we would respectfully request your honorable body to have the proper officers examine into the matter and if practicable tlo have the same moved to another location. Very respectfully yours. ELDREDGE A PHILUPS, Inc. I. H. ELDREDGE, Treas. ^ Mr. Mecray reported the bond issue of $86,000 was sold to A. B. Leach and Co., of New York. Mr. York reported several fire hydrants in different parts of the city in bad condition. On motion of Mr. Gilbert the committee was instructed to have same repaired and painted. Mr. Wentzell reported City Hall in ; need of repairs and paint and was in- j atructed to have repairs made and . painting done. Mr. Mecray reported that arrangements were Being made, to extend the the Decatur street sewer, in order that the Iron Pier might be connected. Engineer Miller reported in reference to the matter of Joseph Elwell sewer connection, which had been referred to State Committee and Engineer, by stat- " ing that the Board of Education seriously objected to anybody entering the school sewer. Dr. Samuel F. Wi., was give:, the floor and spoke in 1 behalf of the Cape May Society P. C. A. and urged that a contribution" be made to help support the society. Communication received from Oh as. T. Ferguson offering to sell the city a strip of land 33x520 feet from Corgie (Continued on fourth page.) Read the "Exploits of Elaine" in the | Star and Wave, then see the famous story illustrated at Armstrong's Opera House on Jackson Street, Tuesday ■cenutg. Thursday, March 11. at Armstrong's Opera House will be for the benefit of the Baptist Church. OUR NEW PRINCIPLE Tt has been proven in hnndreds of instances where forcible entries were made and burglaries committed, that no loek could hitherto withstand the burglar's jimmy. All_ that was necessary was to pry the bolt a trifle away from its socket and the door was open. We have learned, however, that doors cannot be jimmied at the hinges. This is because, first, the hinge is so placed that the jimmy cannot rearh it: secondly, because it cannot be forced as the pressure goes wit it instead of against it: thirdly, because each part of the hinge is inseparable from the other. That is why the hinge principle has become the principle of the Regal Loek. Rold by Clias. A. Rwain, 305-307 Jackson street. 7th Special Sale 30c White Cedar Buckets 20c. 20o Galvinized Buckets, 2 for 25c. Coal Buckets 19c. Fire Shovels 3c each. ' Table Oil Cloth, all the best grades 25c yard. 30c Brooms. 25c. Whisk Brooms 10c. Dust Pan and Brush. 13c for both, f 1.50 Ball Bearing Skates, only $1.19. <225 Guaranteed Bicycle Tires. $1.95. (Guaranteed). We give TRAVEL COUPONS with all J. E. MECRAVS, 606 Washington street.

i GRAND LODGE L 0. M. MEETS HERE : Columbia Lodge No. 23, L 0. M., Entertains Grand Lodge for Its Annual Session Here Tqesday. i The Cape May lodge of the Independ- ! ent Order of Mechanics will for the first [ ' time in its existence have the honor of • | entertaining the Grand Uxlge for its 1 annual session 011 Tuesday— MSrcb 9th. The Chpe May members are very much interested and are working hard 1 to give the visiting brothers the "time ■ of their" life" in a social way. Mr. W\. Yanzant, of the Maguire Villa will , entertains the delegates of which there

will be about one hundred. A sumptuous ' e banquet will be partaken of at the Mae guire Villa at noon, and will be quite 1 an enjoyable affair. T. Y. S. CLUB 1 Tin- T. Y. S. Club was entertained by < f Mrs. E. Carter McKnight, No. 749 Wash- : ington street .on Friday evening last, 4 p and had a most jolly evening. Games, t e dances and pool and the grand march * 1 and drill was the great feature of the « 1 evening. Refreshments served by the 1 hostess, when the party dismissed the j . music of the young sweet "Voices rang \ b out a good night. The next large party - will be after Easter. All tbe young { t ladies will be requested to dress in white f r as it will be an Easter social. ( f Those who participated in the pleasj nre of Friday evening were: Misses E. Corson, D. Schellinger. A. Newkirk. B. ^ Rchellinger. Miss Wright. M. Douglass, Miss Philiminon, E. McKnight, Joseph- ( 1. ine Poinsette, Messrs. Morris Brooks, i f "Ben Poinsette, Ed Phillips, Joe Cox. E ., Haldeman, Robert Hand. R. Robinson, ^ 1 Walter Taylor, V. Ma rev. F. Heines. F. ( . Hughes, Leslie Hand, Jas. Hand. Louis j f Knerr, Jas. Kirk. j L - F. W. CLUB I a The Hnssv Wnre-XTpb- was entertain- , . ' .-d bv Mrs. E. Carter McKnjght. 749 ( 1 Washington street, on Tuesday evening. ( All had r very enjoyable time. , „ A ST.y ATHICirS atJPPKK ; t On St. Patrick's Eve. Tuesday. Mamf ( Jtith.. the ladies of the West Ope May i Sewing Circle will serve a delicious rer past in the basement of the Chapel for ' D the small sum of 25 cents. You know 1 . of .the reputation of these culinary ' . artists. Our only advice to you is to 1 „ be there on tiipe. In flDemortam. <• ESSEN — In loving memory of our father ' » William Esseif. wlo departed this life t March 4th. 1900. « CHILDREN. i y Ware's Drug Shop ' (THE REXALL STORE) Patent Medicines, Drug Sundries, Toilet Goods at Lowest Prices; Ask to sec tbe Blue Line Rubber Goods, 2 year e | guarantee; also fresh stock of Pirika, s Samoset and Huyler Candies; All Writa ing Paper and Holiday Goods reduced y Washington^ and Decatur Street, Decatur and Washington Streets Cape May. * Mrs. Jeannette Underwood wiU give demonstrations of the famous Wade Corsets, both custom and made to order styles. Will call by appointment. Located at 522 Lafayette street. * 105-2-20-3t AUXILIARY SCOUTS ATTENTION! ^ Auxilliary Boy Scouts will meet at " the West Jersey R. R. station on Sat-. ^ urday morning at 9.00 O'diock. Each ^ boy bring ten cents, his lunch, two po- . tatoes (raw) and an apple. Cj ! W. D. McCURD^^SgJit /Master. ,t A REAL BARGAIN le Ten room furnished oottage. All modern conveniences. Lot 40x120. Centralis ly located. Liberal terms, c. Whole property can be now purchasn ed for less than what it cost to original- j ly build the house. Call and get the ^rice and terms, examine the property and you will be satisfied that it is the best chance to par- , chase a comfortable home ever made in this city. t. GILBERT C. HUGHES, Realty, ic - "No. 214 Ocean Street. c- Read the "Exploits of Elaine" in the ^ Star and Wave, then see the famous story illustrated at Armstrong's Opera House on Jackson Street, Tuesday M evening. Thursday, March 11, at Armstrong's Opera Houae .will be for the benefit of L tin- Baptist Church. r

NEWS AND COMMENT i--t ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST, PASS- , •f ING EVENTS AND OCCURENCES ts GLEANED FROM HERE AND THERE— READ pTHESE ARTICLES yd ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS. l\ The many friends of Thornton l'ocher H of New York City and Cope Mhv. will rt. be pleased to learn that "Po" has grad-

uated with honors from his grammar sehool- and has entered the DeWitt ClinHigh School. Thursday uiglit was a big success at Armstrong's Opera, house. The occasion was for the benefit of the Baptist Mr. Armstrong prepared a special program which made a big hit with the public. On Thursday, March the 11th, the Baptist Church will be given another benefit by the liberal manof this popular amusement house Mr. and Mrs. Jay Mecray arc the proud parents of a fine baby girl, who . will be known as Miss Relxcca Mecray. Rev. and Mrs. William A. Sunday and the various members of Bis party, were recently guests of Hon. William H. Berry, the Collector of the Port of Philadelphia on a trip up and down the Delaware River on board the U. S. Revenue "Wissahickon." Among the par ty were Mr. and Mrs. Harry I.. Parkinson. the former being one of the secretaries of tlie present evangelistic campaign. The day was warm and ideal for such a jaunt and about five hours were spent in visiting various places of interest, including Cramps Shipyard. Treaty Park, the Philadelphia' Yard. "Fort Mifflin, and the new battleship, "Moreno" built at the N«* York Shipbuilding Company yards for the Argentine Government. A luncheon served during the trip on board the "Wissahickon." In the event of Mr. ' Sunday visiting Cape May it is probable ; that Mr. Parkinson will accompany him and the party. The Omega Delta Chi Sorority nfcm- , were the guests of Miss Jealps t Hand on Monday evening. A11 meral < I tl being present rendered the meeting m I al enjoyable and successful. I f0 Mr. Irwin ('. Ziegler. prinicpal I the High school, has been in Phita 50 1 phia foT a few days observing the « J "(1 iwthc High Schools of that citv. | I , I

BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS SEASHORE ROAD TO BE SURFAGED VITH 50,000 GALLONS "GLUTRIN" 4-MESSRS LUDLAM AND SPRINGR AND NEWCOMB AND CARLSON I WARDED VARIOUS CONTRACTS. a regular meeting of the Board of LI ten freeholders held at the Court H< w. Cape May Court House, Tuesday, Mi ch 2d. 1915: .,11 cn _u. mio:

. tunmunication addressed to, the Bo rd Complaining of incompetency and gris Mismanagement on part of the offiaalsin charge of the State Hospital for Itijnc at Trenton, was read and referred jo the Lunacy Committee of -the Board |o investigate and report. 1 Tbetoard offered for sale at auction 1 twentj "Road Improvement" bonds of 1 the djoinination of $1,000 each, which ' were B in by the following named par- ' ti«» akhe premiums shown: < "Wajr Grace, one bond at 13-4 per ' eont-pmium. 4 1 KatA. Stowman. one bond at 13-4 t per cjt premium. t Clinn H. Hand, one bond at 1 3-4 per cent jemium. y Moan Hand, two bonds at 1 3-4 per cent jemium. jemium.

Seasle City Sinking Fund, two bonds at 1 J per cent premium. I.iijn McAllister, two bonds at 1 5-8 per ct premium. E«ia Woolson, one bond at 1 5-8 per cent jemium. Lei S. Ludlam, three bonds at 1 5-8 per a premium. C3an H. Hand,. 3 bonds at 1 5-8 per ' . cent emium. 1 M( E. Mixner, two bonds at 2 per J centrmium. ^ C3> R. Mixner. one bond at 2 per • ~ (il^n H. Hand, one bond at 2 per a^tfnuam- - .!>, .. u£ 2 yt/r*. Ludlam and Springer were \ jtl the contract for tbe construe- e . tioipf cement concrete gutters along tlipeninty road in the village of Tuck- E ah^at a cost of 34 1-2 cents per lineal u Ids for supplying and applying about lOfPO gallons of lignin binder, known as 'Gfutrin." or similar product, on the (Continued on fourth page.)

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P UNARY Cape 1? "(Reserves Milbi > IReserves ch sbarp Admission, 25c Reserved Seats, 35c Eastern Lea gulations and Rules to be by Philadelphia Inquirer. ; ■■ ■ — - MECRi BROTHERS Announce the ng of the COLUMBIA HOTEL on A] 1915, for the season. Reservations now being made for Easter. Spec! *• Address, Mecj thers, Cape May, N. J.

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ORGANIZES h T>ic County Board of Education recently appointed . by Judge EMrcdge, consisting of W. 1, Stevens, of this city; D E. L. Rice, of Court House; M. L. Bay- " arJ. of Woodbine, and Joseph Camp, of !. Dias Creek, and County Superintendent' * of- Schools A. W. Hand, ex-offioo, met 1. at the office of the latter at Court House on Wednesday and organized by f the eleteion of W. L. Stevens, president; t K- L. Rice, vice president; A. W. H.mt , secretary; Leslie Ludlam, treasurer; 2 Joseph Camp and M. L. Bavard. board t Joseph Camp Bayard,

u of school estimate. The first Thursday | in each month was fixed upon as the . regular day of meeting. The purpose | of the Board is to make a survey ct . the county with reference to organizi ing county vocational schools of agriculture. Assistant Commissioner of Education, Lewis H. Can-is, was present, and gave the new board a great deal of information on the subject. The organization of the same project in Atlantic County was explained and discussed and the secretary was appointed to prepare a definite outline for Cape May County to be considered at tfie next meeting of the board. MARRIED Joseph Francis Keefn was married to •loscpn rraneis Kccfe

s Miss Carrie Emma Bush on March 1, 1915. by the Rev. W. E. Lake. Miss j BuBh '8 the daughter of Mr. John Bush. Mr. Keefe has been a resident of Cape May for some time. . HIT THE TRAIL l( 1 Two of our most prominent citizens i David W. Rodan and Benjamin Curtis, , so impressed with Billy Sunday's1 f preaching that they came home and , proffered themselves as members of the M. E. Church and were very cordially j welcomed by the brethern.

THE VIRGINIA'S NEW PROPRIETOR • "a. IL l>. OnA. a thoroughly comJfcturta huti luuiagVi liMjiHMri UiL eoifT' Hotel on Jackson street, and expects to open the house on April 1st. Mrs. Cronk is of the Eldon. Chestnut and has conducted hotels in Wildwood with great success.

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PERSONAL MENTION INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Ox THE COMING AND GOING OF ClPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS DURING THE PAST WEEK. , Miss Edna MacDonald. one of <"%pMay's enthusiastic bathers, has just reto her New Yorl- i„,n,„ — . -d her from

,y visit of several weeks at Lakehurst, N. i- J- She baa been the guest of Dr. and te Mrs. Bogue, of New York City^ •f Mr. and Mrs. L J. Pocher of No. 231 s- W. 74th street, New York City, have i- just returned to their home after a proI- longed automobile trip as the guests of t, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Striker of Ridgeif wood. N. J. i- Mrs. Tasker Smith spent a few days c in Philadelphia last week, d Mrs. Walter Bennett and baby of e Philadelphia, are spending a few days y with Mrs. Judson Bennett, f Cadet Donald Curtis, of the United States Naval Academy, was called home on account of the serious illness of his father. ^ Mrs. Linda MacAllister. of Atlantic City, was a recent Cape May visitor at ^ the home of Captain and Mrs. Albert Bennett on Decatur street. COUNTY COUNCIL FOR PRbMOTION OF HOUSEHOLD ARTS. A public meeting of the Ckpe Mar County Council for the Promotion oV 1 Arts, will be held in the t court building. Cape May Court House, afternoon, March 13th, beginning at 1.30 o'clock. Mrs. I. Grafton Sieber, one of the of managers and a prominent leader of the New Jersey Congress of leaner or me r.ew Jersey Congress

Mothers, will be the speaker of the day. I Reports from the Counsellors of- tie - numerous Home Culture CSuha. organr ired in aB-^rf. of fhe bounty under 1 the auspices of the County Cbuneil, wiU' "* . be heard, and some demonstration work t done. Everybody is. invited to attend. The total membership of the various Home Culture Clubs aggregates nearly 600. Three desirable properties, in West Cape Mav. Prices reasonable. .See May. reasonable.

n Samuel F. Eldredge, Merchants National Bank Building, Cape May, N. J.

ftbe UirQinta Sachgon Street, near J3eacb WILL OPEN APRIL 1, 1915 For Easter holidays under new management. This hotel hat been newly equipped and furnished and will be conducted during the coming season in a thoroughly up-to-date and first-class manner. j F orLlr ir™"'Tu EP ^udsx.'-U; H llT Pa. H. D. CRONK ^ . St. Patrick's Supper Will be served in the dining room of the WEST CAPE MAY CHAPEL r ^ ON | Tuesday Evening March 16, 1915 | : 25c SUPPER 25c [ | WILL YOU BE THERE? I