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CAPE.MAY STAR AND WAVE Ocean Wave Established 1855 ,"'i Btar of the Cape Established 1868 Merced in Star and Wave 1807 *, ALBERT R. BAND, General Manacer Forms close Thursday evenings. Out ! Of town circulation delivered Saturdays. • SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, 81.00 PER ( TEAR IN ADVANCE This paper is entered at the postoffice as second-class postal matter.* BTAR AND WAVE PUBLISHING CO. 815 and 817 Washington Street. HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST ENGLISH CONTEST HELD AT CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE SATURDAY, MAY 8th. | j The High School English contest of the Senior, Junior, Sophomore and Freshman classes of the county high j schools occurred in the elementary j •chool building at the county scat on Saturday morning. May 8th. Four high r schools were represented in the Freshman and Sophomore contests and five I in the Junior and Senior contests. Thcj' contests were in writing, upon subjects | ' contests were in writing, upon suojevto

supplied by A. B. Meredith, assistant commissioner of education, assigned to high schools, and not known to contestants or officials until opened in the presence of the contestants. They were as follows: Freshman Class: "My First Ride in an Automobile." Narrative composition. Sophomore: "An auction sale." Descriptive composition. Junior: "How to entertain on Hallowe'en." Expository composition. Senior: "Resolved, That the existence of fraternities in public high schools should be prohibited by a state law." Argumentative composition. The contest was presided over by Miss ^ Lucy E. Clorson, secretary to the County Superintendent of Schools and the rules 1 required, (1) that each contestant should be known by a number only, his , name and address being placed in a seal- , ^ ed envelope not to be opened until ; the awards were determined; (2) that!' •t least 500 words and not more than 1000 slmuld be written; (3) that one ' hour be allowed for the first writing in ( p-ncil and a half hour for copying in TJie resulting compositions were ex- f amim-d by the county superintendent with reference to style, diction, accuracy of expression, breadth of view, and adherence ' to the class of composition sought. The awards are as follows: Freshman — Annie E. Richardson, Cape May High School, silver medal. Sophomore — Florence Powell. Middle Township High School, silver medal. Junior — Warren Yenney, 208 E. Davis avenue. Wild wood, N. J., gold medal. , ' Senior — M. Russell Young, Upper Township High School, gold medal. ' All of the work was excellent and constituted a fin^test in English for the participants for there was no opportunity for a moment's preparation to T discuss the subjects offered. We publish below the paper written F by Miss Annie E. Richardson, of our n Cape May High School which was w awarded the Freshman medal. The nar- j ol

rative quality is the essential characteristic. My First Ride in an Automobile I 1 took my first automobile ride when I was a small girl. At that time auto- ' mobiles were looked upon as something out of the ordinary. When my uncle purchased one 1 felt very grand indeed, j And when he promised to take me for a ride one Saturday afternoon he could I have . done nothing which "would have i given me more delight. ; 1 The day finally arrived after a week I of anxious, w-aiting. The whole morning I went about with my. bead in the ' clouds, and it must be confessed, look- 1 ed down upon ray small companions 1 with pity. As the hour drew nearer my excitement increased until I could scarcely contain myself. At last the hours, which sei-med like years, dragged themselves by and I ' waa readv for my expedition. Since ! that time I have been onTnany pleasure excursions of various kinds but I have never again experienced the thrill which I did at that moment. The machine, whichjv*g a fairly large one, drew up at -the curb and I, with Than is more Catarrh In this section of the country than all other itiirssn put together, and until the last few years waa supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It a locrj disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly faffing to euro with loc-i treatment, pronounced it Incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a eonstl- . tutlonal ffilsease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment, Hall's Catarrh < tlonal cure on the market. It Is tal on intern^j^ln doaes from 19 drops (to atea- ■ offer SOS handled dollaiahfo r^a ny "case 'it , <=. ;

x "my bead in tbe'air, WAV proudly assist - j ed, or rather lifted into the cay. J Even now the memory of that ride 5 recurs to me. A short ride through the 8 street* and then we were rolling swiftly 1 along a country road. '"The fresh, spring r u.r, heavy with the scent of apply bios 1 ; soma, blew against our faces. Spring 1 was everywhere, and, although 1 did not realize it then. Spring was in my In art. Mile after mile flew by until we wenfar out into the country. And then, suddenly, without warning, : _ something happened. The machine. slow- , ed dou-n and with something between a I whenw and a grunt, the car stopped. | My uncle said something under his ] j bnath which 1 did not hear. Then he \ climbed down to investigate. ' He lifted the hood and peered in. Not , finding what he was looking for he shut ® . 't with -a bang. Then he looked at me, i and scratched his head. As this gave j - him no inspiration, he fumbled around 1 in the car and finally produced a tool ^ ] case. • He opened it and regarded the ^ contents with a perplexed stare. 1 am now inclined to believe that he knew 1 ] very little about the car outside of runI ning it, but he had not iniention of ;showing his lack of knowledge before j me, even though 1 was a small girl. , | After completing his survey of the , jtool case he removed his coat, and without a worjJ disappeared under the car. | '

t 1 was rather frightened hv his abrupt departure but 1 sat up very stiff and stared straight ahead of me. t. Presently my uncle emerged from his lowly position with a puzzled face. He had been unable to locate the cause of the trouble and informed me that the ! only thing for us to do was wait until some kindly disposed person should come along with aid. The road, however, was a lonely one and we waited for an hour or more. Finally we saw something approaching in , . the distance. As it drew nearer we saw e that it was a huge load of bay. The driver was a sleepy old fanner. When r it had come within hailing distance my ? uncle went to meet it. After a great a deal of persuasion and the exchange of ^ something from my uncle's hand to his, ( I a Tope was produced and after a great _ i deal of trouble it was attached to the 1 1 automobile. Then We moved slowly j . I away. It was a wearisome journey and j | long before it was completed I was sound asleep. 1 did not awaken until we drew up " before the garage. 1 csn imagine the ■uiiniliation my unci" must have felt going through the streets, preceded by a wagon load of hay. But at last the , man departed and my uncle went iii search of a machinist to find out the > cause of the trouble. He soon returned , with the man. who proceeded to examine the nflrhinery. After "a detailed examination he looked up with a puzzled frown unable to find the trouble. My ' uncle was thoroughly angry by. now. Then with a light upon bi« face th« | , machinist turned to my uncle. 1 "Whv mister." he said "your "-sTr- • line tank's empty." , MRS. CLARA F. HUGHES 1 The death of Mrs. Clara F., wife of ; ' B. Hughes, at the residence of 1 1 her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. !' in W.-st Cam- May. is the sad ' we are compelled to record this I ' week. Shi- died ot the age of 31 years. I ' j Sunday morning last after a long ill-

. ; nesa. The funeral occurred on Wednesj day, the services being conducted by , three clergymen. Rev. Mr. Bosserman. of i the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. j . i Hughes was a member: Rev, J. 1,, Land- ' r is and Rev. W. D. McOirdy, of the Bap- I ■ . fist Church. , j Mrs. Hughes had a large number of! t ; friends who will mourn her loss. She I | was always amiable, and helpful in her j , .relations with the community and lookj ed upon everybody in a kindly spirit. ;jShe suffered for a long time because of - her distressing bodily condition, but did j . so uncomplainingly. She was deyoted I to her husband and parents and will be . i sorely missed. SOMETHING NEW Have you seen the New Flat Curtain | Rods guaranteed not to sag or rust, at j i M. H. Wares, 516 Washington rtreet. I jlp-lt • STONE HARBOR. The official count in the special eleci tion of Monday u|kin the bond issue for ■ the construction of the boardwalk gave ! 126 votes cast; lj2 for and 14 against. | At an adjourned meeting of Councils • held that evening an ordinance favoriag the $33,000 bond issue was approved and ' passed second reading, final action to be 1 at the meeting of next Monday night. Other action included ordering five carloads of gravel for surfacing the newly acquired playground. The Stone Harbor base ball club was organized Monday night and with 24 active members enrolled. The officers arc: Manager, Albert Jakemite;. Cap-

Sate^rj^y- Custodian, Lew Herbert. Playing ti^Jry'for places will be late e in the af&aooiis on the • »7th sjrt-rt e plaza. J re Hods to organizing money y had been "Absented by friends of the g nov<ment-ior uniforms, and on Monday, i- flight when, tile M.4si>. Bower and Mcg Dowel! came from Philadelphia to vote it in the g. nenfl election' they brought L about S5C worth of batt£ baUs, face and e hand prol^on am! all that helps make the game',- iatecvsibig. '-Til i' playground ,, i- to be at the ocean end (bf 00th street; . land will be' ready fqr use in a fortnight." „ The Parkway pavilion will open the |. j 22d. a week "earlier thatlaat.year. „ The firstly' of the valley toWoom in e Intone Harbor was found, by Mrs. Ernest jRoss in her door yard .when she come t from the City on Sunday. She carried t 'away ovcr'a hundred "spikes of perfect ; "The Harrisburg Run" came, passed j i through and wont on. Entering the borI oiigh at 83d street from the beach there , was a minute's halt at Harbor Inn to ] j catch on to the box lunch to be eaten i r on the road, then, out First avenue to , . P'ith street, across the bridge 'and into , f "lie b-'vond, expecting to reach Wilming- . ton in time for supper and for the night. f Thursday evening will be Class Day , _ for tlie graduating eighth grade of our , sehool. losing exercises will be in the ' , old school: building the evening of the , t 2fith- ' !'

j In the dedication of the new school building, it is expected Father Wliaken | , g will give the invocation; Rev. Mr. | , p Daugherty the benediction, and Rev. Mr. j ; f Sutcliffe will represent and speak for J | e the taxpayers arid voters- Commission- j, I er Miller will represent the State 1 1 j Board; Superintendent Aaron Ham! the |; County Board; Mrs. R. P. Risley the , , Borough School Board and Mayor How- | ard S. Risley and S. E. Herbert, the bor- . ough and counciL Music will be by the . sight singing class of the school led by , Miss Harris, and the new Volunteer , Brass Band,. The Home and School Association has . . changed its meeting night for next week ! from the 90th to tb» 18th, to conform , with th« r.-ouest of the State (Vmgress ( of Mothers that the 18th shall be obsrrv- , ed as Peaci- Day by a meeting with a 1 ' j |ieae<- program. Everyone is invited to attend the meeting in the evening in til'cheol house. The program as arranged | i by Miss Van Thnyn"g Chairman >•( the j Committee.!*: Song ........ "Coining Dart of Peace" I Prayer ...; Mrs. Jiingkufth | "Drafted" <t . Mrs. Herbert I Song, Vl-dfi' not raise my boy to be r i * "• Soldier." j ® "Arbitration Mrs. Struthers. i ~ "History of Peace Activities" Miss M. L. Van Thuyne I "Peace Day" Mrs. Troxel!| "Peace" Mrs. Eli Townsend | Song "My Country 'tis of Thee" I All are invit«'d to be present. 1 j The pupils of the grammar grad-s did not go into the new school building on Monday morning as was promised. Dr. _ Douglass, the medical inspector, was lover the iaet of the week to see if the new building . was dry enough to be safe for teachers and children, and lie said it was not, and with the indiraj lions favoring a northeast storm the change was not to be thought of. There j great disappointment but there was no | for it. Examination began on WedIn...^-- and to be continued through

Friday. r The County Council of the Domestic ^ Arts will meet in Mr. Aaron W. Hand's ofFce in Court House the coming Sat- ' ! nrday afternoon. The address promised I is by Miss Hughes, of the faeulty of the I Drexel Institute, of Philadelphia. t ' Mrs. Isabella Matthews, of Milford, ' j Del., and her neighbor at home, Mrs. Weist were guests last week of heT | daughter, Mrs. Cora Bowers. CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Um For Over 30 Years UNCLAIMED LETTERS I List of unclaimed letters remaining in Cape May P. O. for week ending May 12, 1015: > j Fitzgerald, Charles, Jr. j Haring, Ralph. In calling for the above, please say adf vortised. J. E. TAYLOR, P. M. 4 Extra copies of the Star and Wave , are on 6ale at the Reading Newsstand, I Yanzant's Newsstand and L$ura Brown's , Newsstand. STOVES STORED— $1.50. r per season. Why allow them to stand nround all summer and rust? Call Jesse , M. Brown to remove them. , 0 Engraved Calling Cards are dainty gifta to graduates. A postal card will

THEIR FIRST LOAF OF BREAD e (Communicated.) £ ' City. » .«*»» «f the most pub- ' lic-sfm-ited of ogr resorts in several par- - ticukS-8, ;t has recently acquired a f 1 lu) roughly modern, school building and j baa had . for several year a Home and | c School association' which has exerted- a! t very salutary influence in school mat- j 1 tei»— always constructive, not destriie- j " live. ThV Boqrd of Education , has also 1 shown a IHu-riU" spirit T'nder these favt; or^ble rircuiiutifBcea. Mjss Ethel' NicSi- •" erattn. one of thb teaclfert, who has tak1 en several suiuiAer comrses in domes^e - ait. and ackiiee, b**, been permitted to 1 give a part o? "her time to teaching!* ' class of girls in cooking, sewing^ and the lil^e, ami the first loaf of bread was pro- ' duced by this class last week. It waa ' sent to County Superintendent Hand, who very much appreciated the courtesy ' and pronounced it "good enough for I anybody." Several ladies were called ' upon discussed it more technically and 1 pronounced if a most excellent product. One lady said that any baker who ofered bread of equal quality would soon develop a large trade. The incident is really an important because it demonstrates that in a small school like that at Sea Isle City, where four teai^iers are employed, work of this kind can be introduced without much expense, and valuable re- —

suits achieved. Miss Nickerson averages 1 about one hour each week with this I and the equipment could be provided in j any school, even where but one teacher • 1 i« employed, at trifling expense. The ' j prime requisite would be a teacher with | sufficient training in this line, and this j training being given free of tuition I I charges, at the Ocean City Summer school, is within easy reach of every teachyr in this county. Emergencies are best taken care of with a glass of good whiskey. In your house — in fact, in every house — there should always be a bottle of Gin or Whiskey near at hand just such a purpose. For medicinal and table use it has no equal. It is i stimulating and strengthening. Take our advice — never be withont it. S. Teitelman's Wholecale ! WINES AND LIQUORS 312 Washington Street Both Phones Cape May, N. J, W. H. BRIGHT Fire Insurance : any part of Cape May C< HOLLY BEACH, N 1 JOHN BRIGHT i SENERaL INSURANCE 1 Real Estate and 1 Mortgage Investments RIGHT IPII ffiNi WILD SHOD N.J. 1 1 y

8 PEACHES DO BEST ON AN; j ELEVATION. Authorities at the New Jersey !, Experiment Station who are iu L touch with the peach growing seer tions state that the set of buds in peach orchards throughout New Jersey is very heavy, and that up to the present time no injury has been done to the buds by cold weather or f rost. The peach orchards over the southern half of the State show full bloom, and every indication points to a very heavy crop. The only factor that might lessen the chance of a full crop is frost. Fruit . growers with their orchards on a , hill or sloping land and with an elevation of at least 100 feet have n vreat advantage over orchardists I with their plantings on lower ground according to the horticultural department at the New Jersey Station. Frost hits the low places and currents of air follow ' the slope of the land, the cold air draining off. The New Jersey Station lias in past years warned against plant- ' ing peaches on land which does not have sufficient elevation. In matay sections where low lands have been chosen the orchards have never born a full crop. Only occasional1 ly will a full crop be secured on 5 low land. Extra copies of the Star and Wave r are on sale at the Reading Newsstand, I Vanzant's Newsstand and Laura Brown's

YOU would, nt be apt to think that' wealthy men would feel any particular need of life insurance. Yet they are among the heaviest patrons of . the great life insurance companies. Great investors, accustomed to dealing with large sums, and therefore familiar with the fickleness of Dame Fortune— they fully appreciate the certainty and dependability oTHTe insurance. And you need "fts protection much more than they do. ^ FORREST F. DRYDEN. Fi ill n~. ■' ; ' It would tf»e thfcOompaa; much pleasure to have you vlatt the Prudential Exhibit on Lite Insurance and Public Welfare, Palace ot Mines and Metallurgy. Panama-Paclflc ExtMKio'-. San Francisco. « 7ti ■ . 7 5 1 4 • fffiko ' .

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FOR SALE. f FOR SALE — 18 dining room chairs, 1 . oak table, 1 large coal stove. For e Rent — Three Apartments. Apply to j Geo. Ogden. 4-17-258 ' FOR SALE B Lot 50x150 feet, on Second avenue, . West Cape May, has cement sidewalk . and curb, wide alley in rear, stable and wagon sheds. Best location in West Cape May, apply to Albert R. Hand. | FOR SALE 35 S. C Buff Leghorn Hens for sale! at 75c each. Address Guy Erricson, | Cape May, N.J. 317-5-15-ltj FOR SALE — -Buggy, good as nAv, small t market wagon, cheap. S. H. Oliver,' - 141 Pearl avenue, West Cape May. 3U250-4-17 Three desirable properties in West Cape May. Prices reasonable. See Samuel F. Eldredge, Merchants National Bank Building, Cape May, N. J. FOR SALE — A French hotel or boarding house range and a lot of hotel kitchen utensils cheap. Charles Quidort. 252-4-10-15 tf i FOR SALE — A cypress incubator hold- ^ ing 240 eggs in good condition. Will , sell for 87.00. Apply to Mrs. T. T. i Patchel, over Dunlap's Store, Cape May. J. 314-5-8-15 3t ' | Wanted — Two girls at' the Columbia . , A girl for general house word. Apply

- at 230 Perry Street, Cape May, N. -I. ' j I I ; WANTED — In cottage with refined J people room with board for self and ' " child three years old for the season, near ocean. Box No. 319, Star and Wave. J Good steady position for salesman to sell factories, garages, -tor.-s. drv clean- t 1 era. etc. Milwaukee Tank Works, Mil- ■ | waukee. Wis. '7

Rooms to Rent 1 Furnished or unfurnished, by season, t or year. All conveniences, including o heat. Apply at Mecray Pharmacy, 8 Washington and Perry street. FOR RENT >, Small building opposite Entriken GaI- rage on Decatur street, will rent at a , low price from now until October. Ap- , ply to Albert R. Hand, Star and Wave ' office. " i FOR RENT — Fine cottage on Queen I street, completely furnished, very comfortable. Apply to Mrs. E. Carter , McKnight, 74B Washington street. Cape . I May. 946-tf. It Li£J . FOR RENT — House or Apartment, apply at 1138 Lafayette street, Cape Way, N. J. FOR RENT | New apartments, newly furnTshcd— something nice at reasonable prices. Ap-^^. ply at Konowitch Bros. Store. w MONEY 1 I have some money to loan on first mortgage. Also a farm of 21-4 acres about one j mile from Cape May, fine house, bath, A toilet and electric lights. Price most ^ reasonable. A nice home on Stephens St., West Cape May. with land 150x150 at most reasonable price. . G. BOLTON ELDREDGE Nat. Bank Building.

MONEY Have client will loan on first mortsum from 8500 to 81,000. Apply to J. H. HUGHES, 410 Washington St. POULTRY | SALE — White Plymouth Rock eggB for hatching, one dollar per setting of fifteen. After September 1st, stock for sale. H. C Pierson, corner ' Washington and Unisn atreeta. 10-o-y

"SWIFT-SURE" FERTILIZERS Made For All Purposes. Sold at th^ j STEVENS CANNERIES CAPE MAY AND GOSHEN Who Pays? i Is a series of Photo Plays which will start at Armstrong's Opera House JACKSON STREET THURSDAY, MAY 20 AND WILL CONTINUE EACH THURSDAY Each Part is a Complete Story iu TUDcr am e