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NEWS OF <E CHUR. ;ES methodist notes. "ollfriome day." As announced in tHe church bulletin last week, Sunday, August twcntysecond will be observed as "Old-Home Day."' There will basjnany interesting features •f the day's celebration, among which will be an old-fashioned Love Feast at ten o'clock. The Rev. James Burns will occupy the pulpit in the morning, and the Rev. W. Elwell Lake in the evening. Both of these preachers are former pastors of the local church, and well known. Ths slogan adopted for the day is "A guest in every home, and every family represented at publio service." A BOYS' CAMP. A camp for the boys of the church will be conducted during the first week of ' September. The camp will be composed of all boys over twelve and a number of the young men. All arrangements and details will be discussed next Thurs- ' day evening, when the party meets at the parsonage. .... The Mid-Week Service. Of late the attendance at the mid- ' week services have been phenominal. ' Last' Wednesday evening, despite the ' weather ninety were present to hear Dr. 1 A H. Lucas, pastor of Kemble Church, Woodbury. Each week sees an entirely 1 different program, and the public is al- 1 ways welcome. Topics for Sunday. 11.00. "Christianity's Paradox.'' 750. "The' Pessimist In the Desert." ' i PRESBYTERIAN The ladies of the church will hold j their annual cake sale to-morrow (Saturday) morning, in the church basement, i ' They have an enviable reputation in ' j Oape May for the excellency of these j cakes You will be most likely to secure the kind yon want by leaving your , ( order immediately with Miss Stiles, 803 Washington Street, or at the office of the j Hotel Columbia. Arrangements are being perfected for ( a splendid musical program at the ser- , vices on the 15th, when special offerings will be received for the Manse Fund. It is hoped that this debt may be largely reduced by the generosity of the members and friends of the congregation. t Mr. Allan Moore, tenor, of Philadelphia, whose singing last Sabbath was so ^ grPatly appreciated, will assist with the j music this coming Sabbath. , The Rev. J. W. Bischoff, minister at j the Beadle Memorial Chapel in Cape May Point, will preach .on Sabbath ^ evening. (

CHURCH OF THE ADVENT. Lafayette Street, between Decatur and Jackson Streets. The Rev. Grant Knauff, Priest. Tenth Sunday after Trinity August 8, Holy Communion. 7.30 a. m., other services 10.30 a. m. and 8.00 p. m. Church School, 2.30 p. m. The Bev. Wm. H. Graff, of Philadelphia. will preach at evening service at eight o'clock. Wednesday and Friday, Holy Communion .7.30 a. m. Friday evening. 7.30 p. m. STOVES STORED— f 1.50. per season. Why allow them to stand around all summer and rust? Call Jesse M. Brown to remove them. REVENUE STAMPS You may obtain Documentary Revenue Stamps pf various denominations by calling on the Security Trust Company, corner Washington and Ocean streets. H. C. THOMPSON, Manager. farmImplements The International Harvester Go's. Deering Mowers, rakes, Oaaoline Engines, Wagons and Farming Implements of all kinds are sold by TCT.T RUTHERFORD, 4th Avenue, West Oape May. R-26-Rt-lp. - Look At This Sale(12 Mattings at 38.50 a rolL $6.00 Matting at $4.95 a roll. 9x12 Rags for $290. 6x9 Rugs for $1.90. Crex Rugs, 36x18, 40 cents. Crrx Rugs. 21x45, 55 cents. 9x12 Woolen Fibre Rugs, $8.75 8Vi x 10% Woolen Fibre Rugs, $7.75. 6x9 Woolen Fibre Ruga, $550 J. E. MECRAY. •04 Washington street

OLD LANDMARK 1 LIKEASPHINX Congress hall, once cape may's most noted hotel, now silent and mysterious as egyptian ' monuments. 9 From Thursday's Daily Star and Wave l People who make their first visit to ^ Cape May, are struck by the beautiful j location of, and the fine ocean_view from I Congress Hall. They stop to admire sad remain to ponder, why such ad excellent . location and such a fine site should be permitted to be overgrown with L weeds. When they inquire of Cape May , residents as to the history of the pile of brick and mortar, surmounting the beautiful eminence, they are told of the wonderful brilliant history of its palmy I days, and then their mystification inp creases as to why the owner of such a I property, should permit it_to go to ruin, . when with fte magic wand of a few ! thousand dollars, it could be made iuto . a veritable gold mine, returning enor- , mous dividends. The present owner, the E. C. Knight estate, of Philadelphia, has permitted its , southern style colonial columns to bend and almost topple over, its tall , smokestacks to fall across the roof, and the whole building to deteriorate to such an extent that it has become an eye-sore , to this otherwise hustling resort. Al- . ready uncanny stories are told of Ilfcbts , having been seen at the windows at . night, of mysterious noises heard within its ancient precincts, until the supcrsti1 tious colored folks are beginning to give • the place a wide berth at night. Whatever may be its future, or its , I piesent mysterious condition, Congress , Hull has had a glorious and illustrious , .past. The present building is thirty-ex | years old, having been built in 1879, as • i the successor of a former Congress Hall, . 'which was destroyed in the conflagration j which swept this resort on November 9, 1 j 1878, destroying more than 40 hotels - I and cottages. It was the first brick hotel to he lmilt in Cspe^May. The , builders were Alexander M. Moore, long ( connected with the old Girard House, at and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, and Edward C Knight, the Phila- j dt-iphia anger refiner. On its large lawn, overlooking the ocean, the Philadelphia Fencibles. and , the Washington Light Infantry encamped years ago and in its spacious have been given halls to these j famous organizations and to the Fifth Maryland Regiment, when it encamped tare The Washington Light Infantry, in command of Colonel Moore, was so delighted with Cape May's hospitality dur- (

ing its encampment here in August, 1885, that the regiment carried with r them to Washington, Mayor Frederick J. Melvin, a prisoner, banqueted him, and presented him with a gold-headed I, rane. Room 100 on the second floor, has bean h occupied bv such famous prelates and statesmen as Cardinal Gibbons, Arch- . bishop Farley, now a cardinal, Secretary t of State Blaine, and others of lesser note. . » In the summer of 1891 when President Benjamin Harrison and family lived at Cape May Point, he had bis executive offices in a suite of rooms in Congress Hall, and all of the members of his cabj inet visited the hotel at various times. b as well as many foreign ministers and their legation members. General .William Tecumseh Sherman was once a guest of this famous, but • now crumbling house. This year a crop r of hay was made on the lawn of the '» hotel, and its only guests are the ever p-esent English sparrow. The Blue Car will leave the Iron Her Cape May, daily, every two hour* and evenings at 750. Ths Or will Wait for the return of parties at the Casino, . Wildowod. Lewis J. Sayre, Cape May. , Keystone Phone 140x. 441-6-26 -4t BLUE RIBBON GARAGE Under New Management Repairing and Supplies a Specialty Gasoline, Grease & Accessories. Free Air WILDW00D, N. J. , Lincoln Ave. and Railroad. Keystone Phone.'. DO YOU WANT IT? Limited amount of money to place on mortgages within the city, in sums of $500, $1000 and $1500. GILBERT C HUGHES, Realty, No. 214 Oeean 8treet. IP 1

[ BATHING ON ; THEBEACH _ favorite pastime of throngs ® who visit the resort— notes j of the fair bathers seen bathing and promenading on the beach. B The beach presented ' its usual scene " of - gayety, activity and color. Many ' and varied are the costumes seen there . 1 daily. Not only are the bathing togs , i interesting, but the fashionable ap- . ' parel of the strollers on the boardwalk and on the sand, as well as of 1 those resting under the tents and on the r- band pier are so varied and attractive as to present to the silent onlooker a , constant and continuous riot of design and color. r The most interesting part of the beach drama is the part played by the . ' little kiddies in this daily panorama on - ■ the strand. The reporter counted no ' less than 400 children, under 12 years | ' of age on the beach, -between Howard Street and Broadway. These interest- j ing little folks are always busy, and ' regardless of the roaring breakers, the , ' large crowds nearby, the band music, , the whole world, in fact, they live on ' in a world of their own", building sand , ' houses, embankments, irrigation sys- . 1 terns, fortifications, etc. They are ' happy, because they are care free. Yet , they, in their world have problems to 1 solve, and difficulties to meet. After " all their elders are only children at 1 play. The human animal wants amuse ' ment. he no longer calls it play, but , Miss Schellenger and Miss Hildreth". f 1 two of Cape May's obliging and compe1 tent postoflice clerks, are frequenters of j ' the bathing beach. Miss Van Scoy, an attractive New t '[York State school marm, was bathing ' yesterday. 1 Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Perkins, who are 1 guests at the Hotel Cape 9 ' are ardent surf bathers. Miss M. H. Wetter, one of the Hotel f 1 Cape May's attractive and popular : guests, lias been seen dressed in a very j ' catchy bathing outfit. . Miss Dorothy Perkins, a very charm- { young lady is popular on the beach, j. Miss Eleanor Hack of Baltimore, was seen on the strand, accompanied by ' several friends. t Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Bartlett and their attractive daughter, Miss Bartlett, en- f ' bathing. Mrs. Norman Grey is a stately and B charming matron, who has been seen strolling on the beach and boardwalk, with friends. j Miss Emily Mecrav never misses a f day in the surf.

' Mist Partridge, who is a guest at the the Stockton Villa, for the season, is a bather and swimmer who attracts a great deal of attention. Vrs, Charles Quidort and her boys w.-i,. seen on the beach. d 0 The ladies of the First Presbyterian ;• Church will hold their annual sale of r home-made cakes on Saturday morning, August 7th, in the basement of the t chtirrh. Orders may be left with Miss t Eiurja Stites. 303 Washington Street, e and the office of the Columbia Hotel. If you have some money laid by for '• future use, the place to put that money 1 is :n the Security Trust Co., Cape May. t THE THIRD NEW JERSEY ? CAVALRY REUNION. e The Third New Jersey Cavalry Vetr erans' Association will hold its twenty- 1 fifth annual reunion in C. O. Hall, Post, 1 No. 41, Asbury Park, New Jersey, on r Tuesday, August 17, 1915, at 11 a. m. A 1 i special invitation is extended to the r wives and daughters of the comrades to 1 1, meet with us on that day. Comrades . please do not forget General Custer's Red Necktie when you come on that day for it takes the place of a badge. Din- ( ner will be served near the post room. Leonard L. Roray, Sec and Treas. , 610 Clinton Street, Camden. ^ Charles Wallen, Pres., VineUnd N. J. H©W I SERVE YOD , Flrat. I will build rou ths beat boat 1 for ths money. Second. I will store your boat la ay 1 enclosed boat houae by the year or the F Third. I can offer you a oholoe of the beat aeoand hand beau and tnke year ' preeent craft In part payment on a new one. Railways on which to run t— BtJOHN A. PHARO. 11*1 Lafayette BU Keystone pb«»- *«. tax

NEWS OF THE GOLF LINKS ' ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE > MEMBERS AND VISITORS— THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE SOCIAL LIFE. From Friday's Daily Star and Wave. A quiet day at the Golf Club. No records broken. No tournaments, no ( arriving celebrities, no extra language on the fourth hole. Nothing but just , the plain garden variety of golfers out for a nice quiet round. Of course J. F. . Black and Judge L. W. Doty started it j 1 with A. Wyant as referee. Then J. P. Forsythe started out and the day was • For the ladies Mrs. S. Bispham and Mrs. James Bateman were the first out. ( Dr. E. L. VanSant took a day off , from business to play a match with A. P. Strobe! - j T. Wriggina joined J. P. Forsythe for a round in the morning. Miss E. Hinman and Miss Smith played a twosome. Sir. Falls and Miss Falls took out ' visitors cards for the day and played in ^ the afternoon. Sliss E. Hopkins and Miss M. Starr • , out on the course in the after- J Mrs. J. P. Leigo made her initial round with Mr. Leigo to-day. D. C. Donohue, who was formerly a ■ ( member of our club, came up today for! a few days play... Of course it is hardly necessary to mention that G. H. Parr was here. He | j brought his kit this morning and after arraying himself in a neat working j suit proceeded to open up business with | former partners, the Bispham -Har- I vey firm. There was a slight hitch in ' 6 the negotiations due to a difference of j ( opinion over discounts, but rit was fin-tt ally amicably adjusted, both parties 1 wishing to conserve their energies and | ^ vocabulary for the new 4th hole. 1 . A Spark") and B. S. Bullett also had , ^ little argument out on the course, I and Sparks says he was the winner, j sadly agrees but wishes to reg- L ister a protest about Spark's account I of the score. We think the matter will I ^ to be settled by another argument on the course. . Scott and W. M. Allen played one of j their regular afternoon matches. After -disposing of Judge Doty in the . morning J. F. Black took on W. D. Frishmuth for a 9 hole match in the afternoon. Play will start" this morning at 10 o'clock in Mrs. S. H. Worth's mixed ? tennis tournament. The hand- '• some prizes for the winners and run- J ners up have been on exhibition in the e club house. For the men they are a

1 pair of golf cuff links, an^. a belt with ' sterling buckle. For the ladies a pair of beautiful gold bat pins and a silver 8 vanity box. Mrs. G. A. Harvey who has kindly taken charge of the arrangements for the tournament will 1 make the drawings at the club this f morning and play will start immediate- , ly. All those not present at the time ; scheduled for their matches will be s defaulted. , A notice has been received for the South Jersey tennis championship matches to be played at Ocean City, r August 21, 1915. The dub was refres- , ented last year and we wonder if a team will be sent this season. The matches wj}l consist of men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles. The ladies of the First Presbyterian - Church will hold their annual sale of , home-made cakes on Saturday morning, 1 August 7th, in the basement of the 1 church. Orders may be left with Miss s Emma Stites, 303 Washington Street, 1 and the office of the Columbia Hotel. AUTOMOBILES Before buying jee the new five pas6enger Metz touring car, fully equipped with Gray and Davis electric lighting and starter is an up to date car in every ' detail, has perfectly safe transmission 1 for lady to drive, has full eliptical springs back and front, and good spring upholstered cushions. Price $600. JOS. 8. STITES, Agent. Cape May City, N. J. Keystone Phone 134 -M. 0 1 KISSEL KAR (Every Inch A Car) ' TOURING CARS AND TRUCKS 1 SEND FOR LITERATURE 1 Henry Reeves, Agent . West Cape May, N. J.

PERSONAL 1 MENTION ; INTERESTING PERSONAL PARA- 1 GRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS EACH DAY. 1 Mrs. Edward Joy, of the Alcazar, 45th and Walnut Streets, is spending the sea- , ' Bon in Cape May, and is delighted with ( ' the season here. j Mrs. Walter L Phillips is entertain- j " ing as her guests, Mrs. F. G. Cooper and , son of Lansdowne. . f Miss Violet Gordon Gray, of Queen , ' Manor, is in "Cape May for a "so- , journ of three or four weeks. ( John Price Wetherill, Jr., and his ; daughter, Miss Alice Wetherill, will leave ( Cape May this week for an extended f motor trip through Canada and the ( Eastern States. 2^r. and Mrs. E. S. Page, who wore ? mentioned before in these columns as ( 1 stopping at the Stockton Villa, are ^ greatly enjoying Cap® May. W. J. McGarrv, who spends every week-end with his family at 212 Wind- . I sor Avenue, has been coming to Cape ^ j May for more than fifteen years. The . family have "been here all season, j Master Robert Smith, Jr., is spending j several weeks very delightfully with hip [ ' little cousins, Albert and Elinor Mci Garry, of 212 Windsor Avenue. •j 1 Mrs. Cyrus Dixon, of Germantown, is " spending a few weeks in Cape May as l' the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Francis 1 | on Queen Street. f j Wm. H. Souder has rented cottage No. II Perry Street, and he and his family' h | will occupy it for the remainder of the '' ! ton. h I J. If. Durolff and family are now lo- '' rated for the Bcason at 611 Franklin ' Street. p I Mr. W. E. Tolan, a prominent lawyer, h I member, of the Fifth Baptist Church, ■ 1 Pa., will address the midweek services at First Baptist Church 4 | on Wednesday night,' at 8 o'clock. P I Clias. P. Janvier and wifeTof Bridgeton. are spending their honeymoon in ^ 1 Cape May, and are staying at the GlenI wood. Mrs. Janvier was formerly Miss Amanda Knettle. Both these young pco- 0 pie are well known in Caps May and P have many friends here. 6 Dr. and Mrs. M. F. Percival, with their 8 daughter. Miss Mary, of Philadelphia, P arc spending some time in Cape May as l guests of the Star Villa. They anf great P admirers of Cape May, and are always 1 greeted by a host of friends. *• , Miss Emily MacBerney, of Philadelphia, is among the younger set at the v Star Villa. » >'

Even the famous Lebanon Valley, Pa., ^ is not good enough for Mr. and Mrs. F. r S. Sleeker, of Hummelstown, to spend r the summer in, that is why they come j every summer to Cape May and put up at the Wyoming, j Miss F. Foust. of New York City, is 8 one of the Glenwood guests who adds greatly to the life and gayety of that , house. s" , Miss Georgianna Lamb and Miss Kathleen Lamb, at the Baltimore Inn, are e among this week's New Yorkers in Cape 3 M»r Miss M. Robinson comes all the way . from the Lone Star State, Dallas, Texts, l and registers at the Lafayette, j Indianapolis is represented in Cape May by a delegation at the Windsor, I consisting of H. Beckus and wife, Misses C and G. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. M. Butler, and Miss L. Rowell. , Rev. P. P. Phillips and his beautiful f daughter, Migs Edith Phillips, of Alexandria, Vs., are sojourning for a few ; weeks at the Star Villa. 9 Miss Mabel Co;ry has returned from , Silver Bay, where she was attending the Missionary conference there. Miss E. S. Pancoast, a very good looking and attractive lady from Bromall, . Pa., is a guest at the Columbia. I C. R. Bell, one of Pittsburg's active I business men, is at the Columbia for ' several days, and while here Is taking 1 advantage of Cape May's attr*£tton& ' Mrs. Greenville D. Montgomery, of ! Wynnewood, and her daughter will visit 1 Mrs. H. Bartol Brazier in Cape May this ' month. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, who spent the past month in Cape May, have returned to their Philadelphia home. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson D. Warwick, who ■ been the guests of Mrs. Warwick's t cousin, Miss Florence Hancock, at the . Hancock cottage on Windsor (Continued on {age eight)

ALLIE TAYLOR BADLY INJURED FROM MOVING ENGINE COLLAR BONE BROKEN FOREARM AND THREE RIBS BROKEN, AND OTHERWISE BADLY BRUISED. From Tuesday's DaUy Star and Wave. Yesterday morning at about 850 a serious accident occurred at th* Spring Junction, where the ReadRoad has a side track to Schellengeris Landing. The engine of the train which Alfred Taylor ,of York AveWest Cape May, iB a brakeman, unhooked from the train and was making a switch, when Taylor stepped off. He grasped what he thought was a part of the engine, but which was a loose crow bar. He lost his he-Id and in some was hurled from the moving locomotive and seems to have been projected a considerable distance, resulting in very serious injuries. Some say the engine was moving at the rate of twenty five miles an hour, while others contend that it was moving very slowly, at the time, and was about to stop, after making the switch. It seems a most impossible that anyone should be so seriously, injured- by being thrown from a slowly moving engine. The injured man was picked up and taken to the office of Dr. F. R. Hughes on Washington Street, who dressed up the wounds, after which he was taken to his home, where he is unthe cSre of Dr. Hughes and a trained from one of the Philadelphia hospitals. Mr. Taylor had three ribs broken, his injured, the right fore-arm broken, left collar bom- broken, laceration on the of his left hand, a two and one-half inch laceration of the scalp which laid the skull, besides contusions and lac erations over the body. It required two to properly dress up the wounds and prepare the man for removal to his home. Under the skilful and efficient attention of Dr. Hughes. Mr. Taylor is getting along very nicely. THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS OP CAPE MAY COUNTY: Having served two terms in the House of Assembly, and standing as the party's candidate when success was doubtful, and it being the custom to send to the Senate the man who has previously served in the Assembly, I take the liberty of asking for your support for the nomination for State Senain the primaries to be held on September 28. I have used my best endeavors to work for Cape May County in the Legislature, and, if chosen the nominee, I

will consider it a positive duty and pleasant privilege to do my best for the j county, and to aid in the uniting of ALL f Republicans and others for a good and p economical government of the State. My votes must come from those who 8 will freely cast them for me, without g the use of questionable persuasion. t Appreciating the aid in the past of . the plain people, of whom I am one, I . respectfully solicit your support for the . nomination. e Cape May, July 26. 1915. LEWIS T. STEVENS. COLD SPRING RALLY. The annual rally of the Old Brick c Church, Cold Spring, N. J., wili be held r Sunday morning, August 15th. The scrg vices will begin at 10.30 and the usual . fine program has been prepared. The Rev. W. E. P. Haas, pastor of the Frankj ford Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, . I hiladelphia, will deliver the address of r the day. A special musical program is also being prepared and the endowment a committee will make a full report c As has been the custom heretof*:'", fans;-! rfution will be furnished a!i those who ilcsi'o to attend, provided their names are left at the office of the Star and Wave before noon on Saturday, August 14th. , r Don't trust to luck — put your money - wl^re it will he absolutely secure. - Look to the safety of the principal more [ than the rate of interest. Deposit in t the SECURITY TRUST CO., Washingi ton and Ocean streets. COLDWELL LAWNMOWERS Nothing but the best of materials and workmanship enter into the construction of Coldwell Lawnmowers — they ' been continuously on the markets of the world for more than forty years. | range from $3.00 to $12.00. A/14 fn. Ball Bearing Mower for $4.00. CHARLES A. SWAIN, " _ 805-7 Jackson St,