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SECURITY TRUST CO, Southwest Corner Washington and Ocean Streets . Cape May, N. J., June 30th, 1915

RESOURCES Haw and Demand Loans $1,50^.45 ^H>»di and Mortgages .... 242,281.30 and Bonds 577,038.83 ^HtardrafU 32.12 ^^■■king Houses, Camden, ^VCkpe Ma j aad Gloucester 130,000.00 Cask and Reserre 337304A5 *2360,530.14 2 3

LIABILITIES. 5 Capital t 100,000.0 3 Surplus 100,000.00 1 Undivided Profits *7,082.91 DEPOSITS ZfitOM'-O 5 Reserre for Uxes 2,000.00 < *2360330.14

Tkree Per Cent. Intereot allowed m Time Deposits. Arts as Administrator, Executor, Guardian or Trustee. Wills drawn and kept without charge. 8afe Deposit Bona for Rant •* Barglsr-Proof Vault ADVISORY BOARD

J 8pieer Learning, nislrmaa Dr. James Meerar Aaron W. Hand Reuben T. Joan son Sherman S- Sharp

Henry C. Thompson, Secretary. John B. Huffman Albert G. Bennett Hen. Robert E. Hand Dr. Wilson A Lake

^ I NEW YEAR SUGGESTION H Decide to blot out extravagance and cultivate habita of thrift Think twice before spending money for some luxuiy that is ■ not actually needed. Regular deposits with us will prove of great benefit to you. W Your account is invited. In Iff 3 PER CENT INTEREST |}j PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS | B. S. CURTIS & SON NO. 324 DELAWARE AVE. CAPE .MAY CITY, N. J. I 4 PLUMBING. STEAM FIT TING AND GAS FITTING JOBBING PROMPT LY ATTENDED TO Keystone Telephone 133D. " REEVES & GREEN ENGINEERING Co7'»c" ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, S APPLIES AND PLUMBING STB AM AND ► • HOT WATER HEATING Machinists. Consulting Mechsnieal and Electrical Engineers. Agents for Peerless Mazda Lamps, Electric Irons, Fans, Stoves and Fixtures. Ertimstes Furnished ^ 4 Phone— Keystone 114 M 405 WASHINGTON ST. CAPE MAY, N. J KOKES & REUTER 524 WASHINGTON STREET Confectionery, Ice Cream and Cakes P RINGS! The celebrated WWW Ring*, the Urgeet assortment in South Jersey. * 5000 Beauties to ( Select From Christmas Gifts la Greet Varieties VICTROLAS AND RECORDS J. S GARRISON 305 Washington St., Cape May DERR'S ICE CREAM Qpeclai Attention to Family Trade. Orders PrompUy Delivered ^ Factory, 314 Mansion St. Dining Room, 313 TABX.B D *£*C1A*'TT

I TIN ROOFS AND SPOUTING | Require attention all the year. ° If yours is nearly gone ask for ' an estimate now. i) j j . — 5c and 10c House Furnishing Goods Of All Descriptions, at JESSE BROWN I 110 and 112 Jackson St. Cape May, N. J. IRON si# FOR EVERY t FENCE 1 — agfea- * PURPOSE # IlilW No Matter for What Purpose You Want Iron Fence We Can Supply Your Wants For Residences, Divisions on Property Lines, Cemeteries, Private Burying Grounds, Cemetery Lot Enclosures. Church and School Property, Court Houses and Jails Win this s^u^nfor°Th^tcwsrt Iron Fence Works." Their immense output facturiog profit, thereby giving us sdvanBO,Ut£»'en,^rthe COR. PERR1 AND SOUTH LAFAYCT1E STS. j ANNOUNCEMENT MAX POTASHNICK announces that he has purchased the grocery business of J. FRANK WILLIAMS on Broad wav and will move his Feed Store into the same buildiag. Fresh meats will ba added making a complete line'of GOOD EATS FOR MAN AND BEAST We .sire also glad to announce that prices on feed nave been reduced. Call and inspect this stock and see what you can save. MAX POTASHNICK Successor to J. SIMPKINS and J. FRANK WILLIAMS Broadway and Fifth Ave, West Cape May, N. J. Columbia Laundry / ^wflaE'iS nW H VOCE WEEKLY LAUNDRY should arrive la time; yon deal waat 7 snd flad you have bo deaa eMbea. jr and «« get it out ae quickly, yua will ^ surpriaed. Jnet try ae tbls week. A call on either Phone will bring our wagon to your door CONGRESS STREET AND BROADWAY PROMPT DELIVERIES ASSURED

DELAY THAT IS DANGEROUS. Coast defenses at Cape May as a "part of the scheme for. properly fortifying the Delaware Bay and River have not been included in the budget for the fiscal year of 1917 by the war department, and Representative J . Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia, has taken the matter up with the war department at the suggestion of the Board of Trade of Cape May. Financial conditions, however, the war department indicates, prevent it from proceeding further in the mattet at the present time, although "the plans of the department contemplate that ultimately coase defenses will be installed for the purpose of denying the use of the Delaware Bay to warships and transports of an enemy." The subject of fortifications along the Delaware Bay and River" hinges largely upon the action of Congress with respect to the coast artillery This branch of the service has been characterized in Washington as "the Cinderella of the war department. " General Weaver, chief of the coast artillery, after pointing oat that the United States possesses "the most formidable system of coast defenses in the world, in the matter of equipment and fortifications planned," adds that there had been no parallel attempt by legislation to provide, for manning it, and until such provision be made our coast defenses cannot be considered adequate. There are three forts on the Delaware, all about forty miles below Philadelphia, from which officers and enlisted men have been taken for service in other parts until only about 200 remain . This condition is not special to the approaches to Philadelphia. It applies to all sections of continental United States, and is due largely to the fact that, we now have to safeguard our colonial possessions. The coast artillery service, as planned, contemplates the use of State militia for manning the coast fortifications, but only a few States have contributed to this service, and Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey are not among them. General Weaver points out that the present authorized strength of the regular artillery corps is 701 officers, exclusive of chaplains, and 19,019 men. which, he obseves, is 550 officers and 10,828 enlisted men short of the number necessary to man our coast fortifications under the approved policy. And the persistent delaj' of Congress in this matter is a grave peril to the safety of the nation. Newark Evening Star. SOME OF SUNDAY'S INSHOOTS. "You just dig deep enough, and you '11 smell booze on all these people who lie about me." "The man that honors the Word of God is the man whom God will honor, no matter if he murders the King's English five times in ever}* sentence. " "The Jiigher critics — bell weathers of the Devil . ' ' "When the latest scholarship says one thing and the Bible says another the latest scholarship can go plumb to hell, for all of me. " "I plead not for a modern revival, but for an old-fashioned revival. " "I plead for a revival that will make a man honor his wife and, not keep somebody on the side . ' ' "Paul was a revivalist, and everywhere he went they had to call ont the cops. Everywhere he went he had a revival or a. riot'. " "Jesus Christ was killed by the church which he rebuked." "You cut Peter and Paul out of civilization, and what-yon've got left wouldn't make a rummage sale." "You say a revival is temporary. Yes. so is a bath, hut it does you good .' ' * "God never called me to be the pastor of a church. If He did. I 'd buy a round-trip ticket . And. believe me. 1 'd skin the bunch while I was there." "I've never seen n Scotchman in mv life that wasn't orthodox. They fed 'cm on oatmeal, porridge and catechism. But they are not always religious. The Devil is orthodox." "The Spirit of God flees from scenes of discord. You might just as well expect an Egyptian mummy to speak and hear children as to expect a church that is torn into, factions to save souls. "You've had no revival because the church lias been <^old. Yon can't scald a hog in ice water. " THE GI LL VS. THE CRAB. The swooping sea gulls whose predatory activities interest passengers on the ferry boats crossing the l^elaware are protected by law. They are generally looked upon as scavengers and being unfit for food, may not be killed . Since they came under the protection of the law in this State, about six years ago. the gulls have increased greatly, especially along the sea coast. In connection with tjieir increase an interesting ecnoiuic question has arisen. It is claimed by the fishermen along our coast that the gulls are eating up at least a million dollars worth of soft crabs a year between Cape May and Sandy Hook, that the crab shortage noticeable in late years is largely due to the insatiable appetite of these useless birds. The fishermen want the protection law repealed. so that the gulls may be reduced in number and the crabs be given a chance to increase. We may expect the sentimentalists who enthuse over the "white winged messengers* of the sea" to make a vigorous protest, but it is reajly an economic question, the fishermen having a good reason for pressing their bill. The gathering and marketing of sea food is a very important industry in this State. While the gull may lie an attraction and to some extent an asset at the shore resorts, if he threatens the extinction of the crab, it may be necessary to withdraw the protection which makes the Jersey coast his happy hunting ground. THE OLD ORDER CHASGETH. With the passing or the old year and the comiqg of the new seven states rang out the wet and rang in the dry. In Arkansas, Colorado. Idaho. Iowa. Oregon, Washington and South Carolina the legalized liquor traffic ceased to exist on January 1. It is now possible to walk on "dry" land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The chain of prohibition states extends from Georgia in the southeast to the state of Washington in the northwest. Indeed, one might start from Florida, which is getting dryer every day . Wyoming has so much dry territory that the corner of- that state between Colorado and Idaho interferes not at all -with the saloonlesa journey. Seven states and the territory of Alaska vote upon the question in 1916 — Vermont on March 7, South Dakota, California. Nebraska, Montana, Michigan. Idaho (constitutional amendment) and Alaska at the general election in November. Farm demonstration, under State auspices, is rapidly gaining fvor among our New Jersey farmers. Nine counties have already taken advantage of the law. passed in 1913, which makes it obligatory on Boards of Freeholders to make an appropriation for a county farm demonstration, upon proper application therefor. An annual expenditure of $15,000 by the State is provided for by the act, whiqh amount includes a salary of $4,000 for the State Superintendent,. The first county to respond was Sussex, which was followed in the order named by Mercer, Bergen, Atlantic, Cape May, Burlington, Cumberland. Monmouth and Middlesex counties. While there are not as yet available, accurate statistics indicating what this system of farm demonstration has done for New Jersey agriculture, it has been proven that the productivity of hundreds of farms has been increased through its introduction . .It is in the intelligent use, rather than in the acreage of land that the State's agricultural prosperity lies.