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For Your Baby. j The Signature of^ • CMte* i»tbe only guarantee that you hxvetha • " • c Genuine prepared by him for over 3o years. YOU'LL give YOUR baby the BEST f Your Physician JCnows Fletcher's Castoria. Sold only in one size bottle, never in bulk or otherwise; to protect the babies. The Centaur Company,

WEST CAPE MAY ■ A bank skiff 20 feet long, taking about 22 inches of water baa just been finished by Elon Hand, our expert sea craft buildeT, for Charles Swain, -it "U»a fine piece of work from bow to stem, and has a first dmas Bridgeport engine. This type of engine gives more satisfaction than the ordinary marine engine. Mrs. Joseph Robinson has been very ill but is now improvetag somewhat. Mrs. Harry Brown who had been very < seriously 111 with pneumonia, and who < swjoyed tor a fww days the hope of an early recovery and removal from the hospital to her home, suffered a relapse on Sabbath but her condition Is, however, again considered hopeful. Charles Simralngton and family are i having the homestead put in excellent ] shape for an early return for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Eldredge were ' hare the end of the week preparing their summer home to occupy it with their < famffy during the summer solstice. Though the end of the life of Thorn- , as W. Millet, Sr., was not for some time j unexpected by his family and friends, his death was that of a sudden shock ( to the community. And there cannot be other than a deeply felt regret by all In bis passing from our association in . the very prime of his life and influence, for to many of ui.he seems distinctly a personal loss. He was as sincere a man , and friend as a Christian conscience and the grace of an exemplary religious life , only can make. There is but one word that befits the true spirit of our friend Millet and that is, that he waa a ( "good" man — that is .the only word for that includes aH, expressions we so r heartily and commonly use when we wish to show the perfection of any j character He leaves a record of kind ( words and deeds 'and of an uninterruptiWy long business integrity of whicb any family can cherish with a just pride, in the loving memorial spirit of consols- ( toon. t And the local Methodist church of | ^ which he was a devout member, and to j ( which he nnselfiahlygave his services j without compensation for so many years, ; recently expressen with true sor- , row the end of these services ^ on account of his- declining health and that he should no long- , er preside at the organ, where they had • seen him for so many years and so long , edified by his fine musical talents and sympathetic touch in the beautiful and ] -•sweet strains of music stirring all hearts ; into delightful worship and praise. ' Thursday a party of ladies met at ;

' the home of Mrs. Annie McKean to sew for the Cold Spring missionary basket. . . _ A little daughter has arrived at the 1 t home of Mr. and Mrs. Marjc Fry mire. Mrs. H. S. Smith has returned from a I trip to Philadelphia. . The borough looks beautiful with 1 1 fruit trees in bloom, i All the housewives are keeping up i with the Jonesses. Mr. and Mrs. Win. H. Smith enjoyed a 1 - trip through the country on Tuesday. 1 Mrs. Chas. Willis and Mrs. Stella Johnston enoyed a trip through the woods - i on the Standard CHI wagon but Mrs. 1 i Willis paid dearly for her pleasure— 1 i being laid up with a touch of poison. Keep on ooking at the newly made lawns for the grass— it will soon be up. ' Mr. Win. Pettit is on the sick list with 1 , a painful sprain of the back but is im- ^ , proving. Miss Sallie Johnson, who has been ,« quite ill 4s improving. Mrs. Lillian Hand is able, afteT a j ( week's sickness to fill her position again, j ' Mr. Chaa. Willis has had his annual | ( trip to Newark and New York and en- , ( joyed it as usual. n In interest of the Primary class of |, the Chapel, we insert the following little |j gem: l< "Small as I am, I've a mission below — I A mission that widens, and grows as 1 i g~w. |, Tis to let alone cider, and brandy and | ^ 1 1 to keep well away frojp those po- , j tions of sin. I , • Cold water that comes from the well is ■ my drink, * The healthiest, purest, and sweetest, I J think. 'It never makes drunkards, it never#] woe — 111 praise it and drink it j wherever I go." It will soon be goodbye happy school) days. Happy for them but what about the mothers and fathers T And how about j the mischief they do to the trees o neighbors ? Yea they do not seem to, have any knowledge of right and wrong j in stealing flowers and tresspassing i where they should not A word to good i parents is sufficient. The Alpha Class met at the home of Bessie Miller on Monday evening. Daniel Miller spent Tuesday in Philadelphia. Mrs. C. C. Simmington and daughter, spent a few days with Mr. and I Thomas Eldredge, recently. j Mrs. Joseph Wheaton and daughter, 1 Louisa Wheaton spent Wednesday ' in Philadelphia. Mrs. C B- Perkins is entertaining Mrs. ! Ed. L. Fell, of Haddonfield, N. J., and | Miss Tern* Davis, of Camden, N. J. Mri Charles M. Hughes is spending a | [ few days in Philadelphia. W. G. Blattner apent Wednesday at > Goshen, NVJ. Br. and Mrs. F. R. Hughes, spent one ; day last 'week at Oape May Court House, i N. J. " Mrs. X. G. Doughty spent one day I Mat week away.' ' Mrs Milton Hand entertained compear over Sunday. ' d&JSEJBgjt

BMWiCOLD Tiei^tTo Deliriums Vinol Philadelphia, Pa.— "Last Fall I waa troubled with a very severe bran dial eotd. beaterfcaa, backache, and ackfto my stomach. I waa so bad I baestes alarmed and tried several medians, did^^ get^y ^

GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT Washington, D. C. May 8, 191#— A summary of the crop report for the State of New Jersey and for the United States, as compiled by the Bureau of Crop Estimates (and transmitted thru " the Weather Bureau), U. 8. Department J of Agriculture, is as follows: WINTER WHEAT S State— May 1 to forecaaet, 1,480,000 bushels; production last year (final es- ^ timate), 1,660,000; two years ago, 1,422,000; 1909-13 average, 1,475,000 bushels. United States— May 1 forecast, 499,000,000 bushels; productioa last year final estimate), 655,045,000; two years ago, 684, 990, 000; 1909-13, 441, 212,000 bushels. RYE State— May 1 forecast, 1,280,000 bush- . els; production last year (final estimate) 1,420,000; two years ago, 1,295,000 . bushels. j United States — May 1 forecast 44,300,000; production last year (final estimate), .49,190,000; two yean ago, 42,- * 779,000 bushels. MEADOWS State— May 1 condition 89, compared with the ten year average pf 90. ; United .States— May 1 condition RS.4, J compared with the ten year average of 883. g PASTURE State — May 1 condition 80, compared with the ten year average, of 88. United States — -May 1 condition 853, compared with the ten year average of 859 J SPRING PLOWIN ; State — Per cent done to May 1, 1916, estimated 45 per cent, compared with ( 78, May 1 last year and 64, the ten year average United States — Per cent done to May 1916, estimated 70.4 per cent, compared ^ , with 78.3 per cent on May last year and 1 68.6, the ten year average. SPRING PLANTING j State — Per cent done to May 1, 1916, estimated 30 per cent, compared with . 60 May 1 last year and 40, ten- yca» average. United States — Per cent - done to ( May 1, 1916, estimated 56.7 per cent, , compared with 653 per cent on May 1 last year and 55.9, the ten-year average. HAY, , State — Old crop oh farms May 1, estimated 78,000 tons, compared with 73,000 1 a year ago and 80,000 two years ago. { United State# — Old crop on firms j May 1 estimated 11,000,000 tonsRP'in- . pared with 8,468,000 a year ago and 7,- ; 832,000 two years ago. PRICES The first price given below fs the average on May 1 this year, and the second, the average on May 1 last fear. State — Wheat, 115 and 146 cents per Corn, 85 and 83 cents. Oats, 1 52 and 64 cents. Potatoes, 1 12 and 55 i cents. Hay, $20.50 and $18.80 per ton. I Cotton . . and . . cents per pound. Eggs, i 25 and 22 cents per dozen. | United States— Wheat, 102.0 and 139.6 j cents per bushel. Corn, 723 and 77.7,. | cents. Oats, 42.6 add 53.4 cents. Potatoes, 94.8 and 60.5 cents. Hay, $12.20 * land $11.82 per ton. Cotton, 11.5 and 9.1 cents per pound. Eggs, 18.1 and 17.1 I cents per dozen. I THE JERSEY COAST MAGAZINE J Will pay 50 cents up, according to J ! merit, for unpublished black and "white | . photographs of Jersey coast scenes ; j magazine beautifully illustrated in I black and gTeen; issued bi-monthly at 1 Astrary Park by H. B. Denegar; 75 ct$ j il FOR THE HOME < More need of paint insurance than fire insurance J You may never need the protection of your fire insurance,— but you ' will surely need the pro tec- ' tkm from decay and rot of the ' wood in your house. TftetO't fears of additional , waar in "T& t" IE»W T. JOHWOI m ' i

Professional Cards j! SPICER LEAMING COUNSELOR- AT-Kt W Master and Examiner in Chancery Office: Hughes and Franklin Sta~ Cape May, New Jersey. iAML'EL F. ELDREDGE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 'el-chants National Bank Building iTashington and Decatur Sts., Cape May, New Jersey NOTARY PUBLIC Solicitor and Master in Chancery, keystone Phone 35^. HENRY H. ELDREDGE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Solicitor in Chancery for New 1 Jersey Member of Pennsylvania Bar. Cape May, New Jei *y. JAMES M. E. HILDRETH j! COUNSELOR-AT-LAW Master and Examiner in Chancery ( NOTARY PUBLIC Offices at 214 Ocean Street Cape May New Jersey. Phone 39A. LEWIS T. STEVENS Counsellor-at-Law Special Master in Chancery Supreme Court Commissioner Notary Public Washington Street, Cape May. N. J. DR. J. H. OLIVER DENTIST 1120 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. (One door above Keith's Theatre) Fill in-* a specialty — from one dollar up. Bridge work, five dollars a tooth. Mjf special plates never rock. No one this method but myself. W"1 allow you carfare when you order th* beet teeth. Fh one— Walnut lit*. YOUR EYES I are Your Tools What care a good workman taker of hie took to beep them m the beat cuodirinci I Are Your Eyes AH Right? _ Let lit tot them end mt wMreedarrendoiaetW >3^/ woel wiA the leejt poaUe Jrt& C. A. LONGSTRETH SptcmlU in Eat T-tint ' I 'ftJEi I- 222 Herket Street BE 1 1 ' 1 ■ ■ — . CAPE MAY OPTICAL 613 ^Faahington Street Chpe May, N. J. EVERYTHING FOR THE EYE. , LENSES SPECIALTY Keystone "Phone 44D ■ 1 - - L. iNGERSOLL UN DEK WRlTBtfe" RiAilET ERED ELECTRICIAN I STORAGE BATTERIES AND ELEC TR1C CARS REPAIRED AND RE- : CHARGED. ELECTRICAL MtPATWu Hone Wiring, Niekleplating .lad ( Oxidising. OAeer-306 DesEtar Street RECIPE TOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of water add 1 ox Bay Rum. a small box of Bar ho Compound. ' and V ot of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a week until It becomee the desired elmde. Any druggist can put thia up or you can mix It at home at very little coat Full directions for making and use come , In each box of Barbo Compound. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and removes dandruff. It la excellent for falling hair ahd will make harsh , hair soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp. Is not sticky or greasy, and does not rub off CAPE .MAY ^m-Nf^I^TRICT SOCIETY FOR TftE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. I 214 Ocean Street, Gape May, N. J. j ' SAMUEL F. WARE, President. J. M. E. HILDRETH. Firet Vice-Presi-dent and Secretary. WE WAMTj^f ags STS alnatenprwaiMd. to Innodace NWI HUB -ame I»e, ml. LpW ■ >uU, Uabd W- • -zx. -. I ri . . see. wsuosti) -taWnls'it See Weotxeil for Purca Furniture. I • r '

Wm. F. Brown I PhUMBENG. STCAM and GAS FITTIfJO A Specialty. 417 Washington Street Estimates Furnished CAPE MAY Keystone Telephone 12# A HU of the best, wnd his pxtoas mom thsm •IP WASHINGTON 8TRSBT W. H. SMITH 1 SON 502 BROADWAY WEST CAPE MAY GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS ■ ■ IT Salt Meats. Fruits, Oranges, .Bananas. Patent Medicines Hardware. CIGARS AND TOBACCO Keystone Phone 161M M. H. WARE 516 Washington Street. HARDWARE HOUSEFURNISHINGS BLUE AND WHITE AND GRAY ENAMELWARE FISHNG TACKLE EstebHshed 1878, Keystone 114X Elwood L. Chambers Jere E. Chambers Chambers Bros. DEALERS IN Fresh Fish, Oysters, Clams and Crab Meat. 322 MANSION STREET » CAPE MAy, N. J I . fMo Delivery Keystone Phone 228D PeU Phone 17W FRANK ENTRIKEN & SONS Central Garage AUTOMOBiLE REPAIR WORK EXCELLENT EQUIPMENT FOB RAPID WORK. CARS GTORJED. CARS HIRED DAY 0R 'N"3Ha'. ALL KINDS OF AUTO SUPPLIER AGENTS FOR THE F * HtB ANK S-MOR SE GAS AND OIL ENGINB8. KEYSTONE i-gcA "MET.T. HENRY REEVES, MACHlIflST Plumbing, Steam and Hot Y/ater Heating, Gas Fitting. Irrigaton Plants Instidled. Keystone 177Y ll6jPearl $t, West Cape May GO TO H. C. BOHM Oa -IM QT 5ST )fi C 232 JACKSON STREET FOR FRESH FISH JL aken from his own fish pound daily ALL OTHER SEA FOODS IN SEASON Both Phones "* >xftmntjjei»verle» E. W. DAVID EXPERIENCE REGISTERED PLUMBER 1144 WASHINGTON ST. CAPE MAY, N. J. r, I ■ n— *»T • ■ -■ CAPE MAY COAL & fCE CO. UNDER NEW MjdiAG^MENT ' ' Best quality Coal as all.^n|^|. Careful preparation. Guaranteed weight Pore leaf manufjaetured from diatiUed water. Prompt 4nd courteous service. Main Office WASHINGTON STREET THOMAS S STEVENS. ■eS a*S bjikw TdtfSMCl - Huqr