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8JXTV >ST YEAR CAPE MAY Cmf. N. J„SATUTOAY, MAY 20. 1916 THSgaanBAJ8|i)B

MOSQU. \ WORKSTARTS ( SOUTH CAPE MAY MEADOWS BEING " DRAINED AS INITIAL STEP TO ( EXTERMINATE PEST. . I An old dream of the summer cottager < and many local citisens is about to become a reality — to have old Cape May •free of mosquitoes. Work along this Una was made poaaible by the appropriation of $10,000 by the county and a small amount by the state. Under the direction of Mr. Charles S. , Beckwith. a state engineer, work sras , started on Tuesday of this week. The . work that is now under way i» the , cleaning of Cape Island Creek, Pond , Creek and New England Cleek, Light House Pond and Lake lily. In addition , to this 800.000 or more lineal feet of ditching will be dug in South Cape May : and Cape May Point in order to drain the meadows., These ditches will lead , into Cape Island Creek and gates will : be constructed at Sixth avenue and Broadway or Grant Street in order to keep the tides out of the meadows. These gates will be automatic allowing water to flow out but only enough to flow in to keep the bed of the creek from becoming foul. The work that has now been started was agitated last year by Mrs. H. SkipwithCannell. of Philadelphia, and Mr. James M. E. Hildreth of Cape May, and an attempt to raise funds by subscription from the publicNras made. This work was also recommended three years ago when the territory was gone over by the State board for advising extermination work. • For those that are optimistic as to whether this work will do away with the mosquitp pests we might advise a trip to where the actual work is taking place or if these persons are unwilling to travel the distance they might be advised to watch in these columns from week to week for the reports of "progress here * together with the work that has been done in other localities and illustrations of the work in progress here. In addition to the time that Mr. Beckwith is devoting to this work Dr. V. M. D. Marcy, the local Health Officer has been over the ground and the Secretary Mr. Wm. Porter is attending to the clerical work. The Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission has located thalr office in the Knerr Building on Washington street. Daring the course of the next week an exhibition of the mosquito work will be made in one of the Star and Wave windows. SPECIAL Our bargain table is loaded with specials all 79c — ladies dresses, white shirtwaists, children's dresses, white and colored; ladiee' skirts also. Mrs. E Turner, 3£3 Washington street, Cape May. H Home Bargain. WHY PAY RENT? I have Listed a centrally located property. Hie oottage contains tea rooms, bath, all modern Im-

provements and is in fine condition. The average summer rectal will more than meet all overhead charges. It is a decided bargain at the price asked. Very little each required. OTm. * Sbeppare Merchants Nt. Bank Bldg. Fresh candy, cigars and tobacco. Frymires,' Broadway and York avenue. The commercial accounts of Oepe May County business men are especially welcome at the Security Tsuet Om, J A Strong Institution. MATTING AND RUG SALE Hew goods arrived this week. Xrtm One matting, IBM roIL 8xlS Matting Bags $AO0. 8x9 Matting Huge $A00, Both elsas In a variety at oriental pattens. 8x11 Woolen (fare rugs EX. 8x10 Woolen Arc rugs $7.7$. Theet are a MiitoHi rag nt n nmmkiMi prise. Oex rags In tinm imaging from l$xM to $8xTt from Ǥ ennte to 81JA -MAYO (ML BOTFLY WXMM At We to ^ EMato. ^

| NEW RECTORY FOR CHURCH OF ADVENT Through the kindness of Miss Annie Knight the rectory of the Church of ' the Advent will hereafter be located nt j 201 Windsor avenue. The house in question is located at the comer of 8. Lnf- j ayette street and Windsor avenue. It | is a very large cottage with spacious j surrounding it Dr. Howe will occupy the new rectory the first of the week. i ASS ID Y GETS ANOTHER BIG CONTRACT ■ Wm. Cassidy, contractor and builder of this city, who is just about to com1 plete the large concrete machine shops for the John M. Rogers Co. has been awarded the contract to construct the concrete machine shops for the Philadel- ' phis School of Aviation of which Rob1 ert Glendenning, the banker, is the head. The shops will be ninety b$r a hundred feefi and are to be built at the new flying grounds at the immigration station ; on the Delaware. It is interesting to ' note that local firms ' are competing 1 more and more with the large Pbiladel1 phia firms. As was the case of the Rog- • era shops. The sand used in the school ' shops will be shipped from the local ] ' plant on the Bay shore. . — TAILOR USES NOVEL ADVERTISING ; ' A novel method of advertising has ust ' been adopted by Gys Rief." This adver- ' tising is in the form of a small folder ' that has one page with a photograph of a man, the suit being cut away. Under - s neath this page are several samples of 8 cloth allowing persons to see exactly r what a suit will look like before made. Mr. Rief has devoted considerable time to the study of the fine arts in both jj I ladies' and gentlemen's tailoring. HOTEL VIRGINIA Cape May, N. J. Season 1916 Mrs. T. R. Brooks for twenty years manager of the Carroll Villa, desires to j Inform her former patrons that she has

e leased the Virginia Hotel, which has j I been newly fnrn|shed and renovated, n equipped with electricity, oall bells and f private baths. The house is centrally , located and convenient to all places of , , amusement, half block from beach, on ( ir Jackson street. Large verandas. It- 1243 j 0 DO YOU WANT IT? i y Limited amount of mosey to place on . "r mortgages within the dty, in sums at . T $600, $1000 and $1180. GILBERT C HUGHES, Realty, k No fl< Omi Street k d COLDWELL LAWN MOWERS ' Have been on the market for 45 years. ' Nothing but the beat of materials and ' workmanship enter into the construction of them. Prices range from $3.00 to t $14 00 Buy a good reliable guaranteed 1 lawn mower while yon are about it. Full : r stock of garden hpes, rakes, spades, ahov- ' els, alto sprinkling pott; garden hose : from lOe to 18c per foot (guaranteed), hoee reals aad nozsles. ngART.lBR A SWAIN, $06-7 Jacfeaon street, Oape May, N. J.

MOVE TO OUST < CARR0W FAILS • . COURT ' ORDERS HaAT APPLICA- : j TION WAS NOT MADE IN PROPER I I LEGAL FORM. I The State Supreme Court in a per curiam opinion Wednesday refused to l set aside the appointment of James ! j Russel Carrow as Prosecutor of Cape ; May County. The court held that the legal method r of questioning appointment is by quo 1 . warranto. Smith, a Wildwood saloon , keeper who made the plea, thinks that , the State constitution prohibits Car- . row from serving, in that he was nom- . ins ted for the place during the last . session of the legislature and the Senate refused to confirm him for political 1 reasons. The court in its opinion of Wednesday ] does not pass upon the merits of Smith's j contentions, but its effect is to continue j Prosecutor Carrow in office until he is . ousted in some other way. I WIRELESS TOWER COMPLETED I I Work in the new wireless tower at | the water works has progressed more I rapidly than first anticipated. The » steel tow er of the new station was comt pleted yesterday and it is merely a question of two or three weeks before r the new instruments are installed and f the station is in working order. The tower has been erected by MillTf gen Brothers, Inc., of New York, Mr. y Robert Xeidig being in charge of the ;. construction work. At work on this e tower was the famous "Bob" Franklin h — the only man that has climbed and s sated himself on top of the flag pole on the Singer Building. Before leaving the new station here "Bob" proved that he was still as agile as ever by ■s climbing the pole at the top of the o tower and seating himself upon the top. X

BRICK REMEMBERED IN WILL When the will of the late Eli Rogson of Harriett B. Wales Rogers, P1 who is a sister to Judge Eli B. Wales, ^ was read it was learned that the sum " of $500 was bequeathed to the Old church. P It will be very gratifying to the memof the Old Church to know that this ^ man in memory of his mother and un- P cle, and in order to show the love he had for the old Church, was so gener- ° ous in remembering it. At this early date plana are being made for the annual rally of the Old and are progressing rapidly and it is expected that this year's rally will better than ever before. OIL STOVE SPECIAL (New Perfection) Burner complete, with oven ... $15.00 3 Burner, stove and cabinet only. 12.60 s 3- Burner, stove alone 9.60 d Burner, complete with oven . . 16.50 4 Burner, stove and cabinet only. 14.50 Burner, stove alone 12.75 e GEO. C. SANDGRAN, f 1 256-5-20-1 1 . West Cape May, N. J. r>

CHAMBER OF ' COMMERCE. HOLDS IMPORTANT MEETING AT J WILDWOOD WEDNR6DAY— WILL £ ESTABLISH FARM AGENCY. r On Wednesday evening representatives I from Cap* Mar, Ocean City, Strxthmere, f Sea rfeCSty, Avalon, Stone Harbor and I ' Wild wood,, were assembled at Wildwood 1 and took part in -the most enthusiastic 1 , meeting .of the Cape May County ( i Chamber <k Commerce in the yew. of its c ; existence, f _ The Chfcf interest of the meeting was j centered epon the mosquito extermina- . tion work that has started hrf-e. Philip 1?. Baker, of Wildwood Crest . Made a report on the suggestion made t [ some months ago that a farm agency be 1 establish*! in Cape May County in order , - that farmers may become acquainted ^ i with" the 'local possibilities. He jjfport- , . ed that he had an offer of one of the , i largest agencies in the country to co- , operate fs this work. t An imitation was also extended by , Professor Prank S. Lloyd -to the memt bers of tl8a Chamber of Commerce to attend the! laying of the cornerstone of : ^ the new Wildwood High School on Saturday afternoon. , i i — ' 1 p FISHING FLEET ARRIVES i A fleet »f twenty fishing smacks arrived here Son Monday, another fleet of . twenty arriving on Wednesday from Bivalve and Maurice River. This fleet wil e make our harbor their permanent quarg ten- and will ship their catches from D the Readjng wharf at the harbor. Sevi cral boarding houses have been opened e at the Lknding that are exclusively for . the fishermen. These boats have been d very busy during the last week, strollers y on the . boardwalk being able to bear e them returning in rapid succession from the grounds at all hours of the night.

NEEDLES NEW PASTMASTER After much controversy as to the appointment of a postmaster to succeed James E. Taylor, word was received here last Thursday that the appointment of Sol Needles had successfully passed the Senate. Mr. James Taylor, the man retiring the office, has been In that capacity for eight years and has been retained since the first of January because of the fact that another man was also considered for the office. . We feel sure, however, that Senators Hughes and Martine have made no mistake in their choice as Mr. Needles has been successfully engaged in business here for many years and is known as a man with good sound business prinCiP*U Death and destruction showered Wall Park Row, Times Square, Fifth Avenue. See the Battle Cry of Peace. The Safe Deposit VeuH of the Security Treat Oo. has modem devices for security sad convenience. Boxes rented at $2 aad upwards. I

CONFIRMATION SERVICES AT . CHURCH OF ADVENT j On Tuesday evening, May 16th, Bishop Matthews of Trenton officiated at the confirmation exorcises at the Church of the Advent A very large congrega- | tion attended, filling the church to the Those confirmed were the hisses Ernestine Ellison, Bessie Ellison, Katharine Stevens, Agnes Bennett, Ednah Parker, Mrs. Alexander, Messrs. Hobart James Ellison, Ralph Ellison, ' Donald Ewingy Harry Ewlng^ (Harry and Harry Truing, of Oape May 1 City, and Mrs. Smith and two daughters, of Stone Harbor. 1 FRENCH BATTLESHIP ANCHORS OFF SHORE On Saturday afternoon a large battleship was seen directly off ahore. At times the vessel was very close and for period of about two hours was apparently anchored. The sh^p was a very large one with twj smoke stacks and two conning towers. The boat was evidently French. It being said by parties with glasses on her that she flew the flag of that nation. An6ther battleship flying the Amer ican flag was maneuvering close by. It is thought that the French boat was watching for contraband boats or German raiders, and that the American was dose at hand to protect oar neutrality in case of a conflict within . the three mile limit. j TEACHERS RE-ELECTED At a recent meeting of the Cape May ^ City Board of Education, thefollowing teachers were re-elected for the terra J of 1916-1917. ^ Superintendent of Schools, K. P.. ^ Brunyate; Principal of the* High School, Irvin W. Ziegler; teachers of the High 1 School — Louis C. Butler, Jas. E. Spit/* r nas, Miss Maud Carr, Miss, Helen Wnl1 lace. Miss Adele Rowland, Wm. Meccay , Grade Teachers— Miss McKissfc, M'fs Webb, Miss Baker. Miss Walt, Miss Zerfoss, Miss McClaln, Miss Shields " Mis Hughes. * Miss Sarah N. Marty, science teacher, in the High School, has resigned to accept a better position in the Palmyra, f N. J., High School. ? C. M. GIRL GETS COUNTY POSITION News of the appointment of Miss .. Laura Hughes as assistant to Miss Ethel B Nickerson in directing domestic sdence at the voca tonal school at Court House g has been received this weft. The greati_ ly increased popularity of the vocational g school has necessitated the increase in 4 the teaching force. i- P. R. R. IMPROVING ROAD Work was started early this week to 1 put the local branch of the Pensyivania [j Rairoad m first class condition for the jj coming summer season. Street crossings are being improved and the roadbed being given an entire overhauling. a Rain Spouting, Gutters and Tto Roofs, a Good work at oonaistant prima. Jesse M. Brown, 110 aad lit Jaaknon St

INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING awm . ;■ GOING OT CAFE KAY VISIT QM AND RESIDENTS EACH DAY.. Miss Alice Cook is visiting Un. Eds ward Townsead. Hiss Freda Boehmer is visting friends Mr. Gilbert H. Shearer, of Philadelphia, has now opened his cottage a* Franklin street for the summer. , - ^ Mr. Joel Borton of Philadelphia is hen* making arrangements for the large Friends Conference that will take place here early in July. Friends of Mrs. Maskel Ware are sorry to hear of her recent accident Mrs. Ware fell from a chair spraining he ankle. The sprain is very painful and is more serious than a break. George Walten has been booming Mr. Dilks' trade this week. Mrs. William King and daughter Mrs. DeSilver have opened their cottage "The Hedges" for the summer. Mrs. Sharp and daughter Emily ara visiting Philadelphia and Port Norris for ten days or more. Miss Nina Lea, daughter of the late Henry C. Lea ,was here this week looking after bcr real estate interests. Mr. RusBel Phillips of the New York Herald is visiting his brother, Dr. Phillips. Mrs. Mary L. Eldredge and Mrs. Jos- ,. oph H. Stroud (nee Abbie Eldredge) of Philadelphia. Pa., formerly of this city, n (Continued on fourth page.) j RETURN DANCE VERY SUCCESSFUL J On last Monday evening a return danoe was given in the Auditorium. The af- ' fair was very successful the evening being enjoyed by all present. The 8 participants were: Rae Curtis, B. H. 8 Yotter, Anna Curtis,' Clifton Ware, Clara ' Kinkle, Stacy Robbing, Helen Smith, Edward Phillips, Alice Brewton, Albert R. Smith. Emma Gordon, W. S. Walker, " Dorothy Sheppard. Robert Phillips, L- Phene McKean, Mr. Ovcracher, Florenoe Ware. Dr. Chaa. J. MacAnulty, Helen Moore. George S. Curtis, Miss Darrah, s Harry W. Bell, Miss Van Dyke, Walter lg P. Taylor, Mrs. John T. Hewitt, John ,j T. Hewitt. ,e COMMENCEMENT AT CASINO I. The final settlement of the piece for il the Commencement exercises of the Cape n May High School was made last week with the decision on the Madison Avenue Casino, to be held on Thursday evening, the eighth of June. * TOilltam H. abompaon j" Undertaker and Practical F.mbalmrr ^ Cape May CKy, N. J. g. j Strictly First Clats Automobile Serrlos when desired. Keystone 179X >e Branch office— Wildwood, New Jersey, tf

. REGAL SHOES | QA full line of the latest style " REGALS " for the summer. Also a full line of popular priced high and low shoes. MEN'S SHOES BOYS' SHOES TENNIS SHOES BOY SCOUT SHOES 11 ^ fj1 • Broadway and .York Ave. Ma t. rrymire, West Cape May.

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