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SIXTY-FIRST YEAK ' CAPE MAY CITY. N. J,SArUljhAY, JUNE J, 1916 ... 1 Wl:' 1 1 ' '** 11 —

MEMORIAL , CEREMONIES SERVICES SUNDAY IK CHURCH OF ADVENT— ANNUAL TRIP OVER ENTIRE COUNTY KADE-^EVE-NING SERVICES HELD Of AUDITORIUM. On Sunday morning jhe veterans, members of tbe John Mecray Poet, met at the poet room on Franklin Street together with the Sons of Veteran* and the Cape May Band and paraded to the church of the Advent where religious and patriotic services for Memorial Day were held. An excellent address was rendered by "Dr. -Paul Sturtevant Howe this address appears in another part of thjs issuer^ ' Memorji Day was celebrated this year titth «onsiderably new vigor. The detachment of fifteen members of the John l^ray Port, a firing squad of eight and flower squad of six members of the Stons of Veterans and the Cape May Band left the post rooms on Franklin Street at 7.30 o'clock, proceeding to twenty cemeteries of the county by automobile. At' noon the party stopped foe. dinner at Tucks hoe where they were the guests of the Daughters of America. At one O'clock the party was oh the way again, the travel being started in the morning at the extreme northern end of the County and working south to Cape May by afternoon. At the cemeteries flowers were distributed, a salute fired over the graves, speeches made by Dr. Bosserman, Dr. McCurdy and Dr. Judd, who accompanied the veterans. In the evening exercises were held in the Auditorium for the members of the party that had journeyed over the county and the public. The program, which consisted of many instrumental and vocal treats, in addition to the excellent address by Dr. Judd and the recitations and readings, commenced at eight o'clock and lasting until about ten-thirty. The exercises were opened by a prayer by the Post Chaplain, after which followed the reading of General Order Number 11, by Comrade Thomas S. Stevens, the reading of Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg by Joseph Brewton, the address by Dr. Judd, after which the audience were , entertained by the excellent solo by Miss Elsie Homan entitled "I Love the Whole United States." Dr. Paul Howe then delivered his address, after which Miss Rebecca Stevens favored the audience with a selected solo. The selections that were to be given by the Cape May Glee Club were omitted because of the fact that the club waa unable to attend the exercises Kenneth E. Miller then entertained with a violin solo, after which the recitation "The Aged Stranger" was given by Lawrence Eldredge. Mrs. William H_ Thompson was unable to give the solo that was on the program for her owing to illness. Miss Lois Stillwell recited "The Reville" and the program closed with a solo entitled "Alone" by Mrs. Chester Landis, accompanied by Miss Helen Porter. MINSTREL SHOW FOR B B FUND The committee in charge of the summer baseball team has been arranging to hold a minstrel show on Friday ^nd Saturday, June 16-17 This show will be given in order to raise funds to regravel the ball field and make many necessary repairs and to supply the committee with a working fund for the start of the season The show will, according to the present plans be even better than last year's great success and H should be well patronized both by the lovers of minstrels and supporters of the team Further information on the show wfll be given at a Mar date m "T Rain Spouting, Gotten and SM Ml C Brown, U0 and 111 Jaskn Bt MATTING AND RUG SALE New goods arrived this week. Extra fine matting, 16.50 roQ. 9x12 Matting Rugs 55.00. «x9 Matting Rugs $500, Both sizes In a variety of oriental patteraa N 9x11 Woolen fibre rugs 6B.W. fcxlO Woolen fibre rugs 17.75. Thee. prise. Osx rugs in Man nngteg frees 15x36 to 36x7* from 45 esnte to 5L55. MBCRAVB CENTRAL SUPPLY 8T0RK 505 Wetetegtue Street, Ope May, K J.

, MOSQUITO WORE PROGRESSING RAPIDLY The mosquito extermination work is 1 progressing very rapidly, the Oepe IaI land Creek being cleaned out and the meadow land drained almost as far at t the Light House at the present time, j Bids for the digging of 300,000 linear feet of ditching were opened Friday at Court Housq. and will be granted during the coming week, the work to start immediately after the contract is awarded. '' During the coming week a mosquito 1 exhibition will be held in one of the ~ Star and Wave windows. This exhibition will show how the fresh and salt e water mosquitoes breed and also how " to prevent them from ^reeding. One B of the features of this exhibition will be the tanks in which one may be able to 8 see the live mosquitoes emerging from the water. " STRAND THEATRE OPENS MONDAY e That the season is here is without a ® doubt when we see the beach front amusements opening. flOn Monday eve8 ning the Strand Theatre will open again e under the management of J. P. Cox, who is now proprietor of the Perry St. 0 Theatre, which will close its doors on Saturday night and the Strand Theatre will then become the summer home of 1 Paramount pictures that have made the 8 Perry St. Theatre known throughout the county. l' An especially attractive program has 1 been planned for the .opening week at the beach front house, the following be- ' ing the features: Monday, June 5 — Marguerite Clark in "The Prince and the Pauper." 8' Tuesday, June 6th— Denman Thompr- son's famous play "The Old Homestead." Wednesday, June 7th — Tbeda Bara in "Gold and the Woman." ° Thursday, Jape 8tt — Dustin Farman in "A -Gentleman from Indiana." " Friday, June 9 — Robt. Gailord in^The Turn of the Road." Saturday, June 10 — Emmy Wehlen in "Her Reckoning." k BENEFIT FOR SCHOOL e LIBRARY FUND ^ On the opening night of the Strand j Theatre at the Iron Pier the Committee J on the fund for a Bchool library will ' give a benefit in order to raise fnnds The feature for the evening of the ben- ^ efit will be "The Prince and the Pauper" with Marguerite Clark as the star and ^ should be well attended, the price of ^ the admission being fifteen cents * KEEP TO THE RIGHT During the past week the sign posts ^ that were placed at the corners of ^ Broadway and the Beach and Broadway and Perry street for last summer were ^ replaced for the coming season. A new ^ sign of unique design hag been placed ^ at the corner of Washington and Perry ^ street. This sign is far superior to the older ones being designed so that it will catch the eye very easily. The signs ^ ate placed . with the object of averting ^ accidents at comers where traffic is heavy and if everybody will "keep to the right" as the signs say we oan feel ' much safer while turning a oorner. CASINO TO RUN STANLEY PICTURES The Casino Theatre at Madison avenue will open for the season shortly. The g entire Casino will be under the managed ment of C. Earle Miller and Carl Suelke. U The building is being entirely gone over with paint and being put in first class r condition, new strings of electric lights t'e having been put on the arbors leading ^ to the entrances. u. The program of the Casino Theatre m this year will be composed exclusively d of motion pictures taken from the Stance Icy Company, new projectors are being installed and a regular operator of the ^ Stanley Company will be in charge of the' machines. r , H Rome Bargain. a WHY PAY RENT? I have listed a centrally located y property. The cottage contains ten rooms, bath, all modem improvements and is in fine condition. The average summer rental will more than mete all overhead charges. It la a derided bargain at the pries asked. * Very little cash required. Mm. "R. Sbepparfc m Merchants Nk Bank BUg. lbs eommerria! aceoanto of Ghps 16 May County business worn are tspselally welcome at the Security Trust On^ ■ A Strong TnerttntVn. 1. See Wenteril far Paste Ihi.tten

PAVING WILL 1 START SOON ; PRELIMINARY WORK OH BROAD- i WAY ABOUT C6MPLETEI£— WILL ' "START PAVING IN A FEW DAYS. The preliminary work of the Broadway paving is about completed, work ' on the new pipes and cement curbs j ' having been started on Friday of last , week and has been pushed to the limit. ^ : The machinery for the work has arriv- j ed, with the exception of the cement ^ ! mixer that is on the way. - t ! This road will be, when completed, one i, ' of the finest in the county and if the s 1 two blocks on Perry Street between j t Cape Island Creek and Washington ; e Street were paved this would" be a very ,] fine road to enter our city upon. 1 The new paging will be of coritrete j 1 and asphalt somewhat similar to that ' s of Washington Street and will cost ap- ! „ 1 proximately $16,000. ■ The contracting for this work Is Ev- j • erett Corson of Ocean City some of the c 1 machinery coming from the Xcwton Pav- j j ! ing Company of Philadelphia. ( D ^ It is thought that this paving will be i r ! sufficiently completed by July first to v : enable the traffic to use part of the 1 1 street «s tbe work ia.to be pushed asjt 3 fast as possible. j f INSPECT WORK AT I, THE PROVING GROUND | 1 During the past week Mr. J. George, ji A. Wolff, P. Robinson and G. Goss rep- j < ■ resenting the Scoville Manufacturing ! I Company arrived from Waterburv, Conn., • i 1 and W. L. Lukens representing the Beth- j i lebem Steel Company arrived from ] | 1 South Bethlehem and registered at the l Columbia. The men of the two com- i E panies were here making inspections of j 1 the two local Bethlehem Steel Company 1 3 plants. —

BOjO" WORK -PROGRESSES APPtA^ ro® ADDITIONAL FUNDS < MADS— RE-FITTING OF BOAT COM- 1 MENCES— THE LABOR SHORTAGE 1 HOLM UP SPEED OF WORK. j Tba new steamboat line has felt the late tho-tage in labor at Providence, R. wbqre the boat is at the present time. ( At G ret- it was believed that a squad of fifty mafl could be taken from Cape May to Kelp in the refitting of.th&frtlk j it was feared that if the men were transported such a distance labor trim- j would involve. The work Is pro- ^ gri-i-aiug as rapidly as possible" under j the present conditions and it is expect- ^ ed that the boat will be able to start ( during the latter part of this month, j An appeal for additional funds to al- | low the line to be more than a small | -ucc-ss has been made. This appeal is j las folows: V "* . ^ j To Our Property Owning Citizens ' There, prevails a common error in confusing government and management l-Juaicipnl affairs. The former is ^ I mainly an adherence to fixed rules and is | relatively unimportant, to the latter, ( which. depends much more upon Inltia- , j tivc, discretionary ability and ambition j to obtain results regardless of the ef- ( j fort necessary. Therefore, it seems most I municipalities are well governed and | poorly managed. j We see no reason <why the business methods employed in the management of a municipality need diff:er materially 'front those of any other large business; nor can we satisfactorily ascertain why the business of a city cannot be im- | proved and built up in keeping with : the advancement in general well manjaicd business. In addition to this we the best managed city will grow the most rapidly. I Our. property owners own the business ■ .f,

of Cape May, whieh is the largest bosioess we have here. No targe business ckn be successfully managed and built up unless its shareholders have ooofi- ' dence in and reasonably support and assist its officers, and good management | the part of th« owners of a busi'will result in "a change of officers should they be found incompetent or negligent. These are well known and fixed principles and should be born in mind and applied if we woald succeed. Were our cottages all rented and all our hotel space engaged for the season our business at present would be tbe building of more room; but, imfbrtunstely, the reverse of such conditions oon1 Irdnts us and, therefore, the most important public matter at the moment is that of a steamboat success which will the means of bringing to us this : summer thousands of visitors who oth- . erswise will not come; and In the fua total of many thousands. It is' < important that we work together in this matter and that we do not allow a small ' percentage of our people to do and venture too considerably in excess' of their proportion and thereby discourage their future action because, under present City management if reasonably encouraged, the work of going after results for our resort has only begun. Our people and business firms have ' subscribed to this proposition to date Lewes and Wildwood make the ' total $14,125. This jeares us $5 £75 short of an absolutely necessary $20,000 | to proceed with. s We should pot think of stopping short of$25,000 but we hope ^ to not have to give a' premium for subscriptions above the lesser amount and ^ we realize that we-must demonstrate the value of this venture (which will be whatever we together choose to make it) ere we can' successfully seUjtock at ! p*r- - — - This project wil pay the cities inter- [ ested, it cannot possibly fail to do so ; to 3ome extent, and therefore it will pejus all personally. The degree rests with us as herein lines an opportunity of 8 great possibility. A very targe new : line of business is procurable if we -will go after and get it. - This proposition will be put through even if your Chief Executive and a few others' are, by reason of a lack of reasonable support, compelled to go the limit; but, "a3" a burnt child dreads the fire, we will be accordinglj- cautious iq the future which we fear wiH mean following the old ruts already worn out and unprofitable to longer regard. This is a very worthy and a purely good business and public spirited movement. Will you join those 'of us who have already subscribed as heavily as those of you who have not, should in common fairness allow us to. Very resp&tfully, - W. L. STEVENS, Mayor. TAX BOARD REJECTS APPEALS The State Tax Board that met recentI ly at the City Hall to hear appeals on taxes rejected all appeals that were made. The appeals included the majority of the property in Plan A of New Cape May and the Congress Hotel property. LYRIC THEATRE TO OPEN The Ljric Theatre, that will be under the management of the owners, Arnold Brothers, will be open during the " coming week if the plans of the manaagement materialize. The improvements of this picture house are about completed and a successful season is expected. C0LDWELL LAWN MOWERS Have been on the market for 45 years. Nothing but the best of materials and workmanship enter into the construction of them. Prices range from $3^) to $14.00. Buy a good reliable guaranteed lawn mower while you are about it Full stock of garden hoes, rakes, spades, shovels, also sprinkling pots; garden hose I from lOe to 18c per foot (guaranteed). ! hose reels and nozzlea. CHARLES A. SWAIN, 305-7 Jackson street, -* Cape May, N. J. HERE BOYS, TAKE THE BIG CAR This car can be hired for long or short " trips. For anj-where at any time. Lodges, parties or joyrides. . Car will make trip to Wildwood Dec- ■ oration night leaving Central Pharmacy I at 7.30 P. M. returning leave Wildwood at 11.00 p. m. For engagement* or res- * ervation apply to Ham- Kehr, 414 Wert Perry street. 126^-6-27-U, Good work at eonatatoat prfoea. Jeaae Rain Spootixg, Gutters and Tlx Roofs M. Brown, 110 aad lit Jaekaee 81 High grade correspondence paper, 25 cents per pound at Star aad Wave Stationery Departzaewl ^

> WHY NOT WEAR ; Regal Shoes THIS SUMMER? The styles are the latest, • and you must pay more d elsewhere for as good [ quality. « Price, ^4 ' aad up ° Other Shoes at LowMt-Prieea. M. C FRYMRE 5 Broadway end York Are. WEST CAPE MAY : OPENING STjAM ' c^p3e,_ma.y, n. j. -MANAGEMENT, 'j P.COX ROM THE SUMMER THEATRE BEGINNING . June 5— MONDAY ---June 5 Opum* attraction, MARGUERITE CLARK in " The Prince and the Pauper "

i Ik A all I A I If IM wniivif bAUKvWU WILL UE raj IN CASIKO TNURSW INDOOR ON NIGHT OF GRADUA- j I The Commencement exercises of ths -1 i Cape May High School will be held dor- I ' ihg the coming week. On Sunday atoning, June 4th, Dr. C. 0. Bosserman will preach a special sermon to the gimdaating class in the Presbyterian Church. The annual exhibit of work done durI ing the year will be held in the High i School Building on Tuesday evening, June 6th, from 7 JO to ton o'clock. During the evening a folk dance will'be giv- d i en several times.' A cordial invitation .j| > has been extended to the parentteaad^jH I others interested in the work of the school to attend the exhibition, by tbe ^ : School Board, the teachers and the Su- *1 ■ pcrintendent. The wogk of this exhibition will in- J > dude the manual training work of the i pupils from the fifth grade to last year in High School, and will include for the i beginners articles a^h as wren houses : and for the-oldlr'pupils all kinds of fine : furnitafe. The pupils have worked well i and _<bey deserve the support of the ) community. : The graduating class of the Cepe May ; High School this year consists of Fred- ! - erick Emanuel Arnold, Maurice Bogere I Brooks, Elizabeth Taylor. Corson, Robert • Westley Dawson, Marie Hess, William 9 -A. Hill, Elsie Homan, Mary Learning 9 Hughes, James Alexander Kirk, Lewis t Woodward Knerr, Alberta Beid Newkirk, Jamek Joseph 0*Shaugnnessy, Allan - Franklin Poinsett, Edgar Charles Rich- > ardson, Helen Grace Smith C The Commencement exercises of the a High School will be held in the Casino f Theatre at Madison avenue, on..Xhur»r day evening, June 8th, at 8.15 P. M. II The doors will be opened at 7 JO for aO that have tickets, and admission will be h made only by tickets until 8.05 p. m., at v which time the doors will be opened to all, with qr without tickets. The ad--e dress of the evening will be delivered e by Dr. W. A. Hutchinson, President of q Conway Hall, Carlisle, Pa. He is an 1- exceptionally fine speaker and his adt dress will certainly be appreciated by all. On the evening of the Commence*, y ment exercises at the Casino the Alumni banquet will be held at the Windsor im0 mediately jfter the Commencement exs ercises are over. The committee -in n charge has requested the old Alumni members to keep their spirit up and to help make this year's banquet the beat r. that has ever been held. The tickets for the banquet are being sold by A C Lyle. The cost being $1.00 per plate. n ST. JOHNS CHURCH, CAPE MAY. e The vestry of St. Johns Church, Cape •. May, announce that arrangements lookw ing to the formation of a permanent ,. church Organization, have been under intention being to have completed the discussion for some months past, the organization by the choice of a rector to be in "charge commencing with the pres- ■- ent year. Owing to unforseen delay, >e the plan cannot be carried out until i" some time in the Fall, and the services ig at St. John's Church will therefore be ;. conducted as heretofore, beginning June [. 18th, 1916. The names of tbe clergy- ~ men in charge during the summer will be announced later. j PIANOS TUNED ^ G. S. Boyer, expert piano tuner regulator, all work guaranteed. Order* B left with R. B. Reeves, 210 Broadway, West Cape May, will redeve prompt 1 attention. Keystone phone 274. la s | DO TOU WANT IT? Limited amount of money to ptaee on mortgages within the city, in of •600. $1000 and $1500. GILBERT C HUGHES, Realty, No. 214 Ocean Street t rauilam M. ttbompson Undertaker and Practical Em balm er Cape May City, H. J. y Strictly First Class Automobile Service d when desired. '* Keystone 179X 1 Branch office — Wildwood, Nest Jersey, tf e _______ I SPECIAL Our bargain table is loaded with spew tale all 79e — ladies dresses, white stert5 wsiata, ehHdrea's dresees, white aad solored; iadtae' skirts slea. Mre. E Turner, ■ MteiAaavife,.