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*"2T«T| r#pf May City, H. J. Notice is hereby give* that the Board of Registery and Election will sH at first, seeond, third and fourth election' districts of the City of Cape May at the house of Eli^s Covemale, No. 1160, Washington Street for the firat election diatrict; at the Old Waterworka building, on Washington Street, naar Madison, for the second election diatrict; at the Public School Building on Franklin Street, for the third election district; at the atore of Edward Crease, No. 108 Perry Street, for the fourth election district, on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1816 the hours of one and nine o'clock on said day, for the purpose of making a registration of voters and revise and correct the register of voters for said General Election of Tuesday, November 7, ,1816. Notice is hereby given that on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1816 between tbe hours of 6 o'clock A. M., and 7 o'clock P. M., a General Election will be held at which time the voters of said city will vote for the following -officers: Presidential Electors. One United States Senator to serve six years. m One Member of the House of Representatives to serve for tw'o years. One Governor to serve for three years One member of the General Assembly of New Jersey, for Cape May County, to serve for One year. One Sheriff to serve for three years. One Coroner of Cape May County to serve for three yes -a. One Constable to serve for three years. WILLIAM PORTER, City Clerk. Dated September 8th, 1816. NOTICE OF ELECTION. BOROUGH OF SOUTH CAPE MAY. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Registery and Election will sit at Bororgh Hall, at South Cape May, N. J. on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1816 between tbe hours of one and nine o'clock on said day, for the purpose or making a registration of voters and to revise and correct the register of voters for said General Election of Tuesday, November 7, 1916. Notice is hereby giyep that on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1816 between tbe hours of 6 •'clock A. M., and 7 o'clock P. M.j.a General Election will be held at which time the voUmof said borough will vote for the following officers: Presidential Electors. One United States Senator to serve for six years. One member of the House of representatives to serve for two years. One Governor to serve for three years One member of tbe General Assembly of New Jersey, for Cape May County, to serve for One year. One Sh riff for Cape May County, So serve for three years. One Coroner for Cape May County to serve for three years. One Mayor to serve for three years. Two Councilmen to serve for three years. One Assessor to serve for three years. E. B. MARTIN, Borough Clerk. Dated September 8th, 1916. NOTICE OF ELECTION TOWNSHIP OF LOWER Notice is hereby given that the Board of Registry and Election will sit at the Township House, at Cold Spring, in Lower Township, on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1916 the hours of one' and nine o'clock cm said day, for the purpose of making a registration of voters and to revise and correct the register of voters for said General Election of Tuesday, November 7, 1916. • Notice is hereby given that on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 19* between tbe hours of 6 o'clock A. M., and 7 o'clock P. M.. a General Election will be held at which time the voters of said city will vote for the following ofPresidential Electors. One United States Sec tor to serve six years. One member of the House of representatives to serve for two years. One Governor to serve for three years One member of the General Assembly of New Jersey, for Cape May County, to «rve for One year. I One Sheriff to serve for . three years. One Coroner of Cape May County to • I serve for three * ••are. One T .» •_ »h,, -mithrc-man to ser 1 for w>r«*j years. On luetics of the Peace. One 'Nonstable to seive for three year* Two Surveyors of the Highway ' serve f ir one year. . _ < One "ound Keeper, District No. L One 1'ound Keeper, District No. 2. bne 1 ound Keeper, District ?a X < One Pouns Keeper, Disk-let No. 4. Appropriations far Defimtndsa. 1 Appropriation* fcr Roaea. | Appropriations for R ells' o' Poor . 1 CHARLES C REEVES, I Towreaip Ckrfc Dated S jli^W Wh, 1SU.

>1 SEA FIGHT t — — I, 'CAPE MAY BOAOS" SCENE OF ONE . OF THE MEMDBABLE NAVAL , STRUGGLES OF THE REVOIAJr TION. ' ' j — — I Information is often sought by many . interested in ,U. S. History,; about the i part taken by Cape May County in tbe . j various wars in which the United States t»a* been engaged. We published some months ago the muster roll of the Cape . May Independent Company of infantry f which was in service during the War | of 1812 and records of the part taken [ by Cape May County men in more re- j . cent wars are easily obtainable, but there arg fewer authentic facta about . the Revolutionary War. In the October, 1916, number of the "Daughters of , the American Revolution" magazine, ' i however, ' there was published an [ article upOn "Our Sea Fortes in the . Revolution" and we reprint below from it a story of some incidents which occurred in Cape May waters, which s should prove interesting as well as instructive: "In March, 1782, some of the leading merchants of Philadelphia fitted out the i trading vessel Hyder Ally as a cruiser r for the protection of their merchant- , men while in the Dele ware. The Hyder Ally carried sixteen 6-pounders and 110 . men under the command of Lieutenant > Joshua Barney of the Continental navy. Early in April the Hyder Ally convojpd , seven merchantmen down to Cape May . roads where they were discovered by the British frigate Quebec, Captain Mason, and the General Monk, which vet- . eel was built for American service and named the "General Washington," but 1 had been captured by the British and t her name changed. Mason ordered the . General Monk to enter the roads to reoonnortcr and, if the merchantmen iere not too heavily guarded, to at- . tack them. i In compliance with these instructions, 1 Captain Rodgerg, in company with the f British 14-gun privateer Fair American, . about noon, April 8th, rounded C8pe May Point and stood for the convoy. Barney signaled the merchantment to escape up the bay while he maneuvered , to cover their retreat. The English ! cruisers made straight for the convoy, f the Fair American directing a broadg sire at the Hyder Ally in passing (to which Barney paid no attention) and then continued in chase of the traders, i capturing ,^at_of_them and causing another to run aground. But before the . Fair American could secure her prizes, she ran bard and fast aground) which i left the Hyder Ally and the General j Monk alone to contest the supremacy > of the roads. • Rodgers, with his usual dash, made , straight for the Hyder Ally, intending to deliver his broadside and then board , } in the smoke of the guns. Observing the Englishman's intentions, Barney resorted to a ruse. He instructed the man at t the wheel to execute his next order "by rule of contrary." Just as the vessels . were about to foul, Barney called out la a loud voire, which he intended to be heard aboard the General Monk, "Hard aport your helm! Do you want him to run aboard us?" By "rule of contrary," tbe wheelman clapped the helm hard to starboard which quickly forced the Englishman's jibboom into | the Hyder Ally's forerigging, In which ! position the General Monk was exposed i to a raking fire from the entire American broadside. .This was an advantage Barney was aiming for and he soon . "clinched" ,it by lashing the two craft [ together. | It was a hopeless situation for the [ General Monk, in spite of her heavier . guns, Rodgers made several desperate attempts to board but each time his men were driven back, so he was compelled to rely mostly on his small arms. , In that method of fighting, also, the , Americans had the advantage for many f of the marines in the Hyder Ally were ' . backwoodsmen and unerring marfcsmen> ^ One old trapper from Buck' County. Pennsylvania, soon attracted the per- ' , sonal attention of Barney by coolly ask- j ing of that commander (during the hot- . test part of the action when every man ' 1 in both craft was exerting himself to 1 - , the utmost to gain the victory): "Say, j > Cap, who made this gun I'm using?" j ' , Naturally, Barney was irritated by such j ' a seemingly trivial question at a mo- . ment when the fight was in a critical 1 i stage, and he returned a rough answer. ■ The old trapper, however was not ' abashed. He fired with a coolness, de- ' iberation and accuracy that aroused ' the admiration of all who saw bim. 1 Twice more, did the trapper put this ' question to Barney when the American 1 commander sharply asked why be want- « ed to know the name of the gun's mak- * er. "W-a-a-1-1," replied the man with a 1 drawl peculiar to mountaineers, "this I •ere bit o' iron -is jes' the beet smooth- * bore I ever firetf in my life"— and in 3 proof of his assertion he discharged the 3 piece again and "brought down" another ' Barney realised that thaaa ixn^h 1 woodsmen were not amusWmed to tbe 3

' olw "iTuI"4 see that feller with the white hat?" , Barney looked in the direction indicated. The backwoodsman fired and Barney ' saw a man wearing a white hat on the General Monk's deck jump at least three | feet in the air and fall to rise no more. ; "Cap," again called out this baekwoods- | man, "that's the third feller I've made ; hop.The accuracy of these trappers in < ' marksmanship was dearly demonstrat- i ed when, after tbe battle, the Americans 1 [ found that all the Englishmen who had i been killed or wounded with small arms, 3 had been struck either in tbe head or i ' breast. 1 i That he might better direct the oper- I ations of his crew, Barney, when the I tattle waB at the hottest, jumped on ' 1 . the binnacle, where he presented an ex- j i | cellent target to the enemy's sharpshoot- 1 1 ' ers— as be quickly discovered. One bul- J • | : let tore the skirt of his coat and an- ; 1 I other passed through his hat, grazing j ' the crown of his head. These shots ' < cams from the General Monk's tope and ' Barney called on his marine officer to 1 have his men clear the Englishman's rigging of sharpshooters. The order was < obeyed with such predsion that, in a ' ' few minutes the General Monk's tops 1 were cleared of men. 1 Immediately after this, while Barney I was still standing on the binnade, his - attention was attracted by one of the I Hyder lAlly's officers who, with the ' cook's meat ax in hand, was in the act - of striking an American sailor who had 1 deserted his gun and was sulking be- ' hind the mainmast. Just then a round ' shot from oner of the bow chase guns in • the General Monk smashed the Hyder j Ally's binnacle and threw Barney to tne ' deck. Fearing that his commander was 1 , hurt, the officer threw down the up- 1 lifted ax and rushed to Barney's as- < sistance. Barney, however, had not ' been seriously injured and quickly re- 1 gained his feet. Meantime the skulker 1 had got over his "first scare" and had < ' returned to his gun where he fought 1 1 courageously to the end. Joseph Bedford, Barney's brother- in- 1 law, was serving in tbe Hyder Ally as j a volunteer, his station being in the ' maintop. A musket ball penetrated his ' groin but he was so "het up with fight," 1 that he did not know of the injury - ' until after the battle when he had re- ' turned to the deck — and fell exhausted 1 J from loss of blood. Rodgers made desperate efforts to ex- 1 . tricate'his ship from the unfortunate [ , position into which she bad been trap- ' ' , ped by the quick wit of the American P , commander. But all in vain. Barney ; I seemed to anticipate every move and ■ , countered it — taking special care to j have the General Monk's standing and j , running rigging cut away so that she , could not make sail even if she extri- ! ! I rated herself from her unlucky posi- ! ' , tion. J i "Twenty minutes from the time the : _ battle opened more than a third of the ( ! . men in the British cruiser were killed ; , or wounded. The first lieutenant, pur- j < . ser, surgeon, boatswain, gunner — in fact | ] i every officer in the ship excepting one .i midshipman was either killed or injur- j l . ed." Rodgers himself was painfully i ■ hurt in the foot. The Quebec, being too i , far away to afford immediate relief, 1 Rodgers, thirty minute* after the ac- < , tion opened, surrendered; hi* casualties ' being twenty killed and thirty-three i wounded, more than a third of bis en- ' tire complement of on- hundred and ' thirty six men. On the part of the ! Americans four were kill-d and eleven were wounded. At the battle of Tren- ' ton the American casualties were two 1 killed and four wounded, while the Hes- ; sians had seventeen killed and seven- 1 ty-eigbt wounded. When the Americans boarded the ' General Monk. Rodgers had one of his ' roep go into his cabin and bring up his ' beautiful, silver- mounted fowling-piece, which the British commander threw ( overboard. <leelarin2 that "This shall, . never become the property of any ! " *i rebel." He forgot, however, to ' destroy his private signal-book which j ' materially assisted Barney in escaping ' ' from the Quebec which was making every effort to come upon the scene of ] hostilities. Barney placed thirty-five of his men j in charge of his prize and. without even i I waiting to learn her name, caused her i c Enclish colors to be rehoisted and dis- 1 ' playing British colors from the Hyder r Ally's gaff, jnad^sail tip the bay as if ' li in pursuit of the merchantmen. Deceived - the British colors on the Hyder Ally * and General Monk, Captain Mason re- . " his efforts to close on these ves- C sels. He was further deceived when he " his signals to the General Monk a correctly answered— as Barney was en- h abled to do by using the captured sig- * nal book— -so. the Hyder Ally and her tprize west able to reach a place of safe- t. before dark. Several of the General bow porta had been shattered into one chasm and 365 ahoi holes were counted in her miztfn staysail.- I Congress purchased the General Ma*k restored her original name and placed in aommand of her."

elected to the United States Senate o« . „ November 7tb: "A criticism on the nominate® of Joseph S. Frelinghuysen in New Icreey 7? for tbe United State Senate is that be was "put up a* a candidate whore Oarman name and connections would odb* . | the German vote." Such an observation originate in only sheer ignoratee of the man, his family and tbe part thsy , played in the offices of the State I since it became a member of the Union. , other stock in that State has bees • productive of men of a* in its public life the one from which he sprang. Since the last - of the eighteenth century there been scarcely a time when" a Fie. linghuyaen has not been conspicuous i among &e men of worth and honor in | Jersey; so far back runs the distinctivejly Amerijan lineage of the strain that ; j the name was considered aa r. patriotic one even in Revolutionary days and is to be found on the roll of members of i the Continental Congress. ;- It will be a remarkable fact, in the event of Joseph H. Frelinghuysen's dee- • tion next month, that four members of stock will have been gent to the States Senate. In the early times of the Federalist party, Frederick Frelinghuysen sat in the United States Senate when John Adams presided over that body at Sixth and Chestnut streets, i A still more noted son, Theodore Frenot only wes a 'member of the United States Senate, but was the [ candidate for Vice president when George M. Dallas, of this city, was the Democratic candidate and when Henry ! Clay, on the Whig ticket for the Preet. i dency, waged the greatest of his campaigns for that office. Another campaigns for that office. Another Frederick Frelinghuysen was sent to the 'States Senate by tbe Republi- • cans when Sumner, Conkling, Morton, ; Sherman and the Morrills were his principal party associates. It was he who succeeded James G. Blaine as Secretary of State, after President Arthur got rid of nearly all the Garfield Cab- , inet, and in that post, as In the Senate, earned reputation as a conservative i statesman of sense and judgment. It . may be Jkmbted whether agy otbej State has a like record record of repI resentation in the Senate — that is, three members of the same family, with a fourth in prospective. As for sound American traditions and habits, no "■* . in New Jersey has a better inheritance (•than Joseph H. Frelinghuysen." i MARKET FOR SOUTH JERSEY POTAT0E& _ ! Information comes to this office that M. T. Cook, Plant Pathologist at the Jersey State Experiment Stations, I working on the development of a market in the -Bermuda Islands far - j South Jersey seed potatoes. I ; The famous Jersey Red Skins togethwith other promising varieties of late . potatoes successfully grown in South ; Jersey; certainly are worthy of a good , market. Arrangements are being made in Cape May County with several growers of , potatoes to furnish a peck of seed of several -.promising Yf&rieties which i will be sent to the Director of the Agricultural Exxperiment Stations in Bermuda as an example of the kind of . seed that can be counted on from Cape County. This office will keep in close touch with Dr. Cook and progress made will reports from time to time. We all wish Dr. Cook success in his development of a market for South Jersey seed potatoes. — Geo. B. ThrashCo. Supt of Farm Demonstration. NOTICE CAPE MAY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT . Lewis T. Steven*. , Plai.litf. Jrtion „ u. v.. 1, , William S. P. Shields. Attachment. Defendant. Notice is hereby given that a writ ; of attachment, at the suit of L^wis T. against the rights and credits, . moneys and affect*, goods and chattel?, anS tenements of William S. P. Shields, a non-resident debtor, for the sum of one hundred and seventy dollars ' and eighteen cents, issued out of the May County Circi it Court on the fifth day of September, 1916. returnable on the fourth day of October, 1916, has been served and duly executed, and was returned on the 15th day of September, 1916, by the sheriff of the Counof Cape May. Dated October 4. 1916. A. a HILDRETH, Clark. T. 6TEVENS, Atty. pro ae. 1 879-10-7 -5t-pf 37.76. Advertise 1s the Star and Wave.