Southwest Corner Washington and Oce .o Streets Cape May, N. J , December 31st, 1915

L ' EESOUBCES » Time and Demand Loans, $13743»S8 1 %■ Bon da and Mortgages, 538.0009 ' ► Stocks and Bonds, 844,423.04 * Overdrafts, l«-03 . Houses, Camden, Oape Ma y and Gloucester 180,000.00 (kah «" 1 Reserve, 216,687 .51 $3,10238156

LIABILITIES. . ' i Capital, SI 00300.00 Surplus, 100,00030 UnCirided Profits, 94,10934 Deposits, 2306,722.01 $8,10238158

Three Per Cent Interest allowed on Time Deposits. Acta as Administrator, Kxesntor, Guardian or Trustee. I Wills drawn and kept without charge. Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent in Bnrglar-Proof Vault ADVISORY BOARD.

J 8pieer Learning, Chairman Aaron W. Hand Reuben T. John son Sherman 8. Sharp John B Huffman

Henry C. Thompaoa, Secretary. Albert G, Bennett Hon. Robert E. Hand Dr. WOeoa A. Lake Dr. v. M. D. Marcy ,

H SAFETY AND I Bfl SERVICE j II The chief aim of the^Officers and Directors of the Merchants National Irl Bank is to assure the Safety of its assets. I |S This bank has achieved an enviable Irl ll reputation for Safety through its care- Bl.l H ful and conservative management. Constant thought and effort are given V| to the improvement of the service ren- P"J5 W A dered to its depositors. II That these efforts are appreciated is shown by its steady and substantal HI N The Merchants National Bank |j cape may, n. j. m RINGS!

»The celebrated WWW Rings, the largest assortment 5000 Beauties te !g ~r- Select From Watoh maker Jeweler, and Optometrist VICTROLAS AND RECORDS J. S GARRISON 305 Washington St., Cape May ^ A. KENIC SHOEMAKER All work done by hand. flH RUBBER SOLES A SPECIALTY Repairing while yeu wait. Work called for and delivered. ALL FANCY WORK GUARANTEED 105 Jackson St, Cape May, N. J. CAPE MAY COAL & ICE CO. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Best quality Coal as all times. Careful preparation. Guaranteed weight Pare Ice, manufactured from distilled water. Prompt and couateeos service. Main Office— 512 WASHINGTON STREET v , READING COAL YARDS and Yards— pj7RpY AND jacksON bTREETS THOMAS S. STEVENS. Id ia< Keystaac Tdcftna Hmv M. H. WARE 516 WtMhiagton Stseet HARDWARE HQUSEFURNISHINGS BLUE AND WHITE AND OBAY BNAMRLWABB F1SHNG TACKLE

Established 1878

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j" The New' ' - - " ^ la bow ready tor > demonstration. This ear U fully equipped and modern in all detail*. Four inch tires demountable rbna; cantilever springs. Price, $635.00 Roadster, $620. Six-Cylinder Touring, $925. One two-horse gasoline engine In excellent condition. One threehorse engine, mounted on wagon with wood saw complete at Reasonable Prices. ' 5 CALL FOR A DEMONSTRATION DAY OR NIGHT. DANIEL MiLLER, Sub. Agent P. O. Bo* 71 t 108 6th Avenue West Cape May J WEST CAPE MAY MARKET j 420 Broadway, West Cape May GROCERIES, MEATS AND PROVISIONS. FLOUR, FEED, HAY AND POULTRY SUPPLIES, j We aim to keep prices down, especially in our Feed Department. BEN BOTWINICK, Mgr. — Call 225 D for prices.

YT - ^ Don'tDodbtYonr Shoes I ■ 'rim^y f " "m — ^ Regal Shoes give the biggest shee satisfaction, price for I price, of any shoes in America. The Lasts y« easy to wear: the shoes . ' . nose, sot dry and brittlefbut M<t ' * J'yM ,nd ^ to ugh. ( They give comfort on HBBIH The Workmanship is honest through and through sjseuns^ don't rig. oounWith leather and the oost of miking go- *■ *■ - ing up, ^jt doear.'t do to ^ut off buying M C. FRYMIRE Broadway and York Avenue West Cape May, N. J.

will .njo, ..... ib. a™. ."'.1 Krw.. ., 1.U*-, which *u approved of br an m overwhelming majority of totem at the j pi Cape May and Hudson Counties Were ' Tl omitted from the Egan Bill, although I ot both counties will have to pay their I m proportion of the Interest and sinking fund on the seven million dollar bond-*, Issue which the set provides for. Mips dl sent out by advocates of the Exaa Bill j w. and by the New Jersey State Chamber jqi of Commerce show that the Improved , tc road system which the Keen Law calls I b, for comes no nearer to Cape May Ooyn- 1 si ty than the White Horse Pike In Atlsn- si tic County and Bridgeton In Cumber- 1 si land County. Cape May Connty Is omit- ) tl ted as entirely as If It were In Penn- lr sylvonla or Delaware. 60, also. Is HudSenator Stevens soys that the Act as It passed the Senate included Cape May T County, but that It was recast In some way, and. when finally adopted by the ___ House, the bill omitted Cape May Coun- 0| — ty. No blame attaches to the Senator j, tor this, as be did all be could to se- }-, cure the beneflts' of the bill for Cape May County.. It would appear, however. a that there was some opposition to the u measure and the result was the County m was omitted from the Act. Unfortunately, the County voted against the Bill at the recent election. ®! Senator Stevens and Assemblyman 8tllle therefore, have a task ahead of ' them to secure the legislation necessary to make the law applicable to | c' Cape May County. * If this can be done, the cost of re- h constructing with a permanent surface c the principal County roads will be de- tl frayed by the State and the County will f will be saved that expense. This means b thousands of dollars to our taxpayers ' * In the next few years. |l: Every trade body and civic organlxa- n tlon in Cape May and Hudson Counties Is being asked to help the County n Granges in getting the ' Egnn Law t amended, as above explained. t P SEAL ESTATE TKIBEFEK* ® The following Is a list of real estate jj transfers recently made In the lower f portion of the county: Township of Lower Freeman Yearicks. et ux. to Bethlehem Steel Company. Lot at Fishing Creek, adjoining lands of Sylvia Bishop. 1 dee'd, Socrates Shaw and James H. 1 Shaw, dee'd. being lot 3. In division of ' lands of Swain Shaw, dee'd, containing 1 24 acres and 34 perches. ' James B. Shaw, et ux. et als. to Bethlehem Steel Company. Meadow and 3 beach lying on Cox Hall creek and be- 1 lng part of plantation that Samuel S. . < Marcy and Sarah Hughes, admlnlstra- ' I tors of estate of Jesse Hughes, dee'd. ! I conveyed to Swain Shaw and is numbered j 1 13, containing 6 acres. 3 roods and 20 ! ■ perches. 1 1 Herbert S. Shaw, et ux et als. to -Beth- ' 1 lehem Steel Company. Part of Jesse j ; Hughes plantation No. 4 and contain- 1 1 lng 19 aores, 3 roods and 4 perches. 1. part of same plantation No. E, contain- j = Ing 17 acres. 24 -perches, part of plan- j . tat Ion No. 13. containing 5 acres, 3 roods , and 20 perches, all on map B. Alexis Schclllnger, et al. Trustees, to Cape Island Baptist Church of Cape , May City. Lot situate on Cape Island. 1 containing 80 perches . of land, begin- j . ning at a stone corner on South side of | road from Cape Island to Schelllnger's ' landing and binding by Franklin street. | Caps May Otty Emilie T. Parmentler to Robert D. i Hand. Lot 3, estate of Dr. Emlen Phys- I n&su. IJOI a, tsutit OL u r. r-nweii i nyo--I

Ick. dee'd. containing 41,349.8 square , feet of land. Same to Mary Keenan. '3200. Lot . containing 26.830 square fdfet of land, bounded on S. EL by lands of Mary | Keenan. on S. W. by lands of Dr. Emlen ■ [ Physlck estate, on N. W. by Cape Is- 1 , . land Creek and on N. E. by lands of , William ScheHlnger estate. a Same to Frances R. Brooks. Lot L : t estate of Dr. Emlen Physlck. dee'd, con- c talnlng 42,137.4 square feet of land. Same to Louisa W. Eldredge. Lot 2, estate of Dr. Emlen Physlck. dee'd. contalnlag 41.347.9 square feet of land; also < right of way of strip of laad. adjoining a of a width of 85 feet. c Harriet M. Gass, et als. to James T. Rice. Part of lot 4. in division of real 1 estate of Hetty W. Hughes, dee'd. ' Martha A- Moody to James T. Rice, t Lot on West side of Bank street, 191.7 , feet N. of N. W. (corner of Lafayette Borough of Cape May Foist J ' Borough of Cape May Point to Smith 1 I Wolverton. 317.09. Quit claim, taxes) 1 1 lots 49 and 50. block A. — County Ga- J ( * ji BIDS FOB LATINO FIFE LUTE f Sealed proposals for laying a 168 1' foot pipe line from Pond Creek Meadow ■ to Delaware Bay and for lowering 6luice : I will be received t Tuesday, November 28th, 1916, ! , at 2 p. m. at the City Hall. Cape May j City, N. J. Specifications covering this work are * I on file at the office of Wm. Porter, Sec- 1 i retary of the Cape May County Mos- ' , qulto Extermination Commission. Cape ( May. N. J.. and copies may be had from I said Secretary. £_ j' STILLWELL H. TOWNSEND, < President. ; WM. PORTER. ] See retary. Cape May Co. Mosquito Extermination Commission, i ' Dated November 13th, 1916. . 2015-2 ts STOVES NECESSARY IN CAPE MAY , Moat of the homes of Oape May and surrounding oh n try are hatted vith stoves and if you would get the most heat from a email quantity of eual, consult JESSE BBOWN I 110-112 Jackson St. dope May, H. J.

'i puce free from litter and straw. aJ* Where there Is nvthlag to catch on fva. 1 pour a ; :nall quantity of casollM match to It. "The pUn sounded so good that X gave it a trial on two large toga. ff» directions were given as te the beat quantity fo use.' I hS*<Uen simply. told that a former la another neighused the method and It waa successful So I put my bogs tc a , ■> safe place and: used the gasoline vary sparingly. Leas than a pint covered the whole carcass except the port touchthe ground." rmmATatsET of 100m obcxabmt A very good practice for this time of the year, or just before the ground free tea for the winter U to go thru the young orchard cleaning ^a way all grass and trash from the base of the treag after which the soil should be drawn to the trunk forming a cone about six inches In height. Many fruit growers (frequently) complain of the damage In their orc liar da during' the winter due to mloe gnawing at the collar and extending downward to the roots, often times 1 completely girdling the trees. Invariably upon examining the gnawed trees will be found that these trees had considerable grass or weeds close to 6 trunk; affording desirable shelter, mice. By cleaning away the rubfrom the base of the trees you I will destroy the shelter and consequeat- | ly save your trees from ravages of Occasionally fruit growers ask If a material can be put on the trunks of during th^ winter to ward off the mice. We know that mice are very persistant, therefore no material sprayed or painted onto the trucks of treea has given very satisfactory results. A treatment Is to soak a quantity of wheat in strychnine after which a kernels are placed near the base of the tree. The kernels should be put a couple of Inches under the surface and covered with a little soil; to prevent birds or poultry from finding the poisoned bait. It has been the writer's experience that this treatment against mice Injury has Invariably given excellent results. Mounding up the soil a! the base of young trees, just before winter sets la a very Important practice in good orchard management, thereby supportthe tree apd furthermore causing . the surface water to drain off. Whlp1 1 ping about of the trees by the constant 1 ' winter winds causes large holes to be made In the soil at the collar of the ■ ■ in which the surface water col- ' ; eels and when freezing and thawing * ■ 1 begins Injur)' to the roots Is bound te ' ' follow. ' J Winter injury to the roots is often ' 1 times the cause of premature ripening 1 of the fruit especially upon young trees | and sometimes results In dying of the ' ] trees during the growing season. - Cleaning away the grass, etc.. and - mounding up of the soil can both be - 1 done at the same operation thus saving r ' much time and protecting your young 1 trees from ravages of mice and winter - I Injury. — Geo. B. Thrasher. Co. SupL of 1 Farm Demonstration. Cape May Coun- • . ty. New Jersey.

j THE COUNTY". COURT BUILDING "iCape May's court house building is. today in every respect what is was ia when it was first used. There te an atmosphere about the old builflilM that breathes at the days of a past century. This is true both externally, as well as the general arrangement of the building within. Nearby Is the sheriffs home, with its jail attached and on a day when court opens tha courthouse building is usually crowded with farmers who have been summoned » do jury duty or 3s has been the custhey come here on this day as they might come to some grangers picnic. There is one remarkable difference, teday over a" few years ago. Instead of i a long line of dust-covered farm vehicles, ' automobiles are now stacked in front j of the building." — North American. Surprising what sentiment and imagination will do. The correspondent whe I wrote the above has evidently not visited our eourt house for many a day. Nothing could be much more different from the old time court building thaa j the present one, though it is the same frame work. In these days, it Is a : steam heated, electric lighted, nicely furnished building with modern convenIt contains offices with modern equipment for almcst all of the officials of the county. It is vorthy of mention ; also, that the gounty. court is presided over by a thoroughly modern judge. If the North American writer doubts this, let him take a chance and discover for liitnself. Hie writer seems to be unai also, that Oape May County is a county of resorts primarily and that, while we have many farmers, the preponderance of population is in our ten or eleven resorte and almost all of tha litigation, civil and criminal, originates j in th^L , Best Quality ONION SKIN PAPER for minifold 01 copy wort: for sate at Star and Wave Stationery Department . — $1.00 per ream.