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WITNESS WANTED Will die gentleman who wee a paeeenger on die West Jersey and Seashore train SUNDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 22nd Arriving at Newfield, N. J* 7.45 P. M. and who reported to the trainman that a man had fallen off the fifth car, PLEASE COMMUNICATE Wljrd THE WIDOW WHO IS LEFT i WITH TWO CHILDREN. MRS. A VONWOGLUM 886 Main Street, Bridgeport, Ct. . j ; SOUTH CAPE MAY TAX SALE Wednesday, December 20, 1916 Public notice is hereby given by R. F. feogga,'" Collector of the Borough of South Cape May, that he will sell at pubiic'.sale all the lands, tenertiente, hereditaments and real estate, hereinafter mentioned, for the shortest term , for which any person or persona will agree. to take same, or in fee where no one will bid for A shorter term, and pay the tax' lien thttepn, including interest and cosfs of sale. . '• This sale will take place at Town Hall, South Cape May, N. 3. . Wednesday at 12 noon, December 20, 181ft The said lands, tenements, hereditaments and real estate to be sold, and the names of the peredbAtgainst whom aald taxes have been laid, on account of same and the amount of taxes laid ob account of bach' parcel »rp as follows: — Owners Lot "8«rtion Amount R. K. Bottomly 10 62 J 2 88 P. Feil 22 70 2 58 J. Hildrctli ....... i w 10 48-100 acres 132? ..C..F. Henry — 7 acres ''Xj:.. 991 C. W. and C. Lenoir 24 S 263 A. Dsugiiran ,.■■>■■■ 20-22 28 3 42 A. Laughran 28-31 43 3 64 M. Meidel 5-6-12 26 3 IB «. Meid.1 6-0-7 27 3 18 4 J. F. O'Kourke 21-23 52 3 42 F. L. Wallace 5 75 2 86 E H. Wise .a... 1 61 2 36 m. A. Wood 7-8 76 2 74 R. F. BOGOS, Collector of Taxes. Dated November 4, 1816,

WEST CAPE MAY ~ Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cranmer of b Pitman. N. J., spent over 8unday with 2 Mr. and Mm. Alfred Q. Taylor. }* Mrs. Prank R. Hughes has been en- : 1 tertalning her mother. Mrs. BUh'op Ot f> Sudors, for a few days. Mrs. Edward Felix, of Haddonfleld. | t ■pent Tuesday with Mrs. C. B. Perkins. | t> i llot Albert Ludlam-ean be seen rid- ' * tag about In his new automobile. 1 1 Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Argoe entertained I company on Sunday laat. e Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sandgran have I q moved Into the house recently vacated . t by ReUben Weeks and family. Mrs. Charles Willis spent Saturday : I away. I J Miss Horn an of Trenton State Nor- j t mal School spent over Sunday with her f • parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Homan. , - The cottage prayer meeting met at!« the liorae of MVs. Mary Stanton on I ' Tiiewlsy evening. ; ' Mrs. Junes and daughter of New York < ■pent Saturday in rtilladelphta looking < after Hants Ctaus. William Bennett and family have < moved tolo Mrs. Reeves' house on Third ' moved into Mrs. neeves nouso on intra "

avenue 11 Mrs J. V. Heed, or Washington. D. C- " and Mrs. J. N. Knox, of Onmden. will a' be the guests of their sister, Mrs. C. o Willie over the Sabbath. I tl We are glad to nste the Improvement I s of 'Mrs. J. Robinson who has been able | >' to get out on a pleasant day after a , k very long confinement to her bed. ' Mrs. Daniel Stevens is out again jitter . <■ a severe Illness. " i «' Tlie W. C. T. U. meets at Mrs. iO Willis' this week. , <' Mr. and Mrs. ('lias. Eldredge arejii down In their home for a few days. , " Mrs. Chas. Glnder Is spending some I' time away from home. Mrs. Gee. Bohm was a week end shop- I per in Philadelphia. r q BIIWELL ADDS IIW STOCK 5 Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Newell were recent jl visitors At Plifadelpl.la for the purpose |r uC.purchsxfnK a large stock of rugs and 1 household articles for their rapidly In- (c creasing business which is carried on In ; 1 the Excelsior Building on West Perry.' •treed*. . .- B. OF V. MOLD BEffEFIT ^ The VenefU of the N. A. Daughters of ( Veterans at the Palace Theatre on last j Monday evening was well patronized, i The photoplays were of a kind to stir the emotions of most any person and J were very vivid and pleasing. j j Highest Quality Work Shoes at ^ reasonable prices. M. C. Fry m Irs. West ' Cape May. 2041 ji OHIO WOMAN'S WISH FoY Tired, Week, Servo us Women Bcllcfontainc, Ohio. — "I wish every tired, weak, nervous woman could have Vinol, for I never spent any money in my life -that did me so much good as that I spent for -Vinol. I v.a# weak, flred, worn out and nervous, and Vinol made me strong, well and vigorous after everything else had failed to help me, and I can now do my housework r ith pleasure." — Mrs. J. F. Laffaoax. We guarantee Vinol for all weak run-down, nervous, debilitated con"ear. May, K. I.

XLW JEBSEY XOBQUZTOEffM (From the report of the State Department of Conservation and Deralop-"Disease-bearing mosquitoes have been suppressed In the Panama Canal In parts of Cuba and of India. All (forms can be controller wherever Jt worth while, and It Is being done In j New -Jersey. I "So successful has recent work been j that Jhere Is little room to doubt that an expenditure of no more than ' a year for five years. In adftl-: I tlon to what the counties and mun(cl- • ! polities are now providing, the entire can be freed of salt marsh mpaqui toes— one of . the greatest obstacles to Its development. A'. St - I "The mostnilto nuisance is almost -universal; It la aald to lie wopae In I Alaska than Jt Is In any warmer couni In most places the insects VfapU 'are endured, with the aid . nf screens. .\ew Jersey la actually no worse ."tnfest.ed than many other -parts of the, Mrofld. I has acquired a bad' reputation- be1 cau.se more city people -vlBlt; It lh. thA ! summer than visit otfcer-atates and regions. 'riflr ' ■£ \ - "Practical elimination Is V heasonabj# outlook. Dr. L. O. Howard, the ooutftry's chief authority on mosquitoes. trys chier autnonty on mosquitoos.

aald that In respect to salt marsh mosquito control New Jersey Is so far of every other state agd every othpr.-oountry as to be practically alone: thai New Jersey can well arford to spend 1508,000 a year for three or four to exterminate the pests: that Massachusetts has spent seven and a '•■If millions in an effort to ct.ntrol the Gyp*y_»nrt Brown-tall M»th«,._«ltUough state has never had the assurance of success that -la- promised -In reapeot the -elimination of. the salt marsh mosquito from New Jersey: that In mosquito work generally no communIs so advanced as New Jersey. "All mosquitoes breed in water, and In water only; hence there can be no mosquitoes wlthsut water, sufficient In quantity to serve as a medium for the wrigglers and sufficiently persistent for •them to become fully grown. The female mhsqulto lays her eggs on the waeither singly (the malariaL-specles ) or stuck together In a boat-slipped mass I (the house mosquito), or sometimes on ;dsmp soil where water may later come I (the woodland- pool, and the fresh and salt marsh species). Tb< malarial | species and the house mosquito pass the , winter as adults in cellars * or other sheltered places. The Woodland pool .and the salt marsh species Winter In ' the egg stage In the mud of woodland pools and of salt marshes' respectively. jThe fresh water swamp Species winter las eggs or as larvae at the bottom of I the fresh water swamp pools. I "In even the smallest quantity of wafavorable to the species — be it fresh . salt. foul-\or clear, the eggs hatch In (due time, depending on ,1he stage of their development when water covered, and on the temperature o'f the water which covers them or supports them, and the larvae or wrigglers proceed to grow. If the water Is drawn off. If fish reach them, or If a film of oil on top of the water shuts off the necessary supply of air the larvae are lost and there are no new mosquitoes. If the larvae are undisturbed for from 7"to 28 days they pupate and In from I to 14 days more emerge aa full-fledged ihos"To make fully effective the work that has. been done the State muat now coordinate and supplement county efforts. Clearly the whole salt marsh area must be drained. Reluctant counties must be required to do their shares. . but If the State helps adequately there

will be no difficulty. Onoe the ditches are cut the counties' can easily afford to keep them open since, they una use- t tlonably increase the agricultural value i of the mar-shea 1 "The coot of this work, based upon i the most recent experience, will not be I orer- (760.000. Let this amount be dis- 1 trlbuted over five .fears and It cin i - r id with aaaurancy that jfoi; (160.000 a l yar to be appropriated, annually Boe ' ■ >nly rive years the Sta£.of Ne# J»r- i Key can be freed, forever of the' salt- i marsh mosquitoes, which now so greatly ' retard Its development. , The exlaltlng 1 organization "la ready for the task;- there IB law enough; money only is needed to • supplement and make duly effective the ' work donfe by the county mosquito commissions. •**")" t "Mosquito ellmlnatlo^'Is not r^erely o question of personaj ■'mssfbrF. nor yet | of freedom from materia. < It hag the , largest economic bearings. Every prop- i crtyV owner or renl cstgu.a^ect knows , that the value at suburban prdperty , near New York Is meneursbly lessened | by the mosquitoes bred oh the NetfaA, | Kackenaack and Arthur.^Elll mntshea. Industries are turned from the State by the pests.'and it has been. authoritatively estimated that jhe elimination -£r • gait-marsh mosquitoes trom.'South Jer- 1 «ey would In a few years so stlraulmel -' agriculture that a hundred millioijj dollars would be added to the ratjblip.' ] . To the extent "that* the mosquitoes arc. ' : controlled -will, the wholes-State attract; 1 , homeseekers, tourists. Investors. 1 ' CAPE MAY W WAR OF i8I». "During the yeare 1813 and 1814 the: Delaware bay was bl«Aipld8v most of ■ the time by British men of war. Captain I Humphrey "Hughes commyided q small i body- Chfpe May^wh^ : iantic coast. Tbc oty^ainjci a Rritiji i frigate seBt^YftiiuAt-' to m1 tngate seijt.A.Triiuerr tpiTfUjriifs to

) low his men Jto obtain a supply of fnjo r water, fcutl, Jfcj^eairefu^d '-permkilA. L Sodn after the Britiib captain detiar1 ed he wotrid' tkuhbari! Hie plac< AAlerx > allowed to get the water, and Hughes, I with the advice of his officers, discreetly ) accecded to their demand. He was Idler ) arrested op a ohaige of treason for j(ir- > in g supplies to the enemies, and narj rowly escaped he fere punishment. j Another account ot this incident says I that as the British were approaching the shore the Americans pointed a long gun from behind a breastwork of sand, Intending to fire on the small boat when it was so near tfiat it is doubtful if any , in it would hate escaped. They were prevented ..from doing this by an old lady, Abigail Hughes who put herself in ' front of the gun and said sternly: "You shall not fire, -for if you do, we *111 , surely stiffer their vengeance." In those I day- one of the chief Industrie* along 1 the riiore was tattle raNbtg. and the - people fared badly by havinf raids made 1 on their stock by the Briftsh." — North l American. t Th story is also told that the Cape 1 "May Independent Company on another *■] occasion gathered behind the esand hills , and volleyed the on-coming Boats with • their, flintlocks, driving tbern back to ' their -ships and holding them until the people were able to drive theirs cattle B into the depthi^ of the woods and secrete _ themselves .and their valuables. When ) th« ".raiders finally landed they were no b hara»'-ed that they finally retreated to ' "their biKiU before they were able to do ^ much damage. The muster roll ot the A Cape May Independent Company was 4 'published in these columns lan winter *f in(l4he'tand hills referred to were.probh ahjf^thoiw on the hay shore. b r

II.' ' ~ Always at Your Service for Printing Needs! f N Is there something you need in the following listT Envelop* I>Sn*m Sole Bills Hand Bills Trice LUU Ad mission TlcksU Builness Cards Window Casks Time Cords Letter Heats Note Bsods BUI Bsods Enrelppos Cellist Cords LoofUtS M sol TlcksU SklpptndTads Brt^U C no p a os ftaiMilj CatslodnCi Blotters Circulars lavUntloos Posters Checks & Blanke Nolle- ' Labels Ledel Blanks Ural Cards Placards Dodders Post Coeds Prodrome Receipts Prompt, careful and efficient attention given to every detail "I ' Dont Send Yonr Order I Oat of Town Until You J See What" We Can Do .1

Su^eAatea&eat Stratton of (he Haeketutown State Fish Hatobarlos on Wednesday s'uporsWo the liberation of six thousand atx-toch rainbow trout In the waters of Rid Grande at the pumping station and Ceo* May Court House, on the County Farm. fonstanJ care was required or the five attendants In order keep tha flah -lit good condition. The water In the tanks was kept in a life sustaining condition by artificial aeratInq and cooling at regular intervals. expense of the propagation la met the State Game Commission. ■The rainbow trout will attain the weight or 10 tp 12 pounds and are a very speedy flah. Cornelius J. Cronlrt and Edtih E. Borle of Philadelphia were married In i that city Wedneeday. After a wedding . trip to Florida and southern points. Mr. I and Mrs. Cronln will make their home ' A Cape May where Mr. Cronln holds an l position with the .W. J. and . 8. 8. R. R. BBniBAP-FLTW The wedding of Edith F)ynn. Of Haddon Heights, to Richard Benstead. of j this city, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irvln Benstead. was Bolemnlzed last Monday ' the Rev. D. 8. Kelly, of St. Mary's R. C. Church. The young couple left ; Cape May on an afternoon train .to • spend a short honeymoon In Penugyl- ' vaula. and will return here. The. groom IX employed Ijt tpa proving grounds of the Bethlehem Steel Company, , - MljT^EB GRAY^ SWEET >. POWERS FOR-CHttDREN

\ Fdr FeveHa^w/ ^tonnmhl 'Teeth- " ing DisorBers,' move -a'bd re^alWte the ' • Bowels and are a pleasant remedy for „ -Wonits; Used by MotBpfs for,1» yekre. jt They never fail. At all Druggists, 25c. r Sample FREE. Address, Mother Gray ( r Co., LeRoy, N. Y. "»88 TdU CAW MAKE KOFIT right around your ho'me. Just as hung dreds of men and women are doing. . (York Is easy, pleasant and permanently I e nroritable. Be your own boss and build • your own business.^ You take no risk. 5 - make sure profit "right along. 8end H name, address, one reference. L. BROWN, 66 Murray St.. New York City. ' 41-1991-11-11 1 Notice-Gunner signs for sale at Star 1 and Wave Stationery Dept. j . • | Iff T3E JXBTKXCT COTTBT B OT THE TXWITED STATES e Tor the District of Wew Jarsey. In the matter of . In ■' WoodbJne "al Company. . Bankruptcr Bankrupt. I s Notice Is hereby given that Woodbine l Hf I Company, having on the thirteenth day ef September. 1916. been duly ad- ° judged a bankrupt In the above entitled c cauee. has filed Its petition for a dlalc charge as » bankrupt, and the same will t be heard by aald court on the eleventh day of December. 1916, at ten-thirty o'clock In the forenoon, pt the United • States Court -Room. Trenton, at which o time and' place all creditors and other 10 persons, in Interest may appear and show cause. If any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be 14 granted. !r GEORGE T. CRANMER. :t09-Yt-l 1-11 Clerk of aald Court.

. -? ■ EtHkHshid 1886 'Pboit CohmHoi THE DAYLIGHT STORE ' New Autumn Millinery Remarkably good Hats, at very low prices. All of Black Velvet of excellent quality, and comprised of the newest and most distin&ive shapes— new Sailors, new Tarn O'Shanter effects, T ncornes and drapped T urbans. 0. L. W. Knerr 518 & 520 Washington St. Cape May, N. J. A. H. FAULKNER Contractor and Builder Keystone Phono S-"» 621 flaghes Street tape May, N.J. W. L. Ewing Jr. WAGON BUIl.DER AUTOMOBILE PAINTER Large and Small Work ICarefuII- Executed Kotimstrs Cheerfully . Furnixh. J W. L. EWfN«,. JR. West Ferry St*: Plume

■ - -J3PM SHOE LEATHER 1 All Leather is adeanctng. Shoes are higher than ^ last Fall. Yon had Better Boy Your Shoe Leather Now And have it on hand, as it will go much higher in price. I hare ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF HALF SOLE LEATHER in stock. Cut-Soles at 20c to 40c a pair Leather <5quares, best grade, at 50c r Long Leather Strips, Shoe Nails ' Cobbler's Last BOt Set *J 1 CHEAPER TO HAMMEJ^N^YOUR OWN SOLES CHAS. A SWAIN ' 395-7 JACKSON ST. CAPE MAY, L J. ImSB.C.BOHM 232 JACKSON STREET FOR FRESH FISH Jt taken from hi^ own fisH pouhd ALL OTLER Sea FOODS IN SEASON '' , g B°*.h Ffcojieg; Y 'c$ Preiant wfvfee

Clothing Cie'afie i In the Most... Approved Muag ^ 5dfi>n f. <5obW CUSTOM SUITS T6 ORDfK Cleaning, Pressing, Scouring CAPE MAY, ti.J. Phone 31 D Next to Post Of floe NEW AND SECOND HAND Household Goods Are Now Being Sold at a WONDERFUL SAVING ' We can offer these BARGAINS ; Because we have a small expense in conducting business. LET US SHOW YOU WHAT CAN BE DONE THIS WEEK

New Cook Stoves, $18 and $20 Second-hand Cook Stoves, All Price* New Heating Stoves, $12 to $25 SECOND-HAND HEATING STOVES ALL PRICES 1 New Couches, $8. Fine New Linoleum at Very Low Prices Big lot of used Bed Room Suit*, priced very low for quick sale Wardrobes,. Iron Qqts, New Brass Clothes Ricks New 9^0(12 Fiber Rugs at $6.50 New chairs, $1.25. Used chairs 25c Up ' New Horse Blankets for Stable and Street use. New Comforts and Bed Blankets. A large lot of miscellaneous articles at great bargains. Large lot of small rugs, Velvet, Ax- " minster and Brussels. Priced at $1.00 to $2.00. C S NEWFI I Excelsior Building V. J. HLTTLLLq WEST PERRV ST (EET ± A RELIABLE BUILDER Otis M. Townsend 218 OCEAN ST., CAPE MAY, N. J.