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Don't forget that our Free Delivery Service embraces your town and vicinity, end that all purchases 1 made by you will be delivered directly to your door, without any additional cost. Our m*tt. ORDER DEPARTMENT, with its force of trained shoppers, is at your service at all 1 times. We pride ourselves upon our promptness and reliability. We will gladly send samples, or, wh^re \ that is not feasible, detailed information of any merchandise desired. If a monthly charge account would add to your convenience, just communicate with our Credit Department. Look for our ads in the Philadelphia papers. "Only Thirteen hopping Days left before Chriatmaa! Why not aelect your gifts while stocks are fresh and clean, and the lines most complete? Every department of the House is prepared to take care of your every wantgifts for women, misses, children, men, youths, boys, the household." ( Mr. Walter M. Hom&n, Wat Cape May, N. J., takea care of all •or Delivery Service in Cape May, Wert Oepe May, South Oepe May, cape May Point, Cold Spring, Fishing Creek, Dins Creek, Oepe May ' Court House, Burleigh, Mayrille, Rio Grande, Era*. Bennett, Whiteshero, Atii Creek and Wildwood Junction. N. SNELLENBURG.&'COMPANY MARKET, 11th to 12th STS./ " PHILADELPHIA White Clothing Cleanei in the Most Approved Manner $obn jf. 0orsfy CUSTOM SUITS TO ORDER Cleaning, Pressing, Scouring CAPE MAY, N. J. Keystone Phone 31 D Next to Prst Office A RELIABLE BUILDER Otis M. Townsend 218 OCEAN ST., CAPE MAY, N. J. Stoves Necessary

IN CAPE MAY QMany of the homes in Cape May and surrounding country are heated with stoves, and if you would get the most heat from- a small quantity of coal, consult Jesse Brown

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^ | Sale of Lands DELINQUENT TAXES IN THE BOROUGH OF WEST CAPE MAY "1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by Harry T. Ludlam, Collector of the Borough of West Cape May and State S of New Jersey, that he ypil) sell at public sale for taxes assessed for the year I 1015, all the lands, tenements, hereditaments add real estate hereinafter mentioned, for the shortest term for which A any person or persons will to take the same, or in fee, where no one will bid for a shorter term and pay the tax lien thereon, including interest and cost*. The said sale will take place In Bor•ugh Hall, Fourth Avenue, West Cape, .' May, N. J., Tuesday, January 2d, 1917, at 1.30 p. m. The said lands, tenements, hereditaments and real estate so to be sold, and the names of the persons against whom ' the said taxes have been laid or assessed on account of the same and the amount of taxes paid or assessed on Recount of, each parcel, are as follows, viz: Ida C. Barrett, 170 lots, Hughes tract $51.51 Lavinia Clemens, Lots 228 and 220, block 14, Miller farm 9.09 Mary Detwiler, house,and lot North side Eldredge avenue, adjoining land Annie Hughes 54-54 ^ Heirs Livingston Eldredge,. bouse and lot. Second avenue adjoining land of R. S. Hoffman gg.gg • Heirs William Holland, house ^ and lot, south side Columbia avenue adjoining land of Ned Mccoy 10.10 ^ Charles Hughes, house and lot, east side Broadway, adjoining W. B. Edmunds ...A 25.25 Ottier Howard, house and lots Nos. 212 and 213, block 13, Miller Farm 32.32 Estate John Halpin: — Lot J, block 1, Miller Farm.. 1.01 Lot 2, block 1, Miller farm. 1.01 Lot, 13, block 2, Miller farm.. 1.01 Lot 14, block 2, Miller farm. . 1.01

fil Meadow land near Oape laland Creek 4.04 Herman, Lot 171, block « 8, Miller f*rm 2.02 , Johnson, house and j lot No. 201, block 12, MHler farm, adjoining Wm. Trusty 4.04 Keith, house and lot, north tide Learning avenue, adjoin- 1 ing Mow Murry 23.23 ] Anne Keith, House and lot, ad- j joining land of Emma Scull on West 1111 4 Amanda .Lewis, house and lot - ' ' north side Learning avenue adjoining land late C Cox . . 9.09 t William James Moore, Lota 209. bloek 12, Miller farm.. 2.02 ' »* illiam James Moore, lot 210, block 12, Miller Farm 2.02 0 William James Moore, house ] and lot 21, block 12, Miller i Farm 30.30 i Eugene Mpuseerone, house and lots Nob. 226 and 227, bloek 14, Miller farm, adjoining lands of J. McClinton 23.23 Arthur G. Reeves, house and lot south side Mechanic street adjoining E. Steer property. 20.20 - Trusty, bouse and lot north side "Learning avenue, ■ adjoining Kirasey 17.17 , Mary L. Turner, house and lot north side Landis avenue 21.21 owner, one-fifth interest In property near W. F! , J. and S. R. R 3.03 ti Charles Welch, Lot No. 19, Fi bloek F, Hughes tract 1-52 Charles Welch, lot No. 20, block i F, Hughes tract 1-52 n: Costs and interest from. December 20, w 1915, to date of settlement, together with the cost of this advertisement, to fc '■ be added. la Dated December 1, 1916. I HARRY T. LUDLAM, hi I Collector. S I HENRY H. ELDREDGE, L Solicitor. ti

SALE OF LANDS; FOR DELINQUENT TAXES p _ t In Lower Township, N. J.

Public notice is hereby given by 1 ' Scott Seymore, Collector of the Township of Lower, County of Cape May, N. J., that he will sell at public sale for taxes assessed for the year 1915, all the T lands, tenements, hereditaments and real estate hereinafter mentioned, for ' the shortest term for which any person or persons will agree to take tie same, I or in fee where no one will bid for it shorter term and pay the tax lien thereon, including interest and cost of sale. I . The sale will take place at Township Hall, in the Township of Lower, Cape " May County, N. J" I Monday, the 8th day of January, 1917, at 1.30- p. m. 1 The 6aid lands, tenements, hereditaments and i$al estate so to be sold and the names of the persons against whom the said taxes have been laid on acount 1 ' of same, and the amount of taxes laid on acount of each parcel, are as folAmt. of Tax I One acre joins lands Ellwood Douglas, owner or reputed owner, Harry Chew 17 96 i Joins lands of Jacob Barnett, owner or reputed owner, Frank T. Church 20 64 I Three acres, joins lands of C. H. Dawson ; owner or re- I puted owner. Herbert C. Dawson 14 92 One-half acre, Delaware Bay 1 House property: owner "Or reputed owner, unknown . . "4 82 Six acres beach property near I etean^toat landing; ownqr or reputed owner, heirs of Joseph Freas 5 22 One hundred end twenty-five g acres, joins lands of James Cro well- heirs; owner or re- a puted owner, Nelson Z. Graves , 478 50 Three hundred acres, joins lands of J. P. Scott; owner or reputed owner, Nelson Z. Graves £ 147 90 Fifty acres, joints lands of £ E. Sawyer; owner or rennted owner. Nelson Z. Graves 52 20 2

Two hundred and fifty acres joins lands of Robert E. n Hand; owner or reputed owner, Nelson Z. Gruves. . . 121 SO acres, Hoffman meadow tract; owner or re- a: puted owner. Nelson Z. Graves 8 70 -T acres, Eldredge meadow tract; owner or reputed * owner, Nelson Z. Graves.. 2 19 acres. Smith meadow R tract; owner or reputed owner, Nelson Z. Graves.. 2 19 acres, Snyder meadow P tract; owner or reputed owner, Nelson Z. Graves. . . 2 19 a acre, house lot, adjoining j Charles Church; owner or reputed owner, Nelson Z. Graves 20 88 Thirty-five acres, joins lands of J. H. Edmunds heirs; owner or reputed owner, George Rutherford . . L . . . - 10 44 acre, joins Catholic cem- d etery; owner or reputed o owner, Walter Trusty ... 87 I' House and lot on Stimson's Lnnc; owner or reputed ,■ owner, Maggie Wilson .... 3 05 8. Block 68; owner or reputed owner, Mary Boyle. 87 j? -26, Block 59 ; owner or reputed owner, Mrs. M. R si Fulton 87 *; Lots 1 and 2, Block 61 ; owner eg-, reputed owner, Elizabeth _ Pbarb 1 74 1 and 8. Block f; owner or reputed owner. Joseph 0. Prelentz 6 96 To each of the above 1 ixes must be added interest »t the rate of 7 per cent Jfand *-osts g: Dated. Deo. 6. A. D. 1916. SCOTT SEYMORE, J * Collector of Township of Lower, tl SAMUEL ELDREDGE, 'Solicitor. r| 2098-12-9-5t — pf . . . . » • _ di ■ ,1.

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GRANGE FAIR The Cold Spring Grange will hold its h> annual* fair in the Grange Hall Thursday evening, December 14. Fancy articles, aprons etc., will be on sale, also ice j,, cream and cake. Come and select your ci Christmas presents. If stormy the Bfext ■ig«- * I Highest Quality Work Shoes at C I reasonable prices. M. C. Fry* Ire, West n Cape May. 9641 ol

I Wednesday, December 20, 1916

Public notice is hereby gives by R. F. Bog g*, fcollector of the Borough « i 1 South Cape May, that he -will sell at public sale all the lands, tenements, A hereditaments and real estate, hereinafter mentioned, fer the shortest terra \ ' tor which any person or persons will agree to take same, or in fee where no oaa . will bid for a shorter term, and pay the tax lien thereon, including interest and costs of sale. This sale will take place at Tow* Hall, South Ckpe May, N. J., Wednesday 1 at 12 noon, December 26, 1916. Ilia said lands, tenements, hereditaments and j real estate to be sold, and the names of the persons sgaipst whom said taxes * been laid, on account of same and the amount of taxes laid ok account of J} each parcel are as follows: — Owners Lot Section Amount EL Bottomly 10 62 9 Feil 22 70 2 59 Htfdreth 1048-100 acres IS 27 a F. Henry 7 seres 9 91 | a W. end C. Le.oir 24 S3 268 A. Laugh ran 20-22 28 S 41 A. Lsughran >.r 28-31 48. 8 64 M. Meidel 5-6-12 26 8 It m. Meidel 5-6-7 27 Sit J. F. O'Rourke 21-23 52 8 48 L. Wallace 5 75 2 86 H. Wise 1 61 2 86 M. A. Wood 7-9 75 2 74 R. F. BOGGS, ' '1 Collector of Taxes. Dated November 4, 1916,.

FISHING CREEK ; 8 John Gayner and family of Salem and g Firman Fox spent Thanksgiving with j, letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fox. Bentley Hoffman called on Miss Jennie Shaw and Jeannette Ober of Wild- t wood on Thanksgiving day. Claude Yearicks and family are spend- f two weeks with relatives in Mary - $ Charles Fouik and family of Cape and Albert Little called on friends Sunday afternoon. Carl Schwerdt and wife visited rela- { tives over Thanksgiving. \ Horace Jackson motored quite a few mOes on Sunday last. Jacob Barnett and family motored to Wildwood on Sunday last. t Israel Woolson and family of Wild- < wood took dinner with Mrs. Frank Bar- . nett on Sunday. Freeman Yearicks and family took , Thanksgiving dinner with the latter s < parents, Mrs. Herbert Shaw of Wildwood. Mrs. George Bishop entertained the sister, Miss Mabel Betz, of Atlantic City ] over Thanksgiving. William Yearicks made a business trip " away from here a few days last week. , j Some of our fyke men are having the misfortune of losing some of their eels. 1 Frank Matthews and John Snyder . were gunning in Erma one day recently and report good bunting. The Bible Class held it annual meet- ' ing at the home of Mrs. Nora Bates on Tuesday last. Mrs. Nora Bates visited her mother of Rio Grande on Monday. Mrs. George Warner e ntertained com- 1 from Wildwood for a few days. ' Leslie Bates and Ernest R-eves made ; business trip to Atlantic City on ■ RUN-DOWN WOMAN Hade Strong By Our Vinol Fort Edward, N. Y. — "I was in a runnervous and weak condition, so I ] could not do the housework for my little ' of three. I had taken cod liver ' oil emulsions and other remedies without benefit. A friend told me about 1 I tried it and it soon built up my strength and made me a well woman so | I how do all of my housework." — Mrs. i EI.uth Gltddev -r ] We guarantee Vinol, to restore - strength and build up run-down, weak and debilitated oondiUona . Met ray's Pharmacy, Cape May, N*. J. j 1 RIO GRANDE |j The public school of this place had a i ' interesting Thanksgiving Day pro- 1 prepared on Tuesday. The parentV'feere invited, and Rev. Lamphere •ind Rev. Morgan ttook part in the ex- J ersises. The teachers. Misses Guy and j , Karris, deserve much credit in training i pupils for the entertainment. Mrs. Mary Jones has returned after , spending two weeks with her daughter N in Philadelphia. Mrs. Sallie Gillean is spending a few days with friends in Wildwood. Mrs. Hannah Kimble is entertaining her sister-in-law from New York. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy is entertaining company from Philadelphia. Miss MerriH McCarty has returned after spending some time in the <% Mrs. J. Ham"! entertained Rev. J. Morgan on Tuesday afternoon and evening. Revival meetings began in the M. E. last Sunday evening. Oome and Pastor Morgan Is bis labors

fhe Corson brothers are having running water put in their house and barn, preparatory to running a dairy next John Cresse, who has been spending time with his son Charles, aiding in his work, returned home Friday. Mrs. Fred Neil has been visiting friends at Cape May, and reports a good J.ime. Mrs. Sims, an aged lady, is quits • much indisposed at this writing. J Mr. Tomlin is entertaining hiB father ■ a few days. Fred McKissic spent Than»giving under the parental- roof. He is employed at Pennigrove. Mrs. Oliver McDonald went to Tuckahne on paturday and remained with her brother until Monday. George Morrison who is employed by our grocer W. Hand, is spending a week with friends in Bridgeton. Bertha Neal, who has been visiting her sister at Sewell, returned on Saturday. Revival services are being held in the M. E. Church.. On Monday night a converted Japanese gave a talk. Mrs. Maggie Burch of Camden it visiting her brother Reuben Fisher. I Mrs. Emma Fisher spent over Sunday with Mrs. John iKirby at Ocean City. William Homan who is working in Pennsgrove was borne here Thanksgiving day. Everett Hand and bride of Philadelphia came down on Sunday and spent the day with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Nettie Hand. William Sykes of Philadelphia was with his wife and family recently. 7 S. Shaw has been visiting his daughter at West Oape Mav over Sunday. Fannie Hand made a business trip to on Monday. Fred Neal and wife took their Thanksgiving dinner with their daughter Mrs. Jones Hand at Burleigh. We are glad to see Mrs. Hannah Doyle with us again; she has been quite ill. CHURCH OF THE ADVENT In compliance with instructions received from the Bishop of New Jersey, an election of officers for the ensuing year was held on Monday morning at the Church of the Advent. Tlic Venerable Archdeacon Shcperd came from Trenton to preside. At the instance of the Bishop, he proposed the following ticket which wasl unanimously adopted : Warden, Mr. D. Clapham. Treasurer, Mrs. A. Woou. Secretary, Mr. Harry Balm. In addition to the above, the Bishop of New Jersey will nominate trustees, in whom any property of the Church be vested. - After the election of the officers, a resolution was proposed by Andrew Wheeler, seconded by Mr. Clapbam, expressing the appreciation of tiio-e ? ent of tne good work done during the past year under the Rev. J*aul Sturtevant Howe. A special tribute was pain to the same effect by the colored member- of j the congregation. | The archdeacon closed the m»-tuig. with a prayer, after which thA doxology was sung. I What is now the Mission Church of the Advent was built and occupied by 'the First Presbyterian Congregation un- | til about 1906, when it was sold to the Advent Mission. Highest Quality Work Shoes at reasonable rrtcea. M. C. Frymlre. West I Cape May. 2*41 1

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