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2T ■* do yoor Roogh Dry ud Flat Work. LwJ Rough Dry Wearing Clothes, 3c each jg washed, starched and dried, ready lor ^ ironing. Mixed pieces of Flat Work, Bed, and Table Linen ayerages abont 35c per dozen. All work at list prices. Shirts hand-ironed. PosBpvelr no rough edges on collars. TROY LAUNDRY jRMce 40 -j Wa&nington Street *95 CONGRESS STREET BOTH PHONES Br* i

.SNELLENBUfRG^ ^ f en7we b2jock—m/kkbt stpttts ^ # I Don't forget that our Free Delivery Service embraces your town and vicinity, and that all purchases made by yon will be delivered directly to your door, without any additional cost. Our MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT, with its force of trained shoppers, is at your service at all times. We pride ourselves upon our promptness and reliability. We will gladly send samples, or, where that is not feasible, detailed information of any merchandise desired. If a monthly charge account would add to your convenience, just communicate with our Credif Department. Look for our ads in the Philadelphia papers. "Every day from now to Christina* will be a busy one. Why not, in selecting your Gifts, choose the Store that is known for it* Extraordinary Values and Prompt Service." . f" Mr. Walter M. Horaan, West Cape May, N. J., take, care of all ' • ocr Delivery Service in Cape May, Wet Cape May, South Cape May, [ Oope May Point, Cold Spring, Fishing Creek, Diaa Creek, Cape May Court House, Burleigh, Mayville, Rio Grande, Ertna, Bennett, Whiteaboro, (#een Creek and Wild wood Junction, n. snellenburg & company MARKET, ilth to 12th STS. PHILADELPHIA White Clothing Cleaned in the Most Approved Manner 3obn jf. (Borebi CUSTOM SUITS TO ORDER Cleaning, Pressing, Scouring CAPE MAY, N. J. Keystone Phone 310 Next to Post Office A RELIABLE BUILDER Otis M. Townsend 218 OCEAN ST., CAPE MAY, N. J I Stoves Necessary IN CAPE MAY QJMany 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 o ' coai, consult !' Jesse Brown j; 110 md 1U JMfcaaa St Cap. M.7> N. J. L

Sale of Lands FOR DELINQUENT TAXfeS IN THE BOROUGH OF WEST CAPE MAY

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by Harry T. Ludlam, Collector of the Borough of West Cape May and State of New Jersey, that be will sell at Dub- - lie sale fbr taxes assessed for the year 1915, all the lands, tenements, hereditaments and real estate hereinafter mentioned, for the ahortest term for which any person op persons will agree to take i the same, or in fee, where no one will bid far a shorter term and pay the tax lien thereon, including interest and costs. The 6aid.sale will take place In Bor•ugh Hall, Fourth Avenue, West Cape v May, N. J., Tuesday, January 2d, 1917, aY 1.30 p. m. • - T The said lands, tenements, hereditaments and real estate so to be sold, and ! the names of the persons against whom i f the said taxes have been laid or assessed ] on account .of the same and the amount j of taxes paid or assessed on account of i each parcel, are as follows, vix: IIda C. Barrett, 170 lots, Hughes tract -951.51' I Lavinia Clemens, Lots 228 and \ 229, block 14, Miller farm. ... 9.09 j Heirs Livingston Eldredge, house and lot, Second avenue j adjoining land of R. S.' HoffHeirs William Holland, house j* and lot, south 6ide Columbia avenue adjoining land of Ned Mecoy v. 10.10 j Ottier Howard, house and lots ' Nos. 212 and 213, block 13, ^ Miller Farm 32.32 Estate John Halpin: — Lot 1. block 1, Miller Fann^,- 1.01 '• Lot 2, block 1, Miller farm.. 1.01 f Lot 13, block 2, Miller farm. . 1.01

Lot 14, block 2, Miller farm.. 1.01 Meadow land near Cape laland Creek 4-04 Samuel Herman, l»t 171, block 8, Miller farm 2.02 Anne Keith, honie and lot, north side Learning avenue, adjoining Mose Murry 23.23 . Anne Keith, House and lot, adjoining land* of Fmma Scull on W est 11.11 . William James Moore, Lota 209, block 12, Miller farm.. 2.02 William James Moore, lot 210, block 12, 'Miller Farm ........ 2.02 William James Moore, house and lot 21, block 12, Miller j Farm 30.30 i Mousaerone, house and lots Nos. 226 and 227, block 14, Miller farm, adjoining lands of J. McClinton 23.23 (Arthur G. Reeves, house and lot" I south side Mechanic street adjoining E. Steer property. 20.20 Walter Trusty, house and lot ( north side Learning avenue, adjoining Kimsey 17.17 L. Turner, house and lot | north side Landis avenue .... 21.21 i Unknown owner, one-fifth in- ] terest in property near W. j J. and S. R. R 3.03 Costs and interest from December 20, 1 to date of settlement, together J with the cost of this advertisement, to t added. i Dated December 1, 1916. t HARRY T. LUDLAM, Collector. c H. ELDREDGE, Solicitor. e t

SALE OP LAUDS! FOR DELINQUENT TAXES ■ F In Lower Township, N. J.

Public notice is hereby given by 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 ands, tenements,, hereditaments and real estate hereinafter mentioned, for the shortest term for which any person or persons will agree to take the same, or in fee where no one will hid for a j shorter term and pay the tax lien thereon. including interest and cost of Bale. | The sale will take place at Township Hall; in the Township of Lower, Cape May County! N. J- ^ Monday, the 8th day of January, 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 0 the said taxes have been laid on acount _ of same, and the amount of taxes laid on acount of each parcel, are as follows; vix: Amt. of Tax One acre joins lands Ellwood Douglas, owner or reputed owner, Harrv Chew ...... $7 96 Join- lands of Jacob Barnett, owner or reputed owner, Frank T. Church 20 64 j r I Three acres, joins lands of C H. Dawson; owner or repi- d owner. Herbert C. | One half acre. Delaware Bay i ri'putedPoXr'Vunknown ^ "4 R" id . j =

- t i \ ly Six' acres b*ach property near a- steamboat landing ; ownnr 4. or reputed owner, heirs of >r ! Joseph Freas 5 22 8 ie i Thirty-five aires, joins land6 id i of J. H. Edmunds heirs-, ^ ir owner or reputed owner, in I George Rutherford 10 44 e e! One acre, joins Cathoiic cem- j a' etery; owner or reputed e e~ owner, Walter Trusty .... 87 „ jp House and lot on Stimson's I w Lane-, owner or reputed o owner. Maggie Wilson .... 3 05 t Lot 8, Block 68; owner or re- a i puted owner, Mary Boyle. . 87 1; ! Lot 26. Block 59; owner or re- » puted owqer, Mrs. M. R. d Fulton 87 e d l-ots 1 and 2, Block 61 : owner it j or reputed owner. Elixabeth ,d Pharo 1 74 f" : Lots 1 and 8, Block 1 ; owner c I or reputed owner. Joseph „ x G. Prelentx 6 96 To each of the nhoVe taxes must be 6 | added interest at the rate of 7 per cent a 4 ; Dated. Dec. C. A. D. 1916. f, SCOTT SEYMORE. p ., : Collector of Township of Lowgr. j SAMUEL E— DREDGE, Solicitor. j]

J. ALBERT HARRIS, SERGEANT-AT-ARMS I The Republican Senatorial conference I at Tnnton on Tuesday -el.otdd J. Al- , L»rt Harris, of- Wildwood, for M-agoant-' |.-t -anils of the Senate. Mr. Harris was i favored b -cause of his acquaintanceship i . made xvitli the senators at the Coveri nor's Days- held at Wiluwood in 1915: |and 1916. He will be the first sergeantj at-arms from Cape May county in thir- ; * ty years. Florin Mason. of Upper | Township, and Frank Dickinson, of ' i Lower Township, were also selected as ! I committee clerks. THE GRANGE The officers elected at the annual ] meeting of the New Jersey State Grange I ) in Atlantic City last week Acre: Master, George W. F. Gaunt*, Gloucester J County; Overseer, Walter H. Havens*, j Middlesex; Lecturer, D. H. Agens, Hunt- j ! ingtpn ; Steward. Amer J. Gaunt, Bur- 1 jlington; Asst. "FtcnaVds, H. W. Her ! Ibert. Monmouth, jand Bessie E. Ackle.v*,j Ciim'-erland; Chaplain. C. L. Iloj-an*, | Gloucester; Treasurer, Charles Collins*. Burlington; Secretary. John T. Cox*.' Huntingdon ; Gatekeeper, Wendell Beid- i ! email, Camden; Pomona, Lillie Haines*,! '■'"Tcer: Flora, Louise Mabie*. Bergen; I IC-rco. M*ry P, -Risley * , Cape May; Ex- , •c- tivr Committee r E. L. Wellyan, Es- , I sex. and T. W. McKay. Sussex. I In tie 44 years of the State Grange's ! existence, nine indrridfljJS 4avr served as Mayor and of whom Otoe Ve still 1 living: Mortimer ^ftftebted, JWte T-

' ox and the present incumbent. Wor3 thy Master Cox served six years and r during the time was Steward of the - National Grange. Worthy Ma-t.T •' iaunt was elected in 1900 and uas scrv- » • -d continuously during til- 16 years ji since, meantime filling the office of Leo- • turer in the .national Grange and of ' > High Priest in Deiu. ter. or Seventh De- - gree, highest office in the Order. ' • ! 'Re-elected. r i 1 DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS ELECT ' » ; The election of officers in the Frances ' I Willard Camp. Daughters of Veterans ' j resulted as follow - ; I President. Miss Elixa Soak. - S. V. P.. Mrs. Frank Church. I J'. V P.. .Miss Lydia Swain. ' Cliaplain. Mrs. S. H. Moore. 1 - Treasurer, Mrs. Albert Bennett. 1 •Secretary, Miss Helen Swain. - 1 Council. Mrs. Alice Nale, Mrs. Robert ' Denny, Mrs. Eva Bishop. ' Guard. Miss. Rebecca Doak, ' i Assistant tfuard. Mi«s Elixabeth Hand, f , j. Guide. Mrs. Eva Bishop. ' , Musician. Miss Hylen Ware. I | The next meeting will be held Jan- 1 - arv 9th. f t 1 • f J. Highest Quality Wore Shoes at ' i —aaonable prices. M. C. Frymlre, Wert , Cape May. MM * . ; * We Grind Our Own Lmm F MM. No dngf UMl. I

SOUTH CAPE MAY TAX SALE Wednesday, December 20, 1916 Public notice is hereby given by B. F. Boggr, Ccllectcr of the Borough of South Cape May, that he will sell at p-iblic sale all tha lands, lewh, hereditaments and real estate, hereinafter mentioned, fer the shortest tens for which, any person or persona will agree to take same, or in fee where no one wiH bid for a shorter term, and pay the tax lien thereon, including interest and costs of sale. This sale will take place at Town Hall, South Gape May, N. J., Wednesday at 12 noon, December 20, 1916. The said lands, tenements, hereditaments and real estate to be sold, and the names of the persons against whom said taxes have been laid, on account of same and the amount of taxes laid oa amount of each parcel are as follows:— Owners Ixrt Section Amount R. K. Bottomly 10 52 $ 2 96 F. Fell 22 70 2 59 J. Hjldreth 10 48-100 acres 13 27 C. F. Henry 7 acres 9 91 G. W. and C. Lenoir 24 33 2 63 a. La ugh ran 20-22 28 8 42 A. Laughran 29-31 43 3 64 M. Meidel 5-6-12 26 3 19 M. Meidel 5-6-7 27 3 19 J. F. CRourke 21-23 52 3 42 F. L. Wallace 5 75 2 86 E H. Wise .1 61 2 96 M- A. Wood /. 7-9 75 2 74 R. F. JBOGGS, ' Collector of Taxes. Dated November 4, 1916, "

CAPE MAY COUNTY AND THE MOSQUITO No one can doubt the value of idosquito extermination to Cape May County. The whole prosperity of the Oounty depends on two things — its desirabilas a summer resort, and .its agricultural value. PractiaaUy every induatrv or occupation in the county depends on of these two things. Every summer the thousands of visitors who travel many miles and pay extravagant prices to enjoy the cool and refreshing bathing of our famous beaches are tormented by this biting, irritating, maddening pest — the mosquito. It descends upon them in swarms with every land breeze. It stings them and poisons them until many of the tortured victims leave to return no more. Thousands of dollars worth of trade are lost annually by our hotel keepers and merchants, "and the value of real estate is held far below its possible level simply because the people fear to face the hbrdes of mosquitoes that are waiting here to make their lives miserable. As to the effect of the mosquito on the agriculture of the county. Dr. Jacob G. Lipman. a former resident of: Cape May County, Director of the Netf Jersey State Experiment Station, speaks as follows — "'There are still more than million acres of land awaiting agricultural development in Southern New Jersey. I believe firmly that this section will some day be the leading market gardening section of the Atlantic seaboard. Our rainfall is nearly fifty inches per annum, well distributed, the season is long, and it only lacks in my opinion the assurance of co-nfort to an influx of fanners to this part of the state. Those of us who have , in the pine belt or along the coast i at certain times of the year know that | is almost uneniiuraL'e and people will rot e-tablish their homes tli-re under conditions as thev ; \i-1 s: -he or -«- as xi-"t pr

These tacts done *<• •!•! 'onvinre j every intelligent cit\- - o-' the county i that" the extennination . ' 'lie mosquito] is indefinitelv desirable, it i- a work ; acomplishment of which will have a direct value in dollar- and cent- to every citizen engaged in business io the ' Mosquito extermination work and the , appropriation of funds for this work j have been opposed »ii l-.--o grounds - those of physical impossibility and pro- [ The experience of oth. r counties! that mosquito extei mi nation is I not a physical iinpossibilit v In E— ex. [ Hudson. Bergen; Union ard other counties control of the n.-st i- an established I f'let. ]n our neighboring county of At- ! tov ard control .Atlantic City has just - j-a-i-eii inrougn n season in wnu-o it has

been less troubled with mosquitoes than i Atlantic County is more difficult than i . life and problems of eontroljng the „ hou-e mosquito. But if Atlantic Tsuintv . has ma-tcred her hard problem are we ' f "f ( ape May County to hesitate at our . comparatively easy" one 7 If Atlantic 1 County, in addition to tile other advan- 1 tages which have placed her so far in 1 the lend of seashore* resorts, frees lier- ' . self «f mo.ifTrttoes, then Cape May Coun- 1 ( ty must certainly follow her example or , be left hopelessly behind in the race. It is true that mosquito extermination 1 costs money, tost is necessary to the < acquisition of any economic good. But if we consider the matter from an economic standpoint we must also consider 1 the profit to be obtained. Money spent J in mosquito extermination is invested, - not wasted. It will produce a Jiigher rate of interest for the county than any other possible investment. If this work goes on real estate values are bound to appreciate. Let us suppose, for exam- i pie. that in five years the real estate in the county will have increased In value million dollars — a conservative estimate. The increase in income thus afwould pay in one year the whole amount expended, should the appropria- " tion be continued at the present rate — per year. la the county spending money on any other proportion which is yielding aa quick and core a profit aa this? The administration of the money appropriated far mosquito extermination

is in the hands of the Cape May County I Extermination Commission. The Commission is a body of practical, enthusiastic men, serving without any com- • pensation whatever, and striving to - make every dollar kill ite million of ■ mosquitoes. The Commission employs - an executive officer who has had ex- ■ periencc in this type of work in .the ' other counties wbere the mosquito has i been succsWully controlled, who directeand organizes all the work and thereby . • [brings the administration of the funds, ' to ints highest- efficiency. » » ' The plan of .the work does not comprehend complete drainage of thn marsh ' at once nor does it promise to give per- • - feet freedom from mosquitoes at once. 1 It has beeil determined that the type of • mosquito which is imported to the coun- ' ty is the salt marsh mosquito. The. 1 salt marsh mosquito breeds as a rule in 1 a comparatively small and well defined portion of the' marsh. Thus the relief ! of the county can be accomplished by the application of all funds to the im- ! mediate drainage of the small breeding ' areas mentioned. The Commission be- ' lieves that by so doing a large mean- • ufe of relief will be shown in a very i short time. Work nas been going on in • the vicinity of Cape May during the ! summer and that city may confidently - expect to feel the results of the worit ) next season. I Now, the question is, shall Gape -uay ' County cdntinue this work? The 6oard of Freeholders will soon meet to pass ' the budget for the coming year. Shall ' they continue to support this great work ( on which so much of the prosperity of the county depends? The desirability ] of extermination is clear. The possibility of extermination is proven. The ' objections to extermination are met, ' Let every intelligent voter make it plain I to his representative on the Board of Freeholders that public opinion will demand the continuation of this important ' i ;; ,r. on the budget.

GRANGE FAIR ^ Tli ■ CclJ Spring Grange will hold its y u.-in'iel f»ir% hi the Grange Hall Thurs"j.'ay evening. December 14. Fancy arti1 vies, apro.i- etc., will be on sale, al-o ii-e „ cream and cake. Come and select your e ' Christmas presents. If stormy the next , night. j Highest Quality WorU Shoes at I reasonable prices. M. C. Fry*), re. West Cape May. 1041 "j COUNTY CHURCH SOCIETY HOLDS MEETING ] I Tlja^sheqnd of th<- four annual mret- . inga of "Tire County Federation of C»th<>r lie Societies was held in St. Mary's Hall , last Wednesday evening. The me t -ig ^ was called to order proiui-Siv at eight , o'clock by President Tome. of'WiU vnmL , The speakers of the evening were Fran- . cis J. «mith. of Beverlv. N". J,. diocesan . 'Secretary of th- Federation, und J. . Connor French, of Trenton. Other , speakers were the Rev. Fathers Blake, . Moroti»v and Kellv. respectively of , Ocean City. Wildwm.,1. and fnpe May. Mr. Smith ned ■ a pi-.- f-r -iron.- f Ii and declared that "H deration, organization, is the surest mean- of obtaining . the end desired." Highest Quality Work Shoes at reasonable prices. M. C. Frymlre. West Cape May. 2041 Best Qual'ty ONION SKIN PAPER manifold orvcopy work for sale at y, and Wave Stationery Department —81.00 per ream. tIF YOU HAD A NECK IS LONG AS THI8 FELLOW, AMD MAO SORE THROAT ONSIUME rmt ftistir »aicTtn^