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CAFE MAY STAR ANDWAVL | PiUhM by | STAB AND WAVE PUR CO. (Incorporated) ALBERT R- HAND. Prendwt ( CAPE MAY. NEW JERSEY A. LEON SWING . . . Mrnpr SUBSCRIPTION PRICE *1-50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE . This paper is entered at the post•ffiee a* second-class postal ma, iter. } lHE*AjS^ia^rR^5tK3{xlATToN , Publishing a communication in i these columns does not necessarily , tasply editorial endorsement. : Communications will not be eoA- | Mdered unless signed. personal mention i < Continued from First Pace , Remington, has returned to 'her home. DeHaven Yoeum and family, of Philadelphia, have taken a cottage on Jackson street where they will r spend the balance of the summer. . Mr. and Mrs. John K. Strubing, of St. Martins, spent the week-end with ' Stands at Cape May. Mr. and Mrs. Strubing will .'soon leave for their 1 ^home in Gloucester, Mass., where they Will sJRilld the remainder of the season. . MiSs Am§lja Schellenger, of Phila- j . delphia, is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. Thomas B. Schell- ' enger on Washington Street. Miss Helen Maxwell, of Philadel- j phia, is the guest of Miss Evelyn ^ Johnson at -the Wellington Apartments for a "few days. - Mrs. Alice Kock, of Philadelphia, ■ is spending a few weeks with her ^ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Townsend at 634 Washington Street. ^ Mrs. Meredith, of Washington, D. C., is a guesj at Congress. Hall. Mr?. Irene Decker; of Dayton, O., ! is spending some time with her ' daughter, Mrs. Samuel M. Schellen- ^ ger at her home on Michigan avenue. . Lawrence Mears, formerly of Cape { May, is spending a short time at this resort. J Miss Elsie Spencer, of Philadelphia, is enjoying a few days visit * with friends here. " Harry Tenebaum, recently visited New York where he attended a meeting of the Phi Epsil^n Pi Fraternity. Robert J. McKenty, Warden of Eastern Penitentiary, and Mrs. Rob- * ■ert J. McKenty, are the guests of * Mr. and .Mrs. Reuben Cohen at their . cottage, 208 Ocean Street. Mr. and Mrs. Alex" Shaw, of War- ' ran; 0., arid Mr., and Mrs. Frank u Ehaw, of Atlantic City, accompanied 0 by their two daughters, Misses Eh'-/.- * abeth and Dorothy and Miss Ford, have retiirheilto their glomes after c enjoying a few uaya^stay at the'Star 1 Villa. ' ■ i Miss Esther O'Neil, of Philadel- ' phia, is the, week-end guest of. Mrs. J W. M. Cassedy at her home, 612 v Hughes Street. WILL SUE OPPONENTS * (Cortimunicated) * ( Libel cases are being-prepared for j early trial in the courts of Cape ( May County against men making 0 certain statements irt which support t was publicly withdrawn fiom th« a Publicity Gommittee of the proposed colored Y. M. C. A. j Keith with his array of attorneys, a promises the pubKc a battle royal, J and assures them thnt when tV legal fight i^_over, no stigma shall ( attach to his name. f A frantic desire to down the f strongest, ablest, most active and ef- j fective worker for the essential good ^ of the colored race, and one whq has t , been accomplishing much , in having f fought bitterly for certain school fa- t dlities in his school district, for .a t colored Justice in the municipal j court of Cape May and for one third v « of "the county executive committees for years, is behind the Y. M. C. A. j Opposition* Tlie latest thing that j this man- has done for his race was to N properly organize the colored women j - of this county, immediately lifter the c vote was given to women, at a grept saqrifioe of both his time and his j limited means, ip this . he' vyas assist- ( - ed by some very brilliant colored v women of this city. The things men- j tioned above have been successfully ^ worked out and are actually in being at this writing. Robert H. Keith is the man who j has done-sthese things . successfully c au(j intelligently for his people. He j is the -only colored man. to have been ^ 'appointed to aVlassjfied government ( posrtion from Cape- May County, j though many have tried. \ t

WILL SAVE HONEY FOR c. m. COUNTY COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT, NEW OFFICER RECENTLY CREATED BY BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS. IS ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESS MOVES IN YEARS. Some weeks ago the Board of 'ChoSen Freeholders of. Cape May County created a new office for the county known as the 'County Purchasing Agent. Heretofore this officer has. only been used in counties of the first class, but several memof our Board, foremost among whom was Irvin H. Eldredge, of Cape May City, conceived tne idea that - •smaller counties could use such plan with great advantage. Since its creation, and even before details have been arranged so as to . permit t£e office tp function properly, there fes been the inevitable amount «f criti- ; cism, .some favorable, and some adverse. . a, Most of the people who are Qut of sympathy with this move are apparently those who do not understand the. situation which gives rise to art absolute necessity for such an office. people can only see the additional burden placed on the county occasioned by the annual salary paid to the Purchasing Agent of $2,000 j i per year, which, if it were a dead j loss, would cost the taxpayers of j Cape May in the aggregate, a very ] few dollars. . But it is quite the op-', posite to the intention of the 'Free- ] holders that this Office be an added [ ■ .cost; on the contrary, its stfle pur- j ] pose is to effect a -saving of the peo- j ; pie's funds, and this it is expected to j . do, and can hardly fa51 in. accomplish j ment. In a recent interview, Mr. Eldredge j ; put the whole need for the new of- j , fice in a nutshell. He said: "When 1 first took my seat in a meeting of ; the Board of Freeholders, I discovered that things were not run in. a • way in which I would like to see my j private business run. The Board is an ■ immense business, spending $600,000 ] every year. There was much mate- j rial in the county and it was impossi- , ble for all the members "of the to keep track of it, and conse- j quently they often ordered things,! that the county already had, thus) getting a useless amount of material r on hand. Evei'y member was practically a purchasing agent, and some| times the purchases were brought: ■ before the board and sometimes thqyj weren't. It was obvious that thisTT promiscuous buying had to be stopp- 1 ed, authority centralized, and ONE | MAN held RESPONSIBLE for the! purchases of the county. A purchasing agent was the only way ' out of the maze of confused ordering ' and buying in which the Board stfuggled.'^ It is certainly easy to see the ne-j ' cessity for the office, -when the busi- ! 1 of the county is compared with 1 1 the business of a private corporation. 1 1 There are no business houses in Cape 1 that do any where near the volume of business that Cape May | 1 County does, and yet it is safe to say that nearly al 1_ of them are big ' enough to know the necessity for having authority to buy vested in I one and only ortp person. As for j , corporations attempting to i ' do •, business without a purchasing) , agent, (and one getting many times the salary our county allows) they! very, very scarce, if not extinct.' The installation of the County) Agent will do more than ! one thing to put the county on a thorough business footing. This is something like the way;1 purchases will he made. As any department needs something, a requi- , sition will be presented and passed ; on by the Board. Then a -VOTE OF j THE ENTIRE BOARD will instruct the Purchasing Agent to buy. The ! ' purchasing agent will make it his | to know where to buy fori, the lowest penny, and will travel, at ' ■ OWN EXPENSE to the place ; : where the most advantageous, bar- 1 gain can be made for Che county. ; Having charge of ALL the purchases) 1 will he able to buy iiKtjuantities, j whlfch will of course, effect Vast sav- ) ings in the course of a year's pur- „ . ) Moreover, a part of his duties will 1 to inventory the Dossessions of the j county, so that he will know' just what materials the county" has oh ' so that no duplicate purchases will be made. ' Another instance fti which the Purchasing Agent will eliminate chances . mistake, waste and inefficiency. ; Suppose there was a contractor working in a certain district of the county who needed materials. He would inthe local representative of the of Freeholders, who would , bring a requisition before the Board '

to he passed. Whea passed by them the Agent will buy. Under the old method, the Freeholder who was approached by the contractor would himself buy the materials. Now which method is preferable? Old or New? Every single item that the county or any officer of the county will use du ing the transaction of official bu<ine:s will be puichased by tlit Ccunty Purchasing Agent, who will have a man's size job on his hands. ' The books used in- the offices of the sheriff, the surrogate, and a dozen ' ai d one other offices, ah will be 1 bought by the new officer. It is es timated that the saving on buying bcoks and stationery alone, r when i bought in bulk, will iraount to $500 It is well known that all things, sta- ' tionery included, ' cost much less in 1 bi lk thifr^ when small individual or- ; ~d<ys are placed. i Irvin Eldredge, Cape May's businesslike representative on the board, 1 and one of the most enthusiastic 1 sponsors rf the new plan, believes 1 that when details of the office have • been s mo jlii ad out, and are functioning smoothly, the new officer will save .the county of Cape May* $5,000 per year above "his salary.. "It is j not only what the county needs for its present volume of business," Mr. I E dre lge said, "but what it Will need ir. the future ps it keeps growing. D m't .exv jet' Cape May County to stand still."' Samuel F. Eldredge, prominent atI I tc -ney of Cape May, is the first man I to hold the offiye. He is in every | way .a logical man for the position, j Mr. j Eldredge has at one' time an es- ; sent\a! knowledge Of the law and business ability, and enjoys the comj plete confidence of the peopje, who ( know and j^pect his high character, j and who ^ftnt a man of his caliber in I a position of trust. The Purcliasing 1 Agent recently said,- in arsp«ech be- ; fore the- Freeholders, "that he would j hot/hold office without the confidence of the Board ahd of the people, nor would he accept his salary ■ unless he knew- he could earn it.". ' /There is . -io question but that he ; earn it many times over. wihTthT churches ] CHURCIY OF THE ADVENT ■. j. Rev. Paul Sturtevant Howe, Ph.D. Rector I SUNDAY SERVICES ' 7:30 A. M. Holy Communion. 10:30 A. M. Second services and ser- , / mon. fT3:45^P. M.-fiunday School, i P. M. Evtasong. . * . presbVterian I Sunday, 17th inst "-showed large j j congregations morning and evening. Miss Wilkins sang -it the morning j- service^ "Repentance'.' by Guonod and- Mr.' Quidort, "Ride On." In the! . evening, Miss Wilkins sang "Abide | with Me,'' by Liddie and Mr. Rodes j sang^Just for Today." On account I of -vacancies in altos and bass, Aii-i ; thems cannot be rendered. The organ , music contirfues to attract^ the fatten- 1 ■ tionsf-jnusic-lovers. J I AH se*vices on daylight saving I ^ * ' j"- . - METHODIST j SundajySriiool at 10 A. M. Morn J woi^hiplat 11 A. M. Pastoj Hillmar; will have for his subject, ! Thorn." Evening worship at I 8 Pv_M. Sermon subject, "Ip the BibleGbd's Word ?" The Lyric Male | Quartet will sing at both services. I At the prayer meeting qext Wed-j-nesday night, Miss Minnie Kraus,- of | Philadelphia, will give an address on ! the Jewish Tabernacle which will be illustrated by the us« of Models. WHERE WAS SPRING WHEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT? f ■ ) The gas break which occurred rej cently might have been J3. lot worse. For instafice, what if the service had J been off for a full week ? Nope of j you were hit quite ^s hard as th^ j STAR £ WAVE was, and wc'1-9- n<4 j kicking (not much," anyhow) because I we are confident that the company | did»its .best. I Mr. Sprang, the recently installed manager, mesen-es a lot of credit: Those yho knew, of the circumstanc; es, knew that continued discontinuance might have been the order for some time jf every nerve had not been strained to put. the plant back on the -job again. There are two sides to the gas question when the .gas g.-«is out-. Your side, and the manager's sider And if it will console you, remember that "it hurts him a lot worse than it does you." ftJEMORIAM In loving remembraucg-'of Frank J". Rutherford who passed away July 1912. WIFE AND CHILDREN.

OCEAN GUY ; BANS BARE KNEES BATHING SUIT PARADE, WHICH MARKS ALL RRSORTS BUT 2 CAPE MAY. IS BARRED BY 1 DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY. » - >. 1 Ocean City, N. J. Those who indulge ia surf bathing ! and have been accustomed so far this 1 summer to go along the streets of '■ Ocean City in a half nude state will have to watch their steps tomorrow ? and thereafter until' the close of the 1 season, because the department of 5 public safety gives notice that on and after July 15, the ordinance 1 bearing, on this subject, will be enforced. It is claimed that there has been much parading of the streets bA mep > and women with fnt sufficient cloth- = ing on their persons, hnd this will 3 not be permitted. Nothing has been - said about wearing one-piece bathing suits on the beach, but those -attired, • iny-any kind of bathing suit, espec0 ially those showing dimpled and oth3 1 er sorts of knees, must wear a cove?-. r >nS w'hen going through "the streets • to their homes or hotels. 1 ■ — — i COMPLIMENTS 1 The Troy I.auhd>-y of this city has received many letters complimenting them on their Brochure, recently isl sued by the Star -and Wave. Also ' mention in the several Laundry Jour- • nals. Tha American Laundrymen - are conducting an educational cam- > paign in the interest of their patrons - and the Troy Brochure is a fair sam- > pie of the booklets issued by many . of the members of the National'Laun < drymen's Association. I Mr. Balm would ,like to get one of - these BrophureS in the hands of every 1 housewife and a copy can be had by - applying at the Troj- Laundry office, - 405 Washington Street 01* phone or 1 drop a postal card itnd one will be sent by earliest mail. - Below is a clipping taken from the! Starchroom- Laundry Journal of this' month: * GIVE US THE SLIP An interesting brochure under the : above title has recently been issued 1 by the.Troy Laundry, of Capo Mav,| I N. J., in an atterppt to teach t'lel customers the "necessity of retaining) the laundry slips and returning the'm j ' together with any complairtts for in- , vestigation. On the first page ' ap- 1 pears the following comment: "It is, not one of the six best sellers. Each j page tells how to save money — the ' I favorite pastime' §ince the war. It] I is trusted that what follows ' will j prove helpful, and that you wilj read' ) every line." The inside cover has a I , I good picture of the Troy, anil the | | following eight .pages are devoted toi .) the argument on the importance oli j j the laumiry slip in (racing possible [ .•mistakes. The inside back cover has 1 , an instructive photograph on slam.'. . ! and their removal, while the outside ] .'back cover contains only the well- j . known "Send it to the Laundry" sio- i gan. . This -is one of the he^t pieces j . of educational propaganda which !»a«J ) come to our notice for tome time, t'nd ! , Harrt' E. Balm, proprietor of the , ' Troy, says he Will be god- to send a! copy to any member of the L. N. A j. — Starchroom Lai inlryvJournai. SPECIAL SERVICES | On Sunday, July 24, special and' l most interesting services will beheld, . at the Tabernacle M. E.. Church, eon- . tinuing^through the- day! Rev. H. G. j Keller, its earnest', young pastor, and ] - the Rev. Harry E. Gqrrison, a fqrmer \ F well beloved pastor will speak at t|ie| 1 morning service, and Judge Henry : . Eldredge will make an address in the | afternoon dnd other interesting feat- ' •ures will be provided. An excellent. 3 musical program "has been arrange/! 1 and it will be' well worth hearing. . j The members of the Endowment ; Committee who' have been -working -, j dike beavers^for many months for t f this . houp will render, their report. | , They want to feel assured that foi- , | ^ears to come this sacred spot will : , be maintained, a clean, beautiful and j t fitting resting place for the pioneers of the religious 'life of this commun- j 1 ity, and that it may continue to be a j land mark revered /and kept sacred . .for all time. They will see to .it . . that the tangled grasses of neglect r shall not hide, 'f rom the world, the I [• names, dear to all, dhiseled on . the ! [ marble shafts reared by the hands of affection. . All -Who are interested ijr any way . in this historic church and its hjes'sf ed "God's Acre" are inyit^d and j urg^i to oome and show their appre- , ciation of the. splendid ' work of the Endowment CoVnmittee. CARD OF THANKS ; Mrs. F. IJ. Griffith and . family , wish to thank their many friends for flowers and kind service rendered during their recent bereavement II gl e , d

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