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SUICIDE Mh 'E I CAPEJAY JN MAN FOUND IN MILLVILLE WITH < BULLET IN HEAD IS THOUGHT TO BE ROSS HOLLINGSHEAD, OF CAPE MAY The body of a man found in Millville last Wednesday may be that of <. Ross Hollingshead, formerly of Cape i Mav. according to his wife, who re- . ceived a description of the deceased. The clothing of the dead man and a general description of his appearance tallies with that of Hollings- 1 headDeath was caused by a bullet wound | in the head, which County Physician Waimwright said was self inflicted. An automatic pistol was found beside the body, with instructions for use in a or.cket. . , _ Hollingshead, who served with Cape May county troops in the World War, left home a month ago after a domestic quarrel.

COUNTY FAIR ■ SEPT. 7. 8. 9 i EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PLAN- ® KING MANY CHANGES AND IM- s PROVEMENTS FOR THREEDAY FESTIVAL c i The executive committee of the \ Boa.d of Agriculture was represented f by Joseph Camp, I. A. Powell and D. j C. Tudor, last Saturday at the fair grounds. The 1922^ounty fair, to be , " held on September 7, 8 and 9, was , discussed with the view to making | this year's fair one to be proud of. j Special emphasis was directed . toward improving the baseball j grounds, changing the entrance so j that agricultural exhibits are just as , prominent along the midway as other j exhibits and attractions and repair- ] : ing the platform in front of the ■ grand stand, so that free acts can be , given between the intervals of horse ] racing. I Great hope is being placed in the various committees already appointed and those yet to be appointed- Each committee has certain duties to perform and already considerable work has been done. The poultry committee, composed of John R. Reeve, D. C- Tudor, A- B. Fauye, Miss Wilhel- ^ mina Powell, Harry W. Law and Jos- 1 ©ph H- Cohen, held a meeting in the office of farm demonstration Friday, j July 14, and arranged the premium list for the poultry show- The fruit, j vegetable, home economies, athletic, i dairy, field crop, horse racing and j o^her .committees will soon come to- i gether, each to put forth its best ef- j fort in making the 1922 fair the most j enjoyable and best ever held, in^ Cape May county. IF You Wish "HUNT'S NEWS OF THE THEATRES" mailed to your home each week send your name and address to HUNT'S THEATRES Wildwood, N. J. Please specify whether Wildwood or Cape May issues are desired. Get a Hot Dog Today, A dime is all you pay. QUIDORT'S At Convention Hall

MONUMENT FUND GROWS DAILY COMMITTEE'S HARD WORK IS 1 MEETING WITH DESERVED SUCCESS. EFFORTS INCREASED BY DONATIONS The proposed Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Monument is an assured • thing, if the committee and the public continue to cooperate as they have been doing, according to William G. . Essen, secretary of the committee- ■ The committee's efforts have been ■ tireless and in the past six weeks they have conducted an extensive cam1 1 paign of circularization and personal i solicitation, which is bearing fruit. Workers for the project have been ; heartened by a number of very geni erous responses and with the friendly aid which has been accorded them in > nearly all directions- Results appar- j , ently show a sentiment in favor of an - erection as soon as possible, and the ! site selected by the committee, corner j of Columbia avenue Guerney street, in of Goiumma Guerney street, in

the spacious street intersection opposite the Baptist Church, has met with 11 universal approbationA model of the monument is located p in the arcade of the city pier and is j ^ fitted with a box to receive contribu- ' tions. The monument, when complet- | v ed, is to serve as a memorial for ser- j" rice men in the three wars. Civil, Spanish American and the World War- 1 - A. C. Zillinger, at the request of the ; committee, has kindly volunteered to * receive donations to the fund, and ( with other members of the committee t and the contribution box in the arcade. , is ready to receive any sum, large or small, that the donor wishes to give. When the fund is complete a list i 1 of donations will be published in -the , Star and WaveI; BRIDGE PARTY AT GOLF CLUB A very pleasurable and successful , i bridge party was held at the Cape j May Golf Club on Thursday, July 20, • for the benefit of the Ladies' Asso- . I ciation. The affair was very ef- j ficiently arranged by Mrs. Walter N- ! , ! Stevenson, Mrs- Arthur Harding and i \ j Mrs- Fred Harding. j j The prizes, a handsome fruit bas1 1 ket and a fine cake were won by Mrs. W. G. Pancoast and Mrs. C. N- Davis. . Among those nresent were Mrs. E- j l P. Neall, Mrs. S. Bispham. Mrs- D. I C. Donahue, Mrs- L. C- Ovden, Mrs. j 1 T- W. Eastwick, Mrs. T. Roberts, Mrs- j - C. G- Vilsaek, Mrs. J. M- E. Hildreth, c Mrs- O* I. Foley. Mrs. J. W- Mul- \ . cahy, Mis W. Wright, Mrs. A- Put: • nam Mrs. William Scott, Mj?. D- " Pearson. Mrs. E. B. Learning. Mrs. " ; Whibwell, Mrs. William Heulings, - 1 Mrs. W- D- Fuller, Mrs. Coyle, Miss , : M- DLmond, Miss R- Dimond, Miss " Knowles, Miss Roberts, Miss V. Nor- ' I ris, Miss M. A. Philips, Miss B. Pear- ' son, Miss Akeroyd, Mrs- W. Poulterer . and Mrs- Hooley. BASE BALL t COLUMBIA PARK newton coal club cape"may Saturday, July 22nd 3.30 P. M. d ■=========■ Annual Outing Game

CAPE MAY. N. J. WATER DEPARTMENT NOTICE On August 1st, five per cent Vill be added to the amount of the bill. On August 8th, the Inspector will turn off the water from the premises of all delinquents. WM. PORTER, Superintendent. ■ ft:' ^

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PERSONAL NEWS OF ACTIVE PEOPLE INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS " Mrs. Joseph B. Hughes entertained the members of the Triangle Club on Friday afternoon. Mrs- E. J. Jerrell ! will entertain the dub on Friday nextMiss Helen L. Sewell, of Bydai, ' will spend August in Cape May as , ' the guest of MissJ? Lyabeth Boyd, ' ! daughter of Mr- and Mrs- D. Knickerbocker Boyd, at their cottage here, i j H. C. Richards and family, of Philadelphia, are^njoying the summer at ' j their cottage at Cape May Point. ! ' I Francis "Rogers, of Philadelphia, is i spending some ' ime in Cape May- j sj Mr- and Mrs. Arthur Fisher Hand: r i are entertaining Miss Margaret Tait, ( 1 nf Philarielnhia. for a fortnight at | Philadelphia,

their Jefferson street cottage- < J Dr- Arthur Casselman, of Philadel- 1' I phia, is enjoying some time in Cape ; ( with his parents, Mr. and Mrs- 'j I William Casselman, at their cottage, J I "The Shanty," on Washington street, y Miss Dorothea Spottswood Mehl, J ; j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick: j H. Mehl, of Ardmore, Pa., arrived in; J Cape May this week where she will | remain for the month of August. i , Mrs. Mary Miller will have as her ! guest next week, Mrs- John C- Baker, I of Bayonne, N- J- !• M'ss Ada Godwin, of Philadelphia, will spend a part of August with friends in Cape May. , I Mr- and Mrs. J. Caverly Newlin, Jr., of Haverford, have returned to i

their home after enjoying some time ! hqre as the guests of Mr. and Mrs- ] ' ! John H. Brownback, Jr. ! Mr- and Mrs- David Rodan are en- ( • i tertaining their daughter, Mrs- Kay, Mfor the summer. Mrs. Bradford Knight, of Philadel- _ I phia, accompanied by her two charm- . ing daughters, Miss Mary Thayer Knight and Miss Catherine B. Knight, • Hare guests at the Chalfonte for ten days- I Mr. and Mrs. David Konowitch are - ! entertaining the latter's parents, Mr. ' and Mrs. Caski, of Philadelphia, for I some time at thpir Washington sttw*" i, cottage. s Mr- and Mrs- Aaron W- Hand, who s have been guests at the Calumbia " Hotel for a week, left on Thursday r for an extended trip to the Adirondack Mountains.

Miss Grace Hendryx and her sis- j® ter, Miss Mary Hendryx, of Philadel- tj phia, are guests at the Glenwood for ^ a week. T ..Miss C. V. Gemrig, of Philadelphia, ^ has opened her Ocean street cottage, ^ where she will spend the balance of a the season- ' a Mre. L J- Pocher has aj.her guest b for two weeks. Miss Virginia Hart- P love, of New York. Mrs- Pocher was hostess at a bridge _ party on Monday t afternoon- I s Dr. and Mrs. Richard Norris entertained a house party over the week c end in honor of their daughter, Miss f Grace Norris. £ Mrs. H. H. Keen has returned to f . her hdUne in Cynwyd, after enjoying 't I several days in Cape May as the j | guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Conden t ™ I at their cottage here. , Miss Barbara Shoemaker, of Phila-ij j delphia, is spending the summer at ' j this resort as the guest of Mr- "and I ■ Mrs. Joshua L. Shoemaker. > j Mrs- John Stites Ray, of Ardmore, j spent several days in Cape May this week. - j Mrs. John H. Mecray has as her i guest this week, Mrs. B. Danielson, of 1 New York. Mrs. Mecray's mother, 1 ; Mrs- Frederick Hariland, is also , j spending some time with her. j Mrs- Thomas Roberts, Jr., is enteri taining at her cettage here, Mrs- Jay ' i D. Whitman, of New York, for several ' < days. i Mrs. Herbert Welton Dean and young daughter, Priscilla L. Dean, of Germantown, are stopping at the New Stockton Villa for July and August. I Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Bunting ■ I and daughter, of Philadelphia, are j ; spending the summer at their cottage on Columbia avenue. (Continued on Page 4) J IF You Wish = "HUNT'S NEWS OF THE ■■ THEATRES" mailed to your home each week send your name and address to j HUNT'S THEATRES | - Wildwood, N. J. ! Please specify whether Wildwood m or Cape May issues are desired.

NEW STREETS TO BE JD SOON COMPANIES HOLDING FRANi CHISES INVOLVING RIGHTS IN i STREETS, NOTIFIED TO DO THEIR PART PREPARATORY' TO CONSTRUCTION I ■ Monument Benefit At the regular meeting of the com1 missioners at the city hall on Tuesday mM-ning the privilege of the Con- , Convert® on Hall. They further stated ; ed to a delegation of the Progressive League's monument committee ' , Mr. Gile and Mr. Essen addressed ' the commission and said that they had been asked by several why they - Aid not ask for a benefit night at the , Convention Hall- He further stated " that the committee was aware that the use of the hall for such purposes s had been barred fiom June 15th unS til September 15th, but owing to the j ; taature of the cause they thought they . i would be justified in rescinding the or- " i der for this occasioni Mr Shpnnard moved that the re--Mr.

quest be granted. Mr. Wentzell then took the floor and stated that on the < 1 strength of the decision the commis- ; sipn had taken in the early part of , thA summer he was forced to oppose . i df^T-s he could forsee the hall being ' pet out for summer affairs for the ; rest of the summer and he did not ' think it a fair nroposit on for the tax- " , pavers to have to p»v for amusements 1 which they were already paring for 1 j through their taxes. He further said that he did not want to create the impression that he was not in sympathy with the movement for he ex- ' pected to contribute to the fund himself and was in hearty favor of the i, the city appropriating an amount sufh ficient to cover what a benefit would i realize for the fund, No special night was a=ked and-the >• matter was left to the commisncm- | e re. '

Oiv motion of Mr- Wentzell t£e t clerk was instructed to notifv the , ; Cape Mav Illuminating Co-, the East- , lern Telephone and Telegraph Co.. the Delaware and Atlantic Telephone Co-. 1 ' and the Ocean Street Passenger Rail- : wav Co., to do ail their work on the following streets which will be necessary rreuaratorv to the hard-surtac- - W Washington street from Frankr lin street to Schellengere Landin"" -Huebes street and Columbia avenue ' hetween Decatur and Ocean streets: . ' | rWat"' street from Washington to lafavette street: Lafayette street c from Decatur to Jackson: Bank street f-om Lafayette to Brood street, and , ' Jread street from Bank to -Tackson- > : The engineer was insimcted to nre- ! • nam estimates on asphalt as well. as cement. 0 Onrbate Collection a Ralnh Husson. "he inspector of garbage, was called on to give an ac- ^ count as t-> how he found the system - progressing and he stated that they had in=tal'ed a new system on the col- . nan n^^ai'eo a un .

lection which was working out satis- £ factor Iv so far. He further stated s: thev had split the city into three jr sections for the collection of rubbish 1 ^ rr, 'lectors will take it away from . the upper section of the town on Mon- 1 days and Thursdays, from the mid- j spnjion on Tuesdays and Fridays. • w and the lower section on Wednesdays . s and Saturdays. Bv collecting it s*-®- r the inspector said the could cover a greater territory in a mora satisfactory w-av. a The solicitor mentioned the fact 1 that garbage men, working for them- ^ selves, were collecting wet garbage ' as late as two and three o'clock in the afternoon- He said that this was r strictly agajnst the laws of the or- v dinanee which states very plainly that t all wet garbage must be off the streets by nine o'clock in the morn- ! •ing He was ordered to notify them 1 ; to that effect. 1 1 I The director of streets reported , that on Monday the drivers of the , street watering vehicles started the ' use of the spit water which is drawn ifrom a pipe run out on the fishing 1 pier. ' The solicitor reported that he had ] given the chief of police the list of i names of all the taxi drivers who are not carrying a jitney license. The bids for the laying of the sidewalk around the Carroll C. Mann ■ property at Columbia avenue and . Ocean street were received and opened- The bids were as follows: Millard F- Ware, 270 square feet ; 1 of Portland cement concrete sidewalk, ■ at 35 cents a square foot. George S. Curtis, 270 square feet of Portland cement concrete paring, ' at 25 cents a square foot. After the reading of the bills the ^ commission adjournedGREER SPEAKS TONIGHT i Robert Greer, prominent Philadel- ' phia politician, who is spending the ■ summer at his cottage here, will be '■ one of the principal speakers at the annual lobster dinner, given at the ■ Cape May Yacht Club tonightLAFAYETTE GRILL CROWDED j . The Lafayette Grill, a success from ) . its opening day, was a Mecca for hun- * dreds of muSic lorin- dancers on Sat- 1 urday night. j The excellence of the Lafayette s orchestra, and its grill service is a > . chief attraction of the town and on 3 Saturday the Lafayette probably had ■ the biggest crowd in its history.

EIGHTH ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT E. R. BRUNYATE SUBMITS FI|LAL REPORT AS SUPERINTENDENT | » OF CITY SCHOOLS. 54% OF. i ALUMNI ARE COLLEGIANS j June 29, 1922. ] Gentlemen of Cape May School Board: In my eighth and last annual reI port I would like to make a few coms pari sons with things as they are now and as they were in 1915- ' , In 1915 you had in your employ 22 . teachers, one having been dropped , from the annex school and three adi ditional having been added in the past t eight years, making a total today of * 24 teachers. In 1915 there were one ly two special teachers doing full f time work, namely drawing and man- j - ual training. Today we have five, 1 having added a special teacher, of

music, one cf cocking and sewing and one for physical training. The aver- j age salary for grade teachers in 1915 $589.00. The average salary for . high school teachers was $741. Today j : the average for the grades is $1,261,' and for the high school, $1,395. An ] ' increase of approximately 50%. In ; 1915 the cost per pupil was $45.58. ' 1 This year, $8819. Also an increase 1 ■ of approximately 50%. The total am- 1 - ount expended for schools in 1915 was | ^ $27,82753. The past year it was 1 j $51,28151, an increase of not quite j - SQ%. So you can readily see that the 1 increase in the cost of schools is largely caused by the increase in the amount of teachers' salaries- The total value of- buildings, grounds and tal value ox- ouu.ings, grounus auu £

equipment in 1915 was $44,500- Last year the value was $145,000. In the ® school in 1915 there was enrol- , led 89 pupils- This year we had on ( roll 162, almost double. In the past's eight years there have been 139 J young people who hare graduated j from our high school. Of that num- j ber 47 have gone to college, 19 to , normal school and 10 to other insti- ; 1 jtutiops of learning, a total number of j 76 who have continued their educa- , , tion, or 54% of them, a showing that ( ; few high scho#Tsc3n-boast of- 1 1 Year 1921-1922 | The past year has been of much I : more satisfactory nature than the | preceding one. The whole atmos- , ' phere of the schools was of an im- 1 proved character. The teachers j 1 worked in harmony and displayed a | splendid spirit of cooperation- In the j grades the work was done in a verygrades

satisfactory manner "and I am safe I saying that nowhere can a grade | school be found, doing better work than right here in Cape May. I In the Annex School a wonderful ' work has been done under the leadership of Mr. Thompson. He is the right man in the right place and he thoroughly understands the problems and conditions among his own people whole spirit of the school Jjas ^ been changed. Six young men will a come to the high school from the an- 1 1 nex, all splendidly prepared to do that 1 £ work. As we all know there is great < need of new equipment for that work. In the high school the work has ( been of a much more satisfactory na- ! < ture- A class of 21 was graduated, J with more than 50% of them going ; to higher institutions of learning. 1, The following are the statistics for < the year: Actual number days school was kept open, 179. ! Holidays, 10. i Institute, 1. I Days present, 75,563; last year 74,900. I Times tardy, 960; last year, 1787. | Percentage of attendance, 91; last year, 86Average daily attendance, 422; last ! year, 425, Neither absent or tardy, 19; last year, 21. In closing this report I wish to again thank this Board for your uniform courtesy and kindness to me duri ing the past eight years. Work with ' you has indeed been a pleasure and the advances we have made in that : , time I attribute to your loyalty and ! cooperation. May I ask that the same 1 spirit be shown my successor in of- ■ ficej With all best wishes for your future success and progress, I submit I this, my last report. E. R. BRUNYATE. " RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS | Mr. and Mrs- Frank Schellenger, of s'Erma, N. J-, are receiving congratua ' lations upon the birth of a son. Mrs- ^ j Schellenger will be remembered as 'Miss Emma Barnett.

WILD WEEK IN LOCAL 8ASEBALL . CAPE MAY GIANTS ANNEX TWO | GAMES, ONE OF THE VICTIMS . BEING THE CAPES THEM- | SELVES Newton Club Today Last Saturday afternoon saw th« | ians when they succumber to a torI ians when they suoewmbed to a ter- ' rific ninth inning rally staged by the - Giants- After the dust settled, the i score board showed a 7-4 result | The Capes led the Giants through- , out the game and were sitting pretty j at the opening of the last set-to, Qn 3 the heavy end of a 4-3 count. But " there's many a slip twixt the eighth t and the ninth, as the colored boy* f proved by dragging up their heavy artillery and bombarding "Lee" Lemmon and his surprised team-mates for ' four counters on a trio of lusty .- smacks, and a couple bungles- , ! The Capes, surprised and rfis-rrunt-f led at this unexpected attack, retired . quickly in their oart of the fralne. . quickly in their ol the Xrame.

To show that their batting rally of I Saturday wasn't exactly an accident, ■the Giants ambushed their Philadelphia victims on Tuesday and with - a series of surprise sorties, secured | nineteen runs before the visitors were r fully aware that the game had starti ed. Just as the Philadelphia lads , ' awoke to the realization that they were bein- worsted, our dail-- shower " put in its appearance and the master 1 ' of ceremonies promptly called the • game- Final score, 19-0-s | All Set for Newton 1 I The Collegians were scheduled to " play Cape May Court House on Wede j nesdav but the uproaders did/t get e down for some reason or other. This s gave the Capes a good rest and a week of uninterrupted practice which thev hope to make use of today when " thev meet the famous Newton Black il , oOX.

Newton has a crowd down which their last year's trip. In the middle of last week, 11 00 people scheduled for Cape May and the excursion must number 1500 rooters, ' all of whom insist on the Black Sox winning. There will be an equal number of fans insisting that the Collegwin- It's going to be a great af- . no matter who wins! Let's go! The Capes are expecting to play the .following line-up: Baker, If; Filer, ss; Reed, lb; Holmes, cf; Tomlinson, c; Lemmon, Ewing, p; Schellenger, rf, and I 2b. The third baseman is in | some doubt- Shields will play if he I is able to move aiyund on his injured i ^oot" The Newton line-up is not avail1 1 able, but they will have the best colored team in their organization. The ■ i various company teams have been . playing elimination games and sharpening their bats on other Philadel1 1 phia industrial teams and will be in ■ | fine mettle today.

LOCAL SCHOOLS GEU22.000 CAPE MAY, WILDWOOD, OCEAN CITY AND MIDDLE TOWNSHIP GET BULK OF APPROPRIATION. FUND FOR CO. OVER $150,000 The apportionment of school monfor the year beginning July 1, 1922, has been prepared by the coun- ' ty superintendent. The total state appropriation for Cape May county, I according to the report, amounts to $153,81955. | Five Mile Beach, including Wild-iw-ood, North Wildwood, Wildwood I Crest and West Wildwood, received ! the largest amount, Wildwood getting i $24,842-32; Wildwood Crest, $530-00; : West Wildwood, $656-00; North WildI wood, $7,642.54, a total for the island i of $3357056. Wildwood alone got more than Ocean City, which received $19,415.77. Middle township was second. ortly to Wildwood, with $24535 - 32. Cape May received $15,64852; West Cape May, $5,960-27, and Cape May Point, $1,031.09Woodbine, the smallest high school in the county, but one of the most active, received $13,145.71. In spite of this low comparative ap- : propriation, Cape May graduates larger high school classes than those . receiving larger state sums, Is the oldest high school in Cane May counhas largest alumni list jnthe county 1 and the largest library oer capita It the State of New Jersey. > There are five city superintendents . giving full time to school duties. These are located in Cai>e May, V ud- ' wood, Ocean City, Middle township 1 and Woodbine. 1 One hundred and eighty- two teac!'t ers are employed in the school sys1 tern of Cape May county- Cape May has twenty-one of these. Cape Slav 2 had 77,276 days of attendance- The - total days attendance in the count v was 652,280. West Cape May had 35,988%. The cost of transportation of pu1 pils throughout the county was $18,483.47. Cape May, West Cape May, Wfildwood Crest and Wildwood were the only municipalities who hod no g cost items for the transportation of f pupils. t Get a Hot Dog today, 5- A dime is all you pay. s QUIDORT'S At Convention Hall