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VOL. ll^No. 34

CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, SATyRDAY, AUGUST 26, 1932

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PERSONAL NEWS 1 OF ACTIVE PEOPLE interesting personal para- ( graphs of the co bung and going of cape may visitors and residents , • Mrs- F. H. Scarborough and daughter of Philadelphia, are here until "Labor Day. (Mrs- Wm. Littleton of Chestnut j Hill, is here for the balance o£ August. Mrs- Robert O- Lippincott of West Haddonfield, N. J., is visiting her parents- ' Mrs. Benj. Boyer, of Camden, has i been visiting her daughter, Mrs- Paul " Mecray. iMr. and Mrs- Walter Buss, of West j Philadelphia, are here for the month j of August. > iMr. and Mrs- F. J. Grover and j family of Germantown, motored to j. Cape May from Atlantic City on Sun- t day- I Mrs. William Cookman and daugh- „ ter are registered at Chalfonte HotelMr. and Mrs. Daniel Dono-hue and . daughter of Germantown, are here for f a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Campbell and . daughter of 'Overbrook, who have been spending a few weeks here have , returned to their home. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goodwin of Cohvyn, Pa-, will arrive this week for a stay after which they leave leave I r for Washington, D. C. by auto. i I Mr. and Mrs- Owen B. Jenkins, of Philadelphia, are stopping at Congress Hall and expect to remain far into September. Mrs- Edwin D- Mullen of Pelham Court, Germantown, has returned to j her home after enjoying "her stay at the shoreIDr. and Mrs. A. J.( Wilson; of De Lancy Place, Philadelphia, passed the week end here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Bunting. «. Elmer Rutherford of Philadelphia, is spending his vacation with his par- ( ents, Mr- and Mrs. George Rutherford. •; Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Leeper of Media, 0 Pa-, entertained Miss Hannah OgdentJ also of Media over the week end- i Miss Beatrix Vare and Mr. and Mrs- ;v Harold Felin, of Philadelphia were the'0 week end guests of Miss Salome Heul- 1 0 •trigs at her New Jersey avenue cot; r tage. v t , Harry Jackson, oP New York, is» _ calling upon old friends and viewing jj, the improvements o* Casie May. is 1 Mr. and Mrs. George B- Bronum of t Bridgeton who are well known here. I c were presented with a nine pound t baby "irl this week-Thev call her i Naida Jennette. , Miss Mary Jackson of Dennisville, £ spent the early part of the week here- i « Miss Priscilla Davis, of Philadel- ! t phia, who has been visiting Miss Mar- 1 f jorie Large over the week end has re- j t • turned home. Capt. H. D. Beylard of Fort Clark, t Texas, is spending the month of Au- i gust here. jt Oscar "W- Bailey of Bethlehem, Pa It was here this week calling upon old , t friends- i t Miss Elizabeth Elwell, daughter of, t Contractor Jas. Elwell, who is train- -I ing for a professional nurse in Phila- I delphia, is home for short stay. ' Jacob Irving and wife of Philadel- ■ phia, ace here enjoying their vacationMr. Irving is connected with the firm of Jacob Reed and Sons. Mrs. Wm- Chase, of Riverdale, Mr-, f is visiting Mrs. Robert Denny for a,( week. : c Mr. and Mrs- John P. Coyle of £ Fifth avenue, New York and Forest 1 1 Hills, Long Island, are enjoying week end as guests of the letter's jt parents, Mr. and Mrs. C- H- Ruther- j { fqrd of Hughes street L Mr^Ond Mrs, Oliver Parker Mc- , Comas of Baltimore, entertained at j their Hughes street cottage on Friday , evening some of the officers of the "U. S. S. Alexander Hamilton and Modoc. Among those invited were LieutsForeher, Henley, Laye, Yardell, Verun, Cowing and Dr. and Mrs. Marshall West, Mrs. Evans, Mrs- S- Giltilan, Mr. and Mrs. Walden C- Nimmo and others- , Mr. and -Mrs. Stacy Robbins and , son of Pitman, N- J., spent the week , end with relatives here. j Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wlnsor are] guests at Congress Hall for three . < weeks. 1 1 Mr. and Mrs- Allyn T'Sayre enter-.; tained over the week end the latter's; parents, Mr. and Mrs- Holland F. . ■ Rhoads, of Chester, Pa. Mrs- R. H- Long and daughter, Miss Carolyn Long, of Chester, Pa-, are guests at Congress Hall for the re- , 1 mainder of the season, f - Miss Enrma Biddle Norris of Chest- 1 ' nut Hill, was the week end guest of | Miss Margaret F. Dixon, who is j 1 spending the summer in Cape May;1 'V.ith'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thorn- • as F. Dixon- •« lIHss KaTKrynMtirray and her sis- { ter, Miss Virginia Murray, of Phila- . j delphia, were visitors at this resort V- over l^e week end. Mr. and Mrs- Renwick Kerr have I returned to their home in Moylan — I Rose Valley after an extended stay at I J .Congress Hall. p

86 YEARS, RIDESJN PLANE ONE OF CAPE MAY'S OLDEST RESIDENTS HAS FIRST AEROPLANE RIDE AND ENJOYED THE TRIP. Having tried everything in life with ; a thrill. Mrs. Peter F. Quidort, 86 years old, took her first ride in an aeroplane piloted by Captain D. Rob- 1 ertson. The pilot, one of the most skillful in the country took Mrs- Quidort to a height of 2,000 feet and flew < around the Cape along Delaware Bay- 1 When the plane made the landing Mrs. Quidort was all smiles and ex- : pressed her desire to take another trip and have some stunts included. She t intends making another trip sometime in thesnear future. Captain D. Robertson, late of the I Flying Corps of England, has . flying in Cape May for the past ■ weeks taking up passengers. He i credited with 7 German Planes and i i Balloons in the World War. While the helmet and goggles were i being taken off Mrs- Quidort she re- 1 marked how small everything on i earth looks when in- the air and what a beautiful picture Cape May is from 1 an Aeroplane- Wildwood "was plain- ] fly visible and also Cape Henlopen and i a large part of Delaware Bay- ; PROTEST HALT OF ROADSTANDS FARMERS, GRANGERS, SCHOOLMEN AND COTTAGERS OPPOSE ACTION OF HIGHWAY COMMISSION IN PLANNING TO STOP FARMER'S FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STANDS. A storm of protest is rolling uo in Cape May county over the recent decision of the New Jersey state highway commission that farmers will have to take the roadside fruit and 'vegetable stands down from in front •of their farms. Richard Reeves, head of the County Vocational School, said [today that it will tend to discourage young folks from taking vocational ' I training and will rob many boys and ! girls of a chance to go to college ] I Farmers living miles inland from ■ resorts, since the advent of automobiles and good* roads, have had a 'chance to sell their produce. Farms 1 that have been poor producers have made to pay. The charge by the state police that | exorbitant prices' have been charged denied, not by the farmers, but cot- 1 ! and tourists that patronize the I stands. The cottagers will join in the protests of the farmers. ■ Joseph Camp, former member of! , the Board of Freeholders, and prominent officer of the granee. said that I the grange will appeal to the highest ; (courts of the state to have the com- \ mission prevented from taking awa> | the livelihood of the farmers and j ' their rights- The commissioners saythat the stands endanger travelers! of enroachment on the .loadways, but the farmers deny it. — CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF "At the solicitation of Republicans! i j from widely separated parts of the j [county, I hereby announce myself a candidate for the Republican nomina- 1 tion for Sheriff, subject to the ap- . I I proval of the Republican voters. Fori-, jroore than a year I have been chief j clerk in the office of Sheriff Tomlin, (ami as a member of the bar of many years' experience I feel that my] ' knowledge of the law, coupled with a' very wide acquaintance with the people of the whole county, would efiable | me serve the county efficiently. | I earnestly solicit your votes, fellow , Republicans. JOSEPH DOUGLAS, i ' Paid for by Joseph Douglas." | Cassell and Miss Sarah Cassell mot- , 'lored from East Landsowne, Pa-, to! : Spend a couple of da>-s at Cape May] Point. >1 Mr. and Mi^- James K. White ex-' , 1 pect' to return to their home in East ] ' Lansdowne, Pa., next week after a pleasant three months stay at the •-Point. ' s I Mrs. John C- Baker after enjoying ,,a visit of three weeks with Mrs. MaryMiller, has retupififi to her home in • ' Bayonne, N. J. , I Mr. and. Mrs- Arthur F. Hand had . ' as their guest for a week, Mrs. Hand's | brother, John Spencer, of German - . town. f j Mr. and Mrs/ George Shaner with ; | their three ohildren are enjoying sev-. .eral days in Cape May as guests' of' j Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Schellenger j at their Michigan avenue homeMr. ajunMrs. John Large of Chest- . nut' Hill, \yho are summering here had t as their guests over the week end, Mr. add Mrs. Edward Norris. « Mrs. Wesley Sloan of Media, has " returned home after visiting her sis-j " ter, Mrs. Edward Miller for a week.; tl Mrs- Lorena Hall is entertaining pMrs- Medaria, of Camden, this week.

WOMAN JUMPS I FROM HOTEL r BELIEF THAT BANDITS CHASE 1 HER CAUSES PHILADELPHIAN , TO LEAP FROM 4TH STORY WINDOW. Miss Mabel Peterson, sister of Ari thur Peterson, of 5924 Woodbine ave- > nue, Overbrook, is in a critical condi - i tion in the private hospital of Dr. t - Margaret Mace, of Wildwood, N. J-, ( t from injuries received last Saturday i - night, when she leaped- from the win- % r dow of her room on the fourth floor t . of a Cape May HoteL * • George Learning, an officer, was t attracted by the woman's screams, a > and found her wedged between the s ; pickets of a fence that ran beneath r r her window- 1 According to the authorities at the r ! hospital, at the time of her jump t i Miss Peterson, who is sixty years old, t ; evidently suffering from an hall- f !■ urination which may have amounted e I! to temporary insanity. Her brother, who is spending the summer at the y s Marlbo rough-Blenheim, Atlantic City, c • visited the hospital as soon as he had t i informed of the accident. t Earlier in the week Miss Peterson s i registered at another Cape May r - hoteK" On Wednesday morning the s 1 guests there were startled when she f fled screaming through the corridors „ of the hotel- When she was stopped v she was in a highly- nervous condi- j "There are bandits pursuing me!" r she cried. - t Because of the excitement her hall- « I urination had caused, the woman was requested to leave the hotel. f While her condition is still serious s ; she is said to be recovering. | NIKE GUPS FOG PRIZES AT BALL i BALL ROOM, GRILL AND LOBBY, 1 WILL ALL BE SCENES OF AC- ' 1 TIVITY ON THE BIG NIGHT. ! Everybody 5s anticipating the Cos- ' , tume Ball to be held at the Lafayette 1 j on the evening of September 1, at 9 c C. m. The Committee is working arder than ever to settle final plans, ] and every indication points to a most ! . successful event. . ' t From the list of patrons and patron ' , esses and others interested in the af- . fair, the dance will bq THE social ' event of the season. Special dances t|and novel features will abound, and t I the prize dances are expected to at- < . I tract keen competition. ' , Everyone, especially local people, i ; are asked to participate in this affair. < Help in decorating on Thursda j n s r j Friday, at the Laiayette Hotel at 10 ..a. m- will be apyrec.n.ed by the Com- j t [iiiittee. Tuin out with scissors and j t pins! Contributions of pumpki is l .(flowers for decorations will be -srate- • fully receivedII Van Horn, the famous Philadilphi.i . . icortumer, will be at the Lafayette | , , | August 30 and 31, to furnish cos-|( . tumes. Call the Lafayette for ar- ' i rangement / j < j It is time to reserve iibies In the < Cafe, where a fine orcram is being 1 1 planned. -Rescn-ations may be had'] {from Mrs. Edward Jennings, Bell ' sj Phone 198- , Many boxes boxes have a ready - "'been rented, and others are going J daily at $10 each. Table re ;erva- ' tions in the Grill are popular at $5.00 cuch- (*[ Not only will the Ball Room and | . | Grill be scenes <X activity, but the lob I by as well, will have its attractions; • | here will be lemmonade and fortune ' 7 telling booth. Admission to the lobby 1 ^ ! is free, . Silver loving cups for p izes have , (been donated by Mrs. Alexander Fox, " Jr., George K. Crozer, Jr., William H. 5 Reed and by Caldwell and Co., Philaide'.phia. Nine cups will he awarded, k.' beside other prizes1 JOHN W. WILBRABAM j John W. Wilbraham, before iiis retirement, a leader in the iron industry 1 -of Philadelphia, died at his Myrtle 1 - j avenue residence on Saturday. 1 o| The interment will be on Saturday, 1 ylfrom the Frankford Hospital, Phila- ! I delphia, formerly the Wilbraham . I Homestead, and which was donated bv ' ,|the deceased for its present use. In- 1 a terment^Prth Cedar Hill cemetery. e Mr. Wilbraham was known thruout this section as a level headed and - loyal citizen and patriot, and his reputation for intelligent philnnthrophy ' is widespread- The community itself, ™ as well ,as his many warm friends feel a very keen sense of loss at his ,1 pissing. a t m RUMMAGE SALE will be given by , AMEICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Friday and Saturday, August 5th ■ "j and 26th, 1922 ( at ' 1 r. 318 WASHINGTON STREET Cape May, N. J. a P a Don't forget the Cape May County I, Pomona Grange Picnic on the first ' , day of the County Fair, Se-tenker 7. Qualified Grangers admitted to the : . Fair Grounds free- Big tent provided ' amusements, and speakers, and exhib- : " its. Be there at ten thirty sharp- See : " secretary of subordinate grange for L. ticket of admission.

GIIFE MAY BOYS I AT PLATTSBORO WILLIAM STID WORTHY AND I CLARENCE HUBER ARE AMONG THE 300 N. J. MEN AT TRAINING CAMP. Plattsburg, N. Y. (Special to "Star & Wave" With the course being taken by the I thirteen hundred candidates at the Military Training Camp c half oyejr, the civilians of a few e weeks ego are rapidly rounding inft p tanned soldiers. The campaign Hat f which on August 2nd perched on thd ; back of the new arrival's hBhd is more\ 1 and more assuming the characteristic w° slant taken by the headgear of the regular army soldier. There is a uniswing, to the arms and as the regiment sweeps down the spacious S parade ground, led by the sixty piece „ of the Twenty -sixth U- S- Inthe lines grow steadier each 'J evening. _ £ Over three hundred New Jersey „ youths are attending the infantry n course here this summer. Many of them, graduates of last year s Platts- ' c%prp, are acting as non-commis- | sioned • officers for the basic course " The candidates have been as- I signed to companies by age. The First battalion consists of the youths of seventeen and eighteen years, while hi the last of the lettered companies are enrolled many World War , veterans, some of them former commissioned officers, who are taking the training in order to brush up on the! "soldier game." In the regiment are two candidates Cape May Who have been assigned- to companies as follows: Wil- I liam M. Stidworthy, Co- E-, and Clar- t ence Huber, Co. H- r FRATERNITY HOLDS GET-TO- r GETHER The Hotel Lafayette was the scene ^ of a merry party last Friday-evening I * when fourteen members of the Phi | ' Psi fraternity met for an in- ] r formal get-to-gether and banquet. Festivities commenced at ten o'cl >ck * and ended at' one. Fraternity song 1 were provided, and singing, te. v the accompaniment of Falbey's Or- 0 chestra was a feature of the evening. v Dr. Thompson S. Westcott, Class cf J 85, U. of P-, and a summer visitor * here for twenty four years, was unan- v imously selected as Toastmaster- His splemlid service in this capacity contributed largely to the success of the evening. t Speeches were made on fraternity ^ topics bv representatives from various j charters, notably from Arthur Gil- £ U. of P., who reported the last national convention. The future of Cape May was also a topic of discus- . Those present were W. MaynaTd ^ Dickinson '13; R. C. Gross, . Dickinson '11; Thompson S. Westcott, c U. of P. '85; L. B. Taylor, Dickinson T. McKeen Chidsev, Lafayette '04; George W. Meyer, Dickinson '21; John E Tomlinson, Bucknell '20; Le- \ ander P Sadtler. John Hopkins '19; t i George Lewis Sadtler, John Hopkins , Gordon S- MacFarland, Univer- j sity of Virginia '21; George M. Stev- ( .ens, Dickinson '19; Lelanil C. Shanpe, ; '21; Arthur Gilmore U. of I! P- *19 anil T. Millet Hand, Dickinson > '19. — • — j THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS 1 OF CAPE MAY COUNTY i 1 At the solicitation of many Repub- ] friends in all parts of the county I have consented to be a candidate 1 , for the Republican nomination for the 1 House of Assembly, and I respectfully j solicit the support of all Republican 1 voters at the comingj>rimaries. ( AARON W. HAND 1 POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT 1 Believing that when elected the < new small Board of Freeholders . should he representative of all parts < of Cape May County as well as rep- , resentative of the varied interests of Cape. May County, we the undersign ed announce our candidacy for mera- ! bership in the said small Board of i Freeholders to be elected at the Gen- ; . eral Election in November, subject to . the rules of the Republican party and the laws of this State. ! JOSEPH G- CHAMPION, Ocean City ROBERT J. KAY, . , . • Wildwood- « CHAiRLES P- VAN AM AN, | Middle Township. ' "" I RECORD PICTURE When Rodolph Valentino appears in i "Blood and Sand" at the Liberty i next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, there will be shown on the t i screen one of the greatest pictures j ever made- You have not seen Val- , entino until you have seen this pic- ( ture. See him hazard his life in the | spectacular bull fight. i SERIOUS ACCIDENT On Wednesday morning while some t boys were playing ball upon the block . next to the Convention Hall, a young ] ' man in striking at the ball and missing it, struck an elderly ladv in the - face with the bat, and causing serious ; injury. Dr. Marcy was sent for and r had her removed to his office wher* the injury was dressed.

GUARDS RESCUE SMAUJRUISER. OF ROBERT J. SELZER HITS GALE IN BAY OFF GREEN CREEK, AND BROADSIDES ON BEACH— CAPTAIN CRESS E AND CREW TOW IT OFF. Captain Church and crew of coast guard station No. "137, Cape May Point, went to the assistance of the cabin cruiser Bubbles, owned by Robert J- Selzer, a prominent Philadelphia real estate operator, Wednesday afternoon in Delaware bay off Green Creek. The cruiser was coming down the bay when it ran into- a hard gale kof wind, not daring to come out of the , capes in the gale. Going ashore in the tender during 1 the night the yacht dragged its anchor and went broadside on the beach. ! Captain Cresse and crew in the coast guard powerboat succeeded in towing it off. When they were off Cape May the engine of the coast guard boat broke dawn and the weary guards were compelled to stay out all night" PROTECTS i MELON PATCH JERSEY POLICE NOTIFIED OF RAID, GATHERED IN MARAUDERS PLANNED BEACH PARTY. ^ Farmer McPherson and wife, of Creek, were sitting in a resin Wildwood, Sunday afterwhen, they overheard a conversation between some prominent young of that resort, that they were goring to have a watermelon party on Thursday night, and that on Tuesday they were going to descend on -the I of Captain Willis Johnson, of Fishing Creek, and steal his water- ' melonsMcPherson at once notified the old •eu captain of the young men's intenand immediately got in touch with the state police who were Johnny the job when the raiders of the watermelon- patch arrived. The young men were arrested and -will have a hard time to explain to their parents, who are prominent Wildwood folk. PURCHASES WARE CORNER Charles T. Campbell, prominent real estate man, has purchased the Ware Store Property on the corner of i Washington anil Decatur, according to a Thursday night report. CRITICALLY ILL Thomas Wilbraham, who has been ill for some weeks, is in critical condition, according to reports from his 1 residence- Mr- WSlbraham, though in dangerous condition, is expected to re- 1 $2,000 FOR HOSPITAL The Hospital Committee of thei Women's Community Club takes this opportunity to thank everyone who so', generously aided 4n making "Hospital . such a wonderful success. The | wishes to especially thank i : Mr. Adam Suelkc for the use of the ; lobby of th^ Liberty Theatre for . a] bread, cake and pie sale, also Mrs./J. i M. Rogers who loaned the Red Mill] for a card party and Mr- Leonard for the use of the Lafayette for a dance and those in authority who allowed the erection of the booths for subscription in the Banks, Post Office and Convention HallThe amount of the subscription, etc., is approximately $2,000. A detailed account of the amounts subscribed will be published in a la'.t." 1 Special mention is also to be made of tne card party mven by tne guests of the Baltimore Inn on Thursdav, August 24. The proceeds to be given to the Hospital Fund. CHURCH OF THE ADVENT 1 Corner Decatur and Lafayette Streets Open all the Year 1 services: 7:30 Holy Communion. 10:30 Second 'service and sermon. 3:15 Sunday School. 4 Evening. Bishop Knight will preach on Sept- • | REV. PAUL ^ HOWE, Rector. $1500 TRUST FUND FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY Resolutions recently printed state that the now discontinued Cape May School of Industrial Arts and Sciences has donated a balance left in its • -treasury to the Public Library, and also created a trust fund of $1500 deposited with the Security Trust Co.! of Cape May, the income of which is 1 be*t>sed perpetually for books for ' the Library. I Mayor Melvin will be President of 1 the Board of Trustees, Johit T- Hew- ! Vice-President and Lester A- Rod- ' es, Secretary and Treasurer. These ' offices on the Board are*filled ex-of- ! ficio the office of Mayor, President of the Board of Education, and City' Superintendent of Schools.

CONCERT SUNDAY N BEST OF SEASON J AUDIENCE FILLS BIG HALL AND J GALLERY AS MISS LEWIS AND 2 MILL VILE GLEE CLUB FEATJ URE WEEKLY CONTEST. t On Sunday evening last the Muniy cipal Orchestra under the efficient I directorship of Prof. Gnstav Blenk I and assisted by Miss Rose Lewis of y Philadelphia, And the _ Men's Glee Club n of Millvilie gave one the best can— II certs heard on the pier. It is estit mated also that the largest crowd erf ithe season was in attendance. The f orchestra covered itself with laurel* " j and pleased the moat critical in it* "t renditions of the 'Selections from ? Madam iButtemly* and the Egyptian - Ballad Suite. These numbers are ar1 ranged for a full symphony Orchestra 'j but the listeners found no part lacking jYLayed by 16 instruments. The soprano solos by Miss Lewi* [were well rendered and called fortb (rounds of applause. The writer predicts for Miss Lewis a splendid muadIcal careerIt has been a long while since a men's glee club has been heard at Con[j vention Pier and the elegant work of {. our Millvilie friends was a rare treat 3 for all in attendance- With good volume, exact attack, and wonderful balance of parts they rendered several selections. The outstanding selections - were an arrangement of the popular •- Sextett from Lucia and Open Gates g of the Temple. Their work was tb# result of the splendid training by a ]] master musician, Or. Arthur Radcliffe. e On next Sunday evening the concert f will include Community Singing under the direction of Mr- L . A. ,Rode» ^ Superintendent of Cape iMay Schools. . The soloist of the evening will be Miss h Catharine E- Jones of Philadelphia. P Miss Jones has a delightful voice with ? coloratura qualities, has donesplendid a work with the Philadelphia Operatic i, Society and has frequently sung in Egyptian Hall at the Wanamaker Store. She will sine. "La Capinera by Benedict with Flute accompanie ment by Mr. Sarian of the Orchestra, f land "Musetta's Valse Song" by Puco cinL Prof. Blenk is making special efforts to arrange an exceptional program of Orchestra selections for the n evening so that we shall have another i- big night on the pier"j hi braky gets more books During the past week a number of the friends ami patrons of the Cape (May Public Library donated some ® 1 books to ]the library. The Assoca- *- tion wishes to express its hearty j thanks to thefe thoughtful friends e|and to extend the privilege to any of k our citizens or visitors to leave with e the association any good books that ? ! may be of no-further use to the ownijjers. Many books of fiction that have d been read by all in a household will f j'be laid aside where they will only col- ^ j lect dust. No better use of such ^ Si , books could be made than to place ! them in our library where they would i. be at the disposal of the general pub- * lie. ;| The new books recently purchased by the Library have proven very e popular and on many occasions have been in circulation without exceptiona rumor ! It has been reported that the Caipe I May Hotel has been sold to a man by ;s j the name of Cope who represents a chain of hotels and that the new company will spend $500,000 on improvements besides laying out a 36-hole gold course- If this "encral report is • true it will be the making of East Cape May as the new golf course, t- would attract nation wide attention and bring thousands to our shores. r" miss montague at congress c w * hall ■e We take pleasure in announcing y that Miss Ruth Montague will be ifth i- us this coming Sunday. August 27th, s which was denied us on August 20thd I Miss Mbnjague will render vocal se]0'!ection- at the Sunday ■ evenin- con'r Boston Transcript — It would seem ,f from the tope of some of the state- •- ments of the railroad strikers that a «" locomotive never broke down and a car never left the rails in the days belt fore the strikeSubscribe for the Stat- and Wave. N /

Eyes examined by improved iqethod- Headaches relieved bv properly fitted 'glasses. Wj grind our own lenses. to fit the aye. L. C. Ashburn, Optieal $pecialist ' 324 Washington Street CAPE MAY, N. J.