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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1917

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. Even.' year since the establishment of Atlantic City as the first of the seashore resorts on the South Jersey Cuas», catering to Philadelphians, and persons from this section, the cry has gone up in the early part of the season that there was no business, no visitors, and things were going to the bow-wows in general June comes and goes, without the expected big crowds. July come in sweltering hot, and still the visitors are not as numerous as they should be. Then comes August, and with it a record breaking crowd of visitors, and the business of the “esorts is bigger than ever before. Despite the war conditions this year, history has repeated itself in the same way. We venture to say that there are more people on our coast today than ever before; every desirable cottage is rented, and hotel-., are doing a good business; crc ;ds throng the boardwalks, and business is brisk. Just to satisfy our curiosity we have made inquiries at several of the seashore postoffices in the County, as to how this year’s volume of business compared with previous years, and in each case the business was greater. This is an infallible indication that the people are here. The complaint is heard also in the resorts, particularly in Sea Isle City, that rentals artpoor, and few people are in town, and the opinion is that this is some fault of the town and that the visitors are going elsewhere. Nothing is farther from the truth, however. When business was bad here. Ocean City was suffering in just the same proportion, and the complaints from hotel and business houses in Wildwood were equally loud. The smaller resorts were alarmed and wondering what the outcome would be, just as we were. This has all righted itself, and the season of lbl7 will go down as the banner one. And this is perfectly natural, inasmuch as each resort j has a certain clientele and following, and when the weather in the nearby cities becomes un- j bearably hot. city dwellers seek their favorite ! seasjorc laionL The earliness or lateness of j the season depends almost entirely on weather | conditions, and not on the towns’ local condi- ^

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A PAI L PRY P. O.

Two Massachusetts Congressmen aver that the 1‘oeUittict- Department tried to “get something on them’’ in order to defeat them for reelection. and alsa allege that their mail had been tampered *ith while in the custody of the Department. If the time ever comes vhen any Department or Bureau of the Executive branch of the government can with impunity utilize the time of government employes in campaigns for or against the election of members of the legislative branch, then reprc^-ntativc government will lie practically at an end. With Federal Appropriations at their command, and with the

aid of the civil employes, and with control of the machinery of the government, the officers of the administration have a power which cannot be measured or defined. Whether the administration be of one party or the other, the people of the country must not, even passively, countenance any official interference with that supreme act of sovereignty performed by American citizens at the ballot box. There are two departments of the administration where interference is most easily undertaken and where the temptation is greatest—the Post Office Department and the Department of Justice. It is easy for either of these departments, under pretense of guarding against violation of law. to exercise a vicious and dangerous sort of espionage. In the present case it is not the Massachusetts Congressmen, nor in any other case will it be the individual, who is chiefly interested. Elections belong to the people—not to the candidates. The people are chiefly interested in seeing that there shall be a fair campaign, a free ballot and an honest count There should be not only u full investigation of the charges of Departmental espionage but there should be constant vigilance to prevent or punish any such acts committed in the future. PUNISH FISH POACHERS. It is a strange code of morals that will prevent a man from stealing a loaf of bread, and permit wholesale thievery from the fish pounds with perfect impunity. The practice of stealing fish from the nets of the pound net fishermen, operating in Cape May County appears to be on the increase this year, and only few- of the culprits have been apprehended. • The plan is for one man. or several, to go out to sea on the pretense of hand-line fishing, and then going inside of the pockets of the pound nets and helping themselves to anywhere from five to fifty barrels of fish. When fish are bringing from four to twenty dollars a barrel, this loss to the pound net operators is no inconsiderable one. Though it may n^t be generally known there is a law on the statute books of the State, which makes the taking of fish from pound nets a serious offense, punishable with a heavy fine or imprisonment. or both. The law reads, in part: “Any person who shall take fish out of any pound net, fishing pound or the pocket of any pound net in any of the waters within jurisdiction of this State, without the permission of the owners of such nets, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense.” A few pru»ecutions under this law may result in the practice being stopped. It is one that certainly calls for some drastic treatment, meaning an aggregate kiss, in the course of a year, of thousands of dollars. TURNING DEFEAT INTO VICTORY. D. Miles Rigor is a winner. The latest word that is being passed out, after his unmerciful beating in the Wildwood Crest municipal election last week, is t!iat at the eleventh hour Rigor found out that if yo. Philip P. Raker, of the Crest, was against the proposed change in the form of government of the Crest, and that he (Rigor) turned in to help the Mayor defeat the proposed change. Can you beat it? The election was to decide whether or not Wildwood Crest should abandon its present form of government, and go into City form. Rigor was the prime mover for the change, while Mayor Baker, one of the original founders of the Crest was against it. And now Rigor has turn-d his defeat into victory, by coming over to the Mayor’s side. WHATS THE MATTER. HARRY? Harry Bright, of Wildwood, has quit, luist Friday morning en route to Sea Girt to attend the Governor's reception. Harry was an avowedcandidate for the Assembly on the Republican ticket. On the way home, in reply to a question. Harry stated that he changed his mind, and would not only not Ik- a candidate, but would turn in and work for one who had previously announced himself. What is back of Mr. Bright’s sudden decision to w ithdraw is not known—at least to those outside of the “inner ring”. Rumor has it that he will be a candidate next year, when Corsville Stille. present Assemblyman, will run for the SenaU and that three years later. Mr. Bright will succeed Stille as Senator. That sounds very good, but it is not like the Harry Bright that we know to have the wool pulled over his eyes in that way There is another reason, and a stronger one, fur his with-

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