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RepabUam but IndepauiUBt. A NEWSPAPER FOR ALL OF CAPE MAY COUNTY. Published Every Friday by The CATE MAY COUNTY TIMES COMPANY (Incorporated) West Jersey and Landis Avenues, Sea Isle City, N. J.

WM. A. HAFFERT, President and General Manager. CHAS. O'CONNOR. Treasurer. C. F. SCHUCK, Secretary. Philadelphia Office: 717 Mutual Life Building. A. F. Smith. Foreign Advertising Representative. Advertising Rates Furnished upon Application. Subscription Price, $1.50 per year, in Advance. '^T.T^rPo.t Office. Sea Uledu. N. J, *» MCQDd-ClM* muter. HOLD LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS NOW. J ’—The Local Option law has been passed, written upon the Statute books of the State, and is now operative. In all fairness to the hotel-keepers of the County, those mumcjpahties in which the W. C. T. U. and local option lorces are active, should hold their special elecUon NOW—at once. Most of the liquor licenses in the County expire within the next sixty ^iays, and it would be manifestly unfair to allow the holders of these licenses to obtain renewals at the April term of Court, at a cost of «20o to $400, only to have them revoked a month or two later, U the local option election should carryThe first municipality in the State to use the new law is Tuckerton. in Ocean County, where at the' instance of the Methodist Church, a special election will soon be held. Other municipalities of the State, and especially Cape May County, should follow Tuckerton’s lead as quickly as possible. It will be best to get it out of our system, and have it oyer with before the summer season, at any rate. An election daring the Spring or Summer months at the shore is very undesirable.

Hunting for Romance

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Ulss EUmo Danren had a ft>no£raphrr with White A Ooupaar fur four /eara, and had come knowledge to beraelf that abe

be rtore blowing up

g(Xi tor aotne canae or otb*-M the 'tacoe wa* made by aotneoo* «*—■ One erenlng Mica Eileen Oanrwa had a urreraament a* abe iwdp trem White A Company'* to her boartlng ^onae. It warn 1 * that-tfae tandlaflj aw going to pick the cotton batting adt at the gas burner* and enable her guewt* to get ar-'und their room* without a guide to New Tort But It waa that

her romance wts due.

When Mr. Guy Taylor left the atore hr had that eary aame feeling, and-ha

whistled and hummed.

When Miaa Eileen bad AntabaB bee prunes and tea and retired to her room ■tie derided to help romance along a hit. Sbe therefore, by the light of the gas Jet. penciled the following-note: “A young and Innocent girl he* been %iilnapped and la being held a prtaoMr

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She had taken up atenography in the Aral place because abe had to support herself, and the next because a girt had given her a Hat of eighteen mU* UooalrM who had married their stenographers and loaded them down with lore and diamonds. The eighteen did not comprise the full list but were alt that the girl could think of ment'e notice. Miss Eileen took the place at Whit# A Company's without miking any inqulries of a social nature. She reasoned without any Ing that Mr. White was waiting to admire. love and marry her. In fact, aha made out in her day dream that he had been Jilted several years before, and that he would teU her all aliout It when they came to talk In confidence. She bad the honeymoon trip all planned. ' Mr. White proved to be a fat man, wboae eyes could not see bow his feet were getting on. He had been tied twenty-ooe year*, and had oflew been made to wish that be had never married at all. Bo had hit wife. Ha

WHAT ABOUT THE INLET BRIDGE? . War conditions and weather conditions have conspired to make the completion of the Corson’s Inlet bridge, from Ocean City to Strathmore, an exceedingly difficult task. Material is almost impossible to obtain at any price, due to freight embargoes; the steel needed for the draw must go to help make ships; and ice has partly undone the work already completed. In spite of theee set-backs, however, the CORSON’S INLET BRIDGE MUST BE ‘COMPLETED for use this summer—at ANY COST. It is the roost needed improvement in the County, and the summer of 1918 MUST NOT PASS without the bridges being in use. How this can be done is a matter for wiser heads than ours. This much, however, is obvious: If the steel draw cannot be obtained, SUBSTITUTE ANOTHER style and if the other specified material cannot be procured, such as piling and decking, SUBSTITUTE ANOTHER KIND that CAN be had. Get the bridge done and open for travel. That’s the thing to aim at Messrs. Powell and Champion! That’s the thing to work for, Messrs. Board of Freeholders! And summer is coming—fost.

■422. Whoever And* thlahaad It tttkW an rest policeman. I am In a terrible

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Ibis note waa dropped out of the Window and wait Buttering down until It repooed oo the Aagatone. and waa picked up only after a full hundred pedestrians had walked over It. And waa the name of the man that -picked It up Guy Taylor, who waa out for an evening atroU and raady to mart hi- romance half wart . It waa! He picked It op from force of habit, and he ataried to road It Without a Jot of curiosity. When be had finished hi* hair was curling. . Here waa romance at last! Hand it to the nearest policeman! Ko; If hla true name waa D'Artagan! He would make the reaeue alone and unnided. or he would pertah trying. He looked up, and the number 43t ■fared him in the face. Up the steps at three hops. The door wa* not locked. Up the stairs, and half way up he met the landlady. This person waa fat and solid, and weighed 300 pounds. She waa not near-righted. She naw at a glance that the Aoorwalker was a.atranger. and as be tried to elbow her aside ahe took him by the nock. In their struggles both roiled down into tho hall, and both shouted for the police. The police came. They drew the fifhter* apart and as soon as Mr. Ttylor roqld get hi* breath he told hu story and exhibited the note. The •nt bounding upstairs, and be went bounding after them. Every room on the upper boor waa Marched. No kidnapped maid. They came a'-roaa Miaa EUeen. of coorac, but r v “ could teU them nothlag about a gin er In the bouar. When the en tire premlaea had been gone over the detective in charge of the search called aJI the female boarder* together. There sere seven of them. “One of you went* Otia note * said, “it waa done aa a Joka. Mat I •w who did M or m tod ti>e whole hatch of you r Miaa EUeen waa given away as guilty party. Indeed, her face told

the story.

■I Just did It out of romance."

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THEY DO PROTEST TOO MUCH. If the people of the country have been nourishing any feeling of sympathy for Secretary of \Var Baker because the Senate Military Affairs Committee did not call a joint session of the two Houses of Congress to hear his defense, »he waste of sympathy may as well cease There need be no doubt that the Baker defense will reach a hundred times as many readtrs as will the accur-alions of incompetence made against him. After the country has seen the high slate of efficiency of the distribution service of the Committee o« Public Information and has also observed the manner in which hundreds of thousands, and probably millions of the MeAdoo speeches have been circulated by government employees and others, there is not likely to be any lack of circulation of the Baker defense. The people will have the wool pulled over their eyes and they will pay for the wool and the pulling. After pitting $1800 a year government employees at clerical work in the dwtribution of the McAdoo speeches, there is no probability that there will be any lack of energy and pep in the distribution of the Raker speech. This adminietnition may not be in favor of some kinds of publicity, but the presentation of its defense is not one of the kinds

under taboo.

“Thai Why Don't You «cr hour, and to a voice that coaid be j bran] mile* and mllra away he said: “Not a rent for the Salvation AnoyT “No, rir.“ “Nothing for the hospitals."

“And deaf ebu oeriptiao hook!’ -No, air.” “TVw why don't 700 go?" “Because, rir. yon hired ine as yonr ateaogmpber yesterday.” “Then yon ought to have said SO long ago. Get to work." Wa* there any nmanrr there) Waa there any chance for any? And the “Onmpany- waa year* aid. who never office hot often hla partner, reading: “I am glad that I

And then he turned to Mr. Taylor with: “Fall :n Chevalier. Too tor the coop, too r eked up the note. - he

“WeU. the lodge win (Mi aonet or otter to be hla doty. After tide you’d better let the police do the n

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It is gratifying indeed that a County like Cape May, so overwhelmingly outnumbered in the State Legislature by mem here from the northern iiortiun of the Slate, rhoald make such a splendid allowing, as it has this year, in both branches of the Legislature. Both Senator Stevens and Assemblyman Lake have been active in *xthail T their constituency, and have been instrumental in the eaaetment of some especially constructive legislation. A complete list of the measures introduced by them appears else-

where in this issue.

. South Jency nevspajK-r men ' Flanders line “over there." Thi Charles H. Collins, editor and i>ubli ocratL reform weeklj, the Somers is one of the most ubie editors m t i the Record during his absence is b

•ill be well represented on the latest to answer the call is her of Atlantic County's demI’uin! Record. Young Collins «• State, and the suspension of

1 be regretted.

The Cape May County Chamber of Com mem will hold its regular monthly meeting next Thursday night. February 22d at

the Borough Hall. Stone Harbor, at 8 o’clock.

The question of whether or not the County shall appropriate monies for advertising this year wiM be formally before the nieetiag, which the County Hoard of Freeholders will attend in a L-dv.

Thr bookkeeper 1 He old and atiaky In the ki ported to be fired at any

Hla aaadotant! He wa» raDow and rrwaeyed and hla mother bed torbldriec him to have a dreum book or a The I-tripping clerk? He was ta raged to three girl* already, an# hi* .alary of eight dollars per week wn*

ondergoiag a terrible strain.

in.t did MIm EUeen d.-imlr? Too Sou-, know her if you think abe did. Hbe'd look for her bnad and tatter

lurid - »i,d ter romance outride.

And there wai Guy Tnylor. a po uri * man of twmtyttrei. He had bevrromantic from hi. Ubybood up, and I rii year* a. A,.>r-,relker in a depart- . mmi atore badn't verked a ctuw. Hi i h,,< * moderate aal irj. and be had to j Uv. in a tnoderat- way. hot the Idea w»* ever i>reM-,.t that some rich woman. young or old. na. going to offer him her batyj and heart—and her ! !**od , >. It might be on hla (>eraoaaIltT, and it might Iw- for saving her life. He rutiicr bofird that It would be for tho latti-r. (..r h«- nns a true knight at hi-arl. Al hi. boarding hoax- he Pad »ua Brian D'Artagan. hut out of defer-<-ne* to the owner of the More he had temporartl) drx.|.|«d II for that of Tay-

lor.

Hirh ladle* cam* to the store—rich young ladle, and rich old ooee—«nd the fluonaatkec polled down hla vaat and met them ulth the aurila that wouldn't c-„e or But Just aa am ** **■* ' 1 them fell and rolled down j the baMrigp,! stairs at waa at the real

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raady to aak for Miaa Danvers' | i ir renir r Laatlia Av

heart and hand." waa the reply. “But you can't Bay that you love j j|j

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It la true. I must be lenient with my , first case. Miaa Danvcn. can a glri be a atrnographer and romantic tooT T am a firing example of It." ahe wnlled. “1 didn't think that rotnanr would , ertx with the ben-tracks of stenography. but If It does, all right. Bow 1 9 should a romance of this aurt turn 4 happily r “Ton—you might leave that to Mr. Taylor and myself!" “I think I will. Too an both 6

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