CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES Consolidated with the Sea isle City Redew, February, 1918 WrtJJAM A, HAFFERT Oeuoral Manager NORVELLE WALLACE SHARPE. H, Managt^g Editor Published Every Friday by the CAfB HAT COBBTT TIMES OOMPAHT

(Incorporated)

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Entered at the Post Office at Sea Isle City, N. J., as Second-Class Matter

“// U’s Not in the Times-—It Didn’t Happen”

A GOOD WAY TO GET UBPOFULAB

Hie Hew Jersey State Police have, as a whole, the respect tw* confidence of the people of Hew Jersey. They are doing a splendid work in many ways. If there was no other thing to their credit, the money the State Constabulary costs in taxes would be repaid alone in the accidents that have been prevented on the main auto highways by the vigilance

of the police in preventing excessive speeding.

But now comes along several orders from the State Police h—A. and 9amed out by the troopers, which are bound to prove obnoxious and work

a hardship on a great many persons needlessly.

One of them is the enforcement of the law that all automobiles carrying any kind of freight, or used in delivery for commercial purposes, must carry a conuner'dal track license. This is altogether unnecessary, for there are few persons in business who do not use, at one tim* 0 r another, thtir pleasure can for business with no harm to anyona. A «m»n package must be delivered, or some goods taken to the railroad station for shipment, and the touring car is used for the purpose. This is against the letter of the law, but if this law is enforced to the letter, in this respect, the State

police are going to find themselves mighty unpopular.

The second rule is the elimination of all road signs from State owned highways. This rule, carrying out the law, is most excellent—also if it is not enforced too closely. Purely advertising signs are a nuisance any highway, and detract from the natural beauty of the countryside. At the present rate of placing of advertising signs along highways, it will only be a matter of a few years before any main thoroughfare wfl simply be a succession of chewing gum, auto tire and sure-cure-all advertisements, and the landspace will be entirely obliterated in the jangled mass of color

of advertisements.

But there are signs that are a god send to motorists. Who among yen motorists are there, who have not had your heart leap ia pure u>naloyed joy, when far from home and in doubt as to the ***** faric in the road to take, has spied the familiar “50 Miles to Hew York" or the “150 Miles to Ocean City” sign! Such signs are an aboolute twe^Hity, and their removal will won a great hardship to countless thousands of tourists who have come to depend largely upon them for their guidance in auto

travel.

let the enforcement of these laws be tempered with a little ordinary horse sense and judgment, and no one will find fault. Bat let the enforcement b- absolute and there will be, to use the vernacular—an awful

holler!

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WHO’S WHO

Cape May County

RALPH T. STEVKMC Assemblyman-Elect and Secretary of the dope May Sand Company Ralph T. Stevens, of Caps May City, who was elected on Noveaber 7th as Assemblyman of Cape May County by the Merest majority ever accorded an AsnOhthly candidate, was born In Cape May City in 18*4, and Is probably one of the youngest awn. ever elected to 'each sn important office In this State. Mr. Stevens was educated in the Cape May City Schools, and taler attended Drexel Institute. Philadelphia. and the Ohio Northern Univer-

sity.

He Is Secretary of the Cape Kay Sand Company, one of- the largest d producing plants in South Jersey. and Is also Secretary of the Cape May Coal and Ice Company. Two years of local politics sort of a bobby with Mr. end he has played an active pa#. In the political life of Cape May rime. Polities do not occupy all of Mr. Stevens’ spare time either. He is a member of the Young Men’s Progressive League, the big booeter organization of Cape May and k on the Executive Committee of this.association. He ta also a member of many lodges and among these are included the Odd Fellows, P. O. of A.. Masons, Shrtners. Knight’j Templars, and other socletli o-ganUations.

A fanner’s ally to the chemist who stands between him and unknown poisons, adulterants -and unscrupul-

ous dealers.

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"GREATEE LOVE HATH HO MAH”

As the prime reason for his voluntary resignation from the fluste Mr. Be wherry cites the defeat of Senator Townsend in the Michigan elections. Mr. Newberry has been the recipient of many kindly expressions of ap-

predation because of his self-sacrifice, but the actions of Senator Townsend 26 T u<*. are entitled to high commendation as well. Senator Townsend believed. 27 Wod. _. 3:20 and he believe* today, with all the sincerity of his soul, that Truman 18 Thurr 4:09

Bewteny ™ rigMMlj dertM to ofiioo; thot Fort mono, u< oontmpti-! » ^

Me Democratic partiiuuhip were the ectnetiri* motirer KeUif to eoMet 31 Sue. _ <11

the men who heeded hii country', cell to era* when the eon el hie entegonist was bomb-proofed some thousands of miles from the front line. Townsend might have adopted the tactics of a craven and remained neutral througnout the entire struggle to unseat his colleague; or he might have cringed and fawned to a factitious public opinion and joined with the pack who hounded Mr. Hew berry But he stood to his guns as the

foremost champion of his colleague's cause.

“Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,

And he but naked, though locked up in steel.

Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.”

Townsend the Senator is about to pass from the stage of events, temporarily it is hoped and believed. Townsend the firm believer in the

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SKeeter Parts With a NicKel Monday, Dec. 4th.

Daar Skinny:

Mebbe I didn't have a heck ofa time. Sia com home to spend the weak end from Teachers Normal School where there teaching her bow to teech. Mom Be-n to me—Robert, to re father and me are- going out We want yu to use yure Sunday (banners ter yn can be chaperone tonight far yore Stater fer a nice young man frou Sea Isle ta going to call on her. Skins, x don't no much about thto here chaperone stuff except Sis says chaperons are wus then measles. Afterwhiie I heerd a noise Ilka the wurid coming to an end. 1 seys who kin be goto moving Sunday nite when Sir who was peeping out the curtain ■er’ here he ta. Skins. »nehbe you wi didn’t taf to see the nice rung man frum Sea Isle. 8 He parti b e hair In the middle an fraoke* etg&rata an carries scissors sharpen fits nails. He looks at me an seys Sonny run out an too* at ihe complexsbnr. of the weathor. out an run back and what yn think, I caught him when he hist Sis. Ain’t surfs simple. Sta looked an though she liked it He looked at me scared like, an I aeya the weathers complexshun’a like yarn. Kinda a Sick looking. 81a aeya the little monkey, eeys Yea monkeys carry tales an unless I git a nickel I’m goin t> carry on*. The dude forked <k wn. no a nickel. Protty soft a was hoping he would hug her fur I’d barged Mm a dime fer that. Well we git la hta LUxle Them In the front wa me In the back. The aade so much nota 1 couldn't hear what they aeya. Bat I hope he would git a puncture so he would haf to dirty his bands. When reached Herb Williams corner finessed like and stopped. He seys there’s something wrong with her. I seys call Doe iLLtor, he's good <1 won eases- He seys I got it. I ain’t got no gas. I seys theta fine English to talk to an almost school tsecher. how kin yu got (t If you sfht got It. Sta aeya you little imp ke

mouth shut.

Thu dude ’ fdW'Hta the store and gets the man to bring a gallon of gas. When the man brings It be seys twenty-five cents please. An tbe dude looks threw his pockets an only find two dimes. He aeya How fortunate I forgot my wallet. ■reht here been out wttfa him be cause She didn’t bring a sent, eey* to the man Will yn give me credit He seys the only once I give credit ta the Demokrate causa there ain’t any around here. Sta aeya count yar money again. I aeya Ter better ember what happened to Charlie York when he counted mn

1 bigger

Bat ten mnnt

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And that’s where the mb

That’s Why He Get There Bilklris, much aggrieved, was before the court for speeding. “What have you to aay fur yourself?’' demanded the magtetr.vte* ’ “Tisn’t fair,’’ remonstrateo Milkens angrily. "Why don’t you arreet that■ motor cop there? He was goin’ faster than I was. - ' ’’Lees you wear the longer you live,” claims a doctor. We know a girl In Sea tale City who ta racing

with Methuselah.

b eoaieg i^

John Doc: "Some of the Esn , eoeee tnr :.rauoo- Mt M 1,1*0! Wem* he. IJ.V- 1 BteteM Bw: -So, „„ . •ratraeot D» O»'oawao ™ r."“ g ““f w ° r * eoa tl,« ABatoest Mr. Editor; I note that yon endeavoring to assist rovr

who lived out on the edge of Wood-

bine. “And you said If anything I Tbe way to went wrong, you would supply the tbe right and '

broken parts, didn't you?"

'Surely.”

’’Well, then. I’d like to get a ni a shoulder Made, and a big toe.”

or the mat from the brow of tb. en who ream. wtB tern to gold far e stay at hows. And he who here the tong WU1 eaU will H ia life avaralta, Bat tHe re mea. I will adartt, when all ray chores 7 tong to f«lt aad cast uid*

fo—Turn era

Revived “Hi there!” shouted the village

’Do you know you're goto’ forty miles an hour?” ’Yeah,” shouted the motorist, ring on. “I can’t help It- Ikn full o’ carbon an’ my carburetor’s dirty,, but wait’ll I get 'er cleaned!" The limit would set— „ reached when a collector gets to dunning delinquents hr radlophcne. (early every person to sure he la amart enough to play with fire and not get burned, which accounts for a lot of things. Our heart again goes kids of the country. It pointed out that December has five bath nights. Women seem to be divided In two ctaaoeo now—the high-brow aad the

w nock.

When the ltd ta off the egg can form a real honest opinion of it

HUT

Jud Tonkins sari a Jam band helps people to forget their more eerlo troubles, same aa a mosquito bite.

"Chn dogs find their way na a toag dtaUnce’" asks an Oeeu

It’s accordiag >ue you w*nt u id Ms way back H it’s a good

one. beta apt to pvt lost if he

•dfteMi

"You haven’t been, fifth ting on tin way to school, have you?” ah quired. » V "No." aald John, "wo moved yeaterday and I had to Carry the cat”

Sta seys Robert give me tbet nickel we give yu. I seys I’m sorry but I forgot my wallet. But she held my

The peek-a-boo waist has

supptantod by the burlesqao skirt.

Give gloom the absent treatn

Probably the proas agent of „ ww ma , K black puglltat announons. the day be- reachm for hla*l fore the fight that hta man la in the be gone pink of condition last to make the "I'd i opponent feel blue. 1

★ BIBLE THOUGHT]

—FOR TODAY—|

“• jastsctMLc-j

Wisdom of Gamaliel

Now 1 aay unto you. Refrain from

these men, and let thi

If this counsel or this work be of men. It will come to nought: but if It be of Ood. ye cannot overtbrow it;

. . ^ , _ , . . . „ — — '" tt *>»Plr re be found even to fight jonnen oi Newberry a claim to Senatorial honors remains with us a spies-! **aln»i God.—Acts 6:36, 99.

did illustration of the testamentary pronouncement, "greater love hath no — ~

mu than this, that a man lay down his Ufe for his friends.”

PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN

WELCOME. FIRST NATIONAL BANK On Monday the First Natioaal Bank, of Sea Isle City, opens its doors for business. The TIMES believes it voices the sentiment of ninety-nine per cent of the people of Sea Isle City, when it says Welcome! There has been no ase need in Sea Isle City so great as the need for a bank ’ f? d „ now that 0Iie ha ‘. been formed and ready to open, it is the absolute DUTY of every person in business, every institution and every person financially interested in the resort to bask with tbe HOME The cashier of a nearby bank, when asked whether or not his bank would object to the withdrawal of a certain account upon which crodit had been extended, in favor of the Sea Isle City Bank, said: "By all means deposit with your home bank. THERE IS SOMETHING WROMO WITH THE MAN WHO CANNOT DO BUSINESS WITH HIS HOME BAKE!" This is the spirit of co-operation that all neighboring bankers have extended to Cape May County’s newest institution: the same spirit will surely be shown by the home people, whom the bank will benefit moot. $456,000,000 RAILROAD OBLIGATIONS The directors of the Norfolk and Webern Railway have determined to mire some of the equipment trust certificates helu by the government. Which reminds us that there is now in the United States Treasury some $456,000,000 of railroad obligations that can be utilised to meet any deficit that may accrue ia Federal finances. A short time ago the Treasury add several million dollar* worth of such securities, and the money is new available to meet the expenses of government. The baying public is in a receptive -m-'d now far first class securities, and doubtless the railroad obligations would find a ready market. Tbe government is cashing in on , most of the other war assets left on it* hands, and there seems no fool, reason v* similar course should not be followed in this rase.

Th« gas man tots and aeya to himself I thought I new tbet bird. I yelled fer tbe man to bring the change In licorice aticka fer Sta hates th*.ji. When we got *pme l heerd him say low like to Sta Kanf ye gH rid, of tbet rabbit fer a few minutes, but i yu no me Skin*. I wasn’t leaving' after he took the nickel back ao be finally eeys good ulte. Sta eeys Don’t 1 forget to rite to me. He seys I’mj not much on rttlng. I seys Not while' stamps coot so much. Msbbe Sta didn’t get sore. After be left she‘ seyo I’ve got a good noUon to box! ytr ears. I seys Sta there ain’t no uee of yu going beck to learn to be a teeeber fer yer actio Jus like onsi Yu no Skins that Teachers school oughter burn down I think don’t yu? SKFBTER.

The Hatty best ap hta Wlf<-

LA0T LOOP-HOLE FOR CHECKS PLUGGED First National Bank, of Sea Isie City. Adept* Latest Safety Measure The First National Bank, ot Sea I* City. N. J„ has adopted tbe famous Super Safety Insured Checks, which carry 11,060.00 Insurance for •sell user against loss from check raising, which, according to Mr. <ieorge K. Ross. Cashier, closes tbe last loop-hide tor bank crook* Constant vigilance on the part of bankers has gradually driven the i-roofc from hta various methods of obtaining bank depositors’ funds: First, safe-cracking, then gun holdups- *■<> lately from cheek raising. According to Mr. Ross, 120.000.000 - 00 were lost last year In tbe United States III lough fraudulent check

manipulations.

Kaward B. Arnstl, President of the Sea Isle City Bank, on Wednesday said: ”W<- don’t Intend that any of

b«it oiii- dspoeltore should participate In

UP tbe Editor for Potting B in the , , ny , uc h , <mi tniJ lB „ M wlth OUf i .per. The Editor will remind th<“ endeavor* to give See Isle City tbe l ully that be ta ui**r*ij Printing the best banking service obtainable In N--w% not Making It. and than lx- will the count,y todsy. we hsvs put in I’-Uri the Bally over the Keen with the tets new eafoi, feature. We are full* and set him out In the Alter rfadly offering this added service l0 to Beet Up. • ‘M‘7 depositor, without making any

extra ehaige for the protection."