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EDITORIAL PAGE of tte GAPE MAY COUNTY

CAPE MAT COUMTT TIMES Consol I dated with the Sea Isle City Renew, Fetfrnary, it!8 WILLIAM A. HIFFERT

General Manager

Published Every Friday by the CAPE MAT COUMTT TIMES CO.

(Incorporated)

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in Advance.

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Entered at the Poet Office at Sea Isle City, N. J., * ' ‘ ~ Matter.

“If Ift Mot in the It Mi

LESS AOCIDEMTS

LAST W' EK

In reading the netrspapers last week in 0.pe May County it could not flail to be noted that there not a single auto accident reported. Contrasted this with the previous week, when the tint page of the TIMES, for Instance, was filled with a record of accidents, two of them fatal, it clearly Ulustratw that when the wild ••foreign" driven leave us to our peaceful ways at this

of the year, t

become Safe, and driving a Recent recommendations of Grand Jury, and Coroner’s Juries, that foot paths be provided along all the main auto roads, to reduce the danger to pedestrians, who are walk out in the raadThe suggestion is a good one, but it is a question if- these pi will ever be built, because of the because of the difficulty 1 d be encountered In getting the land for the purpose..

why the render la Pet-Tv'jurg, eleven miles distant, must wait until

day to get the peper.

And the fault is not in th* fiaa We City Poet Office, tot we' know that the papers Isa re the local office on time every week. 8 where between Sea Isle City Ukt aearbr places, the TOTES U and In explain ^bly held up. ip dies ting that while the United Btatae Post Office Is thd largest business in world, with 1*5,000 employe^ It la by -

A

JOB

Throughout

Primary Election on Tuesday, there waa a dearth of candidates for nomination as Mayor in the various towns in which this position-is open. One candidate Ip a West Jsrsey town announced his candidacy, saying that he waa prevailed upa run by his friends, and that be well qualified fot the office because he had act brains enough to see the honor in the Job, and had no ad-,

knlnist retire ability,

street on which he owned property that he would want to get paved dor-

t the’

side of the road, instead right aide, thus (see the obi cars, walking would be much The great majority of in the same direction in which the cars traveling on that side ere going.

£ instead of rctantag at afclt > mek MB VM bv. „ wnU

hear,, the approach of an auto them. If they wo other aide, and ee

therefore be able to earn the Urge salary of «1M a year that the office paid. He war nominated by a lars ’ majority—no one ran against him. And why should one aspire to the rather doubtful honors of Mayor of

for anyone to be etruek. only the driver sees the j in -the other ease they zvS i chances of accident is eu.

to in half. . ~ Some time ago word was printed In the TOOB of,the intention ef the State Highway Cfmwnaalon to provide Bar the widening of the Main Seashore Reed this County, by acquiring e strip of land on each aide

of the road, eve

part, of the road. Agnate of the Highway Commission have bean at work getting rights of'eray assigned State, and when this project

There is little or no salary in the position, It means much hard work, plenty of cussing on the part of every Interpet in the town, marching at the head of every parade, presiding over every public gathering, trying to smooth out the family quarrels of protest!ig wives or husbands that make complaint before him. be derned If he enforces prohibition,, and |

derned if ha don't!

Personally, aa long as there « open as keeper la aa

be Mayor. »

Another hart-worldag official, and

a little appreciated oae In

sion governed cHlea, is the Director of Finance. Hls Job is onl? to see that there la always enough money on hand to pay bllia. keep the town's

credit with the bank good enough

that money ean be borrowed when the Uipayerrdon’t cough up on tbfie. see that there Is enough money on hand to pay ok bonds snd Interest,

keep the town's finand

fight the oo-commlsstonsrs spending more money than la appropriated. and see that the Tax Col-

lector collects, and th

asssesrs. For this small labor he receives the magnificent recompense of from IS00 to 51F00 a year, depending on the else of the town—tt I it's a pretty big town that pays riie latter

the 4

dents fa this road, at least, greatly reduced. With the great at added to what, ws already have. It will be only a matte* of a abort time until all nor roadr alb too marrow. And narrow roads BMea accidents.

of tte most sordid pU-hoatiag. * They a matter of vital alcae to levers of wRd Ufa. but to levers of legitimate sport aa waU. and also to those who dartre a perpetuation of tte delirious f^rod m hick wild eras rn tee provide. - It might be difficult if not te* tl cable to prevent tte am of a mobiles by hunting parts*.

Musings of Ik Qfice Cat

•rtMtfkpfif Har hate were bought In Auto, Her hose la U. S. A., I camt* see mack la Eerope— See An. vice First T Oh, say!

<% 7 rJLrL2££ m,, ‘ mmm Wythe. Orta., has Jaat achieved ~ by saangariag that it has bo

directionary and wrioomlag the municipalities of the State. On thr open road, the motorist is guided with fair accuracy to him deatinatlrn. bat let him reach the average city and try to get out of it again and he is completely lost. For on entry In the city the directionary signs oeaae. and the motorist must depend on the friendly traffic cop for

Instructions.

Take tbs case of Sea Isle City. Just aa pn example. A motorist enterp the town from Corson's Inlet way. snd wants to get to Wildwood,

there anything to tell him er. perhaps, never

to gel out of It? There to not. Or wt will any be enters from the mainland, and wants to get te Strathmere and has no more Idea of where Strathmere to. except la a general way. that are have of Heaven. He must stop snd Inquire, for there to so sign to guide the way. Anyone who has traveled through

the towns of New Jersey ean sceaslty of dlrectioe signs

COMES HIGH WITHIN every municipality, as waU

Housewives will sympathise, la these days of mounting bills, with tbs Pennsylvania Railroad In Its purely domestic character aa host to the travelling mllljoas. For during the last year the Penney spent •Il.lir tor soap. IM.lt> for brooms.

MOC.IOI for linens. •Hl.llt for, number of complaints bedding, an.: >14.Ilf for towels and reaching subscribers Into, or not st lavatury equipment. The year's ex-{all. One Philadelphia subscriber, penditure for carpers and linoleum whose correct name and address to was |4fi,M2. and for cleaning and plainly printed on our mailing Hat, polishing ig*»».*s the bills totalled has not received a paver for three

ff.MI. Sponges for washing car months!

windows and other things cost If ,404 1 The TIMEP .an full: appreciate to say nothing of IMIS tor ebamo'. tbe fairness and Justice of the comaa< 91.470 tor che«eecloth. And for {plaints of its subscribers, but. frankTrT .^— (o provide lights for the ly. we are at a loss for a remedy, la amoken the road blew In 14.001. As our office s regular schedule Is mainfoibar acratehaa hls head over the talncd. and ths paper is printed and

' mailed eacl week according to this schedule. What became* of u after w# hands It over to Unde Sam to

pure chance.

There U no reason that see that It should take ths TIMES from Thursday afternoon, or early Friday morning, until tbe following

Clubs all over the Stats are taking

tv. utnut,,..

Sh a tow will confer » are no eras* guys favor upon humanity generally and wa know of.

ABOUT LATE

PAFEEA

The last three or four months TIMES has been in receipt of a large

advertising merchants In- parr. Someone has written that

bootleggero .and porch climbers do

not ndvscttos mesalng that those

who advertise their goods or bust □«* are honest. That to true. Th* merchant who advertises pute himself oa record. He to not ssbamed of hls goods or methods. Why then should

the advertising merchant be victimised by trresponalbl. publishers who tell false isles o' tbetr cumulation. Tbs average weekly paper to the beat medium on earth for advertising In proportion to the cost and rimt’atton. Week./ papers if they are at aU worth while, are reed thoroughly,

especially by ths female members of

ths household. Wise mereaanl this sad are ready to btiy spec

should be protected

: Ik* other saddest words in i ™e language are these: Etorstoi

a* running.

The reason there nroaofsw temals vtolintote U that Urn* «•»*» a—« their chins still long

hast should r pul!token «

wtly of “hot air.'

Kona or ous Town

tathly expense account be can con ter the osar of tbe Pennsylvania. It re dees cost s lot of money to kssp

house tn order.

It'S so hot In tbe big towns, says Jim Hardle, that ths people look like

a hunting for toast to sit

cause of lunacy, but there

Most of ths fish are caught In smanent waves and hairaeta. One reason wb Darwin got by waa h*e»a»* Bryan wasn’t there to read

out of tbe party.

Oiri (At tost ball game: Mm. Georg*. I kaow mm caa “Wouldn’t It ba tent hie,'

Baeva to Mtartfcn, tutu,

a aaw wufclaa toaeUa. Taaal Mto Baev u. nla a ■e her eeeleal IHIIH to (aa A lo. eM (M ui b, n. °*A eae lee a aav oaBT- (to Beato aa BaH a gaUon.

K. J.. K rm kave «

“A Fort Worth. Turn, hermit inherited0104,#♦> to hunOakaa. petes Tom Lellam, adding that he wiB have ter As to to sit otUL

Avoid %hn with a frown, or he does all hto fighting *°« think you kave him (town.

a pa'ah of w*c4s sad says. “Oh, leek at the pretty fiowmrf”

poepk who think tter * J MM be all ria

right If thn * 1

tte hair Is thresus-

Irrtl from tte old church choir.

Was HUM Ball(e SUBS,

the dear thing never seemed to tit

-OC ’-©eking at the klms.

The only way to achieve gnatau to to die. had millions of us won t

tad: “Is Fort going

to put on ths mutter ihte winter?" that puttott the hand to ths steenag wheel and straightway tak ett It away to powdm her aoaa s>

up in heaven or a bomdtal.

Tea, we have no traffic « 1r , »*M the cars say. Dodga, Rrothen.

Eh. wot?

Now they say poteon gas wm eur» a number of thiaga. At any rots It ♦Ul curs tM notion that war is

Father who Totes tbs Baby ‘round Nights and Moans about It Dhya. We all looked Just Like this Baby once upon a Urn*. Isn’t It s Wonder that

Monday or Tuesday to reach a sub-1 airor?

Poor Father dlda\ fieU Us Down the

Little drops of courage. U'Ue grains of saad. may not wta a formas. hut they help to heat the head.

common objection to pdas

fights appears to bt that there to too much prise apd not enough fight. The wide difference la prices tohkes Frank Swain wonder If they atlll get bacon from bogs nowaday* “Dental go!* to the sew popular M>ort." says Hiram Love. "Anyone who has blackberry pie tor dlnn And a act of toothpicks can play." It seems as though ont way to link

nations to through golf.

All fish aren't caught oa beat pins some get caught oa fraternity pins. The chief trouble with the Volstead law Isn’t detective teeth, but

■ed news uatrts tost *11 j

oar* are-some wiw wom™. ■— the keeper sa ke took us throuyl to fiteto fnaase aaytam.

■ « * . Etortop about cooUes give ui to I

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