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EDITORIAL PAGE of the CAPE MAY COUNTY THVlEs

CAPE HAT COUHTY TIKES OaBsoll<Ut«d with the 8m Ue Olty Review, February, Xtlt WILLIAM A. HAFFEKT General Manayer Publlahed Bvery Friday by the CAPE KIT OOCKTY TIKES CO.

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Atlantic Are. and Eighth St. OCBAN OTT. N. J. South LaadU Avenue PW» THT.ie CITY, N. J.

PEIHCETOH. Here's some real news: The *radu-' ate council committee at Princeton. University has agreed to discourage liquor drinking at class headquarters during the coming reunion of Princeton's graduates. Class drinking has apparently not been discouraged at Princeton’s reunions In the past, judging from the announcement this

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AK AMBITIOUS

Hie demand tor good roads la Gape May county is meet certainly being Ailed this year by the Boai

financed In such a way. partly state aid. that the new roads will effect the county tax rate la

• Fore.

shouted the golfer, paring for a big swipe.

this year's reunion

Princeton's graduates will not wholly without Joy. nor will the ettp ♦hi t cheers be wholly banished, for It Is announced that this action of the committee "does not bind the Individual." and that the officials of the college reoalofi will pises no ban

on Individuals taking liquor to the ehecta to pay his bills.

But the woman who was croerii

the links paid no attention.

"Fore!” yelled the man, angrily.

SOU she took no notice.

"Try three-ninety.” suggested

Nothing gives an honest n

More Presbyterian clergymen are mu pharmacy blush so often aeen said to get their training at Prince-1 On the girl who has danced fiHU

ton >h «” at any other university in! dawn itry. ▲ great many of the Is the same as painting the

graduates are lawyers, who swear to upheld the laws and th« co.^ltution of the United States. A lot of Princeton graduates are Judges of county.

. listen to this statement In ter sent to Princeton gradn-

ettend this coming reunion: "We

If they keep on discovering yolttl1 issues Atlanta and Leareasrarth will be crowded.

the would not hesitate to say that a na^Ijortty of those who have attended

J the various meetings are opposed to

Roosevelt Boulevard. '

the Volstead act and many to the

__ o Asbury anK constitutional amendment also.'

nueTOcean City, being raised end re-! Princeton College, which Is one of OTtM: KooOT.lt Bonier.rd <^; tio .OTtOT oo»U ot IootUoi in Olio bntr oroooo). OoeoB dtj. (ion Mtt noonttr. U to Now j«ot. Troj»ottoot to ITU, otroot, to bo bu« nr- PorUm Moor, wbttb mono, UBo* foeed- Sea Isle Boulevard being hard liquor from one place to another, is a surfaced; all the road intersections crime against the law and against at Main Seashore road being hard the constitution, whether the liquor surfaced; Central avenue and i«th be taken to a booUegger Joint or to avenue. In Wildwood and North a crap game or to a college reunion. Wildwood, being paved with asphalt;! With talk like this coming from Beach avenue and portion of Broad- committees and graduate, way. Cape May. hard surfaced; plans ton University, than ougbi

are being drown and will soon be much *—* “~

reedy for paving the remaining por- overn tion of the Main Seashore road from | Bennett's Creasing south to Join Um

Not so hot.” said the boarder as he felt the water he had .drown tor his bath.

As he approached the font, bearing an Infant on 'll w*3 plain that he was IntoxicatedQuite sloppy. In feet.

"Girls or boys?" • "One of each—fifty-fifty." "And the proposed names?” "Stash ’n' Kidney." As they hustled him out ot the church he explained that he ■ “Hat and Sydney.”

that New Jersey

Jack and Jill went up the hill And drank a quart of liquor; Jack roUed quickly down the hill And Jill came a damslte quicker.

OTVb a Vsiumillfe OTOUIOT wwr . eat hard surfaced rood north of ^ OEE EEA80E WKT Went Cape May; plana are also auth- sw gum

ortud tor a road to connect the Bay: Shore road with the Cape May Point ; la a letter this week D. E. Wil-

roed, this being an entirely new road. jliamB. prominent

This Is the most ambitious roed * paving program ever attempted In, this county in a elagle year anfil should call for commendation on the

•The tie that binds! 1 the guest of honor st the lynching party.

,OT ft OTOOT. WbO brflOT. «

good roads are < and prosperity.

mtlal to i

Next fell the State Highway Commission will let the contract for the paving of the road from the Main Seashore road at Marshall's Corners to Tuckahoe, being another stretch of Route Fourteen, which la now hard surfaced from Cape May north

Marshall's Corner.

At this rate of road building It will be only a matter of a very few years before all the main arteries travel In the county will be hard surfaced and usable with pleasure and safety twelve months In the year. Then, too. ihf various muneipalities in the county are embarking on road building pr grams within the towns. Cape May plans to hard surface all of 1U streets within s very short time, and work to this end Is sow In progress; in Wildwood s very ■extensive road paving program Is how being carried out. and Ocean City plans to follow suit In the early faU. All this veils development of s substantial and lasting sort.

Sea Isle City folk, but to all of Cape

May county.

TELEPHONE C0HVEESATI0B8

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Here is his letter: BtS. I of the opponents ot commission form of government for Sea Isle City that the Increase of tax rates was largely attributable to the purchasing power of the dollar, which has declined from 100 cents In 1011 to only <7 cents In 1014. If they had asked ms to explain the reason for Increasing st the same time the aaseased value of real and personal properties. I could not have done so. There are none. Unleee

it ■

cldedly Illogical.

*‘A study of the progressive and sometime* phenomenal growth of city and suburban properties almost Invariably

show that the obtained by

menu DOWN and letting the tax RATE be the only Issue to combat This was the policy of Tammany Hall, and time and

1U

Isle City has too mi

oped props-, ty to carry a heavy ar^mmvnt. Perhaps double tox< ng unimproved properties would eventually drive out the undesirable 'speculators’ end start building operations. It would certainly allow s smaller rate, which would encourage home seekers. We must maks Sea Isle City attractive for persons of moderate means. High taxes with high ASSESSMENTS

will never do it"

ground green

And saying you have a li

She was bo dumb she thought garr snakes were found on the V

Just s little while ago the f with oil was s jnechanl.

“Give me the sir." said the ringer

to her accompanist He didn't bars

The world may owe you a living, but like a lot of always pay Its del

Do your own ast. girls, but tor a all the thrill out of buaring to hare the bird come right up and stick Its little bead In the muscle of the gun.

Yes. madam, this ring Is really unique. It was given by Caesi Cleopatra while be was In Egypt We are selling s great number them this year.

Completing the Wall

Don't turn a thing down simply because you do not believe It—learn

tha truth.

that It has never bees erieartficaUy perfected; than Is as anch dUton between the haphaserd marrisg. today sad the practicable weridag-

The gtrl who swears she has never been kissed by a man has good reason tae profanity.

■ the flylagmaeklei of Darias a and that of (he Wright brothers.

Our idea of fun U a dentist having ,1s landlord tor s patient.

Tel line a man that he “MUSTN'T make love" to yee le a si ever little way of pretending to try te extinguish * te ef leve by throwing naphtha ee

our own pay envelope s will find It empty.

A county game warden Is Insisting on more protection tor wild birds, but they wouldn't need eo much protection if they stayed home nights

Early to bed and early to rise pulls the wool o'er the neighbors' eyes

Many an old-fashioned parent didn't know It was a complex and cured it by mea&s of a rtfor strop.

It makes a politician shudder to see Bok letting all that publicity without announcing for anything.

Almost tinu, for plcknlckers to begin saving up paper and trash to acatter around the picnic grounds.

A telephone official the telephone compan

etantly trying to Instruct tha people on how to make the best use of their Instruments Complaints of unsatisfactory conversations over the wire are largely due to the failure of

speaker to enunciate clearly.

People used to be taught in the schools to speak words clearly, but reading aloud Is not so much feat-

ured now. This may be

why many persons habitually speak In a mumbling way. If the clearly defined tones of the alphabet are merged Into a sloppy sound delivered at a distance from the receiver, they

make a mem at the other end. The he „ cUlm-

telephone could be operated with plMM ^ more efficiency and speed If people •Here. Jane." said th« landlady.' A hick town is a place where there would talk as If they were reciting -take the cow down to where the calf isn't anything exciting to do except a from the old fashioned school li bawling. j watch a widower.

Umbrellas made their first appearance In America In Baltimore In 1772 and have bean making almost

nee that

Milk Fed. The man that la always dreaming He waa oo. ot Hot freaklal, rooo* »' ■>“' !>oaalMlltl«« baa oooa to tba

fellows gtvsn to the use of slang. At future, the breakfast table, desiring the milk.

"Chase the cow this

Smile today. Strive today.

game today.

the breakfast table, desiring the milk On a tombstone In a Wisconsin cemetery is the fololwlng Inscription: "She lived with her husband tor 3fly years and died In the confident hope of a better Ufe."

The chemist had had a scene with Speaking of tunee. them lyrics of his wife, who finally broke down cryOl <! ‘Tucky Home and Carolina In the lag. Whereupon he ejaculated: "Stop Morning sort of more one to chant crying! Your tears have no effect on Oh. Pa. I m getting IU.. ; me. What are they? A email per- * Mias, my Mlnne. 0.. | centage of phosphorus salts, a little a gone and left her Cal.— sodium chloride. All the rest—water, m sure I Kan. stand No Mo. Bah!”

THE END OF the first tb« sixty-eighth congress Is at last In sight. Early on the morning of falling gavels In both bouses will of the session, after which the bert will scatter to their homes tor the approaching political campaigns, will go Immediately to Cleveo be on hand for the of the Republican national

PRESIDENT COOUDGE will remain In Washington during the ventlou. tearing It to his friends to look after his nomination, the actual drafting of the Republican platform and tha other convention details, special telegraph wire Is to be rigged up from the White House to the convention hall In Cleveland to keep the president advised of all developments son as they Issue orders to his political lieutenants tf the

THE parties this spring have not t suceenafuL The weather has bo cold and It has mined nearly eve afternoon that tha FrerJdent ard Mi Coolldge arranged to receive on tl law of the executive mansion, i the first outdoor party the Preside caught cold and has not yet fnl re red. Now ha Is leaving It Mrs. Coolldge to do the honors

WITH THE CONVENTION little more than a week away, aome do still remains as to whom will selected as tbs Republican vice-presl-

promlnently mentioned for the second place un the ticket are former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois. Major General James G. Harbord and Senator WUUam E. Borah, but there are a host of other poaribllities.

SENATOR LA FOLLETHTS activities In the direction of the presi-

dency

speculation

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FoUette

elected prestdec

carry enough V tion out of the throw It Into trolled House where no one k pen. It L no!

THE ORA> threatened by

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formal protest of State Hugh

iry ng

gardless of hoi disliked to rig The exeitemei question has g

The young lady across the way says she certainly doe* feat very sorry for the German people, who are doing all the sufferlig from the French Invasion of Out Ruhr, while the kaiser and the crown prir.ee are ufe in Benin.

through a bull log the erpen ,000 for ne’

JUNE Sth hi for publication try of the npp soldiers’ bonus The War Depi

Hie Name TocUtoe

In the Pbilad<

_ _g the follovii ■ tor origin of *1 "Tnekahee." which attach u> mm of the eldest and most pi tureaqua of Cepe May County town "On the dhefves of the Mercantl library, yastmday. I came arrow a Smithsonian tostttutlon report f ItCl n paper by Dr. Jnams Howa Gore, entitled "Twckaboe. or Bread.” The writer tens that In 1* while he wm la charge of th« ® - “ichtoond College- Va. •« specimens of lerkshnr were reertv which elidtod eeuridereM* Uteri concerning Its production * methods by which It was obtsiw since tha donor said it was en ert‘< of great esteem emonc the todlan.

food.

"Dr. Gore and the Bmllheoniac I stltution made axtosudre research ^ reached the in ■ rinriim that the fl

by some vr was Mt the earns as toe tut shown bv that name He qu 0 * i Smith’s History of Viiguj

The chief root they (top

have tor food is snltod tockswhougi it grows like a fiag in ®xr»bw day n savage will gather suffi tor a weak. The roots ar* ^ of the graataeas aad taste of P° tom. They used » e ® r .* r f ‘ many with oak U*rea and f ro*

.11 wtth earth U the no

on ana oeing iimei •« . ,

der and hut abated or dried la the mu. mixed wiib

and meal. It will prickle to* i* extremely, aad yet la st»® w

use this ordinarily tor br ** <5

To my mind, this . rively that Tnekahoo—at imri boa. M. J.. la of Indlaa origU

Bargains are aui the Waat Ads now

The chicken Is our ssori nd oom-mortem bird, la to*' t before It la born aad aD"

A good Waat Ad U written