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EDITORIAL PAGE of the CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES

CAR KAY COUKTY TIKES OovoUdAted wltli tha Sm City Rarlcw. February, 1»U whuah a. awmar,

Publishod Krmrr PrilUr by the CAR KAY OCOTTY TIKES CO.

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C01GBATULAH0KS TO

WILDWOOD

Wildwood la to be congratulated on the opening of ita second avenue of approach yesterday, when the new North WUdwood to Burleigh road and connecting bridge* were dally thrown open to travel. ▲ series of mishaps prevented this road from being opened last sum mar, the first being s hold-up in the contract by the State Highway Commission for four months; this followed by financial difficulties of the contractor, causing delays, finally the almost complete destruction of the brings, then nearly completed, by fire, on January 7 of this

Cvery cloud, however, has Its vsr lining, and the bright, silvery hoe shone through yesterday. Five Idle Beach has long been entitled to this new road and bridge, for with th- extremely heavy travsl by ante to Five Mile Beach for past ysarm, tbs one road into th# bench from the mainland was hssi

chance, too. of a mishap

would ha vs shut WUdwood off from all auto travsl until repair could be

This is all history now. Wildwood beach has its second road, and the distance into North Wildwood, from northern points, has been shortened by the new road about six miles, and the distance Into WUdwood by about

JAIL

WOMEN VOTE

A campaign baa teen launched by a « Ter * 1 1 * bor °?“i“ Uon \ the National League of Women Vot- : P^Ucly •^«»»«dtbeir era to urge upon the women of the ^ent of President CooUdge. A

Nation tte exercise of their right to ^em vote. An increase of twenty-five perj * * **

men’s Association and several rail-

cot „t rot.™ u «WM or„nU*UoM, m.wr ot <U« i»)

the West. It Is apparent that *

In her message to the women era. Maud Wood Park, Prssldent of

I call the Laagus of Women Vot sra to a crusade, to sto to work

attempt of certain labor leaders !

throw the vot* of their mrmMrOn

candidates which, the leaders will not amount to much. w Intelligent enough to enn

the day's wags is able to read the reeord

to an understanding of tte ! of what U transpiring at W,-—

duty of every Qualified rotor

munlty. tte stats, and tte

la Its

phase, the performance of the doty of voting in all election.* in am ante with the test information which can be ohtotoed. Fewer Urna half—41 %—of the eligible voters voted la the Prstodsn tial election in 1»*. In 1911. thlrty-threi states fleeted governors snd only a little more than third of the possible voters cast their Ms. In primary and local election*. the percentage Is often much

We are ruled by a minority. This not doe to the leas responsible cltUens clone. It Is s comm

ing of thousands of well-intentioned

well-informed men snd women

who excuse themselves on slight pretext from registering their good Intention* and their knowledge In-tte only phase In which toey win count toward good government—the ballot

Every member of the league of omen Voters to called to s to remedy this dangerous condition. If we are to be really a It to high time we wen Let us set a goal of reasonable Increase In the percentage east, make a definite plan for attaining that goal, and enlist the help of public-spirited men end women from one end of the United States to tte other In carrying out tte plan. Let us fix as our goal for 1914. 7(% of the vote that could have teen east la 1919. That gain of about 16*. Than 1st us find what that actually means In the votes la our stats, our country, our city or town, our ward.

tn other words

we must organise a campaign

FACILITIES KEMtfM The escape of Harry Mai tte Cape May County Jail last week brings boms to every person In the County the absolute need of more adequate Jail facilities. The present prison was built year* ago. when the County was small, and when nn average of three or four prisoners the rule. Now the Jail, built to sixteen Inmates, houses something over twenty-five, and in 1U crowded condition an escape to al-

ways possible.

The one cell In which a murderer, or any other desperate criminal, would have teen lodged, was the very one from which Mason escaped, and 1! this to true of the County's strongest cell, what must the condition be In the other cells. A wholesale Jail delivery might he expected any time, under present condition*. The unfortunate part of a situation like this to that as soon as new and better buildings are suggested there Is always a protest from some quarter or another, for some purpose or another, and the matter to taken up by various organizations and In various channels, so that action to long delayed. Mason's escape, hpwever, should bring matters In this case

to a climax.

active ritlssnahlp such as this try has never before known. W* the Idea ot voting to every possible voter. It will be worth nil the work that most be put Into It and If mxx fully carried through. It win more to make government by the people real than anything which has teen attempted, or can

-be attempted.'

be done and It to up to ua

KT!

"Go to war, If you want to. but we don't knit a sock or roll a bandage." warn the pacifist ladle* This reminds us of some of the hunger strikers. “Do what we say or we won't eat," they said. Their prln dpit* were upheld, but—presently they were dead.

OU your m mosquitoes ca without scratching tl

wall, so the

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On the surface It totes Edge was dose to the end of his political rope. The antl-amlooaere are against Edge nt the primary and will be against him at the flection. If be should get tte nomination. He baa made a lot of vindictive enemies In his own party all over the state who will be against him st the pri mary and nt the election. He bossta of hi; record, but hto record shows up hto vote to put the notorious Newberry In the United States Ben ate. The Wets of both parties would swing over to him If he were the only Wet candidate, but tte crato will have a candidate much wetter than Edge This candidate will not only get all the Wet Democratic votes but be will get s great many of the Republican Wets. Sometimes appearances are celving, and Edge may pull through in spite of all bis troubles, politics things can turn st the tost minute tbst upset all plana. Just now. It looks as though the chances were three or four to one against Edge. Edge to resourceful, but the enemies he has made In hto own party are likewise resourceful. Hudson county and In Essex count) a large part of hto party has declared war on him. And throughout the stole hto domineering tactics have alienated many prominent Republican* who formerly were hto strongest supporters. — Red Bank Register.

About the time a man to nearing easy street, be find* It has tom up to put down soom living Improvements, and be has to go back to work to pay for

tte total later tefn

: to on*'

"Why aren't there any fire esa

on this building?''

'Madam, because we ore no publicspirited. If there to ever a firs this building we don’t want it to

The bard thing about maJ money last to making It first.

Tbs subscriber who asks

meaning of th* word "hokum'* Is advised to read th* political plai-

"A tax on beauty partem, ah* "Now tout that Jam Hks Om

n Industrious Uf* to the t curity for food In old age.

Nearly every married man set know* brw to govern hto wife, hut (he trouble is she won'* tot hid

"What were tte last words of Brigham Young?" asked th* teacher. "He never bad any." replied the rt boy." he was a married man.

Here's to tte brides. Balling bright and falr; Here'a to those who would like to be. do not know when and where.

Germany to now selling luxuries. The greatest one she ever got rid of was th* HohemoUern family.

Golf, ws are told, to In Ita Infancy, in this country. When it to fullgrown. it will be necessary to knock off from golf one or two afternoons a week to look after bnstoea*.

The farm folk* with radio kave aa Interesting dilemma. Will the evening be more Interesting they listen In on the radio or on the party line telephone.

All motion picture setresssa have the same hobbles—their bobbles are bubbles.

George Ross. When a woman says: "It's a good old world,” vou may know that she's In love.

Laugh, and the world laughs with ou. jack—and yon atoep alone.

Everything—aaya Ed. Arnett, come* to those who wait except the time they lose.

A scientist predicts that tn ten years' tlm there will be no servant glrto. A Court House matron says this scientist to Just ton years behind time.

Never scold a married man for failure to attend church on Sunday. Sunday may be hto only day to on hto buttons.

Don't let the sun go down on your wrath, or over the American flag either, if you tar.ve It displayed.

Another wealthy American woman has been granted one of those easy French divorces. Poor psopk bav* to stay st home and fight It out.

The average man's Ides of cooperation. according to Foster Go* Un to other people doing what be

tells them to.

Home cooking often sounds better

sad tte bright Europe due to the fm« It was a plan drafted fay aa American

WVKTON OP the reparations which the allies expect to

of Germany will be the subject of

shortly in Paris. The United States will be officially represented In this

try more than a quarter of a billion dollars tor the maintenance of the American Army of Occupation in

An effort wtt! be tn

th* Paris conference to work the payments of this debt

AN INTERNATIONAL confer on war debts has also teen i geeted. but the United States is not so much Interested to talking about these debts as in getting Prance. Italy snd other nations to pay what they owe—at total of about six billion dollars. As tbla debt comfsr-

Freneh Government It to here that a proposal will be made for the cancellation of war debts, by All GsS powers. This Governme***, win never agree U of that kind, however, as tte debt policy outlined snd ee Uhl to bed by Congress provides for payment In cash, with no cancellation or no reductions.

THE AMERICAN PE0PL2 will be latereeted in the reparations settlement. too to the extant of about •176.000,000 which to to be contributed by American bankers toward German reconstruction by buying bonds of the new German bank to'be created under the Dawes plan. Most of this loan to expected to be covered In this country by the J. P. Morgan Company of New York, but the Administration has urged the people generally to subscribe and a general offering of the German securities may be made In this country.

TURNING PROM FOREIGN AFFAIRS, we find the presidential candidates and their respective parties still working out plans for tbs campaign, with little possibility of sny real political excitement before tbs first of September. The newspapers and correspondents in tha capital are now being flooded with

tte propaganda of the three natiaaal committees, praising ttelt own candidate end Indicating the fallufos and faults at tte opposition. ~

which win cat of spas king tours. The radio has teen used by the Republican# and Democrats, bat it has pensive and highly difficult to get the book-uss needed for nation-wide broadcasting. As Ip past yean, the brent of the campaigning will bare to te done by long train rides and before tte

address to tte Any will te delivered st radio. He will speak from tte tment in Washington st 9:19 a. m.. eastern standard t September IS, aa the climax of National Defense Day. when all the military units in the country will mobi’Jskd simultaneously as a test pf th* nation’s military strength. Pershing will te 44 years old that day and after hto speech will retire automatically, after completing rears' service In the Army. Rt __ stations all over the country will be booked-up so that about 10.499.000

Generals

Something to Think About * A J. WJLUl

SEUF4tyy»& HAPPINESS

W HAmrm it ■ rarttopow'bonny

capable' of prodsetof glailnsss aalmattoa. hopefuln«» w* high aptrita. • - * “ —^ M the evidence ' tll!

time at a bad play or with _ poor book. He to a bit bookish, nut not so bookish tbst the fond parents do not worry when te and daughter go out for an allday picnic. Motters fear bat think him a catch. Daughters

■•until to casw speakea well oh j

IN PACT Hs to tte Most dsllghtfsl mixture to Hlmralt

. Wjuldn't it be wrrtW*

pell ug drag?

her* Is Plant? ® f In'* without pushing •M ron

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where I * t ‘ r ' 'l t ^

cans." said the fanner u 0

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Some family akeletorj persist In i showing themselves our bathing