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CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES

FRIDAY, JAHUABY 21, 1927.

r County Tones budget i. the nwn ( l «Hh ta» s«« u* cny no * 1 * * - b*ch jump* iratn S3.600 in

1926 to $I2<V)0 thn >ear. In fact interest on note*, bond* »nd t deficit cat up orrr *30.000

of the total appropriatiom.

Tiro item* which appeared large in the 1926 budget, but which art abwnt in the 1927 budget, were $25,624.99 for ga* and electric utility deficit*. The

of there defier* more

1 than make up the decrease in the

Tsry Friday by tb« rumse aso

i cearAffy • City. N. 4.

t Aabary Arecue

> aty aitdrsaa Ib th*

e budget o

i of wort the Sea tnmia»ioner» !jve at i their budget for t is now ready for d will be found on r of rhi* paper. At mimne aotne of the

were sliced in the tax rate down,

bearing will be granted

February 8 and

all citixen* will hare

to express their

disapproval of the

and they

thctnarlres of the if there are any of to which they object,

as a whole,

year the Ccmmiauonrr* ited $12,500 for adrer

year the Chamber of through it* ad vert i» r. asked that this

$15,000. a

part of it to be spent in

towns and dtks with

seashore going population*,

which Sea Isle City few summer visitoi*. i»of increasing the approthe Commissioner* reamount for publicity [) and at the last minute another cut of $1,000.

t the appropriation $9,000.

t thi* is divided up

the various method* ot , it will not hare much

advertising, the

I power in the public-

t budget a

r This y

C0XKBR0V THUS DOW* 0CEA* BOOIXYAXD If the proposed Ocean Boulevard from Point Pleasant to Cape May is made a part of the twelve-year road program of the State Highway Coonusoon, it will have to be done through the

Legislature.

This rood, which connccti

recede, bat will continue to increase Kcaure the tide of population a- ' simmer patronage will

For Uo believe to be sound, there is no m for pessirruun an far this county is conoemed. Present charge* may be heavy, but wr are simply building for the future, and the better we bu.'d. the better thar future will be.

LESS SECTAUAIIF* BUT KOBE BELUHOX The notion held by- a certain oup of people that the churehe* hare been losing ground of late have suffered a jolt when the result* of the recent national rdigiout poll taken by the new*-

piinted. church

affiliation* is indicated by the Just after the dose of the Revolutioniry War, lew than 7

Pouit Pieman with Routt No. I per cent, of the people belonged 4. and would be worth million* to church. Now the poll shows the New Jersey coast resort*.! thn more than 43 per cent, of

I be increased to i

■ from

has been endorsed by governing bodies and chamber* of commerce the four counties through :fa it wou'< pass, but the State Highway Commission has declined to indude it in the program submitted to the Legislature on the ground that it cannot be financed now. The program submitted by the omtmwion to the lawmakers call* for 1915 milts of road at a of $170,000,000. The Cocntnmion. however. is not at all arbitrary and tdls the legislators that If they think tbit amount too great, "the Commiv ii prepared to undertake the construction of any part of the program." but. “if the Legislature is prep* ted to furnish the fund* for an even more elaborate system o highway*, the Commission will to co-operate in the development of the plan.” Thus it will be wen that the l.jpe of an ocean boulevard, in which this county is deeply interested. as it ha* already con*ti icted one nf the links, lies by way of the I legislature and that it «* upon that body influence will now have to be brought to bear n results are to be accom-

pl idled.

_je views of the 1 r of Commerce and the _i of the Cocnmiwioner* JO I down khe tax rate there i» jpde gulf. The third person dh interested «* the taxpayer. f fot>t> the «ll and he or the I. be given a chance to be P at the public Searing and not fail to be on hand

jbtprew th«r view*. two side* to this j of econoni' am:

Bother of necessary publicity i Isle City » «o grow ii have publicity, and -ontm.■ubiicitv, and th>* p iblicity I be paid for by the my as . because we hate no or hotel interests Urge to do any worthwhile ig abroad to spread the the city. In thi* itspect Ory u in a das* difirr3 that of most of out *>g room Whether thn publicity would in the ral econnmy by bringing

KUB1CIPAL EXFEX5ES COHTMUI TO GROW Despite what b constantly being sard by the presa and national officials against the increv* m Sate, county and municipal taxes, local expenditure* continue to mount upward. This year the budget of Cape May County in round figures to be raised by taxation i* slightly urn $150,000 greater than last year and if the Freeholder* had granted all the reguem for imoi which could be called needle**, the sum would have been pombl) $200,000

eater.

What i* true of the county, b true of nearly every munidpality | With very few exception* ‘he

budget* of all

This

the people now subscribe to

faith or other.

Perhaps there ha* been a fall ing off m fervo- among many of the church members, but there are ground* for believing the decline ha* been (4uefly in the old-time fanaticbm and aecttrian intolerance. No came exist* for weeping over the total loss of eithri of these enemies of true religion. The polls served as an answer o the daim by agnostics that irganiwd religion b on the decline. The results were generally the same in all the cities in whkm the poll was taken. Even in New York, commonly termed a "godless city," the believers outnumbered the non-believers. Tins poll should help to squelch the skeptics who make a great deal of none about the decay of the church. But it probably won't. They refuse to he convinced by any array of fact* and figure*.

Th/s Week By Art Aar 0n»San< so: DIE as FOLLOW LOANS' LAUGH MONTH JUST SPOILED SHE FLATTENED HOC

AUTO CLUN WOULD COBB SPEED OF BUSSES The Keystone Automobile Club, which hat recently organised a New Jersey branch, will ask the Legislatures of Pennsylvania and New Jeftey to limit the speed of buiaa, which it daims. under the dules which driver* are forced to make, require* a speed ot from 40 to 50 miles an hour on the open road, and in some case* even freater speed, making these "flying juggernauts" not only a menace to ordinary motorist*, but to their own paasenger* a* well. "When it is considered." says the dub's secretary, "that these huiaes weigh, with their load of human ight, approximately eight ton*, their menace becomes appallingly real." If the dub can prove it* array of figures, which are most comprehensive, it certainly ran make out a case which no Legislature can refuse to ignore that has any regard for the safety of life on Sate highways.

| UNDERSTANDING

partly aecour*vd for In i BRINGS RESULTS

increased county tax, and tome case* b offwt by the increaied valuation*. Just what die increase per hundred valuation will be cannot be told until the County Board of Taxation get* hold ot the books of (he Asses-

Are ti

Widespread educational campaign* for a just cause bnng result*. The postal reports indicate that thb year the earlier Chnnma* shopping, urged and reiterated through a thousand chan-n.-U. has brought important 1 suits; the usual Christmas I was almost eliminated through {earlier buying and shipping. I The campaign for better fin J habits b bringing result*. Then

Aa Ocean Highway Atlantic aty Prem-Caloo: The

i-Irani boulvevard exteorflnc, from Point PWaant through thtaj city to Cape 'lay ought to ■writ the roniiderw mu nf lh» entire Mote leather than (be four ocean eountlea OttecHy beneAUod. there should be eomr ■Urrinc at national pride In eonotruettne euch a hhebwajr (aelna the blue U the oeenn for Wsoy <nilee and connecting NUtadelphla and New York with the ■umaborr rreorta of New Jersey•«

riviere.

One could inriasge euch a higheay »• "Neptune Way" or 'Brigantine Boulerar.1." nr per•apB, the Blue Highway " Any such eupbamMIc neme with th* >cll of the eali In It would not ily have a papcholngtcnl effect for the traveler, but would carry me local color. The proposed highway which. H Is aatd. can be constructed at a emt of U»ee million dollar., already ban the approval eg httsineas leader, throughout the atat-r. The fonnatlon of the Ocean Highway Boosters' A-art. Ms cUT l» the ttrat step toward rtallcli.» the pro)«ct. Whether the propaae>l highway n he Included la the immediate program of the State Highv ay Aaaoclatlon W a queetloa «:M undecided, l! t». however, a prtgKaal ’’iai Invtlee ea.-nesit altentle . throtigboui the • nrire State, arid one tiial New Jersey must and will aomeUtne see complotsdy reaUted.

I delphla to the center of Camden 1 and beyond, even to the ehore resorts should be met by the further levelopment of the | bridge plans to completion. Motorbu aat dtp le not rompe- | tern ;*I serve the patroBagr which 1-. entlthd to the fncllltini

terming attested by Mr. Jardloe!,* th< . brld4 , would utilise expteias much. them were they available Better Transit Service Across An Tndnitnal Miracle

New Jersey Farms

Bee re-i

Fhtl*'1el|rfii* Bulletin Jeravy terming la a reminder that common talk of agriculture aa a typleaKy Western Interest fat unioundttl.

fhUadriphla Bulletin: The Del. war. Bridge has proved, a aowrvrhat eurprlslng degree. It* success aa a bidder lor autorn obll- and motorbtM patronage. It* earning distributed to the Tattoo* partners In the bridge construction to help pay l'» debt charge* a -re. larger for the Br.t six month* than had been anti-

cipated.

Kevertheln- tne bridge will remain uncom Anted, and will fall short of rendering its foil nervier to the communities on either aide of the river, ontll It* facilltlo* for th. arcviminodation of electric transit service aha 11 be equipped and utilised. Increase of motorbus operation over the bridge, last month approitmallng Xb.000 trips, le only a slight Index of the d-tiiaod for bridge servfcr which exists on either aide of the river apart freon people who have and Use The greater portion of the commuting public still use the ferry. Naturally all * bo utilise train service beyond Camden take the ferry service and endure Its Inconvenience because of the] lack of easy aecnw to the bridge' buaee. The need for direct train iwrvlce. capable of.handling the mam movement of th* rush hour*, from th* center at Phlla-

Phlladeiphla Ledger: It is hardly an exaggeration to nay that rite growth 4 the Ford internets newly revealed by the income-tax caae in Detroit Is an "Industrial miracle." Nothing has matched It in the modern world: and Its secret Is a method which In recent time- ha* mad. thta country iteelf t*,» indortrtal leader among nations, namely,

quanftfr production.

Henry Ford and hi* assort*tre within a decode earned 452.000.-1 000 by •riling a somelhUig that appealed to email poefcetbonlni The product first bocarae nation aMy popular, then It made It* so pea ranee In Alaska, on the sands i of th# Baharv. In Burnpe. In Aue '•rail* and In ‘•very nook and corner where the human race may Ford has anothor noteworthy' aeht.-vem.rnf to hie credit: He Is one Individual in America who dar-sd light and win »cal net the opposition of Will Bin-ei Quantity production v.a» his ally. At a time when other men would have trvanblnd and SO .-rendered, he foungbt and won. Hr bulk more care than ever More. The At then and now is the indust Had romance of the age.

merlcan countries, including NIc-, regua. Investigating aucb loansi light explain here and there maps sometime* go where loans

Senator Bhipmead says Arnett cans made a seven million dollar loan lo Nicaragua la 1413. daring a conservative regime That would he seven miHkm good res som for American Intervention to keep Nicaragua Liberal* from I liking out a Government thxt they don't want, aa thi* country did in 1774. All of those private loan* to South American republic*, like loan* that some of our bankers are making In Europe, are dangerous. especially when, aa it usual. t*ey are thoroughly uauil-

uiu Imp*.

Dr. Charlotte De Oallere

; Davenport, charming lady who | I enures on health, looks about forty, and la actually 102 years

Tbe lady has Russian nnd

Ffence blood, both good for ling life, and mast Important, the weigh* 102 pounds. Your body Is an litigation farm'. Yo.tr heart the pump. Yoar blood ‘.ho wst«r. A light body calls for light I umplng. making the heart's work easy. Cut down your weight, wisely, and add to yoar life. Every added pound m-sant

more work for the heart. The month at January. 417.

In which good resolution* are now outing away, U to be '•national laugh month." Moving picture potentate* and others have decided and arranged K. Axnerirane are to laugh, and thus

keep up their “morale." Tt would he beat or to locate

laugh month In December. For looking bark over eleven month* of much promise, much resolving and little performance*, laughing

would be easy.

There i* aurh a thing as overdoing laughing, for laughing l* like smoking. When you do either, you don’t think. And what tbe American people need

la more thinking.

J. N Moore. I'niveraHy of

Gentleman Jim was pom, «„ the last. . He even offered hi* chair to the warden when he was about to be elect!

DtFrank Crane Says

□

killing himself. “It raises th* devil With me to lb Ink of having to slave around and work like the devil and Just grow old. 1 can t se, the Idea of wading through school then daah bravely our and get a big old Job

hundred • month."

In six words ot bis leWir th* young nuii explains what really the matter with him.

Ells (aged six): Id s prtMl.-«M*»*r Msldvn Aue* No. dear. Heaven know* I've tried! A New jemey salesswau toM ot that getting order- from people warn like pulling t**dh— hr had If give them * tot << gaa Sweet Young Hi log: "Why are you running that steam roller thing over that «#M7“ Farmer: “I'm going to rat* msAhed potatoes thi* yper." "Lead me an cwr." lbs t-peakac

-You've got two of your own.'* Symbolic 'The Frinoe looins pleased." "Yes. the Mayor Just presented him with a corkwrrew to th« city." Plumber: wrote for i lady’ levdy of the House: indeed! Why. I wro»- you last July! To anate: 'Come un. Bert— wrong boon* Farty wol mreAr, last April we re looking Vw!" j Jraloui Wife: At your age r*» i rrally m glut to be anhasivai of yourerlf. You are always running aft' r

bllUon-dotlar Industry with a' valuation of fl.lTC.COO.OOD for its farm lands and buildings. Ha

Gty Life Not So Rogyl

worth 43I0.b40.M0 and its animal products 4247.000.000. New York has Just quaJifted as the leading "bayweed" State by beat-

in agricultural product,; has claims to agricultucal which Secretary Jardlao out. Two of its counties.

| During the p*»t year, accord irg to a report made by the De parmwnt of Agriculture, their hi» been a decrease in the lann ! population oi the I'nifrd State* of nearly hall a million.

' The year hrtorr that it decreased 18?.000. i the country a* a whole ia inerraung that

iv decreasing.

I tv away from the farm to the city, is tell* the same story. ■: the country district* of France continues itic* in *pitr of all effort* of th' cov-rrntnent

The pop

of the ruial

The drti

iwly

t public •

The j

aM lb» •polled children in this foolish country committed sutcldr there w 'tjld not he enough grave-

yard*.

Mrs Katherine Trilling, on trial tor murder In Denver, mar rleii Herman Trillin*, in New York, when tuberculorie bed reduced him to ninety pound* weight. She worked In tailor •hop* to pay his expense* at a sanitarium for ronaumptlvcw. then sold her furniture and everything she had. raised a thousand dollan* and took him to Colon do to nave his life.

Tt>e dnan who sang Ibis o*T and o‘*r. It ain't a-goinc to rain nu nwre, no more! Now slugs a aJOg. a* you may?

“If Ho One Ever Marrie* Me—^ (By a Bachelor-With Apologlre) If no on* ever marries me- — And they don't e-wwn very keen. For i can't protend I'm bandsomd And my pure* Is rw.'her lean— If no on* cvwr marrie* me. I'll get along aM right— ru play at golf th* whole day And at bridge th* llvetoag night. 1 shall have a little nailing yacht. And a motor all my own. And I shan't be plagued with childreo'a bUK Foe things that they've outgrown. And whan I'm sick eg everythin;. And dull a* dull can be. I'll think bow glad I've taadq some girl Who didn’t marry me. As Appeal Though my line may seem dia-

ls to tne far from app* White It charms a lot For I And It all-r. vealu And 1 would not be t

The , t all rur

juat taken. : • except those

. I'opulatwHi ' :c industrial

barb because I What do you r wM say?

And I Mke a shapely calf. ' But. despite the indignation I am feeling in each glance. ! Dear*' 1 have imagination.— Won't you let it h*ve g

chgace?

TIDE TABLE FOR JANUARY (tea tarn Standard Tm*. a Dew ferir0r* minute, tor bay.

m

ic automobile and the movie have been the two iriattny thi* movement from the fann to the city, r* entertainment wa* found in country affair, ity air .ub*titu..-d Ir. making quick rum to the city alter supper rr emcrtainmrm |.r.uWc. ha* E’vrn toons people umitiirir* a tavtc of city life in it. bfigh.ct aspect, city relaxed. They >cr it in the role of plav buv.

aV T m its iis

rirV'S

. put i

• life in