Page Four Cape May County Time*

• City

EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES

FRIDAY. MAY 11. 1

Published Every Friday by the ATLANTIC PRINTING ANI» PUBLISHING OOMPART Sea lale City. N. J.

county priation

counties. The $19,000 due this j TIME TO EHD the 1927 appro- M1S SISSIPPI FLOODS available to the , . . ,

As this is written the crest oi thr Hood in the Mississippi valley ha' been passed and in a few wcrks all of the ruin will be exposed to human eye. What the i.*- in milliom of dollars actually

townships and boroughs, but wn< be lost after January 1. As there are many local town ship roads in need of improvement, it would seem that this fund would be absorbed entirely

each year.

Publication Office:

TIMES BUILDING. Sll South; Landis Ave.. Be* Isle City. N. J.

Ocean City OfBee: 622 Anbury Avenue Wildwood Office:

3205 Hnly Beach Avenue

Rnbseription price. 61.' maUeo to any addi

United Statee

A Better HaOcnal Tane. Beseridgr and Phillips When Babies Tw iddle Toes.

SEA ISIE BOULEVARD MUST HOT BE CLOSED

Sea Isle City representative' will not be asking anything unreasonable when they apjiear before the next mecti \g of the Board of Freeholders and request that body to arrangt to keep

Enured as Second-Claas_ matter j Sea Isle Gty boulevard open

during the reconstruction oi that road, and in making this request. the city's representatives will have behind them the praci tically unanimous sentiment of

the residents of the city.

The closing of this road for

from four to six months

terfy out of the question, as it| would mean the practical isolation of the resort from the outside world, so far as vehicular concerned, and would | tributi

has been will never be correctly intimated, no matter how high thr figure may be placed. i Are we going to have talk, talk and finally a compromise—with repairs to dikes, building of a new ones—and eventually again “the worst flood in history

of the Mississippi?"

Let us hope not. I-rt us hope that the government,—those men who can do things—place the matter in strong hands and work started at once—to mike the Mississippi safe for all time. Leave it to good enginrris— despite the cost. If this govern ment bad acted one hundred years ago spending all of the money that has since been 'pent or lost in floods there would have been n" 1927 flood; no loas of millionv of dollars; no con-

•>f ten millions of dolt«r only temporary relief

loss of life.

REVIVAL OF COUHTY SCHOOL ATHLETICS

Under the auspices of the County Athletic Association, an effort is being made to revive competitive school athletics in the,

county and the effort is deserv- H . or |[ juch a hardship on the'l* 1 * ing of encouragement, and should business interests of the place that work

be crowned with success. The we W0U M net like to predict! I* has hern estimated by rxtnovement has the approval of ^ ,be outcome, Lut that it would perirmrd engineers that at a cost County Superintendent Thomas,most serious there pan be no,"* $75,000,000 adequate Durell and should have the sup- .i^bt, not only would our bus-i protection could be had. If the port of every Board of Education , nr3i houses lose trade during! co '' wcrr thrice that amount and in the county. | the time the road was clnscd, but | “irty were assured, it would be Gran school athletics, where j man y people who now come here cl trap- Whatever the cost, the not overdone, are beneficial toj lo trade would be weaned away.! money should be promptly app.-o-

both boys and girls. They not n(rt t0 return, thereby entailing priated.

only serve to develop strong and , permanent loos of business. T |c administration should start sound physical bodies, but they j With this loss of business, would now—have all preliminary surtnakr lor clean lives, for the boy; follow a loss of employment, sry* and plans mapped out—and word In who hope* to successfully com- j Which would force mechanics and ( ^ ready to pment the proposition pete in athletics must so control ^ work wig men to acek employ- jCongress when it meets in

his habits and appetites that his ^ incnt elsewhere in order to make, December.

body is at all time* kept in the a livelihood, entailing a great j

best condition. | hardship on them. KEEP THE But athletics do more than this ! As the membres of the Bo*"’ moEtwAys CLEAN

Musings of th Office Cat \

w-err’ary of the organisation, an* a!M j u*. toi in. p»m (our yaar* h-'s be- n procurable

th. rh si naan of the poblirf

ihe most wonderful ,, . rv _ Tb- Booster Trip

lansuage is Mother larf .. Ijr h |, wort, the plan of of l atemus'ion

we have Ood's supreui' i artv. ilislng adopted by Use man l.rlnr them to«etber perlodicaiiy Is gift to the world, the embodiment (j. i D a Urge- meaeure map-; K a sian of . unltoi na-

ot all that Is noblest and bret. p,^ out bj . pin, Under hisltioc all that U v ourageouii and kind, j, ..rU rahlp the County Chamber j Our earliest reeotleeUonn *r- majr io.,k for eontlnued progrew j Forestry Object

Some one not Altbeogh

r.uXd with br.»d .MS year. ChartW t

Ute "Star Kpar. , f* tvonia*

gt«d Banner." Halfway stattooa are fjf(»rad 61.6b® p^mted tor girta

i.tor a be»t« | while walking I

1 national tun-.

Mine hundred Mr. Jonand fifty-one > hand object . .mpoeer* tried Mr. Bro. and tailed The be dor*’ Hi •■Star Bpancb 4 eat. In the Banner will, you etay to leaT"

continue to .. A ., rcm B ota* to glre m^e American, * Bl „,. M lo . thing < r ^ tb , mtant .

•xrlted about >'

Socrates, greatest Gr-e* teacher ^ npjiof oratory, said. -To eonvlnc^ ^ B)lty why .- otbere. be youreei! i -Well. ) saw what 1 There will be no In.proTed *« r hr ,

Spangled Banner" until real dan-j ger Inspires somebody to produce,

the right song. The Office Cat * Slate For if Albert J- Beveridge died last Krir p^jent: Earl Carre wer-k. sixty-four years old. of , ^ Vj(T prMident:

heart trouble An automobiii-stop. Br ,-

when the engine stop*. One bon-: For

drod men understand a mol or I _ M> - F ,. fJtw>B .

; engine lor one that know, hi# Campaign Slogan:

own heart. , cent all (or r*Ml." There Is no “resale price on

a sreond-hano heart and heart • Mother,” ask»d llttl* I

rearing as consump when they had guest* ft diminishes. Doctors can cure win t^e dreert hart l dltea.—•*. but you must care ;b rr * enough i

ce you have -

"How are you gettla* i

with your girl'a folksT" and David Graham •Great! They're already 1

'bey regained untouched by the Pblllps were schoolmate* In In- giniog to treat me like < Lpectacle o< patriotic solidarity. ’ dUna. and rep:-sented their State ihe family. Last night I Tb. nr-.jw, «l . eul. «,«.»| -'»• ru 111 * >” B "" O.W o., !„ IV I

»,k» tor IV i;„v Amy IM, l» »Uton.l vllllto. »U. v,;

rate* may Is- Im- gone. 1. it "entirely Illogical.

undesirable Bui *■ some Miy. to hope that they Doctor Tell your wife !

hare met again, or Is It. a» other* ; to worry about b*r deafn*

soldiers and a plan **y. “a perf»ct|y reawmabi. II la merely an idiratlom at ^

.. ; vanring yeai*

uf Mother's tender and as we grow ol<

maki

i continued

—, , • ■ , , , munwAin v-JaUui , earier for us, eve Ilicy create ambition to excel freeholders art practical bua-i _ < times Mother had winch will be an impetus to, i n e» men, it should need no) Ine action fawn by the Loun-, many th(nR5 to d,, p,i,h ,V bw .htod in after life, .^ameM to in.preu .hoe (aet,;*! B “' d FtodtoUer. a, the.rj a« Vr Ante and they teach him to play the t opon .hen,. They *»M rv.j.'T "T" " ^'7 * ”*-< game lairlv. No boy can longlrVm at a glance and see hcm i t !° n ma * linp * nusdemcanor to Ka(hcr ,bove and

remain in school athletics who ;ndefcn>ible the suggestion docs not play according to thcj'from every business angle.

.£bt the

first glimpse of that I. >.■ as ll was reflected on earth by Mother, an there also that »• were

throw rubbish, retuv.

the county highways, was a c

rules. This is a most valuable! This is an age of great gngj ' «*• Him highways are .,„ ru . d up( , u the righ- ad «'gj*,, training for the business and pro- neering irats and certainly it!** ®biectionab!r as dirty .treets. me. jnant of the lift. 1. ,v bo, s,*wuv.jiff.cu,,toi^-j*v^‘.'r:"',:'':"r properly trained and is made a, reconstruct this road and at the! dmT °' rr * bignwav, trie virw-s^ jjotfter who eoumwlrd an-: vuided ] vlTlnj[ veteran, of the rtrll War. good sport, whether he wins or j same time keep it open tor travel l *^ onK w * , * c *' arr Attractive, and us and gave us ih. coinage to rnlon and fonlrderate. In a single W. V .ill pUy toir, «nd: If ihe rring Ad Vto And .Vrt com, to pil„ ' ' vll 2^“'“) v^iAtoS'vLt?.

A Young Women'll Christian; you m | nd J Aworiation committee ways: ' The; doclor »-

'modern housewife who works i ‘ j after roarrisge amt continue, toj There Are Difference*

bring money into ihe home is

{ the be.! type o! young wife. bef-l 8fcort -mrllma. aflordl ; ter than the young wife who _ . . . ,

utoiaaiini, a,,, To which tb* eye will pits

—- j oi at least sauv. *» lucmDersnip '-v— — •— dbl* floods In ttie, .. - .

nacriflee; drive two years ago added several Middle "West and (he South and j 1 h® | But lo condone the brevity ]

o eo. '.hundred to th* IDt. An educa-, vsrloua remedies are being urged. | Ri>4 , ^ lwrt , fy 1hat !

* received our |tl „ n ^ campaign as lo the work • So ' the least Interesting of there Is llltle t .ne at home for Is not at all. my del

of right »nd' d „ ae b y ,be organlxatlon will' tomes from fharlca layoff y!?**'j twiddling thunos. especially nUer; kr.ee*>- thing, the Living Bring In mor. membres now. prerident of tL* American Trr< ^ fJrj|l b>(i bl . g , M to , wldd iv|

- ■-* *— 1 * — la IO e* Ere y young man ought! ,v< *** 1 ' * bo u *» »

O be *1... tr, .upport one woman.!’' bou, ’ 1 * rl ^ Mot * ,b ' * ,

I. , * and proud to do IL while g*,! «*°w do and pull down th* ahadj Fhilndnlpbin nuiletlii Delaware; Ur ** | y r '* poo> “ ,e ' Ukrs rare ot the children. Work Wonwo OB, J , lw

'*- nn ' , c * r ' I'nder his guidance ll 1 .

.r that car. xnd feeble lor the County) Pliiladelphla Inquirer: our path- ( i laJn b*r to have a membership reaaous are being advanced a though at | of M , eaj)t 2500. A membership‘capse of the tr *

drive two years ago added eerersl Middle West

, ... tt« American Tree | Association, who declares that the lack of trees around the head-

FcrpnnK and Forgetting [waters of the Mississippi River 1-

tb‘ '• tin-

usual flood*. He says we

tarding tree* at these places and) he points to floods in China and elsewhere to drivv •■'•me his argil-

that ii one of the needs of life today, men who will play fair, and keep their heads, even though the tide is apparently running

strong against them.

Then another valuable lesson the boy learns on the athletic field, is obedience. Hr cannot be a success unless he obey* the orders of the coach. And while this angle may not impress itself or. the unthinking, to those who atudy the problems of life, it «

most important.

More tlu.i one battle has been lost by the failure of some officer

Once a year, the

hoard cam, .t devise a method ,M ’ cans - ,,ld ,,on - w ** r «' a '’ , ' r with whereby t' ,» can be dime t ), en | and other discarded article*, which’joy* and to help

thr board should seek a special-j * ,rTW,! *” ,rmn ,hr oth<,r - i»t to tell them how it .an hr V « c,<,i,n ‘irrounding'.

done. There is no use starting to’ been Ha bulwark* and : , ... n (i , . , warks of elvllixatloi] lu»-ll It may be that in ordrr i., < 'f*tr a Rose Highway to have |jme b rKaIl . j, j* keep this road, or part o! n '» spoiled by unsightly rubbish proper that wr should .1 open during reconstruction, the j heaps, and thi. applies to all no < Ob'* but 266d«v,

bulrince ; and this.

to obey ordris. and many good | but when the business plan; have been spoiled | Wildwood bouli by the failure of some subaltern' structed. those n to loyally carry out instructions, i not cut oil f

The County Athletic Association deserves eiiawiragrtnent in the move it has inaugurated.

cost will have to be increa^ i If so. then additional funds »il| have to hr provided for the work, and Sea Isle should not he rv peered to contribute to this in

creased cost.

Wc do not know wbethn conditions are different or not.'

well

the seashon

pay for

Fire, the junk dealer, and hid ii dump grounds, are the ave- '■'•- to dispose of such rubbish, id not thr highways.

an City 1 and i ipalities were j

at cut off from the outside orld, and Sea Isle City doc*

that such

teacblnn of G«wl and i

the revrlatton of love typified lu Molh-r.

The Coanty Chamber of Coalmen*

Wildwood Journal: T

May County Chamber . mere* is a unique orgsi

it wae the first of its

been fad-

ing out in recent years. will be numerous Irreconcilable* among l«ih the Grand Army urn and the Confederate diehards. But many factors have promoted tb* prospect of fra ternlztng at tht* dbtauce of tfmv from the period of brotherhood aa ‘‘American all when the Union veterans ami ih. Confederate vfvors snrainpad buo'thvr in roemoratiim ... the battle of Of burg during Hu bftietb ary In July. 1'jII. Since then the world war has luought into being

i , » — snMito. ‘ n * wive*, respectable and admlr- ,hr,, J ruu 100 U B,ck, I 1 a™, oi to, J." :^ 1 »“• tooou o.l V »«to.n |'V, -Ito to ,oo Coo lo«

This country treats the Missis- , ..ippl problem as a poor man, a nM . k „ k ,,

treat* hi* farm, never spending) enough to get It in good shap.. 1 .

| Scores of millions have been ' ______ I.p.11! on patch work again*! flood - TIDE TABLE FOE MAY ; danger. Now come* a flood caus-

ing five hundred million dollars r '** ltrB damage. That sum, properly sp.. a i

In ciplaming why forest are required at these headwab-r* he inthat "the tree* break the force of the rain drops and the forest floor, acting as a larg. sponge, absorbs rainfall and pre-

ins p Ini

>al and :

not believe it nccc"a r vhould be the case m t ing of her approach

TOWNSHIPS COULD GET BETTER ROADS The general public may not hr aware that there is allotted to each county in the State from ioa.1 funds thr sum of $-40.01)0

inland.

to be i

ighs :

1 by the t

npro

For i

township

the

improvements

borough bears one !

third ol the cost and the State j the other two-third*. In 1926 ^ Cape May County applied for;

nnninittce selerted hi rhi inerting know ihr v-n ol the people and thn ' expr- ted to present tin i a spirit of eo-opri-itim :d will, and this done vv te sure plans will he dr ivheirby we can get th nwt that without great in i out huviiK-.* intemts.

ick if it >

lln thi* da I demand i<

MAY CITY’S I’m•ague ha* derided that giratcri need* of that n all-yeai-round hotel,

«l the best hotel* of throughout the v:

... i„r .ii .h,

league n <,n the right talk things ove iv ol L-ood honl' a.i.l takeu in prep;

' ■ • nl( ^ program*: o

North and Bouili. grandehtldren as

vents run-off and flood;, there are forests at the sources

streams and rivers, floods occur. | The spring uprisings of the Mis-

i under one compr-.-hcnstve plan, ! would have prevented this flood

1 and future floods.

Railroad men. doing their bee!

Dr Frank Crane Says You Should Make a Will The M- • ...itdc Trust Company, of Baltin ! lit tie book 1 r |. 1 "Studies in Wills.” Thi' ls«-kl, ! j* 0,4 tor sale, bui is distributed among

isitot* and hold thru

i* a very old upon his foil.

i Will." In jidand allow . j the abveiu r

$21.043.5c 1927 up

» money, ■nd

date for $21,000. hi* haw been madi I f ighway Cotnmii provides that when

j been in-

flapper | strap* mean vv

idea. It is the effort is dead, y called “Mr. Merv ic young heroine who was shipwrecked on a do will to hr tattooed artoss her back on the skin ; . : or parchment. When 'be returned to vml:/*- : that the will required the filing ol the original in 1 i hi the spectacle of beauty in distress, hotvner the ! I i •• photograph of the w ill to be filed ami the guiII! of Fgypt. borrowed a « -if money and in ordei cfitni* made a vvfll appointing 'hr Roman Repuhk 1 bringing hi. dynaMv !-• a . 1 ~e with hi* own dneaw. led the konvans a<*nowledgr»i the genumrnea* of the : ' led the-nwlvcs with “seiring. by viitue of the dtxu- - <■’ the ptivate lortune of the tr-utor a* they could ; .

First Chorus Girl: "What are, you doing now. Mazlc; I never see you in the theatre any more V Second Chorus Girt: “Oh. an automobile Insurance company la paying me 6500 a month not to

tretfli

wills

pretty tboi

«igh unscrupulous stock prut air a will and put his propel

£oJ2l j YOU kiss the rent I money good-hyc | and that's the last of H ; I Each month you «&i* j j up the dough to g» vr j j you a squatter's right I ] to live another fo ul | I weeks. Buy your own i JOHN L. MAHER f LANDIS AVt ^