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«======Sa==:==^ AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW GREAT FUTURE AWAITS CAPE MAY COUNTY— IS SLOWLY AND SURE- ! LY COMING TO BE KNOWN AS | ' THE "IDEAL SPOT" OF THE EASTERN STATES. F Cape Jtay and all tie resorts on the I Jersey ^cpast have not reached their senith by any means, but rather are in the very begining of their growth. If we were to make a detailed comparison of the conditioins in this city, ten years ago and those of the present, we would be amazed at the advances made and, ' as a consequence, be far more optimistic L as to the future than we are. Optimism, f by the way, is a quality which should ' be cultivated her.- assiduously, for the conditioins warrant it Is is our belief that the time will come when all of the resorts will become practically suburbs to the large cities, where business men will establish their homes "and go back and forth, all the year, daily, to their variona businesses. Improved transportation facilities and the best system of • roads attainable will be necessary to help bring this about. The better health of the families will 6e the principal incentive and an—all -sufficient one and it is this> which is calling yearly hundreds if not thousandh, of families to other suburban towns nearer the big cities. , One great necessity for the promotion i of this new relationship will be the best obtainable school systems, and there, is not a resort on the coast which is not i ambitious in this direction. People who give only casnal attention to such mat- • ters, would be surprised and delighted, if tljey were to visit such resorts, within easy reach, as Atlantic CSty, Ocean City, Wildwood and Cape May, and examine into the work being done In their schools. Rlgbt here at home, there would be found schools as efficient and productive of -results as any in the country

in cities of our class. Some advance is o made every year and a traialag of the I careers of members of our various grad- n . uating classes, would prove to be very h ' pleasing, for it would be found that a P large percentage of them are "making s good," and have found their high achool p 1 training to be of incalculable value to t ' them. What >» true of Cape May is true p 5 of each of the six high schools in our * county, and these comprise the entire C county: Cape May High School being available to Cape May, West Cape May, e South Cape May,. Cape May Point and r Lower Township; Wildwood High n School to North Wildwood, Wildwood r f and Wildwood Creat; Middle Township t n High School, to Middle Township, Den- e • ni6 Township, Stone Harbor and Avalon; « d Upper Township High School to Upper I 1. Township; Woodbine High School to e >c Woodbine, and Ocean City High School ' i, to Ocean City, Sea Isle City and Dennia < d Township, the students "from the seaside « e of the latter, going to Ocean City, and i if those from the bay side to Court House is (Middle Township High School.) i is We believe that, ultimately, the en- f n tire county will become a summer re- 1 k sort, and numerous summer homes be * ir established on our fine roads. Our rea- i r- son for this is that there is a growing ( >f tendency on the part of the wealthy to 1 o create homes of this kind, and oppor- > h tunities for the development of large i l- areas in this county into fine estates are i it numerous and attractive. I is A wealthy family located anywhere rr in the interior of the county, could, in j s. this day of fine roads and automobiles, i m enjoy all the pleasures and diversions < st of any of our resorts, as readily as tho ! is they lived in them and would hare the i >t added advantage of a domain of their i 10 own, where, every . pleasure which could ' t- be provided for on a large estate, would d, also, be available to them, in Mosquitoes, you say. Dont let them 1 y, alarm you. Even under present eondi>e tions, they oould be practically eliminatir ed upon any well-kept, well-drained esld tate, and under the conditions which are o- being rapidly created by the State, mosry quito commission there will be none,

or •q JeSr si tu be negligible. No ef- U> fort, worthy of the name, has ever been to made to place the advantages of Cape ne County before the world, but our It people are gradually awakening and m some day will get down to ensee and plan for actual busineealike, construe- se tive methods. The day of our greatest G prosperity will then dawn. MAY COUNTY oc AND THE EGAN LAW d °l (By Reeee P. Eisley.) - »< The Egan Good Road law is to be made applicable to Cape May County, if tj combined efforts of Senator Stev- p< and Assemblyman-elect Stille can f< accomplish it. Both of these gentlemen H stated that they will make eve^y « effort to secure remedial legislation and 2 so advised the Stone Harbor * Grange which passed the resolutions In- — voking their assistance in this highly 1* matter. Senator Stevens is preparing a hill to ° include Cape May County in the routes d Absecon to Cape May and from Bridgeton to Cape May to be introduced when the Legislature meets, thus bridg- 1 ing the gaps in Atlantic and Cumberland j Counties which the Egan Good Road Bill Just what plan the Senator has in mind to accomplish this does not yet appear, but his experience and jndgihent may be relied upon to work out a very to otty problem. i A casual consideration of the subi ject would lead to the conclusion that , relief for Cape May County can be foynd J i only by a bill providing for another \ i State election, at which the people of S - the State would have to vote on the C - question of issuing additioinal bonds I I to provide for the Cape May . County 1 I Roads. In explanation of this, it may 1 be said that the report on the Egan I i Good Road Bill issued by the New Jer- ■ Key State ..Chamber of Commerce says 1 • that "* * * * it must be clearly . realized that the mileage provided for i s in the Egan Good Road Bill may not be < - reduced, nor may the bond issue be in- , creased without referendum to the people, nor may money be diverted from ' other sources for carrying out the pro- • visions of the AcL Hie $7,000,000 must 1 handle 'he whole problem. This fart is clearly established by the opinion which the Attorney -General rendered on ' receiving the report of the Commissioner" ' of public Roads as to the probable cost of "the work on the thirteen routes: * The Attorney-General has stated distinctly that if the Egan Law Road System emnot be built for $7,000,000, the Commissioner of Public Roads woqld not he justified in using moneys from the motor vehicle fund for the purposes of the Egan Good Road bilL The roads proposed by Senator Stevens would be upwards of ninety miles in length. Their ri -surfacing with a permanent pavement which the Egan Law contemplates would cost at least ill 2.000 a mile. This makes a total of $1,080,000, which would have to be provided. Now, even if a bill could be prepared, setting aside such a sum from r* the motor vehicle license fund for this purpose, the fund itself would be inadequate. as it amounts to only about $1.200,000 a year. Nor is it likely that the rest of the State would permit this fund to be drawn upon for this purpose, as a balance would have to be left in the fund for highwa^ maintenance over and ebove the amount needed to provide for '.lie interest and sinking fund on the 57.000,000 of Egan Law boiids. It would, therefore, seem necessary ind unavoidable that the '$1,000,000 or L more needed for the Cape May County toad System and its connections be ob- - la mod in the same manner that funds are to be secured under the Egan Law — namely: by a supplementary State aond issue to be approved of by a vote of the people, as every State bond issue must be. It is not clear what other 'unds could be drawn upon for so large an1 appropriatioin. .If an election is needed to finance Cape May County s portion of the extended Egan Good Road System, £ape May County will need help and a whole lot of it to get a majority vote in the affirmative throughout the State. Forunately almost every County in the State is dissatisfied with the mileage allotted it under the Egan Law. Additional routes are certain to be asked for. For instance, in Cumberland County no provision whatsoever is made for Vineland and hpllville under the Egan Law, while other equally as important routes in other parts of the State are left unprovided for. Indeed, it would appear provided tor. Indeed, it would

that the Egan Law was designed only 1 for- the purpose of getting the penma- f nent paving of State highways started. It does not appear to purport to be than an entering wedge. In the anxiety of other counties to 1 secure additional mileage lies Cape May 1 hope, if an election is neces- S sary. Therein lien a basis for trading. On the ground of common interest it is 1 conceivable that Cape May County's for participation in any extension the proposed road system would be admitted. To the taxpayers of Cape May Counthis matter is of the most vital importance. Already a _ movement Is da ■ foot for the permanent paring of "the 1 Seashore Road, which at $12,000 a mile will cost $300,000 at least. If only 1-2 or 3 mflee be built yearly, the cost would be from $30,000 to $40,000 a year | — a big sum to take out of the County's - income. And yet the rest of the State is to get its main* travel roads built out 1 of a State bond issne! Hardly affair for Cape May County, la it?

P.. A. MINNEK 513 Washington St. Displays an unusual fine line of Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Etc., suitable for Christmas Gifts. A WORD ABOUT PERSONAL SERVICE SVOUR purchase of a watch or a diamond, 8 * of silver tableware or personal jewelry, 8 will be mHch more satisfactory if 1 your choice ia guided by expert / advice. * : ' We are always glad to help our patrons with suggestions, to give them the benefit of our years of experience. , . This service costs SS2. r 1 nothing, but adds your satisfaction. Ask to see "1835 S ! 1 *. Walla ce," l//y\\ 12 ] 1 I Htacictt R. A. MINNER 513 Washington Street £ Keystone Phone 44-D WITH CAPE MAY OPTICAL Stoves Necessary IN CAPE MAY QMany of the homes in Cape May and surrounding country are heated with stoves, and if •you would get the most heat from a small quantity of coal, consult Jesse Brown 110 an4 V-12 Jackson St. Cape May. N. J,

T. H. TAYLOR Repairs all kinds of BOOTS AND SHOES. Agent for Ball Band Rubber Boots and Shoes,' Blacking, Dressings and Shoe Findings for sale. At the CENTRAL SHOE STORE 826 WASHINGTON STREET CAPE MAY, N. J.

191617 SCHOOL DIRECTORY (Continued from second page) TOWNSHIP OF LOWER Oarlcs Baker, President, Cold Spring; C. Elliott, Vice-President, Cold Spring; R. Swain, District Clerk, Cold Spring; Wade Dickinson Cold Spring; George McNeil, Erma;- A. H. Swain, Erma; Floyd Hoffman, 'Erma; S. B. Cold Spring; Frank Dickinson, Erma. Custodian of .School Moneys, Scott Seymore. MEDICAL INSPECTOR— Dr. W. A. Regular meeting on the second Wednesday evening of each month at 8 o'clock, at the Township House. TEACHERS NO. 1, FISHING CREEK — J. Durrell Grades' 1 to' 8. NO. 2, ACADEMY— Mary Hildreth, Grades 5 to 8; Jennie Hughes, Grades 1 to A ,w NO. 3, ERMA— Mrs. Edna Endioott, i Grades 5 to 8; Olive. Harris, Grades 1 to • 4. . ... . NO. 4, COLD. SPRING— Mariam Staf- > ford. Grades 6 to 8; Ella Archibald, Grades 1 to i tirades l to «. - «

TOWNSHIP OF MIDDLE E. D. Foster,- President, Court House; , Smith EndiSott, Rio Grande, Vice-Presi- ' I dent; Joeejft Douglass, District Clerk, ( , Cape Mm/ Fraiflrt. High, , Goshen; Alexander Douglaas, Burleigh; William Stewart ' Thompson, Goshen ; Amos B rower, Swabrton; Joseph Camp, < | Pierce's P. 0.; Thomas H. Douglass, t Dias Creek Leslie Ludlam, Court House, I Custodian of School Moneys. i | MEDICAL INSPECTOR— Dr. John & 1 . Douglass. i ATTENDANCE OFFICER— Truman i Hickman. Regular meetings at call of president. < TEACHERS - « S NO. 1, SWAINTON — Josiah A. Werner, Grades 1 to 8. . NO. 2, GOSHEN— F. W. James, Grades ? 5 to 8; Annie E. Massey, Grades 1 to 4. i 1 NO. 3, COURT HOUSE— Clare Scho- 1 1 field, Grade. 8; Lillian J. Beebe, Grade 7; 1 Dorothy M. Sheppard, Grade 6; Rosa 1 E. Dix, Grade 5; Marion S. Nichols, r Grade 4; Miriam E. Wilson, Grade 3; 1 Agnes L. Gentner, Grade 2; Marjorie I. Sellers, Grade 1. ' 1 r NO. 4, DIAS CREEK— Leighton 8. r Palmer, Grades 5 to 8; Mariel S. Grace, i r Grades 1 to 4. NO. 5, BURLEIGH— Emily S. Jones, i s Grades 1 to 4. ' " 'NO. 6, GREEN CREEK— Joseph Mur- ! phy. Grades 5 to 8; Hannah Hoffman, ! NO. 7, RIO GRANDE — Arabelle^Guy, - Grades 1 to 4. r Grades 5 to 8; Leah M. Harris, Grades i * 1 to 4. NO. 8,. WHITESBORO— Susie A. - Smith, Grades 5 to 8; Alice Tv. DeVane, ? NO. 9, SWAINTON— Marjorie C. i f Saunderson, Grades 1 to 8. f NO. 10, HIGH SCHOOL, COURT - HOUSE— J. E. Clark, Principal; W. H. i Shipe, Science; L. E. Keefauver, German, s Latin and History; Cecilia V. Sargent, , - English and Latin ; Annie P. Hewitt, : . Mathematics and American History. , > BOROUGH OF NORTH WILDWOOD George Riggin, President, Anglesea; i . Warren ' Gordon. Vice-President, Angles sea; Loon A. wWaton, District Clerk, • Anglesea ; Fremont Lusli, Anglesea ; r William Barber, AnglcSea ; Saifiuel Jos- : ' lin, Wildwood: Albert Thompson, Angle- ; sea; Martin Newkirk, Anglesea. P. L. i Peterson, Custodian of School Moneys. , MEDICAL INSPECTOR— Dr. Margar- i et Mace. " ATTENDANCE OFFICER— James ■ ' Taylor. r Regular meetings, 'second Tuesday i i evening of each month" at 8 o'clock, at i borough halL i TEACHERS 1 Principal, H. - C. Schlichting, Grade 1 8; Mrs. William Glenn, Grades 6 and 7; I Ida Blame, Grades 4 and 6; Helen G. 1 Coleman, Grades 3 and -4; Jennie Kono- ' witch. Grade 2; Fannie Subber, Grade i

1; Florence G. Wills, Grade 1 sad Be- 1 < ginners. OCEAN CITY Harvey Y. l*ke. President; John R. U Groves, Vice-President; Lewis E. Smith, a Willard W. Adam*, Furman ti Willis, Spencer B. Swan. Clarence S. ? Scull, Custodian of School Money*. a MEDICAL INSPECTOR— Dr. Allen C. E C ATTENDANCE OFFICER— L. R. a Thomas. » CITY SUPERINTENDENT n James M. Stevens. 1 TEACHHRS— HIGH SCHOOL ; Principal, Otto W. Reiehly, William J. s Petty, May E. Colbnrn, Marguerite Eng- •) lish, Agnes L. Bradley. t SPECIAL TEACHERS c Hans Skalwold, Manual Training; ] sllaude L. Kexer, Domestic Science; Joseph L. Pyle, Commercial; Mabel E. 6 Bockelman, Physical Training; Eleaioore f S. Kain, Music. \ GRADE TEACHERS— CENTRAL AVE. , Martha A. Boyle, MartilU P. Ketdium, , Met* R. M. Salter, Adah L. Chamber- . lain; B. Estlow. ( WESLEY AVENUE Head Teacher, Fannie B. Ofcyney; ( Ldith M. Benedict, Bertha L. Rosa, Har- ( 1 rict A. Davis, Anna E. Davidson, E j Stephanie Oxford, Harriet M. SSiurch. ( Inez B. Corson. , SEA ISLE CITY , John L. Speer, President; L. Bracca, ( Vice-President; Irving Fitch, Secretary; . Howard Townsend, E. B._Amett xo. ; Rice, Custodian of School Moneys. ; MEDICAL INSPECTOR— Dr. R. Scott. ; ATTENDANCE OFFICER— Wilbert C. 1 Edwards. 1 Regular meeting at school building, on . the last Tuesday evening of each month - at 8 o'clock. , TEACHERS > Principal^" John H. Carrol, Grades 7 . jid 8; Gertrude Fisher, Grades 5 and 6; - Martha Meerwald, Grades 3- and 4; Elizabeth El dredge, Grades 1 and 2. 2 (Og account of lack of space the remainder of this directory will be printed next week. — Ed.) U . Highest Quality Work 8hoes at l, reasonable prices. M. C. Frymlre, West 3 Cape May. - 2041 t CARD OF THANKS ^ The family of the late Albert Peterson wishes to thank their many friends f. for the kind sympathy shown them in j their late bereavement.., 2071 WIFE A^ID CHILDREN.

Highest Quality Work Shoes at reasonable price*. M. C. Frymire, West Cape May. 1041 WILL LECTURE HERE Special attention is called to the visit of Miss Daisy Dean Bate, Field Secretary under the Woman's American Baptist Missionary Society. Miss Bate will address the Woman's Missionary Society in the social rooms of tlie First Baptist church on Monday night at 7.43. All the women of the community are invited to attend. An info:mal reception will be tendered to Miss Bate at the close of the meeting. Highest Quality Worn Shoes at I reasonable prices. M. C. Frymire. West | Cape May. 2041 HOUSEHOLD ARTS COUNCIL MEETS The third annual meeting of the County Council for the Promotion of Household Arts was held in the office of the County Superintendent of Schools, on Saturday afternoon, Novem2th, and the following officers were elected: President, Aaron W. Hand; Vice Presidents, Mrs. H. H. Eldredge, , West Cape May; Mrs. E. II. Stafford. Palermo; Mrs. R. P. Risley, Stone liar- 1 bor; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr«. L. Chester, Sea Isle City. The usual standing committees will be appointed at a later date. Mrs. Rice, delegate from the Council t to the annual meeting of the New Jersey j Congress of Mothers, at Montclair, gave ' a very interesting report of her exper- j ience and observations. Miss A. Ethel Nickerson suggested a baby show, under the auspices of the • Council, at Stone Harbor, in June, and j recommended that the question of the j . care of babies and their proper upbring- 1 ing be made a subject for discussion in ! the varions parent-teachers' associations between now and June. A resolution | was passed endorsing her suggestion-. The pn-ident (hen briefly outlined the work of the. Council during its existence, in the establishment of Home ; Culture dubs and as one of the influ- j ences which has aided in ocuring a county vocational school, in relation to which the council was considered an adAfter adjournment, those present were invited to inspect the County Vocational School Rooms and their equipment, and to partake of sandwiches and tea, prepared and served by the Hold Fast Home Culture Club, of Cape May Court The girls comprising this Club baked their own bread and did all of the work connected with the waking of tha sandwiches and tea.

made such wonderful implement, to * Corinthian Yacht Ch* last year ia working with chairmen of hi. committees to make the season of 1W7 *a rm- I pedally attractive one for the member* and their friend* and visitors. Morton Alexander, chairman of the Regatta Committee will look after the yachting and boat racing events of the club naxk ' 1 summer. Mr. Alexander attended the meetings of the A merman Power Boat in New York, this Fall, and predicts that the season of 1817 wifi a great revival in power boat racing. rules of the A. P. B. Association been a great handicap to owners 1 of speed boats other than those of very | latest models. Plan for next year's swimming instruction are in the hands of Mrs. Wm. Nicholson. A capable instructor will - * engaged and new and larger tank* will be built, with diving and sliding Many Children were taught to - swim at the club this past season, and the . innovation proved a great success. Next year, the club will be run more ' exclusively than ever before. Admittance to the club by non-members may gained only by the presentation of a card signed by a member of the houa* committee. The dub grounds and tennis courts, also, will not be open to the ' general public as heretofore. An enor- ' mous grass-sown lawn has been mad* ' around the dub house, giving it a country dub effect. This work, is in charge ' of Dr. Charles N. Davis, of Philadelphia, ' chairman of the Grounds Committee, ■ who has also oontracted for a number of other important improvements to be made to the exterior of the club. r THE FAKE PROMOTES ; Cape May always has a fake promoter > or two on hand, always has had, during the past 30 .fears or so, especially a month or two before election. They ' • promise big things, all the way from 1 $100,000 to $29,000,000, the latter amount nearly five times the whole valuation of the city, and we have lots of 1 people gullible enough to swallow this kind of bait every time, together with the -hook and sinker. Philadelphia haa some high jinks promoters at work just . now on a somewhat new plan. They s have a "Greater Chamber of Commerce" D as a sponsor and the North American had some very interesting reading on L the subject in last Friday's, Saturday^ and Monday's issues. , « ana .Monday s issues,

I REDUCE YOUR SHOE EXPENSE With the rapid increase in the cost ef sboee, careful and thrifty people are sending their worn footwear to T. H. t Taylor, 626 Washington street, for rep- . ovation. A new set of rubber heels and - a pair of hand-sewed soles will make I an old pair of shoes new for a small . fraction of the cost of new ones. A . trial will convince the most factitious. 1 WAR COST i To' date the war bas cost sixty bil- ; lions. It takes a sum equal to our own greatest national debt at the close of : the war to save the Union to pay even I the annua] interest on this new debt of t Europe. ' That interest each year more than | wipes out a <ity as big and rich an j Philadelphia. It is nearly three times our total Fed- ® era! Government expenditures. It would more than pay for all our p country's public school and college edu- ' cation every year. 1 This added annual charge of Eur- ' ope — not the debt, mind you. but the interest on the debt — would build half p a dozen Panama Canals every year. • Europe's new interest would tax cv- '• ery inhabitant of the United States $30 ■ a year and to pay the full debt wouM ' I require $600. from every— American. " Sink 130 buildings such as our national Capitol in the earth ami von jus; about match the war debt intere-t. I ^ The deposits in Pennsylvania's, largest . : savings bank, put there by 290.000 de- . | positors. would pay the war debt interest for only six weeks. | Senator Martine's -alary for a year is , enough to ranc-l that interest for one ,. ! minute and a quarter. 1 j President Wilson's salary for a year » | would pay the interest for twelve and ' 1 And the war isn't ended, but when it " is ended one would suppose that the » best investment any man in Europe 1 to the U. S. A. and so avoid that back- • breaking tax for tlje rest of his life.— " Bridgeton ptonecr. Sore Throat Prudence. No family medicine chest is well stocked " without a bottle of TO.NS1L1NE, for you don't know wBat moment it may be needed . to relieve a sudden case of Sore Throat. Relieving Sore Throat is TONSiLINE'S special mission. It is made fur that — ad- > vertised for that — sold for that one purpose. , TONS1LJNE is the one and only Sore , Thn»t Remedy which is sold over a large . part of the United States. You'll rj^ peed TONSIUNE one of these i days, or some night when the drug m . ktore is closed — better have a bottle rj ready at borne when you need it 111 1 most. 25c. and 50c. Hospital Size hi tl .00. Ail Druggists.