Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-02-20
Communicated


Nearly quarter of a century ago,
when wild cattle roamed over your
now beautiful island resort, an in
vitation came to lonely and discon-
tented woman to visit a friend who
had but a short time previous gone
there in search of health. She was
somewhat enchanted with the grand
old ocean strand, and the possibility
of flinging cares and worries away by
joining the little band of enthusiasts
who were planning to build and have
a health and rest resort where weary
mortals might cease from strife and
quietly breathe the phosphoric and
other life giving elements, not so easily
obtained elsewhere. Then a PROPOSE
ton was made which she accepted and
in short time returned to the island
to become welded to fate SO common
to all womankind. She married a
man who afterwards became first
Mayor of Holly Beach, where she first
obtained some knowledge of a borough
government, and mems methods of
getting power as rulers thereof.
But little did she dream that the
now famous resort, then in embryo,
would ever become what it is, or that
she would live to see its development.
Ill health then changed to better and
doctors predictions proved false who
only gave her hope of very limited
time for existence on this beautiful
earth where man is engaged in trans
forming barren seashore strands as
we'll as wildernesses into artistic exhi-
bitions of his power. AS one of the
pioneers your correspondent rejoices in
having been as one of the little ants
that carried small particles of material
wealth and sacrificed herself upon the
altar of duty.
She engaged in some little skirmish-
ing with officials, as well as private
individuals, in defense of the spirit of
justice which was then as it is now so
often ignored in mans eagerness for
position or power. She threw out
thought as she is now doing to call at
tention to truths that are written in
the book of life we are all perusing and
endeavored to set the puny borough
to thinking about more correct meth
ods of governing than some of its Off
cials were adopting. She remembers
of being amazed at the lack of consis-
tency to pledges of fidelity to princi-
piles adopted, and as woman will
who has spunk enough, called atten-
tion to the fact. The inconsistency of
man who prides himself on superiority
to woman, especially in legislation,
was made more sp.nssaVssnt q than ever
before. But on searcbjno Cor the
ca,seo II n-sss discoyvIo>s "1acK or
intelligence in the apprehension of
natural or moral law, to which man as
a rule pays but little attention especial
ly when in search of power only. AS
Emerson well says "The moral law
lies at the centre of nature and radi-
ates to the circumference. Some men
have seeming contempt for women
who stand for the principle of justice
or the law of righteousness as it has
been handed down from generation to
generation, according to historical
records. 1t is not a superstitious fear
that holds either man or woman in
subjection to the moral law but an in
tuitive conception of natural law that
bears fruit of a satisfying character.
These are but few simple suggestions
that may be followed by others if de-
sirable to the JOURNAL.
CONTRIBUTOR.
Porchtown, N. j., Feb. 18, 1907.