OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXVI.

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 19<K>

NO. 18

OccanCity Sentinel j VM ^ w " k ' r *' LAW OFFICES Schuyler C. Woodhull, r CURTIS ROBINSON lutiMt and i'ropnetor M.. < ». j. s , in Advanc, M' ,K<i AN HAND,

CITY DIRECTORY.

JONATHAN HAND, Coun'.'-IIor-nt-Ianw HK MAY (XiUKT HOUHK, N. .

B T ABir;;. 1 ;,.,,, new high school CONTRACT AWARDED orncf Mount j OS- steelman & Co. Agree to Erect Building for T* C. HUTCHINSON, M. D. $31,062.50 Within Four Months After They IloraceopiitliiNt. No. M*J4 Ocean Avcm

BIG CROWDS AT

« t noiv 1 riimy t ut ALL CHURCHES 3r3-I?

urch, the •hurch at(en<le,t l.y the h rr-i.li-ht- of Ardmore, !*a , Hauit in

ily Trinity

e choir min; finely, the meiiilieni Here

r. Will

CRESSE’S BOAT CAME IN FIRST

Are Given Possession of the Proposed Site. ir Hoard of tame the »U|>|>

Strong Sermons Were Deliv- „f iMn-bunth, preached-rMm t ered by the Ministers "Think on the-etiling*"-riiinppia Officiating Therein. .. . Th „ th , . „ ltR , ln(Iltrt

N HOWARD BURT,M.D. S09 Wesley Avenue.

iLCKirr SOUHTIHS.

cmiKcn seuvices.

CHURCH SOCIETIES.

■Be- to the original ■e •mu uanind laal

1 1 Mr Steel man .he plane of . Atlantic Cfty hi

JJAKRISON H YOORHKHS J

X. GR1SCOM, M. L).

i No ..mw pour. I«unda> .fieri.oon i,, m rd luxl Uvn railed touelher for Hie c-on<frnlii|t the |MM>lhilllle« of Ret „

hot tiarkri Mreo,, . „Ai il«.l.-nh. n.w.u.. M...,on. t , MIllw |i nK « uti the a.»JjHj>t>j.£iMj*Pri^the "He. Hl» linn oaonot » 11.,11 , : " n-.i Srvinoiir llaNla, of llasii-A !>• vlejeoai plcte tlieTiuIMinir In four inoutha LAW offices ID K - "■

Apgar tLSjSSL, '■ -sJ asTu"' Av.’n., c

LAW offices COAL COAL

Godfrey &. Godfrey, i COAL u n.'sul^ moved tu

COAL COAL n. sTmpJ 1

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.

JAMES M. E. HILDRETH

CounsiTlor-at-Law

Buy your t'.ial from the SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. TWELFTH HP. AND WKrtT A\'E.

* ICmpI of Kducatlnn . for Mr. Itridircwaler

iotlre ihai Judge

0iiarles l. hofmann! ,,kad, ' kv a auamn J'“ r “ 1 - 1 , l , l '„ l l1 RCGISTCRED ARCHITECT iT.* 1 "-' Rcadiflfif Coal u.nnl''^|',,"1^ wm^'further' order. ••,ae<ciricatioaaaaaaue>BiaTiaaiKt| m-r !tTl' oU'inr .o.'.n.'r'"!-*! ||[? u.ard, Ihcv are at llherty

Beautiful Cottage Sites... "'.ysai.

High f!round. Ix>t* (.railed. Street.- and f

Many new huildiuK- already erected. Plot lying between

avenue and the Oeean, and Fifth and North street-.

Apply to any real estate agent. JiivesUgate before pul

I •• ' l.ee remarked It

Ocean City Land Companv

Speaks :: Por Itself

CONVER

I opisrr. Slate ami Slag ROOFING

ACHE HOUSE AND

Leonard Kraus: Co. Electricians *5> A.borjr Avenue. Ocean City, N. J. <*nia I.T* ITUNTIC ICEmkllK COMPART . ..... .... CL. r " 1,1 Pocono Mountain Ice Pare AMaraei HA »«R Craw O'f.c. U.U3B AsOury AYanula OCCAM CITY. N. J. RUSH ADVERTISING AGENCT Oreaa City, X. J

SION PAINTING CO.

Who.

Hied III- hid, he has received building material is much price. He was not prepared icily just how much the ads lawn. Beside* this, the ie limits uitb building 1 have changed

ready to sign tt leturned Mr. miU«d the hid 1

•ver said w

riildn

Ocean City,

INo. 743 VVe«t Avenue

■ i

- - New Jersey

tt contract at tliose ligpres knew

.ore than us then."

Architect Davis asked for the Hgnrea ibmtiled for erecting and heating the .tiding. These being given him, he umed lately begin a hit of calcula-

DAVID MUIR, JR. Tio.-M-aofl-Slai

I hat the boaid ih, rather than finish, with no change in the sliding partittoiia. Tills was seconded by A. J. Hmilb.

s lurried.

r linlshed I

-aid t

inildl.ig v

405 Wesley Avenue, - Ocean Oily. N. J. Ilepairv of every description for all makes

■ of Kurngces andlHaligc-.

Keialrlug done pnunpUy. AJn.-ky chimneys

cured or no charge Shop In rear.

said that the price prctly near w liere the . The board would tike

n live board

lad li

Tv 1 ^

PUfflNG

lie should liave an kdvam-e of five fier twnt. over his contract price, which would make an Increase of flAOU Hiiilitlug uiaterlal la controlled by the trusts. The contractor la powerleaa. ••For tuatance," said Mr Steelman, “ca»ntractor* liave lieen notified that Hie pNee of cement la to be advanced

i» pluo,bin K is apt to <=tn" |t,".".d»“^t ton serious trouble. An examiti t.: .ai t<> x. and it la duSruitto get, ation readilj' shows defects, us-u^med price."

to have things gone o

pur|sMa>, just as well. Maudes the saving of money, there would be a

s.s . yv fy s m>\lug In time, a- the hemlock can be Its Our Business ,uur * , i u ‘*kiy. . . Tlie architect agreed with this Idea,

All you have to do is to phone, wnte or call on aIld A j .smah asked the architect

to do thii .......

us. No one worries about our worl^; whether new or repairs, why (rehad ^edeptnee when lie It’s well done. Mr. Davis answered that' spruce

John R. droves,

649 ASBURY AVE., OCEAN CITY, "N. J.jlallkely togetahales. but In this In-

Mr. Steelman did not think till possible lvceai.se of the changes In tb price of building uiaterlal from day t> day. The supply men can cha.ig their prices within five minutes. Ttier Discussion as to the removal of th

scliool building followed.

to be paid fur taking any risks. "We should w ant a price that wou!< cover emergencies,” he -aid "We bid In good faith when bids were a* and could have gone ahead with work then. Now we are subjec

somebody’s action."

Air Steelman said that five per < crease on their original bid would After aome more discussion, Mr. ecluiau said that his firm will enter tt cent, and agree to finish the buildg wlthiti live mouths after HcptemThe matter of j-vo-lble Injunction proceeding* against the removalof tb dmol building was talked Ir. Stiles asked Mr. Steelman It h ore uot delayed would he sign a cor art to fiulsb the hulldiug lu fou mouths after securing possession.

I thai

d that

• ilh It

mges

ontemplated iu Ibe original plaui ind the addition of three per cent, to could be $31,062.‘. r i0. Air. Smith then made the folio, motion: •That Mr. Steelman for the consmictiou of the new high •cbool building include stone water table and base, baud moulding on Inside standing trim and chair rail, (he change of Uk Inside finish from what is abowu on the detailed plans tu stock finish, and ie change of the spruce joists lo bcuiThls motion was carried. The substitution of stock |*ijperii> lake* a reduct ton of Ill.UUO, and the use of hemlock, instead of spruce, w ill further reduction of f 175. 1 agreed that the contractors' forfeiture should befii a day The payments to Steelman * Co. are

t story jotou

be made as to —When tl

are In position, |6.' Second—When the second story [1st* are lu position, *S,uOu. Third—When the second story celling joists are In position, $8,0UU. Fourth— Wben the roof Iscuuipteted,

X.OUO.

Fifth—\yben the bnlldmg Is ready ir plastering, H.OdhSixtb—When the building Is plaatered, >5,MM. Seventh—When the building Is nished, $5,06^50. Eightb—Thirty days after the building 1* accepted, fs.MW. The contract for beating and mUlatlng the bulkH.ig was awarded . the American Heating and Ventilating Company for X.50U, tbla comauy to receive the apparatus now . the building. On motion of Mr. SUlea'tbiacompany was given permission to enter the present achooU building and reheating Mid aanllary apparatus below the first {loot joist* as their representative, Mr. Has lett, signs the contract and furnlsUe* the required hood. c I’resideut Abbott and Secretary Robluaou were Instructed to enter Into eon tracts with the two firms men

Honed.

Mr. Steelman asked that his bond be made an even 115,000, which waa treed to. r Mr. Davie stated that four copies of Hie coutracta would be necessary —one each for the achool board, the county clerk, the contractor and Ibe archftecta. The contracts be would ha' prepared, be said. The architects presented a bill of

j00.

"The money tor the new school la at our disposal, la tt uotT" suaried Mr. Stllaa. •Tea,” answered President Abbott •Then I move that the hill he. paid

it the Lh

cli our de-tlnalio y of life, we'mu e (nirpoae In vie. u- life will -tire

way to live, a

He will giv

1- a religion that will make the wa o |>erfectlou so plain that be who run liar read If lie will. The early phthiphers would tell a-, •man la but utserable being when compared w it

lother who. after death, >1 embrace.’ Such la

da us In •

of life, bi

-ati-tled with such definition and similar definition- given u« by the Some would tell us look abouf In the world: the nu-wer is there. But do we find 111 It anything that la worthy to be the purpose of the life which yoi

Iveil fre

1 Hod? Wa.

ial <

orld, that

« the getting of money

Is were all that soclet ild soon come to uaughi Higgcsts pleasure. Th has aft the right- to al

r thing- a , a couple

>a- congratulated by many mem •f the church at the couclu-iot. of niurr BAtTiwr. Rev. F. B. Brantley,of Philadelp lellvered two highly Instructive noua lu the First Baptist Church iunday. In the morning, hi- aubject w as ’• Keeping Close to Jemia." " Jesua,” heaatd, "waslheGod-tnan No one could comprehend the unfnthomable depth- of His character M a r r e In us w ere I he ea rt h ly d I -cl osu res of that life, but tbreMgl. all eternity men and angels will wonder and adore Jesus, w ho was w lib Ood In thebegluilug, looking longingly Into the w leked ieart» of the world for an opportunity 0 draw men unto Him and fill their, lie hearts with Hi* love, llfcht

grace.”

In the evening. Mr. Brantley’* subject wa* ‘‘Sowlug and Reaping.” He -aid lu part: "Each person 1* reapou--Ihle tor hi* or her character, which I* formed by hablL Character lead* to destiny. One cannot expect to now 1 Id-tie- aud thorn* and reap lilies and Neither can one *X|«ct tu sow debauchery and other a)., and reap the favor of the •Idly of tire Valley’ or lire Hose of Sharon. 1 Uod’s law of rlghteluenena and Uod’* law of nature i.ut be broken. If we auw good d »e -hall reap a joyous harvest, but If we sow all. we must reap the effects, which I* punlshme.it both In tills *nd the next world."

ure I-lire purpose of life, what beco of our morel greatue**, dignity, bo

virtue, duty, glory?

••No ! The answer to onr .|i.e* must be sought above us, and the v that come* from above I* this: world ha*gone astray, and God sent HU only Son calling It back to the Fatbrr'a heart and home. ■aid to this end was 1 born, tu bear w line— of a. truth, or, a* truth here means, realities of life, of a universe, and a purpose of every life should be to know and learn about truth, realities, and Ibis can only belhrnugh HlnT who said, ’I am the way and the truib and tire Ufa. No man o unto the Father but by me.' "Any life which falla to fulfill tire purpose of striving lo ‘measure up to Ure fulness of Ibe stature’ In Jesus Christ U a failure Irel u* begin lo do on earth what we shall one day do In

Rev. Pennington Corson, the p preached an Interesting sermon i First M. K. Church, on Sunday . Ing, from the text II Cor., i ; 17 : ’The outward mau |«rlslwth, pul the In w aid mans Is renewed day by day.” "At the first view,” said Mr Corson, "it seem* unaccountablfe that tire Apostle Paul should reverse all the ordinary methods of thinking, and ew with such perfect complacency all the vlclssltud. a of hi* is life, hut, a* his mind Is revealed, to us more fully, we find that la lie before his vUiou—a visible and an Invisible world : a world flestj, and. a world of spirit. Ttto !.i tre seen to exist luone, an outw ard in, and an Inward man. As between are two worlds, the a|»*llr asserts the supremacy of tire unseen. Ire due* despise the visible or disparage the thing* of iresiae. aud no one has the right lo do so, tor Hit* tstiod’s world w hile we are In tire flod. Is largely with this world, and for us hands and feet are better than w Ings. Tb teach a child la better than to sec e vision: to soothe a Borrow, better 1 than to hear a mg, but theexlstei.ee of oulw aid tilings are temporary, aud are to be best, w hat the waler is to the heel, which presses against It Tor a momriit. then How s on. and,’the never grind with the water

that I- passed.'

"Ho tire wise *|*>*tle places the two worlds and tire iwo men before him, weighs and-measures each In lu dllT•reut relations, aud estimates the relative value of each. It need nut he a matter of regret If (Ire outward man la perishing If Ibe Inward man i> gathering nourishment

all the while.

"Our bodies will grow old. Well, let them. We can afford this. Hut harden, our sympathies dry up, and our faith kwe IU grip on God. 'We cannot live on our history or ou the fact that we were converted lung ago, bui our. rahgtoo must be renewed dtfy by day. It la only religion with the morning dew ou II that la vital In iu operations, within u* or without.''

HOLT nUXITY.

The Vested choir of 8L Mary’s

whether

Rev. K. Trumbull late. D.D., of tire 'ylle-Chambers Memorial PrewbyriauChurch, Philadelphia, addremed large congregations in the Audtiortuui,

Huuday.

Hpeaklng from the text, " laird, to horn aball we go? Thou hast the ords of eternal life,” Dr. Lee said that Io-day there I* confusion of thought ou moral questions. Honesty ost its old definlttoo. The people apparently lost sight of the fact tliat right Is right. Wrong Ibl.iga ie and am approved, lu political there ought to be a place tor every godly man, but a vicious orgaulutlou has led men to do wrong. The tenaloo of commercial Ufa works toward (he end. The gospel Is lire unfolding of truth. It shows us the relation* may hold with God. delivered an exceedingly good 4rmon lu lire evening on “ i 'hlld Li God.” ] KT. AUOUSITKK'S. Tire re were large congregations .a scu of the masses lu Mt. Augustine' Tiirvh Sunday. At the evening eer Ito, In charge of Rev. Theodore Meuruilck, Dr. li. I,. Northrop aawg a solo lu bis usual excellent style, and Irere was a pretty duet by Doctor Northrop and Mrs. J. J. Henderson. The rector, Rev. J. A. Caulfield, staled that 1 Irere will be service* a t 8 o'clock o Friday aud Huuday evenings, and t lu asses would be celebrated aid an SO o'clock next Friday morning. RACED IN THE RAIN Christie Did Mwl Trj 10 MCI The officials of the Cape May Aoto■oblle t Tub hare been playing In hard luck. The club attempted to hold speed contorts ou the beach last Saturday a week, hut the weather prohibited. Tire races were |>urtpoiied until last Saturday. Again, there waa Ure face of a heavy downpour, the evenl* were run off. Hefry sand prevented any attempt 1 the part of Walter Christie to break the world's mile record In his “Blue FlyeC' mad* by H. J. Bowen at Or-moud-Daytoua, where hi* mark -6 seconds. Keltber did be atti kllometar record, established at 21 2-5 seconds by Banu, in n Darraoq at Ortend, Franca.* drenched but enthusiastic crowd, which lined Ure boardwalk tor (be entire length of the mile course, 1 obliged to control itself milb three hlbittou sport* user the course al Ure rale of ti t-4,42 TJt and 88 2-5 second*, ssprctlvely. Chrtrtle, a fortnight ago. enPover the mile at a 85 second clln. ‘ ““ “ Saturday made

1 forty-horse

Charles J. Swain,

, owes Wlutou,' aaa

mile of the day, with the exception Chrtrtie's trials, covering (be distance In 1.07 |-5. He Won three rveuto and

obtained place iu two oGrer*

Among thoa* beaten bv Swain waa A. T. James, of Philadelphia, well

known In this city. ir the Bay front, be-

n mortgage. Apply to ABEL D. SCULL. 817 Central Are. OoeanCNy.H.J.

The Other Races Saturday Won By the Ardo and Ha-Ha. Tire Ocean City Yacht Club's special race, |*>*tpo.ied from July 8th, was run off Saturday afternoon. Tire first gun was for class E. The. A dele was tire first over the line, closely followed by the Princess and Trlx. The Ha-Ha, Orinoco aud Wldeou In the order named. Tl.e 1907 enteral the first race of the season and crossed the starting Una of C with tbeHpeedie, Ardo and Uuo ■truug out behind. The last class of the sailing boats wa* claaa B. it waa headed by the Katharine II., followed by the Ikirothy, Goodrich, Luclle and the old Katharine. The novelty of the afternoon was the power boat race, lu which four captain* entered their launches. Captain Siren enteral the Carrie V, Captain sutxell the Alice, Captain Hexamer the Ernert H, and Ca^ln Sparks the Jessie Royal. The Ante wa* the first to cross the line, followed by the Jeasle Royal, Carrie V end Ernest H. There wa* very little wind, so that the build of some boats showed to advantage, while a few of the boats that have been carrying off prizes couldn't find their pace. In Cleaa K, the Ha-Ha did aome rtunta. In lurolng the buoy, II overhauled the Adele, the Princess and th* Trlx, and In, fact, gave them all tb* merry "ha ha.” The Adels held the lead of the other boats, however, with the Prince** third of the class. The Ardo was equal to any wind. She gradually caught up to the 1807 and flulabed^pth one minute and twenty-two seconds to the good. Tb* Hpeedle couldn't catch Ure 1907, even though It did make up one minute aud forty-alx second* of the difference in starting tline. In clans B, the Katharine li. lost her first race, both tire Luclle and the

turned Beasley's Point bony, the Dorothy was first, but she was later passed by the Goodrich, followed by Kalba.l.ie II. The Katharine and tb* Dorothy brought ap tb* rear. lu the power boat race, tdk Alice finished first, having paaaad a number of lire sail boa la with about ton mlnuta*' lead on her. A* Ure time allowances have not been figured out yet for the launches,the actual winner la In doubt. The Ernest H was second, followed by the Carrie V and tbe Jeasle Royal. Tire winners aud those coming lo second, of the sail boats, are: Class K—Ha-Ha, and Adel* Clase C—Ardo, and 1907. Class B—Luclle, and Goodrich. Following Is tt

ANOTHER BIG DAY

Kajar Every tralu running Into Ocean City, >n both railroads brought carloads of Isttors 00 Saturday, many to remain tire remainder tbe season, but the larger number to slay over Huuday only, to net and recuperate for tbe coming week. in Imtneoae crowd no tbe boardwalk when tbe rainstorm came up, and tbeae people quickly sought belter wherever Urey could find It. Fortunately, tbe rain did not last al evening, aud by 8JO or thereabout tb* walk was again filled. Tire bath bouse keeper* did a good buabreaa, as did tb* storekeepers 00 tba alk. ^ One of tire largest crowds of tb* year Indulged lu batGTng In tbe surf Sunday morning, aud aft of lire balbappeared to enjoy t*

strand. Family partial were much lu evidence, while tbe college hoys their girl friends were In Ibetr

churches were wending their way to tbe boardwalk, and lota of these folks

>1 dip before going to