OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXVII.

OCEAN CITY, N. THURSDAY, APfilL 11), 190C

NO. 3

OceanCity Sentinel

R. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor

j^orgXn hand, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW. “ ' ™ ' Cbaaovr,. UJ PlUatc.

JONATHAN HAND, CJonnaellor- atBoUetlor. HtMmr la Chaaevy. Ifolary PabUc. CITY DIRECTORY, cape may court houhk, n. j. lone IH.laon Tal,pboB«. CITY OFEICIALS I £_' St^r&MS^aSw. Adam. '“JJARRISON h. VOORHEES Counvellor-at- L>aw,

I^AW'OFFICES" C BO *" Apgar & Boswell,

LAW OFFICES Godfrey & Godfrey,

JAMES M. E. HILDRETH Counscllor-at-Law

g T. ABBOTT, M. D., Pkyalrlan and Nnrgron, OFFICE—C«r*«r Cutnl ud El«htk Stnel

, irrom^ jTlp. ra I Kroio »to I p. m

WEAVER QUEST OF OCEAN CITY EASTER CROWD A RECORD BREAKER

r J’ C. HUTCHINSON, M. D. Philadelphia’s Mayor and Mrs. Weaver Visited This

Resort Without Giving Much Notice, but They

Had a Pleasant Time—Taken Over the City and Entertained by Senator and Mrs. Cresse—Reception in the Casino.

Mayor and Mra. John Weaver, of; Mayor Weaver quickly waa "oi

Ilomoeopnthiwt. No. ua4 Ocean Avenue.

jJCIAN CITT. H. i.

N HOWARD BURT, M.D.

809 Weslej- Avenue.

N. GR1SCOM, M. D. 718 CENTRAL AVENUE, ‘ UK* Ml L. :: :: UCKaN CITY, K. J OIBca Moor.. ( * JJ * r No offlra boor* Hnndaj .fu-rnn^n tl Haul—a K. Ckfiaou ., Matuora

Philadelphia, were the*ueataof Ocean | City for aeviral hoora uu Saturday ji Their vtait. allhouRh orlffitially ex | of a aurpnae. : OO OOO M ay or Weaver had, a fe» » eek* ago. 11

Tlie Mayor and bl> wife were then ikeo lo the home of Senator aud Mra.

luncheon. Later, the

QR. CHARLES B. R1DEK ! Deni ixt 809 Central Avenue

CAP* MAY CITY. N. J

S&jgg&y:: L AW OFFICES OF •

RALPH L GOFF. CIVIL ENGINEER. SaRVEYBR. CONVEYANCER

MARRY H. RICE,

REGISTERED ARCHITECT

George W. Ernst GENERAL HAULING Automobile Garage. Wholeaale Hutter, Eat 1 , Lard, Cheear aud Poultry. Itealdem-e, 6.W A.bury avenue. OffiM. 701 SlrMt ML AtMn tad Weil Aimh, Leonard Krauss Co. Electricians 63, Aahury Avenue, Ocean City, N. J.

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Maddon Ava.,

Colliny{awood, - a, - IN. J.

RUSH ADVERTISING AGENCT

ATUNTICIDEAlGflUjGOKPAN) °—"Poranii Mountain Ice Pwi «MrM| Mill t»S Criin

OCCAM CITY. N. J.-

1 told a committee from the Hoard of tor* were taken to the Bowling Caatno, Trade that he would be delighted to where a rreeiAiun waa held In the vtait Ocean City on Kaater Saturday, rooma of the Cualoo Club, but hla plana had not been made and ' At the Bowling Caalno, the Mayor

NOT CHEAPEST, BUT LEAST EXPENSIVE ;

PLUMBING, HEATING, ROOFING S. li. COT«VE>R 652 and 654 Asbury Ave., " Ocean City, N. J.

MODERN PLUMBING AND HEATING ALLOWAY M. SMITH & CO. (Succeaaora to H. A. W. Smith) 811 ASBURY AVENUE, - OCEAN CITY, N. J. TELEPHONE. S3 V.

DAVID MUIR, JR., TiD, * Slate • anil • Slat

AOS Wesle) Aienue. - Ocean Cilf, 0. J. Ha pa lr*> of every deaeriplion for all.makee of Kurnaceaendlltange*.

Smoky ehlmneye

to charge Shop In rear.

A Knock Out argument against poor work of 1 kind is tint you’re paying for something youdon’tget. Wedon'tblame people for squealing on plenty plnmbing that's done. Plumbing That’s Good costs mocer, and you get value received. Bad plumbing costs money and you get what?—get cheated. Get our plumbing and yon'U get your meney’s worth and save a lot of worry.

JOHN R. GROVES, 649 Asbury Ave - - Ocean City, N. J.

STEELMAN WANTS MORE FIREPLUGS

he could give no definite promtae. ^ took a look at the alleys and rolled Nothing more wa» beard from him, .bailor two, and a reception waa held

aud the Board of Trade members had In tbeCaalno Club

about given up hope* of having him j Mayor Weaver waa Introduced by here However, he telephoned to Sen-j |{. y;. Kdnarda, whomadea few well-

ator Crewe, from Atlantic City, snout timed remarks. ^

8 o'clock on Friday evening, Qial Mr* j The Mayor re»|>otided briefly, saying

Weaver and himself would be here that he was glad that there

Councilman Would Replace the Small Ones In Centre of City. At Connell's meeting, on Monday evening, Councilman J.C. Hteel expressed the view that a few additional flraplnga should be put In by city He said that tbare areSliS a the water appropriation that could thus he used Is advantage. Borne all plugs In the centre of the i city could he replaced by larger plugs, ind the smaller ones placed In (be outlying districts. Councilman Ueorge O. Adams was u<* enthusiastic He «al4|iiey might need the money a little later. Tbe bill for auditing the city's accounts will make something sufler. Councilman Headley staled that be had bad two photographs taken of Mayor Weaver—one of him In Henaing him In the Bowling Caidno. Tbeae nave been sent to Philadelphia and will possibly appear In some of tbe newspapers In that chy. It was staled that some of tbe people down around Fifty-second street clamoring for a boardwalk lo that section of the city. Some of tbe members appeared to think that tbe centre of the city should be properly attended to, with reaped to a boardwalk, before there was any talk of a walk In tbe lower eed Ion. Coundlman Headley called tbe attention of Couadl to tbe condition of tbeapproach to the boardwalk at Fourteenth street. It was dedded to Instruct Street Supervisor Brown to make repairs to the approaches from Thirteenth tddeveuleeolh street. On motion of Geo. u. Adame, tbe proper officers were Instructed to negotiate a loan of flUW. with which to

pay bUU.

The following bills were ordered paid: O. B. Parker, *»; A. C. Grow, flOO; New Ygrk Auditing Company, I8S165; Ledger, »81 SO; H. H. Lake (urcheatra), 8300. Ooundl adjourned until Friday <

Capacity of tiie Railroad Companies Was Taxed to Bring Pleasure Seekers to the Queen-City-by-the-

Sea—Handsome Boardwalk Was Thronged All Day Saturday—Brilliant Parade on Sunday Afternoon and Evening.

the next day.

R. W. Edwards, President of Board of Trade, at the close of C« cII's meeting, made tbe announcement of tbe Meyor's coming, gested that the city officials, and the board arrange at once for Mr. Wee' reception, w hich was done. Mayor Weaver was expected on the boat reaching here about II o'clock, he missed that boat, and It war e little time later when the vlalton bed here. They were met at tb« steamboat landing by Renalor Lewis M. Crease, who had his forty-horse wer automobile; Meyur Champion, K. W. Edwards, Harry F. Blanton, Secretary of tbe Yacht Club; Councilman Harry Headley and Dr.E.C. WesDr. I. N. Uriacom waa alao on band with hla auto, In which aeveral of tbe party took seats. Mayor and Mra. Weaver, in Senator

Christian seaside reaorU on the Atlantic coast—Ocean Grove and Ocean City. There were salvos of applauae when tbe Mayor had flntahed, and be smilingly bowed bis acknowledgment

Then the crowd preweed forward to shake Mayor Weaver by tbe hand. Tbe Mayor appeared to enjoy the occaIon. Tbe Mayor's levee lasted quite awhile. At IU conclusion, tbe party boarded tbe auto and went on an' Inspection of the city. The Are h of the Ocean City Volunteers and tbe Kellauce Company were visited. At the Ninth e reet bouse tbe Mayor was welcomed by Fire Chief Hush, who, In turn, was invited by Meyor Weaver lo visit himself and Chief Baxter, of tbe Philadelphia Fire Department. The hradfifiarters of the Ocean City Yacht Club and the bay front geuer-

Cresae's touring car, were taken lo the j “'Jy lower section of the city. Keturulng. j 0t a stop w as made at tbe' Bind la. Pro- j * uU) vloua to their arrival at tbs wreck, a : punch bowl and two brouee vases, originally taken from the vesael, were placed In the bold of the ship. When he vDltota reached the wreck, Abel >. Bcull' donned a divert* suit and cut doen into tbe thlp. A fe» moirnts later, hereinnied to terra tlrma, brtugluy wlib him the bowl aud vases. These articles were presented lo Mrs. Wearer as souvenirs of tba occasion.

• err admired by tbe visitors IU journey around the cl(y, the

auto was halted in from oftheBiOin.vri. ‘office, and the Meyor took a

look at tbe building

II was nearly 6 o'clock when Mayor and Mr*. Weaver took the return boat

lo Langport.

Mayor Weaver expressed himself as mort than delighted with Ocean City, and be promised to become better qualnled with this resort. In this connection. It may he stated that he expects to pay another visit to (Ocean City daring the coming summer 1

MORE COTTAGES

Geo. C. Bartlett, Jr , of Philadelphia, has purchased from H. F.

Btantoo a lot on the west comer of In lact, thal_

Third street and Bay avenue, SSxSOU. Mr. Bartlett will erart a cottage.

Mr. Stanton has alao sold a flfty-foot * on tba bay front to Joo. W. Gross, Philadelphia lawyer, who will build an atmcUre cottage.

BIG RECEIPTS

It Is reported that tbe Ocean City Electric Railway dld'im unusually big

reday, Friday and Satur-

a wise aud proper move for

CHURCH OVERFLOWED

Rev. J. Ward Gamble, D. D., the pastor, delivered a masterful sermon on “A Spiritual Resurrection’ lo tbe First M. E. Church on Sunday evening. The church was crowded, and very many were unable to gain admittance. Dr. Gambia took his text from JohiT, 5^4. He mid that the bodily resurrection la tbe holy work of God without our co-operallou or consent. In It we are wholly passive. But In this resurrection we hare a part, and It la Impossible without oar consent, fact of tba bodily resurrection will not effect tba fact or atala In scarcity, but this determines It. The blble distinctly

not two oondltloos of tbe a person have but one life be wlU have two deaths—tbe death of tbe body and tbe death of tbe aoul. If be he born again, be will have but one death Tbe epeaker then gave Scriptural proofs of t. I ^ but of the’' second. Is from birth; the second life Iritual death The change at conversion Is so radical as to make this figure pertinent. All men have fallen Into a spiritual grave. By another figure It Is called regeueratiou, or the new birth. Dr. Gamble gave lllu>tratlmi> In the way of tmtlmony by |ier*ons who dr dared that they had |<as>«d tram death' unto.life. Dr. Summerville said be wa* Corn in Preston. England. In IT'JM aud bom again In Dublin, Ireland, lo 1817.

1 mailer of

This pissing tuus 1

paw*ii si knowledge. No perron can be rabwd from4he dead without being

conscious of It.

"Have you.passed from death re Hfef" queried Dr. Gamble. “If not, why not?” Those who wished lo do

1 were Invited lo

Dr. Gamble's sermon In the moroig was highly praised by the ebureh members and visitors.

It’a

-TTY.

oalMlity as a re yoa a de« I rat r. then call on

AX) LEY.

OCEAN CITY.

Besldea, your rcepooall

estate owner makes yo^ a desirable

dUxan. Think It over.

HARRY' HEAD)

Real Estate Operator, Ninth and Asbury avenue, next to fin houar who will show you tbe very best way aud tome of tbe greatest bar gains to ha found here on the easiest terms. Phone oonuectloa.

anwo.

Benjamin Battereon, who formerly worked for Youngs Corson and was

well-known here, w

The Rawer crowd In this city this ytar, In point of numbersfwm unprecedentedly large. It was Immense Roth the “Penney" and the Beading were almost caught napping, so great was the passenger trafllc to this rcsnrt There were more pedpiP carried to Ocean City than to any of tbe rasnru > of Bern Isle Junrtton. and thaw ts Include Wildwood, Holly Beach

aud tape May.

Tbe West Jersey was compelled to Id coach after coach as the mob mwased. Tbe cry waa, “where's the roan City train T” At the Heading station In Camden. Buperintendent Mre'au-land . looked lonplusaed as tbe raging torrent ap-

iroacbed him.

“Ocean City I" waa tbe cry. “Give us plenty ot cars," urged Councilman Harry Headley, wbustood by bis side, and Incidentally smiled at the forlorn couples that occasionally boarded a train for much-advertised C*pe May.. The Beading was compelled to run four through trains to this reabrt—one on Friday, two on Saturday and one on Bundty morning. Each of these trains carried two parlor can and all cars were packed. Usually, the Cape May train Is run In two sections, In one of whlrh Ocean City flgures. But this time, Ocean City waa leading the procession. Tbe Reading carried to Ocean CHy

double the usual number of Easter I a Tenge re to this raeort. When the visitors all r tbe city took on The boardwalk was filled with holiday crowds Tbe hotels were packed to overflowing, and several of tbe large bouses were compelled to torn people away. V Tbe Howling Casino was opened on Thursday afternoon. Mayor Champion was to have thrown tbe first ball, but he w as nut of town, and Wm. O. Moore, the owner of tbe Casino, wm forced to take his place. Throughout 1 hr holidays, or until Tuesday morning, tbe howling alleys did a lively buriness, and tbe thirteen alleys were occupied By player*nearly all tbe time. The orchestra began free dally concerts on Thursday afternoon, and by Thursday evening everything wm In full swing. Even tbe merry-go-round was doing builnees, including tbe butchering of tire Intermezzo from “Cavaleria Hustlcanna” by tbe organ. A largely-attended dance waa given in the Casino dab rooms on Baturday evening, under tbe empires of some of tbe hotel proprietor*, for tbe pleasure of their guests The sacred concert by tbe orchestra on Bund ay aftaenoou drew a crowd. 1 The concert In tbe evening wm not begun until about tbe time tbe services In the churches dosed.

ENJOYED VISIT

NEW AUTO ACT

■ w Cities Is Kite In

The members of the Fldells Club, of Philadelphia, Here as the guests of Dr. and Mrs. B. E. Ayara, over the Easter days, enjoyed their vMt to the

fullest extent. . _ _ Amongolher things, they were given *“ •Izmage suits may he an auto ride by Mra. L. M.Crasm. and . u . r .*?“L er !L“^i d j^ 1 *2

! of the boys look a ewh

Doctors aud military autborlUm are tempted from the speed law In the sw auto act. The btli as It (tends •vide* for registrations of all amoisU —make the secretary of

ro.anu n |ba, numbers for^thelr**...... „.»- In the chines, under certain rastnctlona. Tba

Tbe club members look their meals the Sterling, where they were hospitably entertained by Wm. K. Wick,

tbe proprietor.

Those In tbe party were Misses Florence Baker, Irene Barton, Katherine Llndell, Hannah Goodman, Aguea Vauderbuken auu Elsie Payne, Harry Llnderman, Frank Blraka, Francis Vanderbukan, Raymond Payne, Grimes, Hr.*. C. Beale, Chas Bailey and Rnssell Foster.

BIG SALE OF LAND

to be 81 per year, with 83 a year fbr higher |iower cars. I uloxlcated person* are barred from driving auto* and no one b to uae a car wltbout tbe cooaabt of tbe owner. License number* must be conspicuously dlsplmrad, front and hack, and , kepi clean. Registration papers muot bear the signature of the licensee and mui* be shown whenever an offioer re-

quires.

Lights are required at night at lug I* airtct-'y prohibited. Ai

Senator L. M. Crass,

through H. F. Blanton's agency, the remaining half of tbe block between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets and Bay and Pleayre avenues. Tbe new owner will make a number

of Improvements.

John L. Van Tine, of the Ocean City Hoose, will leave here fbr Estellvlllr, about May 1st, -here be will take charge of .tba Atlantic County Game “ * hfcrtgyrtara.

i»t keep to tbe right at

requaMd lo do so by the driver of an

approaching vehicle.

The speed limit is one mile In seven minute* at sharp curves and corner*, one mile la five minutes in ciUea, anil twenty miles an hour In tbe open country. Doctors and military antbor-

Tbe association baa «

Wm. R. Wick made his bow as a hotel proprietor In Ocean City during the Easter holidays, when he opened the Sterling. The house was full, and Mr. Wick excelled himself lu looking after the oorafort of his guest..

In the Find M. 1 day morning next. Rev. Dr. Gambia will presell on "A Burning tjnraiton." lu the evening, his subject will t 'Tne Gospel lu Mlnlaturo.” bt. AFocgninTe. Maae will be mid at • o’clock bt 8 Augustine's Church by tbe rector,Re J. A. Caulfield, on Sunday morn In next.

Rev. H. T. Casselberry will conduct the services and preach In tbe Fire* Pre-byteriau Church on Sunday.