OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXViI.

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, UXHi.

NO. 18

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OceanCity Sentinel 3 t. Abbott, m. d„ r^bixtud WnUr riijktf'iHH and NurK«-oii, OCCAN Cixv. M.ai. OFFICE-Oner Culnl ud ElJkU -JUnL R CURTIS ROBINSON or, ' e «, MO “«» Bd,.« «d p«,pr.e.o, J. c HUTCHINSON. M. D. (i.ou P«r Yen. Strictly in Adv.mc 11OtnOBOpatblMt. 50 Y ** , No. HU-l Ocoun A ventn•. 1>n lO^Vlt-X m.

NJIOWARIUJUKIVM.D. S09 Wfslt-y Avenu.f-

RALPH L. GOFF,

jy|()Ji(iAN, HAND, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

JONATHAN HAND. CN>un««‘llor-nt- I .it

O.VKRISON II YOOKHKKS CoiinH«tIlo»*“n I - I \v.

I jLAW OlJ-TCEs"".' ” I Apgar &. Boswell,

■ LAW OFPICES I Godfrey & Godfrey,

CIVIL ENGINEER

SURVEYOR.

CONVEYANCER

MARRY' M. RICE, KEUISTEKtO ARCHITECT w ITutldon A» *s.. UolllniCMWooU. • - * IN. J.

CITY’S FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPE MAY YACHTS GIVE THIS RESORT LESS PROPERTY WORTH $50,000 WILL BE HERE OF OCEAN GROVE’S STYLE

Chief Rush Gives Detailed | Report of Holdings of i ADVERTISEMENTS

the Companies.

George W. Ernst GENERAL HAULING

7iti Sum! h

licb .lie la |irou<]. Ibe leadlliK and la nurt. wbu are al»a Ibelr^Jlvea, w IIbn oprettrve Ibe propel

The Ibree ••ompai In IlKbl a lire, tbeli 1 allied by Eire Cbb

II IIxr

V. GR1SCOM, M. D. nil ST. ANli WKSI.KY AVI

£)K. CHARLES B. RIDER

S09 Central Avenue

;bler Huab, « bn la one ■urn abo have lllled Ibe lolluMliiK liRiiraa:

ARE SCANDALOUS >0 Says Rev. W. II. Bnrrell, Who Tells of City Fonud- 1

crs' Purposes.

Delegation from This City were Well Entertained

at Sister Besort

snoemaker Lumtiei Co..

GARAGE

Toeinb aud Weal Avenue, Ol'KAN CITY, IV. J.

I^nirtb claaa 1 rnlary Double aetaif ba I’air of bomea .. I'omblnallon c bone wagon double aet barue

Two lota, Mix lin feet.. Fire alarm ayateni, (iai

deep regret. 1 nr original In-

ATLANTIC CITY.

■ JAMES M. E. Hll.DKE ill Counsellor-al-l ..ut I .0.1 aolirttor. XtMet ao.l oar n.— 1

LAW OFFICES OF Herbert R. Voorhees,

The Latest Effects in summer FOOTWEAR at

PREPARING TO GIVE BIG FAIR

Ladies' Aid Society of M. E. 1

Church Actively at

Work.

I be l.ndirto' AM Soelety of the Ktrat ] M. K. I 'bnreb w ill Imld a barar in a la-ntral tocaibip on ibe boardwalk*

on Auguat lltb.

TRe^ilowIng t>ituralll«w bare been ,

apppulnted:

Su|wrviatug -Mra Harry Headley, j Mra. W. Scott 11 and, Mr-. Ibtuliarl'

and Mra. Nrlaon Sotiy.

Solb-lling Mra. iKrautbr* Suilll), Mra. N. Sony, Mra J. < onver. Mr-. N Irodfrey, Mra. H. H. Adami., llertle Stile-, Mr-. J. W. tiamble, Mra J M. ('beater,• Mra. K. W. Kdtrarda: Mra. 11. L tioff, Miaaea Maggie fiurtey and (Iran- Miamblr and Mi

lambell.

Ire ervam—Hiram Mowrer < andy-M r- U. W. Kdwai Flower*—Mlaa l.lmie Abla.tt, Mra. W. K. Maaaey and Miaa tiraoe Uamble. fake-Mra, Sami. H. Saaipano', Mra. Jeaae fonver and Mlaa Km ilia

l hooka, I I lov

■r Koala TTieDeni

j fork, 1'Siameae, 4 |ialr bin

ebet

caua for aee nd colidl-1 ua f aoda, I i prl

> bad t

j lion, U above!-, 1 barrel ; funnel, ^ -leg ladder., I

! clipper., I borae bucket, J carboy religl. of acid, rope for roping oil' Urea, 23$ ' Had ' feel chemical boae, 5« feel garden hoae. : poi

live Aaaocla : Klalc, mol

»lib i Klaie w uler- ! year, a

nd w

and* con-e<|uenlly dbl hiae »llli ua in our original

- obligaliun. aud purpoae. The commitlee ■ held ou to our original pur-, Ibat, mote than III

iud religion, obligatioui

datyleaWlime, and wa-

for a|a-tafand beauty.

ely, Hell

MAHAN SHOE COMPANY 756 Asbury Avenue

kept the control

-Ocean City aa we ab uld have

» uuo ** would not have been dl.bi

4 TOO land d lag raced, aa we have 1(w j recently, by the acandaloua adv t> «W “ ,ei, t* lu ll,e d » 1, y pa|*r» of 1 Win | '"T" aud dancing club, aud ungodly pcrformaucea which

dlagrace tn our city.

Kd. I

by

NOT CHEAPEST, BUT LEAST EXPENSIVE j

PLUMBING, HEATING, ROOFING 8>*. IS. OOIWI5K 652 and 654 Asbury Ave., - Ocean City, N. J.

bkai. tarrawi: ami> ii

N. C. Clelland REAL ESTATE BROKER

e^-s.b ,

MODERN PLUMBING AND HEATING ALLOWAY M. SMITH & CO.

iSucccaaora lo H. A. W. Smith)

Samuel Schurch - Kl 1 ^SBliRV AVENUE, OCEAN CITY, N. j.

REAL ESTATE-**:'! AND INSURANCE !(H liberj In., Oou tllj, H. J.

Tlil.ttPMONI:. 83 Y.

o. i— lake: • REAL ESTATE AGENT..

Money forJMortga^-.r JORDAN MATHfeWS

W. L. BERRY, Manufacturing Jeweler, NO. aa SOITtl SECOND ST.. flilladeipailw. »*».

SUSHORE FURNITURE °t Kvarr Uaaerlplioa at Gallaqher'e I •. SECOND STIICCT - PHIL*.

DAVID MUIR, JR., Tin,-Slate-ami-Slag

405 Wesle) Avenue, - Ocean Ciq, N. J. Ke|ialr* of every description for alhmake* ..f Koniactai and|Range.. :te|iairiiig done promptly. Smoky cblmneya cured or ii i charge Shop tn rear.

BUTT THE TRl/TH id youTr bound to get join bead

Third Kvlaaa Sllaby ateamer.

Seagravea aerlel truck

Hoae reel Hou-eaud lot 1,300 feet of boae, at 90c a foot. Two tire extlugutaber* Wreucbea, apanuer and Ind-

deutala aa gtveu below 3U0j . REGISTRATION DAYS Total 17 705 Three branch pipe*. 6 uoulee, 4 tire Attorney Ueoerol'a Moltoic on bucket., £ Ore area, 6 lire hooka, Screw Mew Law. bar., li apauuera, 2 plkea, 1 Siameae, 4 Atiorney-tieueral McCarter baa r« tire extlugulabera, J keg aoda, 1 gal-^ dcred an opiuioii that the uew election

■Id, 2 apougee, 2 hoae boldera ladder., 11 lanterna, rope for roping oil’ tires, wall book aud rope, tin culler, aet electric wire cutlers, door Jimmy, 2 pitch forka, sledge balnmer, pick axe, scoop shovel, square mouth

puller for wall book and

rope, 3 apauuera for truck, moukey aguu wrench, 2 plug wreucbea, 6U feet of email boae for

100 feel condemned

Total 2 12» Six three-gallou tire extlugulabera, 2 live-gallon tire extinguishers, 7 lau- , pair borae blauketa, 3 tire axea, bar, 7 apauuera, 4 boae holders, aud Hie Hue, 70 feel long, w halebone whip. V SOUTH OCEAN CITY OUMI'ANY. One boae carriage « s.ju 500 feet of boae, «t 90c a foot . 450 One Dnxxle, 2 axea, 2 apanuera, plug w rench.....-)

Total. IKTY-POCKTH KTHEXX OIMI-ANY Hoae w agon. f feet of boae. at 90c a foot. 4

Fire

Total.

feean City Voluntt

Company, tto. 1 Reliance Fire Company, No. 2 '.iberty Fire Company, No. 3. South Ocean City Fire Com-Thirty-fourth Street Fire Com

my, No. t ToUl

Inter do not rellevi

election aud registry officera In dl* trli-la of elite- of less than 30,000 populallou f(om sitting the second Tuesday of September, aa under the old reguTIicm; same hoard, will also all ou the fourth Tuesday of September, at w hich time all of tlie .election boardwill have to be In session for the regis-

tration of voters.

Her

vailed that Hie rural aa Ibe city boards, newt tie In aenstoi only ou the fourth Tuesday of tbi

■tly the Intent of the

This w

election law |iaaard last winter, t the law dues not so designate, and I Attorney (triicral rules thal the ru boards uiual hold two aea-loo-BODY SENT HOME

The body of Mra. James Querna, bo lost her balance w bile reaching .er the railing of Hie veranda of er apartment- on. Satunlay aflrruuu, aud was fatally Injured, waul to I'blladelpbla Monday morning )- Mark 1-ake. undertaker. Mr. and Mrs. Ifuerna bad been viaire tu this city for a number of years, id had many friend-, who deeply

deplore Ibe accident.

Mrs. Ruerna, wbo wk> thirty eight years old. w as prr|«rlugtogivea |*rty In celebration of the tenth anniversary of b« boii Roy. In calling lu Ibe other

children, Wesley

cord. It

"■ley amLAUbel. -1 fell andbroke her eplual

re|-irted. Dr. lluIrbluMHi

other- were called, but Ibe woman

beyond medical help. ’

Vial lore to

i tilit •<

II like

Stokes, and much favorable la beard regarding Ida gen--pltalily at the executive cotte aea. Viaitora are not only »clcotued by I lie Governor mem bent of bis stair, all of

itertalnere,

l.oou foe MIC Hon Crop

The greatest fruit crop that South Jersey lias ever gathered la cuming ou

for tbl- fall. Owners of orchard, lu lage by I

. ^ ^ thla section rei-ort tbelr tree, loaded j cordially Those who -peak slight- down wlib fruit The damp, muggy ; and Ibe

ingly of our upright methods are - earner of the laat few weeks has] whom areex|«rts as sutr to tail been bard ou the fruit, but farmers do i the gueatj w bo co

uol think this coudttiuu w111 contluuc.-j "({overnor’a days''

TRUTHFUL PLUMBING * • • _ and served refre-hmenl. with is the kind you needn't w«ch Its .band aud lo a manner that reflect, is me Xina you uecan » . Uovemor Stoke, laat week appointed Knmt cnd ,t upon Ibe eaUbll.hment

safe aud sound l-mplo^us and Henry F. Dougherty, of Deunl. Town- Governor

you'll be certain ol that kind with- ship, aa the Republican member of „ out exhorbiunt charges. For new the Cape May County Board of Reg- W c do ii aua*'. Uwiek wer.ice,

or repair work engage us. ^ “ d iaeeUou - Mr Dougherty

mlng,

. It la more Ilian likely Ibe boat will laave Ca|« May on Thun-lay and arrive here on Friday next. A special car will come up from CatMay on Satunlay moiiilng. bringing a large party. The members of the Ocean City committee returned home congratulating Ibemaelve. tbala good day's work liad been done-for Ocean City and tbe yacht club. Tbe ladlea auxiliary comiultti tbe yacht club have arranged for tbe luncheon for Ibe club next Saturday and a gala day is expected. ASSESSORS BUSY

Out Nrw

Tbe local aasem-ir. all over tbe State, nder the dlrectluu of tbe county a> aa—ura, are working luduatrloualy t carry out the projfaloiia of tlte new ta: law. While II baa been explalueil tba while tbe new tax law, w hich design lo equalize taxation, provides that Ibe rale caiiuot be more than one dollar aud flfly cents on each one hundred dollars, tbe Stale authorities rccuguln the fact tbartl will be lm|.-adbl# t. In full working order thla year. II seem- Dial In cuuwquencv of Ibis fact, commuiillkw will be lolereully dealt wlib In Ibis reapect, but with Ibe uudereUndiug that tbe local aaac—i must work toward Ibe new melliod 'lacing values so Ibat ultimately It

illl L

’Xceed t

• rail-

Hie.

preacrlbeil by law. a ln

State mucti work I- being done I be .view of an early iMmpllauie the law, while In Hie smaller coi I- believed that tbe greatest dlltlTtie Cape May County l—ard ha. al ready shown that It fully understand Hie provisions of tbe law and intendi

ery elTort is being made by Mra. 1‘iiwell, of Millville, lo ba-ale bet

Ini-band, who went away two years ago. At Ibe time of Powell's strange

i-appearanee, id. wife accvimpanied Im lu Philadelphia, w here be boarded train for Hie Weal, stating that a. mu a« lie found a suitable fflace lo ■cate lie would -end for bta family.

Since be left, bis family baa 1x4 beard from him, and all eltorla to learn Ida

hereabouts have proved fuUle. Del** (or Weal Jrrae* electric. Ttie directors of tbe Wert Jersey A eailiore held a special meeting yea-

terday, aud derided lo port pone putting Into operation tbe Wert Jersey electric Rue until tbe latter part ot August, If everything la In ryadineaa >y that time. The company lideuda iattug Ibe line m. perfect running irdir before Inaugurating the service.

Walkarloc II. la Kolerert.

x K. Foater.

JOHN R. GTftOVES, 649 Asbury Ave “ ■ Ocean City, N. J.

Masw J2IX) per lot; one-half call rw-

' Apply to KL D. BCCLL.

Capt. John M. /.uni’a Katharine II. baa ba n entered for Ibe tweuly-mlle ocean race under tbe auspices of Ibe

Atlantic City

Auguat Mb. Capt. Zuni’a boat,

—her first year—won the

I your preacriptlon, by bring-1 local club championship, tbe ocean

tbe plecea. Smoked glaaaee to

—. Warden, tbe Kye

All kinds of Optical and Jewelry : ‘ Repairing. AH broken lenses replaced l »** without your preacriptlon, by bring-iloca

Foa Baut—Naar tba Bay front, be-1 ln * “» “* P*"*- Smoked fla^ea lo mlM j tt>e Hotel Cup.

tween Tenth aud Kieveutb atreet* • uU J ,oar " • W axial I the Rva several clreap loU auiUble for summ.r Hp«cUllrt, hi Artiury at

Tbe BEcnirEi. b ou aale at Wm. F Every «

07 Central At*. Ocean Ctty.N. J. UaMluor '* ,tor N 7S0 A * bor 7 r * ye,iu «- |

Robkbt Fishek, Agent.

Ham

and Harry Headley. Fancy Work-Mrs. J. M Mra. B. T Abl-itt and MrHand. Tables—Kverton CYureoii a

DID GRAND WORK

I terrible •:

iai ever marked tlie New Jersey coi •hlng took (dace on Hereford Bar, le mouth of Angleaea Inlet on Su ty, when two fi-ldug boats, crowd “Illl I'blladelpbla excursionists, capM/ed, drowiiiiig a total of eight men. '"ie auxiliary |a>wer yacht Nora, l!apIn Herbert Shivers, was wrecked ou e bar at I 15 |x m. while returning •m Ibe fiabing banka, and seven of her paasrugrra were drowned Hardly of volunteers from Hereford life-saving stalloii brought be Nora's survivors aslxire when tbe luxlllary power yacht Alva B., alau returning from tbe fishing banks, capsized just outside tbe bar and -euger drowned. ires of tbe double distil* heroic work of Colled Slates life-savers, who were reedy for Ibe emergency, aud met II w llb il magnlllceul bravery. In a pile of feet Ibat they are out i end without pay during this tbe heroic behavior of Faplaln Herbert Shivers, In charge of the Nora, dived Into tbe holdba» bta foun deled craft and secured an armful of life-preservers, which be distributed among those w bo were struggling In the water about him, aud the astounding coincidence of the second w reck follow ing an closely upon Hie heels of

Hie first.

POOR SEASON

Thus Urges Writer in a CriticLstn of Rev. W. H. Bur-

rell's Letter.

1!.- I>.ll.,-ing wa. written by on* of <1 van I II, . leading men and cBlzeos: Alirtil ttie artw-lc m yesterday's Re,- ,m 7 t.y Rev. W. H. Burrell “••uld like to .-ay ju-t a few words N” l..«ii i.r .ity wa. U(( -Ii"..lt. bc^lliy. vigoroua and .ym-

' abaolutely exclusive reir- leading Mea and

wuciiimi luiriitioii" was a g.—I one. A Christian seaside result, in w bleb tbe Icirali/ed -si.-.n.iiafl have no quarters. I- • x.vllri.t. Shut It out, wllb Itscou-'-’•mmiUnts, and It U sure Ui make al-iii'-d an slcal place, about aa near aa it ••an,Ic realized tn this evil world. It will rtnke mort |ieuple, I think. Hut Rial idea i. pretly nearly w bal this city i-. He deplore, the allseed fact that tbe ■ origtnal intention" Isovertbrown. Ily whom.' If by anybody, by thuas »Imi held the relus. Why did tbe "original-" change tbe "original pur- ’" ' ‘Lat purpose? Tob*

a double purpose?

•• *•••■ * -lUle business Into Its

religion? Was If tire "lov* of worldly gain and wordly achievement*" In the founder- ihem-elves that changed Hie pulley and pul the control aud government Into the bands of the cttlzen-? Did nut tbe parties repre--ented by Mr. Burrell’s "We,” see that n would I* brei for Ibe tow u, Its growth and peuaperity, as, Itiddentally, also, lot i hr -ale of lots, pul tbe government where il properly belong, in our «>«inty, If soc-n. Is to be tbe aim and

tbe bauds of all (be Interirtle«, namely, tbe people?

• as. not the wisdom of that step been fully demonstrated by tbe growth of the City since tu hablllta-

Uon as a city? a

The men wire formed tbe Ocean City A asocial lou planned well and wisely for them selves aa well as for •Hirers. It was not a purely benevolent enterprise by any means. The original Mea was sure to lake with preachers aud church people, and ou lire bast- of temperance re-1 rid tons for lire island, Hie whole New Jersey Conference aud others, and laid Ibe fonn4*U»II for the successful growth that

ba- followed the change Ii

a lu Its

While Ocean City la having one • must successful seasons a-re su icr resort, tire conditions are quite lire reverse al much advertised

highly-lauded Cape May.

Cape May Is ex|«rleuclug one o

worst—If nut the worst -ara>

blrtuy.

There are comparatively few- people i tire hotels, and many of the resort's nsl cottage remain unrented. Cottages that in other season- read y have been rented for I5UU are un•cupierf, aud tbe owners are ofTerlug ■eb cottages for |lui and •l.id, with

o lakers.

Tire general coudili-iis In tbe town are such as to worry - and disgust Hie business people.

Tire members of tbe Macedonia M. K. Cbuich, Tenth street and Haven «, of which Rev. J. A. Klab 1-pa-tor, wUi give tbelr annual lull cel l tbe Auditorium ou Tuesday evening, July 31. Tbe members will be assisted by Mrs. KUzabrth Water. Mrs. Mary Pcuuock, tbe bert known colored vocalists In rhlladelI, and Mias Dash it Barker, who Is know u as Philadelphia's greatest colored elocutionist and dramatic reader. Hire will appear lu eeiecHous from tbe authors. There will be given duets, quartets, recitation-, etc.

Tbe Bur, bavlug al last discovered that tbe new hotel lu Ca|« May met abb a serious accident, sonic week. ago. baa another dream. Listen: ''Thla great million dollar structure

be completed, and will be

Ibe Uugible beginning of that new era which Cape May is to blossom forth, not only aa tbe greatest of re-

mrta, but aa a commercial port.”

For Bark.—Bloop-yarht Osprey, 29 ft. long, 9 fL beam, 3U ft. W. L.; two — summer cabin. Tbe bert

in tbe Ocean City fleet. Low

M al once. Address Wm. D. m Drexei Bldg., 1'tilla- terton

built Is

esn-d

Tbe reverend geuUeman refers to iceau (irove as being under a goveruueul preferable to oura. I wish to dissent. Asbury Park hi in every eenae

lo the question of

schools and churches, especially churches. Only one church m Ocean (irove, and that lias bad a struggle. Idle Asbury- Park baa a dozen flue, thrifty hud magnificent churches, a far more filllug pattern for ua. Oita huge religious enterprise (bat w helms rrytblng for a couple of mouths In j-ue summer end then is dosed np, leevlug ouc lone church, la not what •-■ean City should desire—and does id wanl. Ulve ua leasofOceau Orove

rxl more of Asbury Park.

Mr. Kurn-ll speaks of turning tba ty over Into the bauds of “laud specuibirs Hiijf money seekers.” Just so. Borne ycA* ago one of tbe prominent nicnibe J of tbe Association met another HJoiulurut member of the mid

:b>n and tbe following colloquy " Hrot her, are you making any and receiving a doubtful tbe cfTect that money mal- ' not a- promising aa b* could

desire, replied, "I bare put (70.000

•lapping the place where tbe

iswketbook Is usually carried. It la *™wUjr believed Ibat tbe original

bail an eye to business when

they turned It over to Hie "money

seeker-."

ut good Older aud a civil Bunday. a Christian Babbath and cooconduct. There b> such a tblug Billing at a gnat and swallowing I." Tbe writer has no Interest In Hie “hops and dancea" In hotels by Hieguert*. But C

'advertised" hat. I,et'- tackle them first. does lie ca have plenty of good, wht ■f. far better and cheaper than «. What'-needed I- more fountains distributed throughout tbe dty. If Hie "Originals'' will turn In and help Kb give this oily tbe appearance of mg exceptionally Christian, by belp- ' to erect such churches aa other rworta thal make leas claim now bare, I w e liave not, and spend less time quibbling, It will be far more to tbe IkiIiiL and I thtuk more Christian.

Gray.

Dr. Clarence B. Birouse, an evangelist from Balem, Va., will have charge of Hie revival services during tbe uamp meeting here tbi* year. The camp will open on August 11. Evangelist H^rn-nn and Itevs. J. F. 6haw aud ti. It lluruwoud will be among

principal speakers.

Frambcs Smith, a young sou of F. J. Smith, fell from bu> wheel Friday noon, at Blxib aud Asbury areami broke one of bis arms. The boy wa* picked up by Clarence Ferguson, w ho was driving by, and takan

291 h -treats, of interest to either investor. or tbose desiring to build. Inquire of A. D. Barrows, Ocean City