OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXVIII.

OCEAN CITY. N. J„ THURSDAY, DECEMltER 20. 11HI7

OceanCity Sentinel

OCCAM CITV. I

K CUKTIS ROBINSON Kdhof and Prupnetoi

^ ™ HAV) ' B T. ABBQTI', M. I)., ATTOHNE\i»and * ’ COUNSELLOR AT LAW. end NurKfou, OfHCI Cwatr CtUnl ud £l(kUi SUeet #

n Per Year. RUlcvIy in Adva

JONATHAN HAND, . <T<»uii«..|lor-ut-rj

CITY DIRECTORY, c Aft ™ , cirv OFFICIALS

T.C. HUTCHINSON. M. I).

Il<»m<e«puthiHL.

kthoi -e vj sai Wusley ayexie

Happy New Year + + +

to Our Readers!

V .,

CHRISTMAS IN THE OLD DAYS How the Joyous Season Wat Spent in New England.

-s*«*-**«* >-

-filrti, II A. W. ■'intill. HMHtWr. Harrj

NJKnV^DIiglil.M.i)

■S09 Wesley Avenue.

L/V'Y OH ICHS

Apgar &. Boswell,

I AW OFFICES

Godfrey fit Godfrey. Jr 3 KH.inilKf ANH VYK'I.K^ W

COUNCIL RECEIVES BIDS YACHT CLUB COMMITTEE FOR GARBAGE REMOVAL ASKS EARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS

Award, in all Probability,

Will be Made at Next

rv-vnl A. J- nnillli Vl,» I'r^idri.t. n .

ATLANTIC L

CHUHCn SHHVICLS.

JAMHS M. E. HILDRETH

Couns'-Ilor-at-l

LAW OH ICES OF Herbert R. Voorhees,

0k. CHARLES IL RIDER ; 809 Cehtral Avcmin i Savoy Theatre

lllnnllt; « II,. J.

inland read No

CAPT.J.S. WILLETS 81 YEARS OLD Veteran Local Life-Saver Remembered by His Many

Friends.

Mi-

ni* I'n-iijwnaii Cl

RALPH L GOFF, •

CIVIL ENGINEER.

SURVEYOR. <

CONVEYANCER

iIVTH »KD rCNTSAL AVESUE,

ai. Aucmllii, ■ Human iVUboilr eauir , Uknr) ..rni^MlXoren ri.lrtmi.ll. iod reartwnlli •!■. Hat. Join. J. -» mur, nmnu. tnMa TnbMBarl* Iwidt.i 1 i.mei,. Kulitl. *STa- jna*lla«^»^rloi-A • rtiUy

stCKKT SOCIETHiS.

Money for Mortgages.. JORDAN _ MATHEWS

MARRY H. RICI£, REOISTEHtO ARCHITECT

. N.J.

f» »« llncliloiv Avi C»llln|{M«vooAl. • • •

SBSst HST UE IHfCJHB CBS slnire KaM l.luf ti roneh ••an from Khslitli *lrni and FniBnylranla Kail road Hutton In nmn < U> lo Vlntlm. IV, Him ami lhr lloanloalk. Ailanin •H,, rnry Innir. on llm liall hour Houndlri|. fare forty-dvr rcala

‘The

Great

Divide” NEXT WEEK

The Great New England Play

“yuliicy Aclanxts

SSa-vvyer'” Thin |ilay takre ll» nanw from a

urallliy young lh-Iv.li laayrr

gnr* into Hie muulry for In* hrallh

and idiaim* all tin- vlllasr girl*.

Popular Price**

Taeoljf—m ■Hint in rfr alnmir* of l're*tdrnl <•

Adam*

1 WEEK OF PRAYER

d Urn day K( . t*a|il. Wilier*, aim 1* rnjoyliig thr H.^mearof^rgnTh, »a« l»oni al whal 1* l, r So^-prri'n a* WlUrta' I'olut. r|i|mr

r v*«k of (irayer v»lll imgin In I hr ehr-Nui Sunday. Ihr61I1. In Ihl* niton *rrvli-r* mill he In#) by llm her* uf Ihr Mnlltodi-I and I'rro-

Tlm

I In

• Z n Tr>!?ru* n -- m - A ‘Un"' *1“ J-roil. M W„ Juba W^MaKb; Hacwu*i.

Vuiaru W. Adam*.

*»l«.l. Trite, No. ». I. O H. M.. mml. •minucton lamp. .Sol Ik. r. ir. •* AS'r’kLS: ^v • ' ; ''

CfWketry’ 13ircle»

Oolcl l^l^li

AM. ItlRUS UtfAKANTEEU KOOll SIN'.KKS OR NO SALE CAGES, FISH GRASS AND BIRD FOOD, AT Clements’ Bird Store 1006 Atlantic Ave.. Atlantic City. N. J. *1*1,,. |,nt«*Nt lioolo* nml I»ubll6ntiona« n't " nunmnkorV price*, nt L'laKMISN'rw* l*OOK HTOlt *•:,

virihiMll*l tTiurrh on Monday. \v«lin—lay and Friday ■■Ight*. and in ) Ihr Freabylrrlan ITiureh on the other eveiilngn The InVaI intriluter*. |tirlud lug the Kev Or t-.aik.of Holy Trluily

will take fart

’aged In llm Hurlhrrn Iradr and »aill along lire Houlh ^inrrti-an <na*l te talk* entertainingly of many of n*r«|irrleitor* while on ihr drep blur rm. —.me of which were very thrilling. crvice here for twenty year*, aeven■•ni of wblrh he wa* ker|mr of thr l|■|u•r Mallou lit reilrrI alH.ul llm-! car IHM.and hla wife died two yean tier I l.rprarr two rlilldren—Capl. •: K ' Willel*. of ramdrn, and I 'a |.l Villon H Wllleta, of ihl* rlly. w liti rhom the fallwr I* now pamfng hh revllulng day* Hr Mill nigagr* In

• •api.

A number of ihr new lit gold |ileve* A were In*nrculalton here during the! week. Till* I* llm ■erte^HU gold colli, h raulrorerwy llirungho,I llm ronnlry j Tito woW*.-In «i.w| »r TruM.” are . omlllrd. and there l-cvldenoe Uiat the j eagle very umlerlally d I (Ter* from llm I u M, le of bird on oilier |.tore* of money ] u

l» l* a member if the 11I M. K ITiureh and ol Tu.-kahoe leatge. K.

Ma—e* will he -aid at h audS o’chirl In Hi. AuguMhie'* Church by Hu Kev J. J. Sweeney, on CliiiMmai l>ay Aflerlhelartma**, Ihere wlllU henevllctlon of the Hhwed Harramrnl There w HI lie -Inging by llm children

In the aflrruouii, al - o'clock, ihr dren of the Hiinday mdutoi will a*m.e reelnry. wImre they will be ;*l with gin* by the rector,

ihrm In charge.

CHILDREN DID EXCELLENT WORK Closing Exercises in the City's Public Schools Pleased

Large Crowd.

Tim |*ublti* m-hool- rlo-rd for the holiday* oH Friday atlcru.Kiu la-1, and the cuMinnary •xetrUa-. unu-ually •|OHe a liiiiulmr ..film rrUlivee of Urn children, and ttmy had .|iillea |ilra-ai.l Urn fcalBir of llm afTalr wa* Urn I‘lay. "A Mother (hame ihrlMma*." Tlroae taking part did extremely well, and the n^|.lau*r gleeu wa* richly The rxerr!*e* were ..peund with a reading of Mm *rrl|dure by I'lly Hu|iermtriident Hleven* Afterward, llm *ch.K.I rrcllfrd "The lord'* Prayer " The program, a* |irliiled In llm Hkktikki. la-1 week, wa- ■■arrlid>«n, with one or two earr|iflou*. - riio*e taking hart hi the "Mother 1 heme’' nUy were a* bdlbw*: Krrtle, L .iu*a (tarlmm; Kuraery Ann, Aletlma Towurcnd; Mother Hon*r, Mande dilu4.p1 rd: Jack, Tlllle Hurley: I.UIIe Kuy Bine, Hoy Hirgvol*: Jack Horner, Jvmeph Haran: Iw*. Moifeii. Kua Moore; Ih.bby laKo William JelTrle*: rwer I'ljier. Smith Herve*: lio-Feep, Itorolliy Kaiidolph: Simple Simon K. Hurl-; Margrry'llaw, Harrtol Hlbbl MIMre*Mare. Bdlth llillon; ToaMy Turkei, Sere Lotion: Santa rian*. Karl Newkirk. f All were becomingly ramlumed. MaMer Newkirk, a* SauU t'lau*. ■.Hiked the pari to |*rfeninu.

Money Will Not be Required, However, Tor Some

Mon'bs Ahead.

The budding imnimltler of the Ocean • ‘lly Varht (Tub-haa actil out another letter to the nirmlwr* <d llm club, a*k’tng that they -end lu tlmlr aubacrlplimia towarda tlm rkib Un*d- a--.*.11 aa poaalble. It aeciua that a eurml many member* liavr Ihr Idea that tlm money will Ito cm I led now tor llm -wine, but the committee w i-hr* b> Male Itial thl* to not llm <wre. Tlm Idea of aoltrUing *ulmcrl|alou* now to that tlm cv.inmllU* will know If tlm re*ull* will warrant them In going ahead wrltli tlm Improvcm early In the eprtug. N« doubt ■■■.Htoy w III not be .ailed fur until April and June—way one-half In April and Mm balance In June »r July, a member

family gathering* were held, and Twelfth Night |a*rtie*, where plenty of evergreen m»-> the bou-r *erm very fcMive, even If tlm mi--htovon* mi-I lc-

U* wa* lacking.

MounUtu laurel waa made Into window wreath*, with n*l aider berrtr* In place <rf holly. The gnmnd I'lne wa- made Into .able* and draped 11. long, graceful faMornu frooi ariUlmr ' land .airmd ckxa to the ceil log: In thr •comer* long end* hung Small evergreen tore* banked below In the comer*, and the heM laurel and Mae fialhery rlematto were ored lo trim , the family |wrtralt* Autumn leave* were arranged on the window panea

In circle* or to*|uel*.

If one nwd*ITiarte* Kltot Norton'* lltlle volmue on I .on gfallow a carry tone picture of old New Kagland may . tie aaya: " F.v rrybudy

, frvam the fmr of opprwealun of MarvaMon. The people were hamngpneuu*. of Uiitulxed Kiigltobatock. They were

Intelllgeul, I’lduMrtou* t The general h^dte of Ilf

each member will be able to *ulHwrlbr bi at JaaM I wo bond, ofjai jeaTT, and If member* do not feel Ihal limy care

which m paratlvely high eUndard uf rwAne mrut, of Inletlertual rnllure amt of

Watch nlghl rerv ha- will be held hi Mm FlrM M. K I'hureh on New Veer'* Kve. hcgliiumg al 10*1 o'clock. The ecrvtcew will be In charge of MwpaMor, llm Kev. Hr. Ilruuyale l lm Kev. H T ('*—elln-rry, paMor of tlw Kind I'rr-hylenan t'herrh, will be prereul.

Monday laM wa* a "blue day," In

“calher grew Mnrmy

hie during Sunday 1

DR. BRUNYATE

CHURCH SOCIETIkV naar PabaarTaai** cacaru. Udl*.' Aaalliary *oclelj u**u Br*i vi to) u* Urta moon. I’rreld. ■rt. L.C. Wa-loa, Vuw-Pnwlceol. Mr-I. *>»-. ir.Murer. Mr*. WUNam k v waoun. •reretar*. Mr*. Jen. I •'cull. ** kn! Tmuuiii''oa M ' v•vr-T, 111 'u’'V,'T.'' tof (i »n*rt»*toMlVeloS >rvw* rvuuaa) •eanloc*. Kiaar M. K. cacaru laa.—- . — „■ ..

“totoe Every *«uralay Night

The Excursion House

J A*K CLARK

SOWERS’ POINT :: N. J-

THOMAS J. THORN Florist FALL BULBS. GRASS •nd CLOVER S K H I). / ■ 839 Asbury Avenue.

MODERN PLUMBING AND HEATING alloway M. SMITH &.C0. >occc*»or> to H. A. W. Smith 846 ASBURY AVENUE, - OCEAN CITV. N. J. TULtiPHONtL V. TTc. GODFREY’S Businsss House. 65J Isbery lienee, Spring of 1901, and rereonpecr* A«g: good. ::::Full Line of House Furnishings: ’orKOLsrsKi.'4 IS A raonwios. os 1 u- re* iw. V— « — '■ *"* ^

RECEIVES PURSE & . 'cry Pleasant Feature of the M. E. Sunday School Entertainment. Trower'* Hall wa* flllcd Oil Monday night laM, w hen Mm Fir*l M. K Sunday Scbonl held l^t'hnataia* feMlval. and whan gifl- were preaeuted In teacher* aiid pupil*. "Mullwr tiuore'* ChrlMraa*" wa* the play given, and j all of thr pdWrlpaut* a.-'pilllcd Itiemve* admirably. 'Itorer taking part were ilrc**ed In .per cvretume* for a llralmlam prr*entalton of the play. andr->iur <tf them looked the part to perfection. plraMng feature tf tlw occa*: u |i the prearntallon of a pur*e. colling a *uin in gold, tn the paatorof the church, the llcv. IPr. ilruuyale. The^ramataMon *|ieech a a* made by H. T. JHbtmii. a memlwr of the dal heard of the church. Hr. llruRMHf««prcemd the thaukfuln*.* ^rfekpcr.eucet: Suitable pre-enl* w;ere Mien made to Prof H. It. Lake, leader of tlw cltoir; Norton. Ml** t’harlottr Hboerr. Ml** Amy Thom and Mr*. K. A. Itourgeoto. •

day. It wa* a had day for washing clothe* or going *hopplng.

I. EDYYARD VOSS A PIERCE “GRAD”

WILL CITY HAVE BAND IN PAVILION NEXT YEAR?

| Some Property Owners Are

Said to Object to the

Expense.

j For —mm time pa-I —In fan, jibe latter part of laM aumiuef—I

• —— have been rumor* that not a

Ocean City Younjj Man Now ir ’''' ''' 0|, ” 0Md 1

. R j llm ily employing a baud h in the Quaker City Na*. n- m the pavin

tional Bank. .'J w.ik .mw

of the <1

d l.iXive free >u IhcVoard.

John Kdwa . Mr*. John \ <re*. ol till* city, ha* JtlM | leaM4mre agaiuM a boml beci graduated, with high Minding, from j free ooucert*. they claim. Interfere the Pierce KuMue** t-ullege. Pblladal- wUb Mwlr huMiie** In the evening, phta. Tlw reunmeiicemrnl cxen-l-e* Some property owner* are upwamvl to were held on Monday evening laM. lhe r Uy paying tar a band on the The young man to a graduate wore of e-dromy They claim that Mto City High School, where ,,|l need all or«. money next

pleted hi* n.uree of Mudir* rear for other pur|HMc*. '* * Muring a talk a few evening* elnee,

I.uucllinan U. S. Sampreon and City

nearly a yewr ago. Some

he bulk up a bu*lnr** nmr*e In tlm Philadelphia M-bonl above referred to. He no dr ha* an excelleul p-iliun in the Quaker City NktPunal'Bank. He I* receiving the nmgratulattou* of hi*

predict fur him a proml*-

I* -aid M

lug Cl

Out of Date Plumbing is Unhealthy

If j our

.. , — plumbing

of due. the members of > «-

hvauebuld arc cumuniiy rnbng I ? he*l:h. Defective pfcn.bing generates

(WW. -.n

the atmmphcre and cannot help bus be

Iveathed bylhe cxeupan;*.

Let us examine the condition of your plumbing, correct detective piping and uutall the beat sanitary fixtures made.

^f Wuu^umUng" aent fiee upon appficahc JOHN R. GROVES 646 ASBU — I AVENUE, OCEANCITY. *■ J.

I apt. Charles F Wall ha* been nominated one of the board of dlrcci of the yachl-man club JuM fonurd . Philadelphia. It. M Van der Hercben another-uniumr resident uf thl* city, ha* been nominated a-treas-urer of the orgauiratn.ii The club ha* hip of i'early 300. F. C. ] Schcu, al-> a summer «.ltager here. 1 i adiung tlm umoilier-.

oiisiderable o,>poMMou

mgagliir ■ baud

Cuuiirllmen Steelman and (iodfley I re la red I hat thl* wa* new* III them 'ounrllman Hudfrey *ald be ha* been round the city vjultea lltlle and Iw lad heard nothing but prmtoe for the

iember* nf Clayton Concert Hand, which played

It to protiable tin

Council and other city officiali

bold meeting* durtngthe«>mlng week - , and make up the appropriation UuJ- ttwtei Wedoma. get for next year. Mr*. Harriet M Kilter. ..f Phlladel- ■ • ■ 'phla. daughter of Charles Mathew*. Own Your senior. , who to well known In thl* city, and It'* dig nlfled and glee* you a dch- WHUmmJ Curtl- were .julctly married ctoua renreuf -ecurlty to own youjg by the Kev. H. H. liodlue, of Ocean borne at ' W-'ty. at the home of Mt Mathew., KAN CITV. ;IW7 North Flfleentb MreeL Pblladel.

A Cape May pafier ha

lug: Horace d. Cake vka* a elailor! ■ere thl* week and Mild that In lib t ide range of trgvrl be had not met/ up with the much mooted hard tlrnre , money stringency. IluMnns wa*; going on a* usual and money tight only when banker* and napitellM* ‘ nol plea red with the opportuoi- !

uflercd for lurretmenL

^ , Bc*ldo*. your rewpontoblllty a.

Ifiur-lay last Mr Hodlne U

make* you a desirable.*" u,,rle of ,h * bride. Only the

cUIxen. Tlilnk it over, then call on me.ll.tr relallve* of Mr and Mrs.

HAKHY HEADLEY, ,'tiU .1.—a 1-

Kcai Katele Operator. Ninth and A*-

, phla oi

bury areoar, - ni

> Ore bouse

leoTTreo

rl “ House for Sale—tbe B room dwell- — ■- ’ • ruroer Kiltb and

I leaM one 131

bund, which would place In tlw band* of Mil* commillee about fuigll, It to niggeMed. With this amount the club undoubtedly have a* floe a rluh

GIVEN PRESENTS

to ihe cuMom, tlw acl

given praseul* by the children under theii care In the re-boo to al the of theexerelre* on Friday aftcrlaM. Mi** Trexler recelve.1 a r Jewel care and a number of baudkerrhMa Miaa MarreU waa given e gold-mounted Jewel oare M to* Snyder received a pretty manicure ret. addition to many handkerchief*. Tlm other* were similarly remembered.

Iterrnt real eMate transfer* tu Ocean tty rerordad In the oltloe of County Clerk Way arc aa followa; David Muir el ux to Cbarlea Sacra, glixxi. 1401 Ml. Section A. Alday H. Yiwum at ux lo Iteura V. Taylor |!I*U. I'remlre* mi —ulbatde of tVutral aveuue, IKl feet aouthweat of Flfty-nret street,. 3ua|tx)

feet.

J. Spicer l/ramhig. Special M C.C. (land K. It. Wheaton Houglass). to (Itlbert H. Smith. WW IxiU «u T»7, 719, 013, ISM and is, Section H.

imuotiy ige* and

baaed U l*ott • m.Je fully

SHERIFF-GORSON * BROUGHT HOME His Con tition Seem* to be v Improving, Intimate Friends Say. Alter being In Ihe JeRereon Hospital. Philadelphia, only a few day*. SberfD Hubert It. Corson was brought back to bis kome. al Palermo, ou Saturday

morultn.

Hue.*! the physician* al the hospital deMdid to perform an operation, but Sheri IT Corann declared that be fell that an operation waa not nenaiaary. that bla oondltion waa not aurb aa made auch a move eaeentl be waa told that be could be treated el home Juat aa well a* In the hwpltal. under thoee oondltioua and Iw dectdwl lu return to the old homeMead. I hiring Sheriff Coraou'e May lu the livrepltel.wiid Mikw hi* return home, hi* roudltloa toaald toliavelmpivaHrift) ' lalcrtafly • Widow Wlsere a loot. lu llm Cape May County Circuit Court the latter part of laM week. Ide ter recovered e verdict of fiuuo again*! the KaM Cape May Haach' Company for the lore of her huMtand, whore dralh waacauaed by re war gaa while working underground al Cape May. In the Criminal Court tbe Indictment charging Jamaa Crabtree. of Philadelphia, with Illegal voting at Sea Ule City a year ago, wa* dcpireed of by tbe entering o^a nolle pro*.

i more truly t

tor one In which tbe advent

.pportunttlae of a ■>

_ fully

end freely enjoyed .” Ab old fa*htoned New Kuglaod dinner at I brtatmaa waa much like the S al of Thankagtvlng. which waa generally oUrerv-ed. Tbe dinner Iwgan wUb a road, although aomethuaa there waa oyeter aoep. and waa follow ad by tbe abundant pudding and paMry course. Winter psare and apples were arrsuged for a centrepteiw. Sumatimaa ral.hu ple*. clam fritters, roast partHilge* and other Hcb diabea ware Included llliiuer was enjoyed early In the afternoon, and tbe evening,spent et tbe rburcbes. that to by tbe middle of tlw laM century. Tbe family tree was seen early Christina* morning. Al lb* churches appropriate service* were held for Ihe Sunday arbool children, with stmpla gifts for each, and fur tbe aged and lonely of tbe |*rWh plenty of good eating waa provided. On country bom* estates Ihe laborctw were given fresh pork and reuregea. pie* and apidae. clothing fur their children, not a I way* new, bet peaeed on w bile neat and warm, in thrifty New 'Kugland raahtou. fur In Ifrat ragtou penule* were watclwd. and only by ftugalKy did people live en comfort■bty. Kelalion* between man and were friendly and natural, may have baeu no great glflglvtng, but every one wa* looked out for. and tbe "Selectmen" eaw that there waa no poverty among worthy people, and unworthy onae were soon disciplined and asked to leave town, tf they peretoted In unlawful behavior. Many an Inmate of tbe -County Farm." a* H was crudely named, really had elewuer, Letter food and better cooking than some of New Kngland's anna and daughter! fighting for a livelihood lu the big dtlea of

today.

Hefore the Civil Wat, Clartatmas lu New Kngland, while not e feMlral ol grew! mirth and expenditure, waa Mill a delightful time In tbe borne. In all things there waa tbe re-Ualnl end dignity for which old New Kuglander*

I that t

SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS

retng made for Use opening of the Cape May School of ^rirullure. Home KcuuomK* and MimiMl Training next June for Ha second rea*»u, and tbe ruling W lire State Hoard of KdneaUon that appllcsul* fur lawclier*' llceuaea may be required b> pare cxamloaUoos In the element* uf agriculture, home exaroomIca and manual training next year Ua* simulated Inleraet In It asaachool at which teacher* may m

Tbe m

■as to a sea-.’i that bring* Jay and sorrow to many borne*. Thore able to |>artlclpate In the plsaaure* of occaalou. which should be a merry to all, should not forget that they be still more happy by sending e ouie dimly lighted flreier» the fretlvitiaa of Ibis occe“eidop enjoyed to tbatr fulleet This to a period of

tbe Stale board, and an etrort will be made lo obtain tagtola11 ve attenltoa al lha next rn ilnii. Tt* declaratifin of lhe Slate board that the teaching dt tire bra ache. It Oovere In tbe elemeuUry