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OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXXI.

OCEAN CITY, N. J.. THURSDAY, FlfrHmARY

l, 1912

NO. 44

OceanCity Sentinel

R CURTIS ROBESON Editor »nd Proprietor , Ji.oo Per Year, Strictly in Advance.

A1-roilNr.AK.AT-l. AW. IVIORGAN HAND^ ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT-LAW,

IRA E. WALL

(Opposite public Hull mom. l'mv Offices °

Apgar &. Boswell,

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KNL E aud KIU1ITU MTRKKT

725 Central Ave. ! j^aW OFFICES OceanCity New Jersey Godfrey & Godfrey.

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JAMES M. E. HILDRETH Cou n scl lor-at-Law

Plain and Oecaratiia Paperhanger ' K, -" m,n ' r ,n _ oniee-.N0.211 Oeean Mtrwt . Estimates Chtcrfully Given t Atr. ma> t.iTt.N. j A Post Cord will bring our ser- QtiS M. Townsend vice to you. ,\ Pmetieal Heaahore Arebllec EIGHTH STREET, OPR. P. O. OCEAN CITY. N. J. .

Y N. GRISCOM, M. I). EIOHTH HT. ANp WErtKKY AVI; fl Allen eorson,M.D.‘S

Sifi Wealey Avenue

Ocean City New Jersey DR- W. P. HAINES

HkRSCIIEL PETTIT. M. 1). 807 WESLEY AVE. OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY

fls Allis taFJtm Cj. t ^^ lor

824 Anbury Avenue

Car. Stiemii aji Asim Ait, i

. Pour liurbent

WANT BIG CELEBRATION ~ HERE ON FOURTH OF JULY

TO

YACHT CLUB FORMALLY ACCEPTS HUMBRECHT OFFER

Occao City

Rew Jersey'

QR. CHARLES B. RIDER 809 Central Avenue

lyfADDOCK'S PHARMACY Klsbtb Street and Aabury Avenue. rvuuwumd Hynip Hji-Ii*..|,rillr.. a tntr (aeatuia ona^ 'yilfPRICE 75C^9t Cub rrruudnl It Dot utlafartun

Millinery Reduced Atlantic City Thealres

PLAIN and DECORATIVE | uai™'and Cbadreu'. ii.ta

PAPERHANGING ” et II. Rive you an a e.tliiiate a ■arice tor r.liniallnR.

at a ipeat rednetiou. J. H, HILDRETH

APOUOj tlEATjii.

JVladame JVIazzi WODISTB

DENH&HEMSLEYiS^Tr-r.:.

WHOI.ESAU AND RETAIL DEALER IA

DENN'S

CELEBRATED ICE, v % !

CREAM

124 Isbuiy lie.. Ocean Oil), N. J. WetblliiK Partlea and Picnic, a Spec laity. Your trade anllcUed. OrdetHdellvered. ProtuptallentliHi. Milk and Cream alway. on baud. ■ Itolh I'lHiiie..

MORGAN HAND. Jh.

K. A. PORTF.R

H. STEELMAN Fresh Meats Teas; Coflaas. Fine Graceiies

and Prciisions .

POULTRY DRESSED TO ORDER

r . a h■ ' Hi™ SI. and 4SBURI HE, Contraclmg and Grading on^un.,,,, IOM Aabury Avenue orders receive promrl aticntlon. Ocean City New Jersey - ■

Tliirsdsj, Fib. 1. MiL 2.30; E11. 8.30 Two Iluan Life Motion Pictures . All Seat!. Wo

Frl nil Sil Em., F^.. 2 nd 3 OiDj Ma Im it 3 30 The Al. Martin Ktu|wnd«iu 1‘n.liiclioo of Uncle Tom’s Cabin Solo Hand and Orchestra, tailored Singer* and Dancer. Evea., 16,».u,w; Dally MaUi.,ieBnd«

Mm.. Tin. ad «id.. Fib. 6.6 nd 7 “ The Rosary

o/.

Thiirtdij, Fibrin 8

Yiddish Company

Frl ad Sat, Fib. Sad 9 JOHN DREW

JACOB SCHUPF THE PIOHEEB BAKERY, . No 700 AaIn'I .hu, Omni CIO. I. J. STORE and STOCK OF Housefurnishing Goods ...FOR SALE...

Grand opportunity for a live business man. Will sell or rent store property separately. If wanting a good business stand, it will pay you to investigate. * j For partleular*. m&drmmm Geo. O. Adams 713-15 ASBURV AVENUE OCEAN CITY NEW JERSEY L. A. STEECMAN BUCKSMITH and WHEtIWBISHT Practical Horseshoeing JOBBING DONE PROMPTLY ClM Ml Olilir T(*SJ 1 Sp-Hilti Agent for Stewart'. Iron Works t’o. Plain and Ornaiueiital Iron Kriioe. Iroti RailbiB. and Window Uuarda. Seventh c t. and Haven «ve.

It may be just barelj possible that some other fellow may sell it a little cheaper, but abetter quality-—“IMPOSSIBLE.” We have it and we have it good. Give us your order for the Sunday poultry. We dress them.

Boyle’s Dependable Market 8. W. Cor. Twelfth 8t and Asbury Ave. Everything in Meats, Groceries and Vegetables

Long Winter Evenings ' COMBINED WITH Extreme Cold Weather ara tpiat i<oji'ye.l, whan with your uew«p« l >*r, favorit* maKaaina or avauiliL! KauM-* you cau have BRIGHT UUHT. THE TUNGSTEN LAMP

The Pontiere BOOT.«SHOE REPAIRING f SHOP REPAIRING NEATLY DONE »i— VIMII Aahmy Am, Ocmi City. N. A

ir third of that required for the old wtyl*

la tha only rlvnl of daylight The coat of rurrent la Juat 0 Carbon Filaownt Lamp.

• A pure whit# light with no ahajowa No other Ulnminant oomhiuea all those feature*. The Ocean City Electric Light Company’s OfflCS t* tha Bureau of Information on this subject

Young Men's Progressive League Appoints Commit-^ tee to Push Matters. At the regular meetlug of the'YouuK len'a.Progrea"1ye l.eazue of Oeean ‘Ijy, Monday evenlnz. Richard H. Jolm-oti, MnrRan Hand and Holla larrel.011 were appointed a committee 1 .iieqe.l mime .ullable dl.play fur the 'ourlh of July. There wa. talk of a parade nr some similar demonstration r that day. It was decided to dlspense-wlth the proposed debate on free concerts In the music pavilion, a. the City Comrals•Inners bare concluded to bore these .•oncerts next summer The members nalil they "did not desire to discus* a dead Isstfe." The entertainment committee renrled favorably u|H)ti the advtsatilllly f having a musical and literary en tyrtaltiment early hi March. The chair appointed Herbert It. Smith and lomer Shoemaker as additional member, of this committee. The rezeiiterlahiraent committee comprises H. B. Hwan, Howard I). Taylor nd William H. Colltason, Jr The house committed reported havIuk prepared rules regulatliiK the playing of pool, and "progreaa” was the report of tho pool tournament comA number' of amendments In the jy lawa were ordered.

AGAIN POSTPONED

the third time ancument before Justice Kaltsch In the application of a rll of certiorari In the new Ocean City' boulevard case has been postponed s to have been held on January 16. then on January 24 and again on Monday. Now it Is to come beJustice Kallscb next Wednesday at May'a Landing The case was to have been argued at SeVark last Monday', but Attorney leueral McCarter, who Is Interested In he ease, had to be In May's Kandlng m that day. Tatirn tn Hoapllal. Frank Morgan, who attends the furraces In the home of Lewis M. Cresse, In the Chester apartments and other buildings here, recently sustained severe strain of his body. He w 1 to the Hahnemann Hospital by Dr. I. N. Orlacom on Monday. Freebolilrr rax Orta Contract. J. P. Fox was awarded the contract, by the City Commissioners, to open Ashury avenue from Flfty-alxth Fifty-ninth street, his bid being FtlSO. The only other bid was that of the Button A CoraonjCb., which was 13220.

HASONIC LODGE . WILL CELEBRATE Annual Banquet at Hotel Bellevue, February 23, Will Be Best in History. Ocean city Lodge, No. 171, F. mid ,. M., Is maklng^preparatlous to celerate Its fourteenth anniversary al t) 'clock on Friday evening, February *, with a bampiet-al the Hotel llelleThls will be the crowning banquet of the history of the Masonic fraterMy here! It will be enlivened by Xpert entertainers, and there will be special muale with every course. The banquet will be followed by a prome-

nade concert.

Tht- menu. It Is understood, will be tie of the most elaborate ever preinted In South Jersey. There have been three annual banquels held al the Bellevue, and .they grew better with each recurring year. The members and their friends, therere, can Imagine what a genuine eat Is In store for tlieiq. Every member of the lodge should, and doubtless will, be pre-ent. ft will occasion that will live for years In the memory of all the partlclpauls. ANOTHER FINE HOUSE

Bell Phone i» Inter-Sute Phone 134-A SUTTON & CORSON CO. General Contractors Grading and Street Building

739 ASBURY AVENUE

Omw City,

Nor Jersey

DR. MORGAN REED TALKS TO JDNIORS State Council Treasurer Entertains Members of Iota

Connell.

The Rev. Dr. J. Morgan Reed, State ranell treasurer of the Junior Older of United American Mechanics, aded a large number ol the members and friends of Iota Council, No 128, Jr. O U. A. M.. In their lodge room In K. of P. Hall, on Tuaaday evening. , ev State CoubctSr rtynd was unable to be present owing to lllueas. Dr. Read gave an entertaining talk 1 thy growth and nrogreaa of order In this State, and told of the great good accomplished by tha gantxatlon, which baa 60 000 men her* In New Jersey. wlota Council ha* an active membership of 136 and 14 honorary members. The fleandal condition of the lodge Is excellant. At the close of December It bed the eum of ISOSO Invested. Ol this amount, 82*101* In nr * ( mortgages Most of the remainder of the lodge's assets Irtn the stock of the Ocean City Building end Loan Aeeoclatii MmUlag Improveme W. Hhaflerrtmtth la making a number of alterations aud Improvements hts place of business. 042 Boerdwelk. He will remove bie shooting gallery to the second Boor aud convert the two stores on the Bret floor-lntn one large etore. where be ^flll Install a handsome soda water fountain, sretghlng four tons, and make preparations to engage In the Ice cream and eonfecilonery business. Mr. Smith will also build a pavilion, 18x85, outside tha walk Id fiont of his atoms. • Mayor Headley, at thTregular meeting of the City Commlaaloaere, said that most of tha city property la pretty well covered by fire In so ranee, but that I bare l« done In the music pavilion Dlreetor Marta was directed to 'place 87600 lire Ineuraoce on tht* building. The internet* of the patrons racelva careful protection it the First National Bank, of Ocean City, Fon Raul—Two lots, 85*106 feel No 686. Bee. AWesley avenue. Pries 1100. Apply BTBmmki ogee. For Baul—Collages and low-In most desirable locations in Oeean City. Apply to A. Cotton 618 Asbury avenue, Oeean City, New Jersey,

Allen Scull, the builder, ha* been warded another contract, which make* four wlihln Iwo weeks, sll for large and modern collage*. Franklin H Herat, of Philadelphia, a* given Builder Hcull the contract for a collage lo be erected on re, near Twentieth ntreet, which te built on brick baocmeul. bave large living room with hardwood Moor*, and he another sample of the Scull design, which are springing up In various pari* of Hie city. Mr. Boil I predict* the bu»le*t spring 1 year* and haa many good prospect* all ready on the board*.

> members of the Ladle*' Aid Society of the First 61. E. Church cleared by the New England supper given by them a few weeks ago. The Bnaneial reaull I* gratifying to them, ae It •bould be. It naea good-sized «um to .realise on a eupper gotten up on very short ootlceand given on a nlgtrt when the weather condition* were unfavor-

secretary L. E Smith, o Board orEducqtjpn, No-

tifies Parents.

Lewis K. Smith, secretary of Jh itnard of Education, following recen heir children. w lio-Tm-e- range Iron 2 lo l r > year*, have not been nttendlni

the public erbooi.

With the notice was a copy of Ih The law read* a* follow*: “Every parent, guardiai

I Handsome Home, Costing

DISCUSS SHORT *«.ooo, tobeBmUcm ! _ - Up-town Site. ROAD TO THIS CITY^ ">eellngorHie member*

per*«

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addition

tie, spelling, English grammar and geography are taught by a competent teacher, or receive equlvaleiil Instruction elsewhere than al school, unless auch child Is above the age of llftcen years and ha* completed Hie grammar school course prescribed by the Stale

Board of Kduratlot thereto I* regularly

xl In any uselul occupation or *erny parent, guardian nr other perlavlug the legal coulrol of any child who shall fall to comply with the provisions of aectinn one hundred id 11 fly-three of this act shall be deemed a disorderly peranu, a nd upon 11 complaint made by tire Iruanl olhcer or oilier person designated, lo any justice of the peace, police justice or city or lown recorder acting as such within the municipality wherein such ichool district shall be situate, shall be ipprehended upon warrant issued lo my constable of the county, and upon

llsorderly person."

LEAP Y^AF'SGGI A L

The in

rlsllan

ie First Presbyterian Obarch held an enjoyable "leap year social” at the manse last Thursday evening. There were twenly-cight members and friends present Many games were played, tbe girl* taking tbe pari of boys, which created Following the game* there were re-

freshment*.

The committee In charge of the affair comprised Miss Ada .M. Kanck, chairman; Lawrence'Lear, Miss Ethel Norconrand Mias Elizabeth 8 Higher.

Tbe Kav. H. T. Casselberry, pastor of Ihe First PreshyterlanChurch,' to Trenton Tuesday morning for purpose of making tbe opening prayer of tbe week In tbe House ot Assembly.

. A.* Weathcrhy, of Millville, Presents Plan to Board of Trade. V special meeting of Ihe'Hoa'nl of ide wa* held la*l evening, when H. Wenlherby, of the Millville Trust ., asked for (he co-operation of tbe people In tbl* eify In IheelTortor Mlll10 Ocean City from Millville by way of a new road from MillvilleloTnckahoe. Millville peoph are said lo lie very May 1 next. To Mr. Weatherby ha* been assigned Ihe task of getting Ihe mailer In shape a* speedily as possible. For Ihe purpose of hsvlug an expla■llon and discussion of Ihe plan, thy retlng ol Ihe Board of Trade was called for Iasi night.*

TO BUILD *3500 HOME

Oil* M: Townsend has received Irom 'hnmas H. Harris, of Camden, tbe onlract to build a handsome residence n Wesley avenue, above -Seventh' ireel, costing $3500. The house will have a basemen! aud wo and one-half stories. II will consln seven bedrooms and bath, and a ini air heat system S’lll be Installed. Work Is lo he started as soon as the round can be put In condition. Mr. Ilarrbi, who will occupy the oot-

tMcoNrcl Willi New coitdlllmia. The Rev. Samuel See bee. wlla. slid daughter, of Krankford, who spabt several day* hi this city during Ihe laal week, relumed home on Tuesday afternoon. They have a cottage on Oceen avenue, above Fourth street. Mr. Beebee expressed himself «• particularly well pleased will! Hie new civic

indltlnn* In Philadelphia.

DEATH SUDDENLY SUMMONS JOHN SIMPKINS IN TEXAS

"Joe”Schock, of this city, is playing with the t.'ape May basketball team. Tbe people of Cape May wanted to see the, fast (i ray slock live nlay. and a game was arranged. It look plaeuJAat Saturday evening and Cape May was defeat*!, 40 to !». "Joe,” until receolle, v played withy Young'

teanUu AjIanllcCjt/

will address MEN S MEETING 1

City Yacht Club, I

Ihe club house here Hatuiday av

formally decided, by m

o accept tbe proposition of Victor J. Humbrecht to build a new home for the orginiratlon at tha north and of this resort, to,cost folly 825.000. Those at I lie meeting were Commodore J. Ralph Wilson, Vice Commodore Charles J."Curran, format Commodore* Ih M. Cresse mud William E. Hexamer. Internal Bevenua Collector William Mci'oaeb, A. T. James, Jaa. Franklin. William Tinker. Howard Denn, James McMnllan.C. W. Glaser, W. D. Konaall,’ E. W. Burleigh, Dr. Charles It. Itlder, A. J. Bmltb, Freeholder J. P. Fox, Allen Scull, H.‘ A. W. Smith. John R. Groves, Clayton L. Hagy. N. V. Godfrey, Poatmaatar Button, E. A. Corson, C. L. Brecklay, D. Newberry, Otle M. Townsend, T. Lee Adams, Hesretary Harry K. Btautou, ’W. C. Curran, W. 8. sou. the Rev: H. T. Casselberry, Morgan Thomas. Robert MeKeowo, Harvey Y. Lake ah cl R. Curtis RobloW. Edwards came In at tbe con-

clusion of tbe meeting.

■ommodore^Wllson called tbe meet-

ing to order, end r

Blanton to read the cell. wbleb t ie In response to a query, Hr. intnn staled that lie had sent notice* ill of ibe members of tbe elub. 'nmmodpre Wilson then read tbe

lowing:

'Al a meeting of tbe Board of Govmrs held on January 23,1112, tbe following resolution* were a u a o h isly adopted: ■(•solved, That ll.to board recommend lo Ihe members the propoaHkm if Mr. V. J. Humbrecht to convey to theclnb a new clnb bouse,to coat 126,000 be built fn accordance with .plane and specifications to be approved by oRIcere of tbe club, and eight Iota at the corner of Bay and Battenea Ocean City. N. J., together with lagoon, valued at 810,000, end tbe rlgbl to harbor boats to tbe lagoon be accepted, end that the proper officers be authorized to take such farther action In tbe premiere 'and execute such papere as may be necessary. " 'Resolved, That tbe Commodore be requested tu eall a special meeting of the members, to be held at tbe club house on Hatuiday, January 27, 1912, at 7.30 o'clock p. u action In tbe pi Following tbit, Commodore Wilson read a letter from Mr. Hnmbreebt. giving bis formal propoaRlou to tbe

YoBa*, Oci aTiYTotl tl

FREE LECTURES IN ATLANTIC CITY Talks on Noted Writers and Great Composers Should

Draw Crowds.

teof fr

fusion

university

lectures, under tbe auspice* of the Board of Education of Atlantic Cfty. la cow being given in tbe auditorium of Ibe high school building of that dly. The** lectures are being attended by some Ocean City people. , Th* lecturers are John Cowper Powy. M. A., of Cambridge University. England; J. Duncan Bpaeth, Ph. D , professor of literature at Princeton University, end Thomaa Whitney Burette. ataB lecturer on music for Oxford University extension delegacy and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and The next lecture of the Bret course will be given Friday’evening, Febru-, ary 2, by Dr. Po^ys. whose aubjecl will be "Henry V.’ Dr. Spaeth will talk on “RepresentaAmericaq Wthere.” His first lecture will be on Ba'urday evening, February 17. Subject. ''Frauklln, the Practical-Philosopher.” He will give five other lecture*. Mr. Bnrette will tell of "Tbe Great ompoeere" in hie elx lecturee, beginning on Batniday evening, March 30. Tbe'lecturee are held every Friday and Saturday evening*, ^hc lecture* of the remain! ngtwo courses are eucb aa will appeal to all Interested in snob writers as Franklin, Emerson, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Lowell and Whitman; and those great composers, Bacb aud Handal, Haydn, Mozart fjpd Bee-

Summer Resident Here, Hr Was Once Postmaster

In Vineland.

A telegram was received In this city | by B. Frank Smith on Tuesday an- r’ nounclng the death of bis brotber-ln 7, John Simpkins, wboexpired sud * denly In San Antonio, Texas, preanra ably on Monday. With Mr Simp 1 kins was hi* wife. . * ' n Following Ibalr usual custom of ipendlng ibe winter* either In Florid* >r the far West or Southwest, Mr aim Mr*. Simpkins left their home h-re h * the antumu for tbe West, and wer " traveling In Texas when the euddei 1 to Mr. Himpkln*. They expected to return to thl* city April 1. Nothing further I* known here aa b 1 ie cause of hts death. The body wh be brought to this elty. Annooncvment of hu death was t ihock to bis many friends In this city and Mrs. Simpkins ha* the *y in paths of all who know her. 3 J Mr. Simpkins who was6i years old ae a nallv* of this State. Years ag - 1 s waa a prosperous wholesale and rt ill butcher In Vineland. Dnrlnt ' President Cleveland’* eeeoiul term be 1 waaappomted postmaster at Vineland. 1 hlcb office he held for four yair>. Al Ihe expiration of his term *» po«i ia*ter, be retired from active bn'inerpureult*. For twenty years he was ■ director of tbe First National Bank < ' , Vineland. He had been a resident 1 ' ' elty for twelve year*, having s ige at 1035 Wealey avenue. H* ‘ owned considerable properly In Vine 1 1

land. '

Beside I lie widow, there are t* sons—Della-rt, who lives In Atlantl' ■'Ity, and Walter, a resident of Beattl'-

Treasurer Paisley, ot Rending; t Road, to Spesk in Prcsby- j 1

•ore tSna ire pre

HARRY HEADLEY, Real Ealate Operator, Ninth and Aa- j b'ury avenue, next to Bra house who will show you tbe very best way and i

and Day School for boys, situated «!• rectly on the sea. with hoCtiuLco < salt and fresh baths and shower*. A experienced corps of collage men as I atnictxrs. under tha menegement Douglas Howe Adams, for many yea" a Principal of Haverford School ar Hesd Mas’er of the Cloyne HouBeliool, Newport, R. I. A few dr 1 students from Atlantic City aud Oees City oIII be accommodated, or boy*; will betAeo fortbe wCek-dajra,to r» luru home over Buuday. No tin--' plant for a small school where bey* msv receive ibe best of iDdlvMual • trnilnn. For toformatlon and circular, ad drevs lb* Hsad Master, DotrahAk Hows ADAKS 1 Bell phone 2800. 1-28.