OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXXI.

OCEAN CITY, N. J.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1912

NO. 47

Ocean City Sentinel

OCCAM CITV. N. O. -By- . CURTIS ROBINSON ' Editor and Proprietor i.oo Per Veer, Strictly in Advance.'

CITY DIRECTORY. ^CITY omCI^LS^ , , ^ CMURcn^iiKvicns.

TmTwIliSalS'wirrSn'tf'. lirowT.'' J. rroietu UaarWr.-Huii^y

MOKGAN hand, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

LAW Oi-FICES Godfrey &l Godfrey,

ATLANTIC C

JAMES M. E. HILDRETH Counsellor-at-Law

Otis M. Townsend A Practtcnl Heaahore Arcltllec Llceilwl by the Stole -- EIGHTH STREET. OPR. P. O. OCEAN CITY. N. J.

THE UP-TO-DATE Tonsoriai. Parlor A24 Asbury Avenue Four BarbCrs NO WAITINQ

l N. GRISCOM, M. D.

INLAND WATERWAYAVILL MANY BIDS FROM LOOKING FOR LOCATION GO BACK OF THIS CITY BANDMASTERS FOR NEW AUTO BRIDGE

fif'li; AlltD Corson, MJ.-'i;.":

DR. W. HAINES

That Work Will be Done This • Summer Gratifies Boat | • Owners. ! delinlte information recently re-1

PLAN TO BUILD .

H

EHSOHKL PETTIT, M. 1>.

607 WESLEY AVE.

OCEAN CITY. NEW JERSEY

£)R. CHARLES B. RIDER 809 Central Avenue tM'KAM CITY. ». J. TyfADDOCK-S PHARMACY Kl^btb Street an(I Ai>bur^ Avenue.

Millinery Reduced i Allantic Cilv Thealres

ladtea'and Children, Hat,

J. H. HILDRETH

AlKM.I.Oj IH ATIi.t

jVIadfime JVIazzi M10D1STE

Immanuel Itopltol IburciyttV.lej uv«,u..: 6 0S EIGHTH ST.

-MOKCTAN HAND. Jr.

CHUKCH SOCIETIES. Ttnar PaaaKVTUi^B encaor iJ^lle.' Auxiliary Huelety meel. nra «?.. Adnnm! 1 VM»P>m l.aun —«"•

H. STEELMAN Fresh Meats Teas. Colfees, Fine Gioceiies and Provisions ; POULTRY DRESSED TO ORDER. FOURTH ST. and 1SBURT AVE.

WILTON LflCKflYE THE CURIOUS CONDUCT OF Judge La Garde With a Broodway Company ..f 2-‘. A Play of Hy»terj» •ml lb naan re ftilq and Silirdt) lies. Fib.' 23 aid 24

llatiMi Salirdij 2.30

Elks Minstrels Eve., S6e to HM. Mat. JSc In II 50 Mon.. Tail, and lad.. Fab. 26.27 and 28 HENRY MILDER in

The Rainbow

Eva. iBe to e* Mat.. *e to *1 Jo Thru Dart Starling Fnbniiri29 The Red Widow

o beet

at the I iicted hi

ml <

Commissioners Will Hear C; i S. Hand's Proposition Be- ' GOOD MUSIC AT fore Making Award. MEN’S

iroe of Kta

I'allni

irity

ie lioardwalk were

aide

enlaofthlv ]•

duty aa to whether the waterwi 'mild be constructed tlirniif|li lleai hurouRlifare or by way of Some!

dint nml Bees ley's P •acklng Ocean (Tty. Now the good neu

The ehrly buihlii r the bcnellt of O

DIED SUDDENLY

HI- many friends In Ujl- city were lined to learn of the midden death, out paralyala of the heart, of Thoms" . William", of Philadelphia, which ‘curred while he wa* In a "tore In Reading on Tueaday of la-t week. had gone on bOidiieKa. TEI»

Friday.

Mr. William". Who wa" mle of the nrlglnatora of the North Point "yndlcale In till" cily. hod lieen a "iimuier

wife and daughter.-

At the time of hi" death he wa« employed by Miller, llalu. Reyer A Co., wboleaale dry giMKl" dealer" In Philn. delplila. with whom he had been for IByearu Both be and Mr. Wlltuer, of tlila city, entered the tlriti'a emplny

Progressive League Instructs Trustees to Estimate Probable Cost.

lid building for*.the leag ort at the next meeting. It la the thoi

Prior to that Mi William" waa with Wood, Hrowi Co., of Philadelphia. He waa a wellkuov^i and miccea-ful traveling aaleal»er of the Merchant"' and SaleAneu’a A""oclatlon. theTraveler*' Aaxoelatlmi, Phoenix Lodge. No. 130, F. and A. M., id the Maaoulc Veteran"' Aa»oclatlmi. Mra. William" and her daughter ave the aympalhy of a large circle of

friend".

ulldiiiglflt b

t they c

project throui

lie league haa made great forvy dea during the la»t few inon I Ha memTierahlp l» growing r Idly, new memhera lielng added ei •eek. W; F. (lardlner wa" cleeb ■ember Monday nlgtit. The eutertamment enmniiltee l« u bually engaged In organizing a i

orche.

dded (

nmlltee on tl'ie Fourth n July eelebratkiu reported program. SCHNEIDER A VICTOR

k Helm

nty

High School Athletic

the mlletace In the lntet«ehola"tlc door chantplonahlp meet In the Th Regiment armory, In Philadelphia, on Satunlay. , Telling of hla victory, a ITillade paper had the following to "ay: F. E. Schneider, of the Ocean High School, featured the meet w aenaatlnnal victory In the mile The Ocean City runner had to hustle for the honor".u« he waa closely pressed by Humphrey", of Central High, and Rarr. of Hill School / Mra Elizabeth Steelman, aged Bo yeara..widow of David Steelman, died In Hahnemann Hoapital, Philadelphia,Sunday morning, of cancer of the breast. She was taken to that Instllu lion from thla city leaa than a week before. She tiad been a resident ol lace a number of years, and one son. Willard Steelman, of Ity. Mark Lake on Tue«d-ay iie body to English Creek for

The Rev. Arthur 'Jee, of Philadelphia. who haa been supplying Hie pulpit of Immanuel Baptist Church, has been Invited by the congregation tr remain here until and Including F.a»ter Sunday. At that time Mr. Ore will probably be called as permanent paa

imber of smalt wharf

bay front, owned by private Individual" and association", were badly lered by the Ice and tides during

SECRET SOCIETIES.

i»Arr^£^ren. nj8 .

I in.rd iLnW evening" ol ooou ‘ * >•.< A-bury avenoe. n-ir

Wasblaalon Camp. Mo. JX.O. M. ol A.. ■WjilUm-i Hecrvtery, Kdmund A. Bourgeol".

It may be just barel) 1 possible that sonie other fellow may sell it a little cheaper, but abetter quality—“IMPOSSIBLE.’’ We have it and we have it good, (jive us your order for the Sunday poultry. We

dress them.

Boyle’s Dependable Market 8. W. Cor. Twelfth 8L and Asbury Ave. Everything in Meats, Groceries and Vegetables CURTIS ROBINSON Conveyancing j Insurance NOTARY PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS Nos. 744-46 Asbury Avenue OCEAN CITY. N. J.

Yuhtman'" ABaoelatlou. Wilton WIIUU. prwldani: ^liarkTika^aooiatnry. * — f ha Oaaan City Building and Loao llon mwu Meond Saturday ot monlli. Cr.mid.ut. ttmrg. O. Adams: tmratary. K. Howard Thorn-, The Pontiere BOOT e SHOE REPAIRING

SHOP

REPAIRtNa NEATLY DONE 9IMU Aibwy Art., Oceas CHy, It <L

KS^Money to loan on Bond and Mortgage. -

Bell Phone 18

Inter-State Phone 134-A

SUTTON & CORSON CO. General Contractors Grading and Street Building ,39 ASBURY AVENUE Ocom City, New Jmray

BAPTISTS TO BUY ■ LOT FOR CHURCH Committee Appointed to Secure Snitable Site for Proposed Edifice. At an euthualastlc gathering of Hapdata and their frlenda. held In Immanuel Baptlat Church Tuesday evening, U was voted unanimously to approve the project of buying a lot foi the church. It waa also voted to appoint a committee of live to secure Suitable lot, the ■ committee having

power to act.

It waa further voted unanlmoualy to Invite the Rev. Mr. Folsom. Held retary of the Baptist State Convention, to co-operate with the committee. Addressee were made by the Rev. Thos. J. Craat, of the Chelsea Baptist Church; the Rev. S R. Stratton, of Pleasantvllle, and the Rev. Mr. Fol aom. Rev. Btrney S. Hudson. D. D. of Atlantic nty, preyed over the pop

ular meeting.

The gathering was called primarily for the purpose of considering vl-abllity of apltlug the HeptIM" of ■shore In’ a seashore onion. , Dr. Hudson Invited the churches-repre-sented to meet In l:le church date, to*be given hereafter, but within t month. • AGAINST NET FISHING People Here Favor ■enato Fdice'a ygew mil. SenatotiBdge’s bljl prohibiting Billing with nets In Great Egg Harbor f. between Jupe'TIPand September IS one Of great Interest to the people of Ocean City and Somers’ Point. For tbl" reason, all should write Senator Hand and Assemblyman Hildreth, soliciting them to osr ' fort to have the measure pa Speaking of thla bill, former Senator I Crease sav« that one net tlaherman 1 a poll a season’s sport for a wtioMm,.; • fall of hook and Hue fishermen. W ••Sine* Ashing Is ojt»ot Ocean City’s ‘ afauaemeuts," aaya Senator Cresae, “our people ahonld be Intereated In preaerving thla attraction and urge the paaaage of Senator Edge's bill ” t actaoot in Noath JNsraeg. iblymau McAllister, of Cnmberland County, has Introduced in the State Legislature a bill providing for the approprtutlon of a sum of money for the purchase of a alia for a normal school in South Jersey.

BANK WILL MAKE ADDITION PRETTY GIFT FOR TO ITS PRESENT BUILDING FRANK SCHNEIDER

PLAYMATES ARE MARRIED HERE

Talks by Messrs. Moore and ! Tatem and Treasurer

Paisley, ot Reading’.

I A large attendance Is expected at ■en'" meetTnk to be beld fti tlie

Presbyterian Church at K o'clock

Tuesday‘even log.

_-, ol Philadelphia,

ir'of the Reading Railroad ly. Henry D. Moore and J,

Totem, of HaddonBeld.

■wire la well known to the |>enple of Ocean City, and Mr. Tatem i»

"Irst National Bt

The

Following the enl«. prepared h church, will besei

ed ilice by U

■it likely, even though the b lien opened, that Hie cotitra,

e awarded at tlila meeting. Mayor Headley ' '

<igu«l, >he col ig to put up a HinHiblllly to

hether, If, Mr Hand'a prop- ■ nd September, and pay for July and ny would tic will.

ud replkal that ttiere »

iahed to do. irdlng to the

" replied Director Mart".

Mayor Headley Hu memtier" what they

"Open"' vertlsem

The bidder" - Phlladelpbla: Royal Venetian Band. \V. H. Du (Held, of the Womlbury band; Henry Kloetz. of Philadelphia; Mackey's hand, J \V Harrlson’aband, of Clayton; Metropolitan Concert Hand, of Philadelphia; National Rand of Frankford; Poloe'a Marine H H. H. Lake, of thla city, and Pass Concert Band. The matter of awardlng.the bid referred to Mayor Headley, and further action wa» deferred for a week. collaiMklble Hootii" Wantedi There was talk at Hie meeting of . .. City ('omnil«alonera In favor of Hie city using collapsible booth* for election purpoie*. On motion of Director Marts, a committee will be appointed In thl» matter, with power to

ince'd.

meeting Is to

; ladies of the’ 11 the basement 11 of the church.

feature of the occasion

istc. There will be Hinging e ipiattet, accompanied by

M. Ranck. The vocallati

te D. M. Lovett, of Philadelphia, and Lewis K Smith and llenja-

am Miller, of this city.

David M. Lovett will slug the base obi". ' Judge Me. O^Uod," Dudley tuck, and “If God So Clothes the iran»." lilechoir. Benj.. Miller and ,ewla E Smith will sing a duet, "The ,ord Is King.” The male iiuartet, •iraprlsing W. H. Harris, Benjamin dilier, Edward M. Sutton and L. E. itnlth will stng, “After,” Sai ' Pilgrims of Nhthl,” Htebblus, -Onward, ('lirlstlau Soldier*," SulllCOUNTY BONDS SOLD

' I Committee Appointed forThis PnrposA — H. D. Moore

Elected President.

At the meeting of the Ocean. City .utomobHe Bridge Company Tuaaday veiling. Henry D. Moore was elected

resident of the company.

C. H. Shoemaker and Dr. Allen Con-on were appointed-a committee to jouault with 1L L. Goff on the loca--^lou of the bridge, whether to place It 1 or south of the present bridge s Hie bay. There appeared to be dltterence of opinion a* to the

beat location for the bridge.

L .Gotr waa elected chief engineer,

Hand A Steven* a* associate*.

* attorney wa* Instructed to push 011 seeurlug the company'* In-

corporation paper*.

That Mr. Moore should have confuted to take the presidency of this ompany I* a source of much self-con-gratulatlou among the people of Ocean City. He Is a man who baa to hla credit many brilliant achlevamanta, due to hts Inexhaustible energy and keen foresighteduess. Having amassed wealth that places him In the category if iiiulH.milllouairea, be wae quietly dipping off hla many business cares, preparatory to enjoying a deserved ten the call .came for him to the presidency of the bridge company. Only his high regard for Ocean City and Us brilliant fntnre, as

sees II, caused him U

lam or Onc-miiU-m At the meeting of the C . .'aunty Hoard of Freeholder*Tuesday, €10,000 worth of county -1 per cenf bond" were sold alan average premiui of oue-aud-aqaarler. The purchasers were Hamuel Towt send, l^slle H Ludlaui, Surrogate Charles P. Votiaman, O. H. Hand, Henry T. Rutherford and John \V.

Reeve*.

Of Hies* bonds, 16000 are for extras on file Holly Beach bridge, and *10,000 for the Hen Isle City turnpike.

Aged Couple Had Been Wedded, but Lost Partners

by Death.

There was a quiet wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs Richard M on Asbury avenue, near Eighth Wednesday evening of lest week, when a couple, both past threeore year* of age, were married by e-aniwtehtatlous but Impressive ony tof the Friends, In the presen

Mayor Headley.

They were John H. Crlspen,

Sharpslown, a retired farmer, and Mr*. Elizabeth T. Crlspen, of Woodotown. The marriage wa« witnessed by Mr. Reeve* and hi* wife and family, and Reeves' father and mother, J. I}<'

Crlspen and wife, of Sslem

The couple,after speudlug irfiw deye here, went to Woodstown to reside. Mr. and Mr*. Crlspen were play-

mates and grew up together

They both

Big Improvements Have Been Arranged for Success-

ful Institution.

Theollletala or the First National auk of Ocean City are nearly ready invite bkls for an addition to the bank building ■which w ill cover the balance of tbe lot owned by the Instltuthe corner of Eighth’ street and The addition will 'consist of two slorlea. Tbe lower floor will contain attracUvblaakjng room for the dl-

water Heating plant, I

BOTH GREAT EOCfcS j city la Awakening / The following Is from Hu

Im afler a talk of only llfleen minutes. Mr. Moore 1* personally known to many “klnga of nuance" and othere 1 man who, alone and without the of bonds, built a railroad 160 miles In length. It waa known aa the Monaa Railroad and runs from Lombard Lewiston. In the central part of that 8tate. It has elnce been purchased by , of tbe great traua-coutlneotal Hue*. - great* courage and Indomitable I In attempting alone' tbe building bis road has been greatly admired

by railroad men generally. His public and private In

several eectlons of South Jersey are very great. Hla couuecUon with public utilities In Ocean City and Wildwood are so well known to the people of thla city and vicinity that only pasting mention may be mad* of tbam. Sir. Moore was one of the ploneere In some of the most Important movements for the beoellt of general conditions In thla section of the State. He waa one of tbe Oral to reclaim on a Targe scale, by means of hydraulic pumping machlna*, seemingly valueless tracts of meadow land. Ground thus reclaimed by bis etlort* In Atlantic City haa bean built up Into one of tbe most, populous tracts In that resort. The meadowland ha baa reclaimed In Ocean City, from First street tu Eighth street, haa been tbe mean* of lending tbe way In the development of thla resort between A*-

bury avenue and Bay avanua. PUSHMOBILE RACE

the May’*

Landlng'Record:

be In earnest

gardlng Its demand for a railroad cutotrfrom thla place to the resort,

regarding an auto bridge a-

young j ,he b *y- Junking by report* from

irned, Mra. cl, 7- which haa been partly Asleep for ’ her present! • >Dtl •• J 1,1 beginning

bu.hnd, b.l (b.l, former m 1 W “ -W--"-'"; I"™’'

bit.. dUd .bout two J..r. wu. | ■y~” 1 Hie resort, as will a direct auto route, h-olh of which, It la to be hoped, will be

realized In the near future*.

liberal olfera of tluaucial assistance for both projects have been given, there Is good reason to believe Ocean City will have betler trausportattaa facilities wlHTPhlladelphta and elsewhere lug the coming season,'* fact which

Will argue strongly for It* future.

Progressive League Shows Its Appreciation of Young Athlete’s Work. The advertising one-of th* local boys i giving Ocean City was discussed at the meeting of the Young Men’s Prove 1 league Monday evening. Thki young man la Frank Bchnalder, the high school'* runner. The members of th* ’ "ague tot preeaed desire to show, In a ' cle their appreciation of his work, and also to congratulate him for the remarkable rase he recently ran In Philadelphia, when tie captured the mile luteracholasHcohamplonehlp. He makes these trips entirely at hla own expense, working before and after ihool hours to raise the money to do

ir , *

A tidy little sum of money - by th# league members, and thla was turned over to H. H. Lake with which to purchase a token of tbe league'

prectallou.

Mayor Headley will be honorary starter and former Mayor L. M. Crease honorary referee of the poehmoMlo on Asbury aveune at SAI o’clock

Will Clan age Flection IMscr. The Hellene* Fire Comiwny |ietllloned tbe City Commlaskinera Thursday that In future alltolectlun* be held In that company's tire bouse on Asbury aveune, near Hlxtb street. A* this I* a matter that come* under tbe duties of the city elera, tbe petition was filed and Clerk Adama Instructed to provide a suitable place Tog elections, The City Commissioner* do wknl tq# elections to be conducted ... heir meeting room, formerly Coun-

cil chamber.

It's dignified and give* ywu a dellon* sense of security to owm youi

home at

OCEAN CITY. your responsibility as a real estate owner makes you a deslreblt

WANT HIM TO STAY

The member* of tbe Fourth Reformed Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, bays refused to accept the islgnalluu of their pastor, tbe Rev. J. D. Countermine, who Is well known aany re»ldent*of this city, where ipends the summer season* In bis

cottage on Central avenue.

Dr. CobnteriDliie, wjio has been un ell for several months, desires to take rest, both on hl> account and be■use of hi* wife, who I* also III. While the members heve the deepest •ympalhy for them, they do not want lo lose the services of Dr. Countermine, who ha* done good work among

The Athletic* left Philadelphia Money fur their training camp at San Igton l», Texas. Tbe team wa* Joined I Pittsburg by “Bull" McCiaarv. the ormer Pennsylvania State .College

bo pitched for; Oo»*o Oily ‘ ■, atid made a hit with

summer, crowd*.

,11100. .

Ocean CRy, New Janay.

—

Heud me llvt of your properties for

ale or rent at one*.

If you have money to loan on tint

nortgage I can tHaoe It. Laundry buslnea* for asle.

FRANK E. DARBY, \ REAL ESTATE BROKER, . ) lourse Bldg. . TM Asbury Ark.

The entries for th* champtoneblp of South Jersey are as follows: Ocean CHy—Richard Voa* and Nalantel Smith. Atlantic City—Healey and Naple*. Sea Isle City—Frank Spear and WBBam Smith. Waat Cape May baa also promlaad i send a team. Mayor Headley and former Mayor rease have each presented'pretty cap* for the championship race. In addition to tbe big race, there will be other events for boys nndsr elxtaen years, for which tbe following have

ntered:

Harvey Adama and Rohtnd Hemsley. In a Hudson; Raymond Olflbed and Loren Golf, Lozier; Harold Ferguson and Edward Rider. Flat; Rtohard Vos* and Nathaniel Smith, Baaa; Castle Hill and Lawrence Nickerson, Thomas; Elvell Sharp and Ralph Townsend, E. M. FJ; George Brecklej and Earl Pfandar, Alco; John Haazard and Frank OHver, Lozlar; B. BarWin. Kennedy, E. M. Yd Chester Ferguson and Horace Smith, Flat; Leal" McAllister and Harvey Colllaaon; Malcolm and Norman Laatle; Joseph Gifford and Francis Townsend, Ford; Lewi* Brecklay and KHarorlh Krause, Knox; Preeton Foster ,nd Then. Hooper, Marion No. g; Heric rt H Basel and Elbert Trout, Block, and Russell Wyley and Rom f The Young Meu'sPi has given two m exclusive of Hie cl rbero will be a uuml phie*. ptesantad by t here, Including & O. Adrfmt, /

citizen. Think It

HARRY HEADLEY,

Real EM ate Operator, Ninth and As avenue, next to Are house who

, nd Kor Haul—Cottages and — —,, 1 to be! moat desirable Ibcattoos to Oman City. troUey Hue. between Slxthand Twalftl terms I A pply to A. Cotton 819 Aabnty avenue, etreeu. Family of Urea. Addreae A.

”— I Camden P. O., N. J. »

a furnished