OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXXII.

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1012.

NO. 3 -

Ocean City Sentinel

• ~ti T - R. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor *i.oo Per Year, Strictly in Advance.

CITY DIRECTORY.

^CHURCH SERVICES. hail Mrvlce. I£*n .tyine wrvUv.M

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'•OaiiSI'y .rrnloir., i'l io'cloca. • * *

CHURCH SOCIETIES..

SECRET SOCIETIES. • mayjwrSS^^^fenMniSa^jr^eOT'l^a ttot..rt Kuber; werelarjr, 1*. at. Ttiumna J. uITkVb^Howard Tbortk' K ‘ “* K ‘ OcwdoUIm! 11 JoaeJS'co* i WUton'&I’will

rerj^Tnorilay^evantn^tB K. i>r t*. in i-ri.'MIon LoJa.^No J. A. o. U. W„ me

menm every Vrlday nlaht cbaiuetur.’. ball I' VI'.. Prank Kclmeidir: I'nament. I-tillivr 1. Wallace; Hecretary. Kdinuml A. Uouraeol..

The Pontiere BOOT ?, SHOE REPAIRING SHOP REPAIRING NEATLY DONE IMIt Aftary Avt, Occn City, N. A

jyjORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,

LAW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell,

LAW OFFICES Godfrey &. Godfrey, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. JAMES M. E. HILDRETH .Counsdlor-at-Law

Boyle’s Commercial Agency . 624 Eiyhth SI. Occatr City, N. J E. C. HOYLE, nanazer ' 'l:nni" vljii'l-'l nml cnlleeled anywberd in Otis M. Townsend

MILLINERY For a filylnli Ea>ter Hat «n to' J. II. IIII.DRCTH'S

Rings Yon Can "Bank" On

l N.. GRISCO^l, M. D. KIUHTH AND W'icSI.KY AVI

SCHURCH BATH HOUSES, SOLD TO PHILADELPHIANS

!;i'j»:il]en Corson,*.

Ocean City iNew Jersey

Dr W..P. HAINES

COR. NINTH AND WESLEY AVE.

HKKSCIIi:L%mTT, M. 1). 807 WESLEY AVE. OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY .am™ 1 lour.: I*nuTtflij a. in.

0R. CHARLES B. RIDER 809 Central Avenue

MORGAN HAN

INI). Jr. ...fe

11I fir.laMi. Mr. Kfauklln, tvlin look le to the proiwrly. 1. ealil In' lie aetir on behalf of a aynillcale of I’hlla(lelplilana, InrludliiR Colleclnr of Ineriml Itrveniie McCoaeli, who will ho i.MKlnled with hhiLhi the ownerxlilp. mil management of the hath houaea Kxlctielve :ltanKe.4 amt Improveneuta are ronlemplateil which will nake the e.tabli.lmienl one of the ^iio.l nioiterii, up-to-date and «llravhe. eaiqe tlrtii aim ha. .old lo •e nt ocean front and eighty feet On iiorthweat aide of Wea'ey avenue Ir. June, purchamd. a couple oT r. a*o. a very altradlve coltaire at iventrenlh.treet and Cenlral avenue rapid developmeul. In that neee- deelrahle. re.ulthiR In the ac-

Atlantie City Theatres

AKM.IOi lllAJlil.

h. had in ...j*, for men, From $200 op. Look for Q. C. ' tide each ring. birthatone card.

Tburt., Frl. Md Sal. ties, Iprll 18, 19 and 20 Etta, at 8.30 Mil Sal at 2.30 MHackeil In a Dnmmtiintinn of the Lnto Ih.nl Cratiam l*hilli|*' CeWirated Novel THE HRfllH OF OUST By Dial. Evan Sldpman ■EXT WEEK Commencing Mandif Emiag. April 22 S. H. Dudley

IN

‘The Smart Set”

athletic il- - Heptrtnber of thl. yckj^ - Them u

It may be just barely 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 S. Vi. Cor. Twelfth St and Asbury Ave. Everything in Meats, Groceries and Vegetables

Directly on the Beach Trie BREAKERS

KATE A. YOUNG, MANAGER- r

Construction Sand & Gravel Oo. •JOB. a. CMAMIRIOIM. Map>*«*r Office, 8th St., Opp. Penna. Depot Ocean City, N. J.

All grades Concrete Gravel and Sand. ' Top Soil for Lawu Purposes. Dirt lor Grading or Filling. READING RAILROAD DEUVERY.

H. F. Stanton Disposes ol Property to Well Known Sntnmcr Residents. Anuther Urge »»le of ocean front iroperty by the llrm of Harry h* Stanon. Inc., ha. ju.t been completed by he formal transfer of the Schurcb

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aid li

BAPTIST CHURCH

BUYS FINE LOT

Members Will Not Build al Present at Tenth Street

and Wesley Avenue.

Hie member, of Immanuel liaptl.l lurch now have one of the llne.t lotiona for an edlllce In which to worship that can tie found hi the city; ' vlng purchased the lot at the

icr of Tenth .tree! and We.loy from Charles K.'Htnllh; of Pliiladelpbla, the owner.

It la not the Intention of the church. dlMal. lo build until tint Kmund is ■aid fur, this being the thought of S. t. McAMI.Ier gnd other gentlemen

imminent In the odlclary.

■m'e congregation, a little more than yearkgo, wa« given by. Mrs. R.'R.

upon which the church now in Wesley avenue, below

Mnl

in the i

hnldin

..•an front piece a. an Investment. Walter J Odlonie of Philadelphia, a. just purchased through The same rm a lot on Delancey place, on which e will build, for occupancythl. slimier, a very neat bjmgalow type of

TO BUILD COTTAGE

Olf M. .Townsend has received ■om Robert Radford, secretary of the StaudAd Steel Works t'ompany, of Philadelphia, the contract to build a $7000 cottage al Third street and AtHe purchased the lot from Mr. Townsend.

UlYee

finished;

r. Radford, before last season, had going to Allantic City. He egme

• city with a v _

lln.lly decided(u favor of th borhood of Third slreet and ic a. one that appealed

Ions seel inn. ' the neigh-

tinge, which will he completed by Two other sale* Just closed up rough the same'ageucr are for lots .Wesley avenue, toetweeu Klgle mill and .Nineteenth slreels, sold lo hn W. Campion and C Stanley implon, both of Philadelphia. Handsome homes will he erected on

l>er of this yeair~ Then rn eoud noted hit wo yi

any s|»r4ators.*->

YACHT CLUB HOUSE YYILL OPEN MAY 1 Chairman Curran Arranges to Have Two Entertainments Each Week. The Ocean City Yacht Club mem era are preparing to open the present [nartera about May 1. Chairman Waller I). Honaall wan here during nd made all arrangementn for the opening of- the dub. house early the coming aeaanu. Nothing rill be done In the way of Improvementa, owing to the fact that the organlxatlon Intends building a $.111,000 tub bouse on the Uardena tract. Chairman Charlea J. Curran, of the entertainment committee of the Ocean City Yacht Club, will provide two en^ertainmenta each week, and three will be up to the usnal high standard. Chairman Curran says it la hard to fcet nettling new each aeaaon, but he to spring a -few surprises this reason, and those who know him say

le will do It.

Chairman Charlea Glaser, of the retatta committee, waa very agreeably rurprlsed to receive so many notes nun membeiftyrbo have ordered new

ENGINEER MADE ERROR

Through a mistake of the engineer, work ou the sidewalk aod curb of J. Rapp', property, lot 127, North Point, reported to have been done by the city, and not by (Jeorge O. Adams, as he case, and the lot waa sold for ■sesaed claims, when the city had noglalma. Mr. Rapp'a complaint In “ e matter came before the City ComHsdonera at their wetkly meeting. The board decided to authorise City rllertor Burleigh to release the lot to Mr. Rapp from the street assessment and to' request him to Issue a quitclaim deed to tbeowuer.

The members of the Ruts Senate era .j be glveu e dinner' In Atlenlte City on May SS by Senator Robert K Hand, of (.'ape May County, It le'reG rted. Is this to be hla farewell nqnet? _ Fob Rkwt.—Ptano.in fl rat-class dltion, for ssasnn or moving picture house. Apply 831 .West avenue, r — WawtiUi.—Young lady or boy for ontc# work. Call at Boyle Commercial Agency, 834 Klghth street, Oeash CRyiS. J-

■In >

td rooms and be '

,est*ve

•nd a number.of other ordinance Is to be hitrn.

duced April 2.7 The board has derided iliatjllose who Intend making the required Improvement under private contract must do this before , the city

for bids for the work.

dees of the Young Men's Progressive loesgue have been Instructed ' * headquarters on the

nplon’a Hall. The’ dy for the league's WHJIam K. Massey a member of the

TOYYNSEND HETS AUTO$RIDGE TO HAVE MORE CONTRACTS ENTRANCE AT NINTH STREET

Cottage for Miss Bitting and Two : flat Honsc for S. S. Wenzell. 'Otis M, Townsend ha. received the contract to build a pretty cottage, cost- j lug $4500. on Wtvley avenue, hetweeti Klghteenlltaud Nliieleewthstreets, foi Mlm Minna Rlttlng, of Philadelphia

CITY GIVES OUT MANY CONTRACTS Mnsic Pavilion Platform to be Widened and Streets to' be Improved.

cnnshlerable

md ■

n H. rt. Wenrelf, of I’htladelphli o i. a summer resident at 418 A Ur avenue, the contract In build '-list house, costing $SOOO, on A (ht. and so arranged that two m

DISPUTE SETTLED

bid on foru

of fret

ilden

right i

dereon Bourgeois, member from WeyinouthTowiishlp, reached an amicable agreement at the monthly meeting of the board, whereby Bourgeois-1. td receive $12.'. damage, for land Included In the right of way, say. the Atlantic L'ounty Record. The reyJjird plan for the new'road, which I. to open a uew route to the extreme South Jersey reMirts,Including Ocean City, Wildwood, Cape May and other watering places, be submitted st once to titate Road Commissioner Btevens and ’bids III be advertised for as soon as his approval ts-reoelved. The bonding of this highway will ot only be hailed with delight by* te above named cities, but will be a non to farmers living along Its route he money for Its cnnatructlou, which as raised by taxation, has been In bank drawing Interest .Inca the con-

overay started.

Mo.cH..r»oO Mcnird. The Hole) Hlrand has been rented, trough the agency of Joseph I. Scull, . Mrs. M Canpony, of Tioga, Philadelphia. This I. one of The best known hotel. In the city aod was recently purchased by James Franklin, a Philadelphian with many friend, here,-who pqjd close to $28,WO for the houae and Is now making a number of Improvements to the building.

contract was awarded, ey raid lie--proposed to enforce the peneltle. If Jhe contract Is

ul Itnl.lied In time.

Mr. Brown raid lie would have II ana on time If the mail who furbishes te material has It here on time. The

!th. He stgled

Ihst he

anled the contract to do the work Atlantic avenue, near Klghth street, by the City Commi.slnliera at their regular meeting. The other bids were: The Hutton A Corson CO., $872; K. A. Porter, $712 60. Mid Osborn Cor-

WANT STATE NORMAL SCHOOL ERECTED IN THIS CITY

Progressive League Committee Will Hold Conference • With Commissioners. At the regular meeting of the Young Men's Progressive League, Monday evening, Howard D. Taylor, Or. Herachel Pettit and Alfred - W. Powell were appointed a committee to confer with the City Commlsslonen In an efo have the new Btate Normal School built In Ocean City. Tlie need of a normal school m this section of the State ha. been strongly urged for the lent few yean, and at the n of the Legislature during the r a bill was passed providing for the erection of a school of this kind In Houth Jersey. Heveral places. Including Cape May, Pleasautvllla and Hammonton, are desirous of securing this school; It Is claimed by members of the Young Men's Progressive League that Ocean City's location, together with e railroad facilities, makes It an place for a Biale Normal School.

UNION OBSERVES ITS ANNIVERSARY

Carpenters and Their Friends Spend Pleasant Evening .

in Lodge Room.

Tlie second anniversary of Local 1692, United Bro4he>hood of Carpent Joiners of America, was eele In K. of P. Hall on Friday evening. An entertaining program waa arrangedlhy the committee, whose membera comprised the following: Rlsley, chairman, F. B. War-

TO ISSUE MORE BONDS

sting ol

At the regular weekly c he City "

propAsbcry avenue, near Ninth* street, for city purposes, for the sum of 10, passed third aod Snal reading, u motion. It was decided to adverfor the sale of bond, to pay for this property.

Deputy Bberlfl Coleman F. Corson 'as In town Monday notifying Jurors nd others that there would be no the nut day, because of the III-

of Judge Baki Blanton was told ‘ until Thursday,

laker. Cons ild ETneed

April'S 1 ..

Constable George

irity to own your

estate owner makes., eituen. Think Jt over, then call HARRY HBADUBY, Real Estate Operator, Ninth and A»bury avenue, next to Ore house who will show yon the -very bast way and some of the greatest bargains to be

ir, 8. O

L. L. I

George Helk, Jr.

There were add res?os by George Harrie and Harry Gravtlle, * autville; It. C. Gasklll, of Atlantic and Bamuel Hotterlll, of East Orange, lbs Btate organiser. .The speeches were all good and of character that made a strong appeal ‘.e membera, their wlvee and others resent, who were gathered to the umber of 160, a third of whom were om Atlantic City and Pleasaotvllle Bongs that made bite were given -by illen Rlsley, of Homers' Point, 1J. J. letnenson, of Ocean -City, and Mr Rlghtmler, of Pleasaotvllle. Instrumental music was furnished by Frank

Moore, uf ibla city.

At the dose of the entertainment, refreshments were served, and this

The Young Men'a Progress 1 v e League, at Its weekly meeting Monday night, decided to give $10 for a enp or medals for the open meat of the Ocean City High Bohool Athletic Aaaodatlon. The league, on a previous «lon, donated a eop. The memof lha organisation believe In ani eouraglng lha hoys of the association.

Bend me list of. your properties for

If you have money to lean nortgage I Can plaaa It. Laundry boaln«sg|M sale.

FRANK K*X>ABBY,

REAL KHTATE BROKER, Bourse Bldg. *81 Asbury A'

Opportunity lor right man wlablngto engage In real aetata business In Ooaao

Oty. Addrass Box 3SS, Oest

oiler

City

It did not

ridge, who.

family hundred, of years, and James Scull, of Sumer.’ Point, the Istler bed tractor of the Ocean City Title

d the Mew

He raid be

i. Bcnl I lo be pres-

ent, they owning coustderable of the land through which the road Is' lo Ha deslrad to know If M. V. B. rl.hed to addrewi (he meeting at

greentenl from li

Mayor IKadley raid lie did not link Chi. would he In order. Director Marts said he know that te yellow pine can be delivered here ■thin three days, but hot If tb6 contractor tries to have It brought from the South. Mr. Brown said: "All right. I'll take chance," and the contraobwa. given The contract for a lot of cement 'alks and curb. wa. given to the Leato Conatrucflbn Company, whose bldwa.$2440 Thedther bidders were: McCullough Construction Co., $2829; Bmltb. $2784; MTIIism Davis. $2074; Walter McCorkle, $2979. The Hutton A Corran Co., whose bid was $5,628, waa given the contract to !ertsln parts of Eighteenth. Nineteenth, Twentieth, Fifty-seventh, Fif-ty-eighth and ‘ Fifty-ninth streets. The only other hid was that of J. P. —$6,772. overnor Wilson baa signed the series of bills by Assemblyman Whyte e Btale Road Department. . In stibalance they provide for a Btate item of highways; theif-jjianner of Intensuce and Improvement; makIheBtata Traasurer a member ol the Btate Highway Commlralo* and prntldlng an appropriation of $17,000 for the Btate Road Commissioner ft clerk bite. P. 0. OF A. HOLDS DNION-MEETING

State President, Mrs. Bessie Y. Smith, Among the Distinguished Visitors. A well-atiended meeting of the membera of thi Patriotic Order at held In K. of P. Hall, this city, la.t Saturday evening, Mrs. T. W. Kveringham, head of the local camp, presiding. roptlon wa. held In the afterfollowed by a supper at 6.S0 served t >hc ramp room. Following the session bf the camp, reserved. The “Inner never sulTers at any of tbeae gatherings, ae every visitor wl The members are One i one of their greatest pit tertaln In Ibis way. The national prealdent, Mrs. Resale V. Bmltb. of Reading, was among the distinguished visitors. There t from camps' IS and Si, of Atlantic City; camp 12, of den. and camp 29, of Millville. Camp No. 19, of Ocean City, presented National President Smith with hesntlful cut-glass dish. Mrs. Freeman Rlsley entertained Mia. Smith until Monday with ayto trips around the ally and a country. Mrs. Bmltb was wt ipoke.very highly of Ocean City. GAVE A DANCE

Committee Decides to Bnlld It Close to Shore Fast Line. , There wa. an open meeting of the Board of Trade's bridge committee, In "he City Commlsskinera* chamber, In lie Maasey A Edward, building. Tueasy evening, at which a number of ncal hu.lneu men were In attendance. There were-nlan preneflfc Councilman 4. V. B. Scull, who. with hi. wife, wn« much laud In Somcra' Point anil

wrath

dde i

it Shore Fast I

r Headley, of the

: right of way ir

There was a dance at the Klscayne Saturday evening, which wasaltendad by a number of the guests, who enjoyed a few boors vary pleasantly Indulging In the Terpsichore.u art. Among tboxe pAewul were Mr. a .Mrs. H. F. BumtraAMr. and Mra. T. Heal. Mia^QEt Haggerty, LFoster. Mr end Mm. John K. Tut A. M. Smith and ■‘tfesW. K. B Ingham and-wlfa aud f.lodley Sml

and srlfe.

A grand chicken ' supper will be glveu at.the Central Restaurant, 828 Asbury avenue, on Saturday evening, April 20.1912. All are Invited. Supper will be served from 8 until UAOl twice. 85 cents.

•lUog of the proirlng on the propoeed road that Is to be an outlet for travel ^hllie bridge on through Atlantic mty. Mr. Scull aald.he would prefer hearing the report of the committee * ire going further. H. Shoemaker, chairman of the sub-committee of the bridge commltm read the committee', report, prefacing It by the following letter dam the euglueer-lu-chlef: ic Bridge Committee of the Board of Trade. Ocean City, N. J. ntlemen:—The engineering fcaof the proposed Somers' Point Boulevard Brldge.uggast that I should atate'tbat of the three routes shown on the plan submitted herewith I canuot any circumstance, recommend route No. 1. As to routs No. 2, .If the Department will agree to the loll of the bridge, as shown, and If wner. of the property on which I shown the curved approaches on the Somers' Point end will agree to dedicate to pnbllc use streets located ud of a width not less than sixty feet and with a clear roadway of than forty feet, and bulk] aod construct the aaratf to the end of tb. trestle, I will agree to this location and commend II for your cooalderatton. Route No, 3 ha. many good features, chief of which are lower coat of construction, freedom from toe In large It. contact with Elder Island. If yon think these are material fears, I hopeyov-wlll taka them Into

slderallon.

Yours very respectfully. Ralph L. Goff, Chief Engineer. ontliiulng, Mr. Shoemaker read

following;

To the Bridge Committee of the Board . of Trade of the City of OcMbeltj:. Your commute, appointedInvestlale the several mater for the proposed automobile bridge/to Somers’ Point,beg to report we have thoroughly luvestlgated the various Surveys and considered mary .uggertkin. ofleied. It was soon decided that, for the welfare of the bay and the boating Interests, the bridge should be built as the present trolley bridge as practicable, entering this city at Seventh or Ninth streets. \ The advantages gained by entering the city at HeFentb street artf: terffom Ice; saving, of Ont cost, between $10,000 aod $I5J The disadvantages from t

Seventh at Tourists m

railroads at gr

trolley at H

Shore Fast Unaju-ttfn city; the bottling up and injury to the hay front *1 ween Seventh and Ninth atrsau.t Ring litigation; the bnildlng Seventh street from Pleasure aveni

to the bay.

The advautagae gained by eutarti Ninth street are: Eliminating the two grade ctosalDi above referred to; a better eotran Into Somers' Point, providing itrae Are built as Indicated; protection fro northeast storms; doas not bottle t any saleable bay front property; do not add lathe e-xl.tlng congested traf at Eighth street and Anbury arena enters more nearly the center ot tl city, ot the pi midway bet was

glue Snead nine mile.

$876; will sell for $400 to quick ■ er. Good ms new. Stored Ban bouse. Capa May. H. W. B. ,432 Mark it at reel,Camdau.