OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXXIII. OCEAN CITY, N. J.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29. 1914. NO. 44

Ocean City Sentinel ocka.m citv. fs j. -Uy~ r CURTIS ROBINSONj Editor and Proprietor »i oo Her Year. Strictly in Advance. — LelTTLeE— Gundy Shop ulb A8BDHY AVE. Otis M. Townsend A Practical Heaabore Arciiltect l.u-cuscd by tbe Stale ! EIGHTH STREET, OPP. P. O. OCEAN CITV N J. Boyle Commercial Agency 624 Eighth ««. Ocean City. N. J E. C. BOYl.E, Manager Claim* adjusted and collected anywhere in United KtaUs. Dance Every Cold Luncbea, Wednesday and P*c. Saturday Night The Excursion House JAMES CLARK :: Proprietor MAIN STREET and . . . NEW JERSEY AVENUE SOMERS' POINT

| j *TTOn«rV«.*T.|.AW. MORGAN HANlfe j ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW, , «»rt Mat tin Hr aortt, n. i. 4 lOppoelu public BuUdruoi j^AW Offices Apgar & Boswell, * LAW OFFICES Godfrey & Godfrey, i ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. JAMES M. E. H1LDRETH ». Counsellor-at-Law i TOWNSEND GODFREY Attorney- at-Law 1,1 j lunirtl Huiieine At "oxen Ctly Halurdsys »• ^ILLIAM B. DAVIS Attorney at Law .ttlii Eighth Street | Ocean l Ity New Jer*ey » JOHN E. TOWNSEND , Electrical Contractor 1137 Anbury Ave. '• i Ocean City New Jersey

• ; J DID YOU EVER | a stop to consider how important it is to Jia/e your liotnr con- A structed by responsible builders' «, Have you seriously con- . ' sidered the parts that are hidden? * Have yon ever considered ' t how great and important the framing, foundations and other hid- f i den parts play in the life and safety of your building? % Let us f j advise you how your home should lie built. Plans and speci j j fu-ations free. f ' Barber & Newberry J , BUILDERS t J OFFICE: SIXTH AND WEST AVE.. OCEAN CITY. N. J. J PLUMBING airjarss: care of your reimir work of wbicli 1 make aanerialty. I bar. no n pensive establishment or delicti turn* to maintain. Oiva lu# a trial. pnon.. C. H. BACOIN bQ7 Ulghth P O WE L L ' s

TIE RELIABLE STORK

Where you will fin<t"a full awortinrnl of Cambric. Long -cloth. Nainaook, etc. Alio Embroideries slid ljire*. Dry C.ooda, Notion" and Men'* Wear.

Reliable Coods and law Friers ■ iuni'BV AVENUE

POWELL'S •MtmSSi'nmK i MILLER BROTHERS aocorasoaa to DENN A HEMSLEY ( Waouwif sen HATAIC araaiweaoroaaaa or DENN'S CELEBRATED ICE CRKAM ...... ...... ....... ... ...... ...... ......... ... •>— . LAWRENCE M. LEAR >ti N.C.GODFREY lavee-STST*. taa-a ( Upholstering, Awnings. House Furnishings ^ - 657-358 ASBURY AVENUE OCEAN CITY, N. J. ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN RretHfflSHraWtSW" Conveyancing » Insurance NOTARY PUBUCXlMD COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS Nos. 744-46 Asbury Avenue OCEAN CITY. N. J. L. KS^Money to loan on Bond and Mortgage.*a£l Advertise in the SENTINEL

J N. GRISCOM, M. D. EIGHTH 8T AND WESLEY AVE tlflAlleaCorsoi.M.D."';? 8t6 Wesley Avenue Ocean City New Jersey DK- W. P. HAINES COR. NINTH AND WESLEY AVE. PJKRSCHKI. PETTI T, M H. 807 WESLEY AVE. /"V^j OCEAN CITY. NEW JERSEY j £)R. CHARLES B. RIDER | r>entir»t»-* 809 Central Avenue Ot.'KAn CITV. I. J. I Hughes* Central Pharmacy tlfbu St. Ml Wtskj Ave. We dn'rer rioptiw ol Olmeorplsle* n-t II"- j J. THORNLEY HUQHES, Manager

MRS. T. DOWDNEY CLARK " Contralto and Planlat 11 Piano i Voice Culture «' Vote* Pupil of W W Gllcbrl-i. Ill Philadelphia Piano Pupil of Morll/ Moskowskl, » Parts j n Mend for t'atalogur New Tear Resolutions . « KKSOLVKD—Tliat in the future I shall " , give my laundry to Darby '• Ocean City II ' Signed, „ Ma. Dams K. Bwunkssmas. Collectiona— Moo. and Wed. Deliveriea— Thura. and Sat. ROVn.f;..?«.RBY

THOMAS J. THORN' *1 florist j* 1128 Bay Avenue PRICKS AND WORK RIGHT BOTH ||MOHCS Watch and Jewelry Repairlnt Mayer's Boardwalk, Opp. Dourhty'a Pier OPhW ALL YEAR H. Bnrkhardt 4 Co. CLI MBING Alii) HEATING erail nrr mK „w JZXsIl

Ocean Gty Title and m Trust Company i hi of Ocean City, New Jersey »' I d CAPITAL $100,000 • SURPLUS $A0, 000 * Time Aceoenls. Arte "> exeeetor. edmlutolralor. tru.iee or , nardixu. Wllle rscsljrtsd tor aud hept Willi- ( inaunca Tirvca lesuta »x*ac«r* j j 4 VM. K. MAdMIt*. Preantom "j HKHKY l>. MOOKK. Vloe-PreeUSenl ( LKSLIK X. LUULAM, Tlre-Pl relltoal I C. K HTH.WKLL neerelmry su« Tremmrer i 1. VtTHiAmTATICH.-olleUor j I 1 OIRgCTORil^| | Helii "*K»o j aj'MM' >m> M Tovawad j g. V HauA naiemt lAewoo I STSimwn i i Baahlaf h> *a* • SfwUBy 1

PROSPECTS GOOD FOR A J MILITIA COMPANY HERE

' Local Committee Greatly Ene , " coaraged by Their Visit , J to Col. Laodou. iti-eeiil'lty appeara to be determined , to get tbet new rompauy of the rttete National Unanl-, to take the place of the on* recently dixbanded lu Beverly, j and it look" a« though thla town atand" a fairly gmjd "how of aecurlng permtulon to organ Ire aucb company. Mayor Headley, Clayton H«W Brick. Poetmaster Sutton. Kverlon Jfv Coreon and Alfred K Smith »e»rtlo "* Bordentow n Monday to »ee Col. Leu ' don .commander of the Third lufeutry, " ! In reference to the metier end urging b fflly'" request. Col. Laiidou !» the head of the Itor- 11 Ideplown Military Academy, bealde tie- " j ing chief olttcer of tbe Third Hegi- | men! , The commute* wa« met at Bordeu- b ' town hy Joalab El. Brick, of Croe«- | w ick», and T. J. Barren, of Borden- * Col Landon anured the committee 1 that Ocean City would have every coii- * ' I "literal Ion. He told the commuter to ' ■ J have muxlered at Iea«l65 men between ' ! I he age" of 18 to 40 yrara, and ponaibly 0 j "orue large boy» o' 18 ye#r» with Ihe r j cou*ent of thejr parent*. Then to no- * 9 tlfy hlin and aend a ll"t of Ihe name, tn hi in wtthrnn week. 1 j Within a week or ten day" after re ' i-elvlug thla IM, Col Landon imld.br ' and »ome of bl» "lafT oltlcrr" would . I pay a vlalt to Ocean City, 1 Following thl« new" from the com1 mil tee. Vance Kaly, one of Ihow Ini terealed in havlug Ihe company or- j I ganlred here prepared the following | " veeterdav afternoon and began obtain- . yealerday afternoon

lug "Ignalurea: ••Thl"l»a call to American", "jund in body an-l brain. • | ••The clllzena of Ocean City are , herewith preaenled with an opp<ir- , | tuulty to become a part of the or- | gaii (zed tullllla of Ihe Stale of New | , Jrrty. Any male per-ou lie! wren j, in and -40 yeara of age eligttile | , •-We watil 68 men or more who ere . | willing to eerve three year- under the Including at lea»t one week'" ( ! camp duty In each year. "Thla will give all men "elected a xpk-inlld chance to learn to eerve their | country ehould occaelon arrive. I "Healthful ezerciee and a vacation | lu I ha o|ieu air. uuder military cou- i trol, will open your ejea to the beauof ayaiemalic training i -The colonel of Ihe Third Iteglmeol ill he here In a abort lime to arlect ihe re«|iilr«l nuralier of men "Show your |>alriollaui and "Ign '".More than half Hie required number of aignrr> were obtained by noon yea-

JOHN MARTS MEETS ( WITH ACCIDENT Breaks Two of His Ribs 1 While Working in His Lumber Yard. John Maria, one of Ocean City 'a well known contracting builder", met " with a aeveia accident lu hie lumber {- . yard Monday afternoon. He wae on > , top of a great lot of ehinglea, and ' ■ handing enme of fhem down to an employe, when a part of the pile • suddenly bagau to go down. Tbe movement canoed him to alt ■ f down on tbe pile and he waa eeol toward the ground and projected ' agalnat the "taodarda of a large wagon. > ■ Ha at rock Ibaee with inch force I hal the eevantb and eighth rib* of ble left < aide were fractured and hie breaat and ■ back brulaad. Dr. Allen Coraon wa. called to i attend to hi" Injuries, which are very 1 painful.

AGED WOMAN DIES M. A. Troeimaa U"4 Mere mmmy Years. Mra. Margaret A. rroulman, who had been a re»ident of tble rtty for fifteen years, and who died at her home, 83 Aahury aeenoe. Wadnee- | afternoon of laat week. wa« burled al Llewellyn, uear Potuvllle, HaturTbe remain" were eeot to that place by Undertaker Mark Lake. Ben-lrea sere roudurtwl lieu by~n»T Be*. Cbariaa H. Bobotr. paator of the Kirat Preabyterlsn Church. rthe leave* four daughter* and one eon— Mr". Fred Long, of t trie rtty; Mlaa Capltola Troutmao, of Philadelphia; Mr*. Lucy Bmlth. of Woodbury; Mra. I David Klen. of Uawellyu, and Frank Troulman. of Mtnerevtlle. Pa. Mlaa France* tenth, of Ibl* rtty. I* a grand daughter. | Mra. Troutman ware a native ol Peonaylvaala and waa 74 yaara old. ! Her father, John Kaaggy. waa beew-ta Hw lizerlsnd ^ ^ Inconvenience alleodlng ihe collection of coupon, thereunder may be I obviated by appointing thh Company 1 a* agent. | (ICRAZ I'm Tm* **n Tzrvr Co. ad*. I-I5.lt. The Kite National Bank of Ocean City l. centrally h waled and comerva- " llvalj- uianagait. And invte. yjmr I patron ag* M* It.

V ENGINEER WAS BADLY SCALDED „ He and Electrician Injured j Ji When Gasket Blew Ont aof Boiler. o( hrank Murphy, of tlil» city, an ir Tfiglneer In the employ of tbe Ocean w City Klectrlc Light Company, »e» f, •erloualy resided on Ihe face, 'me eye. n breaat and shoulder", and Joeeph s Norton, an rlrclrlclan, waa allghlly m horned by the blowing out of e geekrt el tbe boiler el Ihe company'* worka lale Tuesday afternoou. f. Dr. Herschel Petllt, who wastiaailly j, both men. u Cue of the boiler* had uut been b working pro|«-rly. and Murpby c switched to annthar boiler t hat day K Both men were standing lu front of o the holler when I he explosion occurred, and they were thrown hack several b feet Into a coal bin They were about n close the door when the gs»ket blew out. Had the door l>eeii closed, e more aerioua acekleut might have resulted. a Dr. Peltlt reports thai Mr. Murphy la doing well. GONE TO NEWARK j wis. I. She Will Ailrnif n. ol A > Flag rrwsealailoa. i Ml»* Bailie W. Lake left y.elerday F Philadelphia, where *he will visit * friend* Hhe will al*o go lo Newark ' on bu*lne*» of the Daughters of 1 America. Mlaa Lake, who I* Hi ate Secretary of ' Ihe D. of A„ will be pre** lit on Thur*- ■ 1 i!*y al the flag prc*entatlnn and de<ll- 1 ration of the new Jr O. U. A. M. buildor K«e* County. The Hag la lo ' lie preaenled by the Stale Councilor of ( 'I Ihe D. of A. of New Jersey In the • j of the united onuuclle of the * ' , Daughter* of America of Newark I After the presentation and dedlca- ' ' Hon, a reception will follow. I Bond Ordinance Fasard. r The ordlnanoe providing for a bond < l*»ue of $182,000 to clear up afreet Im- I ■ provement certificates and a number I ■ of notee waa acc'pted on third and , final readlug by the Cltjr Comml"- i *loner« at tbelr weekly meeting. I , W. e. T. r. Meeting A regular meeluig of tbe W. U. T. U. will be held Wed ue*day afternoon. 1 February 4, at Mra. John Marte' home, 886 Central avenue. Subject, r "Purity In Art end Literature." A h full attendance la requested.

JOHN T. SEAL IS f GIYEN CONTRACT Build Two-family Apart- 1mctit House lor Mrs. E. J J. Guard. J T Heal, one of the city 's ralerprta- 1 Ing builder*, bee the contract to build a two-family apartment house for Mr*. J. Uuard, of Dowotogtown. p Tbe bouse will have (wo apartment* men! will have hot water heal and will be occupied by Mrs. liusrd and " who Intend to make their In Ocean City The basement » will have leuudrle*. healer room and 1 servants' sleeping room", bath houses, elo. Mr. Heal report" a bu-y reason an •* far The cottage* of Mr*. Kmlly A " of (icrmantnwn, and (Seorge *i W. L'uderdown. of Philadelphia, are "j ■■earing completion. a» Is aire the u bungalow for Dr ('alien back, of Mer- • cbantvllle. The roof of (leorge W 't collage I* now being put * Mr Heal'* new oftlcr* will shortly ° located al the corner of Ocean a*'e- 19 and Mootlyu terrace. HIGH COURT REVERSED " J«r» Refsrni l.asv t'pbrld. 1 Her* I* a chance for reiue lucky tnau * In thl* counly tn get a good |Militlcal 5 Job. * , lu a lengthy oplulou hy Ciiaucettor Walker, Hie Court of ICrrors and Appeal" Friday , afternoou reverted the ' Hupreme Court and upheld the " validity of the Chaiicrllor-Hherlfl Jury ' law. Thla ataud la taken up- : > on the theory that, lu deciding upou c Hie adoption of Uia law, the voter" of i Hie Blate did not leglriate upou Ihe c ► object a" held hy Juatlce Hwayz*. of ■ Hie Hupreme Court. The effect of thla declahm w ill be , thai the charcellor will be called upf on lo name a Jury oominlaaloner In 4 , each counly loact lu conjunction with , the aherllt' In providing grand and lielll Jury list". Theoomralreioiier .lu i . each Instance la to he of op|>o»lle ( political faith to the aherllt'. c Thla declalou e*tabUahea for the Itret i lime Ihe principal of Btale-wlde refer- } I endum lu New Jeraey. thla, perbapa, | ■ being the moat elgulflcaut aud lar- - reaching feature of thg declalou. Chief { Juatlce Uuiumere aud Juatlcn Porlar I - aud Vredeugurg dlaaenled from the i Cbancellor'e oplnlun. Choral Claaa. Prof. Heury Clurney, of Phlladel- > phta, waa not able to meet hi* chorua claaa at tbe Flrat M. E. Church thla [ week. The next reliearaal will be held'Tueaday evening, February 8.

GROWTH OF THIS COUNTY SECOND IN THE STATE

Interesting Figures Presented " in Report of Comptroller [ Edwards. The oftlclal report of State Comptroller Edwardt ahowa that Cape May County la ouly eecond to AUantlc lo the cou u Ilea of the Htala In I la growth , valuaadurluglbe laat tblrteeo yean The comptroller'* atalenaeot allowed that tbe to al aaaerement In 1800 In Atlantic County waa 180 44! ill, and Cape May It waa *7,(85.484 In 1818 the total areeremenl In At- ' lant!c County wae 81 18 646.888 (W. and 1 lu Cape May it wa* 888.878 855 ' The percentage of locrraa* In Allan- < tic during I base yeara wa* 555 per cent, and 467 per ceot. In Cap* May County ' Areembly ( Jodfrey , after reeding tbe ■ report, a day or two sloe* preaenled a resolution In tbe genera! areembly. tbe meat of which followa: "Heeolved. That tba Htale Hoard of I Taxation be requeated lo advlee tbe Houae of Areembly If In tbeirjudg 1 men! the various eouoliee in New Jeraey are a upon a fair value tlon and If this lable correctly ebowa tbe growth and prosperity of AlUotle County to com parbon witb the other , counties of our State." WILL HELP ATLANTIC 1 ' I . ocean C»> Skows Frtewaix — U_ Evincing a friendly lotereat In Atlaotlc Ulty't eflinta to obtain a deeper | b Inlet. tbeOoaao City Board of Trade, j ■ at a siiertal meeting Wedneeday eeeo- . lug of last week, decided to confer • with and aid. If possible, Atlantic City . • In securing a deeper Inlet frofc the i ocean to tbe Inland walei way. « The comma tee appointed comprised . City Commissioner Ilobert Fisher. B. W Edwards and R L. tiutr. A letter waa also read from Hie •I Ocean City Oardens regarding a deeper I. Inlet. " Kepubllcas Clete MmHsiA regular meeting of the Ocean I 'Ity Republican Club wilt be held In the beedquartere. In tbe Hann Building, this xThnradny) evening. All mctn- * hers are requested tw be present. Crane's Celebrated lea Cream on * sale at Harris' Restaurant. 88D Asbury avenue. adv. ll-ft-tf in Kom Hz l.x -Oak and ptae piling, a- up to 15 feel loag aud 6 to A Indies at ar halt Apply temuel Hharp.Marmom, N J. »d*. 1 St, 9

LITTLE FOLKS ARE ' TO GIVE A PLAY _ b Thnm Wedding" at the fl First Presbyterian Church This Evening. t There promises to be much pies sure ' tonight for 1 1 lore w hoatlend the "Tom Waddlug" In the First Pre#bytcriaii Church, uuder Ihe auspices of tbe t 'brlellao Endeavor Hoctety Prior to tbe "wedding," then to to | a musical aud literary entertain- ( meat. Admhelou, 15 cents. I There will be a piano aolo by Mtaa ( Minerva Adams; violin aolo by C. Homer HboemakcT. sod a recitation f Mtoe Josephine Taylor. Tbe oast of characters for tbe "wed- . ding" to ae follows: Minister. Preelon , Foster; bride, Evelyn Evcringbam; ' . groom. Jonathan Wallace; maid of , booor, Mabel Footer; beet man. Rom e Ferguson; pages. Dtlwyn Palate. 8d, r Alfred Hevan: ttower girls. Jan* (i roves. Barah Bevan, Eleanor Welch and Kdllb Trent; brldeamaida. Catbariue PAlzeomver. Loved/ Weleb, Lillian Everlngham. Marian Everlngbam. Anna. Fnrtar and RdnaWailaea; ; uabare, "Bo" Tollen, Nelson Boyd, Joseph Beeves. Aogurtu* Bmlth, Jr.. " Franklin Jones aud Tbeo. Btevaoa; T mother of bride. Margaret Bevan; :. father of bride. Wm. Price, Jr.; or- : gaotot, Ijealle Hogbea. ry Us'Wsa" "I «»rtw«T '•! Fred D. I»«ty, of the Coast Canal Cumpauy, aud who has a farm at Tuckahoe. saw nine bluebird* al 1- Tuckahoe Hatufday lathtoaalgn of spring, or Ural boom blaeblrd" are lu ~ line lo get tbelr tore (RMt-blllrn? It's dignified aud gives you a deli- .. emus sense of security to own your honr* at ' OCEAN CITY, n- Besides, your irepauslbUKy a* a real estate owner makes you a desirable citizen. Think It over, then call on HARRY HEADLEY, 7, Real Estate Operator, Ninth and Ae- " bury sveno*. next to Ore bouse who >g. will show you tbe vary bant way and some of the greatest bargains to be ra. found ben ou tbe laMart terms Pboua connection. adv.

JAS. L. MARSHALL r DIES SUDDENLY Aged Resident of 1 Seaville Was a Victim of > Heart Disease. I)rath came suddenly Tuesday morning to James L. Marshall, of Seaville, one of Ihe bret kuown aud , most highly re*|*cled re«ldent* of ('*)« May ( ouuly. Mr. Marshall wa* unloading a wagon filled with sweef (iotatoe* al Palermo station, on Ihe Beading Hallroad. Harry L. Hiaflurd, atatlou , agent, was ou hfa way to luforrn him of the approach of a train when be oilced Mr. Marshall suddenly stagger aud lurch to oue aide. He died wit lira a few minutes. Coroner Mark Lake was notified, and, after viewing the body, he gave a certificate of death from valvular of Ihe heart. Mr. Marshall, who was revenly-one yrara old, was a native of thla couuty, where he resided all hla life. He waa horn at Merahallvllte, near Tuckahoe. He leave* a daughter, Mr*. Emma who lived with him. and a Burroughs C., cashier ot the Mechanics' National Bank, Mlllrllle The soti.reine years ago.wa* employed lu Ihe First National Rauk of Hila city. Mr. Marshall was a brother ot Assemblyman Kills H. Marshall, of Hie firm of Bteelman A Archer, Philadelphia; Dr. Ran4olph aud Benjamin H. Marshall, of Tuckahoe. The deceased waa In this city Saturday. where he had a hualnes* transaction w ith James M. Cheater. OLD CENTER-TABLE OwnrS in C.I 1*1. Tlbbrl a Pswllr far 140 Veers. Captain Kwlng Tibbeia, w ho Uvea with hi* daughter. Mrs. J. Mickey Coraon, 486 Ocean avenue, baa an old center lable of Honduras feathered mahogany, which la mote than 800 years old. and which he prize* very highly. Il wa* mads In Eu gland lu tbe latter ' part of the eeveoteeuth century, aud Ttbbel* eau ttaoe It back aa a 1 family possession for 140 yeara. ■■lalai Tracks. Bupt. Harry T. McDevtlt, of Ibe - local Irolley line, to having tbe tracks > raised and graveled from Twenty-third • to Thirty -eeveotb street*. In rem* b places the tracks have been raised tn a height of eighteen Inches. The work .j to ntaritiR CompleUou.

DR. C. B RIDER ■■ BURNS HIS ARM * hi Meets With Painful Accident £ While Working in His p Laboratory. «! Dr. t'barlre B. Rider burned hla left # arm, from Ibe elbow lo tbe wrist, very „ badly Friday afternoon, but hla many ¥ friends will be plaaaad lo know tbat R hi* Injury to Improving „ He was at work In his laboratory at r (be time. He wa* refllllng a small boil It with alcohol fiom a larger bottle, whan the smaller botlla slipped from hi* band. Making a grab at the , bottle, be caught It, but lu tba effort f threw II on a window kill. The drip- | ping alcohol Ignited with a Bunaen ( burner— an open gee burner— and act , lo Its aurroundlog*. , In trying to extlngutoh tbe flimre , ' with a towel, Dr. Rider waa ao uoforlunate as to bave some of tbe burning 1 alcohol ret Or* lo bis office coat and a lot of the tlery fluid got on b to arm. Dr. Allen Coraon waa called and . dressed tbe Injury, but Dr. Rider ' experienced excruciating palu for some , Hn"- ; NEW ENGLAND SUPPER I To Bar aire* lu ■tih*dl*l tUorcU Tk*r*d*> Bvrelaf. Tbe Uaeen Eetber Circle sod tbe Church will glee a New Englaud * tapper In tbe social rooms of the i; church next Thursday evening from >: 6 I08 o'clock. Tickets, 85 cento each. r~ Tbe committee In cberge comprises Mlae Adelta Powell, chairmen; Olive VV riggtni and Minerva Adama.Maylln ,1 Kohluton, chairman; Koecoe Sharp it and I sonant I-ear. " Ttie menu wUI be an alt raid I ve one. Don 'I fall to attend. m-wlnz circle !• Heel. Tbe members of tb*aewlng circle of Ihe I .ad lea' AM Boctoty of Hie Flrat M. E. Chorch have decided to resume Jt ibe work for tbelr summer hazar for 1814. aa stated last week, and tbe flrat meeting will be held thl* afternoon at al 8 o'clock to the social room of the >le church building. Ocean (My Title and Trust 4 to. to a Cnitad "kales. Stale. < Vnnty a ad 411/ £ ItopreMary Can M aet alao ba^your*T ti Crane's Cclghralad Ice Cream oa aa sale at Harris' Keetauraul. IUB Aebary I*, avenue edv llH-lf it

PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE HAS SECOND ANNUAL BANQUET

j Members and Tbelr Friend# I Enjoy Organization's Anniversary Celebration. I The second annual banquet of the Young Men * Progressive League, held at tbe Blacayne Monday evening, drew . large number of the members, 'tbelr wive* and a tew Inrtted guest* from out-of-towu. The elaborate menu waa duly appreciated by all, and I hen followed the musical aud Intellectual feature*. President H. 6. Mowrer, lu opening ibl* part of tbe entertainment, expressed the pleasure tie felt 00 tbto occaelou aud aaM that Ocean City and progress were synonymous. The flr*t *|>eaker wa* A. H.Oatertnan, of Philadelphia, commercial engineer of the Hell Telephone Company, who told of the program of tbto ' corporation. He wa* followed by Mayor Headley, who apoke of the part tbe young men are taking in the aftalnTof the ctly. He aald that when he came litre there 1 waa engaged In tbe wall paper btieln ere a man who baa since died, but whore son* of that early day are ' now following In the business begun - by their father, these being the Rmttb ' boya. Another Instance related waa that 1 of a young hoy who came here with 1 hi* father, the Rev. Pennington Cor- - *oi>, when the latter waa called to tbe pastorate of the First M. K. Chorch 1 *ome yeara ago, and thl* boy la now - one of the leading phyalctana nf tbe ' city. Dr. Allen Coraon, who to al*o - growing bald. I Boon after be came bare, the speaker ' said, there wa* another youth who • sought to ba po*tma»lsr and who, despite opposition, did become poat- " master and still holds the position— " Edward M. Button. The speaker wa* followed hy C. H. Bmlth, of Atlantic city, dlatrlct manager of tbe Bell Telephone Cumpauy, who made a brief address. r Clayton Hatne* Brick president of the Board of Trade, the next speaker e «a!d: y "Mr. President. Ladle* and GentleI men ami Members of Ilia Progressive d league of Ocean City: It to with 10 greater pleasure and more Interest tbat y I And uiyself atfeudliig llila, jpinr »rcm>d annual banquet— laat year a rr visitor; tbto yaar a member of your d league. a "Having beeu aakad to apaak tbto evening with no subject eaelgued— and being frankly told by your commlttre on entaitalnma nl 'that they lied been '• disappointed by aeveral good speaker*,' '• under these circumstance* 1 am 00md plying. I will endeavor to to pick up • ray few remark* from lb# event* of £ the evening, not lu a faiiH-flndlng aud . homely aplrU, but relying on the elaetlclty of tbe cement that binds elasticity 01 '*■

us so closely and strongly together. and knowing that no on# will take offknoe. Taking the remarks of hi* bonor, Ihe mayor, It amuaed me somewhat to bear him apeaklog In (bat fatherly manner lo tbe youug business meu of our town, giving p raise and bonor to whom it beloup for tbelr aoocee* and tbe part they ar* play lag In the upbuilding of oar city, giving tba Impraaatou lo the strangers • bo may ba preaant af bto advanced Now right ben, to (bow of yon who are good In maotal arithmetic, I will eay that March, A. D. 1868, two great m*u flrat saw the light of dayonr mayor and your speaXar— and are really aot ao old a* hla honor would haee you believe. • Tbeo 1 bave been very much hnp rested by Hie quartet tbat haa entertained n* *0 beautifully thl* evening. compelled to pare tbe home of Ballon every evening, lb gotug from my bame to my office, and hearing the quartet getting In chord and harmony for this evening's rendering. tbe only regret that I have to exprere to that tbto league, at Its second aouual badouet. to belog entertained by tba beautiful rendering or tbe selection of oar quartet at tbe ax pen re of Mra. Bui ton. 8he. betog compelled to be In tbe same bourn while all tbto preparation waa going on. to now recuperet tug at Weroerevtlto. I think It behoove* as. a* member* of tbe Ptogrerelve League, to forward exprerelnne of sympathy. ' -One Item of eUy Interest that transpired today may Interest you. A core t mllte* of dv* treat to Bordeutuwa to • Interview Col. Loudon la the Interest 1 of reestablishing Company Q of tba u Bute militia tbat recently dtobaadad > at Beverly, N. J. I wish to Kilt thai your com mrttre, canatottag of Mayor • Head ley, Merer., teflon. Coteoa, • Bmlth and Brick, arrived early this P there by appointment by Mr. Jaatah K Brick, of Creaswtoks, N. J , and and by there tw*. gentlemen conveyed to tli* office at Col. Laud.ra and . there Introduced In a vary appropriate ^ manner. After a vary eatldkilny „ audience, followed by an iavttatkm to >r luspsct tba military eoltoge under eomsl (iwaUaasd oa Paanb PbrsJ ■e Crane's Cslebraled lee Caaa aa whs asis aitosiwciu aa atoew » k zzttzsr-*' u- Foa HAUL— Lot No Wk, Be at In* D, ssjrvsvvjsa U Box 85, Allenhuret, N. J. adv. |l MM