OCEAN CITY SENTINEL - ' ' ' ' ' V

. - ' ' ■ • A T — t - — ■ ■ ■ — - ? ** VOL.XXXIV.y . . i- OCEAN CITY, N. J.'. THURSDAY, J AXfAliV 21. 1M.T * - _ NO. 43

Ocean City Sentinel OCKAN CITY. M. J. R. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor • 1.00 Par Year, Strictly in Advance. Otis M. Townsend Licet) aed by the 8 late. EIGHTH STREET. OPP. P. O. OCEAN CITY N. J. THOMAS J. THORN *1 jfloristp" 1128 Bay Avenue price* and work right ■ oth phones ABBOTTS' Alderney Dairies Seventh St. and West Ave. '. Ocean City, N. J. Cholu* Dairy Producta Butter and En* Auk fur Booklet of Specialties Ordara Delivered Both Phones (

i | attorrste-at-la w. morgan hand, t ATTORNEY and \ COUNSELLOR-AT LAVV^, Huprsms Court Commlaalonar. Notary VubLte.' I (Oppoatla Public UuUdlarsi. law offices" Apgar & Boswell, | KWUKjgd^t^HTM yitKK-r, ilaw offices Godfrey, Giddings 4 Read : ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. I JAMES M.'E. HILDRETH Counsellor-at-Law Chaooary • oWee-NetM t JgwHUoM ^ j 'pOWNSEND GODFREY Attorney-at-l-aw NEWELL HEULINGS Attorney at Law SOU Elglitb Street Oeesit tity New Jersey JOHN E. TOWNSEND \ Electrical Contractor , 1137 Asbury Ave. City New Jersey

J DID YOU EVER j ! J stop to consider how important it is to have your home con- ? ■ v structcd by res|H>nsible builders? 1; Have you seriously con- f ■ f sidered the parts that are hidden? Have you ever considered f f how great and important the framing, foundations and other hid- if A den parts play in the life and safety of your building? Let us a \ advise you how your home should lie built. 1,' Plans and speci- « J fications free' F ; City Mill and Lumber Company $ i BUILDERS || j OFFICE: SIXTH AND WEST AVE., OCEAN CITY, N. J. j| PLUMBING Are run getting entire net kt action aa to prices, workmanship and bnainaaa courtesy? If not, "it will pay yon to give ma a trial. I am in an exceptionally good paaitian to take ear* of yonr repair work of which I make a specialty. I have no expensive establishment or olarioel foroa to maintain. Oira ma a trial. I tot rt Phona. C. H. BACON 607 Eighth St BMaOINB BRO CARPET LATIRO FURRITURE OF ALL AIROe RCPAIREO LAWRENCE M. LEAR ■<ti *p-oa«. ee-te N.C.GODFREY i.,..-ir.Tt. ue • Upholstering, Awnings, House Furnishings 657-660 asbury avenue ocean city, n. j. estimates cheerfully given PA \\I P I I 9 C The Reliable Store for Dry U n L L L O Goods and Men's Wear! This business has grown Steadily ever since we took charge of it twelve : years ago. This fact proves that courteous treatment with reliable goods and right prices are what the people want. We are better prepared to serve you than ever before with a larger stock , reliable goods and right prices. 92 1 Asbury Ave. POWELL'S Ocean City, N. J pr arc m GO tO VISITORS WELCOME Colonial Greenhouses Ocean Heights On main Shore Road, beyond Somen' Point, for Cut Flowers, ferns end Rubber Pints aeXCIAL ATTCRTIO A TO FUREAAL WORK KSSKBKKKi" THOMAS H. WALKER, Managei. Join Our Christmas Club Starts Week of January 85th waste ? uTwa^rfn^uli v'oi'L SiteT'tefan Utetoteuto1 tortti «°° " ^ Or IqCIwS. par -tc lbs . M weak. 10c [U», M waak., I^ Uta ad ml, and ao on. Yaw may raven* Um ar«tr at payaMat H yea wtob ta da aa VMklaDC'iaa^!jMmge£kn wnb it-a> uw'Sist war* and pay 6 canto toaa a very week Payawau meat be made every wtafc. or may k« toadc la advance and <mwwIm3aP' to your frtonda Evarvbady to Wstcsms t* Jala f Tna enrtotmaa Club o'nsn. Monday. Janua-y mu>. and yoo can Join any Urn* "from January B to March I. Cat land tot oa tall yoo nil about our plan. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Ocean City, N. J.

MEDICAL, J N. GRISCOM, Mi D. k kiuhth 8t. and wesley ave. • , Holli I' boor* — Hall, 16; 1 mar -H tale, UQ-A X™ "^Sr^lBci' trora>8onday* At llrrWd Towoaacd'a, Halarmo. «-*) to &J0 _ p.m. daily. Hsll Pboot. Farmer1. Line. «H a SttHlnCoBoi,'!. trS Wesley Avenue Ocean City V New Jersey T| ^ ' Or w. p. haines I COR. NINTH AN|> ^WESLEY AVE. 1 JJKRSCHEI. PETTIT, M. D/ BO 7 WESLEY AVE. OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY QK. CHARLES B. RIDER 809 Central Avenue . OCCAM CITY. I. J. G. F. STARJt Dentist 1 sis sSssSrsKisti26" ' Hughes' Central Pharmacy J. Thornley Hughes, P. D. Matmaer , ; ath and Wealey Ave.. Ocean C.ty, N.J. mark lake Undertaker and Embalmer J m c„TBiL AT„0, 1 'Phone He . OCKAN CITY . N. J ( =jl I You Elimi- 1 nate Risk j i when you pay by check J — the safe, convenient J and economical medium t of settlement • c You are cordially in- J ■**ited to start a checking 1 account with us. i Ocean City Title and Trust Company Ocean City, N. J. ' - I 1 This Space Reserwl lor j IRA B. MATHISj ocean cmr, a. j. t I ■aa, Rarkbard! Warn* W. Inn ( H. Hnrkhardt 4 Co. PLUMBING AND HEATING (41 ASICKT AVUCI •cut cm *«W JKt&IT 1 Hot Water. Htaam and Vapor BaaUnx Ball Pbone.tn-X Joseph I . Seull REAL ESTATE BULLETIN FOR RENT room* and baxn. all irnnvae— eee, hot waiae neat. gieoo par mouth. FOR RENT SSSVJPVSSS and b^h. hot water tarn tobei, newly FOR RENT ST^arT'^TrS FOR RENT »a«nik auaat. ' sa.ooo.tywy — nm J«pli l. SaM T'^at"Y

I FIRST NATIONAL BANK ELECTS STITES PRESIDENT

* Sturdy Institution Has Had >r Remarkable, Bnt Deserved ] Success. itlcbard B. Bute*, Dew prcatdaul: y Leelle 8. Ludlam. new viae president, end H. 8. Mowrer. new ceabler of the Kirat National Bank of Ocean City, ■ arc bearing tlietr new reagwnelbllltlea , with becoming dignity end modeely. 'J'bey were elected to tbelr respective pnxltlona attbe reorganization meeting of tlie board of director* Friday mom-' log. r The Klret National Bank of Ocean 1 . City began buelneas January 2. 1902. d • at which lime the capital paid In waa > 128,600 and surplus and undivided " proUla (6272.69 The total capital of (60.000 was paid In aoon thereafler, e and at the preaeul lime the eurplue " and uudlvlded prollle ere 176.463 10. P Tlie depoeila on Hie dele of organl- " zatloii turned over by the Central ' Trust Company of Camden, of which '* the First National Bank la the sue " censor In Ooean City; amounted to " 1208.746 36. These have grown " steadily from the date of organization 01 and reached the lilgheal polut In 8eg>- - lember, 1914(tlie height of the seasou), 11 lu round Qgurea, (661,000. At the * time, of Ibe recent call of tbecomptroller of the cnrreocy, December 81. '' 1914. the depoeila were (6*6 630.72, or (< Dearly three times tbelr amouut el tbg J opening In 1902. 1 Dividends were paid on the stock *' ' the flrat year and baea baen paid each *' I year aiuce. a total having been paid lo °' dalt of (49.600. Io addition lo build- 0 ing up the surplus meutloued, Interest bl hen been giald to savlDge depositors '' since the organization amounting to (83.237 34 P rbe growth of the bank will ludl- ,r , cats that the management has been conservative and yet progressive from p the atari, sod the directorate at the " present time contains a number who 11 have served continuously since the opened. The management baa always been alert to the neede of the community. N ' end Ibe real service which the bank rendered lu the upbuilding of till* cliy cannot be estimated. _ te The motto of the bauk bee always been service to the community con- * slsteut with the safeguarding of the 1 -KtwtstasfgrjsrsiiT i ; Christmas Havings Club, -which has u, been operated very successfully by throughout the oountry In that " It teaches the young, aa well as the In old, to save, and Inculcates In tbem » habit of thrift. The details will be found elsewhere In this Issue of the 8KNTINBL. 81 The officers elected Friday hare ell At Identified with the Institution m since lie organisation, and wa have no doubt tint under the new manege- ' mam the old Flrat Nat loo* I Bauk will dl continue to be the leading uatlonal th In Cape May County. vc

YACHT CLUB HELD ENJOYABLE DANCE An Unusually Large Attend- - ance at Mid-Winter Event _. ' in (Philadelphia. The member! of the entertainment oommltlee of the Ocean City Yaclit Club received much praise ^nd stun words of congratulation on the success of the club's mid -winter dam a I 1 at Horticultural Hall. Philadelphia^ • Friday evening. All of ilie n-srlyi 800 people preseiil had a must enjoyable time. The member- of III* entertainment ( com mil I re. Past Commodore J Ralph J Wilson, RearCnmmndnre A, T June-, Puluam, J. Harry Rowers and i Harry T. Jordan, served as Ooor manMere. j The stairway from the lobby and | 1 also the Interior of the ball were beauI ttfully decorated with the club color*— i white and red, The acme color scheme waa carrad oat ou the boadreda of i email electric lights. | "Jack" Habermebl, of Philadelphia," 1 an active member of the dob. and a I summer reeMent of this dty, took elaborate pains with the decoration*. - which showed bla artistic aklll | Promenade and dance music were i furnished by two large orchestras. The rotuodo sod bell presented a ■ 1 most magnincent spectacle with the many lights and lira modish gowue of , the women participating lo the deuce. It was one of Philadelphia's big social , event* of the season. It's dignified and gives yoo a delicious sense of security to own your OCEAN CITY. Besides, your responsibility as a real estate owner makes you a desirable dtoen. Think It over, then call on HAKBY HKADLEY, Real Estate Operator, Ninth and Asbury avenue, next to fire boom wMr will show yon the veey beet way and aoms of the greatest bargains to be ftmnd bera^on the' seel eat terms Fob Rett.— 722 Aebury avenue, furnlebed or noftiralebed. by the ymr. 7 rooms and bath. Will rent cheap tor the winter months. Apply W. W. Adams. 722 Aebury avaoac. adv. 11-36, If. Fob Baijc, Haboaix. — Corner lot (Ox M0. leoaled Fourth and Cealral Ocean City. N.J. Apply M. 8. Bhtmp Pleaaantvllla, N. J. Adv. 6-18, tf.

dr. corson is made president , Local Physician Heads the Atlantic City Homeopathic Medical Society. . Dr. Allen Corson, of t til- oily. Is | receiving congratulations from friends because of Ills election lo I lie |irr*l- | dency of the Atlantic riiy Huineo- , psllilc Medical 8oi-iv>y ,t i lie recent ( meeting of this orgsi!" .in. t ae.rved as necrelary. liea-mer and v|. e I president, lie lia- 1«rn pracllclug t medicine In llile res -i I >is year* I'rinr t tic City two yea.- Me I. one of I popular physician- of tills rlly. number of friends among tlie -tiuiuier c collegers and hotel gue-l* , Peiiuliiglon Corson. ,.f l.smbertvllle. t and, as a collegian . he sju-nt some of , bis vacation times here when bis t father was pastor of the First M VT , about ten years ago. The Atlantic City Homeopathic a Medical Society is one of the live or- c ganixallons of this section of the Stale , end II* membership embrace* prouil v oent pbyalclana of Atlantic City and t near-by cities. I| I- preparing for a t medical meeting in Atlantic C(y j March, when acleulillc papers w ill n be read by emlneiil specialists from a Philadelphia. New York and WesliAt least one hundred of Hie leading \ physicians of Philadelphia and adja- j cent cities have lieen Invited lo attend * this meeting aa guests of Ihe club j GIYrN A SURPRISE ] - J Waller and School children ) Had IMeaaanl Time. L Mrs. Mela R Sailer, oue of the I lu the public school, was given a surprise party at ber home * Tuesday evening by a number of iha * oka Wren slir ha- hffx teaching. Alp • eojoyed a very pleasant lime, Mrs. I quickly recovering from -her 8 astonishment when the young people ( Invaded her house, and making ell ( Those present were Hazel W'e-colt. Hare Smith. Klma Harrison, Ada Myrile Harrison. Lillian Helen Hard, Margaret Levari, F Rosa Ferguson, Boyd Maxwell, Tlieo- ' dore Stevens. Leslie Hughes, JonsWallace. Malcolm Chetlni, Her- t< vey Uofl end Mason Salter. e

cleared $50 by potpie supper Efforts of Ladies' Aid Society of Immatiael Baptist Church Well Repaid. < >ii^ Thursday evening last the I 'enwa. the guest at Ihe chicken pot-ple' supper given by thr Ladles' Aid of the i .Some time before ihe supper hour the" patrons crowded the doorway of] The old place had been transformed a veritable garden; green nlenta . ami realistic flowers scattered ehoul In Ihe room and on the tables, which was i decorated In yellow crepe, presented e most cheerful appeat^nce under the I bright electric light*. The deluty i weler-gless at each plate, gladly I became the cherished possession of the llrst gue-ts, end all this by the i of Mrs. Mann. I Boon as Ihe tables were full. Ihe trays I began to ap|>ear with their aleamlug ' dishes of chicken aud pot-ple, adorned With ell Ihe accessories, of hie 2H0 or I more guests at the supper ell spoke lo (he highest lerma ef (he quantity, as well as Ihe quality, of the fowl served I the ladles, end thla waa greatly appreciated by I hem and their frlauds. l The net proceeds of the aupper, after . all hills were paid, proved lo be Ihe I megulllceut sum of (50. This la e i well deserved reward to the ladle*. | who certainly labored herd to make the supper a success. They wish to I this opportunity to thauk ell who 1 to achieve this unexpected re- ] suit, contributors, wnrkeraand palrooe i alike i Those III charge of Ihe tables were i Mrs. K Wiley, assisted by Mia* Mabel ' Winder, of I'btladelpbla; Mrs 8. 8. I McAllister, assisted by Mrs. B Cralih I end Miss Myrtle Harrison; Mrs Mary | assisted by Misses Elizabeth I Hartinau aud Ida Rappeley; Mrs. ' Joseph Uhtl. assisted by Mies Helen i Mrs. V. Smith, assisted by < Mies llutii Stepbeuaju; Mrs. J. P. Uadman, Jr.. assisted by Mtss Mabel Lake. Those who prepared the food In th* i were Mrs. Katberlne Harrison, (Mrs. Heorge Jeffrie*. Mra. A. M. BtepbMFa. Che*. Watson, Mra. Wot: , Mrs. L Sharp, Mrs. Robert , aud Mra. Robert Winterbottom i Aids to the ladles were J. Uhll, J. P. Sr. 8 8. McAllister and J ' P. I 'adman, Jr. Mra Heo. K. Mitch acted as cashier. I ■Cpvrorih Leaiae Meeting. < MIm Minerva Adam* will lead lb* I league nervlo* lo the First i M. K Church next Sunday evening at , 7 o'clock. Topic, "Moeea from Paeeton 1 to Self Mastery." Member* are aaked 1 encourage the leader by tbeir pre*- 1

DR. HAINES CALLED TO A PHILADELPHIA CHARGE . ; » ■

yag^men will hear kendrigk i and Receiver ofj Taxes to Speak at Weekly Lnncheon Tomorrow. Tbe weekly luncheons of the Ooean j t-'ily Yacht Club, which take place Friday at 12 30\>. m at (he 81 James Holel. Philadelphia, are well j attended. Much credit I* due to Harry Hassett, J. lierlet, Pa»t Commodore J. Wilson, William H. Welroer, Jr., end J. Harry Rowers for the succe*a of tbe luncheons. by tbe eutertalnmenl committee. He preside*, and prominent s|ieeker Is ' Introduced at one o'clock. At 1 30 the i la over. The peat Friday Rol>ertJ McKenly. warden of the Eastern l'en Herniary . gave tbe members a very Interesting • talk. At tbe next luncheon, tomorrow, Ihe I toaetmaaler will be Harry Jordan. 1 > manager of Kellli's Tneeler, end Ihe f speaker will be Receiver of Taxes W. • Freeland Kendrlck. I Seventy-two member* partook of luocbeon last Friday. "It's a good place to spend an hour, meet your friends, enjoy a floe luocbeon end an - Interesting talk by an Interesting ' speaker, " aay* tbe members of tbe entertainment committee. J atecosertag from Operation. M Is* (j race Be van. of Hamorton. Pa., baa been a pat tool lo a Wilmington s hospital, where she underwent en op- ' (rulloii. She la improving She bee e been ependlng much of her time In a Ooean City, where she lias a number of friends, who hope for ber early recovery. '' Fob 8 Ak —Motor boat "I)AUa" In r good shape; auto top: full equipment; ' length over all about 29 feet; beam . about 7 feet. Price (160 Reason, for ° selling, new boat. Apply David H. 4 Henderson, 806 Market St., Camden, d N. J. Boat at Dtt-cbeg'i boat bouse, p Fourth street and Hay avenue. Ocean City, N. J. adv. 12-17, tf

If Conference Change Can be ' Made, He'll Go to Gethsemane Church. : The Rev. Dr. Jubu B. Heine*, pastor : of tbe First M. E. Church tor three ' years, who. a few weeks ago, requested 1 I a change of pastoral relallons, be* re- 1 1 ! celved * cell from Uethsemaoe M. E 1 Cburcb, Broad si rest and Weatmora- ' ] lend avenne, Philadelphia ' I Tbe matter now rest* with tbe die- ' a I trlct superintendent, tbe Rev. Ueoig* e I H. Neal. of Hrldgeton District, and | the bishop. _ J < ' Tlie principal point Involved la as- I curing a minister from tbe Phlledel- 1 phle Conference for Ibta cHy. I Dr. Neal and the local oommlllee on 1 pastoral relatione held a conference on 1 • the question of tbe proposed change In 1 the office of William E. Maaaey.oueof i 1 tbe committee, yeeterday morn lug. I e When Alexaoder Lawrence. Jr., a 1 • well known Philadelphia business " men end prominent eummer resident or this city, read in the Sbntixkl of • Dr. Haines' derire to leave bla charge • here, he mov-d with bla usual energy K to have Dr. Heine* assume Ihe pastorate of Gel has ma ne Cburcb. e . Mr. Lawrence I* a member of tbe official board of Hethaemane Churoh. He told tbe other members of tbe boa>d - of Dr. Haines' desire and of tbe many strong and sterling qualities of the local divine, a* be knowe tbem from perd son el contact with Dr. Haloes end lr from bearing htm preach daring Mr.. " Lawrence's sojourn here daring tbe • summer season*. It wge promptly deie ctded to extend a call to Dr. Haloes, tbe present pastor of Oetbaemane Cnurcb. after a service covering a long term of years, wishing to retire from active church work, n The proposition Is agreeable to Dr. >- Haloes, and If tbe cbsoga In tbe ceoi» ference can be accomplished aatlsfac n torlly. Dr Haloes, will go to tbe Phllarr dclphla church. e- The many friends of Dr. Haines feel that, inasmuch aa be desires te leave Qcean City, hie going to Qetheemene In Church will he a moat excel lent move it; on bla part and will prove beneficial m not only to blmaelf Dot also to tbe jr Philadelphia church. e. White woman wants washing to do id at home. Apply 840 OtnltaL tf adv. 1-14, fit. I

' 25 years wedded, ; they celebrate J 1 1». If. Wallace, Sr., and Wife, | of This City, Hold Family ' Reunion. . | Luther L. Wallace, Sr., end » if*, of I (lila clly, on Sunday observed the ■ Jweuty-flftb anniversary of tbelr i marriage by having e family reunion ■ and dinner, the letter being et the t home of one of their wuis, L. L Walg lace, Jr., end wife, at Eleventh street r end Bey avenue. i All but two of their children reside : r here. Those from out of towu are r Mrs. Jolin McCalllon, or West Phils- 1 i delpbla, who came down, accompanied by ber husband, eud Mia* Anne Wal- ■ lace, a public school teacher at WestI Tbe dinner was given el (be home of r the son because of tbe III health of i Mrs. Wallace. i Mr. *Dd Mra. Wallace were married I Mt. Holly by the Rev. W. W. • Moiled, pastor of the Methodist Church there. Tbe bride wee Mist r Maggie Fisber, daughter of Jonathan • of Vlnoentown, who was one > of tbe big end original cranberry . In Burlington County. i They came to Oceau City nearly i twenty years ago. Mr. Wallace i worked at a Journeyman carpeuter. - Later, be and John T. Wilson formed i partnership and they erected a number of large buildings here. After the i death of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wallace I worked aa a carpenter for awhile and . (ben went on duty ae paid fireman In i tbe bouae of the Belianoe Fire Com1 paoy, of which be waa en active memi He remained there llv* years, . when be resigned and opened a store i Atbury avenue, near Sixth street, 1 which be still bondnct*. I HAD PLEASANT TIME > J. auodeieh Lzna Rater. Ulsse ■ Rewr Frleeds. Mrs. J. Randolph Lynn antertalnaFt number of Ocean City summer reel- ' deuts on Tuesday afternoon at ber on Baltimore aveone, West Philadelphia. Among those present were Mrs. Wilson, Mr*. Ned Murphy, Mr*. Geo. Kerr. Mrs. Robert Radford, Mrs Cooley, Mra. Frank Schwab, i Harry Delnlnger, Mrs. Flrmln, Mrs. Florence Potu, Mr*. Charles ; Sommer, Mra. Harry Davis, Mrs. WllI Flaming, Mrs. Maurice V. > Mrs. Ernest Johnson and Mr*. Frank Butler. DR. I. J. SCHWATT : GIYES HIS YIEYYS ; Commissioners of Means to Protect Beach Front from Storms' Ravages. Dr. I. J. Scbwett, Instructor of , mathematics at the University of and a wall known turn- , resident of this resort, sent the following letter to the City Commission en, which waa read at their weekly meeting and ordered filed: tbe Honorable City Commissioner*, , Ooean city— I Dear Sirs:— May I be permitted to join In the dtaramlon agitated by Ihe Board of Trad* of Ooean city of fiod- . way* and means to protect tbe part of the Ocean City baach, i thereby keeping th* properties there from deterioration and as a result or It i from a decline In "valuation, which r might handicap tbe administration from properly earing for tbe need of , the etty and for tta expansion? i From my own observation, and t from a more or loaa Intimate know!f edge of conditions there, I feel that i the beat means for safeguarding all r Interests coneernsd will be tbe exten- . elon of Wesley avenne In Its fall width to Tblrty-elxtb street and tbe city pro- , teetlng the street by jettlee or any . other oontrivjna* to be determined by i experts In socb line of work. r Very respectfully jynre, 1 t.J. Bnewsw. — Th* letter was ordered received end 1 filed. , Tbe First National Bank of Ocean Clly Intend* that Its place of business h shell bo easily accessible to every men. i, woman and child. ' adv. It

VV. E. MASSEY AGAIN HEADS t TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY

Basinc9B Has Prospered Under Direction of Progressive Officials. 2, The board of directors of Ibe Ocakn Clly Title end Trust Company, when the member* met on Friday for rebrgenlzatl, >n, reelected th* following President, William E. Mesaey; vice president, Heury D. Moore; vice president end title o nicer, Leslie H Lud•f lam; secretary and treasurer, Charles e It. Btllweli; assistant title officer. C. It. l' Price; affitcltor, J. Fltbien Tatem. n Tbe only new member of tbe board, ' William F. Bbrlver. of Philadelphia, I- took 111* *eat for the llrst time. 11 Mr. Hhrlver la well known here. i w here he he* a large business on tbe e Hoard walk et Nlu|ti street during the i This Is tbe third year Mr. Uioty d lie* been (he heed of tbe Instltulloa, I- eud under III* leadership Ihe business Its* prospered and grown very rapidly. The surplus of the company baa been lf Increased each year until now the >t figure he* reached (15,000, and, In addition to this, tbe oompany has paid 1 the slockbolder* dividend* for the past '• two years. l Tlie deposits at tbe close of baelnee* • December 31. 1914 (which Is the doe* u of Ihe fiscal year of tbe company), • were (308.761 89. and during the eum1 iner Hcaeou of 1914 . tbe oom pany's business expanded gradually an til, on t July 22, tbe deposit* reached the high « mark of (644,634.60, remaining well • above tbe half million mark until 1 after tbe cloae of the aeseon. It la - expected from preaeut Indications that a this figure will be eclipsed during tbe e coming year. 1 Mr. Ludlam and Mr. Btllweli have i held tbelr respective offices alucs th* '• organization of tbe oompaoy, and by - their conservative and courteous i. management have won numerous a friends for tbe Institution. When the company established It* title department, Mr. Ludlam, who la considered tbe most able men In Southern New Jersey In this work, wax unanimously elected title officer, • end baa held this offloe continuously since that time. Thla department baa 1 unexcelled facilities tor till* work, sod I- tha cHiuuence or its Dalrani to evtr denced by tbe numerous polMae and |. searches which It baa Issued to date. The Ocean City Title and Trost i. Company la prepared to take oar* of l aoy banking bualneae, conveyancing l or title work that may be entrusted to i, It In a moat efficient and satisfactory , manner. e This company ta well equipped for . tbe handling of estates aa executor or . trustee, under wills and tor the safe 1 Investment of tbe fund* of trail Persona wishing to create treat estates for the protection or tbe funds end Income of tbelr widows end children should carefully con elder the edI vantage* of a treat company a* exaco- ) tor, guardian and traatea. The perpetual charter of e treat company and the Bute supervision end examination I assure* legal and careful Investment of fuod* and tbe contlnnane* of tbe condition of the trust that cannot be assured by tbe appotatacot of an ,f Individual. t In view of the wide variety of . function* that ceo be performed by a a trust company under Its charter, Mr. Business Man, retired or active fsraaar,^ f or sea captain, the company Invitee yon to cell end talk It over with Re , officers. Tbe officials of tbe oompaoy have „ decided Idee* on tbe doty of each an e institution to take proper care of tta |.1 depositors and those In any ether e manner affiliated with th* oompany. « "PENNY SOCIAL" It h cartMiseKeasivet n aetata Ft— - 0 nlag ■ Wa Ttoswlf The members of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Flrat Prsebyd terian Cburcb are arranging to hold another "Penny Boctsl" In tbe baaeII meat of the church Thursday evening, 11 February 25. It promises to be greater than any b. similar event bald by the members cf 3 this organlxetlon, and they are telling • all their friende that no one can afford J to miae this social. Therefor*, keep tbe date In mind and be ' among those preeeoL" - . d Lost.— White male fox terrier with brown ear, small brown •poten other ekle of fees, short tall, with in oollar and bellsoo. Lost Friday efter- ■ noon. Reward If returned to Mm C. a, 8. Bczbv, Abbotts' Alderoey Dairies.

Don't Miss NEWELL CORSQN'S- ' • Big Reduction Sale >1 EVERYTHING REDUCED SALE STARTS TOOAV LOOK FOR BIG CIRCULAR 819 Asbury Av«nu« ■MNSRRHHMHHNiHRHBiMBUp