Ocean City Sentinel R. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor OCEAN CITY. . . NEW JERSEY Bsfi 'Phono Ho 66-X AdnrtMemeou to local euiomni. 5 ecu , per floe, ssnh Ineeruon. Monioij- aod j«ri! rotoe IBrefebsd ca apFlimUon. J*»°r> promptly don. by erp.ri.cd thursday JANUARY 20. 1916. LEOIL PBIMTIKS KATItlt Kx -Judge Hlgbee, solicitor for llie Board of Fneboldcre of AtUuilc County, bat rendered an opinion tbol legal printing doue for less tbau llie rataa aatablltbed by law. lu newspaprra .elected becauee of low bide | miliar than aarvice to the public. I. open to certiorari. i Under Ible declalon. ibere bae been , . a return In Atlantic County to thr . legal rate. A similar decteiou war - reodarad by City Solicitor Scblmpf. ol , Atlantic CUy, a few monlh. ago. end , Atlantic City raturued to tbe legal rale Tbe SxNTINKL has slw sys cotileudini j that tbe rate eeubllebed by lew le tbe | proper one, bat tbe former City Com- , ■Imtonen. to tbelr all-wlee Judgment. | decided otherwise, aod tbe eystem bar , oocllnoad. However, (be law is tbe , law, and aboold ba obeyed. , GOT TROPHY CUP ! A Aaseslpk Fan Mode r>«si " hi 1. P. DeMBFi. ' bp J.

A. Randolph Fogg, of tbis dly, was tba winner of an automobile race on tbe beach at Baa Isle City daring Its "OM Bom* Week" celebration last I— at. and therefore entitled to a blear cap offend by tbe Young Men's Bariost* Aaeo elation of that place Ha waa unable to be at Saa Isle the nlgbl tbe cap wee to be praeented^and tba trophy waa gtraa to the aecond maw |s tba net. Tba a—ocfilkio promtrad to rectify the matter. Randolph ays, but failed Oflmlinir J. P. Delaney . of Sea Mai eeaae to tbis dty Friday and per millf piematad a praUy cop to tbe I— ngman . ANNUAL BANQUET PtiaMnlie Sea to Cclcbrmie WWei Bseatoe, Pekraary ai. Tba Frteiideblp Hen 'a Bible Claas of tba Ftos Presbyterian Church will baM Ma list anneal banquet In tbe eeoial noma of tbe church Friday eveBtag. February II. It la planned to bare a pleasant I Uma, with a speech fioas one visitor— i pntllly tba Bar. Dr. Dowlt, of tbe i "Billy" Sanday Campaign Committee. I who -was ban lab spring. I • C. L. Brack ley la chairmen of tbe MaaagarTowneeod, of Ue local five. « whh tba. Sylranls laam. of Atlantic City, waa aa poor. Tba Sylvan la to | bnabing as a Mtb-daaa laam, and so be i ekcald bappan again tba patrons will ! to -tehee ear* of bp baring tbelr s ■Ntf'nfudsd. Tba management, bablng lab Batarday night, Is now ra- t tnntog to tba patrons half of tbelr ( ttebataat ttodoar. Io case of a atml- c tor dtoappnlrtmaol, tboes holding I ne D pan of tbe tiskb can .liber get tbelr <. maneg hook or a ticket good tor an- . I i —an— » ■ I. J tmmk H. Gelding, who waa rice 0 penridmt aad gaosral manager of tbe b Atlattto C*y ttsetrie Company, aod , •to waa traabbiad from Atlantic Utf ta a abator position to Canton, , O., baa tabs saoeeedad by H. L. MontMR W. ■rnaral asaoarrr and rice • ■ ■tolJ. ,

Ntotot «* the Newark (O.) Klrctric . ttojbf Mr. Gold log bad many 1 . ■•■sit tot Us mritwww. ® A bbMltwUI be bbd at tbe Princess , Tbaatra Monday araning next for tbe , ■"•WE tba monthly pnbllcatlon of c tba papilr of tba Ocean City High t totoeL There will ba an extra big . •tow, with eight robs. Admission, 1" d erets Don't fall to parcbaae ticket* nnd I ttaa bbp tbe yoong people to 0 tone. mbool paper. b mm m m cmmtm * or rut ° First national Bank « ' SEiSS?...™,. *"«» J ■ggfc-sswss -on «... . SJOtLdD I' Valaearbaaktoc boos, sad furol- . tare as* Basons. stmo m " Mbww am from Fto„»i m- T horn ap- S ^ ; Nm m i t li from ap. * «karrsS^SrX°U " tmmo. p Sagg*""""" iH : srseswSSuafrem U.H.Trsasm u . uaooo * total. rmsbtsi [ ■yygewiatwr.coe « «"» "ST* L *^®^KSfcria noaunoN. " imm-Amme ■**■*»•*»«■ a jk, ■

t aaB ■ASSEMBLYMAN GIYES HISTORY Y «-..niioam iron. Pirst Pass., j on I he westerly aide . if Asbury aveooe. j between (Seventh aud Eighth streetJ ! "Governor" Joe Robln-on w as added | -I paths on tbe beacb. which were all I there were here at that time. Jlobert = Fisher, e recent City Commlaatoner, r. joined tbe colony Wednesday. February 18. On February 21, the Heve'E. B. Cake aud William H. HurrelL Simon ' TmcT Smith, wit ti hi. sou, " from Long Knock lu' a scow and , • here Thursday, April I. » A.seuiblyuiaii Lake arrived on Ibe Island about the middle of April of r with nothing but briars and brush, i 1 only Sun feel a day. He spent bis first night In a small 1 house used for sleepiug purposes by i " tba otber men. It stood on Sixth i • street, where tbe association boarding I ■ Is now located. It bad .two • down stairs and two rooms upf stairs. Everyone bad to sleep In a i blanket on the bard door. All tbe ■ men working for Ibe association slept I In oue room oo this second floor, be- 1 log given ttreae sleeping quarters lu i i addition togl a day. Oue didn't have I room In which 1o turn, and the la-i ■ In wbicb the

,s man In slept on tbe trap doo> leading n to tbe room. After try ing It one nlgbl Is be bad enough, the speaker said. ,t Then be slept ou tbe aand wltb uotblog but tbe sky for a roof. When rain V fell, be would burn up some sbeck or barn. After aome bouses were sterted, e be and others slept in tbem, using a shavings as a bed. U Tbe only way tbey bad to reach Ocean City waa by sail or rowbaat y from Homers' Point, a coach runulng i to Homers' Point from Pleasanlrille or Absecou. Tbe work of building a s wbarf at tbe foot of Fourth street was .. started In April. -A' road waa made e over tbe meadows up Fourth street to Asbnry avenue and down tbis avenue to Beventb street. Tbe first bonse to be ball! was at Ibe aoutbeaat corner of Heventb street and r Asbnry avenue. This was erected by I.R. Smith It waa afterward known f as tbe Bcburcb bouse, and now stands I at tbe corner of Heventb street and r Haven avenue, neer the Reading sta - Mon. The aecond bouse waa built by H. B t Hampson on Fourth street, near tbe - allay between Asbury and West aver Several bouaea were ball! be . Fourth and Eighth streets daring tbe first summer, e Nearly all of tbe men working for tbe association went borne Batnrdey afternoons, but there were two or three I who remained on tbe ground and tbey t . caught loggerbaada for tbelr Sunday t ' meals. Tbe first public sale of lot* w.s beld ' i Tuesday, May 25. Tba first lot sold I i purchased by Homers T. Cham- I It was lot 110. oo tbe easterly I side of Wast avanoe, between Fourth and Fifth streets. c At that time, however, there were « one dwelling bonse on tbe Island. I (Parker Miller's), one ebanly on ibe t of Sixth street and Asbury aveooe, bnilt for tbe workmen by tbe [ Ocean City Association, aod three life, f saving Nation*. c One year later— May 25, 1881. there t had been erected and occupied 46 I dwellings and 19 others Wire nnder ■ construction. la tbt same time there i bad been graded 17,678 feet (or 8 and t miles) of streets, and more than two mils* of sidewalk* were graded I and graveled. t _ Tbe first tale of lots was started s ■ us ursv saie ot lots started

! where tbe Brighton Hotel now stands ■ at Sevaotb : street aod Ocmn avenue bouse waa begun end bad a por : tlon of tbe first Boor completed. A i was pot over to keep Ibe ton i off aod bere dinner was served by < L B. Smith. Tbe day was very bol I aod tba aala was adjourned to tbe ' grouDd, where, under an apple I traa, near tbe corner ot Fifth street i aod West avenue, the sale was con- I ducted. To convey tbe people bere, I the association got boats aod hired an I old ataamboat from Ibe fisb factory I opposite Longport to tow tbe smaller I Somen' Pdlnt. t Tbe first religious services were beld t bere Sunday, June 18, 1880. Tbe t Rev. William H. Burrell, of tbe Pbll i adelpbla Coufereooe, preached the ser-mi-n. There were present 82 pcrsou. I 25 of whom were males. Tbe services t were beld on tbe north coruet of Fifth J street aud Weslay avenue. There was i no pulpit or altar. Tbe preacher bed < lu froul of blm a battel with a board I laid across. , Tbe first hymn was "There Is a Fouo- I tela Filled Wltb Blood." Tbe second I was "I Love to Tell tbe Story " ■ Tbe preacher read tbe tenth chapter of I John. Hla text was St. John, 8; 16: I "For God so loved tbe world that He I gave His only begotten Son. that who- | soever bsllevetb on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Tbe 0r»t funeral services were beld In Ibe middle of the highway at tbe I corner of Seventh street and Asbury i aveon* at 6 80 o'clock no tba morning I of June 17, 1890. conducted by Mr BurrelL These service* were over the I remains of Harry McCano, aged < about 16 yeara. Ha fell from a wagon. I A wrangling macblua ou tbe wagou I dropped on blm and kllltd blm lu- I slant ly. Every me.n bere attended . tbe services. Tbe led's mother was poor and a collection was taken up. I which uett.d fH. S. B. Sampson and I John Austin made tbe cofilu and Wll- , llam Lake took the body to Rioo I Bargalutown, for burial. I After all tba expenses were paid. M re. t McCann waa banded |7 50 remaining from (to contribution., , Assemblyman Lake, In bis address, 1 raid parenthetically thai be was not 1 at (bat time In tbe undertaking boat- V . Tbe wagon oo which lb* boy waa fi ridlny wbeu be met wltb tbe fetal acd- ' It

jdeni com slued tbe botel ttitures. etc.. I of I B Smith, which he bad brought, I down by boat from l^>og Branch. This I U boat was captained by Samuel B Scull. 1 | now chief of police here. ; t On Seturday afternoon. July 10. « IfiSO, the first load of gravel came ou | ■ the iieacb In a small schooner called r.ltbc Hcod. In command of Capt. Join, i » j Kabcock. 'The gravel came from Krar I d j ler Booy's pit. in Atlaottc Couuty |j tt Ibe brush, filling in tbe low place- and I day. Ibe speaker -aid I. held that summer, aud the speaker as- v u sured Ills hearers that they would be e 4*1 teul was erected by tbe Rev. WllBilly" Stockton. Tnts tent stood on I The auditorium building was staked ' . out May 25. 1881. John W Halley. of v t I'ntladelpbla. Was the builder. 1 1 Mr. Lake. In passing, spoke of ibe T I were here. I he rabbits were so nu- p I merou- that hundreds of tbem were u i burued lo death when the brush was l fired 11 . winter of 1880 aud 1881, wtieu Ihe >' i at the bouse consisted ( of pork and beau- and brans and pork I times a day. tbe speaker said be i rabbits. Tbe gnu wouldn't" work, so H > knocked over enough rabhlis with " I tbe butt of the giro- lo answer their f .1 butt their

ig purpose. it All Ibis time Ihe only mode ol trsnsI. portatlnn was by means of sailboats n by boat from Atlantic County and >r gravel for tbe road and sidewalk came ), lu tbe same way from Cedar Hwamp g Creek In Atlantic Count* Tbe Oceau City Association purfa chased a small steam r. named lite it Mizpab, to ply brtwera Homers' Point g aud Ocean City. In Ibe fall of 1880 pleted between Pleasaulvllle and s Homers' Point, connecting at Pleasantn to Philadelphia. This 'a now tbe e Reading Railroad During the cold winter of ] 890-41. e ibe bay was fruun over on New Year s j Day. aud all communication to tbe r mainland was over tbe Ice. Hay was ii carted from Beasley's Point by driving s across tbe bay. 1 After tbe cold weatber began tbe workmen wbo bad been sleeping outdoors soogbt other quarter-. Two ' brothers, Wlnfleld and Frank Parks, t bad bnllt a 1| -story bonse of fencing - boards, unplastered. on Asbury avenue, ebove Fourtb street. There tbe - men were boerded. without sleeping quartern, for IS a week. Tbey slept lu r a barn that stood oo Asbury avenue : where A. O. Gilbert's paint store nor Tbey bad no teds, but butrowed In the bay. Tbe colder tbe ■ night, tbe deeper tbey burrowed. Tbe cold weatber did not stop tbe I work of cutting brush and grading l altbough tbe ice that winter on tbe - wee at times In some places is blgb as tweuty feet. There was a bill at Fourtb street aud avenue about 28 feet btgb. Tbe oext highest bill was at the corner of Seventh street aud Wesley avenue, where A. J. Smith uow has bis borne Tbe summer of 1881 waa a most prosperous one and a large steamboat .was purchased by William Masaey and chartered to tbe aaeoclatton. Her name wee Ibe E_ Morris.. She was e eldewbeeler. .with three-decks, and carrying 2500 people. . Mr. Lake was the pilot. It made trips between this city end Homers' Point. There was mucb trouble experienced getting from Rainbow cbeDnel into the beacb tborongbfere at Fourth street. Everything to deepen tbe I street. Everything

> channel waa tried, without avail. In tbe spring of 18S2, Mr. Taxis, of - Philadelphia, built a pier commencing , at a point on tbe beacb tborougbfare ■ 214 feel northeasterly from Tbird street . and extending into tbe tborougbfare I feet. It was 12 fret wide, wltb a t 63 foot "T" across tbe end. After : things were worklug right, tbe people I would go there lo see Ibe boats arrive - and depart. Tbe speaker said that be . seen three vessels tbere at oue i time uolnadlug Ice tbst came from ' for F. E Cbamploo. Tbe letter ■ been an euglneer oo tbe railroad, be gave ibis up lo become euglneer I on the local eteainhoal, and be also . engaged at Ibe same time in tbe milk . and Ice buslueaa bere. Oue of Assemblyman Lake's most lucidents related lo Ibe organization of a brass baud by sixteen I young residents In (be fell of 1881 i After purchasing ibe lustruiuents tbev I obtalued the services of W. H Duf I Held as teacher. (He bad a band here during tbe summer season a few years - aud gave tbe free concerts daily ) I the first winter tbe baud, tbe ' speaker -aid, practiced In tbe Brighton r Hotel Oue nlgbl Ibe band was giveu : surprise. Tbe members were Invited i tbe dining room of tbe hotel and - given a big "feed " I "Tbe ouly tune we could play." said Mr. Lake, "was Jobo Brown's Body I Lies Moulderlug lo (be Grave.' and.be r mr, I think that Ibe old fellow I must have turued over in bis grave, t fur we played that tune all uigbt." Tbst winter a public school was or- ■ gamzed, aud Miss Arible Hsrtlue. daughter of Dr. John Hsrtlue of the High School, was tbe I Tbis school was lo Ibe old aaoclsttou ofilct at Sixth street and ■ Afterward school was beld In tb* , Building, where tbe Palace I garage now stands. Later It met on ■ Aebury avenue, between Fourtb and I Fifth streets, where Charles Heck now . has bis bom*. Then It was niuved lo . tbe present site of tbe high school. Tbe mall facilities were crude. A brought tb. mall to tbto city from Liu wood, tben known as Leedsville. first carrier was a brother of Joe. W. Cox, oow a local totter carrier. Tbe work of surveying tbe Inroplke tbe Seashore Kfaad, on tbe maiu land, to (be beacb bere was begun

, Friday^ December 1 1942. by tfcilflenj t Lake. HI- helper* were Alfred Hlg-I • nee Frank Willyts and W. C. qtiarp building tbe railroad rsiue In on ) n- . jdsy. August 2!l. ISSC'is fsr as'STnUr1 1 1 st II .« o'cWk ou llie morning of Set- j | Ucr S. 1884. Il broughl about 7ml : j Hie Millvllfe syndicate, bet w eru Thirty- ' first and Thirty-third streets. Mui. than fin 0"0 worth of lots -old. i Mr Lake snid that he could ink f-r A rising vote of thanks *r«* given Mr Like by Ibe member- „l -lie BiMr rills for his I liter—ling discourse Mr-. Anna Hrlgg-. widow ,.f jnini died at ber borne. 1127 West early days of Ihe resort Funeral -cr-f' vices were held lur-dsy aflerm-n ' w as aji old v luiUcer firemsu m ' ' one -if the urgsmzer- ..f the llr-l > . l , Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kal-lon Bring. |, hurst, of Philadelphia entertained at. ■ 1 1 """* P",t} [ r following were llieir eue-l-: Mr |

and Mrs. Waiter Devetaux Ron-all ' Mr and Mrs. Ernest Elliott l.l-f.mt ' s and Mr and Mr- William Hiram1 made for the annual banquet i.f thei Young Men's Progre— ive League ...... " Monday evening. January 31. fur ; t Homer Htiwmakir. A J M.Klmu.'l Lewis E Smith. John K. (Itoa and I John K. Jones.

ii ) capt. shaw boried !■ I i *i (apt He Molt Shaw. wh.. died at " his home III Mlllvllle tale W ednesday j ® at*Mt I'leasant Cemetery. Al il I v 1 1 le . I, "i He nid been;' ailing fur some time | " His made tiliu susceptible lo v w Uieti c«u-ed Ins death He leave, a "'widow and oue child. Mrs. William j ' Bingham -»a- -us In hi- cnllage in 4^an I Ity. 1 February p. Is4n. al Rocks way L I His fattier removed In He* view, where ' !al«*"w..rk"d ■■if hi- falhei"- .y-ter ■ - Jiuii. g the I i v II War lie did excel I t^e I , I '..u /..rces. ^ ca j

tl It" 'l' I.rl l- 1 it" ii. Ui'Zj i * 's t " !! ntfi -e' 744 • i 1 A -bury avenue. Ocean i Ity. X J anv | | Notice of Settlement.

PUBLIC SALE Three Houses and Two Lots of the Caroline B. Lynch Estate r Located at 621 Asbury avenue and 611 Central avenue. Oceau City. N. J. ; At Auction Rooms of Samuel T. Freeman & Co. 1519 Chestnut Streef. Philadelphia, on Wednesday, January 26, 1916 ^ at 12 o'clock, noon. COnE AND SECURE A BARGAIN v> a "i havg «a grgat i work in hand:--EncL ani df Kiwmam.utCj kas a. ijreal" ujm-L w \\ajv\<L (HOVL destevtn. -^-on ur eijes'mre better than Wo m. true - wii) tke riucr of suuess to 'its source, am .d earn truce tk c 8nccessju.1 ruitr tW lui Vi'to be^iwim^ started, m t he ri^ht direction. J ' ' tl. C .t) - , - 1.

Tke MvniqsZparnlz is a. persistent reminder "of the necetsitCf tkut era tutrij cmfi to promde. i jor -jiCtiire needs. First National Bank Ocean City, IN. J. R. B. 8TITI3S f- H. S. MOWRUR Mr—Id. -t Cashlar w* g; \ ^ ^ Stop the time - \ I loss in your office \ ^ Having the whole office force I ^ use one telephone is as wasteful = I 88 having it use one pen! | 1 A Bell Extension station — i = maybe you need two or three — = 1 \ | will straighten out things, stop = 1 E the time-leaks and boost ef- = = ficiency all around. | I :lf = Mr. Merchant, put your lost 5 1 1--- I \" 11." 5 tirne work— it pays big. And = ' l;lJ I fz'-i] IT'—' = extensions cost but fifty cents a = lrrl-j L'-'j !- _ ' = month, each. = . r : i r I ■ = Call up tkt Bell Bnsmrsi Olfict §

~!TZ V Joseph G. Chanipion »j BUILDING CMNTH/tCT'lil Ralph Hayes VanGilder < ARCHITECT AND E N G I N EE II j to " • ' > I YOU SHOULD HAVE A Reliable Builder Otis m. Townsend BUILDER "i.-x"'-

"IL. S. CORSON. c... _ H itQls an. I Runp.ilows Contractor and Builder. » r n. n* u ..: : . e i.mr Plans and S) deifications uc-> Clicerttiliy C.ivcn. j' REHIDKXfK sin Asbury Avr.tr- « >FFH K *7(5 W—t Aveuu5 WILLHRD S. STEELinHH 'tr^.r - Cooiracior in Buiir ' Jc,llra "mm " Allen Scull TWE. BViWiDER Kieara d.w Ocjku.y Mvjs. Phone Connections _ S B SWAN j. E. TROUT Swan and Trout /0\ Carpenters [0MM and Builders 10*0 ASBURY AVENUE OCEAN CITY. N i *Beil\Phone 18 Inter-State Pn.> ,e 134- A SUTTON & CORSON CO. General Contractors Grading and Street Building

739 A-BLKV AVENUE Ocean City. New Jersey Walter V. Hess CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER JOBBING GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION Office 1017 Asburv Avenue ^ OCEAN CITY NEW JERSEY REAL ESTATE -svc. INSURANCE Clayton Haines Brick A11 Eighth St. Ocean City. FNI J.

We Are Distributor.--Ford Automobii,.' in Ocean City. Sea Nlv Cil> and Vlclnily Wm. H. Powell General Contractor Grading: and street Milling Thirty-lourlh st and West svc. OCEAN CIIV, \ J The Ponliere BOOT v SHOt; repairing shop REPAIRING NEATLY DONE 914-918 Asburj Ave^ Ocesa City, S. J j

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Sec Me l lr-i See Tie Firsl W. Scott Hand 819 Wt lie) An. . Ocean Cl'j, >. J. . Thomas J. Thorn! Florist ,Cut Pl.Mvcrs and Funeral Ibaigns . . Furnished 1128 Bay Avenue Belt J'buuc,'4zy-J , 4

OTIS M. TOWNSEND BUILDER jOi-i-icii: Slli St. Opposite P. .0. Plans and Specifications precared without charge I /Only galvanized nails nsed on exterior work Jiopuf . SEAL " BUILDER Geofjfe W. Harris Contractor, Builder ' and Jobbing | No 13 W. l ourtcenlh Slreet OCI.AN kin, N. J. tt— 1 x G 0 Adriri W. I Alt 1 HS.Ad.mi geo. 0. adams a co. PLASTERING, RANGE SETTING BkllK LAYlNIa, fclC« fclc. All Work in Msoon Line Promptly Attended Tof OCEAN CITY. N J ALBERT G. GILBERT, practical house painter PRACTICAL HOUSE PAINTER

y 645 Asbury Avenue, BRECKLEY'S I HOUSE AUD S/O/V PAINTERS -CLINTON L BRECKLEY. PROS Ready Mixed Psluls. l.es.1 slid Oils II K A IH.KV A 19 A 91 N Reading: Coal Real Estate and Search Company - Fidelity Trust Company T of Nrwark Wildwood Title and Trust Co. Title Insurance Searches. Abstracts of Title, Conveyancing Fire Insurance Prompt Scrv.ce All Work Guaranteed Munry 10 i -'jn on Good Firat Mortgage ) Offices in First Nationl Bank Building Cajje May Court House N. J. Iion't Suffer With Rheumatism Csmphorok 0 ves Qikk Relief

8 C The Safe 1 Way to Wealth Some people think that to acquire wealth, it is necessary to speculate — ~ j but-, more fortunes are . I'l-iilv by persistent sav- *• iiiy than by lucky specuI _ \ " 11 r account is cor1 iliaily invited. .1 percent. Interest Paid on Time Accounts. Ocean City Title and Trust Co. OCEAN CITY, N. J. '[ j ABBOTTS' , Alderney Dairies Seventh St. and West Ave. Ocean City, N. J. CholBto Dairy Products Buttar sad Eggs i Ask for Booklet of Bpaetalttoi Orders Delivered Both flWi -