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vol. xxxviil

OCEAN CITY, N. J.. THURSDAY, TEliliCARY li, III JO.

NO. 45

Ocean City Sentinel OO E AIM CITY. N. U. R. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor ii.oo Per Year, Strictly in Advance. ATTOKAKlH.al-l.AW. J^|ORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and CQU N^SELLOR^AT- LAW, (OjijmmIU- Public buildlDgsh |^A W - OFFICES" L KO*WIL1 Apgar & Boswell, LAW OFFICES Godfrey S Read ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. JPlJRMAN B. WILLIS Attorney at Latv 95a Asbury Avenue - Ocean City, N.J. Wm. H, Collisson. Jr. Ano. M . Am. .Sue. e. E. . | Civil Engineer and Surveyor j City Engineer, Ocean Clly.N. J. .IbbltAL. » J. Dit. W. 1'. HAINES . I COR. NINTH AND WESLEY AVE. i OCEAN CITY. N. J. "Jj'lokence Brick Haines COR. StM AND WESLEY AVE Hour- by uptKilpluieut Allen Corson, 1. D.™:|f ; 816 Wealey Avenue 1 Ocean City New Jersey yERSCHKL FETTIT, M. D.i; 807 WESLEY AVE. OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY | £)k. Wilson Y. Christian . Dentint" 809 Central Avenue OCKAN CITY. ■. J. Hell Plume, 15 2. "'"ocVan' Ca'y Call. Given Immediate DR. DAVID'M. SAXE VETERINARY SURGEON sg NORTHCViktHNC|A AVENUE Formerly Chief Valariaarua U. S. Kepre.i Co. : Booth Phones kiout hell Hughes' Central Pharmacy Btb and Wealey Ave. Ocean City, N.J Pboue 245- W Phone your order. We deliver Rev MARK LAKE \ Undertaker and Embalmer wSsaruL atuob A F. LEVERING The Reliable Paper Hanger 708 Central Ave., Ocean City, X. J. All work guaranteed on ciean walla We Are Distributors lor the mmui flutomoDiie In Ocean City, Sea Isle City j and Vicinity Wm. H. Powell General Contractor Grading and Street Bnilding Thirty-fourth at. aad West ave. OCEAN CITY, N. J. Rcldoaco: JIM Cowtral Avasaa Fheao. Ml-W COAL COAL TRY OURS FOR QUALITY ' C. H. SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. Twelfth aad West Area as

il /Family Hotels P q 1 'All-year-round Cottages | ror bale Bay Front Villas (Summer Cottages We have a special list pi some unusual N bargains in each of these classes. Let us send'it to you. MASSEY & EDWARDS Eighth and Central Ave. ^ 'i\ SIMMS'r RESTAURANT and DELICATESSEN 822 Boardwalk CLOSED FffR THE SEASON BIRGE— MADE IN U. S. A. THIS LABEL ON WALLPAPER LEAR WALL R^PER CO. 517 eighth street SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR OCEAN CITY NINETCCN NINETEEN PATTERNS NOW COMING IN I; Real Estate Por Sale , BIO BARGAINS j- Cottages, Apartments and Bungalows, famished and unfurnished 1 ; Sortie estates in my hands must be sold at sacrifice prices. This is the ' | time of year to buy Cottages and Lou at this Popular Seaside Resort 1 very Qheap. Apply to ' Alonzo Cotton 1 felO Aabury Avanua Owan City, N. J. MONEY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE. ' Nh waiting for two weeks to know If you can get It; we can tell you at ' once. Bargain, in Bay and Ocean front propertlee. Cboloe cottage, for ' aale. A l*o lot* for Investment and for Improvement— the choice of 1 Ocean City. Apply to - c J. M. CHESTER & CO., 1 " Ocean City, N. J. « real estate insurance [ TIE JOSEPH I. SCULL AGENCY j 757 ASBURY AVENUE PHONE. T OCEAN CITY. N. J g REAL. ESTATE INSURANCE \ Clayton Haines Brick A11 Eighth St. Ocean Olty, N. wl. > STEELMAN'S STEELMAN'S Extraordinary Values in Odds „ and Ends We Are Closing Out to j Make Room for Our New Spring ' Goods. I glen's and Boys' Hats and Caps, 10c, 25c and 50c Children's ^rt Silk Sweaters, sizes 28 to 34, now $2.25 G Women's and Men's Felt Slippers Reduced w We are headquarters for " Black Cat Reinforced Hosiery " Lee Union-Alls for Work " Ball Brand, Goodrich and ' Goodyear Rubber Boots and y Granville H. Steelman - 831-633 asbury avenue £ SHORE r AST LINBI • — TO — 0 Atlantic Gity ! Saturday and Sunday * Additional Service PARLOR GAR , Leave Boardwalk at Eighth Street at 1 1 A. M., 1 P. M., q 3 P M V M. f Leave Atlantic Qty 10 A. NlT\2 M„ 2 P. M., 4 P. M. t EXTRA raac, IS c«nu c ' — - a Try an Advertisement in the SENTINEL !

Bnilding to be Used as Summer School, Library and for Community Gatherings, fhemember. of tpe committer appointed by Mayor Champion at a pub-. - make suggestion, and recommendation, regarding the proposed memorial to the many Ocean City bqy* whoi re.|>ouded tolhe Government's call to j community, buildiug coining about >10000. Tbe building could be utlllr.ed by llie Ocean CityTBiate Summer School and also be used aa a couventlou hall, public library, gymna-luin. etc. Tbe committee', report, Jn full, I. a. follows: Tbe uuder.tgned, member, of a committee appointed .by hi. honor, the mayor, for ibe purpose of making recommendation, lo the general com- . rnlttee respecting a |#rmaiit memor " lal to the' boy. of Ocean City who have been In the service of theGoveru meut a. soldiers and sailor, during tbe late war. have uuaulmou-ly concurred iu tbe recommendations Ibat follow: , Realizing Ibat .uch memorial wll| be to tbe honor and glo-y of our boy. to whatever use aucb memorial maybe adapted where II couirloutea to the beoeflt and upbuilding of tbe resort, we have given ourselves to-the careful 1 consideration of those tblug." which. In our judgment, lu a public way. are : moil greatly needed and will represent 1 suck benefit lo the resort In Its popu 1 "tartly and growth a. will warrant a ' municipal tjxpeudlture necessary to carry It out. l Tbe summer scbool la the one aDd 1 ' only Institution or enterprise ta the 1 support of which tbls resort is com- ' milled, and which, having been se- ! cured at great effort, we denize tore- ' ! tain and develop to possibilities 1 which we tfelleve Wre almost unlimited ' aDd wliicb It Is difficult, even now, to ' foresee. 1 Aabury Park Is not only a coast re- ' , sort, but a business city, supplying | great area of contiguous farmland and 1 villages. Belug near New York. It has : the advantage of drawing large pa- j 1 from that city and Ibe large j cities In tbe upper part of tbe Stale • of tbese advantages do we poa- r „es«. Atlantic City bas Its great conventions from all over the union, which we canDot bope to secure In many years to come, even In part. ^ Wild wood has Its great excursion t business, wbicb, we are told, la greater 1 even tban tbe excursion business of t Atlantic City, and Cape May has de- 11 reloped Into a large naval center, with' p great Government patronage, while g

WEDDED TWENTY I YEARS, CELEBRATE F. Gardiner and Wife, - With Some Friends, Com- I memorate Anniversary. William F. Gardiner and wife entertained a number of friends at tbelr borne In tbla city on Bunday In celebration of tbe twentieth aunlversary of tbelr wedding .and tbe occasion was f eery merry aud enjoyable A big dinner was tbe feature, to whlcb~all did full justice. Tbose present besides Mr. and Mrs aud tbelr two sous. William K and George, were John H. Lake and u wife, parents of Mrs. Gardlner^'has y R. Ware aud wife, Mrs. May Tyzack, it Mlas Eva Tyxack, Dr. and Mrs. Wll- tt R. Barclay and tbelr eons. Ken- c netb and William, of Tacony; William c Sherry, Jr.. wife and son, of Pblla- g delphia; Charles B. Powell and wife Parker Miller and wife. Louis Miller a and wife and Mlaa May Bramell, of u Ocean City. a Mi. and Mr*. Gardlneg were mar- a rted In Princeton by tbe Rev. W. M. a pastor of tbe Baptist Church there. Of tbe wedding party, only u Mrs. Gardiner's parents and Cbsrles a R. Ware and wife were present at tbe a celebration on Buuday. Tbe "best" p man, Rlcbard J. Seeds, could not be because of tbe serious Illness of r< bis daughter. „ Mrs. Gardluer received a number of g valuable pretests, and their frlenda n expressed tbe hope that they would II live to celebrate at least tbelr seventy- » wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner came to Ocean City from Tacony in 1904, tbey then baying tbe business of Mrs. Gar- ? diner's great uncle, CapL V. S. Robin- 1 upon tbe elte of tbelr present " place, but now mncb enlarged. * Ware's Specialties. Fresh roasted hot peanuts, 25 cents per pound; 15 cents per quart. Home packed tomatoes lu Mason- } quart jars, 28 cant*. Old-faablooed peanut brittle, 80 cents 11 pound. * Planty of black walnuts, SO ceuta a Naw crop New Orleans molasses, 80 e ceota per quart. g Large assortment choice apples, oranges, banana# and all kind of fruit always on band. Pore sweat aider, 15 cents per quart, i Fresh eggs right from tbt couutry. plenty of I bam, 70 mntspar doseo. '

$100,000 memorial hall favored by committee

1- 1 ' firm's name has : spread to france * Soldier "Over There" Writes 10 j Letter to the Sutton & °j Corson Co. >r 1 Heory W. Towotend. ofibeHutton it Corwiu Co.. this Clly , was somewhat surprised Tliur-day to receive e letter y from a Bomers' Point' boy. Fred H. I Maaley, who is a ms*ler engineer I, wllh the 809th Engineer* In France. Tbe writer Is unknown to Mr Towuis send, hut be has heard of him. At the lop of tbe letter was a uotice 1 clipped from au engineering paper , r, telling of a contract received by tbe 1 g Button A Corson Co. for tbe bridge | Ocean City- ' ' g Sir-:— Perhaps you will be surprised 1 1- fa. receive this bit of correspondence , t from "over here." but perhaps, after I , have explained, you will understand t I why 1 hsvf written. While looking 1 , over tbe Engineering News Record* I | f noticed the clipping which I have en- t . cloned. Being Interested lu tbe ad- t , vancemeul of Bouth Jersey, I cut out ■ I tbe same and decided to send It to r , Y°u 1° »hu* yon that your uame aud f 1 business have traveled very close to ; tbe German border, and we both will | agree In tbe aaylug that" "It pays to « , advertise." . , Perliaps you will be curious to know t who I might be and how I came to be , I familiar with your firm's name. I re- a , side lu Burners' Polut, Just across the as you well kuow, -bavlug built , the bridge that now spans the few , miles of water and meadowa. I have a 1 worked In days goue by Imyour town) 11 employers belug C. h Bacon and Tbeo. Towuseud. I am a plumber by trade aud before tbe war carried on J business under my uame at tbe B ••Point." Perhaps you may ha"e 1 cf my fatbeff who also" resides 1 at tbe "Polnl." I hope that I bave not lotrnded by r, pu-hing my letter Into your busy h building world. but that's bow we won 1, Ibv big .crap over liere— by pushing— p so I will take a chance. Greetings a "over here." p — : 11 LrO for PfeHaaelpkla. Charles R. Bill well, who. a few ~ ago. left tbe Ocean tfity Title aud Trust Company, where he bad u -ecretary and treasurer for a number of years, early tbla week Went Philadelphia, where be entered his new -duties with Ibe firm of It Bteelman A Archer, wholesale drug- b gists. He goes with tbe beat wishes H of a uumber of frlenda.* 01

C. C. READ FIGURES : AS A PROPHET His Anto, Years Ago, Bore the Legend, "Saloonless Nation in 1920." f On the face of seemlug conditions at ! the present lime, Charles C. Read,- of I Camden, aud head of the hardware | firm of Cbsrles C. Read A Co , of tbla j city, appears to he a prophet. He beat Mr. Polk to It. . Mr. Polk, you'll recall. Issued a proclamation In Washington, some few days ago, rela1 tlve to a "boozeless" nation In 1920. t Mr Read, six years ago, drove bla r automobile lu Oceau City, and on tbe - windshield, In gilt letters, was tbe 1 legeud, "A Balooulees Nation In 1920." Not a few persons smiled when tbey - read this proclamation, or opinion, of Mr. Read.. Tbey expressed tbe view r doubtedly all- right— bis legion of ' friends tbrougbont tbe Btate and In < ' all declare tbat be la au experl,ln tbe hardware line— but when 11 came to maklug prophecies be was ' a trifle weak. Tbe same old tb'Iog. you kuow, relatlug to a propbet being without bouor In his own country. 1 Aud, too, while tbe prohibition aentlrneut bas grown with leaps and ' durlug tbe last few years, only the most ardent Aid-water advocate, perhaps, felt tbat tbe legislatures of 42 1 more States would line up so < strongly against rum lu 1918 and 1919 1 as bas beeu (be cgse. But Mr. Read read tbe baudwrltlug on the wall ao 1 back aa plx years ago. 1 Mr. Read la not a member of tbe 1 Prohibition party. He Waa Identified wltb tbls organization for awhile, at ' gue time, but be realized tbat probibl- ' tlon must come tbrougb either tbe Re- | publicans or Democrats, and ao be la 1 and baa been a Republican Mr. Read bas been wltb tbe 8df>- 1 plee-Biddle Hardware Company for 86 1 He Is a relative of Btate Trea- < surer Read, of New Jersey, who has a number of frlenda In tbla city. ' There la a little story connected wltb 1 tbat slogan that Mr. Read formerly bad on bis anto. He sold tbls machine some time ago and purcbaaad anotber auto. Before starting on a trip, he made arrangements to bave 1 tbe eame sign painted 00 bla new machine When be returned borne, be tbat tbe work bad not baan Inquiry revealed tbat tbe fellow wbo was to bave done tbe paint- 1 lag either became borror-etrlcken or 1 to take bla chance while op- ' portunlty aflorded, wltb tbe recall ' be got "loaded." '• Now, Mr. Read faela, tben la no c longer any occasion for his slogan. * Tbe "Baloonlees Nation In 1920" ta , almost an accomplished fact, be says J Elrmt *1(111 of Ocean. j R. L. Bond, of Hamilton, III., waa I town Bunday wltb W. Scott Hand, / both being employed at Hog Ialand. Boud on tbla occasion saw (be / tot tbe first time. I

BAPTISTS PLAN FOR BIG SEASON to Have Assistant— J Success of Drive for $ 12,500 < "2 is Assured. Tbe Rev. M. M. Lewis, paator of tbe | Baptist Church, aud .Clayton Brick went to Philadelphia , Monday to attend a joint meeting -of , tbe men's aud womeu'a auxiliaries of ( First Baptist Cburcb of Ocean 1 Clly, held at tbe Biptlat Institute for j Christian Workers, Broad street and , avenue. ( Tbe meellug was attended by 40 or | people. A definite program for coming summer was mapped out , and adopted, wbicb will make a bigger ( and broader work in Ocean City tban , attempted heretofore. The pastor will bave an assistant , seasou, aud both will be kept , moving couatautly to get the work , Definite announcements will made to tbe public after Marcb 1. , The aiatus of tbe drive for 812,500 , for Ibe cburcb was discussed, and II . was learned tbat tbe situation was ao gratifying tbat tbe leaders In tbla movement bave tbe utmost coDfideuce that tbe dilve will lo every way be a wonderful success. Isaac Maxwell, sextou of Ibe First Cburcb and janitor of tbe Oceau Clly Public Library, baa resigned tbese positions, to take eflect March 1. He and Mrs. Maxwell will go to Florida. Nrflce 10 Adveriisers. Changes of copy for display advertisements must be at tbls offloe not later tbau Tuesday noon for Insertion tbe Bkktikel. Tbla rale will be strictly adhered to. * adv.. tf For sale at third of cost fine toned ebony, upright piaao, nearly new. Pennlyu place, Ocean City. adv.. 1L Legal papers of all descriptions, Including wills, are carefully drawn by R- Curtis RoMnaon at hi* offiea, 744 Aabury avanoa. Ocean city, N. J. adv. Try an advarttaaaaent In tbe Bum8ft.

renting season I forecasted for 1919

* Many Cottages and Apart- 1 ments Already Leased— Daily Inqnriea. | Now tbat tbe war ooDdltlons bave passed, and affairs are aaaomlng k a normal atate. many people. real estate men say. are looking for n cottages and apartments In Ocean b for tbe summer aaeaoo of 1919. a The prospects for in unusually good summer here are of tbe very beet , all • ' local real estate operators declare. " 1 R. W. EdVarda, of Maaaey A Edwards, wbicb firm bas made a few * ' rentals aud soma sales, expresses tbla » oplulou, aa does James M. Cheater, P 1 Clayton Haines Brick, Harry F. • [ and tba Joaepb I. Bcnll » Agency all of whom are busy answerdally Inquiries for bonaet for not 0 r 'uminer. t ' Mr. Stanton, one day this weak, F 1 closed five good rentals, and ba baa S r or three sales tbat are practically 1 1 completed. * Mr. Brick baa made several rentals of high class bouses, completed one ^ sale and baa three or four olber aalaa ' ' nearly consummated. ' Wltb ihla condition of affaire tbls f early In tbe year, and with practically f cottages built bare elooa laat aprtog. * it behooves those wbo desire to spend 1 > oext summer In Ocean City lo stir 1 tbemaelvas without delay or they may 1 s face tbe same situation aa did a large 1 number last year, wben tbey found «, not a cottage or a pertinent for rent. - - - P aars. J. I. Gore Dead. C 1 Mra- AJIca Lummta Gore, wire of J. I ' I. Gore, of tbe Teniae Company, and B " wbo died at bar apartment In Pblla- ' delpbta, was buried In Overlook 1 Cemetery, Brldgeton, on Tboreday. Bbe was a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. ( J. F. Lummta, of Brldgeton, summer residents of South Ocean City, wbo « . have the sympathy of many frlenda j 1 ■ ■ ■ I e R . Curtta Robinson, 744 and 748 Aa • bury avenue. Ocean City, N. J., baa f bean appointed a Commissioner of 1 Deads for Pennsylvania, wltb tall aa- t thorny lo take acknowledgment and ' proof of any dead, mortgage or altar conveyance of any lands, lainmanta at hereditaments lying or batng In tad 1- Blata, or any olbec writing softer saaL y lo be need or recorded ta Peangylva- 1 4 n is, end to administer an oath er atar- '. melton. adv.. It 1- Try an adrarttamata ta thatam- I n. 1

e " ; GEORGE Y. SCHOCK CALLED BY DEATH "I Summer Resident Wa9 Ex- ;. tensively Engaged in Oyster " Business for Years. Hla many frlenda In this city, wberr a be waa a summer resident .for years, e were surprised to bear of ibe death or e George Y Scbock, wblcli occurred al ' hie borne. 4201 Plue street. West Hbil T adelplila.\»i^Krlday. While bere last f season be appeared to be In bis usual r health Mr. Scbock, who was 65 yeara old, 1 ! growers In Soulb Jersey. He .bad 1 , large beds of oysters not only around , 1 Port Norrta and near by sectloue of , , Cumberland County, but be also 1 , bad similar beds In 'Maryland aud ' [ Virginia. , Hla luueral took place Tuesday after- 1 . noon, Intermeul belug at Ml. Morlab , I Cemetery. , ML Scbock was III a mouth. He was prealdeut of the- Wholesale > Oyster Dealers' Association, aud for | , half a century was engaged m the | ) oyster business In Philadelphia. I Mr. Bcbock was a director of the , Boutbwark National Bank and a member of tbe Ocean City Yacht Club , and of several rraternal organizations. 1 He waa also active In the affairs of ; Calvary M. E. Cburcb and charitable In an unostentatious way. He leaves five sons aud three daugb- < - ten. Tbe sous are CapL Jaa. Bcbock , 1 and Rolaud Bcbock, both In tbe eer- , vloe. Ceot. Bcbock, a abort time since. ' collapsed from exhaustion after weeks ■ of Ogbttng. Hla borne ta In Wayne, » where also lives one of Mr. Bcbock 's 1 ■ daogbters. Mrs. J. P. D. Ceaile. 1 Mr. Bcbock 's summer borne bere wee on Fourth street. He was au c ! uncle of Mlaa May Brown, of tbtVwqy . < . a , | | GIVEN SURPRISE 1 1 ■ 1 Basel Nickaraon'a Frtenda « Bad Hood Time. r Mlaa Hasel Nlckereon, daughter of 1 George W. Nlckereon and wife, was 1 given a surprise party by a Dumber of . young frlenda at bar borne, EleveDtb . street and Wast avenue, Wedueaday ' evening of last week. All bad a very ' pleasant time. After tbey bad played c mauy games, refreshments were Tboee present were Rush Cbattln. 1 Breckley, William Garretson. 1 Harry Button, Roy Pfanders, Wlllard I Nickersoo, Barton Nlckereon, Helen , Bakely, Hasal Bakely. Blanche Col- , Anna Button. Erma Breckley. r Cbattln and Dorotby Marshall. * Miss Wllbelmlna Countiss and Miss I. Nlckereon assisted In entertain- (. the young folks. j a SCHOOL BOYS TAKE ANOTHER ' fi No Trouble in J Defeating the Egg Harbor t School's Five. L The Ocean City Hl( h Bcbool'a baa- c ball I asm added ag|&H victory to Its string at tbe armoryfSday evening by easily defeating tbTEgg Har- t bar High School five. Tbe score was e to 12 ,, There was a fatr-slxed attendance , and there waa plenty of applause for e tbe good plays. Tbe locals did not p'nt op aa fine an ( article as they can, moat of tbe hoys 8 appearing to be a llule off In tbelr play, bnt, at-that, tbey limply bad „ everything tbelr own way wltb tbt e Llne-ap: ^ city boo habbob {&" Adams Cantar Haoaelman a Wallace 1 nn.rd. J Hanselman Bteelman / tBoeartb Bube— Stevens and Messenger. Field Goals— Marts, 8; Ferguson, 3; v Adams, 2; Wallace, 1; Bteelman, 1; k Hanselman. 1; H. Hanselman, 2; b L. Bozartb, 1. Foul Goals— Maria, 1; 11 Ferguson, 2; Adama. 8; Bretzmao, 1; d H. Hanselman, 2; C. Meaaaoger, 1. c Referee, Boy Jobnson. b PROPERTY OWNER: * This will be an active and early ti in Real Estate. I am now preparing xy office records of Ocean £ properties that will be For * or For Sale. Among the c included in these lists there u may be some who will be nninten- 1 tionally overlooked by me. Any • Owner, therefore, who has not re- a ceived from me a form for giving h the above information will do me a favor and be working to his own advantage,', perhaps, by forwarding f , ae the' Renting and Selling prices on his properties. Yoora very resp'y, HARRY P. STANTON. l 41 5 Eighth street, k adv., 1-30, at Ocean City, N. J. 4

city's health conditions f excellent during 1918

"iMost of the Fortyvteve* Deaths Were Thoae of j Elderly People. [ The annual report of Health Offlese T..f*ee Adams, submitted to tbe City 1 'omml».|ooers at their weekly ill eel . I»k. shows an ezcellent condition at affairs from the bealtb standpoint. Tbe report follows: To tbe 1 'ommlMloner* of tbe city at Ocean City, N.J ( ■ • Gentlemen:— Below find a reporter ihe vital stat1*tlca for tbe peat year, as ' well a* tbe amount expended, for the 1 relief of the poor. J «« . Marriages, 22; births, 27; dsatbs. 47. 1 Of ibe blrlbs, V, were white and ooa 1 colored. . > Of Ibe deaths. 19 were from past 90 ■ to Hsj years; 4 were less than on* ytar, ' two Of tbese being due to preoaatare birth. "one to cbolera Infantum and one 1 to whooping cough. Nina dsatbs ware ' flue to Influenza aad pneumonia, ba- - tbe ages of 3j and 48 yaata. I werj due to drowning and otta to gunshot wound. Thirty were res- • idem* of Ocean City, and 17 — rrrtsta • mer visitors. A« overseer of tbe poor, I bare issued thirteen orders for relief at tba 1 poor, amounting tot35A6, wbicb, coaa- ' pared with last year, ta vary UgM, >119 87 belug expended last year. HAS TRAVELED MUCH ' Kflymood c. Fricc Mow avilbtta I aaatn lolaoirv. Writing from France, to Mrs. C. H. Wlttkamp. of Corson's Inlet, nndta - dale of Jauuary 3, Raymond C. ritaa. I of Ibis city, a member of Company B, 8881b Infantry, baa tba followtag ta I . "I think I will- soon ba liitatag at least I bope to, as 1 aaa tired - , of France. We bave not bad a stoat day for so long tbat I do not knew w hat would really happen If tba MB should shine all day just for one day. Ererytblog ta wet and aaoddy. I surely want to get bom*. I aaa scarcely wait ontll I gat back oa lbs railroad and get Into my old bins orae•II*. I am Juat sick of Haialtag around.". After tailing of being In tba h nip Mai for some time, and relating soaea at' bis traveling experience*, tba wrttaf conllDuea: "Yon can see bow a fallow bMta travel aronnd when be Is wounded, X now in Doogermaln and am wftb Company B, 838ib Infantry. Mtb Division, ao I no longer belong taOoMH. 114th Regiment. 29th Dtvt- , slou. Tbe boya treat m* Una. X tool / a loetabeap In a stranfts told. s. Give my regards to Mr. WWtbamt and tbe railroad meo." STIRRING NARRATITB ^ Commodore CburchUI Haagwtoad, prealdeot of the Oaaaft Ufty Fishing Club, has a gripping, itatoMa description, lo tba January naaata at American Angler, at tba MfttftN Elmer Y. Robinson, a Mata at tbe dnb, of lbs forty sat aa poaad channel base from tbe dab ptar aaa Bunday last Beptamber. The story Is not only wail wrfttoa oua wbo ba* an intimate baewledge of the bablu of tbsa* dab, bat ft decidedly ont or tbe ordtaary aad to well worthy of perusal by all lata ested In fishing topics. Tbe story bears tba caption, "Tba of tbe King," and II MtaM At tbe periodical circulate* aaaaag sportsmen In many aactloaa at tba country, Commodore Hoaaattoad1* graphic story ta a big "ad." to* Oaaaft City. CLOSE BARRACKS at Caps May Sat* ta dtoamtfosat. Tbe statement ta mad* tbat tbe aaval training atatloo at Capo May, knowu as W taaablckoo Bazmaba, to M be abandoned and tbat meat at tba. 1300 men now than will ba gtvan ttato Tba' aoDoaoewaal to credited to Rear Admiral lllta. Fourth Naval District oommaadMft aud It was said tbat tba few mm to ba retained In tba service will finish tbdt training at tbe Newport New* atattoa. Tbe order does not adeot tbe Naval at BewaU'a Point. A taaaU fSMB will be maintained at WtoMbtobM Barracks to make an taVMtagy *f Government property and kasp |ta until final dtapoaltlon ta daatdad ftpM. work of demobUtotaff tba Deserve. ba* already bma atattad. atSM tban KM) men having b*M gliM toaorabl* discharge* tba laUa* past at weak. T wen ty fl v* opaeatore. Apply abbfi So mars' Fatal, B.I. adv., 118, 41. Are yon loobtapto* anltadbb tba Gardaoa, prtoaa WtalftFwft - Wttb bay (Mat. la -MfttoM town? For term# apply ta Sft. ! Bcull, 617 caotral a vmm. a3j|d was* eaa*™TU^CyP^HE J