P OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

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OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, APRIL.' 3, 15)11). T— — * ... ~ ■

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)cean City Sentinel OOKAN CITY. N. J. . -BvCURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor •i.oo Per Year, Strictly in Advance. f ATWM«ii.tT.'L»W. IfORGAN HAND, * ATTORNEY and DO U NSELLOR-AT- LAW . pnm Oeart OoOTleeioner. Kouit I-ubuL unui eetiaT iionaE, a. j. ; Opposite Public Bolldlatui. I. holt Ami*. Annaiw c. BoavaLi. jAW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell, BOUBHE Bl'ILDlNU, IBBUBY AVENUE and K1UHTH HTKEKT jAW OFFICES Godfrey & Read j SarUect^BalMlna^rfV ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. PURMAN B. WILLIS ® Attorney at Law v 95a Asbnry Avenue Ocean City, N. J. . A Wm. H. Colli sson, Jr. | Civil Engineer and Surveyor ly Engineer, Ocean city, M. J. mmmuiAU R )R. P. HAINES OR. NINTH AND WESLEY AVE OCEAN CITY. N. J. 'MCE HOURS: j 1 jS »"£ m.' 7' NW'boue. NO p ledlcuUijainMUoe ^ Mimrrku ^ Dr. Florence B. Haines Hoore by Appoint™ sol OCEAN CITY, N. J. " ilia Corson, M.D. J lie Waal ey Avenue noan City New Jersey Ana lam-Wan MS- A. U° JKRSCHEL PETTIT, M. D. - •07 WESLEY AVE. ■ OCEAN CITY. NEW JERSEY uaeaHonra: (to 10a.m. tefboess «"»>■•«■ )r. Wilson Y. Christian I «• l>entist - 809 Central Avenue OCEAN CITY. I. 4. •II Pbona, 162. "cNoan Sty Calls Given Immediate _ m. davFdu°m. saxe VETERINARY SURGEON le moeth^im!n5aIj?venue ATLANTIC CITY, N.7 ■neertyCMef VeoeriaananU. t-E.pt... Co. ton Phodn Nioht Bell HaChas' Cootnl Pharmacy k and Waalay Ava. Ocean City, N.J Pbona 246- W Naneyoor lien W* estiva* ftes £ARK LAKE Undertaker and Embalmer ■0 OMiaac Avaaoa 'mm* IN OCEAN CITT. N.J. A. F. LEVERING " 'he Reliable Paper Hanger 08 Ceottal Ave., Ocean City, N. J. .All voA guaranteed on ciean walla We Are Distributors tiftlster ntgioDiie tN Ocean City, Sen I ale City aad Vtdaity Wm. H. Powell Oeneral Contractor L trading and Street BaUdlng p TWIj I— ftb «L — d Wat (to. OCEAN CITY. N. J. ■ iillmi. UN I Avases Nan, aai-w COAL COAL T*V OURS FOR R QUALITY * TwM«4 WM Avnnnn

I /Family Hotels P c , All-year-round Cottages I |-or d Jay" Front Villas 'Summer Cottages | We have a special list ot some unusual bargains in each of these classes. Let' 11s send it to you. MASSE Y & EDWARDS ; niRhth and Central Ave. House Ready for Renter? .r Lear Wall Paper Co. 517 Eighth Street Ocean City New Jersey Real Estate For Sale BIO BAROAINS Cottages, Apartments. and Bungalows, furnished and unfurnished Some estates in my hands must be sold at sacrifice prices. This is the time of year to buy Cottages and Lots at this Popular Seaside Resort very Cheap. Apply to Alonzo Cotton G'9 Anbury Avenue Ocean City, iv. J. TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE. No walling for two week, to know If you cau get It; we can tell yon at ouce. Bargain, in Kay and Ocean front pro|ertlex. Choice cottage, for sale. Also lot. for investment and for improvement— the choice of Oceaii City. Apply to J. M. CHESTER & CO., Ocean City, N. J. ESTATE INSURANCE THE JOSEPH I. SCULL 1GEHCY asbury avenue PHONE. 7 ocean city. n. J REAL ESTATE -na INSURANCE Clayton Haines Brick A11 Eighth St Ocean City, IM. *J. Marts Lumber Co. ocean city. n. J. Millwork, Mouldings. Building Paper, Plaster Board, Naila, Sash Weight a etc. Estimates Kutnisbed. Prompt Delivery. New 7-room Bungalow and Garage With all the latest improvements, on the Gardens T ract, on Asbury and Central Avenues, $3,250.00 and I TERMS TO SUIT. Apply any agent or H. D. LeCATO, Owner AUDUBON, N. J. S' j Knowledge and Action ! The officers of the First National Bank 1 - not only know 'what- is g6od service .but- ' - ' they put their knowledge into ffctiop by i making every transaction prompt, courteoui | and satisfactory. T Accounts subject to check are* solicited. First National Bank OCEAN CITY, N. J. - - i Attention, Property Owners H It will be to your advantage to see us before buying that paint elsewhere as \ye are closiug out our stock of .Wetherttl's Atlas Paiat at greatly reduced prices. Also two other liuea frgm 75c per gallon ug, ' ' \ , * <■ |THE MODERN HARDWARE STORE \ ©has. ©. Read & © o . J " "W. E. ALLEN, MONOUR NEWrADDRESS-848-SO ASBURY AVENUE 1, PHONE US. IT PHONE YOUR ORDER TWO PHONEB: 206. 220 FRED P. BELL For Things Good to Eat SEVENTH STREET AND ASBURY AVENUE Reliable place to do your markotlng. Moats, Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables. . FREE DELIVERY TO ALL PARTE OP OlTY OPEN ALL THE VEEP

BUSINESS MEN AROUSED OVER BOOST IN CAR FARE

Mayor Champion to Go to New York to Interview Government Men. Vqe bu tnes* people aud resident, of Ocean llity are thoroughly aroused over the Increased rate of railroad fare ~ between Philadelphia and Ibis re.ori, which went Into effect last Tuesday. The round-trip rate ' between these points I. (4-32, which Include, the war lax. Concerted action I. being made by the Board or Trade and Young Men's Progressive League to have (be rate brongbt back lo normal ooDdlliona, especially af 'Government official, promised, month, ago, lo reduce the then existing rale of fare between Philadelphia and the summer seashore retorts at the close or the war. Instead of the reduction, there la a boost from (3.99— altogether too high —to (4.32. This all-Important question was _ brought to the attention of the members of thetYoung Men's Progressive B League at the regular meeting of tbe organization. Monday night by William F. Gardiner, d Among those who spoke beside Mr. le Gardiner were City Solicitor Andrew rt U. Boswell and Prof. James M. Stevens. The latter referred lo tbe Govern- i ment's promised redaction In fare, i He said also (bat tbe people of this - '• city do not feel that It Is right that i - Ocean City abonld pay a higher rate I of fare to Philadelphia than Is charged it between Atlantic City and Philadel- I >r pbla. There should be a committee i >1 appointed to take tbe matter op with ' tbe officials, this committee to act | with others from this city or Indepen- ] • dently. i v It was said that Atlantic City la In- | r terested In seeing that Ocean City has < a lower rate of fare than la charged. I On motion of William F. Gardiner, ■ be league went on record as . against t the rise In railroad fare between Pbll- t adelpbla and Ocean* City and agreed ' to do all" It can to remedy conditions President Howe appointed the fol- • lowing as tbe league's committee: William F. Gardiner, Prof^feteveus and Capt. Herbert C. Smith. Since the Increase In fare some time ago. most Ocean City people having 1 occasion to go. to Pblladalpbla have ■ made the trip by way of Pleaaantvllle, 1 ■ v Win Give Cantata p 1 On Thursday evening, April 17 t (Maondy Thursday), the cautata, "From Olivet to Calvary," will be c sung In Holy Trinity Church. The p 1 soloists will be: Mre. George E. Dun- b stan, aoprano; Miss Mary E. Colbnrn, S : contralto; William H. Colllason, Jr., t tenor; Walter S. Sherman, base. Miss Madeleine French, orgaillst. "

MILLVILLE VON FROM LOCAL FIVE Visitors Were a Trifle Too - Strong for Manager Gardiner's Basket Ball Team. Managtr "Bill" Gardiner's basket ball team ended Its short aeason on Ssturday night by bowing gracefolly to tbe prowess of a Ave from Millville. There was a good-sized crowd at the armory to wltneaa tbe game, but, notwithstanding tbe rooters for tbe borne tba visitors were winners by tbe score of 3? to 40. Weleentbkl and Marpby led In tbe tcoflng'for tbe locals. Bingham was tbe premier of (lie Millville aggregation. Line-up: OCEAN CITY MILLVILLE OCEAN CITY MILLVlLfiE ChaUIn Forward Young ■Murphy •• Steele Weiaentbal Center Tlce Ferguson Guard . Stealman Scbock •• Bingham Field goals— Cbattln, 2; Marpby, 8; Welsenthsl, 6; Ferguson, 1; Scbock, 1; Yoqng. 4; Steele, 2; Sttelman, 4; Bingham, S. ' Foul goals— Marpby, 4; Wleseatbal, 1; Scbock, 8; Young, 4; Blngbam, 4. Referee, Tbe Ocean City High School freshman team bast the boys or the elgbth grade by tbe score of 80 to 4. Ware's i>*suttlw. Fresh roasted hot peanuts, 30 ceoti per poond; IS cents per qoan. Fresh White Clover Bauer, In half pounds, 76 cants lb. Old-faablonad peanpt brittle, 80 cento per ponnd. New wblte Soup Beans, iOe ib. New crop New Orleans molasses, 80 cents per qoan. Largs assortment choice applss, oranges, bananas and all kind of fruit always on band. Pars sweat cider, 16 cants par quart: Fresh eggs right from tbe country, plenty of (beta, 60 eenta per dosan. Helot's sweet mixed pickles, very I taety, 16 cents per half-pound, adv.. If Wanted.— For season , small apartment betwsen Sixth and Truth streets. Laundry - privileges. First Boor preferred. (Reasonable price. Addreee G S-, 6107 Warrington Arsons, West Phi la., Pa. adv., 8 27, 4l Fob Balb.— Tba vary daslrablt corner of Tenth street and Central avenue, 90x100 feat. Inquire of Aadrsw I Brown. 1*18 Colombia avsoua, Pblladalpbla. Pa. adv., tt bourne, nST'n^'mr' Weat*awM*. Apply P. a Bob 1». ed*.,tt-18,tf.

° WILFRED SOOY AT I FRENCH COLLEGE J' Will Have Four Months of ■e Study at Sorbonne UniverII sity in Paris. y Wilfred Sooy, sou of George W. sHtooy end wife, of Ibis city, who went :e lo France with the 13lh U. S. M. C, I, Is now altendlng tbe Sorbonne Untie ver-ity In I'arla. e Writing lo bis mother, the young 0 man says: i- "I am no more a soldier, but once r. more ■ student. It has been my good a fortune lo be one of tbe membets of b the A. E. F. given tbe opportuulty of ' attending a French university, so here a I am la Paris and living like a human i- being once more. I am now a etua deol at the Sorbonne University aud' e will be here for the uext four mouths - ^"Despite the high sounding title, practically all that I will gel out of . the coupe Is a good kuowledge of tbe f French language, but (bat is some- - thing;' aud when you consider the va- • cation we are having iu Farls, tbe gsy . and beautiful, In contrast to tbe life ) we were leading In some muddy and 1 uninteresting section of Frauce, It is ? good luck. I "Last tjuoday I took a sight-seeing - tour and am sending you some plci tures of the places of Interest 1 visited, i big affair wltb Ibe dome Is tbe t place where tbey keep Napoleon. - His tomb le a very Hue sight. In back of tbe 'building sbowu In tbe - picture le a museum wltb the most p wonderful collection o( things pertaining to war. "One Is not permitted now to as cend Etflel Tower, but I uuderstaud that it will be open soon." PLEASANT SURPRISE Given (flan Mabel Uke be no The members of Class No. 19, of tbe M. E. Knnday School, tendered very pleasant enr|irlse party to tbelr teaener. Miss Mabel Laze, at ber bume, lo this city, Wednesday evenlug of last week. There was a jolly time spent In playing games. All had a delightful There are tbtrteeo little girls In this class, the following of whom were present: Hazel Bakely, Mary JeOrles, May Bramell, Anna Bm Itb, Julia .Van Alma Ctfttlro, Emma Ulffnrd, Margaret Matble, Erma Breckley, Elizabeth Blnklnson aud Hlljta Lake.

"JOE" SWAN GETS E BACK TOMORROWS Parents Go to Newport News! to Meet Him— Cited in I November. R Joseph E' Swan, son of H. B. Swan, of the Hrm of Swan A Trout, this city, j ^ Krance^slnce the summer of 1917, Is tomorrow. His parents aud many ' friends here are anxiously awaiting ! his return to Ocean City. The parents | V . have Roue to Newport News, nt Tbe Sentinel Is in receipt of two ' 1 papers from the young man, The Ex- i il- baust. tbe only section paper of the i U. S. A A. 8., and Tbe Kadlator, tbe i ig service paper for all tbe 8. 8. U. sec (Ions with tbe -French army. When ' ce The Exhadst was started It was tbe I >d idta to publish It monthly, but this < of proved to be Impossible, and there of were only three Issues. | re The Radiator of February 20 Is t III found m Story of an Impressive decora- I j. lion ceremony at Base Camp, when Id four memtere of the 8. a U. 5-M re- « s celved the American. Distinguished t e Service Cross for extraordinary hero- I of '"Action- ' , le One of these young men wm Private t- •''n'' Class John Q. Moore, who did I ,, remarkable work In action near t y Somme-Py, France, October 2-9,1918. fe He Is a sod of William U. Moore, of 4 HaddoDdeld, a summer resident of Is Ocean City. , During this period. Private Moore g evacuated the wounded In an advanced c- P°"» ""der shell and sniper Ore. On c , the night of October 6 and 7, he drove t ie en ambulance lo points beyond tbe , ]. advanced posts to carry In tbe ( □ wounded, under Interne shell and ma- t ie chine qua fire. He also assisted tbe « ,, lltter-bcsrcri, In exposed poaltlons. In „ r- csrrylng the. wounded from tbe line# to tbe dressing station. * In The Exhaust, published at MuU1 , d house, Alsace, iu February last, j, , found tbe following "inside stufl" r^. latlngto "Joe" Swan: The section boasts manysa tank, but none like Joe. To chose who might mlslnlerpret, this statement does not * refer to tbe capacity for holding spirit- It uous beverages. But have you neVer, a e at least In tbe movies, watched a tank tl d marching gaily over rough conuuy, ai r knocking dowo trees god scattvrinx p nme ennoren right and lefIT Itisa t "fd sight Joe comet lo wltb a burst V tbrougb tbe side of a house. If tbe door bad n't been there be wonld have h l come through anyway, smiling. ~ 1 ahlee and cbalra lie flotsam and Jet- A „ "sm In tbe wake or those enormous tt feet. No wonder be swims well. So do ducks. Joe, you living monomeot i. of "pep," Imitate Cinderella's sister °' i aud bave a slice or two cut oil. "Job." oi Pvt. Joeepb E. Swan, 1040*Asbnry I' avenne, Ocean City, N.J. Joined Sec. £

FISHING CLUB CUP ON EXHIBITION ; ___ . : * May be Seen in Window of ! Caldwell & Co. in Phil- ■ adelphia. *l 1 A remarkable Iropby, Ibe Ocean . t City Cap, Is shown this week In Ibe I , window of J. E Caldwell A Col, Pbll- , . adelpbla. This cap, wblcb was donated In perpetuity aa a trophy In surf casting by , E tbe Ojean City Ptsblog Club, le or , E sterling silver and weighs 220 onnces. . It Is 48 Inches hlgb and Is valued at j e $1600. At tbe top la a fully modeled t figure of a alran depicted as calling a wltfi a coneb abell tbe flab of tbe sea , , to tbe Ocean City Fishing Club, tbe t. emblem of wblcb la held aloft In ber , . left bind. "One handle represents a , Triton, wblcb holds In bit band a flablog line, wblcb extends down across . |I tbe body of tbe cop, where a channel . bats, tbe emblematic flsb of tbe dab, , , has just taken tbe book. Tbeotber j handle represents a mermaid holding . up ber band In protest. - This cup Is competed for annually on tbe second Saturday In August of s each year by means of Ave men from tba different fishing clubs." Tbe ir tournaments are held on tbe grounds a of tba dab holding tbe cap, UDder tbe saspleee of tbe Association of Barf Angling Claba. Tbe cup bas been 0 twice won by tbe Asbury Park Flab- ._ log Club and once by tbe Ocean City t Fishing Club, tbe present owners. Tbe annual cap tournament bas be- ;- come a daaalc of tbe aurf casting ' world, and there are Indications tbat y an English Yearn will be sent over lo ;f compete for tbls tropby. ,. Property owner, summer resident . for several years past, wishes to locate J permanently In Oceen City? " Ex pen - m enced aooonntant. Wonld accept po- ,, altlon wltb good Arm for fall lime, or would keep books for tbree or four different firms pert ttms. Reasonable '• salary. Address A 7. , Sentinel office »• adv , 8-27, tf. ' Are yon looking for a cottage sue In the Gardens, prices (600 to (800 or a bona# with bay front, In eaotsrof d town? Per terms apply to Abel D. s. Beall, M7 Geatral avenmr,^or^ pbwre

PRAISE FOR YACHT CLUB 1 ! MEMBERS AND ROWLAND

Massey, at Lnncbeon, Tells V of Their Help in Boosting This City. William E. Massey, president of tbe Ocean City Title A Trnst Company, f0 was toastmaater at tbe Ocean City B p Yacbt Club's luncheon leal Monday, c Before Introducing tbe speaker of tbe id day, be gave tbe members one of tbe n beat and most Interesting of talks on oi Ocean City and Its prospects for tbe di 1 future. He spoke of tba yacbt clnb as te 1 being Ocean City's best asset, and told ai of tbe part It bas playad In tbe np- tb building and advertising of tbe city; L * bow It was tbe main attraction wblcb ' drew lo Ocean Clly one of Its foremost g, and active sommer residents, who In tt • reality Is now 60 per cent, of bis time w I an Ocean Clly resident, Joseph M w Rowland. During tbe war actlvltlea |E ( and dollocM of tbe artisans In this n ' clly, be bas built 86 bouses, aqd bat c under contract now a summer real tt r dence for himself at a coat of abont « 1 (80,000. s, Mr. Maatey spoke of tbe activity of 0i ■ the yacht dob, especially tbls year, n aod bow It was advertising Ocean ■ City In a most novel manner. He £ r said tbat the chairman of tbe enter- 7 ; talnment committee deserve* praise ,r for tbe notices of these weekly Inncbeons, tbey •were catcby and novel. Mr. Maaaey alto said tbat what > Ocean City most needed at tbls time Is i a beacb-front hotel, so up to dsle and " e modern all-year bona*, and tbls may ai „ come before the next snow falls. a Mr. Massey Introd'nced John H. w ' Mason, one of Fblladelpbla's foremost le f bankers, and director of war loan or- V j gantzallons of tba Third Federal District. Mr. Mason stated tbat ba bad been asked to speak on "Tbe Ftnan7 clal Outlook of America," bnt be would only take a few mlnntee to rem ply. He said In tbe next eight weeks a tba answer would ba given by tba . * public fn tbelr action toward tba flftb 1 victory Loan. He bad no donbt tbe o public wonld oversubscribe tbls, aa tbey bad preceding loans, Mr. Mason spoke oUbeao calledwar . wastes, and asked what lf tbsre was . some waste. Wests can always be made . op. bnt oonld not compare wltb tba waste of life bad wa not gone Into tba ir activities of war tba way wa did, aod . flnlsb It np as quickly as wa did. Tbe . United Stales lost one man whan France lost twanty-eoven and the British lost tblrty-fonr. WhaldqdaL lata and esnls In waala amoant A, to n this country, In noaapartaon with thaas losses? he asked. >f William H. Weimar, Jr., will prw ). Mdeatasxt Monday's Inacbasa. Ha • SJI3T*" I

8 1 " 1 WILL NOW BE PAID TWICE A MONTH 9 . City Commissioners Comply • With the Request of Police !r and Firemen. | Hereafter, In response lo tbelr rej quest, the members of ibe clty'e police ■ and Are departments will ,be paid i semi-monthly. Instead of every i month, akjise been the custom. • Tbe CltyTommlssinner-, si their weekly meetlug. adopted the rollow- • resolution presented by Director I Campbell: ( Whereas, It will meet tbe couyen- , of the llremen and policemen ol , this city to have their salary.or wages, , paid seml-mouthly: therefore, be It ( Resolved, by the Boa'rd of 1'ommls- , siouers of Ocean City, New Jersey, that tbe wages, or ealary, of all regn- , lar policemen and of all regular Are- j meu be hereafter paid semi-monthly. This move will be of great convenience lo the members of those departTAKE APARTMENTS \ i-blladvipnians will Spend wans- c Earl A. Wilson, of Ml. Airy, Fhlla- f delpbla, has routed Apartment B, in t the Palatine Apartments, together t with a private gara(,e, through Mrs. j L. Lake. Mr. Wilson expects to Uke possession about May 1, and, t with bis family, will spend (be whole t at Ocafcn UlCy. c Henry 'Baton, of Pelbam, Pblla- <, jMlJiuia, has rented Apartment E Id ( Palatine Apartments, together s with a private garage. He expects to I corns to Ooeau City, 'with his family, J some lime In May. * Georte Brers Dead. J George Myers, who died at bis borne Atlantic City Saturday night, was 0 son-lu-law of Carrell Doughty, of c city. He bad a stroke some time ,c ago. Mr. Myers was In tbe meat and - provS wt*m La-sl— , r.llr«1 tan „ years ago. He was a brother of Cbas., „ Jacob and Daniel Myers, well-known a| hotel men In Atlaotlc City. 80, '17. Cited In tbe orders of 'c Division, November 12, '18. Qccupet ton: Clerk. Hopee to become tbe owner of a Bosch magneto car. ^ In tba same paper Is a good "send- ^ ofl" for "Bill" Porter, of Merobant- P1 vllle, who, a few years ago, was em- U ployed In tbe real estaU office of J. M. O Chester, of tbls city. ' p, MISS BAKERTELLS ct SOME EXPERIENCES " tt Red Cross Norse in tt France Dnring Mncta of " the War Period. u Miss Kalberine Baker, dangbtar of 01 Congressman J. Thompson of Wlldwood, who was a Red Cross none on tbe other side for some gave an Interesting talk to a fair- a eizad audlenoe In tbe assembly room tbe Ocean City Hlgb Bcbool Thursafternoon. A heavy ralDatorm In- a| terfered materially wltb tbe attend- a Tbe young woman was here aa d tbe guest of the Woman Buflrage a Miss Baker, who was Introduced by tl James M. Stevens, of © city's public scboola, aald tbat she want lo Franoa nearly' two years ago, u working Aral In Parle. Sba received „ instructions In nursing nndsr Dr. Oar- q rail, whose system abe praised. „ Sbe told ber bearers that most of * dressings In tbe early stages of tbe were made In a perfectly foolleb * style. Ganze bandages— not muslin „ or fancy arrangements— were tbe kind required. Mies Baker related many of ber ex- e partences aa a nnrse In tbe camps and b soma of tbe eights sbe bad seen In tbe tl d ev sated country. Hhe beld tbe close b tenet of ber bearers. h WaaleS. Farms, lands, suburban homes, lots. * "My methodi mean a sale." List 0 and sell now, give possession wben h convenient ; have hundreds of buyers walling. "No sale no charge." Write today -8. L BaUIn, 608 Landls eve., N. Jr adv., 4 8, tf. | Heated apartment for rent by tbe * year. Tbe Joseph I. 8coll Agency. adv, 11. k

LOCAL TAX RATE ALMOST f UNCHANGED IN FIVE YEARS

Decreased in 1918— Comparison With Other Towaa Favors This City. 1 ft seema almost Incredible, In view of tbe general Increase In praetically every line of living, that tba local tax bas not only remained nearly unchanged during tbe past Ave years, but was actually decreased daring tbe year 1919, as tba following Agora*, covering tbe local tax rate, will abowi local tax rate. 1916-11.6887 • 1916- (1.8197 1917-11.67626 1918-11.6172 ' 1919-81.6666 It is no! fair lo use tbe local rate. for r 1913 as a comparison, for tbe reason that the valuation of property la da- ' lermlned in tbe fall, several months earlier than heretofore, eliminating ' the greater part of tba year's increase in valuation, dne to new building* and the change In tbe law In taxing 1 personal property of or .-tain public utilities. However tbe local rets of Is Iros than that of 1917, and la about tbe rvermge rate for tba Ave years. It 'cams quite remarkable that tba local tax rats for 1919 abonld ba l«a than that for 1917, considering tba nlgber coat ot labor and maurun necessary for tba maintenance of tba city, and also that provisions have been made for raising Interest on and tbe retirement of aerial numbered bonds already Issued and Interest on notea for wblcb bonds will be la—ed later. An examination of tbe records ahow tbat, In 1915, Avalon bad tba blgbeM rale of any taxing district In Ibe county, wltb (2 82. Wlldwood Ormt second, wltb (2.667, end Oonn Clly, third, with$2 60. In 1919 Avalon, with $3.20, Wlldwood, with (MS, Wlldwood, wltb (8.4002, Middle with (8.066, Stone Harboc, wltb (8.6048, and Hea isle City, wltb bed a tax rate'hlghec then tbat of Ocean City, wblcb la (8.008. While this comparison le quits favorable to Ooean City, ebowlng a change from tbe third hlghtat lata tbe seventh In tbe 00 only, a ootaparlton baaed on tbe panaBtagi ef increase or tne iviv rata over taak of the 1916 rate In each taxing illMilal la still more favorable to Ooaan City. Tbe percentage of Increase la approxas follows: Dsnnla Township, 69 per cent.; Lower Township, 41 pat cent.; Middle Township, 126 peresoLl Wlldwood, 40 per cent.; Sea Ma 42 per cent.; Sooth Cape May, (1 cent; Stone Harbor, 91 par aao Township, 28 par cant.; Wart May, 38 par cant.; Wl)dwood,<l cent ; Woodbine, 86 parcaot, apd Ocean City, 20 par oenL, showing Owl, of tbe sixteen taxing dletrlrta In tba county, eleven bave bad a latgre lacreese on tbe percentage bask than Ooean City. These facta show tba carefBlaaaa of City Commissioners of Oaaaa GRy and tba saving to tba taxpayan aoooomy of thstr rapniialativsa. Tba present city OomHs•Ipuere are entitled to nllllir tbe manner In wbieb tba BaaBSH of tin resort have bean administered. bora. Was la lit ■ 1 Ilia. Tbs body of Mrs. Ba*). BtartrtaB. N» agad resident of Frtrtdiaf. Waakiat In CedatHwaaapOreakTBn by several yooog mm IB aa anto on tbelr way to BeieeeiUa. IMf saw one of tba aboaeof tba wmm aa Petersburg bridge and tbaa dtecovered the body In tba stream. Tbey notified James BmBk. ef Ik. tersbnrg, a brother of Mre. Htaaimaa, who went to tbe creek with Frank Gandy and William Mafkaa, by whom tba body was takes from tba water. Dr. Randolph Marshall found tba woman to ba dead, and tba aoraam notified . Sba bad evidently left bar beam early In tbe morning. Wben bar bBS> arose, ba foand bar mbetng, bat aba bad gone to a uUbkai'i Tbe woman bad ban la in health for soma Ume, It Is rtaled. Beside tbe husband, sbe Imvaaa . ton, Elmer, who Is amployad by tba Ooean City Water Company. Sba bad relatives IrTtbls city. Legal papers of all tlmmlptlawa, lnrluding wills, are oarafuUy drawn by K. Curtis Robinson at hie oOm, 744 Asbury avenne, Oopaa CBp, 21. J. adv Try an advertisement la tbe tan

The Baptist Corner | CHURCH SERVICBS— Morning, to.30; Bveaing, 7.90: ■ Sunday School, i.jo (dames for all grades) I On Friday evening, April 4, at 7 o'clock, there will be B "G*4gmtav B Dinner" served lo tbe member* of tbe cbordi ta the aatkl men* rt wbkb K time tbe regalar monthly baaiaeea meeting wilt take pkee. aacB meadmr ■ has received e aotice on a reply poeteL Wesaemail year reply and hb—B m aod my yon will be there! rt The yoong men's dob is «eU llliall l II— | *i -II Itnirt