Wm - 1 w riwmnririiniwiniiww u.m, . — * * : "¥ Six " ' ' • OCEAN CITY SENTINEL, OCEAN CITY. N. J., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1921 * • *

GAS SERVICE IN CITY SEEMS SATISFACTORY

Few Complaints Heard— Company Has Installed New Equipment Everything "Isn't run in Ocean City to Ruit the thousands of visitors, and such a condition is not to be expected •f course, but . most of the cottagers have had no trouble with, the (ras service this summer, or, at least' no serious trouble, which is something for which thanks may bctrT!h._fiiven, even though the gas rate is highNSuperintendent James Austin, of the gas company, said yesterday that the company has installed its new compressor, new. condenser and new , lioiici*. Tlie high- pressure line in the north section of the resort has jx-en completed and is now working. The company has "also finished its work on its four-inch cast iron pipe line from Brighton place to North street, on Corinthian avenue, uniting all in that section; ami giving complete service in the whole north section of the city. With the high-pressure district governors, there is no reason wfiy there should be luck of gas, unless -from causes due to conditions in or about a cottage, the superintendent says any campiaints received Ofrom patrons arc due to service traps etc.. in buildings affected. The corqpauy's new six-foot U. «i. I. cone-t«rjO»ns-making machine will he installed in the early autumn. • ENJOYED CAMP LIFE ' The members of Wenonah BoJ ' .Scout Troop, No.- 1. who have been encamped here for about a week, on the beach front at Plymouth plac« ' will return hame today. There were 1 21 boys in the camp, headed by Scout- - master R. H. Gage. They have a colored cook. This troop has been spending ten days in camp in Ocean City for several years. BOY SURF CASTERS The young sons of members of the Ocean City Fishing Club will have their annual surf casting contest next Saturday, according to schedule and the boys are mpch interested in the contest, but none ' more so than the chairman of the committee Sam,, uel P. Bowman. DANCES WELL ATTENDED The dances in the grill room of the Lincoln Hotel every Saturday evening are well attended, and the excellent music is enjoyed by the hotel guests and friends nf_ the house. The card parties given by Mrs. Funck Tuesday afternoons draw many of the guests. PERSONALS Mr*. Mary F. Goodall, is at 1104 _ Ocean avenue for the summer. I Thos. O'Honnell and family, of Philadelphia, are among the visitors. Albert E. items and family, of Philailelphia, are among the visitors for the season. They are at the Libcoin. Misses Esther and Janet Phillips of Fhiladelphia, have returned home after spending a few weeks with their sister. Miss E. C. Phillip*,. of this city. ^ James M. Hertzler and wife, of NewYork, formerly of this dtjr, »re here on a *wo week's visit Mr. Hertxler's msny friends gave him a warm welcome. He is city representative in New Yolk for Ell Lilly. A Co., prammareutical* and biological*. He and his wife are the guests of his sister Mrs. B. D. Benfer. Miss EMza Tillman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Tillman, of Quitman, Ga, and classmate at Goueher Collage, Baltimore, of the Misses Doris and Jean Gherthy, is visiting the Utter at 1104 Ocean avenue. Mr. Tillman is treasurer of the Georgia Southern R. R. and Mrs. Tillman is " one of the pronfinent women of Georgia, being president of the Daughters of the Southern Confedracy and active In many organizations. Csntar of Sponge Industry. Nawwu, tho rspltal of the Unburns Islands, Is a town which seem* to n 1st foe the sponge business. It* coral ■treeta all lead to "the sponge msrk*»-" "Carta, aUtted on the aides Ilk# square bird cages and filled with spougen. are always In progress along Bay street. A fleet of sponge boeti is always tfMlng Id and out of harbor or riding at anchor bead out slang the sponge wharf. Men of bustnees hang out their signs as "Sponge Broken." Entire yards are filled with sponges, and the constant chatter and song of hundreds of negreases at work clipping and pounding, assorting and drying Sponges are among the ftmllUr street sounds. All Wsar the Sombrero. A man going about Worn door to door with wood on his back to sell would be a distinct novelty In our country, but not so In Mexico. Sellers of wood with the wood on their backs are not uncommon In Mexico, and the dress of these men could not be more nondescript than It is. It Is made up of odds and ends of wearing apparel and. like the Indian, the Mexican U apt to be seen wearing a blanket when It Is warm enough to go without shoes, and no matter what his occupation, he would be seen wearing the wide sombrero which Is the unchanging and distinctive feature s t Mexican dress. A

INCREASE IN TRAVEL Delay to I ..ile Afternoon Express Will he Overcome In a conversation with Edwin I., lewis, general pii-senger agent of the Rending Railroad "Company, on Monday, William I'. Ma-soy, of this cilv. was pleased to learn from Mr. U-ui-that Oman City shbws a very satisfactory . increase in travel on his y read over any previous summer sea=tT- Low is in much gratified to know that the patrons of this Ijne rs arc vciy\ generally pleased Willi the f RdfflBifetf rammer schedule. 10 Mr. Majsey made some suggestion- * regarding,' improvements in a few '' minor derail*, particularly in refe»ence to the 5.50 o'clock express train f from Philadelphia to Ocean City. '' This train is frequently delayed near * Ocean City bv the north-bound ex-^ * cursion train. This difficulty. it is c stated, will lie overcome within a ^ short time. p ACTOMOBILISTS FINED Police Justice F. 11. Ware, in the „ police court this week, has fined ten . or twelve persons, including some woe men, for purking their automobiles . on the wrong side of the street* here. , As the ordinance has just gone into . effect, and most of the accused de- , dared that they did not know the . conditions, a juiminn) fine of II was I imposed on eaifn. The police depart - , nient is determined to enforce this law, it is stated, so automobile owners should l>ear this in mind if they I wisHsto avoid trouble. The Ocean City Association has ordered all of their assets liquidated, and have secured the services of the firm of Samuel T. Freeman A Co.. of Philadelphia, to sell at public auction August 20th, their various hold-: ing*.

TOO >jl ( H SPEEDING Again the Sentinel cull- attention w In the speed fiends on Wesley. At* lantie nrd Ocean » venue-. Some auto drivers appear to feci "that these " streets are their own private property The police are beginning to think as "" do the 'residents along the e streets, ' ami there will goon lie a ruile uwak- * ening for several of these reckless ; ilrlwr,. Think of and prepare for the great lo sale, at public auction of the Oceaft ,'e '"'ty A-ojiyntion.-' a-.-ets on Saturday w -August 2iuh. 1*»21. * Oceaif City Title and J1 T rust Company 'III ® -9-SreSl S i . n,A«ml r f,— -k t .. . J 1 .W'T.M, * Oifo-r ImKililic z.lisi.vo y Stale of New Jcns-T. lemur ol' cll're"^'*. "willUm E v. pre«. .wl Ku.wll II. Null*. I rr««. oribe iko n»m«l rnmo"Y l£S true to the be« of hi, knowlmlre esd tielief. WILLIAM K. MASSE V. rrertleltl. KI'SSKLI. II. N1II.TY. Treu.uo r. , SohwrlM sod sworn lo before roe ihli fuurlsenth ,1st of July. A IE, IS;*!, f CLINTON B. ntlCK. Notnrr Public. 1 1 Allen f'orunii _ lUrrj^lWIer. » ■ m I

Boys Under 16 Years Bring your "rigs" to the Boys' Casting Tournament On the Beach at Sixth street Saturday Morning, July 23rd at 10 o'clock AND CAST FOR TROPHIES AH Entries Free Ocean City Fishing Club Auto Repairs QUICK-CHEAP ESTIMATES GIVEN ON ALL JOBS You know the amount of your bill before you leave your car ALL WORK POSITIVELY GUARANTEED Ocean City Service Station 9th and Bav avenue Phone 269-M OCEAN CITY, N. J. Loo k ! MANIFOLD Copying Sheets Wrapped in Packages of 500 SHEETS £\{V Per Ream Jj to ^ Reams Over A C/-V Per 2 Reams Ream Ocean City Printing and Publishing Co. 744-746 Asbury Avenue • OCEAN CITY, N. J.

SAVED FROM DROWNING t ^-Philadelphia Man I nrutiiicioUH Whrn I. "Briiii, hi In Itrarh". by Guard, I v Th«u Tflbnlp ' u-.-.i U jtam, «f 1 ,'s 2114 North Fiftrr-. Hi street. Phila- I , <iet'phia, who i- in the restaurant i c" business on the 1!. :.i ,iw alk in this i> ;4 city, deeidi-.l *o take a surf hath late h Tuesday nftermuu'i. and he wgnt into ti the Oci'a'n aluive ilip Hip|huireme Pior .« which i- not pan of the protected h . bathing luKtfh. He ••in -«im, acrnrit- ti . Ing 'to hi* friend . ami he wont out * quite n distance, tyien he attempt-. e+ f„" return, hv f'oin much ilifliriilly bediuii of the heavy seas. Flo said afttmnl that somslhhlg seemed to J is- pulling him Anther. He fully a half-mile from t !-<- Is-ach v^hen In* plight was discoTercl by others. Two of the lifeguards started to -Vim to his assi-t.it/-e. while others of the beach pAtreKliastened t". go " out in the Imat at Tenth ■ tin-t. >; Thompson was fina'iv liroughl t u^tlie !".d l)r. W. P. "i'laii i ."is-ach'su'rgfwn] worked on.him for nearly twenty mino utes before the man was revive.1. * . The guard* had much trouble is ef- : feeling the rescue lierause of the tren man was from the shore when he i, was seen to I* in peril. * On their way hark from the rescue 0 of Thompson, the guard* pirke.1 up 1 another bather who was in di-tre-A J He was not unconscious, a. l/i i> for hi* home when brought to the . Lost something? Place an ail in ; the SENTINEL and it will lie quick- . ly returned. HANKtfl t'Tl 1 SALE i ' Dorripiisit' of PrJImm i& 'x* i-'troTiS" *■ . 'r'-,; ' i',7-i" «l".n -•«. I,« 39. ' 3,," l... ii. u'r; W* "■ V-' irir ii.I'.1)* j -"ilh'in duirtn of EloAd-." """" ,h* Sinned. J. 8. SHALLCRO.-is. iT-11. I. Pf, M4S

Tt» LIQUIDATE HOLDINGS The Ocean City Association voted by a unanimous slock vole, that the 1 time had come for thi* o»d AMOcia lion to liquidate all of it* holdings, it was organized October 21st. 1 •*>?!'. ' It still ha* some very valuable fioldriparian rights, valuable- lots, blocks of lots for developments, scattered individual lots outlying meadetc. .The Executive Committee 1 has secured tho services of the Sam- ! tiei T» Freeman & Co. of Chestnut

street, Philadelphia, as their agent. The first .sale will lie hel.l AugusJ 20. on. the Boardwalk. This early announcement is made that all the many

t. friends of this long and honorable ). Association may l»e prepared to en1- joy the privilege* of the sale ami to y secure some of these valuable .assets.

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