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VOL. XLI. — N'o. 29.

OCEAN CITY SENTINEL, OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13,' 1921

Pric$: Three Cents

- II ■ lljj I | B II |4^ IK.. . :j 1 Superintendent Robert Chew Tells of Building One-Man Cars Work Was Done in C ar Rai n of Local Trolley Company, at a Cost of SI, .100 Each

This Company was in need of three ..ne man cars which could be operated 1 .biting Uie months of June and Sop-; li-mler at a greatly reduced cost of i.|ieiation. As it was financially im--Ihle to purchase new one man • ;iis which cost $£,400 each, it was decided to remodel the one closed car and two of the open ten liench. sumiii cars. The three cars are now reconstructed and in operation and fromi' ilie enthusiasm with which they have i .'••ii received by the patrons of the •ail way together with the small cost leconstrucUon, has made the offi- i • ill- of the Company feel that they ' ..ii- an unqualified success. i In making the reconstruction it was i i-i ii-ssary to remove all the cross • eat.-, parts of the bulk-head, cur- i ' lins, running boards and attachments I the -ides ami rearrange trap doors i the floors. With the car thus strip- i |»'il tlip work -was started using old I P irts where possible. The/ platform- 1 rie, of course, entirely; inclosed, the : . 'instruction being the same as is stan- ■ • i ml on other types of closed cars • till the folding doors. The entire length of each side was sheathed be- i '•uen the doors. The entire length of each side was sheathed between the 1 oiiginat uprights of the open cars, i The steel shits were fastened on these i uprights and above these sides panels were place. I for the sash. The sash ~ JVisI M*--*.-. Shamponini* ^ MISS MAE K. BENNETT M.irrl Wsviajr f Tclephont - . — — ... I HORSES FOR SALE - • i At Half Their Value South Jersey Ice Co. 1238 West Avenue OCEAN cmr.jf.h_ j.

e were installed Ik? t ween the entire Width •I of the original openings and the solid I - sash along the whole side close to the | - j The revised '"seating arrangement n j provides for six cross seats for two s passengers each and six cross scats r : for .one passenger each and two seats - at each corner of car to seat four pa ] - sengers making a total seaUng capacii i tv of twenty-six passengers. AW scuts n are made from the oli] cross seats, !• the end castings and other flxtuAs bet ing u sc I also. The "seating nrrangc- - mcnt provides for n very roomy car. r provide for isle widths, seats for v one passenger were necessary. These '' - installed on opposite sides of the " « car in the two halve;, ;o as to provide ll - seating arrangement for balancing the load. S < in the painting the lettering and v - striping has been made as simple as '• I possible, a monogram being substi- ' . tuted in place of the name of the com- l' • pany on the sides and the number • of the car is plucrd on each end. The A . outside of the car was finished with * ? !'• R- T. yellow and orange and the 'jj - interior finished in cherry ami white. ^ I I All the work on the cars was done in a > the car Imm at Tenth ami West ave- ^ . nue and the cars as reconstructed h • cost approximately $1,300 each. " , • tl | PROGRESSIVE LEAGl'E NOTES h Edward (5. Kurtz, has been elected a member of the League. " Elmer Jackson Pearl presided at * Monday night's meeting in the ab- r sence of President Walter E. Allen who is on the sick list. w The peanut-do crowd is active again ■' , after a summer of Idleness. There is a lot of speculation on just v what Captain Herb Smith is going to •* spring on the boys for Hallowe'en. What will the first social event of the season - lie? Ask the entertiiinmnet committee. What is the entertainment commit- '' tee doing since the summer season closed? It is reported on good authority that Doc Hughes can't dope * :A^, tiling out. Raymond Gardiner is " ->• busy booking after alleys. Burt . Darby has the gunner's itch; Unger the |mstman's fatigue am! Roy Darby is financially emliarrassod. , — FAVOR FREE MUSIC ^ i A letter was received at the meet- h| ing of the city cammktsioiiers Monday from the hotel proprietors in . wjyich ^ they stated that at a pervious meet- ^ ing they had gone on record as favoring free music from the first of July i.i September With, the ngisic to be paid for by the taxpayers. • a| | They also requested in another communication that the garbage and rubI bixh lie collected daily in 1922.

OIIjp Ulraupr &tnrp, Ir. :: « Cm a all, LkKrJ in America's GrealeM Family Rnos a i — « : L. — EARLY CLOSING Ocran City's retail merchants have agreed on early closing. Accordingly, beginning October 1st. this Store will close evenings at 6 o'clock, except Mondays and Saturdays. "VyTHE FLEISHER YARNS SILKS and SATINS New Lower Prices in ^ Bclding's and Corticelli Effect October 1st A" Ke,lure'' QUILTS and BLANKETS Nemo COR8ETS Full Stock for Cool lion Tan Weather R. and G. THK p LEI .8 HER YARNS , The immense stock of the SERGES Boardwalk Shop will be All new stock at much transferred to the Avenue lower prices than last fall. Store on October first The Boardwalk Shop Will Close SATURDAY, OCTOBER FIRST /

COMMISSIONERS MEET Ordinance* No-. 171. 173 and 176. Passed On Third Reading Mayor Champion -Into.! that he had a iv port tu -make tof the acrldent ' w here a fireman, driving the chief's car. duel crashed into a sedan car. Investigations' had liecti made by the police ami the lire department. VerI sinii- of the affair differed. The entire matter was left in the hands of ' the mayor for adjustment. Letter- was received from the garbage contractor stating that fie did other year. ~~ —• Report nf the building inspector reA petition was received requesting the commissioners to relocate the Boardwalk between Pennlyrt place and Sixth street, signed by property owners interested. The petition was rc- • ferred to the mayor to request the ' petitionert t« meet with the commisOrdinance 174. 175 and 176, ordin- ( anccs author ixing the issuing of im- . (movement bomts (assessment bonds) were passed on third and final read- ' LIVELY CONIES! ON FOR STATE SENATOR at High Pitch Over the Outcome of the Election In contrast with the apathy of the voters here at the Primary* election, , ; interest is now at high pitch over the outcome of the election of State Senaat .the general election on Tuesday, November 8th. E. O. Howell, Jr.. of Swainton, and William H. Bright, of • WUdwood, will figifcfhe battle of balfor the honor of representing Cape County in the State Senate for next three years. Expression in Ocean City and viciniis greatly in favor of Mr. Howell, who 1ms .IMarcd himself for the immediate freeing "of the Ocean City to Point Toll Bridge by the Sen- , ate. Mr. Bright who has been Senator for the (last three years is said to have straddled this issue ami i» .openly . accused of holding up the purchase of j : important link between Cape May and •Atlantic Counties. He is said to i have publicity expressed himself ' against the freeing of the bridge at a meeting held in West Cape May some . weeks ago. all the while declaring in j City that he was behind the , | freeing of the bridge and if elected would make this one of his first * Mr. Howell has served in the World 1 ami has been discharged with an 1 record, with .the rank of Major. ] improvements' to hotel ' Many Improvements are being made the Hotel Daylington for 1922. This ■ hotel is mutiaged by Mrs. Samuel Darlington and Mrs. James D. Carter and has become very popular with the i summer visitors. Running water is being installed the rooms ami the dining roMlds j betaken la rged to accommodate the I seating iV £0 guests. The exterior of ' tjte building i.« being painted and new 'furnishings will be added throughout. Darlington promises to he one of the best equipped and up to date .small hotels of the resort. The proprietors are members of the Hotel Keepers' and will open the hotel 1 for the reason of 1922 on May 31. J it became necessary during .last ' season for them to purchase the property at 1208 Central avenue to be u*e.l an annex to the larger hotel. ' »- r

REPRESENT P. (». S. OF A. Evan E. Lepr, of this city, will represent Washington Can-.p No. 39. P. ,0. S. of A., of Atlantic City, at the ' dedication of a monument to Henry 1 Staiger at Schuykill Haven, Penn., r October 82nd. Henry Staiger was the ' ' first national president of the order un.l had also served as secretary. For n numlter of years he was state president for Pennsylvania. Mr. I -oar was the delegate from '■ Camp No. 3!) to the New Jersey State 1 Convention nad also a national repre- c senlative at the Convention recently 1 held in Allentown. " [ ' n n PUBLICITY by WIRELESS j' Frank Bakley has agreed to send |< stories of Ocean City's Hallowe'en - Carnival broadcast over the county r , by way of wireless every nirtfit front j now on until Hallowe'en. Mr. Bakley j is a licensed operator and has the best ;| wireless outfit in town. Iti a very j short time he will install a wireless I telephone set. LIKES SENTINEL 1 ' John R. Kendrick, of Philadelphia, well known in this city writes the following to the Sentinel; I endorse my33th annual subscription to the Sentinel. Congratulate you on Its superior appearance and readable,' newsy contents.

r GUESS WHO THIS SILHOUETTE IS And Win the Trophw of ie $1 Given Each Week by the Sentinel m This is a continuation of the contest which will run for several weeks, there will be published in this column, of the Sentinel u silhouette of one of the promI nent men of Ocean City. To the person giving the correct name of the person thus, represented, the Sentinel will give $1. In case of more than Get ready riow and be prepared to clnim that dollar each week, i Try it. someone is sure to get the dollar. Why not you. , j All answers must be sent by mail to the Sentinel office not .later than Monday noon of each , week. The answer to last week's contest ira* Dr. M. B. Stannard. The winner being Norman Y'oung, son of Somers C. Y'oung. HEARD ALONG j THE SHORE i Mrs. Henry Cloutling was presented with a Ford sedan by . her husband ' for her birthd:-;. I Mrs. Howard Stites ami daughter . i ; and Mrs. Henry Clouting, motored to , 'j Wildwnod one day this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Y'oung ami Mr. ami Mrs. I,e\^s Corson motored . over to Tuckahoe to the "Head of the • | i meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Miller have , j spent the week in Philadelphia and I expect to go out to Valley Forge. . The Mite Society of the Palermo i i Church held their monthly I I meeting at the home of Mrs.. Eliza- • ibcth Corson. t Mrs. Elizabeth Y'oung entertained 1 i j Mrs. Elizalwtb Corson at dinner. 1 j Thursday. Mrs. Howard Stites entertained 'Mrs. Edgar Stratton at dinner on , Thursday. . The Mite Society of the Trinity M. 1 I E. Church was held Wednesday eve- 1 . ning at the home of Mrs. Waples. ' i 0 j LUKE JACKSON DIES , Lukei Jurksnn, proprietor of the St. 1 • George ifiotel, died at the home of n 1 friend m Gerntantown, Monday: He : was 51 years old and had conducted I the hotel here for about two years. I He was nn officer of the Ocean City Hotel Proprietors' Association- and a man lliat was very well liked. Kiddisease was the cause of his j death. ' . I DAUGHTERS TO VISIT '( A delegation from the Daughters of , America will visit Queen Kennedy , Council, of Atlantic City, tonight. A , reception will.be given to the new state inside sentinel. , | . ' o I STUDENT OPERATORS ' Miss Edith Collins and Miss ElizaIJndung are student operators in the Boll Telephone Company's Ex- | change here. This is following out , the policy of the company to train _ , operator- at this time for next sea- | son's business. Miss Lindung is the | of Mr. and Mrs. IJndung of ^ Hit Pioneer Steam Bakery. Miss Col- , i- the daughter of Caleb Collin's. , THE SENTINEL IS ON SALE j IN i ATLANTIC CITY 1 AT / TICKET OFFICE ( SHORE FAST LINE 1 i Virginia Avenue SWARTZ NEWS STAND , Atlantic Avenue , Opposite Guarantee Trust Bui Wing ( t

OPPOSITION DEVELOPS To Relocating Boardwalk From PennSljn Place to Sixth Street >1. B. Rudderow, a cotfago owner of .837 Park place, representing a large r number of resilient- in that section., appeared before the city commis- ' sinners' meeting Monday afternoon in opposition to the proposed relocating of the Boardwalk from Pennlyn place to Sixth street. He state.) that the residents of this iectiori would lie opposed to moving the boardwalk ocounigard because it would deprive them of Vital is now an attractive bathing beach and a kiddies' playground. He also stated that the lieach had to Park place and that it had been necessary for the Anglers' Club to replace piling that had been weakened by the surf cutting in at this point. The residence colony in the vicinity of Park place could not.be likoiio.1 to any other community ip Ocean City and he Hoped the oenimissioners would not pass An ordiapce without giving those who were opposed the opportunity of a hearing. Mr. Rudderow stated Hint hr was opposed to the relocating of the lioardwalk from the Breakers Hotel to Fourth street only. OPPOSE NEW SCHOOL ROOM ON EIGHTH ST. Parents Personally Appear Before Board With Protest A petition was received by the# Board of Education at their meeting ■ Tuesday night protesting against the ! use of the new school room in the Rapp stores on Eighth street, near ' , Wesley avenue, claiming that it Was ' not a suitable place for little children, ' that it was damp, the ventilation was J poor. etc. The petition was signed 1 i by 15 parents of the children. 1 ^ John J. Foster, Walter S. Sherman, j [ Luther L. Wallace, Jr., Walter W. j j Haefner and Edward W. Magce, Jr., j I appeared personally before the Board , i and supported the petition. Mr. FosI tcr acted as spokesman, claimed that I the room was dark, drafty, damp and j cold and that the ventilation was very.; Members of the Bonn) of Educa- ' r tion, with the building inspector, made • inspection of the room yesterday. ! The board realizes that the room is : I not an ideal school room by any ' | means. It is a makeshift at the best, > and if conditions set forth in the peti- : tion and by Mr. Foster prove to be true the room will lie dosed. How- j j ever, it is the opinion of the Board that these conditions do not exist. Before selecting the Rapp store for > temporary school room the eommltr tee from the Board of Education con- 1 ■ sidored several other locations and in their minds the Rapp store came the I nearest to meeting with their require- i TO FORM BASKETBALL TEAM ' Jack Goodwin, of this city, is trying ' to ffrm a basket ball team here. Tentative players are the Ferguson . bo vs. Murphy, Ha.vnes and Axioms. . Goodwin say* "he has games booked with inland tow-as and in Philadelphia. • and if he cannot -fin.l u place to play here will travel with the team. He is making, an effort at the present time . to secure Doughty'* I'ier in which i there is room to erect a ' cage anil . > still leave plenty of space Tnr spccI It is his opinion the pier can . heated sufficiently for this kind of sport. | ' chamber of commerce • The next meeting of the CoiTriTW Chamber of Commerce will be held in I Sen Isle City on. October 20th. Aha* lieen received at the office of Clayton Haines Brick from President Ogden requesting that Ocean' City have a large ilelegation at this meeting. The matter was brought to the at- 1 tentinn of the League Monday night Elmer Jackson Pearl and the are making plans to go. sentinel goes to college Roland HhCunningham, at Bucknell and Richard Wilfred Sony, ' at Harv/rd, will receive the Sentinel regularl.Veach week during the colyear. This gives us an idea. Perthere are other students from Ocean City in the colleges of the counwho would like to keep in touch ' with their home town this winter. will visit millville i Ocean City Ix>dge No. 171, F. and A. m.. will visit Shekinah 1-odge, of Miltville, on Friday evening, October • 21*t. A large delegation will leave by automobile. Leaves for st. Petersburg Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kelk. accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. I eon Anderson and son Rohert, of Woodburys will leave for St. Petersburg. Florida, 1 about the first of 'November. They j f will make the trip by automobile. Mr. ' purchased a home at the above place last winter.

* Plans Rounding Into Shape For Ocean City's Carnival £ Societies and Organizations to Take I'art — At Least Fifty * Voices iruthe Pageant

'■ -^The i.;a- /JuT()ri?aii City V l 921 Hal- j low-e'en Carnival fire rapidly rounding into shape. ..Everybody ha* entered1 * into the spirit' of the affair an.i'it will 1 lie a more stU|ien.lous occasion tfiaq the committee had in iMqd when thev ' it star1ei| „ut. Every P. O. S; of A., Camp in the. county has lieen invited to attend;' every riito of Ke.lmen in Cape May and Atlantic Counties have lieen exy ten. lo.l nn invitation; a large ilelegation from Wildwood will lie here;, the colored folks of the city are planning ''I to put a singer band of at least 30 K voire* in the Pageant, and so it goe*. each day adding some new feature to w make this carnival the biggest merryie making and fun-producing celebration lp Ocean City ha.- ever witnessed. )'■ The committee on trophies " have found it nesessary to widen the .-coMfof their- activities in securing suitable trophies for the vast throng of participants. With the thousands- in line of the parade, it will be necessary for , • Hie committee to secure many more bands than were heard Inst year. Anyone wishing to made donations of tror phies, or money for trophies and general expense should get in touch with. Dr. J. Thornley Hughes at once. | William F. Gardiner will have a ■ supply of red fire and people along the i oute of the parade are asked to burn c#it. The route of the parade will.be B j announced later. ® The whole affair is in charge of a e committee of men of unbounded ene 1 ' ergy whose main object in life at the s : present time is to make the carnival 1. 1 such a striking affair that its praise s j will ring for years to come. 'I The committee has secured attractive stationery in gotlcnrod ami bllack 1. 1 fur the public to us4 in extending in- '• i citations to friends. - A supply may •. ! to secured by calling at the InformaI tio«Bureau. tj v * ,j :TALL < EDARS VISIT OCEAN CITY y A ceremonial of the 1^11 Cellars ' w as enucte<l here at (he Musi* Pavilion . Tuesday night. The ceremonial was e exemplified by the Atlantic City For- . esg/JKilton E. Seaman, Grand Tall s" Ced6f;"G$>rge Kind, Marshall. .. Tall Cedars were present from the Cape May Forest and from* Mill ville. . The visitors numbered over 500. Prior p to the ceremonial the Tall Cedars' . | Band of Atlantic City and rangers ,1 paraded the streets. The ladies of the party were enter- • r tained fti the rest room of the pa-. . vilion hv the Millville Glee Club. ( . j Luncheon was served at Simms'. ! REPUBLICAN MEETING Women of Four Counties Will Meet F • in Millville Cape ^lay, Cumberland, Glouster ^ and Salem counties are to" to represeated in the Four-County Conference I to be .lipid by the Republican women i i in the Women's Club rbom, 30 N. High street, Millville, N. J.. Wednesday, Ocs tutor 19th, 1921. p The program is as follows: ^ 11 to 1 o'clock — Reports of coutv I tics, vice chairman, state committee women and presiilent <if Women's Itcn publican Club. f 1 to 2 o'clock — Luncheon. Women attending conference will please bringbox luncheons and coffee and tea will be served by the Millville unit of the j. New Jersey Wy men's Republican Club' a yvhich will to the hostess of the conTerence. p 2 to 4 ojelock — Address Mrs.' E. F. Feickert, President of the New Jerj, sey Women's Republican Club and , Vice-Chairman of the Repuldican State Committee. General discussion of campaign, issues, message and t plans for work. t Campaign literature will be distribute.! and manuals for potent will be! on sale. This conference is open to all iteI publican women of the four counties und vice chairman, state committee j women, district members of th^ county committee, and club presidents are urged to make a special effort to to I REUSLT OF ADVERTISING Elmer H. Crane has been calling at- ■ trillion in the last few issues of the Sentinel to Oriental Plane trees and' 1 California Privit Hedge, quoting a f special price on both. He is satisfied r that it pays to advertise from the re- ; ! suits that he has obtained. He has sold 108 of the trees and 1540 feet of the hedge. NOTICE OF MEETING I The regular meeting of the Ocean , City Unit of the Women's Republican fiClub will be here Monday night, in . the Chamber of Commerce room, Mas- i i sey and Edwards Building, at 8 P. M. All members are requested to attend, j

P. 0. S. OF A: . HOLDS DISTRICT RALLY i; Many Nearby Camps Repreiy sen led and Hear Na- »'. tional Report ,0 Camps ' from South Seaville,.- Cold «, Spring.-, Bt'lplaine, Capo May Court \ l„ Hou*e, Wildwood and ttape May . comy. pri.-iiyg the County Association of Al,n lied P. O. S. of A." Camps held their meeting in Ocean City last night, ,-e YVashlngton Camp of this city acting nf as hosts. There were visitors from |e Deimdtit and Atlantic City, i- Evan E. I/-ar, national repre sen tali f tive to the conrention recently held in ii Allentown. gave an interesting report, re The first day in convention, the deloy. gates atten.le.1 a jubloe sendee in the i(. old Zion Church where the liberty n- Bell lay hurried for nearly a year :h during the British occupancy of Philadelphia. The business meetings' were held in the O.I.I Fellows' Temple and ,e a welcoming address was made by the n mayor of the city, who is a member . k- of the orilcr. A ritual was formulated for a side degree called the Rough Riders. Mr. I -ear seemed to think it was a very ie appropriate name. Before the eoni| vention closed the delegates were ten- ' « dercd q banquet at Ojc Allen Hotel a£ which werf some notable speakers. The banquet was made pnsihle thru k the efforts of the Allentown Chamber .- Commerce. y Ocean City was premientiy mentinned as the convention city for 1923, .hut lost to Philadelphia. 1925 marks the diamond jubilee of the order. State Vice-President J. M. Maxon * gave a snappy talk on the good of the '* i order. The meeting was followed by n a buffet luncheon served under the di- " rectltm of Camp 76's entertainment r" committee. II I HOYMC. FROM A VACATION TRIPE. Darby and jvife returne<l 'T from un- enjoyable vacation tri> Suris> day. They were joined in Philadel:s ' phia on Octotor 1 by Roy E. Darby and wife, and from there the party went to Niagara Falls by way of Le- ( high Valley route, several days being , spent at the Falls in' right-seeing. A ' .-iilc trip was made over to Toronto, Canada. Roy Darby hq* a diary of i the entire trip. ali.J under the hcgil of- L j Toronto he has made a note calling U7 ateption to the Imbbies (policemen). On their return they stopped at "l Buffalo. Geneva and Watkins Glen. Geneva is at the head of Lake Senses r and Watkins Glen i* at the foot. Mr. Qarby says' that between the two 4 (Mints it is a delightful 36-mile ride „ along the shores of the lake. The h stop at Wutkins Glen is quite a con- ._ trast to the lake which is a flat expanse of water, while the len is rough, jagged rock*. V e COMMITTEE ORGANIZE The Republican County Executive Committee organized on last Thursn day afternoon at Cape May Court g • House, and selected J. Albert Harris, 11 of Wildwood, as chairman. Irving e Fitch, bf Sea fsle City, was made secb retary, and Mrs. Sarah Phillips Bunti- ! ing, of Stone Hartor, first vice-chair-man, and Mrs. Harry F. Knu'ss, of Sea i. Isle City, second vice-chairman. d WILL RUN INDEPENDENT ( ■ n William J. Chadwick will run as an \ ii independent for the office of free- v d holder at the general election. His name will be on the ticket, he haying i- , received the Democratic endorsement. e!sYs an( independent he will also u*e / stickers. Chadwick gave John R. *' ■- i Groves, his oppqpent, a haid battle s - in the primaries. TO HAVE MOTOR PLANT f e The Penn Motor Corporation, De- J e signers and Builders of the Penn truck f and pleasure cars, have purchased / land on the Boulevard for the erection f i of a large factory in • Pleasant villa, f 'The plant of this company was form- * e'edy located at Riverton, N. J., but ,| i was drstroyeil by fire last June. It , i« the intention of the company to l>e,1 gin building operations at oipre of a modern fireproof building and when a complete.) the plant will give employment to a large number of men. A demonstrator Penn truck was hi Ocean City Tuesday. TO TOUR THE INKtWoS n Francis Coraon, his father ami n mother, with Samuel Dicker^on and n wife, left Ocean City Monday morni- ! ing for a tour of the Pocono mo-in-I. tain*. They will ririt Niagara Falls I. before returning home.