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OCEAN' CITY SENTINEL, OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, JANUARY o, lttg -

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'J ^ Merchants Here Oppose ^ ■"> A Mercantile Tax 7\ J Pn : _ . W /C. "«■ / n|E

PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE WAS A WINNER Took Second Place in Wild si wood Mummers' New c T Year's Parade s< b ,u About twenty heroes of the Young ; p Men's Progressive League marcheil in tl the biting cold Monday afternoon at ; Wildwood and everybody was out of |( step butMiko. Nevertheless, they (| came alrayVitlr a second prize. The # league hoys were royally cntgrtaineil n by the Fire Cobipany auxiliaries at R Anglesea and av Wildwood. There were any number of Ocean City people on the side-lines as spectators, who evidently hadn't the nerve to march. Alfred Winterbuni, marshal of the parade, met the league at Rio Grande aijd Pacific avenues and assigned them to their divisions. The parade started shortly after the League boys arrived and wduml up in Anglesea which is c - ' quite some hike. 9 Ocean City was well represented in the line of parade by Kalmia Tribe 1 of Redmen and the L. Russell Henry ' Post's Bugle and Drum Carp. Some £ individual Ocean City paraders were ' Jack Goodwin, as a Scotch school boy * and Robert S. Woolston, female im- 1 pcrsonntor. Woolston was awarded f second prize. > l A take-off on the old freeholdei 1 hoard that Is worth mention was the c freeholder pirates, honest-to- goodness i buccaneers of the Spanish-Maine, and i every man carrying a different pla- < card. One was Turtle Gut; one. Land- i is avenue; one, Newcorn's Bill., etc. I It is estimated that in spite of the ' cold there were 2,000 people in line. > and it is easy to believe, had the day been mild, there would have been another thousand. • ENTERTAINED AT PARTY MLast Monohy orgth! was the scene of nWh merriment at the home of Mr. ' and Mrs. Samuel Hendriekson, Fourth and Asburjyji venue, wjkre a number of frienils met to celebrate. Music was furnished by Messrs. Hendriekson, Collins, Bobbins, Dykes and /fairer, accompanist. Games and dancing wcW ^indulged in and an en-, joyable time lunl by the crowd. Among thqle present were: Mr. ami Mrs. Hcmlricfeson, Mr. and Mrs. Har- 1 ry Robbins, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Walter' Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Jornee.j Mr. ami Mrs. J^is Cossaboon, Mr., and Mrs. Charles Sampson, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Laier, M''- and Mrs. John Buzby, Mr. and Mrs. William Dykes,! Mr. ami Mrs. Fred Baker, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Collins, Miss Gertrude! •Craven, Thomas Everingham, Harry Robbins, Sr. Before the close of the evening they j they repaired to the dining room where a delightful repast was served. ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the First National Bank of, Ocean City, will !>r held at the hank; building, Eighth street ami Ashury| avenue, on Tuesday of next week be- ! tween the hours of one anil two o'clock in the afternoon. Directors will be elected for the ensuing vcar ami action taken on n proposed amendment to the by-laws | covering Uie number of directors con- ! diluting the Board. SENTINEL ads bring results.

Crowded Meeting' ltfjCity ti> Commissioners' Room I)enies Proposed Ordiance 1 pie Jai Every available seat was occupied au and probably a scote stood around the of the large room of the Cip- ^ Commissioners' at a meeting held j ^ night in response to notices! sent to the merchants of Ocean City j m( the Commissioners to the effect | ^ that an ordinance would be introduced ; providing for a mercantile tax upon various lines of business. For two hours the Commissioners to the opinions and debate of present. This was followed by | A| vote which was overwhelmingly j negative upon a motion to introduce such an ordinance. ; ^ The Commissioners hatl observed .a i |,j neutral attitude throughout the dis- ; m cussion but when it became evident! that the meeting objected to such a i g tax Mayor Champion took occasion • 0, to st|Ibe it as his opinion that a mis- 1 f„ take had been made and that it would ^ bp for the best interests of the mer- a| chants themselves if a mercantile tax ordinance were passe<l and enforced. a There was a quite apparent current c< in favor of a mercantile tax upon all tl merchants. Several speakers strongly advocated such action. On the other hand several of the speakers took the f stand that in effect they paid a tax JJ their stock of goods is heavily assessed as personal property. Several of those present desired to whether the passage of a mercantile tax ordinance would afford the merchants protection against the 1 venders of merchandise who come to Ocean City only during the sumtuer season, sharing in the active business at that time but not maintaining a place of business during the , dull months of the year. They were informed by the Com- * • missioners and City Solicitor that a i mercantile tax can be for revenue only 1 and the Commi,sionen> could not 1 guarantee them any protection. 1 . When the vsriasx .iwintseof issne dan' been widely discussed a vote was " taken upon the motion to pass such a 1 an ordinance but was defeated as * stated above by a vote of approj^- v mately three to one. „ I I WM. McCOACH CONVALESCING j Councilman William McCoach, of i ( Philadelphia, who owns and occupies < 1 n cottage oil Atlantic avenue, has been ( • ; confined to his home for some time ( ' past, threatened with pneumonia but , ■ is now reported to be rapidly Improv- ( • Ing. , ( O I The Women's Home and Foreign I Missionary Society of the First Pre*- . byterian Church will meet on Tuesday : : afternoon of next week, the tenth In- i ! stant, at the home of Mrs. A. O. Den- i zell, 1030 Wesley avenue. I . 'notice , The annual meeting of tlie Ocean \ ■ City, Building and loan Association f. will be held in the office of the Asso- 1 < ciation, 408 Eighth street, Ocean City, i' New Jersey, on Saturday evening, Jan- , - uary 14th*- 1922, at 7.30 P. M.. when « the election of officers and directors will take place, and a new series, the r 38th, will be issued and the annual re- » . port for the year ending December, R 1021, will be presented and ready for - distribution. R. HOWARD THORN, 1 Secretary. Adv.— 12-29, 3t

Legion Entertainment THE NOVELTY FOUR High Class Musical Artists ^ First Presbyterian Church Monday, January 9, 1922 8.15 P.M. Benefit Morfin-Renck Port, No. 137 -y — — j American Legion Tickets 75 Cents Get them from -any of the boys r ■■ I Ifiwr f j

AUXILIARY MET n Were Opened — To Have I Chicken Supper The Ladies' Auxiliary of the First 'resbyterian Church met on Tuesday, light last ami opened the Mite Boxes I'he majority of these have lieeii turnid in. The receipts from this source »ere very gratifying. was planned to have a chicken pot j [lie supper in the church on Thursday, j January 26th, which will lie under the| auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary. j The all day sewing circle gatherings j which are held in the social room of | the church will he resumed on Tuesday of next week, January 10th. Refreshments were served at they meeting which proved in every way ; ■ and enjoyable for those in I WILL BUILD to be located Over His titttec Building City Commissioner Everton A. Corson will make extensive alterations to office building, 739 Asbury ave- \ The- present offices are to be divided. Mr. Corson reserving one-half for his owiPuse and leasing the other portion for two stores or office purposes. Over the offices is to be built an apartment that will contain three sleeping rooms, living room, kitchen, dining room and bath room. The contract will be given out as soon as plans have been completed. OVER A MILLION IN BUILDING PERMITS Report of Inspector Smith Shows Total Figures $1,341,516 At a meeting of the City Comnii-^ sioners on Tuesday afternoon, Building Inspector H. C. Smith presented annual report which shows 422 ; permits issued during the last year at a total approximate cost of $1,341,516. ."-'-at .contract foe the collection of • garbage for the current >T4r was awarde,.' to Edward S. Graham, of Philadelphia, whose bid for the work The official of the Ocean City TrolLine havAnotifieil the Commissioners that thA company will not be , in a position to\ operate the trolley ; .luring 1922 excepV under the control ' of a trustee representing the City of 1 Ocean*fcity as has Wgn done during ' the past couple of yeafs. No action ! was taken on the communication but the presumption is the same policy will be in effect during .as herei "An ordinance was introduced and - passed on first and second reading • authorizing the City of Ocean City to - establish u new bulkhead line along - the Bay front from First to Seventeenth streets. ASSESSOR'S NOTICE , tn«nt lim nnd duplicate with I be C..unly^ Biair,! ■ rtbllBrt cuch taxpayer to ■•eert.ln »h.l u- ' property* and 'in ronT^ 'in'omndly 'wllb' lb. , nwutT' to the end that nny error, may I* rnrreeted before the Slinrt of thr s "« aa ddupllrate.^ T TOUU>S. Aaaeawr 1 . Adv. 1-3. It.. Ocean City. N. J

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LOOKING FOR A WIFE IN OCEAN GUY Young rhiladclphia Man fl" Enlists Aid of Sentinel In Search for Wife im , is' self-explanatory: , Philadelphia. Dec. 26. 1921. e Editor— Dear Sir: th lf After a careful 6 months' consider- m e ation. and also after having carefully ca x obscn-ctl the idea from all possible angles. I have decided to write you ^ these few lines: 1 will endeavor tn put ^ it together in as small a space as possible, in other words, let you have y the most Important deuils. Hoping ^ J that after you have finished reading " this, it will not become a part of the ° h ket. Mr. Editor, this is a i*ry serious T matter from my point of view, and ( I hope you will consMer it in the \ same light. *\1 Being a regular summer visitor at Ocean City, for the past fifteen years, L and always while there I never miss an issue of the Sentinel. However, ? 6. ' V1 • ' ~

toping this is not a useless effort in isking your wonderful paper to pubisli my plea. I Well. 1 am 37 years of age, a grad- ' jotc of the ol.l Phila High School, finishing ill 1903. 1 am the son of a i retired Phi!:, merchant. At present I am holding down a position of great importance. My height is 5 feet, 11 inches. Weight. 158 pounds, light in complexion, considered good-looking. have met, been approached, by a great number of girls in my time, but kind that did not appeal to me, other words, not the kind I would If you can find the '.:mc and spare space in your paper to publish facts, t - ill appreciated. The frirl I desire to meet, and marat least a high school education, not over 30 years and weigh not less than 1 10 pounds. Protestant religion. ing, cnmplextion, etc.. not a factor. the one meeting these conditions will !>e glad to coi respond with matrimony, as an object. Hoping to hear from you soon. Truly yours, WILLIAM J. MARTIN. ! Adv.— '/I Gen. Del.. Philadelphia, Pa.

W3i Hold booster Banquet On February Ninth s> i Committee in Charge Rapidly Completing Plans for Coming Big Event

'8 ^ "n i The big Booster banquet to be held ] ut in Philadelphia, fathered by the Kicv wanis Club of Ocean City, was given i r~ another impetus yesterday when the i committee, of which William E. Mas- : id ! sey is chairman, held a meeting fol- " "g! lowing the weekly Kiwanis Club dinto' ner in the La Monte Hotel, and recom- i ng mended that it be held at the Manufacn- j turtrs' Club, Broad and Walnut i I streets, on the night of February 9th. : 1 = ! The octlook is for one of the larg- i est, most aggressive and best at'_';r tended affairs «f this kind ever given ini by those interested in this resort. It ElU 1 is hoped and expected '«» have among . - the speakers, Irvin S. Co'eh. a man hi> with an international raputatior. as a humorist writer and whose stories have been read by almost everyone i who keeps in touch yrith current literature. Mayor Moore, of Philadel-

I phia, and Mayor Ellis, of Camden, > United States and State Senators and i members of Congress from both Penn- : syivania and New Jersey will Jie • the guests as well as nuiner- • ous other men of promience. Captain Fred. D. Hickman, Com- ■ mander of the American Legion of - Atlantic County, captain who served t overseas during the war; and widely . in Atlantic City, was the prin- - cipal speaker at the dinner yesterday. William Duffy, Field Representative i of the International Kiwanis, was also t present and addressed the members ; on duties of the committees and other i routine business. ii There was a large attendance at s the dinner, including fx number ol t guest*. The attendance prize, donated bj Lin wood lliiitzer, was won by Prof. I- Jiunei. M- Stevens. ,

The Ocean City Building and Loan Association *| Incorporated March 12. 1887 I - . N ' NOW, is the time to subscribe for shares in the 38th Scries of the Ocean City Building and [ Loan Association. The Association that is conservative anil safe and that has accumulated resources ! amounting to over half a million doHars; it issues two series each year on the second Saturday of January and July: no fee is charged and very small premium is charged for borrowed money. When loans are granted the interest does not begin until the papers are completed;- partial .payments can be arranged with those building (during tln^ourse of construction) so that borrowers making payments to contractors do not pay. interest only as the payments are made and not on the full amount until finn) settlement is ready. ' . / THE OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATION, 408 EIGHTH STREET, Ocean City, N. J.. is open > every week day from 9 A. M., to 5 P. M., and the secretary is there to Issue shares ami receive'' payments. Regular business meetings are held on the. second Siturdav of each month and the office is open j until 9 AO P. M. . ^ No limit to the number of shares a person can. subscribe for. I The property owners and investors, who are intefpsted in making Ocean City, the greatest family resort on the Atlantic Coast, should subscribe for shares in this Association and thereby furnish capital for investment in mortgages to finance the greatest bulMiog Boom ever experienced in this resort and at the same time have their investments return to tljaiii an Interest nearly equal to nine (9CI ) per cent. By doing this you will be doing what many others liave done." " ">EN DOLLARS invested monthly for 138 mdntRs will bring you a return of two thousand dollars or a profit of six hundred and twenty dollars. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO YIELD A GREATER RETURN? SEND YOUR CHECK on or before the fourteenth day of JANUARY, 1922, to the SECRETARY, who will issue a pass book and enroll you as a regular share, holder. J> «— R. BOW ARB THORN, Secretary. Watch This Space JULIUS ROD , For Important News 917 asbury avenui

Elmer Jackson Pearl Heads Progressive League

REAL ESTATE BOARD MEETS FRIDAY NIGRT by President Brick Will Precede Business 1 Session it The members of the Ocean City Real Estate Board will hold their annual . meeting on Friday evening of this . week at seven o'clock, at which time . ' officers will bo elected for tire ensu1 year. . The . meeting will be held in the home of Mrs. Garwood, 811 Wesley , 1 avenue, and will be preceded by a din- • I ner which is tendered the menbers by , President Brick of the Board. ' The December meeting was held at| '. the same place at noonday and was at- ' tended by the full representation of * seventeen members together with j 1 nearly all of the half-score junior! members of the Board, and it is antic,1 i pa ted there will be an equally large representation in attendance tomorrow night. * Quite a number of important math ters will come before the meeting for consideration, including reports from the committees to which have been ' referred the maters of property list'c ings for this year and reports concernit ing certain questions affecting the in , public utilities. <- SALES BY REALTOR 1S Two All the Year Homes on Park j, Place and Ocean Avenue Harry F. Stonton, realtor, reports the sale of two attractive properties. The transactions were closed during the last few days of last year. The three and one-half story heated ,a property, 822 Park place, has "beer sold to C. M. Zimmerman, of -• phia, who with his famil*' - 'Uiadel--rermanen' j"" i. will make tt m.y. ,^«*ier. . The property, 705 pceaiis-wvcnue1 j built and formerly owned by Allotaay ■ M. Smith. It also will be occupied bj k ! its new owner, as an all the year I* 1 home. This house, with its hot water | heating plant and eentral location, is especially adapted for all the year oc>r | eupancy. NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION The following friends gathered al >n, , the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bowdin, 3rd nil and Asbury avenue, last Saturday even- ning to bid good-bye, to the old yeai be ; and welcome the new. Mr. and Mrs >r- Aaron Jeniee, Mr. and Mrs. Hermar Laier, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cossaboon ii- Jdr. and Mrs. Harry Robbins, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Walter Matthews, Mr. anil ed j Mrs. Samuel Hendriekson, Mr. and •ly Bowdin: Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Collins, n- ; Thomas Everingham, Ross Collins, ly. ! Fred Baker, Charles Winslow and fl ve : G. Robbins, Sr. Iso ' A jolly time was enjoyed by all. Th< ■re New Year brought with it a dainty icr luncheon which was served to the mer ry-makers amid much laughter anc at song. .* o ed Miss Edith Collins, of this city, ha: of- returned home after spending the New Year holidays In Philadelphia. = Miss Cora Rau, Fourth street pm I- , Asbury avenue, spent the holidays Ir Philadelphia and vicinity. Lost something? Place an ad it 'he SENTINEL and it will be quick Iv riBwned

Annual Meet in jf and Election of Officici s Took Place Last Monday Night i The following officers for 1922 were ! elected Monday night si the ProgresI sive League: President, Elmer Jackson Pearl; vice , president, Alfred R. Smith, recording secretary*! Wm. kaulchman; financial secretary, Dr J. Thondey Hughes, treasurer, Lawrence Nickerson; trustee, Wm. F. Gardiner. Members of Executive Committee; John B. Adams, Walter "K. AUcn. Wm. i J. Charwick, Roy E. Darby, Wm. Gibb - and John E. Trout. The reports of the various committees that will automatically go out s with the old administration, gave an \ / i* ! idea of the League activities during V/ :• The report of the financial secre1 tary, Dr. J. Thornley Hughes, and t j treasurer, Clinton B. Price, sRows the .- i League in a good financial condition, f | Dr. Hughes# the League historian, h created a lot of merriment with his r! history of 1921. During the evening a solitaire pool e tournament was run off under lhe-di-w roction of Parker Miller. F. Leroy Howe and Mr. Miller tied for first t- place with 14 and on the shoot-off >r Howe lost by one point. The second u place was taken by Alfred ^Smith; n third, Andrew C. Boswell. t- Walter E. Allen, the retiring presii- dent, presented Elmer Jackson Pearl, ic president-elect, the gavel with a veryappropriate speech in which he told the League members that it had been • a pleasure for him to be their presiding officer for a year. He told briefly . of some of the things that had been ek i accomplished during thk year. Speeches were made by all the no— ^ ly elected officers. Pre'" es [will appoint standing nit Momta>' "'"^-orrrcnj - iFFICERS ELEOU t he Real Estate and Bearci. pany of Cape May Coafty, held . annual meeting on Tuesday in its offices in the First National Bank Build- ^ ing at Cape May. Court House. * '' Dr: Julius Way, nf Cape May Court Jjs. House, was re-elected president; John Jir BiTght, of Wildwood, vice president; ;cr and John Sayre, of Cape May Court js House, secretary and treasurer. A )C_ dividend of 35 per cent was declared to the stockholders. Following the meeting a dinner was given at Hurrells Hotel. INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY Ird At the meeting of the City Comre- missioners, held Tuesday afternoon, 'ar Mayor Champion caused a stir when rs. he said the city faces an inadequate •n water supply for fire protection In »n, certain parts of the resort and that ir. building improvements are handin<l capped because of lack of sewer mend tension. Serious consideration must us, be given these matters of both these is, plants as practical and economical, o NEW, REAL ESTATE BROKER 'he John R. Jones, who for years cor. - ity ducted a "Men's Shop" on Asbury avetr- 1 nue below Eighth street, which busind ! ness was purchase,! several " months ago by Howard S. Stainton, likewise - an Asbury avenue merchant, is aria is; ranging to engage in the real estate ew business in Ocean City and will open ! his office as soon as he ran secure , suitable quarters, nd ■ . Fscul Maaaac* Shaxpootnc Scalp Mirtrtlf Mankurtmr MISS MAE E. BENNETT MS ASBIRY AVENUE Jj. Ocean Cite. N. J. ■ Marcel Waving Telephone

STEELMAN'S I STEUUtt-Vv'S r — — - - - / We Wish to Thank Our lus: «■ i who have stood so loyally by us during 1921. We extend our best wishes to every one of you and wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We are going to be more deserving of your patronagp than ever ^ by improving our store and giving, you the best goods on the market at attractive prices. SPECIAL MENTION Q("\_ Fancy Tan Shirts, with mercerized self stripes, soft OUU ruffs (while they last). (Pi Of) Madras and 80 square. Percale Shirts., laundered neck •PJ-.ov/ band, soft double cuffs, absolutely guaranteed, fast colors, neat and medium stripes and checks (while thay last). Great Reductions in Men's and * oys' Clothing 25 to 33'/,% V Have you ever tr*- uglas Shoes? "J+ ______________ ___________ Hi Granville 831-83 JE+ ^