TWO _ _ Ocean City Sentinel Thur-I,-, OCEAN CITY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO. IIOWABD S. STAINTOrJ. Prcildent . u2£7s JmSSflf. r BtrMl. B. Ir.nk Kallh »M \ B. MaHh. HMm JJTWIS L. RABRCTT. CwTI Bu.lt--> Hum \ TuM-M .wltlj .1 twine- RoiUint. ' \ ;«.:>( A «bnry Ai-nne. Ow Oty. N. J Tetoi4-».<- 1W-J TKi. rweiw the ri*kt to rrjert JiltZZT- ^iVer* ih» r— me of wrper . O.mm <S b,.n," rail ».l U Itrlrt"* THURSDAY. PHBR.CARY J. >9" _Knt.--«l »i '0 C"'' THE SENTINEL ^ OCEAN CITY Wfc. 1. CARfirXBR. •» Ajbury Aver.ue K. I". BDSHaT. ISM Atourr A re nun. niMrnn. I1ATWT VI '

J. 1.1 SCO A ELIAflON K«- Jr. «r A... and Shore R-»d ATLANTIC CITY TlCKibT oraCE. SHORE FAST USE. Viaui • PWA^;^S^?21SSiidI«,r,,u'ST. PETERSBURG. FI.A. liULHOLLEM ar.d WEST. Ceetral MT AMI, FLA. U C COHEN. Hill Bui Wife THE BOOSTER BANQUET Just like 'he day* building tinAutomobile Bridge-^verybody i» be kind If. heart and soul. If b the aplrii of Ocean City <° E«t behind and puib anything that work* out for the good of the resort and the Booater Banquet will surely do that. The pabUdty spread ao far in the campaign 1u>a reached from the Atlantic to the Mississippi and possibly beyond. What will be the resultkeeping the. advertising value In mind—of the special train flying through the qpuniry and the march to the Manufacturers' Club, is bard to determine; but one thing Is sure, many thousands will know thai Ocean City is up and doing. There are only eight days now until the ninth. A CAPE MAY FERRY. Proposals for Ibe Institution of a ferry between Cape May and Lewes, at the month of Delaware Bay. came a step nearer realization through the latraduction in the New Jersey Leglsla ( lure last night of a bill providing for State ophfafion of the route as a pan of the highway system. No mUgir Ings acwTelt concerning its progress through the Assembly, ibe project haying received approval last year ^ and the present measure being uecee aary only by reason of defective language In Its predecessor The co-' operation of Delaware In furnishing suitable wharfage at the Breakwater has been assured. Opposed at Drat as being of advantage to but a limited portion of Sooth Jersey, appreciation of its wider benefits has grown with the extension of improved hard surface highways Construction of a spur from the dnPont Highway, at Georgetown, gives access lo the Delaware terminus; the Shore Boulevard and the route thro' Mlliville and Brldgeton to Camden branrh out on. the Jersey Shore. It is estimated tliet the. distance from the South to the seashore resorts along the Jersey coast will he cat seventyfive mllee by the terry, which Itself wilt be at least twelve miles long With the p.usare ot Senator Bright'* bill but one ota facie confronts actual operation .-the fixing of the New Jersey terrain".. The Rayshore landing, width was originally proposed, has been the target for critics who poini to the fact that the old river steamer NOW THE MO VAMP ' sw^AorocAttEpi Helen McGinnit ol Chicago luts ycctt convicted as being an automobile vamp. She smiled sweetly at Martin Metrcr ai be wif driving l.y in his car. He asked her to go riding with him. When ITe regained con.ciousness at a lonely spot in the ountry his money and diamonds were gone— and so was Helen. One to ten years lor her.

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Republic was otten compelled to fore fco docking in stormy weather, and the *-a»e of Coht Sprmg harbor has been ». suggested as a satisfactory and serviceable alternative, since n sea-going event.— Phila. Evening Bulletin The Cape May Board of Trade and = ; Progressive League have passed resolutions favoring Cape May point aa r ' the New Jersey terminus. " THE LILLIPUTIANS SCATTER h President Harding's tribute to the ^ d farmer, pnnctnated with a pungent '* sideswipe at the Agricultural bloc. brings sharply to the front the fact e that It is stiU wise lo speak softly but carry a club Much may be said in >' opposition to legislative combinations. " but It is sixty per cent theory based n on the assumption of Ibe perfect state. * The fact is we are passing through a | b : very practical phase ot life, and It 1* ( equally clear that had not the farmer ^ •■'demonstrated that at last .he means'^ n , business he wouM still remain the . f sleeping Gulliver with the vast army of financial Lilliputians stepping all ' ( ! over Ills great body. Peculiarly we . never have heard voiced much of a ; ^ piotest against the financial bloc. ( loosely- .referred to as Wall Street ^ ^ Intangible as an entity. It always has ; ( tnanagetl lo some mysterious way to ( marshal Its forces into compact for ^'tnation whenever helpful legislation 1 was required. The railroad bloc and r the other blocs that have worked in the shadow now profess to be amaaetl t that the fanner should trespass on r their property, but the giant has been h sleeping long enough. He >« Just be | ginning to stretch himself before he y , gets to bis feet. Qnile naturally the K -frightened Lilliputians with thelr'dol r | lars and their box cars and othe^playi things scatter for cover. leariofKlJie big fellow will tread oh their toes . h How blind to their own interest thej : are. The farmer never w"lll step on ; , anyone's toes. He is the heart of the I: . nation, and his greater strength can h only mean a swifter coursing of the , blood of prosperity through the arte - f rles of America. There could be no ,. Wall Street, there could he no rail n loads, there could be no dvHIxatton. were it not for the tiller of the soli e Every American should rejoice at hit ^ awakening. president "Harding has . said truly that the agricultural prob j lf lem is the nstlon's concern. Perhaps . that is why It tuay not be a bad idea in have the nation really represented i( |n the Congress set up l.y the people r to guide the country to prosperity and ^ happlnes-. is' \ „ DANGER TO OUR MERCHANTS. ,r <»ur local merchants might wisely - give some consider.! lion lo Ihe rec ommendallon ot the National Comy

e- ; mission of the Associated Advertising , le Clubs o: the/World, which recently -n passed a resolution •< Coring ' r- the establishing of a C. \l. 1> i«i»tage , g permit plan. I'nder the plan, direct ( y by mail advertisers may send out i t'lrn envelopes and cards to mospectg. 1 d with a permit notice printed in place ^ > oi a stamp. The return main: *'*■., ■ then beemailed and the permit.; •>: ] pay the postage upon delivery Me: i chants In towns such as curs arc ' 'likely lo be lured into a danrertras ' ' • trap if tbey permit such a plan to go' through without protest They may see only that they may use i!-.e scheme themselves, but direct by mail sdver- ( 1 tislng Is as limited as it Is ineffective « in ihe smaller communings. On the , other hand, sncb a plan would mean • the most sweeping invasion of the ' ' count r^1 by the mail order houses that ever has been known. The mail order would save hundreds of thousands of dollars, which could iheo-Be' r r-ut into intensive campaigns lo take 'trade and money from the home town. The merchants know they ran serve our people quite as well and quite as ~ economically as any mail order house • the world, and that the buyer can ' ' actually see the articles being bought and gel prompt delivery, but the catalogue olws of the mail order speci- , alists ar«9ainted In alloriqg colors, and when they can be put out without ihe danger ot waste for lost Amps " affixed, local trade will dwindle in every community. 1 This whole matter will r«st in the.. hands oi the new PosUnasler General, 1 and If the merchants are wise they 1 will lose no time In tailing his alienv ■ /( tlon to the gravity ot such a ruling so far as local trade Is concerned. e Merrhsnts in several towns unI doubt nil) will take this matter up, - and it would not hurt to add our proi tost to the other*. The merchants can stand open competition from the l mall order men. but they should not t be subjected to unfair advantage. The n I money spent at home circulates anil a returns to the spender. When It goes I out of town It goes into the maw of • the giant corporations that have little a use lor small communities except I what they ran get out of them L - It . ' ' f SENTINEL ads bring result*. J William H. Oldfield J ' ij Interior Tile Work i 912 Central Avenue | OCEAN CITY. N. J. Estimates Furnished n! Phone, 229-J

FOR SALE— Corner Property Lot 50 x 100. Dwelling has 16 rooms, 3 baths, laundry, hot water heat. Apply flARON, 412 Eleventh Street It is Time to Begin tp plant for the summer flowers and for any other work or planting j ■ you expect tn do this spring. • ! If -vou wi» '« us know what you would like done we will be glad ; serve you in any way we can. 0 Ocean City Greenhouses Phone 19

s , SURPRISE kitchen SHOWER. y Mrs. tvrr U GObert gave « SQTprtsc .jkhdws shower si her spartraent Thursday evening for Peg Be van. wbo*e raarriace to Mr Harry- Moniwrthapect evening with music, etc L s buffet ;*»- heon was served The «ae»; :•< included Misrfes SJt.'.o Be van. f-o ' rb* ConoB./t. Ejke. Mae Hoffer Betty VenuS— VT» .an Hand. Anna klv Mag-aiHb. SBctsa Msrkely. Anas , HHWt. Peg Sevan, afwy Messrs Chas. . .Ehagharseo. '*•>. Anthill. A. P. Col- 1 CAN ME DO IT? Robert >. tVooistoB plans to leave Oceaa City February renth at three o'clock te the afternoon, journey to Washington to act as best man at a wedding and be ba.-k in Ocean City at nine o'clock on Saturday morning, the eleventh

1 A LITTLE HISTORY Of This Resort Oiven by The Delswarevjnd Atlantic T. and T Co. The Delaware and AtlaniK- Tile 'graph and Telephone Company, com piling a history of the telephone bustjnessatro^Nhe^ersey coast, have uilv A.I- firrt telephone was Installed in sljinMi and Asbnry avenue This followed shortly with the installsPor.some time Mr. Champion and his rbildren operated the board. The first | opemtor & ton Vera Smith. The • hange was later moved to •+ the MAssey w Edwatds Building, phetv' ii Is to-day. The first subserver to be connected t» the board ! operated by Mr. Champion was "J. M. . ! Chester, who was assigned No. 1. ' The bank followed nod. was assigned 'No. Massey A Edwards was the ! third sutftcriber and was assigned No. 1 C-. These subscribers still retain their original numbers. ANXIOUS TO PLAY OCEAN CITY. Donnie Bassenfelder's Somers Tolnt • ■ . . . • . -an City's ASSOClaUoB Ave. In + ! the Somers I'otni line-up are Joe , Stiark. Elvie Block, former Pleasantvllle High School athlete, and Clark, a speedy guard Manager Garwood stated today he has booked games up tint II the last of March. NOTIC? OF BIDS FOR GRAVEL. I . /*?»' S 'imuel" 'i: 'radrSjlcT ^PurrtoKng ! ' Hotu* flulhlI- Count * Jersey, on"' TuesSay- . 1'h. Seventh day of February. A D. »»«. at i "*K,'V 1'h 1 ''Tarnishing '°of 'tEN°"thoI S- , AN IV TONS (Id.tMO) of HOAH O RAVEL. — more less, ^llv-^- ^tirlni|^ibe r j Freeholders AMrK, p ELDREDGE. l-iircbasing Agent t "■

SURF LAUNDRY ' X 9t9 Ocean Avenue ' Phone. 1J9-J Ocean City. N. J. Good Work. Quick Service, all Work done on Premises Please Give lTs a Trial CLOSED UNTIL SEASON OF 1922 Grubb Brothers Building Contractors JOBBING A -SPECIALITY 609 Third Street, Ocean City, N. J. Telephone 487-R A Satisfied Owner Owns a 2 Family Apartment TWO FAMILY" APARTMENTS are the best kind of investment properties in Ocean City. Right now there are some excellent propositions that are offered for sale, uncomparable to anything • irr.ilar here in price, terms and location. All of them are new and offered for sale at prices showing very satisfactory returns I on the money invested. TWO FAMILY APARTMENTS, Third and Ocean Avenue, five rooms and bath,each floor, size 22 x 34 feet, ten foot wide porch, brick foundations, papered throughout and finished inside in white and mahogany; will rent for $900. Price $6,000. TWO FAMILY APARTMENTS, Frist and Atlantic Avenue, six rooms and bath each floor^Ixe 24 x 44 feet, lot 46 x 76 feet, wide porches, brick foundations, room for double garage; rents for $1,100. Price $7,600. TWO FAMILY' APARTMENT, Atlantic Avenue, between Moorlyn Terrace and Ninth Street, brick construction throughout, seven rooms and tile bath each floor, built in tubs, Inside en- , trances to both apartments, large lot The upkeep on this apartment will be almost nothing for several years. Provision I , made to install heating plant. Price $13,500. For further information apply Any Realtor in Ocean City j L . . . ■ . , I BUY BREAD MADE IN OCEAN CITY VALET Electric Baking Co. phone 212-w 713 Asbury Avenue ROLLS ■ CAKES and PIES PUFFS nbsj chocolate charlotte Special Saturdays BIRTHDAY and Weddinc CAKES j ; ; ><! I Ask your grocer for our goods. If he dont carry them we will gladly serve you at your door. BUY BREAD MADE IN OCEAN CITY

Do You Know That Head Chains and Girdles are to be very popular this Summer? Also that you con reproduce the most exquisite ones in wax ? We will teach you how free of charge. LOLA M. TOWNSEND H ANUIK SHOP 756 Asbury Avenue Ocean City, N. J. i -A— ar — "■ " " T - " *•'. •• , — — — * CHAS. D. SAMPSON ' Stoves, Hardware, Oils, Roofing 408-10JAsbury Avenue OCEAN CITY, N.'iU. i CLEAN AS YOUR HOME OCEAN CITY STORAGE CO. Warehouse, Sixth and West Avenue ! FURNITURE BOUGHT AND SOLD Automobile Freight Service Between Ocean City, N. J. and Phila- j delphia. For rates apply Ferguson Express, 313 Eighth St., Ocean City, N. J. — fk*. 372- M i Philadelphia Office, 713 Spring Garden— Phone. Market 5014 j Automobile Renovatin "The Shop Complete' B^DY WORK fOPS UPHOLSTERING WINDSHIELD GLASS FENDER WORK PAINTING of the better kind Wescoat Co. Albany Avenue Blvd. and Winchester Telephone 564 ATLANTIC CITY REAL SERVICE .1 Weather Strips Stop those heat leaks ; save , fuel and stop draughts. I have , in stock either, moulded or felt weather strips. Easy to put on. Makes doors noiseless. * Step Ladders > Just to remind you that you can get that handy Step Ladder in just the siae you need1. Townsend's Lumber Yard Eighth St. and Haven Ave. OCEAN CITY, N. J.