Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-19

her property opposite the city hall OF
Mrs. w. III. Bright some months ago,
have had The corner store remodeled
aud fixed up suitable for their tailoring
business. The property was originally
known as the Culver building. There
is some delay in getting the store open
because some of the mill material is
not ready.
Another new baby~in the Coombs
building. This time it is a boy in the
apartments of MI. and Mrs. Walter
w. Beers. Mother and child are doing
well.
vanced the price of coal SOC a ton
Stove coal now costs $3.50 per ton and
1t is a scarce article at that figure. The
coal yards are low. 1t il said one
dealer has none on hand. The other
dealers are doing it out to customers
sparingly. The dealers say it is almost
impossible to get coal from the mines
unless a premium of one dollar or more
per ton is paid. The greatest scarcity
Is in the nut size.
In last weeks issue of the JOURNAL
It was announced that Evangelist
Hibshman would be here to conduct a
six weeks cam paign, beginning with
February 2lst, under the auspices OF
The Methodist, Baptist and Presbyte-
rian churches. The evangelist sent a
telegram that he could not fill his en-
gagement according to previous ar
rangement. The committee having
previously been in communication
with Evangelist Hicks and his party,
received a letter stating that he will
come to wildwood and condnct a six
Weeks union campaign, beginning
February 18th. This was accepted by
the committee and a telegram of accep-
lance was sent to him. Evangelist
Hicks ia a Tabernacle man. He has
campaigns with great success. AT
present he is conducting a tabernacle
campaign movement in Virginia.
There are three in his party. They
will all be here on the 18th of February.
The services will begin In the Presby-
terrain church ard continue in that
CHURCH two weeks. The next two
weeks services will be held in the
Methodist church. The last two weeks
the meetings will be held in the Bap-
list church. Each Sunday morning
the pastors will preach In their respec-
tive churches, but IN Sunday evening
all the churches will unite and hold a
union service in the church where the
evangelist is holding forth. No service
whatever will be held in the Baptist
mol Methodist churches on Sunday
evenings, February 18th and 18th. On
the 25th of February and 4th of March,
the Sunday evening service will be
held in The Methodist church, under
direction of Evangelist Hicks. On the
18th and 18th of March, the Sunday
evening services will be held in the
Baptist church. This is a great oppor-
uuhAtJ W lCaI q toOClbdIIO hdus IN
tabernacle party has ever held meet
ings before south of Millville. Let
every Baptist, Presbyterian and Meth
odist come up to this penticost. Great
things are expected.
City Treasurer Kay states that the
receipts for 1916 taxes up to January
LIST is about $4,000, with about $40, 900
delinquent.
Richard Randolph, aged about fifteen
years, was caught stealing goods from
the house of Warren ID. Ham on 18th
street one day last week. The May,r
held him under $500 bail for the next
term of Court. Bail was furnished by
Chris Scully.
The Drexel property at the corner of
Cedar aud Atlantic venue has been
sold by Miss Kettle Golf to s. S. Nc
Allister, an Ocean City merchant.
Otto Koeneke has bought a lot of the
Matthews estate and will erect a bune-
allow to cost about $4,000. The lot is
lOcateu oh Aine VENUE petWeou tne
residences of Washington Hilton and
r. p. Fitzpatrick.
Albert Mixner went to the city yes
terday to visit the automobile show.
Andrew johnson, of west Burk We
nue., has another fine sea skiff very
near com pleted for Martin Jensen, of
Anglesea.
P. ]. Witty, who owns a property
at 100 e. Hild reth avenue, has returned
to Holly Beach after a visit to his
daughter near Pottsville, Pa.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way Company is preparing the sum-
NOR and rosort litarature for 1917