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# ^ -—Miller Studio Aisle Running Between Private, Steel-Sheathed Rooms Leased for Storage by Eld red ge Company Patrons Atlantic City National Bank (Continued from Page 19) figure in banking circles up until the present, when the Atlantic City National boasts a capital of $200,000 and surplus and profits amounting to $700^661.01, the bank has always been featured and spoken of as one of the greatest sources of aid to the business man. -M>| n • - m', The Atlantic City National Bank is not merely a powerful guardian that maintains a vigilant watch over funds and valuables that are left within its ponderous vaults for safe keeping. It is also a staunch friend of the business man that plays the versatile role of advisor and assistant, aided by its ample resources and deal ings that involve the very best in rpodern banking facilities. It has helped to pave the way to success and prosperity for the city and its inhabitants. As Atlantic City's oldest banking institution, the Atlantic City National Bank continues to maintain its dignity of position. Its officers and directors include: J. Haines Lippin cott, president; William Bartlett and John C. Slape, vice-presidents; Lemuel E. Conover, cashier—all men who have studied and gone through the problems of the resort until they have won places for themselves as leaders in the financial affairs of the city. L. L. Jones Company Twenty Years in the Gas and Electric Fixture Business Has Brought Well Merited Fame Twenty years in the gas and electric fixture business. That is the record of the L. L. Jones Company as Atlan tic City’s leading lighting contractors. First located on New York Avenue, L. L. Jones, president of the com pany, later changed the site of the firm to the larger and more modem headquarters at 1019-21 Atlantic Avenue, where today the company serves the electrical demands of Absecon Island. To the practical, a bit of wire, a socket and a lamp are all that is required for the lighting fixture, but a survey of the L. L. Jones store on : Atlantic Avenue soon proves other >vis>c. jrus>&et>aiH£_cui uie cuiiriicteris :ics of an art gallery, one might easily be justified in making such a mistake, for there is much of the artistic in evidence in the lighting fixtures of the L. L. Jones Company. Beautiful vases and delicate lamps that bring to mind the quaint fixtures of days of old, as well as serviceable office lights and standard home fix tures, all serve to make the lighting question very easy if solved by the L. L. Jones Company. In line with its twenty years $f experience in the game, the L. L. Jones Company has, incidentally, been awarded the contract for the lighting fixtures that are part yof the equipment of the handsome new structure that houses the Chelsea branch of the Eldredge Warehouse. Aside from gas and electric fix tures of every design and variety, electrical appliances are listed among the many features of the company, and whether it be an electric washing machine or a flashlight, a vacuum cleaner or an electric cook stove, it will be found at L. L. Jones if it is a recognized electrical appliance. Experts in the installation and wiring end of the game, a specif staff of n>en are in the employxd the L. L. Jones Company, and they are at your service to study your light ing problems and uphold the name of the company as dependable lighting contractors. Supplying the Million Dollar Pier, the Steel, Steeplechase and Garden Piers, as well as several of the larger beachfront and avenue hotels, the L. L. Jones Company is recognized as the biggest lamp dealers in South Jersey. Electric lights answering every purpose in the home, office, store or plant are included in their large stock of lighting equipment, v L. L. Jo«es, well known in the re sort ancr member of the Kotary Club, and H. L. Boston, secretary and treasurer of the company, have es tablished,., in the L. L. Jones Com pany, an organization that, through its twenty years of service, have built up a reputation of being oqe of Atlantic City’s most dependable firms. Seashore Supply Company Remarkable Growth of Business Established Only Five Years Ago—Covers Entire Block Located at New York and Mediterranean Aves., the estab lishment of the Seashore Supply company covers an entire block, and the problem now becoming serious with the management is just how to continue the rapid, expansion and growth of the i business when the present accom modations become too cramped, as is certain to be the case with in a comparatively short time if the business continues to grow as rapidly as it has grown since its establishment in 1919. Carrying a full line of sanitary appliances, steam, gas and water supplies, tools and the like, the stock of the Seashore Supply company is very large and in cludes practically everything in this line that can be called for. Indeed, the full list of articles carried by the company contains about 18,000 different articles. At the time of the establish ment of the company, it was ex pected that it would be able to do a business amounting to some- j thing like $250,000.00 a year.j As a matter of fact, the last year’s business has exceeded $1,000,000.00, or more than four (Continued on Page 21) •'"'i v, ■ -- V' ' '• ' - ■ - ■ ■■ •, ■ v . ' .. ' * - .r; 1881 - ' : its ' ....... ... •r - " * - - ’ 1 • ,. "4 1924 ■ s f>.? S |j ti :■ 44 'Xi.r ' . ■ Adantic City N ational Bank Pennsylvania & Atlantic Aves. Capital . . . $200,000 Surplus & Profits 919,000 Assets . . . 10,235,000 4% Interest Paid On ■ Savings Accounts OFFICERS J. Haines Lippincott .... President John C. Slape ... . Vice-President William H. Bartlett . . Vice-President Lemuel E. Conover, Jr. .... Cashier J. William Alcorn . . ./r Ass't. Cashier ■ . |-; • : >i DIRECTORS J. Haines Lippincott •s William H. Bartlett John C. Slape Clifford B. Deacon Joseph W. Mott Charles P. Tilton Jr • . \ ' . ' ^ v « Lewis B. Glenn