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VOL. XXXlIl/' . OCfiAN CITY. N. J.. THUKSDAY, .M AY 8, IHUI. '* . y ■ NO. 6

Ocean City Sentinel ocian citv. im. o. —Br— . i R. CURTIS .ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor Si.oo Per Year, Strictly in Advance. | CITV DIRECTORY. vC|TV OPHCtACt ^ | CHUkCtt'tEKVICES. jflUMBMswrt «K ' | - saBSpsdse i ! 8 j • K. ^sSKSftSrxds rprrr. ™ ,,,, ;«f !f fkg^ CHURCH SOCIETIES. had&'tta ilSS* "o.«U n» t M«n ; | I "Thrl.U.e Kn^ivor H^.ley.. 5JU. Majtd £ ' iirJi' Stueia^ I "iart' mouth. I - Imitm' Ald'lwAii imi^Mente^iil 'oSi^l^rtrrCreTpr!.'!" w'mlu's Umil 27*^% aeaSty'Zuo^p.11 m! "^l3eS!"m0"'Aw«ireSrrf»|><oi<)lnt •«• rstary.Mra. ►'. faraeri recordlea .crrtar>, Mrs. M. Milner; treasurer, M re. Auea I. aECttBT WCIBJIE3. . ^ ^ flSt*an^ tJlrd'Sonday ««lw S&M&a^ TlMiro.'* M lotaCnoncll. No. l»Jr. O. U. A. H.. meets MunelUor. Uuvnee "lead; Wilton II t ll21T8aiue,W.*£a«" a«nM«ry^ y^jUoBj^jie^NojAah »^S«m"rklrMr"W'lft»irth*ewUoh*li! evenr'Stmday sleep as 7JO.™' K.M F.*ttan! Mre. Hoopla a. Oarnph.il. K. or K. u&sr. ss. MTiiWK V. Mali. U0B ' meJuMooea* HaiarSay ol'aMta month! t?«n3e£v"ht»'«f> O. Adams; Meretary, h! Otis M. Townsend A Practical Seashore Architect Licensed .by the State. -> eighth street, opp. p. o. OCEAN CITY N. J.

Iu the matters of Conveyancing, Title Investigation and Settlement of Purchases, Ave aim to give our clients thorough care and conscientious service. We have always endeavored to maintain that reputation for our office. MASSEY & EDWARDS eighth and central avenue | First-class mortgage investments secured.

MORGAN HAND, ' I ATTORNEY ana , COU NSELLOR-AT LAW, Hiliollor. Mmi.; sr.dKrsmlneMp Ch.oc.rr. """iOppini I'u duc lhludiint.7. *' • JJAYV OFFICES"^ Apgar & Boswell, AMHI'tn A vi^UKjIOdKVuH^H HTKBKT LAW OFFICES Godfrey & Godfrey, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. I JAMES M. E. HILDRETH Cou nscl lor-at-I-aw GODFREY Altorney-at-l.aw \yil.LIAM H. DAVIS ^ Attorney at Law . not! KlKhlh Street Ocean tlly- New Jersey . • Allanlie City Theatres MtranriiUHmHM ■ . . I — - . •*— * litis llill Fresvirta the New 191 j Edition | «f Bad FLhrr's Farcical Creation 1 mud and Jeff Panama 50P60P16H«;K: ! i:.-r . 3c, 50c. 3c, <1 Mat.. 25c. SOc. 75c NIxrwEI.K Ranfeu4ra Canal Balkan War Tfy-an Advertisement in the SENTINEL

R. CURTIS ROBINSON Notary Phbliis and ©COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS -S=a-:oi— PENSION VOUCHERS :: CAREFULLY EXECUTED . Numbers 744 and 746 Asbury Avenue Ocean CvTy - - New Jersey :| The Breakers! I Only Boardwalk Hotel - 8g Now open. Steam heat, elevator. | j y Sun parlor. Booklet. | y K. A. YOUNG, Manager J|

Jj N. GRISCOM, .M. D. , EIGHTH ST. AND WESLEY AVK. , Hut It l-huDW.-B.il. It; Inter-HUte. 1*9- A r. nnw Hut./.- Cain Rhh- rm^om « f " p. in A M-Urtasjd Ju »s¥3jUlaCoBM,I.D.'"lid Wesley Avenue Ocean City Now Jersey T * llit ia A • DR W. P. HAINES COR. NINTH AND WESLEY AVE Hi: use 11 Eli PKTT1T, M. I). BOT WESLEY AVE. OCEAN CITY. NEW JERSEY £)K. CHARLES B. RIDER DentiMt" 809 Central Avenue (S'UI CITY. >. i. Hughes' Central Pharmacy f FI|kU SI. ill »»U; Av«j J. TflORNLEY HUQIJES. Mlimf Ihriar «r riarwhcr , Boyle Commercial' Agency 624 I.lghth St. Ocean dlty, N. J , - E. C. BOYLE, (lanacer 1 Claim* adJtuUil and eullecU.1 anywhor. in Dhlle.1 SUIA Spring Millinery All the Latest Styles in Ladies' ami - Children's Hats ■I J. H. BILDRETffS •I"*' Mbar7 •w+i""" a,r's- J r _________________ Dance Evyry Cold Lunchaa, Wedneaday and F»c. Saturday Night ! The Excursion house JAMES CLARK Proprietor MAIN STREET and . . . NEW JERSEY AVENUE t SOWERS' POINT :: N.J.

AUTO BRIDGE MUST BE « 1 ( FINISHED BY NOVEMBER

' • O. M.| TnwusentJ/ "Gives Encoura^inglteport at B^ard •I j tf Trade Meeting.. Olle \L hy^ihtjij/ uieile a ItlKhly y oncotirngluK rep'trt of the - automnhlle bridge at the meeting or llie Hoard of Trade Monday evening. Mr. Tow iimnd naid that the bridge . unlet be com|deted by Novrtuber 1 . nexlv that much of the material I. " looked for it any time, and that tlo.1*10 or 115,000 In Mock will be wauled very eoon. ••What about the bohd«V" he «w aalted. " ago," aald Mr. Townaend. "and other* are afler them now " — How lalhal? Are' they more valu"I guemt foine ofYtjJ^bvople woke up when they fouud one\mai> taking }7V- - ooo worth," *«» the reply. a Till. rC|Kirl wat received with every evidence of aattefactlon upon yie part of the member* jof the hoard, and the prediction wa* general that the bridge will lie a great eucctm and a profitable investment. K. M. Huttou, Harvey Y. Lake and ~ II, L. GolT went to Waehluglon yealerday to we idUclal* of the War Department iu re%retice to nine pru|Mi*ed change* in the bridge plan*. MOTHER'S DAY. The coming of May wa. .IgnalUed In iuimamiel.tiaptlat fliurch by the return of aome nf the gur.l* of laid fumiuer. One family ha. come for (lie iwafon aud la a very welcome addition. The heavy burden of tbe win-. ter'« work, which ha. fallen ao heavily I on thrreaident member. ol the church, w ill be shared. from now until September by friend, from Philadelphia and n other pl*cee._^he bright .un.liliie alee aided Iu llie day'. Hefvlce.. The new • superintendent, the Ifev. A K. Chapman, ha. Inaugurated several new feature. In the Bible eCliool, one of special importance:. Till. Hr-a report card, on which are space, for absentees' aud for church attendance. Anyone cau tell al a glance the num- , her of absentee. In claw or school, and .' the number present at church the pre- ■ viouf Sunday from the,. chool. Mother's Day I* to be observed and I, a special program Is being prepared for the aflernout; session of the school Members of the home department. and cradle roll mothers are Invited to come •ltd bring friends and babies. £ W. C. T. «?. Meeting. " The W. C. T. U. members will meet „ at the Alglen Hotel Wednesday after- " noon. May 14. Subject, ••PranchlMk" Leader. Mrs. A. P. Milner. A full alttudanoe Is desired.

i. LARGER STORE FOR 1 = S. S. MCALLISTER Dry Goods Merchant Will £ Move to Building Formerly Occupied by E. F. Stewart. Cramped for aufllclant space properly to handle his gooda — or at, least uu- w abls to do as wall as be would like In dl order lo accommodale hi* groylng trade— 8. 8 McA II later, tbe dry good* M mercbaut, will remove from bl> present store, adjoining Joseph I. Scull's real estate offices, to the store ,c on Aabury avenue, below - Bight h *« street, occupied for a number of year* 11 by E. F. Stewart. Tbe -owner of tbe building. R H. V Ttioru, will pat la n new tront and It build three apartments above the K ■tore. Mr. McAllister and family will occupy the south apartment*. He " — plane to be In tbe new store and ready Vl for business by June 1. *' J Mr. McAllister has been In the dry M ! gooda business In this city , for four »' I years, and by strict attention lo bnsl- P j oes* and courteous treatment of R customers ha* built up a large trade C ■*• * j OPEN NEW THEATER, Jj Cbrla t*. Hand Will Have Big " j show House In Atlantic. " Chrl*. S. Hand has arranged to open £ his new show bouse Iu Atlantic City — i tbe Colonial Theater— on Atlantic ave- ( < nue, near New York avenue, on Me-, y £ mortal Day. Tbe bouN will ooet BSifi,f 000. and the seallug capacity will be I "«»• S Mr. Hand, with bla enterprises, In I Atlantic City, Ocean City aud Sea Isle , < City, will be kept on the movi during . I tbe summer season of 1018. S Tbe exlenslve alleraltons .at the S Breekers, the management Is glad lo S announce, are nearlng completion, aud will soon be lo readlueea for luepectloo I and for tbe buey season. — KnjtRlorr:— Unfurnished apartment 1 —living room, dlnfng room, kitchen, pantry, two bedrooms, bath and porch — Including heat and hot water, by tbe year; £250. Apply MR Central ave. adv. Auxiliary boat 21 It. long, good sail and 1*4 H. P. Palmer engine, |IT8 00. Write S. L. Bchomo, 8W) N 'J2d street, Philadelphia.- edv. MS. Kok hale.— Two IoU^ 90x100 feet, comer Kifty-etghth and Central. Ad- ■ dress K. U, H,, Sentimel office, adv.

' 92 PODNDS OF ; LEAD WERE TAKEN e Junk Dealer is Fined and Dc- ' i cislon Reserved in Case of Boys, j A foreigner accused of receiving stolen lead pipe wa- given a hearing I » before Squire Lud lam Tuesday moru-j lug and tlned $8 *>!. , It was said In his defense that the * lead was bought frnnr three boys by ■ the woman with whom the dealer in J i, John It Groves and Davlil Hharpliam. There w'erd ntnety-two immids of tt, ■ and It was sold by the boys at a very t email price per pound. i t Syulre Ludlam reserved decision Iu ' t the case of the lioys, who were accused e of^jetty larceny. e ThV-a^re-tn were 'made by Chief of 1 Police Scull. < i [ LECTURE ON SCOTCH ' Church M«v st. George It. Somerviile, of Plrasautville, who will lecture. "Scottish Pathos and llmuor, "in the First Pres. r byterlan Church Thursday evening. May •£!. Is a native of Dunfermllng. Scotland, Hie birthplace of Carnegie, and speaks the Scottish tongue es It Is *, The Rev. H, S. Aa-cyne, formerly ' pastnrof the Salem M K Church, of Pleasantvllle. In referring to Mr. Som- "• ervllle's lecture, says: had the pleas- ' ure of listening to Mr, Somerviile de- ' liver lila lecture ■Seottlalr Humor and Pathos,' on March 4, last. The lecture, lo my. mind, was exceptionally ' line, aud i peraonajly heard many of the audience er press the same opinion. ' Mr. Somerviile la a talented speaker. ' and will not fall lo entertain and In- ' struct the most (htel'lgent audience " * The lecture Is to be given under lite ' auspices of the Christian Endeavor 4 Union. ' Mot* Trlnli* Church Mervlcea. Next Sunday, being ' Whltsnnday. 1 there will be In Holy Trinity Church a ' celebration of the Holy Comahiiilnit ^ In the morning at 10 45. Service In „ the evening at 7 45 Sunday school In the afternoon at three. Sermons both morning and evening will refer lo the descelil of the lloly Spirit on the Infant Christian Church In Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, which fell on the dfteenth day after our u Lord's resurrection.

THROUGH TRAIN TO THIS 1 SECTION FROM NEW YORK

City's. Board of Trade Willi " Try to Secure Help from 1 E. J. Weeks. The following letter wee read al the mettle: the Hoard of Trade Monevening! Cape May City April 2H. JameaSleveoA ^ ' Preddenl OceanClty Hoard of Trade - Dear Sir: I have Just written a letter Mr. Edaon J. Weeks, general paesenger agent of The Philadelphia .and Reading Railroad, urging the es'.abllahment of a through tralu from Naw fi to Cape May over their line feed- w log all the resorts along their line ■outh of Atlantic City. I think Ocean City would be Interested In th la, aa It would do all of us a b considerable amount of good and p the same time probably no one re- I coulil expect to g^rtraffic enough at tl ret at least to make It pay llie com- v pa ,y to put If on. Perhaps If we all j go afler II together we could work It. If you think It wise, will you Write r Week* the same thing and advls. f me of your having done so, and If t you thluk It wl«e to follow Willi a personal Interview I shall be pleased lo go with you or send a eothmlilee to wait i on him with a committee you might t I have written a similar letter lo I N. Smith, president of the wood Boird of Trade. i Yours truly, I . . President. 'i The board deckled to write to Mr. I Weeka and Mi -"-ten and also refer . tbe matter to t'tr . hoard's transports- I tlou committee. i Tbe regular monthly meeting of tbe members of the Ocean City Hotel Proprietors' Association will be held at the Arlington, In this resort, next Monday eveulog. All members are requested , attend. i WaRTES).— Men for assembling agriI cultural mipltmeuls. Apply al once. Baleman Mf'g Co., Grenlocli, N.J.,18 miles Irom Philadelphia, kdv., 5-1, St I Fob Sale.— Cottages and lots In . most desirable location* in Ooeeu City, , Apply to A. Cotton 619 Aabnry avenne, Ocaan City. Naw Jersey. adv. Tbe First National Bauk of Ooaan - CHy will bs pleased lo ooufer with yon . regarding naw business. edv, II.

HOUSES HERE ARE ! RENTING WELL • Many Philadelphia People p" Have Taken Pretty Cot- | : tages for Summer. ' Many.mnre cottages Iu this city hare been rented for the coming season. Stanton A'Scnll. Inc. have the following rentals: V f Dr H. H Ky netl's cottage, HUlt . Twelfth street, to a Philadelphia parly, Joseph Barton's cottage, 485 Central avenue, to a Philadelphia". William H. Taylni'a,cott2ge, In Wal- ; place, to a Pblttdelphlan. 1 ■ j Dr. H H KyJiett * cottage . 608 ' j Twelfth street, lb a Philadelphia party, ' >| James C. Scull's collage, 682 t 'en- 1 1 j tr-il avenue, td a Philadelphia party. ' ;l Joseph I ScuTl a Co. have made the following rentals: I to a Philadelphia party. ' ' First floor of the T. 8. Simmons' • apartments to people from Llanerch. 1 Second floor apartments tn this building to neopls from Southampton, Pa. Apartment A In the Eureka Apart- 1 f inents to a Philadelphia!! This Is the ' third apartment taken. Mrs. West's cottage, 829 Second 1 street, to a'Phlladelphlan. Miss Ida V. Robinson's cottage, 829 , Central avenue, to a Philadelphia!!. Second floor apartment In Jn«eph I. < Scull's building. Asbury avenue, above ( Eighth street, lo penplrTFnm HaitiClaylon llalnea llrlek reports the ( Bow den collage. 488 Asbury avenue. ' * to William E Kelly, of Philadelphia. ' The Hays bungalow. 399 Ocean ave- ' nue. t . George L. Setll, of Pnlla-lel-r pbla. The cottage 7.HH Central avenue to 1 ' Joseph H. Saul, of Philadelphia. Fogg's Boardwalk atore to Miss R. ' ' Alice Wolgamot and Mra. Margaret ' - Allen, of Philadelphia ' Upper apartment al 80S 8L Charles ' ' place lo Jonas Kteelinan, of Phlladel- ' phla. Cottag- 814 First street lo Joseph D. ' Bryan, of Philadelphia. The second floor apartiuenl 832 First , ! street to Mrs. Adeline L. Heffrln, of r Klttanlng, Pa The Heritage cottage. 854 Second street, to W. H. Keeler. of Pittsburgh. ( Offices In ihe Dr. Abbott cottage to { t Dr. HhalTrr, of Philadelphia. ' tsupl. MCDr vltt -loves. 1 , Superintendent Harry McDevItt, of t tlia local trolley line, and Ills family r have moved from the Seal apartments, . where they spent the winter mouths, tn their South Ocean City cottage, 4830 Central avenue, where for several t years tliey have enjoyed the summer

WANTS c^ONEY TO ' IMPROVE ROAD , t Board of Trade Received Re- 'f qnest from H. A. Weatherby, of Millville. J At tbe meeting of tbe Board of Trade | Monday evening, (be billowing letter t H. A Wedtberby, or Millville, c read: Board of Trade, * Ocean City— t Gentl men: May I kindly- aek you ( forward me the money en long ; promised, ao that I may begin work on lbs road al one*? ' I am very anxloua to do njtrest deal wnib It this spring and must have laat , year's bills paid before 1 begin afresh. Am conlem plating t much Improved' road aga'n this year. May I not hear , from you by return mall? I will. esIt a great favor. Very respec.fully yours. , H. A Weatheehy. Siime of Die members ex preened the , thought that whatever money bad been collected was sent to .Mr. Weatlierby a i time since. 8. S. McAlil-ter, In reply to a query, ■aid be bad made some collections and turned them over to E. M. Sutton. Ae he nndetstood, there were about |75 collected, Including a donation ot 925 . from tbe Board of Trade. Mr. Mc- ' Allister sa d the road I* of great benefit - Ocean Clly and should be helped by tbe people of tble place. Otis M. Towneend said that Mr W'eatberby had fixed up the road Iu ; very good shape last summer. Mr Weatberby's letter was referred , to E M. Sutton. r " - — . — — I own Vottr Home. It'e dignified and glyea you a dellclous . sense of security to own your i home at OCEAN "CITY. Besides, your raeponatblllty as a real it estate owner makes you a des treble „ citizen. Think It over, then call dp • 1 - - HARRY HEADLBY, ' Real Estate Operator, Ninth and Aa-. ' bury avenue, next to Ore house who • will show you the very beet way and ii some of the greatest bargains to be o found here on the aaaiaH terms Phone oouuectlou adv. /

APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS -OVERDRAWN IN THIS CITY

PHILADELPHIANS PURCHASE HERE , j i - Several Good Sales Have Been j Consummated by Joseph i • „ I. Scull & Co. , Joseph I . Scull A Co. have sold a lot t at the roruer of Fourth street and ( , t'orinthlau avenue, and a lot adjoin- ( owned by the Ocean City Land to Mrs. Loretta M. Maurer. | of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Maurer a will build a flue borne Iu the fall. j The same Arm has sold to Robert R | of Philadelphia, 68 feet of | land from. Ed ward Lupton, a Phlla- > delphla manufacturer, located on the south side of tbe Woodward cottage. | Ocean avenue, between Twelfth and , Thirteenth streets. Joseph I. Scull A Co. also have sold , llie E. 8. Woodward cottaga on | avenue, betweeu Twelfth and , Thirteenth streets, to William H. | I of Philadelphia. i TO BUILD COTTAGB ■ . o. M. Townaend Osts Contract Irom c. W. LeFstrr. C. W. LeFerve, of the Millville Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Its* given lo DIM M. Townsend ' Ihe contract to bnlld for hint a pretty two-story coltagt si Twenty-seventh ' street aud Wesley avenue, costing ' 93000 This wllj be Mr LeFevre's first seasou In Ocean City. He heard bis friend, U. B. Muth. of Philadelphia. 1 speak so wall of thle resort that ha decided to pay a visit here. Hs was | equally charmed with the clly. Mg. Mulb la having a cottage built at Flfty- | ninth atreat. John R. Jones, of Philadelphia, haa ' rented the atore now occupied by 8.8, McAllister through the agency ot Clay- £ Haines Brick. Mr. Jones Will opcii ' an up-to-date geuls' furnishing eatabment when Mr. McAllletar moves to bis naw place of business. Mr. Jones - also has ranted from Mr. Brick tbe 1 apartments formerly occupied by R. H. Ttioru on Eighth street, and will take poeseaalou June 1. To observe Homer's Dor. ' • Mother's Day" will be observed at < the morning aarvlca In the First M. E. ' Church next Sabbath. May 11. Toe j Junior League will attend lo a body and special services of an educational r character are being arranged.- A white carnation la the flower for the day.

BOYS L WILL TRY TO WIN : t p, Philadelphia Collegians WU1 n Meet Local Track Team 11 Here Next Saturday. . Jb e track team of tbe Philadelphia 4 College of Pharmacy will meat tbe of the. Ocean City High SchoolAthletic Association at. tbe. baseball park bare next Saturday afternoon. It Is. mid tbal.tham team* are wall matchad, and an Interesting meat 1 should reenlt. Don't fall to be on band and encourage tbe locale to win the ttophy cuj> promoted by tba Board 1 of Trail*. 1 Tbtra wrn ba no meet In this clly on t Saturday, May TV, (ha locals going out of town, but tbe Drexei Institute's team will be ben on Saturday, • May 84. * WELCOMED INTO CHURCH ' I m *■■■■•! Bsallsl Congregation increases Its Hetabmblp, 1 11 At tbe communion service tn Im- ' manuel Baptist Uborch Sunday morn- 1 log, four were welcomed Into tbe membcrshlp of the church. Deacon L. S. 1 Corson gave tba band of fellowship to Paator Gee and hie wife, sod tba pas- 1 1 tor received tba two girls wbo were 1 baptised tbe previous Sunday. , 1 ' One year ago tba total membership 1 of the chnrcb' was twenty-tour- Since ' that time twenty-four hare bean taken Into tbe membership. Three have " come by baptlem, one on experience ' and twenty by latter. Tbe lom haa been severe, namely, two by death— " Mra. 8. Howells and Mra. Benjamin Uoflman— aud three by letter. Tbe y net gain la, therefore, only nlnataen. Wood Mocha tor mom mrsee. " Tba City CvonMemra, at their regular weakly masting, passed on ,1 Brat and second readings an ordinance providing tor tba paving or Ninth ■treat with wood tloeks. Tba ordinance will come op for final passage May 18. Iit DoBikii's rter Thsmtro. Will re-open Ibis evening; Thursday! with nrat-elam moving pictures, adv. '• For Ba i.e.— House, 2j .loriea, and three acre* of ground, nmr Faal Sliore . Line, at Ocean Heights Inquire of Mrs. Conley . Somen' PotoL adv. 4-84. It le For B a le.-U pitgbl piano; bargain ; is 976. or rent 986 tor season. ISM Oeov. tral avenue. Adv., U

Auditor's Report Also Shows That the Bonded Zedebtedness is High. '' | There baa ..been much boasting at time* during the last few months of great saving Id expense mads by Ocean City under commission form uf 1 government aa against tbe previous admlnlstratloD7 The figures In the report of Hv8 auditor, recently submitted, do not substantiate the many strong claims made by tbe present city officials. 1 At thebeglnlngcf Mr. Mowrar'a report, It Is shown that three approprl- * ' atlou* were overdrawn during the year 1812, as follow*; f Streeta. 9 34.84 ' 79)36 Salaries, 66^.80 The overdrawing uf appropriation* - decldely Illegal. Tbe law bearing 1 on this subject reads at follows; '•Any board of chosen freeholders, 1 or any township committee, or any 1 board of aldermen, or common council1 men, or any beard of education, or any - board of commissioners of any county, township, city, town or borough In this Stale, of any committee of any inch board, committee or oommleeioc, which, or any member thereof wbo, ■ shall disburse, order or vote for tb* disbursement of public moneys In exoeas t nf tbe appropriation respectively to . any such board or committee; or I which board or commlttf*. or any r member thereof, who ahall Incur oblF , gallons In exceea of tbe appropriation l and limit of expenditure provided by law- tor tbe purposes respectively of , any sncb board or committee, thus „ disbursing, ordering or voting for the disbursement and expenditure of ,! public moneye, or (bus Incurring obll- „ gallon* Iu exceea of the amount appropriated, and limit of expenditure aa . now or hereafter appropriated and limited by law, ahall ba Jointly or severally guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, nothing herein shai' prevent • any board of education from keeping . open tbe public schools."— Section 91, - Laws of Session of 1996. j Tba total amount of tbe bonded debt - 1*9386,500. At the end of 1911, aceordd log to tbe andltor'a figures. It waa a 9871,000. a difference of 966,600. Tbe e floating debt on street Improvement certificates at tbe end of 1912 was 929,I .580 06. At tbe end of 1911 -^hU was 919,848 76, a dlflerence or 99.984.81. rha total notes outstanding January 1, 1912, were 965,960.64. Tbe total notea ' outstanding January 1, 1918, ware :- 9109.684, showing an Increaaa In tbls a Item of 949,726.36. y Tbe total disbursements In 191! ware >1 9426.lfB.85. In 1911 tbaae ware M»,- * 962.74, Tba reason why tba expenditures were so much lece In 1912 than In 1911 eo mucb 1912

is due to tbe changing or tba nota system from a time to a demand nota. In 1911, whenan ol* nota fell due, It was paid otTMd a naw demand note given. In 1912 demand nota* warn given and I bene ran nntll tbara wak In band to take tbem up, than making a dlflerence of thousands of dollar* In tba expenditure account. Id 1912 tb* total s mount of taxes Increased ovar 1911 from *149,to 9170.964.06. or *21,566.86. Tba following •flgme from tba re(UoatlBaad on rokrt* faae.> NINTH STREET WON rrach Team Had KaavTtme Ovar Feaneantk Strset Boss. Tba boys of tba Nrnth atreat track team bad an easy time defeating the boya of tbe Fourteeotb street team, tbe score being 694 to 164". Summary: I 75 yard daah— Won by T. MeGInnle; second, Millard Breckley. Oue mile run— Won by R. McGlaate; second, Nlckanon; third, Warm. High Jump— Won by Braokley; second, Hand; third, Barren. Broad Jump— Woo by B. McGlonla; second. Hill; third, Taylor. 220 yard daeb— Won ny Breckley; second F. MoGlnnts; third, Taylor. 880 yard dash— Woo by Breckley; second, MeGlnole. third, Harm. ' SO yard dash-Won by Breektor; . second, T McGlnuls; third, HHt. ' Pole vault— Woa by Brsektay; smoDd, E. MeGlnols; third, F. Mo- ' Glnnls. . Shot-put— Won by K. EMheb; , sacood, F. McUlntMn; third Breckley. , One mile relay— Woo by Ninth , street team. Time, 5 minutes, IS , secouds. i »^-M. . Frank Frataoduooo, tba vlea least dent and general manager; Jaeeph Psduls. aaal stent manager, and Thomas Senan foreman, allof W.B. Jones, Inc.. of Phlledslphta, were I, among the visitors bare on Sunday, Q visiting Mr. and Mre. William HUdaa meyer, 1450 Asbury avenue, h a ■ 19 Two lota aoulbeeat corner Flfteselb street and Weet avenue, bargain toe quick aetojflwoom cottage, 695 WaM suburban to Uawdm or Pkdadll d — Ll' '-WHSf M toeing tbe oemo, 91 1»; comer Hat, TwauUetb at. aud Genual ana, «60A FRANK K DARBY, a; REAL KHTATE BROKU, - . »■ Bouree. IMg. «th msd ARsMSTIMc1 '