<■ OCEAN CITY SENTINEL • /" " . •• •

VOL. XXXII 1. OCEAN CITV, N. J., THURSDAY, OCTOliElf :>. . 1»13. NO. 28

Ocean City Sentinel OCEAN CITV. N. J. R. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor snd Fropeistor *100 Per Year. Strictly in Advance. p/\ Lb MILblNBRY OPENING ecpTHMBr.R 2stii All Welcome Otis M. Townsend A Practical Heaabore Architect ] Lk-eiised by (be Htale *:• L EIGHTH STREET, OPP. P. O. OCEAN CITY N J Baylc Commercial Agency 624 Eighth St. Ocean City. N. J E. C. BOYLE, rianager ' Claim* adjusted au-l collected anywhere in United HtaUe. ( Hence Every Cold Lunches, | Wedneaday and P»C. Saturday Night The Excursion House JAMES CLARK Proprietor j [, MAIN STREET and . . , NEW JERSEY AVENUE .SOMERS' POINT :: N. J. \

■ j ATTO«IIE*».*T.I.AW. MORGAN HAND, - ATTORNEY and eOUNSELLOR-AT-LAW, Hullclcor. Roster tad Kxefnlesr la Uheeoary, Hupraua Court CommUoloaar. Notary rebUc. 1 cape hay ceiar hoi at, a. J. (Opposite Public BullJInfa). J^AW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell, j LAW OFFICES Godfrey & Godfrey, Rooms lit. lie eod alt Hartleu Building. :s 8 ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. JAMES M. E. HILDRETH Counsellor-at-Law j ,,nur I, TOWNSEND GODFREY i Attorney-at-Law Harlletl llulldlua At oossn f-lty HsturUsys . AtlaatleCliy ; • * WILLIAM B. DAVIS Attorney at Law 30B Eighth HI reel 1 jOrvanlTly New Jersey , Try an Ad. in The Sentinel '

j did you ever— ! a stop to consider how important it is to have your home' con- A 1 \ strutted by responsible builders' Have you seriously con- a I ' sidered the parts that are hidden? • Have you ever considered * ' f hoiv great and important the framing, foundations and other hid- f $ den parts play in the life and safety of your building? ^1 I.et us 4 i advise you how vour home should lie. built. *1 Plans and speci- J A fications free f ' { Barber & Newberry } ! t BUILDERS I • | office: sixth and west ave.. ocean citv, «. J. J' A Beautiful Lot: Corinthian Avo. near Fourth St. Finest locatiou north of Sixth street. Thirty feet front, • flagged, curbed and graded s Only $975 It will surely bring $45.00 a front foot within one year - A RARE BARGAIN I MASSEY & EDWARDS EIGHTH AND CENTRAL AVE. J::::::..:.:" ■ r " - MILLER BROTHERS •uooaasoaa ro * DENN A HEMSLEY WHouadLa ess derail. mrmurtOTummnm or n denn's celebrated ice cream ^ 1 xa-ae aaauar avchuz q"«" city, n j v POWELL 'S THEstore^LE : FOR ===== ( Dry Goods, Notions, and Men's ' Furnishings New Goods in All Lines for the Fall Season. Come in and look them over. , POWELL'S 921 ^y."Y„AyUE ' _ - R. Curtis Robinson ■MS I Conveyancing and Insurance Notary Public a art Commissioner of DrM* Nos. 744-46 Aabury Avenue OCEAN CITY, N. J. Money to Ian an Bond aad Mortgage

I N. GR1SCOM, M.D. I , EIGHTH HT. AN1> WKhl.KY AVK. • Both PI>o«*s-H#ll. 16. Inter-Ktstr. HO-A r- oaic. Hours- tlniuiua.in^ Froni s ICS |i.n. Allen Corson, M.D.' 3' ' 1.6 Wesley Avenue , • Ocean City New Jersey | DK W. I'. HAINES" COR. NINTH AND WESLEY, AVE j jHuBBUHEL PKTTIT. M. I>. j B07 WESLEY AVE. OCEAN Crrv, NEW JERSEY £)K. CHARLES B. RIDER »• I>ontint«809 Central Avenue' OCKSl CITY. a. J. , Hughes' Central Pharmacy 1 1, hlfc SI sal Milky Ail. start s cousli (or soiur people. ' I nilbu' Biairhlil Mlilir, IslH foil lul rovo'skln or rtispprtl llpsf Axrnoy fur Sawtowl Cboculslrs. "The cblrr , I Night boll at front door otatore ' J. THORNLEY HUOHeS, Msnifer MIDDOCK'S PHARMACY : 8th and Ishmy Avenue I girl* all say, meet me at * 1 Maddock's Sanitary Fountain 1 and treat me- to a glass of ( delicious soda or simdie. « They know what's good. STUDY i SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING AT NIGHT Out hbubt School offers exceptional J employed in Abe day luna to aaenrc a i thorough husinesa training. Efficient I are always in demand, r la-t us (ell you about it today, ■ Ocean City Business Schnnl , Peit OiriM Building j Jons E. Adams, Director Fall Planting 1 Now h the Ten., to Arrange lot PLANTING HEDGE, TREES, SHRUBBERY, ETC. * Jt Thomas J. Thorn 1 c 1128 Bay Avenue I Prtcri and Work Right. Both ' Phono. J J J J a Lawn Work 1 a not make your seashore home t more attractive by luring a good lawn ( made? Mv HKlriiera are men of long •ml pradiaato^Hperience. No matter what yon want in this line, I am the man. ■ as 1 jpiaiantee all work done and price* J satisfactory. Estimates cbierfully given. [ S. M. PONTIERE ! 916 Asbary Avenue j I. S. CHAMPION eeraeusMia > MANUFACTURER OF STRICTLY PURE ICE CREAM Hnlli Phonre 7th AND WCIT AVE I JOHN E. TOWNSBfiD Electrical Contractor 1137 Asbury Ave. 1 City New Jersey ] ATLANTIC ICE COMPART : I °5«L" » Pncona Hnnntnii Inn O flow, 1D1A Aabury Ave, .OCEAN CITY N J. fyf ARK LAKE Undertaker and Embalmer , la mt fUTMl AVBBSB ■rbaaa Its OCEAN CITY.B. J. Advertise in the ' SBNTIN«If

CHESTER f: CO. SELL MANY 'f FINE OCEAN FRONT LOTS

Bayers Include Well Known Philadelphia Business and ;■ Professional Men. activity in -ale* of ocaao front latul In 'I till* cdy, Mote aud more are outolde J rapilallata rr. igul/ltig (lie advltlblllly along the ocean front In order that I . J- M. Cl.eaiee A I n . Hie well kitowo j o|«ralura, hare been npeclelly acllve 1 I Alley re|H>rl llir tollowiug as auioiig ' j Ibe aalee clooed u|i lo dale: J. M. ClireAer A Do . having pttr- I * j cliaaed from the Owen t'ltyA«»i>cia- 1 - I Klftj -nlnlli and Rlxlleth atreela, have dtapoaed of II M (ollev*: 1 J. H. I'rouitigltam, of the ('rowing ' I Irani Kiilllliig MHI4'« .-sod Jrawph T • j Ward, a oianulactuaer ot galvaulcril , I , t fence*, and both uf Philadelphia. S93 I ' feet; Freeholder John P. Fox, of till- ' city, to feel; Dr. Allen Coraon, of Oil. I city, 70 feel, and Dr. Frederick f. Knney.a Fox L'baw |>hy*lclan, Uo feet ' One hundred feet of ocean froul, be- ' tween Tlilrty-flflh and Thlrty-alxth I " at recta, owned by Dr. Allen Coraon, lo I Harvey V. Miller, prealilent of lite ' Southern Bteamahlp Company. ' Fifty feet of ocean frunt laud, be- ' tween Tlilrty-flfth and Tlilrty-alxtb J 1 atrreta. on account of Dr. Frederick A! j I 1 Km rev. of Fox Cliaoe. to James Franktin, of Wen Philadelphia, a prominent ' ■ •timmer resident of (lila city. Fifty feet of ocean fr nt land be- « ' Tiilrly-oecond and Thirty-third '■ «t reels, comer lot. to James H. Mackey. 1 of Camden. ' Flftj>Jeet of ocean from, between Thirty -'sefeond and -Thirty-third streets, r lo William J. Powell, of Oeean City. I 1 Fifty feet of oeean front land, he- ' tween Fifty -seventh and Fifty-eighth ' street" In William J. Powell, of Ocean • Oily. Fifty feel of oeean front land, he- I Fifty-seventh and Flfly-elghlh ■ attests, owned by the Ocean City As- d aoclaltoti, to Dr. Fred. I Km try, of I Chase. - Fifty feel of ocean froul laud, be- I Thirty-second anil Thirty-third streets, to William J. Iterton, of Moorestowu. N. J. Fitly feel of ocean froul laud, be- e Iween Tenlli and Klevrnth slreela, to ^ Albert C. ami Franklin W. Oalirla, of e Philadelphia. - n Had Union able Vlalt Hrre. r 'Dr. and Mrs. John H Pearson, Mr. I and Mrs Olltlbrd P. Urown, Mra. James Kranan and Mlaa Marlon l-'mriklin. of i'bliadelpbla. who were 1 gueals of Mr. and Mrs. James Frank- ^ lln In their collage here for Hvrral j days, have returned hotue. They had , an eujoyable visit.

I ! CAPT. L. S. SMITH ; : HAS PASSED AWAY i Pioneer Resident Followed :-J i the Sea Before Engaging p ' in Business Here. i Captain DeWls N Hnvjth. n plOn.-.-r' i , reshleiil of this city, died lu Cooper i I Hospital. Camden, of kidney dl-ra-e. I I Saturday, aged alxty-uine year*. Ilej, bad been ailing for s-ouotlnn- i.nd «n.!| . In llie hospital I Wo weeks before being , I j auminoned by death, 5W t r j rtinoa lil* wife passed -•»«)• a few 1 * i home with his children. At Ibe Ihne' i ! lie was allacked by the spell which | jeariied htm olT be was' living aillie) I home of one of Ills daughters, Mrs.] [l.aura Passman.- and one of lib sons. ' I I In Allautlc City. -From there „ Captain duiHh, who was Isiru In „ May County, followed the sea | during his youlh and early manhood, t live years ago and opened a trimming j > store, oil Aabury avenue, near Eighth i street, lit which business he engaged t for yeara. Hubaeqnenlly he was In f I For yeara be was mi aotive member i of the Itaptlat Chiiroli In this city. t He leaves live chlldreu— Kmerson and Bertram, o( this oily: Vivian and « Mrs. Laura Possniau. uf Atlantic t t-'lty: dtedman, of CollitiRewodd. and i| Mra. Vera Chamberlain, of Hobnkeu. He haeanaged brother. (irlflllli. who | resides In ttoalien. Another lirotlier, a who was a carpenter, was ( fatally Injured here about a year ago „ falling from Ibe roof of a house on g which lie was at work aa a carpenter t< Funeral services were lield al Ihe u of llerlram. Tenth street and rj avenue, Tuesday afternoon, cou- tl by the Hev. Thomas Cruss, of i. the Chelsea Baptist Church. u In charge of Mark Lake i, No eaccrsior Clioarn. The board of governors of the yacht club met at the<Wallou. Philadelphia , i . afternoon of la«t week lo n elect a successor to D. H. Paris, n j. member of Ibe board, recently elecle.1 u rear commodore, but no one was |, chosen. Both Past Commodores J. Wilson aud William K. Hexa- „ mar were voted for, but neither received p sufficient number of votes to be elected. One member nmiounced himself as favorable to the selection of James Franklin as a member of the u Istartl. t<

MDCH EXCITEMENT < AT SMALL FIRE Mother Rescnes Two Sma'l " Children from 6moke- j filled Room. There was a great lot of excitement Monday morning when lira waa diecovered among aome soiled oiuttilug Ihe bath room of Ueorge H reek ley j oil Ihe' eecond floor in the rear of Captain Clinton L. Breckley 'e palot shop, on Aabury avenue, below Ninth street. The excitement waa mostly among , the women In that vicinity aad waa " due to the fact that Captain Hracklay'a ' shop la full of palnle and oil and also ' that there waa a atroog wind blowing 1 at that tlma. " Hmoke waa aaeu coming out of the eecond elory windows by Mra. Ueorge * , who waa returning to her near-by, and she Immediately ' sptead the alarm. Waller Ogden, who Is employed by Ceptaln Breckley aa a sign painter, ran upstairs aud anon had the lire uuiler ooutrol. 1 Mrs. Ueorge H reck ley was also anon ' upalalrti and took' Iter two young ' chlldreu from an adjolulng room, 1 whkffi wae tilling with awoke | Meantime, a still alarm had been ' sent In, aud Ibe flremeu. responded, 1 there waa little for llieui to do The loaa was not vary heavy. The 1 ' origin of the Oft la not'khowu. ' Bi. Ceeaea tkaakeff. 1 At the meeting of Ibe Board of Trade Monday night Dr. Allan Coraon reported that everything went along , , nicely ou the occasion of the vlalt of the .Logan Picnic Aaaoclatloa lo tblf , city one day during tba summer. The , committee wae dlachargad with [ An older for t2/> In favor ot ■ Dr. Coreou waa drawn lo relmburm him for tba affair. It's digalflad and glvaa you a dellctoue sense of seouelty to own your buuMtal OCEAN CITY. V Besides, your responsibility aa a real estate owner makes you a desirable citizen. Think It over, then call on HARRY HKADLKY, - Real Estate Operator, Ninth and Asbary avenue, next to fire bo see who will show you the very bast way aad some of tba greatest bargains to ba . found hare on' the M atari terms v Phone connection adv."

NO EXTRA MAN FOR RELIANCE CO.

| Mayor Says Some People Are i | Scheming to Get City [ Officials in Wrong. Willi (he reading of Ihe following J [of Ihe City Commissioners units a Utile lireeze was stirred by Inquir es 1 made by Director Flaher: To Uie Mayor and Clly Commla. j ftonllenien' The Reliance Firej need of Ihe second man being placed | In No 1 house to properly take care of 1 being housed, do urge your honorable ncveeslly^lul Ibe said nompany may I select a competent man for same In log helweab the cttv and company J Very irttly youre, „ . Secretary. Director Fisher *al« that he I* not. sufficiently famller Willi lire department condition* lo giva ant expression of views. Jbut II seeuu-d to him, 'lie said, with all the machinery now at the Reliance Company's lire house an additional matt might be necessary. For hi" own Information be asked If lliat la too unwieldy to brf properly handled by one man. The mayor answered that this la a volunteer lire company aud II elwayi had sufficient men to handle the -Considering tlie value <d the life queried Director Fleher. In. reply to this Hie mayor said that. t lui ll ret place, (here Is no money, ami the -round plaoe-tlie selling of the lire horses waa advocated and other apparatus secured wdili a view lo keeping down expenses. If II is going require »7J0 a year for a man Ihe olty would he worse off than ever, people, be declared, want In sea oondlllou brought about In order be able to say thai the official* of city have Increased tlie expenses. On motion of Director Fisher. Ihe letter was ordered received aud tiled. DrugglM'a l iiluac Dlspla*. Dr. J. Thorn ley Hughe*, one of oeean City'* enterprising druggists, Ita* a most uulque display lu Ihe Eighth street window of bis store at corner of Eighth street and WaajfV|t!Ue. The wludow la full of drug.-. Ill Iheir crude form. With each of kite drug* to a card liearlug Ihe drug. The display attracta much attention. Don't fall to aea It. Tlie display will prdve lustiucllve aud interesting to ail. ™

OBJECT TO TICKET OFFICE \ HERE IN CIOAR STORE

, HONORED BY THE STATE'S GOVERNOR , r 1 Scott Hand Appointed a ) Delegate to Inland Waterways' Convention. 1 W. Scott Hand, cashier of the First „ National Bank of thla city, has been appointed by Uovaroor Klelder a dele" f, gale lo the sixth annual couveultou of •- tba Atlantic Daoper Waterways Assoclatlou lo be held tu Jaekaouvllle, t Fla., from November 18 lo November ( 21. , a Other delegatus appointed from title ■ county are Congressman J. Thompson i Hakarantl rtherlff Frederick J. Melvln. | In lite letter. Governor Fielder aays: t "Unfortunately tlie Htale makes no t appropriation to cover the expeuae* uf delegate* to such conventions, bul I , . you can llnd 11 pusalble to attend | aaoueoftha repreeeulatlvm." | Mr. Hand lias beeuappolnled a dele- i gate from this county for several years. | Ue attended one of the eonventloiie, i which waa held at Richmond. Va . | and brought Oceau CUy and Ibis county strongly to Uia attautLmoflUe ' ot bar delegates, wbo came from many MeUonaefitbe ooaotry. 1 Patting In Drains. Director Flaber, at the meeting- , ; the City Commissioners, reported Utal , nine piece* of twenty-Inch pipe have , 1 placed at North atraet and the ( 1 bay abore, aud that the city '■ man are ' at work ou tbe BaUcraaa road drain. Permission baa bceu received from 1 Victor J. Humbrecht to make an outlet for tbe drains Into the Gardens Company's lagoon. The work ou Ninth atraet has been proceeding oom- ' meudably, ail the practical pari of the r drain being In. Fur Kent. -Two utue-room house., 1 all conveniences, with hot air beat; > ona eight- room house, all ronveolPWCW, eacept heal; also one store; also a good paying baalnawr for sals; lot for . sale; bungalow* and collages fur sale ( for aud rent. I For Haul— Collages and Iota lu t moat desirable locations in Ocaan City , ■ Applyto A. fVJlfouei# Aabury avenue, ,' Ocean CUy, New Jersey. adv.

Board of Trade Files Strong: j Complaint With Shore Fast Line Officials. The subject of women having lo buy tickets In a cigar store for the Shore t Fast Line was brought to the alien- j of Ihe Hoard of Trade at tba meet- a lug Monday evening. On rnotimi. Herniary Towaeeud was , to writs to Blera'dt Hllvtr- j mill aud reque«t them to I eased y (hie 1 coudltlou. Tba follow ing latter waa wrlleo and Htsru A Hllveeman— , Geotlaman:— It baa noma to Hie at- ( of our board that you have established a ticket office lu tba etgar ( stars at the corner of Eighth street ( and Aabury avanue. We also notice that ladles wishing to use your care llnd It iieoassary to hunt up anmagen- j tleman friend logo In tlie cigar store ( buy their tlekeU. Wa are quilt aura you would not care for your wives. ^ Sotee such a , place to purchaee Hekfete, bul, wtlkeul going Into a long detailed letter, we wlsbtoeay thai we tblak thla Is no place for your ticket office, and irual . that you will give lite mailer ydur ' . prompt attention. • . Yours very Iruly, > jjik ot'kan citv boaku of tuaisk, ' Gtim M. Towioiknd, Bee. [ 'T colbv Louas UktiheMr. Fred. J. Shoyer, a well known Fhll- 1 ' adelpitla - -rporation lawyer, add Mrs. rtlsoyer were among (lie visitors here 1 ! Saturday. Tlte claee reaamblanea l-o-1 twaen Mi. Bltoyee and Beoatoe Colby, ' Progressive caudklala far goa-cruor, • was remarked Tuesday, when Colby 1 was In lowu, by several of Mr.rtboyer's - frltude. ■ - • '. — , a.l'rssktnitih's asln. B. Frank BmUh.raal estate operator, has made tbe following ealee: One of Charles A. Dob's IqfiTTm Chalaea pteeeto K. A. Allea, of Phlladeluhla; part of lot hetoaglugto J. U. Williams, on North street to, William ; Tyere, of Philadelphia, and the late H |. K. Mmllh farm at Marmora to V. H „ Coreou, of tblweity. • ■ e .Tba Find Natlooal Bank of Oaeatt CUy Is ready to help yoa save money u for your oltf age. adv. it r, For RkWT.— Oo# Ave room bouse, r, furnished Call IK 7 Aabury aeend*. r. N. C, Godfrey. adv.

DIRECTOR FISHER OBJECTS TO MAYOR'S LINE OF TALK r i .,

JURY DECIDES IN FAYOR OF BUILDER " I John Pontierc Wing,-- Suit [ Against Hornstein lYfoa., , i but Appeal i» Taken. i [ il Hq litre Rush and a jury of twelve | I i tien r'l Ihe evidence In lbs suit of John r V. Pott Here aod'Jojjji Jamison against ( , Mornatetn Wedneatlay after- | , of breach of~ contract and to recover , t damagea. , i It wa* "Bld'tliat the defendants bad | . given to Potillere and Jamlaou the , fnnrtli street tor tintm, and that, after the first named had made arrang'- , nienle to start the building, Hortisleln , [ ,v Bro. gave the con tr set lo another , to be lower, allltnugh this wae hot , brought out In thetestlmony. I Potillere and Janilenn, it was stated. | , had Ihtee mmilha In which lo build i Ihe house, bat at the expiration of , f four weeks the eontraet was given to e Uie other builder. | ; Pontlere thereupon brought eull to ( recover WOO, lila profits on the contract. b After being out about two hours, the , « Jury brought lit a venllct of IIMfnr , g Poti Iters. | On two ballots the Jury stood eleven , ,. to one In fhvnr of the award. On Ihe | f third bal|ot Ihe other juror agreed with • XJie Oilier eleven. ( The Jury comprised the billowing: , N. C. Godfrey, foreman; Hamttel Fox, John N. Johnson, Robert Kayjor. | | Ralph- Rico. Daniel Lake, Philip , 1 Hand, James [ngersoll. Warren H. | „ Mitchell, Daniel Olawell, Norman T. j I^slle and (Ttnrlos Adam*. , „ Lawyer 'riowllngs re p r e settled , . Pontlere and County Prosecutor , , Jeffbrsou appeared for the defendauts. t r Pqutre Rush, a few days ago, re- t I calved word from Preaeeulor Jeflarion , . that an ap|>eal would be taken. , ° Bauer Terminates Contract ' I n a letter to ihe l "ity t Vmmtsalnnera, ( C. L. Rader.of Philadelphia, expreeeed f the wish td terminate his garbage con- , trad at the end of this year— his Ural ( 0 year of tbe contract. The request was ( 1 compiled with, and City Clerk Adams ( . wa* instructed to advertise for a con- ( f tractor to remove the garbage fbr Ibe i next three yeara. ( 8 Queen RsiNer Circle. ' , The members of ihe (Jueen Esther ' e ' teds of the Firm M. E. church met . Tueaday evening at 7.80 o'clock at lha ' ' residence of Mlea I, aura Towoeead, IH8 Central avenue. 1 . . . ... . .>«>■! SAL, I • ■ r

FREEHOLDERS HAD [ INSPECTION TRIP;

Not Favorably lu- J pressed With Stone Roads , Up the 8tate. « The uieuiLors of tbe Gape May ' Board of FreeboMera returned ( Tliureday aveulug from a two-day lue peat Ion of road* and bridgae In tbla . •ad adjolalugeountlaaand alma vHl , tbe Btata Ineana asylum and prlsau . They also stopped 6 short tlaee at tbe ( Treoton lair. Tliay made the trip in Mark Lake's auto. Deaplisttia bad weal bar, they were , caught lu only one eevere rainstorm while on tba road. They traveled 240 ( miles, going up lb rough Lakeweod and Freehold to Treotou and iaturnby way of Bordautown aud Mount Holly. " . The meaabera ware not favorably Impreasad with many of tbe clone roads thay traveled over In tha upper pari of | ' tba Htale. Home of the member* ieald , that they fbaod few road* that wet* as ' good aa moat ef Ihe highway* Id Cape , ' May County. , [ GOING TO CAMDBN ! I . I. N. Urlscotn Witt tpraU | Winter Honttia There. Dr. r. N. Griacom and family will this clly Xovember L for Camden, where they will stay until spring, be practicing ills profession there. They wUI reside at .100 North Becoud atraet. Dr. Griacom, who la health officer of | thla .city, will be here every'Tueeday and Friday to look after hi* dullaa and to attend to any calls that may be made upon blm. y Heaflh Improved Hero. " The Hev. Father Ward, of St. Elisabeth"* Episcopal Church, Hlxteeatb aud Mlffllu Streets, Philadelphia, returned home Fridey morning after . epeiMtlug a week here for tbe beoclU ™ of hht health, which waa much lot- !" proved. He was nuder the care of Dr u I. N. Grlscom. '•». Cap*. Motrins on fmprovllaB. Tba many frleude of'CapL V. 8. Robinson, of I hi* city, will be glad to y team that lie i* Improving from two II attacks of paralysis. He had the eecond attack, a slight oua, fast Thttra day. Gap!.- Robinson will be 88 y tare old In January.

" i Tells Him His Statements Rej garding Street Work Don't Conform to Truth. j Thai dove-like peace and 'boasted j harmony of which tbe people of thla [rceort hare often heard as existing : among Ibe City Commissioner* ' j wereu'j perceptible to the tieked eye, nor dlrl the proceedings go along In the U"iisl surface "after-you-Alpbanae" «tyle. at the regular weekly meeting of ' the board. The little coutretemp* was caused the presentation cf a bill by $amuel ' L. Smith, a contractor, for work done ' on Eighth street the certificate for which was signed by the city engineer and approved by Director Flaber. head of the sireel ■tepartuitat. aud Dl- ' rector Thorn, ol the flnance departThe mayor declared that he would • sign no more bill* for the Eighth street work until It l« completed properly. The work on thla street la a disgrace, lie asaeveraletl, with symptoms of Director Fleher, when the affair* of III* department were thus ruthlessly assailed, objected with tbla pointed declaration addressed to Ihe mayor: 1 "Your statements do not conform lo the truth!" ' the grass!" <J Whereupon the small sized enngre- ' gallon present dropped a low-tuned disc if as ton uf the tariff and the possibilities of "Itossey-pepper" aa a parlor 1 enlerlaliiment to listen to lbs Juicy ' talk at Ihe Clly Commlaalouera' table. 1 The mayor aeld It wasn't til* InlettHon to bring thla matter up at tba Director Fisher Interrupted to tell > I * I in that Ibis waa the proper time aud ' place lo thresh out anyllttng be bad - say. Contlnulug, Hi* mayor said Hist not of the man-trap* la right. Tba 1 clly had In luipecior on Ibe work. If litis inspector were competent, this troubla would. not hava happauad, If the stakes bad been right. If tba city and contractor do not get together aud remedy the error, Ibe declared, he will hold up Ibe money. The mistake should tie Bled, 1 and fixed al anca. 1 According to Director Flaber. two mistake* were made by oversight an two of Ilia traps on Eighth street, but 1 this wae the work. of another eoatrac1 lor and HmMh was in no wise responsible therefor, 1 The mayor asserted that rimlth baa not fulfilled hla part of his eontraet, and so he (tbe mayor) woald not algn . bis bill. Director Fisher disagreed with the | and. Incidentally, told Mm that he bad built more arrest t than tba ' mayor and understood such work probably a lltll# better than tha etty'e probably a mil* bettor than lite etty'e

chief executive. Both Dlrectqr Fisher and tha city engineer declared that Bmtth waa entitled to tbe money fer the work be bad dona as oei tided to by tbe city engineer. Director Thora also said that, aa Smith had nothing to da with ' tba man-lrap eontraet, and aa lha any engineer had oertlffed that a certain saaount of work had base dona by HmHh, aotltilng him to payment, ha fait that Bmtth should ba |Md for the work b* bad den*. Tba mayor sold ba la grittag Iliad of being publlo Inspector ate- work for which an Inspector h being paid. Notwithstanding tble, Director Fleher insisted thalBemnel Bmtth was sniffled to ble money to tba extant of 80 per cent. Hbt work had abentataly nothing to do with that of tba other contractor ot whom oomptahrt was made. With thla closing cipiaiHon of opinion from Dtiaetor Flaber, the metier was peered op. AIM Flaberawa WH, Andrew BtraUnan, a fisherman who formerly lived In thla eHy foe many years, died U hla home In Beallvllla 1 Thursday night, aged eaveoty-atght yean, from diseases due to old age and d rope leal affection. Ha had beau unable to work In a long llaaa. Ha waa born m. Atlantic Gouoly and leaves four or flvs children. Ha was i buried by Mark Lake, of thta any. at Palestine Church Cametary, BaollvUle, I Hunday morning. ■arises on DavM. Because of the close atlantlaa and I evident Interest of tbe coogragatloo In the sermon lu the First M E. Choreh f last Sunday evening, whose them* wae r "Tba Life and Character of Doeld, j King of Israel, " Dr. Dobbins ane noun red ttfat ba woald sxmtlnua tha discourse and complete It next Sunday evening. He bupod. be mid, lo stimulate Interest lu Blbla reading and • study. [' ; The Lad lee1 AM Soctety of Mm Im . manual Baptist Church will ItoM a ,. -It of hoato-bMMd hrtod. catm. atc , . at 718 Aabury avenue fffatu tkay ktorn- . mg et in o'clock. Don't mtm tklaaai*. For Balk.- I ad 40x100 ft. on Oea- , ital avNite between Ikxiaaalh and ' Hsvenuaoth suoata Pvtoa fax. •' Furiilahed and uafuruMmd aaUagaa o and apartment, for rant for tfea wtetet , months or by tba year frank k darby, real kmtate """xdlps — -J)-