The News Journal from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 6

EVERY EVEN IXG-WlLMiy GTON, DELAWAim. BATU UP AY, FEBKUAKY 25, 1911. TO STOP THOSE TERRIDLE PAIH3 0A08GD mm charge for this month, by which he paid eight cents per kilowatt hour for greater part of his light where he had to pay only pcvcn rents for the greater part of it in December. The citizens do not object, itjis understood, to this increase. They are now getting better light, but some any they 1 Kink that the light and water plants should have remained in the control of the town after the increase in rates hud leen mado.

ma jvlI VILrWTON TEAIKHOSEN With the Exception of Two Men to be Signed Probably Next Week. AUTOMOBILE JUTLOOK Local Dealers Say the Pros- pects Are Exceptionally Good. MAY REACH ADJUSTMENT Meeting of Councilmen and Citizens of Newark Last Night. as taxes and dumped into the Light and Water plants the turn of 13.B77.43 In 18 years and attthc mum time th bonded and Moating indebtedness increased allowing a deficit in the plants of and we know that if the book are properly audited over the period mentioned, large deficit will be shown. Under the.

terms of the leae we have entered into the plants will show, a net profit of over $1,500 per year, and this after paying sufficient amount into the ninkmg fund each to pav off the entire bonded, and floating; indebtedness of the town amounting to $47,500, liefore the expiration of the lease. This figure does not contemplate taking any more cut of taxes for fire protection and street, lighting than has always been taken in the past. Owing to the extremely large and growing deficit in the light and water plants, Council made a thorough investigation of "the charges made, especially for lighting in other places, and found at Middletown the charge 50 cents per month meter service, $2 jkt month minimum and eight cents per k. w. hour for rurrent.

The rates at Wyoming. are 12 cents per k. w. hour; at Ridgewood, N. 15 cents per k.

11 cents per k. w. hour; Phila Lunbago, Sciatica Oczralzla cr BIKE7.TBE9QLE U3E OVANOOrJ'O ROBERT VT. MetmiDE. So.

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1911 Demonstrators in Stock. 5econd-Hand Automobiles: ONE M. suburban equipped with top. wtndshisld. speedmet ani in bharx.

ONK K. M. equipped, with top. windshield, newlr painted. 1910 ttmxIH.

5750 OT. ONE 1 KLANDKHS. suburban with top. new. bareain.

nver beea used. S75O 0O. ONE OADII.LAO Touring Car with top. repainted. ONE FRANKLIN.

S3.0.O0. ONE Wl XTO.N. cost with top ia good condition. Our price S300. STATEMENT BY NEWARK -COUNCIL In Relation to the Lease of the Water and Electric Light Plant.

We, the undersigned members of Council, who voted for the leasing of the water and light plants to the Newark Water and Electric feel that as wc have been unjustly criticised by certain individuals through the medium of news-pajer atricles, and that as such articles arc of a nature to mislead the public in general, the following statement of facts should be published. Before effecting this lease we secured the opinions of six attorneys of standing, all of whom agreed that such action was entirely within the authority of Council, and legal in every respect; there was absolutely no difference of opinion on this question. Our own attorney never made a positive statement to the effect that our profjosed lease was illegal, before we entered into it. After making our desire to secure bids public, in newspaper reports, and otherwise, we received two proposals one from the Elk River Heat, Light and Power and one from the Newark Water and Electric both of which were referred to a committee for examination and repor. After making a complete and exhaust ive study of both proposals, the committee reported that in their opinion the offer made by the Newark Wafer and Electric Co.

was preferred for the following reasons: That they agreed to install any number of arc or other type of electric lights for street lighting at the request of Council, at no cost to the town while the other bidder did not. That both companies made an offer of so much per year per light with an alternate offer to furnish current by meter measurement the Elk River Co. at 4 cents per k. w. hour, and the Newark at 3 cents per k.

w. hour. By adopting arc lights for street lighting which we have alteady done, and which will be installed in a few days, and by using Tautalum or Tungsten lamps in place of the carbon lamps new in use, this difference of one cent per k. w. hour means a saving to the town in current aione of about $775 per year, leaving a difference in the bids now of only $225, and it being only fair to assume a considerable increase in street lighting in the very near we believe that within five years at most the Newark Co.

will be paying the town more in dollers and cents than was offered by the Elk River and that toward he end of the lease, the increased receipts from the Newark Co. over the other offer will be very large indeed, thus making it inconsistent and undesirable to make a lease with Elk River who did not make as good a proposition as the offer we accepted. In addition to the above yearly sav- ing, these arc lights are to be furnished i and installed by the leasing company at absolutely no expense to the town, mak ing an additional saving this vear ot $500 to $600. At the published figures it will require 2.5CO.OO0 gallons of water per year to flush sewers; it would cost the town according to the late Prof. Freudenberger, the sum of 13 cents per thousand gal-Ions to furnish this water being an actual cost of nine, cents for pumping and an allowance of 50 per cent for loss, which does occur, or a total of $337.50.

Under our contract with the Newark Co. the town will buy this water at the rate of five cents per thousand gallons meter measurement, or a total cost of $125. This item alone shows a positive saving to the town of $212.50 per year. Water for street sprinkling will be furnished at- the same rate, and will thow a proportionate saving. There was absolutely no effort made to keep the taxpayers in ignorance of the terms of the proposed lease; on the contrary, it was the desire of the committee to have a full and free discussion of the entire matter from the time it was first mention! and the commit ice stood ready and willing to give uy information at their command at any time as a matter of fact, criticism wa solicit dv members of this commit tee.

from some of those who arc making the loudest protest but they exhibited no interest in the matter at that time. The matter was under consideration fr about two months before Council took action and during that entire time no effort was made by any of those who are now protesting, to secure information from the Council as a body or from the signers of this statement IK'rsonaily. It is a fact that those opposed to the lease, and most prominent at the indignation meeting, admitted the time of the meeting that they knew nothing at all of the provisions of the lease we liad entered into, yet they adopted resolutions condemning us for not making a lease with the Elk River Co. There was no garbled financial statement made at any time and our statement covering the operation of the plants for the last eighteen years ia absolutely correct in every particular and this statement is at the disposal of tlie opponents of the lease, for examination by any accountant they may desire to employ for the purjose of auditing the statement and further, the entire records of the town are open to ex-mination and audit in the sme man. jt, and it is our desire that the protesting citizens secure an, able accountant to make entirely dear to everyone that our statement was not only correct but was far on the safe side.

There is no possibility of error in the statement referred to and it showr that there was taken out of money received TO REPORT APRIL 9 A Total of Twenty-two Men Have Sent in Their Signed Contracts. The following baseball players, many of them members of the Williamsport team, will, with the addition of two more, a thin! baseman and an Outfielder, with whom negotiations have been opened, comprise the Wilmington Tri-State baseball team this year, according to a statement, issued today bv Manager Peter F. Cassidy, who, with Tlrtmas M. Brown, owns lie franchise. The two men "wing negotiated for will in all probability be signed next week.

Signed contracts have been received from 22, whose names are given below, and of this number a team of ample protort ions will be retained after the try-out period, which will start about the middle of April. The players have been ordered to rejort April Oth, with the exception of two or three, who cannot report until the 15th. The practice will begin on the latter date and continue until May 3d, when the opening championship game will be played here with the Trenton, N. J. club.

The team announced today by Manager Cassidy is as follows: Catchers Harkins and Phrcc. Iitchers Madeira, Mauser, Blizzard, Donovan, Braaelle, Bauswein, Merchant, Dailey and "Vyckoff. First basemen Lannigan, Hammond, and Hayden. Second basemen Keister and Bellis. Third basemen Seifield and Murphy.

Shortstop MarhefLa. Outfielders Weeks, Monaghan and Kurfuss. Owners Brown and Cassidv yesterday afternoon contracted with the" Consolidated Sporting Goods Co. of Philadel- plus, follow lua, to furnish the uniforms, after the ing selections had been made: Fir use at homo White suits with maroon trimmings and gray sweater coats, with maroon trimmings. For use away from home Gray suits wiih maroon trimmings.

BROTHERHOOD. The Annual Reception Held at the Church Last Night. The Methodist, Brotherhood of Scott M. E. Church held its semi-annual reception and installation of officers last evening.

Those present were; Mr. and Mrs. Hitchers, Mr. and Mrs. George Barlow, Mr.

and Mrs. Oscar B. Sharp. Mr. and Mrs.

W. F. Dnimmond, Mr. and Mrs. J.

M. Seal, Mrs. Rebecca Reed, Mitchell Hickman, Miss Bertha Harvey, Miss Grace Hackeit, Miss Florrie Taylor, Miss Belle Burnside, Mrs. L. B.

Dick-erson, Mrs. George Toppin, Mrs. Edward McCarroll. Mrs. William Rose.

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cooper, Mr.

and Mrs. S. E. Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs.

W. F. Morris, Mrs. William A. Mayne, Mrs.

G. M. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. J.

A. Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. P. II.

Over-deer, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Gilbert, Mr.

and Mrs. John Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.

Hanna, Charles C.vHahn, Miss Flora Hickman, Leon N. Kersev, Miss Willie E. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. C.

P. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. D. R.

Keefer, Mr. and Airs. R. C. Deane, L.

B. Lem-mon. Miss Dora Keefer, Rev. W. G.

Koons and wife, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Turner, Alfred T.

Gilbert, Miss Morton, Clarence E. Lipscomb, Miss Blanche Grason, Miss Grace C. Lloyd. Miss Lillie W. Davis, J.

Frank Huss, Miss Bertha C. Schenk, Miss Rae Dickerson. Carlisle Hemphih, Miss Madeline A. Miller, Miss Sadie Murphy, W. E.

Witsil, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs.

A. J. McCrery, Mr. and Mrs. Francis C.

Hall, Master Willard Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Morris, Mr. and Mrs.

Frank McMullen, Mr. aad Mrs. I.ewis Iegg, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.

Trice, Robert J. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Jackson, G.

E. Vandegrift, Miss Myrtle Harvey, William E. Purdy, Miss Maud L. Harvey, Oscar Lank, Miss Viola Mr. and Mrs.

William B. Todd, Mies Frances Todd. Mr. and Mrs. At-more Davis, Harry Williams, Miss Bertha Biddle, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Fols, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.

Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Grantland, Mr. and Mrs.

Carlton Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. J. liyard Voshell. W.

H. Stewart, Miss Etta Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. George N. Bailey, Mr.

and Mrs. E. H. Miller, Mr. and Mrs.

G. B. Karr, Cla rence Malcolm," Miss Mae M. Collins, Preston Haynes, Miss Gertrude Pusey, Howard Davis, Miss F'oss Horner, Walter Auratid. Miss Pearl Homer, Charles Davis, Miss Sadie Lo Sage, Mr.

and Mrs. John Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Grason, Mr. and Mrs.

It. O. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Minker, J.

C. Croasley, Abner Overdcer, A. II. Burns, Mrs. Amanda Burns, Oscar Burns, Miss Marie Burns, Miss Elsie M.

dicker. Workers of Wilmington. A free lecture will be given by the Industrial Workers of the World tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in Fraternal Building, KM) Orange street. The. speaker will le Edward Moore of Philadelphia who will address the meeting.

Notice. There will be an entertainment given at the East End German Democratic Club, 1622 East Thirteenth street, on Surday evening, February 2tith, 1911. Evcry-lody is invited. There will be an enjoyable time. Do the right thing if you have Nasal Catarrh.

Get Ely's Cream Balm at once. Don't touch the catarrh owders and snuffs, for they cocaine. Ely's Cream Baliu releaatss the secretions that inflame the nasal passages and the throat whereas medicine made with mercury merely dry up the accretions and leave you no better than you were. In a word, Ely's Cream Balm ia a real remedy, not a delusion. AU druggists, 50 cents, or mailed by Elv THE BUSINESS GROWS The People of Wilmington Are Keeping Up With the Times in the Matter.

According to the stHteruents mad" by some of the biggest automobile men in the city, the prospeits for selling in the year 1911 look very briglit. Here are given some of the statements of the men themselves: E. Gerry Brown of the r-fudebsker Automobile says; "Present selling conditions are very god, in fact Meal, considering the time of the year and the weathpr we have ben having. People are buying more readily thnn we expected. The retail sales ar" a good deal ahead of those for 1'JIO.

The general demand is for a carr selling around what we call a popular price! car; in fact. that have owned and do own higher priced cars are purchasing cars at this price now. The tendency is for cheaper cars and there has been a deeiud drop in the trices of the majority of ears. Notwithstanding the drop the material has feen kept up to the same high grade as before and in one or two instances the guarantee has been raised from f0 days to a year on these cars. "Denlers are besieged more than evei with demands to trade in old cars in buying new ones, from the fact that there are now a great many more cars sold every year.

We are not, stocked with send-harid ears and find a pretty good rnsrket for them. "Business in the farming districts for cars has increased almost 50 jcr cent the majority of the farmers buving the cheaper cars, averaging from to $1,000. From the experience I have had at, other plaees and from talking to other iwople I think that Wilmington is just waking up to the commercial car proportion. We hear of inquiries every day for the commercial cars and I think inside of a vear there ill oe a great many commercial cars in use in this citv." T. C.

Bradford of the Bradford Automobile says: "The tendency e8d-toward the cheaper cars. Bad weather has greatly reduced the sales of secondhand and new cars. The demand for the price of cars this year is from to $1,500. and the general tendency leais toward cheaper cars. The farmers are buying more than they were Ivt year and thev arc usually medium priced cars.

The demand for commercial vehicles is increasing every William L. Ham'mn of the Wilmington Automobile state: "The present selling conditions are fair with us and the sales compare favorably with the 1910 season, although we hardly anticipate doing anything until the spring season opens up toward the latter part of March or early part of April. We find a great demand for cars costing above $2,500. While there are many inquiries for th cheaper grade of car, it seems to be more difficult to move them and while the price may seem higher for cars above $2,500, the people realize they are getting their full value ar.d have no hesitancy in paying the difference. I'ndouotedlv the market is overstocked and secondhand cars are difficult, to move.

This is due probably to cheap new ears on the market. Customers invariably prefer to experiment with new ears at fess upkeep expense than purchase second-liani cars at possibly one-half the cost of the cheaper new cars. Farmers and those living in the outlying districts seem to be purchasing more care now than ever before. The farmers are to a great extent the buyers of the cheaper grades of cars and are well up on the general make of ears now on the market. There is a great and grow ing demand for commercial vehicles.

This branch of the business has just, fairly begun an-1 there seem to be unlimited possibilities along this line. At present we do not represent any commercial car manufacturer, although we have under consideration several high grade cars from among which we calculate to make a selection to place in this territory at. an early day. These cars are of highest type and among the best makes and especially adapted for the work around Wilmington." Birthday Party. Oo Friday evening, February 17th, Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Downs gave'a birthdav party to their daughter, Miss Sarah C. in honor of her eighteenth birthdav anniversary at their residence, 2014 West Secord street. After a delightful social hour, all were invited to the diningroom wluch had been decorated and where the table was set with the delicacies of the season. All were presented with a souvenir in honor of the event Miss IXiwns the recipient of many handsome gifts, and her many friends made the evening one of the happiest.

At a late hour the guest departed for their homes wishing the hostess many more such birthdays. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Downs, Mr. and Mrs.

A. F. Downs, Mr. and Mrs. William C.

Downs and daughter, Adelire, Mrs. Ada L.Grimes and son, PmiL Miss Sarah C. Downs, Mrs. Mary IVrrv, Mrs. Souder.

Rev. at)d Mrs. W. E. Greenfield.

Misses Mary E. Ernest, Sallie H. Truax, Helen A. Henderer, Frances E. Hallman, Mvrtle 1.

Alt emus. Ethel B. Hart man, Emma, B. Kiger, MaQ- A. Bailey, Helena Marvel Elsie 1.

Campbell, Helen Campbell, Edith Downs, Grace Winkleman, Mary Derry, Mary A. Smith, Cora O. Roe, Junios Mayers, (reorge F. tin ton, Walter Blocker, Charity L. Cixx.ks, Hugh G.

Crooks, John B. Eglinton, Joseph Cross, Harold Morgan, Charles Hackett, Leslie Adair, Edward Warren, Andrew Winkleman, Leonard Coverdalo, James Deny. Candy by the Yard All Flavors. As this is our last day we have a special sale seven yards for 25c. Belt's drug delphia, 10 cents per k.

w. hour and Elk- ion, iu cents per k. w. hour. From the above it can be readily Keen that the largest pcrmiwihle charge under our lease is far below any town of simil-ir size.

Referring to Mr. Cooeh's complaint that there is a charge of $ri per year for reading meters this is not a charge for reading meters, but a minimum charge that protects the small user if a jerson uses 40 cents worth of current under this plan his charge would be cents, and under the old rates he would have paid $1. As to the manner and time of passing this lease there was nothing unusual it has always been the practice to take up important measures at special meetings, but a precedent had already been established by a preceding council of which Mr. Cooch Wits a member this council had made a lease with the Elk River Co. for one yeer et a price 33 1-3 per cent larger than was asked by the Elk Uiver and no other offer was considered after this act, that particular Council was voted out of office, but before their successors could be sworn in a rump meeting was called, the one year lease cancelled, and a lease for threV years entered into it can be seen from this net that Mr.

Cooeh's present efforts for the Elk River Co. are real and genuine, and the reasons may only be surmised. No member of the Council that voted for the lease is interested either directly or 'indirect ly in the Newark Co. or the Elk River Co. while a large number of those who are endeavoring to have the lease cancelled are stock holders in the Elk River Co.

or have relatives or friends who are, and their acts of protest are not against any lease, but rather in favor of a lease with the Elk River at any cost to the town so that they, or their relatives or friends, may realize financial benefits therefrom. The article appearing in the Wilmington evening papers of Feb. 20th, and designated an address by Mr. Cooch, is misleading ire every respect it is purposely distorted, and exhibits either a painful lack of knowledge of the lease or a wilful desire to hide the facts probably the latter. One of Mr.

Cooeh's sons has appeared before Council as attorney for the Elk River Co. and this fact coupled with the probability of other interests explains Mr. Cooeh's desire to help the Elk River now as ever, at the exjense of the town. Among those who protested most loudly against this lease are individuals who have publicly expressed their willingness to sell the plants for and it hardly appealed to our business sense that an investment capable of netting the town 10 per cent on $50,000 should be sold so low. Some of the heaviest taxpayers in Newark are represented in Council, which should be sufficient guarantee that the best interests of all taxpayers have been carefully considered.

Feeling, as we do, that the best interests of this town have been carefully protected in the lease, and that no protest was made when such action should have properly been taken, namely, while the lease was under con sideration, our only regret is that the town will now be put to great expense in defending the action brought by Messrs. A. A. Curtis, Geo. G.

G. Kerr and J. W. Cooch. Signed W.

Chambers, Walt 11. Steele, I). C. Row, Howard Ieak, -J. P.

Wright. McAllister Sewing Circle. At the hist meeting of the E. M. McAllister Sewing Circle, at -the home of Mrs.

Emma Fallowfield, the time was spent in jjewig. Supper was served. Those present were Mrs. Lillie Dayton, Mrs. Ida Lingo, Mrs.

Elizabeth Sutton, Mrs. Jennie Pierce, Mrs. Pauiine Steward, Miss Mollie VanSant, Mrs. Clara Mo-Elwee, Mrs. Mary Whaley, Mrs.

Sadie Weaver, Mrs. lisie Yunt, Mrs. Martha Van Dyke, Mrs. Laura Robinson, Airs. Fisher, Mrs.

May Passmore, Mrs. Anna Virdcn. Mrs. Ida M. Windsor, Mrs.

Anna Walker. Mrs. Olevia Moss, Mrs. Mary E. Holden.

Mrs. Gertrude Martin and Airs. Emrna Fallowfield; visitors, Mrs. Lizzie Davis. Miss Ethel MrEIwee, Miss Miriam Walker.

Miss Hazel Fallowfield, Mis Elva -Taylor, Miss Beatrice Fallowfield, Mrs. Edith Dailey, Mr. Whaley, William Windsor, Charles W. Fallowfield, Sr. The meeting adjourned, with 19 mcmlcrs present, two new members joining.

The circle will meet next Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Mary Simpson, 1208 Conrad street. Month's Leave for Ferebee. In order that he may try a situation offered him in Atlantic City, N. by T.

Chalkley Hatton, on the latter sewer project there, James L. Ferebee, one of the assistants ia the City Surveying Department, has been granted a month's leave of absence by the Street and Sewer Department. If at the end of the month Mr. Ferebee desires to return to Wilmington and resume his position here tie may do so. THE LEASING OF THE LIGHT PLANT Both Sides of the Question Are Said to Have Been Considered.

MEETING WAS PRIVATE The Indications Were That an Understanding Would Probably be Reached. Staff Correspondence of Every Newark, Feb. 23. The executive committee recently appointed at a citizens meeting in Newark, to work in conjunction with A. A.

Curtis, J. Wilkins Cooch and George G. Kerr, who have instituted injunction proceedings against the leasing of the water and light plants belonging to the town of Newark to the Newark Laeetrie fc Water in order to formulate plans for fighting the leasing of these plants, held a conference last night with the members of the Town Council and other prominent citiaens, at the home of Jacob Thomas, on Main street. The purpose of the meeting, it was generally hough was to have Council and the citizens committee try to reach some amicable agreement. It w3s thought that this meeting was to be public, but when a reporter of Every Evening applied for admittance, he was refused permission to enter the meeting room.

The reporter was informed that the memlers of Council had said that they would not agree to such a meeting, unless it was private. It is understood" that a meeting was also held on the night before at Mr. Thomas' house, of the executive committee, to draw up plans for the meeting last night. This rumor could not be verified and nothing could be learned of what was done at that meeting. After the meeting was concluded last evening a reporter of Every Evening spoke to Dr.

Kollock, the chairman of the executive committee, and 3. P. Wright, president of Council. Dr. Kollock said, wher questioned as to what was done in the meetia, "I have no statement whatever to make." J.

P. Wright said: "I have no statement to make. Another meeting will be held to discuss the subject. 1 couldn't venture on a guess as to what will be done. There wss no friction during the meeting and this is perhaps a good sign." Others were heard to say-that it would jeopardize the plar.s formed last right if the results of the meeting were given to the public.

Prior to the meeting J. Wilkins Cooch and CouncUmen David C. Rose and J. P. Wright were interviewed.

Mr. Rose, when asked the purpose of the meeting, replied, "I couldn't tell you sir, it is a strictly private meeting." Mr. Wright was asked the reason for Town Council wishing to lease the light and water plants. He stated that this was partly because the members of Town Council were pulling in opposite directions on its management and mostly because at the time they were leased there was a deficit of SiS.OOO. J.

Wilkins Cooch stated that because Town Council had requested it the meeting would be private and that he would have nothing to say in regard to the meeting. It is understood that" the three men who filed the injunction proceedings against the leasing of the plants presented themselves to attend the meet-icg and the members of Council objected to their presence. After a warm discussion, however, this matter was finallv amicablj' arranged, and the meeting held, with the parties to the suit in attendance. From a partial canvass among the merchants on Main street it is safe to eay that tha majority of the citizens are opposed to the action which the Town Council took in leasing the plants. There was not time to see all of the business men on the street, but judging from the number visited this could certainly be said to true.

Their reasons for opposition ae very well voiced in statements made by John R. Chapman, who conduct a general store on Main street near the B. railroad depot. He thought, from what he understood of the citizens committee's side of the matter, the proper thing to have done, in his opinion, would have been to call a meeting of citizens to vote on the liiatter. According to the president of Council, the citizens were informed of what was going to be done and did not file any objections to so doing, but some of the citizens say thev did not know what had been done until afterward- Mr.

Wright also stated that it is up to the citizens to go ahead with the matter now: that Council had leaded the plants without any protests being filed and that if they were opposed to the action it was now in their hands to do something. The increased light charges liave gone into effect, as shown in the bills of Peter (Jella. For December he paid and in January he paid $4.77. For January he used more light but there as an added MEX WANTED WAGES S25 TO 50 A week in automobile work thousands of jobs waitiix for competent men in all parts of the country; in addition to the immense number now in operation about 3o0.oo automobiles will be manufactured this year, and this mean work for thousands of men qualified to sell, repair, drive and demonstrate automobiles and trucks: the Rochester Automobile benooi will fit any man in a few weeks to fill any of these ponilions. without interfering with his present eruuloyment get him a job and give him an opportunity to make 1 10 weekly wfciie learning.

J-or information write ROCHESTER AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL. feb25-s-3t 35 Church Rochester. N.y Apply at li Gr cJT I FORD S600 to 5 1 200, 1911 Demonstrators in Stock. Street Uniforms Cleaned We clean -whole or parts of dress or service uniform? without rnoTtrt epul -i-i oir imrroved French process dos not strinit th fabric nor cxar th most tfwiic-t decorations. Caps.

chap.ax. ed pluin cleaned and rtored. Writ for booklet and A. r. BORNOT.

BRO. COL. fttach couer ub 716 Market Street. Furniture Wanted liy McMahon Bros. axi't coniicr before hastily tiispo- in; of uur furniture, carpeis.

nedlin s'ocs. or any kind of household poods. also buy entire lot of restaurant and oSco furniture anl antique furniture. If o'i have hut a few orth of goods, or if their vame nuacreas or dollan, iit ls a chance to show yuu that are niliing to pay. The ttest Cash Prir-p MaU or telephone orders atlendal to ai oaca.

McMahon Third and Oranze Sts. Delaware Lost to Gettysburg. Gettysburg. Feb. 25.

la a iV-a game jtfferuoon Gettysburg defeated Delaware College to 14. Gettysburg's far surpassed that "of the visi ors. Hreitenroittcr and leathers excelled for Gettysburg, whila Pattersvn and Houston starred for Delaware. Book in Letter Box. IVobably by mistake, an agent's order book was dropped in a letter box at at the local postorhce.

The book is at the oihee and can be obtained by tL owner applying. How to cure a cold is a question in whieb many are interested just now. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great laorkahie cure of colds. It always bo The Bradford, ANOTHER ONE FOR BROWNSON Defeated West Philadelphia Y. M.

C. A. at Basketball Last Night. THE SCORE WAS CLOSE The Playing Was Decidedly In terestiag From Start to Finish. Brownson adied on? more victory to its lonp mtrina: last nisht.

bv winning trom West Philadelphia V. M. C. by the score of 24 to 20. in an r.vcitinz an-1 izitpr-esting jr.ime.

Burke started the first half by rainsi a pretty field rohI and although the visitors came very c'op to Bro-n5ou. they never secured the lead. Walsh' and Haney did rnvt of the worins for the locals, the latter fttins five neat oties, which kept them out of the visitors' reach. Derry did almost all the scoring for the visitors, securing 14 out of the 20 points. Kreujier, the Do Neri guard, n'aved excellent passing tame, but Burke corHl I two field goals on hirw, thus spoiling his string ot shutouts.

(. harhe McDonough was in at centre in place of his brot ht r. aJid he played a good floor game, brides keej-ing his man from scoring. l.iue-ut: Brownson. W.

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Haney IVrrv Burke forward Dora C. DonouRh. Torrey Walsh guard Kreuger Higney guard Verkes Field goals. Derry, Yerkes, Haney, 5: Walsh, K-gitey. 1: Burke, Foul goals.

Burke. 2: Derry, i. Keferee, MaXwell, Kussel. PRELIMINARY r.AMK. In the preliminary "game the -cond ream defeated the X-Wcat Fjid by the score of IH to and thus captured the series.

McCullough ar.d shields starred for Brownsoa and Medonijtal for X-West End. Line-tin: Brownson 2d. X-Wcst F.nd. Shields forward 1 lagan (lien forward St a art MeCullough centre Warburton Long guard Firth Laccy guard McGouigal Field goals, Warburton. 2: Stewart, Shields.

Lacey, 4: McCullough. Clen, Long, 1. Fouls, McCullough, 2. Referee, Fitipatrick. On March 1st Brownson will play St.

Malachi; March Kth. first game of Series with St. Patrick's; March 10th, Johnstown; Marcn 11th, St. Patrick's, at Phila- tlelphia. OLX'a, CI1V .111 AC I- BUW I 1 1 1 1 1 1 i more, rixtn ana Market x.

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