The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-08

from This City-The Delinquent
Tax Collector.
The common council now numbers
among its members two lawyers. The
first to take his seat was II. $. Alworth,
OF the Second ward and when council
re-organized last Monday the second,
Attorney y. Il. Partridge. was sworn
in as the regular common councilman
from the Ninth ward. Mr.. Partridge
has practiced law in the courts of
Lackawanna county for IL number of
years with honor to himself. and is
associated with Senator j. G. Vaughan.
He was nominated by the Republicans
of the ward at the same time that FL.
u. Paine was chosen as a. candidate.
At the primaries Mr.. Paine had a con-
siderable lead over Mr.. Partridge and
so confident was he that he would poll
more votes than the latter that he
placed himself in the hands Of his
friends and made no active canvass.
With Mr.. Partridge it was different.
He made a vigorous and aggressive
fight and Mr.. Paine was the most sur
prised man in the city when after
| election he discovered that his oppon-
ent had polled two more votes than
he and was therefore the regular COM
mon councilman, leaving him with
law suit ahead of him before he had
chance of taking a seat. Mr.. Part
ridge, by reason of his legal training
| and sound practical common sense, will
undoubtedly make a splendid coun-
Gilman as soon as he gets on to the
ropes"
The up-to-date and progressive mer-
chant of today recognizes good news
paper advertising and artistic window
dressing as two OF the most important
| factors in carrying on successful
business. The firm of Samter Broth
ers We're among the first in this city
to establish a Separt. ie department in
their immense store for this work.
placing it under the charge of W. +.
Jones, who is undoubtedly one of the
best men in the business. We do not
hesitate TO say that both the window
and newspaper advertising done by
Mr. Jones for the Samter stores will
stand comparison with the work done
| in the same departments Of the lead
ing stores of the United States.
Nf. JOTeS Has Ildu IL lllOSl luteltSl-
ing career in advertising and window
| decorating for the retail clothing trade
| in some of the largest stores in the
country. He was born in London. Eng
land, Nov IS 1869, and is Il tailor by
| trade, having served his apprenticeship
with the well known firm of Samuel
| Brothers, of London. He came to New
| York to accept a position with Mac
GA. 4 and
| since that time has had charge of the
| publicity departments of such promi-
| nent houses as J. NJ. Ciuskey's, Pitts
| burg, Pa, the Sterling Clothing COM
| pany, of Chicago, and J. l.. Hudson, Of
Cleveland. Detroit and Buffalo. Mr..
Jones is also a vocalist of much ability
| and is a member of the Penn Avenue
Baptist church choir.
| Lieutenant p. A. Murphy, of the Sew
| enth cavalry, who succeeded Lieuten-
ant Rollins in charge of the local re-
| cruiting station of the United States
army, has received transfer orders,
| and the many friends he gained during
his short stay here are Grieved by the
knowledge that he is soon to leave for
other fields. Lieutenant Murphy, like
! his predecessor is West Point man,
| and graduated from the great military
| college with the class of 81. He stood
| we'll in his class, and his ability as Il
| student of affairs military is evidenced
| by the fact that after serving out West
for a short term, after leaving the
| academy, he was called back to take
! charge of a class, as assistant in
| Structor.
| While at West Point he also took a
| lively interest in intercollegiate ath-
| letics, and was particularly fond OF
base ball. Every man at the academy
is naturally fitted for athletics, as ia
pass the rigorous entrance eXamina-
tons a man must be well-nigh physic-
ally perfect, and it is therefore nc
sinecure for any ambitious embryo
| Miles or Fitzhugh Lee to make the
representative teams. Lieutenant Muir
| ply. however, succeeded, and now
bears the proud distinction of having
played shortstop on West Points nine
| No stronger argument against the
glaring accounts of caddishness ani
unmanliness prevailing at West Point
can be found than in the persons oI
the StalWart representatives OF the
! greatest military institution of it's kinC
in the world who come to this city.
| George w. Jenkins, the recently ap
pointed collector of delinquent taxes
has been resident of West Scranton
for many years. and has always taker
an active interest in the political af
fairs of the national, state and city
government. lie is a close persona
friend of Recorder Moir and it ha:
been said that no appointments o
West Side applicants have ever beer
made by the eX-mayor without the ap
proval of Mr. Jenkins.
At the present time he is the chair
man of the First Legislative distric
committee, and was an important fac
tor in the election of T. Jefferson Rey
nolds to seat in the state legislature
He is druggist by profession, and il
a resident of the Fifth ward,
Bezaleel Davies, the new police mag
istrate for West Scranton, is a residen
of the Fifth ward, where he has re
sided for many years. Prior to hi
election as an alderman he conducted
a grocery store on South Main avenu
, for fourteen years. He has been activ
in ward politics, but has never beel
beyond that sphere.
Il lie practically owes his appointment
| 10 his son, Walter Davies, who was on
| OF the secretaries of the county com
! mittee for time. and is really bette
known in politics than his father
. Magistrate Davies has his Office on tn
: second floor at los South Main avenue
, which is a short distance from tn