PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 573 tion of his collegiate course he returned toCharlottetown and engaged in the study of law with the firm of Peters & Peters. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar and at the same time became junior partner in the firm of Peters, Peters & Ings. Mr. Ings has given close attention to his profession and has consistently avoided political prefer¬ ment. However, he has become interested in other matters of a public nature, being a di¬ rector of the Charlottetown Steam Naviga¬ tion Company, a director of the Telephone Company, and secretary of the Charlotte - town Light and Power Company. On July 10, 1894. Mr. Ings was united in marriage to Miss Clara Dodge , who was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia , a daughter of the late Doctor Dodge , of that city. To this union have been bom four children, namely: Olive, John Walter , Ralph Roy - den, and Jasper Harold . Fraternally Mr. Ings is a Mason, while his religious con¬ nection is with St. Paul's Episcopal church. of which he has been a vestryman for a num- liir of years. Mr. Ings has always taken a keen interest in outdoor sports of an ath¬ letic nature and for a number of years was captain of the Abegwait Football Club and president of the Charlottetown Amateur Ath¬ letic Association. He is now president of the Golf Club, and is second in command of the Prince Edward Island Light Horse. Charles Robert Smallwood , an able and well known barrister at Charlottetown , was born in this city on May 27, 1855, and is a son of John and Emma (Hurry) Small- wood, the former a native of Lot 48, Prince Edward Island , and the latter of Suffolk county, England . The maternal grand¬ father, James Hurry , who was a native of Suffolk , England , came to Prince Edward Island when Mr. Smallwood 's mother was a child of but seven years. The paternal great-grandfather, who was a native of Eng¬ land, came to the Island in an early day and located on Lot 48, where his son, James Smallwood , the subject's grandfather, also remained during his life. John Smallwood , father of the subject, came to Charlottetown in his youth and learned the trade of car¬ penter, and during his subsequent, active years he engaged in building and contract- in <r- He was a public spirited man and stood high in general esteem. His death occurred on May 9, 1887, and his widow is still living, at the age of seventy-nine years, in the enjoyment of excellent health. They were the parents of five children, two sons and three daughters, of whom the sub¬ ject of this sketch is the third in order of birth. Charles R. Smallwood , after securing his elementary education in the public schools, entered Prince of Wales College, after which he took up the reading of law in the office of Palmer & McLeod, both now deceased. In 1884 he was admitted as an attorney and in 1885 as a barrister, being also made a no¬ tary public in the latter year. He then entered into a professional partnership with A. B. Warburton , under the firm name of Warburton & Smallwood, which associa¬ tion continued until 1892, when it was dis¬ solved, since which time Mr. Smallwood has continued the practice alone. He has won the reputation of a sound and safe practi¬ tioner and enjoys a large legal business. Mr. Smallwood has taken an active part in pub¬ lic affairs, having been for thirteen years secretary of the Liberal-Conservative organi¬ zation in Prince Edward Island , while he