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In September, 1919, while A. C. Wilkins, a member of the teaching staff of the Belleville schools; wWas enjoying the wonders of Torgnto exâ€" hibition he got an idea. It lured him to Hamilton, thence to Stoney Creek. In Stoney Creek Mr. Wilkins At one time the only plum considâ€" ered worth while grew on the poâ€" litical tree but times have changed and now the graft plum has an honâ€" estâ€"toâ€"goodness® rival in a variety that grows and flourishes on its own roots and branches and makes of the weary dweller of the marts of comâ€" merce ah enthusiastic "back to the land" convert. And ~why shouldn‘t it when a man can purchase a $4,500 fruit farm and have it pay for itself within a year? SECOND SECTIO N (L THIRTYâ€"SIXTH YEAR If you wish to do it up right,; well just look over our stock of furs. Whether it‘s wife, mother, sister, daughter or sweetheart. She loves you now, but Oh, Boy! Wait till you give her those furs. In stock now, black, red and grey fox, black and grey wolf, marâ€" mot, nutria, ‘coon, ‘possum, etc. Only reliable‘makes handled. The cheap ones you don‘t want; the highest priced you posmbly can‘t afford ; but we have plenty of the sensible, reâ€" liable kind at $2.50, $3.00 and $3.75. For ladies and gentlemen. : Men‘s and Boys‘ special Fourâ€"inâ€"Hand Ties, 75¢. A big range of highâ€"class Neckwear, worth $3, $3.â€"50 and $4.00. Special Christmas price, choice for Striped Negligee Shirts (no collars), $2.50, $3.00. Lord Salisbury Full Dress Shirts (mushroom front), all sizes, $5.00. s y Boys‘ and Youths‘ special Shirts and Night Shirts; Pays For Fruit Farm In One Year Select Something & Useful SHIRTS AND TIES UMBRELLAS ad THAE INDEPE _ In our shoe departments will be found everything required to keep the feet warm, dry, neat and comfortable. Rubbers, Overâ€" shoes, House Slippers, and alâ€" ways the latest styles in reliable shoes for street wear. Don‘t be bashfulâ€"walk in and ask to see ‘em. Each member of our staff has instructions to spare no pains in trying to please, and if we can, not sell you the right article we prefer to miss the sale. FURS $2.50 SLIPPERS a man who would be in that happy state of being able to look the whole world in the face, for he owes> not any man. * f spent â€"two> hours with exâ€"Warden Hugh Bertram of Wentworth, enjoyâ€" ing the beauties of the county surâ€" rounding that ancient and prosperâ€" ous section of the province. When he returned home he haq. in his pocket the deed to an eightâ€"acre fruit farm, a receipt for $1,500 and a mortgage, the terms of which, reâ€" quired him to pay within three years $3000 and interest. In his mind he had a big dream, a vision of things to come, a hopea?;lat the ~autâ€" umn of 1922 would find him the ownâ€" er of an unencumbered fruit farmâ€" y We try / to ‘ ‘Ccarty Gloves, ~Mitts â€" and Gauntlets to suit every need. This is what has made our glove section so popular. Whether its fine Dress Gloves, Auto Gauntlets, Work Gloves, Driving Mitts or one finger Mitts for trimming â€" we have them. All prices., One year has passed and so has Something â€" that can be used ©365 times a year (unless he stays out some night). Flannel, flannelette and cotâ€" ton." Best values obtainable. _ Prices $3.50 to $5 per suit. PYJAMAS GLOVES the mortgage on Mr. Wilkins‘ farm. Last month he had the joy of paying off the mortgage with the. proceeds of the plum orchards and is now banking the returns from the grape crop on the farm. a Mr. Bertram, himself a practical fruit farmer, declares that this is a rather unusual incident of good forâ€" tune but with his Scotch prudence adds that it is the fault of the farmâ€" er rather than the farms that it does not more frequently happen. There was a Jbig crop> +this Jyear, but Mr. Wilkins‘ enthusiasm didn‘t cease when he paid the $1,500 and got his deed. That‘s, the â€" secret. Last spring he set about to properly cul?â€" tivate andg care for the orchard. The pruning, spraying and working of j\&§‘ \)\'l.l"-l" S t ‘ ma L: ESs1 f1\I NS .; L P3 \g s //;W// Up" 1 #%, /:“‘ y‘ “Q\ 0/.://,/‘;}5‘\. !&. on _-: _ ‘ ~"as â€" * f im 7 _ l y lâ€"â€"c2te / va sb TA l,/f ols . s \::\,{ o o7 #HAs 7 mll.lll " !,[ se S \\ : >$> ’7&‘( > /,.. [ 2 \B\\\\ W\ \kl & ‘/Z/;,fi,‘/.(,‘. \ § Z7 f > \" 4B UAia U @ P ”//4/ | uht .,m/nw/\ P ty GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1sth S /rl"f; MAIN STREET WEST H WE ۩ .o INDEPENDENT ADS PAY , 1920 NDENT This is the price of a perfect day. Hotel room, $5.00. Comple at the barber‘s shop, including manicure work, came to $4.05. ‘Tips shoe boy and barber, 30 cents. Breakfast, $1.25, Tip, 15 cents. LW with tip. Dinner with a companion, $4.80. Add cigars at 50 cents have $17.55, the cost of maintaining a single, solitary lonesome and man in St. Louis at a level of health and reasonable comfort for\‘ That means a sum of $6,405.75 per annum, without clothes or ] Thousands of men live at that rate. Set against that the cost of livV} man, wife and three children under fourteen years of age in a fact? which the United States Railway Board found to be $1,573.90 all 101 wor?s out to be 86 cents per day per head. Food per head per daÂ¥y to 35 cents against $5.15 for the lone St. Louis man. Another day I w$ things differently. ; Eating in the helpâ€"yourself places. It worked 9 Breakfast, 30 cents; lunch, 40 cents; dinner, 55 cents; total, $1.25. yX way was very uncomfortable, the food not well cooked, and plates, cul knives and spoons bore witness to prior use. There‘s no moral.â€"*~ Mirror. fe \\\ Y " Nuck Z gtks THE PR CE OF A PEREEGT DAYS OUT h1 a companion, $4.80. Add cigars at 50 cents 4" of maintaining a single, solitary lonesome and\ .up a level of health and reasonable comfort for 9 f $6,405.75 per annum, without clothes or ple e at that rate. Set against that the cost of livi"8 children under fourteen years of age in a tactofy tes Railway Board found to be $1,573.90 all told GRIMSBY $2.00 Per Yearâ€"5 CGents 2 Copy )om, $5.00.. Complet® ame to $4.05. Tips t9 Tip, 15 cents. Lunt" cigars at 50 cents 4" Pages 9 to 16 jomplet® or one day, ¢ pleasure. 1jiving for a ctory t t01d° That ay amounts went about phe jatter cupPp$ gorks, C"ar, LoUuis NG and you unbhappy round girls, $1.50