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Self opening feature automatical- | ly springs the front into place. | us show you. Pictures 2% x| 14%. JOUL Garner Bagot and Princes Sta. We show a wonderful GLOVES $1.50 STORE Phone 18 tose ssasrnan Has the quality of any 75 cent Tea on the market, 1b. 62¢, DATES Only a few pounds left-- 8 pounds for WHITE BEANS New Beans, hand picked, 4 pounds for "CANNED SOUP Clark's Tomato Soup, 3 tins 27¢. PASTRY FLOUR Monarch Pastry, 24 lbs. $1.16 5 pound pail Table Syrup 89c. Palmolive Soap Coupons Cullen's CASH---CARRY i! tion of coming [READY FOR CONVENTION | OF BOARDS OF TRADE The Speakers for the Banquet | to Be Held on Thursday Evening. The conventfbn of the Associated | Boards of Trade and Chambers of | Commerce of Ontario promises to be | | well attended on Thursday and Fri-| dele- | | day. Already a great many | gates have announced their inten- and have { hotel reservations. There will be five delegates frem Smith's Falls and i | Ottawa expects to send four or five . mayor of | | representatives, also the | that city and several members of il! 60c and 70¢; || getting as low as 40c. || Alderman Driscoll, t ll! tne Board of Control expect to coms Ii up Thursday for the banquet. Napanee will send fifteen or twen- | ty representatives to the | and the banquet and Belleville and Peterbord will also be represented. The western men will come down on | Wednesday night in a few sleep- | ers and will be enabled to remain on the cars here until early Thursday { morning. These 'sleepers will also be | available for them | trip Friday night. ! It is expected - that among the | speakers of the banquet will be Mr. | William Phillips who will bear greet- | fng from the London, England, Can- f adtan Chamber of Commerce. Mr. | Lorne Campbell, who has planned a | big water development in Northern | | Ontario for the benefit of the Great | Lakes, will tell the story of the op- {eration and Principal Taylor will | also speak. 'It was hoped that the Hon. W. F. Nickle would be present, | but he has found it impossible to be | here. | There will be community singing "led by the Kiwanis and Rotary Cluhs and an orchestra will play during the evening. . Several prominent | members of the executive council will make a few brief remarks. The executive council is expected to arrive in the city this afternoon from Toronto and Ottawa on the 5.15 C.N.R. express, and they will be entertained at dinner at the Fron- | tenac Club at 7.15. Mr. Thomas | Marshall, Toronto, is the efficient secretary of the organization. LETTERS To The Editor Mr. Cohen Replies. Kingston, Nov. 4.--(To the Edi- tor): I notice in the press that sev- | eral of our city fathers gave me con- giderable of their time and attention at the Council meeting Monday even- ing. I hope you will also grant me a little space in your valuable paper to thank the Council for the free | avertising it afforded. The Mon- larch Battery Company certainly ~| needs it, as the business we get in | Kingston leads me to believe that | very few people know that there is | £ battery factory here. With reference to the statement | that we are employing outside labor | and paying starvation wages, I would | like to inform you that we have not | imported anyone. Unfortunately it 1s not necessary to go out of King- | ston to look for men, there are too | many idle in the city now, and we {give them the preferegce because | they spend their money here. The | competition anrpng the men for jobs | leads them to lower their wages, and | we give them all they ask for. We { pay good masons 80c and carpenters f rough carpenters are As the men are working nine hours, earning $3.- 60 a day, I believe they can live | comfortably on it. I wonder how 'champion of | the working man, cand stand by and | see laborers working for the city, | digging sewers, the hardest and dir- ' test work, for 30c an hour. Doesn't | he think that a laborer is entitled to | a living wage, the same as a carpen- ter, mason, or stone cutter? I would ask Ald. J. Fife Johnson , if he furnishes his customers with or, | more fish and chips than they ask assortment of MEN'S and as usual our values are the best. Men's Sacks Many new lines just placed in stock. See | r showing from ..............29. for, I might inform them that : start- ed in Canada as a working man at 75c a day, but I have gained con- siderable experience and have learn- | ed that you must prove the value of the commodity you have for sale, whether labor or merchandise. also necessary to try and increase your market. The statements made in the Council the other night, a the number of strikes: are driving away the demand for labor from Kingston. As Mr. Driseoll is one of secured | meetings. on the return | !itee I would like to express our ap-| It is 3 | business friends outside who may Saves 1 a considerable amount in our y and at least treble eur bu- -- "oy next spring. This would oi employment for 100 or 150 >= Yours truly, | : -- COHEN. HOME FOR FRIENDLESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN Report on the Year's Work-- Mrs. Macnee Is Re-elected President. The annual meeting of the Home | for Friendless Women and Children | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG rn ------ Ee -- A -------------- LOOK AROUND- [ re TOYLAND We are all ready now for Christmas Shoppers. The largest assorfment of Tove are now on display. BUY NOW -- DON'T WAIT, -- DROP IN AND --THE. TOYS ARE WONDER- FUL. MAKE SOME KIDDIE HAPPY. MOORE' S TOYLAND 206-8 WELLINGTON STREET was held on Tuesday afternoon. Re- ports were. read byw the secraetary | R The following' offi- cers were elected: Honorary presi- dent, Dr. A. E. Ross; president, Mrs. W. H. Macnee; first vice- president, | Mrs. D. G. Laidlaw; second vice- |president, Mrs. W. H. Robinson; secretary, Mrs. B. J. B. Pense: re- | {cording secretary, Mrs. G. Lockett; | treasurer, Mrs. G. A. McGowan. | The president's report was as fol-| | lows: | "During the year 50 were admit- | ted, 35 children and 15 adults. Five | were adopted into splendid homes, 3 | in the city, 1 in Toronto and 1 in Napanee; 2 were transferred to the | Orphans' Home and 6 died. Nothing | could have saved the lives of these | little ones. They came to the home in a delicate state and were really | cases for the hospital. { "At present there are 13 children and 6 adults being cared for. Five] wards of the Children's Ald Soclety | have been sheltered this year and are | with us yet. Several others were | given temporary shelter. We would | like to enter into some agreement | with the Children's Aid Society to have their accounts paid each month. | | This would be a great help to us, as, | of course, we find it extremely diffi- cult to finance the home and had it] not been for the Ada Strachan be- | quest we could not bave carried on. "Several rooms had to be papered | and painted, and a small dining-room | was made in the basement by putting |a partition in the' furnace-room. {This saves a great deal of work, as | | there is a basement kitchen and no | | lift. | 'The children are all well and] | healthy, this is certainly due to the. careful attention' Dr. Day gives them, and on behalf of the commit- | and treasurer. | prec iation to him for giving so -much | of his valuable time to their wel-| | tare. | "Our matron, Mrs. Grier, is very | {efficient. She takes a personal in- | [terest in the management of the | home and has a kindly influence over | all the inmates. | "We thank our many friends for | their Christmas donations. Never have they been 80 generous, and we hope this coming Christmas when the bags are sent out they will come, This is Underwear Week at The Always Busy Store sizes. i 3 BIG VALUES IN MEN'S UNDERWEAR MEN'S 2 THREAD BALBRIGGAN Here is your chance to lay in a supply for next season, as well as for immediate use. Men's fine 2 Thread Balbriggan Underwear, all 50c SHIRTS and DRAWERS | "Reg. 75¢. Sale Price ~~ COMBINATIONS Reg. $1.25. Sale Price 89c 59¢ ODD SIZES IN MERINO Men's Merino Underwear, odd lines, broken sizes. sizes 34-36-42, and Shirts sizes. Régular $1.00 to clear Drawers, Underwear Shirts only. MEN'S HEAVY SCOTCH Men's heavy Union Scotch Wool 44. Regular $1.25 to clear - SHIRTS A -- Se ----e--{ | natural shade. Broken sizes 36 to "= 89c Oilcloths--Linoleums--Rugs--Blinds. Pictorial Magazine for November Newman & Shaw THE ALYAYS BUSY STORE 15c¢. back to the home well filled. "In concluding I want to than | the committee for the wonderful way | 'they work. When things look dig- | couraging they are so ready to re-1 spond financially and otherwise, so | enabling us to continue the good work of caring for those less fortu- nate than ourselves." eee , Police Court Cases. The charge against tliree men in the police court on Wednesday morn- Ing--that of being intoxicated in a public place, was dismissed, as the evidence could not prove that the | men were in a public place, but the accused were given some good ad- vice by the court. -------------- To Study Rocks. Prof. Mackay of the department of minerology, Queen's University, is taking a party of students to Galle- ta. The party will spend a few days there, and take up a practical study of the rock formation of the locality. -- Clearing Sale of Fall Millinery Parisian Shop 822 BROCK STREET ee eda ate ect enti THE OFFICIAL RETURNS. Give Dr. Ross a Majority of 1,761 in Recent Election. The official returns issued by H. F. Mooers, returning officer, shows / that Dr. A. BE. Ross had a majorit§ of 1,761 over J. M. Campbell. The vote was as follows: Ross, 6,765: 'Campbell, 5,004. The total vote was 11,807. The voters' list showed 14,- 493 voters in Kingston and 608 in Portsmouth or a tofal of 15,101. There were 3.294 people: "who did not exercise their franchise. Buy your Christmas boudior lamps, bed lights, and shades while The party is comprised of sixteen students and will leave on Thursday. | -- you have a large 'range to choose from. H. W. Newman Electric Co. Thanksgiving IT'S TIME FOR FURS Coe Them at Singatu's Famous Fur a A goss ot turn to Furs. We Soriatty sive as Sneytetdon uf ous iwwenss stuck ok both pelvg uni day visors and friends oo--our of the largest in Canada. Bring your holi- too--our display is worth seeing. LADIES' FUR COATS: In All The Wanted Furs "They are Bere & in enormous _ variety, including Persian , Lamb, Hudson Seal, Beaver, Muskrat, French Seal, Mar- ~ mot, Beaverine and other Furs. Dur values 1n Furs of ol Kind are ashen : -- | Landmarks Perpetuated. | Brockville Recorder-Times. Two landmarks of the voyageur as he paddled up the St. .Lawrence River were "Les Mflle Roches," a rapid above Cornwall, and "Les Mille Isles," above Brockville. The first' named means "'The Thousand Rocks," the second "The Thousand Islands." Both are in use to-day, form as the name of a village, the as the word "Thousand" is used in ond case as indicating not that therd are 1,000 islands more or less, but only a large number. Modern usage applies the name to the islands small and large, on the stretch of the river between Brockville and Kingston, | originally, fl but the name signified, the smaller islands on the shorter stretch between Gananoque and Brockville. | | The first reference to the Thous- Jf and Islands on the maps in the col- ff lection of the Geographic Board ot' { Canada is one by deLery dated 1727, | where "Les Mil Isles" are indicated. Few of the islands possessed names | before the war of 1812-14 with the! United States. After the war, Cap- | tain (1774-1857) surveyed Lake Ontario] for the Admiralty in 1815 and 18186, | 'following this up in 1818 with a survey of the St. Lawrence River be- tween Lake Ontario and Cornwall. The results of his survey of the river | appear on a chart in five sheets, pub- lished in 1828, which shows that he had thought out an ingenious schéme of nomenclature for the islands, the result of which was the entwining' of the history of the war with the geography of the region. . The group of seventeen or more islands at Brockville named about: 1812 after Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, he called the Brock ETOUD, | ures. giving to the individual islands the names of various whowrhad (seen service In the war, -such as Cockburn, Conran, de Rottenburg, the former in the original French latter in the English form. And just § the first case to designate the num- i erous rocks in the river at this point, Jf 80 it is to be understood in the sec- Ji William Fitzwilliam Owen! | Mental | ° i» | Arithmetic If it took ten long | years to pay for your home and took thirty minutes for the fire || demon to make it an ash heap, how long would it take you to 'find the money to hhuild a new one ? If | your answer is more than sixty days you il should see us at once. E. W. Mullin Real Estate and Insurance Cor. Johnson and Division Sts. Phone 588, 580-w and 530-J. ing Viscount Melville. and Charles Philip Yorke. Islands in the Lake | Fleet group were given the names of vessels that had formed part of the British fleet on the Great Lakes, such as Aspasia, Astounder, Belabourer, i Bloodletter and" Deathdesler, while the Navy Islands were named after naval officers including Downie, Col- lier, Muleaster, Fisher, Popham and Spilsbury. The study of the npmenclature of the Thousand Islands is an interest- ing one and the names bestowed upon them commemorate numerous. évents and important military fig- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1925, ! ~ et hsb) Ee THD SS ME------------