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BOWMANVILLE, JULY 15, 1915 The Churches. and rpo be successful, Ta store must be above all things honest If we would be successful in our bid for your patronage we must offer you something you have not been used to getting at the store where you have been dealing. We must either base our plea, on a higher quality for the same price yea have been used to paying or by offering the same quality at a lower price Since the establishment of this business we have built our reputation on quality. We have made it our hobby and our rapidly increasing business is due entirely to its influence. In selecting our stocks we insist upon only the very best of leathers for upper and sole--the linings linings must be right and the styles in perfect keeping keeping with the season's fancies. QUALITY IN SHOES THE FIRST ESSENTIAL A POOR SHOE AT ANY PRICE IS A COSTLY INVESTMENT & SERVICE Neilson's Is the Favorite Ice Cream For All Occasions / Its purity, deliciousness and uniform quality have made it decidedly popular among lovers of good Ice Cream. What is more, it is produced under the most sanitary conditions. Neilson's Ice Cream is sold in Bowman- ville by _ Alex. Christie The Home-Made Bakery Phone 97, Bowmanville Not Sold Out, But Rejuvenated --And Still Ready to Serve You The People's Fuel and Lumber Depot is still selling SCRANTON SCRANTON COAL--the Standard Anthracite--and ready to fill orders for all sizes at Summer prices, which for the present are as follows : Egg, Stovê & Chestnut $7.50 per ton; Péa $6.50 pér tôn; NET CASH, delivered to all parts of the town; 50c per toneless at the Harbor. ^f Customers wishing to pay for their coal now may have it delivered delivered at once or later on, as they see fit; and in the event of lower prices prevailing during the season all who pay for their coal will be protected fully by having* difference in price refunded. f We have also a full line of Building Material, including Dressed and Undressed Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Oak, Maple, Birch, B. C. Cedar and Fir; also Beaver Board, Bishopric Wall Board, "Canada "Canada Cement", Shingles, Lath, Doors, Sash and Mouldings. ESTIMATES ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED. ^f Our other lines are : Hard and Soft Wood, long or sawed and split, Cannel and Steam Coal, Charcoal, Fine and Coarse Salt, Land Plaster, Buckwheat, Barley, Oats and Wheat. Your patronage is respectfully solicited, and we shall do our best to give you satisfactory service. * Special attention will be given to cash customers. McCE LLAN & CO., Limited King St. East, Bowmanville Two columns of news of ministers | churches appear on 2nd page-inside. "Prepare for War" will be the evening subject, and "True Religion Reasonable," the morning subject at St. Paul's Presbyterian Presbyterian Church next Sunday. Our church column is open to news of each and every church "in town and thru | out the district. Especially do we invit- news of the town churches and societies.e Bowmanville Methodist church, Rev. W. G. Clarke, B.A., pastor : Pulpit themes | for next Sunday : m ming, "The Reaper's Promise" ; evening, "Stumbling Blocks" Strangers welcomed. St. John's Anglican Sunday school picnicked picnicked at Sydenham Point Wednesday afternoon. A number of the congregation congregation owning autos kindly conveyed the students to and from the grounds. Church of Christ special missionary program program at the Bible School next Sunday at 2.30 p.m. All members and friends of the church invited. Children will please bring their envelopes with Foreign Missions offering. Methodist Sunday school picnic will be held Wednesday Ju : y 2ist at Agricultural Park. Good program of sports.is. being prepared and a good time anticipated Take baskets and enjoy the afternoon with the children. Salvation Army Sunday school picnic on July 21, everybody invited to attend Meet at the Hall at I p.m. Buses wil! take you to the grounds. Come to the meetings Sunday July 18. On July 23, 24 and 25, Brigadier Phillips of the Toronto Training College, will conduct special meetings. Come and bring your friends Cobourg Baptists in bidding good-bye to Rev. and Mrs. Gordon S. Jury, present ed them with an address, a pearl tie pin and handsome necklet respectively. The World says: Not only in his own church, but in the town generally, Mr. Jury will be much missed. His services were always always freely and faithfully given in support support of any good work forthe betterment of the community and the town generally. He proved himself a good citizen and he will be much missed. It is understood that he will take up post-graduate work at Yale and intends subsequently to devote his life to missionary work. As Mrs. Jury's parents spent twenty-five years in India, she also is naturally imbued with the missionary spirit." "The First Inhabitants of Canada and what we are doing for their descendants" was dealt with very interestingly in a paper by Miss Vida Worden at League meeting in the Methodist church Monday evening. Miss Rilda Slemon read three short selections from the poems of Pauline Johnson, the Indian poetess, whose writings writings have charmed so many. Miss Allie Bragg sang a sweet solo, Miss Doris Foster gave a piano solo very nicely and Mr. W: Veale read the scr pture lesson. The program was in charge of Misses Grace Trewin and Eva Smith, M ss F.E. Conley, first vice-pres : dent, presiding during the opening and closing exercises.^ Next week reports of the Summer School at Belleville will be given by the delegates, Miss Greta Morris and Mr. Claude Ives. News of churches and ministers on-page 2 covers the Bay of Quinte Conference. Social and Personal. rela- DURHAM BOYS' EXECUTIVE The Durham Old Boys' Executive had a very de.ighlful outing on Saturday Saturday afternoon at Rosebauk, where J quite a gathering assembled to enjoy the lake breezes and the delightful fellowship of these occasions. Some went by train, a number rode out in their autos. The weather was all that Miss Caswell, Toronto, is visiting tives in town. Mr. George Hall spent the week-end with friends in Toronto. Mrs. Felt, Oshawa, is visiting her mother, mother, Mrs. D. McConnachie. Mr Melbourne Hooper is visiting at his father's, Mr. J. T. Hooper. Miss Agatha Rowe visited Miss Jennie Chick, Toronto, over Sunday. Bowmanville High School receives | $1551.01 from Counties this year. Mrs. Amassa Fuller, Toronto, is visiting visiting her brother, Mr. Wm. Wight, Widder, Ont. Miss Lucy Bilsky, 406 Daly Airnut, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont., is visiting Mrs. Barron, Newcastle, Newcastle, Dr. Jas. L. Hughes, Toronto, was recent guest of his niece, Mrs. Adolph Henry, Orono. Mrs. W. Coombe is visiting relatives at Exeter, Kingsville and other Western I points. Miss Olive Bickell, Oshawa, is guest of I her cousin, Miss Florence Emmerson, f Peterboro. Mrs. Geo. Melrose and children, Listow- j el, are visiting her mother, Mrs. Geo. iGray, Newcastle. Miss Gertrude Cox is spending two j weeks' holiday with her aunt, Mrs. W. j Wilson, Lebanon, Ont. Bowmanville Branch of the Canadian Patriotic League will hold Tag Day on Civic Holiday, August 2. Mr. Grant Linton is taking a summer I course at the Massachussetts Institute of I Technology at Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Croxall and son and Mrs. W. Squires, Brooklin, were in town Friday calling on Mrs. Ethel Courtice. Mrs. Len., N. S. and O. A. Gamsby of Orono were in Lindsay Sunday attending j the funeral of Mrs. Baker, of Oakwood. Mrs. Thos. Bradley, Oshawa, and her j sister, Mrs. S. Bray, Enfield, called on friends here Friday while passing through j town. Messrs. Geo. Gray, Newcastle, and Ezra Hall, Orono, are at Ottawa attending a meeting of the Government judges at Fall Fairs. Miss Fanny Hellyar, Clinton, visited her grandmother, Mrs. John Hellyar en route j to visit her cousins at Victoria Beach, near j Colborne. Mr. W. H. Orr and family, Toronto, are on holidays with his son at Mentone, Ala- )ama, some forty miles south of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tenn. Mr. Roy Freeman, Moncton, N.B., Mr. red Peake, Campbellford, and Mr. Harry Philp, Nestleton, spent the week-end at Mr. Alex. Wight's. Mr. T. Appleton and Mr. Fred E. Robin, Robin, Hamilton, are guests at Maple Ville, the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Trull, South Darlington. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Tate and daughter Mildred, and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Butler autoed up from Cobourg recently to visit their uncle, Mr. Jas. Veal. Miss Melissa Biehl, pupil of Miss Alma VI. Courtice, has passed her Junior Piano exams, at the Toronto Conservatory of | Music.. .Congratulations., Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Wight left Tuesday on an extended trip to the West and to spend a couple of months with their daughter, Mrs. J. J. Tiffin, Lethbridge, Alta. Bowmanville Women's Institute will hold their next regular meeting on Friday, July 30, at the home of Mrs. Geo. Frank. All members be present and. bring your friends. Mr. E. C. Thornton, Woodstock, a former former Orono boy, was re-elected. President most enjoyable. The topic of the day was "Bowman ville on Monday August 2nd" and after a report from Dr. J. L. Hughes, President, on his visit to J'owmanville on July 6, and the whole program was.heartily endor sed by the meeting. Ouv committee will proceed immediately to use every means to make the gatheringa success worthy of the dear old "Homeland of Durham." All in the city interested in Durham Old Boys' Reunion at Bowmanville on Civic Holiday are requested to send names and addresses to Mr. Thos. Yellowlees, Secretary, 676 Spadina Ave., Toronto, at once or as soon as possible and he will send particulars. MRS. MALLORY ENTERTAINS Mrs. W. Leigh-Mallory entertained a number of the ladies of the town to afternoon tea Tuesday at "The Firs." Among the guests were Mrs. C. S. Haultain and Miss Symonds from Port Hope. After the social hour Mrs. Haultain, by request, read an interesting interesting letter from Lieut. John Denniston of the Cycle Corps, now at the Front, and related briefly how the ladies of our sister town to the East had become interested in the making of sand-bàgs for Canadian soldiers in Belgium. The need of these.articles, which are used as a protection from, the enemy, was shown by the fact that in the fighting line it was impossible in many places to dig trenches on account of the soldiers soldiers and horses being so thickly buried. buried. These sand-bags are being made and shipped to bur boys, who fill them with sand for defence at the firing line* The néed is realized when 4,000 are used in a week. Port Hope ladies have 1000 under way at present. A hearty vote of thanks moved by Mrs. Mallory and seconded by Mrs. (Dr.) Hillier and heartily approved by the guests was given Mrs Haultain for her kindness in acceding to the request of the hostess. Arrangements were , then made by the town ladies for holding a large garden fete at this beautiful home on "Wednesday, July 28r entire proceeds to be used for the Patriotic work. Particulars next week. Mrs. Tole and Mrs Fowler expressed expressed the thanks of the guests to Mrs Mallory for kindly opening her home and for the delightful hour afforded. afforded. ,, , , . j j ,, , , , of the Karn-Morris Piano & Organ Co., could be desired, and the day proved Limited> at the annual mee tin| of the shareholders June 28th. Miss Leona Williams, Mrs. J. Herbert Cowan and son Ivan, Winnipeg, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fulten, Toronto, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Williams, Williams, Bruce St., Oshawa. Autqists with the speed craze are liable to get into trouble if they perform in Oshawa. Oshawa. The town has snipers who take the number of speeders and a few days later they are requested to meet the P.M. ' Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Liddy, Hespeler, announce announce the engagement ot their only daughter, Margaret Louise, and Mr. Otis Osborne Worden of Winnipeg, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Worden, Bowmanville. The marriage will take place early in August. Bowmanville Women's Institute have sent a check for $23.81 to the Red Cross Society, the net receipts from their picnic. This branch also wishes to acknowledge a gift of $20 from Mis. John Pinch to be used in their work for our soldiers at the front. You are quite right, Mr. Guide, in saying saying "N. E. Jennings and his friend, R. E Thompson, ot Port Hope, enjoyed a peaceful peaceful slumber for there is never much in Bowmanville to disturb one." You mean at night, of course. True, since local option option came into force we do rest at night very much better. Even our Hotel Bowman Bowman is as homey and peaceful as an ordinary ordinary family home at night. Trave lers now like to stay here for that reason. Mr. T. G. Bragg, B. A., superintendent of Dawson City Public Schools, has sent us a copy of The Daily News which contains contains a 2\ col. report of how Empire Day was celebrated by the children of the pub- dc schools in that city. "Ringing witEpa- triotism and palpitating with good cheer, Arctic Brotherhood Hall was the scend'of one Of the most happy events in the history history of Dawson," is the opening sentence of the article. . A patriotic program preceded preceded a beautiful tableau entitled "Britan- ia, her Allies, Colonies and Children". Great credit is due Superintendent Bragg and his staff of teachers for the splendid success of the entertainment. Proceeds $761. Bowmanville Orangemen celebrated the Glorious Twelfth in Oshawa where was held a very successful "walk" with well on to 10,000 people in attendance. The local lodge paraded from its room to the C.P.R. station marshalled by Bro. J. A. Milne and headed by the Fife and Drum Band, the members looking spic and span in their new white uniforms. They played splendidly considering the short time the band has been, organized. The Band was a-contender for the best fife and drum band in the big parade but were nosed out by West Toronto band by a few points. Mr. Wm. Scott, town, one pf the oldest and best known Orangemen in the district, walked to the station with the younger brethren of the Bowmanville Lodge. West End House Last Three Days of Big Midsummer Sale Thurdav 15th - Friday 16th - Saturday 17th iHE first three days of our Sale saw sales mount up to unprecedented total. We are going to eclipse that record on the Last Three Days, no matter what sacrifice of profit it entails. Hence this list of bargains, and this is only a sample of the bargains on display in the store. COME ! COME ! COME ! You will be pleased if you do so, and sorry if you don't. Dress Goods 4 pieces white Cotton Voile, 40 ins. wide, reg. 40cyd., sale price ...23c yds. Here is an opportunity you can't afford to overlook. 1 piece Black Peau De Soie Silk, 21 ins. wide, special weight, extra quality, reg. $1.50, now for 78c yd. I piece only extra fine Peau De Soie Silk, 21 ins. wide, reg. $1.75, now for .98c yd. 1 piece Black Pailette Silk, 36 ins. ""widei nice finish and good color, extra special, 89c* 1 piece Natural Shantung Silk, 33 in. wide, good weight, reg. 65c, now for 48c yd, Lot Colored Hypatia Satins, 38 ins. wide, in full range of colors, don't miss this line, reg. $1.50 and $1.75 yd., now for $1.19 yd. Aprons Ladies' English made Allover Aprons, dark and light patterns, striped, figured or plain colors, reg. -50c and 60c for 43c; reg. 75c and 85c for 65c; reg. $1.00 and $1.25 for 89c each. Hosiery Ladies' Black Lisle Hose with silk ankle, just the kind for these warm days, 40c for 23c Ladies'"Colored Lisle Hose with lace ankle, pale blue, pink and mauve, reg. 25c and 35c pr., sale price "...., 15c pr. Children's Lace Lisle Hose in tans and browns, sizes 4-£ to 8, reg. 30c to 45c, 15c pr. Table Cloths 12 only Bleached Table Cloths, size 2x2^, reg. $2.25; sale price... ....$1.65 each. Underskirts 15 only Black Silk Moire Underskirts, with assorted colored stripes, reg. $3.75 for $1.85. Remnants, Remnants Don't miss the table of Remnants. Short ends of all kinds at ridiculously low prices. Come and pick them over. You will find lots of Big Bargains at the remnant counter. •5 Men's Furnishings ^ Straw Hats Now is the time to get fitted &ith a nice straw hat and this is the place t<X get the selection at the right prices. All ourv straws to go at the following reductions : \ Reg. 50c Straw Hats, sale price 39c Reg 75c Straw Hats, sale price.... 59c Reg. 1.00 and 1.25, sale price 79 c Reg. 2.00 and 2.25, sale price $1.39 Reg. 2.50 and 3.00, sale "price $1.79 Ten only left, Genuine Panama Hats, reg. 3.50 to 4.50, sale price $2.75. Underwear Fine double thread French balbriggan underwear, shirts and drawers, all sizes, reg. 50c, sale price 39c garment. Shirts Men's Outing Shirts, convertable collars attached, attached, white fine mesh net shirts or plain 6 with self stripes, special'sale price 65c each. Boys' fine print gingham and sateen shirts, £ all good colors and full range of sizetyes. 50c' * to 75c, sale price 38c each. Boots and Shoes ^ Lot Men's sample boots and oxfords, buttoned buttoned or laced, black or tan, regularly sold at 4.00 to 5.00, sale price $2.75 pair. Women s oxfords, black dongola, patent leather or tans, reg. up =to 2.50 pair, sale price $1.39 pair. McMurtry Ltd. Phone 83 Thé Big Departmental Store Bowmanville. Mr. N. W. Rowell, leader of the Ontario Opposition; who is making a tour of Western Western Canada, bas been héartily welcomed everywhere and has taken advantage of the opportunity when asked to speak to present the claims of the Empire in connection connection with the war. His addresses have not only been patriotic, but statesmanlike and inspiring, too. Pure Paris Green in sealed packages at Mason and Dale's. Developing and printing done promptly and well. Jury & Lovell. Now is the time to Certain-teed that leaky roof. Sold by Mason and Dale. The Statesman to end of 1915 for 50c to new subscribers. M. A. Tames & Sons. Certain-teed Roofing is guaranteed 15 years. Better use it as it costs no more than inferior roofing. Mason & Dale. If you want solid comfort next winter fill your bins with Scranton Coal and do now. Read our ad in another column. McClellan & Co, Ltd. 24-3 Touch up your picture frames and lamps with our gold bronze. The results will surprise you. Old goods made new with Chinamel. W. H. Dustan. "JVly Valet" For $1.60 per month in advance, we keep your clothes in first-class order, viz. : Minor Repairs, Sponging Sponging and Pressing, to comprise One Suit of Clothes and One Overcoat each week.. Goods must be left at works not later than Tuesday night. If you wish our Valet service, which costs $1.00 per month, taken for not less than three months, sign vour name and address below, and leave same at the works. Name Address Gibson's Cleaning Works King St W. Bowmanville Pure Paris Green (Government Tested) 30c Per Pound at Jury & Lovell's SPECIALS All This Week Best Little Liver Pills, reg. 50c, 2 for 25c Water Glass (egg preserver), reg. 15c, at 2 for 25c Williams' Pink Pills, 50c for 35c Health Salts, reg. 10c, 3 for 25c Rexall Glycerine Soap, reg. 15c, 2 for 25c Cascade Linen Writing Paper, 50c, 48 sheets, 48 envelopes, 29c Nail Brushes 2 for 5c Wilson Fly Pads, reg. 10c, 3 for 25c Jùry & Lovell When We Test Eyes It Is Done Properly PORT HOPE HOME 8 acres with small dwelling m town of Port Hope. 8 acres orchard in bearing. bearing. Price two thousand. Will sell to enterprising party with cash payment of three hundred dollars. JOHN FISHER & CO., Lnmsden Bnikling, Toronto. Here We Are Again Into Summer And here is the place to get your nice light footwear. We have fine selection of wlÿte and black-piped white pumps and colonials. Get a pair while the season is on. Prices $1.25 to ^££5 For men we have a rubber soled Oxford in the mahogany color. Price $4.50 pr. Fred R. Foley Parlor Shoe Shop on the Sunny Side ! 1