5 We REY RELY eR ee "8 MCKAY, Limited, always apprec- iat 'Recuction from 10 to 20 p. c. Large stocks to select from. New- ent désigns. Unequalled qualities. Now is the house furnishing saving We will hold your purchases until needed, and guarantee delivery. Terms Cash Repair and Upholstering Work 10 per cent, fd Yawn this sale. Phone 90. T.F. HARRISON & £0 Our new rugs, Scotch | and English Linoleums are arriving every, day from the best manufac- turers. These are the new patterns for the coming spring of 1914. STRAT RANI you on the safe side? You can get safe protection "Then & pair of glasses would be a most useful present. We make a speciaity of glasses and will make the ex- amination at any time. New oxford library glasses in tortoiseshell and iongnettes. LS. ne 0. 0. S. 842 King St. Kingston, Ont. | Why Pay High - Prices? I will give you FIRST CLASS GOODS The Style and Fitting will be Faultlenn. The Finish and Workmanship wil be Perfect. The Price will be from $5.00 to $7.00 LOWER than you have béen paying. RALPH SPENCER The Tailor, 820 Princess Street, Opposite St. Andrew's Church. FLOUR Our Robin Hood brand of flour has a guarantee in every bag for good quality. ANDREW MACLEAN Ontario Street. Herbert J. S. Dennison. REGISTERED ATTORNEY, 18 King Btréet West, Toronto, Pa- tents, ~~ Trade-Marks, Designs, Copyright, protected where; eighteen years' fence. Write for booklet. Thomas Copley Telephone 987 Drop a card to 13 Pine street when wanting anything done in the Sphen- tery line. Estimates given on all kin of repairs and new work; also ha; wood floors of all kinds. All orders will receive prompt attention. Shop, 60 Queen Street. 'PHONE 1170 Kingston Automobile Co. Quon and Bagot Streets. Btorage, Repairing, Aesee- _sorles. We Cuarsntes Satisfaction. hdd Sha a ve Tey Bills Reduced LIGHTS can be turned ON and OFF without matches if con. nected with our bypass. Saves timé, gas and matéhes. ! Conte in and see it in use. J *"'Iwantu' Gas Irons, $3.75. | Refle] Lights, $1.80 and up. | One only $10.00 amber art glass dome with § in. fringe. for only $8.50. i} clock the 06 BROCK ST. lions 835 or 8 a ---------- {WANTS $500 ADDITIONAL FROM fifor six months session; he was of the pinto the library. iin the way of educating its children if | tation on the part of the city council in | s | there were no serious cases of | wave has been | James McCammon; district ~~ OFY COUNCIL. | | The Library Has Barely Enough to Thought the City Can More aan] Keep Rumning--Membership Must Get Concessions From : Property | Be Increased ~-- Good Work Be- y Owners -- The Market Toil Quest- ing Done, ' ion, The annual meeting of the Kingstony On Thursday afternoon the Board of Public Library was held on Tuesday Works at its first (meeting of i the year | afternoon, at which the following were | will likely give some consideration to | present: Dr. A. E, Ross (who pre- the Bell "Felephone company's request sided), Dr. Isabel MeConville, Lieut- that the city secure for it rights of | Col. H. R. Duff, Prof, W. L. Grant, 'way sé. that it may remove its poles! Col. G. H. Ogilvie, T. Mc¢K. Robertson from Princess street. = The opinion is T. J. Rigney, James Redden and A. iheld that the reason the company ask- | Strachan, \ ed the city to do this was that the The chief business discussed was !civie corporation might prevail upon about the lack of necessary funds to run | property owners to allow the company the library as it should be done. James |to carry ite wires over its buildings Rédden was of the opinion that instead | ang erect poles in their lanes and of the city only allowing a grant of |hackvards in quicker time than the one thousand dollars a year, the coun-'eompany could secure the same con. ctl should be petitioned to give an eXtra cesgion. It is admitted that the Board five hundred dollars, or an annual grant of Works has a task ahead of it, i the | of fifteen hundred dollars. 5 | pavement on Princess street is to be ! Another thing which came up for dis | lnid this year. A canvass will have to cussion was the membership. Mri Ga 20 once of the property own | Rigney favored the project of placing ! concerned : posters in the Locomotive Works and Ald. "TF. Harrison will have & Jit | other industrial places giving special! A J+ Bo i 4 imed Ue conference this afterneon with his rates to workers. Prof. Grant claimed Kn ve ; that if a special rate were offered the Po Chie munities. The, ohiel Batis students, say one dollar and a quarter th Ore lus committer, wi hd or : e market tolls should be abolishes 2c : Last -. year's committee shelved the opirion that many would no doubt be in- ' On oa a a Y members of the matter, but individually the members library. For the year 1913 there were | Wore opposed to abolishing the tolls. only ten new names over the member ar ship of the precoding year. " At this rate it is almost impossible to pay expenses, Bees placing new books | Alleged Trafficking in Tobacco In view of this the} Pen "Guards," city council should look into the mater | The alleged trafficking in tobacco, by and do everything in its power to help' the guards at the penitentiary, is still | along the good work which the institu! yn ijer investigation by Lieut.-Col. | ton is doing, in the wav of educating rvine, the warden. It was reported many of the school children who from Li several guards had heen found time to time are constantly dropping guilty of an offence and had been dis into the library reading room and de- missed, but Warden Irvine stated to riving much benefit from it. This is the Whig that thére has been no more one way in which the city can do much dismissals, although the matter was still being probed. STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION by the necessary steps were taken to place, such an institytion' as thiy public library Girls' Fellowship Club on a good and sure footing. ; ar " an Lately it has been achieving excelledt | The Girls' Fellowship club met in the results undér the charge of Mrs. A | Y'W.CA. Tuesday evening, with a good Kennedy, the librarian, whose report attendance. The president, Miss Birdie showed everything to be in the best of Jamieson, gave an excellent report of condition. As Col. Duff said: "A short the Y.W.(C onvention held 1 time ago the complaints reaching me | Musk 1 ast, at which she was {about the library were numerous, but. a d s Lizzie Cullen rendered Intiw, I am glad to say that those com- After discussing other "plaints have ceased, no doubt throush | h s concerning "the club, light re the good management of Mrs. Kenn | freshments were served, Grand Concert Mr. Robertson claimed that the pe t 'should be enlarged, and work towa ds | i at By Y.M.C.A. glee club, assisted by i Mrs. Ptta Daland Robinson, leader, ithe point where the city will have Carnegie library. « Kennedy and the other's present | and Miss fioldie Bartels, violinist, in j thought this too big a step for the pre- { the Association Gymnasium, Thurs day evening, Jan. 22nd. Twenty-five | of Kingston's best trained men voices; sent as larger premises would be re auired. Furthermore it would also ie . bic book It 0 | Choruses, duets © and instrumental ivaluable hooks. It was agreed that for solos, readings, etc. Admission, 25¢ cessitate the purchase of many mor the present the present institution would | ihe ample if the city. council would only | 'Five the desired ad. From what has jee, but it is too cold to enjoy been shown as to the financial conditions | skating. lof the library, there should be na.hesi- | Remember Queen's Musical club's annual concert to-night. See Advt. Page 7 This is great weather for, making granting a further sum of five hundred dollars, The election of officers Mayor Abraham Shaw, honorary npresi- dent: Dr. A. E. Ross, president; James Craig, vice-president; Dr. Isabel Me- Conville, secretary: James Redden. ! treasurer. There will he a book con. mittee composed .of Prof. W. L. Grant | (who will act as chairman), Col..G. H Ogilvie, T. McK. Robertson, James M Farrell, Dr. lsabel McConville, Miss 1. Mowat, ~The board of management will con- . sist of the above officers and the fol- lowing: T. McK. Robertson, Archibald Strachan, Prof. Grant. Col. Duff, T. J. Rigney, Col, Ogilvie, J. M. Farrell, W. H. Macnee, Miss Annie Davidson, Miss L. Mowat, Mrs. W. G. Mylks. ', resulted :-- Been -- en RELIEF FOR FAMILIES No Very Serioms Cases Have Reported Yet. The Whig made inquiries on Wed- nesday morning and was informed by parties who are in a position to The Common Law, by Robt. W. Chambers. The Price She Paid, by David Graham Phillips. Simon, the Jester, by Locke, The Mistress of Shenstone, by the author of The Rosary. Abe and Mawruss, by Montague Glass. . Potash and Perlmutter, by Montague Glass. Septimus. by Locke. : Miss 318, by Rupert Hughes Officer 666, by Rupert Hughes Excuse Me, by Rupert Hughes. Flamstead Quarries, by Mary E. Waller, Passing of the Third Floor Back, by Jerome K. Jerome. War and Peace, by Tolstoi. he Anna Karenin, by Tolstoi. ; Joyce of the North Woods, by Harriet C. Comstock. The College Book Store 160-162 Princess St. bite «OPEN NIGHTS, Made in platinum, with sap- phires afd pearls set in. We Have Underwear To Suit Any Member Of The Family The designs are mostly Bure opean and very attractive, - Smith Bros. Jewelers and Opticians. Issuers of Marriage Licenses. Optical Prescriptions Ground. FUR SALE 20 pc. discount off all furs. W. f. Gourdier 78 Brock Street | REAL ESTATE For sale, on University Infants' Bands and Vests in the wanted weights. 25¢.and up. in 25¢ Children's Vests and Drawers union, fleece<lined and all wool. and up Children's Sleepers, de and up. very handy, Ladies' Vests, Drawers and Com- binations in union and all wool. Popu- lar prices. ' Men's Fleece-lined, Seoteh Lambs Wool and Natural Wool, all sizes, starting at 50c¢ a garment. We sell Imperial, Penman, Watson, Peerless, Oxford and Puritan makes, made in Canada by Canadians. know' that while thers were. a few cases which were being attended to dig- tréss in the city. Lack of employ- ment for the men is given as the cause of all the trouble. ! It is stated that the number re. i i ceiving aid from the poor relief com- | {mittee this year is 'much larger than last. The committee has been oalled upon to give out coal and in one case had to provide food. The charity workers have received reveral offers from citizens to pro- vide coal for needy families snd the kintl offer has been very 'greatly ap- | preciated. 'MILDER WEATHER COMING All along in this space we have been reminding you of the real cold days that were bound to come, - They are here at last. Don't delay buying your furs any longer--such days as 'these furs are an abso- lute necessity. To-day we emphasize Fur Coats. LADIES. Muskrat Coats, 50 d 52 inches long, $45. Black Russian Pony Coats, 52 inches long, a. {Thursday 'Will Have Higher Tem- perature and Smow s Cheer 'up, the weather man has good néws. He savs that Thurs day will be milder. His prediction at: noon Wednesday was "milder with ! | snow" ! i This will be good news for Kings. tonians, who 'have been experiencing the coldest spell in some years. . Af noon the wéather moderated consid erably, but it has to go 'down: some more before it will be at all com- fortable. Everybody is talking abont [the extreme cold weather. A cold sweeping all Eastern Ontario since Monday morning. -------------- < Harly Morning Fire On Wednesday 'morning at 12.10 o'- firemen received a hone call to 65 West street, to a house! owned by Mrs, Uldveive and i | by Captain Robert Fraser. A defect: | ive chim caused t rouble, and' he loss the bui will amount | about $30, with slight loss to the | contents from dust. A portion of the | brick work behind the fire grate had | § to be removed, so as to get at | Sun Mink Marmot Coats, 50 inches long, $50.00. Persian Paw Coats, 30 inches long, $58.50 MEN'S eck Dogskin Coats; ; Alaska Beaver Coats, | 18.00. Russian Calf Coats ' wooden: joists, whick ey i I Raccoon Coats, $70.00 | One third of a gallon was used from to $100.00. | The Chimie] = inguisiur | Fur-jined Coats, $27 | District Orange Lodge i up. | The district Orange lodge + met on : | Tuesday night, and elected the follow. [Jj ~ COmpare Our Prices | jing officers for 1014 » District master, | i A master, W. Lowry: chaplain. I} arana ie in | ant; recording secretary, R. « | i finaucial seeretary, W. Neill; treasurer, |} J. Murray; DO.C, F. first leo i turer, W. Uilligany second lecturer, W. [Hf © Cullen, Sh forged, a paper is Ave., solid brick, 9 rooms, CROW LAKE ITEMS The Whig Regrets Publishing a Mis. | leading Letter. The Whig regrets to learn tha news items from Crow Lake, pul under date of the 16th Dec., contain a sumber of misstatements. These items were published by us in good faith; they were signed 'by 'a regular subscriber, whose vendeity we had no reason to doubt. It appesrs now, however, that this signature was a forgery, and that the items were sent in by some irresponsible individual. I¥ the publication of this letter has caus- ed annoyance or injury to any one, the Whig sincerely regrets it. This paper has ever been careful to verify items sent in from country points, and. nothing is published that does not bear the signature of the writer. When signatures of reputable residents are quite apt to be misled. In such cases it can.only ex- press its rogret and tender its apol- ogy to any and every reader 'whose feelings have been hurt. ; B. and C., furnace, gas, elee- trie light and good cellar in } ie first-class condition for $3,600 E. W. MULLIN Real Estate Bought and Sold. Good Dry Maple Cord. wood, Hard and Soft Slabs, Kindling, Etc. Orders have prompt attention. x S. ANGLIN & C9 Cor. Bay and Wellington Sts. TRAINS ARE LATE 1 | The Cold Weather is Causing Delays | on the Railways. | ~ The railways all over the country are. also '"'up against' the severe cold weather: Although the trains on the Kingston sub-division of the C."P. R. were pretty well on time, those on the main line are late The C. N. R. train into the city on Wednesday morning was a little be- hind time. > | The Grand Trunk trains were "practically all behind time on Tyes- day and Wednesday, due, a: on other lines, to the difficulty in keop- ing up steam and trouble with the noon the thirtyfive minutes and one late, and the two from the. east about the same. Travelling is not THE LobORER NE Skating \ i aiog- very pleasant these days. the: Tro i : a Be noe $250 to $u50. ! Toboggans from $3.00 to $4.50, + A Lady's Tliness. Skates, 50c to §5.00. ie "city-that Mrs. J. Leslie, Huntington, | . Every skate guaran a W.Va. has been removed to the hos- | (ME and "breaking, Ey TY to t a - & i : i 'hour - Every person sho ye some kind of outdsor exer a, er snowshoe. b Word 'has been received in the