Gut Prices Furs John McKay 140-157 Brock Bt. Ante Furniture, - Carpets, Rugs, Curtains Big savings to wise huyers. Cabinets, mahogany gold finish, $50 and $55, reduced to $20. Kingston. D. , $110, reduced to #85. Parlor Suits, ¥75, reduced to $63. Parlor Suite, £30, reduced to 323. Filty styles Yo select from and cov- ered to suit your own taste. Aaminstary. Velvela, _ Several hun reduced from $1.75 Yo $1.20 in sale. Some great bar | i ecials t prices that a reduced. Gramophones, Phonographs, Grat- onolas, Columbia and Victor records, | Odeon and Jumbo records, Edison 2 | in the military hospital and the two minute records, Rlue Amberal pe | ity hospitals, which speaks well for I" MILITARY CRCLES THE 22ND BATTERY IS STILL AT HALIFAX. Good Conduct Showing Of the 21st Battalion--New Overseas Battery <-. Will Likely Be Quartered in Artil- lery Park Barracks. The 22nd Battery, which left | Kingston last week for overseas, was still in Halifax on Tuesday, aithough the men hope to feave tor toe froat in 8 very saort lime. Since the opening of the caruival { week, not one member of the oli Battalion has appeared befcre Lievt: Col.. W. 8. Hughes for miscondavet, and when it is considered that there | are over eleven hundred men in the battalion, it is indeed a great show- lng. As a result of this splendid showing, Lieut.-Col. Hughes gave ~the men a holiday on Thursday af ternoon, Lieuts. A. F. tery, Souris; Lieut. E. th Battery, Toronto, and Lieut. J. Hickman, 28th Battery, Pictou, McQuaid, 37th Bat- arrived in the city on Thursday to| take the third R.5.A. course. Lieut. W. E. R. M, Stone has been appointed lieutenant in the R.C.H.A I'ite officers are of the depot battery. Capt. W, 8 y and Lieuts. R Stewart, J. H TLS EUR M. Stone. < The arrangements for the quarter- ing of the new oversea battery have not yet been Hnnounced, but the men will likely be quartered in the Artillery Park Barracks and the hor- gos divided between the old and the new stables at Tete de Pont bar- racks. The recruiting of this bat- tery will be commenced immediately. Four more reertits arrived Thursday night from Montreal, and the R.C.H.A. battery is mow within four of being up to strength, with the extra fifty to bé sent overseas as a draft. The rercuits are being issued uniforms and on Thursday on | commenced the routine work of the) battery. Six reels of moving pictures were YMCA. hall On Friday shown in the militia on Thursday night. ! night, Evangelist Irwin, who has been procured for the soldiers through ¥. G. Lockett, will give an address. The vice will be conducted by Rev. las Laing. "Milestones," ir At the play, on} | Thursday night the officers of the | | 21st Battalion and lady friends of- | | cupied the boxes. Major Hamilton was able to be at his office again on Thursday, after! | being confined to his home for the) {lasy few days with a severe cold. seeking ten reeruits who must be {at least five foot seven inches {height and sound physically. { ---- Major Brown D. A. A, nations. {full strength with 1,200 men, the] | 38th ttalion, Ottawa, will be up | to full strength hn | at least a week. } Although nothing has been given! | out officially, it is understood that | after the second contingent leav | Canada this will be the last of the | Canadian' Expeditionary force to leave as a division. The remainder | will leave the country when ready. | Recruiting. will not be stopped from i now until the end of the war, or as { long as Canada continues to send ov- fer soldiers. The third contingent | will be divided up, and each battali- | on sent over when required and used [to fill vacancies by casualties. | "The health of the men in the 31st | Battalion ig improving, and although there has beep uo serious trouble at amy time while guartered here, in the last two wecks the daily sick parades have been growing small- er. There are only forty-four cases | the sanitary arrangements for the | men here. Lieut. H. W. Cooper, 46th Regl-| of the ment, has been granted a certificate as captain. "Licuts, R. H. Waddell, G. S, Bow- erbank, .J. BE. Muckle, A.J, Daiton and D. Carruthers. 14th Regiment, have been sranted Qualifioations, - + "Ldeat. F. C, MeGee has been ed a certificate of military gk ak ¥4 Mo ha 2 Major lo. As G. 0. Roy. R. Ci 4 D. Bonisteel, | Sunday evening ser-| Doug-| | City Couneil, in is in Bob-| | cageon conducting military exami- | roe DAILY. BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Bene ii field and Heavy antifiery during the absence of Lieut.-Col. H. E. Burstall, | A. D. C., overseas. The equipment for a battery of ar-| tillery (four guns) costs the govern:| ment abant $75,000. The 14th Regiment band is getting | into shape for the season. Two prac- tices a week are held, and at one of these the members who are on duty with the homeguard are given per- mission to atfend. There are new aboyt forty in the band. CURLING AND HOCKEY. Napanee Curlers Play In Kingston On Friday. In the C. O. C. L. tankard westérn series, Napanee curlers play here Friday afternoon and evening. It the semiors win, Kingston will win the western series and play off with Brockville for the tankard The juniors have got to win to be in the running with Belleville for the west- ern series. Frontenacs vs. Brockville. The Frontenac seniors play in Brockville to-night, against the Inter- provincial team of that town. The feam being used will be Cooke, goal; Stanton and Stewart, defense; Smith, Derry, Millan, Reid and Crawford forwards. The team left at noon on Friday. Juvenile Hockey League. The executive of the Juvenile Hockey League have been very busy handling protests. The Drybones have been protested by their rivals, the Wanderers, in each of the four games. SHOULD BE IN KINGSTON. Office of C. C. Main, Distrjet Agricul. . tural Representative. * That fhe office of CC. C. Main, the district representative of thew@ntario department of agriculture, should be loea sg Kingston, and in denham, is the claim of i" Yi uany farmers in this district, 'and it jis likely that steps not will be taken in an endeavor to have | the office removed to Kingston. At the agricultural meeting held in the City Hall on Thursday afternoon, one of the farmers Jrovent spoke about the matter, and stated that the office should be in Kingston. Sev- oral other farmers ~ were of the same opinion, It is pointed out that as the farmers are coming in and out of the city all the time, the headguar tera for * the oflice should be placed | berg.: Mr. Main would be quite will ing, to have the othee changed to | Ikmgpton.- It will be 'remembered that the about a Yar ago, en deavored to have the office of Mr. Main located in Kingston, and the County Council was petitioned in the niatter, but no action was taken by | the Tatler. Capt. Elmer Jones is in Brockville | VEGETABLE COMPETITION Has Been Suggested For the City of | Kingston. At the agricnltural meeting in the | city hall op Thursday, Mr. Macoun | | horticulturalist } {able growing competition for | The 39th Battalion is now up to! ge suggested a veget- the people living in Kingston. « He has | riles and regulations governing the same, if the citizens care to take up | |.the offer. Mr. Macoun said that se- | véral other cities had entered into | simflar competitions, and they are { being held in 'an endeavor to bring oo about inereased production. Mayor Sutherland said that if the matter w, ta ! e as taken ud by the citizens | DOES he would be very glad to offer prizes for such a competition. rt -- ? JBig Carnival To-night. The big carnival at the covered rink to-night promises to be the main event of week. As a vesult of a change in caer. the ice at the Special rink is gens Be a fo the the most ti or the A Bumorous Se ah, carnival 2h com: mbnce WEF o'clock," it mises to be: ole of the best ye held in elie city in sate tie. "Everybody Is Singing Bi." ": All Kingston is Mrs. Mul eH nuck's Ag g |* even bei children by ¢ | the You THE LATE JOHN CRAWFORD KE apo-- Who Was Ward Worker With Sir John A. Macdonald. Jobs Orawford, a worthy old Kingstonian, and a ward worker with i the late Sir John A. Macdonald, pass- {od awdy on Friday morning at the i géneral hospital, heart trouble, extending over years. With the exception of years, the whole of the late Crawford's life wus spent in = Kings ston. Tn these ten years the de ceased was a locomotive foreman in the €.P.R. shops at Farnham; Que: Returning to Kingston, Mr. Craw- ford was later a locomotive man at the Canadian Locomotive Works. : Four years age the de censed retived from asective work. In religion Mr. three ten Mr. Chalmers Church. der loses in the late Mr. an 'aetive member, he being Crawford connect - edt with Catecaqui lodge, No. 92, A. | | F. & AM. The suivivors are a wife and two sons : Frank T. Crawford, Water- town, N.¥., and Dr. C. NN. ford, Vernon, Ont. Dn Monday al ternoon the funeral will be held. to Cataragui cemetery from his late re- | Rev. sidence, =24 Sydenham street. Dr. Macgillivray 'will officiate. DIED VERY SUDDE NLY James Lawler Died In Hotel Dien Friday Moming. James Lawler, 21% Alfred street, aged sixty-three yéars, passetl away at the Hotel Dieu suddenly on Fri- day morning at«11.45 o'vlock, after only some thirty hours illness from an acute attack of peritonitis. The late Mr. Lawler was born in freland ard came to Candda when but a mere lad. He came direct fo Kingston and always resided herve following the occupation of a boo! and shee maker. For thirty-five vears the deceased had heen keeper at the Reckwood hospital. In religion Mr. Lawler was a Ro- man Catholic and was a free giver to all charitable needs. The deceas- ed 'was also connected with the Ca- tholic Order of Foresters. In poll ties he wag a comservative. To metrn his loss there is a wifn and eight sons. Robert J., Michael and Ambrose all of this city; Dr. V. T. Lawler, Arthur P. Lawler, B.S.c.. Frank Lawler, attorney-at-law awd William Lawler, all of Cleveland; Phillip Lawler," ©.N.R. agent at Pinewood, Ont. Opes sister. Mrs, Otalligan, resides at Cleveland and a brother, Denis, lives- in the United States: a Presentation To Capt. Pense. Capt. seas with the 2Ist Battalion, . was presented with a set + of military brushes, with stetling silver shitably Sngen aved, at 'a meeting of ng which who is an honordry president of the sabi. net. At 6.30 p'olock a supper Visitors From Ottawa. Mrs. (Capt) J. EB, Brown and | children, «Ottawa, are guests of her { mother, Mrs. S. Oberndoffer, Queen | street, They were accompanied to Kingston by Miss M. Miss H. Morgenthau. who . was formerly attached to the Royal Military College here, is now with the Brifisy Intelligence Depart- France; 'Page and Shaw week-end sweets." Brown and Robert, the seven-weeks old In: | fant som of Mr. and Mrs. Johm | Hughes, $7 Barrack street, i passed away on Friday morning at the Gen- eral Hospital. raqui cemetery. Rew: Lindsay will officiate, - 8 Ontario Bourd of Temde: think that all Conmlian nickel should Ie refined in Canada under government control, A resolution to this effect was passed | on \Thursday ut the fourth anwual meeting of 'the 'Ontario. Boards of | Tratle 1m Toronto: « Ba kodaks, at Gibson's. --_-- ttre | | ee after. an illness, of | f fore | Crawford was Pres. | byterian, and a devoted member of Hi The Masonic or- | Craw- | i H. E. Dense, who goes gver | en's Cabinet of the Y, | MCA, on Thursday evening, A. J. i Pettigrew + wead an address, | was replied to by Capt. Pense, served in connection with the Nir { event. Capt. Brown The funeral will be held on Saturday aftermoon to Cata- | Sydenham | Tooth Brushes." Clipe | SER Book You Have The Rosary By Florence-L. Barely, | : Former Price $1.50, Now 50c - A phone message will Wig 3 you a copy. Phone 919. 1, 000 0 yards o of extra quality Prints. light and dark grounds--fast colors.. Saturday - 10¢ © 800 yards of White Flannelette; extra quality; 36 inches wide; mill ends, 5 to 10 yards. regular 18¢c. quality.. Saturday 12)5¢ Be i t | 20 dozen Men's Working Bhirts--good quality Denim, black or blue--fast colors--sizes 14 to 16 1-2--strong and durable. : line. Saluniay _ Regular 75c. 30¢ New Arrivals plates, | Fancy Marquisette Blouses--with long 0 i beautiful designs in sizes 34 to $100 Slips, etc. ete. Whitewsai values that are wibuatabie; Corset s Covers, Underskirts, Gowns, Drawers, Princess Cures Sra of Curtain Nets, ns, Curtain Serims 10c and up | Big shipments of new lines in Wash Dress Gods Silks and Wool Dress Goods. Pictorial Patter, Newest and Best Sorter THE COLLEGE BOOK. STORE 169-162 Princess Street. We have a shipment of Eng. fish Gold Bar Pius and Brooches which were delivered to ua ata great. reduction: The reduced prices are still on them, and, in some eases, Brooches and Necklets can be bought at half their regular wor There are a Tew small Pla- tinum Pieces among them at 20 Per cent. discount, Smith Bros., Issuers of Marriage Licenses Furrier 75-80 Broek Bt. In a Fire 'at Belleville On Thursday Morning. The schooner Keewatin, owned byl Capts. Dougherty and Meehan, and| ! which trades into this port, ,L was! damaged fire at Belleville on | Thursday morulng. The blaze stari- | {ed iu the hold where the sails were | stored. The firemen bad to use one | | thousand dost, of hose. 0 reach the | vessel: soon exv | | Singuishon, EF not NF etor men | demage had been donc to the large Newman & Shaw, The Always Busy Store. SCHOONER KEBWATIY DAMAGED a WPPLIE ees By Buying Goods Made in Canada You help the ether fel Till March 1 | you can buy a detached Rough Cast | Dwelling on Nelson street (near | Johnston street), containing seven (rooms, good cellar, stone founda- ! tion, good frontage and depth, toge- ther with a right of way for the small sum of $1,100. Five Hundred Dollars Cash, bal ange on time. Don't. miss this opportunity to get 4 good investment. Houses to rent." Fire Insurance. Ronis collected. by Py ure estimate © tly, there | 198,577,000 farm animale 31, wre 000 horses, 4,479,000 mules, 21-262 - 20 milch cows, 37,087,900 other eat | low to keep his Job, and he helps you yours. keep >: 43.356.000 shee and $4418. 00 swine valued at 5,69, 253 ; 'with January 1st, 0% 'are indicated; |