e x NO R_25 1915. THEATRICAL NEWS At The Grand. A new high-class programme of vaudeville and photo plays has been secured for Thursday and Friday at the Grand Opera House The Para- mount Players Company feature George Fawcett, supported by an all Star cast, in "The Majesty of the Law." There will be a two-reel Ji photo-play and a comedy play. The Pathe News Film will present weekly current events and some war pie- tures. The vaudeville includes the Two Vagabonds in a singing, accor- {deen and guitar act; Panther In. dian in a novelty act, while Miss Juanita Fletcher will render some i operatic and popular song selections THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY. {COUNTY VALUATORS REPORT UPON THE ASSESSMENT Recommend That It Be Increased By $650,940---Garden Island the Only Place That is Worth Less---Port- {and Increased Most. At its Thursday morning session! ferred to next year's Assessment the County Counci} received the re-| Equalization Committee to act upon port of Thomas Sargent, R. A. Ham-| as it might' see fit, ilton and A. J. Cowan appointed in The warden also referred to the June to revise the Frontenac assess- | expense account of the assessors ment, which has remained at $6,-| which showed $696 for fee: an i12,517 for the past forty "years.! $129.45 expenses; total, $1,125.45. The assessors fixed the assessable' He explained that after the assess value of the gounty at $6,993,457,! ors got into their work they had an increase of $650,940 or close tof come to him and said they would ten per cent. The assessments by| have to abandon it as $4.50 a day townships and the increases are as' was not nearly sufficient for their follows | time .and expenses. He had told BEST MADE IN FRANCE BEST SOLD IN CANADA Christmas Kid Gloves 'find as their leading Gloves those made by TRE- FOUSSE &°CO., of Grenoble, France. Our { stand all the vol ean them. Faery time vou look vou'll like them better, We lve Over- coats cut to meet inan's Overcoat ideas. There's the Chesterfield-- the coat of dignity the swell Button Through, with full back; the use- ful Cambination Collar Coat: the Shawl Collar Overcoats - "The White Feather." "The White Feather," dealing with the present European conflict and described as the greatest secret service war play ever written, will be seen here at the Grani on Sat- urday, Nov. 27th, matinee and night, {The play cordtains all the ingredients and «hrills necessary to satisfy the most blase theatre goer, including {German submarine and English {warships; four German spies snd {two English secret service agents: n jhew recruit; an irascible'M. P, and {his datghter, who, of taurse, is in {love with the secret service hero: a basket full of white feathers for 91,809 'cowards who do not enlist; a wire- 64.115 |1ess outfit concealed in the drawing "aan |TOOM where the scene of the play is 14 laid; a wonderful dictogiraph; an al- ways-to-be-forgotten pipe; a code book of signals which falls into the wrong hands; carrier pigeons; a cane-shaped gun which works wonders at the proper time: a cou- |ple of revolvers and a powerful mo-; {dern seachlight, all add to the tre- WK= give Old. 29.664 6,314 Increase 8,350 50.480 9,384 35,000 21,902 15,476 4,412 44,137 New, 38,194 136,794 57.400 66,784 65,000 39,000 101,022 122,924 211,258 6,734 1,409.1 1,413,567 57,0 101,164 518,367 610,176 136,694 209.709 100,277 114,614 .1,024,866 1,082,771 Portland . ... 732,082 893.605 Portsmouth 115,000 126,437 Palmerston, Barrie Bedford wo Clarendon and Miller Garden Island Howe Hinchinbrook Kingston. . Kennebec Loughboro Olden | Oso .. Pittsburg 3 Jecrease, every Island : These are very smart in appearance, com- fortable on the hand, gives wonderful wear, cleans perfectly. Real French Kid, in White, Tans, Fawns, Black and other shades at $1.50 pr. PERRIN'S FRENCH KID GLOVES, in all North shades at ' $1.25 and $1.00 and South Canonto 63,258 Storrington 798,843 83,179 860.6563 ~~ 61,810 Coat: the Belted Back oat. Oh, well, just drop in and see our Over coat show. We can Over- coat ven at $12, $15 or $18, or at $20 and $22. You'll be in--Thank you. Livingston's, Brock St A little out of the way, but it will pay you to walk. (i Hi Big Sacrifice Sale| COATS | Saturday, 8.30 O'clock $4.98, . . $6.48 The extremely mild warm weather during the months of October and November has left us with an extra heavy stock of Coats, and to rushthem out in a hurry, we will make a big sacrifice. We have picked out ore hundred Coats to sell at two prices, $4.98 and $6.48. All styles, sizes and colors: Black, Navy, Greens, Searlet, Tans, Browns, ete.,® ete; Velvet, Fisken, Tweed, Chinchilla, Ladies' Cloth, Cheviots and Scoteh Tweed Coats; they range in price from $8.75 to $35.00. . Saturday Price : $498 - - $6.48 This is an extraordinary offer, coming when it does just at the time when you are wanting a coat. There is not a Coat in the lot you can bux the cloth alone {or the plice you pay on Saturday. See them in the Window. . IWALDRON'S} i "Some fellows might kick because | | both the Red Cross Society and Wolfe Island 637,400 Totals .. 6.342.517 Net increase--$650,940 686,162 48,762 6,993,457 685,940 | mendous success and countless thrills of this big secret service war drama, making it the sensation. of three continents England, America and Australia. This is not a mov- The valuators fixed the following, them to gg aheidd with their work is picture, average va.ue per acre $1.60; Bedford, $5.15; Clarendon and Miller, $150; Howe Island, $15.25; Hinchinbrook, $3.3 King. | ston, 237.35; Kennebec, $2.30; Loughboro, $12; Olden, $3.50; Oso, $2.85; Palmerston, North and south { Canonto, $1.50; Pittsburg, $23; Port- | land, $17; Storrington, $18.50; Wolfe Island, $21.25, On motion of Councillors Franklin and Kennedy, the report was receive ed and filed, Warden Donaldson said he hoped { that the county would not go anoth- | er florty years without having anoth. | er valuation. The report was only Nbeing received by the Council, the | warden stating that it would be re- | Barrie, | | | mmm Amt an NO HELL FOR SOLDIER mney | | EVERYTHING HE DOES JUSTI. | FIED BY CIRCUMSTANCES, | Gunner J. M. Hamilton, Ottawa, Ex. | presses This Opinion to the Whig | ~=He Has Just Returned From the { Front. * | Gunner J. M. Hamilton, Ottawa, | who has spent three months in the | trenches and was in hospital for five | months as a result of being gased, | said to the Whig o. Thursday: "I do not think that thyre is any hell for a soldier, and any thing he does is justified by the circumstances." Gr. Hamilton is a young, clear-cut fellow of remarkable intelligence and education, and made the above statement very seriously, and only after he had thoroughly thought of what he said. When asked for an explanation of the statement he said that whai he and his Canadian comrades had gone through was enough to justify any action. A person could walk in any direction, he said, from where his tent was on Salisbury Plain and would have to walk for two miles at least through mud up to his shins before coming to a place where he could wipe his feet. The Canadian Contingent there did not look like soldiers but more like life-savers with their long rubber boots, sou- wester and sleekers., The men had to buy them for themselves, byt Gr. | Hamilton sald there was not one man | who would eriticize the authorities | because the men had to do this. | they had to spend a little money on | this equipment." They do not add, | however, that patients 'in hospital in} { England are taken every day for fifty | and sixty-mile sutomobile trips, are | swpplied with all kinds of tobacco and cigareites and there is nothing too gad: for the soldier. $ {| He also par deep compliments to he Army Service Corps. The Red Cross Society, said Gr. Hamilton, is doing a work that no society or organization in the world has every been called an to do before and 1t has done won- ers, ' Gr. Hamilton has Merved "in {our countries in different. wars, having been in the Philippines campaign, the Argentine Republic and on both sides in Muxico 'campaigns. Since 1899 he has been living in the open air until hs went to the front. i mally 1 can say that I'have had with absolute regularity three meals every day while at the front, and have never slept in the open. It has always been | dug-outs." yards. The Cana- dian artillerymen have been compli- mented on their wonderful accuracr on ranges, and Gr. Hamilton gave ways in which this mnch-de- is obtalovd ' the in i ik 3358 and the Council would see that they were properly paid so that they would receive $2 a day for their dime. R. A, Hamilton, one of the valu- ators, told the Coyucil that he and{lovely "Mary Fuller," report placed all the municipalities on an equal basis of assessment. Thiey had gone over twenty per cent. of the land and had conferred with Jeading men throughout the county in arriving at their decisions. Some of the councillors did not relish the increases recommended in their municipalities, and stated that appeals to the county judge would be made if the increases were put into effect by next, year's County Council. the shells found were dated 1908 and 1909. This, said Gr. Hamilton, is a proof of the lack of ammunition on Germany's part, as all of the shells up to a year ago must now have been used. the gi t preparations that Germany made r this war. At Ypres the Canadian artillery | had the shortest range to that date, i less than'1,700 yards from the first | line German tren¢hes. Que day in the battle Gr. Hamilton saw rolling | towards him a greenish blue cloud, | and then felt like going under an anaesthetic. He 'awakened in hos- | pital with his lungs in a condition | that will pot be normal for some | months. i | "The war has settled down tb a | waiting game," he said, "Every- | thing runs like eclock-work. The experienced soldier can now tell on Monday morning at what time on Wednesday afternoon the Germans | will be doing the most of their shell- | ing...>1It is #1! a waste of ammuni- | tion on their part; and in several places they are pounding away at | villages that are already beyond | habitation." He is confident that with the won- derful organization of the Allied army now, providing the. leaders were willing to pay the toll of hu- man lives, the Allies could force their way to Berlin now. The com- manders are merely waiting until the work can be done with less of a sacrifice Gunner Hamilton left for Ottawa on Thursday afternoon, and says | that he will go into the north woods | away from civilization, where "I can | sleep twenty-four hours a day if I | want to and forget the scenes that 1 have seen at the front." "This is positively my fourth and last campaign," he concluded, gf ---------- INSPECTION OF EGGS, Is One of the Great Needs in Kings. ton These Days. i These are days when the hens are on strike and eggs are Very scarce. Every housewife will tell you this, This is ald6 another proof of f Strand Theatre. { The "headline" at this popular theatre for the last three days of the | {week is that beloved screen star, jventuress whom love redeems. There | is an intensity ( action Which be: {speaks the hand of a master director, | {and the acting with Mary Fuller, | {Paul Pauzer and Milton Sills in the | leading roles is of a particularly high | | standard. Other reels which will | be shown include "Dr. Mason's Temp- | \ | tation," "The Markswoman, and an Hl Re- | Hi L-Ko comedy, | venge." "Itching For Charlie Chaplin at the Ideal. { This big mirth-provoker will be | {shown in the hilarious comedy, "His | | Favorite Pastime," at the Ideal The- jatre on Friday and Saturday. Other Ji | good reels will also be shown. Sum of Money in the Canadian War The City Council will subscribe to on. in a powerful | i | four-act photoplay of an actress-ad- | | Just Ready, a Large CITY COUNCIL TO INVEST || Loan Fund. | Hi the Canadian war loan fund, but the | | amount has not yet been decided up-| | | Mayor Sutherland and Ald. R. E.| [i | Kent, who is a member of the Civic gi BOYS' KID GLOVES, in all sizes GIRLS' KID'GLOVES, in all sizes . .. .76¢ 1T5¢ These are English Tan Cape Gloves and give excellent wear. A AAA tt ttt. ait ln Pst Etta Shipment of White Shetland Floss For Christmas Work. « WHITE IVORINE WOQOL. WHITE BEEHIVE WOOLS, in 3 and 4 ply BLACK BEEHIVE WOOLS, in 3 ply BEEHIVE WOOLS IN COLORS DOUBLE AND SINGLE LONDON WOOLS Made in England. These take the place of the Berlin wools, and we have just received a large shipment of these. Finance Committee, have charge of | Bf - all investments, and sinking funds, |} and they now have the matter under consideration: | Several other cities are subserib- (ji In Ottawa there is| Ji subscribe! ing to the fund. a proposition on foot to $500,000, Still Going Good. Howard 8. Folger stated on Thurs- | day afternoon that the subscriptions for the Canadian war loan fund were | }i He did not | § still coming in good. know the exact amount at the mo- | ment. i -- -- Capt. R. D. Pontor, Belleville, had his knee straightened on Wednesday and put on a plaster cast. to be around in ten days. | "The Home of High Class Sweets," Gibson's Red Cross Drag Store. Announcements Notices of any character re« ating to future events, where an admission fee is charged, are Inserted in the advertising columns at 10c a line for first insertion and Sc a line for each consecutive insertion; or 10c a line each insertion. If reading matter. Announcements for societies, clubs, or other organizations of future events, where no admis sion fee is charged, may be In- serted in this column at one cent & word, with a minimum of 36¢ for one insertion. £ and they wil' also tell that. al- though they ray * goa sun price for what is sold "strietly fresh" ©E&S, they find a great ©ges. Several complaints along this line were made to the Whig during the past few days. : "We need an inspector of eggs," said one housewife to the Whig. "1 think it is a shame to give a high price for eggs and then find some! of them bad." - | In Toronto quite recently arrange-| ments were made for the inspection! of eggs. i John Foley's Birthday. Reeve John Foley, Howe Island, who is in the city, attend meeting of the County Co: 1, en Thufsday celebrated his sixty.ninth b 'thday, and received the congratu. laticns of his friends, and they are icgion. Mr. Foley is enjoying good Bealtk, is very active, and it is the wish of all his acquaintances that he will enjoy many years of good health ro ol : ¥ ---- Attended Wedding Lady Kirkpatrick, the bride's aunt, formerly of Toronto, and Castain kric Kirkpatrick, King's Own York He hopes! Ji | Hl i i "mam 'Unbreakable' Fing- ering Wools IN BLACK ' LIGHT GREY WHITE DARK GREY CARDINAL NAVY For 'Mitts, For Socks, For Sweaters, For Scarfs. mn ~~ S-- ~ Farmer's Yarn In Black, White, and two shades of Grey, 65c per 1b. pe Days' Sale Of S FINE BOOTS Lockett Shoe Store FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ANNUAL SALE TO REDUCE STOCK A Regal Tan Blucher; A Gun Metal Blucher; Numerous other oR: So. 0 Sawai aR reg. $5.00 (Double Sole) A Heayy Box Kip Blucher: reg. $4.50 (Leather lines to choose f radia w.-....Now $3.75 Lined) rom. The Lockett Shoe Store