$2.00 Auto Dusters, Straw Hats, regula August Sleaing sale ae $2.00, $2.50, Aug- te to ust clearing sale. 9 White Duck Quting Tohite Dy reg" $1.75, August clearing sale B wrt. 95 Fancy Wash Vests, up to $2.00. August Slearing sale MEA $2. 00 Men' s Work- ing Pants, August Clearing sale, $1. 29 > ! Sonam a-------- CR « Silk and lisle hosiery reg. c., ugust clearing sale, 35¢ or 3 pair A $1.00 . $1.00 Men's Work- ing Shirts, August clearing sale .. 49c| $2 children's khaki | duck suits, om "pants, sizes from 2} to 6. Augyst clearing | sale eh +850 .. I Men' 8 suits in a great variety to choose from. Odd broken sizes at a great August. . reduction sale. It will Pay you to come and 'see the bargains, as there are many other - bargains Witich are not advertised. Jos. Abramson 213 Princess St. Opp. Grand Opera House. zi TT ------ eet Charm Ceylon Tea Black, Green, void Packed in Kingston by Geo. Robertson & Son, {Limited At All Grocers. LLL | PROFITS FOR BOTH OF US The ideal business is the one that benefits both the buyer and the seller. We are in business to make money, just as you are. We realize that the best way to do this is to give you the kirid of Printing that brings results to you. judged by what it does for our cus- We want our Printing to be tomers. In short, our idea is to give 3 all we can for what we get, rather than to get all we can for what we give. Try our "Golden Rule Service." - The BRITISH WHIG * Job Department 'Did you get our folder "A New Man and a New Service" RING 292 «| Potatoes . .. 'J Turnips, Mrs. Frank Starr and children, Port Milford, spent the week-end visiting friends at Belleville. Rev. and Mrs. J, Egan, Belleville, are to-day (Friday) celebrating their' 'fiftieth wedding anniversary. J. J. Tobin, who has been operator at the C. N. R. station, Brockville, has been transferred to Newboro. 'Mrs. Frederick Healy, Picton, is in Windsor with her husband, who has undergone an operation in the hos- pital there. William King, Rideau Ferry, has purchased a fine residence in Perth, and will take up his residence in September, Mr. and Mrs. D. B, Keith, arrived in Smith's Falls from New York. They went up the lake to spend a couple of weeks at Camp Comfort. William H. Comstock, ex-M. P., Bracxville, celebrated his eighty- th birthday on August 1st. Ale a resided in JBrockville "since 6 Cly -- 00 = The Queen's Hotel! Picton, closed | on July 31st and the purchaser, Frederick Newman, is now in posses- gion and is refitting the building for wholesale grocery purposes. H. F. Armstrong, Perth, has re- celved a plece of a Turkish shell fired in the Galipoli compaign, and | also a portion of German bomb used | in the Dardanelles fighting. | Rev. Mr: Smith, pastor of St James' Church, Port Elmsley, is returning to England in the near fu- ture. Later he will take up resi- ner death, was sixty-one years of A he he death in action is reported of Morley tter, who left Belleville h the 39th Battalion, June 23rd, 1915. His father, William Rut- ter, resides at 11 Howard street, Belleville, . The death occurred at Smith's Falls on Wednesday of Willard Goodfellow, a farmer residing in South Elmsley. He had only been in hospital a short time. His wife, who survives, was formerly Miss Rudd, Frankville, A pretty house wedding was sol- emnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tavish ° MacTavish, Cornwall, on Tuesday, when their daughter, Miss Grace Lilian MacTavish, be- came the bride of Alonzo Burnet Watson, Thorn Hill, Ont. + In a wild electric storm in the north thesé damages are reported: John Roberts, Lanark Township, lost two calves struck by lightning: James Closs, Drummond, a heifer; the Roman Catholic Presbytery, Lan- ark, was struck but not seriously; Alexander Park's telephone at Wat- ron's Corners set on fire, and Philip Fair's barn, Dalhousie, struck 'but damage slight. LETTER FROM LIEUT. HUBBS, ---- (From, Our Own Aug. 4 --Harmony Age No: "is, Daughters of Rebekah, held their semi-annual installation of officers last evening. Bro. Fred. Lloyd, P.G., assisted by Sister George To- ner as G. M., performed the cere- mony} these being installed: .P. G., Mrs. Wiltred Lloyd; N. @., Miss Mary Pickett; V. G., Miss Elsie Lloyd; F. 8., Miss Eva Glover; R. 8, Mrs. Damon Buck; Treas, Mrs. R. J. Webster; Warden, Mrs. George Toner; Cond., Miss Lillian David- son; Chap., Mrs. David Andrew; R. 8. N. Gg, Mrs. John LaSha; L.' 8. N. G., Mrs. Roy Picket; R. 8. V. G., Mrs. G. W. Meggs; L. 8. V G.,, Mrs. William Davidson; I. G., Miss Bessle Henry; 0. G., Bro. Fred. Lloyd. The steambarge Hinckley finished unloading coal for the works of the Steel Company of Canada and clear- ed light for Oswego yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. James Sophie an- nounce the engagement of their see- ond daughter, Eleanor Irene Sophie, to George Bernard Amo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Amo, Charles street. The marriage is to be solemnized quietly in the near future. Miss McLean, of Belleville, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs~J. J. Davis, Pine street. Mr. and Mrs. H. Hig- gins, who have been spending the past two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kelly, James street, have re- turned to Toronto. Sustained Fracture of Left Leg and Face Wound. Hastings, Aug. 4.---Mrs. Hubbs has been the glad recipient of a letter from her husband, Lieut. F. Hubbs, in which he states that although a prisoner, he is in a position to receive gifts from his friends. Lieut. Hubbs was unfortunate in sustaining a fracture of the left leg above the knee, and also received a bad face wound. Death of Sergt. R. A. W. Hay Keene, Aug. 4.--Sergt. R. A. W, Hay, formerly: of the 24th Field Battery, Canadian Militia, has pass- ed away in London, Eng. Sergt. Hay was a well-known member of the 14th Midland Field Battery, and went to camp at Cobourg, Barrie- Layfield Party Are Safe. Peterboro, Aug. 4. -- A telegram received from Douglas Layfield, Iro- quois Falls, conveyed the welcome dence in Glasgow, Scotland. Philip Folger, Belleville, died on | Thursday aged fifty-eight years. He | a G. T. R. engineer. He | was an ex-alderman. A widow and | six sons and three daughters survive. | Charles Burns, Marmora was placed ' under arrest charged wi a serious effence. Margaret Arnolq wag also arrested, charged with be- | ing an accomplice of Burns. | A wedding of interest to Pictoni-| ans took place at Gagetéwn, N. B.; when Miss Nora Sherman Peters, of Glenora, and Rev. John H. A.| Holmes, B. A., rector of Hammond | River. A very pretty wedding took place | at the home of Mr. and Mrs, a} 2] » = Lucas, Smith's Falls on Tuesday, when their youngest daughter Lila was united in marriage to Norman H. Corbett. The Smith's Falls friends of Quar- termaster-Sergeant James Collins, ot | the Canadian Army Service Corps, will be sorry to learn he is seriously ill in the Scottish General Hospital, at Stobhill, Glasgow, Scotland. The death of Mrs. John Crajg, of Maryfield, Sask., is reported. 'Mrs. Craig, whose maiden name was An- nie Vaugan Caldwell, was born at Lanark in 1855, and at the time of CANADA GRAIN CROP BILLION DOLLARS. Such Is Dr. A. Magill's Esti- mate After a Careful Investigation. Montreal, Aug. 4.--According to Dr. A. Magill, chairman of the Do- minion Grain Commission, Canada will have this year '"'a billion dollar grain crop." This is not said idly. It is a generous estimate, but it is made after careful investigation. The C.P.R. does not venture to put| the crop down in dollars, but, fresh publication, it points out how well the crop at all points is doing what favorable comments are made respecting it by those on the spot; how enthusiastic the farmers are themselves in referring to it, while, at the same time; the company points out, in detail, the amount of acreage which has been laid under contribution this year, namely: 3 Acres 11,517,000 10,644,000 1,397,900 159,685 101,420 410,770 7,974,000 89,900 355,500 723,000 183,700 297,070 43500 448,800 156, 200 | 15,000 in a| | Wheat ... .. ..... ... Oatse . Barley Rye Peas ... . Mixed grain Hay and clover ... Alfalfa een Buckwheat ... Flax... .. ' Corn for husking "a yCorn for fodder ... Beans ;.. ete. wre ahaa Sugar beets ... ... ... Would Sever Relations Washington, Aug. 4.--Represent-| ative Gallivan of Massachusetts in- | troduced: a resolution in Congress | proposing that a "recommendation | he made to the President that diplo- | natic relations between the United | States and Great Britain be termin-| ated at once because of the ex-| clusion from I ngland. of Thomas Hughes Kelly of New York, ome | urer of the Irish relief fund," and "impudent and insulting acts of Great Britain toward American eon. merce.' The resolution was sent to the | Foreign Regulation Committee. . $1' Hats for Ladies. ! The $1 Hat Sale at 'the Hat! Store" to-morrow includes. scores of | Ladies' Hats.: -George Mills & co. John Y, McIntyre, Lanark, re! ceived a personal letter from General Sir Sam Hughes in which the general expressed fears that Pte. Roy Mcln- tyre,' reported missing on or about | April 22nd, 1915, had been killed. i C. M. Forbes, Lanark, received a telegram from Edmonton stating | that A. Bruce Lees had died there on Satarday, 29th ult. The remains are on the way home for buzial, | teen people were burned to death. | ferred to Petawawa camp, | did | hour what it fleld and Petawawa with the artil- lery boys each summer. He went overseas with the first Canadian expeditionary 'force, and had been attached to.the Canadian Pay and Records Office at London. He was born in Liverpool, Bygland, but had spent much of his lifé\ ih" Petérboro,. In his earlier life he was an ardent cricketer and baseball player. He is survived by his mother and one bro- ther, Mr. G. 1.. Hay, Peterboro', and by a Bister, Mrs. Snider, in Saskat- chewan. information that Mrs. Layfield and himself, as well as Mrs. Layfield!s two sisters, the Misses Bessie and Eleanor Lattimer, had come safely through the terrible fire which de stroyed such a wide tract of the north country. At Iroquois Falls, where the party were. situated, fif. Now Captain Latimer Cobourg, Aug. 4.--Sergt. Latimer {of the 109th Battalion, who has | been doing the work of Chaplain for some time, has been given the rank of Captain, and has been trans- where he will act as chaplain, Capt. Latimer is one of the young ministers of the Bay of Quinte Methodist Conference who enlisted with, the 109th Bat- talion. f Former Bloomfield Resident. Picton, Aug. 4--M. E. Leavens, of Fulton, Miss., a former resident of Prince Edward County, was a caller at the Gaette Office this week." Mr. Leavens entered the jewellery busi- ness with E., M., Blakely in Pie- ton in the eighties, and has since been in this business in Rochester g#d Chicago, and for the last twenty years at Fulton, Missouri, Mr. Leav- ens' early home was in Bloomfield, and this is his first visit to Prince Edward County in ten years. He is thoroughly enjoying his visit and is greatly impressed with the progress being made in the old county, . - He Shot Through Lungs. Peterboro, Aug. 4.--R. B. Rogers has received a cablegram from a friend in London who had a card from his son, Jieut. Harry G.. Rogers, a prisoner Germany, dated June 10th, ceriveying the information that he had been shot through both lungs, but was progressing favorably. He added that he was being well cared for in a private ward. town. ~~ | ed by those who went into the coun- {try as soon as the fire had been U P| emothered hy rain, Similar occurences are looked | for in this instance and an influx of 4.--Terrible as | has been the loss of life, and the] prospectors 1s. anticipated. {toll is daily mounting, there are fea- | {tures of the terrible forest fire] which are not without their bles- sings. For instance farms in the bush- | land that were worth about fifty) cents an acre on Friday last are to- day cleared and are mow worth any- thing up to $20, The fire demon the 'clearing, in.a brief half would have taken | many weary months of toil to ac- complish by hand. From a mining standpoint the disaster has uncovered the riches of the northland. The gold bearing quartz of Munro township, and other districts rich in minerals, has been laid naked. It is recalled here that after the Porcupine fire in 1911 mo- table finds of rich ere were 1011 wor SOME BENEFIT ACCRUED Fire Clears Land and Shows Good Mineral Englehart, Aug. A fatal accident 'resulting in the | death of one of Douro's oldest and best known farmers ' occurred on Tuesday when Mr. Alexander Mil- lage fell from a hay mow to the granary floor beneath, breaking his neck. Willis Bigham, is charged with the abduction of Lily Martin, aged four- teen, from the home of Jameg Samp- son, Dummer, -on July 9th, PILLS=% Men's and Boys' Suits at Reasonable Prices We have a large asosrtment of men's and boys' clothing at prices that cannot be beaten elsewhere. + Hot Weather Furnishings New sport shirts for men and boys; new hosiery, new neckwear: bathing suits and underwear, all at clearing prices. \ Boots and Shoes Women's white canvas pumps, Satur- day for $1.50. . Women's patent and gun metal pumps, latest shapes, Saturday 9 or $2.00. en's tan oxfords, with rubber soles , and heels, Saturday for $4.00. | & Louis s Abramson' 8 considers Picton an ideal residential] m-- Cotton Jerseys 1 8c each Cotton Juaess 1 Shits $1.00 per suit Shirt EE rat 50c each Light weight cotton stocki sizes, fast colors, . . .. per pair Boys' Bathing Suits . . . . TRB ~b mn, Roney' 127 Princess Street LONDON DIRECTORY (Published Annually) enables traders throughout the world | to communicate direct with English MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS" | in each class of goods. Besides be- ing a complete commercial guide to | London and its suburbs the Direc-| tory contains lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS with the goods they ship, and the Colonial and Foreign Markets they | supply; (& JUST A REMINDER that we are ood things C. H. Pickering | Grocer and Meat Dealer 400 and 402 Princess Street. Phone 530, THE Ir | | | headquarters for to ent and drink. STEAMSHIP LINES arranged under the Ports to which they sail, and indicating the approxi- mate sailings; J PROVINC TRADE NOTICES of leading MaWufacturers, Merchants, etc., in the priycipal provincial towns and industrial \centres of the United Kingdom. A copy of the current edition will be forwarded freight paid, on re- ceipt of Postal Order for $5. Dealers seeking Agencies can ad- En EEaE for $8. vertise their trade cards for $3 or lar- ger advertisements from $15. The LONDON DIRECTORY CO., Ltd. 25, Abchurch Lane, London, E.C. THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987. a Sa to 19 Pie #treet Capen thing done liven on ail kind new wo = So han. a dt will recelve prompt ation, Shop 0 Queen street Mrs. W, J. Beaubian and son, Stu- art, Deseronto, visited at Mrs. T, Starr's, Milford. Pearl A. Nesbitt, LT.CM, Voice and Organ Organist and Director Brock St, Methodist Church Drop AnsiLE any Pupll of Dr. A. S. Vogt. in Plano. Puplis prepared for al Studio, 449 Johnson St., Phone 1944. With a Victrola in your home you "can dance whenever you want. And it's such superb dance music' that you want to dance pretty often. | Allthe newest dances--played loud and clear and in perfect time, Come in and hear the latest dance numbers, and let us demonstrate the different styles of the Vietola=371 to $255 Easy terms if :