A resmsentr. i No "Mail ¥ draft, { ous efforts they could not be broken. | i! Some wild have to remain ¢l Babe cinoma os Senn Arh HANSA RRB -- 3 COUNTRY ROADS BLOCKED =| rar MERS SNOWED IN, SAY TELEPHONE MESSAGES. have beer by the snow ¢ ) other vehicles Ive to make much progress mail drivers have been handichpped, {and found it absolutely impossible to. distribute their mail The telephone lines have Bach The only means of! smhnication bn conversation with one driver of mat route, the Whig found that all wgh the country the people have il The roads have heen cked many feet high with the snow and in spite of the most stresy-| ry 10 ads i for several da ays, although the nfost tra- velled ones were likely to be opened | In Wednesday. Fhe Seeley's Bay ittempts to reach ay found the stage made four Kingston, Each! snow se badly drifted < so high with the suow | ress could be made nterviews over this is the Every road highways for winter will be 3 elephons say that | worst storm in years. 1s suffered, and the remainder of the i very bad as a result. | NAPANEE CURLERS HERE | PLAYED GAMES IN DISTRICT AND, TANKARD SERIES. | li The McKay Furs Kingston's Reliable Fur House \ 149 to 157 Brock St. Achievement Through r - Glasses. 'Ex-President Roosevelt " was awkward and stupid as a boy until he suddenly dis- covered that he could not see | as much as other boys, He tells us that glasses changed his career. Yours may be such a case. Come In and get our spec ialist's advice. Consultation free, A Friend in Need the fire comes a reliable any polfey Is the friend in need that protects the . owner from loss, The beat thing to have is FIRE INSURANCE wit cows little to enrry, hut Is n mighty . comfortable thing to have. Examine our plans and &et our rates, Learn wi we Sve on you aud what it costa' yon, free from anxiety with one ot or policies as your best friend. Fancy Clover HONEY In one pound sections, 25 cents each. Fresh California Prunes, nice and Juicy ... ..: 10, 123%¢, 15¢ Ib. Evaporated Peaches, 2 Ibs for 28c. Evaporated Apricots ... ... ae Sweet Cldeg vo. aut oie 40c gal. W. R. MeRea & a. Golden Lion Grocery EE EE I Sr Bl J.$. R. McCANN 86 Brock St, Phone 326 or 621, of pak, pale blue, cron rm ferent styles. Resin prs $150, Sale rice, 8275 shea at ws . iii Cup series. fi played in the afternoon and resulted | iH The | Bi rinks: SE 'lerowd present. & Visitors Lost the Primaries of Tankard and of the C.0.1.C., Dis- trict Cup--One Schedule Club | Game, 7 x 7 Kingston and Napanee Tankdrd primaries and the District The tapkard series was 36 to 28 in Kingston's favor. Napanee: Q. H. Derry Kingston: H. Angrove y H Montgomery | . Daly . Maybee, {Skip)---16 , Hanson Dy, F. Waugh, (Skip)--13 Kingston: I E. C. Gildersleeve | T, Slates + J. Gibson | M.P. Reid, : (Skip) +24 ®. 'Napanee: Graham Daly Smith Dr. Leonard, (Bkip)--12 i In the evening in the District 'Cup j series the tinks were the same and | the score was 25 to 14 for Kingston. The teams: | Kingston- -- (Dr. Waugh's rink) 17 Napanee ---Dr, Leonard's Rink) 4 'Kingston--(M. P. Reid's rink), . 8 {| Napanee-- (Dr. Maybee's rink) 10 |. .One scheduled Kingston dub game i Was played on Tuesday as follows: C. Sleeth D. M. Jemmett | A. G. Dorldnd K. P. Johnston { H. Watts R. C. Cartwright I J. F. Macdonald, H. T. Wallace (Skip)~-16 {Skip} 4 Tonight's Game. Because the Queen's lII-Kingston Junior OH.A. game tonight (Wed- nesday) will prove which team of the local section is to go into the outside competitions, there should be a large There is a report that Queen's intend doingwomhe jug- gling # their line-up. FELL INTO POLICE NET. How a Statute Labor Delinguent Was Made to day Up. Another statute labor delinguent paid up on Wednesday morning.and the paymant was brought «bout in a rather unusual manner. A youpg man was HFenght into the police station, a very serious charge having been lodged against him, and arrangements made for his trial. It is the custom of the police to search every "prisoner brought into the sta- tion, and as the young fellow emptied out the contents of his pockets Serct. Bateson spied what he took to be a notice"fo pay statute labor. On mak- ing an investigation it was found that the man had neglected to pay up. "Better pay: that money right now," suggested the sergeant. And at this the man who had been evading the city tax came across with a five-dollar bill, so this 'will relieve him of a poliee court case, BEEF GOES UP AGAIN. Reported { Tha Local Beef Would | at $20 Per Cwt, "More bad news for the housewife. A local Duteher stated to the Whig on Wednesday morning that heel would take a jump from $16 to a owt. Looking over the files of the Whi of twenty-five yéars ago. it is not that there as a very large offering of heel o that ii was a frend er sold to 0c, and by the pig Bie to 9c auld not the good housewives smite " these old-time prices. would - prevail again? ; Deliveries or Stage Trips| | Possible Through the Deep Snow--| { Very Inconvenient. | been | The | | curlers i! played here on Tuesday night for the INCIDENTS. OF * THE DAY lLocar NOTES AND ITEMS 'oF GENERAL iNTBREST. Happenings In the City apd Vicinity ~--What the Merchants Offer to the Readers of the Whig. Some storm wasn't it? The Canadian Almanac for now ready at Uglow's. Richard Irving has beep™wpeaking at Gospel meetings in Peterboro. Russell, the three weeks' old son lof M. Kisma, 668 Montreal street, died on Wednesday. W. Swain, plano tuner, 100 Clergy street west. Orders left at McAu- ley's, or phone 564. | Travel Over the city walks is very dangeroiis. The cleaning has been | very inadequately performed. Ring up 645 for all kings unfer- | mented wines. i IL. O. Foresters installation of offi- cers. Thursday evening. Programme and. refreshments; open meeting. Bring a Wiend. This 'evening the Hoard of Works { will deal with the question of con- | structing a public wharf in front of { the city buildings. Judge Lavell left on Wedneseday afternoon for Sharbot Lake to' make Oso township = election recount om Thursday morning. Sympathy is extended to Mr. and | Mrs. Thomas Smith, 8) Elm street, in ithe death of their infant daughter, Mabel, on Wednesday morning. The president of the Board "of Trade acknowledges receipt of $15 | for the Belgium Children's Health Fund, as follows : Prof. D. H. Mar- shall, $10; Miss BH. M. Lucas, $5. Now i the time to have your plano tuned... Wa. carry two expert tuners and will assure entire satis- faction. C. W. Lindsay. Ltd. Mrs. Ambrose Small, Toronto, has donated $1,000 to St. Mary's Infants' Home, also $1,000 to Sunnyside Or- phangge to nclp pay their enormous | roal bill of last season. The Canadian Almanac now ready at Uglow's. The Civic Garbage Committee will | try and arrange withthe Board of | Works to give the incinerator all the | tree trimmings this year, so that | steXih may be generated. A meeting of the Fire and 1918 i i ¥ i for* 1018 Light 3 Committee was held on Tuesday af- Ald. Litton presiding all the other members present, routine business was transact- ernoon, with Ign {Only | ed. We will rent you a piano, and at end of six Tolths if you feel like purchasing instrument we will al- low the 6 months' rental on pur- chase price, and arrange easy terms on balance. €. W. Lindsay, Ltd. This is"a real old-fashioned winter and sent to show the young people what their fathers and grandfathers bad to endure and svithout many of the conveniences*of to-day. The Canadian Almanac for 1918 now ready at Uglow's. ¥ We will rent you a plano, and at end of six months if you feel like purchdsigg instrument we will al- low the 6 months' rental on pur: chase price, and arrange easy terms on balines, C. W. Lindsay. Ltd. Inspector Stuart is still demanding proper lavatories, sanitation and ef- ficient blackboards for the schools. The council. he believes, should be asked - for the necessary money to provide the needs.. "There's only one thing my wife is afraid of" and that's a roach. She always keeps a tin of Keating's handy. . Keating's keeps the house free from roaches and other house hold pests. Sold by all druggists and grocers in tins omly. 10e, 26¢, 35¢. Made ir England. Harold F. Ritchie & Co., Itd., Torontp, Sole Canadian Agents, Death of Inspector Chapman. W. F.. Chapman, inspector schoolss~Toronte, died on Tuesday from diabetes and acute - nephritis: On the occasion of Mr. Chapman win- ing his B. "A. from Queen's Univer- sity the principals of Toronto schools presented him with a gold chain and locket. of To Cure a Cold in One Day, Take LAXATIVE BROMO-QUIN- INE Tablets, Draggists refund money if it fails to cure. EW, SROvE'S signature is on each box. e. HATS AND CAPS - For Winter Wear THE DALLY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDA \Y, JANUARY 16, 1918. Te nye. etc., is. now on display, and selectigns sho re-orders. Priced from 2c to $1. 25. -- a ing shown. Phone 919. Open Nights o : a : : ° S. Will You Have a Party St. Valentine's Day If so now is the time to arrange for the party decorations. © The Gibson Art Line of Table Decorations, Tally Cards, grammes, Caps and Bonnets, Aprons, Invitations, Place Cards, etc., d be made at once to avoid disappointment, as owing to limited stocks of the manufac- turers, delays in the express service, etc., it will be impossible to place Dance Pro-- Valentines for Mother, Dad, Wife, Husband, Lovers, F Honds, of the same high class nature as the Gibson Christmas lihe are now be- ---- The College Book Store, Phone 919 Good Buys Make Your Money Earn Big Interest by Investing In: . TABLE CLOTHS-- | From a Friend . Hloars. c. Porter. EY is a BM. Lucy 0. TABLE LINENS-- TABLE NAPKINS-- HAND TOWELS-- BATH TOWELS -- ROLLER TOWELLINGS-- FLANNELETTES-- FLANNELETTE BLANKETS WOOL BLANKETS -- WOOL UNDERWEAR CASHMERE HOSE-- WOOL DRESS GOODS, ETC. ETC. Our prices are much below present values. Newman & Shaw THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE 'Harmonola . monopoly for years, expired some ew 3 The basic patents, which gave one or two talking machines a time ago. Since then numerous machines of merit equal te the " original mukes have appeared. nt greatly reduced prices, Foremost among these is the HARMONOLA~completely Cane adisu, plays any type of record without extra appliances, solid mahogany, full size cabinet and at two-thirds price of older types. Let us demonstrate the Har- monola for yom. PEPE rE A SBS Smith Bros. Jewelers ~y ) Ordeks taken for HUDSON SEAL COATS W. F.Gourdier Phone 700. 78-80 Brock Street. A WORTHY CAUSE. | y= BUILDERS SUFPLIES mew Subscrip.ons Needed For 7, Portsmouth Family. The municipality of Portsmouth bas suggested.that the Whig receive and acknowledge subscriptions for the relief of Mr. and Mrs, Hearn, | who lost their home and all 'their furniture by fire on Thursday night. The Whig gladly assents to this. James Halliday ©. .. 5.00 British Whig .. .. .. P. H, Richardson .. pot A Friend of the Soldiers iain Rev. J. O. and Mig is Cals Dr. J.-W. Edw Louise Rebakah I 16s No. 10 Little Gertrude AFriend .. .. From Two Friends . LH, STA Prof. D. H. Marshall .. .. .. Needy 1918 CALENDARS Each grown-up per- son calling at our of- fice, will receive a pretty calendar while 5.00 For Benefit of Hearn Fail Miss J. Alder 5 ,. . Pte. H. Barnett, 650 Colborne Street. x oa i Vise Seante 'Howie on years ¢ of Yours in Sympathy .. .... Who's next? Has relieved im th We are offering this week three [i real bargaiws, Arrangements ean {i be made' for Inspecting the pro- | perties with us ut any time, BIN « Collingwodd SC, sollg brick, modern. ~ Union St, brick, modern, Tmimedinte possession, H --- Fart Sq, double brick, Hi with hot water snd hot sic J furnaces, elec light, mod- ern improvements, and gare dens, ring INSURANCE E.W.Mullin | To brask wpa decpaented cough and ald, remedy. hundreds iif ing, whose recommen- dations can be seen, and systematic cure. -- 50¢ Bottle -- For sale only at MAHOOD'S DRUG STORE Streets. It is a meHicine