fUrspvax, NOVEMBER 18, GRIPPE AND FLU [| 'much trouble and suffering. 19190, Thesé are the days to catch cold. A little prevention saves Dover's Cold Breakers, ~~Lax. Bromo Quinine =~Week"s Break Up a Cold 'A few doses will clear up a cold in short order. .. i RICKEY'S SPEEDY CURE the great "flu" , mixture; quickly relieves the stub born eough---strengthens the breath- ing apparatus and is the best mixture of its kind sold. Two items of person- al Jewelry are parti- cularily useful just at - present. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG [COUNCIL GIVES THE MONEY NECESSARY TO ERECT A NEW PUBJIC SCHOOL The Aldermen Discuss the Matter riefly--The Vote to Make the Grant of $142,000 Was 14 to 3. {At last the erection of a new pub- | lic 'school in Cataraqui ward is to | proceed. The city council on Monday {-evening; by a vote of 14 t0'3; decided | | to accede to the request of the | | Board of Education and vote the re-.| i quired amount, $142, 000, without { submitting the question to the rate- | | payers. The ool building is to cost | over §8,90¢ more than it would have | DEFENCE. CHARGES FRAD lox PART OF 'A 00 COMPANY SELL \ ING STOCK. * - Case Against Estate of Late George | T. Richardson Heard Before Just- ice Rose in the Swprenie Court. The non-jury sittings preme Court opened on Monday af- {ternoon, with Justice Rose presid- | ing. There docket, { was that of the pany vs. Jar of the last will and testament of! | Gorge T. Ric hardson, deceased. were three cases on the and the PAGE THRE: PROBS. Wednooday, colder, with light snow falls of the Su-!§ first ona taken up| § Montreal Trust Com- | § >s Richardson, executor t Remarkable Values will Be Offered This Week FOR THE LADIES } A Vanity Case, ei- }| . ther in sterling silver, ] Get these At Best's The Popular Drug Store OPEN SUNDAYS Phone 55. Branch 2018 IB i | had the council passed the by-law| +. L. Whiting and J. B, Watkenf i i mmer, and the aldermen did | 8T€ counsel for the plaintiffs, and A. i last not with to take a chance of another' B:Ounningham for the defence. "coatly miss" | The statement of claim ' of | Ald. | to._raise by way of debenture loam ® trust and banking company doing | thé. sum of $142,000 tor the sehool, {business in Montreal, ihe defendant Winter Coats | the . twenty yearly' payments being | being .the executor of the last will gold or plate. Noth- : | $10,342. 'Ald. Graham was in the | And testament of George T. Richard- f : : ng finds greater | chair while 'the couneil went. into'{50D, deceased. The. deceased by an |§ » = : ? , - al N favor. - N : | committee. of the whole~to consider | agreement in writing agreed to pur- . ; : ? ! | the by-law, chase from J. A. Mackay & Company, | { : 2 Ji " 7 ' Ald. Couper said he was not op-|Ltd; one hundred preferred shares ~ There 18 no question that the values are un~ precedented for these Winter: Coats. The "latest fabrics and newest shades are develop- posing the building of @ new rehqol, | Of the capital stock of Canadian ed into smart swagger effects without losing but he thought 4hat when as large a |JeWellers, Ltd., of the par value ot FOR THE § {eum as/$142,000 was to be expended {$100 a ghare at 95 per cent. with 50 | x the mAtter should be put to the vote | per. cent. of the par value in bonus | GENTLEMEN" | of the people. He would vote for the | common stock of the company, the | | school it the question was put to the | purchase money to be paid on the | § A Dress Shirt Set. A 6y ™" - Larter Set" is the | peepee us he youd not support put- | 15th day ¢f January, 1913, it belng'| | ting the by-law through by the coun- | Understood "that. the underwriting | #il without the people's sanction, ~~ Might be' pledged or hypothecated | Ald, Graham, remarked that: the {with any banking institution for ad- finest made, correct in every detail and ] indispensable for the 3 coming dances. Keeley Jr, MOD.0. the most important essential -- warmth and comfort. Even if you do not need a Coat we want you to come and see these as-they are a further illustration of ouygbility to provide - garments that are right up to the minute in style and fabric, and yet are priced within - Among the fabrics building of the proposed school | Vances to be made on the security of would mean the addition of two [Said suliseription, mills to the {ages next year and suc- It wax further claimed that J. A. .ceeding years. i Mackay & ©o., Ltd., duly accepted | "Let's pass the by-law withon( the said subscription, and by an | i further humming and hawing," "said |agreement in' writing, dated the 30th | Ald. Anglin, "The school is needed, {October, 1914/ transferred or. pledg- | according to the Board of Education, ©d theifame to the plaintiffs as Sol i | which is elected to take char ga'jof | { 1aféral security for -advances made | MARRIAGE WEDDING LICENBES RINGS. Causes nervousness, irrita- bility: and head aches. ¥t is a simple matter to relieve eye strain. Our scientific tests will tell just the Kind of lenses required. Our mount- ings are comfortable and be- the bounds of reason. 'used are: -- All Wool Velours--Tweeds--Aprérican Ve- lours- -Pom Poms--Duvetyns--Silvertones coming, Keeley Jr, M.0.D.0. THE OPTICAL SHOP 220 PRINCESS STREET Divided into groups for quick selling at $16.95, $25.00, $32.50, $35.00, $42.50, $45.00, on up to $95.00 Paderewski's Polish -cabinet was defeated by peasants and sochalists. 3 started at once. The school wag accept said certificates or pay shown to be urgently needed, and |2mount of sald claim. The plaintiff therefore claims: Payment of the sum of $9,500, "I think this "council is absolutely | With interest theréon at 7 per cent. | pledged by a motion passed last {from the 15th day of Januar 4913, { July to pass the by-law," said Ald. {and the cests of this Actlo Chown who declared there was no, In the statement of "defence the | Ji ! | need submitting the question to the defendant denies the allegations. set | Jeople who would tertainly vole for | out in the statement of 'claink save as he new school. | expressly admitted, and pute the Ald. Smith held, that the by law | plaintiff to the striet proof thereof. should be passed. The council was bn or about the 8th day of Beptem- y dors | pledged to do this and should keep [ber 11th, 1911, one Henry Timmis, ne Ne 4 and | faith with the Board of Education. p the agent and associate of J. A. : ' ep ; | "We have no other choicé in the | Mackay & Company, Ltd., solicited a matter," said Ald. Mills, "We pledg- | George T, Richardson to sign an We have the wood with a dark felt ge in two widths: ed ourselves to pass the by-law and |2greement seh gut for the purpose of the smallest will fit the edges or 'op of doors, while the we should now do it. The council is | faking part in an undertaking of wide one will fit the bottom; the former selling at 4c. per not responsible for the money ex-|$150,000 of the stock of the Can- foot, while the latter is worth Se. per foot. pended by the Board:of Education, |adian Jewellers, Ltd., a company be- but is required by the statute to give {ing promoted by the said, Timmis Then comes the STORM RUBBER PROOF, the Board what it reasonably asks." |and the said J. A. Mackdy & Com- snugly to the edges of both doorsand windows. If is made in | "The objection I take to the by- |pany, Ltd, and which stock to the two colors, black and khaki Rubber, with solid rubber cor. | law is that the Board of Education |Zmount of 3150, Jaa 3 on Mackay d& i ot play a fair game," remarke ©. ad undertaken to se { pentre. Each box contains 24 feet, and is priced Jer. ox § Ald. Armstrong, who pointed otit | The defente further claims that |} . ane that only stone and brick were <pe- | the execution of such document hy cified, whereas a cement blogk biitld- | George T. Riehardson was secured ik 3 Get your Weather Strip now before it becomes too cold. ing could be erected for one-third by the fraudulent misrepresentation | the city's school matters, and which | BY theém, the amount at present due tl is responsible to the people. fhe | In respect thereof being the sum of building of the school will give a ($123,622.69. That in accordance S g laborers." {gard to subscriptions for underwtit- | ; Ald. Kent reminded the mem | "ing it was understood and agreed at | i | that council was pledged to pass the [the time the subscription was given | I : ® | by-law mat this time. He could gfe no (that interest would . run, thereon | © am § [reason for refusing to pass the by- |from the date the payment of the | | JEWELERS was again pressing for a new sé¢hool | Wit, on the 15th day of January, | and had no doubt considered the |1913, down to the date of payment. question" very carefully. The Board | That' several statements of ac- Established 1840 acts ~od when it asked the council {in his lifétime and demands for pay- : for woney for a school, the council | ment made of the amount due by hips should acquiesce and let the Board |in respect of said stock subscription 14. Stroud did not think the mat-|at the time of his death paid" any] ter required any more consideration. | Part or ais said subscription or the The by-law had been shelved last interest due thereon. | lower price, but now 'that new tend- |ed 30th October, 1914, referred to | ers had showed this to be impossible, [in paragraph 3, was segved on the the council m ght just as well get deceased at the city of Kingston on money. That on or about the 30th day wt '*The ratepayers have a right to be |April, 1917, the original " contract consulted in this matter," said Ald. [signed by George T. Richardson and SE for the by-law upless the vote of the | Plaintiff and; the said J. A. Mackay | people was taken. & Co., Ltd, were shown to the de- ; Mayor Newman pointed ont that fendant and the proper stock certifi 1 . 8 » for the purchase of the site. He was [made for payment of the amount | going to vote for the by-law so that [claimed to be due by the deceased work on the new school could be |to the plaintiffs, but he declined to | Save Coal and Yast Cold A most complete range of Salts genuine Seal Plush Coats for the Board' of Education should not 1 De har ores. Winter wear--very specially priced. ; i 5 | | We atl Str Salts Esquimette Fur Plush Coats . . $35.00, $37. 50, $45. 00, $57. 50 "3 | great deal of work to-mec banics and | With the customs and tisages in ree | law, since the Board of Education |8ald subscription was to be made to Limited was responsible tq the people for its [count were furnished said deceased | §' take the responéibility. and interest thereon, but he hadrot | summer in the hope of getting a That'a copy of the agreement, dat- down to hard tacks and vols the [the 23rd December, 1914. Litton, who said he would not vote {the original agreement between the ; : ) the council had passed a resolution |Cates tendered him and a demand alts Seal I lush oals the } i Fur Plush Coats with Racoon Collars ..........$65.00 to $95.00 ~~ ' h Kane Re which fits 4 See Latest New York Styles-Moderately Priced hat $18.50, §2250, up fo $100.00 : \ AT the cost of brick or stone. The of J. A. Mackay & Company, Ltd. -- ' Board, tie claimed should have asked and their agent, Henry Timmis, and : for teders on this type of structure, | consequently there is no-diability on Ald. Jones asked that members of | the hart of the defendant: the Board of Kducation be heard re-| - The defence also contends that it garding the question of materials. was gthe duty of Henry Timmis and Trustee Thomas Mills addressed |J. A. Mackay to reveal to George T. council and stated that Architect |Richardson the fact that Timmis and Powers had told him that a cement |J. A. Mackay & Company were mak. block building would cost as much |ing a large profit out of the trans- or more than a stone building. action, and they were themselves the Ald. Graham said he would sooner owners of the business being sold to Pay a few thousand dollars more for | the Canadian Jewellers, Ltd, and a stone school, for two reasons. First [that they were the owners: of 'the |} 'the stone cutting would give all the for which they were asking | labor 'to. Kingston mien, and second- e T. Richardson to subscribe, | ly, a stone building would last long- hey failed to make any such er than a brick one. res, and consequently there The vote was 'taken on the bylaw, Hability on the part of the de- " and resulted as follows: © Yeas--Mayor Newman and Alds, Hye Chown, Graham, Jones, Kent Mills, Norris. Patterson, Robertgon, | Rodger, Smithy Stroud, White--14. Nays--Alds, Armstrong, Couper and Litton --38, In attendance 'were Mayor Now: man and Alds. Armstrong, Anglin, £ per, Chown, Graham, Jones, t. Litton, Mills, Norris, Patter. Re Robertson, Smith, Stroud, Rod- ger, and White. RECEPTION AT | AT AT ST. LUKE'S To The Returned Men of That Con- . The Young Péople's Association of St. Luke's Church gave a reception to the returned men of the church on Monday evening. 3 The he Sunday school 'hall was filled s very taste- fully Sacurated . A fares amber CR In this beautiful aolibetion of doa Dresses sucan find a style to suit almost any desire. 0 are charming creations of Silk and Georgette and Silk Combinations in the lat- McKelvey & Birch Li, Brock St. | -. BROCK STREET 1 5 : PHONE 287 est colors, Also a splendid range of Serge Dresses : : smartly tailored, of pure wool Serges, with beautiful braided and embroidered effects. ae We urge you to come and see this collection Smiths Falls, It was a decided 10 build | a new church on the corner of - of Dresses and note the moderate prices. roh 'streets at an esti- i : > : A mated cost 6f $115/000. i - You can't ! Putting up feet pipe. ~chureh, SILK KNIT SCARFS_ Of good: width and length: well' made and finished with fringed ends. Colors are paddy, green, cerise, old rose, purple, mauve, etc.; many combination color ef- WOOL SCARPE 7 AND MUFFLERS -- "HEAD STUFFED From ? | CATARRHORAGOLD $f - Ae 90c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.35 tri aE fine Wool in i ol id or com- 'white season to. Tenaw your dscorions tori the