As usual to. the front with a fine display of Holiday Gift oods. ~Tollet and Manicure Sets. Shavers' Sets. ~Fountain Pens. =Fancy Chocolates, ~Stationery. . ~Brushes and Mirrors. ~~Perfames and Sprays. Drop in early and look this fine display over. At Best's The Popular Drug Store - Open, Till Ten Each Night Phone 59. | DIAMOND b will bring memories of this Xmas. time --Cluster Rings. --Solitaire Rings --Bar Pins --Earrings Keel Jr., 1.0.0.0. Diamonds are scarc- er and more desir- able this year than ever before. It will pay you to visit King Street. "MARRIAGE LICENSES Insure Against After Regrets by Using Glasses Prescribed, Made and Fitted by : Keeley Jr, M.0.D.0. The optometrist of today to do 800d work must not o be equipped with the best mec - ical apparatus but must have that knowledge in its use wiicn ONLY LONG EXPERI. CF. CAN GIVE. WEDDING RINGS. SMITH BROS. jag Street It is this combination of mind and machinery of experience and equipment that makes eeley's service unique in Kingston, add AniuiiAaS LOUPLEY Telephone 987 rood floors of all hk «de. Pe A A A Aro corms csc rata . 4 The oftener a man has occasion reseive Stump: Mite to offer an apology the oftener his friends will have an excuse for de- clining to accept it. Brin, & when he is in jail. ------ ES Announcement We desire to let our friends know that Mr. Chas. D. Home, for several years manager of our Hardware Department, has been appointed to the position of Buyer for the Company in all depart- ments, with supervision of several new sections late- ly added to our activities. Major W. A. Mitchell, returned from overseas, has taken full charge of the Hardware Department, and we feel sure that under his able and active man- agement that Department will serve the public with great acceptance and satisfaction. = McKelvey & Birch "Limited 4 | Arnold. He had a th iQ lheights, = 070 : 3/7 In 1880 he entered" the service of Siotae | N-- P---- A free thinker isn't a free thinker Sn ' THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG * . Famous Kingstonians Abroad | Kingston Men Who Left Home To Guin Fame } EDWARD ARNOLD o-- . Ex-President Freight Claim Associa. } tion. |" The life story of Edward Arnold { one of Kingston's many brilliant sons, {i indeed an object lesson of how a | man may rise from small eginnings to a position of great power and re- sponsibility. Mr. Arnold was born in | Kingston on August 26th, 1864 being | the son of George and Mary (White) rough business ed After passing through the { Kingston Public Schools he entered the Dominion Business College and took thorough business course hing out upon his career, to lead him to great | education, | which' was the Grand Trunk Railway Company as operator. From that time on he | served in various capacities, filling the Positions of ticket agent and relleving agent between Toronto and Reeve, manager and was number of years correspondence. Thus he received the grounding in the line which was thereafter to become his special busi- general employed there a handling claim | 4 snting suything dome In the -arpen "rr line. Estimates givem on ull Xiuds f vepnrirs and mew work; alse hara- I order Sho, | Ana ECWARD ARNOLD A ness. From Chicago he went to Battle | Creek; Michigan, where for | years. he filled the position of Travell- {ing Claim Agent, In 1908 he was call- ed to Montreal by the Grand Trunk | end was appointed Freight Claim | Agent for their whole railway system, { In the same year he was appointed | to..the Freight Claim Association, | comprising membership of all the | Freight Claim agents of the various | railroads in the United States, | Canada, Newfoundland and Mexico. | The duties of this association have {been the adjustment of interline | Liability of freight claims between i the various carriers interested and | the supervision over the investigation of cause and how to prevent such claims, the amounts id out yearly running into many millions of dollars. Since 1908 Mr, Amold has served on all the important committees of the Freight Claim Association, Until 1913 he held the post of arbitrator, | -- | KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HUTS TO BE EXTENDED | Reconstruction and Employment | Service Will Have Nearly 100 { Branches For All Returned Men. { ontres), Dec. 11.--In order to be [0 | & practical way to- the -ex-soldiers &nd sailors of the Dominion, during | the winter m the Knights of | Columbus Catholic Army Huts have developed thelr organization, and ad- ditional offices, branches of the Knights of Columbus Reconstruction j and Employment Service, have been i established throughout the country. Returned Soldiers' Committees have been formed at the various Points and secrefaries installed to *| handle the work of the offices. Where advice and assistance on all kinds of matters, both military and civi- ' Dov' be late making selections. We will store your and deliver the day before as. : LIVING ROOM FURNITURE. CHESTRRFIRLDS.. BASY CHAIRS TO MATCH, ARY TABLES IN WALNUT AND ED { ASY JAnLE LAMPS, fitted with shades in rose, 1 ue. - EL AGAONS IN MAHOGANY AND WALNUT. AND MATS. + : Sia | TCtUrned men is | and will be extended at points where lian, is given to the soldier or sailor { frea of charge. The certifying of do-|. Caments requiring the signature of a Justice of the Peace is also attend- ed to gratis. Race and creed play no part in the work, which is for all ex- service or service men. : In addition to the office services each 'Returned Soldiers' Committee looks after the hosp in its ares, by visits, the distritMtion of com. forts, Provision of entertainments and go forth. i sQeneral recreational work among being carried on, the situation calls for it, and the wel- | fare of "the boys" looked after ng all lines. 7 : .Iheld in June at Chicago, severak{ Fransisco. His chief recreation is the | (WIL BROADEN TS FIELD, and on resigning that position "une of that year he was « | second Vice-President of the Freight! aim Association at their annukl 1eeting held at Bluff Point N. Y. "reight Claim Association was the asrompt and proper settlement of all (reight claims with claimants and 'arriers, In that year however the General Managers' Association decid- ed that the Freight Claim Association should also study the eause of claims and the application ' of preventive measures. The association's annual meeting in 1914 was held at Galves- ton, Texas, in June, and Mr. Arnold was then elected to the First Vice- [that meeting also the constitution was broadened and a committee on Cause and Prevention, which now has nine members was appointed to make an exhaustive study of the causes of s and Damage Claims and proper pplication of preventive measures. Mr. "Arnold was one of the prime agents in this connection and splendid results have been achieved by his work. In 1915 at the anual meeting the associa- tivbn honoured him by electing him as their president which office he filled splendidly for the subsequent year. During the war the work of the association and of Mr, Arnold's de- partment of the Grand Trunk Rail- way System reached tremendous proportions, and he has had to work at full pressure years. : In the spring of 1919 the American | Railrfad Association created a Traffic} former | §| Claim | §| Association. In April of this year the | Sub. Section to handle the activities of the Freight General Committee of this section met in Washington for organization, and Prevention was appointed. Mr, Amold was appointed to represent the carriers in the Dominion of | Canada on this committee. He was also appointed a member of committee 'on Standard Containers Packing and Marking as a represen- | tative of the Canadian railroads. In| sibilities of the entire systems of Canada. him to all parts of America, so that Social duties. He is a member how- evey of the Athelston Club of Battle! { Creek, Michigan, and of the Corn. wall 125, A. F. and A. M., American | Ormithologist Union, New York and | the Cooper Ormithologist Club, San | study of bird>life, in which he is | keenly interested and is somewhat of i an authority, He is a member of the | Unitarian Church. { In December, ing the position of Travelling Freight | Claim Agent at Battle Creek, Edward | Amold married © Miss Alta Belle Simons, a daughter of David Simons, They have one young daughter, the pride and joy of her parents, When at | home Mr. Arnold is to be found at the Canterbury Apartments, Durocher Street, Montreal. This short history, showing his advancement from an operator on thé Grand Trunk Railway | to the position he now occupies as an authority on Freight Claims and | Canada's representative on the Traffic Section should act as an in- spiration to others starting from the | same humble rable son of Kingston. Ste. Agathe des Monts is also under | | the care of the Montreal hospital! committee of the Knights of Colum- | § ous Catholic Army Huts. The con- | certs, given for the. patients during | the summer and fall are being con- | tinued, the programme last week be- ing furnished by the Apollo Glee | Club of Montreal. On that occasion | {i eighteen members of the ncert troupe, under the direction of Merlin | || Davies, with G. F. MacFadden as ac- | §! companist, provided two and a half | hours - entertainment for the men. The party was accompanied by Leo | i Burns, secretary. of the K. of C. Ca- tholic Army Huts hospital comniit- tee. Chas. O'Brien, also of the com- mittee, and F. 8. Killackey, of the, Catholic Army Huts. @ work being cdrried on in the | areas is identical with that done in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and other large cities. The policy followed is, the same, special adjust- ments beifig made to suit the situa- tion at each point. ne WILL SELECT GUNS Geheral King Sails for England on | Quebec, Dec. 11.--General W. B. King, late commander 'of the fourth Canadian Divisional Artillery, has arrived in Quebec en route for Hali- fax where he will take passage for England. While in England, Genera! | King' will inspect and select some three hundred pound guns for the Canadian Artillery service. He i in all probability take over the com- mand of the Canadians in England from General MacBrien, who wil turn at once ol at | id wf in| § elected | § Up to 1913 the object of the | iE i for the past five J and at this meeting the Committee | i on Loss and Damage Freight Claims | the | § | these positions he carries the respon- | §| railroad | §| Mr. Arnold's busy life has called ! §! he has little time for public life or| | 1905 while occupy- | i beginning as this not- | J h | f 1re-| 38 take up his new du-| f S., under General | J] Ri PROBS: Friday, light; | ow; fai Friday .." To-morrow should prove to be an exceptionally busy day in - all departments of the store, as each one is represented in this great . {list of savings. We strongly advise all thrifty women to take full ad. Presidency 'of the organization at ¥ vantage of this, our greatest of all F. riday sales. } | Ready For Two Big Days' Business In a Final Sale of Coats The Newest Models--The Finest Qualities -- The Best Workman. ship and at Prices Less Than You Ever Expected emer Er -- A positive clearance of every winter Coat, repriced almost to the give-away point to make room for the incoming Christ- mas novelties, RE ---- Absolutely the greatest TWO DAY COAT SALE ever offered to the people of this community--a sensational clean-up of the biggest coat season in our history. The materials are American V. elour, Pure Wool Velour, Pom-Pom, Bolivia, Chinchilla and novelty mixtures--in a broad assortment of styles and colors. To clear as follows: -- Reg. $25.00 yalues . . . . . Sale Price $14.95 Reg. to $35.00 ....... Sale Pric $16.95 Reg. to $45.00 . ....... Sale Price $25.95 Reg. $70t0 $100 .. .... Sale Price $48.95 Don't fail to take full advantage of this ; great Sale. I Some Wonderful Price Savings On Most Wanted Articles 100 pairs only, 11-4 White Flannelette Blankets; blue and pink borders; worth today $3.50 'a pair. ol : Friday Sein aii 1,000 pairs of Ladies' Black Cashmerette Hose, in all sizes; Penman quality; full fashioned: regular 60c. Priday........... 2. 30. 60 only, Childrén's Brushed Wool Clouds--a variety of colors 1 .and color combinations. : wide and worth $1.15 a yard. Friday ........90c. and $1.00 Friday .............i-2Bl0 90 pairs of Men's Khaki Wool . Vn Sox -- guaranteed pure wool-- 1,000 Ladies' Vests and Draw- worth to-day 75¢c. a pair; while ers, ip a variety of styles . and they last : - || 8oodwinter weight. Friday ................ 47c, Friday ...... 60c. up to $1.25 100 yds. only of Table Da- mask, bleached; full 56 inches Monarch Floss 1,000 balls of this always popu- Tar Knitting Yarn, in nearly all . alors, Get your full require Mitts, Pullovers csc. | a Friday ........... 28ccaball | Friday. . tee:t... 50. a ball I ---- reenter em -------------- Savings On Linen Towels Just 15 dozen Towels in the lot ey | ~--guaranteed Linen, "Old Bleach Towels." We were fortunate HF, mld Poel lc or lous savings. . Priced $1.00 up to $6.00 each. FRIDAY, LESS331.3%. ci ------------------------------ Monarch 900 balls of Monarch Down in nearly all colors; ideal for- Wool '