TH E DAI LY BRITI SH WH 1G. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1020. WAITING FOR YOUR APPROVAL AT Livingston's THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE 'STOCK OF Overcoats IN KINGSTON Special Showing: $30.00 and $32.50 Others upto ...........$45.00 OVERCOAT TIME IS HERE Livingston's Founded 1847. . If Off Your Route It Pays to Walk." Brock Street. THE POSITION OF SHERKF Suggestion That it be Abol= ished--Described as His= | toric But Useless. | 1.--Historie, Toronto, Nov. orna- i mental, but useless, was the manner lin which the position: of sheriff was | described 'at Friday's hearing of | the public service commission sit- {ting at Osgoode Hall. It was sug- | gested by members of the commis- {sion that the position of sheriff i could readily be done away with, his i clerical duties handed over to sur- rogate and county court clerks, and | his executive duties, such as the | serving of writs of execution, sales, the handling of prisoners and execu- |tion of criminals, placed 'in the | hands of a county high constable. A deputation from the county court clerks' association, headed by George F. Sherry, Peterboro', presi-| dent, gave evidence at yesterday's sitting, most of which went to at- jtempt to prove that consolidation |-of various legal offices was not fea- | sible. It was argued that the sher- | iff, for example, had mahy executive | duties. One of these was to meet {the judges. | "The sheriff meets him at the sta- i tion and takes him to his hotél This {takes about ten minutes, The sher- {iff used to go-down in great state, but all that dignity has been done (away with," observed Chairman W. | D. Gregory. Chairman Gregory also {told the witnesses that one of the { last executive duties of the sheriff | left, the execution of criminals, { might be taken away, because the | sheritts had approached the commis- {sion to ask that a central point of | execution be established for the pro- | vince, to relieve local sheriffs of the |duty. In Toronto the sheriff got | $15,000, and his work was mainly | searching titles. : | Mr. Pratt, local registrar of Ot- | tawa, stated that in his opinion the | sheriff's duties could be attached to | his office without public inconveni- {ence and would add but little to his work. © He described the idea that sheriffs had great responsibility and | much executive work to do as all nonsense. | T. M. Asseltine, Kingston, "who had eleven years experience of sher- | iff"s work, declared the . office un- |'necessary, Owing to the taking over | of the legitimate work of sheriffs by { division court bailiffs and. others, | the work of the sheriff in some lo- | calities had shrunken so much that | the office of sheriff was getting to be largely historical and more orna- mental than ever. The office should receive more remuneration than oc- casional labor gets or else amalga- mate the office, or do away| with the office in all except the larger counties, G. F. Sherry, Peterboro, pleaded that although Mr.-Asseltine and Mr. Pratt were undoubtedly right in the the dignity of the courts, but Chair- man Gregory \ thought the judge maintained the dignity of the courts by his personality and not by cere- mony. "They - always sub-let that," said Mr. Asseltine, when the execution of criminals was mentioned as a sher- ] Anderson Bros. * Limited All Week Sale Special Prices on Every Day Needs = FLOUR--PASTRY and BREAD 500 24-lb. sacks Flour .......... $1.70 300 12 1b. sacks Flour rar sin Boe. 3,000 Ibs. finest Creamery-print . Butter 59. Ib. 2,000 lbs. prime rich ~ Cheese 29c. Ib, ~NEW PRUNES Fine flavor and meaty, --I| ,000 Ibs. . 15c¢. Ib Black Tea 50c. Ib. 'Quality blend--sold in bulk. 3 ; CHICKENS So Large, well-fleshed Roosters--now coming plentiful --prices very reasonable Phones 458 -- 459. Phone 1767. itf's duty. Commissioner Somerville said that it had come bofore the commis- sion that. three sheriffs had made $2,600 in net income among them in a year. He wanted to know what should be done in this case. | 'Pay them a sajary that they can live on or amalgamate the three of- fices," suggested Mr. Asseltine. The salary suggested was. $3,000. Theatrical \ At the Strand. » S.¢ Le Vino, scenarist, who A. transcribed Jack London's widely- |. read story, "Burning Daylight," to the screen script for Metro, said at the completion of his work that the novel had enough action and ma- terial for two or three big pictures 'It seems a shame to use all of this i wonderful materigl in one produc- tion," said Le Vino. "I can easily get two big pictures out of 'Burn- ing Daylight.' But C. E. Shurt- left, president of the producing firm | bearing his name would not hear of : splitting the story. He was agree- able to eliminating unimportant + portions of the book but insisted that one big smashing feature be made 'of "Burning Daylight."". The pieture is a realistic version of '.un- don's story and loses nothing in the filming. Mr. Le Vino introduces a . new character in tae story, Lucille; and around this New York society + girl and adventuress, romance and | intrigue are woven. Gertrude Astor | as Lucille, wears some stunning | gowns and sport clothes, and these, | together with her striking appear- ance give the character an impor- tant place in the cast. "Burning Daylight' will be presented Monday, { Tuesday and Wednesday at the Strand theatre.--Advt, Coming to the Grand. Elsie Janis, the famous stage and screen star who has made so many programme, will be seen at the Grand, Tuesday, Wednesday and { Thursday of this week in her great- i est Selznick success, "The Imp." The play. gives Miss Janis a role widely contrasted to her customary light- comedy parts, for the play is built upon a strong' melodramatic theme, | hitting here and there the high , spots of humor inevitable in any ! play in which Miss Janis is featured. The story has to do with a wealthy and deluded young society girl who develops a mania for crime. The situations through which she travels before regaining her reason furnish action for the play. There will be another feature, "The Golden Show- er," starring Gladys Leslie. The story is of a young girl who puts herself through college by dancing this star has as yet produced. There will be reels of comedies and other subjects and 'a fine musical pro- gramme by the Grand's orchestra: This bill will be seen Tuesday, Wed- nesday and Thursday onmly.---Advt. "Jack O' Lantern" . dians, will be seen at the Grand Qpera House to-night in Charles Dil- lingham's wonderful production of "Jack O°" Lantern." No attraction matter, all this helped to maintain! wonderful pictures for the Selznick | on Broadway, and is one of the best | ~~ Doyle and Dixon, aptly called Am-| erica's greatest dancers and come- |" | could offer such aCadertul variety | of amusement as is provided in this | extravaganza, which played for a { solid year at-the Globe theatre, New { York. Doyle and Dixon, whose skill is the wonder of a]l who see them, are always expected by their public to- have something new and. daring in every show. In this vehicle they (are said to have 'many surprises, | The entire performance and produc- | tion are the same as they were dur- | ing the play's long run in New York. ----Advt. Te -- At Griffin's. Madge Kennedy, dainty queen 6t the whimsical 'and empress of light comedy, with a divine right to those titles by virtue of her triumphs in such former Goldwyn features' as "Through the Wrong Door' and "Leave it to Susan," will headline the bill at Griffin's for to-day, Tues- day and 'Wednesday in her newest Goldwyn picture "The Blooming Aun- gel," in which she flies to the very peak of her talents and the most tired business man's soul is bound to soar with her into the kingdom of laughter, "The Blooming Angel" has noth- ing to do with wings. t's a face cream invented by Madge Kennedy, when she finds her husband out of a | job and decides to make a fortune | | by herself. An extra added attrac- | tion for the first half of the week | | will show Babe Ruth in actual 1920 | | games. See how he knocks his home | runs. This interesting picture will | | allow Kingstonians- an oppoftunity | of seeing the baseball idol at close range and depict some intimate | phases of his record-breaking sea- | son. A Christie comedy, "He Mar- ried His Wife," and the 13th epi- | sode of that sensational serial "The { Whirlwind" winds up a programme | we have .,gréat pleasure in present- | ing to our patrons, feeling confident | that it will be found immensely en- | tertaining.--Advt. | deeded dodo b doled dol bdo doloded -> + # NATIONAL PARTY TARIFF. + « II li TATA, -- + % '"We stand," said Premier Mei- % #%.ghen at Vancouver, "for a tariff + based on the pginciple of protec- # tion. Not the kind of protec. # tion that will fleece the many for the benefit of the few, but for protection just sufficient to enable Canadian industries to 'operate in this country, to make Canadian goods for Canadians, to employ Canadian labor and to + build up a Canadian market." Sbidededrodededidebdrd dod bd deinbi ds BOTH PARTIES ARE CONFIDENT Th: R:publicans, Howerv r Declare That Harding Will Win Handily. New York, Nov. 1.--With the op- ening of the polls less than twenty- four hours away, both republican and democratic headquarters early today took up a stride which will carry them in to the final scene of the pre- sidential contest tomorrow, whéther to victory or defeat. Both major par- ties began their last day of cam- paigning by reasserting confidence in the election of their candidates. "Cox and Roosevelt will win", de- clared George White, democratic na- tional chairman. Will H. Hayes, lea- der of the republican forces, translat- ed his expectations into figures, ex- pressing the conviction that Harding will have no less than 368 electoral votes out of a possible 531. The number required to elect'is 266, Denies Whispering Campaign. New York, Nov. 1. -- George White, chairman of the national de- mocratic committee, 'has issued a statement in reply te the earlier de- claration by Scott C. Bome, publi- city director of the republican na- Jional organization, denying that a 'whispering campaign against Sena- tor Harding was ever earried on' by any one connected with the travel- ling retinue of Governor Cox." ohh dh odd Leaving For New York. Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. George Hun- ter will leave for New York on Tues- day, where they will make their | future home. Their son, Dr. Harry | Hunter, arrived in the city on Mon- day to accompany his father and mother to New York. The friends of Col. and Mrs. Hunter hope that they will be spared many years to enjoy the pleasures of life. TIT Night Classes. At Kingston Business College; | rates moderate; enter at any time. At Chester, $.0., announcement was made that a twenty per cent re- duction in wages had be.n made at the big Baldwin cotton mills. 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