. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1922, ei i et AS pA SS L CLOTHING if SALE Overcoats at Suits at Every garment made by Semi- ' Phone 362w. George VanHorne's THE RETAIL MEN DINE | \ ; (Continued from Page 1.) r into one great family with jone head. The, war brought us |cioser together and the epirit of | kinship was formed and we are | closer, though separated by flood and time. We earnestly hope that the {new state (Ireland) may be drawn {closer to the centre by reason of the recent achievement in nationhood - : {and guided by our experience follow .Half Price jour example. . + ++ .0One- Third Off Toast to Association |. Albert Patterson, ex-mayor | Brockville, proposed the toast to the {Retail Merchants Association which {he described as the greatest organi- |zatfon in Canada. He complimented | the merchants upon such a fine gath- lering which gave an impression of {what Canadians should be, for here {we learn what it is to be a good Can- |adlan. He told of the early efforts {to form the association which wer: {not always encouraging, but today {the membership is 1,500 and it is - | gethe "e800 8 of Ready. 213 Princess Street. {soon to be 2,500. This depends upon /the men who are now members The boy or girl of to-day does not need to be handicap- | ped in school from poor eye-| sight--many children who are backward at school and com- plain of the inability to study have headaches or eyepain, can be relieved by a proper | pair of glasses. 4 Our examination will reveal [ff the trouble if in the eyes and our glasses will enable them to keep pace with their chums, | which is the ambition of most (lf n children. Registered Optometrist i 140 Wellingtor St. Opp. Post Office YOUR FROTECTION! BURGLARY INSURANCE C. 8, KIRKEPATRICK 36 Clarence St. Telephone 5GSw- {Some say, "How does it benefit me?" To that I say we help to extend its usefulness by being members work- | ing together, . 1 | Henry Watters, district president. ' {responded and gave an exhaustive |review of the asseoclation including | its organization and work, since it {last met in Kingston twenty years {ago. "I am glad Dr. Ross'is here January 16th to 28th 25 Per Cent. Dis- count on everything except Re-sale Price Kinnear & d'Esterre JEWELERS 100 Princess Street, Kingston | Janu "This is the biggest sale ever held in King- ston and is "a chance Crockery, China, Glassware, Lamps, etc., "at Real Bargain Prices. | Robertson's Limited | 73 Princess St. ------ uary Sale 25% Discount on all goods except Pyrex Glassware. and Community Silver. Pre- Inventory {as he may be of some help to us if he is a member of His Majesty's {loyal opposition." ! Sale | We look forward to a return'to {parliamentary government as many |enactments effecting business have | beén the work of officials governed | by regulations of the departments. | Many factors of our business cannot ibe made problems of politics. We are not looking for special favors, |but we are a part of the industrial | system of this country as. distribu- tore. We must recognize this for {our class is not organized politically. The arguments of agriculture, labor jand transportation apply equally to | distribution without which agricul- ture would be of little use. "There {8 no more reason for an agricultural | political party than for a distribut- jing, a transportation or other occu- | ational party. I am sure Gen. Ross 1 will agree with me that away down lin our biological organization there |1s a law of interrelation, and we be- |ileve that there are but two politi- ical principles as expressed in Con- | servatism and Liberalism or reform | arid reaction They are always neces- sary but never indispensible, N 9 To Help Promote Trade. ® as S We should endow our new-comers {with all the privileges of citizenship. DENTAL PARLORS: [We believe that the Retail Mer- i fehants' Association is just as im- 183 PRINCESS STREET |portant es any other branch end KINGSTON, ONTARIO must insist upon recognition of our Interests and we are obliged to go to We specialize on:--Painless Extrac- | ype governments from time to time tion, Latest Treatment of Pyorrhea, 2nd press our claims for ameliora- 'Rom fey tion of the conditions of which we {complain, We hope by means of or- | ganizations of this kind to promote everything in the interest of the best | methods and measures in trade, and ito eliminate undesirable tendencies {on the part of merchants such as | cidt-rates tendencies prevalent at the present time. We are against such methods as a matter of self-defence as well as in the interests of society which should take these things to {heart as things which affect its in- terests. If is a problem in econom- {ics as expressed by a noted econom- ist at Harvard University when he sald "overhead expense must always | be considered," and before all other | elements of cost, 'must always be | considered. Week-end sales at cut {rates are not gound economics. They lare a loss to society. We must THE' 3 DAILY B®] transform unsound thinking into | sound thinking. There ig no gain to i business by the practice of methods | |tfiat are costly and wasteful, The speaker reviewed the history of the | defunct board of commerce and while he was aware of its ineffici- ency, some method of investigation | into complaints and charges shoyld be devised in the interest of legiti- mate business and the public and ! that offenders might be brought to justice. Business should be conduct- | ed along sound moral lines.' | | 'The toast of 'Our guests" was |proposéd by 'R. J. Rodger and re {sponded to by Mayor S. S. Corbet: Bryan White, Ottawa, Mr. Zeeman, | Preston, W. C. Miller, provincial secretary, Toronto, Mr. Zeeman told of the benefits of the association to the retail merchants who represent- | ed more capital and paid more taxes | than any other business in Canada | today. Mr. Miller spoke on legisia- | tion and Mr. White invited ell to at- | tend the Ottawa winter carnival. Township Comncils STORRINGTON, Sunbury, Jan. 9th.--The members| [ of the new council subscribed to th: oath of office: - John Taylor, Reeve: | Bert Ball, Carmen O. Drader, Robert) Gibson and George McFarlane, coun-} cillors. Minutes of former meeting | confirmed. On motion, Gibson-Dra- | der, motion No. 8 of the meeting of | Dec. 15th, 1921, was rescinded, and| was resolved to authorize the town-| ship treasurer to pay to the treasurer | of 5. 8. No. 12, Storrington, $50, be-| -4ng the balance of the general town-4 ship grant, 1921. Application for the! office of assessor for the year 1822 at a salary of $100 were received] from A. N. McCallum and on motion | of Drader and Balls, the application | was accepted. Opn motion, McFar-| lane-Gibson, the following appoint-| ments were made for 1922: sheep | valuators, M. B. Traves, James Dix-| on, Kora Darling and Reuben Clarke; | Board of Health, A. E. Freeman, M.| D., John Taylor, Charles Sleeth, Ev-| erett Teepell and Harold W. Slecth; truant officer, Charles Sleeth. The reeve was authorized to engage a chartered accountant to audit the township account of 1921. A let-| ter from the Prov. Sec, H. C. Nixon, was read, and on motion of Gibson and Drader, this Council went on re-| cord as being in favor of (1) extend- | ing the franchise to the wife, hus-| band, sons, daughters, etc, residing with the person possessing the neces- sary qualification, to vote at munici-| pal elections; (2) that the township, of 1,000 voters be given a first deputy | reeve, township" with 1,600 voters he| given second deputy reeve, township | with 2,000 voters he given a third deputy reeve; (3) that a municipal-| ity must have 500 voters to be en- titled to be represented by a reeve, at the county council, and that the taxpayers of 1922, who have a dog | when the assessor calls, shall pay a dog tax and there shall be no refund | thereafter, 4 i McFarlane and Balls moved that! all money ordered paid by the Board | of Health, 1921, and which can he recovered by the township, be ordered | paid back to the township treasurer, | and that the Clerk notify each party! of the same. Balls and Drader re-| solved that: the Clerk call for tenders | which close March 15th next, for| crushing stone per toise, and deliver- | ing it on the road in 1922, the town-| ship to furnish the crusher, bin and! waggouns and a competent man to| spread the stone; the lowest tender! not necessarily accepted. On motion | of Gibson and Drader, the township account was orderod to be taken from | the Bank of Montreal and placed uy x e ing : ment for Eczema and i s Ol and Lid 1 lieves at once og Te skin. Sample box ntment free if you mented th ECZEMA i= { ov use Dr | I > | Dr. this .. - """ a of a lifetime" to buy & Co. the Standard Bank, and the treasurer | be authorized to make the transfer. | Gibson and McFarlane ordered that | Thomas Anderson be paid $2.00 tor) services as sheep valuator in 1921.! and that the following bills be paid: | British Whig, $90; 1922 bill of elec-| tion, four polling sub. at $11.60 each, | and returning officer, $10, total $56. On motion of McFarlane and Drader, | nm | | | TWICE TOLD TALES | TEN YEARS AGO. W. F. Nicklas spoke én favor of the Old Age Pension Act in the House of Commons. Local hotelmen think they wiil have the liquor license reduction by- colized soles. Men's Brown and Mahogany Calf Lace Shoes, in broad or narrow dress lasts. . Regular $7.00 and $8.00 values. WHILE THEY LAST $4.95 SPECIAL % Men's Storm Calf Bluchers with heavy vis- law quashed when a recount of the vate is taken. Junior Frontenacs won their thiril game in Picton by a score of 9 to 7. Dean Conneli, of Queen's, has pra- sep'ed each Kingston public school with en eye-tésting apparatus. A company is being formed to com- bine all the ice interests in city. A fund js being started estab- Hsh a ay harsery for the chilarsa of working women of the elty. p> News of Kingston | TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. { Roland Devlin is captain of Fronte- | nacs' junior hockey team and J. Mec-| Cambridge of the Ontarios. ] Mrs. Mcintyre, Division etree', while on her way to church, was rid- den down by a man on horgeback and. badly shaken up. ! D. W. Weeks, Lanark, is now truv- | elling for W. J. Crothers, Kingstoa. Prineipal Grant preached in Syden- ham street church Jast night on | "The Perfect Man." { Dr. Charles Macdonald of New | York addressed Queen's engineering | society today. i Alfred Parsons, well known in! Kingston, has been appointed an A. RA. The nicest cathartic. in the -laxative ix warlq to Jhysic your liver and bowels Colds, Indigestion. or CASCARETS 10% For Constipated Bowels, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Bilious Liver morning, and you will feel splendid 4 work while you sleep." Cases rets never stir you up or gripe like Salts, Pills, Calomel, or Oil and they cost ten cents a box. Children TISH WHIG. ) ABERNETHY'S 20% DISCOUNT SHOE SA "IS A REAL MONEY SAVER" Here is just what it means--you can buy real high-grade, up-to-date Footwear for every member of the family at 1-5 off. $8.00 Ladies' real up-to-date Brown Calf Oxfords at $6.40 is one of "our leading advertisements." 20% SAVING MEANS : All $10.00 Shoes are now . . . . « eave $8.00 All $ 9.00 Shoes are now $7.20 All $5.00 Shoes are now . . . . . .. deen eva tes $4.00 Everything in the store at these discounts with the exception of Rubber Goods. N > . Abernethy's Shoe Sto "Furniture Sale 7 SPECIAL 4 The well known Banner Brand - Jam--69c for a 4b. tin 4 Welsh's Orange Marmalade 8Uc. for a 4 1b. tin Welsh's Fruitlade, 3 jars $1.00 C. H. Pickering -- ---- St. Lab, of Ed. Mallen for 1921, was changed from R. D"WNo: 33 to RR. D. No. 27, and Isaac Tuttle overseer | R. D. No. 27, was granted $6 to pay | E. Mallen for his roadwork. Dalls and McFarlane moved that the min- utes be printed In The Standard and The Whig. Balls and Drader moved prices. that the township treasurer pay the| county treasurer $2,820, faised by] the special township tax in 1921, and that by-law No. 500 be given a first, | second and third reading, and pass- 3 JAMES REID The Leading Undertaker. PHONE 147 FOR SERVICE re | J) YOUR OPPORTUNITY IS HERE RIGHT NOW 1 ~ You can furnish your home now at prices that could not be duplicated in the past few years--you can get better designs, better quality, better sers | vice now of all that is latest in Home Furnishings at the very 1 owest | 1! ' t i ed, being a by-law to borrow $7,200 | mms rad itak a 1 | A TT oy cowie EAC save 2 per cent. interest by so doing. By-law No! '499 was read the third time and passed. Balls and McFar- lane ordered the township treagurer| to pay the country treasurer " §7,. 197.23, being the balance of the prin- cipal of the county debt. --Harold W. Sleeth, Clerk. ----------en THE ICE NOW SAFE. IH Between Amherst Island and the Mainland--New Rink Building. Stella, Jan, 16.--The ice bridge over to the mainland is now safe for travelling. The different roads have been marked off. The snow storm of Saturday has made some heavy drifts on the sland. roads. The C. O. F. held their annual ball in Victoria hall on Friday evening, Dec. 30th. Music was furnished by Gienn & MacDonald's orchesira. There was a good "attendance. The committee of the skating rink held a dance in Victorie hall on Fri- day evening last. It was, quite woll atended. Music was furnished Ly Glenn & MacDonald's orchestra. The owners of the skating rink have erected the building on Stella harbor and it is about in readiness, The gohools have all re-opened at- ter the holidays. * New 'eachers in two schools are reported. No. 1 has Mr. Bell, Odessa, as teacher, and No. 2, Miss M. McGuiness, Emerald. W. Dodd has returned here after spend- ing Christmas and New Year's with fis parents in*Hamilton. ww. J. McCormal has returned home after. spending a few weeks with Hugh. m- REECE RAR Heintzman & Co. PIANO N reputation purely on merit. The question of price, although extraordinary low for the quality of instrument, has been a secondary consideration with all purchasers. : The chief factor, which endears all music lovers to this JAnstrument is the wonderful tone and perfect comstruc- tion, Although ranking as the finest Canadian Piano on the cies SHB Because it is an instrument which has gained an enviable WES $