Book of Praise FOR ONE: WEEK 20% DISCOUNT ~ at Keep Jack Frost Away WITH AN ELEC IC HEATER Only the best in stock ~Westinghouse, Ma- jestic, National, Equator. Graham Electric Princess St. Phone 1944 Nr. Waugh { DENTIST 106 Wellington St. Phone 236 § | { i i { | { } | Drs. Nash & Renton | : L ENTISTS P85 Pickacnsy 81, KINGSTON ' rics HOUKS: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. i Ves pe TERRE | Only A Few ! OF OUR 209 SALE Don't neglect to 'this opportunity to less than cost. Crockery, China, Glass Robertson' Eversharp Pencils 259 oft Buy to-day Il Kmnzar & d'Esterre JEWELERS, Princess Street, Kingston - CHATEAU ites 800 WE NEVER CLOSE Live or Lead Storage A. W. Cressman was @lected pre- sident "of the Waterloo Board of Trade. - Days More take advantage of get many lines at ware s Limited THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG IANTLCEUCH ONION ~~ MEETING IN COOKE {Address by Rev. Dr. { Montreal--Dr. A. E. Ross, M.P., Presided. | Applause punctuated the remarks of Rev. Prof. Thomas Eakin, Ph. D., { of the Presbyterian college, Mon- itreal, who spoke on Wednesday ! night in Cooke's church, to a good- sized audience, in the interests of those who desire the cont'nuance of i the Presbvterian church. The speak- er dealt with the question at some length and was listened to with | keen interest, and at the close, on | mot'on of R. J. Diack, he wad ten- dered a vote of thanks. i Dr. A. E. Ross, M.P., presided and introduced the speaker. The pastor. Rev. T. J. 8. Ferguson, conducted the devotional exercises, Rev. Mr, Ferguson also expressed his thanks to the speaker of the even'ng, al- though he remarked that he d'd not | agree with all the views he had ex- | pressed. He also stated that he would endeavor te have Rev. Dr. Gandler, moderator of the General Assembly, come to Kingston and give an address in order that the people might hear both sides of this most important question discussed, "Our cause is growing and very rap'dly." sald Dr. Kakin, at the out- set of his address. "Wherever the facts are fairly presented we win to our cause, but I find that there is a lamentable ignorance regarding this question. You will often hear men say that tWey do not know much about the matter and the other day I heard a prominent member of the Presbyterian church state that he did not know much about it. The speaker cla'med that one reason for this lack of knowledge was because the facts had been de- liberately held from the people. The speaker stated that it was a momen- tous question and that 'everyone should be given the fullest measure to d'scuss it. The fight was on to | preserve the Presbyterian church in Canada and it was the intention to use every lawful means to hold «the | church. | The speaker reviewed at some length all the proceed'ngs leading up to the taking of the vote on church union. It had been stated | that the west was very stronr for organic union, but the records show- ed that only forty per cent favored it. If the proposed bill became law the Presbyterian church in Canada comes to an end and those who de- sired to stand by the Presbyterian church in Canada would become ec- clesiastical waifs. It had been shown that 33 per cent. of the people want- ed union at the time the vote was taken, but this had been reduced to 28 per cent, sinoe the vote was tak- en, ? A majority of the ministers, eld- ers and also the assembly had voted in favor of union, but there had been nothing before the assembly to regis- ter the mind of the people of the church on the question. The argument was put forth that it union was not put through now ft would be a case of breach of faith, but with whom? Had the in- terests of other churches been pre- judiced by the delay? Rev. Dr. Chown had stated that they had. He said that his church was enter- 9g the union at a great sacrifice but that it was "the will of God." "It it were the~will of God, surely there was no sacrifice about it," declared the speaker. "There has heen talk about breach of faith, but not a word about coersion. "They are endeavoring to smash the most sac- red thing. We have no right to vote the Presbyterian church out of ex- istence, It hag been handed on to us and given in our trust. We have morked hard. for the Presbyterian church. How can they be reconciled on a judgment eight years old? This vote was taken during the war, when people were thinking of some- thing else; when men were thinking of saving the empire and at a time when thousands did not have a chance to vote and 100,000 people have joined the Presbyterian church since the vote was taken. The ques- tion of the terms of organie union have never been submitted to the people. Rev. Dr, Gandier says that it would be unconsitutional to sub mit the question to the people again. Why was it that the general assem- Men's Gumetal and Mahogany. Brown . Bluchers and Bals, with Rubber Heels. Ex- Eakin, | I do not like to speak about these things, but he should be fair." ! The speaker sald that it was unfair to say that there were 3,000 union! churches in the west. - There were, | fifty-five independent union churches | land © the rest were co-operating | | churches. : | Dr. Bakin stated that the matter! {ot coercion had disgusted many. peo- | ple and had caused many moderate | unionists to rebel. It was claimed that the opposition to union had not | been given a square deal, Was it | not a case of coercion to say that a | person could not be a Presbyterian in Canada ? This was going a little too far. The speaker stated that he knew | of many families divided on the | question. It had caused much bit-| terness which would be very hard to! heal. The remark bad been made | that union would be "jammed" through. Such action as this would be regarded as an insult by men who prized Hberty. "They say that it is a people's movement. Union is born, not made. And this has been made, here in Canada. You cannot make a union. I would suggest that we drop the matter and go back as we were. I would also suggest htat we adopt a scheme of féderation for co-opera- tion. If we must sever, I would say go to the people and say 'we do not want to disturb you, but do you wish to join the Union Church of Canada or do you want $0 remain in the Presbyterian church ?' And on the basis of that answer make a division of the church propenty, but I will bet that they will never do it that way. They know that if they go to the people they would not get a ma- jority. '"I'nis is not time to be neutral on this question. You will have to face the question soon. Some people are afraid of being in the minority. The history of the minonity shows that great things were accomplished 'by tle minority. Christianity began in the minority. Our forefathers were not afraid of the minority and as a result we have the liberties of to- day. Let us not give up our her- itage.® The Presbyterian chugch iu Canada is not dead and will be re- garded as a vital force in this land." THE COUNTY COMMITTEES Inspector Truscott - Reports Improvement in the Fron- tenac Public Schools. When the Frontenac county coun- cil met on Wednestlay afternoon, the following standing committees were appointed on recommendation of the select committee named.at the inaugural session: Property -- Councilors Barr (chairman), Pickett, Drew, Guthrie, Halliday, Guthrie and Jamieson. Finance -- Councillors Sibbitt (chairman), .Spankie, McGregor, Cordukes, Storms, Guthrie, Hamil- ton. Printing afid" education--Council- lors Spankie (¢hairman), Guthrie, Gray, Pickett, Graham, Cordukes, Parks. Roads and, bridges--Councillors Flake (chairman), Parks, Drew, Barr, Gray, Halliday, McGregor. Good roads---Councillors Jamie- son (chairman), Sibbitt, Storms, Barr, Guthrie, Graham, Cordukes. The warden was made an ex-officio of all committees. Quarterly board of audit--Coun- cillor Hamilton. 'A. W. Sirrett, district agricultural represeptative, had asked for a conference with the council at his office Wednesday evening, but he later requested that a committee ghould be appointed to consider sorve matter that he wished to bring before the council... Councillor Halliday's notice of motion to increase the number of council sessions was expected to be considered Thursday afternoon. The proposed by-law will provide for the hoiing of four sessions of three or ur days in January, March, June and November, and the elimination of between-council committee work. Councillor Halliday holds that this will reduce the presemt cost of the council sessions and also result in increased efliciency, The County Publ'c Schools. The report of 8. A. Truscott, pub- lic school Imspector for Frontenac South, states that of the 101 teach- ers engaged last year, 98 were fe- males. Over half the teachers had to be engaged from outside the in- spectorate, ' There was a decided improvement in the academic stand- ing 'of the teachers. The salaries pald ranged from $600 to $1,100, and the average was $901, or $12 a year more than. in 1922. The schoo! attendance showed continued improvement. Inspector Truscott stated that a few . of the schools should be closed for both financial and cational reasons. In ome school fs an average attend- and it costs over $400 a year per pupil. This school is only a mile and a half from two other schools. In 1923, No. § Loughboro erected a new frame building and No. 8 | grant to the South Frontenae public 'schools last year wes $38,665.64 and 'for equipment jut $943, 87. The latter ance of only a little over two pupils | $8.00. WINTER NEEDS OVERSHOES--the popular winter footwear Men, Women and Children: HOCKEY BOOTS--Real dan dies for Boys, Girls, Ladies, Men at popular prices. SKI BOOTS--The real Ski-Boot--High Top, $8.50. Short Top, - SNOWSHOES. ... ...... .....c.i vivant s.. $3.50 and $4.00 EVENING FOOTWEAR. ABERNETHY'S SHOE STORE nmr GANANOQUE Garfield Hood left yesterday to attend the motor show in Montreal ing at a large bridge this evening. The firemen are to be congratu- lated upon the prompt response they made to the fire at the Milk Products Company fire on Tuesday evening, as notwithstanding the rag- ing storm and heavy roads they made, almost record time and p formed timely service in preventing what might have been a very disas- trous fire owing to the strong west wind blowing at the time. Miss Maude Green is entertaining this evening. O. 8. Kane and M. Lemmon were in town Tuesday eve- ning, having motored down trom Kingston. Ow.ng to the bad weather many were prevented from going up to Kingston for the "Bluebird" Tues- day evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Valleau Tett yesterday for Montreal, and will take in the motor show. Miss Isobel Macdonald is visiting friends in Brockville. Mrs. E, K. Lund visited friends in Kingston yesterday. F. H. Lutz has left on his western trip which will extend over several weeks, Mayor W. J, Wilson was in King- ston yesterday. Oscar Henne left yesterday for Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cowan left yesterday for Toronto and Hamilton. The Anglican Young People: had their sleigh drive last night, which had to be postponed on account of the storm last week. After enjoy- ing the sleigh drive the young peo- ple were entertained at the home of Mrs. J. W. Paddle, five miles west of the town, where they had a little daneing, and after dainty refresh- ments returned to town in the early morn'ng. Mrs. W. J. Reid, Stone street, is visiting friends in Mon- treal, The young people of St. Andrew's church are enjoying a snow shoe tramp tonight, after, whith they will have refreshments in the lecture room. ' OOAL SEAM STRUCK. Lethbridge Company Has Second Deepest Mine in District. Lethbridge Herald: The Herald learns of the developments of the Lethbridge Central Coal Mine, form- erly known as the Hutton legge, where work has been going on for several months which resulted in the cross cutting of the coal seam at nearly 500 feet from prairie 'level, which' is the second deepest mine in the entire field. This insures the coal being of very hard quality on account of the pressure at such a depth. A sample from the face of the seam which is 4 feet 10 inches will be sent to Edmonton for dnaly- sis. There have been a few trial shipments made to town and it is the intention to finish the develop- ment as fast as possible as some orders have already been received from outside points. The trade name of the coal will be "Gem of the West." I ------L I ------------. ' Bertha Graham wife of Deputy- Superintendent Weir of the muniei- pal farm, died at Toronto, on 6th Jan., after an' illness of nine weeks. She was born in Hastings, Ont, A report by the London city clerk shows that out pf the women on the voters" list, only 41 per cent. cast Mrs. W. T. Sampson is entertain-| KINGSTON"S BIGGEST HOME FURNIS Cur Big Mid-Winter Sale Now TNNONS, MITRESSES On! AND All Simmons' products, famous Ostermoor and Banner Springs = Walnut Finished All-Steel Beds, Spring and Mattress for ....... $32.98 JAMES REID Phone 147 for Service. NORTH ASKS ACTION ON TRUNK HIGHWAY Winter Recognized as Best Season for Clearing Right of Way. Cobalt, Jan. 24.--Valuable time is being lost in connection with con- struction work on the northern trunk highway to the district of Timiskaming. Winter is recognized as the best season during which to slash timber along the right-of-way. Trees chopped above the snow leave high stumps, which are easily up- turned by the leverage thus pro-- vided. Brush is easily burned dur- ing winter, thereby minimising fire risks. By clearing the right-of-way dur- ing the present winter, all would be in readiness to stump and grade the highway--commencing in the early spring. By fall the highway could easily be completed, at least ready for the finishing touches during the next summer, The big communities in the indus- trial centres of Timiskaming are ory. ing out for a road connection with the highways of old Ontario. It has been admitted by Premier G. How- ard Ferguson that it is extremely s uxfortunate that such an important part of the country should have re- malned isolated up to this time, and it is for th s reason that the of the distriot are hopeful of -ly action, ' ce Deaths in Britain. London, Jan. 24.--The following deaths have occurred in Great Brite ain: Rev. W. Bainbridge-Bell, vicar of Epsom; W. COhilde-Pembenton, Htterateur; Alderman Alex. Boyd, Belfast; Capt. Richard Lambert, first actor to receive D.S.0.; and Sir John Tweedy, noted oculist, At a conference between the Strat- ford board of works and the relief committee, It was decided that efforts should be made to open up some of the city work during the : winter, the relief committe. to bear the excess in cost. » ge rt In Most. ballots at the last civic election. , A. H. FA 3 ; "Clean, paella i om" st: Homes raat majority of homes as isd ras ot on, bi digestive system. th you il police that, whil e price ase's Liver Pills has been increased to 85 cents, the box now contains 85 pills instead ch of 25 as formerly. Likewise Dr. Chase's Nerve of 60 that every bottle fro stab Bans m our own le;