1847. Dress Well and Succeed 1925 LIVINGSTON'S 20% Off ~ Discount Sale IN READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT Is Now On Every man should hail this Sale as one of the most important in years. The oppor- tunity i is yours for substantial savings. MOTHERS, SAVE! SAVE! You'll be ahead in your Clothing budget if you take advantage of the offerings in this Boys' Suit Sale. Most all our Boys' Suits have extra Trousers. ' Everything in our Ready-to-Wear De- partment in this sale. NO RESERVE. NO APPROVAL. LIVINGSTON'S 75-19 BROCK STREET "If Off Your Route It Pays To Walk" i ¢ sssessesase 8 for 20c. 1b. | Smoked Haddie, Ih .....18¢c in| Fillets Ib. srreess esas. Bl Sea he es y m Gas 10, 12, 15. RB «fre nes v sermelon. lsc, ie 10c. +. 25¢. to 30¢. pound ie mse 0 tessa re hives yt ee. ees 386 LOOKING AROUND The continuing Presbyterian church Assembly is not afraid of the | perils of a big city. It has decided { j to meet next June in Montreal, Can- { ada's wet metropolis. | Kingston is lucky in being free of the necessity of a civic audit by pro- | vincial officials. This city solved the | | aut question twenty years 80 | when it decided to have a permanent euditor, who would check up before, | instead of after payment. The re- sult is that we have peace with re- gard to our civic financial affairs. Every city should have a pre-audit system. The salary of an anditor is money well spent. While it has cost Brockville $8,000 to discover that in the past five years there was a dis- crepancy of $65, that only represents what the eastern river city should have paid out to a competent audi- tor. » There is a hullabaloo over the great strike of the Chinese in their own city of Shanghai. Why should the Chinks not have a right to assert themselves in their own land? For- eigners have more concessions grant- ed to thein in that land than any- Where 'élsp. The Chinese strike is simply a gréat mass of orlentals as- serting thémselves. Christian na- tions have big strikes and shoot, kill loot and burn. Why should China not have a like privilege? The suggestion that the post of governor-general should be abolished is not new. So long as Great Britain is a limited monarchy and Canada is a part of the British Empire, there is likely to be a vice-regal head at the Canadian capital. The presence of a distinguished head to the state gives the country a great prominence and secures for it greater respect than would be the case had we no official representative of the Throne in our midst. It may cost half a million dollars to maintain the gov- ernor-general, but the money is near- ly all spent in thé country and em- ployment is given to a large number 'of people. Harry Lauder always advises the people to sing and they will be hap- pler. No doubt he would also ad- vise them to dance and add to their happiness. Certainly a singing and dancing people are a merry lot, and ate likely to tive Janger. The city hall dock deserved some- thing better than the abuse heaped upon it because it took a rest for one night. It has not had a holiday in dear knows when. You never hear of it running wild like the Scoteh kirk clock has been doing the past few weeks. No sir; Mayor An- groves's timepiece up in the dome of the city buildings is most faithful, but appears to have gene on strike when it was announced that the druggists were to sit in session in the city buildings. With seven United Church con- gregations in Kingston, it is intimat- ed that an effort may be made to amalgamate Zion and Calvary. The former was a Presbyterian church established by Rev. J. D. Boyd and the latter was Congregational, estab- lished by the late B. W. Robertson, who also founded Bethel church. The amalgamation of Zion and Calvary would make a strong congregation.in 'the northeast end of the city. Just how it' will be worked out, no ome yet knows, but United Church lead- ers here think that the amalgama- tion will come so that greater re- sults may be accomplished. Both congregations are very active, though small. An enlarged edifice would of course be required. It has not been the practice of Kingston's municipal council = to award a contract for any article to the highest tenderer when set speci- over the low tenderers for trouble if the council adopted recommendation of the majority health commities to buy the garbage waggons for $240.00 than another company offers for. And furthermore, if any preferetise is given it should be to the home concern. If the city coun- eil, especially in these times, is not THE DAILY BRITISH, WHIG SLAYER OF FAMILY IN PENITENTIARY [John Buchan PI Pirle, Ottawa, Whose Death Sentence Was Commuted, Arrives. John Buchan Pirie, slayer of Caro- line Freeland and their two children in Ottawa oh October 1, 1924, ar- rived here Wednesday afternoon in charge of Sheriff Ri igrdson and Guard Dawson of Ottawa over the | C.P.R. at ¢. 15, to be taken to Ports- mouth penitentiary to begin his life sentence for the crime which he com- mitted. Pirle and his guards left the rear of the train at the C.P.R. station and got into a waiting taxi and were rushed to the penitentiary. *The party left Ottawa at 11.40 on Wednesday morning and on the WAY up Piffe talked continually, bacom- Ing tiresome to his guards sad those near him by his continual talk. He told stories and did not appear] to have any worry as to his future. He made no trouble whatevar for his guards and seemed perfectly sat- isfled with everything. Sheriff Richardson, when talking to the Whig stated that ria had been a 2004 prisoner but an awful talker. as given 'greatly to flattery ae = ala ays télling the offi- clals how kind they were and how well he was treated. Pirle was not told until tho last thing before - he was to come to Kingston about his sentence of death being commuted to life imprison- ment. Sherif Richardson and Rev. R. H. Steacy went to the prisoner's cell early in the morning and Sheriff Richardson read out to Pirie the or- der-in-council announcing that his death sentence had been commuted. As the order-in-council wd¥ being read by Sheriff Richardson, Pirie paled and when Sheriff Richardson had finished reading it, he burst into tears but his weeping was brief.. All along Pirie had boasted that he would go to the gallows as a brave man, not like many others, praying for their sentence to be com- muted. He had said that he "would not flinch. He was a good soldier and could face death like a brave man. He had said that when the time came for him to go to the scaf- fold that he would go without a word. At times Pirie appeared to be glad that his sentence had been commu- ted to life imprisonment instead of going to the gallows and at other times he appeared as though he did not care whether he hanged or not. Officials who accompanied film here are not quite sure yet whether he is glad he is getting off with his life or not. to Pirie's cell to read the order-in- council to: him, he asked Pirie how he had slept and the latter answered that he had slept well. The sheriff remarked that that was more than some people could do when they went to bed and Pirie replied, "Why not, | that's what a bed is for, to sleep on." "What do you think of Pirie's mind?" the sheriff was asked and he replied that he thought it was ab- normal. He had shown this in sev- eral instances and the view taken of his position, the way he talked and acted, did not give Indication of a clear mind. Pirie has eaten well right along and has not worried much about anything let alone the terrible crime he committed and he gained nine pouhds during the last three months. He is quite lame, as a result of injuries received during the war. Pirie made no comment on the way to the penitantiary from the railroad station except to thank the officials for having been good to him. He made no move or sign as the car approached the big grey walls of the penitentiary and when the car stopped at the gates, he was taken into the office to go through the rou- soner enters.the institution. He shook hands with Guard Dew- son and thanked him for what he had done!and was then in the hands of the penitentiary officials. Sheriff Richardson and Guard Dawson lost no time and were back at the C.P.R. station in a very few on the 5.15, having been in the city & little less than an hour. - INMARINE CIRCLES The seagiel Jeska arrived from When Sheriff Richardson went in-| tine which is carried out when a pri-T | minutes. They returned to Ottawa |' We are offering something extra special for Saturday morning. : ~ Be sure and see tomorrow night's ad. for full particu- lars. ' TOMORROW MORNING 9.30 GREAT REMNANT SALE AT +103 ~ REGULAR PRICES After a busy season, we find we have a conaiderable number of Remnants, in lengths from 1} to 3} yards which we are offering at very special price reductions. . THE FIRST GRQUP CONSISTS OF - REMNANTS OF Voile; Ratine, Crepe, Dimity, Dress ens, Chambrays, Ginghams THE SECOND GROUP CONSISTS 'OF S OF Silks, Flat Crepes, Canton Crepes, Printed Crepes, » Knitted Crepes, Joi Laidlaw : -- Ltc > 170 Princens Strest ddr dd yy a FE ne A is i rr wren A------------ ER ------------