H WHIG |. THOUSANDS ATTEND | THE NAPANEE FAIR Horse Races and Baseball in| Afternoon--A Fine Pro-- | gramme in the Evening. AUGUST 27, The Outdoor Novels of Gene Stratton Porter The Great Nature Writer The Keeper of the Bees ...... The White Flag ............. Her Father's Daughter ..... ...... The Girl of the Limberlost . . ...... The Harvester ....... .,... Michael O'Halloran ..... ... Laddie . . .. Daughter of thekand ....... R. Uglow & Co. fHE DAILY BRITIS : { tor, and the winners of the prizes for | A ANOQUE GOLFERS | bridge were Mrs. C. C. Skinner 1st { | WIN FROM KINGSTON prepa ArcHITECT | 1S BORNE T0 REST Funeral of Late J. W. Power, | {the second day of the fair, was af One of Foremost Men in : : His Profession. | busy one. There was an attendance | -- {of about six thousand people who | . An architect who enjoyed a Do-|enjoyed the fine weather and the] ; minion wife reputation was laid to | splendid show. { Stock judging started at 9 am. | ) rest in Cataraqui cemetery on Wed- | | and cattle took | nesday. He was Joseph William | Judging of horses & Power, C.F., A.R.C.A, F.RAIC, place in the afternoon; also jude- | NOW IN FULL SWING The Town's New Highway and Street Lights Are Nearing Completion. ° Gananoque, Aug. 27.--Those of | Napanee, Aug. 27, Yesterday, | . oe .$2.00 | the Cataraqui Golf Club team who | 75¢ {came down for a friendly match on * {our links yesterday were J. L. Mec- 75c. | Kee, F. G. Moxley, H. H. Lawson, 75¢ | L. A. Brown, J. W. Ritchie, Stewart » || Robertson, G. Greer, J. A. Gray, BE. 75¢c. i| A. McGowan, E. Townsend, A. N. 75 Lee, J. G. McKay, 8. Calvin, R. C. || Waldron, H. W. Davis, R. K. Hicks, 75c. | F. Armstrong, J. M. McLeod, F. H. 75¢. senior member of the firm of Power |ing of horses in single harness, driv-| and Son, who died in Florida on Fri-|ing horse teams and general pur-| day last, after a lengthy illness. | pose horses. The late Mr. Power was born in| A most. interesting game of ladies' | Kingston on October 17th, 1848, the | soft ball was played between WAW.| son of the late John Power and |C.A., Kingston, and St Pats, of] as Charlotte Clegg, of Coledon, Devon-| Napanee. The Kingston girls were | [graft, H. Shortall, William Ed-|.hire England. His early education | successful in the contest, winning by | wards, J. K. Taylor, Dr. Edward | aq secured in Kingston private and | a score of 17 to 12. This game was Bird, Dr. Kinloch, Dr. Bracken, Ted | pypiic schools, and at the Ontario | followed by a Central Ontario Lea- Byers, Paul Sampson, G. G. Hood, College, Picton. Later he took a gue game, men's soft ball between 8. C. Taylor, T. D. O'Connor, W. T. |, ee at the Royal Military College {the Trenton French-Canadians and z (Sampson. The match resulted in a |,nq 5¢ the R.C.H.A. In 1881 he be-) the All-Stars, also of M1enton. Nine | victory for the Gananoque téam by a | 1 senior member of the firm of | innings were played. Result, French- score of 25 to 14. The visitors were Power and Son, which he had joined | Canadians 13, All-Stars 12. A fine anained at Blinkbonnle after the ;, 173 and which was founded in | musical programme was given by 3. 1847 by the late John Power. | Cobourg Kilties band. Audrey and Eric Warwick and|" yi. power was one of the fore- | Lom! hele 2010 (rene mld | mon en a i ptuon Ho was] MORSE RACES the Exhibition lamin " |an associate of the Royal Canadian | ar Miss Elsto Grattan. who has been Academy, charter member, a mem- | 2.80 Class, Trot and Pace. || the guest of Mrs. Ward Valleau" for | eT Of the first council and past pre- Peter. Direct, C. Randall, | the past several weeks, will return sident of the Ontario Association of Napanee.. .. 2 to her home in Ottawa to-morrow Architects, and fellow of the Royal | Belle Mahone, D : Architectural Institute of Canada.| Port Hope.. .. . Pat Shine Who went ub to Oshawa For many years he was major in the | Daisy McKenzie, E. Jones, P.W.O.R. Regiment. i Peterboro.. .. .. .... I Architecture demands a mind "of | Mr. Healey, 8S. Blewitt, | on Monday last, returned Tuesday | night with Mr. W. T. Sampson's new ix S . Maties SIE Sedan will be made short- unusual versatility, combining the| P®terboro.. . {ly of the programme in connection science of the engineer, a scientific] Irene Hal, W. | with the new highway, which is knowledge of materials and the taste, Peterboro.. .. .. .... . rapidly nearing completion Bob. | 30d imagination of the artist. Mr. [Lillian Patch, S. Watson, silver, made up into | Sinclair and his staff are also work-| FOVer Possessed these talents to a| Cobourg... .. | ing hard on the new street lights and rich degree, as numerous buildings | Best time--2.1 Brooches and Pen- | when we get our main thoroughfares and private residences throughout | [all dolled up it will be well worthy | Kingston bear testimony. Space does | | a celebration. " |not allow an enumeration of his K Fred Medium, Jas. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keyes motor- | WOTks, but such structures might be Pieton.. .. .. .. .. > .. J ° mentioned as St. George's Cathedral, | Irish Pat, Mr. Colston, To- | ! [ed to Ottawa to-day to attend the | | (Chas. Bedore & Son $1.00 to $2.00 | | exhibition and i soon oo rou | St. Andrew's church, the Collegiate ronto.. . 840 NELSON STREET mainder of the week at the Capital, | Institute, Central school, the Loco- | King Lar, J. W. 'Phone 1746J. | | Miss Edith Jackson and Miss| motive Works, Doran building, and | Sheddon, Ont... | | Sadie Meggs returned yesterday at-| the W hg, building. | Miss Penalty, Chas. | ter a weeks holiday with friends in | He was a gentleman of pleasant Napanee... .. .. Kinnear & d'Esterre | Cornwall. | and courteous manner and an ardent| Best time, 2.19%. | Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dorey, Miss Worker for the best interests of the| The evening entertainment was JEWELLERS [ Violet Dorey, Arnold, Misses Alice | Limestone City. | most enjoyable. A grand concert 168 PRINCESS ST. and Anna and Miss Louise Richard-| His wife pre-deceased him a year | was rendered by Ye Old Time Vil- * lll son motored to Ottawa last evening | 280 last April | lage Quartette, of Toronto, in cos- to attend the Exhibition. | tame by the following artists: A. ==ll| Miss Elizabeth Conner is a visitor| Jolly Edna, one of a Canadian |C. Chapon, tenor and director; | from Manitoba with Mrs. Henry Lyn, | family of 12 children, all heavy- | Daisy La Rush, McAdam, soprano; | Charles street. | weights, will help lure the crowds | Ruth Hamilton, contralto; W. H. Norris, bass. Fine musical selec- Mahood, Hugh Ryan. The Gananoque | teant that opposed them were T. E. | Sharpe, Ted Taylor, L. 8. Barr, | Chummy Stevens, O. D. Cowan, Sid | McKenzie, F. W. Bell, J. 8. Har- "se see. ALL SHOES AND ALL BAGGAGE MARKED DOWN LOW BARGAINS FOR ALL Butterfly Jewelery Beautiful Brazilian Butterfly Wings DELCO-LIGHT Electric light and power for coun try homes, villages and small towns. W. ©. CANNON Bibby Blogk Phone 120-w, + McDowell, Mounted on sterling Kingston's Biggest Home Furnishers - NOW or | NEVER Opportunity knocks! but ONCE 2.25 Class, Trot. Healey, dants. Horton, 3 4 "Rendall, THOMAS COPLEY Carpenter 'Phone 987 See us for all kinds of Carpentry work. Estimates given on mew floors | i laid. Have your hardwood floors clean ed with our mew floor cleaning ma. chine. We cannot repeat' ~ JOBBING WORK A SPECIALTY Brick; Stone, Plastering and Tile Setting Douglas & Mcllquham CONTRA 'Phones 2267F---928W 400 Albert Street -- NEW FURS That which is newest you will find in our collection of Fur ap- parel. We are featur- ing a wide range of _ Neckpieces in Fox, Squirrel, Martin, Mink, etc. W. F. GOURDIER 78 BROCK STREET WEAVER-WELSH STOVE $17 Per and EGG COAL Ton SOWARDS COAL CO. TELEPHONE 155 UPTOWN OFFICE: McGALL'S CIGAR STORE Mid-Summer. Sale! BOOTS AND SHOES Miss Hattie Donaldson, Toronto, is| into the Canadian National Exhibi- the guest of Mrs. Thomas Gordon, | tion Midway. Victoria avenue. The hostesses at the yesterday afternoon were Mrs. J. J. Davis and Mrs. George K. Tay- Her demure sister, weighing a paltry 213 pounds, is also Golf Club | with the show. Good Friday will fall on April 1st again in 1983. | (Continued from Page 1.) be congratulated on its splendid staff of agents. Business comes from the activity of the agents and very Life insurance, any other business. "Governments | life insurance companies, but | lessening risk to the company re- duces cost to the policyholder. 1 think you will always find that the | is featured by a doric | Ontario Government is prepared to | composed of six fluted columns. The promote investigation that will pro-| yyilding is of fireproof construction | the | throughout, being framed with steel life of our people. That is where We | columns and beams encased in brick- mote the health and lengthen can co-operate most closely with life insurance companies." In concluding the Premier sald that the Manufacturers' Life stood well among the leading companies which.operated in the Dominion and its position was justified by its acti- vities while its splendid service en- titled it to congratulations of every- body. Spread of Activities. Mayor Foster commented on the spread of the company's activities in other parts of the empire and the world drawing attention to the ad- vertising that Canada gained there- by. Regarding the location of the headquarters he thought that the directors had chosen an excel- lent site along one of the main ar- teries of trafic and in the centre of the city. Sir William Mulock, who was also called on for a few remarks, com- mented jocularly on his nsar resl- dence to the mew building. "Here," *"1 can have life insurance Opening of Fine New Headquarters Building Of Manufacturers" Life Insurance Company | In particular, I would like to express | evening, Ayk the appreciation of the directors and | of myself of Hon. P. C. Larkin, | | High Commissioner for Canada in| | London, an esteemed friend of many | Wesley Topping, little from those who sit at the head | vears who kindly consented to azy {son Ey eT a ie ard office," he remarked amid laughter. | ciate at the opening of this building. | the late Mrs. Topping, Perth, and | he went on, Was| The formal opening today by the | formerly governor of Kingston jail. | something of which those connected | High with it might well be proud. At no| marks of the thirty-elghth anniver. | Miss Dorothy Lewis, of Smith's 2 ie time in the history of Canada had sary of the founding of the com-| The drawing room was prettily de-| a policyholder lost a single dollar by | pany. reason of reverses in business. That | month was a wonderful record which he| operations in a small office at 38|0f old-fashioned flowers, thought could not be equalled bY | King street east, Toyonto, | | Commissioner for Canada Thirty-eight years ago this| the company commenced "Perhaps a few words in connec- | { : forming the backgroynd. The bride {he commented, can well co-operate |tjon with the design and construc- | entered the roo h her father, j with life insurance companies in the | tion of the building may be of inter- | interests of the general public. Such | gg to you. work as Dr. Banting has done not| designed in a modern Georgian re- |! exquisite white georgette wedding only means increased business for | paissance style. The building has been | It is six storeys | bY | high and is built of dressed Indiana | Ivory lace and a wedding veil with limestone standing on a pink mil- ford granite base. The main facade colonnade work and with outer walls of brick faced with stone. The type of con- struction used for the floors. and roofs is known as 'Trus-con' con- struction. It consists of light steel beams supported by a thin slab of concrete on which is laid the floor- ing. I have been informed by the architect that this system was used on this building for the first time in 'Canada and has since been: adopted in the construction of a number of buildings ia Toronto. : tion by Highlanders' Band. 'The grounds were beautifully {lluminat- ed with abundance of electric lights, many of them colored. There was a performance in front of the grand stand. The programme con- cluded by a brilliant fireworks dis- play by Prof. Hand. MARRIED AT PEMBROKE. Miss Marjorie Ellis Weds Coral W. Topping. A wedding took place on Tuesday . 25th, when Miss Mar- jorie May Ellis, B.A,. daughter of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Ellis, Pem- broke, became the bride of Mr. Coral Tacoma, Wash, The nuptial music was played by| corated with summer blooms and] the ceremony was held in a bower larkspur, snapdragon and stocks with ferns e cere- in an who performed the m mony. She looked dainty gown, with godets trimmed with wreath of orange blossoms. She car- ried a shower bouquet of Ophelia roses and white sweet peas. Miss Ruby Hubbell, of Smith's Falls, act- ed as bridesmaid, and wore a pretty apricot georgefte frock with petal trimming in apricot. Her bouquet was of butterfly roses and mauve sweet peas. DUSTY AND DISAGREEABLE. Are the Roads in the Rear of Ad- dington. Ardoch, Aug. 25.--A heat wave, along with a drought period, have made the roads dusty and disagree- able to travellers. Late crops are also suffering. Frederick Le Sage, Tweed, was in this community yes- terday. He was accompanied by Harold Marquardt, Denbigh, who has lately been an employee there. Those who are in Ottawa attend- ing the exhibition are James Derue, Charles Smith, M. G. Weber and Hugh Fraser. Wilfred Weber spent over-Sunday in Erinsville. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lloyd, Northbrook, were in this vicinity last week. Nelson Kellar and mother, Buffalo, N.Y., are visiting at Robert Watkins' and Wes- ley Topping's. Mr. and Mrs. Wright and son accompanied them, and are on a sight-seeing expoeition. Sunday prices you secure TO-DAY There is no home furnishing need that cannot be best supe: plied at this BIG STORE. Whether it be only a single piece fo complete a room or an entire outfit for a magnificent home or for a modest cottage--during our BIG AUGUST FURNITURE SALE. JAMES REID THE LEADING UNDERTAKER. TELEPHONE 147, THE FUN SHOP NEWSPAPER FUN By Maxson Foxhall Judell Home Again ! From black flies in the mountains, From sand fleas at the shore, Mosquitoes' sting while motoring-- Thank Heaven, we're safe once more! She Knew. Bronson "Sorry, dear, but I've got to work at the office again to- night." Mrs. Bronson: "Your cards are in the bureau drawer, dear." The Sign. Eleanor: "Daddy, did you know that young man who called on me last night is a poet?" Her Father: "I thought as much." Eleanor: "Could you tell by the way his eyes shined?" ' Her Father: "No; by the way his pants did." Gertrude. | | Love makes the world go round, but money keeps it well oiled. Speaking of Mamas-- ° Hien, Billie, and Jane all asked for different cereals for breakfast. "You shall all eat the same cereal or go without breakfast," insisted their mother. % "Gee, ain't we got a red-hot mam- ma this morning!" retorted three- year old Helen. A ~Mrs. C. C. Simons. you think she has too wide a frame?" --Mrs. C. O. Wagstaff. Described. Howard: "What kind of a fellow" is he?" 3 Blaisdell: "He's a man of means and meanness." ~Lauren S. Hamilton, A New Kind of Apple. I work in a grocer's shop, and all i day long I come across a lot of fun incidents. But because the clerks ways have to be the soul of pol the jokes are usually made by customers. The other day a man came in and asked for a dozen apples. £ "What kind of apples do you wan 1 I asked him. "Baldwins? "Yeh," said he, "d'ya think want 'em with hair on?" ' 1 : Fun each evening In the Whig. See it each Wed« -nesday and t | f i .F Het File BE i : i ga. i