Daily British Whig (1850), 20 Oct 1925, p. 3

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WAS MARKET CLERK OVER THIRTY YEARS Late William McCammon Had a Varied Career--Was Fenian Raid Veteran. Willam McCammon, for over thirty years the market clerk of WJngston, died at the home of his niece, Miss Minnie Sleeth, 304 John- son street, on Monday afternoon. The deceased was a sufferer from heart trouble, and it was this that which finally caused his death at the age of eighty-three. The late William McCammon was born in this city on May 15th, 1842, and spent all his lite here. He Priced operated a butcher stall in the old market shambles, and after these were burned he continued to operate $16.50 -- $30.00 his stall on the site of the pregent d Fully Guaranteed an y | market buildings. ) When a young man the deceased played lacrosse and took a keen in- terest in all branches of sport. He belonged to the Kingston Lodge of Oddfellows for over fifty years and also took a very prominent part in the Orange Order. The late Mr. William McCammon was a Presby- terian and a member of Chalmers church. In politics he was a life- long Conservative, The militia claim- ed part of his timé and when the Fenian raids of 1866 broke out he was 'attached to the old 14th Bat- talion. He saw active service at Cornwall during those troublous times. The deceased was known to a very large number of citizens as a warm friend to the sick. It was his cus- tom to visit the hospitals regularly and he always had a cheering word for the patients. Despite his years, his mind remained bright and active, and he was able to recall clearly Office: 56 Arch Stredt, "Phone 1225w || events which happened half a cen- Fall and dettver. tury ago. His wife predeceased him y ten years and since that time he had been residing with his niece, Miss Sleeth. He had no family nor are there any brothers or sisters living. Mr. W. McCammon, license inspec- tor, is a nephew. LOOKING | : PROBS: Partly cloudy. Wednesday; not AROUND Shade V4 Spears Three girls and a married woman are to come to the Portsmouth peni- tentiary this week to serve senténces for manslaughter. No wonder it has been found necessary to build a new prison for women at Ports- mouth. much i Check them with DR. HICKEY'S REMEDIES bh been giving the fullest sat~ isfaction for twenty years. «Speedy Relief for Coughs. ~=Speedy Cold Capsules. ~--Analgic Rub for Congestion, Of Beauty and { Usefulness is a Folding Desk or | Travelling Clock These Clocks are Swiss made, run for 3 days, have luminous dials and hands and are cased in Blue, Rose, Green, Grey and Brown Leather or Antique Brass. Some have Alarms. That bluster of Monday put an end | to the leaves on the trees. The leaves have remained later than usu- al this year and would probably have seen the end of the month had the weather remained as it was last week. WEDNESDAY | MORNING SPECIAL Sale of Hosiery! 1200 Pair Sale Price. 43c or 2 pair for 85c 3 for 50 cents Premier King's coming to King- ston was preceded by a good big storm. It was a real good heralding the Prime Minister received, and those who read signs well say it means victory for him on the 29th. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST There are apparefitly some real bold robbers in Kingston when they get going at 6.15 in the morning. But the bold ones will land in the police net before long. It is no surprise to learn that Queen's will seek a larger endow- ment. To expand, a university must have much money and then some more. The governments will have to give more, for the rich men of the country say they are paying into the government coffers in income taxes what they would give to the universities and hospitals were there no taxation. BUNGALOW---7 rooms, 8 pe. seciric light, double loc and | |W glter Cannem " Pinsmith, Roofing and Furnace Work Jobbing a Specialty. Automobile Radiators repaired and recored. 69 BAGOT ST. The KINGSTON CLEANERS AND DYERS Clean anything that ean be cleaned C. COE & P. BARRETT $2/000--Frame, 4 rooms, B. and T., HA : electric light. " 7 rooms, 8 p. bath, furnace. $c0n_pme 1, 'Phone 1808 -- If the Pittsburgh church case con- tinues, enough money will be "ex- pended to send a missionary to the foreign field for a year. Even church folks cannot go to law for nothing. Just pay heed to this, ye male folk: When a woman shies a plate or other utensil at you, duck and beat it. Don't argue or come to grips or you'll get the worst of it. Girls are advised to use aids to beauty. Most girls do, but they will be glad to receive this advice from Cynthia. Fish and Chips Hest In eity. 'Phone orders to 2865-w and they will be ready. Old English Fish & Chip Shop Corner Bay and Baget Streets The View Point of Saving There.are many ways of saving, but perhaps the best is to take advantage of the money-saving opportunity offered by buying POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS COAL at $12.00 per ton. The best Coal produced in the United States. Heat units 15,000, as against 13,000 heat units for best anthracite produced. Get a trial ton. It will absolutely prove above statement to be correct. Dennee & Morris OFFICE! 29 BROCK STREET 'Phone 2444 GIRL FALLS 200 FEET FROM PLANE TO DEATH Hanging Without Parachute, Her Strength Failed-- Crowd Saw Tragedy. Niles, Mich,, Oct. 20.--Jumping from a speeding airplane after dis- carding her parachute, Miss Dag- *| mar Stedman, 21 years old, fell 200 EY fh Str ws during a stunt exhibition yesterday afternoon, and was injured fatally. To be sure of a steady, wninter- rupted service is to have your equip- MONEY TO LOAN. CUSTOMS BROKER ee nen ES ---------- Jobbing Work a Specialty \ Brick, Stone, Plastering and Tile Setting CONTRACTORS 400 ALB STREET 'Phones ---028W ---------- VETERANS BOYCOTT GERMAN-MADE GOODS Kingston Branch of the G.W. V.A. Passed Resolution on Monday Night. The regular meeting of the King- ston branch of the Great War Veter- ans' Association was held in their Assembly Hall, Shannon Building, on Monday evening. The president, Comrade Charles Hicks, called the meeting to order in the usual man- ner at 8 p.m. | The committee reported excellent progress on the "Poppy Day" cam- paign, Comrade Barrett having com- pleted his canvass for poppy wreaths. He reported that the business people had been very kind to him, and the results of his canvass confirmed this. The wreaths are to be ordered at once and it is hoped to have them in the hands of those who were so kind as to purchase them by the first day of November. The window cards were submitted to the members for inspection and great satisfaction was expressed on their neatness and attractive appear- ce. Arrangements are well under way for the annual Memorial Service, which is to be held in Memorial Hall on Nov. 11th. About sixty workers have already consented to help on Nov. 7th, with the sale of poppies on the City streets. The as- sociation is anxious to secure at least one hundred workers for this day, and will be grateful for offers of assistance from young ladies who will help with this work. After considerable discussion, the following resolution was drafted and ordered sent to the Dominion Com- mand at Ottawa: "That this Kingston branch of the Great War Veterans' Association A -- One of the great needs in the pub- lic schools here is to reduce the "in- fant classes." Fifty. kids are too many for one teacher to handle, much less to teach. According to. Capt. Bernier, the veteran Arctic explorer, the North Pole is wobbling, Well, let it wob- ble, for all that it matters to most of us, - Regular 75c¢. to $1.00 values A great purchase of the finest Cashmerette and All Wool Cash- mere Hose in plain and sport ribbed effects. The colors include Grey, Brown, Heather and Green. Sizes 81 to 10. ¥ FREIGHT DELIVERY : A SPECIALTY © [Local and long distance. All Motor Trucks with Alr Tires. MH. L. BRYANT Division Street. 'Phone 1755.1 Rei ~~ Som _ ' Queen's Students . After s hard days' study, try u FISH and CHIP SUPPER, 20c. Get them at JARVIS, corner of Albert apd Princess streets, 5 minutes run _ from the college. 'Phone 2373-m. Owen Sound is worrying over a typhoid epidemic. The doctors cannot locat® the cause in the drink- ing water supply. ' If it is not in the water, they will find it in the milk. Kingston went through a similar ex- perience years ago, and milk tests showed that the disease came from a certain barnyard. BIG BLOW ON LAKE; BOATS SEEK SHELTER Wind Travelled at Rate of Thirty-eight Miles Hour. Blowing at a rate of thirty-eight miles an hour, the wind of Monday afternoon and evening, tied up the boat traffic on Lake Ontario and a large number of boats were forced to remain in the harbor during the night. Old marine men claim it to be one of the worst gales in their time. The water was a seething, foaming body, (with the waves high, crashing against the breakwaters and throw- ing spray for a great distance. The wind started in early Monday || morning, but after the rainfall, drop: considerably. At noon it started ain, and blew a terrific gale, ceas- |} Mng in the early hours of Tuesday morning. -- The steamer Waubic, which made .Suffice to state the simple facts as enumerated above --the quality will speak for itself on inspection. She was unconscious when taken from the water by rescuers and died | a shortly afterwards at Niles hosiptal. More than 500 residents of the vicinity, who have watched Miss Stedman defy death regularly for the last five weeks, saw. her take 'the final plunge. They realised as she hung without her parachut to the bottom of the plane, that some- thing was amiss and stood silently at the rim of the lake awaiting the im- pending tragedy. A boat had been launched several minutes before she fell, ' Andrew Ramsay, Newburgh, died very suddenly Saturday morning. Pembroke's population is placed at 10,667, : Furnishings . To brighten up the home for the dull THAT ROOM ' Many have a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom or some other room that they wish to do over, and they don't just know just Ry What to do with it. Let us offer you a suggestion: color. Finish with a cost of Gold { oy + wish to draw to the attention of their comrades and the public In general, the fact that a great influx of Gern n-made goods is coming in- to our D¢ minion for sale during the Christmas season, and that the mem- bérship of this Association has gone on record and now re-iterates its de- term to German-made boycott | goods and would like the general public to refuse to purchase the pro- duce of our late enemy. A very enthusiastic meeting was brought ot a close by the singing of afternoon, was forced to remain there over night, and a United States government boat, the Curlew, engaged in looking after the fish hatcheries, was compelled to put in- to the local harbor for shelter and her trip to Cape Vincent on Monday |g days of Fall and Winter--complete new stocks specially priced -- invite your in- spection in our Basement Department. FURNITURE COVERINGS LINOLEUMS AND CONGOLEUMS. BED COMFORTERS, etc., on, NEW CRETONNES. NEW CHINTZ. NEW MADRAS. +

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