VOL. XXVIII.--NO. 12 sal FEET TET A a : r a et a ag B " s + Sar rt aya. ha . ------ Mien! ee 2. AS Pegs: Ld WALTER BROS. Listowel's Leading Dry Goods and Clothing Store. OO0-02644284 ee ee THE POPULAR PLACE TO DO YOUR BUYING. OOO0E4 068-6E-4E5E44O45 BE66EE 848874 OTWITHSTANDING the great advance in the prices of Cotton Fabrics, cause of timely buying, able to offer our Cus- tomers in every line equally '&nd in many lines better values in Lace Curtains than ever N before. 25¢. a pair to $7.50. Sa i a an Ri tin i tt Ti tin tie tae ties ae the the te th "tte te he CARPETS, QILCLOTHS, | INOLEUMS. o we are, be- From MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING, We have them here from isc. PER YARD TO $1.50 PER YARD SOOO OE 645246 FE5E86E 2668644665868 Special prices in Hats, Caps, Collars, Ties and Shirts. SPECIALS IN GROCERIES. 3 Ibs. Prunes for... 10 lbs. Coffee for .. SVL S 6 VEGF 2TS B66 FOO654E 1646066 SATURDA 5 lbs. Raisins for. 2513 WE WILL SELL White Laundered Shirts for 39¢»: eat, ag White Unlaundered Shirts for 29c, each. Dress-making oer 2nd Hioers" ee omar tert ' SIGN OF THE ELEPHANT. SECC FECES = O57 $ 00|4 Ibs. Currants for 'Work guaranteed. 25 25 or oa5.: rc t & bers LISTOWEL METHODIST © Oxrven, Pastofy SUNDAY, APRIL u, i90u, * ll rece = Tie Tas tor. Sa oot--*t odorstandest { i em Anthem "There ise land," 3 Ladies Quarcanren Oh t Paradisa"' Some thi orth Aatiem "Great inga w senahag? *K « eayen.: sf i by [DAY: 'APRIL 22, 1904, 'shen Pek. js Sg. Fine Contane. = Dotan Mr. George CHRIST CHURCH, Rev. C. H, Buckland, Rector, | SUNDAY, APE! APRIL &, 1908. 1] a, m--Morning Prayer, and Sermon. 7 pm--Choral Evetsong and Sermon Subjeet--"'The Bible and ity infinese: " sale when it F. Vand licensed Orders for drick, County of Perth, anctios » BSilver- swale Pere -- Better by far than anything éver seen in the Bargain line will bo Grant's Great Fire for ssles cna. be left at Ae J. Vandrick's store, Wallace | St., Srectat SaLE at Guather's of: the «best Collingwood, emoke and Miss Bo Miss. Doan of. thie wee other fi All decirigy 1: arte 60 PAIRS OF WOMAN'S CORK SOLESHOES . . well worth $3 for $2 a pair. HATS--LATEST ue and Colors at bergain MEN' S 4 * CHILDREN'S Shoes, a cheapest in Liste- = wel, - UP-TO-DATE ge j pisces of Watches, Neaaigeed and oy Ch gut attention to Watch 'had Clock 'fepair- at Rene ae ee | | AN and pet a boot of information free. ~ ; " " BR, t. = SPECIALS © |x. Campbell 3 AT BALLARD'S. = « pope i a BALLARD, The Hatter and Shoe Man. - ROBERT THOMPSON Peeple's Cash Store. Buy Your Soring Suits Now The success of our clothing department de- nds more thnn ever upon attractive and sub: We are showing ouths end Boys Suits in great variety in the new English, Scotch and weeds and Worsteds, correctly de- signed and thoroughly tailcred by the best la- stantiall Men's, of colorin Canadian made garments. bor ir Canada. pING \ rion" Men's Serge Suits, regular 6 76 tor4 59 te * Youths' 3 viece Suit fSerge, regular #4 76 now.. Youths"3 piece Suit Tweed regular 4 26 Low Boys' 2 piece Suits Navy Blue Serge 2 50 now.. Boys' 2 piece Suite. '1 wee, reguiar 2 00 now.. Men's*Rain Ooats in Rubber and Cravenette, $1-90 to $10 JUST ARRIVED 42 ladies' sample Rain Ooats no two alike at lees than manufacturers price, + ROBERT THOMPSON Sign of the Lion. Highest prices paid for all kinds of Produce. LISTOWEL GLOTH HALL CAREFULNESS IS OUR STUDY. Our constant aim is to see that you are pleased. If somebody is going to inake you a Suit WE WANT TO DO ; THE MAKING. That's the whole story in a small space. We give you the best work that skilled work- men can give and offer you a choice of fabric and a range of prices that will meet your every want. To-day would be A GOOD TIME TO LOOK. " , 8672 A ey can't buy --_ and 'fitth Te Rev. G. D ing town for Musk evening prebenea puree andan @ of St, Panl'é: cheap and on easy terms of- payment if re- quired. Apply at the office. Mr. aod Mra, John Gardiner left this week for Elkhorn, Manitoba where one of their sons resides: They bave rented their property on fhe Mitohell road for s year, and may tetnro tetown if they do not oare to remain in the prairie province, Another week of cold and stormy weather has projected the winter till further into the time when we usnally look fur spring. The snow on Friday night and again this week may have benefited the fall wheat, bat all the same the farmera would prefer being at their plowing and spring' seeding jast now, Look out for -- everybody when Grant's Great Fire Sale starta, The Maitland Star Foptball Clab will give a concert in McDonald's hall on Monday evening, May 2nd. The enneert will be mostly home talent, The boys are taking this means of rais- ing founds for the comitg seasou i0- stead of the subscription list, aud as their expenses are heavy, the citizens should give them a bumper houre. Admiesion, adalts 250, children 100. Curesr TRorar. --The silver onp presented by the cheese buyers at the annnal meeting of the Western Ontario ag nar Association, and won by Mr. R. A. Green: of the Trowbridge factory, is on -- _ in the store window of M Wright & Thomp- son. This beaut al trophy has been won for two yeare/in sucosésion by hold; he be once more Couneil. a. made, namely, ead F sind H. Martinson. eéere. McDonald | dtopped out, apd that the cones oe geatlemen will pro- bably stand. 2f p0,.thé election will take place on next, concurrent with poi ad the waterworks by- law. . = 3 : or Exroar Cat- Ee pereneed rose ; of Wallace, who is ba ing cattle for export : | fine a lot as have left here, and were vureaiae? 7 ibe, each; and another a +45 - and an lot of two-year-olds wrers red 1,377 Ibs. ; e were MacKenzie Bros. Model Merchant Tailors. ; yokent to attend this high-class oon- : piertion of the Cangdian lawn bowling ad} team w t sf land hee Ireland this summer, onder '| both sides, will be the beginning af a 'Vseries of perindical visits between Oan- the -} ment which has taken no small part in + | manofactarers and auccessfal merch- : Pante make up a typical team which will "cr phe oldest of games, in which king aud 'E;] be given in hopor of the weetern men. =e Yor, 'Mitchel Gjub, Alex. Fail}, Strat- manner: in "The Death 6 heart of every *Mr. Mackenzie Murdock was also heartily applanded fer his fine PeGlio selections, the quality of which i beyond the ordinary. urence Murdock, iat, ehow remarkable genius and mnosica!l talent. The homorous | songs of Mr. Harry Munroe were most 'Pleasing, and it ie only to be regretted that more people could not find it con- Ou C Couwrny Bownise Tzau.--The iol'is to tour Evgland, Seot- 'the auspices of the bowling arsocia- tions of those countries, bas finally ,been made. This tour, it is hoped on ade a mother country, Not Not cnis is the team fairly represen- tative of the playing strength of the olubs, but it is equally eo of that ele- the development of this country. Lawyers and dootore, distinguished In their reapective p aapitalista worthily represeut the Dominion, not ouly on the greens of the old country, Hin friendly rivalry with the devotees of ant alike take pleasore, bat also in uquet hall and at funoctions,which will Foflowing are the names of the gentle- aac beve been selected: A. no, M.P., Stratford Olnb.-T. 8, i re mus 1 Jest oh Poa night was highly ap- : by all who were privileged f | to attend Neil, the tenor ? a fine, clear tenor pain and was aorcuahiy deserving of most feéling and étitertain ol Weleon" he completely captured hie a} attdiénoe by his exquisite rendering of 4 that Bong, 80 dear to t *) Bri WATERWORKS BY-LAW Discussed at a Public Meeting. It is up to the ratepayers to raise an additional $10,000 to complete the waterworks system, and the by-law providiug therefor, which is to be vot- ed on next Tuesday, should be carried, thongh voting for the by-law may not be intended to be taken as an endorse- ment of the Council's action in inenr- ring the extra expenditure without first obtaining the ratepayers' sanction. This expresses the opinion of {he meét- ing beld on Tuesday evening to disenss the matter, The interest of the eiti- zeus was shown by the numbers pres- ent. Mayor Hay took the chair, and first called opon the candidates who had been nominated for Councillor to address the meeting, but nove of these gentlemen were presont at the time. Be- fore taking up the waterworks ques- tion the Mayor alluded to the Carnegi Library building, stating that he wish. ed to correct an error, about the §10,- 000 offer, concerning which astory had been circolated that the Oounejl in- tended accepting the money under falae pretences. Mayor Hay said the Uouncil conld accept the donation and ereot a building for a library, hall and Counoil chamber, without binding the ratepayers for $1, and at the same time live ap to the letter of the law. The amount required to be expended an- naally for maintenauce would be fully met by the helf mill in the dollar pro- vided for library purposes and the other expsnditures which would be rightfully chargeable to maintevance account. He hoped to see the build- ing gove on with and completed by next fall. In disoussing the water- works, Mayor Hay said the Conncil did net claim to be perfect, and he could pow see many things tbat he would liketo have changed in connec- tion with the waterworke. The esti- mate of $21,500, farnished by Engineer avis, Was oot as fall as it ehould bave been. Some defects had been dis- covered in the by-law, and the Oonn. cil of 1903 had deferred Jettiog the contract until +. time limit bad ex- pired in whi t might be attacked. This cansed oonpiiebabte delay in pro- ceeding with the work. He admitted that last year's Connci miss in ite duty in net cos where it would be more oop venient for looking after. He thought it would be better to carry the by-law and complete the waterworks, as he There was a fair proepeot of a awe ne, which should reach $2,000 th aan besides eaving the $1,200 the owl was now paying th Milling - Co. * ae Mr. T. L. Hamilton, President of tbe Board of Trade, waa then called on, and in responce esid ba beileved in the waterworks and waa one of the first to have the service in his thomse. He thought it would be a good thing for the town, and among other ad- vautages, with a better syetem of water- worke we should get a better rate of in- auranoe. Thongh the taxea were high aod the waterworks were coating more than estimated, the only thing for the ratepayers to do wae to vote tor the ey i J HW Ganther betiev ed in munici Weestr of oll public utilities, rege eli erworks and electric light. or the ad. ditional expenditure, the ring was w against it and there was no sap ties dor but to carry the by-law. He was hopeful that sufficient revenue would be derived to make it par if properly managed. leasre J M Bchinbein and Wm Climie sins spoke briefly, ac ques- tion as to whether the Piste 810,000 would complete the ayatem, Mayor Hay the $21,500 had been based un the Engineer's estimates, wheresn the position waa now changed, the contracts being let, a» per Statement in the by-law, This sonel the meeting. LISTOWEL BOY KILLED. Harry Frank Lost His Life in the Explosion on the U, S, Battle- -ship Missouri. Among the victime of the terrible accident which occurred last week on the United States big battleship Mie- souri while engaged io its record-break- ing 12-inch gun practice off Peneacola, Florida, was Harry W. Frank, sor of the late Jacob Frank of this towo, who heid ie position of electrician on the hig fighter, A despatch giv oulars of the digaster will ja edo another page. Ip resulted: from the ope snes having | d-sinte 'the Tor 'B, Pearcy, Vic Torom a, A. fa omc Victoria Club, Toronto, Jas. Bicknell, K. O., B. 0. ¥ ©., Toronto, George J. Bennett, Caer- Howell Club Toronte, Edward 8. Sars Cavada Club, 'Toronto, Edward C. Davies, Uaer-Howell Ulab, 'Toronto. George Anderson, Prospect Park Olub, Toronto, P. U, Keye, Victoria Olnb, Toronto, J. B. McKay, Queen's Olub, Kingston, Thos. Hastings, Unuada Olub, HIGH SCHOOL BXEROISES. luce A mow pleasing exercise took p at the ish Scliool on p Thureday uft- Sunpsen and second to ke. Ef The prize ae were their mpositions to Lhe audience. Mr. 5. W. Scott abierwat presented the prizes, han sets of books, to the winners and complumented them on the excellence of their work and that of all the pupils taking part. He great pleasure the had have missed. " hs pent were most heartily endorsed by all citizens present and the hope was gonerally expressed that affairs of the kind wou & quent occurrence, DEATH OF MR. D. o: . GRICKER. Mr, D. 0, Bricker, cf Winnipeg, bro- of Mr. 6. Bricker of this cede ra of age consult a specialist from Winnipes to there to his in Toronto, going from old home in Port Elgin where be bas been ill since. He in years Ladergpaooy gre connected with business reai estate in Port ip and Brus county and went from there a Winnipeg about i twenty years ago, built a fine resi in that "oity and handled sonsi @ real estate. His wife pendeoseand him about three years ago. He had a family of four sons and for daugh- ters, all of whom survive, His family are all married, twosons live in Gan- dusky, Ohio, one in Seattle and one Morris, Man. One daughter lives one, About a month rs, Stafford of Port Bigin, died 1 od 67. The age vo- a ages 8 thus the forth in the family within little -m e the fmaily Mr, ramoyed from Winnipeg to Baer baa - 'at cecpie it eboutd be : However, he believed { it would be in sstisfactory shape when taken over by the town. As to the cost of the water- works, the $21,500 had been abont all expended and there wii) be consider- able shortage. Hather thao go into litigation with the Meyers Milling Oo., the Conuoil had decided to take over their pump. The original 9,500 feet of mains bad been exceeded by 3,590 feet, at a cost of $1,700. This was the only item the Conneil had expended beyond the original plan, and bad beeo done in order to cover the town as well as possible, There were in all about four miles of mains. Some changes in sizes of pipes had been made where found necessary. The question for the ratepayers to decide was, is it necessary to complete the worke and incur the additional expendi- ture ? It had been said that we could do witbouta standpipe, bat if we ex- pect to get a revenue from the water- works we must complete the system. He believed a revenue could be derived. Besides the $1,200 per annum the town was now paying the Meyere Mill- ing Co., that cempany was receiving another $1,000 from other sources for water, with the present limited system. , Wheo the town hada vomplete sye- tem of waterworks he believed the citi- zens would take advantage of it and bave healthful water eopplied them. The additional $10,000 required to complete the system would increase the tax rate by | mill for the next thirty years, and if the by-law was not carried there was no alternative but to tax ourselves to the limit and pay off $2,500 » year forthe next four yeara. He thought the citizens would prefer to have it spread over thirty years. Mayor Hay gave figures showing that the town had wiped off $19,000 of ite debenture debt in the past ten years, and closed by reading a livt of towns that bad. waterworks systema and the cost of 'same, only three of the : eon mentioned being under $50,000 Councillor Woods' opinion was simi- lar to that of the Mayor. No money bad been spect without the sanction of the Engineer, but unfortonately they had exceeded the estimates. The mistake was made that the waterworks were pot gone on with several years ago, when metal pipes and eter hse -- one-third lower thannow. Mr. Woods gave. a statement of tbe lengths "eed coat of pipes laid down, and said the contracts for the work had been let too late in the fall, when voutractore were all busy. As to the prospects of a revenne, be bad orders at the pres- ent from about twenty-eight persons to put in water, and there will be more as soon as the system is completed. He wonld sooner see the payment spread over thirty years, as otherwise it meant direct taxation Mr. J. W, Scott was the next speaker. and later went to the States. Abont #ix years ago he enlisted in the 7tb Regiment of U. 8 Cavalry, in which be remained for over a year, aud was in Coba forrome time. He then joined the U. 8. Navy, and served for four yeare ou the baftleship Kearaarge of the North Atlantic fleet. term having expired last fall, he oame home and spent a couple of weeke with his mother and brothere and sisters in town. Returning to Buffalo he en- listed for avotber four years' term, and was again attached to the Re. While in charge of a boat as Coxswain, conveying the officers of the Kearsarge from shore to the vessel, he met with ap accident and was laid up for several weeks iu Brooklyn Hospital. Before bis recovery the Kearsarge had left for the aouth, and upon reporting for duty be was transferred tu the new battle- ship Missouri, which went into com- mission jest fall, and of whiob Captain Cowles, brother-in-law of President Roosevelt, is commander. He bad been on the Missouri since New Year's, be ing assigned to the position of electri- cian. In bis last letter written bome he told of having taken part in the two euccesefal record-breaking target prao- tices, and should the third prove euc- cessful be looked for p omotion to the position of gun pointer, Unfortunate- ly the third practice Yesnited disast- rouely for those engaged in it, and but forthe hervic bravery of Gunner's Mate Monson jin jumping into the magazine where tons of guopowder was stored and closing the ateel dvors, the ship would bave been destroyed and the livee of most if not all of the crew of over 600 men eacrificed. Rapid shooting is blamed for the accident. Telegrams were received from the Ad- miralty Dept, at Washington by the family here conveying the sad news of young Frapk's death, also as to dis- possl of the remains, offering to send the body bome if desired. Mr. Chris. Frank of Torontc, the eldest brother of deceased, was in Listowel over Sun- day, and it wae left with bim to deeide upon bis return to Torouto. The de- ceased young map was moch respected by thore who kvew bim here, and the sympathy of the community for the distressed Bey hes been evoked by his sad dea A cue: reogived yesterday from Pensacola announced that the body was being sent to Listowel, and is ez- pected here ov Saturday. Unless otber arrangements are made, the fan- eral will take place from the G, station to-morrow ou the arrival of the 1130 wm. train from Stratford. Canp oF THaNgs.--I desire lo express my gratefa! thanks to the people of the town of Listowel and surrounding country for and woe n the yer me summer He had alwaye been strongly in favor of municipal ownership of waterworks fortnoe that they had not been taken ov- by-law. Since then $2,0000r $3.000 been pent in pipes. He thongbt the contracts been let too Iste, and that was why we were paying fo much. He did pot like the location of the' -pamping station, and thought it should - The wholesale eee license in Ter- and electric light, and it was very "D-| 4.1 Junotion will not be permitted after May 1, when the local option by- er and gono on with under the yeas law takes effect. Farmers in Kent Ovunty are greatly be in » more central. part of the town, - didn't see any other way ont of it. * dixoouraged over the'outlook for winter - wheat. They declare that the crop bas been practically ruined by heavy fresh-