for 75c a yd. _ "14. WALTER BROS. Listowel's Leading Dry Goods Store Leads----Others Follow ! Next week, the first week in rea ushers in the great, harvest time for Drees ce and Muslin buyers, Itis gale, when some of the best and ne ably less than we could afford In the regular phos aes and seling. "Ho gauch we leave for you to jndge, when you ao ~ and gain Marob sped an annual ayant, the 7B ercli-wk oosatty, Pop --: and many, yes, hund tial money saving Xbilities, ote the price ia tt is s Stunner. ladies' Swi gah ey od April Dress Regu ax $1.00 ant iar si = Knicker Suitings, lowe week, rd , 90 cen vas and Pebble Suitings, 10 all colers, r Soc | Very brisk in town. 19¢ 106 reach cont French poplin, shades, - to pices, 4065 state tweed Dress Goods, to clear, Gingh French American Organdies, ey Frepeh Mus na, French ams, wearing 'ile, Sieattoune fa all styles, "patterns ---- Fe jgataae ree ' 636 cents and apward. 25 dozen Linen Towels, rag. 40 Lace Curtains. Mi pairs, regular P cents, this week, at 35 " 1.00 " * " 1: * « 1. a M ! $2. 00 and 2.25 Curtains Carpets. Regular * cont Union Carpets 65 ry = and 85 cent'pure wool " + cent bape faced " Rags, 25 i and wards. Roots and Shoes at Cost. nt SeRee a sc " tb rt " " " Our Grocery department has gained a reputation ~ its own. Fresh butter peont st produce, Remem- and ones -- on hand. Highest prices paid for all farm ber the place i Walter Bros., LISTOWEL. at 5 yo consider- Ae Sign of The Elephant ATWOOD, ONT., FRIDAY, MAR. 27, 1903. NO. 11. ||TOWN AND VICINITY || Mrs. (Dr.)McLeod wasin Toronto for afew days last week. Mrs. John Koox entertained a few friends on Friday evening. Remember the concert in Mitchell's ®| Music Hall next Monday eve. . If you want a Spring suit readymade or made to order go to Walter Bros. Heury Johnston sold his horse in Lis towel last Friday, realizing $140 for the animal, The roads are ipa very miserabie condition, consequently basiness is not T.Q, Ballantyne shipped two cars of hogs on Monday morning. The price paid was $6.80 per cwt. WANTED--An apprentice to learn the millinery. Apply to Miss A. Gov- enlock, Main St, Atwood. Norval Hail, er., who injured his foot rather seriously come time ago, is able to move atéund again by means of a cane, Bemember Allen Nesbitt's auction sale of househuid furniture ,on Satar- . th at 2 p.m. Alex. Morrison will be the auctioneer. If you sre scrofulous, dyspeptic, rheumatic, troubled with kidney com- plaint,general debility lacking streugth, take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Robert Nesbitt, who was on the sick list last week with a severe attack of j appendicitis is able-te be around again, we are pleased to report, Gur leeal carpenters and contractors Mesats, Cameron, Woodsjand Struthers. ROBERT THOMPSON Peoples' Cash Store. » Listowel's Leading Dry ~Stere. ~~ * r. ra Some remarkabioc to-date Dress In it is on Se that you should know about our Spring «i: ly ing eins iuthe Dress Goods Department.: "hao and nie 2 interest of your home &nd its Dress teods need vods which are erriv Black and Colored Dress E'abrics gebelines, Montille, Valle, Repiette, Grenadines, Csepelene, Sptrai Crape, Saii Cloth, Knicker Voile, Amazons, Delaines, Cheviots, lack'and Colored Lustre. Importation of moat artistic Novelties. dies, Grass Linen Batiste Stripes Silk, alt- whedon leat mbrics. Zephyrs The Flake Voile--the very fatest an and most suitabie for even- - AP ng we SROCERIES You will find this a complete in every line. Highest price paid for all kinds of Farm Produce Clothing ! Clothing Not made to order, But made to fit. We extend a cordial invitation to one and all to inspect our immense new stock of up to date clothing at low cash prices. We have one of the, largest, brightest, most up to date stocks ever shown in town. Then our prices are 80 iow--we sell for cash or trade only, and don't have to ask the man whe pays enough to make up for the man who never pays. Bargain Day every Saturdag. 25 lbs. Redpath's Granulated Sugar for $1.00, $4.00 per cwt. 1 car Sugar to be ou in berrel lots. Gray, Bernie & Co., Listowel and Owen eae' Goods Wash Dyess Fabrics Finest display we bave éver made. Swiss Figured ranch Organ- have the prospect of ajbusy season, We are glad that such is the case, The local iodge of Uddfellows is ex- periencing a period of great activity. ery week Or two. This society has now over 50 members and a tidy little sum of money in the bank. Mr. MeKay, manager of the local 'braneh 'of the Hank 'of 'Heantiton, is at} present very seriously ill. He caught }a severe cold some time ago and it has taken 3 firm hold of his sys- tem, His place is beiug taken by Mr. Tatham of the Listowel branch. We think that we should havea So- ciety a . THz £2Beg, the same legal _dir- ectofy. We ay be pleased to every Jociety in town advertise its night Of meeting inthis paper. We hope tl matter will be discussed by all the Societies in our village. WO TANTED Faithful person to tra- vel for well established house In a few counties, callingon retail merchants and agents, Local territory. Salary, 91024 a year and expenses, pavable $19. - 70 a week in cash and expenses advan- Position permanent. 384 Dearborne St. Chicago. Mrs, Giddins is contemplating selling her property in town} and moving to Indian Head, N. W. T., where her son Samuel is engaged in business. She is offering her valuable property for sale aud expects to leave in a month or two. We will be very sorry to lose Mra.~Gid.} dins;from oyr village, of which she has been a valued and respected citizen for more than twelve years. Her many friends here, though loath ta see. her leave town, will wish her every happi- ness and comfort in ber western home. The concert te be given in the Music Hall,Atwood,on Monday eve next, Mar. 80, will be one of rare merit. The Ojib- way Indian Picture play, "Hiawatha," is one of the Hartman series of popalar see ro a New members are being initiated ev- Norman Stewart is menenity improv- ing, we are pleased to hear. 100 patent leather belts regalar 250. for 123¢c. each at Waiter Bros. King's Navy--The brightestjand best chewing tobacco,, hay plug. For sale at S. Watson's. Fred, Loerchis assisting Albert Ham- mond at present. 'his is the busy sea- son for harneus-makers. The Epworth League of the Method- ist. church hag changed its hour of meeting from 7.80 to8 o'stock. Mr. Wilkison, of Hamiiten, who was Visiting at Johu Vailauce's this week attended the local lodge of Oddfellows on Wednesday eveuiny Miss Edith Langrillteft on Saturday for her home, in Hamilton, after a picasant visit of a few weeks with ber brother, Dr. A. 8. We are sorry to report the serious ill- neasof W. F. Forrvsk: He has been confined to the house fer the past week and is improving but slowly. Allan Nesbitt annonces an auction sale of household furniture, etc.,on Sat- urday, March 26th. af)2 p.m. Alex. Morrison will wieid tag hammer. Parties who purchased loose dairy salt from W. R. Ersive, will not be able to obtain the & for at least three weeks, owing tg the scarcity of fuel at the salt works.* E4.Zieman is agsisting Wm. Marshall in any tinsmith: work pecessary to be done in the latter's shop. Mr.Marshall finds its difficult to get an experienced man todo his repairing work. Misses Edith an@. Mabel Rob- ertson, who have been visiting their par- ents here for some timp, left last week for Toronto and Weston. Their bro- ther Albert accompanied them on his way back to Manitoba, member ster Ge winter is still with us. The heayy downpour on isst Feidsy afternoon did a great deal of goed, tak- ing considerable frost out offthejground and freshening up the grass consider- ably. In fact we have never seen the grase-look so refreshingly green at this season of the year. Robert Richmond left on Monday for Fergus where he will visit his daughter Mabel. Robert willlikely work on the new biscuit 'factory, in the course of erection in Stratford. He is a good workman and a good sport, and will be missed by many friends In town. J. A. Hume moved his household ef- fects to town from Listowel on Wednes- day. He leaves next Monday for Man- itoba, where he will act as agent for the Massey Harris Co.,of Toronto, Mrs. Home will occupy the house§purchased from Henry Johnson, as soon as. Mr. {Johnson ean move into Rosslawn. There seems to be a hoodoo sround the sawmill this season. The saw has once or twice run up against a spike in the log and that ie not conducive toim- proving the working powers ofjthe ssid saw, then some other portion of the machinery went out of gear, necessitat- ing more delays. There have been some very large logs sawed this season, almost too large for the calibre of the machin- ery. The worst of these have been got | °*" rid of, and no nmpsbesnctrtd will like. [Sete ee cer ro ; For readymade clothing go to Walter " Bros, Miss Morrison of Toronto is visiting - at J.H.Moore's at present, Brivish Navy--The best black chew- ing tobacco on the market. Go to 8. thus pay the peaaity of the sudden dis- ~ appearance of the snow, W. Huck of Elora, successor to "Wim, - Marshall, has been busy the past week - putting the finishing touches to Miteh- " ell's Music Hall. His work proves Mr. Haek to be a first class painter. We hope that the residents of Main ' St, West will make it a point te thor- oughly clean the lane back ef their houses and stores. Now is the time for s thorough cleaning up of all the back - yards of our village. -- Many of the friends of the Rev. Mr. 7 Moore,formerly rector of Christ Church, f -- Listowel, will be sorry to read an ac- count of his death in another column: .- Mr. Moore's eloquent sermons were al- ways enjoyed by any who had the plea- © sure of hearing him preach. George Klomp found his collie dog, - but not in the condition he would like ' to see it. The dog had evidently come ' in contact with the train, on the cross- © ing near Aodrew Stevenson's and in the ' tussle, the dog came off second best. - It was a valuable animal, and George ' feels bad ly over its loss. The Royal Templars met'on Tuesday" evening and enjoyed a sncial evening after transacting ail necessary business, -- The return debate with Listowel will take place on Tuesday evening, April 14th. Two ladies from each Council'! will debateon the subject "Resolved that-travelis a greater educator than' reading of books." The Atwood ladies" will uphold the affirmative. A pieasant* and profitable evening is expected. The 8.& Convention to be held in" don Tuesday and Wednesdav |, are any criterion toga" by. T. Yellowlees of Toronte, Mee Aw. W.Hampiries, Parkbiil, and F. W, Meew™ chant, London, are among those -wie*- will take partin the program, aside* from local Sunday Seheol workers,- Mre. Humphries' specialty will be Prim ary Work, and Sunday School Conference will be' discussed and led by Mr. Yellowlees,, while Mr. Merchant will endeavor te" explain "how far secular methods of teaching - be applied to Sunday' school wor! Laing =v met with but avery sor- ry reception on Saturday sight when they attempted to give a moving pit ~ ture entertainment, About 36 peuple that they were telling the truth. 'The' pictures were very distinct and show- ed that a splendid evening's entertainy ment would haye been provided. Laing Uroé,.ote wortmy gentiemen, serving of patronage, and 1f they gel Atwood again wethink we Round Table Conference* ~