Tes a hea oi, + Sess oaias, “ca 5 STE Sad in as BRAND,” . Our Special Watch Our Windows for Lower Prices on Footwear ea ee ‘e Brown and Black Calf Shoes, blucher style, Goodyear welted soles. A fine dress shoe. Our Special .. - ° 9 7 Women’s Goloshes - Four buckle style, Cashmerette—a real good Golosh and 3.2 Room. Fitters, i its a “DOMINION E KOCH SHOE CO. | CASH, ONE PRICE TO ALL LISTOWEL” “Now. Pidying At Princess Theatre Special matinee for children Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock. Two shows Saturday and 9.15. night at 7.45 Admission : 50c, plus 5c’ Tax be Fruits and N uts For The: Holidays: Wholesome fresh fruits anda bowl or two of delicious, unshelled or shelled Nuts should have a Place on your Christmas table. Citron Peel ‘thomson’ Seediess err eer jc Tb, , Crosse and Blakwells ete lg -65c ‘ ee and Lemon T’cel, Crosse and Blak- ee ty oa | nS a era enn gies args Bo ~ Raisins ........ 2 Ib. 2c | mos Gt doen Wwe Mie 93 ce EO Cho! ie _Re-eleaned. Carrhate | oo i pS 2. the Sie hck asin, v GBibe: «€dxe mo 48 2 ths. for 25c guaran Plenty of both can be bought here at lowest prices. Rordeaux Broken Walnuts Raisin , Our bor and duts are ail strictly fresh and ntee a FAILED TO DO IT JUSTICE Despite the efforts of song writers to sing the glories of California, they have ‘failed in giving an adequate de- scription of this land of remarkable loveliness. It-is a land of perpetual summer, of romance and beauty, of rest and play. Cool, inviting mount- ains, sun-steeped slopes and vales. balmy breezes carrying the tang of ing, surf-riding or aqua planing keev the more active entertaine There are two splendia ‘Toutes to California, the first via Chicago reached by the famous “Internation- al Limited’ of the the Canadian Na- tional Railways, also by late daily evening connection ebservation sleeper from Toronto). The ““Inter- national Limited” is a source of daily train and offers a service unexcelled for speed, comfort and convenience. At Chicago connection is made with all the — trains for the South and Southwes The other route is by the “Contin- ental Limited” leaving Montreal daily via Vancouver and Victoria. s “All Canadian” route is very ‘i me himself, having a grandson and Johnston's Grocery » {2:5 fe ee on nection. is Steamship lines serving all desitna: ions in California, Any agent of the Canadian Nat- ‘onal Railways will gledly give you literature, compete information. or make through reservations for vn route. -27 anti an innn Grossmith’s Hints to Grandfathers Here is George Grossmith’s wget to. grandfathers—-and he speaks. 2 — given up toys, and has te be — e nection with the Methodist church crop Day. i] e \ Mr. and Mrs. Go rdon Bender mot- r. parents In You like to Leg eed your friends t Ch as. Circumstances prob- ably won't ‘let yon rem “th with gifts. But you can . We have some nice samples at The Banner. save for you every week. dvs. as well as news, You'll ind 4 interest eS J Cijetlnte Mail for Overseas— Parcels and other mail matter for delivery in European countries be- fore Christmas shouldbe mailed be- fore December 6 to connect with the mail steamer leaving St. John, N.B., on Dec. 10. Subscribe Now— If you are a poor hand at writing |. letters to your folks, why not ee scribe to The Banner and Mfve i sent direct each week. It would - lieve you of the writing and they would tget all the news — regularly. $2.00 will take it to any address in Canada to Dec. 31st., 1925 Mail Your Christmas Parcels Early— Remember that thousands of oth- er people are mailing an unusual number of letters and parcels, too, at this season, and if they all ag! we together the last few days, it is possible to get everything ee aled and delivered on time, and somebody is bound to be disappointed, Mail early, and see that your friends get your Christmas greeting before the day's festivities are over. Parcels should in all cases be securely*pack- ed so as to bresery? “the -contents from loss or dani It-is permiss- able to write the sores “Don't Open Until Christmas"’ on parcéls. eo 1, Weekly Report, Total 100— Weber 95, Verla Slight 95, Gborze Hamilton 91, Ester Wells 90, Harvey Peppler 90, Garfield Bender 90, Evelyn’ Reihm 88, Roy/t Bender 88, Ruth Dierlam 86, Vera Fletcher 85, Ella Hamilton 85, Mar- ion Hemsworth 83, Bert Smith 81. Patricia Hamilton ‘80, Annie Craw- ford 80, Oliver Johnstone 80, Wilson Irwin 80, Lioyd Ronalds 78, Norma Welsh 76, Vera Kritzer 76, Millard Martin 75, Myrtle Melrose 73, Elva Curtis 73, Graham Kritzer 73, Row- an Walters 71, Mervin Richards 70, George Fritz 70, Arthur Alexander 70, Milton Ronalds 69 ETeanor Wind- sor 65, Bernard Dubergesj 61, Der- othy MeDonald 60, Frank Thomp- son 60, Lloyd Hallman 60, Margar- et* Velmershausen 58, Gladys How- s6n 56. Campaign For Highway— ° Following the weekly. luncheon of the Stratford Chamber of Commerce last Monday an enthusiastic meeting ent from North Easthope, Ellice, Mornington and Milverton. A resolu- ‘ion was passed urging the goysrn- ment to take over the Mornington road as a provincial highway The ‘dea is to have the old Mornington way and continued to a point north somewhere in the neighborhood of Arthur. This will take the roa through Gadshil!, Topping, Millbank and many other smaller places, not now served by a goo Th would be linked up with the Owen und Toronto road and give access to other Northern Highways. Buys Out Walkerton Milliner— Miss Mabel Raines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Raines, of Listo- wel, has purchased a millinery busi- ness in Walkerton. The Walkerton Telescope last week says:—-Miss Eliu who has conducted a suc- cessful millinery business here the past five years has disposed of the Elite Parlors to Miss Mabel Raines 4 Prepare your “christmas advert ! To-day is the great patina hole be a in the. United State Teenie ‘ piipesiriows Toronte and oon Sunday. | ; thems your personal greeting on. ajth were Avertisers have an acigg toe cave, pwaierton, a very enjayable siesee Br aes and profit in them 13 ae a County to ba Sg + KEEP IT OUT, LIKE A + The last gession of the yer of the] ‘GOOD. FELLOW . Perth Cougity Council will open On| sippy. .. Y . ‘s Tuesday at, Dec. 2nd. in Stratford. hhh eee tt appeal i | smoother was held. Representatives were pres-/} + Road taken over as a provincial high-| or cereaaee ‘were rendered by M work in {combined A.Y.P.A.'s Ch = ed greatly to the spots pro men erved and all Walkerton, Telescope. (From the Ottawa Journal) his friends not to ask him to Eaep ‘hides out of his paper. He gays his wife finds out atear them und then he} oe into trouble at home. He asks ends who have newe they want ‘ k quiet to telephone his wife —after that, she won't care wheth- er the news gets into print or not, and his own home life will” run It's a jest—but it is a jest that must provoke a wry sort of grin from newspaper men. All of -them are bombarded with requests ~to wine it out of the paper.” Perhaps t is somebody whose friend hus got ito the police court, perhaps it is a lawyer who wants to = ticatoblige some client, perhaps an application for divorce, perhaps it is a political squabble, perhaps some social enter- m-}tainment whose giver does not want |’ publicity because somebody was ‘eft out, perhaps it is a will for probate —there are a hundred things. The.appeal for suppression of publicity come to all members of newspaper staffs—to reporters, to editors, to business managers, to publishers. They are nearly always based on personal acquaintance. Any- body who has a friend on a newspa- Mend staff is liable to endeavor to use him to “Keep the thing quiet.” And. by the way. nothing but personal {tr- terest can keep the ae quiet. The staffs of, incarruptshle. not once in a Choanaaal times. "Nor would someone do 2 safc thing by offering to a _ reputable newspaper Management any “com- pensation or consideration to sup- press legitimate news. € personal appeal is fre- quent and is a great embarrassment to the newspapermian to whom it is made. ‘‘What does this one little it- em matter when you've got thous- ands of others to print?” is the frame of mind of the person. who wauts something suppressed; and often this rider; “Anyway, it’s something the public has no business with any- way. Just keep it out, dike a good fellow.’ ’ Of course, the person who wants news suppressed always. thinks the public has no business with it. Gen- erally, most others if asked would think differently. As a matter of fact, newspapers in this country print news of three classes, and lit- @ more, name Vorth while and fair information about what is going on in the world; 2. News that has an educational or disciplinary value, in the public interest, and 3, News that people ask to have pub- Nshed. And the average daily pap- cares very little for news that the public has no proper business with. Also, here is an idea which an- other Western editor recommends to the thought of people who might be inclined lightly to use their person- al acquaintance with newspaper es- tablishments to get news -kept out of print—fair news, “he refers to only, of course. News, he advances, is the prime commodity the newspa- per has for sale. Advertisements are the thief revenue to most newspa- pers, but the securing of advertise- ments depends upon first pleasing the public with the news, News a is @ newspaper's life- blaod. Now who, he suggests, would dream of going into a shoe store and asking the proprietor, any manager pd Listowel, who will be in charge af- er Feb. Ist. Miss Link's health has mo been the best for some months at least. As a soloist, reader. and leader in young people's. work, Miss Link “hes exceptional ability and was able to render valued service tn con- untii her recent indisposition, Her removal from the town will be g-eat- has made here. Miss Raines, who is & daughter of-an old friend of the Telescope publisher, Mr. Geo. Raines ot Listowel, is_a capable young tady of wide experience in her line who may be counted upon -to give the nublic the very best:eervice. ~~ Popniation of Than The populatio of the yarions! municipalities n ” ate according to ® assessor's figures for 1923 are ‘Albermarle 874, Amabel 1849, Ar- ran 1819, Brant 2848, Bruce 1761. in| (28 2826, Ctlross 1896, Rastnor : iock 2028, ly regretted by the many friends she|” HF unds| Prescribing fo for the Unwilling, or clerk as a matter.. of friendship. not to sell a particular pair of boots or shoes to anybody? Or of going into a butcher shop to ask the but- cher not to dispose of certain beef- steaks to customers? particular piece of what is ‘the propriety of asking a newsnaper not to use-—that Is not to. offer for sale—na piece of news? Every item of mews in its flue pro- to & newspaper something like what a pair. of boots is in the stock. of £ shoe store, or a heefsteak im a hyt- cher shop and an appeal to a news- paper not to sell goods which ecbdst it money to get. Of course, o Eaerp ad who wants piece of ne appressed is liable ys chink t sel : helene judge of witat rsort of ‘dws should be published “han the\newanaper !s—just he Mr. Sycamore and ae num-|° first, and give her all the particulars! Gift. Photographer \ ‘ "W ish Them Merry Christmas With Your Photograph If you want to make those out of town friends or relatives happy this Christmas— wish them Greetings of the Season with your PHOTO- GRAPH. They'll surely deem it avery thoughtful ‘Phone 162 for appointment. R. J. RUSSELL Listowel because they’re ounces in weight. For Mud and Slush You Need These Rubber Boots farmer—every memberof and most wear-resisting that hid family—every man who Science has yet discovered— ? works out doors in all kinds of | which will wear — © weather—needs Bee. foot: _}ong as ordinary i comfort given by 'O boots: BRO Babbar Footwear is t for long wear, ; For us¢’on the farm, RHINO , iron-clad guerantee couldn’t Rubber Boots are easy to wear be given with each pair. We lighter “stand behind i a it means This footwear is made from he next time Gstaad ase oisoee * RHINO Rubber—the toughest ark us for a pair of RHINO. ‘6 -“Compare The Wear’’ *% COMING:--Dr. H. S. Mallory Graduate of Royal College of Science, Toronto ry -Will be fully equipped to scientifically refract.eyes, in the é L. A. OLIVER’S’ near future at Jeweller as might think pater a se apa ud of heefstexk than a but peo “ne can’t spk od, feet ‘gays our Western editor . agiwoy. .aayratelly, soldiers: les tg baited The - eeupen and helted in the square out- As one ¢ wing ‘of the edifice was ee | GRAIN, SALT, FLOUR md FEED | PLOUR—Royah Household, ae Drift, Thoro bread, Purity, Bee Chiet Five Roses and SAUT—100- Ib. Nake POULTRY - FEEDS— Laying Mash, shee White Middlings, Ground Sampson Féed, Beet Pulp, on. 150 Ib. bags ani ‘Wheat, Buck heeut Oyster - Shell, “Cream of the West, Snow <i ea - Pastry ie. Meal