aa VF os ==: ure and cheer: - WOMEN'S OVERSHOES 2 buckle and 2 strap. The finest fitting Overshoe on the market. Med- jum and low heels. N .Jereey Cloth ......00...4-. " $4.50 | ie enorette Clot 5 6c cee oe $4.00 ih} Cashmerette Cloth, 4 buckle .$4.50 range ot sn i} A Full | BOUDOIR SLIPPE in, Patent Leather, Suede aA Felt. in all colors. Priced at $1.25 to $1.85 MEN'S and BOYS' HOUSE sI RS of Men’s and in all ‘one 0 $3.50 | We have a full line iH Boys’ Ft Slippers, ced at $1.25 t SESSSSSSSSSSSSS= We have a full stock ed: - speak of thoughtful selection. TRUNKS . SUIT CASES AND CLUB BAGS in all lines. Pric —_— Trunks ....7%%... " $5.00 to $12.00 Sult Cases ....... $1.50 to $15.00 Club Bage ......., $2.00 to $15.00 Men's 4 buckle Jersey Cloth Men's Cloth Men's 3 en a Clo MEN’S OVERSHOES - $5.00 4 buckle Cashmerette buckle Jersey Cloth .. 1 buckle Cashmerette $2 The right Christmas Gift is one that bilisee genuine oie Beauty, usefulness and lasting value all ! | | 25 $3.75 i 5 { our store. A Gift worth giving is easy to find here. MISSES’ and. CHILDREN'S SLIP- Also a full line of Misses’ Children's gg - Serene as ors and styles. Price T5e to jis W. A. Kibler LISTOWEL, ONT. ) ' for Women, Men, and Boys, The best ad value to be OMON'R Seticewcs $4.00 to $4.50 Men's oo vec vtencoe to DO OFS) wics tes cae see bee tase WOMEN'S SLIPPERS AND OX- FORDS) A full line of Women’s Slippers and Oxfords in all leathers. Priced $3.50 MEN'S SPATS Colors oy and grey. Sy at $1.25, $1.75 and $2.0 Fast such a Gift i is yours to > give-—for all your friends to receive--and you have a large variety to choose from at / Ladies’ Hat Bag Patent leather, leather bound, figured 6.50 lining. ‘ Al on easy payments from your local authorized Ford dealer. The mod- erate down payment entitles you to take immediate delivery of your car and you can pay for it at your convenience during the year. Any Ford model may be purchased Your local Ford dealer will gladly show you the Ford Christmas Gift Certificate which enables the giver “of a Ford to announce the gift in -the most fitting manner. Delivery . can also be arranged for any de- «sired time’ on Christmas morning. ' (Cnpreight, 1910, by Western Newspaper Union.) There, was e “Merchants’ cee coe Meredith had a matter of impor- — to present for thelr considera- on. Roscoe was a general favorite in| the town. “Gentlemen,” he said. when he ap Peared before the association, “I have in my pocket my entire fortine—a license to practice law. The city in- vited with glittering prospects, - but ga an opening in the law department. of a big harvester concern, which nteant burying oneself. In Plympton I am known, Old Judge Barnes, the only other attorney this side of the county seat, is about to retire. I have de cided to put out my shingle in Ptymp- ton.” “Good for you! We want you” en- thusiastically hailed the leading local “Provided—" There was a hush and an enger se- ries of glances. The proviso held in ——. somehow put a damper on sessor and collector, is about to move away. That leaves those positions vacant. Elect me as Dole's successor and there is a surety of five hundred dollars a year.’ “We'll do that, don't doubt it, Ros- coe,” observed the governor of the association. “That,” continued Roscoe steadily “is not enough. I shall have to have a thousand. Here is my proposition: You ten people have more or less Tit!- gation each year. I will make to each one of you a minimum annual fee— That makes up For the fifty I will cover all local sults, give all | necessary verbal advice and attend to | collections on a fifteen per cent com- | mission basis. _, All this will enable | me to have spare time to work u | general business, | count me in as a candidate if I de- | e it.” ' = f ! sectates and everybody —— | pleased with the arrangemen coe took out a part of the ten — scriptions in trade. Thus: from the | tailor a suit of clothes; from the gen- ' eral store his footwear, neckwear and | hosiery; from the grocer and the | butcher supplies for the larder, for he lived at the home of his aged mother. | A few litigious farmers came in to | secure his services while his progress was slow he was financed | for the year and did not worry. | Six months had passed by and Ros- | coe had accumulated a small store of money, when one day there entered | his office an old man who seemed to | be a confirmed: invalid. He intro- duced himself as Mr. Alward Trude, | and stated that he and his daughter | had just arrived in Plyinpton, had ar- ranged fur rooms with Widow Lar- , kins and intended to remain until a | guilt they designed bringing in” Boyd | county was decided. i “It's the Tarleton estate,” soberly announced Mr. Trude, and Roscoe be- gan to sinile. “I see you are familiar with it and don’t think much of its merits,” went on Mr. Trude. “I sup- pose there have been twenty litigants fm the matter during the past ten years, and every one of them losers. For all that, I should feel I had not done my duty if I did not try to pros- ecute the claim of my dead wife. I fifty per cent if you win. I wili give you what I can afford, which may-not be much. Think it over, ery I will call morn That ‘night Roscoe went over all that he had ?" = heard of the 2 a 2 S S FI 3 chanced to bring bis daughter with him to the office. An hour in that sweet presence and was wil- ling to devote Ume and money both, if the sacrifice might further increase thelr acquaintanceship. Rostoe discovered some points in the claim of the Trudes, but fhe case went against them. It took his last dollar to appeal to a higher urt, other Htigant had ever gone that far. The unsettled suit hampered the defense. They began to fear the resolute, persistént young lawyer. He might annoy them for | years with an expensive crop of new ' prosecutions. ‘They settled with Mr. | Trude for ten thousand dollars. | “{ am now able to settle your fee,” { announced Mr. Trude one day. | “Can't we treat it as a sort of bulk family fond?’ propounded Roscoe with a smile. “Why, what do you mean?” inquired . Trude. accepted me, end, if-you don’t Ros-|town on Frida ae Harriston Review. . aguin in the ose strong ba gm “That your daughter Lillie has just | day object, ronda daring the be There are 28 miles 5 Eo viselal Highway in in Perth beck any subscriptions are. per due. Should we hear. suas Mr. Pat Cosens; 0 eine wise Found: Be will, find the use of Banner want column economical ravanbeat ‘an profitable. Miss Mabel Bowman of Listowel, spent ‘the past few days with -her cousin; Miss Gertrade Zurbrigg.—st. Marys Journal. If there is any lack o epjrit it will not be for eau of beau: y and enterprise in thé’ shop win- ao , On Monday, 4th. the citi- zens of Clinton will vote on a by-law to provide the sum of $86, 000 for a new Collegiate Institute: Jan. According to estimates of govern- ment officials, motor tour the United States brought $150,000,- 000 in revenue to Canada in 1925. Mr. W. A. Amos of Palmerston, as re-elected president of the Unit- ad Farmers of Ontario for the fourth term at the annual | mMEeEAS in Tor- onto last Thurs Mickie Says— “If ya don't believe in advertising, put an ad in this newspaper ‘offering to buy cats at a dollar a head, and .|eee what will happen Do your Christmas shopping in Listowel, where you will find the stores filled with the finest stocks of Christmas goods. But shop first .in he Banner where the reliable mer- chants meets ae seas aE TR D. Me ‘Wright, member-elect North Perth, is in Milverton night. where a concert and smoker is being helg in Pauli's block. The Stratford C. N, R. orchestra is in-at- tendance. Both Conservative and Liberals were invited Cc. vleb Peaslee Says— “Restin a mite through Decémber is just as needful for a man as it is for the ground he farms. It meliows him and gives him time to think and plan. And a man that farms without think s in pretty near - as ape as ground that never has a change of crop t runs. out after spe!ll and you Bet a dwindlin’ se for your 6ee es From Listowe Port Elgin Times— sta, George W. Smith returned Thursday from Lis- towel where she has been recovering from serious injuries to her head and knee sustained in an auto accident in thet town three months ago. With the exception of a very etiff knee Mrs. Smith seems to have fully: re- covered from her injuries. Her many friends here are pleased to see her home again. Where Credit Was Due. A Scottish farmer hired whose name was Sandy. “Here, San- y,”’ said he, “gang roon’ and gie the coos a cabbage each, but, min’ ye; gie the biggest to the coo that givee the maist milk.” Sandy departed and upon his re- turn the farmer asked him if he ha done as he was tald. “Aye,” anewer- ed Sandy. “I gied ‘em a’ a cabbage a ead and hung the biggest on the ) jle.”’—Exchange > pump-b Town of Listowel BY-LAW NO. 936 Whereas {ft is necessary and” edient to appoint places for holding the Municipal nominations for the bt io: of L'stowel for Raed year 1926; ch potle are renatted ona shall act as " Hepuiyareriin’ Officers and lerks. e it therefore and it 4 s hereby enacted by the Municipal Counett of the Town of Listowel as follow . L. H. Bamford be Re- turning Officer. That the nominations for the of- fice of Councilors a: embers of the Board of Education for the said town ob-ettowel will be uals af the as gam ,the eam sr of ‘ewalve o’cloek ni Hi pa will be held A. Monday, the eae day of January, 1926, to commence at the hour of nine o'clock a.m. and » te tinue one until five o’elock rT, that is to say fot —Polling piece Bi, , re, ne turning fficer, George / Mel Poll Clerk, Stuart McDonald. Gladstone Ward—Polling Place, Pire ball; Deputy Returning Officer, John Mc Kenzie; Poll clerk; Norman Bamford. Victoria Ward—Polling “place, Bean’a store; Deputy Reteraiee “On ' ficer, ‘George Brown; | Poll © Clerk, David Savage. ufferin Ward— Pollng pines, | Charles, Wilkin’s; Deputy Ret officer, Jone Philip; Poll cle! a * Fran zt } a: de FE Pas place, Liters Deputy Returning Officer, George ‘Raines; Poll Clerk, - Frank 4 ; mp. bea in open Council this 7th. of 10.17 o'clock f December, 1925, et the hour eeea ee Aly trot