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The Wingham Advance, 1917-11-15, Page 8Page eight THIS is Thomas A. Edison, who although seventy years of age, is now working eighteen hours a day for his country, without pay or thought of reward. His work is being done secretly ; but it h probably tette that the United States is placing more reliance on Mr. Edison thea on any other single man except the President. Mr. Edison is conceded to be the greatest inventor the world has -ever known. 2fie NEW T. [0) "The Phonograph with a Soul" is Mr. Edison's favorite invention. it is the achievement in which he takes the greatest pride. Do you believe that there is any other man in the word --or group of men—who could 'invent as good a phonograph as Mr, Edison's new phonograph ? This wonderful new instrument is built by experts under the direction of technical men in accordance with laboratory standards established by Mr. Edison personally. COME TO OUR fi'r'"RE. Let us prove that The New Edisou gives a musical tcauit tt hich no other sound reproducing device is capable of producing. D. BELL, 0. ar win hOnt. Wingham, CREAM WANTED 1-lighest Cash Prices for Cream and Poultry In We J. Armour's Stand In the Old National Hotel Open to buy cream on MONDAYS and SATURDAYS only, after Nov, 10th, C. D. Benninger WINUHAM MARKETS TUE WINGRAM ADVANCE Whitechurch Mies Elia McIntosh of Hamilton, is visiting w'th her mother, Mrs, 1), bie- Intaeh. Mrs. Bert Thompson of lfordyce, was a visitor on Sunday at the home of her brother, Mrs, Chart. Martie, him '4.lJunsld of Lucl.ltow, spent Sunday with her friend Moe Marion Gtlliec, 1\lr. W, J, Ar•ocotl has gone to Walker• tun, whet he has taken a position in a creamery. Mrs, Monteith in the guest at the hunk of Mt•. and Mrs John Mowbray, I)r, Calder of Winghatt,n was avisitor on Sunday wits Mr, and Mrs. J. Eglestone• Mrs. Garton Sr., has returned from Brussels, where she was visiting relatives. :Hiss Margaret Gilles is taking a course in the Wingham Business College, Miss Lily Paterson was the Guild leader on Sunday. A girl's quartette rendered a selection, Many friends of Pte. John Kennedy, son of Mr. David I' enuedys who has been in France for 17 months, will be glad to hear that he has been awarded a military medal for some good work done at the front. The annual meeting of the beefving was held on Tuesday night, It was decided to continue it as usual next year. The young people of the Presbyterian church will give a social on Friday even- ing Dec. 7th, to which the whole congre- gation will be invited. Admission 10c and 15e, bunch will be served. Communion Service will be held in the (Correct up till Wednesday noon.) Wheat 2 10 to 2 40 Flour, per cwt., patent0 15''to 6 25 Flour, per cwt„ family5 85 to 0 85 Bran, per ton 34 00 to 30 00 Shorts, per ton 42 00 to 45 00 Oats, 0 85 to 0 75 Barley 1 10 to 1 20 Hay, new. 8 00 to 10 00 Butter, per lb—Dairy , . 0 38 to 50 Egge, per dozen 40 to 45 Lard 29 to 30 Cattle, xnediuut butchers 9 00 to 10 00 Cattle, butchers choice10 00 to 11 00 flogs, live weight to 16 00 Hams, per lb 0 35 to 40 Bacon long clear 0 27 to 32 Sheep Skins 75 to 80 Hides 15 00 to 15 00 Lambs 14 OU to 14 25 Cream per Ib 42 Turnips, per ewt 46 Potato' , per bag 1 60 to 1 80 Poulin, 11 to 18 ambISIMIRSIES Presbyterian Chord[ oe the first Sunday lit December, A box-sueial will be held at No 10 School, of which Miert Kirke is teacher, Were School closes. Watch for further announcement end date of program. Wanted We, are in the liiatkut tt. buy any quantity of Grain, Hay, Potatoes and TuPoips (sett our prices before t.e1L lug to other:, Tipling & Mills 1'hc Old .Reliable -A. Mowbray Phone 9 - rrilte Horne of Good Groceries See our goods before packing boxes for France. We appreciate your trade. Prompt Delivery boallsomilomitomoirowtsulu SEI,LIN 0 UT S LE ONLY a few more weeks to clear out everything, Men's Wear, Gro. ceries, Dry Goods and Shoes, everything must go. Come early. MITMILSW Selling gat Sale R. M. LI:<DSAY the Mtensraa or r0 ANCE offers for Public Subscription Canada's Victory Loan t ssue of $150,000,000 54% Gold. Bonds 33ear1ng interest from December 1st, 1917, aid offered In three maturities, the choice of which Is optional with the subscriber, des follows! 5 year Bonds due December 1st, 1022 10 year Bonds dtte December 1st, 1927 20 year Bonds due December 1st, 1937 This Loan is authorized under Act of the Parliament of Canada, and both principal and htterest are a charge upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund, The amount of this issue is $150,000,000, exclusive of the amount (if any) paid by the surrender of bonds of previous issues. The., Minister of Finance however, reserves the right to allot the whole or any part of the amount subscribed in excess of $150,000,000. The Proceeds of this Loan will be used for War purposes only, and will be spent wholly In Canada. Principal and Interest payable in Gold Denominations: $59, $100, $500 and $1,000 • Subscriptions must be in sums of $50 or multiples thereof. Principal payable without charge at the Office of the Minister of Finance and Receiver General at Ottawa, or at the ;Office of the Assistant Receiver Genera]. at Hailfax, St. John, Charlottetown, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary and Victoria. Interest payable, without charge, half -yearly, June '1st and Decennber let, at any branch in Canada of any Chartered Bank. Bearer or Registered Bonds Bands may be registered as to principal or as.to principal and intetest, Scrip cettificates, non-negotiable, or payable to bearer, in accordance with the choice of tete applicant for registered or beats- leeids, will be issued after allotment in exchange for provisional receipts. When these scrip certificates have been paid in full, and payment endorsed thereon by the i ' uk will the money they may be exchanged for bonds, when prepared, with coupons attached, payable to bearer, or registered as to principal, or for full• registered bonds when Prepared, without coupons, in accordance with the application. Delivery of interim certificates and of defi:::,ive bonds will be [made through the Chartered Banks. Bearer bonds with coupons will be issued in denominations of $50., $100., $500., and 31,000. and may be registered as to principal only. Fully regis- tered bonds, the interest on which is paid direct -to the owner by Government cheque, will be issued in denominations of $1,4100., 85,000. or any authorized multiple of $5,000. Subject to the payment of 25 cents for each new bond issued, holders of fully registered bonds without coupons, will haus. the right tre convert into bonds of the denomination of $1,000 with coupons, and holders of bonds with couppons wit! have the right to convert into fully registeaed, bonds of authorized denom- inations without coupons, at any time, on application to the Minister of Finance. 0 Surrender of Boxy Hoiden of Uotninion of Canada Debenture Stock, due October le+. 'e'e end bonds of the three preceding Doctil¢tion of Canada War Loan Issues, have the privilege of surreadeting their bonds in part payment t..,• „' •�-: ,,•,•..is of this issue, under the following conditions:— Debentine ' '••• h, due Uctob. t 1st, 1919, at 1'ar and Accrued intrtect. War Loan 'solids, due December let, 1025, at 97 J i and Accrued Interest. (The above will he accepted In part payment for bonds of any of the three maturities of titist.Issue) War Loan Bonds, due October 1st, 1031, at 07;1 and Accrued Interest, War Loan Bonds, due March 1st, 1037, at 90 and Accrued Interest, (These will be accepted in part payment for bonds of the 1037 maturity ONLY of this Issue.) Bonds of the various maturities of this issue will, in the event of future issues of like maturity, or longer, made by the Government, other than issued made abroad, be accepted at par and accrued interest, as the equivalent of cash for the purpose of subscription to stub issues, Issue Price Par Pres from taxes—Including any Income tax—imposed in pursuance of legislation enacted by the Poznan/a of Canada, Payment to be made as Niles: In";, an December lst, h ill 10t ort January 2nd, 1918 20;0 on February 1st, 1918 9rt% nit Maruti lel, 1918 20'1' on \pill 1st, 1018 20% on May lst, 1018 A full half year's intetest will be paid on let June, 1018. The Ilonds therefore give a not interest yield to the 'investor of abouts 5.01% on the 20 year Bonder, 5.68% on the 10 year Bonds 5.81% on rho 5 year Bonds All payments are to be Meade to a Charteied flank for the credit of the [Minister of Finance. Failure to psy any Instalment when due wilt render previous payments liable to forfeiture, and the allotment to cancellation. Subscriptions accomppanied by a deposit of 10% of the amount subscribed„ moat be forwarded through the medium of a Chartered Bank. Any branch in Canada of any Chartered Lank will forward subscriptions and issue provisional receipts. In care of partial'allotments the surplus deposit will be applied toward payment of the amount due on the January instalment. Subscriptions may be paid In full on January 2nd, 1018, or on any instalment due date thereafter uudtr discount at the sate of 5i-% per aututn. Under this provision payments of the balance of subscriptions stay be made as follows: If paid on January 2nd, 1018, at the rate of 10.10103 prr Moo, 11 paid on ebruary let, 1018, at the tate of 70.46959 per $10+1. r 2n If a Mardi Il, I id on fa tt 1st 1918 at the rateof If paid on April 1st, 1018, at the ratf 33 ©0030 per 1109. Venus of application may be obtained front any brant[ in Canada of any Chartered Bank, or front any victory Loan Committed, or mert4Ltr'Meteof, The booke of the Loan will be kept at the Department of Finance, Ottawa. Applications will be made in due courtc for the listing of this issue en tate Montreal ani 'iurcj to E'tock liz:lt u1! t f;ubecription 1,1std �viliclnre on or itefere *December Int. 1914 lotrnrersOrrnw ;iNoveiaber 12th, 191'7. Thursday, Nov. T 5th.19l 7 TEN MILLION YEARS AGO 1N CANADA (A) Prof. 1.7.7alcctt, cfi'. Fc i,il nods at'ie1d, B.O. (a) Oliriatiiag iLto t'_.o t::' r'�r :1r );nate. IIUF. t IlARLES b, \` .!COTT, of the intillIso.ann litstitu'.', haa dittoovor,t1 a deposit of e:: trt•n:a'y valuable farsilo-If early TrA• - rit:i life on !•`n• -i,' F:c''t. ove ler.hing F., s.. t• C+t i ; 1 1r : .1• I , at ai:;rl, h t'lo; d f•'' 1, where the tc:n'ints in the f.r..shion• '•1111; s':miner hotri, nal cattlprl Can barely 1::` , t`. holm o" the blast- as ,•.• •, . i"".�n... tt,., • .• r n • eei when 11:e was just i the jelly-lithh stage (,-t,, hire a bony structure v t.: i- • :aper nt. Dying, they • .+•d In the r_•.r8 of Il:, c'ran .t'iJF. ,.'t Sit bac si::e 1- ...:e i'[t leen ro"k erni 1.. en rale'.1 1a the , . • ,.tnir 'n . The strata of fossil -bearing rock r'i:••-overed by Frofet or Walcott is of tench earlier age than any in the sur• t•,,undin mo"ntains and has, he says, Lean pushed up over the newer forma- to.vs r a distance over twenty-five Tr!". TT'? fn: -.)s were discovered by Prof. \,'a'tott tcbile travelling over Bur- k' ss Fos:=, a ne"nliar formation in a l,ieee of shale attracting his attention. fie followed up the chute slide almost r., tie too of Mount Field, and finally 1• 1_r t r,: t•):;r<e, far above the tim• ....' T:' ;. vorl•Ir;,s are very pe• 1he<a sa of their height, and era probably the only ones of their Lind in the crorl•1. Verne of the :; oel• ulrr 1.; taken out are co perfe-t, that Pref. Walcott bas bent abl. to deter- eltiee what they ate just before they •'-tie boiled In the mud over ten milt "-" azo. Morris A cumber of friends met at the home of Mr, and Mrs John Clegg the ei•ening before their departure for Wingham, and presented theta with a couple of leather upholstered rocking -chairs and the follow- ing address: Mr, and Mrs, John Clegg, Morris Dear friends:— Knowing that you propose shortly- to remove tram the old homestead to the town of \\'ingham, we, your old neighbors and friends, have assembled this evening to enjoy a social bout with you before you leave the neighborhood. While regretting td lose you from this community, we cannot refrain from think- ing that you are acting wisely in seeking ce well deserycd rest after a strenuous life for the past 29 years, You have rung true ie your life aud cuu- duct, standing the lest as a neigbor and friend in a first -crass manner. Anything that stood for the good of the neighbor- hood or Ute broader circle always had your ready help without a grumble. We will miss you in our social circle. but hope to often see you back at the old home. It is a pleasure to know it is not to pass into the hands of strangers, and we trust that happy prosperous years may continue in your new home. As a small token of our esteem and a retninder of Morris friends, we ask your acceptance of these oak rockers, trusting that many a pleasant hour may be enjoyed in their use May you find many warm, true friends in Wingham, and be blessed with long years of good health, We are pleased you are to be )ocatcd.so near and hope the old friendships so highly valued may ling be continued, When the call comes to which none can say "Nay" may it tind us ready to euler into the Home of the Father Eter- nal to go out no more forever. You take st et! you our fondest and beat wishes to your now home, Signed on behalf of your old friends of Morris, JAMES AND$1150N) FRANK MARTIN Iilr, and Mrs, Clegg were taken com- pletely by surprise but not only for the gifts but for the kindly thought that prompted them. Mr. and Mrs, John Wightman spent Sunday with Mr. Jas. Vancalnp of Blue - vale, Encouraging Words PLAIN TALC POLITICAL MEETING • Saturday Night from 8 to 9 Shall we as citizens of this fair constituency WAKE UP Or shall we permit certain men to “Pull it over us" We have T W O choices: lst—"A. man who approves and condones of throw.. in(,r away ;ood money (ymillions of it) at this crue^ al time in our Nation's history." 2nd --"A man who, if YOU happened to be stru-e- ling for life in a burnintr building actually suggests that those who migut nave vt►u t3hould• discuss the mat - So or ter (whikt the house is burning-) and if the mrjority decide vcau will be left to youe -fate without t-f'irt, very little betng made on your behalf. Which of the TWO do YOU choose. One hour of plain talk By W. H. WILLIS Saturday night in the Town Hall, 8 to 9. Ladies' especially invited Everyone should become conversant with .conditions as they actually exist in Canada and in this constituen- cy. art. ►T� ►t.) 4?) t. 4?) 4?) kTt.>it.'iiw,1A MA 4?t.iTA it. Tf• `Tt ,? VO 4! M iT 4?tet.► twit. e ie� ieks t, q. �� ijt sA. ep a errih iI� fps ii 4. r� a it; 1 d� ♦ 4A' IAS Aja iI4 iIC leoIA1 ,T) OAC cry Phi T) N. :J: ,•r) rem oA� A. Haviland, Prin. iri�ii t.iTiiT� �TtiT i t.:�t►Tt.►�+� t. `7t. .I� .i► a� iii �t� iti iAr i DON'T BUY A GOLD D'RICK. Some 'smooth' salesman can sell inferior goods because they happen to be convincing talkers and•represent their goods as the 'rear stuff'. Do not be deceived by these when buying an article which you expect to use the rest of your life. Use judgment in selecting your business course We do not ask you take our course because of sentiment or p'redudice. It is a straight business proposition We ask you to investigate the mer- its of our school because we helieve we can offer advantages not offered elsewhere. /edierded McDONALD BLOCK, WINGHAM, ONT, TELEPHONES: Office 160 House 233. Mr. Win Lamonby renewing his sub- , 1 ' scription to TRE ADVANCE until 10ee .11 I/ D. A. McLachlan, Pres. sainot like peh�ut > 4,R44.7". iii oWn has p's familenewspaper thatits ijiii1iN C 6 visit is always looked forward to. Belmore . very highly respected resident of this ;place, in the person of Mr. W. J. McGro• gau, passed away on Wed., Nov. 7th. after an iliness of about two mouthy, Ile leaveseto mourn Itis loss his wife and tour daughters and one son, Annie of Toren - to, Kathleen, Margaret, Helen and Eddie at home. Deceased was in his 62nd year. The funeral was largely attended to the Wingham cemetery on Friday :Porting, showing the high esteem in which he was held, Miss Margaret 13a11agh, Wtosieter, spent the weekend with her parents here. Mises E. Crawford and At, Metcatte were appointed as delegates to attend the Christian Endeavor Society Coriventiott at Hamilton this week. Mr. and Ms, Jame Wylie of Gerrie, were visitors at the home of Air, Win, McKee, �t ere 4 �F xclu give "lush —And— Velour Coats New models just received in latest styles and materials in shades of Burgundy,Green and Browns, also tweed effects in Heather Mix- tures. Prices $20.00 to $35.00. ,t 4 j 1t. ••• ,ay Furs and Fur Coats Hudson Seal Coats, made from selected northern skins in latest styles, lined with the best quality satin linings. Prices $150 and up, . Furs, Neck Pieces, Muffs and Sets All the latest styles shown in Pox, Wolf, Sable, Beaver, Persian Lamb and Mink. Prices moderate, KING BROS. Produce Wanted Phone 71 1 1