The Huron Expositor, 1923-01-26, Page 1Men's and Boys' Underwear
FLEECE LINED
The .famous Tiger Brand Fleece
lined in their heaviest weight makes.
A beautiful soft, snowy fleece. All
sizes for Men and Boys.
Men's Garments $1.00
Boys' Garments ° 65c
COMBINATION UNDERWEAR
For the combination, man or boy,
we have every make—Penman, Stan-
field, Watson, Tru -Knit, Tiger—in
weights, colors and prices too numer-
ous to mention here.
Come in; we can fit you and your
purse.
• STANFIELD'S
Stanfield's Ribbed Underwear in
green label — an excellent gar-
ment $1.25
Stanfield's Red Label, the old re-
liable garment $2.00
Stanfield's Blue Label, the medium
weight $2.50
Stanfield's Black Label, the heav-
iest weight $2.75,
SPECIAL ODD GARMENTS
This table includes last season's
$2.50 and $2.75 Underwear. They
are all piled out for quick selling.
Every garment is perfect and in good
order. To CIear, Special $125
You can buy your Work Clothes here cheaper. It's a blunt statement
but not intended to be boastful. Prove the statement for yourself.
OVERALLS
Snag Proof, pant or overall style,
Blue, Black or Stripe. All siz-
es .$1.95
WORK SHIRTS
Made with yoke, full sizes, all col-
ors and sizes; double stitched, .$1.25
WORK SOX
Union Sox 25c
Wool Sox ...,....... 50c
Heavy Wool 75c
Table of Ladies' Wool Vests and
Drawers, famous "Watson" Brand;
good weight for Winter wear. Regu-
lar value $1.50 and $1.75. S 1.19
Reduced to
Blankets of Quality, 100 per cent.
Southdown ; finest quality Wool
Blankets, 8 ths. weight. Size 74x84.
Only a limited quantity left to sell
at specially reduce price en 3,z
per. pair •
Special in Flannelettes, good as-
sortment of colors in neat stripe.
Patterns 30 inches wide. Regularly
sold at 25e to 30c.
Reduced to Clear
32 inches wide Feather Ticking at
startling price, you have been pay-
ing 50c to 60c.
Now on Sale
Cotton Filled Comforters, full bed
size, covered with good quality
Chintz and filled with fine sanitary
cotton batting. Colors, pink, blue,
rose. ...�� 90
Special Clearing Price
Special in Ribbed Cashmere Hose
in sizes 7 to 10. Good weight and of
tine quality. Reg. 75c. f 55c
For Quick Selling
Clearance of Silk Dresses, Ladies'
and Misses' sizes, in all popular
shades and: serviceable styles. Regu-
lar values tip toit,$35.00. $15190
Very Specialtr.UU
Another lot of Flannelette 32 inch-
es wide, good weight and nice soft
finish, big variety of patterns to
choose from. This is our regular 30c
range. Now reduced r�C
to per yard J
Ladies' and Misses' Dresses of
Flannel, Serge, nicotine, in Navy,
Black, Green and Cardinal. Regular
price up to $18.50. �D i I�J
To Clear /
Stewart. Bros:, Seaforth
Y, °JANUARY 26,
THE OPENING.; i ,,THE
LEGISI4T l
Ihgailled cereinonieit;' prevailing
Tuesday , afternoon dare.in the
Legislative Chamber , ushered in the
fourth session of the fifteenth Par
liament of . Ontario. 4 combillathee
of solemnity and pageantry, the pro-
ceedings were such as to impress
upon the tremendone crown present
the high status of the Provincial
Assembly as the, legislative agency
of the Ontario people. .
The scene in all 'its details was a
brilliant one. Fashion attended in
overwhelming force to grace the
floor of the House and the over-
hanging galleries and, shortly after
three o'clock, the color was aug
mented by the arrival of Lieutenant -
Governor Cockshutt with his military
guard of honor. Preceding the en-
try and following the . departure of
the Lieutenant -Governor the roll of
drums was heard, adding to' the
glamor which had cant itself over
the proceedings.
The ceremonial passed off en
tirely in accordance with estab
lished traditions. The ,Lieutenant -
Governor delivered his speech from
the Throne, welcoming a Legis
latdrs to their duties, re ming th
events of the past year,' and sug
gesting the bills which would corn
up for consideration. Following the
address, the Speaker, Hon, Nelson
Parliament, delivered the prayer and
invocation, which was followed by
the introduction of the Assembly's
two new members, Colonel John A.
Currie, of South -East 'Toronto, and
A. Goulet, of Russell. Premier Drury
then moved the formal bill asserting
the Chamber's power to legislate and
which was declared to refer to the
alministration of the oath of office
to Justices of the Peace. This
measure was given its first reading,
and the House adjourned until three
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The speech from the Throne was
one of the lengthiest delivered at
any opening for some yeae:. It
touched upon the removal of the
cattle embargo, •the adoption of a
selective immigration policy, the
probe into the Hydro -Electric pro-
jects, and the development of forest
and mine resources: It thanked the
public for co-operating for the relief
of the Northern Ontario fire suf-
ferers and mentioned the progress
that had been madein extending
the T. and N. O. Railway. In the
matter of the legislation that was
to come, it mentioneds
respect-
ing trade agreements, lee of se-
curities, simplification ' Old titles,
sn f 'r vehicle regulation th e Moor-
,
poration of co-operative companies
and the prevention of the publica
tion of race track information. Som
of the principal items in the addros
follow:
Speech From Throne.\
"Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen o
the: Legislative Assembly:
"I welcome you to the discharg
of your duties at the fourth sessio
of the fifteenth Legislature of On
tario, We assemble with a profoun
sense of gratitude to Almighty God
for the abundant harvest of the pas
year, and for the manifold bless
ings that have been bestowed upo
our country.
It is satisfactory to observe th
revival of activity in the develop
ment of the natural resources of thi
province. The improved demand fo
forest products, and the opening u
of new and attractive mining fields
aro creating increased opportunitie
for labor and contributing to the
general prosperity of the community
"Finacial conditions throughout th
world point to the necessity of cau
tion in the assumption and the ex
tension of public liabilities. Import-
ant commitments.have necessitate(
financiC• "on a large scale by this
province during the past few yearn
While this task has been successfully
accomplished, it is recognized tha
the avoidance of additional burdens
is now a matter of importatice. The
recent decision of a number of munic-
ipalities not to proceed with radial
railway projects at the present time
and the vote recorded against money
by-laws in the various municipalities,
indicate the trend of public opinion
in this respect.
"A careful and thorough examine,
tier. of the operations and projects of
the Hydro -Electric Power Commis-
sion is being made by the Investigat-
ing Commission. A report has been
prepardd on one branch of the subject
and will be laid before you. Further
reports will be forthcoming from
time to time as the work progresses.
"The efforts of the Hydro -Electric
Power Commission during the past
year were directed to the carrying
out of plans previously undertaken
Much advance was made towards the
completion of the Chippewa Develop-
ment and the output of power was
largely increased.
"Conferences were held last Fall
between the Governments interested
respecting the regulation of the wa-
ters of the Winnipeg and English
Rivers. At these conferences an
agreement was reached which is de-
signed, to be a working Ins*$, for
co-operation in the control: of these
waters. Participation by the Province
of Ontario in the agreement was made
contingent upon the repeal of the
Lake of the Woods Regulation Act,
1921, which declared the works in
these waters to be to the general
advantage of Canada.
"I am glad to know that the por-
tion of the District of Tlihiskaming
which was visited by.a disastrous
fire last October is making h speedy
and satisfactory recovery. I desire
to express the warmest appreciation
of ,the generous adaiatance..extended
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OLD TIMES DANCE
In the Strand Theatre
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On Tuesday Evening 1 C
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MRS. F. HOLM ESTED, MRS. J, G. MULLEN, MRS. L. T. DeLACEY,
▪ Managing Committee ---±`G. Mullen, L. T. DeLacey, A. D. Sutherland.
under the Auspices of the
SEAFORTf RED CROSS SOCIETY
in aid of the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
Musicians
Miss Billie Chesney
Miss Edith Hunt
Miss Bell Forsyth
Miss Elsie Dodds
Mrs. J. D. O'Connell
P. M. Chesney
Hugh Chesney, Jr.
Earl „VanEgmond
Abe Forsyth
Henry Forsyth
Jas. A. Chesney
Herb. Fowler
Gerald Holland
Thomas Baird
Frank Lone
, Floor Managers
Harry Charters
Crawford Simpson
William McDonald
Ed. Rowland
During intermission Slides will be shown descriptive of the work
being done %y the Institution, Etc., Etc.
A DMISSION—$1,00
Bring your own Lunch. Put your name on your box or basket
which will be checked. Lots of good Coffee at the Hall.
Dancing Commences at Half -past Eight O'clock.
EVERYBODY WELCOME. •
SEAFt1RTH RED CROSS SOCIETY
President. Treasurer. Secretary.
by the public to the eople of the
district, and of the hel 1 services
given by relief committees .other
organizations. You will be asked to
ccnsider legislation to create a per-
manent fire relief organization, ami
to extend assistance to municipalities
which have been heavy losers by the
fire.
"The, extension of the Timiskam-
ir-g anNorthern Ontario Railway to-
wards James Bay was actively car-
ried on during the past season. More
than forty miles ofi steel were laid,
and the commission expects to com-
plete the contracts now in hand by
the close of the present year. A
survey is being carried on with a
view to extending the railway to a
suitable port on tidal waters, which
will open up a vast undeveloped area,
and give the province a new outlet.
"The progress made in road con-
-FLOUR—
High Grade Manitoba Flour,
Feed, Oil Cake,
Flax Seed, Linseed Meal.
GET OUR PRICES.
W; E. Kerslake
Old Post Office Block.
Opposite, Commercial Hotel.
struction during the past year war-
rants the expectation that a well-
cennected system of main highways
will be established by the end of the
coming season: Much excellent work
was done by the county authorities,
and a marked improvement was ef-
fected in the township roads. The
combined effect of these operations is
to extend the advantage of good roads
to all parts of the province. It will
now become yourduty to consider
measures to preserve and perpetuate
these highways, and to regulate the
traffic in the interest of public safe-
ty.
"As a province, we are already en-
joying a considerable financial return
from our investment in roads. From
official sources it is learned that dur-
ing last year automobiles to the num-
ber of more than a quarter of a mil-
lion were brought into Ontario by
tourist from the United States. It
is estimated that the expenditures
of the visitors reached an aggregate
sum of fifteen millions of dollars, and
that tourists will bring in not less
will be held in
WALKER'S HALL
BRUCEFIELD
Friday Evening, Jan. 26
Good Music.
Lunch Provided.
ADMISSION - 75 CENTS
than twenty-five millions during the
present year, The varied attractions
of this province for this class of
traffic were considered by a commit-
tee of this House during the recess.
The committee will submit to you
recommendations for wider publicity
and improved hotel accommodation, -
with a view to increasing tourist
traffic in the future.,
CLIENTS AND BARBERS^OF AN
EARLY DAY
"Yer a foeman no worthy of my
steel," exclaimed a little grey man,
as he emerged hurriedly from a
stairway on to Main. Street. The
little grey man had a white towel
tucked under his shirt collar. He
looked as if he had dropped down
from the milky way and been scraped
by the bear. One side of his face
weepcoveredwith creamy lather; the
other side, the barber had operated
or, was shaved clean.
Jimmie Grey, did ye ken him?
No Wait till I fill the corncob and
I'I' tell you something of him. He
was a tidy little Scot, sober or ather-
wise—mostly otherwise—when he vis-
ited the barber shops o' nights. This
particular night he came down the
stairs front Bill Newman's barber
shop, which was over William Allen's
frame grocery shop, located about
where MacTavish's store is. Wm.
Allen was about 4 feet, 6, and Richard
Smith, better known as Dick, a pros•
perous groceryman of the Main
Street of to -day, was Allen's first
mete. Dick looked about 10.6 when
he stood beside the little man with
heavy black chin whisker, and who
hnooccasions nestled a big bent stem-
med wooden pipe among the long
airs.
"I was the president of the Isthmus
of Panama Railway," persisted Jim-
mie, in dignified tones of braid
Scotch. He felt that his dignity had
been injured by some of the hunch
in the armchairs, strewn along one
side of Bill's tonsorial emporium.
True it. was. James Grey was presi-
dent of the isthmus of Panama rail-
way, no doubt sent out from Scotland
to look after the interests of stock
holders in the railroad. The presi-
dent always dressed neatly in dark
grey clothes, a white shirt, and a
winged collar, encircling which was
a black silk string trie. Usually, he
were a hard felt hat, half -plug, com-
mon in those days but now worn by
a few preachers and professors, and
one lonely Scots editor of the Toronto
Globe. Jimmie was a. gentleman
and a scholar, and probably the best
accountant that Seaforth ever knew.
And there were some very clever men
in the old days about the old town,
but eccentric. I have yet to live in
a place that possessed so many bril-
liant minds in proportion to the
population.
Just lit the pipe. Jim Rankin is
responsible for this story about
Jimmie Grey. Jim was a bell -hop or
skipper of the Toonerville trolley of
one of the two hotels that ran 'em
to the railroad station. Jimpue vas
a boarder in this house: -4tie morn-
ing, in passing the railrciad presi-
dent's room, he heard him exclaim In
a rasping voice, "Good-bye, Jimmie:
good-bye, Jimmie." Peeping in the
door he saw the little Scotsman with
his shirt collar neatly folded down
around his neck. He was standing
before a mirror, and flashing the I
razor close t'o his jugular vein. With
every flash of the rraazs" be rasped
out, "Good-bye, Jizomi 3lg Rank
tpalt.a1
ler a
steel." Anil + tAtt
beating it to beit t ban
stairs.'
There 'were .other ' barbs)s
barber shops in 1'eaforth in old
and after. Some 'patronized 3'
.monthly and others annnalIs f
hair cut. One barber was
complected about an octoropp,'
etony-hued little maaf kept a bare
shop on the east side of ,Main Steeet
about opposite George Sills' bard -
ware store. Nat Moore was a live-
ly, dapper little coon, a gogd step,
dancer, and at times "siftld sand"'
or, the stage in the old Dutch Gar-
dens,
located then about where the
High School now . stands. But the
Gardena will do for another occasion.
It's barbers this time. The Conetabje
boys—Jim served part of his time
with Bill, and took his B.A. degree
under Nat Moore: Johnnie Constable
graduated full-fledged from Nate
tonsorial academy.
A man named MacSomething op-
ened a shop at the corner of Main
Street and the Commercial lane, Mac
came from Michigan and was an all -
fired talker. He had a breed of black
fcwl that could knock the goose and
the golden eggs galley -west. He
called 'em black—perhaps, terriers—
something like that. As ,a driver of
trotting horses oldman Geer, or Nat
Ray were no -whores. He. impressed
Arthur Forbes anyway about his.
horsemanship. Everybody was talk- .
leg horse about this time—kids and
all. George Whiteley had old Clear
Grit, and Alex. Davidson had import..
ed from Kentucky a dandy looker,
but he wasn't as fast as he looked.
Arthur Forbes had a roan telt in his
stable. Mac said if he were handled'
properly, he'd cinch the green colt
event om Tom Lapslie's rare -course,
the coming 24th of May. Arthur
gave him the colt to train. The fate-
ful day came. Mae was seated be-
hind the roan on a high old-fashioned
sulky. Say, that colt couldn't trot
fast enough for the 10 minute class.
He was a plug, but no Spark Plug.
The good-natured judges saved him
from the bell in the first and second
heats. In the third Arthur drove
himself, and with the aid of a young
cordwood stick saved Mac's reputa-
tion a§ a horse -trainer. '
The. corncob's .gone out. I'll come
back again at this barber shop stiff..
Everybody wore a hair cat or a shave
at some time. Most writers like lots.
of room. I'm no exception.
BILL POWELL.
BLYTH
Old Resident Passes.—Another of'
the old residents of this section pass-
ed away at the residence of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Symington, Auburn, in the
person of Robert Medd, Sr. The de-
ceased had passed his 90th birthday,
the greater part of hie life being
spent in the locality in which he liv-
ed. He came to Wawanesh when a
young man and cleared the bush front
the land which he beurht, but he
I lived to see this one of the heat farms
in 'hat locality. His wife predecease
ed him some years. During his life
he war a faithful member of the An-
glican church and a ver, es' i••eTon-
, servat!ve, taking a part in the last
Domini nn election.
• Anneal Mre'ine'--The anneal meet-
ing of the snbseribere er th- Mem-
orial Hall was held Fri,1»s' evening
with a represeetntive e••.h..eee. The
treasurer gave hie ,.;,,,'„t, showing.
that there had been 0,5')"n o2 taken
from various means during the year,
, with an exnerditure er P1.052.10,
leaving a balance of $2IN. which
will be applied to the debt. The fol..
i lowing directors were apnninted: G.
E. McTaggart .T D. Moral". S. ('hel-
ten, James Smith, P. Cur.li. er. W,
Watann, C. McCelland, P H. Bruns. -
don, T. E. Tawan. Rc WVighime-', A,
ll'. Rnhinsnn. R. Richmond,
Sinthers, Mrs. Wightman Mrs. R.
Richmond, Mrs S Girlie, Mr; (Dr.)
ll end. Mrs. Chellen The tltrertera
then met and annninted the follow -
hie officers: President, et R. Mc-
Tnpgsrt Trnne,.rc.• C M^r:ctland;
Secretary, A. VT. Robineen retie com-
mittee is making arrangements to
pet nn sonic entertninmente for the
porno?r of paying off some of the
dehi
Agric+iltnral Society. ---The Blyth
Agricultural Society betel their annual'
meeting in the Memnrial Hop on Sat-
urday afternoon with a fair attend-
ance. The president. Mr William
Gray, in his opening remarks, show-
ed that the fair last fall while not
as good a money maker, on account
of the great amount of prize money-
given,
oneygiven, was one of the best fairs in
the history of the association. The
secretary -treasurer then gave his
statement, which showed a balance
in the bank of $800. The meeting,
after some discussion, decided that
they would dispense with horse rac-
ing at the fair this year and use the
money that had been formerly given
for that purpose, for the advance-
ment of the school fair, which they
consider more of an at+rartinn than
the class of horse racing they can
expect unless they can raise the prize
money. They also intend expending -
more money on the prizes for stock.
The directors were all re-elected,
from which the following officera,'weee
selected: President Wm. Gray; tat
Vice Predident, J. E. Ellis: end View
President, Roberti Wi_ghtman; aecte*
tart' treadurer, J H B El iott. ly