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The Huron Expositor, 1928-08-24, Page 71111E 11.1'It()N'ExPOSI rI J[ have been doing business in the Town of Mitchell for fifty years this F. 1. First as '':'abb & Ford; then as Ford & Murphy; and since as The T. S. Ford Company, Limited. Fifty years in business in the same town.* no mean record.. I doubt if there is another man between Toronto and Ooderich who can equal' this record.Statistics show, I< believe, that aver iiinety per cent who gointo the Retail business either fail or drop out of business, but we have no record of the percentage who remain in; business in one place for fifty years. 1 was particularly fortunate in com- mencing business in a town situated in the centre of one of the finest agr icult; nal districts in Canada, and doubly fortunate in having as custom- ers people who were Honest, Industrious and Progressive. We tried to pia y t iegame fair, and that we succeeded is best proven by the fact that we. are still in business and that our customers of to -day are the second and third *enerations of those who commenced dealing with us 50 years ago. To show my appreciation ofthe generous patronage extended to us by the people of Perth County and nearby Townships, I have decided to hold a Jubilee Saie for TWO WEEKS and during the"sale not one cent of Prot will be added. You can, buy any article we sell at actual cost price.: We have Witten all the Wholesale Firms and Manufacturers we haveIealt.with in'theast asking them to supply One iL',ie of goods that e' user lty"b fi hen2,-1-not-at the price we have been paying,—BUT 1 `THEIR COST PRICE for this Sale, and in every instance they ‘"have acceded to .out, request one of the big silk Mills in ,Switzerland has -contributed one piece (abort 80 yiards), 3't inch, beautiful quality of Pure Silk Mack Duchesse Satin., The -regular retail price would be $2.25 a yard and excellent value. Their eoneession in cosi, specially for this 'sale, reduces the -Price to you at, per 'yard One wholesale jobber sent us a bale of 1,000 yards of regular 20c Factory +Cotten. We can sell it now art, per yard .-.. A manufacturer of Silk Hosiery let us have 15 dozen. Pure Thread Si& Hosiery. -we -have:. never sold them rant less than `$1.00 a pair. At their reduced price we can pass them on to You at. per pair - Another factory sent .10 dozen Full Fashion- ed Extra . Qua1'iil Silk Bosiery. They have never retailed at less than $1.75 a pair. " At their re- duced price ter this sale we can sell them' at, Per pair ea Our Ladies' Silk Dress Factory has sent us 65 •;11 Silk Flat Crepe Dries es, in colors and , blas c. Regulinr $11:50 and up to $15.00. t;eau- tiful Dresses. At their -",.eels). reduced price.. Tour choices A factory has sent 20 dozen Purldsovuele, assorted kinds. We never sold better at lffrc each. 111Te cars sell this fort at each 5c .A mill in Ireland supplies 50 pure Irish Lan - en Table Cloths; border all around; size -2412g/a yards. We have sold! !hundreds of this lute : at. $4.50 each. At their reduced price for this sale; your choice •_. Also 15 Cloths; size 2x3 yards; regular sell- ing -price $5.50. For this sale the price is 13.06 A wholesale firm sends two bales (180 pair) of Grey and White 12-4 Ibex Flannelette Blank- ets. The best blankets made in Canada. We pass them on at the reduction, a pair o98 4 I' 125 7095 c One of our big Clothing Factories has sent 36 All wool Fine Worsted Suits for young, men and men. A lovely choice of new colorings. Regular prices' $25.00 to .$32.50 a suit. We. have been given a wonderful reductionon this fine lost. We pass them along to you at a `suit....:: ... A Curtain Net manufacturer in Scotland has supplied 15 pnecefs• (460 yards) of Bungalow Cur- < tain Net (white) ; 36 inches wide. Regular :'mice would be 35c a yn.rd. We can sell this during this sale at, per yard S3.75 15118 22c One of our Old .Country Manufacturers of Towels has ent 20 dozen pair of Fancy Turkish Towels.. y would be excellent value $ 75c each, but at the reduction given us for thi9., scale you get your choice at each A big wholesale jobber sent one bale each, of Wlhite and Grey 12-4 "Cuddle DooTr" Flan- nelette Blankets of first quality. His reduced price .211ows us to pass them along at per pair.. An Overall manufacturer sent 20 dozen &v- ex ails; 5 dozen Smocks and 8 dozen Pants --a line of extra good quality that we have never sold at lasts than $2.00. At bis reduced }!rice you can buy them, at, eaeh Another rwholesale firm 'has supplied 1,000 yards of lovely White Flannelette; a yard wide; regular 25c and 29c a yard (two kinds). At their reduced price, a yard L78 V045 fit Also 25 Hand Woven Mats, size 22x44 inches. Lovely colorings. They are also reversible ; Regular sale price was 95c each. At their spe- cial reduced price, we can sell them at each 30 Suit Lengths of ]Vieree Tweeds at italf ss regular price. A Suit Length n and so on thrroughot the different lines we hnde---s® that in :,1, klition to our own stogy of from Sixty to Seventy-five Thousand Dollars, will be added some Ten to Fifteen Tho sand Dollars of SPECIALS, making in al1\fri°omrn Seventy-five Thousand ($75,000) to Eighty-five Thousand ($85,000) Dollars' worth of goods at actual cost to select from. eta S tar nth)"1Q P® ndbag f r $6 o1 Ala oth n GTOCCeic g ate Discount Off to) peg. cant. It was is Uri first t fo hr it this sae to One We k, but On oec xtra h 10, we have iecc de to ke �t store so you ean see M a tad price. tre c onsideraam, t© avald fl big Tazah me the camp®ra ©? -WE' KS9 cOr andel - until t rday, (4 rye The entire loss on this sale (for any person will realize that no store.can put on a T*d Weeks' Sale of goods at cost without entailing a big loss) will be a personal loss borne by myself. The other members of the firm will recouped for their e)hare of the loss and the employees of the firm will rec ve their Salaries past the s tl . s of we 4,rerre making aprofit on the goods. This will be art opportunity of a lifetAme t ' i3t chase goods at cost that May never occur again—and certainly not in my tulrrie. We suggest that you try and comae during the week instead of Saturn v .so that we can give you tater service. 'anp ".'i<..,,. .�.C. �.„1 , ,. - �'ry y,Qj r......rnc..:.,ymca..e1'••'1 1..1' .:X ll. s. tip ALU Via.. at 1 l&tehe I, Ont., .4a2g1Mts 22nd, 1928. lftr sIldent of the Contarotr; fi