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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-09-11, Page 5'thurittiky, t tth, 1919 Serviceable Dross • Goods for Autumn Now is the time to buy your materials for Suits, Dresses, for your school girls. We have a large range of dress goods to select from in Blues, Browns, Greens, etc., at prices and qualities that are right, For School Dresses A great variety of colors and cloths for children's dresses or suits in Serges, Satin Cloths, Cords and Plain weaves. Many of these are old stock, hence we are able to sell at these wonderfully low prices, It will pay you to buy here 75c, to $1.50 a yard. Ladies' Suitings A Beautiful range,of alt wool suitings in Serges, Velours, Vicunas and Broad- cloths. All the.new and leading shades are to be found in these popular cloths. As these are scarce goods and higher prices prevailing we ad.vise buying early while the selections are good $3.00, to $7.50 per yard. Summer Dress Goods At Reduced Prices All our $1..25 and 1.50 Gingham,Plaids, Foulards, Fancy Voiles and Suitings re- duced to $1.00 a yard. Extra quality Plaid and Check Ginghams, fast colors, Reg. 45e, reduced to 35c a yard. Fancy Crepes, Bedford •Suitings, and small Check Ginghams in 'Blues, Pinks and Browtrs reduced for quick selling to 25c a yard. Inks gemammumealiminonsuimapaommusermimmei••••••umegainintsioNmoimmommormermariseirrummeram Nonsiewswimmumaisamminisimissom. marossamemstmainommommanwrommemarnmorim FALL TERM FROM .S'EPTEMBEIR 21V7). WINGHAM, ONTARIO The school with competent instructors. The school that gives thorough, courses and assists graduates to positions. Write for free catalogue. D. A. McLachlan, Pres. Tory Corners Glad to see Mr, William Dane out around again. Mr. Alfred Taylor and fanily accom- panied by Mr. Edward Carson motored to Kincardine one day last week to yisit friends. Many from around here attended the funeral of IV1r. H Hawthorne of Wing - ham. We are glad to hear that Mr. William Scott has finished harvest as he had been Murray McLeish, Prin. delayed by faring the roof of his barn which was recently blown off. HOW i'..t1C;; r K ) .1E Firet Thing to Dee'`. en ,,T:Iten QUO I Ccoprp'r, ti 3 ea I nves,trocnt. Th, flit tw8rt."---1Cr to de - le the immure they rim ay. 1 '1 \‘..i•Pi. 1 I fli111:11:::,.,16.“,::;81. tho purpose wieell they hail in mind when ihe funds were avetuntilated inel UI( the conditimee that NVIII tile 111VeSt1ne11t. If 011e 1 liyiiitip in to take eare of himeelf tn tal old nge, Is he not rteilly :1 trilste,,, aa those savings for the old pereen he is to be? If be is savitig for hie rendly. 18 It not the mann.? But if the money Is being accitintihited with the view of taking itdviiiitnge of a business op- Portunity, it is different. Or if one Is In elose torieli with conditions in a evr- win business, be might be justified in taking risks in that field wheel seenie ' be improper for ouo ignorant of cende thins to take. The degree of eve. thot one Is justified in taking must 1101411%e. ly deeldeil by the investor himself, al- though others of more experience or training might help. It is the Ilrst point that should lo' deel (.1 lS(1. How Lloyd George Keeps Fit. FeW men 1111Ve eVer 1111(1 to bear 80011 a heavy hmelen 118 OW prime minister has had to carry during the last three months. A. general election, a peace mnforenve and iminstrial trouble—, eneh would have meon1. an epoch in the pre-war life of a premier. How does Lloyd George -manage to keep so cheery and fit? An interesting light on this point is thrown by the .fact that reeently Ape ..1..leyd George has eeeerej times strolled into room oe- eupied by his staff and asked if the glee e,ecretnries had any amusing novel there. Ile has, Welted up some light literature and gone off to rend it qui- etly for half an hour or so as 11 dis• . traction from more, serious affairs,— Edinburgh tieoteunte. -- Sarno. Purchase! Freddie—My pa is awful rich. I guess be's, rich enevgli to buy all Brook- line. Bobby—My pa's a lot rielimon that. I heard inin tell this morning he.was ping to 1.S.ty York, NOW IIlacen and Hart Trim script, Cruel. Tack—Tbst horse knot's, aS 11111.041 fl.13 1 -do. Belle—Well, don't tell anyleels. Yon may want to eell 111111 8(8110 t1SS.- 1'hilac101:11110 B1ii1Cti11, No one ever honestly :oi!(.ws role! light he Iten without tine'ne net light increases ae lie trees forwie• 1. 00000000000G4200000000000C1 1:430000000000000000000M0500000900009000000000000000C 01-430000000000000000000C1). IF YOU BUY OUT OF TOWN AND 1 .BUY OUT OF TOWN,' WHAT WILL BECOME OF OUR TOWN? The Dollar You Spend In Wingham. Will "Come Home To Boost" The Advance "BUY -AT-HOME" Campaign • 0 Read these articles with care. They may present something you hadn't thought of before. Patronize the 8 people whose ads. are here. They are your neighbors and will treat you right. The money you -spend with 8 them stays in circulation in Wingham. s00000000d0000000000000000000m000m0000000000ti0000c0000000000000000000000000ti0000000000000000000000000a SEE US FIRST when y o u require Boots, Shoes, Slippers, etc We special- ize in foot apparel and offer a splendid assortment for your approval. A full stock of Trunks and Valises,—W. J. GREER THE REXALL STORE is criterion for purity and wholesomeness in ready-made forinulas Besides you have the benefit of an international service Full supply of Drug Sundries as Vell. See me when your ev is are causing trouble. —J. WALTON McKIBBON WHEN YOU BUY Boots and Shoes etc., from us you are sure of securing sat- isfaction as to the quality and price. We stand back of all our goods. Full line of Trunks, Valises as well —W H WILLIS POOR PLUMBING TS DEAR at any price, Let us estimate for you on all kinds of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilating, Tinsmithing, etc. Our prices are right. We guarantee our work. Patronize home business tnen —W. 3 BOYCE. YOUR EYES are your greatest asset. When they require attention the best ad- vise is norie too good. By consulting me you assure yourself of proper treatment Let me prescribe for your eyes —R. M. McKAY, WE LEAD in trunks, bags and suit cases full stock always on hand, also good line single harness. Repairs a speciality Call we will attend to your wants — TROS KEW. WI3 OFFER YOU a splendid stock of shelf and heavy hardware for your re- quirements. It will pay you to inspect our stock and one visit will relieve the necessity of going elsewhere. Order your coal from us.—aan & TROMP - SON. PRINTING AT,ROMIS is often thought of, by ignorant people, to be of poorer quality than that which you can get from the traveller. We know of ladies who have compared wedding stationery print- ed at Toronto with that printed at THE ADVANCE and found the latter to be far superior in quality ant workmanship - TWO smcIALs at a big saving for two weeks only. 20% discount on all wall paper. 60c for a 4 string broom worth more than $1.00. WINGHAM BA- ZAAR, „ HEW .ONE SOHN • EVERY tvliNLITF: Mail Order Man *Need Not Worry About Keeping His Old Customers. WHEN YOUR 'WATCH or Clock re- quires at'ention bring it to Wingharres Grettest Watch Doctor. We guarantee our work Our optical parlors are com plete let us relieve that eye strain for you. —W. G. PATTERSON WHEN YOU REQUIRE Dry Goods, Carpets And Rugs, Hats, Caps, Furs, Groceries, Boote end Shoes etc . one visit to our establishment will convince the most skeptical our prices and quality are right —3 A, MILLIS HIS HELD ilf.ff RESTRICTED Local Merchant, on Other Hand, Must Give Good Values and Service In Order to Hold His Trade. (Copyright.) It has been said that there is a sucker born every minute. ILthis be true, there are 1,440 potential custom- ers of the inall-order houses ushered into the world every 24 hours and the number reaches a total of 625,909 every year. Of course, as fark Twain remarked regarding reports of his death, these figures may be exaggerated, but they serve to illustrate the fact that the .mall -order houses of the big cities al- ways have new fields_ to exploit and are not hampered in their dealings by the necessity of pleasing all their old customers. If the nail -order buyer discovers that he has been "stung" and registers a vigorons kick, it means nothing in the young life of the mail order man. Why should he worry as long at there are some 99,999,909 other persons in the United States to whom he may make his alluring appeals. Ever Get Money Enid Did anyone ever hear of a mail or- der house refunding a customer's money if the customer Was not satis- fied with his purchase? Don't all speak at once, please. The big mail order house a in the cities expect to receive a large number of complaints from their customers. They know that much of the goods which they sell will not come up to the expectations of the buyers, whoee idea S as to what they will receive have been formulated from the pretty pleturee and alluring de. Scriptions given in the eatalogues. The mall order houses prepare for ' this contingency by maintaining large ; corps of clerks whose sole duty it is to ntimwer the letters of Irate ens- , tuners. These clerks, or correspond- ' mats, as they are called, exercise all their poviers of cajolery in an effort to appease the complaining customers, but If this Pt found to be impossible, after an exchange of letters, the mail order man his uo use for worry. Hie living is not dependent upon the MS - tomer to whom he has already sold goods. "There are as good fish in the •sea SA hive ever been caught" and he turns his attention toward the landing of the new fish. Local Merchant's Field Limited. Compare the position of the mailor- der man with that of the retail mer- chant in the stnall city or town. The retail merchant has a certain limited territory from which lie must draw his trade. All his business must be done day after day and year after year among the same people. The buyers to whom he can appeal for business number only a few thousand at the most and in some cases a few hun- dred. Unless he can make his cus- tomers his -friends and bring them back to his store again, he cannot con- tinue in business. The result is that he looks beyond the single sale which he may be making at the time. It 18 to his interest to please every one of his customers. It will profit him poth- ing to make a big profit off a ctistomer on one sale if that customer is not satisfied with his purchase and refuses to come back to his store again. From which man ean the buyer ex- pect to get the best values, the best service and the best prices in propor- tion to the quality of the goods sold? From the Man Who must please him and give him his money's worth in or- der to remain in business or from the man who figures that he may never hear from the buyer again and that it will make Aso great difference whether ho,pleases him or not? Gets It While He can. The idea upon which the mail order man works is to get the money while the getting is good. If the customer Is satisfied with the goods which he re- ceives, all well and good. The mail or- der man knows that tlie customer is the kind of a, Man or woman who likes to take vehance or he wouldn't have sent in his order in the first place. Therefore he may figure that the customer Is likely to take' a second chance even if the 11081 does not turn out to his liking. If the customer has enough spirit to make a kick, this 'trained correspondents in eharg,e of the complaint department may be able to pacify him. If, they ere not, it doesn't matter fnueli anyway, for there tire millions of others who rimy be caught with the same bait—there is one born every Minute, you know. It Is well for the consumer to re. member these facts if he Is ever tempted to take a chance on the offer - Ings of the mai order house. The home 81000118111 1188 something at etsite In every sale that he ninkes, The mail. order man 148 IlOthitig at stake. The home merchant hes everything at stake 00 the manner In which he treats Ids customers, for 110 cannot get others to take their places. The mail order man has nothing at etake for It lit to his interest to get ,111 that he ean out of eaeh Anle, kteowing that he My never base enother chrinSsti at that par- tlettla r customer. VALHI is the ?safest man to do bus1. beim with.) ENGLAND'S IOW Ntlien DIS The Law Simply Admits Transfer of Royal Authority, . It is ft curious point of British law that the king never dies, or, to put it In enother way, it would be useleve for any barrieter to argue that the ruler's predecessors have really died, 811100 the utmost law will admit is that there may be a "demise er the seswn," meaning, of couree, 8i1flLlly that there has been 0 transfer of the royal au- thority frem one pereou to weedier. It IS 8 maxim that "the king can do no wrong," and 'under the law he wonld not be held personally respeitsible for auy crime or "tort" 041; lie chose to commit at any time. At any rate, we are assured by high constitutional au- thorities, the law should actually and literally be so construed and that tit° statutes hold that any Injury his maj- esty might inflict upon a subject must be ascribed to the king's advisers. One thing seems to be certain, and that is that hie majesty eau under no circum- stances whatever be arrested. Nor, Moreover, eould his goods be distreined or taken in execution should he fail to meet his liabilities. A quaint feature of British law is that in theory the king is present at the law court at every sitting, though he might in point of feet be actually on the continent or elsewhere. It fol- lows, therefore, that It is impossible to . "nonsait" him as plaintiff should, he not Put in an uppearanee when hts— ease.is called, inee the law specifically states that the king is there, Ina sim- ilar sense the king is, always construe - Lively, present in parliament, though he be, in fact, thousands of miles from hiS shores.—Exchange. PURE DRUGS ARE ESSENTIAL to good health. We carry a complete stock of Nyal Remedies, as well as Drug Sun- dries, Toilet and sick room articles and Stationery, Let us fill your next pre- scription —E, J MITCHELL. QUALITY AND GOOD SERVICE at lowest possible prices is our motto. Let us supply your home with choice Grocer- ies and Provisions. Our stock is fresh and clean. We offer you satisfaction.— R BROOKS. EVERY DOLLAR you spend out of town helps the town you spend it in. Boost your own town. Boost Wingharn Let Hanna's supply you with Dry Goods, Goods Groceries. etc You will be pleas ed with our service and prices.—HANNA & co. MAKE U.k, THAT ORDER for Grocer ies. Bring it to us and We will save you money. We carry a complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries. Fruits and Confectionery Let us'aupply your home. —R. S McGEE. OUR AIM IS TO SELL you a line of Groceries the quality of which will keep your money in Wingham. Our stock is fresh and wholesome. Our butter and eggs are fresh,—MRS I, A. CUM- INGS. ONE VISIT to our establishment will convince the most skeptical that our prices and quality of Wall Paper, Fancy China, Books and Stationery are right. Let us estimate on your decorations.— GEO. MASON & SON. WE SPECIALIZE in Halters of our own make and small goods of all kinds for horses; A fall stack of Harnesa, Trunks, Traveling Bags aa well always in stock. Our repair department will attend to 'your breakagea —j. JOHNSTON. LET USIllaiePLY your home with Groceri s, Preftsions, etc One trial will convince you our prices and quality are such as to merit your patronage -Watch this space for future special announce merits —R. A. GRAHAM, KING BROS. GENERAL MERCHANTS ARE YOU PARTICULAR about your tea. Our teas are of our own blendinr, and give you a richness in taste obtain- able in ne other We stock Groceries and Provisions, rruits end Confectionery as well IIENRY CHRISTIE, THE ONE PRICE HOUSE have en- deavoured to enticipa*e the requirements of the men and women of Wingham re- garding the wearing apparel We carry complete stork of Groceries al well. Let us eupply your home H 11, IS ARD & CO. THE SPILT PEARLS. An Old Persian Fable of the Caliph and His Faithful Slave? - The most beantiful of all 'Persian fables, Perhaps, is called "The' Spilt Pearls" and relates bow the .,couriers of a certain caliph marveled at his eholee of an Ilthlopian slave .for mustant nttendant anff at the • high honors he bestowed on, this fellow, who had 110 special distinction of beauty, strength or graee.. Theretmon the eaiiph told them•that,"ihough the .slave's features were not fair, kittd- noes beautified them. Once, wben a came! of the caliph's train tripped in a narrow street, a cas- ket fell, broke, and rich pearls fell ev- erywhere. The caliph melded to Lis at- teedant slaves to pick them up, saying that they might have Mein for them- selves, and they all melted to pick up -as many as they could. One alone remained behind the ca• liple the Ethiopian, who did not move. Turning to him, the caliph asked him what he was doiug, lingeriug there, and received the. answer that his duty was faithfully to guard Ins master, and Im had. sufficient reward in doing that. No one could bp called a faithful sei;e7m ut who forgot his duty to his mas- ter for the sake of the gifts his aster gtt "Therefore," said the caliph,. "I keep him at my side, for he bas shown him- self to be possessed of the brightest joivel a man can possess, the jewel of faithfulneSs,"—Argonaut Original Potato King, John Pounds, au English cobbler, was the original potato king. He cob- bled shoes for sailors in Portsmouth and was grieved by the sight of the ragged boys who ran about the quays. He set himself the task of resetting them. A hot potato Was a Wonderful delicacy, fOr these youngsters. John Pounds set his hale He offered bot potatoes to Ineys who would come to him and be taught to read and write. Often he was seen pursuing a boy along the wharves holding out n potato like a farmer trying to catch a colt with a feeding of wits. Usually John Pounds and the hot potatoes won. He crowded his narrow workromu with his cbarees, When Ile died it was l'eM1tet1 of him that he had saved t;00 childr9n to useful citizenship. . Oilcloth as ei Cure. Pretty soon after the new Arrival in one of New York's big hotels had been, assigned to his room be telephoned down to the office for two strips of oil- eloth. "Another one," caul the clerk after assuring Ole guest filet the oilcloth would he sent up ininiedietely. "Ilis 18 n S0ntl1l1t11/111 8i, 1 8III+1,011e. Strirs Of 11.•81,l'Ve far feTIOW:i 1 11'.111. '1".1:17 spread it on the floor at either o? the bed. Stepping on Neil '011111 he get; en of lie:1 is pre; es to aweleen the moet .eniVirmed 1,7evelve1ter 1er.,1 prevent uoeturnal eemilering." recieeei! ree ;:erve.e. Maekerot 1,1 an ('1' hettee Coed for the eiervoes teen ei :Ire :1 ronie elere. kinde of 1 e-iree •• it , eeteirs a lee ger peeeenta:.e of 1`,e, tiervo:',8 • Gl' 1,1:: 1.1e%,1 !:. ve(1t; i;etein, 1,.7) fet, 7.1 pee cceti er 04. i.t. Joernal. WiShed to Be Ready, Fred McDowell, a dusky nthlete from Texarlmna, Ark., had just regls. toyed at the offices of the board of civil serviee examiners in the 'Peden' building to go to Camp Knox, neer StitIttom Ky., es it laborer, and had been told to return next day for phys- teal examination, "t)o they make a person strip for that examination?" lie asked of Fred L. Stuart, secretary of the board. "How's that" asked Mr. Stuart. "Do they make you take all your clothes off for the examination?" "Oh, they'll take your shirt off," Said Mr. Stuart, "and If they think there's any good reason, they may have you ' take off the rest of your clothea. Why, what's the difference'?" "Nothin' much, only 1 want to tete a bath—it's a long Utile from S11tur4 day night to Thursday." That,s Different. A rolling stone, gathers no moss, but a rolling pin gathers a good nuurp fioura. Only Real Failure. Because a fellow has failed once or tWice, or a closet) times, you don't want to sot bite clown as a failure till atomt lottos his etottrivges—trtsd VOWS 111104$10. 14901, - Actual Experience The Ontario Temperance Act is Emptying Ontario's Jails Jail Commitments Before and After Passage a the Act. DIMINHENNLSS 1915-6,255 1918-2,595 ALL CRIMES 1915-20,557 1918-15,242 From Annual Reports of Inspectors of Prisons 1915 and 1918, and, Schedule H, Report of the Board of License Commissioners for Ontario for the year 1918. ONTARIO'S experience with prohibition under the Ontario Tem- perance Act since September 16, 1916, has been all the argument any fair-minded man or woman wants, to prove that the Aa should neither be repealed nor weakened by Amendments. Jail Commitments for crimes and offences of all kinds have decreas- ed more than one-third since 1915. Jail Commitments for drunkenness alone decreased from 6,235 in 1915, the year preceding the Act, to 2,595 in 1918. Jail Commitments for drunkenness decreased despite the fact.tilp.i the Act makes drunkenness in public places a “prima facie" offence, punish- able by fine or imprisonment, whether accompanied by "disorderli. ness" or not. A drunken man on the street has become a rare sight. The number .of commitments for drunkenness in Ontario in 1918 was the lowest in seventeen years, although the population of the Province' increased by over 500,000. Some jails received no drunkards in 1918 at all. Others show well nigh unbelievable decreases, notably in the cities and larger towns. Do you want to see the taste for alcoholic beverages revived, andthe population of Ontario's prisons, jails and lock -ups restored? if you are convinced that drunkenness is undesirable in this, Province rnark X in the "No" column after each question. "No!" ----Four Times "Not" a • Each and every one of the four questions on the balInt paper in this Referendum must be answered or your ballot is "spoiled." And unless. you mark X after each question in the "No" column, the Ontario Tem- perance Act 'will be spoiled, and years of Temperance progress. lost. Ontario Referendum Committee JOHN MACDONALD 'D. A. DUNLAP ANDREW S. GRANT Chairman Treasurer Vice Chairman an Secretary (1001 Excelsior Life Bldg, Toronto) . .g Try THE ADVANCE for your next order of job work. We do work promptly, neatly and at reasonable prices. We will convince you. 111 A. M. Electric Starting and Lighting riHE new Ford Electrical System is as great an 1 achievement as the Ford Motor. No better starting a,nd lighting systein is supplied with any car—at any price. See it for yourself. See it work. It is a complete two -unit system, Starting Motor, Generator and Battery—built into the Ford Motor—a product of the Ford plant. The Ford ear is also equipped with the Standard Magneto to provide ignition independent of the batteries. The whole system is controlled from an instrument board on the cowl. It is now supplicd as Standard Equipment on all Ford Enclosed Models. If you will phone—or call—we will introduce you to th6 Ford Sedan. You owe it to yourself to Icarn why men who can afford big costly ears prefer the Ford Sedan. ?RICES—including Eleetric Starting a.nd Lighting, Fur,1 1.811 $1176. Ford Coupe $976. f. o. b. Ford, Ont. (War extra.) "Demountable rims, tire carrier and rion-kid tires on rear as op- tional equipment on closed cars only at $26 extra. 106 CRAWFORD, Dealer, Wingham iftw.001,100101.11WWW•glownertellemw. . . ,...,-, Tee "' olltilliq III 1 '11 . it Ft i (. a • r Z- 1 E. eeg • rei IR to, L"m - z> ki ?.• . ill ., ,,,,,, ..--••• ..-....: ,-,.,,,teft ;, AO of' *-. ,. .,..„...„ ,,. 641 k— , ....... Vr4/1** , i 1 ,.. A. M. Electric Starting and Lighting riHE new Ford Electrical System is as great an 1 achievement as the Ford Motor. No better starting a,nd lighting systein is supplied with any car—at any price. See it for yourself. See it work. It is a complete two -unit system, Starting Motor, Generator and Battery—built into the Ford Motor—a product of the Ford plant. The Ford ear is also equipped with the Standard Magneto to provide ignition independent of the batteries. The whole system is controlled from an instrument board on the cowl. It is now supplicd as Standard Equipment on all Ford Enclosed Models. If you will phone—or call—we will introduce you to th6 Ford Sedan. You owe it to yourself to Icarn why men who can afford big costly ears prefer the Ford Sedan. ?RICES—including Eleetric Starting a.nd Lighting, Fur,1 1.811 $1176. Ford Coupe $976. f. o. b. Ford, Ont. (War extra.) "Demountable rims, tire carrier and rion-kid tires on rear as op- tional equipment on closed cars only at $26 extra. 106 CRAWFORD, Dealer, Wingham iftw.001,100101.11WWW•glownertellemw.