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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-12-27, Page 4tr 4 THE WINGHAM ADVANCE ..,,, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1906 rr • LOTH RAPT A Square Deal. .11/1111 We want your business ---we're willing to do a whole lot to get it -whatever we do, however, has got to be " straight." We want your confidence as well as your business, and the only way we know how to get both, is to deserve them. We, ourselves, have a lot of confidence in the Clothes we make, and our ever-increasing business proves us right. Our Furnishing Department Is full of good things, especially for the Xmas. season :—Beautiful Neckties in fancy boxes, Nifty Neck Scarfs, Beautiful Gloves, Fancy Suspend- ers, Swell Handkerchiefs, Fur Collars and Fur Caps, Hats, Sweaters, in fact everything in our line that is beautiful as well as useful for gifts. Boy Wanted at Once to learn Tailoring. Maxwell & Hill, Tailors and Men's Furnishings r 1 Business Our large stock of ' Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &c., must be sold. by Jan'y. 1st. All goods sold at cost and be- low. Now is the time to get Christmas Presents at prices that cannot be equalled. U111111111.11M1111111r411011111111111111111111111111111111161rl•6111111=11111111111I Positively Giving Up Kaiser the Jeweler 1 Next Door to Hamilton's Drug Store . 611111111111111111•aossa11E110111111111111as111111sMIND 011i11111111111111111111. CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000. Reserve Fund, $4,500,000 HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO 7 0. E. WALKER, General Manager ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. Gen'l Manage BRANCHES THROUGHOUT CANADA, AND . IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND A general Banking business transacted. Accounts may be opened and conducted by mail with all branches of this Bank. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Deposits of $1 and upwards received, and interest allowed at current rates. The depositor is subject to no delay what* ever in the withdrawal of the whole or any portion of the deposit Wingham, Ont., Branch :—A. E. Smith, Manager. 00000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000 Fall And Winter Announoement DRESS GOODS. --I have determined to clear out my Dress Goods stock at greatly reduced prices this fall, As the season goes on, many lines are going at less than 75c on the dollar. Black Dress Goode a specialty. PRINTS. Fall and Dark Winter Prints at cost. FLANNELETTES. -I purchased very largely by the case in all kinds from 5c per yard np. Can give you heavy 36 inches wide, all color- ings, at l0c a yard. SHIRTINGS.-Grey Flannels and Flannel Skirtings, and a nice variety of Shirts made to order. HOME-MADE BLANKETS. -From the Wroxeter, Teeswater and Kingsmill factories. Pure stock, well cleansed, and very cheap, at the price wool has been this mummer. Call and see them if in need of a pair. Sheeting in white and grey, 86 and 72 inches wide, IyNDER,WEAR.--1 keep the celebrated Stanfield Shirts and Drawers,. made from Nova Scotia wools, soft and flexible, and guaranteed not to shrink, in sizes from 36 to, 46. Ladies' Wear in the Puritan make. The best brands in Canada. Also Misses' and Children's in all sizes, from 150 oath up to the finest. HOSIERY. ---From the Wellsley (gritting Mills direct, The best vrearEng goods in Canada, made from pure Northwest wools, and at prices that cannot be equalled, quality considered. READY-MADE CLOTHING. -I have decided to clear out my large stock of Clothing this fall and winter, and can give yon great bargains in this lith. A nioe Overcoat for $4.00, usual price ;9,00. A good service- able Plait for $4.00, and a large stock to select from, Boys' School Suits, a splendid variety. A good work Part for $1.00, worth $1.40, (7ARPET5,--A. large number of ends in Ail -wool, Union, Tapestry and Brussels, at about half price. Call and see them and get prices. Some cheap Hemp Oarpete and Mats to offer. Linoleum in 1, 2 and 4 yards wide. Oilcloth in 1 and 2 yards wide. FUR GOODS. --A lot of Hoon, Wombat, Russian Calf, Dog and B CoateMet.a for et. For ladies, A.straohen Ooats that cannot be beaten. torr acs and quality. Workmanship guaranteed. Call and see them. Hats, , Gloves, new styles, and large Variety to select frons Boot*, , Rubber*, afull line on .hand end of beet quality. Orooertes, away" a complete stock on hand, fresh and ohaap. ri t alingipm bblinxt Teo. Hall - Proprietor. SL'mscarrrroN Plum -111.00 per annum in advance, 81.50 it not so paid. ADVhtr1ISINQ R.&ras.--Legal and other cas- ual advertisements too per nonpariel lino for first insertion, 3e per line for each subsequent insertion, Advertisements in the local columns are charged 10o per lino for fire. insertion. and Sc per lino for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements of Strayed. Farms for Sale or to dont•, and similar, $1,00 for first three weeks, and 25 cents for each subsequent in- sertion. CONTRACT RATrs.---Tire following are our rates for the insertion of advertisements for specified periods:- Space 1 Yr. 6 Mo. 8 Mo. 1 Mo. One Column$70.00 $10.00 $22.50 $8,00 Half Column 40,00 25.00 15.00 6.00 Quarter Column20,00 12.60 7,50 3.00 Ono Inch 5.00 3,00 2.00 1.25 Advertisements without specific directions will be inserted till forbid and charged ac- cordingly. Transient advertisements must bo paid for in advance. aitoriat 1 -The Ontario Legislature is likely to meet about January 21st. Some very important legislation is said to be forthcoming. • + -The number ofbranches of char- tered banks operating in Canada has increased from 619, in 1900, to over 1,965 in 1906: Seven new chartered banks have been organized during the same period. -The report of a company at Grand Forks, British Columbia, for the year ending June 30 last, showed a produc- tion of 19,939,004 pounds of copper, 416,947 ounces of silver, and 50,020 ounces of gold, and that the total amount realized for the same was $475,105,809. -In speaking recently, Hon. G. W. Ross said the Dominion Government had given railways of this country one hundred and eighty-eight million dol- lars in subsidies, and not one dollar of this has been spent unwisely, so far as he knew. He was proud to say that the Province of Ontario has not been laggard in the race, but has given eleven million for the same purpose. . » s -One who is thoroughly conversant with the facts says that if legislation now before Parliament is approved, the amount which will be paid out in iron and steel bounties in the next four years is more likely to be twenty, or even twenty-five, than fifteen mill- ion dollars. An industry which has ahretuly received $10,000,000 in free gifts should not be in need of further pap feeding. • --In the last Dominion elections there were about 60 lawyers sent to Parliament to represent constituen- cies. Fifty of the members inay be described as in commercial life, either as merchants or manufacturers. Nine- teen of the members are doctors and 1.4 are journalists. The farmers num- ber but 25, although many of the other members own and manage farms on the side, and pose as farmers at elec- tion tunes. .. -At a recent Cabinet meeting, the Ontario Government decided to ask for tenders for the extension of the Temiskaming & Northern from the end of the present contract at the junction of the Black and Abitibi rivers to connect with the G. T. P. thirty-seven miles further north. Ex- cept for a subsidy •which is expected from the Federal Government, the ex- penditure will be met out of the reve- nues of the province. When this, the third section, is completed, the total length will be about 250 miles, but the road will probably reach James Bay before it is completed. Altogether, the cost, including rolling stock, ag- gregates about $12,000,000, being about $45,000 per mile for the first section and $40,000 for the second. Against this $250,000 has been received from the sales of town sites. * 41 -Encouraged by the success of the big grafters, the "little fellows" are getting their share, as revealed by questions asked last week in the Com- mons. Referring to dismissals or sus- pensions in the immigati,on depart- ment, Mr. Oliver stated that one offi- cer was reported by the Audit Depart- ment as having claimed and received since July, 1005, the sure of $235 for Pullman expenses that were never in. curred. Another received $239 on false claims of the same kind. A third obtained $339, a fourth $349, another $85, still another $130, and the sixth got off with $270. The same officers had charged and received from $200 to $006 each as expenses for meals which the Auditor on examining the vouch- ers had struck out. This discovery, implicating half a dozen intmigration officials, who worked and agreed to. getiter, simply shows that the system of graft established in high places in the Interior department is spreading throughout the ranks. N♦k • -MacE enzie 8t Mann, the great rail- way builders, are receiving considera- ble credit for the record they are mak- ing In building railways. Careful readers, however, will conclude that they ere not doing the work for their health, nor are they furnishing all the cash required. The taxpayers of Can- ada are paying toll to these- great capitalists, and helping them to build up colossal fortunes. As the Weekly Ran remarks, According to their own f l7res, Affiekentle .'k Mahn have re aarlved, i11 round flgurrm, $$,700,000 isf each. The report of the Minister of Railways. and Canals shows that the lines now under their control in the West have, in addition to this, been endowed with land grants to the ex- tent of over eight and a half trillion acres. The report of the Minister fur- ther shows that up to 1901 there had been sold of this railway land 350,000 acres, and that the amount realized was $1,801,000 -•-•over $3,50 per acre. If the whole of the lapel grant sells at the same average price -•--and the aver- age is more likely to be over $5 -the total emu realized from this source will be practically $30,000,000. This, added to the cash subsidies, would make the total Aid received by Mac- kenzie & Mann figure out at between eight and nine thousand dollars per mile for each mile .built by them, Taking into account the circumstances under which the two systems have been built up, the aid received by Mackenzie & Mann is relatively greater than that given the Canadian Pacific, A RAILWAY ACROSS AFRICA. From Cape Town to Cairo, across the great continent of Africa, a won- derful thoroughfare is nearing com- pletion• -alae dream of Cecil Rhodes. Through sand -swept deserts, spanning high water falls, dividing tropical jun- gles, men have laid steel rails, one after another, until, with connecting streams and rivers, a way has been opened through unknown Africa,, 7,000 miles in length. The cost has been enormous -hundreds of thousands of dollars and scores of lives rust be reckoned for each mile of track that has opened up this country -a monu- ment to the genius, perseverance and foresight of one man -Rhodes, Only a traveler in the interior of Africa or a civil engineer who had made a study of the conditions and difficulties attending such an under- taking can appreciate it. The climatic conditions made it almost impossible to hire laborers who would remain at the work. Wild beasts, reptiles and poisonous insects abound in the jungle between Lake Tanganyika and Albert Nyanza, and frequently interrupted track laying. Hippopotami upset a boat once last winter at VIctoria Falls. At one of the stations, two lions calmly walked up and down the platform one morning, then went to sleep in front of the door. The sta- tion agent was unarmed so he tele- graphed for help. A professional hun- ter carie by the next train and shot the lions from the car window. Some rhinoceri, desiring a more intimate knowledge of the big engines, got in the way and were killed. The tsetse fly pest was another difficulty met by the prospectors in northern Rhodetia. Many donkeys and horses were vie - thus of the fly's bite. Cecil Rhodes, more than anyone else, knew the difficulties that lay before him. He kneiv the temptations that would come to the workers, skill- ed and unskilled, to give up and turn back. And so "the man who dreamed in continents" and who showed that be could also manage continents, called his men together when the first spade -full of earth was overturned at Cape Town, the beginning of the greatest railroad in the world. "We are starting on a seven thou- sand mile trip to Egypt," said Mr. Rhodes. "The way is long and rough and hard -the wages will be high, you men will be cared for as well as this company can arrange and every man who starts with ane to -day and finish- es with me iii Cairo I will give five hundred pounds." And the men cheered. Five hun- dred pounds ! And the workmen be- gan to plan the ways they would spend their fortune. But Cecil Rhodes did not live to see the end. So the work began. All the modern machinery of England and America wits sept to the aid of this master - builder. On north from Cape Town the army pushed, leveling high places and filling low ones, dividing forests and spanning streams and • rivers. Through the Transvaal and into the Congo Free State, 1,600 miles to the Victoria Falls over the Zambesi gorge, where mighty torrents of water dash down 460 feet with a force that sends columns of spray 3,000 feet into the air. "Our road must cross here," de- clared Rhodes. "Build the bridge where the spray of the falls shall shower upon the trains as they pass." He also expressed the wish that a view of the cataract might be had from the windows of the cars and his poetic fancy has passed into the region of actual fact, ar -The Grand Trunk management has decided to spend a quarter of a million in the improvement of its ter- minals, and the extension of the loco- motive repair workshops at Stratford. This is the outcome of a conference that was held between Mr, Hays, Mr. McGuigan and representatives of Stratford City Council and Board of Trade. The improvements embrace the erection of a now station. Loss Of Appetite And finergy. Singly they are a worry --combined they become a burden, telling that waste has been immensely greater than the body's power to rebuild. The first need is to reconstruct the blood, make good the deficiency of red cel1N. Ferrozone improves in- digestiolf, makes blood, the kind that nourishes and rebuilds, Quickly the nervous system responds to the new power supplied by p'errozone. ,Strength returns, ambition revives, en- ergy and endnrance give the astern jaat what it needs to maintain the Ivehthan ce health. l 't beall tter dealers, BANK OF flAILPOt WINQHAM.. CAPITAL raw Tip $ 2,500.000,00 R•IOOI TVE FOND 2,500.000.00 TOTAL; As8ETs . 30,000,000.00 HON. WM. GIBSON - President d. TURNBULL, pine -Pres. & Gen. Manager E. M. Watson, Asat. Gena. Manager. B. Willson, Inspector, HOARD OF DIRECTORS. ,Tao, Proctor C. C. Dalton Iron. J. S. Hendrix Geo. Rutherford O. A. Dirge Deposits of $1 and upwardsreceived. Int- erest allowed and computed on 30th November and 81st May each year. and added to principal Special Deposits also received at current rates of lotereat. C. P. SMITH, Agent Dickinson & Holmes, Solicitors DOINION BANK. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. Capital (paid up) - $3,000,000 Reserve (a d n a ea' - $3,839,000 Total Assets, over $42,000,000 WINGHAM BRANCH. Farmers' Notes discounted. Drafts sold on all points in Can ada, the United States and Europe. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest allowed on deposit') of $1.00 and upwards, and added to principal 30th Juno and 31st December each year. D. T. HEPBURN, Manager R. Vanstone, Solicitor ♦••N•H•N••NNNN••••• You Make A Mistake If you buy a Piano with- out seeing onr stock, comparing prices and taking into account the quality of the instrument. All the best makes always in stock - Heintzman, Newcombe, Dominion, and others. Also Organs, and the very best Sewing Machines. David Bell Stand -Opp. Skating Rink 1 0••••NN••H•i•N•O•Ni•• WINGI-IAM Machine Works. •••••••.. Having a first•class machinist, I am prepared to do all kinds of repairing on the shortest notice ; also castings made to order. I am building a few PORTABLE SAWING MACHINES -they're some- thing new. Call and inspect before placing your order elsewhere. A Call Solicited. At the Old Stand on Victoria St. W. G. PATON Anyone desiI'ing a particularly desirable five per cent. investment, • kindly call on ABNER COSENS Loan & insurance Agt. Winter Term Opens Jan. 2nd. Here are some of the recent records made by the ELLIOTT TORONTO, ONT. Out of last 250 calls from business firms we filled 15 of the positions. We had no one else ready to send. Have also had 82 calls for business college teachers. 101 ex - students of other business eollegos or shorthand schools were enrolled here dur- ing last two years, We believe we have the best commercial school In Canada. Wo thoroughly satisfy our students. Write to -day for catalogue. W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal (Cor. Yonge and Alexander Ste.) BRITISH AMERICAN BUSINESS COLLEGE. Y. 7i. C. A. Yong') & McGill Ste. Building. TORONTO. OLDEST • STRONGEST BEST WiNTER TERM from January 2nd, 1007. tiller any time. Excellent results guaranteed. Catalogue and lessons in business writing free. T. M. WATSON, PRINCIPAL. Winter Term Opens Jan. 2nd STRATFORD. ONT. of the loading oCoomm.i'oial Rebootsto in • in America. Onr graduates arein demand as Besinrsn College teacher.. The most e,�n raet AVrytteiktiOR vie received for a bomber ofr.red ;1400 per y , we be. 1p1eve wo aro running o of the moat 8eh ltnwon E V Shpe�'(tPrp�aq�tylopes! efnessThe training o iIy. Quite for frbe"ooveteral e1ag e, ibr•ffifb'r1' k BCrtsltrorraaar, grin, fpttis The "Big Store Wingham, Ontario. John Kerr wish fou ak1 a vevg_ "kCavn "Kew 1ieav Bargains in Fruit and Candies. NEW DATES—Choice Fruit (over 300 lbs. in stock) at 50 a lb. NEW FIGS—Choice Fruit, put np in 1-1b. boxes, at 10c NEW NUTS -Almonds, Walnuts, Filberts, fresh roasted Peanuts. All new stock. Low Prices. ORANGES -California Navels, choice, sweet, juicy fruit. Small size, 15c a doz.; medium size, 20c to 25c; large size, 40c a doz. This is exceptionally good value. LEMONS—Clean, bright new fruit, only 20c a doz. CANDIES — The very best light or dark Mixed Candy ; barrels full of it at 4 lbs. for 25c. CHOICE GUM DROPS—Bargain Prices, only 1.0o a lb. CHOICE CREAM CANDIES—All light, only 20o a ib. MOLASSES CHEWING TAFFY—Wrapped, 20c a lb. MAPLE SUGAR—The kind that is made from the sap of the maple tree. It is first-class, 10c a large cake. High•Class Cream Chocolate Bon Bons. We have a splendid assortment of High -Class Cream Chocolates, all new goods. Prices -30e to 500 a lb. Good Chocolate Cream Drops at 20c a lb. Something New -CHOCOLATE CHIPS -A. delicious, crisp, chocolate dipped Candy. Try it. BUY YOUR Xmas. Presents At the " CENTRAL HARDWARE." In Silverware, Lamps, Cutlery, Skates, Carpet Sweepers, &c., we carry a large and well assorted stock. QUALITY HIGH, PRICES Low. CENTRAL HARDWARE BISHOP & BALL � J •••••••NN•♦••N••1.••••♦.H♦♦.••.•••1 •••♦•. N.. ••KHN•♦♦••♦•♦•♦•••• ••.H••N•.1.. •.• Lehigh_Vailey Coa ,t• t• Come with the crowd and leave _; your order for Lehigh Valley Coal, that is free from dirt and clinkers. _. It has no •• equal. •;♦ ._♦ ••. •_• J. D. BURNS =; ♦•. ♦•H••.♦• ♦•• ••• ♦•N♦i ♦•. ••. ••N•N•..•1 ••1 ♦••' ♦•N•N•♦ •♦•.•N•. ♦•• ••. ♦•..•N•• ••1 ♦••.♦..•• ♦••.•♦ ••• ♦•. ••1 •••.••.•H•. ♦•♦ ♦•..•11•♦ TOO MUCH FURNITURE 1 NOT ENOUGH MONEY ! We must sell $2,000 worth of Furniture in the next 30 days. If you knew what we are selling Couches and Parlor Suites at, you would have one this week. Note the following prices :— SIDEBOARDS. --Worth from $12 to $14, your choice for, ...$9.00 COUCHES. -Worth from $9 to $11, your choice for, 7.50 EXTENSION TABLES. -Worth from $8 to $10, your choice for $7.50 to 8.50 DININGROOM SUITES.-High•olass, r.4 cut oak, polished, buffet, extension table, leather upholstered chairs, worth from $90 to $100, your choice for 75,00 PARLOR SUITES, --Worth from $85 t0 $40, for.... , . 425 to 82.00 BEDROOM SUITES. -Worth from $12 to $14, choice for10.00 We have other high-class Suites at lowest prices, Come and get the Bargains, for we must have the money. A11 kinds of Chairs, In half-dozen lots, from $8 00 np. All the above prioee are for OASIH ONLY. Springs, Mattresses, Iron Bede, Faney (Lockers, Centre Tables, deo., at Special Prices. Now is the time to buy. Walker Bros. & Button 4i t