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A complete Clearing out of every new Coat and new /
to -wear Garments department. Out entire stock must
Suit is our immediate program in the Women's Ready-
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be disposed of and we are making prices o low on
Coats and Suits that we expect no difficulty ',whatever
in finding quick customers for each and every igarment
Sport k.,oats tor girls, in white, .black and st4es
56,30 t9 58.00
Fine Black Serge Coats ...........$12.00 to 515.00
Fine Morair Silks..;.. to 522.00
Dressy Colored Coats in stripe, checker board; shep-
herd check patterns..., ....IMMO to $12.00
Black ........ ,.$12.00 to- $18.00
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away below the actual market value makes a strong
appeal to shrewd buyers—our advice to all riS, by
all means—.
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TWO AND A HALF YEARS WITH to me over and over again by many
THE GERMANS. German soldiers when I say that the
men in the ranks are:thoroughly ti▪ red
of war, that they have abandoned all
thought of ceraniest, and that they
fight on only because they believe that
their homes and families are at stake.
On that autumit inornihg wheu the
first German troope came into Roubaix:
they came flushed with victory, full of
confidence in their strength, marching
(London Times.)
(By Mr. J. P. Whitaker, of Bradford,
the young Englishman who has just
succeeded in effecting his escape
from Roubaix., gives , the followhag
account of his remarkable experi-
ences during two and a half years
behind the German lines.) with their eyes fixed on Pans and
London. They sang aloud as they
Enslavement is part of the deliber-swung through the streets. They sing
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ate policy of the Germani in France. no more Instead, as I saw with my
own eyes, many of them show in their
*Lies*.ommi.
It began by the taking of hostages at
the very outset of their possession' of
Roubaix. •
A nuniber of the leading men in the
civic and business life of the town
Wore marked mit and compelled to at-
tend by turns at -the town hall, to be
shot on the spot at the least -Sign of greater fear in our mere in the idea,
revolt among the townspeople. - protably mistaken, that our men were
Not a few ofahe mill -owners were less ready than the French to make
erdered to weave cloth for the invad- them prisoners as soon as they raised
ers, and ca. their refusal were sent to their hands and cried "Kamerad." I
Germany aim held for ransom . Many suspect, however, that the unnerving
of the mill operatives, quite young effect on the Germans of the Sir
. girls, were directed to sew sandbags. Douglas Haig system- of trench raid -
for the .German trenches. They too, ing is the real explanation.
efused, but the Germans had their This is how a German soldier gave
own ways of dealing with what they his impression of the British raids:
regarded as juvenile obstinacy. They! "They are the worst horror we have.
dragged the girlmto a disused cinema. to contend with. The English seem
hall, and kept them there without food to do it for sriorte not for war. A
or water until their will was broken.
Barbarity reached ita climax in the
so-called "deportations." They were
just slave raids, brutal and undisguis-
ed..
The procedure was this: The town
was divided into districts. At three
o'clock in the . morning a cordon of
tropps would be drawn rourld a dis-
trict—the Prussian Guard and espece
billy, I believe, the 09th Regiment,
played a great part in this diabolical
crime—and officers and non-commis-
sioned officers would knock at every
door until the household was roused.
A hand-bille about oaths° size, Was
handed in, and the officer passed on to
the next house. The band -bill contain-
ed printed c•rders that every member
of the household must rise and dress
immediately, pack up a couple of
blankets, a change of linen, a pair of
stout boots, a simian and fork, and a
few other small articles, and be ready
for the second visit in. half an- hour.
When the officer returned the family
were marshalled before him, and he
picked out those whom he wanted
with a curt "You will come," "And:
you", "And You." Without even time
for leave-taking the selected victims conduct of the officers was very differ -
were paraded in the street and march- ent. For a long time they made 1.
ed to a mill on , the 'outskirts of the habit of requistioning from shopkeep-
town. There they were imprisoned - ers and others supplies of food for
-which they had no intention of nay;
for three days without any means of
tommunicatiore with friencle rola` ing One day are Ater- drove up in
tives-,. all herded together aserimin _a. trap _ Tee ;ktiA,Nearfnecteainie
nately and given but the barest !no& 'mice of mine and '"bought" sardines,
chocolate, bread, and fancy cakes to:
cum of food. Then, like so many cat-
tle, they were sent away to an un- the value of about 200 francs (about
1.noven fate. • 18). He -produced a piece of paper and
Months afterwards some of them borrowed a pair of scissors with which
came back, emaciated and utterly to cut off a slip. On this slip he wrote
worn oat, ragged and verminous, a few words in German, and then,
broken iu all but Spirit. I spoke with handing it to the shopkeeper he went
rumbers of the men. They had been off with! his purchases. The shop -
told by the Germans, they said, that teeper, on presenting the paper at the
they were going to work on the land. Kommandauteur was informed that
They found that only the women and the -inscription ran: "For the loan of,
girls were put to farm labour. scissors, 200 francs." and that the
The men were taken to the French signature was unknown. Payment'
Ardennes and compelled to mend roads was therefore refused. This case, I'
man sawmills, and forges, build mas- believe, was by no means ,an isolated,
onry, and toil at other manual tasks. one.
Rough hutments formed their bar- When an officer was billeted on a
house, he would insist on turning the
Long before this. the food problem family Out oft the dining -room 0114
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racks.
had became acute in Roubaix. Sim-
ultaneously with the eetabliehment of
the system of personal control over
the inhabitants the Germans closed the
frontier between France and Belgium
and forbade us to appraoeh within
half a mile of the border line. The im-
mediate effect of this isolation was to
reduce to an insignificant trickle, the
copius stream of foodstuffs, which un-
til then poured in from Belgium
—not the starving Belgium of fiction
but the well supplied Belgium of fact.'
Butchers and bakers and provision
dealers had to shut their shops, and
the town became almost Wholly de-
pendent on supplies brought in by the
American Relief Commiesion. Fresh
meat was soon 'unobtainable except
by those few people who could afford
to pay fabulous prices for joints smug-
gled across the frontier. Months ago
meat .cost 32 francs a kilogram (about
13 shillings a pound), and an egg cost
one franc 25 (a shilling) . Obviously
such things were beyond the reach of
the bulk of the people, and had it not
been for the efforts of the Relief Corn -
mission we should have been all starv-
ed.
Unfortunately, though I regret to
have record it, there is evidence that
by mime means or other, the German
Army contrived to intercept for itself
a part of the food sent by the Ameri-
can Commission.
Meagre as were the food f$upplies
for the civilians in Roubaix those is-
sued to the German soldiers towards
the -end of my stay. were little better.
faces the abject misery which is m
their hearts.
I fund among the, eoldiere, a general
agreement that they would infinite-
ly rather face -the French troops than
the British. They attributed their
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•was embodied in the reciprocity pact.' of Tuckersmith, written four days be-
t> 1 They do not mention reciprocity, and j fore he fell in action.
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REMEMBER THE • ' s Y1
a tariff arriendments direct. They also CANADA.
was given under the war measure in- —The Presbyterian church, at Ethel
are endeavoring he _make a point of the .
stead of the ustal way in parliament, ! has installed 2 double gasoline lights
manner in which free wheat and flour
4* tut the Canadian farmer is not likely ! which thoroughly illuminate the build -
to be greatly impressed by nice dis- ing from centre to circumference
tinctions of that kind. j —Rev. Thomas W. Neal, pastor of
• In addition to free wheat and flour Bathurst street Methodist church, To -
the Liberals are advocating free agri-
cultural implements, certain kinds of
lumber and a variety of other articles,
They do not go so far as the farming
organizations would like, but they are
going a
it way in that 'direction,
Wednesday Evening
Play 9th
In aid of War Auxiliary
ADDED FEATURES: -
May Rance McKinnon
Lucknow Highland Dancers
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tliese men to chase a woman on, his bi-
'cycle, and when he had caught her,
liatter her head and body with the ma-
chine. Many.times they would strike
women with the flat of their sabres.
'One of them was seen to ill'ileash his
bombardment is bad enougn; but you
dog against an old woman, and laugh
know it is coming. You do not know
when or wheee a raid is coming. Thee when the savage beast tore open the
Englishmen daub their traces with Woman's flesh from thigh to knee.
clay, come along the ground on all
fours, smother our.advance posts, and
FROM THE DOMINION CAPITAL.
are in our trenches before we know
where we area They corne note with
rifles and revolvers, but with knives
and sledge -hammers and bombs.. We
caneot use our rifles against them.
They are too near and perhaps we have
not fixed bayonets. We must eithre
un or be killed. The English will
clear a trench on a stretch` of 150
yards and get away again without
losing a man."
It would be difficult to exaggerate
the genuine terror with which the
raids have filled German soldiers of
all ranks and. regiments.
As a rule the soldiers did not mal-
treat the civilians in Roubaix except
when they were acting under the or-
ders of their officers; when, for ex-
-ample, they were tearing people from
their homes to work as slaves.
Apart from that annoyance, there
One of the first acts of the Canadian
parliament, when it resumed business,
was to give a hearty welcome to the
United States for Joining the Allies
in their fight for freedom and liberty.
Sir George Foster, 'who is acting pre-
mier during. the absence of Sir Robert
Borden in England, spoke on behalf
of the government, and Sir Wilfrid
ilaurier followed for the Liberals. Both
speakers were unstinted in Their p aise
of the high motives which actuated
the President and people of the United
States in entering the war, and evhich
meant absolute victory for th.e cause
they espoused. In the opinion of Sir
George the United States might profit
from the experience of Great Britain
which Iost so many of her best offi-
cers early in the war, by keeping her
trained men to .train others instead
of inishing them to the front.
was little ground for complaint of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier was among the
eneral eehaviour of the soldiers. The , firet to give expression through the
Wether conditions from day to day, more than ever
convinces that this weather Coat is a garment every
Man, Woman and Child should have. We have made
full preparation for this and we show' Coats for Boys
and Girls and Men and Women, in all sizes, with
prices
.$3400
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The new Spring Shirts ate ready for yotir Inspection.
Plaid patterns are meeting with great favor --also the .
wide stripes—worn with soft French cuffs and soft col-
lar either to match or white.
Our Big Leader in dressy stripe, at.......51.00
We show a large range of the more luxurious Shirts at
to 53.50
giving in all a variety in price and in cloth and pattern
from which all ideas of requirement can he fully satis-
fied from our large range.
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press to the importance of having
Caanda and Uaited States fighting
side by side for the cause of civilize
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time He repeated his views in par-
liament. Because of the wise policy
pursued by President Wilson the whole
Arneriestri people vi,ere now supportirg
the Allies. 4'We, more than any other
part of the British Empire," • said Sir
Wilfrid, " more than any other part of
the civilized world are interested in
the action taken by the United States.
We share with them the northern con-
tinent and we hope, as a result of
this war, a brotherhood of the nations
will be established, and that. the
brotherhood of man. will be the basis
of the future relations of the world.
Let us hope that this brotherhood of
than will begin- with our relations
with the United States."
.t One of the first domestic acts as a
result of the union of forces for war
purposes. is the placing of wheat and
flour on the free list. The standing
offer of the United Statin regard
to these articles has been accepted by
drawing room and sleeping in t Canada. Although the financial state -
best bedroom; sometimes he would ment, which always contains tariff
changes was ready for presentation
ronto, found a wallet containing $700
while walking along the street. He
went to the nearest bank, notified the
authorities and the owner was located.
—For selling beer by the glass from
an automobile, Fred Taylor was in the
Toronto Police Court on Monday. He
will go to the jail farm for afour
increasing trade between Canada and costs.
inonths if he does not pay $300 and
To meet any objections raised against
the United States to the detriment of —Joseph Malliek and Joseph Harbe,
Britain, they ask that the British pref-
erence be extended to 50 per cent. At
one time it was 38 1-3 per cent., but
on two different occasions it was re-
duced, so that it is considerably belo
that figure now. Instead of its being
an all-round percentage it varies- on
different articles. The western tell-
ing organizations want the preference
to start with 50 per cent. and to in-
crease yearly, so that in a few years
free trade will be reached. If any
subject, outside the necessity of cen-
tralizing all the forces to put down
the war, is reached then it will be the
tariff during the next Domion con-
test. At one time it WaS gradually
disappearing as a political issue, both
narties being pretty well satisfied with
a fair amount of erotection, but of late
it is again forging to the front.
The bill for the extension of parlia-
ment is not likely to be diecussed un-
til Sir Robert returns about the mid -
elle of May. iintil theri it will not be
known what is to be lone about it.
The general opinion is that the oppos-
ition will refuse extension, and that a
Dominion election will follow about
the end of June or the end of October.
The life of parliament expires some
time in October next.
eject people entirely from their home
On at least one occasion the ill-feelo
Mg between Saxons and Prtissiane
broke out in something like a faction
fight. At four o'clock one morning hi
last December two parties of soldiers
belonging to the rival armies fought a
miniature pitched battle in one o
the open squares of Roubaix. A few
shots were fired and then one group
charged the other with the bayonet. free wheat for many years, and, with
two provincial elections --one in Sas-
katchewan and the other in Alberta—
about te be pulled off the political re -
,sults' will be keenly scanned. The
ieciproeity proposals made by Laurier
did not contain free flour, but that le
connected with wheat in the United
States offer and one cannot be accept-
ed without the other.
The Dominion Government, no doubt
will get some additional political sup-
port from the farmers because of the
tariff changes. The fact that they
have been clamoring fcr them win
make them appreciative, even if the
result was not all that was expected.
On the other hand, the parliamentary
opposition takes the attitude that the
changes are too meagre. And they
ere demanding nearly everything that
of Port Colborne, were drowned on
Sunday afternoon, when the new car
of Joseph Harbe, who was driving it,
ran over the erabankment into the
Welland Canal about two miles from
Welland. Up to a late hour that ev-
ening their bodies bad not been recove
ered.
—The automobile bandits who rob-
ged two clerks of the Bank of Roche -
lege, in Montreal last Tuesday night
got away with u2poo, besides $9,000
worth of securities. Detectives re-
covered $2,800 on Saturday njght, bur-
ied in a vacant lot in the east end.
Joseph Julien, of St. Catherine street,
east, the fourth euspect, arrested in
connection with the robbery, is believ-
ed to be the owner of tiaetautomobile
used in the robbery.
—William Kenny, son of Rev.
Kenny, of Malahide, near Aylmer, died
on Saturday night, as the results of
wounds inflicted when he was kieked
by a colt on Monday afternoon last.
The unfortunate man was an expert
horseman, and was trying to catch a
colt. The colt threw itself, and be-
came fast in the fence. Kenny then
proceeded to get it, when it broke a-
way and kicked him over the left eye.
He could not see two ralautes after-
wards, and his face becomingly so
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE badly swollen he was rendered blind.
j --An unusual accident occurred on
BRITISH ADMIRALTY.
the Lake Shore Road, Toronto, when
Mayor Stewart has received the. fol- a runaway horse tossed a woman and
lowing copy of a letter received from baby out of a buggy and after tearing
the Admiralty by the President of the ,
British Sailors' Pella Fund in Can- wildly along the road, ended its mad
ada in acknoivledgement of Canada's! career by dashing into a radial car rend
trealdng its neck. The horse and
cortribution to that fund, and by him ! buggy collided with an automobile
forwarded to the different cities and
towns whc helped make up the contri-
bution. A committee of ladies of the
town undertoek to raise a fund for
this cause for which purpose they or-
ganized a bazaar and euchre and with
success that the amount raised and
forwarded, reached the very sub-
stantial sum d $400 The letter fol -
Dear shall be glad if you
will convey to the Committee of the
British Sailors' Relief Fund, Canada,
the grateful thanks of the Board of
Admiralty for the mmiificent contri-
bution made through that fund by
the people of Canada towards the
maintenance of the various Charities,
Orphanages and Hospitals established
for the benefit of men belonging to
he Royal Navy and of their families.
This generous gift and the cordial
mofestahgee ReofyraelcoNgnavitylonbyofwbthi eeh services it was lin Windsor, was carried to safety
down a shaky ladder by James Sloan,
aceompanied, will, I am sure, give department manager of the C. H. -
great satisfaction to the Fleet, whom! Smith Company, Monday afternoon.
it is proposed to inform of your coin- Roofing eompound was being prepared
munication by a General Fleet Order. j in the kettle when it burst into
Your Committee will be glad to know • flames, boiling over and running doeen
that the Statutory Committee which into the street in a fiery stream. The
has been set up by Parliament under stairway of the Osterhout 13uidling
the Naval & Marine Pensions Act, is caught fire, preventing Mrs. Peterson
being asked to arrange for the distri- leaving by that exit. Callingrfor help,
b,eustirioedn of the money in the manner the woman was heard be her husband
who vainly attempted to break his way
through teh partition separating his
rooms and -13. photograhm-stulio. Sloan
was passing and heard the wonian's
cries. Borrowing a ladder, he entered
the kitchen, where Mrs. Petersorewas,
holding her youngeet child to her
preast, to prevent it being smothered
by the heavy fumes of tar smokes.
—An unusual case was heard be-
fore Judge Henning, oin the eounty
criminal court at Kitchener on Monday
to parliament, the announcement of
ihis addition to the -free list was made
ehout any delay under the war meas-
ures act. As free wheat was much
discussed under the reciprocity pact
of six years ago, both political parties
in Canada have been carefully watch-
ing the market te see the effect. The
western farmer has been agitating for
Four men were killed and a number
of others wounded in the inglorious
combat.
On the whole the life of the German.
soldier when he is resting in -towns and
villages behind the lines is not par:.
ticularly hard. The chief trouble,
the occupied Part of France at a y
rate, sems to be bad Pelding. When
:they go to the firing -line they are fel
on a very diffeeent scale. For the
double- purpose of keeping up their
strength and discouraging any ten-
dency to malingeringi the men in the
trenches are supplied so freely with
food (though its quality is not 0-s
good as it was) that they are able
to send considerable quantities to
their homes in Germany.
Despite the temptations to crinie
and • insubordination which naturally',
ettend an idle :manufacturing popula-
tion of son -ie 125'000 people,there were
few civilian offences against the law,
Gentian or French, among the inhabi-
tants of Roubaix.
Time hung heavily on our hands.
Just before I left 1 was SbOVV11 Cut off from the outer world except by
the occasional arrival of the smuggled
day's menu provided for the troops.
Breakfast consisted of dry bread and French and English newspapers to
coffee, dinner of boiled barley, , and which I have referred, we spent Our
I time reading and playing cards. and
supper' of cooked beetroot. It was
some cornfOrt to us to know that while at the last I hoped I may never be
could barely subsist the Germans were reduced to this form of ainuaement a-
evidentlY not much better off. gain. In the two and a half years cut
Conditions in Germany were reflect- i out of my life and completely wasted,
ed also in the systematic plundering . I played as many games of cards as
me for the rest of tny
of workshops, and houses of every- ! will satisfy
thing made of brass, copper, pewter, ' existence.
or German silver. ' I But even if the inhabitants in their
Of all the things I saw and heard • enforced idleness, had any temptation
and when the driver stopped to argue
with the motorists -regarding the ac-
cident his horse bolted, trailing after
it the buggy with his wife and child
In it. Reaching a bend it made a sud-
den turn and the occupants were
thrown out. When County Constable
Simpson reached the scene he -found
the woman lying unconscious in the
ditch while the baby had escaped un-
aeathed. The runaway horse damag-
ed the radial ear to the extent of
$300. The WOMall who was thrown
out is considered to be in a critical
condition at the Parkdale Hospital,
where she was renioved after the ac-
cident.
—Trapped by fire, v.ihich had its or-
igin in a tar kettle, Mrs. Frank Pet-
erson, living in apartments in the
second story of the Osterhout block,
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The Policy of the
May I be permitted also to express
my own and my colleagues' pleasure
at the decision of your Committee to
allocate a similar sum to the support
of institutions maintained for the -ben -
et of the Mercantile Marine, whose
courage and endurance have deserved-
ly won the admiration and gratitude of
the Empire.
Youre faithfully,
(Signed) EDWARD CARSON,
First Lord of the Admiralty morning. Ernest Harris, claiming to
HIS LAST LETTER. be an Anglican minister, and Mrs.
Waumbach, of La Have, N.
S., were both charged wth bigamy .
14h Can. M.G. -Co'y The offence, to which they both plead-
ed guilty, was committed in Provi-
dence, R.I. on October 0
when Mrs iitaumbaeli went through
the marriage ceremony the second
time and became the wife of -Harrie
according to the United States laws.
When Crown Attorney Bowlhy read
the charge to the prisoners both re-
plied M an emotional tone of voice
"Guilty" and when asked to elect trial,
they said "at once". Judge lianhing
then stated that he would defer sen-
tence until Saturday, May 5 In the
meantime the record of Ilarris will be
looked up. Archibald Waumnach,
husband of the woman, was present,
and was requested by the judge to at-
tend when judgment is given on Sat-
urday.
Princess
Dear Mother,—The last letter I ans-
wered was I think, yours of February
21st. Since then I have had two—the
registered one and one later; about
the 26th, I believe. Thanks for the
money; you can understand that it
it very useful now as we are not in
the line much compared to what we
were in the Battalion, so that there
is more opportunity to get extras in
the way of eats and naturally enough
prices are high. You spoke again a-
bout cigars and tobacco in parcels. I
think I have told you not to bother
with tobacco, but if you like to send a
small box of cigars occasionally they
are o.k. As to the 'Mild, Bachelors
are as good as any.
Don't think I have heard from Wal-
lace since I wrote home last. Mrs.
Sproat's little parcel with the wrist-
let came in last 'eight's mail. When
you are speaking to her you can thank
her for me, and say that I would
write, only there is so little to write
about that I am leaving it to you to
let her know I ein. glad to hear from
any old friends who write
Have you noted. the
Quality and Variety
of the programs we have been pre-
senting of late ?
We have adopted the policy
of the best theatres in the
large cities.
in Roubaix and Lille none impressed . to be insubordinate, they had a far i Instead of using. a, regular program
good, bad and indifferent, we book
me more: than the wonderful change' greater inducement to keep the law
which came over the outlook and de- in the =bridled savagery of the Ger- kach production on its merits.
meanour of the German soldiery be- man gendarmerie. These creatures, You see only those svhich our exper"
taveen October, 1914, and October, 1915" who from the color of th.eir -uniforna f
i iencs makes us confident will please.
I had many opportunities of niing- and the the brutality of their conduct
ling with them; more, in fact, than I were known as the "green devils,"
ing this period two or tree of them scour the towns on bicycles and the Personally Selected -
cared to have, for now and agam dur- seemed to revel in sheer cruelty. They Prpved Successes
were actually billeted on the good folk . outlying districts on horseback,always Ensure a program that is alway
with whom I lodged. j accompanied by a dog as savage as worth while
I knew just sufficient of the German his master, and at the slightert prov-
language to be able to chat with the emotion or without even the slenderest ;
The PRINCESS
, and they made no attempt to cone pretext ey fall civilians with _
from me their real feelings. I am brutish violence.
You asked again about leave. It is
stopped, no one gone for over two
months that I know of, ao I am not
bothering about it. Did tell you
what others came here from the 18t
If not, Powell and McDonald are the side of the &laden block, wluch hoe
only others of the draft I come over on the same side of Main street as the
with; you have heard of them before, other building, but a block away. This
Did I tell you that Creasy died of store was -unoccupied, and it was new
cessary to break in to get at the fires
How the fire started inside the buil&
ing is a mystery. After a lot of hard
ttegrh.tintreorg theafirmeonwtyre. ,as owvehorcoarome totrand
savefl-the -town from c-omplete disas-
card . I'm well. Best to au, from pixfa.ar!ajlloygnswureedbAewilia, plstmalleaVYSterleae", an
ANDREW. ( owner of the post office and the Drew
The above are extracts from a letter & Mclatrfe block will else be beevl
from Andrew W.Arclubitld, to his losers, holding only small insurance.
Incesdiarism is suspected,
—About 2.10 Simday morning, the
village of Florence suffered several
fires almost at the same time. When
first seen the Logan block, at the
south end of Main street, and Drew &
McIntyre's large central stores were
both in flames. In a. few minutes fire
also broke out in the poet office and
Milton's tailor shop, which lies be-
tween the other two buildings, and
were entirely destroyed. Although a
large crowd turned out practically no-
thing was saved at Drew & McIntyre's
While these three fires were at their
height another fire was discove.red in-
.
wounds in England. There is only
one of that draft left in th 18th now--
IVIcGinley, the oldest soldier of the
bunch. Quite likely there will be an-
other letter from you. very soon, so
don't be surprised if the next woad
you get from me is a "whizz -bang"
merely ,eating the stat=ent made It was not unconunon for one of entrh Mr- and Mr.
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