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- .‘ . A ’ .'»' _ \ 'It’s 'to be easy to select ro r ifts for

Christmas thisyear if you come to E.pA.pI§os%er*s,for wehave Just received aline of Christmas goods that even surpasses our 'own-Teirpectations.

_ We planned on offering our customers some- thing decidedly _newand fine in Christmas gifts this '

. year and we are sure you will not be disappointed

whenyou what we are displaying at the store

now- ‘

'These stocks include everything in the way of A

special Christmas Candies, Parisian ivory, in individ- ual piece_s and _complete sets, Toilet Sets, Box Cigars and special holiday packages of Cigarettes, Pipes and Smoking Requisites, fine French and American Christmas Perfumes, combination toilet preparation sets, Kodaks, -and many other appropriate-gifts, sure

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Rgange tomake up your Christmas list from

our offerings now while you have plenty ‘of time and can make a better selection. '

_-_ Prices are very reasonable and we feel sure you

can take care of all your relatives and friends from our great variety of holiday offerings. _

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Only 8 Days to Christmas

Not much time left for you to do your Christmas

baking 1

Better attend to that important work right now,

today, for you cannot do justice to yourself, if you leave it till the last moment,-when you have to h_urry and worry and,-then perhaps have _poor luck. 1 .

Remember, we have _everything you want for baking

-Flour, cream of tartar, currants, soda, spices, flavor- ing, candied fruits, nuts, raisins,-_-everything you, need.

Christmas Confectionery You will find _an excel-

lent line of chbcolates, bon bons, and other choice con- fections here,-put up in boxes, or in bulk. 1

Also a most complete

stock of candies both im-

ported and domestic, - the right spread for the stock- ings on Christmas morning.

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Big Showing of Fresh Fruits

Don’t forget that this is

YOUR fruit store.

A most satisfactory stock

of fresh fruits here now,- apples, oranges, lemons, grapes, grape fruit,- you can count on the quality of every article.

If you cannot call, write

or use the phone,-150 is our number. Free city de- livery-

“THE HOME OF GOOD

The following letter from Gunner

A. B. -Gsmester. iomierly of Bridge- water, to a friend, is particularly- ln- erestlng: _ ' ; _ You will see I smbsck in Enxlsjnd sgsin for repairs, got s had blowing iup but coming round 0. K. ,

in times of peace this hospitel

served ss s school, where some of the tutor, men and women of England -received their education; now its floors ring no more to the sound _of childish feet nor its walls reeoho to the music of chfldislrlsughter. The moans of the' wounded have usurped the place _of laughter and the heavy feet of men straining un'der the weight of stretcher-s cause' the floor tb creak as though in protest. _-These are bad days, forthe 'shQls and bullets of the enemy have laid claim .to it heavy toll of our'msn;;l have seen sights within -the walls of this hospital calculated to draw -tears of sorrow and-sympsthyl-from the eyes of any entitled to rank as human beings. V I was lucky enough to be in a bet- 1tery operating on the Somme oi!en‘- slve and il can assure you I _ nevgr worked so hard in my life or any other heavy ai-tilleryman that happen- ed -to be there.

l will try to give you an' idea of our

work. We will suppose that we are taking up 9. new position and that everything hes got to be done accord- i 1-I

118 to oyle. _ To begin with, you dig 4 gun-pits

for. the guns, “no small Job," after that is completed you bring up your 'guns and place them in position; after that you dig four ammunition pits 10 ft. x 15 ft. and 12 ft. deep;Vi.hen _four dug-outs for the men, 11 ft.‘x 20 ft. and 16 fi. deep. besides reserve ammunition pits-; lastly, and the _worst of all the oillcere’ quarters, depth no limit,_the same as to strength. ‘- ~ However, after the offensive got well started we had no time to dig inthat way- as we were shifting about every two weeks. All we could do 1th_en,wss dig our gun'-pits cordite recesses and officers' quarters. Ammunition could, slay- outside in the open. To do all this work requires is great manyitons of steel girders, heavy -timber and corrugated sheet iron.

We all hated a. shift as it meant a

week with little or no sleep, in fact sleep with heavy guns during an olf- ensive is almost out of the question.

in regards fire discipline it sill de-

pends on the rapidity of ilre'. lf you are firing 10, 15 or even' 20 rounds per hour the work is not extra hard. but if you get gun-fire, that_ls load, lay, and fire as fast as possible for an hour, it is a man killer; you have to rest every 15 minutes and another _gun crew fires for the next 15 min- utee.

The heavy siege guns or "Hewit-

zemv gg wgcall them here, never stop firing only at--rare intervals as the solution of trench warfare is' found in those guns. In the first place what

h th fall is on

their shells do w en - ey

oth alle from the shells

cal computation (which is not every- thing) they have an effect' varying with the size of their calibre.

A six inch gun does not fire s shell

it fires' a shell eight times ss effec- tive, consequently you cannot put the thing numerically at alll, because a s-ix inch shell falling into ii. trench has far more -than eight times the e'f-

{}ROCER-IES" A' fect on the defenders, both in actual

losses and in the confusion caused,

' V’ T __ __A ' hfndvsntage the Howltzers' have over

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is sure to befacceptahle.

Select your gift from our stock, and you can

be sure that -it is right in quality, style and price.

Our showing of Men’s Goods for the Christ- _-

mas trade is complete. Run down the list below _ and then comein and see the goods. __ f Paris Garters in pretty boxes . _ . _ .. . . .2oc pr. Silk Armlets ...25cand150cp1‘- f Lawn Handkerchiefs .. . _ . $1.00 doz. ; Linen Handkerchiefs, plain and initial -

. $200 to $4i00-doz. _

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` iam and ribbed_iio¢,50e_,75¢ pr. 1 Gihves f..$1.25 $1.50 ea. __; Woollen Gloves, black, grey, tan. .75c, $1.25 pr. i 1 Lined.-.Gloves Kid and Mocha ._...$1-35 UP 1 Silk-Mufllers: every style . . .$1.25, 1.50 ea. '

Fw iv* ure 'u so sue seq can pr' M6n's ghlrts, -every style ..... . .. 1.0.0 UP - _ t shirts we in iiannelette 1.31; ea- `~§;§'a\i"l1as,~. ali: }ire's`el'lt’ L. . . .$2.15, . Ill” `

e e ne e e _s e » q » _mao ea' “Coat Sweaters all at les _ . .$2.75 to $5.00 ea-

iir ‘___ i __ Vshgg e|irl_y while the assortment of 'goods Vis best. _ e wil put' aside until_Cl_ii‘istmas any jggoods selected now. 'Pretty Boxes sjr1d'G1V'¢°*f"8

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to racing by the enemy. Another ad-

ce has over its

mil at which the ehefil falls At very lon! ranges it has the effect of fall ng sl-

Thg Germans Vat the present time

seem to be sparing er their ammuni-

shorf. of MDYM’ 'M I "u“"'° said before" we have

only too eseily be an iiisufil Hu Y. on the swelling and further swelling of its `stl‘es.m depends theinimediste futurrg of1the Allies more,'f\l5“` “HY

` "bis free to”u` ss rash si supply :slgqt chooses _rms ‘tilt-i\i1l¢6|@ ’1\_|°"" mfwlii eval- m"iil<ie ‘wines is nm- pered and counts every shot. .How- evsr, you will hov_pf..to wait Nil-W9 spring for ¢h9.G\’°_l\ii 0f_f°N1Y1°_".h°\\ my-_the Allieliwll _ready-to1strike

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edvpy Germany ofiits nterior lines

i . dltgrgnegiy los; her llsst chance of

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Last W¢d@Dyfs» lohnilld/“lon si Bumme'rsi¢_ls__.sh_o|_llVd he sn ol31g¢t,iesf gon for inc¢s_h¢d,'__profsettgi_i res. Perhaps no. more pathetic picture could be imagined tum the eiiarred remains of more thin a. score of bulld- ings, ,the helps of debris, the smould- ering ruins, -the 'sickly smell of per- tlally consumed-merchsndise of every description-such s weird picture has been painted in Summerside by the demon-fire. V

Despite the ghastly spectacle Sum~

merslde has much to be thankful for (due partly to the unconquersbie spirit of the citizens, and largely to the in- defetigsbls work of -the brave band of fire-fighters.) ' Sumineniide has every reason to be proud of its Fire De pa.rtment.'The difficulties under which the department labored made their ac- complishment all the more' brilliant.

And it would be uniust to the Char-

lottetown_Fire Department not to say that the citizens of Summereide ep- preciate more' then words can express how nohily and niagnifluiently they fought. side by side, with -the Summer- side firemen until the fire was under control. - '

Everyone was keenly interested as

to whether or not' the immense inter- ior snd exterior Automatic Sprinkler System of R. T. Holman, Limited could halt the ilre. It was' the universal be- lief that if the Holman Buildings had become destroyed it would be s phy- sicali impossibility to save the most important part of the town. The sys- tem had not yet been tested by s large llre,but Holmsns did not wait for the fire to reach their buildings., but fought at it doggedly with -three' long lines of hose from their own hydrants. Meni- hers of Holmans Fire Brigade manned the lines, and contested .the fire". They were driven back step `by step, but taking advantage- of a. driveway be- -tween two buildings they made their last stand, and in _ order to secure higliest__preseure tapped on their re- serve of 50,000 ga-lions of water. They worked and won,and as ii. result Hol- man’s' immense store and warehouses stand today as s. towering contrast. and a monument to the completeness

of th_eir fire-lighting equipment and

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II‘o see people from town and coun-

try working unitedly and in some cases, even lmperilliiig their lives, to stay the flames, was certainly inspir- ing-to all of whlch"`_the- citizens of Bumemrside tender their sincerest thanks.

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_MEETING UFNTEREST ll] P.E.I. FARMERS

A meeting of the committee appoin-

ted hy the directors; oi -the Central Farmers Institute :was held in this city on Friday afternoon, the 15th

inst.

Rev. 'Dr. Gauthier. chairmen of the

committee presided and explained the -object of the meeting. |

He emphasised the. necessity of

making _co-operation |,__more eifectlve'_

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ers institute might do more in this regard than they had been doing in the past. Perhaps the best coopera- tive organization on the Island said Dr. Gauthier. is represented by the Egg Circle. There is apparently no band of union existing among the several institutes, said he.

Disciisslon among the members of

the committee followed and it was pointed out that the Central Institute had done many things for which they should receive credit. ` _

"and suggested that the Central Farm-.

otlier single factor, because' the side

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posed that the Institutes activities ‘consist in boosting prices at .the1ex- _penses of the consumers. ‘The ob_-‘ jection is t_l_ie lack of understanding between the consumer and ‘the"pro- ducer_ which"s'cts detrimenally to the latter; sucha condition is engendered -by the margin between prices receiv- 1 cy hy the i’ormc'r and those paid by the consumer.

The work accomplished by the ln-

stitutes is a foundation upon which future operations could rest:

Education and the” activities of the

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'principles advocnted'_on ,the.psrt of all-members was shldiitelrnecess- ary.. ._ _ _On motion it was decided _to hold the annual meeting on the 18th and 19th of_Januery. 1917. ‘ _

lt was suggested. .that Principal.

Cummings be, invited to attend.

Rev. Dr, Gauthier agreed toopen

B sénersl discussion marketing- problems 1 at this meeting.

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