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S. A. McDonald

The Island's Leading Store

Tea Aprons 15c

Made from nice quality Lawn well ﬁnished, price 15c

House Dresses

98c

Another lot of these 98c dres- ses received yesterday, made from good quality of Cot- ton, comfortable, cool ﬁtting and well ﬁnished in all sizes 32 to 44, 98c.

Winter Coats

$10.00

New Winter Coats, our ﬁrst shipment arrived, may be seen in our mantle room today. We are making a leader of a $10.00 Coat, it’s the best $10.00 Coat we have ever shown which is saying a great deal. It has all the points of ﬁt and ﬁnish foundin the $15, and $18 coats. We would advise you to make an early selection as later in the season we will be unable to se- cure more at this price.

for 98c

On a tablcinathe. hat department you. will ﬁnd a lot of black and colored hats, regular valuesfrom $1.75 $to 3.00, your choice, all sizes 98c.

S. A. McDonald

Men’s Caps 75c to $1.25 for 40c,

p This lot consists of a lot of

' odds and ends,all good shapes

H“-,,_~/.w5'Mv-‘ and patterns,‘ all sizes for 40¢.

The Boys New Suits This way Boys Our ﬁrst shipment of Boys’ New Fall Suits has arrived, the make is new and smart new pleated bzicks, also Nor- folk and plain double breast- ed style, the smartest lot of suits shown here this season an extra pair of bloomers g0 with each suit, prices 6.50,

7.00, 8.00, 10.00.

Curtain Muslins and Ratines 20 p. c. dis.

All Curtain Muslins and Ratines go on sale now at a discount of 20 p. c.

Aprons 50c

Made from a good quality Cotton made large full length, good patterns, excellent values at 50c.

S. A. McDonald

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1s 191s. SCOTTISH GATHERING TO-DAY

‘Po-day the sous ot’ the heather will meet at Georgetown for their annual competition in sports. Every possible preparation has been made by the Ciiledouian Club to niuke this year's gathering a grand success and if the weather pmveirravtsni-zinizraia‘"Joinninirriﬁiies w111 be rashes“- The event this year will have the shadow of war over it as many who ﬁgured prominently on former occasions are now irngaged in the more serious occupation of war, for which thcse animal athletic meets 88W 019m much train- ing that will stand them in good stead in the 8P1!" task before them. Nevertheless there is much B0011 mﬂlerltll. young and old, out of which t0 make a splendid day's sport. ( =

Georgetown will be en fete for the occasion and Scots- men from every part of the province willbe in attendance. Excellent railway fatiilities have been nrovidéd e111,! ""3 management will, as in the past, make every P05511119 provision for a successful and enjoyable meet. ln addition to the sports and the Scottish demonstration, which will be 0t‘ intense interest, an opportunity will be afforded to sec the castcrn capital and tho Island's winter port. We trllﬂl tho moot of 1915 will be in kcepiiig'_witli the high standards ot‘ forinor occasions. ' i

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MARITIME BOARD 0F TRADE

As announced in previous issues the annual meeting of the lvlaritime Board of Trade opens this afternoonin Summersidc. The subjects to be taken up, as will be sci-n by tho programme elsewhere, are of vital importance. particularly to the Maritime Provinces, and the discussion of thcso by some of tho most prominent and successful business incn in the jurisdiction cannot foil to be not only olTcctivc in bringing about the reforms and the improve- ments asked for, but educative and interesting to the public generally. The tltlitfgllltlS represent the commercial and industrial life of all our sister cities; the subjects proposed for discussion have been approved by the various Boards of Trade throughout the provinces and are the result of a careful study of maritime conditions and marl- tinio needs. Such a. gathering of men, skilled in trade, Plllllllltbftﬁti and industry and in touch with the springs of progress and development, convened to agree upon coii- i-tirteil action t'or further development, will unquestionably have a beneficial effect upon tlic future of our Maritime Provinces.

Thc lifaritiino lioard is this year especially fortunate in having Sir George E. Foster address One of their public meetings. As alrcaily announced, this meeting will be held this evening. 0n tho subject which lie has chosen, “ ilusiness Conditions arising out of the War," it is safe to say there is no man in Canada, and there are few in tho ilritish Empire, better qualiﬁed to speak. For upwards of thirty years he has been an outstanding figure in tho (‘tinatlian llouso of Commons. As Finance Minister siic- ccssively throughout the Abbott, the Thompson, tho Bowell and tho Tupper administrations he made himself familiar with the ﬁnancial life of the Dominion. As chairman of tho (lonfcrenirti of Canadian and West Indian delegates which effected the preferential ten-year trade agreement between Canada and ten of the West Indian colonies, and as a member of tho Dominion Royal Commission representing Great Britain and the Overseas Domiuions to report upon the extension of trade between the various ports of the Empire, he had peculiar opportunities for studying our trade relations with the outside world. ln addition to his special advantages for study iu finance and (BDHIIDEFCO he is an orator and a statesman with few equals in the whole lilmpire. At this crisis in the history of our country, when new fonnilatioiis are being laid, when a new (‘iauada is being built, it will be a privilege to hear what a master has to say on tho business conditions arising out of the war. We have no doubt that all who can possibly do so will avail themselves of the privilege of hearing Sir George Fl. Foster this evening and that his address will be an inspiration and an education to all who hear it.

We trust that tho other meetings ofihe Maritime Hoard of Trailc will be well attended and that their deliberations will result in much good to the Dominion generally and to

‘the Maritime Provinces particularly. '

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$1.900 “A SMALL SUM”

"What the Doll's gan wrang wi' the Excisemnn?" Our contemporary the Patriot has risen in its wrath because the lion. John A. Mucdouald reminded his cou- siituents that tho versatile editor of the Patriot drew $1,000 from the Government as a "temporary Exclscman " without stirring from his otllce or vacating lils comfortable (rilltorial iriiair. The Patriot describes $1,900 "as the small sum received by the managing-editor while employed as 1m ofllclal of the Dominion Government.” "Employed" is good, but let that pass.

if $1,900 be a "small sum," what language would the

honest. Patriot use to iloscrlbe $1,600, the salary of the Premier? Circumstances undoubtedly alter cases with our "Ontemiiornry- u l“ "slit and proper for the editor of the Purl‘)! l" 11'1"‘! $1,900 as "temporary Exclseman" from ‘the Government without discharging the duties of the ;oﬂice, but lt is heinous for the Premier of the Province to ‘lljrﬂw $1,500 while directing iind managing the affairs of the lrovlnce. Of course, with the princely salary enjoyed by 1h" IHRIHISIIIK-etiltor of the Patriot, an addition of $1,900 m1‘ "11""! 1101111111: 11111111 appear too lIiBlBnlﬂcant to make ‘any fuss about.

is the pseudo-Patriot's faith; llut lo, an honest, earnest wight, Should lose the mite he hath. “ l

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* COMPLIMENTING SIR ROBERT

The Canadian Government's war policy and its vigorous denunciation of graft has won appreciation in other coun- tries as well as at home. Colller's Weekly has never been over friendly towards, but it now is forced to pay tribute to the excellent work of the Conservative leader and his Government. In a recent issue it makes the following comment regarding Canada's wonderful part in the world's great struggle:-

“So Canada has more than 100,000 men under arms. Whatever else this war brings to England, one gain is sure. it means a tightening of the bonds uniting-her dominions. That bloody dayvon which 6,000 Canadians gave up their lives, outnumbered but standing‘ off thQ_G€l‘ll1_B.llB at a crucial point near Ypres, brought daughter and mother country closer together for all time.‘ Perhaps what counts most is not the fact that the Canadians are marching con- tingent after contingent of fresh troops aboard the trans- ports, but the spirit which prompts this sacriﬁce. Canada is not, as a nation, ardently impulsive. This very fact may make her all the more a consequential factor in a long- fought war. One evidence of this is the deadly seriousness with which she is living down the public scandal that attended the spending of her first war appropriation of $50,000,000. Graft, then, is not the issue; only the spirit in which the would-be grafters are put down. in Canada, Premier Borden himself, on the last day of the late session of Parliament, rose from his seat in the House of Commons and read out of his party, without sparing their names, two fellow-Conservatives. Mr Borden's ac ion is typical of Canada's whole attitude toward this gre t war. It is a safe guess that the commission delegated to expend the new appropriation of $100,000,000 will live up to Canada's best ideals. 'l‘o-day our neighbour is not contributing mere rhetoric to tier Mother Countryl; she is giving her own money and her own blood; she is doing her duty, and duty and desire are, with Canada, one."

That Sir Robert Borden's ﬁrm stand has had an elevat- ing effect on not only Canadian political morality but also in other countries is noted in the following comment:-—

“Never in the history of Canada has another Prime Minister taken so vigorous a stand for the maintenance of public morality. His reading two of his own supporters out, of his party, merely because suspicions of wrongdoing were justly attached to them, will go further towards elevating the tone of Canadian politics than anything that has heretofore been done by a Canadian political leader. So wholesome, in fact, has been Sir Robert's example that English newspapers have urged Premier Asquith to follow it. Thus Canada, instead of being looked upon as a nation afflicted with political bandits and highwaymeri, has been started on a fair road to the goal where it will be regarded by other nations as a. model of political decency."

Sir Robert Borden has purified Canadian public life; a higher standard prevails than at any time since Con- federation.

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ini; ROSS RIFLE

The Ross Rifle was adopted by the Laurier Cabinet on the recommendation oi’ Sir Frederick Bordon, then Minister of Militia. Ilc found that much delay in delivery occur- red wlioii he ordered riﬂes from England, and was afraid that at some critical time we mlgiit find ourselves prac- tically without weapons. As someone Jcstingly put it, if- tlie Americans over invaded us we might have to borrow from them tho guns with which to fight them. At the outset the Conservative party as a body favored the reten- tion of the British rifle, although from the first (loneral. Hughes wanted a Canadian inado arm and considered the Ross the cqual of any other in the world.

Forthwith the British manufacturers started a crusade against it, striving, for instance, to have it ruled out at Bisley. Sometimes they said it was too light, then that it was too heavy; atrcldents which never (iccurred were reported; the, trajectory, that is the curve or path of tho bullet through the air, was now too high and now too low; it was a poor weapon for target shooting or elso good for nothing else, and in actual warfare would be found worth- less—this was the way in which the Ross was attacked in England as well as in Canada. But as improvements were made in it the Canadian Militia began to set a high valuo on it, and during the present war some of our best shots have pronounced it superior to the Lee-Enfleld.

Nevertheless, the British manufacturers have rccoiu- nionced their attacks, and, strange to say, certain Liberal newspapers are supporting them although the very self some editors vehemently defended the Ross so long as their party was in power. lt is unfortunate that such n squabble should have been renewed just now. General Hughes is now in England and will doubtless succeed in disabusiug the minds of Englishmen of the false conclu- sions generated by the literature issued by the British factories. Ouoo upon a time Old Country people believed that even our natural products were inferior to their own, that our wheat, apples, fish, and what not were well nigh unﬁt for human food; just as a Great French statesman once declared that all that part of North America lying above the fortieth degree of latitude was an uninhabitable semi-Arctic swamp. That was the result of ignorance but in the present case the prejudice has been deliberately created by men whose pockets have been affected by Can- adian competition by our desire to arm ourselves with a rific made hero at home.

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German news reportstell of statements to the effect that the war will be over in October, and also of the approval by tho German federal council of a new war credit equal to $2,500,000,000. If the war was really 0X‘ pected to end in three months so much money to carry ll along would hardly be asked. '

The change lu the recruiting regulations, it is reported, has been followed in many places by a new rush of nicn to cullst. The fellow with a hollow in his back tooth may have as stout u. heart and as strong a pair of logs as tho man whose molars ncver needed to be plugged.

,WIlCli you have a thought giﬁli-IHIHIG-l-lvilvitll: than‘ healthful’ o DAILY SELECTIONS 1- Pass it oni u H it When you iave a iougi : Fox “UIBDI.” it that's wealthful, a READERS 4- Pass n on. Q Q Give it quickly, while it's 0 Furnlahad Q vital,‘ m‘ f n i h 4 , 41 Give t w u r8 ‘ by W. 8. Louoon ‘ and ‘ma, _ 01-11100-0100000 0000 Give it-never seek rcquittai Pass it on. PASS IT ON. \ Kindly given thoughts will when you have a thought flourish; that's cheery, Pass them on. Pass it. on. They will starving people it will surely aid the weary, nourish; Pass it on. Pass them on. Give it freely. Do not keen Then if rightly they're dir- it. acted [m] your measure full, than They will surely be ha” , reflected. Later you will surely reap it, And harvest unexpected \, Pass it on. Will return. ,

t AUGUST i8, i915

You don't have to lean 9V9!’ 11°‘ ¢°°kinﬂ top and steaming pots to work damper on

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the McClary dealer to show you.

Patented Direct Draft Damper is operated from in front.‘ Ask l“

SOLD av ROGERS HARDWARE co. LTD" CHARLOTTETOWN, a R. "r. HOLMAN, 1.1-0, SUMMERSIDE. ,

QUEBEC ON TENTEIIIIOOKS

QUEBEC, Aug. lil.—All night ii: has rained Question Marks and siniiii Figure , 7's. Heights report black phantom with -/ green "1" on chest dancing on the St. Lawrence River. All Quebec is asking,

"What is that 7th point?"

i-‘Sterling Gum The7- Point gum

CINNAMON FLAVOURS Made In Canldi

4—Slcrling purity 5——Froni u daylight factory 6—Unlouchcd by Iiauds

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“The Haberdashery” Stetson Hats I

Just arrived by express a large assortment of Stet- son Hats. All the different shades hero-gun metal, green, brown greys; also the regulation black Setson. The variety of shapes will en- able you to choose the par- .' s

ticular hat you are looking for. Be sure to ee our Alpine stetson with the saucer brim, also the trooper stetson with the Zebeiine finish. Prices-Black $5, Colors $4,

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CAPS

Our range of classy caps will please the most particular buyer. All the colors and shapes, worn by the best trade in the larger cities are here. To see them is to buy them.

Drop in and see our Hats and Caps.

Henderson & Cudmore

it’s Time To Think About the Heating of Your Home

Think of the cold, frosty days and nights that are fast ﬂypfoadllng-jdmll Shllddiil‘; You have little to fear from sci; Fro-st 1f your home iS equipped with out HOT-AIR gmieng system——it circulates summer heat in your winter _ 0ur_ l-lOT-AlRsystem is very economical, simple, re- quires little attention, causes no bother and ‘ves such

splendid satisfactory servic th t without it, it heats every es a you cannot a 0rd to be thoroughly ventilates it.

P110118 393-] f0!‘ 800d heating and plumbing.

Fred. H. Trainor, 8°s‘,‘;:,‘.‘°“

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