‘ 1 ‘l. i lis-lllllllc Q-m Bud lncldonll are more liable to occur lu homo: for llie lnune than in almost any other picco- ,, This is nn experience the world over. The wild m of one iii-co‘ i v I 7“c"”"'""” l » -~ THE ANNUAL SCIIGOL MEETINGS 4. l ll 1 W - ., uwell wThe annual school meetings will be held = - ghout the‘ province next Tuesday, 15th instant. ' i s not necessary to remind our eople of the pres- jt critical situation of our schoo s or of the means at must be adopted not only tomaintain them but . to bring them back to the position they occupied .4 , [when we valued the education of our children more ‘I "than we did their ability to make money or how I ‘ey made it. It is necessary, however, to remind ourselves of the fact that we ‘have fallen under the modern curse of commercialism and greed; that lnore attentlon to our cattle and horses and hogs we are paying than we are to our children's future; that _we are sending our children out into the world handicapped .with ignorance because we begrudge the money and ' thetime necessary to educate them. We are speak- ing generally; thank God, there are many excep- tions, but the most optimistic among us will admit that very many 0f the children throughout the piov- l’ ince enter upon manhood and womanhood so handi- capped by want of earlyl training that they are un- *1 f‘? fit, and will ever remain unfit, for the ordinary dut- . ies of intelligent citizenship. This may seem an ex- aggeration but we shall leave it to our readers to judge forbthemselves whether it applies to their school district or not. of the with and The teacher instructor in on the part co-operation the teacher. than an inlg, arithmetic, etc. He or she must be an influence What our schools need is not only llltelllgent trained teachers but a nlore parents, friendly must general interest sympathetic help for be more reading, writ- 9 j moulding the future life of the child, guidindg it into intelligent, useful, wholesome manhood an woin- anhood. To be such an influence the teacher, young or old, will require all the assistance the parents can give. And now is to engagingléhg tcalcllgeillli "$59015 _ -t' teac er, young or 0 , 0y 0 _ » . lffggieacnjniiiliist be paid. The teacher that will engage for a starvation wage is worth just that and nothing more and the school might just as W911 be closed- lThere will be a scarcity of good teachers. Y? W3 are assured that if decent remuneration is 0d cred there will be enough to go round. Wedaige Tilnglige that if supplements are not Increase (l?) _n be “minimum proscribed many of; the schoo s W1 _ vacant Let the districts see to it that, furgetlmg ver thing olse' forgetting the increased taxes, fed ’ e al1i1nd )l‘OVlll,Cl&l' forgetting political discontent,‘ 1 tallie future} of the children is provided for by entrust- - - - ' - ‘ hers mg their training to woithy_teac paid and properly supported in the duty ensruslieg them the most important duty that can _evo v to 1 woman, the training of the children. 3t t ittl t a cheap-jackvet-l gienhvifyuiil lsldildnilntdllcsayfliet cub llflt (do it for our child- upon man 01' ren- I No; neither Mr. Cox nor Mr. McIntyre has re- signed yot. Nor have MessrsDully Yos; Messrs their constituents Yes; Messrs were asked to some weeks ago. IN REPLY TO QUESTIQNS and Higgs. _ Cox and McIntyre-were asked to resign by a resolution adopted at a m Higgs and Duffy of Charlottetown _ ‘prevail upon the government to make certain concessions in taxation and if the govern‘- ment refused, to hand in their resignations as a pro- test. The government did not make the concessions but Messrs Higgs and Duffy have so far failed to rc- sign. adequately ass meeting of, ponslble may and has sent hun- drods ol fellow mortals to horrible mutter how circumspect we may be, they are llnblo to happen again. Our own Fiilconwood has had an rnxccptloniilly fortunate, although nol a totally untouched record. When we compare its sire, and its almost four hundred inmates with llie vgiLilirc» ccaslons of sad in- cldcnl, vie have cause for gratitude But should this lucl muks us cure- loss and loss vigilant? With Dr. Goodwill and his staff In charge, llio public. particularly lliosc ac ounlzilcd wllh lls management. nova-Jan. unbounded confidence that nollilng which suggest will be lefl undone lo en- sure comfort, lieallh and safety to llioso undc. their care. But despite ull this, notwithstanding the most extraordinary precaution, lf some- tl=lng unfortunate happens, what then? We remarked a few days ago lhiil polillcs was the worst enemy of this institution. Something un- fortunate happens behind its doors 611111118 for an exercise o! judgment and common sense. Instead, the - unscrupulous politician trans- forms ll. lnlo a partisan scandal 111111 Pelolces lhal he has a new slander lo hurl at lii; oppononl. Thus tho pallem 111111 llie probably hliimelegg slull of llie lnstllllllon must con- tond with unxlcly arnd suffering while politicians bandy wordg and licop their ghoulish football in mo. lion. This ls lhc history of certain Dvrlods of llio’ pusl. Wt: bcllcvLllizil llils institution should be removed as“ fur ns p95. slblolrom llie political arena, llial 1119"‘- 11111)’ 11v 11o incentive to lin- llulr lls usefulness by‘ purly ad. VOFllUTUFi in sr-nrcli of vole-catch- lng cupiliil. ll has been u practice when an accident liuppcns to not. 11y only llio friends und l0 kflep [he [M15 [r5111 1110 Kcncral public. The politician has not always fallen in ""11 11115 111m. nnd ll reaches llio Fullllc- 11111 0111! ln llie form of an "Xusgcrillild scandal. We believe lliiit oven in the most trifling c“. CH. whore human lite 0r limb 1i. involved, tlicre should be at least 11 afmlrubllc lnvostlgulion, nol | ulwnys necessarily for llic pllrpngp 91' P11101111»? blame. but lo bcllcr lzuilril ugalnst ils repetition. And 1110 bubllo. kvpl WOll informod up~ 1"" '1'" 1111111118 and management, should bra slow lo crllclsc, remem. boring llie importance and mogul. lllllll‘ of llio lusk and llie responsi- blllly on the shoulders of its man- ulloincnt ll is one of the best ln- slllulions of its kind, and om '11‘ llio boat i-onducli-d in (Iunndzi. Wo ufliuld lovo ll bocuuso of wlial i: contains. und bu proud of ll for Wllfll. it ls. Such weallicr us we have liud llils spring, uiid l-spoclally lii the OQQ UOOQOO-OQ-OOQ-O-O Q-OGQ-GO-O i forethought can ' Sin-In a previous article I on the entire supporter the ludi- lvlduul rancher. There will be a oer lain number of Ranchers who will be inclined to remnlu independent in llllklng with a very large num- bered of ranchers, l received a one hundred per cent endoi-satlon of the Association movement. They un- animously agreed that through such and association only can We 1109B to develop and maintain the indus- lry nnd the market: necessary to lhc nbsorbllon of llle P10111101- 111 the years to come. Now some ri-uziiri‘ \\'il "ol lolll ggcmigo in llio ipiisl lio has scoured what hc considered u good prlco for his polls. This ls n vcry poor excuse. Good prices have 010111111 :d owing lo u limited production. Any one w_l10 is not blind, can soc that we are arriving at tllO 1101111 when the production-ls more 1111111 doubling cnch your. llow is llio individual rancher 801118 1° Clem” lihe market to lake cure of the in- crease, and what will become of U10 hitherto good prices if the demand does nol, correspondingly 1116191159? will .. . last low weeks, should inspire us ivilli fcollngs UKQIIHOSG of Dflvlll- wlilch fcund vent ln that beuutl- lul 23rd Psalm, ' commcncinn “The Lord is my shepherd; l 5111111 not wunl." Many enluYmg u“) great benefits of sunshine und ruin, in such form and 111110 111111 quantity us we have had ll, C1111 fulntly estimate 11a 6l1uf111°l15 vhluc. Tlio deep calculator with expert knowledge lius a wider cor.- coplioii, but only llio great Glvei ‘wows illl- fulncss thereof. A lino warm month of May for 1110118111111; iid harrowing und sccdinz- '1‘11u11 rain, nol in torrents or dcluEL‘ 11111 lino and continuous lliul tlio lurid oould drink ln ouch drop as it doa- condcil. This followed by a daP. lull und cool, in wlilcli llio nioln luro dissomlnulcd through llie soll, caving no linrd und baked surface. \rid now good old Sol with lili fvlllll‘. lical, playing upon llio G0‘! propiirivd soil, gonerziling llio nilrlo irlil und Ollivr CllUllllClll forums vliioli compel nziturc lo don llil‘ ‘lirlicsl dross, is Qlvllll! 1110 111°" .lliSl' of an ubundaml liurvost. And ‘llli lroos, not us full lii 1110850111 as in ollicr yours, but be "nuso of llie flnc weather, now in llio blooming period, wlll bo llio bcller frartillzcd wllli needed pol- li-n by lros and other lHSGClrl, wlilcli in bloiik, cold, rainy woiilli- or, could not lizivc done this worlt ind llio. crop, iilllioulzli in an of!‘ fruit yon; will b0 llio holler bo- vnusc of llieso iiloiil conditions “Surely goodness and mercy," nro following llic people of our ls- lllnd Proilncc. __.__ Our School mccllngs are duc lFXI wook, ul wlilcli thcrc should ‘lo ii fuller iillondzinco than usual. ind mrziiy (iiioslions, educational of rho organization. These Ranch‘. ers, for many reasons, for the most! lmrl, either selfish or stubborn, wllll refuse their co-ranchers the co-operq ulion lo which -lliey are entllledland even lliose mistakes will be of ’ More wlll be ranchers inclined to d m _ Th m h h _ pointed "out that the success of n hung back. They wlll ‘Instance Hi6 efiauniier ‘$861,638; n-lguzfnpoest ‘co-operative system of marketing failure of llie old association, even and m “me o‘ precauuoh and no ‘the Silver Fog pelts would depend when the old association accom- , . l plluhed much good, handicapped "as ‘it was for want of funds and for wont of support from those whose duty ll. was to glvc it support. 0f course, some mistakes were prob- ably made, but none than can in- lerlcrc ln any way wlUli the suc- cess ol llie present undertaking, value, for they will be those that this orgnnllnllon. wlll guard against. ll must he remembered that this ls purely u business pro- position. The men who wlll be at llie lioud oi’ llio organization wlll be lhorc because lliey have been duly oli-clod lo sucli positions by llio shareholders liullols, and should any of lliolii prove incapable, the same bzillol lliul olcclcd llieiii wlll clcol olliors lo replace llioiii. Tlicre wlll bo no room for local jealously. The lioad liflii. "v1.1 bo plnc l whorl.- ill" majority of llie SllflFOllfl-lllli will lli-cl. The policy pursucd- by the dlroclors will b-- zit all .ilm.-§ subject lo rovi-slon by llio sharehol- (lcrs, and llie illrcclors and sliurc~ holders will at all limes act as a restraining influence on llie cxocu» llve board. ‘For llie most part the Indepen- deht rancher wlll refuse his co- Ollernllon for llio sclflsb reason‘ llizlt ho can secure llio prlco willi- out co-opcrallon-—sclfisli for ho knows full well that his ability to secure such prlco ls llie rosull of Joint endeavors an llie part cl his nolgllibours. His membership is a mutter of citizenship, ll. matter of llio nizin admitting llio good lo lil_iii- self of lils neighbours work. What kind of a man and clllzon ls lie wbn refuses lo do lils part? - Ccrluln ranchers wlll admit their duty towards such an Association. blit sllll refuse llicir financial as- sistance or lhclr co-operallon. Some wlll probably say that llicy do not like one or more of the directors. The excuse ls n ridiculous one. As woll sny lihal llioy will nol ll[‘1|) lii lho iidmlnislriilinn of llio law or ln llie carrying on of tho affairs of llie provlnco, because they do not personally like one or i more of the members of llio Gov- crniuonl. No solflswliuoss llllléll‘ lll'll\'l‘ uniy lo lllf‘ gonornl good of llll‘ lllllll§~ lry. Individuals must not sluud in llio way of wbul. wo know lo bo lllt‘ rlglil slop in llio rilrlil iliroclion. One rancher must not rofuso his full quolll of assistance bccnuso ho knows of anollior rancher who will not do‘ his sliuro. ll bolioovos llll‘ rnnrliors lls n ivlinlo in support orgzinlzi-il efforts, for ln normal limos suro lo conic. iil prion-s sill-ll us will surely rosull from greatly inorvusi-d producllon WllllOlll. morclianillzlng olfnrls as producers wo will suffer llio In- evitable rcsulls. Ovcrproiluclion < \-<\ \ \' V?‘ . foomrs‘ ~1m.m 1 Yenderson i 111 ‘ 1111's 511111 11111111111111 1v $45. » $45.00.marks thelimit y... 5a,, | pay for a man's suit in our store 1 -after.today.' -1 - . a " 7 '7 We have reduced all h‘ h- ~ _ ed men’s suits to $45.00 rig dilflidi- ence what theycost-us. It is our loss, a This enables you to escape the luxury tax. We have now not one dollars worth of clothing in stock that a customer has to pay taxes on. . Come and get first choice. You‘ know the quality of our suits, Other suits at $25, $30, $35, $40, $45. ' & Cudmore 1101 Grafton Stfeet. \ A manufacturer oflcrcd us ll special 25 Crvpg blouses. as they nrrivod hcro by cXpross this morning we‘nrc passing this hurfllllu along lo our customers. The goods urc gcu silver, wlillo copcnliilgon, sand und black, fln-isllcd lii bolli lilgli nnd low nook, slzo 3G to 42- Tliorc uro l0 doz. lii llil- lot. Men’s Pants $3.50 'l‘lil~sc punts ilri- lli o bosl villuils sliliwli lli llll‘ (lily lliis Sous-on,’ flu-y nro iiiudc in u good vuricly of pzillorns. llll‘ (wlolli uloiio would cost more lliim llio llu islil-d giiriiioul, prices $3.50, $4.50 and $6.00. ladies Kid Gloves, $4.00 for $2.75 This lot consists of 5 dozen, llioy are ro- guliir fresh kld gloves, all old stock, we liuvc not ll full assortment of colors, tlioso are inn. und bliick only, in mosl nll llio sizos, llio rogu- iiioncy nnd wllli W l ls nol “A bogy." It has always been neighbors and clllzons iuiercsled lnlkei goi- an ever increasing producl, llic rcsull of a production lncrciis- n. legitimate and growing lndllfllrlfll oil wlllioul business ziltolltlon lo llio Lol lliciil support, bolh with their development of u market. lii closing this fourth and SUCOHll ; an oi-ganlzullon that is about lo-9647. last article on this subjccl, lct inc enter in llio struggle l0 mnlntuln n appeal lo llio rziiiirlii-rs flint lll(')' liiglisluiiilard olproduclion, us well not remain without, nnd zis men,‘ us, in llio croullon of u stuplo miirqbln|gu|irl élliadies Silk Blouses 25 p.c. Discount 1 um Sir, elc., their influence, A. E. ARSENAULT. -—- III 7-Mlle Road Race hero Do- mlnlon Day... Bee Examiner M‘ il er cénl discount on u lot of ladies‘ secret-Nu ulnc vuluos, well made. colored in llciili. 111W)’. Ladies‘ llaincoats $11.00 This ls llie Season wlion ovcry lady 1°‘ quires a cout of llils do scrlpllongfor lrzivclllus. lllfllffllflgvlllld so on, nsploudld viirlol)’ 01 lwccd 0011.00. $12.00 and $15-99- Silli Gloves 85c. We are ublc lo offer nnollicr special 111 11111 ludles’ glove department. Islllelldld 01111110’ ‘silk gloves, ull slzes,ln wlillc, black lulu H1111 ouch Yes; Mr. Higgs announced at a mass meeting in f/ . ind inoldonlul lo education, Charlottetown on May 12, last that he had secured \'llll'll urc culled for by llio Guardian Readers lar vnluos uro $4.00, lo clour ul. $2.75 per palr. W a promise from would be reduced to $2 by tlhc new taxation Act. the government that the poll tax instead of $3.00 as proposed N0; the poll tax still stands at $3.00. No; we don’t know whether made this it. We heard Mr. Higgs. Yes; Mr. Higgs stated at this same the government promise or not; we didn’t hear them make mcctlng g l that the land tax upon farmers was increased to two , and a half times what it was before. No; We don’t know who is leader of the gov- p been appointed since the if ernment; some say it is Mr. Boll; Mr. Johnston while still others contend just going without any leader. others it is it is say that No; the Patriot hasnevcr mentioned the sup- pression of the minority report of the Public Ac- cxounts Committee or of the Auditor's report before at Committee. No; we don’t know how many new ofiicials have government came into . _ower. We know of only one new job so far in con- "nection with the taxation measure, Mr. Benjamin Rogers. o; his salary has not been announced but he is _rtably on it. ‘were ~ Yes, several ofiicials were dismissed; all Conservatives and their places were filled pt meeting with any sympathy on that account and 1 is generally believed he will be able, to live coin- they ‘ immediately, some of them sooner, by Liberals. ' Yes; it was claimed there were too many ofilc- ials under the former government . salaries were oxtravagantly high. No, none of them were reduced and, that their‘ and all the for-l mer offices are filled and a few more added. Jail 1 lifections g i Furnished by W. 8. Louuon. l %v vvw vvvvvvw COURAGE The greatest part. of lhc courage lliul ls nocllod ln llio world ls nol of n hornlc kind. (fouriige may bc dlspluyuil in ovory iliiy lilo us wol‘. as on historic llolils of iicllon. Tlll common need ls for courage to be lionosl. rourngo to resist IOXIIDM- lion, courage lo be wliut wo roiilli‘ uro. and nol lo prolond to be who. we arc nol. courugo lo llvo lionosl Iy wltliLi nur lnouns nnd not dls lioncslly upon llio moans ol Other!- ll isn't llio job wo intend to do Or llio labor we've lust begun That puls us right on the ledger Hllifil; M's llio work we done. lizivo rcnlkv Our crcdll is built upon things wo do, i Our dclil on llilngs we slilrk, lTlic mun who totals llio blggcsi l plus I i‘ ls llio mun who completes ivork. lils I Good lnlontlons do not pay bills; it's oaliy enough lo plan. To wish is lhc pluy of an office boy: To do is the Job of a man. '—Rlchard Lord, In the Curtis Fly- mi. .1. TZ-lf dmngoil circumstances in which wo iiro pluooil. A poor lcaclior is n ‘mil lnvoslmcnl for any dlstricl. 'lcl tlio best obtainable. This will cost n few dollars of cxlru pay. but ll will be the best few dollars cvor spent. Try nnd arrange lo liiivo clvun mid iIiIHlCllVG. school buildings. Your clilldron wlll lciirn bellor ll: plcnsanl surroundings ind it -.vlll add iilso llio lesson 0i irdor. giod liislo und irlcunllncss you may bo lnlcrostod Wo sollcil lnqulrlos. 7628-6-10-31. mooowo-ooooeoorno =a_"-"'2=.=:' -.- . - 00O04§§O4§O4QQ4+40¢0404Q4900Q§+++&004oo0OOOO§O0O§ 1 ANNOUNCEMENl We liiivc completed urrnngoiiiouls wllli Mr. J. , Paton. Great George 8L, Clinrlollolcivii, to uct as our corres- pondent for Prince Edward island. Our buslnoss ls conllncd lo llio purchase and siilc, for cusli. of high griido lnvcslmcnls, Bonds and Stocks. Mr. Paton will be prcpa rod ill all limos to furnish quota- tions and tho lullcsl lnformn-lloii rogiiriliug socurltlos ln wlilcli 1K7. Macklntosh a‘: Co. Eslulillslioil 1X18. Members Monlrcul Stock Exchange}, Ilnlllux, N. S. \\\\\\ \ \ AKIDNEY A’ / /': / Hzofin/w-I DGH-r-s ps5 ., "learns B THEPl111' Rowland Lallos llose 65c for 29c In tan only, mudc from u lino quiillly of llsli: llircziil, old stock, rl-gului" Vlllllus. 45 to 65 per palr, to clear at 29 cents per palr. Lidiei Pullover Sweaters A vory ltllllllllfllllllt‘ gurinonl und one llllll. in upprcclntod ul this Season of llio your. all wool, prices $4.50,--- $5.75, $6.75, to $9.75, ln iill llio now sliiulos. Gir‘s Dresses $1.50 (llrlfis gingham drossos l0 flt girls from 3 lo l-l yours. Wo roulli b ollvvo lhal llioso vziluos will iippl-ul lo ovory in (lllii-r, prico riinglnl: from $1.50 to $5.75, In u vurli-ly‘ n! colors. Ludlos‘ goorgollo d rcsscn. iihollicr now Ladies’ New Dresses sblpincnt rccclvcd by c xprcss loduy, uocorillun plenlcil smock slylo, b oadcd lrliuiiilngs. colors ln lnupc, navy and so onl, u very ul- lrocllve dross al $40.00 to $55.00.. i Ladies Serge Suits $27 00 Ladies‘ sorgo suits, we bollovo wo nro now slioivlng sonic ol lhigbosl vulucs ln ladies iill wool suits tliul have been afforded for some time" mnslly ln sorgcs, prices $27.00, $32.00 nnd $35.00. " . s. A. McDONALD gray, speclul prlce 85c. per pair. All 0ur New Sillis l0pc..dis. Wc liuvo docldod lo olfcr u discount of 10 per cent. on all the goods ln this M91111" inent. We really bell evo that our silk du- llllrlllllllli ls one of the host stocked cast 01 Montreal. ll you rcqu lro uuytlilng lu the silk line, lukc our udvlce und buy at once nllll 11 wlll moan u saving to you. Raincoats lor Men $17.00 ln ii splendid lwoo,d, sullublo for a Elllrlull or Fall over cont an oxcellont coul. I01‘ 1111*‘ Soiison of llio your. It wlll cost V011 "V" $5.00 more to buy this cont later on, our 1111"‘ " cs now on this special lot are $17.00. $24 "d $25.00. ' Mons Suits $30. to $45. A. i-‘pcclal worsted sult, nicely 111111111- “l, $30.00. A large variety of other lines. 111' ulrlpcs. ‘checks, and fancy mixtures. I111 inudc in n stylish 8 button allccl, P110" "w" pcr null. At $45.00 we _bollovo we are showbiz; llio bcsl vnluo lii Cuniidu. We dld not liuvo 1° mark tlicm down from a higher l11'11=° 1"“ always sold them at th e low net 91'1" °1 $45.00 and ll l8 admitted by everyone 1° 11° tho heal $45.00 sull shown nnywlicrc. a l