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‘ 5 -’ 1 1' -9 for 98c ici 2

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' N-1:: `l`WO DOZEN LADIES' WASH SKIRTS: We fi - “ if are clearing out today a lot of two dozen. Some of

these we carried over from last season, made from a

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good quality of linen and repp, and regular values run from $1.65 to $6.50 each. Going on sale today for 98c each. Full line of sizes.

Charlottetown Guardian

' 2 i . .. . stand

. `,; 1 t 6 ll Sublcrlpflon Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182-2 'phig deplorable bankruptcy notwithstanding, the Patriot ” ; 1;‘l‘i‘.ii"’.qff13 o ' 0 p _Q

‘News and Edit. Night Phonsl 182 6.138 V ‘ Heart omee at charlmstown. srarlcn oflleo at sum- ala

Bill'

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1915. I)30Di€ intend 1.0 R861) ill DOWBT. 2

` AS regards U16 Carrying Over of the teachers’ bonuses

~',;1-’ 't‘.*§~..,',i 0 Ladies’ Dust Coats

:._.», l. -: ii~fi"»§ii"‘.\tit' .Ffh . , ,pri -,.. 1, 4

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at 1-2 price

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tj., TWO DOZEN LADIES’ DUST COATS: going ff; ff;§:i _on sale today at exactly one-half price. Full assort- I,2§§,?f;ff._f~ __~=fl‘ ment of sizes, made from a good quality of linen and =’f‘fj§`.f', repp, ranging in price from $4.35 to 10.00. On sale I » ' now $4.35 for 2.18; 5.00 for 2.50; 6.25 for 3.12; 8.00 for .i.l'§, 1 , 4.00 and 10.00 for 5.00.

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1-2 price

We are placing on separate racks today all the

dresses carried over from early spring and the past season. These go on sale today at one-half the price: $1.35 for »68c; 1.75 for 88c, 2.00 for 1 00; 2 50 for 1.25; 3.00 for 1.50; 4.25 for 2.12; 5.00 for 2.50. Just 38 dresses in this lot.

Boy’s Wash Suits 1-3 off

Regular Price

The balance in stock going on sale this morning for l-.3 less, the regular value $1.00 suits for 660; 1.50 for 1.00; 2.00 suits for 1.33 and 2.50 for 1.67.

Ladies’ H°S¢--.35¢

for 19c

We have placed on the counter 25 dozen ladies’

hose in all the different colors, regular values 35c. We are clearing out the lot now for 18c per pair.

S. A. McDonald

Made to Measure Suits

$15.00

Leave your measure with us and get a suit made#

to-order;-a suit we guarantee to fit and give good satisfaction. The regular values run from $18.00 to 22.00, made to order now for $15.00 a suit.

10.00 Suits

Our special $10.00 suit is made from an all-wool

serge. good quality Italian Lining, in all sizes from 34 to 44 at 10.00 per suit.

Raincoats

We have just received from the manufacturer a

large assortment of mens’ rain proof coats, in tweeds and paramettas-special value, 54 inches long, made military style, all sizes at $5.00. Other lines at $6.50, 7.00, 8.00, 10.00 to 12.00.

New Idea Patterns 10c

The only difference between the New Idea and

other Patterns is the price, the New Idea costs only 10c, all kinds.

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don Times under the caption “The Duty Of Criticism! The The Times article says: ng

"The Government since the war begun. il8V6 °ni°Y9d

an immunity accorded to no other Government in the past; and sucll criticism as has been levelled against them has been directed simply and solely to the more vigorous prosecution of the war. They have suffered no obstruc- tion at all. Nowhere has a voice been raised which could be fairly held to suggest the slightest weakening in our

dcternlillation to win the war."

The “lllliuunity" enjoyed by the British Government is

lieve that much oi’ it wus "directed solely to the more 191 vigorous prosecution of the war." With such criticism Th

always to better conditions but to better the conditions of a political party. Much has been made of the evidences of graft and corruption ill connection with the purchase of horses and equipment for the army. Criticism ill this case was levelled at the Government, while all the ma~

chiilery of the Government was engaged ill ferreting out ou

Not ill the whole history of Canada has any Government it llolle as niucll to expose fraud and graft as has been dolle er

of the Government. Friend aild foe alike came in for ill-

guilty whatever his political lcaiiillgs might be. Had thc A critics here been actuated by the pure and disinterested th

Goverllnient ill its enquiries and coniineilded it for its ini- sa partial dealings with suspicious cases. m

Government alld the people, in a way that was calculated ot to arouse suspicion and to undermine the confidence of

the people, and this at a time when the press was cau- do

tioiled to refrain from such. Even at present, not only W here but elsewhere throughout Canada, movements are W oil foot which the press is strictly forbidden to discuss It and yet questions are being asked alid iilsinllations made in which could not be allswered or refuted without divulging un lllattcrs which ill the interests of the country and of the h Empire should ilot and illllst ilot be divulged. sp

This is no time for that carpiiig criticism which is an

calculated to make people suspicious. There are no ques- k tions connected with thc help given by the island to the h

Empire that cannot be satisfactorily and definitely ans- wered when tlle proper time comes alld those wllo are

trying to make political capital out oi’ these things should ° possess their little souls ln patience till that time comes. W

Ill its issue of yesterday Tile Patriot gives a rehash

of the series of articles it published recently criticizing, the hnancial administration of the Matllieson Government.

We have already disproved all the allegations of our Con- temporary but evidently Mr. J. H. Bell still believes them for The Patriot tells us that it is his arguments it re-

Government of this Island. The Grits bungled the fln- S

During the time Mr. Mathimon led the Opposition he of

home and tax the farmers more as they were not taxed C0'

half enough. Since the present Government came into _____

only one-half of what he had_to. pay under the Liberal

clique. »The statistics show an bsototo decrease in direct

. ~ 3 _ ~/ “ il* '

._;,,t,‘.: _ N Y tl tion of $11,220 in favor' of V lffsrmer, and a relative lf; ‘i ' é-'*'-'*` ‘ decrease of 6 4-5 per cent. While the farmers' taxes were :Q 7"?-,' ~ Q , . __¢ ; _..¢._ decreased $11,220 the revenue of the Province was in-

* ' crsao `

year

News and Edit. Day Phones . 133 would have us believe that is the kind ot Government the Advcrtlllng Ph0n0 ................--............-.1323 people gughe tg have! .

$30.0

I-nerolde, Atherton, Sourls and Montague. hwa

London Office, Marconi Hausa, Strand. W C works, closed its third financial year with an absolute

President . . .. ._ 1 . . .. . .... Ii. A. Bartlett lumber. sufficient for the public works for' the next three Managing Edltor....... R.lurnott years. . , .

commendable; there ilo doubt was criticism and we be~ and

no fault can be foulld. With healthy criticism intended and

to bring about better conditions tio fault can be found. political questions. But perhaps it may be a. case of llllt uilfortunately in this country of ours the aim is not “none being so blind as he who will not see."

the graft and corruption and bringing the guilty to justice. tion has been asked’ "What do the Liberals propose doing

by the present Goverillnent, and the enquiries were not, bo “S has been wo die" me Case' aimed at the opppnents what they would do it with. Tile platform of the Liberal

vestigutiou and justice was inlpartially meted out to the mi

ttenlpts have been made at elaborating it and it has been

motives professed by them they would have helped the reduced to the last analysis the residuum is always the

_ ay vary it somewhat, as the salt tears of the Sanguine

in oilr own province, matters have been aired and an

questioned in conllectioli with patriotic efforts by the may take the form ooh let us int- or "D0 let us in -- but

8 the present stage of’ the campaign. The Liberals, wo

old' some more. and some people may be tellipted to

nowledge any longer is not fnir to the people. Tllcy ave a right to' know.

ther night, related an incident in the House of Contniolls hen the statement was made tllat a certain leader was

- no more to bo compared with his predecessor than a

mise cat was to be compared with a Bengal tiger. The

iilcident is scarcely apropos to the status of the opposing

parties here for even the “house cat" is not yet ill sight.

produces in yesterdays issue. Now we need only repeat f0ii0WinE U19 iiilie D08- in G0rm!1Ily's shell 8111110 0|' in what we have already stated about the financing of the understanding to what end tho 801110 is being Diilyolit

ays an American exchange. Irrespective of such consid-

allcillg of the province almost beyond comprehension. 0I‘8ti0Il»B 0-B lhlii iiS Him I8 i0 lake the United States °“t

again and again oifcrcd to assist them iii bringing about French of the means with which to defend their lands improved rontlltlolls but they steadfastly refused to act against the invading Hun. the American farmer SNS limi on his advice or on his suggestions 'rms' was es. if there is to be an embargo against tho sale of arms and

pccially so with regard to our claims against the Dominion Oiilel' m\miii0ilS 115 C0nU`9»bfm‘i» there mimi i\iS0» mid 1"' I of (‘tlllad:l. But his pleadings and offers were spurned Bviiabiy. be Simiiili' @mbil\'g0 i1l§HiIiB€ U10 S510 Of Amefi' and 0u|-,appeal nmde by the GM; (gave,-nmem fm- mmmon. can foodstuffs and farm products, because these have been at subsidy was turned down with the Curt advrce to go declared contraband by Germany. Cattle, horses, wlleat,

A . ~ . rnEtctIARLo'rrl`rrowN GUARDIAN RA 1 A P " ' . ~ P»*‘f1'= FOUR

ours ‘ ‘

ed $156,000 by Increased Federal subsidies, secured

ome tax and fees on incorporated companies

191! the late Liberal Government closed the fiscal

ing of $15,000. making in all a total deficit of $162,000.

In 1914 the Mathieson Gov nment after spending 00 more on capital account thezii the late Government in 1911. 321.000 on war grants, $7,343 on the_ Lowe

, $31,000 more on education, $8,000 more on public

plus of $10,000, besides $11,250 invested in creosoted

This is the sort oft business Government the people

»__. i ~.§_.; _ ’ h S , _ at sept. so, with ii deficit or t41,soo, and in the two I , d W k rt `A.'5l‘; Q & succeeding months outstanding accounts to the amount ‘ r lii1;`_- a' S / " of $105,862 were paid, leaving further liabilities still out-

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URITY FIIDIJR,

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1 t. B.read;_.-, M . 5 'ET . and b ~

Better ‘ lsrtmlr;

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At All Times 'price for all the feed slle has con.

supplements, this has been fully explained ln our col- .l-I-rea, cow” genuy and avoid ex sum,-,1_

Government paid out oi' the 1914- revenue the follow- . “i amounts into the 1915 accounts: ai

“Weigh the milk of cacli cow at

the end of the year to pay market

umlls and we have proved there is absolutely no f’ounda~ citemeng "Give cows six to eight weeks' est

- ______ tion for the charge made by the Patriot and Mr. Bell that

t - this was done for the purpose of a c u tl S f th miikillg time- Tlle Liberal press of (ansda ls at present ensasifd in C ° “ Hs. o ar as e _,Get your Mighbors to share with

extmmmg jumnmmon for its an/“ks “pon the Govern- ,change affected the surplus of the Government the re- you

nlellt front all article which recently appeared in Tile Lon- Verse iS U19 C8-§9~ The Sullplements, etc., total $18,000 but an

between lactation periods.

“Belong to a dnirry cattle breeders'

association, a cow-testing association allll'evey organization that will help to keep you posted and in touch with the best up-to-date methods of mtln~ aging your dairy herd.”

ill owning a Babcock lnilk tester test the milk of each cow. - - )ist-ard the cow which has failed

War Expenditure . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . $21,000 Lowe Award 7,000 Agricultural Hall, Summerside . . . . . . 14,500 Cwvsvled piles 12,250

An improvement I

'f°*“‘ $44,150 BOARD »

Titus eveli allowing for the $18,000 whi¢h The Patriot M13 Bffii WI’0llBiY claim should have been included in

4 accounts, the Government has o. surplus of $26,750. US we Once again have pleasure in setting The Patriot

its iaieiif i1lSDil‘er, Mr. J. H. Bell, right on current

WHY AND T0 WHOM ?

At every Liberal-Conservative meeting held through- t the province during the present campaign, U10 0005'

by any chance they should be entrusted with the Gov- nment?" And so far there has been no answer. No- dy knows what they would do, what they could do oi'

rty, so far as it has been evolved up to the present gilt be boiled dowil into the one sentence, “Let us in.”

e subject oi' a considerable amount of oratory, but when

me,-"Let us in.” The eurnestnass of the supplialits

8iYBii HNIY Cilllllgo the appearance of his product, and it

herwiss there is ilo essential difference.

It is not necessary to ask what the people are going to about such all appeal as this. They persist ill asking HY there should be ii change of Government aild T0 HOM is the changed Government to be handed over. would save niucll valuable time if this were kliowli dui'-

derstand, have hold some meetings; they will possibly

elld an evening with them in the hope that the “wlly" d the “to whom” may' be divulged. To withhold this

Hon. John McLean, at the meeting in (Tardigan thc

/, Norris gg

ith

in Beaver Board

Sized and Already for Painting

We have just received a carload of Beaver Board, which

is sized and already for Painting. It is moisture-proofed, front and back _by a process of fibre treatment _an_d sizing. The front side is ready to be painted-_no priming coat required. It is stock in panels of the following- . ' 32 and 48” wide and in lengths of 7, 8. 9 and _I0 ft.

We also stock Beaver Tile, which is suitable for Bath-

rooms. etc. It is made the same as Beaver Board but instead of having a pebbled surface it is blocked off to represent tile. When enameled it has the same appearance of glazed

tile.

GET OUR PRICES

=Rubei‘oid-Roofing=

inexpensive---Easily Laid

Rubberoid Roofing is practically used everywhere. It’s

sale has extended beyond the limits of¢lvilization. It is the universal roofing.

Price one ply........................$2.50 per sq. f‘p two “ .... ..3.25 “ “

“ROGERS” ROOFING, guaranteed for ten years, the

next best to Rubberoid. Price.........$2.00 per sq. delivered any station on P. E. Island t

Store Closes Saturday at one o’clock

During July and August `

ihc.l§o2crsi\tir?l\lt<lrc€o

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

The American farmer has no difficulty whatsoever in

the list of neutral nations and deprive Belgiaiis and

n-the same rule must apply to them all.

power it has consistently carried out the programme it _-

rcxiult, that now-a-tlays everything is flourishing in the ‘O province, none of its services arc starved and everybody * with the exception of the Patriot machine, is satisfied. Tile groucll of Tile Patriot niaclline is, as we have said before, against the popularity and success of the Mathie- son regime. There has been nothing to parallel it in the history of the province. Ili li brief three years the pro-

O§i§'l‘l"l'

all the public services are well, efficiently and economi- cally administered, the farmers are more lightly taxed than under filo Liberals and every honest farmer and citizen wllo has ilo particular axe to grind stands as one man behind the Matllleson Government. Mr. Bell, as sllown by The Po.triot's article, claims that the farmer ig more heavily taxed nowtlian under the Grit regime. lt is interesting to recall the comparison we have already made on this question, as it shows conclusively the benent

conferred on the farmers by the efllclont Conservative administration; "S

Tblt il. under the Msthiuoii Government, the former

drafted and advocated while in opposition, and witll this ‘**.*****‘*****

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DAILY SELECTIOHS -|-

viilce has risen from bankruptcy to comparative ndluencc; ¢|»r|§t|lO§O§OOl1»§§

A poem of cheer, so good

that it has been credited to t various English and Ameri- can authors. hli 8'- iilii D00" traced to its rightful author. Douglas Malloch, Assistalrt Editor of "The American

Lumberman," of Chicago.

‘ l l 'ts id it rllirt. l.tsEnAL Taxes lN 1911. i.0rti:ni'v: had enough lin'

Out of a total revenue of $375,000 the f rm ld R°“°“ fm' °°iPPi”i“t~ $58,650 in Land and Road Taxes. A om pa Ram an' storm have mme t°

I Skies were often gray;

coNsEnvA'rtvs Taxes lu 1914. Thorns sn' brnmblel have

‘ beset' me

` li' . 7 x I _

I I Out of a total revenue of $531,000 the farmers paid 2rn~t|_h?¢rg:g tggdylyu' Q I . . ,$47,430 in Land and Road Taxes. Whags me use of always

tg . , ln ether words. under i.ini'in,ir. iwiin the farmers w°°»l\\’- ~

,‘;,.f,;._,'l,;§1,:f, _pats $15.60 out or every :too of Revenue. Milifill' "'°“"'° 1”" fvz, '°' l under cousnnv/rrivn npcs: the farmers nhl aasoi w“°"pf,2;m. “'° °' ""'”' , o -

t i 1 . < " . -' » ou ° "ny s 0° °‘ R°'°”"°' . 'rlimlrio of the nut? , 128 lU¢|ilIl0ilU"§\f5Ci » WW' E

Each must have ills tribula-

tion.

\Vliter with his wine.

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FUR UUIRDIIII READERS

Furnished

by W. 8. Loulon.

As time wills it so.

Y Yesterday ti. cloud o(~ sorrow

Fell across the way;

It may rain again tomorrow,

It may rain-but, say.

T0-DAY.

Aln't it fine today.

Life it aln't no celebration.

Trouble? l've had mine-l_

But today is flue.

lt's today that I am livin,’

Not a month ago, ‘ -

lIaviil', losin', takin', glvin‘,

_li

Better Quality Wall Board ---Lowest Possible Prices

If you want wall board-want the

strong and durable kind, it will pay you well to call and get our prices.

The wall board we sell is ofa superior

quality, but our prices are no higher and in some cases lower than you must pay else- where for the inferior article.

_ Call today and let us furnish you with an

estimate for supplying your requirements.

Fennell & Chandler

Victoria Row ,

F 1 I

f at-1 4--4%'-#F

` Midsummer Sale in Footwear-

tire this world is mtl sr Ladies ite Suede Boots Pum s and Button Oxfords at40 c discount

trouble-

at 25 p. c off.

double . Women’s Tan Button

frst me.

womens colored canvas oxford; srss for $1.00 also while derives colonial Pumps

and Laced Boots (good year) $3.75 for $2.19.

tl Women’s and Misses’ Patent and Dongola Blucher Oxfords $2.10 for $1.49.

Women's Don80i8 Strap Slippers $1.1 for 89c. A lot of M_en's Boots Tan and Black $6.00 nowl$4.50-$5.00 now $4.00-$4.50 now $3.50 Men's Split Plow Boots $1.50, suitable for Haying and Harvest.

Men’s Oxfords Tan a_nd Black $4.00 to $5.00 now $2:49.

An assorted lot of Childs' Canvas Shoes, Sandals and Slippers at 50c.

Be prompt and you'll be the gainer.

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