Centre Street at
Christmas is Less Than 4 Weeks Away
Each day now sees new and delightful additions to this store's holiday attire.
May we urge upon you the importance of shopping early? By so doing you'll not
only be able to choose from assortments that are fresh and unbroken. You'll also
be giving your own personal Christmas gift to the people behind the counter.
Whittall
We handle Whittall Rugs and Carpets because we know from 16 years' exper
ience they are the best without exception.
From a standpoint of artistic beauty and wearing worth, once they enter the
home, Whittall Rugs become a treasured luxury.
We carry in stock a splendidly representative line of Whittall products, a stock
wholly unrivaled in size and variety; and as we are the sole distributors of Oil City
we invite your inspection.
The Leading Whittall Rugs.
ANGLO-PERSIAN The finest Wilton Rug made in America. 6x9 feet, $35.00 ;
8-3x10 feet 6 inch, $51.60; 9x12 feet, $57.00; 11-3x16 feet, $97.50.
ROYAL WORCESTER The celebrated Royal Wilton quality. 6x9 feet, $26.76;
8-3x10 feet 6 inch, $39.50; 9x12 feet, $43.00; 11-3x15 feet, $74.00.
CHLIDEMA BODY BRUSSEL Example of finest Brussel weave. 6x9 feet,
$19.50; 8-3x10 feet 6 inch, $28.76; 9x12 feet, $31.50; 11-3x16 feet, $54.00. .
Whittall Carpetings
Have the same wearing qualities combined with the most artistic patterns and col
orings, in small and large effects, in light and dark colorings, suited to every room in
the house.
Whittall Body Brussels in Carpet, border and stair to match.
Full line of Whittall Matchless Wiltons to match rugs.
Whittall Plushes in plain colors of exquisite beauty.
Range of price from $1.86 to $3.86 per yard.
Oil City's B&nking Resoirces
Amount to
From Latest Sworn Statements.
$11,208,074.01
With
$6,087,661.80
of the above total, we are equipped to handle your business, large or small.
Oil City Trust Company
Oil City, Pa.
JOKE OF ENGLISH JUDGE
Found Scotsman's Case so Exceptional
That He Excused Him From
Jury Duty.
Summoned to serve upon a special
Jury In the king's bench division. Sir
George Douglas of Sprlngwood Park,
Kelso, who has a town house In En
nlsmore gardens, asked Mr. Justice
Darling to excuse him from service
on the ground that he had not occu
pied the latter place for a year and.
t half. He said he had come from
Scotland In answer to the summons
and wished to return at once.
Mr. Justice Darling Have you
served on Juries In Scotland?
Sir George I have never done so,
but I am liable.
Mr. Justice Darling Do you want to
go back to Scotland?
Sir George Yes.
Mr. Justice Darling When do you
want to go back? because I thought
that Scotsmen never wanted to go
back to Scotland. (Laughter.)
Sir George I want to go back im
mediately tomorrow If I can.
Mr. Justice Darling As a tempta
tion to stay you may earn a guinea
If you care, but In the circumstances
a Scotsman wishing to return to Scot
land when he might make money In
England being so exceptional I think
I will excuse you. (Renewed laugh
ter.) Pall Mall Gazette.
A 8lgn.
Whenever two pretty girls kiss each
other It Is a sign that there is some
thing wrong with the system of con
serving our natural resources.
Women That Need Rest
It la not the women who work who
Deed rest cures, but those who are
worn out doing nothing, and doing It
badly.
Followed Each Other Closely.
Knlcker "Do you have a new cook
often 7" Subbubs "We have them
close enough together to be twins."
Puck.
Elm, Oil City, Pa.
Rugs.
NOT MRS. NAGGITT
Mr. Naggitt It was a good thing for
fonah that you weren't his wife.
Mrs. Naggitt Why so?
Mr. Naggitt You would never have
iccepted that whale story as an excuse
'or staying away from liome for three
lays and nights.
CRY OF THE INJURED.
The Uulldog I tell you, Mutt, dere
aught to be a law passed prohlbltln'
tramps from wearln' pants over derc
wooden legs!
DEFENDING THE GUILTY MAN
Frederick A. Brown's Story Illustrates
the Conditions That 8ometlrr.es
Confront thai Lawyer.
Frederick A. Brown, a well known
Chicago lawyer, told the following
story at a recent dinner:
"Attorneys are frequently asked
how thy can defend men whom they
know to be guilty. The reply Is that
we seldom If ever know that they are
gntlty. I once, however, became the
unwilling attorney of a man whom I
knew to be guilty.
"I was In Judge Brentano's court,
waiting for a trlnl to be called, when
a negro was brought In, charged with
highway robbery. Judge Brentano,
finding that he had no attorney, di
rected me, against my protest, to de
fend htm.
"I took the colored man aside and
said. 'Well, are you guilty?" and to my
surprise he replied, 'Well, boss, they
found the pocketbook on me and have
twenty witnesses to prove It. He then
went on to tell me that he had
snatched a woman's pocketbook on
Thirty-ninth street and Cottage Grove
avenue on a Saturday afternoon, ran
west In Thirty-ninth street, turned up
an alley, with a crowd after him, who
caught him as he was getting over a
six-foot board fence.
"In looking at the indictment I
found that he was Indicted under the
habitual criminal act, under which he
could be sent to the penitentiary for
forty years. I returned to the court
room and Insisted that Judge Bren
tano should appoint some other lawyer,
which he refused to do. I then made
the proposition to the prosecutor that
If he would waive the habitual crimi
nal count I would have my man plead
guilty and save the cost of a trial.
"This was agreed to, the darky was
delighted, pleaded guilty, and received
the minimum sentence. After It was
all over the darky turned to me and
said, 'Boss, that was so easy that I
believed If, you half tried you would
have got me clean off.' "
German Court Balls.
In the German court balls not all
those who are Invited are permitted to
take part In the dances which the
Kaiser witnesses.
The Kaiser has no love for "the
quick and slovenly." Many months
before the ball the selected couples
rehearse the dnnres under the direc
tion of Frauleln Gaspernl, mistress of
the court ballet. The Kalserln criti
cises freely the ladles and gentlemen
who show any shortcomings. The or
dlnary rehearsals take place In one
of the chambers of the palace, but the
final rehearsal Is held on the eve of
the ball, at the residence of one of the
invited.
The Princesses royal carry trains
held by two pages, but the other la
dles have to manage their own. For
married ladies the length prescribed
Is about 11 feet 6 Inches, the trains
of the other ladles being rather mory
than half a yard less.
Newspaper Cornea First.
Men may read the newspaper hur
rledly, but they are never too hurried
to rtad it. The newspaper covers in
terests that they cannot neglect. A
magazine will safely bear neglect for
a month or two. But nobody wants to
overlook today's newspaper. Print
ers' Ink.
Free ! Free !
Regular $2.50 Sweater
Coats Free with Ladies'
Coats'and Suits this week.
Grandest Free
We bought over 1,000 Women's
and Overcoats at Half Price.
IVS
nai, oiiora, wnue or navy, iree.
The above
jonnny coats or heel length in chin
chilla, cheviot, broadcloth, plush or
caricul. Fiee Sweater coats.
Fur SaJe.
Buy your Furs here. We guaran
tee to save you half or better.
Furs in Scarfs, Muffs and Sets.
Lynx, Marten, Fox, Squirrel, Coney
or Mink.
NEW WAY OF SAVING MONEY
How a Number of Working Glrla Ars
Accumulating a Fund for
Vacation Trips.
Some girls working In a certain
trust company have organized a most
unusual method of saving money for
their vacation trips. Two of the girls
out of the thirty-live that have en
tered Into the plan are appointed trus
tees, and the first Saturday In July
(any month can bo chosen) each girl
pars Just two cents. With thirty-five
girls that makes seventy cents, which
Is duly deposited by the trustees In
the bank.
Beginning with the week following;,
the assessment grows to four cents,
then six cents the next week, and so
on. Increasing two centB each week,
but the Increase is so very gradunl
that It Is no groat effort to put the
amount away.
The following June the money ' Is
drawn out and each girl receives the
amount that she has paid In, which
would be $25.50, the saving beginning
In July plus about $t Interest. You
will readily see that the amount saved
will provide a girl with a nice two
weeks' vacation and It Is almost like
finding money. Until Christmas,
when they need money most, the as
sessments are nominal, the "big" ones
coming In TiCnt, when one does not
need so much spending money.
As the rule was made In the begin
ning that anyone who failed to pay
would lose what she had already put
In. everyone makes It a point to pay
promptly. One good clause In the
laws stipulates that If any girl loses
her position or marries she can with
draw the amount that she has put in.
Harper's Bazar.
Peculiar Western Banks.
The difference between the Amer
ican east and west so strongly empha
sized by rhetoricians and meteorolo
gists extends even to the banking sys
tem. In the west they lend money on
reputation, In the enst on security.
On a day In June Inst, six little banks
In Seattle had lent on Individual oi
firm notes without any other security
than the names $8,597,000; while the
whole national bank group In New
York had lent on similar paper only
a little more than $9,000,000. On that
same day, In San Francisco, the loans
of this sort amounted to more than
$47,000,000.
The western system Is one of credit
based upon Industry, and upon much
closer and more accurate knowledge
of the man himself than can ever be
possible In the bigger eastern cltlea,
World's Work.
Allen Property Holders.
The law of the land respects the
right of citizen and alien alike to have
and to hold property. The alien res
ident in the United States may dis
pose of his property by will with the
same feeling of security as the Ameri
can. This Is equally true of the
alien who has taken steps to make
himself a citizen of the country.
Good for Evil.
A more glorious victory cannot ba
gained over another man than this,
that when the Injury began on his
part the kindness should begin on
ours. Tillotson.
Monarch Clothing Co.
Itaisgitig
Winter Coasts.
Grandest winter coats ever shown at half
with an elegant all-wool $3.00 Sweater Coat
$22.50 coats at $14.50
$18.00 coats at . 11.98
$16.50 coats at 10.98
$14.50 coats at 9.98
$12.00 coats at 6.98
$13.50 coats at 7.98
coats are in all styles
pjt
Popular Prices.
Monarch Clothing
Oil Exchange Block. Oil
Suits to Order, $12.60 to $36.00.
"Dressing"
Will Form An Important Number on
This Week's Program.
You should consider well your own Dressing, as well as that on the festive bird.
Thanksgiving Day will mean more to you if you are dressed properly for the occasion.
If your Suit or Overcoat bears our label you will have every reason to be thankful.
You can be thankful in the knowledge that at the price you pay, be it
$6.00 or $60.00,
You have the best value obtainable in this country. Come in and try on. The visit will do us
both good.
"A Good Store to Trade At."
T.
A.
P.
Oil CitJ, l'a.
Butter and Egg Money
of farmers' wives and daughters
should be promptly sent by mall
to this popular bank, which has
thousands of depositors in the
country. Uncle Sam's rural post
men are thoroughly reliable, and
will register your valuable letters
for a small fee.
SEND YOUR FIRST DEPOSIT
OR WRITE FOR BOOKLET F. L.
PITTSBURGH BANK
FOR SAVINGS
4t Avi. and SmitMiild St, Plttsfsrfli, Pi.
0,lCity,Pa.
Prescription lens grinders
iur me eyes, puis t oiiegi
nlclj' trained autl inter
nationally endorsed
lint' i r.n.rr1-
Ilehiiid (he Juns.
NO DROPS. RESULTS DEFINITE.
Artificial Eyes in Moek.
Both 'Phones.
Offer In Oil City's History.
and Children's Coats and 300 Men's and Boys' Suits
Men's Suits and Overcoats.
A handsome lot of Men's Suits and Overcoats at
prices nearly half, with a $2.50 Sweater Coat in white,
navy or oxford, or a new Hat, free.
$22.50 suits and overcoats.. ....$14.50
$18.00 suits and overcoats... .... 11.98
$16.50 suits and overcaats... ... 10.98
$10.00 suits and overcoats 6.98
$12.00 suits and overcoats 7.98
Above in fine Kersey, Cheviot and Melton in full
length or Presto styles. All desirable lengths. Hat or
Sweater Coat Free.
Free Caps or Gloves.
A good Cap with Fur turn down or an elegant pair
of Kid Gauntlet Gloves Free with Boys' and Children's
Suits and Overcoats. Free today.
$3.50 suits and overcoats.. ....$1.98
$4.00 suits and overcoats.. ... 2.98
$5.00 suits and overcoats.. 3.98
$7.50 suits and overcoats.. ... 4.98
Gloves.
50c wool gloves 39c 75c railroad gloves 48c
$1.50 gloves $1.00 Asbestos gloves 25c, 50c
their
in
price, i
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HANDKERCHIEF BAZAR.
Friday, Nov. 29.
In this manner we formally inaugurate the 1912 Christmas season.
Thousands of Handkerchiefs, our own importation, bought sway last
March. A Handkerchief display that will surpass anything of its kind ever
attempted in this city, surpassing in beauty, extent and variety Handker
chief showings made by stores many times the size of this. And you'll be
astounded at the little prices to be in force.
The Coat or Suit
Wanted specisl for Thanksgiving. Not too late. Note the special prices on
both quoted below and get here as early as possible.
One hundred Odd Suits and Coats pricd as follows:
Some $16.00 Coats $10.00
Some 16.50 Coats 11.60
Some $18.60 Suits $12.60
Some 20.00 Suits 14.00
"Koko" Messaline Waists, $1.29. 1
A handsome light weight fabric that
silk messaline. Brilliant lustrous black.
Company,
City, Pa.
Shim to Order, (2.00 to $1100.
T.
A.
P.
Oil City, Pa.
Saturday, Nov. 30
Some $18.60 Coats $13.60
Some 20.00 Coats 16.00
Some $26.00 Suits $18.60
Some 27.60 Suits 19.60
has all the appearance of a black
Free! Free! .
A $2.00 Sweater Coat or
a $2.50 new Hat Free with
Men's Suits or Overcoats.
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dui.