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f - The -Distinctive Garment Store
Shirts made to order $2.00 and
upward.
Suits made to order $16.00 end
upward.
Centre Street at
Our January
Commences Monday.
January 19, 1914.
Bigger and Better Than
Dollars in Savings on hite Merchandise to the People of this
Community.
Bigger and Better Than Ever Before.
There's a reason, and a strong one, for this broad state.
ment. Ever since the Fall season . commenced in earnest, we
have been righting the weather man. He has interfered with
every one of our plans until now,' with our thoughts - turning
toward the new spring goods,
clear the decks for action.
A Sweeping Clearance Carrying All Our. Winter
Stocks Before It, and Leaving Behind a Store
lieady to Receive New, Fresh Merchandise
That's the Object of It.
Only One Thing Counts Now,
And that is to rid this store, absolutely and entirely, of every
vestige of winter merchandise. So we are using the only sure
and quick method, a clearing movement in which prices are
forced down in defiance of costs, profits and regular values.
The Sale Begins Monday, Jan. 19. You Know
Our January Clearance Sale and What It Stands
For This Will Be the Greatest We Have Ever
Held.
The Usual Fare Rebates r Will Be
Allowed On All Clearance Sale
Purchases.
The Federal Reserve Act
Will not provide You with a reserve for those years of least
earning capacity. Your own thrift and foresight must do that.
Begin the Saving Habit now. Mail us your savings and we
will add
Four Per Cent. Interest.
Oil City Trust Company
Oil City, Pa.
Findi Auto, But Not the Owner.
Charles Thomas, a farmer near
V.'oodYhuck, Pa., Iins In his posesslon
an automobile, and as lie has had It
for spverul days without getting any
Trace of its owner lie is beginning to
think he owns the car. Thomas found
the ear partly turned over and almost
burled In a snowbank leading to his
home. Front and rear lights were
burning, but there was no trace of the
occupants. Thomas was directed to
krep the car by the local authorities.
Says Wife Smokes Cigarets in Bed.
"If your wife smokes cigarets while
tn bed disturbing your rest and en
danfcering your life by Are, and refuses
to (uit the huhlt at your constant
pleadings, It Is sufficient grounds for
you to absent yourself from her even
to the extent of failing to provide for
her food and lodging." Such In effect
was the ruling of Justice Carmltiiael
silting in Washington, Pa., In the case
of Daniel Klslier charged by bis wife
with desertion and nonsupport.
Only One Drunk During Year.
East Washington, the borough with
1 ,r,00 population Just east of Washing
ton, Pa., lays claim to being the Utopia
of Pennsylvania and advances argu
ments to give ground for Its conten
tion. The entire sum received In fines
during 1913 was $2.50, which resulted
from the only arrest made In the
borough during the year when a man
very visibly Intoxicated was gathered
in. The lone drunk of the year was
fined $2.50 and settled.
Revival Cut Cost of Living.
As the result of a revival by Rev.
John West, a Seventh Day Adventist,
at Mt. Uraddock, six miles south of
Conncllsvllle, Ph., there bus been a
decline In the cost of living there.
One of the teachings of Mr. West I
the devil Is In hogs and that to eat
of the meat Is a sin. Numerous per
sons have disposed of their hogs at
bargain prices to eat no more. Mt.
Praddnck is a mining town with about
1,000 population.
Production Record Broken.
The production record at the Karrell
coking plant of the Carnegie Steel
company for the past year was broken
by approximately 25,000 tons.
Elm, Oil City, Pa.
Clearance -Sale
Ever, It Will Bring -Thousands of
we are absolutely compelled to
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Pittsburg, Jan. 13.
Cattle Choice, S8.G0I&8.85: prime,
$8.40fc8.60: good, $3.1.rffi 8.35; fair.
$7.2507.75; common, $6.50g7; heif
ers. $5.50f;8j common to good fat
bulls, $4. 504 7.50; common to good fat
cows, $.1.50ff7; fresh cows and spring
ers. $60(i(90.
Sheep and tambs Prime wethers,
$5.65 t?i 5.90; good mixed, 5.255.60;
fair mixed, $4.50fft5; culls and com
mon, $2(5 3.50; lambs, $58.25; veal
calves, $12(012.50; heavy and thin
calves, $7(5 8.
Hogs Prime heavy, $8.40; heavy
mixed, $8.40fl8.45; mediums, heavy
Yorkers, light Yorkers and pigs, $8.50;
roughs, $7.257.60; stags, $6.507.'
. Cleveland, Jan. 13.
Cattle Choice fat steerB, $7.508;
good to choice, $7(fi7.50; choice heif
ers, $6.50fi'7; mllubers and springers,
$i0fi80.
Hogs Yorkers, $8.46; mixed, $8.45;
heavies, $8.45; pigs and lights, $8.45;
stags, $6.75(f?7.
Sheep Mixed. $4.75(f? 5.25; bucks,
$:i.50fi4.r0: culls, $34t4.
Calves Good to choice, $12 12.25;
heavy and common, $6(9.60.
Chicago, Jan. 1.1. '
Hogs Receipts, 48,000 head. Bulk
of sales, $8.20ift 8.35; light, $8.05(3
8.30; mixed. $8.10(fi 8.40; heavy, $8.10
i8.40; rough, $8.10 8.15; pigs,
$8.75?i8.
Cattle Receipts. 29,000 head.
Peeves, $6.65 i 9.30; Texas steers,
$6. 85(88; stockers and feeders, $5(fJ
7.40; cows and heifers, $3.40(8.30;
calves, $7.B0(fT12.
Sheep Receipts, 43,000 head. Na
tive, I4.85fi6.05; yearlings, - $5.90
7.05; lambs, native, $6.75fj 8.25.
Wheat May. 91Tfc.
Corn May, 657H.
Oats May, 397.
Kast Buffalo, Jan. 13.
Cattle Receipts, 600 head. Market
steady.
Hogs Receipts, 12,000 head. Heavy,
mixed Yorkers and pigs, $8.60(fj 8.65;
roughs. $7.60(fi7.75; Btags, $6ff?7;
dairies, $S.B0((i8.65.
Sheep Receipts, 14,000 head.
Lambs, $5.50i5 8.40; yearlings, $5(fi
7.25; wethers, $5.75(fT6.25; ewes, $39
5.75; mixed. $5.60ffi 5.85. "
V
One-Day Wonder. ;
Clearance Beautiful New Winter
Suits" Marked Down
r or
Quick Selling.
$,
8 Suits that
$27.60 to $32.50
16 Suits that sold for
12 Suits that sold for
6 Suits that sold for
Choice of them all for
A COAT SALE
That was successful from the start because the
quality and price were really unusual.
The values we are giving are such that every
Coat we sell seems to send back new customers
to get some of the bargains. Make it a point to
come here at once and see them.
The Distinctive
Henry J.
111 CENTRE ST.,
rwUlitWIIBE,
DECLARES FORD
Labor Trdbla Threats Did Not
Bring Inut Profit Sharing
TALKS OF INTERESTING PLAN
Share of Profits For Share of Work
la Motor Car Magnate's Idea of In
dustrial Equity Comment on Plan,
Among the many hundreds of auto
mobile manufacturers in New York to
attend the auto show none is com
mending the attention of Henry Kord
of the Kord Motor company, the con
cern which recently announced an ex
tensive profit sharing plan for Us
wcrkmen.
According to the plan, which went
Into effect last Monday, the minimum
wage for employes in the Ford works
Is now $5 for an eight-hour day. Where
there were formerly two shifts a day
there are three now, affording em
ployment to about 4.000 more men.
The Kord company expects to distrib
ute $10,000,000 this way during the
year.
Newspaper men hurled question
after question at Ford regarding the
motives behind his firm's recent an
nouncement. "I don't believe In charity," he went
on. "Do you? A man or woman Is
entitled to what he earns, but not to
more than that. If he works and Is
paid a decent wage he does not need
or want any charity or philanthropy.
He deserves to be as Independent as
anybody else and wants to be."
Mr. Ford was asked about reports
that the International Workers of the
World, by their efforts to Invade the
open shop field of the automobile In
dustry In Detroit, had had something
to do with his decision to share profits
with his workmen.
"Haven't had any labor troubles
since I've been In business," he re-'
plied. "Detroit Is an open shop town
and we have paid higher wages than
anybody else, so why should we have
labor troubles?
"No, we were not forced Into our
present plan by labor troubles or any
thing else. Our policy Is to make 20,
000 or 30,000 contented and happy
rather than make a few millionaires."
Asked about earlier "welfare" work
among his employes Mr. Ford said:
"We have tried to find out where
each employe's money went. We
maintain a staff of twenty-eight phy
sicians and two nurses In Detroit to
look after our employes. We have In
stalled every safety device that has
seemed practical.
"The only thing we don't tolerate
Is drunkenness. Where the physicians
report that an employe's wages are
going for drink we try to persuade
him to change his habits."
MAY SUE MJNEW0RKERS
Central Pennaylvania Coal Operators
Figuring on Move.
According to a statement given out
In Philadelphia by the Association
of Bituminous Coal Operators of
central Pennsylvania a committee of
that body Is considering the ques
tion of bringing suits against the Unit
ed Mlneworkers of America, as an or
ganization and Individually, as a re
sult of alleged violations of a con
tract between the operators and union
miners In the central Pennsylvania
soft coal fields.
A suggestion made in the associa
tion's meeting was that under a re-
sold for $20.00
11 Suits that sold for $22.50 t
i. dims, mat som ior $zo.uu
'All now at $10.00.
Suits
$27.50
$30.00
$32.50
-
$15 !
Garment Store
McCarty,
OIL CITY, !A.
cent decision of the federal courts
labor organizations could be held liable
for damage resulting to the operators
by the closing down of the mines In
violation of a contract.
The committee appointed by the
operators is to list alt strikes In vio-.
lntion of the contract, to ascertain
from each Individual operator the dam
ages suffered and to report in thirty
days as to Instituting actions for the
recovery of damages.
"WILD MAN OF MANAYUNK"
Strange Looking Creature Sent to
WorkhouseSpeech Mystifies.
On the complaint of several women
of Manayunk, near Philadelphia, a
man was brought into police court of
that place. Magistrate Grells declared
him to be the wildest, looking speci
men ever brought there and sent him
to the house of correction for six
months.
The man had been living in the
woods all winter, according to the
police, and when arrested had Icicles
dnngllng from his hair and beard
w'llch hung down on his breast and
back. His shoes were tied on and ills
clothes consisted mostly of burlap
bags held in place by strings. His
gutteral speech could not be under
stood by the interpreter, who knows
ten languages.
He Is known as the "wild man of
Manayunk."
Estate Awaits Claimant.
An estate of nearly $6,000 bank de
posits and five acres of Improved land
near Jamestown, Pa., awaits a
claimant. No heir to the estate Is
known and It probably will revert to
the state. The money represented
years of toll In the mines by William
Lee, who died Nov. 18.
12 Killed In Mine Explosion.
Five whitey and seven negroes wer
killed In a mine explosion In Tnsca
loosa county, Ala.
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT?
Report That President Will Name
Former Chief Executive.
It was stated In New Haven, Conn.,
by a man whq had just returned from
Pass Christian, Miss., where President
Wilson is spending his vacation, that
the president was considering the ap
pointment of Professor ,. William
Howard Taft as chief Justice of the
supreme court to succeed Chief Justice
Edward B. White when he retires be
cause of the age limit.
Professor Taft was asked If ho
would make any comment on the an
nouncement that he was to succeed
Chief Justice White, to which he re
plied: "I must ask to be excused from com
menting on the matter."
When asked If he would accept the
place If tendered him Professor Taft
begged to be excused from discussing
the subject at all.
IN THE SIDE SHOW PERHAPS
Applicant For Citizenship Tells Where
to Find Senators.
State senators played In a new
classification by an Italian who was
desirous of becoming a citiien of the
United Stutes.. lie was being ex
amined for admission before Justice
Crane In New York.
"What is a state senntor?" he was
asked.
"I don't know," was the reply.
"Did you ever see one?"
"Oil, yes. I see them."
"Where?"
After considerable thought the mnn
replied: "They keep them tn circuses."
Chicago School Teachers Laid Up.
Hundreds of school children In Chi
cago received no Instructions last
w'pk because of Illness among the
teachers.
Caught With the Goods.
T. Read our big clearance sale ad. on
A. Page 1 and you will Jearn what we
mean by the above heading.
Sale commences Jan. 15th and ends
Feb. 1st. Get in on these real bargains.
Oil City, Pa.
To Marry: Miss Belle Willard
. and Kermit Roosevelt
It is announced at Richmond, Va.,
that Miss Btlle H. Willard, daughter
of the ambassador to Spain, is en
gaged to marry Kermit Roosevelt, ton
of the former president.
HIRES MURDERER
Despondent Man Gives Foreigner $30
, to Kill Him.
William Lechtenfeld paid $30 for
his own murder. That's the conclu
sion reached by Berwick (Pa.) officers
who have been Jnvestigating the mys
tery of the shooting of Lechtenfeld on
Dec. 19. His body was found In Bri.-.r
Creek township bullet riddled.
Lechtenfeld, they say, furnished the
revolver, bought the cartridges, hired
the assassin to commit the deed and
stood In the bushes while the fellow
aimed and fired.
To prove this state constabulary of
ficers have an amazing array of evi
dence. The motive of the crime was
lacking from the first. There was
every Indication of suicide with the
physical Impossibility of It. He had
threatened suicide by poisoning and
shooting, but feared doing so, because
he believed his soul would be damned.
In a saloon he offered money to a
man to kill, him and It has been es
tablished that he left the saloon with
a strange foreigner, although nothing
was thought of It at the time.
Aqed Wcmao Dies In Church.
While attending services In a West
Philadelphia church Mrs. Sarah A.
I.andln, eighty-four years old, was
stricken with heart failure and dld
before she could be removed from her
pew. The aged woman had Joined in
singing the opening hymn before she
was taken ill.
Married Man Accused of Slavery.
Frank Adams, aged thirty-eight,
married and the father of four chil
dren living in Buffalo, was arrested In
Erie, Pa., on a white slave charge.
With him was arrested Clara Wetste'.l,
aged sixteen, also of Buffalo. They
waived extradition and will be taken
back.
Does Not Care to Fight.
The New York, New Haven, and
Hartford railroad agrees to give up
steamship and trolley holdings to
avoid federal suit.
Thief Is Considerate.
"You are not to blame for that,"
said a considerate highwayman to Tt.
B. Whaley in McKeesport, Pa., when
he held up Whaley and relieved him
of $1.50. The robber said he needed
a larger sum but that If he had any
hick he would get It.
Fall on Sidewalk Kills Aged Man.
William Butler, aged seventy-two,
died at the Pittsburg hospital from in
juries sustained when he fell on the
Icy pavement.
Paragon of Parrots.
Customer -But Is he n good bird? I
mean. I hope tie doesn't use dremlful
Inngunge. Denier-'Es n wiint Intly:
sings '.vinns beutitifiil. I nd some par
rots wot used to swenr sometliliiK nw
ful, but If you'll believe uie, liuly, this
'ere lilnl converted the lot London
BystantliT.
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Sale CoJendr
Showing which departments and on what day sales will occur during this
present week:
Thursday, 15th Notions, White Goods, Costume Velvets, Fancy
Waists, Belts.
Friday, 16th Curtain Goods, Neckwear, Silkolenes, Silk Hand Bags.
Saturday, 17th Knit Underwear, Corsets, Flannels.
Monday, 19th Leather Bags, Fancy Wash Goods, Flannel Skirts.
Tuesday, 20th Prints, Embroideries, Jersey Leggins, Knit Petticoats.
Wednesday, 21st Art Goods, Umbrellas, Mercerized Petticoats.
Entering Upon the Second
Week
of the January Clearance Sale with enthusiasm and an aggressive energy
born of the splendid success which this sale has already achieved.
Proving that there Is no better or more satisfactory method of con
ducting a sale.
One department at a time, a day to each department except as origi
nally noted in the Second Floor Garment Section after the January Clear
ance Sale Price has been put on a garment that price remains in force 'till
every rack and every cabinet is cleared.
1 1 1 1
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ffivMlkJ'u'j tbTUMy "'"'." without Menacing strength or
kaktjfl itia tncMlMt brMch-kiiing ahotgun rr built.
p. , ' M"mjl' "'I Solid bud Breach (.inside tn well m onO Solid Top-Side
EJetlon-MUed But! (winch co( $4.uU exlra on ollu-r guns) Prna Button Cartridve
Release Uo remove loaded cartridges quickly from m.nr.ninr nnhoiit M-niking throuli anion)
fjuoie extractors-lake-Down rtur Irlsser and Hammer Safety. Handles rapidly;
guaranteed in shooting ability; price standard Grade "A" tun, f 22.80.
Send g stamps postage for Ma; catalog drvrfblng ,'o.
" A. ft, (', , T and Trap Special anil all other
ZZw&t rrpratinir rifles and shotguns. Do It now I
Tf vmt atf-innf 8 riflc Jl''l or shota-un, yen thould have I copy of the Ideal Hand
s J VI 14 Oliuui Book 110 prnrcs of u-i fill information for shooters, ll tells all about
powilera, bullets, primers and reloading tools for nil standard rifle, pistol ami shotenn
ammunition: how to measure powdera accurately; rhows you how to cut your ammunition
fipcnse In half anil do more ae, b'ttcr shetirir. This book l free to aey shooter who will
send three atampa postone to Tho Marlln l-'iuarms Co., ii Willow St., New Haven. Conn.
Starved Himself to Deatn,
llnimi'i' strike rpriirdx were broken
some rent's iiko lay n 1'i'eiirhiiiiin
nnmi'd Ci'imle. tvhii wnx nm-siiil for
murder In rlrriiiiistiiiire which left
no iloulit n to his L'ullt. He ih'ti'i'iiiln
ed to starve himself tn denth In tinier
tn escape the i;iillliitliit n ml from the
day of Ills nrrest refused to ent. In
spite of every effort on the pnrt of the
prison mitlmiitlfK, who first Hied
tempting liini to ent by plnrlntf the
most dainty men Is In his cell n ltd when
that fulled ntteiupteil forcible feci I In;;.
Grnnle held out for sixty three days,
at the end of which time he tiled.
A Renewed Struggle.
"My old burlier bus left the city."
"You seem very regretful."
"Yes: he hinl been trylnu to sell me
a bottle of hall' tunic for the past (If
teen .vein's, mid so far I had succeeded
In standing him off. Now I shall have
to start the battle nil over with u new
mutt "-Louisville Coiiiier-.lonriMl.
A Grave Danger,
"Madam, your pet I'ckliu'se epnnlel
bit one of the children on the street In
the face this luiirnliiu "
"(iiMxl lien vens. my poor little dog!
I know none nl' the children about here
have their faces antiseptically wash
ed "-Haiti more Americau.
Scarce Strings.
Parke - I'.llilat Is certainly tied to his
wife's tipi'iiu strings. I. a tie Well, In
these days he Is lucky If he lias a wife
with n pro ti strings.- I.il'e.
Close.
Hess I'liollie Is certainly n peach
but he wiiii t uive nie an euKiiucuii'tit
rinir. .less Perhaps he's n clinkstone
- Host" ill Post.
The man who feels certain thnt he
Will lint succeed is seldom, if e'vr.
uilstuUeii.
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A.
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Oil City, Pa.
1 2-Gaugo
Hammerless
Pump"
Guns
- ipi - tinK. bcautifiilfy.
77ie 77?arIn firearms Co.,
42 Willow Street, New Haven, Conn.
rrescriplloii leu grinders
for I lie ryes plu Ctollegi
ntely I rained anil inter
nationally endorsed
Heli I nd (he timis.
NO DROPS. RESULTS DEFINITE.
Artificial llyen In Stoek.
Both 'Phones.
Promptly obtained, or rtK RETURNED.
10 YEARS tXPIRICNCI. UurOHARCII ARC
THE LOWIST. Huuu model, photo or nkbU'h (or
eiivt'ii at-tuvh and (rue it-port on pateiitAbaitjr.
INFRINGEMENT suits oonduotwi before all
courts, I'slt-nts obtained throtnrh tin, A.DVER.
TISEO and SOLO, freo. TRADE-MARKS, PEN
SIONS and COPYRIGHTS quickly obtained.
Opposite U. 8. Potent OfTloa,
WASHINGTON, D. O.
IT DAVC to advertise:
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IN THIS PAFKK
Chamberlain's alTrhotRim"
Never fails. Hny it now. It may save life.
-0mOiL City, Pa.J