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major gr ml reeve election retvma of town trad town ship bokool tvnotooa eloofciona elmwbr in county the election in town on monday caused considerable stir and when hie letuiim were nunrod up in the evening there wore some surprises also sonic disiinpoin tinvntfc thine wiwa laihe held of candidates mid lrobably do one felt just sure whine jliey ajflvti ufrfjltlie rvtiuns were iptuiiel aa 7 diickasi o- 1ow8stv j ivibjshjv no i no j 2 total letters from belgium tlu following extracts are token from loiters wnttcn to his parents in toronto fioin moiih belgium -4- lieut careiub warren november ib just before wo me to jllihip about two miles from mons we passed an ammunij lion eoliiniil and i recognised driv- i iik one of tlio tiania goaf barber 1 didnt know him for a minute but lie looks well later ho came to my billet for a couple of nights and we bud home good obats at preaeivt lia tusvton iftpqipedismjcel saway wflwi 6nvdhjij08uii he is o c of the first i mo seemed glad to see shook bands quite happily i spent sunday in chaig wagfitts hauling flour lor the gian belief commission vc a long trip from the fur ii a of mons back to a place callcdjan the trip took from 0 in tliorrj ing to 6 in the afternoon flour in this country it likal and the people were standi their doors as we passed loobb at it they offered anything li it when we stopped to feed correspondence to tne electors of georgetown have we purity in our munici pal elections did you while on tho way to vote buspooc any influeuces tit work were rou approached with a view of changing your fibst anil honest convictious abraham lincoln said you can fool some of the peojile twy ww- i nfwl hjipoaitj septionv wilijbrfe wjgthbf ori the inarch which viluih6ly sfton begin there arfe four officers in ouy spctipitbesijc8 myself the o g sectiptruesuc niyseix w vf y japain and two other lieyten ant- v tity capiafuw tp ants- r f th earafbo lfnt lines vire imitfmtm easily do tirmtaev- signed- and por iinit woijiiilsnettr toei ne ufc j plesnttbok riiliwe on monday f wen ijign th pt itcvetnber as yuu i r- lt tho tqwvneani a num 1 hlrv m rs j kennedy 106 rovvburt 68 the salvation attmy nas iu k kemvooy ing tho period of tho war done it deiuillarloy 12 work with the soldiers over w wliitmee b aeos in fnot tho twelfth day of i the evening a procession the war found the salvation army formed hooded by the band at woi k behind the liues in belgium mduilink tho victorious and d i rwhiilates at the head rr 5y i all the time it was somo job to keep tjh tpo fool all the people some tbe wagooa at the time ucvi psf fhughv thvva 4ja sttpus i4 went to w tii 1cbwtlok h- dievb- yadian jht of muclt vts tho ob- lition mj whole cenlt wo derfut to behold but ibuppuij n eomnarcd wit at wo it continued nearly tbe salvation main m to maintain two hundred huts fortylive arabu- lances and over twelve hundred iniformed worker- army also established and tain ninetysix hostels and forty rest rooms these hostels were and are located ib paris boulogne london england and various oth er points including several canad ian cities where the returned sol- dirro have been tfiven comfortable quarters and a good bed at a price ble to pay at the hostel i od candidates banner forward georgetown in the rear another bearing ihe in soription we died game the route of the procession was down main st and up church janet m wei tn rai bauds ajirf ctqinjih 0 soldiers and idiviliana tlie i hanging onto the soldiers oc a dance around thctn in tbe f f guess there wore u lot of though wbr 4tlutfo pi darictngi fot moiiy veib th ittfetowii the lligt wtr lwecontf itttfitfl sp tuesday haujingboriri from a bwrge afctlie banal here that the brijbjpli ftrststand against titeut lfl4qdftwsl tbecj fjront line wna tod nornjajg ties censed tu atthe noop hour todaya bel gian came along and in a little speech expressed his uumjm- for what the oariadians had done- e oke from hfs heart sure eugh neeroman of the house m i il tuvnmtli aftlh tjpie itviojjiiimon to make weight it was certainly more than thoughtful of all you ladies to take so much trouble and i only wish that we conld tell each cue personally what a pleasuro their trouble is going to give us all during the coming winter tliunk you ever so much we certainlj do appreciate being remembered in so delightful a way tho spanish influenza has been troubling ua here a good deal amont the forty children at le orphanage thirtyseven had it at once there have been six deaths from it already in the little village st anthony we had tt rrrrrrrfrrrm ml ibmrmrmmg i b laumyjh special mid- winter at the 9 mens tiatft you any reason tosuspeot me of being led or infindced to rtbe public- detriment m wahtbjenqw i v2l0b ly jabtftjajios njy- 3 lwv pbwpaqdufi wr vtjjerw vva jt6eji onf soentbm w uliali have to look fbr bociebing more drastic- than cohl v if iny- thing ould tpp its ravages it ahould be tht wpodorf ul war news and the ofijt ytiiich it hpbnall frpmsotne sonrces intpwnhftwg tp thevfactthat hoth 3c biibii anaywr bfadleyiqtv flidates for elotion in outsido of our ope ooperatiyeway focinaklieciriiiipur rodncu imilarry as by and assouiations yie dps going obacfcvpwhat wridvertieisthat will- wk geohjetown the cheapest plaej in pftar0 fori good loots looli rufibcrsslboffo toqi- took it uuiir rubber 5860 jto fcuv fxg mp s high guin rumer 400 ve outiside of our peratmns in- a i of wflien last that london body was greiitly jiappy hero vous to get homo now she smd bouse uu was filled v blown to oii il which had been pis valise reheved and f b b the lorgsfi u1 the men are all anx- jj have bu a cellars during the war vber mot far from here a gernaieir product farmers clubs isillthrouh nervous- onr interwrtw so far as our town is vordvv bombing bkallingji absol utely sopamtc j i tattbour distinct and our properties are connected in no ownership way whatever the sources from which such at tacks emanated are too well known to mention and were featured for the purposes of injuring our chances individually for election 1 ji week at from 200 to- 500 tbktl iwewill give 50 if youfttn bribgl us a pair of the sarrte kind at our price as for repairing rubbers iibi and boots wo are experts as our el customers know now can any one sell to cojnpote with us as we are the only shoemakers in george- largisstopk totlelect ffpnu iaiii0cpiinadytosirivtsi ovfotf g route oi mi ift wi f t vous to get nomo now cellars uuf the purposes oi injuring uui main bt and up church to the vo wmet junappc a no far from q chances individually for election homo of mrs- janet m kenne room and llvo wlth jta buppl traul bad i been wg e were also guided from under- the lrst lady trustee elected to the a german prisoners l our ftirm mells spiteful and malioious mo- public school board in ou i town k han much fun at me8b of t tb6jplacjr on om the nrst awiy town belgian people oenup- our public 8oho coming back hadnt much fun at me8b 0 t 1 each of the successful wndidatos l tel you the peo- fc dispensary were visited in turn and all expi ess- junail did other tbe place tarmy bos madenolippeal for funds to help in its war work but now with tho early return of nearly 800000 men additional hostels must be oponed and for the pur pose of continuing and extending its work tho canadian publio will bo asked to subscribe otic million dollars during the week of january 19th to 2fith in addition to the work mentioned above the army interests itnolf in the wives wid ows and dependent orphans of sol diers so that we fool you will have a hearty interest in supporting tbe campaign military news corp alfred cummings has ca bled his parents air and mrs a e ciiniiniiikb that he sailed for canada on the metagama on jan uary 4th sergt w f dr war of milton bandmaster of the 104th battalion bund which went overseas in the spring of 1017 is on his way homo owiiik to the illness of his mother mrs duncan dewar lieut franklin noxon son of ruv air noxon formerly of stow urttown has nriivod at his lion at winona after- being a prisoner in goimimy for fifteen months pto sholto buck was a visitor in town during tho holidays dipt elmore mothersill who has been fighting in fiance for tho pout threo yours arrived at the home of his sister mrs j a wil- loiiibhv this morning flightlieut james clark who arrived homo last week from over seas is looking well after his var ied experiences ho had ft sovoro full with iiis iniichiiig while on ac tive service but is recovering nice ly weloome homo jim corp martin cummins one of the old 104th boys arrived home last week after doing his bit in fran no lie was sovorely wound ed but has almost completely re covered glad to boo you martin and welcome home su til uuiii ed appreciation of the honor on- f erred on them lorgotown council for 1919 e forred oi l georgi fo the publio school board 1910 will be as follows n hunter john thompson el inor c thompson mrs janet m kennedy l e fleck j m moore there wero four candidates for councillors in tho township of ejt q nosing three of whom were to be olected while the vote was not large there was considerable stir and the result was as follows tow8wp councillors pie jeered at them things to them tonight is the first night i have seen any lighted streets since i left flllufli h mr n all over ui of a hundred yards noir windows covered so you cannot possibly see any light at wardb no 1 no 2 no 8 no 4 no 5 no 0 28 25 44 10 29 147 w 88 40 58 57 19 47 total 2s4 188 254 esqnusing council noxt yoai will bo composed as follows boevo j l standish deputyreeve j b elliott councillors w j l hamp shire fred thompson and james mcdowell night all the brass of every de scription was taken door knobs curtain poles and evciy little thing toenvo it from the hun the peo ple often hid it in their gardens and other places ifit washiv covered they were lined from 5 francs to large amounts the man of the house in which i was staying had boon imprisoned for twenty days and he showed me receipts for fines he had paid i asked him to givo mo one but he is keeping them in the hope of getting his money buck he said to mo you canadiaua must make them pay our horse lines about 156 mules and forty horses at this place wero at n mine this countrj is filled with mines evory where yon see them this mine was a large one hut bad been put out of business by tho germans on a recent morning there was a largo funeral bore of oivilians who bad been killed tho day before by shelling on wednesday we moved to mons whoio wo are at present only the tradespeople are doing splis diet trees and everywhere hospital aupphes are tne men are pretty antqu to got home but of course a move will be mode until after t conference no orders a this date out about demobcrj but you know more at bondujlut what is going on in regard b than we dd bore november 29 i was spacing to a sergeant who has been t tonoh with roaf barber otjvn town and he speaks very wlily or the work he has been doincg i do not expect that we will bio ing borne for some months ft are still at mons 11 yesterday i took the diurnf and went to brussels it is a pry fine spiteful on our it stand squtewwto stand firmly to thank the et8orjnpri8ht hon- fidenoe they showed itfbd desire bradlbye to the ratepayers of the village of georgetown i sincerely wish to thank the ratepayers of this municipality for the honour that tbey have bestow ed upon me by electing me aooun- cillor for the present yeiu- the large vote that was caste in my fa vour was most gratifying indeed and i wish evory one to know that i deeply appreciate it the extent of whiob i am unable toexpresnin irjs but will endeavour to the best of my ability to do so by my actions as one of your reprobent- ativea the present year i sincere ly trust that your confidence has not been misplaced and that i will not be weighed in the balance and are the only snoemakeis iu town who cai buy from tbe larg est and most reliable factory in canada the mophereon shoe of hamilton j honey son the gold boot georgetown georgetown highclass tailoring and mens agents for 8tockwell henderson dyers and cleaners toronti larrrrrrjqtrrrrjal teew jv itp qtbttmo t rttxtayjjgfr- bl mail passenger passenger mail pjjeuger mail mail passenger passenger mail bunday vrai 948 am 1181 am 846 pm 628 pro 880 pm 718 pm 767 hoooi jacks the people to- looking fori mail mail mail mail goino nobth going south pm f 757 am l 680 pm ibili m jtis0 am i if740 pm j m the purchase oity and so far as i canlcc was found wanting undamaged during tbe wnj street again thanking you all for your cars are tunning and all stprs and loyal support and trust i am times ire tnd n some in uy hotels are just as in pead they are fairly well off li prices are not as high as places for instance you a steak for 120 jn englmid you couldnt getjt in a restaunt dt all i nover saw women better dressed than in brussels nuflnly a few but the majority i went all through the city hall nd it is very fine the paintings vod ta- uuu iu1 your obedient servant leroy dale i i o uuias j uue xno paintings wok because everything else is at pestrywork were beautiful a standstill our horse line l a wn terra cotta mr w g lyons has arrived home from the west we are pleased to learn that mr frank potoli ia reoovering from his severe illness mrs j suunderson onforf aiiied a number of friends to a socut danee one evening jast week i mr leslie pearoe had to returp to guelph hospital last week among our holiday visitors were misses burgess of toronto misses minnie imd myrtle alocnnlly pta i sjmarohmentrmirbrbotfgbsbtl lindsay mr and mrs hay ward georgetown mr james longo of hamilton made a visit to town last week a largo quanity of wood- is now being shipped from tho siding here mr geo kirk wood is the new president of our oo- operative so- oiety and not mr taylor as was stated recently the society held a successful meeting on monday evening y mrs lodridge of glenwillfams visited ior parents on tho moun tain last week we extend pur symimtliy to mr ind mrs john stokes who havo renoivod word of tbe dflitb of their on edward stokes onljooomboi i vk jfitb h ft oaves a young wid- wij pv and family to mown his loss tiyx jriij other municipalities aoton eeeve george barber councillors dr gray torrance board more jeremiah bell john leishmun milton mayor e f earl ac clamation reovo j f littlo ac clamation councillors turn or sier maxted bell chambers hamsbaw i oakville mayor w 8 davis reeve george hillmor doputy- reeve a s forster councillors r r hart t w slean waltor wbitlaker j b elliott and thos blakeloak burlinaton only messrs clevel and page of burlingtons old counoil which fought so bard against the radial railway com pany wore returned results mayor dr t w peart reeve hughes cleaver deputyreeve h a graham councillors f w taylor w o koarps geo blair robert gray alex loitoh roy page school trusteos allan nich olson j s allan j stevenson miss m h townsend the school tylaw carried trafalgar reove w h mov don deputy- hoove j a johnson councillors wiylbro u58t8plipnsou v nelson reorephas readhcad doputyboove w a irving nassiigftiveyn reovo j wmof- fatt counoillors d r hutohoson amos norrish d whitley ed agnew brampton mayor bull accla mation reeve thauburn accla mation deputyroevo mullis acclamation oounoillois briatty warr snokrtdor wilson mc- ijiillip frank a standstill our horse lines here are in a very large factory all the movable mnchinory wus taken away by tho germans in this factory thoro must liavo been 2000 men employed and now tbey are doing nothing prices aro very high and tbe people areovery kind of incut is 100 a pound the relief shiimsont from america to belgium wore taken over by the hun the belgians got none of it unless by paying enormous prices which only a fow oonld do there would koora to be very hard times uhoad for those people i they think a great deal of the canadians evon the children come along and kiss the canadians hands on thursday night the other of ficers and myself went to hear dumb bells at the town theatre thoy are tho third divisional concert company all soldiorsr they played to packed houses in london fas some time and are very good tlio theatre is quite large four galleries and was paokod with canadiiuis yesterday genoral home was her 3 and thorp was a procession of all services that took two hours to pass a given point tho king of tho belgians was supposed to be here but ho failed to appear this morning a thanksgiving service was held in tho theatre canadian soldiers from all tho dif ferent u attended and i was bootlrrritsytjiad a ohoir of soldiers and ii band leading in tbe hymns i havo a pretty fair horse but not as good in nppeannoe as the one i had in toronto there are uvuuuuuii i saw a wedding ceremony in thelxpuisi- tely decorated room for tlit pur pose and it was quite a pro leding the ceremony was perforn d by a magistrate whose breast vis cov ered with medals next io tjiis room was the one wliereikiigs have been orowned for ceatui ss hard up any every section of the building as j i simply wonderful at nigli he j streets were all lighted and fc as a welcome sight tho oitiel lore are built muob different from v ise at home and show that ttinyjire very old tbey are very intefst- ing and i am glad to get an oias- ion few hourslo see some of tm mrs f j barber has received the following letter from mrs grenfell thanking tho ladies of georgetown for their gift of fruit novomber 19th dear mrs barber the barrel of perfootly delicious fruit jams has at last arrived safely here in st anthony without a sin gle bottle being broken or any of tbe fruit leaking out you cannot have any idea what a treat suoh a delicious gift ia to every one hero or how muoh we are all going to onjoy it all during tbe winter naturally it is quite ropossiblo to get any suohthings locally and the bought jams and preserves always taste as if they had a lot of gelatine put in them for real service and quality we of you a good range of wool cashmere counter check books worsted hosiery in all sizes and at reasonable prices at the herald ifwf ulin navjnddnbbnm arthur b castell t s f college of maiio london qntfland oholrmawtor presbytorliui onurott georgetown teacher of piano or gan cornet violin and singing tuition fee in auy branch 6 per term of 20 lessons at my resi dence main st georgetown or nl pupils home pianos tuned norval the girls khaki clubs monvily bale for december shipped tse- cours national contained 2 of i its tblanket 8 sheets several aiolos of wearing apparel for wo ohildren and 6 pirs of bsoto4 pairs of books were also sent aifchb canadian rod cross b f ildd ler secy i mr j w mogiiire of saslaljion i manager canada life inveatnent cw tnat took two hours to d t vibij with yc g ven point tho king oflgjff webe f igians was supposed to bel i mr evert barnhill of nduwl is quite seriously ill ouadiaa itattoml luuwiyi itt hrtqnrtr 1b toronto toronto ont doo 80a lit- oular isrtied by president htla announce that effeotivo janjsfc j ria porlnfattttand chiwrca in use for over 30 years always bean iho wgnamnpf xumu are buuuuu uuas effective jan st sbme very floe horses here and all government roilwoy linos hlire there will bo abifl bnnoh of horses tofore known as canadien north and mules to dispose of when this ern inifodtnu its eastern and tflsfc is all over ern jnfa and canadian 0ovm novomber 2iwp ore still at ment yrallways composing ii mons thohipvo having been oan- katipal transcontlneptal inr colled a couplo of times it is like- oblonel prinoo edward isloid ly on account of tbe supply service wijle known and operated upjor the pirst division left fothe thaf aam oanodion natipiti triplost tuoidoir yoii read no bjlways headquarters of wc doubt thai the movement but we w toronto are not allowed to say where wo offloors ore reqaested tojjbo are going howevor we oan soy j n jj 4erowo tint wo oro on the way when tbojhje pbli- and ri iwoy oonnootifas first division was leaving i passem new w majpidiov etft was o 0 of m j wom wfth ffap toronto brigade when i was th0 boilways of y 4x- lffliii w yw sense rerne- cv childrens misses and womens mne wool gloves and mitts a large showing v of the best wool these will give gooc service in wear and are of exception value childrens cap and scarf woo sillc sets also caps of the newest pretty seasonable and serviceabl quality and workmanship childrens misses and womens jack ets the latest pattern choice self and com bination colors of fine quality wool a sen viceable garment and at prices that canna be duplicated on saturday we offer you a quant of odd pieces or china glassware ax crockery these are of english fren american andt japanese potteries number of pretty pieces of china jevi housewife can use nice china these l useful dishes and of choice designs ami decorations the prices are much belo any price that can be obtained from p teries now a saturday special lowneys cowans and pattersc boxed chocolates all fresh goods anc dainty boxes reg 45c values for bafs here you are i for 29c girls a 40c hand si main street the best fa drul store iviercharijee si ijiii sfiii