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THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1929 â- â- h • 4 The Reward of The Years of Toil IF YOU contemplate an auction sale, the closing out of your years of effort in building up a complete farm equipment, the Bank of Commerce is splendidly equipped to cater to your financial needs. Our local manager and his staff will gladly make all ar- rangements for the collection and dis- counting of all sale notes and for furnishing an extension of credit where necessary. A successful sale is entirely dependent upon sound fin- ancial arrangements. THE CANADIAN BANK. OF COMMERCE (ttiith mhicH is amalgamatma x THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA Jl I I I CJ>JL TDfE TABLE f Train! leave FleahertoB Station aa (oUowa: Going SoutiL •8.08 a.ni. 4.10 a.m. '8.31 p.m. The mails close at Plesberton CoUowb: For the nor£h at 11.00 Proton Council Has Abolished S. Labor Going North 11.62 a.m. 433 Dm! I '*"' Township Council it was decided I to abolish statute labor on the roads At the recent meeting of the Pro- as i ' of the Township forthwith. A vote â€"ui. 1 â- Â» «* Bt - *'â„¢- 1 of the ratepayers one year ago was â- eutb at 3.30 For rrfomag train against the change, but the present ••oath mall closes at 9.00 p.m. the ! council decided to make the change I nevertheless. The rate per day for work was set at 50 cts per hour for man and team and 25cts per hour for shovellers. previona evening. Local and Personal Mr. F. G. Karstedt was in Hamilton â-  on Saturday visiting his son, Jack. Mr. George Brackenbury is in To- ronto and Hamilton this week end. Mrs. Wes. Armstrong past few days at Dundalk. Mr. Cecil McTavish was in Toron- to and Oshawa for several days last week. Feversham L.O.B.A. Miss Marie McEachnie, Tot'onto, spent the week end with her parents here. Mr. Wes. White left on Monday morning to take a position with the hydro at Waubaushene. A number of Markdale people held a fowl supper at the Munshaw House on Friday eveninff. Mr. F. H. W. Hickling is having his store redecorated by Mr. W. J. Welhvood of Dundalk. The Presbyterian congregation held their service in the Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon. Mr. John Runstadler of Toronto was in town on Friday and expects to re- turn in a couple of weeks to commence the sp ing buying of eggs. Mrs. Leslie Smith and Miss M:»rg arct Thompson of Singhampton ?;-,jni. the week end with the former's m. thcr Mrs. J. A. McFadden. Markdale Standard says; Flosher- ton has a real snappy bunch of > ^ung hockey players and they knc the game to perfection. iMr. and Mrs. L. Karstedt of Toron- to spent a day last week with the former's brother here. They had at- tended the funeral in Owen Sou".d of Mrs. Karstedt's father, Mr. Storvall. Messrs Haze Freeman, Jack Perk- ins, G. B. Welton, Alex. McE2:hnio. and H. Gorrell attended the funeral of the late Elmer Tuck, Markdale. which was held on Saturday. There was a noted absence of crim- inal cases at the sitting of the Su- preme Court of Ontario for the County of Grey at Owen Sound this week Only three civil eases were on the docket. Miss Allie Norris returned last week from Durham hospital, where she underwent an operation for ap- nendrcitls. Her mother, Mrs. E. Tremp, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilson at Durham, while Allie was in the hospital. At the Brant and Norfolk meeting of the Trustee and Ratepayers Assoc- iation, held in Brantford recently. Mr. Herb. Corbett, President of the Rural Section, addressed them on "Will the farmer of the future require a better education than has the farmer of the past." The Rev. W. M. Morris held a round table conference on the "Town- ship School Board Bill." Mr. R. Nixon left on Monday morn- ing for Oshawa and will be there for two weeks attending a Chevrolet ser- vice school. Roy den McDonaW, Dick's working partner in McTavish's gar- age, took a two week's course in Osh- awa early in January, and since then has been employed in General Motors maintenance garage. He will return to his duties here on April 1st. Messrs. Mark Wilson, Dan McTav- iak. Mark Stewart and John McDoaald •f town enjoyed a dance and social evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Snell on Friday evening. The music was so stimulating that it brought back pleasant memories of •arlier days and it is tUted that what these esteemed gentlemen didn't show the younger generation in the art of dancing wasn't worth showing. Mr. J. 0. Dargavel, manager of the Durham Furniture Co., at Rock Mills, Feversham Ladies' Orange Lodge No. 441, held their election of officers spent the^^i^d installation, as follows: I Past W.M. â€" Mrs. Mary McMullcn. W. M. â€" Mrs. Minnie McLean. Dep. NL â€" Mrs. Myrtle Magee. Rec. Sec. â€" Miss Pearl Fawcett. Fin Sec. â€" Mrs. Myrtle McKenzie. D. of Câ€" Mrs. Mary McMullen. Chaplain â€" Mrs. .^nnie Ottewell. 1st Lect. â€" Mrs. Isobel Ottewell. 2nd Lect. â€" Mrs. Mary Hollingshead Com. â€" Mrs. Elizabeth Beatty. Mrs. Charlotte Conron, Mrs. Marg. Kern- ahan, Mrs. Annie Conn, Mrs. Mary Hollingshead. Organist â€" ^Miss Pearl Fawcett. L G.â€" Stewart McMullen. Tyler â€" John Beatty. Trustees â€" Bros. Stewart McMullen. Jas. McKenzie and John Beatty. Auditors â€" Bros. Jas McKenzie and Stewart McMullen. Guardian â€" Mrs. Alice Parsons. Additional Local Items Miss Elsie Ferris of Owen Sound spent the week end at her parental home here. Miss Perle McMaster, R. N., of Ow- en Sound spent the past few days at her homo in town. Mrs. John Beecroft of Owen S.TUnd returned home last woek after spend- ing a couple of weeks with her par- ents. Mr. and Mrs. John Pedlar. The W. L will meet at the home of Mrs. H. Wilson on Wednesday. March Gth, 3 p.m. Paper "Proper system of house c4eaning by Mrs. W. A. .Armstrong. Roll call â€" .\\d in house cleaning. Social Com. â€" Cake, Mes- dames Gilchrist, Harrower and Ken- nedy. Sandwich, Mesdames McTav- ish," F. Thurston and Mitchell. Flesherton's Old Home Week re- ceived some excellent publicity on Monday evening through the London Free Press. In broadcasting through a London station the Free Press gave out as a news item that Flesherton was holding an Old Home Week. Publicity, and plenty of it, will make the get-together of the old boys and girls a success. PROTON STATION M^. Bradley of Berkley visited with the Dever Bros, on Monday. Mr. Clark Wyville, who has been spending the winter at his home here, intends to resume his old pos- ition on the boats at the early part of next week. Rev. Mr. Oldham is conducting Lenten Services in the Anglican church each Thursday evening until the end of March. The service next Thursday evening however has been withdrawn. Mrs. Quigg spent a part of last week with Mrs. Geo. Ludlow, Vic- toria Corners. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stinson have both been ill with the flu. We hope to see them around again soon. We believe that the teams belong- ing to the broom ball league must have well-nigh reached perfection. It seems possible to break the broom, break the ice and break their anat- omy, but impossible to break the tie. The game with Flesherton ^t Fri- day night resulted in another tie. An interesting event took place on Wednesday evening when a large num ber from the community met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Med- daugh to express their kindly re Evidence Given by Constables Purvis and Cook at Inquest A charge of shooting to maim has been laid against Constables Purvis of CoUingwood and Cook of Orillia. fol- lowing the inquest at Lindsay on Thursday into the circumstances sur- rounding the death of Peter Brennan who was shot near Bolsover on Feb- ruary 16th. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was • "That Pete Brennan came to his death on February 16th, about 3 a.m., near Bolsover, from two bul- let wounds, either of which have caus- ed death, b yrevolver shots from a .32 revolver fired by either Constables Cook or Purvis; that the constable did not intend to wound Brennan; that it would have been better had Brennan been allowed to escape, rath- er than have him killed; that we rec- ommend that police officers be re- stricte*! in the use of firearms to pro- tect their own lives." Constable Purvis stated in his evi- dence to the jury that he believed Brennan was reaching for a gun when he shot. He saw him run, and he heard the order to stop him. He said he fired one shot over Brennan's head, followed by a second. Then he fired one at his feet, followed by a second shot. He would not say whether any one else fired, but at the time he thought some one had. Constable Kelly said he heard the shots behind him. He saw Constable Cook fire two or three shots at Shaw, as Cook joined Kelly, 100 yards away in pursuit of Shaw. Constable Cook said he had fired six or seven shots all at Shaw, and not one at the time Brennan was hit. Constable Elwood Purvis of CoUing- wood testifies as follows: "I was in the lead with the Inspec- tor, I saw the two men approaching, and heard the Inspector speak to the men. I saw the light flash, and saw the man with the red sweater jerk his right hand up, and I thought it was a revolver. The man jerked a- way, and I heard the Inspector yell: 'Stop him.' I fired two shots over his head, and ho kept on going. I fired two at his legs. Sergeant Creasy ran ahead and jumped on the man, and they both fell. Shaw was pos- sibly either eight or ten feet be- hind Brennan. ''The shots I fired were well in the air, and then I fired tv.'o with the in- tentions of hittingj him in the legs. I was perhaps 25 feet awav. I was running when I fired. I saw only the one man. I could not say that I heard any oth?r shots when I fired. The shots I fired may have hit Bren- nan. I thought at the time that there were other shots fired at the same time, but I am not sure now. I thought at the time I saw the flash of another gun. Sergenat Crea.sy f-assed mc. and ca^ught up to the man before he fell. "I fired because the man was cs caping from custody. I could not overtake the man. and I shot to frighten him. I consider Brennan was under ari'est when the Inspcsctor placed his hand on his arm." Constable Cook of Orillia said he saw Brennan raise his har.d and .saw him run. He heard a cor.miand to stop, and the shots resulted. "I do not know who fired." the of- ficer said. ".'Vfterward. when chas- ing Shaw, I fired seven shots. I fir- ed with the intention of stopping Shaw. I fired low. AVe do not feel we have a right to shoot a man un- less he is an escaped man. charged with an indictable offense. This man was running from custody. I bel- ieved the man was under arrest I am positive I never fired at Brennan The officers all claimed that they believed Brennan to have been under arrest immediately the Inspector plac- ed his hand on the man's shoulder. Crown .\ttorney J. E. Anderson in- formed the jury prior to its withdraw al that he would take the responsibil- ity for the statement that Brennan was not legally under arrest when Inspector Patman placed his hand on his shoulder, nor did Brennan rel- ize it when he broke and fled from the posse of five. The jury arrived at its verdict after two hours' delib- eration. The two constable.^ were confined to jail at Lindsay, received a hear- ing on Friday and were remandeo one week on $10,000 bail each. They entered neither plea nor election. Constable Purvis is at present at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Purvis, of Eugenia and will re- turn to Lindsay in time fo^ the trial on Friday. Old Home Week to Be Held in Flesherton August 4th to 7th Flesherton's Old Home Week for 1929 is away to a splendid start by the enthusiastic attendance of the business men of town at a meeting held in the new town hall last week. The hearty support of the whole town is behind the movement and the old boys and girls will be assured of a royal â- â€¢eception when they come for this great event, to take nlaci fror.i August 4 to 7, inclusive. The fest- ival will start on Sunday, .August •1th and Monday, as Civic Holiday, will enable many to attend who would otherwise not be able to leava their work. Later on as events oc cur we will publish the plans of the committee as they mature. Thirty business men are backing the project ti t^e extent of ten dol- lars each and this was signed up in very few minutes at t'\-i meeting. The committee selected ' i-o--'.*-', C)U\ Home Week is .-â- â-  ^ 'i.ws: '' '^. "•' 'â-  ton, F. H. W. Hi-k"lng, M. '""',r -. ' McCauley, W. G. Kennedy, C. N. Rich- , ardson. T. W. Findlay and two ladies from the Women's Institute. W. A. Hawken was selected as Secretary, with F. J. Thurston as assistant, and E. A. Preston is Treasurer. All the old boys and girls of Flesh- erton and of Artemesia township are given a most cordial invitation to be present and meet with the old chums they used to play with a few years ago. Boyhood scenes will be recalled and a splendid time will be assured all who come "Home" for that occas- ion. The committee wishes to secure the names and addresses of all those who have resided within five miles of Flesherton. so as to send invitations, and the assistance of the local resi- dents is necessary to this end. There arc scores of names the Secretary has on file without addresses.. Sit down at once, make out a list of thoso you know who spent their early days here and the addresses, and send them to the secretary or call The -Advance and an invitation to attend will bo issued. Every one of the old boys nad girls are wanted home fo^ those days and it is not the intention of the committ'ee to miss anyone if avoidable. The .A.dvance would be pleased to receive communications from any old residents who expect to come at that time. ."Vllow us to tell your friends of your intention to be present. High School Concert WILL BE HELD ON Friday, March 8th A GOOD PROGRAMME OF DRAMA. MUSIC AND FOLK DANCING IS BEING PREPARED Admission 25 & 15 cts. BORN I McKEXZIF â€" At Calgary, Alta.,i on February 14. to Mr. and Mrs. Cj L. McKen7.ie (nee Odessa Walter) the gift of a daughter. .A.ura Colleen. Winter Dairying is a Paying Proposition We find our make this winter considerably ia- crea.sed over previous winters, which proves that more people are going- into winter dairying. With an in- creasing demand tor fresh made Creamery Butter, we are as usual in line with the highest market price for your cream. An extra cow or two will give you the benefit of the winter high price for butter fat. The Markdale Creamery and Produce Co. buys any amount of cream. It does not matter to us how small your amount may be. ^^'e guarantee weights and tests. For the convenience of our patrons that live a distance from Markdale and can'ot bring in their cream \ye have arrnged the following stations : Kennedy's & Stewart's. Flesherton: Heron's. Ma.Kwell: Robin.son's. F^evershani; Cairns', Eugenia, and our team calls ar- ound Rocklyn and Walters Falls regularly. Highes prices for your Cream. Eggs and Poultry-. We still have a number of callendars on hand. If those who have not received one will call or write we will mail one to you. The Markdale Creamery and Produce Co. PHONE 66 MARKDALE, ONT. Fall Fairs which su'.Tered from rainy weather last year will draw on the Ontario Government indt mnity fund. There is an annua! grant of SIO.OOO distributed last year in 36 counties and districts, in proportion to loss in 1027 but 1028 was quitp wet during the time when most agri- cultural societies held their exhibi- tions, and claims total about S1;>.000 it was stated recently by J. Locklc Wilson, superintendent of the branch .Assistance will have to be gauged accordingly. FARM FOR QUICK SALE 114 acres in t.ho TivvTshi;) of I*rot:n nearly all clearel. trood buddinf-^'. two miles from Proton Station, will sell with last year's crop or without: or would consider a small property in exchange. R. T. WRAGGEIT. R. R. No. 1 Proton .Station. NOTICE I am prepared to do all kinds of' windmill and pump repairing. I am ! also agent for new mills and pumps. I New and second hand engines and pump jacks on hand. > â€"A. B. SORNBERGER. I Phone Fevefsham. MAXWELL. ' A Healthy Bird is Worth 10 in the Hospital Royal Purple Roup Specific A powerful preventive from Colds. Roup. Diphtheria and Chicken Pox. This is the time of year to feed some of this to your fowl, also Poultry Spocfic. R. P. CALF MEAL R. P. STOCK SPECFIC R. P. COUGH POWDERS R. P. GALL SALVE â€" and these lines cannot be beaten, try some and be convinced. Just Duncan's Hard\vare FLESHERTON, ONT. S^! HOGS 100% SELECTS James Benson, oU Con. 5, Proton, shipped seventeen Yorkshire hogs with James A. Fras*lft U.F.O. shipper at Dundalk. The entire shipment of sereateen hogs graded selects in To- '^)nto. This is certainly a showing which cannot be beaten and not fre- quently equalled. The top market price was procured. â€" Dundalk Herald. spects and good wishes by Dap. Reere r~ v~ J 11 ^- „«o, «t hiivinir Corbett and Postmaser McCannel and has had an e.xcellen. year at buyn^ ^„,,. ^^^-^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ logs. .With the ^^""'''t'""' J* *^f j Miss Marjorie Acheson read an ad- roads and the weather the ^^gs h^ye) ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ communUv sr o7rf wee^ m yoi r;' iz-- ^^rr'-i '^ 'j^ .^^'' boucht The mill vard is full to ^*.'*'- ^* remainder of the ev- Stv now «"u the Company has, ^-"^ -"» «P^" ' at the the home of| ceased buying. .. ^ j^ [ ^^'"- ^""^ ^•'•** Saugecn Junction. Baptist Ghnrch Services REV. M. SAUNDERS. Pastor of SUNDAY. MARCH 3rd. 1929 Flesherton, 11 a.m. â€" Four Pillars Christanity. Rock Mills, S p.m.â€" A Closed Door and waiting Savior. Flesherton, 7 p.m. â€" A Closed Door and a Waiting Savior. 5X Special Bargains in Wall Paper Ki To make room in our storage racks for our New Spring Wall Papers we ar e p acingon sale this week a large collection of patterns of which only a few rolls were left after last season's selling. The quantities are suitable for small rooms, clothes closets, summer kitchens and so on, and are offered without regard to their cost. Come early for the best choice. F. H. W. HICKLING FLESHERTON, ONTARIO I