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s4 headquarters for wedding and birthday presents llitim 1h17 mlvcrwaro knl vi i 1 orkji ami upooiin uiiry cut fjlaus ianiy hlna wo orn uio moot compltjo ilioc in town mahriagc licenocq iogucd geohynds acton ontaiiio if e arton 3ta prran tiiijhhoay i limijauy 0 10h brief local items d hi hlful mirlni jhljirncnui vt nut oml utovo coals tlnuo to roach town tin roll ix noma wintry 1 his la 1 uliruory llavo you ro mwcd your 1ke iuilis uuuscrlptlont services will bo hold iii uio mcthocuoi church goorjrctown board nuftatlnc for earlier train and hamilton m win omclally vlult tho d d o walker iilsti monday uvonlnff norman lehman of tho station ilotol kitchener has boon fined 400 for vluutlon of tho ontario temper ance arl thorom has decided to observe i rlduy of each week aa welcoming day f tjji soldleru re tumeric during tho previous oaven days acton council lava uacluoct to oak for tenders for tho poaition of clerk and treasurer for their village a very fool tun chins to do qoorcetown herald old bruin had plenty of oppor tunity for ate inn his nliadow on candlem ui day woll alx weeks more of winter ouch aa wovo had oo far will nut bo objected to attcr an illness which lasted u month j w stark tho peel county rep rose ntacivo of tho department of agriculture died of tuberculosis urampton on ban day arton council proposes to receive- ten a era for tho position of clerk and treasurer an unusual way of making such ud appointment will tho lowest tender cot tho plum champion tbo county council mads a crnt of 5000 to tho salvation army fund fur onalntlnff returning bo idlers and their families at the various porta and centres of damobluxatlon and dla charge conventions of iloiton and wont- worth tcachero instltuto will bo held at georgetown on saturday icth inst and at oakvfllo on saturday 22nd inst sessions will bo held at 10 nm and 1 30- run in guclph tho city whistles blow to tut v loo tbo cluxons whenever an incoming train la bear ins returned uo idlers them thcro is consequently ulwuylt u group o citisens present to welcome them tho wino old croundhoc so quick ond wary coma out on tho second of iubruary ho looked around him all ready to run for high in tho heavens ho saw tho bright sun then runs off his telephone under tho larch say infi don t coll mo up uu tho middle of march tho regular monthly moctfhe of tho womans institute will bo held at thrco o clock on xyidoy afternoon feb ruary 7 at tho home of mrs alex dell knox avenue tho fiannockburn b run en will bo our nucatu and elvo tba pro fnunrot- refreshments will bi scrvea tlvorbody welcome news of local import a oriqht acton gludont mlnu nrlllo and rnuu lifts d nil vlnod liy tho principal that nho was the winner of tho i oiirth 1 onn prlxo for hlklirjit nuindlnc ut ciurlph collo clato inntltuln lunt year mian and or nun woii tli to irilfi thn prnvloua yaar alno and a m hfjlamhip of j100 cash ths mapla ouor hsrvast chairman thomaoii of tho canada 1 ocwl itoard in j11ii for thn prffttciit poaalbln prudurtlon of niuilo auffar and tnaplo uyrui this rqml bprlnir i ar mors with muplo ttruvca nilsht well prciiaro u tap an unuuual numbor o trees in tho opinion of those in tin rximrt huafness thnri will lo a profit ablo market for innplo nyrup and mapli durhngtans hsdisi ojats won out tho results of thn elc tlona at hur- llnrton dlaclond the fact that the jmxjjiio hi rn favorod tho return of u yor and couiirilloui who ore romler ately inclined to a hotter arrangement 1th tho radial coninnny thono cloct- il wore um c ilmltli mayor j k jarvlu kenneth allan j j hutuaon iv tuficar councillors mayorelect wtllth n majority waa onlj 43 ho social and personal mliis una id liome oyer flun pto harvey frlondn over flu itatli vlalletl day nt viol ted friends i removed to ton miilu mariinrot iconiicdy of toronto wan homo for himday taut work mr ond mrs ltoliert urownlce vlalt rd frlcmla in toronto du fluff the mr and mrs jim m moore ci town beiit haturday with friend arfgalieis this week 8h it ii nu tornatix wan a visitor i i over hunday i mrs james j in tho curst of mrs week t ilrown is spending tho mlas mactflo mntthowti roy hindley8 list of sales fsbruary 13 t rarklnson hnunou fsbrusry 1ft ilobt youn jr os- prlnffo- fobrusry 27 jos stowart osprinr msrch 0 provincial purs bred bale quolph march t eatato of tho lata daniel talbot uverton nasoaqaweya next hunday a epprescntativo of victoria col lego toronto will pruacb at iibtnxer corwbln and aberfoylo tho homo of tho into duncan holmes moffat continues to be afflicted last friday charlie the brhjht little eight yearold oon died from lnfluenta an older brother was very 111 but is now improvjiik communion services were belda kboncicr on sunday mornlnjc tho brifiht spring uko weather induced a la rye congregation to assembla cor- whin uuitcd ulth lnenexer for the communion cnt do without homo paper lncloaed you wll find postal for 12 00 for tho lueb iukm foi other year mrs cock burn says alio simply cant do without it and trade lul certainly njoy reading of acton a di toronto ic- wo am havlnc very mllt weather the irrans la erect i and it la liko nprlnf wo oio thankful to havo all r neaped tho flu though it has ieen very had hero l s coclrbum wyandotte mich wellington prohibits klllina oqulrrols i order to prevent tho extinction crey and black squirrels in tho nty of wellington an order-in- councll luui been pasaed by tbo on- i torlo government providing for a cloaed ncanon in the county for thrtw oani from october 30th next this action was taken in hal ton oovcra yoaro ago and tho squirrels are still protected tho black oquirrels aro be coming room plentiful mors bed cross shlpmsnta acton ilod cross society baa shipped to uio army medical corps toronto a box of supplies containing 4g pyjama suits and 4 personal property bags a box was also sent butt week to queen marys neodljswork guild tor onto containing 20 tairs of socks is lbs- of yarn 10 pyjama suits and other comforts for tlio relief of serbia this box was valued at 110 00 34 pairs of socks were sent to spadlna military hospital for our aotdicrs qrsin pnees rspidrjr declining t prices ruling today ore very dis couraging io era in growers and farm ers of courao tho price of wheat l fixed by the government but thoao of tho lower grains aro dropping rapidly barley which brought si 70 here a year ago is now quoted at coo oats were tl 00 now only toc peas whl were sought after at jjl0 a year ago ore now only 1 0 buckwheat 91 9e and hi now 1 4g potatoes aro lelng bought hero this wet k at boe mlaht have ossn conflagration a couple of lads of about twelve years amused themselves on yundaj afternoon by setting fire to bits of paper on the streot using a ptcco of heavy convex gloss and tho bright ray of tho sun tlrlnjr of this thoy directed tho rays through a side window of coopers taloring shop thoy oueceed- cd in setting paper on fire on tbo work wich nl i ulcco of iwicd which was cut out for a null this accomplished they left tho flro burning fortunately persons passing noticed tho smoke and flame and hurried to inform mr coop er when he reached uio shop the place woo full of smoke tho flre was quenched without difficulty a few minutes more without detection and serious results would have followed the thoughtleaj pranks of the bays juuucj il p mooe ciio them noma fatherly counsel on tuesday afternoon a prstty esqussino wsddino a pretty but quiet wedding was solemnised by tho itov j c wilson b a of knox church acton on january 22nd at tho family residence sixth lino lsqucslng when barbara nets youngest daughter of tho lata ttipmas cook and mru margaret ann cook was united in marriage to mr i irvino gibson son of mr bruce gib son of oundeibon hxaic tho brldo who was very prettily attirod in a white cropo do chlno and georgette dress enered tho drawing room on tho arm of her brother mr herbert cook to the strains of tho wedding march played by her cousin miss louise cook of toronto tho brldo carried u lovely bridal bouquet of pink roses and wore uio gift of uio groom a gold wrist watch after tho cere mony a luncheon was oervod from a table which was very prettily decor ated with pink and white tho happy couple loft for their future homo near swift currrnt saskatchewan odprinqe mr wcaloy mclean of guolphhvnl sunday with his mother mr alex ferguson of guclph vlult cj ouprlngct friends last woek mr z- currto hm disposed of his team of roadsters to a quolph pur- tliuhir mr henry mitchell of tho west visited ills sister mrs matthew me ctitrhion mr archie sinclair lias purchased tho cunningham farm on tho first line mr and mrs duncan mclhiugall of toronto are vlslung mrs mcdougalls paruntm mr fthd mrs h n mc- uutthcan lto harry knight aftor speudlnu two yars in tho army has returned homo io knight looks well notwlth landing bis exporlcncts at tho front iiu inlliitod willi the l3rd bait und was twico wounded unjoyei by tbo i gpeys1dc j ijitit widncnday ntiht tho ijuny buo lilid buhl their muutlnt in tho churoi llto itev mr wilson gavq u very limtriitlo addrtss on christian iat ilotlsni i iio ulso polubml out tho i riut uvll ot lutciiiituraio and tho mquor trsnlc tho progrumma wuu vurlt t and uio business of the gulu wuu i u nu into the mlsnoa dchulu u two voiul duels which ivern very much uudlcilco mtmi noru very gooil retituuoii which wuu much upplaudod tmouj the abiiiiru of tho i ad or tqo debate m town llfvvtraus t ountry lato hail to bo poitpunnd a vole of tjiankn l mr wilson and ho mjuaos innts fttbt piuponi by misn inuix uprowl ihc iiitindaino was vry iotd as u niimtxr of lh oldor folk wiro thoi whlrh proves that tho good work miul htittlo miclung and little j mooro uio doing is appreciated a number of new members were en lis tod if with a hlgjlf sleighing is good i a party is to bo hi id thin 1 burn layj night to oleiiwillmma where tho next hgulitr meeting is to bo held louvlnj mr loroy martins iulnc ut 6 30 pan i great lawyors who practiced in acton it may not bo generally known horo that thirty years ago or more c f 11 johnstone k- q tho eminent hiwycr who died in toronto last week had a law oflico in arton ivr several years tho window a of uiat section of tho town ball now occupied by acton llr brigade was his office and tho win dows bore tho sign johnatono mc lean mollcltors both members of this legal firm liavo passed away by the way acton lias been honored with having been tbo location of a number of young lawyers who bocamo cmlnnt in uio practlcu of their profession u 1 11 johnstone w a mclean who lter confined his practice to quolph mutiloji cowan who finally became counsel for canadian pacific hallway john carson of salem oregon who uas a groat constitu tional lawyer and employed on com- mlsalami for tho united states govern raent and hit late a j mackinnon 1 a utifortunatoly j1 thc have moo ed away celebrated their diamond wedding mr and mrs jiucli iiudoutuil colo brutcd their sixtieth wedding aiuilver- sary at tlmlr iix reftulonco on lyod crick street on monday doufeall son of tho lal bougall who umii from isluy kot land and llotay currlo daughter of the lata djijiui currl wiru inuitled in talidon on 1 obruary 3 1hc0 ruv huh 1u1 1 i in ii hut miiilur futhnr of mr liolhirt 11 hold lrlu perfurniihl tho ceremony uoliq tho guolig scrvlco tiny rem lined in cftlcdon until 1s8 when they cumu to acton settling on llio fuiuiiiliiga fiirni junt north of tho town uio von yearn ago they retired and cuniu to their jirotuut re j1 don en 1 imlr fuuilly conalutcd of thrco thtut and four daiibturs all pr whom thuy havo survived exxpt miss tlaru wlio minister in tholr uunf ui t in tho bono thoy havo fifteen rumtchlfdreii anj u l tit uriit grandthllditit thoy have imida many frlondo wliimvir thoy hsvu in on owing to recent nad i i lenvt nieiitu tlio dny wiu npi nt qui t lj ituv mr join tluir puwini unil mm juiioi and a f i v cao fiieiils culiud during tho day lu extond theli ooiigruttll itloiiil llulli til no mlnnkl idorly eltlxonu un enjoying tin lr fuc lltleo utid i fair uieuauio of houltli coal fofbpmompt dcl1vehy ihn ajudiiiijcjica lias now- uu imuiu botli ntovo und ubf iimii leave orders 1th n di man mcleod at my fuctory 31 tf john it maclusnziu hugh john mrs a woek wll toronto mlssca itllo and myrtlo dills of toronto visited ot their homo hero nvn tho woek end misses lottie ljiwgon and marjorlo ilrlggs of guclph were puciiu of mlirt iucy lid wards mrs jcnnlo drydon or guclph visit ed her sisters mrs holmes and mr nicklln on monday miss lvelyn clearey of toronto spenta day or so last week at tbo homo of mr j j kennedy mr t jomca moore- city manager of quelph visited his mother mrs t t moore on saturday mrs nellie jcnner and miss mao moore of acton spent sunday with georgetown f rl en ds he raid- mr ond alrk james mcdonald of vancouver b- c aro guests of mrs ictcr mcdonald lako avenue miss ilora lynd left on monday to take a poaluon on the office staff of cope land chatteroon co brampton mrs john c nelson went to toronto last week upon receipt of tho nows of the death of her aunt mrs john fatthowu mrs thomas mckvoy of uio xrout ponds who has been very iii for a month or more is now convalescing satisfactorily miss lucy edwards had o delightful birthday party last wednesday even- j ing at uio homo on church street- about fifty of her friends attended i mrs charles akins of toronto ac- oo to pan tod her cousin lancecorporal melvln so per home from toronto last thursday on his way from franco mr eric c hill who come here from england five or six years ago a tad left on tuesday to visit bis mother and sisters in manchester and a sister in wales ho will probably return in tho spring mr thoa perryman or brougham and lan co corporal edwin perryman who has just returned from overseas spent a few days with tho misses perrymsn john street ond other acton friends mrs j ix ugh end mr a lone head mrs a sinclair mm p mefarbjno mr harry campbell toronto mr j a price mr a c price mr h price mr w potrle of hamilton attended the funeral of their uncle mr james price on saturday mr and mrs james duncan of winnipeg who are enjoying their honeymoon in ontario spent thursday at tho homo of hon david henderson and with other friends hero mr duncan is a cousin of the late mru henderson and of mr d p christie quelph ho was a visitor here on previous occaslons mr n mrs alp matthews mr and mrs j m icrnley miss fernloy miss magglo matthews miss margaret brown toronto mr james a mat thews orangsville mr edward mat- uiews kitchener mr and mrs robert brown llmehouso mr a cross stc wart town attended tho funeral of tho lata mrs john matthews here on ilday w announcing to benin on friday february 7 1919 a greai sale of sold in guelph only at ees the rexall drug gtore quelph ont crewsons corners lr and mrs j damper spent sunday at mr h dampers master campbell currlo acton spent the week end at his grand par el ph mr and mrs w varlnorman or i were weekend jsltors with i here churchill mr hole of toronto spent tho week end at tbo homo of his brother mr llobert ii hold mr fred denny has leased his form to mr colo of uio first line mr denny and fanilly intend removing to acton itov mr patterson of toronto u former esteemed minister hero occu pled tho pulpit on sunday tho con- gregauon was clad to welcome him tui i his bride who accompanied him dublin mr william thompsons dispersion sulo last week was a groat auccess tho prices paid for tho cows was ex ceptionally good tho following la tho dublin school report for january sr iv catharine kelly vc clarleo s to wart c jr iv madelieno ojbbena 78 wlltio kelly 6 sr iii frank creamer 80 irene morlcy 76 violet crossmaii 71 jr hi murlol crosainan 88 lar- ttia footer 80 annlo stewart 7h nouon mluo 7 georgo mlno c4 bert scott 44 sr ii minnie creamer bfi llsxiu kelly 81 poor iater 7c jr 11 johnny black 83 i luruuco 1 outer 68 ilalph frank ci hr i merle stewart imt kelly t irlmeiv margsrot wuldlo tuuhlug hi in 1 outer no oil bull 23 avorukd attondanco 20 hattlo mcclung raehcr limehouqc mr isjleon ijlne of acton oitont jiujiiuy with fruiidn hern mr dougluo gowdy of toronto wut liumc nver tho week en l mlns win uio pjilklnsiinrnu of toi onto spent tho weekund with hrr purnns her mrs lf ilarnliall and uon alvln of li n spout the wcok find with mr an 1 mm rdwird afamhalt dont forgit tho junior itelluf lun to bo hoi 1 biro on ichruuy a and nut uio ucvonth an before ntated mr john a ueuilrreon of lio nflu lino was aurlouiil injured last wotk by u horse ku king lihu he la lm- piuvlng nicely inrtf lector harvey vlutud uui thwn last saturday and found a very bus phloem looking punul at tho u t it station ujhmi invcatlgutloti it was fuund to eon a n alcohol which wu it 4i flvfronto by trj0jnapo lor on tho evenluu train tho man to wbou it was addressed will bo invited to nu interview with tho uiaglatthtes acton creamery bring your cream to us we wu1 give you the high est market price for batter fat acton creamery willow street acton one of the most a- tufacfory mate pleasures of peace is thai we may again bare plenty of tseseelafrarfcr it perwarcondiuonswewereunabletosupply anywhere near the demand for canadas fa von to sugar few ships were available for brinjring raw sugar from the tropics and a large part of the product of ouy refinery wan needed for our soldiers pverseas happily peace has changed the whole sugar sihialion unless unforeseen circumstances should orae the lontic red ball will again brighten the shelves of stores throughout tho country and housewives may have as much as they need of the famous lontic fine granulated theperfect sugar for baking and the tnme also there wjii be plenty of the lontic delicious oib faahioned brown sugars for the many dishes in which flavor is indispensable to success yoa fny aa bur lntlr sat la tke buse adjjnsl oscksfee tvs 10 so mod loout i u wmu aa to um 2 end wb cmhooa tba mxvntt wvlskl uwl perfect pdlitlm ui the content oj latie p i h t e wk i turn t asjcyoar grocsr for lontic sngar thm scrgor wti th rmd uajj on moety carton or bag atlantic sugar reftneries umt1xd mcgjxl building montreal our big store for men n one of the fines places in this part of ihc country for a man to visit when he nccjs new cioiiiiii during tins spcciuj sale to be inaugurated on fri- day tho attmctivcnc- of uch a visit lb doubled wintc clotliiiij stocks are to be immensely reduced before spring nood- arrive and slinrp reductions arc to accomplish nn expeditious clearance these few quotations to servo exemplary purposes at 81985 regular 25 to 30 values in a group of sml and overcoats tine election in both mciii and young mens styles at 2475 regular 30 to 35 values in another assemblage of suits and overcoats both mens anil young mens styles too good choice ii i acton furniture hospital w j stuckey wii a un experienced cabinet maker and carver u prciarc1 to eatlalsctorlly repair furniture match carving on furniture make picture framed stock of mouldings to oaloct oroora left at rcsluenco imxt itcji ircss oltlco will rcoelvo prompt attention government buys toronto suburban wiu doubt tho qarvicsassoonaac can b bocursd tho iunilnlon qovurninent throutli tho caiuicllan national i tall way u liau acquired tho toronto buhurbun itsll- way ihciuluiik not- only tho lino to ouolplu hut tho other unas on i outskirts and within toronto lor tlio present tho guolnh 1 onto lino vhlch runs into west tore to will bo operated over tho euctutlntr tracks into tho city it lu said to hu on u ayluc lias la douilto tlio ohort- ukd of rolling otock arid it is under ntood to bo tho intention of tho gov arritncut to doublet tho ucrvlco on tlilu rudlal lino ua soon as curs can bo il for immediate sale 100 acris 2a miles from acton uii i hu d bu 300 lapped fron 30 u r- j tall plmij hod no i rlny lei wanily lo uilld brlrl iioiik 9 rwmj cuud curnuryr i tank luhlinj hi in 1c head itth 2 lx h wment 1 iuiiii and icti iliunc irlco s6v5o0 100 acres 2 aillj from erin station kj ji i i vi rniil i il uit i hush und innturo small orchard 50 inu fill i liiiiilii it liy it tin to uruvolly loam 2 wclla and a rwl i rtnim hiniu h nkiini cood rluc lunk barn coxcii cornented i iitithli 1 up r hoii c lud i ittlc box utulln hural mall and ikpliom irln jfllou 1 i niia nrrnnjctl 75 acres 3 mhj from rockwood 7i un i v tliin 1 inn t r imtt 3 urui full phiuijiod soil hy ji irn it nty wnur 1 il imuue ilirn 30xt0 frnmo luhl t niiiii f in itl ii it ii is t itlt luirw ivmuiosioii ar- imi i irlc slloo cuith ujnient jl u00 1 acres 2 miles trom moffat a un i wiilmlli t uuiiriliiin till lay lotini- itoucti cast iu e 7 tot mil li ik barn 0i3 drlvlnt hi 12x2u with lioj- jum at nl sbtki 7 iurtli i hurt h i mile rural kij1i and tolcjdionc rict j j 05a u ih iwyin nt j 00 157 acres i miuss from acton populauon 2000 iis uir- ti vmrltull tiil met bituli uiul uutun l acrva orcliard ltll lriviry limit mitl iutnd lijtti hullil brick iioujo 9 rooms cood eintnttd i ii ir vvuu r lit liduin iu11l i urn goxj good uuibllnc tlo up r fnttlt 2 t t x utulln in w i l wll hi n liuumi drlvlnir huiuc ullo mid ludinlll vlimil 1 nillu churt ii 1 mlltji itural mull und toloiiliono ouiuojlon urruiii jrln jiojxhx 100 acices erin 5 miles ot utrtu vvtirkuble bliiiu o p uituro luml z ucrca on imrj soil iiy 1 siy ctr i t ood w iter w aolul utono i uuoo c roouui hard and ifl wutr in liuuuii nt url tlcv nutud liinltlu itjins iwiru mx3g bloiio nil d0x3u with ilubllni for tiitth in pool 1 miles prlco 530 t mm urrank d 150 aches di mann estate at acton h6 uemi utirlnliu 1g ut rco hartlwootl bush bulauco bool pasture it ucmi orchm 40 m n o fall i luuiticd noil sandy loam good water uiirliiiil unit u will htoiio bnu io roonia kochi rollurs iirco bank urn 70x3i two l irtu lco und luxgo ull un utonu foundation tlo- p is luml lift ittlu tlikliii uhi 1 4iag ik ii ihiuhd and pic on wutor ihil inl ii l i lullt uhulniill sthttil of u mllo oliurch is iliilileu wulk 1 in 1 ru in tiul i h t n lturul mull iuuosaloii willoughby farm agency gcorqetown ontari overcoats at 1000 gray tweed slipon coats anil a few heavy ulster will wear two yean o overalls at 5195 recular 21 troufcers special 5275 sweaters and underwear many bargains fine shirts and work shirts cashmere socks and work socks many bargains all hals and gloves reduced silkties winter caps bargain items too numerous to mention here d macdonald bros ltd guelpits leading and largest store wyndham macdonnel and carden streets guelph ont dry goods russells groceries te we are receiving daily attractive new spring goods including silks dress muslins white and colored inghams lingerie mull prints curtain scrims marquisette white and colored cretonnes turkish towels hosls come and inspect our new goods and moderately priced teryjjtnictivo for thib week we otter the balance of our boot shoe i rubbers stock at less than cost price look items over d c russell mill stbeet acton ont notice store closts at 030 pm cxecepting wednes day friday and saturday evenings free press ads are business getters for 25 years the best 4 wsxw vis without premiums and science today knows of no way of making a better house hold soap comfortjs always the best and the biggest bar for the money that is why its sales are greater than those of any other soap in canada and still growing its all right actual size the bigger bar pugsley dingman co touonto ont limited