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You should select a good Talcum for regular use during the warm season, all Rose Talcum, 25c tin. Rex- JÜRY & LOVELL, When we Test Eyes it is Done Properly BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY. JUNE 21, 1917 Volume* LXIII. No. 25 W. M. S. CONVENTION (Continued from last weed) Citizens of Bowmanville were glad to welcome the Convention of the W.M.S. to our town last week. As usual in this town the evening sessions were particularly well attended. The Ladies' Aid cf the Methodist Church served most appetizing dinners in the schoolroom on Wednesday and Thursday Thursday when the social side of the con vention was developed and greatly enjoyed. A collection of Japanese needlework was on exhibition, from which a tidy sum was realized. - From 9.00 to 9.80 on Wednesday a very impressive memorial service was held, conducted by Mrs. J. H. P. Young, Belleville, and Mrs. G. W. Hammond, when 44 names were read of the members who had passed away during the year. "The Circle Hour was in charge of Mrs, (Rev.) M. E. Wilson who, in a few remarks, emphasized the need of leaders in every department of work-- kindergarten teachers, nurses, etc. This subject was divided into three S arts. "A Recruiting Agency for the tission Field" by Mrs. R. Coulson, Foxboro. To recruit means to supply deficiency in the ranks ; of missionary workers. Where are the recruits to be found and where trained ? There is but one missionary for a half million million people, and 85,000,000 pass annually annually into Christless graves. The women have lost faith in idols and are ready for instruction, but more échools, teachers, and money are necessities. The Circle members are the recruits, and the girls learn many valuable lessons lessons thru the Circle--executive ability, self-control, to speak in public, etc. The giving of self will develop into noblest womanhood. "The Circle as a Recruiting Agency for Leaders" was discussed by Miss Mary Wilson, of Napanee. The history history of the world clusters about great leaders, and if Christianity is to rise to her best she must have qualified and broad-minded men to lead, as this age requires. They must be intellectual, far-seeing men with constructive ability. ability. The result of the teachings and training in the Mission Circle should develop women of the same type. Womanhood today is showing to the world her great heart of sympathy and sacrifice in her work among our soldiers. Christ ^valued the ministry of woman-- theÿ were last at the cross and first at the tomb The concluding phaée of the subject, "Its Devotional Service" was presented presented by Mrs. Marcia Macklin, Picton. Old time Christianity put the emphasis on devotion, modern Methodism emphasizes emphasizes service. Prayer is as necessary necessary to a society as to an individual. Public prayer embraces Thanksgiving, engenders faith and gives the members members confidence in themselves. It is essential in Circle meetings as preparatory preparatory for Auxiliary work later on. Christ's seasons of prayer were followed followed by days of ministry and healing. The preceding generation emphasized meditation--today we are so bfisy doing doing we are apt to neglect the foundation foundation of true service. These three addresses were truly excellent, excellent, showing much thought in preparation, preparation, and were full of practical suggestions. A*fc this juncture a message of greeting greeting was read from Montreal Branch of W.M.S. which was also inf session at this time, and a committee was appointed appointed to prepare and send an appreciative appreciative reply. Mrs. A. R. Campbell, Peterboro, one of the older members and officers of the Society, gavé a retrospective talk, and ascribed the present lack of leaders leaders to lack of consecration. The growth and development of the W.M.S. has been a great satisfaction _ to those who have watched it since its inception. The call to young women today is to sacrifice in service. She suggested the celebration of the Silver Anniversary next" year as a fitting expression of thanksgiving. A very stirring patriotic service was conducted from 1.80 to 2 p, m„ by Rev. H. B. Neal and Rev. E. A. Tonkin, Tonkin, the latter leading in prayer. Sergt.-Major DanM. Douglass gave an address, describing his experiences in France, and giving a soldier's viewpoint viewpoint of things in this world war. Mrs. J. H, Renwick of Peterboro, delighted delighted all with her solo "Land of Hope and Glory", her well-trained voice being particularly suited to this timely selection. A very comprehensive review of the new W. M. S. study book "The Story of the Years" was given by Mrs. J. R. Real, Olaremont, one of tne Vice-Presidents. Vice-Presidents. This book contains a history of the labors and successes of the past ten years, and should- be full of interest interest to all members, and afford many helpful meetings to the Auxiliaries, Auxiliary Workers' Conference was conducted by 1st Vice-President, Mrs. Dr. Harrison, Keene, and was full of interest for all. The first address was given by Mrs. C. Gallery, Cannifton "The Social and Educational side of Auxiliary work". The social department is very important, important, as it should serve the educational and spiritual departments. The girls should find the meetings attractive, and the programs should be prepared with the younger members m mind. Work with and guide these natural tendencies. Billy Sunday says "If you want to kill a church give them the icy hand, the stony heart and the Klondike stare". Education is a prime factor in the life of a nation and the Auxiliary must be an educational institution. institution. Christianity puts more emphasis emphasis on education than any other religious faith in ancient or modem times. (Continued on 4th page.) OTTÈRPOOL CAMP, ENG. I ABOUT CONSCRIPTION Extracts From Letters From Of The Boys. One Otterpool Camp, May 19, 1917. As an evidence of the good, solid, wholesome rations served to us over here, I may tell you fastidious Canadians Canadians that I have just had a sumptuous repast of pork and beans, war bread, honey and tea for my supper. This is a beautiful country all right, but the weather is as fickle as some Bowmanville bachelors I know. In 24 hours here we get all kinds of weather predicted in Hicks' almanac. When we rise in the early morriipg it is usually usually misty, foggy, or raining. About noon it clears and the afternoon is warm and delightfully pleasant. Towards Towards evening we feel the need of a great coat and we turn into our bunks .-with shirt and drawers on to keep our anatomy warm. I wear rubber boots till midday when it becomes dry enough to shed them for a pair of heavy boots. Ordinary footwear is much heavier and coarser than that usually worn by working men in Canada. Canada. You folk at home may be interested in hearing about camp life in England. As the different units arrive from Canada Canada they are sent to segregation camps to see if any diseases develop. Each unit has an area to itself and is not allowed allowed to mingle with other units-- regular quarantine allright. Possibly ten units are stationed here in charge of a headquarters' staff with Major W. Grant, son of ex-Chan cellor Grant of Queen's University, Kingston, as Camp Commandant. Cobourg Heavy Battery, to which Ohas. Bounsall and Lawrence Mingead belong is located across the road from the 235th Battalion but near as we are I have not seen either of them. Last evening Pte. Carl Maynard called called to see the boys from Bowmanville. He is at West Sandling and belongs to the 15th Battalion--48th Highlanders of Toronto--Carl looks the real soldier in Kilties. An order may reach him now anytime to return home to Canada Canada as he has done his bit and deserves his discharge. At this writing it is not definitely known to the 235th Battalion., officers whether our unit goes to West Sand- ling or Seaford". Thes first is the Third Reserve Battalion and the latter is the Sixth Reserve Battalion, I think. Our men have done very little drilling drilling since our arrival in England, but we'll have to make up for the rest later on sure enough. Our boys recently appeared before a medical board and some ten or more were below the standard test but they will be used at some occupations for which they are fitted, no dcubt. Very few men are discharged outright these days. There is work for all to do. A wet canteen, beer only, is operated here, also a dry canteen, in each area, open four hours daily--12 to 2 and 6 to 8. I haven't seen a drunken man since landing in England. Eight men and one n c o occupy a tent, and officers are three lieutenants to a tent, two captains and one for the Commanding officer. None of the officers have any definite definite information, I am told, about their future attachments. It is reported in camp that all 236th officers above the rank of lieutenant will have to revert to that rank except Col. Scobell.' One officer, Mâjor Dunlop, is in Liverpool Liverpool suffering from pneumonia and may be returned to Canada. The home papers are read by the men with great eagerness. Life is becoming becoming more tolerable now that Canadian Canadian mails are reaching us men. We can now appreciate the value of home letters as described by Sergt-Major Dan Douglass and other writers from the front to Bowmanville papers. Fred Rev. Dr. Crews was gtiest of Mr. R. Foley, "Greencourt" Sunday. Mr. James Nokes had new potatoes Saturday--7 weeks after planting. Miss Gertie Babcock has returned to her home in Belleville for the summer. 1 IRev. H. B. Neal was in Toronto Tuesday Tuesday attending the wedding of his brother. Miss Vera Irwin was in Port Hope Wednesday attending the wedding of Miss Olive Walker. Mr. Norman Williams of the News- Advertiser, Vancouver, B.C., is visiting his cousin, Mr. W. J. Williams, High-st. and other friends. Messrs W. J. Bragg, W. E. jeWëll, G. A. Stephens and T. S. Holgate attended Warden James Armstrong's excursion to Rochester last week and report a good time. Severe electric storms have been frequent frequent of late--the one on Monday noon being the severest of the season. Rainfall has been very heavy, too. The flag pole on the Standard Bank was struck. Pte. P. C. Smith, who enlisted with the 136th Battalion and went to France with the 187th Battalion has been severely wonnded in the jaw. Mrs. Smith is residing residing in Toronto - and received the official notice from Ottawa. The many friends of Dr. John Montgomery Montgomery will regret to learn that he died quite suddenly at the residence of his son Principal John A. Montgomery of the Fresno School, from kidney disease aged 75 years. We hope to publish a sketch of his life in an early issue. If Sir Robert Borden and Hon. Bob. Rogers'had left Sir Sam Hughes on the job of recruiting with a free hand, conscription conscription would not now be necessary and Canada would have had her half-mil- lion men on duty. Sir Sam knows whose to blame and gave Sir Robert a roast on Tuesday and has several more in store for him. Washing Machines 5 styles at F. O. Mason's. At a meeting in Massey Hall, Toronto, Saturday night week, called by the Liberal Liberal party, there were present about 3500 people, of whom about 200 were men. These men were practically all elderly, and a carefully considered scrutiny placed them on an average of about 55 years. There was noticeably a complete absence of young men, or young old men of 45 years and under. The balance of the audience was mature women. This meeting was called to offset the demonstration demonstration of anti-conscriptionists a few days before at which there was an estimated estimated attendance of over 10,000. Dr. Michæl Clark, M. P., known as "Red Michæl", the member for Red Deer in Alberta, was the principal speaker. Dr. Clarke bears the reputation of being one of the deepest thinkers and one of the most eloquent speakers in the Liberal ranks. He is a sturdy advocate of Free Trade, Democracy, win the War at all Costs and so crush for all time Autocracy, Militarism and" the Prussian Kaiser and Hohenzollerns. The Kaiser and all his breed and his satellites in Germany must disappear from view forever. The views of Dr. Clark, as expressed at this meeting, meeting, may be summed up in two sentences: (1) "The conscription I believe in is the organization and the mobilization of everything--of .man power, of material power, and of mortal power--that there is in the Dominion of Canada for the winning of the war, which is the greatest war of all history--the establisement of freedom and democracy in the world." (2) "You cannot take a poor man's all and leave the wealthy man at home to pile up millions." These sentences, we are of the opinion, embody the attitude of the whole body of voters of Canada towards conscription. The census of Cauada in the year 1911 disclosed 7,200,000 people. Canada has enlisted and sent overseas approximately 400,000 men, or about_5,55 per cent of its total population. The census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year 1911 disclosed 36,075,000, and has enlisted about 4,000,000 for active service, home defence and reserves, and has sent into active service about 2,500,000--that is she has enlisted about II percent of her total population for all purposes and has sent into active serice abont 7 per cent of her total population. Canada, to do as well as Britain has done, should enlist and _ send into active service 504,000 men. She is over 100,000 behind Britain. ECHOES FROM CONFERENCE Continued from last issue. It is a great benediction to a town to be favored with the annual conference conference and to enjoy the society of 2CO ministers and godly church workers. Picton enjoyed showers of blessing. The public services were not as largely attended as they should have been for on no occasion was the conference conference church nearly filled and when it is considered that some 200 outsiders were there citizens were not largely in evidence. The United States is credited with a population of over 100,000,000--and her late registration shows warranted men between the ages of 20 and 45 of over 12.000. 000. If the United States should furnish men for active service to equal that of Britain she should send an army of 7,000,000, or to equal that of Canada 5.500.000. The United States, from the expressions of its statesmen, does not intend intend to furnish more than 1,000,000 in a year, and if the war lasts longer a total of 2,000,000 in two years. When the war started, Canada fixed on her maximum quota to United Kingdom at 50,000 men. Her leading statesmen thought this would prove to be sufficient, and this when Lord Kitchener had announced announced that the war would certainly last for three years at least and no one could say how _ much longer. It will be remembered also that the arrangement between the United Kingdom and France only called for 175,000 men from Britain. It was thought Britain's fleet would do the rest. It was one of the many mistakes mistakes Britain and Canada made. These were unavoidable mistakes, as subsequent events have shown. Britain had to send over fourteen times as many into active service and Canada had to send over eight times as many as contemplated- „ We are of the "opinion that conscription must come into Canada along the lines laid down by Dr. Clark, but it must be brought into force intelligently. It must be done as the United States is doing it- guided in her policies by the ablest mèü of Britain and France . and Canada, and orofiting' by their mistakes in the last. There must be conscription of everything, man power, material power, and moral power. The trouble in Canada is that under our present leaders, who are weak and wobbly, and have always spilled the water from the pail when they go to the pump--all lines arB'disorganized; farming, our great asset is fearfully deficient in man power. There is over 1,500,000 acres less in crop this year than last year, a time when there should bs îi^t number of acres more in crop--that is, there is over 3,000,000 acres less crop than there shou'd be. The present government has shown an utter disregard of, or incompetence, incompetence, to deal with the situation from a business standpoint, with the result that labor is scarce, almost impossible to obtain, obtain, and in connection with Canada's greatest asset, its farms, nothing is doing. All farm products are at a crazy point, all owing to improper handling by our government. L 00k at the staples of life, such as meat, flour, cheese, and food of all kinds, held by the ultimate distributor at prices double what they should be in many cases. Take Britain as an example: she fixed, in the case of potatoes, the price farmers were to get, which the wholesalers and the retailers were to get--about half of our prices. She does not permit the wholesaler to buy stocks and hold them and then rob the people. As matters stand, much education of the people is required to convince them that the need for these drastic measures is present as an urgent and necessary policy and preface the conscription of manpower by the conscription of all other matters. After this, men must be allotted to those businesses where they can best serve their country and those taken to fill up the gaps in the ranks of our soldiers who are best fitted. No one should be allowed to make a profit out of the war. Our boys between 20 and 30 must not be arbitrarily taken and ruined by their ex- Conference welcomed Rev. Alfred Brown of Kingston very heartily and he made a happy reply. He has completed completed a very successful four years pastorate at Sydenham-st Methodist Church, 'Picton. The Daily Whig says the congregation is losing one oi the best speakers and conscientious and willing workers the church has ever had. At no conference in late years have there been better speakers. Such addresses addresses as were delivered by Chancel- Bowles of Victoria University. lor Mr. F. E. O'Flynn, B. A., Belleville. Rev. C. L. Bates of Japan, Rev. Dr T. Albert Moore, Rev. Dr. C. T. Scott, Belleville, Rëv. Dr. A, C. Crews, Rev. Dr. Wallace, Rev. Hiram Hull, Rev. A. M. Irvin and Rev. A. L. Brown. Rev. C. E. Manning, Rev. Dr. W. R. Young, (ordination sermon), Mrs. R. J. Lawler, B. A., Norwood, and others were worthy of capacity audiences. If a personal paragraph may be permitted permitted here the editor desires to express express the sincere appreciation of Rev. Dr. George C. Workman, M. A., and himself to Mr. A. E. Calnan, Secretary, and other members of the Billeting Committee for assigning them to one of the most lovely homes in Picton where Dr. and Mrs. S. T. Philp were most hospital and assiduous in making making our stay with them pleasant. Both of us will long cherish happy memories memories of our Sojourn in their beautiful home. Mrs. Philp is a valued member of the conference church choir. TEA ROOM MENU ) 25c Saturday, June 23rd Tea 4 p. m., Special June Supper at 5.30 Dressed Roast Pork Tomato, radish & cucumber salad Bread and butter Ice Cream and Maple Syrup ioc Lemon or Chocolate Pie 5c Cake 5c; Tea or Coffee 5c. Come and help send comforts to the soldiers soldiers in the trenches. Girls' Patriotic Club OBITUARY Mr. John James, Columbus, Ont. A well-known East Whitby farmer in the person of Mr. John H. James, after an illness of several months' duration, passed away at his home "Longview. Farm" southeast of Columbus on Wed nesday morning June 13 in his 64th year Several years ago he had a very serious illness from double pneumonia from which •he never fully recovered, his heart being weak. The immediate cause of death was cirrhosis of liver. He was the second son of the late John James of Oshawa and laterof Bowmanville and has lived for over thirty years on his farm where he died. The funeral, which was a very large one, took place on Friday afternoon to Union Cemetery, west of Oshawa, service service being conducted by his pastor, Rev. Geo. Nickle of Myrtle, assisted by Rev. W. M. Haig, Columbus. The pall bearers were six neighbors--M. Doolittle, Geo. Hayes, S. Bond, Will Richardson, Harry Lane, Thos. Goodman. On December 31, 1877, he was married to Miss Alice Thomas who survives him, besides five sons--Edward J. and Howard James of Oshawa; Harry and Archie at and Bert of Detroit; two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Clarence H»ÿés ând Mrs. L. L. Guy, Columbus, Columbus, all of whom, except Bert, were privileged privileged to be present at the funeral; one brother, Editor M. A. James of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, and two sisters--Mrs. W- R. Bond, Brooklin, and Miss Ellen Jane James, Sol- ina. The beautiful burial service of the Odd Fellows was conducted at the grave by members of Corinthian Lodge, Oshawa, Oshawa, ot which deceased was for many years a member. The floral offerings were very beautiful. Among relatives and others present from a distance were Mr. William Thomas, Toronto, Mrs. M. J. Redman, Detroit, Dr. Julia R. Thomas. Toronto, Mrs, Geo, Thomas, Oshawa, brother and sisters of Mrs. James; Mr. M. A. James, Mr. and Mrs, N- S, B, James, Miss Ellen J. James, Mrs. Julia Van Nest - , Bowmanville; Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Moore and daughter Greta, Lindsay; Mr. and Mrs. Thompson R. James, Cambray; Mr. John Sheridan, Buffalo, N.Y; Mr. Luther J. Stainton, Mr. John Maynard, Mr. S. Manning, Mr. James Moore and Mrs. Fred Powers, Brooklin, and many other old friends of the family. periences, but above all it must not ruin them and let the men between 30 and 45 make wealth and become capitalists. The least these latter can do is to help those who go and are ruined. In other words, to quote Dr. Clark again, "you cannot take a poor man's all and leave the wealthy man at home to pile up millions." Our idea, from careful inquiry, is that if the Military Service Act, which in other words is conscription of man power only, were put to the people of any constituency in the Province ot Ontario, and even in Toronto, unattended with a policy clearly clearly defined on othermatters, with thorough conscription, it would be hopelessly beaten. beaten. Let us have new leaders, another Lloyd George, around whom the people can, rally and in whom they have confidence. Let us do away with the Wobbling Bob, and stop such farces as whitewashing his great bosom friend, the much discredited Gobbling Bob. i .. c •\£- t '.if.: S' 7 C i si •f '1 y ' :f ,; J ?<„ . * - 'I Ç- A % m ■-Jïï Ml s-