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i T ;V-' VV• '- "C 5 --.-. N . ■ €<<f- General Insurance Agency <r , FIRE--Mercantile; Buildings; Household Furniture Farm Insurance--reduction made tor lightning rod protection LIFE--Sun Life policies offer very best policies for both insurance protection and investment ACCIDENT DEATH HEALTH Most liberal and up-to-date policies AUTOMOBILE--Fire and Liability MRS. EDITH V. SCOBELL, Agent, Phone 189, Bowman ville North side of King street 2ijd door west of Bank of Montreal. " Open evenings. k Never Disappoints You You'll never be disappointed or have to worry about your meals if you order your meats at our store We keep the best in Beef, Pork, Sausage, or other meats and will be pleased to have a trial order order from you, if you are not already dealing with us. Good supply of Lard and canned vegetables always on hand. Phone orders promptly attended to. W. H, Challls Successor to J. H. Mutton Phone 225 - - Bowmanville Seeing the Opportunity and Seizing it are Two Very Different Matters Why do we claim our groceries are" the best? Because of Freshness and Quality, Sure to Satisfy, Satisfy, the Best the Market Produces, the Kind that Tempts the Appetite these days. FRUIT OF ALL KINDS New Layer Raisins New Shelled Almonds New Valencia Raisins New Smyrna Figs New Shelled Walnuts New Cleaned-Currants New Hallowi Dates New Candied Peels Extra quality of Tea at a price you will be pleased with. ■ Coffee, the very best. Everything in the Grocery line good and fresh. Phone 65 Special attention to phone orders Archie Tait, Bowmanville The Reliable Grocery House One Car St. Lawrence Sugar Just Arrived Bcelow are only a few of the many specials we are offering for this week: 100 lbs. Granulated Sugar $9.r>0 Molasses, 1 can ,...13c 3 ]bs Rice 25c Dutch Cleanser, 1 can. 10c „ Lipton's Tea, old price...40c lb 3 Jelly Powders 25c r r -£ lb tin Fry's Cocoa 25c Simcoe Pork and Beans 30c Woroe gt e rsUre Sauce 10c Matches 5c Toilet Soap, special, 3 for...25c Don't forget we have fresh Fish every week. Highest Cash Prices paid for new laid Eggs, Butter and all Farm Produce. . HARRY ALLIN Phone 186 - - - Bowmanville =9= Flashlights--entirely new at F. O. Mason's. Boggy Rugs at old prices at F. O. Mason's. Mason & Dale Hardware have a fine assortment of Paroid, Ru-ber-oid and Asphalt Roofing. /. Roofing Paint at F. 0« Mason's. Horse Blankets at old prices at F. O. Mason's. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Suits repaired cleaned and pressed at Couch, Johnston & Cryderman's Limited. BOWMANVILLE, OCT 18, 1917 DARldNOTON Visitors: Mrs. Thos. VanCamp visiting relatives at Chatham; Miss Ruth Holt, Toronto, at home; Miss. Mary Hume, Town, with Miss Mary Wood; Miss Nellie Guy, Oshawa, at : home; Miss Edna Snowden with Miss Florence Burk; Miss Neva Allin spent Thanksgiving at her home in Oshawa and attended Teachers' Convention at Bowmanville. A great treat is in store for all who' go to Oshawa Monday evening to hear Capt the Rev. John Garbutt tell of the experiences experiences of the Canadians it Vimy Ridge. - TYRONE Rev. Dr. Sàunby, returned missionary frtim Japan, will give an interesting lecture in the church on his work and experiences on Friday at J8 p.m.. His address will be illustrated by Stereoptican views. Good musical program... .Rev. Geo. Brown, Hampton, preached Sunday two inspiring sermons on Missions. Next Sunday Rev. J. E. Beckell will preach in the morning and Rev. Percy G. Price, Toronto, in the evening... .Mr. John Rundle is able to be out again after his severe illness.... .Mr. F. G. Byam whoYias been--ill for some time is sfighty improved.... Mr. James Curtis has sold his farm to Mr. Macklin, north of Cobourg. Mr. Curtis will likely move 'to Hampton.... .Mias Squair and Mips Jones our popular teachers, attended Teachers' Convention in Bowmanville, and spent the week-end at Miss Jones' home in Whitby... .Junior League has bcén re-organized with these officers: President--Miss Irené Werry; 1st Vice-- Miss Squair and Miss Marie ; Werry; 2nd Vice--Miss Jones and "Grace Virtue; 3rd Vice--Miss Velma Staples and Margaret Moore; 4th Vice--Rev. T. E. Beckell and May Thompson; Secy.--Lola Richards. Meetings Monday afternoon are being well attended. EBENEZER Misses A. Lear, F. Gardiner and N. Allin attended the Union Teachers' Convention at Bowmanville W. M. S. met Thursday afternoon. Text Book study was taken by Mrs. R. Gav, assisted by Mrs, Harry Balson and Mrs. J. Found. Mrs. W. R. Courtice sang a pleasing solo and Mrs. Geo. F. Annis a fine piano selection... .Mr. W. H. Nichols recently lost a valuable horse Messrs. Clarence and Allin Penfound and Russel Gay attended Oshawa .. League Baseball Banquet. Banquet. Our boys played with town league this season and did their part well... .Rev. W. C. Parsons preached in South Oshawa on Sunday... .Epworth League had good service Thursdav evening. Miss Carrie Courtice gave a fine paper on "The Master's Sincerely." Miss A. Pickell contributed a reading, Miss V.-Werry a solo and Misses E. VanDyke and A. Parsons a duet... .Friday night's storm blew down apples in large quantities; and some trees, too....Missionary campaign was opened on Sunday by Rev. G. R. Clare, Orono, and J, A.Connell, Newcastle, both giving "inspiring sermons on this great theme.... Mr. Geo. Annis had nearly a dozen sheep killed Friday by dogs and others torn and mauled. Evidently the Township by-law re ~ shutting up or muzzling of canines is not observed. Next Sunday is our annual Missionary Day and large crowds are.expected. Mr. F. W. Galbraith, Port Hope, one of the best laymen of this Conference will preach morning and evening... .Pastor Delve was at Newcastle and Orono on Sabbath for Missionary services.... Immense quantities quantities of gravel are being drawn from Blake Courtice's pit for the gravelling of the Kingston road west of Courtice.. William Welsh has enlisted in the Flying Corps, at Toronto, as a machinist..... Mr. S. S. Brooks and family spent Sunday at Oshawa Chicken thieves are operating in our neighborhood. They had better be careful Mr. Thos. Short, Oshawa, visited his brother Richard here....A large. audience was out Tuesday night and enjoyed the lecture by Rev. J. W. Saunby. - Everyone was delighted with his description of Japan and its people Capt the Rev. John Garbutt will tell the experiences of the Canadians at the great battle of Vimy Ridge in Simcoe-st., Methodist Church, Oshawa, Monday Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. HAMPTON Mrs. H. Elliott has returned after pleasant visit with friends in Oshawa Mr. and Mrs. J. Cowling and- family at Mr. W. Burnett's, Markham... .Rev. J. S. I. Wilson, Oshawa, preached an excellent excellent sermon on Sunday evening in the interests of missions..... .Rev. J. W. Saunby, B. A., Missionary on furlough from Japan, will conduct the service on Sunday evening next Miss N. Johns has returned to her duties as teacher at Kendal.., .Dr. J. H.Elliott, Toronto,- paid friends a flying visit Friday... .Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jennings visited his old home at Markham recently and attended the fair Further correspondence on inside page. League meeting Oct. 5th was in charge of Miss Mary Katerson, 1st Vice President, President, after singing and prayer, the scripture was read by Miss Cora Clarke, the topic being taken by Mr. F. J. Groat. A reading reading was given by Miss. Reta Kerslake. Miss Minnie Horn favoured with a solo. Roll was called and meeting dismissed. Hear Capt. Garbutt in Simcoe-st., Methodist Church, Oshawa, Monday Oct. 22 tell of the experiences of the Canadians at the great battle of Vimy Ridge. Admission Admission 25c. Mr. and Mrs. Theo Salter, Mimico, Mrs. J. T. Trewin, Toronto, visited at Mr, T. Salter's....Women's Institute thank all who helped in any way to raise the $76 which was added to the treasury from the booth at the school fair. Since last report $8 has Been donated to the' school fair patriotic fund; $10 to the Young Ladies' Club to help send Christmas comforts to our boys at the front; and a useful gift to_| one of our members who is taking treatment treatment at Bowmanville Hospital. A box of canned fruit, etc., was also recently sent to the Convalescent Soldiers at Whitby Military Hospital and 35 pairs of socks knitted Tor Ontario Red Cross. Several pairs of these were knitted by members of the young ladies' club. Another Another urgent appeal has been received for socks for our side and wounded men. If you care knit apply td Mrs. C. J, Kerslake, secretary, for wool. [L.S.] CANADA GEORGE the FIFTH, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom °* Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may in anywise concern--GREETING : A Proclamation calling out the men comprised in Class 1 as described by the Military Service Act, 1917. The Deputy Minister of Justice; Canada W HEREAS it is provided provided by our Militia , Act of Canada, Revised Revised Statutes of Canada,1906, chapter 41, Section 69, that our Governor-General ofCan- ada in Council may place our Militia of Canada, or any part thereof, on active service any- , where in Canada, and also beyond beyond Canada for the defence thereof, at any time when it appears advisable so to do by reason of emergency; Whereas that part of our militia of Canada known as the Canadian Expeditionary Force is now engaged in active service overseas for the defence and security of Canada, the preservation of our Empire and of human liberty ; and it is necessary owing to the emergencies of the war to provide re- enforcements for our said Expeditionary Force in addition to those whose inclination or circumstances have permitted them to Ivolun- teer_; And Whereas rcasoir of the large number of men who have already left agricultural and industrial industrial pursuits in our Dominion of Canada in order to join our Expeditionary Expeditionary Force as volunteers, and by reason of the necessity of maintaining maintaining under these conditions the productiveness or output of agriculture agriculture and industry in our said Dominion, we have determined by and with the advice and consent of our Senate and House of Commons Commons of Canada that it is expedient to secure the men so required; not by ballot as provided by our said Militia Act, but by selective draft ; such re-enforcement, under the provisions of the Military Service Act, 1917, hereinafter referred to, not to exceed one hundred thousand men ; AnH <2 it is accordingly enacted in and by the Y provisions of an Act of our Parliament of Canada, holden in tjie 7th and 8th years of our reign, and known as the Military Service Act, 1917, that every one of our male subjects who comes within one of the classes described and intended by the said Act shall be liable to be called out on active service in our Canadian Expeditionary Force for the defence of Canada, either within - or beyond Canada; and [that his service shall be for the duration of the present war and demobilization after the conclusion of the war ; And XAZhftf mcn who are, under the provisions of the said last mentioned -Act, liable to be' called out, are comprised in six classes of which Class 1 is, by the provisions of the said Act, defined to consist of all our male subjects, ordinarily, or at any time since the 4th day of August, 1914, resident in Canada, who have attained the age of twenty years, who were bom not earlier than the year 1883, and were on the 6th day of July, 1917, unmarried, or are widowers but have no child, and who are not within any of the following enumerated EXCEPTIONS r--~ 1. Members of our regular, or rcScrve, or auxiliary forces, as defined by our Army Act. 2. Members of our military forces raised by the. Governments of any of our other dominions or by our Government of India. 3. Men serving in ohr Royal Navy, or in our Royal Marines, or in our Naval Service of Canada, and members of our Canadian Expeditionary Force. 4. Men who have since August 4th, 1914, served in our Military or Naval Forces, or in those of our allies, in any theatre of actual war, and have been honourably discharged therefrom. 5. Clergy, including members of any recognized order of an exclusively exclusively religious character, and ministers of all religious denominations denominations existing in Canada at the date of the passing of our said Military Service Act. > 6. Those persons exempted from military service by Order in Council of August 13th, 1873, and by Order in Council of December December 6th, 1898 ; And TTtZll Q it is moreover provided by our said Military dCX11U . VV Service Act that our Governor-General of Canada in Council may from time to time by proclamation call out on active service as aforesaid any class of men in the said Act described and that all men. within the class so called out shall, from the date of such proclamation, be deemed to be soldiers enlisted in the military service of Canada and subject to military law, save as in the said Act otherwise provided ; and that the men so called out shall report and shall be placed on active service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as may be set out in such proclamation or in regulations ; but that they shall, until so placed on active service, be deemed td be on leave of absence without pay ; A r»H WhQ is also provided by the said Act that at ■ 1 any, time before a date to be fixed by proclamation an application may be made, by or in respect of any man, in the class to be called out, to one of our local tribunals, established in the manner provided by the said Act in the province in which such man ordinarily resides, for a certificate of exemption from service upon any of the following GROUNDS OF EXEMPTION :-- * (a) That it is expedient in the national interest that the man should; instead of being employed in military service, be engaged in other work in which he is habitually engaged ; (6) That it is expedient in the national interest that the man should, instead of being employed in military service, be engaged in other work in which he wishes to be engaged and for which he has special qualifications ; (c) That it is expedient in the national interest that, instead of being employed in military service, he should continue to be educated or trained for any work for which he is then being educated or trained ; (d) That serious hardship would ensue, jf the man were placed on active service, owing to his exceptional or business obligations or domestic position ; (a) IQ health or infirmity ; \f) That he conscientiously objects to the undertaking of combatant service, and is prohibited from so doing by the tenets and articles of faith in effect on. the sixth day of July, 1917, of any organized sshgloua denomination existing and «*11 rwigntw! in ^ such date, and to which he in good faith' belongs ; if any of the sounds of such application be established; i of exemption shall be granted to such man. A nrl "XAZîi c! moreover it is enacted in and by the pro- " iU VV visions ,of an Act of our Parliament of Canada holden in the 7th and 8th years of our reign and known as the War Time Elections Act that certain persons thereby disqualified from voting with such of their sons as on polling day are not of legal age, shall be exempt from combatant military and naval service ; And Whereas IV s • fur ?j; r .Ç ro . vîdc< ?- by our r said Milit fry Service Act that applications for exemption from service shall be determined by our said local tribunals, subject to appeal as in the said Act provided, and that any man, by or in respect of whom ah application for exemption from service is made; shall, .so long as such application or'any appeal in connection therewith therewith is pending, and during the currency of any exemption granted him, be deemed to be on leave of absence without pay ; A tlH a our Governor-General of Canada in Council has determined to call out upon active service as aforesaid the men included in Class 1, as in the said Act and hereinbefore defined or described ; Now Therefore Know Ye do .5 c ^? y e e O U t t XIC S 31 Cl LI 3S8 1 ^ comprising the men in our said Military Service Act, 1917, and hereinbefore defined or described as to the said class belonging, on active Service, in our Canadian Expeditionary Force for the defence of Canada, either within or beyond Canada, as we may, in the Command or direction of our Military Forces, hereafter order or direct. And we <Jp hereby strictly command, require and enjoin that each man who is a member of the said class shall, on or before the 10th day of November, 1917, in the prescribed form and manner; report himself for military service, unless application for his exemption shall then have been made by him or by another person entitled to apply on his behalf wherein our loving subjects, members of the said class, are especially charged not to fail since not only do their loyalty and allegiance require and impose the obligation of careful and implicit obedience to these our strict commands and injunctions, but xhore- t>ver, lest our loving-subjects should .be ignorant of the consequences which will ensue if they fail to report within the time limited as aforesaid, aforesaid, we do hereby forewarn and admonish them that any one who is hereby called out, and who without reasonable excuse fails to report as aforesaid, shall thereby commit an offence, for which he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years with hard labour, and he shall nevertheless, if we so require, be compelled to serve immediately in our said Expeditionary Force. And we do hereby proclaim and announce that for the greater convenience of our subjects, we have directed that prescribed forms, for reporting for service, and for application for exemption from service, service, may, at any time on or before the said 10th day of November; 1917, be obtained at any post office in our Dominion of Canada; and that reports for service and applications for exeniption from service, if obtained at any of our said post offices and properly executed, shall be forwarded by our.postmaster at the post office from which the same are. obtained to their proper destinations as by our regulations prescribed, prescribed, free of postage or any other'Charge. And we do further inform and notify our loving subjects that local tribunals, have been established in convenient localities throughout our Dominion of Canada for the hearing of applications for exemption from service upon any of the statutory grounds, as hereinbefore set out; that these our local tribunals so established will begin to sit in the discharge of thçir duties on the 8th day of November, 1917, and that they will continue to sit from day to day thereafter, as may be necessary or. convenient, at such times and places as shall be duly notified, until all applications fop exemption from service shall have been heard and disposed of; also that men belonging to the class hereby called out who have not previously to the said 8th day of November, 1917, reported for service, or forwarded applications for exemption through any of our post offices as aforesaid, may make applications in person for exemption €rom service to any,of our said tribunals on the 8th, 9th or 10th day of November, 1917. And we do hereby moreover notify and inform our loving subjects who are within the class hereby called out, that if, on or before the 10th day of November, 1917, they report themselves for military service, or if, on or before that day, application for exemption from service be made by them or on their behalf, they will not be required to report for duty, or be placed upon active service as aforesaid, until a day, not earlier than the 10th day of December, 1917, which will, by our registrar for the province in which they reported or applied, be notified to them in writing by registered post at their respective addresses as given in their reports for service, or applications for exemption exemption from serviceror at such substituted addresses as they may have respectively signified to our said registrar; and we do hereby inform, forewarn and admonish the men belonging to the class hereby called out that if any of them shall, without just and sufficient cause, fail to report for-duty at the time and place required by notice in writing so posted, or shall fail td report for duty as otherwise by law required, he shall be subject to the procedure, p»ins and penalties by law prescribed as against military deserters. . Of all of which our loving subjects, and all others whom these presents may concern, are hereby required to take notice, rendering strict obedience to and compliance with all these our commands; directions and requirements, and governing themselves accordingly. In Testimony Whereof ent, and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS: WITNESS: Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Victor Christian William, Duke of Devonshire; Marquess of Harrington, Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington; Baron Cavendish of. Hardwicke, Baron Cavendish of Keighley; Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter ; One of Our Most Honourable Privy Council; Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order; Governor-General and Commandcr-in-Chicf of Our Dominion of Canada. At Our Government House, in Our City of OTTAWA, this TWELFTH day of OCTOBER, in the year of Our Lord thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and in the eighth yea» of Our Reign. By Command, Under-Secsetary of State. 1* For Pariod, Ru-ber-oid and Asphalt Roofing go to Mason & Dale's Hardware. Mesdames Scobelland Tait are receiving generous response to their appeals for donations from wholesale firms in Ontario and Quebec, and a few from the United States. These donations will be on sale in the Merchants Booth at the Hallowe'en "Win-the-War" patriotic •ale. Remember the date and the Booth. . 41-3W Pte Harry Holwell, France, has sent us a copy of. The Listening Post" published by the British Expeditionary Force. Messrs L. Skinner & Son> Tyrone, won all the prizes on Shropshire Sheep at Millbrook Fair. Mr. F. B. Lovekin, Newcastle, Newcastle, won many prizes on .Yorkshire Swine, and Mr, J.' Frank Osborne, Town Line, the majority of the prizes on fruit. Mrs. Thoe. Percy was very successful in fancy work. Contents of October Rod and Gun, the sportsman's magazine include "Mr. Moose,".New Moose Country in Northern Quebec, Air Pirates, Small Game Hunting Hunting in Alberta, His First Deer, A Moose Hunt at Pocologan, etc. Also contains fulh reports of trap shooting tournament at Canadien National Exhibition, the Dominion of Canada trap shooting tournament. THE HONOR ROLL Missing: SamueTMyers, Cavan. Killed in action: Pte James R. Moyse, Bowmanville, has been killed in action, learned by a letter of a companion to his father. Before enlisting he was employed by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Died: R. B. Wilson: Port Hope.