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* M. A. JAMES & SONS, Publishers. $1.50 a year in advance ; BOWMAN VILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 15 1917 Volume. LXIII. No. 46 Couch, Johnston & Cryderman, Limited. Invite eveçy lady in West Durham to see their splendid collection of Ladies 7 New Fall and Winter Coats and Suits, all made of the most fashionable fashionable materials and in the latest styles. Every man should see our New Ready-to-Wear Suits and Overcoats. No better made goods and no better value anywhere. THE EDITOR TALKS "West D.urham farmers every autumn have sheep worried and killed by_dogs. Those who read the Oouncil report in our last issue would see that $234 was f >aid by Darlington township for sheep osses. How would it answer if a bylaw bylaw were passed compelling owners to keep their dogs secured during October and November or longer ? One other partial remedy might be suggested, namely, increasing the dog tax tor say, $5, but this would be a hardship altho it would likely reduce the number number of/dogs considerably. The destructive destructive work of the voracious canines is in nearly every instance done during nighttime, so that it is not a serious matter to insist that all country dogs be housed securely every night. MR. ROWELL FOR DURHAM Liberals and Conservatives Port. Hope Make Unanimous Choice, at None of us think we are extravagent in our living and pay little heed to the counsels or authorities to practice thrift and cut down domestic and personal expenditures. Yet-there is a strong probability that if we were to sit down with our family at home of an evening and critically analyze our home expenses and personal spending we would find several ways for war loan saving. In view of the urgency of the Afiies' need of funds, it is essential that everyone of us overhaul the expense account with the object of saving every possible dollar for supporting supporting our great cause. It has become become bad form during the past three years to give ostentatious or expensive entertainments and social functions; and similarly, our amusements, recreations, recreations, holiday in gs, have taken on a so- i berer aspect. A certain amount of ex- ' periditure in this time is necessary in order to sustain health and maintain productive capacity, but can we not go without some luxuries and in other sane ways save up for a Victory Loan Bond? Read the large announcement on our second page. You should have 2 Pair of Glasses How many hats have you ? How many suits ? How many shoes ? How many neckties ? How many dresses ? y And only one pair of glasses ! 3 Many people always carry 2 pair of glasses. You carry 2 spare tires on your car to insure against accident but you loose a whole day when your glasses break. Not only this but you should have an extra nice pair, like your "Sunday suit"; the kind with the nice large, stylish eye and the comfort giving frames, , Come in and let us fit you up and stop worrying worrying about the trouble and inconvenience of wearing glasses. ^l^- Perfect vision Perfect comfort Perfect satisfaction When we test eyes it is done properly. Jury & Lovell. Graduates of 'Chicago Ophthalmic College New York School of Optics Detroit Optical College Canadian Optical College Over 25 years of experience. This Week's Specials Sùggestions for Overseas: Toothpaste - Tooth Brushes Flea soap - - Toilet Soap Peroxide - - Bandages Foot Elm - - - Court Plaster Little Liver Pills - Licorice Writing pads - - Envelopes Shaving Soap - Razor blades Safety Razors - Gum Gum Gum Milk chocolate - Chocolate bars Chamois Vests - Fountain Pens Sterno Stoves at 75c and $1.00. Thousands of these being used in the trenches to warm food and prepare hot water for shaving. Sterno Canned Heat, 15c, two for 25c; for use in Sterno Stoves. No liquid to spill. Chewing gum 3 for 10c. The boys like a little perfume, 15c, 25c, 50c. We do wish we could impress on the farmers of Canada that at the close of this world war the live stock business of this continent will face the greatest era of prosperity they have eve? known. No doubt about it. The reason for thiAis evident, tor before agricultural activities can be renewed on the devastated farms of war-ridden Europe, those farms must be re-stocked re-stocked with horses and all kinds of breed ing stock which the ravages of the war have so materially reduced in numbers. Where will Europe go to supply this demand for horses, cattle, swine and sheep ? Who can supply these units so necessary for profitable agriculture ? Why 4 Canada and the United States, of course, and to meet this unprecedented demand for breeding breeding stock it is up to our Canadian farmers and live stock breeders to begin begin at once preparations to have stock in shape to stand inspection of foreign buyers who will scour this country when Europe lays aside the sword to take hold of the plow handles once more. Bést Chôcplate for Overseas We have just received 300 pounds of the finest Milk Chocolate 60c lb. Soldier's Feet A great Gene rallias saicTthat "a soldier is no better than his feët". Thousands of soldiers have been made, more fit for service by the use of Foot Elm. Send along a box in your next parcel--25c. Jury <fc Lovêll. Hot Bed Frames 24 Green House sashes 50o to $5.00 each for quick sale. Jury <fe Lovell. Trusses We make a special feature of Truss Fitting and carry a bigger stock than all other dealers in the County combined. combined. Jury <fc Lovell. For Sale Cheap A VTCTROLA--As good as new, taken in exchange for one of the new Pathephonee. Call and hear these wonderful instruments. Jury <fe Lovell Every successful married'man owes much to his wife. She seldom gets her due credit but she is a big factor in more enterprises than is generally known. She is the unrecognized S ower behind the throne very often. fow that war loan subscriptions are being solicited we think it is necessary to have the hearty co-operation of the female members of the family. In many households, too, it is the case that the women are more enthusiastic' savers than the men, and far more ready to cut out the expenditure on non-essentials ; and in the households where they still spend money freely for things they could do without, it is probably because they do not realize the grave issues that are at stake, and the great importance of having every family conserve its monetary resources. More women personally will buy Victory Loan Bonds this month than ever before in the history of Canada. The graded payments make it easy tç invest. For instance, a $50 Bond cari be bought by paying $5 on Dec. 1, $5 on Jan. 2, $10 on first of each of the next four months. For $100 Bond the payments would be double these sums, and so on. ,A very gréât surprise was sprung on the Union Committee at Port Hope on Monday when it was moved by Mr O. Jonas Thornton, ex-M. P., seconded by Mr. John H. Devitt, M. P. P., that this joint committee recommends that the Conservative convention to be held in Orono to-morrow approve the Hon. N. W. Rowell as the candidate of a Union convention to be called for Thursday next at Orono, the Executive Executive of the Reform Association having pledged their party to likewise approve approve the said nomination, their bwn -candidate, Mr. J. B. Bartram, having resigned". The ten representatives from each of the political parties present were: Conservatives--James Parker, Newcastle; Newcastle; James Paul, Cavan; Ernest Wilson, Hopè; James Armetron Man vers; C. J. Thornton, Clarke; J Devitt, Cartwright; J. J. Virtue, Darlington; Darlington; R. Copeland, Bowmanville; Robert Deyell, Millbrook; D. H. Chisholm, Chisholm, Port Hope. Liberals--John McLaughlin, Darlington; Darlington; John Allin, Newcastle; Richard Richard W. Philp, Cartwright; Josiah Perrin, Man vers; H. Elson, Cavan; S. R. Caldwell, Hope; Frank Allen, Clarke; Walter Coombe, Millbrook; Dr. Aldrich, Port Hope; James McDougall, McDougall, Bowmanville. The Globe correspondent says that: Notwithstanding that the introduction introduction of the above resplutiou by two prominent 'Conservatives came as a complete surprise, it was unanimously unanimously carried by the Union meeting of ten Liberals and ten Conservatives. Few of the representatives were aware that such action was to be taken, and when the resolution was ready, they could scarcely realize the move. Several Several of the delegates told the correspondent correspondent just previous to the meeting that they had not the slighest hope of an agreement, and looked, for the regular old-time election. Hon. Mr. Rowell's name will be submitted to the Conservative conven tion at Orono on Tuesday and leading Conservatives do not anticipate any opposition. The Executive of the Re form Association have pledged their support, and the Union convention will be held at Orono Thursday 15 th inst. The selection of the Hon. Mr. Rowell has met with favor by both parties in Port Hope, and they all feel quite elated that Durham is to be represented by a Minister of the Crown. Mayor R. A.MulhoIIand, who was to be the Convervative candidate; says he is pleased to step' aside for such an able representative as Hon. N. W. Rowell, an out-and-out "win- the - war" candidate and a Cabinet Minister. Another leading member of the Conservative party considers Durham very fortunate. He told your representative that Durham made sad mistake when they defeated Hon. A. B. Aylesworth, and now was their chance to redeem themselves. We must all regard it as a very great honor that the Cabinet Minister who stands next to the Prime Minister .himself should consent to be the candidate for good old Durham county. No man in the public life x>f Canada to-day is more respected or possesses the confidence of all classes of citizens in a higher measure than Hon. Newton Newton Wesley Rowell, K. C.. The Saturday Evening Post of Nov. 10th contains a very eulogistic article written by George Pâttullo about the clever work being done of Canadian soldiers in Flanders. Here is one of the many compliments paid to our men; "Though certain crack British regiments are unsurpassed by any troops in the world, the fact remains that the Canadian Army _ as a whole constitutes the most formidable weapon weapon of its size on any Front". This statement, remarks the writer, does not repeesent my valueless personal prejudices, but the opinion of military experts". Farther on Mr. Pattullo sagely adds "but while we are handing bouquets to the sons of the Maple Leal let us not lose sight of the fact that the Canadian forces include Englishmen, Englishmen, Scotsmen and some Irishmen born in the Old Land who were living in the Dominion when war broke out and promptly enlisted. / That type of man is always to the fore in a crisis. The same pluck and push that drive him to emigrate to new fields bring him, into/the ranks at his country^ first call". What greater compliment could be paid to the noble sons of noble sires ot British blood? We omitted to say that the article is headed "Fightin' Sons-of-Guns". Ensign Gertie Holland, superintendent of a Maternity Hôpital, Montreal, has been visiting her_ uncle* Mr. Moses Holland and other relatives here. It is ten years since she left Bowmanville and in her work in the Salvation Army has travelled all over Canada, the United States and Newfoundland. GNR. NORMAN McCRIMMON. We are very sure that our citizens will sincerely and deeply sympathize with Mrs. J. T. Gould of Oshawa, formerly of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, on the supreme sacrifice made by her son Driver Norman S. McCrimmon who passed away on October 25th somewhere somewhere in France. He enlisted at Regina, Sask., and trained at Camp Hughes during during the summer and fall of 1916. He was given a furlough and came home from St. Johns, N. 6 , and at his request was transferred to the Cobourg Heavy Battery, and went overseas with the 6th draft in February 1917. He had been on the war front since May doing duty in the Ammunition Column of 45th Battery. In his last letter to his mother he said he had been up to the guns the night previous and all was so quiet that one would not know there was a war on. He was reported reported as having died at the tenth Casualty Station of a gun shot wound in the abdomen and right foot and was unconscious unconscious all the time arid was not able to leave a message says Nursing Sister G. H. C. Paynter writing to his mother. He will be buried in the Military Cemetery at Lyssenhock. Norman was a popular boy here and his old school mates will be sorry to learn that he has made the supreme sacrifice for his native land and the Empire. AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE. Friday evening in the Aàseiribîy Hall of the B. H. S. was given an excellent illustrated lecture by Mr. A. H. D. Rots, M. A., M. F., Principal of the school before a splendid audience, The slides were choice snaps taken here and there thruout Canada. The speaker stressed the yast wealth of the forests of Canada, the importance of proper care taken when camping in forests to avoid fires, the numerous ways of detecting trees, some artificial methods of growing trees and of transplanting them in sandy desert places, changing them into tillable districts as well as. beautifying the country around, felling trees and getting them ready to float down thé rivfers ready to go to sawmill sawmill or ready for shipment. It proved a very interesting and instructive lecture. Mr. Ross is well posted on this subject and deserves much credit in trying to interest the people of Bowmanville in this great wealth of Canada. Mr. W. B.Couch acted as chairman. The musical numbers were given by Misses Ethelda arid Aileen Hazelwood and Miss Helen Yellowlees. The meeting closed with .the National Anthem. WOOD SALE Early in December Mr. James Veale, lot 5, Con. 5, Darlington, will sell 8 acres of standing timber--beech, maple and birch. Also 2 acres of cedar. See bills. L. A. W. Tole, auctioneer. Auto Tires at Cost at F. O. Mason's. Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton, Pros- pèct-st,, were in Port Hope Tuesday attending attending the funeral of her aunt, Miss Grace Burt. Miss Gladys Wes ta way, Port Hope, is a guest of her cousins, Mrs. Brabazon and Miss Raby Woods* William-st, north.-- Lindêay Warder. ts EXEMPTION BOARD NO 51--BOWMANVILLE- D. B. Simpson, K. C., J. S. Moorcraft. Capt^Geo. W. James, Military Representative. Decisions of the Exemption Board for this town and vicinity up to Tuesday evening. Most of the exemptions are to farm help and sons of farmers engaged on the farms. Exemption Refused Reginald Barton, Clarke. Allan A. Martin, Newcastle R*R. Wm. G. Holt, Darlington. Temporary Exemption. Wm. H. Swancott, Newcastle. A. O. Parker. " Luke B. Gray, Bowmanville. , Conditional Exemption Wm. S. Rudd, Bowmanville. Harold V. Rowe " Exempted Till Class 2 is Called. Henry Junker, Orono. John J. Cornish, " Wm. A. Waddell " Albert J. Garratt, Bowmanville. Exempted (On condition they continue, at present occupation or until their class is called). W. C. Parsons, Darlington. Russell Gillson, " W. J. Bird, Starkville. J. T. Johnston, Newcastle. B. D. Whitney, Ghas. McNeil, Orono. Elmer J. VanCamp, Darlington. Wm. Armstrong, Orono. O. W. Rolph, R. J. Robinson, " J. H. Moffat W. T. Tebble, " P. F. Morgan, Kendal. M. V. Garrett, Osaca. H. M. Allin, Newcastle. Eddie Powell, A. A. Gibson, 11 ' W. G. Samis, F. A. Nesbitt, S. S. Lockhart, " J. W.Tubb, Clarke. R. E. Coatham, Orono.. W. J. Cochrane " R. R. Foster, " W. A. Beacock, " F. O. Cooper, Kendal. Roy Sleep, " Frank Booth, " A. C. Bragg, Bowmanville R R 4« L. A. Squair, " " Roy D. Mercer, Kendal. W. H. Robinson, Starkville. Wilbert Mark, Tyrone. H. M. Foster, Bowmanville R R 3 R C Pearce,/ " " 3 B. Harris, " •* 4 Wm. Hanna, Newcastle. W. G. Heard, Thos. Moffat, Orono. J. W. Berry, H. C. Higginbotham, Newcastle. S. R. Perkins, Bowmanville. W. J. Perkins, " H. J. Stacey, C. F. Loscombe, H. C. Gaud, J. Rpbinson, " F. W. Bottrell, Adjourned Cases D. F. Connell, Newcastle. Melbome Bickell, Bowmanville. Wilfrid Bundle, Bowmanville R R 3. Editor W. S. Given of Millbrook Reporter is returning officer for Durham. REV. MR. BEST INDUCTED St. Paul's Has a New Minister. A good audience assembled in St. Paul's"Presbyterian Church on Thursday- Thursday- afternoon to witness the induction induction of the Rev. D. W. Best, B. A;, Toronto, formerly of Beaverton, as minister of this congregation. Rev. Dr. Marsh, Pickering, conducted tht opening exercises, led in praise by tht- choir under. leadership of Mr. H. J. Knight with Mrs. E. S. Senkler at the organ. The sermon was preached by Rev; Mr. Marsh from the words "So Christ was once offered to bear the A sins of many"--Heb. 9:28. It was the story of the sacrifice for sin and wan dealt with in a very interesting and helpful manner, as to what this sacrifice implies and teaches, and was discussed under three headings: (1) Christ's mediatorial work; (2) The Atoning work of Christ; (3) Substition- ary death of Christ. He summed up the practical teachings of the sermon by saying, first, God is able to save to the uttermost all that come to him by faith, and secondly, there is no other way of salvation. After the singing of a hymn, a duet "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" was nicely sung by Mrs. O. A. Cawker and Mrs. Munroe A. Neal. Rev. Geo. Yule of Oshawa, Moderator of Whitby Presbytery, called on Rev. J. A. McKeen, B. A., of Orono, to narrate the steps leading up to the call. The pulpit has been vacant since last February. Rev. Mr. Yule called on Rev. Mr. Best and questioned him on his actions anent this call, and other matters according according to the discipline of the Presbyterian Presbyterian Church which questions were all satisfactorily answered. This service service was closed with" prayer by the moderator. Rev. G. Gomm, minister ,of Black- stock and Enniskillen Churches, addressed addressed the new minister admonishing him to be first of all a pastor in the truest sense of the word. Not only to faithfully preach the gospel in the pulpit but to be an all-round man, to live in the lives of his people--in a word, to be one of them. The speaker in closing wished the new pastor every blessing and trusted that his ministry- in this charge might be abundant and profitable. Mrs. C. A. Cawker favored the congregation congregation with a solo "How lovely are thy dwellings". Rev. J. W. Rae, minister of Newcastle, Newcastle, in opening his address to the people said that the Clerk of Presbytery Presbytery stated that three calls had been extended by this congregation. The first had been good, the second better and the third Best. He based his remarks remarks on the words "Love is the fulfilling fulfilling of the Law". His address while different from the Usual "address to the people", was replete with good advice to them to "live the love life". God wishes this world to be filled with love and said every life must have a centre, and that lives without centres were direlicts on life's ocean. While he emphasized love for country, love for church, and love for home, love for God must be the inner circle round which all loves must twine if we are to live the love-life and accomplish the work of the living God. If they lived this life with each other and with their minister the glory of God should be manifested in St. Paul's aa never before. before. After singing another hymn the service closed with the benediction by Rev. Mr. Yule. The new minister was then introduced to the people by- Mr. Thos. Tod and Miss Galbraith, The ladies of the church served a splendid supper in the school-room after which in response to Rev, Mt- Yule's request, short happy, and con- g 'atulatory remarks were made by ev. Si Sellery, M. A., B. D , of the Methodist Church, Rev. C. P. Muir- head. Rector of $fc. John ; s Anglic^ Church, Rev. G. 0. Weisman, B. A., of the Disciples Church to which Rev. Mr. Best made a happy and cordial reply. Rev. Mr. Gomm proposed a vote of thanks to the ladies for the excellent supper served, and a hearty vote of appreciation moved by Mr. James Smith and seconded by Mr. W. H. Carruthers was given Rev. J. W. Rae for the splendid assistance rendered rendered to the congregation during the time the pulpit had been vacant. The gathering dispersed after all joined heartily in singing the National Anthem. We extend to Rev. and Mrs. Best and daughter Miss Elizabeth a hearty welcome and trust their residence among us will be- very happy and successful in all good work. THE HONOR ROLL Wounded: C. Wilson, Oshawa, W. M, Robinson, Brooklin, Gnr. F. H. Singer, Cedardale. Wounded, remained at duty: E. S. Stainton, Oshawa. Wounded: C. W. Pomeroy, Cobourg, Sgt. R. G. Dickinson, Bowmanville, A. T. Sayer,#CoB5urg, A. E. Allin, Cobourg, S. E. Hutchinson, Bethany, Mrs. W. B. Pinch was called to Hornell, N. Y., owing to the death of her brother's wife. Miss Williams, Sau[t Ste Marie, and Mrs. Mason, Acton, have been guests of Mr. John and Miss Éva Hellÿar. - Sergt. R. G. Dickinson of this town reported reported wounded was » shot through the calf of one leg about 4 inches below the knee. . Mr. James Milligan, Cobalt, spent the ' week-end at Mr. R. Dumas before leaving for Kingston to enlist with the King's Battery.