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51st Year. No. 3 COLBORNE, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18A 1917 $1.25 a Year in Advance A Question of Spex Do your eyes tire easily ? Do your eyes burn ? Does the type become blurred in reading? If so, you need glasses. Do you suffer from frontal headache? If so, glasses will help you. Do you know if you have perfect eyesight '■: If not, we can inform you. It will cost you nothing. Satisfaction guaranteed--our guarantee means something. Here to-day. Here to-m H. J. MAYHEW JEWELLER WATCHMAKER J FREE--1 doz. Pictures with $6 purchase or over. 10 Days' Reduction Sale Commencing Saturday, Jan. 20th On account of our new location, we have the opportunity to offer to the public the following stock of merchandise at the prices quoted below: Men's Wear Suits.................. 6.95 up Pants.................. 1.19 " All wool Underwear 89c Top Shirts, flannel.. 89c " tl plaid... 1.29 " Woolen socks....... 21c" Suspenders, all kinds 17c Overalls, striped... 1.19 '* Caps.................. 39c " Ties................... 15c " Boys'Wear 2-piece Suits... 3.25 & 3.90 oraTes.......... . ...'." ~t©C Bloomer Pants......... 1.19 " ......... 1.29 " ......... 1.40 Ladies' Wear Fancy Waists, reg. 1.50 for................98 House Dresses, 1.50, 1.19 Overall Aprons........... .45 Tea Aprons................19 Hdkfs, hemstitched......03 ': Patriotic, from.. .08 Hose, from................12 Jewelry of all kinds Watches Clocks Alarm Clocks We have decided to sell I specialize on Watch & Jewelry Repairs <I The above goods are strictly new and we are sacrificing thei for the purpose of inviting you to our new location. We exten an invitation to all. My me Try )f Fittit g Glasses is the only sure way. Every pair guaranteed satisfactory. A. SAYER Jeweller and Optician--at Windsor Hotel--S. E. Corner Red Cross Received Quilt Miss McTavish has received the following acknowledgment: '■London, S. W., Jan. 1st, 1917--Tils Ladies of the Parcels Office, Canadian Red. Cross Society, acknowledge vnm many thanks, the kind donation of graph quilt for the wounded < anadu Soldiers, from the Ladies' Aid of Trinii Church. Colborne. Yours ' eFras Promising Young Musician Mrs. Ada M. Wagner, Mug. Teaahor 01 Piano, Organ, Harmony, Belleville, writes: "It will be interest!!; to some of your readers to know of the little friend, Kathleen Tuck's (dauglj of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Tuck) music* sess. Kathleen was formerly of Col borne. She has a promising future, I she is only eleven years old. This make the third year that she has been playiifj in public. She played at the Bapti» Church, Belleville, daring the Xmas hoi i and is to play again at her teacher' Is' class in Stirling, as Mrs. Wagrii i class in Stirling as well as one 2 Belleville. Success to my promisiil young pupil. She deserves this mark | appreciation." Mrs. Wagner. The Sir John Colborne Chapter, I. D. E., have sent $5 to the British. Sailors Belief Fund. Acknowledgments for parcels of s sent to the boys by the I. 0. D. E., T borne, have been received from Sgr. W. i\unn, Ptes. W. A. Moore, Gla Chatterson, Dick Stone. The regular meeting of the Sir Jol Colborne Chapter, I. 0. D. E., will held on Monday, January 22nd, 1917, 3 p. m., in the Masonic Dining Hi The object of this meeting is to nomint officers for the year 1017. All members are urgently requested to be present. 1 PERSONAL Miss Frances L. Payne has gone t Detroit, Mich., where she ' position* Mrs. G. L. Badley has returned home after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Tait, Goi h. Mrs. Solomon Darling of Warkworth visited at Mr. Wm. Ushers, and the Misses Barringer's last week. Messrs. W. H. and Gordon E. Matthews of Trenton attended the funeral of their uncle, Capt. James Dougherty, last Saturday. Capt. Jas. H. Peacock of Port Hope, who came down to attend Capt. Dougherty's funeral, was a guest of Mr. D. C. Matthews over Sunday. --. and Mrs. J. H. Menzies and children left on Monday for their home in Regina, Sask., after a couple of weeks' visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mrs. Dellenback has returned to her home, Hamilton, altera two weeks' visit daughter, Mrs. Thos. McGlennon, who accompanied her mother as far as Toronto on her return. Mr. and Mrs. F. Ventress and family re at Campbellford, attending the rec-ptioh to Mr. Ventress' cousin, Capt. H. E. Hodge, who is home on one month's furlough. Capt. Hodge enlisted with the first contingent for overseas service. Mrs. Lacey Amy, wife of Lacey Amy, the Canadian author and journalist, of Toronto, has been chosen by the British War Office as the welfare superintendent of 3,000 women employed in a North London munition factory. Mr. and Mrs. Amy have been in England for some time. Mrs. Amy is a daughter of Mr. W. L. Payne, K. C. Colborne. Births Death of Geo. I. Merriman ' 'In the midst of Life we are in Death, was exemplified in the unexpected and sudden death of Mr. G. I. Merriman. who was a life-long, well known resident of Colborne. Around town as usual, apparently in his usual health, and with his characteristic cheery greeting to friends, until past noon on Friday7 Jan. 12th, 1917, the announcement of his death a few hours after was a great shock to his many friends and acquaintances. reading the paper, as was his custom after lunch, and was conversing with Mrs. Merriman and granddaughter, { when his head fell forward and he brea-1 thed his last two minutes after. Heart failure being the cause of death. The funeral service was held at the home, Sunday afternoon, the Rev. T. J O'Conon-Fenton, conducting the services of the Church of England, of which the deceased had been a lifelong member. There was a large attendance of citizens and friends. The burial was in the East Colborne Cemetery. Relatives and friends from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Harte (nee Annie Merriman, (daughter) and Miss Lawsc Proctor--At Brighton, Sunday, Jan. 14, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. W. Proctor, a son. In Brighton Tp., on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Day, Deaths Scranton - F. P. Strong - Coal Quality and Service are two good reasons for contracting for Scranton Coal. "Nature Made It Best." Now is the time to secure your Winter supply. PEA COAL. NUT COAL. STOVE COAL. SOFT COAL. CON.VEi COAL. EGG COAL SHINGLES B.C. Red Cedar. Quebec. Sewer Pipe. F. P. STRONG The Coal Man D' Makes Hard Work Easy! LISTING, cleaning and polishing hardwood floors is hard, back-break-An almost never ending task and seldom satisfactory the . But it is easy, quick and satisfactory the new way--using the O-Cedar 1 it you can spend a few minute* doing what it now takes you almost a da? "r ou simply pass the O-Cedar Polish Mop over the floor and every particle of and dirt is taken up and held. The floor is given a hard, durable. lasting polish and is altvUSedftr-i-.-durtir-:-I ,gh fumuu Grass Bros. All yarn taken from the Colborne Chapter, I. O. D. E., knit into socks must be return Chapter and labeled before the monthly parcel. Also hospitaKsh that are out, kindly have returned the date. toherty--At Colborne, on Thuri day, January 11th, 1917, James Dougherty J" v-- m nital shirrs 74th yea --In Cramahe Tp., on I L917, Chas. S. Hinman, f Mont- ,3on) and Mrs. Merriman and 3 children of Belle-ille: Mr. C. V. Ketchum of Gananoque, and Mr. J. C. Cumming, who came home '"om Toronto. There was a large number of floral tok-is from friends and a wreath from the G. T. R. employees at Colborne where deceased was Station Master for thirty years. •. Merriman wag descended from Jacobite and Puritan stock. He was the younger son of the late Mr. James Monroe Merriman, Collector of Customs, and Mrs. Merriman (nee Maria Livingston). He was born in Colborne on February 2nd, 1843, and consequently, was in his 74th year of his age. In his youth he was clerk in the post o lice and general store of the late Mr. Jay Ketchum. He and the late Senator Cox afterwards learned telegraphy together and both filled positions in Peterboro. In 1864 Mr. Merriman entered the employ of the Grand Trunk Railway, and was soon afterwards appointed agent at St. Lambert, Que. In 1870, he married Jane Elizabeth Casey (Vermont and U. E. Loyelist ancestors,) daughter of the late Stephen Casey and grand-daughter of the Joseph Keeler, who came to Canada and settled on Crown land in Cramahe at the Cherry Bark Cough Syrup --its taste is exceedingly pleasant, --it does not derange the stomach. J --its a large bottle for the money. --it contains nothing harmful. --its purity is above reproach. --it will relieve you, or your mc ey back. 25c, 50c, $1.00 . SOLD ONLY BY W.F.GRIFFISJ Wa I. O. D. E. Concert Selections to be given by Miss Jessie Alexander at the Concert to lv given in the Methodist Sunday School Hall, Colborne, on Wednesday evening, Jan. 24th, 1. Sandy McNab at the Front. 2. For Belgium (J. J. Bell.) 3. Should Women Propose? (Dorothy Dix.) 4. The Convalescent. \TERY CHEAP for quick sale, square piano. For particulars apply to Mrs. Montgomery, Colborne, Box IT" For Sale ON KING ST., COLBORNE, 8 room frame house, with bath room, wood shed and large dry cellar; heated by furnace. Large garden. All in first-class order. Will sell at a sacrifice if sold . Apply at Express Office. For Sale THE W. J. Hammond Estate offer for sale the valuable property, house, barn, and lot situated on King Street re, Executor 33 Front Notice to Pay Up ALL parties owing monies in account with E. E. Latta, M. D., of Colborne, will please call and settle same ith the undersigned1 who has power of attorney and will give valid receipts for all payments made. These accounts must )e paid by Feb. 1 to avoid charges for :ollection. Signed, Carrie Latta. SMALL FARM WANTED Will pay cash for small Farm from 5 to 20 acres. Must have good House and Barn, within Town limits of Colborne. Must have good water, spring or well. Possession by May f 1 st, 1917. State lowest cash price. - Addresc. Wm. HICKS, Mx. Box 23, Colborne, Qnt. Ne-ct Division Court in Co'I c me, --In Haldimaiul township qi 1 : /.tuK'ih Ma J; ife of Isaac Lathrope, in he: 75tn\year. Merri»r an--At Colborne, on Friday January I2th, 1917, George I. Merrimar in his 74th year. Ni'nx--At Colborne, on Sunday. January 14th, 1917. John T. Nunn, in his 66th year. Peters--In Cramahe, on Thursday January 18th, 1917, Henry Peters, agec 75 years, 5 months and 1 day. Funeral at 2 p. m. Saturday to Salem Church, where services will be held. Burial at Sanford--In Brighton Village, or Thursday. Jan. 11th, l!'17, Rosalia Sanford, daughter of the late T. 1). Sanford. of the family, the Earl of Kilmarnock, was beheaded on Tower Hill, London, for fidelity to the Jacobite or Stuart cause. A third member of the family, the 1st Viscount Teviot, is buried in Westminster Abbey. r. Merriman is survived by his wid-three children, Mr. Vinton R. Mer- ____in of Belleville, Mrs. Richard R. Harte of Hamilton, and Mrs. Jerram B. Connell of St. Kitte, B. W. 1.; and by five sisters, Mrs. M. K. Lockwood of Brighton, Mrs. John McColl of Brighton, Mrs. John Hamilton of Alvinston, Mrs. S. Black Of Stirling, Mrs. G. A. Smith of Los Angeles, Cal. -betters from Soldiers To Miss E. J. Padginton; Corpl. Brummell Jan. 3rd, 1917--Corpl. Brummell hospital ship which has landed hii and he wa some hosp Card of Thanks FOR the many kind expressions of sympathy in their bereavement, and for flowers, Mrs. J. T. Nunn and family wish to thank their friends and neighbours. Late Capt. James Dougherty The funeral of the late Capt. James Dougherty, who died on Thursday, Jan. " ^917, was held on Saturday after-._ Rev. W. A. McKenzie, D. D., conducted the church service at the family residence, and the Masoni. ies at the home and the grave in Lakeport Cemetery were led by W. I W. J. Cochrane, W.M., and Bro. li T. J. O'Conor-Fenton, Chaplain, of ( borne Masonic Lodge. There was „. large attendance of Free Masons and i gar Atbeling and his mother and sisters other friends. from Northumbria to Scotland in 1067, -■- where Edgar's sister, Margaret, became r-> *U nc T M____ the britle ot' KinS Malcolm Caenmore. Death ot John 1. INunn 0ne of ^ Livingstons (Thurstanua, son . lough it was generally known that I °f Levingins). witnessed the foundation he has been in failing health, the sudden j of Holy rood House; a second witnessed death o" sociated with the Company for 46 years. He relinquished the position of agent for the Canadian Express Company ' years ago. Mr. Merriman was the grandson of Joel"Merriman, who, with his wife and three children (one a babe-in-arms) c to Canada from Meriden, Coun,, horseback in 179',' and settled in Cramahe Township, on property received from i Crown through one Isaiah Hall. .1 Merriman was the great-great-grands of Lieut. Nathaniel Merriman, who \ bote in England in 1613 and who ca_.. to America with the Plough Company of Puritans in 1632. He was one of" the founders of Wallingford, Connecticut. His father (George) was the son of Gregory Merriman, one of three brothers (sons of Thomas Merriman) who lived in the County of Oxford, England, middle years of the 16th century. One of these sons, John became the Ancestor of (1) John Merriman, a captain in the commonwealth army •:!' Oliver Cromwell; (2) John Merriman, medical attendant of H. R. II. the Duchess of Kent and H. R. H. the Princes Victoria, (afterwards Queen Victoria); (3) Nathaniel Merriman, Bishop of Grahamstown, S. A.; and (4) the Hon. F. H. Merriman, Premier of Cape Colony. On his maternal side, Mr. Merriman was descended from Robert Livingston, first Lord of Livingston Manor, Albany, N. Y., and, through him, from James, fourth Baron Livingston in the Peerage " "Scotland. The Baron Livingston was, turn, descended from Levingins, a Nobleman, who accompanied Ed- j re ,l * ^rrrlrr^^T Hi.- next of kin is a s Ont., Mr. Brummell ws a resident of Colborn with the late E. J. Cox, business. Acquaintanc his injuries are not serii r old blighty, n unknown. at Milford, 3 for several years , being engaged Mr. John T. 3rnoon, January 14th, 1917. was tse of deep regret among his t friends and acquaintances. For 38 v Mr. Nunn was engaged at the G. 1 station, Colborne, at first as switel and latterly as freight checker, an popular and efficient oihcial. Nui id two son Chas. W. with England, John Florence at home The funeral wa dence, Tuesday ; 66th v iday I a charter of Malcolm, Karl of Lennox, the m 1270; third was killed at the Battle of lany ' Flodden Field; a fourth accompanied ;arS) I King David into England in 1346 and R. I was knighted under the Royal Standard man and taken prisoner at the Battle of Dur-| he ham ; a fifth was chieftain of King Robert He II. of Scotland, the first of the Stuart Mr. "Kings; a sixth was Regent of Scotland i his during tl: n Liv Scothu illg.-tol •nth, Lii Sergt. Ray E. Ives Witley Camp, Surrey, England, Dec. 23rd, 11)16:--We were quarantined a sector measles, but are out once re had some good rides in the country which we all enjoyed very much. It looked so strange to see so much green-winter" time. The turnip tops are still green, but the farmers are hauling them in now. One day we wrent out after a slight snowfall and the scenery very beautiful. We had to bend the horse's neck several times to dodge the overhanging holly boughs. You may imagine the beauty of the road. I received a Xmas "box" from a horse. It kicked higher than my head with one foot, while I caught the other with my shoulder and mouth. It doesn't hurt me the least, so I should worry. We get plenty of good meat here, but e very short on sugar. No one can buy sugar here except in proportion to amount of groceries. Dec. 26th--I had a nice bunch of partis in my bunk for Xmas. The one from home came on the 23rd, over a month ou the road. The cloth covers many a parcel, 1 believe, for they often wander around the "front" in France for a week or two. Mail comes hero in huge dray loads and a large force required to handle it. So no wonder sometimes have to wait for it. For Xmas day the mess room was nicely decorated with holly and laurel, and the tables were arranged after banquet style. They had I issue paper table cloths tnd were strewn with dishes of raisins, nuts, apples, oranges, and bananas. When all Here -eated the Brigade orchestra struck up and the dinner began. All went nicely. The officers dined with the boys. We had roast turkey and goose, potatoes, beets and cabbage, apple sauce or cranberry sauce, and a one-pound plum pudding. After dinner I borrowed a wheel and went for a long ride. 5 miles to Hazel-i, 2}£ miles t( usho and 6 it " oi ) and I enjoyed it. Most eased had b and a squar Lodge, A.F the Colborn | Annual Meeting of Colborne | and Haldimand Ag. Society