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Page Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS THURSDAY .SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1921 ALL NEW STOCK 1922 Wall Papers 22 inches wide and Trimmed Make your selections while assortment is complete. Sample Books now ready to choose from. Phone Orders promptly attended to. C. A. MILLS & CO. Lakeport, Ont. Scribblers! A large assortment for School Reopening now in stock. Come in and look over the line before buying GOULD'S DRUG STORE Phone 129 ■ Colborne House 128w Apple Growers and Buyers, ATTENTION 1 Kindly see the good qualities of my packages, both in APPLE BOXES AND APPLE BARRELS We are prepared to supply you a first-class standard six- or eight-hoop barrel at a very reasonable figure. We have drum sawed staves only--known to make the best store barrel on the market. We manufacture in the late John Coyle's storage, near the G. T. R. My coopers are first-class mechanics. IRA EDWARDS Phone 83 Colborne NOTICE! Owirg to the close margin upon which we tire compelled to sell our goods and the heavy overhead expense in connection with our business, we find it necessary to adopt the CASH SYSTEM On *nd after Monday, July 18th; 1921, our Terms will bo Strictly Cash. Soliciting a continuance of the liberal patronage of the p-*ft, Yours respectfully, CLARKE & DUDLEY CHEVROLET GARAGE -- COLBORNE Grafton West End Garage We have Secured a First-Class Mechanic from the City for Repairing Cars Agents for Gray-Dort and Ford TIRES OILS We also handle EHctric Light Plant for Farmers SABINS & MIKEL v Phone 49 Grafton, Ont A drop in the price of newsprint paper before the end of the year is promised. But, as yet, it is not promised by the men who make it, ANY PAIN OF THE BODY Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatic, Backache Sciatic and Ovarian Pains. One or two DR. MILES' ANTI-PAIN PILLS--and the pain is gone. Guaranteed Safe and Sure. Price 30c. bed tn Colborne by W. F. GRIFFIS, Druggist The Hexall Store* $84,830 is the total amount to be levied for the High and Public schools for the city of Belleville for the year 1921, which is a reduction of $7,473 on the 1920 levy of $92,302. The reduction was made possible by a saving in the operation of the schools during the past year. For years, in the matter of steadily increasing school taxation the overage ratepayer has been a patient burden bearer. But there are warning signs that the limit of endurance has been reached. | Anecdotes of 1 | New Premier f *<K'<><'K~X~X"X~X«<"XK"X~X~X~X CANADIAN writers must be less inventive than Americans, which perhaps explains the fact that there never springs up such a crop of anecdotes about our leading public men as American statesmen are favored with. The Winnipeg Tribune attempts to remedy this defect by publishing some "I-remember-when" stories about the new Prime Minister. It is recorded that when, twelve years ago, in Portage la Prairie he contemplated entering politics a friend said to himf "Arthur Meighen, you're demented If you contemplate neglecting a growing practice for the sake of a forlorn hope." This does not strike us as much of an anecdote, and is only repeated for the sake of emphasizing the nature of the task that confronted the young lawyer. H» was to enter the lists against'John Crawford, the Liberal nominee, and appeared to h>ve only a very slight chance of success. Nevertheless, he was elected, and from that day to this his career has been a succession of difficult tasks mastered. It is related by Mr. Meighen's neighbors that he is extremely absent-minded, the result of becoming so completely absorbed- in a train of thought that he is unconscious of externals. In the early days of hia residence in Portage, Mr. Meighen shared bachelor quarters with Col. C. D. McPherson, now member of the Manitoba Legislature for Lakeside, and Capt. F. B. Bagshaw, a Regina lawyer. Before dawn one morning he arose to catch the five o'clock train for Winnipeg, where he was going to be best man at a wedding. Late in the afternoon when he Tvas half way home he happened to glance at his trousers and discovered that he had figured at the wedding in highly inappropriate garb. Not only did the trousers fail by many shades to match his coat, but they were not his own trousers at all, but the property of Mr. McPherson. Nor had he cheften his roommate's best pair, but instead had donned trousers that Mr. McPherson commonly wore when working round the press in the office of the Daily Graphic, with which he was then connected. However, the marriage did not turn out any the less happily on that account. It is reported that frequently Mrs. Meighen has to ring her husband up at his office to inquire why he hasn't come home for lunch, and that his usual answer is, "What! Haven't I been home yet?" Mr. Adam Daum, a next door neighbor of Mr. Meighen's who used to accompany him when he drove to make political speeches, says that frequently they would drive for twenty miles and not exchange a word, wlfich is no mean tribute to Mr: Daum's own qualities as a traveling companion. Mr. Daum also deposeth that on one occasion, when Mr. and Mrs. Meighen went out. in the evening to attend a wedding, I hey left their little boy Teddy in charge of the Damns. Mr. Meighen, who is not greatly excited about social events, left the party before the close of the exercises, saying that he would call for Teddy. When Mrs. Meighen arrived home some hours later she found her husband sound asleep, but there was no sign of the boy. It was discovered later that Mr. Meighen had forgotten all about him, and as the saying is, "it happens in the best regulated of families." Mayor Metcalfe, another old friend of Mr. Meighen's, reports that when the young lawyer first announced his intention of entering politics, Mrs. Metcalfe predicted, that ' he would become Minister of Justice, if not Prime Minister, Mr. Meighen's first Western experience really began in Winnipeg, in 1898, where for a while after his arrival he taught bookkeeping- in the Winnipeg Business College. He was a master of his subject, and it is said that when it was his duty to instruct in mathematics his knowledge of the science was profound. He graduated with honors in mathematics at the University of Toronto two years earlier. It might also be remarked "that Sir Thomas White is a sound mathematician, which with his strong literary bent makes rather an unusual combination. Occasionally Mr. Meighen would be called upon to double in brass to the extent of teaching cali-graphy, a subject in which he did not greatly excel, but by the use of good headwork he was able to "get by." It is not clear just when the ambition to enter public life seized Mr. Meighen for the first time, but when it did he left nothing undone to qualify for it. He had his room filled with volumes of modern orations, and devoted his spare t-ime to declaiming" from them and in study-of famous men. His ;ver particu-related that called the is a pitcher, inferior to Walter two others who His am This Will I Put Us in Right I With the Boys! With every suit of Men's and Boys' Suits, we are giving DURING NEXT TEN DAYS a good serviceable Waggon. Three waggons may be seen on display in "our Furnishings Department Our new stock of Men's/and Bays' Clothing is now complete. .The prices are not only lower, but the quality of the cloths are better. Boys' Suits in all shades and newest styles. Prices $5 and $10. Men's Suits--Ready made or Tailor made. Newest in Men's Fall Hats, Caps and Furnishings Lowest Prices in Working Men's Togs. Work Shirts 50c. Overalls $1.50. . Sox 4 pairs for $1.00. Big Specials in Men's and Boys' Odd Trousers. Lowest Prices on Work Shoes and Fine Boots. Progress Brand Gothes FENTON & SMITH Wednesday Afternoon Half Hoi Store Open Tuesday Eveninc O0E an GERMS IN WARFARE. Canadian Scientist Does Not Think Scheme Practical. If Dr. Charles H. Mayo of Rochester, Minnesota, really did say at a j dinner in London, England, that i germs would be the ammunition of i the next war--well. Col. George G. Nasmith, C.M.G., of Toronto, isn't at all convinced. Col. Nasmith is familiar, with j germs, too. When the great war broke out he was director of labora- j tories, Department of Health, Toron- j to. When the conflict came he offer- i edfcis services, and became adviser in sanitation, etc., to the First Canadian ! Contingent, and for eighteen months j commanded the Canadian mobile lab- j in France, lyo is reported as expecting war to become one of bacteria I dropped from airplanes over enemy J cities," an interviewer said to Col. i Nasmith as he was making some i i scientific test or other in his office In [ the Confederation Life Building. 1 Col. Nasmith smiled. "Are you j sure th^t Dr. Mayo said it?" he ask- j J ed. When informed that a cable ! made the affirmation, Col. Nasmith laughed a little. "Get away from the question of humanity, and come down to coldblooded practicability," prefaced Col. j Nasmith in comment. "It's the busl- ! ness of armies to kill and destroy, j Yet, respecting the prediction attri- j buted to Dr. Mayo, it is interesting to | recall that no epidemics were started ! deliberately. Why? Well, if an epi- ' demic had been launched by one j army, it would have been a boom- j erang, recoiling on the sender. . Consider it in this light, and you will perceive that common sense is oppos- | ed to such a thing as between armies. ' I don't know which army had it first. But both r. iffer.-d." "During the war, Col. Nasmith, i any proof of my time," Col. 19K I re»re-ie War Allies* in Paris. We ■liafection. and -■-re has >t.<5." m bat science if I OPERA HOUSE COLBORNE Saturday, Sept. 24 The Feature will be EVA NOVAK in "The Smart Sex! Snappy scenes "back stage" in an amateur theatre are among the features of "The Smart Sex," which is to run at the Victoria Opera House, Colborne, on Saturday Evening, Sept. 24th, 1921. It is a Universal production with Eva Novak in hte starring role as a stranded showgirl with a trick goose for a company. Fathers with poker-playing sons will find consolation in "The Smart Sex," the universal comedy-drama. Miss Novak is the star and one of the two young leading men in her support' gets into amusing difficulties over his inability to draw to straights and flushes. The story is a sparkling comedy-drama which was produced at Universal City under the direction of Fred Leroy Granville, THE SERIAL EDDIE POLO -IN- "DO OR DIE" Episode No. 5 The BANPrrs Victim TWO REFLS OF CENTURY COMEDY FULL OF FUN Admission 35c. Children 20c. To Begin at 8 p.m. No War Tax interest in sport larly strong, but amateur baseball McKenzie Colts, but distinctly Johnson and ight be named. Once he was playing in right field, but became im» meised in thought to such an extent that when the opposing Babe Ruth lammed one over his head he forgot to follow the ball, and continued to cogitate. Shortly afterwards he was waivered out of the league, and perhaps it was just as well. Canada's Prime Minister should not be an enthusiast for the national sport of the United States, which is so typical of that nation. j i&bt wf.r, had desired to use the gerai weapon, they would have attempted with typhoid and cholera. But tlftey didn't. Now, as between armies, ihe germ system would hit back, an i, ! anyway, the method would net de-i velop fast enough. I "Say that germs were dropped from the skies, 1 see only one condition under which the plan migh: operate: If Germany were at war with the United States, German airships might cro?s the ocean and drop their war-1., liens on America..-', territory. The s>- ead of the disease ! back to the Germans, in such an i event, would be barred by the seas. > But difficulties art? manifest." I "Then, Col. Nasmith, while Dr. Mayo's forecast is interesting, the j world need not be downcast at the j possible horrors?" { Col. Nasmith nodded assent, and ! then went back to his little powders and his work of myatery which the [ interviewer had interrupted. | And the colonel was as calm as ever. Speed Mama. Mrs. Newrich (returned from tour) We Went very swiftly all the way. Caller--But traveling in a fasti auto, how could-you get any idea of the country? Mrs. Newrich--Oh, I bought a lot of picture postcards every place we stopped at. "By Jove, Milly, you look topping ■to-night, but what a fearful lot your froei-s cost me these days:" Gilbert, dearo!=t. what does money matter when, it's a case of making you Car Load New Fence Wire JUST IN TO BE SOLD AT OR BELOW SARNIA OR EATON PRICES -Place Orders at once- john King St. reive Colborne Orillia Packet: The frequency of otor accidents draws attention to the fact that there are still some petlestrains who cling to the absurd belief that they have rights on the streets. * . 'iilia Packet: When the family have to choose between roast beef nd silk stockings for daughter, it is generally a case of bone-soup or liver .he family. to keei it a secret AUTO SERVICE E. E. PHILP Licensed Chaffeur Charges Reasonable Phone 63 Church St*. W. Colborne