~~ PAGE BIX YHE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1915. News From Brisk Eastern Ontario Points THE DISTRICT NEWS CLIPPED FROM 1HE WH.GS MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. In Brief Form the Events In. the Country About Kingston Are Told --Full of Interest to Many. Dr: Wing, Portland, had the mis- fortune to break his arm last week. ___E. F. YapLuven. California, is in Napanee on a visit to his brother E. L. Vanluven. Russell Young, Almonte, has been appointed inspector of war munitio at Philadelphia. : Everton Smith, Moscow, had the misfortune, on Monday, to lose his pacing mare by death. Jd. H. Whitmarsh, Westport, has sold a fine bunch of young cattle to Ian Killy, Tichborne, last Tuesday. Miss Orpha' Gertrude Hunter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter, at the age of nineteen years. Cofporal L J. Dunham, AB Brock- ville, has returned home invalided- He suffered from gas poisoning. The Roman Catholic Cemetery Cemmittee, Perth, . have purchased three acres of land fiom Mr. John Gillespie. N. H. Walker brought in a bunch of red raspberries gathered from the garden of H. D. Snider, South Na- panee. Mrs. Charles Stevens; jr., a form- er well known resident of Napanee died on Sept. 30th at Milwaukee, Wis. John Spence, beyond Wayside, has bought the Timothy Doyle farm, nea* by, for $6,000. The farm contains 150 acres, with good buildings. F. E. Wagar, son of J. D. Wag- ar, Enterprise, has-been appointed manager of the Dominton Land Oi- fice at Peace River Cross, Alberta. Dr. E. M, Herrington, Picton, has purchased from Mrs. Clark Vander- voort of Toronto, the residence which he has occupied for the past year. H. B. Sherwoed, Napanee, receiv- ed a telegram that Richard Logan Roe, Renovo, Fa., had dled very sud- denly. He is a son of the late Alex. Roe, M.P.P, Last 'week Charles Kerr, Toronto, son of the late Senator Kerr, pur- cased the beautiful summer residen- ce in Cobourg of the late Mrs. Soria of New Orleans, At Brighton, Verna Pearl, only ! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Pake, was married to Leon G. Goodrich on- ly son of Mr. and Mrs. James Good- rich, Warkworth. The Westport Black Fox Company have sold one of their young foxes to a Perth gentleman for $700. This was one of the nine foxes recently purchased at Elk Lake, New Ontario. Mrs, alstte Carson Talcott, Bloom fleld, assumed the editor- ship of the "Home and Abroad" and "World's Work" pages in the Wo- men's Century, 'which journal is the organ of the National Council of Canada. A deeply rich toned church bell, weighing, with frame, etc, 2,600 Janda, and cast by John Warner, on, Eng., has recently been pur- chased and installed in St. John the Evangelist's church, Enterprise. In the Picton Police Court on Tuesday for disorderly conduct in a Picton hotel, a man was fined $10 and costs, or one month in goal. For obstructing the police on the same occasion he was also taxed $10 and costs, making in all a total of $30. On Wednesday Miss Viola Shortt. |ed Green Point, the bride of this week, was asked to the school, where she was presented with a set of silver fruit knives by Miss Isabel Cole and where an address was read by Mas- ter Leonard Carman. Deputy Sheriff Williams, Water- town, N.Y, was in Brockville and lo- cated at a junk shop about 350 pounds of wire that has been stol- en from places among the islands during the summer, and for which offence three young men are now awaiting trial at Watertown. Melville has suffered an irrepar- able loss in the removal by death of one of its oldest and most highly respected residents, in the person of John G. Wessels, who on Wednesday evening after a painful illness pass- ed peacefully into eternal rest at the advanced age of seventy-six years. On Friday evening last a number BRST BEAUTIFY YOUR HAR AND} STOP DANDRUFF charming, wavy, For 25 cents you can save your hair, Ia less than ten minutes you can double its beauty. Your hair be- comes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and appears as soft, lustrous and ing as e you some Danderine. try -- nioisten a cloth with a little Dander- ine and carefully draw it through jo your hair, taking ono small strand] charm to girl's after applying this | of the officers and teachers of Trinity | Sunday School, Napanee, presented {the reiiring superintendent of the Sunday School, Dr, C, H. Wartman, with an address and a handsome ca thedral clock. Mrs. Wartman was auet of roses. DID SPLENDID WORK. Sheflicld Branch of Canadian Red Cross Society. Tamworth, Oct, 8.--At the regular Township of Sheffield Branch, of the were unanimously made: Honorary president--J. Harrison, Reeve. Honorary vice-presidents -- All clergymen, resident of Sheffield. President--C. G. Coxall. Vice-president--Hugh Elliot. Secretary--James Aylesworth. Treasurer--Charles R. Jones. AH those with the following rep- resentatives (3 from each church in Sheffleldj compose the executive: James A. McL. Wheeler, Lawrence Way, G. H. Richardson, Jacob N. Wa- gar, Mrs. Daniel Gilmour, Mrs. John A. Brown, Mrs. Charles R. Jones, | Miss Rachael McDonnell, Mrs. Cath- erine Drumgoole and Miss Maggie Way. Reports presented show raised $556.99 and $316.57 worth | of soldiers and hospital supplies | (sheets, pillows, quilts, shirts, socks; | etc.) prepared by the women since organization last February, also a considerable quantity of material on hand in process of being worked up. The work for the ensuing year is being entered upon with a strong purpose to do better than in the past. $200 was voted to help pay for| "The Lennox and Addington Ambu- lance." cash | ---------- HAS BEEN INCREASED, Havelock Has Tax Rate of 27 Mills. | Havelock, Oct. 9.--Havelock's tax rate for this year has been fixed at 27 mills on the dollar, and even at that the council are of the opinion that there will be a deficit at the end of the year, Last year the rate was only 23 4-10 mills. 'The increase] this year is due to the new provincial | war tax and the county war relief rate which had to be provided for] extra, and also a raise of 2 mills in| the school rates. -- { | | { | Kemptville Tax Rate. Kemptville, Oct. 9.--At the meet-| ing of the council the tax rate was| struck at twenty-eight mills, an in-| crease of one mill over that of last year. This increase was necessitat- ed by the tax imposed by the Govern- ment for war purposes. The amount of money to be raised, excluding the government tax, is about the same as last year. 'There is a decrease of $400 in the amount asked for by the board of edueation but the fire com- pany has called for $402 expenditure for new hose. Rev. John Webster and A. McGuire were appointed mem- bers of the library board. a1 ime Brockville Hockey Club : Brockville, Oct. 9.--The annial meeting of the Brockville Hock v Club was held last evening in Vie: toria Hall and prospects for a sue- cessful season looked exceedingly bright judging by the enthusiasm shown. The following officers were elect- | | Hon.-Pres.---A. Gilmour. President--H. N. Gardiner. 1st Vice-Pres.--C. R. McHenry. 2nd Vice-Pres.--H. Garbutt. Sec.-Treas.--W. C. Gilham. Manager--G. M. Dailey. -------------- Put On Khaki. Trenton, Oct. 9.--Pr, Allan who has conducted a dental "office in Tweed for the past three years has donned the khaki and joined - the ranks for overseas. It was general ly known that he had offered himself for service, having taken a training course at Kingston a few months ago, would be called. He received word | last week and lft immediately for troops. His many friends will wish him a safe return. Lad ¥s Shot, Campbellford, Oct. 9.---Willie, the twelve-year-old son of George Brady, Hoard's Station, met with a painful accident Tuesday afternoon. He was going through a fence carrying a .22- clibre rifle when the weapon dis charged, the ball lodging in the bone of the anm. The boy was brought here and it was discovered by means 'of the X-ray that the bone had been split, and he had to be taken to Kingston to have the bullet removed. ie Given Promotions. Newburgh, Oct. 9.--Mrs. Henry Paul, of this place, who has two sons, doctors, in England, has received word of their yromotion. Pr. H. BE Paul, who has been at a large . with Lieut. Ma the rank Roy Paul las Ita. who has been the pastor of the Baptist Church now for also presented with a beautiful bou | Edward {1 but it was not known just when he ove Kingston where he is now with the| Shorncliffe, been transferred Mrs. H. E. Paul, nee Edith |" Beeman, will shortly join her hus- BIG CONCERN FOR TOWN | {OVER HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO BE EXPENDED | Renfrew's New Industry | Will Use 800 Horse Power and 200,000 Gallons Of Water Daily--Likely To Be Permanent--Will Employ Four Hundred. Renfrew, Oct. 9.--Renfrew"s new meeting for election of officers of the | industry is assuming bigger propor-! tions than intimated. The amount Canadian Red Cross Society held on| Of money to be expended here will| suspension; and this Board fhall sus 1st October, the following elections | be at least $600,000, with prospects | tain them in any action of this amount being increased to $1,000,000 additional. The corporation will be bound -to | concede to the company 200,000 gal- lons of water every twenty-four hours, and the company guarantees to buy 500 horse power at $15 per bh. p. It is possible, too, that the am- | ount of horse power to be used will | run to a peak load of 800 and even | 1,000 bh. p. The number of men to be employ- ed will be about four hundred. The C. P. R. has a big gang at work now putting in a siding that will be near- ly three quarters of a mile long, and it is expected that this week the first | sod of the industry to be will have been turned. The company expects | to operate in ninety days, and will} employ a double shift to accomplish | this purpose. The town on its part] are rushing both a power line and a | water line right through to the fact-| ory site, to aid in the construction work. On Tuesday the represéntatives of the company met the Council in| drafting out a contract. The com pany guarantee to eperate here for at least two years, with good chance of it being 'permanent. As things look now, not only will this industry eat up all the present capacity and power surplus of the big plant, but will require_more, to be met in such an event, by an auxiliary wheel pit. Certain it is that the industry in importance and financial benefit, will overshadow anything within a wide radius of three parts. New Street Lights. Merrickville, Oct. 9.--The Rideau Power Co., at Merrickville, recently purchased by Smith's Falls' men, will make a general development of the entire power available. The com- pany has also made an offer to Mer- rickville to install and deliver a lighting service of a minimuni of city lamps of the hydrogen gas fill- ed type, each giving two hundred candle power of lighting, and ho same to be placed on the streets' as directed by the corporation, such service, including repairs and re- placement of lamps, ete. ,to cost $1,- 200 a year, payable quarterly. The necessary by-law to sanction such i contract will not be submitted to the electorate of Merrickville until the time of the regular municipal elec- tions, but in the meantime the pow- er company will go ahead with the construction of the proposed service, leaving the results to the favorable consideration «i the electorate, Brockville Harbor Improvements Brockville, Oct; 9.--D. J. Ang- lin; of Kingston, Ont, an engi- neer of the staff of the Dominion Pup fic. Works Departmeft, has been in town for a few days supervising har- bor improvements here. A three ton k of cement which slid into Tunney Bay during the construction work on Block House Island break- water, and was a menace to naviga- tion ,was attended to and enough of the material removed to give over nine feel of water where there was, fess than five before. Work is pro-| gressing on the shoal near the out-| er énd of the C. P. R. wharf whera a large number of loose boulders are being removed, and some blasting will be done to improve landing faci- lities. Mr. Anglin has a gasoline yacht and barge with crew amd it utilizing the sorvices of Harry Mc-| Robie, of Brockville, as diver. To Do Soon. estport, Oct. 9.--Since the dis-| ry of a new method of extraot- {ing potash from feldspar many in- | quiries have been received by J. M. | Btoness & Sous regarding their valu- able property at Crow Lake. The {spar mined by this firm contains a | large percentage of potash as well as 17 per cent. aluminum.s Only last week a gentleman from New York "vas in Westport trying to arrange for the purchase of 150,000 tons of spar for treatment by the mew pro- cess. It is expected mining on a large scale will soon be in opera- tion. i { i i Ww A Bad Accident. Westport, Oct. 9 --What might ve béen a serious accident ooccur- Monday aftérnoon in front of J. McCann's store. Edwin Bishop, k: "a Hn g ¢ Lg | school the annual "At Home" of the | hopes held out for his recovery. TO STOP SMOKING. Is the Punishment Trenton. Oct. 9--At a regular | meeting of the Board of. Education | held on Oct. 5th the following resolu- | tion was passed: 'That all pupils of | Trenton schools, being under the su- | pervision of their teachers from the [ time of leaving their homes until | they return thereto, therefore this | school board authorizes the princi- | pals of our schools to prohibit the {ing these hours under the pain of Suspension In l | Trenton, | they may | deem necessary on the premises." | FORMED A FRIENDSHIP. Lieut, Clyde: Scott Makes Up With An Algerian, Perth, Oct. 9.--In a letter home Lieut. Scott, who is wounded and a prisoner in Germany, tells in the fol- lowing words of a friendship, he formed with an 'Algerian prisoner: "My Algerian friend is beside me as I write this and I don't know what I would do without 'him. He gives me my bath, makes my bed, fixes my pillows and runs all sorts of errands. These fellows become very much at- tached to you, and sometimes when I want to sleép I can hardly chase him out of my room." REALLY VENERABLE, Lived To Be 107; Dies At the Re. fuge. Cobourg, Oct. 9.--A remarkable old man died at the House of Refuge on Wednesday in the person of Sam- uel Corteau, who is said to have been 107 years of age. He had been an inmate of the Refuge for about eight years, coming there from the village of Brighton. Up to about six weeks ago, when he suffered a paralytic stroke, he had all his faculties, and was remarkably bright. The Late J. Wallace Woodrow Picton, Oct.; 9.---~With many years --as a lifetime is mounted--still re- maining unclaimed, J. Wallace Woodrow completed the measure of his earthly tasks, Sept. 30th, and passed qn to a higher service, leav- ing behind the record.of-an earnest, Christian life, always unquestioned. Borm on the home farm, known as Woodrow's Corners, sixty-one years ago, he has always been actively in- terested in agriculture, and for many years 'had been récognized as one of Prince Edward County's : successful fruit growers, through whose efforts the business has grown to present proportions. In 1879 Mr. Woodrow was married to Miss Alvina Brown, Stirling, who with their three chil- dren, Addie, Mrs. .(Dr.)-W. L. Gil- bert, Alice, Mrs. PT. D. Roberts, To- ronto, and 'Fred' at Wome are lert behind. Oct. 9.--Under the direction of the Gananoque Teachers' Club, recently organized te assist with Red Cross work, the teachers and pupils of Gan- anoque high school served afternoon tea from 4 to 7 o'clock Friday and in the neighborhood of $35 was ta- ken in. This will be used for Christ mas comforts for the local men at the front. = From 8 to 11-30 p. m. in the as sembly room of the Gananoque high teachers and pupils was held. The parents of the pupils were guests of the evening and a goodly number availed themselves of the evening's pleasure. A cake and coffee social was held at the Salvation Army Hall last ever- ing and drew out quite a fair sized attendance, Samuel Johnson, Charles street, is confined to his home with very slight ThesMission in St. John's Church has drawn out a larger crowd to the services this week than it did last year. Rev. Father Cox, 8S. J., Loy- ola Cpllege, Montreal, is in charge. Ih stoamer Britannic was in port on her way up from Montreal yes- terday forenoon and had fair patron- age on her afternoon run to Kings ton. Percy Newton, Wellington street, enlisted on Thursday for service overseas. The steambarge Hinckley finished unloading her cargo of coil at the sheds of the rolling mill department of the Ontario Steel Products Com~ pany and cleared light for Kingston. The Misses Ethel Bradley and Tes. sie Stevens, trained nurses, have re- turned to New York City after en- joying a few week's furlough at their homes here. 3 5 Dr: Ford McCullough of Fort Wil- liam spent a short time in town this week with his ts, Mr, and Mrs. Robert «C. McCullough, King street t. 3 i AA In Action In Framce--Was. With (Special to the Whig) ' Ottawa, Oct. 3. --Major A. V. Rol, Fw Canadian Regi 3 were The 18th, 16th, 21st, 25th. 26h the 29th and Frincess. SCIENCE DEGREES. Announced at Queen's University on Saturday Morning. The following Bachelor of Science degrees were posted at Queen's on Saturday morning: : C. R. Hagey (Civil Engineering), Brantford. L. Lynch Chesterville. hs : J. O. Martineau (Civil Engineer- ing), Quebec. William Morgan (Mining neering), Rossland, B.C. J. C. Ross (Mining Engineering), Grandview, Man. (Civil Engineering), Engi- TWO BRITISH STEAMSHIPS Have Been Sunk By German Submar ines ; ----TSPECIRT 16 The WHE) 4 London, Oct 9.-4-The Bridsh steamships silverash and scawhy have been sunk by German submarines, tbe Admiralty announced to-day. The Silverash and Scawby were Ja- spectively of 3,753 and 8,656 tons. There was no reference in the na- nouncement to the crews' fate, Thess have been submarinings lately. SANK GERMAN TRANSPORT. British Submarine Scores a Tally in Baltic. (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, Oct. 9.--An official statement says that a British subma- rine by gun fire sunk a German transport near the German coast in the Baltic Sea. Robert Edison At the Strand. The bill selected by the manage- ment of the "Strand" for the first half of next week is one of excep- tional merit. The feature photo- play in five reels is a modern moral- ity play entitled "The Absentee," starring the well-known Broadway favorite, Robert Edison, with a strong supporting company. It de- picts in striking scenes the difficul- ties, disappointments and trials that beset man in his search for happi- ness and- success. In all the large cities it has played capacity business, and should prove a hig success here. Other good photo-plays will also be shown. Remember, we have a full orchestra and best ventilation in the city. > Gave Two Plays. At an entertainment given over to modern Irish writers; before the members of the Fortnightly Club at Burlington, Mrs. Melville E. J. Mél- ville gave two plays of Seamus Mac- Manus, "The Leadin' Road to Done- gal" and "Jack and the Lord High |! Mayor." These were followed by her own interpretation of "How the Fairies Came to Ireland," told in a mostc harming and convincing man- ner. Mrs. Melville will be remembered in Kingston as Miss Mary Donevan, B.A, a graduate of 1892, Call For Grey's Resignation (Special to the Whig.) London, Oct. 9.--The Lovrdon Post calls Yor tha resignation of Sir Ed- ward Grey, and "ther papers assa,) kim heavily. } -------------------- Patrick Shortell, Pittsbrug, brought into the Whig ce on Saturday a fine bunch of ripe rasp- berries that were picked on his farm that morning. This is a particular- ly late date for ripe raspberries. Fall garden bulbs. = Dr. Chown. President Wilson will toss the first ball to be put in play for the second game of the world's baseball series Saturday afterfioon.. The best place for your money is in a lot in Kensin dition. See McCann. Spare gton ad- WE APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE C. H. PICKERING, Grocer and Meat Dealer. Headquarters for Pick- ling and Preserving Supplies, 490 Princess Street. Phone- 530. JOHN" W. PATRICK A + Sewing Machines, Um- brellas, Suit Cases, Trunks, and re! _ gg > y A Given i ray Eight Kitehen Cutlery Set, en away free at our store for in A WEAK LUNGS Bronchitis, | OCG Asthma, Coughs, Night Sweats, General Ck i Debility. 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