PAGE SIX a 5 am, | MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. bn Bret Bors to Brenis In The | ountry About Kingston Are Told | =Full of Interést to Many. b Mrs. B. A. Holgate and two chil- ren returned to Edmonton on Mon-| ¥ after an extended visit with her (parents, Mrs. and Mrs. RB. F, Hous- 'ton, Tweed. . | Mrs. James Leggett, Perth, sister James Emerson, Carleton Place, " 'with a son in Montreal -'wetk ani on Thursday wad ch down by a street car and injured lf George Akey, Potter's Settlement, fost bis 'house and furnishings through fre. There was no inspr- ce.and everything was a total loss. ar Akey. has moved into the .old nge hall at Bogart. 3 Sergt. Ivan Tinkess, a Morrisburg > home is now in Sas katchewan, been awarded the Victoria Cross for deeds of valor in if Northern France. Fhe friends and neighbors of Mr. ad Mrs. Freda Cox in the district of Scotch Corners are very sorry to learn of their departure from that 'locality for Carleton Place. They will" be much missed. OFFICIALS OUT OFF [Salaries To. Be Reduced From Five To Ten Per Cent. immediately surmised that ther: e had ? Peterboro, March, 31---After a ' series of committed meetings, in| which officials were 'cu, Council fix-| ed the tax rate at twenty-seven mills. | All civic salaries under $750 are cut five per cent, and a ten per cent, cut | is made in salaries over $750. The! services of T. Q. Quartermaine and T. A. 8S, Hay, assistants in the City | Engineer's Department, 'will be dis- | peused with afer May 1st. No grants i 'will be given the local bands. ! The firemen are affected by the! salary-paring, and it wil] be no sur-| prise if they resign in a body. _AMONG THE FALLEN a hlihainos Hoa a wi gL THE LATE JAMES CUMMING. He Was Thrown One Hundred Feet 1a. After Being Hit. . ; farch 31.---As announced yesterday accident occurred at the rms Railway cross Se et LE: of Lyn, 8 At dowd his life. Mr. Cum. ming was driving to Brockville in a sleigh, with a team of stantly killed, and h He au ine , a i= body bad : y ly No person really witnessed the ac tus accident. ; Bt F! Joh a Who resides close to the crossing, was in his yard hitching up a horse, when suddenly the animal shied. Mr. Jobuston, whose back was to, wards the crossing, turned around, and saw a team of ho attached to the wreckage of a sleigh, dashing wildly away from the crossing. He & serious accident and rushed towards the railway crossing. Upon reaching the crossing, he saw the body of the late Mr. Cum- ming lying at the féot of the em. bankment, a distance of about 100 feet from where he was struck. The sleigh was completely wrecked, and scatterdd along the tracks, the road and the embankment. It is ap! parent that after Mr. Cumming was struck by the engine, 'his body came in contact with a post which su ported the fence up to the railway tracks, as the post was broken off | ground and a panel of | A flush with the the fence damaged. i Death must have been instantane- | ously. The top of the skull and | the right side of the face ware | crushed, and both légs and arms/| broken. Both boots were torn off his feet and one was found near the body and the other along the tracks. His fur cap was plit open and was | lying near the crossing. His bank | books, which he usually carried in | { the coat pocket, were picked up half | engaged ip way down the embankment. } The late James Cumming was! born in Scotland seventy-five years ago, and while a boy of ten years, | came to Canada 'with his parents, | and settled near Lyn, Hé has re- | sided in this district all his life, and | | and 3ocial at their News From Eastern Ontario Points the sad and sudden death of a kind friend and.a good neighbor. He was prominent in municipal affairs, and was the ' Liberal candidate tn 1896 for the House of Commons, After the Liberal Government came into power, he made a trip to South Africa for the Department of Trade and Commerce. The funeral was held Friday af- ternoon, with services at the home, Lyn, by the A.0.U.W. at two o'clock. Interment in Lyn Semetery, , ---------- é 2 Rh tn ce [ Gananoque (From Our Own Correspondent.) March 31.--The men of "A' Com- pany, 59th Battalion, celebrated, on the eve of their departure, by hoid- ing an excellent compcert at the arm- oury to which their many civilian friends were invited. From 8 to 10 D.m. a very enjoyable time was spent. were by Ptes. Booth, Vickers, Kempling, Bristol, Fisher and Bova; a fine duett by Ralph Brit- on and Charles. Wray; solos by Misses Gussie Dempster, Marie Sqliire, Violet Britton, and Rhea! Haynes, and' R. B, Britton The Armoury was packed to the limit even standing room being a prem- fum. ~ Major W. L. Grant occupied the chair. At the close of the pre- { gramme an opportunity was given to! say good-bye to the men. After the! concert supper was served to the! meu. i On Wednesday afternoon, at the| Fmoury.a very hotly contested game | of basket ball was played between | the men of the third platoon and the! officers. The latter after a hard! tussle winning out by a score of 12! to 11, The local corps of the Salva-| tion Army held a musica] concert! all on Garden| street, ¢n Wednesday evening and! was quite well patronized. The | locwd squad of the 156th Batt, were| cleaning house at the! Armoury yesterddy to get thipgs| ready for occupation by the 156th. | possible that many of the soldiers & J Ford, Ont, March 31.--Topieal event films showing scenes of nation. al interest throughout Canada are; being shipped to the soldier boys at | the frowt by the Ford Motor Com- pany of Canada, Limited. Motion picture machines are in use behind the lines and the grind of .treneh warfare ia relieved by frequent pic- ture shows under the auspices of the military ¥. M. C, A. It is hoped by the Ford Motor Company that these films, many of which- show troops in their various manoeuvres before leaving for the front, will be of service in bringing back the familiar Canadian scenes ® to those who 'see them., It is even will see pletures of themselves taken before "they left for the front, Besides the monthly topical event film issued by the Ford Motor Com- pany, a number of recruiting films have been and are being made in various 'parts of Canada. 'These films are loaned to the local recruit- ing authorities to be shown at the various recruiting meetings as an aid to recruiting. A wide range of subjects sented and includes marches, i ades, reviews, sham battles, hand | grenade practice; machine gun prac. tice, manoeuvres in actual trenches and dug-outs and various other mili- | tary manoeuvres, i Local reecryiting authorities have welcomed these films very enthusias- | tically and have given full co-opera- | tion to the Ford Motor Company in | the taking of them. Wherever| shown they have met with a ready response and have been the means! of stimulating an increased activity | in recruiting, is pre- par- | Your piano is worth every consid tion. Our expert tuners are at your service, C. W. Lindsay, Limited, 121 | Princess street. Reductions in telegraph rates are ordered by the Railway Commission, especially in the western provinces. SUNKIST The spring freshet is now on ia Gamaneque river, the pasty few days of spring weather clearing out most! of the ice from the channel." Under | the auspices of the Y. P. A. of St. | -- for many years successfully conduct. | Andrew's Church a very nice after | Belleville Soldier Died of Wounds | ed a flour manufacturing business at | Lyn. He wie married twice, and | his second wife survives, together | noon tea was served from three six | at the home of Mrs. Herbert J. Reid, -RAISINS PRUNES - 5 FOR THE GREAT RAILWAY TRA. | GEDY IN OHIO. : A loll, of at Teast 30 persons dead and | 40 or more injured, federal and state als and officials of the aed ] company began yesterda gation into the cause t Railroad officials declare the blame for the crash which piled up the three trains into a tangled heap of Junk probably will be shared by two railroad employees. While relief parties were digging dead bodies from the debris and doctors and nur- ses were rescuing trapped human bo ing and searching for the maimed victims, the investigations were be: gun. Two men stood out as shalen, tragic figures that had swiftly be come the objects of eross-fire investi- gation, luckless enough to have been} actors in the melodramatic spectacle that sprang out of the fog of early morning hours when the second sec- tion of the Chicago-Buffalo flyer rammed into the rear of the frst | section and both, in turn, were | struck by the westbound limited. i One is a tower man, Ernest, dos- | ing in his lonely cupola as speeding | trains slid by him--a man trying to | perform his duties of watching over | thousands of lives in the railroad's | care, and under the handicap of! sleepless hours caring for his wife, | who on Sunday had given birth to a! baby. The other is Herman Hess, en- gineer of the second section of the] eastbound flyer, who escaped from ! the cab of his engine after it had | plowed into the first section --the | man who saw no red warning signal through the fog and relied upon the; mysteriously halted first train. | | | APRICOTS | PEACHES Insist on "Sunkist" | Falcon Dunlop Bicycle Covers, from 48 Ford Motor Oil, Greases and Auto Tires for Sale, Carpet Cleaning, aaa EN € > BN BA a What wonderful opportunities for diversion and pleasure the Beintzman & Cn, Player - Piano ¢ "The Different Player-Piano™ furnishes. No home is complete without one. This is the aluminum action Player-Piano--the "weather-proof" aud *wear-proof" Player-Piano. Investigate its many exclusive features. Have it . demonstrated to you. C. W. LINDSAY LIMITED 121 Princess Street. Received in France. street and was quite well patronis-| Belleville, March 31.--The news | with two sons, Ernest. of Lyn and | ed. | of the death of Lester F. Evans, Cor- | Gordon of Ottaws, and three daugh- | - - poral of the 21st Battalion from | ters, Mrs. Workman, St. Catharinbs, | . R. C. H. Sinclair has received | / wounds received in action in France, | Mrs. Scruton, Calgary, {who was just | a call from Kenmore, about twenty- | was received by his many friends in| receptly married) and Mrs. Adam | miles from Ottawa. He is to be in-| Belleville with the deepest regret. | Arfustrong of Midland. { ducted on March 31st. The family, | Corporal Evans was only twenty! : At the time of his death, he was ving in Carleton Place; purposes | years of and from January to District Deputy of the A.O.U.W. He { moving to his new: charge, shortly. | 1814, was ledger-keeper at| was one of the most prominent and | After an illness extending from! ® branch of the - Domin- | progressive n in Bastern Suisse the 26th of Sept. last, Mary Whyte, | jon Bank, Bav'ng come 'here from | and his splendid character apd many | relict of James Phee, passed away 3 ie. 3 A.qative ot England, kindly deeds made for him a host of | during the early hours of March i rilive orbury, a sub-| friends in all parts of the ct, | 20th, at her home in 'Pakenham. of London England. who will learn with sincere grief of | She was in her seventy-seventh year. tt The church with the highest Theatrical managers and astrono- Steeple isn't always the nearest hea- | mers are always trying to discover ven. 5a stars. : "GUARANTEE GIVES YOU A PLEASANT FEELING OF SECURITY, BECAUSE IT ASSURES YOU THAT YOU CANNOT LOSE ONANY PURCHASE MADE HERE. IF FOR ANY REASON AN ARTICLE WHICH YOU HAVE PAID A FAIR PRICE FOR GOES WRONG, BRING IT BACK TO THE i STORE AND WE WILL REPLACE THE ARTIOLE. - : ONLY ONE CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN FROM A WONDERFUL SUCCESSFUL OPENING HERE LAST YOU CAN "CARRY COALS TO NEWCASTLE" IF YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT COALS TO CARRY EL nT PA LS sO, ---_"_""" a Every man who has ever heard of the old saying regard "carrying coals to Newcastle," will realize just what } intend to Imp in the above statement. FO the Tunarads of Sead who visited me since my opening, y in starting this business toward a successful issue, | owe a debt. of "gratitude. 1 cannot at this Lime do more than express my sincere thanks to all, with assurance that | shall do al that | can to make your first garments so good that You will want to come back here again; dt any rate, it by chance every- thing b not absolutely satisfactory in every detail don't hesitate about bringing your complaint to my attention. 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