RON THE DISTRCT #n Brief Form the Bronte I_the Country About Kingston Are ==§ull of Interest to Many. ~ Dr. McFarlane, Carleton Place, has been laid aside for a week through illness, having sustained a slight stroke. D. W, Downey was elected to suc- eeed Hon. D. Derbyshire as president of the Brockville Loan and Savings pany. The water in the Mississippi is higher at present than can be remem- ered at this season, due to the heavy rainfalls, "The Swift Current (Sask.) Herald of 'the 15th June gives particulars of the death of Mrs. Joseph Thompson, formerly of Carleton Place. At St. Peter's Church parsonage, Brockville, Canon ° Bedford-Jones uni in marriage George H. Sam- way and Mrs, Charlotte Elizabeth Stevenson, both of Brockville. After an illness of six months Mrs. William Duff, Carleton Place, passed to rest on Friday last, at her home on the lake shore, aged seventy-two years. Samuel Mayes, a weil-known and respected yeoman of Thurlow town- ship, passed away on Tuesday after being {IF for some time. Deceased was in his seventy-eighth year. At the Catholic Church at Elgin on June 21st, the marriage took place of Miss Kathleen Cecilia, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dwy- ef, and Francis McAvoy, Seeley's Bay. A few cases of blackleg have de- veloped about Almonte, but the in- jection of a counteracting drug seems to have prevented a spread of the disease. Milton Lindsay lost a cou- | I y ple of cattle and J). Lindsay lost one, | John Ryan, son of Mrs, Stephen Ryan, Brockville, and Miss Myrtle} McCarney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McCarney, Prescott, and one of that town's fairest daughters, were married on Tuesday. W. B. Grey, Philadelphia, looking as hale as of yore, is at Carleton Place, and purposes spending a few weeks with relatives. Mr. Grey is now up in the eighties. ' The home of Mrs. T. Wright, El- gi, was the scene of a pretty wed- ding on June 14th, when her young- est daughter, Nellie, became the wife of Earl Ready, a prosperous young farmer of Portland. The engagement is announced of Miss Luella M. Herbison, . second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Her- bison, Brockville, to R. Gordon Strat- ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stratton, Brockville The marriage will take place in July. FEET WERE AMPUTATED. Corpl. Ernest Carr, Belleville, Suffer ed Terrible Injuries, |: Belleville, June 29.--Corpl. Ernest Carr, No. 40,290, a Belleville boy,who Tleft with the 34th Battery, has suf- fered the loss of both feet by amputa- | tion, which was necessitated by the | terrible wounds he sustained in the Zillebeke fighting in Belgium, The operation was performed on Thurs- !day, June 8th He will be removed to a base hospital at as early a date as possible. Corpl. Carr was a G. T. R. fireman by occupation. He had been very fortunate in all the big engagements of the past year and a half on the fir- ing line, News of his wounds has been re- ceived by his sister-in-law at Newcas- tle Corpl. Carr was born in Belleville, and removed from this city with his Gananoque | n Correspondent.) (From Our Own Correspondent.) June 29.---A bumper crowd greet- ed the Gananoque semi-professional baseball team on their first appear- ance in a game af the Driving Park yesterday afternoon. The score by innipgs Gananoque. +..000301000001--5 Alexandria Bay ..000300001000--4 Umpires-- Brown and Dorey. The schooner Horace Taber arriv- ed yesterday with a cargo of coal for the Taylor Coal Company. Mrs, Laura Ferris, North street, had word from her son, recently re-| ported as wounded: in . action in| France, to the effect that his, injuries] were not of a serious character, and that he was progressing very favor-| ably. | Frank H. Hurd, of Kingston, was| in town for a short time yesterday af-| ternoon. Mrs. Douglas Pound is visiting her| parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smith, | Hrock street. Sergt. John Beattie and Ptes. Ly-| man Lavine and Harry Robertson, of! the 156th, are spending a few days| in town. NON-OBSERVANCE OF SABBATH DAY. Brockville Ministerial Associa=| tion Deplores Laxity of | People. (From Our Ow Brockville, June 29.---1In a bulle- tin issued by the Brockville Ministe-| rial Association and distributed | among the different congregations of | parents to Monteagle some seven years ago. HAS PASSED CENTURY WORKS DALY ON FARM Rufus Avery, North Aogusta, is Stiii Able Age of 105 Years--Bom Stone's North Augusta, June 28.-- In refer- ence to the recent item in your paper regarding the extreme age of Rufus Avery, 1 might say that it was cur- cent talk that his age was 108 years, but in visting him recently he told me he was born on April 8rd, 1812, which would put him in his 105th year. twenty-five acres I found that he has dofie plowing and planting and has a nice little crop in by his own exer- tions, also some twenty rods of rail fence, which he re-laid, wired and staked. He retains quite perfectly all his faculties and grows quite eloquent in reciting his early experiences in the clearing up gind making himself a home out of primeval forest, He was Born on the farm now own- ed by a Mr. Noons about three miles east of Stone's Corners. His father was a 1. E. Loyalist, coming from New Hampshire, In loking over his small farm of | MARK: | | | To Be Up And Doing At the Remarkabi| Over a Century Ago Near Corners. I His mother was a daughter of Ros well Everetts, by which union nine | children were born, the subject of | our sketch being the eldest. | He was 38 years of age when he married a Miss Almeda Baxter, daughter of Charles Baxter, who re- | sided near Metcalf's Corners. | In his boyhood days he lived with | his uncle, a Mr. Haley, and attended | | school at Gosford, and stated that his | teacher, George White, was a cripple, | and the boys used to draw him to | school in the winter on a hand sleigh. | His first wife died after thirty | years of married life, after which he | | married a Miss Martha Briggs, who | is still living. The sad fact remains that the old gentleman has no family, which | leaves him without any one to take | care of him and smooth his pathway | in his declining years. | He thinks he hgs a brother still! living. .in Michigan, but he has not heard from him for several véars i ~-- | { $100, $500 'onsisting of "the 5 per cent BONDS secured by the entire cred KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN REPUBLIC... J _ An unusually well secured Be We o offering 'to yield pra a f, 'April 15" and October '¢ or 'phone orders at our expe a folly descriptive circular Svea GOVERN AND MUNICIPAL 85 Bay Street -- Phone AN UNUSUALLY WELL SECURED 6% Investment Government Bonds d with ar 15, by Coup gr 2 at any pr LY F erguson, Sanson & Graham , and $1,000 ANGLO «- FRENCH WAR it and moo faith of the UN LOAN youd N I AND IRELAND, AND THE FRE ly 6 Pe Bank. nse, send Ww upon request. we in - BONDSPoronto GeneriT Tian MdE Main 388-389 -- Toronto. "in Peterboro the town yesterday a strong appeal] {is made to citizens to abstain from | "a sin ty of | majority of] guest of carnal desecration of the Sabbath which expresses itself in a va ways, but in the gr caseg it is done in pleasures." "The prostitution of God's holy day by making it a mere holiday for the pursuit of selfish pleasures is a dangerous and debasing act, and will recoil upon the offenders with awful consequences as sure as will any oth er sin, for God has said that the na tion and kingdom that will not serve Him will perish," the bulletin adds. It is particularly aimed at mobile and motor boat owners. signed by the pastor and two laymen lof eight local Protestant churches. BELLEVILLE TO RAISE ANOTHER BATTALION. Public Meeting There Also Fa- vors Plan of National Registration. | Belleville, June 29.-----At a public| meeting of citizens it was decided | that another battalion could be form-| ed in Belleville. Captain O'Flynn, | at presenf, in the hospital in England, was mentioned ag likely to secure the| best results in recruiting and to com- mand the new unit. | The meeting favored some form of national registration, followed by na-| tional service, having due regard tol munition workers and other essential industries. ( ONE KILLED; ONE MISSING. The News That Is Received in Peter- boro, Peterboro, June 29.---That Pte Leonard Blake, a Peterboro hoy, who enlisted here with ""B" Squadron, Sth ( M. R., is missing, as a result of the recent heavy fighting in Frai\g, Is the news received by his relatives here in a letter from his twin bro- ther Pte--Arthur Blake, who also en= listed with B Squadron. The two brothers joined the Mounted Rifles! last year, and went overseas with the Sth. There has been no official news from Ottawa in regard to Pte. Blake, but his brother's letter states that Leonard is missing Before enlist- ing he was employed as a baker by.T. H. Hooper - Ernie Lawrence has received word that his son, Pte. Harold Lawrence, of the 8th C. M. R., has been killed in action The news will be received with great regret in Peterboro, as the young soldier was just a few days un- der eighteen when he 'became a mem- ber B. Squadron. He enlisted here on July 29th last vear, and on August 3rd celebrated his eighteenth birthday. _ Pte. Lawrence was born He was a member of No. 2 Company, 57th Regiment, for a short time before enlisting for over- seas service, ------ of "| Three Others Were Swept Over Dam, | | | But Rescued. Peterboro, June 29.--Four persons in a canoe went over the dam at Bur- leigh Falls late this afternoon, and, { ments -and observations--absolutely | | industrious and clever member for | Carvell | of the recent awful 'slaughter, "NOT SURPRISING It is not surprising that Canada should lead in piano building with such a remarkable Canadian made piano as the fivtntzman & Cn. Art Hiano "World's Best Piano' It stands to-day, unrivalled the world over, the choice of the world's most famous artists and critics, afd it has won the premier position on merit alone--on its wonderful permanent tone and perfect construction: C. W. LINDSAY, LTD, 121 Princess St. Lilian Smith, aged thirteen, whose | home was here, was drowned The! | canoe was caught in the swift waters | and swept over the dam, and witness- ies of the accident,while unable to 'ef- | fect a rescue,were able to give speedy | assistance when the occupants of the i canoe were thrown into the water | Two of the three rescued were uncon { scious for some time. The girl's! | father is at the front. | | Spoke in Montreal. { The Montreal Herald says that | | Lieut.-Col. IL. W. Mulloy gave a de-| | lightful and valuable address before! {the Canadian Club at the Windsor "Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. Col. Mulloy declared that voluntary enlist- | { ment had failed in Canada. i | Ladies' Colored Silk Hose. | We have all colors in Ladies' Silk | | Hosp in stoek, prices {rom 65e to | | $1.50, Corrigan's. | { § dogs Justice in Fuse Enquiry Has En. hanced His Reputation: Whatever reputations are made or unmade by the Royal Commission which probed the Kyte charges, the already high prestige of one man has been powerfully enhanced. Justice Lyman P. Duff has often been Tre- ferred to as the "brains" of the Su- preme Coyrt of Canada. When Justice' Duff was -asked by the Government to act with Sir Wil- liam Meredith on the Fuse Commis- sion he began well by stipulating that he would not accept one cent for his work. He regarded the investigation as a patriotic duty to his country, in- cluded 'in "his bit," in the success- ful prosecution of the war, and he threw the best of his time and ability into the task. His work and attitude during the six weeks of investigation were the subject of highest praise from every quarter concerned. His grasp of the minutest detail in the mountain of evidence submitted to the commission was declired by counsel engaged on the case to be no- thing short of marvellous, His com- fair and fearless--mercilessly cut through technicalities and frrelev- ancies and went straight to the heart | of the real questions at issie. His| fine mastery of the case was strik-| ingly shown in the course of Mr. Car-| vell's admittedly able address in sum-| ming up the evidence. Of all the | great lawyers before the commission | none had so thoroughly digested all phases of the subject matter is the | Carleton. Yet time and again Mr. | was checked and corrected | in respect to some of the most intri- cate details by Justice Duff; this de- spite the fact that Mr. Carvell was closely following carefully prepared | notes, while Justice Duff depended | | upon memory. It was inevitable that two such | strong characters as Justice Duff and | Sir William Meredith should fail to! see eye to eye in respeet to various phases of the evidence, Long be-| fore the inquiry closed they found themselves in open conflict. Justice Duff seemed inclined to lay consider-! able stress upon the price paid the American Ammunition Company for graze fuses, Sir Willlam Meredith, on the other hand, appeared {o take the view that the question of price was subsidiary, that urgency was what counted most. Neither com- missioner went to much pains to con- ceal his epinion Justice Duff has had a somewhat meteoric caré>r. At the age of 22 he was graduated from Toronto 1rni- versity, taught mathematics, and studied law on the side, and at 24 was admitted to the bar of Ontario For a short time he practised law at Fergus, but finding the field too re- stricted he went to British Columbia and opened an office in Victoria. His success was immediate. In a few years he was recognized as one of the leaders of the bar on the Pacific coast, and away back in 1903 he was | associated with the late Hon. Edward Blake in the celebrated Alaska boun. | dary arbitration case. His work in the latter connection attracted such favorable attention that he was call-! ed to the Supreme Court of British | Columbia. In 1906 Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier appointed him to the Supreme Court of Canada. -------------- in War Zone. Canadian Dressings Women who have given hours of loving toil to the making of surgical dressings will be comforted to know that the work of their hands brought comfort to many, even in the midst Cap-| tain Harry Blaylock, assistant Red Cross Commissioner in France, has Just written headquarters in Canada saying: "On Saturday, . learning that our troops were heavily engaged at the front, I left immediately, for head- quarters to see if we could render any assistance. Of what I saw I can say but little. Our losses were severe, | and our men had fought splendidly. I was with the D.D.M.S. day and night, and {t was the first time I had Seen advanced dressing stations, field ambulances, and casualty clear ing stations at work during a heavy action. "They are magnificent, In one dressing station in an old mill, piled on every side with sandbags, as the place was heavily shelled, doctors and ordérlies tended the wounded as coolly as if 'in their surgeries home--with lanterns for light the floor for a dressing table. "We were able: to give much sistance When a shortage stretchers threatened, 1 was able, with aid from the British Red Cross, | to supply 200 from Boulogne in six | hours. Also, our lorries were going! incessantly, taking up sterilized dressings, ete, By midnight the bat-} tle had died down and we began sup- plying the base hospitals." { ------------ Will Oppose U. 8. Scheme. ! Following a conference between | officials of the Marine and Public Works Departments, the Shipping | Federation, the Dominion Marine As- sociation, the Toronto Harbor Com- | mission, and the Montreal Harbor Commission, the Government has de- cided to support, if necessary, the op- | position to the bill now before the | United States Congress to divert | water from the Great Lakes for the | Chicago Drainage Canal. The Brit- | ish Ambassador at Washington has been informed of the Canadian atti- tude. The Chicago scheme would in- | volve the diversion of a large flow of water from Lake Michigan, thus af- | at and { fecting the level of Lakes Erie and | | Ontario. . { Daniels Accept Offer to Show "Films at Vera : : Cruz. Washington, June 29.--A propo- sal by five moving picture weekly | news services to boost recruiting for the navy through Jicturey showing the American na ships--at Vera Cruz was accepted yesterday by Sec- retary Daniels. Secretary Baker referred to Gen-| eral Funston a proposal to send mo-| vie operators to General Pershing's| 'camp to help army recruiting. Films taken of either branch will be cen-| sored by army or navy authorities, | and then released to theatres, ! DRAMATIC CONFESSION. Child Cries Out Her Guilt as Mother is Tried for Murder. | Philadelphia, June 29.-- "Mamma! didn't 'do it, I shot papa. But, oh, | I didn't mean it." { Spectators and jurors were deeply | touched yesterday when a little girl | dressed in white, her long, dark hair hanging over her shoulders and tears | streaming down her face, made this | statement in courty She was Rose Smith, 13 years old. A few hours later the jurors acquitted her moth- er, Mrs. Rose Smith, who was on trial. | Mrs. Smith was accused of the} murder of Charles Smith, a heating contractor, from whom she was es-| tranged. The dying words of her| Husband were an accusation against her, and, although she insistently | denied the charge, she refused to tell who did the shooting, No intima-1 tion had been given that one of her children fired the fatal shot, and the commonwealth was supposed to have a clear case on circumstantial evi- dence when the second day of the trial opened. FPPPR RR bbb pdb dd b bbb bbb - STOCK JUMP IN NEW YORK. Special to the Whi New York, June 29 Re- sponding to favorable Mexican developments, the Stock Ex- change opened with a bang to- day, prices jumping from one to four points. Stocks, whieh have been driven down during the past several days, made the greatest gains * spdeeforfedoderodepoiedeoded dolededededods doer THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM. + * ° * + * * + | + * -* - + * % | Tidings From All Over Told In a Pithy and Pointed Way. to duplicate bazaar A project is on foot in Toronto the recent allied in New York. United States soldiers have cross-| ed the border in pursuit of the Mexi- can bandits who shot to death Wm. Parker and his wife. It is reported certain devices may be resorted to to evade the prohibi- tion act, but License Department is not perturbed, John Duffy of Company C, first in- fantry, whose home was in Water- town, N.Y., committed suicide in his tent at camp Wednesday night by cutting his throat { The Ontario Medical Council pass- ed a resolution of appreciation of Sir James Grant as to the discoverer of serum therapy in 1861. Mrs. Vincent Collett, Port Hope, died of shock after receiving news on Men's Suit We have placed on sale "fifty" tvo-pioce Summer Suits. Prices from $10 to $20. While They Last 14 Off Roney's, 127 Princess Street Friday last of her husband having [il been killed in action. The Minister of Finance conferred | with representatives of the Canadian Bankers' Association regarding - an- other large credit to the Imperial Government, 000, One American marine was killed | and another wounded in an engage-| ment reported Wednesday by Rear- Admiral Caperton between United | States marines and Santo Domingo | rebels. { The Davidson Commission receiy- ed fina] evidence in the inquiry .into war purchases, being testimony in re buttal of that given by Dr. Hersey Woollen Mills, AAA md possibly of $50,000,- | ffl MENDELS PALM BEACH SUITS In all sizes at most reasonable prices. Paim Beach Silk Suits The finest quality made, beautiful in design and fit. Palm Beach Sunshades and Parasols, heau- ties, in different shapes, for 98¢c. We are showing the largest variety of Sun- shades in all colors and stvles ever'shown in this city, at manufacturers' prices to clear. ~ We also are displaying a range of blouses in silk and voile, that is caleulated to delight the most fastidious. -- AT MENDELS Opposite Grand Opera House -- 217 Princess St. YHERAPISN @TOAL success, CURESCHRONIC WRITE For FREE 500k TO Be nveecs RD, NE aryinan, "THERAPIO about khaki supplied by the Auburn | BRST Tin Rk THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987. Drop a card to 19 Pine street when wanting anything done in the Sarpen. | tery line. Estimates given on all kinds or repairs. and new: work; also -hard- wood floors of all kinda. All orders will recelve prompt attention. Bhop 40 Queen street . Condensed "Want" Ads. Order Form Use this blank on which to write out vour condensed ad, one word in each" space. Enclose stamps, money order or cheque and mail direct to The British Whig, Kingston, Ont. y Rate: One cent a word, firstvinsertion; one-half cent a word each sub- sequent consecutive insertion; 25 words or less, 3 times, 50c; one week, $1.00; one month, $2.00, Each initial, figure, dollar sign, ete., count as one word. No charge less than 25¢. ---- 4 Both Legs Up. / A lieutenant from Riverdale Bar- vacks, Toronto, was drilling his men one morning. The order was to ex- tend the right foot straight out. One man raised the left instead, and the leutenant, noticing the two legs to- gether, shouted: "Who's that block- bead with both legs up?"---A. B. ------------ The Canadian Hospitals Commis- | has been o as a branch si =~ | sion | Jomn Gorman, Richmond Hill, was "of "the Canadian expeditionary forces killed on 'Yonge street by an automo- | bile owned and driven by A 'W. God- son, of 85 Ontario street, Toronto. ; to secure more striet military control of military hospitals and convales- cent homes, ¥ "a ; . | Please publish the above advertisement Name vs Address .... a ; If desired, replies may be addressed to Bax Numbers at The Whig Office. If *.. replies are to be majled enclose 10e extra to caver cost of pestage. ®