WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921. THE DAILY BRITIS < H WHIG. CAPT. W. E. SWAINE ~~ NOTED MARKSMAN He First Shot at the Great Bisley Meet. in +1897. (MUST ACCEPT CITY'S | TERMS FOR FIRE HELP {Or Do Without 1t--Clvic Com- | mittee Deals With Dis- |" + puted Agreement. nd light committee met y afternoon. Authority THE WOLFE ISLAKD HOTEL Mas Been Sold by J. 8. Brice- | land to W. K. Shaw, | New York. i Wolfe Island, May 30.--The raing | of last week were especially welcome ae {was given for the purchase vf uni- |in the township. This section had Captain Willlam E. Swaine who goes to England this year to repre- sent Canada on the Bisley team has had a distinguished career as a rifle- man. Beginning in 1883 in the Kingston Rifle Association he early showed the essential qualities of the sharpshooter. He secured his first place on thé Canada Bisley team in 1887, but owing to fllness at that time was nt able tb go. In 1896 at the D.R.A. Ottawa meeting he, secured a piace on the team and went over in 1897 for the first time. He went again in 1898 and in 1901. In 1897 he tied for first place in the "Secretary of State for War" match which was ten shots at 300 yards; nd was presented with a silk purse containing fifteen pounds by the present king, who as Prince George, presented the prizes that year. In 1898 he was a member of the Kolapore-Eight and was in the final stage of "Queen's Prize in 1898 and in 1901, and stood in the 72nd place In the grand aggregate in 1901 when there were 1,400 competitors Captain Swaine possesses a most interesting and valuable collection of gold, silver and bronze" medals, badges and other trophies, including, the gold watch, the minister militia"s prize to the Canadian Rifle League in 1909. partial list: Numerous sterling silver spoons won in the Kingston Rifle Associa- tion matches; St. George cross, medals: Corporation of the City of Toronto, Ontario Eight, Do- minion Bronze, Dominion Silver, Na- tional Rifle Association silver medals two years; Earl Grey medal, Earl of Aberdeen"s medal, Duke of York medal, Badges: Dominion of Can- ada, 1890, Governor-General 1896, Bisley three years, 1897, 1898, 1901, Ontario Aggregate, 1902 and 19086. The secret of Captain Swalne's success was his unbounded enthus- fasm, but this enthusiasm was not confined to shooting only, for as a member of the 14th P.W.O.R. he did much to keep up the right spirit and never spared his time in promoting the welfare of the unit by instructing and encouraging the younger meme bers. He will be a great acquisition to the team this year, and Kingston wishes him good luck. GUN WOUNDS FARMER Accident Occurs While Cleaning Weapon With Father. Almonte, June 1. -- Thomas Thompson, a young farmer from the second /line of :Ramsay, lies in the Rosamond Memorial hospital in a critical state from a bullet wound in the abdomen. The accident occurred while he was cleaning a.gun with his father. He was rushed to town on Taylor Bros.' truck and everything is being done to save his life. The shot passed right through him. « Bid for a College. Hamilton, June 1.----Hamilton is to make a strong bid to have McMaster | University of Toronto transferred to this city, and is proposed to pur- chase a site and erect a $500,000 uniiversity building here, if those in charge-can be influenced to maka _ this change. Si ------------ New Canada Liquor Ruling. Victoria, B.C., June 1.--Sale of liquor in British Columbia under gov- ernment control will start June 15th, it is announced, An order in coun- cil bringing the government control act into effect to supervise the pre- sent prohibitlun act was passed by the executive council Saturday. bronze" Caonsiderable | time spent discusding the j agreement proposed between the {militia department and the eity, by which the fire department would re- {spond to any call from the college. It was decided that the agreement as drawn up should be signed without | reservations, as the apparatus was maintained by the ratepayers of Kingston to whom the committee was responsible, Only the acceptance of | the agreement complete would justi- fy the department in responding to a call and until the agreement is { signed *the committee" declined to {authorize the 'chief to extend . the { service beyond the city limits, except | to such institutions, as the Mowat | Hospital, that have signed the agree- | ment. The clause in the agreement | that was objected to by the militia | department was the acceptance of | ability for damage to thé engines {and equipment while going to or | from a fire at the college. | Chief Armstrong reporte the unused chemical engine The members present were Chown, (chairman), Litton Driscoll. form for the firemen. was in upon Alds, and I ------------ of | The following is a | {¥ DENIES SHE KILLED FOUR HUSBANDS WITH POISON. Emphatically denying guilt of the death of her four husbands by pois- oning, Mrs. Eva Southard, arrested in Honolulu, agreed to return to the United States without legal pro- cess. Her fifth husband, Paul V. Southard, chief petty officer ou the U.8.8. Chicago, who married the al- leged poisoner in Los Angeles last November, offered to pay her steam- ship passage. Mrs. Southard. who is twenty-eight years old, is specific- ally accused of the murder of her tourth husband, Edward F. Meyer, jon September 7th, 1920, at Twin | Falls, Idaho. Records have disclosed the deaths' of four husbands, a {brother-in-law and a little daughter {of Mrs. Southard by her first hus- band. The five men all carried in- surance naming her as beneficiary LOOKS LIKE A GIRL, ACTS LIKE A GIRL, TALKS LIKE A GIRL, BUT SHE'S A BOY. His name is Robert McDonald, Black Friars at the Mandl Halk He takes the part of a "girl" re- porter in the show, and was the hit of the play. Rallroad's Wear and Tear Some ides of the wear on a railroad system is gi in 'a report by the Pennsylvania railroad of the sale, during a single r, of twenty-two thousand tons scrap iron and steel collected from the southwestern region of its lines. This represents only a fraction of its worn-out iron and steel equipment, since a great quantity is salvaged for further use in some capacity, , 8 designed. --Omaha V.orld-Herald. . ee -- io Ate Master's $25 Roll of A dog owned Henry P Kenton, theatre owner » worth®at least $25. He ate a roll bills totalling that amount when money dropped on the floor. 2 One way to keep trouble alive to treat enemies as thew treat you. \ .{8rowing and growing, swelling t6 a .jcourt moves off. nd tear|. than that for which It was originally | been really suffering from exception- | ally 'dry weather early in May, but the récent downpour is believed to have assured good grain and hay crops. The stone crusher has been at work with a full gang of men for the past ten days. The quarry has been opened on Thomas Conley's farm and the crushed stone is being placed on the eighth concession. James Davis Is road overseer, A very good rpad is being built, J. 8. Briceland, proprietor of the Island hotel, has disposed of the ) J | above excellent property to W. K. Shaw, New York, the purchase price | being $8,000. The new owner will !take possession on June 2nd. Mr. | Briceland has conducted the above | Well-known house for the past twelve { years, and during his tenure he has | 8ained the esteem and confidence of | not only islanders but knights of the grip, business men of all classes. Of late some of the young men are reap- ing a harvest from what is known | as frog spearing. They play their calling at night with the aid of a strong light. The frogs are to be | found floating on the water around | the marshes. They [eceive thirty-five | cents a pound for the frog legs. A new carpenter has taken over | aR THIS DARING LITTLE ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD RIDER WON APPLAUSE OF PRESIDENT HARDING. Little Miss Harriet Mitchell, daughter of Brig.-Gen. William- Mitchell, of the Air Service, is an accomplished and daring rider. The eleven-year-old girl 1s seen here putting Capital Horse Show at Washington, over a hurdle. | ed by President and Mrs. Harding and most eve Washington society. Home Again, her father's entry in the National The show was attend- rybody prominent in the shop formerly conducted by Mal- colm McDonald, the latter's health | -- oe Ca not allowing him to carry on the | business. | Dr. «Bert Hunt, a graduate of | Queen's, has opened an office in the | one lately vacated by Dr. Sauriol. i Miss Given, Guelph, has been the { guest for the past week of Miss Lou- ; ise O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. James O'Rielly are spending the week-end at Moscow, the guest of the latter's | sister, Mrs. Evans. Mr. and Mrs. | Howard McReady spent the past week with Mrs. Grant, Pittsburg | township. Miss Mary Lyons, who | recently purchased the residence in the village of the late Mrs. John Ry- | an, is now occupying the same with | her mother. Miss Jessie Cooper is | visiting in Verona. Harrr McRae, Watertown, is enjoying a few holi- days among friends. Mr. and Mrs. | Herb Esford, Bath Road, spent a few days last week among friends here. One of the island's oldest and most highly respected citizens, in the per- son of D. H. McDonald, has been quite seriously ill of late. Mr. -Mec- Donald has enjoyed the blessings that follow from long. life, having reached the age of four score and ten years, and all his faculties are of the brightest. | » ? Music Hath Charms We must confess that our know- | ledge of music and musicians may | be called limited; but we have read many descriptions of the wonderful | effects produced by masters in that | art, whose compositions, it was| claimed, brought before one's mind visions of palaces, towers, snow-cap- ped montains, and other picturesque objects. So we went to the annual concert of the Kingston Symphony orchestra determined to discover some of thése hidden beauties . The first number on the pro- gramme was '"'Overture--Oberon."" This looked promising. We thought we had read about Oberon, the king of the fairies, in the works of a writ- er named Shakespeare. We sat up expectantly; and this is what we heard: : ' Horns are sounding far off, then nearer and nearer. It must be Ober- on and his train, hunting in the for- est. The fairy court advances, "with bit and bridle ringing." Suddenly you find yourself in the midst of a whole crowd of fairies. On every side you can hear the rustle and bustle of busy little wings. But now there is a solemn trumpet sound, followed by slow, hushed, reverent strains. . The fairies are paying hom- age to their. king. After this yon hear what seems a single Voice, Sweet and clear; then applause, roar, and dying out. But soon a heavy-footed tread is heard, tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp. This must surely bq a troop of goblins. They seem to be leading a march, for you can hear the lighter steps of the fairies gradually' joining in. There is a murmur of many voices, and the We had been on the alert so long that now we were glad to relax while listening to the lively march of the "Jolly Fellows" which came next. But we sat up again to hear the per- formance of "Annie Laurie" as ro- vised by a person named Buck and interpreted by the Harmony Four. Now we wish to state oe. {in finance than in music; that the Four did all that man could do under the circumstances, and jus- tified their name wherever they got a chance. The first verse was beauti- ful, indeed, for three of the singers appeared to have turned themselves into organ pipes in order suitably té accompany their comrade. But there was a/"little rift within the lute," a crumpled rose leaf, which worried us, For if, instead of following the usual version of the song, you start to tell about 'her promise true, which ne'er forget will 1", the exig- encies of rhyme will force you to lay you doon and die, instead of dee which, of course, would be an out- rageous Anglicism. In the second verse the compos» broke loose and let fly. We are, if possible, less versed but we have heard of scenes on the curb, or the stock market, or some such place, where twenty brokers jump into the pit at once, each shouting his own wares and trying to outdo all the oth- ers. And the quartette now found itself compelled to break up into a group of melodious brokers, It made for variety, of course; still we can- not see that Mr. Buck's titivations are any improvement on the original song. The next number, a violin solo named Legende, by Wieniawski, led us to expect something 1.gendary and Russian; and with that theory we sat back to listen. / The solo began with slow, beauti- ful strains, such as might rise from some being not exactly unhappy, but certainly unsatisfied. "The sounds rose almost to passion , and sank again. There followed a pause, in which the notes of the piano pursued tne another like the flight of time itself. Then a deeper, more mascu- line tone was introduced; the music became tender and consoling, and the unsatistied sounds m€rgea into pure Sweetness and melody, But now came a still deeper tone, solemn and thrilling as if the inscrutable, tragic lot of mankind had become audible. Another pause--then the same un- satisfied music and fruitless passion as before. All at once there was an outbreak ot little, frivolous, gOssipy, tittering :notes--as if society were discussing the tragedy, whatever it was--and this dled away into the long, thin, vanishing sigh that mark- ed the end. But we have spent so much space on the first part of the programme that the rest must be cut short. The - Larue stakes kept"the audience tense to the end, almost as if the race track were before their very eyes while the "four southern gentlemen" who sub- stituted for the Harmony Four shook the listeners with laughter at their amusing coon songs. The orchestra played a pleasant waltz, the beautiful Italian Symphony, an extremely has- ty Post Haste, a serenade which would bring any mortal maiden to her windew, and ended with an Irish reel, fittingly followed by "God Save | the King." VICTOR GETS $36,000; NEW RECORD MADE Ralph de Palma Forced Out - by Accident After Annex- ing $10,000. Indianapolis, Ind, June 1.-- Tommy Milton, world champion speed racer, on Monday piloted an Amesi- can car to the finish line first in the ninth 'renewal of the international racing classic, the 6500-mile dash around the Indlanapolis speedway, Milton's victory came through a beautifully driven race which was won after Ralph' De Palma, popular favorite for the victory, had set such a terrific pace during the first 250 miles that all of the foreign made cars, including his own, were forced from the track through mechanical troubles or minor aceidents. - Milton established a new track re- cord for cars of not more than 183 cubic inches piston displacement by completing the 500 miles in 5 hours. The fastest time, speedway races was but twenty-hun- this mark made by De Palma in 1915. The victory brought Mflford near- ly $36,000 in prize money, $20,000 for first place, $6,000 in lap prizes and the remainder in special prizes, given by accessory companies. De Palma had"won $10,600 in lap prizes previous to being forced out, Lightning Damages Church. Brockville, Ont., June 1.--St. John's Anglican Church at New Dub- lin was struck by lightning during a severe electrical storm which passed over this district on Sunday might, doing much damage both to the ex- terior and interior. The edifice caught fire, but it- was extinguished before it had a chance to spread. ever made in the | dredths of a mile faster per hour, | From The Countryside FRONTENAC HOLLEFORD. May 30.--Farimers are busy plant- who sold their autos last year, have again purchased. Miss Orpha Babh- cock, probationer at Belleville hos- pital, is visiting her parents. Mrs. T. Dowker, Harrowsmith, and Mrs. I. Trousdale and children, Hartington, Were recent guests of J. D. Medco. B. Green and family, Verona, spent the 23rd inst. at John Gregory's. V. Adams and family spent the week- end with relatives at Desert Lake. A 800d many femilies held private pic nies at the surrounding lakes on May 24th. Mrs. Shea and daughter, Nina, spent Friday at Harrowsmith, Mrs. J. J. O'Reilly has been spend- ing some time in Sydenham. Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Babcock, Bell Rock, are renewing acquaintances here. -- : PARHAM. May 28.--Mr. and Mrs. A Grittith, Toronto, are it W. D. Black's: Mrs. Jack Wagar at Frank Wagar's; W, J. Loucks with his son, Wm skoucks'; | Mr, and Mrs. H.S. Wagar, Long | Lake, visiting relatives in Parham; | Mr. and Mrs. Ard Wagar and Mr. and Mrs. F. Wagar at Joseph Cox's, | Wagarville. Mrs. | home from Kingston, Fred Barr is in {the city. Miss Ethel McLeod at R. | Clow's. | Hartman's, L. Goodfellow, Westport, is In the village. A few from here at- Tichborne. The Ladies' Aid met at W. L. Goodfellow"s, Ross Howes is at Mountain Grove, A. 1. Howes and family are at L. B. Cronk's; M. Cronks' at Tamworth; P. Richie, Kingston, at A. R. Howes', McLEAN. May 30.---William Cousins had the misfortune to lose his pig pen and contents on Friday night by fire. The Cause is unknown as the fire started {in the upstairs at night. Some of the neighbors had to help carry water to keep the fire from the house. John Embury has returned to Hamilton. Mrs. BE. Rawley, Kingston, is visiting at McLean. Miss Zelda Cousins is spending a few weeks' at Earl Storms', Mrs. John Raycraft ana family, Mrs. Rawley and Albert Brown at Willis Asselstine's on Sun- day. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Snider and Leona and Marie spent Sunday at R. Beverly's. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hearns ard family and Mr. and Mrs. H. Smith at George Goodberry's Sun- + Miss Hazel and Ideriene Snider visited at Milford Wagar's. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. E, y» Philip Embury and Miss Luella Keller spent Sunday at Harvey Keller's. Mr. and Mrs. William Hare and Zelda and Mrs, Andrew Embury at W. Cousin's on Sunday. M. Haley at Milford Wag- ar's, | Prince Edward | SALEM. day was observed on Sunday, May 29th, in Salem church when an at- tractive programme was given. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Sager and Mr. and Mrs. T. Price, accompanied by Mrs. M. Dolan and Miss Kathleen Dyer, motored to Trenton, where they spent the day with Mr and Mrs. C. Dolan. Miss Anita McCartney® spent 4 recent Sunday with Miss L. Fer- Buson. Mr. and Mrs. Halton Spenc- er went to Stockdale last Saturday attending the funeral of the former's uncle, Charles Walt. Mr, and Mrs. George Simpson, Trenton, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Henessy. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wycott and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Kemp spent the 24th in Picton. Among recent visitors: Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fox, Con- secon, at C. C. Wannamaker's; Mr, and Mrs. E. Dyer and son, Ralph, at C. M. Kemp's; the Misses Weeks at H. E. Wycott's. Arthur Parliament has recovered from his recent ill- ness. ------------ LEEDS BEDFORD MILLS, May 20.--Another case of small- pox calls the doctor from Westport to attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Lauft ence Botsford called on friends a: Athens and Oak Leaf this week.' A number from here attended the, dance in Newboro on the evening of May 24th, while others celebrated the holiday at Jone's Falls Perth. Mary and David Eagle purpose writ- ing at the entrance examin in Sydenham beginning June 2nd. Miss Good, their teacher, nas taken special efforts in instructing them. A num- ber of the boys from the mills enjoy- ed playing a 1 game with the Bydenham boys at Sydenham Satur- day, / CHARLESTON May 30.--~C. T. Ross retu to Toronto on Monday. Mrs. Ross and little son, Donald, will remain for the summer, Miss Katie Halliday re- turned to Toronto om y. A great many from here attended the entertainment in the town hall, Ath- ens, on Monday evening. The 24th passed off quietly but there was the sual large crowd. Quite a numb 34 | from here attended the funeral of the iste Mrs. John Shea at Athens on ing; recent showers have done mush | good. Ross Vanleuvon and G. Amey, | Clow has returned | Howard Hartman at J. C.| tended the Orange ladies dance at | - | HINCHINBROOKE May 30. -- Go-to-S8unday-schonl _- TORPID FOR OVER 4 MONTHS. The duty of the liver is to prepare and secrete bile and serve as a filter to the blood, cleansing it of all im- purities and poisons. | When the liver becomes laxy, slow or torpid it is not working properly, | and does not supply sufficient bile to { thoroughly act on the bowels and | Carry off the waste products of the | system, hence the - bowels become clogged up, the bile gets iito the | blood, constipation sets in and iver troubles follow. Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills quickly remove the secretions, clear away the waste and effete matter by acting di- rectly on the liver, and making the bile pass through the bowels instead of allowing it to get into the blood, and cause so many troubles. Mra. Alice Mekill, Napanee, Out., writes:--"1 was very badly rum down, and had a-torpid liver for four months. I tried several remedies, but got no relief. One day my hus- band brought me home a vial of Mile burn's Laxa-Liver Pills, and before I had used half of it I was much bet= ter. I only used two /ials, and I am a different person to-day. I can safely recommend Laxa-Liver Pills to any ane troubled with liver trouble." Milburn"s a-Liver Pills are 25¢, a vial at all dealers or mal.ed die rect on receipt of prico by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Thursday morning. There are a num- ber of guests at Cedar Park. There Was a merry gathering at the home of the Misses Hudson when a num- | ber of ladies of the vicinity gathers | ed to give a miscellaneous shower to Miss Agnes Cot, who, on Wednesday becomes the bride .0f George BK, Stevens, Athens. The bride received many lovely gifts for which she heartily thanked those present, es- {pecially the Misses Hudson who made the occasion one long to be re- membered. JUNETOWN. May 27.--Our new cheese factory opened Monday with a large supply, fof milk. Raymond Vanornum, Lans- downe, is cheese manufacturer for the season, assisted by Francis Hea- slip, Athens. E. V. Dyke spent the holiday with friends in Smith's Falls. Thursday. Mrs. M. G. Herbison is quite ill at her home here. Mrs. Eliza. Franklin and W. #H. Franklin were recent visitors with friends in Lansdowne. Under the supervision of our teacher, E. Dyke, the basement of the public school building is being cemented. Masters Cedric Scott and Taylor Franklin, Brockville, spent the week-end at their homes here. Mrs. Norris Ferguson was called' to Brockville owing 'to the serious il- {ness of her mother, Mrs. Willlam | Patterson. Mr-. A. E. Summers is spending a few days with her daugh- ter, Mrs. J. A. Herbison. Mrs. John Lakins' has returned to her. home here, after spending the winter with her daughter in Escott, Mr, and Mrs. G. P. Scott and Gladys Seott, spent Sunday at P. Smith's, Becott, '{ Township Councils i Piccadilly May 27.--Council mot for cqurt of revision ete. Appeals of W. Cornwall, A. C. Wagar, A. B.' Merriman and W. E. Clow read. |. Moved, Cronk-Babcock, that A. E. | Merriman be assessed for part of lot 24, con. 3, instead of A. EB. Wagar. Carried. Moved, Cronk-Bah- cock, that assessment of W. Corne wall be reduced $25. Carried. Move ed, Cronk-Judge, that assessment of William Clow be charged to Tip Wagar. Carried, Moved, Babcock- Reynolds, that dog assessed to B. Me- Umber he struck off roll. Carried, Court of revision adjourned and the reeve, clerk and assessor named to look over the roll and enrrect any errors. Council took up general business. Minutes of last meeting adopted. The bill of B. Hayes laid over until next meeting. Accounts paid: Sawyer-Massey $7.99; Lemmon & Sons $8.65; George Ayerst $69.50. Councillors Babcock and Cronz named as a committee ' to invesii- Bate road and crossing at R. McC lough's. Moved, Babcock-Cronk, that Eugene Dillon be notified that conn cil has granted Thomas Lavick priwi- lege to dig a ditch across side line be= between lots 5 and 6, con. 10 diteh to commence on the north side of said side line and running south sixty-six feet to the south side of side line, then westerly to railway fence, a ditches to be kept on said side line, Carried. Moved, Judge-Cronk, thag' $20 be granted to school fair, Care ried. The reeve and councillors Judge and Reynolds named as commitise' to act on petition of D. Leslie and others re opening of road across 3, con. 3, also 'to interview raed of land re price, ete. Moved, Ju Babcock, that $100 be granted :o each road overseer. Moved, Reyn- olds-Babeock, that the assessor re- ceive cheque for $125, salary. Care ried. Council adjqurned to meet at Parham, June 24th, at 1 p.m. GEO. A. SMITH, Clerk. Where are the brides 2 if We can supply you with lots of Confetti to shower congratulations. : Also Neilson's Ice Cream Bricks for the event. "M. R. McColl Prescription Druggist 1 Corner of Clergy and Princess Street : : ; Phone 83 oh William Hall was in Brockville on J