I _ For Racial Rights : La Patrie encourages the French- iCanadians of the West to keep up {the struggle for their racial rights. "The reception that is being ace ALD. R, BE. KENT ALD. HARVEY MILNE % | wire are the guests of his parents, The old{ Mr, and Mrs. E. Wells. B. Floyd, A student of Queen's' University, is wife, Kipack, | visiting with his parents, Mr. and 8 'parents, Rev.| Mrs. D. B. Floyd. Miss Bernice Mr L Girs. | White is visiting her sister, Miss s mo-| Harrison, of the University of To- 8 and|ronio, is home with her parents, ALD. T. A. KIDD ALD. HUGH BENNETT Mr. and Qs. John Harrison. The firdbrigade answered 'a sum~ mons (5 a Wire ot the homé of Reu- ben WoodcolEk, this week, but the neighbors h; the flames extinguish ed before thell #rrived at the scene. An election fof School trustees will take place in t@he near future. Mrs. McCallum is visMiging her son, Mack, of the Standard Honk. Paul Thorn- lee and brother, Mh apanee; Kenneth | corded to the pilgrims from Alberta, | { | | Saskatchewan and. Manitoba in the "fair province" could not be more] cordial. It is a real family festival. | "Our compatriots of the West are | struggling valiantly to obtain the | recognition' there of all the right { that they possessed in the Province | of Quebec. They wish to speak and | to teach their language freely, to| {have Catholic bilinguial schools such! | { ALD. I. B. JOHNSTON as those which exist on the banks of | the St. Lawrence, and to practice their religion as they wish. In Al- berta and Saskatchewan they haw already obtained more liberty than | their brothers in Ontario." i : . i The main grievance of French- |} provinces are | | Canadians in other those connected with separate de nominational schools and the teach ing of the French tongue. So far as| the practice of their religion and the |} use of their own language are con- cerned, we dp not know that there is room for serious complaint. ON CHARGE OF THEFT. Youth Accused of Stealing Cost and ! | | ALD, EDWARD ANDERSON ALD. B. J, DUNPHY A---- at her home here. Miss Jeah Hane nah, Perth, js spending her holidays with Her mother, Mrs. Fred Hannah. John Glenn made a business trip to Sharbot Lake on Monday last. Miss Easter Kirkham, Mississippi, spent Wednesday last "with Miss May Burke. Sum of Money. | Roy Howards, a young man in his| early twenties, who was arrested on| Christmas Day, at McDonald's Cor- | ners, near Mississippl, by Officer | Tomlinson of Sharbot Lake, charged with the theft of a mackinaw coat and $48 in cash from a resident of Oso, was brought before Judge La-| vell on Thursday morning to elect] trial. Howards chose to be tried | before Judge Lavell and the trial was set for Wednesday, January 13th, 9.30 a.m. | When asked if he wished to plead | guilty or not guilty, the young man | said that he was guilty of the theft] of the coat, but that he was not guilty of stealing any money. How- ards was not represented hy counsel. | puny Are Elected Directors Of Belleville Chamber | ---- | Belleville, Dec. 31.-- The annual | election for directors of the Belle-| ville Chamber of Commerce conclud- | ed yesterday, was perhaps the most spirited that has taken place since the Chamber was first organized. The ten citizens who were candidates for the positions were among the most prominent business and professional men in the city. The five candidates who received the majority votes and were elected for two years are: H.. W. Ackerman, Chas. T, Dolan, R. J. E. Graham, Mackenzie Robertson, E. W, Worth. Honored on Birthday. Cornelius Chapman, Pembroke, was remembered on his eightieth birthday. Led by Rev. Dr. Bilis, members of the official board of Wes- ley United Church, of which Mr. Chapman is one of the oldast mem- bers, waited upon him and presented him with an address of heart com-! gratulation on the attainment of his! eightieth birthday, and of apprecia- | tion of the long and valued service which he has rendered to the! church... One of the interesting re- collections of Mr. Chapman was the fact that Rev. Dr. Ellis, who headed the surprise party, when about fif- teen years of age, was a clerk in his hardware store for abbut a year, a position which he left to study tor the ministry. Passing of Mrs. Robert Seeley. The Jeath of Mrs. Robert Seeley, occurred at North Augusta, on Dee. 24th, after an illness of only one week. The deceased, whose maiden name was Hliza Ann Stephens, leaves besides her husband, one daughter, Mrs. BHdward Flynn, Cleveland, | Ohio; one son, William Byre, Brock- | ville; two sisters and three broth-! ers, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Lawson | Greer, Hugh and William Stephens, New York; and Philander Stephens, Toronto. She was first married to the late George Eyre, Elizabeth- town, and on April 15th last was married to Robert Seeley. Mrs. See- FLO f high ge gurantee of highest be Assurance Company. : CGENCIES Lid. iN. MASAGER. : . ASCE STREET, KINGSTON, Agents: Canada Li KINGSTON .. 0. HU TELEPHONE 708, CORNER UNION Al A REAL CHRISTMAS DINNE --T0c, PE TELE NONE IEL & ARN i CATH RESERVE YOU | SERVED FROM 12 TO 2 P.M. PLATE N Chinaware and } DK Silverware to rest | mm Much Favored by Wa An Hotel of quiet dignity, pH quiet digniny, appointments of a well con. ditioned home. 2 minutes of all subways, "L" roads. surface cars, bus lines. 'Within 3 minutes Grand 9 minutes Pennsyls ley was sixty-seven years of age and |} was a Methodist. ---------- Robert Burns, Veteran, Dies. On December 26th, at Freeport Sanitarium, Kitchener, the occurred of Robert Burns, formerly of Brockville. Mr. Burns' death was death {| the result of overseas service dur-|{] ing the war. was a moulder for over thirty-two years in the James Smart works.