PAGE SIX DECEMBER 27, 1916. Rideau Ward. Ladies and Gentlemen: I respectfully solleit your 1917. Yours pespectfully, D. Couper. - ~ To the Blecivds of Rideau, \ man for : Ladies and Gentlemen, --Having | for the last three years withdrawn my name from the ballot in favor of | my opponent, this year 1 have decid. ed to run for Alderman for 1917, If elected strict economy shall be my watchword, R. G. Armstrong. AA Si tim nt | Rideau Ward Ladies and Gentlemen: 1 respoctfully solicit your voles and influence to elect me as one of | your representatives for 1917. Yours, 'Wm. R. Clugston. rn i { { { i AA rr ------ TO THE ELECTORS . eau LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- tiaving heen nominated for re-election an Alderman for your ward, [ respect. fully solicit your votes and Influence. Ath heartiest thanks for sour an- ance lu the past. and with all good | wishes for the coming yeur. i I remnin, Yours sincerely, i 3 Geo. Laturney. | Sydenham Ward To the Electors of Sydenham ! Ward: 1 lly ask for your] votes and influence to elect we as one | of your representatives in the City | Council for 1917, Faithfully yours, --D. J: Millan. "Sydenham Ward To the KEldcfors? As an Alder | manic candidate in Sydenham Ward, 1 respectfully solicit your votes and influence to #éct me as one of your representatives, Thos. Hewitt. Sydenham Ward | To the Electors: | Ladies and Gentlemen,--I res-| spectfully solicit your votes and in- fluence to elect me as one of your representatives for the coming year. T. J. O'Connor. Sydenham Ward To the Electors: ~ Ladies and Gentlemen,--I respect < fully solicit your vote and influence to elect me as one of your aldermen. Dr. D. Allen Black. AAA LN ANN ANN ETT To the Electors of Sydenham Ward: If my conduct as one of your Aldermanic tatives and my attitude ward the questions (hat have been before the Couns cil for consideration and de- cision, during the past three years, have met with your approval, and you think me worthy of & continuance of ni pa . your and votes, It is not my, n to make a canvass either before or on tion day. I leave the decision with you, If clected, 1 shall try in the fatuie AS in the past to serve yoo falthfully and fearlessly, Hugh C. Nickle. A ------ HAVE YOU FORGOT- TEN A FRIEND? We have a few boxes of fancy 3 orolates left. Remember the girl will like you more if you send her a box. Boxes from 30¢ to $3.50. > Shortcake at Sc, 10¢, 13¢, 20¢, 23¢ Also at 15¢ per dozen. P. H. Baker & Co. When We Buy Coal we a8 your advance agent; we an getting the best, and get the hest---so do you, if you buy from us. & CO. Phone 133 Foot of West St. 'At a united congregation meeting votes | amd influence to elect me as Alder tenant { | Smith's Falls and was nearing the { close of his eighty-seventh year, To The Electors The death occurred at Row's Cor- ners oan Tuesday of George Dudley. as. we know (he diff Detoow wood and poor coat wo! 1 =m | DR. ALEX. W. RICHARDSON | '£¥S ROK ThE DR Having been request- MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. ed by citizens to ac- || u Brier: Form the Fvents In The! cept the nomination FOR MAYOR --Full of Interest to Many. for 1917, has consented, and Colvin Minaker, for many years a merchant in Cobourg died on Sat- urday. requests all citizens who be- lieve his re-election would be in the best interests of the city Harry Prosser, Merrickville, has ac- office of Barrett Bros, to give him their vote and On Wednesday Edward Hurdis, Carleton Place, and Mis: Irene Jages, of Appleton, were quietly married. The late Mr. Dudley was bern at cepted a position as bookkeeper in the hearty support He in ill-health for one year. The deajh occurred at Spencer- + ville on Saturday of Patrick Gorman, and elderly and former resident of Prescott, f ii t Up to Wednesday, Miss Morrison, Ladies and Gentlemen: | day, Miss At th t f j Pictoh, had received $378.91 in re- e reques o al sposise to ner appeal on hehalf of the Hs: Belgian children. large number of citizens, The death occurred at the home of I offer myself as a candi-! Mrs. William Prue, Row's Corners, on Sunday, of Henry Prue, at the date for Mayor for the age of seventy-two, Daniel Hillman, a former well- year 1917, and respect- known resident of Brockville, died fully 3olicit your votes suddenly in Toronto on Tuesday. He and infl was a railway conductor. 1 uence. John Bedlow, > | France, succeeds Cyrenus J M HUGHES: resignéd "from the = ° ! customs department. Major the Rev. J. C. Davidson, rector of Peterboro, has resumed chaplain duty at No. 3 Canadian Sta- tionary Hospital, France, Large quantities 'of dressed tur- keys have been shipped out of Picton in the last few days, price averaging Jue per pound, rough dressed. While washing dishes Mrs. W. G. Fennell, Brockville, had the misfor- tune to sever an artery in her right wrist through the breaking of a dish, On Friday, at Picton, Orlean, only To the : Jaughies ob Joka T Brignall, Orillia, Electors . t., ited in marriage to I respectfully solicit your votes| pyri G. Cole, son of Fred Cole, and influence to re-elect me AMer-! poo man for 1917. Samuel Shipman, Minnedosa, . Man, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Rob- Geo: Clark Wright. ert White, Lanark. This is the first A ------_--------.-- time they nave met in thirty-eight Frontenac Ward years, Te the Electors: In Brockville on Tuesday Dean Ladies and Gentlonione--As - an Murray united in marriage Harold Aldermanic candidate in Frontenac Edwin Easter and Miss Mary Kath- ward, I solicit your votes and sup- leen Ranger, daughter of Joan Ran- port. 'If elected Y intend to look af- | Sef: all of Brockville. ' o ter the faterests of Frontenac Ward, Edward Barry, Gouverneur, N.Y, especially its streets. a native and former well known g " . resident of Elizabethtown, is ill at James Wriley Smith, his residence in Gouverneur suffer- Contractor. ing from a second: stroke of paraly- om sis. Miss Ruth Williams, Napanee, steno- F tenac Ward | grapher, left on Sunday to take a i solicit your vote ahd influence to] : 2 r t " elect me again as Alderman, Netter | Position in Winnipeg. Before leaving ntredel ald a heiter Kintinton i= my the members of St. Patrick's choir only reason for making 1 request. | - oi OSC Wishing sou all a Happy New Near | Bernd her with a crescent of I remain, Le truly, o he 1d : a : A 'pretty wedding was solemnized William P. Peters. at Trenton on Dec. 20th. The bride ys ra iwai Marjorie E. Smith, youngest Cataraqui Ward. daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ryerson Your vote and influence are re- Smith, Trenton, the groom, James E. spectfully solicited by the under. Hill, Ottawa. signed for Alderman for Cataraqui! Mrs. EJ, Whitmarsh, Carleton Ward, 2 . Place, announces the marriage of her Wishing you the compliments of youngest daughter, Grace Erminie, to the season, Yours truly, Capt. James Clow Little, of the 160th Fred Simmons | Overseas Battalion, at London, Ont., a 'on get Sok ah dal ~ A The deat occur in Calgary, To the Electors of Catar- Alta, on Nov. 30uvh, of John Meln- : tyre at the age of sixty-six. The late aqui Ward. Mr, Mcintyre was for many years a Ladies and Gentlemen: | prominent and well respected citizen I respectfully solicit your vote and | of Merrickville. influence to re-elect me as Alderman! The Grand Meadow Record, Min- for this ward. | esota says, Alvah Hunt passed away N. C. Polson, Jr. lt ere on Monday after several weeks } Ea re -- -- illness, He was born at Athens, : Y | Ontario, and at his death was seven- Cataraqui W. ty-three years old, E. B. Purtelle, Bloomfield, has {sold his champion cow Princess wie $d ptdens of Cataraant| Sega "Watker, and sir, Keves aldermanic candidate, and therefore | SEgis- Walker two of the famous solicit your vote and support. | Holsgelns raised by Mr. Purtelle, to 2 W, L. Shaw, Newmarket. Mr. and Mrs. James Reid, Perth, © James Norris. | announce the engagement of their i youngest daughter, Minnie Matilda, to . Cataraqui Ward {William Bunting Stanley, son of ¥ jand Mrz. Joseph Stanley, Toronto, the To the Electors: Laarriage to take place Jan. lat. Ladies and Gentlemen,--Your vote | Mr. and Mrs. Noble McDonald, and influence are respectfully solicit-| Hungerford, having sold their farm, ed by undersigned as alderman | will return to Tweed. Neighbors syr- for Cataraqui Ward for 1917. Wish- | prised them, gave them an address ingsyom all a Happy New Year, I am, | and gave a handsome three piece oak Yours truly, jhbracy suite, table, chair and rocker. Chas. S. Jin. At Prescott by Rev. Wiliam Ho- 5 * | witt, on Saturday, 16th instant, Erna | May, youngest daughter of Mr, and St. Lawrence Ward | ur witiam Bmes, t, was Ladies and Gentlemen: bd | united in marriage to Charles P. Having been elected by acclama-| Black, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. tion I take this opportunity of thank. John Black, Prescott. ing those who promised to support, There passed away at her home me, and those who intended to do pear Crystal City, Man. Elizabeth so. !Taylor, aged seventy-three years. Dr Geo WwW Bell, | Mrs. A. Taylor went west fro Lan- a * ark, with Aer husband, Archibat » ¥ ad been who lost a leg in Stowell, Brockville A A Pl BN Frontenac Ward To the Electors: Ladies and Gentlemens--Your vote and Influcace are respectfully request- ed te re-elect me ax one of your rep. vescataiives In the city council of I IMT. Thanking you for the support you mave me nani year, and wishing you all the compliments of the nea ain, | am, Yours truly, S. S. Corbett. | en Frontenac Ward. | Taylor, some thirty-six years ago. She was a daughter of the late John | Rintoul, Darling. {fered a double bereavement. She {was recently called to Cobourg to attend the funeral of her brother, | Mr. Argue, and on Wednesday a mes- * | sag® was received, bringing the news | of the death of her sister, Mrs. Salis. | bury, also of Cobourg. . | At the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. : ch of Me M. _THE DAILY BRITIAH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, News From Eastern Ontario 'which Judge Dowsley, Mrs. H. M, Love, Picton, has suf' | 'Gananoque | {From Our Own Correspondant) | Dec. ; 27.--The annual Christmas entertainment of the teachers and pupils of Grace Methodist Sunday school was held last evening. St. | Andrew's Sunday school alse held its! entertainment, which wis postponed | last week on account of the storm.| Zebia Slack has secured a situation in Brockville, and left to enter on his| new duties. Miss Annie McAllister, sclence| teacher in the Gananoque High School, is Wena vacation with relatives at Wellan)l. Miss Jessie] Gould left yesterdiy for Brockville to spend part of her vacation there with her cousins; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil N. Palmer. | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seymour are| spending the holiday season in To- ronto with their daughter, Mrs. Bird. Mr. and Mrs. P, J. Murray, of To- ronto, are visiting relatives in town for a few days. Thomas Harris, To- ronto, is spending a few days in town! with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Giles| Harris James Carpenter has gone to} Kingston to take a situation at the| Miss Bertha Cummings, of the, Civil Service Department, Ottawa, | spent the past few days in town with | her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cummings. . P. J. Heaslip, of the Government) Printing Bureau, Ottawa, spending] the holiday here with relatives, left | to resume his duties yesterday after-| noon. | Stanley Moore, of Montreal, is spending a few days in town with his mother, Mrs. J. J. Moore. Miss Leita| Douglas, of the staff of the Ganano-| que High School, is spending her vacation at her home in Strathroy. SCHOOL INSPECTOR IS NOT PRO GERMAN | Charges Against Public School | inspector Are Not Proven. Pembroke, Dec. 27.--"The whole | list of charges has failed to ma-| terialize. None of them have been proven," was the succinct manner in! of Brockville, ! closed the investigation which he con-| ducted at the Court House here into] ity, double dealing and pro-German-| ism preferred against I. D. Bruels, | inspector of public schools for the| north riding of the county of Ren-| frew. These charges, eight in num-; her, were made hy a few members of the Renfrew County Council | KILLED WHILE HUNTING. | Ray Miller Met Death Near Home at Rideau Ferry, Lombardy, Dee. 26.--A sad fatal- ity occurred on Friday last when Ray Miller, son of Mrss&Miller of Rideau Ferry, accidéntly discahrged a gun, killing himself almost instant- y. He was hunting in company with John Wills, and the gun which he carried was accidentally dis- charged He was an 'exemplary young man of 21 years and had re- turned only the previous day from the western provinces. The funeral held on Sunday was very largely at- tended, Int ent being made at Ridean Ferry cemetery. The sym- pathy of the community is extended to the bereaved widowed mother, sis- ter and brothers of the deceased. No Voting in Belleville. Belleville, Dec. 27.--There will be no municipal election in this city, the council for 1917 being elected by acclamation. Of the 28 nomin-| ated for alderman only 9, the requir-| ed number, took out their qualifi-| cations papers, They were Alder-| men W. A. Woodley, W. S. Smith, ! W. B. Deacon, Dr. O. A. Platt, J. E.| Parks, James O. St. Charles, C. | Whalen; ex-Ald. O. A. Marshall and | éx-Ald. A. Robinson. They with| Mayor Ketcheson, re-elected by ae clamation, will constitute the council | for next year, 4 he Officers Chosen. meeting of the Curling Club held on | Wednesday last, the following offi- | cers were elécted for the ensuing) year: Hon-Pres, T. B. Caldwell; | Pres. Carmen Mcinnes; Vice-Pres,, | W. J. Drysdale; Sec-Treas, W. D. Cuthberston. Committee E. J. | Buffam, B, A. C. Caldwell, R. W.| Roberston and Geo. J. Hunt. A. C. | Mcintyre has been enga as care-| taker, ! The Late Mrs. John Baillie. Picton, Dee. 27.--The death oc- curred on Sunday, after a long ill- ness, of Maggie Fraser, wife of John Baillie, mdnaging director of the Do- minion Oil Cloth Company, Limited, Mrs. Baillie, the daughter Belleville, Dec. 27.--Mrs. W. E. Armitage, of this city, died suddenly from heart failure. The deceased Peter MeLachism, Who spent Nix! of I vifood with the late Edward Mrs. of the Dalbousie charge, held in the chureh at St. Jamés on Dee. 18th, an , unanimous call extended to Rev. © Red. Wilson, ute. 4 died at Prince R { there Locomotive Works on munitions. { anywhere many makes definite peace propose als fas soon as | we are pleased to call attention Alberta, | that the charges of incompeteucy, partial-| thresher. | sight Hope and Memory both await cheer. Lanark, Dec, 27.----At the annual | FREDERICK LATIMER CONTIN. UES VERY CRITICALLY ILL Lots of Snow and Fine Sleighing-- Christinas amd General Comment by the Darlingside Philosopher, Darlingside, Dec, 26.-- There was a heavy all of snow here F is now excellent Benjamin' Kirker and daughter Mar- garet have lert for Rochestps, N.Y. William Trickey and family' have left to spend the 'winter in Toronto. Hazel Tilton, who has a position .in Kingston,' as stenographer, is spend- ing the holidays at "her home here. Samuel Krker, who has spent the summer near Gouverneur, N.Y, is at his home here for the winter, Mrs. A. Bishop hasclost a fine horse. The teacher, Miss Wefister, is spending the Christmas holidays at her home in Athens. We under- stand )iss Webster has been engag- ed to teach the school here for an- other year. W. E. MeNeil is stead- ily improving in health. Fred. Lati- mer still continues very low. Mrs. M. E. Wallace has left for Montreal the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Du- cett, whese husband holds a respon- sible position in one of the large department stores of the Canadian metropolis Chinese eggs are once more being imported into Western Canada in large cuantities. There is mystery about tne fact that Western Canada should have to import eggs from But no more than there is about eggs from China. Is it only a coincidence that Ger- Britain's determin- ation to win the war is shown by Lloyd George's success in forming a cabinet? It is to be hoped that the terrible sacrifices of the past years by the Entente Allies will not be thrown away in an inconclusive peace, now. that they have become equipped for war. E-------------- GLOVES FOR MEN 50c TO $3.00 >. NEWEST NECKWEAR 25¢ TO $1.00 FINE SHIRTS and PYJAMAS $1.00 TO $5.00. LOUNGING ROBES $4.50 TO $12.00 SWEATERS FOR MEN $1.00 TO $10.00 HOUSE COATS UP TO $12.50 Roney's PRINCESS STREET. bv In those days when so much is said and written about the shortage of wheat and the high price of bread to the record of C. S. Noble, Edmonton, Canada, A few days ago Mr. Noble hauled his last load of wheat to market, completing a total of 54,382 bushels from 1,000 acres, represents a new world's re- cord in the growing, harvesting, threshing and marketing of wheat on a big acreage. It also represents $100,000 in coin of the realm. Probably you may be interested in knowing that at least one man on the North American continent will not worry about getting to the bot- tom of his flour barrel before next them. when requiring glasses. Cor. Wellington & Clarence Sts. J. J. STEWART, Opt.D. "™™** dotmetrist. | VOTE: All my time examining eyes and fitting frames and glasses to Your eyes should have the attention of eye specialists For perfect eye sight see Opp. Post Office Phone 000 year's wheat crop is ready for the Inefficiency helps the enemy. It is the third Christmas of the war, Ohristmas 1916. As we reach the Christmas mile- stone, and the New Year comes in us, in the darkness or the light, Hope says "Courage for the future, there is much in lite for you, and in keeness of endeavor there's a pleas- ure ever new; There are many worlds to conquer, there is much success to earn, And mistakes are soon forgotten if we are content to learn That the things we see are transient, while the things unseen are real And that joy in life's a question, not of what we have, but feel." But while Hope is thus discoursing, Memory draws us to her Side, Points us to the past and tells us, that the best of Christmastide Is in loving recollection of friends both far and near, That have smoothed life's pathway for us with their sympathy and the "wear-proof. Some of them are still heside us, others have gone on béyond; Others still we have lost step with, but of all, with memory fond, We are thinking now at Christmas, hoping that as time raps on Love ahd joy may be their portion, in the pride of work well dene, PFBONYE ENTENTE" ITINERARY. "Three Days' Tour of Ontario, Includ- » ing Toronto. Montreal, Dec. 27.--The "bonne #ntente" delegation from the Eros ivce of Quebec which is to répay the visit of an Ontario delegation to this province last fall will leave this city Sunday. night, Jan. 7th, for a three days' tour in Ontario, including To ronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls, and will include about twenty-five from Montreal, twenty from Quebec, ten from Sherbrooke and five 'from Taree Rivers. Z. Hebert, vice-president of the [Montreal Board of Trade, has charge of the arrangements at this end of the line. A number of prominent people are mentioned as being prob- able members of the party. 1 oT Death Calls Bishop of Arras. | : : Paris, Dec. 27.--Monsignor Emile SLIZAB ASQUY Daushicr of Ce remies Asquith, er |Lobbedey, Bishop of Arras, who was ngs, nt to Hugh 8 Gibson, of the winerigan Embassy, (x announced. a " w Dewar Lake, Sask. Dec. 26.--On Dee. 16th, at Dewar Lake, the ding took place at the home of the bride's. Sister, Mrs Andrew Arthurs, care with the Legion of Honor for re- maining in the city during the bom- bardment and aiding the soldiers and the civilian population, has died at _Boulogne-Sur-Mer. Miss Martha J. Piunan, aged [ifty- four, died on Tuesday in Tyendinaga. M. Doviittle, Belleville, aged sixty- : nine; Miss Emma J. Canniff, Belle ;. bride ville | sixty-seven, are also re- gown 'of wi duchess {port vell eo ---- of Oa ith Mayor Ketcheson's father, aged The happy couple left on the noon !seventy-eight years, wa: taken ill al train for North Bay to! visit the his son's home in Belleville on Christ- bride's parents, the bride travelling mas. He was hurried to a hospital in a costume of navy blue broadeloth and operated upod. with fur (rimmings and large black| L. H, Root, Reduerville, aged picture bat. Addl nineiy-one years, is dead. Five sons a and six daughters survive. He was a 1 the fifth Cer-| Miss Bella Macdonald, sister io. ering to the latest Archibald Maedonald, Belleville, died children of Berlin sulwerib- Methodist and a Liberal. oh = made public. - Jw aged eighty-nine fears. recently decorated by President Poin-| New =~ Words cannot properly do justice to the richness of tone, the marvellous , the natural expression or the exceptional 'durability of the 5 Beintzman & Co. FPlager-Fiano "The Different Player-Picho" Its patented alominum action makes it cbsolutely impervious to all weather conditions -- ensures eveness of tore and vol- ume under afl conditicns -- and makes it practically A practical demonstration is necessary to fully appreciate this great C.W. LINDSAY Limited, 121 Princess St. Old Santy is the erybody happy. Just lik: ple who get their good looking. Just don't forget Weese's sunlight is als ways bright, rain or shine it mat. ters mot, ; ~ WEESE, for Photo Frames, Pictures, Pianos . 168 Princess St. AT THE UNIQUE GROCERY .. 13%e Ib. ron an, 106 The PREITY TT 19¢ qt. C. H. Pickering. Phone 330 Prop. 400 and 492 Princess Street. SULGEST "LORD BUNTY" As the Title Which Sir Max Aitken Should Take. London, Dec. 27.--A good deal of circles is arising from the humorous suggestion prominetly published in the Moruning Post that Sir Max Aitken will take the tile of Lord Bunty, after Barrie's plar. "Bunty. Pulls the Strings." inference Of course is, that Sir had much to do wits the up- héaval which put Lloyd Andrew Bonar 1 Law In Asquith"s George and | eT a ----------------------"