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would have taken the proper steps t5 bring about the desired end. In regard to the village audit of 1906, Mr. Dickson complains that it cost $74, and says that it cost almost as much as to do the county auditing. The county- auditing costs $100.00 and not $80.00, as I have heard Mr.’ Dickson state. I know what the work on those two audits is, and I can safely say that there was more work on the village audit of 1906 than on the county audit. The county audit consists chiefly of large sums, add is not such a. cumbersome job; but the village audit, which consists. of the vil- lage audit proper, the school audit, the cemetry audit, and the commission audit is principally madenp of small amounts and a entails a lot of work. . ‘ ‘ 5317i“. Dickson, with an air. of high' judi- cial magnate, propounds the question to the council, "Have you redeemed your pledge?" My own answer to .this query is, that I have carried on the business of the. village conscientiously and to the very best of my knowledge, and I am certain that my collegues have only the town‘s welfare at heart. I could easily turn up the past record of the village and turn to Mr. Dickson and say, “Did you redeem your pledge?” I wonder what the answer would be. My own belief is that these records would re- , veal that Mr. Dickson will not be accus- ed of possessing any particular brilli- ancy, and there is no particular danger of him being looked upon as an authority in municipal legislation, and the fact of him casting reflections on others will never destroy their usefulness nor bring glory to himself. CORRESPONDENCE. How Interest Piles Up. H 3T0 tha Editor of the Fenelon Falls Gazette: ‘ Sm,â€"-â€" ~ - . ~ ' One'of the reforms which it is nec- = sary to advocate is the reduction of » interest charged on overdue taxes. On ‘ the surface this might not appear a mat- ter of much importance,’ but if anyone thinks the rate of interest now charged is fair, let him consider how easily inter- ‘ est can pile .up. , 3 As an illustration of - this, tWO men were discussing the above suggestion V ‘the day after the nomination meeting, and one was inclined to think that three per cent. per month 'would not berexj tortionatc. “ Then,".said his compamon, “if you wanted $10,000 badly, and some ‘ one bffercd to lend itto you for a month :vat three per cent. per month" you would take it ? " 'Aud the first man said he wouldâ€"ho would take it for three yearsf at that rate‘if he really had to have the money. _ ‘»‘ Well," said the other, “ Ifl loaned you. $10,000 at that ratc,-deduct- ing. as is eustomary, the interest at the iitart, how much would you get ? ” The i rst man figured it out, and found that, instead of getting $10,000 he would get nothing, but would owe the other man 3800. Three per cent. per month means 108 per cent. in three years. In other words. the interest at that rate on 5 £10,000 for three years would be $10,800. This is just an. illustration to show how interest will pile up. Now, what is 'the position with regard to village taxes ? If your taxes are not paid by a certain "' . n' ,. Each year/we giVe our customers the opportunity of Supplying. their whitewear needs at a. small cost to them by taking advan‘é ,. g _ tags of our J anuary’and February Whitewear Sales and this year "finds 'usl‘better. prepared than ever as stocks are larger, quality ~ 'an’d”‘WOrk‘rnanship superior and values the best. - ' ~ ' , ~ 1’ LADIES"NIGHT GOWNS, UNDERSKIRTS, CORSET COVERS AND DRAWERS, all going at wonderfully low,prices, and tomake this annual event of still greater interest than usual we inelude the following lines, all of ,which we ofi’er at prices which mean money in, your pocket ' by making your purchases here. gLACE CURTAINS, CHENILLE and TAPESTRY - CURTAINS, DOOR PANELS, CURTAIN MUSLINS, SIDE BOARD SCARFS, DRESS- ER COVERS, SH‘ANS, ,DOYLIES, Etc., ‘ also TABLE LINENS and NAPKINS. ' ‘date, and you pay them a month later, you pay five per cent interest. It 1s the =samc if you pay them two months or four 7months laterâ€"five per cent. is added. This is manifestly an unfair arrange- ment. The man who pays his taxes one kmonth latc pays interest at the rate of.‘ 60 per cent. per annum; he who pays when two months overdue pays interest hat the rate of 30- per cent. per annum. My suggestion would be that a uni- -form rate of 1‘2 per cent. should be charg- ed, one per cent. being added to taxes one month overdue, two per cent. to ““' ‘ taxes two months overdue, and so forth. This would be a much more equitable ___â€"__â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" regular~ meeting of the L. O. L., No; 096, it was decided to hold the coming '12th .of July in Fenclon Falls. be spared to make it the largest and best celebration ever held in the County of Victoria. . ' . ~. ’ ' meeting James’ church will be held on the even- ing of Monday, February 3rd, at the res- idence Of Mr. E. 1). Hand. Faithf ull y, R. M. M ASON. ORANGE CELEBRATIONâ€"At the last No pains .will ENGLISH EVENING. â€"- The next V open of the Literary Society of St. The pro- . . 'Tfl GQMMENEE CHEAPEST GENERAL STORE IN TH'E C.OUNTY.} :systom, and, besides givingjustiee to ‘-tho :0 who could not pay taxes when due, but did so within the first month there- after. would no doubt be an incentive to “pay taxes as early as possible, even after r rbeing due. Six‘y per cent. per annum, and even ’ ltwenty or thirty per cent. per annum, is an cxlortianate rate of interest, and is worthy of Consideration as a‘ muchâ€" Ineeded reform. gramme will on this occasion be devoted to the English. A further reference to- our account of the Irish evening in our issue of the 10th inst. reveals the fact that ‘two names besides that of Miss Brandon, mentioned. last week, were omitted frem the list of the participants in thcprogrammc. These were Mrs.,'F. gN. Rutherford and Mr.‘ G. "E. Wiggins. The “ intelligent compositor " is an'swer~ able for the omissions, as the names of all the performers were on the ‘ copy turned in. . ' one to him, and which still makes him shiver whenever he thinks of it. 'The snake was sunning itself on the rockâ€"a short distance from the shore of Decr' Bay, but it is more than probable that yesterday it crawled back into its nest Yours truly,” . " to await the coming; r-f more genial TA XPAYE R l v hinlhckson and That Audit. -_ln'.."iloi" Guzeue, Dear Sir : _ e l have no' desire to go into a "controversy with Mr;’James Dickson on the above subject, "neither do I wish to 'moct out to him words to wound his feelings, even if he does merit it, al- Ithough he has not been quite so kind to me, and has not even taken the trouble to ascertain just what the situation is in regard to the bodies in question, but has contented himself with sitting down in his own quiet home and penning a savage attack on myself add other citizens ~ .iilch is as unnecessary as it is mislead- ing. Now, as Mr. Dickson has chosen ~-t..is manner of warfare and thrown out xhe gauntlet, there are only two ways left for me to proceed. One is to ignore him entirely, and the other is to review the other side of the question. I have ‘chosen the latter way in order that people who are not conversant with the ‘c'rcumstances may judge just how far ..lr. Dickson is justified in making this :attack. In the first place, the books of tho‘ Sandford Woodcnware Co. were auditedby Mr.. Bishop up to October Rprevious to the fire which took place in March. That audit was in the hands of fhe count” at the time Mr: Dickson "cir- culated the petition to have an audit made, and is on fyle yet. The statement ‘of the assigneo,vshowing all receipts and disburcements, was.also in the hands of, the council at the time he was circulat-" ing the petition, and yet he was getting signers to that petition and telling that no statement had ever been given. 'Owing to Mr. Dickson making this asser- ’1ir\n, a great many signed that petition ‘(my self included) who would never have «lone so had they not been mislead by ‘the person presenting it. Now, the question arises, was the presenting 'of a petition to the council the, proper step in order to have an audit- inade? I sub- unit that‘it was ‘not. The assignee of lthe company put the books in the hands of two provincial auditors and they anade outa statement, and this state- ‘ment was certified to by the county Judge as being correct, and their is no possible way of, having another audit , .nuade without first making affidavit that b itheire has been juggling or crookedness, (or that there is. reason to believe that , 'thcre is something wrong in this connec- ; tion, and then applying to the Dominion Parliament for an investigation. I-Ias Mr. Dickson ever made the requisite alli- davit? He has not, and,'althongh the .1907 council held about eighteen meet- ings, Mr. Dickson never appeared at a single meeting to say that he was pre- pared to make affidavit to go on with the enquiry. Surely he does not expect me or any other member of the council to ‘t ake an affidavit about something we know absolutely uot-hlng about; and if he is so anxious, why does he not take steps to put his convictions into prac-. ‘tice? .This procecdure, 1 am informed, ‘will 'cost the village a few hundred dollars. but, if Mr. Dickson thinks he can gain anything for the village, I in- vite him hen rtily to take the proper stops and make the. allidavit- as required by law. The man who does an act that is in the interest of his municipality is 'to becommomled. but he who tries to besmirch the character of other: by l using deceit is acting the mandrel. l do not say that M r. Diuksonj'flnut i conscientiously in this m. “I do ' Boy that he is not acting wisely, uric j ' of Mr. James II. Thurston, in Fenelon, A SLEIGII-RIDE.â€"â€"Cn Monday evening the members of St. James' Church held their regular meeting at the residence the entire membership, with the excep- tion of three or four who from various in two sleighs, one belonging to Mr. Jas. Burtchaell and the other a big livery sleigh drawn by a team kindly placed at the disposal of the society by Mr. John Shane, the genial forman of the chemical works. The sleighs left the Falls at 6.30 and 7 o'clock respeCtively, but, owing theheavy condition of part of the road, and the fact that the navigators of the second sleigh lost their bearings (presumably while floundering in a snow bank,) and followed the wrong turn until they learned of their mistake at a little red school house, it was 9.15 before the last of the crowd reached their des- tination. The Rev. Mr. French, presi- dent of the society, took the chair, and, after a hearty vote'of thanks had been tendered the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs; Thurstbn, for their kindness in placing their house at the disposal of the Society, and the minutes of last meeting had been read and other busi- ness disposed of, there was a short pro- gramme consisting of a solo by Miss P. Austin, readings by Miss E. S. Hand and Miss Chadwick, and a duet by Misses Marjory Austin and Maggie Wilson. Ex- cellent refreshments were then served by Mrs. Thurston and her daughters, and the merry party left for home'at a few minutes after eleven o'clock and arrived safe and sound at the Falls at about 12.30, unanimously agreeing that the event had been one. of the most en- joyable in the history of the society. _sleigh_ load drove from Rosedale to Mr. Thurston's for the occasion, and added much to the enjoyment, They were Mr: Mrs. and Miss Arkwright, Mr. and Miss Reynolds, Miss Russell, Mr. Goodman, Mr. Bruce Arkwright and Mr. Chas. Smithson. - - 1 District Notes. Francis Drake Moore, of Lindsay, have lJeannamed King's Counsel, these gentle- men are to be congratulated. A Richmond farmer was fined 35 and costs on..Tucsday for offering for sale on the the market, rolls of'butter that were under the weight they were sup- posed to be. James Morrison, of Gooderham, was sentenced by Judge Harding, at Lindsay on Wednesday to three months' impris- onment for stabbing his nephew, Roland tlaclill, with a jack-knife ‘on Christmas ave. The County of Pet-erboro will have one less division courtin futureâ€"that is there will be four.instead of five, the one at Keene being abolished.- Very little business has been transacted at Keene. All division court business east of the, fifth concession of Otonaboc, will be done at Norwood henceforth, and all west at Peterboro. The four division courts in the county now are located at Peterboro, Norwood, Lakefield and Aps- 'ley. 1 wood chopper from'the shores of Door Bay,.in Smith Township, tells a reâ€" nmltablestory for-«this tit-I! of ye". On Friday it wa.‘ lemming mac sticks from the top of 3901* when be picked up in his but! a ' Nat-k nah; h we. a-mwm . ours ‘0 and reasons Were unable to attend, going out l Mr. Gerald Holmes Hopkins and .Mr A. weather.â€"- Pclcrboro Ji'mnu'ner, This is the 20th century and still two young men aged about 25 years ‘who drove in from thciother side 'of Min- den last Sunday. terr'go 'to camp had never seen a train imvtbei r lives, so got up early on Monday-morning to see" the flycr go. They were down early enough to see engine comqwut of the round house and when,itrstopped one of the young fellows said-y ‘tWhy‘it has stuck," The other wentaxong.‘ .bettcr,iâ€"-â€"'" My word Will, would it n_ot:'be;<-' a diindy to drhw logs."-4 JIqlibzu-ton Cor, to Bob. Ind. ‘ I ’ , .. '25 r,‘ “ Albert Seely, aw catith shipper, of Stir- ling, was sentenccd last Wednesday to a fine of $10 and costs for overcrowding cattle .in'cars of thoriGrand-Trunk Rail- way, “Seeleysaidnthzrt he=‘~lia(l not ex- cceded the weight allowed per car in his shipments, butsiuponr. Magistrate Kingsford being.informecl- by Humane OlIice Chapman that -.the cattle were chained by the.foreleg‘s’,fand that no man was sent with theicattle,’ although the Grand Trunk oi‘fer'e‘d' free transportâ€" ation to cattle. droversiin charge of, cattle, the Magistrate “decided to con- vict him.~-Ilqslz'ngs_ Staina‘: a ‘ " “ " HQle'Esll‘D tarsus. $1,500 will buy one double and houseon Francis street; - - .700 will buy a lO-room‘hense, with good crllnr well, wo‘odshcd, stable, drive house and h' n house, on Murry street. $300 will phny 5-room house shed on Murry street. ‘ "Apply to “ ‘ THOS. GRAHAM, Fenelon Falls, or to MCLAUGHLIN it PNEEL,Lindsay. Use Your Watch Right one single and wood- What would you think of an engineer -who ran‘ his engine two or three years, night and day, without .cleauing “Cr oil- ing? What would youi'give him , for his machine afte‘r a few," COLBORNE ST. OPPOSITE I-IEARD'S yearsifof such use. And yet you subject your watchâ€"a far more delicate piece of machinery, to just this treatment. ’ .' Don’t you thinkflit would pay you to have'it cleaned and oiled up once a year'l, ‘ JOHN SLATER, Issuer. or MARRIAGE LICENSES ma noon ro POB'ILOEIICE, nuance sum. - Robson’s Drug Store. are very prevalent and, should not be ntglcmed. Menthol and Chlomdyuc Cough Syrup gives quick relief. If the Cold is general, we recommend ‘VEE‘K’S “ BREAK-UP-A-COLD ” TABLETS. They give Speedy and cer- tain results. Price 250. Pension . FALLS, HAVE. voila we Sell Atkins saw; Just as we sell other tools of the highest grade, because we insist that everything in, our stock shall be of the best. In attracting the trade of the best mc- v chanics and farmers of this communityâ€"â€" men who know what the best tools mean in saving labor and moneyâ€"we buy the very best on the market. And Atkins Saws belong in that class. A Saw Sense booklet and' bangle pin free to cryon- «king to Ice Atkins Silverfsiccl Saws. SLEIGHS Rsaov J'Cseph‘" Heard, 7 for the winter’s work. 1 Bring them to my work-shop and have them overhauled. Then there will be' nodanger of a break-down when you want. them to carry a heavy load. If you need new sleighs, see What I have before buying. PLANING done on my new, up-to-date planer and matcher cannot fail to give satisfaction. , F. C. CHAMBERS. FENELOH FALLS. FARMjLABOHEBS ‘ ‘Aun nemesracs. I have been appointed by the Dominion Government ,to place Immigrants from the United Kingdom in positions as farm laborers or domestic servants in. this vicinity; Any person requiring such help should notify me by letter, stating fully the kind of help required, when wanted and wages oilered. The number arriving may not be suilioient'to Supply all requests, but ever ' effort will be made to supply each app icaut with ' help required. Thos. Robson, Canadian Govt. Einployment Agent, ,erLM FAME, Our. - Fenelon Falls. Fll EllllllBE-._._ A complete stock of Ful‘ni- -"~ ture of the best and newest designs always on hand. Prices the lowest. ' L. DEYMAN, "“ Furniture and" Undertaking. Picture franng a specialty; .â€" 80 YEARS’ ‘ H‘- ' - EXPERIENCE , " " cub...“ THADI "an" L camels ' : urono sending a sketch and decor! Ion ms, 009mm. to. = (111 ckly ascertain our opinion free w other In , lnvcntlon is probably ntentnhl omunl tlonn strictly confident a1. HAN 8300 on Pm lent free. 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