The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

ol ted Jessop Killed by a Runaway Joseph Jessop met with a terrible h on Saturday last at Greenbank, [Be had bought some seed potatoes fom Mr. Wm. Real, who lives East i Greenbank; and was driving after hem. On the way down the big hill e horses ran away--no one will ever ally know what started them. After the horses began to run, Mr. Jessop las apparently jerked from his seat, Ind fell forward (perhaps head first) ing caught in the whiffletrees, the dy finally falling to the ground in ont of the wagon wheels when' the m entered Mr. Real's yard, and s stopped there by Mrs. Real. 8 a A number of persons had heard the short fungal service wa Held « at ee by Rev. |, Snell his A hn Harris, Port fize Wright dealings with hia lfelows, He paid « 'very 'high tribute to his Christian character, and sterling qualities as a citizen, : The ol beccory ror ste oF his grandeons His quiet, peaceful. yet triumphant death for his faith never failed him even to the last --brought to a fitting close a life of use- fulness and service. © eee r Te Simon Orchard . "The familiar figure of our old friend Mr. i Simon Orchard has passed away. He had 11 and had been confined to. hin bed. for » il | week or more at the time of his death, | hh took lace on Migudny May 7,11 away, and werc soon on hand to der such assistance as they could. first the body was not noticed, but whenvit was finally discovered it 'was ightful condition, The scalp was almost torn off. The -breast-bone, lut-bong, three nbs, and thigh bone ere all broken, Coroner Dr. S.J. Mellow of Port Was. called, but it was not bought necessary to hald an an T°] quest. Mr. Jessop was a somewhat recent arrival at Greenbank. He came from Toronto about eight months ago, and bought the Dean property just north of the Village. He was a man of about 45 years of. age, and was 'well liked by those who became acquainted with hi He 1s survived by his wife and three children. * The sympathy of the com- munity is extended to his family in their sudden and tragic bereavement. Died Together The 'announcement is made that | Pte, Alex. M'Farlane, a junior mem- ber of the real estate firm of Howe & M'Farlane, .at Hamilton, has been killed in 'action. The casualty list ir. | also Contains tne pame of Pre. Gils] never en where Ann many tle of Langem narck, bert. TT Ho 2, senior member of | the frm, » as having been killed in act- M'Farlane and Howe palm | entisted i the Dlst regiment as soon as the call for volunteers came, and them ever since the bat- and when the Te: eof Pte. M'Farlane death, it assed that Pte. Howe for two partners enlisted Win Beckett In chsge of ane 4 was a nephew off. © NETS OVER. Wise i poh a Gon 7 : Keer a Savings Account, and : Le "Your Money Accu ulate, le @ 'We solicit your 176 account in our sufi SAVINGS DEPARTMENT aia PORT PER Y BRANCH Branches 8 EN oeton 3 MacFa fog fee be Brooklis, ' » > 4 Shirley Women's Institute The business meeting of the Shirley Women's Institute for the year 1914- 1915 was well attended, and very in- teresting. The different reports brought in showed efficient. work done and a satisfactory balance in the Treasurer's hands, The Secretary reported work done for 'patriotic purposes as follows: Red Cross, 825; Hospital Ship Fund, $38; Belgian Relief Fund, $13 Queen Mary Present, $30; wool bought and knitted, $10; making a total of $116. In addition to this many pairs of socks have been con- tributed by members of the Institute and their friends, 87 pairs in all. The following officers were unani- mously elected. Hon. Pres.--Mrs. Geo. Kilpatrick Pres.--Mrs. A. Vance 1st V. P.--Mrs F. Franklin 20d V, P, Mrs. T. Lambe ; Secretary" Treastirer--Mrs A Moore | Custodian of Flower Fund--Mrs S Robertson: ' The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Mary Vance on Wednesday, June 6, when Miss Senior will take up the geography of the war zone. When the English Country Lad Returns "Let there be no mistake," says the Daily Citizen, "This great war is not going to leave the social problems in the old place." The effect of it will be searching and deep. The spirit of the people has been roused by this war as that spirit has never been roused be- fore. . The great masses of the people have been realizing themselves as they never did before." "War has drawn away many young men from Canadian.farms and the prabability is that they will never re: turn-under the old conditions. It will be hard for the soldier boys to settle down to routine life with no greater excitement than a threshing or a barn raising. Ontario farms have suffered als from latk of labor in the past, but un- less immigration solves the problem, the conditions will be even worse in the future. One of the most costly and 'danger- ous ways of attempting tc remedy this rr ---- a ------ A ea --_------ p---- ------------ -- 1 ~} evil will be to'employ children on the farm who 'should be at school. - Farm boys as a class are not being as well educated as their sisters, and - Pensions The pensions to be paid to private soldiers injured in the war will rum from $76 to $264 per year; for color and staff sergeants, $108 to $372; for regimental sergeant majors, $182 to $432; lieutenants $144 to $480; cap- tains $216 to $720; majors $288 to $960; lieut-colonels $360 to $1200; colonels $4566 to $1440: brigadier generals $636 to $2100. The rate of pensions will vary in each case according to the injury re- ceived, the lowest rate being for small degree of incapacity, and the highest for total incapacity. There are also to be pensions for widows and orphans, the pensions runting from $22 per month for a widow and $5.00 a month for each child in the case of rank und file, to $100 and $10 for the widows and orphans of brigadier-generals. Che [widowed mother of a totally disabled soldier may be granted a -pension at half thi a bove'rates if the = soldier is her sole support and unmarried. 'H. S. Entrance Examinations The Junior High School Entrance Examination will be held this year, on June 21, 22, and 23 The following is the time-table: Monday, June 21, 1.30 p.m, -- Com= position; 3.40 p.m.--Spelling. Tuesday, June 22, 9 a.m.-- Arithmetic 1.80 p.m.--Literature. Wednesday. June 23, 9 a. m.--Eng~ lish Grammar; 11 a. m,~-- Writing 1.30 p. m.--Geography. The Oral Reading Examination 'will he 'held on Monday, June 21, at 10a m. A fee of $1 is required from each candidate, and is to be paid to the presiding officer on the first day of: the examination. J. A. HAMILTON, Chairman High Schoo Entrance Board. ° Farms for Sale by Tender "Tenders will be received by the under~ signed for the purchase of the follow- 'ing properties: FIRSTLY---160 acres more or less of lots numbers 5 and 6 in the Sixth Concession of the Township of Reach being part of the Estate of the late John Akney, deceased --Good house, 'good barns; wells; 'church' school near by; market Uxbridge and 'Port Perry 5 miles. 5 : - SECONDLY --North 55 actes of