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Ee ey neon you of $264} made. on October 3 cartied. : ' Moved by Rev Mr Totten, séc by [Rev Mr Rowland, that "the ministers throughout the township be requested {to make a special reference of the {appeal to their congregations "on the (Sunday. -prior to the 21st --carried. to Have some public meetings through out the township. It was 'decided that we aim at the sum of not less than $5000, and that | subscriptions be paid in not later than hall at Sunderland on October oth, | by 3 Santon. petitioned the Brock : "Henly Ford Does : Not Control Cana. icleatoc! . at, No . 8 tville. | i ------------ aE ---- w Quxzstion II! 3 until. you are discharged. 1] permanently disabled, an. on' the afternoons and evenings of the three days are given to general mass sessions, all of which have a special interest. One 1s a "Canadian Session"; ene a "Patriotic Session" also 'other features obtain. Among the list. of speakers are: Rev. Robt. Johnston; D.D., of Mont- real; Rev: F. H: Langford, and Rew. Dr. A.J. W. Myers, of Toronto; Mrs. M. S.' Lamoreaux, of Chicago; Rev. Canon Howitt of Hamilton; Mr. M. Lawrence and Mrs Mary Foster Bry- ner 'of the International Sunday School staff. 'The music of the con- vention is in charge of Prof. E. O. Excell, accompanied by Mr. Alvin W Roper, the whirl-wind pianist. Mr. Roper is preparing some special pat- riotic musical touches The gathering promises to equal or surpass any convention of a purély Provincial nature ever held in- Toronto: The limit of delegates 1s fixed at 2000. Floyd Hall Injured Mr. Floyd Hall and Mr. Egbert E. Sharpe; "of Toronto. were seriously | injured near Markham when'a motor car turned turtle and buried them under the wreckage. They ere taken Sto the Toronto : At the time of the accident it dis claimed that the car was driven at an excessive rate of speed. = $192,818, on, $75 per annum---vary: "ing according te-the éxtent of the in- jury or disability. 6. What will be done for 'my wife and children if T die while on active service? . The Government will pro- vide a pension of $22 'monthly for a widow, and $5:for each child. The widowed mother of a single man, if her'son be her sole support, is tgeated the same why as a wife. + The sums: stated 'above apply to private soldiets, and increase accord- ing to rank. *y ; _ENBIST NOW Double. Diowiing in Scugog River + A sad accident ogcurred on the evening of Thursday, Qctober:14, on "| the Seugag River in' the Vicinity "of | Devminond's Bay near Sturgeon Lake, | in which two citizens of Lindsay lost their lives. It appears that Mr W C Hall, barber; and Mr Allan Gillies, {proprietor of the Victoria Warder, left fon about two o'clock in the after: reg when' a ne mes- ved by Chief Short. had occurred th here for some time-- his home" being' Flyon and in Cartwright township. ; the river at]. 01 wmanville Raises 1,318 in Two Days. but he} + Bowmanvilie eléoded the expecta] redid tions' of it optomistic citizens in com ent two days campaign 10 'raise $18,000 for the Patriotic. F ¢ total Canadian Ta ave Mr. Hall attended High School | Red Cross Catechism. Question F= What is the Red Crom Society, Answer--It isan Linternagional So - ciety which helps the Medical De: partments of each srmy and savy look after the sick and wounded and prisoners of war, How does the Rs Cross - Society help De ich mat Rounded? a a os hospital stores of all kinds, trom - ambulances to drugs afd bandages, by sending out extras nurses, order ties 'and volunteer assistants; by equipping, wholly or in part, Bospie: tale, hogpital ships, and trains. Government do all this work? ANSWER~- Because, in common with * all other civilized nations, the Em- "pire recognizes the valae! of voluntary as permitted by the" International Convention of Geneva, 1864. Red Cross work thus relieves the the taxes, and allows people to give instead of 'only paying; and provides a proper channel for ' personal ser- vice to the suffering men. Question IV--Why should 1 give my money to the Red Cross Society (ANSWER-- Because, if I stay at home, I can help the men. who fight, through this Society, when they need help most. Question V--What will happen if everybody in Canada subscribes generously to the Red Cross? ANswER-- Unnecessary suffering will be saved by a sufficient supply of all hospital stores and drugs: men will be returned to the ranks instead of being invalided and. others who might never have seen home again will be returned to the arms of their families. W.C.T.U A well known business man of Puv get Sound, who is neither a church member nor a total abstainer, recent ly made #he remark to a few friends with-whom he was at lunch Talking -of business losses, he said: The cure for such conditions is prohibition. . When asked for his reasons for such a statement, he replied substantially as follows: "For some years I was a résident in a Colorado City of about 15,000 peo: 1ple, n 'my business being in connection with a department store in that place. There were ten saloons in that city,all of which were respectable places; as no dives were allowed. ~The depart. ment store had among _ the many names carried on the books 800° debtors, whase accounts were marked off as 'bad.' There came a time when the oity became dry. Within 60 days of the date when the saloons: 'were closed, 260 of those w