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+ Acts quickly (a day and a night) is tasteless ; : and checks a cold at once if taken promptly. For a chronic cough or cold; loss of voice, hourness, bronchitis and ether inflamed con- ditions of the lungs and air passages, take Nyal's Cherry Cough Syrup ORVAL BYER 'Druggist and Optician. JUST ARRIVED Bh - A Carload of WINDSOR SALT in Bags and Barrels. A full line of Groceries, and Boots & Shoes always on hand, j. F. McCLINTOCK Port Perry "4 am-- | Prussian military caste and nd the ae nt meeting beld in Rome wil loubt soon to. [ant results. O ring conference the British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, ty speech some of thein he had gathered while discussing with representatives of the other allied nations the progress of the War. A- mong other things, Mr Lloyd George said;-- rah ¢ ah "We looked all difficulties in the face, probed them and made arrange- ment to deal with them. There was no flinching, wavering, faintheartedness or infirmity of purpose. There was, grim resolution that at all costs we {must achieve the high aims with which we accepted the challenge of the Like "On returning from this} gy; we kept back the tears as we bade Ae at And sud, "Hope you miter AND SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS = EEE ---------- $ Senet Ne ---- SINGLE COPIES to. Britain,s true sons, you have an- +i: swered the call; © © And the parting it gave to us pain, © you Bye, i a ery ; will come home again." Oh soldier boys, true, we are all proud of you; ' 'When we hear of your valorous deeds You are in this to win, so push on "to Berlin; : God bless you, our brave Canucks. CHORUS: God bless you, our brave Canadians You're Canada's pride to-day. And the Motherland too, has her eyes opon you; For she hears of her pluck in the world torever of its menace. "One thing which impressed me at th:s conference is the increasing extent | to which the allied peoples are looking to Great Britain, trusting her rugged strength, and her great resources. She! is to them like a great tower in the deep. She is becoming more and more the hope of the oppressed and | the despair of the oppressor." Canada has stepped forward to take ter full share in this war as a part of the British Empire, and it must never be said that Canada did not stand by the Mother 'Country in the time of need. . If our allies are looking to us, then we must see to it that they are not disappointed. It would be a source of bitter regret to us all, after, the war, if we knew that we had no done our best. Now is the time to act: Qur King and Country look to us now. We must not fail the oppressed who are fixing their hopes upon us. Every eligible man should enlist. El Ld County Separation Evidently Oshawa 1s beginning to To the Man on the Land fray. You're fighting, 'tis clear, for all we hold dear; And we're grateful to you each day. Then "Long live the King" we'll fer- vently sing, And shout, "Canada for Aye" Oh brave soldier boys from your homeland afar, Our Canada misses you sore, But you stout hearts have won for us honor and fame; And your praises we'll sig o'er and o'er. Then stay with the fight, for your cause it is nght; Remember brave Nelson, of old, And from every heart, this petition will start-- God bless you our brave Canucks', (This patriotic song, composed by Mrs. A. L. Givens, Port Perry, has been set to music, and was sung with pleasing effect on Tuesday evening in the Methodist Church by Mrs David Archer.) ee et ee me see that even in the matter of cash, there would be no great advantage in separation from Ontario Connty. The $2000 per year that was to be saved melts like snow in June! and it is high- ly probable that Judge McIntyre was not at all unfair to Oshawa when the assessment was equalized and the town was taxed ohe-fourteenth of the County expenditure. The wrong was in the past, when Oshawa paid considerably less than its share of County taxes. Stay in, Oshawa; and study the ex- OUR MOTTO Whervice and Quality" ©. When you need meat, you need choice % =. meat. Do you realize what this means to "you? Cail and convince yourself or phone 2 % i ir Belt29. + lived he penditures of the County, so that un- wise spending may be stopped. County matters should not be allowed to go by default. There is plenty of room for a wise study of the whole situation to seelwhat can be done to save mon- ey. The Kingston Road A number of surveyors have been at work in the vicinity of Pickering during the past week, surveying the Kingston road. They began last year | at Montreal and have reached this point, says the Pickering News, We understand that their instructions are to proceed to Windsor, and after this work has been done to return to Pres- cott to survey the road to Ottawa. There are two gangs of men, one of whom take the grade, and the other the width of the road allowance. They have been sent out by the Pro- vincial Government, and the rumor is that the men have been sent out to get the estimates for construction of a 'good road that will form part of a transcontinental highway, and that the retnraed soldiers will be employed in the great undertaking. {Seventy Years {| There died in Reach township on Friday last one of the oldest residents | David Greag, in his 92nd year. Mr. | Gregg was _in Derry, Irelan and came to Canada as a child. His nts settled in Markham. When sell in Reach, at lot 7, con 13, a lived there seventy years. He was be is wife about forty years ago | He is survived by one son, eas age it | the homestead, and three daughters;. Mrs Alex Leask of Greenb _| mendous strain yet to come a vital For two years and a half, War, red and ruivous, has raged through the world, and still no decision has been reached. There is reason to hope that before 1917 closes the struggle for liberty will have heen won, or be great- ly advanced. Amid the varying phases of this titanic conflict the fact stands out more clearly than ever that agriculture is of supreme importance. Extraordinary measures are 'being tak- en by the allied countries to increase and encourage production. It is earn- estly hoped that every farmer in Can- ada will strive to increase the food supply of the Empire. A still power- full and unscrupulous enemy openly avows its intention to try and sink all ships carrying supplies to England during the coming year. In the tre- factor will be an ample and unfailing flow of food to England and France. No matter what difficulties may face us the supreme duty of every man on {the land is to use every thought and every energy in the direction of pro- ducing more, and still more.-- Martin Burrell, Minister of Agriculture. ss ed At the Front To the Editor of the Port Perry Star. Dear Sir, Just a few lines from my little cellar behind the line "Somowhere in France" to ask you to do me a favor. 'A short time ago I received a parcel from the Ladies Aid Society of Man- chester and as I do not know the names and addresses of a few of them would you please to insert a few lines in the Star, saying that I was very pleased to receive parcel which arrive December 29nd, we had quite a nice time as we were in rest billets at the time. We had quite strenuous time for Christmas, we were up from 1 o'clock on the 24th and did not get to bed till 7 o'clock Christmas night but we had Mulligan or Army Soup and Christ- EDNESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1917 No.4 Advances H. G. HUTCHESON, ! Elected Warden At the meeting of the County Coun- cil, Reeve Mason, of Oshawa, was elected Warden of Ontario County. We presume that Oshawa has given some assurance that there will be no separation from the County for this year at least. Otherwise, we fail to understand how Mr Mason can hold the office which he has sought and assumed. It is to be hoped that the influences that put Mr Mason in the chair, will not bring undue pressure to bear upon the County Council to secure advantages to Oshawa to which that municipality is not entitled. Speaking candidly, we do not con- sider that Oshawa has any greater grievance in the matter of taxation than many another municipality within the County. Oshawa has advertised itself as the "big fellow" in the County, and as such should assume the big fellow's share of the burden, and as proof of their bigness should accept it cheer- fully. 3 There is no wish to be unfair to Oshawa, but there seems to have been a little tendency to bring pressure up- on the County to Oshawa,s advantage S. S. Convention The fourth annual convention of the Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Sabbath School Association was good from one point of view, but not so good from another--the program was excellent, but the attendance was not large. No better addresses have been Port Perry than those of Rev E W Halpenny, the Provincial Secretary of the Ontario Sabbath School Asso- ciation; and Rev E C Hunter, Epsom _ Mr Halpenny is an expert on Sun- were instructive and inspiring. Mr. Hunter's address on the "Spirit of the Age" was timely and bad an unexpected breadth of outlook, giving a stimulating note of hopefulness. The following officers were elected : President --S. Farmer Vice President--Rev. J Ford. Secretary-Treasurer--Miss R Woon Superintendents of Departments Elementary--Miss F Walker Secondary--Mr Stanley Ward A.B.C.--Mr. John Johnson Home--Miss G Stovin Teacher Training--Mr F Dobson Missionary--Miss A Thompson. Temperance--Mr C Gordon A Debate mas puddings for dinner. 'All the Port Perry boys are in goed health as far as' I know. The weather here 1s very bad made a home for hime just at present it rains nearly every day and freezer a little every night, just enough to make it very cold underfoot There 1s not much that I can tell you so I will close wishing you a Pros- 'perous New Year, © © Iam yours truly Pté Ransome WCU. meeting of the ~The regular monthly mee wR be held at the home of Wednesday, Jan- We expect our members try. address the they put up a good show On Monday evening the Efficiency Class in connection with the Epworth League, debated the subject--Resolv- ed that the democratic form of govern- ment is superior to autocratie. The negative won the debate, urging many | reasons why autocratic government is preferable to democratic, particularly 1. in such times as these when military authorities have control, and the voice of the people has little to do with the Government. The affirmative were handicapped for lack of men, two of them. being pitted against fonr; but pt ood ing a their ted upon their effort. Reeve Mason, Osawa, given at-aconvension.of this kind at; day School work, and his addresses nd are} THE 3 STANDARD BANK FARMERS to farmers are made : a special feature by this Bank. .s PORT PERRY BRANCH Manager. ERR Methodist Church All who helped in the anniversary {services are pleased with the result of their efforts. I'he music was especially good, the choir rendering excellent service, and Miss Marie Underhill's selections were much appreciated. As usual Rev. W. P. Rogers deliver- ed well considered, and helpfull ser- mons both morning and evening. A number of the church members spent considerable time last week, cleaning the church and putting down, the new carpet. proved the appearence of the church, considerably The thank offering of $400 asked was over-subscribed, $428.92 being placed upon the collection plate, THE LECTURE When a man can hold his audience for an hour and three-quarters with a lecture, and then preach a twenty minute sermon to the same audience, without losing the keen interest of his hearers, there is no need to make fur- ther comment upon that man's ability as a speaker. That was the record of | Rev Byron H Stauffer in the Metho- | dist church, on Tuesday night, and if | you ask for the opinion of listeners, it is more than likely that you will be told that the sermon was better than | the lecture No man who was honest with him- self could avoid taking bits of Mr. Stauffer's message home for his own special consumption. "The Fol { Next Door" proved to be very inter" esting because they were so much like ourselves and our folk next door. Port Perry showed to good advan- tage in the musical representation 'at this entertainment, The quartette composed of Mrs D Archer, Mrs C Crozier, Mr T H Follick and Mr F W McIntyre, gave some excellent se- lections. Mrs Archer's rendering .of the patriotic song, which appears on this page, was much appreciated Miss Gibb presided at the organ. Prospect A number of our young people have good skating there. Prospect League spent a social time at the parsonage on Wednesday even- ing last and had a very enjoyable time. Some very kindly disposed person presented our church with two chan- deliers which are very much appreciat- ed by all, : We are glad to hear Frank Harris is out again after his recent operation, 'A number from here attended the Sunday School convention at Port Perry on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Herman Walker were yisiting his sister Mrs A Gilroy one day last week. sss Personal Corp. W C Jackson of the 182nd. Bn has been transferred to the Royal overseas in a couple of weekssy Corp. Jackson is pleased with this opportunity for active service and we himself to enter the Royal Flying Corpt. : re ~ Mrs John Burnham Rome after spending Eo SE This work has im-. been going to Columbus to enjoy the Flying Corps and expects to proceed congratulate him on having fitted % Cs 5 -- --- #5 ei . igi FE a Pre as ed Fos" 7m EP a A