Wool! Wool! Wool! CITE Seo SE EEE BS Wanted in any quantity. We have made ar- rangements with the largest wool merchants in Canada and we will be in a position to pay the highest market values in Cash or Trade for first class wool. We will handle the celebrated Rockwood Yarns and Sheetings and have all the necessary requirements in Clothing, Underwear, Hose, etc., kept for trading. Highest market price paid. A call solicited. W. R. ERSKINE SN'T there a floor or other woodwork about your house that would look lots better if freshened up with a little good paint? You could do the job yourself with M-L Paint-- in a way you'd be proud of, at a cost ofa few dimes, For every cent's worth of paint you'll get a doliar's worth eatisfaction--if you are particular to get M-L (Maple Leaf) Paint. For the floors get " M-L and smoothly, eolore are so clear and clean, a little does 80 tanch painting, ond-- tell best of all th de ia forty-seven colors and --tull ae Made by Imperial Varnish & Color Co., Ltd., Toronto corate your walle end ceilings artistically with M-L Flat Wall Colors. 16 thetes. Sanitary, durable, was very economical. Council Minutes, The Municipal Council of the township of Elma met in the Agrio- ultural Hall, Atwood, on Monday, May 29th, 1911. Members present :--Reeve John Hamilton : deputy-reeve Wm. Scott, and councillors, Wm. Coates, Alex. Struthers and Samuel Smith. The minutes of meeting were read approved and signed by the reeve and clerk Several communications were read in favor of and presenting the claims of the use of "The Corrugated Metal Mr. Coleman from Uncle Sam's domains was in the neighborhood last week and spoke as being yery favorably impressed with the de- meanour and enterprise of his Cana- dian cousins. The hay presses have been busy tieing up ready for shipment the sur- plus hay in this locality, and Mr. Baillie has been busy shipping it to the places of demand, which is quite a good convenience to the farmers wishing to provide room for the com- ing supply. Andrew Laidlaw, aged fourteen, of Galt, was drowned at Ayr ; Constab- Recommended and Sold by W. Price Court of Revision. The Court of Revision on the Assessment Boll was held inthe Agric- ultural Hall, Atwood, on Monday, May 29th, 1911, at 2 o'clock p.m. Members of the Court present :---Reeve, John Hamilton ; Dy.-Reeve, Wm. Scott, and councillors, Wm. Coates, Alex. Struthers and Samuel Smith Reeve Hamilton was appointed chairman of the Court. All the members having been sworn, the following appeals were heard and disposed of in the maner following :--- Appellent Cause of Appeal Decision of Court. Halpenny, E.. Tohbave placed on roll, Nin Ward, f m f né 16, con 5-50 buildings 1600, land 2100, total 3700. Appeal allowed. ee E. L. To bave placed on roll, Charles MeMane tm f pt 6, m st east, Atwood, business assess. 300.00. Appeal allowed. Halpenny, E.G. To have placed on roll, Margaret Alex- ander, f, n pt 31, con 4-4, land 25, buildings 200, total Appeal allowed. 2 Knox, Robert. To have placed on roll, Robt. Knox, {m f lot 44, m st w Atwood, land 100.90. Mitebell M. A. Improperly assessed, lot 44, m et w. ood. Appeal allowed. At- Appeal allosved. Toompecn, J.H. To high assessed, lots 17 and 18, con.5 Reduced $1000 for land, lot 17, Ranney, Wm. Too high assessed, lot 34, con. 16 on land. Mayberry, Geo. Wrongly assessed for dog, lot 33, con. 3, Appeal allowed. Gordon, George ' " """k st. w 123 and 124, "Atsr00d, Alexander, T. R. "bitch lot 3, con. 6. Hall, Noryal " " To --_ Nin Ward, n ? lot 16, con. 5, as- sessed for bitch oar 7 See Wrongly assessed for dogs and bitches, lot,n n. 17. Apveal dismissed. Appeal allowed. Appeal allowed. "lot 26, con. 5. Appeal dismissed. 5, ¢ Reduced 1 dog 2 bitches. The following appeals were slowed :--To have f J Andrew Thompson Arthgr Worthington Albert Ducklow Herbert Eyans Jobn Scott E. B. Hale Daniel Lohr Robt. Hamilton Milton Oppensizer Arthur Douglas Henry Boyd James Brown Russell Gray Walter Hamilton John Hamilton Bailey W. Bryan Roy Thompson Geo. W. Peebles Alfred Lambert John McClory Joseph Reibl Arthur Blair Samuel McFarlane Gilbert Thibedeanx Charles Thibedeaux John G. Lambert Robert Smith John A. Gilmer Robt. Gilkingon Albert W. Grant Jas. H. Porterfield Fdward Pester sobhn Brokenshire The fotlowing appeals were dismissed : Henry Oppensigér on Roll as mf vy Cosens Leonard Stapleton Norman Illman Howard Holmes Jobn Reihl on ' off Roll asfemf fsm? fsm fsmf off Roll as Christian Prost Rudolph Grosh 43 m st w, Moved by Mr. Scott seconded by Mr. Struthers that the pret make the changes in the Assessment Roll as made by this Court of Revision and that the roll as now reyigod be adopted and Court of Revision be now clos- ed. Carried, con. 5. Reduced $100} Culvert." Moved by Mr. Smith seconded by Mr. Struthers that the council do now adjourn to meet as a Court of Revision on the Assessment Roll and that the reeve be chairman of said court. Carried. The Court of Revision on the ass- essment roll having closed the coun- cil met for general business. Moved by Mr. Smith seconded by Mr. Scott that the reeve and clerk issue orders for the payment of the following accounts :-- Albert Quipp, work with team on grader, grayel road..$ W. Peebles, work with team on grader, gravel road Albert Gordon, work with team on grader, gravel road.... Louis ree rep. road le Harry Cooper and William Holi- day were drowned in Lake Nepigon, and Charles Drake was drowned at Wendover. Ripley, Ont., May 29. -- Thos. Kennedy, residing near this town, was probably fatally injured ina run- away accident on Saturday. He was trampled on by the horses, and the doctors hold out small hopes of his recovery. The Springfield Republican says there are 82 Mormon churches in England, vith a membership of 80,- 000. Archbishop Vaughan, of Lon- don, in a recent sermon declared that these Mormons should be taken | by the scuff of the neck und dropped into the sea. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S 10/ CAS TORIA Martin Ferg, rep. culvert, A very sad accident happened at lot 14, con. 16 50: Kennicott on Monday evening when Wm. McCutcheon, culvert, 'little Joe Kurtan, the seven-year-old -lot 14, con. 12. 00 'son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kurtan had Ed. L. Halpenny, salary as i his little life crushed out. The little a for 1911 00 ; fellow climbed on to the tongue of a | wagon that was being drawn along | the Mitchell Road behind a cement 00! mixer by Mr. Gordon Hulley and fell loff the front wheel going over his 74 body, he made an effort to get up Wm. Scott, breaking roads | but was knocked down and run oyer con. 1, t lo and g Elma's | by the hind wheel. He was so badly share 00 injured that he died about two hours Carried. afterwards. The sympathy of the Moved by Mr. Struthers seconded 'community goes out to the bereaved by Mr. Coates that the council doj parents. The remains were interred now adjourn to meet again at the,in the Mitchell R. C. cemetery on Agricultural Hall, Atwood, on Mon- | Wednesday morning. day, July 3rd, 1911, at 10 o'clock A list was recently published of a.m. for general township business. forty five rich young American girls Carried. lwho married foreign dukes, counts, GEO. ie HHEAD, Clerk. | earls, lords, ete. Only five of these | marriages resulted bappily. The other forty, with a yery few exceptions 'where death brought a bappy release, separation, or 00 | BE. L. Halpenny, a | assessments of U.S. S. Jchnson, account for cement tile Hamilton, May | 98.--Abont 2 o'- clock on Saturday afternoon Mrs. William Weir, who resides in Barton! resulted in desertion, township, about a mile and ahalf,divorce. Some blame the young east of the Jockey Club -noticed a dubes, earls, ete.; but we rather smell of burning flesh coming from ; think the girls knew, or ought to have the yard in the rear of the house and known, pretty well what they were went to investigate. She was horri-} getting. In most cases it wasa fied to see her daughter, Miss Jean-/straight exchange of a title from her! one. with everything burned | body, but her boots and her body, high as happiness producers. face and hands a mass of roasted! Children Cry flesh. The terrible sight nearly dis- FOR FLETCHER'S | tracted the mother, who ran into the CASTORIA house and alarmed Mr. Weir. Dr. | Glendenning was summoned, but the! SPRAYING THE OrcHARD.--If, for }poor girl was past human aid Jong/ any reason, the lime sulphur was not before he arrived. How the affair|applied to the trees during the dor- happened is not clearly known, but} mant season, spraying with arsenate it is said that the unfortunate girl | of lead for the plum curculio should bad been suffering from religious! not be neglected. A disease like the ma ia and believed she bad commit | shothole fungus of plums and cher ted the unpardonable sin. She was! ries can be checked by the use of self- seen by her father, who is 74 years | mixture. For this spraying therefore of age, in the kitchen, a shart time)a combination of three pounds of ar- before her mother discovered the)| senate of lead and fifty gallons of the body in the hack yard, and when | self boiled lime sulph ur isrecommen- asked what she was doing replied, ded ; or, if preferred, three pounds of "nothing." There was a coal oil | arsenate of lead may be used in fifty stove in the kitchen, and it isthought! gallons of Bordeaux mixture. The that she set fire to herself. Coroner | following is a simple formula for ma- Dickson was asked to invegtigate,!king Bordeaux mixture, but do not and he decided that an inquest was} spray when the trees are in blossom. not necessary under the circumstan-| If you do you will kill the best friend ces, of the tree--the bees. Disa' four _ s .. . ounds of copper sulphate (blue vit- Presbyterian Church Not- viol) in 25 el of water (the cry- ice. stals are readily dissolved by being suspended in a burlap sack near the surface of the water). Slake four pounds of the best stone lime, and af- ter it is thoroughly slaked, dilute with The Sacrament of the Lord's Sup- per will be dispensed on Sunday, June 4th at the morning service. Let every communicant be present. Pre-| water to 25 gallons. Now, pour at communion service will be conducted ' the same time the two solutions, the on Friday, June 2nd, at 2.30 p.m. by! copper sulphates and the lime, thrua Rev. John Little, of North Morning-| strainer into the spray barrell. The ton. The sacrament of baptism will' resulting material is Bordeaux mix- be dispensed at this service. | ture, and is the 4-4-50 formula. Eapital Paid Up $2,750,000 Reserve & Undivided Pofits 3,259,000 Fotal Assets ,000 The average man or woman seldom catia the habit of saving untjl a Save ngs Account has vened. The possecsion of such an acootint acts as an Incentive--your natural desire to see the fund grow encourages that tendency to thrift so necessary to success. No matter how little you can afford to lay aside from the weekly wage, open a Sryings Account in the Bank of Hamilton, | for | ette Dewar Weir, aged 29, lyingthere| money, and the bargain was a bad | Neither money nor titles rank | Mr. R. Kettley of Detroit, is spend- ing a few days in this vicinity. Mr. H. and Miss Lizzie McMane cotta Nowy; spent Sunday af Robert arto Mr. and Mrs. J. Gernhelder and settee 2 Millie, spent Sunday at Mr. : hoff's. Miss Irene Grundy of Stratford. spent a few days with her friend, Mise E. McMane. Mr. A. Agnew and E. Hallum, of Stratford, spent the holiday at the home of Mr. A. McMane. Henfryn Wilson Little of Monkton, spent the 24th at H. Fogal's. Misses Laura and Janey Thomson spent the 24th.at John Longmire's in Milverton. The A. Y. P. A. of St. David's church held a picnic at Ethel on the 24th and report a good time. Miss A Cunningham and Miss Ruth Eugler spent the 24th visiting friends in Berlin and Waterloo. a Monkton. Mr. and Mrs. W. Barnhardt, spent Sunday with friends in Milverton. Quite a number from here intend taking in the ,icvic at Brodhagen on Monday. Mrs. Wm. Merryfield left on Mon- day for a week's visit with friends in Stratford. Miss Jennie Hanson of Mt. Pleas- ant is the guest of her brother, Mr. Jno. Hanson. Mrs. Jas. Graham and Mrs. J. Horn spent Friday of last week with friends in Mitchell. We are glad to report that Mrs. Fred Ronneénberg is greatly improved after a serious illness. Mr. and Mrs. R. Strathen of Mit- chell, attended the funeral of the late Mr. Johnson on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jno Woolacott arriv- ed home on Friday evening after vis- iting witb friends in Walkerton, Dur- bam and other points. Dear Reader ] We are preparing young people for business nt-- LISTOWEL BUSINESS COLLEGE and place our graduates in posi- tions. Students may enter at any time. Spring term opens - April 3rd. For particulars ad- dress EDWIN G. MATTHEWS, PRINCIPAL. 5. 5. Basle alle Beslhecleslle chaclleclecle Becleal Se re eee Srna ere" SseBechestact. be aie ae a be eee eee eee a ee ee ee eee ST TTT ee ee C. McMane M. B. Toronto. L. R. ©. P. London M.-R-G: S> England. Diseases of Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat, treated and glasses prescribed. Office upstair in the Bee Block. Residence at Mrs. W. F. Forrest. D. A. Kidd M. D. C. M. Main Street, Atwood, Ontario, PHYSICIAN SURGEON ACCOUCHEUR CORONER Specialties, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat. Diseases of Women and Children. 'Morphy & Carthew Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyancers. Solicitors for the Bank of Hamilton. Money to loan. Office above R. Thompson's Store Listowel, Ontario H. B. MorpHy. J. M. CartTHEW Geo. Bray Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. Listowel, Outario. J. Cecil Hamilton Barrister, Conveyancer Solicitor for Imperial Bank of Canada Mr. Wesley Holman disposed of | his fine three-year-old driver to Mr. | Burgers, cheese instructor, Listowel, | one day last week for a handsome | price. | Mr. and Mrs. G. Weber and family | arrived home on Friday from New} Hamburg where they spent the boli- days accompanied by the formers mother. Mrs. Jas. Telford and Mrs. J. McCormick returned to their home in Kincardine on Friday after a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hamilton. After six months of suffering there passed away on Monday morn- ing Mr. Wo. Johnson in bis 81st year. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. R. Strathen and eight sons, besidcs his wife. Fordwich. Peter Eckel ay A. D. Kranick, two prominent townsmen were drowned this afternoon while repair- ing the milldam. They were draw- ing gravel with a horse and wagon to the dam, and had driven on the up- per side of the dam and unloaded the gravel. They were turning the horse around, when it suddenly fell into a deeper part of the river, throw- ing Mr. Kranick into the water. Mr. Eckel at once jumped in and tried te lend assistance, but on ac- count of their not being able to swim both men went down. Mr. Eckel came to Fordwich about the first of February this year and bought the flour mill. He leaves a widow and three children. Mr. Kranick leaves a widow and four small children. Both men are about middle age. Is One Hundred and One. St Catharines, May 25.--Grimsby's oldest inhabitant, John Winney, a man 101 years of age, has been brought to the Industrial home here. Mr. Winny is in good health, and walks around like a man of 60. His memory and eyesight are good, but he is a little hard of hearing. He has a son 75 years of age, and two grand- sons, both over 50. He was born in England in 1810. He was brought here in an automobile, and this was called a "mud-splasher.' ------ CASTORIA For Infants and Children. his first experience with what he}; The Kind You Have Always Bought | Bears the Money te Loan Office--- Main st, Listowel, Dr. Foster, dentist. Branch office--Main-st., next to Atwood, in ;same building as the Clerk of Town- ship of Elma. Will visit Atwood | every Wednesday afternoon. F.R. BLEWETT. KC. Barrister, Solicitors, Notary, &c. Office: Gordon block, opposite ost Office Stratford, Ontario. Alex. Morrison Licensed Auctioneer for the Counties of Perth and Huron. Charges moderate. All orders by mail or otherwise promptly attended to. Atwood P.O. Wm. Holman Licensed auctioneer for the County of Perth. Charges modorate. Satisfaction guaranteed. Newry P.O, W. H. Grosz & Co FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKERS. Night calls promptly attended te. Phone 109, Residence on Wallace St. LISTOWEL.' esau CENTRAL Ole. § A Large School A Good School The Best, This school has a continental reputation for high grade work and for the success of its students. We haye three departments-- COMMERCIAL, SHORT- HAND, and TELEGRAPHY. Ambitious young men and women should send at once for our large free catalogue. Write for it at once and see what our graduates are doing. This is a good time of the year for you to enter our classes. Students are enter- ing each week. Commence your course at once. = ~ Signature of ¢ D. A. McLachlan, Principal