manufactures Dresses. will Thursday, to $15.00. Dresses will about a week facture. (Day before Fair Day) You may choose from his samples dainty frocks made of crepe voile, Jacquarde, embroidered mar- quesette, ratine and silks. Dresses Anois from $5 later, this being about the time required for their manu- of be here on April 2nd summer be delivered or ten dayy We Buy THE STORE FOR ALL Farm Produce For owdy & Co., Limited THE PEOVLE Cash or Trade LISTO WEL . . Become a specialist in Business. other calling. possible training. dividual attention. You D. A. McLachlan Central Business College STRATFORD, ONT To reap the full measure of succees you must have the best This is Ontario's Best Business School. may enter our classes at any time. ments--COMMERCIAL, SHORTHAND and TELEGRAPHY. Write at once for our free catalogue. It offers more opportunities than any We give in- Three depart- Principal Thursday, March Millinery WY We desive the pleasure of 4 LOUK. attendance al vux and following vile ys Cafes of English, Snerican and Rrisan Styles SL B Scant Atwood. Ont Op erUng the Twenty-siath GEORGE BRAY | Barrister, Solicitor Notrary Public Listowel, Ontario H. B. MORPHY, K.C. Barrister, Notary Public Conveyancer Solicitor for Bank of Hamilton Listowel, Milverton, Atwood Ofiices, Listowel and Milyerton Money to Loan. D. A. KIDD, M. D. Main st., Atwood, Ontario Physician, Surgeon Accoucheur, Coroner . Executiye Officer of Roost, of Health Specialties-- Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases of women and children. J. CECIL HAMILTON Barrister, Conveyancer Solicitor for Imperial Bank of Canada. Money to Loan . Office--Main-st., Listowel, next to Dr. Foster, dentist. Branch office, Main-st., Atwood in same building as the Clerk's office. Will yisit Atwood every Thursday afternoon. Atwood will have a sprirg horse 'fairon Wednesday, te 15. The event was formerly a fixture, but was 'not held last year. Mr Chas. Val- Listowel Bisiness COLLEGE any time and grow with us. For particulars, address, Edwin G. Matthews, Principal [CANADIAN PACIFIC HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS MANITOBA, ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN Each Taesday March 3 to Octcber 27 Winnipeg and Return $35 00 Edmonton and Return - 43.00 'oronto, and Stations West and jonat inclusive. ra Limit two mouths: REDUCED SETTLERS' FARES (ONE-WAY SECOND EACH TUESD CLASS) AY, MARCH AND APRIL oT trains Toronto é D aett ay West, CARS O} 'rom Canadian Pacific Ageites or write M. G, ona D.P.A., Toronto. Ottawa; March 23.--According to an answer given to Mr. T. G. Wal- lace (Centre York) by the Secretary of State in the Commons this after- noon, Victoria Day will be celebrated this year on May 25 The annivers- aty of Queen Victoria's birth comes on a Sunday, and according to statute, ed by Geo. Cox, that the fee Gross Postal Ll ay 15 4.3 Trowbridge .. Monkton ..... 109.00 Total Amount Money Orders ° 7 13,189. 9 Hentryn, Revenue 102. 53 Britton, Revenue 168, 50 osteo 5 Om Newry, 114,70 Last Meeting For This tg Season on Friday Night. The last literary mootiui will be held in the Music Hall on Friday evening, March 27th. The programme is taken Sbtirely from the works of the poets and will be rendered in the form of readings, recitations, drills, songs ete. This promises to be the best meet: ing of the winter as great pains bave been taken in preparing the program- me by Mrs. J. McBain, Migs' Alice Hammond and Mr. T. G. Rateliffe Everybody come and a plour the meeting. oe -- 'DIRECTORS MEETING. A meeting of the @ Direct of the Elma Farmers' Mutual Fire Insur- ance Co., was held in the Agricul- tural Hall, Atwood, on Ttesday the 17th March, 1914. Present Messrs. McCloy, Love, Moffat, Cleland, Baker, Shearer 'and- Stevetson, ab sent Messrs. Cowan and Grieve. The Vice-President, Mr. McCloy, oscup- ied the chair. The miriutes of the last meeting were read, confined and signed. Applications for insurance 53 in number amounting to $176,950 were accepted. The meeting ad- journed till Tuesday the 21st April to meet at the usual time and place. --J. R. Hammond, Secretary. -- ae Tennis Club Elect Offices Monday Night. A meeting was held in the Bank Hon. Vice Pres.--B. ~ Coahlin. Pres.--Geo. E. Cox. Vice Pres.--Mrs. J. A. MeBain. Secy Treas --M. R. Morrison. Moved by Wallace MzBain, second $1 pre member to be paid in advance. Moved by Geo. Cox; seconded by W. E. McBain, that the meeting ad- journo to meet again on April 3rd. --_--- - -------- SPRING TERM OPENING. On Monday March 30th; 1914, the Spring term opens at Listowel Busi ness College. This year has been the most successful in the history, of the School, both in regard to the. atten- dance of students, and also in quality of results obtained. Students have bzen registered from Listowel, At- wood, Milverton, Newton, . Burns, Brunner, Millbank, Britton, Peffers, Kuhryville, Trowbridge, Ethel, Hen fryn, Fordwich, Gorrie, Harriston, Palmerston, Drayton, , Mooretield, Gownstown, Wallace, . Teviotdale, Clifford, Elmwood, M&. Forest, South ampton, Dungannon and other places. Nearly twice as many Diplomas have been issued by us this year as compared with any preceding year, ard our graduates are meetitiy with splendid success wherever they go. If you intend to take up special studies along commercial lines, you make no mistake in entering at our Spring Opening on March 80th; the best season of all the year from @ students stanpoint, is before. For information address, Edwin G. Matthews, Principal. 5 a ee Send The Bee To Your. Far-away Friends, A special offer is given to those who are not subscribers to the Bee in this locality for the bal- ance of the year, which extends over nine months for-the small charge of 65 cents. To those having friends out in the West or in different parts of Ontario, send the,Bee to them, as.it will be a wig letter from home each week of which' they will appro- the following day in "such case 'be- lanceis president of the {sir associa- tion, comes automatically a public holiday. ciate. Subscribe Now. rooms for the purpose of organizing : for the ensuing year on. 4 Elma Sends Three Delegates to Ottawa: A meeting of the ratepayers of Elma was held. in the Agricultural Hall, Atwood, on Monday afternoon of this week. Geo. Lochhead was ap- pointed chairman and after some dis- cussion by Reeve, Seott, Dep.-Reeve, Smith, Jas. Donaldson, Wm. McClory and others. [t was carried unanimous- ly that Wim. Scott, Reeve, Geo. Loch- head, Clerk, and Jas. Donaldson, Ex- Reeve be appointed as delegates from the Township of Elma in a monster deputation to the Government, Otta- wa, re Improvement of the Great Waterways and subsidizing of Hydro ic Radials. Further imfor- eatin regard to this important ay be given later to the Ratepayers at "NN calied for that purpose. © MARTIN--DOWD. A very happy event took place at "Riverside," the home of Mrs. Jas. Dowd, Sr., Burns, Ont., on Wednes- day evening, March 18, 1914, when became the bride of Mr. Robert Mar- tin, of Britton. Promptly at 6 o'clock the soft strains of "Wedding Bells March," played by the bride's nephew Master Eddie Loney, resounded through the house, and immediately the bride appeared leaning on the arm of her brother,.-Wm. R., and took her position beside the groom, who awaitedrher coming in the par- lor under a*bower of evergreens trim- med with white roses in the form of a horse shoe and lighted with wax tapers of varied hues. The bride was hbecomingly robed in a gown of white FETED: de chine with shadow lace over cd pent, carri Mornington Presbyterian church, and was witnessed only by the immediate relatives of the bride and groom. After congratulations, the bridal pair led the way to the dinning-hall, where a dainty wedding dinner was served. Pink and white carnations enchanced the beauty of table and rooms. The bride's going away suit was of nayy blue cheviot with bat and plume to match. The happy couple will reside on their farm near Britton. "For God's Sake, Let Me Stay!" He pleaded with all the intensity his weakened body and soul could master. His voice trembled, Tears -- in his strained, anxious eyes. "I have traveled ~ two. 'days on the train," he said. 'I have been turned out of my boarding house. I have been turned out of a hotel in my own town. The local hospital refused me admission. Nobody rani me. For God's sake, doctor, let me sta. Pa man had been a vvatheay conductor. e had money to pay for his needs; so he oe tied to the Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium for -- of the o-- which held his life in its ns tion. But those peifbdeorawithont aeuan aud without friends, what of ---- With their hopeless know- ople shun them, they believe it futile to seck relief. If their lives are to be s ey must be sought out and sup- plied with nourishment, medicine, and treatment. To do this costs pg you oon ai a trifle to help in to save lives ease act quickly. has brought eon auf suffering. Contributions to the Muskoka Freo H pital fer ee Be tA bid be' tefully acknowledged ed by xe, Chai irman Executive Suen, a Spins Avenue, or R. Dunbar, Sceretary - Treasurer, 347 King Street West, Toronto, Winter Children Gry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA For SALE. -- Two purebred Hol ae bulls, fit for service ; three sows due to farrow in a month and a num- ber of shoats.--Jas. M. Born, R. R. No. 3, Atwcol., (Silver Corners) her youngest daughter, Miss Hanna, } For Over a Thirty Years ----GASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK cITY. Tus Centaur CHMPAKY. MONTREAL&NEW YORK eee Exact Copy of Wrapper. Bank of Hami -- Capital, Paid-up, -- Surplus WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT It is best to put your money ina Savings ag Bank Account here because, first--it is et safe; second--it is readily available %n lig cash; third--the interest is certain and | prompt. . | ROBINSON, Cream Wanted. HIGHEST PRICES WILL BE PAID BY US Test every shipment. Puy every two weeks. Cash cheques af par. Let us send youacan. It will cost you nothing to give us a trial. Call and see us when in town or write us-for faller particulars. REFERENCE, BANK OF HAMILTON, Perth Creamery Co. Listowel, Ont Aldrich.Bros. Managers SEEDS : All kinds of farm and garden seeds. The best that money can buy. Come"and inspect for yourself. Red Clover, Alsike, Alfalfa, Timothy, etc. * J. ROGER, Atwood Hardware and Tinware CREAM. WANTED, We are in the market to buy cream, sweet or sour, at the highest market price. We supply two cans free to each patron, pay all express charges, p pay twice each month, cheques payable at par. Re-- cpive cream any day i in the week, test each can received, and send our patrons a statement of same. Write for cans and give our creamery a TRELEAVEN & RANTON Palm Creamery eateretee Ont