~ ments as whiskey, brandy and gin. The shipment, which weighed 7340] r, 7 : tie ‘ i ee iB See ‘Subscription Rate $1.50 a Year in Advance Otherwise $2.00° Public School Teaches Given Twenty Per Cent. Salary Advance — HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS} ¥ THEY'LL GET THE SAME Si RESIGN. - At Tuesday night's meeting of the board of education, it was decided ‘to give the public school teachers a twenty per cent. increase in salary, dating back to the first of the year. A motion to also increase the maxi- mum from $750 to $1,000, after the midsummer vacation, was defeated. Allowing for, the twenty per cent. ad- Vance, it therefore stands at $900, and all but one or two of the teachers are now receiving this amount. Prin- cipal McDonald will get $1680. Certain of the high school staff were also given increases where ‘the board thought justifiable, Miss Hazel Hay, B.A., being advanced to $1500, Miss Stanley to $1200, Miss Ellis to} yy $1200 and Miss Tatham to $1100. Others on the staff are Principal Archibald, engaged only last month at a salary of $2,000 and Miss Howie, commercial specialist, who recently! received an increase to $1400. Though _having given the matter careful thought and seemingly prompted by a spirit of fairness, the board’s decision hasn’t met with the approval of certain three teachers of the high school staff, who though having contracted for the term at a Honored By Their Friends On Leaving For Listowel The people of Lebanon were sorry to have to say goodbye this week to Mr. and Mrs. W. O, Long and Miss Cora Long, who moved to Listowel on Tuesday and are occupying the resi- dence on Main street east, which Mr. Long recently purchased from Mr. James Rogers, the tailor. The Friday previous to their de- parture, friends and neighbors gath- ered at their home and gave indica- tion of their kind regard and respect for the family, whose fine qualities} have made them endeared to all, by. presenting thm with parting gitty and the porg ing address r. and ,. We OD Long and Cora: It was vith regret we learned of your intention to retire from our midst and we your friends and neigh- bors are gathered here tonight to spend a social evening with you prior to your departure. Although leaving our community, we are glad to know you will not ve su far distant as to be unable to renew acquaintances occasionally. During the years you Have heen. in our neighborhood you have en deared yourselves to us by your gen: certain salary, are now threatening to resign because the increases voted. them were not larger. Reason or honor don't appear to figure conspicuously and the attitude) of certain of the teachers isn’t such) as will elicit for them the sympathy of! the public, who have chosen the board | to represent them. One instance ta, sufficient to illustrate. Of the three teachers threatening to strike, is one who commenced her | duties on the high school staff Lipo? two months ago. She agreed then to fill out the term as successar .d “Miss, Stevenson, at a salary ci $1,000. Ir-} respective of this arrangement, the} here board generously decided at Tu night’s meeting to give her an crease of $100. In face of this $10 incréase in two months—imagine their surprise to find her name one of three attached to a curt communica- tion demanding a twenty per cent. in- crease as given in other cases, or ac- ceptance of their resignations The bo has yet to deal with this situation @fid though in favor of do- ing the fair thing by the staff, the citizens can count on their placing an emphatic stamp of disapproval on the tendency of some of the teachers to unreasonable and domineering in their demands. Kincardine Lawyer Handles Booze On Side GETS CAUGHT WITH A CARLOAD AND PAYS FINE OF 8275.00. (Walkerton Times.) The liberal manner in which they are providing against a dry spell in Kincardine was evidenced by the ar- rival there of a full carload of booze, valued at something be- tween $3000 and $4000, and which contained such varieties of refresh- lbs., and cost. $67.00 in freight charges, Was probably the biggest cargo of tanglefoot that ever came into port at one time in this coun- ty: Mr. R. J. Stewart, a prominent; lawyer of Kincardine, ordéred up the consignment, it seems, for him- self and a number of friends, who clubbed together to make a ship- ment that would fill a car, which they hoped would come right through from Montreal without being opened or interfered With en route. In this they were disappointed, as some party with a keen sense of smell, broke into the car at Palmerston and gwiped two cases of the balmy fluid. The rest of the foy water came on to Kincardine, arriving into harbor on Jan. 30th. A Ripley shareholder of the car- go, who apparently got wise to the P ng ammunition car, rove promptly in and drew his portion of the explosive away. The rest of the Hquid shipment was teamed with due solemnity to the home of Lawyer Stewart, from whence, it seems, other A single sleigh, which was carting some of the throat tickler away between 9 and 10 at night, dropped two cases at the crossing, right ynder the gaze of two prominent men. The teamster didn’t j and our only consolation is that our | erty on Main iality and your faithfulness in help- ing In avery good cause. Your places in our midst will be very hard to fill, loss will be gain to someone e Before you leave us we wish to express in some way our appreciation and a sense of our indebtedness for services rendered and to put into | words the good wishes you carry with you.from all in the neighborhood, and so we ask you to actépt this ad- dress, and you, Mr.~and Mrs. Long). “Pris fumed oak clock, and Cora, this cut glass vase, as tangible remem- brances of your friends and neighbors Our wish ig that God may abund- antly bless you and cause His face to shingé upon you that you all may be long spared to enjoy these gifts. Signed on behalf of your friends and neighbors, Lebanon, Feb. 27, 1920. John Ellison John Richardson. sete delectecebetentededetecteoelolnbeboteeteteeieiefets % Og HIGH SCHOOL NOTES ca * Seboledebeedetebebetetenbetede So efeefonlonfeefoetoeeafoc | The treasurer is pleased to report the contributions received this week for the a tablet. Dr. M. Nichol, Cornwall; E. J. Smith, rt J. Mathers, Springfield; A. T. Hemphill, Friday Harbour, Wash; Miss C. Stevenson, a Archie MacDonald; Rev. E. R. Mac- Lean, Vancouver; ‘Miss Mary McLel- land, Teeswater; Miss M. Morphy, Miss W. Stevenson, Miss N. Campbell, Mrs. Eli Snelling, Miss I. Austin, Miss Helen Windsor, Listowel. Miss Patience Bartley, Toronto; Mrs. R. J. Boyd, Britton; Mrs. An- drew Robb, Atwood; Miss May Lee Terrill, Newark, New Jersey; Miss ig Robb, Atwood. A mass meeting of the school was held in Form IV. on Friday, when Mr. Hemilton and Mr. Hay came to dis-| ‘4 tribute the prizes, won in the Victory oan competition last fall. Mr. Hamilton spoke to the stu- dents of the many opporunities wait- ing to be grasped in this present age, and of the great need of efficiency in the smallest details, if one's life Is to be successful. At the close of his address Mr. Hay presented the meda oe owe Upper school, “form Vv. Isobel Nichol. Middle school, form IV. Kathleen McIntyre. Form Ill. George Wood Lower school, prize 1. Robert Sav- age. Prize If. Annie Spence. , Three dozen Boys’ Bloomer Pants, $3.00; on sale regular Saturday at $2.49: WALTERS’. Buys Wm. Bright Property: Mr. Charles Nahrgang, who recent- ly moved to town from the 8th. of Wallace, has purchased from: Mr. Al- lan Weber, the William Bright prop- west, near the At- wood road. Minctnen cox ot Wakes Heed ta J. H, McDonald's Flour and and Feed store, : stop to pick them ae but. kept right} sad eee Said gents, however, sal- the wreckage and _ it taken ‘. oie Constab’ ordering the er for the differ- ent parties, h eless, he hadn’t™ listen ‘the beak law in the performance. Mr. David Robertson, K. c., who prosecuted, maintained hi Paes Si the Court acquiescing in this rey ¢ 4 Se ei naa eee 6 d peor $275.00 f bis ppectatty in the Orville or feature. The town council Mr. be town coal a as successor to Mr. W. R. Lor the appointment was. proper’ iby the board of education, who ‘che fee : {BOARD OF” EDUCATION se PoncHASED,STAND NEAR GRAND] COUNCIL BOTH: APPOINTED: 4) RT “BROTHERS. — Miss Adeline Clayton, B-A., 1 and the deal involves as g result.one member too many the library board this year, whi numbers seven instead of Six. - Mr. Logie having been chosen the board of education, it was their place to appoint his successor. In- stead, the school board and council both appointed one. . Mr. Bloodsworth waited on the school board Tuesday night to get the; 2 matter cleared up and it was poin out to him that it was the town cil’s mistake and it would be up to them to rectify it. The discussion incidentally included some interesting remarks with refer- ence to the library. “There are books in that library,” said Mr. T. Lb. Hamil- ton, “that it would be a shame to-have on any library shelves. "That was one reason why he favored having a ¥ member on the board. Rev, J. M. Nicol added that there were. also books that should be refused to ‘those under eighteen. ‘ s. cz re Se ‘quite serious. the Mpallding. athek and fixtures. It is probably two years since Mr. hers moved from Lebanon and ik over the business from Gunns, Ltd., with which firm Mr, Harron was employed for a number of years be- fore going overseas. banon partially because of {li-bealth and his condition is again His ciikendaby, Mr. srivean: has had several years of experience in con- nection with the business purchased, end is. well qualified to “‘carry on.’ “Everything Satisfactory” — “Found everything in a véry alin. tactory condition,’ was the report of Rev. J. M. Nicol-_regarding the public school, at Tuesday’s meeting of the ‘board of education. Mr. Nicol was a member of the visiting committee ap- pointed for last month. For Listowel Public School Report The Month of February THOSE “STARRED” WERE AB- SENT FROM ONE OR MORE (EXx- | AMS. Van * eat + mt eas - “ROOT: ~-Remre0o, honors 675, pass 540.— NAMES IN ORDER OF MERIT—} First Class. Total 400, , honors 800, pass 240—Vera Kritzer 371, Waldo Gibson 322, Ruth Dierlam 322, Dorothy McDonald 314, Mervyn Rich- ards. 310, Verla Slight 807, William Agnew Soc,-Mary Bradley 290, Gladys Howson 271, Roy Spears259, ‘Wilfred Upper 245, Johnson Kelly 2 we Marion Lloyd Hall 790, Margaret Walter 782, Intyre 715, Evart Wilson 709, Clar- ence Hallman 709, Clara Weber 692, ‘Elson McLaughlin 684, Frank Don- aghy 683, Marjorie Smith 674, Ar- thur Fritz 661, Margaret Wall ‘r'6°6, Bert McIntyre 654, Graydon Melrose 622, Mae Mcintyre G14, Della “611, Mabel Ronald 588, Cart 573, Pearl Tremain 548, Bella*Izew 648, Edith Stein 525, Mabel Dixon) 623, *Roger Reynold 613; *Jack Hay 496, Gordon Dierlam.494, Bruce Sereaton 493, James Dick 478, *Ar- thur Gilkinson 477, *Disie Gee 476, Robert Cain 472, *Elsa Stein 466; *Kathleen Fothergill 464, Berdie Gable 454, Louise Windsor 443, Jermyn 420, *Robert Woods *Harvey Campbell 254, *Olive Laughlin. 232. ROOM II. Total 720, honors 540, pass 432.— Kate Nicol 664, Leonard Clarke 663; George Gemmer 637, Wellington Horne 636, Elgin Leppard 633, Evelyn Krohn 617, Frances Small 598, Ruth Twamley 596, May Small 583, Esther Gischler 668, Morton George 568, Dan Donaghy 562, Cliff- ord Rennie 637, Raymond McDon- ald 527, Mac Campbell 516, Rose Izen 6515, Orwell Weber 515, Joe Caruso 603, Thelma Wolfe 499, Mary Brock 499, Wilfrid Waters 492,-Verna Candler 478, Winnifred Anderson 463, Lloyd Bradburn 430, Mary Ross 428, *Lloyd Peffers 424, Watson Mc- Donald 422, *Sidney Dempsey 416, *Lawrence Pirie 407, Ruby: Smith 406, Albert Cowan 403, *Russel Kauf- man 382, *Opal Spears 370, *Alvin Burke 370, *May Hill 336, *Elgin Barke 338, *Hazel. Donagan 315, *Clarence Routledge 314, *Arthur Wright" 295, *Clarence Bean 238, *Janet Ebel 216, *Alexa Kemp 194, *Frank Bartja 177. ROOM If. Total 700, honors 525, pass 420.— Ella Faulkner 652, Mary Prueter 644, Winnie Hawke 610, Ida Riehm 601, Alex Inkley 567, Ruth Pelton 566, Wilma Savage 556, Wellington ay 547, Clifton Peppler 536, Ve tein 527, Murton Vandrick 525, Forbes Bricker 513, Jack Walters 497, Helen Bender 490, © Margaret Huggins 470, Lorne Jermyn 466, Monta Brothers 456, Leslie Osborne 451, Hazel Keeso 440, Ralph Mac- donald 437, Nora Moore 483, Alvin Weber 421, Lottie Schwass 420, Ruby Heath 391, Beverly Champ 391, Kate Ross 384, Greta Moore 371, Ethelbert Calder 371, Winnifred Fink 858, Marguerite Stuart 358, Welling- ton Ronalds 357, Evelyn Gee 356, *Edward Thibideau “$52, - Wilfred Fritz 338, Ena Boehmer 880, Holden Windsor 329, *Arnold Domm 245, *Harry Thibideau 149. E. 1 scmenae tal D. K. Hall. Izen 466, Benlah McKenzie 771, Elmore Hall-| man 720, Helen Fritz 715, Jeap “cla { I. M. Austin. y ROOM VIL. ees McLellan 524, Irene Stewart T) Hastings 77, Helen Stuart 71, Law- ROOM V. Total 600, honors 450, pass 360— Ss 627, Rose Hemsworth 226, Olive MeDonai«, °13, Graham Kryitzer 205, Florence 1- ner 193, Marjorie McLellan 1 Ba, Eleanor Campbell 94. Second.Class. Total 600, honors 460, pass 360—Marjorie Stewart 529, , Gladys Chapman 491, Thelma McLaughlin 489, Roy Fritz 485, Flor- Dorothy Chapman 482, Frank Thomp. son 480, Bruce Moore 478,.Alice Os- bourne 477, Kathleen’ Arnold 445, Elsie Pirie 381, Lloyd Allison 317, Ethel Honeyford 276, Margaret Ang- er 248, Norman Marshall 246, Jennie Bartja 239, Dorothy Meldorf 222, Dorothy Vance 121, Ethel Vance 95, Fred Donegan 26. First Class. Total 400, honors $00, pass 240.—Myrtle Melrose 350, | Patricia Hamilton 349, Jean Weber 344, Bertie Smith 341, Jake Wilfong 335, Roy. Bender 331, Lloyd Hallman 320, Morley Cockwell 3810, Edna Routledge 287, Rowan Walter 284, Ruby Eby 278, Garfield Bender 271, Margaret Jones 268, Norman Henry 244, Howard Boehmer 214, Clarence Coghlin 21l, Olga Gee 130. N. Campbell. ROOM VII. H A. Total 100, honors 75, 60.— Mac Pratt 98, Sam Izen 97, Billy Slight 92; Evelyn’ Smail 86, Norman Hallman 84, Helen Johnson 83, Mar- garet Gemmer 78, Mary Anger 78 Roland Gibson 78, Kathleen Kidd 76, B, Helen Twamley 98, Clara Pirie 96, Britt Longman $2, Jack Gee 90, Iola Hamilton 90, Harry Izen 86, Jimmy White 82, Cecil Boyne 81, Reid Pelton 80,'Norman Wamble 70, Joseph Marshall. 70, Alma Richards} 70," Doreen Eby 67, Roy Riehm .62, Elmer Bean 59, Elva Travis 52, Jack Ross, Gordon Jackson; absent. C. Edith Hastings 95, Lorene Fritz 94, Dorothy Walters 92, Carl Geiger $2, Vera Longman 90, Jean Helmka 81, Sarah Lemburger 65, Charlie Whaley 58, Billy Inkley 40, Hardy Bell, Ebert Freeborn, Rena Wakeford, Charlie as absent. 94, Jean Slight 93, Jack Fritz 92, Elsie Sweeney 92, Evelyn Riehm $2, Hazel Marshall 90, Erminie Richards’ 88, Margaret Fritz 88, Helen Con- nell §2, John Upper 80, Jack Thomp- son 80, Lo Ducklow 78, Bertram Albert Gilkinson $1, Albert Fritz 61, *Edna Smith 40 Class eae let Sweeney 80, Jean Savage 76, La ‘Screaton 70, Al- bert heats 59, Lioyd Upper 61, Al- vin Keeso. 48, Margaret Melrose Wildfong 82, sate stand is located next te the Pong fat ete disposed of his busi- ence Riehm 484, Helen Knight 482,) : Fleming. - ‘ Sr. Primer. Total 100, honors 75, pass 60. Class A.—Melba Gischler| Mr. George ‘Harron yl SOUT: ee es Saher business of Mr. Wes a pate “of $2,000 to the oe oan with hom he marvel em-| ‘Was made at Mon-| | a as buyer. a da ay night's meeting .of the council, making ride 9 to date that the town! pat contributed towards the institu- on. Dro J. I: Foster, chairman of the board,’ waited upon the council and asked for $1500. ~ Malcolm that induced*them to do the more generous thing and make it $2000. He wanted to see the board in a position to start out without he- ing financialiy handicapped In presenting the claims of the hos- pital, Dr. Foster gave $5,000 as the present approximate debt, and $26,- 000, he thought, would be a fair val- uation of the plant and equipment. Besides the donation from the town council, the board, he said, felt con- . fident of securing further assistance froni the county council and also from Wallace and Elma, ‘which would re- duce the debt to modest proportion. From information gained so far, he considered the cost of maintain- ance would be $6000 a year. It |, wasn’t to be expected that the hos- pital would ‘be a paying proposition from the commencement, but he was hopeful that within two or three years it would be put on a paying basis. At present, he said, there were four patients in the institution. Councillor Malcolm was enthusias- tic regarding. the hospital and the fine way in*which it had ben fitted up. The only thing he fedred was that it wouldn't be large enough, with only fifteen or.eighteen beds. “In Kincardine—a town I don't think half as good as Listowel—there are thirty-four” ‘patients in their hosr pital now;” he d. Reeve H caution in| spending the . The’ schools required year, and te, he said, woul _to be. ex- ertised if the rate was to. be kept 5 to 34 mills: | There was no. op- though to the motion of ~. Malcolm in favor of the sion. PON ATIONG TO HOSPITAL Mrs. W. P. Rennie, wash stand; Mrs. Paul, 4% doz. silver dinner knives, % doz. silver desert knives; Mrs, 8S. M. Smith, % doz. ramikins, is doz. bowls, 4 teapots; Mr. and Mrs. J. Gable, % doz. silver forks, %% dez, silver desert spoons; Miss How- ie’s class of girls and Mr. Bennett's class of boys, 2% doz. tea towels; Mr. F. QO. Clark, mantle clock and rubber goods} Farmer's club, 100 Ibs, flour; Mrs. Halliday, wash board; Miss B. Tatham, $1.00,.Mrs. Horn, 2 jars. fruit and baby weighing stales; Mrs. John Watson, granite sin, ore and sink strainers; Miss ane ler, 8 custard cups; Miss Fischer, 1 jar pickles. M delivery mail boxes is called to the folowing Serta t the agua, tions of the Post Department of Canada: Roads on which rural mail delivery is about to be established must be in good condition. It is tobe understood that for the effective per- formance of the service they must be kept passable for the vehicles at all seasons of the year, either by the municipality or the residents who are being served. ‘Rural mail. box hold- ers should understand that it is not the duty of couriers to break the roads after storms. During the win- ter seasons the roads must be kept open and the approach to the bor sufficiently clear of snow to enable the courier to cover his route with- out being delayed or inconvenienced. * e cf * e . s CAN YOU BEAT IT? (Wingham Advance.) Another evidence of the un- grateful attitude of a few of bu It was Councillor | Keep Roads Open— rt The attention of all having rural tender was. the : r fessor M. A. Mackenzie, of To the Margaret Eaton School of” pression recently. a He said that pending ‘the reste ing of the rate.of exchange to nor the people of Canata should spen their money at home and not in t United St&tes. He also asserted the spending of this money should wisely directed and the purchase luxuries eliminated. He exp ‘ the opinion that all countries, wit | the exception of the United. States, had issued too much paper aie during the war. i Professor Mackenzie said that th Roman Empir had — discrepancies in the the money had wirisiavaly reached its nor mal level. ‘ He stated that before the war dollar bill was simply a name for. } certain weight of gold. It it wa taken to a sub-treasury office its equi-— yalent weight of gold could be secur-— ed. Commercial dealers in Eng bought cotton, wheat, tobacco 4 other commodities from Americans: Commercial : America bought textiles. and manu- © factured goods from nd. Deal-_ ers from both sides ‘of the Atlan’ met in New York and bonght and sold paper. This transaction was ca’ ed buying exohange on London,. was never possible for this exchan to go up or down to any extent. . it had fluctuated it ,would ee necessary to haye made the pure in actual gold. rofessor When the war came; Mackenzie said, the nope of not , in- paper,” they they ik was legal E would be forced to take it. . speaker said that the Canadian government had put out more paper — money than it ought to have done. | The Americans. had issued paper money than other nations. : The Americans had never been | accustomed to put their money into world securities, and therefore, h to The markets of the world were out : - : he speaker predicted that G Btitata would return ot normal. 25 years, and said that aa what could not be should be bought from Great Bri ‘SEYTLEMENT Al ARRANGED Meaford Factory. SO Steal Return To Work. Meaford, Feb. 27.—At.a largely attended meeting held in the cea employes was arri t, and all the men, comprising from cy to 80, wit return to work on Mon nine hours for five days a time and a half for Saturday afteer: for of one month, ments will — : time during day. which the com y hav w discontinued and a Dp fied with the terms. e very rs kal o ae OES, was shown both si ‘ " ‘MILVERTON HOTEL CLOSES Milverton, March 2.—On M eee CTE Rerek rleivibecet oe