TERRES Sume Of Us May: &— lations of the Commission as to re- Subscription Rate $1.50 a Year in Advance Otherwise $2.00 Shiver Next Winter FUEL COMMISSIONER HARRING- TON ISN'T HANDING OUT VERY CHEERFUL NEWS. te \ fe “T haven't any doubt but that On- tario will face a decided shortage of coal next fall,”” was the statement made yesterday afternoon by Fue Commissioner H. A. Harrington. Now is the time that we should be receiving large shipments of coal for distribution in the province, but the amount of incoming coal is far} from sufficient. “If things . were normal we should really receive 600 cars of anthracite and bituminous coal per day, but instead of that we get something like 150 cars, conse- quently the shortage is pilling up, and by next fall we will face a situ- ation far more serious than we had during the war.’ “Many of the manufacturers are waiting for a decrease in the price of coal, but I feel sure,’’ said Mr. Harrington, ‘that their hopes are in vain, for the price of coal will soar upwards, and, I may add, he said, that no power in the Do- minion of Canada is accountable for the incrgase in coal prices; the fixing of the prices is something be- yond the jurisdiction of Canadian au- thorities.”” . Manufacturers and people must be prepared to meet the situation and determine now to practise economy. Every car ordered at present will mean a car next fall for the people hee no cannot afford to buy -their winter's supply ahead. + t | | { EVERYBODY'S COLUMN 1 ——— Ten Cents a line for first |. insertion. Subsequent inser- | tions Five Cents. Minimum | charge Twenty-Five Cents. ! ‘ FOR SALE ™ Frame housé on Wallace street. Apply J. P. Walter. tf_n FOR SALE Second hand steel Apply T. L. Hamilton. tired buggy. fnp CE NT Carload of cement om hand. Place your orders with R. T. Kemp & Son, phone 121. tfnp SALT Car of land and eattle salt, in 200 pound sacks, to arrive this week. Farmer's wishing same will please leave thelr orders at J. H. McDonald's flour and feed store. tfnp DOG OWNERS, ATTENTION! A supply of tags has been secured and all dog owners are advised to secure them forthwith, for after June, dogs without tags, will be consider- ed as stray dogs, and destroyed. J. Wilson. constable. tinp AST On Sunday morning, June 13th., between Listowel and Atwood, on the Mitchell gravel, a small brown i bag. on which was written in Ink * Bain."' It contained children’s cloth. | ing. Finder will be suitably reward-| ed by leaving at this office. ltnp WANTED REPRESENTATIVE Canada Petroleum & Refining Co.., Ltd., are offering a limited amount of stock, strong directorate, good loca- tions. splendid prospects, liberal c missions. What about your territo For particulars, address R. MeL land, 81 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ont, PUBLIC NOTICE TW TOWN OF LISTOWEL Notice is hereby given that a court of revision on the assessment roll will be held in the couneil chamber. on Friday evening, June 25th,, at 7.39 o'clock. Parties wishing to ap- peal against their assessment will sal th . L. H. Bamford, town clerk. 2tnp | Three Teachers Of 3 ~ High School Resign RINCIPQ Ly ARCHIBALD RE-EN- GAGED AT $500 INCREASE, MISS TATHAM $450 AND MISS HAY $200. Mr. R. Archibald, B.A., who came to Listowel six months ago from Dunn- P ville, was re-engaged as principal of" the high school at a special meeting of the board of education Tuesday night, and given an increase of $500 in salary, making it $2500 a year. Miss Tatham was also re-engaged t an increase of $450, and Miss Hay, . A. at an increase of $200., mak- ing their salaries respectively $1600 and $1700. The three other members of the staff, Miss Ellis, Miss Stanley, and Miss Howie, the latter in charge of the commercial department, are re- signing, and it was decided to adver- tise for teachers to succeed them. The public. school teaching staff, who are now receiving $900, request- ed that their salaries be advanced to the maximum of $1000 at the close of the present term, but the board took no action in the matter because df having previously arranBed a stat- ed. salary which was to remain in effect until Christmas. 15 Outsiders Apply For Job As “Cop” BUT COUNCLL LAT THU RSDAY'S MEETING TOOK NO ACTION IN THE MATTER At a special meeting Thursday night, council had before-them the applications of fifteen from points all the way from Montreal to North Bay, for the position of town constable. These came in answer to advertise- ments inserted in the Toronto press, and a number of them looked quite favorable. Council took no action though, and has no sericus thought of engaging a new mam, it is stated. At the request of the Public Utili- ties Commission, a by-law was passed providing for the raising of $5000 by debenture issue, for waterworks ex- tensions. A communication was from H. B. Morphy, K.C., ing that.a trench motor, a relic of the great war, had been alotted trophy to the town of Listowel. Au- thority was given the mayor to ar- range with the property committee to, have it placed. received Representatives of the band were, lar, being the possessor of a fine bass a new band stand in the athletic park. ' pregent and it was decided to erect Buys Briscoe— Mr. L. W. Sovereign has purchased a new Briscoe car. Dairymen's Exchange— The regular meeting of the Listowel Dairymen'’s Exchange will be held on Friday afternoon at one o'clock. Mrs. George Lytle Dead— The Banner was informed at press time of the death this morning after a long and patient illness with par- alysis, of Mrs. George Lytle, in her 63rd. year. The funeral is to be held on Saturday from the family residence at the end of Barber street, near_the Methodist parsonage. A son is wit the civil service at Ottawa, two sis- ters reside in Toronto, and a third, Miss Pattfson, in Listowel. Bowled at Wroxeter— | Three rinks of Listowel bowler: or gor a friendly game, the party con- sisting of Messrs. J. P. Walter, Ed. Koch, R. Archibald, Dr. Pratt, Joe Boehmer, Fred McAllister, Sandy Black. W. A. Kibler, J;.M. Schinbein, J. Stewart. John Gabel and R. Cas- sells. Publishing the score would only get us ‘in wrong.” Install Delco Plants— Mr. John Ballantyne of Atwood has modernized his premises by the in- NOTICE TO USERS OF TOWN WATER It has been found that the regu- porting use of water on lawns, gar- dens, roads, bath room extensions, etc., are not being observed. Notice is hereby given that all parties using water on gardens, lawns or for any other purpose not reported, will be prosecuted as the rules provide. The Public Utilities Commission. AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FARM 8 K C, F. Vandrick, auctioneer, will sell by public auction for Messrs. Mc- Leod and Smith, at the Queens’ Hotel feed and sale stables, Listowel, on Thursday, June 24th. at 2 o'clock sharp, the following: ..12 cows, 7 fresh and 5 springers; 4 fat cattle, suitable for beef ring, weight from 800 to 1000 each; 10 head of young cattle, 30 young pigs and 4 sows with pigs at foot, 18 store hogs.from 75 to 100 Ibs. each; also some young calves, Durhams and Holsteins. See bills for sett aig of a Delco-Light plant, pur- chased from the local dealer, Mr. H. Gourley Darroch. Mr. William Adams of near Dorking has also purchased a Delco plant from the local dealer, and on Monday Mr. Darling of near Belmore motored to Listowel and purchased a Delco outfit. He was ac- companied by his brother-in-law, Mr. H. Johann, who has had a Delco plant instailed for three years and siving great satisfaction. A Good Opening— Globe—There seems to be a wide field in Canada for the training of orators to say what they mean to say when they say it first, instead of hav- ing to explain later that they didn't say what most people who heard them say they did say. er One more issue and The Banner M.P., atat-| known almost ail over Catdrio. | had been as a! the Bank of Hamilton, having been ‘ uga, h| to Wroxéter on Wednesdey | fi Tt th }+( (CT Tes a Ss So The Knife Makes Him Sit Up Former Listowel Bank Manager Dies Suddenly Niagara Falls, Ont., June 10.— The death of John H. Stuart occurred at noon to-day with startling sudden- ness. Apparently in his agua! health, he was walking down t when he) coHapsed. He was carried to a near- by veranda, but expired alm mediately. Mr, Stuart was we 1 Hej ll his life connected with He retired in 1915, being then the old- est employee of the bank in Canada. | In musical circles he was very popu- here for nearly eighteen years. voice. He was 60 years of age, and had been in turn manager for the Bank of Hamilton, at Chesley, Cay- Listowel, Brantford; Barton street, Hamilton, and Queen street, Niagara Falls. He married Miss Elizabeth Osborne of Hamilton, who survives him No Electric Light Bills _ For Less Than 75c The secretary of the Public Utili- ties Commission has received from the Hydro Electric Power Commission a new schedule of rates, whieh went into effect on June Lst. The principal change of note is in the servicé charge. HOw fixed at a minimum of 75c¢ per month. This will only effect users of little current, whose bills in the past have in some cases run as low as 27¢ per month, hardly sufficient to pay for reading the metre and carrying the account. In the past the minimum net monthly bill to domestic users has ‘been the service charge less 10%, and the minimum net monthly bill to com- mercial users has been 50c. From now on they will be 75e per month in each case and the prompt pay- ment discount of 10% remains in effect. Local Items Of “Interest Being Transferred— The Banner is informed that Mr. J. M. Campbell, manager of the Bank of Hamilton, and at present mayor of Listowel, is to be transferred to Guelph next month. [ ' Interred At Fairview— The remains of the late Guy Ww.! Bulmer, son of the late Robert Bul- mer, former constable in Listowel, whose death at Great Falls, Mont.,| Was reported some weeks ago, were | brought to Listowel this week for interment in Fairview cemetery. Thrown From Horse— ° Paul Gischler sustained a fracture ot his right foot on Monday, whena horse on which he was riding. slip- ped and threw him on the pavement. | The ac@dent prevented him from , continuing his lower school examina-} tions, after he had written two papers on Monday. It is expected though, that he will be allowed promotion on his year's work. Couldn't Secure a House— Chesley Enterprise—G. E. Copa- land of Port Hope, who was selected as principal of Chesley high setiool at a salary of $2200 declined the of- fer after a visit to the town as he could not secure a suitable house to rent. Th@ Board will be compelled, on account of the housing problem, to select a bachelor as principal. Former Pastor Here Loses Child— The death from gangrene, which originated from toothache, of Wilfrid, the eleven year old son of Rev. H. H: Leibold Of Port Elgin; former pastor of the Evangelical church here, oc- curred on Sunday, and the remains were taken to Stratford for interment, from the resi- Doadt, 62 Mc- cae cemetery. 1-3 | labor movement, has been asked to our money. Choose Dr. Bland— Rev. Dr. Salem Bland, pastor of Broadway Tabernacle, Toronto, one of the principal speakers at the Lon-| don Methodist conference at Strat-| ford recently, and widely known _be- _ cause of his sympathy toward ‘the contest North East Toronto, Labor candidate. as a It Isn't Fair— Kincardine Reporter—A few days ago we received a $2.00 postal note from a subscriber in the United States The same day we received t one dollar bills. We took the latter to the Royal Bank and received a premium of 23 cents on them. We went to the post office with the “_ note and received just $2.00 want to know why the ovat itiient should keep that 23 cents from us?! We have assisted to equalize the| trade balance against Canada to the | extent of 23 cents for which we re-| ceive no credit and some one else gets | i ~ TREES I think thet I shal I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree A tree = hungry mouth is pre Against the earth’ 5 sweet-flow- ing breast A tree — looks at God all da And Ute her leafy hands to A tree ‘that may in summer A nest ot robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow. has lain, Who intimately lives with Tain. ¢ . srigee a made by fools like een ee eee een oars eeeeenneeneae Bt gate God can make a tree, * —Joyce ae. eeee eve eeeceeewnereeeneneneeeneveenee he aimee f } | { ‘5 ee Acts - Bull Had Pluck But Showed Poor Judgment Picton, June 18.—George Thibault, proprietor of the summer hotel at Outlet, a village a few miles from: hotel, where they had here, was driving his car toward home recently when he chanced to meet a herd of cattle. The owner of the auto stowed down..to allows-the ani- mals to pass without undue excite- ment. All went well till he met the leader of this large bovine family, a splendid young roan bull. The lat- ter resented the presence of the mechanical contrivancé bearing down through the herd on low gear. Low- ering his massive head, he charged, resulting in only a few bruises to himself, but a twisted axle, a badly bent fender and a smashed headlight to the unfortunate motor. As Thibauit inspected the damage he re- marked emphatically: ‘I certainly ad- mired his pluck, but. he showed poor judgment.” NAMES or pa er ~ Deane eaves OE Re AND THREE, _ The following pupils ful in the recent examinatio Pape, bite “motion at the Listowel High § ere a 8 appears name, the pupil is consiterdal and must make swfficient. prog! that subject neXt term ér repea yea The tames are arranged in- betical order: Form Ill.—Aitcheson zs Ank man W., Crumner M., Dierlam Gibson Ww. (algebra and histo Halliday M., (literature); Hamn L., Fallis D., Nicol- J., UFrenclt};. Nicol F., Philp D., Thompson) Wenzel L., Woods -G., Wilson. 1 Whaley H., (algebra); Jacobs R. ' (aegrotat). . Form L.—Blakely C., Campbell Dd. Campbell H., (arithmetic and alg bra); Hawke A., Hymers M., Johnsoi M.,. Kinkead C., MacDonald G., Mai Donald M., MacQuarrie 8., Moore. Moore L., Orr L., Parker M., Pirie M. Rae J., Rennie J., Schaefer H., (h tory and arithmetic); (aegrotat); Sovereign L., Weger L, Listowel Had Live Time At Tavist FROM ALL APPEARANCHM,” LUCKY TO GET AWAY LOST BY ONE GOAL. tot hla Referring to the football match be=! tween Tavistock and Listowel on Fri- day, the Milverton Sun has the fol- lowing: Listowel Junior Football Team were defeated at Tavistock on Fri- day evening by a score of 3-2. Tav¥i- stock lived up to its reputation after the game by the disgraceful actioni D of its sport supporters. In the sence of the Listowel players w were on the field, the room the) left thett® clothes and given the key to the pro- prietor, was ransacked and upw: wards of $50 in tash, military discharge papers, railway tickets, -ete., taken, and no trace of them as-yet) has been found. A mob of about 500 tried every means at their dis! posal to do all the damage possible to the visiting cars, players and sup- porters; bricks and,stones being free- ly used. Tavistock has never be lieved in clean sport by all past ap pearances and it is time for the West ern Football association to take acm tion and bar such places from en- gaging in sport at all. The p =) dent of the W.F.A. is thoroughly ‘a roused and promises an investigation.” The Past and Present— Annual Camp Mecting— The annual Evangelical camp meet- ing near Mildmay will commence on; Wednesday, June 23rd. It is expect- ed, as usual, that a large number will) go from Listowel and xjcinity, and the regular church serv on Sun- day, June 27th., will beewithdrawn on that account. | Offered $1000 Bribe— Chesley Enterprise—According to a report in the Owen Sound Sun of the speeches at the U. F. O. picnic at Leith last. Friday, Mr. D. J. Taylor, M. P. PR. for North Grey made the Statement that he had been offered $1,000 for his influence for a certain measure not three weeks after Ais election but he had turned it down definitely and flatly. This is a very serious charge and should be inves- tigated. It is along the same lines as the statement recently made by Mr. Hicks, the U. F. O. whip. If there is anything in these charges of at- tempts to be the peoples’ repre- sentatives, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Hicks would be doing their province a worthy service by revealing the names of the bribers. Move To Listowel— Wroxeter News—Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lowery and family have moved to! has | Listowel, where Mr. Lowery bought out the feed and livery busi- ness. Successful Garden Party— There was an attendance of about seven hundred at a successful garden party held Thursday evening, June 10th., at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jickling, fourth con- cession, Elma, under auspices of the Listowel branch of the U. F. W. A well prepared supper was served by the ladies’ of the community and a splendid program given. Mr. W. S. Shearer, was chairman. the evening amounted to upwards of $200.00 and will probably be used to help furnish a rest room in con- nection with the store of the Unitéd Farmers in Listowel. Just received a shipment of fine Proceeds of; Harriston Review—Speaking the | other day of past and present condi- | tions, an elderly and observant farm- | er who, by the way, has not yet “re-. tired.’’ but still sticks to the.land,. | eaid: I'll admit that there’s more money in circulation and in the say-) ings banks than there used to be and’ more comforts and conveniences, lux- uries and extravagance, more pri and independence, but I doubt if there is as much neighborliness and sym-_ pathy, contentment and hap nea charity and goodfellowship, truth and honesty, simple faith ty pur- ity of life as there-used-to And. this wise o!d farmer is not a partioe larly sanctimonious individual either. + Before selecting your gifts you are” invited to inspect the beautiful new stock of clocks, silverware, and "sal glass, at Douglas’ jewellery store, # MICKIE SAYS