wa a x OR SST SR ETE Ee Lee Le S Orders taken for “35c and 26c ‘The Atwood Bee ee LISTOWEL, Thursday, July 10th., 1924 — Stolen Ford Coupe Recovered At Listowel Is ‘ NIGHTWATCHMAN ROCHER SE- CURES CAR BELONGING TO MR. L. STUNDEN OF HAMILTON— THIEF ESCAPED CAPTURE. A shooting affray occurred on the ‘Jocal streets at an early hour Tues; ‘day morning, wited Constable Rocher attempted to arrest an-auto ‘Wallace ee beets pina car was ‘secured, but th ‘ On Saturday night. of of fast week, Chief Wilson received notice from Hamilton that a car had been stolen in that city and a warrant ear 7% issued for the arrest of the Cc day evening for the stolen car. DM Tuesday morning about two a. . @ local man recognized and spoke name it corresponded with that given to him by Chief Wilson,-and he im- mediately proceeded to arrest man suddenly turned and ran around the corner of the Perfect Knit. Con- stable Rocher ,emptied his revolver only to scare the man, but falied to stop him. Chief Wilson, hearing the shots at his home, and being sum- moned by pg was on the job immediately. table Bernie and Moore were also aunaaned, but the man could not be foun ‘About five o'clock that morning, a telephone call came Norman Binning's, third concession, Wallace, EVERYBODY'S COLUMN Ten cents a line for first in- sertion, with minimum charge of 50c. Subsequent insertions five cents a line with mini- mum charge of 25c. WANTED Boarders and Meal Tickets served at Arlington Hotel. See the Proprie- tor. FOR SALE * Two -rubber-tired top buggies, al- most new. No reasonable offer refus- ed. Zurbrigg & Bender it « FOR SALE Eight-roomed brick house on Main -street east, all modern conveniences; good location. Apply G. E. Har np). or ¥ SALE ~ Chevrolet car, model 1917, bargain for quick sale; fresh Holstein cow, cheap if sold at once. Apply to Mrs. Percy Peppler, Main street, west. ) = STORE TO RENT The property now occupied by Mrs. ‘Windsor's fancy som store, avail- able at once. Apply to Mrs. C. A. ‘Lee, ‘phone 129. Listowel. tf NURSERY STOCK all kinds nursery stock. bos. aegge week for Maple Grove Nurseries, Winona. Ap- ~ply to Fred Schnittker, ciated. “ttnp of FOR SALE . Tenders will be received at the -office of the Blackmore Hamilton Furniture Co. for the purchase and removal of the garage building next west of the factory. t GARDEN PARTY The ladies of the Congregational -church will hold a garden party 1 Water Tower Park on Friday, Rod “18th. Strawberries and cream ‘ed. Listowel band in aitendnhes. WANTED ; Live wire salesman to sell: in ‘Perth County, self-heating bags, no hot water needed, just Shake, stays “hot twelve hours. Apply Box: $90; ‘Kincardine, Ont GARDEN PARTY. on school grounds, Molesworth, un- \der auspices of Women’s Institute, | on Wednesday, July 16th. Fred Gill, comedian, .Wroxeter orchestra. Supper served from 6 to 8: eames - p. FOR RENT Cottage house on corner of Elma and William “ges! Listowel, » a oe i a Naw ideas are being veniences and furnished. App Long, Elma street, west, pled 6 ‘Listowel. 7- mr. 4, spare rience not necessary. Free-equipment. Liberal pay. Apply Welland Nursery Co. ——17 np tp than in the first half. Another game f| lawns of the London Bowling and stating that a man had called there, asking to be taken to Palmerston. The poles are parrate that this was an they were searching for, and they believe that he may be in the immediate vicinity. of Palmerston. The man in question is H. M. Rymal, ewho had stolen a Ford coupe, license No. 81. On Wednesday, Mr. L. Srihaen of Hamilton, came to Listo- wel and secured his car from the Jocal police. Rymal was at one time a resident of Palmerston, and it thought that he may visit the hom sof his wife's — Police are still working on the case 81-0 The Listowel Lawn Bowling Club intend holding a tournament here on Wednesday, Aug. Each rink attending is assured four games of fourteen ends on ach. The idiot Tennis Club suffered defeat on Wednesday afternoon when Mount Forest paid a visit here. Lis towel is now tied for the district, and the play-off will be played in Fergus on July 19th. s Messrs. R. Climie, J..P. Walter, D. Chapman and H. Ellis went the bowling tournament in Stratford on Wednesday. The quartette was not very successful, winning one and losing two games. They did not re- main for the last game .*.¢ There was a good crowd of players at the golf links on Wednesday af- ternoon, and the greens are now in good shape. Mr. Gordon Burt has the record for Wednesday's playing. The lowest score for nine holes = thir- ty-five, this =" Mr. Burt’ s The Listowel and Milverton W. F. A. juniors met in Milverton on Fri- day night, and after working for sev- enty minutes, no score was The teams were evenly matched and = time, and in spite of the fine work of the Listowel team, they prevented a score. The latter halt of ey played better ball, and had Listowel back to their end of the field more will have to be played as the prev- fous game in Listowel was a tle, the ‘score being 1-1, Frank Kelly" refereed the game. uv * The Mount Forest-Listowel tennis match postponed from Tuesday on account of rain, was completed in Listowel on Friday, the games stand- ing 2-2 in favor of Listowel. The return match will be played here, it is expected on Wednesday.. July 9 The Mt. Forest team, of which Geo. Foster, of Holstein, is a star member is showing excellent form-this year and the scheduled games on the loc- al courts will be well worth follow- ing by all interested in @ game. The scores in Listowel were: ‘Singles rs McNamara lost to E. Hay, 6-4, -2; iG, Foster won from Bernie, 6-3, 2 won from Hay and Livingstone, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Foster and Skales lost » Bernie and Hay, 4-6 Mount Forest Confederate. Léndon Bowling Tournament - The Western Ontario Bowling As- sociation’s decision to returt\to the Rowing Club for the 1924 tourna- ment, its 29th. annual event, after having staged the last three petitions at Windsor, Brantford and Kitchener-Waterloo Clubs’ lawns, is being welcomed throughout the old- est lawn bowling cubs in the pro- vince. This year’s tourney, which commences on Monday, July 21, will be the classic of the year, quite on a par with the D. B. A., and entries will exceed the fondest hopes of the executive Rink entries close with Secretary K. Blu 70 Wellington street, London, = july 17, 8 p.m., an the Scotch doubles on Tuesday, July 22. A new pads has been donated for the primary doubles event, known as the Liberty. trophy. The executive committee has: been giving a lot of time to the arranging of all the minor details of the tour- by Mrs nament and the many London bow- lers are taking an entirely new in- hei in the welfare of the associa- introduced | and the competitions will be a real three or four days’ round of egg with music, entertainment and frechments thrown in to make‘ Axis outstanding get-together outing, rivalled only by the real Has Som anti Sytoe wi "Impro ‘| the. Listowel high school, com-| week Pig on Highway’ Causes Accident MR. JOHN KOCH 51 SUSTAINS. IN- JURIES AND HIS CAR DAMAG- ED NEAR MOLES WORTH. There is nothing so so contrary as a pig. This has been proved on more than one occasion by various acne and in various ways. One man this district who suffered from the —— of this animal is Mr. Sonn K On fondiay eyening, accompanied by his wife-and Mr. and Mrs. Rolls, Mr. ch was enjoying the scenery in the vicinity of Molesworth in. his -For t two miles west of that village, two pigs belonging to Mr. George Robinson, contended his right to the highway. oth decided on safety first and headed 2 When approaching the pigs, | Mr. Koch had slowed down = ate but on the sudden turn of one pig ‘was unable to avoid hitting it ane in so doing lost his con steering wheel. The car turned oe in the ditch. Mr. Koch had his left eye cut and his chest injured, while Mrs, Koch was badly bruised and shaken up. Mr. and Mrs. Rolls escap- ed injury. Damages to the car will ameant to about $60. Two wheels o side were broken off, the windsniont smashed, the running board and the top damaged. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Koch\came to an agreement on Tuesday as to the proper share of the damages, Mr. Robinson being to x. ee in having his stock running at lar, = @ Thirty Day Lease Given On Wheel Factory COUNCIL AGREES TO SELL WHEEL FACTO RR $10,000 FOR MANUFA ,OF BIND- /A special meeting of the town council was hurried! called y Thursday evening to consider a pro- position a Toronto promoter, for the purcha: all the Kemp Metal Au- to ae f Mr. T. Gordon Ferris, of Toronto, the promoter of a cordage company. came to town on Thursday in search @ suitable pla aa already visited six places in search of a suitable plant, and after look- ing over the property of the wheel factory was satisfied. The town it- self appealed to him and the railway facilities also proved attractive. erstand that the company has already been organized and that there will be no stock im Listowel. men and girls. The town fathers gave Mr. — rT ris a thirty-day option for the su of $10,000. This amount includes the building and a few light machines, part of the wheel factory ee and valwed at less than $50 The onel.option, if taken, will be raid ‘tor in spot cash and the council were ~~ ful to ry ny 2 that the factory was t —, for the manufacture of bind. er twine. If it's easier to ‘phone your Want Ad, we're willing. Call The Banner, Items Of Local interest Sunday School Pi The Baptist gundey school held their annual picnic Wednesday after- noon in Coates’ bush With Boy Scouts— Billy McIntyre is spending two weeks’ vacation at Wasaga a with the, Boy teouts of Grand ¥ val- dey Furnish Progr: The Listowel Band motored — to Tuesday evening and furnished the program at the garden. par Picnic at Stratford— - Members of the c of Knox church motored to Stratford Wednes- day afternoon, and enjoyed a picnic in’ Queen's par x ve Appearance— ; Mr. and*Mrs. Wm. ines have greatly improved the appearance of their home on Wallace street, by a fresh coat of paint. Examining Mr. P. V. elaks Axe eg of Tor- onto for a few weeks, shinning pa- pers. Pa Smit To Undergo Operation— Reeve and Mrs. Aaron Ringler left this morning for Detroit, where their son, Mr. Henry Ringler, will under- go an operation for appendicitis. In Schinbein's Store— Thornton _ is ,assisting: in the store of Messrs. J. M. Schinbein & Son, in the atecaal of Ralph Dier- lam, who is on a few months’ vaca- tion. Field Day Sports— The Field Day events which were not run off on July Iist., along with added events, will be held at the rink park on Wednesday afternoon, July 23rd. Further particulars next Receive Sad N Mrs. Percy BE. Peppler received the sad news on Sunday of the death of her sister, Mrs. Henry Wendorf, of Hanover. Mr. and Mrs. Peppler aa oh aia morning to attend the fun Attended berg ge Mr. . E..M. Creighton and baby deaxhter, were in Owen Sound n Wednesday, attending the wed- ding of Miss Pearl Esplen to Mr. Vic- tor Hunt. Miss Esplen and Mrs. Creighton are sisters. Delightful Picnic— A delightful picnic was enjoyed A. aman’s Sunday school class of the Methodist church, and friends Friday evening in Coates’ ane when they were aR by + and Mrs. Nin Ward. Examinations Over— The annual departmental tain ations were all —. mg first part of the week. The tes are about evenly\ divided in ti 2 classifi- on of the tests, some referring to aoe as Loven eugene epee: ae = o ie wn Education at Toronto. ? Moving to Listowel— : On Monday -last. W. J. Dowd drove Mr.. told-to thes tay Tonsils Remov Mré. David Upper had her — removed Thursday morning at the Memorial Hospital. Display of Roses— There will be a display of roses in the window _ Mr. Livingstone’s drug store on Saturday. Members of the Horticultural wind are asked to sen ' — W. Scott has a man engaged cleaning up the bed of the creek near the bridge on Bismark street, and improving there generally. — at Pike Lake— M A Good Examp! To-day, Mr.J. f Bender, motored to Pike Lake on Sunday, and picnicked at the lake. Chautauqua Mee — The guarantors and general pub- lic are asked to attend a meeting in the Public Library on Monday even- ing, July 14, at’ 8 o'clock. The ad- vance agent of the Dominion Chau- tauqua will be present to formulate| plans. A large attendance requested. — Working on Case— case of spite work occurred in the Presbyterian Church shed Wed- nesday evening, when a set of har- ness*belonging to Mr. Russe! Yeo was cut to pieces by some unknown party. lc local police are working on the Simms is a good place to buy that Suit. Omitted from Re The name of Bert § Smith was not in the copy furnished The Banner last-week in the result of the public school promotion examinations. Bert was successful in passing with hon- ours from the Sinior fourth to the Senior fourth, and his marks were 665. { , Attended Funerat— Mr. Arthur K. Hewitt, Mrs. A. ae the city, they received word her th. They remained for the funeral which took place on Wed- uaotey at Hamilton. Mrs. Condie a datighter of the late William Hewitt, of Listowel. Able to Leave Hi Dr. A. O. Moyer, who was ag in a motor accident on June 25th., ments. He expe practice here next week. to| Garden Tea a @ many in full ee Rin = utiful. The ‘aboking tal table was presided on over oie Mrs, M iss Kidd. Mra, arp peach Fo pw How. t} passed away early conditions| on Wi ellers _ SBeabhiiaeadbsiisaas Aged dena Resident Dies| DONALD SCOTT, 0} ONE OF 4 One of the pioneers’of this district July 10th., in the person of Don ate of Molesworth, in his 85th. yea: The deceased was born fe erg County, eighty-four years a the age of 3 moved with the family to. North Easthope. Here his panes | work began in helping to clear the Queen’s Bush. Early in life he again moved to Wallace township, where his father, Peter Scott, pur- chased the farm where Mr. Donald Scott has resided for the fast twen- ty-five yea ‘ Fifty-four years ago he was mar- ried to Margaret McIntosh, who pre- deceased him thirteen years ago. Three bag yg a Margaret and Mrs. Wm. Mu at home, an Mrs. a “Mitchell. Four brothers *and one sister also survive. The late Mr. Scott was a staunch Presbyterian and a Liberal in pol- itics. The whole community extehds sympathy to the sorrowing family. The funeral will be held from his late residence, Molesworth, on Sat- urday at 2.30, following the service at Farmers of Wallace and Elma Enjoy Motor Hike|‘ There was a happy time on Wed- nesday when farmers from Wallace and Elma townships, with their pole and families, in twenty- seven struck off on a motor hike to Godar: ich. About one hundred and thirty- were baseball games and races, and a -good time generally was spent by ev- Large Attendance At SPLENDID PROGRAM RENDERED FOOTBALL MATCH IN FAVOUR OF THIRD LINEa There was a large attendance at the garden party Wednesday evening, under auspices of St. Paul's Luther- an church, Wallace, held on the lawn of-Mr. George Nuhn, Jr., one and a half miles west of Gowanstewn. Sup- per was served from six to nine o’- clock. The gate receipts totalled $164.30, and the booth receipts $90. e was a football match be- tween the third line and sixth line teams. The score — d 1-0, in favour of the thir Rey. B. Geathanr’ the pastor, was chaitman, and the program in- cluded: vocal ,solos, Jennie M Schorten, Master Halley Nickel and Mr. Joseph Grosz; piano solo, Miss Marion Willison, of Waterloo; in- strumental duet, Misses Jennie and Emma Schorten; violin solo, Miss Emma Shorten, with Miss Jennie Schorten aS accompanist; instru- merital“by Mrs. Geelhaar; selections by Gowanstown jazz band; quartet, by members’ of Listowel band. Listowel band furnished splendid — rof. H. Schorten, of Waterloo, a tofuer pastor, was expected to be present and»take part in the evening's program, but was unable to do so on account of duties at Waterloo. All Wool hand Tailored Suits re- duced to $21.85 at Simms’ July Clearing sale starting Friday, 11th. Large Attendance At . Children’s Day Service The Children’s Day service Sun- day evening in the Evangelical church was largely attended, and ale good program was given, including an address by the pastor, ev. L. Wing, and Mr, M. Zurbrigg: recitations by Helen Heath, Olive Bender, Dorothy Bowman, Garfield Bender, Earl Hallman, Cora Good, Floyd Bean and Lloyd Bean; © dial- ogue exercise by four girls; readings by Garfield Bender and singer; quartet, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Opfer, Mr. M. F. Zurbrigg and Miss Verna Horne, There was also special music rendered by the choir, under the leadership of Mr. Henry Opfer. 5! Enjoyed Picnio— Mr. W. A. Johnston and Mr. Al- bert Nickel, accompanied ar rs. Johnstone and tw oO boys, a M ines, wotoréa to edn * annual district picnic. + - 2 _ SESE |W. 0. BRENNAN OF HAMILTON five people enjoyed the outing. There i Lutheran Garden Party ls q Tender Accepted For i Paving of Dodd Street : SUCCESSFUL TEND ER PETITIONS AND -DELEGA-| TIONS HEARD—SITUATION OF PIANO FACTORY DISCUSSED. All the members of the council, »with the exception of Mr. H. ey whois enjoying a vucation in Bng- land, were at the regular meeting of!- the council on ae eeae évening in| the git libra: Seigner ‘appeared before aa Sounail on elie If of his sister, Mrs. Eichs, regarding a drain on her ‘pro- perty, asking that the town “attend to the cleaning of the ditch in ord- er that the water would n up into Mrs. Eich’s cellar. As this drain in question is an award drain, the town is not responsible and Mr. Seigner was advised to ny Engineer Bolton to have the matter adjusted. Mr. Davidson also appeared before the council asking for the removal of some gravel which had . been dumped by the board of works on his property. This will be done and Mr vidsoh was advised to erect a barricade to prevent rigs from driv- ing on hfs property and keep them to the road: A request was presented by Christ church, asking for permission for the closing of Raglan street on Thurs- day evening, from 7 to 10 p.m. that date Christ church purpose holding a garden party. The request was granted. A letter was read from the secre- tary of the Chamber of Commerce advising the council that the early closing by-law was not being enforc- ed, that the parking on Main an allace streets was not in the best mterests of the merchants nor the car.owners themselves, and that bet- ter care be taken of the library lawn. These matters will receive the atten- tion of the council. The petition for asewer on Elma street was handed a ° 5 for drain’on Livingston street. This peti- tion was not clear as to the exact location of the drain and the clerk was unable to on Pin? the petition was proper ed or not. the clerk and Engineer Bolton (Eighteen ‘residents on Division street have petitioned the council! for the construction of a_ twenty foot concrete road ‘on that. street from Main to Penelope. On motion of Messrs. Ringler and Halliday, the petition was referred .to the clerk, who will report as to whether it was sufficiently signed or Among the accounts presented was one for $280 from Mr. Hemsworth for insurance on the piano factory: This account brought on considerable discussion with the situation of the piano factory at the present time. Some members of the council felt that the town should not have to pay for insurance on a factory that they did not own and were in favour of! closing and taking possession in the interests of the municipality. The following motion was presented by Messrs. Donaldson and Sangster: “Whereas the Morris Pidio Com- pany has made default in payment due on debenture debt assumed by said company, and whereas the sald company has failed to pay. the in- Surance premium on said property and premises, and as a consequence] the town has been forced to assume Payment of these premiums in order to protect the interests of the town of Listowel in this company, an whereas at present the Morris Pianc| Company is ‘apparentty~~ unable alon-| to ‘secur: The matter will be. * treeitigaind by; me “ previously — earrin a4 the town | for a greater f time. He ‘thought the pcr we perfec tly, justified in protecting the interests of the community, but siare not sea A what was to be gained b foreclos< 4 ure. The company ha dou ne ‘thele — best aan ae Bs doing their best aser for the fac- tory. nie the. building was wrecked to~< | “morrow, more cou 4 realized than: what was Oo the town. Hae was speaking paly ra a citizen gt the * ‘town, n mem the “com oni as it’ the company Sasa to-morrow he would. not lose a cent. He also stated that if the town! could get any going concern to start rance would be placed in the dispos- al of the plant. After further discus- sion, Donaldson and Sang- ster-were willing to withdraw the a- ment of the Uinancial condition of the compa The opening of the tenders for ny. th paving of Dodd street was then p ceeded with. The first tender opewed, was that of W. C. Brennan, engineer ‘and contractor of Hamilton. Three tenders were given, the first being or a six inch pavement, with a four inch base and two inch top, at $1.96 per yard, curb at 20c a lineal foot. The second figure was for a six inch pavement at the curb, qe in- ches at the centre, at $2.17 a yard, .20¢ @ foot for curb. The third deere was for a six inch pavement at the” curb, eight and a half inches at the eae ge at $2.29 a yard, curb 20c a foot. The only other tender was from McDonald Bros. of ae. ;Ville, for $2.99 uare The tender of Mr. Brennan at $1. 96 a yard, was accépted by the council. The specifications call north side of Inkerman to Campbell. Reeve Ringler was appointed inspect- or tor the construction of the paves eiew No. 884 was passed, auth< orizing the one raetion of the pave« ment on Dodd s Figures were sie ‘petatued for the building of. cement walls e river course through riverbed. This matter had come up before the Board of Health and fig- ures and specifications were prepar- ed by Engineer Bolton. The council, as a who with Reeve Ringler as chairman, will visit the place in question and decide what stepa wilt be’ taken and what proportion the municipality should stand in course of such improvement. The council then adjourned to meet next Monday evening, when es- timates for the year will be present« ed and the rate struck. 1 Simms’ July Clearing Sale starta” Friday, July. 11th, eee Division Cont Division Court “ge held rot the Council Cha Judge Barron, of Stratford press ding. The cases and settlements were as follows: -McKe peret bos Percy Peppler, ac< count $15.3 Judgment. for plain« — — sin, 00, no interest, with unwilling to pay the above mention-| cos ed debts overdue to the said town of Listowel, and also said company is; not carrying on the piano industry as.an active manufacturing conce Wand whereas there is apparently = likelihood of said plane voluntarily paying “eor- council} have a petition in bankruptcy -pre- pared, and presented to the proper authorities, with a view to realigity the stown’s secuffty against said|’ piano pil ty and thereby protect- ing the — of the ‘town in the said company.” Mayor Kemp, when questioned by) the council as to what the company’ proposed to do in the matter, rrastie | that he failed to see why such dras ic | action was taken with the Diane company, when other companies had | war i ta ny'f for $60.00 with Ma Veber Bettger vs. Henry Smith; acocunt’ $32.25; referred to T. L. Yandrick vs. as. ‘rent $60, 00; Judgement for plaintiff th costs. nton be Co. vs. Robt. Carson, { account $24.10; Judgment hfe plain- tiff -for amount claimed with ts. wages 4 60; Judgment for plaintiff for. $4.3 with costs only of sum as. dw . C. Selby, wages, $6. Judgment tor plaintite for $6.00 with 0 E. Col vs. George and Wm. Me- Clory, cate 390. 25. Adjourned, ' Have you seen those Men's Suits Simms is selling at $14.55 at the July Clearing sale.