The Atwood Bee 7 r “. Subscription Rate $2.00 a Year in Advance. Otherwise $2.50, = LISTOWEL, Thursda rsd ¥, June 26th., 1924 (oe Bands ‘Come to Listowel Tue: - Football - a TATTOO 4 S ay » Produce Merchants Fined For Not Grading Eggs GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR LAID cause they chad failed to grade the CHARGES AGAINST TWO LIS- WEL PRODUCE MERCHANTS ‘¥_ BEFORE MAG-/ - ISTRATE. Last Friday two Listowel produce merchants, T Anderson . G. Finlay, pleaded guilty before Magis- trate Hamilton’ and were fined, be- —* . sertion, with minimum c five cents a line with mum charge of 25c. EVERYBODY'S COLUMN Ten cents a line for first in- of 50c. Subsequent insertions harge mini- eggs the ak oe buying. Five charges were iad. op gee Mr. Anderson an six against) 0 Finlay, by Gdvera- eggs went into 4 in Tar of last year, and was amended early in May of this year. The dealers and merch- ants not only in Listowel, but many other places, although warne by the officers, were not grading the eggs, and the above is the result. On Saturday morning, after the convictions, the merchants of Listo- wed who handle eggs, met to discuss the situation. There was nothing to be done, however, as the law must be obeyed. The condition of the buy- ers this week has been one of con fusion, the merchants not knowing the best methods to pursue. Farm- ers bringing in eggs are sore because _ WANTED ‘ply Mrs. F. Wellington Hay. Maid for general house work. Ap- 7—3 np FOR SALE } Oak dining room table; also liv- ing room table. Apply J. P. Walter Eight-roomed brick house street east, all modern conveniences; G. E. Harro good location. Apply on Main n. tfnp ALE be eae farm on south Grey. For further partic- 3. Robert Mc- a. By ‘anabiie. itp}. fact thet ulars aivly on premise ~ Catcheon, RRs half lot their eggs must be graded, but the Merchants are not to blame as they must abide by the law. e law reads in art: “Every case or container of eggs that is ex- posed, displayed or offered for sale by any person seiling or eee oe eggs direct to the consumer public place or manner, shall be parked. labeled, tagged or ~a%ccom- panied in conspicuous letters with the name of the class and grade of eggs contained therein.” Since the amendment there are now two grades of eggs instead of four. The first grade consists of ex- tras and No. 1, while the second grade consists of dirty, small and cracked eggs. All eggs must now be candled. Washing dirty eggs will not make them first grade, as the they have been washed-is revealed in the candling. Some pres- STORE TO RENT The property ‘how occupied by Mrs. Windsor's fancy goods ral rs able at once. Apply to Lee, ‘phone 129. Listowel. avail- CG; tf. FOR QUICK SALE We hav son, Wallace street. e for quick sale one 1920 Chevrolet touring and one 1917 Max- well touring, both in first-class con- » dition. Apply Messrs. Fletcher & Nel- ervative solution is removed from the egg by washing and the egg will not keep. The following is a statement from Mr. Wm. J. Finlay, as to the situa- on: The Wholesale Egg Packers Toronto, London and Montreal, were desirous of getting Legislation through that would be beneficial to in NURSERY STOCK Orders taken for all kinds of marsery stock. a ges for Maple Grove Nurseries, Winona. Ap- ply to Fred Schnittker, ‘Listowel, tfinp WANTED Live wire salesman to. sell in ‘Perth County, self-heating bags, no hot water needed, just shake, stays ‘hot twelve hours. Apply Box 390, ‘Kincardite, Ont. tfnp BAKING SALE The Ladies’ Aid of the’ Baptist ehurch will ing sale Saturday afternoon, 28th. in the store formerly ‘the business college on street. Tea will be served. hold a homemade bak- June used by Wallace AGENTS AND SALESMEN ED Agents and salesmen whole or spare timé. Experience not necessary. Free equipment. pay. Apply Welland Nursery 7 —l17 np WANT- wanted, Liberal Co. 1 saree N TEA The fancy work bo pital Auxiliary will h Ladies and Hp a invited. Silver aaiaction at the g pists had on atten LOST * On Sunday between baie bélow Power House, Elma the Baptist Church, flowers, a valued keepsake. please return to Mrs. Long or leave -at this office. t, an a lady's black broach, with hand and basket of Long's, Finder EN» P. ARTY : Under the auspices of St. Paat's Lutheran Church, Wallace, wn ee ee mtieny I stand The Diente ale stallion them for all eggs shipped to them now are paid for according to the grading they wish to give. They made representations to the Hon Motherwell who fell in them The law itself is a hardship to pro- ducer and cousumer, the producer how will receive less for his eggs on a graded basis than he did under the old system and the consumer will certainly have to pay more, for it requires a vastly larger staff under the new system. Hon. W. R. Mother- well contended that the new law would get the eggs on to the mark- et more quickly but it is just the opposite It is useless to make a test case out of any dispute on this law for the Department simply fights case with what they have left of your taxes after paying their inspect- line with ors. The whole trouble is that the coun- try is getting too many laws and it requires too many highly paid men to enforce these laws, men that would be much better off to be at work. It appears that for the present time anyway that all eggs purchased by merchants, dealers, etc. will have government} will, bring the law back to where it should have been left. During the $f) hwinter months we import hundreds| of carloads of American eggs which Inspector —— of Toronto estimates are 95% seconds. If the Dept. Agriculture would do some legisla- tion to improve the quality of these oe it would look as though they 7s Bt uses with collar se Roca Hose, ‘Lisle “and se eee eee n Men’s Odd Pants, assorted pat-. terns $2.95 ‘Men’ Striped Overalls with bib $1.19 Boys’ Pinck cotton Stockings, Men’s Work: Shirts, ‘Large body and double stitched ......... 98¢ Boys’ summer Bloomer * | Men's Un- derwear, double thread, ...,. 68 ment Insp Lot “Morrison Pl London. The tne oft e trying to give us some value! To for the ee beni ee receive rom our tax Pris 85¢/ Children Escape Hurt In Rupaway Accident ‘A runaway accident, occurred Wed- Tile ton ego ee nesday 1 when a ‘Shetland Listowel Students SUCCESSFUL "sTU DENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL. The wy ie are promoted from Form 1 to For Forbes ‘Bricker, “Servite: Carson, he Ellison, George Finkbeiner, ellington Hay, Winnie Hoad, Jean Haddow, Alda,McCluskie, Ralph Mc- Donald, Tom Melrose, Arlyn Nickel, Isabel Raines, Margaret Roger, John ‘Savage, Ruth Sangster, Robert Sy- mons, “in Smith, Thelma Wolfe, Doris Yoco Brothers, Biehn, Passed To aker, Monta Campbell Barrett, Clayton John Brown, John Brisbin, Jean Campbell, Myrle Campbell, Grace Coultes, Walter Denstedt, Hazel Don- egan, Dorcas Gowing, Thornton Hay, Margaret Harron, Martha Hartman, Halley Hammond, Earl Hastings, Dorothy Hamilton, Florence Hone, Margaret Huggins, Roderick Jack, Lorne Jermyn, Alvin Kitching, Mar- garet Mitchell, Greta Moore, Marian McIntosh, Jean Park, Horace Peachy, Ralph Porter, Helen Porter, Carry Rae, Sam Screaton, Donald Smyth, Evelyn Smyth, Helen Schneider, Georgina Sanderson, Annie Sander- son, Bertha Smith, Harold Welker, Isabel - Wilson, Jack Vanderstein, *Alberta Beihn, *Sadie Hawthorne, **Jack Hardie, **David Hay "Mm ing i. Schoo! ** Starred in Lat The following aah been prmooted rom Form II to rites Ill: ” results. Hono Hugh _— “Winnie Hawke, Mae _ Hill. argaret Inglis, Jane Love, Becky McFarlane, Mary Mac-j conaghy, Ruth Pelton, Mary Pruet- er, Ada Shearer, Bruce Twamley, Margaret Thompson, Mary Vipond, oeger. Passed Hector Aitcheson, Joe Caruso, Eth- el Finlay, Elleda Irwin, Roy John- son, Norah Moore, Raymond Mac- Donald, Gordon Mitchell, Clifton Peppler, Clifford Rennie, d Shera, Ellis Smyth, Bert “Spence, a Walter, Jean Stevenson, Molly Suspicious Character Near Lebanon POLICE SUMMONED AND RBECOV- re IN AUTO—PROVINC- 2 rEN ON THE JOB. All day Sunday a suspicious chat acter was noticed on the third con- cession, near Lebanon. In fact, the man hed first been seen on Saturday night, but nothing peculiar was hot- iced. The fact that the unknown man in a high powered car was hanging a- round the locality all day aroused the suspicion of the farmers. Finally when a few of. them decided to in- vestigate, the man left his car, and taking a couple -of suitcases With him, took to the woods. Constable M. H. Moore was summoned about 10 o'clock Sunday night, and he accompanied by his son, left for Lebanon immediately. They took pos- session of the car, a baby grand Chevrolet roadster, and found four sets of licenses, two Toronto, one Hamilton and oné Windsor search of the bush failed to re- veal any trace of the man. Early Monday morning Constable Moore was joined by phe ci Kirby and the search was continued, and clues were discovered - at. different points. oe provincial men are also on the On Monday a eee ans from oronto arrive wel and identified the car a one “anat icles were also’ identified “and it is beleved that the unknown man is the one who broke into a store in a small village” near Colli ood last Friday night. It was also learn- ed that he had spent Saturday, ni wa in the Lebanon church she fame | ing there between seven an o'clock Sunday morning. The police also le that he had stolen gab- oline-at different points, and had at- temped to s Pass Examinations FORMS I AND Il OF LISTOWEL || 4-4 the” dé *|rodt township, near Goderich Koa re +-Main street, cant, Rev. EB. en stolen in Toronto. Other art- 4 *-| Presentation Made To Mrs. Russel Knipe Dies on Saturday HAD BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL POR TEN DAYS—LEAVES HUSBAND AND BABY SON, TEN MONTHS OLD. Much aero is felt in Listowel Sa ; 21st., of Min. Russel E. Knipe, form- ery Beatrice Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred biti el Listowel, in her twenty-second y Mrs. Knipe had cor es ill or ten days with inflammatory rheumatism, which effected her heart and throat. Other complica- tions set in and she suffered much pain. A special nurse had been in en oe during hér illness. h as born in Listowel and at- tendiaethe public school here. several years she had been an em- ployee of the Perfect Knit Mills, Ltd. In December of 1922, she was married to her surviving husband, Mr. Russel Knipe, son of Mr Knipe, Listowel. A baby son, Frank- lin, ten motiths old, also survives. She was a member of the Evangeli- eal church. Her parents, Mr. an Mrs. Alfred Wright, and a brother, Mr. Arthur Wright, Listowel. and one sister, Mrs. Ed. Vines, Kincar- dine, also survive. | The funeral was held on Monday, June 23rd., from the family resi- dence, Main street, east, followed by public service in Evangelical church, at two-thirty o'clock, which was largely attended. Rev. M. L. Wing, pastor, had charge of the ser- vices, and was assisted by Rev : Meyer, sixth line Wallace. hiasement took place in Fairview cemetery. Specie! music was heehee by the choir. ~ The dinitiietied were Messrs: Em- érson Knipe and Arthur Wright, Lis- towel; Mr. John Knipe, Hamilton; Mr. Henry Knipe, Kurtzville; Mr. Ed. Vines, ieee and Mr. Mc- Neil, of Holle Among those from out of town at the funeral were Mr. John Knipe, of Hamilton; Mr. Ezra Knechtel, of Stratford; Mrs. Lismer, of Galt; Mr. Ed. Vines, Kincardine; Mrs. Lustig, of Chesley; Mr. and Mrs. McNeil of Hollen, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilt, of — and other friends and relative: The ‘Awe tributes wera many and attested to the high esteem in which the deceased was held by a large cir- _cle of friends. Mrs. James Morrison Dies In Hospital — TAL FOR SEVENTEEN WEEKS-- * BURIAL TOOK PLACE AT WA- TERLOO CEMETERY. The death occurred in Listowel on Sunday, June 22nd., rs. James ‘Morrison, who died in the Memorial| hospital, following a lingering illness. The late Mrs. Morrison had been a patient in the Memorial hospital for seventeen weeks. She was in her six- ty-ninth year and was born in "For or the past fourteen ong sh¢/has be a resident of Listow Mrs. Morrison was twice married. Her first esl died in 1909, and burial téok place at Waterloo. In “1916, she by married to her surviv- . She was a member of teh: The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon at two tg from the undertaking rooms of Mr. W. F. Mc- Three Listowel Men In- jured In Auto Accident For] » and seven daughters: Youn, Mrs. Henry Nuhn, Mrs. Fred eeeresirt Nickel, Listowel; Mrs. Wesley Mc- PATIENT IN MEMORIAL HOSPI-| Dowell, Kurtzville; Mrs. Fred. Kar- sten, Listowel; man, at home; Mrs. W. J. Duckering, Listowel, and Mr. George Holtzman, Kurtzville, and Mr. man, Miss Barbara Holtzman, died quite a mumber of years ago. Mrs. Henkel, resides at Niles, Mich. There are twenty-four grandchildren |’ and twenty-one great grandchildren. M the Lutheran church, hen able, was a regular attendant at the services. day (Thursday) was in her pastor, Rev. R. B. Gee service was held at the family resi- dence at one-thirty o'clock, follow- ed by public service at the- Lutheran church at two o'clock. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery. needs a shosid ge to fimms wills the ton day sale is on. ; CAR TURNED TURTLE DR. MOYER TAKEN TO HOSPI- TAL WITH INJURED BACK. Qn. Wednesday _aftern ‘ sreseee: ey ‘Chas. Routledge, James ‘Fenton and A. . Moyer set out in a Ford eae for Kitchener. ~- hen about fous miles west of Glenallan the car turned turtle when it struck fresh gravel on the road as it was going down hill. The driv- er, Chas. Routledge escaped with only a few scratches. Mr. Fenton ‘sustained cuts and bruises about the head and is confined to his room. Dr. Moyer was pinned beneath the car and sustained painful mnjuries to his ack, But these are not as serious as reported on ,.Wednesday. He was taken to the Memorial Hospital. ev. Chas. Perkins, the Methodist minister of Glenallan, came along just after the accident and brought the injured men to Listowel and Dr. Livingstone was summoned. Aged Resident of Listowel Passes MRS. ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN DIES ON SUNDAY IN 86th YEAR AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS ILL- NESS. 4 The death of Elizabeth Lienhardt, relict of the late George oo gee occurred on Sunday, June 22hd., her residence, Alma. Street, in Fond eighty-sixth year. r the past eleven weeks, Mrs. Holtzman had been confined ta bed, but prior to that time had enjoyed fairly good health. Cancer was the cause of her deat The late Mrs. Holtzman was born in Philipsburg, August 26th., 1838. She was married to Mr. Holtzman in November of 1857. They farmed for number of years at Philipsburg, and for some thirty years farmed in Wallace township. Mr. Holtzman died October 1883, at Gowanstown, farm pow owned by Mr. Mahlon Good. F@llowing- his death, the fermi moved nearer Listowel on the farm now occupied by r. Wm Adams, gravel road. Nine years ago they moved to Listowel, and since a time have resided on Alma stre The family consists of two sons Mrs. Christina Miss Louise Holtz- Henry Holtz- Listowel. Another daughter, ne sister, NEAR GLENALLAN QN WEDNESDAY-- Jury At Hone Inquest poe Brings In Verdict of Suicide ADJOURNED INQUEST COMPLET- ED ON WEDNESDAY AT MONK- TON--SEVERAL plats seta EX- _AMINED,— YwWwE THE JUR JURY EMPAN- Ni ED ON THE CASE OF IVILLIAM HONE FIND THAT 2 CAME TO A BULLET FROM A ER IN HIS OWN HAND." @ adjourned inquest ee death of William Hone, Elm ship, was resumed at Monkton on Wednesday of this week, Coroner r. James Moore presiding Evidence of « 2 McLaughlin, undertaker, pointed to suicide. When he prepared Hone’s body for burial he found the fingers of the man's right hand clenched in a_ position they would be, had he died holding a revolver: the index finger partial- ly stretced out while the other three fingers and the thum were half closed and rigidly clenched, ‘ the prsepenal of the left hand outstretched and limp Mrs. William Hone, widow of the deceased, stated that there had been the usband. He used to spend the week- ends at his home in Listowel and through the week remained on his farm in Elma. She knew that her husband had owned-a revolver, but ont not seen it around Since he moved-to the farm. She also said that her husband had beer dis- couraged over financial matters and had complained that the world was against him, and that he seemed) downhearted during the winter onths. William Hone, a son, had identi- fied the revolver exhibited fathers Harry Thibideau was called and re- viewed the events leading up to the finding of the body. The chief point of his evidenee was that Hone had stated that he felt "hore at himself = getting drunk and that he could take a gun and blow his brains out. He had not seen Hone from the time he left the house in the -mo rnin until he saw the body in the after- noon. He said that Cummings had gone back to the house after he had left to get his overcoat and was a- way about five minutes...He never knew that Hone possessed a gun and stated that $5 was the most he had ever seen in Hone’s possession. At the afternoon session, the fol- lowing witnesses were examined: Dr. idd, Coroner of Atw ood; Provincial Police Stringer, onto; Inspector MeCaffery,-Kitchen- er; Inspector M. H. Moore, Listowel, and Provincial Constable Kirby, of eg No new light on the death f Mr. Hone aws revealed by these witrigemes. serious fraétures revealed in the ex- amination of Hone's skull could have volver—fired-at ciose Tange. It was a -32 calibre revolver found beside Hone’s bed. The inspeciur was, how- ever, unable to throw any light on the absence of powder marks or singeing of the victims’ head, as an examination of a cartridge found in the gun revealed that it contained black powder. Inspector John McCaffrey, Kit- chener, told of making tests with’a -82 rifle on paper and ona_e goat skin and in all instances powder marks were noticeable, in one in- stance the powder marks perforating the paper Following the conclusion of the evidence the jury only deliberated fifteen minutes before rendering no trouble between herself and her|- as his c their verdict as stated above. Buy your holiday apparel at Schin« bein's. Have you seen those Men's Suits Simms is selling for $20.00? All wool ~ Tweeds, Worsteds and Se i AUTO LIVERY We wish to announce to the cit- izens of Listowel and vicinity that we have started an Auto Livery. Cars © for hire by the hour or trip; good Messrs. Fletch- er & Nelson, Wallace street. ‘ Listowel Tattoo, July 1st. WwW an . C. T. U. Hold ¥ E: g The regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. was held in the Presbyterian hurch on Tuesday, June Mrs. Rayner, the new president, pre- siding. There wes a splendid attend- oe i=] The usual business was proceeded. with and the sum of $10 was voted to the Ontario Prohibition Union. Mrs. Climie gave a yearly report on the work of the T Mrs. | Rayner gave a report Sn the con- vention at St. Marys and emphasized the need of work and prayer that the ladies be up and doing and loyally maeraks their share in “7 great Del elegates were ga to the C. a., stra to be held in t ey Brantterd: sang much appreciated solos. Mrs. Capt. en closed the meeting with praye ething new in baby ieee vA patented tire abeciatiiy sae anteed not.to roll or loosen, Fletch« er & Nelson's Garage. Provincial Officer Stringer, of poo onto, expressed the opinion that th Christ Church lawn fete Theregay, the tenth of July. oltzman was a member of and, e funeral which took place to- charge of Thaar. A Any man who good Suit i W. Edwards, Methodist minister, and Rey. oward, rector o Christ chutch, had charge of the éer- vices. Internient was made at Water- oo cemeter Among chase from out of town at the funeral were Mr. m. McDon- agh, Mrs. J. MeBride, Miss C. Young, Toronto; Mrs. J. Manser, Kitchener, and Mrs. James Simpson, Guelph. Miss Jefferson, Howick Kurtzville. A splendid social evening was spent in games and music,*and beautiful was made by Mrs. Eldon Ankenman and the following address read by Mr. Lioy Dea: We, the 1 sunday school and Kurtzville League, pre gathered together to your departure from our com We muc longer be a member of the League and Sunday School, but we hope we may have the pleasu ally seeing you and welcoming back in our midst. Your faithfulness remembe: b esti taee always found g worker and ever ready te take your part. BS, to _Retept | _ this Miss Jefferson was presented’ with a cloc The presentation r Miss Jefferson: members of the Mayne asant evening with you fore u h that you will no re of. occasion- long the ask you spend a}- t (* end 4 je oon ethes Oa Fence gems with Cee ol re tabs Dom inion Day From the wave-washed icharees by’ Fundy’s tide, @o the snow-crowned Western hills, The flags float high on our natal day, And the soul of the nation thrills. The crosses bend in the summer breeze And from each crimson field Flows the loyal faith to our Godiand King That a free-born people yield. There's a richness poured from our golden fields; There’s a wealth in our wood and mine; Not from these alone glows our conscious pride— ‘Tis the glory of birth ‘and line, For we hold with our kin across the seas From whence our sires came, By right of birth, by deed and faith Atd common pride of name. And the free-held ties of kindred trust That weld our nationhood Were sealed on the altarg of sacrifice ; A. ‘the sons of our race and blood. go _we lift our Heads with a prouder grace, tiaeks'’. are flying free, aetreea on Sees the Maple Tree. zt a firmer faith —B-L-L-L been caused by a bullet from a .32 re-