. serve. (Copyright, 1615, ye cial attention, Bayne—opposites in every sense LISTOWEL BRANCH, _M. R. HAY, Sy we : aeons ees i Saas | WORKMEN'S celta ee at 4 ' a "| bat pe : fa | eee orkmen's ompensation am ted Oct., iat 3 1923.) hed Thursday of each to sixteen pages, seven col- ons to the page. All home-print. mse mats, meveesoton rate $2.00 a year, tly-in advance: otherwise $2.50. : ‘months $1.00; three months 60c. subscribers in the United States edditional for postage. Benner and’ has the cir- mo t ‘fits competitor and excels as 4 do job etatine Per all kinds, B, 8. HUDSON. Editor and Proprietor. ‘Canadian Weekly Newspa- per Association ‘Thursday, Jan. 14th 1926 z Ed itorial hess time to save is ; coming your way. pITHE NEW YEAR “my Creator's hand I have ed a great gift. It is the e@—a new year, fresh and its chances at living. think of it.as a coronet set with te hundred and sixty-five res- fandent pearls. "IT do not know of a certainty that her+my loved ones or I shall see end of it, but I am determined when that the Board award 443.39 in, benefits ring’ This fi the total for 1924 which 122,820.34. While warde ber of accidente repo compensation crease in fatalities, the total nu ber of figures 1924 which were set m to the whole Province. It is evident from the f figures accidents show an increase, the serlous and more costly types accidents are on the down grade. K. ‘C. Compeneation eee si outet figures for ep “There has — - great deal of attention paid uring the pre- present year to accident yention work,- which has been in 6ome measure at least responsible for the .les- sened..coat of compensation, and the safety organiaztions are expecting to carry ona muc more intensive campaign dur- ing the ing year and they are in h thereby to reduce the fre ney, soverity, and costs of accidents in all ¢las- 6G During the year ormous amount of mail, 000. letters going in and out. make the best of every golden day. ay, laugh and — erton Telescope—We ste by} ithanges that the School Nurse of towns. The idea which was an experiment has now be- permanent arrangement ow- the exceHent-service rendered ommunity and the growing tion of the néed and import- the community nurse. In the neighboring towns like Walk- berate Hanover it seeme likely ne nurse could serve two mun- ities effectively and at the same e cut the cost in two. he eounelilora are ‘in harness and amenced their duties. The choses to govern the. municipal ‘of Listowel have 3 sa their determined to transa the nt and careful age having | nd always the best interests of the| n. It fa hoped that ehace will be} muderable co-operation and team m | 4 each committee's | ii must be respected. Big things’ ; anes pod am new council, and he of an encourag- : year. Se policy. that will be endore- d by the citizens generally will be ne and careful aggress- ceirvive fwithout any advance in he tax levy. THE FITTEST SURVIVE average number of claims per day fant hey! me this year to love, was slightly over 200 and the ear: rte 7) paid out each day was oA, ee ee et el t issued a statement showing $5,565,- 1025. re is noticeably lower re 6,- has been less, the totalinum- greater, amounting in 1925 tol60, 012 as compared with 68.675 during 1924. One notable feature of the ac- cident statistics, however, is the de- fatalities in 1925 bein 345 which is Serre ye | less than the 402. This ‘alone is a most important ite sued by the Board that while. minor prob- ably due in part to better reporting, this connection, Mr. V. A. Sinclair Chairman cf. the Workmen's the Workmen's Compénsation Board handled an en- this averag- Ing @ach day between 5,000 and 6,- The in a poetic a- that Alan was somewhat frivolous. m- at is-/ a number.of his compositions had be so, and out of royalties he had of| received he had already accumulated In| Several thousand doHars, when Morton appeared at her home while Alan was already In evidence. Somehow the manner of the latter had indicated to her that he was on the verge of a proposal, and she had won- dered how she could seek to evade a ~~ | direct decision, feeling instinctively that she scarcely knew her own mind as yet. <A certain sullenness over- spread the face qf Alan as he dis- cerned that.he was not to have Gladys gpctaivey for that evening at least. looked bored as the parents Insist- ed on some music and Morton, evér accommodating, brought out his violin, it was in the midst of a lovely so- hata that entranced all his auditors save Alan that the unexpected hap- pened. Gladys was seated by the lamp on the table when the® was a quick hiss and then a sudden outburst of flame. She uttered a vivid scream, her hands went up to her face with frantic suddenness. Alah shrank back, quite unnerved and affrighied: Mor- top cast aside his viollu with a fling and sprang toward her, noting. that he With theCharches one sleeve of the [ight,.dainty dress she wore was all ablaze. There was a second explosion, and he bad extin- guished the flaming dress when his Galvary Evangelical Rev. M. L. Wing, Pastor , Sunday, Jan. 17th 10° a.m.——Publie worship. 11 a.m.—Sunday School. 7-p.m.—Public Worship. Monday § p.m.—E. L. C. E. neas of the town and an ‘ntelli-| W ed § p.m.—Prayer meeting. eyes closed with a spasm of pain. Then—darkoess, so utter for himself that he groped blindly about him. “Is Gladys safe?" feil from his lips in an nae $ anxious gasp. “I cannot see! I fea There he spatial appalled. In vain he strove to strain his darkened vision, the others that he could trace what was happening! Gladys, Insensible and sustaining frightful face burns from the second explosion, himself Baptist Rev. Harry W. Jackson, Pastor Sunday, Jan. 17th 10 a.m.—Sunday school. 11 a.m.—PubHe Worship. 7 p.m.—Public Wigan. Monday 8 p.m. —B.Y.P.U. Thursday 7.20 p.m.—Prayer service. helpless to assist her, the Injured girl curried to her room, a collapse on his own part, a fading away of all con- sciousness, its feeble, bewildering re- turn, and a realization that old Doctor eyes. “He probably saved Gladys by extin- guishibg her-flaming dress," Morton caught the physician's tones, “but at a terrible ¢ost—he ly utterly blind!" It was many days before the lives of those disturbed by the startling The changes that have taken place}. the number of community weekly papers in Canada in the past few » have been just as marked in thfield, Minn., ‘News of mid that in” the nine yea rs 1915 and 1924°a shrinkage a mortal- Investment of your time. In the name of the Master w welcome you to the United Chu h, tics ite Peace and i Sunday, Jusunry 17th 10 ne and Praise ser ry a.m. —~Bubject. THAT WINS. ses for abject: p-™m.— ject: FOOL" ome early and bring your friend Pp. F. Eg {(Church Goitigis a Fine It develops the personality. Ft : is helpful and restful. If you at- tend church regularly you will “THE Samoa 45° p.m.—Sunday School. pom “THE MAN ON event of the explosion settled down into the old peaceful. grooves. Only once did Alan Druose call at the Marcy home. He was genulnely solicitous. A giance into the next room, a sight of Gladys so shocked him that goon he left the house, never to return. And understanding, turned her Then, when her nurse had teft her aloneMshe stole te @ mirror with her want to come. eyes almost as she stag Religion is the first’ chine andi || gered back to the couch. Her beauty cdi gidbee gid ate py bong m has|}}| was gine! Bhs SRE SOW Wes ning and he works to no F Tenens. enscuershas . lt was a sles later that Morton_ Bayne knew the worst. He was told that—bis case. was hopeless. -For meant to her, Gladys ‘impul her trombling ba . ; r The belle of the village, Gladys Marcy, had two aspirants for her favor upon whom she. bestowed espe- They were Alan Druse and Morton of the word. They had each attracted Gladys and it was difficult for her to decide which appealed to her liking most: Alan, with his flashing, fun- loving ways, or Morton, with a soul enwrapt in music and seeming always dream. Alan/loved her, or fancied he did, and bis vivacious ways bade fair in the eyes of the gossips-to outvie Mor- ton so far as courting went. It had begun to dawn ,upon Giadys, however, It was all Morton with Gladys when, in the church choir at entertainments, or passing an evening in,the Marcy home he wrought from his violin be- wildering witehery of harmony and ex- pression that caused her heartstrings to quiver with a rare delight. He had never, however, hinted at anything more than friendship. His Income was modest and seeméd a steady one, for come generally popular and likely to remain _ Gladys fiuttered visibly one evening It was only from the exclamations of* Moore was at his side examining his_ eyes and -at @ thought of what this” sacrifice 1 i * i ia ten Re ann *. Ls ee < : ~The council tet in .. Hall, on Monday, January set et the had the necessary Dec- their ae eee Baoan ba Were ap- Treas Auditure-Sokn F. Koch and Wm. L, Manning. r—Adam/ Strong. Caretaker of Twp. Hail—Samuel Honeyford. Member of Board of Health—Wm. H. Lorch. Sanitary Inepector—Jphnston Mc- Laughlin. Bec. Board of Health—David Greer. School cage ase officer—Thos. George Nelso Contract of ‘printing—to Standard Printing Co, Listowel. Collector of Rates—Daniel W. Walter. Mxnatacturer Ane concrete culvert piping—George nn, Jr. Road Gonthistoas Div. H. oody Kincaid Good, Div. J. Div. TIT Johnston McLaughlin, Div. iV James McEwan, Diy. V Wm. Hen- ry All the salaries were the same 26 $2.50 each. The assessor ie to give out the dog tags and keep a record of the same-and see that each dog owner is given a tag for which work he is to a =i extra per annum. -B 19 -re Elma North Maitland rata Improvement was read three times, passed, signed and sealed. A yang was passed under Section 70 of the un. Drainage Acts, aRrebe Tt te not neceséary to} * advertise or have printed coples of said By-law. Said By-law 519 pro- vides that all monies assessed against lots or parts of lots, John Roger, Eng. of Elma Twp. in said drain muét be paid over to our Treasurer | on or before Feb. 12, r same shall be placed on Collector's roll o 1926, with interest at 7% per, an- num. Z The collector is to be at White's Hardware, Listowel, on February Fair Day ,from 2 to 4 p.m. to receive payment@™ hereon and at Gowan- etown the afternoon of Feb. 12, 1926. The Reeve cure competent legal advice with ret- erence to the extra monies paid for extra work on a certain section of Mun, Drain No. 1. The following scconnyy were paid: Jacob Jonas, es 926 Te Fordwich Telephone $6. 00: Henry, Fatum, supplies, $1.10; Can. Nat. Express Co., express on election sup- pliag, 45c; Alvin E. Kennedy; John, Mason, Adam Strong, Walker Long, Robert North and McLen- nan, deputy returning officers, Mun. Elections, $5.00 Egerton Chamney, Wm. H. Mason, Geo. H, Doersam, © Oswald Elilott, Wallace Hunt and Charles frye poll clerks Mun. Elections, $2.60 each; Sec. and aia her of 8. 8. a 1 AM IF 8. 8. No. 8,-§. 8. No. 12, and U8, ‘S. No. 11, $6.00 each for Pol- ek Booths, Mun. Elections; David reer, returning officer, $10.00; rene me Habermehl, bal. rep. road, aed Wm. a pee aig se fae tr Massey Bal $1.0 World. Election Supplies, 38. 29 ‘and yearly supplies $27 Council adjourned cA meet at 1.30 n Feb, 12, to receive the auditors’ report and to transact general bus- Annual Meeting of Wallace Cheese Company | {? The Wallace Chéese and Butter Co. held their annual meeting in the factory om Saturday, Jan. 9, 1926, with a apt ly arn pa Tt wae a for the factory making 3i7864%, lbs. of ese. e total ved for cheese ‘ - ed for whey e old directors were all re-el- ected ona iee forward for é. more prosperous ti this com- g eum joann apn pnreerene eed Sd Tne ile from” Mr. M.*Fieher at visited their sister, ‘ee on Sunday. Mesars. “, Alexander. ia improvin ‘be able to b -. ‘ laces th of) in the ant posi Be eed read and ae ‘, as authorized to se- $65,834.83 and paid to patrons, ; recely Mr. Porey Burnett a been draw- ot Mrs. W. Johnston and Olive re- turned trom Toronto Tuesday even- ive are glad to report con Mona ‘abor is piseovie ng. Her dition has ~~ rather serious. an re. ‘L. Green and diy, moved sae siya to the 6th. co We o report that while Mr. Will 1 Kenai was working in the — last week he broke his Jeg. Don't forget the bapa pisht ga- pg I ra the young, peo y triends of ter Cc, Me- an to. see her out again after on recent illness red Miss Ida Namtttony of near At- wood, spent the peek e with her mother, 6th. line Elm Miss Nellie Campbell, 4th. line Grey, spent. a few days last week with her friend, Mise Hazel Martin, Mr: Henry Armstrong is il] at the home of his daughter, Mre. Chester Adams, but we understand he ia im-~- proving. Sask., were guests of Mr. Thos, Tughen on Friday i Peobehetebeboldebelebepehbebeleb ee decpaedek et + ¥ + BRITTON + + deleted tb bt bheteetebdeddtep Quite a number gathered at the home of Mrs. T. Cleland on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 9th. and attended the ects of the Livingstone Mission + “iiss Viola Johnston visited a few days this week at pr home of Mra. W. Simpson, Carthag The members of the U. F. W. O. met at the home of Mrs. J, W. John- ueminy afternoon, ~ ary 12. A pleasant time was enjoyed by all present. DIVORCE IN YUCATAN THIRTY DAYS' RESIDENCE 18 ONLY REQUISITE. Considers a Divorce to Be Private and Personal Matter—No- Facilities for quick and easy dl- “Woree are actually being advertised 85 a means of attracting tourists to the Mexican province of Yucatan! Various expedients had been tried to attract tourists to Yucatan, but they all fell flat. Then, two years -ago, Yucatan passed a divorce law ly to amount to “divorce while you wait.” As a result, the teurist traf- fic began to “‘boom."’ Large nuinbers of Americans and several British ocuples have already secured Yucatan divorces, despite the annoyance of some American judges who refuse to admit thelr validity on American soil. It is noteworthy, however, that no charges of bigamy, following remar- = after a Yucatan divorce, have ed. That the divorces are validly granted, after due investiga- tion by the responsible legal authori- pee of a civilized state, cannot be Ha ode cod of other states. ~ Ho mercantile; and shipping -in- terésts in Yucatan are now beginning extensively to advertise their easy divorce, and foresee a huge boom rif applicants for it that will bring mil- lions of dollars into the country. Thirty * realdence is on and the expenditure * about $300 in -fees. The su for ‘divorcee while you wait” take a room in an the capital of the e get married in Yucatan. 4@ very, picturesque and ‘Miss Mona Johnston is. ame PS each| while with her eieter, Mrs. Tabor. © | Mr. and Mre. Roy Rea of eer ij Mrav’ Janu-\- "Unloaded Another Car of Those Extra Quality Our many customers have SCREENINGS, which we have been - a your supply, as they are the niarket BRAN OHOPS of all inds, also CHICKE Our FLOUR STOCK ix complete , SHORTS, ape t OWL CAKE, N FEEDS. Screenings taken pareunee of these GOOD offering. CHEAPEST FEED on the TANKAGE and f at REASONABLE PRICES. L. PFEFFER MILLING CO. Chopping Promptly and Successfully dons. ra ‘“ + + 80 extremely unexacting as practical-geend @ in ae * per- | a psdedeenesiehe beth belted teebetedcd ns | Toca slat al ~Sehlal ee au 4 qeobenfesfeefesfendeodesfosdendesfesfosdondeedetusbedieddonhs Gofeategp | death of Mre. Atchison, who passed, away on Thursday after a brief {ll-, ness of four days*with pneumonia, at! the home of her son-in-law, Mr. John Schaefer. The remains were taken to Tara, where interment Much oT teats bereaved famil -home in the west aveek at the home of his father, C. kr Sunday with sends in Listowel. Mrs. Geo week mee who ig ill. Mra. Win. Bell.spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Alex. Oabe, some time at the home of\ Mr, and Mrs. Mervin Fisher Atchison, on Mon Leaves for Detrolt— er the latter’ part tio, Card of Thanks— Mr family o wish to express sincere grat- itude to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy extended to them in their recent sa ther Ross Te a ea ea bleep ts ede testenlectedentesinale enled or repudiated by the legal| + * $434044500090040004FI aS : CURTIS—At BARNETT—On Boundary éast, on and Mrs. Ruese! Barnett, a daugh- ter. LUDWIG—On Third , Concession, i a ke ee ed > + +e VANPRICK’S SALE REGIS- + * TER + Friday, 22, 1920—Cons ment guction sale of furniture, cutters, sleighs, cattle and horsea at Thursday, seed, ‘Sale at one o'clock sharp. Saturday, Jan. 30th. beautiful home of the late Albert Thureday, F + KURTZVILLG coat a It ig our. sad duty to record the! was Made. jis extended to the Mr. Henry Krott returned to his after spending a Mr. Fred Ruppel and family epent Get a Portrait of the children while they are— - young. ee You will value it in after years. reain is epending this with an mother, Mra, Sch- and Mrs, S. Vines and Mr. and Miss Eva Jacques is nding] Mr. and Mre. Welsh of Seaforth, av- SEE OUR WIN. DOW FOR STYLES of CHIL-|| DREN'S Portraits, | d the funeral cg the iate Mrs. Mr. Wilbert Lemmesx left for De- of last week e he purposes securing a poel- and Mrs. Wm. G. Johnston and CALL or PHONE 162 R. J. Russell Photographer — Listowel EVENING SITTINGS BY APPOINTMENT the logs of their little son and bro- BORN ; Nashville, Mich. on Saturday,-Jan. 9th., 1926, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Curtis, Roig Olga Fallis,) a 6on. (Gordon Wayne) Monday, January 4th. 1926, to Mr. Wallace, on Thursday, Dec. 31st M 1925,*to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ludwig, a daughter. + nslgn- household Vanarick’s @uction rooms and ‘Grand Central feed stables. Sale at one o'clock. Jan, 26th. seearer ie Thos. McWaters, at lots and 7, con. 2 Elma, right at Tro hapariage. farm, farm stock and implements. Sale at one. o’clotk. S. J. POAG 'Do Clothes Make the Man? Well, at any rate, they go a long way toward it, We certain- ly make THE CLOTHES that fit to perfection and wear to the best of satisfaction, that’s required in the line may be had to best satis- faction from Barre PHONE 227 TAILOR — ‘an. 28th. 926—For Mr. F. pet beige at lot 13, con. 1, capa boro, about 10 miles directly of Listowel, on the town line. can immense lot of farm stock, imple- retor, 5 cars, etc. 1926—The Wahl, on Barbe te 2 Var ‘drick’s' uuctto: not . previously sold. gale at! at’? - weleek. Fr eb, Ath. e beau- titnl nas peer on oN ‘ig St close to the High School, will be offered sale at Vandriet's auc: tion rooms, Sale at 2 ‘o'clock. NOTICE TO CREDITORS — ¢edar’posts, clover and- tn the matter df thé Ketate of Reams Wahl, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY Le) all persons having claims IVEN