i ie Fav i ike ~ to @ snow ba n hand - sooner it is “ike at the Chink’s ve asked to ex- NEWS OF THE ‘DISTRICT | Interesting News Sant gee a Towne Clipped Yroms Exchanges. An n hawsa— - Ernie Marke, proprietor of mew Martin theatre in Oshawa, and well-known in Listowel, where he has visited with his shows on several eecadions, was elected councillor as the South-East ward in Oshawa h jing the poll 1 with 682 votes: Inch Sliver in Hand— A sliver about tiffee inches long was imbedded in the back of Mr. Barney Weaver's right hand one day Jast week, when a board he was putt- ing through the rip saw at the Walk- erton factory of the Knechtel: Co. rengerced and hit him on the hand. —Hanover Post. . Council Still Draw Pay— At the inaugural meeting of South- ampton Town Council, Reeve Tolmie and Ceuncillor Bell made a motion to rescind a town by-law to allow $3.00 to each member r each. regular meeting. Only the moved and second- er supported the motion and the pay the still goes on. It is becoming such a difficult matter in some municipalit- jes to get citizens ‘to serve on t council board free of charge that it become necessary to pees a by- law allowing them remuneration. Ev- idently the majority of the mem- bers of Southampton Council have no intention of going back to the old system‘of working without pay. A Narrow pe— Last weak William, son of John a of Russeldale was attacked ajbull and thrown into the air ae over the animal’s back, and sustained several severe none sd bruis- @ and a general shaking up. > Hodge was endeavoring to grasp the ring in the bull's nose when the ani- mal, without any warning charged him, and: lovering its head, etruck the man in the stomach.’ Mr. Hodge was hurled bodily against the side ef the barn. That he was able to es- cape more serious injury is attribut- ed to the fact that the bul! was de- horned and that Mr. Hedge was standing quite close to the brute when the charge was made.— Marys Journal-Argus. Funeral of Joseph Martin— The death occurred on Thursday morning of Joseph Martin; an old and highly respected resident of Mil- verton, at the home of his son-in-law, William Scott, of Mornington. The deceased, who was in his 92rda. year, suffered a paralytic stroke some weeks ago which resulted in his death. He is survived by a family of] four, three daughters and one son, namely, Mre. Scott, Mrs. Reid and Alexander, of Mornington, and one daughter in the West. His wife pre- deceased him some months ago. The funeral was held from the home of Mr. Scott yesterday afternoon to Greenwood Cemetery, Milverton, where interment. was made. Buys Milverton Factory— At the auction sale of the Milver- ton Furniture Company's factory held at Messra. McPherson & Mak- ine’ office, Stratford, on Tuesday af- ternoon, Mr. John Boshart, of Mil- verton, was the only bidder on the property and secured it for the sum of $16,500. In addition to this there je about $11,000 in liens against the machinery. This splendid cost in the neighborhood of 000. We hope to see it in operation and trust that it will be a most suc- cessful institution. Mr. Boshart, we understand, has already purchased several carloads of lumber and hopes to get his goods on the market in the spring.—Milverton Sun. A Mad Cow— There was quite an exciting time at the stock yards in Drayton last Saturday morning when a cow that had been delivered Dy Mr. — May of the 6th. Peel, to Mr. McClogan, buyer, become mad eo rushed out of the yards to freedom. ‘The animal was pursued by several men for geome miles but could not be captured and when darkneas over took them the chase had to be aban- doned. A terrible storm raged all day Sunday and the hunt was not resumed until Monday morning when the animal was discovered in. Mr. Morrison Hodge's bush where sought ehelter from the storm. Mr. Jesse Hudson and his rifle were bronght into action and the anfmal was shot and finally disposed of.— Drayton Advocate. A Sunday Night A local youth’s lust for excite. ment came near getting ‘him in the clutches of the law on Sundry night last when after creating a disturb- ance and rpemiag a chair in = 4 ‘Chinese restau of the feed fatat and on se¢ing the oriental laundryman standing on the steps gave the “‘washee” a push that precipitated him head-first in-! Bank. rad extricat! sions by hot-footing it in pursuit of his tormentor. 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Use- the service that we intve been carrying for the past couple of years,» without extra expense to you. This cut service is suitable for your newspaper advertising and also for bills and posters. Give your advertising “Push’’ by. using this free service. Call in and ANDLE EVERY KIND OF PRINTING-- Man Who Pays for TR Rw Sh: ASS "5 SoBe teem 5 ceeds ee aes There are still geome dealers who think they pay for the manufactur- er's advertising, Merchandising Advertising. And Advertisin g The Origin of .| Walkerton Priest Rebukes ‘ , ’ The Word ‘“‘News”| Those Who Don’t Pay Debts Is Man Who Doesn’t Advertise Phe origin of the » the word “news’’ is A scathing rebuke a against the un- exclusive. traced to the four lettera Which Rave sans a debtor was urled from thei 5. Advertised lines usually have a yes for as abb Same dake salett: on Sunday last says Meredith’s|standard price and eliminate ruinous} tions of the direction of the com whe Rev. Father alonry de- FLOUR: they| price cutting. In the diagram w was originally’ nounced in no uncertain tones all ‘Braga tell you they will take on your line if you allow them per dozen the a- mount of advertising expense that they claim is charged into every doz- en made. e story of advertised goods is well Ciptemed by a certain dealer, o said recently that he had been. hurting his own business, and realize it until he hired a clerk recat a competitor. From the clerk he learned . that his competitor, who was in poor lo- cation and had been in businesa a- bout one-half the rote that he had nm, was selling four times ag many overalls as he was. After studying the thing over, he came to the fol- lowing conclusions: at it is the volume of profit and not the margin of profit that counts. That it is sometimes possible to mark up an unadvertiseed brand 76 to 100 per cent. = the pha oF ed article 26 to 60 pe sf t’ it Lyou #eli-ten-of the fatter to one OF the the same capital inveest- ed, certainly the advertised line wags ae desirable merchandise to ae 2. Pushing advertised goods de- creased expenses. Goods would not stay on the shelves so lonz and it took 0g effort and éxpense move because the ede Not coming fro: facturer rok own sales resi the pugilistic art it is iikely that idee ane er the Chink would h ; ito hetteetae Ce re a, pipe had not s of those who had gathered a e ecene of ba te “hy stopped the conflict. Had the local police officer, who ap- peared aucriy after the rumpus was over, been o a few minutes antagonist wo plain his conduct oy “the magistrate —Port Elgin Times. Large Owl Scares Tara Man— William Lind, well-known Tate ty. 4. ‘Advertiond lines ‘are constantly adding new features and are more ea first one alone and then the other. piece’ karan those who’ hold up their heads and pesky Roadie Bp MY - . deal- — by without . paying cou er’s stote nee to a nufac- tureyy advertionceet and tay cotter = andise on the strength of the W for west and S for south. This di- their ac- agram was always published Whether there are any more of N them to the square foot in’ Walker- ton than elsewhere the preacher didn't say, but from the fervor of his po eager om Py geemed fully ob- essed with the t that we were anything but em of thoy this form of here. Continuing Fa- an ? and Pastry Flour. FEED.-- t. OT. Advertised goods confer r- fa & oreanige on the dealer handling| ‘The man who pays for the adver- tising is the man who doesn’t adver- well-known trade-marked goods than any other agency * That is because it has increased} volume and permitted the manufac- turer to keep his Santee buey throughout the yea a FLOUR and Feed Royal Household, Purity, Maple Leaf, Cream of the West, Five Roses, Snow Drift, Hanover A car of Ontario Bran and Shorts just, arrived. | Another car of Screenings very heavy in flax. Highest market price paid for Wheat and Oats. C.H. SMITH, Phone 256 %» « THE CHATEAU FRONTENAC, ¥: ia P nentiy in ‘hs cate- @ory of ein the practise of having J} money in the bank and ping others ‘at the same time, “Father” Maionsy’ 8 f- nance borrow mon and pa: terest _;meéet their dvatts while thetr debt- ors were drawing ye on fat beg ei mortgaged oans. QUEBEC—AND WINTER SPORTS PROGRAM on the front page of the— earliest hewspapers. The sign was used to in- ype that the newspapers publieh< ed that» happened from Wi th seazonable weather aieviiti ing anda nice blanket of snow the ground, winter sport season in| the tout corners of the globe. bec C ig now well under way. some issue of a paper al “| The snuow-wreathed beauty and ex newspaper man did not have co hilaration of a winter vacation are a cluding an sloguent appeal, the ant ae need, LP Winter able prelate stated that he coukin’t hy the j Ww Ww. ick fective restoratives,{in a straight line at the head of the give a debtor absolution in confes-| POR CHICKS. ging to you the enjoymenta of} paper, thus producing a combination|/¢ion who didn’t make an honest ef- ich eh Up in the ae which signifies P fuapantar~ fort to meet his ‘obligations and pay 4 untry, Ww ‘ Re the color, wtich ¢ a \ paper brings to ite subscrib-| his bills. As a similar ge 0 ej ' the trae cs ity of old fgg Ba F indebtedness aighe be delivered to} ““‘At the O. A. C. poultry depart- ci vt: r carnival spirit ae ~ eet fea Hakata in town without <p baled a Dra yresy Pier ia nding present m eno second-cut a sayr recent . fire at the Canadia: SOME WORK REQUIRED rom this sin to cast the first stone,| or raham.* Sree poultry, & I The f Pacific's. famous ‘hotel—th 1 is avalos: ‘ - Re to Overstep the line believe it is nécessary beyond which the 9 beco mo New Year pulpit - utterance.—Walk-| erton Times. ured in the in Hoxton six-round bout. Still had affaire wate! ou ties | down-settin’ ef of that kind over the back ur uprisin daily ; ky must’ ee term-| | de same. ea shen at | fence. rm fgg people Biles ‘that be . 7 in if -we jis’ ex-| We never @ woman winter a 30 poultry ration is tinapie sa who used a ro pin on ‘h her hus-| without 10 per cent of alf. band, but there are some men who! (ian have benefited by such treat-| fed ground. In SECOND-CUT LUCERNE—GOOD second cutting, on, that Gin: should be’ ¢ pedi shown that aifalfa cured in ae on faith, ° “we Women prise-fighters as that.cured in Me “pe Lord will|/h ave been refused a perm for a “Alfalfa is Walonble. tor poultry}. and they've often/for the mineral matter ss contains a [Paapemereeceee ee As Poultry Feed] fal firms putting out ground poultry - FA agp Bl facts by in- foods ré egdisiat from f solvent of ground atraits “o or valtaite, G nieal, he states Woman Sells Reptiles A Mrs. Child,~ of London, is in charge of a business wh @tock in — consists of snakes and usiness was started by rds. Th her tether i 1853. Gopi a seta! pecime 6 pa coe people mee y calling him mee di alle to ete that we are not a ‘We put on s