aetna ~ MILVERTON, ONT., THURSDAY, OCT. 8 1914 -- = {stropolitan Bank Head Office : TORONTO CAPITAL PAID UP $1,000,C00.00 RESERVE FUND UNDIVIDED PROFITS $182,547.61 Farmers' Business Receives Special Attention $1.00 will open a Savings Account. Blank Sale Notes supplied Free of Charge and Collections made at reasonable rates. Milverton and Millbank Branches : D.C, Brown, Manager Millbank Branch open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday gaj- Branches also at STRATFORD, LINWOOD, ELMIRA and GUELPH ao L. MEYER, sivition® ovr. | "ee h pei gn eg The flew: iMiltinery: S op" wapemmenaite. Vw The Very Latest in Fall Millinery is Here-- Our Millinery Openings last week were a decided suc- cess in every way. Were you at them? If not, come in any time and we will be pleased to show you our ~ stock of High-class Millinery. 'ved another shipment of Ladies' Just rec Ready-to-wear Fall which we would like you to see. Sat lor s mn "ARO MOHR'S GROCERY DUMART'S SAUSAGES KEPT ON HAND AT ALL TIMES -Botorne<crree-18¢ Ib. Head Cheese. .,,1&c lb. Sum. Sausage ...35¢ Ib. Boiled Ham......40c lb. Weiners ). ....... 200 Ib. Ham Bologna ...25¢ Ib. Back Bacon..... 35¢ Ib. Breakfast Bacon 25¢ lb. HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR BUTTER AND EGGS Mt i il Ml i ft oi Hl a il i ii . nM tN ' « ag, G. HAMILTON. Sole Agent for Coal 7 PORTLAND CEMENT ST MARYS LIME DL. a W. SCRANTON STANDARD ANTHRICITE .% . C) ae pohpheeennnnbeebbenb nibh : ES < LOCAL NEWS : eS & % Pepeqepdes Sobdebdetetebbet beet be he a ' Mrs. W. J. Brown, of Toronto. is at present visiting her mother, Mrs. Ed. Glenn. Miss Donald and Miss Gaul. of Ros- 'tock. spent Sunday with Mrs. P. H. Bastendorff. ' Mr. Martin Berger has a potato / that grew in his garden that weighs two and a half pounds. Mr, J. Kalbfleisch spent a ae days last week at Newton visiting his daughter. Mrs. W. Reinwald. Rey. A. D: Gischler will preach an- miversary sermons in the Methodist. church at Linwood next Sunday. Mr. Earl McLaren. of | Wiarton. spent a few days last week at | the home of his aunt. Mrs. Jas. Coutts. Mrs. Malcolm MacBeth and daugh- ter Nellie have been visiting at the home of Mrs. Duncan Stewart, Strat- ford. for some days. All places of business will be closed in Milverton on Monday next. it be- ing Thanksgiving Day. The post. of- fice will be open from 12 to 1.30 p.m. Mr, and Mrs. N. D. Schatz. Rey. and Mrs. Gischler and Miss ~ Mabel Wilhelm motored to New Hamburg on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mr Jacob Wilhelm. ; Dr. T. J. McDowell has opened den: tal parlors over the Bank of Hamil- ton. Milverton. and is prepared to give the best attention to all depart- ments of the work. Rev. Mr. Vail. of Linwood, will oc- cupyv .the pulpit in the Evangelical church next Sunday evening. The Ghoir will render Thanksgiving an- thems. Everyone welcome. The H. & E. Furniture Co. recom- menced operations on Monday morn. ing and will continue running éighi hours per day. Business of late has been picking up and we 'hope that by the beginning of the New, Year that they will be enabled to run full time. tey. J. M. Shaw. of Atwood. occu- pied the pulpits of Christ church. Mil- verton. and Trinity church, Elma. on Bunday last. The chancel of the for- mer church was draped in memory} of the late Premier Whitney. Rey.N. Williams preached at the Harvest Home services at Atwood.' The public is cordially invited to attend a meeting in the interest of the Canada Temperance Act campaign for Perth county to be held in the Methodist church on Thursday eyen- ing at 8 p.m. Rey. John Little, coun- tv organizer and Mr. T. L. Hamilton. of Listowel. President of the County Temperance Association will be the speakers for the evening. The meet- ine should be largely attended, Lockie Turnbull. son of Mr. Wm Turnbull. a young man between eigh- teen and twenty years of age met with a severe accident on Saturday evening the results of which are still uncertain. He went out to the woods after supper to gather beech nuts and '4, limb on which he was- standing about thirty feet from the ground. broke allowing him to fall to the Sweater coatsefor all at Engeland's Special clothes brushes 10c. Enge- land & Sons. -26c. lb. for butter ana 27¢. doz. for fresh eggs at W. K. Loth's., (Don't forget the sale: of cattle the fair grounds on Saturday. orded velvet 27 imches wide, all colors. special 39c. Engeland & Sons. > Our store will be closed Monday. Oct. 12th. Thanksgiving Day. W.-K. Loth. Mrs. Jas. Coutts peturned on Friday from a visit with friends: in Paris and Brlantfiord. Mr. Malcolm MacBeth made a bus- iness trip to Walkerton on Wecnesdav of this week. If you want to subscribe for a daily paper call at The Sun cffice. We can give you your choice of a dozen dail- ies. - Mr. P. Schneider while operating the comm cutter one day last week had the misfortune to have the point of his index finger taken off. Lost on Thesday of last week be- tween Milverton P.O. and S.S. No. 1 w jadv's beaver hat, Finder will 'kindly leave at Mrs. Sproule's. 5 The Young: Peoples' Alliance of the Lutheran church were pleasantly en- fertained at Linwood om 'Tuesday evening by the Y.P.A. of that place. \ Britain is at . present plentifully supplied with food and food prices pre said to be fifteen per cent. higher in New York than they are in Liver- 'pool. Mr, John Semple started his _ fast pacer Maiden Voyage at the Blyth Fair last Wednesday. She was drawn after the second heat owing to the faulty condition of the track. Every time the Iron Duke. ish dreadnought fires a broadside it costs the nation $30.000. From a 'monetary viewpoint war is bound to become an impossibility in the future, Nothing is gained by too much pug- nacity cver the Huropean war but at the same time this is British territory and the man who insults the Nation's flag should be emphatically told about it. : Parties receiving their account Oct. ist please take motice that they must be settled. Take particular notice that the credit limit is three months. We cannot give longer credit. B. Kirilesel. Rev. D. C. McGregor. of Toronto. was Thursday night inducted into the pastorate of St. Andrew's Presbyter- ian church. London. succeeding Rev. Dr. James Ross. who was killed in an automobile accident in New York some months ago. (The people of Vienna are becoming very restless. over 400,000 unemployed parading the streets and shouting for peace. The news of the capture of Semlia by Servia has thrown the city into a panic and the terror has been imereased by the reported ad- vance of the Russian forces. The Local Association. finding it impossible te secure rifles at present from the Government have secured a loan of a dozen from the Mt. Forest company and every dav this week a number of the 170 members haye been peppering the target. No big scores at a Brit- fronid. He sustained severe injur- ies about the head and shoulders and! at the time of writing (Tuesday) had not fully regained consciousness, | The regular October meeting of the| Milverton branch of the Women's In- stitute will be held Thursday after- noon. Oct; 15th. in' the Assembly room of the public library at 2.30 o'clock. The roll call is to be responded to by each member giving a German quota- tion. A paper will be given by Mrs.) W. B. Struthers on "How a town wom | en can best adapt herself to the farm" There will also be a demonstration on géalads by Mirs. J. J. Riddell. A pap- er will be given by Mrs. Alex. David- son on "The early training of child-| ren." All ladies are cordially sev ited | ae be present. AABWAAYAAWAABABABAAAAYBAAYA]A SSECEESSESSESSESEOESSSOSSSESEPESSS ISSESs ssseses S@ A Dazzling Millinery Display Now on Hand ag _*- R: MILLER BLOCK Main 'Street, 2BO22222BBVAWVP "The Fashion Shop" OMEN who are fond of "beauty" can surely find their ideal in this gorge- ous array of new fall hats. The assortment is more than passing large -- bigger than you will find anywhere else. We are re= ceiving shipments of the very latest styles each week, and would ask your inspection of our stock. Come in the morning, if pos= sible, as you miss the afternoon rush. ::: "MRS. A SPROULE = MILVERTON 2 hae heed teehee hed At tether wake ISSSISS 55S | Mr. Woolishing it, laildipalities to the fund. have as yet been made. We = learn that Mt. Forest and Harriston repre- | sentatives not having any local butts have made request for practice here also,--Durham Review. (Magistrate Saunders. of Exeter. fined William Gillespie. a drayman in the village. $100 and costs for selling liquor. 'Gillespie it was shown in the evidence. made use of his drav busi- ness to distribute liquor to various mesidents without detection. ordering | the forbidden article from London and collecting from his "customers" upon delivery. The result of the investiga- tion is satisfactory to temperance peo- ple who have objected to the sale of liquor there. The honey crop of Ontario this year is a complete failure. it is said. Al ithe highest estimates only five per cent. of last year's crop will be forth- caming this year. The failure is not due to disease in the hives. but is con- tributed 'mostly to the changeable weather this summer. Last winter was extnemely hard on the clover. as the ground was bare for the great- er part of the winter months. and the clover was badly frozen in som sections of the province. ' On Friday evening as Mr. 'Joseph Mi-intgiomery. of Elma. was driving home from the village followed by P. Steckly in a democrat an auto- mobile scared the latter's team up- setting the rig and throwing Mr. Steckly out. The frightened team dashed on and straddled the buggy in which Mr. Montgomery sat almost de- Mr. Montgomery was 'badly bruised. The tongue of the rie struck him im th2 side and frac- tured one of two of his ribs. He 'suf- fured several cuts on the head anda bad cut on the knee and was pretty well shaken up. Dr. Tye attended to his injuries after which he went home, (Municipalities can now legally con- tribute to the Patriotic Funds. Al) doubts upon this point iare set at rest bv the following statement issued by the Ontario Government: "Inquiries have been made o° the Government 0) behalf of the Canadian Patriotic Fund as to whether it will favor legislation confirming grants of money by mun- In reply the Gsvernment has deaided to announce that it is its intention when the Leg- | j@lature meets to ask it to validate 'env gift that may be made to | patriotic fund by any municipality in /Omtario. The effect of this announce- ment will be to remove any doubts as | t6 the power of municipalities to take otion in regard to making contribut- | i the patriotic lions towards any of | Siar | , Germany at present every Fng- Liiah 'wame whether as a town. or on a (bill of fare or elsewhere. is being wip- ed out and replaced 'by a German name. In the same manner Australia is chang'ne all German namés 6" ploe- es to English names, A similar course has been suggested in Canada. but we belicve this would not meet with public ADRES? al. If this -wére done. 2 "SgR the . good Geriian gia aerate: Neustadt and | Moltke ; Bs Sa mmediate vicinity | besides MAY cer rs throughout -- the jaminion. he AG citizens: ore. alt are a - feat ae Aes Brifain's cause and no disresy 4 should be' .thus Syeat.. ea anoes shown. All that 3 Macs mi = aot atie s 2 G an miliba rbot of be wiped ? 'jof snow apples, any: ; ' Higes Q7e. dozen. Engeland & Asie Butter i-Ib, prints 26 Ib. Engeland. & Sons. : > Every 'farmer should attend the sale of cattle on Saturday. Wianted--29 bags of Apne 10 Sous W. K. Loth Big pair oxen weighing 3.700 Ibs | for sale on the EuPeoandy on Sat- unday. Children's coats: 'the greatest var- iety ever shown at all prices, Enge- land & Sons. i : Mrs. J. L, Rae and son Will... of Burlington. spent a week with friends in Milverton and Mornington.- Mr. Wm. Dalling and Miss Lizsie: Salkeld, of Monkton, spent Sunday with Misses Effie and Vida Crawford. James Scott. of Waterloo. has don- aited a pure bred registered yearling heifer to the patriotic fund in Water- loo county. The Assignee's sale of the estate of Robt. Hanna. Jr.. has been postponed from Wednesday Oct. 14th. to Mon- day Oct, 19th . A gang of Russian nayvies are at present engaged in track repairing on the C.P.R.. under the supervision of of Foreman Jas, Elliott. ' Each of the nations at war. has more than a quarter of million : of tons of powder om hand. No picnic is over while the refreshments last, The farmers of Caradoc Township (Middlesex County have decided to offer the Militia Department a gift of 20 horses suitable for war purpos- es. The official information bureau has tinnounced that the British Govern- ment has decided to lay mines in cer- tain areas. as a counterstroke to the German procedure, The roar of the lion can be further off than the sound of any living creature. Next comes the cries of the hyema. the screech owl. the pawither and the jackal in succession. Foirty-five per cent. of the world's supply of sugar comes from Europe. The war will mean such a serious loss to the European crop that the trem- endous advance in. European ports with the unprecedented demand for raw and refined sugars on this con- tinent has created a big advance prise. At the meeting of -- the Listowel Dairymen's Exchange on Friday last a mesolution was unanimously passed on motion of Messrs. 8.8. Rothwell and James Donaldson. recommending to the patrons of all factories repre- sented on the board. that they donate to the patriotic fund their milk Sup- ply of Saturday October 17th. Sir Edward Carson. speaking in Ul- ster said that though Home Rule was now on the statute book. the act was mot worth the paper it was printed | oh. Ulstermen having helped the Empire in the present emergency would never be asked to go under a gavermment which they detested heard in {> farther from the door SAVE, because--- A growing bank account drives the wolf f aes and HEAD OFFICE: Corner King 4S Bay Streets. took a GENERAL MANAGER | A. H. WALKER ps MONKTON BRANCH : F, Ww. ARMSTRONG, Manager Wa RR SS Capital inte tea Capital Paid-up......,... Surplus. a good business idea. oo ee Bank of Hamilton. na te Accumulating Capital The lack of Capital stands between manv a man and the carrying out of Every young man on salary has the means of accumulating capital. Week. lv additions of small amounts to a Savings Account in the Bank of Ham- ilton soon place him in a position of readiness for business opportunities. MILVERTON BRANCH: P. J. FASKEN, Manager Eee 50.000 -- There are 289 coal mines in berta, You are sure of a good photograph if you go to Lee, Listowel. See spring calves weighing 550 Ibs each on the faim grounds Saturday. Miss Hazel Ronnenberg returned to her home at Monkton after spending aaveek at the home of Mrs. Jas. Ouawford. An unusually long freight train passed through Milverton on the ©. P.R. on 'Tuesday. No less than 52 cars were pttached to the "iron horse" The present war might prove a solut- ion of the Irish troubles. War says the Manchester Guardian} is a great teacher of geography, In a| ecmpany of map makers only one, man knew that Edinburgh was west | of Liverpool. The rest jumped to the | wrong conclusion because Edinburgh | is on the east coast and Liverpool! is on the west. In the same way it is a surprise to find that the Atlantic | entrance to the Panama Canal is west of the Pacific entrance. At Brussels Fair on Friday -- last} Milverton horsemen were successful) in carrying off quite a number of | prizes. Mr, R. McMane as usual, cap- tured premium honors with his black | team also annexing the sweepstakes. | Mr. T. Attridge was awarded the red ribbon for his black colts. The races: were all won by Milverton - horses. | Grosch Bros, Cheery Worth romped home an easy winner in the 2.40 class. | In the 2.30 class Mr. John Semple's} Maiden Voyage won quite handily and in the second 2.30 race (hopples pane red) won in straight heats from field of five 'horses. An invitation is extended to the! public to attend a mecting to be held) in the City .Hall. Stratford, Friday | pfternoon. October 9th. at 3.30 o'slos ke | for the purpose of organizing City of Styatford and County of Perth Bel-} gian Relief Committees, It is desired | to thoroughly organize the whole | County s) that all the canvassirg mz ie be done simultaneously--in one day if | possible. The immediate and urgent need of assistance for the vlucky B: 1-| gians who have sacrificed sa much for} the Empire must be realized bv ial It is hoped that there will be a pod jvittienidance at this meeting and the | committees will meet with a e n-ron: response to assist in this laudeble | work, No difficulty is being experienced by! the Provincial Treasurer in disposing | of an idsue of $1,000,000. five year. 5| per cent, Ontario bonds. dated October | 1 1914. The whole amount will be ab. | sorbed at par. many applications | from investors having already, been | received. Owing to the present dis- | turbed conditions in financial world | I. B. Lneas adopted this' short issue | method to secure funds necessary for the present needs of the Province. It} is next to impossible to float loans of | any magnitude in the United States | or England now. The larger part of | the amount being raised is intended for Hydro Electric expenditures. and the Government will retire its indebt- edness to the banks due to decrease in reyenue on account of the war. Indi- ehitions are that the income of -- the! Province willincrease considerably be- fore the fiseal year closes at the end of this month. The funeral of the late John Lang- ford. of Mornington. took place frem his late residence on Thursday after- noon of last week to.Greenwood cc m- | etery where interment took place: Aj very large concourse of friends ond} aequaintances assembled 'to pay the | last mark of respect. A short ser-! yice was held at the-home conducted! by Rev. R. A. Miller who was assist- ed by Rey. J. Robinson after wh hich | the remains were taken to the Meth | adist church. Milverton. where ser- vices were also held. The members of | Court Milverton, No. 99.C.0.F, attend. | ed in a body..six-of their members| viz. Chas. Spencer. John Gropp. Wm,| Hedy~-Thos. Sanderson Colin Kerr and | Andrew Reibling acted as casket bear-| ers. The floral tributes were a pillow | from the family.Gates ajar, Canadian Order of Foresters. sp: Geo | Géreioher--At Mornington. on Sept. A valuable horse the property of Mr. J. Wagner was struck and killed near the 5th line on Friday jlast by a Grand Trunk extra-freight The Pfeffer Milling Co, Ltd. have just received a consignment of 50 ap- vle barrels which will be offered for sale at 50 cents. Further orders for barrels will be filled promptly. The ovlans for Milverton's new vost office recently were slightly re- vised making provision for an extra 12-foot elevation to the tower. This will make the clock Visible from the station road. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wilhelm. and Mrs. Ed. Noll lefti on Mondax, to at- tend the funeral of the former's fath- er. the late Jacob Wilhelm who died at New Hamburg om Saturday at the age of 88 years, };ROWELL'S TRIBUTE NEY. Mr. N. W. Rowell. K.C.. M.°P.. PR. leader of the Opposition in the Ontar- |io Legislature. who is in Ottawa at- | tending the Methodist General Con- ference said in reference to the death of Premier Whitney: 'The news of Sir James Whitney's death comes as as a great shock to the people of the , Province. All 'political differences >are forgotten. all political controver- sies are silenced. in the presence of deep and universal sorrow at his denith. It is difficult to realize that his strong and dominating personal- | ity will no longer preside over the work of the Government and Legis- lature. Our Provincial Parliament has lost its most commanding figure. and the Province one of its most de- voted public servants. Sir James TO WHIT- Whitney *s ability his untiring energy his strome convictions and the vigor 'and tenacity with. which he maintain- ed them. as well as his unselfish de- 'votion to what he believed to be his public duty were I venture to think. the most conspicuous features of his oharacter. In addition to an abiding imterest in all that pertained to the Province of Ontario. he was deeply concerned in the future of Canada and the Empire. His devotion to @ritain and British ideals and the maintenance of the strength and stab ils ty of the Empire could not bat com- mand \respect and admiration. To Lady Whitney who has-been the clomstant companion and support of the Prime Minister in all his arduous public duties. and to the members of the family all citizens will extend their most heartfelt sympathy." ee ee BIRTHS, Pleisdhhauer--At Milverton. on Sept. 25th. to Mr. and Mrs, John Fleiseh- hauer, a daughter, Yrajaefski--At Milverton. on Sep. 24 to Mr. and Mrs, Ed, Kraj son. retsiki. ae to Mir. ahd Mrs, Michael Streivaer, a son, Dahms--At Poole "Mr. and Mrs ' daughiber ou. Sept, ith. to hort Dahms.._a ee OF THANKS, Mrs. John Langford and family | take this opportunity especially the, C.O.f. for their kind- ness and sympathy showed them in the loss of a kind hi band and father Al- | | ferings of thanking |. their many friends and neighbors and} OUR NEW PREMIER Hon, William Howard Hearst. K.C.. |is just fifty years of age. He was born in Arran township, Bruce coua- ty on February 15 1864 and received -- hidoducation at the local public school and Collingwood Collegiate Institute His professicnal career was spent a3 'a busy lawyer in Sault Ste. Maric, | 'For six years he has sat in | Legislature for the riding of Ste. Marie being first elected in 1908 | His rise politically has been rapid, When the Whitney Government came imto office. Mr. Hearst was appointed -- as agent for the Province in connect ion with the guarantee of $2.000.000 to the consolidated industries at Sault Ste Marie. and only resigned from that position to enter the political arena. After three years of service the Minister of Lands. Forests and Mines, on the occasion of Mr. Cochrane's call to Ottawa. life in Northern Ontario. sed in jts resources Personally he is aggressive and has administered his department much vigor. In manner he is brus- que and retiring in disposition kindly but firm. He is fond of home life. and since coming to Toronto has es- tablished himself in a fine house in Glen Road. Rosedale 'Mr. Hearst has loag been an active member of the Methodist Church, and is an advocate of temperance, ee er BOWLERS DEFEATED Two rinks of Milverton bowlers" motored to Wellesley om Monday and enjoyed a few hours on the green there. In the afternoon engagement the Milverton contingent failed to get the range and were badly 'beaten, The battle in the evéning was more evenly contested. Following is seare ;-- Wellesley Altiaman Kaufman Ghaister ardner Skip Forler (Waehler Berscht Reiner Skiw......23 Afternoon Milverton : Rehberg Yundt Zimmermann ger sk en Skip Weir = Rosamond Barr BLS. cs ~ Evening Berscht ; Skip. Reiner Skip.....48 LATE F REDERICK HOL7SChiun The funeral of the 'late rederiok Holzschuh mention ofwWhose deinise was made last week! took place on Satturday morning. Rev. Hislop con- ducted the service .t Lhe house. The cortege followed by .a large cons course of sorr wing friends and neig! bors then proceeded where ~_y-¥! leo wad fold an ohurch by wearers were? LM. avery H. Keble. Rev, The pall fSoellin, W. Mosser. © | ¥ell-and Mr,. Roscor, .The 'floral of- were beautiful. The sym. \ pathy of the entire. commynity goes: pout to the widow and family who have lost a kind helpmate and. a Ton | ine father, \ en er eee PREMIER HEARST'S FOABIN First Minister et Prosident of Bx ecutive Cotthcil, and Ministe Lands. Forests and Mines. Hon, i. Hearst, -- aa Frcenettie ey Hon, J. J. Poy 'Minister of FE dueation. Hon, R. Pyne. : Trovincial Sceretary. "Hon, WwW. Hanna, "The Sun office has a dpienaia stock | puff wedding stationery on hand and is turn out the finest line of Sault © be succeeded Hon. Frnank Cochrane as _ Mr. Hearst has spent' most of hig is well ver~ -- and problems, -- with -- the | 1° Zimmerman to Linwood inthe Tntheme Messrs, W, Allingham, "s get hPa" ee