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The cotton crop will soon boon and .11 th. dulien :will soon be buy n: one of the crop: thst connot in invested by mnchinory. They “nonunion about [our nnd one- hll nmioninlon in this “‘8‘.“ this -AA hull million hols. in this state this you. A Us is shout 500 lbs. sad at. 0! than to the sore is considered agoodyiold. Whoa s nun rents s Brut-shown» gotit by in“ In In s on. ortwo horn :- our Eugen peach. Heve no watermelon autistic: but see melons going non]: by the min load, some of them being over eighty lbs; weight. The wheat end rye harvest finished up in June, end the fields which were need {or those grains are now green with oats. fodder-corn. millet. «to. Whether the wheet would be called an or spring, I cannot say as it is sows about New Yesrs. Melons end peaches ere ehont ell picked. This stete shipped six thonsend carloeds of the letter this seeeon. They grow lager but here not es good 3' flevonr During the past. spasm. Georgia used over a million tom o.‘ fertilizer sad it is worth shout twemy dollars s son A young isrmer wzs telling me how much money be lnu'l paid out [or guano etc., and I told him he would he better to poy mor» for cott- Ie end less {or fertiliZer. He reckon- ed that the: washout right but they we like some youngCaoadians voting; they do as their (others did. It was none of my put in but It would real- ly be much nicer here if they did hove more cows and pull down the price of milk. A cream sepnrntor manufacturer would starve to death here as the good turner women. who is fortunate enough to have any cows. strains the milk right into the churn every morning. Sundays not excepted, and wnliopa the whole business around into a mass of white srnfl which she all: butter. Some ul your readers who have never hm! the pleasure of a trip away "down sa-xth." more especially those who do not know we and my reputa- tion {or xerncity. "light not believe ell, oi imerest. that could be said oboe: Dixieland, so please pardon me for leaving out a lot of stufi that. would make ibis letter read like an article in a New York Sunday Paper. We are in the midst of a farming district, here and have not had real genuine milk on the table for a year. They put. up ; decoction called con- densed milk but. what it really is I’m not prepared so any as our chemists positively refuse to analyze the stnfi. Rocxaua'r, GAL AUG. 1011! 1904. Burro: Dmuun CHRONICLE, I wish to thank you for your kind "krone? to my nun bling description of rome- of the doingsin this country of sunny skin and Confederate Vet- erans {the latter. lik» the survivors of the Ligh' Brigade» being I believe moro- uuuwruus how vban they were fit tho- Nose of the war.) Durham, August 18, 1904. DURHAM CHRONICLE MacFARLANE (We. i This being Presidental year. we , will probably be able to see how an I islecvion is carried on in the U. S. n The white voters in the south are al- ,m05t solidly democratic, while the gnegro naturally marks his ballot for the Republican cand1date. Every Eman black or white, who is twenty- one years old, can read and write, I I and is a citizen of the U. 8.. is entitl- ;ed to a vote in the Presidental eleco .tion. The “read and write” clause 1 does not bar many as they nearly all . . . ' have some little education. This AS we Intend mamng some ' State is allowed thirteen “electors,” . . . ‘ ,. ‘ ; and as the whites are in the majority alte1at10n In 0111 ”t0! 91 ‘d 101: the black voter might as well stay at home. If there were one-hundred 0f Wall Paper H1115t he‘democratic votes to ninety-nine . _ . ' . Republicans the whole thirteen elec- e1the1' moved upstans or 011me would be democrats just the , . ,_ ‘same. These men are the ones who '_“p preter the latte: 1 It 5 do the real balloting for the Presid- _ .. _ ent. so it does not look to me that yours at a snap. 1i )0“ Snap their choice really represents the , , majority. 01' course this will not be qu1ck. All we want 18 to be news to most of your readers. but it Will be to some. In the elections saved the trouble of movinO iei sherifis tax-collectors, treasurers ‘ clerks, epresentatives to the state it. 'lhe profit is tours parliament etc. . thecolored man has no say whatever. as they have what Come and let us Show you. is called 11 “white primary” election 1 and no negro need apply for a vote in'3 fthls. It is practically a scheme to get rid of the negro vote without 1 disenfranchising him, and it works to SIP. I. T ,1] l perfection. 1 ._â€"â€".____.â€"_._.._ From the Sunny South. Druggists and Booksellers. W. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. ‘ This country like many others in .Ga., strictly prohibits the sale. or use 1in public places, of any spirituous or . malt liquors, wine, or hard cider. - In order to keep some of the money . from going to Atlanta, and other “wet” cities, however, a few of the counties have what is known as a , “Dispensary.” These places are run : by the municipality and a means of keeping the taxes down at the ex. 'pense of the surrounding unfortun :ate "dry” counties. There is one at Rome in the next county to us, and it is t:.ere that a good many of our citizens get their liquid joy. In 7thet shop there are four or five dis- . pensers, busy from early morning un- ' til six p. m.. and the speed with i which they can pick out any one of g the several hundred brands of poison, ; would make Val Hahn look like 30c. {worth of beef-steak in Chicago, just i now. Canada is represented there by ; ”Walkers Club.” No drinking is al- ilowed on the premises, but the pro- prietor of the barber-shOp next door is very obliging and lets the thirsty lanes do their drinking in his estabr lishment, even pulls the corks and, furnishes glassesâ€"the empty bottles: being his only recompense. This; institution, the jug and case trade to Atlanta, and the moonshiners, man- ,age to keep the people well supplied and I’m not out very far when I say that there is more whiskey drunk here in a week than there is in Dur- ham in a month that is per head. Have seen boys twelve years old drink down and enjoy stufi that would make old Jack McCaul wilt. And there are very few people here ‘who would not prefer a glass of beer any time, to whiskey. Some people when they came here did not know what it was to have the taste of liquor in their mouths and now they do not know what it is like to he‘ without that taste especially in the mornings. n i The sontherner will tell you that he {likes the nigger, adding always "in ; his own place.” Whether this place §is in Africa or some still hotter country, he does not make clear. 2 The whites are ahead of the blacks [ in population in every state and will likeep on leading as the Italian and ”other white emigrants help to in- , crease their numbers besides the leverage life of a white man here ',is :23 years, while Rastus passes in his ; checks at 19. This disproves the {usual idea that if we do not worry ,7 our days will be more numerous. for :the Georgia nigger certainly is the ?happiest and most contented mortal :conceivable. The spread of Odd-fel- 7lowship and Masonry among them, .‘ is going to result in complicating mat- ters. {or although it is claimed that there is nothing in common between i the two races in either order, the black man cannot see it that way and ' as soon as he has his three degrees thinks he is a full fledged brother. I ' have been told by a local mason of a ‘case where a negro went to Arabia in order to become a Shriner. as it “as not possible for him to get that far advanced in this country. One , of our dusty labourers says he likes to read your paper as he does not see , much about niggers in it. If you ' publish this he will.change his mind. Once he told me “that white folks put notis on watah buckit i‘Whites only’ wont dahnk watah iaftah niggah but it bwack man come :long wid bottl licker white man dahnk den evah time.” With all their faults these are the two things that the people here can. not do without niggers and liquor, and as I' have given considerable space to the black 9. little discourse on the white and red may not be amiss. The negro excursions or u the " crop as the case may be. e one horse :erop being about twenty acres. Why “horse" Idonot knew as the . ’mule is the universal bent of burden. Their preference for this long cared specimen of stupidity, over the horse is another mystery. as the latter eats less, is cheaper. and more useful than the mule. Oxen are still used to a . considerable extent, sometimes single double. quadruple. or three teams hitched tandem fashion. Have also iseen an ax and mule hitched toget- her but the funniest of them all is to .see a whole family coming into town in a wagon. sitting on rocking and ‘other chairs, and drawn by one small ox. 5:5; On arriving at the grounds the tournament commenced with the Fancy Drill competition between the Merritton Thorold teams. The per- fect manner in which the many dif- ficult movements were performed end the fine eppeerence oi the teeme ex- The Tournament which was a grand success came 06 on Thursday after- noon the 4th. The procession pres- ented a fine appearance, being about a mile in length. It was formed up on the Court- House square and mar- ched through the principal streets to the Exhibition Park in the following order :â€"Milton Band. Milton Fire Brigade, Town Council and oficers of the Association. Acton Band, Acton Fire Brigade, Paris Fire Brigade, East Toronto Band. East Toronto Fire Brigade. Thorold Fire Brigade, 48th Highlanders Band, Internation- al Harvester Co’s Fire Brigade, In- geraoll Band. Ingersoll Fire Brigade. Niagara Fall Band, Alert H. L. Co’y Niagara Falls, Rescue 5. L. Co’y Niagara Falls, Bender Hose Co. Niagara Falls. Hose and Steamer Co. Niagara Falls. West End Co. Niagara Falls, Merritton Fire Brigade. The following officers were elected for the your lBOézâ€"Preeident, J. Vandersluyes. Niagari Falls; lst Vice President, S. Mofl'att, Merritton; 211d Vice President, J. A. Stafiord, Midland; Secretary. W. J. Armstrong Milton; Treasurer, Wm. Miller, Smiths Falls. Mayor Anderson on behalf of the Town Council welcomed the visiting firemen to the town and said that he hoped their stay would be one of pleasure both to visitors and citizens generally. President Smith thanked the Mayor and Council for the cordial welcome tendered the delegates. It was announced the Provincial Volun- teer Firemen’s Assocation chntario, had been incorporated with head- quarters at Merritton. The general business of the Association was then begun. It was decided that the next convention be held at Merritton. Rev. A. J. Bell of Grace church, opened the convention with prayer. The following was the roll call of delegates :â€"â€"Walter Smith. President of Trenton, J. Nandersluyes Niagara Falls, S. Mofiat Merritton, \Vm. Mil- ler Smiths Falls, Robert Logan Wal- laceburg. Thomas Skinner Niagara Falls, F. Caulfield Niagara Falls, Geo. A Thomas Niagara Falls, H. Webber Niagara Falls, A. Martin l‘horold. A.‘ J. Fisher Thorold, R. Shriner Thorold, A. Clark Merritton, J. McLean Merritton, R. Clark Mer- ritton, Geo. Crawford Par is. B. Jones Paris, N. J. Pollard Hamilton. R. Torry Durham, John Rose Durham, W. Duff Trenton, J. Stafford Mid- land, R. Harvey Woodstock, Thos. Gamble Acton, R. D. Graham Acton. J. \Vhite East Toronto, E. F. Earl Milton, F. Morley Milton. W J. Armstrong. J. F. Little Milton. The Fifth Annual Convention of the F. V. F. A. opened in the Town Hall, Milton, on Tuesday, August the 2nd, at 2 p. m., President Smith of Trenton. presiding. Haping that you, and any of your readers, who read this will survive. He was asking if Tom Hill would soon be back from his vacation and if his home were not in New York state. I answered that he would soon be back and that he was a Cana- dian living only a few miles from my own home. This caused him to re- mark "that partly accounts for him being such aclever fellow.” Whetho or it was because that he lived near me or owing merely to the fact that he was a Canuck that made him clever he did not make plain. I thanked him for the compliment and went on my way rejoicing. A good deal of Canadian money is inveSted in this plant and I am pleased to be able to say that it looks to me as if they had a good thing. During the construction of the plant there were quite a number of the old Durham gang here, but now there are only four of us vimâ€"Gr. A. Mc- Grane. Sup’t.; Will Sheridan, day foreman ; Tom Hill, foreman of the crushing dept. and myself. That the other boys who were here made a good “impression, can be gathered from a few remarks made by our quarry foreman, a Virginia old style Presbyterian, who never says any- thing he does not mean. Should any of your readers think that this country is not a fit place to live in. they are sadly mistaken. for with all its peculiarities there seems to be an attraction about it that is unexplainable. The climate is ideal the majority of the people are nice. and the remainder call you “mistah” raise their hats and even get 05 the the side-walk to let you go by. Atlanta Constitution” calls them Shoot-feats.” are very interesting af- fairs. A good many whites take ad- vantage of the low rates and in order to keep the one race from trying to exterminate the other they put the blacks in the front coaches and whites in the rear. 9. dining-car so- parating them. There being numer- ous curves on the road. however, gives them a chance to get a peck at oneanether, and they surely do take advantage of them. A train that has come through one of those ex- perience, looks as if adozen howitzers has been using it for atarget. They do not confine themselves to their fellow travellers. but shoot at every- thing that takes their fancy along the way. It is :not safe to be near the line of excursion travel. for. if they do not get you with the revol- vers a bottle will very likelyhit you. Firemens’ Convention. Yours truly, Rom. S. MCGOWAN. July 19, l904.â€"3 pd. Notice is hereby given that I will not be responsible for debts con- tracted by any member of my family unless specially advised by me, either personslly or in writing. HUGH MCDONALD Priceyille, Ont. - n A- A‘A- A Oolng Sept. 13th and 17th. Returning until Nov. I4th and 28th. For pamphlet nod all particulars and tickets apply to any Canadian Pacific Agent. \Vinnipeg $30.00 iglolwbray ' e orame . . Souris {31'0” Brandon Lyleton , Lenore , Miniota ;‘ 32.00 Elgin E I\3’VavvanesaJ inscarth i . . .. Moosomin 1 32°20 Arcola - - 32.50 Estevan ' Yorkton } 33'0" One way tickets to Winnipeg only will be sold. but each person purchasing will be furnisheu with a coupon on which. after such person has been hired at Winni to work as a farm labor er, but not- later t n August 31:“. 1904, {rev transportation will he iron the holder fron- Wiunipeg to any Conan ian l'acifiv station in- Manitoho or Aestniboh. West or Southwest on Northwest of Wiuni g, but not beyond Moose Jaw, Estevan or Yor ton. From all stations on C. 1’. R. Torontotjity. Mead- owvale. Guelph City and north. and all stations on lines of G. '1‘. L. Toronto to Saruia and north. excepting north of Cardwell Juno, and north 0: Toronto on North Boy section on August 23rd. \Vill lw run to statinns on Can. PIC. in Manitnba and Assinilmia. Wuat. South-Wm! and North- west of \Vinnipvg as far as Moose Jaw, Estevan and Yorkton ' FARM LABORERS WANTED. fl FARM [ABORERS' EXCURSIDNS L‘ that l have transmitted. or delivered to the persons mentioned in Sections 5 and 6 of the Voter 2" List Act, the copies required by said sections to be so transmitted or de- livered of the List, made persuant to said Act. of all persons appearing by the last revised Assessment. ltoll of the said Muni- cipality to be entitled to vote in the said Municipalit.‘r at elections for members ot the Legislative Assemblyand at Municipal Elections. and that said list was first posted up at my oflice at Durham on the 2nd day of August, 1904. and remain there for in- spection. Electors are called upon to ex- amine the said list. and it'any omissions or other errors are found therein to take im- mediate proceedings to have the said errors corrected according to law. Dated this 2nd day of August, 1904. NV. B. VOLLET, Clerk of DURHAM. A. H. Notman, Ant. Gen. Pm. Agent, Toronto ToWn of Durham, At three o’clock in the afternoon for the purpose of presenting financial statement. election of oflileis and other business. D. JAMIESON, HE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING of the Durham Manufacturing 00., .I. of the Durham Manufacturing Co., Limited, will be held in the office of the Company. Durham, on That the power of Nerviline quick- ly makes itself felt. Any aching tooth can be relieved by Nerviline in a few moments by filling the cavity with batting soaked with Nerviline. A good plan is to rub the gums with Nerviline also. There isn't a single remedy that has one fourth the pain- relieving power of Nerviline which acts like magic. Nerviline kills the pain outright and prevents it from returning. You can’t beat Nerviline for toothache or neuralgia; it’s the best pain cure made. Price 250. The best appearing company on parade, Merritton. Company com- ing the longest distance. Ingersoll. The East Toronto Brigade was accom- panied by the Mayor and Council of that town which shows the great in- terest that they take in their firemen. Rom. Tour. 1 JOHN ROSE. ’Delegates‘.. The Hose Reel race was the big event of the games. the prize being the largest. There were nine entries in this race. The run is for 200 yds. to hydrant. couple on hose. run out 100 yds of hose and put on pipe ready for water: lst. Paris 49 sec; 2nd. East Toronto 491 sec; Merritton 49 2-5 sec. There were 7 entries for the Hook and Ladder race : the run is for 300 yds. with ladder mounted on wagon. The time is taken from the start till the ladder is raised full length and a man reaches the top rung. lst Alert Niagara Falls. 45 sec.; 2nd. Internaâ€" tional Harvester Co , Hamilton. 46 3 5 sec ; 3rd, Paris, 47 sec. These races were run on time and were very hotly contested as can be seen by the figures. cited general admiration. Merrittcn won with 94 points out of 3 possible 100. Thorolde total being 87. VOTERS’ LIST, I904, OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN It’s When You Have Toothache HARVEST EXCURSIUNS Saturday, Aug. 20th ANNUAL MEEHNG. COUNTY OF GREY. M UNICIPALI'I‘Y OF THE NOTICE. President. Strathcona Red Deer Calgary Macleod Pr. Albert Regina - - $32 .75 Moose Jaw‘ Kamsack $4. 00 Swan RiverJ' Saskatoon 3.) ' £5.25 J. KELLY. Secretary. 38.0 0 Showroomsâ€"West of the House Sables. JUHN QVINGSIUN, Agent vâ€" â€"' \‘U‘ UUUW' rooms if you are thinking of getting one put up with short netice. We and all makes. See us before you Hay Forks and Slings WRITE or leave Owen Sound and Durham Almost any reliable make on hand. REPAIRING DONE QUICKLY See our lines in Babies’ Soft Soles Laced and Buttoned. in black. tan white and blue. We can sell you a good strong TRUNK from $1.73 Our Have you seen our Women’s 81.50 Dongola Luced Boot? I: ‘very claw.-s resembles the $2.00 values. Our Women’s $1.25 Oxford is said to be the nicest ever shown at the money The best 31 The merits of our Footwear that we have manufactuml and bought for this season’s business. They are certainly great sellers and wearers. We must believe it for the people say so. We can I. . . <1 Help Praisingé Town Lots for Sale $1.00 Ladies’ Commonsense Strap Slippers have met the approvm every purchaser. M $1.75 shoe value is found in our Men’s Box Calf and are regular“ sold for 82 25. Fitted up with round rod tracks saves time, work and money. Fitted in barns all complete ready to go to work. DURHAM,0NT word at our Show- Middtugh 0f Shoe Dressing-s ;11\\‘2:f.~ Boots and Shoes baa-(3f 113:5 March 1-.“ wuuAAdJJL‘. .lk” Bulls. lieâ€"3;“ and Cows. 'I‘orm~ arranged. VERSCHOYLE {lml' d of herd. H. PARKER. --L ‘ A. Now is the time to leave you: order for o. poir of genuixm hand-mode Boots or Shoes h x‘ I hove now ojourneymou shoc- mokor nod con ottend promptly to your wants. either in repaix - in z or custom work. Trunks. Volta... Telescoper. 8°50“ 3|“, Harvest Mitts. STRICTLY CASH SYSTI-IFI up. Iowa 18 the Chen; , n Dun-hum, but u. Siva everyone {u’ ‘0! money {hr} Durham and I A SNOW} CHURN BIN DEE DILLO) BAY MO “(CLAI Stov DOVN’SW that “'ril not I HEAD of t RUGSt SCIRRO BIN DE GLASS LADD SCALE APPI kin bud Bu Ru Do Biw on till \K' c f r01 plv