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3i??? 7" Eflfiee [0 r ‘l Erma...) I. d’s Harness. Spréads and Harness Repairs. Oil’s and Grease’s. STOVES FURNACES. Singer Sewing Machines. TIE CREAM SEPARATORS. Evin find just what they want here, and what is 'or our prices are extremely EDruggists and Booksellers gran money EilacFaI‘lane 61 00. '83. 1’ uppfies :For you to buy Must first of all be reliable and suit you in Qual- fity finish :1 m1 time in offering you (such standard makes as i Waltham, Hampden, Elgin, Webstefi’s special “'9 have. the reputation of the Lax-gust Manufacturers. and our iuarantee to secure to you the satisfaction desired. Percy G. A. Webster the Jeweller, Durham before making a Purchase. he Best Watch We have in sto< .pposite Post Office. Inks. Etc. Book Straps, TFARM MACHINERY J. White 8: Son Threshing Ma- chines. “erything A gent for the Percival Flows. 11 kinds of repairs kept on hand. School Sherloch Manning Organs. Heintzman Pianos. 10 JOHN H. MUHDUEK Frost 8’ plemems. Yourself what we are Showing: m will go further 1 American Life Assurance Co. u-ry throughout Toronto ‘Windmifls. rvthing 11 possibly need Instruments AGENT FOR All Kinds of Watches and in the primary hels, students in the Middangh House Block more, their th now and at let-e. the the The European anarchists are on the rampage again. and if reports be true the Shah of Persia and King Alfonso of Spain are their latest victims. To those in a position to know and who have followed up the history of Persia since the ascension to the throne of the present ruler thirteen months ago his death is not to be wondered at and has been expected for some time. A!- ways trying to upset the new constitu- tion of Persia when no one was look- ing, he would, on being found out, swear by that ordinance, and at it when he was free again. He is not trusted by his people. and demonstraâ€" tions against him were in vogue in Teherzm befc re he had been Shah a. week. so it is not strange under such existing circmnstz-tnces that Shah Mohamed Ali Mir/.3 should fall by the knife of some. Persian anarchist. E A Grimsby minister says that Chris- ' tians should go in and win, and used a hockey match as an illustration of the determination required. If mini- ‘Stcrs generally follow his advice you i won’t be able to tell if a man has been [to church or come out of a street écorner scrap, but it will be handy to 2 some of us no doubt. SANCTUM SlFTINGS. tl' not so with t1 STEREE-FIFTHS’ CLAUSE RE MOVED. other It gether ' Since the ab (ll-id despatch truth in the I'll King Alfonso. 1 assihation of m '13 Now they want to abolish all the bats in Ontario and makv treating illegal. You’ll have to buy your own “sodys” next summer all right, or go dry. A \Vinnipeg despatch to the Toronto Star. on Saturday last. contains the following information regarding the Provincial Government's Liquor Li-1 cense mu. 1: says:â€"â€"â€"“The Provincial} Government’s Liquor License bill, just distributed, proposes some radical changes in the lax. Of these the most important is one which the Liberals urged strongly during the last election campaign and Which formed part of their platform. A majority. instead of a three-fifths vote, will hereafter, if the bill be passed. besuflicient to carry a local option by-law, and in case of the repeal of such a by-law two years are required to elapse before it can be re-submitted. “ Any person who has been convicted I of drunkenness five times in any one year may, upon his next conviction for a. similar offence, before any magi- strate or justice of the peace. be de- clared to be an incorrigible and an habitual drunkard, and such magi- strates or justices of the peace shall i have power to commit to gaol or other place of confinement for a period not exceeding one year, with or without hard labor.” The provisions concerning habitual drunkards are very much elaborated. There is a. clause proposing that: DURHAM. FEBRUARY 20. 1908. SRHAM CHRONICLE \V I At the annual meeting of the South! Grey County L. O. L. on Tuesday af- ternoon the twelve lodges in Durham‘ and Mt. Forest District. comprising the jurisdiction, were well represented. Mr. Robert Birmingham. Organizer for Ontario “Vest, was present and delivered a very forceful historical address on the Orange Order .from its birth to the present day. which was pmuch appreciated by the brethren. :Offlcers for the ensuing year were ielected as follows:â€"W. M., James lEden, Varney: D. 31., C. Hockridge. Cedarville: Chap., Rev. Mr. Mclnnes Cedarville; Rec.-Sec., J. A. Wilson, k1()ll )k Durham; Fin.-Sec., J. “F. Blyth, Var- ney; Treas., R. J. Eden, Vamey; Dir. Gen, P. McQueen, Robb; Lect.. Thos. Tucker, Val-nay; Dep. Lech, W. Adair. Alsfeldt, and J. Anderson, W “I L. O. L. COUNTY MEETING. V8 NOTE AND COMMENT. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. too he 'OV zt-tel \V Cl’f above was. in type, a Ma- h says that. there is no rumored assassination of I'SOD THE t tyrant an understand, ally excuse the It like the Shah ‘ pf SFliD.‘ Here er, beloved by .nds of his pen- houghts are for :e be 2008 he is human nan \V $991118 l! ms Clll lprits. rdx alto- not ID wâ€"Jâ€" â€"~â€" â€"7 and from 8.30 till 11 o’clock p. m. the air was full of dissected portions of the Edge estate, town halls, armories and market scales. Luckily the two can- nons donated by H. H. Miller had not vet arrived or they too might have. The Town Council met according to adjournment on Friday evening last, and from 8.30 till 11 o'clock p. m. the been pressed into service. and with such artillerymen as Lieut. Calder, Sergeant Saunders and Private Brown in command we shudder at the thoughts of the final outcome. As it was, after an ov-atox-ical bombardment of two hours, our chances for an armory this summer are mighty slim, and from present appearances the Dominion Government is in the neigh- borhood of $2500 in pocket over the deal. In the start off, a wrangle arose be- tween the Reeve and Councillor Brown as to the primary object of this buying a site anyway. The Reeve contended that the committee had been appointed to examine into sites for a market and town hall. Mr. Brown said he under- stood the whole trouble arose over the procuring of a site for the armm'y, and was backed up in his contention by Mayor Calder. Proceeding farther, Mr. Brown said he thought the coun- cil was doing right to huy 31. site. for all cil was doing right to buy a site for all three institutions if they could be procured at a right figure, and he was in fzwor of the Edge property. ha of 9000 P" th in to only markel to the and he \vulfld h ever Voted for it. Mr. Sharpe was of the opinion that the market, site was good enough as it is, andst for the Volleb property it was as near the centre of the town as any. and was practically ready to any. and w build on. Councillor McGowan thought that while the Edge property may he far- ther from the centre it seems nearer, and a building placed there would have a better appearance than in the lower end of the town. 1116 As far as the two properties and saving to town were concerned, Mr. Kress thought the Edge property was agood big saving, and the losing of the free site on which the present market is situated should be considerâ€" ed. He wnuld give $1000 for the pro- perty if the town bought it and cared to sell. The Mayor then addressed the Coun- cil and stated that Mr. Miller urged their immediate action in the matter, as further delay might lose the town the government grant for another year at least. ~That no ratepayer was desirous of losing the present market site was one of the items he dwelt: . . 5 upon, also that the town is not in a! position at present to build another i engine room and market. He thought l the present site was worth considerab- ; 1y more than $1000 to the town. The ; ratepayers didn’t want a public build- ing situated at either end of the town, but would demant a central position. i *Altogether. in his opinion, the Vollet‘ ; property could not be compared with i the Edge prwerty, and a building on i the latter piece 01 ground would be worth considerably more. He thought the Council were deciding the matter on personal grounds entirely, as the men from the south were to a man favorable to the erection of the armory in that end of town, and vica versa. In his conversations around town and in the opinions he had heard, he said that none were detrimental to the Edge property, and that in his opinion it was more suitably situated and more beneficial to the town from a. monetary point of View. At the close of a very heated discus- sion on both sides, a motion by Kinnee -â€"Robertson, to purchase the Vollet property. and an amendment by Brownâ€"Kress to close the agreement with the nge estate was laid before the Mayor. letting This is just where the CHRONICLE is all at sea. The motion was put before the Council and lost: the amendment was not voted on at all. According to out-impressions, the amendmen t should have been first read. but then, as we do not lay any claim to an extensive knowledge of affairs municipal, we may be wrong, but we don’t think so. Bouncillor Kinnee next )1‘, and in explanation awed change of opinion go to the V oilet property 1 not previously known t mertv was for sale. H Mr. Ernest Meldorf, and sister Miss Emma, of Hanover, visited friends in town over Sunday. Dr. Jarnieson, M. P. P., and Mrs. J amieson, celebrated their silver wed- ding anniversary Tuesday of last week at their home in Durham. The many feet over the Edge est: would cost at least $11 :9 same shape) and th 'I own Council. 2‘) more. 'J site from its one on mill 2 nut of the l pm )perty PERSONAL. ~. The n‘mving of the :1 its present, location mill street; would be the lake into the sea,’ hate to think he had THE DURHAM CHRONICLE ;y had an area. :9 estate (which 15‘: $1000 to put h the from the , said he he Vollet took the cost was showed O Notice to Delinquents LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:â€" During the summer and fall we published a series of notices to delinquent subscribers asking for payment of arrears at one dollar a year or $1.50 if we should be obliged to place accounts in other hands for collection. We met with a generous respon'e, over $700 being paid in. . We hank all who attended to our request, but 9 there is still a large amount of our money lying round the countryl and we must have it. \Ve have placed a few of our accounts in other bands, as some of our read- ers will soon learn. Others will go in about the first Week in Feb- ruary if not previously settled. It costs us money to collect and we would honestly prefer a dollar a year paid direct to us rather than a dollar and a half through our collectors. If those who have not already paid will send us a dollar a year for arrears and a dollar for 1008 we will. accept it from all whose accounts are not in the col- ORIGIN OF FAMOUS BASEBALL POEM “CASEY AT THE BAT.” standing together shoulder smile on Tim Murmme, the veteran Boston sporting writer. speaking of the grand old-timers of baseball, says: There was ease. in Casey’s manner as he stepped to his placeâ€" There was pride in Casey’s bearing, a. smile on Casey’s faceâ€"- And while responding to the cheers, he lightly dofi's his cap. No stranger in the crowd could doubt ’t-was Casey at the bat. ' That was “King Kel” as sure as you live. Full of confidence, Wearing his bewildering smile. The only fault about this clever poem is the manner in which the great player was called out on strikes. It might be a. case of poet’s license. Kelly could place a ball and drive it with asavage smash for a homer over the left field fence, and always in per- fect form. He never played to the gallery, and yet the spectators could never take their eyes off this man while in action, so interesting was his work. “King Kel” sleeps in a near-by cem- etery, practically passedup in memory by the profession that he did so much for. Perhaps some day a substantial headstone will be placed over the original of “Casey at the Bat” by the rank and file of the profession. The funeral of Mr. Joseph Corbett, who died in Gravenhurst on Thursday last, was held from the residence of his son-in-lzrw, Mr. Thos. Livingston, on Monday afternoon last. The deceased gentleman was for a number of years a highly respected resident of this locality and lived on his farm on the 2nd cdncession, near Vickers, up till five years ago, when he sold out and has since lived retired. He was born in Ayr, Scotland, in 1836. and emigrated to this country in the year 1 37 when 21 years of age, locating in Gait. In 1859 he was mar- ried to Miss Barbara Brown, who pre- deceased him two years ago, and in the fall of 1860 moved to this vicinity. settling near Vickers. Mr. Corbett was, about two weeks ago, stricken with paralysis, and after an illness lasting only one week passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Armstrong, Gravenhurst. He leaves to mourn his loss five sons and four daughters: Thos., in Toronto; Mrs. Armstrong, in Gravenhurst; James, in Covina, California; Mrs. Joseph Parker, in Kirkwell; William, John and Mrs. Montgomery, in Sault Ste Marie; and Mrs. Thcs. Livingston, of town. We have not yet sent in our second batch of subscription accounts, but will shortly. We hate to put our readers to extra. cost but it seems we’ve got to and what we’ve got to do we’ll do. If you are one of the Belin- quents you may profit by remitting DEATH OF JOSEPH CORBETT. lector’s hands. money by remitting today. A NOTE 0F WARNING. \V' IRWIN. Publisher. on may save 3 Great Sale of Silvqrware Now is Your Chance to buy High-Class .______â€"â€"__â€"_:__â€":.-_â€"_Zfireat Reductions._ We areqm bting on sale our Entire Stock of 1 Quality Silverware at about half of what it is \\ These goods'are made by the Stal'ldamd Silva Company, of Toronto, The Toronto Silverplz‘m and Rogers well-known goods. 2‘ ) 20 20 17 .a') 20 43(102911 Rnger 5 tea, SPOODS, . . . . . . . . ~'~ “ dessert spoons . . . .. h ‘ “ knivesForks “ “ celluloid handle knives The above three firms make nothing but quality goods and this is what- We are sellin Great Silverware Sale. Now is the chance time to buy What you need in Silverware. H t “ fruit dishes 6 “ cake baskets... And Hundreds of other only berry 66 R. B. Keeler Sons spoons. Must not be confounded with the ordinary remedies for Colds and La. Grippe. “Gun’s Grip Capsules” are entirely unlike them in every respect. One trial’will prove their superiority. Gun’s Drug Store. .. . ............ “ 4.00 “ :2. 1H snaps like these. See our Window this week. )I ADE ONLY AT worth $4.00 per dozen, nmv $2 . u 5.3) 6. n 3 . “ 6.00 -‘ ~~ 1 ‘6 2.50 2.50 1.75 Feb. 20 each 6‘ verwat of the 1908 M D class prices. Fall Wheat ..... Spring \Vheat . . . Oats ..... . ...... Peas ............ Barley .......... McIntyre B Potatoes per bag. . . . . Flour per cwt ........ Oatmeal per sack ..... Chop per cwt.... Live Hogs, per nwt. .. Dressed Hogs per cwt Hides per 1b ........ Sheepskins. .... W'ool ............... Tallow ..... Lard .............. . Turkeys ............. Geese ..... c ......... Ducks .. Chickens ............ Feb. ‘20, 1,908 itm LEARN BREE BY M1 W - We also teach a pd “‘3 a. monthâ€"class corrnzeq “Ch month. These lessons ts “It. . er any garmer‘x. fr“ “38 2‘3.” thef most elabcr m learn rom one con 3’3 7’000 dressmakers and F. m ,myho cannot lea: r. be IV. DUM- You cannot learn or» course teaches it i‘ w Beware ox' imitat ionfi cthe school. This is Statue School in Car. Mother country. \ wife have cut our time. Address $5 *giggg “Rams DRESS cm 31 Erie Street. Station WA ANTED AT O\CE- *0 Illstrnct and emplox a Whilies to teach o r liking having one tea “towns w here tbex Thu” 3?!!!) have worked a To TIiE PL’BLI In Your Spare Tim "' Take a Personal C‘ 3393b“: 3111 to learn. we tea B. PHE NOW is your 1%: Suit. Overcoat ( you are in need like to measnrv We are (,‘()n\'i!‘.f_‘< you better than Llr. Glass is at cutting himself making we 11:: man to make Ll away down. Market Re 5’8... 000‘... DURHAM. 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