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Mr. James McCrie, of Sarnia, whose name appears amongst the drowned on the ill-fated Titanic. is a nephew of Mr. David McCrie who lives a short distance south of town. The unfortuna‘ce ‘man was engaged by an English com- pany to test property they had in Egypt for oil. He «had been out there eighteen months, and was on his return home to join his wife and family. He wrote from Lon- don. saying hewould soon be and that he was waiting a few‘ days, so as to cone On the Titanic.i He leaves a widow and thge children, besides his father, mo‘ther,i brothers and sisters, to mourn his; untimely end. . i W’e are indebted to our repre- sentative, Mr. R. J. Ball, M.P., for a large picture showing all mem- bers of the House of Commons in the session of 1912, including members of the Cabinet, the Gov- ernor-General, and the Duchess of Connaught. Unfortunately, the picture reached here in two parts, the mailing tube and picture be- ing completely broken in two, in passing through the mails. It was a beautiful piece of Work, and every member appeared his very best. ’ ’° Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Smith and family left Wednesday morning for Disley, Sask., Where they intend to spend the summer, fall and early Winter. Mr. Smith shipped a gasoline traction engine, and a five-furrowed gang plow, "which he intends to use for breaking purposes until after harvest, when she Will turn his attention to threshing during the season. Theyi have not yet decided Whether they' will remain in the West or not. ‘ 91“ in March and the early part of April, we pay up for it it :May and June, but with a cold March and early April We may reasonably look for a good growing season in May and June. It .is just as Well to look always on the bright side; The dark days will come soon enough. ix, L.- If the spring come-son now. and remains good and Warm and free from frost, we may yet be able to rejoice in a good :harvest. Usual- h' when We have very warm weath- at the next fair. Needless to say, the better class Will get the prefer- ence. There Were some new buyers there last fair day, and these and others expect to be present next time. ' Mrs. Wm. Black is still a patient in one of the Toronto hospitals, recovering, we are pleased to learn, from injuries received some months ago, by which her hip bone was fractured and displaced. A very difficult operation had to tained that she Will recover‘ strength in a much greater degreel than Was at first hoped for by the hospital specialists. l _ The horse fair on Thursday last was :a great success. Forty-four horses were purchased and the prices ran from $31 to, $250. Mayor Black tells us there may be another fair next month, as some of the' buyers are anxious to return. W's, understand that horses of all sorts and confitions will find purchasers The milk business has again changed hands, Mr. Lauder having sold out last Week to Mr. James Atkinson. .Mr. Atkinson made the rounds about'fifteen years ago, and it will not take long for [him to get his hand in again. Mr. Lauder succeeded Mr. Fin‘ney, but found the business too- much for him to_ attend to. in connection with his farm. Mr. David Smith, Who has been ill for the past three years, , and confined to {his home all Winter; is taking- advantage of the .fine weather, and comes down occasion- ally to the foundry to see the boys work. Though able to be out, he is far from well.’ . Spring may come. It’s cold for April 24th. Have you had .a chance to Wear your Easter bonnet yet? Remember the EpWorth League meeting on Monday evening, April 29th, The topic will be taken by the ' President. Everybody “'91- come. . ' Renewals are now in Order. VOL. 44â€"N0. 2347. NEWS AROUND TOWN I U, â€"â€"-v-~'HA\-vl, Us VV’Hlte, N. MC-i ¢Cannel, E. Goodwin, G. 'Dhompd Li’son‘R. Taylor, Committee of Man- [lagement The raan'e committee Major P-euchen, of Toronto, has a good deal to say, but it seems his memory is coming back, and some ‘ , r of his early visions Were nothing 'iCODSlStS Of the prGSIdent, the 181)“ more than day dreams, and neWS- .i'tain, the lieutenant, Dr. Huttonipapér misrepresentatioms. We :and Geo. Loflhiamt It Was resolved-have no patience With people who , and carried unanimously that azare always ready to jump at con- I . 'rlile match be held on the 24rth ofrclusions andofihirorw the blame on iMay, at which ten prizes will be'the other fellow ’ ‘competed for, the match to be’ open to all bona fide members of: . President Ismay denies in toto‘ the Association, and of D Companygthairing ever dined with Captain: Intending com- Smith, or ever having. attended a advise banquet with him.. He farm .- . \ lR.J. Ball. Hon. Pres.‘ , W. Ramagze. fHon. Vice Pres.; S. Hughes, Pres.: {D- B. .Jamieson, Capt.‘ , A. Everett, gLieut.; J. P. Telford, Secy.; John ’Kelly, Treasurer; J. White, N, Mc- Cann-el, E. Goodwin, G. 'Dhomp- son.R. Taylor, Committee of Man-. agement. The range committee; consists of the president, the ‘cap-’ tain, the lieutenant, Dr. Huttoni and Geo. Loflhiazn. It was resolved, and carried unanimously that 4 a: rifle match 'be held on the 24th of: fI The junior form of the Public {school has become so over-crowded LIthat it had to be divided and an- .iother teacher engaged to take Icharge of part of them. Miss 5Edith Allan is now taking care of .the little tots in the Rifle Associa- tion roOm of the Armory. Another expenditure for increased school I'accommodation is staring the peo- ple in the face, and it must soon ». be attencyed to. If We are to keep abreast o tihe times, we must look ‘after the educational interests of the rising generation. imanufacture of chairs and tables] Steam will have to be «kept up, of I course, to take care of the dry;; kilns beating of the building, and. e sprinkler system. We under-‘3 ; I q A. meeting of the )South Greyit Rifle Association was held in theft armory Monday evening, when the? s £0110Wi118 Officers Were D‘DrM-QA _ l n [W. K. Reid, has been confined to 'the house for the past Week owing ,to injuries sustained through afall ifrom his bicycle in the township of Holland. Mr. Reid seems to know very little about how the accident occurred, as 'he Wasevidently un- conscious for a time after the accident. His face rWas badly bruised, and he feels the effects of the fall in parts of his body. He} At Liberty, N. Y., on April 22nd, ng. Newton S. Ford was united in 'marriage to Miss Esther W'ilkdnson, formerly of Varney. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have left on a short trip (low: the Atlantic coast to Old Paint Comfort, and Richmond, Va.. and expect to visit Washington, D. 0., Baltimore and Philadelphia on their return. Mr. and Mrs. Ford will make their home in Liberty, New York. . ‘ Miss E. J. Robinson, who spent a few Weeks in Durham -a short time ago, introducing a Biblical work for children, “Happy Sundays with the Bible,” “The ‘Vhite Slave Traffic,” and “The Red ‘Letter Bible,” will be here to deliver the same to subscribers on or soon after May 5th. Durham’s veteran wheelsman, Mr An interesting and instructive paper on the life and works of France‘s Ridley Havergal, was read by Mrs. Hugh McCrae, on Mon- day evening, at the Epworth League meeting, After the regular meeting, a special meeting. was *held for the election of officers. McPherson shoes, 3 larEefitock men’s, Women’s and children’s. just received. and will be sold at low prices. At Grant’s. an. Butter is down to 25c., but that’s a good price for a poor man with a big family to feed, e machinery for the recent! ion is now in place, and! mas been commenced on the' Lcture of dh-ajrs and tables.l will have to be «kept up, of I 4-,; L-” care of the dry. 'f the bIJildmg, and F'stem We under-l mtemtion of the; n the saw mill by! is no boast to [1 Furniture Co, is JSouth Grey 33 held in the mg) When the Were elected- {the passengers would , now be “ sounding her praises. Nobody is guilty of 'a wilful wrong. No- body thought of disaster, destruc- ‘tion and death. It seems that it i ‘v as to be. The fact is the captain, the of-' ficers, the crew and perhaps the: We are 31w; cpassengers felt safe and easyicitizens, but on their (new ocean palace. N0 0ne:exodu‘s as re; ever dreamed of disaster. She was comes round. running farther south than usual;.Mr. and Mrs at this season of the year. Sheng. and Mr: struck an iceberg, she 'went tojtheir son, Ro pieces, she went down. It was aniMrs. White, a accident. If she had been a fewl't-er, Gladys, 1e hundred yards out of the course‘Sask., 'Wth-ere she took. no one would ever havemate, By the known {how near danger they had:Mrs. John W been; she would have {made aldaughter, Ire! record maiden trip, and the cap-'Sask. All ‘hiav tain, the officers, the sailors and and .hig-hlv 'm: l o l l l President Ismay escaped with [those who were fortunate enough :to save their lives. It isn’t shown ’that he pushed aside any woman .or child ’in order to save his own life. Is it a crime for a man to escape with his life? It would seem so, unless everybody else escaped too. \President Ismay. like the captain and officers, had confidence in the strength of the; boat. or he wouldn’t have risked his life on it. He Was in thejreck, 'he escaped with seven hundred others, and now he’s blamed be- cause the didn’t drowm. 1 Captain Smth was enijoying a* .banquet with the President of the'.; ILine But his critics say he should; have been on the bridge Is its necessary for the captain to be on! "tne bridge all the time? _ 113 1t 1' 'possible that he could do so? No:} ;at all. Captain Smith had been a 'seaman for nearly fifty years, and: he never before saw a shipw reek. He was taking his last trip on the largest, and supposed the best ship ever built by the White Sta1l Line Is it likely he was careless, fox the sake of courting disaster?J and meeting with a sudden and ] heioic death? It isn’t at all prob-£ able. He was acting only as a' human being would be expected to 1 act. He acted the fian to the i very last, and he died a he1o c when the boat went down. It Y 5; no doubt of the fact that Captain 5 Smith and his offieexs and crew set {out 111th the idea that they had the latest and the best in shipâ€" building, They had the assur- gance that she was unsinkable, ev‘en iif she met with mishaps that éraused other ships to founder. The 7great catastmphe uhich sent the ETitanic to the bottom 1111 a few ibrief hours has demonstrated m01e ;f01cib1y than ex er before the fsmallness of man, and this great gachievements, when brought in. fighting Contact with the greatet i forces of Nature. If the vessel had gone slowlv enough to escape the; .disaster, and spent a day or two longer on the high seas, her name \\ ould now be mentioned in deris-f ion by the fast age who are often! in a ’hurry to reach their destin-z ation, and perhaps squander hours when they get there, against min-I utes that were gained at the risk' of 'human lives. - 1 I berg and landed in New York without accident, and in a time that would break all previous records, she would now be receiv- ing all kinds of praise. There is For the past ten days; the foun- r dering of the Titanic seems to have absorbed the thought of everyone. The monetary loss is estimated at twelve or thirteen million dollars. but the loss of 1635 human lives can never be estimated. And now the Wise ones are read'y' to blame someone for 'blundering. The ves- sel was going too fast, they say, and .no doubt they tell the truth. If she had only escaped that ice- DURHAM. 0NT., THURSDAY, APRIL 25 1912‘ FIXING THE BLAME the} We are always sorry to 108e 200d isy'citizens, but there seems to be an >ne.exodu‘s as regularly as the spring ’ras comes round. On Tuesday last, ualng. and Mrs. John Moffet, and lheng. and Mrs. Robert Douglas. tojtheir son, Robert, their daughter, aniMrs. White, and their little daugh-I eWI't-er, Gladys, left for Duck Lake, rse‘Sask., Where. they intend to lo- vexcate. By the same train, Mr. and adl'Mrs. John Whittaker. and little afdaughter, Irene, left for Unity. pgl'Sask. All have been fiOOd citizens the advantages of such a super- ior early traimng. 'Dhe Womem, too are active and industrious, and W8 have every hope for their success. Mr.s Douglas and Mrs. Whittaker areo‘e daughters of Mr. Geo. Ryan. Mr. W $7311. fileftby the same‘ We can give just~as 'good a tea- timonials to Mr. Moffet and Mr. youglas, even if they didrn’t have v- v.â€" VAL” and highly respected, in the com- munity. We Wish them one and all [an abundance of prosperity in their new homes. Over a quarter of a century .ago, Mr. Whittaker was :a pupil of Ye LEd-itor, but We 'had forgotten :all about it, until reminded of it a few weeks ago. Surely the good influence of his; early school days will be a bene- fit now to Mr. Whittaker. He Was! regard-ed as a good, straight, honest man, While here, and his industry Will make good out West. a“ """"" O the Sabbath school for the summer. The first Sunday in May will be the opening Sunday. The follow- ing officers and teachers were e1- ected: Superintendent and Bible class teacher, W.J. Young: Secy.- Treas., Alex. Aljoe; Librarian, Alf. Heather; teachers, J.M. Bell, Mrs. Thos. McGirr, Miss S. McDonald, Miss E. Weir, Miss A. Aljoe, Mrs“ Wm. Atkinson, Miss T. NeWel and Wm. Lawrence. ' A meeting Was held in the school on Tuesday evening of last Week for the ‘purpose of re-organizing LL-(‘1‘ - came off pretty safely, only twb or three washouts of any import- ance. ‘ \ ; From our own correspondent. l ‘ Miss Nina Noble, of Hutton Hill, Ispent: over the Week end With her lsister, Mrs. John McGirr. i Miss Moody, ._of Durham, visited over the Week end with her cousin, Miss Nina McFadden. Mr. Arthur Lee, accompanied by his sister, Miss Bella, of Wilder’s Lake, Visited WithMr. and Mrs. W.J. McFadden on Sunday. ing bridges, culverts and Wash- outs. Tlhis corn-er of the township came off Drettv safelv- nhlv +mn Mrs. Ed. Hay accon mother to her home on Tuesday, and Will weeks Uhere. Miss Margaret Macfarlane, (nurse, of Detroit, is visiting with her brother,'Mr. D. B. Macfarlane, and other friends in town. Mr and Mrs. Richard -Hoy, of Flesherton were in town Monday Visiting (Mr. Carwardchne. Mls.Radbu1n, of Fergus, is vis- iting her parents, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Geo. Watt. Mr. Arch. Davidson, of Owen S’d, spent a- few days with his par- ents (here. Mr. Wm. Mountain, Of Hamilton, spent a couple of days with relatiyes and friends "here. Mrs. Wm. Adlam was in town for a few days last week, visiting her sister, .Mrs. Ben. Sharp 0 Mrs. T. A”; C< funeral of her a ker, in Toronto. Miss Annie Aljoe left for To- ronto on Wednesday morning ~ Mrs P. F. McArthur, of Priceville is visiting friends in town thinks it would be impertijnent to advise, or even offer a suggeétion to a man of Captain Smith’s ex- perience. So it would, but the landlubbers who never saw a boat can tell just how it should have been handled. RIVERDALE. ner home at Harriston, Hay accompanied. her PERSONAL. unas In town. 00k attended the niece, Mildred Bar- spend a few Our Clubbing Rates the lowest A man’s spirits lighten Wi th the shedding of his ,. Winter gremoat, and a: most' elfect- i'Iz‘ézaaid to the / lightening pro- ,‘ cess will come ‘ from the know- ledge that the new Spring Suit reflects Z credit upon its wearer 3 s. F. MORLOOK m atfirday rush most moderate I'QRHHZQ 7n ‘VA! ‘3 L - __ I WILL You Locus? PROGRESS BRAND $1.00 PER YEAR You can buv here a garment different from the ordinary one. You can select a model suited to your personality and yet keep within the limits of the expenditure