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No thanks! We can‘t publish “news items” that are pure adver- tisements, or concealed advertis- ing matter, unless we :get pay for it. If we want cheap copy, we’ll take the scissors, look over our exchanges, clip and give credit. In this way, we never have trouble in finding enough to “fill up.” Local news of an interesting character is often scarce. People are not al- ways dying right in our midst: births do not occur every day in Durham: people are not getting: married every W'ednesday; horses run away and kill people only oc- casionally: automobile fatalities are not of frequent occurrence in town, and it is only occasionally the lightning or an incendiary sets fire to a barn in the adjoining townships. These are kinds of news items that should appear in a local paper, but fortunately j'n some cases, and unfortunately in others, such happenings are :not of everyday occurrence. Our corres- pondents are generally good in', recording the happenings in their j several localities. Yet there are : things that are often missed. We 1 want news, but we don’t Want ‘ gossip. If every correspondent C would send us in a feW. items ev- ( ery Week, the usefulness of the a Chronicle would be greatly im- 3 proved. Let all write next Week, a and let the first paragraph relate b to the progress of farmers in their w seeding operations. h no good: you can‘t depend on them. so far as drinking is concerned, if drinking means boozing. We can tolerate smoking to a limited ex- tent, but a boozer, either in or out of the office, is a mighty poori part of a print-shop equipment. Booze and work never did mix well in our business, and 'We never knew of any industrial establishment where it was considered a neces- sary qualification. Boozers are drinking or smoking in the office." Who would think that any man would have the gall to interfere with personal liberty to such an alarming extent ‘? We are even worse than the fellow referred to, An advertisement for a printer in a Toronto paper says “No Mr. and Mrs. John Porterfield, of Howick. celebrated their Diamond Wedding, They were married in Toronto on April 20th, 1852. The union resulted in. a family of sixteen children, thirteen of whom are living, but so widely scattered that only some of them were able to be present. These, together with forty grandchildren and twenty-five greatâ€"grandchildren. were present at the unusual cele- bration. in that time he has done his whole duty to the proprietor of the lpa- per, and that he will not fail in his attention to the public service. The Chesley postmastership has changed from R. J. Lillico to J. J. Neelin. Mr. Neelin has been fore- man of the Enterprise for twenty- one years, and the editor says that The Queen’s Hotel at Mt. Forest has not been granted a renewal of license. The population, ac- cording to the last census, was not sufficient to grant five licenses. and there was no other alternative but to cut one off. ‘ On Saturday last. a six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Buckingham died after a few days’ illness from an attack of pneumonia. Interment took place Monday to Maplewood cemetery. Miss Dick was day selecting : summer milliner)‘ Remeszer the Epuorth League meeting-,7V - londav ev ening ,Mayfi .. at 5 pm. Everybody uelcome. See Macfarlane‘s range of wall papers HOW much did you say that fish Weighed? Wanted at .‘I‘SOD to d( family of two. suitable persor Renewals are now in Order. Fishing has commenced VOL. 44â€"440. 2348 ruce street NEWS AROUND TOWN o for immediate sale. C‘heap, n easy terms. Apply at this C10 h 0 1.1 S e £00 middle magnificent home stock of “1““- Small-pox has broken out in the m: for . ‘ e t uhage of Summerwlle, near Corn- )m U . lWall, and out of a populatxon of one hundred, fifty-nine cases have. been reported, and more are ex- ?ar-old pected. In three houses, there are N--_~.‘ - . _ v “" the front axle of the buggy snap .ceremom took place at one p.,m., ped ofif short, quite close to th F011 0f carnatlons, smlla‘g,‘ Wheel, on the left hand side. Th , , ~bu ', of course dro ed ‘5' ' .was unattefided, and was ma-rrleu theggground, When, the 33v}; occu : 32:; $223133; :2??? 3f be“; were thrown and . . g ’ an carrle shaken up considerably. MN . _ . ' ' ° . - he: s of the-valle . . ,.La:1dl.aw, beung urnderneatih, . 1n1ur1es They Will return to near the scene of the accident, and he course of a Week Mr. and Mrs. LaJdIaWshald. to make 3.319 journey to Pricevi-lle on foot ,Where med' ‘ short time before leaving for their: 1°31 atten dance was pro- . ;cured and the injuries attended home 1n Regina. 1:119 bnde re- to with all pOSSible p/romptness. ce1ved many beautiful and useful'T‘he horse presents» expressive of the good ’ became disconnected Wishes of her numerous friends. The groom is a son of the Charles Price Green, , .. HglNo ser'os " ' and holds a lucrative posmon as. 1 u mluniseen reporte d ; :ccountamtanzlém 2:111:52, a ,e‘We are pleased to learn that;F usaneSSC~. m. :1 . . ; 'sah the oun eou 1e la 1 and‘Mrs' Landlaw .18 getting “Ema“. WI y , g , p 0mg :mcely, but 1t Will be some tune happy _-marr1ed hfe' [before She recovers fully. ’ -.'1.0'(‘( Mon- -1---»;\.AA\.\.’ LllUElCtlll. l l Mr. Wm. A. Campbell, son of In- iLZZmliiiggmi: Pl Messrs. W. Calder. \V. Weir, A.,'Sl’ecmr Campbell, Wrote on the years and of i : W. H. Lauder, G. Kress, S. Mc-|~‘Queen's University examination in bositibn He . ‘lC‘racken, and J. Lenahan, from,Latin and French, at Easter, and though 11: town and Vicinity, Went to Owen announcement has been receivedi and. l . . well as we ev {Sound Tuesday on business in that he was successful in passmg. l l l ,. _ . 'derstand the \\ connection with a bridge thatiiiith honors. We congratulate the 'O‘lit \ 1.1 o [ hasj '1’ ».ing the recent floods, An effort,3acliie\-’ed, and hope ere long hei Mr. and Mrs C I 0 .ve understand, is being made to may have the priwlege and honor'and family lei have the bridge built by theof attaching a string of letters toFo-r a short 1 county, .the end of his (name. Young men 5' visit friends it Inspector Campbell is 1)ractisinginowadaysf have great‘educational'“:hlch they W] - , , iopportunities, but as ‘there 18 no “here Mr. Lavl on his next motor cy cle, and seems: , n . , . . IRoyal road to learning, the great ed as manager to haxe good control of it already!h ‘ t b - b . , {to 0 )en up t He didn’t buy without giving the ”10.13?“ h ed “,O‘nk 3 cogsmgazre Fit to lose matter good consideration, ancillgm? 1.03 10?, thar .201: i1 an 0t fiELagi‘relle Was bo We’ll venture to say \he has agoodé utinmg O ‘ e In} 2mg t 011' n1} ides ite the sa: machine. The merits and demeritsi’: new yiars :go, nspector Came-lb Sp h .. of all makes lhe has 'no {doubt stud-i e 5:30 dt e work up extra; a n3 ‘honorl; ied from all the bicycle literature in?” 3’; an at, perhaps, C1011 )leifrove d 138:1: necessary, and few men are able t- e sons present age,z landed the‘ fll‘ykanh 00 to talk more intelligently on an ’goyeted prize UthUgh a doggedSWOI‘ s Were . 1 article of that sort than .Mr. Camp-l etermmam“ ‘0 get Where. years~ . e ‘f’m bell. He makes a business of;we ‘h9'p.e thi young man may'suCécisslin bled getting on all sides of Wlhat hejprove himself aWorthy son of a'an ee confi e wants to buy Years ago hefnoble sire,” and gain a similar.W111 be producti s. 0 7 . . . . . could talk an ordinary mortal al- Idistin-ction Ninth the greater poi-[In all our dial: most blind on the dififerent makes 'tion of lhls life .before .hl'm. .*Whale.always foun of bicycles, and give What appear- imany a youth '18 Wasting his tune ‘honor, amd as tc ed a thoroughi description of ma- lin a manner more than useless, his-the dis-charge (1)11 chines he never saw, {perhaps less favored companion nection With t may be paving the Way to thel'have yet to he: . . - - qhigher educational honors. inlaint Our hnn‘ leID was again film: angina A: .. was swept away near Ayton dur--:V‘-J’UDg man 011 the SUCCESS 119 ‘4 Q I a Q l , The programme of the Hamilton Methodist Conference, to be held ' this year at Woodstock, has just ' been made public. At the Friday ' evening meeting there is assigned to Rev. Mr. Wright, of this place, the address seconding the resolu- tion for the reception and ordina-y I Messrs. W. Calder, W. Weir, A. ,W. H. Lauder, G. Kress, S. Mc- Cracken, and J. Lenahan, from; town and vicinity, went to Owen Sound Tuesday on business in‘ connection with a bridge that; was swept away near Ayton dur-f: ing the recent floods. An effort; We understand, is being made to' have the bridge built by the? county. 1 Vertised for Thursday, the 16th of May. This time, all kinds of horses will find buyers at all kinds of prices. This is an opportunity to get rid of the cheaper grades of animals. The better the horse, the better tflie price. have faith in the seasons. The farmers are all busy getting in their spring crop. There are very few of them found loitering around town these days. The spring is backward, but the people have faith in the regular return of twenty-seven case being infected. The regular quarterly commun- ion services Will be (held m the Methodist church next Sunday morning. Another horse fair 3'0 positive information has come to hand as to the site for new post-office. There are sev rumars. but nothing- definifp- men's. women’s and child] just received. and will be sold low prices. At Grant’s. All the leading field roots, in package or bulk, at Magfarlane‘s McPherson shoes, 21 large stool: marriage to Mr. Francis of Regina, Sask., the T. Hartley officiating. Tflae ‘AA‘ ‘ am the scene of a ', when, on Wednes- week, their eldest Lie Lelina Ethel, was are $8.50. 5. every inmate t‘ has been ad- , a large stock definite children’s. has yet for the several g On Thursday of last Week, Mrs {Mn and M; ‘William Laidlaw met with an acci-F be ever P1 ident which will lay her up for; DrOSperity. some time. She and Mr. Laidla‘wn Three liq were out near Priceville, going! town Tues< quite leisurely, when suddenly‘ception 0f .the front axle of the buggy scnap- option bee-1 .ped ofif slhort, quite close to the rewarded- lWheeJ, on the left hand side. The Central HO‘ buggy, of course, dropped toma- there the ground, when the two occu-"wzhich they pants were thrown out, and bothgt'he Hahn H shaken up considerably. Jllirs."0pti0n beer, ,Laidl-aw, being urnderneatih, herEbut .Mr. Ham injuries Were the most severe. She‘W‘here they was bruised in several places, and suggesting one of 'her elbows Was kmocked out} “didn’t 100k of joint. No one, it seems, lives,“he laughingi near the scene of the accident, ands'lo‘oked all c Mr. and MIPS. Laid‘IQW .Bnm‘l. 4.“ MALA'aro on “Jan?“ ' law- Mrs. Harry Firth. l 1 Mayor Black has been communi- cating with a :number of other towns to learn something of their methods of conducting markets for the disposal of butter, eggs, and other farm products. The idea 's to have a regular market day, ,each week, when outside buyers? {will be present. This, we think,3 !would be a great benefit to the sellers of such products. As all butter would be graded and paid for according to quality, rat-her. than a uniform price, all the farmers’ wives would be vieing with each other to get the top price. As it is now, the local merchant pays the same price for all grades. at Mr. G9!)rge Firth of Jessopville in the Toronto police court gzne us a brief 0:111 on Tuesdm “"1“le morning last, an” about the fir'st On thing he did was to renew his sub- ders for summer millinery, We 1qcription to the Chronicle. which engaged Miss Hayward, of T01 1e 11 ' ' ' 1 as lead regulaily 3‘ 91 511109 its. a first-class trimmer and desi; fll‘St appearance He Was UP to for the remainder of the seas attend the funeral of his sister-in- Miss Dick. la\\'.- Mrs- Harrv my.“ account of the IUSh o: ' l ;,' The cement mill started burning3 'T-he ‘Epworth League .,'operations on Monday night, and]“a,s he‘d as usual on Mon 9' will have things going full blast ening, at 8. pm. The tf :'in a few days. We hope the the discussmn Was “Chm Eseason‘s work will be crowned with ' t‘tUde Towards Pleasures,” gsuccess Which spells “dividends,” I I g Principal Alla-n was out . . . c d 2r ' on the first of l\ The old rink buildmg was torn rm 8‘ I} :rlown last Week, and we thear ,it reâ€" managed to get a good b: imarked that Mr. Brown intends fish, we are told. He’s th ;lmi]ding a couple iof 91011595 Walton of the town. «there it stood, GOOd idea, in View; Convicted of being drunfi "of the demand for houses at pres- on duty guarding the Ri ‘ent, With a likelihood 0f increased Grand Trunk crossing, H need during the summer, jMtholland was fined $530 an Mr. George Firth. of Jessopvine. in the Toronto police cou gave us a brief call on Tuesd-av,MOW1aY- morning last, and about the first .' On account of the rush thing he did was to renew :his sub! ,' ders for summer millinery, \V scription ‘50 the Chronicle, which engaged Miss Hayward, of 'I he has I‘ead r9011197“‘7 OR'nn n:“A.‘ :1.-- ' At a recent meeting of the‘ music teachers of the town it Was' decided to raise the fees to eight! dollars for a term of twenty; lessons. ’ Reports from the West show that seeding is about done there. It has just started here ”MC ,uu paw your sub? If you are thinking of 2 Try Lilota perfume, the new roarriodusee us abOUt your odor, at Macfarlane’s, dmg‘ mvv1tat10ns. -d prize Uhl'ough‘ a dogged 1ination to get ‘bhere. rpe the young man. may himself “a Worthy son of a Have you paid your sub? DURHAM. 0NT., THURSDAY MAY PO Laid-law] Three liquor spotters were in 3, goimgf town Tuesday, but with the ex- suddemlymeption of part of .a Ikeg of local gy scnap- option bee-r, they Went away un- e to the:rewarded. Mr. M-cAu-liffe, of the ide, The. Central Hotel says they got moth-1 loumcgproved himself an efficient secre- d the; tary and bookkeeper in the cement Dggedgworks here for a number of txhere.iyears. We wish him all kinds of may,success in his new undertaking, of azand feel confident that his services imilar.will be productive of good results.‘ por-‘In all our dealings with him, We Whileialways found him the essence of time;‘honor, and as to his efficiency in 3, his the dis-charge of his duties in com- anion nection with the plant here, We the’have yet to hear ‘the first com- tplaint. Our best Wishes go with Mrs er. and Mrs. Lavelle, and we shall acci-F‘be everhpleased to hear of their to! lug there except their dinner, J..."Wihich they evidently relished. At :11, the Hahn House, they got the local .Sfloption beer, and took it With them 3r l but Mr. Halhn says he doesn’t (know le'W‘here they left it. On the Writer d! suggesting to Mr. Hahn that they‘ lt,“d1dn’t look in the right pla"ce, s he laughingly remarked that “they dglooked all over” If intoxicants (elf are as plentiful around the hotel as t ;some people imagine, it must have -. been securely hidden, or surely :1 professional spotters Would have 1 found some trace of it.Wh11e peo- 1 ple under the influence of liquor r’are sometimes seen on our streets, 1 we make the honest confession that Iwe have no idea Where the liquor comes from. With an anti-treating llaW, When it comes in force, and a aclause in flhe License Act compel- gling am mebriate to tell wlhere“ he got this booze, or [go to ijail, the J traffic slhould be under such con- ‘ ltrol as. to be fairly Well regulated. , l I Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Lavelle 'and family left town on Monday. ,For a short time they intend to 3visit friends in Cleveland, after which they will go to St. Marys, Where Mr. Lavelle has been engagâ€" ed as manager of the cement mill to open up there shortly. We regret to lose suc’h citizens. Mn Lavelle Was born in this town, and despite the saying that a man *has no honor in his own home, he u..- â€"â€"- the foundry adjoining this office, his last services being on Oxford cream separator castings. He has been living in Toronto for some years, and of late had an excellent position. He was here last winter and though he looked about as well as We ever sanv him, we un- derstand .he was not feeling quite. right. A telegram was received on Tuesday evening by Mr. J. R. Gun, announcing the death of Alexander Burt that morning, at ‘his home in Toronto. We have no particulars as to the cause of death. He was about sixty years of age, a moulder by trade, and grew up from boyhood in this town He Worked many a day in o 1‘ II One man concluded early on the morning of May alst that the season is not far enough advanced for comfortable wading. He got ashore just as soon as he could. Likely he was in after the big {fish that got away. On account of the rush of or- ders for summer millinery, we have engaged Miss Hayward, of Toronto a first-class trimmer and designer, for the remainder of the season.â€". Miss Dick. Convicted of being drunk while on duty guarding the Riverd-alc Grand Trunk crossing, Harcourt Mulholland was fined $530 and costs Principal Allan was out bright and early on the first of May and managed to get a good basket of fish, we are told. He’s the Isaac Walton of the town. Mr. James McNa-lly thinks of go- ing West this spring, but has not fully decided when he’ll make the start. , 1912 oing drunk while regulated. I I» c- s” 4- 49- O. out bright meeting S. F. MORLOCK A man’s Spirits lighten with the shedding of his XVinter Overcoat, and a} most elfect ivefiaid to the fi'ghtening pro- CGSS Will come f1 om the know- ledge that the Clubbing Rates the lowest prices haw results. We would be plea, early in thc week and a Saturday rush 1: Styles together with the have brought us splendid pleaseq .to_ have you call the Millinerv ‘d.V( )id the $1.00 PER YEAR expenditure you have in