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Mr. James Knox of the 19th con- cession of Pr0tcm, died very sud- denly from paralysis yesterdav morning at his home near Swinton Puk. He was ploughing all day Tuesciay. and in his usual health. He was 56 years of age, and leaves a widow and seven children. three sons and four 'danghfliers, mbstly sons and four daughters, mostly of Mr. Fred Runciman in town An exhibition of 200 pictures, most of them of the highest class of art, will be exhibited in the High school here on Thursday and Friday, the 25th and 26th of May. The art course is now a ‘very important part of the High school curriculum and these will be something to enlighten and. en- tertain every citizen, as well as the High school teachers and stu- dents. Particulars next week The village of Arthur voted for the hydro-electric by-law and carried it by a vote of 211 to 6. It seems there must be a. few op- ponents to all by-laws‘ but six voters out of 217 is not a. very strong opposition. If we remember correctly, the byâ€"law was carried, in Flesherton Without a dissent- ing vote, but we know of no other municipality with a similar record to its credit. inations. Over 14,000 officers and men are officially reported from Ottawa to have arrived safely in England on Tuesday. Amongst them was the 76th Battalion from Barrie. com- prising 36 officers and 1006 men. With them Were Ernest McGirr, Alex. Bell and George LlOyd. three of the boys from town and im- mediate vicinity. We congratulate Miss Jean W'y- lie on her recent success in pass- ing her examination in English. French and Physics at the McMas- ter University. Miss Wylie teach- es at Mulock and. is taking up her Arts course extra murally. This is 147th Canadian Greys with their regimental colors before departing for Niagara. The day of presentaâ€" tion has not yet been fixed. The farmers are feeling anxious about getting in their crops. The weather has been so extremely catchy that little can be done ex- cept on gravelly land. The grass is growing Well and. already has a good start. ‘ Trinity church Guild will hold a sale of homeâ€"made cooking and fancy articles on Saturday. May 20. from 2 to 6 p.m Ice cream and other refreshments. Rife’s old stand. next the post office. Rev. Mr Morris has severed his connection with Trinity church and will enter his new field at Shelburne about the first Sunday in June. The congregation here is sorry to see him leave. The Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist church collected and forwarded a large box "of clothing and other articles yesterday for the aid of the Belgian sufferers. Dr. Wolfe. Durham, Fred Showell, Bentinck, and Angus HOOper. Glenelg, purchased Ford cars last week from Smith Bros.. the local agents. We learn that Pte. Johnson Al- len, who was in the hospital at Halifax, has sufficiently recovered to go overseas. and is now in England. Pte. John McIlraith‘ who hasE been confined to the hospital in! Toronto for the past seven or; eight Weeks, is improving nicely. } Hanover is having a big send-} off for the soldier boys to-morrow ! and the day has been proclaimed :1 I civic holiday. 3 House to rent. Good location At this office. 2 Piano for sale.-â€"Reasonable for cash. Apply at The Chronicle Of- fice. Liv-e hogs are $11 to-day. Butter is 2213., and eggs 20c second of her series of exam- VOL. 49â€"NO. 2568 EWS AROUND TOWN can I. name Lnem, out wnat are we 13M addresses were given, WhiCh to do? For a time the price of {were interesting and instructive. paper and other requirements re- Business over, >Wrs. :‘ Graham mained fairly reasonable, but of l read a most interesting paper on late the advances have got to be a “The Women of Russia,” followed terror. Nearly all price lists have by Mrs. K'DiSley With a paper on been with-drawn, and on sending “Our Flag, and What it Stands in an order we have no idea what For,” Whi-Ch was excellent. 2”ng the price will be. We got nipped a the history of the flag in full, and few days ago, but we’ll carry out each one realized, as never before, the contract, even at. a loss, but why we rally round and so will- we can’t repeat it. The stock has ‘ ingly fight for our flag. more than doubled in cost, and : The following officers were e1- only in cases for which we have jectéd: President, Mrs- J S. Mell- material on hand, or have an as- rajth: vice-president, Mrs. S Patâ€" snrance of what we can get it for, .terson; secretary-treasurer, Miss are we safe in giving quotations. 'M. J McGirr; directors, Mrs. Mb- The war will be over after a 1 Cannel, Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Mc- while, and then prices will likely lComb: auditors, Mrs. Hepburn. 29 back to their normal conditions. 1 Mrs. McLean this case is smaller, but the cost to replace it will be thirty-five or forty dollars. We have not learned who did the damage, or whether or not his name has been learned. Still the prices are soaring! A few weeks ago we spoke of pay- ing $6 a pound for ink we former- ly bought for $3. That was a sudden jar, but not quite so bad as the one we got on Tuesday when a representative from the ink take about it. This is a spesial ink we have been using for years. and. for certain kinds of work we would still like to use it, but we simply can’t afford it without a much better price for the product. Our customers may kick. and we can’t blame them, but what are we T the neighborhood of $60. Mr ‘VKress has since learned that '86? Will be the cost f.o b. here, Yester- day morning when he came over town Jim McLachlan found a plate glass broken in one of his winâ€" dows, and beside it the small stone that did the damage. The glass in .5 The tax on amusements will go into effect next Monday, and from i-this source it is estimated that Ethe Ontario government will de- rive an annual revenue of more than half a million dollars, or a greater sum than has hitherto been derived from the liquor 1i- censes of the province. The tax will affect moving picture show 5. theatres, race tracks, basebail and lacrosse games and other amusements. The government will supply all tickets and division court clerks throughout the prov- ince may have charge of the dis- tribution of them. We referred last week to a plate glass Window belonging to Mr. E. Kress that Was broken by a small stone thrown by a small boy. We figured that the cost of replacing the damage would be in was received by his people here a few days ago. He reported that a shell burst quite near him and e chunk of flying earth hit him on, the head, but caused no damage.2 Cecil Wolfe tells of a bomb from an aeroplane that exploded about: a mile from him at Saionica, and . the jar, even at that distance, was 3 strong enough to knock some off the men down. It seems almost inâ€" '3 credible but We presume it is per-,f fectly true. The new planet discovered by: Prof. Wolf, mentioned elsewhere in these columns, is likely the same object as that disscovered by Prof. E B. Frost, of the Yerkes observatory, and identified as a large asteroid. The position given by Prof Barnard is 1211., 47m, 325. ldeclination above the celestial equator, 1 degree, 59 minutes. This object is‘ too small to obâ€" serve except through a very large telescope. The Methodist church announces a special concert in the interests of the local Red Cross SocietV on Tuesday. evening, May 30, with an excellent program of elocutionary numbers, vocal and instrumental music. Full particulars later To rent. â€"About 20 acres of pas- ture land, well Watered. Apply to G. A Watson, McWilliams R. R. No. 1, Priceville 42pd Car of seed potatoes for sale. $2.10 per bag‘ of 90 lbs â€"31rs. A. Beggs Son. A letter from Pte. John W eir U A strong eff01t is being made this week all o1'e1 the county to secure the shortage of 200 recruits necessary to complete the 147th Grev Battalion. The to11 nships of Glenelg and Egremont me being worked from Durham 11 hile Bent- :inck and Normanbv are being worked from Hanovez. T110 cars feach day, starting with Tuesdav, have been engaged in each of the townships named and it is ex- gpected the Whole ground 11111 be covered bv Saturdav night. The cars have been given gratuitoush Ebv the owners in the t11o towns fnamed. Other t011nships are all gbeing canvassed in a similar Emanner. Mrs. McCannel, the retiring president, then gave an account of the work done for patriotic pur- poses. This showed good work. considering the fact that almost all the members Work steadily at other Red Cross work. One hun- dred dollars were given to the Grey county Women’s Institute ambulance, $5 to Red Cross, $5 to Muskoka Free Hospital, $13 spent on yarn, and 31 pairs of socks knit. A number of meetings were held at which sewing was done for the Red .Cross in Durham. Throughout the year 16 papers and addresses were given, which N. McCannel on Thursda}, Mav 4 Thirty ladies were present. The secretary’s report showed a splendid year’s workâ€"$188 Were raised With onlv $3 cash on hand: nine meetings were held with a total attendance of 361. The annual meetinv of the Dur- D ham branch of the Women’s Insti- tute was held at the home of Mrs. Out of 14 applicants for the po- sition of assistant 35598501 0“ 1 the city of Galt. the appointment was given to Pte. Baines. a sol- - dier who returned from the front. after receiving a bullet wound in the jaw. Similarly in Stratford a returned soldier was appointed to. the position of letter carrier for the city. An effort had been made to appoint a civilian. but this was frustrated by prominent citizens. When the War is over there is lit- tle doubt that soldiers of integritV, and efficiency will alwavs get the preference. Rev. Mr Sippel of the Evange‘ ical Methodist church, Ayton. preached his farewell sermon on Sunday evening. There was alarg‘e attendance of members of his own congregation, as well as Visitors from other denominations. He had been there for five years and was held in high esteem. He left on Tuesday for Pembroke and his successor, Rev. E Schraeder, of North Easthope, is expected in about three Weeks. The Canadian Press Association will meet in Toronto the first and second of June, followed by an ex- cursion to Port Arthur by \VII\' of (Port McNicoll and the lakes. Rev. and Mrs Moye’r and child- ren went to Berlin this Week to be present at the funeral of a broth- er of VIrs. Moyer \Ir. Moyer will return to- day, but Mrs. Morer and children will remain 0V r for a \\ eek or so longer. firs. Bradshaw Jamieson (At Home) Tuesday, May 16th, 8 p. m All those interested in furthering the work for the soldiers at the. front are welcome. No invitations dancing and cards. Admission 50c “'3 I‘. Six Chesley 'boys have been killed in action, seven have re- turned from the front more or less iniured. and one is a prisoner of THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE DURHAM, ONT. THURSDAY, MAY 11, [916 The old rumor that the soldiers who are recruiting in and around Durh'am' get $2 per head for each recruit they secure, is in circula- tion again. We denied this same rumor some time ago. and, most emphatically do so again. We might add that persons guilty of circulating such lies render them- selves liable to severe punishment. iB. Co undser Lieut. Munro tele- lhone cable laying by the signal corps and a football matchâ€"A and B C.os vs C and D Cos â€"eom- pleted the afternoon. The game was won by A and B Cos. The entertainment of the visit- ors was provided for in the even- ing by the Battalion Minstrels, who repeated their performance of the previous night in the Sav- oy theatre, and. who pulled off some really new and extremely funny minstrel stunts. Lieut -COI McFarland, Major Fleming, Capt. Dobie and Lieut. J'ucksch contrib- uted vo al numbers which were. much enjoyed by all. 17 ilthre saluting point giving the com- ,"mand “eyes right” and saluting. {The tail end; of the column was ;brought up by the new field gkitchen which was presented to {the battalion by the Orpheus gMale Chorus. The formal presen~ ltation was made by Mayor Little .3 immediately after the “march { past.” I The bulk of the battalion was gthen dismissed‘ and the remaining I :-events were run off in succession. l {The signal corps, under Lieut. El- ider, gave an exhibition of flag gdrill, which showed the result of :careful training. The machine gun :section, under Lieut. Ritchie. ac- fiduitted themselves well in an ex- .hibition of machine gun drill. } Great interest was taken in the Ebomb throwing cont-est under lLieut. Richardson, which was won by Pte. C S. Miller of Meaford.‘ ‘withrPte. M Atkinson of Owen: Sound in second place. Bayonet fighting by a selected platoon of At 1.30 pm., when the battalion formed up on the market square, the throng was so dense that the soldiers had difficulty in making their way to their places in their platoons. When the parade start- ed both sides of the streets along- the whole route to the hill were lined with spectators. who follow- ed with all haste to the exhibition grounds. " The battalion formed up in close column of companies on the exhibition grounds, and punctual- ly at 2.15, as arranged, Lieut -Col. G. F McFarland, the commanding officer of the battalion, arrived, and was received with the Gener-l a1 Salute. The special trains began to arrive atabout ten o’clock and they were met at the stations bv the soldiers themselves. who had been constrained by the rain to forego the final rehearsal of the afternoon’s proceedings. For hours it seemed as though the carrying out of the program on the hill, as arranged, would be impossible. but when word came that the crowds were. coming anyhow, apparently but little diminish-ed by the inclemenCy of the weather, the officers of the battalion decided that. rain or shine, the biggest part of the program would be carried through so as not to disappoint the many Visitors to town. At the end of the day the visitors were not disappointed. When the. dawn of Welnesday. May 3, broke in a downpour of rain which gave no promise of let- ting up, there were many disap- pointed ones in the county of Grey. They were soldiers, .1111 proud relatives of soldiers who had been looking forward with eager anticipation to “147th Day” in Owen Sound. This was to be the day when the 147th Grey Battalion was to be on show. and relatives and friends Were to he given an opportunity to see the results of the Winter training which their boys have undergone. 147T“ BATTAUON DAY lN GWEN SOUND §§§++.v+.$z+++¢éé% §$¢+*%$++zxv+%z+++++ + +++++++++++++o++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ VVhy? Waists Middies Blouses and Whitewear " ' We 15 ere lucl<5 in se- Fancy Collars curing; aline of fancv Collars, made from the ver5 finest of Lawns. Different styles and patterns to choose from. Most of these Collars were imported from Switzerland and are a. delight to the eye. Special 25 Ctsc 1 We have Pa, full range 111‘ Bliddies ddles for 101mg and old. including 11111 pletty Nmfolk ml» in 11u11111l12t1a111' 11 hite with blue collar 1nd cuffs m 1d11f10111 the very finest of Midd} .. . Twill ranging in price from 85?: to 1.40 - This is the season for ‘Wziists. \\ e ilStS are showing a full display of Waists made of fine Voiies. daintily em- broidered down the front with pretty coi- lens of different patterns, also a few made of white and blue striped Voile. These waists are a. delight to the. eye. Slzes 32 EB? W”? ”3 pi“? 750 to $2.00 V \ Because the st; les appeal to the buying public. and the prices are. 25“ better V alue than eve] before. $1.00 PER YEAR The trade for whitewear is com~ ing back better than ever. An Odd feature d the trotting 1 Great, is that ~'~. (.. med to his chi Pinion: H o rse ' s the Fa dren of 1 me children ( "‘8 less healthy by more physh ;: Dr. Thomas 1‘. ‘ mical (36110553 :1 Wty, writes: "I at conditions surrc tbn of the Citildrc Statesâ€"a stud-y ha results in emosim dnsions both Start} he than 12:12:“ 031001 children in the attending mm Wren attending circulation tremities. The drm one is 12:3; example of BOCks, 110:. 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