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Have you paid your taxes? The 14th was the final day, and some poor dupes got a hustle on to save the penalty of paying 5per cent. extra. Why should. the same council that imposed -the 5 per cent. Charge their minds and res- GHQ. theft former action ? Was it mm to put it onâ€"inthe first Place? If. mt, was it right to cut Only a for ladies’ mu. left. selling belov cost at 92.,49 child- ren’s. 01. Young ladiee’ tame made to order for .1. 50. Call fier door nurux 01 post ornce. â€"H. A. Lat:- ner 213 Mr. W,. Lennox, who has been west for the past five o'r six years. is visiting friends in this locality. Mrs. Wm. Cfawford. will leave Saturday to spend a couple of months with Chatsworth friends. kind of flour at a reduced price for the remainder of this week.â€" Mrs. A. Beggs 8: Son. A special meeting of L.O.L. 832 will be held in their hall on Wed- nesday evening, December 27, for installation of'officers and. other business. Brethren welcomed from other lodges.â€"W. Ritchie, Treaa. â€"vâ€" -uvv v..-- nog‘r‘v‘ “V o nus-iii 7:1 poot'orn'ce.‘n.' " A user 212 . ani a play will be given. Admis- Mr. Joe. Black of Priceville has ieion 25‘” and 15¢- aold his hotel to a brother-in-law, The concert and box social at Mr. McVicar. Joe intends to movecmrke’s school, Bentinck, on Fri- ~ I to Toronto, where we wish him‘eday night W38 a great 8000688. every success in whatever he may LThe proceeds amounted to $150. engage in. {Mt McLean, auctioneer, of Dur- Dr. J. C. McGillivray of Denver, Colorado, is visiting friends in town and vicinity. Full stock fresh fruit an"). Christmas groceries. Give us a call.â€"-Mre. A. Beggs 8: Son. Flour! Flour! We will sell any The Ladies’ Aid of Trinitv church will hold a 10c. tea in Calder’s store on Saturday after- noon, January 6, from 3.30 to 7.30. Pro:e'esds in aid of Red Cross. Ev- erybody invited. An Owen Sound mother advo- cates knitting as part of the school curriculum, believing it would be of more practical bene- fit than learning how meny germs there are in the body. Photographs.â€"Make your ap- pointment for Christmas Week. Fifteen photos with every dozen until New Year’s. Phgne 68.â€"The Kelsey Studio. ‘ The Methodist Sunday schooi concert in the town hall was a decided suc‘cess. There was :1 good program and a crowded house, the seating capacity of the hall being Well filled. The fellow who tries to attract business without advertising, is like the fellow who throws his sweetheart a silent kiss in the dark. He knows what he is doing. but nobody else does. Hon. W. J. Hanna has resigned the portfolio of provincial secre- tary. remaining in the Ontario Cabinet as minister Without port- folio. Hon. W. D. McPherson has been sworn in as provincial secre- tary, ani Hon. W. H Hearst takes presflent of the Agricultural Col; lege. as commissioner of agricul- ture. A letter from Mr. A. McCuaig [0 the Glenelg electors Was intende-l for last week. but through an er- ror in the make-up, We inadvm-t- antly left out the last line and the signature. As we are late again this week, and the letter would be of no benefit. we have refrained from re-publishing it. The council has not yet given out notice to dealers regarding Christmas decorations of an in- flammable nature, but for the giving warning, and in the case of our: it may be a mere oversight. Merchants, for their own safety, would do well to be careful in {halting decorations around elec- might start a big conflaérétion It isn’t necessary to say more. VOL. 49-330. 2599 NEWS AROUND TOWN to take them I A finer and better amortm'ent of [Christmas jewellery, ailverware 11nd. cut glam, suitable for Christ- 3w gifts, was never before shown {in Durban: Call and: see them at ED C. Town’s jewellery store. Now is the time to renew, and. We advise our readers to act promptly before the rate goes up. Corsets.-Quick sale at reduced prices. Stock must all go before Christmas.-â€"Mrs. J. C. Nichol. The Dornoch branch of the W0- men’s Institute has a membership of 16 and has had a vfery success- ful year. Twenty dollars were do- nated to the Canadian Prisoners of War fund, $20 to the Y. M. C. A. fund, $5.25 to the Children’s Shelâ€" ter in Owen Sound, and $14.50 was spent in buying yarn that was knit into socks for our Bentinck soldiers, besides sending 16 pairs to the French through Secours Na- tional, Toronto. The members helped to knit 75 pairs of socks for the Red Cross Society in Toronto. Papers, magazines, etc., are being collected and sold for Red. Cross work. and. money is also being raised for the same purpose by the sale of pictures. A Bad Cram concert will be held in Watson’s Ichbol house, Nor- manby, on Friday, Decemebr n. A Manicure sets and toilet sets in Parisian ivory, with: initials en- graved. in blue, makes a hand- some gift Engraving free with every purchase â€"D. C. Town, Jeweler Wanted.â€"A. E. Jackson wants 100 to 200 men. women and. child- ren to pay 25c. per month’ for 3 Tobacco Fund for our own soldiers in the trenches. Kindly see him at an early .date. ber 29 Proceeds in aid of Red Cross. A good. program is being prepared. Admission 25c. and 15c. Ladies bringing boxes, free. Bring or send in your films to be developed and printed. Work promptly finished. Kelsey Studio. mouse to rentâ€"Apply office. The proceeds amounted to 8150. Mr. McLean, auctioneer, of Dur- ham, wieLded the hammer and one pie brought in $10.25. Mr. L. Levine has been authoriz- ed to collect rage in Durham ani vicinity for the Durham. branch of_ the Red Cross. A box social will be held: at Hut- ton Hill school on Friday, Decem- Out of 1,747 cars registered in; Ontario in October, 1066 were Fords. The most that any other} make of car could register was 171. There were 157 Fords regis- tered in Toronto alone. Out of, 8.238 automobiles registers-.21 in Manitoba this year up to Novem-g ber 1, 5,604 were Fords. 3 A vacant house at Port McNicoll owned by Geo. Bethune, purser of the Keewatin, was recently des- troyed by fire. Incendiarism is sus- pected, some of the early attend- ants at the scene claiming they could smell coal oil. A previous attempt was made about two Weeks previously. ‘ Subscribers will do Well to rush in renewals now While the pr'ce remains at a dollar a year. We will have to go up in price, and only a very short notice will be given when the change is decided on. No reductions .Will be given to subscribers taking more than one paper. Each and every yearly subscription will be a dollar a year till the advanced rate of $1.50 is announced. The Mail and Empire, Toronto World, and Daily News, have an- nounced that no further liquor advertising would be inserted. with the exception that present contracts would be completed. It now remains to be seen if the London Advertiser Will follow suit. Princesâ€"s Pairiéia at this 11 30 t! ‘Comméntement Exercises The liquor stores operated: by the government of Saskatchewan established by the provincial legis- lature in July, 1914, when retail sale over the bar was abolished. were voted out of existence on the 11th inst. by an ovzerwhelming ballot by the electors. The aobli- tion of the system will take effect On the 30th of this month. The .vote was decisively in favor of a dry profince, the votes running from two to one to as {high as fifty to one against the dispensaries. Temperance sentiment is steadaly arc-wing stronger, and the traffic seems doomed. The high School commencement exercises and concert last night was a greet success. The hall was packed to its utmost capacity, and before. the curtain rose, standing room was at a premium. The “folk dances” consisting of Highland schottische and the Irish iig by twelve girls, were spectac- ular numbers of a pleasing char- acter, and. well presented. This Mr. Allan explained to the audience. was a new requirement on the educational pro-gram, in which teachers were required to pass an examination in their work on phy- sical culture, and it passed on as a part of the physical culture pro: gram to be taught in the schools. Inspector Campbell presented the Entrance certificates, and made a brief address. The Di- plomas and. Lower School certifi- cates were presented by Rev. Mr. Hawkins, after which he devoted some time on the subject of Education, presenting the mental, physical and moral aspects, and showed the need ‘of a well-bal- anced idea of the educational trin- ity. Development in one of the educational factors, and a neglect in the others, constituted only a partial education. He pointed out the difference between schooling and. education, the latter being ,a continuation of the former and extending, though life. Physical as well :0 mental culture were es- sential in Meloping the “menus am in col-pore sano," a sound A laughable play entitled. “Mrs. Wig-gs of the Cabbage Patch”. in four acts, was the star number of the evening, and the star charac- ter in the play was Miss Ruth Stewart, who shows much abilitv as an amateur, and may yet de- velop into a wider sphere of dramatic activity. There were a number of other good characters, in fact they were all good, but Principal Allan a'cted as chair- man, but beyond a very few re- marks at the close of the opening chorus, he made no pretensions at an address. need. of moral and. spiritual devel- opment. Rev. Mr. Matheson of Priceville, also made a pithy and pointed address on Education. Mr. C. Rsmsge presentei the Scholarships to Reginald Carr pbell ani Miss Isabel Marshall. After the presentation, Mr. Barrage made a short congratulatory address. an in corpora 35110,” a aouni mind in a sound body. But even this in not the num total, and. he time and space prevent us going into details. The medal to the pupil taking the highest standing in South Grey at the recent Entrance examina- tion was awarded by the donor, Dr. Jamieson, to Reuben Lobsing- er‘ a pupil of the Ayton public school. The presentation was made by Dr. J amieson himself, who complimented the winner, who bore a Germ-an name, but was the son of a loyal British subiect. The Merry Zingarellas, a catchy little duet, was nicely rendered by Misses Edith MacKenzie and J. Kerr. Apiano instrumental was presented by Miss Florabei Nichol, a vocal duet by the Buschlen boys, recitations by Miss Annie Graham and. Miss Edith MacKenzie, and a number of choruses by the school. Miss Stella McCrae was an efficient accompan- ist and a number of piano in- strumental solos and duets were ably rendered by Misses Florence and Jemima Lawrence. Stewart McArthur gave a couple of pleasing selections on the piano and. mouth organ. DURHAM. ONT; THURSDAY, mac 9423512 2., mo Messrs. John and Archie Robert-1 ;son, who have been in the tailor- ;ing business 'here for years, left Ethis week for Ottawa, where they hre likely to remain for some ;time. Prior to leaving; they were .given a complimentary send-off ,by the Masonic fraternity last :Monday night. An enjoyable time iwas spent, when refreshments fiwere served, and short congratu- latory addresses made by members {of the fraternity. We are not in a Eposition to say whether they in- f tend to return soon or not‘ but if ithey decide to do 'so, we are sure .a cordial welcome will be in store ' for them. 3 We had pleasure in seeing ;tbc pictures recently placed in ithe High school, but our know- iledge of Art is too limited to give {a valuable opinion. To the un- ;tutored mind, they are mere pic- itures, but to the lover of art they :convey a much deeper signifi- fcance. Each production has fea- itures of its own, conveying the Ethoughts of the artist’s mind. as plainly, perhaps, to other artists, as the printed thoughts of the authors are conveyed. to the readers of his productions. To the Iordinary mind, a musical ragâ€" ?time may appeal with greater force than the best of the classics. Education along these lines is necessary for a full appreciation. In relation to the pictures, we believe it was wisdom to get a few of the higher class, rather than more of the inferior productions. We have to thank Miss Weir, who; had to do chiefly with the select-! ing, for her pointed explanation oil the real works of Art, and it will not be amiss to say that stu- dents, too, were ready to inter- pret their meanings. Only eight or ten pictures have been purchased. but they are all of a high onier and cost considerable money. Others can be added when circum- stances permit. .. ’ OBSOLETE. “Do you think the Wont] ‘obey’ ought to be dropped from the mgggiage ceremonial?” . “No.'Let it stay. It doesn’t make any more difterence in the actual result than the electoral college.” lâ€"Washjngton Star. 3 J. a: J. HUNTER Stanfield’s Unshrinkable Underwear on any Stanfield Unshrinkable Underwear garment that is return- ed to us failing to fulfil this high standard. STAN FIELD S Unshrinkable Underwear lS severely tested in the laundry before leaving the factory, and is positively ouaran- b teed not to shrink. Also, having been subjected to a special purify- ing process, terminating with a washing in distilled water, Stan- field’s Unshrinkable Underwear is warranted to be absolutely pure, clean and sanitary. We will return the purchase price $1.00 PER YEAR PAGE 510 HT