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n m our case i cordial, and . § have attamed 2 ucceed with- n of its friends .rchase price Unshrinkable hat is return- approach I, we again y customers 1r confinued O W) 0* O+++++*+O you have con- , and hoping to your support, pliments of the the New Year with vou. 'â€"'. ble lips have their d facing danger, , other, and with the season, and P of Peace may ant us H is peace. wwm .00 PER YEAR itinq with a verelv tested OCK 2 nde °rwear is lutely pure, T VALUE CC I nshrinkable JCQVII gs so, havmg ial purify- this high E .AAAAAAAMAAAA we had Quaran- The annual commencemnet exercises of Flesherton High Schnol were held on Friday" evening last The large auditorium was filled to it’s zapaciny During the evening a. shield won by the Flesherton pupils in their joint field day with the Markdale school. was unveiled by Maurice Wrighr, the President of the Athletic Assoc- iation. An Honor Roll which con- tained the names of 25 pupils and ex- pupils of the school who are on active service was unveiled by Miss Emiiy Acheson who gave an appropriate and splendidly“ rendered reading. ~_.h A ___- Ann-A- riggfigéllehtnfiiogmmme “733 given by the pupils which consisted of the {alloying __ Anumbegs: â€"-- ‘ A A. _â€" LL- -VIIV 'v - 1. The Allied National Anthems. the marsellaise being sung in French by the students of the school who are studying French.2 A physical drill by 12 boys 3 A yand drill. byf the girls. -â€" ‘vJ' â€" 4 piano solo by Muriel Legate 5 a. t: song by the High School boys entitlep b “Our Hi b School Girls” composep by e Principe White i6 A Play entitled y “Which is Which” brought the enter- tainment to a. close. The pupils taking part were. Miss Acheson. Miss Dudgon and Miss D. Wilson and H. McLean F. Thurston and H. Chapman gave a p exhibition of acting. During the even- t ing the certificates and diplomas were v presented to the successful candidates' on the different examinations. The ( Lower School,18 in number. by Rev. t Mr.McDonald Pastor of the Baptist l Church The Middle School and Mat- 1 riculation 10 in number being present 1 ed by Mr R. G. Holland Principal of l the Public School. Silver Medals given ' bv the School Board were presenten by Mr J. S. Mcmillan to Miss K. Mc- Vicar. who obtained the highest numo . ber of marks in the inspection on the High School Entrance and to Miss P Allen who obtained the highest stand- ing in form 1 promotion examination mr Holland presented gold medals to to Miss Ina. Laidlaw and Ruth Har- grave the. pupil obtaining the highest standing in the Normal Entrance and Lower School eXam. respectively. ‘ Mr D. Mc'l‘avish lost a valuable ‘ horse last week from infl°+.l‘nation sati by choking on oats while feeding. 3 Mrs W'. P. Ui-ossley was called last- to the \Vest by thegerious illness of: her mother Mrs Spikes 80 years of age who had sustained a fracture of the ', leg by a fall. , GLIDE!" {‘1 ‘ : L---vâ€"A cnnm THE CANADIAN SOLDIER’S WIFE Her husband is fighting for you, so that we may live in pause. comfort and security at home. Are we going to let his loved one: want? In] Luvsufi v "I-D- he Red Cross here had a successful Bazaar on Saturday the proceeds were over $52.00 . Mr. W. Henrv and family are moving into their fine new residence this week. _ . Luluvuv v-Duv v Next, ‘éundayvvi'sTAnniversary day in the Presbyterian Sunday School and the usual entertainment on Christ- PAGE EIGHT. FLESHE -{TON A QUESTION FOR ONTARIO t} aslight stroke on Sunday evening which hasimpaired his speech but otherwise his faculties remain normal Hm friends hope for impcovqmenb. “Mré Samuel Pedlm- of this place rec- eived word on Sunday of the death of her son in law J.W. Heath near Owen Sound. Mrs R. Campbell an old resident of Eugenia was found dead in deb on Monday morning heart failure being the cause. Successor to Late We have an item from Henover this week which will be of considerable in- ? terest to many of our readers. It will be remembered that after the death of the late H. H. Miller it wss announced that his son Mr. M. A. Millier would take charge of and carry on the business which Mr. Killer had established in Hanover o'er thirty years ago. We learn however thst the business mad the office building has now been sold by his Estate to Mr John Mills who was in the office for over sixteen years and who for the .past four years has been carrying on the insursnce end of the business which he took over_ from gr. Miller: Mr. Mills is a. Notary Public and Commissioner and has had over twenty years experience and should by his long conncetion with the late Mr. Miller have a very intimate know- lddae of the business and be thoroughly qualified to carry it on. We know that he had the full Confidence of the late__Mi-. Miller “and \'§.l-I-v--vv :ve believe of the public in general for when Mr. Miller was going to Ottawa to attend the House of ommons it was his custom to advertise that his office would be in charge of Mr. Mills who was fully capable of attending tuall business that might come in. \Ve understand it is the intention of Mr. Mills to carry on practically all 'he lines of business which the late Mr. Miller attended to such as Convey- ancing. Insurance Real Estate, Leaning and a general financial agency business. f ‘ lightinghco'nncetion.thfib nth]: 13:6 A little chads-e in ourâ€"suggestion of a (11- n 1 elf “:3 23”?“ "“3 edno b- site for the emotion of A beef ring 3.48 o t e usmess an e shop evidently ruffeled. Hr. James hnroughly qualified to carrv it on. Kelr’s feelin - . . . gs a trifle but when. VB know that he had the full we backed up our statement :onfidence of the late .Mr. Miller and hv facts being a sensible man, he V3 believe (if the publicln general for admitted it not to selfish. As Mr. when Mr. Miller was gom to Ottawa Petty was the only man good ““Lk‘f‘1m the Housed 0ft out-Elotnshlt enough to offer a free site by all V“? ‘8 custom. 0 a we: ‘B° a . ‘8 means put it there; any place between ifflce would be in charge of Mr. Mills here and Durham will suit us. who was fully capable. 0f attendlng Although from some points of VleW Lou“ business that mlght come m. we have differed in opinion some We understand it is the intention Of what we have no hesitation what- Mr. ”Ms to GMT-v on practically all ever in extending heartiest congrat- ‘he “"33 0f business Whlch the 1“? ulations to the Editor on the complet- Nil-aMlllerattended to suchasConvey- ion of his twentieth year as Editor ant-mg. Insurance Real .Estate, of "The Chronicle” standing as it does Loanlng and a general fmancml well up 311mm! the newsy home agency business. papers. Another 20 years of like trials ___..â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" l and endurance should well qualify the THE PRESSING NEED OF MEN. @233... 31:1 $331813 to pass through The Prime Minister of this Proyiuce We wish the Editor, his staff and and the leader of the OppOSIt-mnlnumerous readersA Merry Christmas have both returned recently from the and a happy and prosperous New :reuches and have both brought- back Year. with them quite distinct impressions. Premier Hearst and Mr. Rowell arel e R X"::Ei“3fi§fi‘éi§‘§l§?aifiié‘ifiifisséfii;' THE TIME LOCK nothing that he saw on the battle Continued. from page 7, dmdhl need .dne needednne needed Victory was nearly won by the allies. l mt his depressmn became acute. The German machine, he said, is being' He drove the balls around 3' de- slmvly broken, but it will be a long Ierted table with vicious labs of his and weary struggle yet before Germ- sue, the while he too bewailed the any gives in. [‘11 England he had‘tate that kept him away from the spoken to Lloyd George and hand e81? I ou-terets' yacht. For he could not ad hém what» D?Zl§ec§;d%onge’tgi3' hunk of availing himself of this can 0 more a ‘ ' ’ ure unless Ruddy were along. that eminent statesman, "by sending, men and more men. We can win this: n" income did not permit 01 1118 yachts or motor-cars; but I war only by using every resource and . {every availfible man.” i t he dld nOt know about “em _ - . al_ :_ -_....1....-.= an} 1171\er nnv‘hnflv’n “In. frying If this war was going to continue more than another year, he ventured to fear, unless there was a. considerable improvement; that we must either withdraw our Divisions from the front, or we must ask Great Britain by conscription to fill up our Divisions with her men. or we must provide the ntecessary reinforcements for our men at the front.”_ ____.A. LL“; C. 55v”-- All this makes it very apparent; that we must, straighten ourselves out. for astiff struggle. The war is not, over day. The personal impressions brought back by Mr. Hearst and by Mr. Rowell ought to carry weight with all those who have at heart the welfare of the country. Reduced to practical at this means that all the readers of this paper must face their duty to en fist, or, if they are not eligible them ves. to do every thing in their power to see that eligible ma_n_whom th . know g; "fifiiéd’ up with some irerseas Battalion. H. H. Miller. Rev. Dr. Endicatt deliver. his address, on China. For almost an hour the‘ speaker held the audience with the life in China. He had labored in the field for over sixteen years. He said that the Chinese were a. worthy people and needed the gospel; The regular Missionary offering was taken. The annual Concert of the Public Library was held here on Wednesday evening oflast week. The attendance was not what the character of the entertainment deserved, although a fair gathering was present. The artists did their part without discount. Mr. Milne is a singer of no mean order. His interpretations and render- ings will not soon be forgotten, especially in his number “Flow Gently Sweet Afton.” ‘Mr.‘Percy of Hamilton, is an elocutionist hard to heat. His numbers were of a much higher standard than those usually given on such occasions. Miss Sharp presided at the piano in: her usual easy style although she had not had an opportunity for rehearsal. The annual social gathering of the Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday Schools were held on Tuesdav and Wednesday evening of this week and were a. success. N. W. Campbell, Inspector Public School; visited our halls of learning on Tuesday afternoon. The inspector has been quite ill recently and scarcely able to attend to his duties. The Methodist church was well filled :Lst Sabbath _evenin_g p0 Iisfien t_o the A. C. McKay, Grand Trunk Railway agent, here, left Wednesday morning for a two weeks vacation at his home in AAilsa. Craig and :31; _other 29mm. Our schonlvcloses Friday. The Lea- chers intend spending their vacation at their homes. BLYTHS CORNERS The annual meeting of the Varney branch of the United Farmers County Operative company was held on Fri- day afternoon Hecember 16 a large number of the members being present Grand Master James Wilton in the chair. Mrs. H. Mes’snard and her sister. Miss Ina. Marsh, left, for the home of the former in Buffalo on Thursday of last week. The Orchard mill proportv has been recently purchased by Mr. W. C. Dickson. the deal with Mr. Dodds having fallen through. Hr. Dickson is now running the mill. After a. considerable umount of business was transacted the presiding Master vacated the choir and called on . past master D. Mcllvride to proceed with the election of officers for 1917 which resulted as follow: luster R. R. Watson. Treasurer; G. n. Leeson, Oor. Secretary; D. Hellvride. Rec. Secretary; Wm. Bugle. Rev. Hr. Hatheson oecu ied Knox pulpit on Sunday lust in t e ubsence of Rev. B. M. S-ith when we under- stand was preaching anniversary services at Priceville. --- v‘ â€" 'w Afcexiaâ€""tfignth of anx'ious waitinfl three men arrived on nonlsy last to{ begin operationaon Hr. Js-cs Patty’! shed. In is anxiously bored tint tar? weather will be (avounb a fur at least ‘ a. few days for the erection of the buiidingL A h ~| ‘_L‘___‘__ :- v‘v- ' uvvw Mr. mathâ€"eson’ a discourse was quite interesting and ‘inispiring. ‘Iu‘lullJaI Mrs. Doupe of Saskatchewan is home on a. visit to ' her put-eats Kr. and Mrs. Halliday, brother and ei'ner and will remain for some time. n ' Dec. 15th., 1916. At a meeting of the Horse Ship- pers’ Association of Ontario in Toronto to-dsy, it was thought best, owing to prevailing prices, and in the interests of the farmers and dealers, that no members at- tend fairs'nntil January 1, 1917. .CHAS. S. MITCHELL, ».-â€". I figgistered Shorthorn Bulls for Sale FROM 12 TO 14 MONTHS, ONE roan and two reds, from good milking dams and got by Proud Ramadan, a full brother to the champion_Sh9rt£orno heifer of _A_____ ‘D “D 1 Canadaâ€"T. Lble negligee matflt Into a. his, He himself 9701‘ to Lon: Inland. fl.-.- HOLSTEIN i“? otice Tn 13mm UBONICLI. Classic City ‘ Chronicles make good Sleizhinz yet we are thank- pruhlvm of. "How mnv . = ~ ful for small mercies along this line met at living“.? ' ~A Sierry Christmas gun a -Happy mud and Christmas g0 W8“ together New Year to ye Editor. Staff and all MM‘Y people Will do With“ turkey 0" the readers of the Chronicle. geese this Christmas. Last week I Manv homes where the chronicle is priced’a. small ““039 i" the market, IllfUI'inaLIOli read hbwever Will not be very merry! 't “'0 dollars” said the owner. I 39m- . ' A person from E10 0 o o u o :‘ . P ‘ . . 7: _‘ 4 , ' 0 at thlS festive season hence our mitlal ,‘k d ”hat a. tellmv “ ‘5 “ gouge m as an advertisement sentence; Q.lmn.cf. supine nnr. n? nlnnn we "I? one. ' (Ml-C". \‘AA“+ A nn+n Many homes where the chronicle is read however will not be very merry at this festive season hence our initial sentencefilmost seems out of place we deeblv sympathize with the bereaved Every day I am reminded of the1 tragedy of the awful conflict through1 which we are passing ' Right in front of my desa sits a 13 year old laddiein khaki’the oldest of 6 children andhis father paid the supreme price for our freedom in the trenches abbut two: months ago. And some one had the3 nerve to saw to me Saturday evening 1 that soldiers wives are getting too ’ much. It is difficult to be polite on? such occasions. Recruiting comes to my mind at at: this moment. It is progressing It is said that Germany’s arrogant proposals for peace ha ve stimulated recruiting in the old land perhaps it has, but not in the Classic City. There are hundreds of young men here who ought to be in uniform but the serious of the conflict has not ,entered their mind as vet. Reverting to recruiting one is forced to believe that conscription is the only remedy for the inexcusable indiffer- ence that is being manifested by so many of our young men in the urban districts towards the urgent call for men. It is to be hoped that the pro- posed registration will result in read- ier response of our young manhood to'the pressing‘needs of the _ Empire. Your scribe'has been wonderiu ‘ for some time Why the heads of the om- inion and Provincial Legislature do not take drastic measure with the members of their own families who are physieally fit; and of milipary age I am referring to the civil service employees Surely it stands to rea. son that amon the first men to enlist should bet ose under the direct con trgl of the government. _ Can the country get aloe without them might be asked. here are hundreds of men over military ago unfit for military service who can do the work that any youn man in the civil service is doing. by cnnnot our governmeut pluck up courage to say to young men physically fit for their emnloy “Our country needs you we don’t '. How much better it would be if every young man in the government servme, who knows he is fit to fight should do as that caretaker of the G51} ar-ourlgs‘ did some time _ago He gave up his job to a returned in valid soldier which in itself ulna a splendid example of unuelfiahnees but he did lore he took the wounded sol- digrp p189? _in th_e agpy. Riniofl 1 yes I will as I have said enouz on mounting for one uticle. In former years the general question at this season wu “who will run" but our municipsl pot is not. even begin- min? to boil psi-hops our old council wil be elected bl occlomstiou. Santa Claus is having no difficulty in procuring his supply of toys this year judging from the gpposrauce of the chop windows, Germnny isn’t. the ‘whole show” in coymaking. ”There is hardly‘ enough now to Although there is much sadnuss in our cxty today I venture to say that, this will be one of the happiest, Ch» is- tmas seasons, in the whole, that ever was enjoyed thanks to our Provim i ll Government The pascing of the mm Pnt Lemper mce act. is one of the grant- .esf hlessings that hnsexex camp. to m School iat'dens will he estabhshed in connection with our publzc schoms durmg 1917 in order to help solve the ++MM§++++ i; A. s. HUNTER SON ' A person from Elora has sent 'us an advertisement, making en- quiry about a note, of which we know nothing, though the Darties interested may know of it. We are asked to insert the notice. ind paid for doing so. _It _says: “A promissory note .dra'wn about 30 years ago by a man the name of McKeown, of Proton toWnship, payable to a man in the vicinity of Durham. Any infOrmation bf him would be gladly received :4: Box 11, Elora, Ontario. 213p Information Wanted December 21, 1916. THE BIG flARDWAlE STORE Hui-+4 we Icesen the