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:ction Sale of 118er .ituro at F. Lenahan’s ham. on Saturday, D it’ as we bought L commencing at. 9 1 ~ 'ything must go, as he is )usxness.â€"â€"~D. McLean. A! I'I'H 0| s' D COR- M, th. B. INSPIRE- :. a 006 9 O llinery Lursday. December ”a, rialist 'op Bluchcr $5.00 danicure Sets [and Bags 'erfumes Iigars newest great deal mall Profits 5 on Hand Stationery Miss Bertha Harvey. of Toronto, was homo ovor tho holiday. Miss Clara Aljoe, of the Tm'nntu school staff. is holidaying in town. Miss Myrtle Allan, of Toronto, visited here over Christmas. Miss Essel Laidlaw, of Toronto, was home over Christmas. Mr. Wilbert Knislcy, of - was home for the holiday. Pte. Eric Kelly. of Lundon. spent Sunday at the parental hump hero. Miss Edna Limin, of Toronto, spvnt O‘hristmas with her patents Miss Florence Barclay was here from Toronto over Christmas. Miss Annie Aljoe, of Toronto, was homo over Christmas. Mrs. H. G. Mistele is visiting with Rodney relatives. Mr. W. H. Bean has added a new piano to his home furnishings. Mr. liobt. Laidlaw. of Toronto, was home over Christmas. Mrs. (Prim) Allan has not been wvll for some time. Appendicitis sm‘ms to be feared. Mrs. Chas. Rudolph, of Hanover, was in town yesterday. Miss Kinnee, of Toronto, spent Christmas with her parents, here. \h‘. and Mrs. “"111. MacKay, of St. Marys. smut Christmas at his par- ental home here. VOL. 50â€"80. 2652. Mr. and Mrs. Melbourne MacKay, M St. Marys, spent Christmas at Hlo‘fi‘ purvntal homes here. Mrs. Wm. Crawford left, Saturday :n slwnd :1 vuuplc 0f months with I‘viwnds in Pinkerton. Mr. :unl Mrs. Wesley McNally, of aninn. spent Christmas with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McNally. Mr.~:md Mrs. John Kelly, and daughtc-I‘, Miss Amy, were in Tor- untn mcr Christmas. Mr. :ma! Mrs. Hugh McLean. of Ho‘sln‘lvl'. were visitors here over Christmas. Mr. R. J. Ball’s ofl‘icial majority in Sunth-East Grey. without the scvldit‘l's‘ vote, is 780. Mr. Asa Robson, who 'has been in Hamilton during the past summer, is visiting friends in Glenelg. Miss L. McDonald, of Toronto, spent the holiday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McDonald. Mr. Ivan Hotham, of the Dental College, Toronto, spent Christmas with the McIlraith family. Mrs. (Capt) McElroy, and Miss Margaret Petty, spent over Sunday with Mrs. Bretz, in Shelburne. Mr. Arch. Davidson, of Port-Mc- Nicoll. spent the holidays at. his home here. ' Mrs. Geo. Sparling and daughte1, Miss Myrtle, of Stratford, are via- iting friends in town. Mr. Harry Saunders. of Toronto, was a guest at Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Limin‘s over Christmas. Miss Gladys Search returned to her home in Georgetown, after vis- iting in town for a time. Mrs. G. H. Stimson, of Hartney, Man” is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Ted. Vickers, of Sus- sex. NB. are visiting friends in town and vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Pagan, of Hespeler, were in town over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. McClocklin left Saturday for Toronto, where they intend to reside. Mr. Jos. Firth, who has been in Gravenhurst for the past few months. was in town over Christ- Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Firth and were mostly of a juveni'e nature.’ The lesson every young man daughter. 01' Orangeville, and Mr. The solo by Mr. Mistele 'as well ought to learn is that he isn’t in whet Firth, 0f Niagara Falls. rendered, and the “Feast (if Lights" this world to have his own way. 89611- Christmas With their parents, was spectacular as well as in- {but to make the best of the other Inand Hrs. Q‘Firth. . , . Lstructure and interesting. \ fellow's we?» r . . N EWS AROUND TOWN Messrs. Bert McDonald, Lorne Smith, J. H. McIlraith and George Langrill. of Toronto, spent Christ-- mas at their respective homes here. Misse‘s Allie and Edith Grant, Hf Toronto, are spending the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs and daughter, of Windsor, are spending the holi- days with her parents, Mr. and MN. George MacKay. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heughan and daughter, Port Hope. spent Christ- mas with her mother, Mrs. Robt. Marshall. The Durham branch of the W0â€" men‘s Institute will meet in the public library on Thursday, Janu- ary 3rd, at 2 o’clock. All ladies are cordially invited. Mr. Fred Catton. 0f the Standard Bank stafl‘. formerly at Claremont. visited his parents here last week on route to a new station near Cal- gary, Alberta. Conscription is reported to have been defeated in Australia in the Referendum vote by 174,000. The vote from the trenches is not yet to hand, but it isn’t likely the situa- tion will he changed. Mr. Will McGowan. who has been in Portage La Prairie for the past year or so. arrived home a few days ago. Rev. and Mrs. John Morris and daughter, of Shelburno. spent the holiday with hpr parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Limin. Mrs. Durrant and baby gave us a brief visit on Saturday as they were passing through from Mitchell. to Spend the holiday with her parents, lilditur and Mrs. Thurston, of Flesh- crton. - Mr. and Mrs. George Twamley and daughter, Alice, of Webb, Sask., ar- rived Monday and expect to remain fur a Culllflipf months with friends in Bentinek :fiiu' Glenelg. It is seven years since Mr. T‘Wamley was here last. Like many “V have gone west. he is much plea: dijvith the country. ’ ‘- V. \M. “M a. Custom sawing at the sash and door factoryâ€"2611113 Clark. 27 490 (1:111 and secure Liberty Line cor- sets at the Corsetiere parlors. 1 F. A. Graham, eyesight specialist. «At the Central Drug Store. 531 The Chronicle is exceptionally well equipped for turning out good job printing. Give us a trial. Make your renewals for city pa- pers through The Chronicle. It will save you trouble and expense. i The Methodist Sunday school enâ€" terminment last Friday lnight was fairly well attended, and an inter- esting program gave pleasure w ‘the audience. It was an evening ‘for the little folks, and the numbers were mostly ot a juveni ‘ nature. The solo by Mr. Mistele‘ well W. G. Hastie, treasurer of Bent- inck Red Cross, acknowledges re- ceipt. of $142. from S. S. No. 10 (Ah-- erdeen), for Red Cross work. To rent.â€"On Albert street, 300.1 five-room house, clean dry 0" lat. Spring-water pump, garden and fowl house. Apply to Mrs. John Crutchley, Durham. For saleâ€"A good pony. seven Yearsâ€"good driver. gentle and re- liable; a set of single harness, used only a short time. Also a cutter: in good condition. Aoply to Adam Weir. Durham. 121017“ In order to relieve congestion, the local banks desire subscribers to the Victory Loan to call any day between this and January 2nd next to arrange payments due that date. Provisional receipts are being re- tained by the banks in order that they may be readily available in ex- change for interim certificates is- sued by the Government in a few weeks. A Prosperous New Year to all. If in need of printing of any kind try The Chronicle. Gordon Waldron, editor of The Weekly Sun, ran in Parkdale as a Laurier Liberal and came out third in a contest where there were three candidates. The people knew his place better than he knew it him- self. Girl wanted, for general house- work in Toronto: small family; $18 per month.â€"Mrs. Augustus Bridle. 216 Dunn avenue. Toronto. 1 A Sydenham farmer sold 32 tur- keys in Owen Sound for $105. and another is reported to have receiv- ed $55 for 16 birds. They were bought by bulk. and the price aver- aged 31 cents a pound. For sale.â€"â€"~One filly, rising three years, one filly rising two years: both hezivv d1aught;une bindel, new buggy, cutter, sat single har- ness, about 10 tons bay. The aboxe will go at a bargain it sold before the 6th of January.â€"-â€"Apply to M. Kenny, Edge Hill. 2nd We regret to learn that Mrs. Thos. Brown had the misfortune to fall on the ice and break her arm. We had a brief reference last week to the sudden death of Mr. M. R. Hammond, of Kimberley. Since then we learn that he dronâ€" ppd dead in the store while waiting on a customer. He was about 7!: years of age, and appeared in his usual health up to the time of his death. So far. there seems a poverty of interest in election matters, and we must wait patiently till after the nominaions on Monday night. Per- haps the people are satisfied with the present council, and rather than incur the cost of an election would prefer to see them go back by ac- clamation. I'llerliou anxieties are fairly well settled and even Laurier Liberuis are willing to accept the popular verdict. Majorities are not al- ways rightfbut the voice of the electors in the late contest is so Dronrmneed that we would not dare to question the corrm'tness of their decision. Union Government as now constituted and comprising the best men of both parties, should be able to give a good arrount of them- selws. It looks as if they would h‘mve a majority of about 50. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. The High School departed this your from previous yewr’s customs in the distribution of diplomas, scholzu'ships, and medals. 1'11 was the former custom to have a pub- lic gathering. but this year the work was done at the school on Friday afternoon last. in the pres- once of a few invited visitors. A gnod musical and literary pro- gram had been provided by the pn- pils, and short addresses of a con- gratulatory nature were made by the local clergymen, Dr. Jamieson, Mr. .I. P. 'l‘elford, and others. The following are the prizeâ€"winâ€" ners: Miss Margaret Cox won the med- al awarded by the Public School Board. She was the Durham can- didate who took highest standing in the High School Entrance examâ€" ination. For a number of years past, Dr. Jamieson has been giving a medal to the South Grey candidate taking the highest standing in the Entrance examination. The winner this year was Miss Christine Merchant, of Dromore. to Miss Ursie Matheson, of Price- ville. A Diploma, granting free tuition in the High School for one year was given by the High School Board to the candidate taking high- est standing on promotion from Form I. to Form II. This diploma was presented to Miss Florence Lawrence. Principal Allan’s medal for the candidate taking highest standing in Entrance to Normal was awarded __ For the highest standing in the Lower School examination, Miss Isabel Marshall, of Hampden. was the winner. noun, onumo THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1917. In June of this year, Miss Florabel Nichol went to North Dakota, but. before leaving. she got yarn from the Red Cross ladies here to knit. on her way. She made two pairs of socks. enclosed her name and ad- dress in each. and returned them to Miss Laura McKenzie, who sent them forward to the boys in the trenches. A couple of weeks ago she received two letters from the. reeipients. One was from Pte. Leonard Gregory, who enlisted in British Columbia. The other was from Frank 'l‘ubbs. formerly of Tor- onto. The letters were from some- where in France. and were dated on the. 21st. and 22 of Novem- ber. respectively. and both boys ex- pressed their apprwiation in kind-- ly and endearing terms. Both oxm‘ossod delight in getting the sm'ks. just at the time they needed them. Pto. Tubbs is with the. Mmmtod Rifles, and has been in Francv 18 months. The t'elloxx‘ing letter was received recently by Miss Gertie Corbett, of Bentinek, in answer to her name in a pair of seeks sent to the front: “Many thanks for the socks which I received to-day. and as your ad- dress was enclosed. I thought I would droo you a few lines of thanks. as anything we receive from the people back home is greatly zip- preciated by us, so thanking you once again, I remain yours re- speetfully.-L.-Corp. P. Miller, No. 147221. Quartermaster Stores, 78th Battalion, B. E. F.” DOMINION PROHIBITION NEXT. One of the first, acts of the new Uninn Gevermnent was to place greater stringency on the sale of inmxieants in the Dominion. 'I‘he electiun tank place on Mendny. De- cember 17th. and en Friday. when the Gnvemunent, was nnly fum' days nld, l’mmier Burden nnmmncedthat, THEY GOT THE SOCKS. $1.50 a Year in Canada; $3.00 in 0.3.