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in the bathroom,» with "a double- barrel'led shotgun, which evidently ' had been used lying on the floor he- ' side the hodyf - Watson was a druggist and had (Our own correspondentf Editor’s Noteâ€"Wing to the D01- iar Day advertising in our last issue necessitating publishing on Wednes- day instead of Thursday, the follow- ing correspondence was unavoidably crowded out. The St. Patrick's social in the Me- thodistChm-ch last. Friday evening was quite a success. A .varled proâ€" gramme was rendered. The pro- ceeds amounted to $26.85. A few days ago Mrs. Walter Mor- rison receiver] the sad news of the death of her daughter. Minnie (Mrs. Frank Coney), in Wolf Point,. Mon- Herbert, Moore has leased a farm neax Nenagh and mpved there last week. As some young people were pass- ing the home 01‘ Mr. James Boakes last sunday. they noticed a neigh- boring chimney on fire. They ran to his house to give the alarm. They could get no response from within. The door not. being locked, they en- tered. and still getting no response, one of them went to his bedroom. where they found that the Spark of life had fled. Dr. Sneath was at once summoned and stated that he had been dead about. one and a half hours. He had been up to Dromore the night before, returning about 11 o’clock. Jim lived alone when at home and was a willing helper to those who'required his assistance. His age is about. 65 years. The NR- eral took place on Wednesday. Mrs. G; 8. Scott and Miss Ruby are spending alew days in Owen SOund. Another of the pioneers of- this township passed away on Wednes- day morning in the person of Mrs. George Bunston. at the age of 69 years. She was the daughter of the late. James Dund-as. . Several years ago'she married Mr. George Bun- ston. They resided for a time near Mount Forest, moving afterwards to the Sterne farm near Dromore, thence to Hanover, where Mr. Bun- ston died about four years ago. :(bout two years ago Mrs. Bunston moved to this village. She has been in rather poor health for the past three years, 'her ,disease being of a fatty nature. So far as we are aware she has no near relatives alive. The funeral will take place on Friday, undertaker McMillan having charge thereof. . Police Magistrate Creasor and Crown Attorney Dyre of Owen Sound were here in connection with a case of assault, the principals being from South Egremont. The decision’was deferred . MnGeorgo Hostetter made a busi- ness trip to Toronto last week. Jim O’Connell's sale on Tuesday passed off fairly well, prices ranging about as usual. Our own correspondent.) Mr. James Hopkins‘ many friends are sorry to‘hear of his very serious illness. We hOpe he will soon be better. Mr. and Mrs. Albert. Kellar and lit- tle son spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. Patterson. 101w teacher. Miss Marietta Park, was forced to take a few holidays on account of illness. Mr \\. G Laxxrence is hawing a sale on Friday. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Robins, Varney, ex.- pect to move up to the farm soon that has been recently vacated by Mr. D. McKechnie. We. welcome them to our neighborhood. Mz. Alfred Schenk.Fai1bairn,\is-l ited recentlx at the home of Mr. andl Mrs. S. Patterson. : y After five weeks‘ rest, the tele- phones have come to life. Wood bees are the order of the day. Mr. Arthur Lawrence, with his sawing outfit. and also the Company engine with Mr. T. Binnie’s saw, are doing the work. L The town of Stayner, nine milesi south of Collingwood, was the scene of a terrible double tragedv Wednes-l day night. of last v~ eek w hen Thomas! Watson aged 40 years, shot and killed his wife, aged 35 and afterâ€"3; wards killed himself. 1 ‘The shooting occurred in their home on the main street, to which they had moved but the day previous and it is thought to have taken place between 11 and 12 o’clock Wednes- day night. No One heard the shoot- ing, the tour children of the dead man and woman being asleep, and it was t not until Thursday morning that the tragedy was discovered by the eldest of the children, a twelve- year-old boy. Upon arisi'nghe was horrified to find his mother lying dead on her bed with the side of her face shot away. The fgther’s body_was found DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT STAYNBR Thursday, larch 30, ms. Darkies’ Corners. STARS WEEKLY PROGRAM ? IS BETTER THAN EVER; Friday and Saturday of this weekr and Wednesday and Thursday of * next will be “special” days 'at the» Veteran Star Theatre, their usual good program being even better than usual on these occasions. On Fri- day and Saturday of this .Week, inl connection with their usual show, an extra attraction will be the, cefeâ€" mom of Princess Mary’s marriage in- motion pictures. , As the most of us’ were unable to go to Lunnon town? -in person to see this happy and inn--1 portant empire event, the motion: picture version wiil probably be the: only method of observing just what; did go on. In addition torthe wed- ding film. the usual Mutt and Jefl' comedy and the five reel feature will be shown as usual. drugstore and it is said had been worrying over the matter. Mrs. Watsqn was a daughter of J. Clark, former Grand Trunk agent at Stay- ner. been in business for a number of Years. He recently disposed of his Miss White has added to her fame since she joined the William Fox forces and abandoned her serial oer- eer. Her dramatic features have been picked with care. These new pictures have in them real Pearl White thrills. that are just as en- joyableâ€"and sometimes as breath- takingâ€"as the “continued next week’ serials. . To-morrow- and Saturday night the popular cinema star Pearl White will be here in the big William Fox production “The Thief,” based on Henri Bernstein‘s greatest play. ' The Thief is full of mystery. Un- til the end of the play no one can tell who the culprit is. It is under- stood that William Fox disregarded the expense element. in his aim to give Miss White the best picture she has yet. made. The scenario was written by Max Marcin and Paul H. Sloane, and Charles Giblyn directed the picture. ' On Wednesday and Thursday ex- enings of next week, Little “Breezy” Eason the fourâ€"y ear-old \‘V onder child of the screen, will be the prin- cipal attraction in his latest Uni- versal photodrama “The Big Adven- ture.” The comedy on this occasion will be a side-splitting one, “Rub- bing It. In.” NORMANBY FARMER HAD AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE (Mt. Forest Confederate.) Mr. Alfred Ammerman of Norman- lby is thankful that he is alive to- .day. On St. Patrick's Day he was idriving a team of lifey colts that were hitched to the wagon for the first time. The wagon was without a box and Mr. Ammerman was sit- ting on some boards. The colts' got i frightened when they drew the wage on over a piece of ice and they ran away over the rough field. Mr. Am- merman was dragged forward until he was drawn or bounced over the ' double-tree and fell between the ’ front wheels. He still clung to the ' lines and was hauled over the rough '3 frozen ground. Eventually the team 1’ ran on a pond, breaking through the ice. The water was two or three ‘feet deep, but the colts plunged ’ through with the wagon over Mr. 1 Ammerman still clinging to the 3 lines, but when they got their front feet on a stone pile at the other side ' of the pond they came to a stand- ' still, and Mr. Ammerman got out of [ his awkward predicament. His son L and aneighhor, Mr. Sam Moore, saw E the thrilling occurrence, and ran up 7 expecting td find him killed. At first ' he thought he wasn’t hurt at all, but later he felt severely the efl'ects 0f 3 bumps and strains and bruises, and l‘ the cold bath; from which: he has t not yet quite recovered. ' ‘ ' I ! ll In “The 'Big‘ Adventure,” little “Breesy’? appears as a waif of the city streets who leaves a brutal fa- ther and goes to the country on a! freight train, accompanied only by! his faithful dog, Mickey. tIe capâ€"1 tures a gang of bandits. unites lovers and grins his way through five reels of snappy drama to a finish that will strike a particularly happy (3310ch on the heartstrings of those who see it. “Breezy” Eason is the son of Reaves Eason who directed the pic- ture. The Voungster made his first important screen appearance in Pink Tights” with Gladys Walton. His work was so appealing that he was selected by Carl Laemmle for a feature role in “Two Kinds of Love.” "Patches.” a story which 'James Ed- ward Hungert‘ord drew with much subtle power of heart interest. was selected as his first starring vehicle, and produced under the title “The Big Adventure.” Foremost. in the cast is Gertrude Olmstead, the little girl \i'ho entered filmdom on a wave of popularity' as the favorite of the Elke of America in their recent beauty contest. 4,480 SCBOQL DISTRICTS There l‘are in Saskatchewan to-day 4,4807'school district's, 90 of \which were established last year» Thére are '39 consolidated districts. fim ‘UM II 111:“: I‘ll VI A, The lettefi below, reprinted from ”he March 15 edition of The Even- ting Echo, Halifax, Nova Scotia, may not concemrdirectly the readers of The Chronicle, but it certainly makes Interesting reading. Accord- ing to it, the city of St. John, N ..B, is “holding ' out” for a “definite” price of 1 cent per K.W.H. and'are likely to- get it. The autocratic ac-‘ tion of the Ontario Hydro Commis- sion with the municipality of Fort William will also remind Durham- ites of da s of not so very long ago With St. ohn getting a “definite” price 0f one cent per K.W.H., and Durham and other Ontario munici- palities under a “cost” system pay- ing 10 cents f01 the same serviceâ€" \\ ell, what does it look like to vou gentle reader? Is the Ontario Hydro Commission putting something over or is our electricity of a superior kind and worth nine cents more per K.W.H. than. the stuff they sell down in the Bluenose country? Here is the letter as it appeared in The Echo and it is worth reading: To the Editor of The Evening Echo: Sir: Will you please state as a matter of news that I have received a letter within a day or two from Mayor Sohotield, of St. John, stating that the City Council and citizens have, refused to enter into a cost contract as proposed by the Hydro- Electric Commission and have insistâ€" ed upon a definite price per K.W.H. for‘ the current and a guaranteed quantity. As a result the Commission have been compelled to abandon the cost. plan and have offered the city a rate of 1.2 cents per K.VVJ'.H. with the un- derstanding that legislative author- ity will be obtained to enable the Commission to‘mlake such a contract with the city. The city are holding out for a lower price.‘ What it is is wt stated in the May 01's lettei but piesumabl3 the3 want a price 0f about one cent pet K.W. H. and a s: 1ziranteed quantit3 and apparently the3 are going to get both. ' The city of Fort William and the Untaiio Hydro- Electric Commission a1e deadlocked at the present time on the same question.- The Hydro Commission want the city to take the Nepigon power on a cost. con- tract which the city have refused to enter into. Recently the Commis- sion intimated that they would run distribution lines through the city and deliver the current direct. to consumers» The city cbuncil have just passed a unanimous resolution notifying the commission if anything Of the kind is attempted the city will cut down the poles. The city are insisting that they must receive a contract at a definite price. The town of Prince Albert, Sask., was induced to go into the hydro en- terprise on an estimated cost basis of $1,200,000. The‘ cost is already up to $2.000,000 and the undertaking is not finished. The city is in finan: cial difl‘iculties and I understand has defaulted on. its bonds. The Mayor writes rather sadly that the hydro undertaking is partly responsible for their troubles. I will be glad to show these letters to your representative or any citizen who wishes to see them. Nobleâ€"Alexanderâ€"At the Rectory, Durham, by Rev. F. G. Hardy, Isabel- la Alexander, eldest daughter of Mr. Alex. Alexander, Durham, to George August Noble, son, of Mr. and Mrs. William Noble, Bentinck. -‘--the .rigfit fit at the . 2 right price, ‘ =9; If you’re on your way to Healthland, stop at the store and buy a loaf of our bread; .It will speed your journey. When you order bread, don’t inst say “bread”-â€"mention the name of 0 bread. You’ll be rewar ed. ‘ SPRING is here again, and your boy Will possi- bly need a new suit. Yop can get it from us MARRIED JOHN ~W-. REGAN. 1AM CHRONICLE "MauiD can. mnrnclfni'r ' , , ,1 SAYS; 00L. GURRIB, ILP. 1 , Speaking at the annual meeting of ithe “South Essex' Liberal-Conserva- tive Association ;at EsSex on Friday! l'lcst, Col. Currie, M.P.,‘ the chief {speaker said it was idle to say that ghusiness was good. There was too 3muchlunemployment and lack of ,economy'in public expenditure, and , taxes were 'too high. What the country needed was a strong partyg Government, not minority Govern- ment depending largely on. groups. The old Liberal-Conservative party, the party of the National Policy, the ; party of the war and the party of the 1 people was what. was wanted. He dealt. briefly with Ontario poliâ€"l tics,-charging that the Drury Gov- ernment was the greatest spendthrift‘ party ever known and allied with! the big interests against public own- ership and‘Hydro development. Their banking . experiment was bound to prove a failure. Enforce- ment of the Temperance Act hail been wanting. What was wanted was sane and sensible legislation to take the place of the present :ump- tuary law. Referring to the "last party,” he said the public was wait- ing anxiously to hear what the tali- giouus organizations were going to do about it. “Regarding Dominion affairs, he; said that high freight‘rates were resâ€"t ponsible for the present grave con-' ditionvof business. Rates must eiâ€" ther be lowered by the commission or the commission itself abolished and some other tribunal set up at Ottawa. The'Farming group could never control anything. It would have to content itself with criticism. DUring the war Sir Thomas White imposed a 71/.) per cent. tax on for- eign goods. Sir Henry Drayton abolâ€" ished this good old national policy tax which \\ ouU haxe brought in $75, 000, 000 and substituted an inâ€" come tax and sales tax which would not b1ing in $40,000,000. He did not blame the coalition for experimental taxation. What they had now to do was to return the old Conservative party with its old national policy which had brought about the unity of Canada, aglorious heritage. ,' BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM ‘.Willieâ€"PaW, what is a barnacle? Pawâ€"A barnacle is a hobo, who sleeps in barns, my son. Now, do your night work and dont bother me. I’m busy. Book your order now for eggs and baby chicks from our flock of pure bred O.A.C. White Leghorns. . These birds have exceptional heavy laying ancestry and were raised on unlim- ited range conditions. Also hatchâ€" ing eggs from our bred- to-iay White Wyandottes. Hatching eggs, $1.25 per 15; $8.00 per 100; day-old Chicks, 200. each .â€"--Mrs. J. C. Henderson, Durham, Ontario. 330 tf ° ' case.' Get ‘ ' - ' ' ' , tee a: fit 1n pvery 111 Shoes Waggapgailfi‘lgsmes thls week. Q #2:. ' 'L .2‘ ..;/I‘ L. ' ‘ I, .- . . ‘ ‘ ' - eal't x .- . V 7 A Square D _ ¢ . .- , WeSave'leou Money . . H Good 391'” McKechnie’ s specials for This Week - . . During the war teas reached a . ‘very high level of cost largely ow.-i , ing to shortage of shipping. In 1919 3-. , and 1920, greatly increased producâ€"I tion and unlimited shipping resulted? , in enormous quantities of tea reachâ€"3 ’ ing everV maiket in the w,0rld and; l a consequent fall in cost ensued. So I : serious did the situation become in} fiIndia, Ceylon and JaVa that the van-- ious growers agreed to decrease thei1 output fluring1 1921 by 20 per cent. This agreement VVas kept and the world is 111m faced by a shortage of 'tea which has resulted in the marâ€" ket climbing VV eek by week for the last eighteen .months unti! it has TEA SHORTAGE MEANS now reached i1 level fully '15 cents a pound ovo': that of (”)nioher 1920. Interviewed in reference to com- plaints being made in some. parts of the Province about the. quality of the markers given out with the 1922 m0- tor licenses, WY. A. MacLean. Deputy Minister for the Ontario Highways Department, stated that. the author- ities were replacing markers which HIGHER PRICES Ladies’ House Ties, ’ regular $2.75. This Week, per pair. . -. . : . . . $1.95 Men’s Brown Calf, N eolin sole, Wide last. This is an excellent piece of stock and workmanship. This week, per pair ........ $5.65 Sterling Work Boots for men, in tan. Are stamped with maker’s name. This Week- per pair. . $4.75 LADIES! ' You who haven’t got your Spring Shoes yet. Let us show you our stock of 0x- f ords and Straps. .They are smOOth goods. . 1 l ; Due to the faulty laying on of the enamel it is stated that some of the ‘ markers hax e become so badly rust- ' ed after a short period of use as to become almost illegible. The ma- joriiy of complaints came from the gOtt-awa district; where it is stated that several car owners were threat»- enbrl- with prosecution for nOt having ' :1. legible license plate; “We will exchange any. defective markers,” said the Deputy Minister. “Todate this year we have replaced about one hundred. . That number is about fifty more than the average for this time of the year.” were discovered to be faulty. Sam Walking, colorai. was seek- im 3. g'wrmit frum :1 prohibition 21:29:}? in buy win”. “What (in you want. it for?" asked Lilo agent. . “Fur sacriligiuus purposes. sir.” “F 01' sacramental purposes.” "DaL‘s it. sir. Au” de committee has done. ammintod me to get, it.” “What. kind of wine does your com- mittee \x'anl_.‘?” , “V‘f‘r‘vll-‘Sil‘. We talked it all over. an’ finallpdocidml 0n. gin,“-