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The Durham Red Cross Memorial Hospital is now nearing completion anttas it is hoped to be ready f or the reception of patients about the mid- dle of October, a few facts in con- nection with it may be of interest to .the public. town. and on which all the denom- inations are represented. These Trustees purchased what. is known as the old English Church Rectory on the hill overlooking the town and in- cluding two and a half acres of ground. The cost of the prOperty was $2,000.00, but a great many im- provements and alterations were re- quired to make it suitable for the purpose, and this. with the furnish- ing and equipment, will cost. an ad- ditional $6,..00000 To raise this am- ount of money will require consider- able etl'ort. but although no attempt has yet been made to ask for assist- ance, many friends of the cause have come forward without. solicitation and most generously contributed towards it. and the Trustees are tak-‘ ing this means of publicly acknow-§ lei: ging the following cash SlleCl‘lp-j tions: ‘ David Hopkins. Sr ........... $100.00l Dr. J. L. Smith .............. 100.00 John A. Graham. . .; ......... '100.00 Dr. and Mrs. l)...lamii‘-st’m . . . . 500.00 Jnn. E. Russell (In ........... 200.00 County of tire}: .............. 500.00 A Friend .................... 100.00 R. Macfarlmin. . . 3 ........... 100.00 John Kelly .................. ”>000 A. H. Jzu'ksun ............... 100.00 Dr. I). B. Jamivsnn .......... 200.00 Dr. J. U. Hutton ............. 50.00 \V-umen‘s Institute .......... 30M) mus be given the credit of raising the net money needed and planning the details. They elected a Boat-(1‘ of Trustees from the citizens of the The ladies of the local branch of the Red Cross Society w ere the orig inators of the scheme, and to them \V‘mIen‘s lnstitute.......... 50.4)!) Many nthm‘ snbsvripticms have how: pmmisml and aw Pxpm'tm‘l when asked fur and will be publifly ac'knnn‘lmigml when l‘f‘UDiYPd. chor dnnatinhs in furnishings and supplies have berm giwn most. f1'¢,-+él}'.an1«J11gst which may be men- timed: I “r. J H. Hartlinggi e: the kitchen range. Mr. D. (3. Town, a hall clock. Mr. Oliver Hunter, knives and forks. Jross 8: Sutherland. spoons. J. 8:. \\ . McLachlan. dinner set. Saunders‘ Variety Store. cups and saucers. , ‘ John McKechnie. “roceries. Moore McFadden. silver cup. Miss Rutherford. dishes. John Snell, sewing machine. The Provincial Red Cross Society have given fifteen hospital beds and a large quantity of hell supplies. Mr. C. L. Grant. sheets. Mr. Robert, Burnett. blankets. Mrs. )lorlock. tickin". Standard Bank, office table and roll top desk. 311- John E. Fume ll has given all the radialms and the furnace for the new lu-ating system, valued at about Tin» '1‘. Eaton Cm. of Toronto is furâ€" nishing and oquipping the nlwrating room at a probable cost 01' $500.00. Mulm‘k Women‘s Institute, silk quilt. Mr. Frank W. Vickm-s. :1 t‘nrmvr Dm'ham boy. 110W manager of the. Renfrmv Manufacturing Company, is giving one of thnir best Barnett Re- t’z'igrerators. 'L‘he Durham Club of Toronto, have sent a largo supply of towels, sheets. pill«,..>ws. etc; 1115“ $50.00 cash. 311. .M. ch man of Southampton has sent. a splendid kitchen cabinet. Mrs. Hum. former teacher, a bed and mattress. D115. Jamiesun Jammson, a steam sterilizer. The Cameronfihildren. set of alu- minum dishes for kitchen. It. has been decided that any perâ€"1 son or society giving to the amount of $100.00 shall have a bed named for them, with an inscribed 1ablet on it. Any subscriptions of $200.09 or over shall have a room named for them. There could be no better mrmument to the memory of anv person than hax mg their name perpetuated on such a useful and skieserving public service, and there are still a num- “ber of vacant places for any who desire to contribute. The Red Cross ladies intend hold- ing a shower when it is honed that all the fruit, vegetables, pickles, etc., that will be needed this. season will be freely donated. In the meantime anything useful will be gratefully received, such as feathers for pilâ€" It is expected tn have a. public 01:- ening some time in the near future. when an opoprtunity will be afforded to every one id 1001: over the place and see what ‘a splendid institution has been instituted. PAGE EIGHT. HOSPITAL NOTES ID. K‘looooooooooo Eh ..... am....~. ..... ... l)..._lamivsou. . .. '11 (In........... ,‘. .‘OOOOOCOOOOC.OO OOO’COIOIOO..OO t‘ \ ...... 00.00.... g. ...... 0.00000. '\ .fio o ooooooooo o o o $100.00 100.00 100.00 500.00 2m).00 500.00 I 00.00 100.00 1 00.00 100.00 2:.)000 -Mr. A. A. Catton, a member of the ’Buard of Trustees, has 'made ,the plans and super-intended the work of making all improvements and alter- ations in the building, practically giving all his time to the work. Mr. and Mrs. Fettes and Mr. Rusâ€" sell of the vicinity of Hopeville, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Earl Mead. Miss Maw C,ie W ilsnn \V as undei he ductor s can? for a few day s witn plourisy. but is now recovering nice- 13'. ' Mrs. Sarah Jane Johnson is spend- ing a fortnight, with her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Lennox. \ Mr. Joe Stephenson has moved to) this line and may work a part of the McMceken property next year. A com roast. and social eveui g is to be held at the school-house on Friday cveniu". Wiwn snmv young: lads were trying in unclm‘staml thv wcu'king 0f :1 (turn bindvr a t'mv days ago Carmen Quonn got a hit taken 011‘ the and of (mp~ iingvt'. The services of Miss Fettes have been secured as Matron or Lady Suâ€" perintendent, and she comes with the very highest testimonials as a nurse and manager. The Trustees will welcome any who wish to look over the place, and we have no hesitation in saying they will find it one of the-best and finest small hospitals in the. Province. lows. or any of the hundreds of things that wiil come in useful. Corner Concerns. Our own correspondent.) Mr. William Bone, who is over from Minnesota on a visit to rela- tives and other old friends. spent, a few days at the end of the week .V'iS- iting the Tucker famiiy. Siln filling has started. Mr. (Emu-go Lawrmwv with his. tractor is dning thv railing aml Muwing. Mr. .lamus Iidvn has purchased tvn :m'ws 0:“ swamp near Pullnck‘s Cur- nnx's and will put in a sawing mum in makv shinglvs and lath. It is nur sad duty this week to re- pert the serum! hereawmeht to the Marshall family within a few mnnths. Mrs. Agnes Marshall having died on Friday met-hing. September l7). truth a struke (2f paralysis. Her ‘nuslnmsl. Mr. \Villiam Marshall, died in April. She leaves to mourn the loss at a leving mother. four child- ren: James. 0:1 Let, 7. (Jun. 2, Egre- mnnt; and Agnes. William and Jes- sie at. hymen Six children preâ€" ileceaseil her. ()f brothers and sisters. l‘nur survive: James and Alex. 0f Nut-niauhy. Mrs. William Stimson 0f Mount. Ferest, and Jessie at Yarney. "he funeral. which took place Sunâ€" day to Mapleweod cemetery was largely attended. The Rev. Mr. \V'est conducted the services in the heme and at. the graveside. Amongst these. from a distance we noticed the Swi- ‘ner family from Arthur. Rocky Saugeen. (Our own correspondent.) . The monthly meeting Of the \\".M. S. was hold at the home of Mré. Noil McLean with a good attendant-é. 'J‘horo were some very interesting papers road. The next monting will be held in the church, it. being ”Ln, thankâ€"offering meeting. Lunch will he sorvod at, the close. Miss Esthm' McLean spent. Sundav with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Emu.- chio McLean. Mr. Elms of Hamilton has returned home after visiting his cousin, Mr. Malcolm McKechnie. Sorry to report Mrs. Walter Clark on the sick list, but we hope she will soon be better. ' Mr. William Vessie is under the ductin‘s cam but at time of writing is pingi-ossing fax orably. Mr. Stmvart McArthur and sister Miss Merron spent Sunday with frinnds near Priceville. ' Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hopkins spent Sunday with the Iatter’s brdther, MI"- and M rs. James Lawrence. Miss Merron McArthur left Mon- day morning for Toronto to attend Normal schnol there. Miss Mary Lamb spent Friday evâ€" ening with 'her friend, Miss Sadie Lawrence. - BORN MorrisonZâ€"In Durham 0n Wednes- day, September 13, to Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Morrison :1 sun (Irvin Caldow) . Durham Machine Shop REPAIRING ALL KINDS MACHINERY Lawn Mowers, Scythes and all other tools or cutlery resharp- ened and made like new. Work called for and delivered if de- Machinist. Etc. Nearly opposite Post ,Ofi'ice F. W. MOON Darkies’ Corners. (Our own correspondent.) The company machine is again filling silos, Mr. \V. R. Watson- being first. He is having his silo filled to- day. Mr. Walter» Nichol spent a few days last week in Landon and at- tended the exhibition there. Mr. Eric Sharpe, Holstein, Spent Sunday at, the hOme of 'Mrs. John Bell. A Wonn WITH THE FARMERâ€" AND ALSO SOME TOWNSPBOP'LE No country can really prosper unâ€" less its farmers are prosperous, and no farmers will be happy and suc- cessful unless the small villages and towns to which the farmers’ famil- ies have access are highly prosper- ous. Remember, that you have an interest in building up towns and Villages. Stick to your home mer- chant. Patronize your home butch- er. Get friendly with your bankerâ€"â€" he‘s always glad to help advise. Buy your furniture. your groceries, your implements in your nearest town. Don't, let the home barber starve. Every rent, you spend in town re- mains in town. The \‘illllt? at your land. the vase with which you secure help tho haplli'wss nt’ yuur family, Ult‘ lilit‘lihm ll ell tili‘ bins stiln lllg on the lam). Uh s.- all lh pend not on the tarm so nlurli us on the mm by MM 11. By illt'l‘vl‘isiiniz‘ iiii- lli'uslml'ity Hi' the town ynu make your farm more vul- uailil- 211M yuur lii'l- mnru pelusnnl. Next Sunday there will be no Sun- day school on account of the unveil- ing of the monument in Durham. All scholars are expected to be there. No. 9 is getting a wreath in memory of the fallen boys in our own sec- tion, namely, John Weir and Stanley McN ally. The following Sunday is Rally Day at the Sunday school. Both scholars and parents are expected to attend. A stlangvshm in ”111' lzuul was he; Hv trim! tn Ir-ai'n 0111‘ Sill.‘“lll{l'. lll‘ lllzmghl i1 \\-)’.llsl as wasy lm As buying; '1‘ as svllizag‘. llv trim! tn \wilv. but vuxllsla't quiln Imam In sin-ll i! wright up fight; H0 muldn‘l lvll ,just wlwx‘v lw slum! Whvn Using Him! 01‘ wmwl In? Sllm)d. He hall to slaml 11 Int 01' chall‘ing When cruel mama» started lall‘ing. 'l’lm1utlwl‘ thing" (mnl'uswl him 50. \s (luv and ll‘ll'L'll and m0 and um And malv and mail and sail and 5310, And many mom that turned him [All]. Said lw. "I lvi'l my \\°lf¢‘ aml (laugl‘xlm‘ In nthm lamls across thv \Vaughlm‘. l wanlml much lt' bring: llxnm lwrv. 13‘le “My Will haw In slay, I l'm'v. .Aml I must lt'ElVP you." With a sigh, He added: “l‘llsv I surely (ligh.” Matter of Pronunciation. (Boston 'l‘t'atlscript.7 Tapâ€"Did mm and your wife do much rowing at thv swashttu‘e‘.’ Scrappâ€"~1‘hat‘stiw \\ ay it is spell- ml. but. it is m. mmum ml difl'vt‘ent. An Amm‘ivan Chim'm] private while at the from. had the misfortunv to he nuar the landing spot of an enemy bomb. and immvdiatvly started for tiw roar. Ai‘lm' sump time he was stoppvd by a svniry who asked him if he knvw whore hp was, to which he replied. "No, sah where is 1‘?" “Wu an" at General Pershings headâ€" quarters." Mah goodness, am I daL far back?" ‘ Snecessor to MACFARLAN E CO. The Rexall Store. ‘ . Get C. P. R. Tickets Here MCFADDEN’S DRUG STORE THE DURHAM CHRONICLE SPOKE TRUTH IN om ISSUE; NOW ASKED To Lu: AGAIN It is. not pleasant nor profitable to always speak the plain truth in the columns of the newspaper. Men who have tried this heretofore have always come to grief. Only a few days ago the editorof a paper in Indiana grew tired of being called a liar, and announced that he would tell the truth in the future. The next issue contained the following news notes: John Bonin, the laziest merchant in town, made a trip to Belleville yesterday. ' John Coyle, our grocery man, is doing a poor business. His store is dirty and dusty. How can he ,do much? Marriedâ€"Miss Sylvan Rhodes and James Conlin, last Saturday at the Baptist parsonage. The bride is a very ordinary town girl who doesn’t know any more about cooking than a jackâ€"rabbit does, and never helped her mother three days in her life. She is not a beauty by any means and has a gait like a duck. The groom is an up-tO-date loafer. He has been living off the old folks all his life and is not worth'shucks. It will be a hard life. Dave Sonkey died at his home in; this place. The doctor gave it out as heart failure. Whiskey killed him. Rev. Styx preached last Sunday on “Charity.’ The sermon was punk. The Governor of our State, a very ordinary man, and who was elected by accident, is here [lg-day. He has Very few friends here now. He promised some of the voters of this precinct. “a piece of the. pie” in the event of his election, but had forgot- ten all about; it. wlwn the time to hand (we? the little office came amum‘l. The, paper had nu 5001101' reached the. whim than a committw was sent. to Um odiivn" Waring a whim} asking him In cuntimm in the good 01:! way mu! stating 1.11m Hwy lw-Iiev- ed him in iw a truthful, hm'wst man. You 1N‘-\'(‘1‘ may abut” Hm last \wmls 01' famous \\'a.)n'1em. It. isn't, so ren‘ml‘kahle fur womon tn have the Last, word. ANOTHER BIG SUPER-SPECIAL IS COMING THIS WEEK “Riot-falls." a \\'illiam I’m; suycr- SpL‘Cial, astuumling in theme and exâ€" ecution. is billed t4.) appear at the Virtm‘aus' Slur 'l'lieati‘e tO-mm'row and Saturday nights. Soptcmbnr 22 and 2:3 Patrons of this theatre are mum than satisfied with the offer- ings mosentettl for their approval, and to-mnrrmx' and Saturday’s pic- tum: will umloubledlv “get overm as has nearly all the Offering, 8 during the past. season. In the quaint, New England fishing Village of Glousport lives Hiram Seudder, a blind cobbler, and his son. Tommy. whom he warships. Tommy is devoted to his father, but his afâ€" fections are more deeply engaged by Peggy Hawthorne. the belle of the village. The girl is fond of Tommy, but refuses to consider his proposal of marriage While he is unemployed and dei‘wndent. upon his father. She urges him to leave Glousport. and Win- his Way in the world. He agrees to do so. Tommy’s announcement. of his in- tention causes the blind cobbler keen gives ydu a receipt for beautiful teeth ' distress, and‘he pleads with the boy to remain with himâ€"telling him that he and Peggy can marry and live in the rooms over the shop. Swayed this way and that by the conflicting influences, Tommy hesitates. HOping to amuse Tommy to action, 1 Peggy engages in a mild flirtation? with a young civil engineer who; lodges over the cobbler’s- shOp, in a room next to Tommy’s. Tommy be- comes filled with jealous rage. One night he is pacing his room like a caged beast, while hisblind father in the shop below listens anxionsly The sense of hearing is so acute‘ that he can identify persons by their foot- falls, and in the case of intimates can identify the person’s mood as well. Down the stairs comes 3 dark form carrying the money satchel. Scud- der, despite the agony from his brok- en leg, clutches the fugitive. He breaks away and, hearing shouts Out.â€" side, throws thc money hag behind a brick wall and runs out... Alec Campbell, the engineer, comes into the shOp carrying the payroll of his construction gang. He goes up the stairs. Tommy confronts him. They fight, long anddesperâ€" ately. The blind cobbler mounts the stairs 'and, encountering the deSper- ately fighting men at the tOp, is thrown down, suffering a broken leg. The tight ends in the death of one of the combatants. A lamp is overturn- ed and fire starts. When the ill-0 is extinguished, the local authorities find a disfigured body in Camplgwll‘s mom. It, is garb- ed in charred remnants of Campbell’s clothes in whim is caught, a chain holding Campliwll‘s initialed watch. It. is conclusive onnugh. Tommy has been insanely jvalous of Camp- bell; he had been page? to get mon- BY. A (301‘ nm' “ iurv hrings in a wrdict 0f xx ilful murder against the missing Thomas Scudder. For three )wu‘s. the Old man waits, iiSf-Qllil'lg by night and day for the fmwtfalls that. would tell him of the murderor’s return. He knows he will come. fur he had heard the thud and jing‘ln as thr- money hag fell hnhind the brick wall. At last he hears the fcfmtfallsâ€" stonitfiy, halting. massing. coming on“ again. A dim firrn‘fir creeps through the dum‘ and 2mm hm alci tho hiding“: place of thv money. Iho blind man. judging distance by tho sound vt' the <"1Ufi0l‘xré l'tf‘mtfalls. 102:1 :S thi‘uug' {1w darkness and (:Iutclws {he \ BMW 3:}.- Harvest Specials > 7 at McKechnie’s GOOD SERVICE’ JOHN MCKECHNIE Men’s Khaki Shirts .............. $1.25 Men’s Khaki Pants (well tailored) $1.98 Men’s blne-stripeflOvexjalls. Best make, Men’s Cotton Hose, per pair ........ 250. Best Black Denim, per yd.. . . . . . . . 50c. Turkey _Red Chintz, in Paisley pattems, “The Harvesi King” ........... $1.98 Men’s Tweed Trousers (for dress w ear) ................................ $3. 95 per'yd...........; .............. 30c. Drapery Chintz, fancy patterns, yd 29c. Ladies’ “Smart _Step” White Canvas Shoes, in oxfords of straps. . . . . . $2.29 Ladies’ Silk Hose, in black, navy or brown, per pair ................. $1. 00 Men’s Tan Grain Work Shoes, good wearers and neat fitters, per pair $3 95 Men’s Elk-’Bluc., very pliable, and a real shoe ........................ ‘. . $4 .95 >1) SERVICE .. ASQUARE DEAL the threat. With the strength 0f madness he presses in his thumbs till breathing is stopped, the body goes limp. The blind man feels the face and springs_up, startled. The man he had slain is bearded. The man he wished to kill had warn no beard. Scudder finds his rawr and shaves his victim. The townsfnlk come, with lights. The light falls on the face 0fâ€"-â€"‘Alec Campbell. the man for whose fdotfalls the blind cobbler had been waiting through the years. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES Rev. R. Cameron. B.A., B.Th., Pastor, Sunday, September 24, 1922. 11.00 A.I\1.-â€"-“Ordered Against the Impossible." \31‘d sermon}. 7.00 P.M.â€"-"The Message of tin: Season.” FOR SALE , Black heifer calf three months old. Apply to S. T. Chapman, Bruce St, Durham, Ont. The Kandy Kitchen Willard’s Carbonated Ice Cream Take home a quart or pint, or order it and have it sent to your home. We always carry a good line of bulk and package Chocolates. Thursday,- September 21, 1922. .. have it sent to your home. We always carry a good line of bulk and package Chocolates. Some packages this week are: