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Published every Thuraday morning at the office, Garatraxa Street, Dur- ham, Ontario. by Frank Irwin, Editor anti Manager. The Chronicle is six months, 50 cents {or three months. To any address in the Unit- -ed States of America. £50 per year, 01.25 for six months. 66 coup for three months. Foreign subscription rates on application. PAGE 4. papers Mgaiitim. ting any question, civil or religious, to the test of [no discussion, is more in love with his own opinion than with the truthâ€"WATSON. The whole world mourns the death of Cardinal Mercier of Bel- gium, who died Saturday last fol- lowing an operation undergone December 29. Though the late Cardinal’s fame throughout the world came with the Great War when he took his stand on the side of the Allies “a“. ”V V'-â€"--"‘â€"' _ V whole conflict was a whole-heart- ed supporter of the principles of justice and humanity, his fame in Europe had long been recognized. This was what placed him amongst ous men, though for years previous he had been a staunch champion of the principles of international faith and human justice. "II“ llw-u-“-- Early last December, he con- tracted influenza, and soon after- wards it was announced he would have to undergo an operation which for a time appeared success- f ul, but his advanced age of seven- ty-four years was against him, and for the past few days, it was known _ -1 ‘ "Cardinal Mercier was a man pop- ular alike with aristocrat and peasant, and as time passes, it will but add to his greatness. the end w short time. We tender our sincere thanks and appreciation to those of our sulgscribere who have called at the UIIIVV “w-- or who have sent by mail or other- wise, their renewals for subscrip- tion to THE CHRONICLE for 1926. If it were not for the paid-in-adâ€" vance subscribers who never fail us in the latter part of the oldl and the beginning of the new year, we fear that we would often be hard put to meet our obligations as they fall due. There are others, however, who evidently think that a business can be carried on without money, or, perhaps, do not think of it at all. Like all other business men, we de- test to have to “dun” people re- peatedly, and we do not think our readers can truthfully accuse us of this practice. But, like many, oth- ers, when. we do render accounts, we mean it and expect a reply in a reasonable time. As we stated last week, the only people from whom we can expect money are those who owe it to us, and as we have our own obligations to meet, we have no choice in the matter than to collect the monies owing to us for services rendered. We would be pleased to hear from a number to whom we have sent bills during the past four or five months in order that we be spared the necessity of placing these ac- counts in other hands for collec- tion. Anothor inspector for the Amuse- ment 'l‘ax Branch of the Ontario Huwrnmi-nt was in town Monday nosing around for delinquents who have failmt to makn the mower re- turns to this department: ‘ . |_1_.I "\ ."‘- cw--â€" LUIII.‘ s" \‘Ilun _ -. This is the fourth of his kind in HM Durham this summer. and we Venture to say that. all the amusement tax collected in town for the, full twelveâ€"month season would not lie-gin to pay the salary and travelling exiienses of this new class of government parasite. an- other otl'shoot from the war caused“ by the government‘s craze for money mails necessary by the big staffs with unnecessarily large. salaries carriml in the various departments. The people of Ontario are not. averse to paying taxes which reach the government purse and are used for tho legitimate purposes of gov- ernment. but do object. and strongly. too. to such departments as the Amusements Tax Branch whose ser- vants are far too numerous and draw down about seventy-five per cent of the receipts in payment of salaries and travelling expenses. A_2-I Fulfil I‘ “ IIIIII vuwvx u..--U v--', _ -, With a six- 0 seven-year trial now of the Amusements Tax graft. tho mn'el'nmo'nt should see by this time that the game is not worth the ramdlo- and that in the. interests of the provinee as a whole. this de- partment should be. abandoned. es- pecially in the rural districts. Some one. has said that it was the sport- loving Briton who really won the War. This being the case. sports. the amateur kind. are a real benefit to the country. and should be helped. not discouraged. ‘ II_I an L-__‘| WV"-.â€" Towns like Durham find it hard enough to finance the few amuse- ments permissible in the smaller centres without being called upon Thursday, January 28. CARDINAL MERCIER THAT AMUSBIENT TAX THANK YOU! is 0,7036 0] amu- tion. civil 01‘ "#91019: Buff a, matter of a Weokly Nowa- to fork out money to pay the sal- aries of a few of the governments’ party heelers who travel first-01888. live at the best hotels and cost the government about seventy-five per cent of the gouge they extract by means ot_the amueement tax. -â€"--‘A Anmnfl_ "10ml” ‘1. 'O-v â€" _ __ In Durhgm Gnd'e'r private owner- Ship, the nnk especially did not pay and was finally acquired by a few _‘_‘_ ‘A- ‘fi- um “‘63 uuau, um of the business men solely for the benefit of the town and with no hope of mommy gun. The whole rink proposition, skating, hockey and ewrything else. is not a paying one, and to be forced in addition to pay an amusemenig tax for tile sole pur- “I t “l" ”Cu ”cm W W“ av pose of handing 801119wa a fat living with little labor 15 as 1113 too much. ‘ .71- -...... a- a..- In the cities, where crowds are big and the intake large, the case may be diflerent, but we are more of the opinion than ever that sports in the smaller centres have a hard enough road financially to travel without the government stepping in and making it more so. A momher of Grey County Council for M years consecutively, Reevo. John T. Miller of Euphrasia. was Tuesday afternoon elected to tho wamlenship of Grey County. The nldpst mombm' in ”It! County Coun- cil. in both [mint of years and in years of consocutivo sm-vioo. llecvo Millor richly ilesorvml the honor which was accorded him aftm' lim ballots had lwon lnkon. Rnovn Gown-go A. Bothwoll of Sydonliam o‘lroppml from tho running oarly in tho voting. Roow Charlos Hnlm of Normanhy was clvfealod in the final analysis hy sown votes, tho Count. living l5 [0 22. n‘ 1“_i--_‘__ A...“¢-‘ All the I‘N‘W‘S in the County (Imm- cil worn namml nn HH' striking com- mitivo in name the members of thc- i'nmmittons‘nf Council for the year. The mmmittm “"18 in session Tues- clay aftvrnoon and evening. Harry Houdini 0r Hnwarii Thurs- hm. tho magicians. have nothing on ”M iii}! nlzitn glass window in Mr. J. S. McIlraith’s shoe store when it 0an to things mysterious as was «inninnstratmi A yvstm'iiay _ morning PLATE GLASS WINDOW MYSTERIOUSLY BROKEN wlwn it. was clisvnvm‘wl t0 havn been brokm. Tho. big glass was appar- vntly all right. when the place was Opf‘llf‘d for business in the morn- ing. but the break was discovered sumo time abnut noon. and nobody knows anything about jg. Mr. McIlrailh was at his usual oc- cupatinn in the hack shop. and B. H. Willis was vmplnyed in the from. painting and (locorating. Noithor 0f tlwsn gvnllvnwwlwaml anything, and tho manner in whivh the break m'currml will prnlmhly I'vmain a l]l)'~‘ll‘l’)'. But. hmkvn it is, and it. will takn the best part ul' a lmmlrml «lullars to purl-haw a nmv mm and put. it in plam'. NEW TRIAL ORDERED ___- Former Allan Park Man Convicted of Arson Wins Appeal at. Divisional 'I‘homas Slee. sentenced to l2 years in penitentiary for arson at Zephyr. t)nL.is to have a nem'trhfl. 'Fhe tirst. divisional court made this (leâ€" eision at Toronto on Monday on his appeal. holding that the trial judge should have counseled the jury to consider possible motives of an accomplice. of Slee. who gave evi- dence that Slee had given him money to set fire to a building at. Zephyr: _--‘ n . 0 a - ‘_ - .I l“.‘ :n‘n‘v The trial judge asked the jury, the decision Monday comments, why Slee’s accomplice should tell any- thing other than the truth, but the first divisional court in its deci- sion says that this was a practical commendation of the witness’ story, leaving out considerations which often prompt accomplices “the favor of the crown or the shielding of Iphreeia'e Reeve Choice of County Council on Fifth Ballotâ€"Defeated 801m of Normanhy by Seven Votes his 'companions.” THE CHATEAU PRONTBNAC, QUEBEC, AND WINTER SPORTS PROGRAM With seasonable weather prevail- ing and a nice blanket of snow on the ground. winter sport season in Quebec tlity is now well under way. The snow-“reamed beauty and ex-- hilaratien of a winter vacation are a growing need. Winter sports are quick and effective restoratives. bringing to you the enjoyments of glowing youth. l'p in the spruce country. where amidst the color. mirth and hospitality of old Quebec. the true winter carnival spirit is t0? be found. The recent fire at the Canadian Pacific‘s famous hotelâ€"the "Chateau 'Fronteuac"-â€"has caused no inter- ruption in the social activitiesâ€"â€" there being ample accommodations and public rooms for guestsâ€"nor in the. winter sports program ar- ranged by the Sports Director of Chateau Frontenac and the Fron- tenac W’inter Sports Club. Organ- ized activities and interesting events daily. includes skating. snow-shoe- ing. hockey, ski-ing. Mardi Gras Carnival, etc. V'ari-colored costumes present a brilliant spectacle. The season terminates with the open championship bob sled races Febru- ar}: 27-. Court Hotel reservations arrangedâ€"full particulars of railroad and sleeping car fares gladly furnished 0n ap- plication to any Canadian Pacific Agent. 1 28 3 Rev. J. Taylor of the Baptist church and Rev. W. H. Smith of Knox I’nited church exchanged pul- pits last Sunda evenin , when both congregations istened good disâ€" courses by both pastors. EXCHANGE!) PULPITS FOR THOMAS SLEE (1mm- Durham’s Intormodluo Tum Blankod Cheney's Northern Luan- ors lore Ionday fight. but L0“ to Listovol trunkâ€"Both Ounu Drew Good Ions“. Durham Intermediates won ihoiri game against (2103on handily on Monday night. They tnlliml six and prevented the Bruce thmnty team from counting. It was not tho Ma hibition of hockey that tho Imyn put up against their old rivnln from Listowel on Friday. still «worymw was happy-except tihonloy iwvnmo they won. So for Durham has lost. none of their games in tho Northern schedule, and should they wm HWII‘ game in tlhesli'y on \\°'mhwmhty.will be undisputed champions of their group. On their showinf last night. they should how no iiftivulty in doing that unless Chosloy comes on the ice with olnhs and nxos. DIIV .‘I‘I ...... Chesley has a dilferent team from that they used last year. They have a number of young chaps playing who are nice skaters and good stick- handlers. But. as in the past. they failed to combine well. There was nobody present to take a pass when a pass was needed. Green on right defence played a sterling game. He was a nice stick-handler and a good skater. Hetherington. who subbed, was also a hard worker. and Hoeflin and McNaughton. left and right for- wards. respectively. worked hard. The weakest point. on their team was their goal-keeper. He let in a con- ple that should never have bulged the twine. The star of the Dur- ham team was "Punk” McDonald in goal. He was batting. booting and throwing out right and left- He had more to stop than his opposition had. and that he stopped every one is much to his credit. Mctiirr. El- vidge and Buschlen had very little. ‘to choose between them. Eividge ;was right on and played a very nice game. His shmting was a treat. Evâ€" ery time he. shot, with one excep- tion, his shots were dead on the goal. He checked harder and more effectively than he has been doing this season. Mcflirr is developing a mighty nice poke check and in addition is a nice. smooth stick- handler and hard worker. Bushy was just as reliable as ever. working hard and doing some nice smooth work on left wing. Archie Clements at left defence was in good form. Archie is not. a spectacular hockey player, but the longer you know him and the more closely you watch him play. the more you see that he makes each move count. He is about the. most effective player on the team. Schlitz. as usual. was there with speed to burn. \\'e have LOST IN 0J1. A. the umps. held that he skated with the play. Durham took the puck fromthe face-00‘ in the third and went right in on Chesley. Elvndge shot~ and Buschlen carried in the rebound for Durham's fourth goal. It was about this time that Chesley began to dig their toes in and kept the .play prett well down in local territory till t 0. end of the game. The last two were scored on long shots, the tlrst by McGirr and the last by Mor- loek. l‘he last one caught the Ches- ley net-guardian in the wrong cor- ner ot the goal, and he almost hurt himself trying to hustle back .for Morlock‘s hot one from right wmg. 'l‘lwro were quite a few enalties. but most of them were or unin- tenlional trips and bumps into the boards. Bobby Saunders handled the bell. and when we say handled, we mean handled. They weren’t getting away with anything on Bob. ‘In fact things got so slow at times that the crowd got rather restive. It is being advocated that a muffler be. secured for the “dinger,” other- wise. its incessant rattle may get on the players’ nerves and hamper their hockey. Line-up: ‘ Chesley (OTâ€"Goal. Ross; defence. Blohm and Green; centre. Murphy; wings. Hoeflin and McNaughton; Suhs.. Hetheringtonand Pickard. Dunc“ IIKJUIIIJIIIBIJV‘; “a.“ - -----_ Durham (6)â€"â€"Goal. McDonald; «19- fencr. Clements and Schulz; centre. McGirr; wings, Elvidgo and Busch- lrn; Suhs., Monrhmul and Mnrlock. erorrr R. Saunders. Durham. Listowel Won in Overtime It took thr Lislowrl l). H. A. tram twenty minuh-s uwrtimv last Friday night. (1) art tln' 01M gmll that lbl'ukn thr full-limo 2-2 tie and prnclaimml thrm winnrrs over the Durhums af- ter tho hardrsL-l'uught gumr played 011 Durham icr this srusun. vv‘ -7 Listuwvl shirtml 011‘ the! scoring by matching lhv first cnunti-i- in tho initial frame and were fulluwod shortly after h' McGiri'. who mused 01w past thv fiisiuwol guailiu in a hard ih'iw from the 40-foot. line. The svcond [)N'iml was scorch-SS. and while) in tho third svssiou. fully 60 per ('(‘Ilh of the play was zu'opnd the Listmwl nvts, Schlitz was the only mvmhur 0f the Durhams to tally, Im getting the nicest. goal of the mm:- ing wlu-n he poked in a rebound past. Johnstnn that, tied up Hm scorn. This put. the teams into overtime). the first ten minutes being pluyvd withnut, a scorn. In the swond owr- timo sossion. Rocher and Kemp put- guessed the Durham defense and put the. game on ice when they heat. Mc- Donald in the second the minutes. The winning score, however, was tallied with really only live men on the ice. Seliutz heing dazed from a collision a few minutes earlier with linsehlen in which he had his lip cut, and a tooth loosened. Though he was game. he. was not, “there" and, even after the game, ended. did not know how the final tally was made. Men at that. it was an elf- side by about. three feet. hut, as the referee. Allan Ashley of \Viarton. did not see it, it. counted. Whiln. Ashley, in our opininn. m anything hut. a good rol'm'm', and allnwml 8. Int. 01' stuff to gu that. should nvwr him). cscapvd his no- ticv. the: Listowcl tmlm am). a hvtivr tinishwi sc-xtvltu than thn lncals. haw tlh- vxporic-m'n to lake :ulvnn- tagv of Hwy omrm‘tunity that 011M124 and play a lwznlior gamv all thnugh. ’l‘hoy :u'u alsn a much honvivr tvum than thv lncals and worn :ulvpts at taking udvantago Hf this foatlln'n. ' ‘ “ | ‘ ., I- -...I nl turtle“ Ill G V IVW‘ J o It was a great game, though, the best one seen here this winter, and as some one must win when two teams play, the 3-2 score with twen- ty minutes overtime shows that the locals gave the_district winners a tense, Rocher, Kelly; centre. Grei ll- ton; wings, Kemp and Robbie. Sn 9.. Peppler and Bell. Durham (2) oal, McDonald; de- fense, Schulz, Clements; centre, Mc- Girr; wings, Elvidge and Buschlen. Subs.. Saunders and Morlock. Listowel Wine Group Durham Presbyterian: In" Thirty Days' Option on Hahn Iona Su- hio.â€"lo Decision Yet lads. Despite the fact that a pcrsnswm. rumor was current in town the first of the week that the Durham Presbyterian cungrcgation had pur- chascd thc Hahn House stablcs and would cunwrt. thcm into a church building, thcrc was nothing in it morn than was known last wcck. 'l‘hc. rcal infurmatiun is that thcy haw sccurml a thirty-day option, but, just what thcir ultimatc docisinn will ho will not lw knuwn until af- tcr tho cungrcgationnl mccting ncxt wm-k. act that a persisufpt SOCIALAND PERSONAL w ”W m Mill'kdulu‘ Ml“. onnw II. well'o'kn0\\ll 1” ”“HIV here. inlly In lhu (”phrwml district n Glenelg \thm 8“,. Wm her girlhood dnys. “to ’m. RUthPl‘le'd ”f I'vh'lllt is visiting his permits. Mr. and Mrs Alex. Rutherford. - Him Blanche and 1‘lele 15",.” of Durham m the mm-..“ as the guests 0 Mr. and Mrs, \_ a, Fiddle and Miss Mariv. (Au-,1“). Enterprise. . . ,ufl. E. W. 1.1mm was in Mark- duo !!Bt “peg-rm} VlSll-lll}: llc'l' >15- WW- rv vâ€" â€". ,ul‘l. E. W. Limin was in Mark- due I.“ week-end Visiting he'l' HM WP. "P8. J. Staples. Mrs. Stupid has been I” {01‘ the past )W'al' Hum hurt trouble, and has Down (‘nnti|,...1 to her bed most of tlw tmw. 1:;1 we are pleased to Ivarn that. hwy-g “‘6 now entertained that shv IIMV shortly be able to be up and mm,” “in; Frank Livingsion and hm.“ of Toronto are visiting frwnd~ 2n town. 7" ‘ - I g . I WW”. UPS. Trailer and babe of Port _\x-- thur. who have been visiting lm pnrents, MP. and Mrs. J. Mvfiim'm for the past month: leave fur 1h. 1;- home at the head of the lake‘s in- marrow aflm'nonn. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas \Vhilmw- have moved to llloil‘ now l'PSidi'Mru' the McGowan rvsidmiro on filmy-» street, recently purchasml. \\‘ll:‘w Mr. and Mrs. Nassau Whilmm-v l‘~\\ occupy lhv housv vm'almi hv ilm» near the Show gruumis \vhivh “Ii \‘ purchased fi'nm his lirulhvr. ‘ Mr. McCl'm' ul' Muusv Jaw is \ l-.'~ ing his hrnlhm'. Mr. Hugh NHL. and family. Read Campbell’s Dry Goods Sale Ad on Page 6. flu-01. January 28, 1925. M iss many oadin Sln'llt Wlmlwddmi m Hu Bruey “mum .- m2. Int wovk who u uh. ; ting Lhruuuh H“: 3‘ ed Wk and ~|u;.1u‘-. ptw. The- at. «I'HMH. office “rum; 1:» f; A Plintul I A sliwz' allmm H r. w“ imlldjddml _m H} will hardly t.“ u the must pi hi. lifc‘. \n I wovk m' m.. “an I“ ‘gllléhia through Tlmvs. On Satin. in OHHI ins mam: now lllll's hand and ““3"“ "1‘”! [in will a works. .~ Mr. and U10 7|" « “IHI SII' Sunday inalml I ‘allld'cl head r: 'l‘wvm} clusv ‘ ports .~ ”High" Ivy Sir: Ill ll Iinv din : ham IUSI‘ his ‘ (mu (m a sun Imp Mind's. “dd 1' "Hit in of 251 for m Jamm' “I" "13114 intm 0f 1 Iislu lie I "N‘Il Cl; HUI: HIP ”l0 tin! fluidly. Jlnuar; Western Coal Hun. thaws». I a nd Badl 3, TN .l! \\'l||l unl. no at \VuH ”Iv :1 day Mam Pl“ \\ hm wh pl'ul farmer comm; balanw Alums! for “I .trip \\' Ind \‘a a! In Am I‘ In Peron!“ “00“.. .‘n dlle d0: ‘1“ with a 1m Iy very slr'“ 4 0n examnmti is liberal”.V 4” «ills about the 'II II "I \\ I‘l INN \\ m End “'mh