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Miss liolnzi Mai-io- and Master .lumo-s I’ui'lvl' \'l~‘lll'|l at tho- linmo- ”1' their gi'anclmhlhm'. Mrs. llupkins ul‘ Dur- ham. lhn past week. .\ gnmlly numln'r frnm this sec- tinn allvndml the St. Patrick‘s s0- rial hell! in' Laimlash l'niled church Thursday evening of last week. All report a goml program splendid oats. and good time. Mrs. H. Dunn has been at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Angus McAr- thur the past week helping to make. preparations for the silver lly we join in wishing Mr. and Mrs. McArthur many happy returns of their wedding (“Ban . Miss Flora Mo ald is, we are sorry to as , under the doctor’s 'lh r enmelic neuritis and will be confined in the house for n couple of weeks. We are glossed to report the ‘4'" - u 'l‘hc- \anlb'n-l' hr ”in pasl lM'n wwks has lu-o-n olwliglill'nlly nim- bill. (it. limv' nl‘ writing wo- \W'l'u liming I'o-nl \Vinlo-r wmilhm'. Sum-y Mrs. Andrew Milm- is still rritlcally ill at llw IIUHN' of Mrs. James McDong‘all. Nurses Lang and Bin-worth any; still in_a_t_tnmlanco. Corner Concerns (Our Own Correspondent) Mr. Arthur Lawrence was so tinfoil-hind!» as h) 1050 a good Cow last. wow-k. It is provoking to haw» Hu-m quit fur good about the: time tho-y shovuh! start {01' the summer. Mr. (inn-chm McArthur and Mia‘fi watsnn uro- ho-inu happily wedded this \Vo-chw-wlay and will start life In this s.-riinn of Hm country. “'0 L-xh'nol in tho'm in hnal‘t)’ WMf’flmlP. Mr. Mt'i’hm: unol Miss Bridged Wanda Inst \wo-k juim-d hc-ai't and hand fur Mr. and mu Thursday night .1 ~'hnwvr “‘34 uivvn in thvii‘ honnr in H... thH' nl' .\Ii'. l’wn “finds. Tim hurt”, “in wry lilo-:muiily spvni, in n‘im‘iv. minim :iml chiming. 'l'hv happy romp!“ \ViH lfHHlllH'lH’O' “in cm thv lino- farm Hi Mr. l’viix’ Curran. Nui'niunhV. \Vo- o-xpi'i-ss um gum! .\II. and Mrs. O'hIis Kuafman Vis- itMI UH Sundax at “1.0011. BvI'kI'I'I. \II“ \ o-lma ‘IH'L’H spent last week at. ho-I mule-s. .\II. Jnhn Lorilmlds‘. It I. :I \u'lcnmo' sight to .300. “In (an IIIIIIIIng up and down the Ina-H tho-me days. '1 “6' roads are in I'IIII'ly gmul (.‘HlldiUOH although nllldd\ in places. MI. .la-Ipo-I' Smith‘ has 3 WM 39- w-Iw attack of the» flu in Holstein. Ho II as unable II.» he moved home. Mr. Hawkins. our mail carrier, missed his first day on Thursday. Hoe was unahlo- tn maku tho. com- plcti' rnunal as tho: watvr was over thP road at the river. Calderwood / Our Own Correspondent) ”new again Hm grmmol is Pun-rm] \ch snnw but It 15 still thawing fast. Msho Mrs. Banks! manv friends will be pleased to hear she is improving very much since the warm. bright days have come! We haw. heard glowing accounts of tho oxrollont program given by the Zion and Edge Hill Young peopln in 7._ion churc|_n on March 37. Miss Isabella Maw spent a f days “in. Miss \ Banks rvcvntlx Mr. Kenneth Dunsmorn. who has [mm with Mr. J. McKechnie for the winter is engaged with Mr. Jas Heslip (lil'_tltf! svfidinfl. a .V MIN. \\'. M. Eadip wno has been visiting her mother the past ten days returned to her homv in Toron- to Monday. Mr. Will Kenny is making pre- parations to farm their three lmn- dred acres of land this year. Big undertaking. Will. without a part- ner. (Our Own Correspondent) Syrup making is the order of the dag. 1‘. Alex. Vaughan sawed a year’s supply of wood last. week for Messrs. Tom Laughlin. John Boyd and Mrs. Banks. vvfli'siv'frécey spent Monday after- noon with Miss My Skqnf. Several from here attended the play put on by Knox Church Choir on Tuesday evening and report a 3095] time. A ‘1 I , .1 \\ ӣ63 to the Grey Presbyterial Treasurer, Miss I. Nichol, , Owen Sound also clothing valued at $11.00 to. Round Lake Indian school. Con- tributions to Birthday Box for ex- penses amounted to $6.97. There are 12 copies of the Missionary Monthly bein taken by the Auxiliary. This has een a very successful year for our society and we hone for its con- tinuance. The annual meeting will be held April lath at Mrs. McIntyre‘s. Roll call word ”One". Mr. Jami A few from here attendml Mr. and Mrs. Angus McArthur's silver wgo}dm_g on_.\lo_nday. March vnds the financial yvars 0f the Latona \V.M.S. (l'nion and w:- arce ph-ased to ruporl that “19,ch- trihutions haw born w-ry satisfac- tnry. Wu forwarded the sum of Mr. Archie McDonald returned to his home in Alberta this week after spending sewral weeks with It Arthur's. t'smn, \ ht aHm the“ M r (0 ur Own Correspondent ) my! hows an! Hm nrclm‘ Hf ll mm. “H prlvss pm goon .-I Hf all III this IIzIIt In oxtI-ml- (gm vatulations. PAGE 8. (Our Own Corrupondent) lit-mm II 3h 3 Marshall \‘isitml Hm 0nd k with his brother-in- Jumps Mr..\':)lly of Tra- ‘hn is sufl'o-rinp: from a k of pnmlmnnia. q'lt- alums ”I“ H'it". “flip“ mlw-rtisvnwnt. ayppars. 1'. Earl Mvml hm! a “(low MWPI'HSO'HHPIH. inwrtml (Hal m'c'LrI'vd in a day Mulock fo'w Paylor Bros. put up some big piles nf \mml last mm]; with thvir buzz saw nutm and alumni {look is snipping 011‘ the blocks at the 0M honmstcad («Mast Miss IJaIIII'I'iIII'. eldest daughter of .\II'. and Mrs. “Ullg‘ahl IIIeI'IIImick, III' the IOIII IOIII'essiUII passed awav in H' ImIHHII UII MOIIIIm of last week. 'IIIe remains “we brought home and iIIIeI'II-II III SI. .’IIIIIII.~' IHIInIIIIeI') on Friday IIIIII'IIiIIg. Rev. Father Haw- ken CIIIIIIIII'IIIII: a solemn Requiem Mass in the. chapel. The deceased “'83 but "'3 veaI5 III‘ age and in health “as a sIIII'nIIIII Inn- of Young \\'0mall..IIO“d “Iiile “mking in a I'IIIIIN‘I‘I IIII IIII'y iII IIII- ('ih she. eIm- II'III'II-II IIIIIg II'OIIIIIO \IIIII the (“In result. Deep sympathy is felt for Mr. IIIIII Mrs. MCUII'HIRI'k and the III’UHH‘H' 'dIlII sister remaining. 3112.100 Halls 31111- on Friday af- 101110011 last “as a decided success. \ big ("111ml “as present. pric .s worn gum] 11111] bidding brisk. Mr. John O'Nvil “as auctioneer. The 1131111 “115 purchased in Mi'.GaI'1‘y ““111 of M'aikcialu for $1550. Mr. Jim Mt-Nally of the 9th con- cession is a Very Sick man, being stricken down with pneumonia and his. life hangs in the balance. DP. Smith at town is in attendance and a pmfl'essienul nurse arrived on Monday morning to take char e of the patient. The neighborh d is a unit in luming for his speedy re- eovery. Mr.’ H. 1'). Bryan hasn't been too well 01' latn and has a touch of the pl'P\’ailillg tonsilitis disc-am), so com- mon this winter. Traverston (Our Own Correspondent) There are .still a number of fel- lows glad that. a new mantle of snow has fallen. Some, because 01' the fall wheat. and the new mead- ows, others because me summer's wood was still in the Bush, while others with fodder to sell, weren‘t. an.\'_i0us tn sec_'__.~'priiig too‘soon. Mrs. J. W. Steve‘fison is spending a week or so with nor son Joe and family. A {9w have tapped the maples in this neighborhood, but we have not heard of any_bjg guns yet. Mrs. E. Ritchie and son John spent a week with h r sister, Mrs. Clar- enve Harrison. .jwinton Park. Muir Bros. lost a horse this week. The little son or Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McKinnon is under the doc- tor’s care at present." We hope he will soo_n be well again. . in. 1-. __ SdfivYowfiéé1""“firing."'fié;r.n§by' is_i_n vel'y_ppqr_ health at gresent. Miss Minnie Livingstone, of Price- villo is Spending a few days with iwr sister. Mrs. Chas. McKinnon. Glenmont (Our Own Correspondent) Mr. anry Tuckm' is‘ having a few weeks“ hoiulay at Ins home here, aftm- his illness in a Detroit hospi- tal with scarlet fever. Mr. Elton Adlam had a unique ex- perience last Friday night of shoot- ing a wild cat. When sighted it was jumping from tree to tree quite close. to the house. The animal measure 2 2-3 feet in length and weighed 9 lbs, A goodly number in this community have visited Mr. Will Adlatn's home to View this un- common animal. Mastnr Frank and Alfie Sharp spvnt a pleasant week‘s holiday with their grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sharpe of Durham. ors at McMaster University, Toron- Mrs, J._C. Henderson shout a few «lays 111 Durham recently. A numhor from hm'e attomlwl the S! l’atmk's dancn at Williamsford on Hw 17th and all smut :1 \em 011- JM ahlc- Honing. Dornoch (Our Own Correspondent) Mai: In. it seems is the mnnili for sugar making this \031. All “ho haye tapped 101101111 fai1 lx good 11m. Mr and Mrs. S. \Vilsmorv and claughtw' Phyllis 0f Swift Current, Sask.. spvnt. a few days with her aunt Mr. and Mrs. J. W. MvKochnie and family. Tho monthly meeting of the FF. “'0. nwt at tlw lnnmn of Mrs. Mur- ray Ritchiv with a good attendance. A wry inlm-nsling program was given. The next meeting will he at. llm homo of Mrs. Tom Lauder. Mr. and Mrs. L. Sholdtrofih and family of nom- ljhvslvy spont Sunday With Mr. and Mrs. lim'l Vessw. Miss Sadie Lawrenm of Walker- ton returned to lmr home last. week sick. We hope s-lm will soon feel I’M-NW. Mr. (hw‘n'gn Bailey spvnt Sunday \\'|_th his pm'vnts Hoar firawford. Rocky Saugeen (Our Own Correspondent) Mr. Archiv )[vDonahl returnqd to Calgary after Sponding the wmter with his nnclo‘. Mr. Duncan Mom'- thm'. Don't t'cirgvt tho l'.I".\\'.O. concert (0 1w gin-n in Hm school an April Mr. J. H. Baker left Monday on his return trip to Elbow. Sask., after spending the winter months at the parental home. A very interesting Irish contest. and then a royal good lunch and a good cup of "toy". Your scribe oc- cupied the chair and considered the only weakness of the menings en- tertamment “as the small admit- tance fee. for t'was easily worth double the price. The \Vomens In- stitutr1 deserw warm credit for the success of the atl'air and tho Presi- dent, Mrs. W. J. Greenwood and her bright daughters were the prime movers. Robson upheld the affirmative for Zion, while Messrs. Cecil Motfat and Howard Ritchie staunchly de- fended the negative. Mr. H. H. Mc- Donald, Mr. W33. Jack and Miss Mina Edwards were the judges. Both sides were well posted in argument, backed their statements with sta- tistics and data galore and presented their views with considerable skill and force. The judges were long in deciding. but finally gave the plum to the Zion pair, Miss Barbour re- ceiving special credit for presenta- tion of her side of the case. 1 SIGNS BIG CONTRACT Bob Meusel. veteran outfielder, has signed a contract with New York Americans for two years at 817,500 per season. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Boardinghouso Keeper (jokingly): “I don’t suppose you know what it means to be hungry, Mr. Smithors‘?” Boamlm': “No, but I'm learning." . Jimâ€"J‘Well. as I‘ve oxporiencml gt. It’s first the water‘s too hot. than It‘s cum, Umn you have not :1 towel, then you step on the soap and I‘m- ally the telephone bell rings. Gi'av (looking Up from his new 5- paper -â€"â€"I szn, Jim. “ hat is the ()1- dm' of ”H.‘ Bath?" Constable Denton and InSpector Beckett left Durham about noon for Hanover on a similar errand, but. whether or not the Hanover mer- chants have called 0.? their contest we are not prepared to say. dealer in goods, by himself or his employee or agent, directly or in- directly, gives or in any may die- poses, of, or offers to give or in any way dispose of,’ trading stamps to a purchaser from him of any such goods. 4-5 Edw. VIL, c. 9, s. 1." Receiving trading stamps: “Every- ' one is guilty of an on‘ense and liab e, ; on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, who, be- ing a purchaser from a merchant or dealer in goods, directly or indirect- receives or takes trading stamps from the vendor of such goods or his employee or agent." The above is an extract from Crankshaw’s Criminal Code, pages 630 and 631. "’ Will Got Legal Advice It will be seen from the above that‘ there wasbut little else for the Durham merchants to do but con- form to the request of the County Crown Attorney and for the pre- sent there will be no more voting tickets issued until the matter is cleared up. It is not the intention, however, to let the matter rest as it is at present and legal advice is being obtained to see just where the matter stands. The company that put the contest on assured the 10- cal business men that the contest was within the law and if it is found that it is the contest will be continued after the matter is clear- ed up. In the meantime all those holding votes are advised to hold on ‘to them as they may he of use later on. Disappointing to Merchants The outcome of the contest is in- tensely disappointing to the merâ€" chants here as the campaign was quite a success. This is not their principal objection, however, the disappointment of their customers being their chief regret. These pony contests have been run for the past seven or eight years in various parts of the province and this is the first instance, so far as can he found out, where the police have interfered. Contests are at present. running in other towns. but. with the exception of Durham and Han- over, no action has been taken. For their own satisfaction the Durham, merchants are having the best legal! advice obtainable and when the out-! come is known «‘letinitely their pa- trons will he informed of the re-l sult. A number of our young peOple in the vicinity haVe been laid up with the chicken-pox. We hape to see them all around again soon. PONY CONTEST sister, Mrs. B. Dargavel of this place. Mr. G. Tracey ha‘s unrefined me Mr.' G. Tracey 58's purcnueh the aid log barn on Mr A. Livingstone‘s (arm. W'e understand Mr. Howard Smith has the fbfi'tiiét'di'di-iwihé It to the mill. Mrs. J. Ray and Miss Bela spent Saturday in Durham visiting the farmer‘s mother, Mrs. P. Reid, who Is yéry iil at present. (Continued from page i) STOPPED BY POLICE In a recent pxamination candi- dates were asked to explain the meaning of the fqllowing: "The «loathâ€"rain was fourteen point nine." One bright youth replird: “It. means fourteen died last month. and there's nine 0n the point of death." De Autremont will be taken to San ancisco on the transport Thomas. De Autremont claims he is an atheist and does not believe in the hereafter. He says he was to com- mit the crime by reading accounts of the exploits of Jesse James. He appears to be fairly well educated, cheerful, though quiet and was quite popular with the men of his company. He is supposed to be in love with a Filipino dance hall girl. Held Under Heavy than! be Autremont is under hemy guard at the Estado May or barracks in the downtown section of Manila. No reporters are permitted to see him as the postal authorities are at- tempting to obtain clews as to the whereabmits of his two brothers. The postal inspector 8 wife. who ar- find at Manila with the inspector. it is understood, gasp. much assist- ance in running down he A-utie mont De Autremont said he was in the postofl‘ice in San Francisco where the ofler for his reward was posted. A clerk said, “Gee, that fellow looks hereafter. ~ He says he was led to comâ€" and answered, “Yes, doesn’t he?” [is enlisted in the arm_y_in Chicago. De AutremonL according to the inspector, described in detail his ad- ventures while a refugee. He was a member of the sherifl‘s posse which was pursuing himself, he declared, adding that he had to laugh when one of the posse said, “If we find him we will shoot him down like a dog." Siski ou, Ore" killing 3 mil clerk and l ree train men. The two other brothers, Ray and Roy, twins, aged 26; are still at large. Hugh is 23 years of age. / HAIL BANDIT TAU! “um Follow Looks Like You" (Continued from page M this roan nus [UL No. t. Durham. Phone 98-12 Water! Water! Water! Husbwd: This is a [nu-Hy x for “your mm dress.” A .‘a: .I--' ml. 1“. . ‘|n Ann.- “Just what I expected {mm x.- thundered the pmdmr. "As 1 Scripture says. I littl? knmvlc-du. a dangerous thing. but lot nu. . you air, that this incidpm m-(‘m-r when there war:- noithor gung- phies nor equators " A native preacher dim-mn-sim the lsrealites crossing the Rm. \o explained it was not so \Vmuiw after I", as it was winter and ' water being frozen, they “mm .. dry shod. 'A young student from Luv-A; who was in the congregatiun. m “Sir, I do not think you an- mix-r. because my geography tells ms- if there can he no ice so nuzu ‘ equator my the Red Seat" Hrs. Dooley had not had mum {,3 an education. but she did hrr bo-u h. hide the deficiency. “Will ynl; ‘ w.“ your name hem?” asked tho snlnq .,. whom Hrs. Dooley had Mk...) ;, draw up a deed transferring ~ 4... property to her daughh-r. s sign it yourself and I'll mat“ ,r work," said the old woman. ‘> me eyes gau- out I'm nut um. write a Wflrd. For "How ch. , spell it?" he asked. “With m- out an ‘9'?" “Spell it. whats-w: ye plaza, young man.” saw DOOIG)’. “Sure sinrr [ lost my v. there’s not a word I ran wuli \Vr izfe ‘Silly! That's Ulw (‘l‘uu What Is God Ila“ Worth? Why aka 3 chance and use water that is polluted and unfit for domestic use, when Pure Water can be had by having a well drilled. “'0 handle Pumps and Pump Reâ€" puirs. Why ad could lot Spell Satisfaction Guaranteed ED. J. PRATT PONY CONT! STOPP VOL. 60,-3‘ ’l’ovincial Constal Tuesday and As chants Were I further Action Which 1135 Bee! Four Weeks Aflm‘ a M‘. fewwm‘ks (I helm! run h: of Durham. was also a l and fun the thing dams: (ion is aw Tho 1‘ Coastal» "denuy s OVGI‘. W being r illegal. “I? H0 whu wr Dyro' :11 “1045' «1 “(‘0'1' 1“ “Ir slm V'It TlV 0m UN \\ H CARGILL LA! NAI Swept ABF} d i "I! “'11 II \\ 0 Th ll Those Wh \\ H