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that. they will be brought together to agree on any one particular day is something altogether difl’erent. Towns usually select the half day Our advice to Mayor \Venige and the Landon Council mmhl be to stay at home and let the various municipalities run their own Show. There is little doubt that. the. towns of Ontario will continue to have a summer half-holiday, but SI ' .\l 3! ER HALF-HOLIDAYS Mayor \Venige of. London is the latest. to come out with a sugges- tion that the towns of Ontario adopt a uniform day for their weekly half-holiday during the summer mouths. Mayor \Venige suggests Monday. claims that it would be more convenient. for the Shemving public and would mean a longer \veek-enc'l for those on holiday. Further, it is reported that. the London Council is to make a canvass of several towns and if the majority of these are found favorable to the scheme it. is said; that legislation will be sought to give the. municipalities the power to act. Thme axe many reasons why our plmtion date should be advanced in: min month. We know of no good mason \\ hv it should not. and if thmo an» anv “ho do we would he ploasml to linar from them and publish their communications. Wt. would be pleased to have the opinions of those of our readers, or any of the electors who are in- terested in the matter. The holding of our annual elec- tion in December instead of in January has many advantages. From the standpoint. of the weather. it’ nothing else, it would he a distinct. advantage. The first Monday in January is too near the holiday and follows too soon on the heels of the busy Christmas sea- son for the. greater number of the citizens to show much interest. Along about. the first of December with gem! weather. and before the commencement. of the Christmas rush, would, we believe. he a much more suitable time, and all that is required. we believe. is for the Council to pass a bylaw to that efl‘ect. Several municipalities throughout Ontario havg tried this new date and so far we have heard none intimating that they would go bat-k to the old one with its snow, coht weather and general incon; venience. Amongst the municipal- ities likely to adopt the new elec- tion date is our sister town of Hanover. Reeve Brigham having given notire that he will introduce a motion for a change at the next meeting of Hanover Council. Tho Chronicle has on several previous occasions advocated this chango in clcction datc. but we do not seem to haVe struck the right chord so far as the members of the touncil axc conccmcd, though anV “ith whom “9 have spoken have expres scd themselVes as faVorablV' .nsposed. EARLIER ELECTIONS We do not RUG“ whether or not the Durham 'lown Council has any plans lor pas§ing the necessary hylaxx that “ill enable us to hold 0111 municipal election on the first Monday in December instead of in January, but we feel that such a move would receive the assent of a large majority of the electors. Whosoever is afraid of submit- ting any question, civil or religious, to the test of free discussion, is more in love with his own opinion than with the truth.â€"WATSON. Ppbljshed eyery Thmday morning year, $1.00 for six months, 50 cents for three months, 25 cents for one month. To any address in the United States of America, $2.50 per year, $1.25 for six months, 65 cents for three months. Foreign sub- scription ratts on application. Member Canadian Weekly News- papers Association. at the ofi’ice, Garafraxa Street, Durham, Ontario, by Frank Irwin, Editor and PrOprietor. The Chron- icle is mailed to any address in Canada at the rate of $2.00 per AA A- - PAGE A Thursday, August 23, 1928 AUGUST 1928 “THE GOOD OLD ’DAYS” T he town of Simcoe is to'set apart and improve a piece of vacant land which will be dedicat- ed to "the good old days” when so far been too much tendency on the part of juries to absolVe the motorist. from all blame. .\'o mo- torist. will deliberately run down a pedestrian} but we feel that in the "1 eat majority of cases had the motorist been more. careful a tatality VV onlol haVe been aV eretd. It is a peculiart truth that, the pedes- trian is 11m OVer or into much more. frequently than a truck or some heavy road machinery. The ream son for this can be- easily solved by our readers. In the former case. there is- a coroner’s jury and an acquittal; iii the latter case the. motorist himself is the one injured or killed. For one thing, in the case of a fata_lity_ on the highway, there has The question is a big one and “ill become more complicated as the cars increase. If the safety of the pedestrian is to be made a part of our traffic laws, we see nothing f01 it but to prmide side- paths. which would be used \\ holly bx those on foot. .. There is little doubt that the Government. is anxious to solve this important trafi'ic requirement, but we do not. think that advising those on foot to wail; against the traffic is a cure. If motmists could be taught, and had enough sense of justice, 'to giVe the p414lest1ian going in the same direction as himself the same privilege as a horse and buggy 01 otheis sloVVm mOVing vehicle. theV VV ould tun out to pass him on the left. and the Opposite traffic on his left could then go on as in' the ,case of other Vehicles. Pedestrians haVe. and should be giV en the same priVileges as other users of the highVV aV, and a courteous and care- ful motorist will see that they re- who it. Up in this part of the, prOVince where the traffic is not congested this walking on the left side of the road. will work’ out all right. but down near the cities or along some heavily travelled highVVaV. anV pe4lest1ian going against the traffic would spend a mer1V afternoon getting out of the way of approaching motor cars. The adVice to keep to the left and meet the approaching traffic is giVen so that the pede~t11an may see the cars coming his VVa} and not be run «iOVVn from behind. \\ ith nothing else to be considered this VVonld be good white, but in hPa\VtI"13fiiC_. a pedestrian going against the t1afl‘ic mould be out on the side of the mad all the time or 0Vex1 in the ditch entirelV,an1;l would not make much headVVaV1. V KEEP TO THE LEFT We me not exactly sure that we are in lav01 of the advice given pedestrians on the highuays to keep to the left side of the road and meet the approaching trafi‘ic as a matter of safety. The question of the safetx of pedestrians is a big one. and with the inc1easing number of cars the only really practical solution that appeals to us is for the construction of path- \xays on the side of the road for the use of those who must traxel on f.oot We me not, hOWGVGI, without an open mind 'on the matter. ‘ \Vith the motor car, house to house salesmen, chain stores, mail ouler houses and what not, the average. small town business men have enough tiouble to get along, and with sales tax, income tax retuins, government inspectors, pure food detectives and numerous other rules and regulations! they haVe about all the gOVernment in- terference the traffic will st.and Jus What kind of legislation is insinuated at by Mayor Wenige land the London Council we do not know but we cannot imagine they would go so far as to approach the Legislature for the authority to haVe any one particular day set aside for a holiday. Right at the commencement, this scheme is not feasible. . No Government has any Il"ht in a countly like Canada to say which day shall be obserVed. The statutory holidays may be proclaimed for Mondays, but when it comes to telling a business man that he must close his store on any given afternoon for the sake of 1 taking a holiday, they are rather stepping ~into something over which they should have no say. for their aftenoon off that suits that particular municipality best. The day that suits some would not be adopted by others. a ,. 't.. \* - , ~ “ h 1' .av' ;' mm during the past week with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Firth, and with other relatives! in town and country. R is nineteen years since Miss Firth, who is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Firth of Glenelg, visited relatives and [friends in Durham. I Miss H. Firth of Toronto Visited Things printed can never be stopped; they are like babies bap- tised, they have a soul from that moment, and go on forever. â€"- Meredith. Family pride may adore a great grandfather but never goes so far as to concede that dad amOunts; to much.â€"â€"Brandon Sun. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Filth of Guelph spent Sunday of last week in town \isiting relatixes. Miss Eunice Buinett of Bmling- ton is the guest of Miss Norma Gagnon. Mrs. J. H. Harding and daughter Elizabeth, are in Orangeville this week, with the former’s aunt, who is seriously ill. Miss Norine Shipley 01' Sudbuf-V is \isiting with her aunt, M15. C. J. McLachlan an_d family. Mr and Mrs. Cheyne of Hamilton and son Donald, visited with her mother, Mrs. Neal, at the home of Mrs. G. Hepburn, for a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. Catton, Toronto, \isited with Mr. and Mrs. R. Catton fol a day or two last week. of M1. and Mrs. Archie Féflrwgci’ison, Dundalk, Ont. t0 Ml. N. Gordon McLeod son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLeod, Swinton Park, the mariiage to take place the latter pa_1_t 01' August. The engagement is. anhéiniced of Gladys Irene, youngest _dalughter A! ‘l_ Mr. Hugh Bride of Diiiihé'm visit- ed in town for a few days last weekâ€"Palmerston Spectator. Mr. and Mr rs. Robert Totten (nee Saiah Clark), of Kinca1dine are momning the death of their inâ€" iant son about No months old, who passed away in the lakeside town. The bOdy “as blought t0 ,urham by niotor hearsec last Sunday and interment made in Durham cemetery. Friends of the young couple ,will join us in ex- tending sympathy. Misses Grace and Mary Hopkins 91‘ Durham were visitors over the week-end with Miss Maxine Lyons.â€"â€"Markdale Standard. Mrs. L. D. Snow, of Tampico, Mexico. is visiting her father, J. W. Ewen, and brother, D. Ewen, here. We don’t for a moment think that conditions are ideal for any of us, but a look around will con- vince anyone that we are having a whole lot better timethan our forefathers ever enjoyed, and we are not working one whit harder. The whole matter in a nutshell 7seems to be that we are making more, spending more, enjoying our- selves more, and doing as much kicking about conditions in a week as our fathers and our grandfathers did in a lifetime. We may be wrong, but we are of the opinion that one month of “the good old days” some of us sigh for would cure more chronic grouches than any other prescription, and we would be perfectly happy to be returned to our present life of toil, our labor- saving machinery and our new 1928 model automobiles. Talk of the' good old days all you like, there are few who would care togo back to them. We may not be able to put by very much money, but we don’t have to take a day 011' to go to Owen Sound or Walkerton, or quit‘ work at four o’clock so that we can be ready and on the ground when the Zion garden party, eight miles out, rings the bell for the first call for sup- per around half-past seven. In the good old days with eggs at lil‘teen cents a (“7.811, it took an ’hour and a half’s labor to acmlire them; today they are being sold at thirty-live cents or thereabouts and the average trained mechanic is receiving between forty and forty-five cents an hour; In the olden days the farmer had plenty of help and got around four or five dollars a hundred for his beef cattle; today with less help (for, like the rest of us, he cannot af- ford to have all he needs) he is getting double that and with the help of labor-saving machinery is getting as much or more 08‘ his land with less mouths to feed. The idea is a good one, if the intention is genuine. There‘are today people who find fault with the high taxes, the high cost of living, and the high everything else ’except wages and what they have to sell. They remind us of the farmer who, when he was on the farm, said that. eggs were too cheap, but when he retired and came to town to live, refused to buy and eat them because they cost too much. taxes were not high. The formal dedication is to be marked, if we are to believe a newspaper report: “Dedicated to the memory of the days when Simcoe’s tax rate was 20 mills, when we had mud "roads wooden sidewalks, planked bridges and one school; no county roads, system, no waterworks, no sewers: no electric lights, and no nothin’.” I LOST INFANT CHILD THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Mr. and Mrs. Pettigrew of De- troit visitedJast week with her mother, Mrs. Arrowsmith. Mr. and Mrs. McDonnell of Dun- dalk visited with their .son, Mr. W. McDonnell and family, on Sun- day. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Currie and son of Toronto are visiting with Miss Tena Rose and other friends in t0w.n Miss Tressa Atkinson of Toronto visited with her brother, Mr. Ar- thur Atkinson, here, last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. Yollett Sr. of Durham, Mr. and Mrs. W. Nelson of Orchard, and Mr. and Mrs. \V. J. Vollott and family of Durham. s'pent Sumlay at Owen Sound and were joined by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ard of Allenford in a pleasant. after- noon. Mrs. John Bailey and two daugh- ters, Misses Beta and Florence, her granddaughter, Grace -Reay, and sister, Miss Martha McFadden Spent. a week at Iverhuron Beach. Mr. Harry Brigham of Toronto spent the holiday with them. Vunv‘r/ awu 'VV'W Misses Man and Mvrtle Jackson 01‘ Greensboro, North Carolina, are visiting their uncle, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Jackson. Miss McConkey of Toronto vis- ited the Misses McFadden, Bruce street, last week. Miss Elsie Ledingham is spendâ€" inga few days at her uncles, Ed. Bovco’s. Miss Elsie Boyce of Crawford spent a few days with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Led- ingham. Miss Isley McLarty of Vancouv- er spent a few days with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Led- ingham. \ Mr. Arden Whittaker, Toronto, and his boy friend, Mr. Howard Lott, were visiting his cousin, Mr. Mel Ryan for a couple of days. Rev. Hugh Stewart, grandson of the late Rev. Alex. Stewart the first pastor of Durham Baptist church, of the Ontario street Bap- tist church, Stratford, will be the preacher at the 75th anniversary services of the local Baptist church being held here next month. MIS. J. N. Mu1dock and daughtei Jean ale holidaying with Ielatives at_Bu1lington and Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Runciman and daughter, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Runciman, ' are spending their annual holiday with friends at Priceville and vicinity. M1. William Fi1th has returned to the home of his sister, Mrs. J. F. Wright, after spending two weeks camping at Sundiidge, Parry Sound Distiict, with his brothers, Chris. and wife, Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Major Alex. Firth and wife, of Brampton. This is th first time in over 45 years that these three brothers have spent a holiday together. Mr. John A.‘McKinnon, B. A., of Saskatoon, accompanied by his brother, Mr. Arch. McKinnon of Priceville, spent Saturday with their cousin, Mrs. Williain Smith. F Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Da'Vis and family left Tuesday for their home at Edmonton after .a visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis, and the former’s par'ental home, Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen. Mrs. M. Murdock and], daughter, Miss Elizabeth of Ayton,’ are visit- ing their sons and brothers, Messrs. Frank and Herb. Murdock, for_a few days. I, I“ UUUOLLL, “Luau ou v.1, ....... Miss, Clara Aljoe, after six weeks slpent in the west, returned to her home here last week, and will spend the remainder of her holi- days with her parents, here. Rev. and Mrs. Smith and son Donald are visiting with friends in Toronto for two weeks. ‘ Miss Bessie Smith is visiting with Mrs. R. J. Moorhead attended the funeral inv Toronto of her cousin, Miss Hayes, yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. French, Toronto, and Miss June Moorhead, Palmer- ston, visited with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Moorhead over the weekâ€"end Mrs. A. W. H. Lauder. is spending] a few days at Windsor.- , l PEAS, new pack, N 0 size ................ 10c. P and G SOAP, 5 bars ..................... 19c. SUGAR, pure granulated 10 Tbs ........... 63c. Wine Jars ............. pints, 98c.; quarts, $1.10 ch Jar Rings, 2 dozen . . .................. 35c. Jar Rubbers, 2 dozen ............... ‘ ....... 15c. Certo sure Jell ................ ' ........... 29c. VINEGAR, blended and ° ' Splrlt, per gal. ..... 40c. ................... 69c. to $2. 98 izes ...... , .............. $1. 79 PURE SILK HOSE First quality, popular light shades, regular price, $1.00 for ..................... 69c. Step Out’ With The New Season SHOWN above is one of our lead- ers; offered in black or tan calf; semi-balloon toe; rubber top lift. MAN here’s Footwear that’ll put “non” {n ‘7n11‘lfl 54-10;:111 Dns'H- In“ "1 “pep” in your stride. Built for endurance, but styled to give you the better ideas of the topnoch design- ers. Yes sir, one great value group at $7 Ill.-1 Alulllll 9I=l ¢I_io|ln:.luo!i¢!io!_l ¢!_I olzlolznoy J. S. McIlraith hll’szirst i ’ ‘ ” ' L....'_.;.. -31..-...'..4_iu. { WORK SHIRTS Mr. and Mrs. James Atkinson and family moved to CllflSluy \‘es- terday, , where Mr. Atkinsnn'has been for some two or throw Weeks conducting his new delixm-y 1mg- iness. ‘ vMiss ‘Irene Knox returned to h home in Guelph Tuesday after we“ iting for a week with MLS is)“ r -:1.l. Mr. and Mrs. Claience 101105 family, and Mr. and \113 W Smith, all of Grand Rapid, the past week “in: MI. and Hiram Dean and family, mm. home.last Saturday. S H -‘- “1391 taking in the OWen éox .- inac boat trip. ml Mad" The Missqs chAar-f are this haki, a real ............ $1.00 Durham August 23, 1923 3 returning Week and Ine Al'mrc‘hwn {mm-I: n: \V. I. In"! at thv humo- «~13 Philip McDonald (on Friday ust, 17. with a fair nth-Mun memhm's and (mm. a numb visitors. Rev. Farmer 01' 0mm 8mm tOOk tho sm'viw 1mm Sunday mar-n ing in the absence of Rm; H Mr. and MN. Rm'lmr and MN. Harvey 01‘ ChOSloy and Mi.“ Marv McIntosh. Saskatohwan. “mm Sun- day gunsfs with Mr. and .\lz-~. .\. McDoutaH. On \Vm'lnosday M'vnin: nt‘ 1.» week about 100 fx-io-zm mum... at the homfi 01' Mr. and \hw. Xvi McCallum. in hmwr or Hm:- ms: LaVOI‘DO Mmlalhmz. Whom. mum-13w to Miss “and Inn.) «Hum-«1.1m 1001; plac«- \\mhw~'ciu\ :ifh'v'nmm The honorml 211MB \wu- :nwn :1 very lihmal mow: n1' .-H‘f~ :‘iv- companiod by host \Vi-hwe. Mr and Mrs. MoCaHnm intvnd Minn: for the \Vvst, Mn Mnndav. thv L‘HH: Heartiesf (‘mmatulatinns :n “\- ended to this mum: «m: 3 lo u~ m. \ embark 0n tlw sva nf‘ matxlmum. Mrs. Arnold and nvpho-xx Skene of \\'iar!un mm ‘1' pleasant. holiday :1? Hz" Mr. A. C. MCI‘MmaM. The :U‘N'rc'iw‘n {Hmt'h Brown and familx “m... 3,172 HTS. James Shannan Hum and Mrs. Smith Jacklin and sun. 1W? I'L’Piv Hanm ur' Ems \‘lcmny ms! \wwk, REV. H. CI'il'kHIIIHIA. ': ied by All'. “Hid. [,ijde from Londnn “Wm. Minx form the mm x in?“ ma 2w. Laxerno Mm lnllmn 2.. \' Boyd Hf (ilo‘m'nmiin. gnu .MIB. built“, Fur? I'L’Pii‘ \Iw Jacklm and sun. Hmmwr' . ‘ " Mr. and Mrs. A. C. \h'IMn'xH Mrs. JOhn and MISS 1 ha \].:]p:.; ald, acconlpalllm! I" 3‘». 1', ”.1.“ MCDOHald, DIONHNI ‘n In,’ “M!” Inverhuron and qwm :‘nu :;'*\' -. w: friends them ‘\‘ ‘ ,v‘ u-. ".. 4"" Mr. and 311w. \\'ii h: were rocvnt. glhwk MrS. Andrew Ilzltun :nm' ited at. the hum“ Sharpe, Hamwlvn. Miss Islay Mvhn daughter «of Mr. :1: McLarty. was it \\.~ this Vicinity ms! Master Jamne mini \1 Porter S1101” H I'E‘Wl‘flh' hOIidayS \V“ h I"1"!l:i } H Mr. Sandie. hum-n Miss Katie “Hwy“. (“‘1 Mr. Donald Mt'Ko-whnj. ter, MISS MH!‘_\'. Sin-H! the homo 01' Mr, :1”; Dornoch. Thursday, August 23, 1928 {Em m ([38! l M Enhana and (Offe (fl: rea te r We Motor-5’ Six has been “1'1 in style and equipped f0“ power than Pontiac (’7 along with its more 5 throttle. it continues to long life for which it is f and 0mm M M r-ndi n illilllc‘ M m .\l lmnv M: m; nf