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“’e’re «on the down grade again. / Winter will soon be here. Doxi’t forget Rife’s midsummer sale. August let to 8th W'e regret to learn of the very serious illness of Mrs. Thomas A. " Harris. Mr. Harris is here. and is feeling very anxious about her. Lostâ€"0n Durham main street. . on 'Wednesdav evening. July '29. an openâ€"face silver watch. Re- ward at this office. Our graduates are our advocates. There’s a reason Ask us to tell you why. Mt Forest Business College. All straw hats and summer caps going at cost at Rife’s midsummer- sale. Watch the windows for bargains. Trinity church picnic was yesterday afternoon, Summer shirts, all sizes and colors. for half price at Rife's sale. the new post office has been let to Mr. Jacob Hahn. of Hanvoer. Good stack of wheat straw for sale. Apply to. S. Langrill, !R. R. No. 3. Durham. Surely Priceville must realize that Durhamites are good patrons of their holiday 'ports. The vil- lage was alive with them on civic holidlay. Persons or parties desiring to hire an automobile can be accomâ€" modated at C. Smith Sons’ Gar- age. Careful and competent driver furnished. Rates on ap- , ‘ plication. 5 7 tf In looking round town it will be observed that many of the resi- dents sre showing a pride in their homes and assisting nature in beautifying the grounds and surroundings. This is a 'com- mendable pride. and we hope to see it grow so as to extend itself to the town council. where a ten- der spot might be. found. The merchants enjoy their \Vednesday afternoon holiday. and were it not that customers may fQI‘get and be inconvenienced be- cause of it. it is certainly a nice thing for them during the hot weather. We feel sorry, however when people come in to do busi- 1;: 47 ~Mfl.2476 ness ahd find the stores closed against them. The baseball game on \Vednes- day afternoon of last Week be- tween the Clerks and the Cement 'Works resulted in a win for the former. Though not present, we. learn the game .was- a good one and the Clerks had to extend themselves to get their one-run victory. It is expected an out- side team .will be secured for a game in the near future. The deVelopment umk in (011- nettion with the I1\dl‘0-EY‘1€itIiC:lt Eugenia is being: aapile iishcd ahead and will be a gigantia ai- iair when completed. The big storage tank. we are told. “ill. assume immense provorti 1,15. and will convert into a lake several. hundred acres of land. some of: which has for 3ears been under}. cultiV ation. It is said that it villi take two "years to fill the huge; basin and that the present Eu- , genia Falls will appear :0an as 11 lot of bare rocks. Huge machin- e-ry for the development xxork is being hauled by the aid of various mechanical devices to the scene of actiV ity. Some of the present public highways will be cut off in the reservoir and diV erted into ence of many. These and other "changes are talked of, and some .of the stories told are apparentlv more fabulous than true As mWer is to be furnished some time time next year, the cament Will madly have to be turned on Move the pond is full. N E\N$ AROUN D TOWN held". For sale.â€"A quantity of dry slab ;wood. At the Foundry 7 :23 Mr. Peter Gagnon and family have moved into their handsome new bungalow on Lambton street. Regular 15c., or two for 25c. lingn collars, going for Se, each at Rife’s sale. The Durham Horticultural Socie- ty will hold an exhibition in the town hall on Thursday and Friday the 20th and 215t‘ of this month. All indebted to The Chronicle will oblige by paying up. We need the money, as we have big payments to meet. We have only a few summer x'eéts. Regular $1.50 and $2. clean"- ing at 75c. during our 5318. S. A. Rife Co. Manufacturer’s samples of wash dresses in Japanese, crepes, Bed- ford cords, etc., at (less than man- ufacturer’s prices. At Grant’s. The first local 1914 Wheat to reach Durham was delivered to Welsh’s mill on Saturday by Mr. Geo. Seim, of Normanby. It. weighed 63 pounds to the bushel. It is predicted in Toronto that before the end of this month beef- steuk will sell for at least 45c. 21 pound. Before Christmas it will be hi gh er. We regret to learn that Re\'. Mr. Hartley has decided to sever his connection“ with Trinity church and will. accept a similar charge at Delaware. near London. During the four years Mr. Hartley has been amongst the people here he has won the esteem Of all and we are sure his decision to leave will be the cause of general regret. , We understand Miss Carrie E'Marshall has been engaged to {teach in the junior room. here. i The judge in the field arm) competition under the direction of the Egremont Agricultural Socie- ty was in the township last week. There were some fields that would ihave gained a better staz‘uling {lad it not been for the presence 30f 50w thistle and wild outs. The ’gscore is as follows. 'in order of :merit. 100 points being the total: iHe-nry Reid 84. .AE. Caulfield S3. §.Andrew Hunter 81. J.A. Smith 80, {R .Aitken 79. Walter FerguSon 278311. Henrv Cowan 78. “CW. Ram- ' l a 5 I l l I Mr. George Moses. of Toronto. joined his wife here, in. spending the holiday in the burg. Birdie St. Leger _c:1me 'to the Village Saturday and remained over for a couple of days. The football boys went to Ay~ ton- last 'Wednesday evening and trimmed the bunch there, t‘ms score being ‘f-O. J M. Dixon and 'Wife drove over to Gleneden and Spént the d3}. Saturday last. with XV Ovans and Joe McEwen. Dr. and Mrs. 'Mnrsh, and Ina, motored to M's-afoul and other points on Monday. uV--‘ _ merit. 100 points being the total: and were extremely liberal in fill- Henry Reid 8-1. Ali. (.‘aulfield 8.3. mg the air with the music that Andrew Hunter 31. J.A. Smith 80. alu'ays "causes n tingle in the R. Aitken 70. \Yalter FerguSon blood of every Scotchman. Those 75?é~ Henrv Cowan 73. “CW. Ram- who understand pipe music pro- age 77. John Stevenson 76. D. Alâ€" nounced. and those who didn’t Ian 76kg. RA. Nicholson 7.3. J. Mc- could not fail to be delighted :Arthur 744 J-R- Phil!) 73. BF. Shm‘r‘) with the spectacular performance éTO.‘\V.H. Rogers 69.414, J. C‘flldtfl 59. of the excellent drummer, Whose ? The Egremont Cl‘eilmefb‘ has iUST (manipulation of the sticks was a fsent out the pay cards for July. real marvel of skill. gthe price paid for 'butter fat being A As a new bridge is being built $24.20 per C‘Vt. This institution over the river, and the water is Eis worth}: 0f the patronage of the down. the aquatic contests had to [farmers within reasonable distance be abandoned for this year, but f Messrs. Buller and Brebner are no such cports were expected, as .8t present engaged in turning out they were not advertised, and the ;a car of broom handles. This is an people still have reason ‘to con- iindustry that is dOifl-P: a good tinue their confidence in the gbusi-ness in this community. Priceville promises. ' Miss Aggie Cameron of Letter Breen, Spent part of Monday with her aunt Mrs. W. J. Sharp, in ’ Holstein. J. D. Roberts and wife attended the funeral of Mr. 'D. Ferguson at Swinton Park on Saturday. “’illie Sharp came up from To onto on Saturday and spent couple of days with ”Martin Bye. There are many complaints of the visitations of orchards and gardens bv those who seem to have no regard for the rights of others. We have been informed that the authorities are about to take action in the matter. No doubt this would prove a bene- fit to all concerned. ' Let Us Have Your Next Order for Job Printing HOLSTEIN. Few places can beat Pribeville' in'getting up a genuine Cine Holiday celebration. Three years ago some of the young, enter- prising citizens conceived the idea of rising above 'the state of lethargy so common in many places and showing What could be done by a united effort. The first year was a tug of war be- tween the pessimists and optim- ists of the village. The former section regarded it as a fool- hardy undertaking, and saw “blue ruin” Written in the results. This only inspired the others to PRICEVILLE’S CIVIC HOLIDAY be “up and at it” with greater energy and the demonstration proved- a magnificent success. Such indeed was thesuccess that. after clearing all expenses. they put by a hundred dollars. The pessimists then began to “sit up and take notice,” and last year there was a very hearty co-oper- ation, a big demonstration and another surplus of a hundred and forty added to the previous Year‘s savings. BURHAM. ONT.. THURSDAY, AUGU 3T 5.1914. This year, they had two hundred; and forty dollars to their credit. to start with, and with large} hones and no small amount of? enthusiasm, they went to work vigorbusly again and scored a most brilliant success. The event was widely advertised; bills were sent to all towns and v‘llages for many miles around, good Sports for the day were provided and good talent for the concert was secured. In previous years they made no promises they didn’t inâ€" tend to carry out, and in this way they inspired the public with confidence and everybody exâ€" pected the full program would be as good, or better, than they adâ€" vertised. ' Unfortunately, there was ahitch in the present year’s program” but it was no fault of the man-â€" agement. and no visitor felt more disappointed than the committee themselves. A football match be- tween a team from Toronto and a team from Mildmay was adverâ€" tised. The Toronto boys started on their way, but when they reached West Toronto, in some way the train left some who got off to see if a couple of mem» bers, who war to ioin them there, had put in an appearance. The train pulled out, and the boys were left. They at once tele- phoned that they were starting out in autos, and would get to Priceville on time. When they got as far as Orangeville, how- ever. they found they would be too late, and abandoned the trip. It was a disappointment, but the game, or a good substitute, had to be played, and a pick-up team was selected to face Milt:â€" may. which, after hard fighting on bothsides resulted in a tie. neither side having scored. A number of members of the 48th Highland Pipe Band‘ Toronto, was present during the afternoon, As a new bridge is being built over the river, and the Water is down. the aquatic contests had to be abandoned for this year, but no such cports were expected, as they were not advertised, and the peOple still have reason to conâ€" tinue their confidence in the Priceville promises. The other games went on nicely, and with IMO mishaps, and very few hitches. We regret that one or two of the Durham boys forgot themselves in the lacrosse match they had with a team from Chesâ€" ley. The scrapping during the game is not what respectable peo- ple go to see. They like good. clean sport, but that match was no evidence of What lacrosse should be, So far as we could see. and we saw‘enough to conâ€" Vince us that 'We are right, the originators of the trouble were in the Durham team and Chesley was quite within her right to reâ€" sent the insults. We can’t con- Continued on page 4. i The Bfitain-Franceâ€"Russia and German-ay-Austria-Hun-gary {rouble *in Europe has "been. the one im- portant subject for the past week. :So far, it ’iS! impossible to tell just j‘what the outcome will bc,'but it 'looks as if a general European I war is about to begin. ‘ So far, the Germans have ap- iparently been the prime cause of the trouble, having refused all iovertures for peace, and at the 'same time trying to {make it up- Epear that France and Russia are. "reSpensible for the present crisis. GREAT BRITIAN DECLARES VAR Great Britain. declared war 0 Germany at midnight, Tuesday. ‘1 Great Britain, While remaining V neutral in the question “so far as a declaration of War is roncerned. {can hardly remain neut-al much El-onger. The breach between lBritain and Germany is daily jgrowing wider, and before the iweek is ended she ‘may be in the {thick of the greatest war in the ihistory of the world. I She can enter the conflict with ’a clear conscience. N0 country" iever entered a state of ’-\'211‘ with ‘greatcr reluctance or more consid- eration that Great 'Britain is enter- in}: this one. Since the first. she has been a firm adttmate for "peace, and has done everything in her power toward that end. Now that the war fever has caught the public, and the “tight little Isle” is resigned to war. lit is more than probable that War will be declar- ed in a for; day-3. at most. So far, the. line-up am’rears tobe'. To date, Germany has declared: War on Russia and (France and is mobilizing again-st them. She has also broken her treaties with Britain and the other powers by invading the neutral Duchy of Luxemburg and Belgium, seeking to establish them as a base for supplies. These invasions, and the breaking of the treaties, has brought Great Britain into the fray, and she has ”issued an ulti- matum to Germany giving flier un- til midnight on Tuesday to ans- wer as to her position regarding the neutrality of Belgium. Greece. '1V1«Cmten»-t:-gr0 :1 n (‘i .1 5101111.. against Germany and Austria- Hungary~â€"the Italian nation. the other member of the Triple A113- ance. expressing its intention of remaining neutral for the present, at least. In the event of war Britain’s side will‘ also be strengthened by the addition of ethellunds, orway and Belgium. the gal, Sweden, mark. N N After more than a year’s con- finement to his bed, caused 13" a broken 1eg,Mr. Donald McDonald died last Friday at 'his home on Bruce street. Pneumonia, how- ever. which he contracted four days previous to his death. was the immediate cause. Deceased was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1831, and came to Canada with his parents when quite young. They lived for a year in Collingwood before mov- ing to the third concession of Bentinck, and hewing out a home for themselves in the early days of the township. Fifty-two years ago he was married to Ann McDuffy, and they celebrated the golden wedding in 1912. The family consisted of six sons and 'six daughters, of Whom the following survive: Marv (Mrs. H. Alexander), Dornoch. Du- gald, at Lamlash, Kate (Mrs. Gra- ham), and Clara (Mrs. McAlister» in Hamilton, Maggie (Mrs. Thibau- dean), Stettler, Alberta, Malcolm, at Lacombe, Alberta, and Donald in Durham. All were present at the funeral except Mrs. Thibauâ€" dean and Mrs. McAlister. ' Fourteen years ago, deceased came to Durham, bought a house on Bruce street, and rémained there to the time {of his death. In- terment took place on Monday to Latona cemetery, Rev. Mr. Wethâ€" erall of Toronto, officiating in the absence of his pastor, Rev. Mr. Whaley. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved Widow and members of the family. {3B iTUI W1K" A DONALD LiCDONALD. Britain Continued on page 4 0n: +>>>>>>v>b>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>v>>>>>p>rrrp>>>>>>>9 'OWLMMAAMAA AAAA A A. A I MMMAMJ‘AQ PROGRESS BRAND Clothing for Men and Young Men, and Alert Juvenile Clothing E indulge in absolutely no exag- geration when we say that in these lines you will see clothing values that have never been excelled in Dur- ham, The smart distinctive styles, the up-to-date exclusive materials, the per.- fect fit and the splendid quality of tailor: inO' shown in these (foods can hardly fail to elicit 1our admiration and 1our orde1, see tl1e111,111al<e a point of it. Prog1ess Brand (,lothing and Alelt Juvenile Clothing have a t1‘e111e11dousl1' strong re1f1utati1111. livery customer who has tried them usually comes back again as the Linings, Fit and Style are super- ior t1) the ordinarv run of clothing: J \\ e l1 12111: a s11l1: 111li1l asso1t111ent in Navy and black 11111‘ste1l also l11eed Suits, and during this month 11e a1e cgcing‘ to 54111: a splendid Satet1 Ray/.111 11itl1 every suit at 110111 11.00 up. New Swing Clothing S; F. NEORLGCK fireat Value in HOUSE FURNISHINGS J. 6: J. HUNTER Rugs, Linoleum, ()i1c10ths, Mat- tiugs and Curtains, at Greatly Reduced Price. 4 yards wide, in: best quality, regular $2.10, $2.25 and $52.40 for $1.95 per yard. Remants of Floor Oilcl-oths in :2 yards,}1‘/2 yards and 1 yard wide, at Bargain prices. Japan Matting Regular 250. for 190. o)1,/ 9),!) Seamless Tapestry Rugs I‘vgulm $18.50 for 15.00 regular 16.00 fora-3.50 1"eg'ular 13.50 for 11.50 Linoieumns $1.00 PER YEAR