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The Dominion Feather Co. buys all kinds of feathers. old or new. School Books and school sup- plies. all kinds. Central Drug Store Granite and tinware just in. Something new. Lowest price. At the Variety Store. Get one of our song books, with 50 patriotic pieces in it, for “25c. At the Variety Store. The Dominion Feather Co. are located in Mt. Forest. next to J. Campbell’s blacksmith shop. Mr. Robert Burnett has Opened up a general store in .the old Standard Bank stand, McIntyre Block. Miss Rita Irwin wishes to am nounce that she .Will accept a limited number of pupils for in« struction on the piano, after the 15th of September Flags! Flags! Flags! If you are desirous of displaying your loyal- tv and want to secure flags call and see what we have to poffer you ranging in price from SC. up.â€"W .Black. A big patriotic rally will be held in the rink about September 15 .un- der the auSpices -of the Red Cross Society. Mr. N. .C. Coutts advertises an auction sale‘of 50 head of cattle on Saturday, September 5. See his ad. on page 2. ' The loan of bunting, pennants or flags for the decoration of the rink for the patriotic rally would be greatly appreciated Those making loan-s will kindly leave such at Bean’s store Central Drug Store. Ready for school opening. The largest stock, the lowest prices, the best service. At the Central Drug Store. All indebted to The. ChronicLe will ‘oblige by paying up. We need the money, as We have big payments to meet. Automobile Service. -â€" Persons. wishing automobile service. will be accommodated by applying personally or by phone to the Central Hotel. Careful handling. and _reasonable pricesâ€"M. McAul- iffe. Durham. 8 164 Mr. Dan. McLeanreturned from Collingwood and Shallow Lake. where he installed quantities of weather-stripping for the C. J. Furber Co. He stripped the new Government post office at Colliqg- wood and the school house at Shallow Lake. A meeting, under the auspices of the. Red Cross, was held Tuesday afternoon, and it was decided that the ladies meet each day in the Armory to sew and makecom- forts for the soldiers They pur- pose getting one shipment off by Septembep 15, as the need is verv urgent On Saturday last the furniture factory. owing to depression in business caused by the war de- cided to reduce the number of employees. A few were laid off permanently, and others for this week, and perhaps longer. . The factory is still running five days a week and the' management will furnish as much employment as possible during the present cria's. They may be forced to make reductions, but will try to act as cautiously as possible and with the most careful considera- day at the age of 73 years. The immediate cause was pneumonia, contracted from a cold. He was born in 1841 near Whitby, engaged in mercantile business for a time in Listowel. In 1877 he moved to Mt. Forest Where he and J. W. Scott, now of Listowel, conducted a private banking business under the name of Halsted Co. Branches were started under the same name in Shelburne, Arthur, Wingham and Durham. He was a liberal and a Methodist. He ’ieaves two sons and two daugh-' M J. A. Halsted, until recently a private banker in 'Mt Forest. and well-knOwn to many of our readers, died in Toronto on Fri- VOL. 47 â€" N0. N EWS AROUN D TOWN Zion branch of the W'omne’s In- stitute will meet at the home of Mrs. J. J. Peart on September 10. An interesting afternoon is looked forward to. A general talk on Pickling. All ladies Welcome. A number of Toronto fruit ven- dors were fined from two to five dollars each for not keeping fruit covered, as required by law, to protect it from flies, dust, and other sources of contamination. We have heard more farmers kicking about the increaseoin the price of tea than We heard of the increase in the price at hogs, The White is one 01' the oldest sewing machinxe'firms, but thev embody all the newest ideas in their machines. See the rotary shuttle at W. ,J. McFadden’s. Almost $110 has so far been sub- scribed to the Red Cross for the; comfort of the wounded soldiers é A dance was given in the hall by the young people on Friday night. ’ The Dominion Feather Co. mat- tress is the only mattress a child can turn. A section of the McKechnie dam brake away on Tuesday, and re- pairs will force Mr. Welsh to keep the mill idle for a week or For saleâ€"A quantity of dry slab Wood. At the Foundry 7 :23 Live hogs brought $9.75 on Tuesday. Get the bestâ€"the White sewing machine. A large lot to be seen at W. J. McFadden’s. The White is the King of all sewing machines. Sold 'by W. J. McFadden. The Ebenezer (VickenS) Metho- dist church is to be congratulated on the success of the garden party held at Mr. T. H. Lawrence’s resi- dence on Friday evening. A large crowd flocked to enjoy the splendid refreshments provided bv the ladies and to listen to the splendid numbers, humorous, seri- ous and patriotic. given by Miss Mildred M. Walker of Toronto. The musical items were provided bv a quartette party from Varney and the‘ Misses Bailey of Vickers, who were heartily applauded for a charming duet R. J. Ball, 31.13., occupied the chair and gave an address of high order The pro- ceeds amounted to close upon $80 Join the new class on September 8th at the Mount Forest Business College. ' pee/ted soon for practice. . No doubt a volunteer company will be organized in. the near future. Some weeks ago we felt it {Would be wisdom to postpone for another year at least the erection of the new High School building. Since then a change has taken place and owing to the close, or par- tial close of town industries. it would be a good thing to fur- nish labor for the unemployed. It may be that some of the laboring classes will be hard pressed, and their chances for work would eVi- dently be no better elsewhere than here. The willing, honest laborer doesn’t want charity; 'he wants work, and we should try to find him employment. It is, also to be hoped that the work an. the new post office will soon be commenc- ed. The .pnosecution of both con- view, it is to be hoped the de- bentures advertised in this issue will find some 'loeslpnrchamn - At a meeting of citizens last Friday night in the town hall, :1 move was made to organize a civic rifle association and also to form a volunteer company. Com- munications with the Government authorities are being made and more definite information will soon be at hand.’ The public meeting was well represented and brief patriotic addresses were made by E._ D. M'cCIocklin, J P. Telford, Rev. W. H. Hartley, Rev. 'W. 'W. Wylie, Rev. W'. W. Prud- ham. 8‘. Hughes, Thos. Allan and the two local editors. Since then a large list of names has been se- cured and military rifles are ex- Let Us Have' Your ‘ Up to a few months before his? death deceased was quite healthy_ and extremely active for a man" of his advanced years. His facul- ties remained good to the last and up to a few months ago he was physically active. For the past couple of Weeks he failed? rapidly. i OBITUARY RICHARD JACK. Yesterday morning, about half- past four, after a comparatively brief illness, Mr. Richard Jack died here at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Neil McKechnie, with whom he had been living for the vast fivé‘ years. In 1860, he came to America. with his wife and two children and re-J mained for a couple of years in the State of New York before moving to Glenelgr where he lived till he came to town to spend the evening of his life with ,his daughter. ’ The surviving members of the family are Mrs. Neil McKechnie and Mrs. Alex. Rutherford, in town. Thomas and Samuel in the West. Sarah, in Toronto and William and Mrs. Harry Williams in G'lenelg. II. ‘his younger days, the '1:- ce--'::-'ed was a Presbyterian. 'but since coming to Glenelg, he has but}! identified with the Methodist denomination, and remained a faithful member up to the time of his death.. The deceased was in his 88th year, being born in Roxboroughe shire. Scotland, in 1827. Fifty- eight years ago, he married A2- nes Hastie, who predeceased him 11 years ago. Interment takes place to Zion cemetery to:morrow, Friday af- cternoon, leaving the home of his daughter here at one o’clock. The chaplains .for the Canaman expeditionary force have been fppointed. _ _- - - n A __‘ a- 1.. The Port Dover flag day realxz- ed $254.45 'for the patriotic fund. Persons or parties desiring to hire an automobile can be accom- podated at C; Smith; 8: Sons’ Gar- age. Careful and competent driver furnished. Rates on _ apâ€" The Windsor Salt Co; have sen: a car 'of salt to the Valcartier camp. ' The closed salmon season In British Columbia has been called off. plication. The Beamsville car of fruit 13 being much appreciated at Valcar- tier. The Dominion Feather Co. make feather mattresses-out of- ‘y-our 01d feather beds. The largest stock of school needs in town, at the Central Drug Store. - You Will save money by Sending your children to the Central Drug Store for their school needs.‘ The by-IIaW 'té'o widen King. St. in Waterloo, Ontario, was decisive- 1v defeated. For Sale.-â€"Barred Rock cockerel-s from O. A. College, bred to lay strain. Best utility but not exhi- bitio'n stock. Choice birds at $3 eachâ€"Dept. of Agriculture, Mark- The Princess Patricia Light in- fantry were. :given a rousing send-off at Ottawa Friday. The 11th and 16th Batteries With a strength of 96, left Guelph on Friday. iOpel Dome “of Tamworth. died yesterday as the result of taking flv poison. - ' Half a block of Buildings were destroyed by zfeire in Trenton with a loss wot $30,000. DURHAM, ONL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. WM- 57tf ! Britain, France and Russia con- stituted the Triple Entente, and it was their .duty to protect Belgium against the int1usions of other nations. Britain, at the time of the outbreak, had t1ouble within ther own borders and the kaiseI SgVVas of the opinion, no doubt, that S'England VV ould have all she could yt-ido to settle the ciVil t10uoles in Ireland. In this the monomaniac of EurOpe failed in his count on Britain’s neutrality. ‘ Jt as cf' 3f L-ll st \n I i The Russians on the east are ,making headway against the Ger- !mans, who are gradually falling- ;back from their overwhelmning :oppone-nts. As yet, however, the gRussian forces have not reach-ed : the strong points in Germany, and onlv a spirit 'of What seems to be foolish optimism leads to the gapinion that the Russians will soon attack '° the German capital. g‘llhe Vistula and Oder, two large ‘navigablie rivers, and strongly- :fortified positions will intercept their march and cause much delay, In the meantime, the Western di- .vision of the German armq,r will make a mad rush to “take Paris or die”: failing this they can af- lford to let the Russians overrun 'the eastern portion. of the confed- ‘eracy till they Win a V decisive Vic- tocry in the west. The delays in feb‘ing on Paris, however, have sarranged the' kaiser’s plan'." who expected to win [France and ; then turn and defeat Russia. It took but a- small excuse to start the bl‘ood-curdling carnage we have been reading of for the past three Weeks. Germany was fully prepared, and on this ac- count get a good start of their enemies. Her first great stroke was to overrun France and this she counted on doing before her enemies could prepare to oppose her. The War is the only-subject that? people seem 'to think about“ En: erybody talks ‘war and a feeling: of seriousness seems to pervade; the Whole atmosphere. Unless other complications set in and other combinations are formed. there seems 'to be only one pos- sible result ultimately. The Ger- mans are Winning now at a tre- mendous sacrifice. They have been preparing for this great conflict for over forty years, and whiLe they talked of peace their every action ‘Was to prepare for war and to strike a crushing blow I _ h '- as soon as the opportune tune had arrived. To get there, . the easiest wav; was through Belgium, an acknowâ€" ledged independent and heutrali. state, to which Germany herself; was one of the signatories. ExJ pansi‘on of territory and bower» Was the great dream of the Ger-} man War Lord, and what did he Care for treaties or honor in his; mad rushfor power ‘? As soon as the war cldud began to show itseu'in Europe, the Irish combatants sank their differences for a time and unitegl firmlv in a solid front to do battle fox E; ital 1. Britain couldn’t stand in l'V' by and neglect her honor by not render- ing aid to Belgium. Italy, Austria and Germany con- stituted the Triple Alliance, to aid each other against any power that might make an invasion of either of the three countries. As Ger- many had been the. cause of , the outbreak, and had herself actually. declared war against Russia and was invading Belgium, Italy found she was not bound by the agree- ment of the triple alliance to join Germany or Austria in a War of The Germans are heading V for- Paris and will in all likelihood be- siege the city, which is preparing: for mch- an emergency. ' aggression. So far, she remains neutral, and if forced to enter the contest it 'seems as if she will throw her influence in with the triple entente, and thus strengthen the . allied forces against the kaiser’s army. The naval conflict was. a sur- prise to the German fleet, who had two cruisers and two dread- naughts sunk by the British near the mouth of the Elbe. - THE WAR V" ’DDDEEDVFKDDDPPDPVDD D>>>>>>:>>::>>>>>>P>>>+ ‘ 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- ing shown in these goods can hardly fail to elicit your admiration and your order, see 'them, make a point of it. Progress -' Brand Clothing and Alert Juvenile Clothing have a tremendously strong reputation. Every customer who has tried them usually comes backagain as the Linings, Fit and Style are super- ior to the ordinary run of clothing. ‘Ne have a Splendid assortment in Navy and Black worsted also Tweed Suits, and during this month we are gcing to give a splendid Safety Razor with every suit "at from $4.00 up. PROGRESS BRAND Clothing for Men and Young Men, and Alert Juvenile Clothing New Spring Clothing S; F. MORLOCK J. 6: J.‘ HUNTER Great Value in HOUSE FURNISHINGS Rugs, Linoleum, Oilcloths, Mat. tings and Curtains, at Greatly Reduced Price. / 4 yards Wide, in} best quality, regular $2.10, $2.25 and $2.40 for $1.95 per yard. _v 4 x 4: regular $18.50 for 15.50 3 x' 4: regular 16.00 forfl3.50 3 X 3%, regular 13.50 for 11.50 Japan Mafia; Regular 250. fof 19c. Remants of Floor Oilcloths if 2 yards, 1% yards and 1 yard wide, at Bargain prices. W’ ‘5‘ Seamless Tapestry Rugs Linoleumns $1.00 PER YEAR