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On'ThursdaV' eVening of last Week the VV omens Institute pro- vided a highlV edifying literar} and musical.program in the hall ‘here but the attendance was so sfnall‘that expenses were barely made. Dr. Marsh of Holstein have a Very instructiVe astronom- nomical talk profusely illustrated with. many magnificent lime-light views; reproductions of‘ photo- graphs of several offiche planets and other heavenly bodies. All who viewed the scenes seriously must have been deeply impressed with the great wonders of the universe. and the ’ inyriads of worlds that encircle our earth. Mr. The anniversary services of the. Varney Methodist church will be held next Sunday and Monday The Sunday services will be held at 11 and 7.30. There will be a cold supper in the Orange Hall on Monday, with an entertainment following. Chair taken at 5.15. A good program has been arranged. including addresses, from Revs. W'haley and Prudha-m of Durham. and Revs. Dr. Marsh and '1‘.H. Ibbott of Holstein. Tickets, 25 cents for tea and entertainment. ! Charles Nelson Gates, 3 horse trainer and jockey. died at his home in Toronto last 'week. He was a cousin of the late Charles Gates. multimillionaire, of Chicago. Mr. Gates at one time managed the Coyne House in Mt. Forest. A Sunday school tea and enter- tainment will be held in Knox church. Normanby. Friday evening the 30th inst. Dr. Marsh of H01- stein and Rev. Newnham of Var- ney. will deliver addresses. The school children will furnish a program of songs and recitations. and the church choir will add to the musical program- 'Admission 10 cents and 15 cents. A preliminary meeting to form a choral society will be held in the public library on Tuesday evening next. October 20. at 8 o’clock. All interested in music are requested to‘make a special effort to be. in attendance. Mr. J. Arthur Cook, of Mt. Forest. will be present to outline the plan of work. A broad invitation is extended. The contribution taken up on Thanksgiving Day at the Metho- dist church Rex-vice, for Belgian re; lief, amounted to nearly ten dol- lars. Any person Wishing to as- sist will kindly hand in his contri- bution to Rev. Mr. Prudham before Friday evening of this week. J. Arthur Cook will organize his vocal class on Tuesday afternoon next at the home of Mrs. S. F. McComb. Appointments for les- sons between 2 and 7 p.111. can be arranged on or before the above date. - One milch cow for sale. Apply to T..Cauldwell, 2nd concessibn. Bentinck. Persons or parties desiring I to hire an' automobile can be accom- modated at C. Smith Sons’ Gar- age. Careful and competent driver furnished. Rates on ap- plication. Mr. Caidwell MarShall underWent an operation Saturday for appen- dicitis, and is recovering nicely. He was taken ill very suddenly on Thursday night and Dr. Groves was sent for, when a satisfactory diagnosis was made. For sale.â€"8 Yorkshire suckling pigs at a snap for ‘quick sale. Will 5911 all or part. F. Murdock R. R. 3. one mile south-west of Durham. Illarsh takes' a great interest in istronomy and- his didactic meth. ids of presentation, coupled With 1 full and pleasing vocabulary, Nader his talk on the subject both 91933103 and instructive. His son. ”I John. Marsh, attended the stereoptmm and at sex eral inter- 9'315 dehg'hted the audience 11 ith able rendering“ of the most m0d_ am and popular patriotic songs: Ess Rita Irwin acted as accom- ' "st- and Mr. Ramage as' chail- . The proceeds amounted to g in the neighborhood of or twenty dollars 'Dhe. next horse fair will: be held a Thursday, October 22. VOL. 47-â€" NC. 2486 N EWS AROUND TOWN By requestâ€"At R. L. Saunders’; Variety Store, Durha‘m, on Friday and Saturday, October :23 and 24. i We will again sell our famous gold~l filled spectacles and eye-glassesf for $1.00. These glasses are iust‘t the same as are sold regularly at from $3.50 to $5.00: Remember; you get a genuine gold-filled; frame with best quality spherical; lenses, and your .eyes properly tested by .M‘essrs. Huh Baker. leading eyesight specialists of Toronto. For four years we have been selling these glasses throughout the greater part of Ontario and their popularity is at- tested to by the ever increasing demand. Owing to the advancing cost of material this may be your last Opportunity to procure these goods at the‘above eitraordinary low price. Special lenses at cor- responding low prices. A call res- pectfully solicited and satisfaction guaranteed. Noticeâ€"Come early .a'nd avoid wanting. The fool with the .gun is ever with us. Complaint has. reached us that a few evenings ago a couple of careless gunners were engaged in their dangerous amusement in the old cemetery up town. and that Mrs. George Ever- ette narrowly escaped injury a bullet having passed over the cow she was engaged in milking. There is. We understand, a town bv-law forbidding the discharge of fire- arms inside the corporation, but this by-law, like many others is almost wholly disregarded. In many’ instances parents are to blame for allowing boys who are careless and incompetent to have the use .of fire-arms, and the muni- cipal authorities are too lenient in permitting their by-la.ws to be so completely ignored. NeVer, it seems, till an accident occurs, do we hear of complaint. ' Mr. Alex. Grierson has a prize- Winning team he may well be proud of. He won first in Dur- ham, Priceville, Ayton and Dun- dalk and second in Hanover. In Dundalk he competed against five carriage teams, one of which came from Shelburne, and previously won $70 in prizes. Besides this. there were four other good teams and to come out first in the face of such a strong competing field is very creditable to our home man. We can heartily congratu- late him on his series of successes. Rev. and Mrs. Hartley left the fore part of the week for their new field of labor at Delaware. in the county of Middlesex, a few miles south-west of London, Dur- ing their four years here they made many friends, and we are sure their departure Was the cause of general regret. We have always admired Mr. Hartley, whose kind- lv disposition could not fail to win respect, and in his new home we trust he may make many new friends and enjoy the prosperity he deserves so well.-. Rev. John Morris, successor to Rev. Mr. Hartley, arrived in town yesterday afternoon and is getting acquainted with the members of his congregation. His first act was to make a pastoral call on Mr. Frank Grasby of Egremont. who is seriously ill. The South Grey Teachers’ Insti- tute convention is in session to- day and toâ€"morrow at Dundalk. It is a decidedly one-sided location in the inspectorate, but the trains seem to favor. reaching: town early and leaving late. Mr. T. G. Holt, a dentist in this town some years ago, died at his home in Medicine Hat, Alberta. on the 14th of September. Mr. Peter Black of Egremont. who was recovering from pneu-~ monia and took a relapse, is in a low condition of health. and his friends are getting anxious about his' condition. Next Sinday is Children’s Day at Trinity Church. and the Sun- dav school will Open at1030 instead of 9.30 on that occasion. 'It is reported that Mr. Pust has sold out his contract as courier of- Route No. ‘2, to a Mr. Campbell of Welbeck. Let Us Have Your Next Order for Job Printing Thanksgiving Day passed off very quietly here. Many took to the woods with their guns. Some took advantage of the cheap'rail- way fares to spend a day with friends, or see how things appear- ed in other places. A Thanksgiv- ing sermon by Rev. Mr. Prudham. beginning at 10 o’clock, Was breached in the Methodist church. but the attendance was rather small. A contribution for the aid of the Belgians, not Well announc- ed. amounted to nearly $10. Others will have an opportunity to in- crease the amount, and may send their contributions at once to Mr. Prudham. A couple of Durham boys, also two from Glenelg were before Magistrate Telford last week on a charge of disorderly conduct at the township hall at the last Far- mers’ Club. They Were fined $2 and costs each. Hamlet has been in the neigh-e borhood for some time, and from enquiries We have made he seems to bear a good name and to have conducted himself well. We are sorry his careless con-duct on this. occasion has been the cause of such irreparable sorrow. Thé funeral will be held this af-I ternoon at two o’clock, and inter-7 ment will be made in Hutton Hill. cemetery. ' f Hamlet,~ we are told, feels very much distressed over the sad mis- hap and will never again, in all probability. be guilty of such fdol- ishness. The distressed parents have the. (19013 sympathy of the Whole com-,3 munity in their very sad afflic-? tion.. ‘ The accident occurred on Monâ€" day afternoon and the unfortunate. hov linO'ered on till three or four o’clock next morning, when death reiiex ed him of his suffering. No malice could be shown, and the most "Charitable View, under the circumstances, is to believe that the shooting was accidental. No one can be charitable enough, however, to believe that any man or bov shows wisdom in pointing a gun. either loaded or unloaded, at any individual. Such conduct deserves the severe punishment. the law provides for it; and it should be unsparingly administer- ed. Though we know the opinion of the coroner, and his opinion of What the majority- of the jurors thought, We do not feel at liberty to _make it public. The evidence, it seems, was not sufficiently clear to Warrant the jury in giving any other verdict. If it could‘ have been shown that Hamlet aimed at the boy With What he thought was an unloaded gun, the punishment would haVe been severe, but Ham- let claimed he aimed at a post. and evidence to the contrary was not fully established. Coroner Gun «decided to hold an inquest, and after hearing the evidence‘ a verdict of accidental shooting was returned by the jury, but the matter was referred- for decision to the crown attorney. The report that' reached us first seemed to show that the shooting- was done intentionally, but Ham-9 let claims to have aimed at a post. and, not knowing the gun Was loaded, the kick when it discharg-a ed. caused the gun to swing round in the direction of the boy, with the result indicated. On Monday, Joseph Hamlet, a young Englishman, and two other young fellows, Were out with guns. During the afternoon they met Lawrence and his younger brother, who were all on friendly terms. As they parted, and were going in different directions on Mr. Law-. rence’s farm, Hamlet turned and fired off his gun, loaded with shot. striking Lawrence in the face when away from him a short distance. Some say he Wars about 35 yards away, and others, 75. We regret to learn of the trou-a ble that has fallen to the lot ,of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. H. Lawrence. through the death of their son, Edgar. 19 years of age. on Monday last. Stories of the accident, for such it was pronounced by the jury, are .so conflicting, that. it seems difficult to arrive at the real truth. FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT , auaum. mat, Tammy, ocroezn 15,1914 ia noted speaker of the Pastor 3Rgssell~cult will be present to de- iliver an address. , The Star Theatre had packed Shouses every night this week. The :Photo-Drama of Creation was pleasingly presented in lime- light views and motion pictures. explained throughout by the use .of a couple of phonographs. 'l‘he entertainments were given free. under the auspices of the Interna- Etionai Bible‘Students Association. of which Pastor Russell is the leading spirit. The Biblical Views were the best we have ever seen and the phonographic explana- tions,.so far as we could judge» I were wholly unbbjectionable. .Whatever Pastor Russell‘s religi- 'o'us opinions may be, and we know he has many opponents, the en- ?tertainment so far has been Well conducted, and was profitable, pleasing and instructive to all who fattended. The series began on ’Sunday night, and the last presen- itation will be given to4-night, when ’But to bring the ‘war to asuc- cess’ful conclusion, starvation alone will not be a satisfactory solution. The military spirit must be crush- ed, or oa cessation of hostilities will only give them a breathing spell to prepare for future ac-, tion. 1‘0 destroy German cities. as the Germans have destroyed the l)1‘O})(‘I't_V of the French and He‘- e‘ians, is a woeful waste. To do so however, will be necessary if they cannot otherwise be reduced to submission. Defeated they must be. and defeated they will be, no 3 matter what the cost.- It may take the rest of the world to con- .quer them, but a menace to all gthe world’s future peace can by no 'means be tolerated. W. Breese. Chatsworth. President Dr. Campboil, Markdale. Vice- President ~ W. J. Tucker Markdale. Secre- tary I D. McTaVish Flesherton. Treas- urer W. J. Bellamy and Irwin Morris- on Auditors. A resolution was passed that 300 copies of the new constitution be printed. vvvvvvvvvivviivvvvvv‘ W. The next meeting“ will be held in Durham. the ed: A meeting of the Federal riding of South-East Grey. was held in Dundalk on Friday last. when So far, the German fleet is afraid to come out in: open water to give battle. Her plan! to reduce the British fleet with dreadnaughts and submarines is making but slow progress, and the delay caused by a bottled navy. and their failure to trad-e with the outside world 'will in time work havoc with the Ger-K man confederation, Whose. stores and supplies, both of food and munitions of war, must be rapidly being depleted. If they can be kept bottled in long enough, hun- ger and privation‘ will bring the war to an end in a more humane manner than the horrors of mod- ern Warfare. The Belgian Govei‘nment re- cently moved to Ostend and later to Havre, France. Should the Germans geti‘possession of Ostend, and it seems as if they will, they will use it as a base of operations against Britain, and may attempt to bring out their fleet from be- hind their fortifications at Kiel and the mouth of the Elbe. Then and not till then, will be fought the world’s greatestnaval battle: the mastery of the sea will be es- tablished and the result of the war can be more definitely fore- The War is still progressing, with no decided advantage on either side, thdugh the capture of Ant- werp and the march towards D:- tend by the Germans are sadly dimming the glory of any gains that have been made. by the allied armies. The Allies in the West and the Russians in the east are more than a match for the enemycand the concensus of opinion the world over is an assurance of ultimate victory. told. following officers were elect- OFFICERS ELECTED THE 'WAR Vi VV ‘ b bAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA51A. §P>>P>>Pt>>>>t>>>>>>>>>b >>>>>>Ftb>>>>>>>>>>V>>>>+ WE 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 back again as the Linings, Fit and Style are super- ior to the ordinary run of clothing. 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