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ber of slides and other features. The Happy Hour Theatre was fairly Well filled but was not a packed house. The entertainment was very good and the attend- ance would have been larger had there not been other attractions The Canadian Jubilee Singers :gave a concert in the hall last Thursday evening under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid of the methodjst church. 'llhe attendance "was good notwithstanding count- efiattractions in town and vicinity that doubtless caused some reduc- tion in the numbers. The gross proceeds° amounted 110-378 but al- ter payiné expenses the ladies’ share will not be a big burden. The entertainment 'was good and the audience we think. was satisfied The big. basso was the star of the company and render- ‘ .a couple of 110880 in addi- t his valuable as 7 nce. in . ' ” {other selections. Ting; n- .. .9 a couple of plums: On Thursday evening last Mr. Arthur Noble exhibited his seven- reel motion pictures of The Two Sergeants together with a num~ The annual report of the De- partment of Inland Revenue cov- ering‘ the fiscal year which ended last March shows a small de- crease in the per capita consump- tion of spirits, wines and tobacâ€" cos. with a slight increase in the per capita consumption of beer There was also a decrease in the consumption of cigars and an in- crease of cigarettes The Women of the Presbyterian church will hold a sale of fancy articles and home-made baking: in Calder’s Hall, on Saturday No- vember 21, afternoon and evening. Light refreshments xvii! also be sold a la carte. Everybody wel- come. The Mason's of the local lodge here‘ have contril‘mted and sent forward $60 for the Belgian Relief Fund, this being their share of a total contribution of $80,000, to be given by he society in Canada. The amou t is raised, We under- stand, by a small uniform levy on each individual member. The hunters. who spent the season in Muskoka, have returned safe and sound. Mr. Calder tells us thereyere seven in the party. and they brought out seven deer, all the law allows. Photographs.â€"Don’t worry‘ over Christmas gifts this year. Remem- ber each of your friends with a new photograph of yourself. Make your appointment now.-F.W. Kolâ€" sey, Durham. _fi- __- - ‘â€" --‘-v “-v “v hV‘r\' 1 1d D 1 S in am Annivexsan serxices “eie mu: 0:1): eplinceo Cen:::1an13r30 9110;? in the MEthOdiSt church last SUN- 0 r a .â€" i h _ . gday. Rev. Mr. Flagg of “iarton. Dr. Brown ey.e ear. nose and preached acceptably at both sei- throat \\ 111 be at the Hahn 110115" ! vices and the voluntary cenfxibu_ on Saturday November '31.. from tions to‘ the church amounted to 12 to 5 p.m. Eyes tested (Indigo; Mr. Prudham took charge glasses supplied. ;of Mr. Flagg’s work at Wiarton. Dr. Brown eye. ear. nose and throat will be at the Hahn House on Saturday November '21, from The query is: “How can you sell such beautiful good§ in Durham?” The answer: “There are as good people in old Durham as in anv other place.â€"Central Drug Store. Rev. Mr. Whaley was in Harris- too, officiating at the induction services of Rev. Geo. Mason in the pastoral charge of Knox church there. Come to the B.A.P. and L.A.P. social given by the B.Y.P.U. in the Baptist church Monday. No- vember 23. Admission 10 cents. During Monday night. there was quite a heavy snowfall, and sleighs and cutters were out Tues- dav for the first time this season. From now until, Christtnas we are making fifteen photos on the dozen. Call and see the new styles. F. W. Kelsey. For sale.â€"A seven-horsej-power gasoline engine. Apply to C. Smith 8: Sons, Durham. The largest stock of perfumes m the county.â€"Central Drug Store. For saleâ€"A good hunting hound. Apply to SamuefLowe near Cement Works, Durham. 2 Leather hand bags. mesh bags. wallets, purses, portfolios, etc.~- Central Drug Store. $23 380 was the and render- ”a? addi- ‘3 nce. in the western provinces. Adam Lit- tle Gilbert Grierson. Con. Kreller, Jas. McDonald Wm. McNally. John Campbell Jas. Henderson, Wm McCalmon John Pettigrew Wm. Pettigrew Quinton Petti- grew MN. ~Pettigrew Mrs. Gadd, Mrs. Cornish Mrs. McPherson, nee Lvdia Thompson John Ewen. locality are in and around Disley and Lumsfen and are all well and ; Mr. George Smith returned on {Saturday after spending three or gfour months in the neighborhood :of Disley, Sask., Where he spent gthe season threshing. The crop: [in that neighborhood were below lthe average in yield, though much better than in other places. Money there is tight, owing to the war. and the shortage of cr0ps. There were lots of men there to handle the harvest, and at present there are many out of employment. Wages were considerably lower than in former years. A big acre- age of land has been prepared for next year’s crop, the biggeSt in the historv of the Disley neigh- borhood, or in fact the whole of i Lucille Love the serial storv in [The Chronicle. is a copyright lproduction of this vear and is so frealistic as to be d1amatised for 't1 catrical reproduction and to be :usei in motion picture theaties. {It 11 ill be exhibited shortlv in 'Ihe Happy Hour theatre and 11 11l EÂ¥xtend over twelve or thirteen 1ni0'l1ts. To fully enjoy the picâ€" {tures you should read the story anck numbers can be supplied to a limited number of new subscrib- jers who will get The Chronicle to ithe end of next vear for only one 3 dollar ! Mrs. Albert McCutcheon of Hill- !man. Mich.. died on Tuesday last. gShe was a sister of Mrs. Thos. chAnuity of. this town, and of "Mr. R. \V. BraithWaite of Price- fville. She was a resident here {about thinty years ago and will fho remembered by some of the I older citizens. 311. J. G. Sins: of Toronto, for- merlx a Meaford boy has resign- ed his position as District Engin- ecr for the Dominion Department of Public Works. Mr. Sing is said to be one of the best Qualified en- gineers in America. He Will likelv be succeeded bv Mr. J. M. Wilson. an assistant. To meet the cost of the war. Britain px-Oposels to impose an ad- ditional tax of one cent per half pint on beer, and six cents a pound on tea. It has also been decided to double tfie income tax. but for this year to collect the double rate on onlv one-third of the income. The postponed sale of 15.C0\\'S 10 young cattle 18 young pig's will be held on. Friday November 20 at one o’clock sharp at Robert Brigham‘s Allan Park. The cows are a choice young lot of good breedy Durhams, coming in early. Don’t miss the sale. ,3 Sgrprise fifteen or your friends i by giving them a lovely photo- ;graph this Christmas. We are giv- jing you three extra photographs, .‘With every dozen.'F.W. Kelsey. I I declare Saturday November :1 as bargain dav at this store. Am- thing in the window for 15 cents V‘ atch the window; its uox‘tl. watching. One dav onlyâ€"'11): Variety Store. 'VVV a day taking“ the lowest total as a basis on which to estimate. Add j - ° to this the en’ormous expenditure ; Surprise fifteen or your friends of all the other countries involved 'by Ogiving them a lovely photo- and the mere conception of such {graph this Christmas. We are giv- an extravagant waste of resources ring you three extra photographs,“ paralysing to the human mind. 'with every dozen.'F.W. Kelsey. , ______ .v v“- VALAJ\'JILJ L'dl 1y ;t!l(l i When We“ Speak of a million We - - . 'seldom think what a million The Ladies’ Guild of Trinity church Durham, Will hold a ten" means. It means a thousand cent tea at the home of Mrs. J. D. thousand' We can grasp the Idea Abraham on Friday, from five to :if I: tgoiiaoni bldt £11911“; 01111: eight o’clock. Everyone is invited maids are 16; an, th} 1099* 9111 to come and bring their friends. 1. ‘ 1n 9 ,..rea 1m- 1' Select your presents early and avoid the rush. Goods are moving: {lively .â€"Central Drug Store. See our assortment of hand mi:- rors. Direct import from Belgium. ~Central Drug Store. Mr. H. H. Miller’s office, and the clerk who took notes from Mr. Miller’s dictation and made cOp- that Mr“ 11711:: had no knowledge of it until the reports appeared ies for the press, says he inad. vertently made the omission and Though it Was not reported in the city papers, Mr. R. J. Ball contributed $100 towards the pat- riotic fund in the whirlwind cam- paign held a couple of weeks ago in Hanover. m. Ball feels that the omission has been detrimental to his business, and explanations are demanded from his travellers. The reports were sent out from A Chinaman, With his wife and baby. arrived here yesterday, and are staying at Lee See Fun’s. We do not know whether the new arrivals intend to remain as res- idents or not. This is the first Chinawoman ever seen in Durham. H. A. headquarters for informa- tion, with a view to entering a iunior team in that organization. A meeting was held in the rink last Friday evening to organize a hockey club for the coming seas.- on. It was decided to write to O. Mr. W. J. Atkinson has purchas- ed Durham Rural Route No. 3 from Mr. J. Whittaker, and took possession a couple of weeks ago. d It isn’t millions alone but bil- .. lions of dollars that the British mind is now engaged in consider- ing. Only a few days ago the British House of Commons voted '- unanimously another additional 1- w ar credit of a billion and a innarter. $115,000,000! Think of - it. and consider what it was forâ€"merelv to uphold the honor of the Empire and keep her w 01d, féthough bound onlv by “a scrap of paper.” Premier Asquith told the _2House that the largest portion of the first five hundred million had alreadv been expended in the con-. duct of military operations loans to the Allies and disbursements for the securing of food supplies. The greater portion of the ne11 credit would be for the Armv and :Navy. Money 11i11 pla1 a 1'er1 Iimportant part in the final decis-l ion of the war and the last hund-II red millions 11111 do more than thei first. Blitain can get all th( credit she Wants for war purposes; and the recruiting of her forces;3 is going on satisfactorily accord-i ing _to Premier Asquith and 111th' a force now of 1100.000, he sa11 : no reason to be discouraged. l 4 1| , A Canadian citizen was arrested; 'at Chippawa on Saturday on a! charge of smuggling four Ger- man reservists out of the country his re11ard being $10 for each man. ; The man was suspected of ha11ng’ been in the business for some ’: time and if the facts are as ailcg- z: ] l ed he may ha1e to face 11 ohm go. I ' l of high treason. l The Grand Duke Nicholas the Russian commander-in-chief, has over-ridden the decision of the Council of Ministers favoring the sale of beer and light Wines and has now ordered that wherevei Continued on page 8. another step in the calculation and again multiply our million by a thousand and we get a billion. a simple billion easv to talk about but oh how great a number for the human mind to graSp! unnu‘ tiplv a thousand by itself our minds are lost in the great im- m-ensitv of the product. To count :1 million at the rate of a hund~ rat! a minute workino continu- ouslv and without interruption for ten hours a day wiil take sixteen The great War has been in rro- gress for about a hunQr-ed days and the cost to Britain is between $450,000,000 and $500,000,000. That means on an average the almost inconceivable amount of $4 500,000 DURHAM, 0NT., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER :9. I914 TflE WAR the human mind. 4. of a million We '4. What a million 4. ms a thousand .g. 1 grasp the idea a. ut When we mul- e. d by itself our .3. the great im- .g. rod-uct. To count 4» rate of a hund~ .g. 'Ol‘king continu- .1. : interruption for 4. will take sixteen .g. 11'4 Let us take .;. the ~211culation .g. y our million by .g. we get a billion. M to talk about t a number for o grasp! alone but bil- ml: the British 4° '3' '1‘ '1‘ '1' °§° 4° days ago the V the has the the 3 $223 66 5 Mr. Prudham has received alet- ter acknowledging 1eceipt of the contribution of the Durham Fur- niture Company employees and ;’in answer to an enquiry as to iWhat diaposition would be made of the money collected, say-:3 “We have used some of it to buy cloth- ing but at present we haVe very ‘urgenit appeals for wheat also" now on hand to purchase wheat which will be shipped to Rotter- dam. From Rotterdam an Amer- ican organization aWill carry it to Belgium and a. National Com- mittee will distribute it in Bel- niture Company ......... Bert. Brebn‘er Holstein... Previously acknowledged $ 5735 Employees Durham Fur- Total 616324 798820 This equals 18127 bushels of oats and 19313 bushels of potatoes and Was sent forward in a total of 35 cars. Owen Sound Wiarton Clavering Shallow Lake Tara Hanover Holstein Durham Mount Forest Meaford Thornbury Collingwood Cheslev Owen Sound Chatsworth Holland Centre Berkeley M‘arkdale Flesherton Dundalk Proton Priceville Durham The following statement of the amount of oats and potatoes shipâ€" ped from the different stations in the Countv by the farmers of the County of Grey for the use of the British Government is furnished bv Geo. Menzies Secretary of the Committee:â€" GREY COUNTY FARMERS CONTRIBUTION o o o o 0 a o '06 99.. 90b 0.... 9W6 '06 0.0.0 0.0.0 oW‘oWo 9M5 Amou nt in Pounds. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND We feel an interest in the Belgians, and would like to » do something to help them in their distress. Our great- est barrier is the need of money. and our contribu- tions towards the Belgian Fund will depend upon our success in getting the needed commodity. From now until the end of the month we have decided to set aside for the Belgian Re- lief Fund, ten per cent. of all money received on sub- scription accounts, and we hope our readers will help us to make the contribution worth While. We would like to give $10 next week- but to do so, we must get $100 in on subscription. either on' arrears or in advance for one year. Any person ow- ing us will be doing a good thing for us and a good thing for the Belgians by paying up on or before the last day of this month. Sub- scriptions received by mail bearing sending office post mark up to November 30. will have ten per cent taken for the Fund. lemit now. and enable us, with your help, to assist those who have sacrificed their all for our benefit. 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Underwear.~the hats, shirts, ties, shoes etc., we have here for you Cal] and See Them They are H igh Classin several individual features such as Cut, Style, Trims, But-= tons and other ways; they are different from the usual run bf Coats, and prices uncommonly low $10.00 $12.00 $14.00 $15.00 Uur Showing of Select Fall Coats com- prises a Splendid range of Choice in Our Showincr Fabrics, Colors, Styles and Prices A New Assortment of Ladies’ and Misses‘ Plain and Fancy Tweed Coats. W e have what you want $1.00 PER YEAR