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Mr. T1106. Scarf purchased a fine Yorkdhire 1102 from H. J. Davis Woodstock. Until Januarv 23rd, we will obn- tinue giving three extra nhotos with each dozen. Make your,’ ap- pointment now. F. W Kelsey The Durham Poultry Association are holding their annual show on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day. January 19, 20 and 21. . Found.â€"A pair of gauntlets. , Owner may have same by proving >. property and paying expenses. At ‘ The Chronicle office. $2.20. The proceeus \\ cu: auuieicue io Department of Agriculture re- for present demands. Huested Prof. G. E. Day of the A candy social was held on'Agricultural College, Guelph. one hursdav evening in the 1~‘beni 781‘ of Canada 5 leading authorities on ethodist church. A "God DI‘P- liye stock. to prepare sucl. awork am. arrang 0'ed by a committeeiu nich has been issued in the form der Miss Amberzine Bailey 1» as of Bulletin No. 225, entitled roughly enioyed bv \all prebs- “Swine.” containing 80 pages. Recitations were given ‘ bVIillustrated. It is“? most practical ‘rdon Reay, Rita Bailey. Rena and complete statement, covering Livingston and Hazel Johnston A‘everv point helpful in the selec- d-ialogue entitled “Wo'inens tion, housing ,feeding, and gen- Rights,” in which Mr Rosebor-' era! handling of the bacon hog. ugh admirably filled the part of gjl‘he bulletin opens with the place the henpecked husband, was one of the pig- on the farm Prof Dav of the hits of the evening but very plainly shows the “why” as the greatest pleasure was given well as the "how.” The various bv the singing of the little girls types of swine are then described. who contributed two selectiqns with photo engravings of prizeâ€" ' “The Children’s Army" and “Santa winners at some of the leading Claus” and by a trio. “The Sol- live stock shows. Any farmer deâ€" 'dier's Grave,” by Misses I and R. airing a cOpy of this latest bul- . lgvingston and Beta Bailey ReV. letin on’ “Swine” will receive one *3?” sang a solo and tree ofâ€" charge by writing to the “ . rendered several spatri- } Debartment of Agriculture, Tor- I . , r~ --,-‘1; -0nf0.. - V - -A Card.â€"We the undersigned. herebv agree to sell a package of Jive standard size 5c. boxes of Silver Tip Silent Matches for 20¢. ’Qualitv guaranteedâ€"Alert. Mc- Lachlan, J. J. Hunter. 12 1? 6m Mount Forest and Durham Jun- ior Northern League hockey teams meet in the first League game of the season on Friday night, in the Durham rink. Both teams are in fine fettle, and the game will be a good one. . A number of informations have been laid by the collector against persons who have not paid their poll tax. Others will follow if not paid. Ladies requiring calling cards will do well to examine our large stock and leave their orders. We have up-to-date styles in station- ary and type The first meeting of this year’s council will be held on Monday night .When applications will be received' and considered for the positions of assessor. auditor's. constable, truant officer. sanitary inSDector and caretaker of the town hall. ' the town hall on lhursqay,.Janu - an 21 one at 230 p.11) and an illustrated lectfie at 8 p.m., In connection with th‘e Durham Poul- trv Show. to be he“ Jamlaz‘v 19. 20 4nd ‘21. Admission to lf‘cture. free. ' Mr. G90. Robler tson of St Cath- arim>s will give two lectures ' in the: town hall on 'lhugséaynlanu- The Zion W1 me? t at t 19 1 Peart on ‘1”1111 2 p.m. T..e re hole contest, 1 will be -2 . bcl Roll call. Recipes to be ngcn {or curing meats. All ladies welcome. On and after January 1.‘ there will be a general change in“ the Grand Trunk time table. The 'onlv change affecting us will be in the afternoon train, which. will leave here at 3.45 p.m instead of 4. 'p.m. and reach Toronto at 815 pm. instead of 940 pm. as at present. This change will give a The Methodist choir at Ynx'ney held a box social last night to‘ raise money for the purchase of new music. The weather was very unfavorable and - only compara- tively fcw'ladies were present. Theboxes sold well under the hammer of Auctioneer McLean. the prices ranging from 75c. to $2.25. The proceeds were sufficient for present demands. A candy social was held on hursdav evening in the Ebenezer plethodist church. A good pro- am. arranged by a committee der Miss Amberzine Bailev was roughly enioyed bv ‘all pres- Recitations were given '- bv 'rdon Reay, Rita Bailey. Rena Livingston and Hazel Johnston A dialogue entitled “Wcfinen’s iast service to Toronto. both morning and afternoon. ' It is 1915 now. eorgc Blair VOL328â€"NO. 2498 .. S. Hunter is Mayor NEWS AROUND TOWN home of Mrs. Georgq u'stlay. January 14 at} will be a button-v1, OI‘JQ’D or whie 1‘ I L) ’D ' ! titute WII zes are Mrs two m‘izes Georgi D: V is i We will receive a car of Molas- gsine M'ealdn a few days. Farmers Iand others wishing to procure Home of this excellent stock feed ‘rshoul’x place their orders now. Get our special rate for large ;quantity off car. The Peonle’s On and after this date, the stores will close everv night at six o’clock. excepting Saturday nights. We regret to report the illness of Mr, James Webber ,a respected resident for many years. _ Puree Lostâ€"On Monday, be- tween J. P. Hu-nter’e residence in Upper Town and The Royal Bank a green leather purse containing: a sum of money. Reward for its return to-thie office ' T".°? District L.O.L. meeting will be bold in Durham Lodge. Room or: .Z'uuslny, January 12, at th o’clock in the afternoon. A‘fi brethrennre requested to be present. Thos. Ritchie. Roan-Sec. R. Brigham, D. M. Flann’igan’s Phantom Factor-v has vanish-ed into thin air since the electors decided to retain local option. The ladies of the Red Cross so- ciety will hold a meeting in the Armories on Saturday afternoon at three o’clock. Germanv will actually begin to starve by the end of May. savs Charles Ritchet. the scientist. The consumption of foodstuff, it is es- timated, ‘is 200,000 tons daily. We have on hand a number of History Charts for professional nurses. They are indismnsible for keeping records in the sick room. Get them while they last at a dollar a hundred, large ’eize. Mills. terian church on Wednesdav. Jan- uarv it}. at S p.m., to discuss lav: enforcement. Citizens desirous of se-ing better enforéemen’t of local Option are earnestly requested to attend. Mr. John Barber of Varney re- newed for The Chronicle last week. That’s nothing new, as Mr. Barber pays up every .year. and his father before him did the gar-1:? thing. His father subscribed for The Standard when it first started, and remained a reader during the Whole period of its existen e. e continued‘with The Chronicle and receivedgeverv issue up to the time of his eath. when it was taken over by his son, and {has continued in the .family and is now paid for a year in ad- vance. This is a record to be proud of. This is the Week of prayer and services have been held everv night from Tuesdav ’to Friday. in- elusive. Mr. Ben. Sharp is confined to this home with an attack of sciat- To Rentâ€"Five rooms and woodshed. warm'and comfortable. Applv to Mrs. Carwardine, Oppo- dte Smith’s Foundry. . ’2 With the desire of placing. an! .un-tog-date handbook on swine} raising within the reach of everyi farm-er in the province the Ontarg Live John McGowan. Pr0prietor. are 7.30. , In the m1vor.1lt1' 'c011test . N11. Hunter was the 111111131‘ by a ma- iority of 84. This indicates the i1ote polled. 11hether or not it in- dicates the comparatiVe merits of tthe two candidates. We voted for iMr. Laidlaw. thinking he" was *possibly the best man for the po- Esition. for reasons We haven’t ?stated. nor is it necessary to' state §n0w. The majority thought Mr. !Hunter was to be preferred and said so by their votes. We have !no quarrel with the candidates 0r ;electors, but submit graciously. 'to *the papular will and trust the |{town may have a most prosper- ions year through the good judg- iment and executive ability of the .new mayor. ' l An incipient blaze in the furni- company’s oil house on Wednes- dav caused considerable excite- ment for a time, but was extin- guished before much damage was done by the company’s fire bri- gade. ' Ex-Mayor Black has a cordial invitation to the Wingham horse fair on Wednesday next, but will be unable to go, on account of the condition of his health. Mount Forest. Dundalk. Shel- burne and Chatsworth carried the Hydro _By-LaWs. The treasurer of the local branch of Red Cross workers received from Mrs. Dr. Smith, Dornoch tWr) pairs of socks, eleven pairs wrist- lets and fifty bandages. These were all sent to Red Cross headâ€" quarters in Toronto on Tuesday. The Hydro Commission expect to have the current here about the first of June next. The Jauuary thaw was with us on Tuesday and Wednesday and quite considerable rain fell. This Thursday, however. it 'is quite cold and stormy. The thaw Was much needed throughout the the country, many wells being re- ported dry. ' L Although Mr. W. Black has been on the sick list for some time‘ it has not prevented him from keep- inp: his eye open when a good horse came armgnd. Last week -he purchased the handsome voung bav mare, ’Dolly Varden bv Young Picador, paying for the same $250. Mr. Black knows - a good horse when he sees one. and is not backward at paying the price. Who says good horses are not valuable? Robe lostâ€"Between Varney and Durham. on Saturday- January 2. horse~hide robe. Reward at The "firmnicle office. The Ladies’ Guild of Trinity church are holding a mystic tea in the basement of the church{ next Wednesday evening, Januarv, 13. from six to eight o’clock.' ! For aale.â€"A seven-horse-pOWer xasoline engine. Apply . to C. Smith Sons. Durham. The hockey match in the rink '3 here on New Year’s might be-‘ tween the Toronto Broadview.Y; M C. A team and the Durham' septette was one of the hardest. fought games seen. here [or some,“ time. Considering the strenuous-g ness of the contest the game Was' remarkablv clean. The final scorc‘ was 6â€"3 in favor of the locals, Des-5 pite the .fact that Durham has no: been connected with league hock-g ev for three or four years the town can .yet produce a prettv nifty bunch and the game ,on Friday was Won by the better team. Ben. H. Spence of the Dominion Alliance, was here over Sunday. He preached in the Methodist church in the morning, and ad- dressed ’large mass meetings in the town hall in the afternoon and evening. All his addresses were on temperance lines, and:dir- ectly in the interest 'of local op- tion. W. H Norris. basso, and his son. Willie, a lad 13 years of age. were also here from the Al- liance, and sang most beautifully at both services in the Baptist and Methodist churches. and at the mass meetings. Rev. Mr Lit- tle. a former pastor at Dornoeh delivered a very forceful - tem- perance sermoin in the Presbyter- ian church. and was the chief speaker at the evening mass meet- ing. The. hall was crowded .to its utmost capacity at both ‘ m‘e_etings,-1 DURHAM. ONT” THURSDAY, J \NUARY 7, [015 The elections are over,’ anc‘ erything h'as settled down normal conditions. The councillors and reeve being elected bv acclamation,'the only municipal contest was for the mayoralty. and this was fought out between A. 8. Hunter and Wm Laidlaw. two old municipal war- horses. which resulted in a 'vic- torv for the former bv a maioritv 'of 84. The result of the vote stood as follows: East Wardâ€"Hunter 68‘ Laidlaw 65 Majority for Hunter 3. ' West Wardâ€"Hunter 109. LaidlaW 83.. Majority for Hunter 26. Hunter’s total majority, 84 On the Hydro-Electric Enabling By-law, No. 653, the votes stood in the three wards as follows: ‘ Northâ€"Forfil. Against 15. Eastâ€"For 85. Against 9 Westâ€"For “123. Against 15 North Wardâ€"Hunter 91, Laidlaw 36. Majority for Hunter 55. Total For 267. Against 39 Majority for By-law. 228. On Local'Option. there was a hard-fought battle, but the By- law was sustained bv a minority vote of 6, and continues in force through the saving influence of the three-fifths clause. Total For 269. Against 39 Majority for By-law, 2.30. On Uh-e Debentures Byâ€"law. No. 654 the following Were the votes polled: Northâ€"For 66. Against 15 Eastâ€"For 85. Against 9 Westâ€"For 116. Against 15 The. voting resulted as follows: North Ward: ‘ . For Local Option 54. .Agst. 59 M'aioritv against, 5. '99? Ward: ‘ _ .v‘ For Local Option 60. first 62 Maimity against. 3. West Ward: ~ For Local Option 94. Asst. 92 .Ma‘jority for, 2. Total-for Local Option, 298 Total against 214 ~ For Reeve: J. McArthur. by acclamzition. For Council: , Whiter Ferguson...--. Thos. Gordon ...... John A. Ferguson-..... C. R-obb...... .. C Hunt...-.. . C. McRobb...... Promptlsr at six o’clock, to the 'strains of the wedding march, played by Mrs. John Queen, cousâ€" in of the bride, the bride entered the parlor leaning on the arm of her father. and took her place beside the groom, under abe‘auti- ful floral bell, and Christmas decâ€" orations; Rev. B. M'. Smith, of Drnmore, performed the cere- mouv. 'and the vows were taken that made them man and wife. The young couple were unattend- ed After hearty congratulations and good wishes were extended bv' about sixty invited friends and neighbors, .the company repaired to the dining room, ‘Where 1 sumptuous wedding supper was served, the table "being graced by a lovelv three-storey wedding cake. the work of the bride, and ornamented bv H. Burnett Dur- Continued on page 8. ‘ Hlolrn Ryan Umbach 74 121 12 23 Whiteford47 85 67 38 Barber ‘ 42 117 45 44 Flisinger 58 139 26 33 Fischer 97- 158 57 23 M'atth-ews63 76 18 17 HYMENEKL . FERGUSONâ€"MCLAUGHLIN An interesting event took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James McLaughlin, Varney on Wednesday, December 30 When their second daughter, Elda. was united in marriage to Mr. Walter Ferguson, of No'rmanby. RESULTS OF THE POLLING For - Reeve: For Council': Majority against First four elected. NORMAN BY. 68 8.9 58 62 1'20 '22 1% 1% 1% 1% %1% % % % EGEEMONT. i3 rbb m, V‘ o>b>>>>>>$>>>>vbuppuburv>p>h>>>>>>>>>>v>>>vrb»puppp 9- +++++¢4¢¢++++++++++++ WH++§MM+W+++ WW E A Eé‘fls’i Of Use?“ E Cé‘arigtmag Presents ' fig} “embody +é+++++é+¢++e+++++++++¢+é+é+%é++++++++++++++++**; Fancy Linen Fresh Gmcg r1%,Nufs and Fruit Foi‘ Men- Handkerchiefs In: 40 LADIES’ TWEED COATS which we must sell. .Thegfireatest Value ever offered. Don’t Wait till you heal‘ someone else say they are goirg to getone, come and get the one you Want. You ale’ays need Something warm in January and Februarv. come expecting‘ big values and We will give you better. ' We have also zoLadi‘es’ énd Cent’s Fu" Collared Coats we will offer you. The importance of these remarkable price reductions is only lea‘rned by persbnal inspe tion. " 1; ~... Lad“ es and -_, ‘ initialed Linen Ladies’ Plain g ' 2 FanCy Linen, Ladies Embroidered? Lawn and Genf’sE'XCelda. Call and See T hem. ’ , " Be Convinced. Sweater Coats, Mitts, maves, Fancy Muff- lers and Ties, u‘ Table Cloths,‘ Tab-:13 Napk'; us, Embroider- ed Tewefis and Pilfow Cases. $1200 PER-YEAR WW ‘9 ”2,4; .1"- .4.u.