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There were 203 votes polled bv the local Option supporters. To get the 60 per cent. requirement the antis would have to poll 312 votes. or 98 votes more than they actual- lv recorded. The total vote then polled would be 520. The total number of eligible voters on the list is onlv"490. Suppose then. that the temperance supporters”. stand solid at 208 and their Opponents took all the rest. thev would still be 30 short of reaching the three- fifths requirement, and as the temperance vote and the voters’ list now stand it is absolutelv im- possible to defeat local option. voted in and the three-fifths clause is a strong bulwark of pro- tection to the temperance party. The Opposition in the contest inst closed did all they could and a comparison of returns with those of three years-ago shows a turnover of not more than 15 Suppose the total vote of 422 re- corded Monday to remain it it would be necessary for the Opponents of the measure to take 254 votes and the local optionists 168 in order to defeat the temper- ance measure. To get these figures it would be necessary to have 40 of the temperance voters switch over to the other side. This is highly improbable. and need not be taken as a factor in the sit- uation. - Locally. had it not been for the three-fifths clause, the town he Mondav’s vote. would have to 9:0 back to license! yet the anti-op- tion faction has a heavy task ahead of them yet. and apparent- lv no possible chance to reverse the verdict of seven years ago. In West Lorne. local Option was carried a couple of years ago but the byâ€"law was quashed on some technicality. but iicensec were not allowed to be granted The anti-temperance party forced an election this year to make the temperance people secure a my ioritv over the three-fifths. The vote showed 130 for, and an against. a straight maiority of T or a maioritv of .54. over the three fifths required by law. in four other places the bv-law car- ried. in four places it was defeatâ€" ed on a straight majority" and in six places it was defeated hv the three fifths reo uirement. Let us 100K at the situation for a moment. of the defeat of local option. and said so when the movement for repeal was first mooted. We have often said, and repeat it again. that we (ion’t expect to live long enough to see the license system return to Durham. Local option has to be voted’ out as it was Of the nine places where repml contests were entered every one of them Was successful in retain- ing Local Option. Durham being the only place where an adverse vote was recorded. In Lakefii-lc‘i quswater. Thornimry. Tara. Nev:â€" market. Midland and Perm: straight majorities. ranging: from 14 to 395 were given in favor of Local Option. AIn Newmarket, the votes 5 578 for and 325 against. This a straight maiority of 253. ‘ maioritv of 37 over the t} fifths requirement, in favor local option. This shows that people of Newmarket are Well isfied with its workings. seem a hardship, but the hard- ship now is no greater than ‘it was a few years ago when the temper~ ance people had to overcome - the same tharoldicap, and win onlv bv a sixty per cent. vote. The result of the vote on Local Option here will be regarded as a victory by the anti-optionists. in- asmuch as they had a maiority on the even vote, but failed tn overcome the three-fifths require- ment. This. to them, will now {HE BUR”; DURHAM, JANUARY 7 1914. THE LOCAL OPTION VOTE '. WW")! ’5 ita: and Proprietor. {thanks for votes stoo< J» --“-" e , .: “We are all looking forward wart? form-u hopefully ‘for a good crop next :0 make th.’ year. The ground was in bette: cure a ma».condition when winter set in than ’ift’ws lenzin any fall since I came here. and ' " ‘ d an‘Wlth a fair amount of snow, Good 31" an ~ _' .crops next year, with the high Lioritv Di .0 ;nr1ce Wheat 15 likely to bring will over thmcause us to forget our present 5‘, law Tngfallure. I may say. before closing-r t . 0 l‘. ”hat a great many of the young “"14“" car"imen around here have gone to was defen?’ ; the front. fi-.- -o - -v Well 5:1 his W39 no fear three Mr. David McCrie of Saskatche- wan Landing, Sask. will accept ihhanks for renewal subscription. in this locality. and writes at con- siderable length to describe condi- tions in the west. He says. “1915 was not a favorable year for this Miss Lizzie McDonald 6f Toron- to spent New Year’s with her oar- ents here. f 3 FROM THE FAR OFF WEST u\l 1110 u Lulub at. VV 11M C7 0213“. Miss Siegrist of Wiarton is \is- iting her sister, Mrs. Robertson. Mr. Bert McDonald is hmm from Hamilton. Miss Inno Davidson is \isiting relath es and friends in town. Mr. Alex. Hildebrandt was home from Stratford over the holiday. Mrs. J. A Glass is spending i couple of weeks with relathes in town ~ Mrs. J. A Bradley of Winnipeg is visiLing her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe. Miss Mockler. Toronto. W13 in town New Year’s. ' Mrs. Archie McLellan visited rel- atives at Caledon East over New Year’s. Mr. Dan. McKinnon has railâ€"rhcd to__his home at Wilkie, Sask. Captain Savage, of London was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. W Limin over the week end. State of Ohio, City of Toledo,- ,‘ chgq County. in Ul‘lfl HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use 01 Hall’s (Satan-h Cure. , FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and sub- scribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A.D. 1886. (Sea!) A. W. GLEASON Mrs. Crowther of Chatsworth is visiting her father M.r Alice. Mr. and Mrs. R P. MacDonald of West Toronto spent the holi- dav with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Cameron Mr. Harding of Orangeville vis- ited his brother, Mr. J. H. Harding here. and sang a well rendered solo in the Presbyterian church on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Douglas and daughter. Dorothy, of Owen Sound, visited her parents. Mr and Mrs. E. W. Limin, over New. Year’s. "The failure hasvtaug'ht a les- son to malty, and the result wil} be better cultivation than in pre- vious years. Some are very mum discouraged. and would sell out 1! thov could. but most of the dis- couraged ones have not been ac- customed to farming. ’ “There would have been much h a rd ship and suffering amongst those who have to deâ€" pend entirely on their crops, had the Governments, both Provinci'il and Federal. not come to their aid. The Provincial Government is giving work in road constructing to those in need. Bachelors mn earn $75 and married men $115 The Federal Government is giving upon application to those in need feed and seed grain. also provis- ions. and coal. but only those on land can obtain Government aid This is put against the land. with- out interest. for the first year but five per cent after that. Had it not been for this aid. I do not know what some of the farmers and homesteaders would have done wwâ€" that he is senior 'fiarmer bf the firm of F. J. Cheney . Co., doing business in the City of TOIGdO; Sfunty and State aforesaid, and “The beginning of the year.” he goes on to say, “was as dry as an ash bed for several feet down and we had very little snow dur~ ing the winter months, so the spring started with very little moisture. The springs here are not like those in Ontario where they are usually too wet. Last snring was not only very dry, but there were very bleak, drying winds, and more than half the grain never germinated till we got the June rains, and then we did not get sufficient rain to wet the ground to any depth. Extreme heat followed. and ev-ervthil'zjz seemed to wilt except on well- prepared summer fallows. The grain in our neighborhood yielded from eight to eighteen bushels par acre. but in some places one might puss farm after farm where thv crop was not cut at all. Tl he CODSL' i‘mence is. many will have to buy their seel. part of the west, so far as craps were concerned, and they were al- most a complete failure. PERSONAL I had no idea how the accusation against me had started until my fiancee told me that she had probed the matter and traced a beginning to her former lover. This put me on my mettle to thwart him. and l named him as one of my witnesses to be subpoenaed for my trial. I gave my lawyer a list of questions to ask him. most of which had been furnished me by my sweet- heart. When the.case was called he was one of the first witnesses to take the stand. and my attorney soon show- ed malevolence on his part in this: That he‘ had gone about spreading the reports that I had murdered my uncle. This had nothing to do with the case. but was intended for revenge.’ When my real defense came up my attorney made short work of the mat ter. He had the tumbler and the label of the poison bottle in court. copies of the finger prints on them and a finger print of my uncle’s thumb and two forefinger tips. They tallied exactly. Goodsell was in court when l receiv- ed my vindication. Under my instruc- tion he received a tongue lashing that he was not likely to forget. My advo- cate showed how little evidence there had been against me. how it had been worked up by Goodsell and his reasons for having started the suspicious against me which had led to a needless and expensive trial. Goodsell cringed under-it. indeed. my acquittal was his conviction. When my counsel had ceased speaking my accuser left the courtroom and has never shown his face in the place since. My uncle’s bequest was a surprise to me. for I supposed he had little or nothing of value to leave and what he had would go to another branch of the family. The first thing I did was to engage an attorney and through him obtain the exhumation ot the body for the purpose of having the finger prints taken. This was done. Then I had the tumbler that had stood by my un- cle’s bed examined with a microscope. A taint yellow substance was found on Fate decided. however. that it should be unraveled. or. rather, it should come out that there was no mystery at all. I was engaged to a girl who had discarded a former lover, Herman Goodsell hated me and brought about a suspicion that 1 had murdered my uncle. But this did not occur until my uncle had been buried. The will when opened disclosed the fact that my uncle had left a lot of money and every cent of it to me Then our ene- my began to get in his fine work. whispering here and there. till the po- lice felt obliged to take cognizance of the reports and arrested me for mur- der. it. which contained a finger print. By treating the label of the poison bottle chemically a very clear finger print was obtained. The establishment of the facts In the case did not appeal to me. My uncle was dead. and whether he had been murdered or murdered himseli made little difference to me. To put detectives on tlw case would cost mon- ey. but who would he the gainer? The authorities came to the house. made a perfunctory examination of the body and its surroundings and reported that the deceased had come to his death by means of poison administered by him- That fact indicated that the tumbler had come from the pantry. Dishes containing different kinds of food- mostly left overâ€"~wex'e in the closet. one of them being :1 summer of preserv- ed peaches It had apparently been knocked over. and a little of the juice had been Sl‘lillod «m the floor. It oc- curred to Hit} that wlmvvcr had taken down the tumbler from the shelf had done so in the dark and had put his hand against the dish of peach pre- serves. If he had done this some or the juice. if it had got on his fingers. might have adhered to them. I found faint. cloudy smears on the tumbler and. putting the tip of my tongue on them. thought 1 could detect saccharine matter. Examining the label on the poison bottle carefully. I found stains that l inferred might be the same as the cloud on the glass. 1 locked up the tumbler and the bot- tle of poison. but had no desire to go any further with my examinations. I saw nothing to be gained by unearth- ing the mystery. 1 went through the house myself looking for a clew. I had found a tumbler on the table with the poison and in the kitchen pantry found a dozen others of the same shape and make. When my uncle Charles Dingley was found dead one.morning in his bed I as his nearest male relative was a! once summoned. I went to his room. which had been left untouched in ev- ery particular. and by the bed on which the body lay 1 found a bottle about two inches high and one inch square. around the four sides of which was pasted a label with the usual “Poison" warning printed on it. There was nothing in my uncle’s a1- tairs to indicate that he had had any intention of committing suicide. He had not been very well for a few daya but there was nothing serious the mat- ter with him. He might have been murdered and the bottle placed at his side to give the impression that he had taken poison. There were no marks on the body to indicate that he had been murdered. BY WILLIAM CHANDLER THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. k We left St. Catharines on Aug i ;ust 28 and we were at Valcartiei itill the 26th of September, and‘ left Valcartier at 9.30 p.m. anti ar-i rived in Quebec city about 530! next morning. It was a rotten] rid-e. and I fell asleep in the sadâ€"i dle a couple of times and nearlyi ‘fell off my horse. \Ve want to the . . . l Exhibition grounds. got break-I S l fast there. and then went t rte} wharf. We had the guns and hors res loaded on board and pulls-J .31! 3into midstream about noon. Vivi embarked on board the it. 52‘. 8‘ Grampian, an Allan Linc st tun-yr ; We had excellent se(:<'w11~'l-.i:iss an } commodation. which was mwh‘ better than we expected. I Wentl on signalling duty or! the limit" I‘, hat night. were. were. {our s3; nallers on duty all th0 ll'YlP. so as to keep up comImznicsiiion \‘."i§_'"" the other transports an i Ivar-Jim | \Ve were on four hours my} oi' l eight. in daylight w;- nseci flags! or heliograph. and at night “'9. ”seal signal lamps. \Ve pulled down the river at 11.15 a.m. on September 30. and anchored at (i-aspe. whe'e. We met the trans- ports and four warships. 'hgv were the Talbot, Eclipse and (Tharybdis. They were second-class war vessels. I think. On Friday. October 2. all transports Were, ready. and next day we pulled out ' of the harbor at 5 p.m. Another cruiser ioined us on Monday. the; -5th. making five cruisers in all.‘ 'She was the Glory. On Tuesday. ithe 6th. the.tranSport from New-.5 :foundland joined us and we all} were vaccinated. It was certainly" a fine sight to see There were 311 troop ships and five war ships We had to put t-{HVBIS over all the portâ€"holes, as no lights were al- lowed to be seen. We were sup- posed to land at Smitliam)ton.= ‘out had to change our course. as' there were a couple of German ‘destroyers and submarines wait- :ing for us outside Southampton.. .We arrived at Plymouth at 4.30 p, m on Wednesday, October 14 and: anchored in mid-stream I got a. pass on Saturday, the. 17th. and «vent ashore I was all over the." towns of Plymouth and Devon-3 port. which are twin towns. On: 'Monday. the 19th. we disembarked. and the horses were in fairly good ; condition. considering that thev' had been penned up in a small; stall for 21 days. We had. four die.‘ font of 180 on board the ship. On' Monday night, October 19. we enâ€"' trained at North Plymouth at the Great Western Railway stationi and arrived at Armsbury at 10.30: :the following morning. We had a; 14-milc march from there 1:» our; camping ground at Salisbury: Plain. We started right in training ' as soon as we got settled~ in camp Lord Roberts reviewed us about two weeks before .he died He re-; viewed us in the rain. and. did not; wear an overcoat. I noticed. We' are now a six-gun batterv of! about 240 men and officers. Wel‘ were originally a four-gun bat-‘ tery, but they turned them all: :into six guns, so we have a1 ‘Peterboro section with us now. ;Our guns are 18-pound field guns. gand have a range of about three .and a half miles. They are cer- Ztainly a very po-iwerful and desâ€" ‘tructive weapon. There are three; teams of horses for each gun andl 3ammunition wagon. T‘.he gunners lride the gun limbers and the am- 'munition wagons. They have no springs, and tlhe gunners some- ltimes get a rather rough ride. IOfficers, signallers. range takers._ 'scouts and patrols are mounted. I have a pretty good horse. We have not fired any live shell yet {but expect to start soon. We {have iust been having field movements. Every man is allowed a pass about once every three weeks. I was up in London for 12 days and I certainly had a good time. .Lon- gdon is a wonderful old city but at present it is full 'of soldiers. . 'llhe streets are all darkened at night. as there is a danger of .German _ Zenpelins drooping bombs. I saw all tlhe places of interest. such as St. Paul’s, the Zoo. London Tower. Buckinghun Palace. and I welnt to service at Westminster Abbey one Sunday morning. It is certainly 9. won- derful old building. The day after I was in London Tower. tlhe Ger- man spy, Lodw. was shot there. I also saw the Lord Mayor’s show and the opening _of Parliament and they are both very imnosing functions. I went to (marine Cross Hospital to see the Belgian wounded. London is full of French British and Belgian wounded .I did not like to come back to camp i c- ‘ F i I n ..-..a ._ .- ‘-- pm- .â€"-..__.-._. The following letter from Milton Mills, now with the Canadian conâ€" tingent in England‘ to his uncle. Mr. H. W. Hunt, of Vickers. will be of interest to all: Salisbury Plain Dear Herb.â€"Recvieed your let. ter toâ€"nignht and was pleased to get it. I suppose everything is going fine out home now. Lots of snow. Snov is something you verv seldom see here. It snowed to-d av for the first time since we came and it only lasted for about ‘nalf an hour. The-re is mud up to our ankles here. A lEUER FROM MILTON MlllS cgngtructioy. The horses shelter, and a lot of them I . have a good opinion of us. The English people think a lot of us. and use us all like princes. They are all after us for Canadian badJH‘eS. I am afraid you will find this letter rather disjointed, but I copied a lot of it from my diary. Also please excuse the writing. as I am sitting on a pile of blankets and using“ a_ square oil A-.. R-“ §§§§§§§§§6§§§§““““§§§§ OQOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOQOOOMQ can for a Writing desk. Give mv love to all. and my best to the people I know in Durham and Vickers. In case you have lost it. my address is “Sig. W. M. Mills. care of 7th Field Battery. 31w! Brigade C. F. A., Canadian Con- tingent, Salisbury Plain. England,” Tn 1' .1 n . AAAA “h ___, wwnawNuL.Y Llalll- Luglunu,” In case I don’t get another 1 tâ€" ter to you before Christm'xs I Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Write soon and tell me all the news. Love to all. Turkeys . . vase. . . . Ducks. . .. Chickens. Roms hers _ Hens. . . . . Fit“ \VhP-A 1, Spring \Vhem \Iiliing‘ Oars” 1“t‘e(i Outs . . . . Fens . Barley Hay .. Butter ‘ -. Eggs H )t at new. 9 p . v D l“l.. .xed A _ p p] (N §z§§§§o §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§O§§z§§§§96 ll‘Cl............ . 1410 DRESSED POULTRY MfiRKE'i’ DURHAM FLOUR MILLS 1.; URHAM J .\.\' Your loving nephew. MlL'iQN We wish to remind you that our stock of Flours and Feeds were never any better or larger than at pres- ent, and our prices C(gmsibtent with the quality of our goods. Custom Chopping. FRED J. WELSH 3i 1‘) to $1 1 (M r,” 1 48 to 1(3 15H BINDER TWINE ”0 Ct) ”U to U” to ()1) tn 4!) t.) 3‘) to H to ()0 t0 o') L0 to Ln PHONE 58 1800 (K) 5!) 3)” ‘35) 30 5‘) 3‘ i 13 U) 11 H ‘ 'WflRlfl’S ~ BREAIESI KIDNEY i REMEDY €Previously acknowledged $25066 EPr-es. ch.. Ladies’ Aid ...... 25 00 {J .P. T-elford.-.... ...... 200 ngs. Arch. McNab.Priceville 50 .Miss M. Mortley...... 75 ‘Concert. upr. Ritchie’s sch 17 35 i'l‘he Chronicle...... 100 gThe Review. Dec. and Jan 200 “Fruit-a-tives” Have Proved Their Value In Thousands of WONDERFUL BEGOBD OF A WONDERFUL SURE Only Remedy That Act: On All Three Of The Organ: Responsible For The Formation Of Uric Acid In The Blood. Many people do not realize that the Skin is one of the three great elimina- tors of waste matter from the body. As a matter of fact, the Skin rids the system of more Urea (or waste matter} than the Kidneys. When there i: Kidney Trouble, Pain In The Back and Acrid I'rine, it may not be the fault of the kidneys at all, but be due to faulty S in Action, or Constipation of the bowe1s. " Fruit-a-tives” :5 sold by all dealers 4: 50¢. a box. 6 for $2.50. trial size, :n-z. or will be sent nostpaid on receipt of price by Fruit-a-iives Limited. Ottawa. ach sire the {I U BELGIAN RELIEF FUND Fmiba-tives” cures weaz, sore, 311g Kidneys, not only bexause it nythcns these organs but xlsobe :ae " Fmit-aâ€"tives” opens the aowels, dons the stomach and stimu'iwvs action of the skin. Oat Crushing. $299 ‘26