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, .4. ,B.-C. 1381: October the lumber u what reached low ebb and the) 3:," he returned to his old home in Pncenlk He taught at. Ingle , wood till Easter anid is nou visit- in]: mend; before going to Tor- onto, where {he intgnds to enter; .this 'place, .was in town Mondw and Tuesday. He attended the “ Model school here in 1903 and af- ter teaching cfor a. year or .two at _ Bolton; entered the Imperial , .‘Ba‘nI: and was sent in 1906 to Revelstoke, B.C. He was after- wards transferred to Vancouver Land Victoria. He left the bank in -‘ 1912 to take a position as ac- ‘ -' countant with the Canadian nget Sound lumbar Co.-, of Vic- Lachlan’ McIntosh died at Luck- now on the m mt. He was :born in Inverness, Scotiand, in 1829 and was nearly 86 years of age. Red. Cedar Compound is the best moth preventive. No bad odor. Large package 15c. Only at Mac- farlane’s Drug Store. " men, the issue of previous marri- ages’ on both sides. Messrs. Mich- eel and George Kress went to St. Catharines Monday {to be present at the funeral on Tuesday after- noon. Many of the old members of the __commun.ity will remember ,Mvrs. Hallett and sympathize with her in her bereavement. Mr. H. A. W'atson of British Col- umbia, brother of Ed. Watson of ceased was about 70 years of age, and leaves a widow 'and grown- up daughter,‘ tbesides other child- VVord was received here of the death of .Mr. “'11). Hallett of St. Catharines, a brother-inâ€"law .of Messrs. George, Michael and Ed- wan-d Kress of this town. The de- A despatch to the daily press from New Liskeard, says of .1 former resident of Durham: .‘fiWith cap and mittens still on, the body. of Frank Darby was found float- nig among the logs on the Wabi river here by the Rev. \1‘essrs.Ur- uuhar t and Baker. The body it as interred Sunday afterno-m He had lived alone in a house by the river bank and last winter felli into a water hole while getting a pail of water. Lieut. Bennett, ‘who was killed in the battle at Langemarck, was a former member ‘of No. 5 Companv and since his absence has been a contributor to the Chatsworth NeWs. The same mail which brought the news of his death brought also a bundle of papers from .him addressed to his former captain, John MCDonald. In his last letter to The News he seemed to have a presentiment that he would never return. wig-”gm, .- “The Present War,” illustrated by 200 stereopticanlviews, is the topic of a lecture .to be given by Rev. T. H. .Ibbott, £113., in Eben- ezer Methodist church, Egremont. on Thursday evening. M w 13, It 8 p.m. Every picture is as natural as life and combined with the lec- ture will the intensely interesting and educative. Patriotic suios will also be rendered. place. The Band boys are giving a concert to-night in the town hall and we would like to .see a good attendance. A silver collection is all they ask and we think the boys should have claim enough on the town to receive a fair degree of patronage. :A’ town without a The Ripley Express say's that many farmers in what locality are buying their oranges by the box. ’llhat’s nothing. A lot of farmers in the adjoining townships here are buying their salt by the barrel. _ A canvasser for a magazine was recently arrested in Owen Sound, but was allowed his liberty on refunding certain moneys he collected. The same chap m ;y be doing other people lnow, and our readers are advised (to look out for him. A good selection of fresh garden seeds at Central Drug Store. VOL. 48-NO. 2515' N EWS AROUN D a very tame. 'sort of The Choralâ€"Society, consisting of labout 40 young people, were in M‘arkdale Friday night, and re- produced “A Nautical Knot” to 4 fairly large and apparently highly appreciative audience. The young ipeople spent considerable time In lits preparation and on bOth ev- enings when it was given in town they had good measures 01 success. In offerirg their servmes to Markdale they Ididn’t do so with the expectation of laying by a great dealxof money. They just wanted an outing, and if they could get enough to pay exnenses they would zbe satisfied. They went over in autos, most of them going gratuitously, and this act of generosity on the part of our car-owning citizens has enabled the society to keep from going In Ithe hole. They were highly de- 'lighted with the cordial way they 'were received bythe people 'of ‘M’arkdale and the cordiality has lmade the outing so pleasurable it will be hard to keep from going? over again soon. We hope the audience was .s. etisfied with the entertainment and that the Daughters of the Empire, under whose auspices it was given will inflate their treasury with the proceeds. After the concert the: Choral Society .was royally ban- trusted. and a plemnt hour was spent in the Ammo. .. . 4 I We have .just learned of the Tdeath of Mrs Thomas Calvert, (3: Russell, Manitoba. She was an aunt of Mr. W. D. Mills of St. Catharines, and ‘a .sistch of the late Mrs. Andrew Livingston of Allan Park, .and also a sister of Mrs. Walford Taylor of Burks Falls. Mr. Calvert, who sur- vives, together with a grown-up son, is a- brother of Mrs. Wm- Caldwell of (this ‘town‘, and of the} late Wm. Calvert of â€"Kincardine, whose death .We reported a few weeks ago. The deceased was well known to many of our read- ers, who will regret to learn of her death. The Zion branch of the Women’s Institute will hold their business meeting at the home of Mrs. Wm. Timmins on Thursday, May 13 {at ‘2 p.m. After the election of offi- cers and other business the mem- bers w ill rehearse their program for the concert they purpose hav- ing in the township hall on May 28 where the autograph quilt, which was made for war purposes, will be auctioned off. Ladies are all cordially invited to attend. was doing (more than holding its own. The total assessed valuation of Durham is «$593,140, an increase of $8,501 over last year. The p0pu~ lation, according to the assessor’s figures, is 1,703, ‘an increase of 76 for the .year. The growth is not very rapid, but it is gratifying to know we are doing even as well as we are. To be honest about it, We didn’t expect our population Society “in the public library on Monday evening, May 10 His topic will .be Flowers and Flori- .culture in Japan A very cordial invitation is extended "to ghe public Admission free. A Cariâ€"We the undersigned. herebv agree to sell a package of live standard size ,5c. boxes 05 Silver Tip Silent matches for 20¢. 01181“? guaranteedâ€"Alex. Lachlan, J. J. Hunter. Fred A. Mwis, piano tuner, ex- beets to be in Durham in a few weeks. Wanted.-Good general servant. Apply to Mrs. G. C. Knicker- backer. Field and garden seeds 'at Macias-lane’s. ‘ Buy your clover and timothy seeds at the Central Drug Store. Get our prices on seeds before buying. Central Drug Store. Clover, timothy and other seeds at lowest prices. Central Drug Store. anomer (31388, Who don’t seem to“ care whether we have schools of- not. We hope the town may see its way clear to enable the Board to go cm. with the "erection of a, creditable building, and to do '30-; they should neirer let a . couple of, thousand. dollars stand, in the, sway; .=. «y _We don’t kqow What the next move will be. Like most toWns, Durham has two or three classes with conflicting ideas along edu- cational lines. SOme favor good schools, and are willing to make a sacnifice to secure them. Others like good schools. but don’t want to pay fhe price, and there is still another class, who don’t seem to ders were left unopened, and none of them know what the cost m the latter case would come to. them, it was found that the fig- ures were too high for the amount of appropriation, which was ex- ceeded by the lowest tender by "of the appropriation, and again asked for tenders. On learning the plans were not approved the ten-h It will be remembered that a few weeks ago approved plans had been secured by the Board and tenders called for. On opening I Tenders have been 1ecei\ed for lxarious depaitments of the work 'in the erection of a new High ischool, and according to the ad- ’ v-ertisement they should have been topened last Thursday. The Board :was apparently in too big a hurry and called for tenders be- fore the plans were approved by the Education DepartmenL.P1e\1- ous to the time for opening them Word came from the department that certain fea‘tuies u ere not satisfactory and that the front a}:â€" pea-rance of the building was \eiy‘ commonplace, and would not rank up to the standard. Further, the size of the building was not sufficient to provide for any fu-i ture increase of population. Ini short, the plans may be 3 id to be; condemned, and .the trustees nev- er opened the tenders. _ l ’ What the result will be is hard to say. .Without the consideration ’agreed to Mr McIntyye. will not ‘pull out, and with the poles and {Wiring necessary for two \com- ‘plete systems, the town will have 0 I a most unsightly appearance, and neithen‘ system can give its best service The object seems to be to drive Mr McIntyre out with- out compensation, and it seems to us there are very few who would like to see him treated so shabbily and especially ~ so, after having made such a liberal compromise \Ve still hope for fair treatment and an amicable and, let us say, further, an hone It. treatments PLANS WERE NOT APPROVED On Monday night the council hv their vote refused to sanction an .agreement made some time ago} i between a committee appointed; 111v themselves land Mr. Norman; iMcIntyre, prOprietor of the exist-; in: electric (light plant. We are told the committee appointed had .been authotmzed to negotiate with iMr McIntyre within a certain s1eoified limit. The committee, in good faith, interviewed M'r. Mc- i‘tIn .vre and made an arrangement 1 that was even better than ‘ the 1 ;council had proposed. They ac- ‘ icuxdmeg had an agreement ‘ d1awx: up and signed, by which 3:0 :1 conAideration of $3 ,800 Min Mchvn re was to give up posses- :: 230:1 01 that portion of his plant ;i1 sid: the town limits. So far, so 1 good, and everyone who heard of 1 4 I I At the meeting in the early part1 of April there was only a quorum present, and though the board as then constituted was opposed t0' the ratification the question was! laid over till next meeting. At 1tg two members of the council were absent, and on putting the ques- tion to a vote, three were favor- able and two opposed to r tifyingi the agreement. (l‘he mayor voted with the opposition, making the1 vote a tie, and thus killed the! motion, which was declared lost. ' the agreement thought the matter would be definitely and amicably settled by ‘the council ratifying the terms. AGREEMENT TURNED DOWN DURHAM, ONT, THURSDAY, -MAY 6; [915 Thé collection amounted to (web: nine ..dollan's, and the next day, in company With Rev.- M‘r. Morris, 'Mh'.,Wa¢son made a7 canvas of the» town and raised - quite '3 little [fund in aid gt the sanitan-ium‘.‘ _ . 'mn‘e food, and plgn’ty of. it, anal. a fair amount of exercise. ‘ The patient, however, should not ex- ercise beyond_ the fatigue point. ' Instances were given of many cures, from the statistics of the Sanitarium. Some in whom the dia- ems-t had reached an advanced stage, had the disease arrested and became comparatively well. In the early stages of consumptipn.‘ the disease could be controlled, and in many cases complete cures effected. ' ' The gi-eat essentials for the cure of consumptives consisted of pure surroundmgs, pure fresh air, guess. The next safeguard was to be found in the teaches. and bron- ohJal tubes, .Where the villi, or ham-like covering of the mucous membrane acted as a repellent to all foreign substances. Lastly, pure blood caroulating in the lung cells destroyed the' flower of the germ Nature has provided safeguards against the contraction of dis- ease. The hairs in the nostrils were referred to as the first: should-they escape in arresting a germ, the Sticky mucous mem- brane had a, poisonous effect and when acfive, as in a‘ healthy in- dividual, would prevent its inâ€" The disease may be contracted by inhaling the germs, by eating or drinking food containing the germs, or by inoculation, through bringing the germs’ in contact with an open, sore, and thus .in- troducing them into the blood. That tuberculosis is hereditary _is fast becoming an exploded idea. It is a germ disease, and an in- stance is unknown where a germ in a new-born babe was known to exist. To Dr. Koch, much credit Was given for medical knowledge regarding tuberculosis, and the control of the disease. Contrary to his Opinion, however, the medical fraternity believe now that tuber- culosis may be communicated to a human being by using milk from a tuberbular cow. W*%+%HM+§++M4++HWW+W%W $1.00 PER YEAR if"