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ation of the rare musical treat. The proceeds amounted to about $70 of which half goes to the en- tertainers and of the balance about $30 will go to the Red Cross. The contract for the building of the High school was let on Mon- da) night to Messrs. Hugh Mc- ‘Donald and Edward Kress. The building will be similar to the first plan submitted and approved but slightly modified so as to reduce the cost. We understand it will be twb feet shorter than was originally intended, and the ceil- ings have been reduced from . 13 feet to 12 feet in height. There are a few other minor changes, but nothing to detract from its general appearance' or conveni- ence. We. have not learned the ex- act contract price, more than that it is slightly below $14,000. There were a number of tenders in and the difference between the high- est and lowest did not exceed $200. The contract at the price named includes the heating, which will be finished by J. H. Harding, our mph-be! . z I . The Welsh Choir of nine sing- ers, under the conductor-ship of Madame Hughes, gave a delight- ful musical entertainment Tuesday the rapt attention from beginning to end is an evidence of appreci- is making full preparations for a good jolly time. Admission free. Kindly bring baskets. Everybody we!come. " If a man can’t take a joke without getting angry he should never attempt to give one. To us the world would be fearfully dull if we couldn‘t relieve the monot- ony .occasionally by indulging in the innocent pleasantries that are generally appreciated. Any man has a right to resent an insult or a remark that's intend- ed as an insult. L'nder the auspices of the Var- nev Grange, an up-to-date picnic will be held in Mr. 'Wm. Carson‘s bush on Friday, June 18. J. J. Morrison, secretary of the Farm- ers’ Co-Operative Co., of Toronto. is expected to be present to give General Hughes states that the Government will look after the transportation of Italian reserv- ists in Canada as soon as they receive word from \Rome, just the :same as Russian and French re- servists were looked after. He es- timates that over 30,000 Italians may leave Canadian ports to join the colors in Italy. The Hepworth Progress . has changed hands, Mr. 0. M Seim having sold out to Mr. W. R. ’Kinch, formerly connected with the Woodstock Sentinel-Revie w, Alvinston Free ‘Press and other napers. The new prOprietor as- sumed the management last week. Two fine solos were sung in the Methodist church on Sunday ev- ening, one by H. A. Watson, of Priceville, who is spending a few weeks in town. The other was sung by Mr. Ernest Everett, who spent Sunday in town with his .father, engineer Everett. A Cariâ€"We, ,the undersigned. hereby agree (to sell a package of five standard size So. boxes of Silver Tip Silent Matches [or 20c. Quality guaranteed.â€"A. McLach- Ian {J. )3: J. Hunter. 12 17 am If you think of June weddings and think of invitations, think of us: we print them in the Latest and best designs of type and stationery. Have you seen‘ those cloth- bounJ pocket editions of popular fiction, 20¢. each or three for 500.. Macfarlane'fs Drug Store Fresh fish may be had Thurs- days and Saturdays, by calling at Miles Wilson’s, near the cement works. 2 Gentlemen boarders wanted. Ap- pl‘; to Mrs. John Lloyd, Garafraxa street, Durham. Pretty and useful articles for the June bride at Macfarlane's. Under the auspices of the VOL. 48â€"N0. 2519 N EWS ARO UN D TOWN given to follow this simple admonition of only two words Worry short- ens life, and many a man is pre- maturely. gray because of little annoyances that might easily ,be avoided If the causes were re- moved flie evil results would never have an existence 'Plenty of sleep and prOper care of the stomach will turn many a grouch into a much happier man Don‘t worry if you can help it, but you can’t always help it sor of Greek and Ancient History in Toronto University, was in town the fore part of the week to arrange for a patriotic lecture to be given here in the near fu- more than the bare expense. of the lecturer. whoever he may be and an address from a man who has studied the question ”thor- oughly would inspire the whole community with a wider feeling of loyalty. He interviewed a number of citizens, who look with favor upon the scheme, and ar- rangements are being made to secure a lecturer in .the course of To keep up the spirit of patriot- ism, .M'r. Chas. Cochrane, Prbfes- Don’t. worry! ‘How easy it is to give advice, but how hard it is R. R Long of Listowel had a large number of fresh cows, calves and young cattle disposed of on Saturday at the Hahn House yards. Everything seegned to go high, one cow being run up to- $83 and young calves from $10 to $17. They were well-bred H'ol- steins, and some of them were pedigreed, or eligible. D N'cPhail was the auctioneer. Another lot is coming in Saturday and will be disposed of at the Grand Trunk yards. day by a private act _ of parlia- 'sorganization of the ;men.t, necessitated . fact Government’s building intentions that the xt pOpoulation is :and the Durham post office, like barely more than 12,000, while a many other contracts, will be p0pulation of 15,000 is necessary be shelved for a time, in all for a town to become a city au- probability. tomatically. Gait was founded in According to a plan submitted l816 by Absalom Slade, an Amer- . to the town council and approved 108m and was known for a few ibv the them. the street lighting years as Slade’s Mills, whem the ‘ will consist of 91 Tungsten lamps name was changed to Galt, after. of various powers, according to John Galt, of Edinburgh, father the necessities of the .lfferent Of the late A. T. Galt. lnoalifies- At nment “'9 have nnl v On Friday, June 18, the Doren- wend Co., Limit-,ed of Toronto, Canada’s foremost hair goods designers and manufacturers, 'will display andVdenion-strate a sam- ple stock of ladies’ quality hair .goods and gentlemen’s toupees and wigs, at the H’ah‘n House, Durham. A free demonstration of any .style is offered to anyone in- terested. Remember the date, Fri- day, June 18. Galt was made a city on Tues- Recent purchasers of Ford cars in this vicinity are: Rev. T. W. Mills, Dornoch: Rev. J. A. Mathe- son, Priceville: W. A. McGowan, Durham; W. Haslett, Allan Park: R. J. Wilson, Boothville Now is your time to get your supply of sugar, as preserving time is sure to see it sdearer. This year there will be no importations from Belgium, Austria or Ger- many and a big shortage is look- ed for in the output from .Cuba and Java. All things considered. there seems wisdom in buying- The contra tors have staked out the ground for the new. High schoot and work will begin right away. They expect to have it completed before Christmas. This is dipping time. Try Kresn Dip, 25c. and 50c. tins at Macfarâ€" lane’s Drug StOra Last week we said that one of our citizens caught a 255, lb. trout on. Victoria Day. That was not true, and some would call it a lie. t,W e plead innocent to ._the charge and want to know who lied. We published the item, and for this we are accountable. The story was told to us and we thought it was true. We gave it as an Lem of news, but it was false news, and wehasten to cor- rect the error. It wasn’t our fault. If we knew it wasn’t true it would never appear in The Chronicle. lThe Chronicle isn't a Sunday school paper, but it al- ways tells the truth, or tries to. When . we make a mistake we own up to it. This time we were led astray by Ananias Hamilton, and the; .sin will ‘fallon. his 'â€"_ v'vw'V-Vâ€"vd - $1.00 each: J. Brown, '1‘. Bell. R. According to a plan submitted :Watson, T._ Whitmore, G, Whit- .to the town council and approved Ipmore, J. Ritchie, J. Lawrence, G. ibv the them. the street lighting 'gg’ggs’ g-Lfi-wgggogbcDoGW-fi: .will consist of 91 Tungsten lamps .len 50c”, A: Lawrence 25c." ° -0f various powers, according to I We must congratulate S. S. No. the necessities of the .lfferent 39. Glenelg. for the vkry liberal res- localities. At present we have only iponse they have made to the ap- ,.b... as spam spspp “”8 jWe are assured that work is pro- now contributed the magnificent ‘ gressing so rapidly that the cur- total of $265.50. In addition to rent will be turned on early in this they have sent one of their July. ‘ [gallant sons to the front, V'g‘JCh IS a gift that cannot be measur- ! Mr. Robert Hill died vesterdav Ed in dollars and cents. We congratulate Mrs. Dan Campbell, who was married on the 19th of May to Mr. Henry Metcalfe, an ex-councillor of Bentinck. Mrs. M-etcalfe was a resident of this town for a num- ber of years and is Well and fav- orably known, and Mr. Metcalfe is one of the pOpular men of Bentinck. She is a sister of Mr John Schutz of town, and of Mrs. Andrew M'agwood, near Hanover. ‘A Hamilton firm was fined $50 last week for failing to affix war stamps to certain articles requir- ing' them. The magistrate svmpa thized with the firm, stating that only the day before he had for- gotten to affix a stamp to a check and was reminded inst in time. The inland revenue depart- ment, however, insisted that the fine be imposed. Fifty dollars is the minimum fine Mr. Robert Hill died yesterday forenoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Colin McArthur, of Glenelg. He was 83 years of age, a millwright by trade, and was well, known in town. He leaves a widow and two sons, William and Peter, in town. He has not been here much for some years, as the nature of his business necessitated his absence. A fuller account has been promised us for next issue. We hear nothing of the new post office, but fear there will be nothing done with it this sum- mer. The war has caused a gen- The Choral Society was in Wal- kerton last Friday night 'and had an $80 house. They were all de- lighted with the appreciation of the audience and the hospitality of the Daughters of the Empire. under whose auspices the oneretta was rendered. Twenty-nine Winnipeg hotel proprietors were given’ two months’ extension of their li- censes in order‘ that they may either extend their accommoda- tion, according to the act, or wind up their business. Col. Theodore Roosevelt broke two ribs when a new horse that he was riding on his place at Oy- ster Bay threw him. Mr. Wm. Fisher of Elora has received word that his son. Pte. James Fisher. was killed in the battle of Yores.‘ Mrs. Matilda Gonyeau. Norwood died on her 103rd birthdav, inst before the beginning of a cele- bration in her honor. A“ Caretaker for Durham Ceme- tery Apply at once to C. L. Grant, Durham .The Girl Guides attended service in a body at the Methodist church on Sunday morning. Mrs. Nathan Harrison 01' Owen Sound is dead. A good second-hand buggy for sale. Apply to “U” McFadden 2' I ‘\ ' .. -Wi':u",'tr1' ., 'FT: DURHAM, ONT., THURSDAY, JUNE 3,1915 WHO LIED ? Poor man! We’re sorry yesterday 513 D'amMcDougall, who went to England from Ottawa with the second contingent, is now in England. He ~‘was seasick for a couple of days going over and says he was praying for the ar- rival of a German submarine, but none came. Just for a change he took the mumps along with a number of others and was quaran- tined for 28 days. Theroad seems clear now, but he doesn’t know when something else may'turn up. Dan. is .- a ' son of Dan. M'cDou- gall, formerly of Bentlnck. We were going to say a sum of “Mr." M'cDougall, but if _:we did no one" would - know who we meant. ' emwvvvvvmmwvvvvy‘ g IS '\ are estimable characters, and res- idents of this town and vicinity all their lives. Though the marri- age was not publicly announced, the bride Was the recipient of a number of useful presents. We ioin the community in tendering congratulations, welcome them as continued residents and Wish them long life and a full measure of happiness. HYMENEAL SAUNDERSâ€"CLARK. Yesterday morning at a quar- ter to six a quiet wedding was sole-mnized at the home. of Mr. and Mrs. Zenus Clark, when their only daughter, Florence, was united in marriage to Mr. Albert James Saunders. The ceremony was performed by the bride’s pas- tor, Rev Mr Wylie, in. the pres- ence of only the immediate rela- tives After a sumptuous wed- .dinug breakfast, the happy' young couple left by the Grand Trunk for Toronto and Buffalo, where they will spend a brief honey- moon before taking up their resi- dence in town _The young couple I The south line, Bentinck‘ the éEdge Hill section, Glenel-g, and S. gs. No. 9, are the only country sec- ‘tions that have as yet made a systematic canvass of their com- munities, and their efforts have met with a very hearty reSponse in all cases. We understand a canvass is at present being made in the Knox church, Normanby, section, and we hop-e other coun- try sections will take up th- good 'work. The money is badly needed and we should all be willing tofldo .our share. Mr. S. Hughes, manager of the Royal Bank, is treasurer of the local branch and contributions may be givlen. to him or forwarded by mail at any time. ’32 G. Hopkins $2, J. Hopkins $2, J. Patterson $2, Mrs. Andrews {$1. 501 Mrs. T. _Dav_is $1. 50. $1.00 each: W. Arnett. G Law- rence, Miss S. McDonald, Miss C. McNab, Mrs. W. Aljoe, W'. W. Lawrence, D. M‘cNab: H. Sealey 50c.. A Friend, 25c. L. O. L. No. 1192, Glenelg. R. J. McFadden and A. Bell, $5 each; J. McGirr and A. Harm, $4 each; _W. J. McFadden and A. Heather, $3 each. $2.00 each: J. Arnett. J. G. Wil- son, W. R. Watson, W. ’S‘r Law- rence, N. Whitmore, J. Brown, J. Hopkins, H. .Ritchie, J. and W. Cgutchley,_ A. _Al_joe. $5 each â€"Mrs. Allan McKinnon, Jas. Atkinson, A. McClocklin, Jos. Atkinson, G. Newell,- Mrs. J ,Bell, 8. Patterson, Mrs. J' Sharp, W Nichol, Walter Nichol, Miss L. Scott, Miss A. Scott, M. Ritchie, J Ritchie, A. Watson, N. M’cCannel, W J. McFarlane, A. Weir, T C. McGirr, J. McGirr, T. McComb, D. Pelvis $3, Mrs. R. Bell $2, F Horst Albert and Charles Smith Glen- elg, Wm. Smith, Bentinck and Jas. Smith, Holstein, 1cot. The ‘fCheer-Up” Cot. Names of donors withheld. Mrs. Chas. McKinnon, Bassano. 'Alberta; M.rs. Tod. Knight. Dur- ham and Mrs. Dr. McMillan, Tor- onto, 1cot. Zion Women’s Institute, 1cot. From S. S. No 9, Glenelg: The following donated $10O each. W Jaques, _R_. Lin-dsay_ Up to last issue we reported contributions for cots for the soldiers up to more than $1,900. This week We have a long addi- tional list, and more to follow. The following contributions have been made during the past week, some wholly voluntary and With-- out any solicitation: Collected in Durham: James Matthews, Sr., $15. The following contributed $5 each: A. Grierson, A. McLellan, G. Arrow- smith, W. Mountain, W. J McFad- den, Jas. Webber, Sr., Mrs W J. Young. Jesse Hughes, $1. dTheâ€"following c0755 wéré donat- e : THE COT FUND IS GROWING f" Silent}Ma.tches, 3 boxes for .................. 120 m Richard’s'fioap, 7 bars for .................... 250 m Tea, Black or Mixed, per pound ............ 25c \ _ Cannedfibods, 3 cans for......................25c Salmon, 2 cans for .................................. 25c ~.C0rn;Fla.kes, 2 packets for .......... 15c ‘ 7 _ vvâ€"cvvw VII-bu VA‘ULuD, ltéulal' â€"'§.“2'5 to 2.50, anv pair ................ [.49 U 50 pairs Misses’ Patent and Dongola, regular 2.25 to 2.50, any pair....,..,...,,,,,[.79 25 pairs Boy’s and Youth’s, in lace or button [.98 ‘15 pairs Women’s Tan Rubbei‘s, reg. 1.00.... .73 25 pairs Men’s Shoes and Oxfords; any pair $2. 50 pr. Women’s Shoes and Oxfords, any pair . 40 pairs Women’ s Shoes and Oxfords, regular 008;- n-‘A J8: J. HUNTER Repairing Promptly Attended To $1.00 PER YEAR my: :13: