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. The annual county convention held last Friday at Hampden church. was a decided success The afternoon session Opened st 230 pm. Opening exercises were led by Rev B. M'.‘Smith of Dro- more. Besides the business part and music, Rev. A. Lucas gave an interesting talk on “Value 0‘ Sunday School Standards” and also Rev. Mr. Smith gave a paper on “What May the Sunday Schoo! School Expect from the Church.” The afternoon session closed with J. Taylor, the county president. speaking on “Our Place in the Kingdom,” and with music, col- lection and prayer. The people then retired to the basement. where a most appetizinâ€"g supper awaited them, and it was agrand sight to see how everyone seem- ed to enjoy the social con versa- tion, held together during the hour of refreshments. The even- ing session commenced at 7.30. and was opened with song service in chmge or the president. Mr. 'J Cooper. Most inspiring and inter esting topics were well delivered by Rev. Mr. §ippell of Alsfeldt and Rev. Lucas 0! Toronto. The music for the convention was ex- cellently rendered by a mixed quarteite, and also a male. guar- We are of the opinion that the regulations suggested ' av the paragraph we have quoted has reference more particularly to the large signs of manufacturers that are intended to remain perman ently. Whether the small poster is to be included as an objectionable defacement of‘the landscape can scarcely be learned from the wording of the paragraph. We thinknhowever, it has reference only to the permanent signs and not to those of a more or less transient nature. In any case, the placing of such matter should be regulated so as not to deface the beauty of the landscape or to mar the esthetic appearance of our towns or villages. This goes even farther than our remarks a few weeks ago about the nuisance too commonly in- dulged in by placing advertising matter on every available blank fence or wall in many of our towns and villages. In calling it a nuisance we are going no furth er than the minister of publi‘: works does in the paragraph quoted above. Surely if the auth- orities in the Government regard it as a nuisance to deface coun- trv highways by advertising de- vices. the councils in towns and villages should regard such con- duct as a nuisance in the urban municipalities, and may regard .the regulation of such advertising- methods to be within their cor- porate jurisdiction. b:_used as general sign-boards for advertising purposes, the ad- vertisers employing such methods have a right to pay for the privilege. The indiscriminate use of such advertising has a ten- déncy to render the method inef- fective and of doubtful value. A neat tasty advertisement 0! any “necessary legitimate and beneficial product is in no wav offensive to the ordinary observ- er Ll‘here may, however, be too much of a good thing, and too many such notices would detract from the usefulness, beauty or value of a smaller number. if then the public highways are to HIGHWAY REVENUE SCHEME From a leaflet entitled "High- way Improvement in Ontario” is- sued by Hon. H. G. McDiarmid. Minister of ‘Public Works and Highways, we take the following paragraph: ' “To prevent the unsightlv marking of the landscape with sign-boards, power is given to the Lieutenant-Governor in Coun- cil to make regulation for the erection of signs or other adver- tising devices, and for fixing a fee to be charged for erecting any sign or sign-board or other advertising device, and this same power is to be exercised by any crmmission having control 01“.; any road if the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor so directs. Widespread com- plaints have been made of the de facing of the roadside in other- communities by the erection of urSightly advertising devices. and to prevent the nuisance gain. in}: a foothold in Ontario, this provision has been deemed advis- able and timely. At the same time a system of licensing advertising signs would produce a revenue for road maintenance,” {HE DURHAM CHRONICLE W IRWIN, Editor and Proprietor DURHAM; J ULY 1, 1915. HAM'PDEN. Knox church congregation \1-‘1'1 hold their anniversary service .11 Sunday, July 18 Services at 3 and 7 30 p.m. On the following Mon-dav evening games and general frol- ic in the early evening and an 1n~ teresting and spicy programme later on will be given in the church. Fuller particulars will te given later. Admission 25c and 15c. Keep the date in: mind and come and enjoy a treat. Mr. Thos. Scarf and sister were welcome callers at our home in Sunday evening last. l The Hampden baseball team a: d the South Bentinck team played a game in John Henry’s field one night recently, South Bentinck proving to be the champion team We hope they may play the re turn game before long. Spruce up -boys, there’s luck in store' for you 3et. Born. -To Mr. and Mrs. Thorn-as Park, a son. The frost on Wednesday evenâ€" ing of last week did some little ~ noticeable damage here and there, but in this locality we {are} pretty well. The monthly meeting of the Grange will be held as usual in the Varney Hall on Friday night July 2. As announced, Dr. E. 'Lev- son is expected to speak on some topic of his own preference. Other business of importance, therefore a full house wanted. Hats off to the Grangers! for according to the Gander-‘8 admis. sion, to them belong the credit or compelling the Conservatives to set an understanding ”date for holding their convention here- after, certainly the most progres- sive step they have taken i- our little lifetime. This step justifies the contention we have alwav-s mm, of What farmers could ac- complish through a united e:- fort. Just how the Conservatives entrusted the sacred work to such Mr. W'. Firth, butcher, of Dur- ham, gave us a call Monday and purchased a couple of good beefers. He is a good straight buyer, and always on the dot with Mfr. Wm. Stewart arrived home quite unexpectedly Last week. We heard he met with a mishap. which caused his (retreat home. Miss.“’ildfan-g of Detroit is visiting her sister. Mrs. “7. Little We are glad to report that Bertie Marshall is 1mprox1n0' 111 health. the nurse leaving Monda§ We hope soon to see Bert out amongst us again looking hale and hearty. A very curious accident happen- ed the other day. Mr. John Cooper, who is in the habit of looking over his herds and flock each morning found, to his sur- prise, a two-year-old colt miss-- ing. He went in search of it and found it lying in a furrow on its back. He found it impossilbe to get it up, so ran for aid. It was found that the animal could not stand up, and an examination bv Dr. Hamilton revealed the fact that its back bone had been brok- en. They think it had been scam- pcring and, rearing up, had fallen over. They shot the animal. Mr. Cooper has a great many hors- es. still he feels the loss of on: just the same tette of Ayton. The meeting 9103- ed with Mr. Becker leading m prayer, and the people separated one from the other, each feeling It was good to be here. The Cuntry : “That’s all right, 'Mr BLYTH’S CORNERS. :a source to make known to the world, we fear we shall never know this side the grave. The old doddling Gander is under a delusion when he infers we are COnservative, and for his benefit we want to tell him we are strictly Independent. Now, to not be able .to distinguish anv difference, and just to make it simple, there is as much difference between the two as there is be tween the gander in his mud poo: and the weathercock away 321;; high on his pinnacle. To ever hope of the gender soaring as high in progressive realms, poli- tically speaking, is an utter im- possibility. He is too much enslav- ed. to his party to ever exalt 2*. nation, for it is just such a class as this that encourage politicians to do as they like. To make along story short. We would simply! choke and" collapse, and to .be an eye-witness «again of such a scene “I think I will try to do something with that book to get it introduced,” said Mrs. Wickersham to her husband. “Have you read it?” “Read it? No. It wouldn't do any good for me to read it. What is want. ed is to sell it.” Mrs. Wickersham had an intimate friend, Mrs. Singleton, who was at the head of the literary department of a women’s club. She tookthe ,book to Then when his failure was complete he had no more sense than to get mar- ried. His wife was as pretty as a peach, very practical and had the fac- ulty of making herself liked. When she married Wickersham he had had for months a book on the stands the publication for which he had paid. There was no sale for “The Wander- er,” and the copies which were begin- ning to get soiled were being returned to the publisher. Then Wickersham was told that what publishers wanted was some- thing on a subject which the people were discussing. It was explained to him that advertisement was essential, and a work on such a subject was largely self advertised. So Wicker- sham chose a theme that was upper- most in the minds of the public and treated it in an original fashion. Again he was disappointed. He could not find a publisher. Why? “My dear fellow,” explained an editor, “you lean to one side of the question. Your work will offend every one on the other side.” Another said, “You are constant. 1y firing over the heads of the people." Wickersham was in despair. All his instructions had come to naught. When Wickersham first began to write he was told that he must write something original. This was exactly what he was fitted to do, and he did it. He was disappointed in the result. Those who had advised him to produce original matter forgot to remind him that he must educate a clientele to ap- preciate the novelty. Meanwhile the literary space in the periodicals and other mediums was occupied by the commonplace. a long while in securing recognition, and the chances seem to be largely in favor of its never attaining it. The public is the final judge in such mat- ters. and the public is often slow in making a decision. Wickersham was a literary genius, but an undiscovered genius. There are geniuses whose work any one may rec- ognize as something that appeals to him strongly, But he would not stop to ask why. Even such a gift may be GIRTS LIKE THE MUD The Ideal and The Practical By EDITH V. ROSS . Senate, but wait till I get a chance at you” under, likely he may to distinguish anv Id 'rugt .to make H: is as much difference two as there is be- THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, BORN. RITCHIE. â€"In Ghanelg‘a Thmsdav /J1mae 24;, to. M'r. and Mrs. Bert Ritchie, a son. . About sixty of the members of the local court of the C.O.F at- tended service iu Trinity shurch in a body on Sunday evening. A thoughti'ul and inspiring sermon figs ‘Ereached by the pastor, Rev. may safely depend he shall ii 1d his valuable weathercock right side up and still haxnding down to the world below progressive measures and signs of the times. Several from here took in the burlesque lacrosse match at Han: over on Friday and saw the Hanover ten wallop the Owen Sound aggregation 25 to 4. weathercock become a veritable Whirligig, but if he lived through it and again was able to look up to the weathercock; as he always has for pointers of progress such as road improvements, etc.‘ be Wickersham remained famous for a time. Then his fame began to wane. Some said he had written himself out. Others declared that it had. been a mistake to consider him a genius at all This doesn’t matter to his wife, since she is cutting the coupons off the bonds she bought with the money reaped when her husband was a star, and it makes no difference to her now that his star has set. - n , - Then she visited the publisher in question and returned With a contract to pay her husband double the usual royalty. “Albert,” his wife exclaimed, “you are the stupidest man in America!” Mrs. Wickersham got out all her hus- band’s unpublished manuscripts and offered them to publishers. They were snapped up greedily. A taste for Wick- ersham’s work was gradually growing upon the public. and the sale of his books increased proportionately. Mean- while he wrote a new one and one day informed his wife that he had given it to a publisher for publication. “At what royalty ‘2” asked the lady. “Royalty? I don‘t know. I SUppose the usual royalty.” One ‘morning Wickersham woke up to find himself famous. Mrs. Wicker- sham was famous, too, not only for being the wife of a famous man, but because she was the first to discover his genius, Mrs. Singleton being the second person. Mrs. Wickersham bore her honors modestly. She did not take the trouble to read her husband’s book, for she would no more understand it after the public had put its stamp of approval on it than before. There was no necessity for her to read it. When persons congratulated her on her hus- band‘s success and her own discern. ment of his genius she looked modest and said nothing. What is there for a person to say when complimented? Anything said is calculated to do harm rather than good. Mrs. Wickersham stood pat. Among the many persons who congratulated her there was not one who knew that she had never read a word of her husband's book. Presently there sprang up a demand for “The Wanderer.” This demand oc- curred in the city where Mrs. Single- ton reigned as literary queen. A few of the women who read it appreciated it, but it mattered not to those who failed to do so, for since Mrs. Singleton had put her stamp on it none of the others would dare condemn it, for they would thereby condemn themselves for lack of appreciation. The calls for “The Wanderer” at the stands in- creased, and presently a new edition was necessary to supply the demand. Chis. lady, asked ‘her as a farm: to read it and recommend it to her friends. Mrs. Singleton happened to be one cal- culated to appreciate Wickersham’s genius. She did more than recommend the book to her friends; she delivered a lecture on it one afternoon in'the clubhouse. Anything Mrs. Singleton said about a book was not disputable among the members of the club. ic. J. FURBER 52230 00000000000000000000000000 0000000000 000000000000000 00' Hay ................. Butter . . ............ Eggs ................ Potatoes, per bag . . . Dried Apples ...... . Flour, per cwt ...... Oatmeal, per sack . . Chop, per cwt ...... Live Hogs, per cwt. Hides, per lb. . . . .. .. f Shee skins .......... Woo ................ Tallow .............. _ Lard ................ y\/J|L.L£L¢VL ULLI 1. IUJU éFau Wheat; ............ $1 10 to $1 10 Spring ’Wheat .......... 1 10 to 1 10 Milling Oats. . . . . . 55 to 5.3 Feed Oats ............... 5:3 to 55 Peas....................150 to 185 Barley .................. 65 to 70 Hay ..................... 16 00 to 18 00 Butter.................. 20m 20 Eggs. ......... _ ........... 17 to 17 How the heart grows soft anii tender while its columns you’re perusing, Every item is familiar, every ' name you know full well And a flood of recollection pass- es o’er you While vou re mus- ing On the past, and weaves about you an imaginative spell. You can see the old home Village once again in fancy, seeming To be clasping hand of neigh- bor, and of friend and relative; And their faces rise before you as you’re idly, fondly dreaming O'er the little country rape:- printed where you used to live. The makeup is perhaps a trifle crude and primitive, But an atmosphere of home life fills and permeates the pages Of the little country paper printed Where you used to live. ' “ blurred There is on ’Tisn’t filled with cuts and pic. tures nor the latest 'ne «'5 des- patches: And the paper's often dampened° and the print is sometimes THE Lm LE PAPER PRINTED! WHERE YOU USED TO LIVE t On AGENTS for BEAVER BRAND Experts in All=Metal Weather Strip Installation Window Screens andScreen Doors ' MADE TO ORDER 14 Mesh Black or Rustless Wire MARKET REPORT ' Shingles and Firewood For Sale Warning Your Eyes Have You Clear Vision for Reading and Distance ? {Are You Troubled with Headaches or Eye Strain ? If so you should consult a good optician, as headaches in the majority of cases come from the eyes and by having Glasses Properly Fit- ted Will cure it. We use the most modern Test known to-day namer “The Shadow Test” and guarantee sat- isfaction. - NO GLASSES PRESCRIBED UNLESS NEEDED DURHAM JULY 1. 1915 â€"Kansas City Journal Now is the time to have this work done Estimates cheerfully furnisned on all kinds of Carpentering, Joining, Store Fitting, etc. End Matched Hard= wood Flooring matchmaker, jeweler and optician Duncan (Z. town Wm. Bond, chemist, Wilmington. De1., stayed seven hours in a seal- ed box under water to show that his chemical discox ery could nurt- fv air. ‘ on T. R. \Vhelan, S. P. Saunders. C .lVchougall,~ I. Anderson. D A Campbell, G Newell, J. A. Dar-- ling,J Ewen. \V. Hodgson G. Boyd, Rev. W. H. Hartley, W. J Youn.,g W'. Iruin, M Lauder. Pat- riotic collection share E Ix'ress, N McCannel, Miss L McKenzie. All Jackson. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. At dealers or sent postpaid on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. J. A. Graham, W. Ferguson, H. McDonald, G. S. Lawre nee, Mrs. T Knight, D. B. McFarlano M MacKay, W \ichol, A. McPhee, G Kress, Jr \V. Ritchie, J Filth, R Hopkins, R. Dargavel. W. MorriP- Mr. A. E. Jackson, who has been collecting for the Tobacco an“. Chocolate Fund inaugurated u: The Toronto News, last week SE! t away another donation of $25 [3 the fund from the following do- nors. This makes the total local donation to date $140.65. The fol- lowing contributed to the last re‘. mittance : Sr. J my m: Mums, Jan. 27th, 1914. “After suffering for a long time With Dyspepsia, I have been made well by “Dm-:‘- A L:__-_ Q. VlfllENI AHAL‘KS‘ 0F DYSPEPSIA “Fruit-a-tives.” I suffered so much that at last I would not dare to eat for I was afraid of dying. Five years ago, Suflered Tunures Until She Tried “Fruit-a-tives” THE TOBACCO FUND July 1, 1915.