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Farmers grow bio-ger {all wheat crops by using Harab FeltiliZer. For sale by C. Smith Sons. tf You can suit-Scribe for any paper you ~:::mt at The Chronicle office. -kks for our rateS. Pure spicés at Macfarlane's Drug Store. The Chronicle to January 1. 1917.. [or $1, to new subscribers. Mr. Hugh McDonald has pur- chased a Ford car from Mr. Art-hie )IcKinnon. The walls of the sub-station are rising rapidly, and the Work will soon be completed. The regular meeting of the town council was held on Monday night, but the chief business consisted of the passing of the usual batch of accounts. .31 list of buyers, and those having horses to dispose of will do well to attend. he next horse fair will be held on Thursday. the 16th of this month. “'e expect to see the usu- Mr- Zach. Wigle, of Ruthven. cousin of Mrs. W. P. Paterson of this place. lost all his barns and contents by fire a few days ago. It was a fine property, and with only light insurance. . The Durham branch of the Red Cross Society purpose holding a Flower Day on September .24, the last day of the Fall Fair, and Mr Walter Nichol had the mis- fortune to lose a valuable cow the other day in a very peculiar way It is thought she was being tron sled \\ 1th flies, and went to a willow bush in the field to brush them off. when she got tangled up in some way The bushes were wound round her horns and neck, and in trying to free herself she wiil aiso serve dinner and tea at their headquarters, next door to Maciarlane's Drug Store. The rural public and separate school Truant Act is now strict anJ 5' erx child between the ages of eight and fourteen years “ill be re: orted to the inspector if in attendance for 80 per cent. the teaching time each month. Rep-arts must be made under pen- a "13', and this warning is intended to help teachers. truant officers and inspectors to discharge their duties in accordance with the new Act. . The past summer has been the wettest on record in these parts, at line t for a goo-:1 many years hack.‘ Ve do not know the exact amount of rainfall, and can make no comparisons with former years. but irom a harVesting standpoint the season has been pronounced the worst ever. Several farmers are finished. a few are threshed, “215)., others need a few days more Genera-11v spe aking, farmers in this section report good crops. ”'2 . The Children's Aid Society of Grey county. with headquarters at Owen Sound, are holding a “flag day” this year at each of the Fall Fairs in the county. Though the Red Cross and other funds have demanded considerable sacnifices'. the Children‘s Aid Society, too, is doing good work, and has been for years and must have funds to exist. It is to be hoped that the patrons of South Grey and other fairs in the county will not be lacking in generosity, but Will enter into the spirit as they have done on other occasions. There are dark spots in town, Lin-:1 some are complaining about them. At present it would scarcely be i‘a i 1' to find fault with anyone, but Kine!) the hydro system is com;.ieted we hope to see a. rem- ez’iy. Our attention has been called to the conduct of a citizen who mad: improper advances on a wrong lazh a few nights ago. The assailant is known to the lady and i: would be rifht to have him ex- posed. We dont know any of tlie parties implicated, but any person of the Jae k the Hugger variety, who stealthily assaults a woman on a dark street, should be pun- -ished for his conduct. 1 _ VOL. .48â€"NO. 2533 N EWS AROUN D TOWN ently fell and was choke-d to' The Chronicle to Janu-arv 1‘ 191?, for $1. to new subscribers. Buy yo f arlané's. Fresh Hufie: and LoWney's chocolates at slgcfarlane's Drug Store. ”We have just received a full stock of Neilson‘s chocolates at; The Variety Store. 1 Mt. Forest fall fair will be held next \Vednesda)’ and Thursday. September 15 and 16. Revised and enlarged prize lists and all con- cert attractions. Our fall fair will be held on the 23rd and 24th of this month. Don’t fail to attend. The directors need your support and will do all they can to please ~Vou. It will not be like the big exhibitions, but it‘s our own, and deserves your pat- ronage and presence. Come and make it a success. The district convention 5of the Epworth- League and Sunday school met in Holstein yesterday and the day before. The following were present from here: Mrs. Wil- lough-by, Dr. Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Robertson, Rev. Mr. Moyer, Messrs. Robb and Wells, and- Miss- es Wolfe, Wilson. Sp-arling, and Catton. Lost-Somewhere in Durham. 3 gold locket and chain. heart shape with single blue setting. Finder will please leave at Chronicle office. enlarged pnize lists and all 00“-. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Jackson were cert attractions. : visitors'at the exhibition, and we we are now prepared for school have no hesitancy in believing Mr. opening and seek your esteemed Jackson enjoyed himself in looking! patronage in this line. We carry a 0V8? the war WHOS- comvlete stock of Public 8311001; The horticultural exhibition is requisites. The Variety StOre :being held this afternoon and ev- Lost.â€"Somewhere in Durham. 3 'ening in'the tOWD hall. The exhib- gold locket and chain. heart shape its Promise to be good, and “we with single blue setting. Finder bore the management Will be re- mm mlpnqn lpnvn 3f ChrOfliClE- “731‘de “ith a KOOd attendance. Mr. James Kerr of Normanby is a late purchaser of a Ford car. Automobiles will be a. common luxury amongst farmers in the course of a few years, and it is right that it should be‘so. No class can better afford life’s luxuries, and none deserve them more. We congratulate Mr. Kerr and hope e‘ll be pleased with his invest- ment. A garden party. under the susâ€" him return from his healthful and nices of the Durham branch of the invigorating vacation. Wvomen's Institute Will be held . . , ' 'f‘ ' ° . c 1‘ r . on the grounds of Mr W Weir .I On Sfltllld’l), Pllnclp'll and 1 s . : I 3 '. b" . W. P. Pater- Glenelg, on Friday. September 10. .‘AJanf, de‘IindT :3: r - ved q The proceeds will be gix en in son. an ‘ I ' 0 e ’ enjoy ‘ aid of the motor ambulance to he motor trip to Owen Sound and given by the Grev F611,)“. “(.6 Meaford and return. Inspector and . . 1 . - men’s Institute. Admission 10c. A MIS' Campbell and family ma 'L good program will be rendered. i the same trip on the same day. and refreshments served on theI Mr. and \Irs. A. R. Black of Ful- grounds. A number of auto ouners ton. N.Y., spent :1 week with Mr. “ill earn passengers desirous of and Mrs. T. R. Whielan. The 110- attending from town and return. men are sisters, and it is some for 25c.. which includes admission years since they last met. The to the grounds. Tickets for the visitors left Tuesday and Will vis- trip may be obtained at Mellraith's it other relat.i\ es in Mt. Forest and Beggs’ stores. land Hamilton before returning to Ye Editor attended the annual meeting of the Canadian Press As- sociation, which met Thursday and Friday of last week in the 19th storey of the Royal Bank building in Toronto. There were members there from all parts of the Domin- ion, one coming from Vancouver Island, B. C. Mr. Marshall, of the W'eyburn Review. Sas-k.. was also present, and from him we learned that Archie McDougall is well, and was recently blessed with an increase in his family. Miss Play- fair, of Hartney, Man, was anoth- er member from a distance. and the only lady newspaper proprie- tor in the association. Flour has made ° two drops in price during the past couple of weeks, the two reductions Amount- ing to $1.25 a barrel. This in connection with other things has led to a corresponding reduction in the price of bread, which drop- ped recently from fourteen to twelve cents for .a three-pound loaf, the general price at which bread has been sold in Toronto for the past year or more. Last week your school books at Mac- pounds. Mrs. T. F. McGraw of Toronto, is visiting her mother, Mrs. James Whitmore. Mr. McGraw is :now in England with the second contin- gent, and expects to be sent to ,the front shortly. The Chfonicle to January 1, 191?, for $1. to new subscribers. Auto‘s for hireâ€"Competent driV- ers furnished and rates moderate. The Garage. Durham . 624 It is reported that Mr. Fred Laidlaw intends to enlist for over- seas service. Miss Rita Irwin will be home in a day or two from a five weeks” vacation at Grimsby Beach and places. The general change of time anâ€" nounced to take place oh the Grand Trunk after Saturday next. does not affect the Palmerston to Durham branch of the S) stem. We notice a paragraph in the city papers which tells of a Ger- man-American plot to destroy the Canadian harvest by attacking the elevators. It is said to have been divulged by a German prisoner. Mrs. Bradshaw Jamieson is seri- ously ill, but Dr. Starr, :a Toronto specialist, was up last night and expresses strong hopes for her recovery. It will likely be some weeks. however, before her health is completely restored. Wsalkerton Fair, September 15. Five hundred men of the 34th Battalion, headed by their famous hand, all afternoon. Company drill, machine gun, firing exercises, two soup kitchens will be on exhibi- tion. Single fares on all lines. DURHAM, ONT. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.19:5 Rev. Mr. Whualey o~~cupied his pulpit in the Presbyterian church on Sunday, and was welcomed by a large and appreciative congre- gation. who were glad to have him return from his healthful and invigorating vacation, The new lights .are a great im- provement, but the lamps 'burn much faster than formerly. The voltage seems too strong for the present equipment, but the service is a. great accommodation and will tide us over till the Hydro comes. Mrs. J. C. Nichol, the localiatgent for Spirellla corsets, has returned from taking a training course in corset fitting at the schools at Toronto, Niagara Falls and Mead- ville, Pa., for the past two weeks. She is better prepared than ever to cater to the wants .of the ladies of Durham and vicinity in this line. ' * â€" w. LOO-s The town treasury was enriched} on Saturday by $340. Charges: were made against five for infrac-i tions of the License Act. Three pleaded guilty, and paid their fin-es. $300 in one case and $20 in ach of two others. The other two denied all knowledge of liquo: being ordered and the two cases of whiskey remain in the hands of the constable. to be diSpOSed of later as directed by the depart- ment. We doubt if giving the names of the guilty parties would serve any better purpose. but the very best conducted news- papers never conceal them. and we hate to step down into a low- er class, but let it be so this time. W. Laddlaw was the magis- trate on the case. . .. . . . . The Toronto Exhibition or, to be more accurate, the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition, is now on in Toronto, and will close the gates to the public~alfter Saturday next. For some years it has been con- sidered. and We believe justly so. the greatest annual exhibition in the world. It is certainly a mam- moth concern, but to the regulir yearly editor there seems. from a general survey, to belittle or no difference. There are big crowds in attend- ance this year. and the manage- ment desires to have the turnstiles register a million visitors before Saturday night. In 1913 the mil- lion mark was exceeded by about 9,000 if we remember correctly. In that year there were 151,000 in attendance on Labor Day. This year it Was 10,000 less, and on Tuesday night, with four days yet to run. the attendance was 600,000. That would leave 100,000 a day, for each of the four days, to be made up. and it isn’t likely thev will be able to reach the high spot of their ambition. j The management are making! *umple preparations for the enter-l tainment of visitors to the Fall Fair in Durham’ on September 24.‘ :Besides the exhibits in the hall, {and the live stock in its different 'classes, which ought to be the :chief attractions of the show, there will be .an exhibition of :ventriloquism before the grand stand by John A. Kelly, dancing by Miss Munro, music by a High.- gland piper, and a football match :between the Dromore and Price- fville teams, both good texamS, and ‘evenly matched. A good game is 1certain. A bicycle race is also on :the program, in three heats, once fzaround the ring. With good wea- Zther, a good show and a good ltime is assured. Everybody can en- joy themselves 4nd meet their ,friends and neighbors. who will {all be there. LwSt year was “Peace Year,” but it was badly named. This year is “Patriotic Year"’ and everything has a military flavor. The sol- diers are there in thousands. and meet with applause as never be- fore, from the tens of thousands of spectators who View them from the grandstand. Our own Canadian boys, in their military exercises. present the best spectacular fea- ture of. the whole :program. Visitors to the exhibition should not fail to see the trenches, the tents, and armored motors, only a short distance from the entry gate, and in the Government Building there are always inter- ested crowds to examine the cap- tured cannon, the machine ~ guns. and the thousands of war relics. The exhibition this year is well worth seeing, and all who can do so should spend a day at the grounds. Mr. A. H. Jackson has received the following communication from Pte. J. B. Farrell, No. 1 Co., 8th. Battalion, lst Canadian Division France: “Received a package of “Old Chum,” with your name and ad- dress, from The Toronto Daily News fund. Thanks very much for same. Canadian tobacco sure looks good here. My home is near Kin- cardia'e, so you see awthin-g coming from so near home iS Very much appreciated. Drop me a line if you get this”? THE WORLD’S GREATEST This is the ~10an day that the British Empire has been at War with Germany. ' Twelve Canadian a\'iat0rs have arrrived in Great Britain and elght others are due. Ten persons were killed and 46 others wounded in the German air raid on the east coast of England on Tuesday night. Six American papers and sev- enteen pamphlets and other pub- lications of a. pro-German charac- ter, have been refused the privil- e‘ges of the Canadian mails. A LETTER FROM THE FRONT THE SOUTH GREY FAIR +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++o+++++++++++i - $NM++++M+M++§++++++§$W+ for you to see about. your NOW IS THE TIME NEW FALL SUIT S. F. MORLOCK The Store of Honest Value We have just opened our New Dress Goods in Vel- veteens, Corduroys and Serges. Serges are taking the lead this Fall, of which We have a fine assortment in Blacks and Colors. The Prize Medal Velveteens and Corduroys Are Our Specials, Twill Back and Fast Pile. \Ve secured them early in order to avoid the advanced prices. Call and see them while you. have the opportunity. fiiflfiéfifi‘fi $1.00 PER YEAR