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ed a number of selections, and the ooy scouts, led by the fife and _ drum band, was a pleasing [ea- ture of the send-off. We wish them all a safe return. They are now in training in London. the others being given lockels, fountain pens, etc. The bays seem- ed happy as the train pulled out The oand was present and render- On Thursday night last alarge number of citizens assembled at the town hall and C. P. R. station to say good-bye to the five boys who left that night for Walkerton as the first halting place on their way to London. They enlisted at \K'alkerton for military service and are now in training at Lon- don. At the town hall, each was presented with a handsome sou- vuxir as a memento of the occa- sion. Shortly after nine o’clock, Dr Jamieson took the platform and called on the new recruits. In a few remarks he eulogised the Val- or and patriotism of the young men who voluntarily offered their serviceS, and their lives if need be, in defence of their country, after which the presentations were made. The young men, or rather. boys, were Gordon Gun, Lance McGirr, A. C. Dewar, John Sted- man and Johnston Allen. Wrist watches were given to those who had not received them formerly. A member of the Walkerton? council was asked by an indigna- tion meeting to resign his posi- tion because of his refusal to sub-f scri‘we t0 the BritiSh Red Cross Fund appeal. He was well able to do so. but didn’t, and although $2.100 had been raised for the purpose. the town wasn’t satisfied with the result. How would some of our ,council act if their lot had“, been cast in Walkerton ?-Our $500 as a general levy on the town is a small. contribution, compared with other places not any better able than we are. A meeting was held Tuesday night in the Baptist church on the 10th concession of Glenelg at which Rev. Mr. Fairfull of Clin- ton gave his interesting address on “Machine Guns and How to Use Them.” Messrs. Bell and Fal- laise. and Misses Walker and Wy- lie of the Durham Baptist choir, were in attendance and contrib- uted several good musical selec- tions. Miss Rita Irwin was also present as accompanist and gave a couple of patriotic instrumentals or. the organ. Mr. F S. Crutchley of New Westminster. B. C . is ViSiting his uncles. Abraham and John Crutch- ley. and other relatives. He is .a son of Joseph Crutchley and left here with his parents for the west '24 years ago. when an infant. He is a locomotive engineer on the Great Northern. but for the past six or eight weeks is enjoying a holiday. He came by way of Chi- cago. and took in New York. Buf- falri. Toronto and other cities on the trip. He will soon start on his return trip which. with stop-overS. "will take him two or three weeks. The annual Sunday school enter- tainment of St. Paul’s church, Eg- remont. will be held in Allan’s school on Friday evening. October 29. A good supper and program. Admission 15c. Mr. John Hughes, father of Mr. S. Hughes of the Royal Bank, here, now camp commandant at Yalcartier. has been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General- The sweetes't story ever told, the sweetest morsel ever soldâ€" Liggett’s chocolates. At Maciar- lane’s. . l Rev. Mr Bucher of Varne had charge of the work in t ' eth- odist church on Sunday last. morning and evening. Miss Maydee McAuley is prepar- ed to take a limited number 01 punils for instruction on the piano an:! organ. See her ad on page 2. Ladies! Don’t fail to read Mac- far-lane’s ad. this wgek. It will in- terest you. Mr. Peter Robins of Varney of- fers his effects for sale 0y public auction on Saturday aftcrnoon next. See "oills. VOL. 48â€"N0- 2540 NEWS AROUND TOW N We had a brief call last Thurs- day from Lance-Corporal Jamie- son of Flesherton, one of our Canadian boys who was engaged in the battle of St. Julien. He was a victim of the German gas pois- oning, and with an honorable discharge, returned home to re- cuperate. He is a modest young man, but when properly drawn out can tell some awful tales of the horrible war now devastating so much of Europe and affecting the whole world. He is not in good fighting condition now,_ but would like to return to the scene of action if sufficiently recovered to do so. He is now the hem of his own neighborhood and his friend- my well idolize him. Rev. Dr. Fraser, pastor of Divi- sion street Presbyterian church Owen Sound. received a sudden call on Saturday to go at once to Halifax to join an overseas contingent to which he had been appointed as chaplain. The after-- noon train had left Owen Sound. and to make connections so as to reach Halifax in time he had to motor to Toronto, leaving at one o’clock Sunday afternoon, reaching Toronto shortly after five, in ample time to leave on the ten o’clock train. ‘H'e bade his congre- gation good-bye at the morning service, and was presented with a military wrist watch as a mark of esteem. Mr. David Hillis, a resident of Bentinck for nearly 60 years, and one of the earliest settlers, died on Saturday at the home of Mr. Wm. Torry. He was born in Ire- land 81 years ago, came to Canada when a comparatively young man, and settled near Allan Park, where he followed the occupation of farming till he retired from active life about five years ago. He was never married, and after his retirement lived chiefly with friends and relatives. He was in comfortable circumstances. having through care and industry accum- ulated sufficient for all needs in the evening of his life. Interment took place Monday afternoon at HandVer. ' The Orpheus Chorus of Owen Sound, 16 strong, will give a high-class concert under the auspices of the local Recruiting League here on Thursday even- ing, the 4th of November, ren- dering their services absolutely free. The total proceeds will go towards the purchase of a field kitchen for the 315i: Grey Regi- ment. The entertainment Will com- mence at eight o’clock, sharp, as the chorus will return to Owen Sound the same night, Every loyal citizen should make an ef- fort to be present. For further particulars see posters. The presentation of a Watch and New Testament to Mr. J. L. Stedman on the eve of his depart- ure for training at London, was made by the A. 'Y. 'P. A. ’and Sun- day school of Trinity church', and not by the Guild as? previously reported. Mr. G. A. Staples of Vancouver will accept thanks for a remit- tance that makes him good in our opinion. We see his name on the C. P. R. stationery as travelling freight agent, and ' congratulate him on his success. “Napoleon’s Retreat from Mos- cow”: five reels, at the Happy Hour theatre. Friday, October 29, admission 10c. and 5c. Saturdav night admission, 10c. toall. Two shows, commencing at 7.30 p.m. W'aterman’s new, self-filling fountain pens now on display at Macfarlane’s. “79 will be pleased to show them, and you 'Will be un- der no thigation to buy. Liggett’s choc01ates are making new friends every day. Have Vou tried them? Macfarlane’s Drug Store, 35c. and 60c. The Choral Society have decided to get up another Operetta, to be ready about Christmas. There were thirteen horses dis- posed of at the fair last Week. Autos for hire.â€"Competent drfv- era furnished and rates moderate. The Garage. Durham - 624 * Barrister Telford had charge of the prosecution, and Barrister .Klein of Walkerton acted for the defence. Both gentlemen made an gable presentation of the case, and :though the latter pleaded elo- Equently for his client and inâ€" ;dulg'ed in a sentimental appeal . for acquittal, the magistrates were ifirm in their opinion of guilt and imade a conviction as above i stated. nothing to be proud of. There is no getting away from the fact that liberality of giving must be practised or he result will be dam- aging. As an investment it will pay us to be liberal in time. We. must pay, pay, pay, give, give, give, and then pay again. The enemy must be conquered, and the expenditure of the last hun- dred millions will be thle big fac- tor in the conquest. Our giving to that and must be regarded as an investment and not as a donation to charity. The evidence in the prosecu- Ttion was given by Constable Ar- ,rowsmith, Chas. Brown, Dr. A. C. iWolfe and T. R. Whelan. The de- fence evidence was given by the young man himself, his father, mother, sister and brother-in- law. Thle\evidence of the bar- 1tender, McGee, was so indifferent and flippant that the magistrates told him it would not be taken ‘into consideration, and that no if‘ees would be allowed him. The response of the people of Canada to the British Red Cross Fund appeal was highly gratify- ing. Toronto set out to raise $250,- 000 and collected a good margin over douole the amount. Reports from nearly every city, town, vil- lage and township show the liber- al givings of the peOple. Durham’s $500 vote through the council is insignificant in comparSOn to oth- er places of similar size and is nothing to be proud of. There is drew H. Park. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Park. None but the immediate friends of the contract- ing parties. who were both resi- dents of Bentinck, were present. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Henderson. The bride was given away by her father, and was becomingly dress- ed in a gown of ivory silk, trimmed with shad-ow lace and in- sertion and carried a shower bouquet of bridal roses and maidenhair fern. After congratula- tions and best wishes, all sat down to a dainty supper. The young couple will reside on the groom’s farm near Allan Park. The November meeting of the Women’s Institute ,will be held in the-public library, Durham, on Thursday, November 4, at 3 p.m. Mrs. J. S. McIlraith will speak on “The Women of India,” Mrs. Jas. Hepburn on “The History and Description of Work of the W0- men’s Institutes.” Mrs. J. Mc- Gowan will lead in a general discussion on cold weather dishes Question drawer All ladies are cordially invited to attend. A quiet but pretty wedding took place on October '20, at four o’clock. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W'm. Torry, when their eld- est daughter, Lina Mildred. was united in marriage to Mr. Ar.- zlrew H. Park. son of Mr. anti On Saturday last 8313 Wilson was tried on a charge of being drunk in Durham a couple of weeks ago, and Magistrates Laid-‘ law and Young considered the evidence strong enough ’to make a conviction. A few weeks ago, the same young man was before the same magistrates and was taxed $20 and costs, with a promise that next time he was found guilty of a similar offence the full penalty would be imposed Accordingly, the fine was fixed at $50, to which the court costs were $added, making the total nearly $60. In addition, there was the cost of a laWyer from Walkerton, say another $15. From 70 to 75 dollars is a very conservative estimate of the outlay, and to lose th7at amount to gratify an eVII desire is a serious matter, and especially when times are none too good. FIFTY DOLLARS AND COSTS DURHAM, ,ONT. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28. [915 HYM EN EAL PARKâ€"TORRY. Rev. Dr. Marsh of Holstein was in town Tuesday and dr0pped in to see us for a ‘feW minutes. Mr. W. S. Dingman, vice-chair- man of the provincial license board, Was in town last week. 'Mr. A. J. Chisholm, general agent of the Mutual {Life of Can- ada, was in town the fore part of the Week. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Klug and fam- ily have taken up residence in town, to suit the convenience of Mr. Klug, G. T. R. 'baggageman. Mr. Frank Lambier spent Sun- day in town with his sister, Mrs. Jas. Klug, and left MOnday for London, wherehe is in training for overseas service. Since it is only a very short time now till Hydro current Will be available in Durham, it has ibecome necessary on the part of jthe inspection department to set a time limit of 45 days for the ,balance of the necessary tidying Iup and installing of sealed ser- ;vices in each and every premises .served by electricity. Mr. Joe Warmington left on Monday to work in the car sheps at Stratford. The 17th annual meeting of Edge Hill beef ring was held at Mr. Ector’s house on Monday ev- ening. We have had a very suc- cessful season this year, the aver- age being 433 pounds. and all the beef being in first-class condition. The following were elected offi- cers for 1916: President, W'. J. Ritchie; secy.-treas., C. H. Moffat; inspectOrs, - Jos. McNally, Thos. Glencross: auditors. Wm. Weir, T. Ritchie; butcher, Thos. Turnbull. Provision was made for the dis- posal of an animal which had been passed by inspectors and appear- ed to be in first-class condition, but was found upon slaughtering to be diseased and unfit for use. This safeguards the interests of the individual member, as the loss, if any should occur, would fall equally upon every member of the ring. The balance on hand was over $20. It was decided to grant $10 to the Red Cross Society and $10 to the Women’s Institute in aid of the purchase of the motor ambulance. We have had a week or ten days of exceptionally fine weath- er, and corn and roots and apples are mostly all safely housed. Miss Maggie E-d‘ge left for Tor- onto on Saturday. Miss Daisy Blackburn of Toron- to is visiting her mother. Rev. Mr Whaley conducted prayer meeting in the Grange on Tuesday evening Mr. Cecil Towner has entered the service of the Standard Bank Persons neglecting to meet re- quirements leave themsewes liable to the inconvenience of having their current discontinued until such repairs are effected. Respectfully yours, R. A. Macbeth. Before this certificate can be obtained, however, any defects on the Wire must' be remedied to comply with the Rules and Regu» lations. Such rules do not, how- ever, call for any waste of wire, material or labor, or the expendi- ture of five cents more than is absolutely necessary for the pro- tection of life and property. The Rules and Regulations are being enforced for the protection of life and prOperty, and after be- ing applied to any installations the owner or tenant using same will have in their possession a certificate vouching for the same being free from any possible fire hazard. Dear Sir,â€"I have been surprised that some of the town peepie have the impression that extrava- gant changes have to be made on the inside Wiring. I feel it is my duty to try to remove any ‘such wrong impression. Editor Chronicle. RE HYDRO ELECTRIC HOUSE WIRING LETTERS TO THE'EDITOR PERSONAL EDGE HILL. ‘EEDDPDDDDDDPD DD? tb>>>>E>E>fitbb>>bb§ $1.00 PER YEAR