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B. Balment, electrical contractor, is opening a store Opposite the Chronicle office with a full ‘line of up to date fixtures. A full dis- play may :be seen On or about Sat- urday next. Estimates given on home wiring. ‘ Photographs for Christmas.â€" Please fifteen of your friends at Christmas with a photograph of yourself or family. Three extra photos with each dozen. Work fin- ished in black and white, 01' sepia. Make your appointment 5,‘ DOW.â€"F. W. Kelsey. Alexander Martin, M. P. for North Wellington, and formerly of Mt. Forest died in the hospital at Regina on Friday, December 4. The remains were brought to Mt: Forest for internment. the funeral. taking place on Tuesday of last week .The home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex:- ander ~McLachlan was ‘a IiVely place last night, when a large number of citizens assembled to honor Miss Telrord, bride to be with a miscellaneous shower; Miss Tenord is an exceedingly popular young lady, and her many friends Wish her a life of unaBOyed hap- â€" y.‘. w. ‘uuu Mr. and Mrs. John P. Telford Durham, Ont, announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Eliza- beth Murray, to William Graham kind way in which they rendered assistance and sympathy during“ bereavement through the death of their daughter, Mrs. Joseph Miller. of Guelph. . ' ' Mr. and Mrs. Alex Nevin Wish to exm'ess their sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for ~ the lf you have any Turkeys or Geese to sell, I can give you an extra good price for first class poultry, as I have some 'big orâ€" ders to fill. See me before you' sell. I want them at once. J. D: Abraham. Mr. D. McLean, of Bury. Quebec, gave us a brief call to-day. He formerly spent a few years in the lumber business at Wilder’s Lake, and is still in the same line; of work. He is looking well. I A Christmas tree entertainment. under the auspices of the Sunday School will be held in Varney church on Christmas night. Agood musical and literary program will he providedâ€"Admission 10 and 15c. Mr. W. H. Ryan, the veteran reeve of Normamby and one of the best known men in the South riding of Grey died yesterday after a brief illness. Word has been received here of the enlistment at Stratford a Week or so ago of Edwards Havens, Joe Warmington. and Wm. Lake three. former Durham boys. Lieutenant Mike Kelly. son of Mr. J. S. Kelly. of the Revere House Markdale. was recently Wounded in Wanders. and is now reported in the hospital. All persons infilebted to A. B. )IcLeilan are requestei to settle at once, especilaav those owing for Meccev Hart-i9 goois or tWine 00â€".w" .â€" Prompt setilement will save costs? Christmas photognaphs. â€" Make vour appointment x'loiv. Fifteen nhotographs with e‘éery dozen You could not make a better Christmas giftâ€"F. W. Kelsey. Mr. W. D. Conner has a number of exhibits at the Poultry Show this week in Hanover. Poultry Marketâ€"Old hens1 7c chickens. 10c.. geese. 11c., ducks. 11c turkeys. 18C. . Fifty-one recruits have signed up during the past week and there are more to follow, ' Mr. John M. Campbell. of Lums- den, Sash, will accept thanks for remittance. ’ Mr. R. J. Ball M. P. is in town to-day. V Does any one know the present address of J. E. Frame, who was recently located in Edmonton? ' NEWS AROUND TOWN 'VQL. 48â€"NO. 2547 The Ladies Aid, of the Presby; terian church regret that, When forwarding boxes to our soldiers, the following were overlooked owing to the society not having- their names. However, boxes have been sent on to these this weekâ€"- -..T MEDonald W. Gadd, J. 'Col- ville, A‘. Firth, S. Baker, D. Me. 42 sheets, 66 pillow-cases, 51 tow- els. 20 bandages, 107 wash clothes, 502 sponges, 31 shirts, 3 sets of pyjamas, 34 finger stalls, 132 roll bandages, 3 slings, 1125 Wipes, 552 lyâ€" 36 pairs knitted Socks to Queen Headquarters, Toronto. ‘ Book-keepers and Stenograph- ers wanted.â€"During the past rthree months the demand upon us for stenographers and book-keepers ’has been ”over three times the supâ€"j 'ply. Spring- demand is always' greater than that of Fall and Win- ter. Enroll now for Book-keeping or Shorthand course, and be readvi A 'bill of costs for the installation of ‘the Hydro was presented to the Council last night. It amounted to over 311.500. There is still some {unfinished work, which in all pro- bability will run the amount to more than $12,000. It was thought that about $9,000 would cover the expenses of installation. The in- creased cost of material owing to, the war is given as one cause of, increase. * Yesterday afternoon at half past ltwo a quiet Wedding ’Was solemniâ€" zed at the home of Mrs. Neil Mcâ€" Kechnie, Where her sister, Miss The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. Moyer, of the Methodist church in the presence of only im-] mediate relatives. They will re- side in Toronto. We tender ouri heartiest congratulations. ' The society has also sent i. Wm. Laidlaw, Jr., of, St. Mary’s writes to say we were misinformed about his enlistment {Or overseas service. He offerei to enlist tWice first in November, at Lon-don and again at St. Mary’s two weeks ago. On both occasions he passed the examination but was rejected on account of a recent operation in August, of which the wound is not yet healed. PATRIOTIC CONTRIBUTIONS The McQuay Canning Company. of Owen Sound has presented the 147th Grey County Battalion with a complete set of instruments for a Bugle Band. This is a splendid donation. and will cost the com- pany several hundred dollars. This is the battalion now being formed of our boys, will form a part and enjoy the musical gift. Durham’s Patriotic iCOntribution is not yet announced but it is ex- pected to exceed the five thousand dollars aimed at. On Saturday a from 2.30 'to' 5 pm. tertainment will be Happy Hour Theatx Mr. Todd Knight has recently been promoted to the position of Lieutanent Colonel in command of the Eaton Battery. W’ork is progressing on the new High School, but it will not be completed yet for five or six weeks. Quite a lot of dry fvvood ‘has been delivered in town during the past few days at prices from $2 to $2.50 for 'short wood. A number of the stores have a neat holiday appearance and the recent fall of snow has uncreased bones for a good Ciristmas trade Till New Years, a special Spir- ella sale at parlors ,in rear of Stan- dard Bank. Mrs. J. C. Nichol. Cor- setiere. :2 Saturday afternoon next Stenograph-i This is Monday night, and we the D381: rthree; learn that the list of recruits has - upon us for risen to forty-two. At this rate book-keepers? the mark at first set will soon be times the Sup-i passed, and the recruiting officers I is always'may try for a hundred instead of1 '-Fall and Win- fifty. On going to press the num- J ' Book-keeping ber has reached fifty-one. ! 5 and be readvl ._ ' l, J. 001-; Irwin, rendered. some 'excellent , D. Mc-f songs and music, which were en- Eioyed by all. Mr. Puterboughs 'adf nt in late-:dress on Patriotism, Mr. Moffatt’s ésong, “The March of the Cameron :0 Queengmen,” and Mr. {Cooke’s speech , nto. lwere all worthy of mention. The Red Cross! Dupils of the school did exception-J gally well, and spoke Well .for the. as, 51 tow-finining of their teacher, MissI zh clothes,“ McGarity. sets of; Sergeant Lenehan and CarpOraI.‘ m. by the singing of the national anthem, followed by “O :Canada.” by the school. 'The Durham quar- tette. conéistih'g of Mr; A;‘B_eu, Miss L. ’Walker, Miss ‘J‘. Wylie, and Mr. Fallise, accompanied by Miss Rita} With Mr. Graham in the chair the program opened about eight p. The box social held in Aberdeen sehool on Friday evening in aid of the Red Cross, 'was a decided suc- ‘9 Of the bays in khaki Lieuts. Dou- glass and ‘Pollock, of Owen Sound. gmade earnest appeals for recruits. and in doing so they hoped that Durham on' this occasion .would be able to give a good acâ€" lcount of herself #by placing at least fifty .men in the new battalion; l 1 Private Willings a returned 501- fdier, who "has :seen service, told in- yteresting stories of 'life- in, the trenches, and the duties 'of the soldiers. He was happy in telling his eXperience and expressed a hope that he would the able to re- turn ~and ldo ‘his bit .in the Winning of the great 'conflict. He is an' Englishman by birth, but thinks heI has ”been long enough in Canada to be regarded as a Canadian. He is recovering from the effects of German gas, ’but longs to return to the scene of active warfare. Rev. Mr. Moyer, of the Method- ist church here, and Rev. Mr. Lemon, of Clifford, who had been here for the day to take the ser- vices in the Presbyterian church 1 made short addresses of‘a decid-_ edly impressive character. ! 0f the parents on the platform nice addresses were made by Wm. Lake, Tho-mas McGirr, sr., Ch. Ramage, Dr. Gun, J. S. McIlraith, Wm. Laidlaw, and W. Calder. E. Buschlen, Peter Ramage. W. A. Glass, H. McCrae and J. P. Telford The male chorus consisting of nine local vocalists opened the meeting with a well rendered se-f lection. and during the evening contributed a number of patriotic selections. such as “O Canada.”. “The Maple Leaf.” and other 31“. monriate selections. The singers were, Messrs. Grant. McComb. E.. Hay. Bert Saunders. H. Harding.I The boys who enlisted and the fathers of those who have bOys at the front ‘or in training were asked to take a poSition on the plat- fOrm. Dr. Jamieson *occupied the chair. as president of the local re.- cruiting league, and aftera brief pointed address in which he neatly unfolded the object of the gather- ing. he disposed of the program. lw calling out the several members With'such a good start, ' for which credit must be. given to Lieut. Douglas, Sergeant Lcnz'ehzm; and Corporal Willis, it was thought a public meeting after the Sunday evening services "Would‘be a goodfin‘ay to bring the. matter fully before the public. Accordingly a meeting was called and the meet- ing was most successful. The recruiting rally on Sunday night was a great success, and jmany were led to see the situation. Ein a manner they never saw it ibefore. E A number of recruiting officers from the camp at Ou en Sound came here on Thursday of ‘ last week," and ’by Saturday mint-one brave boys in town and Vicinity: had been rounded up‘and signed up as part of the Grey County'bat- talion to consist of 11127 officers. and men. ‘ ‘ THE RECRUITING RALLY DURHAM. ONT. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16. [915 SCHOOL SOCIAL 1' When the war is over,.a and vic- tory is ours, there will be a glor- ious home coming. Then there will {be rejoicing on all sidesâ€"Fathers ’and mothers, and brother and sis- ters and lovers Will be intoxicated {with delight at the glorious re- sults. But in that gloriOus day' how will it be With the eligible iyoung man who shirked his duty, and failed to do his bit? Will he 'ever be able to hold up his head in honor, and to. regard phimself as a man? ‘ We leave the matter for i consideration. 1 It may be a hard trial for a {mother to givie up her boy; it iwohldbe hard-er to encourage him ‘to enter military life. Te stand in the way. when he. decides £or him- self is lacking the patriotiSm ev- ery true Woman is-supposed to possess. Somebody’s bgy ; must‘ do 'the fightihg; andi'why not ours! The true mother, or sisjzer, ~ or sweetheart, Will never stand in the way of any young man who really feels it -a~ duty to, uphold‘ his country’s cause. .This recruiting business is a very delicate matter to deal with. No 'matter how willing he might be. the old man, for the present, has no chance of being accepted. He ,knows he’ll :be turned down, even .if he offer his services. ‘1 He mayl ihave a .son, Ibut to =adlvise him to go to the battle field is a trying thing for a parent to attempt. If he fails to ask his own son ‘ to ,shoulder the burden, he’ll have no "influence with some one else’s sonl To tell What ‘he would. do if hei were thirty years younger will; never go :down with .boys of the} present day. They can, easily dis- criminate between ' the genuine I thing and the *‘patriotic bluff. 3 These men said, “go with those 'i who have already signified their ’zwillingn-ess.” Not so with the ' young fellows in military attire, who, during the past week, have 'been talking with the boys and saying, “Come with us The work? of fighting in the trenches in de-l 'fense of Britain’s honor is our. ‘work: let us ’be (men and let us doi .our duty.” Note the difference gbetween those who said‘, G0 and’ those who said, COME. After a. ‘few days work by the young fel- i-lows, who are in the game them- :themselves, we are able to give a list of over fifty recruits g'a'th- ered in from the town and its im- mediate vicinity. Go with them: . come uith us He1e we have two commands. Each has th1ee words, and both mean i 1 ! practically the same thing. When it‘ comes to recruiting for service ‘ there’s a big difference in the. l l E i J d1aWing power of the two ex- pressions. The past week has 0'i- ven us a practical demonstration of this diffwerence The recruiting- effect in securing ‘ recruits Their prettv pictures of .2. military life, their pathetic tales of $ German atrocities and their force- 3 Eu] appeals to duty in the cause of: e- right and justice fell flat on the j "‘ ears of the audience and the re-’: sults from a recruiting standpoint- were sadly disappointing. [ 0‘ eat-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeme 1 1-1«1«1~ The proceeds of the meeting- am- ounted in all to $105.50, which 'was given over on Saturday to the president of the Canadian Red About 9.45 the programme Was over, and then began the selling of the boxes so capably handled by Mr. Duncan McLean. as auctionâ€" eer. The order and spirit of the meet- ing was all that could be desired but the patriotic enthusiasm ' and commanding voice of the chaixman ‘Mr. Graham, couldn’t help but hold even a much larger crowd than was present while the W ord “or- dez” was never once ‘ mentioned the audience seemed so filled \\ 1th the true spirit of the meeting that there Was no time nor place for! confusion.‘ Miss B. MCGarity, of Walkerton, gave a fine recitation “Look after thOse that Tommv leaves behind” and was heartily encored of recruits, and the 'part' civilians should take in helping. During the few hours of the meeting four recruits were secured namely, Neil McGilliV'ray, Fred Tory, Tom Bail- ey, and John Graspie, and every- one joined in the three heartv. cheers for the safe return of the; bovs. ’I‘OSS, a concise address, showing the need SUCCESSFUL RECRUITING OVWVWWVMWVW V vvVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV¢ $1.00 PER YEAR