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{JURHAM CHRBNIBLE son was the obstacle in the way of their complete happiness and had to be disposed of. With the know- ledge of Mrs. Thompson who was an accessory to the fact Bywaters killed Thompson after which both were ar- rested, tried, found guilty and order- ed to he executed. To hang a wo- man is contrary to the general cus- tom in England and this is the first case since 1907. Petitions were largely signed (or a commutation of the sentence but executive clemency was refused and the two were hang- ed at. the same time, but in different jails. Sentiment ran high and much in- dignation is felt, particularly over the hanging of Mrs. Thompson. We don’t see why a woman should es- cape the penalty of a crime for which a man would be punished. If hanging is wrong in one case it is wrong in the other. If it is wrong for a man to comimt. murder, it is wrong for a woman. Why discrim- inate. If the law is right, carry it out; if wrong. abolish it. but whether right or wrong it should be enforced and respected so long as it remains law. The plea of insanity to free a murderer is too often used. \Vle be- lieve most murderers are tempor- arily insane, just as we. believe a person who gives way to violent passion is equally insane. President Uagnon or the Durham Amusement is between the devil and the deep sea. He wants a thaw to raise the water in the Rocky Sau- geen and cold weather up in the neighborhood of the rink. The paths of the righteous are'deeidedly slip- pery. The hydro shut 'down at noon yes- terday and didn’t inform any of us of the fact beforehand. It was lucky that we had our bread baked before the noon hour or they would have heard about it. A fool at the wheel, and the jay- walker on the street is a bad com- binationâ€"401‘ the jay-walker. The Globe Robin is in evidence in many parts of Ontario. Is it possible that many of the “robins” reported seen during the past few weeks are just ordinary “lyre” birds? Mr. Forke declared the Progress- ive party was the most effective fighting force in the House of Com- mons. There was absolutely no dis- sension in principle among them; they were united. A Stratl'nml man was killml in that city who“ struck cm a: cursing by a Grand Trunk nngiuv which had been takvn out of thv Stratfoml shops for a "trial“ spin, It 5'me (0 us that mow than llw pmlnstrlan should be rrqulrml to b» (-arvl‘ul at railroad crossings. especially in cities. ,, Knows NO FEAR Declaring that he felt confident in taking the leadership of the Pro- gressive party, and, now that he had gained the confidence of Miss Agnes Maephail, PrOgressive member for South-East Grey, he felt “all right,” Robert F. Forke, successor to Hon. '1‘. A. Crerar as party leader, ad- dressed a meeting of the United Farmers of Manitoba at Elm Creek, Manitoba last Thursday. \ British lnhimhia man put a stick uf dx namitp in his mnuih lighted ”in [1156‘ an! hhm his ham! to atoms. 'lhe dispatch said noih: ing as to whom his brains wont. He‘ was disappointed in lm'e. There’s on» consolation. anyway. The wo- man is now apparently rid of him. On Tuesday morning at 9 o‘clock there were two hangings in London, England. Mrs. Edith Jessie Thomp- son and Edward Bywaters paid the penalty for the murder of Percy Thommon, husband of Mrs. Thomp- BACKED BY AGNES, I03? OBSERVE THE LAW If a person commit murder the law regards hanging as the proper mea- sure of punishment. But the law is not always carried out in the case 0! men and seldom in the case of women. Why should there be a difference? Murder is murder, no matter who commits it and the pen- alty should be the same whether committed by a man or by a wo- man. If the law is right in one case it should be equally right in the other; it wrong in one it is wrong in the other and should be abolished. There are many who are not in far- vor of capital punishment, and it a plebiscite were taken they might be found in the majority. son. Mrs. Thompson and Bywaters {01'de an attachment and Thomp- I ll'll.m-lmor NUI‘ES AND COMMENTS Thursday, January n, 1923. ‘fm' ‘1'”. “rm“w" “:11qu A'dog shows his teeth when be m 91‘3”” ° among em, meets someone he dislikes. Women 9’0 um ° do also, but they call it a smile. .â€"â€"â€".â€"â€" H "Afewyemucobukewulwua u we locked up an the locale simply» but III-“y the boys sot ,whowouldwritoourmWi-Oit x_ r 9mm The January session this year opens on January 23 and the first business will be the election of a Warden for the year. The contest is always one of the most interesting features of the first session. There is much real hard work to he done at the coming session as is usual at the January session. Besides her sorrowing husband and little son Cameron, her father, brother Jack and four four sisters are. left to mourn her departure. The father and brother reside at Torlea, Alberta. The sisters are her twin sister Annie (Mrs. J. H. Eakins), and Blanche (Mrs. Gordon Kidd), of Drumheller, Alberta, and Misses Jessie and Mary at Edmonton. One sister, Jennie, died some years ago in British Columbia. The 1923 Council will be composed of the following Reeves and Deputy Reeves: Artemesiaâ€"T. R. McKenzie, J. A. 'l‘hm'e will.he a large number of new faces in the l923 Urey County Council in Spll-t‘ ol' the fact that a number of the Reeves in the muni- cipalities in (h'ey were returned to oil'ice by acclamalion, while others were returned by. the people voting their continued confidence in their representative. or the thirty-three who will take their places in the Grey County Parliament some elev- en 01‘ twelve will be new men and Her mother was a sister of the late William Ritchie of town, Mr. George Ritchie of Edge Hill and Miss Jane Ritchie, here, and Mr. John Ritchie, Public School Inspector, of Port Arâ€" thur. COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS, 1923. by adding about the same number of new men each year the Council will be prevented from becoming too set in its ways. The dovoasml‘ was about 38 years of age. and was married about six or suvon )‘031‘3 ago. Bothwell. - ‘ .‘ll'afOl'l'l-~\V. J illey. Durhamâ€"A. B. ' urrey. llannx'eruCharles T hedox‘f. 'l hm nhum -â€"~.\l. Snetzinger. ' Chatsw orthâ€"C. H. Bree-9e; Imndalk~Samuel Todd. Fleshertonâ€"D. Mc'I‘avish. Markdale--T. H. Rebum. ' Neustadtâ€"Henry Weinert. Shallow Lakeâ€"4V. W. Smith. With this line-up of County legis- lators the citizens of the County can feel assured that their interests will be well looked after in the coming Love is the quality that keeps a wife from day dreaming about what she would do with hubby’s insurance money. . ’ DEATH 01' MRS. HAROLD RITCHIE It was only a few days ago that wort’i was received at this ofl‘ice an- nouncing the death of Mrs. Harold Ritchie, who passed away at-Edmon- ton on the 13th of December. The deceased, whose maiden name was Margaret Cameron Beaton. was a twin daughter of Mr. A. C. Beaton and the late Mrs. Beaton, residents or Olenelg, near the Rob Roy, previ- ous to their removal to British Co- lumbia a number of years ago. In the absence of particulars we are unable to give a full Obituary. DEATH OF HERB. rmonnw Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pettigrew of Hamilton, son-in-law and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Morton in town mourn the death or their son, Matthew Herbert. who passed away on Friday, the 5th inst., at the age of nineteen years and nine months. He is survived by his parents, two brothers and one sister. Interment took place on Monday last from Rob- inson’s undertaking 'parlors to Woodland cemetery. Rev. *3. S. Ap- plegarth ofi‘iciated at the service, the ball-bearers being members of his Sunday school class. The deceas- ed in childhood was a resident of this town but moved to Hamilton with his parents some years ago. We have no particulars as to the cause of thv young man‘s death. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morton left for Hamilton Saturday to be present at the funeral. Buchanan. Derbyâ€"J. A. Forgravc. Egremnnt~G. McEachern, Neil Hogarth. Bontinckâ€"H. W. Hunt. . Cullingwomlâ€"Emerson Brown, Jos. Hutchison. (ilmu-Igâ€"«.-\1‘chi0 McCuaig. Holland--~«Dm'id Gardiner. KvmWL-ul. H. Pringlo. Nul‘tnaxllw.â€"-¢lharlos Holm, J. Mil- 101‘. Ospreyâ€"“C L. Taylor, John Lock- hart. thm-â€"â€"J. Fraser. “ Sarawak-«F. McNeil. St. Vincontmfl. H. White. Sullivan-«J. L. Lvmbkc. _ Sydmhame. ,J. Currie,._ G. H. Caldm'. Etmhrasi:l~â€"-J. T. Miller, George U. S. PROHIBITIONISTS HAVE NERVE 1P NOTHING ELSE According to a special dispatch from Washington to New York Tri- bune, the British Government has flatly rejected the proposals from United States prohibition leaders that she should surrender her island possessions in the West Indies to the United States in payment for war debt. It is said that cancellation of the debt was a secondary considera- tion and that the prohibition leaders were really looking towards shutting off of “way stations” by which Im- ported liquor is being snmgglml into the United States. Reeve Enterson Brown of Collins- wood is among these. He was re- elected for a sixth term by a major- ity of 82 votes over his opponent. He was first elected representatve for Collingwood in 1918 and has been re- elected each year since. Last year Mr. Brown was chairman of the House of Refuge Committee and this department of the county business was most capahly handled. While Mr. Brown is not. so often on his feet in argument. as some of the members he expresses himself clearly when he does Speak on a question under dis- cussion. Should his name go before the council he will dohbtless receive a supporting vote. CollingwoOd had the Wardenship in 1911. Reeve Dan. McTavish of Flesher- ton was returned to office by accla- ni‘ation this year and it is expected he will he a candidate for the “111‘- clensliip. Eleven years in succession he has represented the little town in Centre Grey and has always stOOd 1.11) for its best interests. He is a fiery orator, very firm in his convic- tions and very hard ,to force into a change of mind. With Reeve Calder of Durham away from the Council this year, Reeve Mc’l‘avish would have no one with whom to argue and this may be his reason for seeking the Wardenship. However, Reeve McTavish is well liked by the mem- bers of the Council and his ability as WHO WJLL BE 1923 WARDEN? (Owen Sound Sun-Times.) After the 1923 Grey County Counâ€" cil has been duly elected' the usual speculation as to this year‘s Warden has begun. With thirty-three ,men, many of Whom are amongst the best business men of the county in the council this year, the task of select- ing a Warden should not be difficult. While it is difficult at the present time to foresee all those who will seek the honor of being head of the County Parliament there are several who it. is understood will definitely be in the running. a councillor is reCOgnized and. he would receive a liberal support should he run for tho position. Reeve J. T. Miller of Euphrasia has usually beep a candidate for several years and this year may be no exception. Reeve H. W. Hunt of Bentinck is being spoken of by some of the citizens from the south of the‘ county as a possible candidate. Mr. Hunt is very popular in thwcoun- cil and it is just possible he may run {or the position. ' ‘ ~ The Warden but ”or.“ W A high British official is said to have rvcoived the plan with the re- mtark : “We will never sail our cit- izens and subjects into slavery by prohibition. We art" not in 'lw rt-al vstato business. If America is realty anxiuns to discuss territorial adjust- moms, I am surv that th" Diminimt of Canada \mnlti he inttt-rrstrd in uh- taining a part of the State of Mainv. with thn nhjort of using and Howl- “ping rvrtain parts of it. "So that if the United Stalvs scri- ously wants to discuss obtaining sumo of our tvrritm‘y in the Ca l'l‘ib- can in vxchange for the north 0 ast- orn comer of New England, I haw no doubt that. a satisfactory dral could be arranged." The charges arose from the search of the defendant’s premises on Fri- day, December 29, when 120 gallons of hard cider were found in the house and a barrel of mash in a root house across the road from his dwelling. This mash was made from the hard cider and contained 14.3 per cent. proof spirits. Konold claimed he did not know anything abmt the mash at all except that it was urcd for springling on sweet clover. He claimed that it was made by a for- mer employee by the name-of Hut- chinson. The case was clear cut and the above line was imposed. Ma- gistrate Creasor presided, while W, H. Wright. K. (3., was lawyer for the Crown. Mr. Johnston, Inland Reven- ue Officer, gave evidence. outlaw nun nun woo ron 1|;me 300:: A trial was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, says Fleshartan Advance in which Otto Konold of Glenelg was charged with breaking the Inland Revenue Act by having in his possession a mash suitable for the manufacture of liquor and also for breaking the (MFA. He was found guilty on both charges and fined $300 and costs or six months in jail with hard labor on the first and $200 and\ costs on the second charge. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE The defendant pleaded not guilty and the case was laid over until Friday in order that further evidence could be secured at the request of the defense. Howey of Hblland, a rural munici- pality. There is a strong feelin'g this year that the Warden should be from an urban nwnicipality. lust! smzzn m mun sun in n: 3033!: run Ira Baker, an Onandaga Township farmer, waswharg-ed with having a still in his possession and appeared on Monday before Magistrate John R. Blake' iii the Brantford police court. - Seven or eight farmers came to the defense of Mr. Baker. They claimed that he was a horse breeder and that the mash found by revenue men was nothing more than boiled grain used for feeding high-class horses. I. Newsome and R.‘Lyle of the in- land revenue department, and Li- cense Inspector R. J. Eacrett made the raid on December 12. Subse- quently it was claimed samples of mash taken from the Baker farm in Onondaga Township had been sent to a Government analyst and 14 per cent. proof spirit was proven. ’l‘he mash was suitable for the making of alcoholic liquor, witnesses declar- ed. Pi‘Operly distilled. this mash would make whisky of from 60 t0 70 per cent. proof spirit. It was point- ed out. by Mr. \V. S. Brewster. K.C.. for the defense, that. the mash was probably horse teed undergoing the usual process of cooking. V laxcisv. Officer Newsomoâ€"“l don’t know." ('hiof intmvst in the I7.F.O. \’5 Farmer contest centred in Oliver ”lumiship \xhele T. Hughes was reâ€" tmnvd b3" 3 homy majority oxcr his U.F.O. opponent. All Councillors romwsmit.ing l'.F.O. sentiment, with one exception, were denied places. according to a dispatch from Fort, William. 'l‘here's one nice thing about a cigarette holder. If you lose it in the dark all you need is a keen sense, 0f smell. Drury-Raneyism and the U.F.0. received a nasty jolt in the district township olection at. Fort William, the result proving that Thunder Bay l'arnwrs are less for class than for progress. Aspiring Reeves and Councillors appealing to the elector- alv on tho Morirson platform were beaten for the most part. 'l‘lw Magisti‘at.oâ€"-“Nntlimg” about proof Spirits that. is injurious to a horse, is there ‘3" Mr. Brewsterâ€"“It’s good for mam and hvast, they say.” Mr. Bakm‘ declarml hv had a $2,600 Frvnvh stalliun to which hv Mi high ,L’l‘llllt' hnilod Oats. HP claide tho mixturv used was madv up of oats. harivy. was, whvat. and molasses. hut M 1'. leiwmi qunstiunml this and pointed out that there was only an Hat. hvro and thorn and thv mash was math. chivtly (if whvat. Neighbors of Mr. Baker said that ho kept his boil- ing: put. right. out. in the Open and that he had hem boiling grain for and then he’ll want. more of it. M. Wt McEwen, prosecutingâ€"â€" “Vvtm'inai‘y surgeons are permitted to proscrilm liquor for a horse, but a man can’t make. it himself for his nurse's." A!agistrato-â€"-“EV'en thou. Um vetpvrâ€" inary can’t have it in 35-gallun lots as this man did." Everett Gray 01' (lainsviile, one. 0f the witnesses, said he had worked on one of the largest stock farms in the British Isles. Speaking of the capa- city of the Scotch and French horse for -fermented grain he said : “French horses will stand three times the amount of a Scotch horse and then he’ll want mm of it.” Defense argued that the samples of mash shown in court were not representative of grain boile’d by Mr. Baker. The crown consented to an adjournment in order that the entire mash might be brought into cuurt. on Friday. ELECTIONS IN NORTH ARE A SLAP AT MORRISON wâ€" “u-“ vv-uv-vvv.--v aw THIS‘WEEK "' - Bathing Girl Special 9 Pure and - ‘ “UP in The Air ” Henderson 5 lWholmme‘ Bread \ Abgut MW HENDERSONfs BAKERY * ._ m Winged! w Makers of GOOD BREAD - -- h- ‘---A- a THEATRE Open Friday and Saturday Evenings TWO SHOWS :8 and 9 PM. VETERAN STA’R SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. '1‘. A. Cook returned last week after visiting over Christ- mas and New Year‘s with her sister. Mrs. Barker, and mother, Mrs. James Colville. in Toronto. Mrs. N. Boles of Eamon visited he: mother, Mrs. James Wurminston for two weeks. Miss Gladys Douglas returned to Toronto after spendingr a fortnight with her mother, Mrs. Robert Doug- las. Mr. and Mrs. William Ferguson of Chicago, who are visiting friends and relatives in and around Durham. were callers at. The-Chronicle ofl'ice on Tuesday, and now the label on the paper will bear the date. of well on in 1925. Mrs. Ferguson says she enjoys The Chronicle every week and does not know what she wouid do without the weekly budget. from the old home town and district. M‘rs. F. Baton of Gilbm‘t‘ Plains. ManitOba. will accnpl thanks for reâ€" newal. Miss Marion Gun is spending a wwk ”1' two with her brulhcr, Dr. Gun. at. AVcstnn. “Thi- cascara tree furnishes U10 bark f mm which is proparcd thc “Ml-known mcdicinc cascara Saâ€" g'rada. T he trcc. belongs to thv nm'thwcst coast. 01' Amcrica. and Bri- tis’h tlnlnmhia is thv only pnrtinn at the British Empirc in which it is a natii'c. ("Ming tn the rapid depictiun «If this trw in (,h'cgon and “bathing;- tnn. manufacturing drnggists arc looking to British Cninmhia for fur- thcr supplics at tho bark.”â€"-Circular NH. 13, Furcstry Branch. Dopartmcnt Hi the lntcrii‘ir. Ottawa. He was once sentencing a man for murdering a soldier and said, “Not only did you kill him, whereby he was. bereft of life. but you did thrust or pierce or push or project or pro- pel the lethal weapon through his regimental breeehes, which were His Majesty's." The most delightful pork mast is a talented cusser‘s oration to a road hog. Mr. J. B. 'l‘inning, Travelling Pas- snngm' Agent, 12.P.R., was in town yostvrday and. fnllowing his usual custom. Haw us a brief but interest- ing call. Mr. Robert, Miller of Brantford is Spanning a fvw days in town. He says work is Very slack in the T010- phonn City and many are. out of em- pluynwnt. Pmpm' v dowlopp‘d tho cascam industry .lmuld b0 worth millions of dollars in British Columbia annually. AGGRAVATlNG ClRCUlS‘l‘AlCES 'l‘lim-v was a wrtain Scottish judge Lord Esgw‘wv. who, whatnwr his legal warning was. seems to have pussossod a most illogical and topsy- lurvy sort 0f mind. Some of his re- marks from the bench are extraorâ€" dinary pxamplos of anticlimax. Sentencing two criminals for housebreaking together with vio- lence. he recited the circumstances of the attack and concluded : “And all this you did. God preserve us. just as they were sitting down to dinner!" Mr. Charlm Millvr nf T ornnto Vis- itml 3 WW days last week with his. brotlwr-in-law. Mr. Henry Dunn and family, uf Mulock. CULTIVATION Of CASCARA TREE Miss lrpno Dunn of Toronto spent va \‘var‘s at the parental home at Mulock. START 1923 RIGHT Christmas holidays often induce a longing to get back to plain wholesome foods that beget good indigestion. A prime favorite, for overs of food that is plain, yet de- licious and wholesome is '! wux'idor ‘.”" Live hogs ................ .. $10.” Wheat .................. Lm @ MO “Hp can just. about keep my daughter in gloves. I pay for every- thing 0150." “Thou lw dm'oiwd you as to his circumstancus?“ Still. men might \war low neck shirts in wiutm' if Hwy thmmht their necks attractive. “lellH-IWES” SAVE!) HER [le If )‘Hu wish to study the prm'vss “I a hnldup. jllsl ridr in a taxiuah and watch the metre. “NH. 1 rvmomhm‘ he merely asked for her hand.” .17 Douol 8L. Momma- I “find brribly with Dyspepsia. In It tor rotunda" the medi- Q I took did not do me my good. I not! something about “Fruit-o wwupawrm “ MI 1' Mn. no I tried I... mans-u... M boxes. I was “fibuddthbnpopdnmd DIM halal was restored; and It. 'flfln‘to bl! you tint [one I! W. to “Praia-thou" hm. no What You Is. Don‘t. be what you am‘t. .los‘ ho what you is. If you is not what. you am. 'l‘hou you ain’t what you is. If you'ro just a littlo lad-polo, Don't try to ho a frog; It you aro just the tail. Don't try to wag tho dog. You can always pass tho plate. It you can't oxhort and proach ‘lf you't-o just a little. pohhle, Don't. try to ho tho lwach. Don't ho what you ain't. .los' ho what you is. For tho mun who plays it square ls a-tzoiu‘ to got his. DURHAM MARKET Corrected January 1:, ma. BATTERIES Keeping His Own. mt .stnn 'I‘ransvript. yum' new sun-in-law a