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- -VICWV‘ v v 'â€" at the office, Garafraxa Street, Durham, Ontario, by Frank Irwin, Editor and Proprietor. The Chron- icle is mailed to any address in Canada at the rate of $2.00 per year, $1.00 for six months, 50 cents for three months, 25 cents for one month. To any address in the United States of America, 82.60 per year, $1.25 for six months, 65 cents for three months. Foreign sub- scription rates on application. Member Canadian Weekly News- papers Association. Published every Thurgday mgg'ning Whosowcr is afraid of submit- ting any question, civil or religiaus, to the test of free discussion, is more in love with his own opinion than with the truth. â€"WATSON. 'l‘ho- hattlo- of words between .‘layoi' .‘lui'olwk and the Council and Miss \lavpliail. M, P., ovm' the reason for tho- trouble over the ope-Hing of tho new post. oll'ioo building still continues, and in last \Vo-i-k's llmiow Miss Macphail has a imply to the lotto!i of the Town tlnunril of a wool: previous. With this tho, average citizen of Hi» town is not concm'nod. \Vhat Hm must of us would desire is to sm- ttw uo-w building owned for the purposu it was lmilt, and this as soon as possible. PAGE 4. In mu- paragraph of Miss Mac- phml‘s letter she says: "After the letter was sent to Durham I decid- ed that, my feeling in the matter oliol nut cmmt. The municipality of Durham asked for the presence of the Minish-r of Public Works and the invitation should be extended The :ihmw- paragraph will ex- plain a lot. to those interested and bears out the conte’ntion of this paper that the whole fiasco was a sen-ins nt‘ niisiiiid¢_-rstandings, with no one particularly to blame. Miss Mocphail‘s first letter. while it may not haw stated the matter clearly most certainly did infer that the idea of a formal opening was not dflsil't'd. and it was on this that the Council acted when they decided to drop intimation.“ According to Miss Macphail’s own admission the formal Opening was arranged “after“ the letter infer- ring disapproxal had been dealt with M the Tonn Council Evi- dently Vliss \lacphail had but used her \v’soman priVilege of changing her mind: when more man makes a decision he usually stays put, and their inability to adjust. themselVes to changing conditions, and refusal to again deal “ith a matter that had already been disposed of is what has made the breach between Miss Macphail and the Council. to him." “'0 have boon told indirectly that Miss Macpliail has said that she will haw absolutoly nothing more to do with the matter. If this be so, We! think it is but light that tho amoral public should know. If HI» liounril is also through with Hm math-r. \Wi should know thlS. ton. It is an unfortunate situation, and what. has been clone cannot now he 'H'lllt'tl. but it. will not help mat- ters any to lie down on the job .be- cause of a little misunderstanding. The t'itiZo-ns of the town want the post. Mllt‘t‘ opened. and if it. can “0t be obtained in any other manner. we We no reason wily a committee of business men and citizens. to- getho-r with the. members of the tlotun'il. cannot get together and tiring the matter before the proper authorities for settlement. Miss Macphail. however, ‘as the representative of the riding is the pivot and we hooe there is no truth in the rumor that. she has washed her hands of the whole afiair and refuses to act further. Whether or not she belongs to our particular political faith does not alter the fact that. she was the choice of the riding and as our representa- tive in the House of Commons she should be big enough to handle tliflicult situations, 6m ,Her intimation that any further correspondence in the. matter must he carried on directly with the Departmenh has. we believe, been complied With. though we have been informed that to date no answer has been received by Mayor Murdock to a letter .sent some days ago to Hon. J. 6. Elliott. Minister of Public \VorkS. Olu friends in Durham 0! Mr. W. D. Mills, now of St Catharines, will be pleased to kpow of his success in the Garden City. and the con- fidence he enjoys by being elected Thursday, lay 3. 1928 DOING GOOD WORK STILL .\'l' IT IIIDUU Ill '- â€"- "â€"'U ____- It was the battle of Solt‘erino, in 1859, that started this young Franco-Swiss on his life work as administrator to the sufferings ot humanity, the result of which was the founding of the Red Cross Society. In this battle fort thou- sand were killed and wount ed and, gathering together a hand of kind- hearted women from the immediate surrounding country. this small band did what they could to 3118- viate the sufferings of t'eioso who had fallen in battle. In 1862 he re- turned to Geneva and wrote and published “A Souvenir of Solfor- inn" and it. is said that few writers in history have raised a more eloquent voice against war and its horrible. realitii‘s than Mou- simir Dunant. The (‘d‘lt‘hl'iltion Of the centen- ary of this ron‘ioai'kabln man will not unly 1111 a iriimtv to his memory. but. VVill he as VV P” a tribute to Hm gu-at moiety which todaV slamls pr 10111111011! in its ministra- tions to snfl‘ming humanitv. Alderman for the past number of years. We have before us a folder flyinga revnew of the activities of e t. Catharines Chamber of Commerce as well as the Railway and Industrial and Town Planning Committee for the years 1927728. The booklet. is most illuminating, tells of the city’s progress industriâ€" ally and otherwise. and is a most interesting pamphlet in many ways. As chairman of the Town Planning Committee for the PMt {our years, Mr. Mills has reason to be proud of the success. of his committee in placing his city to the front as one of the industrial centres of the province. It. has oflo‘n lwvn said that law is not justiro. and that tho saying is more truthful than ot..lwrwiso is prown almost, every day in our ronrls. This wook a resident. of (ilmwlg had a narrow vsrapa from bring: tinml \vlu-n ho was summon- sml to appear at. Hanover Monday n'mrning: to answor a_rhargo laid Ill-v 'â€"__ £311.}; of his birth should be - nized in a_fitt:in‘g‘_manner. recog U V‘ I was luuu, . â€" vâ€" - will undoubtealy gd down in his- tory as one of the world’s greatest benefactors, and it is only fitting that the age ‘hunglrquhtanhlyer- Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross Society, will be celebrated throu bout the world next. Tuescjay, the th inst. Born in . Geneva, Switzerland, in_1828, 1:18an Dunant ‘â€"-â€" --Il L:f- (" Law enforcement officers have no reason to lay informations against motorists for insignificant ott‘enses without making sure they have the proper parties. There may he some excuse for a constable fail- ing,r to get the right number of a car in motion, but there seems little for the Hanover official who said he took the numbers down twice and then could not tell the year the markers were issued. “Are Americans .Less Cultured Than EuI'Opeans‘?” IS the mm of a booklet on our desk. We would hate to say. The cultured Amer- ican is certainly more of a gentle,L man than the uncultured Europ- ean; the cultured European is also more cultured than the uncultured American. On the whole, we think the cultured EurOpean would lead the cultured American by several points. Culture sufl‘ers‘ in any country where the princnpal pas- time is the chase after the almighty dollar and where the national golden rule seems to be "Do others before they do you.” - Some further information about Canada has been given out by the New York Post, It says that in all the Province of Quebec there are, only five tuwns where news- papers are published. Canadian Newspaper Directories give a total of fortx- hm town i_n v~ h1ch weekly papers ale published, and this does not include the cities where dailies are issued. ['nited States ;informati0n never has been very :reliable and it does not appear to l improve. A - - The Guelph-Owen Sonncl ' bus service is to start. May '15. according to a notice 1n the Owen Sound paper. The Sun- Times sayzs 'The semice was well patronized last vear.’ This being the case we wonder how it is they ha\ ent come across with the twenty- odd dollars they one The Chronicle for inner- Using? Otherwise “Ah.” said the guest as they ap- proached the house. “I 39¢ your Hoar son and daughter awaltlng us 0n1_t_he__ porch.” o I ‘1. - L-..‘ ‘t‘l‘A ~:..‘ :. \' -v-w- Not’rfiaid the. host, "the girl in the short frock Is my mother. and the voung fellow m the rldmg breeches is my wife; Jimmy (sl ): “I can read your thou g,hts nth.” Ruth (coyly): “Then what makes you sit so far away?” grgss L.\\\' St );\| I'ITIM ES Fl 'NNY NOTES AND COMMENTS HENRI DUNANT SUPPRESSED 800K ABOUT MRS. EDDY Above is a photograph of the late Floyd Bennett, pilot of the relief plane which attempted lv'to fly to the aid of the transatlantic fliers marooned on Greenely Island, but who suffered a severe cold on route It is not news. of courso. to an- nounce that the most froquntly vonsultod book in the Congressional Lili‘ary at \Vasliingtun is by no moans tlm 'lwst lionk move, It is more likely to lw. tlw worst. But. it. is in (lomancl not. luwausv it, is so good 01' bad. but. lmcausu it is «Iii- “cult. to road it anywhmm vlsv. and hocausn it. concm'ns ~11 character who has perhaps humlrmls m‘ Hum- sands of l’nllmvm‘s. lwlimvrs and Inaylm \\‘(‘n‘shimwrs in different parts of thv wm'lll. mnslly in Hm l'niiml Status. In lil‘im'. it. is a book about Mary llakm'l'lclcly, and was \vriltvn by her (lcvntml sevi-elzu‘)‘. Tho author. Adam H. hirkoy. says that ho sworn a salt-mu oath to Mothm' .l'lthty to writo ahout. what ho saw in tho last years of her lifo. amt some. vxtracts from tho hook published in tho New York \V‘orht Show that, certainly he had some extraordinary things to writo about. not, tho toast. of tlwm being the smwtaclo of tho founder of tho Church of tlhriSt. Sciontists, raising By J. V. McArm THE DURHAM CHRONICLE ed, he set. to work with the assist- ance of his diaries and notes in the hand of Mrs. Eddy. Death inter- rupted the task which his wife dutifully completed. CD. Book Suppressed Last. year the book was published, the first. and last edition being tire hundred conies. But, pressure was immediately brought. to hear on Mrs. Dirkoy to have it with- drawn. the idea probably being that. “it": timv had not come for the ready arcimt'anm- of the revelations timreâ€" in rnpm-tmt. Mrs. Dickey. who as a pensinnrr upon the church funds and died from subsequent pneu- monia. His wife, who rushed to his bedside when the news of his grave condition was-heard contract- ed tonsillitis and is confined to the hospital at Quebec. Bennett. was born in the Lake George district. was convinced that there were ‘evil influences at work trying to discredit her and her. followers, “mind murderers” she called them. It was necessary that a constant watch should be kept for these would-be assassins, whether they were to appear in human form, or merely as intangible but none the less fatal thoughts. For this pur- pose throughout the night, watches were set, each lasting two hours, from the time Mrs. Eddy retired at nine o‘clock until five the next morning. Only certain guards were fitted for this duty for, according to Mrs. Eddy, they would be exposed -A “A‘ snatched from the grave. OIL Guard Against Iain-lotion The reference to the enemies is understandable when it. is known that in her later years Mrs. Eddy "IUD. WU), UIIUJ vv v...“ â€"' to what she called “malicious men- tal malpractice.” If one formerly had suti‘ered from some incapaci- tating error, even though he had recovered from it, he was not deem- ed competent to stand guard in those silent watches at Chestnut Hill, near Boston. There was al- ways proceeding through the United States a. search for men and women constituted to resist these attacks. UV55-Jygu“- â€" Mr. Dickey, we presume, was one of them and that is why he so quickly made his way in the good graces of the founder of the culL and was entrusted with the high duty of writing a history of the marvels he had seen. Back-Seat Driver at Sea “For Heaven‘s sake, be careful. Captainâ€"you nearly ran over a whale that time . . This ship has a qutwr, throbbing motion. Are you sure our engine is hitting on all cylintlm's? . . Look! There’s another lmat. Blow your whistle, Captain. I'm suro tho water‘s much too shallow hurt- . . Don‘t go so fast. Fifttwn knots an hour is enough spvmt for any reasonable pt-i'son . . Icvt'tainly hope you sac that iceberg: owr thm'o off the port. how . . l‘ll hot, you forgot to bring tho fog-horn. . . ()h! llo cai'ot'nl. Captain. Remember that fishing: smack has the right. of way . . Why did you Como this way. Captain? It is: a much nicer trip across tlw Indian ()m-an . My gooclnvss. Captain. you'll be ar- restml i'm' trying: to make a left turn into the English Channel!” It will pay you to advertise in The Chronicle. If you think your town‘s the best, 'Tell it so. If mud have it load the rest. Help it glow, \\ hen there‘s anything to do Let the fellovss count on \ouâ€" You‘ll heel hulls \xhon its ilnough. Dont \ou knon If you're used tn giVing knocks. Change your style; Throw bouquets Instead of rocks For a while. Let the other fellow roast, Shun him as um “mild a ghost. \loet his hammer “ith a boast And a smile. Wiwn a stranger from afar (Ionics along. Toll lnm who and what, you areâ€"- Maku it strong. walu‘t flattvr, never hlufl', Tell the truth, for that‘s enough; Join the boostersâ€"they're the stufl' Sing your song! Read The Chronicle ads on page 7. Read this honest letter: Nanaimo, B.C.â€"“I had been sufierint with rheumatic pains in my shoulders. Decided to try ‘Fruit-a-tives’. In a very short while I had relief. Also had a touch of bleeding piles, ‘Fruit-a-tives' workedlikeacharm. Ithinktheyare really marvellous." â€"Mr. 5. Floyd. “Fruit-a-tives" is composed of fresh fruit juices intensified and combined with tonics. The easy, natural action corrects constipation, stomach, kidney and blad- der troubles, rids the system of poisons. purifies the blood, and banishes rheuma- tism and kindred pains. “F ruit-a-tivel" is sold everywhere. 25c and 50¢ a box. Tat itâ€"to-day. STAND BY YOUR TOWN film. In: 8. I”