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Clearing Sale
Ladies Sring Suits aY
Coa41,
every garment r.stbe cleared out. 'ow is your oppor-'
ty for a bargain. After a most successful season in our
s and Suits, we want to make a clean sweep.
tapoTt
1 8porl
2 otor
Black as
logit �ttitioi
lug
ve a big stock of
1tr IC
a
Ftrey I°alas
aresden Y Tu
tirila,'I ..M i?1
Coats
'oat $l2.:50 For 8-
.59 —.59 fail 7t�a,5
Coats $117,00 for 1''0
flue Serges very chs=
Silks ata b
in,
ala
Suits
ita 530;00 ,for 22«50; A
1 tvTavy Suit $25.00 ,for 17.50
2 .III•acle suits 523.00.t for 15.0(1: ; .
2 '81aok Suit $18.50 'for 12,00:
tllr; and, 'Cloth Sltir,ta ah 'Colors;
•
ash Fabrics
inds and colors to choose from
prat
C10 Of
Cloth.
ewi llaisTia
Ilia also ss
Ghali
to
'or
't it
Aa
e
Fancy Voiles
Fjourveo Voiles
Dresden Volt:.;
r,incy Checks,
Dresse
�ats
lOCS1H AItE ES
or 118 aiirit
e' I'°tie 51.50.
For 1755.
t 1TTTC 'WAISTS
lar 08 auto
r a:
+for: $1.50.,' , ;�? ..
u1; to 44,00
1LI AND C1tEPE WAISTS
ALL COLORS
out 2.00 up. q a ixxi tw1
to $5,00 each, i a M tT i 1
sLl' �+t`4,1%i..:•w "e
-. @+,Ka.'lsxi.a.,.e.x,• ^.,gw'gA
Jones
AND
House Furnishings
We . or
rrtrig
ock or
well prepared for the:
cleaning with .a big
e q
Aid 40
Tapestry Rugs all Sized
Wool Rugs all Sizes,
13rothells Rugs alt Sizes>
Axminster Ruga all Sizes,
Wilton Rugs all Sizes.
Congoleum.Rugs all Sizes
Linoleum, Oilcloth, , 'Jap Maid
Blinds and Poles,' Lace and Net Cur
tains. 50 pieces of /Curatin Nets, anal
5000 Rolls of Swell Wall Paper,
r,
Buy .our SpringNecessities
AT THE 4
High Standard andadd
Chinamei Store
A pleasure for to to assist you solve your
Paint and Stain Problems.
For most satisfactsry results use
LOWE BROS.' ,HIGil STANDARD PAINTS
Mellotone will Beautify your Ceiling and Walls.
15 Attractive Tints ,All size cans.
Paint Your Kitchen,
Floor 'with' Hard
Drying Floor' Paint.
Any amateur can grain
their own floors and
borders with Chinamel
graining outfit.
See cut opposite.
Make that chair Or table look A 25o -(bottle of IColorite will
like new' by applying Chinarine7 change the appearance lance •oP your
or ',Campbell's' varnish ;tarn straw hat.;
Curtain Stretchers, Step, Ladders, Carpet Beaters, for
Clean zr .,
GOUL33-In Hay on May the Sth, to
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Goulds oP
Wittgham. a daughter,
DIEri :,t"
SCI[ROEDER-At, Zurich on Saturn
urday"'April 28th lPredi Schroeder,"
in his 78th. year. a,.
SIIREWING„-In Toronto, on April the-
27th, Airs. Shrews*ing, formerly An.
nig ',Woks, daughter, of the. late
John Hicks and niceof Sa'1 Hicks,
n2' Usborne,' at the age of 24 yrs. and
10 months. • ..
Rev. Father Tiernay, of Mt. --Carmel
announced the banns of marriage of 1
Mr. Joseph ?Wild, of Stephen, and;
Miss Erma Utley of. Zurich, the
marriage w.11 take place this month.,
Casualty List
KILLED' IN ACTION
Anderson.
Pte. Newton Heard.
Goderich.
Pte. Bruce Noble.
St,, _'i1- rys.
Pte. U. A. Heard,
Mitchell, ,
Pte Harry Watt.
DIED Oth WOUNDS
St. Marys.
` . Pte., G. Dunham.
Mitchell,
;Pte., Ernest Uobinson4
W OL NDEI).`,
Granton.. -ems t
Pte..Frank Wilson u l j i+ I
_Dashwood;, ( ,
Pte. G.. Smith , . i ( .
Forest. , e..:Li' I - f. 1
Pte E. 3I Hun'ter
Pte G. Maidru,,nt
eafortll'�`� ,ftp
Pte fier11Taylor.
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�>t � , ,4RIAL` SLR;'PICII, AT Letters fromthe Front s F Fo> ,APT. BuTsoN
On Sunday evening a ant norl[aI
service was held in the A ethodisil
,church at Staf'a, in rneuaorY of the
lata Cal)t. Wm. Butson, who was kil-
led in action in France. The - ohurit
wad crowded to the doors„ and nearly.
40 members of ,Tudor Lodge, A, F. &,l
A. M. horn ,Mitchell were present.
The opening prayer ;vas made lily;
T;lev, Mr. Ritchie, pastor of the Crum -
arty Presbyterian cliurclr, The music
was of a patriotic eharaeter, The.
or Bev, Mr. Darling, %ra has ad -
Below We retrri;
extracts from, a Jet
1" -re, Leon Treble to
and Mrs. E. Treble"
Clr, Watmer,
food Frida
Father am ai
Well here I
big jump since
2I years; old;
think/ and jus
was well on
e interesting
written by
iaarenes; Mr,
errs oszain. I've trade as
I
wrote y1Lha,,h-i,I'ri
Cetttng on, don't: yoi
year og o today.
across,
dtit
And
ttroi
on.
•
to
iia L:4nt rpt a the arnd itot
both art=' on �, rf es„ in heav
Mill litotes d o 1 poct its '"ranee
far rale aagaira. Cly =orgy a bane
of t1S are o s t1t'to Monks lige
tin for our riledic.'al tPonrd and who,
dreg say, s, i rather think T tw-il
be put 111 agoereserve Battalion attfu
se Fraarrt' for a ante to %i'ork
llad ° n card front the British Col
hambia Battalion ' 1` served with in
forming rue- that juv regi
ental depot was Teaford on the
southern coast near '3rightoa, the
reit seaside re$or.t in England. So
2 /lave to stay atthe base here. it
l be ai lovely spot. Tais place caned
Inter where I am mow i- a rear
teresu 'place, Thur-' .arc two nIi
cs here cote k„ oww , l's .ib h'.'
L,,! •" wvlrerea t11w:< °`Iron Dark,-" the
)tike of ,i'ettarittn"' alih d.1a,#r
<irad e sign: the 1
tt,.. said rlltiny good things about,
date d°apt. 11 n ° 1%gra 'n'as a£
ortsaer member ,fir b chureh•
Capt. Botso;'g
in lab1e
Towwraship neaf
on off Geo. T
b pub ie nobool
rear .St fa
p at Se,
y the facul + r' �a r a Tow
S;ltq' i'O 1 f/' L 4 r ,aa* cbirtg in the
h chell d I and after
there r Maar lie went
flowwaniill and. ;vas teaching at t
I collettiatel institute utero when ;he en�
listed, `fie ;vas the ni ars of ,tatrting:
the high tdiiuol cadet evrfss at let-,
elaell which now has a membership of
- over 100, 1lev. Mr. 1)arlir:g real many.
t._. timonials or ..i WO character from
thea pastor of the Bo wnianvilie 'Metho-
dist church, which the dead hero at-tl
tended; from ,his Sunday school classi,
wv1ai'lt he vias the teacher'{ front
the officers and teachers of 1111, 1
Sunday school: and the different
boards of the eburoh and also from'�
'h:' col)Tiite board. The service was
-a solemn one throughout and thn
preacher's discourse "was at vary
aro#hrtatai one for the oroason. AP
the close the "Dead March in Saul";
}vat- inlayed by the organist.
STEPHEN COUNCIL:
be Council of the Township of
hen convened in the Town- Miall,
tc
non, on _Niortday, the, 7th day ,of
AZ. 3917 at 1 pant ell :Rse,ro-
Iaers b>ere present. The minutes of
the previous meeting ;acre read and
adopted_
Neeb-Mai.—.E i rey=--'bat the Reeve
and Treasurer be authorized to. sign
e t
the d ben -e u_ s for the H y -dei>_E Electric
arc
'osier to be furnished to the Police
Village of Daahwood, amotintiing to
$1632.00 and tot the Clerk be in: -
rooted to otalz the, seal of t e
Corporation thereto, Carded,
Yearly -Webb -That the Court of
Ratvisi on to f°o...aider appeals ,egaica z.
the assessment roil for ;the. present
Year of held on ,Saturday, the 260h
of May inst. at 10 alit Coated.
he following „ or aers w cro
LeSter a Mginky, solruita�rs°
re,
Lawson, $1,34,70; Barbett
:hner, printing $ .
r aitch 44.65;
SS; T. tiYebb and others,gradang
c; G Mayo', fiwash-taut
T., '& i a,leY, tearriinn. .30; Gena,
epburn....grading 1st sick -road, $3-
G. WalPex, drawing gravel, Sec.
The council adjourned to note; again
in the ; rowgn Hall Crediton rn '4lay
76th next, ww"h2 coati-at.;e. rztl,
be, let.
h•
chair he d"r
sil+iadron t
rw°r night as
o?aa rs raid-
the
g ,.
,d 3ira .
a v, an �; e-
f d o'ril
15'55 t,ia
coast. I tell you #Macri- wv:
tbing doing for n ww lr'le, the ixrrn.
llwrdrnent wok?, in,,,, itch« Til ci A it,royers
lipiited up the coast for miles, with.
parachute star shells, t woman' and
two children ;;rare Milled and ruorr..,
injured. We rare tight on the channel
4 nere only a matter of 100 yards from
our front door, ;VTe go for a abort
route march every day awl sane rinite.
A bit of the mu -rounding d.'stricts of
D':J and Walnier. Its as very pretty
country' around hare, There were :2
wrecks off the coast last week. Two
bi
"
at
to
n
g .Winn i i n barges
came to as
hoTC
and there w4os. rsorre,,*xcitaentent . un -
till the Dead Iifebxata rescued 1 he
crews who were /loyal .Engineers. The
weather its foggy, raw and disagree-
able today, kora could hardlystand
on the r n
promenade when storm
was an, the wind was so strong and
the channel: rolledin mountain 1t"gh.
Some wind, believe erre. 1)o you snit
keep hens/ Gee, I haven't seen an egg
since goodness knows when; theyar..
at a premium here: I telt you. and
sugar we don't see a any at all. A bar-
ber put up as sign one cloy reading. -
,`,,'A lump of sugar and a"potato with
every hair cut and shave" and he did
a thriving buy ness that day.
I receive your letters regularly
now and certainly appreciate them
and also the box. for my birthday,;
The apples were swell also candy. A
sweet reminder of home. I cantell
you, not to be forgotten in a hurray
As soon as We have oar Medical
Board, we.will get ;our ten days sick
furlough, and we think we will take
a trip over to Scotland and Ireland
coming back by h'iskgarde and Lon-
don and on to our destinations. I
wonder if mine will be France.I read
the clipping you sent me of the boys
letters with great interest.I, wonder
how' they like the work, for you sure
;cork for that $2.10 a day in Fran -e.
and Fritz has still something com'ng
to .him it seems. Well bye -dye:, ar:d
remember me to frienris, and don't
worry. From loving 'son,
�L''on,
tISI3ORNE ,COUNCIL'
The council: met May 5th All mem
bers present. The minutes o[ the4
last meeting were read and approved.
The Court of Bevis on of the Ass-
essment Boll; will be held in the.
Township Ilan, Saturday, June, 2nd
at 2 o'clock.
As there is a deficiency of about
5250.00 standing aga°nst the Eliin-
vil1e Drain ccount it was decided
to pays it off ; by lewwvy"'tng ;� pro -rata
assessment: against lands and roads
assessed for the construction o[ the
said work.. The 'pr'ncipal reason for.
doing th s` e th fact that the ass-
essments for ' construction do not
correspond with the assessmen£s for
mainta:nonce °and money raised fob
repairs could not fa rly be ,,used to ho pay off the defic t for construction.' Sai
A few small 'accounts were passed GO
i
and orders issued "n payment. de:
Council adjourned to- . meet June m
E tEOHiAL Sh:RVlCE AT
C1lI')1)ITO �', FOTR SEltGT. LAW
T memorial service' of S: rggt. I'e.
Tho e
cy Lawson woo held in the Credit
*Methodist church on Sunday eve
ing May the 6th.: The cia:urcb was ftI-
led to the doors and many could nor
find seats. and stood on the stairway
leading to the aartiitorium. The. Pas-
tor, Rev. C. "iW. 'loiter; ;13, D,, before:,
than sermon rend the following .ob't-
Sergent Percy Roy Lawson, No.,
-191120 of the 33nd Ilurotr,;Ilitttalion.
the only son rued,child of Thomas 17.
Lowson and Eliza hMawltinnen was
bairn at !Crediton East Nova 5th, 1.
ll' grew up:and '• attended school at
Crediton. Bis mother died when he
was only three, years old:. and he found
a 'hoano with his aunts Mrs, William
*Martin and Mrs. Janos Lawson now
of Exeter. Ile went to Detroit when'
about 13 years of age and attended
a' term of school at Windfall. lie
Liter returned to' his home in Detroit
and there grew to manhood. \irliem
the call wvis made for volunteers 1
responded although his father toile
ed inducements for him to retool
ah' -' home ,..eit the rtge of 21 be enliste
in Exeter with the 33rd, Huron lin!
Tie trained. in "London and Quebec al.
;vent overseas March 1lth 1915. Tl
trained in England and vh'le ther
attended" the Millitaary ,school. 1'1
went to France Jan. the 5th 1.916. IT
wenta to the trenches the second tins
on July 12th 1910..and he had bee!
in the trenches since New Years, 13
early distingu'shed himself,as a sold
ier'and won two medals for bravery
One for carrying a. wounded soldier
off the field of battle under a Heavy
charga of the enemy. Ile, was the only
one to volunteer out of the Battalion
so thick ;were the shells falling. lie
had a hand to,hand encounter with
an enemy by Ni'houh he was attacked
u?: whom he vanquished in the str'g.
Ie. For his valor he wr promoted to
he `rank a Sergeant. A' few days
go his father received the following
oleo-ram,-
Ottawa,
leo-ram,
Ottawa, Ont., April 27th, -Thos.
as on, 16 Richmond St. Detroit--
neply regret to r:forrn you that :No.
01.326 Sergt.Percy* Roy Lawson of
punted rifles ofri �'aily' reportedki -
d in action aprai 9th. 1917.
Offia rs in-Chtrge. Records
The last letter, received' by his fa
er was on the same day as he ree-
ved the telegram. and was dated”
arch 2lth. A month ego` his father
ceived . from him a handkerchief.
ho handkerchief was here displayed.
Merry Fi
MOVF.ii TO
Mr and Jlrs.
a
eat ti
q'hd•i
alcomo these
P 1; NAM.
A
The hor
or
R. I., .0 £zaM"er '�� Syn iatade 1 daa;..6 fol
libarty,on . 'a,n strer.t tan T:acsd^sy 1f-
LAWS() temoon, It ran eiiawn the stre, t
and ;be cart collided with as wvo ora s1
r- Tai ;rout: of R. N. Rowwr'w, .Part. or data 1:
on harness broke and the. Horse conti u- of
lt- i tied its journey for a short. distance art
down the road. There was slight ,w
OW. 3 r i"
r a'elif f'
('rhn-ton_
Mena Tri
n Nor;b S
ti+;?ar wwi.
d
Mitchell
/less of Feer mol
OVER S8,00t1 FQ
During than past w+
May have pure
loads of potats fax
paid on ;in
load? and over $
itfl s e-
e there days
money.
TO AMERICAN 6I
P OTATO
eIt !,less
wvlaic�,.
ani
our ,ca;r
toy ha"oe/
a car«
ot, rot.,
Iia€ of
OIVI t0 the.
the 'cs-a
Of
toad spat r. it Ila c
Atli
ndous fit
cin; x s
ope
Rios
age an
all alae
pr mptrte
tol. remit tte try, postal.,
rder, The I)rltta" on your paipea 'ti'
riles date to wwlaiali it to ,paaiv
the
e11
n 'ltaaerican exchange , PIA)) sir
Collaww g wvrlrtb-while sketc"t
may wear a last year's straw;•
fir",gers :pity tnitciaring, hiaal'
yrs crcay h trig axle/elicit/1'1e Moir a�; - nr7 Jliat'
usaers 'bag cit ties. knees
show .sig • ,bra aYs
signs o a s, c00'j days
1b
tit; axe% the Kintner Mick;#� •hes
may be full of d,'rit<r a
b .1 <tool your call hire; that
zle's r1t; r• h,,1 1"otw
•N iaa5 lsa l) '1 rax.'
titian together. Never
i -11as he "Poled: tr tlo 'the ri a'0
r by yoii. 11,. t,ii'ixaks gnai ;hr<e th
boyonearth, +. r 7
tlr 'r r •+
b ,
., r none
on do plaster your hairpk
art a other , 51X1`,Rkecec'rgi't r.-tt4,a -
to Multi_* horn; rr ecru. lt,' iaSP
rn;an u�ha Avon the love .sand a life'
rte er-bip of Cite greatest, woman
earth--�ygrir inrdheex. Ile is some
n :acrd riot tire: 1,118
d man." 11' yaui
god r wt i f t - 'Jun tdid, °aau'3t
e':9 ao go -10111,, zaay boy -go some.
damage to the: cart.
SOLI)IE:itS Ail)
Lite Soldiers' Aid Society Yield e
t,
regular meeting torr 'rtFotzday°'. night,
ed i
51'1;5„ Treasurer reportQ e shish
p
of $57.64 from the contribution bags
ata . Abril. �"i d',na tion from U1iss L.
Sweet' of $1.900` and the subsc;rip tions
to :Byron Sanitarium and Belgian Re -
1 f'"5,5 .9!.. Please tirin; sucks •in by
.\Monday rti,yht, as ww , pack ori" oesda
It was decided to collect palteers,ra,
and rubbers next Tuesday.
LON.DON CONFERENCE
TO MEET IN LONDON
Ono day of the sessions of the Lon-
don Methodist Conference, which
opened in Duntlas Center church on
,Junti ath, will be devoted to a discus-
sion of ‘‘,After -the -War Conditions"
11 T.Sq'O PRODUCTION
h
'rage �t
d.r, a,
yield of ttotatoa:s
ler,• in Ontario in 1616 was :53 br.
611, Peri lowest yield in, the la
years was 76 and the average .inroad
Fkld -for the whole period, vqui- I.t
5' i7usltels per.acre. Consideringbit.
.• Fie/d4read prices o 17
S d fferent farm'
s, crops those who gave the greatest
returns per :acre in. Ontario fin 1»i
were as, follows; Potatoes, iS78 00;
t urriipa and other fief<I rants " 7f; 0(1
beans 63.00; husking' corn 39.00; rind!
foil wheat "3,3.00. It will be :seen that
the highest returns,were obtained!
from the ,cultivated crops.
According to the present price tho
food value of rice purchased; for :i.1.0O
is equal to that of ;potatoes costing.
two dollars. Rice can be .used a' a
vegetable to take 'the place of pot-.
atoes. °Seed pot:tto,s are exceedingly,
scarce, and people filaroughorit thea
provirce are ,eating potatoes which'
should : be retained for re -planting.
Those farmers ere wise who retained
their potato crop for'seed: ptu-posed
even ;though they were criticised for.
not bringing th-rn to market.. I would -
suggest that those having seed pot-
atoes for sale, beyond local require-
ments,
advertise in local agr:cuiur '!
or d'tily papers.
ln; normal pears it is economy to us
good sized reed potatoes in sets .varryi
ug
from one ounce to two ounces. eacj3.
In the average o1 ten tests conducted)
all Guelph in five years the following
average annual yields' per acre were,
obtained from good . sized potatoes
;vas a
cut
into pieces or d fferent weight;
bushels; one ounee, 130; one-half
ounce, 109; one-quarter ounce, 987,.
one-tagh h. ounce, 79; and oneasinteetr-
duced. in Ontario nn 1916, howeveri
were exceptionally free from rot and
were unusually tsmal_ owing to the,
grow -lb being arrested by unfavorable
weather conditions. Potatoes &d roti
mature last autumn and. immature,
potatoes are inferior for taille uses
bat make excellent sted. At this
'ha size, of hens egges or even smaller
ligh' be used for a...ed. to good ad -
veil as sm l' as quarter oun-e each
2 o 15' inches apart in the rovvs.',
hey shou'd te planted. the some daY
The discassion will be opened by ari
rjd sddrass bY ale Rev. James Allen of
Toronto general secretary of home
t.
a missions. Plans wilt also be laid 'ton
a. the aggreive ea -snorer she movement
' throughout the conference. The stat-
ion ng comra ce IN rt, so lime n
!, advance of the conference, on June
,'„ 5th;1 the ministerial session of the con.
' earence will begin on June the 6th
7. both" ministers and lay delegates nala
participate, wall open on, June 7th,
of the eonference, tind 1/ev., H,. To
• firer; or Kincardine "s secretary. Th
is expected more than 350 delegates!
th
ei
re
or
SO
ed lay all. lie Was pleasant active
member of our Sunday school and
plocno with that oc. our brave boys
r2day School eliss room. The mem-.
/19 of his class, our- entire Sunday
emory and to express sincere sant-
thy with bis bereaved father, and
2ad at one o'clock. pa
relatives friends and leved ones.
The memorial service of Pte. Fred
Lewis killed in action April 3rd, 1917
datayVai,ttoY2730idap.eln7 11 be held in the Eh
i'nezer 3,1eth-tlist chetah next Sun -
OFFICERS ELECTED'
'Thenintiuta meeting of the Board'
02 management of the nlaan St, Sun -
cloy school was. he d last 'Wednesday,
A 'favorable report was mane of the
e/ated far the ersairor
13asor Rev. S- W
F$O1TO 'Lan
WELCOMED AT GRANTON;
The people of CrantonAliarned out
ri
700
gna
E,NETER PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
The regular monthly ineetirtg held in the Town Hall on Monday ev-
ening May 7th. .
1 Donations rece"ved-Tea in the town
hall 82.00; Miss Balkoo'1, {Belgium:
Belief) 50c; Mrs. P. Frayne, ditto,
W. A. Turnbull and Mrs. John Hind
fees 50c. Mrs. R. Yellow 1 pair of,
sotAts 1.00; Mrs,. D. Rowe an& Mrs. A.
Case 1 pr. socks eaeh. Monthly col -
leo ions 78.25 ; ' incluchng donations
oC 5.00 from. Mr. A. Ja McDonell and
2.50 from Iyliss D. R. Inckson, Goder-
ich and 2.00 from Mr. Arthur Ker-
aloTke. A box- WE1s sent to Miss Joan,
Sent by Hurcnd.le Patriotic League
16 pairs of socks, and 22 mnlitory
shirts value 70.00 • Sent by the Exe- 1
two pairs pyjamas; 100 pairs a so,ks a
orate 'parcel also magazines. value, T
175.00. Mrs Wes. Snell Con Sec. t
DIG 1
If you, have a plot of ground,
Ease for which s•ou'vo IiI2Ver found,
Take spade a rake a hoe,
Lay out squares or rosvs Or both
Leavinglo s of rootn for growth; 'a
Plant: your seed; 1
hey are out. Where good seed is on -
n SiZe- 11:1'ght be planted with the'
]rospect- of receiving moderate re-,
errs It tvould bene4nadvantage
vorin Itght room for two or three,
Lettuce, chess and pot,atoes ,d
Cabbages and, tomatoes- ,
add beets and carrot's to The throng', p
P$adishea- •oti cant go wrong--
Cultivatei and cut the w-eetna
You will -nap -these little. dee a
,In the fall
toes Te /tits is,
5th tq.
-os and he putTi
out every tbird''.,
h. riow
TP.Ax 00'
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