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WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1912.
$1 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NOTICE.
Henceforth our Drug Store
will not be open at all on Sundays.
In any case of illness or emer-
gency myself or clerk will be
pleased to answer any call
promptly no matter how small
the article requited or what the
hour.
Phone 107 or call at our resid.
ence Centre street (directly be-
hind skating rink.)
Wishing you all a Happy 1912
dalton McKibbon
THE DRUGGIST
7210' Store
Macdonald Block,
Wingham.
The Best Ever
FOR 37500
A 200 acre farm with first class
buildings and 50 to 06 acres of
hardwood hu -h, C1o:,e to school,
church and post office, and only
four miles from a good shipping
point. Land nearly all in grass
and in first class shape.
A SPECIAL CHANCE
Thirty five to forty acres near
town will be sold at a right pence
All in grass, good land, a few
acres of maple bush. running
water. Very suitable for a small
grazing farm,
IR,itchie 86 CoseiiS
REAL ESTATE ANDSNSURANGE
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE
A. E. SMITH
BANKER
WINGHAM, ONTARIO.
Farmers who want money to buy
harem, cattle, or nags to feed for m .rket
can have it on reasonable terms.
Notes disoonnted for tradesmen, mer-
chants or agouti, on favorable Orme.
Loans on real estate at the lowest
rates going,
ChrisIie's �ocery
PHONE 59.
Our Own Blended Teas
Are Worth Every
Ceijt We ask for
them„ We Claim
Nothing More.
'Fhe quality of our Mack
Tea. is I'n,:ity generally known.
They come lo u in original
packages ge :; an J the G[.) erden
Brandt ilrf' of the i i4he,t
grades awl ltie st 1-iEliiil?�5.
AFTER RUING
'I'hr flavours fere. distinctive
and most Iaalat,.hle. Our
prb es are.
30c, 40c and 50c
Give them a trial. You'll
get a good cup of Tear.
Wear Greer's Shoes and Rubbers
Read Willis & Co.'s Adv. on page 8
The Kent Block Sold. / L O. O. F. nstallatign.
6 Mr. Wm. Martin, of Brussels, D. D.
G. M, for this d•:trict attended the
meeting of Maitla . Lodge, L 0. 0. F.
on Thursday evens g last and installed
the following offi ers:—N. G., Wilfrid
Reid; V.G., Joh msbur • Fin. -Secy.,
n Y, n y,
W. J. Haines; Rec.-Secy., John F.
Groves; Treas., .B. Elliott. The ap-
pointed officers ill be installed at a
future meeting. At the close of the
meeting the m mbers adjourned to
Kennedy's rest urant where oysters.
were served and a pleasant hour spent
in social convers : tion.
The property on Josephine street,
known as the Kent BI ck was lastweek
purchased fromMi
s s
Wm. Davies Co., of
building will be used 1
as purchasing headqu,
way conflicts with th
Ings on Edward street
ulmge by the
Toronto. The
y the company
rters and in no
it storage build -
FEED CORN.—We always have corn
on hand. Get our prices before buying.
HOWSON & BROCKLEBANK.
Auction Sale of Horses.
Geo. ' T. Robertson, con. 10, East
Wawanosh will hold an auction sale of
Clydesdale horses on Thursday after-
noon, February 1st. There are twenty
choice mares and geldings and some of
the mares are in foal; also sixteen
head of cattle and one thoroughbred
Shorthorn bull. If you are looking for
choice stock attend this sale. John
Purvis, auctioneer.
Overshoes and Rubbers for Men
Women and Children—All the good
styles and best makes. W. J. GREER.
Sidewalks -` ere Cleaned.
The Street Co ittee on Saturday
last issued orders o Chief Alien to not-
ify all parties on . osephine street that
sidewalks were t. be cleared of snow
and ice by noon . Monday. Chief Al-
len delivered the warning to the people
and the work w:: pretty well carried
out. It was i .ossible to clear the
walks"in many ,.laces, but the ridge
was taken off a d this made a great
improvernent.
FOR SALE A
new; small seat i
at a bargain. A
good cutter, almost
front. Will be sold
ply at TIMES office,
, Purchased otel in Toronto.
The Humber Be ch hotel at Toronto
has been purchas by Mr. L. W. Han-
son, formerly of Wingham from Mr.
T. J. Boland, the consideration being
$25,11'0. The Hu ber Beach Hotel is
one of Toronto's best-known resorts,
frequented by tho sands who visit the
Humber in the s Omer months. The
land which the ho el stands 'on is valued
at $100,000, and c vers 512 acres from
the mouth of t Humber westward.
Mr. Hanson has yearly lease of $8,400
per annum.
FARM To REN
ship of Turnber
cultivation. Ap
Wingham, P. 0.
100 acres in Town -
y in a good state of
ly to R. VANSTONE,
Annual • urch Meeting.
The annual c: ngregational meeting
of St. Andrew' Presbyterian Church
will be held nex Tuesday evening in
the lecture room of the church and all
members of th congregation are in-
vited to atend t meeting. The past
year has been . very successful one
and the contri • tions to the various
funds were ver liberal. The envelope
contributions :, ousted to $2162.80,
compared with : 013.21 for 1910. The
contributions t. the church schemes
amounted to $ 56.49, practically the
same as in 1910. The Ladies' Aid So-
ciety raised 53 .c.3 during the past
year. The t. al receipts from all
sources amountd to $4300.72 and the
total for 1910 w• - $4360.26.
The She p industry.
The report o£'th
the sheep in ltiett
Britain and 7Yiit
1910, Messrs•,.Dre
:appointed as a s
investigate the
sheep raising in t
tries. It is believe
Iwhich the commis io
the re.,ults of their i
eo amissioners upon
' in Canada, Great
.,S•tates: In July,
len and Ritch were
sial commission to
nditions affecting
is and other coun-
th t the report in
r
ere ,•:
have embodied
vestigations is by
Cold and
tormy Weather.
The records 'r cold weather oyer
Ontario for is veral years were
broken during d e past week. The
tbermometer is r ported to have drop-
ped in Wingham rom 24 to 28 degrees
below zero duri last Friday night,
the coldest during the severe cold spell.
Some people report the lowest record
to have been 18 degrees below zero.
The storm which ontinued up till last
Thursday was al'.o one of the worst
ever seen in this ction and the coun••
try roads were b d1y drifted. Trains
managed to get tl rough, but were from
one to four hours ehind time.
WANTED. —A good general servant;
one who understands cooking. Apply
to Miss Mathews, Superintendent of
Wingham General Hospital.
County Cou cil Next Week.
The first meetin_• of the county coun-
cil for 1912 will be held in -the court
house, Goderich, Tuesday, January
23rd. The first usiness will be the
election of a W rden. In accordance
with the very s nsible custom which
has been in vo e for a number, of
years, by which . Liberal and a Con_
servative are app.inted alternately to
fill the Warden's hair for a year, the
position this year will go to a Conserva-
tive. It is prett generally understood
that Reeve Stet rs, of Ashfield will
be Warden of tl e County for this year.
STOVE FOR SALE.—A good base burn-
er coal heating stove; almost as good
es new. Will be sold at a bargain.
Apply to Jas. Phalen, corner Patrick
and Shuter streets.
The Times' • nniversary.
The Advance las week in referring
to the TIMES' anni ersary very kindly
says:—"The anniv rsary of a news-
paper is to its prop ietor, an interest-
ing milestone of th journalistic path-
way. Last week, our neighbor, The
Wingham Times, e tered its 41st year.
After four decades the Times appears
none the worse for its age; rather—it
is in the prime of li o and vigor. Grow
older, we must; tha cannot be avoided,
but added years br g experience, and
experience opens a 'eater possibilities.
For Mr. Elliott, the proprietor of the
Times, the editor o this paper ha°s the
most kindly estee . The • Advance
tenders congratulat .ns, and expresses
sincere wishes for he future success
of The Times, and • s obliging proprie-
tor."
WANTED. -- To live in Toronto as
companion help for traveller's wife, a
refined young lady opf neat appearance,
good wages. Addeess, MRS. W. C.
TAYLOR, 14 Hazel vet, Toronto.
Telephone in oat Office.
"There should be telephone in the
post office. We do n t know whether
it is the postmaster o the post office
department that she d look after this,
but whichever it is he people should
demand that this commodation be
furnished. I1•does s em very absurd
that while nearly eve ;y other business
house s and office in to n
has ane
h
0
P ,
the most important siness po tant .mess place of
all should be so far be iind the times as
to be without one. T ere should be a
phone in every post office. Many of
i far the most exhatt t ve treatise which small country post o laces have them
novr and still such imi ortant points as
has yet appeared in Canada, relative Seafortl:, Clinton,' gbarn, Goderich
1 to the raisin; o, ,.het s and the produc- °
l and other towns of li .e size are with -
tion of wool. la vie of the indifferent' out them. The post office department
should with t..p et to the keep- should wake up. A • ig surplus on the
ing of , sheep, ma infested by too i
wetlyCanadian ',•al ers, this re ort year's operations is 11 very well, but
p the aecommodatio. of the public is
appears at a vee ; opportune time. much better." Th 'TIME:; eau heartily
I The connuniseioecre, t the end of the
endorse the above .rom the. Seafortli
a reporS, have male - nutnber of recorea- ; expositor. There re telephones in all
mendations, the option of which the village post tikes surrounding
would, in their opin ;.n, lead to the en-, Wingham and we ee no reason why
co•.r°agemu nt and 6 velopreent of the e VV nj haatnites slime not have thin very
whole indnetry. T e report is now l match needed ior,v nience.
available for distri ution and a copy
may bo obtained 1 y any inter.sted
party upon address g the- Lire Stock The Dominion/ Government will in-'
Commissioner, Del : rtment of Agricul- crease its frantl to seed grain associat-
ons to $35,000 a0.aually.
tore, Ottawa.
District L. O. L Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Turnberry
District L, 0. L. was held in Bluevale
on Tuesday,afternoon when the follow-
ing officers were elected:—.Dist. W. M,,
J. Walton McKibbon; D, M., A, Bryd-
es • Chap., -
g p , R v e . E. H Croly; Ree. -See.,
Wm. Brydges; Fin. -Sec., Thos. Brydges;
Trees , John Casem re; D of C„ Wm.
Guest; Lecturers, eo. Thornton and
Geo, Tees.
Woman's nstitute.
The regular mont
Wiligham Branch o
stitute willbe neld
nary 25th, at the ho
Robertson, Frances
p. m. Subject for t
al rights of Worn
Wilson, also questio
ent requested to tai
All members and otl
cordially invited to
al half hour will be
of the programme.
ly meeting of the
the Woman's In-
n Thursday, Jan-
e of Mrs Marion
:treet at 3 o'clock
is meeting, "Leg -
n" by Mrs. John
drawer. All pros -
part in the latter.
ers interested are
e present. A soei-
ent at the iclese
BONE, Sec'y.
Men's Mass eeting. .
A mass meeting to
in the Wingham Tow
day afternoon, cornm
The meeting is being
with the Laymen's
and similar meetings
the cities and towns
same day, making i
and song throughout
the interests of M
Wingham meeting a
being arranged and t
looking for a large
men of Wingham an
man in this distrie
meeting.
men will be held
Hall next Sun-
cing at 4 o'clock.
eld in connection
issionary Society
will be held in all
f Canada on the
a day of prayer
the Dominion in
ssions. For the
good program is
se in charge are
tendance of the
district. Every
is invited to the
Tax Mail .Or• er Business.
A bill providing f the taxation of
mail order and catalogue business
done in all towns and cities by depart-
mental stores loca ed in some other
town of city, will b introduced, at the
approaching session of the Legislature
be Mr. Wm. Proudfcot, K. C., of Gode-
rich, M.P.P. for Ce tre Huron. First
action in this directi n was taken by
the Board of Trade . Goderich. This
body asked Mr. Pro dfoot to introduce
the bill. It is proped that the taec be
made equal to the verage taxes paid
by ordinary retai businesses. The
business done by t. e large department
stores through cat logue and mail order
is claimed to be u fair to local merch-
ants.
Bank ornotions.
Mr. J. E. McGui e, formerly of Wing
ham has resigned as manager of the
Bank of Hamilto. at Lucknow and has
moved to Winnip: g and will engage in
a new line of busi ess. Mr. Glennie, of
Blyth goes to Luc now and Mr. Geo.
Gregory, who has been accountant in
the Wingham ban , and who has work-
ed up step by step here has been ap-
pointed`manager a Blyth. Mr. F. S.
Sturt, who has been teller here for
some time is promoted to the position
of accountant and Mr. Telford, of
Milton becomes teller in the local branch.
The TIMES heartily congratulates these
young men on their promation and the
wish them all contiuued success.
Newspaper Publicity.
"Newspapers are vital things in the
Iife of the people, and especially for
business men, and that is the reason
why we are contemrilating their use a .n
an advertising medium in preference • J
magazines," said Wen. Wm. Kam
of the Star Safety' Razor Company.
"The real value o advertising any-
thing intended for ise by men comes
from using a medium which enters into
their daily lives. I'
er
. man reads a
Y
newspaper, and an • vertisement in it
prepared in an attra Live way is bound
to be read. We can dvertise daily or
as often as we feel i clined and in the
course cf a single m nth could tell our
story in ninny differ nt ways."
Fly.
The Ronert Docks • estate paid 33'.e
cents on the dollar to the creditors.
J. Leckie, of Bruss is was the Assig-
nee,
Mrs. Lamb and e iildren, of Newdale,
Manitoba, are he e on a visit. The
former is a dau'eltt r of James Brown,
a former well-kno}n rosidept of this
township.
Itutherford & Riddell disposed of a
3 year old gelding o R. 11.. Hays, Lis-
towel, for the handsome sum of $300.
This horse was sinal by "Baron Fife"
and raised by the,. 'proprietors. It pays
to keep the good end.
Curling Competition.
The members of the Wingham Curl-
ing Club have arranged for a curling
competition and eighteen rinks have
been chosen and the draw has been
arronged as followsRELIMIS Y
ROUND.
A. Tipling W. Powell
J. McGillivray N. Richardson
J. Mason A. Hardie
A. M, Crawford, sk Wm. Mitchell, sk.
W. Frankum Rev. D. Perrie
Rev, E. H. Croly N. T. Sinclair
A. Nichol J, Murray
R. Vanstone, sk. A, J. Alderson, sk.
The two winninu.rinks. in the above
will play off and the other rinks will
play as follows:—
C. M. Forbes B. Murchison
E. S. Sturt W. P. Grierson
J. T. Scott D. Fortune
C. Mitchell, sk. C. Knechtel, ek.
J. A. Cummings J. Henderson
R. A. Currie A. Ross
T. Hardie D. B. Porter
B. Cochrane, sk. J. 14IcKie, ek.
C. A. Rintoul H. D, Schaefer
E. Small C. P. Smith
A. Coling K. Rae
J. W. Pearen, sk. Wm. Holmes, sk.
W I ister B. J. Doyle
P. eer A. Carruthers
C. liott J. Pugh
J. Stalker, sk. C. G. Vanstone, sk.
W. H. Rintoul A. Walker
G. Irwin J. M. Schaefer
L. Binkley J. Hanna
C. N. Griffin, sk. L. Kennedy, sk.
R. King W. Jones
A. Campbell J. A Currie
J. Phalen T. Fortune
D. Holmes, sk. A. E. Porter, sk,
J. W. Dodd H. Walsh
J. Lutton 11. Shane
S. Elliott Jas. Carr
V. R. Vannorman,sk D. Davies, sk.
The first game in the series was play-
ed on Monday ev ing when C. N.
Griffin's rink won a, can L. Kennedy's
rink by a score of 1 to 8.
CRIMINAL ECORDS.
(From the Winn: peg Telegram.)
Last year there w
committed in the
86 out of every 87
the extreme penalt
times -as many mur
as in England in pr
tion. The United S
re 8,967 murders
nited States, and
murderers escaped
. There aro eight
ers in that country
portion to popula-
ates has oyer sev-
enty murders per million of its popula-
tion; Italy has less than five per million;
Canada has less that' eighteen per mil-
lion. Statistics of c ime are interest-
ing as pointing to th rise and fall in
different countries, d perhaps indi-
cating preventive m thods which may
ameliorate the condi 'ons of the future.
There is obviously so ething rotten in
the administration f justice in the
United States, and it seems on the face
of it to be the fact hat the electric
chair is more and m*e becoming the
last resort of the law for capital offenc-
es. As the terrors of death recede
from the criminally inclined portion of
the population it would seem that safe-
ty of human life 1 decreases. The
chances are eighty -sin to one that ev-
eryone who commits murder in the
United States will esbape death. This
is a sorry comment o the much vaunt-
ed civilization of oi4r neighbors. In
evolving new methods of justice the
United States is Poste. ing crime.
There is a lesson Or Canada in all
this. Here our mure er record is al-
together too high at resent, and the
only hopeful feature to which we can
point is the fact that it is not showing
aper grave increase. Reading of the
n.i.taken sentimentality which has be-
come only too great a feature of mur-
der trials on the other side of the line,
there may be a tendendy here, too, to
let our sympathies get the better of
our sense of justice This we must
guard against. In the; effort to build
up a virile people, strong physically,
morally and intellectually, we must ad-
here strictly to that administration of
the law which has made British justice
the synonym of safety the world over.
Mrs. James McNichol, wife of s a
Wadena, Sask., merchant, was asphy-
xiated, with six of her children.
The C. P. R. has appropriated $20,-
000,000 for improerements to western
lines this year tutd 55,000,000 for its
hotels.
IRev, Clarence V T. I;,ieheson, who
has been held char ,ed with the murder
of Miss Avis Lien: 1, of:Hyannis, Mass.,
to whom he is sale to have been engag-
ed, by poisoning, aat week confessed
his guilt, aiding be had pleaded not
guilty when arra gated, He has been
sentenced to dea�h by electrocution cin
May 19th. i
KIND WORDS A
PRECIA,TED,
The following kin
exchanges are very
by the editor of the
"The Wingham
upon its forty-first
established by Mr.
words from our
ranch appreciated
IMES:—
ines has entered
ear, having been
Robert Matheson,
when he resided in, Clinton, and e+pub-
fished the Ne» tra. After many
,
. hanges it came in w' the htanc}4y
IL i': iiott, now hi treasurer of the
C. 0. F., Brantfo father of the pre-
sent editor, Mr. H B. Elliott, who has
been editor of the paper fourteen and
a half years. It s a well conducted,
clean local paper..'—Clinton New Era.
The Wingham times last week en-
tered its forty-fi t year, having been
established the fist week of January,
1872, by Mr. R bert Matheson, who
was at that time ,a resident of Clinton
and where he published the New Era.
Mr. Mathel$lon, ho is now a resident
of Chicago, pub ished the Times for
only a short time and sold it to Mr. R.
A. Graham, of ingham. The paper
changed owners any times up to Jan-
uary, 1888, who it was purchased by
Mr. R. Elliott, father of the present
editor, and since which time the press
ent editor has b en connected with the
paper and for th last fourteen .and a
half years as !editor and publisher.
The Times is ne of the best and
brightest local pers in Western On-
tario
n-
a iandtheEx osito has pleasure in
t ror p s
congratulating he present editor on
his success and i wishing for the Times
a long career increased prosperity
under his fostering care.—Seaforth
Expositor.
Editor Elliott, of the Wingham Times
last week noted the completion of forty
years'in the hi tory of that journal.
The Times was established the first
week of .Janna , 1872 by Mr. Robt.
Matheson, who was at that time a
resident of Clint n and where he pub-
lished the New Era. Mr. Matheson,
who is now a res dent of Chicago, pub-
lished the Times or only a short time
and then sold it t R. A. Graham now
of Wingham. he paper changed
owners many ti s up to January,1888,
when it was pun hased by R. Elliott,
father of the pr eent editor, and since
which time the esent editor has been
connected with e paper and for the
last fourteen an a half years as editor
and publisher. The Times has our
congratulations n the success which
its appearance indicates.—Goderich
Star.
LOST.—A triangle k ring with a
bunch of keys at ac d. Finder will
receive reward leaving at the
TIMES office.
CHURC
NOTES
A special vestri* meeting has been
called for Wedne day, Jan. 17th, at
8.15 p. m. in th schoolroom of St.
Paul's church
Rev. H. T. Ferg• son, B. A., pastor
of the Methodist hurch, Kincardine,
bas received a call to the Wallcerville
Methodist Church, It is altogether
probable that he w 11 accept the call if
the stationing corn ittee concurs in it.
A commission ha. been appointed by
the Executive Com ittee of the Meth-
odist Mission Board to investigate the
matter of the ins flicient number of
candidates for the inistry. The ques-
tion of salaries wil be looked into in
the endeavor to as ertain causes con-
tributing to keep t e supply of young
men below what s required for the
demands of the wo k.
For the first tim since he tendered
his resignation thr e weeks ago, Rev.
Richard Hobbs i ha. e of the ser -
bb charge
vice in the Jam=s Street Methodist
Church at Exeter n Sunday last. In-
ternal dissensions, ' e told the congre-
gation has led him o resign. Ile said
that through the .ersuasion of Rev.
Dr. Warner,
head the London
Con-
ference, and a lar el • i ned petition
of members of the hurch, he had de-
cided to remain.
It was decided b St. Paul's A. Y. I',
A. on Monday eve ing to put on a con-
cert for Miss Hou s liton in the course
of two or three w elcs and thus show
their deep sympi by for her. Mies
Lucy Webling,-lat. of St. James, His
Majesty's and Ter y's Theatres, Lon-
don, Eng., suppo ted by Mr. Walter
McRaye, actor, ta eller and raconteur
have been engag for the purpose.
Rev. T. W. Powell M. A, President of
King's College, indsor says: "I
greatly enjoyed th rare treat which
you gave us. The evening was excel-
lent. Your rend' ion of Dr. Drum-
mond'I "Little I; Leese", "The habi-
tant" and "Joh ny Courteau" were
beyond eritk"cism; bile in "At the hall"
and "The Silent System" both Miss
Viebling and y. itself gave us a
splendid treat.
BARGAINS
IN
WIMP
FOOTWEAR
We have d•
ecided to clean
c•ut all lines of Felt Bo-ts,
Shoes and Slippers in Men's,
Women's, Misses and Child-
ren's at. greatly reduced
prices.
Alio Clearhig
dale Prics
In Men's and Boys' heavy
Kant Krack and Gum
RUBBERS.
There's a 14) st time to
buy and that Time is Right
Now. Don't delay ! Come
at once !
W1 Ji
GREE9
Where quality counts we win.
C. N. Griffin
GENERAL AGENT
b'II E
LIFE
ACCIDEN T
PLATE GLASS
'WEATHER
Coupled with a REAL ESTATE and
MONEY LOANING Business. e+�
Issuer of marriago Licenses,
Office over Malcolm's Grocery.
Walter Gillespie
nonville in Heidir
his wife, aged 22,
ed with causing a
little girl, the sis
The child is said
with the greatest
ed with bruises fr
dignation in the c
ed a high pitch.
, a farmer near Ver -
and township, with
were arrested charg-
tual bodily harm to a
er of Mrs. Gillespie.
o have been treated
ruelty, and is cover -
head to foot. In-
nmunity has reach-
0
Stands for all that is .modern in
Business Training. A ,Chain of
Seven Colleges
in leading actin towns
t?
and cities. c tie . Tw
o thousand stu-
dents in our Colleges and Home
Study last year. We train from
ten to twenty students for every
one trained by most schools.
There's a reason. It is freely
admitted that our graduates get
best positions, and the demand
for them is "seven" time:; the
supply. Exclusive right for On-
tario of the famous Bliss Pook•
keeping System. You may et nay
at home, or partly at home and
finish at the College. Abusina'ss
Education pays a dividend every
day of your life.
Wirt ;r Ti rn from J gin. 6,
Call or write for partieulars. I
SPOTTON
BUSINESS COLLEGE
Cher`a. a1.
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