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SEAFORTHI ,FRIDAY, MAY 111 1917
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of taste and dis-
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woman 18 011]
ties at
I up to $30,00
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is offered and you
atterns at
rie grace and Style
r clothes, ark es -r
ry garment in
Oh, you say, it is impossible
to sell a decent *ort of suit at
$16.50!
Well, then, just come in and
eeamine them for yourself;
your own eyes and seines
cannot deceive you.
Ah, you think, there is a
nigger in the woodpile some-
where. They may look all
right, but they won't wear.
Won't they? Well, with every
UIT
SOLD
AT
goes a positive guarantee of satisfac-
tion or money returned.
No strings—no nigger in the wood-
pile—Just a revolutie:i of the clothing
business that puts $10 back into your
Pocket.
Sold by •
1 Other Suits. ..........,...$8.00, $10,00 to $12.00
Pinch BackSuits,for younger men $13, $15.to $18
Pinch Back Spring Coats, fancy tweed.. $14 to 520
HATS OF QUALITY
_very mansbould be particular ?about his Hat. A
ell selected Hat means more to man's appearance
han most people im isfine—Selecting a llat is an easy
undertaking when you
come to our s;ore, where
we show—i. he Largest
Hai Stock in several
counties.
—Men's Hats of every style
made. 1.50 to 5,00
Young men's Hats, nov-
el styies. 1.00 to 4, so
Small boys' Hats for 3
to to yrs. ot age
25c, r OC to 75c
Caps for all men
50c, I.00, x.50
25c to 75c
Boys
Coats and Suits
for Women
0 A price. less less than it cost to
make.
(Z)' We are determined to make a
complete clearance of every gar-
ment—to any one needing a
Suit or Coat—
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and
Now is the Time
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EAFORTH
1• FROM CHARLit SILLS deserves one.
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The following letter is from Gunner To see the calm way our brave
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fellowe walked across, was truly- in- , Charles P. Sint, B.A., Sc., son Of Mr.
i.jpiring, no finer sight than the steade
and Mrs. George ,Sills, of Seaforth,
mess displayed by the infantry could
who enlisted as a gunner in the 48rd
Howitzer Battery, C.F • A
possibly be produced. For recollect the
.
men do not run, they advance at a
Somewhere- in F tame elow- walk so that if need be they will
April 16th, 1e17 have the stamina ieft for short rushes
Dear Father,—I am writing you this and the bayonet exereses which nat-
letter be the hope that it may be per- wally follow. In our division in the
raitted to pass- the censor and if so you actual advance, very few men were
have my permission to publish same, seen to fall but in holding the line and
for I feel that the people at home can- digging, in, our heaviest losses occurr-
not know too Much about the manner ed. This last operation was accom-
in which our Canadian boys added fresh plished in three hours after the crest
glory and established a name for was won and Geterien counter-attacke
themselves which shall never be efface were of no avail. During the attack
ed. As you know, I have been doing on Thelers the first fruits of victory
observing work for the battery and appeared. Thirty prisoners escorted
since our out post commanded a view by one lone private, who could not
of the whole objective of the attack keep up with them; so fast did they
not only Canadian, but British as well, niev e towards the rear; these were the
you can imagine how favored il was
by fortune, in having the Whole living
pieture before my eyes on this event-
ful Easier Monday. And so I shall
label this atternpt as "How Canada
Opened the Show."
All winter, we had heard rumors of
how the' Canadians were to be gitien
the toughest nut on the Western frent
for attack, when the great drive open-
ed. All through the winter we. could
view the vast acciimulation of shells
of an calibres and at every opportun-
ity, our men could be seen pracilsing
the attack on the celebrated Vitt -LW
Ridge. And well they did their exer- times but all praising the guns for,
eises as later events proved. During their magnificent work, as one boy
the winter, also, I had been observing put i, t"we advanced behind a solid
on the front to the south of our bat- wall Of steel
tie position, so that when the attack The German shelling was absolutely
commenced, I had •no difficulty in de- powerless to stop our progress exeept
termining how our men were getting on the extreme left. One cannot ex -
along, from Vilely to Arras, And guns, plain his fire, exeept that our heavies
L.' after row, horse artillery in front, Put his lines of comunication right
to the great fifteen inch howitzers, out of business, and as I said, it Waft
with their fourteen hundred pound 0 ly
ne after the bore started to dig in
projectile, 'far in the rear. The two i that the shells and the snipers took
weeks preceding the final attack, were their toll, Away to the right and in
occuisied in frquent raiding of Frites
Imes and in pounding his trenches
and strong points. Only a certain
percentage of- our guns would open
at one time, but how they pounded and
'pulverized the German works, cannot
be described one has to sea the effect to
apPreciate the great work of our artil-
lery. The enemy thought, evidently,
that Easter Supday was the appointed
time; for watching his lines at night,
one could see how `‘jumpyztehe was,
in the frequent barrages, putt on our
supports and the great display of
signalling rockets of many colors. It
was a sight indeed to see these go up
and note how quickly the shells came
over from the watchful gunners:
Surely, for our commanders, as tlae
appobated. hour drew nigh, there must
initial instahnent, and also at this time
appeared the saddest fruits of victory,
in the single, then double, sometimes
three, each helping the other, our poor
wounded fellows. This sight could
not be viewed' without a choking sen-
sation in one's throat, for looking at
their faces, pain was written plainly
thereon, yet there was written a grim
determination to emile. And the
proud carriage of the boys wounded
and all as they were, contrasted
strangely with the downcast hurried
pace of the prisoners as they went
by. Those slightly wounded even stop-
ped to tell us about it, laughing at
front of Arras I could see even worse
"barages" than our own, put on by
the British guns and as they kept
lifting further east, I felt assured that
e great 'victory was ours indeed. Later
in the day cavalry was observed, skirt-
ing a wooden knoll and then we knew
Germany had sustained a heavy brow.
The news of our gains will now be
known and while we mettrn many of
ow best and bravest, yethhose of us,
that remain cannot help but feel proud
in the new effort put forth by the Can-
adians, towards the final overcoming.
of the world tyrant.
Many other pictures of the great
day comes up before one, but I can
have space for only a few. The work
of our planes, hampered by the wind;,
allow laden, a =was' all that
have been anxious moments; eur could be desired The airmen, carry -
planes, while suffering heavily, orave-
ing back work of the batteries firing
that our counter batteries might shut
them up, then again the infantry sig-
nallers deserve all praise, for there
they were in the open, wig -wagging
away as if at practise, shells seemed
to hold no terrors for these boys. One
incident in which these signallers fig-
ured shows how some mistakes en-
dangers the boys. Some of the sig-
nallers after the advance, appropriat
ed a German dugout and set up in
busines therein, but neglected to hang
out a sign. The "mopping up party"
coming along slammed down a coupre
of Mills bombs to make sure of things,
then up through the entrance came ea
sound of a voice: "What the h— are
you pulling off," the bombers recog-
nizing the language,investigated,when
the smoke had cleared away, the dug-
out bore the signallers sign in large
black letters. Another incident of note
was that during the attack our own
battery had to stop firing on an enemy
position to allow infantry to take the
guns. Of course we were willing to
swing into another target to please
them.I
An so we now hold Vimy Ridge and
far beyond it,against all comers. Parts
of it were hard to take and many
-brave boys took the long journey
"west." but in the taking of it we have
accomplished something the Freneh
could not, neither the British troops
in former attacks, therefore the boys
in the line deserve the best praise we
can give them and also -ae they are
willing to hand part of th glory to
ourselves, we take a portion of it.
ly gathered information every day,
our pioneers puehed plank roads right
up to the front lines, our dressing eta -
flints were established and so by Eas-
ter Sunday everything was complete
for the final act.
Our observers, slept little that night
and as the morning gray appeared
over the ridge, in front, we felt gloomy
as the weather which had changed and
a slight drizzle of ram was falling.
Promptly at 5.30 a.m. a great gun
spoke towards Mount St. Eloi, far to
(the left an eighteen pounder opened
and then for hours, one could hardly
hear anything for the rade and roar
of the guns which had waited so long.
Never before had there been such gun-
fire, not that it was so rapid but it
seemed to me eo deliberate and deadly.
Occasionally one gun would quicken
its output, but then, one imagined, a
master musician , walked down and
quieted the offender until it had again
joined the even note of the iron chor-
us. The mist obscured the Ridge in
front,so that when objects becanie vis-
ible the first thing I noted were the
figures of our men in La Rohe Wood,
working around like so many ret hunt-
ers after their prey. This waSton the
left of our division where the dietande
to the obiective was the shortestisfur-
ther to the left, the division of Can-
adians o;1 that sector seemed to be
having a hard time of it to judge from
the shelling. However I noted the last
mave going up to La Falie Wood, and
that here at least our boys were vic-
tors. As I gazed through the mist,
to the right of La Folie farm, it seem-
ed to me as if the top of the Ridge
was moving. Closer inspection, and I
saw for the first time our great tanks
in action. This particular one was
calmly resting on top ef an obnoxious
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Our ONV11 division were easy victors,
the reserves were not used, but wait-
ed impatiently behind the outposts
while their compaines forged ahead in
plain view of And will it help
towards peace; one would think so to
machine gun emplacement, at which judge from the morale displayed by
we had been shooting some days before. the prisoners. One officer remarked.
Then I could distinguish three more "there is a limit to this fatherland
clearing the way for hthe infantry, stuff" and another man stated that
which were massing for attack, in the owing to the a-wfulness of our fire
valley to the right of Nieville StVaast many men in his platoon had shot
By this time the Folie Woods had 'themselves. A few blows like the
been entered and the attack on the vil- Easter Monday victory and we will be
lage of 'Meters commenced. This place receiving your - congratulations at
lies on the western slope of Vimy home, a time we are all looking- for -
Ridge, the village itself straggling up I ward to withhopefulnes and anticipa-
the slope to very nearly the crest, tion. With love to all at home, I re -
and on its left a small- wood called • main;
Thelers Wood. Over the crest behind Your loving son,
Thelers lies Farkus and that peat of
German Artillery, Farkuk Wood. To 1
the right stretches Vimy Ridge, prime,- DEATH OF ANDREW ARCHIBALD
ically bare, the chalk +7,ommunication i The folevring letter was received by
trenches iof the enen y showing. upi Mr. Andrew Archibald, Tuckersmith,
plainly. We held the western slope of • from the lieutenant in the 14th Ma-
e -broad valley lying in front of the chine Gun Company, concerning their
Ridge, but of course, Fritz had the son, Andrew. Pte. Archibald was
high ground.*(Censore(l) our guns, transfered to the Machine Gun Com -
meanwhile, putting up a terriffie bar- pany from the 18th Battalion, with
rage, in front of them and as I watch- which he served in France for over a
ed, fascinated, it seemed no time until year.
the bravest boys in the world had
France, April 13, 1917.
`reached the crest behind Thelers Wood
e
*(Censored) after a hard passage
Dear Mr. Archibald,—May I x -
could be seen coining up on the right press my sincere sympathy at the loss
of your son, -Pte. • A. W. Archibakl,
of the village and soon they also had
who met a soldier% death out here
gained the crest. Then the two ad -
on the 4th of this month. As his sec-
vanced towerds each other and joined
tion o is cer I can assure you that and
up be,hind the village. The German
an the men with whom he was associ-
shells tore cruel holes in that line of
men
ated here, feel deeply the loss a so on the horizon, yet they never
good a. comrade. Your son was only
faltered, but closed up and completed
with me a short time, ,a little over two
the glorious advance. I noted one offi-
cer, ui particular, who seemed to he months, but we .all learned to respect
always fifty Yards in front of his hemen and achnillthini for his strict attention
and cue amid see him wevisig tm to duty and the quiit chearAdness
ion in the face of * bean fira. if dee- with blcb be performed 04111
91:adults ateh11dout talu- -Meer 1310_St unpleasant tads. It is a COB -
CHAS.
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e Andrew's age and ability should be
dii, killed, as he was, still under the -dr-
1-Tei - r V cannot but think that such an end fi; id cumstances that English people and
• their Allies find thethaelves to -day, I
such a life is ' worth more for time ,
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torel I A. 11/4-1
o The Information Bureau of
of the Seaforth Food Produc-
tion Association will receive w
applications from farmers re-
quiring help during seeding A
and harvest and also applica-
• tions from those seeking eni-
c.
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ploy -lima whereby the erapley-
er and the employee may be et
to placed in direct communication
with eaeh other. Applications
may be made by phone mail
.4$or personally to the folfowing
members of the committee:
Rev, J. Argo, Presbyterian
Church, Egmondville; Rev. T. 0
H.Brown, St. Thomas' Church,
Seaforth; Rev. P. Corcoran, y
St. James Church, Seaforth;
Rev. D . Carswell, Presbyterian
Church, lifeICillop; Rev. F. H.
Larkin, Presbyterian Church,
Seaforth; Rev. G. McKinley,
Methodist Church, Seaforth;K. •
M. McLean, Expositor Office,
• Seaforth; j.H. Snowden, News •
Office, Seam -the or the Chair-
man F G. Neelin, Collector
of Customs, Seaforth.
Seaforth Fcod Pro-
duction Association.
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and etereity than to'stay at home and
do nothing for the cause we aye fight-
ing for. That I know is little consol-
ation but after eight months in Eng-
land, talking practically every day to
officers and men who have been there,
who have seen it from August 10th,
1914, until to -day I think I realize
that feet a great deal more than any-
one who hasn't been over here can
possibly do. For you and the others
who want to see me back again, I am
not anxious to go out there, but when
the powers that be, see fit to send me
I will go with the resolve to put every
little thing that I have learned, in
musketry, at the 0.T. C. and at this
scouting and sniping school, into prac-
tice to do my part to end the war; an
3. hope it may be my fate, (for all sol-
diers are more or less fatalists) to
come through alive. If not, I shall
still have done what is the only thing
to ec in kronor under the present cir-
cumstances. While I think of it now,
don't let it cause you any extra enx-
iety, for I shall probably be in Eng-
land for some time yet. I got your
letter of March 19.th, to -day, the first
Canadian mail for over twe weeks.
Since it answered mine of the 5th. the
mails from here to Canada, must be
better now than the other way. We are
having fine spring weather here and
the course I ain taking is a very in-
teresting and instructive one. On Sat-
urday they take us up to London to
seen an exhibitiori in Kensington Mus-
eum to demonstrate natural disguises,
ete, While up there I intended to have
sedation to know that he did not suf- my photo taken at a good place and
fer at all as he was killed instantly. will send pome home as soon as I get
A shell dropped close by and two them. I can't think of anything mere
small pieces struck him,either of which
would have proved fatal. I was not
with him, at the time but two other
men of the section were and they got
him to a dressing station at once. This
was about two o'clock in the morning.
We carried him back behind the lines
end he was buried by Major Moffat,
senior chaplain of the — Division,
in a cemetery near a small town. The
Director of Graves, Registration and
Enquiries, Winchester House, St,
James Square, London 8. W., can give
you information regarding the location
of his grave. Owing to censorship
regulations, I- cannot, I regret to say,
give you the name of the town, where
he is buried, so long as we remain in
this locality, but I will do so as soon as
we are moved, provided that you have
not already received this information.
His watch and a few other things
which we took off him, I am sending
to you by mail. I regret that I have
been unable to write before, but these
last few days have been very busy
one for us and this is the first, oppor-
tunity I have had. If I can give you
any further information or be of ser-
vice to you in any way, I shall be
pleased if you will write me, I am
Yours sincerely,
Yieut. L. W. White
FROM LIEUT. S. W. ARCHIBALD
The following letter was received by
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Archibald, of
Tuckersmith, from their son, Lieut.
. W. Archibald
Mytchett Camp, April 23, 1'117
Dear Father and Mother,—I got
that awful cablegram on Friday and
was going to write Friday night, but
simply couldn't do it. Even now, try
how I may, I don't think I shall be
able to say anything which will make
you feel less badly or cheer you, and
that is what I ought to do, and want
to do. In the first place I am very
glad you sent that cable becauseecom-
ing from home it didn't seem sdebad
as seeing a caeualty list with his name
in it. It seems strange, but on that
day,. April 4, the battalion was on a
long route niarcb and being in train-
ing for the Aldershot Command Race
which we ran on the 6th, we, the
team, were off .duty and having prac-
tically nothing to do, I answered his
cheery letter of March 29,which I
suppose will be returned to me. Prob-
ably you will get his personal be-
longings sent home but in order that
I might get full particulars, , I am
writing to -night to the officer com-
manding the Machine Gun Company.
Although it is terrible that a man of
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ante.
P neess
NOW SHOWING
Lillian,. Walker
The girl you have been asking
for, in one of her happiest im-
personations, under the ex-
pressive title of
"The Kid "
There'll be no disa,ppointments
Wed.
Mon. Tues.
RICHARD BUHLER
"A MAN'S MAKING"
An adventurous tale leading through
college, out to sea, then back to the
heart of America's financial world.
This production has been highly re-
commended to us by other showmen.
Also showing another cowboy story
from "The Girl from Frisco" series,
Thursday Friday • Saturday
Anita Stewart and Earl Williams
in "MY LADY'S SLITTER"
to write to -night. Tell Arthur to
keep smiling until he is up and a-
round again and an write to
WALLACE.
THE SEAFORTH FOOD PRODUC-
TION ASSOCIATION.
A joint meeting of the members of
the Town Gouncil, the Agricultural
and Horticultural Societies the Board
of Trade and citizens, held in the
Council Chamber on Thursday evening
last, was merged into a meeting of the
National Resources Association of On-
tario, and resulted in the formation
of a local society designated "The Sea -
forth Food Production Association,"
with executive committees appointed
for the carrying forward of the detailed
work.
Mr. W.H. Shapley, of Toronto, WILEI
present, as representative of the Na.
tional Resources Organization of On-
tario, and stated in most impressive,
fervid and patriotic terms the absolute
necessity of increased production of
food supplies throughout the Dominion
showing conclusively through statisti-
cal information that Canada and all
other countries were rapidly appreach-
ing a state of world -hunger. Famine
already exits in Belgium, Serbia, Po-
land. and Balgaria. The shortage of
the wheat crop in the Argentine Re-
public of the present year nas neces-
sitated the government of that coun-
try placing an embargo on the ex-
portation of wheat, and this fact taken
in conjunction with the estimated
shortage in the North American crop
of the coming season and the terrible
submarine menace, accentuates the
difficulties of supplying our allies and
iheir armies now lighting for our
homes and liberty,and that civilize -
Con may eot perish from the earth
forever, The duty of those not fitted
"You'll hear more about this later.
Remeniber our Big City Policy
Selected Successfs. Not a Program.
ed production of a bumper food crop,
raised in "the garden of Canada." the
magnitude of which will astonish our.
The meeting closed with the singe
of the National Anthem.
FROM SHORNCLIFFE
Shorncliffe, April 15. 1017
Mre. John McLean, Kipper, Ont.
Dear hiother,—I received your let-
ter and alto a box when E came back
from leave. I have juet been on 11
day rass to Scotland and cf course,
had an excellent time. I left last
Tuesday for London, stayed all day in
London and left for Edinburgh on
Wednesday night at 10.30 p .m. When
I was in London I went through all
the towers and palaece. Houses of Par-
liament and many other places of in-
terest. We got into Edinburgh about
8 a.m. next morning and had break-
fast and tale about the porridge. Well
the Scoteh certainly can make por-
ridge. They can make the oatmeal
worth eating. In Edinburgh the peo-
ple certainly use you fine. It seems
that they ,cannot do enough for one.
They are much different from the Eng-
lish. We stayed in Edinburgh until
Satyr, eti morning and we went over
to Glasgow. Here we spent most cf
the day looking at the Clyde docks
and the remainder of the day going
through the art galleries. They cer-
tainly have some fine art in Scotland.
We liked Edinburgh very much better
than either London or Glasgow, it
seems to be so much cleaner than the
other towns. and the people are so
jolly. I intended going over to see
our relation in Glasgow but I had
such a short time that I didn't get
time but expect to go back any time
again. I have tried twice to get to
France but the colonel will not let me
go. so I am going to have as good a
time as I can. We left Edinburgh at
10 p.m. Sunday night for London mid
got to London about 8 a.m. We had
breakfast and then went out to St.
Pauls' Cathedral. They were holding
service there. It was Easter Monday
and the place can hold at least 10,000
people, and the time of Nurse Cavell's
funeral they held service there and
they said that there was at last f2,000
people there. By the look of the paper
the war will be over pretty soon. The
Canadians seeni to be doing quite a
part in the war and the people over
here always like to see it. While in '
London an old chap about fifty years
eame up to Teddy Creighton, my
chum, and myself and gave up a great
speel about the Canadians and of
course when he was through he asked
for enough to get his breakfast, so we
give him a shilling a piece to get rid
of him. I had a letter from Earl not
14Ing ago and he says that the 248th
Battalion that is being recruited in
Owen Sound is making rather slow
progress. The 147th Boys are now in
the firing line and we just got word to-
day that one was killed and two oth-
ers wounded. 1 guess the poor chaps
have been right in the thickest of the
big battle on Easter Monday. How -
are all the people at home? I guess
the maple syrup by this time is welt
over and that the seeding will be the
big thing of the day. A. lot GI the Can-
adians, who have been wounded ri
are now no more good for the frontare
working on farms and showing the
English 'how to do the work up right.
Here the people are so busy that they
plow all night,using large seareblighte
to see the way. .fmndon is now all
lighted up again. The council a Lon-
don looked up the number a people
killed by Zeppelins and the number
kilted by motor busses and cars, and
they found that the number killed by
to fight in the trenches is apparent ears much exceeded those killed by
and must be embraced through in- the Zeppelins.
creased food production. Well, I had better close for the pre -
The following officers and commit- sent. Only one thing: Was that parcel
tees were appointed: from the church? If it was I will
President, W. Hartry; Secretary, J. have to write and thank the people for
Ranldn. It. We certainly appreciate anything
Committees—Canvassing for Work- like that now that the food in this
ers (men and women) to cultivate va- country is at a premium. To -day is
cant land—East Ward—john Turner; Sunday and the day has been fairly
North Ward, Jas. Hays; Soutb. Ward, nice'but the last. part of the week
W. Morrison. This committee will as- has been rotten, if it wasn't snowing,
sign and proportion equitably the (lift it was raining.
ferent vacant plots of land to appli- Yours truly,
cant workers.
Seaming and Allocating Land—W.
Hartry and associates, The committee
is empowered to secure from the own-
ers of vacant lots the privilege of cul-
tivating, through free use or rental,
the vacant lands for the purpose a
increased food production.
Procuration of Adoptable Seed—G.
Ceram R. F. Jones, and W. E. Ker-
slake.
• Preparation of Land, Plowing, Eta
—J. H. Reid, the Mayor and members
of the Town Council.
Mr. Shapley suggested the incor-
poration of the method inaugurated
in other towns in assisting workers,
not prepared for an extensive outlay
of money by donating the plowing of
the allocated properties through mun-
icipal aid.
Finance --Mayor Stewart, R. M.
Jones, and J. G. Mullen.
Information and Fonployment Bur-
eau—F. G. Neelin, Rev. J. Argo, Rev.
T. IL Brown, Rev. P. Corcoran, Rev.
F. H. Larkin, and Rev. George Mc-
Kinley, K. M. McLean, and T. H.
Snowden. The duties assigned to this
committee are the immediate- work of
an active propaganda campaign a-
mongst farmers and others interested
in the vital question of increased food
production through supplying labor
to assist farmers in putting in and
taking off the present crop and also
to stimulate production through in-
creased crop acreage for next season.
A hearty vote of thanks was tender-
ed Mr. Shapley for gratuitously do-
nating his eminent services to the
praiseworthy object of encouraging in-
creased production, whereby victory
s assured for the Allied armies now
fighting in the cauee of justice and
rigbteousneu.
The various committees were aaaur-
ed of active support of the citiz-
ens of the town and it is -a, wen-4mm-
ed fact that when Seiforth places its
hand to the plow there will be to tura.
fug backward and through the llama -
The PRINCESS
•
SERGT. McLEAN
--Not a few farmers in Grey town-
ship, are drilling barley in their fall
wheat crop on account of the poor
appearmwe of the latter and will look
for a good crop of mixed feed as a re-
sult.
—The Women's Patriotic Society,
of Winghain, has just cloeed a very
successful half year's work. During
flie six months they raiecrl dreni vane
cus sources *2,341.10. This money
has been expended in eoinforto for the
eoldiers. They have forwarded 1210
pairs of soZks, 401 flannel shirts, .163
suits of pyjamas, 167 pillows, besides
pillow eases, quilts, ete. Grants a
money were also made to the British
Red Cross Society, the Canadian Red
Cross and the Belgian Relief Fund.
—A quiet wedding took place en
Monday afternoon at the home of the
bride, in Clinton, when Mrs. Eliza
J. McCartney vies muted in marriage •
with Mr. James Thornton, of Guelph.
The bride were a becoming gown of
cream lace with trimmings of lace
and satin and carried a bouquet a
cream roses. The couple were unat-
tended and the cerenaony was perform-
ed by Rev. J. A. Agnew, pastor of
Outer° Street Methodist church. Only
the immediate friends were present
for the ceremony. Mr. and M.
Thornton win reside in Guelph.
—Col. Rance of Clinton, received a'
letter the other day from a former
member of the 33rd battalion who is
now -with the Italians at the front.
Unfortunately the geniel military alalt
has no knowledge of Itali4n so the
letter, which has been pretty' boa -My
censored, 174"- wiser a*
to how the Mee of Sunny Italy, ere
faring. The soldier, whom the Col-
onel remembered very well, RIM a tins
speFimen a manhood, but Otte
traming, with the 33rd for a
his own goveniment clainit4 hini, an
he haa boon fighting with tha army
his homeland.