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SEAFORTH, Friday, Aug. 17, 1917
• THE WAR SITUATION
Peace nroposals Made by Pope
Benedict have been delivered to all
the belligerent Governments and the
announcement of he proposals has
mime as a complete surprise to the
people Of Great Britain and het Al-
lies, although perhans in a lesser de-
gree to their reepeetivw Governments.
The Pope's peace aTmeal proposes:
That there be no annexations and
no indentnities, except in special cases
such as Bele= and Serbia,.
The retire. to Germany' of her col-
onies .in exchange for the occupied
departments in France.
• Freedom of the seas.
Disarmament and the `formation of
a supreme court Of arbitration for the
aettleanent of future international dis-
putes.
• These so called 'peace terms have
ratherstoo much of a. German flavor as
they ` embody what has been well
known for some time as the terms
Germany and her elites would have
been. glad to offer and greatly reliev-
ed if they would aecept,ed, being
practically the restonttion of -condi-
tions as they were before the war.
The proposals, however, have met a
very cold reception among practically
all dames of the allies because they
realize fully -that tany /mace that
. would release Germane teett the pen-
alty of her -unspeakable- crimes is ut-
tirely impossible. They realize fur-
ther that the handing over to Ger-
many again of the golonies she for-
merly controlled unless by the ex-
pressed desire of their inhebitants:
would be a crime, because if. thete is
• anything that could be worse than
Germany'a record in Europe it is her
record in the colonies.
On the western front there has been
some severe fighting on various local
fronts,. but no general advance and
there has been some rather severe
criticism at home, because the British
advance a few weeks ago, while it
reached their objectives was not far
enough and has not been follotred up,
and the fear is expressed that the
summer weather is being wasted. It
must be remembered however, that in
securing and consolidating these ob-
jectives, although at some cases the
advance could almoet be measured in
yards, they have secured what are
the doirdnating positions en the high-
est ground. From these positions for
two years the Germans have been
looking down on the British and her
Allies. Not a reserve battalion could
be brought up for the relief of the
soldiers in the front line, not a sup-
ply could be forwarded, not even an
ambulance train could be used, with-
out coming under the observation of
the Germans, and subjecting our arm-
ies to grave peril. /tow the British
occupy the heights, , It is they who
are looking down and who. are doing
the, observing, and it is the Germans
who are subjected to a pitiless rain of
fire when a move is made. We, of
course, perhaps do not realize what
this advantage entails but the Ger-
mans do, as has b,een shown by the
wanton, waste of life they have made
in repeated efforts to capture these
position from which they were driven
in Sir Douglas alaig's last drive.
From the eastern front there is
very little news and not all of it en-
couraging. The Russians are fighting I
again, but their disastrous failure of
a few weeks ago has put tremenduous
obstacles in their path which will take
months to overcome.
It is unofficially stated that there
are new aver 100,000 American troops
in France and that another large de-
tachment is on. the eve of departure
from the States. What disposition
will be made of American troops how-
ever, can only be surmised. Recent
reports from that country etate that
• there is a movement on foot to have 1
a large body of their troops despatch-
ed to the Russian front; because it is
claimed the Allies have alreaay more
men on the Western front than they
can use and it is the eastetn. front
that needs the help. The lack of the
eastern front, however, is not men,
it is the will to fight.
FROM THE DOMINION CAPITAL
If the people could vote on straight
issues elections would be a simple
matter. It's the herrings drawn a-
cross the trail that cause the trouble.
The straight issues in the ap-
proaching general election are the re-
cord of the Borden Goverment in
conducting' the Canadian end of the
war as a business enterprise for
their Tory friends, the arnly scan-
dals, the Allison fuse contracts, the
alliance lei* food profiteers like Sir
Joseph Flavelle, the breakdown of re-
cruiting caused by the Goverment's
indifference and many other gins of
omissions and commissions still fresh
in. the pubila ,
The beatings drawn,. acrossthe
trag,. are eeinfeeription and imionegev-
eminent. • Union government was
suggested by Sir Robert Boaden to
Sir 'Wilfrid Laurier after Sir 'Robert
Borden bad decided 'on the future
policy of the Union 'GoVernment. Al-
though it would have looked much
'better to invite Sir Wilfrid Leerier
into a union government at the lea
ginning of the war, still it is fleytii
to late to mend and the Old Chief
might have Reeked with favor on Sir
Robert's proposals if a promise had
gone with them that the union gov-
ernment woud .adopt no policy until
Sir Wilfrid had joinedaits counsels.
But that was not Sir R,oltert's plan.
Make the policy first and ask Sir
Wilfrid to join afterwards -that was
the scheme. Sir Wilfrid naturally
refused to yield to blandishments
which would have killed him in Que-
bec, swamped the Liberal party,- and
invoylved him in a policy in which he
had no say.
• The Borden agittermetent is still
strong for Union Government. It is
still dangling portfolios before Lib -
era's in and out of the House
of. Commons, but is having great
difficulty temptingany men of mark
to risk thir careers with a party that
will have to run so many chances at
the next election. 1The idea of the
Borden Government at present is to
wash all its guilty stains away and
secure condonement of past sins by
pulling in enough Liberals tei make
a cake of soap for the immunity
bath.
It's no longer a fifty fifty propoei-
tion that the Borden Government has
in mind. It's a cabinet three-quar-
ters Conservative and gm -quarter
Liberal -or let hs say ohe quarter
rats ,because if they join a Borden.
Cabinet the poor fellows will no long-
er fuive a future with the Liberal
party. ,
Many Conservatives are opposed to
a Union Government and for two,
good and sufficient retisons. One is
that they doubt the sincerity of the
alleged Liberals who are behind the
movement -men like 3. E. Atkinson
of the Toronto Star and Sir Clifford
Sifton. And the other is that they.
are eonvineed that union government
is a foolish. and •dilatory procedure
because whatever way • the election
goes Sir Wilfrid Laurier will come
back with a personal following of ov-
er one hundred ntembers and with
that support at his back could dictate.
terms to any union government that
Sir Robert Borden or Sir Clifford Sif-
ton,or Mr. Joseph Atkinson or any-
body else could get together. In
shert a ` union government could not
live one week after Parlament had
assembed save by grace and favor of
Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Union government and conscription
are the herrings, as I said before
which designing men on both sides o
politics use to divert- attention from
the real issues. .Conscription is bet-
ter known as win -the -war. There
are some honest English-consciip
tionist Liberals in and out of the
House of Commons -twenty-six of
them you will renieinber voted a
gainst .Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the
question -but the win -the -war crowd
l
in Toronto is under suspicion of seek
ing other objects than winning the
war. What they want to win is a
toe -hold in federal politics. I name
no names butItiook straight at him.
Of course everybody wants to win the
war bit some of us differ as to ways
and means. What we don't want to
win is a lot of Pharisees who couldn't
get into public life any other way.
The win -the -war group has been so
busy between Toronto and Ottawa -
coming up by one train and going
back on the next -bobbing up at early
Morn in Ottawa and disappearing at
dewy eve somewhere in Torento -
that the other day Parliament pass-
ed an Act for the protection of mi-
gratory birds which was intended to
give these stealthy travellers a
chance. One end of the win -the -war
government in Ontario is in the
bands of John Godfrey, who is prob-
ably sincere. The other end of it is the
hands, of Mr. J. E. Atkinson of t
Toronto Star who is probably not.
Both ends of the movement are under
control of. Sir Clifford Sifton who also
has his finger on the Western move-
ment. All the movements jump when
Sir Cifford sneezes.
Mr. J. E. Atkinson has organized
a little rebellion among Ontario edithrs
who take the boiler plate serviee of
the Toronto Star and they have issu-
ed a manifesto to the effect that they
all in favor of a union government
with Sir Wilfrid Laurier out of it af-
ter he has won the election for them
by carrying Quebec. The ;manifest()
does not say this in so many, words
but that's what it means when you
read between the liries. These brave
fellows are aware that they can't
win an election ifdthey get very far
frem the Old Man. So they won't
dump hira-at least out loud or just
now.
Mr. Atkinson has found it good for
the eirculation of, his newspaper .to
pose as Liberal in theory and. Tory in
practice, the editorial page always
being in a condition of stable equili-
brium. Last summer he was forced
to come out in the open. He took
the ground then that if Hartley Dew -
art was a Liberal then he wasn't. He
also took the ground that Liberals
who supported Hartley Dewart were
not Liberals at all, and that in fact
nobody was a Liberal who didn't wear
the Atkinson label. Whereupon, fly-
ing right in the face of Mr. Atkin-
son, the Liberals got ' out elected
Hartley Dewart member for South
West Toronto by a few thousand ma-
jority. It was at this stag t af the
game that Mr. Atkinson discovered
he was a Social Deraocrat. That's
what Mr. Atkinson is right now.
He believes in justice to the worker
and is worth two million' dollars. Mr.
Atkinson is in favor. of, winning the
war unionizing the gotternment 'anti
retiring Laurier.
Dr. Michael Clark of Red Deer is
under engagement by the Borden
Government to preach to -hell -with
Laurier in Ontario and the West'.
Dr. Clark has just been given the
bounce by his Liberal supporters in
Red Deeer who are nominating an-
other candidate, who will have a kind-
er feeling toward the Old Chief.
Red Michael is the trumpet and
Arthur Alfalfa Hawkes is the little
tin bugle of the movement in Ontario.
Arthur is a chartered crusader. Be
is always in fatior of any noble
MR ft
,
KILIPOSITOlt
thatildttethat !has men* dit it*. He.
dwells on the heights, „Slapping front
Peak to peak 'like Ike Moinitain goat.
Ho, regards himself as the member
gOr *Canada. . He comes from Eng-
land originally -a long time ago, but
net too long ago to use if for ad -
*tieing PurPeees-and hie bosom is
stuffed with messages to ets benight-
ed, Canadians. Up to 1911 Arthur:
Was a Libral. Then he turned on
hie friends and inflamed the British -
ben . as far" as he coeld' against
cheaper food from the United States
than we were getting from Sir Jos-
eph Flavelle and his friends.
A year or two later the Conserva-
tive party decided that Arthur was -
tit much good to them after the elec-
tion was over and let him. g�. For
a while after that he was Canada -
First, ran a bye -election on it, got
twenty-seven votes and gave it hp as
a bad job. More recently Arthur was
a Bonne Ententer-that is to say he
was in 'favor as long as the pay held
out, of a better understanding.with
Quebee. Now that be is a winethc-
wat man he is in favor of fighting
the Plains of Abraham all over again
to put Quebec in her place.
Such are some of the men and
some ot the motives behind -the move-
ment which takes win -tile -war and
„union government as disguise§ but
whose real object is to bedevil Sir
.Wilfrid Laurier and the 'Liberal par-
ty. The ah-ptotter, the Big Man
• Behind, beside whom M. J. E. At-
kinson is only a tin Machiavelli, is
Sir Clifford, Sifton. Sir Clifford's
presenca behind any movement is al-
ways a sign. that some bigtand selfish
intent -at is pullihg the strings. Sir
Clifford also has a personal motive.
He hates Sir Wilfrid Laurier up Lied
dowe and clear across. He has hate
ed hint for twelve years -ever Once
he had to get out of tam Cabinet to
dodge a salty story that the Opposi-
tion of the day had on him and was
about to spring. What ;Sir Clifford
did to his. old friends the Liberals in
1911- is still bitterly rerbered. Re-
canting all his free e principles
he fought cheaper foodto a finis,
and delivered this . country intb
the hands of the food monopolizers
and , cold storage pirates*: Sir •Clif-
fotd owns the Winnipeg' Free Press
which 'it. a strong Liberal newspaper
in the 'open season but very much
Sifton when an election is in sight..
The Western movement consists
largely of Sir Clifford Sifton, John
Defoe and the Winnipeg Free Press,
athough Premier Norris of tlanitoba
it said to be trembling slightly.
-Rumor has it that Sir Clifford Sir -
ton has made „three million dollars in
wheat and horses since the war be-
gan. Haying made that much out of
the war his now ready to win iti
He is also in favor Of a union gov-
rne merit. He issued a manifesto to
that effect the other day in which he
• said the Borden Government was no
I good. He said it for three lines and
; the rest of the document he took up
_ telling how much he hated Sir Wil-
frid Laurier. From what he said one
infers that "While a union govern-
_ ment with Sir iRobert Borden at its
head would be a had thing, a union
government with Sir Wilfrid Laurier
e would be much worse. Sir Clifford
does not indicate the man but if you
ask him he woild probably say he
was tall, fair, had cold blue eyes and
t. moustache and. was hard of heard
mg. In other Words does Sir Clifford
-considering, his past performances
-look like the eaviour of this, coun-
try? To good Liberals he surely
doesn't.
AUBURN
Drowning Accident. -A sad drown-
ing accident occurred on Saturday a-
bout two miles from here, when Mrs.
H. Govier, aged 31, and the littla ten
year old daugther of David ,Lockhart,
lost their lives. The girl was visit-
ing at the Govier home, and had gone
in bathing- and soon got beyond her
depth in a hole in the creek, which
runs through the Govier farm. When
Mrs. Govier saw the little girl drown -
mg, she bravely plunged in, but lost
her own life in the attempt. Mrs.
Govier, it is understood, had been
giving a child's birthday party, to
which little Miss Lockhart had been
invited.
• USBORNE
Thames Road Notes . --Mrs. Clifford
Elmslie and children, of Kitchener,
were visitors in this neighborhood, re-
cently .-Mr . A. C. Whitlock of
the Hydro Electric Power Cominission,
St. Thomas, is spendng his vacation
at his home here. -Mr. and Mrs. B.
Williams and son, Roland and Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Francis motor-,
ed to Castle on Sunday aial %elated
with Mr. and Mrs. Oran Francis .---
Rev. Dr. Turnbull, of Toronto, has
occupied the pulpit in the Preebyter-
ian church for the past two Sundays
His discourses have been much ap-
preciated by his hearers .-Rev.
Yel-
land, of Exeter, preached in. Bethany
on Sunday last. -Mr. "-J. T. Morgan
gave a report of the meeting of the
Presbyterian General Assembly held
in Montreal in the .Cavan Presbyter-
ian Church, Exeter, last Sanday fore-
noon -Mr. and Mrs. Simon Miller,
and son, Evelyn of Cromarty visited
in this vicinity on Surfday.-Mr. and
Mr David Armstrong entertained
tbeir neighbors last Monday evening
in honor of their guest, Mr. Anthony
O'Dair, a returned soldier. Mr. Oa
Dair is a fine musician. and singer and
delighted those present with his tal-
ent.
GREY
Notes .-Mr. and Mrs. John Petch
who have spent the past few months
with relatives and friends in Grey
and Morris townships, left for Ed-
moaton last Saturday. We were hop-
ing they would make up their mind
to stay here permanetly.-Gordon,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Whitfield,
who has been attending the Dominion
Railroading School, at Toronto, has
received an appointment as telegraph
operator at Longford Ont.' -Mrs. E
Pringle and Miss Gladys McQuarrie
have gprte on a holiday trip to visit
their sister, Mrs. L. Wright, at Car-
berry, Man., and will also go to the
b.oine of their brother, W. L., of Sas-
katoon. The ladies will spend a
while at the coast and return via
Deaver, Colorado, Mrs. Pringle's for-
mer home. They went via steamer
to Port McNichol. ,
Farin Sold. -The 100 acres located
on concession. 13, and known as the
=Mao Stunt° * his ,been sold
by mewl Alcocia, who purchased it
from -James -'130tzt, how'intthe watt,
to Joseph D: Make, of fittimiosPona, a
sea of the formertbroprietor and a
brother' of Mrs. Kelly, of ,Seaforth,
for the sum of $0000. The purchas-
er who has been away 27 years will
be welcomed back with his family to
the homestead- Be gets Possession
next Fall.
MUCH .
Notes. -The police trustees have
been building- sonienew stretches of
cement pavemenrWhieh will add- ta
the general apearance of our village-
-Mr. T. Ducharme of Detroit, was
here last week visiting his parents on
the Bronson line. ----Lieut. E. Holtz-
man left this week for England and
will shortly go oversews .-The Canad-
ian Bankers' Asseciation is offering
a special urge of $30 for the best ex-
hibit of caldes and pigs eichibited by
a boy or girl under seventeen years
of age, at the Zurich ,Fall Fair.
There has been quite a boon in real
estate in this sectin during the ,past
couple of weeks .-Mr.
has sold his fine farm ton, the 14th
concession of Hate consisting of 75
acres to Mr. Edward Stire, of Dash-
wood, for $aaia0 possessien. to be given
next November. 'Mr., Stet& was
obliged to sell owing to ill health, and
will move to Zurich• with his family
in the fall to residaihaving purchased
the house now oecuPied by Mr. Wen.
Thiel from Sol. Zimmerman,. Mr.
William Mulhollana has sold his fine
100 acre farm; being lot 24, concession
4, Hay, to Mr. Ervin Willett, who has
had it riantedlerthentaarthree years,
The purchase prine,is $6000, and pos-
session will be give/min April loft 1918:
EXETER
Fatal Accident. —Edward Hardy,
aged twenty-seven, Of London, a line-
man in the empley, of the Bell Tele-
Phane Company, wee instantly , killed
here shortly after Jour o'clock, Wed-
nesday afternoomewhen he tame in
contact with a live hydro -electric wire
while assisting in extending wiring
to a house for the installation of a
phone service in the home of W. S.
Cola Huron ttreet. A telephon.e,wire,
with a rope attached) was thrown ov-
er a hydro wire carrying 440 horse-
power, and hi. reaching for it when
it descended, Hardy, apparently un-
mindful of the fact that the hydro
-wire was 'charged, grasped the tele-
phone wire, itself ivith both hands.
The current produced in the tele-
phone wire caused instant death. The
lody was considerably blamed. The de-
ceased was well known London and
• is survived byans parents and sever-
al brothers and sisters.
The Tournament. - The annual
tournament of the Exeter Lawn Bowl-
on'Thuradar*ftaritoon, by Mies Prit-
chard of, ,underetjte Pro-
val -Committee.
lISOKARVY
Netts baiid -Wilson-of Lon-
don and Mrs. Rowe, with her three
children from -war .Hickson, are
the guests of Mr. and, Mrs. George
Wilson during- the week. -Mrs. Robe
ert Park of Winnipeg is visiting 'Mrs;
Donald Park and other friends. -Mrs
3. Wilson and Miss Mary Barr spent
the past week with the latter's fath-
er, Mr. Scott Barre -Mrs. John H.
Scott and two sons, of Toronto, have
been visiting 18 this vicinity recent-
ly. -Mr. and Mrs. O. Frances and
family motored from Cassel and
spent the week end with some of their
friends here. - Miss Mitchell of
Stratford is holidaying with Miss
Irene W'alker.-Mrs. Seott Barr has
returned from a week's visit with
her parents in Stratford .-On Sab-
bath next Rev. James Hamilton, • of
Goderich is expected to conduct the
services in the church here and the
follo-wing Sabbath Rev. Malcolm Mc-
Arthur of Kincardine will occupy the
pulpit. -Oats are ripening fast and
in a few days cutting will be in. full
swing.
• HELL
Notes. -Mr. Oliver Harris, war-
den, of Perth county, is very ill at his
home here with pneumonia brought
on from overheating and a chill, but
his doctor has hopes of his recovery.
-Street Commissioner Gatenby, of
town, has handed in his resignation
owing to some difficulty with one of
the town councillors. He same there
are to many bosses to suit trim and be
quit. -A very serious and painful
accident happened to Phillip Schade,
of the West Monkton Temperance
House. When he was taking a bottle.
of ginger ale out of .the ice box -it ex-
ploded ma a piece Of glass struck him
in the eye. He was taken to a doctor
as quiddy as Possible, but the doc-
tor, on making an examination, order-
edlain to Victoria Hospital, London,
where the injured member was remov-
ed and where he is at preeent.-Rev.
Mr. Norman, wife, and family, who
have spent the past year in town and
other places on furlough feom Japan,
started on their return journey home
this week. While in town they were
guests of Mrs. Norman's sister, Mrs.
• L. F. Goodwin. Rev. Mr. Norman
is a M-ethodist misitionary in a city
of 40,000 population. While visiting
his people and boyhood home at Brad-
•1 ford, Ont., he was presented with an
automobile which he will receive from
the agericy of the automobile 'in Japan
on his arrival there.- David Hodgson
received word on Monday from Malla-
t0Waning, stating that James Watson,
a former resident of Mitchell, but who
ing Club held on their magnificent I had been away frem here about 22
greens here on Wednesday, Thuniday, years had died. He was about 78
and Friday of last week, was like Years Of age -
its 'forerunners, a: huge success. In
HENSALL
fact, so polluter and well established 1 Briefs. -The ladies of the Patriotic
has it become that it is looked upon : Society intend putting on the drama
as one of the lea.dizig 'tournaments in' The New Minister,' on Friday ev-
the province "and Is year by year ,
e ! ening in_the town hall in the interests
&owing in SiZS and P°PularitY. Thete I or the good cause that appeals to all
were 46 rinks in competition and the
' in this time of stress and war. This
playing was keen' and of a high or- drama is being repeated by special
der and the weather, except for a , request and the attendance promises
couple of showers; on Wednesday a,f-
to be very e as i is a sp en
ternoon was ideatee,The premier ev-
ent, the It_ondon.
was won Am--; Asaittirea,s2 et . Macdonell and .deughter.
are to. Toronto ttus mem.
Mitchell rink fretne . ae 11.Petty and Miss Petty accompanied
dheo,intell!gsamllesensaalnldto,stiiren,saaftiteronadinefirolshtt iwurcre.eh, of this
village, rtored to
by Mrs. Dinsdale and Mrs. John
tr h Inalr front start to finish- -Mrs. C.
ever seen on a western green. The God rich this -week, to vial relatives
iss Mary Wood
week or so
Heaman trophy by Mr. • C. ' Snell with friends in Goderich.-Mrs. R.
while the - Scotch dotible event was lAnthron is in Detroit visiting. her
'carried off by J. Taman and. R. E.
son, William and sister, Mrs. Mc -
Bright, of Seaforth. Leod.-Mr. and Mrs. Francis Blatche
Notes .-Mrs . T.' J.Kestle has pur-
ford of Exeter, and formerly of this
---Meiss traig and M
South Huron trophy was wen by
spe e past
• Heaman, of London Thistles and the
chased Mr. J H 'Scott's iesidence
village, spent a day with relatives
on. Main Street .foe $2,009.
°Thai' . here this week. -Mr. Gauntlett of
growers are busy , harvesting their Detroit, spent the past week with
crop, which ism good one. Contracts his friends, Mr. Hugh McDonald and
were made for that year at six cents family .-Mrs. Thomas Sherritt, of
per pound. -Mr. Herry Sweet, of London, was here during the past
Windsor, is spending his holidays at
his home here. -Dr. McTaggart; of
Blyth, spent Sunday at his hom.e here.
- Mrs. (Rev.) Collins, of Windsor,
• was a visitor in town on Sunday: -
M. and Mrs. E. Box .of Toledo, Ohio,
visited Mr..and.Mris. Charlet Box in
Stephen this we'elt.-Misses Gladys
and Margaret Rogers, of Toronto, are,
visiting their gpandmother, Mrs. E.
Christie ,-Mr. E. Powell, Mrs. Har-
ry Fowell and Mrs. W. W. Taman
motored to Detroit in Monday, where
'they will spend, a few days. -Mr.
Hemel- laussell, of Wetaskawin, Alta.
is visiting his panits, Mr. and Mrs.
William Eve Carling
New York, and -Miss Winnie Carling
of Toronto, are visiting with relatives
in town. -Mr. James Hill, of town,
met with a painful accident in Steph-
en township on Wednesday of last
week. He was ;engaged in hewing a'
piece of timber for barn construstion
and the broad -axe which he was us-
ing, slipped and entered his leg above
the knee, inflicting a severe gash.
As a result he has since been off duty.
-Arto Delve met with a painful ac-
cident on Thursday morning last. lie
was cranking an auto which back -fir-
ed and as a result the crank went
back with such force as to break a
bone in his arm at the wrist. •
. ; BRUSSELS
• Notes. oha Hunter,
resident olf this se?
well-known.
on died on
Thursday r orning in his 90th year.
Several months ago he fell and broke
his hip. This was followed by gan-
grene in his foot, and last week the
limb was amputated at the knee. The
immediate cause of his' death was
a paralytic stroke. He had been a
resident of Morris township for a
great many years, moving to Bru' c-
ses about 15 years ageo. Two sons
are in the Methodist ministry and 3
daughters are at home. The funeral
took place to Brussels cemetery. -
Mrs. George McMillan and Miss An-
nie Ross, both of Brussels, were op-
erated on for appendicitis Thursday.
-Sylvester Fox, south of town, had
his right arm broken at the wrist
when his team rarraway.-Joseph D.
Blake of Minneapolis was here this
week and purchased the one hundred
acre farm on the 13th concession of•
Grey, from Thomas Alcock, the price
being $6000. This farm formerly be-
longed to Mr.Dralie's father, Patrick
Blake. The new proprietor moves
back to the old homestead in October
after an absence of 27 years .-A
demosimation in canning - fruit and
vegetables was given in the town ball
week renewing acquaintances. -Mrs.
J . W. Britton, of St. Thomas, spent
the week with. Mrs.J.Scatt and Miss
Sinclair. - Mrs. George Case and
Miss Mary Fee are in London visiting
• Mrs. W. J. Doherty, formerly of
this village. -Mr. Arthur Caldwell
has sold his fifty acres "farm on the
third concession. of Tuckersmith tiJ
Mr. Andrew B. Bell of the same
township. Mr. Bell to receive pos-
session January 2nd. -Mrs. C. Malt-,
olls, of London and Miss McBeth of
the same city, and Mrs. W. Dent, of
'Sarnia, called. on 'Mrs. J. Sutherland
this week. -Mr. W. A. McLaren
had the misfortune t,o break his
thumb recently while engaged in dut-
ies connected with his hardware busi-
ness .-Our businese men report trade
good for this time of year. -Our
fraternal lodges are looking forward
to a large influx of members this
fall. - In the bowlers tournament
Exeter last week in playing for the
Free Pres trophy our rink of bowlers
composed of the following players, W.
A. McLaren, M.R. Rennie, A.White-
side and C. A. MacDonell,. skip,
came within one shot of winning and
that within an inch or so, so that it
was a very vcrose game between the
home bowlers and the Mitchellites,
the -score being one point all through
the game .-Miss Sadie Harburn is
home on a visit. -Mr. C.W. Davis
is having his brick block re -roofed.
—Mr. 3. Lorne Scott of Toronto,
spent the past week or so with rela-
tives in this, his former home. -
What is termed the annual Tucker -
smith picnic, was recently held at
Grand Bend when there was a very
• large gathering front the rural dis-
trict east of Hensall principally. -Har-
vesting is going on very briskly in
this section and the yield is much a-
ebove the average and the grain is fine
and plump .--On Tuesday a large lim-
ber of our villagers drove and motor-
ed to the Bell farm a little over a mile
west of our village to see the "Bull
Tractor Plougher" at work. Mr. H.
Deters, of Zurich, as salesman for
the Massey -Harris Company, having
sold one to the Bell Bros. A large
number from. Zurich also came out to
see the work going on so that between
the two villages of Zurich and Hen -
sell. as well as a large mmtber from
the country, there was a large gath-
ering and the work done appeared
very satisfactory.-Rev.Dr. Yietcher
of Thames Road, who is moderator
of Carmel Church during the vacancy,
preached' on Sunday last here morn-
ing and evening delivering very able
discourses and among the announce -
AUGUST 171 1.017
Advance Showing of
LADIES'
Fall Shoes
Our New Fait Shoes are beginning to arrive and we have re-
cently placed in stopk several handsome models in Ladies' Fine
Shoes, Suitable fal fall wear. These shoes are the prodect of the
best makers oi-liadies1 Shoes, and are correct in style, faultivis
in finish and perfect in fitting qualities: The leathers are, finest
quality of Kid in black or brown, gunmetal calf and patent' colt,
with 7 or 8 inch tops, plain -vamps or wing tips and low heelor
spool heels. A brief descriptton of a few of our new styles are
here given and at the prices mentioaed every line is splendid
value :-Ladies' Fine Black Kid Laced Boots, with 8 inch topsi
plain vamps and spool heels for $5 a pair. Ladies' American
made boots in Fine Black Kid, button or laced; also in selected
patent leather, with 8 inch tops, plaie vamps and spool heels for
$6 a pair. Ladies' Fine Gunmetal Calf Laced Boots on the new
,Sport last with kw heels for $6.5o a pair. Ladies Havana Brown
Laced Boots, on the new Sport last, with wing tips and low heels
for $7.5o a pair. Ladies' Fine Black Kid Laced Boots with grey
cloth tops, plaievampi and spool heels for $6.50 a pair.
Store closes every Wednesday afternoon at 12.30_ during Mtge*
TELEPHONE 11.
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SEAPORTH
oPposrm COMME.RCIAL HOTEL
*0 • 0 * • • <, • c • f_ • c •
meats intimated tO the eongregation
that the Rev. Mr. McConnell, of To-
ronto, would accept the call recently
given him if it was well, signed by
the members and adherents, and we
are pleosed to report that the call has
been leargly signed and the proba-
bility' is that within a couple of
months time the Rev. 'gentleman will
be inducted. -Miss Hazel Redmond
of London, is halite for a couple of
week's holidays with her parents at
"Abbey Lodge Farm," accompanied
by her friends, Mies B. Balsden and
Miss E. Jenkins, of London. -Mr.
Milton Ortwein, merchant of this vil-
lage, has received the contract this
year from. Mr. Owen Geiger, flax
manufacturer for supplying goods to
the large force of Indian pullers which
means quite a large turnover of goods
particularly in the matter of food
supplies. -Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Troy-
ers ,of Glencoe, are visiting relatives
and friends in Hensall and vicinity.
Mr. Troyer holds a good position as
operator for the G.T.R. and Wabash
combined roads at Glencoe 'station.
-Dr. Hagan, who was home recently,
together with his brothers, visiting at
the parental home on the Parr line,
has enlisted as a volunteerr from. the
United, States as a media:al man and
expects to gooverseas -Very shortly
and was met -4w a large :number of
his friends -who ideerm at, the- train
here to avish him a-tiood voyage and
safe return. - Dr. McAllister of
Georgetown, acompanied by his wife
and two little girls, spent the past
week with relatives and friends .-Mr.
and Mrs. John Cameron and little'
daughters were also here from
•' Georgetown visiting Mr. Carneron's
imarents.-Miss McEwen of near Ailsa
Craig, visited -her relatives, Mr. Robt.
Traquair and family of Tuckeesmith
on Tuesdey.-Miss Ethel Glenn, of
Toronto was recently here visiting her
grand mother, Mrs.* William McDoug-
all and daughter Mrs. Nelson Blatch-
ford and on her return to Toronto, was
accompanied by her sister, Mime Mabel
Glen, on a vitt.-Mise F. 'Cudmore,
of Toronto, is speadhap her holtdavs
with her parentse Mr. and Mrs: it.
Cudmore.-Mr, Robert Buliard and
son, Arnold, are here' from the West
on a visit tei Mr. Bullard's parents.
-Mrs. R. W. Fulton acompanied by
her daughter, Mist Ethel, is visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. Colbert of
Egmondville.-M. (Dr.) Peck and
Mrs. Mark Drysdale are visiting in
London. this week ---Dr. 'LeRoy and
Mrs. Malloy and family, of Strat-
ford, recently ef Hensel", were itt the
village this week ren.evting acquaint-
ances.
KIPPEN
Notes, -Mr. and MI5. forme Ed-
gar and Imre sons, from near Port
-Huron, Mich.'are visiting in the vil-
lage with Mrs. Edgar's aunts, Mrs.
Ivison and Mrs. Whiteman, and a-
mong other friends. Mr. Edgar was
born in Kippen forty years ago, be-
ing a son of the tate Wm. Edgar,
who many years ago carried on a car-
riage making business here. It is 32
years since Mr. Edgar. left these
parts and he sees many ehanges.-
Mts. W. M. Doig and two sons are
spending a few pleasant holiday
Woodstock with her sister, Mrs.
Brown. -What might have prod
serious accident bapelened to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Parsons while going
home front church last Sunday. With ,
two young children, they were driv-
ing home in a buggy, when the horse
became frightened and made off on
the run. Mr. Parsons kept a firm
grip on the lines, which caused one
of them to break. Howeveitthe held
on with one line and succeeded in
bringing the aniraal to a stop. by
running into a fence. Luckily no one
was hurt, but the buggy received
quite a shaking up. -Mrs. McPhail,
of Porters Hill,. has been here for
some weeks giving attention to her
mother, Mrs. Win. Ivison, -who re-
cently met with an accident. Her"
many friends will be glad to learn
that she is much improved and is
now going about. -Rev. Dr. Aiken
is visiting at theparental home at
Courtright. - Mr. Alex. MaKenzie
visited his mother at Bayfield this
week. Mrs. McKenzie is an aged lady
rounding up her 93rd year, but still
retains all her faculties as bright as
some many years Younger. -Mr. Jno.
McKay of Saginaw is visiting at his te
mother's home in Ttickersmithe also
With --his tliree sisters The 'Village,
Mrs. Gordon and the Misses McKay.,
-Mr. and Mrs I1iott Fairbairn of
Courtland are holidaying at the par-
ental home of Mr. and 3drs. George
Fairbairii in Tuckersmith. Mr. Fair-
• bairn is the taaeher at Courtland and
at the recent entrance examinations
had seven scholars writing, and all
passed, four obtaining honors, which
speaks well of Mr. Fairitairn, s abil-
ity as a teacher. Mr. Fairbairn wish-
ed to resign his achool for a change,
but the- trustees would not hear of
him doing so, and in order to show
their appreciatiem they 'increased his
salary to $750. The young men of
Huron do make their mark. ---Thos.
Melhs is in receipt of a letter from
his daughter, Mrs. Cameron, of Mud-
ersley, Sask., in which she states that
their district has suffered much for
want of rain. They have had very lit-
tre during the whole season, and with
the hot dry weather the crops will be
slim. The people in that part only
wish they had a 'share of the mois-
ture the people in our vicinity have
hada-Mrs. Wm Moore of the vil-
lage was Visiting with friends in De-
troit this week.- Misses Helen Me -
Gregor, May McGregor, Etta ireatitit
and Eliza Thonipson are -enieting a
holiday trip down the 'St. Lawrence
and among the Thousand Islands. We
bespeak for the young ladies a vett °
pleasant enting.-The ra,spberry
crop, which ima bees one of the best
for many years, is now about wound
up for the season. -Many who are
using their new potatoes are report-
ing the crop a very promising owe- `
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mamma of .
Toronto are enjoying holidays at the
parental home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Whiteman in the village.
as C et • 4 0 itti it 0 4 ete *
Have You Ordered
Your Suit
If not, this will interest you.
We have one of the finest assortments of Serges9
Tweeds and Fancy Worsteds you could wish to
see -dozens of patterns in greys, browns and
mixtures; also fine blues with guaranteed dyes,
You have a choice of a variety of materials at
different prices, and you get the sarne attention
and care at any price.
While here, look over our fine new stock of Sum-
mer Shirts, Sox, Ties, Underwear, etc. We're sure
we can please you.
W. D. Bright 60 Sort
• The High -Class Tailors, Seafortle
41410,00.001~400.004540041040•00440.0.0.0.04-04.0.
--Twee
want turne
oterelioase
fa lititahell
ttailding,
roofed and
being testa
large ninnh
kg, The
brick tight
Dower.
On SaiLi
'clock -P-tt
blocks west
forth, hottsE
Orimoldby,
Auctioneer.
On Wedn
2 o'clock p:
lifiss E. Je
Semforth, cl,
er am -tare. '1
proprietress
Wheat" Per &
Barley, Per I
Shorts, per 4
Eggs, per cl€
Bran, Per to
Oatst _per bu
Ittotirt net
Butter, per
Potato -ie. pe
Hogs, .per'el
Toronto,
white 18.501
picked. $9.25
POU
moronto, A
/Oct moue*,
turkeys 25 to
Live - poultrt
cents to 22
16e to 18e; d
DAII
Toronto, it
choice,
prints 40e to
Eggs new-lat
ex -cartons 0
large 22% t
&iplets.
30c; twins 3
Honey -Comb
weight, per d
to $2.75; No.
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Toronto,
iWheat-No. 1
3 Northern.
$2.30, per bui
Port Willis' M,
20. W. 7 '
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track, To
f --No. 2 winte
0.60; No. 3;
bird according
Manitoba Floi
liUte bags $12
.dute hags $2
.oto hags 02.
ter, according
bags, track,
Ment.
Montreal *vim
Bran per ton I
Middlings* per
-feed ftour pet
• Extra No. 2
12; mixed pei
Troronto. gizs
$7 to 7.50 trim
(-Red Star, n
Carolinas, new
Ontarios,
LIVE ST
Mnnixeal, Ai
peal stock ya,
offerings on th
bunted to 1350
lambs and 500
:the trade vib.
whith developt
cattle and pr
heifers scored
cwt. as eompa
'end of 75c this
*rs' cows, and
lower. This t
the fact that
ger than. were
;there being ott
two marnets.
reduction noted
&mend,as pt
Short of been,
trade was don
mai4. over Unsol
3
Market. ChoiS
Sold at $10.25
$1.0.5Lper met
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raieats was stri
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Urio lambs soi
at $13.50 to $1:
412 to 113; am
Iter --cwt. up, I
43.50 to $9
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