The Exeter Times, 1923-9-27, Page 5�11111111111111111111l !
� II Nl1.11i111 Illlly 111!1 IIIA II 11!11 Ili1i illy1
,� I � � � l 1 i lull 11111i1illiiai111i1i11111111
l I11Il1lllillilil 1111! Ilii 111lI I 1 !i1
ammo
1i ! VIII
i1
I II
li
I
II I
11 I III I 111 I
I I 111111 1
� IIIA
111.1..
� � 1.11. I
I � I I l III !l
� � � � I illi I !
� � ,�� � � �� � � � � .1,111 1 111 !1p lull III.
GM r a � � � � 1 � !
f.
10,
waste time wishing You had a good , basiness : ducation, and
MISS
a splendid position which is
waiting to become
YOUR OPPORTUNITY"
to a high place in the COMMERCIAL_ world.
MAKE
TUESDAY SEPT. 4
til, 1923,
YOUR LUCKY DAY
by beginning a COMMERCIAL, STENOGRAAPHIC or
SECRETARIAL COURSE in
The. MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINES
S SCHOOL in the PCO-VINCE
T1EUE SCHOOL 03.E COMMERCE
CLINTON, ONT.
For information write or phone
B. F. Ward,
B.A., M. ACc'ts., Principal,
M. A. Stone, Com. Specialist, Vice_Prircipai,•
Phone 198
i
DR. A. MOIR, L. M. C. C.
Physician
and y Sur eo
S n
Phone 70
HENSALL
DR. J. W. PECK
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
McGill University, Montreal; Member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario; -Licentiate of Medical
Council of Canada; Post Graduate
Member of Resident .Medical staff of
General Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15;
Office, 3 doors east of Post Office.
Phone 56, Hensall, Ontario.
DR G. W. DUFFIN
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
Western. University, London; Mem-
ber of College of Physicians and Sur-
geons, of Ontario; Post Graduate
member; of Resident Staffs, of, Re-
ceiving and Grace Hospitals, Detroit,
for eighteen months; also Post Grad-
uate member of Resident Staff in
Midwifery, at Herman Kiefer Hospi-
tal, Detroit, for three months.
Office ova Joynt's Block
Phone 114 . • Hensall, Ont.
°DR. ▪ G'.``L.'SMITH
• DENTIST
Two doors, east of the Maisons
Bank, ,Hensall Ont.
Away Wednesday afternoons,
PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN
& HOLMES
Barristors, &c.
Office on the Square, 2nd door
/ram Hamilton St., Goderich.
Private funds to loan at lowest rates.
W. Proudfoot, I.C. J. L. Killoran,
D. E. Holmes
Mr. Holmes will be in Hensall
=every Friday from 9 until 6.
AUCTIONEER
OSCAR`KLOPP
honor Graduate Carey Jones' Au-
ction School, Special course taken in
Registered Live Stock (all Breeds,)
Merchandise, Real 'Estate, Farm
Bales, etc. Rates in keeping with,
prevailing prices. ' Satisfaction as-
sured, write Oscar Klopp, Zurich, or
, wire 18-93, Zurich.
EVERY SORT OF JOB PRINTING
WE PRINT ---Pesters, Dodgers, En-
velopes, Letterheads, Visiting Cards,
Sipping Tags, and anything at all,
at
'he Observer Printing Office, Hensall.
Orders taken for Daily and Weekly
Papers. Toronto and London papers.
)
$4.75. -
3n clubwith. the Exeter Times
$6.25. Leave your. order at "the Ob-
• server Office;
l
n. ed
But -we are still selling White Pine
dressed . on loth sides at $45.00 per
thousand."
1x6 dressed and, matched white
pine $50.0.Oper• M. .
B.C. No. 1 XXX Shing lee
B, C. No. 1 XXXXX Shingles
Bird's .A
shphalt Twin Shingles
A sh }a
p It Roll Roofing 18 in,
wide, the heaviest made.
Phone No. 12
C
SXp
Clerk's Notice` of First Posting of
VOTE
VOTERS' LIST. 1923
Municipality of Village of II'ensall
County of Huron
Notice is hereby given that I have
transmitted or, delivered to the per-
sons mentioned in Section •9 of the
Ontario Voters' List Act, the copies
regiurecl ' by sa-rd,,,Sectioii to be- so
transmitted or delivered of the list,
made all pursuant to said Act, of all
persons appearing by the last revid
Assessment Roll of the said Munici-
pality to be entitled -to voteinthe
said Municipality at `elections for
members of the Legislative Assembly
-and at Municipal Elections, and that
the said list was first posted up at
nay office ill • Hensall, on the llth day
of September, 1923, and remains
there for your inspection.
And I hereby call upon ala voters
to take immediate proceedings to
have any errors or omissions correc-
ted according to law.
Dated this llth day of September,
1923.
A. MURDOCK,
Clerk of the Village of Hensall:
: DWELLING FOR SALE
One: Stogy .Frame Dwelling north
Side 'King 'Street, Hensall; 4 rooin
s
2 village lots, well situated. Small
fruits and good water. Apply George
13rown, or Gladman & Stanbury, bi
' b
HENSALL
Mr. and Mrs. A. Whiteside visited
in Kitchener on Monday of this week.
Mrs. A. Seruton and family visit-
ed relatives in Clinton: on Sunday
last,
Mrs. Thos. Farquhar` attended the
funeral of a relative in Goderich on
Tuesday. • ,
rs.
Mr. Arnold Bell, of Lachine, Qu
is visiting with his, mother, M
Bertha Bell.
1V1iss Emma Pfaff, of Ingersoll, is
visiting her brother, Mr. W. E. Pfaff
of the village.
Mr. G. Cantelon, of Toronto, visit-
ed his brother Mr. D. A. Cantelon on'
Sunday last .
Rally Day will be observed in the
Churches and Sunday Schools here
on Sunday next.
Mrs. T. Sharp and little son Keith
of Seaforth, visited friends in town a
few days this week.
Mr. '
G. F. a.
Clean
andthisweek
son +
eeli
received a car of coke and are busy
delivering it in town.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Rennie motored
to. Goderich on Sunday and spent the
day...with`relatives there.
• Mrs. McHarg and little son David,
of -London, visited the former's mo-
ther, Mrs. T. Peart recently:
•
The Young People's League of the
Methodist church will hold a weiner
and marshmeliow roast in the near
future.
The. Young People of the Carmel
Church held ,a weiner and marsh -
mellow roast at the baseball field
on Tuesday evening last.
Mr, Mervin Brown of Toronto this
weeked his parents Mr. and Mrs.
week visited his parents > Mr. •and.
Mrs. Geo. Brown of 'the village.
The Continuation School field
Day will be held' on Friday, Oct. 5th
on the Hensall Baseball Diamond.
The Zurich High School pupils will
be in attendance and compete in the
sports of the day.
The Hay Township Sunday School
Convention *ill be held at Hills -
green on Tuesday, October 2nd.
There will be only one session to
conmen'ce at 1:30 in the afternoon
the evening session being omitted,
ZURICH
Prof. Alvin Surerus, of Chicago, is
visiting at his home on the Bronson
Line.
Mrs. S. Brown, who visited Icer sis-
ter Mrs. J. Preeter, has returned to
her home in Kitchener.
Mr. Geo.' Denonry, of the Saubie
Line, is visiting with his brothers in
Windsor.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Meidinger, who
spent a week visiting relatives in
Michigan have returned home.
Mrs. Geo. Hiliebz'echt, of Brodha-
gan is spending a few weeks with
friends at Zurich and."Grand, Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. John Consitt of Tor-
onto, were visitors at the hone of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Consitt, Parr Line.
The 23 -months -old infant of Mr.
and 1VIrs. John J. Swartz, of, Detroit,
passed away in that city on Wednes-
day, September 13th, the remains be -
brought to Zurich and laid to -rest in
the Lutheran' cemetery. Much sym-
pathy is extended -to M'r. and Mrs.
Swartz in their bereavement, as it
was their only child.
Mrs, Louis Prang spent a few days
at Detroit last week.
MITCHELL
Rev. Arthur Sinclair preached
nniversary Services at Chiselhurst
oth in the afternoon and evening
on Sunday last. 'He occupied' his
own pulpit in the morning and the
evening service in the Methodist
Church was withdrawn.
A very pleasant event took place
at the hone of Mr. and Mrs. McD.
Wilson, on Monday of last week, it
being Mr. Wilson's birthday. A
large number gathered to wish him
many happy returns of the day.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. Rich'd
Pollick, Mrs. Jos. McClinchey, little
nephew Howard Carroll, and daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret Wilson, of Toron-
to: Mrs.;Wilson served a choice'
chicken "supper' which was greatly
enjoyed.
The death occurred in Stratford
on Saturday last of a former well
known resident of Hensall in the per-
son of Mrs. Alex. McPherson. Mr.
and Mrs. McPherson formerly kept
a tailor "shop; in 'Hensall for a num-
ber of years and after Mr. McPher-
son„s death his widow and Miss Ella
movedto Stratford ,where they have
resided for some time. The funeral
held on Monday from her home in
Stratford, interment benig made in
the Hensall Union cemetery. Quite a
number of friends fromtown attend-
ed the burial ral service at the cemetery.
Y
The pia"y presented by the St.
ul's Dramatic Club, Wingharn, in
e Town Hall, Friday evening Iast,
s .exceptionally well rendered and
Thursday night while Mrs. Thos. Pa
McLaren and daughter Hattie were th
returning home from Stratford. in a wa
car, a parcel was noticed on the side
of the road and before the auto had
come to a standstill, Mrs.' McLaren.
in getting out fell to the road. Slie
was Taken to the Stratford hospital
and on examination it was found that'
her back had beeu •injured, several
ribs fractured and she was other-
wise badly bruised and shaken up.
On Friday morning last a number
of boYs were playinginthe Mitchell
sclroolyard by throwing pieces ,of coal
at a tree, when one piece on hitting
the tree flew back and struck ",Orval
the eight year old son of Mr. '•and.
Mrs.. David Lenton, in the left eye.
The boy is in' Stratford hospital suf-
fering from hemorrhage_ behind the
eye, which mayhaVe to 'beremoved'.,
Earl, the three year old son of Mr.
acid Mrs, Peter Scllelleniberger, of
Fullerton toWuslii r, while playiug
the kitchen on Friday morning -last
fell off a mall! box abdut ? t
1 i- Peet
high and in the fall hall his left leg
broken.
EV11f9EN03,1 PRESENTED
"Moses :bed indigestion, like you
have, mother," announced small El-
inor at the 5 r
ti U Ida7 tlintiez tal.ile.
"Why,•-wliat:'.,rakes you thin: so?”
ruosttonod her astonished mother,
"Because nor 1is'' elrOirl" teach ,
or said,. God g•aka ldaie1 two tablets."
equally' well attended, Mrs. Temple's
e
T le„r•am, was a very amusing and
laughable cornedy, giving one an idea
how a man : will scheme and lie
Ir
to his wife when e has been out all
night against her wishes. Between
acts Mrs. Bradshaw and Mrs. W. 0.
Goodwin rendered a very pleasing
duet. The audience -was also treat -
to some: very well rendered solos by
a gentleman from,•Wingham. Every-
one had a good word to say in re-
gard to this concert and all left the
hall feeling that:they had enjoyed
a
good'night's entertainment.
p ul ac ent occtuued
on, Monday evening near the Post
Office. Mr. II. ,Arnola and Mr. A`.
Murdock so it seems were returning
g
from the office when Mr, Chris,
Campbell, coining down the street.
in his 'car ail
i 1 ri i;o .See tIr � i •�
, onenll
time and although Mr, l+,lurdo'ck
managed to jump to safety, Mr.
no,ld was knocked clown, after which
one wheel passed over his body.
Medical aid was immediately sum-
moned incl the injured nix*"t taken to
ilia home, where upon; inve.s'tigati0n
it was found that he had received a
broken ankle and several larolcen
ribs. 1Vit'Arnold h<r at present doiirg
very nicely, althooF.,li piiCt:�viiig con-
siii.erablo'train. 1\1 o,;e to' reob see
P.:
THE EXETER TIMES
the Molsons Bank manager again in
bis usualood.
h a11.
g health.:
t.
About 1•,3A o'clock on Friday
evening last fire was discovered at
the'honre of I. Earl Drummond on M d M' • i• motored
CREDIiON
r, an i s C Z w2Cke
I1\rorth S.iOrnond Street. to London on Tuesday,
The town fire pump was unwed -
lately rushed to the scene of the fire
and worked very well and with mar -
Iced results
until ti
1 the
water in Mr,
at n s
G nern w
ellave out ut and be-
tween that
time and the time it took
to get water from another Supply
the fire Ize a •
ail
g r gained •much head-
way- . Mr. Edgar McQueen how
ever„1vas ryight on the job with his
ted1t - 'of ,°horses and :drew several
tanks of"water from tate Town Hall,
which, with the help of those who
carried buckets, finally put the
blaze out; not, however, until..it had
done considerable damage to the in
side walls and the roof. The origin
of the fire is unknown but it seems
to have centered in the attic of the
house which made it harder: tot
at.
g
at;, The kitchen at the rear
of the house was badly burned" and
some • of the -rooms upsipirs. Al-
though ` ,the lower front part of the
home was not damaged to any ex-
tent.
Miss Beatrice Haist left last week
to attend college at Naperville, - 1112.
Zion Evangelical church g t are pre-
paring
re-
1
za •i g
t n for a
t fotiv
l1 supper
6 i
o t October
18th
Mrs, Gee, Either is visiting for: a
couple of weeks u 1l.s �'
1 1 with her sister in
Detroit.
Mi'. and Mrs,
Jos. Iirokenshire
and: children of Windsor returned
home last week,
iVir. Arthur Sanbrook, 01 Toro
renewed old acquaintances in
village on Monday.
The Evangelical Quartette and, or-
chestra are going to Greenway on
Monday, October ist.
Mr. and Mrs. i'Ii
K. Lzlber and
Mrs. Maynard motored to Londo
during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wiesner, of
Dashwood, spent Sunday' with Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Motz.
Mrs. Oakes, who has been visiting
nto,
the,
Mr. Drummond seems to be hard herare
P nts ' Mr. and Mrs. Gottleib
hit by fires : since coming to our Brown, left Saturday for Detroit.
town this being the tliirdf blaze on Miss Lulu Gaiser has return
different parts of their property. ed to
New York after visiting her parents
for the past two months:
DASHWOOD
Dr. H. H. Cowen,
L. D.
F 2 D. Di S.
DENTAL SURGEON
Hartleib's Block Dashwood, :Ont.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Neeb, Mr. and
Mrs. Luebke and Miss Burder, of
Pontiac spent the week -end; with the
former's : mother, Mrs, Neeb.
Mr, Otto Soldan, of Sebewaing, ,
Mich., is visiting friends in this vic-
initl."
Mr. Chris. Gaiser has returned
from a visit in. Detroit,
Miss Lucile Willert left on Mon-
day for Windsor.
Mr. J. C. Reid spent the week -end -
in Toronto,
Mrs. Neeb is visiting in Pontiac.:
Mr. Frank Bossenberry and' Mr.
Weingartzier of Kitchener were visit-
ors in town Saturday.
CENTRALIA
Mr. and Mrs, David Rowcliffe, of
Exeter, were the guests of Mr, and
Mrs. D. Hodgson on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Durr, of near Park-
hill, spent the week -end with Mr. and
Mrs. Baynham.•:Y.
Rev. E. Jones,<rof•-tlre Staffa ,CIT -
cult, took the ''. service at Centralia.;
church 'On -Sunday last and preached
very interesting sermons. Rev. Mr.
Kiteley tooleanniversary services at
Staffa.
ZION
Messrs. John Hern Sr., and 'Mr.
:Rd. Scott, of Sunshine, spent a few
days visiting near Niagara Falls.
Mr. Eph. Bern is all smiles, a
little daughter having arrived at his
home.
Next Sunday will be observed as
Rally Sunday. Special Rally Day
program will be given.
Mr. Geo. Lingard who has been ill
is improving.
ELIMVILLE
Mr. John Whitlock has" returned to
Stratford after spending a few weeks
visiting his numerous relatives in,
this vicinity. Mr. Whitlock was rais-
ed here, but has not bean back for a
number of years.
•Mr. and. Mrs. Alden Jones, of Lon-
don were visitors in the neighbor
hood over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, Rich'd Blatchford,
of Hensall, visited with Mr. and
Mrs. John Tucker during the week.
We are pleased to report that Mrs.
Geo. Kellett is ' recovering nicely
after her recent serious illness.
'Mr. and Mrs: s. Gordon Ford„ of Flint
Mich.', were guests at, the home of the
former's brother, Mr. Harry Ford
over the week -end._
The annual Sunday School Rally
service was held here last; Sunday
morning. There was a good attend-
ance there being no Sunday School
in the afternoon.
Mr. Roland Williams, north of the
village appears quiet proud and hap-
py over a • young daughter at his
home.
Mr. Silas Johns was a visitor. in
Chiselllurst on Sunday last.
Silo filling i
s the orderof the day
now. Tlie corn is badly • tangled
making it hard' tedious work. "
The Winchelsea School Fair on
Friday las was not very lar ei` at-
tended
tended as the afternoon was so wet,
but'tlte exhibits were good.'
'INVENTORY
Banker—"How much Iillufd assets
Ilave ,Yo.: ?,s
.u.•
Customer
(cautiously)—" About a
case and a : b al f,. "---Manufacturer.'s
Bulletin.
GAME TO, TILL: LAST
A.z editor was dying,brit Wheel t
te
doctor bent over, placed leis ear on
his breast, and said. "Poet ,salt!
Circulation almost gone-!" the dying.
editor shouted: "You're a liart We
:have the, largest circulation, in the
country; "---A1ttemob list. T
Mr. Walley Smith., of Toronto, is
visiting his parents, Mr, and . Mrs,
Wn• Smith t,
for a
few days.
s.
1VIr. Henry Motz left for London
last week where he has, accepted a
position withSilyerwoods.
1Vir, Albert Wolf ie about the vil-
lage again after being laid up for a
couple of weeks from "a" kick on the
knee, received from a horse.
Miss Lillian Heist underwent an.
operation in Victoria: Hospital, Lon-
don, for appendicitis on Monday,
She 'is reported as doing nicely.
Workman are engaged in building"
a very imposing cement entrance to
the recreation grounds. It will add
very. greatly to the appearance.
Last Monday evening the members
of the Philathea Club, et ,the "Vieth-
odist church enjoyed a corn roast at
the borne of Mr. and' Mrs. Miner
Lawson:
1Vliss Pearl 'Holtzman leaves in a
few days for Chicago where she has
accepted a position as assistant prin-
cipall of the Evangelical; Deaconess
hospital.
Mr.. H. K. Pilber has at last re-
.ceived unbroken, a part of the switch
for the church, shed. Owing to poor
packing it was received broken, three
successive times.
Crediton school fair will be held
next Tuesday. The school children
are making great preparations-- and
are looking forward to it with much
interest. A concert will .be held in
the ::evening.,
Mrs. Roy Bennett who has visited
her another for the past month has
returned to her home in Windsor,
her mother acconpanying her as far
as Loudon, returning home on Tues-
day evening.
During the severe storm of the
past week the tower of the Evangel-
ical church was struck by lightning
passing down the tower and into a
circuit of the Hydro wiring, burning..
one crescent completely out.
Mr. Nelson Dyer spent a few days
last week with his ` parents at the
Evangelical parsonage before going
on to Naperville to ,attend °college.
Mr. Geila and Mr. Wenzel, who were
guests at the 'parsonage left with
him for Naperville.
kir. Lorne Brown, who completed
his Arts course at Toronto Univer-
sity, having secured his B. A. degree
left on Monday for New York where
he will continue his studies in theo-
logy. On Sunday evening he preached
an excellent sermon in Zion Evan-
gelical church.
Rally Day will be held in . the
Evangelical Sunday School next Sun-
day. Zurich, Dashwood and Credi-
ton Evangelical Sunday schools have
yield a contest during the summer,
"points being given for attendance,
new Members and visitors, The con-
test closes next Sunday. The inter-
est has been running high as many
as sixty visitors being present at the
Sunday school sessions. Interest has
been maintained all summer and a
glorious climax is expected with. RaI-
ly Day. An excellent program has
been arranged for the day. Every-
one is invited.
NEWS FROM STRICKEN JAPAN
1Mi'. J. H. Holtzman received a let-
ter this week from his son-in-law,
Rev. Melvin
Whiting, a missionary
at ` Kobe, Japan. The letter was
Written on the day "following the
earthquake and stated that they were.
all well and 'safe, The earthquake
was very slight at Kobe with no dam-
age. Enclosed was a copy of an
"extra" edition of one of the .news-'
paper printed in English telling of
the catastrophe. Prom it the fol-
lowing is taken:
From early .. on ,the meriting of
September ist, there was a strong
in oh'
wind
Tokio, to
and tlie weather was
cloudy and disagreeably warns, Sud-
denly, a, little before noon, there was
a violent earthquake with its coilcre'
in the bottom of the sea, east of;.
Oshima, a .little ever 50 miles from
Tokyo, Yokohiiiia, Chiba, and other
n-i.�'1 '
e g ibori,u„ places, the extent of the
disaster being estimated as greater"
than that of the groat earthquake of
the Ansel Peeled (1851 to 1800 A.D.)
he damage done to'i"okrhaiira,
7t'IIRUSl[t"tl
Il!?T
and Yokosuka is; so great that it iii
believed
that thosecities are almost
destroyed, although, details are not
available, owing to the lack of means
of communication.
In Tokyo, the disaster was great-
er
and a
d •rt Y
i ��
1
ead s. returned to Ilio A;tx•;
asztka 2'alaeo.> Oount Xairianzoto,
who had. been busy ftzrming a zxsin
istry, fled covered with zuud.
t
el' Iii P la,gawa, Shitaya, ,Asakus
and other IoW -lying sections than in
higher
sect
ion
s.
T.
her
e
is a
lmo
s.
t n
obu11
building which a•. t affected
Some of the buildings crumbled down
or were oth •
ezwise destroyed,
he people of Tokyo escaping from
their own homes, rushed out of
door's and filled the empty places in
the streets, The streets have there-
fore
fore become almost impassible.
After ten or more shakes within
an hour, the earthquake somewhat
subsided, but the .treznours then com-
menced again lasting until everting.
Meanwhile, fires broke out in -dif-
ferent parts of the city. Fanned by
the strong,. wind 'which, was blowing,
the fire spread in . all directions. As
the water supply was cut, the water
mains having been destroyed by the
earthquake, there was no way of
fighting the conflagration. ,
The following are some of the
buildings destroyed by fire: The
Crown Prince's palace at Takanawa,
a part of the Peers' 'School, the build-
ing of the 'Imperial Forestry of To.
kyo, the Horne Office headquarters,
the Tax . Supervision Bureau, the
Metropolitan Police Board building,
the Commercial University, - the
Kyoritssu Women's Business School,
the Imperial Theatre, the Yuralcuza
Th
eat`re, the Army Arsenal at Koisli-
ikawa, the Powder Magazine at
1VIeguro, : the Military College, the
Special Medical College, the Nihon
Denki Company, all the newspapers
n Kyobashi-l:u, the 12 -story bulki-
ng in Asakusa, and other buildings
iicluding banks, commercial houses
and residences. numbering 200,000.
The extent of the fire was greatest
n 'Nihombashi-kw ana Asakusa-
ku.
Luggage and things taken out of the
tuning- 'houses filled the streets.
The number of dead is incalcul='
bye, the city of Tokyo presenting a
readful scene:
One of the. most Horrible 'occur-
ances was; that of several thousand
ands employed at the Government
rinting 'Bureau were too late to
eave the building before it was des-
royed. Trey appear to have been
inned down by the falling building.
The Naigai Building, under con-
truction,' was destroyed and about
50 men were instantly ,killed. It is
eportecl that at the Nihon Denki
a,
b
a
d
z•
h
P
1
t
2
12
Coinpany's factory, about 600 men
employed there have been killed.
Tokyo has no .electric light, but
the city was lighted by the•fire which
burned the city's buildings. There
were no police in the city.
The people were resigned to their
fateand restrained themselves. It
"Wag a pathetic sight to see them. `1
The number of lost children and sick 1
persons ` wandering about the- streets
Was countless. There were many per-
sons who had -not had their meals
all day. It was impossible bye
to cook
rice to feed the afflicted. Hundreds
of thousands of army biscuits were
carried out of army headquarters
to be distributed among the hungry
people, but they went only a small
way in giving relief to the sufferers.
H.I.II. the Prince Regent, who
was in the. Imperial Palace from the
morning of Sept. 1st when the earth-
quake occurred, fled to the garden
CLA.NDEBOYE
1VSiss Eliza Ryan, .of the
second
concession, McGillivray,
lllv1a
Y,la
d the mis-
fortune
to
break... l her azt
Y r
,
between
t'4� e
eIP
the wrist
arid •�
elbow n 1U
w ae
l
centT
Y, Her
sister,
Mrs, Z' fzs. A. Suttott is staying 'with '.�
her at present.
The pupils of S.S. No, 4, iticGilily-
ray, won second '+ prize in the school
parade at the school fair
at West Mc-
Gillivray on Saturday.
Silo filling is in progress
again
after the interruption on of lastweek's
rain. Corn is a fairly satisfactory
crop in this locality, and the cutting
is earlier titan usual.
Mrs. Dale and Miss .Ida Dale have
returned front a three week -s' visit
to relatives in `Chicago.
The congregation
of St. 'Marys.:
church at Brinsley observed Sunday,.
September 23rd, as decoration:, day
in the cemetery there, A large crowd
attended the ceremony, bringing
many beautiful floral offerings, Rev.
T. P. iWihealan, rector, officiated.
John Bennett, of Blyth, passed
away suddenly on Friday morning,
Ile complained of a pain in hi.3 face
and his wife went to get something
to put on it. When slie returnee;