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if- It Costs and you have a Cotter from J ra U ITlftf If li Electric and Coal Oil Heaters Heels Roofing Pipes HighGrade PniinVf in W TIM 5 to Letter Varnishes Stains Accessories way J l a i THE PAINT STORE I phoe28 NEWMARKET ESTABLISHED WW OF SIR A Sit CflUl rt A SAVINGS ACCOUNT may be opened brunch of the Haul of Montreal Deposits of and upwards Yhicli Interest is allowed I Rose Manager Branch v 1 j ii fc SOUTO END LUMBER J Oh at present P W PEARSON li Prom Off Phono EG wim John Murphy tt OK iw I iJfV Fund AwJats ate the most erf cca la r to at m Yin WCi Hani bums of li cad V A M I OK ALL KINDS Moderator of OcncraJ fluffosfa ih ttie day of prayer the lead of In Up to last week City for had been collcelfid- a showing A deputation on tho of Control a few and urged that two for ed children -oiu- for and mo for gfrto bo erected on Jail It vlil ho considered Women worker Iri the In they arc employ ed are now demanding the as la to men It mak ing change in the price of many of manufacture Two were arrested here tost week On Thursday of week a deal er In Avenue was fined In the Police Court for violation of the Temperance Act On Thursday of last week Ernest ami were accus ed of conspiracy to defraud the pub lic lit connection with a patriotic en tertainment and sent to the Ses sions for trial Hon A Kemp the newly appoint ed Minister of Militia was elected by acclamation on Thursday of last week In Toronto Mr Shaw of the Hoard of Education- Is announced as a candidate for the 1 of Control next election authorities are being criticis ed by peopleawho nay eligible men being kepi In bomb proof Jobs that could be filled women A third political parly Parly was organized In Toronto butt week A convention to be called soon to define Its principles At the Association meeting last week Mr Duff criticised the Department of Agricul ture Now that the City is closing tip the old Mayor Church told the Gov ernment that the City was willing to make a of 1200 a year Governor Chambers he goes back to the pulpit and gets another be will be welt provided for Toronto lilslrlel a passed a resolution week condemning li quor advertisements an lending to weaken the enforcement of the Ontario Temperance Act A touring car owned by Mr Mac- Lean was taken from a downtown one rlglit last week and wrecked against a tree in Queen Street Two young inch were fined each for trespassing in a yard on and marking a window with their vyat fingers appears to he impli cated by evidence of a witness re Jay Street fire- at the Hun Lamp Co premises He was placed under ar rest proposed new hotel to be erect ed on will be known as the Devonshire and will be fourteen stories high in the Police Court on Friday Win Lakes of Iloyce Avenue was arraign ed on a charge of having liquor in his possession and fined and costs of three months in prison On a charge of stealing goods to the value of from bums Limited by whom he was employed Wolfe was till the Inst A verdict of accidental death returned by the Jury at he morgue Investigating into the death of 10- yearoM Crawford who was truck and killed by a motor car at the corner of avenue and Arthur streets Monday night Lieut Col Dr Andrew Cor don a wellknown and city physician and a brother of Ralph Connor the widelyread Cana dian writer and poet died at bis home avenue night He was the victim of the contracted while on active ser vice Following Ihe recent series day light robberies in the northwestern part of this city another daring hold- op was perpetuated in the grocery of Mr C A Bond road by two masked men The Street car line Is tobe extended to Road Dr Hastings Is now In vestigation into the high of liv ing V lumber lath I POSTS ALSO j I Pi I I J MOULDINGS AND Is our and It Is Put Up t pa ika I mm I Liu HElVHfiRKEY ii Mr Charles of llama was killed by a bolt of lightning on Monday afternoon Mr was having Ihe veteiioiry surgeon attend to his horses and Just before the electric storm and bis boy fourteen yeara of age wont to the field for of the horses While leading the to the bam and only a short distance away having commenced a flash of struck MrHeayener to he earth Tits eon railed and- to Ids fathers assistance but he tfroStruah over tlio had wrested 6nomy point of the bayonet The heavy and French had away at this for continued haibedwlrc en- thorn like in a March wind loring the Imgn that lay along Hie top edge of the trench es and deep cavities in the earth which many a had met Inn fate At the of violent offensive on part of the enemy had made a spirited reply French gunneiH had best of it and owiuglo Ihe fact that a scouting biplane had been brought down that morning never pick ed up the range and ar tillery work was soon ended wore not without resource however uxpcOung an attack they had stored guns in deep dugouts and when heavy firing ceased had evi dently brought these to hear up on the long line of infantry that surged forward the word of command The deadly instru ments reeled off ribbon of death and hundreds of men fell in the few minutes that they were in operation at lust Irenohes were taken if trenches could he called and the French and Canadians quickly occupied Hie little village several kilometres beyond What a sight I A Canadian of ficer f upon his arm he hud fallen i7il as the men he commanded net the enemy in a struggle Ho had evidently been unconscious for a short time as the place seemed deserted by all save the dead and dying Occasionally a shell screamed overhead on its way to the advance of tile infan try now and again a groan in dicated the presence of a badly wounded man It was late in the afternoon and the setting sun was doing its best to soften the harsh and horrible scene The valley below was smitten with the soft saffron light of the dying day and the weather vane on a church spire in the distance was reflecting the golden shafts of the sun was purely a pas toral scene in the background But here in tho foreground the place was littered with the dead Tripods of machine guns told the silent barbed wire in tangled fragments stuck out of the many deep cavities made by the high explosive shells ac coutrements of all kinds were scattered around French Can adian and Gorman uniforms were all intermingled The officer turned himself with difficulty and managed to unfasten the wa terbottle from a prostrate form side He will need it no more poor fellow he said half aloud as he removed the stop per and raised the bottle to his lips If thine enemy thirst give him drink He turned too quickly and stifled a moan of pain Where are you be as loud as his strength would allow Before the answer could come be recognized owner of the voice that had start led him There but a few paces away lying across an overturned machinegun lay a German of ficer bis hand outstretch ed for the For an instant the two men both badly wounded looked at each other and then they knew that thoy were no longer enemies It is merely a- question of transportation Im afraid I cannot move but I will try and so saying the Canadian slowly polled over on to his side Where are youhit queried the weak voice from the machine gun Both legs and the right hip I fancy nothing vital hut painful enough I guess By this time the owner of the water- bottle had succeeded in making two complete turns of his body one more and he would reach his companion whom he knew was fatally wounded Ive got It in the cido its too good of you to pull yourself about for me I v J- f Give Moderately to Each Other and Generously to the Soldiers Families Nineteen hundred and sixteen years ago came the very first Christmas and for all these centuries there has recurred the Great Anniversary its message of good will to men And so give gifts Men and women of Ontario We who stand for good vill among men and nations we whose men fight that there may at be real r on let us make this a Christmas worthy of the day it commemorates let us lay aside a generous proportion of our Christmas money for the families of those who are fighting the good fight Give to the Patriotic Fund y Good Samaritan faffited For the hand holding the fell with In reach of and seeing had Toronto She came to Berlin two years ago in connection with her music studies met at several concerts and eventually he managed with great became engaged I went over to effort to bo change Ills some fyw months before as lo reach the unconscious the war to tell her people what mans face What have I was likely to happen and to get spilled the water No my their assurance that this would kind friend you fainted and I make no difference to our en- poured it over your face to walrvgagoment She taught me lo see en you again I am sorry I have the nobler side of life that there caused you so much trouble but was something to live for Ah I if now you are near you could it has been terribly hard lo fight plug my wound I might last a bit since I first met that dear Chris- longer I want you lo take a girl The voice was evening at the House Rail- sage for me The Canadian of- steady the fits of violent to wind up business was able to use bis arms to shivering became more frequent good advantage and by careful Dont let then move me until manipulation managed to get his I have finished the story he companion in a more comfortable begged as the men with stretch- position After several attempts approached You say I it was evident that it would good English I have wiser not to attempt to locate the been for years on diplomatic wound I will for the vice and have known for a long stretcherbearers theyll be here lime unprepared for war you soon Ycs wont be long British have been and yet very Im terribly sorry you didnt drink strange to say this has really the water instead of wasting it on been your strength it has me What good you lied to the flag men with a spirit speak that cannot be found in our com- was now getting dusk and and mechanical methods already the lights of the Ambu- My dear little Canuck as I used lance Corps could be seen mov- to call her always argued that ing about the broken ground war was wrong and unChristian The evening wind was chilly and She was right yes I am sure she the dying man occasionally was right An ambulance as he spoke You come cer approached and saluted and from Canada I know by your urn- then bent over the shivering man form you also said guess and The stimulant revived him some- thai expression is very dear lo mo what and he continued after of a loved one I have in Continued oil Page From Era Dec 21 MarriedBy John Brown on the 13th Mr Wes ley of Whitchurch to Miss Eliz abeth of Aurora Whitchurch Protection Society holds its annual meeting this year at A meeting of Coun cil is announced for next Monday before nomination day The Union Sabbath School of Newmarket will hold its annual leaparty on New Years even ing Last Tuesday evening a Sur prise Party visited the Methodist Parsonage at Sharon Eli Spencer announces that he will be a candidate for Newmar ket Council next election I WHAT WILL YOUR ANSwH BE II av fe V A no movo been killed in- my machine guns laid Or hurried to Yes friend and fccbae the at pool my men a rifles hud you out in the J l win house about a quarter of a inlte you say in Times- Canada There was a long pause In taking third turn Km strain wos too great and the Dec i Mr Geo E Fierhellor returned from Ottawa yesterday Mr Samuel Pearson of Streets- villo spent over Sunday in town Miss Jennie Simpson New market on Saturday to visit friends in Michigan The illness Mr is with lyphol fe ver Miss Smith was brought home from Buffalo this week sick with malaria fever James Thompson will preach League sermons next Sunday in the Methodist- Church Elder started to hold revival services at Sharon this week but owing lo stormy er the attendance has been Mr Miller and wife are Ihe guests of Mr A T of Shar on Rev Williams of Sutton preached in the Methodist Church at on Sunday Mr Geo Arnold of refused an offer of in cold cash for a yearling filly Whitchurch Township Sabbath School Association holds a con vention at on the Mr R Parks was of he I I here at the last meeting and Mr A Little Boo- rotary There are now Inmates Industrial Home The Ladies of at Church took in over at their recent bazaar Mr Cane and Mr J Woodcock are in the for the of Newmarket nexi- year- i 7 I I HE IS In YOU rftity hi dptdUt Arc ur full Dry j -i- T ARCHIVES TAeinNTfi smasimm Sf