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Farewell Dance l.;'1.);.J1\,IES VAIR Last Thursday theLihrarywas.! visited by W. O. .Cars0n, Inspec- tor of Public l'.ih1'aries, and S. .A. Herbert of the Education De- `partment. The `latter checked over the me:i.su1-ements and` in- spected the building for the Car- negie Trust to s,e that it com- plied with the p ans and speci- ilcati0ns.. Most of Mr. Carson s _day was spent with the librar- ian, going into all the detailsiof the work/. At 3.30 he.\met the .Board and discussed certain im- l1')l_`OV'0Tl1ell.l..%` in he made in cat- ialoguing -and some other 'fea,-A itures. In mwler in instruct the librarian in the new.system of _cat.al0g`11in;: an expert from the vfDept. will spend a month in the l-local library. `It will take some! _ months to ' complete the work,l land. during this time some as-" ,`sistan.ce will be given the .libra_ {V ,`rian. `Inspector Carson express. 1 l Ewith the beautiful library hui1d-i 1.1183 T . . . ed himself as highly p1eased~ ' l~1UU.BUl'. On Thu_rs.',V March 15-- John B.'Hughes, 101, 17, con. 5,. Innis- l. Farm st,0_c-.k and, imple- ments. Sale at 1 pm. W.. A. Mconkey, auctioneer. V On-\Ved., Mar. 14-- Mrs. VV. E.-Calder. sOuthea.s.t qtmrter of lot 12, con. 12, Innisl. Farm stock and implements. Sale at \T7 A '|\`nf`z\-rnlytuvv 0110 `v; \;\.;..--v_,, V...` 7., 1 p.m_. W. A. Mcconkey. auc- tioneer. ` Big Skatingight . `On Monday . night next the Junior O.'l'l.A. team is putting on :1 special `Skating niglit, at the l\ [umnmI,h Rink. After all experisns are paid pr0c.eo.ds will go to Soldiers Aid. There will be fifleeri hand iiumhers and rJApU1I.3Hn uu yuu. l,..\,`..,\..._, . \ numbers i there shr.mldb`e a big crowd. `Pleased with the Library .I. A. MIGLIIOII. Editor W. C. wan. Busiupou Manger Onedit Sales \Ved., Mar. 21- James 0, lot 28, con. 2,` Vespra ;s and ca,ttle. Sale at 1 W. A. Mcconkey, auc- Mr. Vair Opposed By-Law To the Editor of The Examiner_: Dear Sir:--In the year 1902, a by_law was passed by the Council of Barrie, prohibiting` Town. merchants the privilege accorded to all other citizens. The by-law in effect was that no merchants could purchase on the market until 11 o clock a.m. ~----AA A : Collingwood, March 6 -- At an early hour this morning the town was visited by a` disas- . trous re whichitotally destroy- ed the"planing`mill of the Wil- son ,Bros., Limited. The loss is estimated at "nearly $100,000,` partly; covered by ;_ insurance. This firm {has been one of the leading industries of the town for mainygvears and at present was working on several large contracts. About fty men will be thrown out of employment. The lumber yards were saved by. the firemen,` but two small dwellings adjoining were de.-' stroyed. The origin of the fire` is unknown. ` ExtendiIrg_ the franchise to _wnmen _. means" _a lot of extra *`work1 for Assessor Laing, and will mean a big increase in the l_v0t.ers" list. In \Vard III for in- -lstance there are 34 manhood franchise. voters a"if`,7'7 of the weaker sex eligible for enroll- `ment. For avhashf-111 young man, Mr. Laing seems to be getting along very well _in asking the ladies the embarrassing ques- tion, How nldare you? ' an 1...... AL "A4 hnnn nnin ! 2 Many Womeri Voters i . I LIUH, TIUW |Ilui1lU _yuu.a It, has not. yet been decidd vvheher all these wnmanhood franchise voters will he called upon tn` pay poll tax the same as the-men. Remarkable Organ Bargaih' A piano'-cased 6-oct.ave org- an, with all, inside parts guar- anteed to he in` cpndition as good as new. It can he ex_1 changed Within two yearsnn any 111)-rigght, piano`. Is offered for im- mediate sale on easy terms for $55, by A. F. Garrett, at his new store, corner ofE1izabel,h and Mary Streets, two blocks west of his old stand. --Baby can-iages-- Our line. Special value. See at. Dougall Bros. Bad V.|'-`Ira In Gollingwood new_ them South Simcoe. RefoI!mers_ ` The Reform Association for the Federal Riding`, of South Simcoe held its annual lneeting W. 11.11 (*1.-udyntnnvn IV1'1El.I`K(`3L Ul1l.1l 11_ Uuluun u..u.. Jas. Vair s natna is recordedl in the Yeas mdNays as voting` AGAINST the by-law. I".-`null.-\ ' nn DHHUUU uoxu Lou .uu;.u..., - - -__- in the Town Hall, Ceoli-stvovlil,` last `i Friday afternoon. Owing to the very limited train` service on the Hamilton line, members .from the south end of the. riding `were unable to reach Cookstown ..,..-.:41{n WU.l'l'J ULIGUIU LU Luuuu uuu.....\_.V..-- by `train, `but notwithstanding this fact thege was a good at- Ttendance` when the President,` Donald Ross, opened the pro- ceedings. V . It was decided to change the date of the` annual meeting to the first Friday in June, and a1- 11.... T! n A . . . n n unl nanrll |l,llt'; llrbb L`I.1ua.y nu Uuzxu, nu ..... u `so to have the Provincial andl ]`ede_ral Associations meet, at the same time. ` A A:.~_. -1` .-..-.1Iv\nn n nrvn Dcuuc bluxuo The question of calling a con- vention to nominate ,a candidate for the Federal House was left to_ 3. special committee, with power to act. r\.1r!,',,, `I'I_.._A...:l Ofcers Elected Pres.---J. - H. Mitchell, Alliston 1st Vice Pres.--Harry Fisher, Cookstown. `'`---~ 11 A IQ:-I'>`b\I\fI UUU1\b I.-U W 11. 2nd Vice P1'es.-~R. A. Suther- land. Str'0_ud. A 11n,.:A...,.:A.-. `Dlnn luuu. ouu_uu. Sec y--T. A. Whiteside, Elm- gI`0Ve': V y|\-.,....;.. {Inn l'\n--iI\n'o 111-a_ gruvts: _ _ _ = 1`1-eas..--Ge0. Ogllvxe, Brad- ford. 4_-,__ n A Q:\v'v~\r\`n Tn .lU1'U. Executive--B. A. Semple, Tot- tenham; \V. L. Kell, Tecumseth; P. Sheehan, Adjala; `J. T. Bow- erman, Alliston; A. W. Morris, Essa, G. 0. Allan, Innisfilg T. J.` Murphy, Tossorontio; Jno. Kidd,` VVest (iwillimhury; J. G. Gray, Bradford; Roy McDonald, Beet- .0n;- Donald Russ, Barrie._ m._-_-1- Dnkinonn `on; Uonam nnss, nu:-m:._ 1 Audifn1`s-- Frank Robinson `and H. L. Dunning, Cookstown. 1- .4: n......'Ivn \17r)LV .AL'rAllVD1 um Hy-lavv. A The Barrie Gazette or the| gentleman who took. the Atrou-' me to look up the records and! gave the Ga'/.et,t,e the informa-, tion, might as well have told! the "truth . '-4- ----~ n n(\`r'n'1'\`D*D uuu 11. U . xluuunnb, -\.\_n........v.. A. hearty vote of thanks was tendered the retiring president, We Mr. Ross, for t.he diligent and im etcient manner in which he had vis discharged the duties of t.he of- ce for a number. of years. Aid. Ramsden _ .An address on_ the public is-- sues of the day was given by Aid. Ramsden of Toronto, who ah spoke for -i`_orty_ve g minutes. 00 Aid. Ramsden is a forceful W] speaker, well versed in public B: matters and his .speech was Li heard with evident appreciation. V He dealt. with the Borden gov- pl ernment s record at some length, d,- paying special attention to its enormous expenditures, its, Q` sliortconiimrs in the conduct of E` the,war, its connection with the H Nationalists. and its failure to H i fill the vacancies in the House 1. ! of Commons which now total"ov- `H er 6750 days. Mr. Ramsden al-` {I so took- up the nickel question and emplias.i7.ed the recent dis- ii closures made by Mr-. `Dewart, showing that the Govt. had re- 'cently sold to the Nickel Trust. 236 ad_ditional acres of land in h the nickel belt at $3. per acre. 1 The patents were not taken out i in the name of the Canadian 8 Copper C0.,'.hut in the name of 8 e l ( l i z private parties, a majority of whom were employeesof the Copper Co. Dealing with the. claim of certain, Government. supporters` that politics should ,not. he discussed in war time, Mr; Ramsden said -that no other part of the Empire has banned 1 .-politics during the war, while 1 in the provinces of Canada . there had been several changes 1 of government` since war began. 11 the Government had shown any inclination t.o give a `nation- al administration shorn of par- tyism. then indeed politics might, have been banned, but under present conditions he could see_ noreason why the record of the Government should n.ot. be crit- icized. While they felt it their duty to- criticize what they be- lieved to be wrong`, Mr. Ramsden reminded all that the supreme object should be t.o win the war and to this task every possible lassistance should be given, . To Speak of v.M.c.A. J W. R. Andrew, who is here on Military AY.M.C.A. work in con. i nection with the 177th~Bn., will speak in I.he Congregational Church next Sunday morning and in St. Andrew's at the even- ing service. Mr. A.ndrew'was under canvas with the troops at Valcartier, Camp Borden and Salisbury and has .an' interest- ing story to tell. For some- time Mr. Andrew was one of the sing- ers, with Chapman & Alexander, the evangelists, and will sing at these services if his voice, is in l | condition; , F. S-'. Spence Dead . . Ex_Gontro1ler F.`S. Spence of Toronto, one-of the leading tem_ prance men in Ontario, died this u1oru 1ng'. ' "7 7 Imseth; in '. J. Pi. 1; J. W ).,Kidd, hr . Gray, 10 , th Lt. TI-umarI_ Williams Home -`Lt. Truman Williams re~ach-. ed_home on Sunday night, an -; AL- 1.-...- I\' cu _ LIULIJD IJIJ. KJu1l\`K`l./V LLJDLAI1, v.....\.. is now resting at the home of? hisparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed.` Williams, Owen St. He came? oyer. on the I'_St hospital shipi that has come across with Can__ adian soldiers. ` uu-..-.~..- When he left Barrie eighteen 9 months ago, he was the pieturegt ofhealth, but today he is forty?` pounds less in weight and his`1 nerves are in a sadly shattered 'con'diti-0n, the result of shelli` shock. When he arrived homegl he was pretty well used up with`,-` the long journey, but is nowz? `slowly improving and in the : course of time should make a complete recovery. N0twith- standing .what he has come throughghe says he is glad that! l he went, and that he was per-`l mitted to do something towards! the Cause. ..._ I L110 \JLl4\al\7\lu ` Before war broke out, Mr.` Williams served in the militia` for nine years, his home being at Powassan where he has a drug business. He enlisted for overseas service with the 23rd. Northern Pioneers, and had the` rank of captain, but reverted to `lieutenant in order to get over- seas _more quickly. _He._went; across with the 37th Bn., being` the same company as Lieut. --~---- TTv\nn 15:0 OY\_ Ill LIIU 3041115 UU111yuLsJ vuu `WW H. Morgan. ` Upon his ar- raid in France. ~ rival at the Front in France, he Lt.-Col. Beckett was _an arch- was placed with a trench mortariitiect. His partner, Lt.-Col. brigade and served in this peri-iChadwick, is also overseas. A lous wor_k for four monthsiomsplendid otcer, Lt.-Col. Beckett the Somme front. One day- shellihad a ne record and was great- shock got him and when helly esteemed by those under him. .'regained consciousness the was;Among the nicers of his batta- lying in a Kensington hospita1..lion is Lieut. Tom Creswicke. There he remained for nine? ` Mrs. Beckett, was farmer-ly weeks, the only Canadian in- the2Miss Ethel Fletcher, daughter of institution. While there he wasithe late R. E. and Mrs. l<`lo:i-cher, visited by Lt.-Col. Mar`/Laren, residents of Barrie for many Major Robinson, Major,McLe-angycars. Very deep .s\vmpa1,hy is and other -officers from Canad-a..?felt for Mrs. Reckeu, her ulaugh- He speaks in the very hi;zhest t.er and two sons. All have been ..terms of the hospital service. gin England for some months. LIIB LI'Ul,ll. - The by-law was -a complete! fizzle. The farmers who camel to sell hung the hy-law with the same rope. The farmers re-` fused to sell to anyone `until 11! a.m. and delayed themarket, to` the detriment of everyone. The 11... 1,." Inn-r Incl As Lieut. Williams was not able to travel alofne he was pla-' ced in charge of Lieut. I\`(:hil1e1-, who for a time practised law in Barrie, a couple of years ago. Lieut. Schiller was not permit,--, r\uI1;`l'\('l` ln` disrapp0intment to him. l4Hjul.. Quuluvzzx. vvuo lluu ,J...--.-., . fed to go `to France owing to physical disability a grievous. n _,4- 1:1. `r;.-"14 u)'ut"_""-`l.I-.-(iZ</ *7 , Speaking of cases like Lieut. Schiller s, and alsoof senior of- cers who are not allowed to go; to Friance, Mr. \Villiams said that many people at lmme were inclined to` think unkindly -of` I .them. This, he said, is a great `injustice to the ,o1`ficers. He had grnnri reason to know that the uncharitable criticisms of such are quite unw:1rranted. As to the ghting in which he had been engaged, Lieut. Wil- liams did not talk much. The troops are well looked after and` are cheerful and bright under all conditions. Their morale is excellent, both officers and men being confident. that victor_v is`] coming their way. In England many people seemed of the op- inion that there would not be another winter campaign. Major Robinson informed the Examiner that a fe1low_ofT'Icer of Lieut. Williams told him that` when Lieut. Williams was knocked out he was thrown into the air 15 or 20 feet, and that he remained in a suh-c0nscious condition for ve weeks. A. GARRETT of the Bar- rie Music Store has moved from the old prernises on Dunlopi St. to his new store on the Corner of Mary and Elizabeth Sts., 2 blocks west. I.EKlVI"IlI`I Iailrcvi-I `V-- Pot lllll [in advance] 8l.s| bllB uUl,L'11uUuu ux uvu,,vuuu- ---v, repealing of the by-1aw was{ only a niatter of form. 3 V _ Yours truly, r n 111310 17A`I"D no major Robinson Retuvns lCh-. Major Mark Robinson arrived and home from England last Satur- 3 oftday night and is now enjoying Ed.(a month s leave before reporting alneiiat "fforonto for further duty. I.-- __-L`l...2...\,.. [um LU; \JLl|l\J .I.\.vn. Au; uAn\JA. u-.11., i Major Robinson has nothings whatever to complain of in his treatment since leaving Canada, _ except that he was not permit- _ted to remain in the trenches, ,',where he spent a month with a. ;'!party of 120 senior oicers. Of lzthisparty almost all have been sent hack.to Canada. In order ,;to get permission to serve at the li_Front, he oifered to revert to ,glieutenant, but the authorities alrefused to grant this owing to i his age-fly years. f\.L' AL- ...,..._.. ... LL... snnnnlnno 1110 ago Of the men in the trenches, Major Robinson has nothing; but ithe highest praise. A ner type of men you would nd nowhere,"_ he said. They do not know what. fear is, are cheerful in most ad- |ve-rse co.nditions and_ would fol- .low `their eofcers anywhere- lThey re simply splendid. JILIJ `Y\Jbl/Lido Word was received in town on `Sunday that Lt.-C0l. S. G. Beck- ett of the 75th Bn. had been kill- `ed in action. ' Subsequent in- Eformation stated that he had "met death while collecting `his -men after a successful trench :| was -litect. `partner, .iChadwick, lsplendid Beckett I'l.....I .. run -nnnnn.-1 and urge rr11pgf_ Collier St. Epworth League Monday evening is niissimiary night atCnllie1' St. Mntlindist Church. Rev. Gen. A. Hmwnof St. And1"ew s Church has` kindly consented to give a. talk on this ,tl;1einr3. (`mod musiv. lmlll vucal `and insl,1'uinent,al, will he rem- dared. ' ".\=.m`y liF`.{l!llP..l`. old or young`, should feel duty/,0und to attend and bring others. A large at,- tendance is looked fur. Thursday, Friday day, March 15, V16, --Eve1`y person xxamts to heat` Cyril Hayes. king` of reader's, pu- pil of Prof. John Duxbury, alt. Collier SL. Met,hodisL f\`unday School A1mive1`sary, Sunday, March 18. morning and evening. `BREAD `corps: I1.'EllII `COFFEE PIE 2 TEA 30 cents Every member is sper-rally reqxxested to -be at the rrmo,I.im:-;. On Tuesday, at 2.30. Lt.-Go|. Beckett Killed 0 Field comforts I On Once more, Mrs. Stewart begs`SD9D00. the knitters to make an extra\H0rses effort. The 177th may be m.0ved|D-I11 to an Eastern point before long,'ti0neer. so their farewell gift socks must Thurs he made ready. If 1000 pairs of B. "Hughes, 1 socks were sent in this month, then a shipment, might be sent Sa1< overseas, as well as the farewell 2 socks given. Socks will be ga- thered on the 14th as usual. 5 Inf 49 nnn Spring Nlillinery Openings L`. Satuday, arch 10 II`.-nu uuuuu u'..,e.I.1.`_ _. -, SAUSAGE GREAMED POTATOES 0|-IILI SAUCE ` nu-I" SOLDIERS AID lay, Friday; :1I'Nl Su_t.ur- Th and l7I,h. VIOLA S. BROWNLEE No. I0 BUTTER The Sergeants of the _l77l.h Bn. are -holding a Farewell Dance, in aid of Field Comforts, in the Town Hall on`Fr-iday. March 16, at _9 p.m._ Thepuhlic` are cordially invited to at.t,en.d. Subscription $1.50, extra ladies` 50 cents. Tickets on sale at: Roberts0n s Drug Store. Music by Stirathdee. ..-`._- 54th Year. Read thgilet Column.