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rll VI'lhl1 I Farmer Flint-My hired men don't seem to care to do anything but eat and sleep." - V Farmer Fumblegate--Mine appears to be worrying himself to death be- cause he' can't eat and sleep both at the same time."-Kamsas City Star. ._________ `A29: Bird shop where you are : Mrs. L. MacMillan Tells How Cuticura Healed Eruptions ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO MAKE THE .M9!'_GA<`-!5 5&3 /isitors to Toronto RIVALRY invited to shop I After an absence of At.hree years a.` black Persian cat returned to its old !home in Rochester, [N.Y. ' . L,a.uu::1'un. I Sr. I-,-Bernice Crawford, Jackie Mc- I Arthur. A Gun II .. It ____ ...a. 1-1.... -..-.- -r '- - (Opposite/-ne; U;am'.;eon) THEIR HEADQUARTERS Special ' A J %Win_tgr Rates 181' L11 U.l.' . Sr. Pr.-_-Margart Cameron, Lloyd Sampson. - _ ' `lmnm; `M `D.-.n m......1...... uurue (4, r're_.-u.,;:ampDe11 U3. . Sr. .II-.-Raymond Sampson, Jean McArthur, Willie Walker, Thelma Gra- ham. ' ' ` ' ' Jr. IIA-V-Margaret Sampson, Duncan Cameron . an 1,, 1:>.......:.... n.......A.._.1 -I--r--_2- --- ' u-z, .lJUl'lS KJIUVBF, 40. ; Jr. .III--Myrtleli"1Stodda'rt 80, John Currie 72, Fredjampbell 63. L -II-.-Ravmond Samnsnn. Joan v_yu muulm 9:1. ' Sr. III--Margaret Campbell 80, Win- -fred Sampson 73, Garnet Sampson 71, Dorothy Crawford 65, Stella Crawford! 60, Rex Ansdell 60, Gordon Crawford ' 54. Doris Glover 40.: ` `Tr TT`I __1\A'un+h;'_-`-d&...:A-..` on 1--1... I nalues In uruer OI merlt. ` Sr. IV--Ne1lie Glover 86, Viola Crawford 83, Irene Tillett 72, Jack Ans- dell 72; Jim Walker 64, Dorothy Cam- eron 57, Norman Campbell _56,' Mer- vyn Emms 49. ` Qr TTTjIfohrroun4- !`l\v\nv\`r\I\'lI on 'I'1'r:.. U'd.l'U . V Rev. R. Craw preached at the an- lniversaryeservices in the Presbyterian church here on $unday. 0.9, Nu. II, UHU 'Result of mid-yearly examinations. Names in order of merit. Er '| T7__1\Tn1Ho tllnu-nu on 'rr:..1_ VV Ill 9 care `:.i`llieT little daughter of M11. and -Mrs. Wm. Davenport is under the doctor's care. JJJUIKIU - Miss Murray went "to her `home I-ilawkestone for the Christmas vaca- t on.T . ' - ` '`r\A 1:4-LI.` .1I....._I.L-_. -3 \r.. ." 1 -- Quen s Hotel 11 `Mrs. McDonald of "Gravenhurst is -spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Dickie. ling 1\.r..........-. --.....4. `L- L-.- L----- aI.U1`xuy lllglo - Miss Roach is spending the Christ- mas holidays With her father. Rev. Mr. Roach. v . Tnnnnt. 'r_'r..4.... Ac 1\..z.._-_-L -'-_--- -._,r V nuauu. , V Joseph Hutton of Detroit came home E0 see his mother, who is still very ll. - LU ' ill . Tl Dec. 22-'1`he Methodist Cantata to! have been held on Sunday night had to be postponed on account of the stormy night. Mina Dnnnk {en ananahu-.. +1.... ru....:..4. . ephone Levy, $34.55; 5 Councillor, $16. 00; uzuuer, Iueu ms annual report. The following accounts were passed: D. Banks. underbrushing opp. lot 14,` Con.`10,c$5.00: C. S. Burton. Treas. Flos Mun. Telephone Levy, $34.55;; wire fence bonuses: Alex. McNabb.` $5.70; Chas. Wattie.`$4.30; Pat. Kay- anagh, $4.50; A. A. Garvin. $2.90; Wm. Brennan, $2.40; Wm. Hamilton, $1.00; Hy. Muir, $1.50; A. Walt.` $7.50; L. Wingrove. $3.20; Jas.- G. -Walton, $9.00; Hy. Harrison, $7.00; Alex. Miller, $5.20; `Bishop Bros... $11.30; John Patterson, $2.00; A.. B. Coutts, Secy.-Treas. Telephone Sys- tem, part levy, ~ $300.00; W. W. Scott, refund sales tax on culverts. $7.40; Mrs. H. Fleldhouse. caretaking town hall, $10.00; W. J. Holmes. work on S.R. 20 and 21 and gravel, $8.50: P. J. Daley, gravel. for 6th con. line. $3.75; Barrie Examiner, on account. $200.00; J. W. Orchard, salary as school attendance officer, $15.00; Eli. Bluem_an. refundpart business, $2.85; C. S. Burton. Treas. ,Flos. F-los Tel- S. H. Lynn, valuing sheep killed by dogs, $3.00; . W. J. Dougherty, sheep killed bydogs. $4.00: Alex. H. Wilson. bal. services as Reeve, $45.90; Grant Knupp. ,bal. services as Deputy,.Reeve, $33.00; Jas. Doran, bal. services as Councillor. $28.00: Chas. Miller, bal. services as Albert Orchard. bal. services as Councillor. $38.70; A. . B. Coutts, quarter year's .salary as Clerk and Treasurer. $225.00; A. B. Coutts. Telephone. L. D. Calls. etc., $_44v.21-: A. B. Coutts, postage, station- ery, reporting, revenue stamps on cheques and notes and 'Secy. B. of H., $84.72; Wm. E. Brown. telephone in town hall, $8.29. By-laws were given three readings and passed establishing a public high- way on lots 14 and 15 in the Tenth concession near Mac Station. and au- thorizing the Reeve and Clerk to con- 1 vey that portion of the `east half of 2 the north half of lot `fifteen in the \ tenth concession lying west of said es- , \ tabiished road and attach the corpor- I ate seal thereto. Thecouncil adjourn- E r ed sine die.` - . A. B. COUTTS. Clerk`. Vespra Council met on the 15th lnst.. according to Statute. with all its members present, the Reeve _ln the chair. The Dept. of Public Highways wrote re rates charged for various purposes. J. W. Orchard, School Attendance Officer, filed his annual report. The fOnO7il'I2' annnunfn worn nonnati- vaspm councu. S...-S, NO. 17, ORO An ___.r.1 __-_..I" ;i:.5;rE M" XLEXANDER COWAN. _ Barrie,0nta.r1o, 50-52c ` Mortga.gees' Solicitor. W. A. McCONKEY, Auctioneer. Flora M. Bell. Teacher. uuyyuin. ;J.uaplLa.l .Dy'l3.W The Kiwaniaris decided to get behind I the hospital by-law that is to be sub- mitted Eo the ratepayers on Jan. 5. - On mat on of F. W. Otton and A. E. Bryson the following resolution was carried unanimously: That `hav- ing listened to the addresses from members of the hospital board on the urgent need for assistance. and realiz- I ing -the great value of the hospital to . the community, the-club heartily en- dorse the proposal and pledge their support to the by-law." A motion passed by the executive authorizing the expenditure of $25 for -advertising in this connection. the advertising to -consist of window cards, banners and dodgers. and naming S. 11'. Moore as uuiy guuua man can be is when he is doing something for someone else. I don t care what a man's position is, he is"not great unless he has learned in his heart -the lesson of service. There are'men like that_- in every com- munity, men who are` always doing things for other people. "The great - est text in the whole world is the text of service. It is found at the bottom corner of this institution and can't help but do good if we start right. _ Concluding, Mr, Tudhope said, Let us have real food for thought. All 1 the information in the world has come [from the-`brains of men who just sat ' down and, thought. iWe cannot pass that thought on to those who come af- ter us unless we ourselves use our brains. . . -pay LU!` me privueges We enjoy." 3 -Referring to the lack of interest` taken in elections, Mr. Tudhope said i that the man who says he is not in- terested is the Aman who talks the - loudest in. condemnation of those in 3 authority while many others vote the 2 way their fathers and grandfathers r voted. Our franchise troubles would v bereadily and satisfactorily solved if r the people would gather all the in- formation they can and make up their minds for themselves. In the O.T.A. vote last October many voters were governed by what other people said and by what happened in other places ` instead of forming an independent opinion on conditions as they knew them in their own locality. . Vision in Municipal Affairs } I V There is hardly a town with ambi- tion, _he stated, but is up against a. struggle in its municipal affairs be- tween the ideal and real. between what it is reaching for, and what it can grasp. In every such town there are men who are striving to do things, who are the backbone of the commun- ity and who are always working to grnake things better. This raises taxes, but it is not the man who-pays the taxes who kicks; It is the man who does not." he declared. He kicks because he has not learned that the only gooda man can be is when he dOinE' Snfhfhin` fnr Gf\I~\or\v1z\'4-114-an . , sit down and think for awhile? That he said. LU me glorious privileges they have [in the franchise that they`ne_ver think of them. They have not the same .. privileges in England, and will not have them for a` long time. universal franchise of ours is too universal, I think," `said Mr. . Tudhope. If it is exercised with` commonsense, it is all right. If it is an honest expression of opinion, good or bad,` any measure based on it is the expression of the people. There has not been a vote of any kind in recent years` but someone has said it was not `the expression of the people. That is true because. the people areled around by the nose and then vote without an intelligent com- prehension of the principles. involved `and they express some other person's opinion instead of their own." ; I This Canned Opinions X There is so much canned food and canned music, he conti-nued. that we , even take our opinions canned, from - the press or some other source." As ; an instance he recalled the vogue of , such words as camouflage" and _propaganda" which came into prom- inence during the war and immediate- ly sprang into general use without regard to their suitability. People Don't Think "The reason for that is that people do not think. declared Mr. Tudhope. We have our recreation, our business. we read and listen to lectures. but how many of us have said.--let us is at the foundation of all the trouble in the world today. We have our great` public libraries,` with hundreds of thousands of volumes` containing I all the wisdom of the world. and we ca.n go there and get any facts we want. but we haveno opinion of our own. Test it out `for yourselves and find out how many times in a month you talk intelligently about any sub- ject. `giving your ow opinion about it." ~ Privileges Carry Responsibility iThe rights_ and privileges that we enjoy did not come so easily," con- tinued Mr. Tudhope. Our ancestors. who did a little thinking for them- selves, fought thousands of years for `them. We realize that it is a great privilege to live in a land wh e there is law and order, a land that is free A from cyclones, earthquakes, famine 81 and pestilence, ailand with clean fed-l E eral, county and municipal institu- D .tions, but these privileges have a re- sponsibility tied to them with regard to our exercise of the franchise and our attitude to .those in authority.". He pointed out two instances to showl the general attitude. Many merchants complain, he said, when the bureau of stati ics asks them for information and veryone believes that those who collect income tax are thieves and robbers. These may be small things," but., they are not small-in principle because they show that there is not the desire to meet_ our obliga- tions. Observance of these little things goes only in a small way to pay for theprivileges enjoy. vReferring to the 1201: n! am.-.......+ independent tk HE (Continued from page 5) Franchise Too Ur':iversal- People in Canada are so accustomed to the glorious privileges they in that thev`nnvm- nmn. Electorate Too. Much Given to Taking Canned Opinion, Says M. B. Tudhope. J % Support Hospital By-lavlv nwinrnnioa Annr1nA 4... .__; u auu . i In the -girls game, in which a team: of junior girls challenged the schoolg team, the latter won by 25 to 19.5 The teams were evenly matched and: the game was interesting throughout. ! The teams lined up: 1 School Team--Fox-wards, Amy Moore, e Alice Quinlan; centres, Betty Robin-i son and Gertrude Scott; defence, I Ethel Garside and Laura Scott; spares. Doris Tuck and Bertil Hall. - ru....n ..... A- ungsuey and McMartin; spare, Reid. 1 School Team'-Forwards, F. Foster` and`S. Malkin; centre. Carson; de- fence, Payne and Doyle; spare, Bx-y-| son. 1 Lu, Ill LHU uuunty 0! 51111008. o On the said property there is said to be a good brick house and a good `barn 36 x 86 with stabling underneath. a. driving shed 30 x 50 and other out- buildings. a. good orchard and two wells. This is one of the best farms in the County and is in a. high state of cultivation. _ - There will be a. reserved bid. Further particulars will be made` known at the time of sale, and in the meantime may be learned on applica- . tion to .-.__...._..._7 .a.u.:v S01 ) ,__,_--__-... ...v......, V. uuuuauu. V Basketball Games I Immediately following the play the? basketball games were held in the" gymnasium. Both games were close- `ly contested and fast. A The old boys defeated the school. team by 35 to 23. The school team had a slight advant-I age in the first half and the score was close. In the second half the old boys pulled away, mainly due to the accurate shooting of Harold Smith, who was the leading scorer. McMartin, on the defence, also turned; in a strong game for the old boys` while Payne and Foster starred for~ the school team. The line-up was: ` `- Old Boys-Forwards, Smith and Walker; centre, Ross; defence. Bil- < lingsley and McMartin; '1 Tea.l n'-F`nrurnrrlu F` `li`na+m- A ...... uamcnuuuu uuu BVBHIIIE and the Ezezgsury of the band was enriched by The play was very well acted by the students. As the title implies, it was a travesty on the original, with all of Shakespeare's characters and a few more. The cast of characters was: Duke of Venice, Howell Part- ridge; Antonio, Frank Foster"; Bas- sanlo, Alvin Luck; Shylock,eWallace Copeland; Gratiano, S. Lee; Tubal. Jack Payne; Lancelot. (0. Thomas; Professor, `W. Harrison; Policeman. Chester Carson; Portia, Jean Cowan; Nerissa, Gertrude Scott; Jessica. Ailsa vGrey; Abbie s. Threedice,_B. Robin- son; Polly, A. Wallwln; Mrs. Gobbo. Antonio's mother- 0. Jnhnnnn I sung ruuy, A. Wall mother, 0 A great success was scored by the pupils of the B.C.I. in their Christ-L mas Festival in aid of the B.C.I. band last`Friday afternoon and even- ing. The` features of the entertain- ment were the play, The Merchant of Venice Up-to-date, and the basket- ball gnmes between the old boys and the school team, and the girls team and a team" of junior girls, but there `were a number of other features equally interesting and entertaining. There was a good attendance both in the afternoon and evening and the treasury band by Tho r\`nu -...... ---- -- " ` [A Play, Basketball and Other ' Features; Good _Cro_wd; " Proceeds, $275. . I ALSO PACKED IN ms or so 12 15,915 20/o r25 nu; mrs. ' Johnson. _.__-- _--- -_-, --uuvan, \JAIuIllUo Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum promote and maintain skin purity, skin comfort and skin health. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal, the Talcum to powder. _ Iamph Inch Fun by Mail. Address Canadian Depot: "Outtcura, P, 0. Box 2616, Montreal." Price Sea 252. 0intment25and50c. '1`alcu:n25c. i ry out new Shaving Sn.-L, [" `Cigarettes and [wt-IAT TOURIST TRAFFIC * MEANS TO vmcouvsn 5 At the annua meeting of the [Van- 'couver Publicit Bureau on December 9, it was reported that approximately $40,000,000 had come into the province uwu gut. I A tea room on the second floor did ah flourishing business during the after- noon and evening and chocolate bars I and chewing gum were sold on the first I floor. unsu. ` ' In the upper hall for a modest fee the visitor could find out what the fates had in store ahdthe B.C.I. Fishing Preserves attracted a lot of attention. There was also a. Christmasrtree where ?for ten cents one "could choose his . own gift. V I A fan unnn-u an L1... ..,.,.__._.a 4-1--" .121 uuuc: LU uuzuxuwn to sclence were GIS- covered in the House of Vvonders sit- uated in a. class room on the first floqr. Candy tables and 9. novelty table at which handmade Christmas gifts could be purchased were situated im (the first floor andwere well patron- ze . t Ull L ized hitherto unknown to scienc were dis- COVQTQH in fhn T-Tnnan nf t\v\1ln-11 -14 '- -v- Tvvwwuryv ; ["q/ztnizzq/e medz} C9lI6l5. Tol5cco vuuuu win 06 prouuqea at the time of sale and. upon which default has been made, there will be offered for sale by Public Kuction at the Welling- ton Hotel, Barrie, Saturday, December 27, 1924, at twelve o'clock noon. the following property: The north half of _lot number twenty in theeleventh concession of the Township of Innis- fil. in the County of Simcoe. On the maid nrnnnrfur Ham... 4.. ....a.a .- The Economy Package _ I juunu - an 11 2I`\&kI`I'II"` I712 : V Subscribers to the Family Herald and Weekly Star of Montreal have been advised that they will receive free of charge a beautiful calendar for 1925 ;with a. most attractive picture in col- ,5 ors entitled, The.Sale of Old Dobbin." When one considers that the `subscrip- tion price of this big 72 page family and farm journal is only $2.00 per year, one is amazed by the value re-" ceived, but with a beautiful picture calendar thrown in, the value is indeed smnerlativn uulcuuur Ll superlative . in the last twelve months from tour- ists; of this about $10,000,000 was from motorists alone duringthe sum- mer; that the bank clearings in the heavy tourist month July showed an increase of $10,000,000; that some of the heaviest shopping days of the year occurred in the summer months which used to be very quiet and that the 4th of July is now ranking with the Christmas shopping days for good business. BEAUTIFUL CALENDAR FREE G..L..-....:l..-.... L- 4.1.- 1s_._._.u,. ~r -un Luclr 1il[Hl`(`.\ Fletcher Ch:-in man among tn Bible and S(H.u. set himself in school, and l.--. pastor, and sh '.\` cvuuLn) w:1s-I1w Then U`1('('h.'.-!` was a man p.; He was an Whose earlit-z~ . hard service ::. with spells on` `i living, endin; 11 savage life m. [Now he saw Hr the tragic fan,- realized that " death." He rwnw possible, the destruction, am or half-nntixw -of their fathwx Wlnfnknn I-l...:.. uau-u| t`t.`u ZHHI The first _\'<-:1 Pitcairn Islam] 01' drunkc-nm-s.~; bloodshed. 1! several othc-rs h `rest had divd At the end uf (or as his right :Qrnhh\ Il'lr(~ .1. UL cuncuio I tried several remedies without any benet. I began using Cuti- cura Soap and Ointment and in about two months I was completely healed. (Signed) Mrs. L. MacMil- Ian, Box 521, Kenora, Ontario.. !`..A: ---.. - f` (Ur 21:! H13 ['1 Smith) was. Than 9!". ..1 H. EL! |.WU IHHCS Hill Ihalf-way hotm South Amm'i-2.. Englishman. I} zmutineors. on: men and :1 m Ihalt -breed and Tho (`hum ... .. wuu ullul'l'.\'UNH For twenty 5' of them. I`h-- lost in the Ian Then am Ann Pitcairn Island two miles Inn }IO1(_'I|vn\y L.\o.... Jllitll. ` It is not \\'i{ companions th; cerned but Wit eers. T,ho_v 5.. Tahiti wh<-r(_- captured by :1 remainclvr ur number. sailml ing with thorn men and two! under the (`UNIX tian, the unl_\' who umlerstnm 'I`n- +uo....o.. .. lzezg In the 3%` British \\'u\' against the xv} Captain 1, .li:.;x eighteen lu_\':I ship's laum-h,. food and \\':l neither sexrzn nificent .`\`L`l'Il One of the nu. history, suilix miles a(:ro.~:.< H ing it sat":-l_\' East I!l(]i(_~S, man. `Ia .'.. __._4 _._:. We have 8.15: V Choice W including 8; Grc HYACFM I was troubled many months with an itching, burning, painful feeling practically all over my face. A" num- ber of pimples broke out on my forehead which caused me to scratchandalsocaused eruptions. The pim- ples spread down the sides of my face and caused disg- urement. ' ` (61 ...:__i _-, - -- at greatly r Yo: 5&2} FEED -YO . NO. 71fi11-ml A Larg ICU A SUIT? _ From SAylNk Thunda _ `Many: `out of after; .. will be] cost. - `Of Valuable Farm Pt-ovporty in` the Township of lnniufil in the County of Simcoa. , Under and by v1rt__ue.of the power of sale contained In a certain morttzaze which will be produced at the time sale and unnn wmm. a.o....n. 1....