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\uuul..n} Ielt It to have a vote. was strongly 0; D-.- IL. 1- - vvaa again nerore Barrie Presbyt at its regular meeting, held in St. . drew s Church on Tuesday. In 1 case the complaint came from W vale. The decision was the same in the Angus dispute-the appoi ment of a commission +.'n vim +1.- - The question of whether Methodists in co-operative charges should have a right to vote with Presbyterians on ChurchAUnion where the disposal of Presbyterian property was at stake was again before Bargie Presbytery at 1-an-nlo-u -I---`L ` ` - - Non-Unionists /.1.sk Presbytery if Methodists Should Be - Allowed to Vote. ANGUS CASE mscussnn PIIOTESTWEII VNEVALE VOTE ..., .. nun uuty as a trustee Vote. He admitted that he ly opposed to Union. McDonald said that since Wyevale four years ago, _ and Presbyteriann hon e13}:t-e1':i`;;1`sD `551, -He had never rge. The people ~ just as good as` avg. Mn+1-A-"~`~ _l_*_I[AGE AUTO DESTROYED BY 1-`ms DUE TO ENGINE BACK-FIRING A large Studebaker car owned by James McFadden_took re suddenly and` was completely destfoyed on Tuesday afternoon as the owner was driving on the Sunnidale` Road a short distance past the golf; links. The en`- gine had back-red a` few times and Mr. McFadden noticing re under- neath the foot-hoard, sto ped the car and got out. As soon as e lifted the hood the ames leaped up and im- mediately enveloped the car and in a 5 short time everything that `was com- .- bustible, except the tires, was des- 1 troyed. Remarkably, the gasoline ` tank did not exnlodn. Tho .my:.-... ....a t Pres- `1lItll| not 1 own... 1 uuuug W16 IIOIIOSYB. ` ' - In explanation, Mr. Sarjeant stated ' that the item might have been includ-` ing water out of thecellar. ed in the estimates but was left out to allow `it to be spread over a number of yeavs so as not to raise the tax rate. _He said thathe knew that some membersof Council who had gone in- to the matter were aware of the ne- 3 cessity and added that, the Board is now paying $50 a quarter for pump- I Refrn f +1In usunnau--J--'-- -~- ' the request be dealt with 'oie'_{v'af3; 1 another at the next Council meeting as they wanted to have the work done I during the holidays. In ejznlnnnl-inn M -n G---1---* V` ` ' ........... vv auuhun. .a oy-law; to, the ratepayers. They thought the Coun- cil and the people were fully cogniz-' ant of the need for the new boiler and pointed out that it would savethe Board an annual expenditure for fuel and pumping water. They asked that the request be dealt one way `or another at the mun rI........n ...-Au= uuultull DU rate a era. (In ngulyln me regular meeting of the Board` on Monday night, and the Secretary `was instructed to forward it to the Coun-' cil. The letter pointedout that, no denite reply having` been received, `the re uest was repeated, and if not 3 grante the Board would request the Council to submit _a by-law; to. the ratepayers. Thev thnno-11+ 4.. n...... er fo A I-A If CouncilAWon t vote Money for School Boiler, Then % Submit By-Law, woax L VERY NECESSARY . SPEEDSTERS FINED . 'EL..'.J..-_L. __-_!I ,. .- ASKS ron $3500 4325eoTIE`s7T ;uuyuuu u1..azUl_J, wxm xree manse and one month's holidays. The con- gregation recently voted to enter the continuin Presbyterian: Church. ` ' The A landale call in favor of rnffntnn than -6-A-A-J---3 "E8118: ltev. Neil Campbell and Rev. Dr. Byrnes all spoke m high apprec- iation of the work done by Mr. Mc- Lean during the eight years he has been in the charge. THO nnnwmnfnvn nknann. ..........I-.. - uccu ul one CHEIEB. The Georgetown charge provides a stipend of . $2200, with free land mm rnhn!-I1 : '1....1:.a...... rm....- ..-.. auau ueen In cnarge Ior some txme. Rev. S. Farley, Rev. J. A. McM'a- hon`, Rev. C. H. McDonald of Pene- 'tang`. Rev. Neil Campbell and Rev. Byrnes snoke In hich annrec- IU can. . The call was placed in Mr. Mc- Lean s hands and he stated that he ` would accept -it. On motion of Rev. S. Farley of Collingwood and_ Rev. J.` A. McMahon of Nottawa,`the call was sustained. Mr. McMahon was named `interim moderator and will preach the pulpit vacant on May 31. Mr. Davey of Creemore was agpointed interim moderator of Black ank, of which congregation Mr. McLean has ~ also been in charge for some time. . Rev, E Wu-plan D4." 1- A 1u'..mr.-. ` 1 A call from the Georgetown and , Limehouse charge to Rev. Kenneth . McLean of Stayner was presented and ; sustained` by Barrie Presbytery on . Tuesday. The call, which was signed . by 186 members and 27 adherents, . was presented b Rev. Mr. McKay, ; who said that r. McLean was -the unanimous choice,of the congrega- tion. It was opposed by Messrs. Rise- . brough, Chisholm and Jackman and - Mrs. Swallow of Stayner and Mr. Schell of Sunnidale Corners, all of whom stated that it was the unani- mous desire of both congregations to have Mr. McLean remain as minister and asked Presbytery to not sustain the call. 7!... ....II _.-_ __1,-_,,1 o -It It Leaves astayner after 24th; 1 ~ /x1landa1eA C:i1l1 is T REV. K. McLEAN ` ACCEPTS CALL To GEORGETOWN! unac \auureI.ury), n_., U. uobertson, S. N. Hurst, N._ J. Llscumb and John Bowman. ..v vvll nu; nanusug u WUIIBHLBSS cneque,_ V apparently tried the same dodge in Oakville when he was on a joy-ride before his arrest. Chief of Police . 1 Stewart received word from the Oak- ; ville police this week that there was ,la warrant for Henrfy s arrest, charg- _Iing him with- issuing a worthless % cheque there. ` unuuuuu ul nau:1e_0n July 12, 19265 C. E. Partridge (chairman) James Case (secretary), H. G. Roiaertsbn, Hurst. N. J. Linnumh mu! J.-.1... ITO CELEBRATE TWELI-"TH" [ E IN BARRIE NEXT YEAR `At a recent meeting of Barrie L. ' 0.L., the following committe was ap- pointed to arrange foran Orange cel- ebration in Barrie on July 12, 1926: E. Partridan lnHn1'1mrnn~n\ Tnv-n-~ A. G.A H-enry. of Guthrie, who was sentenced about a month ago to one year's imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining a motor car from Ernest Bolton by issuing a worthless cheque,_ annarentlv tried the nnmn .1...1.... :. sun TO HAVE tssur-:0 BAD .Cl-IAEQUE _wx-nan on JOY-RIDE o--1.vy an Auxston 11-Camp Borden it Thornton. u uuc .13--D`lll`l'l 8'0 AIIISPOD. June 20--Ivy `at Thornton. June 24-`--Alliston at Barrie. . June 26--Th_ornton at Alliston. V June 29+-Alliston at Camp 'Borden. June 29-Barrie Vat,Ivy; July 3`--Bp4'rie at Camp Borden. July 8-I'vy 'at Alliston. IJIIIV 11_.r`.nv-an 'Dnu:l.._ :.L l'l|l.-....L-. OVGIOJ Hv'A'I-lllDI!Ul HI: LIIUIIIEOH. June 4-Barr1e at Thornton. June 5-Camp Bofden at Alliston. June 8--Thornton at Ivy. June 10-Camp Borden at Barrie. June_12-A1liston vat Ivy. . June 17--Thorx'1ton at Barrie. June 18-.-Ivy at Camp Borden. { Juno 1Q_Rnm:n no. AI'I:..4...... - aiC_7'ar171i) Bord: June 19-B_arrie at Alliston. Jung On T-uuv 'n6- 'I"`I-AA---L--5 { Barrie opens the South Simcoe . Baseball League at home; next Wed- nesday with Ivy as their opponents. The `schedule was arranged at a meet- ing of the League in Thornton last games, each team having four home` ~' games` and will be completed on July. ya 11. The League this year is compos- ' ed of ve teams: Barrie, Ivy, Thorn-L - ton, Camp` Borden and Allistoni 2 Cookstown and Beeton have dropped out and the airmen are newcomers to the League. ' Following is the schedule: May 20-Ivy fat Barrie. ' May 22--Thornton at Camp Borden. May 27-Camp` Borden at Ivy. May 29-Alliston at Thornton. `at -gamp Bofden_at Alliston. 1'.-.. - Friday night. Itx consists `of twenty ` Codkstown .'_a"ndA Be'eton' Drop- Out ; Camp Borden Enters Team. A . LEAGUE OPENS scum snmcoa W ` A HERE. MAY 20} Sustained. :62niYeuV `citizens of Lindsay and Bo irrautos, on motorcycles an have scoured the countryside for fty miles around Lindsay, combing side- roads, bushes and swamps, with no result, in search of Charlie Hodges, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Hodges, former residents of Ediar. fat ` few minutes before and apparentlyvanish 1v as though on foot, ed as complete- him and no trace has,b would lead to his d alive. ' , - Since Monday, May 8, scores of Scouts, `The boy walked out of. his er s store, the Kwick1Lunch', a 4 6' p.m. on May .8 w removed from the earth. 4 Since then nothing has been heard of '1 een found that ,\ iscovery dead .or- c ( ..e...ucu;,y enmusiastic. Though on! the farms of the townships the farm- I ers were busy with spring operations! and many in the urban centres were detained owing .to various engage- , ments, there was a large attendance from the various parts of the constit- ` uency. Especially noticeable on this occasion was the re-"entry of a goodly representation from Barrie, which through the last redistribution was taken from South Simqoe and restor- % to to association with `the political ; `V allies of `many years ago. a . , Dr. A. M. McFaul presided and op- . ened the proceedings by expressing 1 pleasure at the large number present. - hishe tookto `mean a deep and gen- uine interest in the spreading and up- holding of Liberal gospel. The time 1 was exceedingly busy on the farms, ` but the farmers were well represent- _ ed. The towns were also quite in ev- 1' idence, the attendance indicating a I-ICU! lthe: .. ....... -vu.Lu uu: 1161(1- The meeting was well attended and decidedly enthusiastic. Though on the of the townkhinn +1.. 4.-....... I ..e; Au-so oaturaay, the North Sim-E coe Liberal Association unanimously] declared in favor of nominating a candidate for the next Dominion el- ections. It also nominated a` commit- tee to arrange for the holding of a convention at an early date to place Pa candidatein the eld. rm.- ..--,A- -- At its annual meeting, heldin Stay- ner last Saturday, the North Sim- Liberal Agannigm... ......-.:------v-- Convention to be Calledat an Early Date; Enthusiastic 1 "ma! Meeting Held at Sta-yner; Dr". A. M. McFau1 of Collingwood Elected President. mom smcos LIBERAL Assocu. DEGIDES to nominate cnumnnna I - The above photogravurewshows the. main gure oi ethe~- Champlain monument to be unveiled in Orillia, Dominion Day, to mark the three hundredth anniversary of the advent into Ontario of the white race. The man in the picture is Vernon March, the artist, now on hi-s way across the Atlantic. to superintend the erection of the monument. His gure serves ' to give an idea of the size of the statue of Champlain, which is twelve feet high and weighs three and a half tons. The two side groups of Commerce and Christianity are eleven feet high and weigh three tons each. The total cost of the monument will be well over $30,000; - cANAnA,'r HuR`sDAv, MAY 14, 1925. CHAMPLAIN _MONUMEN'l' FOR ORILLIA 9 nianfnnmnuu..- -1.-A", " uumuuu 01 p6l'J.ll! y. ' `In the course of. the trial on Satur-. day it was brought` out that Shackle- ton had told a story regarding the case of Toole vs. Mommy to Toole s solicitor which he later repudiated on the witness stand, and Toole admitted upbraidin him for disappointing him , in his evi ence. Toole statedf that he brought Shackleton. to Barrie. and aid his fare back, but` did not offer im money for his evidence or, ask him to swear. fa1sely.- _ In dimii FHA llkllhlill 71-34`- Champlgin Te e-shows the..main a the 1 March, artist. now on his unnr .......`.... at.- I' say and took over a` small lunch room `and candy sho . The lad'.s isappearance has the town `of Lindsay aroused and a thor- ough and` systematic search has been carried on under the direction of the Mayor and the Chief of Police. Vol- unteers were called for and citizens and Boy Scouts, were organized into search parties, eachparty being given a definite ro,ute'to `follow, so there would be no overlapping. Opinion is divided 9: 4m .41.... ....---LI- I Mrs. J. R_. Arthur,` .Mrs. Mrs. Walter Shields. Mrs. John Hood, Mrs. H. S. Scott, Mrs. W. O. McKin- non and Mrs. A. Coughlin. To. Contest the-Riding ' , i Following the adoption of the re-' port of the nominating committee, it was moved by Dr. Simpson of Barrie and seconded by T. Howardof Coll- ingwood and unanimously agreed that A fnnhflnuun 1-- ----- '- I deternaination to stand rmly with the - , old party and its principles-and pol- V | icies. v _ 1' _ After the minutes of the last meet- mg had been read by the secretary, `Dr. Arthur, the president, on recom- l . 1 Buckley and Dr. -Mitchell, which later, {through Donald Ross, reported and lrecommended the following officers: President, Dr. A. M.` McFaul; Vice- . Presidents, Dr. Hart (Barrie), D. G. Bell ('Sta yner), Dr. Smith (Cree- more); Secy.-Treasurer, Dr. Arthur (Collingwood); Executive, W. A. Helmkay, J. Shipley, R. J. Campbell, L. C. Adair, J. R. Lawrence, W. .Beth- , une, A. Buie, Gordon )`..9ngman, F. _t- Hammond, N. Harkin, Dr. Currie, If Arthur,- Ferguson, 11 l_\{_rs. Shields. Mrs. Jnlm 11--.: u (Continued on M minutes t[hela'st meet? u the the E the meeting, appointed hcommittee composed of John Hand P J T`---- :; An- Judge Vance last Saturday dismiss- ed a charge of subornation of perjuriy referred against Wm. Toole of Mi - and. The charge was an echo of a County Court case-heard here a- few months ago, in which Toolevwasgiven judgment for $300 a ainst Geo . Mc- Quay of Midland as amages for in- juries caused by an assaultcommitted , by McQuay. . ` , , It was alleged by Herman Shackle- ton, one of Toole's `witnesses--at the * previous trial, that Toole had promi_s-i -i ed him payment if he swore to certain facts and that after the trial payment , was refused, Toole claiming: that , Shackgeton did not give the evidence I expec ed of him. This story coming ` to the ears of McQuay, he laid the in- formation char ng Toole with sub- A] ornation of peru . ` . , `In llfln II`? `kn `u:n1 Ann -`I-- - - - ...... 11 var`: uuu 11. n. W 118071 of_ Bond Head, -respectively. The"rst'half hour was occupied in n appointing delegates to -the Congress, which meets in Toronto on the two 8 days immediately preceding the As- - sembly. It was decided to appoint one elder, another layman and a re- presentative of the W.M.S. from each charge. Non-unionist ministers also will attend. Appointments for all the- charges were made and delegates named also for the minority groups. Replying to a remark that it would be a big job looking after such a big gathering as the Congress, Rev. John McNabb said that the Presbyterians 4 were taking hold of this matter most < c enthusiastically and ample provision was ensured. He told of one _com- 1 ptaratively small minority group which i had agreed to billet 140 delegates and also contribute $300 towardsthe cost of those` who might have to go to hotels. . ` 3 3. D l E The keen interest being taken in I the Congress of Presbyterians, which is to meet in Toronto next month, was indicated by the large attendance which turned out for the meeting of the Advisory Council for Barrie Pres- bytery, which met in St. Andrew s ;Church, Tuesday afternoon, to ap- [point delegates and deal with other ' business. Practically every non-con- curring congregation and minority in the Presbytery. was represented. At 4 the opening of the meeting Rev. L. - McLean, presbyterial chairman `for 5 the Presbyterian nlnn-nlu A.......:..4.:-.. Advisory Council for Barrie Also Sends on Some Resolutions. (1- PRESBYTERIANS NAME DELEGATES roggonckrss ; -- Phone ybur amine:-. cultural soclety. ` When the work was about 5 p.m., a supper wa: the ladies. Mrs. R. Hal] James Stoddart were in ch [refreshments and they 1 reason to be protid of the the day's programme. (Continued on page - .. V-.. nu. mun lull. The work was done under the dir- .ection of Geo. Vickers, District Dir- Association, and one of the most en- thusiastic supporters of the project. Mr. Vickers was on the ground early and fully fty men worked. with him all day. It would be impossible and unfair to single out any individual for special mention, `as each man worked like a Trojan and all showed an enthusiasm that augurs well for the continuation of the work to other gores along the Highway. Prominent among the workers were three active veterans in the `persons of Wm. Mc- Cuaig, Arthur Bell and A. A. Bell. r. McCuaig was the oldest citizen present, being 83 years of age. e ground had been previously prepared for planting the trees and 1 `shrubs. There had been a great many t stones on the plot, which comprises almost an acre. These were gathered. 1` and built into cairns at each corner. l The 25 maples which_were planted t around the gore were provided by E V` C. Drury, who dug them himself, and themembers of the Society provided the spruce trees. The shrubs were obtained through the Ontario Horti- cultural Society. hen Hm .......I. _..-_ Lur me neauurying of the Highway but it was the first known occasion on which the activities of a rural horti- cultural society have been extended to work of this kind. "B1... ---A-`- - ' PERJURY cAsE-FROM A A MIDLAND mswnsszn -<-v 5 urn v and the interior planted with spruce and ower-bearing shrubs. Citizens of Oro believe that history was made in more ways than one. It was not only the first step in a scheme for the beautifying of Highway, known nncinn An __-- -..,.....,...... oucley. 1'ne gore at Guthrie, was the scene of great activ- ity from early morning till late after- . noon. An old-fashioned bee was in progress and when the work was n- ished a row of maples had been plant- ed around the three sides of the gore and the interior rm.-.....- -4: n-- 1 -- uaau 1. ll urs m Ora, for on that day the rst step Iety. thrie, wgs_the scape `eautifying the y by the Oro The activ- Fine start toward Beautifying Highway between Barrie and Orillizi. T A Last Thursday was a red letter day inT0ro, on that dav the 6.-.+ ..+.m ., ..--.. was uuuxpleted, p.m., was served by as. Hall and Mrs. :oddart charge of the- ents and have every > proud their part of programme. nws items to the Ex- No. 20. completed, I s szm-vml `Hr .-. -uuu a nanny I` IHDIJ Last Friday's mail at the police of- ce contained remittances from six motorists, all of whom were assessed $10 and costs for speeding. Four similar cases are listed for this Fri- day and four more for Tuesday next 7) g&m&m&m&$&$wwmmm g comma EVENTS -3..- -_ v .--..... ..... uvgcvalco Rev. J. S. Shortt complimented Mr. Murdoch on the admirable tone of his remarks. At the same time he en- tirely disagreed as to -this vote and maintained that the congregational pnit for voting purposes was `never .....cuueu not apply to co-op charges. As far as this prop (Continued on page. 4) :.cvuac uie memoaist part of ihe roll. Hebelieved the only way to get over it was" to dissolve the co- operative agreement. He had always favored the Union principle and it had proved a great success at Wyevale. mm 1 G or---u - " I 1, _-.,... uuc uccu, ne snowed that the property was deeded to the byterian Church of Wyevale G. H. Murdoch, ex-M.L.A., Clerk of Session, stated that he understood only the Presbyterians should vote, which, although a Unionist, he thought fair.- He believed the Meth- odists felt the same but thought that this was the only way they had of ex- pressing their views on Union. Sub- sequently he received legal advice that the congregation should vote as a worshipping unit, so he agreed to revise the Methodist the ljlebelieved onlv Wav +.. ....+ ..-~- s,__ --.....5._y uppuse to Union. Rev. Mr. four Methodists Presbyterians had worked well together. been happier in a charge. of today, he said, are they were in earlier days. Methodists had contributed to the maintenance of the Presbyterian property and it would take $300 or $400 to put theirs in repair. He thought the Presbyter- ians alone would vote, yet the vote being taken was according to the Act and would proceed unless stopped by an injunction. Rev. L. McLean, who had been a student missionary at Wyevale, said - the Presbyterian church was a monu- ment to the devotion and sacrice of certain pioneers; no wonder their de- scendants wanted to keep it. Read- ing from the deed, he showed that [the property was to the Prac- Cl: ches' I`l'l\_. ..-.-way vnvv ll uuc UIKU5 W55 7 2' I not explode. The engine and chassis were not damaged greatly. There was no insurance` on the can.