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air? Coming Dmbful? And No sense in on’t you use Vigor and “on: very badly. bit '3 and now my M II mom. nanny. cu. J. c. Am _ L0____go_n. ”:2: \r an thw caugh re sold In thfi‘ i‘ :chhrc list they 1". they declarod {mm all poisunl. l3 L’hamborhin’l do bv the Chamb- Ipany. D99 30' D shunoo of ‘ bi remedy - loan be had? _, of security-w n it» to but _ ’3 Cough Rea unloaded by colds. croup This toned} Dug Sun. the falling? .cgin to grow, :Iruff will dis- you reason- nhing better? Ull .berlain's Cough { “ SONS igor 190 HI 1 choice . We )1 I the \m: lisp] x Herald: 35' Bond mica. h‘d Durham. Kill) 318133-- may sit. ‘t‘t west. n. Rent kets DKS This “NT HS. l V H ARTHUR H. JArKsox, Durham, has been appointed an Issuer of Marriage I icenses. 11-164tc EV’ANU ELISTIC Services will be con- tinued in the Methodist Church on Sunday next, morning end evening, :md every night next week except Saturday. You will not, enjoy your Christmas linnor without a loaf of Stinson’s gen- line homemade bread. THE Presbyterian S. S. will now their annual entertainment in the town Hall on Tuesday. Dec. 19. A good programme, consisting of Christ‘ was cantata. drills, etc., is being prepared. ALL interested m we | u'c x-epectfully requested Tabs. ALLAN, Recorder The next regulati- meeting of the A. U. L'. W. will be held on Monday z-vening, the 11th inst. A8 tint is the night for nomination of once:- for 1908. a full attendsnce is requested. IF you want. to enjoy yourself, hear Bert Harvey. camodim, Min Kate lngle, elocutionilt, of Toronto, Mrs. Newton, of Durham, and the Holstein Male Quartette. In Holstein, Wed- nesday, Dec. 13th. , __-_ Ax Entertainment will he held in the School House S. S. No. l, Glenelg, near the Rob Boy, on Friday evening, December 15th. A dialogue entitled “Punkin Hedge” in which there will he nine performers. will he a specinl feature of the evening’s entertainment. Inspector Campbell is expected to oc- " my the chair. Admission 100. and lo: . r-câ€"l'cpel'tfuny requested to meet at h. J . P. Telford’s omce on Friday vening at 8 O’CIOCR. (“mm-nu: and Clumbian Stock 'nods and Bibby’s Cream Equivalent L )Iacfarlane’s Drug Store. AT the regular meeting of the town muncil on Monday night and the ad- journed meeting on Tuesday forenoon it was decided to submit a by-law ~grantingaloan of 87“” to Mr. C. plant for the purpose of manufactur- ing gasoline engines, threshing machines. Mr. Smith wants $10,000 and the question will be re- mlmiitted. “('19 can give you a first class article in anything you may wish for in the line of bakery goods, such as plain bread. home-math bread, Gra- ham and brown bread. buns. biscuits, pastry. Christmas and “fed- -ling cakes. Leave your order for a l'hristmascake. Custom baking and decorating done. Model Bakery, G. H, Sussex. Lower Town. wakes. 11'8““ Have you tried Stinson’s home-made LADIES get your calling cards at the pad? Chronicle flice. 1‘]. y WE regret. to chronicle the death of Mrs. R. A. Grant, of Toronto. De- ceased lady was a daughter of the late Mr. J. H. Hunter and was indisposed 'on for some by special car on‘Satnrday last and in- terred in Durhsnl Cemetery. Mrs. Grant was held in the highest esteem in this town where she spent the early portion of her life. Her brother, Mr. H. A. Hunter, of Minneapolis was in :tttendence at the funeral. \VE report this week the death of Mrs. J. Irving,:of Orangeville, who «lied Monday morning last. after a short illness of .paralysis. Deceased was about. seventy-five years of age. She was well known in this vicinity some years ago. She wasnwice unar- ried. first to Mr. Caldwell, and after- wards to Mr. Irving. The surviving vhildren of the first. mmriage are Thomas and Henry in Dsuphin, Man» “'illiain, in Durham. Albert, in T0- ronto, Charles, in Dnndalk. and Mrs.‘ \Vorts, in LOrnngeville, The second family consists of John Irving. of. Medicine Hat, nnd Mrs. T. J. Paul, of Orangeville. 'About fifty you! aim. the demand come to Orchnrdvilk, when aha remained till he: removnl “Oleanvillotmtyyuu ago. In- mung-why. - VOL. 38-N0. 2021. LOCAL ITEMS | interested in the Curling Club You should read The Chronicle if you want to be in touch with the times. purpose of manufacturâ€" engines, school desks and whines. Mr. Smith wants the question will be re- ,, will hold FOR a good black Galloway robe, see T. Smith. He has some good ones at right prices. l2/7/tf. BOY \VAS'I‘ED.â€"-\Vanted a. good strong boy, not afraid of work to learn the hardware business.â€"â€"‘V. Black. You will be sorry if you do not at tend the Holstein Public Library cou- cert on Dec. 13th. Seats are selling rapidly at Public Library. IF Mrs. W. J. McNaD, of Union Hill, New York, will advise us of amount gent on subscription a few weeks ago, We will feel obliged as we have omit- ted to make a. note of it. A PIE and Box Social will be held at Hutton Hill School on Friday evening, December 15th. Admission 10 cents. Ladies bring boxes free. Ladies with- out boxes 2a3c.-â€"2c. will be held at Guelph, on December 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. It starts next Monday, don’t forget it. The official premium list of cattle, sheep, swine, dairy, poultry, seeds and judging has been received at this office. THE special services held in the Var- ney Methodist Church during the last three weeks, in which the pastor was ably assisted by Evangelist Alexander Minnis, of Kingville. Essex. closed on Friday. The services which have been successful have proved a blessing. At the closing meeting twelve united with the church on probation. Evan- gelist Minnis goes to his new field of labor in Durham followed by our grat- itude and prayers.â€"â€"Com. A LEADING SCHOOLâ€"NO similar institution in Ontario enjoys a. greater reputation for doing high-grade work than the Central Business College of Stratford. It is a progressive, well equipped, thoroughly efficient train- ing school which spares no efforts to advance the interests of its patrons. By its honorable dealings with the public and by its liberal use at the press the C. B. C. has become the larg- est Business College in the West. All graduates secure good positions. WE referred last week to the peat being used by Mr. James McIlvride, of Egremont. and on Monday evening we were presented with acouple of chunks which are now on exhibition in our office. Mr. Mcllvride tells us it makes an excellent tire, is very hot and has good lasting qualities. He has about ten acres of it and in the portion strip- ped he found it about three spades in depth. This is the first year he tried it, and is so pleased with the experi- ment that he. will provide a. full stock for next winter’s supply. The land was no good for crop. Ma. AND Mas. SEARCH and four children had a close call last Thursday night. They started a coal stove and everything seemed to go all right. Mr. Search did not go to bed till about one o’clock. In the morning Mrs. Search went down stairs to open the draughts. On returning upstairs she fell on the floor as if in a faint. Mr. Search came to her rescue not suspect- ing the cause. In the meantime one of the children tappled over. At this juncture word was sent to the next door to ask for assistance. Mrs. Hind, on entering the house discovered the smell of coil gas, and the lad who had just returned from delivering his mes- sage fell next and lay prostrate. The last to give up was Mr. Search him- self, who was deathly sick for some w.‘. "‘1‘, 'V wu- â€"â€"y.___' time and declares he never wants such another experience. The chief trouble was caused by a cloth having been stuffed into an outlet of the stove by one of the children before the pipe was THE Ontario Provincial \Vinter Fair o All accounts owing the undersigned meet be paid on or before yne 30th Nov. or thew will be placed In court. for collection. aiding cone. -m m___A- - - _ NOTICE Mt. Forest THE DIRECTORS The Meeting on Monday Gave Evidence of Strong Determination By the Members of the Board to Fight for the Removal of the Cement Millâ€"Profanity oi the Vilest Kind Allowed to go Unchecked. Nothing has taken place in Durham] for many years, if ever, that has caus- ' ed such a wide-spread interest as the present cement situation. Every stockholder, so far as we have been able to learn, is up in arms against even a hint to move the mill. Little did we dream on starti out in this campaign that we would lave almost a universal backing. The strength of approval has inspired us with confi- dence. The successful finding of marl and clay in abundance has filled us with hope, and at the present writing we can hardly conceive of even the directors who placed themselves on record, having the bold effrontery to broach the subject at the annual meet- , ing. The prosperity of the will this year is buoying up the shareholders, and all who investigate the facts are anx- ious to know on what grounds the idea. of such a rash act was at all con- ceived. If we may judge from a. letter writ- ten by Mr. Cobbledick in the “ Exeterl Times,” the starting point seems tovf come back to Durham and the idea based on the report of an investigw. ting committee sent out by Superin- tendent Farr to ascertain the quantity and quality of marl in the neighbor- hood. We are fully confident now that the subject will be sifted tothe bottom or sufficiently deep at all event- to put the blame where it. properly belongs. We pointed out in a previous issue that harmony should exist between the directors and the stockholders. This we think is the only basis on which we may expect a square deal. Is there such a thing as harmony in any organization where the directors are afraid or unwilling to take the stockholders into their confidence. Lack of harmony is evidently the cause of the present trouble. and knowing the cause of the evil, the next step 18 to seek for a remedy. From the large list of letters in our possession we must come to the con- clusion there is much dissatisfaction with some of the present board of di- rectors and some of the officials at present engaged by the board. In the dilemma it would seem that drastic measures will have to be used in order to get the whole concern on a basis of mutual interest and of mutual benefit. \Ve asked the question two weeks ago “ Is there a Nigger in the Fence ?" and to this innocent enquiry we have hosts of answers from stockholders who firmly believe that “ everything isn’t just right” as we put it in a recent article. \Ve believe our every statement is correct. Notaletter has been pub- lished in these columns. nor an un- signed excerpt, that we cannot pro- duce if necessary. We hope to have more honor in conducting our business than to manufacture stuff that isn’t true when we have such an abundance of material readyqnade for us in this important discussion. It has come to our ears that we manufactured some of the matter published. Surely there isn’t a reader who thinks We would be solreckless. We never did entertain the idea seriously that the Durham Cement Mill would be moved, but we did conceive of some scheme being con- cocted by which the small stockhold- ers would be crowded out, and those having large interests in the concern being forced to sell at a ruinous sacri- fice. To prevent this was our main motive in starting the agitation, and we believe we are getting the thing cornered up to some extent at least. Since the agitation it must be gratify- ing to those interested to see that stock he; raiser: from 16c. to 18c. on the dollar, and even at the latter figure there is no stock oflered. On Fridey last Mr. Cohbledick, of} Exeter, and Mr. RetzM. P. P..of Park- hill, both members of the Board of Directors, arrived in town to examine the marl supply. On Saturday they were sent out with the gentleman who did the boring for the town investiga- tion, and what was the result? In crossing a depreuion, morl was found of a depth 016 feet at one side. Bor- DURHAM, 0NT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1905. ARE DETERMINED ings were made at intervals of a few rods and each one gave a greater depth of what appeared an excellent quality of marl until a depth of 34 feet (thirty- four feet) was reached in the middle of ‘ the depression. In continuing the test the depth then began to diminish with as much regularity as the depth had previously increased until the de- posit disappeared. The whole portion tested extended about forty-seven rods from east to west. and Mr. Cobbledick himself is our authority for this re- port which surpasses anything previ- ously published by us. They believe ’there is marl in abundance but they are unable to give an opinion of its commercial value which includes the cost of getting it to the mill. A day or two previous to this exam- ination the ground was gone over by Mr. H. Elber M. P. P., of Crediton, and Mr. Conrad Kuhn, of the same place. The showing was practically the same as found by the directors named. We interviewed all four gentlemen personally and neither one of them ex- pressed a shadow of doubt regarding the quantity of material easily access- ible to the mill property. The Board met here on Monday to discuss the marl question and other matters. We applied for admission, but were refused the privilege of at- tending during the afternoon as “the other matters” were to be dealt with. At eight o’clock in the evening. how-: ever, we were admitted to the meeting. Dr. J amieson as Chairman of the Com- mittee addressed the Board, and read to them a detailed statement of the work done. He also pointed out the lots where examinations were made and read from the report the depth of marl found in each case. It was also shown that the marl and clay had both Ibeen analysed and pronounced of ex- ! cellenti quality for the manufacture of l Portland Cement. Mr. Farr, the Superintendent, stated to the Board that he had made a full investigation of all marl locations. had analyses made in the laboratory and came to the conclusion that there was not a sufficiency of marl of commercial value to keep the mill working on a paying basis. This is quite different from the “ no marl” way of putting it or the “little pockets” here and there that wouldn’t pay the cost of manu- facturing. Mr. Farr admitts now him- self that marl has been found and depth reached similar to those found by the committee from the Town Council but he adds that the quality on analysis was not uniform, some of it being excellent and some of it use- less. It was quite gratifying to us to have some unkindly references made to our articles, feeling confident then for the first time that our efforts hit some place. We are not going to find fault with the President of the company for re- fusing us permission to publish resolu- tions of the Board. He stated that the Board would not accept the chal- lenge, believing that these matters should be kept from the general public but that all stockholders could get whatever information they asked for at the annual meeting. We did not seriously expect the Board to accept our challenge, but we feel that in making it we have put stockholders in a position to go to the annual meeting possessed of sumcient information to demand an explanation of any resolu- tion on the books of the Company. I11 discussing the possibilities of get- ting material to continue the wo1k, Mr. Ratz appeared to be quite reason- able, Mr. Scmt less tractable, Mr. Mc- Kay pinned his faith on the report of their own officials, Mr. Cline was de- termined and immovable and the at- titude of Mr. Cobbledick may be judg- ed trom his own letter given elsewhere. Mr. McKechnie may be said to still way we have been charged with mis- representations in saying a resolution was on the books‘ to move the mill.” This was based on the best information we could procure and if stockholders will just read the resolution as quoted [Continued on Page 4] bons, is quite an attraction, being of excellent quality and low in price. We have all the newest designs and the most papular shades. We quote only a few articles, but assuring you we do not consider it a trouble to show goods we invite your inspection All Wool Serge, 54 inches wide, only .................... . ....... Or. Chiffon Broad, brown, green and red, the popular shades in Fall Dress Goods, from ................................ 756 to I.“ Mantels for Ladies’, Misses and Girls, the newest styles and colors, at all prices, from ................................ 3.. Up Did You Ever See The Like ? 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