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We congratulate Mr. Geo. Yiirs machinist in the Durham furniture factory, who was married on Sun- day evening last, to 'Miss Florence Wilson. The nuptial knot was well and truly tied by Rev. Mr. Prudham, in the Methodist par- sonage, Mr. and Mrs. Yiirs are taking a short holiday, but will soon settle in Durham. May they enjoy all life’s comforts. At the Firemen’s Civic Holiday Celebration, to be held here on Monday. August 5th, the Calithum- ‘pian parade, the baseball match- ‘es between Holstein and Durham, and Hanover and Durham. the la- crosse match between Hanover and Durham, the tug-of-War and high- Wire performances will be special attractions. Besides. a number of prizes Will be given for bicycle races, foot races, vaulting and other gemes. For fuller particu- lars, see large hills. Sale of ladies’ hats.â€"â€"We have a variety of ladies’ misses’ and child- ren’s hats, in almost all colors. A. few White. also some black. This is a clearance sale. We must sell every hat. Come early on Satur- day.â€"Miss L. McAuliffe. Mr R W. Meredith, Wife. and two children. of Regina. Sask., are Mending a few weeks with his mother Mrs. T Meredith. and Mr. Meredith has been west about thirteen years, and his time has been: well occupied as the ad. wrdez' for a big firm in Regina. H2 is now taking a well-earned The 'horse fair on Thursday last was a great success for the month. of July. Thirty-three horses were purchased, and Mayor Black is tickled over the result. Another fair may be held in August, but nothing definite is yet known. 1'85?” Girl Wantedâ€"At once. Apply to .Mrs. Eva, Bruce street. 3nd We shall continue our mid-sum- mer sale during the next week.â€" Miss L. McAuliffe. ,Don’t forget the Firemen’s Con- cert Aug'ust 5th, town hall, Dur- ham, by the Staufferâ€"Coutts-Bain Scottish Concert Co. Miss Florence MacKay, Toronto‘s great solo pianist, and accompan- ist. At the town hall. Durham, August 5th, with Staufferâ€"Coutts- Bain Concert Co. The Presbyterian garden party on Thursday night, notwithstand- ing the unfavorable weather. “'35 quite a social and financial suc- cess. The showers of the after- noon, no doubt, kept many from attending, and the cool and damp night interfered to some extent with the patronage at the booths It seems high time that the re- building of the Lambton street bridge was under way. The old Midge collapsed with the Easter Sundav flood and up to the pres- ent time no change. beyond the temporary passenger bridge, has and refreshment tables. The pro- gram was good and the proceeds amounted to over $80. source of Work is ni'ogressizvg on a new Office for tl e Durham Central of the Bell Telenh‘or e Co. It will be. no great addition to the town, but will be convenient and. for atime sufficient for the requirements. The .space between Whitmore‘s barber shop and the McIntyre block, is being built in, and from this hole-in-the-wall, all our telephone communication will go forward to the outside World. It is small, and will furnish very little accommodation for loungers. This in itself is a good feature, as everything should be strictly private. People nowadays don't want eVerybody to know their business, and loafers and loungers should not be allowed to. congre- gate there.- Mr. Saunders,"?the new local manager, is now in charge, "and we hope he Will give good fiatfitaction. w .sL. 44-440. 2360. NEWS AROUND TOWN :he citizens, I of the larger :ture will, ce of delight This little convenience i is much appreciated ens, but the re-open+ arger, and permanent will be a greater The Chronicle to Canadian Subscribers for baiance of year for 40. cents. after- evenin Stands from thing we have 5 damp ; t’) figuw out extent in the muning' booths ()TCANfl-Z in the i a hm,“ D?.'i0d of dafv‘liE . Mr. Kochaly, a Persian studentY attending McMaster University, ,Toronto. was in town Sunday and Monday. On Sunday morning, he, preached in the Baptist church,‘ and on Monday evening deliverzydg ‘an address on his no ative 1:.1nd 311. ; Kochaly has been in this countr§ ! .five years, and speaks xeiy gOOC 2 English. He is preparing himself? :as a missionary, 211d intends to return to -Persia as soon as he completes his course. In order to :raise a little money, he delivers addresses during his vacation. His talks are quite interesting and instructive, describing the country, the soil, the climate, the products, and the habits, customs,_and man- ners oi the people. The climate is very Warm, running often from 90 to 110 degrees. It is much the same as in Canada, but not reach- ;ine: such extremes of cold, frost loften occurring in the northern part of the country. Persia ex- tends from 25 to 40 degrees, north *latitude. The Caspian Sea at the north, and the Persian Gult ’ and Aarbian Sea at the south and west, have a modifying influence. The soil is ' productive, . yielding wheat superior, he says, to our Manitoba wheat, and the fruits- and vegetables generally grown in . ithis country, grow there with __...-... .h. u-....-~â€"â€"â€"._ ._..p~ w _..._-_.... -.-. - goward Russell, Earl Grey Gold Medal itone, Town 'hall, Durâ€" ham, Atust 5th,“vith Staufferâ€" Coutts-Bain Con‘c‘ert Co. 3 Mme. Coutts-Bain, Scottish read- er and singer, in a new program on August 5th, with Staufferâ€" Coutts-Bain Concert Co. ‘ A monster garden party, under the auspices of Glenelg Centre baseball club, in aid of St. John’s church. Will be held on the grounds of Mrs. Peter O’Neill, on Thursday, evening, August lst. Games of football and baseball will be played by fast teams. A good program, and a good dancing platform Will be provided for the Lintellectual and physical develop- ment of all Who attend. The ad- mission is 25c and 10c. Ladies bringing baskets, free. This has been a year so far of great disaster. The loss of the Titanic, was the greatest on rec- ord: the cyclone in Regina, was the worst ever known in Canada, and caused a great loss of life and property. and only last week disastrous cloud bursts. with the destruction of two cities, and the loss of many lives. are reported from Mexico City. Mexico, and Denver, Colorado. Mr. John Adlam, who had the misfortune. recently to have his arn destroyed by fire, expresses much pleasure over the treatment of the Germania Fire Insurance Co., of Ayton, in adjusting the inâ€" surance claim so promptly, the fuil amount of $1190 being paid in- side of two weeks. Mr. Adlam is rebuilding this summer, but the barn will not be completed in time for this season’s crop. Mayor Black shipped a pair of working horses, and â€"a choice carriage horse to St. Catharines on Monday. The deal was transacted over the phone, and the purchaser paid for the horses without seeing them, This style of doing busi- ness is quite common with Mr. Black, as his judgment in the horse line-is well known to out- siders. Millard Grant Stauffer. celebrat- ed Scottish entertainer, With his company of artists, at the Fire- men’s Concert, town hall, Durham. August 5th. quitting w iigmv out From abm'it four in the nu ning till nearlv nine (felon): in the evening, is a long Denied of daylight, (1nd from seven in the morning to six in the even- ing the time is divided up pretty well. - After an experiment of two weeks in daylight saving, the town of Orillia Went back to the use of the Standard time. Where the benefit 'comes in, especially in the summer season, of starting at six- "End; in the 'morning and at fivg Standard the morning and 9 o’clock in the 1rd time, is some- 11'ways been unable From about four til} nearly nine is some-l ‘ I en unable I ‘ ofit‘ four fly nine .8 a long 'om se‘ven 1 The deceased was born near Perth, in the county of Lanark, Ontario, on the 25th of March. 1828, and was just a few months over 84 years of’age. At the age of twelve, he was apprenticed for seven years as a harness, saddle and trunk maker. After completâ€" ing his apprenticeship, he went to Maitland, a Village of consider- able importance in those early days, and again entered an ap- prenticeship as a" tanner. and re- mained a number of years. He next went west to Trenton, where he remained a short time, when he moved to Fergus, where he re- mained a year or so to learn the trade of collar-making. W'ith a superior knowledge of leather in all its departments, he came to Durham in 1855 and com- menced business as tanner and harness maker, which he carried on successfully till a few years ago, When he :Was forced to abanâ€" don the actual work. He was also interested in a milling industry at Orchard for some time. for some time. .Mr. Smith was a devoted church member, having been a manager at one time, and for many year an elder in the Presbyterian churches of the town. He was {also an active Sunday school worker, until forced to give it up through defective hearing. OBITUARY. THOMAS SMITH. The oldest business man in Durham has passed to his re- ward. 'We refer to Mr. Thomas Smith, who died at his home here on Sunday last. Though yielding to the touch of time for several months, he was. confiined to his bed for only three or four weeks, and suffered no pain during his final illness. The machinery of nature seemed to Wear 1‘cself out. faculty after ‘fa‘culty becoming dormant, till the Whole mechanism ceassed to act, and the spirit took its everlasting flight. In 1856, he was married to Isa- bella Armstrong, of Brockville, who predeceased him nine years ago. Of the family of six chilrll- ren. only three survive, J ohn, who is stillconducting the business as harness maker, J. J., the Post- master, in town, and Dr. R. A. Smith, of Ghent, Ohio, all of Whom were present at the'funeral, which took place on Tuesday afternoon to the Durham cemetery. _. -_.._ ._..._ MRS. V’VILLIAM BALL. On Sunday-night last, after an illness of six or seven months, there passeclaway at her home in. Bentinck, Mrs. William Ball. ‘ a pioneer of the township and a resident for the past {if ty-tuo In municipal matters he took an active interest a number of years ago, and was a member of the council for some time. He was a member of the school Board when the first portion of the present school building was erected in 1876, and continued in office for several terms afterwards. In poli~ tics he was always a Liberal. and never failed to record his vote in support of the Liberal party. When seven years of age. she came to this country with her par- ents. and lived out ten years: in. the city of Ottzma. At the age of seventeen, she came. to A3t1m with her parents, and a I veal later was marriefl to the late W'illiam Ba 11 who died four- years ago. A family of eleven childr 31:- r;â€" sulted from the marriage union. four sons and seven daughters. all of whom are still living. except one daughter, Rehecce. who died :1 number of years ago. The s are 'viving members of the famil} are Mrs. Ard, of Allanford; Mrs. Cain. of Britton; Mrs. Pollock. of Hal- stein; Rev. John Ball, of Ma 1:- ham: Mrs. Leeson and Mrs. Alex- ander, of Landis, Sask.; Victoria. ‘William and Wesley. on the home; stead. The surviving members. with the exception of Mrs. Leeson and Mrs. Alexander, were all pres-- ent at the funeral to Maplewood cemetery; this , Wednesday. after- HOOD. '- . . ' :7. VJ The deceased, from her early girlhood days, was a devoted member of the Methodist church. She was always a strong, healthy woman, and during the fifty years The deceased name was ~ Sar born in Ireland - DURHAM. ONT.. THURSDAY, JULV 25,1912 seventy Whose maiden of age, she vith her par- ten years in At the 2136 me, to Ayton a Year later 2+ fiii’fi i A great deal is said from time to time about road-making. and every summer sees a lot of tinkering. not only on our country highways. but on town and village. streets as well. In our humble opinion, there is too much road- making of the kind. Good roads lare not only one of the present {day essentials, but that money in- ? vested in their proper construction i is a matter of economy, can hard- 'ly be questioned. For nearly sixâ€" ;teen years we have been 'watching Fstreet repairs in Durham. Money has been expended yearly on near- é’ly all the streets, and the same lkind of expenditure will have to be made for all time to come, not i‘one year, but every year. If a I small piece of permanent road had gbeen made every year. our streets by this time would be in good condition. and very little repairing would now be needed. But with all the outlay of years gone by, our streets are nothing to brag about, even yet. In fact, they are anything but what they should ibe in many places. Why not go ‘at street-making systematically ‘? Do a piece at a time,‘ but let that piece be permanent, .or as near so, as possible. The town nwill be ahead by doing a little at l a time. and doing that little well. - .â€"-â€".-..- -- .â€"_â€"â€"-.â€". â€"---â€".â€"-.â€" -.-. In case this service is estabâ€" lished, the post- offices at Edoe tying contract will have to be let to carry the 'mails to Aberdeen and Bentinck.‘ There are many obstacles in the way of establish- ing satisfactory mail routes, and the cost to meet all the demands Will be very great. The present Government, however: is. pushing the service, and it will not be long before all rural communities along mail routes Will be served With a free service.- in - the adjacent . townships, engaged inrfarming' pursuits. she has borne her full share of all the hardships and privations 0:” picneer life. The Chronicle joins the commun- ity in sympathy with the sorrow- ins: relatives, feeling in this case, as in all others, the pioneers who sacrificed so much to make the Way pleasant for future genera- tions. are deserving of much Owen Sound carried two by-laws for factories by large majorities. One is to authorize a loan of $20,000 to J. H. Cole, for the pur- pose of erecting a wire and wire nail factory. The other is to loan the same sum to the Superior Match Co. Only sixteen votes were cast against the first, and twenty-three against the second by-law. Wide-awake towns know the value of industries. and avail themselves. of every opportunity to secure them. A Mr. Smith, from the post-of- fice Department, Toronto, was in town recently,l ooking over the field for the starting of a rural mail delivery. Between Chats- worth and Durham was the route considered. It would be impract- icable to cover the whole distance along, the gravel road, and do it during proper hours with satis- faction to the people. Without going into full particulars, we may say briefly that his idea ~ would be to divide the distance into two sections, and have the service given from both ends. The object is to get the service so arranged as to bring the metropolitan papers, that is, the Toronto pap- ers in our case, into the hands of the rural readers as soon fter publication as possible. With this end in View, he proposes to start a. rural mail carrier from Chats- worth after the arrival of the train from Toronto. His route would be south along the Gara- fraxa Road to Dornoch, thence east to the second concession of Holland, and north along that con- cession to Chatsworth. After the? rrlval of the morning train at Durham, another rural mail carrier would proceed n01 th along the second concession of Glenelg, to the Holland town line, then west to Dornoch, and south to Durham, taking from Dornoch the mail left there by the carrier from Chatsivorth. RURAL MAIL DELIVERY ROAD-MAKING 49¢ z+99000z000¢999z09¢4 §§§z§z§§§§§§§§§§ ##6‘ 9453 Directionsâ€"Set gauge on the floor so that the skirt will fall over the standard, making it come under or inside of the skirt. Fold the goods under, so that the Wire arm Will come in- side the fold, ‘and pin the hem 1n place, slide the gauge along, and repeat. Stand on a. book 01' other object to raise vourself off stand gauge on a book or other 1 skirts. It 13 light 1n weight and can be adjusted instantly to turn hem at any height fzom the floor. skirt will “hang right” all a- round. W’ill save its cost on one skirt, but will last a lifetime because there is nothing to break or wear out, about it. and when the hem is turned. th WARM weather is here and Cashmere Hose are laid aside for the lighter and cooler weights in cotton, or lisle thread. We have taken particular pains to secure for our customers the very best makes and qualities at even better prices than last season. J. J. HUNTER S. F. MORLOCK HANDSOME HBSIEHY At Popuiar Prices Ely Hem Skirt Gauge BARGAINS IN BfllTS 94. HQ"? Slippers and Pumps at Popular Prices. Have you seen our Special 8001: for men. In this lot are boots of Best Styles for season, and of best quality ........ $3 50 \mGingmans Boot, Solid Leathe1.A grand boot to wear. .. . . ...52 00 Button and Bluchey’ Styles, in Patent: Colt, Gunmetal, and Dongola, Kid leathers. NO MORE UNEVEN SKIRTS. self off the floor- a little for long skirts. other object for extra short or children’s ”Om “0.9””. v7flm¢91 Price 25 Cents. $1.00 PER Y E AB