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Miss Rita and Will 1‘9 Mr. Eric B real on Tuv BIL-TS (,‘(H‘fl . AA..§\ A recent issue of the Windsor Record contained a photo of the “oldest man in Canada.” The R: cord say5° “Henry Washington. ti 'blingsville. familiarly known as ‘Uncle Wash.,’ is reputed to be the r‘ last man in Canada, and Wed- nesday of last week. with orange ri.,~.‘oon proudly pinned to his coat lapel. witnessed the Orange cele- 1“"tltion at Windsor. His parents. who were colored slaves. flzd with him. Lrom a South Carolina plan- tation and escaped into Canada by the ‘underground route’ of those days. Uncle Wash claims to be 115 years of agO, and the claim is not disputed, as old men of 80, now residents of Iingsvifle, re- member him as a man when they were boys.” Mr. W. -P. Patterson of this town, says he knew “Uncle Wab.Ӥyeursago,andhe ap- medflnena mutation“ of politics, nationality or creed. Don’t say “Hello!" in answering: s» telephone call. It will save time and sometimes confusion to ,0“qu yaur name or the name of your lirm. The one who calls, too. should tell who he is as soon as he gets the connection unless he knows hisvoice will be recognized at the other end. Mr. King, the telephone inspector, says the public should be educated Alon:- this line. It isn’t necessary togo if into details. Full instructions are given in the telephone dir-cctory. Read them for yourself. ‘We regret very much to learn of the death of Mr. H. H. Miller. of Hamn'er. “’e have known him for twenty years, and our relation- ship was always friendly. \Ye rd- mired his many good qualiti. s, and whether we agreed with him or not, we admired him [as a public spvaker. He was a good, honest "business man. and a good citizen He was a good all-round mar. and his place will be hard to ii}. This. we believe, is the opinion of th~ public generally, irrespective of politics, nationality or er... eed. Mr. John Ritchie, son of School Inspector Ritchie of Port Arthur. graduated in medicine at Winni- peg with high honors, standing at the head of his classes. He had been ten months in the hospitals behind the firing lines in France anal came to Canada to take the examination. Dr. Ritchie is a nephew of Mr. Wm. Ritchie of this town. knitti..g. ladies, and take some: All the members of the Grev i varn horne. Socks are needed al- , Battalion are expected. to visit ., ‘R- {Owen Sound by special train to- Mrs. Alex. Duncan of Galt, for- Q day, for a four days’ leave of ab- n.erl3' of Durham. who was operat- ,1 Muck“. They have been insnected ed on in Grace Hospital, Toronto. 'in musketry practice and have for gall stones and appendictomy.‘ passed all inSPECtIODS necessary is improving nicely. Her daughter. before going overseas. Miss Mary Duncan. graduate nurse. , of Cleveland. is taking “care of her. ; few nights ago from John Mc- Mrs. Dunca'n was 3'1s1t1ng her 515- {Kechnie’s storeâ€"house near the t?!” Mrs. Wysoon. , 1n Cleveland. ! garage. The thief was seen around “he“ Shegbecame 1“- ;the building, was seen leaving it, Mr. John Ritchie. son of School I and is Well known, and the charge Inspector Ritchie of Port Arthur. ’can easily be proved. He is posi-g graduated in medicine at Winni-gtix e-ly knon 11, but Mr. McKechnie: peg \3 1th high honors. standing at' I is too generous and does not wish the head of his classes. He had i to make exposures until forced to; been ten months in the hospital do so. If the stolen articles are' behind the firing lines in France. ; returned before Monda3 next, no i ani came to Canada to take the o lurther action Will be taken. This? Two iron pumps were stolen a -. For saleâ€"The Happy Hour thea- tre will be sold. cheapto a quick purchaser.â€"Apply to Geo. W11- loughby, Durham. 824tf Tar-sziay’s attendance at the exhibition was 61,000, the largest attendance on record for Tuesday of the second Week. Last year it was 51.000. and in 1913. the record 3291?. 58,500. The Dornoch branch of the “’0- men’s Institute will meet at the home of Mrs. John Lang, Septem- ber 13. at 2.30 pm. .Bring your knitting, ladies, and take some varn home. Socks are needed 31-- Boarders Wantedâ€"Apply to Miss E. Edwards, at residence recently vacated by Harry' Falconer, Elgin street, near Baptist church. 31) Miss Lottie Tillotson of Hawai will give an entertainment in :13 of the local Red Cross fund in t7: Methodist church, on Sept. '20. The ladies of the Red Cross will serve refreshments at their head- quarters on Show day. 74 For sale.-â€"One surrey, good as new, may be seen at Smith’s garage. Auction sale, Sept. 16. See Wm Wall’s ad. on page 7. Shingles for sale.â€"Apply to J.N. Murdock. Caretaker wanted for Durham; Butter is 27c. 21 pound, and eggs public school. See ad. §26c. a dozen. VOL. 49â€"NO. 2584 :‘ "EWS AROUND TOWN \Ye heard no complaints this vear about the street Watering. and if this means anything it must mean that the people are satisfied. 311. Ryan has done his work well and deserves due credit. The dust during the past two months has been hard to control. but by constant and careful attention no inst ground has been left for com- Dlaint. The .streets were never bet- ter attended to than they have been this‘ year, but we fear Mr. .Rvan will not make much «'of a fortune out“ of it. In many places oil is used with much success. and it might be well for Durham to try it next year asan experiment. The labor would be much less, but we are not in a position to state the comparative cost. An obituary of the late Mrs. M. K. Richardson is given by our Flesherton correspondent, who knew the deceased intimately for many years, and speaks with a knowledge equal to any outside of her own immediate household. What he says is true, and We can do nothing more than verify his statements from an acquaintance- shin of over 30 years. In health and in affliction she Was cheerful, and her life was an inspiration. Our sympathy in their sad. ber- eavement goes out to Mr. Richard- son and. the sorrowing members of the family. Do not fail to attend the big fall fair at Owen Sound. this year, next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day, September 12, 13 and 14. Priz- es in the stock department have been increased over other years and exhibits are coming in for the fan:y goods department fast- er than ever before. Especially large purses are being given in the speeding events and good horses will be in attendance. Bring the children to see the pony and dog show, and enter the baby m the Baby Show. Do not forget the dates. September 12, 13 and 14. is no bluff, and the person inter- ested had better attend to the matter at once. § The prize lists are out for Price-; gxille fair, to be held on Thursday i iand Friday, the 5th and 6th of; . October. ; l , Mr. J35. Johnson of Egremont inurchased a Ford car from Smith EBros. this Week. ,' Out of 168 names enrolled in the. .London Normal school, there «are fonly '21 males. Miss Glenn, of Glenn-Charles. Toronto. Canada’s Hair Fashion Store, will be in Durham on Satur- day, September 16, at the Hahn House. with a full line of hair goods. Miss Glenn will be pleased to demonstrate same. Miss Vollett wishes to announces that she is prepared to receive a! limited number of pupils for in-J struction on the piano and organ. 3 Mrs. James Burnett. a highly esteemed resident of this tOWn for many years, died in Toronto on Tuesday morning, and the remains will be interred here this after- 1100!). Owing to the absence of some of the town fathers. there was no council meeting this week. The meeting has beenfixed. for next Monday night. i “A :0mmotion was caused to-day {by a telegram from MilitarV iHeadquarters at Ottawa, relieVing Lieut. -Col. D. C. McKenzie of his :command of the 14lst Battalion. ’No reason was given. All the other joffieers immediately resigned to ftestify their sympathy. “Col. McKenzie lives at Fort Franzes, and had a large medical practice in that district. He has spent thousands of dollars organ- izing the regiment, which is known as the ‘Bull Moose Battalion.’ He recruited nearly every eligible man in Rainy River District before the battalion moved .here in May for summer training. It new numbers nearly nine hundred. “It is reported that a board to inquire into the battalion’s affairs will sit and. that 500 men will be‘ drafted at once to a ‘ new military centre. It is also reported. that Lieut.-Col. Young of Fort William will take over the. command of the remainder of the regiment. The incident has created a sensa- tion in the city and district, where Colonel McKenzie is highly popue lar. He will not be interviewed ” After the ceremony and usual congratulations, the company sat ‘down to a dainty wedding: de- fieuner, when all enjoyed a happy hour. The young couple left this {morning for a short honeymoon :to Toronto, Hamilton. Niagara éFalls, Buffalo, and other cities. On :returning they Will begin home- ?making in Kincardine. where the igroom has a lucrative position. W'hatever may be the cause, the svmpathy of his men is evidently With him. There may be a reason, but the .despatch says none is given from Ottawa. The following is the desp‘atch as it appears: The following .despatch from Port Arthur appeared in yester- day’s Globe, and Will be -'of local interest here, the home of Dr. Mc- Kenzie. The Chronicle ioins in the gen- .eral congratulations. LlEUT.-COL. McKENZiE RELIEVED 0F COMMAND The bride wore a travelling suit of levy blue serge, with hat to mateh. She was the recipient of many useful and valuable presents, the groom’s gift being a hand- some grafonola in mahogany cabinet. The bride was neatly attired in '1 dress of snowflake crepe voile with lace and satin trimming. a'mi pearl trimmed veil to match, and earriel a bouquet of White roses and lilies of the valley. At six o’nlock in the evening. to the strains of Mendelssohn’s wed- ding marsh, the groom took his Dela-2e in the parlor beneath an arzh of ferns and military bunting, when the brltle advanced to the altar leaning on the arm of her brother, Alvin, who gave her away. ‘ H Z'P’i E N EA SPLANâ€"CASWELL. A very pretty wedding was 501â€" emnized at the home of Mrs. Geo. Caswell of Bentinck, when he:- youngest daughter. Clam Harriet. was united in marriage to Mr. W'illiam Delbert Spian of Kiroarâ€" dine, the ceremony being per- formed in the presence of about 25 invited guests by the. bride’s pastor, Rev. Mr. Hawkins, of Trinity church. Durham. “ DURHAM, ONT. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. [916 THE LaTE H H MILLER The opening of the eastern enâ€" trance relieves the congestion of ,former years, and the street rail- way has little [difficulty in hand- ling the crowds. Visitors who enter by the eastern gate are turned loose at the Midway, where they enter at once the pandemon- ium of the great fair. The exhibi- tion of - vaudeville and military manoeuvres in front of the grand stand is ahead ‘of former years, but the waste from fire- works has been greatly reduced. The British parliament buildings and Westminster Abbey are an at- tractive background to the big stage. The Toronto fair has for Years been regarded as the world’s greatest annual exhibition and in some lines this year it is bigger and better than ever. This is due to an active management: and the co-Operation of the press. At the sPressmen’s luncheon on Friday, the president, Mr. Noel Marshall, was free to admit volun- tarily that the press was a pow- erful factor in making the exhibi- tion What it is. In no other respect is the growth so rapid as in automobiles. The transportation building is already- too small, and a large annex was reqrired to accommodate the exhi- bitors. Has Canada, with all her appar- ent indifference, a reverence for sacred things? Are Canadians at heart a truly loyal and religious neOple? To see every individual of the ten or fifteen thousand on the grand stand rise up as one man when the doxology, “led by the cathedral choir of old Westminster was sung, is a sight to‘Tbe long Toronto Exhibition is drawing great "rowds, but 1913 is likely to rema'n the record year. The at- tendance for the f'rst Week was 416,000, and as the second week .5 always the largest, the manage- m-ent expect to “reach the m'llion." He leaves to mourn his death his Wife, who was Miss M. Ellen Arm- strong‘; one daughter, Mrs. YV. B. Adams of K-el-owna. B.C.,‘ and two sons, Moore A., a barrister at {Weyburm Sask., and Fraser, now with the Princess Pats in France. He also leaves one sister. Mrs. ‘V. F. Gray of Owen Sound, and four brothersâ€"George J. of Chicago, Maior R. Boyd of Washington, D. (3.. E. S. of Regina, Sask.. and Dr. Hugh of South Bend, Ind. The funera‘ take~ r3~~e ibis Thursdav afternoon at 1. 30 o’clock to the Hanover cemeterv. Mr. Miller was elected to the House of Commons for South Grey at the general election in 1904, and re-electe-d in 1908, sitting until the general election of 1911, or seven years in all. From 1905 he was Chairman of the Commons Com- mittee on Banking and Commerce. He was prominently identified with legislative efforts to suppress race-track gambling. He was born in Owen Sound on January 10, 1861, being a son of R. B. Miller, Who still resides there at the age of 80 years. He came. to Hanover in 1884 and. opened up a conveyancing and insurance office and by means of intense applica- tion, marked ability and absolute integrity, built up a large busi- ness. He was a director and shareholder in the Kneehtel Fur- niture Company, the Spiesz Furni- ture Company, and the Knechtel Kitchen Cabinet Company. all of Hanover, besides several other local concerns. He was a promin- ent Methodist, and a man of Wide though un-ostentatious charity. Mr. Henry Horton Miller, ex-M.P for South Grey, and. Liberal candiâ€" date ,for the Federal House in the next general election. one. of Bar.- ’over’s first and best loved citi- zens, passed away at his home there at 10 o’clock Monday morn- ing as a result of obstruction of the bowels. He was 55 years of age. He was attending to his busi- ness as usual until Tuesday of last week, when he took suddenly ill and he was operated upon on Thursday night, but he had not vitality enough enough to enable him to pull through. H. H. MILLER. EX-M. P. DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS CANADA’S GREAT SHOW MAAAAAAAA ALMAAA. zoo pr. Women’s, Misses’ and Childrens’ Shoes, per pair 50C Every pair morked more thari double the money. Come early to ensure get- ting your size. J. 81.]; HUNTER ‘ “AMAMAAMAAMMAAAAO ‘ Ladies’ Pumps, Oxford and Tie in Patent, Kid and Gun Metal. Reg. $2. 50 and ‘33. Your choice - Enormously price reduced for our stu- pendous clearance; Rousing Bargains Boot and Shoe Department Two Big In " $1.79 $1.00 PER YEAR 3 Hrs. Burrell of : "Biting Miss Mary .. MISS Frederica 1 _ Miss Cora “'il: . vacation m To! Miss Katie Be was in town 83 Whatâ€"15;. to I‘( filmed some tim : The Red Cross he home of ‘sI hides. 3 Int were made and}; Collection $1 60 -‘ Mrs. :8de \V: Helen, Of On 91 5 week with Mr {1 find other relati \ , Mrs. J Bauer returned from \ Mrs. H0221b0'm boom, of vamr Mrs. Kelly :2 Mr. Arthur Sm afternoon for “For some time 1 been good. and '1' fit through a c}. Mrs. Wesley 1 children, Harr} honton, are vi lira. Geo. Watt remain about a Mrs. O’N-e‘} an Miss Coventry. spent the first c Mr and Mrs J0] Mrs. David A Ada, have retu weeks’ Visit wit villa and Fairbu . Hrs J H. H? ,.mldren are \is ental home at Fl “has Inez Red! spending '1 [93 young friends i4: Mrs. Thurstor Thurston of tin mane-e. gave us Monday. Hiss Agnes \! oepted a positi in J P. 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