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The Editor of this great expon- ent of truth and wisdom was in Toronto for a few days, and at- tended the world’s greatest annual exhibition. The unfavorable con- tion ‘of the weather had some in- fluence in reducing the attendance 'below the correSponding days of last year. Wednesday of last week was Children’s Day and Sat- urday ' was Hamilton Day} Both days were record days in the his; tom-v of the fair and the turnstiles . on each showed the attendance to \ have exceeded last year’s record by about 3,.000 On Labor Day, 135, 000 are reported to have been think 'to the higher railway fares this year: and lastly. the general The Red Cross Society is holding a patriotic rally in the rink on September 16. This announcement has appeared in ‘the last couple of issues of this paper, and was seen by Mr. J. A. 'Brown, proprietor of the rink, at bone of the Western points at .which he stepped. In his usual off-hand manner, Mr. Brown. in a letter to J. .P. Telford, wish- es the affair every success the movement deserves, and further says that the society may have the rink free of any cost Whatever. Needless to say, the society here feel deeply grateful to Mr. Brown and appreciate his kindness Verv much. C. P. R. excursion to Walkerton Fair, September 16. Dorothv De- vonda is now at Walkerton and will make her great baloon ascen- sion and parachute drOp without fail. The Highland Pipers and dancers of Lucknow will hold forth on the platform, and the well- known Hanover Band will accom- pany the excursion. Special train leaves 'Walkerton at 7.30 for Han- over and Durham. Reduced rates. All work for the Red Cross Soci- ety must be sent to the Armory building by Monday next, as it must be shipped (on Tuesday with- out fail. Ladies having any in their possession will please take notice. The annual Harvest services will be held in Trinity church and at St. Paul’s, Egremont. on Sunday. September :20. Appropriate music is being prepared. The services will be conducted by 'Rev. W. H. Hartley. The offering will be ap- plied toward the defraving of lia- bilities already incurred. Mr. Joseph Noble of Aberdeen informs us that he lost 'his crop and implements. as well as' his barn. u hich we repoi'ted to haxe been struck by lightning a couple of \\ eeks ago. Persons or parties desiring to hire an automobile can be accom- modated at C. Smith Sons’ Gar- age. Careful and competent driver furnished. Rates on ap- plication. 5 7 tf A patriotic concert will be held in the Methodist church Varney on Friday evening September 19. The proceeds will be given in aid of the Red Cross Society. Mt Forest Fall Fair, September 17 and 18. Concert both nights in new exhibition building. Don’t forget the fall millinery Openings at the Paris Millinery Parlors, Thursday and Friday, September 1'.’ and 18, 1914. Mrs. T. H. McClocklin. For sale.â€"Melotte cream separ- ator almost new. Enquire of J. H. McFayden. The Dominion Feather Co. make feather mattresses out of your old feather beds. Live hogs have dropped in price and will not likely exceed $9.40 to- day. Butter is 20c. and eggs 22c. The Dominion Feather Co. buys all kinds of feathers. old or new. VOL. 47â€"N0. 2481 N EWS AROUN D TOWN The stores were closed during July and August on Wednesday afternoons, and in response to a subseguent petition the council de- cided to extend the time indefin- itely. The idea, we understand was to continue during September and October, so as to give the Riw fle Association an opportunity to Dractice at the ranges. We were not particularly favorable to the July and August half-holiday, but we offered no objections. Since then, things have changed, and if the half day each week were deâ€" voted to rifle practice,‘we believe the citizens and residents of the surrounding country would be quite agreeable, and very little ob- jection would come from an-v source. We expected the half- holiday would be extended, but to our surprise we learned, yesterday at moon that the stores were to remain open and that Mayor Black was one of the chief objectors. In an interview with the mayor he ‘told us a majority of the business men were offering objections to an extension of the half-holiday as‘ proposed, and refused to close up their places of business. We have not had time to interview the other merchants to ascertain their feelings in the 'matter, and we are unable to say definitely wherein the tro'nble lies. Under the cir- cumstances we believe it would be well to give the boys an upper-tun- ,ity for practice, not knowing; haw noun the skill acquired would.“ be 4 'g-bene‘tit to us all. Dr. -C. K. Robinson, the yound Tamworth doctor, charged with the murder of Blanche York on the 8th of July. and since then sought by the Canadian authori- ties, surrendered himself to Pro- vincial Detective Greer, on the steps of the .city :hall. Toronto, on Monday forenoon about ten o’clock. He and his three broth- ers arrived there in an automobile and although the labor parade was passing at the time, no one sus- pected that an arrest was being made. The whole thing seems to have been previously planned. The doctor is reported to have made 'a witnessed statement to one of the citv papers in which he claims that another man was the real Word ‘Was received here to-day. Thursday, of. the death at Mark- dale yesterday of Mr. Wm. John- ston. Sr., an old and well-known resident of Durham. He was 75 years of_ age. and for the past few months had been living with his son at Markdale. The funeral under the auSDices of the I. O. F. will be held from the Baptist church here on Friday afternoon at one o’clock, and interment will be made in Maplewood cemetery. guilty party. His trial will likely be held over till the Spring As- sizes. The White is one of the oldest sewing machine firms, but thev embody all the newest ideas in their machines. See the rotary shuttle at W. J. McFadden’s. The 'C. P. R. has had a gang of night men at work for some time loading {gravel from the pit near the station here, for use on: vari- ous parts of the line. Mrs. 'Wm. Kingston advertises her stock and implements for sale by public auction. See the full list of articles on page 2. Dr. Hutton Went to Toronto Tuesday ‘to be present during a minor ”operation to be performed on the throat of his daughter Miss Marguerite. Mr. Ian Campbell is carrying his arm in a sling these days, having had it fractured While cranking the auto. All indebted to The Chronicle will oblige by paying up. We need the money, as we have big payments to meet. A public baptismal service will ‘09 held in ‘St. Paul’s church, Egre- mont. next Sunday, 13th inst, at For sale. â€"A quantity of dry slab wood. At the Foundry 7 23 The Dominion Feather Co. mat- tress is the only mattress a child can turn. Let Us .Have Your Next Order for Job Printing a concert will. be given in the opâ€" era house. Bert Lloyd has been engaged as the comedian, and we are confident his \part of the pro-y (gram will be interesting to the audience. The Priceville people a few weeks ago were delighted with his work. Other entertainers Contributions from any who can not be present will be thankfully received and acknowledged through The Chronicle. if sent 111 to Mrs. John Kelly. or any other lady worker. " After lying ill at her home in town for the past couple of months, Miss Shewell was remov- to the Toronto General HOSpital the first of the week. Where she will be treated by a specialist. We are all anxious for the suc- cess of the fall fair, to be held here on Thursday and Friday, the 24th and 25th 'of this month. Only two short weeks till the show is on. The directors are anxious for its success, and .success depends to a large extent upon the interest and efforts of the people. Some are always exhibitors, and from lack of stronger competitors they are always prize-winners. These prize winners have no divine right to win alWays, and their.neighbors can grow just as good crops as they do if they try. To .defeat some of these ’reg‘ular prize-winn- M353 would doubtless make them angry. If they are mean enough and narrow enough to. get angrv by defeat in an honest competition we would like ‘to see them real mad. This would‘spur up all. to a greater. effort and 'make for suc- The Dominion Feather Co. are located in Mt. Forest, next to J. Campbell’s blacksmith shop. Miss Overand of Toronto is in charge of the Paris Millinery Parlors. Word has been received at Washington, from Russia, Ger- many and France that United States military observers will not be permitted to accompany the armies of these nations. Great Britain and Austro-Hungary have given permission. cess, through a keener competi- tion. With only a comparatively few exhibitors the fair will neVer be a success. Let there be a full attendance and 1311}: the societVz on agood footing. On. the second night It is officially announced that, Cardinal Dominic Ferrata has been appointed papal secretary of state. attendance is looked ~tror. An admission fee of 10 cents will be charged, but larger contribu- tions \Will be gratefully received. Remember that the proceeds are all for the Red Cross Society. and no local organization, society or church will receive any benefit. Everyone, we hone, will be bene- fited by the satisfaction of giving to a noble and worthy cause. The program will consist of vo- cal. instrumental and band music, male chorus-es, solos, etc, address- es of a patriotic character will be delivered by the local clergymeu and others, including Dr. Jamieâ€" son, who has kindly consented to occupy the chair. ‘ Refreshment booths will be fur- nished, at which all who desire to help can spend a small amount. with the full assurance 'of it being turned to good account. The money, as W-e‘understand it, will be spent here in furnishing mater- ial, «and this .material will be made bv the ladies voluntarily and Without remuneration, into many necessaries required by the sick and the wounded. We can hardlv impress too strongly the duty of those who remain at home in doing some- thing for the brave boys who have taken their lives in theirhands to fight in our behalf. We believe the cause is deserving of our heartfelt support, and we hope to see a large attendance. A patriotic rally Will be held on W'ednesday evening nextfthe 16th inst, under the auspices of town and country ladies who are in sympathy with the {Red Cross So- ciety, to provide comforts for the wounded soldiers in the European battlefields. ‘ BUfiéfAM. UNI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 3914 THE RED CROSS CONCERT a formal Alliance and the doom of kaiserism is sealed. Britain is de- ' termined to see the War through and that the milita1y autocracy of Germany should get a crushing blow it is important that she and the other two powers should en- ter a solemn pact not in any case; rvvivvvvvvvvai Kaiserism is doomed and the:: Welding of the three fighting”: isntrumsent Will deal a death-blowf b to Germany’s military machine. It : mav take time, but the military: success of the kaiser’s dreams will b assuredly be smashed. I: to stay their several hands, or to cease fighting until they do so with one consent. The kaiser Will now be unable to detach any I of the allies by conceding terms that would be more than satisfactory at the beginning of the war. Turkey will be less inclined to go to War in the kaiser’s interests and Italy. if she should change from her position of neutrality, will be more likelv to oppose Austria. German mines in the North Sea have caused the .destruction of 16 trawlers since the commencement of the War. According to a des- natch. German fishing boats, deck- ed with Belgian colors, have been laying mines under disguise. and navigation in the ’North Sea has been abandoned for a time. A reinforcement of 150,000 Rus- sians are reported to have passed through England, crossed the Channel, and took up a position at the German rear. It is under- stood that thousands more are on their Way from Archangel, by way of the Arctic Ocean route to Eng- land, when they will cross to France and join the allies. On Saturday last a protocol was signed in triplicate in London by Britain, France and Russia, by which neither of the contending powers of the entente can make terms with Germany Without the consent of the others. To give the utmost concertedness to the actions of the allies, Sir Edward Grey has changed the Entente into David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer says: “We Want everv penny We'can raise to' help fight the enemy. We must come out triumphant in this struggle, very important part in it We must husband our resources. We don’t want a penny spent which is not absolutely essential to relieve dis- A report from Paris indicates that during three days’ fighting in the Champagne country, the German losses in killed and wounded was enormous. One French officer estimates the pris- oners at.30,000, but no official records could be given out. been advancing dangerously near to Paris, their progress has been checked and it now seems thev have little hOpe of taking the city. The armies of the allies have been gaining strength by addition- al reinforcements, and by skilful manoeuvreing have managed to hold the foe at bay, and even to force them back in fearful en- counters against overwhelmning odds tress. 1an my judgment, the â€" last few hundred millions may win this The war for "the past week is looking brighter for the allies and although the German hosts have A‘OmO’V,”‘.H"MOOW"H‘OWC'H‘ "”.‘HH‘," H‘J"‘.OW‘OW.'H‘ONC'H.DW‘.Q 0"“...0 9.00% H6 0 o a o o o c i 4 ...'0. .O'QOi. '. ::., O 'O‘. O 'O. O While The Chronicle. acting in good faith, announced last week that Wednesday afternoons during September and October u ould be ob- served as a half- holidav and that the stores would be open on Thursday evenings instead of Wednesdays, the idea has since been dropped. and all places of business will remain open Wednesday afternoons and evenings. NO HALF-HOLIDAY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THE WAR o a o o o o J"M.'O.'..J"O"M. 'OA o>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>r>>>>>>m O I. “74.3.: \Ve héve a splendid assortment in Navy and Black worsted also Tweed Smts, and during this month we are gcing‘ to 1“ (1°de *R' ‘ "‘1 d glve 3 sp en 1 met; 21401 mt] evely sult at from $4.00 up. WE indulge in absolutely no exag- geration when we say that in these lines you will see ‘ clothing values that have, never been excelled in Dur- ham. The smart distinctive styles, the upâ€"to-date exclusive materials, the per- fect fit and the splendid quality of tailor- ing shown in these goods can hardly fail to elicit your admiration and your order, see them, make a point of it. Progress Brand Clothing and Alert Juvenile Clothing have a tremendously strong reputation. Every customer who has tried them usually comes back again as the Linings, Fit and Style are super- ior to the ordinary run of clothing. S... F. MORLOCK PROGRESS BRAND Clothing for Men and Ynung Men, and Alert Juvenile Clothing Mg Clothing ‘ Great Value in HOUSE. FURNISHINGS 4 x 4 regular $18.50 for 15.50 3 x 4 regular 16.00 for§13.50 3 x 31/2 regular 13.50 for 11.50 4 yards wide, in: best quality, regular $2.10, $2.25 and $2.40 for $1.95 per yard. hlfg‘s, Linoleum, Oilcloths, Mat- ting-s and Curtains, at Greatly Reduced Price. Japan Matting Regular 250. for 190. Seamless Tapestry Rugs Linoleumns $1.00 PER YEAR