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Water Commission meets this afterâ€" noon. * f Village Inn closes for the season on Sept. 15th. The open air band concerts are finâ€" ished for the season. M. D. E. Kitching and family moved to Toronto last week. Beamsville Fair on Friday and Saturday, this week. Leaves are beginning to fall. Looks like an early winter. R Thos. Hewitt left last week for Caliâ€" fornia where he will spend the winâ€" ter. Local Items Of Interest Send us in your news items. Phone 23 and we will do the rest. Smithville Fair and Old Boys‘ Reâ€" union, Friday and Saturday of this week. e Dr. Frank Woolverton, of New York. is visiting with Miss Nina Woolverton, Mountain street. G. W. Gledhill, of Toronto, has purâ€" chased the M. D. E. Kitching house and lot on Murray street. Big shipment just in of Wampole‘s Extract Cod Liver Oil Compound, $1.00 a bottle at Stewart‘s Drug Store. We have the best Cider Vinegar it is possible to buy, 5b5¢c per gallon, at the Quality Store, A. J. 'Esser,. Frank and Mrs. Walters ‘and Roy and Mrs Walters. of Pittsburg, Pa., M. D. Irvin has purchased Mrs. L. L. Hagar‘s house and lot on Robingon street south. Frank and Mrs. Waiters and hOYy and Mrs. Walters, of Pittsburg, Pa., are visiting with Mrs. Dr. Millward. Don‘t forget Saturday night dantâ€" ing at the Casino, Grimsby â€" Beach, every Saturday> night until â€" further notice. ' Come with the crowd to the Smithâ€" ville Old Boys‘ and Girls‘ Reunion, to be held on Friday and Saturday of this week. 6 The peach season is practically over and grapes are now well on the market, the crop being about 60 per cent. of last year‘s quantity. Many are taking advantage of our free â€" Jonteel â€" offerâ€"three Jonteel Beauty helps for the price of â€" two at Stewart‘s Drug Store. Our Princess Tea is a black Ceyâ€" lon Tea of unexcelled Quality, 80¢ Ib. If you are looking for a good Tea try this one at the Quality Store, A. J. Essser. The brick and stone work on the new Bank of Commerce building is being rushed rapidly forward and the structure will be ready for the roof in ten days‘ time. § This year‘s attendance at the Canâ€" adian National Exhibition, Toronto, was the largest in its history, the gate figures running well over the million mark. Why we troubles town. 1stâ€"Service, _ We are right here to make the necessary adjustments and repairs from time to time. 2ndâ€"Qualifications,. We have passed the oGvernment examinations and hold a certificate which is held by less than 10 per _ cent® of city optometists. M Dr. Buck was called to Grimsby Beach, on Wednesday morning last, to attend to one of the helpers on the Neilson ice cream truck. While drawâ€" ing up on‘ a rope, that held the ice All those new and jazzy fox trots that you hear the Norton Orchestra playing can be secured on Gramaâ€" phone records at Bell & Phipps, Yé Gramaphone Shop. Khenzo Liquid Antisepticâ€"very efâ€" fective, safe and pleasant â€" mouth wash, gargle, throat spray, etc., 35¢ and 60 cents at Stewart‘s Drug Store. * ? cream tubs in place, it snapped and threw the man to the ground where he alighted on his head and was knocked unconscious. The doctor was afraid for a time that his skull was fracâ€" tured, but fortunately it was not.. Afâ€" ter regaining consciousness he was removed to his home in Toronto. Town Council meets toâ€"night. FOUR Jeweler and Optometrist The Store of "Gifts That Last TWO REASONS VERNON TUCK | BANKâ€"OF. EAMILTON should attend to. your eye instead of anyone out â€" of D-(m_().(m ESTABLISHED 1872 to â€" Grimsby Those valuable documents of 'yofirs may be burnt or. stolen, and you know that you could not replace them. Don‘t take this risk yourself when for a small annual sum you may rent a safe deposit bc')x‘ in our fire and burglar proof® vaults. Our Coffee sales are growing, there‘s a reason. QUALITYâ€"That‘s the reason. 65c lb. at the Quality Store. A. J. Esser. _Oneâ€"half and one pound tins +â€"of T. & B., Orinoco, Old Chum, Senator, Briar Cut, Imperial Mixture, Rex, Edgeworth and Picadilly tobaccosâ€" at Stewart‘s Drug Store. The condition of Fire Chief Smith, who was operated upon in Hamilton hospital over a month ago, is not just as good "as his many friends would like, but still he is making gradual progress towards recovery. Millinery opening takes place this week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Be on hand, prepared to take advanâ€" tage of our wonderful combination offer as outlined on another page.â€" K. M. Stephen. The many friends of Ald. Edward Farewell will be pleased to hear that he passed through his operation, in Hamilton hospital, last week, in ekcelâ€" lent shape, and will soon be able to return home. Grimsby baseball team plays at Fonthill, on Saturday, next. If the locals can win this game it looks like a tie‘up for the Marshall Cup. _ It is expected that a large number of fans will make the trip, and if the team puts up the same brand of ball as last week‘s, they will bring the old ball game home with them. Marguerite, little daughter of Mrs. Chas. Macartney, who has been conâ€" fined to Hamilton hospital for the past four months, was able to reâ€" turn home last week. She is much improved in health, although still conâ€" fined to her room. A meeting of the shareholders of the Grimsby Arena, Limited, will be held in the offices of Ofield & Sons, TOâ€"NIGHT, Wednesday, Sept. 14th. A full quota of shareholders is requested as building plans and other details will be fully gone into. _ Be there! Opportunity is now knocking at your door. â€"See our big combination offer on another page and secure your fall hat at no expense whatever to yourself. . Also note the prices of staple lines of cotton dry goods.â€"K. M. Stephen. + a very big improvement to that thrivâ€" ing â€" suburb. Contractor Weston, who had ‘the work in hand,, deserves credit for the job. Lower prices are the order of the day and there is not the slightest doubt but what our prices are the lowest. Blue worsteds ar. down, fine fancy worsteds are down, and we have put our prices down much lower than the drop in materials warrant. We have some very smart Englishm_woollens we will make to measure at $22.00. Won‘t you come in and let us show you our goods? The â€" keenest buyers who "look around" finally buy here. In justice to yourself see our goods. Union made. Farrar Clothing Mfr., 5 Marâ€" ket Square, Hamilton.: The new. cement sidewalk on the Park road is now completed and adds Witnesses called to give evidence in criminal cases from now on will reâ€" ceive $1.50 per day and 15 cents mileâ€" age instead of 75c per day and 13 cents mileage, as previously paid, acâ€" cording to notification sent out to all magistrates by the Attorneyâ€"Genâ€" eral‘s Department. "Jimmy" Lawrie was a busy man over â€"the holiday weekâ€"end. He raced Dr. Green‘s good trotter, Ross O‘Ree, in the 2:30 trot at the Exhibiâ€" tion, om ‘Saturday, and in a field of highâ€"class trotters won in straight heats and took a new record of 2:19%. He then jumped from the "Ex" to Grimsby, on Sunday and loaded Joe McKinley in Herb. Hagar‘s _ motor truck, and rushed away to Hagersâ€" ville, but the best he could do there with the "watch charm pacer" was third money in the 2:18 pace. Lawrie is now at London with his string, and from there goes to Chatham and other Western Ontario points. . The trotâ€" ter that takes the measure of Ross O‘Ree will be a good one, and horseâ€" men everywhere predict that he is a sure 2:10 trotter. . Automobile traffic on the highway has decreased at least fifty per cent. during the past week. Up until last Wednesday, for a period of ten days the traffic was enormous, especially as regards American cars. On Thursâ€" day last it suddenly dropped off and at present is away below normal. The article "Stepping Out, on @A New and Original Trial", which apâ€" peared on our front page last week, through error, was not credited to the paper in which it originally appeared. This article was written by R. L. Rutledge, of Farmers‘ Magazine, and originally appeared in that paper. . ‘ GRIMSBY BRANCH Grimsby Boy Scouts‘ Bugle Band has been engaged to play at Smithâ€" ville Old Boys‘ Reunion. and Fair. Rev. Dr. J. S. Ross, for five yearg‘ pastor of Grimsby Methodist Church, and wellâ€"known throughout the Methâ€" odist Churches of Canada, died in Fergus hospital, on Monday, Sept. 5th, in his 74th year. â€"_Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kittermaster, of Chicago, have ‘been spending a few days with their â€"~niece, Mrs. R. N. Bell, on their way back from their island home, in the Georgian Bay District. The Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the G. W. V. A. will hold a special meeting at the home of Mrs. T. Schofield, Robâ€" inson street north, next Tuesday evening, at 8 o‘clock. Very imporâ€" tant business, and every one is reâ€" quested to attend. W. B. Smith returned home from the Hamilton City Hospital a week last Monday and was improving; but on Friday last, took relapse and for a few days was seriously ill. â€"~At this writing is improving as well as can be expected. Lincoln County, in the future, will only have three magistrates, they beâ€" ing J. H. Campbell, of St. Catharines; F. H. Sheppard, of Niagara Town, and Capt. W. W. Kidd, pf Grimsby. These three men will try all the cases in the whole county. Dog poisoners are at work in Grimsby again. Last Sunday night Joe Hand lost his two dogs by the poison. route. A man ~that would poison a dog or any other dumb aniâ€" mal is not half as good as a dog, and poisoning would be too good for him. He should be strung up by the ears A very pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mr. J. A. Althouse, Ridge Road, on Tuesday evening, Sept. 13th, when a large number of friends of Miss Edna Ready gathered together in honor of her approaching marriage and presented her‘ with many beautiful and useful presents; after which a kettle of confetti, hung from the ceiling, was ~&;ti)set and showered over the brideâ€"tOâ€"be. . The evening came to a close about elevenâ€" thirty, with best wishes from all for much happiness in her future life. In full battle array Grimsby is goâ€" ing to Smithville on Friday night to take part in the big calithumpian parade being held there in connection with their Old Boys‘ Reunion. Every Grimsbyite who wants a real evenâ€" ing‘s fun should attend. The Grimsby crowd will leave the Independent Ofâ€" fice at 6.30, as thep arade in Smithâ€" ville starts at 7.30. All people who own cars and trucks who will be willâ€" ing to help carry the Grimsby crowd to Smithville and back are requested to be in front of the Independent Ofâ€" fice, not later than 6.30. Let everyâ€" body help to maket he Grimsby conâ€" tingent the best that ever visited the southern town. Let‘s go! Ottawa, Sept. 12.â€"Lieutenantâ€"Colâ€" onel Harry Cockshutt, of Brantford, has been appointed Lieutenantâ€"Govâ€" ernor of Ontario, to fill the post made vacant by the death of Lieutenantâ€" Governor Lionel Clarke. â€" Announceâ€" ment to this effect was raade by Premâ€" ier Meighen on Saturday. Magistrate Campbell held court at Smithville, Monday afterrtoon, and heard evidence in a case of assault. Arthur Piett and Clifford Young were charged with assaulting with intent to rob Wm. Clayton, of Clinton townâ€" ship. Young was ‘found not guilty, and Piett was adjudged guilty of asâ€" sault and fined $25 and costs. CARD OF THANKS Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Smith wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their kindness â€" during Mr. Smith‘s illness. k Wed. Sept. 14thâ€"Charles Ray in "19 and Phyllis"; Harold Lloyd in ‘"Now or Never," and a Pathe. Sat., Sept. 17thâ€"Louise Huff in "The Dangerous Paradise," and a Comedy. Mon., Sept. 19thâ€"Rex Beach‘s "Going Some," and 7th Episode of "The Veiled Mystery." Wed., Sept. 21stâ€""The Woman in His House," and a Pathe. s UOHEEEEHEHEHEHEE Et ttmnttHunHn "The Harvest Home Thanksgiving" of the Methodist Church, has been arranged for Sunday, Oct. 23rd, with Rev. Dr. Hughson, of Hamilton, and Rev. Dr. Speer, of Dundas, as speakers. F Its inventor has patented a golf bag carrier that can be attached to an automobile running board with thumb screws. The Mexican state of Chihauhau is to have a combined â€" wireless teleâ€" graph and telephone station of â€"6000 mileg radius. 11 ‘a.m.â€""Play the Man.‘‘ j â€"2.30 p.m.â€"Bible School. t 7 p.m.â€""A Root Out of the Dry Ground." > M Wednesday, 8 p.m.â€"Prayer Meeting and Bible Study. A cordial welcome awaits all who attend any of the services of the church. Japanese experts have estimated the amount of coal in the Formosan fields between 700,000,000 and 850,â€" 000,000 tons. . BAPTIST Rev. Thos. Radcliffe, phstor. SUNDAY, SEPT. 18th. MOORES THEATRE Churches METHODIST CHURCH THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO In The He looked like one of nature‘s noâ€" blemen who had never ‘been any farâ€" ther away from the farm than you c.n throw a Ford by the crank shaft. Long, ,lean and gangling with a look of amazement spread _@ll over his face, caused no doubt by the strange sights he was seeing on the busy Main street of GRIMSBY. He seemed: like a person intent or going somewhere or looking for some place, but uncertain as to whether he was in the right spot or not. The night was stifling hot and findâ€" ing it impossible to sleep, I lit a cigar, slipped on a pair of pants and went out onto the verandah. It was very dark, but the air was somewhat coolâ€" er, so I threw myself into the hamâ€" mock and ‘gazed up absently at the stars as I puffed abstractedly ‘at â€" my cigar. For some time in almost a semiâ€"conscious «state with my eyes half shut and thinking â€"of nothing in particular, I lay there and was just about to go to sleep when with a sudâ€" den start I sat up quickly, swung my legs over the side of my improvised bed and gasped into the darkness which covered the lawn directly in front, of the house .. °. ;. Bent alâ€" most in two, with a lantern in one hand and the other arm stretched out a few inches above the ground, the form of a man was coming slowly step by step toward me. ~â€"As he apâ€" proached he swayed from side to side staring intently at the ground ahead and cursing lowly under his < breath. Nearer and nearer he came, his long boney hand hanging in a strike poâ€" sition as his head mechanically moved in the direction of his big feet. Withâ€" in a few yards of me he stopped dead, paused a few seconds then with a !ightning flash his hand made a devilâ€" ish grab at the grass and slowly, very slowly he started to pull at someâ€" thing.. From where I sat in the hamâ€" mock I could just discern the hideous grin on his face and hear an uncanny chuckle as he stopped pulling and from one of his pockets produced 22 empty tin into.which he dropped his find. In a cold sweat, fseling like a helpless imbecile, I sat and stared at the movements of the ghastly animal liké apparition. Was the man crazy, «eut, of his mind, walking in his sleep or was I+dreaming? Plainly 1 reâ€" menitbered coming out onto the verâ€" andah on account of th>~ heat. I looked â€" round. I was on the verâ€" andah, andâ€" of course. it wis our house, therefore I concluded as my brain began to work again, I was not dreaming, but the man on the lawn must be, in fact, was crazy, and would be better left alone. I.eased my poâ€" sition and looked across at the lawn ‘again. â€" He had recommenced his ridiculous actions and was now cirâ€" cling round the tree. in the centre of the lawn. â€"Four times with head bent low and eyes searching the ground, he repeated the operation, then with a sudden turn he started back in my direction. Foot by foot he came till he reached the edge of the lawn, where he straightened up, put the lantern down on the grass and with a wild grunt of disgust, threw his arms up in the air at the same time groanâ€" ing as if in pain, then he jammed his hand into his pocket, pulled out the tin and with a loud curse threw it into the bushes. At the finish of this wild outburst he grabbed the light and commenced to walk down the gravel driveway which skirted the lawn and side of the house. At this I jumped up with a loud bang and the man stopped dead within a few feet of the verandah post gazing in my direction, the light held high over his head. "Hellâ€"o," he said, as he caught sight of me,. â€" "It‘s a great night:" â€" "Yes," I stammered, ‘"it really is a wonderâ€" ‘ful night, but rather warm." ‘‘Yep," he replied, digging his hand intnon his pocket and producing a pipe. . "Yep, it‘s pretty warm and the ground‘s hard as a rock; thought I‘d catch a few dew worms to go fishing with toâ€" morrow, but there ain‘t any out, so guess I‘ll go home. Good night." "Good worms, dewey night," I yelled, collapsing on the hammock as he turned and disappeared into the darkâ€" ness. Good â€"worms." .. ‘..>.. For some time I lay in the hammock gazâ€" ’ing into space and thinking of nothâ€" ing in particular, then I rose, called myself a column of names, threw the cushions into the bushes and went back to bed. It was just at noon time when the street loafers were jockeying for positions on thew aste paper box in front of the Post Office, when he came along. Stopping in front of the masâ€" sive ‘brick structure over which genâ€" ial David Allan presides, he cast many glances at it. He sized the building up from all angles; squinted at the clock tower as if he was afraid it was going to fall over and when "Big Ben" boomed the hour of one o‘clock he nearly jumped out of his shoes. Finally, he turned to one of . the loafers and said: "Is this the Post Office?" UHEOEHA OAE NIWH There were 45 on parade last Friday night and the boys under their reâ€" spective â€"Scoutmasters carried out drill and general work. PARADESâ€"No regular parade will be held this Friday on account of the Band going to Smithville to take part in the Reunion. The Band will parâ€" ade on Thursday night, of this week, at the rear of the Independent Office, for particulars re Smithville. Every one in the band must attend. Parade at 7.30 sharp. Bring instruments. J. A. M. LIVINGSTON, Australia is plannning 0 esâ€"tabli several acerial mail rou‘¢ veri areags where there is littie or no tr service. NEWS AND ORDERS Cl U O uO d U U U U U U U D BOY SCOUT «+ THINGS SEEN :: BY OUR OWN REPORTER THINGS SEEN Dist Scourtmaster. Tw sary You can get acquainted with your appetite in this grocery shop and you can get acquainted with a most modern method of saving money. Pay less by paying cash and carrying your groceries home. SAVINGâ€" CRANKâ€"CASE â€" OIL Thousands of~ gallons of diluted crankâ€"case oil have ‘been .wasted in the past gimply because satisfactory methods of reclaiming it have, not been available. The deterioration of such oil results mainly from dilution and from the presence of dirt, dust and, other injurious things. tw A method of salvaging this diluted oil has regently been developed! and the equipment for the process beâ€" ing manufactured in sizes ~ itable for the e of public. ~arages and other «:â€"ncies that ha~= a consMerâ€" able qusstity of crankâ€"case oil to dispose of. PAY CASH! John E. Scott, of the "Cash and Carry Store,"‘ takes this opportunity of thanking his numerous customers for the splenâ€" did support accorded him in the past; also to announce that he has now added a delivery system for their benefit. A truck will leave the store as follows : Going East.. .:.>.... ‘g9.30. a.m. and 3‘ p.m. Around Town..... .. 10.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. | Going West.... ... :....Ir am. and 5 p.m. Kindly keep these hours in mind and assist in making this a success. Groceries are all of the best quality and all orders will receive the best of attention. arate operat‘o der to renew N O T IC E. re necesâ€" original viscosity and Aire â€"and flashâ€"points; first it is necessary to eliminate the dilution and second, all harmful solid matter. in the oil‘ must be removed. The gasoline is driven out by distillâ€" ation, while the solid matter is reâ€" moved by «‘precipitation. .The total cost of operating the reclsimer apâ€" proximates 5e per gallon. w o 0_ prummaws JC PCP sdlloll, €P While it will not be profitable for a farmer to have such an outfit unâ€" lesgs he operates on a very extensive scale, still the local garage will prob ably find custom work in reclaiming oil very profitable. . O. K. Bond Printing. The Inde® pendain|! Wednesday, September 14, 1921 3/ f2e f es LESS 1 PAY "il