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s often the catise of Colds and Sore Throat, which, if not checked in time may lead to. more serious trouble : CR U-CO will cure the B severest cold - # and prevent ; spasms of coughing which are so liable to pro- duce irritation of the lungs. ORVAL BYER DRUGGIST and OPTICIAN e Columbia Gramaphone We Sell th | and 'Records Come in and hear the Columbia Gramaphone played with a Jewel Needle--the kind you ; don't have to change. PRICES RUN FROM $26.00 TO PnP . STAR OFFICE Port Perry We have 79 pairs of Children's Rubbers with Stockings attached, worth $1.50 a As long as they last, we are going to sell them for $1 'a pair. Thisis a stupen- | - |ever saw, and the best auto drives. | less; or else it is not worth while, and {should be voted out. "whole matter for a year, than to kill it {on time to the minute. 'Iseen a hill in Florida as high as a « | ture of this road is a brick paved road of the same shape; and almost as PAPER IN PORT PERRY AND SURROUNDING TOWNSHIF'S. "AR ARTE Ki way pro- i Hg medi omni £1 tnow what the amount i he several municipalities must guarantee 1n order to. get the rail: | way started. : . Wedo not want to know the exact | route--the farms through which the | | railway will pass, as the vote might be. improperly influenced were such in- formation given The individual profit expected be- cause the railway passes through a cértain farm, should not be allowed to have any bearing on the vote--for or against. = Either the Radial Railway is a good thing for the community (no matter what farms it passes through), and everybody will benefit more or We sincerely hope that this matter will not be brought before the people for decision until a proper time has been allowed to inform the voters of the merits of the proposal. It will be far better to postpone the | by undue haste; because if the people vote adversely for want of information it will suffer the same fate as the "County Good Roads Movement." It will be years before the idea can be carried out. In Florida St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 1st, 1914 To the Editor of the Star: Dear Sir--]Just a few lines to let you know how we are faring down here. To begin with we had a very pleasant trip down through the States of Mich- igan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennesee and Georgia and into Florida. Ours was a through train with Pulman sleeper and observation car to which we had access when we wished for sight see- ing on the way. I must say some of the scenery is grand in parts of Ken- { tucky and Tennesee--mountains and rocks and tunnels, some oi the latter | a mile long and the cars were lighted' by electricity all one afternoon. We went from one tunnel to 'another, | When we woke up the last morning of our joureey we were in the State of Georgia, and that is just as level us the prairies, but covered with second growth pine. The soil is white sand which will not grow white beans, or anything else but scrub oak and pine. A great part of Florida has the same kind of soil. The is one good thing, however, and that is the climate. It is grand We left Port, Perry on Monday morning, and arrived at Jacksonville on Wednesday at g 30am, We lost time in the rough country of Ken: tucky and Tennesee, but made up for itin the level country of Georgia, where we went at the rate of one mile and a quarter per minute for the last five hundred miles. The train arrived Trains are not allowed to be behind time because there is but one Union Depot at Jacksonville, and some doxen railroads run into it,' so they have to be on time. It is a very easy country here and in Georgia in which to build rail- ways, it is so level. 1 have not yet turnip pit, and we have been through quite a lot of the country aroun Jacksonville, going for forty miles in different directions. g One day we took street car and crossed the river on a bridge one mile long, and went out to Ortega Park, which is a great resort for golf playing. They have the best links T There are cement roads thirty feet wide, rounded up § y in the mid- dle, with a cement ditch to carry the ater some seven miles. At the junc- 'tained was wonderful ostriches--one was hitched to a cart, and the other was ridden like a horse. In the latter case the man hung on by the wings of the bird. = The speed ob- A horse race is not to be mentioned in the same day with an ostrich race. We visited the Green Cove Sulphur Springs. The sulphurous water is springing up out of the rocksin a pool as clear as crystal. I could see to a depth of 30 feet in the water which has a greenish tinge and quite warm. People drink this water for the cure of rheumatism. There is a bath- ing pool, too, one hundred feet long by twenty feet wide. It is covered with glass, and has water running into it from the spring. It was at Green Cove we saw the first orchard. While strolling along the street and viewing the orchard, which was quite a young one, we became acquainted with ue owner who was raking up concort species of orange about the size or a plum. It is used for preserving. The owner came to the gate and invited us in to see his fruit trees and walk tkrough his plantation He must have had almost every kind of orange that is known from the size of a plum to a four inch bowl. There was grape fruit, too, seven inches in diameter. Ripe fruit and green fruit grow on the same trees, and the ripe fruit is pulled whenever it is fit; which makes the season long for haryesting. The blossoms come. in February and March. To eat a ripe orange just pulled from the tree is most delicious. The owner of the orchard loaded my pockets with ripe oranges but would take no pay. He told us about the cultivation and fer- tilization of the orchard, and in every way did what he could to make things pleasant for us. Jacksonville is a fine city. It was nearly destroyed by fire in 1891, so it is all.bililt up in modern style with fireproof buildings, some of the best I have ever seen. There is one depart- mental store which covers a whole block; 4nd is very much finer than our Toronto departmental stores. There are people here from every State in the 'Union, but not many from Canada. The city seems to be a dis: tributing point for all parts of Flor- ida. Travellers land here first. 'lhe streets are well lighted by electricity. There were only twelve murders in Jacksonville on Christmas Day; but you would not know anything of it, as seemed to be quite common to have it that way. James WappeLL Hydro-Electric Meeting at Greenbank A public meeting was held on the evening of Jan. gth at Greenbank for the purpose of discussing means to obtain a continuation of the proposed Municipal Electric Pailway from Ux- bridge 'or Port Perry. While no de- finite route was decided on-for the railway the people were very enthusi- astic over the proposal of power. lines and a railway in ths Township of Reach." Mr. Alex Leask acted as Chairman of the meeting and Mr. McKitrich was introduced and spoke to the people on the purpose of the meeting, referring to a previous one which was held for the same" purpose a week before. You are the owners of this route. If you use it it will pay, said Mr. McKitrich, which expressed the situation very well. An engineer of the Hydro Commission also spoke, giving an outline of what the Commis- sion had done so far in the way of railway estimates and also told of the 'power lines that had been run in the different parts. of the Province. A summary of the situation is: -- That 'if the Township of Reach send in a Resolution to the Hydro- Electric Power Commission, the Com- mission are permitted, by an Act re- Public Construction & a|and 3oth, At! Blackstock is the chief attraction OF CANADA - Quarterly Dividend Notice, No. 93 Notice is hereby given that a Dividend af the rite of THIRTEEN Per Cent. Per Annum upon the Capital Stock of this Bank has this day been declared for the quarter ending 31st January, 1914, and that the same will be payable at the Head Office in this city and at + its Branches on and after Monday, the 2nd Day of February, 1914, to shareholders of record of 23rd J The Annual General Meeting Head Office of the Bank in Toronté on February next, at 12 o'clock noon, By order of the Board. Toronto, 16th December, 1918, uary, 1014. Shareholders will be held at the Wednesday, the 18th of GEO. P. SCHOLFIELD, General Manager. 187 the event of a deficit as part of the of the operation of the railway. Therefore, this was the proposed scheme for raising the money to build the railway. Before the people were asked to vote on this they were to have a report similar to one that had been issued in the Markham-Stoufiville- Uxbridge district, that unless such a report showed the railway on a paying basis, they would not be asked to vote on it. Much interest was shown in the meeting and many intelligent questions askee which were answered by the speakers. Cartwright News Mr. Nelson Marlow, Sr. died on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1914, at the age of 74 years. He had lived in the Township of Cartwright all his life, His death removes one ofthe pioneers who filled an important position in the life of the community. He was on excellent farmer and kept things in good shape. His ability along these lines was recognized by his neighbors as he was president and director of the local Agricultural Society for a number of years. In his social way his good nature and kindliness made him many friends He was a member of the Anglican church and the Sons of England which latter Society assisted in the funeral services which were conducted in St. John's Church. Deceased is survived by four sons -- John, James, Nelson, of Cartwright and Dr. Fred, of Toronto; also four daughters -- Mrs. Robt. Mahcod, Blackstock; Mrs. Richard Phelp, Cadmus; Mrs. James Bruce, Nestle- ton Station; and Mrs. Cowan who is in the West. The Township S. S. Convention was held in the Cadmus Methodist Church last Thursday. Mr. Glassford of Toronto, was present and gave ad- dresses which proved him to bea man whose heart and soul are devoted to Sunday School work. He spoke of the benefits of organizing and grading the school, in the afternoon: and 1n the evening of a well balanced Sun- day School. Mr S.: Nicholson was appointed President for the new year. Municipal Debts A study of municipal statistics for 1912 shows some interesting facts re garding the municipal debts of some of the towns in this locality. 'It is gratifying to note that Port Perry, had the smallest debt per head of popula- tion in the four places here named: Port Perry had a debt of $22.00 for each inhabitant and because of care- ful management that debt is becoming' smaller year by year, Uxbridge had a debt per inhabitant of $41.00. Oshawa's debt was $45.00 per ine habitant. _ Whitby's debt was $59.00 per in= habitant, These figures give a fair idea of the relative. municipal debts and in some measure show the probable tax rate, and ability of the municipality to un= dertake projects for local improvement and progress. Not that a commerciak town like Oshawa can be compared to a 1esidential village Tike Port Perry; but big debts must always be more or less of a handicap because the inter= est must be paid; and if a large in debtedness does not increase the op- portunity of the citizens to secure wealth and health that shall assist them in paying increased taxes, that debt is unwarranted. It may be argued that the tax rate 1s no higher in some of the towns mentioned than in Port Perry, and that statement may be true;but the rate on the dollar does not necessarily indi cate the amount of taxes to be paid. That is settled by the assessment. If the assessment is high and the rate of taxation is low it amounts to the same thing as if the assessment were low and the rate high. The mere statement that our rate of taxation is. 28 mills on the dollar may be very misleading. It all de- Most of the other officers were re- | elected. The local speakers--Rev. J. Kidd: Rev. }. C. Tibb, and Rev. I. Snell all took part in the program and added much to its value. The annual meeting of the Agricul- tural Society was held on Friday and matters were reported in remarkably good shape in view of the bad weath- er experienced at the last Fair. Mr. Arthur VanCamp becomes President for the ensuing year. Mr. John Jobb is First Vice-President, Mr. Fred Taylor, Second Vice-Presi- dent, Robt Philp, Sec.; and Mr. Ed. Montgomery Treas. The former directors were re-appointed by Mr. I. Whitfield taking Mr. Fred Taylor's place. It was decided that the field crop competition for the coming year would be oats. : A letter of condolence was sent to the family of the late Nelson Marlow. The date of the next Fair was set Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 29th Robert Mahoods skating' rink at nowadays. ; j ~ How Long? How long will it take capitalists to}. discover that the most unprofitable : "in the world is war? How} War pends on the assessment, and it has become evident that the assessment in Port Perry must be so adjusted that the rate of 28 mills will meet the legitimate town expenditures including the school rate. There is an impression abroad that 28 mills is the highest rate that can be struck; but that idea is wrong because the taxation may be 20 mills in ad- dition to the school rate, which last year amounted to 12 mills, making a total of 32 mills if the limit had been imposed. Those who are at times disposed to grumble at taxes should look into some of these matters, before they make comparisons with other towns which may be quite misleading. It is certain that until recently thé prices of real estate in Port Perry have been ridiculously low--so low in many cases that the amount paid would not cover more than half of the erection" of a similar building. : As the town increases in size these prices must necessarily. advance and owners may expect the assessment to advance somewhat in proportion to