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« (Continued from page 1? H. J. Heath, of Barrie, reported excellent work in the Literary and Social Depart- ment, of which he bas been for two years Vier-President. Rev, C.S. Applegath, 4th Vice-President, reported for the Christian C.atizenship Department, Rev, A. P. Brac-, B11)... reported for the Junior League De: partment, showing ite pre-eminent import as the foundation of all successful chureb werk. An ropen forum, live andl date, was then conducted, in which the arena, These we relegate who reported on them A committee was then niva 16 nominate cendidates for elec: wath ence eur great Bright pruspects Mine Ada Richwrdson greatly delighted the wudience with a heuntiful colo. The main feature of the afternuna fol lowed in an address hy the Rev Misnson Posie, B.A. the newly appointed assistant general secretary of the Young > He moved the gseerubly, Kraphic. soubstirring words he nian to ¢¢ ing "Young People ALS pm. adyou vanous committ ure Distrie hens on spe Epworth Le ue Study; on Sumer Schools: on Rese Tations, and on Mission: xhibut At nearly 200 dle < and vist a * banquet hull of the 4 or assembled int Church to partake of the hospitality welcome of Barrie. This banquet was pro: vi by the Epworth Leagues of the thrre Methodist Churches of the town and Way much appreciated, as was evident by the ansple justice done to this aplendid re past. These leagues aud their friends ulso entertained all the delegates on che Har vard Plan with several billets to spare; evidence of the gemal hospitality of Bar rie Methodism. At the banquet table Mayor R. J. Sprott, himself a former E, L. Pres ident. and Reeve J. F. Craig in short ad dresses gave the convention a civic wel come to Barrie, giving the delegates the freedom of the Town. A reply was mace by conference secretary CR. Conquergnod who heartily thanked the Leaguers and people of Barrie for the magnificent way ) in which they harl received the conferen The Rev. Merritt Price als repli acceptable terme, in the abs Geo, Clemence of Stayner. May to have hwl this the present pastor of Whitevale Circuit, who motored through with his delegates that day snd returned that night over vew ns a pmvate in the Princess Pata coming back ae x Mayor with over 40 of under him. He is an enthusiasie one of the Vice- Presidente were of Barrie District then case and led hy Mrs, Heath at the piano. sang, to the tune of "Sussex by the Sea" this Barne Convention song, of which some 200 copies were printed and given to the delegates The following is the song . We're the onm from Barrie, STRICT Harrie by the Buy We think our 'own the best around, ' Hip! Hip! Hip! Hurrah! 0,000,000 human We're glad you eame to Barrie, tion Fall, --__-- i Barrie by the Bay Chorus: ] Barrie. Barrie, by the Bay. Teor old Barrie by the Bay ° You are our guest--we'll do the rest At Barrie by the Buy, 'The evening session following the ban- , dresses. One by Rev. R. J, D, Sinp- son, un old Barrie boy, now general secret- ary of the Superannuation Board; und bro- ther of Dr. J. L. Simpsoo.of this town. He showed the immense possibilities of what miay be achieved when the young people of the church get behind the hurt of the great forward Allied Church Cumpaign, which is being participated in by nglican, Baptist, Congregational, Pres- erian and Methodist denominstions of Rev, C. E. Kenny of North B: Toronto Conference Secretary of Educ: al Campaign Work, also briefly, widress ed the Conference, us did also Rev, C. 8 Applegath at this juncture. Then the Rev. : Frank Lapgford B.A. the new General Sceretary of SS. and Young People's So- cicties took the conference by storm with his eloquent enthusiasm as he placed be- A SIMPLE FORONTO * RHEUMATISM AGE DOES NOT INTERFERE IF TREATMENT I8 PROPERLY FOLLOWED Many persons contend that there i® no sure remedy for Rheumatism, Sciate ica, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Neuritis, or their kindred' diseases, but don't. be biased: draw your own conclusions from the proof submitted. Over two years ago, William Nesbitt, of 113 John St., Toronto, Ontario, was attacked by Rheumatism. Mr. Nesbitt was 53 years of age at the time and he feared the worst. After trying many remedies and prescriptions without ob- taining relief he tool gp friend's advice " and used Templeton's Rheumatic Cap- sules. Result--to-day Mr. Nesbitt says, "He hasn't lost a day's work since nor a fears Rheumatism any more." ts Mr. Nesbitt gives th: entire credit for es his recovery to T-R.C'S. Profit ky his * experience. Try them. . '7 write us for our new Sole Agent for Barrie, Wm. Crossland, Druggist and Kodaks, ~ BIENNIAL CONVENTION. OF EPWORTH LEAGUERS| | GREAT SUCCESS--HELD IN CHURCH WHERE LEAGUE 5 WAS ORGANIZED IN 1889--IMPRESSIVE CLOSING : MEETING--BARRIE DISTRICT OFFICERS. ious of greut interest were thrown into /Of the Toronto Conference Epworth League to variouy-Py the nexi two years, which were as fol 1 The afteene u'll have some time, they say. , quet was characterized by two magnificent -- 3 Methodist | * | opened. Page Three fore them the great challenge of present events and the wonderful opening for ad- equate contributions of time and talent, money and men at this time in the na. tion's history for the extention of the king dom of Jesus Christ throughout Caneda. Saturday morning the Convention was opened by the Rev. Herman Moore and the [various committees repdrted and just be. jfore adjournnient at noon the nominating committee and. serutinecrs brought in the results of the ballot for the future offices ing hearts of lows Alon. Pres. Rey. E, D-Adams, Colling: | Wood Past Pres 8. J. Shantz, Toronto. President ©. R_ Conquergood, Toronto. them. is, Toronto, H. J Heath, Barrie. 4th Vice Pree Rev, (Major) M. Price, Wohitevale 1 Sth View Pres, Miss HL Coleman, Tor Seewary ROH. Bainard, Toronto | Trewuter Rey. A. PL Brace, Toronto i n lunch the delegates scattered ong the Various hotels and restaurants the town. gathering at 130, when a rT ufayer 150 motored out elong | ful highway to the ewst of the through the grounds of lls and on to Sh: Buy, where they assembled in the riful little public park where the closing meeting of the Convention wus held sud where the incoming officers were installed was perfect September weath er The sun shone brightly with just a breezy ripple among the trees, which sur id the three sides of the purk lawns workers, Need rouni with the brilhant and changing colors of | Divides the muwples and beeches, backed by the! darker shades of the evergreen made on cn. Itself in |vironment of external beauty, which, uc companied by the solemnity and yet deep aoyfulness of the service and scene of 1 closing momen's of this the greatest con. ference that the Toronto Biennial Conven. 'tio @ver held, Led once more by Mr. Le- 'Drew. whom all had leurned to love wx Ju' wonderful leader of song. as they eng with jomed hands "Blessed Be the Tie | that Binds." the conference closed in fuet. ut will linger long in the memory of the who were favored and privileged est Biennial Con. Two Parts Obligations to Soldiers The payment of all includes more than still in hospital, and many | taken more than'four years t | them home in a few months was a | ingenuity and resources, a few short months, "THEN, too, besides the sentimental as; home quickly the economic side c form efficiently and speedil wives, mothers, fathers, query was, "How soon will our boy be hi from Italy and Egypt, from Palestine and fr answering echo, ' How soon, how soon, may we go home?" CANADA caught the spirit of these lon It was an appalling task. Shi position of the Army of Occupation had no the Empire as well as Canada were lookin 'THE problem was this. + + The answer to the question "Why does Canada need another Victory Loan?" divides itself into two parts. (a) To finish paying the expenses of demobilization, and the obliga- tions we still owe to our soldiers. | (b) To provide national working capital. The obligations to soldiers in- ude: That already incurred cost of bringing home troops from overseas. soldiers still undemobilized. This 20,000 sick and wounded who are who of course remain on the Army payroll till discharged. af the mast jsromis: | ed. ful of hay wus ever held, | The upkeep of hospitals, and their medical and nursing anil nil weqn* home feeling that the Leag staffs, until the need for them is ended. we "7 and the eonle oe Barrie feahe Bar ' These three items alone will use up at least $200,000,000 pid more that done their part to uiake Y ihe Conveltinn thar weurteifed aundeas whieh of ithe Mistory Loan 1919. it pioved to be Gratuities There is also the gratuity which Barrie District Convention | Following the clwing session of the Tor | onto Confere Lengue Capyention at | hanty Bay. the Barrie District Convention { uso held in the Convention Chur-h out of the Victory 'lizabeth street, Saturday evening, $59,000,000 already 'The Teaguers present appointed a ndiy | Victory Loan 1918. jinating committee. whose duty, according | Land Settlement constitution, was to elect the district offweers. This nominnting cont tee consisted of Rev, A. E. Owen, of Allan disle, Mie Mawdsley of Jarratt, Min [. Brown @f Orillia, Mrs, E. Partridge and Hurry Armstrong of Barrie, and, by request S. P. Schuntz db Toronto to the ne secured by c first | ; ev. Tt | v. ALE, Owen, 29,495 soldiers had |Seeretary of Religious Education, noth be ame officers on the District by virtue |of their other resnective offices on the Con. ference, The other officers, which wer | later in the meeting installed to the newly- | p elected Toronto Conference were us follows Vocational | President--F, 7. Grafton. Barrie ; Ist Vice: Training Pres.--D. C, Flatt, Midland; 2nd Vice-Pres --Miss Lorna Brown, Orillia 3rd Vice-Pres Emme Foster. Elmvale; 4th Vice- |Prea--Rev. FE. Moddle, Warminster; Sth Vice-Prew.--Mra. T. A. Orton, Orillin: Sec- |retary--Fred W. Sarjeant, Barrie; Treas) { urer--Miss F. Hopkins, Midland; Confer- ence Repres--H. J. Heath, Barrie, Dr. Brown, general secretary of town and country Y.M.C.A. work, was to have ad dressed the meeting on-Y.M.C.A. organi- zation in Barrie, but, through illness, was is necessary. unable to attend and a telegram to thie effect was received before the me 'The main feature of the evening was an address by Rev. A. Philip Brace, B.A., |B.D.. of Toronto, Vice-President of the \Junior League Departmént. His masterly eloquence and enthusiasm carried the aul- ience with him o« he revealed the share nnd part which lay upon Barrie District for its share in the coming great Allied Church Movement Campaign, and a real sacrifice was. he efsimed, the requirement to go ox+r the top. This District's share ix 1.250 ad- |ditions to church membership. with the| This service was the climax of the double same number of new 5,8, echolars and of jconvention and was presided over by the enrolled christian stewards; 2,500 enrolled |newly-elected conference president, Chas, pledged personal workers; 600 members of R. Conquergood, Manager of the 'Canada young people's societies, and 60 new volun- | Printing Ink Co., of Toronto. Four-minute teers for life service. Rev. Mr, Brace' addresses were given by S. P. Shantz, one had to go back to Toronto through the!of the referendum secretaries, and W. §, night to be in hie own pulpit in Gerrard |Braden, Secretary of Boys' Work in the Street Methodist Church for Sunday. |YMCA. W. K. LeDrew again swayed Sunday opened bright and clear, Nearly the audience with his sbility ax a song all the conference officers had been per- 'leader, and added much by a well-rendered jsuaded to remain over ahd put on an solo, "Let Jesus Lead, He Knows the angelistic Epworth League Campaign for |Way."' The meeting was then banded over the day, From the Junior League meeting |to Rev. J. A. Walker, B.A., who with his at 10 o'clock, till the closing mass meeting | bride leaves Canada on October 2Ist for in Central Church at 8.30, come 13 services |China. His closing appeal was for seekers were conducted. All the Methodist pul- 'for truth, for reconsecration on the part of pits were provided with speakers, not only |the young people, and for those willing to morning-snd eveningabut for the annual give themselves entirely for life service and 8. S, Rally in the y Schools in the jin - whatever way the call may afternoon. W. E. Braden, a past con-/come, to which nine __ volunteered. ference president and an old Simcoe boy, Over sixty in all took the forward step. took charge at Crown Hill in the after-] | Many\ who were present remarked that noon, while 8, P. Shantz, who has just |this was one of the most impressive meet- vacated the conference presidency, together 'ings of many years, and most fitting it with Mr. Bainard, Mr. Shaw,- Miss Aull was, thut in Elizabeth street Church, where and Miss Allin, all of Toronto, conducted \the Epworth League of Canada was born, an interesting service to a large congreg: jtion st Shanty Bay in the afternoon. All ithe churches dismissed the congregations u jlittle early in the evening for the final grand rally mass meeting in Central Church 'at 830. A large number, coming from Al- lundale to this meeting were brought over through the kindness of T. R. Huxtable, who sent his big jitneys and, without any cbarge, brought » capacity load. This was much appreciated. has been authorized, and has been and is being paid to assist soldiers to tide over the period between discharge and their re-adjustment to civi life. For this purpose alone, $61,000,000 must be provided Loan 1919, in addition to the paid out of the proceeds of the Furthermore, soldiers who desire to become farmers may, under the Soldiers' Land Settlement Act, be loaned money by Canada with which to pur- chase land, stock and implements. The money so advanced wil! be paid back; meantime each loan is mortgage. Up to August 15th, applied for land under the terms of this Act; and 22,281 applications had been investi- gated, and the. qualifications of the applicant approved. For this purpose Canada this year requires $24,000,000. For this work which, with the Vocational Training and Soldiers' Service Départments, embraces the major activities of the Department 'of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment, an appropriation of $57,000,000 Those who give thought to our outstanding obligati i national working capital, cannot fail to be impressed wi _The Why? of Another -~ Victory Loan WEEN, on the morning of November 1 glad tidings flashed across the wor! Prayer of Thanksgiving, one yearning quer: + + + These national expenditures are war expenses, will be accepted readily by every citizen who thought to the task which Canada faced following the Armistice, and to the success with which she has met it. National Working Capital mines and factories. capital, so 1th, 1918, the guns were hushed and Id, there followed with the Nation's y, which found echo in the faster beat- brothers, sisters. and sweethearts. ome?" And, from France and Flanders, om far-off Siberia, gings, and at once resolved to satisfy PPing was tragically scarce. t then been settled. And other parts of g for the speedy return of their men. The half-million men that Canada had overseas had © transport to the field of battle. gigantic undertaking--one to tax all Canada solved the Problem, but it meant crowding into an expense for demobilization which it was impossible to foresee. pect of the necessity for bringing the men 1 ould not be overlooked. That was, to trans- ly the nation's army of fighters into a national army of That there came an The com- To bring Canada's gives Canada needs national working that she may be able to sell on credit to Great Britain and our Allies the products of farms, forests, fisheries, You may ask "Why sell to them if they can't pay cash?"" The answer is, "Their orders are absolutely essential to the continuance of our agricultural and industrial Prosperity." The magnitude of these orders and the amount of em- ployment thus created, will depend upon the success of the Victory Loan 1919. The "Why " Farmers and manufacturers (and of Credit Loans that includes the workers on these orders) must be paid cash for their products. Therefore, Canada _. must borrow money from her citizens to give credit, temporarily, to Great Britain and our Allies, Actually, no money will pass out of Canada. If Oanada does not give credit, other countries wil and they will get the trade, and have the employment that should be ours, to distribute amongst their workers. i And remember, we absolutely need these orders to main- tain employment. If we don't finance-them business will feel the depression, employment will not be as plentiful, and conditions everywhere will be adversely affected. For Trans- portation ation development work. Money must also be available to carry on the nation's shipbuilding Programme, and other transport- For loans to Provincial Housing Commissions who are building moderate priced houses. These, then, are some of the things for which Canada needs national working capital. She is in the position of a great trading company, an "Every Dollar Spent in Canada" Issued by Canada's Victor in cooperation with the Loan Committee ister of Finance the Domimion of Canada. and which now after 30 year has just reached its young snanhood, should cele- {brate this anniversary by auch an udvanced and consecrated movement on the part of the Leaguers of Barrie and district. | After the meeting the leaders of this great imovement gathered for refreshments at the yhome of Mrs. A. E. Lennox, Maple avenue, leaving by motor cars through the night |to be back in Toronto for the duties of |another day, but with much gratification jfor the work sccompliched and with pleas- ant memories for many years to come of ithe kindness of Burrie Leaguers and cit- 'izens, which contributed so much to the jeomplete success of this memorable and historic Conference and District Epworth League Convention. In Far Off China F. Murray Davis, Methodist Missionary- (Printer. stationed at Chengtu, West China, writes interestingly from the far east to F. T, Grafton, He has recently been placed in charge of the Book Room, and his let. iter, reproduced in part below, refers to his' return trip in December lust, after a jfurlough spent with his parents, "Mr, and iMrs. T. H. Davis, 109 Owen street:-- I have just completed a few months of {bard work and have been busy in getting into harness again. It is good to be back ut work again after having a good rest at |home. "Mrs. Davis is busy studying out the idioms of this old language and is mak. ing splendid progress. We hed rather a hard 'trip out and I had s bad attack of Jang. 1 was taken sick the day after we left Chungking and was sick for ra three weeks ull told. This helped to 'pull me down but I feel pretty nearly all right sgain, The first few months after I came buck I was in charge of the English work but owing to my eyes giving me consid- erable trouble I was forced to ask for a change of work and so I have been put im charge of the Chinese printing and also of the book room for a year. I am very much interested in the book room work and intend to greatly develop it during the coming year. 1 am planning to open up book stores for the sale of Christian Chin- ese literature in all of our mission stations if possible so as to make it easier for the missionaries and the native Christians to ob- tain good Christian reading at as slight a cost as possible. lieve I have the plan which is workable and intend to try it out during the next few months and if it works satisfactorily we will put it into general effect. Owing to our understaffed condi- 'tion it has not been possible for us to put as much time on our book room as should be the case and s0 it has sort of gone by the board but I am hoping tc get things working well during the next few months and have been working very hard to | put this department on a good working bas- is, There arc many difficulties in the way. Our field is a very large one and our own mission field (Canadian Methodist) is nearly three weeks scross by chair. Our native church have their own missionary to the tribes' people to the north-west of bere 'illness on the road overland from Chung-|and they are taking o grest interest in f id her citizens who buy Victory Bonds are the sharehold ers. to soldiers, and to our need for ith the absolute necessity for the : | Victory Loan 1919 him and be is doing splendid work, Our church is growing rapidly out here and euch year sees great improvement in all our work which ix now very well organ- ized. I hope thet you will remember me in prayer and ask the District to pray us in our work out here, My eyes troubling me a great deal and are a great handicap. This eye trouble is the recult of over-work during my first term of ser- vice which was certainly » heavy one. I would like to hear from you at any time or from any others who may oare to write. Especially would I like a copy of the annual report showing the givings. I wish you would send me one. Best wishes 'to you and yours, SSuaEEEEEAEaEEEEREEEEEEEeneneeeeeane TAILORESSES 'Women with one or two years' ex: perienee working on men's coats will be paid $15.00 per week while learning the operating of women's coats. The work is very quickly learned by tail oresses and with experience earn $20.00 to $35.00 per week, The work is at- tractive, no preesing, bright workrooms, hours, eight to five, closing Saturday noon. We will aasist you in finding good boarding-house if desired. 'We al- #0 offer good opportunities to tailors. JOHN NORTHWAY & SON, Limited 91 Wellington Street West, Tor Refer to Sarjeant & King, Barrie, i