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Poultry Wanted for all kinds of HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID S. Gleeckman, Ph"s,J624,. PRE TES: Live Poultry : Cie Be aS eR RAS CEE Se ES If You Want Your Lawn Mower Painter and Decorator H To Work Like New SEND IT TO EUMEISTER MILVERTON e Clippers Sharpened Vol. XXVI—No. 8 Milverton, Ontario, Perth Co., Thursday, August 24, 1916 Malcolm MacBeth, Editor and Publisher Solng out, of town for, let us hear fro: We always a appreciate with friends in Lucknow. Miss Mi: ier week with friends at List Items of Local Interest. If you have a eats at your home; are Briere et mae. Parente Tiews Pte. Fred Ohm spent a few days is spending a ir. and Mrs. Hen: pent W ar Orde rs Sunday with friends at Btratiord. ‘iss Lizzie foese is spen ‘Thepresentindustrial activity conus of weeks with friends sre Cor ourg. ie Ode, largely “tower: crders. Me’ Dag MePayish and friends, ot ‘These, however, will cease with the close of the war. A Wet of readjustment and retren Tanne veil ieobainy-ollowt = has been spending a week with friends |i ¢ in Milverton. prudent man will guard against Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dobson, of Glea this now by saving a substan- allan, spent. § ca with their son, art of his present earnings Mr. . son, Misa Grace Markham has returned or increased income. * after spending a scope of weeks at Open a Savings Account with her 0) The Bank of NovaScotia PAID-UP CAPITAL - § RESERVE FUND - TOTALRESOURCESover 100,000,000 MILVERTON BRANCH O. W. Huelsman Acting Manager ¢ Mrs, 22 on a00 Roulston, “of Listowel, spent the friends in’ Milverton and Wroxeter, are visiting at Munro's, sister, res nse. + Roulston and Miss ears her sister, Miss TURNBULL—REAMAN Km A very pretty, but quiet Oh Minnie Bain hs epent Sunday at the john i of North irs A. P. Hampel, Mi Mr. Joh Master Karl Schneuker, of Guelph, rn W. Mahaffy, at the Edna ja week Mr, and Mrs, J. H. Brown, of Ches- jonald Siaith, accompanied by ‘Alice MoMane, left on Monday to spend a few days with friends in Monkton ig HYMENEAL Mi and Mrs. Robert Sanders and son, Robbie, and Miss Florence, of home secur- of Burns, r Stuart, ~ Mornington ofticfated. he bride Ne ming, dressed in wr ite alec erre trimmed with bridal bead ming and Cuba lace. The bride's travelling suit was of navy |‘ blue serge and a panama hat, trim-|ers med with a white willow plume and, i forget-me-nots, A bons *wed-|on ‘Thursday evening, August Sist. ding dinner was served at the home| Mr. Robert Merrick, of Port Ar- of the bride. After whi ch the happy |-th md nieces, Misses Laura an couple left for Stratford and other |Hisa Holden. of Windsor, and Miss A. points. Among the presents receiv-|Neuert, of Glenallan, motored to Mil cheque from her fathe: | Monday. at the hone of Br. return they will live on the ’s |W. Je rns, | Mr. E Gropp brought up from L ce dia jon, lant ‘weeks new Ford ear model, which he will use for demon: CARD Ke THANKS stration purposes, It is an exact re-| The family of the late Miss Susan-'plica of the car befng offered by the dal Hettales arish to then the friends ' Milverton Sun as Grand Prize in h and ‘neighbors for help given \and ‘contest now goin: xtended bereavement; in their {ato | From t! i "prov: & 5 3k #2 5 Sh and Mrs. the the Mocaing. “Telegraph, eae Ti FH success. It caught the jets of The Milverton Baseball team petter:| the crowd from the outset, held the ed a defea' the (hands ‘of udience in tense interest and breath Listowel team at that iets suspense. and finally swept apne urday aftern The victor: ear lieved of their loose change that Liss Siegel in her recital of this reat Jett in ‘their clothes while ae denn at Zimmer i (1) Thursday August 3ist, mann’s hall, Admission 35¢ on | hi IMPERIAL QUAI HEINZ PICKLI PURE PICKLING SPICES. FRUIT JARS! eo IMPERIAL PINTS, ore) i Moe + roe ING VINEGAR per gal MOHR’S GROCERY | day we hav *}eury yeaa cr Potatoes at Loth’s to-day. coh meld for Eggs at the Pearl Don’t fail to hear Miss Theresa M. Ereel in “Withi e Law.” Ruby Atkin, of “Gadahi, ees ieinatey with friends in Milve: a Miss Helen Carson, of cetera i ner of 2 pegite Prize, a $5. OD Lamp spending a afew weeks at her home lat T. P. R ere. Messrs. John and George and Misse: Mr. Henry Schneuker, of Guelph,|Mary and la Roth Tponi Su ay. spent the week-end with friends in|at the of Mr. George Hopf Milvert oe “Within The Law,” the most satis- ‘layton doth, ab Stratford, ig fying drama ever written in Zimmer- ited at the hom his parents ann’s hall, on Thursday evening, 8 Sunday. august Sist. D. Da vidson, of Newton, left} Mrs. bee Orr Sr. and son, Henry, | on Saturday last for a trip to Seattle t Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs and fam- chneider- spent 3 McDougal, of Wroxeter, is sat present visiting at the home of Mr at prestnt visiting at the home of h mother, Mrs.’E. McFarlane. Misses Evelyn and Enid Roe spent a f days last week as ne guests ew 3 of pee aunt, Mrs. J. w. Bar: tor. Medicine Hat, week renewing Aeguats s. John Westman, of Regina, who is visiting in Stratford, spent. few days last week with friends in Mornington. Mary and Ella Roth and Messrs, John, Alvin and George Roth, r 87, 95 Tes for first ten sacks ji: Latte ‘Big Tday Sale ftarts \on urd Esl 8: ie Bam Sachs is visiting friends Lothee. Big gtay' Sale slaris. oh Saturday, ere 26th, 3 he _win- and Mr. Mrs, ‘m. Zimmerman fantored tg Woodsiook on Wednesday of last week, Qtr: Robert Roe has disposed of his A) z y Mr. Frederick Schaefer, while en- gaged in running a rij of Hampstead, spent Sunday with |ky the death o J. Foy, by a friends here. majority of 643 over Mr, Norris. L, Orr left on Fri- n automobile to every twenty-five trip to Toronto, Nia- and paculion before re- is e g ep Battalion, (Camp Borden, .spent few days last week with his cousins, sities Cora Schneider and Ane friends of Mrs, Pe Poole, ret to hear that health and prospects of e Mr, Enge- up, preparatory to leaving for ‘Toronto, when posses- sion will be gi Monday Tas was the second hottest ade that 1 St. They and Mrs. Henry Fin! and ‘o tour. ot Piaron arvesters’ e West, were; Mr. Scott, Aes tne, Buchanan, Mr. Buchanan, ar fohn ekwell, Mr. ae Thomas esr Mr. Wm. Shearer, | ati ‘hi is the chitdrex en of Canada have now "$300,- he former’s perantes Mr. is Bert | s ‘0 86. bottle, beginning Sony you to remember, hall. ioe Torrance under the auspices of Chapter of the LO.D.E. of the penny bank system 000° invested with the Ger the superv manager of the merchants Bakk there, | on 9 retired last year. int ieapnctl ps, from nd Sale 2 singing societies at the dd for Aberystwith, Wales, heen: more potent, as, Ke’ H. Laird, ite, Has milton fr. Samuel. Clea Me Willows Gropp, J. Kaufma’ The Milverton public school will re-| thi figure open on Tuesday, September 5th, and| York before a month, if at all, ex- r. W. R, Burnett, the principal, is verte. said desirous that all pupils intending to dommendation of ake up continuation work be ‘S= Hoyorsble ‘Minister of Public Works nt on the opening day of school that ighways, the Committee of the timetable for classes be made out Council advise that pursuant. to the immediately and the wo der way at as early a date as pos- deatructive tendency is both costly Pay G. HAMILTON Sole Agent for follow any further see if the | m guilty parties are f Mr, Oscar Gunther is now manager of the reporting department of The Credit Clearing House. ‘of. Detroit. Mich D. L. @ Ww. PORTLAND of law and who knows when we may SCRANTON CEMENT be having a visit fro Judas Gunther Comingt 10 iss Theresa Siege ANTHRICIT oa St. MARYS ramatio reader. When t Thursday ev ANTHRICITE ME ng, August 3ist. Where? Zimmer- P mann’s hall, What for? To give one 20 of her best ‘What ZI tesloi mo +i i Surplus Capital Authorized $5,000,000 Capital Pald-up - bepcaged Your Boys and Girls will soon be going to college. Parents should begin early saving money to provide for this expense. Our Savings Department will help you save Milverton Branch N. G. SCHAI i. it? “Within The aw. an cheating drama, which will keep you on the the end is e auspices of the of the it was decided to coul fee Sopiaee ee an end lesaue, the soore ot that, time being 1 in favor of Milverton. merely served to cieiet spectators and players alike, t r of windows in the show w ecting of “the business men|} tario Game and Fisheries Act and he request of the County Council of the County of Wellington, the hw r killing of of October, 1916. Newspaper publishers are up against a real problem, Hither more revenue and serions advances Saye |having failed to apply dard hotel licenses as granted under ‘Temperance Act. In Galt, | Count in paper, ink; metal and Simooe Berea Rev. E. 8. M.A. who pastor of the “Peikerton Methodist 260, died at the akes Ate}; -| ities. So the first te /enses in the or y|for a standard hotel license, fe he ticipate in a . | Although defeated, they enuored tose . Balfo Bisthodis eared 5 {Attend Loth's Big Sale—Read_ the add for price station has had el- getric ene installed. There will be morning a se Misses, Cleva and Vera Doerr, of Sunday with Miss Mrs, Valentine Gerth, of Elmira, called on friends in the village on Tuesday after Mrs. Mary Bittorf, of Arthur, is visiting her notes sane lart- mier, ae a few Mr, ney Nickel and Mrs. Ed ane of eatactony spent a f di h Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gaul ing showia iS to attend one o! a few days this Petes but oe t negleot the home Exhibitio: is the time to be getting our a ready Ther s in time as the first supply made has run out, It does not look like hard times in’ Ontari: Many ‘ic deeds were recorded in who were already safe, in pts to rescue o} Mr. H. B. Morphy, K.C, M.P., has | &! received’ word. froi son, Lieut. Boulton Morphy, stati: that he is iow in the mnt line trenches with the 8th Battery, 12th igade. Lieut. Morphy went into e trenches on July 22nd, and is now in the thick of the fighting, Miss Theresa Siegel in “Wit ‘he Law” impersonates twelve Ach a picturing the 3 so vividly that |° one would imagine they were seeing aa Play instead Re hearing it recited rains of spring and early sum Xchange tells of a oallie dog 20\which answers the telephone when family are away. When the is mouth, barks and the es ive.—Listowel Banner, Printer -are an ~- except tionally scarce agticle just now and command igh w ‘Before the war started ig. a. hi captivated the Anat y. the Act |° «Our Great Automobile Contest Sweeps the Country by Storm A Large and Representative List of Names Have Already Been Placed in Nomination. Now is the Time to Get Busy when the Competition is just Starting, Cut out the Coupons and send them in for your Favorite: Triple Votes Given on Each Two Year Subscription, either old or new, ——_—__ already the noi ord-breaking affair. have reach an unexpected number. Slightly more than hundred and fifty nomina- tions have been received up to time of going to press, every regio or section of the surrounding terri- tory to which the Su i penetrate, is represented in that we are goii > try, that has grown in years to unbelievable proportions. ust oe ! We are making it possi ui to possess this valu and the exer energy during the nex i at. people have said to us—“That surely is a beautiful prize and I would like to have it so much, T have placed on an equal plane in this petition and no one ‘has better than bn equal chon In addition to the first prize of a there is that handsome $135 2 ady’s or gentleman’s); a fi ny cet vi sixth sae a $15 club bal Tt wi ald +} scem almost impossible iss seotire e prizes if rey, effort fiemember that votes will be given a ali subscriptions, 0 the ‘vellestion of back acounts oF ages and it is inthis diretion hat you will make your test headway, it willbe particularly easy + few weeks,—surely it | to don’t find your Ss ion ; Septem! of paying stead f at the office aad you will find your friends and acquaintan lad to e ser upon to expend, will find the list nominas a tiona revelved up to ee on pnother page. It will probably come as a eka favorites; a8 we the lished pk send it in immediately and ask for one of our receipt books that will thable ou to give a e possess a little ginger and determination -}all that is necessa Don’t forget that between now and mber bey we are allowing pas ar subscriptioy ym the office, if you so tire, which, will prove ot considerable assistance to you. lobe for a man but since the recent drowning of a member Milverton | Council the staff, The Banner put in am al for a man and didn't ‘get a single see August Bib, reply.—Listowel Banner. Milverton Council met The little Raunt of Mr .and Drs.| in Council Chamber, members all pres Eli Snelling, Listowel, two and one/ent, Reeve Coxon presiding. Minu- half years old, ha arrow escape. | tos of former meeting were read and n st unknown way ¢ some Ee weds a gotten out o ly recovered fro {Shen the effects of the poison. treaty between Great Britain and the United States for the protection of insect-destroying birds on yolh sides | Q nd | for the hom ‘Battalion. f the Canadian boundary, was sign- ed at the State Department recen ly by Secretary of State, Lansing, an Ambassador, Spring-Rice. The treaty r) ad and covers practically ll kinds of bird life. Its adminis far as is \known ‘this treaty of the {kind are signe: ver 1,000 present regim: = e any persons who are at p ent conducting temperance hotels iay applied for_ a lisemsy swould indicate t it e|that many of esent con- pre: ducting licensed hotels will not apply joo, in view ol e ing prohibition, is excellent, ath one of the present holders of hotel lic- Commercial hotel at Ayr, for the stan- the proprietors ‘of the Ne’ Western and H the Galt House made application for the license. proprietor fo aie ois tel tia not see fit to apply ‘er a license. praise With the! Bowlers Three rinks of Gilani bowlers jour- 0) Toronto.— Wall a eleweo Sea Tare ene eer elEes Bink: Bx Following ¢ MILVERTON MITCHELL Brown, J, air, Dr. pe N. G.eoanent yer id ir, W. D. Mart: We WPS, aip—as Bendittos, ekip 17 rr, J. J+ . licks, Huelshian, ¢ oO. W. pr aL Ww. rere das F.ok—a4 Roan, Wi okip 12 competent to try cases preemie a CEI y Se though the BE de may Gamble, L, Cameron, W, mitted out: the territorial ‘diy- Bowell, Rev: Sore Ds ion i: roti Justices usually | 7immerman,W.sk—11 poe skip—27 have jurisdiction. The of 3 na = Toll, or attestation paper, be signed by aco cused ting to “ it} a ‘utficient proof to convict a Prisoner of this eharuster hoy how ever, may e dried Gecording ep amL tees lee jaturday, August 26th, 916 —House- “hold and other effeots for i Finkbeluer, Main St., Milverton, lal applications for | Bi seein were read from the 1g, receipt of oviding tents The followi bills ts presented, e clipe uy beeen $9.00 lanik for culvert County drawing benches and swings to park, $3.50; George Pfaff, wrist watch f Wa Rceamond, $0.00; Malcolm Mac- th, printing ace’t., dia. [gil Gos ell $48.52 William Gatoke, Pict «on Tarvin and gartage, on the ‘2 Cand- R mae "p46.00; labor on County labor on Schwindt, g, tile, $1.80; George Eceusibe, teaming’ on BIG DOINGS LABOR DAY GREAT RAGE MEET =: ° TSaward e Bund: | pro Can Crow as Well as Bowl. tridge, Iabor on Conisey Roads, $82.60; ha FE. er, 86 loads of stone, 0, 17 Joads of oh ipter, #5, laste 26,00; John 8 loai , $8.00; Peter “Seinen 2 loads of stone, $20.01 labor on County Roads, p00; willing Sohaubex, “labor $1.25; C. H, Naor on Gain Road, $2.5 ad by peau Eetrie, seconded by x Maleane that an order be a “p12 200 fn Pe, ‘detsay current expen ooo 2 1ses of Roved. as, George Guenther, ‘W. H, Grosch, that 0} Tneary: An es ler was drawn on the empowere Council decided not to with the road making on the Main St., south owing to the diffi« sansa pa and tho Council then, sdjouraed. . WEIR, Clerk. Mitchell Corr. Stratford Herald Bam pulled off. In this an the viata ald better, fier bed make up what MILVERTON Monday, Sept. 4th $400.00 IN PURSES yn game, and only 0} cama e visitors were well Mitchell has some env bowlers, Births, Moviges cs and Deaths. mpson—In Thurs FREE-FOR-ALL: ..Purse $150.00 ee 26th, toi, a ar, and eis OLASS + $125. Fin Thompson, aah es “ 9 jim pson- ¥ zen junday, BUBER Ere peas: gust 6th, 1916, to Mr, and Mri Wee ¥ jimpson, a dai ‘THE BIG RACING OF THE i on Friday, DON'T MISS IT. “GOoD MUSIC New Anp ENTERTAINING FEATURES , George ughter, Ballantyn “Elma, ate hareday, August ‘ou, 1 916, to Mr, and Mrs John Ballantyne, a daughter, GS OT Ge aT PE YE GO OE PE FU PRE LET ae ethe exteaay R Treas- — t to the Patriotio they lost x the fale fi r. ‘wood, August oye Bd mo Mr. and Mrs.