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3 a One SARs Biecnneeae nee 3 2 é 2 ; : m muffled up to the eyes, for} “Mr. George W. Hiles, of Maitland. - : p it oe a cold day, drove up in front ha ae no busy lately drawing brie! Bi. * 4 4 of one of the town stores, Listowel |from the Henfrym yards preparing for ’ and seein; ral on the side-| the erection of a fine brick residence = ree “3 “ a him to be kind enough to|next summer.—Mr. - gat a Gens pe a e ao me out |merly of Elma, now itario 4 2 2 for two baskets of bitter. The clerk |is renewing old acquaintances her? : i coming out, the woman stated. that for a few weeks.-Mr, Wm, Francis, A RHE MINISTER OF. FINANCE <sis Dek site, Magkels: of bul er fon lot Mennteatt hag sola ane: arm cine | itchener, (the clerk !tending to go to the city in the near 3 has forgotten the man's’ name bui \future.—Mr, ‘Thos. Parker, of Elina, REQUESTS that does. nob ‘make vany dfference) jaild “is farm to Mr “Martin: Gray, ‘ z , was going e four|intending to move to town as soon r fel eemay teat etal one he the Bleed hte er get seuibsuly. looted. THE PEOPLE OF CANADA TO SADE SO mind advancing her the price of . John Lang, formerly of Elma. ‘ é utter a man from Kitchener |now of Formost, Alta., is renewing old | ; | Hamilton. would pay for it when he called. equaintances in Elma at present.— BEGIN NOW ha olerk went, to the back of the (Bir. and Mrs. Thos. Cookwell, of Bel outter and took the two ets of |gonia, Sask., are renewing old acquain ‘ | butter into the store, weighed them |tances in Elma at present.}Mr. andJ TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE brought the woman $12 for the|Mrs, Wm, McCallum, of Walton, are = = butter, tiety pounds, rejoicing at present over the arrival ZZ : out train time the man from lof a little eon.—Mz. H. Harold Ham NEXT WAR LOAN : AL STATEMENT Kitchener not having called for the |mond of Rothsay Cheese and Butter . f 45th ANNU. butter, the clerk peaass aren see aae Factory, ery of Maitland, -was “3 ‘ and thought that he would look into |successful in capturing a fair percent- For the Year Ending November 30tb, 1916 : Riis Wantetag > Hk, <cmoved= the: opener of the arises” anmeded “he cual JAN. 8, 1917 OTTAWA paper and saw pound prints. hicely (cheese at the istock exhibit re- wrapped in dairy wrappers and on|cently—The wild storm of last week ank oO ami on taking out oné-f the>prints “discov-|blocked= the roads prétty badly in ered that it was tallow instead ‘of |some places—Last week Andrew Robb butter. of the 12th Con,, delivered a 2-year- As submitted to the Shares at OF Annual Meeting held at fhe ‘Tallow is nine cents a pound and'old steer to Monkton that weighed Head Office of the Bank at Hamilton, on Monday, January 15th, 1917. ¢ woman had made $9.30 on ae Ibs. for which he secured nine é ‘ i transaction, less the price of two |cents a Ib.—Mr, and Mrs, W.H. Barn- - BOARD OF DIRECTORS baskets, “The clerk has given up ‘hardt, Park St. Stratford, celebrated looking for the man from Kitchener, |the 25th anniversary of their marriage 5 sn eae Vite ee toe eating tato the foes (Ce Ta ane net eck ‘Treniesgi|German Prisoner Hespeler| | WELLESLEY COUNCIL Pe letter, shoveling gravel C.¢ DALTON OBT, HOBSO! ‘W..E. PHIN of the women from the farms, trying |relatives to the number of sixty were Man une nail Wak at Onan on eee 1, Jr. cleaning 1 Piri e MP ATURNBULL. w. A. WOOD to recognize the woman that sold him |present, among them being Mr. and tei en tea Sie ene membera ai “powman, sleanin . Legge: See tallow and called it butter. Mrs. J. Barnhardt, Doon; Mr. and peandeR Ri : Ww. Sivigent digaing dit J. P. BELL, General Manager Mis. W, Neal, Grampton; Mr. Corn- That alien enemies in Canada who Soe an eeve, Reidel, in the g; aby uilding culvert. ‘ omens. Ceca Wall, Woodstock; Mr. and Mrs, 11 {Were lenlently dealt with at the be- chair |= | | §d.20; Nelson Mebadainn to balance ACCOUNT The Prospects of Peace | Honnenberg and Mr. and Mrs, J. Hol-| ginning of the war is shown by. the’ The following members subseribed roll, § 4.50; Nelson McFaddin, col- PROFIT AND LOSS iat man, Monkton; T Davis, Norwich. following quotation Just received by [9 jhe oath of, ovnice: Jenn, Reidel. lector's salary, $25.00; George M Fox, Batince at Credit of Profit and Loss Account, 8th Nov,, 1915 .-.- 175,821.53.” Toronto Weekly Sun, Tosbelletiony 46 pitientahy oe oe eACrer fromthe an Guaner Lloyd: Norman. and J.T, Poteh, $ii.784 "thos, Crookshams, to palace Profits for the year ended goth mance, ght after deducting The Entente Allies interpret the | WHOS, hue saeco Saturday evening. |With a battery in France, and now in? essrs. A, B, Robertson and W. J. roll, $12.75; Thos, Crookshanks, col- uanagement, intere ‘accriied on deposits, rebate German peace offer as merely an ap- ee) y “la hospital suffering from shell fever; Hayes were appointed auditors, The $s . es is, taking provision for bad and Jan. 27th. A full attendance of the Pi is i fever; lector’s salary, $4200; Henry Pom ghana bi “ Ne ee ear eel aeer cpa members ig, requested nday | “the other day ja chap from Hes- appointing of assessors was held over mer) refund statute labor, county $d rals with the object of creating dis eee ee ler recognized a fellow by the name Um ‘ebruary meeting, 8 $2.25; Jaa, : - ion. They reply by making an un-|evening while the family were at-|Urley Zommnind a telew ty ‘Bruseian Presumed that Mr, P. I, Schummer Peete ae Tn pe aa tending the meeting at Union chureh e labor, county road, $10.50. eae Peper answerable speech to the listening (tending the 6 ‘Guards being i e (Har- Was appointed clerk although the |” : all 12% world, whieh i ineludes the’ people of |fite broke out supposedly from an k) had lived in Hespeler nearly ali minutes do ow i he Board x easlon Fund, Annual Assessment rmany a his life, and disappeared shortly after of Health will be constituted as fol-| Special Contribution » Powers. By detailing the interna- {the war was dec Wh pS ls eld al ECD a | on BP cre tional crimes of whic. think of that? He was just as glad Roe a Si RAGS 68, sere: Ontario’s Best Business College yes Mann Beak Sete: ironies been guilty, they put upon. her a ; as the rest of them to be taken, tary. war and they. rally their own peoples | With the res Be: Batt though, A lot of them got back nearly | ‘The, head and treasurer of the town CENTRAL Ree a be necessary (Sumed and not an mh |as, for a5 gur guns before they Were sums of $14,000 and $4,000," | BUSINESS COLLEGE e_necessary, ne s shoved under an escort. While the K 000, GENERAL STATEMENT ‘here is nothing in the reply to dis- ae oe See Cine alt pavarians were making a counter-at: | -McKay—Lackner that the Wellesley | . courage the hope of an roy ilar: tack and everyone was busy, they had | ladies a the Millbank Women's In- STRATFORD, ONT. Behind all this, must/be the fact that.| Ti) ca incighbor while Mr. (beat it around, crawled in a wan. came “stitute be granted the sum of $15 for | ~ students may enter our classes at any LIABILITIES ermany, if able to go on for a time < lhe tea, |down a communication trench and out the purpose of supplying. material for -|: . Himes Commetiney our course now aod To the Pu holds no prospect of ultimate victory. | {0% etny. ie oh ‘|behind our lines. Then they Tooked [Consdian Red Grbe k,—0d. Ree eR OE Eat oe ne Notes of the =e Circtilation..... . uiphend 4,409,351.00 foe a CAE: ae yar presen FS . around for. someone to aie Stare Pat Birmingham was Sik ay st yen wersecel ved: ale for Over 300 0m interest 10,927.81 . The f mi : 5 & its bearing interest, including interest accrued « |still speak in general terms of repara- 8 evere. “season of, the | PIGnn eae for a While now T gue ee ee ee uur graduates.are in-demand. Writs bia + 34,47 Sail ean euaTartce ea bs at once far our free catalogue, ae ae at oe right on their side, f - . = x Feoanita te Ate ana an 4 tired is. | D. A. McLACHLAN, = Principal Bankie prvatee: Bhan omy ceane:tmnew ete W weeks in this vicinity, He is} Even inthe Laurentians: sue his orders in ‘payment. thereof; a few weel y. in Canada and the United Kingdom... Bs ely a ee Wen the coneret* picking up a few teams of work hor- te Letters of Credit objects semich' they. pursue. ses and hiring a number of men for| From every ee cand cranny: cof the ee i ie To the Shareholders: ee A Slap That Hurt ota stock £8,000, Pare ne jee Moe my on. 7 Lew at William Randolph ria seal nis alata 8 ss0.se0) pogateen ptr. -aue- prov tee 8 leexrives Will beheld 26. Moneriett on Dividend No. 110, payable 1st December, 1916 post. popes anes oie eating |Sunday, Feb, 4th, when Rev. James Former Dividends unclaimed... om sig oerlous cergice across, the border, |Abrey, of Londesboro, will preach in| be the morning an ports reach Canada to the effect | thi monmine Aut ill i big conce: ASSETS rete oe s ew the Lowrie childr cota 860,142.98 |features, all of the Hears ene a ore N eas aur eegicens Nous \is now denied the Canadian papers, | (4 De ¢ upland BARS ame (Bonsted about printed bis news and|Q000; so Methodist, Cireuit, Jan. Poe th intro tinea 157,000.00 sda 280 p. area er rillow Grave 7.00 the help of the Patriotio Fund. relation en 7,00 fesda 2,80. p.m, » 7.00 | the he e Pai Notes of other 655. The Lucan. Gun has the following, |pm. Subject! ip i c| One of our dependents,—a Frem Never lose sight of quality. You have a reputation to © Danks 03s, “One day this week Mr. George Hod-| Ghurch: < x Canadian — has eight children, che sustain, so have we. en you want the best value Balances due by other jgin’s (Aunt Ellen's Geo) delivered four! Lord's Soper » will Be given at Beth-| youngest 15 months old, also a grand: Balances due by Bank: |Olirietmag: beeves." “That's the, good 2.30 ather to maintain during her bus: purchase nothing but the best goods. Our prices are roe tate Jota homely way heehee apiece: the 3 band’s absence. Certainly this low considering the quality and workmanship. : x 8 guishing 2 man in the country. In the was spate indeed. The |case where the help of the Patriotic Dominion and Provincial Government Securities, not city, they wonld say; “Old man Jones’ Srey Ban for Monkton Circuit was|Fund is absolutely essent each : kid.?—London Advertiser. unveiled by Mrs. Canadian Municipal Securities, and British, Foreign, ial, an a FURNITURE School Closed o over Dispute ‘and Colonial Public Secarities, peecee eal 6,635,396.88 Fee oe pam a po esedtignatier wer tenc nse: 641,982.10 — I Monkton, 15 from Willow Grove and 2 Call and Short loans (not ex 4 from Bethesda, It is hoped that j Catiada, on Bonds, Debentures and Stocks:- 8,844,685. | | ° \[lthe inspiration of this service will| The school at © Yarmouth Heights, For the parlor, di , den, , bedroom — 122,004,908.18 | help us to do our part more. stren-| just out of the St. Thomas city limits, hall and library. Right in style ies finish, Other Current Ioans and”Discounts in Canada (less ee cise } y than ever.—At @ meeting held |is closed owing toa dispute, The par- Real Estate other than Bank P: 485,605.86 { «church oi a nday evel ‘ ‘ & RUGS, OILGLOTH and LINOLEUM 178,194.68 | wi 2,042,595,55 i Other ‘ase not included in the foregotad: 336,889.76 } Liabilities of Customers under Letters of Credit as pet sande I Sepak patie pean ao oN M AN E SS he | time ago, f our customers Cc 8.57,163,944.46 | have responded and paid up their . PUR rams Lemie mb ees aly aes opoirers Noes Milverton co eanmtane JOHN S. HENDRIE, President J, P. BELL, General Manager Snac hid be settled by Feb, Ist Ist » either or note. have AUDITORS’ REPORT to pay for the goods we buy in 30 ss . ie Te re ar | days, why can’t the farmers settle accordance with the provisions of Sut Section 86 of | thei 2 the Bank Act, we report to the Shareholders as ‘ato Spheres | tele peop ae Se isaa ances er 0; andi was pounded so hard that the ae We have examined the above balance Sheet with the books and vouchers at | ' i Pre sparen 8 Meedtbe 1 inding it i ible t tinu Saat Omak and withthe eieiok ten tee oars Syren —We havea large stock of all kinds iiss Scott, of Listowel, gave several |pal, finding it impossible to conti tained all theinfocmation and exptanations wa have reasired, hae be Rend Miss {his classes, closed the sch The eae which have come under our notice have been within the powers Minister of Education at Toronto has . LJ re Bank at the Chief prog been asked to settle the trouble, and Office and at several of the principal Branches duriag the current year, aa well | trial, You may take home enough |}/chcon by the school will remain closed until fester ni ta16 and ma et they agreed with the entries in to feed your stock till spring and y iss | this is done. at eae e Balance Set Is roperty dr t cxhibit a true if re Alda Soar, es not | }|Grace Chalmer - : pI SA ir and correct view the ate of the Dank affairs according to ve best of out paid for itself, we will refund your |}|room, we sere . ‘ information xplanations given us, and as shown by the books of the money. Try a pail or package. ent on the sie Boosting Coal Prices ©. 8. SCOTT, 2 fla B.S. READ, } Auditors, i} | A full line of wood choppers Walkerton Herald-Times Chattered Accountant |] tools on band, such as Cross Cut . Hamilton, 13th December, 1916 Saws, Axes and Saw Setts. Come 2 e = a fied that they will suit you. Thanking you | es past favors, we are, yours tru! comin year o make a subi apr alton e O purchase of new books. The follow a making ae high Try The Sun M E ing officers were elected; Pres, J. tee a ae “anthracite, For High-class.... (\) rin 1n oka Bettger& Co. MeNaught; Sec, G- B. Manton; Treas | Such returns are exasperating to Hous: : nl meeting: holder w ho aie paying from $9 to #10 of Knox church will be held on Thurs s the people of Ontario de | - (aay. of this week, The findnoléletate Tet entirely upon — the American | ~ show 1 d|mines for their coal they are helpless => after all obligations have been met.—|sq far ag regulating prices is concern: ‘ *e es Hincks spent ajeq, They should, however, benefit if lore! ten, Mrs. EG. Crawford, of cae Peas Suir as at ford.—Rev. H. Baw across the line, is eee WEN i an spent and .dearness of lal or two this week at Mitchell ne wholly accounts for existing prices. u I ‘O INVES ORS Chas. Pfeifer, of Logan, left on Mon-| Ons abuse is the control of mines and . day for Toronto an business.—Mr. and,| pai b: me groups of capi Mrs, Herman Villian, of Detroit, Miss |taliste, who have a double opportun- Vida Crawford, of Milverton, and Miss ity to get the better of the publ : Se Cae abe FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE fs Bintean bene 08 Sree ft spent Stee Ge P [ Ww his at me ees NG INVESTMENT of Mr. fade. Henry “Romenbers. Cannot Sees Enemies P, —Mr, joy’ lolman, ilverton, PURCHASE AT PAR spent Sunday at his home here.— in War’ Time ZB Don’t pay for trouble to-morrow that G@ ‘ you can prevent to-day, The ups and| The court of rigakeeel sessions sat CA 7 downs of your horse depend upon |a’ whole day recently consi feats the — we his shoeing; Use soft blunt calks|npplications of 124 aliens who sought = “ = pp! ‘ dnd he'll never have wore downs than (ts be naturalized, at Kitchener. Bach = —— IN SUMS OF $500, OR ANY MULTIPLE THEREOF In ups. Every fall may mean an injury applicant was given the privilege of . 1 A slipping ‘horse is apt to be a dead |applying personally, and a urge num- SANITARY CLOSETS are no longer an experiment, but a gone Don't Haye eaiees or pupalea ber foe sea Nees ee rofound necessity, recommended by leading officials and Health i sé on your hands, give him the | tunity. jose who sat in sessions ee it Principal repayable 1st October, 1919. are “ [tight hoot equipment for winter work ae ialae Hanning nd Reade and Beta Phe ee ae the Oe ‘ly, Ist. April Ast October b; fee and snow cannot take a fall out | Magistrate Blake, of Galt, have your househol fo out ate he human deat ‘ap Fa sia a ea tne oh any artaen Baste tn Canad) ot of your horse if you get him shod at] The court found that aliens of and In the bitter cold of winter: and pay out enormous doctor bille the rate of five per cent per annum from the date Roy Coxon’s, West Monk on. enemy birth cannot be naturalized when you can have it nice and cosey in ey uw bath room or in the avecth il f me ; The cheapest way to buy butter |/during war time. Judge Reade read cellar by the funace or in some small closet. All that is necessary ; Holders of this stock will have’ the petyl ee of sen = rchment is by the package. J.T. |the judgment, which was concurred in isto lead a 3 inch pipe into chimney ox owt through the root, where [os pecan peony ee tea ay ven Da ill will supply you with a package |by Magistrate Blake with Judge Han- there is a draft—and a pint of chemical. Fate pre peat eae crceotians ot pai Paar an of 400 sheets for $1.00. He will also|ning dissenting, Fifteen applicants er than an issue of Treasury Bills or other like era supply you is smaller quantities, will receive their papers, however, as THE DAISY SANITARY GLOSET is made in two 5 date security. at ‘rom neutral or’ friendly all steel, eel ral grained in oak, with a genuine oak seat and br FI i & fe jons, hinges and ge steel. ner is made of ye dae = ance aes Ses see Sieg meet’ ae gre Oe ga ae iron holding’! sig lt and having, « cover ‘and wire { commission of one-quarter of on ¥ Tuesday, Jan. i 7—Valuable * le with a wooden han to recognized bond and stock brokers on allotments made in Tarm Stock of Mr. Valentine Schade | Favors Rum and Cigarettes respect of applications for this stock which bear their stamp. - Lot 19, Con. 16, Elma. A. Chalmers, - —- Sold at the very low price of only $7.50, it f ‘Auctioneer. Rey. ©. W Gordon (Ralph Shane , including one ton Ghemlent. Be ee ee Friday Feb, 2nd, 1917—Farm Stock, |¢ne author of Black Rock and gee s pone ant foe ld po Pilot, stated in a Dubie address fi ‘ f iture of Mr, Charles Blair, Lot 4, ipeg last week that he would as F R d & Sc DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, OTTAWA Gon ia, mnie GaeUhalneys, ARSE Sees Ma ots depriving the soldiers rank uqow on OCTOBER 7th, 1916, ioneer. at the front of their rifles as of their Sa daily ration of rum. Dr, Gordon has AT CLEMENS’ HARDWARE, MILVERTON ; : Big Carnival, Milverton rink, Fri- |become addicted to cigarette smoking 2 day night, Jan, 26th. > since his sojourn to the front, a, -