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. | Poultry Wanted HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID for all kinds of Live Poultry S. Gleeckman, P*"¢, 1664 ‘Milverto Lawn Mowers P. NEUMEIST \{ Painter and Decorator Sharpened A good job guaranteed. ER- MILVERTON Vol. XXVII—No. 1 Milverton, Ontario, Perth Co., Thursday, July 5, 1917 Malcolm MacBeth, Editor and Publisher for ten with us and watch money grow. VEFUND. —— / $10 Saved Every Month years willamount to $1,399.13 if deposited in this bank at 3% per |epe annum interest com- \, I,6. | pounded twice a year. Open a Savings Account se The Bank of } NovaScotia | AL RESOURCES sae » sibiatee MULT AETON BRANOH Huelsman Theos Items of Local Tnterest. Miss aly aun spent the holiday |. Mr. Win, Gro Pp, of Beratford, mpent Monday with friends her | ir, i eir, of Ga spent the week-end at his home Mrs. Firs 4 Miss Clara Honderich spent the holi- days at Mr, John Hottmans, Strat- ford. emer E.H. and Mrs. Bean are at- ending the camp meeting at Mild-| i Miss Aaa MeMane, of Kingsville, is spending the vacation at her home in Milverton, Misses Jean and Voilet Armstrong, nt the week-end with friends in this visinity, Miss Jean Colqithoun, of Stratford, is at present visiting her sister, Mrs. chater, Berner, of Toronto, is at pecs lating at the home of Mr immerman, 3 Louise Miller, of, Ess scendiog the summer hol ee ber mé in Milvert sacs’ Annie, Schmidt end Clare Rothaermel spent Dominion Day with ‘ord, friends at Strat: Mrs. Alex, Kirkland, of the holidays, at | the junday where\ he spent un- tit ‘Monday afternoon at his. home. accompanied by Miss ‘Peart Miller spent from Satur- tuesday with friends at To- ronto, P. G. Powell and children left Advertise “Pil try another mu: Ne angels Wwatl Bre golden To welcome home t The mi ‘Tread lightly, friends, Here let Unsought, except’ by men. y break The quict > 5 A chum Stratford Beacon two youn; beginnis é thillioia man who never asks fe ‘trade ni Disturb his solitude profound. Aim live in calm The Chump who Wouldn't|e: ertisi Barrie County Record Breathes there a man with soul so bee ‘er to himself has said; ae. trade of late is pdr bad; If such there, be 1.80, mark him w ino bea aceaeatanat ae ce ire, layed r rest than worldly gala And patronage but gives him pain. let no rude |" re! he owes. 4nd when he dies, go plant him deep, Sal his drea Where no Pack clamor may dispel that he loves so well. And that the world may know its loss, moss, Li p who wouldn't advertise,” + cy Arrested on Serious Charge Walter Jones and Russell rs: a oe The Awful Cost in Human Blood — thet A German authority, ei tag. os the ii wit deor reduction of "3,800,001 Ua over Nes via "Germany has 800,01 far above 3,000 00 0. “The nitons Toe bledas «they | have never done since the Thirty Years’ W: And the bleed- ing is BSS yet near end. outs n Saturday for Toronto where they Bees to spend a month before re- at Stubs Wiea/ hata Gatok<-ond tam and Mrs, P. Jacobs spent from Beeutday to Monday with friends at Kitchener, Mr, and Mrs. W. J: If this spirit ith }was general very bad conditions Sty Desnee extingui ‘The i. urnitie Co, on Tues lay last installed a 90-b.p. ‘motor in ir factory will ihiseaae, the amount of el- i he aa ectrie pe eing use Village seontracted a the H,P. . but it i. likely that lo. vill have, to enter int further engagement. The sales of the local commission will soon amount to $10,000 a year which should ensure a substantial reduction about Year's. J. G. HAMILTON Sole Agent for DL. @ Ww. PORTLAND SCRANTON CEMENT _ STANDARD Oa ST (MARYS ANTHRICITE ME fe Sous lost to the man wil of Hamilton ment to means. The Savings Department of the Bank ery encourage- to the seval Gepeaitor: MILVERTON BRANCH : N. G. SCH: ae Manager Be —S= Dobson and son |t 4 Ibs, Figs for 25e, at Engeland’s. Engeland evens and Silks reduced at sale w! ite it last ir ewt.— A number of Milverfonians motored to Grand Bend on Sunday Inst: M alker, “ot Brussels, is ‘oronto, was a visitor in the village on Tues- day, Cred (se holiday at Mr. Mis: Ate Kerr, teacher, is spen ing the holidays “with her eles Mrs, C. Miss Zion Morley left, on Monday for Guelph where she will take the Heol inanisela kacrtor tags Tha ie Chapter will hold their regular meeting on Saturday, at the . Wi Rev, "G. Py ‘owell left on Aisanes: day for Toronto, where he will spend our 38 & in the stead of. Miss Dorothy Stewart. resigne ence and son, Robbie, of Wellesley. and Mr, and Mrs. H. Underwood, of Kitehener spent Sunday at Mr. oe Duen She tainbers” 9¢ EO: rict of Mornington wi ine at Grace churek, Millbank on a t\Gresent the fund has been paying al- 0 sand girls only up ‘0 15 years, ‘Mr, Robert Verity, of 167 Simcoe) St. trankportation. with ‘board will be Spl % Pte. Elmer Goodhand, son of R. ive a serious offence by a St.Marys|could soon be me-|Goodhand, London, and formerly of gisl. ‘Tha erime is said'to Hava been |tery commissioners have expended sll St. Marys, has been wounded in ac- Committed on Tuesday night and the|the money they received for. plots in|tion. Pte. Goodhand, with ext day the two young mem landed Reautifying; and improving the ceme- {the 11th Canadian Machine Gun Com- - yee 2e with the Bell Telephone | tery. was yw The young girl immediately | During the thunderstorm on Sun-|neok on June 16, and {nid the complaint with Chief Young, |day morning a bolt of lightning struck | chester Hospital, England, St. Marys, aud he at om-|Mr, Walter Hyde's house, knocki ith the 7ist Battaiton over alto Dunicated with the Stratford Police [down from the ceiling a sheet of plas-|year ago, and. is n hospital Department, and the arrest wasmade|ter which fell square upon the crib|for the second time. 2 years Chief Young arrived in Stratford|which had been vacated a few min- of age and unmarried. on the six o'clock train and. the| priso-| utes before by his thr olddaugh| On Sunday, July ist, a belt line car “ners were bi d over to him and | ter. use Ss fire but }on the Great Gorge Route, at Niagara taken back to stand trial. with the aid of his fatherin-law, Mr.|Ealls, N.Y., lett. the rails, plunged ne ig orge Ewen, was visiting him }down a twenty-foot embankment, and t the time, he meaadtd to get the eee oe in ten feet annual meeting of the mem- bers of the North Perth Board of Agriculture will be held in Milvert Library Hall, on Friday, July 6th, at 30 p.m. to hear the report of the Presi He the Secretar; ing, a 3 bo crops wi row if you are away an afternoon. The Canadian Northern Express Meee: Mr. thunder “and lightning iectio1 jons. many culverts, crossings swept powtheaed wil Elsie Steinhouse, of Toronto, 8. Gleeck- | att <a ded to, Mr. and Mrs, R. Sanders, Miss Fior-| <p e er eerie Hades jens and Coats on sale at Engelan Miss Peal Coutts was a holiday vis- at. ee fae "Zimmerman spent the holi- ae ‘in Kitohene a good photograph oy eee Reapers Caigee! $8.50; trade or cash at Hngeland's, - Flannelettes, Toweling and Cottons all reduced at Engeland’s sale, ish at, Kelterborn's_ “ever: > | Wednesaay and a ak ighest per ewt.— friends in_ in Milverton and Mornington. e Sun office Hollefreund will. be} in verthas atte, teemeoanllgsron:fridny, July 6th; Better have those long pro- mised photos taken, thoma: master of Bt Mae, aed ere-on Friday an illness com mieten of dis ? last week, plows ths i |stending: of the Parties are; govern: r oe nt 48; oppositio Milverton ( Council Milverton, July 3rd, 1917. Milverton Council met this evening regular session, Members all pres- ent, Reeve Coxon presiding. Minutes of former meetin, ind approved cil, spent the week-end with Mrs. |S¢r¥ ; (pee Dae terontio Mer ahd Dicas-ired Surday, July Sth, at 11.00 o'clock: a.in Neuert, of Glenallan. eas Phersill will preae ember. r. Get Bwen and daughters, al piano and. vocal exam- mintunication read from — the Misses Violet and Norma E ot inations. were held in Listewel last Queen Alexandria Sanitarium, of Lon Kitchener, spent the hoiaay’ ay the 5c cae being present ed don, askimg for a grant towards the ome of Mr. Walter Hyd ae Bi ora Teawood| Salding of 8 sanitarium for returned soldiers i uberculosis. Gains hee ea retard to Prof. Morrow, ‘of Toronto, being e=- The: Reeve atated™that the County ling a.couple of weeks with her Kr ain Council would be asked ake a sister, Mrs. Hubbell, of Detroit. 'wo tragedies, both of which took| contribution and therefore the matter Union Sunday School picnic pe tho life of a little seven-year-old boy. of king a grant should be left in bevheld in J. G. Hamilton's woods on |Scearred at Mitchell over the week-|iheyance pending the action x the banks of the Nith oxf Friday after-|eud. Francis Riddell was drowned in County Council in the matter—laid on con, A programme of athletic sports |the Thames River on Sunday evening is being prepared and a good ee ei inlgsrs Hakp eet pm iar NE “The followifg: bills or acepunta wer- ees Pgh ater resented an rders issue for ie ee ee pesdboand Doorring, of the 16th larton, fell from a wagon and broke ee fChrstian Hopp aor on Bian ‘of Elma, on Monday received a cable- his Mm Souris 00 a graatatiig: thst Wtaeous DACh,.who |< decision of the Canadian | 7 Ge crohelder wee ent overseas with the 110th Batt’n. | Patriotic Fund that willbe of inter-|}9, 1.40; W. Hartmier, labor, § is. that in future allow will 8 s. Ratz, labor, 5 be made for girls up to e of $1 Valenti seventeen and boys to the age of. 16, ovided they are attending schoo! not earning w Jp to the i Broposed drain and report as to the cost. Council decided to carry onthe carb ing along the south of (Main Street tho terminus to be a future aieeting and a by-law Houeede adobed ing]: ‘Ar disoussion: took place in“teference the street leading to the cemetery which is sadly in need of gravel. It was felt that the farmers in the com: th would all do a share in supplying the Travel, Council then adjourned —W. D. WEIR, Clerk, Teacher "Gisitiictes ie report of the Normal School hos cis appear the names of © | follow! E nediin Second Class. Flora Jean Allan, Stratford; Laura 1s; Kathleen from 0 turdey morning | dys Kerr, Millbank; Jennie Kerr, Mil- ue. dovelind at Thtriow 3.36 |Verton; 8. Kinkead, Britton; Jean M. Yelock an ere was every evidence | Krug, Tavistock; Martha I. MeLaug’ that an attempt had been made to|lin, Brussels; Flora McLellan, Strat- eck the train as the switch lock }ford; Mary A. McLelland, Ethel; d been broken off with a stone an ae E, Makins, Stratford; eis carried away and stones were placed |Miller, Sebringville; Angela ford; Florence M. Tren Mitchell; Ruby Elnora Schmidt, strat e Wagner, Newton M. Walton, Wellesley. Limited The lass Cronin, Myrtle Sager ‘Me farjorie Irwin, ewar, Wellesley; He rbert: Helm, n. a vera A Safe Investment _ aces 44 sn lnsentivé to thrift and eee ig the Government of fa “has “cred an issue of or trouble looking ‘after it as it is due, Saturday to ickary vith : 8 his Mil-|man Wool , former post- | M: home | Gor Jack Bastendorff e | 3% the | merman 397, , | suspended sent ellaid: the ‘compleint and hed thea Milverton School Report The following is the report of the promotion examinations held Milverton Public 27th and 28th hose marked (R) failed but are “recommended for Pro- ROOM II To Sr. IV—Total 880, one stn ss 528—Ella Clemens nin 2 (B), Alvin Sippel toe ‘Roy Hoff BE 439, Schauber 429, Alfred Baukoqeac illie 427, Meredith ‘Pugh Ga oke 302. Jam 2, Ryerson Pfaff 325, Hareld ‘Mohr chneuker 418, mas ety 3 And alone he sit: fei ; | tarate that pone ly The Boy Who . Didn't Pass A sad- paset ete Blow sits alone in leep di Thee a ep in his t tears attain sae his hers He wandered from his playmates, for loesn’t want to Theieahouty. of a lai ughter since the world has lost its He has supped the cu ‘oltesry little a : e YE seotn to hear it, show: plainly something's wrong; | omes Be saith ale spaniel for a elait the. troubled itil “elo sternly ids, aa weeping ; boy who didn't. pu and dancing ide loners from her schoo! boy who htnks ‘indly. by. ial hand. the dullest 1 in the cla eis a And take him h, you who boast a laughing son and |pi Short Stories Retold. At the annual ¢ sipping 00! a certain north country friendly oak ety, the members hich wi the most udience hey dee iper had received an en- ants, wot gan te play ony main." sara vor eau t asked the puzzled chairman, “Aa hord someone carl me a fule,” “Nonsens: Aa want earled the fule —who pipor A DIFFERENT CUT ALTOGETHER ‘aelyn mebickie says he yon into —E, LILLIAN MORLEY, Teacher | i1¢ ig ‘the one whe most nee + Jove |e small eating house down in bis a- at ok the vor who didn’ tive state of "reas, a few ‘years apo, Ease ind ordered me ROOM Hi g ‘Whut'll you have to drink, bosst” Sr. II—Total 780, hi 585, inated th seaiels ohare Pout ‘o Sr. (—To' 7 \onors a mackle ha lecided what he wou ass 468—Marie Yundt 678, Clarence From Overseas eat. Schneider 664, Beulah Sipple 661, Ruth “Bring me a cup of tea,” said Ar Gaul 596, Eldon Hamilton 595, Ka buckle, Smith 553, Louis Schmidt 550, Ralph) Notes From England and France | “Yas, suh !” said the waiter, and Bastendorff 550, Hileen Rosamond 536 started for the kitehen to execute the Eva Gatcke 529, Helen Guenther 489| The of a recent edition of |commission, Clarence Schaefer 483, | Whitney |Thq Sun leads me, to believe that an| “Hold ona minute 1" sald Arbuckle, 0 483, Gla and- mi g i “What sorts of tea have you here? 473, “Jes cas data al See Pfeffer 435, 417, Elea pler 415, Flora Berkn Elizabeth Hoffman 305, —MISS HAMILTON, Teacher. 6 following ole wrote for the Inti Class. aithon aes +} 00, hon Sob :| Helen Handerioh 485, pa ‘Hamilton de Is Boshart, Mar; Abi fo ear) Schneider Rachel Gleeckman, Jack Gatcke, Rosina Opper, George Neu- meister, Wallace Kerr, Arthur Duench Walter Akins, Muriel Dahms, Flossie Berger, Melville Coxon, Lena Hoff- man, ary Ford, Alma Wolfe, Wil- lie Blair, Russell Maddess, (absent), Enrolment 62. Average att. —I. B. J. GLENN, Teacher, W. D. Weir President The areata Officer: pay 8’ Association met at Stratford last eet Clerk of Mil- ir, rags th ed as oe: President, W. D: , vice-president, Peter Smith nie; secretary-treasurer, J, D. Basthope ; ‘executive and G. Lochhead of een a 10 493, Merwyn Gallop 476. Earl |® - | Capling “U6, Jean S& shi inet Seoeacies to|He = Weir, | sion Mr. K. W. mas, editor of the | bei +g x thi few lively notes and then follows. trip into the vast unknown for a few re a Perha: 80 “We have arrived safely.” ‘eal snappy game of all occasionally | mi takes us back to good old Can-her-der —as t. English newsy calls it at the sideline tifficks are sandwiched in ith the exhibition, The boys have not forgot the ‘Ha boy,” and “Sizal r round his neck, old top.” stuff and are eens on the xjob with a fine line of ro a Duri: nets ‘old friends from Milverton and vicin- preliminary to acti Harold hasn't any more love for the 481, Eddie Carter 458 Schi Atlantic than the rei is. So it 398) Nellie MacBeth 382, Ross Olem- lis te e hoped they, gcti the air gervice , jens 356 (R), Arthur orgs ler 340, | perfected soon, Lieut Lett, who will By| Florence Roe $26, Winifred Finkbein-|be remembered by many around. Mil er 292, eis 292, Billie Coxon |verton, he havi een employed there 291, Walter Mohr 278, Idella Reis 246, !during the construction of the (.P. Hazel Stewart 201, Angus Kerr 197. “Its attached to ve, comin, Jr. I to 8: Honors 100, pass 65)with a recent dra! m- Canada. Anna Krajiefski 188, Billie Hones The last letters from France | in- 187, Clarence Stewart 113, formed me that the boys had just Schneuker 98, Roy Crawford 98, Pred. finished a turn up the line, All c: >| dic Hoftman 92, Alvin Hopf 90. Jack |ont safely according to m sng of |" iegner 65, Lorne Zalauf 32, Irvie|May 29th, Henry Orr, is Schauber 15, Vera Maddess (absent). |stationed in another camp writes that Primer to I Book—Honors 75, pass !ho expects to leave shortly with the 50—George Finkbeiner 90, Isabel Tuck-|Canadian Engineers for more lively |S° er 86, Mildred Gatcke 84, Harvie |quarters, He has enjoyed the new Schneider 81, Bertha Weir 81, Jack|training after many ‘months at. the Bundscho 79, Jean Smith Gordon | monotonous infant: yan Guenther 72, Tra Hamilton 64, Hazel ‘as extremely sorry to bear of’ the teke 64, Shirley Tord 63, George |death of Charlic Ritter. A letter from Hawkins 59, Alfred Ratz Rose |FFrance some weeks a orme: Blair 57, Clarence Hoffman 55. his passing away but ‘we were loat! reation of the ehureh was held e Perth nail spay District Con- Cans ran McKay, of St. en had the weather conditions been Municipal World, aot es the yath- | favorable, ering prepai voters" here present, Rev’ A. lists, as well as ot! muni- Hance pastor, Shorten, of Listowel, cipal topics. Mr, MeKays. talk was |Rembke, of Zurich, Weigand, of Brod- highly interesting and instructive and | hagen, yeatt Zies of Auburn. Not he was asked by the association to}many teachers, however, re. pres- pay. them another , visi ev. Ay ck was re-elected Sis TSE RR president of the district R ae orten, of Listowel,. secretary, Out on Suspended Sentence eph Friedland, ‘of, Monkton was e would pay ng. t0 808, ha was allowed to eo ence. It was shown in court that the ee fendant had secured stole: cused arrested, Crown ait ey G. G. ata prosecuted, w! ir, E. W. Clements, of Kitchener, ied for the stem, it, M. M. Ratner acted as inter- with the foregoing the | result, preter. Tt was decided to hold the convention at Zurich next year, At the morning session Rev. Shor- ten seibeared < impressive address in and ie afternoon Rev. { Rone aeluerea! an able address in k, hoir was assisted in the son service by Mr. Willot Riitesbann, sol- artette, Misse: n and’ Annie A collection was taken up. for sae Tae purposes amounting tq over $25.01 NOTICE tea, all Ik le. Heneeek ii —Ses? plain drinkin’ tea—hot uh t sjconfessed the past. week have met two | arold |.i6; 8 | sm. “Haven't: you Boy. Ceylon tea?" ‘Any See-whut, bi “Ceylon tea—Ceylon ! any Ceylon tea?” “Naw, Haven't you Ise feared we ain't,’ darkey, Then he brightened, “But we’ ws got mighty nice Seeloin steaks.” some A COSTLY BIRD. day when The a al Corps. |p" 9" ; t expects to bo stationed in one of |, puicved he would take turkey e hospitals here for a time as a|° ‘The attendant, with . carving bop who laid down a dime in payment. for “Twenty-five cents more,” stati the lunch-stand man briskly. ‘“Tur- ore gapawishen is thirty-five cents "Reluctantly the customer produced a quarter. Then he raised the lid of his pinta: uae ted the minute segment of meat reposing within, and tones of admiration addressed the tinehatand pan. ft y ike you re sta: in before ext 8 that "urs bee Eamkey rauoRe se to bring y that The Abbot yee in mo) "fetched: y THE BASE OF PROTECTION a Southern town a lady found a bricsacbrae in frag- under the faother aternly. ‘gland. Though turned down ae sor "bred thid vase ft" medical ‘ds was determined to ‘Yessum,” was the quavering ans- 50, o France and that perseverance k him to the firing line, where, Mother told you not to touch the unfortunately, he has paid the things on the a eeyit stated the par- reme sacrifice, It may oe of interest /ent. “Now you've been such to note that while disctissing his ae ope a naughty disobedient. child, mother with another Milverton it ee ot a spanking.” ienced for on ait ‘time the uncanny “You mother,” said the cul- sensation within range of | prit, “Pin | sitting on it,’ enemy’: aoattae te haae i say the pa onversation came to an abrupt end a a t xt few minutes nt UNNECESSARY ing ta our own safety. % ” eouncil of a small Scotoh | ee sarong the ioe ommunity met to cigs for a new Le ey assem Lutheran: S.S. Copvention chapel, and as asa warm day, a men ember suggested hat Chay should ae Some et can stay ‘Dehind and watch them.’ ’ suggested another. fo) ee dimapiieds hird, “If we are 1g out sogsthor what is there for aayone watch the clothes.” DEREMENNS Wrenn) Births, Kegs! ¥ and Deethes as pIRTHS sce ieee st. Ch 0 Mr, and Chine et fac Ps ang FOR SALE 9 young pigs six weeks old dpaly to Steve Roe. pa LOST of wishbone, set with — Finder kindly leave nq Tie-pin, shape mall diamond, at Sun Offi containing a sum che Pt Finder please return to Sun Office, and re- ceive reward. arties’ hi ing accounts chopotig: ml the must call ant: ites h ao- counts will be handed in ihe fallection. WM. FINK & SON, Linwood. On Sunday, June ee asum of money, somew! aged betwe station and . I be “Mirerton, Pinder please a .. George Borne, or Ne ewe, and receive reward,