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Scissors and Razors Also Clippers, Shears, Knives, Ete. SHARPENED! ace NEUMEIS and Decorator STER MILVERTON “a hina For AIL” SS) epee to GARAGE- aes account is Milverton, Ontario, Perth Co., Thursday, December 5, 1918 Malcolm MacBeth, Editor and Publisher When the Bank of Nova Scotia Paid-ap Capital - - - 000. Reserve Fund | = + ‘Be J. H, LEWIS Resources = - + = - 130,000) fanager Milverton Branch - War Ends there will be’ many opportunities oye the reconstruction 1 But they will need a little ready money to : ‘swing them. The question is—are os willing to save money mow to grasp the opportunity then ? Decide, now,to let us help you to save. Interest paid every six mont fe G. HAMILTON Sole Agent for Disk PORTLAND Z SGRANTON CEMENT STANDARD oa Sst ie ANTHRICITE ME Furs Wanted The Highest Prices Paid for all kinds of FURS and HIDES. Also all kinds of JUNK. cA large quantity of LIVE POULTRY wanted. Es sae House formerly occupied by Mr. Wm. Dobso: HARRY SHAPIRO P.0. Box 318 MILVERTON Fes Record of progress for five years taken from Gov- ernment Statements as of Oct. 31st. Deposits Loans Total Assets + $35,664, os $29,590,000 $46,174,000 ... 88,780,000 31,284,000 44 36,124, cot 31,265,000 45,830,000 34,960,000 55,758,000 34,111,000 60,614,000 46,114,000 74,554,000 J. P. BELL, General Manager. MILVERTON BRANCH : N. G. Schafer. f How About Your— cam peperater / 9 Also a com) 7. GRINDERS, P' We ship hogs from G. T. R. on Thursday, Dee. 5th and 19th. UN. A. AN MERMANN MILVERTON, ‘ou cannot. aere to lose it me and. be convin jling System. ating Device. But Sree I Indicator ti-Splash- Supply Can: al CR ee Spindle One And Many Other Important Features. lete line of FLEURY CRUSHE! PERS, CUTTERS and SLEIGHS. , J Sunerin station at Milverton and Brunner Highest prices paid. ONTARIO 8 ee A eee ae Since the Paper Controller issued instructions — to in a errr res & Items of Local Interest. heron Gropp, of Stratford, spent Sunday. ud friends here. Mr. an . Schafer s) ones at the Pioriers home in ent ‘it~ Site. Karn, of Guelph, is spending afew “days with Mr. and Mrs. W. K. ele Rosamond, of Beamsville spent. isi week-end at his home in the village. Miss Vera Ronnenberg, of Monk- ton, spent Saturday with’ Mrs. Burnett. word if at oes confined to her room with an attack of influenza. rs. John Yundt, we regret to hear een confined to her through iliness, Miss Ethel Horn, of the 14th of Elma, is improving after a severe attack of i Miss sabel" Glenn, teacher of m of the public school, eir’s restaurant. Methodist Sunday Beteol qa hold an entertainment on Contata entitled “A Foxy Sasta”” ir. an ‘rs. Thomas Whaley, ruelph, are at Dessert: visiting ee the Of Mr. . We Lot! ae BE rea ae eat is ‘he most ‘healt thful you can buy—for Foe ue fs staff of life. On sale at Me 9 . Grosch, reeve of Milver- ton, is attending the December ses- sion of the County Council at Strat. ford this week. hneider, Sr., has been quite ill for the past week from an attack of gall stones Uk to hear = senor ri ‘eth of Stratfo: rd, as inthis. district: ast week and pur: chased a “Sho: ‘om Mr. Ha Struthers, for which ie paid Maddes$ had the misfor- | of tune’ the other day to gash his foot with the axe and has since been a pelled 2 navigate with the aid of Me aud: eee Bint, Sr, of At wood, lair, who recently re- and who is at been quite ill from infl the past week, but are now co will regret to hear that his Sondition f health has not improved since an- nouncement. was made of his ae abscess has form in his head and is causing him “atich distress. The Willing Workers of Christ packed and sent, away fifteen mas boxes to the boys of the parish ove The friends of Mr. Robert Tanner Newton, who has been following an attack o lad to hear that Master Wilfrid who teotly. has been | suffering from appendicitis, is making good pro; wards recovery. The soe evening. held under the Burns Sees ae the manse, on evening, was an entirely aaa ful affair. Owing, however, to events crowding themselves so thickly dur- in; ie istmas month, the next vi meeting will not be held until Jan- uary ser, the farmer can- if either of the other’ candidates would d 0 in this district since the advent of not be mee enenies any storms to interfe with an even pie aa of it. inch 01 depth on the lara would make splendid ‘sleighing. The Sunny South Company, which appeared in Zimmerman’s ‘hall Monday evening, has been immense- ly strengthened since its last appear- mce here a gramme put o could hardly ‘be excelled, The sing- ing of the mixed choruses and th male quartette was especially fine, while the buck ai dancing by several of mem was very clever. ‘The hall’ was well filled and the audience’ thoroughly enjoyed themselves mselyes.. On a return engagemen: it is doubtful if the hall would hold the crowd. Ts. Orr received the follow- ing letter from her son, Sapper ‘eel, i spirit all I the to rots are. doing much work at present; are bil- leted in a a few S$ ago. e quite hospi ‘table cer- tainly us happy now that the “Boches” oe ve Eben driven back so far. HERR EK REE ROH RH | fractions of the v soldiers o8 ee be given oso. (The amount of snow that has fallen | t Fresh butter (Ib. paints) 48¢ Ib— Engeland & Son. Live foes apc “es dressed: ducks aes Wal 1y to Groseh eats to Grose Felt Shoe Co., Limi fp = Try a loaf of Bread’ ¢ to satisfy that longing, For sale marl Strictly Fresh Eggs) 62e dozen; Son held eggs 50c doz eh. =Engeland Highest. prices pat a fe yur mother Weir's Res- w furs wanted. rae Wider license No. rocery. “Bread”—the kind used to bake—for sale faurant. Miss Lottie Gowing is, we are glad ‘0 hear, recovering from an attack of nee Mr, Adam Fike, of Hanover, is at resent visiting friends i and around Ms Ch Deché f Li d, ‘layton Deel ort of Linwood, K Seelhoff, on visited his aunt, Mrs. eres Engeland. is at presen atta 5 coniiied re the house with a: of int es e Burns church Christmas ieee will be held on as evening o: day December s Margaret ‘Schacter, of Strat- dy Visited! hoe aise’ RE Schmidt, over the week-end. ‘The Sunday school of Burns church "Lt r Wicke, spent tee is is mother, ae de hom¢ of Mr. Johi vara seen Women’s pe will meet at the hom rs, Williams on Saturday afternoon, Dee. 7th, at two Hey. Findlay Matheson, of St. A drew’s church, Sti ee ‘sary services in Burns cl mn Friday afternoon, «Sines our last issue the following nt has been contributed to the Sailors’ Relief Fund: Jghn Schaefer $2.00, Win, Taylor $2.00: sa of the teconstruction programme et the Dominion Govern- ae work will at once fecomm ito thelr -zesidence “on fonday, where winter, ed to sto rts to Germany in reprisal for the stoppage of the ex- port of German. coal to Holland: nder the auspices -o: Knitting Cirele has been postpon indefinitely owing to the prevalence Mr. F, EB. Elliott, license inspector, for Perth County, during the month gf November, Inid'five changes for in- iquor act and secur- conviction in each ca lc regular meeting 0 o a. Se: f the Massey er, willbe 1 brethren are requested to. at- a regular meeting of L.0.L. N 45, on Wednesday evening, Dec. 11th, at’8 o'clock sharp, for the transaction of general business and election o att ers. ‘oop trains with ey night of wa all other trains in future. the event-of a. troop train. engine breaking down, the engine oo ® faken from the next passenger train | j to pull a fue Feterat” Goverment 8 Gled gol te hale. nye slecone Ah North Ontario, Glengarr: id Assin- iboine until the soldiers return, as verseas voting in the case of a bye-election. George Pauli left on Thursday aftemoon fo press we hear that sbe is. improv- R. P. McKay, D.D., General Secretary of Foreign “Missions of the Canada, will m leet heck visting Ss | deat! of Brun- |! in SAPPER ARTHUR Born in Waterloo. enlist 1s November 5th, 1918, ate Another Defend la ie ee ates ik Rudow tford, ondueted gid arch | Wy, i id not for See ety “hut threw his eaten into the fray on the side of mn the new Welland Can-| membe eee: red by the bullets, but where he fell. victim to the dis i . 3 | rie decid- leaves his parents, three brothers and three sist host of friends to Biilverton fechas will attend. LLOYD GEORGE’S PLANS Having guided the empire in ihe successful prosecution of the ane ane ee racy ee eae Tage grill ye thie ecru, little Welshman also promises to bring sweeping and radical reforms agricul e is for putting |m large numb: of returned soldie’ on the I This will mean another nation as a whole will be with the | mad responsible for that? ms, did not treat our prisoners with e | record. are rs | to follow ie amet ited Kingdo: ssession of the ‘ew. This ot be accomplished | ¢ USTICE MUST BE DONE. ech delivered at Neweastle A HIGHLAND MOTHER’S LAMENT, 1918 “ (Gethsemane and Glen Go crooning by the ¢ | Where three firs ined i Hs (gers state. My laddie lies awa’ frae iy e | My laddie lies ayont the in Holy Land, where Jesus, thea, Folk tell me that my son lies dead. Gone is the laughter from the glen And lonesome is my but and ben; But hovers yet on howe and hill | The dear old sounds no woe can kill, Y 11 love the Patter of the — ped, The rustle of 1] ld eyenlope this. Tittle iaand: in $ now Poprosching the x 3 “conference, ” the Never again!” r. Lloyd George said the interests of security and fai led ance, she established the principle and there was no doubt that the pi have to consider the question of Ger- many’s capacity. Whatey pay minty by dumping cheap @ and. devastation Ree cheap goods and wree ing, our in Sate Heine aa leet wate potable for een _re- sponis t has taken He liven aieariliien of tis best Vente Is not anyone to be ff not, that is the case there tched criminal and another for aines ap loyd George declared that there were two offences against the w of nations that had been commit- ei. “One,” he said, “is the crime again- st humanity in the deliberate plotting ed. Tt : | piaey, and the pirates must Tecelve the punishment. mean to see that the men mie u- made responsible. to go to court with a clean conscience, ae she will There is not a stain on her ‘We will not be afraid to. ap- tribunal. tee Defore any tl e the things which ite.. We mean that is tial one, a perfec! ane mean that it Shall bes a set. ake shall go on to the final eee so to act now that e who feel | tempted rulers ged the world cae thi war next Sunday morning and evening. | premier. Dr. McKay has twice visited the| No English statesman of rece world mis f the Canadian! times seems t go Glostly alias am church and will, no doubt, prove a|gnosed England’s internal troubles or w, just, fear very interesting speaker, so aggressively effectively fur- (less, that it is a crime that shall never rmers:—Christmas is only|Hished remedi aving soundly siete fl i we in the history 0: Westie ey cele “ener a, bn. | trounced the Hun he is again rolling | the i up his sleeves to a fresh fall out Don’t kill thin Slips pays to it at. present prices “Ene Hon, Frank Carvell, Minister of n Publie Works, speaking before the Canadian Building and piencion Industries in conference at Otta last said: “Commencin; by e cost of te would the employers, of every’ individual, to see thatas much labor as possible was employed.” MAKE: SHEEP MEN TRY TO DIs- COVER OFFENDERS @ Simcoe County Council last ie ak, ae the amount Pecoversble for sheep ts ed by dogs onl; ‘o- ep much more anxious to discover. Th and destroy the offending dogs. found to 1 rty, distress and wretchedness at home than the courageous, tenacious and resourceful Lloyd George, W. D. Weir’s Sale Register Thursday, Dec. 5th—Household -ef- fects and fistel, eats for Mrs. pal ee ae ler, just north ank. Monday, Dec. 9th—Farin. stock, im- wine and effects, for Christian an on lot 16, con. 7, M of C.P.R. tation, ‘Sat John Denstedt, Rostock Cher mem- lect two mem- to serve on said executive, Perkins Adele of Listow- reported mi el, i ee the casualty list ie eaneay: 8 ‘i Jot 15, con. 5,-Morn- NORTH PERTH FARMERS MEET n (near Millbank. AND ORGANIZE eda Dec. 10th—Farm ek, i plements bie ny for August Sch- A North Perth branch of the Unit- |, lot 16. . 12, Mornington, ed Farmers of Ont: was forme iB nat a mile east of at Stratford at a meeting of about 50 representatives of the 27 farmers’ Thursday’ Dec. aie Sat stock and ‘lubs in the ridin: South Perth implements for Jo! jompson, anized some days ago at 03 east half lot 10, con, en Wellesley, ith Mr. Wm. McKenzie, as presi- (Western Section. lent. Monday, Dec. 16th — Clydesdales, | a; The officers of the new organiza-} Shorthorns, shires, aS tion are: President, W. Shearer,| ments and Grain, for A. B. Cl Listowel; bier president, es Stewart, ors, Jot 18, » Mornil mn, North ‘ee -advt. elsewhe: Tuesday, Dec. 17th implements for Jol Jot 4 , con. 6, Morni Friday, Dee. 2oth—-St stock ‘and imple ts for Gideon Wagler, lot 18, fis eo “Mornington, on boundary north of Millbank. 20-year Victory Bonds of the 1917 issue are now selling at 102 in blocks. aving: The far-off leat ae off the s ae On hills where shadows flit and AES I love the seule pierce night, The drowsy no red in light, The droning of | the Acdttier bees And sunset flaming through the trees, | in Holy ae Se Jesus died, son is glorified; tS | Not for -hinselt his:blood was sent | He took th | Like Mary stand I at the Cross— road our Saviour went, Bee together in our loss O Living Christ! I lean on ‘Thee, For whbeh Thee my he’rt woul dee, re stion was the ques- 2 _ en oe age the premier add- court pon us. ‘That is the only lim-| down on Short Stories Retold. No Doubt About the Surprise. lrove away, wearing mile ehh home he left the wag- nm where a convenient brid; lo the t ridge; and sipped under the structure to remove garments. One by one he ee them into the creek—shoes, nd hat—and watched peek 7 eve m_ float down current, Then he re ached a und the one and over his head for “the new were me. A ina of gust crack TSeS, taurked: “Well, I pen Pu pes ty Eliza, anyhow!” eee ¢ What Lo Was Fighting For. main street at Muskogee when a knew him stopped hi “Well, John, I see you have be- it} come a soldier.” es, me soldier,” replied the In- “How do you like being a soldier, eq 2 Ge 5 urse you know hat you are behing fin John?! e know,” answered the In- “ive, what are you fighting for, Piake whole damn world Demo- ratic party,” ered the Indian, ti f gued a coaxed and A aie without result. At last he Rat ‘it up to Fred, “Pred,’ he said, “why won’t you ion. bility to the is oe it too, who's going to weigh the coal?’ bene Prophesy Suddenly Fulfilled. The evening igi Bitte et Sat Book of Job, and th aur read: “Yea, the light 0 of tt the "vic Il be put out,’ when “| Giately the church was’ in total: darks ness. “Brethr en,” said the minister, ities seareely a moment's pause, “in vi the sodden fe ment of this the olectelo/liphting combar’ eaee Seate on the Count. the cee count their snactene ane the o: yy, “re. minds me of the circus barker who ale in front of the tent and bark- ine Walk “The a same distance making 82 feet j in all Walk right up, gents and ladie Notice to Beas I will be at the ahate ‘aad rare aie for ie rs, do not Ue ass hogs