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Wi PO Ret OE OED, <6: ' ear... eens a. "is , : al 18k Wedding Rings : 4 Diamond Rings : me a - : h eC Atwo YO d B Perfect cod falees only kept J. J. JOHNSON e J. J. JOHNSON Vol. 28. No. 25. ATWOOD. ONT. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917, r E. H. Swine, Proprietor. Try Digestive Tonic for Indi ion at Dru or y Digestive Tonic for Indigestion at Drug Store pa dial Nan Se att tna caie Eggs-- 40c. Py hag ity and Stanley For- MONKTON Purse of Gold for SPECIAL NOTICE an -- Mr. Walter Hamilton is attending} Much sympathy is expressed to Mr. ies School children of the surrounding vicinity _ School re-opens, Sept. 4th. A $3.00 Brownie Kodak Given away FREE To the girl or boy in the Public School who returns to us the greatest number of backs of scribblers, writing pads, etc., which has our stamp upon. Contest begins Sept. Ist and Closes Dec. 21st, 1917 Each child is entittled to try. Special count kept and announced weekly. Save your scribblers. E. C. COGHLIN. Atwood Ontario RENVLVGNENVNIINS Nee and quart Red and White Rubbers 7 By Ceilers. for ceilers. x A better quality of fruit will be on this coming ku g, Z s The Star Grocery "as week. Everything has been very scarce this past week and it has been very hard to procure any quantity to fill orders promptly, but from now on expect a better supply and of much better quality We ask our customers to let us haye orders as Ry early in the week as possible in order for us to as arrange for our supply. ay a> Plums--Don't look for cheap plums this season. ws 456 x SY They will not be cheaper at any time than ney ay % ly A° are now, Burbank and other early plums of the same class are now at their best. ay Tomatoes--Tomatoes are now of excellant quality and are now at a reasonable price. aS » PICKLING--The pickling season is now in and & we can supply you with all kinds of pickling spice & White and Cider vinegar, Cucumbers and Red 5 Auk Green Peppers. ws Peaches--Peaches will be only a fair crop, but will be a good sample expect to have a good sup- ply of all kinds of fruit in this coming week. E. T. GREENSIDES & SON x Phone S--- NS SANZ eee % igi he Red E Hardware} wee HAS A FULL LINE OF <q Paints for inside and outside use Paints for inside and porch floors Paints for wagons and implements Paints for barns, driving sheds, etc Paints for buggies, cutters, etc Varnish for Linoleum and floors Varnish for Furniture Varnish for Inside woodwork Varnish for buggies, cutters, etc Bath enamel Graning colors Paint and varnish brushes Oil, turpentine, putty, glass, etc. W. mocktond ATWOOD EEEEEEG WS AWA As G Yo ae | CANONS i; PINES 5, Sale ale "alo win alo" aie" atn "atu "ain "ain "ole "ofa *ata¥ aie' > oe oe oe ce 6e Ge Ge Ge « Pi 36 JOG FU 3t Our RESTAURANT is now open for the summer Bread, Buns and Pastry Headquarters for Ice Cream We specialize in Wedd'ng cakes and Fancy baking A full line of confectionery Oranges, Bananas, Nuts, Bon Bon boxes and Cigars We invite you to our store WM. LAMBE, Atwood MIM MM MM eM we ee ee ee b oS G2 Ge Ce Ge GO Ge GS Ge Ge 4 os Renew for the BEE. Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3rd. Next Monday is a public holiday. John Campbell spent last week at Toronto The fall fair concert promises to be areal treat. Mrs. Hodge and daughter have re- turned home. Miss Annie Jolly has returned home from Toronto. Geta rhea List from the Secretary T. G. Ratcliff Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Terry spent Sunday at Monkton. Mrs. Harold Wilkinson left on Tuesday for Toronto. Mrs. Mero, of Tillsonburg is yisit- ing with Albert McBain. Mr. Raines, of Brantford is holi- daying with J. P. Greensides. Mrs. (Dr.) Brace and children are spending two weeks at Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lambe and Jean spent Sunday at Harriston. A Local bowling tournament wi be held on the green on Labor Day. N. Cunningham of the C. M. R. of London spent the week end at bis fe) home. Waligce McBain of the C. A. D. C. Camp Borden, spent Sunday at his home. Mrs. Wright. of Listowel, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Parker. Mr. Sam Shannon and childre from the west are yisiting relatives int this vicinity. Mrs. John Roger hag returned home from a two weeks holiday at Port Carling. Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. A. M. Robinson and daughter Ruth were at Tees water over the week end. Mr. Charles Blair has returned home from the west and Mr. Art Blair is home from Detroit. Mrs. Jim Bell and two girls, of Burlington, are visiting relatiyes and friends in town and vicinity. Miss Vera and Miss Helen Loch- head, of London, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lochhead. Mrs. A. Morrison returned to her home in Toronto, on Friday alter spending a few weeks in town. Born.--In Elma, on Friday, Aug 24tb, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. Angus Dickson, a son. (Roger Fisher.) The Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto commenced on Saturday and will continue till Sept. 10th. Mrs. Ranton and Mrs. Moore, of Palmerston, yisited at the home of Mr. Jas. Ferguson on Thursday. Miss Annie Wynn left on Tuesday for Milverton and from there will leaye on an extended trip to the West. The Baptist Anniversary will be held on the 23rd of Sept. and the minister will be ordained the follow- ing day. THRESHERS ATTENTION.--- Let me supply your needs in machine oil, cup grease, packings, etc. -- C. W STOCKFORD, APWooD, Miss Minnie Caroline Berlet daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Berlett, was united in the holy bonds of mat- rimony to Mr. Russell H. Menish, of Port Huron, on Aug. 14. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Anderson, At- wood, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ella M. to Mr. Edwin W. Leslie, of Elma. The marriage to take place in September. Nurse Horne, accompanied by three other ladies while motoring to their home in Listowel and nearing home the car became stalled in passing a vehicle and in trying to crank it Miss Horne had her arm broken. On Friday the building used for the chemist at the cement plant was moved onto the premises of Jobo Roger near the fire hall, and will be renovated and made into a garage. the Toronto Exhibition. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Erskine was at Stratford on Tuesday. ;, Mrs. McKee, of the West, is visit- ing with Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Terry, Miss Jessie Moffat, of Toronto, is holidaying at the home of Mrs. Jolly. Mrs. Sherwood, of Mitchell, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Rob- inson for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Inglis and family, of Stratford, are spending this week on the 8th con Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McFarlano, Mrs. C. H. McFarlane and children spent Sunday at Milyerton. Miss C. Smallman, of London, was & visitor at the home of Mr. Geo. Fisher, at the Maitland, on Monday. In the absence of the pastor who is at Toronto, Mr. Robt. Hamilton, of Millbank, will conduct services in the Methodist church on Sunday. Noticr. -- Now is the time to let me haye your order for any stove re- pairs and avoid delay and disappoint- ment later.--C. W. StrocKForbD. David Caplin of Hamilton, while going to the station to meet his wife returning from Muskoka, was run oyer and killed by the train she was on. 35c. gets The Bee for the , balance 1917 toany address in Canada. Send it to the absentone. Itis as good as a letter from home every week. + MARRIED.---In Memorial Meth odist church, London, on Wednesday August 22nd, Miss Edna Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Wil- son, of London, to Rev. C. J. Moore- re of Thedford, by. Rev.'A. E. sorehouse, of Forest assisted -by : By Robinson, pastor of church. Anniversary Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Atwood, on we Sept. 16th, at ll a. m. and 7.30 p. m. The preacher for both services will be the Rev. Dr. Gandier Principal of Knox College, Toronto. Dr. Gandier is one of the foremost preachers in Canada and it is certain that be will be greeted with large and appreciative congregutions. Illustrated Travelogue.---Through Canada with the Bible Society Leon- ard Smith, of Toronto, will illustrate the Trayelogue with beautiful lime- light views. The trip will start from Baptist church on Thursday Aug 30th 1917 at 8 p.m. This is the meeting of the Upper Canada Bible Society for this district. All are inyited. Do not wiss this treat. Collectios. Mr. Hugh McTavish, of the 12th line of Elma, left at this office on Thursday last a spring wheat plant that measured five feet in length. Mr. McTavish states that he has nine acres growing as thick as the ground will carry it. A Manitoba farmer, who looked over the crop belieyes that it will yield over 50 bushels to the acre.--Sun, Milverton. A telegram was received on Mon- day afternoon, that Pte. Russel Inglis, was wounded from gun shot on the 20th August and is now in Cam- bridge bospital, Aldershot. Priyate Inglis enlisted with the 110th Perth batt. and was in France six weeks before going into the trenches. He was at the firing line about fifteen days before being wounded. The income of the Methodist Con- *|ferences in Canada during the past year was over $600,000, while the expenditure was almost $350,000. he income for Toronto was $157,- 684.66, Hamilton, $102,735; Lon- don, $89,870; Montreal, $70,550; Bay of Quinte, $56,820. The expend- iture for Toronto was $23.470; Ham- ilton,$9.090 ; London, $7,130; Mon- treal, $30, 800, and the Bay of Quinte $8,750. Dates of F all a Fairs, 1917. Oct. Qnd & 3rd Oct. 4th & 5th Brussels Kincardine ........... Sept. 20th & 21st Lucknow. ...........Sept. 27th & 28th Listowel o.cvnver2-Sept 20th & 21st Aqil Sept. 27th & 28th waneseees Sept. 18th & 19th Seaforth............. Sept. 20th & 21st Stratford ............. Sept. 17th & 19th Mr. Roger purchased the building scine time ago. Oct. 9th & 10-h ingham and Mrs, Win. Francis, of Stratford, in the death of their daughter, Annie Ethel, aged [4 years and 23 days, which occured at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stuart, in Monkton, where she was yisiting for a couple of weeks. The little girl contracted fever after her arrival in Monkton, and in spite of the medical skill and good nursing, the disease quickly did its work. Thus a bright, loying and dutiful child was taken from its parents here, to be with those who haye gone before. The taking away of such a young and bright child so suddenly was a hard blow to the parents and friends, whose hearts are wrung with grief and sad- ness. te te Probs: Fair and cooler. St Marys, Aug. 15.--The congre- gations and the several organizations of the First Presbyterian Church held a gathering in the church basement last evening todo honor and say fare- well to ex-Principal D. G. Anderson, of St. Marys Public schools, and his family, who are moving to Toronto. Principal Anderson having resigned at St. Marys to accept the principal- ship of the Secord school, in East Toronto. He was presented with an address and a purse of gold, while re- cognition of his seryices was made in the addresses of the beads of the var- ious organizations of the church and Dr. J. R. Stanley, representing the Public School Board. Love is too often adulterated with money. troops in Frane iere has just been since the Canadian forces first landed in the great C anadian Weekly, The Family and isa credit indeed to Canadian ente not crowded very neat cover, about 5x10 inches. Th from Halifax to Vancouver. is produced, except in such large quant Herald. back have been fighting hard against th tion rates, but eventually had to come crease, however, is amere trifle--twent rate $1.25--and with the year's subserip great War Map free of charge. This is Canadians will appreciate. eeription price of The Family Herald, amount charged. be still greater w hen this offer becomes that clearly ina eyery point of interest that has been mentionec lees than two dollars a copy, yet it can be had absolutely free with The E "The Canadians in France" A Great War Map ag snl homes will no longer have difficulty in following the Canadian issued a map of Lhe European War area fin despatches France. It has been made specially for Herald and Weekly Star, of Montreal, tprise It is a marvel of detail and yet t is in four colors and about 2 1-3 x 3 1-4 feet and folded into na ve Map is surrounded by a border of the regimental badges and coat of arms of nearly every battalion that left Canada, Every important point can be recognized at once. That portion of the map covering France is in a soft color with names of towns and battle scenes in black, easily recognizable. ed military experts as most complete and accurate in detail, The Map is endorsed 7 return- The Map could ities as The Family Herald will 7 at Family The publishers of The Family Herald and Weekly Star for several months e necessity of increasing their eubscrip- to it like most other papers, The in- y-five cents a year, making their new tion they will include a copy of this certainly a generous offer, Peon i one that any eXpected a much larger increase in the sub- and are surprised at the small extra 1@ enormous circulation of The ener" Herald and Weekly Star should known. Weaimto ) satisfy our j Customers " LIVE AND The Quality Store { We aim sell erates LET LIVE" Fruit Huckleberries are now o time for them. ave The woman who knows constant visitor here, she things for the table, and a and be benefited by (-er+-er,e+-Sr+ S++ Sr++ E+ Sr++ Ss Sr+ Ss Ss erer+rer+es+serer+ er+r1erer.erer > 22 CO GO GO CO 6S GO GO GO GS GO CO Ge Ge GO oF ¢ , 2 if i Phone 2-3. 7 Fruit Raspberries and Cherries are over for this season, No. 1 quality, secure your supply as this is the best berries, they will be next. that she can rely absolutely upon the quality of seek lower prices for groceries of similar quality is perfectly useless. We shall be pleased to have you put our service to test. Make this your headquarters while in town. » A. E. ANDERSON, © :: Fruit n the market. They are your order for Thimble- groceries and values is a is aware in the first place she is quite sure that to Call our Saturday Specials. ATWOOD Goods delivered. ;: : : : : =| : F: at highest cash value. POULTRY ; The season for live poultry is 8 2coming and as we are shipp- © ing our poultry to Buffalo, | "yg thereby we can pay higher § prices. Call us before selling else-% where. 3 Produce taken in exchange ae c .