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wanna up) nuns an ID ID avanaultr. One dealer said-that he did not expect any great advance over the prices prevailing before the strike, where the supply is secured from re- gular sources. "`Where the coal is bought through brokers, however," `one remarked, the dealer will have- to sell at considerably higher prices: and even then at a smaller marg-in of profit than if bought from the coal` companies direct. This dealer is not buying any coal `through brokers. 1171......` 4'....I : _ . _ ~ . .:_.-.n :_ , Several dealers report hard coal on I the way, though they do not expect any great quantity until navig-atiorr. closes, the lake traffic having the first call as long as it is availabie. I {Inn .J,...`l.... .....'.1 ;L_; L I-I an-V bgvuunnu UAA LIASLII \J\a\.(I.:`II.Illu The Mansion House is one of the-` ijold buildings in the village and see. several changes of ownership during"-' the half century of its existence.- }Robt. Graham, one of the early own.~- ers, sold it to Chris Armstrong who!- had as successive tenants his brothet;- Whit. Armstrong, Culverwell & At- nold, Mr. Deacon and Harry Leacllay (who ran it for 20 years). After local option took effect in the village Mrs. C. Armstrong ran it herself for a few years, before selling out tn Edwin Lewis. \ ;.unu y. Al\l ltJ\.ml :3 llUt4DC- Most of the contents n1` the hotel I were saved. Mr. Lewis carried {$2,300 insurance on the building, 5}-unf nfonrlo 4~n Inn.-. ..l~.A..4. am Ann -4.-vu.-us v \. us: LVAAUVVD oi` The people of Cookstown and sur- rounding country were aroused by the fire"-bell on Tuesday morning" r- pied by Edwin Lewis. One of the roomers was awakened by a crackling noise and a slight smell of smoke. 01: opening his bedroom door, he found the corridor filled with smoke and `immediately gave the alarm. Witl' in a short time a large /number of people ,had' gathered and for a while it was thought that the place could be saved lbut the fire making its way up_ in. ,the partitions was a hidden flamar, ihard to estimate and difficult to reach. By hard work the fire was con- fined to the hotel, but it was found necessary to destroy the adjacent frame garage in order to keep` the flames from spreading. The garage iwas owned by J. R. Couse and occas- Epied by David McFadden. A__ bout 4.30 o clock. Fire broke out in~ the Mansion House, owned and ocicu-A l.(n\;\aI -u_y uuvnu ;u.\.:. uuuou. .merch'andise was removed from the Istores of J. R.` Couse, B. Wirth, Mirss. .T.' A. C. Banting and the furniture` {from D. Hopper s house. K 1|A ....L -.L` LL- ..._._;_,..; -' `I I - 1 As a .prcautionary measure, the Fire, of an unknown origin, totally destroyed the Mansion House, Cooks- town, Tuesday morning. Most of the contents were saved. `For a time it was thought the fire might spread through the business section and -I call was sent to Alliston, Barrie, Beeton and Thornton firemen. 8 number of whom responded. Fortun- ately the firefighters were able to confine the blaze to the one build.- ing. Particulars of the fire are given by The Examiner s Cookstown repre- sentative as follows :- 7`l\L, W, ` ' l"A`TTTTTT'TT`TTTK COMING 9 Anni: nail uvnntao ll|;I`I:l'llIIlI\ 9Kn cooxsrown How} gnrsmou-zn BY nan 'M;'1nsi0.n - HeuseiT0ta1 Loss; ` V. Cause of Fire Unknown; Contents Saved. ' Maurice H. McCraw, sonof Mr~:.{ McCraw and the late R. G. McCra\'v' who was `for many years postmaster` at Craigvale, was almost instantly 23, when hefell between the cars `of a G. T. R. train near the North Parkdale station.` The accident oc- curred between 1.45 and 2.15 a. m. When found by his fellow members of the freight train crew both` legs I _had been taken off close to the body and he was lying face downward on the ground. `nt-..-L__._ _: 41., .' ,,-, - killed on Saturday morning, Septi | I COAL ON THE WAY A PET COON 4150 comes V , x ` /4;` H. MAURICE H. MCCRAW` KILLED UNDER CARSi Former Craitgivzgllwe Man Meetsg Tragic Death in Toronto; " 1 Accident Unseen. I6 PAGES BAND coucr-:mi'T_ov1-zn Mauce H. Mcraw "Z SECTION 1 PAGES 1 TO sf ' "i}:Wc}:ntra1 Methodist church theI I l I I ' day was observed with intense- in- terest and was an unqualified suc- ' Bryson as pianist. I I cess. Sills Orchestra rendered_val- uable service with Alvin Wice as director of music _and` Miss Jessie F. Kelsey gavel the address to the parents; Miss Al- freda Strange spoke to the children; R. Houghton stressed the work of teachers and officers as `an invest- ` 0 ment that makes the grandest con- . tribution that P one could make to 0 the world;.Percy Corbett dealt with the relation of the, Sunday School to missions and the part the school was 3 taking by way'of offerings with an objective this year of $100.00. R. J. Finley, superintendent, and thc pastor, Rev. E; '1`. Douglas, were -present and spoke of the success of Central School in the past year and of the hopeful outlook for another year. . _ ' AL 04 Ag. .L____o nu , 1 I 1 i 4 l l 1 v .-`nu.-4.2.15 no a Rev. Geo. H. Knighton of Edgar i spoke to Collier St. Methodist Sunday School, while Rev.- Mr. Wellwood was away conducting anniversary services at Edgar. The latter addressed ca- pacity congregations, speaking in the morning on The Gates of the King- dom City, and in the evening on TheMan Who Comes Across _ . Rally Day will-be observed in the Burton Ave. Methodist church next Sunday. . . e. ` `I'.. rV_..A.__-I I'_L`___IS,,L ,I,,,`- 1 .1 `:10 At Allandale Presbyterian the. chief speaker was Rev; Robt. Barbour of Meaford, who also took both -the morning and evening services in the church, exchanging pulpits with Rev. W. J. Watt. The latter preached in, Meaford. T - - -~~ u ------ -- 1 At the Baptist Sunday School a program of interesting songs "and readings was supplemented by a timely message from the pastor, Rev. W. '1`. Bunt, whospoke on"`My Part In Spreading the Kingdom. There was an excellent attendance of pupils and; parents and the special a.r1ange- ments were in charge of Ed. Arm- strong, superintendent of the Sun- day School. ` ` An____1_u, -n, '- uuerest In Progress of Inlspiring` addresses were also giv-ti Sunday Sch()0]5_ V !en by the chairman, Rev. J. R. Patter-i _ ' 7 ;`son, and others regarding evangelism! Bright, interesting services `mark-Sand Social S1'ViC emhafizhlg thei ed Rauy Day in seven] sundayffact that the source of all true pro--' Schools last Sunday. Classes werefgress must he the `lhichehihg Of the extra'we1l.filled, interest in Bibaersviritual life- The Distric? was di- Studies was greater and a genie!-al Vided into t-hree Sections \Vith Rev. J.` spirit (f reawalened entllmlusiasm was vP3l:91`Sl;>n.BR8:- Ra; 13- 33:37:01 ! 3:3] .in evi ence w erever _e occasion. 91- - - 1'3 9 S 90-'9-W5 iwas observed. The increase in adultlhssist the Carrying Wt the Preceding I attendance was also a feature of the I Suggestions-_ ` day and older ones resent heard elo-' - 1quent appeals fromp speakers urgingiCHOlCE CRAWFORD PEACHES ! a keener participation`and;a morei GROWN OUTDOOR511 BARRIE active association _in the affairs of ' Sunday Schools in general. A: .1 E 4 I Luscious petaches, quite the equal _ _ ' ...: .....-. A.'I__L L- av.-Hm RALLY DAY MARKED? QBY BRIGHT SERVICES; ,_ ,"-.__-, -.v. '--v-- was-J a vast E_ Smith is zglleged to have taken [gold watch and other articles fro ffellow sectionmen at Mac Siding. EParents and Children Show: { Interest` in Progress of f I 9* """v' 1 An investigation disclosed the facti [ that Smith had been placed in the un- ;s | used cell `by Constable McMicken instead of the one generally used by; the local police. But the railway gg officer didn't know the difference `ii and his captive found it an easy mat? }1 i ter to climb up out of the cell by way f c ' of a ventilator. Then he stepped out iv iof the unlocked door and disappear-; fed, a living personification of the; poet s words: Stone walls do not aqij prison make, nor `iron barsia cage,.!5 taken_a and other fromlit ifnllnuy anal-}.\......-.. _L '||l- _v -- ~ 2 ~--~--- gtation F Chief King got home later on and ;.-t_1-eceiv }thought nothing more about the mat- f sionary Iter until the telephone bell rang a `a voice at the_ end of the wire which E circuits, `the Chief recognized as McMicken s?between `informed him that the prisoner was;and Con; nowhere to be found., He had made `I strength a clean-getaway! ging. A A , d 5 increasec ,l , ,-_-_-- ----- ..,. .... ......_..,,. E _ c.` P. R. Constable McMicken; jbrought Smith down from'Mac Sid-; ling on Sunday afternoon in order to? `have his man handy for an appear-I . - ance in the Barrie Police court onii Monday `morning to answer to. aji charge of theft. So he put Smith inf ' the lock-up under the .police court,ii and then went in search of Chief of Police King, whom.he found withgw Provincial Officer Wm. Rich justi coming away from Collier St. Meth-gr `odist Sunday school. The railwaygc constable told the local police 'offi-52 lcers about his prisoner, and arranged [for a session of the police court on if Monday morning at 9 o'clock. f t - `n by. i Ini again! Out again! Gone againig 3 This, in a nutshell, is the story of 1Peter Smith s `successful getaway. ffrom the Barrie lock-up on Sunday. as n -n A . -- _-_ `PETER mom` LINGER = m BARRlE _S LOCK-UP; Last Thursday's band concert was the final one of the season. V The concerts commenced early in June and continued faithfully all summer, affording a great deal of pleasure to citizens in general whose tastes in musical programs was pretty well in- terpreted by Bandmaster Boyd Syl- 1 vester, according to the means at his disposal. There was only one week -i all summer long that the _band didn t play and that was during Chautauqua week. nstable iby Gener: a D;-_ L, gave `a m ow difference `i mg heart; md mat- fQr the E ; I close `of `hen ;were mad oor disappear- paign in 1 onificatinn nf' Hwn; v....L A: "1 "1 to} `Very gratifying reports. were re- >1_ 8PPea1'-1' ce1ved at `the; annual financial meet.- hce 0 5 ing of Barrie Methodist District, held 9-SW9? 130 3 L in Central Methodist Church last inf Thursday, Spt. 21. Over sixty min- c0urt.}1'e+nvn or-nil =1 n v v m n n . . . A _ . _ _ A . -...A. __..I Out of isiitteien charges which com- ` , Jpose the District there_wiIl be only `e _ `awa,-` one claim made upon` the .Mission- he 'ff":ary Society and one upon the Sus- I tentation Fund. Last year four . _kcrt ',` fields received aid from the Susten- {tation Fundvand one--Rama Mission 91' 3-i-received assistance from the Mis-I t mat-fsionary Society. This year with the i and 7' increased efforts on the part of some Vire l!;`I`\llII:+a 4-n.u..&L..... -..:a.`I. -,- -_ _..ALE 4 ~ Ian: nvnny vv 9 r Pres. of S. S. Assocn., Rev. G. A. Brown; Supt.,T `A. W. Goodfellow; Sec'y., E. Longman; Ass t Sec_ y., W. F. Stone;`Recording Sec y., Miss Pae: 'I'reas., Miss Goodall. 'Fn..nL...... I)-..2.._.-- Oct.'1st.- marks tiave beginning of the school year. Officers and staff for the ensuing twelve emonths"are as follows:- Geo. A. Brown, with`Mr. Hardy at the organ assisted by an orchestral 1-... RURAL SCHOOL GRANTS Rural sohool grants are late this year in reaching Simcoe county. Tliey haven t arrived at the County Treasurer's office yet,, though as a `rule the cheques, come in about the beginning of August. Simcoe s share will likely be about $60,000. --- -.-... vuIv\JU\.rI ` Seven years ago one of Mr. Nash s daughters after eating a peach care- lessly threw out the stone in front of the house. In due course a tiny peach tree appeared. It has thrived ' and grown from year to year until 1 it is now fully twelve feet high. Last year it bore five peaches and this year would have yielded a good basket had not a lot of the bloom been destroyed when shingling the house. As it was, Mr. Nash picked 1 seven beautiful Crawfords. [; IIVL- 1.--, ,_, The tree is on the south side` of the. house, but has received "no pro- 'uvvvIl u\.uuuAA.ul UIGWLULUB. I tection in winter. ! peaches, quite ` of any that the Niagara Peninsula produces, can be grown outdoors in Barrie.. Thos. Nash has proved this ' to his own satisfaction as well as to ` the satisfaction of others who have sampled the fruit. The peach brought to .'.l`he Examiner this week was as fine a sample of the Crawford variety `as one would want to see and taste. `I. a u. n. Avcnu, UL IJICGIEVIIIU. Xnother brother, William McCraw, was killed at Proton in 1908 in the - same manner, while working for the , ODD 1 uun. v vuo 93 During the afternoon the gather-' Hing` listened to powerful missionary laddresses from Geo. H. Clark of Or- ; 'illia, and Rev. F. L.-Brown, Supt. of iMissions. Arrangements were made gto carry on an intensive Missionary ,fCampaign `taking Oct. 8 as inau- pggural day for the Campaign. Eanhy {field pledged itself-to do its best to ,;help attain the District obfective of f$16,600 for missions before May 1st.: . ,w.y -.-vanwsun VUAILCICIILC. I 1? Barber of Victoria College, Vfgave most instructive address urg- hearty support from the District - ; Educational Fund, and at the 7 : nlngg flan` l\l`I'II\l`-- -------------1--I `I4-anbu an: uanx. LJIQULIVVQ ; Each field reported that Rally Day `in the Sunday Schools was being'ob- !served. - .-.._- ....., ..uuu.sou.uvuaL x uuu, auu al. but` the address arrangements lwere made for an Educational Cam- Epaign the District. `[3.__L 3-11 - .n .v\.. _ ...,,. . Six `charges reported "payment of ;salaries larger than the minimum set Eby General Conference. _PLEDGED TO ms ` MORE .1-`ox MISSIONS -__v-vv-- V--VA |n.I,\lAl VII klllvlll UL DUIIIC icircuits, together! with _c-ooperatin fbetween Methodists, TPresbyter_ians' gand Congregationalists the fields are ;st1'engthemed and made self support- mg. I g 02-- ~.L.,,., - ` ' - ` e , "'J fisters and`laymen were present and Ewere most optimistic as to the year's i-work in the various fields. 5 - 7 -~ . . -uvrlvu Ii-Lo \.I'\I DIAUJ IIIKI-' Barrie Dist'rict\ Methodists! % Agree to Give $16,600 . V Bef0re,Ma'y 1st. BARRIE, TCANADVA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 23, 1922. ...u yunsvllvo av nuns rcauueu Surviving him are his mother, now living at 10 Glenlake Ave., Toronto , and the following brothers and sis- ters: Jo_hn McCraw, of New London, Conn., R. G. McCraw, of 10 Glenlake avenue, Toronto, D. M. McCraw, of 233` Pearson avenue, Toronto, T. G. ,McCraw, of Buffalo, N. Y., G. G. Mc- Craw of Niagara Falls, Ont., Fred McCraw, chief claims agent for the Grand Trunk, Ontario lines, Mrs. J. Johnston, of Vancouver, B. C., and , Mrs. J. W. `Reid, of Craigvale. .Ann4-hm; 1....-1...- n7:n:..... u'..n.._-_- I __._v.- -u an `r-I -an @- Princligal A. R. Girdwood stated on Wednesday that the number of i pupils enrolled at the Collegiate this ! term had reached the high water mark of 373, and that because of the increased attendance a new teacher had already been advertised for. This will make an addition of two instruc- % tors to the staff, one having already been secured at the commencement of the term, when the registrations M showed signs of reaching a 20%.in- 5 crease over 1921. There are now I '68 inore students at the Collegiate ` llthan last year's greatest enrollment `~ showed. . .....,.... way...-cc auuzuuuug uuuer OUU.l The Assizes lasted three days with one evening session. It was nof an expensive court because the Grand.Jury was cut out, remarked Mr. Quinlan. ANOTHER b'I'EACHl:`.`R FOR 3. c. 1.V | 7, .- . u . _ --- - A . ----- I COST OF HOLDING ASSIZES -Last week's Fall Assizes _did not impose a very heavy drain upon the pockets of Simcoe county tax payers, according to figures obtained from Daniel Quinlan, County Treasurer. These show that the sum of $417.08 was expended on petit jurors and their travelling expenses which are fixed at 13 cents a mile. In addition to that there is an item of about $80.00 for constable fees, making the total expense something under $500. a Tho Aucurina lnfI`I\A LL--- J----- I vvavuvuu any wax lung. H-'mIJ)r. E. G. Turnbull attended the injured man who was removed to his home. ' \4\aUo Mayzes, a master-bricklayer, was working on the scaffolding" at the time together with an assistant, A1- fred Moore. The scaffolding gave way without any warning. | has 17`. (1 'rI......1...n ..u._._.I-J n When a scaffolding broke Monday afternoon during the erection of a new house for Wm. Dobson on Eliza- beth street, S. J. May-zes, of Fran- cis_ street, was thrown to the ground with such force that he frac- tured a couple of ribs and received a severe shaking up. He. fell over 10 feet. ` - MAN SU_l-`FERS FRACTURED Rl BS WHEN SCAI-`FOLD GIVES WAY` _-........ ggnnlrlllb WLLC LUIULCU. _ Damages to the extent of $200.00 land costs were found for the plaintiff, {Francis Stott, ~of Phelpston, by; the jjury, following the argument. W.' jA. Boys, K. C., of Barrie, representedl jStott, who had asked` for $1000 dama-' ges in his writ for libel. This amotgtt was termed ridiculou's" by Mr. Jus- tice Mowat. ' nu V - ' i I w-vs. AIAVVVGV The case was an interesting one. I The plaintiff, Francis Stott of Phelp- ston, asked damages from" Joseph (Continued on page 8)" u vv 1. null. Uaulllsu i-Ie was 42 years of age and was very well known in Innisfil, where his parents so long resided. ,Qnvny3vr:n:- L}... an. 'L5- ---AL`- -~ ...vn\.n5n:uL . Mr. Mulcahy thought it was a rea- sonable translation of the term in [view of the point `at issue. To make his point clearer he pointed out that during a preliminary examination Stott had passed the opinion that ag Jamaicaniwould be a foreigner be- `cause of his colored skin. This led` :4-A -4-1... ..'L....- -11 - ..-.....- IIJ. um -..-uuxcu mun. 1.1115 xeu to the above reflection from the bench that many of the most patrio- tic and mostioyal residents'of the `British Empire were colored. ' n nnnn M , , .... -- A... L`. 1 . vyanuuo It would be rather shocking to prove that an Englishman or an Irish- man residing in Canada is a foreign- er, the bench went on. Can such a resident reasonably be called a foreigner? ' ` ' -_ Il__1 _ ,1, .1 I - -A ...... .., Not replied. (`TL ___ His Lordship differed regarding this. Canada is a nation within a nation he mused; Would you say, Mr. Mulcahy, that Canada was a country different from other parts 9f the Empire? Kl\Y..A. 1.. _L-L__ an .. - I J. T. Mulcahyrpf Orillia, arguing [for the defendant, Joseph J. Kenney, `oft Phel-pston, contended that the word foreigner meant; according to a standard dictionary, a man not `of the country in which he resides. I u. - __..--....- ye.-.n. cannula uulus cugucu UULUIC a juryeat the Fall Assizes. The re- mark was in reference to the actual ,meaning of the word foreigner. The term, foreign rubbish, had been used in a letter published under Kenney s signature in the Elmvale Lance in February, 1922, the allusion being made to'Stott, an Englishman and a World War Veteran. Many a true heart beats under a dark skin, rema1_'ked vMr. Justice Mowat last Thursday, when comment- ing on a phase of the Stott-Kenney slander case then being argued before a {nun 410- +1.... 13-11 A--.-__- mt { `MUCH mrrERF.s1' IN E nos SLANDER surr} !CAourtV I~Iear;JVISi-scTL`1_ssion` on Meaning of Foreigner; ' ` A $200 Verdict. 1:: van In Deceased had only returned to Canada this summer after spending about a dozen years railroading in the Southern States. He joined up with the Grand Trunk as a freight conductor in June this year. Lately he has been working at night mov- ing freight and the accident is the first one of a serious nature that he has ever had during a lifetime de- voted to railroading. ` "A Invnn A`) g-.\...._ -3 -~- ---~` ' `status, no, the lawyer nu... ununuucsu U1. vuc ualllt: uxuu. Doing something for under-privil- ; eged children is one of the leading ; lines of Kiwanis activity and the Bar- . rie Club is making a start on the kiddies at the Children's Shelter. Chairman Hurlburt announced that these boys and girls are to be taken to the fowl supper at Midhurst on Oct. 4 and the Kiwanians can be de- pended on to see that the youngsters have a good time. vs:--swan II IIVIIII lllulllllu The lion. E. C. Drury and W. A. Boys, C., M. P., were elected hon- orary members of the Barrie Club. Ti...` _ _ _ _ _ --u.:_._ 1-,, V I Jvuou Kiwanian Frank Hurlburt was the chairman for the day and there were forty in attendance, The booster prize , donated by Harry Twiss, was taken by John Dunn. 7|... `[1 ... 1:! r! 'r\,,,, 1 '1' A ......v.... uuwtccnulov vvc uvcu III III. 5 After touching upon some of the varied activities undertaken by Ki-,' wanis Clubs, the speaker concluded,:' Itis the life of service that is truly worth while. Give to the world youri best and the best will come back to you. `l f:____.:-__ rs , I vv .1 . .- The Kiwanis motto is We Build. Recognizing our obligations] to the community it is our aim to build up our town and make it :1 J ! .....,.- .... . - I I worth-while place to live in and ieave it a better place for future gener- ations because we lived in it. I A.L_-_ .L____L3"- ` " .... "5 yvaalvao vvl: auuunu cnueuvuur to develop ourselves physically, men-. ` tally and spiritually to the highest de- 1 gree possible. (2) We must I have a ' thorough knowledge of what we have I for sale--sknow it from A to Z, whatever our walk in life. (3) We must have a knowledge of human na- h ture in mankind generally as well asj` in individuals. There is nothing bet- ter than intimate fellowship. This ` is one of the \great benefits of Ki- wanis, men of various dispositions meeting week after week and learn- ing to know each other better. Such associations are both pleasant andlj helpful. up-nL- T7! , - -- - -"-` H` e .' I To do this_there are three essen--t tials: -(1) We must know ourselvesf --our weaknesses as well as our strong points. We should endeavour +.. .J......1.... -....._-1_-_, _AL_-,e,,n -.-.... ....\.J us`. uvv cn.u:yA_y DCIIIH5 EUUUS or professional advice. To succeed A they must sell service. It is the ser- vice back of the goods that brings people back year after year. Our success, declared the speaker, de- pends upon our ability to demonstrate our desire for service". , .- uuaanvao ` In bus'iness, men should remefnber? that they are not simply selling goods DY hrnfacinnol nJun'nn "I". ...-..-..---1! imately 400 yards north of the North` Parkdale G. T. R. station, `the train crew saw his body lying across the track with the legs severed from the body close to the trunk. -A doctor being summoned pronounced him dead. When Mr. McCraw s clothing was searched by the police it was found that his watch was. still going and that some $22.00` in bills were intact. e ' ' very helpful address at the weeklyi luncheon of the Barrie Kiw;mis' Club, 'Tuesday, by F. R. Hassard of the_ Down Town Kiwanis Club, Toronto,i who spoke on Kiwanis Ideals, and Business. . ` Service was the keynote of a,` VALUE or SERVICE; Vrow 1'0. KIWANIANS; ;qu.,uuu umulaucc UH LIH. l)Lll!(1ll1g', Hlpfu] ']?a]k Tb[V7(M1-_ Haggard; ;but stands to lose about $.f2,(v0(}. . It is now about eight years since Premler DTUT) Made Mam` Cookstown was visited by fire, the her Of Ban-if: C]ub_ Methodist church being burned to fthe ground on that occasion. up. . .. - _ V'I'VL_ 1|l,._ ' `Iv ,__ ___ _--._.-.-v-1 5 Rural schools in South Simcoe arei well attended this term according tn, E. Longman, I.P.S., who reports that the attendance is perhaps over that of last year s. A new school has been built at Beeton, one has been com-} mencedvat Stayner and four more` rooms have been added to a school at? l ! Alliston. \'vl|llll\}llU- J Those who still have unpaid taxes will be liable to an extra assessment of 21/;;%, since last Friday, Sept. 22, was the last day on which taxes could; bepaid to `escape the interest charges. . \' was Mr. Smith, expressed satisfaction on Tuesday that the returns had been so encouraging- He pointed out that the total todate was ahead of the sum paid in at this time last year, l and that the high percentage spokeg 1 very well for the condition of tax- payers purses in view of the con-i ditions generally prevalent all over the Province during the year. "It is a very good showing indeed, was his comment. . I I'l\`I I ...... -.\, owns: uuc U1 `t,0UUOl According` to the Town Treasurer citizens have paid in to date about 86% of the total assessment of $174,- 607.52. ' A reflection of the financial sta- bility of the community is seen in the large volume "of tax returns made by Barrie citizens this month in re- sponse to the second call for pay-i ments. \Figiures obtained from Town~ Treasurer A. W. Smith show that tax dues to the value of $48,159.53 have been paid into the town treasury_dur- `ing September, bringing the total money for taxes paid in so far to $150,247.15. As Barrie s tax roll amolints to $174,607.52 this leaves a balance still due of $24,360.37. Ann.-u.A:...'... "" L- LL- rn- ___,_ I RURAL Sci-1001. WATTTENVDANCE ...--u vauvno lrIl\.I'unJ i PAID; TOTAL $150,247; -2---_-u vyyvulvv nuuu: auccv. - I When the train reached the Westl Toronto yards at 2.50 it was noticed; by members of the crew that Mr. McCraw was not aboard and thinking _ that something had happened to him the engine was brought, back to the; Parkdale yards. At a pointapprox-i No." 39 CIRCULATION `runs wmc 5l.U|Jll\lDo L` unc Fl U5] axu. .lJIu all dall Richardson, Crown Hill Quar- tette, threereaders and good musical numbers. Don t forgef the fowl supper at: Midhurst, Oct. 4, on the church grounds. Fine program. Dr. Ran- .`I_I'l `I'I2..`L_..J_-_ I'9..-_-_ `[7111 l\___ unvuaun vv was `I... AVIDVVQ EIIDKXCII UIICIII Hf" a coup-I-e of days later and two of `them soon succumbed. The third, however, picked right up under the care of Mr. Yeate-3 daughter who fed it milk with a spoon. It is now pretty well grown, and has become a great pet, follow- ing mmbers of the family around the house and yard just like a_dog- Meat, fruit and corn'are its favorite articles of diet. 5?: 2 cents per word; minimum 256*. 5; II0I0I0X0lII0X1>X0I0I0X0I0I0X0X ....u vu laws 1:. 4. yahoo VJ. uuxauuauau- In the big Windstorm in June, the: top of one of the big trees on Mr- He1muth s property was blown down and with it came the home of Bobbzv Coon in which were three baby: coons no larger than red squirrels They were pretty weak from lack of food when Mr. Yeates picked them up a nnnnln nf Jana lulu... ......l 1.-.... -3 . The Examin_er office had an un- lusual visitor, Friday afternoon, in the shape of a pet coon.- It did not come qlone, of course, but along with `its owner, J. Yeates of Strathallan."*" `I ... LL- L:._ _-_:__J._L_,..._ -_, ...w_,.u5 sun; vval uu.~:uy',u. uruners. Where fuel is required in ranges and furnaces these autumn days, most people are using wo-Ml either be- cause they have no coal or wish to save the black diamonds for severe weather. T vans. Bxvuuuo Members of the train crew. declar- ed that none of them had seen the. accident; take place. Conductor O - Halloran stated that the freight train _ of cars driven by engine 1833 had left` Parkdale station bound for t.he'West Toronto yards at 1.45; The last seen ' of Mr. McCraw alive was when he was signalling on top of a refriger- ator box car in the Parkdale yard opposite Noble street. ' TIYL-.. LL - AH - 9