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' WHEN you count wit `BARR|E-I-I. A. Sims, Manager. 3RANc|-gas,` ALLANDALE li`.T.1\/l"(7A`l'.nV,_1 J n 1-n..._..-.. -t--AA L n I .14AJV JJALJEJ ELMVALE--H. R. Vvarren, Manager. $1595 These cars may be urehased for a low first payment and convenient terms on balance. F. O. B. Wfhdsor, Taxes Extra Phoneizos, am.` 31333 Bnfadford Street. ' qualify to make their own election a fact. Instead, while four men qualified, their election was invalidated because there was not a majority .of the of- fices filled. This means that a new nomination meeting will be held on January 11th, and another effort made to secure enough people to compose a Council for next year. Buy Advertised Things. mother of eleven A Buckingham, Quebec.--I am the living childrerg, .I.- and mv lrmhv In 211 .'\l\\ bnkin: IIKIIB will lJII"|'\l'l boiling: Water I Onion v be-4-f .141. ('1 ?'vll| tuhlv 1`.... From No. 1'7 To T0'.`()l1{ \Yn H11 KT n To Hamil No. C l\ Mother Childten Praises Lydia E. P_inkham's_ Vegetable Compound THURSE From Cui No. an To Pemml `YA II) No. From .\1i N0. ('1 [2 Sm (\ LI \\/hilt` .. |.. %l}Q_[J___1EALTH PU FLA UL 63 J`! 398 U397 W88 Mak O?` S 5o8F Collin C 3 Sample EM}: Free 1: Mail. A.ddress Canadian Depot: "Stallone. td., Montreal." Price, Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c. Talcum 25. EEK` Cuticura Shaving Stick 25. W51 Goo Thu 8:: vs Prc m The creaxgy lather of the Cuticura Shaving Stick,with its delicate med- ication and soothing properties, enables menwith tender.-easily it-. ritated skins to shave in comfort, even twice a day, and leaves the -skin smooth and fresh. lo r$-e/nkler Faces, wrvvna-IUD! Vb I pan ofwater. v._-_- cu-v-cl co UGIIOD Idlveg. grease. ,I.Jse a Ipoouful of Gillex` to a dish- igcn A` turn`;- Gillex quickiy and e`.asilydi'o- A golves; grease. , Use feta-` "M" In |Jo`ur dishpan / 1` hind; i'n E. W. GILLETT CO. LTD. TORONTO. CANADA "`a:?a"`;'y v?.`;`i'i'T {ive xr/nclantfsls old. am on y years = old and _I have taken Lydia E. 1l?iri,l Vege '- a e mpoun or weakness and ny rgzarvfgsgl knew .1 mm m , ss'B'::": `*-`3 ; ouar e 1 Eof Rar:s.yv`i1l1e`.3~ ?VFor ve years" I lwas always ready n an Bonn`-r fn I-nova . . _ . _ ._.. --vovnJ{`JJUll I. d1` low terminals and connections to be- come loose. See that battery is firm- ly clamped into place. Constant vibra- tion will ultimately shake it to pieces,` cause broken jars when you` hit as bumpl and loosen connections. . . ~ -~TI".`RK7TC!`E! Q'l`A"l"`I t'\'M' 'n--I-.._ - u.u_u 1008811 connections. ' ' SERVICE S'I.`ATION-Dea,1ers and _ garages should advise customers to . call regularly at the most reliable ba.t- . tery service `station [in townfor helpful. ' advice, testing and repairs`Never send a man to, anybody who is not a. trained battery man. M A U1. 1mI.Lury. I ` . I Never "Sho*.rt l 5 a_ battery with a! screwdriver` or` a pair of pliers. It is` very bad for the batjzery, draws out ex- cesslvecurrent, `and does not give you. any reliable information.` Use your hydrometer. L ' TIGHT CONNECTIONS--Don't al- be-] come loose. See that Baum... a. u...'.. - Buy Advegugea Things, nus: snurung. I COLD . WEATHER-Fully charged i batteries don't freeze. Therefore he sure ;' to test regularly in winter. Starting instructions-as already glven--are im-' portant. Dark days` and long nights` with `constant use of lights and over- ,- work for starter cause underecharglnrl if `not watched. . rV'l'.`l4"_A1\TT,1M13:1:a -rr- -.~ - uu uu-: Lup wxul a. cwtn. Neverbring an open flame near 7 obattery. N'Av:n~ "hrir-'69P: n l...a.4...._- _..II- 'uu.mA._LVuuV.l*JB'b` - Keep battery} clean; and every time it is filled wipe off the top with a. cloth. ' N'GVAP`hP{hU on nnnn Glam..- _-_-`~L--~! uuucr water 18 EI`1l81'.W0!'U'l,V. I STARTING ,-_ Retard spark and throttle, `throw out clutch, `use (if the car has one), prime cyl ders| in cold` weather. Don't` hold st ter, button down continuously. Give t a.~ single pressure and, if she doesn't sta t,_ do it again. D1` hririnn nan-..._-A..!.._._' A1--LA Mrs. M. Soblsch, Zwha livlas dear `Waterloo, Ont., celebrated her 104th --ibihday on Dec. 80,. ' . uu L_L ugaun. < _ _ Keeping all Wiring connections tight and spark plugsf clean greatly acceler-i ates starting. nnnn '7`lT`.A'B`I`.1"mD 1:1.-n... -s.-,7-,, - - to a battery service station. Test at 1,285 or higher. neipIu1 : ` TESTING--To determfne whether battery is charged prbperly. Either. use a really reliable hydrometer or go i least twice a. month, Always test. before adding water to the battery. Never afterward. Specific gravity should _be `CHARGING--When a battery needs! recharging, end it to a regular battery_ charging station where it will be given; a long cha'rge-not a hurry up none for] a cheap price. '\K7A'l"l1`.'l3__TT-an -nu... .u..un_.1 __-A,,r ta. uuuup prxce. | WATER--Use pure distilled water. twice a. month. It costs` little and` no` other water is trustworthy. l -- `Raf-gm-`I annual; nv'\'I1 gcara, UIULUII, rear axle and tires. ` l Again, many. cheap hydrometers are` sold, which are totally unreliable and] don't really tell the truth about the; battery, and many garages not only[ use them but sell them.to customers. -Don't do this, be- sure you get the best` one to be hd, and pay more for: lt.~The dealer, garage manor owner! who really wants complete knowledge! of `handling batteries to make them last may be interested in the following` summary of little pointers that'will_be helpful: ~ I 'nmmr~rma_m- .:........... - _.n .ur - "" "I On frosty mornings, when the steam; pressure is low and engines sluggish. you will hear the calrs in an average garage roarin like blast fwrnaces. Clouds of smo e arise: throttles `are wide open. Here is an owner stepping -on the starter button and spinning the motor over and over. There is a. garage employee doing the same thing. while he shoves the throttle and spark levers up and down to hurry it up." All this violence `is unnecessary. It .not only exhausts the battery, but when the car starts it puts terrific strain on starter gears, clutch, rear axle and tires. Again, rnnnv nhnnn 1;-nn1unu.n4-A...-. ....- - I Now, of course, to have a young and low-voiced lady, disturbingly fragrant of mimosa. turn out not to be a nun at all is one thing. It-opens up a wide field, gives birth to a series of pleasant] plans for. the future, and induces a healthy glow of anticipation." But, shortly after this discovery to become a firm believer in the theory that: the same young lady is bne of the principal figures in a band of desperadoes, is` distinctly something else again. Per- haps she, was the Master Mind of the gang: possibly she had worked up to her present fifty-thousand-dollar job by way of a long apprenticeship in holding up cigar stores; maybe heri photograph had been displayed in the. papers as one of the mighty sisterhood g. of. bobbed-hair bandits. It was a goodi thing, Mr. Lacy explained to himself. that he had found her out in time. There's no use trying to do anything for those people: they simply drop right back into their old ways again. The best thing to do is leave them alone; sooner or later they are bound - to get theirs. I _ Yet he ran on along the ditch. ' - And then there was his car. tossed ` aside like a witheredlviolet in the dust as the road behind him. It would.,re-V .1 quirefan experienced worker in mosaic 1 ever to put it together again. The thought further depressed Mr. Lacy. It . m ' KEEPING THE BATTERY CHHUMMY , WITH OL\D MAN WINTER L 110:. wzucneu. I VCLEANLINESS [Keep battry} lean every it is finmi Winn *' Mcffish McTish! She just had timg to shruek. v uuuus uiu uucn. .. - It? now seemed` to Mr. Lacy that. from the first moment of- their meet- ing, he had grasped that Connemaraf was no real nun. H felt that he de- served a good, hea ing measureoti credit for 1 his discernment. Thought she fooled me. did she?" `he asked himself. He felt that it would be not at all unpleasing to explain to the lady, in somewhat full detail, how strikingly little had been his belief in her vocation. _ I assurance. ` , ` ` G118-1'13 R.` Bessani} was suspended `at `King t" P it ti ` `V ..... '* "Y `'*"%`*`"= Mr: `M n!-.h...1. __.._ ..,, (C_on_tluized from page 10) | was never going to have any chance. i at the old but ever popular role of be-; mg a si_ster to `him. But he ran right on, I along the ditch; ` ..M .1 `ff? nnur acorn 1' ....-- a.1.-4. I nu-.n.u.. .a.a.c LUII: ulal. IL W unpleasing explai Vn somewhat 1: r-nfinn , . W W. ""*----1--'---- t"193I-25. P. F. Comer & Son CO. and_G.' P. Putnam : Sons LII? W135 lltgrlo -"Provost -1: ip pletnruatlon . at this story by WII;I0_If Pictures. In. T \ / ;toI"i Laidy Astor will pa.y-;z.u-es of four Socialist families of England who have agreed to live in Russiafor two Years. _'-.- savu an gvvu, unnnvubno nan -u--v-v ;, years % - ` `He's leq us midst our -smiles and tears And. promised never to forsake Till we're w1thin' the pearly ga.te._ -In in nu..- -. - `But God is good; ihrough all these V99 FR - I -_..u oavny-9 nu. Auntb 111;, any. v van u um- Wa.V V . l_Near sixty years she's been my stay |Apd cheers `me on from day to day. ' vvay uurul; twelve mues l;l`UIIl U601`- gian Bay, \ In Minesng we have our home In a lovely spot where we lgve agone. Sl'i'sV v'v`1th~me"still in thisrlate dayil And helps me long my._ heavenwar wav snow, '- . To learn.to read and write and sngll. ' - vv uuusvu UIIL CG Illllc .LlILU|l5ll IIIIJVI Cbllkl In the old Iog school I mind `so well. At` eighteen years I met-a girl . I thought `was worth her weight in pearl. I ' ` . - At twenty years we then did wed. iAn`d helped each other earn our bread." Ism over Locarno pact and world peace assurance. , -{Sword `I3. `Dan-a._J .__ `. - -> .- I 9 i From Ontario` County We Went away Way north; twelve miles from Geor- trinn pd`! I Eighty years have assed away _ Since I first saw light of day, I But He who kept me all ;he way. Is s`t1ll the Friend with me_doth stay. 'When very young I used to go, I I Walked three miles through mud and E110? ' } _ ElGHT1';(;E-/-{RS .(Composed- by B. F. Tracy `on his i Eightieth Birthday, December 26, 1925) 3 (Editor's Note--The directors of the .-hospital, while sympathizing with Mr. !Harker s good intentions,` are fully qualified to judge what should or should not go on the walls of the hos- i pita] wards;) Ul1l'L11.. A recent advertisement stated that the three great cleaners in the world are, the Ocean, the Sun," and Old Dutch Cleanser, but The God of heaven only 1 has, two agencies, namely, His Holy ' Word and the Blood of his Beloved Son. | When General Naaman obeyed God s Word given to him by Elisha, the mill- I ions of leper germs that filled his body demobilised in the twinkle of an eye and one day when the Lord Jesus was I talking to a number of men about the} ' cleaning up that had changed their liv- ! lies, He said, Now ye are clean thru the: word which I have giveniunto you. and. [ John has vwritten for us that mar- vellous statement, that guilty sinners Vmay be cleansed from all unrighteous- ness in the blood of Christ Jesus. . Unsolicited funds have come in dur- , ing the year for the carrying on` of this ' work. '1`o`~these as well as to the first j named'donors, I am greatly thankful. Qinnnrnhr vnnru ' . u---vvr\\l& VII rlI'\III\J:-5: I wish to thank most heartily. the Boards and individuals. who'have al- lowed me space, during the past year, . for the display of Gospel Cards bear- ing The Word of God. These are now `displayed in twenty-six public places, five in Allandale and_the balance ' Barrie. I have only been refused once, by the Hospital Board. Unfortunately all hospital boards and inspectors do not know that God's Word is the great- est -germ destroyer on the face of the earth.. A nnnnut ...!.._._.1._,., , A - - * -` vnnucts LU!` lJ?lVl(l'S xuture. Well, David told" himself. we might as well get this over with. And he stopped and turned to face his pur- 3 suers, wearing an expression of cour-1 teous surprise. l They came up to him. the first one. who carried the flashlight, swearing: lgnbly but without inspiration, The` .light revealed him as a heavy, dark; man, with more than his legitimate j quota of unshaven jaw. He wore badly {assembled garments, and affected a lavishly-plaided cap. Of the second fig`u1'e,"Da,vid could distinguish noth-` ing more personal than` that it was considerably shorter than the first. David watched the light glint along the shining surface of the first man's revolver. The evening s events had tak- en on the quality of a prolonged dream. He had the curious lack of amazement, with which one meets all the outrag-. eous new occurrences of a nightmare. 1 D0ubtless." hn miun Hu'a at-.-...4. ' 9 9 I I h I D uuuu new occurrences or nightmare. _i Doubtless," he mused, this stout lad will turn out to be O'Mal1e_v of ` the Royal Mounted." l [FHA `L- - ..... u.-no uual. Lucy uuuressea to hifn. ' Therewas a report. from behind. and something whistled shrilly en/. tirely too close to his ear for any real comfort. I ` " he party," murmured David, is getting rough." _ c And so was the ditch. David. quick- ening his speed came suddenly into!- close Contact with the stump of a tree: ` that had apparently died in agony.i: Simultaneously injuring his shin and f his self-respect, he went headlong a-'.` mong its twisted roots. rolled` from them, over and over in the slippery] dead leaves of the ditch. With but a 1 few brief words of hasty criticism of the dead tree. David picked himself up,; i found 9. footing .and started again on 1 i 1 his travels. Again there was a report. :` decidedly closer this time. Again the 'screeching- whistle troubled his` ear. ii ' Hey, stop, will ya? -"bellowed the 1 voice back of him. `It added a few lwords having to do with its owner s `wishes for David's future. g] N .7$1] hn\7IR 4-nbl ' 'I..:...~-1A' In ` , casurusue. yet we tmng was beginning 7 to pal]. The sky had clouded ,thickly;! like old wives in.a sick room. tossed' 3 the trees. whispering,darkly together '. their boughs and; showed the 6 sides of their leaves. Winds spra .4 is seemed to David, from all dire j and not far off thunder growle `agely. In his ears sounded the com- plaining of_trouhl_ed waters. That must ' be the Sound, somewhere ahead. Well-, perhaps the"steeplechase would end` there. From behind him, hoarse shoutingsz punctuated his journey. Backward gla,n- j.` I ces showed him a flashlight. rm-m..a....' under ' ~:st t ' ddl ` ` ' ` .-an P!11ei?adg1`;)hi:r:t$1fe;;':;g : a%'b"`=- > newsnanm-n Avnnnna ' ;nunh-.- was not. that he'did`. not know when at his next Isotta. was coming froin. It. _'. was not the money so much as the} 1.: principle of the,` thing. Aside from'a: "justifiable pride in the manner in which . the car had ome to be his. David had 3 a deep tondnessfor it He grieved 130;`-' 3 ; :2ra:a:2:?pPrak*"g- f ? a [1 Still David ran on.'into the darkness! I. that had swallowed Connemara and Pooch so greediiy. He {loved the 0 doors and couldn't `get on without his exercise. yet thething beginning nail, _s_ky had th1amu.l 4.1.- ;, ....,,-.,, *-- vue. t1osItm mi lure. t u ' behind hoarse 5 3 S 9 9 DTODGI` .V Valued at journey_BackW:r;%ugE}2?f $5624.48 was recovered and restored ces flashlight careenin : to the owners by `the Cm"gWd D01-,' like a drunken `firefly, as `its beareg ice during the year` stummed along the ditch The mvs_ Jonas George, aged 77, a resident of terjous strangers from the pierce W'ere.,`the Rama. Reserve, was instantly kill-I evidently going right 0 th ed by a freivht train on Dec. 26 while the thing; Then. w`ordsn`Verre0uigi; iiIt1}_` walking on `tshe track_ a short distance.` gu1ghab1e,. but their tones. indiCated,_south of Longford Mllls, . I that they were caning upon David toy Col]ingWood s new ~Col1egiate In-` stop. Yet, though. well `bv ht f stitute was formerly opened on Tues-I paid not the slightest gtigon 1g`.t:-` day afternoon, Lieut_enant-G overnor . k tn *t . |Cockshutt performing the cere . rer.1r3:;.es_ W3: es:f:1_Mt0L}}i_rT" _ ]Hon. G. Howard Ferguson Alan ! A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE unlnla 4.-. 4.1-....I- ._.-_L - - M1NE,s1N<; _S_T_ATION . ovav u u. you. (To be continued) 5, 1 um greuuy u Sincerely yours, Tlfrn T-Tc vw- -`, .;._.v. 3. F. Trgcv. Lra, Harker. E w ueurge mvmgstone or Collingwood ` .on Tuesday of last week while work- 1"ing at wood cutting in a bush near_ _G!en Huron. He was skidding a small} 5' log when the chain broke. the log! gstriking Mr. Livingstone with such? 3` force as to break his leg between the} 7 knee and ankle. - 3 About midnight on Dec. 27, fire` . broke out in the premises occupied by] ,' Ardie Barbour, Penetang, as a ready-3 i to-wear store and completely destroyed: _:the stock of dresses, `coats. and other" _; garments. The building was a very old; [one of fr e structure and was also! `badly damabed. From indications, and} ; the fact of a dress and a coat being: IUIIUL 5 In a recent country.-wide canvass of purchasers of Lydia E. Pinkham s Ye eftable Compound, over 250,000 rep ies were received, and 98 out of every 100 reported they were bene- ted by Its use. c ' Er \ Ys.o`n quaaxlutl. I A number of Home Bank victims in! }' Alliston got a nice Christmas box whep ,` Mayor J. H. Mitchell received from the eliquidator cheques to the amount "of $1109.59 to be distributedlaround a- imong them. Some of the heavy losers, Were included in the list this time. i I An unfortunate accident hapbened7 to George Livingstone of Collingwood Tuesday last week whiln mm-Ir I ..-., .. ..v 11 u.. u u cs 5 uaun zuuu spOKe. N The appeal, of Mrs. Olive Switzer, of Orillia; from a conviction by Mag- Iistrate Clark of Orillia. on a, charge of arson has been allowed by the First! Divisional Court and the conviction is quashed. ` A 1IIII'If|1P\l\uv n'& `[`l'....._ *r|_.,u I In- ;'stitute Tues- -' overnor H. ceremony.` Hon. Ferguson also spoke.| 'I"hn annual n-F `l\A -m rxn..- n__-:L ,a:uuu.u ua. uuug-1UI`u iVJ.l.{1S. i I 3 vnuu. lust. um 1118. Lost ami stolen property f$5624.48 . (the Rama Reserve, wan incfnnl-`In 1..'n weuuulg urlrllversary on Dec. 27. I W. `E. VanNorman, manager .of __theI ,Meaford branch of the" Bank of Tor-' -`onto. has been transferred to Owen Sound. I A495..- 4......._A.-- -__ _-_,` tn 1.,uruuI.u on pnrlstmas uay. \ -Mr. and Mrs; Andrew Jard e of Nottawasaga. celebrated their dia mad I wedding anniversary Dec. 27. W. E. Va.nNnrv-man fflnhatrnn an L1,... uasuuu uni uxnurge, ; Fines and costs collected through the! Collingwood police court during 19257 `amounted to $1865.33. Iain`Hf\r_nnn I-nan \-nan-A -.......:....;___s 4 lauuuuugcu LU $1600.66. Eighty-one men were nominated for seventeen odffices at the municipal. nominations in Midland. ` fl 'l` `Danni-in n `D.-..-".4-......_ _.-,, J. T. Payette of Penetang won twof races with his horses at the ice races` in Toronto on Christmas Day. Iuuxuuxuuuua Ill xuluxanu. I t I `Mr. and Min, Anv-our 1'.....:`:\... .a _ uuxuluuu uu women IIOIII early HIE `[30 middle: ,when Lydia. E. PinkharY1 s. Voggggb e Compound will give you -- re 1e . ' 1.. .. _..--_L ----_1._; ~ '- LU .I3UUl-Ullo ` Norman Collings of Bradford sus- tained at bro]-gen wrist while cranking a` Ford car. \. Rev. J. B. Skene, minister of st, drew's Church, Huntsville; has re- signed his charge, Finen and nnntg nnllnnha n..........u. u.- I I . I ' I , 1 R. G.'DInsmo1?e eras re-elected Mayor of Huntsville by acclamation. __ - \ John W. Wiggins, C.N.R. agent at Severn Bridge, has been transferred to Beeton. ` 'NI nuu-nan (V4-.Ill_.... -1 11..- .15., u World s. Larggst Selling 6-Cy1inder` Ca;_;rs% Built by Hudson Under Famous Super-Six Patents 1p'ai1` a Six v v ---- v--u us u-my wuLulJuL aunt? PILLS: run; or .Sixes? -L-can give you so much in Per-_ formance, Comfort and Handling Ease-in good looks and pride of ownership? V ' , No wonder HudsonEssex are the world's largest selling Sixes. These advantages have led to constant refinement in chassis and body, with the lowest prices in history. . What cars at any comparable price-Fours 0 ' ,__ ,, JI, 0, 'l'\ A- Q:-,.... `...... .._..-_ .__--A -A `""""'"' 1' U1. IIVC yclf I was in misery 9.113 was to cry. Now I am so happy to have ood health. My daughter, whois 8 ears` old, has also taken it and wil be ha py to recommend it `to all - l. youn gir -Dame WILLIAM PAR- ENT x 414, Buckingham, Quebec. Why suffer for years with back- ache, nervousness and other ailments common to women from early life to_ l.l?.\I7h(-kn Tmun `W 'pnlzhnv?| n Six cylinders give smoother performance than . any Four. 4 ' I t ` The Super-Six principle increases power. It _ lengthens car life and provides the` advan- tages sought in more cylinders, larger motorsx . and greater-cost. It patented and exclusive" to Hi1dson"and Essex. w ' I-/Iudson Brougham $1985-7-Pass. Sedan $2255 With the Famous Su K CV11!) dare diva: crnnni-In or nan-FA.-an no` .... 4.1. .. ... ,,--_----.--.. s-uuuynyu U3 `"" "' "5' " ` V ' ' V ' "v "u'u `ulJlluu' ready- A pretty kettle of fish" has arisen nd in the municipal life of Meaford ac- 'esses, cording to the Mirror. Thenominations building were duly held on Monday of last week. and twenty-one people were elected for the nineteen positions vacant. De-. lress C031: being- snifn fhi thorn xxrnl-n nni nhnvurrl. 4.- u....cuuum. uuur .LUl' Lue IHIIBLBBII posluqns vacant. 1)e-. spite this, there were not enough to . . i I I I found behifld the stdre in the snow, ,the place had been broken into, and was either set or} fire, or a lighted match or cigarette stub was dropped. A rn-van-u In-.4-+1.. ne c:.-u..n 1.... .,,g,,,, If you desire credit for '% legitimate business expan- . _ . sion or seek a solution to some vexing problem, The Bank of Toronto is ready to offer sound counsel and `~ ., . co-o'peration. ?_ i BAN IGFTORON W " 555: $.7ac1I'i`i1e"i3a}'{k of Toronto you automatically become entitled to a banking service which is primarily in- terested in your nancial we]- 1.... Hgr Interesting Experince