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'1\Ir.'E. Sloan attendegl the I. O- F. con_vention in Midland last week. Miss Kathleen Reivei of Markham is visiting her cousin, Miss Muriel Sloan. .Mr.1aVnd Mrs. Harry King of Thes- salon age holidaying wxth friends in this vicmity. an-r. - - - THORNTON. CHURCHILL. '5 AU} UIII-U the same place are 11 turn I Toronto and Mrs. ` cannn fllnnn Grand _ -Rapids ,is. 3oooooouoouuoaoouuuouuoooouooubauouooqpouqupuoououoooouo Misses Lizzie 1 of Ottawa are n E Miss Wilson of Toronto has been ivisiting with her cousin , Miss Gertie Hill, for the last two weeks. Mrs. Warnica of Stroud and Miss Lulu McCullough of Toronto were guests of Mrs, George `Sharpe last I .'Mrs.L R. Little intends em 3 her Sabbath School class on 1 31st inst. . . I I I spective captains, marshalled their, forces and at the first trumpet sound` began the most earnest of con1cts.l After the smoke of battle had cleared it was found that Mr. Boake s forces were victorious, but the best of good fellowship prevailed, The barn which] is 40x 72 feet will be one of the most up-to-date in Essa township. There were no accidents at the rais- ing,' but a few minor ones on the road home. The horses had been tied for several hours and were no doubt ready to go when they were hitched. Mr, Arthur McClean lost a good horse, but it died, apparently. from natural causes. A couple of young ladies were thrown out of an- I other rig but we hope ,no serious re-l sults will follow. Next Tuesday V > . 9 O_O OOONOOOOOOMOOOOONOOOON V . ` N8 Am No. om . estiock nd consulting our salespeople and get with the coming autumn styles. Sarjeant & Smith Dressmaking and Millinery Departments "Come and spend an hour looking over this KILLYLEAGI-I. I e and Annie Hamilton now taking their holi- WILL RB-OPEN entertaining` 301 CIQSQ nn Q9!-n-Au... They re right in style,they re right "m pnce and there s a wonderful assortment. n ,"_ tr gee pur "New Fall Dress $.iCf()k()`dS `which have arrived this" week direct from England a"ndFx".ance. .: : : : : : ; ;; _GINGHvAMS--In p1ain `colors, isfripes `and checks. Regular Iizc and -15c. yd, __On sale . . . . . . . . . . . . ..-.... '..... ._ ...~.'._.9%c DIRECT IMPORTERS u.x valuing ' Saturday Ioooooooououoooouoono 3 ', days- and are .~:pcn(1ix1g t'ncn1\\`i:h I; then parents. I It is gratifying to the teacher, pu-l Pils and` rate-payers uf this school to i know that Master S_vl\'c. .\l00rj yigas successful in passing the District leachers in C(>(>k5[rW\\'Il. .\ll55 Lottie Webb also wrote but failed: Paftlf through her being sick and unable to attend two weeks before the exam. Whtfll '9 -take into account the high standard they had to make this war inrthii and other departriithtal exams. (,fTtY Per cent. of each subject and 1Xty per cent. of the total marltsl, It is very creditable both for Pupils and for teacher. Out uf eleven \\'h yvrote at Cookstown for Jlmlilf Mal. "land two for District Ccrtiticatf. he was the only succe.<. MIC. We are pleased to know that .\Iiss ` Gouldie Grey was stlccessful in pass- ing the Entrance exam. as she wasthe only representative from this school this year for that examination. } Threshing is the urdcr ofbusiness 9 now among the farmers, and those who have threshed their fall wheat and barley report very favorably of the sample and yield. Miss Maggie Fctgilson in` Black- stock, Co. Durham, visited with Miss Ethel \V .\li.~`.< Gertie Hill and Miss Mary Ann Gzuiible for the last two weeks. Meri s Light Wash Vests," Mregular $1.2 5 and $14.50,` for. . Vof .-A visit #1 SD61`) Boys Wash-:5uits-.Blousev5uits', regular 75c and $r.oo._ On sale. . . . . . . . . . . .5oc Boys Wash Suits--Russian Blouse Suits, regular $1.00 and $5. On sale. .7 5c Menis 2-piece Single Breasted Coat and Pants, ` made from the nest Engiish'wors- ted and best linings, regular $17.50, On sale, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$I4.'3o Boys Wash-Suits-.BlousevSuits., `regular 7 5c'and $r.do._ Devlin 82 Nlurchison. The Fall Goods are coming in every V day and we must haveroonh fot-them -Henee the low priees oh the halapee of :our summer gohhods, T ~'MUSLINS--In plain, white or fancy isti-ipe, ' also colored muslins., regular i1'5c yd., On. $318....` u o s o o o o Q o coo o o o o oI"a-coco`-oVo.o9%C WA'ISTS--Ladies Colo ed Gingham Waists, regular 75 each. On sale-- - - - - ; 9 - . 50c HOSE`--Plain Black Cotton Hose, regular 20c pair. On sale 2 pairs for . . . . . . . . . ..,25c `HOSE.---Black Cotton Ribbed, extra heavy, regular 25c pair. On sale 2 pairs for..25c HOSE-Ladies Black Hose, with polka dot or embroidered spot, regular 3 5c, on sale 2 5c_ OVESTS-Ladies White Vests, regular 2 for 25. On sale3 for- . . . . . . . Men s 2~p.iece Summer $uits,- coat `made Without lini11'g.regular $7.50. On sale $4. 50 Men s 2-piece Single Breasted Suits,` coat half lined and shouldeils well padded, regular $10.00. On` sale. . . .0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . . . .$7.50 Men's 2-piece Double Breasted Suits, c0at'he'1`1f` lind Regular $10.00 and $11.00, On`s`ale. . . .1 . . . . . . or -rm: BALANCE or SUMMER GOODS Men's and`B'oys' Clothing. 7 ,,. _--- _---..-J ` vv.~guu5o ` > '| `In a closely icoutestgd .`_'garn_e _` qt football at;-Ono` .S_tafi5? on `Saturday ,ygning`, the: ',Wandrers -from` here 1'5? eate d.;~.t_hfe:r:' .comt_>ix_;ef;l ' ` V- _ , 4 5d..3_;-L . forces qf> 0` -5. ,\ _ , ' ~ ii? . Coiig-;:;it I1la'1tions Rev.. J. 'R, and" Mrs.. MacLean on they .arriva,l_.of Hja =.- [ % " ` R:-;\Tr.\ J. Sotgm, _ j Missi'o1`1at`.y, condizcted the service; in St_.-Tl1',omas : .Ghurch'*_on- S_unda,y% ev_e_ninVg.`_ V %' = nu, u.1.-`--`-- *'-AA---`";" `A- ` pup vault! `Mr s.)/Valtcbn .has reft_it}1e;l (to.-To`-. pronto after a_p1easant v_1s1tA with Mrs, Flah.etty._ ' " ' -. % E. Miss. Ina-71.11;!-i-e`1;s:>n .c:;.E;'owni Hill `spent .last' week with Miss Marie MegiIl._ I _.:_ V _ ' I . i_:9-.n;l'- J. "Dick<;.nson spent Wed.nes(3a of last" week at Mr. Amos Train ' . 11v no" ew Flo_s; _ i: ------ .------ Ia -1,vVV 7 `Mr. Wm. Masters ogvdliiugwobdl occupied the pulpit of'the Methodist Church on Sunday evening. - . Vi 1 TMr;:lzi:_:I_."i5ickenson `lef`tj fo i" Mooe Jaw `on Monday `after spendingihrs V4va_.cation at home. ` ` _-:-v vw t :10 ! Mrs. ,(R;v'.-) McLean of _Orange- rville visited relatives here last `week. `[9, Tilt `I1 - - v.. ..v. and _ Iv \rwi\o ' Miss 'ZEfl`l-a ' T`I:l;:`cton Sr "I;/Iidland spent `Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. J- G. Dickenfxogj. ' . V _ __ _- -urn;-av MILL JV||5`J5W . `i - - --. J. ` Mr. Wm . Douglass started thresh- ing last weekat Pine Grove Farm. (Too late for last week.) Mr. W. VMidd1eton spent Saturday in Orillia. T _ ' - Miss -Carson of Niagara Falls, N. :Y., is visiting friends here. - ' 3 Mr. Ernest Booth. bf Vasey called `on friends here last Sunday. 1\/l'.. 'L1..-._1.-A. 11,,`- ldleton were in Hillsdale on Mess1?:s'.-iI'." i I\`/'-:~a.i`tV.e`;'..3V;Iid- Sunday. `M. \n...- 'r\---_1--_ 0 I } The funera1 of the infant son of] Mr. and Mrs. James Stoddaxft took place to the cemetery `here on Sun- day. Rev. Neil Campbe1 l'ofciat ed at the services, four uncles of the babe being pa1l-bearers. ` I --_ __--v ouu-rv -nauunslln T Iirbert Booth of {`;4wondale Farm visited Orillia on Saturday a 'I:I'........'- 'l'1.`l`l_-.L ,' I 11! a. `D0: CREIGHTON WEST. AND Hamiet Village sags ?! B.fn_r. ALLENWOAOD: \ up- GUTHRIE. T_(-)WELS-'L'inen `Balthl. Towels, will; ' stripes, medium size, regular 20 each`. sale 2 {pr . . . . . . . _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. TOWELS-Linen Bath Towels, with stripes, A large size, regular 3 5c each. QQIQ _-..--_ av`: size, a regular 5c On Sale-.-on. o o o o u o o on o c O o O gov o c o - o o o o ..25C TOWEL,S+-White ` Cotton, large size, regular `I-5c each. On sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1oc each TOWELS-WhiteVCotton, medium size, regu- lar I2%c each. On sale 2 for . . . . . . . . 15c TOWELS---'-Pure linen, fringed or hemstitched, with red border, regular 20c. On sale I 5c each WA,*IST S--L.adie's. White Si'lkAWaists, re ularv V $3.50,Tfor $2.75 ; regular'$4.5o tor. . . . . . . 3.50 WAISTS-White Lawn Waists `ll reduced in price from 7 5c each to . . . . . . . $2.50 O I O 0 O I 0 'l`I'\I'T71,"' I` `I " \ "` ` ` ` and S}1iv_an ; Mrs; if-:: ge1falcl`,__ _c>ifL Ketyora,` `at; `the of th v__ .1-nuvo vv I11. 916! `V John Darby and hex: daughter,; Miss Florence, of Harrow `are th'e' Vguests of Mrs, Geo. C. Caston. V 0?: Monday m orr`1in gg ..the. villag ,:yvas.e_nyeloped in dense smoke ,' and jodors '.the `burning swamp to" the. north; A515 GI. LIIC LII: IIIC ed. He Jumped down and ran to _close the throttle, but the tongue of the press struck him, knocking him down, fortunately in the opposite di- rection to. the way the engine vfell. It will be about ten days before Mr. iCain will be able to vresu-me work, the accident costing in the_ neighbor- hood of $40 or $5o. i We read of runaway horses; run- away automobiles, runaway engines, and runaway couples, but arunaway haypress is something rather un'- usual. `Last Thursday, while Mr. Geo- Cain was `pressing hay at Mr. _J. Desjardine. s, through some dis- arrangement of a certain part of the press,, the division board dropped .slightly crooked, causing it to bind so that the bunter could not move. As a result; the heavy arm which; is connected with the bunter broke and dropped to the oor, causing. the `press to start -forward. The y wheels kept, the gearing going and in consequence the press started out of the barn down a steep gangway and collided with the engine, upsetting it and breaking the" smokestack, ' thr tongue and one wheel. The engi- neer, Mr. Joe Desjardine, was feed- ingat the, time the `accident happen- T He illlflhd (lnurn and non Im- NEWS BRIEFLY ~ GATHERED BY oun . CORRESPONDENTS. . K` On sale. sh well` `padded. ;. . .1 . .$7.5Vo and $8.00 u. 4uvc1_ G60. 4 cRA1 BRENTWQOD. *: NORTHERN ADVANCE - 95 each red On .25c -.v.. uu_au., a u1uaL..IJUl.`lIl'IlI1ll spread was par'takenL of by those assembled.- -Th.eTtables' wejre set ._.in the orha`x:d," ;unde!': . the 19938. and *h"3 89`d?;.eth.i"g..1 % bx%i H90; gmria1*i;b9s.t:and'L%:h0stE:; " } gget _ "We cannot forever go on in `the way we have been doing. As things` `are, the property immediately served _ isjevading the big end of the tagzi and- ;_.shi'ftin'g it on to` `the community. 1% `It -]j:i.s'*-a_t`fact that in many. Agliixttingeint`-,.~ stances the people` `who ;-hve.`.secin':ed-%n 1Vb'c.3l' jmproyemenu wotkdonjzef: g:t:.._th:i" 1 ,,,__-___...- uu ;ll\lGy, LHC ?3Ta inst , playing for the annual union picnic there. `The farm buildings, except the im- plement shed, of Mr, Bone, which were destroyed by lightning on July Is't,. were. supplanted by. one large `new a building on. Thursday last. About one hundred and fty of the peopleof Essa and Innisl were present, nearly one-ha1f`of,these be- ing of the.fair_sex._ As` is eqstomary on suchloccasions, two ,captams~ were chosen, namely, Messrs. Geo. -Hicks, and W. J. 'Boak.e,.the former aveterr ' _an in the business; .;-A r.st-class stone tf;oiin(_latioxr'ha'c_l; been laid d~, ; f -`after, the", framers `hajd ;thl_,l'_ (j;i;Band spent a. pleasant day in %A11iston on Friday, the _23rd inst,, `playing for the picnic 'there. V ` -- ...vu5u|nJ| U1 visiting friends here. .f\, 5 /`Mrs. Sewrey of Grmd,-Rapids visiting friends. here. - ` M.iss Dot Corbett of Orillia is` iting Miss May Stewart. `II. A1 ` `A , ,, -.-..... v4vL(lJ u![CVVdII-. ` Mr, Alva Culver of Villa Nova is visiting his sister, Mrs. A.` W. Flet- cher. ` I `.'MiS4S King of O Loughlin of ti |tr:n:O:o-u-- I-3-- -`- ' ----`. na|Al|\llll6DI 3 The Thorntonp Junior Baseball team`was to give our boys a game here last `Saturday but failed to ap- pear. However, as a large number of the local juveniles had turned out and also several from Lefroy and y Cherry Creek, an exciting match 1 took, place. Afterwards the boys sat down to a hearty supper whigh their fairiisisters had prepared in honor of the Thornton boys. Miss E. Sloan of Toronto and Miss J. Trueman of Midland returned to their homes last week` after spending a few weeks with the Misses Sloan. While Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Banks lwere away berry-picking last Tues- daytheir house took re and it and `the contents were totally destroyed. ` The prompt action of neighbors sav- ed the other buildings. .*n... 'm..__-.- ' - Some `of our citizens roused `them- selves from their peaceful slumbers one night last week to see the comet. Their advice is:-V-When y'o1i think of getting up to see the comet, stay in bed. - ` We learn that Mr. S. W, Moore, our store-keeper, intends leaving Churchill. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have made themselves_ very popular and will be greatly -missed by all if they 180- ' ' What is needed is a change `of "system. We must have the. frontage tax. .Let local .improvements. her.e`-- after he paid for on: the local im- provement plan, i.e., by the owners whose property fronts on the street where the proposed work is to be 4-done, In cases where the saidwork is~s\hown to inure` for the general . benet of the Town, it will be aforl the Council to- say what; (if any): per-f centage of the cost shall?'be met.` general tax. But the main expense. `will fall on the propert? owners who are directly Abenetted `by the iin-n` Elyrovements. 1a%sei+.;e`e1; and `is gnagr the agement --of` Mr..L IQ Silvey,~ who` ap-' pears to _be a popular host. ` V - - __ . . _- A 1 ,, ,,_, -.-.. ------\-J. I The Woman s Auxiliary of St- John s Church met at the home of Mrs. E. H. `Sloan last week. T Eime of writing the laying of] cement walks in our town has not been begun, but we hope to see the %work under way this week. (`_A__A P . _ -J `I -4 Some of the students who passed the Entijance from our school intend going to High School in Barrie, while others will take up Fifth Class work here. - . -Harvest was about 2111 nished %ox`1_ "Saturday in ,this vicinity, and in`very. few in's_tances have the farmers had any\ dlfculty in _ the) way of rbarn room for storing the crops. -Mr. H; Johnston of Apto informs us `that information from `the De- partment of Agriculture reports the honey crop over the Province to be one-third short." `We are indebted` to Mr. `Johnston for a sample of honey of which the quality is_ excellent. . Evidence of the dog \nuis`ance is be- ginning to show up as the autumn approaches and reports of sheep be- ing worried are gradually eomingfin. Last week Mr. James Morran had 23 killed. It appears that a number of mongrel dogs of the hound breed have been heard frequently during the summer running the bush and swamps, and when -a flock of sheep comes in their way they go after them. These hounds are of no mor- tal use as farm or watch dogs-and as a rule annoy people at night by their unearthly `howling. . W'i\_/IrL<,:'McIntyre and daughter of Beamsville are visiting the former s %sister, Mrs. Moore. 1 _, ,___..-_ v_---v.-. Messrs. Will and Norman Sloan `and Walter Hunter of Barrie were; in town over Sunday. r'q`A_ rt 7 9 A an: - - I A short time ago a `motion was made in Council directing the Fi- nance Committee to consider the ad- visability of raising the sum of ten thousand dollars by way of deben- `tures for the building of further ce- ment sidewalks. It is sincerely to be hoped that the Committee will have nothing to` do with such a proposi- tion. Barrie has had sidewalks enough constructed out of the public t"ll,, and the day has come for calling Q stern `halt. We have simply allowed an old-time, out-of-date custom to fasten itself upon us. Out and away with it!, Scarcely. a meeting of. Council but there is a request put in by some ' part of the Town for additional._side- walk accommodation, and, as the lMayor-"once pointed out,pif regard l_`v`e rie "to be had for every petition a1"ng"this `line, Barrie would soon be faced with a 26 or 28 mill tax-rate. 3No_r would this be `all. "Sectional `jealousy would almost of necessity arise .and there would be n_o_,endi of trouble, . I I I *M. Ioh [Hea`s1ip ' and Mr. "_A{_ JL5 Baxter of the`-Toronto Constructxon Company, Waubaushene,.' spent _over Sunday aftheir homes here.` 1-a _ 1 The temperature last week varied from 80 -degrees down `almost to the frost vpoint. In some. -low-lying places a slight frost has been report- ed. On.- `Sunday -the temperature stood .pretty well. all day at 60 deg grees. ,_ A "There is so;1"1-<;.. talk of a. Hop her] on the evening of the 2nd." T I "Alina T 'D,..'...., ....a.....4...1......l .. 1'.-.... i Miss. A. Reive, trained nurse of `New York, is visiting Her parents here. ' s l i Misses Agnes and Mary Lu_cas of Toronto are visiting-friends 1n th1s locality. ' Geo. Malcomson and assistants are painting the outside woodwork of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. J. W. S`loanV of Toronto spent `Sunday in Town, - - _ PEI . (O n ` _Miss J. Re_ive-A entertained a [few fnends on Fnday evening. `It 1 up An: _Mr. and Mrs? (Thosfi Allan, sr., were in Barrie on Tuesday. 1111-11 7 A . D /u 4 . 4 vv*i11*T.AI,'$ Sf E$E1{s}Bwnv passed through town on Thursday. ` v- --.. ...- - A q THE FRONTAGE TAX TSYTSTEM.