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There was a special meeting of the members of the Public Library last Thursday evening, the 17th, to consider the question of making it a. `Free Public Library. [Board Asks Council to Sub- I mit Matter to Ratepayers. 1 Mr. Hunter Explains I V The `Details. MAKE LIRBARY PURELY FREE lNSTlTU'l10N YOU CAN BUY NEW TEETH B U T A Good Dentrifice is Cheaper M_ost.p'eopie can have their natural teeth all their ddI$ by takin proper ; care of them. Proper care means thorouh and regular cleansing with a harmless antiseptic dentrifrice. ` will prevent all further decay. It will whiten your teeth. harden your 1 tuna and keep them healthy. Mur- llllalsantlsepc god all germs are destrolled by Its use. Don t` be misled by the appear ance of a Piano or by Sa1emern s arguments. The lasting tone qualities ,are its real value. -_--`l--vvv-w Canada's Grie-atvest Piano Over 20,000 purchasers of Get- hard Heintzman Pianos in Can- ada can testify to its enduring tonequalities. _ Your Present "Instrument f.ak- en in exchange. ' {as .00 Pet: 'ANNUM IN Auwmq: IIIOI-I COPIII 1'51!!! GENT` Cn;ent Payments Arrang- Cerbarb '3i!1'_[11al1 * (1..-.-..`l..0.. r1.....-L.... Robertson 3 (Continued on Page 6) 1 Door East of Ba-1-HQ I;Io_tel. MURILLIO ` Tooth Paste DRUG STORE ONLY AT DBVLIN & MURCHISON mzrr;c1* -r1'r'r11vc -Uwnmzwnzn - NEW EMPRESS STEEL RANGE Absolutely - Free - _9f 1 Cost When you consider that the New Empress Steel Range will saveyouone _ton of coal per year youwould soon have 11'. free of all cost. Coupledwith this you _W1l1 experience the greatestbaking satisfactlonof your life. L. LXI. No. 4:" VI-ili THOMPSON cncw. Pun unuaunj " Barrie A Cutters--: L suggestion` / imparted V sAL1`.s3M_zN%:- -g1. V ' . - V 0 ' l a 0 I > ' o ' 5 See our stock and let,u_sgxve you our prlces. This 15 all new stock, 15' Just to hand and we are sure we can interest you. cums . nucs . LINOLEUMS . AND . noon . OILCLOTI-IS i r~"r"i/Ii3:1?I7.i"1{c1: "oi!'s1{r'is2:i:L``x}\%$o1e1%s};x.T Nice ne quality. LAII sizes. .Per pair . .. . . . . . . .. .25c and 35c or 3 pairs for $1.00 T LADIES Heavy Weight ~.Fi`ne Quality Cashmere Hose, plain ah-d Ribbed. ~Sizes 8V2 to 10. Per-Pair...V... 50c r .BOY_.S e I-IOSE-Heavy Ribbed Scotch. geringl. Hosiery for beys. 5 This is positively the best wearing line sold in the County. Sizes 5 to Per pair 25c to 500 BOYS Extra Heavy . Ribbed Worsted Hose. Sizes _5 to 10. Special per `pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;.' . . . . . . . . .`. . . . . 25c - T MEN S Black or Heather Mixture Woolen Sox. ne All sizes. .. ..'- _, 25c -rw. -"*-"-'-'-"V ""V'-'3'-_-,0 0-IN-v VJ. -hIilUAaL1kI vvvvz. vvuuw usuu auogqvvxmwu -- earment . . . . . . . . . 75c. and $1.00 LADIES Vests and Drdwers, Watsdn s. make, white or natural? , olor, cotto n_A andi wool` mjxed.: A g_arme_nt. .. .. .. . 25c, -35c and 50c ' LME.N S Extra Fine _Imporbed_ Woolen Underwear. Per Suit . . . . . . % j . . . .........$3.Q,$4.50a}nd-$5-00 %' Mms Ema Heav)*'ARiH>Ve(Vi`Sv11vi;'t':sf a:t1'n;i7]'f)'1"9.'v;'e1's`.""S`t.:'a.1`1'fi'e`1 s:m-A garment .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $1.00 MEN S Heavy Ribbed ` Wool Shirts and Drawers. All sizes. -A garment . . . . . . . . . 75c % ME1I s Medium Wight Ribbed }s1L{rt' Qilt -]5;'9: \;ve;'s`.- L1'1':'si'.~.l.' "slan- e1d s guarantee; A garment, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . $1.25 `'1' -v~s on _ ;_ v \IIlIlI'VI7Gl gun uu:t_:- auu VV pnucu 15 LC ()CS,E LJIICICT9 ~wcar` made; `f*:\_rery garment is .'guAarant eedand if it sh`:-inks we will give, you a pew one. . _ ` . _ T . % Nl S Heaviest Weight izibbed shirts! and % Drawers. Stane1d s guarantee; all sizes. A garment . . . . . . . . .' ;_.. . . .. . . .. .. ..,.$1.50 -I-1-1\vur~o -1-' us -u-o . -- - -4 7 ABOUT YOUR FALL `AND ' wlnfak` . UNDERWEAR v . `Wash your "white silk .g1oves,-_hose- %` iery and in: _oo1 and dry themin will not be disappointed '-by. their fuming A. , ' 056 " MEN S Plaih Knit TWoo1 Shigt ana bm{n.{ `. j.f 50c LADIES Penman s hNatu_ra1 Wool Vests and` Drawers. . . . $1.25` LADIES Wa.tson_ s make of Natural` W601` Vests `and-__Dra.we;re;M ;r.- dan. D; rnouson. Under-w4eaI" for Lien`. VandTW_o'_menL is t}`1e.best l.:I'n_d_er- 1-` n1nHA Wuynmu ma.-.-..-no. :.....-..__..--_1 _..j 31- 2.. _u_ 2 THE % Tirui m <'I'i:n:sts or lIAnnI:, 1 u: couurv or smco: And me` b,ouImII_ or cA'NA'D"A"OlllIC|1'ERlON. V) ABARRIE. COUNTY 01? SAIMCOE, OTNTARIO, OCTOBERQ24, .912 EMPORIUM ..T<>.h:t1 5Ba,tma`.n,- was .s;entened_1 { ;t<>`; r2eV hanged at vWh.itby on Dec. 19th` for the murder. -of _his`wif\e,A was .f_or-_ `,Ya?1i-393?? `mP19d -`as Ian.tai1Orvin.[ We Sold Seven John Deere L Plow: during the `past three. weeks--and they are all giving the best of s_a_tisg_-_ fgction. If "you _neecTe a_ plow let refer you to one of these `sat- ised customers, Warnirg to Brides Insist on hav- 'ing a `NEW! E M P R E SS RAN GE for your kitchen and make your husband hap- PY? ih the said ' factory the manufacture of shoes and keep it steadily in oper- ation and managed by` employees 1i_v-_ ing in the Town. The company to employ from 1st February, 1913, to 1st February, 51914. at least 25 hands for 300 days of- 10 hours each, and after 1st February,` 1914`, t.o"1st February, `/1921, at. least 75.-hands. - I The company {Vin keep the bend- ings insured to their full insurable, `value, any insurance money collected I in case of re to be used for the` pur- ; pose of rebuilding. - ' ` 011 - nu _The company will, immediately `after the 1st Nov., 1912, commence the construction -of additions to the ? buildings in order to make an up-to- ` date shoe factory, -and will before the 9 1st of February, 1914, expend on ad- tditions or alterations at lease$2500`, } and before. the last named date have \the factory completed with accom`o- i dation for at least 75 hands. I The company agrees to pay from- 1914; to 1921 at 1ea.stA$3O,0OO a year in .wages_, that sum not to -include any wagw paid to `any "person not a resi- denj: of- the town. - E The company `to furnish evidence 5 as to amount-expended-on alterations and Wegges. ` - ` I `.1 V The Town to convey` the propert to `the company in fee simple, if all] the above _ conditions- are complied] with. % ` | . . Reeve Bennett read the draft agreement over, and on motion of Ald. Sarjeant and Dep.-Reeve Wes- ley, the terms were unanimously `ac- cepted. . ` The property in the transfer is known as the Spencer Industrial i.Factory, and it became the property of the Town on mortgage. It is describ- ed as parts of water lots 28, 29 and 30 on the south side of Dunlop St., and north of the railway tracks. and the price is $1500. Den`.-Reeve Wes- ley, seconded by-Ald. Clark then in- troduced the _by-law ratifying the saie.~ ' ' ' `The cc;mpan5; agrees to my taxes, irates and local impruvementsv 1 after the. 31st of, Dec., 1912. u . .1: 1 The agreeement is dated 11th Oct. 1912, and is between the Town and 1Undrhi11s, Limited, the price as fstated is $1500, payable $150 on 1st Nov, 1912, and $150 on 1st Nov., -1913, 1914, 1915, .1916, 1.917, 1918, -1919, 1920. The balance of $150 on 1st ,Nov.,' 1921, without interest. ` If the company does not expend $7 ,- 000 on additions and alterations be ?fore 1st Nozrember, 1921, the agree- ` ment shall beome null and` void, and property revert to the town free. pf, all claims of the purchamr. . I H inspeotion being. made of recent improvements to the _ re department, the meeting d'id not open unil 7 .50, but when the .-machinery started to move everything went. smoothly. A1d.v Bunker, Fraser and were the absentees. the prem-T L ises until default is made, * I Owing to Mayor Cowan being un- expectedly called to -his home, Reeve Bennett was acting-head of the "civic parliament at the special meeting convened yon Thursd-av evening to consider the sale of some property to Underhills, Limited; and the ratica- tion of an 'a:g-reemenmt with that rm to start a shoe factory here. Every- thing went satisfactory, ~ and ' the ,whole proposition, as worked out by the Board of Trade, went through ] without a dissentientyoice. { WHERE L. O:'_F-I'G2FI`T_`i Sevventy-five Hands To Be 5 Work By February 1. .s7,ooo ADDITION TO ~ SPENCER BUILDINGS` From the Dominion Alliance office of Toroanto, the following list of ; places has been handed out, where" Local Option contests are` `denitely in progress. Municipalities have up to November let, to present petitions. 'Cities--Peterboro. - ' L 2, Town_s--Aurora, V C ar1etor 1 Plooe,` ._'C1intoIi, 1 ~ Forrest, 1` Ingiersoal; r Kinca_.r- . `dine, Lindsay} .Meafor1i;`o Mt[ ;.Fd`1_~est,; . -North: Bay, 0sha.'via,- `Pembroke Pe- . mnea, : i;_wh:tby..eoWingham : 1 "`1'r:11-`."_.'.-.v -. _._.1}.-.. . .1's-..r-.'c,1 .1. Council Enilotses Agreement 1 A`. -"3'93 FY 3d [Shoe Factory Terms Good l \lA`\JA\JUu, AJIAALA-Ayah, I I Ll`AVIl", ,' `V1 _&L|BA.I|AA.l.&o , p . F Villages. Ba.ncroft,. Bayeld, i%Brus:sAe1ss Dutm Ezanvillea Exeter. TERMS OF AGREEMENT. of `Trade . U. r-Lunzg WILL TAKE `PLACE [CHARGE HOLD-UP V- . The remains were brought to Bar! rieVon Monday afternoon for burial in,the Union Cemetery. The Special committeeof Detroit! aldermen` eippointed to investigate. the reasons in for the so-called coal famine, went to Windsor and found .274 cars of hard coal by actual count standing on the tracks in the yards` of .`the Michigan Central `Railway, and Ca.nadia.n Pacic Railway. I Sh is `also `survived by her elder sister, Mrs. Grace Telfer of Mimico, Ont., who, with the deceased,. were the sole members of Lt.~Co1. John. MzicVVatt s family. v Of this number 224 cars Werel billed to Detroit,, 52' were shipped across the river, 28 Michigan Central and 24 on the C.P.R., via the Pere Marquette. In the M,C`.R. yards 168 cars, loaded to the brim .with hard coal of all varieties, were left stand- ing. The members of the committee charge that Detroit dealers are de- liberately ordering the coal to be held up in Windsor, and are paying` demurrage of $2 a car per day on `it in" order_ to enable them to get higher prices. The coal men deny; the allegation, indignantly, and say' they have made no attempt to `hold- up consumers for higher prices. . ' {\.._' 4.1.3.... :1. Ana-On:-s J>`\nln The late _Mrs. MacWatt was a daughternof Ltd.-Col. John MacWatt-, one of 'Barrie s' rst merchants, and the rst Clerk of the Simcoe County Council. She was born. "in Barrie, and resided in her younger days in` Collingwood as well as in Barrie, leaving here with her husband and! family for Sarnia on his appoint-, ment to the bench about twelve years ago. She had been in delicate health for manywyears. _She is survived by} her husband and two daughters: Miss Brodie MacWatt of Sarnia, and (Jean) Mrs; Au.brey.Go.wer\ Poole of Denver, COL, who have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends in their; sorrow. [ The Telegram states that a large number of telegrams containing sym- 1. pathetic messages were sent from; Toronto. L . [ ` LUEI \}'JLJI.LLJl\/I C .L'\Jl. ~IIIaIl\/L tr. A\.I\/\.1o | [ One thing is certain that many; | local dealers are not making as much; money on the coal they are selling at`, $8.50 per ton to-`day as they did on What they sold? at $6.00 a few years: ago. Many small dealers have to pay` a prqlalmium of $1.00 a. ton to get coal` at a . Death of Mrs. Mcwatt Occur-' -red at Sarnia Home on Thursday.-Buried " Here Monday. I I Last Thuisday night game the news'of the death at Sarnia of Mrs. Ma'cWatt, wife of Judge D. F. Mac- Watt, Past Grand First Principal of the Royal Arch Masons. Fenelbn. Falls, Fergus, GeorgetoWn,!. G.1enooe,_Markda1e, Morrisbu-rg, New- { boro-,_ Pt. Stanley, .Parkhi11,_ Spring-1 Tivewton, Thamesville, ;Vic- Etcxgtfia .Ha1fI3or, '_Wes1;port. . JUDGE M ACWATT FORMER BARREITE ' - IS BEREAVED; '~"_V" V7'V"IV _ " V 5 '1 To.wnships.-Amherst Island, A1"- thur, Brock, Brom1ey,'Bu.r1eigh and Anstruther; Cornwall, Christie, Dela- wlare-, Drummo-ndi, Dunwich, East-' hope N,, Easthop L S., Ellice, Elma, Escott Front, Esquesing`, Fitzroy, ` _f.Hibbert, H-i1_:nswor_th,, King, Landon,` _ Lfoutgh; Maldbn; M<:Ki1l`op. Monteag1e,, .Mor'1-.i3,._.:Nichol,. Gower, No;--` Fembmke, : Sandwich East,` iimammi 1 `J. G. KEENAN, wmrf `coNsu_)EVR ANYTHING BUT THE BE_ST 2 BY COAL MENi Local Repreaentatxve--Battle's Popular Music More = Mr. Hunter said that the directors {of the_Mechanics Institute in 1890 - (20 years ago) built the present lib- rary building for the benet of the ipublic, and it was about the rstin `the province outside of the cities, so that the town had been well abreast. .with other places in public matters. .But within ve years afterwarcl ` (1895) the Legislature passed an Act making it and -all other Mech- anics Institutes throughout the Province into what are now known `as public libraries. This left it no future as an independent institution, -but to become part of the municipal system of the town, but this step had. never been taken, however, and the . Directors had been trying to keep the institution running on the small sums paid in by young people for something to read, in addition to fix- ed grants by the government and To.wn Council, The Provincial Government had given half the amount of all the books purchased, and naturally want- ed every library in the province to be free, so that the whole com- munity could enjoy the use of the books, and not merely the two hun- rdred members who use them annual- ly. The policy of the present On- tario Government is the same as that of its predecessor in regard to this question. Only `a few weeks ago the government inspector of public lib- raries had said to him that it is not in keeping with a town like Barrie to be in the same class` as the villages because-nearly all the towns of any size have. adopted the free library system. The question for the rate- payers of Barrie in the near future then will be,.not so much a nancial one (although it has a nancial side) J. M. Bothwell, the Chairman of the Library Board, was chosen the chairman of the meeting. After a few introductory remarks, he called upon the secretary, A. F.'Hunbcr, to explain the question to the members.