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-If youewant to buy a \home for yourself on easy terms, can on W. C. Thomp's'on, oice 15. Owen St., Phone" 288a, Barrie. A ' 44-tf. . The re V department/' were on Monday morning given a run to` H. M. Dymen1; s home,,. High St.,; `where some. papers had Tbecome `ignited. No damage was done.`- t --Carey s can save you at least- 2() per. cent. on your rubbers `this `season. They" have a very large astock of `the very best makes in Canada,` and offer `every rubber in` the store at out rate'prices.' Thevvillage 0} To _ctenham is hav-' ing an estimatevmade of the cost of a `waterworks system. The` council hvas struck a `rate of. 21 mills. I -M0ore & Armstrong`. will pay railway fares Within a radius of 25 miles to " purchasers. of $10.00 or_ over on Friday or Saturday, _`Nov; g21st or` 22nd. v A considerable quantity of whiskey seized in Collingwood 0 at different `times, was last week sent do1wn. to\Ga'ughan s liquor store for ca e.. - j The Rev. G. R. Turk and Rev.) ,Dr; Booth exchanged pulpits last`- Sunday -morning. " A sa --Remember. Mot;re &- i` Armstrong will give remarkable values fo_r one Idollar on Nov. 2181: and 22nd,. ' VI IJUVLIIJ IIIIIJIII-III` I 3 _ 099000000000060000000000! v C O It ; I . Land values in` the Elizabeth `St. I section of the town are. gradually increasing with the growth of busi- ness and the rapid `building up of- the street. The removal last `week of the old Ross homestead to make way for the new Bell telephone ex- change and district plant offices, butmarks the beginning of another improvement in this part_ of the business section of the town, and with theremoval of Vair s Grocery fromg Owen St. corner to Otton s present stand next May, and the` re- moval of, Otton s Hardware to the present location `of the Iroquois restaurant, a decided change. will be effected in the business portion" of Dunlop St. The Bankxof To- ronto will `move into the corner where Vair s Gnrocery now` is," and their building which has been pur- chased by the Masonic bodies, will be turned` into ofces and more commodious quarters for the differ- ent Masonic lodges of the town. :09000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Ann nag`- --.-;---.__.. O O ' County Council `meets ext Mon- {day at 2 p.m., '_ the last session_of }the year. ` ~ - ; --For real good owers--wedding _or~ table Bouquets, `Funeral Designs, or` Floral effects, put up in the most, artistic manner, see WM. TAYLOR,~| Dunlap St.-,' Barrie. "' ` . ` EV` . A11 interdict was ned $10 and` `costs in the Police. Qourt on Mon-, day "morning, on_ information laid` by Ins`-poctor Du._- The man -,who. may m`o1-nhmg, on 1_n1ox-mauon mm by Inspector Du, The `?who 4-The W.A. of R.V.H. will hold` their. bazaar ' the Town Hall on .. , `T V A ; Thursday, ANVE: 27th. There will be} gered valuable ._;A-assistance. '- .f~jThe several, booths containing `articles elctiont of L oiers 1"esultd*- "as folk? for I 89-19 Whiteweary fancy `I'Q\,`17s: _ t I - aprons, and Also a table of. .` Pr@identf+:A..- .I.J;;Carson.__,_ '* V -home3_n'1ade Then `the sh" `f`_;{iat`7::\Tii:Pif.++3%1iSs M-. .-vamp- tpnd always Aattractive for. the. wbjlt. L; ' L ; .` V , V :2 '- ..b9ys and girls- `Afternoon tea Awi11' 2 4,155. `_`s;eg~v`ed 5 to 6` o .gIock`,_ and . 5. .. I I ttaupnsczrt `~cnn_nmnmnz tat. tczclockt. rtin;-.-.~ N. , " axed: I)Ion&Qn`*51;tof;j;y ..oe1;hgs`ett` " V ' 9 .3-ii: ",s=2i1d-+Vice-Pres.--Ja`s. M_cMartin. . 5=`;L`S<;y;-_Treas;-IIT. .Young-V ~ % -` 2-, `:1I2i1&c tO1s-`+Mis8.".i . `Agnew:-`-%= Scott.` 59M? -39W9na. :13"-L Blinettg '"` 3" G"9d'?- 'f Y;i $s?*S; . N utters- Tenders will shortly be called for the? erection of a new theatre ` for Dreamland `to accommodate over -80.0._i.people. The new theatre will he {built on the "vacant`lot about 20 feet West of the present building, an-d_ it will be complete in every de- tail for` the projection of moving. pictures, and with a stagethat may be _,'used when necessary..- All the latest ideas in construction of this class of building will be used, in- clu-ding a perfect ventilating `sys- tem, reproof construction, sloping oor, comfortable ` seating arrange- ments, etc., and a -second Simplex ' picture machine will be installed. Mr. Thos. J ohnston_ `will build the new theatre and Mr. Chas. Beattie will lease it for a term of years, `I . 1 1 I ` ` FiDI{eamland Will Have Mich] Mcire Commodious Quar- ;3;ters._--Real Estate Val- L5 ue Going up in that ` " Section . '%NEw` 'fHEATRE> i 0N ELIZABETH s'r "6'E6'c7AI 'frif1'akE"s'f" '3: cannon -oua c_ai1'*m1ou -Felt Footwear of all kinds at zero prices only at Carey s Cut Rate Shoe. Store. Women s Felt Boots from 99c per pair .up. " 4-C0mf);1re Armstrong s 1 dollar offerings` with others adver-I t_ised., I The Montreal Daily Mail is re_- sponsible for `the prediction that Lt.-Col. Currie, M.P., for North Simcoe, will be made Minister. of the1Int_erior in `succession to Hon. Mr. Roche,Vwho it claims will retire shortly. The_ `rumor is uncon- lcerngd. L ' ` L .I. L The annual convention of the `Ontario Beekeepers Association {will be held in Victoria Hall, Queen St: _E;, Toronto, next week, from Wednesday to Friday. ' The presi- dent of the association is Mr. Denis Nolan of Newton Robinson, one of the most successful apicu1tu-r- -ists "in the County. -A good pro- gramme has been prepared. "-`-Have you seen the splendid as-i sortment of hockey boots at Carey s "Cut Rate Shoe Store. Not too early to get ready I for the first ice, and "then. C_arey~ s prices are so much l1,eSs;th1i r ` t -Wait for'it! watch. for it. Dol- lar Day at Carey s Cut Rate Shoe ]Store, Friday, Nov. 21st. Your dollar will almost double its pur- chas-igg power at Ca'rey s. A . | III ` ` ` a special, meeting last week to dis- t-cuss the matter of extending the t The C`hi\1Vd7ren7 1s_ Atcivvshcietj held. Hwoundaries to include the whole. [county,_ as they now have the work for the whole county to do. Inspect~ or AG'unto'1; was present. I I'M furnished the liquor was mulcted $25 and costs. ' -You `_ can `get the Engagement "and Wedding Ring and! the Mar- "riage -License at E. H. Williams Jewelry. Store, and feel thoroughly satised thatyou have the best val- lue obtainable. ' ' `tf E Mr. P. Love s hunting party shot la ne moose near Tomiko on the 1T. & N.O. Railway. It was shipped {here on Saturday and was on ex- ghibition in Lowe s butcher shop iwindow for several days. YYVI. uvuu.uu.- ua uuvxx 1\7u:Iu1VUD. ` ' p The Mail .& Empire s special cor- respondent wired the V following despatch from` Sarnia. on Monday night: The _.ten bodies found at Port Franks to-day are from the Canadian Steamer Regina, which is evidently the unknown hull at Corsica shoal, off Port Edward- I have visited the scene and just re- turned, and my, report is exclusive and absolute; I bear messages out from crew and village oicials, all wires being down. The bodies of ten men have been found at Port Franks, bearing all indications of belonging to the steamer Regina. IA battered lifeboat 25 feet long lmarked` Regina containing tvv_o `bodies, some Regina lifebuoys, be- side the men, complete the proof. No trace of the Regina hull can be seen near,-although a rumor is cur- rent that an unknown, steamer was seen in the snow 9, mile o shore ,below Port Franks. QJINAQLAUU J\J\ V\IL\IKIrJl Mr. Wesley Adams, 6 _' of Mr. Thos. Adams, V of Hawkes one, is, also on the Regina, and a cousin of Capt, McConkey s vyvife, Mr. Du- some, of Penetang, is `mate on her. Nothing denite can be learned A of the fate/of any of these" as we go to- press, but grave fears are enter- tained. by their relatives. FFL- `nr_:1 o, Tam ,- 1 -- The Steamer` Regina, `of which Mr, Ed. Mconkey of: Barrie, is Captain, is reported to have `been lost, with all the crew,` in the storms `which swept over the Great Lakes from Friday, to Sunday. Mr. Dalton McConkey telephoned his brother, Mr. W. A. McConkey, `from the oioes of .-the steamer in Toronto `yesterday morning that the Regina was lost, but that he could nd no word whether their brother, Capt. Ed. McConkey, was saved or not. Mr. W. A. ' McConkey left for Sarnia yesterday " I 1m- `n'r_..1-,, A1 ' - '--' cm. mccouxar * REPORTED LOST on THE REGINA! \.l\J\.l\.l\.\_L l/l1J\Jll.I 2; motion waspassed to appoint a special committee to look after the electric wiring of the Collegiate. Av`.-1...-s... IWLLZ.-- 7l"L-L LL2_ 1'1 , , `I u;-a.;5 U1. usnu \/u1l.U5l.alaC- An.dre*.v-Otton--That this Board desires to express its sympathy with Mr. Marlin, prineipal of the Central School, Owing to the death of his esteemed mother. M MARRIEDt .MA.TTHEWS ---_ FIRMAN -- On ' Tuesday, November 4, 1913, in . Barrie, by Rev. E. R. J. B` `gs, Bessie W., daughter of Mr. and and Russell T., son of Mr. and :. Mrs. Thomas Matthews, Caledon East. ' Mrs. E. H. Firman, Allandale; ? Tlie reported epidemic of small- `pox in Collingwood is grossly ex- 'agg'erated and I desire oicially ito state that we have only_ a few Ecases. These are mostly of a imild nature and owing'to active_ [measures the situation is fully {under control. o..;`o.__ __._...__ __ -. _ -._ " " " ' `3' er Health. la\J\/Ll-A vs LA]. coax; uunc SUIIIU uulc. V In answer to another, query, Mr. Frawley said the entrance will be through the new building, the old stairway having been taken down. "IE2..- '11-`- -1` L1__ l`1,`I`I :- room will still take some time. t 'r_- - - -` _. --vIvQ\lJ J.\/tILL\,I.L . ` I interviewed the contractor to- day, and was informed that there was no question but that the build- ing willfbe ready by that time. The new part of the building is ; now closed in, and. work should proceed without any further `delays. The wiring and equipment of the science room and the gymnasium -..- _ That the Town- Council be re quested to submit. a by-law at `the January elections, to raise $30,000 to complete the` alterations to the Collegiate, was the substance of a. motion presented by Trustees Frawley and King and passed at .'Monday s meeting of the Board of Education. This motion followed a report presented by Chairman Frawley of the Building Commit- tee, in which it was `stated that pay- ments aggregating $16,902.97 had been made; that the debentures of $50,000 `had been sold for only $47,000; that the work of re-build- ing was not progressing as satis- Ifactorily or with the dispatch they had hoped for.- The report was adopted without comment. . ` 11-r1__, J 1 v ` ' ....v1...u\-. \,v1u1u!:11 In . When asked by Dr. Richardson if the building would be ready. for occupation by January 1st, Mr. Frawley replied: car _'_.L-.._3--- ,1 -1 `Board-of Education Will Ask Council to Submit By-law ` to CompleteWork- Ready by First- Of` Year $3o.ooo MORE R EQUIRED FOR NEW COLLEGIATE Town of Collingwood wsova ~ Barrie HUNTERS? BREAD \/Ve make a Special Bread in a_ Special VVay for Hunters and no danger of mouid or `that unpalatable '_1Qld; tj1s`te if you order %Bryson s . Phone. 26 _ Cor. Elizabeth St. .nggg,p1e._A ye.1.; .P1;&gng`2$f; an .00 PER ANNUM m Aovmc: . IQIIOLI OOPIII Thlrl CENT. Furriers Barrie's Dollar D November 21st I?-ZIEIE-Ill ESE As a Direct the Balkan W_a_1 E m(llg `- Ve ~ ( \ Sp(3( ia1 qtte ntio , to Eix `mess hm Id . `'m~l)e glad t19 111 thi ` 0 lax S W `O `,0 &y_ " ll In L` and ake use 5; 0 ` . ur semco. S 1d=`.\', Nov. lmh 1913 V 8. `I '3 I . n330a'm' H0].V_ Cmxxlmmlon. `- a.m. Matms and Holy Com- Imminn 11.1. - 1 V munion. 3.00 .p.m. (`hi -n.. 1 Ull\JI-5` rward.` A ndment D al-nan-u-v ' TIME wman YOU ARE susv % a result of Balkan War and the Tightness of Money gen- erally the prices of fur pelts allover the world have declined. Do you realize what this means ifyou purchase furs this season. You will Save 15 per eentto 30 per cent on such standard Furs as Persian Lamb, Mink, Marten, Raccoon, Sable, Muskrat, Fox, etc. The prices are bound to ad- Vance again in the near future and you will be. wise ifyou buy while the nrlnnn u ` . . IT,` _. ' , ,1 . . . . . . V - --V prices range generally lower. summons & co. FIARD Dita! Reser:;;`;md I V ` a D ivided Prots (oven I0 ts (Over); ' ml Asse , nun! mas` .rm1_ty Church .E1'11cst R. J. May Be Ordered Now. . Frank~ Jackson, Maker of Portraits. f them QI'IV ' Fthat is Make an appointment for sitting to-day. Bairie Branch. November -':l__J IE E E5! A IEEEI --L-l For Wont??? .l.J p K1111` Physician, `"4. 0' . . V . u (`11iM1'('n'.s Service and 1e (.'la.-s. Evensong and Sermosn. Ross Block, It. .O1c-e ]I0urs-.-9 to hours by appointment. 3. . 45-ly.` % " )1 :(}'I;AY', Q'sTE(_)"- EAL I -7A_lfreAd ?cANAnA. your ballking` "b y` il us your deposits, when you Wa11t,_t0 ]3ig'fI"' ` 7 `. *=. Vicar. l) I .1 - ` Manager fyill ;ts Barrie} Day wnou-:"No. 4{d} 5" Puauuun -` money `iu' ER TRIN- ?t'.'B_arr|e ; Chief King gave evidence and produced aidavits ofthe service" of summonses to Mr." Corby _s book- keeper` and manager, but had since reeeive_d- word from the Ontario License Department that it would not be necessary` for them to ap- pear. He also served "Mrs. La Frenie at Hendrie,' and made en- quiry there, but could nd nothing of any man `by? the name `of Simon Peters, "and he believed it to be a ctitious name. There was nothing sticker directing them to Simon Peters at Hendrie, and. the small `cases had the name` of the manu- facturer planed off each on all sides. ,He had observed -many -cases, `of `eluded: the evidence.- liquor coming in at the rai_1,W85f.7 de". potgbut they always ieame _1n 8111816 or half cases. and always . had {the I on the large `crates butithe smalli maker s name: on tlJe1l'_1._` Thlswni . q 1`V`A/J` .A__.__ \.J>\.A\.L\/LI` UDD\J V v -vv_v-_' ; Mr. Boys contended thatWthe.case {should not be dropped, and thought l~Mrs. La Frenie should be called-to lattempt to nd out who Simon, |Peters is. It was quite evident,,~he 'said, that a considerable, business was being done illicitly in -whiskey` ,in that territo1_'y,. and the -pfobing of the matter would give the de- partments an fopportunity to nd` out-` by whom," The liquor was,no.t, fol . ordinary , home .consumpt_ion;' olf there would sbexnbt .reason for: iat- tempted concealment Aby7e1'.8.4. f.118`t 11e, name of the maker. `_ Distillery '_ t cla.iiI1d- ;'.t11t1t}ff iSj1m0n;. Peters b0u'sht`. iLtai1 paid t'f9ri;iftf idis .I\. ll) Outta JJLIGQ A1 L svsaav, \.aUOO\/vvIo_n\aQ of I-Iendrie -Station, would Vknow? who called for the shipments. --`vuwvu when others will belcalled ; to`. try and prove who bou'ght*'the liquor. Mr. A-. E. Stone` told of the seizure by Chief King on. October, 28th, and on order of the court.pro- lduced a copy. of the shipping bill, which showed- that the `boxes were.- shipped by the Corby _Distillery: of Belleville to Simon Peters` at I-Iendrie, and that the__ express was prepaid. Mr. Stone `said hehandled n1any,such"cases in a year, and that generally the cases `were similar V t) the ones unpacked, but with the 'manufacturer s name plainly stamp- ed on them. .He.ha`d seen much whiskey shipped to Hendrie in large crates similar to the ones seized, but_ they were addressed to different names. a Once `ve boxes, as big as the `ones seized (which each held ve cases of one dozen A bottles each) went `through tol Hendrie addressed to Simon Luther, and other shipments had been made `tr: this name and others, but this was the `first one addressed to` Simon Peters. Usually when Cor- by s or other_ makes of whiskey! came to licensed dealers it was in.'. single cases` and the name of maker plainly stamped on the- boxes. As the shipment was express prepaid, = it would be put off at Hend-rie which is a ag s_tation ~ and there called. for by the owner. He (lld not know who. Simon Peters IS, or whether there is such a_`person, but I` felt sure Mrs. La Frenle, caretaker ` `YT `I . ,1) 1,..__-: t0>WIi-. e high- Jerman, act fo`r Lx`uInc 111 'uqyq.sus. V `V > v ` The. Mag.istr a_te--A `summo.nsv.'1_1ad 1 been. isud for 'the"_Corby oviclals-,5; but the-; -Department ;cu,ntermw}d!" 1t. . I I - Simon Peters, called -Courit three times on `Tuesday ciiorning when the enquiry into the circum- stances of the shipment and subse- quent seizureof tendozen` quarts" of. Oorby s whiskey at Allandale Ex- press Office was ' slatedffor a hear- ing. . _But there was no response, and RM. Radenhurst asked Mr. -Boys, who was acting for the local authorities, if he had any other wit-" nesses to - call. A 1 h After hearing the` ` evidence of l1\1"r. A. E. Stone, express agentat `Allandale, and Chief King, the case Wvas enlarged until next -Monday, when be called to` and prove who Failed fo Aime} ta 1~:;g..., Court.-%- Evidence Given` That Much `I-llicit' I . | Whiskey Trade % % THE INTERESTS; OF VBARME `vb As suggested agyear ago, a re] arrangement of the prizes for the lawns, etc., was made, and the re: sult was a wider `interest in this feature. of our work. It was pleas- ing to see that all parts of the _-town,` were represented in the list of prize-1 winners.` Inthis connection it is: tting that the services of Messrs. McMartin and Carson _ should be recognized. These gentlemen, whose beautifully kept premises were among the leaders `in previous years, declined to enter the competition, and undertook the task of judging, which they, performed in a most "pain-staking", thorough, and. conscien- tious manner. _ They further show-' ed their desirento help along this good` work byidonating a special prize of $5.00 in one of the class- es. ; The work of the `Town `Im-' provement has no more enthusias-3 tie advocates than these two gentle-' 1men, and the, street on which they -reside gives 81111318 evidence` that their good: examiile is `being f0110W- ed ..by.' `others; T ~ s n.a_-__*..1. ___ ..1....`...:... _ . " . ..+` ' 1 91` `U_)' Uuucx -3. Althoughgwe already pay outin` prizes for .-Town Improvement (to lawns, etc.) about 20_ per cent. more than the` `grant from the town, I believe that an effort should be made to` extend the work still further, . -so. that , all classes. of the. Iicommunity. would be induced to co-operate in this plan to . beautify `the whole town bi theximprovement l of. the "individual properties. ' 14.`... " 4.: ,4-`Inn i1.-1-|1r\`:_` 1 !-A....!`L.... OI. 13116. luuzlvluuux ylvyvtuavuo _. . In . the distribu.tion `of the Jubi-p lee Celebration. surplus, our society` Mwaey generously . remembered by a grant. Of $50. '- It. was very` grati- Lfying to'___th`e oicrs and directors `to:-have? the Socity s work for `the A;tbvli`I fthuse recognized.` _ ` ` " " -~----L----- -- .~.v.nJ- n vu:':n1I .The books. had been audited and * found correct by Messrs. R. J. r Fletcher and F. Marr, to whom_-the ' thanks of _ the ymembers are due. , President s Address sMr._J. A. `MacLaren,_ the _retiring . president, made the following `ad- dress: a v p . ` In presenting my annual report --I am pleased to be able to state that the year just 1. closed has been the .most successful in the history of. the society. Our membership increased .by`24, the total being 294. About 175 have already re- newed for 1914. Financially the society is in .p excellent p condition, showing a larger balance notwith- standing the increased amounts paid out for prizes anclpremiums. For this condition of affairs a very large measure.of credit is due the secretary, Mr. Young, who _has de- voted much time and `energy to the work. The fact that we give `back in premiums more than the value of the membership fee is `becoming better known among `the citizens generallyi and there is a growing ap- preciation of they work the society is doing for the improvement of the Town. These things'being con- 3sidered, it should not be a difficult matter to still. further increase the nxembeiship. The fact is, the `people should come -after the bene- ts we have to`offe1?,}s;~i11stead of re-- quiring to be solicited for their fee. - r I I I l I Ltown `t-nus 1'BUUg1uz.uu. The suggestion oered a .1 year! ago to hold the Flower .`Show't in the ` Agricultural ' Building was " fol- vlc-w'ed `out, and" `the change was a: gngrked. _improvem9nt,_ this building l_Siug`_ much `. ;more' convenient for" ;gxl1fib,itorVs;,.` :8n7dfaordi_I;g, _at much `V ,a_bet}t__e7 i';;`.V;;)~p:(rt\iXiif;y? 61,` displaying. the `lb.:;t;a1id` OW.'ei*St-gto bestT: LV adV \pt- ` I ' `$1..-.'P3" : ~ 7~1"...=,".`T::~.` -':'`'_t + K - - % mhmxx ; :12? = .--,-vvv - esavt1J4'{15" LKUIH`. 3 at the annual meeting of thgisso-` ciety held in the `Police Court -last Friday evening. The attendance of members . was [not large, but this does not indicate any-- falling o in `interest in the af'airs of the society or in the members delight in the growth of " beautiful owers, but rather that the members are willing to do their` portion in producing the `owers to make up "the show," -and allow the oicers and directors to conductithe `business of the so~ ciety. A A ._That` % the 'B .rriev 'Hbr .t-,ic`ulLt'ura`1 and Town Improvement Society [had an" incrgqse of vtwenty-four! _ . ..__`.-v . \IOfO\JIlU LJUULGIIJ lhad an ' "increase twenty-four.` members, A with 'an increase _in[ ynances; and a healthy 7 growth in the general `interest in -oricultural a.nd'.improtvement of property, `were most .~_gra-tifyinge facts. , brought out ' *3`; annual ~rnnn4-5... -I A`--' uoRr L.socIm { ANNUAL smnsmm ' Is GRATIFYING aAam:.'_ `rm: and