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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924 7 O\VEN STREET Masonic Temple Building Successor to J. Arnold Insurance FUNERAL DIRECTOR FOR SALE Page Seven Five Points Barrie. 20 Owen Street HAMPTON E. J ORY - King Block, Barrie Ql TDANCF-prn I559, Caxuualfv, Plain Clan: Aulnrnn-:1 LOWEST PRICES mms L The Welcome Sign NOW .152 {T,1:!E_%T%1!"_'!`3.. People Shop Where They Feel Welcome yaxu u; uux. vvvAAu. u-.;vn.s, uu\.Au\,uuu. 1.x. DOMINION EXPRES MONEY ORDERS "l"..l-..L.....-- . f\1.... `IQ ! l)..-:.l...._- l:An UUIVIHV IIJIV LAFKILD Telephones : Ofce (C OBODY asked you, sir, said the coy maiden. And in matters of buying, as well as in affairs of the heart, most people like to be asked. Often, indeed, they insist on a proper invitation. 3 OOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOO9. 1 He is a, wise n'1e1'eh:1nt who keeps the welcome sign constantly before the communitiy in the form of A.1)\'ER _L`1SEMENTS in the home paper. There everybody sees it-fo1' ADVERTISING is the light of directed attention. / . Speak 111:. Llght up. Hundreds of good customers are listening for your message and watching for your welcome sign in The Northern Advance. RIDER CONTROL DJ 1710115 I \Jl\l.Jl'..l\ 183, Residence 549. Presenting the report of the Presbytcry s Committee on Church Union at the meeting in St. James Square church, Rev. Dr. E. A. Henry stated that sixty-seven members of Presbytery, of whom forty-seven are ministers in charge, had declared their intention of going` into the United Church of Canada. A mem- ber of the court questioned the in- clusion of ministers assistants and directors of religious educaton, but Dr. Henry insisted that these assist- ants were members of Presbytery, and that their names should be in- cluded among the pastors. TORONTO MINISTERS I FAVOR CHURCH UNION READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS. R. G-. MANUEL Mgr. Phone 721 Cochrane, Ont, Nov. 14.-As a remedy for conditions which evi- dence procured at an inquest here showed existing in town, :1 coroner s jury has recommended government control of liquor. The inquest was into the death of Abraham Hardisty, an Indian, found dead near the Northland hotel over two months ago. The proceeclings had been ad- journed ve times awaiting the re- turn of the victim's stomach from Toronto, where it had been sent for analysis. (Tnrnnpr 'T`m-_l pxnressed sur- THRESHERS MUST NOT DO DAMAGE TO HEGHWAYS On Saturday, Nov. 8, the High- way Trafc Branch of Ontario charged Frank Steele, a thresher, with damaging the new provincial highway with the anges on the rear wheels of his threshing engine. Mr. Grant of the Highway Traffic Branch came from Toronto to re- present the branch in the police court action. mu. Cy-an+ +nn'lr 9 vm-v 3-pnsnnnbln court action. Mr. Grant took a very reasonable View of th-e affair and merely asked for a conviction with no damages at- tached. On Saturday, Nov. 15, a conviction was registered and Steele was remanded for sentence. This is the rst case of this kind -to appear in the courts of Simcoe County and was merely a formal one for the sake of p1'op21g'an(la to show the threshers that henceforth they will be held responsible for such damage. The Province has put a great deal of money into highways in this part of Ontario and measures must be taken to protect them. M1- (11-nnf cn H121`. H19 must be taken to protect them. Mr. Grant suggested that the threshers in Simcoe adopt the plan used by their confreres in York. It is the common practice there to put a set of wooden blocks, wired to- gether, on the rear wheels which ll in the spaces and prevent any injury to the roads. Some such means must be put into practice hereabouts if the threshers would protect themselves and do the thresh- ing for farmers along` the highway. Mrs. Victor Matthews, whose hus- band works for T. A. Whiteside, Essa, was recently .compelled at the point of a pistol to hand out all the money she -had in the house. Mr. Matthews had left the home in the morning. Soon -two men in an old Ford car drove up and swing to the house, one of them pointed a pistol at Mrs. Matthews and demand- ed all the money she had. "l.`e1'ried, she went and got what there was, which, fortuunately, was __not much and threw it at them. The men evi- denfcly were disappointed and then asked for something to eat, but Mrs. Matthews refused. They then drove away. Mrs. Mzirtthews was so -upset that she did not report the matter till her husband came home at night. Next day Constable Williams and Prov. Constable Rich were notied, but no trace of -the hold-up men could be found. ELMGROVE WOMAN HELD UP AT POINT OF PISTOL R. G. Macpherson, a native of Erin, Ont., who `grew up at Guelph, and lived in Barrie before going west, is being pushed by the Van- couver 1egi`s1a:tive members as a suc- nnecnr rfn CF` (1 Wnrln, K.(`... as iegisiamive memoers as a suc- cessor to F. C. Wade, K.C., as British -Columbia Agent-General at London and the appointment is con- sidered likely. He was a member for Vancouver in the Dominion Pa_r- liament from 1903 to 1909, when he was appointed upostmaster of Van- couver, retiring a few years ago to go into the insurance business. FORMER BARRIE MAN ` FOR IMPORTANT POSITXON And this special treatment of yours for sleeplessness, doctor? I strike at the cause .or the ori;;in of the trouble. Oh, I see. Well, you ll nd the baby in the adjoining room. Only don t strike him too hard. CORONER S JURY 'lN ADVISES GOVT. ayyuaLuu\.v.;. Fair `Ste-nog'ra.pher-"It s not wasted. I ve only been here three months and I'm already engaged to the junior partner. l Efciency Expert-You are wast- ing too rnuch thne on your personal appearance. `D.-.:.. GA-nnnuunnknu Y4-7n nn+ The Northern Advance Sir Adam `Beck testied before the commission investigaitin-g the Settell charges on Wednesday. He opened his remarks by declaring on June of next year he would be celebrating a quarter century of service to the Hydro. At the inception -of the commission he had agreed to serve upon it without compensation, and with only `two uperqujsites, a motor car and -chau eur to be always at his disposal, an arrangement made necessary by the number of Hydro meetings being held in all parts of the -Province, and his expenses at the Queen s hotel. 7I`|L:,. ..........~....-...A..A- 1.-.] 1fIPI"f\l1 -I"... SIR ADAM BECK TESTIFIES REGARDING SETTELL CHARGES wquuuu a uAvu\.A. This arrangement had lasted for six years. At that time, Sir Adam stated, the Government was approached by the ml-unicipalities ad- vocating that I should be paid a lump suni for services rendered. It can do no hann to 1nenon--because other ngs have been Inenoned which would make it appear that I am more grasping than I really am- that I was caed into the Counc room by the Prime Minister and tendered a cheque for $45,000, be~ ing told that it was to be my com- pensaon for the past x years The leader of the `Opposition was in accord. T Lu-..l +1-.n v~.'|nn:~nn4- nnnn winnnn ni- 3.CC01'(l. I had the -pleasant experience, at any rate, of refusing this cheque, for I (lid refuse it, Sir Adam contin- ued, stating", the reason I did so was because it was pretty nearly under- stood by the people that I was to serve .gra.tuitously, and to have `ac- cepted the cheque would have made it appear that I had been working all along in -the expectation of such an arrangement. I 7111... ..1l.....:.-....- 1Vt\l\-In 0.`... A ,l.n.-.-. I an u; ; uub\.uuL,uu. The following year, Sir Adam went on, an Act of the `Legislature had given him a salary of $6,000, the same as a Minister of the Crown, and a small apartment had been se- cured for him in the Alexandra Apartments in lieu of the Parliament Building quarters, which the -Crown Ministers at that time enjoyed. Later "his apartment had been changed for a larger one rto accom- modate -Sir Adam s family, the ad- ditional cost ibeing `borne by Sir Adam. The .Hydro chairman denied ztllat `truckloads of furniture had been taken from the apartment to London, declaring that only Lady Beck s personal property had been removed following her death. All furniture which had been purchased by -the Hydro was still in the apart- ment, -as a recent inventory by Hydro accountants had shown. T1 nun---.un.l all A41-nu. A-J-' 4-L. thin LL: \|L\J uvvuunnvu A u u u . AIa\: gnu-v He answered all other of the thir- ty-nine charges and at the conclusion W. .S. Brewster, Commission Coun- sel, then formally stated that every charge which had been made in the Settell letter to Sir Adam, which had any connection with the Hydro, had been investigated. He invited any person present who desired to do so to supplement the testimony given. .Tmlo-:2 Rnirlpr will -transmit his Judge Snider will transmit his nding in the evidence to the Gov- ernment. amuysls. Coroner Tucker expressed prise at the verdict and sent the jury back, but they stuck to their verdict of death from natural causes and their rider urging govern- ment sale of liquor. The following from the Bystand- er at the Ofce Window in the To- ronto Globe of recent date will no doubt be of interest locally since the cultivation of the Glad has been taken up by so many here. U.I"..u.lAm,n.n Md-`+-nu null +1-.nnn unu\L:u my u_v av uu.un_y up;-... oGardeners often call them rglads, and there is excuse, for the long Latin name over which even the experts differ as to whether the accent should be on the first, second or third syllable. In the shortening of the word they have a good preced- ent in the word mums, also of the autumn season. he , ,.,x,, auuuulun acaauu. Some writers say it was an early form of gladiolus growing in Pales- tine meant by the Great Teacher when he compared the glory of the lilies of the eld with that of Sol- omon. The plant belongs to the numerous iris family, which includes the crocus and other varieties. Its Latin name arises from the fact that its long, at, narrow leaves resemble a sword, gladiolus being a (limin- utive of gladius, a sword. ur\..,.-._ \r:..L.-..:.. .l:.) ........,.H.:..,.. tam LIDLVU `UL snuxuuo, u. AJvvuA.\n. Queen Victoria did something for the spread of the gladiolus after her visit to Napoleon III. of France. A -prominent feature of the oral de- corations was the row of gladiolus spikes in sunken glass vases through- out the common border plants. T. e ect was so pleasing that the Queen thereafter gave special patronage to this flower and frequenters to her court followed her example until there grew up for it a demand al- most unprecedented in the history of flowers. I ...-. . - . _,__,,. uuw\:1 a. Early wild species have received much attention and have been vast- ly improved. Specialists in Ontario have won wide~recognition, and of late years no other plant, except possibly the daihlia, has made so much advance. One variety, the `Lacinutis, is priced at $1,000 per bulb ! are 5 Do you know your son ? Does he tell his innermost secrets to you? He surely tells them to some one. Are you that one ? Do you ever go hiking with your boy `.7 - In if n f'rv-H`.v rlrm] ? YOU. What are you doing for him? Your responsibility goes beyond the providing of food, clothing, shel- ter and education. I-In = nrnn nf H-in r-ifi-Inn: nf tn- mu: ID vux, nu. mu. unu-u\...u V- vv morrow. Perhaps a statesman, a merchant,! a doctor. What kind of a citizen will your anh um v WHAT KIND OF FATHER ARE YOU ? 51$! V! can To Place Your Ordr for :2.-.'l\&3;1um-e1.1'(.>.1`- Memorial By H. H. Layburn Does your son know you as you 1-n '7 oy : Is it a fty-fty deal? You want him to do things for nu U11 [)8 5 Th,` min --5' .-\:'e ABOUT THE GLADIOLUS nu euucauon. 15 one of the cltlzens of to- \nl On November _10, 1924, the stark visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Vililier at Hog s Hollow, now part of the city of Toronto, and left Sarah Villier; to-day she is Mrs. John Spanhouse, ia centenarian, and an honored resident of Creemore. Mrs. Spanhouse has lived under ve reign- ing sovereigns, and remembers dis- tinctly the ascension of Queen Vic- toria `oo the throne in 1837. n.. M.m.I..u 'r`1-.m.1mn~:u:mv nnv CREEMORE RESIDENT PASSES ONE HUNDREDTH MILESTONE toria no the throne in 12551. On Monday, Thanksgiving Day, the citizens of Creemore honored this aged resident by giving a birth- day party, when Mrs. Spanhouse was the guest of honor. The Allen Hall was nicely decorated for the occasion. AJbOV0 the chair in which sat the honored guest were the gures 100. In the body of the hall were three long tables, at which the guest of honor and about 75 of her de- scendents, even unto the fth gen- eration, sat down. On the head table was a large wbirthday cake beautifully decorated with lighted candles. "Plan n`nn:1\ xxyna nnnnninll l-uy Wnnxrn cancues. The chair was occupied by Reeve Scott, who having had a long ac- quaintance with Mrs. Spanhouse, told of her many sterling qualities, and related some of the early pioneer experiences on the south line, Osprey, where for fty years Mrs. Span- house made her home. Short speech- es were made by several present, af- ter which Mr. Scott read an zuldress and Mrs. Spanhouse was presented with 100 one dollar crisp bills. Rev. F. Sullivan, on behalf of Mrs. Spanhouse, replied, tlianking the Reeve and citizens for the ,'.;`-JO(l wishes expressed and the gift. I`wn uvnrxks an-n Mrs. Srmnhmjse wishes expressed and me gin. Two weeks ago Mrs. Spunhouse went to the poll and cast her vote, probably being the oldest voter in Ontario. She has many relatives and friends and enjoys motoring`. About the aeroplanes which she sees hover- ing over Camp Borden and the radio, she shakes her head and ren1a.rk.s, what next. A 144', an Tnnrv *hn+I11-nilii i1nc w-innv Let us get it let- tered and ready for setting early in the spring. A large stock of all kinds of gran- ite and marble to choose from. "what next." A life so long naturally has many trying experiences, and 'ner s has been no exception. Following her husband s death thirty years ago, she lived for a time with her son John at Badjeros, but fteen years ago he met wi ch an untimely death in his home. Following` the tragedy in her family she came to Crcemore and has lived with her dau_;:`liter, Mrs. Veitch. I ve heard of foreign pleasures that are very fair to see But football, glorious football, is quite fair enough for 1* c ; And he who will not play, or pay to see the manly game, May lie forgotten in the grave, an unremembered r.ame. Intercollegiate rugby is over for the season, the three contest-.u1ts be- ing Toronto University, Queen s Uni- versity, Kingston, and McGill Uni- versity, Montreal, with the result that Queen's wins for the third con- secutive year, leaving: the other two tied for second place. Tf will hn nf intprr-sf. to all lnval tied 101- second place. - It will be of interest to all loca lovers of outdoor sport to know that the captains of the two senior teams are sons of graduates of Bar- rie Collegiate Institute. Captain Pep Leadley of Queen s is the son of the late William Leadley, an old Vespra boy and a member of an old family in that township. Bones Little, captain of M-cGi1l"s team, is :1 snn nf W. (7. Little. Ottawa. and 1..1me, captain 01 iVl'(:u11l"S Lczull, 15 a. son of W. C. Little, Ottawa, and a nephew of E. A. Little and Dr. A. T. Little, Barrie. These two young men are medical students in their last year, and not only do they know how to play rugby, but are equally successful in their yearly \'`l.TY1, Toronto papers, commenting on the nal rugby game at Montreal on Saturday, had the following to say : Libtle s Final Game The real hero of the day was Captain Bones Little. The McGill leader was playing his nal rugby g*a.~in.e and there could have been no more tting performance than the manner in which the sturdy half- ` back concluded his athletic career. All season Mc.Gil1 has seemiiigly lacked a drop kicker. Saturday V Little emerg'ed as the player and his two eld goals in the rst period `_ provided the necessary incentive to send the team back on its triumphant march. His line smashing` was a big factor in the win, while his dc- _ fensive play and his generalling: of the team were equally important _ factors. He was carried shoulder - hi;.~;h to the eld house after the strug'gI.e had ended. The activities in the Midland ship- yards, where from three liumlre-l to four hundrecl and fty men have been employed for several months, have meant more to the town than appears upon the surface. 'I`l1r- r-nn:h'nr-tinn nf n l1nn.f, like upon me surxace. The construction of a boat like the Gleni"er, not only provides work for the men in the yards and ofces of the constructing` rm, but nearly every trade and industry is implemented in some form, from the ore and coal mines to the finished steel plates. The manufacturing` of anchors, cables, machinery, wind- lasses, winches, electric equipment, furniture, upholstery, linen and cooking utensils all mean work and expenditure, and where possible this business was conned to local plants. The construction of a big boat there- fore gives employment to a small army of people. 'l`hn llT`lh01'i .:')l1(`.P of the Mitllnml army or people. The importance of the Midland Shipyards to the town and commun- ity cannot be easily estimated, and as shipbuilding is one of the. staple industries of Canada it is hoped the construction of other vessels will be undertaken here. vm...+ um ur:1,...:nv.....n mm 1". mm unueruaxcn nere. That the Gleni"e-r will be the `second largest fresh water vessel aifoat adds to the interest with which every loyal citizen of Midland wiii follow her career. Some day ' "WV "rm" be int-2n.. bv; RUGBY--DEAR OLD RUGBY The Simcoe Marble Works EMPLOYS A SMALL ARMY Provost, Alberta.---` ` Perhaps you will remember sending me one of our books a year ago. I was in a be condition and would suffer awful.pains at times and could not do nnythin . The doctor said I could not have Ch] dren unless I went under an operation. I read testi- monials of Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegeta~ ble Compound in the papers and a friend recommended me to take it. After tak- ing three bottles I became much better and now I have a bonny baby girl four months old. I do my housework and help a little with the chores. I recom- mend the Vegetable Compound to my friends and .am willing for ou to use this testimonial letter-."- rs. A. A. ADAMS, Box 54, Provost, Alberta. Pain: in Left Sid `I I ur. I 1 1- 11 Ivy Read Alberta woman"s &- perience with Lydia E. Pink- ham s Vegetable Compound neuron ADVISED AN nI1n_AnuN L ulna nun l-l\ll. wnuv Lachine, C%}1ebec.- I took Lydia E- Pinkham's e etable Compound be- causel sutfere with ains in my left side and back and wit weakness and other troubles women so often have. I was this way about six months. I saw the Ve etable Compound advertised in the ` ontreal Standard, and I have taken four bottles of it. I was a very sick woman and I feel so much better I would not be without it. I also use Lydia E. Pinkham s Sanative Wash. 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