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-""73 Justice Ga1'1'0w Refttses t< '.l`a.ke Case from Jury on Defence Appeal. ._-4 Conference Opens ` Friday s meeting opened at 10.30 in the morning with a conference of Board of Education jecretaries, Chairman Nolan explained that the !principal object of the meeting was 'to afford the committee and County Treasurer Coleman an opportunity of discussing nances with the var-I 1 ions school boards, particularly with I respect to the maintenance of county pupils. In this connection County '_ Treasurer D. H. Coleman addressed the gathering, and expressed his ap- i preciation of the fine turnout of re- , presentatives. ' Ho :1:;ifnrl +.lm`r erllirwitinn linrl ('0. presentauves. He stated that education had cost the county $115,000 last year. So ;far this year the county had paid out '$82,352, but would receive $30,694.- '56 in refunds. Great accuracy in ` making out the reports sent to the `county treasurer was urged. Tf wnnhl `.:\i(n .'I Philarinlnhin 1'/`Vt - lllllsllollll Ubllrll glembodying` a c ; duction resolutf I; of 1:.-:1:-Eu-1'-2 .~':1l 3 g'o?;t:s to such I` >:0l\1" .'1{'lLi\'.-I1 \`5." burden from t} monts and bus ting` down in 0 "economic prob] Q . cveryom~. to do e m.-ction. n_ Ur. .\IcKi11n0 . . ;...:,z 1... +1.,......z~ Y 'I301ll'(| Ol J`A(lU.CElLl0ll, [J1'Ca'lLll.`U. I In :1 brief address Councillor Cun- ningham outlined his 1`eason= _-"or 'embodying clause in his tax re- resolution urging the cutting .~':il'.11'ic.<. Conditions had ,..,.u.,- r\ ...,.l.x .. .-(u\1I:\11.- r- r\"t\ 4-Ln4- OI 11.'(1('!3L`1"U ."LllL1l'lLTF. LUHUIUUIIS HRH gottt a serious .= ate that lsnmv vr:-.~' 1l`.:L'L`:: U.)')[ to lift `uhe the ta.\:p:1yer. Go.\'01`n- businr>; re`-~.s were cut- order to help solve the problem and it was up to .cveryom~. their part in this con- WT`. `\[,.L'{nnnn In I-nbinrr 4-Ian nhnhn r. .\Ic-Kinnon, in taking the chair, .<:1id he thoup;h1. he was right in say- .ing' Barrie teachers are paid less {than some other schools and he did `not know just how much it would be |advisab1e to cut their salaries. FnI1hn:11n1- 7\Yn1nv-. 1I1`1r\ m.-ctlun. \ s I Ivvnn n.-1;.-u-I any H'cl1'(lb'lll]_J. l At present it. is costing the county ;it\vo mills on the dollar for secondary ;g;~'chool education, he stated. Any- ;'thing we may decide to do should be [.`('0nSl(lF`1'(.`(l an expedient, not a perm- ) zment action. We are all hoping` dthat conditions will change l-<-fore _;\'er_v long", and that those circum- astanccs which brought u. here to- _" day will not continue to prevail. I;.*Mr. Nolan suggested that it might be `possible to get the minimum for lflteachers reduced and other salaries ' ' graded. rib.-.61-nun ! an nun I'nnnI\ UUVISZIIJIU LO CUB UIUIF S'cll'oll`lUS. Councillor Nolan, who was asked `to lead the discussion, said the county council was anxious to re- lduce the taxes of the ratepayers. llt had been suggested that teachers` salaries were rather higher than they [should be and that a reduction might ;be effected there without causing `any hardship. ' At nwnsonf. if. 1': r-ngtinnr the nnnntv |Cl|o (Continued on page tour) Eight Pages mattresses and 14 cots. The amount of insurance placed on the Palmer House after Mrs. Hisey took it over, and which is sug gested as a possible motive (for burn- ing the hotel, was given by Edmund C. Telfer, insurance agent, of Mid- land. uh cl-qfntl Hm+ Palmer carried .1, 1930, the contents of the hotel land. He stated that Palmer carried $4,000 on the place, which was later transferred to Mrs. Hisey. On Dec. and barn were insured by Mrs. Hisey for $1,500 and $500, respectively. Dec. 9th an additional amount of $2,000 was placed on the hotel, mak- ing in all $8,000 worth of insurance. After the fire on the morning of Dec. 17, 1930, the rcircumstances had been invesitgated and the insurance. ordered paid. Mr. Telfer stated that 8 $2,000 of the money was paid by 2 the Aetna Company Jan. 8th. The`? -Imployers Liability Company paid another $3,000 to Mrs. Hisey on Feb. 1 2nd, the British-America .~\ssuranc<-_ 1 Co. $2,000 on Jan. 30th, and the 1 British`Genera1 $1,545.32 and $1:3l.- ( 16 on Feb. 9th, 1931. < Hum. Am vnn romu to nut so 16 her). um, nun. How did you come put much insurance on a vacant build- ing; '3 ta.-=k.rd C. W. Bell, l{.C., of Hamilton, senior defence counsel. HI um: mm 4-115:1-. if ms going` A H'1l1l1lIOl'l, SQUID!` uh-Lem;-.: uuuuacx. - I was told that it was going tol be remodlled and occupied, replicdl` the witne.~:;~:. Mrs. Hisoy Isaid there 1 would be a load of furniture from Barrie and another one from Mid- laml rlulivered 21 the hotel, and] co:.I;`. 50-.` th'- thinfxs cznc time late`.l I-lunry S. .-\I1g'L:..~', ru insurance v.(1ju. told the court he 'vi.~:iLed 'l1.;.~cmxe of the re 0:1 Dec. 13:11 L1l`.\l 1'o1'.ni everything had been totally destroyed. Only the chimney was left standing and there were a few .~'p1`iI`.g's and some twisted metal w`_.i<. he took to be beds. He Sill(l he wont. to .<-e .\Ir..<. Hisey at her home in .- Mirllzxml, to .-=ncLn'<,- :1 list of tin: con- ....,. c..,.m Imn nnrl n dnfmnmit oi" ' .\l1(':1un(1, to . ~'0cL11'c ll wnts from her and hmj loss .. ....,.nn~.n'h1u~ fut` nor loss , r zuzcoimting for 112:; can o.1t.< of tin l 2=.lme1' l'lou.~:e, \\'itnc.~:.~; L-'d.l(l, \vu.< mo-"L un.~:zxti. She \vu.~: able` to `L-`ivo him only a pzwtizll list mull pi()`.!ll>`C(l 0 supply further details! int:-1', which she never did. Shel` claimed the furnishings and hnr pox`-l_ somzl e'ect.: `.\'0ul'_l total over $1,700. Thos. Woods, Waubaushene con-_ tmc`or, said at the request of Iilliotit liv- had matle an estimate of the cost. 01' mnntlcllinpc the Palmc-1'Hou.`~:c and` ii`-:m~r~d $5,000 would cover it. He! g,-`iv-11 `clue :'ont1':u-t zmd. lizul` .~tz11"e work a n"e\v days before the` t:.... `No cfnhnrl ~th:1t 1 Z 1 . "were ;.uu a` nu... x... ...r _.._,._ the (lay before the fire '3 ziskcil i`.i,;< Crown. ` ' Yes, sir. { Will you tell the court what, if zmything, occurred ? Ur. Elliott, Mrs. Hisey, Ur. Gu.<`le and Mr. Bates came to the hotel in til z1fterno9'1._ Mrs. I-Iisey said shel and Mr. Ga were going` to s'uy,`| while the K $01` remodelling: was being done. Wmle the '5. ;;UL J.t:uAuucuun;.., --nu. _ being I1` The witness on [further questmning ` 45 told of Elliott and Bates ru}u1'ning' tn `-'Z.!`v-sl vn\\,':H'l (.".'I1h1`_". 111 1` told of muow unu n-.u.u.~ x..u......b U3 ?'?i(IY;mJ. 1r:\\.'-.1111 ex`-.-nin;_~;. H0 described the `furnishings of the hotel, which he said included 6 chairs, 1 rifning room suite, zn .<`o\'e, ice box and two bed: sot up in the be-(lroom. Off the dining room. \`\r\Ilf 1 an Hw following` morninczg Off the dlmng room. , About 1.30 the following morning` \':it=1o;<.s snid hv was roused by the, rmgjng of the church bell. Getting . '__"l`~.' `ll L11 -_' -u.\u..u. ...;... 4...- ::1r'ed work tlxel, aw occurred. He statetl ~that hel ml received a cheque from Mrs.; ll.~'r_\` for $47.06 ,z1n(l later was paid. 11.60 by Elliott for the work he`; ;:(l (lone on the building. ' Were you a* work on the plare he re?" Illa: `.7`!\\l'Y'| 51: U1 '|.HL'. CUM` .~:tutement. of , to` mie 111' aid gyou see the furnace after 2 19 T9 - CM Yes, sir. The door was open." So that just the thing; you had 3,13`; of feared had happened. And having. (1, W4,-`all the conditions in con.~:ideration you _.,~ ab1e:cz11n(; to the conclusion that the re [ft .m.: iwas accidental ?" k1et`ai1.I I thought so- _ s`m.| R( f(`Yl`i1l_L to some ]ip,'ht wood that (If pQ1`-`,1lUd In-en plied near the furnzxcr-, wit .x;1,7()()_`nes.< .=:1i E`:1io`t fold Gustle it xvasg H, con- (l}1l`lP,'(`1'0L1S to have it there and ask- 1-;]11011e him to take it zuvay. `W. cog; Dlid C:`.:=`.?e move the wood '3" I . .1-,. ~. wL.m',Iul not to to put. on E00 mucu uru. I...1..-.. P_'.nI`\'!\\I' in uvhi:-`n +hp Uumr rmns ELLIOTT,` AND GASTLE cum At six o'clock the jury brought in a verdict of guilty in the case of R. J. Ellio-it and Gordon K. Gastle, charged jointly with the burning of the Palmer House at Waubaushenc. They were inmiediately sentenced by Justice Garrow. A+`+m. +1-an Have n+' 9 can-on11nns (-0,11 ' UH! kvu:-.-L` 1I|\I\L` Lul` n anal: :ir~-I Iu: ~L'<` Garmw, to whi He1wimes.s rt-plied that he did. Bell Raises Objection the When the t"i:11 `.\'2\.~' 1'--. ; hegday morning, Wm. Bates, son M;-5_;of Mrs. Hisey, was the first ` -L~,;1i(1_t0 take the stand. His eviden ; hcgconned largely to the nding i.\Ir*.-. {Y3-M"--' (lwnth. of :1 slip to} -.nr`:n4.- in I 7' , , .1 _ ' `1+`1\`c lcars for Iblhott and ,L`hrce Years for Grastle at Kingston. l xii. No. 52. |.Jus1;1ce uarrow. After three days of a strenuous it-gal battle for the conviction or re- lease of R. J. Elliott. and Gordon K. G3.St1`C, charged with arson, a battle waged by the ablest counsel in the province, the case nally went. to the jury at 3.45 this afternoon. T)11rinQ' the morning session the Jury at 0.40 Luis aJ.u:ruuuu. During the morning h jurors were addressed by C. W. Bell, . K.C., M.P., defence counsel, and Sir ` Alfred Morine, Crown prosecutor. 1 {Bell with ne oratorical effect, made an impassionate appeal, in which he : declared that the jurors having in l mind their duty as men bound to ` render an honest verdict in the name` aiccus-ed men. of British justice, must acquit. the 0: A.14'..,.A 1\/[av-inn lac nnf. an a>ccus-eu IDEII. -` Sir A~lfred Morine was not as1 spectacular in his address to the 1 jury, but he was no less effective. 1 His calm, sane and well thought out . ` summary of the case plainly i1npress- ` ed the jurors. He took up every`. ` point Mr. Bel had stressed and by r his far attitude showed that it was l not the glesire of the Crown to force ' a conviction, but only to act in the interest of justice. ! Finnllv in establishing the motive interest 01 Justice. , Finally in establishing for the burnng of the Palmer House, -the Crown stated that Mrs. Hisey had acquired the premises on a mortgage of $3,000. It was insured for $6,000, nearly double her investment, and the contents, which the only denite evidence offered had shown to be ` worth around $45, was insured for $1,500. A good re was, therefore, a shrewd piece of business that would net. a considerable prot. up, `he saw a reection in the sky that looked like a re. He said he dressed and going the re, which proved to be the Palmer House, saw Gastle standing near the tool house. When witness asked him what had happened, :Gastle .said This isxa hard luck re, and asked him to '=;et a" rig to take him and Mrs. Hisey home. Woods said glhe had some tools locked in the tool |,house and wanted to get them out, _'but Gastvle toid him not to bofher as _ he would get paid for them. Later _. Mrs. Hisey paid him $8 and an ad- . ditional sum was paid him by the c-.~:.ate after her death. Van c`\\' '\`nn n1:H'ir> n zurvev of! to the scene of I o.~:`.ate alter her (team. You say "you made a survey of the hotel with 21 View to remodelling it? questioned Mr. Bell in cross- exzztniiiation. i Yes, sir. ` '_ What sort of a heating plan: did it have '3 It wa.~: a hot. air and `hot water furnace. Was it a good furnace? You ll?l(l to be careful not to I wasn t very well pleased wi*'u it R r c re too heavily. There was a back- draft. that would cause the door `.0 y open and blow the flames out if there was a big re on and might set re fro the joists under the main floor. I told Mr. Gastle to be care- ful not to to put on too much tire. I . . . hurl vnn can rho fiirnace after i I j Bell Raises Unjecuon t I *.\'z1.< 1'--; 'l`;i~`.<- l son-in-izuv jof vw-.1.=. witness! _to His evidence was llconned nding, after ll-.~. HE-~}.";: of paper in ':w~1' nI.n'.~:<- l)l1`.';!()! illl_L:' to in tht. 5 5 of :1 will wliich made l3lllio`l icnle executor -and also a beneciary. ;_l~li.< account of a dispute i1f't\\'COTl 3 Cc-ophus King, son of I\Ir.<.. Hisey, land Mr. Elliott on that occasion was , Oi)_i('(,'i.f`(i to -by W1`. Bell, who asked 1 that any evidence relating to any: c0nve1'.=ation between relatives in con-| 'nection with the will be excluded ifrom the evidence on `the ground that [it could not be considered relative `evidence with respect `.0 the fire. . Tn nnr nnininn, snirl .TL1(`i`('. Gal`- I. `evidence wim respect :0 me me. In my opinion, said Judge Gar- row, I am not able to -exclude it, nnther am I able 10 say that it is of no rovolanco. It goes without waying that any con\'e1x=ation ha-tween Elliott .01` G:1s`lr- and otliers` can only be [nwninst the one or the other and I ishall make {hat quite plain to the !jury. /rv-._a.:........l .... nu- Au.-.\ (Continued on page ve) > t:11{O 11; away. . `1:1.~=`;?e wooc '3 ?2`<- whu-n the ...1:,.,I +L.n+ 1r\n .l:.-`I Ealgpu am: Castle Face 'iriai on Arson Charge lIU.l'U` re. spect to speedy (.llVO1`C p1`OC0eu1ngs.- It took just 12 minutes for Mr. Jus- tice Garrow to hear the suit broughz. by Josette Josephine Gendron, of Midland, against Denis Gendron, 01' Sudbury, and Mrs. Rose Hillson, of Little Currit, in District of Manitoba. Tn vn-noon!-inrr Hnv a']\h11 \11'S. Gnd` BARRIE SETS RECORD FOR 1' SPEEDY DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS I Reno and Russia had nothing on Barrie Monday afternoon with re- speedy divorce proceedingau It took ins.` 12 Jus-l Manitoba. In presenting her claim Mrs. Gend< ron, who was represented .by Wm. Thompson, of Pentang, said she had married Gendron at Honey Harbor , in June, 1916, when he was a mem- ber of the 157th Batt., C.E.F. They lived together un'..l Sept., 1919, when - Gendron left her to get work in Sud- bury, and has never returned or given her or her child any support since. It was brought out that Gendron, who did not appear in court, wen : through some form of marriage with Mrs. Rose Hillson about 10 or 1;: years ago. able to tell who had married her to Gendron and said she did not know he was already married or that her marriage to him was illegal until she had been living with him for some time. 'l"'|-.n I I nrnn-' alnvnar` The defendant, Mrs. Hi1l- ` son, when called to the stand was u. A an armnllment time. I The couri. alowed an annullment; of the p1aintis marriage to Gendron, , to become absolut in six months. I...+n wodnocdnv nffnrnnnn the become absolute 1n s1x monms. Late Wednesday afternoon the divorce case of Richard Edgar Fore- -4 man, hotel "proprietor, of Port Carl- hm ncmingt Dam Marv Smith Fore hotel proprietor, or ing, against Dora Mary Smith man, of Montreal, was called. Evi- dence was taken from Wm. Moln- ltosh and C. M. Hall of the Inter- national Detective Agency, Toronto, who were instrumental in securing the necessary evidence to establish the case on statutory ground. J'0hn~ `_ Kent, of Montreal, was named as co- ' respondent. The case was handled JTOIT: burr ` '.by Gordon Longman for the p1ain- ` tiff, who was granted a decree on the evidence presented. Again only a few minutes were required to set- tle the destinies of this young couple. UNEMPLOYMENT CONCERT 1 IN COLLEGIATE AUDITORIUM Owing to some difficulty with the heating in the Armouries, i-t- has been decided to hold the Unemploy- ment Relief Concert by the Barrie Choral Union in the Collegiate Audi- torium on Wednesday, March 2nd, at 8.15 p.m. The final rehearsal, which was announced for Tuesday evening in the Armouries, will of course be held on the same evening in the Col- legiate instead of the Armouries. LITTLE NEW EVIDENCE TAX REDUCT|0N%z;:,' ' I 1 1 CONFERENCE ET` B. 27; STROUD FE Coumzils of Centre a11dVVest Simcoe to Meet with L()(:z11 )I4.1 .]f . s \:.\1J\:\,u.u nu LI\; 1.....,...... The conference will start at 1011c a.m., and all phases of the economic`~ situation will be discussed. At 3 V p.m. there will be 21 public meeting, . . \` wlien zul(l1`e; will be given by the local members and other. C : All members of township counc1l.~;_` L in Centre and West Simcoe are urged l, to z1t`end this conference. 1 Second Class Moore, Dorothy 1 ton. 'Y`hu-:1 ("1-`we: 1 %"+-"`-`.~" . _,, . KB 01101` East Barr1e=a;,4meg1ate} Third Class I10n0r.=,---J2xck Wall- win, IIm'h.'1'hompson, Joan .\Iay.~', Jean .-\tkin.~:on. | . n Fir: Class I-Ionors--Do1 othez1 Rob lson, Wilbur Walton. Qunnnll (`1-3:; Hnnnrc -- GeO1`}2'l2| | 115. son, Wilbur Walton. 1 Second (`lzxss Honors Georgia; Weldon, Clare ).IcDougall, Mildred` Jolmson, Con. Janis, (Caroline laynor, Roy Story, equal). 'r:~.iwl (`,l:l.<.< Honors---He1'b. Camp-, Raynor, equal). l`.aird Clu.<.< Camp- bell. (Cavell Donnelly, Bert Fell, ,Tl1elma. Clarke, equal), (Sam. Lav- |ery, Edith Sheppard, Wm. Straclum). 1!` First Class Honors--F`rances Muc- Lellan, Mary Johnson, Marion Fam- eld, I{21`h}9L-n How, Ma1'garet Arn- lold. Douglas Cochrane. Cu:-nnr1 ("Ines Honors -- Dorothy Crown Springs SL1rp1'isc` with State1110nt Sworn to by O. N. b`te\\'a1't. `old. Douglas Ljocnrane. Second Class Honors Dorothyl M-at-Knight. (Fae Cavanagh, Elsie Rennick, equal). Walter Bray, (Twyl- la Poole, Clara Rennick, _equal), (Frank Powell, Mary Murphy, Elsie Kell, equal). `. Vr`l.2..,l f`\..,..-. Tlnnnrc Wdnn Rnxvr-.| ' Barrie, men, uqutuy. Third Class Honor.=-Edna Rowe.` (David I\ I(-Cullough, Ewart Johnson, lequal). -6ntario, Tursdzgty, 25, 1932 = A I:Ionors--Ma1`garet Burridge, Jack Pat- 1 . . - . C11jcu1at1on of 94,901 for Year; Me.1nbo1'ship now 4,770. ;{.\va.s 4,'('1u. > The story hour, conducted by the `librarian, .was largely attended each , Saturday morning, the average 5:- , _tendance being about 35. The chil- , `dren appreciate this service. Rnnlm nn Russia anneared to bx. oren appreciate tms Se1`V1C. Books on Russia appeared . `most in demand during the year, with . books on economics and war books a _ close second. A few years ago the most. called for books, outside 01` ction and travel, were those on phychology, while now one of these is seldom asked for. Thus dlo fashions change in books. Only 335 new books were added in 1931, but a large 1 number of those in use had to be re- bound, $146.05 being spent in this way. A couple of articles were writ-l ten by the librarian for the Ontario Library Review, at the request of the department. A large amount of re- ference work was also done during W the year. At the request of the li- brarian, teachers advised when spec- ial essays, debates, etc., were given, and material was collected and placed ready for students. These books temporarily became reference books ; Li_ and were not allowed out. Help was j 3', also given from time to time to stu- dents taking extra-mural courses {g with a university. A number of< )8 people have been assisted with ma- 1_ terial for and suggestions for papers, talks, etc., several of these being ._"'-'nm nnrt .n-`F f.nw"n_ Tn Julv the li- le 13 Y- 1e BOOKS mom % BARRIE LIBRARY 1 READ LAST YEAR] QA VALUABLE SERVICE Looking condent, though,a little . bored, Robert J. Elliott, former Bar- rie feed and seed merchant, and Gordon K. F. Gastle, Carlyle chau.i'- - feur, charged jointly with burning the Palmer House at Wambaushene on the night of Dec. 16th, 1930, were placed on trial before Mr. Jus- ; tice Garrow in Assize Court Monday afternoon. Defend-ed by a formidable line up of counsel, the two men, who only a few months ago were acquit.`ed of the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Hisey, owner of the Palmer House, listened to the evidence against them, which they have heard nnur +'m- the 6th time. with apparent A. R. Grirdwood again I-Ieads Board; Committees are ' Appointed. The inaugural meeting of the Public Library Board for 1932 was held Monday night, when the report of last years activities was presented by Miss 1VIcPhee, Libraran. I Thu w:-nnrt showed :1 total circula- by M153 M=ct'nee, Lmraran. The report showed a total tion of 54,901 books for 1931, an in- crease of 4,909 over 1930, which was a record. During the year 449 new members joined the Library, and on Dec. 3-15 : the total membership was 4,770. [ Tho :1-.m-v hnur. conducted bv the! gtalks, er,c., several 01 tnese uezng y`-:om out -of town. In July the li- `brarian was honored with an invita- tion tn speak at the Library Imtittlte in Orillia, where some ninety libraries were represented. She has also been asked to take part in the largest In- stitute meeting in Ontario to be held at Ottawa soon. 1'\n.-:~.n- Tnnn Tnln and Ancrnqf. at uttawa soon. J During June, July and August ; lholduy books amounting to four on 4 :21 card were allowed, which proved - very successful. For a deposit .-sui- cient as a safeguard, summer guests were allowed to take books, which also was popular. Altogether, there is no inslitution in the town so uni- versally used as the Public Library, and comparing the total membership with the last census returns it will be seen zhat scarcely a family but has at least one representative on the roll. ....-`.1 u..n1_o IUIX. A. R. Girdwood Again Chairman < Mr. A. R. Girdwood \_va.s re-e1ected 4 as chairman of the Board, and Miss 1 E. Booth, .~'ecretary-froasurer. Last 1 yea1"s committees were i'e-appointed, with the rI.\'ce1)tion of W. C. Walls on the nance committee and M. D. 1VIorri.<,on -.--1 the moperty committee. Owing to heavy dmnands for repai1`s,` i0`t'.`., to thn bui1(iin;.>; 1215` year, ti1Cl`\"1 i\\'u.< 21 .<..`.:1i`. ah:-iicit. but it was de-'` xcicled to 215k for the same grant, 43' ]cen`s per czxpita, for 1932. .":.-.< ,`I;-"~r-r and Miss Kavanagh `, were appointed delegates to the Pro- vincia] Convention in Toronto Easter I week. ' T`1-n V\I*nhn1'+17 nnvn1'nif+an H12 911*}!- week. The property committee was auth- `orizcd to bring in a report on the iadvi. of installing` a blower in the fl1l`1'l2'.`(`, which it is thought would save on the fuel bill. `_ First. C1:1.'-:.< I-Ionors--Jean Lennox, Barbara (;i1 dwood, `;\Ia1'g`aret Cook, Gnome Fm-kc, ;\Im'ion Vair. Q, .-mu! (TI.-1;; I-Tnnn1'--(NI:11'2'z11`Cti ueorp;e 1`!l(`KC, `.\111l'l0n vzur. J Second Clu.~:.< I-Ionors--(Margaretl Webb, Helen Crew, equal), Dorolhy 4 Bartley, Victor LeGear, (1*`rz111cL-.~ l Black, Allan Pa'ters0n, equ-.1l),` (Laurene Crawford, Elbridge Wilton, 1 equal), Is'1l,v\l Scrutton. _ Third Class, Honors - (Sylvia lSt1an;:mzm, Agnes '.L'ra\'er:~',, equal) `(Earl Leigh, Audrey Tyrer, equal), (1\Iarg`a1'e~t Carr, Archie Foster, lequul), (Margaret Anderson, Edna Booth, equal), (Mollie Smith, Irene 1 Belfry, equal). 1E. Fi `st Class Honors-Laurene Grace Hamil"on, Arthur Ferry. Gnnnnpl (`lace T-Innnrc .- 1 The Oldest Paper in the county Grace Hamwon, Arthur rerry. Second Class Honors Hazel Thompson, Delphine Caldwell, (Ear- ` line Kendall, Gladys Bradley), (Bea- trice Boynton. Mae Buttler, Gordon Littlejohn, equal). Ruth Hickling, Orma Day. (Reuh Kendall, Stan. Lawrence). 'l"hh-A (Ting: I-Innnr.=-Neola Hill. Lawrence). Third Clasa Honors Neola Hill, Jas. McBride, Ed.wI1;n Belesky. 1' . First Class Honors-Mae Kennedy. Second Class Honors---Betty Scott, (Cnntinued on page eight) Cole,` To show their appreciation of J. Andrew Wiggins, who is giving up the leadership of the band, members old and new, to the number of ncar~ ly fty, tendered a banquet on Mon- day evening in the Armouries. The town council has notied the band committee that nancial assistance would cease at the end of February, and Mr. Wiggins advised the band that his services would no longer be available. Many expressions of re- gret at his severance with the band were voiced by old and young` mem- bers. Ml`. \X7u`n.-.-rh~.a Hu-nulzarl flan 1nnw\l'\r>I'c one 01 tneir numoer. It \\-'21:: decided to do this and the following ofcers were elected: Presi- lde-n., Henry Lennox; Vice-President, Chas. Hinds; Sec.-T1`eas., Allan Percy; Leader, Arthur Sugg; repre- sentative to band committee, George _ Pierce. HOW THE NORTHER ADVANCE STARTED IN THE YEAR 1847 hers. Mr. Wiggins thanked `-he members for their loyalty and advised them to organize and carry on, continuing to practice under the leadership of of their number. 1+ xnnn Annhlarl fn rln Hui: nnrl H11: I TOWN BAND RE-ORGANIZES; BANQUET J. A. WIGGINS Cminty School Boards Discuss Salary Reoiuction Equipme111' Brought by Ox- ` Cart from T01'011to by l T1105. Fox Davis. ---- n The editor of the Advance is in- S, debted to Mrs. Annie O Neill, of Hamburg, N.Y., for a copy of the Toronrto Saturday G.1obe of February 9'th, 1901. giving an account of the founding of The wlce in 1847, by Mr. Thomas Fox Da s. The copy of the Globe was shown to Mr. Leo : O'Neill, of Buffalo, and thinking it I would be of interest to The Advance| - editor, gave it to Mr. Emmett Mc-:1 . Veigh, a nephew, to bring to Barrie. If 5 Advance First Paper North of - 5: . Toronto - Thomas Fox Davis was born in 3 Manchester, England, in 1820, and commenced his career as a printer at the age of fteen. In 1843 he sail- ed from Liverpool for New York. He located in Cincinnati. In 1844 he took a month s leave of absence - and made a trip to Toronto, taking , over a week. The Globe was at that I time issuing its first volume, with? Mr. Peter Brown as editor. He in~I` formed Mr. Davis that he had just purchased a second-hand cylinder Hoe press, which was the first power press to bg used in Canada. There was no one in the country who under- stood anything about the new ma- chine, and hearing that Ivlr. Davis was familiar with the working of .-nn'1.... 111-0:;-Dc nnvcnnrlnrl l1in1 tn O F o 1. I ( against them, wn1cn mey nuvu uciuu now for the 6th time, apparent indifference. In fact, at times the g accused seemed to nd it difficult to keep awake, and so did the spectators. As a prelimijnary, Sir Alfred vr ru _ __1.-.] ... f`..nuvv1 ' laminar \\'ltr1 Lut: w'u1.'mug, U]. 5 similar presses, persuaded him to 7 stay and set up the machine. In due [if course the press was in workingl`. I order and Mr. Davis engaged as its; _ . first press man. It was guaranteed It t to print 1,000 impressions per hour, , .4 , some speed at thaf time. `j` 3 After working for three years wit I . the Globe, Mr. Davis was seized with 1` . the spirit of adventure and decided iizere was an opening for the estab- i"lli::1l1]O11L of journalism in the north.; -'i'i.'1r: district of Sinicoe had just been`. 3 `set apart as a .<.eparate municipality,. wi h Barrie as the county town.` '\V c t 1. I C s h Some of the newly appointed oflicials >- were anxious for a printing oice in 1' Barrie and made overtures to several typos to take the risk, but could not guarantee paying` support. At last [- e Mr. Davis de-cided to fake the risk. n He purchased material and launched. it the rs-`t journalistic enterprise next 1 of Toronto. The material for the 4 ipaper was carted to Barrie by ox 1 team .tlie 64-mile trip occupying: just two da,'.~'. The Barrie .\'Ia*.':n:-t was 3 the iiuine of the new \".-nture. thrl 1 4 l J rst. issue being printed in Augrust. lR.l7. in 19:32 the name was chan_s1'- (ed to The \'orthern Advance, under!` K, \'.'hi('h title the paper is still issued. 1, .\+ x-\i' it u-n: n .-:'i-nnuons strueele w MONEY WAS SCARCE \'~'l'1IL'll LlLll' LIIL` {)u})\.'1 In run m.~ux:u. .~\t 1`.\t it was a :=`renuous strugrgie C for the pioneer journalist to make X both ends meet. Cash payments were _ out of 'the question. There was no;-f market for farm produce. and grrnin .1 xvas kept in store by merchants ti`; 1? .=]eig'hin52 came. when it was haul`:-:`;I to Toronto. The need of a r:1i1\\':x_ I `lbetrween To1`on"o and Georgian Bay Ivvna 1-n\-n1\r +`o1+ ca-hr] Mr 'nnv1': vinnxi 'notveen 101`On"O zlnu ut:u1'}:1z1i1 D215`. was sorely felt, and Mr. Davis vigr-3 orously prosecuted the agitation till. in 1852 the Ontario, Huron and Sim-'3 coe Railway was built as far as A1-I landalo. The loczrion of the term- inus of the railway was a vexed question for some time, but was nai-= ly located at Coiiinenvood. A .L'L.\._ )< _.....- ..,......~ in 10K/1 NT.- ` of his paper to The Northern Ad-I Ay iuxuu-u u. \,\,......,~.\,..\. After seven years. in 1854, i\'Ir.i1 Davis, as a tribute to the progressivel spirit of the times. changred the name A 1 ` Vance, and shortly af"er disposed ofll ~ it to Mr. Richard Oliver. For two ` years after that Mr. Davis publi: the Law Journal for Hon. Jas. Pat-; ton, when it was transferred to To-' ronto. The next venture of Mr.` Davis was publishing The Spirit of. the Age for prominent Orangemen,'. but this did not last long. and Mix ; Davis returned to the Advance. . 1 county E1'81Su1`(`.`l` \ V'd5 urgeu. It would `lake :1 Philadelphia law- yer to keep up with the Act, in con- nection w1th your 1"111anc1al reports, said Mr. Cole111z111, who used several reports to 1llu.~'trz1te his 111021111115. He went into detail 1'e:~'pect111g the item- izing and c01're('t tabulating of the 'z1r1ou.=_1te111s of expenditure, also the 11111111114` 1:1 \vh1<'l1 the record of mmmeed I-:o11~1t_.: 1.1.11)l1..1\._. :1_t` :111`(l111rc f\\`2.<`kepi:. , I . Duimg tn. d1.~.cuss1o11 o 1111nces, pe1 1ou1,..L 7. I , _ _ _ , . ;.1 =.;1.< b1o11j:h1 out that the e}.21m1n- .93).: W l;: 1`o11 fees paid :11 at l321r1ie 1111:`. Mid- -, ' ,-1 lz111rl are 1nsuic1e11t to cover the Med \V1tl _ , d cost, and as 21 result both 01 these _he egmb to\\ 11;< are 111 debt 111 this parllculat 1 .. c ' :1` y . respect. .111`. (.0le1nan explained the `st . :10 vlr. vrking I working [ ed ;he llO1`ti`.: . . beei] : Act as 1t :1iI`L-c1.~: the z`.t`1e11dz111ce oi - - , 'eoun`1y pupils, :1'1d the cou.111;y .< re- mclpdmi i n for 1i11ir 1naint ~11ance nty tow11.I po * y ' rd Salary Cuts Discussed I The importaiit question of reduc- {0 ing teachers salaries came up at the afternoon session, over which W. 0. My-l{i11n0n. chairman of the Barrie Bo:11-d of lJducz1tio11, presided. 1.. Tn -1 i11*i:-`i` :1zlrl1-nae (".n1-mr-illnr (`.1n1- AL...) Colmnittee to Confer with Excclltlve of Teachers Federatlon. NEED G0-OPERATION Pursuant to the passing by the County Council, at its November ses- sion, of a motion recommending the reduction of teachers salaries and the cost of secondary school education, a meeting 01' the chairmen and secre- taries of the Boards of Education of the county was held in the council chamber Friday. The meeting was called by Councillor Nolan, chairman of the standing committee on educa- tion, who also convened the special committee of three appointed to deal with the salary reducing problem. 'l`l1p rnaHm- um: nvia-innllv h1~nno'lnt County Treasurer Advises Education Cost County $115,000 in 1931. \VlEI1 tne Sd.I2.ll'y 1`(5(1UClllg PTOUIBIU. The matter was originally brought to the attention of the council in a x reduction resolution presented by Councillor Cunningham, of Alliston. There were about ten clauses to this resolution, dealing with various ways of curtailing expenditure in order that some reduction in taxation might be effected. After an exhaus- tive discussion of the resolution while the council] was in committee of the whole, all of the resolution, with the exception of that clause suggesting the reduction of teachers salaries was rejected. At the January session it was on the motion of Councillor Cunningham, seconded by Councillor Kiernan, that the special committee {of threewas appointed to confer with the Boards of Education for the con- sideration of the equitable adjust~ ment and lowering of all teachers '_ salaries. This committee consisted 7 of Councillors Nolan,` of Bradford. 3 Robins of Coldwater and Cunningham : of Alliston. r - ._ keep awake, and am me >p`JUl`dI.,U1a. preliminary, Morine, K.C., who acted as Crown prosecutor, outlined the case to the jury. Cedric Palmer, former proprietor of the Palmer House, witness called. He stated that Mrs. Hisey had held a mortgage on the Palmer House which she static-zl to foreclose in September, 1930. Un- was the first ; able to meet the mortgage, Palmer signed the release papers on Nov. 17, 1930, when Mrs. Hisey had called Elliott in to act. as witness. H-e va- cated the premises Nov. 27th, tak- ing everything with him except 9 Simmons beds with springs and and 14 cots. rm. gmnlinf nf insurance nlaced