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nterest, es for- ronto), rchiton The customers of The Bank of Toronto are assured of accuracy, promptness and efficiency in all their trans- actions. This Bank pays speCial attention to this phase of modern Banking Service. -Your business and 'private accounts are invited. Complete facilities at all Branches. ; Capital....... $5,000,000 ( Reserved Funds $6,555,300 THe , (Incorporated 1855) BANK or TORONTO BRANCHES AT BARRIE AND ALLANDALE H. A. SIMS, Manager Dec. 31.--Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Woods of Toronto ee Christmas holidays the Guests of Mr. and Mrs, Wm..Andtoss. © Mies Elsie Carson is visiting friends in Barrie. . Miss Mary Cochrane of Toronto spent Christmas at her home bere. Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron of Orange- ville spent the Xmas holidays with friends, Mrs, Laura Brown of Chicago is the yuest of Mr, and Mrs. James Pierce, Sr. A. Cochrane of Collingwood spent Xmas holidays at his home here. | Sergt. Harold Woods has returned home | from overseas looking hale aud hearty end News from Neighboring Townships As Told by Our Correspondents was gladly welcomed by his friends Miss Gertie Hermon is spending the boli- | days with friends in Toronto | Robert Poole is visiting friends in Tor | onto. ' Your Correspondent wishes the Barrie Examiner snd all its readers u very Huppy and Prosperous New Year (Held over from last week) SHANTY BAY Mr. and Mrs, E. R. Pelk of Toronto spent Xmas with Alfred Palk. Mis Lettie Hart of Orillia Hospital stuff spent the Xmas at home, Edward Berry of Toronto is spending a few days at home with bis parents Miss Margaret Simpson of Midland <pent Xmas at home. Percy Simpson is home from the West and intends staying all winter. ones, and were tuken off by H. and Mino Jno. Sanderson spent Xmas with his! Adams and Cecil Pue. Proceeds $22.00 daughter, Mrs. H. Handy, Toronto Rey. Mr. Johnston has gone to Montreal je village was delighted lust week at the |i spend the New Yeur hulidey: arrival of Glen Slesor, who has been over |g tants : seus since the war began. He's looking fine. | oy Sururday afternoon last at "The Woods Thomas White is spending ® week oF 501 4" nice time was reported. and Mrs, Wile with his sister, Mrs. James Hart cosa | WS Congratulsted for het kindness in giv Mr. and Mrs. Wendull Gruham spent Xmas | ine her home for such, warthe oceugy Xmas und New Year's in Toronto. | Mm Ho J) Martin hus the sincerest. sym. Misa Ernie Hughes of Toronto is spen jing | pathy of the neighborhood in her sad ber & week with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Packard eavement, the Joss of her only sister, Mrs. The Christmas Tree and entertainment i | fred Begne the Methodist chureh on Friday lust wus in, --------a HAWKESTONE Dee. 31--Miss Monu Pugsley is visiting in Toronto, { Mrs Wo V. Anderson and daughter Mur INSTANTLY RELIEVED Witney] | fui! af spending w few days in Toronto ASTHMADOR eee {wedding took place at the home of Mr 'and Mn. D. B, Barnburdt, when their ORMONEY REFUNDED. ASK ANY DRUGGIST cor write Lyman-Knox Co., Montreal, P.0, Price 6c, every way a success feu lurge crowd gathered. The pro- gramme wax @ell curried out. Miss Barvite of Toronto, elocutionist, was much Rev, Messrs Johnston, Berry and Jenner. Mr. Johnston also assisted in the musical Isecond daughter, Alma Irene, was married 157th Bn., third son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wneley, Curthew's ay. The ceremony wax performed by Rev. B. Johnson of Shun. ty Buy, The bride, who wus given sway by her futher, looked very charming in NOTICE TO CREDITORS The evening being | part of the programme as organist and in | rolos, H. Murtin asssisted also by singing | days lust week at his old home here. and selections' from his Victrola. The tree = was well Iuden with presents for the jit:le | held their Xmas tree | to Sergt. Ro J. Wrigley, formerly of the | In the Surrogate Court of the County of Simeoe In the matter of the Estate of Thomas Fagan, Inte of the Township of Tnnwlil, im the County of Simcoe, Farmer, deceuses| Notice is hereby given pursuant to the 'Trustee Act, Chapter 121, Sec. 56, R Statutes of Ontario, 19) Acts, that all persons having claims sguinst the estate of the said Thomas Fegan, who died on or about the Fourteenth day of Dec: ember, 1918, are required to send by ; ost prepaid or deliver to Alexander Cowan, Barrie, Solicitor for the Executors, on or before the Thirty-first day of January, 1910, their names and addresses, and a full otvte ment of particulars of their claims and the nature of the seurity held by them, duly verified, and after the suid date the Execu- tors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among the parties en titled thereto, having regurd only to the cluims of which they shall then have had notice, Dated at Barrie this 30th day of Decem: ber, 1918. ALE: NDER COWAN, Solicitor for the Executors, 1-3¢ Barriv, Ont ----S MORTGAGE SALE of House Property In the Town of Barrie, Under and hy virtue of the powers of sale contained in a certain mortgage, there will be offered for sale by Public Auction on' Saturday, the th day of January, 1919, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Barrie Hotel in the Town .of Barrie, The property known as "Crookshanks' Row", on Ross Street in the Town of Barrie and being lots numbers four and five on the north side of Ross Street, ac- cording'to Registered plan number 151, tave and except that portion thereof conveyed by registered number 11928. dwelling houses. ; TERMS--Ten per cent. at the time of sale and the balance within thirty lays thereafter. | Further particulars and conditions will be made known at the time and place of sale | and in the meantime will be learned upon ; application to "DONALD ROSS, Mortagee's Solicitor, Barrie, Ont. Dated 24th December, 1918. 52-3 RAILWAY GRAND TRUNK Scr THE DOUBLE . TRACK ROUTE between MONTREAL TORONTO DETROIT and CHICAGO + UnexceHed dining car service . Sleeping cars on night trains and Parlor Cars on principal day trains, Full information from any Grand Trunk Ticket Agent or C. E. Horning, District Passenger Agent, Toronto. J. E. BILLINGSLEY Ages st tl og rd Beutrice Burnburdt was her sister's brides maid, wearing white voile with corsage hoquet of red roves. Mr, Geo. McBride of -AF., Toronto, ucted ax groomsman. 'The wedding murch was pluyed by Mrs Frank Patterson, All Joy Be Thine' during the signing of ' the register, The groom's gift to the nde was a beautiful club bug and to the bri maid, long silk gloves; to the groomsman cuff links, and to the prunist aiid soluist very pretty pendants. Luncheon was «+ -viel to ubout forty guests, after which the brule and groom left on the 4.30 train for Pres:on, the bride travelling in navy "blue suit with black velvet hat and Isubelle fox furs, They were the recipients of many beautiful gifts, | umong them b some chequer Many friends wish Mr. ond Mrs. Wrigley every happiness in their new life Guests ut Wrigley--Barnhardt wedding from distance were: Mr. and Mre. J. Aikens und son Kenneth, Mr, and Mrs, N. Butler, Mr. und Mrs, Muckleston, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Leigh, Misses Ina and Allie Wrigley, Miss Worsdall, Mr. Geo. McBride, all of Toronto; Mr. John Bethune, R.AF., Chicago. Geo, Adam of Port MeNicholl visited bie parents this week. Jan, 1.--Rev. A, A. and Mrs. Jenner en- | tertained a number of jai young people at the parsonage on Tuesd@® last, and a good time is reported. The old year was ushered out and the new in by singing the "Natiunal Anthem" and 'The Maple Lesf Forever." On Monday the Methodist Sunday School was taken for a sleigh ride by G. Clarke, John Davis and Roy Reid. Supper was afterward served to parents, scholars. and friends in the schoolroom @nd a short pro- gramme concluded a verf~happy evening Mr. Robert Reid occupied the chair with his usual good humour. Rev. F, L, Brown, B.A., preached mais- church at 7 p.m., will be for the introduc- tion of the new hymn book. It will be service of song, interspersed with the history of the hymns by the pastor and others. "Miss Rachael Whittaker of Barrie is apending a few days with Miss Elsie Jenner. ANGUS Dec. 30---Miss Marion Spafford and M Shepherd of Toronto are visiting their pi ents, Rev. and Mrs. A. Shepherd, Dr. and Mrs, Zimmerman returned to Toronto on Saturday after spending a week or two with the latter's mother, Mrs. Neil Shaw. Mr. and Mrs, Ferguson and Jean, of Lon- don, are visiting at Thos. Bell's, Mrs. 8. Black of Toronto and Mrs. Werry of the West, are visiting theit mother, Mrs, McAteer. Mrs. Leonard Lee was visiting friends in Toronto last week. Migs Thaucey TarBush and Frank of Tor- onto, spent Xmas. with their parents here, Mrs. Stephen Duckworth spent Xmas with her son, Jerome Dyckworth of Vic- toria Harbor. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Walkinshaw of Col- lingwood are visiting the former's mother, Mrs, Wm. Walkifishaw Wm. Hurst of Toronto spent Xmas. with his grandmother, Mrs. Neil Shaw. On Monday, December the 30th, Hazel, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. - $1,300,000,000 for war expenditures alone Williams of Toronto ix visiting in ge. Mrs, Ben. Pearsall has returned home after spending a few duys with friends at Oro Station 5 Mr. and Mrs. John Finlay of Barrie cull. preciated by all. Speeches were given hy /€4,00 friends here one day last week Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hughes of Toronto | re the guests of Mrs. James Frankeom Jumes Coutts of Avening spent a few | The Late W. J. Scott \ From the Penetung Herald is taken the following reference to the death of W. J. Scott of Elmvale On Sunday W. J. Scott, son of Mr. and! Mrs, Jumes Scott, of Penetung, passed uw ay at his home in Elmvale, Mr. Seott con tracted the "flu' but was thought to be [getting along nicely when he took # relapse and succumbed to the disease. -- The ce. ceased was widely and favorably known throughout the ,northern section of the county, especially among the farmers, he | being engaged in the implement business for vom yeurs, A short time ago he ani his partner, Mr. Shanuhan, purchased the Pen etunguivhene gurage and we understand it was Mr. Sco't's intention 10 move here in the spring in order to give his eldest child {ren chance to attend High School | The remains were brought to Pene* ig juishene, Tuesday, and after service in che Presbyterian Church, were interred in the Preshyteriun cemetery { Live Stock Shortage | European Live Stock Decreuses Ten Times Total of Cunuda's Herds An enormous defierency in the stock of |food animals in the principal European | countries has occurred in the past four yeurs jof war, during which period production wes I necessarily hampered, while consumption by ithe armies probably more than made un for the decreased consumption of the civilian ulation. The fighting men had to have [plenty of meat The estimated decrease in Europenn lve stock since the war, not counting Russia, Austria-Hungary and the Balkans, is nude up as follows | cattle Sheep Hogs Toral Last census Canada's total live sock | numbered ux follows 191 | In othgr words the decrease in Europe is |nea-ly"ten times the total live stock popu- lation of Canada, counting only those ici: | ing countries from which figures are avail- | able. Britain's imports as based on nornal figures are: Beef 1,077,154,000 Ibs. Pork .. . .. ..1,261,082,032 Ibe. | Butter 452,705,264 Ibs. Eggs. + 190,850,520 doz. Canada, in the year ending in the fall of 1918, exported: Beef + ++ +, 104,710,813 Ibs. | Pork - 149,934,593 Ibs. Butter 6,783,466 Ibs. Eggs... .. .. .. 3,861,389 doz. The demand for Canada's animal products during the re-construction period of Europe will be as geeat as, or greater, than the | demand during the war, according to those | in touch. with the situation. Canads will have a net war debt of about by Murch Sist next. Her exports of animal products increased during the year from $53,400,000 in 1913-14 to $172,700,000 lust year. The opportunity existe for holding this trade and. paying off Canada's war debt inside ten years by live stock alone, Some Things About 1919 There will be three eclipses, two of the sun and one of the moon, but this part of the world won't see much of them. Good Fridey comes on April 18. Dominion Day falls on Tuesday and Christmas on Thurs- lay. There will be five Sundays in March, June, August and November, Feb- ruary has 28 days. Spring is billed to ar- rive on March 21st at 11 a.m, Summer will 'get here at 7 in the morning of June 22. Autumn canters around on Sept, 23rd. at 10 a.m. and King Winter begins putting cn his show at 4 p.m. December 22nd. Signs of Zodiac will be the same as in 1918, Wer Work and After-War Work of the SALVATION ARMY : "FIRST TO SERVE--LAST TO APPEAL" The Salvation Army has for 53 years been o: basis--inured to hardship, sacrifice and service, It is always in action, dey and night = i : # has maintained Military Huts, Hostels and Rest Rooms, providing food and rest for tens of jomtands of soldiers each day. 1,200 uniformed workers and 45 ambulances have tees ma oye at the front--in addition to taking care of the needs of soldiers' familice here oe home, assisting the qidows and orphans, and relieving distress arising from the absence of the soldieg begey Notwithstanding all the Government is planning to do, notwith tandi relief work of other organizations, hundreds of cases of urneae aaeie che Psppeeetaes i manding the practical help the Salvation Army is trained and equipped te render The Salvation Army Million Dollar Fund January 19th to 25th While it could do. so, the Salvation Army has carried on without any general appeal. Now th CTisis is arising with the return of the {00,000 soldiers. The budget for casential work during the a een prepars ion dol i it -the-1 icdviioe whit eee millic lars must be raised to continue the after-the-war Hostels for Soldiers protean SndTonsts arti Van, Mecemary, forthe Eetadahaese Stoncteeres and.sbt ome here ib free the tldier can wong rane Gfterainment At & fave a Hontel to go tor WHERE would coe ad Bet Care of the Wives, Widows, Dependents and Orphans of Soldiers Scores and hundreds of cases could be cited where sol- diers overseas have been comforted by the assurance that the Salvation Army has stepped in to relieve thelr families from dire need. Ae an instance. a mother ene six children is located--no fuel. weather freezing, food and. fonds exhumed by sickness and 'other teubiee They are taken to Salvation Army Emergency Recav: ing Home. Winter and 300,000 soldiert tenentny increase the demands on the Salvation Army, whose Personal help alone is of avail. Consider, too, the vase and Complex problems arising out of the care of soldier? widows and orphans. Keeping the Family Unit Intact The women of the Salvation Army on their visiting rounds accomplish the apparently impossible. 'Is the discharged soldier out of a job? TI ey find him one. Is the wife sick, the bome-work piling up, the children neglected* They nurse the wife, mother the children, wash and scrub." Is there urgent need for food. fuck, clothes or medicine? They are supplied. It takes money, of course, but more important is the loving spirit of service in which the work is done. combat the discomforts and evils that beset hi path? The service of the Salvation Army, founded on sacrifice, demonstrates the true spirit of the M ter. It is directed to the extension of the Kingdom of Christ ions the Salvation Hnylha® directed to the extension : dom of Christ. For two generations the Salvation It approaches practical problems in a practical way and achieves RESULTS, all--overlaps none. It recognizes neither color, race nor creed, night. No organization does greater work at less cost. To carry financial help, and on its behalf members of the Domini soldiers endorse this appeal for funds. "LET YOUR GRATITUDE FIND EXPRESSION IN SERVICE" ; THE SALVATION ARMY MILLION DOLLAR FUND COMMITTEE ey Headquarters: 20 Albert St, Toronto s It co-operates with Tt is always in action, day and on its great work it must have ion Government, business men and returned sep cempmnng ype ny oe . votees of art and religion. lis name is Nova Scotia. Already the artivts huve made their pilgrimage and returned with charming pictures of Evangeline's Land. A collection of sixty paintings. the work of six New York men, known as the Nova Scotia exhibited recent- ly in New York amd elicited much praise. The pioneers of Nova Scotia have blazed aw trail over which a brush and palétte laden army will follow in seasons to come. They will come to paint the gentle beauty of apple- blossoms when the great Annapolis Valley is covered with a fragrant pink.and white veil. They will come in cherry time to paint the rich red fruft and the happy people enjoying the Cherry. Festival, a time honored custom. They will come in autumn to transfer to canvas the mad riot of brilliant coloring with which Nature paints the woods and hillsides and A new Mecca is beckoning to de- A giant of the orchard in full bloom, The fisherman doing his thelr heavy burdened boughs of/The railway company has purchased bit. ripened apples. They will come at jAll seasons: to picture the quaint roundings. Land of Evangeline. station of Grand Pre you will find a transformed into a sbrine. Here previous to 1775. stood the Roman, Catholle Church 'of St. Charles, the church of the Acadians. To- massive stone cross marks the of the old burying ground that rounded the church and nearby sweep, |The French Acadians have cherished a ri ence for this spot | and now through the generosity of! the Dominion Atlantic Raflway Com- pany they may call it thelr own. when the orchards groan beneath | CANADIA PACi N Fic DAILY TRAIN SERVICE CANA fisherfolk and their quainter sur-|with rustic fence a} Mei-orial Park, Grand Pre, N.S. this mcadow and will mako {t into &n old-fashioned garden surrounded: ind has deeded a° portion of the ground to the Societi The Dominion Atlantic Railway|L'Assomption, composed of French' that ewitgs you around e half-circle| Acadians, of whom the Rev. ©. V.: from Halifax to Yarmouth, takes you|Landry of Butoche, N.B., is Presi through a Land of -Romance, the/dent. The only consideration tori At the Mttle| this trarsfer is the promise of the So- cletie to erect a chapel. This they Wide meadow which fy soon to be|are eager to do and plans are now under consideration, € With the dedication of the new shrine, large numbers of French, a) Acadians from Quebec, Montreal and! Upper nadian points, will make pilgrimages to Grand Pre similar to those made yearly to Ste. Anne de Evangeline's Well, with ite long|Beaupre. Their numbers will be swelled by many others who cherish & fondness for the gentle Evangeline and who will be eager to visit the scene of her story and to walk under the ancient willows that still guard this storied spot AN PACIFIC TORONTO---WINNIPEG--VANCOUVER Leave Toronto 7 p.m. Arrive Winnipeg 12.10 p.m. (Second Day) Arrive Vancouver 10.05 p.m. (Fourth Day) THROUGH EQUIPMENT Compartment Observation Cars, Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars, Dining Car, First- class Coaches, Colonist Cars, Toronto to Vancouver. | A Founa-telp ticket to the Pacific Coast via the "Canadian Pacifie* Permits a wide e diversity of rou 8 without additional charge. ' CANADIAN PACIFIC HOTELS IN WESTERN CANADA OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND ~ "Royal Alexand " Winnipeg; "Palliser Hotel," Cal "Vancouver Hotel," Vancouv \j "Emprese Hotel,' g Victcria Passengers for California should arrange thelr trip to Include the Canadian Pacific Reekles Particulars from Canadian Pacific Ticket Agents. W: B. HOWARD, facie Passenger Agent, Toronto,