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h the tribune vol xxxii no 46 stouffville ontario thursdayjanuary 18 1923 j muintrv jj5lvij3 cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors con veyances c buttons block stouffville money to loan dental dr d c smith dentist stouffville honor graduate of chicago and toronto university and the royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 1015 no outside appointments dr e si barker lls dds dentist stouffville honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the univer sity of toronto office hours s to 12 am 2 to 3 pra office in grubins block pone 3201 for all calls markham every tuesday office over m whites store dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 100 a c kennedy chiropractor will be in his office on church st from 930 to 12 pm on monday wednesday and friday t h mid sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville office hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to s30 pm other hours bv appointment phone 5304 woman murdered i presbyterians in at cedar valley annual gathering s10uld we have new post office newmarket hyland the jan l i 55 y 12 that martha yea- old woman found dead on a lonely farm in auctioneers f w silversides auctioneer having license for york and on tario counties i make a specialty of pedigreed stock and am in touch with the most prominent breeders phone stouffville 507 for dates and terms david a pugh graduate of c m jones school chicago lifetime experience with pedigreed stock block and ring work all kinds of sales promptly attended to terms reasonable phone 010 claremont r r no 1 claremont ont travel by whitchurch tcjwnship on december 27th last was he victim of foul work was the finding pi the coroners jury which sdt hove last night the verdict read taiatthe jurors believed death due tola blow on the head by a party or parties unknown important i testimony was given by a brother jhenrv hyland and by dr f j bbfil and dr a webb both of xefiarket who performed the autopsy henry hyland sworn said ho was married and had two children but was not living with his wife he and his two sisters kept nil their money in a joint bank account and it had been necessary for them to sign checks to allow withdrawals they had taken up farming on lot 23 oth con whitchurch on the day of the tragedy he had risen early in the morning and found his sister martha suffering from asthma desiring to make some purchase s he started on foot for ballantrae before daylight returning to the farm about 930 am he found his sister ada alone in the house and was told by iter that mar tha had gone to the creek about 40 rods away to get buckets of water he asked ada to look for her fin ally he heard a scream for ada had discovered her sister dead he ran out of the house and found martha lying face down in the stream he pulled her out and found her heart no longer beating answering further questions he said he first thought his sister had been accidentally drowned but later came to the belief that she had com mitted suicide she had been con- siderably worried he said because the farm did not turn out as repre sented to them when they bought it he declared martha had told him i that if she was ever missing he j would find her mothers bible in the potato pit he dug in the pit and found the book just as provincial detective miller and three constables were approaching hyland also swore that three days before the tragedy he had come to believe there were men in the bush watching the move ments of himself and sisters since her death he had found an axe un- expectedly he declared that for four years one roy scott had been following them about and watching them he thought scott might have been in the employ of the provincial police dr boyd who performed the autopsy said that in his opinion death was clearly due to a wound in the head and concussion of the brain the wound had been caused evident ly by a blow from a smooth or round instrument dr webb who assisted at the i autopsy agreed dr w h wesley of newmarket presiffenwsi3joner chief of police as in noahs ark there were the clean and thaunelean raven and doveleopard and kid the cruel lion wit jr the gentle lamb so in the church of christ on earth you will find the same diversities find differences of human character rev dr guthrie if such weoplo dwell in the church of christ ion earth it certainly was not evidencen in st james presby terian congregation last wednesday night jan 10th when the 02nd annual congregational meeting con vened in the basement of the church the ladies prepared a most accept able tea which was enjoyed by the one hundred or one hundred and fifty people present notwithstand ing the stormy weather a number of families were on hand from the country while the anual meeting affords an excellent opportunity for the members to enjoy a social coni flab the real business of the gather ing is the reception of the annual report of the various church organ izations election of officers and suggestions for the future work of the church the affair was held in banquet form and rev robert young the pastor was unanimous ly chosen chairman of the meeting j and mr frank kae secretary j a well known citen of this town has drawn our attention to an item in a toronto daily paper vhich says the toronto deputation asks for a breakwall aii the minister pro mises consideration this refers of course tda minister of the dom inion government and as the es timates of expenditures to be made next session are now being prepared toronto is busy as usual the citizen of whom we speak is a steadfast liberal in politics and he went on to suggest that right now stouffville should get busy re garding a post office building which is badly needed he points out that neighboring towns markham ox bridge aurora and newmarket all have modern uptodate offices a liberal government occupies the treasury benches at ottawa and moreover stouffville is in the prime ministers riding and gave him the largest majority in december 1921 of any municipality in the riding in asking for a post office building this town is only requesting its just dues such a building is needed here further our interviewer says are we to have what is justly due us or will the politicians still continue to reason that the tories despise stouff ville and we grits can count on it anyway if such be our politicians mrs wm brown of toronto is visiting at the home of mrs mauley bruce mr wm blain barrister of re- gina visited over sunday with his uncle mr jas hand miss mammie smith of woodstock is home for a months vacation with her parents mr and mrs n e smith messrs w ii shaw and wm j mather attended a meeting of suc- coth chapter ram in uxbridge last thursday night mrs baker who has just arrived from england has moved into the house with her daughter mrs la- geer one door south of the metho dist church mrs baker is an ex perienced nurse mr x jagger of toronto a resi dent of stouffville 15 years ago was in town tuesday winding up affairs after the burial of his mother here who died in toronto last december he was accompanied by h jaggar a former resident of markham tp pickering tp sunday school convention bronchial are hardest to shake but we have a remedy that soothes the irritation and like the breath of pines heals the in flamed membranes xyab p1xol expectorant is particularly valuable in the relief of bronchitis coughs and colds pleasant to take but promptly effective in ac tion prjtce 50c sold only at market drug store geocoliard druggist stouffviije ontario the pastor presented the session i ii of reasoning let me remind report which showed a total mem- ahem throughyour paper that these i us no 11 1 r r ii 1 canadian pacific for full particulars tickets and reservations appiy to h- w- sanders local agent phone 180 also cpr and cunard line ocean tickets stouffville lodge no 384 meet- every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethren welcome ralph baker w r sanders n o secretary j b hanno financial secy 7 and charles sjtts toronto choose n high salaried future the way to avoid the road sto disappointment and failure is to get a sound training in our school if interested write to day for our catalogue enter any time w j elliott principal boadways drug store i stouffville bership of 93 there was received by certificate and profession of faith nine while four deaths were record ed alex maclean wm harding miss morrin and w mitchell the choir report presented by mrs collard showed a membership of 25 with two capable leaders the best of feeling existed between the members and mr young later re ferred to the choir as one of the flourishing organizations of the church in the absence of mrs r stewart treasurer of the wms mrs dr smith presented the report eleven meetings were held during the year and the membership stands at 26 they raised over 125 during the year the report of the reid memorial mission band and mary haig mis sion band were given in a capable manner by eric collard for the jun- iors and jean mckenzie for the sen iors the financial reports were read by janet button and isahelle aitchinson the mary haig band is a new organization which more than i doubled its membership during the i year j dr smith superintendent presen ted the sunday school report he intimated that it was a real pleasure to act in his capacity when he had associated with him such a splendid teaching staff parents were request- ed to spend a little time acquainting the children with the sunday school lesson before they reach school each sabbath total receipts for the year were 22850 of which 25 was turned over to missions the cost jpf s s literature had more than doubitl the past few years the school hasa e1l financial balance are days of on changing public opin a life sentence robt stevenson from near mount albert was last week sentence to life imprisonment by chief justice jiuiock after a jury had found him guilty of manslaughter in killing his wife with an axe last april the jury deliberated for more than four hours before returning a verdict steven sons mental state was brought into question and he was declared by some to be insane local league curling games played last week as follows at agincourt on jan 11th t kirk handled thewitngs declared insane since the finding of the coroners to the newsrelr with the inquest dr harold clare and dr attendance is betwew- 40 w t parry declare henry hyland a and his sister ada to be insane barber h forsyth is quite illbut wishes to say he hopes to be out and on the job saturday morning the thermometers on the front street registered 22 below zero at 8 oclock on wednesday morning church notes church of chiust meeting at church omjhrist west end lords day jan 21st at 11 a m for worspsnd preaching by frederick sommer toronto every body welcome mexnonite sunday january 21 w m mcguire pastor stouffville 10 am sunday school 11 am preaching service by pastor 7 pm service conducted by local hely alton a 1030 union sunday school 7 pm preaching by pastor offering at this service for the beneficiary fund dixon hill special evangelistic meetings are being held at the clytirch every even ing excepting saturday conducted by the pastor rek wm h yates assisted by rev 0 raymcr and others a song service at 730 preaching at 8 gojjd- speaking good singing comoand heat the afvncourt stouffville w brillinger c armstrong w armstrong steers sk 9 sarmstrong sk 1g shadlcck i gray paterson h brillinger hood drusnell w young sk 12 h sanders sk 17 maj for stouffville 12 shots at- stouffville jan 13th markham latter farley reesor malcolm sk thompson hargrave robb reesor skip 11 13 stouffville e smith h brillinger w armstrong w sanderssk 12 jmckinnon i h perry j dougherty h porter sk 10 pickering tp sunday school as sociation annual convention last thursday jan 4th was a grand success it was held in the green river baptist church rev g c upham minister and the large mini ber of delegates and other workers in attendance filled the building to capacity a- delightful feature of the occasion was the warm hospital ity of the good people of green river who provided their guests with the very best of attention both at the church and in their comfortable homes the arrangements for the severe weather prevailing on the 12th was timely it was remarked or many would have been crowded out a pleasing event on the pro gramme was the vote of the conven tion that j h michell the secre tarytreasurer be tendered an ex pression of warm appreciation of his 25 years of faithful and efficient service and that he be presented with a copy of the best teachers bible obtainable mr michell made reply in a brief bright address am morley of pickering presided on the programme were provincial secretary c w derville and rev b av merrill superintendent of reli gious education walmer rd bap tist church toronto besides mrs n white rjevs price and king and auld of the pickering tp associa tion the new president for the ensuring year is superintendent booth of the green riter school and jh michell was reelected secretary treasurer a fine choir added consi derable to the enjoyment of the af ternoon and evening session mi lunsx at h if price and fine selection of wool oil hand mrs m watts lavsons block stotuffvllle i majority for markham 2 shots and 45 pupils report of the yps was given by winnie hutchinson which was fol lowed by a report on the church mission givings by mr walter dick son 11636 was paid to mission work while the treasury still holds 9386 the final report but one of the most important was given by the congregational treasurer mr d those desiring to procure register- aitchinson by way of comparision j ed animals write for catalogue to disposing of his scotch shorthorns al important jfeale ofscotch short horns will as held xfn thursday jan 25th on the ttrm of reuben besse half mile east ovclaremont mr besse has sold his farm sbthcv entire herd isto be sold besides other farm stuff the cattle are headed by suti famous sires as the campbells and cruickshanks and it will be a splendid opportunity for old fashlonedgospel preached the old fashioned way in the farmers partner a bank like an individual it known by the company it keeps in other words every bank has a distinct character this bank has been so closely associated with rural develop ment in the past half century that it is now characterized as the farmer partner if you are looking for practical banking cooperation let our local manager demonstrate standard service the standard bank y or canada flgbtythbee millions va he stated that 20 years ago the total givings of the congregation amoun ted to 91617 while the expendi ture was 102319 thus creating a deficit the stipend at that time was only 41 monthly without a manse the year just closed showed a balance of 150 with an additional 72 due from the melville congrega- tion the total monies raised for church purposes was 163236 he complimented the wms whose or- j ganization stood fourth in the pres bytery in weekly givings the con gregation stands 23rd out of about 75 churches church officers the retiring managers were w h clark and f e rae the latter was reelected to the board and to the position of secretary george urquhart replaces mr clark for a three year term other officers reelected mission trcas walter dickson congregational treas d aitchin son auditors j urquhart j hand before the gathering broke up rev mr young called attention to a falling off in church attendance he proposed to deliver 20 minute point ed addresses at the evening vice the motor car claimed mr besse to claremont post office the sale will start promptly at 130 oclock terms arranged goodwood miss jessie todd was in toronto on saturday i miss florence smalley was home over sunday i remember the home and school club meeting on friday i some were storm stayed on sun day evening so we hear the methodist service was iiwiii drawn on sunday a sleiirhloyaa took in the skating rtnk at claremont on saturday eve we are getting a lot of snow and plenty of shovelling these days miss wagg and miss procton of thornton visited at i waggs on a recent day last week w cooper has had an addition to his family household a wee sma laddie arrived to keep aimer com pany we notice the big red van which has been bringing in bread has not i been coming regularly of late the snow is rather too deep for auto traffic the prayer meetings last week i were well attended at the homes of miss murison and j ashenhurst al so in the methodist church when rev mr mcintosh gave the address the other meeting were held at rev legates and at mr isaac waggs i a vote was taken to hold a union meeting each week fridays when possible this friday evening it will be at mrs j middletons home cut flowers and feosrf rnib med 26 to 40c smoked drolls 32 to wedding bouqcc and m funeral designs muston nurseries stouffville phone 7001 cox 2 uxbridge our new threshers have arrived ser- on the 2nd line and they came all all the way in in a half day you a tot of people in the summer months would have thought their outfit was who should at least attend church a sleigh but when they reached the during winter so far as his ability second they sent a meenger ahead the fifth line winter is brisk so far and the line has been busy an old fash ioned canadian winter is right with us some of our folks are engaged in the wood business up on the ridges duncans hitchcock smith and talt seem busy at intervals alf thinks its tough going geo hunt is also hauling wood gordon read has put on some life insurance with r allin of the dominion life pat is looking ahead the little fellow that shoots arrows seems to have been busy one ix memoriam young fellow got wounded but he in loving memory of lieut rich- is quite meek under the pireum ard wildgoose beloved husband and stances father who died january 13th 1922 mr a allen was delivering hay j the one we loved is now at rest to wm stotts cashel last week i his fond true heart is still mr edwin jewitt went out to the one that wuld have hejjppd us richmond hill last tuesday to the most accessories trial but it was post- now lies in d poned the milk trucks have had to dis continue on this line ve hejph thscol3 chill no one knowhtr silent heartache only those who have lost can tell of the grief that is borne in silence for the one that we loved so well wife and family supreme bread goodness a loaf- of good bread con tains all the elements that guarantee health vigor and a satisfied appetite stovers bread its made from allpure materials which- assure you a loaf of superlative goodness ask your grocer ambrose stover we deliver to yonr home trucking long and local distance hauling prices moderate geo valder west of standard bank stouff ville phone 1603 oe30e o xoexox ion went he proposed to make the ser vices bright and profitable quartette music was rendered dur ing the evening by the misses rae miss mowder and mrs collard sealed tenders are being for the position of assessor of mark ham village to prepare supper boadways drug store sscquffvtlle with a requent and a bed the weather wa scold the road was had but you couldnt stop austin j yake be gad it being cold and the i clover dry they got all the seed called the way in in a half day you and v thfr j machine is just the one that gets all the seed and wastes none and other people thought go too for they brought their seed for them to do andwallace said to aust one daydo you think this trip will over pay ill make it pay if i have to thresh clover out of hay i i extra special table of loo hats for saturday and all next week a ta of 100 hats also bargains all through the store telephone 4303 mrs f wilsp i ioe xoe usfisk