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Wchiesday, Deo. lOtli, 1^^24 â- ! !B ! . ' .---JJJ .. ' J I â- â- â- -^ THE rCi^HERTON ADVANCE Published on ColUnKWood Street, Flesherton, Wednesday of each week. Circulation 1100. Price in Canada $1.5(1 per yeai ; in U.S. A. $2.00 juH- yoar; $2.00 per year when not paid in advance. W. H. THUR.STON, THE FUvSHERTON ADVANCE Editor DKUilNt; A ;)l >il' TO I NRAVKL A TRAGEDY ) I X. It is now five year.s since A Snrall, the Toronto theatrical n\il!ion- airo, disappeared, arnl .sinc> ihat liiiu' thoujfh many clues have been foll- owed by the jioliee and the author- ities have conceded that he is no longer alive, no intelliRenc-e as to what happened to him lia.s been ^ forthcoming. His sisters have not, •Vhoweyer, piven up hope of solving the myslei-j'. Having been granted by the Court a share of the fortune they have resolved to spend a large sum in following up one "clue," which has been persistently suggest- ed by the one professing to know more than the ordinary speculator in probabilities. The Misses Small have received permission from the civic authorities to overhaul the dump at Rosedale at their own expense, ^and it is understood will, if need be, spend a large sum to effectively set at rest the suspicion that their bro- ther's body lies buried there. The stary, as believed by manv in ^Toronto, is that early in the evening a ',f the day on which he was la.-t seen. Small was visited in his office by some person or per.sons; that an alter- cation ensued; and that the magnate lost his life as a consequence. It is not definitely assumed that the Inan was murdered for his money or for some real or fancied wrong; but, it- " ^^^'i^'^ d PossiWfi-iiiaiririJrair and [pe. ^"^or assailants simi|y i}f^**l'ieS; that the dispute was fol- lowed by blows, and that death was caused either by a blow from a chair or by a fall over the chair, which was found next day with one of its rungs freshly smashed. The theory is that when it was seen that Small was dead, "the attacking party became alarmed and securing a conveyance carried away the body and disposed of it â€" most effectively, as it has turned """oot.' -Such disposition would of course be carried out with the least possible chance of discovery if in the early evening hour undertaken succeeding the closing of stores and factories. At first, because of the disappear- ance of Doughty, who for year.s had I heen the faithful secretary of the magnate, it was believed that if he could be got at the mystery would be cleared up. The arrest of Doughty and his conviction for criminally ap- --propriating $100,000 in bonds belong- ing to Small, did ngt, howwer, result in unravelling the tragedy. There have been those, of cour.se, who per- sisted in believing that Doughty knew more about the affair than he cared to reveal, but it is reported that though he has been visited in the penitenti- ary by expert police officers and by relatives of the victim, he has stead- ily adhered to his story that he knows jj^hrrtg of Small's disappearance; that he ran away to the United States and assumed a false name because he did not desire to be mixed up in the disappearance, which he hoped •would be as on former occasions, only _jg|[r N«iUnie;- and that in any case, the tonds he held were kept by him in trust at his sister's home and were not stolen, as on his return to Canada lor trial he delivered them up intact. Iioughty has served nearly four years of a six-year term, and at last p^ktcounts held firmly to the assertion V that he has nothing to reveal. Will r-^o stirring up of the dump unravel the mystery? Even though the re- mains of the missing magnate are ionnd, there will still be one very pertinent question to answer, "Who VjnadiB^way with him?" and what was the motive? have given no sign of retrenchment or t-i'ononiy. All l.usiiie.ss hiiuse.s and , manufacturing concerns have had to i retrench and reduce "overhead" ex- i pciises, but our legislulors seem to be ' utterly indifferent to conditions and none of the abuse.s pointed out moiv than a year ago huve been rectifivd. !^i/!!iries and expenditure all remain at the peak. A man cannot even v.ear out shoe leather tramping the I'.oor in a brain effort to find out where he can get money without pay- ing a tax for this exeixise, yet for .1. 1 October we fell short of necessary expenditure l>y the huge sum noted above. The Farmers .Sun in its hL^st issue points out thp remedy, which the government would do well to heor. The Sun says: â€" "An immediate and drastic application of the pruning knif'e to Federal, Provincial and mun- icipal and school expenditure there must be if tolerable economic condi- tions are to be restored. This country simply cannot go on if it is to be permanently handicapped by the burden of taxation which is being carried now." EDITORIAL NOTES MOBfi ABOUT TAXATION With all the enormous taxation tliat this country is laboring under it is noted that for the month end'ng October 3l8t our finances fell short ^f the ordinary expenditure by the â- ^enormous deficit of eight and a half million dollars. Still our legislators Three Montreal men got five years each in penitentiary for flim-flaming a merchant of Haileybury district out of $2,500. Settell got three years for flim-flaming Sir Adam Beck and Mr. Pope'out of thirty thousand doll- ars of public money. The admini- stration of our Canadian laws should be a matter of pride to every Can- adian â€" but is it? * ♦ * * Merchants fn the various parts of Canada are complaining that a large portion of the paj)&r "currency now in circulatipjx^has become dilapidated and iiftSfinitary. That may be, and iKe government and banks should see to it without delay, but in the meantime this family journal will not be particular as to the condition of the doUar bills that may at any early date be transmitted in payment of subscriptions or for work done. The prime necessity is for our debt- ors to pay up and thus enable us to do likewise. * • • • The newspapers of the county are bringing forward a large number of names of prospective candidates for the Wardenship of fhis county next year. In connection with this w© wish to point out that Reeve McKenzie of Artetnesia is not only a candidate, but we belieVe has a much more solid claim to the honor than any other member of the County Council. Neither will anyone claim that his qualifications in every way are not sound. On sveral occasions he has retired in favor of somebody else, and his large experience ought to make it a sure thing this year. He has waited a long lime and is more than entitled to the coveted honor. * * * * Some newspapers are claiming that the total eclipse of the sun to occur on January 24th will he the first in 200 years. This is not correct, for many now living remenilier the total eclipse of about T>" yars ago. The writer remembers it well. In this county it was not quite total but nearly so. It was at the darkest about 4 p.m., when chickens, ducks and geese scurried for night quarters, thinking they had already reached "the end of a perfect day" in the stubble field. An hour later they were more to picR up the broken thread of more to pick up theb roken thread of a happy existence. We well remem- ber how we chuckled as a boy to see the birds fooled in this manner. THE WOLF WAS A DOG. Considerable excitement prevailed recently in Eden Grove when a young Nimrod of Brant township claimed the distinction of being the first man to shoot a wolf in a swamp in that district. Some hours later however, it became known that Mack Scott, general merchant of the Grove, had purcliased a valuable police dog and had it shipped tO him from To- ronto, arriving the night before. The hunter â-  had the skin removed from the animal and was about to make â- ipjdication for the customary Gov- i-rnnient bounty when Mr. Scott iden- tified the carcass as being that of his valuable dog. Letter From Wathington TIk; Advance ba.* received a letter from an old friend at Donald, Wash- ington, which wo appreciated very much. Most of it is of rather a perj:onal nature and was not intended for publication, but we feel that the publication of a few c:i^trncts will not be objected to by the writer. Dear Sir: â€" We have had an exceptional year here in rer^ard to prices for fruit which is the main crop of this valley. There has never been such good prices not even during the war. I spent, last winter in California and covered nio.'it of the State and also spent a I short time in Mexico. The oil wells j in both California and Mexico are as thick as trees in an orchard. I met so many people from Grey County that it was as good as going home. Nearly all the people coming from there have been doing well financally, y.it I don't like California as well as Washington. They were suffering there for the want of rain and the foot and mouth disease was at its height. It has since been controlled. Real estate has been booming there for a few years. Some of the Strain bo.vs are there: Joseph was in Los Angeles, also Mary and her hsuband. I spent some time in British Col- umbia this summer. I was there for the First and Twelfth of July and met a number of Grey Old Boys and sure enjoyed it. Whenever it gets too hot here in the summer I start for British Columbia. Yours sincerely, â€" W. J. DAVIS. Young, *E.aon McCutcheon, *Marj- orie Seeley. Cecil Chard. Jr. 2 â€" "Robert Long, *Marjorie Guy, ArleC) Pallister. 1st Clasr â€" 'Arthur Lawler. Pr.â€" *Be:,a Long, 'Billie Kerto:, •Marie Ch(, d, Isabel Pallister, *Irene Parker, Rc'iert Priestly, May Linly, Stella You. g, Lloyd Morrison. Tho.,e n- irked ( ') were present every clay. No. enrolled 40; aver- age attenc! inee 37.7. â€"HELEN MAVNARD, Teacher MRS. «. STRAIN WRITES Under date of December 2nd Mrs. R. Strain of Genoa Bay, B.C., says: â€" "We are having mild weather, with flowers still in bloom outside. We had a few hoar frosts last week, but the nasturtiums are still clinging to the fence and are quite green. Pheasants are numerous here and farmers complain of them destroying' their potatoes in the ground. Fish- ing is plentiful here in summer. My son, Percy, caught a 38 pound sal- mon and J. Chard caught a 22 pound one. The dog salmon are smoked by the Indians for their winter meat. Times are hard with so many mills being closed down on account of the depression in the lumber business." Eurenia Public School Those n.Trked with an (*) are the best spelk/.i in the cla.ss. Sr. 4 â€" Jack Large and Donalda Sloan* equal, Rolph Large, Laura . Fawcett, Everett Graham. S.r ;{ â€" Ketff Genoe*, Irene Martin, Hilda. fJordon, Enid Gordon, Patty Morgan, Glenn Pedlar, Lorenzo Mar- tin. Jr. ••! â€" Victor Camptoll*, Gladvs Fawf:>tt. Si . ^â€" Melro.so Campbell*, Kathleen Pedhir, Gladys Williams. ; Ji, 2 â€" Phyllis Graham*, Mamie' Ker'on, Lloyd Genoe, P'rank Large. | S . 1 â€" Lucy Sherwood*. i Sr. Pr. â€" Vernice Fawcett. J .'r. Pr. â€" Nellie Benson, Bernice i Canpbell, Argyle Martin, Teddie ' Cr.mpbell, Teddie Dixon, Anneta! Turner, Percy Graham and JLottie j Graham equal. | No. on roll 32; average att. 25.63. ' â€" A. C. McQueen, Teacher. Better Rubber Footwear at the Regular Price If RHINO Rubber Foot- wear wern't better â€" if it didn't wear longer â€" we would not support the iron clad guarantee that goes with every pair. These facts hold good with all RHINO Rubbers. Note the Protector flap on rubber shoe illustrated. It is an exclusive, patented RHINO feature. It effec- tually prevents dirt, manure, snow or moisture from getting inside. This footwear is made from RHINO RUBBERâ€" the toughest and most wear- resisting that Science has yet discovered â€" which will wear up to twice aft long as ordinary rubber. Insist on RHINO Foot- wear. ** Compare Thf> Wear*' F. H. W. HICKLING Flesherton f 13 SCHOOL REPORTS S. S. NO. 6 ARTEMESIA Sr. 4 â€" Dora Hazard. Sr. 3â€" Isaac Snell, Neilbert Mac- Kenzie, Lloyd Banks. Jr. 3â€" Macil Snell, Raymond Mac- Donald, Clarence Stafford. Sr. 2 â€" .leanette MacLeod, Dorothy Snell. .Ir. 2 â€" Bessie Cairns. Jr. 1 â€" Jessie MacDonald. Pr. Aâ€" Uillie Cairns, Marion Staff- ord. Pr. 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