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Vol 46 No. 10 ®hje /kfil)jettj(rtt %Hmu. Flesherton. Ontario Aug. 18, 1926 W. H. Thurston & Son, PoDprietors CEYLON Mr. Barlow of Springrfield, Mass., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. D. McLeod. % Mr. Scott of Delia. Alberta, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holman of To- ronto visited with Mr. and Mrs. H. Stone the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bruey and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bruey of Norfolk, Conn., Miss Dorothy McLeod, teacher in the Central Business College, To- ronto, Mr. Donald McLeod of VTalker- ville are visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McLeod. Mr. Abraham Wells of St. George called on old friends in this vilj«ge the past week. Mr. Jack White, who has been tak- ing a summer course in Toronto, is holidaying at his home here. Miiss Jennie and E^ie Cook of Fergrus were the guests of Misses Maud and Reta Hemphill the past week. Mrs. Winters and daughter, who have been visiting with the former's daughter, Mr. Wm. Mathewson, have returned to their home in Paris, Ont. Mrs. Snyder and babe and Miss Mary McLachlan, who have been vis- iting their father, have returned to the city. Miss Gladys McFadden of Orange Valley is visiting Miss Millie Cook. Mrs. A. Cornell, Brantford, Mrs. H. D. Mclntyre of Durham, Mr. and Mrs. Potter of New Bedford, Mass., Dr. Patterson of Toronto were visitors the pa.st week at Mr. D. McLeod's. Mr. and Mrs. Snowden McLeod of To- ronto are spending a fortnight with the former's narents, arriving Sat- urday. Mrs. McCabe, Mr. Robbs McKinnon, Miss Annie Muir, Mr. Jas. Walker, Mrs. Flynn, all of Toronto, and Mrs. D. McKechnie of Durham were week end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Allie Muir. Mr. and Mrs. Herbie Fisher and two children motored up from Toron- to and are visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Piper. Mrs. Alex. McRae and children of 8th line, Artemesia, are visitors at Mr. John Stewart's. Dr. and Mrs. West of i^ngus visit- ed the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Whittaker, last week. Mrs. John Adams leaves on Wed- nesday for an extended \isit with friends in Toronto. PRICEVILLE I* ^ Mr. and Mrs. Carter and child of Detroit were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Aldcom last week. Miss Nellie McLean returned to Toronto Saturday after holic'^aying three weeks at her home here. Mrs. (Dr.) BJake returned from Hamilton Thursday by car, accomp- anied by Dr. Banks Nelson and other friends of Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Cole and Miss Betty McRae and Mrs. Melia of Cleveland were the guests of Mr. anil Mrs. Cam- eron Smellie and Burnetts, South Line, last week. Miss Mary Ann McLean returned to her home here after spending some months with relatives in Detroit. We are very sorry to learn that Miss B. Jelly has given up her school here. We hope some one may be able to fill her place in school and town, but it is rather doubtful. The annual garden party of the ^' Presbyterian congregation of Price- ville held on Thursday, August 12, was favored with fine weather and an extremely large crowd. A splen- did Softball game was played between Maxwell and Priceville, the score being 7-2 in favor of the former. After this the large crowd assembled at the well-filled tables and enjoyed a real supper. Later order was call- ed and Mr. John L. McKinnon of Sask. ably filled the chair. The program consisted of singing, comet solos, orchestra music, speaking and bag pipes from Bhelbume friends; Hanover quartette; Priceville orches- tra; Mr. Cameron with the pipes, and last, but not least. Dr. Banks Nelson gave a wonderful talk on the present system of church union. We only hope that I>r. Nelson may be of some EUGENIA The farmers are taking advantage of the few fine days getting their hay crop finished. Mr. and Mrs. Carter and daughter, Betty, of Toronto are on a fortnight's visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Williams here. Mr Chas. Park of Detroit arrived home Tuesday of last week for a vis- it at his parental home here. Mr. Wallace Williams of Toronto spent the week end with his wife here. Mr. John MacDonald and brother, Neil, visited with the Burrell family near Harkaway recently.^ Mr. and Mrs. Quesnel of Owen Sound visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Sherwood recently. Miss Lucy Mc- Donald returned home with them to spend a few holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Grigsby and two daughters, Pearl and Shirley, of To- ronto spent a few days with Mrs. Grigsby's mother, Mrs. Wallace Will- iams. We are informed that the trustees have engaged a Miss Pohnston from near Owen Sound as teacher for our school. We understand that she is a niece of Superintendent Johnston of Owen Sound. Mrs. .^lex. McRae, 8th line, attend- ed the Stewart re-union picnic in the park here on Thursday of last week. Her brother, Mr. Charles Stewart, and wife of Kindersley, Sask., were present. It is 16 years since they last visited here, so it was a- happy re-union. A number from here attended the circus in Owen Sound on Saturday. Mr. John Sherwood visited his brother, Jos., recently. Mrs. J. L. Wood of Miraico attend- ed the Taylor-Duncan ninJtyils at Dundalk and visited her sister-in-law, Mrs. Will Magee, one day recently. Mr. Edwin Purvis of Toronto and sister-in-law, Miss Jean Lavery, mot- ored up Saturday for a visit with his wfe here, returning home Sunday, ac- companied by his wife. Mr Elwood Purvis, wife and daugh- ters, Ella and Jean, accompanied by Fordex, all of Parry Sound, are on a fortnight's visit wilth the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Purvis. Miss Gertrude Greenaway of Orangeville is \-isiting with her sis- ter, Mrs. Harold Falconer. Mr. Wesley Johnston of Creeemore spent Sunday with Mr. Robt. Purvis. Mr. Rody Gordon of Toronto spent the week end with his wife and child- ren here. Mr. Charles Williams has returned from his position in Toronto and will assist his "brother, Albert, vrith the threshing ntachine this fall. Mr. Alex. Cameron is having con- crete floors installed in his stables this week. Contractor Thos. Lever of Flesherton is doing the %vrok. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Doupe and children, Edgar, Irene and Edna \'is- ited with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haney on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Duckett and daughter of Maxwell visited at Mr. J. H. Duckett's recently. The Misses Loreen and Vilda Gra- ham of Walkerton ate holitS^ying with relatives in the village. KIMBERLEY FEVERSHAM We are glad to jee Mr. Bishop able ' to be out after his recent illness. Mrs. Brown, .Meatord, has been the guest of her friend, Mrs. Carruthers, for a few days. | Mr. and Mrs. F. Weber, Bertie, ' and Billy, also Mr. D. L. Weber spent '• the week end with friends in Toronto. \ Mr. and Mrs. D. A Grahpm are ' settled in their new home in the Bank i of Montreal building. Jliss Wilda Weber motored with \ Miss Almeda and other Meaford | friends to Harrison's Park, Owen ! Sound, on Sunday. j . Another serious fire occurred' Mon- ! day evening about 8 o'clock when the , house of Mr. Geo. Cornfield, occupied I by Mr. Steve Brockelbank was de- i stroyed by fire. The contents were '• saved, but there was very little insur- j ance on the building. Much symp- athy is felt for both men. i Mr. C. Cood spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Plewes. Mrs. [ Cood returned to Toronto with him. | Mrs. Ferguson is spending a few j days with her daughter, Mrs. Otto Baker, Vandeleur. | Miss Elvie Bishop ,has returned : from her trip down the St. Lawrence and points east. j Berry picking is the main work these days. They are plentiful and of good quality. Mr. Duncan, M.P., spoke in the Community Hall on Monday night. 1 We are sorry to report that little I Murelda Taylor received a brokfen arm while coming down a cement step. ' Dr. TurnbuU set the fracture and will have an X-ray taken at the Owen Sound hospital. The Women's Institute County con- vention was held at KimberTey on ' Thursday of last week, when about 400 delegates and friends attended. | It was a success in every way, and ' all the members and those interested 'â-  were on hand to help provide eats, etc. Some of the near branches helped generously with pies, cake, etc. It took 115 pounds of meat, 37 i double loaves of bread, 22 dozen buns and 15 pounds of butter to feed the gathering. The cost to Kimberley branch was $42, and was met by $2 each from thirteen branches in Centre Grey. A baseball game between Markdale and Kimberley played on the home ETTOunds on Monday, resulted in a win for Kimberley 9-1. Markdale was not worried about the outcome and took their trimming in a sports- man-like manner. Mr. McLean of Creemore and Mr. Jas. Whiteoak of Markdale visited A^th Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Whiteoak last week. Mrs. Foster Heron and daughter Etta, of Ogema, Sask., visited with Mr. and Mrs. Colquette and other friends in the village last week. Miss Florence Heron of Regina, Sask., visited with her aunts, Mrs. Jos. Barber and Mrs. Robt. Colquette, here last week. Mr. C. Rutledge of Shelbume was renew^ing old acquaintances here re- cently and while here was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McGirr. A very sudden death occurred near here on Tuesday night, August 10th, when Mr. Geo. Thompson, a farmer just east of this village, passed away. He had been out after his horses that had wandered into the grain and on returning to the house about 10.30 p. m. collapsed and passed away before the doctor arrived. The remains were laid to rest in the Presbyterian cemetery in Feversham on Tliursday. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. F. G. Goff of the Gospel Workers Church, assisted by the Revs. Mills, Simpson and Trotter of the same church, and by the Presbyterian minister here. One of the largest gathering of friends and neighbors ever seen here assembled to pay their last respects. Much sympathy is ex- pressed for the now sorrowing widow and relatives. Another very sad thing in connec- tion with the funeral of the late Mr. Thompson was that a car load of friends were returning home to Scarboro, near Agincourt, when some- thing went wrong with the steering gear of the car and it ran into the ditch and turned turtle, causing the death of two people. Mr. Andrew Nicol. an elderly man, was killed out- right and Jlrs. Frisby was so badly injured that she died two days later in the hospital at Orangeville and two more of the occupants were badly in Codies' mkhes TORONTO LINE, NORTH Mrs. I. Perigo, who spent the past several months with friends in De- troit and Toronto, has returned to the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. Stewart. Miss Gertrude Lever spent her va- cation with friends in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander and son, Ivan, Mrs. (Dr.) McKee of Feversham were recent visitors at A. Stewart's. Mrs. Wesley Ball and two children, who spent the summer with her par- ents, Mr .and Mrs. J. A. Lever, leaves for her home in Aledia, Sask. on Friday. Mr. Clarke Perigo of Toronto, who was holidaying at A. Stewart's, spent a week end with Owen Sound friends before returning to the city. Mrs. Wm. Burnett is visiting with relatives in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis and fam- ily of Toronto and Mr. H. McFadden )e 01 some '^^^ 5°" °* Markdale visited with Mr. help to the Presbyterians of Price- \ and Mrs. Emerson Wickens this week. ville, who have strugfrled so hard. I . I STABLE AND FARM EQUIPMENT I am agent for stable equip- ment, Mannfactored by the Su- perior O, aho Shinn Flatt light- ning rods. Manare Spreaders: wire fsocinR by the Canadian Steel snd Wire Co., Mount Forest Buggies, and Fenry Plows. A esll soUdted. â€" E. Rutherford. PtvtoB SUtioB. Pkolte 44 ring 3-2. Eighth Line, Artemesia Mrs. Roy McMillan and babe of Markdale, spent a day with her sis- ter, Mrs. Fred Jamieson. Mr .and Mrs. George Hoath and family of Paisley spent the week end with her sister. Mrs Thos Fen- wick Mrs. Fenwick, Edith, and Master Willie returned home with them. Mr. Ted Parson has taken a trip west for the harvest. We wish Ted every success. Mrs. John Stoddart and daughter Viney of Paisley, paid a flying vi;.it to her niece, Mrs. Garnett McGee recently. Mr. Lome Wright and Russell Linton, accompanied by their lady friends, spent- a day at Wasaga Beach. • 5Irs. Crews and family of Gait, are spending a few days with Mrs. Fred Pedlar. In a recent address to a Conger- i vative gathering Mr. Robinson, ed- ! Iter of the Toronto Telegram, express- j ed the opinion that conditions in On- tario under the Ontario Temperance Act were better than they would be under any other system fo control of the liquor traffic. Send The Advance to a relative. All parts of the Buren mox'cment are completely standardized â€" so accurate as to be absolutely inter- changeable. The parts are accurate to the 1/2 5,000th part, of an inchâ€" the Buren completely revolu- ticiizes all conceptions of what a popular priced watch can off^r in accuracy and durability. In cases of exquisite beauty. See the Buren and be satisfied. Ltuiits Watches in Gnen. or Vhhe Gold BUtd in fasbionahit shapes at SU.OO up. AT YOOR JEWELLERS A. Armstrong & Son FLESHERTON ONT. Macphail Meetings August 18th â€" Max'well Hall August 19th â€" Williamsford August 21 St â€" Dromore Hall August 23 â€" Lamlash School. August 24 â€" Jos. Black's Home. August 25 â€" Holland Centre Hall August 26 â€" Hanover Town Hall August 27 â€" Priceville Agricultural Grounds. August 28 â€" Desboro Hall. August 30â€" Rob Roy. August 31 â€" Fiosherton High School- September 1â€" -Durham. September 2 â€" Dundalk. September 3â€" No. 9, Normanby. September 4 â€" Dornoch- Evening meetihgs to commence at 8 p m. sharp hurt, one of them being Miss Lily Thompson, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Thompson of the 12th line near here. While Mrs. D. McMullen and son, Stewart, were coming into town on Thursday last to Mr. Thompson's fun- eral their horse became unmanageable and ran away, throwing Mrs. McMul- len out and fracturing two of her ribs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Alexander visited with friends in Toronto last week. Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Thompson and Jas Thompson and son, Jim, motored to .Agincourt on Monday and attended the funeral of the late Andrew Xichol. HOW AGNES VOTED CARD OF THANKS Mrs. Geo. Thomson and niece, Lillian Ottewell, wish to thank their many friends and neighbors for their! kindness, sympathy and help in their j recent bereavement; they also wish' to extend their thanks to them for the | beautiful floral tributes. i In reply to Mr. Watson Griffin's criticism of Miss .Agues Macpfaail, that '"Everyone knows that Miss Ag- nes Macphail, Progressive, was ia sympathetic co-operation with the Liberal party during the whole per- iod of her Parliamentary careeer, un- til she voted censuring the Macken- zie King .Administration," Miss Mac- phail, in a letter to the Mail and Em- pire affectively replies. .She says: "It will be quite amusing to mem- bers of the 14th parliament to hear of my sympathy with the Liberal party. In the four years wc had 63 divisions, and 40 times I voted a- gainst the Liberals. I was several times absent, when, as the list clear- ly show, I would have registered my vote against the Liberals. The Canada ^Tieat Belt has been extended northward more than 100 miles by the propagatdon of garnet wheat, a new early-maturing grain. "P BATES BURIAL CO. FUNERAL SERVICE NEW MODERN FUNER-\L P.ARLORS 122-124 Avenue Road, TORONTO Telephone; J. W. Bates. Klflgsdale 4344 R. Maddocks. Bedroom Furniture WE HAVE AT PRESENT THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF BEDROOM FURNI- TURE THAI WE HAVE EVER HAD. We feel sur that we can satisfy your needs. In a cheap Dresser we have a Fine Walnut Dresser, good sized mirror that we sell at $14. Look up the old catalogue and see if you can beat a walnut dresser at that ^price. Then f/ie haye them ranging up to $35, ac- , cording to size and quaJity. We also have the Vanity Dressers and Stools; and we have the' best idea we ever saw of a combination seat and catch-all, and der knows we all need something like that, to put things where we know that they will be. Then we have a real good assortment of Bed Springs and Mattresses- including: Real Bargain Walnut Bed Outfit $23 Call in and look things over and if satisfied, Buy; if you are not satisfied do not buy; for we ar^ building up a business on satisfied cus- tomers, who talk for us. Thos. W. Findlay FURNITURE DEALER & FUNERAL DIRECTOR FLESHERTON HOUSE OF Q.UALITV Homestead Fly Salt Everyone knows that this is the season when flies are the worst. .We have a salt that if fed to your cattle during this period, the flies will not bother ihem, and your cattle will rest contented. W. J. STEWART & SONS Flour, Tâ€"d, S»»d«. Oootmt and Conl«tti«»«TT Flesherton