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^WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1931 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Come to Our New Store For Your Christinas Gifts We are giving a GREAT BIG REDUCTION IN EVERYTHING for a send-off Many lines to choose from: CHINA WARE, GLASS WARE, BON BONS, PLATES, SALAD BOWLS, BERRY SETTS, Etc. SILVERWARE, KNIVES, FORKS AND SPOONS, CASSEROLES. MITTS AND GLOVES. TOOLS, SKATES, PUCKS AND HOCKEY STICKS \\Y have so many lines it is hard to list them all here; but come in and look them over. The prices and goods will please you. Yours for better service 1 . Frank W. Duncan HARDWARE Phone 54 Agricultural Grants Remain The Same Information was received here last week by H. A. McCauley, secretary of the East Grey Agricultural Society, that the usual grant on the same basis j would be given to the Ontario fairs for the year 11(31. This will be wl- , come news to many of the smaller fairs as the government and county grants practically keep the societies on their feet, and if this fund were taken away would be forced to cancel their fairs. The report.* circulated with respect to the cutting of grants to the same amount as the municipal- ity in which the fair is situated is considered, by many, as an indication that this policy will be followed early in the future. The grants are based on the expenditures of each fair for purely agricultural purposes. Grey County Winners The Grey County judging team did splendid work at the Guelph Winter Fair in the inter-county judging com- petition, being coached by 'Messrs. T. S. Cooper and A. V. Langton of the! Department of Agriculture at Mark- dale. They secured 4th place with 23 competing in the seed judging and 2nd prize in the judging of swine and 19th out of 2(5 competing in live stock judging. The team was composed of Wm. Martin, Walters Falls; Leon- ard Taylor, Kcmble; and Harvey Fligg of Woodford. The team did xplcndid work considering the time available frfr coaching this fall. MRS. GEORGE SPEAKS ON TE.MPERANCt A meeting of special interest to temperance people was held in the Baptist church o_n Tuesday evening when Mrs. T. II. George, one of the field workers of the Ontario W. C. T. U. was the speaker. There was only a small number of the mem- bers ami friends of the local union present. Mrs. Wm. Inkster, presi- dent of the local W. C. T. U., occu pied the chair, and after the devot- ional period called on Misses Jean and Ruth Wolstencroft for a duct, who al-so later gave a viojin selection which was very much appreciated Mrs. George, the speaker, in thor- oughly conversant with the temper- ance situation, politically, socially and educationally, and her remarks were very interesting and instructive. Rev. J. R. Wolstencroft also gave n short talk on temperance. Mis M. McMillan moved a hearty vote of thanks to the speaker which car- ried unanimously. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs George also addressed the pupiN of the public and high school on the temperance question. Mather 59, Dorothy Snell 58, Dorothy Wolstencroft 67, Neilbert MacKen- zie 55, I .i'.i | Anderson 55, Alma Mc- Lean 54, Jeanette McLeod 53, Donald Reilcy 53, Lucy MacDonald 53, Gordon Stuart 53, Dorothy Jamieson 53, BoL Phillips 52. FAIL Cecil Chard 47, Stanley Hunt 48, Earl Otteycll 45, Macil Snell 43, Wilfred Frook 41, George McMas- ter 40, Ed Patton 39, Laverne Piper 3-1, Joe Gihson 31, Mervyn Johnson 31. FLESHERTON HIGH SCHOOL REPORTS FORM 3 ENG. LITERATURE -- HON. - Daisy McFadden 79, Doris Bannon 76. PASS Bill Fisher 72, Christcna MacKinnon 68, Hazel McKillop C8, Is- abellc MacMillan 04, Verdun Mt 'Mas- ter C.'!, Rowena Magcc (>2, Fred Faw- cett 02, Isobel McMullcn Cl, Eleanor St. John's Ladies' Aid The Ladie's Aid of St. John'-j United :hurch met at the home of Mrs. W. J. W. Armstrong on Wednesday ev- ening of last week and conducted the election of officers for the ni-w yoar. which were as follows; President Mrs. \7. Moore; 1st vice, Mrs. J 0. Dargavcl; 2nd viae, Mrs. H. A. Mc- Caulcy; fecretary, Mrs. R. G. Hollarul: treasurer, Mrs. J. A. Heard; parson age committee, Mrs. Wm. Inkster nnd Mrs. T. J. Fisher; flower com- mittee, Mrs. O. W. Phillips and Mrs. Wm. Wilcox; aick committee, Mrs A. Gilchrist and Mrs. J. Blackburn; draping committee, Mrs. T. Bentham. Mrs. W. Turncy and Mrs. O. W Phillips. ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Bella Irene, daughter of the late, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sharp of Fleaherton to Mr, Wesley Dever of Proton Sta- tion, the mariiagc ko take place in Toronto the latter part of December. ADVANCE ADVTS. PAY 8TORB wrre BERVICB F. T. HILL&CO.,Ltd. CUAIN STORES Markdale, Ontario OUR BUYING POWER BATES YOU A LOT OF MONET Money Saving Features I ADIES' DRESSES $3.95 MEN'S All- Wool UNDERWEAR $1.59 Smart new styles in Bonton Crepe, all new A real heavy All-Wool garment, made to give ntylea, smart colors $3.95 extra long service, garment ....- $1.59 LADIES' MILLINERY $1 EACH BOYS' BLOOMERS 89c pair Big clearance, smart styles, final clearance Values! Values! Genuine in heavy tweeds out they go, each $1.00 nmi serges, all sizes, pair 89c LADIES' BLOOMERS 95c pair All fshadcs, ou to clear, all sizes in lot, reg- ularly priced throughout the place at $1.35 to $1.50. Sale Price, pair ........................................ 95c SATIN DRESSES $6.95 A Real Buy .lor you, regularly priced from $10.ftl> to $12.95, in newest shades, brown, wine, green and black, sizes 10 to 44, out they go .... $0.95 LADIES' SILK BLOOMERS 49c a pair Special Sale Silk Bloomers, all sizes, all want- ed nhadc, per pair ................................................ 49 <s MEN'S FLEECE UNDERWEAR 69c Here is a Special. Heavy Fleece Lined garm- ent, all sizw, out they go at, pair ........................ fi'.V Men's LEATHER LINED COATS All leather, lined with smart fur collars, size* 30 to 40, each .......................................................... $9.05 Men's 15-inch TOP RUBBERS $2.95 Sizes G and 7 in lot, regular value $3.50 to $3.75. Sale Price, pair ...................................... $2.95 GROCERY VALUES Cream of Wheat Flour $2.60 White Seal Flour $2.40 Gold Soap, 7 bars 25c Corn, Pens, Tomatoes, 3 cans 25c Host Black Tea, per Ib 39o Soda Biscuits, 2 Ibs 27c Peanut Butter, 1(1 oz. pail 17c Maple Leaf Baking Powder, tin 17c interesting Trip West By Miss Macphail We have all read Nellie M;Clung's books. We have heard much of her wit, her warm heartedness, and her fine human qualities. Ofter when someone has been greatly praised all our expectations are not fulfilled on meeting. But Nellie McClung wa-3 just what I wanted her to be, just what I expected her to be. Her presence in the room of the Pallaise hotel made speaking easier. Her warm sympathy could not but help. I liked her immensely and odly en- ough felt that I had known her al- ways. She is a very understanding person. The McClung humor flashed out when in introducing me she alluded to the' really very stormy weather and cold day by saying she was sorry Calgary was treating me to such un- rsual weather but she supposed in travelling about from place to place I encountered a good deal of 'unusual" weather. That tickled my funny bone because I had met so much 'un- i usual' weather. The Calgary meet- 1 ing was distinguished by the numbei of Priceville people there. The able ; President of the Club, Mrs. W. V. j Dixon was formerly Minnie McLaugh- ' Ian of Priceville. The daughters of Rev. Mr. McLcod, who for many years ! was pa-.itor of the Presbyterian Church in Priceville; Mrs. McArthur, mother of Dr. John McArthur of Markdale, and her daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) Dixon, Mrs. (Dr.) Alex. Fettes and Mrs. Me- Kinnon were all present to support me. Dr. and Mrs. Alex. Fette,s enter tained at tea on Sunday when I again had the opportunity of meeting the Dixonp, MacKinnons, and McClungs as well as Dr. and Mrs. Williams from near Owo n Sound; Senator and Mrs. Mitchcner and several members of the Donald Campbell family of Swinton Park. I was glad to have a talk with Mr. McClung. We do not hear so much about him but he is worth hearing a good deal about. He doe.} not look in the least like Dame Rumor would have us think the husband of a distinguished woman ought to look. He is a man of sub- stance, financially, mentally and phys- ically. He is unique in that he h very proud of his wife's achievement. No member of the Common-3 couid fail to know that Drumheller is a coal mining town so on being asked what I wanted to see in the vicinity of that interesting town, I answered "A coal mine". In company with the owner, and Mrs. Henderson, wife of the President of the Canadian Club we visited the A.B.C. mine. We were rigged out in heavy coats with a coal miner's safety lamp buckled around the wawt, or rather the heavy battery carried on a belt leaving our hands free for the light. The miner carries his fastened to his cap. We went down the 100 foot shaft and walkrd about a mile in the under- ground roadway before we came to the place where the actual mining operations were going on. There was a main road and then many roads branching off. A narrow gauge track was laid along each one. Going i n j we 'were continually meeting the holies or ponies drawing several cars of coil alone the tracks. The driver sits on the front car and directs the horse by conversation since no reins are used. When the mine is ox- tended ba:k a great distance from the shaft motor engines are used in- stead of horses. The most interesting pie:c of ma- chinery is the shearer. A powerful e-igine drives revolving short sharp knives into the face of the shining black surface. The depth of the cut is 6 feet and it is made down the centre of the exposed face of the coal and thc n along the bottom. Aftei that the coal is blasted out. Every- thing pos-sible is done to keep the pieces large. Westerners like theii coal that way. The mine is ventil- ated by currents of air drawn from the surface and directed to the par- ticular place wanted by curtains 01 walls. The horse stable is below ground. The horses run in the pas- ture part of the summer but once they go into the mine in the fall they stay there until the summer unless unable to work. (Continued next week) Come and see Santa Glaus IN FLESHERTON WED., DEC 23rd FREE PICTURE SHOW FOR THE KIDDIES A bag of candies and nuts will be given to each boy and girl in town PARENTS! Bring the boys and girls to town for the big day New Books At Library The following new books have been placed on the village library shelves thU week: "Dramatic Episodes in Canadian History" by C. W. Jeffreys. "The Doctor of Lonesome River'' by Edison Marshall. "Blanket of the Dark" by John Buchan. "The Trail of the King's men" by Mabel Dunham. "The Shagannapi" by Pauline John- son. "Hari the Jungle God" Dhan Gopal Mukeije. "Singer of the Wilderness" by Will- iam Byron Mowcry. "Lefty" by Louise Ri:hardso n Rnrko. "Sunset Pass" by Zane Gray. "Red Ranger" H. A. Cody. "I-.iland of Terror" by Sapper. "The Prairie Patrol" by Bindloss. "Adventures in Solitude" by Gray- son. "Kings in the making" by E. Thorn- ton Cook. "The Carcajou" by Teroy W. Snell. The Advance makes a lovely Xmas gift Farm Mortgages The Government has notified the Ontario Agricultural Development Board, which holds $35,000,000 of farm mortgages, not to foreclose un- der any circumstances when mort- gagors are unable to meet their ob- ligations. Hon. W. H. Price Acting province holds a greater number of farm mortgages than any private Prime Minister, pointed out that the company, and he intimated that legis- lation would be brought down at the next session to provide for a mod- ified moratorium on mortgages. "We realize that in these times of financ- ial stress many farmers who other- wise wotld be able to meet their pay- ments are in considerable difficulty and the Government is anxious to he|p them over this period of financial stringency," said Col. Price, adding that he had asked loan companies to be lenient in this regard and made the same request to sheriffs and bailiffs. The proposed legislation will seek to prevent the mortgage being foreclosed in case of default of interest pay- ments, giving the mortagor an ex- tensior of time. Xmas Groceries Seedless Raisins 2 Ibs. 25 Yalentia Raisins per Ib. 12c Mixed Peel per Ib. 20c Walnut Pieces per Ib. 40c Bright Walnut Halves per Ib. 60c I'.ulk Dates 2 Ibs. 18c Pastry Flour 55 C Robin Hood, O'Canada and Prairie Rose Flour A. E HAW Ceylon Store closes Tuesday and Friday Evening's GETTING NOWHERE A young man, willing and able, worked 23 days on an Ontario farm. At the end of that period he left and billed the farmer for $1.50 a day for the 23 days. He was told that his services were only worth BO cents n day nnd that as Sundays are not working days he was only entitled to pay for 20 days, or $10 in all. So that for 23 days ho not only rp- reivi-il no remuneration, but owed the farmer $1.1. Believe it or not, this "t-ry is perfectly true, says, the Brampton Conservator. Christmas Fruit and Supplies . . Let us not forget our Fresh Fruit for Christmas. Seedless Raisins, Puffed Raisins, Valencia Raisins, Currants, Figs, Dates, Walnuts, Almonds, Icing Sugar. Christmas Cake decorations. JAS. A. STEWART FLESHERTON *