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| News of Eastern Ontario CHURCH CHIMNEY FIRE An alarm of fire was sounded and the fireman quickly responded when it was found that a chimney of Trin- ity United Church was on fire. The blaze was soon extinguished and it is' not thought that the damage will be great. GIVEN THREE MONTHS Frederick Clarke, of Trenton, was sentenced in Police Court to impris- onment for a term of not less than 3 months and not more than one year. He was charged with "living from the avails' and also with theft. For the latter offense, threo months sentence was also imposed, to run concurrently with the original sent- ense. The woman involved receiv- ed suspended sentence fo. one year, PEMBROKE POULTRY SHOW Hundreds of townspeople visited the 4th annual Poultry Association show in Pembroke, which opened its doors to the public Tuesday after- noon in the Armouries. Upwards of 325 birds were judged this af- ternoon, some-of the exhibits being the best in Canada. An exhibition of ideal feeding and care of poultry by the Dominion Government is at- tracting attention, RENFREW ORGANIZES SOCIETY Renfrew has organized a Horti- eultural Society with the following as officers: President, Myr. J. E Pedlow; 1st vice-president, Mrs. D. W. Stewart; -2nd vice-president, Clifford Church; directors for two years, E, H. Stevenson, Ernest Maidment, Harry Young, Mrs. A, Barnet and Mrs. S. Austin; direc- tors for one year, Mrs, Harb. Smart, Mrs. John' Blane, Dr. 8. 8. McCann, Iion. Thos, A. Low and Miss Hynes, 55 YEARS MARRIED Monday night crowned twenty years of happy sailing on the seas of matrimony for Mr. and Mrs. C, Taylor, Pine street and for this rea- son ahout thirty of their friends in vaded their home to celebrate the occasion, After greetings had been exchanged all round, Mrs. C. Massie made a short impromptu address to the bride and groom of twenty years ago, in which she congratulated them and wished them many more happy anniversaries on behalf of their friends, INVESTIGATE BLOOD STAINS The Kingston police are quietly investigating the recent occurrence when they were called to the hnidge over the creek near Cataraqui ow- ing to the finding of bloodstained clothing. Indications are that a birth took place and tho police ave searching for the mother and child. fhould both mother and child be located alive and well the matter will probably be dropped as there is no evidence of an offence against the law, but on the other hand should the child or mother succumb serious charges are liable to he the: ontcome of the investigation. KU KLUX KLAN A meeting in the interests of the Ku Klux Klan was held in Mill- brook. C. Gilbert, Kinz Kleagle of Peterboro District, was in the chair and a dozen or more »f supporters, including members of ths women's hranch of Peterboro, were seated in a semi-circle behind the chair- man. Dr, Hawken, of Toronto, ¥. K.K. Organizer for Canaia, was the chief speaker, and 'in his openiag remarks said: "From the timo the Babe of Bethlehem was placed in the manger, He has haan recognized as the first King and Leader of Klansmen." MEET AT BELLEVILLE Members of the Federal Appeal Board are holding a four-day ses- sion in Kingston, There are some 20 cases to be investigated. This does not represent the amount of cases in Belleville district but owing to the fact that the Board has to hear the cases in the entire Domin- ion only a limited number can be dealt with at one time. The person- nel of the Board is C. B. Reilly, K.C.; J. H. Roy, M.C.; and B. L. Wickware, M.D., Md, Chas, Askwith the official soldiers' adviser for this district is helping the appellants with the presentation of their ans- wers. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY A meeting of the Madoc Horticult- ural Society was held recently. Ow- ing to the absence of the president, Mrs. Geo. West, Mr. W. C. Connor took the chair. After the reading of the minutes, the financial report for the years was presented. The secretary reported sixteen paid-up members for 1926. After some matters of business had been dealt'! with it was decided to adjourn he) meeting until Jan. 28th, when the annual election of officers, appoint- ment of committees and appoint- ment of delegates to O.H A. will be held. MUST HAVE POLICE CELLS In his address to the Campbell ford town council at the inaugural meeting, Mayor Kingston stated that police cells would have to be provided as the town had no place in which to detain prisoners await- ing trial. This was demonstrated on Saturday night when four young men were taken into custody on a charge of intoxication.. Two of the prisonerg came here recently to work i the Campbellford Cloth Company's Mill. As there was no place in which the prisoner: could he kept until Monday morning it was necessary to take them to Warkworth and put them in the lock up there. At the time of their arrest the young men ° had two bottles of liquor in their possess- jon. When they faced Magistrate Payne they were each fined $75 and costs, the alternative being ono month in jail. They were unable to pay their fines and all four were taken to Cobourg by Chief Brown, REPAIR VESSELS Mr, H. Parks, representative of the Impes and Ferdon Steamship Company, Montreal, was in Kings- ton on Tuesday, estimating the work to be done on their boats, which are laid up there. The Company's vessels (quartered there are the Pabjune, Metcalfe, Dalrymple, and the Saskatoon, on all of which ex- tensive repairs #will be done by the Collingwood Company in the near future. Mr, Parks expects that the company will have more vessels laid up here in the future, than in the past, Last year his companv did not winter any here, but went elsewhere. Finding that Kingston was a more suitable place, they! have returned there, and expect to make it their permanent winter OPTOMETRY Its Value To You By NEIL E. FELT With Felt Bros, the Leading Jewellers 12 SIMCOE ST. S. Maybe We Can Give You Normal Vision | Maybe we can only im- prove it, But we always secure the best possible re- sults. First of all comfort- able vision must me consider- ed, then acuity. These two points always get our closest attention, If your eyes are not just as they should be, a visit here 'is desirable, Debate In House Is In Progress (Continued from page 1) ed indiscriminately to apportion to both old-time parties blame for some of the nation's present ills, He had one charge of hot shot for the Conservative Opposition, however, when, prodded by interrupters, he de: clared that Ontario towns and cities had been stampeded on tariff in the | last election, and that unfair Conser- | vative propaganda, directed in house- to-house canvass at the wives of the bread-winners, had had a telling effect against Liberal candidates. Besides these utterances from rep- resentatives of the senior partners in Confederation, Parliament caught a breeze from the Prairie in the remarks of J. P, Howden, Liberal member for St. Boniface, Man, and a bit of the Atlantic salt sea air from a speech by A. J. Doucet B.). - . » tH (Conservative, Kent, N | Manitoba Member Speaks J. P. Howden (Liberal, St. Boniface, Man.) proceeded to compare the ex- cess of Liberal, Progressive and l.a- bor votes over Conservative in his Pro viftce as indicating tariff sentunent, | upon which issue, he said, the election | had been fought out in Manitoba. J. S. Woodsworth (Labor, Winni- peg North Centre)--Is my friend not aware that the Labor party expressly stated that the tariff policy was not an issuc so far as Labor was concerned? Mr. Howden then concluded that in any event the Laborites had consis- quarters, BELLEVILLE'S FIRE LOSS | Becrease in property losses from | fir i of more than $8,000 over 1924, and large economies effected in the four and a half year period during [ious declarations of which motor driven fire trucks have | been in use formed the highlights | of Fire Chief W. J. Brown's 1925 report, presented to the Belleville City Council last night. The num- ber of calls turned in during the last year showed a decrease of 8, while the decrease over 1923 39. 877.25 Arawn 1923, last less than in rapented his year's warning against defective chimneys | and overheated stoves. his report, he advocated considera- tion hy the council of the purchase of a motor driven ladder truck tn replace the horse drawn pisce of | Argentenil) came back at Hon. equipment now in use, | tently was | In 1925 property logs was $11;-| supported the Liberal Govern: ment in the last House, whereupon he was again interrupted by Mr. Woods- worth to ask if he had read Hansard The St. Boniface member, who is a Western cattleman, agreed with prev: fH A, Mullins, | Marquette cattleman, that Southern | Alberta had been "mined" by "cowless, | sowless, chickenless" agriculturists who! had left the soil fit neither for cattle] raising nor agriculture. He thought Mr. Mullins, however, as a cattle buy- er, was not entirely Hsinterested in recommending against the opening ol the Chicago market to the sale of Chief | young Canadian cattle. The Canadian National Railways | could never, pay, in Mr. Howden's op- Concluding | inion, unless a large portion of capital- | ization charges was written off. | Perley for Protection Perley (Conservative, W. | R. Motherwell, Minister of Agricul | ture, who had criticized Mr. Meighen's "milk-and-water" tariff amendment, and declared that if the Conservative Leader's speech accompanying the amendment had failed to carry convic | vion to Mr. Motherwell it was the Min- [ister"s owh fault. To Sir George the proposed Tariff Board looked like an effort on the \ © Sir George | part of the Government to evade the PHONES 757 10 28 155 11] W. i. A. POWELL SOANES BROS, WE DELIVER SIMCOE ST. SOUTH DRY HARDWOOD WATEROUS Phone 660 Jamico Furnace Coal 17.50 per 3 ton; $14.00 per ton. COKE sorrwoon SUPPLY CO. Night 1156-M Choice undercut Roast Beef Rolled Pot Roast Blade Roast Beéf Cluck Roast Beef Boneless Stewing Beef Home-made Sausages .... Prunes 2 lbs. for ; Phone 785W Gar Ferguson's For Friday and Saturday Clarke's Pork & Bean: ! large tin pain small Gosse Millerd Salmo small 2 for . Rowntree's Pure Cocoa large tin Spanish Onions 4 bs. for ,, | 339 Eulalie Ave. ~ tariff issue within its own divided ranks. He believed Quebec, as a whole, to be protectionigt, he knew that his own riding of Argenteuil favored tariff for protection. Proceeding to a discussion of the Meighen amendment, Sir George said he could not understand how any member could oppose the proposed protection for Canadian farm prod- ucts. How could we justify, he asked, the admission of butter into Canada at four cents duty when we had to pay eight cents to get ours into the States' And 'a three-cent tariff against cggs whereas Canadian eggs were barred by an eight-cent American tariff 7 Ob- viously, he said, the Fordiey tariff of | 1921 was designed to shut out Cana- dian products. Sir George lamented the continued exodus' of young Canadians to the United States, and declared that the best immigration policy for was to get busy in an effort to keep this best blood 'on the continent in Canadian homes. ~ plainer presentation of the nation's accounts, one, §e said, that would place in plain view alongside an alleged $36, 000,000 decrease in debt the actual de- ficit on the C.N.R. And why shouldn't Canadians be told, he ddded, along with the $30,000,000 of C.N.R. operating sur- plus, that there were some $70,000,000 of debt charges? Canada, he said, must practice as well as preach economy. The nation needed a Finance Minister who, with his back to the wall, would stoutly re- fuse unnecessary expenditures. taxation must be reduced. King, whom he criticized for not run: ning in Bagot, and referred to the "spectacle of a Liberal hanging on to office." A. Breeze From South Perth © Vlopen mind. > fexclamation : Canada || He demanded of the Government al Andl| Lon. mus ; ot He paid his compliments to Premier Government | [Ei time representatives he promised sup- port for their reasonable contentions, and he would approach the proposal for 4 Hudson Bay Railway with an In regard to Canadian railway af- fairs, Mr. Sanderson thought very grave mistakes had been made by both old-time political parties, both of whom had something of which to be ashamed in that connection. In Ontario, he said, tariff was the main issue in the election, and his ob- servation had been that the tariff had been a political football between the parties for many years. He thought the proposed Tariff Board would serve a good purpose in keeping it out of politics. He preferred to aim at a "just and equitable" tariff for Canada rather than the heralded "scientific" tariff. When Mr. Sanderson expressed the opinion that the towns and cities had been "stampeded'" on the tariff issue he was interrupted by a Couservative "And the country, 100," Out of six townships in South: Perth, he said, he carried five, and tariff was the orly issue. Cotwervative member your answer. Mr. Sanderson -- I thank the hon- orable member for the compliment, (Liberal laughter.) Mr. Sanderson--I didn't intend to state. this, but it has been drawn out of me. If the propaganda of the Con- servative party in Ontario hdd been fair and square, the result would have been different despite the tariff. When you get canvassers going from house to house in Ontario telling the women voters when their men are at work in the factories that if they vote for the Liberal candidate their husbands wil) be out of a job in a week or so, | ~ay that is unfair propaganda. (Loud Liberal applause.) But to have a united Canada, Mr Sanderson said, there must be com- promise on the tariff, Lanada could not satisfy the manufacturers, he said, if it built a tariff as high as the tower on the Parliament Buildings He did not credit the average member of Parliament, or exen departmental officials, with very much real knowl- edge of general tarifl matters, Hopes For Silver Lining Regretting his inability to speak French, he marked the tone ot the Quebec members, who, although they constituted a solid bloc, claimed no special prigileges, but rather repeated one alter the other their willingness to meet the Maritimes or the Prairie Provinces on their rcasonable needs And he was delighted, too, with the similar intimations ots Robert Forke, Progressive Leader. "In my judgment," he said, "we are apt, perhaps, to get better legislation under the present circumstances than if we had either party coming back with a majority of forty or fifty. | think the legislation will be more care fully prepared and considered, and some real economy practised. Perhaps this apparent political deadlock has a silver lining behind the clouds, and the result will be legislation for the benefit of the whole of Canada." Mr. Sanderson thought that the el- --- You got ectors demanded of Parliament that it 'get down to work as quickly as possible. He did not think a gener: | al election was wanted, Referring to | Sir George Perley's previous comment | upon eating canned American peaches in the Chateau Laurier, Mr, Sander- son said this might be one of the re- sults of the preaching of Mr, Meighen and his lieutenants in Ontario, that the United States yas a "much better country to live m and do business in A. J. Doucet (Conservative, Kent, N. B.) spoke briefly, and adjourned the debate until Thursday. 26,754 WAR VETERANS IN INSUR- ANCE SCHEME Ottawa, Jan. 20.--Disbursements totalling $585,144.57 were made during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1925, under the Returned Sold- ies' Insurance" Act, according to a return tabled in the House hy Hon. James A. Robb, Minister of Finance. The total sum of the favorable side of the fund's ledger at that date was $3,801,437.63. The amount of this fund at March 1, 1924, was $2,061,- 173.79, to which was added in the subsequent fiscal year $1,634,918.29 in premium income, $97,639.35 in interest and $7,806.20 in recovered death benefits. The total number of pelicies in force at March 31, 1925, was 26,745, and the nearly premium $1,646,734.48. Of the total number of policies the largest number, 6,759 was for the ages of 30 years to 34; the next, 5,847, between the ages of 35 years and 39; the next, 4,464, he- tween 40 and 44, and the next, 4, 141, between 25 and 29. Card of Thanks Mr, McQuade and family wish to thank their many friends for the kind expressions of sympathy and floral tributes, extended to them in their recent sad bereavement in the loss of wife and mother. : Recent Deaths SCOTT--In Vancouver, B.C,, on Monday, Jan. 18th, 1926, Cynthia Amelia Wellington, wife of Mr. George J. Scott, formerly of Osh- awa, in her 75th year, EDWIN 8S. LAPUM The funeral of Edwin Smith Lap- um, Town Treasurer of Napanee, took place from Trinity Church, There was a large attendance includ- ing many members of the Masonic Order and members of the Oddfel- lows' Lodge The deceased was « member of AF. and AM. for fifty- seven years and of the 1.LO.O.F. The Masonic service was held in the church. Mr. Lapum passed away at his home on John street after an illness of a few months' duration, lon Saturday, at the age of 78 years. He had resided here for over fifty years, 'and held office during that period as Councillor, Reeve and May- or of the town, He was also an ex- Warden of the County of Lennox and THE Disney Funeral Service New Location 302 Simcoe St. 8. Phone 1082 Day or Night "was a granddaughter Addington: He is survived by two, sons, C, H. Lapum, Napanee, and Fréd Lapum, who resides in Mexico. as, | MISS E. M. PERRY The many friends and former pu- pils of Miss E. M. Perry, who was a member of the teaching staff of the Central school for a number of years, prior to her departure for the West about six years ago, will regret to learn of her death, which occurred at Duncan's, British Colum= bia, on Thursday, January 14th. Miss Perry was the eldest daugh- ter of the late Charles Perry, ex- M.P., and Mayor of Peterhoro, and of the late Hon. E. Perry, Cobourg. Survivors are three sisters and four brothers: Mrs. W. CG" Sabine ana Miss Maud Perry, both of Youngstown, Ohio; Mrs. A. C. Bliss, of Miami, Florida; J. G. Perry, of Montreal: G. A. Per- ry, of New York City; Charles Perry, of Sudbury, and R, F. Perry, of Pet- erhoro. . The funeral' will be held from St. John's Church, of whten Miss Perry was a member, the date and time to be announced later, The deceased had been residing £ The Capo Polis hes Ltd Hamilton On with Mrs. A. W. Complin, who will be remembered locally as Miss Ruby Burnham at Duncan's B.C., for the past six years. ! Luke Furniture Co. January Clearance of Dining Room Furniture ) piece Suite Solid Walnut. "Andrew Malcolm" An Suite, attractively finished in the new "Hi-Lite" shade. Regular $325.00, Clearance $275.75 9 piece Combination Walnut, Queen Anne design, made by Meaford, dull rubbed finish. Reg- ular $250.00. 9 piece Suite Birch, Walnut design, buffet with mirror. $171.50. Clearance Price 8 piece Suite. A Jacobean Clearance $198.00 two tone finish, Queen Anne Price .... Suite of charm and distinc- tion, made by North American Furn. Co., chairs with leather slip seats and leath Regular $190.00. Clearance Price _... 9 piece Cromwellian Suite finished rich Amenican brown. $212.50. doors. Regular Clearance Price er backs. $159.00 of solid quarter cut oak, China cabinet has glass $185.00 BUY ON OUR HOUSEHOLD CLUB PLAN ~ 63 KINGsST. EAST F. G. Sanderson (Liberal, Perth) first paid his compliments to of St. Mary's, and to whom he ac- corded recognitfen for "integrity and industry." Whatever , position Meighen had graced, he was sure he had fulfilled his responsibilities - "con- had." Nevertheless he hoped he would some time to come Despite Parliamentary controversies Mr. Sanderson said, he had come to the conclusion that the different groups were not so very far apart, as in- dicated by he similarity of platforms South! [E Mr. | scientiously and with the light that he | remain Leader- of the Opposition sor} the Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, with] |E whom he was brought up in the Town' |E8 v of the past and present. To the Mari- / Odd sizes Boys' Turnbull's Drawers, $1.00, for Yd. wide Voile, small ck. for Lingerie, reg. 40c, for 25¢ Yard wide self stripe Satinettes, all colors, reg. 50c, for 25¢ White heavy Bath Towels, reg. 55c, for, each ......... 8 only Men's Wool Scarfs, reg. $1.25, for Coats' 200 yard Cotton Spools . Yard wide self bordered Scrim, 20c yd., for ........... : $5.00 to $12.00 Elastic Corselets and Corsets, Crompton make, several models, your choice for $1. , for TT i: 1 Crowded Out Bargains 'There Was no Room in Yesterday's Reformer for These Extra Special Bargains Cushion Cords, 72" long Boys' and Girls' Knit Toques and Caps, $1.00, for Girls' Brush Wool Gauntlet Gloves, 75¢, for D.M.C. Emb. Cotton : Ptincess Pat Double or Single Hair Nets Mendings, skein or cord Coats' Mercer. Crochet ....... 10c White H.S. Hkfs., 10c Vests and Bloomers, 89c, for... Bitex Double Silk Hose, $2.50, for 54" All Wool Blanket Coating, all colors, reg. $1.95, 49c 39c¢ _ 69c $1.95 for, yd. 98c Everything in the store is reduced except the new Duro Dye Ginghams which have just arrived. Please take small parcels and don't be too exacting on de- 95 50c . 39¢ - 79c EW liveries. We will do our utmost to have them at your house in good time. 3 ' THOS. MILLER & SONS TO I ii