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$1 per annum, in advance] VOL. XXIII. RICHMOND HILL. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1901. [Single copies, 3 cts. _ .,.‘ . .,. .. No 46 “ “cilia igtittml ” is PUBLisiIEDsi/snr THURSDAY MORNING AT THE; i LlBERAL PRINTING It PUBLISHING HOUSEI RICHMOND HILL.ON’1‘. '1‘. F. McMAHON, Eniron J: Pnopuisron. BUSINESS CARDS. ____ 21.115111 DR. L. LAWRASUN, Member Collage Physicians and Surgeons. Ont. RICHIVIOND HILL. Office Hour‘: 813010 a. Iii.; 12 to 2 D cwt‘i s’t , Room 12, 121 Victoria St. 7 I‘orcnto. Best fitting tectli, also replatin at lowest pricesfiGotE work. DR. '1‘. A. 0 UR- RIE, Dentist, (Successor to Dr. Cecil Trotter) Oddfellow’s Bldg, Toronto, cor. Yonge and College Sts., Toronto, Will be in Richmond Hill every \Vednesday. Office :â€"Next door south of Public School. g- Dr. 11?. Geeil Trader, 8. 5..., DENTIST, Cor. moor mud Spadma Ave.. Toronto. Telephone 3368 for appointment. my.“ 311 staining I“ J. r. Mcriroy, VETERINARY SURGEON “ANDâ€" VETERINARY DENTIST, RICHMOND HILL, Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, with diploma. from the Ontario Veterinary Dental School. Will visit Maple on Monday and for the above. Friday of each week. and Concord on Friday Iron] 1 1011 p. in. Calls promptly attended to. Diseases of horses.catlile and other domesticat- ed animals treated by the latest and most apâ€" . proved methods. Gallant:ng & Richards VETERINARY SURGEONS, Thornhill. c, Calls by telephone from Richmond Hill charged to me. II. H. SANDERSON, v VETERINARY SURGEON RICHMOND HILL Calls by day and night promptly at- tended to. ' PALMER. HOUSE, RICHMOND HILL. Remodelled,and newly furnished throughout One of the most convenient and comfortable hotels on Yonge Street. Every modern cou- veuience. Sample rooms for commercial travellers. An ideal stopping place {or riding or driving parties. bicyclists, or farmers going to or returning from market. ‘Electric cars passthe door. Livery in connection. TERMS $1.00 PER DAY. JOHN PALRIBR. Prop HULSE HOTEL, DIIAEP] AE. THOROUGH LY REFITIED. Every Accouinioi‘latiou for the trav- elling public. Ripans Tabiiles curcifiia‘tuleuce. â€" Money to loan ’1‘:an JAS. NEWTON ISSUER MARRIAGE LICENSES, 131-4er nuLLs-i DAVI I) ]A M ES ISSUER MARRIAGE LICENSES. THORNHHI ONT. No Witnesses. at. 5 per cent. Telcrhcnc £984 A. G. F. LAWRENCE, Barrister, Solicitor. Notary. kc. Suite ’77 and 7S Freehold Loan Build- ings, cor. Adelaide and Victoria Streets, Toronto. LIBERAL Office. Richmond Hill on ' Saturdays. in. TE riffs}. NOTARY PUBLIC, COMMISSIONER IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, die. I ' «I v- . - Issuer ofhalriage License . RICHMOND HILL POST OFFICE. LEN No'X & MORGAN, Barristers and Solicitors. Money to loan on land and chattel mortgages at lowest rates. Aurora ofiicoâ€"Removed to the old post office. one door west of the entrance to the Ontario Bank. Newmarket officeâ€"Three doors south of the 1) st odice. T.HE1‘.BER’1‘LE.\‘NOX. G. SCI V. MORGAN, Aurora. New-market . n ._ ,_ .-.- k _ .1 - COOK 8: la ACDONALD Barristers, Solicitors, etc. TORON'i‘O OFFICE: Freehold Loan Building. cor. Adelaide 515 Victoria. Streets, Toronto. Mr. Cook will be at Maple on Thursday afternoon of each week. MONEY T0 LOAN AT 5%. EIENEENTG’EIRI‘IETHANE Barristers, Solicitors, (90., 25 KING STREET WEST, TORONTO. East Toronto Office, Mr. Grant‘s residence, Woodbridee, every evening. Thornhill,eaob Wednesday from 10 to 12. .-.‘ - ~. ~.. . SALEM ECKARD'I‘. J. H. Pnnu'ricn 1C3 Wellington Place, Toronto. Unionvnle Eckardl & PI entice Licensed Auctioneers for the County of York. Goods sold on consignment. Gennml sales of stock etc.. promptly attended to at reasonable rates. G. R. Goulding, Newton Brook, agent C STOKES Stokes dc Blougll. License Auctioneers 10;" the County of Yorkxe- spectiully solicit your patronage and friendly nfluence. sales attended on the shortest notice and a reasonabe rates. P. 0. address Kink x J. T. Saigecn, J. R. McEwen, Maple. Weston. Saigeon & l'lcEwen. Licensed Auctioneers for the County of York. Salesattended to on shortest notice and at rea- sonablerates Patronage solicited. D BLOUGH .I. D. Readman, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of York. General sales of implements, lurniturestanding timber. etc. attended on the shortest notice and at reasonable rates. Patronagesolicited. P. 0. address Maple 19. 1-}. Smith, Licensed Auctioneer for the Counties of York and Ontario. All sales of farm stock, 610.. at- tended to on the shortest notice and reasonable rates. Mortgage and bailifl sales attended to. Residence. Stoufh'ille, Ont i~~ WRIG " R, Under-takers a Emhalmers, RICHMOND HILL & THORNHILL A large stock of Funeral Furnishings kept at both places. ~»~< ‘.~':-£‘~.»\:.“; for" , ~42; s.“ isotoeAL Representative for Fire and Life Insurance Companies. RICHMOND HILL, ONT E. ésuzem fighting nosing... 158 Rise STREET EAST. Tonom‘o Eve accommodation to guests. Board. 81 nerds The Gun Club 1 To the Editor of 'l'iii: Liixitiui. DEAR Simâ€"l noticI-(l with much ‘ pleasure the suggestion of “ Uneof the .‘ Old Boys," in your issue of April 25. i uncut the organizing of a Gun and. Rifle Club at Iill'lllllUllll llill. Iuni‘ also one of the (lid Boys who in times: past enjoyed lacrosse and olber kindred} games. but 1 find as years roll on there is more pleasure, in looking on while 0111013 lake purl. in thus“ active games than in being a player myself. This lfullows naturally with us all. The: suggestion I‘I‘ik‘i'l'l‘d 10 above opens a.‘ door for many who, though not of much account in the more active sports, have the instinct too strongly ‘ developed to be satisfied to drop out of the field of sports altogether. i I know of no more enjoyable sport ‘ than that. of the Rifle ui- Gun. An aft"I‘ll(IUll thus spent say twice a. month during the winter, or other seasons when time is not too precious, A is not time. wasted by any means. The lessons thus learned may at some future time be of much benefit, more particul.-Irly to our young men. God' forbid that our fair Canada should ever be devastated by the honors of war, but it is “'t'll to be able to defend oniselves in any emergency that may arise. Cue lesson taught by the BUt‘l' 'oi'golvton by the war is not soon to be I British \Vai-Office and that is, that themen with a practical kiimvledge of the rifle and how to use it, were the most feaied by the enemy. In case of the Sti-athconas, a regiment of men thoroughly trained III the hand- ling of the rifle, not an ordinary mil- itary training, but a practical every- day [use of their weapons, were a tenor to the Boers. report they styled them the \Vbite- batted Devils, who could hit as far as they could see. A man who is an expert with a weapon has an immense advantage over one. who has not, and in the case of battle this very often means victory. Further. it is proper-that peisonsusing firearms should know how to handle them safely, thus avoiding accidents. You seldom hear of accidents happen- ing with those who are familiar wilb and have been trained in how to use those dangerous Weapons. Now this training can be gut in an organization of the kind suggested. The proper nay and the time when to load, how .10 carry when loaded, the proper ad- justment of sights, to judge distance, to allow for wind and momentum and above all how to have coiisiileratioii for the lives oi others who may hap- ‘ pen to be in your company, are lessons which should lN' leaincd by everyone. A little coaching in those essentials after being practised for a time be-, comes an established habit not easily forgotten. And now, Mr. Editor, we must not forget, the social side of the question ; this is by no means a secondary con- sideration. A rifle. club organized at Victoria Square some years ago is still ' very much alive. Included in this club are now some of the best otfvhand rifle shots in the Dominion. and some were at the beginning almost unable to hit the proverbial barn door. I Would suggest to the executive of the Fair that they try and get a. match be- tween them and the Toronto club for the 24th. I think it would prove a drawing card. Yours truly, GARDNER. Langstaff, May 15, 1901. 0-.â€" An Explanation To The Editor of THE LIBERAL: ’ DEAR SIR.â€"In my last letter hear- ing on the conduct of some of the H. S. baseball team at the match in the . park the previous Tuesday, this sen- tence occurred : “ \Vhat made it ap- pear more surprising to many was that the offenders seemed not afraid of being overheard by the H. S. teach- ers who were present.” As some people seem to think this was a. reflection on the teachers, I wish to state that no implication was intended that the teacheis heaid or would countenance any such conduct as was complained of. Nor does the above sentence bear that construction. I believe the H. S. students in general . are an exceedingly well-behaved and; courteous body, and the school wasl never in a better condition morally or intellectually than at present. The moral standing of our teachers is un- questionable, and no one who knows l them would ever think of accusing the-m of palliatiiig improper conduct. It cannot be dciiicd, however, that more than one of 1H1. S. pupils in- dulged iii profanity, (:b to the sur- prise and distaste of a dozen or more. spectators who were interested in the game. Oui- tcacheis should be com- thc , According tonne. to fez-l they are in the presence of i gentlemen. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, let me say I am a friend of the High School, and ' I claim to be a. better friend than those who say my letter last week was in- tended as a slur on the teachers. ONE \Viio \VAs THERE. Richmond Ilill, May 10, 1901. 09â€"“ Carrvule. Carrvillc is one of the best sporting villages of its size along lliis sideroad, for several kinds of sport. are indulg- ed in during the season. There has ;always been a club of some kind iIiI the town. During the past two years the young men who have come to the village have had sporting tendencies and have added zeal to sport lovers. Foremost among the sporting events, and (but upon which considerable iii- tei‘esl is centred, is football. ‘Ve hope the gentle-men will retain their eu- tbiisiasm iii the game and will be able to have some first-class matches. Some eight or ten years ago lacrosse was played lie-re to a great extent and at one time Cai-rviilc had an excellent , team. and many a good game was I played, but interest in the great Can- I adian game has waned, and instead of i wielding the stick some of the young men are practising quoit pitching, and a quoit club may be formed which will be known as the Greenfield Quoiling 1 Quartettc. Bicycling, baseball and other games come in, of course, for a share of attention, but are really . secondary interests. Mr. F. Graham and Miss M. Cook ispent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. l \V. Cook, Toronto. Ir. Fred Lillie started on Monday for Kingston where he has taken a situation. His friends all wish him i every succtss. Mrs. “'ni. Cook went to Ncwmarket on Friday and remained over Sunday with relatives and friends there. “'9 are glad to learn that Mrs. \Vm. . Bowen, who met. with a. very painful ? arcidmit several (lays ago, is improv~ ing, but it will be some time yet beâ€" fore the burns she received are healed. Miss Maggie Snider of Townto, is visiting relatives here. The pulpit of the Methodist Church was occupied on Sunday by Mr. Leitch of Toronto, who delivered an excellent ’ sermon to an appreciative audience. f On May 12, for the third time with- ,iii five months, the Angel of Death has visited our village, and taken to ‘ higher service. Mrs. Aaron Prentice, at the advanced age of 76 years and3 days. It is nearly six weeks since she took to her bed. and has gradually grown weaker until death released hi-i on Sunday evening. when she quietly passed away. Her loss is deeply re- gretted by those near and dear to her, ‘ and they have the heartfelt sympathy of the neighborhood in the sad loss of wife and mother. Thedoeeased lady was one of the eldest and most highly estuemed residents of the neighbor- hood. O. Headford Attractive as has been our neighbor hood in the past it will be even more so in the near future as some of our leading citizens are carrying out ex- tensive improvements. Clark Bros. are raising and enlarg- ing their barn. Mr. A. Helmkay is moving and placing a stone founda- tion under his farm buildings. Mr. D. Henrick is adding larger accommoda- tioii to his home. Mr. .Ias. Barker has employed Mr. A. Pearson to place one of his up-toâ€"date wii'c fences near the front of his [)l'Opt'lLy. These improve- ments together with the large and modern blacksmith shop erected by Mr. G. Cal-dwell and the extensive business now carried on by our genial store-keeper gived‘our hamlet the ap- pearance of a busy village. Farmers buying root seed in wholesale quanti- ties; borrowing chains and turnpikes; preacher and teacher visiting add to our social life. I On Sunday last the Educational Collection was taken up, the response was liberal. During the week Miss L. Comisky and Miss H. Mapes have been collect- ing Missionary money and incidental- ly visiting their many friends. Among our visitors we notice Messrs. Fisher and James of Thornhill and Misses Darling and Hoard of Lang- staif at Mr. Geo. Dean’s ; Mrs. T. Lun- dy and Miss Lundy at Mr. A. Heliu- kay‘s; Mrs. Chas. Comisky of \Viscoii- sin at Mr. Coiiiisky’s. Mr. P. Leach has secured a. valuable young horse, and although only a few days old, he is willing to match it against anythingon the 3rd line. \\'e are given to understand that “spooks” have been along the 2nd line and Contractor Clarke is minus a 11H nded for joining their pupils in athletic ipm‘ts. Their presence is wholesome, but the students who take advantage of them as they did on the mcasion referred to should be asham- rd of themselves. I hold that out- door sporls should be encouraged by our ladies, our lllllliSlPl'S and our citi- i Zeus generally, but all should be made coat; the person returning the same will be suitably rewarded. Eight bars of Happy Home soap for 23c. ; 8 bars of Came-o soap for 25c. ; 3 bars of Remember Me toilet soap for Se. ; good prunes, 50. per lb. Atkinson & Switzer. "REsulls‘Il‘B‘An-li Amalgamation CANADIAN BANKOF COMMERCE Completes the Purchase of the ASscts of the Bank of Brit- ish Columbia. The. Bank‘s Capital now Eight Million Dollars and Assets over Sixty- Tliree Millions. The negotiations for the purchase of the assets of the. Bank of British Columbia. by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, an announcement respect- ing which was made some months ago, have been carried to a successful con- clusion. A thorough examination of the affairs of the. Bank of British Columbia was made by the officials of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, and this proving entirely satisfactory the amalgamation was finally completed on the 2nd of January. A statement; of the affairs of the Canadian Bank of Commerce after the amalgamation has now been issued, and discloses a. very strong position. In point of capital and reserve the bank now ranks fourth among banking instituâ€" tions on the continent of America. It hash’l branches throughout Canada; 5 Branches in the United States, namelyat New York, San Francisco, |Seattle, Portland (Ore), Skagway (Alaska); and one in London, Eng- land, 07 establishments in all. The acquisition of the London office is an important step in the progress of the bank. The bank’s transactions in sterling exchange in the United States and Canada each year amount to many millions of pounds, and the abil- ity to handle this business through the bank’s own London office will re- siiltin an important addition to the earning power of' the bank. In many other directions also the interests of the two banks will be immensely ben- efitted by the aiiialgamatiou. The following is a condensation of the statement issued by the bank at the New of business on the 31$t of January : Assms C‘lSl], Gold BulliomBank- ers’ Balances and Bal- ance due by London Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,093,934.47 Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082150729 Loans and Discounts . 42.492.985.80 All other assets. .. . . . . . . 1,122,013.53 $63,833, 4-16. 09 m. LIABILITIES Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,299,934.00 Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.755.750.53 All Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,442,519.06 $ 53.498.203.58 Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000,000.00 Resei ve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000.00 Undividcd Profits . . . , . . . . 335,242.51 $69 833,416.09 WANTED â€" TRUSTWORTHY MEN AND Women to travel and advertise for old estab- lished house of solid financial standing. Salary STHU Ii year and expenses. all payable in cash. No (.‘ulJVLlSsIllg required. 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