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THE SIGNAL, t
GODERICH, ONT.
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Well -Dressed Men
Are Made, Not Born
Quality is dominant in Pridhains' Clothing, and
when you wear it you are well dressed.
Our reputation for selling high-class Tailoring is
• evidenced in these selected herringbones. pencil stripes.
and over -check weaves.
Ready -to -Wear, $22.50 to $35.00
Made -to -Measure, $30.00 to $45.00
DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED
W. C. PRIDHAM & SON
MSn'. and Boys' Wear.
\kiss \-.glut and Mr. hurry I'ht4an, I serve' by the ladles of the (lu rt4i
of Goa.•ri••11. spent Sunday at (Mr. 1 There will also be a Isle of h.1me-
/MOP baking. The lays will have.
•Iiitrge of the les ensue INKtth and
alter gated things.
Thos. 14 u l lei v in.'s.
Mists Irene Me -earthy, of Detroit. la t
sprinting her vacation tit her plrwua' I
bitten. Inert•.
Mr. \!lural Me(Lrthy, ..f t'llutoll.
spent the .wvtk-duet at his home here..
Mf. turd firs. W. J. F•'rnti Hied '!lien
Very Kelly slant Itultdny until Miss
Mary ItuekIey. ) -
Sirs. Sennett. airlines, visited her,
daughter. Mrs: J, I)'Nt4ll.
r AUBURN
AUBURN, Sept. 17. --Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Ferguson. Miss W. Howson and
Mr. R. Phillips visited Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Maines of. Grand Bend, •.1. •
Sunday.
Mr, HoIland. of Goderich, is visit -
log at Mr. Jas. Medd's.
Mr, Robt. . Scott. who hail Ise' in
ST. IO LL\S
' si Iil:I.F:\S. stood. 15,-.1teg, 1'.
l'uunuiug owl lir. Itolduson
attendet1 the meeting of 1'resbvMry et
\\'lugham 1111 ylondtly. Mr.. 1'un)•
ruing. Mrs• ltubiu-on wood. and Mrs!
Geo. \\',r Nlt alt te'14dl'd u. dehega Tem
Irina the \11•dullar; Society. ;41111 Ali."
I*IllI \Ctr.d.. MIs, MarZer,•l 1'utle
ming anti .Ii.. Caroline Weld. repre-
sented fie. 4...li. 1. T. -
Mr.) wt4.:i,•r. of Iturlinatun. tci-!ted
eiatt itis brother, Mr. .1. It. \Welt.t,•r-
,1tlrlllg the hist week.
\Ir.,P-ter.•t' 'littIor ,Ii -s lister!
lar. Nils. 11.1! !...1.;.• "811.1 Mr. I,luvlr
Innilhb)', .of .\ vi'llt'l 314, . to)d
•41441.14,, It. 1 4.. of I.ondes4M 1.0.• %% 111 ht•
till' preacher for the day. 911rWer au -
later.
miss coin Pentland la Iuiprutlug
the uppettrun•.• er her shop by hav-
iug a v-era14dn,' attachtd to It.
lir G. M. McKenzie motored to
Toronto on Saturday and, returned on
nuduy, uses IIpa141e1 by Mrs. Sic
I%•'II 1111. \t110 Inn! spent 1V... week,' Ill
;lie oily.
The Women's Institute tt111. meet
t T•han:14 y. S•.1,ulH•r _:.til. til the
41,10,' of Mr.. F'. Itoss. Mrs. 1,.
$u►iley- will read a Viper 1.11 •'Iluw to
Trials a' 1'111111 until S:h,Nd .\g,• is
Ilenehe4
Norma Talmadge, the gr,'ttest star
of the silent drama. who.picture.;
whose
:1'•t1441111e1 .'tory w' here a. the toe,:!
olt,•r aiiluletit p.ssibh•, appears at
111e V,Nlri 'Ilientre. Ilalertrh,
' Monday duel 'l'uesdoy. September
rwl"
23. it. "Thr Song of .-I..tvr.''•Ik•,
Toronto. atilt his *en :11141 d:uleelle', .Sirs. \Cul. Tat„ .tnrritg the week
.-ler r'ae lash' f,•,c months. returned !tots .1. F'' , _ Miller. of Penile- - t1,' .111 of 1. 11.- Lunen.: =1'h•
'I.•• e8.7l•r1111y. \\'t• are glint to say ton. It. 1'. ea!h int •Calvin
new. eal. receive"' here on wean,. jeans. The young titin sus 114 illi
day Of the ,Irgth of 1.4•elle 1;44u1W, 1 twentieth y1'ar *nil 8a, ill only *lure
eldest awl of lice'. 11. and
ktotletta)• Ont. ).:•tel►t• was
hero, haling resided It
with lite 'ynreetta for n
n, who iuil.rm-.'tl in heilltit. '
U: , Ilows..11 is 114111ing his new- .tf.t,_' r ...
•.Irvin to :1 .•tilt 44f 11111111. 1:1110.1 1;81 :err
\It..
a fed(
-\In tuft 4111 SMItsltly- 1.. .IM'll1.6.r..t 1,,."
Neel.* at her home, We ar.• -\II. \\ \I
t,•\1 ''114.1:1y'.
rt.
\\ -I, ler I
!in.. \I I. :111.1 -tl:•
Nast to Bank of Moat, 1 ;;1 4 1 to ..i'. ter 4 ruthr .• is •iuti.roviuawl .on F'a'esl. W'
s. deb,. \! . ,'
titter stole ohlg an \,1Nerati'II. for up- 11,1... \ I r I:arl (`ran -
\Ir. Ceoit II
11.trt.-y \c
\1: \Vi11. W.
AUNOMMEND I»udicilit. \Ir. 1 ,'. \1 I
T!0• ..risen vetoing twi5li•r the ens- \Ir \\,
FOR SALE
Ilulnlr.tilb•
Cheese Factory,
(moil brick building: also nice
residence sill be .011 together
or separately. .\poly to .1 \\O.."
('/1NNO1-1,1. litwh'rirh, Ont.
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KINU$BRIIMiE
1:1\e: itlfllH;E. Sept, let -.yr.
•..: vey left hist ..cook to atteh'I •
tI .,:tee. 1"411,•¢.••
! nil Mrs. Itnrl.e7,:n.• r. -tainted
-•'it after ct-thug Mrs. Iturk•s
• - here.
:ui'I Mr.". A .Itiier,'..f lit•trol,.
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MINNS
Spreading V; Hand is Hard Work and • Wasteful
Machine vtl. Hand ,Work
A man can haul on the average a little over nine loads
of manure in - a ten-hour ' working day with a wagon.
spreading the manure with a fork.
In the same length of time - with. a Spreader he can
haul over twenty loads. -
Eginlatitg the laic r 1•xp,y:-• .,;:1!tat:.l 1.:II11.. $I.t11
1:•• t' lel-hog, they. it 8111 •• '- - 1 1 101 t . haul out " I. jou J11, '!
,..1,1- I11 tftanttre-Ly wiig. \`, ln:lnur' aen;t'1- r at til' -:111.•
t (•'r u,, l'itnd haul.
lb al.!, t.'Instil. 4011 .en i. 1iuu,lr.•l. 1'•n'I-
1,1111. ‘Vit i1 :1 •l.t' a.i' r lir lin.-411'• -aloe 81114)1011 "1
to :111' int real, r I'•'wiit- for ! Ile •.nil lei 1••,- than .hula til.
sin 11-e lel Tian.
Let McCornti
;pr. dirc
k or Deering Spreaders do this work
for you.
d in Godericll by
D. McILWAIN
Hamilton Street
Telephone.: Shop,, , Residence, 249 w
GODERICH
ogees tit tl:' \i. thodlstf$utday s. had
aht••It it its, t•. !i;1'.• been h, d 'rill';•
'.illy of this wed,, t\•Is postpone.' until
W.sinewlay, the 24114. -
Mr. N'.rnrut : Mutt It' uiol hi, hridN
terrtv.d h;tur -.Monday 4'uu>;ralu:a-
1 ions.
Ser. ie.. t
e i:l le•• 811!1
1.1et116.0.1 ehnlvh 014 5111111•
11 1,1 the
Mr.
1)1 \I..\NNITN
111 Ne;,\NNi1N, Sept. IL -Mr. II.
4S.,I s..n. of T•'rultto. 11 friend of M:.
it. 4; ray•... sp11 :1 few day. aunt tin•
latter lit this le -Why. 11.• r,•turne•t
tele .
oli 7')1"•411".
r.. thn14l;i Vena rr wNll
w•rvlc,'s . h argil \I r' 11. t:rny lett,'n•I.-1 til.• w.'. lliti'•f
is•hig tir!,i tit 1l.:1010br,,..k. I'rea,vrer let \\ ingtt:1w nu Von.lay
\ . wl•,•k. t 11 Tut .ch1 y rr„14um
l \ithl)W . re.i n u1i
I., . :11 S Is.
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, *. 1•eolltt of the at•un•ri•a' , .•
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her .Iart, lir-
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rl, shown Fair.- \ xt N •1. '
,ay •11 earl.. .unci
I tnrnow. ."!„;ripe
,, consider I one of
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otiary le•nirt' tvltb
en. .I't•.»et.yt• r:
of Thornton. fora.
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Mrs. uouun. Sunday evening, the cuuae of death
well kunst. being spinal uteuluiltIs. '170• funeral
Iiun
ugu8011 will lee held ut Kincardine 014 tenthly
number of ( afteron.
Buy a Bond from Beninger
Tile. Empire IA, In-unitiv • Company offers a guaranteed bond
iter any amount (luta 01,00 1) that you n►ay nosy for in
asp in-talhui'iil pay able over u it'ri.Ni tit yeti,.. If yOu die whit
paying for it, the rl'hlaittiug inttallutiltts are cancelled. abet the
Wind latttnn•-fully paid for itt once. THIS I!';1MI'Oicr.‘NT.
C. D. Beninger, General Agent
The Empire Life Insurance Company
WEST STREET GODERICH, ONT.
1
Greet the raw chilly winds
with soft fabric collared, cuffed and
trimmed with warmth -giving fur.
of Autumn '\
We invite you to inspect our large collection of winter apparel such
as coats, brushed wool and fancy knit sweaters. flannnel dresses. wool.
len crepe dresses, silk dresses, silk and wool scarfs, etc.
And for those who'prefer to make up their own costumes 'we sug-
gest the following lines. from our dress goods department: Woollen and
silk crepe in checked and plain materials, fancy knitted silks, in a wide
range of colors, sport flannels in all the popular shades, also colored
military braids for trimming purposes, fancy patterned and richly
colored kimono cloth, all wool Scotch tweed and homespuns. etc.
Bi-tex doilble fabric silk hose for'fall and winter wear.
To every customer entering our store we bespeak
courtesy and honest merchandising realizing the same
to be our most effective and profitable means of
advertising.
Phone
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The S. A. GRAY CO. Eo.
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.411111,
High Blood Pressure Epidemic Among
Local Prophets Who Are Trying to
Figure Outcome of Coming\Plebiscite.
The Results of Previous Votes on
Liquor Questions and Elections Add
to Their Worries
e
.t Int of hectic 11nno1 , yards of
snitlstte'. funs of pri:..t appeals
to the electorate, and bundns's of
verses ..f more or 1ews merit. will
iN• nlllheal Prnmiesenously in outline,
between now and October 2:1.
On that day 4)utarhtns de, Ido
whether they stay "dry` or 1..roto•
"wet." alcoholically speaking, and
to what height or depth. Tile his-
tory of the Province Is wtrewu with
prior des iedons, by referendum or
1.1e4.4s.•ke. Their results will be
very useful for punn)sea of com-
parison -rafter the (it -ober vote.
At till. moment the native prophets
are as near to satisfying the'tnselves
es to the prospe'tive correctness of
their prognostications am was the
professor whose life's ambition was
to draw a straight ins• devoid of
ells
That it will iee a hard-fought bat-
tle is admitted by both the Prpvin-
cial Prohibition ,(iommlttes• and the
Moderation League alike. The swing
of the pendulum In the Western Prot -
inets hearten., the "Moderatlonlsts."
They believe that Ontario hast under-
gone ;) change of heart. tend will align
Itself with British Colombia. ;tatekat•
eh...van. AI(•rta and . Manitoba on
the one hnnd and Quebec un the
other. T11e 1'rohihitlonists are (tunl-
ly confident that the unbroken 11ne-
cession of Ontnrin's favorable votes for
every measure of temperance reforms
or prohibition will be maintained.
Each gid.' 14. organlring and working
unee)singty, and both believe that
given n fine day the vote will be a
very heavy one Moth are also agreed
that, whatever plow happ'na, the "oxen
Mar" moat not enure bark.
The present liquor laws of the
Province are the remits of • e vOin-
tlnn. Beek In 17112. some kind of
genet uetIre ordernn.wx began to
Maar In the regulations respeeing
IIOMIe in "roper Canada." By 1426
• tlme-hewtnred friend, "the burden of
i'ij&of Ontario
II -Knockout Fight
\c
tuxatlnu." in .the lulls" of it.rv'e,I
license fees. wax developing Into a
lusty infant. in 1814 shopkeepers
welting gdrint.lus Minor,' I.y wholesale
were repuirei to take out licenses tool
illy jive pounds -twenty-five dollars
-44 year for the same: Some people
regarded this impovrt as a very k
shadow over the outles)k for the f ht -
lire of what 1s now the I'rovinee of
h
t,tario. Others thought it a very
n•.Isonallp tax, n n.I figured that th*
•'. olo14y" wot/d' reap handsome finan-
. gal re'wartls.
Sir Conan Doyle might gather fro
some of his friends of the • mplrl
world their eomlonrntive clews of til
days when the whisk.•y barrel gam th
fanslly euro 011. nod the state of art
nets that has legally prevailed In O -
w rto sing• 7 u'de#'k t'f Saturday ,'4
big, September 16. 1416. In that hntr
netunl Provincial pnJrihltion twin lee
effective In ae•orelauce a 4th the 01111?-
in Temperance Aet adopted by the Lieg-
isleture. a11 n war measure. The 410Y-
ernment retained til" right to bell
liquor fur nec,a1ary pnrp.s•!s-
chiefly wrath -heal -and a clause cif the
hill provided for a vote of the OIes•-
tornte to he taken after normal condi•
tI1due were reetorel The then Prem-
ier. Sir William Hearst, initiated' ti e
measure, though the (',ma4rrattve
party which he led WAR not the tradi-
tional prohibition party of Ontario.
The I.Ibrale had Meng hart a pro-
hh.Ition plank lei their platform.
The 1919 PkblxeJte
In song and ',tory. In fact and
Hellon, the nneertatntlw tenrrn'ind-
Ing horse rales and Mot -theme havn
been mirrored in a thousand guises
grave and gay. On Oct. 20. 1919.
the Government that gate Ontario IM
first prohibition act suffered a dis-
astrous defeatbeing tern., 1•.1101 by the
4'nitest F`s rmerd,als.r ,ombintt!on
which muhaegaently obese Ernest C.
Drury ax Premier. (in the same day
h plebbleite taken on the Ontario
Tetnp•ranee .tete "the (LT:,\.," as it In
,'famitlnrh- called hl the i'rovits•e. wa.
overwhelmingly In favor of it.
Tine form of the 1919 pleldxlte and
the result of theevoting thereon were
AP follows :-
1. Are yon to favor of the repeal of
The 4h,t,iril. Temperance Act:'
•
2 Are you in favor of the ante of
light leer ,o14tti141ng not more than
two -oaml lftt-one --bnmlreths
ler Brut. n',oltol weight mensur''
through i ,v,rnment 11gen•lis mfd
sniendments to The 4tutnrio T.'nl-
pnuwe Act 4o permit sorb sale-!...
3. Are you in favor of the sale of
light hoer etntaletIng not mor' than
two mei fifty -1111• on,-hnnelret hs
per trt.t. 11l.-ohol weight mrn(ure•
,In standard hotels in local mnnlel-
pwlitirs thnt by a tmtjorlty vote
fa(( -or mail til' and unsaidmelts to
The Ontario Temperance Act to 1Mer-
mitsuch sale?
4. Are you in favor of the sal' of
spirit s and malt liquors through
Government Arend.* and amend-
ments to The Ontario Temp'ranee
Act to permit such male?
erred prohibition 111 the 11119 cant
;alto'. and 811011" violin tins that 1I1•y'
stud" n sincere effort to enforce it.
were swept out of ofike by the 4'on-
servnfive4 In the general elections of
June. 19'23. in the course ref that cam -
Yes, No. Dry Maj.
789,434 792,942 423,505
401,893 741,007 - 339.114
386,680 755,933 319,26E
450,370 193.524 243,154
Analysing the figures of the 1919
vote. with the idea of teeing able to
predle't with sump a.'enracy the remelt
of the approaching rote, Is responsible
for the present e'pidemle of high
!arena ores-ann. throngliont Ontario.
-.\n added Irritant to the perplexities
of the would -Ise prnphetx Im the fart
that the United Farmer', w•hn far-
palgn the (lntwrin Temperance Act
and the m"(hods of enforcement played
a major role: perhaps neither of them
were entitled to hate the spotlight
noel_ them mo steadily.
Ineble•t(slly it. April. 19121. when
n rote wile taken on the Imp.rtntlni
of liquor Into the Provlrn'e, 411e re
*lilt waa for Importation 773,11.1•+,
agninat 540,773 \inj.rity against inl-
is.rtation 106,14.33.
Lees' Option Period
Then, too. prior M 1916, Ontario
had (made remarkahle progr.wm in
la•nI option. w•hl•h from 19011 onward
iequlrel a three-fiftha vote for ear-
ring.• ler regal In 11)041 only 147
out of 794 tnunlripaldt.lea were dry by
104.81 option: In 1916. when the mtent-
r'Ipalitlew had increased to 5.71, the
'dry' muni,-i;allit tws hnd grown 4..572
with 49 giving mnjortties for Ircn1
option. but falling to enrty 11 under
the law neltliring that It mils( be %lip-
ps.rtel by three -fifth• of all the votes
duet.
Only seventy repeal eestestx 0111
01 it psasible 1,3:10 opportunities for
the mime were brought on in the
Inst mix years of the local option
Ie'riod, and of theme only one wets mltc-
.s•1.11111.
e: I4Oward F','rgtu011, as leader of
the ('otteservative party in the last
enmpalgn. prlmimel "that In the
event of him party being called upon
ro govern the Province. and if public*
opinion demanded it. another oppor-
tunity wnnt4 be given the eleetor4te
to express their virw1 on the Ontario
Temperance Act." ilaving bettome
.%lberta gave a dry vote of : ....'..f' )•. •
8::a i1 t ::7.:,4ge, Jill'. 21. 111.1:. -end
'wed wet by et big- in:ejority, Noveen-
Tait! -It 41o!nn.b:., t •.•,r .het-- Set,'
teinhe
eet,-
temt. r 11. 1916. '1•`11• reemItx were
delayed ant i1 :hi. -'.lir pot• woe
eeninted an.1 w ere finally given. as
for 42,7191 against 3.',402. Inn
(h'trdl.•r 2)), 1924,. the. Provlae•,e Iwent
, wet 1:.,411:1 to 4U.2'2:..
Slskateh,waa on ik,'enrliF4' 111,
loll'., vote{ out the di.p•msary 4) s-
1 tem by at via.. of !11.'111 ugainlat 23,-
SOL
'3::ONS, but voted ago 1n -t prohibition by a
Mg majority on July l"th (his ye•nr.
} Questa..., 1n April 1919'. voted 175,-
/ 112 In favor of the. nate of beer and
Tight wine,. and 45.41:1 against. tither
liquors are 1111.111 s0111 under (10• Gov -
1 ernnipnt tronsutIi.14t1 system.
l New Itrunerwl•k has been dry mi Dee
Stay, 14417, and Nova Scotia 01114"
i 1910, and Prince Edward island
since 1916
This summary classes as "wet"
any Province where the sale of intox-
l.•snts 111 try dlapensarle•e, lie•n.e, [
nay tither system, and "dry" tits,,•
liquor la legally sold only for me.l1-
cinal purposes.
Premier he is giving til" electorttt
that opportunity by an net panned at
the last session of the 1.egi4lature. au•
tllurizing the taking of a pleiblacite.
:.t a date to ile fixed by the !deaden-
nnt4:overnor in Council.
There ate varying view. as to
the propriety of such a measure, and
the taking of a vote at this time:
it depend', upon which camp. "wet" or
"dry-" is airing thele.
\I.atuwhlle it is to 15' noted that
fur a "dry" province Ontario,' has
mull• money In the handling of liquor
for "permitted ptirpose•w."
The Christmas period is a particu-
larly Inlay time for the dlspr•neolri.'s.
the eminlwr of doetlr to prescription.%
itwlienring In rt -n.,, In almost every
h,m:u, 111 that wnnid t•n'nte pinic4.
in the municipal health departments
if they tier" recorded let any other
time of the year.
Other Provincial Votes
The prohibition battle tins of bete
yearn been confined 10 i'nn•laelal
n reran.
Ont1rlo to to votes again on October
2A.
Manitoba voted Ary on I(.'1 13.
1!116. with :dt 151 vntIug for and
2e. :412 nosh's( tin .bele 22, 1923.
Mani(r484 vote,1 n'•t by wlntc 46,11441
stn jority.
Tits pominioo Plebiscite
Those who follow the fluctuations
of the prohibition tattles in tills
country will recall that, in addition
to the various I'royinctnl referendums
and plebisrates, there was a tin In-
ion plrebbcite vote on September 29,
10,98, The question then submitted
Wale:-
"Are you In favor of iwMsing
nn 111 t prohibiting the Importa-
tion. malufneture. ler sale of mptr-
its, wine, alp. elder and all other
alcoholic llquorm far use 1111 a
'Mere 8114. tl total vete polled of
543.0211 out of 11 poiilhle 1•23.3,627,
and :1 nt*jorI(y for prohibit lon of
1:1.057. (fur4ss' was the only I'rovinep
recording a negative vote.
The Quettiotr for October 23
The questions submitted hr til"
(interl0 Government to is. voted rpm
on October Zird next, are am
feellowM :
"Are you In favor of the eon -
((nuance of the Ontario Temper -
late Act?"
"Are you In favor of the sale Si
a beverage of bar and apfritttoute
Minor In •r'Itlwd paekagps ander
e:ov,rnnt•nt control'e-
.\s the people da•Ide Ontario will
be "wet- ler -.try" for some years
to eon"...