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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1924-9-18, Page 4I--Thur•Nlay. September IS, 1tr.4. THE SIGNAL, t GODERICH, ONT. 1 t 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,. $u►iley- will read a Viper 1.11 •'Iluw to Trials a' 1'111111 until S:h,Nd .\g,• is Ilenehe4 Norma Talmadge, the gr,'ttest star of the silent drama. who.picture.; whose :1'•t1441111e1 .'tory w' here a. the toe,:! olt,•r aiiluletit p.ssibh•, appears at 111e V,Nlri 'Ilientre. Ilalertrh, ' Monday duel 'l'uesdoy. September rwl" 23. it. "Thr Song of .-I..tvr.''•Ik•, Toronto. atilt his *en :11141 d:uleelle', .Sirs. \Cul. Tat„ .tnrritg the week .-ler r'ae lash' f,•,c months. returned !tots .1. F'' , _ Miller. of Penile- - t1,' .111 of 1. 11.- Lunen.: =1'h• 'I.•• e8.7l•r1111y. \\'t• are glint to say ton. It. 1'. ea!h int •Calvin new. eal. receive"' here on wean,. jeans. The young titin sus 114 illi day Of the ,Irgth of 1.4•elle 1;44u1W, 1 twentieth y1'ar *nil 8a, ill only *lure eldest awl of lice'. 11. and ktotletta)• Ont. ).:•tel►t• was hero, haling resided It with lite 'ynreetta for n n, who iuil.rm-.'tl in heilltit. ' U: , Ilows..11 is 114111ing his new- .tf.t,_' r ... •.Irvin to :1 .•tilt 44f 11111111. 1:1110.1 1;81 :err \It.. a fed( -\In tuft 4111 SMItsltly- 1.. .IM'll1.6.r..t 1,,." Neel.* at her home, We ar.• -\II. \\ \I t,•\1 ''114.1:1y'. rt. \\ -I, ler I !in.. \I I. :111.1 -tl:• Nast to Bank of Moat, 1 ;;1 4 1 to ..i'. ter 4 ruthr .• is •iuti.roviuawl .on F'a'esl. W' s. deb,. \! . ,' titter stole ohlg an \,1Nerati'II. for up- 11,1... \ I r I:arl (`ran - \Ir. Ceoit II 11.trt.-y \c \1: \Vi11. W. AUNOMMEND I»udicilit. \Ir. 1 ,'. \1 I T!0• ..risen vetoing twi5li•r the ens- \Ir \\, FOR SALE Ilulnlr.tilb• Cheese Factory, (moil brick building: also nice residence sill be .011 together or separately. .\poly to .1 \\O.." ('/1NNO1-1,1. litwh'rirh, Ont. 1 KINU$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,. .I 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. \I \,; 1 1,\t d: - 'There. wit: 1,. ... • Smith'. 11111 .•Itytan uec: I;, , 1, i:. , , *. 1•eolltt of the at•un•ri•a' , .• . ,.! 'l.'Ih.ratl.at ,ere11oii,w Ian . r. .,,,,! ‘I, - , Noire.: is nlM.rtiug r• - - - \1; Ni - I :,.I I q u.1 t I:':'10.1. • ;11'.. r- 1', i' \! • S,.• tit 1:. , 1;. 1. 1,.1e'I I„ 4 4.,,14/11 .. 1," "I,•'„1 cuddle ,,•Unit' \i rI. tt1»1!111.•!- 1'. - .•f her .Iart, lir- ‘, Ir: rl, shown Fair.- \ xt N •1. ' ,ay •11 earl.. .unci I tnrnow. ."!„;ripe ,, consider I one of .,ouelrc 14,1 itt•ts' otiary le•nirt' tvltb en. .I't•.»et.yt• r: of Thornton. fora. i't j.itte ;Inc I1. „111; ; >Ir. -, of -„t!. ,l,h, .i,1 Ie.. !,..lit •tt. 11. \I•:. ,.' 'h, ti Salida% 1 ; i •,'neer-I),., 1 .• !,•r. \I' • I .t',•1 1 1 b..- \ \1 • I1. rl. \I.. '1' ' l\' 1: 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 56 The S. A. GRAY CO. Eo. 1 uia ee i .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"...