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TOUCH i I P E -R'I T A N G
TS' TAUGHT EXCLUSIVELY
IN THIS DISTRICT BY THE
School of
Commerce
Clinton, Ontario ,
'LOU • CANNOT ATTEND A BETTER SCHOOL, SO
WHY NOT REGISTER NOW FOR THE FALL TERM?
SCHOOL RE -OPENS
Tuesday, ��TT9nd 1924
J Sept.Se�t. 9
COURSES
Stenographic,— 1ic
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Commercial tial -- Secretarial
Special Courses
For particulars apply : to
A. STONE, COM. SPECIALIST,
Vice Principal
Phone 198
B. F. WARD, B.A.,
Principal.
ELECTRIC
C.
Vacuumle
C avers
ForSale or
. Rent.
NOW THAT THE TIME HAS AR-
RIVED FOR FALL HOUSECLEAN-
ING, A VACUUM CLEANER WILL
GREATLY REDUCE 'THE LABOR
AND TIME REQUIRRED FOR THIS
JOB. WE HAVE A RELIABLE
MAKE OF CLEANER FOR SALE
OR RENT.
HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR
WINTER EVENINGS?
You cannot be more delightfully
entertained at less cost, than by
listening to the best musical talent
the world produces, and which is
within the reach of all through the
medium of the
RADIO
WE ARE AGENTS FOR SEVERAL
RELIABLE MAKES
e'llYdr0
Shop
J. Passmore
PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN
&. HOLMES
.Barristors, &e.
Office on the Square, 2 nd door:
2
4
from Hamilton St., Goderich.
rivate funds to loan at lowest rates.
Proudfoot, K.C. J. L. Killoran,
D. E. Holmes
Mr. Holmes will ` be in Hensall
'Ovary Friday from 9 until 6.
AUCTIONEER
OSCAR KLOPP
!donor Graduate Carey Jones' Au -
cation School, Special -course taken in
Registered Live Stock (all Breeds,)
Merchandise, Real Estate, Farm
Sales, etc. Rates i in keeping with
prevailing prices. Satisfaction as -
Pared; write Oscar Klopp, Zurich; or
wire 18.93, Zurich.
DR. A. MOIR, L.' M. C. C.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 70 HENSALL
DR. J. W. PECK'
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
McGill University, Montreal; Member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
at Ontario; Licentiate of Medical
Connell 'of Canada; Post Graduate
iember of Resident Medical staff of
Montreal 1914-15
1�eneral Hospital,NIo ,
Mace, 3 doors east of Post Office.
Phone 56, Hensel,, Ontario.
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Mrs. Geo. E. NIcIntyre, of Detroit,
is visiting with her mother,; Mrs. J.
Sparks in town.
Mrs. J. Zuefle and Mrs. Lorne
Zuefle spent Wednesday of this
week with Exeter ` friends
Mr. Ferris Cantelon, who isa,.
student at Lond9,ir Normal, visited
at his homehereover Sunday.
Mr. George Brown spent Sunday
last in Lambeth, where Mrs. Brown
has been visiting for some time.
Mr. Laird Joynt, who is attending
Western University, Londona spent
thek-
wee . end at his home in town
Several men from; Exeter have..
been working in the flax mill lirre
this fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Scott and
family, of Toronto, were Sunday vis-
itors with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Petty.
Remember the Methodist Church
Anniversary services en October 26.
Rev. C. J. Moorhouse of Clinton will
preach. '
Mrs. R. Volland and two children
of Goderich, were visitors this week.
with Mr. H. Volland and' Miss Voll-
afid of town. •
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. McLaren and
Mr. Ernest Edge, of Seaforth, were
the guests of Mr. :and Mrs. :.Ed 'Lin- Hudson, J. McLaughlin. Carrots; A.
denfieid on Sunday Iast. ' Higgins, D. Elgie, A. Finlayson, H.
Mrs. Jas. Coxworth, who -has been Kennedy,' D. •Varley, M. Scruton.
visiting her daughter,' Mi' Scruton Onions; T. Truemner, S. Welsh, M.
Broadfoot, W. Dodson, C. Zuefle M.
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F ower
s
Bouquet of Asters; P. EIder, G.
Brock, D. Varley, E. Wolfe, J. Whi-
tesides, A. Bell. Bouquet of Sweet
Peas; M. Thompson. Bouquet of
Phlox; M. Mackay, F. McDonald.
Bouquet of. Zinnia; G. Passmore, L.
Lindenfield, D. Thompson, H. Cook.
Bouquet of African' Marigolds; R.
Redden. Bouquet 'of Calendula; H.
Glenn,
M:•
Scruton. Bouquet of
French Marigolds; S. Bell, B. Pfaff.
Bouquet of Salpigiosis; M. Workman
i•
Mrs. D. Urquhart spent Tuesday
of this week in•Londan,
Mr. Wellington •McDonald is vis-
iting at his home in town.
.Y!t rs J. Fisher and
Miss Helen
were in Exeter on Wednesday.
Mr. W. G. Wilson, of Goderich,
was in town the forepart of the
week.
Mr. M. W. Ortwein, of London,
was a Sunday visitor with relatives
in town.
Rev. and Mrs. A. Sinclair
clai • and
family spent Friday of last week in
Wingham. •
Next Sunday Rev. R. A. Brook, of
Kerwood will• preack in tie 'Metho-
dist Church.
A number from here attended -the
fowl supper at Zurich on Tuesday
evening last.
Chiselhurst Fowl Supper will be
held on Tuesday evening, Oct. 21st
;Good Program.
IIENSALL RURAL SCHOOL FAIR
PRIZE
LIST
The following is a list of the
prize winners of
the IIensall Rural
School Fair, which was held last
Wednesday, Oct. 1st, but which we
were unable to get in the. paper last
week. The names are arranged in
order of -the prizes received—
Grain and Corn
Spring wheat, R. Upshall; Spring
wheat (in sheaf) R. Upshall, Ray
Pfaff; Oats, W. Broadfoot; Sweet.
Corn, E. Taylor, G. Brock, 0. Bell,
H. Upshal, F. Munn,
P. Elder. Oats
in sheaf,- E. Dearing, W. Broadfoot.
Roots and Vegetables •
Potatoes (Irish Cobblers) L. Lin
Benfield, A. Appleton, E. Wolfe, H.
Glenn, > M. Sinclair, H. Shepherd;
Potatoes '(Green Mountain) T. Elgie
C. Smillie, .J. Young, E. Taylor D.
Hoggartli, . W. Drummond, Potatoes
(Dooley)•, H. Munn, H. Appleton, L.
Foster, E. Pearce, W. Truemner, R.
Varley. Maugolds; J. Taylor, T..
Stephens, F. McDonald, R.. Upshall,
R. Welsh.• Turnips; E. Dearing, L.
Ragan, B.
bPfaff, L. Elder.,, C. Pearce
W. ,Dalrymple. Beets; B. Willet, A.
Finlayson, I. Alexander, D. Elgie,
H. Kennedy, J. Scruton.- Parsnips;
C. Way, M. Broadfoot, F. Pearce, D.
for a couple of weeks, returned to
her,
home ` in St atliioon Tuesday:
>' Y a sday:
Q•
uite 'a 'number ,from this 'vicinity
attended. the anniversary services
at Kippen on Sunday last, and also
took in tate entertainment on Tues-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Welsh delight-
fully entertained a'number'of fri-
ends at .a card' party on Friday even-
ing last. The prize was carried off
by Mrs. T. Sherritt, Jr.
Mr. "a rd, -Mrs. E. iRannie motored
to Kitchener on, Tuesday of this
week. M'rR-n'
e a nue returned but Mrs. Bouquet of Cosmos; J. Bell •
'Rennie continued from 'Kitchener t Poultry •
on a visit to New York.
Messrs. John 'and Wm. Craig are
making further improvements to
their fine dwelling on Queen Street
by the addition of a new verandah Hagen, •T. Elgie. Pen- of three
running across the •front and east) (eockeael, atilt 'two pullets;)D. Var-
Oockerel (eggs' frons department)
R. Upshal, H. Appleton, E. Taylor.
L. Hagen. "Pullet (eggs from de-
liai•tntent) H. Appleton, R. Upshal, L
side of the, dwelling. ley' E Taylor, S. Bean; H.,road-
at,
While workingatGeo -T. Mickle's foot, M 1Vlaekay, H, Appleton; Pen
gratis .elevator .last'Weelc, Mr. Thos.' of Barred; Rocks (from home flock)
Hiulson ' had the ` misfortune to fall (tWo, pullets ' and Cockerels) • L. ,Lin-
and sustain painful injuries to his' Benfield, A. Finlayson,. M. Smillie;
arm and leg' compelling him to lay! B. Willet, A. McMurtry, J. Bean.
off work for a week or, so.
Quite a volume of business is be-
ing clone nowadays at the C. N. R.
depot here. Last week a total ton -
age of 715 tons of frieght was ship-
ped from Hensall. We' don't be-
lieve any other station along this
line can come, up to 715 tons in a
week.
The new • addition- to the Hensel].
School is 'progressing very rapidly.
these days. This "week,' workmen
are busy, wiring the building, and
putting in the heating pipes. 'The
carpenters ' are • busy • lathing- . •the
walls and masons are quickly plas-
tering rn„ the interior. At the present
rate of speed it will not be long ,be-
fore the building will be 'ready for
use.
Stapleton—Stone.-A very pretty
edding took place on Monday, S•e-
tember 29th, at four o'clock in St.
Paul's Anglican+Church, Hamilton
tioad, London, when Miss Evelyn
tone, eldest daughter of Mr. Wil
-
am Stone, of this village, became
to wife of Mr. James Stapleton, of
ondon. The Ceremony was per-=
ormecl by Rev..A. Bice. Little
eryl Oke, looking quaintly sweet
a1 a frock ' of orchid tabibua trim -
Pen White Wyandottes; M. Pearce.
Any pet;' R.:Soldan, L. McLaughlin,
J. Yoting, W. Drummond, J. Alex -
'ander, E. Dick.
Supplementary Flowers
Any design made of flowers' B.
Hogarth, E. Dick, M. Dick, R. Varley,
M. Scruton, T. Elgie.
Live Stock
Market Lamb; M. Smillie, C.
Smillie. Pair of Bacon type hogs;
170-230 lbs.; C. Pearce, C. Smil-
lie.• Beef calf; R. Solder', E. Dear-
ing A I3 1
, e 1, C. Pearce.
Domestic Science
Loaf of home=made bread, H. Hud-
son.
dozen e 1 tea
7/zbiscuits, b urts M.
Drummond, ,
B. Soldan, D. Little, D.
Cameron, H. Hudson, L. Drummond
z/z dozen white cookies; E. Cameron
A. -Lindenfield, H. Broadfoot, M.
Sinclair, H. Hudson, D. Little, 1/2
tv dozen lemon tarts, M. Drummond,
P L. Drummond, L. Bean, A. Eacrett,
J. Bell,, T. Elgie. White cake and re-
1� cipe (girls ten and under) M. Mc-
rS Laren, E. 13e11, B. Drummond., 'M.
li Sinclair, D. Elgie; D. 7lrolripsoit. Ali-
tl 1ple pie, L. Steacy, G. I'assinore,
I, P. Elder, H. Broadfoot,' G. Elgie, II.
f Hudson. Homeinade candy H. Glenn,
I3 M. Drummond, P. Elder, .NC. Tho7u p-
1
i d T son, ,M. Smillie, D. Elgie, School
ccl withlunch, 'T. Elgie,M.
ante tat , grey Inariibotit ,.was t:li3O14Iel,aren, , G.
bride's onlyattendant. The brideBrock A. MclVfurtr
y> .B, Pfaff, ':G.
looking charming iii a dress of. pews Higgins.
der bine Indiansilk trimmed with sc;tt'iatg
_ V
grey • marabow, grey shoes, stock- Patch on ()Duan goods, M. Sdi'ut-
ings and *loves and blue and grey' on, I. Ilogarth, I. Daters S.
.� � e g y i ,
Brad-
shaw, L. Lindenfield, H. Upshal.
Darning on stocking, A. Lindenfield
II. MSLau ghliti, T. Datprytsmos
)~s, P. en -
hat, and carried a bouquet of Ophe-
1ia roses. Mr. and Mrs. Stapleton
Will reside iii' London,
'mak: ,i..\Z, . -i or
wings, H. Upshal„ 111. 3leniphill. Gra- the Ladies' Bazaar, consisting of a
cheted wash cloth, (girls ten and fine variety of `useful and artistic
under) F. McDonald, H. Kennedy. articles,
Print work apron (handmade) G, Mrs. C. ZWicker and Gerald are
Brock, I, Alexander,
J, Bon t •
t tion, l:I. visiting for a few days With Mrs,
Hudson, H. Glenn, C. Drysdale. Hem Katz at New Hamburg.
stitched hawdlcerchief, 141. Simpson, The baseball fans of the Village
P, Elder, • x/a yard crocheted lace, P. received the baseball play by play
Kennings, M. Simpson, 11/I. Drum of the world series at Washington
mond, L. 'Drummond, Embroider- and New York by the courtesy of
ed. cushion (done in colors) T. Elgie Mr. H. K. Either who installed his
'L,'. Drummond, P, Kennings radio in the office up town which
Manual Training was 'filled 'to capacity. each
day. Tie' Anymodel in. w00d, I.Smith, Ii. fans from {
Cr•edi sent, Crediton r
0 two tele -
Appleton, A, Appleton, W, D. Drum- "grants to the relay station at Cie
ve-)
mond, N. Sinclair; S. Bell. Wren land and had the pleasure of Bear= C;
hots e (boys teh and under) H. Fos- ing both read over the radio,
ter, H. I-Iemphill, Passmore, Brock. Mr. C. ZWicker motored to N
Six named knots on 1/ inch rope H. Hamburg on Sunday Mrs. Zwick
Cook, A.." Finlayson; Marie Foster, and Gerald returning home wi
Two samples of wire splicing, S. him.
Bean, R
P aff
f R. Ylar•ley, W. M. Otto Ewald, and Wm. Fisch
Broadfoot, R. Upshal, J. Taylor. , motored to: Kitchener on Sunday.
Nature Study Mrs.' Al)verf IKing visited relatives,
Collectionof twenty named and Miic'igan •the..,past week.
mounted li'oxious weeds, D. Thomp-, Friends from Lucknow are vis t ng
son, Ed. Foster. Collection of twenty 1tTith Mr. and Mrs. H. K. ,E,ilber.
named and mounted noxious* weed T�ie wedding—took place Wedn,e-
seeds, M. Foster, S. Beau. Collection day af'Mr. Dan Oestreicher, and .Miss;j
of. six injurious insects silo Lydia, Kobe at I3aiaavere 1tev„ • `V: -
wru
g greater officiating, We exteTrd coat
specimens of injury caused by same, hratu:tations•
M Foster. The Ladies' Aid of the Evangelical
Drawing, Art and Writing Church gathered at _theehome of Mr:
Map of Huron, 2nd class, crayons and Mrs. Darn. Oestreicliter on Y 5 '< < tr-
marking- Townshipsships and towns, M. day evening presenting them- with gifts
Mackay, G. Brock, F. McDonald, R, and welcoming them niet our midst.
Brock, M. Kennings, L. McLaughlin Air, Melville England, ; Mr. Ed..
Map of North America, 3rd 'class, anml Aston, ,Mr, 'an,d oMzs• R,i<chard Lucas
boundaries, countries, capitals Sunday last
wits M Landon shat.
A and last` w.nth Mr. and Mrs. Mat.
6 rivers, R. Upshal, D. Varley, A. England. •
Finlayson, J. McLaughlin, W. Broad-, Proli,5bp;tiaon Sunday ' the IVletho-
foot, A. Chesney. 'Map of Europe,4th dist church next Sunday evening. Sulu
class, ink, boundaries, countries, sect"My Brolther's Keeper, '.Lb.:
capitals, and 6 rivers, M. Foster, D•; pastor will be in charge.
Moffatt, Mi,ss. Guentlre, and
Miss Kelliernran attended the teachers
Oosaventon in.Goderich, last week.
Mr.. Czar Ivellerman• ie visiting in
Toronto.
Mr,
..and Mrs. Fred Jackson arriv-
ed this week and will take possession
of the 'farm purchased from Mr. Fehx
to n.
W ;vis, •Mr. anti Mrs: Wilds >,vail.l move
tow
Mn, P. Mclsaac has moved 'the tele-
phone. central into Mr. G. Kellerman's
building formerly occupied by the
Canadian Bank of •Commerce.'This will
make a 'very pualtaibl,e" telephone cen.traL
PAS.H\"/OOfl.
ew
er
er
in.
Thompson, T. Elgie, C. Way. Writing
"Evening Prayer," 1st class lead
pencil, `1Vr. Fee, H. Glenn, R. Patter-
son, M. Hemphill, K. Faber, S. Bell.'
writing, ` "Indian Summer", ' 2nd
class ink, E. Faber, C. Morrison
S.
Bradshaw, E. Pearce, A. McMurtry,
C. Morrison. Writing "Lead Kindly
Light" 3rd class ink, R. Varley, NI.
Sinclair, L. McLaughlin, M. Work-
man, E. Smith, A. Finlayson. Writ-
ing "Recessional" 4th class, ink J.
Bonthron, C. Way, 0. Bell, M Mc-
Laren, M. Smillie, I Alexander. Col,
lection of three drawings, 1 pencil,
1 water 'colour", and one black and
white, 4th class
and
continuation
pupils, T. Elgie, P. -. Kennings, R.
Pfaff, D. Heffernan, M. Dick, M.
McDonald.,
Competitions
Judging competition `in Poultry
for girlshi'.. Foster, P. Kennings, J.
Scruton, L. Bell, B. Soidan; R. Mc-
Laughlin. Judging competition in
beef calves Or bacon hogs for boys,
C. McLean, C. Sauillie, L. Foster, R
Soldan, R. 'Upshal, C. Pearce.
School Parade, Room 3. rc.inif4,2t,
room 1, S. S. Ne. 9, Tuckersiitith, S
S. No. 10, Tuckersmith, S. S. No. 1,1
Hay.
DEPUTY RETURNING OFFICERS
FOR SOUTH HURON
Th following is a list of the Dep-
uty Returning officers for . South
Huron:
Stephen •Tp: Polling Division 1,
g
W. H. Mills; 2 Asa Penhale; 3 Alon-
zo Hodgins; 4 Ezra Faist; 5 Alex H.
Neil; 6 George Merner; 7 T. Keys;
8 J. E. Hodgins; 9 Stephen Webb.
Hay Tp.—Polling Division 1, Mil-
ton Russell; 2 Jas. Petty; 3 Henry
Howard; 4 William Hess; 5 Milne
Rader; 6 Willison Snell; 7 David
Blackwell; S William Jennison. {
Stanley Tp. Polling Division 1,
Mervin Ha.nley;. 2: Goldie Graham; 3
Robert Dinsdale; 4
Edwin. Chuter;
5 Charles Rathwell, 6 Robert' Dewar
7 Ross Johnston.
Goderich Tp. Polling Division 1,
Chris W. Johnston;' 2 Howard
Sturdy; 3 Walter Emmerson; 4 W.
Lobb; 5 Bert Murphy;; 6 Robert
Richardson.
Tuckerslnitlr Tp.—Polling Divis-
ion 1, Wm. Govenlock; 2 Sam Mc-
Goech; 3 Lorne Stephenson; 4
.john Moffat; 5 Louis Clark; 6
are closed. `
Frank Upshall.
Usborne Tp.—Polling Division 1,
John Hunter; 2 Wm. Fryne; 3 Dan
Dew; 4 Edgar Hunkin,; 5 Jackson
Wood; 6 Hugh Berry; 7 Amos
Doupe.
Village of Exeter—Polling Divis-
ion 1, Edward. Treble; 2 Wellington
Johns; 4 Alex McPherson.
Village of I-lensall—Poliing. Divis-
ion 1, Nathan Peck.
Village of Bayfield—Polling Div-
ision 1; Jas. Reid:
Representative of Plebiscite Com-
mittee, Charles Harvey, Exeter.
Financial Agent, Geo: Nrawson,.
Exeter. •
Repp•esentative of Moderation -
League, Richard Murphy, Exeter.
Financial Agent,. Louis Day,
Ex-
eter.
Returning Officer, Robt. Higgins
will be at his office at Hensall on
Thursday, October 23rd, all day and
will keep in touch with his deputy
Returning Officers by phone, and is
making arrangements to have all
returns in shortly after the poles
CREDITON
A Fowl Supper will be held On
Thursday, October 0th at the Zion.
Evangelical •elical Church Crediton. Sup-
per served from 5' till. 9 o'clock p.m.
After supper a choice program will
be given consisting , of ' addresses,
male quartettes, dialogues, and rec-
itations, interspersed" by orchestral Roth -nets sstbsdribo' adds $o the
numbers. Admission adults 65c. value of YOUR Telephone
chiidren 12 and under, 40c.• a spec- onsimommiumnammansmsomm
rat festive of the oeCu->1es1 will be
Dr. H. H. Cowen, L. D. S.
D. D.D.S.
DENTAL SURGEON
At McCormick's Block, Zurich, every
Thursday and Saturday,
MAIN OFFICE
,Hartleib's Clock, •=- Dasbwood, On,.
Mrs. :Goclkia who has been vrs,t:ne
her mother, Mrs. Baker for several
menthe, left for her home in Valn
rouver on Saturday.
M s E,. Otterbeinhas returned afterr
a short visit ;.n Detroit.
Mrs, Eobert I-Iayter is visiting in
Stratford this, Meek.
A. number from here attended t'n --
opening of, the new Lutheran church
�
in London on Sunday. , ..
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.
Ails,Id e1_a Barter, has returned "z •ani
Detroit
Mr and Mrs. H. Hoffman and ,:amily
visited friends in Kitchener ' on : Sun-
Arra
un-
Sir .I2,'Donehley of 'roranto is l,t
rag his son• John, who is suffering
with a fractured ankle.
Miss •'5, Siebert of Kiitclnetier is vis
sting her sister„Mrs. Weitzel at present.
Mi', and Mrs.. Harrk- Kraft are at
ttencliing the weddln[g` of the hatter's
!Droner in Toronto tills week.
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Whom could
+ day?
Y C8, y
—by Long Distance
There have been startling
changes in selling methods
in the last two years. New
ways of finding, new cus-
tomers, of getting at every
possible buyer,are being de-
vised every week. Obstacles
are being brushed aside.
Present clay business, to
secure results, turns to Long
Distance as ' its first aid.
We are now handling con-
siderably over one million
Long Distance calls a month
for people who Iust have
have an answer immedi-
ately.
They realize that the average
letter costs as tnuclr,ns the aver-
agere
Lan{, Distance message.
Whom could you sell ' today by
Long Distance?
"'T.ifiTlISI)A I'', 003"OBl+aR 10', 0
Ont rio 'Electo rs Must oo e .
Progress'or.
a�n
►'r
r.,you in favour of. the con,
tinuence of The. Ontario `7°ean
Perance Act?
Are you in favour of the sale
as a beverage' of beer and
Ls spirituous liquor in sealed pack.
ages under Government control?
The ` Prime1 i ..
Ste.r' s Letter
Gov �n,
ea nl, �c
ell Promise,
-to "Strengthen" the,Ontario Temperance Act ;aaacll
Give it "Active and Vigorous Enforeena:eart."
The foregoing statement wassl subsequently q y 1pplemotrtecl in a letter
Written by the Prime Minister, Hon. G. H. Ferguson., in which he says:—
"It was made perfectly clear that all•ti
a
p r es realized that if the
people voted for the continuance of the Ontario Temperance p
e2 aatce Act,
the Gee -eminent would treat it as any other piece of legislation
and would strengthen its weaknesses, if an'Y piece might
re-
vealed fine', n naa„lat be re-
d from time'to time, and give it active and'vigorous
ndealing with the question of principle,ent. ' We are p enforat-
ter of mere verbiage. For that reason I purposel,r not a mat-
ter in 'm
statement that an affirmative answer to the first glaestion would
mean the ealclorsation of the principle underlying the present Ont-
ario Teanperance' Act."
TheIssue
There need be no doubt in anyone's mind as to the real issue
Campaign. sue in this
The liquor an
t s
ts flushed I
with a vitt
seek to re -capture Ontario.There oat' in the Western .rovine
P .IPrea•e are lesser factoa•s'•aard forces. in the
Fight but it is the same old
conflict between the liquor interests
one hand and the . Temperance Re 1 on the
pe Reform forces on the other,.
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The. -same old gang that fought t the reform forces every inch of the
way in the campaign for, License Reduction, Shorter Hours, u s, Local Option,
Provincial Prohibition, -
are lined 'up again contending for the sale of li-
quor for beverage purposes, they care not by whom. Anything to defeat
the Ontario Temperance Act. Anything to regain a foothold.
They are reinforced by others 'who "want their booze,"
well intentioned` respectable Citizens,(judiciously and a few
(1 aerously kept in the. foreground
of theicturo who vho ar
e honestly mistaken in their opinions.
But in the main it is the same old line-up.
Avarice and appetite again seek place and power.
Booze wants to come back,
The Government' of Ontario or any other Government
with the highest intentions to inaugurate may start outs
g ate some system by which facilities
will beafforded for use of liquor, and yet by which, we will
evils inescapably follow .its use. This would be undertakingavoid the
impos-
sibility. Once liquor is sold it cannot' be cbntrbl'led: an ilnpos-
The battle is now on. It is clearly, between progress and re
the prohibition"of the saleb re -action
of iarta:�icatin, ' liquor for beverage l pwposes
or the permission of the free and promiscuous sale of liquor for beverage
purposes.
ADVANCE OR RETREAT
A vote for continuance means, in the light of the Prime Minister's
statement, not only the maintaining of the Ontario
Temperance Act, but
the strengthening of the provisions of that measure and its thorough-
going enforcement. •
• It is not a question of standing still, it is auestio
q n of going for-
ward. or back -wards.
It is not "Are we in favour of the Ontario Temperance Act in itsre-
sentform” but "Are we in favour of the p
principle which it embodies and
do we want the measure which embodies that principle 'strengthened'
and improved, made more efficient, andgiven
forcement. 'active and vigorous en
A vote for
control means .that., this
Province votes itself,into the =:
booze: business, , appoints the
p . Government and its officials
rcrals. as sellinga-..
gents, for the brewers and distillers and'foreign liquor quer intede
Government then becomes,purveyor-in-chief depraved appetites The
' to the .es
of citizens of the Province and official sanction is given to the distribu-
tion to the citizens of the Province of a narcotic
racial poison,which has
been the curse and blights of the ages.
"Prohibition u is a dyke of. rrwdern civilfetition against r h; a y
waves are beating... Sometimes there may be a leak-, but it saves our
country from an overwhelming tide' of intean erancc - ,.
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SHALL WE DESTROY THE DYNE OR REPAIR THE LEAKS
Contin ance
'
Active andVigorous Fns
Stronger,A Better :eeJaWen
ote
For
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DO YOU -REMEMBER
The old time Bar -room and Liquor Shop, with their disgusting sights
and sounds and smells?
DO YOU REMEMBER
The staggering, cursing, carousing, drunken men who jostled us on, Yi
'the streets and on the cars -particularly on holidays or at public de
monstrations?
DO YOU REMEMBER
The poor, battered, bedraggled hulks of men and women, derelicts of
drink,—but God's children; our brothers and, sisters, every, one of then -i,
who besought our alms?
DO YOU REMEMBER
The drunkenness and debauchery, the violence and crime incited by
liquor, that appalled good citizens?
DO YOU REMEMBER
The prospects blighted, the lives wrecked,' the hearts broken, the- sor
did cheerlessness of homes from which hope and love 'lead been driven
by drink?
DO YOU REMEMBER
The suffering of innocent women and children through ,drunken bru-
tality, and the rapine and rowdyism that even invaded the sacred family
circle?
DO YOU REMEMBER
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The shameless indecency, immorality and vice that flaunted` itself,
brazenly and unrebuked even upon licensed; premises
DO YOU REMEMBER
The flourishin "Drink Cure"establishments,
gs tents, the over-flowirr � r-
g loo
houses, the gutted prison cells? ,,
DO YOU' REMEMBER
The accidents, disease; deaths, suicides,and the cruel heartless
_ , • , , ,,• • tra,ftic .
that mocked at sorrow and Suffering, and • pi oftted by shame and Sin?
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Perhaps hot very clearly, for it is eight years ars now since the that place
licensed to sell liquor,,the cause of all this closed its1 s
doors. Eight years
is a ,long time,
If we e
contrast those conditions with the situation to -day, we will see s'
that the . : Ontario Temperance Act has wrought a transformation, economic,
social, and moral.
Do You Want tt Days gam.
NO! Ten Thousand Tiales
a
0
Yet, „o surely tight
follows clay, so sorely would tri «o5c i>vi,.s ti, t', g-
arn
i'loVv troai the same so—iree7?l:`I.Iu SALE OF LILIQUOR