The Brussels Post, 1926-10-27, Page 21•VE1ENESDAr, OCT. 2'7, 1 920.
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Huron Presbytery Committee Urges
Freedom From Party Sies
Clocleriele Oct. 20.--T1ie eoremit-
see en evangelism and sitekit seeeke
of whieli .1lev. Selby Jeffereon is the
ehairman, preseeted
ti Hero." Free-
heeere.- el..the United Churea,
"ems detaingwith several ,40,f911
settee That en prohibition A'aS 21.$ fol-
lewe;
preebytery, ereatiy re-
eretting the at that our politieal
leaders of both domi,nant parties have
lamentably failed to give such prom-
inenee to the question of prohibition
as its importanee calls for, hereby
affirm:
-"Our eontinued belief in and loy-
alty to the ideal of the absolute pro-
hibition of the manufaeture and ale •
of intoxicating liquors for beverage
purposes.
"That the present need is impera-
tive for our people being well pre-
pared by careful examinatien, clear
tiet purpose and fine enthuseieni to
carry this cahse of prohibition when
it again becomes a burning issue st
the polls.
"And we urge that when that day
of testing does arrive every man and
woman qualified to east a hallo:, rlse
clear above all party alleeeene; in
such supreme loyalty to God a.eeks,
above all, the triumph of moral
elms.
"Furthermore, in this connectioa,
let us seek to create such a coneeitmee
among our people on the questa)", If
smuggling that they wM not only con
demn alcoholic smuggling on a vast
scale, but that they will 3eoin the
trickery which evades the custome
' in all such petty personal "natter, as
dress or other goods." -
A pronouncement upon war ieelud-
ed these findings:
"That the time has eons,for a
more thorough investigation by oar
people into the cause oe origin of
war, and into its nature or ethics.
"We commend our department of
religious edueation for the way in
which, this year, it is seeking to foc-
us the thought of our youne folk
upon title question in our V011 11,2: Peo-
ple's program.
"That we will seek to outlaw war
utterly, believing such bloody arbi-
trament of any cause unworthy of a
20th century Christian eivilizatioe.
"That we brand war as one of the
most prejudicial of all influences
making against Christian miee'ons.
"That therefore we will counten-
ance nothing which in any way is
calculated to foster the military spir-
it.
"That, though it may be lifficult at
times to satisfactoiely slefine hist
what the 'military spirit' is, and
therefore difficult to say just what
fosters such spirit, yet we do all ag-
ree that, whilst those that wish steel
drill as is foundln cadet training
free to have same, it muet not be
mild° in any way compulsory for
such as conscientiously dleepprove
thereof."
One of the best automobile acces-
sories that is often overlooked is plen-
ty of Money to keep the ear going.
A. ensile equals electric , illumina-
tion for dispelling gloom. Moreover
there is no upkeep to the smile.
France seems to be leading in cab-
inet making.
MienSti.1.••
akin
R fs
flAVING received full in-
structions frorn a Roof-
ing Expert I am prepared fo
do a first-class job and fully
guarz,nteed by a reliable
firm. Any kind of Felt or
Gravel Roofs.
Estimates freely given,
Ed. Henderson
5014060LO
THE BRUSSELS POST
Statesmen of the Empire
t hnperial C nference
PREMIERS OF SELF-GOVERNING DOMINIONS &ND OF THE MOTHERLAND
To -day the eyes of flu, woral nat
upon the °peeing of the impered con-
ference. ABOVE are shown prem-
iers attending the parley. 1. William
T. Cosgrove, Irish Free State; 2, W:1- Commonwealth of Australia; 3. Wal- Africa; 8. J. G. Coates, Dominion of
liam Lyon Mackenzie King, Dominion
of Canada; 3. Stanley Baldwin, Great
Britain; 4. Stanley Melbourne Bruce,
ter S. Munroe, Newfoundland; 5. Sir New Zealand. It le to be note]that
these empire representatives meet on
James Craig, Northern Ireland; 7.
an equal footing, Premier Baldwin
J. -13. 31, Hertzog,Union of South being merely "primus inter pares."
Liderasm in Ontario Ipmses
Liquor Policy, Sinclair State wit
"1 Am Confident Even Now That
Liberals All Over the Province
Are Arming Themselves to Oppose
Ferguson Plan," He Says—Will of
People is Disregarded—Says Pre-
mier May Be Suspected of Trying
to Divert Public Mind From Lone
Series of Acts of Mismanagement
In line with hie declaratien ie the
Legielature last session, William E.
N. Sinclair, K.C., Liberal Leader, le-
eued a statement last Tueiday aftei-
noon, proclaiming in clear -rut fash-
ion the intention of the Liberal par-
ty to fight with all its force PrMsier
Ferguson's attempt to re-mtroduee
the legalized sale of liquor in the
Province of Ontario.
Mr. Sinclair's statement is a more
or less preliminary reply to the elec-
tion manifesto issued on Monthly
night by Premier Ferguson A more
complete and analytical rebuttal will
be forthcoming in the next few days.
Disregard of People's Wishes.
The Liberal Leader declares that
the liquor policy announced ley pre-
iMer Ferguson is, on the oart of the
latter, an arbitrary disregatel of the
wishes of the people of °Mello as
expressed in the plebiscites, of 1919
and 1924, and is the very anthithetes
of the policy announced by thi Prime
Milliliter not very long ago.
As to the remainder of the Fergu-
son statement, it "gives neither evi-
dence of good government in the
past nor assuranee of good govern-
ment for the future."
Liberal Leader's Statement.
The statement is as followe:
"T have been asked my elowe as to
the statement of policy announeed
by Hon. -G. Howard Ferguson in 1.1,e
press this mornieg, and tied in it
neither evidence of good eoverereent
in the past :1101 assuranee of good
government for the future. I am
confident that even now Lib 'rids all
over the Province are "tensing them-
eelvem te oppose the Ferguson trolley
with might and main.
"The liquor, policy of Mr.. Fergu-
son is diametricallY oppoetei to the
policy of the Liberal party As cfreidell
time and One again, and as 0111100111''
id by myself at the last seiteion of the
Leg1latu re.
"Liberal," must battle to eimport
the will ef the people, anti that will
was unmistnkably expresieel lo ref-
erenee to the Ontario 'Temperanee
Act by the plehtscites' of 19 19 and
1924. That expreseion of the people',"
will Mr ,Fergnson arbitrarRy 1,1:0em5-
08 to dieregard. To this ereitrary ne-
Mtn T am opposed rts contrary to the
fundamental' prineiplee of Liberahene
Change of Policy.
"Mr. Fergttion'a policy of to -day is
'
STANDS BY 0.
T. A.
IWilliam E, N. Sinclair, K.C., Lib -
mi -al Leader, who says Ferguson poli-
cy disregards expressed will of the.
P
not even -in accord with his own states
ment of policy as announced 1:ot so
long ago, and is, in fact, its very
aetithesis. The change in •ettitude is
so violent that the Premier may, well
be euspected of having trie.el by des-
perate measures to divert elet publie
mind from a long series of vets of
mismanagement committed against
the Province in regard to its natural
resources and otherwise.
"I propose shortly to Wile an ex-
tended statement an regard to Mr.
Ferguson's pronouncement."
BRUCE COUNTY
Week's GreatDis
Metnotible Went Judie
his -torsi *We Empire°
("harks Com
The Death of Alfred the Great en years, when there was a renewal
of hostilitees, which reselted in Alf-
red making a slight addition to his
territory, including the city of Lon-
don, which he teleallt. After ttnoth-
er period of quiet two large bodies el
Danes fro n across the sea invaded
Wessex in 892, and a fierce war rag-
er for over three years, but the invad-
ers were finally forced to withdraw,
and the last four years of Alfred's
reign • were passed in comparative
peace.'
Alfred died at Faringdon and was
laid to rest in the great monastery
which he had founded, at 'Winchester,
the capital of his kingdom, and his
tomb was one of the hallowed shrines
of Britain until. 1642, when the fan-
atical soldiers of the Parliamentary
tuseys, destroyed it and scatterel his
a
In addition to his strenuous labors
in reorganizing the army .en1 eetab-
lishing navy AlfrYd prepared a code
of laws, which were the foundation
of the English cominon law, aeti Jenne
lated the best of the Latin .weltings
for use in the numeroue echools
which he had founded. He was not
only the ruler of his people, bet was
their father, their leader, heir tea-
cher and their judge, and no other
monarch in the world'history bas
ever set' a more splendid example of
hard work and self-sacrifice foe the
sake of his subjects.
One thousand and twenty -see years
age), on the 2611i October, 900, Alfred
the Groat, the noblest and wisest of
British monarchs, died at^ the age of
62.
Very little is authentically lmo;vn
of his early life beyond the fact that
he was born at Wantago aeout the
year 848 and that he made two jour-
neys to Rome After the death of his
father, Ethelwalf, the 4th keng of
' 'Wessex, the throne was occupied in
succession by Alfred's three elder
brothers, and the fifteen yeaes covet-
ed by their reigns were the most mis-
erable in the Anglo-Saxon era. The
Danes became masters of more than
half of England, and Wessex, the last
survivor of the seven Anglo-Saxon
kingdoms, was frequently raided, not
only by the Danes who had settled ir,
the north and east of the country but
by fresh bands of raiders from across
the sea.
In 870 the resident Danes com-
menced a desperate campaign to over-
whelm 'Wessex, and within a period
of four months there were nine great
battles, in all of which Alfred clistin-
guished himself by his strategy and
daring. King Jgehelred, the '1rd sen
of Ethelwulf, died in April 871. and
left three young sons, who entice: nor-
mal conditions would have nu:castl-
ed him on the throne, but the men of
Wessex realized the nrgent need of
a grown man at their head and unani-
mously elected Alfred as thee! kings
Soon after his secession a tempor-
ary truce was patched up with the
Danes, and for five years there WaS
peace except for a few small reitls.
Alfred took advantage of the lull to
reorganize his army and to build a
large fleet of powedul shipslie hir-
ed a number of renegade Vikinge to
teach his men how to handle tle;elres-
sels, and when a formidable Danish
armada appeared off the coma ill 876
it was badly defeated by the newly -
created Saxon navy, while n Itiege
Three of the enemy, which had land-
ed and eaptured the city of Exeter,
was glad enough to surrender en ho.
ing granted a free departure from
13ritielfs soil,
In Jarnuary 818, Guthrun, the Den-
ish king, made a sudden swoop upon
Weesex und Alfred was "fanged at
Chippenham and compelled to with-
draw to the island of Athelney, where
lie remained a few months reorgantz-
ing hie army. In May, he WM able
to meet the Danes at Fidington where
he won 51 great victory and Guthman
mid for peace. In acorciance with
the terms of peace the Denise 'king
embraced the Christian feith end the
country was 'divided between the two
menarche, TIM pnao laded fee eey-
Mujor !Penton, M. O.,
M. I. A. for North Bruce, has been
seised to the tank of lieutenant-cole ,
onel, and etieceeded 0,110051 Benner-
ing the 8211,1 Bruce Regiment. In
ton, melon, as (Apes. eniumand-
1914, he eulieted &told went 0Ver5ea5
a private and tierved ire the 11.0111 I
ehrotighout the war. He waS riteeed
to a lieutetianey, on the field, end
won the Military Grose for bravery in
action. On his eetwrie heine, he watt
riected 1111 ttle/niben for Nertli 8i 1100,
in the Legistative Aesemhly. Dinierg
the lawt taw years, in retold sine:wisher),
he has been teiptein, majoe and now
I len ten an 1- col o ti el,
La wren tie Mon le g, 11, Nri I if May
threshee, evlso was sorinuely injured
111 an aocul en t while thresh 1 119 0 n the
farm of Joseph Del elm., near 'Pees wat-
er, Tuesday efteennon, bed not re-
gained conseioue»pee np to a Into hone
on Friday night. Only elight hopee
re held out. for hie reeovery.
We never realized until we lietemed
to election speeches over the ealio
how many people in office are wrong,
and how many people out of office
aee right!
Years ago malty wage earnees
yearned to be in the salarie I class.
Nowadays it is apt to be just the op-
posite.
Little Girls' Gale
Causes Heartache
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, playing ii game. 'Thee make bailey°
ttiat everY Woman triby 000 corning op
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Price $4.25 per cord delivered in Brussels
Dry Cedar Kindling Bloelts, 16"
Hemlock, Maple, Beeell,
in 3 or 6 cord lots
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$3.25 Delivered
Sound Inch Maple Lum er
On hand at 05,00 per 15I al Mile or will deliver at cost. Exty.1 to
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PHONE 30
WROXETER
REDISTRIBUTION ACT
OF 1925 NOW IN EFFECT
Shift of Representation From Rural
to Urban Centres
Threes will be 112 members In the
new legislature in place of the 111
hitherto authorized by law. "With
the dissolution of the legislature the
redistribution act of 1 925 went au-
tomatically into effect," said Chief
Election Clerk Dymond to The Star •
this morning.
Mr. Dymond had already prepared ,
a telegram which he was senchng to '
election officials in eaeh riding
throughout the province, advising
them of the election and 'nitructing
them to have prepared the third part
of the voters' liet, which consiete of
the names of these who arc not eli-
gible to vote at municipal elections, !
who are entitled to vote at provincial 1
elections. The municipal lists ere
the basis of the provincial lists with ,
these other names added.
The redistribution act resuite ia a l
transfer of representation from rue -
al districts to urban centres. It also
increases at representation at the 1
expense of dry seats. Thus Toronto,
formerly with 10 seats will hereafter
have 15. Three Yorks have been
made into four. Ottawa and Hamil-
ton, previously with two, now have
three seats, Cochrane, Windsor and
London heretofore with but one seat
now each have two.
The urban seats that have been
wiped out are Bruce West, grey Cen-
tre, Huron Centre, Middlesex East,
Northumberland (formerly two, now
one) Sinicoe (West and South com-
bined), Durham (two made one) Len
nox- included in Frontenac, Norfolk,
(two made one), Wellington, West:
and East combined to make North-
.
The last general gbectlons were
held rune 25th, 1923, when tlee Dru-
ry Government went out and the
Ferguson administration came in.
Seventy-seven Conservatives, 14 Lib-
erals, 17 Progressives and 3 Labor
members were elected then. At a
subsequent by-election Lennoe WUIII
Jost by the Liberals to the Conserva-
tives.
Aecording to the estimate of H. E.
Irwin, K.C., clerk of the peace, who
is responsible for compiling the vote
ere? lists 'for Dec. lst, there will be
half a million vote es on the lists for
Toronto and York.
The election board, composed of
the county court judges, with Judge
Coteesworth as chairman, ordered the
preliminary work,- which was darted
lest night at the city hall, where Mr.
Irwin had a staff at work.
Mr. Irwih said that about 100,000
more names woeld be added to tho
voters' lists by the revising afters
and by the judges who will ilea.: the
appeals.
On the lists already prepaeed by
the city assessors this year, there are
about 350,000 names. The lists el -
ready prepared will be in the hands
of the printers to -day. The sittings
of the revising officers and appeal
board will be extensively Rclvertised
by the election board, said lie. IrWin.
The county judge, J. L. Killoran,
gave judgment dismissing the appeal
of James McArdle against the 0. T.
A. conviction registered against him
111 police court some One ago. Dis-
missal of the appeal imam that Mes
Ardle will have to sem one month
in jail and pay $400 arid 005tS or
else Serve an additional three months.
The eltarge WAS selling' liquoe.
While climbing on the roof of hie
home in St. Marys to meet an aerial
for his radio, Walter Lanktree fell
front the pave and broke his right
ankle and suffered several painful
bre ins.
Miss Mode Eliott, daughter of M.
11. and Mrs. ERMA, had a narrow es-
cape from being sieriously, injured .011
Friday evening between five and six
o'clock. She was crossinethe street
from the south side of li/lain streets
Mitchell, near the Doneinioe store, to
McManus' bake shop on the north
side, and after paesing between cars
parked, In the centre of the road mile
did not notite motor teuek eoming
from the east and was steno< by it
end knocked down. She was picked
up and carried into Dr, Smith's of.
flee where it was :found that she wee
badly brnlecelsabOut, the head tehd had
eeceieed a severe tihaking ap
Here and There
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.—
Ten carloads of flour have been
shipped to Salonika, Greece. The
flour is made from Manitoba Num-
ber 1 Hard wheat and labeled as
such. This large order is thought
by the milling interests to represent
the opening up of a new, valuable
trade channel.
Saskatoon. — The colonization
boards or the province, operated
under the C.P.R. Department of
Colonization, are doing a splendid
work in colonizing the province
along right lines, according to
Mayor Potter, of Saskatoon, and
other speakers, at the second annual
meeting of repiesentatives of these
boards.
While the gypsy has been a fam-
iliar figure in fiction for at least a
century, the novelist has usually
taken for his eharacters the wild
Romany types. But there is a mod-
ern type who has adopted himself to
city life. It is this type that John
Murray Gibbon, Dean of Publicity
of the C.P.R., has chosen for the
leading character in his new novel,
"Eyes of a Gypsy."
Toronto. — The Ontario Govern-
ment is spending $1,000,000 during
the present fiscal year to make
hydro -electric power available to the
farmers of the province. This fol-
lows the plan begun by the Drury
Government, of paying one-half
cost of primary line construction,
and later extended by the Ferguson
Government to secondary line work
as well.
One hundred young men from the
British Isles will take up their
studies of Canadian farming at the
Agricultural College at Olds, Al-
berta, soon. Seven of these pros-
pective Canadian farmers aerived in
Canada on the Canadian Pacific
liner "Montcalm" recently, being
brought out under the Hoadley Im-
migration scheme, which is being
carried out in conjunction with the
Empire Settlement Board.,
Toronto. — Onttrio cattle scored
signally at the National Dairy Ex-
position in Detroit last week with a
mem winner in each of the first four
Holstein breeds. This is a better
record than that of any other part
of the continent. The prize winners
were: Leroy Siddall and J. F. Gib-
bons, of Denfield, T. 0. Dolmen, of
Brampton, and Haley and Lee, of
Springford. A number of lesser
prizes also went to Catadian breed-
ers.
"Anyone who has other than an
unbounded faith in the future of
Canada, must be either without eyes
or mind," declared Sir George Mc-
Laren Brown, European general
manager of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, who returned to the Com-
pany's headquartees in Montreal re-
cently after an e.xtentled tour of the
Western Provinces. Sir George was
greatly impressed with the growth
of the city of Vancouver, where he
visited after an absence of 15 years.
The first annual meeting of the
Canadian Boards of Trade was held
at ,1Saint John, N.B., October 18th.
Ovee 150 repremeetatives from the
civic administrative bodies of every
Canadian city gathered at the Wind-
om: Street Station in Montreal,
where they entrained and Proceeded
over the Canadian Pacific lines to
Saint Jelin. Matters of vital inter-
est to civic administration were dis-
cussed at the three-day convention.
Control of the fish and game in-
dustry in the State of Ohio is being
sought by a commission eomposed
of five experts 001 game conserva-
tion. This industry is et present in
the hand of the Depatement cd Agri -
maitre. The proposel Will be placed
before the goverment, by the game
end fish leagues in Ohio, the belief
being that the eeletence o11 seat a
commission weeld be in ateerdrenee
with the growing iteportance ef the
fish And vows induaAry. 51 Oat stto