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ESTABLISHED 1872
THE WIN6IIAM TIMES.
R.S. SLLIOTT, Punt lab=s .AmsPaornreeso
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30. 1911.
EDITORAL NOTES.
Vote for W. H. Kerr and progress-
ive Government.
The Opposition in the Legislature
needs strengthening. Vote for W. H.
Kerr.
North Huron should send a supporter
of Leader Rowell to Toronto. Vote for
W. IL Kerr.
Show your disapproval to the Whit-
ney Government for bringing on an
election at this unseasonable time of
the year by voting for W. H. Kerr.
The cost of civil government under
the Whitney regime has increased 65
per cent. This is the way the promis-
es of economy have been fulfilled by
the men now in power in Ontario.
The seven sleepers: Whitney, Pyne,
Duff, Reaume, Matheson, Foy and
Cochrane. Mr. Cochrane slept so well
that he received a new berth from the
Dominion Government, but the others
are still sleeping on.
The Province of Ontario had at the
end of 1910 direct liabilities amounting
to $22,083,450, and indirect liabilities
amounting to $9,260,000. These figures
are from the public accounts. Here is
a total indebtedness of $31,343,430.
Premier Whitney's ungenerous and
unfotinded personal attacks on the Lib-
eral leader in Ontario show that Sir
James is beeoming alarmed owing to
advance of Liberalism in this Province.
But all is not lost for Sir James so long
as he retains command of his power of
abuse,—St. Thomas Journal.
Attorney -General Foy says "there
cannot lawfully be anybiltngual schools
in the Province of Ontario." If this
is authoritative, the department of edu-
cation has been breaking the law. The
clause of the public sehool act which
says that every teacher shall use Eng-
lish in instruction "except where it is
impracticable to do so by reason of the
pupil not understanding English," is
susceptible of ati interpretation differ-
ent from Mr. Foy's. Itis positive Ian-
BpCk WAS SO LAME
LIFE WAS A BURDEN
FOR TWO YEARS.
Mrs. Pigott 'I'hroop, Upper Point
de Bute, N.B., writes: ---"1 cannot speak
too well of Domes Kidney Pills. Poe
two year. T was so tired life was a burden
and I got up chore tired than when 1 went
to bed, and my bade was so lame 1
could hardly 'straighten up. 1 took dif.
ferent kinds of mcdiciiaa, but time o1
then did me any good until a friend
T did and ttry
da 1 delft�kt ow what
it is to be tired, and my faint back is all
gone. I can reeomnrcnd theta to any
person suffering with larne back, and that
terrible tired feeling,"
1)o0n'8 Kidney Pills are a purely wee -
table inedictne, realizing quick, perana.
nent relief, without any ill after efieet:i,
Doait's Kidney Trills are 50 cents ]set
box, or 3 boxes for $I.25, at all deafen
or mailed direct on receipt of price, by
The T. Milbatrt Co., Limited, Toronto,
Ont.
If ordering direct slpetify "Doatn's."
Plage is the inoel; significant yet used
by a member of the Government.
In opposing: tax reform Sir James
Whitney, soya the Hamilton Times,
seta himself up against the petitions
of over three hundred municipalities,
over two hundred labor organizations,
and the expresa desire of nearly all the
leading newepepere of Ontario. One
would suppose that Sir James would be
moved to question his own infallibility
en such a matter; but not het
Politics, industry, education and t'e-
ligion are not separate watertight cam,
partments in the fife of man, but won-
drously related units in a still more
wonderful whole. And this daring con-
ception of politica can come into its
own only by an alliance with an equally
daring trust in "government of the
people," which Mr. Rowell holds with
true democratic loyalty. Politics is for
him the people of the country express-
ing themselves in a full, rounded -out
manner regarding their national life
and its needs. He is a leader that one
can associate himself with confid-
ence, and loyally follow with pride and
ab buoyant
hope.—St. pe. --St, Mary a Argue.
It will be a sorry day for Ontario
should the Whitney Government be
returned by anything near its present.
majority. We don't believe it will be,
but endorsing a government for doing
clothing is a bad precedent to establish
in the progressive province of Ontario.
Tar more credit to a government which
bad endeavored to da something for its
constituents, even although that some-
thing was the subject of strong criti-
cism, than to a government, numeri-
cally strong enough to do anything,
which has proven, however, inherently
slothful enough to have kept in the rut.
The Whitney Government at present is
too heavy to keep up the pace with
Ontario's needs. It needs training
down badly, and the only way to do it,
is by giving that majority of seven-
ty such a jar that Sir James Whitney
will require a Dominion subsidy where-
with to find the remnant. —Brantford
Exepositor.
MR. ROWELL AND TEMPERANCE.
The Mail and Empire is deeply dis-
tressed over the failure of the Liberal
party to take an advanced stand on
the temperance question. It says:—
"The temperance plank which Mr.
Rowell migh have been expected to fit
in himself is conspicuous by its absence.
There is a 'gaping hole,' as the Rev.
Ben. H. Spence aptly puts it, where
the plank.out to be. But Mr. Rowell
is doing his best. He skealcs with deep
feeling of the evils of intemperance and
gives due solemnity to his manner
when he says that he will formulate a
policy on that question in the days to
come. Upon that undefined policy of
the indefinite future he resolutely says
he will stand or fall - not "fall down,'
though some temperance people are of
so little patience with him that they
use that form of speech to describe
what they conceive has already hap-
pened to him."
All this The Mail and Empire says—
tongue in cheek. For it knows that
the policy deliberately adoped by Sir
James Whitney in 1906, under which.
local option by-laws to be effective
must have a three-fifths majority, has
resulted in the retention in this Prov-
ince of no less than 421 barrooms that
would have been voted out under the
just system of majority rule supported
by the Liberal party. There is no
answer to that argument. Were the
Liberal party returned to power in the
forthcoming election they would repeal
the three-fifths handicap, and the im-
mediate result would be the resubmis-
sion of by-laws that would when adop-
ted close a forth of all the barrooms in
Ontario.
The Mail and Empire need not fear
that Mr, Rowell will "fall down" on
the temperance issue. He will take
his ground calmly and deliberately, and
we venture to say that when he conies
to the Premiership— as he will before
long—the open bar in Ontario will find
him a declared enemy. In Sir James
Whitney, as his three-fifths legislation
proves, it has found a firm friend.—
Toronto Globe,
Spasmodic Piety.
So many in this vale of woe are shin-
ing lights on Sunday, and then they let
religion ge while chasing scads on Mon-
day! On Sunday some are so devout you
hear their pinions quiver, they sing the
hymn -book with a shout, from kiver
unto kiver; and When the Sabbath goes
from us they scratchfor bones and
laurels, and do not care a tinker's cuss
for any set of morals. Six days on sin-
ful games they IR, and once a week are
pious; the books on whish the Word is
Writ that Sort of graft deny us. Relig-
ion's good the whole week through, to
Saturday from Monday, and we should
then refuse to do things we'd ebb r on
Sunday, I am not strong on singing
pssllms—my voice is hoarse and creaky
from eating prunes and boneless barna
and health food from Popeky; I aln not
strong on texts beeause the scoreboards
keep me humping; one can't stock up
with moral !taws when football teatne
are jumping. tut I've a simple creed,
a plan that may have corse ;front heav-
en; I'll be ae pious as 1 can, not just
one day, but seven. --Walt Mason,
Tit WON 11 44.31 TNESI NOVEMBER 30 ii11
Groin the Tocims of Nov. 27, 1901.)
Wm, aims,
It is altogether likely that the Odd -
fellows of this t mil will erect t block
of stores and a hell tor themselves~
overhead, an their vacant lot between
the Brunswick hotel and Mr. 5. Crae
ay's furniture store, next summer.
The Sons of Scotland, of this town,
intend celebrating St. Andrew"s day by
an oyster supper at the Brunswick
Hause, on Monday night, S tth lost,
We are pleased to be able to inform
our readers that Dr. Macdonald is so
far recovered that he will be able to
attend to his office practice next week,
The weather turned colder tome time
on Monday night and Tuesday morning
it was snowing, It Continued to snow
more or less until Wednesday noon,
but not enough to make sleighing
worthy of the name,
Arrangements are being completed,
we understand, fo the organization of
a lodge of the Knights of Pythias in
town. The lodge will be instituted in.
a couple of weeks, and will be cornpos-
ed of a number of our citizens, some of
whom are known as enthusiastic socie-
ty men.
It is with deep feelings of regret
that we are called upon to record the
sad and unexpected death of the belov-
ed partner in life at Mr. F. S. Wilson,
of Clinton. The deceased was a daugh-
ter of the late Arthur McGuire, of the
1st line of Morris, and sister of James
and Alex. McGuire, of this town.
A meeting of the Executive Commit-
tee of District Lodge No. 24, I, O. G.
T., was held in Wingham on Tuesday
of this week. There were present'
from outside of Wingham: Messrs. F.
Metcalf, of Blyth; Geo. Newton and B.
Lewrason, of Londesboro. A very
harmonious meeting was held, and a
large amount of business transacted
for the good of the Order.
The anniversary services in connec-
1 tion with the Wingham illekhod et J
Cltur.ie silt 1,,: h• -td on Sunday and
Monde, , December IAD) and 140.
A series of epeeial services, will, be
held in the Wingh ►p Methodistehurch,
C9nmsaeing next. Sabheth, Nov. •29th.
Rev. A, Browning, of Toronto Will .ia*
gist the pastor and will preach ]fest
' Sunday morning and evening.
The water had risen so high under
the new Temperance Hall, on Tuesday
' evening, that the furnaceswere sub-
' merged and consequently Anchor of
Hope Lodge, No. 280, 1. 0. 0, T,,
c(,oid not ltatd their regular weekly
meeting.
' We are pleased to be able to state
thee Mr. P. Fisher, our worthy Beet -
master, is once more able to attend to
the duties of ha office,
1 Mr. C. J. Reading, who has been
severely afflicted with congestion of
Ithe lungs, is now improving slowly,
I tows..
i Simpson in Lower Wingham, on
the h 10th inst, the wife of Mr. R. E.
Simpson; a son.
S
he %
d I Wingham, a
p n
P on
the 23rd
inst, the wife of Mr. John Sheppard; a
s
son.
Wilson In Wingham, on the 18th
inst, the wife of Mr, John Wiison, V.
S.; a eon.
MARRIED.
McKenzie--Helm—On the 25th inst,
at the residence of the bride's mother,
by the Rev: S. Sellery, M. A., B. D.,
Mr. John McKenzie, of Culross, to
Miss Mary Jane Helm, of Wingham.
DIED,
Everett -In Lower Wingham, on the
20th inst, Mary, wife of Mr. Everett
Everett, aged 45 years.
Young In Zetland, on the 24th inst,
James Young aged 22 years, 8• months
and:26 days.
The man who knows it all is always
looking for some fellow to try and con-
vince him that he doesn't.
In London 900,000 persons are living
more than two in a room and 26,00
pereoas are living six or more in a sin-
gle room.
IL
Do not Suffer
another day Bleed.with
Itchin
log, or Protrvd•
Ing Piles. No
surgical open.
anon required
Dr. Chases Ointment will relieve you et once
and as certainly euro you. 60e. a box; alt
dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Co„ Limited,
Toronto. Sample box fres if you mention this
paper and enclose 2c. stamp to pay postage.
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Great Temperance Rally
Special visit to Wingham of the Rt•tiotvned. Brewer Brown
Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3. On Sunday
afternoon at 3,15 o'clock in the Town Hall, 1+3nvoy Brown,
Of Toronto. Ex Prize Fighter Will Give ata Life Story,
Chairman, F, Buchanan, supported by other men of town,
Don't Miss Sunday Afternoon. M L Baynton, Captain.
After
TO VN DIRECTORY
BAPTIST COWS—Sabbath :services
at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School
at 2:30 p. in, General prayer�meeting
on Wednesday evenings, Rev. G. Vic-
tor Conine, pastor, B. X. P. 11. meets
Monday evenings 8 p. m, W, D.
Pringle, S, S. Superintendent,
METHODIST Cavaco -Sabbath ser-
vices at 11 a. in. and 7 p, m. Sunday
School at 2:30 p. in. Epworth League
every Monde evening. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev.
W. L. Rutledge, D. D,, pastor. P.
Buchanan, S. S. Superintendent.S
PRESRYTEICIANI COMM—Sabbath ser-
vices at 11 a. m. and 711, m. Sunday
School at 2;30 p. m. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev.
D. Perris, pastor. Dr. A, J. Irwin, S.
S. Superintendent.
ST, PAUL'S CHURCH, EQISCOPAle Sab.
bath services at 11 a. m. and 7. p. m.
Sunday School at 2.30 p. m. Rev. E.
II. Crol , B. A., Rector. C. G. Van
Stone, S S, Superintendent.
SALVATION AL Tlax ARMY—Service at 7 and
and s ery evening duri g ,theeeSunday,t
8 o'clock at the barracks,
PosT OFFICE—Office hours from 8a.m.
to
6.Sil
p, m. Open to box holders from
7 a. m, to 9 p. m. P. Fisher, postmast-
er.
PUBLIC LIBRARY—Library and free
reading room in the Town Hall, will be
open every afternoon fr'm 2 to 5:30
o'clock, and every evening from 7 to
9:30 o'clock. Miss Maude Fleuty, lib-
rarian.
TOWN COUNCIL — George Spotton,
Mayor; D. E. McDonald, Reeve; D.
Bell, illiam Bone, H.B. Elliott, Theo.
Hall, Geo. McKenzie, and Simon Mit-
chell, Councillors; John F. Groves,
Clerk and Treasurer. Board meets first
Monday evening in each month at 8
o'clock.
HIGH SCHOOL BOARD—Frank Buchan-
an, (Chairman), Wm. Nicholson John,
John
Wilson,
McLean,
it W. F. W. JVanStone.
Dudley Holmes,
oyCosens,suoadmeetssenMon-
day
in each month.
Pu5rwlc SCHOOL BOARD.—C. G. Van -
stone, (Chairman), Alex Ross, John
Galbraith, Wm. Moore, P. Camp-
bell, H. E. Isard, Dudley Holmes
A. Tinting. Secretary-Treas., John F,
Gaoves; Meetings secondTuesday even-
ing in each month.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS—J, C.Smith
13. A., Specialist in Classics, Principal;
H. A. Percy, S. P. S, Science Master;
G. R Smith, B. A:. Specialist in Mathe-
matics; Miss. C. D. Brewster, B. A.,
Specialist in Moderns and History;
Miss B. E. Anderson.
PUBLIC SCHOOL, TEA.CHERs.—Joseph
Stacker, principal, Miss Brock, Miss
Reynolds, Miss Farquharson, Miss Wil-
son, Miss Cummings, and Miss Taylor.
BOARD of HEATH —Geo. Spotton,
(chairman), Richard Anderson, Wm.
Fessant, Alex Porter, John F. Groves,
Secretary; Dr. R. C. Redmond, Medical
Health officer.
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A. R. Running, formerly' tefler of a
branch bank at Fort William, and who
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point of- a revolver and robbed the
bank, has been sentenced to two years
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victed to the muidtrof James Lougheed
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(Under Government Inspection)
Pleasantly situated. Beautifully fur-
nished. Open to all regularly licensed.
physicians. RATES FOR PA.TunteTs -which
include board and nursing), $3.50 to $15.
per week according to Iocation of
room. For further information, ad-
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TIMES.
SUNDAY 1.CIIOQL
Lesson X.—Fourth
—Fouurih Quarter, For
Dec. , 1911.
TI4E INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Textof the hooeon Hein Zvi 0.11.
Memory Verso., 1e, 17--001den Tett,
1 Col•. xvl, 13• -Commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearn,.
Out lesson topic, today Is the build-
ing of a great wall by swell Minkel/
Instrumento that their enemies had to
Confess that the work wan wrought
of Gad (vi, 16). Whey had a ]Hind to
Work, they watched and prayed rvbils
they wrought, and they did the work
nearest to them. As to their haring
am
andti► work (verse 0), we cannot
but think of the willing men and woe
men and the wlliing offerings of EL
xxxv, 2129, and of David's preparing
with all his might for the house of
bis $ 0
d
G because he had set baa atlec-
tion upon it (1 Ctiron, xxiee 2, 3); of
Hezektah also, who wrought that -
whieh was good and right and truth
before the Lord bus God 'and did It'
with alt bis heart and prospered (II
tlbron. xxzi, 20, 21). We 'cannot au
do as we would like to nor as some
others do, but "if there be first a will-
ing mina It Is accepted according to
that a man bath and not according to
that be bath not" And we are only
expected to minister as of the ability
which God giveth (11 Cor. vill, 12; I
Pet. iv, 11). The time will came when
in an unprecedented way His people
shall be willing in the 42y of lila
power (1:'sw cx, 3). As to watching
and praying see Mark xifi, 83.37; ;civ,
38 (ibserve in chapter 111, IS, 8, 12, 17,
22, tate kind of people who builded— -,
goldsmiths, apothecaries, merchants, •
priests, Levites, rulers' daughters and
rulers—but note that certain nobles
put not their necks to the work of the.
Lord. In verses 23, 28, 29, we read
that some repaired "over against his
house" or "by his house," suggesting
that we should be ready to do the
thing that is at hand to be done,
"ready to do whatever our Lord the.
King shall appoint" (I1 Sam. zv, 15).
Even though some may refuse, the..
work shall be finished, for "He shall
not fail nor be discouraged" (iso. Ylii,
4). It is worthy of note that the work
began and ended at the sheep gate
(Iii, 1. 32), which suggests to me that
there can be no work for God until re-
deemed by the blood of the Lamb, and
the completed church will sing, "Thou
hast redeemed us to God by thy .
blood." Nehemiah found many ene-
mies who not only ridiculed the work
and the workers, but conspired
against them to hinder it (iv, 1-8, 7,
8, 11). So it has been since Cain ]kill-
ed Abel and will be until the great
last gathering or the enemy and his
hosts against the Lamb and His re-
deemed ones just before the millen-
nium and a very last and final Con-'
diet at the end of the thousand years
(Rev. xvii, 14; zix, 19, 20; XT. 7-10). ev-
ery day the conflict Is on, .but we may
be overeomers and quench all the fiery
darts, for the armor and the weapon
are all sufficient (1 Petv, 8, 9; Epb.
vi, 10.18; Rev. xis. 11). It is bad
enough to have enemies without, but
when there arecotilpiainers and dis-
couraged people within the camp it
Seems a• bit worse. When those who
ought to be ,of one accord on the
Lord's side and of good courage are
heard saying, "The strength.o! the
burden bearers 18 decayed, there is
touch rubbish, so that we are not able
to build" (verse 10), then much grace
Is required to sustain those who are
pressing on in the conflict, but God is
able to make all grace abound al Cor.
Ix, 8), and we must learn to see no
man any more save Jesus only with
ourselves (Mark ix, 8). It is only as
we are of good courage and strong in
the Lord that we can encourage oth-
ers and say, as Nehemiah said: "Be
not afraid of them. Eemepnber the
Lord, great and terrible" (verse 14).
The words of iso. 11, 12, 13, are strong
and helpful, "I, even 1, am He that
comfOrteth yon. Who art thou that thou
Bhouldest be afraid of a roan * * *
and forgettest the Lord thy Maker]"
To which -we ought to reply: "Behold,
God Is my salvation. I will trust and
not be afraid" (isa. xti, 2). "The Lord
Is the strength of my . lffe, of whom
Shall I be afraid?" (Ps, xzyfi, 1). God
brought the Counsel of the, enemy to
taught (verse 16), as He always will.
"The Lord bringeth the counsel of the
heathen to nought. Be nraketh the
devices of the people of ]tone effect.
The counsel of the Lord standeth for-
ever, the thoughts of His• heart to all
generations" (Ps. txgiif, 10, 11). See
also isa. viii, 9, 10, So they returned
every one.,. unto His work;, reminding
'us that the Lord has glvett "to every
One His work" (Mark Kati, 84). it has
long been a comfort to me that ail our
good works are prepared beforehand
for us to wank in (Epli, 11, 10), and we
have a right to say concerning all that
comes "prepared for ole." All 'that 1
comes or does not come is the best
that ills inf lilts Iove nod wisdom can
plan for iia. We learn from 1'..se 14
that they also serve who only stand
and wait, whleb is not a euntsatloe
from Scripture, but it 18 ft very "Weep.
tttral quotation, aa tvo learn t)tso front
1 Sinn x:tx, 24, Where those who curry
by the stint were to there equally with
those who Went to the 'hunts, tt'orlk-
ing with One hand nut holding ti
weapoin with the other" (vesTe 17) rs+•
itt3nds US soinewhnt of (;isle+en's t01)
With a trumpet in one hand grid it
pitcher containing a lamp or toren in
the other (Judg, 1111, 16), The victory
txdoItt dit;i+ toile Orated, and the, Loyd did
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