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The Huron Expositor, 1921-01-21, Page 1tlal:y V' )flll'd �Il {w`r 1 °nt ° r1u . f 9afeh r t t hf) Irl( FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2771 SEAPORT'', FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921. Get Here Before our doors close In another few weeks this big sale will l? wound up, and the opportunity to save a lot of Dollars on Clothes buying shall have passed away. The only way for you to know what real bargains are going is to visit our store -come and see. Many stores are blowing the sale trumpets just now in order to attract your attention, but this Sale of ours is an absolutely Forced Sale, as we are obliged to vacate this building, and every garment must be sold. We have huge piles of goods to dispose of and 'we -are positively determined to clear the whole lot. HALF PRICE is the tip'ure attached to many of our lines and we tell you 1,.ttnl:ly this is a much lower figure than garments can be manufactured for to -day or will he for the next year. FUR COATS HEAVY OVERCOATS BOYS' OVERCOATS WOMEN'S COATS BOYS' AND MEN'S MACKINAW COATS COAT SWEATERS SHEEP LINED JACKETS 25 TO PER CENT. DISCOUNT. The Greig Clothing Co Larkin, Seaforth; President Mrs. Hamilton, Goderich; lot Vice -Pres.. Mrs. McKenzie, Bayfield; 2nd Vice - Pres., Mrs. S. McLean, Egmondyille; 8rd Vice -Pres., Mrs. K. Kydd, Thames Road 4th Vice -Pres., Mrs. Ferguson, McKillop; Secretary, Miss H. L Graham, Seaforth; Treasurer, Mrs. J. C.. Greig„ Seaforth; Mission Band Secretary, Mrs. L. T. DeLacey; Supply Secretary, Mrs. W. D. Fair,Clinton; Assistant Supply Secretary, Mrs. W. Scott, Clinton; Literature Secy., bliss Dunlop, Goderich • Messenger Secy.i Mrs. Hastings. Exeter; Strangers Secy., Mrs. Arnold, Hensall; Press Secs., Mrs. McIntosh, Brucefield; Home Helper's Secy., Mrs. R. Young, Carlow; Secy, Women's Aux., Mrs. G. Telford, Blyth; Convener Nominat- ing Com., Mrs. C. A. Macdonnell, Hensall; Forward Movement Secy., Mrs. Ross, 'Auburn; Programme Com., Mrs. J• E. Hogg; Convener, Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. W. Scott, Clinton, Mrs. R. D. McDermid, Goderich. RECEIPTS Auxiliaries. Auburn $ 179.72 Bayfield 148.93 Bethany 5.00 Blake 92.50 Blyth 318.00 Brucefield 366.00 Clinton :376.00 I•:gnlun lvil1c 3.42.90 Exeter 100.00 Goderich 327.00 Union 83,50 Grand Bend 130.00 llen•':,In 260.00 Ilius Green 50.0)) 22.8 14 237.30 11,2 50 114.60 Soo forth 900.7s 135.00 27670 67.15 Winthrop 143.20 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HI.RON PRESBYTERIAL SOCIETY Treasurer Huron Pres. W. W.S. 0 is gratifying to note that each ,year as it passes is marked by in- creased contributions, intensified in- terest and a broader conception of our Saviour's plan for the redemption ,,f the world and the consecration sacrifice and effort it involves. The Huron Presbyterial now comprises 24 senior auxiliaries with a membership of 776, and a contribution of $5,084.89, :end live Young Women's Auxiliaries with a membership of 219, contribut- ing $1,776.51, and 11 Mission Bands numbering 554, with an offering of $1,034.22. While some individual auxiliaries have far exceeded all past records, the contributions of the aux- iliaries as a whole is $7.27 less than that of last year, which is disappoint- ing, but the Young Women's Auxil- iaries and Mission Bands, especially the latter, which have exceeded their objective of 40 per cent., have made surprising progress, The total con- tribution from all sources for the year amounts to $7,922.62, an advance of $1,203.01 over the previous year. An associate society, the C. E. 0„ of Smith's Hill, has' been added during the year. The Willing Workers Mis- sioll P,and has also been organized in connection with Duff's church, Mc- Killop. Thirty-four life members have been enrolled and two In Mem- eriein subscriptions are reported. Five hundred and eighty pounds of excel- lent clothing, valued at $950.55, were sant to Round Lake, Sask., and Ethelbert Hospital,itar Man.TheMes- senger Meg - sv rer subscriptionsn tuber 921, a considerable advance over last year. There are 269 Home Helpers, con- tributing $418.77. The Literature, Library, Strangers and Press De- partments all report encouraging progress, There lar work las been n carn' ed on along much the same lines as in former years. The special day of prayer in January was observed by a number of the auxiliaries. Ap- preciative mention is made of visits made to some of the auxiliaries, by Mrs. J. Hamilton, Mrs. F. H. Larkin, Mrs. J. E. Hogg and others. The text hooks, "The Crusade of Com- passion," and "The Working Women of the Orient," are in general use. The report from Smith's Hill Aux- iliary emphasizes increased givings, the faithfulness of many of our members and better average attend- ance. To the busy farm woman the mis- sionary melting has meant the op- portunity of laying aside for a little while the ceaseless rounds of home work. and finding rest and refresh- ment in sitting at the feet of the Mas(.er, learning of Him how beat to advance the interests of the great work committed to our care. In Lee - burn Auldnary, interest in the meet- ings has been well sustained, and the .. :13 rt63ixc:,1:.J' 11�aliktii average attendance good. One secre- tary remarks that at the annual meeting there were only three pres- ent, so all we could d„ W11:4 to try and carry on and re-elect ourselves. These two or three certainly have carried on, for the Auxiliary last year raised $153.93. Blyth reports the missionary -givings more evenly divided •over the year. A larger number of life members, strenuous activity and liberal giving are tht outstanding features of the work in the Seaforth Auxiliary which is the banner Auxiliary, having contri- buted $906, all of whose funds woe- raised eerraised by voluntary offerings. ' The reports of the Young Weinee's Auxiliaries show much progress. enthusiasm and marked increase in contribution. The Kelly Circle gath- ered and sold papers, for which they received $110; $100 of this was deflat- ed to the Anna Fletcher Memorial Fund, The Loyalty Bible Clasd, Sea - forth, also gave $50 to this fund. The Arthur Young Women's Aux- iliary, of Goderich, introduced a con- test to-- increase the membership, which created keen competition and brought the membership up from 24 to 59, including 13 life members. Beside the regular offerings and mite boxes, they also increased the funds by giving a Betsy Babbitt concert, the proceeds of which were very r gratifying, brought a ughttoffice in $200. In the Barbara Kirkman Young Women's Auxiliary, meetings were held in the homes at the beginning. of the year which served to pronate a greater feeling of good fellowship. During the summer a plan was found to di- vide the society into fnur groups and each group was expected to raise money by some means before the September meeting. The groups were very successful and raised $109.98. The bazaar they held in November. the receipts of which were $413.92, excelled their most ambitious 1renims. The work done and the money raised by each little group of workers repre- sent murk effort and sacrifice on the part of many, but there are hundreds of others vvyyho understand very little of the M tcter's compassion for the multitude.// Let us pray and endeavor to do more to interest the uninterest- ed of whom we have numbers in our congregations. With deep gratitude in our henrts to God, WP would fare the overwhelming opportunities and obligations of the coming year with renewed faith and courage, for hither- to hath the Lord helped us. The Londeshoro secretary mentions the interesting and helpful prayer at the auxiliary meetings. The Aux- iliaries of Egmondville, Blake, Smit.h'e Hill and Winthrop have attained the objective of forty per cent., as also did the Blyth and Hensall Mission Bands. The following officers were ap- pointed: Hon. President. Mrs. F. H. • hienee Kiera 'n .... .. .......... leehurn ...... . horu 10 1, (i)nff;l.. .. Soni' h'0 11111 Themes Itmel \' arms Young Women's Auxiliary. Blyth $ :120.00 Brucefield 301.66 Exeter 179.00 Goderich :191.85 Seaforth . 584.00 $1776.51 Mission Bands. 'Blyth Bayfield Brucefteld Clinton I'•gmondville Goderich Hensall Kippen Seaforth McKillop (Duff's) Varna $ '235.20 15.00 52.00 77.3;1 118.00 160.70 233.86 70.00 06.38 :1.5(1 2.25 $103.1.22_ Recapitulation of Receipts Auxiliaries $5084.811 Young Women's Aux. 1776.51 Mission Bands 1034.22 Marion Oliver Memorial27.00 $7922,62 DISBURSEMENTS To Provincial Secretary. April, 1920 $ 730.00 July 640.00 October 13(10.0)) November . 162500 January, 1921 362262 $7922.62 Minnie Victoria Greig, Treasurer Huron Pres. W. W. S. THE OLI) BOYS AT PLAN' The Seaforth of 1921 must not think it is the only Seaforth. The Old Boys had their sports, their comedy and their dr:,ma. New Year's Day of this year of Grace. I snuiked my cnrneob and ghrough the ringlets saw Sandy Stewart's little Dan beat M. Y. Mc1 r:t's Topsy. Little Dan shot the snow clods and so did Topsy from their hoofs. This on a New Year's Day long ago, before Bill Gillespie :,sunned the job of town -traffic reg- ulator. Sandy's yell and knotted Kilnrmoek bonnet put Topsy up in the air. And while the mare was getting back to the place where trnt- "The Gipsy Maid" It will be good news to the people of Seaforth and Vicinity that the National Opera Company will play here in The Gypsy Maid en Friday, Evening J-anuary 21, 1921 UNDER AUSPICES OF SEAFORTH RED CROSS SOCIETY. This Company hasdieen playing the big Theatres and the public is promised that the me personel, staging and costumes will be semi in their entirety a in Massey Hall and the Theatres of Lon- don, Brantford, etc. ousands of dollars have been spent in cos- tumes and equipment;' teal Opera Singers, who can act as well as sing, have been engag ; the Gypsy Story Teller is none other than Pearl O'Neil, this co try's beat entertainer, and the exquisitely beautiful dancing of Miss Sternberg's Classic Dancers complete the sensation of :the hour. Tit,• ),laps opens at AHERHART'S DRUG STORE on SATUR- DAY, JANUARY 15th, at 12 o'clock, noon. Don't fail to -order scats its there is, no doubt, such a wonder ful show will be greeted with , captivity house. Reserved Seats 75c, Rush Seats 50c lighter things of life. I'arulexal hough it may appear, it keeps me 08 r"o1 as if 1 were an Uncle Sam bal- 'onist /flushing behind a deg :cam up where refrigerators and ire /ream cones are not deeded on the job. Just the sante, I have never writ.eu with n pe • mere pleasure than these letters for The Expositor. I'm told they give pleasure to the old boys and girds of lung sync. Richard Smith, many will remem- be'" 11. fle was first mate in Jimmy Weir's stable, when he kept the house Jimmy Diek now owns, Richard had a pet bear, a pretty fair sized one, chained up somewhere around the stables. Some of the sports got a few dogs, when Dick was not look- ing, and had some fun. Dick discov- ered the dogs, and he got as mad as hornets on the war -path. Out comes the bear on a big logging chain, Dick in advance, to the corner of Main street. Richard hit the bear a 'couple. of wallops under the chin with the chain, and Mr, Bruin sang as if he were mad at Dick. And he was. Every variety of dog from a farmer's collie to the yellers soon gathered to see what it was all about. The bear dived first at this dog and then at the other, when along came L)r. Coleman, the mayor, and corpora- tion. "Dick" said the doctor in rich Hibernian, "put away that bear this minute, I command you. as mayor!" Dick gave the hear another wallop with the chain. The hear talked back as if he wanted to clean up some- thing. The mayor and the corpora- tion and the population, got on the safe side of Dr. Campbell's fence. i can't prove an alibi. I think I hent the mayor and corporation over the fence at that.. It was "safety first" for mine. Probably the above started some- thing in the dog -way. For Edward Cash, the town assessnr, had implicit orders to get every clog en the assess- ment roll. There is a time in a town's history each year when the dogs scent to grow beautifully less, and that's about the period when the assessor makes his visits. It is a miracle where the /logs go -perhaps, up the chimney. A thrifty nisi Irish- man lived below the tracks, ono P .' Usk Hughes. When it was nois- ed around in that part of the town that Mr. Cash was coating, Paddy's two black and whites mysteriously disappeared. Mr. Cash's visit failed to reveal the dogs. -that is, the first visit. But the second, is another story. The assessor, after leaving Paddy's cottage, kept dose to the fence and clreser to Paddy's cowshed. ting horses should be, Sandy and Dan got. hy. After Dan and Topsy settled things in a horse way, along would come Arthur Forbes or George Whitley or maybe Tommy Lapsley, occasionally Billy Smith's Black Bess. wouldn'te a nn Patch hpatch on D the horses of the long ago. That's neither here nor there --they were the best they had. I must not forget Johnny Dorsey's bay. Of course, the pedestrians oh,ieeted, but judges note ob,jections and over rule them just the same. This was before Jawn 0, I sold se mesh gasoline, and also be- 1 fere the days of Henry. If some of the old boys should come hark and see a benzine wagon do a mile a , minute -schen Bill Gillespie was not looking- •they world rub their ryes, and perhaps blame it on sound sleep. But. I started out to say something of comedy and drama. for whnt. is 1 life but the coming and ening of the people of the period. And i wish to , digress right here: some one should record the events of Seaforth and the townships. The old boys and girls played their parts too well to he not re'orirrl for the benefit of those wile will trod life's stage in the days yet to come. Then to the comedy -s Laugh is good for gond health. But wait n bit. I must fill my corncob. Alm a pretty busy old codger these days Betvfeen pushing the pencil and sift- ing coal ashes to get the Pennsylvania rock for which I separated myself from $20 for a ton of it, why I must. smoke the corncob and write of the L eu: is dl.; III had crooked habits; and this straight horn was used to the best advantage on John street gates, mare particular- ly so if fine fat cabbage writ's in the offing- Of couree the cows feft"Mtagy and "sundry traces of their nightly visits pn the three-foot wide sidewalk. It' happened also to the cows' detri- ment and freedom that M. Y. McLean' and J. H. Benson had to use this same sidewalk each morning on their way to their respective offices, M. Y. was a quiet man and stood for much, but the cows were too much for even a quiet inoffensive citizen, and the result of it all was that the straight -horned cow and her lady cow fiends were the subject of kev- eral articles in The Expositor. Of course, the cow owners formed a Union Government or National -Lib- eral -Conservative Association, or something like that, and went after M. Y. in his candidature for reeve - ship. The cow owners caucused every day when the one o'clock train came from the east, and the various com- mittees reported progress at the platform when the three o'clock af- ternoon came from the west. They'd meet again the same day at five in the evening when the east and west mixed trains "crossed" at Seaforth. And occasionally the leader of the loyal opposition, an early riser, with an able lieutenant, and he had many of 'ern, would meet the eight o'clock morning train. It was caucus con- limled from day to day, and part of the night, sometimes. Tho Expositor never let up on the cows. The own- ers had yet to learn that monkeying with a newspaper mati4` who could e rib•, trey bad fur the cows and free The results were that the town council prohibited straight -horn and her friends the use of the public .tr.•:•ts ani! side'w'alks. Fun, we kids rod nwre than we had even when we had the mease•Is. I was it small bey learning the printers' calling at The Rxpeeiter. h:very time the leader of the opposition would get his lamps on nits he would give me careful instnic- liens 0, carry his forceful compli- ments to the editor. Of course, he was unacquainted with the mysteri- ies of a newspaper shop. And one of there is this, "The printer's devil must never monkey with the editor." This is the first time 1 ever gave away a newspaper mystery in 45 years' con- nection with the Kees. . The corn cob .s empty again. BILI. POWELL. '1'h 1'.v' ,,,,ns did not live on false (netsmen as w•atrh dug`, and when the uflirial passed the stable, the two barked furiously and viciously. The 5005 01' stood still. Of course the watch doge did not know whether he was a cow burglar or an assessor, • ndhey w'e'nt to it for a fair -you t well, (lug -id.• the shed any } b•- xtander could hear Paddy applyin r his cowhides. There were alternate yelps and barks. And the more so, when in the name of the law, Neddy Cash made Pat unlock the stable from the inside. Of course, Paddy wits two dollars poorer. About the time of the Russo- Turkish war, another war broke out in Seaforth. Where Cardno's hall now stands, was a hotel, kept by Simon Powell, an Englishman of the old school, and a bang-up hotel keeper he was. A lane -sway divided his frame hotel from the frame bake shop of the late Alex. Cardno. Half the lane. it seems, belonged to the hotel ' and half to the bakeshop -but Mr. Cardno needed the right-of-way to get ' back to the ovens to load up his bread carts. Whatever happened, the old boys agreed to disagree. At any rade, one morning a cedar post was planted in the centre of the lane. Pinned on it was this inscription: "Woe be unto he who ntoveth his ne'ighbor's landmark." George Cline and the choir of the Presbyterian church were singing the cantata of . "Esther," and the lines appeared taken from Holy writ George Wat- son, who loved a joke, named all the participants after generals or states- men engaged in the war mentioned above.. I think he called Simon "Lord Beaconsfield," after the British Prins Minister of that (lay. He nick -named 13111 Brawn. the hostler, "Gortchacoff." nfter'the Russian general, because it was supposed to he Bill's fertile brain that suggested and planted the post in 1110 lame. This is a drama. But I must refill the corncob before 1 proceed. There were a few cows in Scotland; several more in the Midway, that is, between the railroad tracks and where Scot- land camnil'neea; a few more in mondv-ille: several in (1-" East ward, and an odd one or two in other un- suspected parts of Seaforth. But it was the suuth•end i'nws that caused the trouble and the fireworks. Cows, like boy's, develop a hunch that croon Imstnre•k and better apples are on the inside tif the other fellow's fence. The boundary line of the southern row's seemed to he .1,1110 -street, Among these molts a cow sporting a horn that was straight. .Rut the row TUMID 1/.0011r, •.A... Beattie 10.{. 1 "'-- Bow Benet /ind s►afii 4y defaulted to Cilia Bgau-VINALS - r •; Beattie 10 Ross 8 zoat FINALS Soso Sproat 10 Cutbbertson CONSOLATION" T. S. &Oatth 12 McIntosh Martha b H. W. CweNreli..1$,.. SECOND IIIOUND . T. S. Smith 12 Laelrewt . ...if FINALS H. W. Cromwell It Lspbeias W ESTERN COLTS BONSPiEi. The annual bonspiel of the Western Colts (curling Association opened in Seaforth on Tuesday afternoon, the six large sheets of ice on the Palace Rink affording excellent accommoda- tion for the record entry of the popu- lar annual. Seventeen rinks were in competition, representing clubs from London, St. Thomas, Plattsville, St. Marys, Mitchell and Seaforth, and as weather conditions were perfect there was some excellent play witness- ed, and competit.ien so kern that extra ends were much in evidence. Edy's London Thistle Rink. the last years winner of the trophy, won their first game hut were put out of the run- ning in the third round by Dr. Bechley's Seaforth rink, the game be- ing an extra end event. The annual meeting of the 0550 ia- tion was held in the Carnegie Library on Tuesday before the competition commenced, when the following ef- ticers were elected: ihtn. President, A. S. Blackhurn, London. President, Ebner Sage, London, Viet' -President, W. A. Hutchinson, St. Thomas. Secretary, Jack Emslie. St. Thomas. I.:Xerutive, John Bank:. London; C. f.. F:dy, Iondon Thistles; James Stiakdale, St. Marys; George Nether- cett, St. Thonuts. It was derided to hi id the 1022 bonspii'l in St. Thnntas The r,•snita: PRIiI.l f1 IN ABY f..rth FIRRT ROUND Sraf,ort h. \\`1„'.00 Int h,•r (100), II Chn A 11.1 h,0,' rel n,•,•h.•It 'f. S. Smith. .. 10 y, vl:ov, 1. 1.00,110.11 w w,10,•n e'..., 1, It0iu.1 't. Ik, :seri,• ,teh,11 1',.l, ; I,r. Mr1011 .. 1..,0,..•1 ill .... C. x01,.1 A R F0eherinm1 M.•0 11. W. (1r,00,0,11 1.100 t: -,cls. K',(,, 15. M. ht w rheeneen T (ries T ilnil. .. - 1, .I Mri nte.h. 1 ..0 Th,.,,. Sell forth. time. 7'. n0•kn„n ,.t It,t=., i ,<L 1+1., .• I .1 Ent..h,. . 1 M I: M011 1'iil,.n. S.forth I Anth„n, .1 F. 0. 1110: I S0,. I IL,. •:pr.,nt '401 , t an1'�n 11011 1 I Itr.,,ior,; k I n1111‘, ri a':x11. FIN A1.S n...h,.lr I.. Ed, 110) I:erhe)v Lnohmnn r, S. Smit, nr. Mreaill Melnuah M0rt.,,, 15 10 10 11 tgt THE AIM OF THE LIHE1Ra►lls , PARTY IN CANADA TO -DAY In the ppractical ap>plieation of political princl7iles to t e existing meds of a country differences of - opinion arise, differences, as to the , means and as to the methods. Broad- ly considered, these differences pf opinion are found to correspond with tendencies inherent in human nature. There is the conservative instinct, which holds feet to an existing order and which resists change. There is the Liberal instinct, which seeks avenues of ever wider and freer ex- pression arid which venerates customs and institutions only as they repre- sent the achievements of liberty and tend to conserve them. These ten- dencies not infrequently are found in conflict in one and the same individual and. under v aryiug circunistances, re- ceive relatively less or greater em- phasis itt different periods of the same: life. As one nr the other tendency' gair,l preponderance the individual concerned becomes known as liberal or conservative 0 his attitude. Partly through instinct, partly for practical rensens men of like feeling and aim as'•.ci'te together the better to give expression to their ideals and to promote the objects they hold in common. Where this association re- lates to matters of government, its growth. if sufficient, will assume the proportions of a political party. If within itself it contains elements congenialto the national •bleb art e c w K environment it will survive. Other- wise, in the struggle for existence by which ultimately the endurance of all political parties is tested, it will go to the wall• perish altogether, or continue a thwarted growth with little of usefulness to itself and still less of service or helpfulness to others. In this truth, which in the realm of politics corresponds to what in Nature we refer to as the Law of 1,1re Survival of the Fittest, we find the explanation of the existence of historical political parties correspond- ing to the fundsmehtal instincts in human nature. Conservative and lib- eral, they are, in the last analysis; and as such, for the moat part have they been known in British political history. It is not by happy or un- happy accident, it is not even by design, hint national parties cor- responding to the tendencies mention- ed have come into being and have per• petuated their existence over cen- turies. It is the law of self-preserva- tion asserting itself in the realm of political ideas and ideals. The po- litical groups which. because of iiin- itations of origin or for other real• ons. have failed to find national ex- pression sufficiently strong to enlist sympathy jrnm all classes and all parts in a country. have perished of succumbed before their more formi- dable antagonists. In this period of transition from reaction to ree nst'uction in matters of government in Canada, the Liberal Party bases its claim to recognition and support. amongst other grounds, upon this historic fact, the reality of w•hirh all nest. experience has served to establish.' In the century of po- litical controversy whish Canada has witnessed, it has ncrsistently and con- sistently advnc,fed liberal. as oppoa- er1 to crnlsrrv9tiVP, principles, in all it, policies; and of all the political parties that h,ve 'lade the attempt. It 01'11" !tats .curvised. time and again it hos witnessed the growth of. ,.ther po'iti,' l trroups differently nam- ed but wilh ideals more or less Simi• lar to its own, On 011'4 nr two occasion, is in the making of C'vtfr•deration. Its identity ins hero n1e"god in whole or in part with ems -sine croups for the accom- plishment ',r specific national aims. 'Here frequently it has_ seen its strength temporarily weakened through buss"s which change of either circumstances or conviction has nc- rnsioned in the ranks of its advo- cvttes. 1n the end. however, its pre- dominance. its identity and inherent sten}, h have been c n reasserted and its position as the nn' historic party in natural opposition to converaatisn, and its aims has remained tmchal- lcneed and nnbrnken. Little more then a political contest or two has been required to make it n nliberal thou ht apparent to men f gg n '1 t' a house divided ;mei fr bar, Ciat in a :: gainst itself there is no npportugtlty of pnl0to'il rower or vent•nl; and that for liberal groups to fail to com- bine fore." when rnpl,ns,•d he a paw•er- 1ul ,mnbination et' all the elements of ernse^vat;<'m in the e,•n nt ry in simply to serve the interest. of their opponents and urn,, :e - fent thrix own. At no time is them ;thee need for the prrorrvati•'n of n tree histerieal perslertive th•,n in periods of transi- tion. The I,ihersl Party in Canada 1(.011700 Ih0 t rutis That liberalism will mine into ifs own, once the power's of reaction, stimulated by war, have spentthemselves is as certain as that tiny follows night. What is needed. nt the moment by men and women who ore liberal in instinct arid at heart is the vision to be neither dismayed at losses which have been inevitable but are not irreparable, nor over-anxious because of movements Continued on page 4. ... . Et,: A1.0 01411• 14 Mri. ARF:'v TROPIIY FIRS1 Rfl'NI) It‘ 0T 11.0 ie. 10 . 11 I( W. Crw•nwell .11 .I Smalls fi Rrw. Boron .10 sEe'oNii ROIINn Lnrhmen 10 Tom Beattie 11 tsr MNlill . . n .1, Ithulie .00 Ron. Sprint . .. 1:1 J. Storkdate . ...10 MoKenade,.. . . 1. nroderick ........1E Cuthbertaun 5 bye - Seel:..-, ,�:,i • A Real Dro -IV-- Flour Prices Rob Roy Manitoba Flour,bagi $5.50 Chieftian, blended, bag . 5.25 Clansman, Pastry, bag 5.00 Fully guaranteed, as good as the best and a whole lot cheaper For Sale at. all Grocery Stores Rob Roy Mills Ltd. Seaforth, Ontario ' TUMID 1/.0011r, •.A... Beattie 10.{. 1 "'-- Bow Benet /ind s►afii 4y defaulted to Cilia Bgau-VINALS - r •; Beattie 10 Ross 8 zoat FINALS Soso Sproat 10 Cutbbertson CONSOLATION" T. S. &Oatth 12 McIntosh Martha b H. W. CweNreli..1$,.. SECOND IIIOUND . T. S. Smith 12 Laelrewt . ...if FINALS H. W. Cromwell It Lspbeias W ESTERN COLTS BONSPiEi. The annual bonspiel of the Western Colts (curling Association opened in Seaforth on Tuesday afternoon, the six large sheets of ice on the Palace Rink affording excellent accommoda- tion for the record entry of the popu- lar annual. Seventeen rinks were in competition, representing clubs from London, St. Thomas, Plattsville, St. Marys, Mitchell and Seaforth, and as weather conditions were perfect there was some excellent play witness- ed, and competit.ien so kern that extra ends were much in evidence. Edy's London Thistle Rink. the last years winner of the trophy, won their first game hut were put out of the run- ning in the third round by Dr. Bechley's Seaforth rink, the game be- ing an extra end event. The annual meeting of the 0550 ia- tion was held in the Carnegie Library on Tuesday before the competition commenced, when the following ef- ticers were elected: ihtn. President, A. S. Blackhurn, London. President, Ebner Sage, London, Viet' -President, W. A. Hutchinson, St. Thomas. Secretary, Jack Emslie. St. Thomas. I.:Xerutive, John Bank:. London; C. f.. F:dy, Iondon Thistles; James Stiakdale, St. Marys; George Nether- cett, St. Thonuts. It was derided to hi id the 1022 bonspii'l in St. Thnntas The r,•snita: PRIiI.l f1 IN ABY f..rth FIRRT ROUND Sraf,ort h. \\`1„'.00 Int h,•r (100), II Chn A 11.1 h,0,' rel n,•,•h.•It 'f. S. Smith. .. 10 y, vl:ov, 1. 1.00,110.11 w w,10,•n e'..., 1, It0iu.1 't. Ik, :seri,• ,teh,11 1',.l, ; I,r. Mr1011 .. 1..,0,..•1 ill .... C. x01,.1 A R F0eherinm1 M.•0 11. W. (1r,00,0,11 1.100 t: -,cls. K',(,, 15. M. ht w rheeneen T (ries T ilnil. .. - 1, .I Mri nte.h. 1 ..0 Th,.,,. Sell forth. time. 7'. n0•kn„n ,.t It,t=., i ,<L 1+1., .• I .1 Ent..h,. . 1 M I: M011 1'iil,.n. S.forth I Anth„n, .1 F. 0. 1110: I S0,. I IL,. •:pr.,nt '401 , t an1'�n 11011 1 I Itr.,,ior,; k I n1111‘, ri a':x11. FIN A1.S n...h,.lr I.. Ed, 110) I:erhe)v Lnohmnn r, S. Smit, nr. Mreaill Melnuah M0rt.,,, 15 10 10 11 tgt THE AIM OF THE LIHE1Ra►lls , PARTY IN CANADA TO -DAY In the ppractical ap>plieation of political princl7iles to t e existing meds of a country differences of - opinion arise, differences, as to the , means and as to the methods. Broad- ly considered, these differences pf opinion are found to correspond with tendencies inherent in human nature. There is the conservative instinct, which holds feet to an existing order and which resists change. There is the Liberal instinct, which seeks avenues of ever wider and freer ex- pression arid which venerates customs and institutions only as they repre- sent the achievements of liberty and tend to conserve them. These ten- dencies not infrequently are found in conflict in one and the same individual and. under v aryiug circunistances, re- ceive relatively less or greater em- phasis itt different periods of the same: life. As one nr the other tendency' gair,l preponderance the individual concerned becomes known as liberal or conservative 0 his attitude. Partly through instinct, partly for practical rensens men of like feeling and aim as'•.ci'te together the better to give expression to their ideals and to promote the objects they hold in common. Where this association re- lates to matters of government, its growth. if sufficient, will assume the proportions of a political party. If within itself it contains elements congenialto the national •bleb art e c w K environment it will survive. Other- wise, in the struggle for existence by which ultimately the endurance of all political parties is tested, it will go to the wall• perish altogether, or continue a thwarted growth with little of usefulness to itself and still less of service or helpfulness to others. In this truth, which in the realm of politics corresponds to what in Nature we refer to as the Law of 1,1re Survival of the Fittest, we find the explanation of the existence of historical political parties correspond- ing to the fundsmehtal instincts in human nature. Conservative and lib- eral, they are, in the last analysis; and as such, for the moat part have they been known in British political history. It is not by happy or un- happy accident, it is not even by design, hint national parties cor- responding to the tendencies mention- ed have come into being and have per• petuated their existence over cen- turies. It is the law of self-preserva- tion asserting itself in the realm of political ideas and ideals. The po- litical groups which. because of iiin- itations of origin or for other real• ons. have failed to find national ex- pression sufficiently strong to enlist sympathy jrnm all classes and all parts in a country. have perished of succumbed before their more formi- dable antagonists. In this period of transition from reaction to ree nst'uction in matters of government in Canada, the Liberal Party bases its claim to recognition and support. amongst other grounds, upon this historic fact, the reality of w•hirh all nest. experience has served to establish.' In the century of po- litical controversy whish Canada has witnessed, it has ncrsistently and con- sistently advnc,fed liberal. as oppoa- er1 to crnlsrrv9tiVP, principles, in all it, policies; and of all the political parties that h,ve 'lade the attempt. It 01'11" !tats .curvised. time and again it hos witnessed the growth of. ,.ther po'iti,' l trroups differently nam- ed but wilh ideals more or less Simi• lar to its own, On 011'4 nr two occasion, is in the making of C'vtfr•deration. Its identity ins hero n1e"god in whole or in part with ems -sine croups for the accom- plishment ',r specific national aims. 'Here frequently it has_ seen its strength temporarily weakened through buss"s which change of either circumstances or conviction has nc- rnsioned in the ranks of its advo- cvttes. 1n the end. however, its pre- dominance. its identity and inherent sten}, h have been c n reasserted and its position as the nn' historic party in natural opposition to converaatisn, and its aims has remained tmchal- lcneed and nnbrnken. Little more then a political contest or two has been required to make it n nliberal thou ht apparent to men f gg n '1 t' a house divided ;mei fr bar, Ciat in a :: gainst itself there is no npportugtlty of pnl0to'il rower or vent•nl; and that for liberal groups to fail to com- bine fore." when rnpl,ns,•d he a paw•er- 1ul ,mnbination et' all the elements of ernse^vat;<'m in the e,•n nt ry in simply to serve the interest. of their opponents and urn,, :e - fent thrix own. At no time is them ;thee need for the prrorrvati•'n of n tree histerieal perslertive th•,n in periods of transi- tion. The I,ihersl Party in Canada 1(.011700 Ih0 t rutis That liberalism will mine into ifs own, once the power's of reaction, stimulated by war, have spentthemselves is as certain as that tiny follows night. What is needed. nt the moment by men and women who ore liberal in instinct arid at heart is the vision to be neither dismayed at losses which have been inevitable but are not irreparable, nor over-anxious because of movements Continued on page 4. ... . Et,: A1.0 01411• 14 Mri. ARF:'v TROPIIY FIRS1 Rfl'NI) It‘ 0T 11.0 ie. 10 . 11 I( W. Crw•nwell .11 .I Smalls fi Rrw. Boron .10 sEe'oNii ROIINn Lnrhmen 10 Tom Beattie 11 tsr MNlill . . n .1, Ithulie .00 Ron. Sprint . .. 1:1 J. Storkdate . ...10 MoKenade,.. . . 1. nroderick ........1E Cuthbertaun 5 bye - Seel:..-, ,�:,i •