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No. 18 Flesherton, Ontario, October 1 , 1 924 W.H. Thurston & Sor*, Proprietors (1 () CEYLON Mr. Allie Muir attended the Mt- Forest fair last week in capacity of judge. This week he went to CoU- ingfwood and Barrie and was accomp- anied by Clark McMillan and Mrs. McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fairweather, Mr. Fairweather Sr., Mr. Charlton of To- ronto and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Embury of Port Perry visited at R. Cook's last week. Mr. and Mrs. Torrey and son, Jack, of Lauriston visited Mr. and Mrs. H. Piper Friday. Mr. Robt. Cook and Miss MilKe at- tended the Fairweather-Cook nuptials at Roselawn Farm, Ebordale, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Laurie of Maple, who are on their honeymoon visited at Mi-. S. Her7c<SLs on Friday. ' Miss KathIeen~"*eS><msi* -o*aTo- ronto spent the week end at her hotae TORONTO LINE. NORTH u.w â- â- f, .. . V, Mrs. Percy Hunt spent the past" «week holidaying with Durham friends. Mr. Ross Leslie of Toronto visited the first of the week at Mr. A. Mc- Mullen's. His little daughter, Fern, accompanied him home. WET AND DRY DISCUSSION ,f^ ' Some time ago a deadly foe of the il O. T. A. described the friends of that [j measure as bootleggers and ignorant t bigots. Later on a champion of the n Act said that, generally speaking, the jjgood people were on his side and the Hess desirable elements on the other, ['though he was willing to make some exceptions. We disagree with both of "(J their,?Jii.We have formed a good opin- jj ion of ..^'<e human race, as it appears * in Qntaiiit;^ -wit.!-â€" '*5regard to racial g origin, rv '^'.T'^s faith or political ? opinions^#;;^d w* have found what i seemed hopelessly wrong opinions not ^ aasociited with moral depravity or even with weakness of intellect. It is probable that the result of the ' plebiscite will be decided by a very , large element of the people who are • not ardent champions on either side ^ut who will weigh the new system f^gainst the old, and decide according \S the balance of evidence. These ' jBeople want facts and arguments rather than rhetoric. Impassioned eloquence has its place, but this will , bs developed naturally as the cam- ''"^paign grows hotter. The present is ^' the time for the cooler and more prosaic work of collecting the facts. Broadly, the fact is that evils of ^ bootlegging and illicit drinking, on which the opponents of the O. T. A. dwell, are infinitely less than those of the old system, but the lesser evil is ' present, and is exaggerated for par- '• tisan purposes, while the greater evil , is to some extent forgotten. There ^ are thousands of cases of men re- stored to usefulness by the restraints imposed by the law, and of families - enjoying substantial comforts of life, - refinements and harmless pleasures ^ of which they were formerly deprived. , But the mass of evidence bearing on ^ this point is not sufficiently empha- sized, while every instance of illicit sale and drinking under the new law is talked about and magnified by its opponents. We need to hear more on .this practical side of the question. â€" Globe. Harvest is completed in our vic- inity. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Vickens of Kiniberly spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Wickens last week. Mrs. Wm. Burnett has returned home after a" couple weeks' vacation with friends in and around Toronto. Mrs. Sam Croft and son, accomp- anied by Mr?. Charles Martin and children of Eugenia, were recent visitors at Thos. Lever's. Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Alcox, son, William, and Mr. and Mrs. R. Wick- ens spent Sunday with R. L. Alcox and wife south of the village. Mi, and Mrs. Gerald Morgan and babe of Moorefield, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. J. A. Lever, who has spent the past month with her daughter and other friends. Mrs. Morgan is remaining for a week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. Wickens and daughter spent Sunday with Jas. Pedlar, Portlaw. Messrs. Charles Glichrist and Alex. Shute made a business trip to Sing- ham pton on Monday. Mr. Thos. Sled motored over to Nottawa and spent a day with his brother, Mr. George Sled, of that place. Mr. Wilfred Lever, accompanied by his sister, Vera, and Miss Merdina McDonald, attended Collingwood fair on Wednesday last. MUST NOT "RUSH" CHILDREN â- | A matter of importance in dealing with children is to allow them plen- ty of time in whatever they are re- quired to do. Children can't hurry because their "reaction time" is longer than in grownups. This re- action time is the time required be- tween the command and the doing of the command. In an adult it may be about the twentieth of a second, swift as lightning, but in a little â- seven-year-old child it may be five or ten times as long, especially if he is tired or threatened or bothered j or not feeling quite well. Parents and teachers who like to act "in- stant obedience" should bear in mind the "reaction time." Instant action is necessarily slow in a child. Some children in the same family are ' slower than others. Psychol- I ogists think that boys generally have ) a shorter reaction time than girls. Children are more absorbed in what they are doing than we are. When they "play ships," the floor of the j room is the sea. It really is, and I it is hard for them to hear you I when you speak to them from your j world. They are in another world, that they like better than our world Give them a little time and they \vill manage. Smith â€" Gibson At Port Hope on Saturday, Sept- ember 20th, Mr. C. D. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, Mark- dale, to Muriel Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gibson of Port Hope. Both bride and groom have j been engaged with the General Mo- j tors, and they will reside at 121 Alice J Street, Oshawa. The groom is a I nephew of Mrs. W. Stewart and Mrs. ' Hanley of town. . â- <! Short Terfxi Insurance On The Farmers Crop We can issue you a Short Term Policy to cover your crop in barns for short periods, against loss by fire and lightning. The cost is small and will save you a lot of worry until your crop is disposed of. RATES FURNi3HED ON REQUEST FLESHERTON INSURANCE AGENCY OFFICES IN SPROULE BUILDING W. A. ARMSTRONG S. £• deCUDMORE •• FOUR TELEPHONES '.r-t V ^ «F • i FEVERSHAM A number of our villagers attended the Great Northern Fair at CoUing- wood un Wdnsday last and report a fine day, a fine time and a fine fair. Mr. F. A. Wiley of Nottawa . has taken charge of the Osprey Farmers' mill here for a time. Mr. Moore of Collingwood was a caller in our village on Sunday last. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davidson of Collingwood are visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Conron. Mrs. Thomas Foley of Collingwood is visiting with her father, Wm. Conn Sr. and brother, Wm. Conn Jr., at present. Wm. Saigeon of Collingwood is visiting with his brother-in-law, Mr. S. R. Hawkins, on the 8th line. Messrs. R. S. McGirr and John Speer motored over to Cookstown on Saturday afteronon and spent Sun- day with friends there. The Bank of Toronto has been mov- ad to its new premises in the Craw- ford Block. The farmers are all rushing the harvest to a finish and have full barns this year. Mrs. Wm. Fusee of Midland is at present visiting with her sister, Mrs. A. J. Conron. Jim Davidson is now able to walk around a little and is gaining strength nicely. Miss L. Robinson is still very poor- ly and not showing much improve- ment. We have to announce the wedding of one of our young farmers in the suburbs of our village. We welcome Mr and Mrs Harvey Pedlar (nee Miss Annie Winters) and wish to otfer congratulations. Mr. Ira Perigo of this village re- ceived the sad news on Saturday last that his bother, Wm., of Collingwood had passed away. Mr. Perigo had been suffering for some months from the dread disease, cancer. We sym- pathize ^vith Mr. Perigo, who on ac- count of poor health, was not able to go to see his brother before he died, nor attend his funeral. Wm. was well known here, having lived here some years ago. Mr. John Smith of Rob Roy is very seriously ill at present and is being cared for by his daughter. Nurse Smith, of Chicago, U.S.A. Mrs. Geo. Pallister, who has been very ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allan McLean, is now slowly improving. L.O.L. 10S5 and th L.O.B.A. parade to church next Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. All welcome. MAXWELL Flesherton School Report 4th Class â€" L. Ferris, H. Thompson, E. Fenwick, E. McKee, and I. Thomp- son equal, E. Pj-eston, G. McFadden, F. Howden, H. Welton. Sr 3 â€" E. Fenwick, A. Heard, G. Sled, A. Lever, B. Phillips, B. Patton. Jr 3 â€" M. Fenwick and L. Batty equal, M. Bibby, G. Stuart, J. Mc- Fadden, A. Invin, E. Fisher, W. Col- gan, E. McMullen, J. Bunyan, S. Preston, G. McMaster. 2nd Class â€" Harold Best, Florence Welton, Bill Patton, Emerson Mc- Killop, Burtoti Sled, Ed. Ferris. Sr. 1 â€" Daisy McFadden, D. .Mc- Mullen, M. Ferris, M. Stuart, A. War- Ung, W. Preston, Ernest Kerton, C. Thistlethwaite; B. McKechnie and V. McMaster absent. Jr. 1 â€" Everett Talbot, Harvey Croft, Ed. Patton, George Boyd, Elmer Warling, Bill Welton. Primary B â€" Hazel McKillop, Hugh Bibby, L. McKechnie, W. Littlejohn. .â- v.â€" Ethel Burnett, Bob Bellamy, Evelyn Brown, Angus Turney. C â€" Charlie Talbot, .A.lvin Lawrence Fred Patton, Roy Scmple. Mr. Will Guy, wife and^wo child- ren of Kenora, Out., are on an e.x- tended visit with the former's parent, Mr. Harry Guy here. Will underwent an operation in Rochester some little time ago and is recuperating here. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis and two child- ren from beyond Calgary, Alta., mot- ored all the way from there to Max- well and are visiting Mrs. Ellis'.i brother. Will Seeley, and other friends in this locality. Their new Gray Dort car registered 3137 miles for the journey. There will be Thanksgiving service in St. Mary's church here on Sunday, October 5th at 3 p.m. Mrs. H. Mclntyre and two childre-n of Barons, Alta., are visiting with the former's parent, Mr. H. Guy, here. (Intended for Last Week) Harvesting is pretty well advanced in this section but rain is again hold- ing up operations. Crops are exceptionally good. Some records have already been reported which will be hard to beat anywhere in the province. Mr. George Long left for Weyburn, Sask., a few days ago. Mrs. R. F. Guy is home again after spending a few days in Toronto. Rev. A. E. Duffield, wife and family have returned after spending their vacation with friends in the vicinity of London. Interment took place in the Presby- terian Cemetery of the remains of Adam Kinnear of Toomto. The late Mr. Kinnear was a former resident of this vicinity, being one of the early pioneers of Osprey township. Mrs. Edward Linley is seriously ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Blakely, Corbetton. Mrs. Robt. Morrison, who has been confined to bed owing to illness, is slowly improving. 4TH LINE AND VICINITY Miss Willa Patterson left Monday to continue her studies at Toronto University. Mr. D. Grant, Mrs. 0. Fiiidlay and two children, accompanied by Miss Reta Patterson, niotord from Toronto Saturday and spent Sunday at the latter's home here. Mr. Milton Fowler of Proton spent Sunday with friends and relatives here. X number from here attended the Flesherton fair on Friday last. The Boyce brothers started, cut with their threshing machine last week and threshed for Mr. B. Mc- Kenzie and others in that vicinity. Mrs. John k. Nichol and babe spent a couple of days last week with her parents in Flesherton and attended the fair. McKinnon â€" Hastings The marriage took place on Wed- nesday of last week, September 24th, of Miss Phyllis Hastings of Elora, daughter of Mrs. H. Hastings, to Mr. Gordon McKinnon of Brampton, son of Mrs. Isabella McKinnon of Flesh- erton. The wedding took place at London, Ont., and was performed by the Rev. W. R. Mcintosh, of King St. Presbyterian church, London. Mr. nnd Mrs. McKinnon visited the for- mer's mother here the first of this week. The best wishes of their many friends are extended to them. Death Of Mrs. Hacking Formerly Of Flesherton Mrs. Katharine Hacking, wife of Wm. Hacking of 62 Twenty-fourth avenue west, Vancouver, dijd in her sixty-nin;h year on September 10th, following a brief illness. The lat? Mrs. Hacking was a native of Flesherton, Ont., and previous to her inairiage in July 1874, was Cath- arina Best, second daughter of the late Mr. George Best of Flesherton. She was at one time a resident of Owen Sound and Orangeville, Ont., Megantic. Que., and. Woodstock. N.B., coming \o Vancouver in l!U3. Her sorrcwing husband^ fi'.j' daughters and one son survive her. They are Mrs. F. .\. Johns, Vancouver; Mrs. J. T. Smith, N\^w Brunswick; Mrs. W. F. ^rerc'.on, Toronto; Mrs. D. H. Judd, Seattle; Mrs. H. L. Watson, residing in Alborta; Ellen Hacking, Vancouver and W. G. Hacking, who is in the United States, On July 10 of this year the late Mrs. Hacking celebrated her golden wedding anniversary, surrounded by her family and many friends, by whom her passing will be deeply mourned. Interment was held in the lO.O.F. plot. Mountain View cemetery. Van- couver. Isn't it ather significant that with all these beauty contests taking palce, there never has beeH one staged in Flesherton. ROCK MILLS Mrs. Robt. Croft spent the past week with relatives in Owen Sound. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pedlar visited over the wt^k end at Collingwood. Mr. Clayton Betts has been assist- ing .Mr. Carl .â- Vtkinson of Victoria Comers for the past week. Mrs. Tucker is spending a few weeks with her daughter in Toronto. Mrs. Ed. Croft and sons spent last week with her relatives at Feversham. The Ladies' Aid Society will hold thsir monthly meeting at the home of j Mrs. James Genoe on Wednesday, i October, 15th. The U.F.W.O. Club has changed the ! difte of its meeting next month to Thursday, October 9th. Meeting to \ bt at Mrs. Fred Pedlar's for ordering | only. I Mr. and ilrs. Dick Carter and Miss I Lowe of Manilla spent the week end j at W. T. Ptdlar's. ^^Sportsmanship'' This is the title of tfa* new record made by tho Prince of Wales, himself. Truly a great record aad qualifies for a place in every home. "ITS A VICTOR" Come in and hear it also many other new records just released. W. A. Armstrong & Son JEWELERS Flesherton, Ont. HORSE RAN AWAY Some excitement was caused in town one day last week when a horse belonging to Mr. Sam Semple took I fright and bolted as Mr. Semple was climbing from the cart to which the | horse driven in. The driver was j thrown to the ground and had his knee injured. The horse didn't wait to see what dc:Tiage he had done but went through 'own flying and didn't pull up until il arrived home a mile and a half from town. Sam had to hoof it home and found the horse none the worse from its flight of fanCy. Once men began to get gray at fifty ; now they omit the "r " Bates Burial Co. DIRECTORS OF Funeral Service Modem Funeral Parlor 124 AVENUE ROAi> Toronto, Ont- 'Phone Hillcrest 0268 J. W. Bates R. Maddocks HOUSE OF QLUALITY GROCERIES â€" A full line of fresh groceries always on hand. FRUIT â€" Oranges, Grape fruit, Lemons, Ban- anas and other fruit in season. CHOCOLATESâ€" NeiUon's bars, bulk and - Fancy boxes. FLOUR and FEED Five Roses Flour, Bran, Shorts, Screenings , Oatchop, Barley chop and wheat chop. W. J. STEWART 8L SONS Flour, Feed, Seeds, Groceries and Confectionery Flesherton €(®^©$@{i{#^@©©0@^^^^0^OOO®@@S@9®€'^ i^ Boots & Shoes In men's wear we have them intjie latest styles of Oxfords, both black and tan. $4.25 and upward. In ladies we have Oxfords and straps in black, tan and grey, also some nice lines of w^hite shoes. % S FLESHERTON, THOS. CLAYTON o 'it ,n in •••u's ® ONTARIO I "•^j eod«»«o«a«i»^^^«s>«i»«4aM»43»«»di»««^«$««i0ii^