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W jLt. r'~ r B berner Wherever Prohibition 'o-f the Liquor Traffie cornes yà a f ~i~L Lcal Optimi vote it e une.3 to Sta.Drn hefv er. I.9ll-l915--the.re were 1,049ý repeal contests Possible inOutr11 ii085 cases tht epeW4 owl a~sidwt oa pin tha l) epal fte awiva ateptd.Repeal wa5 triedilu63 pI*a.e.- OI lite 6suic eeded. ILhsi ihy <ivîe evîdetîce th-at prohiibition Dy4LOCUl Option 18 gîving a largo wMeasu'e of satisfaction jl But here ù' persohal testiniony as tcb what people think of the law. The following ques#mou*,etîý submitted to persons in 73 Ontario municipalitiesà. 1%hèïanswers f rom a few places foilow: QUESTIONS. 1. Je your town thriving?. 2. ha there good hotel accommodation *here? 3. la it better or worse than under license? 4. las local option hurt business?-, -. CAMPBEIrÉFOdl .-Qùýestion 2.-Yeti. Question 3-Under present. g. ditions are good iniCampbeliford. Just, M1oto would have had on business under legs pvorabIe condi- tions 1 ar n ot Prepared tWsay Question 4.-..See answer to quesfitin9. 1. Our town la in firat- class condition. . t la as progreS- sive as it ever was. 2. We have th.e very best lotel ad, omnndatlon. 3& It is decidedly better, there bewl - iorwdimor bad language hehird on the streets, as waî thecae orni erly. 4. Not in the least. Our factories are ail rnnning ful capacity, and business in general is goo& STRATHRQY. In reply to your enquiry would say.: 1. Our town is thriving, has -hed no 44M inhitwo years. 2. [t has good accommodation. 3. f consider it much better-underÈ Local Option. 4. Local Option has bettered businesscoditlons. The Kïnq e2alls!1 Our King, ruling the greatest 000 people), s4ys: world empire (400,000,. "No Drink! Earl Kitchener, the soldier, upon whose every môve the empire is breathlessly waiting, says: "No, Drink" Lloyd George, perhaps England's greatest statesman, isays:- "We are fighting three rat foes-Germany, Aus- tria-HEungary and Drinkandthe greatest -of these is- Dt'Tnk!» The veil has been drawn froni the demon drink; now it isbranded squarely on the forehead by ail classes as O~ur Foe In our hands is the opportunity of -doing our part to wipe out the E1ome's Enemy-our Town's Enemy-aur Country's Enemy-ourGreat Empire's Enemy. Work for, vote for LocalOption and Civllized Freedom. ALMONTE. One of the largest merchants in Almonte states: "The~ firat Year after local option caimei force here my busi- ness increased about one hundred per cent., and the- sec- ond year'of Local Option shows a stili. further increage Previous to Local Option i Almonte one of the largest collectore says he found it impossible to secure regular or prompt paylnnts here. After local option came i force in the town payments became so prompt and reglr that the head'office wrote the agent for an explanation for so noticeable a change for the better. The reply was. "Local Option has struck Almonte." NEWMARKET. Newmarket is thriving under Local Option. Important additions have been made to factories, churches, schoog. The building trade beet i history of town. . Hotel accom-ý iuodàtion superior to license perlod. Have nàterviewef, dry goods and grocery mon, bakers and drugists, print- ers, tailors, express and fuel men, and ail unite isaying, that business and payments have fimproved u nder LjoMýà Optjon.--Geo. Pearse, Mayor. 4 ORILLIA. L1. Yes, Orillia is thriving more than ever in our past history, Býuilding operations this season total nearly hait millin. Z' Rotel accommodation is as, good or better than was* 3. Local Option has not injured- business in Oillia.-1t, was never better. More than a dozen new stores have been opened sice local option came into force. W. Frot, -Mayor., COLLINGWOOD. tAnother death has been lid at- the door oftIrte Whiltby Liqio trafipc. tisueyîgtur. tgîve the traf/ic Its death blow. KIi It in Whltby fry caPPying Local'Option ASIIBURN. f u Ashburn, Rer. (ee. Mt4MI, of Myirtiei .et'a IMU, I bàî4nor a A~1OWi K 1fJ~V P ibic meeting flnder t-be auspices LowERO ...AtTrne ulil tRieCitzen' Roriitîg LeagUe, for day. Decemnber_-3j.j 1»1,4bï tb*IêR WhIputyjs tognzn Ilj~ A. B. WInoheat-êr, lilaz' Jala, se& WhT"My To nsd the discussion ond dube tn .-s m tR. oeUlting Of t-heo 6tb Ontario Brown, of B&ookfl, n;t îUnt'BttWlon. Onthe platform 'vil Henry Lowe. Torontooe" «Usofe i t,.CR. A. G. Hfenderson, Dr. James M.adMs er ~. saa ope tBrookfln, Rev. Wm. JohnUton Ont 01F Cake W. haV, Put ha a utoolc cf nutted 011 OCak, ini 100 lb. lsgs fr fat- t";U'ahu tock or milchf cows. It is Beef Serap and Oyoter- Shel ahud lj-'ed to your poulbry nOw. 6.good supply on hs.nd. IMxap.tGasoline Enin., 2 h. P. ~od ousPowr. l IOtigdXf veq'v a nti n a . prio.d b o eIl. - Â ev Ochemica ls.s ovhi pries. AU Idids of LUb;ftsu OLa adwua,, Ltta wdadQo, Eche., ~ and Graphop<e.- d m vtRau.tu»-loom lu'e, u4 e u ~ *ti tual Bf t3Pamlathglt-s bc$ ne& ct aInan B y-IUw te -provido for t-he platlng tRie cent-oi muQ mnaement ot thie .-liehoTwn cf " WLitby, Àpublieui- t - y , u n d q r l. c n t r e R aêoa a . [Imntetthe'Waer mlad làeit'Oomn- mIon et 1h.b Town et Whttby. _- Weest-be..Town et Wldtby hua eïtabllihed Public tIt-IItiestoitupply-~ tut *aler 5n6 fluitpfr thie use et thie rAt-oayer et -h. oet Whitby. 'viice PulIcUWLlubave, hem' PU& t ýUndorl. ofrthuemaaemn et~ ~ ~ ~~~tà a mmnuo,'«w sthWateu bv. b, ti »A»Mce ~~sstem e«I Town evers sud *#àR C"ia ws, 8" I ta durabsO-ua t-bat M uI-last ummePubliéltWtlus obsil be pbÏoés et tho contrelsut mUa»gsmeu Oft -b. nW4Watoe me LigRit oumwoIt uu I<W t prVWens et Part U fthie P uiWt"Amf. and t-At mblot 1 1 àVouuiw . Ut-lt ty ouudio- m h.Tmown e IMM th& ou -,à'utssàs$ndrom.Pbieitl lsoltalu& ~i ~~oe4 n-Iaw pton ervic Itvii o ~nsdeaôo byl ombers won the MnupI l ttt udO Mrsud et thi tice, m-d tRiatsuch Sut pnb- 22. Decemýber, AD..JgIiTRie Womou .ZoilPàWHITJI. thé Agricultu Clerk. terno, Dece Mis. O ja. Bous, fesdeitMsé F COM Ac ÃŽtO.191C' DY-laiwtNo thu CorpSsorai tRie Thi oet W*by T o, *Moe i br 5 , r tali et U . quoi tulte o I 41fty «ftheTg Tb* oei lla- Cmo ý «tlhe CS poratm tene T'ma ¶,et Wlt m byýog" pactoi7i'fM 'e de *as hel! a*id six new ises Alleen Tod, who h»a beJn la Dr. ane1( Adày<ybaeJ-~ e Sadd to the lst. 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