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+ A for that Cough. blers, hh and Girl. ; Pratt's Egg Producer for the Hens. Moir's and Martha Jane Chocolates ~ MORRISON'S DRUG STORE ~~ FRENCH IVORY It's a most happy surprise, to find your French Ivory gradvaly growing. Add a" No Try a pound of our Special Blend Tea. It is fine. a | them t J. F. McCLINTOCK piece to your se : ~~ It's'the one gift on all occasions that meets with response from every recipient. Jewelry and Watoh Repairs promptly done. =X Jeweller and Stationer y your syrup is by bulk. We ve brand at 71% cents per Ib. can buy. your 'pleased to fill it for you. ) , 80 buy while it is Now is the Time hens working for you while eggs are price. In order to do this kind of feed--! & ( Intario ou ckley's Bronchitis Mixture : Jhile there is no denying that we have : r etc., for the School Boy gives fine results. We have it: also' d grit, which are both necessary if you comic lingering about his lif M: Harkness was about to put on 8% bis Spe, leave for home, when friend Tom Fe: came in looking a bit glum. 2 "Say" he burst out, without any other greeting "this income tax business is a terror. has been a of close sailing with a lot of up, and and something to the good, it seems a for taxes, when the Government could enough from a source where things are | | to waste and a lot of people are getting away with big profits and paying no tax. > "My that's a big outburst for you Tom." was John's response; "one would think you . really meantit, and you knew where the Gov was missing a very taxable business." 2 "They certainly are here in Ontario" continued Ferguson. ig "Well out with it" said Harkness, "where's the gold mine that should save us payingso much in- come tax?" s "The liquor business" snapped Tom. the bootleggers get away with it, snapping their fingers at the law, selling their poison at $8. and 10. a bottle, and paying no tax. Why they are the whole country. Every i bs ows the law is Doing broken, and! e're missing 8 revenue an ving y Piper ourselves. fr sick of the whole thing; and when this referendum or plebiscite comes up I'm going to vote for Government control." Booze is being sold now, always be sold as long as its made, and we might as well get a revenue as let the bootleggers get away with the whole thing and we get nothing," retorted Ferguson. - 5 "Oh come on home with me," said Harkness, "I want to show you something." A smile crept into Ferguson's face. Harkness' invitation was a welcome one. Things had not been going well at home, and the thought of dis- cussing dresses and so forth for an hour with his wife was not alluring. They had been over the ground a dozen times before, and they seemed to | arrive nowhere. So he said: "Wait till I telephone Nell.", This was quickly done and in a minute he turned to Harkness and gaid, "I'm your man. I just felt as though I'd B| like to get into a different atmosphere, and I like 8 | your place tip-top." . - In a few minutes they had reached the street, and dodging traffic for half a dozen.turns they came to a place where Harkness paid his- daily quarter for the privilege of parking his car. They were soon on the way to the outskirts of the city, and upon nearing a comfortable looking house on a yg shaded street, the car horn was tooted, and in a minute or two a young fellow of about seventeen bounded out of the house, and in a jerk had the garage door open. The car rolled in, power was shut off, the two men. stepped out, the garage door was shut, by the young fellow, and then Harkness turned to Ferguson, and laughingly doubled up his arm 'and asked F n to feel his muscle. "Great" said Ferguson, "How did you. do it?" "Must be fit to keep up with this Jounsster, keeps one on the jump," doesn't it Jim?" - "Oh I don't think so" said Jim, "I think I'm the one that has to do the jumping; but it's good 'sport, and the rest of the fellows can't put much "over me these days I can tell you." With that Jim ran into thé house to tell his mother would have company for supper. He knew his father pretty well and his mother, too. These folks > dom L made | Buch fuss over [their guests; they simpl e them at home. | There was' always ef in the pantry and a le guest y meant necessary 'After Jim left, Harkness said to his friend, hibit | They strolled out sald She's mY 0 i nd we have to pay out as much as we do} collect |, "Herel . | puts me out Buddenly at Smith's Falls, on November 14, 1910, James Harkness Aged 35 years. It was a notice of my lg, ERR TITAS i see," said Harkness. ther's death." {| "Why", said Ferguson, "I never knew you had & brother." x | "Most folks don't" was the reply. "Jim was a [Splendid fellow until he was twenty. Finest boy in his set. But--well I'm going into all the details, but booze fixed him. Too much inflamed him ruined a young girl, and he took the short road to end it all. Fortunately, the tragedy was soon 'ended for the girl, too. No, we don't advertise uch about Jim. The young fellow is his boy. Nobody knows much about it, he only half under- stands the facts himself; calls us father and mother, and you can bank on it that he's going to have a decent show if I have my way. Things 'have gone along fine, He's just like his dad was at his age. "But I had a scare a few nights ago" continued Harkness, "Jim was out for the evening. When 'he came home I happened to be up, and there was : queer look in his face. I didn't say anything but asked if he had a good time. | "Next day Jim and I took the car and we went for a spin up to Hogs Hollow. 'afternoon, and you know Thompson has a pretty decent golf course up there. Jim and I often play together, but this time he didn't seem to play up to his usual form. : "After a bit the whole story came out. One of J the youngsters had had something 'on the hip' land Jim was invited to take his share. | "Say dad" he told me, "I don't know what came lover me, but I wanted to hog the whole bottle. Never made a pig of myself about anything be- 'fore that I can remember." ee temptation was to blurt. out. everything, but that's sort of dangerous" said Harkness, "but 1 told him nobody could tell just how liquor would hit him, and he had better be sure than sorry-- leave the stuff alone altogether. Besides, I added, it is illegal, and as a good citizen you ought not to do anything that the law forbids. You must admit that all the folks who are in the business act as though they were guilty of a breach of good form. "Jim is a great chap--saw the point of good citizenship at once, and so long as booze is sold on the bootlegging plan, I believe he's safe, hates sneaking and has no use for law breakers. Got a good deal of this wholesome stuff from the Boy Scouts and a young preacher we used to have around here," - : "That's why I'm not going to vote for the Government to go into the liquor business. I don't want "revenue" from the stuff that would poison Jim and thousands more like him. "In any other line lawbreakers would soon be put in their place. I'm not in the business of pro- viding poison for Jim or any of the rest of the boys, and I don't want any profit out of that business. I've had three square meals a day for many years without profits, or revenue, or tax reduction from the sale of liquor and the pro- bability is that we-shall keep on that way. Any- how I don't want it to be legal for the Govern- ment or any other person to poison our boy or any other boy. So long as it's bootlegging we at least have the law as our protector so far as we care to use it, and you may be sure that the bootlegger that gets my boy in trouble will be hunting trouble for himself if the facts come to light. But when we make the poison business legal, that is a horse of another color. We cannot easily fight the law." "A while ago we had an out break of hold-ups and robbery--But nobody said that there was such a lot of violation of the law that we might as Neel Shuow 2 our hands and repeal the law t rol and murder." "Come on Tom I'll run you home, and I'll show you the final of my little exhibit of what the liquor business in any shape to the garage and Harkness her reason. That car repre- POW or form." Unt ft Sl pes the two friends drove home in reached It was Saturday | Chu i Rarvittances RE A7HEN you remit small amounts do you use the Vides most economical and mout You a the ; medium ne : Bink Money Orders are inexpensive, protect : ant Io and ry you of worry. ™ " These «ders are obtainable at all our branches and sub-i STANDARD BANK = » " Port Perry Branch, - H. G. Hutcheson, Manager Be eee - The Brotherhood Banquet One of the most pleasing events of the year, so far, was the "Brotherhood" Banquet held in the Methodist Church on,Tues- day evening. A very fine feast was prepared by the ladies and Nearly one iundred and twenty-five men of the town enjoyed the good things provi he At the conclusion of the meal the Jollewing toasts were drunk, Mr. Gen. R. Davey, President of the Brotherhood being toast- master. - The King--Proposed by A. W. Allin. The sEmpire--Proposed by Hugh Grant, responded to by Dr. J. B. Lundy. Canada--Proposed by J. C. Taylor, responded to by H. G. 'Hutcheson. The Brotherhood--Proposed by N. B. Pearsall, responded to by Col. Geo. H. Williams. The Church--Proposed by S. Farmer, responded to by R. B. Smaliman. The Ladies--Proposed by Arthur Brock, responded to by V. P. Stouffer. The men then adjourned to the auditorium of the Church, where a musical program was given, Rev. Wm. Higgs, presiding The following artists took part in the program: rs. J. Jackson, Miss Estelle Bull, Miss Vera Miller and Mr. V. Stouffer. Miss Helen Mellow Lient.-Col. Geo. H. Williams, of Toronto, was the speaker of the eyening, and gave an inspiring and optimistic address on "The re Wg Rev. Mr. Higgs in his remarks as chairman, made the sugges- tion that each church form a branch of the Brotherhood and that their regular Sunday afternoon service be held in the home church but that all the branches be federated and monthly meetings be held, such meetings to take the form most desired. The men of the Brotherhood are grateful to the ladies and those who took part in the program for their kindly assistance in mak- ing the event the splendid success that it was. "BRUCE CAMPBELL TROPHY" RACING EVENT On Monday evening this somewhat delayed event took place. It was well contested. In the open race for men there were seven contestants and in the junior race there were eight. The ice was a bit heavy, and some of the contestants found that it takes considerable wind to make 16 laps of the rink in fast time. As a result some had to drop out of the race before completing the mile. ° The winner of the junior race was Morley Doubt; son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Doubt, Port Perry. ® The senior event was won by Keith McMillan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. McMillan, Greenbank. This event through the generosity of the donor, who wishes to be anonymous, will become a big feature of the program in con- nection with the Port Perry Rink. " The cups were very handsome, and thoroughly worthy of the joe GREENBANK On Friday evening, March 7th, 1924, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. McMillan, a very enjoyable time was spent, when over 100 guests of the Adult Bible Class of the Union Sunday School, met to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. McMillan. Supper was served; followed by speeches and community sing- ing. v. D. D. McDonald acted as chairman. During the evening the following address was read by Mr. Robert Michie: To Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. McMillan: Dear Friends:- To many who received your invitation to attend the cele- bration of your silver wedding, and enjoy your hospitality, it was hard to realize that a quarter of a century had passed, since you decided to pool your resources and pull in the double harness for the remainder of your lives, But when we see the number of "Olive Branches" that surround your table we cannot but think how the years are slipping by and that it is up to all of us to improve the days as they pass, for we cannot travel the same road again. ' The saying, that a prophet has not honour in his own country, has been disproved in the case of Mr. McMillan for, you have had the honour of the highest position, in the Sunday School, Church, School Section, Township, and now the County Council has honoured itself by placing you in the Warden's Chair. This being the first time that the honour has come to a Greenbank boy, we wish to congratulate you on bringing this distinction to our community. On behalf of your many friends in this locality, I hereby present to you this silver set, which we ask you to accept and keep as a slight token of the respect of your many friends and as a memento of the twenty-fifth anniversary of your wedded life. We hope that you may both be 8 to see and enjoy many returns of this day, to go in and out among us and at last to have the reward of the faithful and true: We are glad to hear that Aylmer Lee is doing well after his operation for bullet in hip, which he accidentally received last Saturday, while out hunting with some larger boys. Green Dramatic Club will present "Star Bright" in the Community Hall, on St. Patrick's oa March 17, at 8 pm. SEAGRAVE LADIES' AID "On Wednesday, March 5th, a very enjoyable afternoon was when the Seagrave es' Aid entertained the ladies of and Pleasant Point, at Seagrave Methodist Church, it being fter the usual business was passed over, ve voter supper deal