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the georgetown her fiftyeighth year of publication georgetown wednesday evening august 20th 1924 the georgetown herald j at moore fubllalaar and froarlator mn canadian waakly nawa- papar aaaoolatloa osb tlanatmbla ooinq east passenger 718 ftm passenger 914 am passenger i 1018 am mg 1140 am t passeoser 840 pm mail y 682 pm passenger 886 pm passenger sunday 7hpm going west passenger- 767 am mail 1018 am passenger 212 pm f passenger 460pro passenger 602pm passenger 700 pm mail 825 pm passenger sunday 1003 am ooinq noutil moil 800 am mail 466 pm ooinq booth mail 1188 am mail 747 pm caarfjaa natlaial electric railways tana to gabarbaa biuw eastbodhd westbound doily daijy tnln mo 2- better pastry flour i if better pastry hour woro procu ruble wo would not ask h you to buy excelsior brum simply because it is mado nt home ill but whon quality is bolter nnil prion com prints aonibly witli olb- iii er brands why hositate to try tliia made in aoton brand ex celsior jj evary day yon put off trylngexoelalor flour yon m milling a treat jj excelsior pastry flour can be secured at iii your dealer in georgetown glenwijliams stewarttown ballinafad limehouse j d h lindsay hill street aoton ontario bucks 1004 am 61204 pm b 204 pm 10 404 pm 12 004 pm 1 1 804 pm 161004 pm 18 1801am train nos 1 ran nol 721am 8 921 sm 61121 am 7 121 pm 9 821 pm 11 621 pni 18 721pm 16 921 pm 17 1216 am 4 run daily except directory hilton walliridqe a dale barrfatara sol tailor ita toronto and omraatowd offica kennady block l hoy dale lo chance ol qaoraa jh ohxir barrister solicitor etc office mill si georgetown hour 9am lo5p no opoo weincaday and saturday eveui or t x maroeixds phyatoinn ahd surgeon ifadjoal offloor of health offloa tloura 1 to 4 and 7 to i p m phona ol offica and raaldano italn 8 treat south oppoalta frmbrtertan churah dr o r w robs pbyiiciaa and surgeon mill strem georgetown phone 22 ex- horn surgeon grace hoipital drro v williams thyaician and surgeon office and residence queen 5 south f r watsoif d u m d s offloa htinit to ft exopt tharaaay aftaraooaa f l hcath l da d 0 8 dantlit omoe in lana block on door nortl at cnollla cinllfl factory- hour wx a hmielsehdo ohiropraot1c office and zray laboratory t palaur oradut 10jxparalboi office id bailey block ncll door loj n oneill conanlutlon and bplnal analyaia prea at office orrlck houbs wedneadaya and sat urday it to 12 am 2 lo 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm other bouri by appointment phon office 150w and residence 345 enj petch ueanaod auction aar for hal ton and paal aunwllluma peat offloa baiaa oonduotad aauafaotorlly and at ta- aonabla ratea ordara tatt at the rjaorgatown harald offloa will racalv prompt attanuoa clerk jfddf vmoti courts the leading fire and life ir coi repreiented stewart town ont e p bowman o l s lud baxrajlmk aad eaclaaariaa 10 douqlas st oiielph fuccemior to the late d a nivcn ol tdepbone 1064 nttice el kemvil 10x10 has moved to its new borne at corner yonge and alexander bta toronto ifall tm epaa saptaaivar sad write today for catalogue and ar range to enter at fall opening strictly flrstclaab a all dephn- menta enter aoy time jelllatt brampton business inslihite busckml nlgmsdml itaao pitman bbortbaod touch typewriting bcinem bnglisb oeqce systemb filing spelling bookkeeping arithmetic penmanship commercial lw rapid calonlatlon laiiviaaal laatnetlva eatar amy 11m h w rajtriic prla phone 551 anderson block qneen st e box 699 buy where you are assured only the finest of young beef and other meats georgetown phone 28w birds roofs qoodqltiparoidr auroid roofinir haa earned ita enviable re potation during a quarter century of use because 1 it py big dividends in wear and satisfaction for years and years i 2 it is distinctivee6met in three colors slate red slate green and bright gray 3 it is extra heavy and pliable will not crack in cold weather 4 it is waterproof and sparkproof i gives complete protection paretd roofing li mada by bird son limited el 1798 ma of nepontet and canadian twin sunglaa tooliog neptmht black building paper 1 board tbarea bird prajnct far talidbig papm and leall board u thompsl co georgetown good goal as we have to move some egfg coaltoal- j trmbuildingoursheds we are offering egg size anthracite coal of first quality at spec- price of 13 so per ton terms castf j b mackenzie 1 s forsters cash and carry store a pollline of choice fresh groceries provisions etc fbuit in season btbldsoi brs ni nedsns owwlaln probouoctd uk bol by all wtw have tried taeii swills owkribaa ui corel heals al rignl prices forsters earner jlu vlcttru sts geergelewb 99e direct from aberdeen marshall famoaa canned finh fioah herring in 1 lb una 20c hiliperod uorrjng in 1 lb tin 80c haddocdb in 1 lb tins soc herring in tomato sauce title kipper paste and b inter panto 10c dompbtio sardineh 10c 2 lor 20c no wed inn saruiiicb ilneitt pnctfctl 2 putting up pickles dont iiic tbem up in vmornr you gutw ja good use teol good vinegar weve jubi gotten in n supply of eitn choice pickling vinofjar both tho cider and white wine variation and will euro the bent reeulu every time boat of pickling epicee aro also an important part of our stock nowa- clarks bread if yon want tho best bread mon ey can buy phono 229 and out wagnn will call once used jou will have no other we havo not mentioned our pies jelly rolls cookies health biscuits etc it wasnt been use we did not soil them we do we put the best of materials and ok ill into thoir pro duction mark clark bakery and groceries phone 229 no skovalliag raoalrad standard anthracite scranton coal in all sizes automatically bcreonod amj loaded coal wood so loot lump for domestic and thrashing purposes smithing and cannol coal in fact icarry everything to bo found- in any up todate coal and wood yard john mcdonald phone 12 georgetown eveiy graduate located calls inst week that we could not fill bad no one ready to send get your tboroagb traliidq at guelph business college guelph ont full tebh iron a16usi 250i individual ihslrnclion register now a l bouck priadpal aad froprlelar coal best anlhraeile coal always onhand nut and stove coal small egg coal large sized pea coal delivered to any part of the town also coke phone iso- f rogers co georgetown lam n and feoqte p dpi to the public prrpaced to do all inmuof plinlrr nuliide queen work no millct ill jhc job h will rcrrnf prompt n price nshl and a liral i lau rantred lpivf ynur order with allenllon charles kennrdy 6s8tp fire insurance j w kennedy geatgetowa agrnl or wnwol the dtimgeit torn kre you protected dijrd vibtoe intelligent pohity twas a dangerous cliff fth thoy froely confessed though to walk noar its crest bo pleasant but over its terrible edge thorc hod slipped a duke and full many a peasant so tho people said something would have to be dotie but their projects did not nt nil tally some pub iv foneo round tho edge of tho cliff some an ambulance down in the valley i bat the cry for tho ambulance car ried tho day and it spread through the neigh boring city a fence may be useful or not it true but cacb bcart became brimful of pity far those who slipped o dangerous oliff and tho dwellers in highway and alloy tiavo pound and gavo pence not to put up a fence but an ambulance down in valley then an old sage remarked its a marvel to mo that people give far moro atten tion j to repairing results than to stop ping tho caubo whon thoyd better aim at provon- tion let us stop at its sourco all this mischief cried he come neighbors and frionds let us rally if the cliff wo will fence we might almost dispense with tho ambulaooe down in the valley oh hes a fanatio the others re joined dispense with tbe ambulance never llod dispense with all charities too if he could erin no no well sopport them forever arent wo picking np folks juat as fast as they fall and shall this roan dictate to oa shall ho why should people of sense stop to put up a fonce while the ambulance works in the valley el ice hopkins mars near earth on august 22 if earth men are ever to com municate with mars tho time for signals to commence is ripe on august 22 that bright red planet which can now bo eeon a brilliant glowing light dominating the east ern sky will be oloser to the earth than nt any time during tbe last and the wboloiof the present cen times at that it will bo 8g000- 000 miles away authorities at mogjll observ atory montreal assort that the last faorablo obriorvatioos of mai b were mado in 1892 and 1908 now that there are many im proved telescopes some now details will no doubt he discovered ex perts are already preparing to carefnlly study thcplanot when it will come wilbin the now ran go and obseimitions will be made in canada by the dominion observa tory at ottiwa nor tbe obsorva tory at viotorio bc whore tho best apparatus for tho purposes of tudying tho stars is to bo found mnrb can now be soon ovory light especially before midnight a bright rod in tho eastern sky close to tho horizon and it is get ting oven brighter than jupiur 1 though not quite as bright as venus mara will bo the evening star for august and wbile it is not oi pec ted that its habitability will be ascertained it is certain that scientists will have an unusual op portunitj of obtaining so too hither to unknown information regarding this meat interesting of planets tislest fiarveslers trains will be by cuadaln nilieaal hallways tbo special harvesters trains of tho canadian national railways from all ontario points as adver tised will make the fastest time to winnipeg operating via the now longlao cutoff tho shortest to between eastern and west ern canada liar vest ers travel ling by thin route will as a conse quence ho unit in tho field tbe first tram leaves toronto one ubo after midnight of august 21st 1201 am augnet a2nd the faro is a flat rate of 15 to win nipeg and half a cent a mile bo yond returning the faro is half a cent per mile into winnipeg and 20 back to starting point com- fortnbo roomy oonvertiblo berth colonist cars or tho intent design and lunch counter cars serving food and refreshments at reason able prices will bo attachrd to trains special cars will be pro- ided for women purchase your tickets to winnipeg via canadian national railways no matter whether your final destination is a point oo tho cananian national or not consult with jour near est agent for tram service etc tho joneses have a sua phone tho j en kin sea a radio own a phonograph beguiled tt plynns resengp in sweet we now ha twins miss martha smith was tbj victim of a painful accident day lost woek while playing ball when tbe little finger of tlio left hand was broken mrs john sinclair 9th linej who recently suffered quite several injury in a runaway accident wfii removed to a toronto hospital oi monday we trust she may booi be able to return home ber j a evans left on te day for a two weeks vooati which ho will spend with friendi at tillsonbufg and ay i me r thi services on tho methodist cjronil on sunday the 17th inst will conduotod by mr e j moore toronto rep re son tot ivo of i ikoliam and social servico di partmeot of the methodist cburcl advocate aclon owing to the resignation messrs n f moore and e gamblo from membership in the board of school trustees on eleo tion will bo hold to fill tbi oy mrs boy arnold and margaret am spending tho week with rela tives in georgetown mr and mrs roy vani tara paid a call to tho ml parsonage during tho weel the school board has el re edna mow who has been principal of sutton continuation school for several years as the new principal to succeed mr jas macdonald ba who resigned sinco vacation commenced free press in advaneo 200 to ds les and comments ires a fobsnillity of some bo scientists going too far heir declarations one now le temerity to state that oat- i r ridge eaten with oream iltit think or tho millions its wbo have eaten it with or without milk for many and grown lusty apon it ly and physically oatmeal iw stuff with or without any milton mr and mrs j m denyeu and family are having a months voca tion at wasago boooh last friday crown attorney w diok and two of his daughters misses edith and kathleen left milton to spend a vocation at franceville on tho georgian baj on monday about twenty mil ton boy acouts left for erin to camp there for two weeks they were in charge of rev canon nat- tol scout master he and mrs n aftel occupy a cottage close to the com p dr r k anderson mp with mrs and miss anderson got home last monday from a trip to halifax and prince edward island they were on board tbe british war ship hood the largest in tho navy halifax harbor tbo doctor says he noticed many abandoned farms in tbo maritime provinces fallowing are tho winners in tbe hal ton agricultural societys barley competition the fields be ing judged by j a kern ah on or maxwell ont first d f ford second william harris third geo agnew fourth roy ellon- fifth w d shields sixth j u wilson seventh w r hume champion aden pioneer dies at age el 92 mrs robt agnew a pioneer resident of acton passed away at homo on park avenue acton on friday last at tbo age of 92 mrs agnew with her husband came to acton from scotland 07 years ago and bad been a contin uous resident of aclon over since husband tho late robert ag new predeceased her a number of years ago hep article he fouri this man know he was doing wrong but i dont think he con sidered himself in tho samo cate gory as one who breaks into a plaoo and steals not only this man but the public through tbo publicity tbe case will receive must bo taught that the duty of anyone who finds an article is to make an hon effort to r it to the owner these were the words of magis trate jeffs in a police court case ngninst a man who was fined 89 so far keeping an luto robe that he had found klowing to whom it belonged the papular idea that flnrrinif an article makes tho under the owner of it is a mistaken idea ftu fair dales the following is a list or fall fair dates issued by tho agricul tural societies branch of tbe on tario department of agriculture in which the people or this vicinity will be interested- georgetown october 84 acton september 2324 aborfoyle october 8 bolton september 2228 mpton september 1920 burlington beptember 19 illo calodi cook durham erin fergus freelton gait london ilton oakviho orange vi lie rock wood streetsvillo toronto september 2425 october 10 if september 30 oct 1 october 910 september 25 28 october 2 september 19 20 september g1r september 2067 september is 19 september 1g17 september 80oct 1 october 11 augnat 288ept c weston october 84 canadas wheat crop this year estimated at 282042000 bushel b the dominion bureau of stat- evening under the auspices of the terra cotta ball team musio was supplied by mr ed sanderson and j l craino all report an excel lent time mr gordon stringer who has been spending a few days with mr and ms charles mceeown and family of aoton has retui home miss myrtle mccauley of de troit is spending her holidays with her parents here we are sorry to learn that mr george edge is on the si ok list at pro eeot litcie dick of irqquois falls out who has been visiting her parents here has returned home our ball team motored to aofon on saturday afternoon and wore dofeated by a score of s 4 mr f sanderson is on tho sick hat at present threshing has commenced in this sectiooand tbe fall wheat is turning ouk bplondid e of tur contemporaries voice to rumors thatthoro terrible slaughter among idatea at tho dopartmontal linatians this yoar physios tistry geometry algebra turo and latin aroeaid to lucky subjects it is to bo that plucking will not be so i aa some fear it is sug- id that possibly there is a do- some quarters to curtail go number that are beading iho normal school a natural t of tbo comparatively high es that have been paid btrong altocment in favor gasoline tax in preference to increase in motor licenso fees beon made by ontario motor- arrved toom the aa ia mado that bnasmuoh as ovor a million cars ne3 in the doited states make to of ontarios highways annual- for touring purposes a gasoline tax would yield a big additional revenue to tho province from this source in fact some claim that ho revenue thus obtained would bo so enhanced as to enable tbe government to reduce tho foes now being charged for licenses limehouse the next meeting of womens institute will bo held at tbe home of mrs j scott on september 4th at 2 pm the institute held a picnic at high park on thursday august 7th there were two special visit ors mrs chisbolm and miss amy howes hornby district secre tary for hal too county there were various sports including soft ball and races tho price winnors in tbe races were as follows 5 years and under helen mero- dith billio miiliere francis mc dowell 6 to 8 years d hamilton har ry smethurst bobbie lane 9 to 12 years jack smothurat laurone mitchell elda tarzwoll 18 to 16 years almoda tarz well beatrice lano gladys mil- married ladies mrs wilfred harding mrs j scott mrs wm miiliere single ladies miss mokerichor miss howes miss l nickel i mr and mrs webtey lane of toronto visited nt their homo here during tbe weok iss bootrioe lane is visiting friends in toronto the indifference of a largo percentage of tho peoplo of cana da towards publio matters is fre quently commented upon 05 per cent of the eligible vote is regard ed as a good showing in provincial and dominion- elections the same indifference obtains in tho united states in that country in lbdo 80 per cent of all eligible voted m the presidential elections in 1000 78 per cent voted in 1808 tho percentage decreased to per cent and in 1920 less than per cent of tho voters exorcised their franchise in the hope of ring a fuller expression of opinion in tho elections this tall tho eiwnnis clubs are commoner- campaign to urge all citi zens to express the desires of tho j- entire people the campaign has nothing to do with any of tho parties it should result in arous ing many influential men and wo men to a realization of their duties to the state ufa at exhibition the government building at the canadian national exhibition should again bo one of tbe most jntoraatftebttuflturofi on the grounds among other exhibits to be mado by the ontario govern ment will bo a section from the provincial gamo preserves contain ing two beaver dams one of which will have 15 or the industrious little animals at work bears deer moose and other live speci mens will also be shown elaotrlo haaia for houa of rafoa at a special meeting of the house of befugo committee of tbe county councils of peol and hal- ton on saturday it was resolved to instal an electric range at a cost or 400 tho tests made show that electricity will bo cheap er than cool and as the popula tion of the house seems to be in creasing steadily a largo enough range to provide for the futtirr will be installed tho house will erect its own transformer and on account will get power some what cheaper wnrdco barber of halton and roevo o b church of streetsville will sec after the purchase and installation of the range sped tl train toroalo to george- towh accodii caaailaa natlmal exblblllea on au 29th 80th septem ber 1st 2nd rd 4th and 6th special will leave parkdalo 10 p m standard time for georgetown stopping at principal intermediate statii the conduct of some of the young peoplo of tbe day is under consideration and after due al lowance is made for exaggeration a tendenoy to sensationalism ill he freely admitted that even in this favored part of the earth whiob wo inhabit there are many things being done which would have hotter been left undobc these may be placed in tho cate gory of violations of tho docenoies of life and the like we aro not among those who in their denunc iation of the habits and customs of the present day would lead ono to infer that tho people of a gen eration ago wore saints by com- parieon becauso wo think wo know more about human nature than that and be aid as we were alive a generation or bo ago our selves and know something of tho conduct that provailed at that time it must bo ro mem bo red that thoro has been a considerable increase in population since then and that during tho past ten years events havo occurred that hove hod amoat upsetting and demoral izing effect on many inoluding both parents and children it is not altogether a case of other timea other manners but rather perverted conce on the part of noimyrogaraibg their responsi- bilitios to themselvos and to their fellohtimwtibfsgp in other words thoy ore not intrinsically worao than the people of a genera tion ago but they aro to a large extent tbe victims of abnormal conditions the question is what is to be done about it the rem edy suggested by some ia publicity turn on the searchlight they ad vise for our part we disliko this remedy wo do not believe it will effect a euro whatever tbo cure may bo wo aro inclined to tho belief that it arotiseti a defiant spirit if it does tbo situation grows worse instead of hotter we would rather believe that time will accomplish the cure timo and common sense object les son i are not wanting lo ptovc hat loss of self respect ih one of the greatest losses one run sustain of course there nrc mhiio who aro vicious by nature mid apparently nothing except the grace of god mi help them for tho others iere m hope in tho meantime e enn oxercmo christian charity i our attitude towards thorn all id keep on hoping that thoy will learn to bo true lo themselves man vllt qu dtaootary following tho reported discov cry of oil on tho farm or william bnlier mono road about 2000 people have visited the farm some of them coming from tho distant oil fields of texas it is a singular coincidence that bioco tho oil gubhed rrom tbo pout bale there hao been no oil seen in tbo waters for full particulars of reduced of tbe spring at bcotts lnko sit fares apply to canadian national dated on the lnnis farm the next ticket agents 2t arm to tbe bakorb