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â-  <»^i w"? » , i' w;^" WedoMday Oct. 1, 1924 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE 4 ) THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE W. H. THIKSTON. Editor WHAT OF THE FITIRE? ""The jtreat was has li-ft us with many problems to solve and many theories to mend. Shattered hopes and dearest dreams have been ruth- lesbiy blcw.i to t};? four winds and we are left alone with our ashes of dead hopes and blasted dcsire^i. This war has started the world to thinking more seriously of world problems. To-day we are dreaming of the time, which may be far or near, when world conitestion may force a diflferent code of ethics and a revolu- tion in the attitude of nation towards nation. India is now in a state of turmoil on account of the dense popu- lation which it has to support. Japan •and China are both overpopulated. These countries are restricted in the number of emigrants they are allowed to send out, yet their populations keep on increasing much faster than they can be assimilated. What is to be- come of the surplus? The time is fast drawing near when all countries will reach the overflow, and what is to become of the over- flow. There are no new countries on this globe to be discovered, and when all places on the globe oke overpopu- lated, what then? We have already had many instan- ces where governments have gone to war to wrest a domain from a peace- ful neighbor. When all countries are in a like position what is likely to happen? Will we all revert to the primitive and fight tooth and nail to destroy what we call our human en- emies? Or will we be obliged to regulate our birth rate and completely re-organize our system of eugenics? Probably such imaginings are fu- tile, as future discoveries may bring a solution of these problems. But as we are constituted to-day the brute predominates and if such a condition existed to-day there is litttle doubt that wars of conquest and ag- grandizement would be the only solution. It is not a pleasant dream, is it? Or is it only a dream? The condi- tion will have to be faced some day. EDITORIAL NOTES Owen Sound has had its hydro lighting rate reduced by the com- mission. It now pays a minimum rate of 75 cents per month. Flesh- erton pays $1.50 per month minimum. That is the way hydro discriminates against the small town. The mem- bers of the Hydro Commission believe in a literal translation of the Bible: "To him that hath shall be given, and to him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." • « • • The town hall was the butt of a joke during the concert on Friday nig-lit last, mentioning that it came out of the aik. As it stands at prsent the hall is a disgrace to the town and it should bo either repaired or a new one built in its place. An up-to-date town hall has been a long- felt want here and the councils of Art- emesia and Flesherton should get to- gether and decide upon something *oon. A Red Letter Day For P. Schools Speakers Final Competition At Flesh- erton For Miss A. C. McPhaU's Prize The auditorium of the high school here will, oij Saturday, October 18th, be the scene of an unusual gathering to listen to some little people who have been competing at the county school fairs a.s public speakers. The Apricultural Department put up a prize of one dollar for the best public speaker among the school children. Miss A. C. McPhail, M.P., supple- mented this with a grand prize of a trip to Ottawa for the opening of Parliament for the winner to be de- cided from all the winners at the school fairs nt a final meeting at Flesherton. These school fairs have brought out some remarkable talent in the line of public speaking and the children who will be in the final com- petition here on October 18 may rest assured that there will be a big audience out to hear them. There were nineteen school fairs in Grey County and all of these had contesting pupils with the exception of Ayton, so that about eighteen children will be here to compete in a final struggle for Miss McPhail's generous and magnificent prize. To fill in the program and relieve the monotony there will be community singing, led by Rev. H. H. Eaton, pastor of the Flesherton Methodist church. It will be an event that will be looked forward to with keen interest, and no doubt the auditorium will be crowded beyond capacity. October 18th will be a red- letter day for the little folk. r Canada's Greatest Asset In Relation to Coming Plebiscite e"-x-^x Shower For Bride at Home Of Mr and Mrs. Crossley About 65 people of the village gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Crossley on Monday evening to do honor to a recent bride, Mrs. David Williams, nee Jennie Roy. Mrs. Williams has been a popular young lady and an enthusiastic work- er in the Baptist church. On the oc- casion of her wedding it was thought only fitting that her popularity and services should be recognized in some suitable manner, so this function was organized by the ladies, and took the form of a shower. Mrs. Williams was presented with a valuable dinner and tea set and several other articles of household utility. The presenta- tions were made by Mrs. (Rev.) Preston. Mrs. Williams thanked her friends. After the presentation a short pro- gram was rendered and luncheon served. The affair was succssfully arranged by the ladies and thoroughly enjoyed by all present. Inspectors Were Fooled 1. What is Caaada's Greatest Asset? If one were to ask the question, what is Canada's greatest asset? many would immediately answer her vast timber belts. O^ers would say: her undeveloped mineral re- sources. Again, others, her 400 mill- ions bu.shels of wheat produced annu- ally. There may be some who would claim this honor for her railway sys- tems. To each of these replies we give the emphatic, NO. 2. What then is Canada's Greatest Asset ? I make bold to say, without fear of contradiction, that our greatest na- tional asset is the child. The Canada of tomorrow will be what the child of to-day will make it. The man of tomorrow, however, will be largely what we of to-day, have made him. We are moulding, shaping, fashioning the child to-day who will be the citi- zen of tomorrow when we of to-day are passing or hav« passed. Can- ada's future is invested in the child. We may be said to be shaping the destiny of our land at the same time as we shape the lives of our children. The child, then, looms large. He is of vast import. He must be "handled with care" in order that his future character shall not be warped and twisted by the little kinks he re- ceives at our hands to-day. The fruit grower protects his orchard by surrounding it with a fence. He does this to keep out that which would injure the fruit bearing tKe«s. This child, who is of more value than I many orchards, â€" shall we not raise a * protective fence around him to keep out that which would otherwise ruin and blast his future? Is this "man of tomorrow" to be allowed to de- velop in a pure atm/isphere, fr«le from injurious and obnoxious evils, or is he to grow up surrounded by the drink and its associatae evils T Is he to b.! raised not knowing the sight, tou?h, taste and smell of liquor, or is he to be allowed to become fam- iliar with each of these? - "The child is the father of the man." If used to drink in childhood depend upon it the man will be a slave to the drink habit. We reap that we do sow. 3. Canada's Greatest Asset ts Her Greatest Evil. From the above, we will see that the issue at the coming plebiscite will be our greatest asset versus oiu: greatest evil. On the one hand, I see Mr. Beer Barrel, his evil face spread over with a drunken leer; on the other hand I see the Boy, his hands outstretched, pleading for a chahce to grow up clean. As I look more closely at his face I see that it is my own boy. Shall I give the pre- fence to Mr. Beer-barrel over my own flesh and blood? Will you, Mr. Voter, use your franchise to support the enemy of your own child ? Should you do so it twU be to your everlast- ing shame How dare you do that which may involve your boy in ruin and shame, and not only your boy, but your country also? Have you no patriotism left? Did the late war drain its last dregs from your heart? Let the manhood, yea and the wom- anhood too, rise up within you. You love your child, you love your coub< try, then, in the name of all that you hold dear, use both vote and influ- ence in the direction which will be to the furthersnee of the iaterests of both. Atis« iii your night, might, strike a blow to-day that will effectively rid our province of the dreadful menace which is threatening to involve us in maelstrom of disas- ter. Save the chUd of to-day and in- cidentally preserve our greatest na- tional asset. â€"ALFRED J. PRESTON, Flesherton. Your Necessities for the Threshing Season Peabody's Smocks and Overhauls, Workshirts from $1.10 to $2.00 One finger mitts or unlined gloves Work socks from 25c. to SOc. Heavy rhoe* from $4.00 to 5*00 A box of Artie Dublin. A Dietz lantern. BUY THEM FROM A. E. HAW General Store CEYLON Cash Cream Station - Store closes every Toes, and Fri. eve. 1» Priceville Field Crop Competition Priceville Field Crop Competition was held in oats, and the following were winners: â€" Chas. Huddy 1st. W. Meads 2nd Jas. Oliver 3rd Alex. Irwin 4th. J. Batterton 5th. Andrew Dingwall 6th. Wm. Mather 7th, TENDERS WANTED Tenders will be received for the construction of Coutts Drain, lot 36 to 47, Con. 3, S.D.R., Osprey Town- ship, approximately 2U miles, at 2.30 p.m., Monday, October 13th, at the comer of 40th sideroad and townline between Osprey and Melancthon. Plans and specifications with H. W. Kernahan, Osprey Township clerk, Maxwell. â€" R. c .Mcknight, Township Engineer. Ontario Voters' List Act, Electoral Dist. South Grey TAKE NOTICE that sittings of the Revising Officers for the purpose of hearing complaints or appeals with regard to the oVters' Lists to be used at the Election at the ensuing plebiscite for the Eelctoral District of South Grey will be held by A. D. CREASOR, ESQ., (the name and address of whose Clerk for each Municipality is specified -below) at the following times and places namely: FLESHERTONâ€" -At Village Hall, Wednesday, Oct. 1st, at 2 p.m. WJ. Bellamy, Village Clerk, Flesherton p.o.. Clerk to Revising Officer. Last day for filing appeals, Sept.27. Lists to be usedr Part 1, 1924, Part 3, 1923. BENTINCK â€" At Council Chamber, Hanover, Thursday, Oct. 2nd at 2 p.m, J. H. Chittick, Lot 27, Con. 3, N.D.R» R.R. No. 3, Hanover, Clerk to Revise Office. Last day for filing aj((peal8 Sept. 29th. Lists to be used, Parts 1, 1924, Part 3, none. HANOVERâ€" At Council Chamber, Hanover, Thursday, Oct. 2nd at 3 p.m. John Taylor, Clerk, " Hanover p.o.. Clerk to Revismg Offloer. Last day for filing appeals, Sept. 29th. Lists to be used. Parts 1 and 3, 1923. NEUSTADTâ€" At Hammer's Hall, Neuatadt, Friday, Oct Srd, at 10 a.m., M. E. Murray, Village Clerk, Neustadt, Clerk to Revising Offiocr. Last day for filing appeals, Sept. 30. Lists to be used. Parts 1 and S, 1924. ARTEHESIAâ€" At Village Hall, Flesherton, Monday, Oct. 6th, at 2 pjn. W. J. Bellamy, Township Clerk, Flesherton p.o.. Clerk to Revising Officer. Last day for filing appeals, Oct. 2nd. Lists to be used. Part 1 1924, Part 3, 1923. EGBEMONT â€" At Agricultural HaU, Tuesday, Oct. 7th, at 2 p.B. David Allen, Township Clerk, Holstein p.0.. Clerk to Revising Officer. Last day for filing appeals, Oct. 8. Lists to be used. Parts 1 and 3, 1924. DURHAMâ€" At Town Hall. Wednesday, Oct. 8th, at 10 ajn. William B. VoUet, Town Clerk, Durham p.o.. Clerk to Revising Officer. Last day of flUng appeals, Oct. 4th. Lists to be used. Parts 1 and 3, 1924. DUNDALKâ€" At Village Hall, Friday, Oct 10th, at 2 p.m. M. W. Ridley, Village Clerk, Dundalk p.o.. Clerk to Revising Officer. Last day for filing appeals, Oct 7th. Lists to be used. Part 1, 'i924. Part 3, 1923. PROTO>fâ€" At ViUage HaU,Council Chamber, Dundalk, Friday Oct. 10, at 3 p.m. Thomas Laughlin, Township Clerk, Lot 32, Con. 8, R.R. No. 2, Dtuuulk, Clerk to Revising Officer. Lists to be used. Parts 1 and 3, 1924. GLENELGâ€" At Township Hall, Lot 10, Con. 4, N J).R., Saturday, Oct 11, at 9 a.m. Hector H. McDonald, Lot 40, Con. 3, E.G.R., B.R. No. 1, Durham p.o.. Clerk to Revising Officer. Last day for filing appeals, Oct 8th. Lists to be used. Part 1, 1924, Last day for filing appeals, Oct 7. Part 3 1923. NORMANBTâ€" At Township Hall, Ayton, Monday, Oct 13th, at 2 p.m. R. H. Fortune, 'Township Clerk, Ayton p.o.. Clerk to i^ fips ing Officer. Last day for filing appeals, Oct 9. Lists to be used, Parts^^^LS, 1924. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any voter who desirtPfcocom- plain that his name or the name of any person entitled to be ent^W on the said list has been omitted from the same, or that the names of any persons who are not entitled to be voters have been entered thereon, may, O^ OR BEFORE th& dates above specified as the last day for fil- ing appeals for each of the several municipalities apply, complain or appeal to have nis name or the nafne of any other person entered on or removed from the list AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that such ap- peals must be made by NOTICE IN WRITING in the prescribed form, signed by the complainant IN DUPLICATE and given to the Clerk of the Revising Officer for the municipality in question above named or left for him at his address as stated above. Prescribed forms for appeal may be obtained from the Clerks. C. T. SUTHERLAND, Chairman of the Election Board of the County of Grey. Dated 15th of September, 1924. THE DAWES PLAN The Dawes plan of settlement, which has been accepted by Germany, is not understood by many persons, and a good deal of curiosity has been aroused as to its actual meaning. The Youths Companion gives a short synopsis of the plan, which will at least give a clear idea of the vital points in connection therewith. We quote as follows: The Dawes plan, which seems likely to be put into effect as a result of the London agreement, is too complicat- ed in detail to be explained in a para- graph. But the essential provisions are these: Germany is to be given four years to work up to the full execution of the plan. At the end of that time it is calculated that the Germans can make annual reparation payments of about $650,000,000. These payments are to be supplied from n«w taxation and from mort- gages on the railways and the great industries of Germany. The repar- ation money is to be accumulated in a new privately managed bank in E^lin with the power of note issue, the control of which is to be divided among Germans, representatives from the allied nations and neutrals. The terms of the reparation pay- ments can be varied in future years; more or less will be paid annually atocording to a carefully defined "index of prosperity." If there is any dispute over the application of this index, the matter is to be refer- red to arbritration in the League of Nations. To help in financing the first reparations and in providing capital for the new bank a loan of $200,000,000 is to be made, not hy other governments, but by private capital. .Special issues of railway bonds and industrial debentures se- cured by moi gage on German property will bf issued later as soon as inve»tors seem to be ready to buy thsm. The French control of Ger- man ind'iotry in the Ruhr is to cease. Because two cars are parked on the roadside on a country road is not always proof that the owners of the cars arc engaged in the bootlegging iiusiness. However, Mr. J. H. Lip- sett of Chesley, and Mr. C. E. Locke of Tara, both highly esteemed citizens of their respective towns, had the un- pleasant experience of having their cars searched for liquor by the in- spectors one day last week. It ap- I pears Mr. Lipsitt's car broke down | between Tara and Dohbinton and Mr. Locke was called to go out and make the necessary repairs. The latter was busily engaged under the car when presently a car approached con- taining Inspector Beckett and P. C. Jones, of Owen Sound, and Inspectors Beatty and Windeymer. Inspector Beckett evidently jumped at the con- clusion that the owners of the cars were in the bootlegging business and ordered his associates to make a search. Needless to say their search- ing was in vain and the laugh was on the inspectors. â€" Tara Leader. FARMS FOR SALE OR LEASE IN TOWNSHIP OF OSPREY South half of Lot 16 and Lot 17, Con. 13, containing 150 acres, of which 115 acres are under cultiva- tion, 20 acres in hardwood bush, 5 acres swamp and the balance pasture. The soil is gravelly loam, slightly rolling. The buildings on the farm consist of one and a half story frame house and bank barn. There are 60 apple trees on the farm and the farm is watered by well and spring. Lot 18, Con. 13, and Lojt 19, Con. 12, containing 200 acres, of which 130 acres are under cultivation, 50 acres in hard and soft wood bush, and the balance pasture. The soil clay and gravelly loam, 10 acres hilly and the balance slightly rolling. The blaild- ingi consist of a one and a half story frame house, bank bam and shed. There are also a number of apple trees and the farm is watered by well and pond. For full particulars apply to TO- ] RONTO GENERAL TRUSTS COR- I PORATION, Toronto. Progress or Reaction Ontario Electors Must Choose * I ^riE issue of the Plebiscite of October 23rd is: Shall the safe of intoxicating liquor as a beverage continue to X be prohibited, or the traific be re-established and conducted by the Government? ^ Since Septem{>er 16th, 1916, the legalized sale cf liquor for beverage purposes has been prohibited. During eight years The Ontario Temperance Act has wrought a moral, social and economic transformation, gradual but real. ^ A new genera- tion knows nothing of the evils of the liquor traffic before the O. T. A. came into force. Older generations may have forgotten. ^ Think of it! There is not a man or woman 29 years of age who has I^ally seen the inside of a bar-room or liquor sliop in the Province of Ontario. ^ Booze u banned! It is a discredited and dishonored outlaw. Now, it wants to come back. It seeks not only re-instatement, but that the Government itself shall be an active partner. Do You Remember? The old^ime Bar-Rootn and Liquor Shop, with their diaguting sigfats and tounds and The Maggeting, cuning, dnmkai men wito josded us on the sttccta and on the can â€" particularly on.holidaya or at public demon- itratioasâ€" -and who filled our jails; The poor, battered, bedraggled hulks of men and women â€" God'a children, our brodi- cti and abtcn, every one of them; The deatitution, mtaery, wrctchedocaa, •qualor, fihh and diaordcr in many bovda that might, and should, have been booac^ The vice, the immorality, the dime, the debauchery, indted by liqiwr, that appalled good dtixcaa. TheO.TJL Has ftlikto Good Cootrart those conditiona with the atuation today. The Ontario Tcmparaace Act has brought t mmea aii ra til a inip r ov t ni ant. Dnmk* I haa dcocaaad. Oinw has been ItaMocd. CfaOdrea have baea a better chance. SeMagi Bank de. Kits have i ncm a w d. All down the fiae^ OGRESS haa been written into ifca Mnocy of OldOatariot OFnOAL RECORDS PROVE ALL THISI The foRmriiw tabic show that, in Ootatio the O. T. A., there haa bean a tub- in the otfsaces tiiM «• :cd with dtink) 1914 IJ6X7 1.172 4,70J NOTE THE OPINION OF OUR MANUFACTURERS: "Uvea P(i>hibitiaa, under the O. T. A., rcwit in more Comfortable hoeaes and bcncr supplies of food and dortm^ for wtvci and dukfacn?" Wttea tfui question waa asked «i hifiiin Ontario maiuifactuiers by the Ontaiio Boara of licHiae Conimlwiiiiwii, 1,169, or 82 per cent., anawared 'Yea'*, whila only 239, cf 17 per cent., taid "No". An Have Failed So-called '^Government CoatroT' haa en a <fianal failure w b eta v et triad. _ and h oori rp g in g hawe reached _ pteportioaa. Bvety Canadian IVo- vince that haa tried any fotmel'Xi w > uiin>iu t Sala" haa akeady learned a haid Ittaan. chunk and dtnrderly cases in the fint five montlia under Government Sale, as CMupaicd with the cotieaponding five montfaaoftiie prcviotia year under ProhaMtioQ. And, finally, QUEBEC The Ukmii« rrao lu tio n wai unanimously adopted by the Ptetbytoy of Montreal, April IStfa, 1924: 'nrhot we regard it to be a piwriitfif duty to make it known that the drug traffic flour- iihc* here as never before andis oti the !»• crcaac, bootlegging flouriahcs in and faoia thia Province aa never before, that drunken- neat is on the increase and that the Quebec â- yMem of G over nm ent Cootzol is todaOy iqjurtous and not a tucceta." COLUMBlAi falVM. Take BRITISH H. SteMBt^ MJ^., I - -. â-  . ~ - coinwr neiniiy, oecneeii. "Weeer, in the Uatory el die counny, waa beotlaai"> caeBpatabk in Oe, MANITOBA! FiM«a fntMliad br the Cfaiel el Mke ol^~ ' el 45 II a majority vote fee "cootintiaBce'*, means that we will have a better kw (tfectivelv cnforctd, with imptw v ed leauha. The the Prime MiaiMer, hat dafi iiila l y " Blat^ad toeli to >m.ghen» A. ^StS ^Jfe If a mJDtity vote tor "Sets' MMiUiihnaMol the el^ TiaSc. in dte guiae «l die anally 1922 756 2S< 1,507 Cniclty to Animab Vagrancy Kacpins and Fiequcntintt BawAr Houao 802 352 Looae, Idle and Ditotdariy 6,411 1,736 Drunkenneai 17,703 10,063 « Am f«a ii fcvear «f Ika •§» X Am fM •â-  foMar af da «!• O M • UMmta af War tmt Hhiai^M •iiife-JstShir "*"**" The OWsrio Pltbhriie ChiBnL__ __ the wmp i i a tm laects el Ontatto. ceibMS •f •*» »7 *« Ptwioee and «idi iis^^ tmoMl and iaoeaing prcapMiiT and the hspgiw- el in people «. VarTB FOR THB LAW that has aoceamGdiad '- good, and not for a BSi wrooght mdt wouM do It again. The Ontario PleUtclte Committee 2 Toronto Street, Toronto G. B. Nicholwii, ChalrmM ,-y- --^.,,,.^^ -i- (: i: r . ,/