v l- thk home of i3he ttan 3pm irraa member canadian weekly newspaper association member sclcitcd town wcejriica of oialj 1he acton fkbe press is pubuhed everr tliundov momma at the frco pwm building mill street aiton ontario too subscription pnc is 300 per yar u advaace poitage ia cbarged additional to offices in the uaited states the date tb which subscriptions arc paid is indicated on the address ubel advertising ratestranilcnt advertise- meats 10 cents per lute stc measure forfirit iniertion and s ccats per line for each sabsc quent insertion contract display adtcrtisc meats for 50 inches or more per annum it cents per inch each insertion advertisements with oi specific rirrrtnn will hr tntcrtsd-thmorbid- and charged accordingly il p moore president and editor o a dills llanaser and assistant editor telephones- editorial and business office residence of president residence of manager i george hillmer supports trie ferguson policy in an interview with the oakville record mr george hillmer hnlton countys representative in the legislative assembly of ontario during the last parliament expressed in full measure his support of premier fergusons policy whether a candidate or not in the coming election he said i will sup port the government policy i think it is a sane policy and will do much to combat the evils existing under the ontario temperance act neighborhood news terra coita thursday morning october 28 1926 editorial attorneygeneral nickel belkjves the ota better than government control k speaking of the policy proposed by the premier of ontario as the attitude for trie government in ref erence to the liquor traffic in theeoming election campaign late toronto telegram says it may be that hon howard ferguson hoped against hope that the party might move towards meeting tba wishes of the voters in the anti- o t a constituencies without driving hon w f nickle out or- the government or the legis lature no such move was possible the at torneygeneral refused to vary or change his convictions mr nickle believes that conditions under the 0t a are better than conditions under license better than these conditions ever will be under government control and declined tosha in responsibility for the authorship or administration of a policy that would formally bring liquor back into the life of this province ana who in the government is better qualified to ar rive at a sane and intelligent conclusion in this mat ter than hon w f nickle the attorneygeneral he has been at the head of the department charged with the administration of the ontario temperance act the past four years has had every opportunity for seeing conditions as they exist in this province and has taken diligent care to inform himself as to the conditions in those provinces where the socalled government control of liquor has been adopted rov mr waudcli of balllnafad haa volunteered on conduct services on sunday evenings id tho church tacre it la reported that tho cooksvllle brick company la negotiating for f c thompsons brick plant and that a switch has been surveyed to the tenth line i mrs james mckano puaaod away suddonly on friday gth at her homo on the flfth line erin a3hgrove canadas diamond jubilee the proposal for an adequate cele6ration of the sixtieth anniversary of canadas confederation grows with admirable progress the initiative of oriilias diamond jubilee celebration committee with its concrete plans as to the character of such a celebration is commanding widespread attention because of its loyal sane and comprehensive pro gramme this is given in detail in another column the free press is quite confident that acton council and community will enter heartily into and loyally co operate with the other communities of the dominion in loyal observance of this great historic event editorial notes the election platform of the government the announcement of the premier when the house was dissolved his speech at the opening of the election campaign in hishome- town of kempt- ville and the letter of resignation of attoriigydgen- eral nickle show conclusively that if the govern ment is returned at the general elections the on tario temperance act will be scrapped and govern- tleofboth strong beer and spiritous liquors- will be freely made to all persons twentyone years of age and over who care to apply once a year for a permit to purchase them mr fergusons policy of today is the veryantithesis of what he announced not so long ago and is far from being in accord with his voluntary pledge made prior to the election on the last plebiscite when be asserted boldly that if the people of ontario voted in favor of retaining the ontarjo temperance act he would enforce it and pass enactments to make it even stronger after many years of steady advance in legislation which has greatly lessened the- sale and consumption of intoxicating liquor it is difficult to understand how the government can conclude that the people of on tario will agree to take such a retrograde step as is proposed the premier has evidently forgotten the logic for which he was so famois during the de bates of his college days or he would never have proposed with a view to curtailing the consumption of intoxicating liquors by our people to intro duce a measure by which every adult person in the province by securing an annual permit may have tho legal right to purchase all the beer and spirit uous liquor they desire in place of the present law which prohibits all purchases of intoxicating liquor except for medicinal purposes and then x on a doctors prescription attorneygeneral nickle in his letter of resignation to the premier said 9usay4hedibicaltiesoft hesi htatronraeem old line conservatives of the temperance persuas ion may hate to vote in opposition of the party hut refusing to vote for the opposition party wont ore- serve the o t a guelph mercury tho public speaking- competition at ashgrove on friday oct 29th is open to tho county a silver cup donated by tho township of esquealng la to bo awarded for highest prollclency ashgrove tjnltod church observed the 66th anniversary on sunday oc tober 17jh large congregations were present morning and evening who greatly enjoyed the messages of rev w n wadell 5f balllnafad special mualcal numbers weve ably assisted by mrs m guy wilson norvnl and mr john kltchlng who rendered solos in their usual pleasing manner the church which has received sever- al improvements recently was also beautifully decorated for the occasion b ilnnts rente and autumn flowers t i ludes provided a bountiful sup per on monday evening after a flrat- clasa programme by tororo talent miss cookv gold medal violinist and mr frank elliott violinist contribut ed several solos and duets miss o gregg sopranoand miss vulple east- on palermo elocutionist gave selec tlon which were well rendered and heartily applauded the programme also included an address by rev mr caldwell nrformer pastor hetftld a car load of molaasea will bo at erin station for distribution among tho farmers next week mr stevo lluxloy of illllsburg had the mlbfortunc while painting tho other day at the homo or tho late samuel rlurfey tofall with a ladder sustaining a good blinking up and two bruised lingers mr h matthews who is nulto a horticulturist hais a novelty growing in his garden in tho form r a num ber of date trees or palms which havo developed a growth of about ono foot from tip to tip including tho root mr garnet lacoy arrived homo at hillsburg from tho went ori friday after having bpent the harvest tlmo on tho broad prairie lie enjoyed tho trip very much and had considerable sport with his trusty shotgun on duck hunting trips the united church erin will be reoiicned after tho recent renovation on the regular anniversary day al ways observed thanksgiving sunday rov alfred gnndler d d principal- of knox college toronto will preach tho anniversary sermon morning and evening the annual towl supper and concert will be held on thanksgiving evenlns advocatei weekly fashion hint oakville milton it is announced that the- revenue from the sale of liquor is to go towards building better roads but it is doubtful if they can be made wide enough to ensure that driving will be just as safe then at it is now fergus newsrecordr sam charters memberelect for peel county is likely to succeed w a boys as chief conservative whip at ottawa mr charters is an experienced politician and should be able to fulfil the peculiar duties of whip thegenerally improved state of business in can ada finds expression in the enlarged bank note circu lation of about 10 per cent an increase in notice de posits of 6 per cent and of 7 percent in mercan- tililoanstscomparedwithayearagi insurrriounrtable andyou are convinced that the so called governmentcontrol will be more ad vantageous than steady progress which i believe practicable under the ontario temperance act towards sobriety and abstinence in my judg ment it is a mistake again to legalize the sale for beverage purposes of ardent spirits and in toxicating liquors the reason for my conclu sions are too well jcnown to require detailed re iteration here yqu are aware that i have for months carefully considered the problem mean- while investigating the workings of the various legislative schemes alluring tut deceptive of the other provinces and as the result find myself convinced that the wise course does not lie in the direction you intend to take if it were a matter of expediency we might find a common path we differ too sharply on principle for this the correct procedure for me is obvious to tender my resignation which i do as attor neygeneral in your government thus the minister who has had more to do with the enforcement of the ontario temperance act and lias had greater opportunities for observing its in fluence toward sobriety and abstinence than any other member of the government or legislature is so convinced of its superiority as a measure to con- trol of tfte everaggressive i and wholly unprincipled liquor traffic that he prcfs to resign the honored and important position held by him in the govern ment than to countenance in any way the retrograde measure now proposed and the hon mr nickle is supported in the position he jtajces by the vast ma jority of the ministers of the churches of the pro- vince by the multitudes of christian and benevo lent workers by the fathers and mothers who have p realconsjderatioo for the future of their children and their homes and by the christian electors of ihe province of ontario who irrespective of previous olitical predilections consider like the hbovmr priey that principle u superior to party anstthe tfalfttius of the community above uny pottjojti to s v a conservative exchange tritely remarks on tario is getting back to the theory that the party is greater than the individual who leads the party and the constituency is greater than the individual who represents the constituency if the constitueneices of ontario want government control established the constituencies can get get their desire by electing a majority of representatives to give them what they want inadvertently the free press did the town of listowel an injustice in a recent issue by copying the statement of an exchange to the effect that the towns assessment this year is considerably less than last year the banner shows that the total assess ment of listowel as just revealed by the roll is 1307797 the total exemption is 120300 leaving the total for levying at 1687497 an increase of 7142 over last year we regret the error and hasten to make amends the guelph mercury says that hon mr guthrie the new leader of the conservative party in the house of commons is already spoiling idaojs it says the first speech of the new leader of the opposition party in the house of commons will be a sort of disappointment to marly who would like to believe that after elections a over every mem to believe that after elections are over every mem- doing his best to serve canada as a whole rather than fighting solely for the good of his particular party the orillia packettimes sayst the result of premier fergusons decision to supersede the on tario temperance act by a system of sale of hard liquors through government agencies and of local option for the sale of beer will probably be that the election wilt be fought upon temperance rather than upon party lines the first indication of which has been the resignation of the hon w f nickle the attorneygeneral who has been responsible for the enforcement of the act and who still believes it- is workable in the passing of mr william jhcguire who died on thursday october 14th says the tillsonburg news tillsffnburg has been bereft of one of its high ly esteemed citizens the late mr mcguire was born in brampton sixtynine years ago and very early in life he chose printing as his avocation when a young man of twenty he founded the tillsonburg liberal and by his able administration and industry won marked success about twenty flve years ago mr mcguire was appointed postmaster of tillson- burgwhich position he occupied until his death mr blaney mcguire of the orangeville banner is a brother the coming election is sure to be different from many in the past therefa bound to be more break ing away from party lints than usual lately many persona have not been greatly concerned about which party held office on the other hand practicalv everyone has strong convictions one way or the other in tfeejiquor question many wet liberals will foi- low ttjl of premier ferguson who was himself listed at dy until recently and many temper ance cdwrvmtites wilt fohow tjie lead set by the 4lon vj k niciflj who has followed his conscience frerajide and has broken with hi party at grw acflcv to hitaself fergus newsrecord jsihf f a v v major pan ton pt the champion ant son maurice of the bank of toronto have gone down east on a duck skoot- infr trip mr w j mcclermhan of juie town of milton in the county of hnlton surrogate registrar was by resolu tion of the election hoard of tho county of hal ton appointed clerk of the sold board mrs jno w grlflln of nelson town- flhlp fell down the cellar steps 1ft her hpmo last week breaking her right r bone fracturtlnff her right shoulder bone and sustaining internal injuries principal and mrs macklllop re cently entertained at their home on martin street the teaching staff of the milton high school a very pleas ant and enjoyable evening was spent by those present a very pleasant outing took place lost friday evening last when the poy scouts of knox church accompanied by several ladles and gentlemen mot ored to guelph and made a surprise call on their old scoutmaster mr a junton at the october meeting of the wo mens missionary society of the unit ed church of canada held last week an interesting address was given by miss x mccargar on the oriental work in vancouver miss mccargar who is having her furlough this year was the guest of mrs s r bewa splendid photos of bordoe and wrlggleaworth the young athletes who represented the milton high school at the athletic meet at oakville and who distinguished themselves so signally appeared in saturdays edition of the toronto globe they are good look ing boys too reformer the oakville vocational night class es opened at the high school on tues day evening with an enrollment of 131 students miss edith soott of oakville who with miss betty ljhie was seriously injured on the evening of november 15 1925 when struck by a motor car while walking alons the highway has entered a suit for 10000 against john a campbell of toronto the regular session of the tuberco josis free cllnle held under br hoi brook of the hamilton sanitarium and school nurse alexander was held in the council chambers monday after noon five patients were examined the anniversary of the opening of knox church will be held on sunday november 1 1th the congi egattans which thronged st johns united church on sunday on the occasion of the annual harvest homo services were greeted with two splendid sermons by the rev george w barker of grace united church toronto the church was beautiful with appropriate decorations the home of mrs alf hillmer church street oakville was the scene of a charmingly arranged miscellan eous shower on thursday evening when her daughter mrs charles robinson of hamilton entertained in honor of miss marjorle patterson of toronto whoso marriage took place on saturday to dr john c duff of oak ville with the passing- of a motion at last monday nights session- of the town council to the effect that the clerk be instructed to request solicitor w a chlsholm to draw up the necessary papers trnnsferrinjr the grounds and buildings of the trafalgar agricultur al society to the town of oakville and to complete the said transaction the curtain was rung down on the final act of this once nourishing organisa tion record roofing flooringr storm windows pnofkntt ownhnil hottar10tjhie atto matt catalog ik hatatjiday company wd po box c19f hamilton oat a safe and sure remedy for aiun6 children business directory medical dr j a mcniven phyiloln nd surgvan xfbco and r4jdenoo corner bom aranao and engin street millers worm powders a very pretty gingham the tissue ginghams are more beau tiful than ever tnia year indicating a determination not to be crowded out of the fashion picture by t printed crepes and other tub silics this model lends itself to development in aliof the fabqes mentioned though the original v is in tissue bingham trimmed with handkerchief linen medium size calls for 356 yards plaid and v yard plain materiau motori8ts not welcome a farmer ttvlng on long ialand has posted a sign in his driveway that is calculated to convey to passing motor ists the idea that their presence on his premises is anything bui desired his sign reads no phone no gae no water no nothing keep out he pa88ed insufficiently protected tari mary had been greatly interested in rfc annua subscription price of burlington dr r e humphrey late of london ontario haa purchased the premises on ontario street formerly owned by dr c grainger and opened up a dental office br and mrs w a bodkin motored to cleveland last week where the dr is attending the interstate post grad uate assembly of north america the high school pupils are making preparations for their annual hallow een masquerade on friday evening october 29 th mr and mrs phas thorpe who spent part of their honeym6on at his home here left on friday for their home at st jomve jtb mr john mitchell of stoney creek has purchased mr thos wilkinsons property on the plains road and tbe latter has taken up residence in bur lington thursday evening october 28tb is the date of the citizens band bene fitconcert tp be given in the town hall by the centenary symphony or chestra of hamilton under the di rection of gilbert hutton mr and mrs h g tienken and mrs alfred day of syracuse ny motored home on monday after re newing acquaintances during tho past week with friends at toronto and bonnie place burlington the ladles aid of the baptist church are holding a baxaar and sale of homemade baking on saturday afternoon october 30th in the store on brant street formerly occupied by mrs thomas mrs lionel millcn regent of thay- endonegea chapter o r e wasa delegate at the general meeting- of tte provincial chapter held in peterboro gazette georgetown mr george d reld who has been spending the past few months with his brother mr j p reld bos return ed to his home in seattle washing ton a delightful event was a party given in honor of mass edna mcdonalds a bride to be by the officers and about eighty members of verdum rebekah lodge mr arthur j speight who has been confined to the western hospital tor onto for the past ten weeks as the result of a motor accident returned home yesterday and is able to be about on crutches credit lodge no 219 afam worshipped in a body on sunday even ing in the united church rev dr dickie the minister of the church preached an excellent sermon irom matthew 6 33 seek first the king dom of god mrs wm mccartney queen street cclcoriried her 85th birthday on bun- day he received many blqthdy greetings and also many beautiful flowers among which was a beauti ful bouquet of eighty- ave mums given her by her family d anniversary services were held in knox presnytarian church george town on sunday rev dr j r jcelr fraaer ofqalt conducted both ser vices there was special music by the choir a chicken supper was served in the basement of the church on mon day evening the service in the united church on sunday morning when the men who had been chosen by the congrega tion were inducted into the office of the eldership was highly in teres ting apd deeply impressive rev dr a 3ft mcgllllvray of toronto assisted the pastor rev dr dickie in the ser vice a- many of the older residents of georgetown will read with regret of the death of frederick william bar ber who died at hs home in port land oregon on october 6th in his 69th year he had been ailing for some time from a serious throat trouble and has been unable to use hts voice for many weeks the de ceased was the second son of the late joseph barber georgetown and was born inthe home of hts late father on mala street horajd watching the men in her grandfathers tfo j orchard putting bands round the fruit- j j trees to entrap the climbing cater pillars and she had asked a great many questions some weeks lifter says the new mexico journal of education when bhg was in the cit with her m she noticed a man who wore a mourn ing band round his sleeve mamma she asked whats to keep them from crawling up his other armr try whistling a passerby to the man a dog was attacking nnd the victim shouted who seenied to own it will yqu call your dog air 1 cant said he isnt it your dog yes but i have only just bought it and i cant remember its name at a college examination a nervous- looking candidate had been instruct ed to write out examples of tho in dicative subjunctive potential on j exclamatory moods his efforts re sulted as follows t am endeavoring to pass an eng lish examination k i answer twenty questions i shall pass if i ianswer twelve i may pass god help me 5000 ontario election contest of the family herald and weekly star moirrseal ore having an election business is good at guelph business college guelph ontario established 1884 over 5 000 men and women re fer to tho training received at the guelph business college us their start on the road to suc cess i a steady demand for our graduates you can start on monday personal instruction given each student business experienced instruc tors who havo the ability to impart knowledge be successful enroj now a l bouck principal and proprietor phone 88 dr j nelson frederick street acton ontario legal phone no 12 p o box s3 harold nash farmer m a borristar solicitor notary publle conveyancer etc perryman block acton ont r money lent on mortgages hours 930 am to 6 pjn saturdays 120 0 oclock dental dr j m bell d d s l d a dtntlst honor graduate of toronto univer sity the latest anesthetic used if desired office at residence corner of and frederick streets um miscellaneous contest tor the province of ontario in which they offer a total of 6000 in prises for the best estimates as to the total number of votes cast in the forthcoming ontario elections this contest is open only to readers of the ramljy herald in the province of on- family herald and weekly star 100 one years subscription en titles new subscribers to make pivel estimates in this election contest present readers who renew their subscriptions for 1027 now are entitled to one estimate provid ing the renewaliesent in during the contest all previous family herald contests havo been well jtonducted and have proved very popular the contest will close several day before the election actually takes place for an annual subscription fee of 100 the reader receives not only the greatest family and farm paper for one year but also the opportunity to win ncash prise of 2500 by entering this contest readers as well as new subscribers have nothing to lose yet possibly much to gain dont delay the time is now credit auction sale of registered and grade holstein8 also 75 pigs tho undersigned has received in structions from 8tirrett leslie to sell by public auction nt oak grove farm lot 20 6th con west chlngua- cousy on good motor road on saturday october 30th at 1 p m the following registered holsteins walker queen de boer no 63437 due dec 20th josephine tensen gano no 91964 full flow lottie abbekerk de kol no 91964 full flow pontlae artls gano no 91919 full flow tensen marie syl via no 120912 duo time or sale pon tlae sylvia walker no 120911 due december 12 eleglble for registration 2 heifers with calves at side 1 bull 1 year old grade holstelns holsteln cow due oct 20 holsteln cow duo nov 1 holsteln cow due nov 5 hoslteln cow due nov 15 black holsteln due november 15 red holsteln calf at side holsteln heifer calf at side holsteln cow calf at side hol steln cow full flow white holsteln due dec 10 holsteln cow due jan 12 blue cow due nov 20 part jer sey due time of sale durham due nov 24 2 wellbred jersey heifers one fresh one due dec25 6 hol- steln freshen february 3 holsteln heifer calves 1 year 3 holsteln heirer calves months pigs 3 yorkshire sows with 24 pigs 3 weeks old 2 yorkshire sows with 15 pigs 2 weeks old yorkshiro sow due time of sale 16 pigsweaned 2 weeks 14 plfgs just weaned pure bred tamworth boar 1 years this slock will be sold without re serve as the proprietor has been forc ed throurh iii health to give up the dairy business terms all sums of 20 and under to be cash over that amount 12 months credit on approved joint notes 6 per cent per annum off for cash been petch auctioneer francis nunan bookbinder account books of all kinds made ts order periodicals of every description carefully bound ruling neatly and promptly done wyndham street guelph out over wuuaxnsj store r j kerr auctioneer and real estate 20 yeara experience list towl propektx with mb acton ontario did you ever stop to think by edson a waite shawnee oklahoma v hatreading theadaooocal papers carefully will prove to you that merchan dise can not only be bought as cheaply in the home town but you can actually re ceive more for your money than you can by sending to mail order houses or distant cities that this is proven every day that money spent at home- builds your home town money sent away builds some other place build the home town that the local merchant seeks your business he needs your business he should have your business that the merchants are your neigh bors your friends and a big living part of your town that as their business grows so will your town grow keep your town grow ing that as a citizen as a booster as a builder every citizen should patronize the home merchant people who hxve pride in the home town should buy at home copyright 1926 a e nickl1n insurance agent life the mutual life assurance co of canada fire waterloo mutual insurance company eagle star and british dominion insurance co limited auto accident health burglary insurance etc employees li ability assurance corporations the dominion of canada guar antee and accidents insurance company money to loan on farm proper ty- government and municipal bonds trustee forjbatatca- col lections see me for all kinds of insurance box 444 bower ave acton the person who has a headache as the result of eyestrain can usually see clearly it is the strain of getting clear vision by overcoming tho defect that is present that causes the head- ache there is only one way to get permanent relief have your eyes examined and wear the proper glasses wo specialize on thorough ex aminations of the e e a d savage optomatrist ov mtjj- optician right at the post offlco savage building quelph tho ardent aooustique for deaf ears standardine d7 5tuberadib coaat to coast no idl boast d x engineering and saxes co limited 20bloor st w toronto 1926 christmas seals the 1us christmas seals in aid at tbe atualcolca and toronto hospltala for conaumptltes have juat been la aued these handsome seals of dif ferent desfatos are put up in assorted packets of 10 is 60 and 100 the national sanitarium asaocla- uon is in need of funds to carry on the work of its hospltala 4n adukoka throuch the sals of christmas seals is used for malqtenancs- of natlenta there why not buy these seals in lieu of others not only will jrou set rood if i ratam but your money will s xt a araater end for it will iro to help soraoon in distress look for tbe doublebarred red cross on every paoket none others are genuine for sale by school children and hanks or direct from xraas seal de partment osura institute toronto s the old and reliable granite and marble yvorto we are manufacturers and direct importers of all kinds of monumental and headstone work we sell direct to our customers at wholesale prices thus savins our customers 40 per cent wo havo the beat appliances and tbe only mechanics in tho dominion who can operate pneumatic tools properly we can slvo references from hundreds of our customers in toronto and other places where others have to have isvw- sulta in order to collect we have the largest and beat stock of granite in tho dominion or mora than any three dealers in the west we are legiti mate dealers add employ no scents nd do not annoy or pest customers by sending- out ignorant agents sollctt- inft orders we employ only mechanics and defy competition ihamtjlton sons guelph ont r