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i omqgqhft y ft fiftysecond year no 24 thursday morning december 9 1926 acton ontario canada thursday morning december 9 1926 tt single copies five cents the acton united church of canada minister ftav r e zimmerman ba parsonage willow street 1100 am the pastorwill preach 230 p m sabbath school bosslon 700 p m tho taator will preach young peoples leuguo on monday at eight p m tftock parliament prayer service on thursday at 730 p m presbyterian knox church acton minister rev a c suwart m a manse willow street 1100 dm tho minister subject jesus and tho common people the first of a series on jesus relation to humanity 300 pm sabbath school and bible classes 700 p m tho minister snbjeetil the old old story stran 4 in g add r tho- ushers will bo called upon by the pastor the baptist church acton ptoi win j baxter guelpffs leading and largest store t d e macdonald bros ltd daily closing until christmas 600 pm excepting 8aturday at 930 p m in a prechristmas clearing all the womens and misses coats reduced this seasons smart plaid and tweed coats witl fur collars and warm interlinmgs regular up tl 1 ql to 3975 reduced to plw0 velours with minkopossum in furcollared and fur- cuffed coats rosewood and rust shades sizes frof fc 16 to 40 marked down to fit i i o needlepoints marvellas and suedenes in two reduced groups 2750 and 2975 other important clearance groups at 32j50 3500 3750 and 3975 markdowns on all the higher figures in a hurryout before the christmas rush outsiders asking re perpetual care guelph trust company anxious for care of plot in fairview cemetery a at tho regular session of tho coun ell on tuctfday evening councillors thettord and atkinson wore present and roove mason presided tho finance commlttcos twonty- flfth report recommended that tho fol lowing accounts bo paid general account a bauer engineers salary acton ffuta l printing and advertising bell telephone c services aetnn uydroemctilc comm town wall llsiuint acton hydroelectric comm collecting taxes and book keeping acton hydraelcctrlc comm 25 00 28 35 6 is 8 57 75 00 ts lighlh 17 o public utilities bylaw carried councillor parker retires from the council for 1927 thwe wuh a marked dtmunltlon of interest in the municipal election on monday compared with tho exciting conditions prevailing ut the provincial election the wednesday before at the latter nearly a thousand citlsens polled their votes while in thcptnunl- clpal election at which matters of equal importance in the administra tion of local affairs wratfore tho electors about 340 electors used their franchise tho results of the polls uere as fol lows public utilities bylaw for against town hall 91 63 customs house 108 61 majority for bylaw 75 for councillors acton and district churoh 8rvlcs mr h w barker of toronto the deputy treasurer of tho united church will give an address in limo- house sunday december 12 at 1100 a m and churchill at 300 p m annual masting tho annual meeting of the u f w- o will bo held at tho homo of mrs b davidson on saturday december 11th at 2s0 anyone interested in this work is cord i ally invited she trj cua t ep killed by dogs at 4be inst meeting of esqucslng council a g clarrldgo was voted 91200 for a lamb killed by dogs and archie kccles 4400 for two sheep and a iamb killed w b short was tho valuator business change on main street mr charles holmes has sold his on nm rft v m ernest- hillmer elected by majority of 365 the towns vptod for hillmer and the townships for pettit tho following official returns of the provincial election in halton were furnished the ftoxv passs by mr jus mcdowell returning officer hillmer pettit acton no 1 1 201 239 no 2 3 309 242 burlington- no 1 no 2 no 3 no 4 3- georgetown- no 1 no 2 510 238 2s9 215 196 120 261 481 81 138 2x1 83 513 141 135 government control candidates win out hon mr fergusons government elected by increased majority in tho general election in ontario laat wednesday premier g howard ferguson was returned to power with an increased majority he has 74 scats in a houso of 112 while somo ot those who will sit in opposition will support hfcm in hla government con trol policy not only was tho con servative victory decisive from tbo standpoint of the number of govern ment supporters returned but the popular vote totalled makes ik morev impressive for in most of tho con stituencies the majorities wore large this is accounted for generally as result of tho skilful gerrymandering accomplished through the distribution or constituencies effected during last session tho vote in tho cities and in f of t ru rldl was su de clslvely in favor of government control that that measure will sup ercede as soon as it can be enacted probably the first of may when tho license year ends a church with a message sunday dec 12 1100 am divine worship ser mon unto the hills 2 00 p m sunday school bring your bibles lesion tho boy samuel illustrated in chalk we want -more- now- scholars 700 pm evening service ser mon the fate of the word one of tho mysteries of tho kingdom of heaven monday 800 b r jp v- meet ing of youns people operated by young people for young people thursday 800 prayer and praise service bring yahtbles this meeting will be different this is our fathers house in his 7amo wo welcome all who enter t- special notices advertisements in this column a cent per word lfbumum charge 30c per insertion for sale o yorkshire plea 34 months apply asswltzer acton r0om8 for rent two warm comfortable rooms for rent apply g xr maktin florist mill street for sale a quantity ot turnips apply myers son phone erin 25r44 r- r- 2 ac wood for sale xry maple 12 inches delivered awy i k brown phone 40rl2 acton opt knitting wanted brine you yarn and let us do your knitting boys from 10 years up and mens socks apply mrs a watson 242 willow st card of thanks john nlcol councillor elect for 19s7 desires to thank the electors of acton for tho splendid support ac corded him at tho polls on monday te dressmaking xadlea and childrens drcssos and garments of ill kinds prices rea sonable apoly miss b trinder 244 4 main stroet jlost between i young street and browns drug store a small blue- purse con taining valuable papers and some change finder please return to browns brag store auction sale herbert torxwell lot 17 1st line erin will hold an unreserved auction sale of his horses jersey cows hogs and implements on friday december 10th roy hindmty auctioneer ll auction 8ale of surplus stock i ie ir cedar- brook farm lot 16 upline eramosa- will hold a sale of cows xourrg catue irflcester sheep and yorkshire hogs on mon day december 13th v 23 roy hpjdijy auctlnneer dispersion auction jaw 3 beswiok lot 8 aw 7 erin will sen it high dons holsteln cows and heifers mostly fresh the herd sire inroe roc apple champion whloh sir henry pellut paid 7000 for also bhetp and hogs on rruosday decem ber 14 at one oclock sols under cover if necessary no reserv ft- r j- kerr auctioneer clearing auction sale harvey ixwllo orton will hold a clearing saio or his farm stock im plements- fodder and furniture on xaesday december 14th at it oclock roy hindley auctioneer phono erin 15r6 it r acton card of thanks aoton loyal true blue lodge de sires to express their real thanks to all those who so ably and willingly gave their services in the programme to help make our cuncert in aid of the l t a l o u home a suc cess and help to liins christmas cheer to tho little children there signed on behalf of acton l t b t qambxj3 rep sec ns i t 4 wonderland friday dec 10 there you are drama with conrad nogel and edith roberts comedy gim me btreiufth bray cartoon pheasants 8aturday dec 11 my own pal western with tom ml and tony comedy too many relatives fox newa tuesday pec 14 tingouv starring tomniy melghon chanter b of the radio dotoc- tlve the boy soout serial cpm- r edy wife tamers coming elbstworlor by cpnan doyle tkl 6ynt with dortliy glsh z an i historic engllah picture b t gtpgoby son hats clearing 149 i scores and scores of lovely styles regular up to 750 dresses at 500 and 1000 silks flannels allwool poplins and ottoman cords mens and young mens winter overcoats 1 975 regular up to 2950 this seasons models and patterns allwool cloths smartly trimmed sizes 34 to 42 a special clearance saving that must be taken advantage of immediately later than this week may be too late come to the gif tland this great big store is a happy areasureland of gifts these days gifts for everybody old or young far or near men and women boys and girls homemakers all kinds of people that go to make up your world and ours over fifty courteous willing store people ready to help you find the very best choices for every name on your list f quality alwayshigher than price send the children to red white the same attention is shown to children as is accorded grownups no waiting they are served quickly courteously and correctly patras currants per lb seedless raisins 2 lbs for 15c 25c fancy mixed nuts oq per lb jc 2 lbs balk shortening and 10 lbs cane sugar i for tening and ior orange or lemon peel per lb bordeau shelled walnuts per lb 24c 70c 2 lbsred white orange pekoe tea oq monarch flour 24s for 109 extra special 10 lbs onions t 15 lbs potatoes 60c n red white sto j w- jones i phone 26 acton ont a christmas gift for the whple faqrrily a deforest crosley radio completely installed for 13600 other models in stock include atwaterkent fada and strombergcarlson some suggestionfor your gift problem bruflheb mhrors combs clocks manicure r cteta french ivory and rbso tearl- onamber droued doub ma ma dolls childrens books beautiful and useful boxed statldnerjr chrlatmas qreejuift cards a breat vurlerty v parkers watermnns and waw fountain eons artij beii- aia another gift far he whole fainlly a new orthophonic victrela the above list represents a very few of tnr nany and varied gifts worfh while a t brqwn acton firo brigade annual errant 300 00 allan m smith deputy re- turning ofllcer 7 00 j r anderson rent of p o for election c 00 miss hazel mason poll clerk 4 oct w j gould deputy returning ofllcer 7 00 jas robertson poll clerk 4 00 g h kitchlo wotk etc 4 20 e jones work etc 8 10 councillors allowances 300 00 municipal world election ear pensea t 4 64 l e atkinson john nlcol e t thetford prank holmes c e parker wtt hall houso 104 6 108 02 89 70 84 87 73 80 200 192 179 462 154 waterworks account bell telephone co uervlces j b mackenzie coal for tho pump houne acton hydro electric coram power at pump house acton hydraelectric comm heating at spring acton hydro electric comm power at spring wj beajdniore co supplies a bituer engineers salary 957 01 2 05 18 7g 40 7 1 12 25 do mr parker was six votbs below councillor holmes the lowest on the list of councillors elected and was thereby ro tired from the council mr parker said at the nomination meeting ho had no desire to continue in office as hln own business required all his attention ho was inclined to retire from the contest but at tho earnest solicitation oc his fellow councillors agreed to allow his name to go on the ballot he did no can vassing and now declared he is real happy to have beeit left at home acton and district 196 46 the report was adopted mr melbourne overholt complained ofl variation in his assessment notice and tax notice tho assessment notice was ror 1000 and tho tax bill was made for 1800 and uaxoa had been tfttd on that basts t4o action was taken mr s cordlner v alsovjhad a com plaint re taxes but no adjustment was made moved by it k atkinson seconded by e thetford that a grant of 50 be made toward maintenance of the r5at boom carried a letter from the guelph triibt co requeatea information as to the amount necessary to provide perpet ual caxo for a plot in fairview ceme tery tho clerk was instructed to write informing them that the coun oil was not yet in a position to state definitely the amount the matter of the rink and the isa- ir councils attitude was left over fpr further consideration at a future meeting when tho oplnfon of all the members could be secured the public utilities bylaw which hadrecelved tho assent of the electors and been passed provisionally by the council was given the required num ber of readings and anally passed by tho council 2gt j b mackcnse in view of the rekfate given jas loutltt requested a rebate on the taxes orr his house on victoria avenue mr mackenzie was informed that all consideration will be given to builders of new homes in acton and tbe matter would be con sidered the matter of providing additional heat for the pump house was discussed and mr wilson was instructed to se cure an additional secondhand stove to overcome the dtlucjilty temporarily a happy golden wedding mr and mrs james mplnoih 6e brjrto thair oth wedding oay one of the moat interesting and en joyable events in the annals of the family history of mrjuid mrs james mcintosh occurred at the maples their residence on frederick street n monday evening thib was tho oc- cason of the fiftieth anniversary ot tho marrlageof james mcintosh of eflqucslng to mary jane graham of erin which occurred on the 6th ot december 1876 at the baptist par son ago georgetown with rev mr mcgregor the pastor officiating onmonday mr and mrs mcintosh spent the day quietly grateful for the many blessing they were injposses- eion of including good health and ex tremely thankful for tho half century of happiness which had been their portion towards evening mr mc intosh quietly remarked wtoll mother i guess well spend tho whole of tho day quietly together and enjoy the anniversary without any visitors anyway you know wo decided long ago wo werent going to make- any fuss over it when our golden wed ding did arrive but u genuine surprise awaited them jusf as thp clock struck etx there was ft knnok lu tho 4oor and thora waketf mrs molntoshs blsterm mm- oeorge scott of detroit mrs robert wnlto of sudbury mrs martha armstrong and miss elisabeth graham of acton and her two brothers dr w h graham detroit and mirs joseph graham copper cliff and then there were tho sons of the home and their families mr and mrs frank mcintosh acton and mr and mrs hoy mcintosh and grant of oshawa and then to make the friendly clrele complete there canse with them mrs robert strieker their nolce miss mamie masales a friend of lqn standing mr james graham and the pastor and mrs baxter the cpmpany brought tho wadding feast with them and it was a happy company which surrounded the fes tive board when the wedding repast had been fully discussed and the wedding enko had been cut and sampled mr prank mcintosh the eder son was appointed toasbiasfer and suitable toasts wer6 honored by the company l r xc utnv v diiring the evening mr and mrs mcintosh vowhe rfitipleih oj n parse ot gold from ttvjmloj grdndskn and 4toutr wmto ixkm fxrituy thfeyyore ho relpjentfl also 6t pjther valued gif tft kind wrds tere sppken many in teresting reminiscence were rpcftjlag and ftaatv boirtpmlfmrlrffn vpfy hppv opngrathiatory mc- h ih needless- o soy tk c- unrt mp- mpiniqsh wepfl dvprocm with t unexpected nnfl very happy event- it was a veyy happy qqoaalfln xmth- hf- a mn- mointohh wmo to a thiptypin yrors ogo after snenaiiui ie mos pt their nnviou wsddefl life alqtewattown thy ftay p ffto1 otjisen and tholl o ivhipm n tho baptist church hvo meapt map in lla prorf rtnd suo- cess the community obngratulateb them christmas tree and concert reserve tuesday nlsht december 21 for tho christmas tree and enter tainment x dublin school christmas concert at bannoowburn a christmas concert will be held in bannockburn school s s no 13 on tuosday evening 21st lnsl admls- slon 2ec- children 16c oldtlme dane an oldtime dance will be held in the town hall acton friday decem ber 1st under the auspices of the pork improvement committee s f lady true blue concsrt i an enjoyable concert was given on tuesday evening november 30 under the auspices of acton true blue iiodge inlaid of the orange true blue or phans home mx c k browne oc cupied the chair and an excellent pro gramme by local talent was given death of mrs h p lawson after weeks of weary suffering mrs h p lawson daughter of major lachlan grant georgetown passed away on tuesday the funeral will be held this thursday afternoon at 230 oclock tho many friends of major grant and tho family in this community offer sincerest sympathy in their sreat sorrpw the mails during christmastids the post office department 1b urg ing that christmas mall be forward earlier than usual this year christ mas day falls upon saturday and un- 1csh the mail reaches many places by thursday night theywill not reach their friends on rural routes qs there will be nq delivery on saturday and sunday fqllowlny preentfl qulfl flpt bo dellvee inil mqndav- jq the cities practlcaliy tla same candltlqn exists as the postmen cmly mak an early deuyprv patfy l of christmas ita is sensible any year but it is suite nppessary thlfi yeap to ensure delivery pn time it also 0roat- ly facilitates pulpes at thq various post ofllpeg malt oholr end qtee club organising a meetlnar is called for alt those who ore interested in tho formation of a glee club on next wednesday the 15th of december at oght oclock at tho home of reeve mason the object of this club is to get all those who are interested in male choir and chorus work and start preparation for some entertainments which will be given during the winter- months the proceeds of the flrst of these enter tainments will go to the park im provement committee to continue the good work which they have already started any of those who have not received a personal invitation front mr mccomb kindly overlook it and accept this as one r highly interesting address last monday evening the young peoples guild of knox church was addressed by mr a h- hcwetan of brampton on tho worlda christian jsndoayar convention which was held in london england last rum mer mr ho wot son was tho can adian delegate tortus convention and in his straight forward earnest man ner he brought to his hearers much of the inspiration and enthusiasm of tills great conference all present felt that to have a man of mr howe t sons experience and ability interested in this type of christian work was surely worth while musical numbers of merit were rendered by mr tcharles- landsborough mjss jessie 4 andersonr misses i- anderson nnd a coiner the verdict and its significance rev r b zimmerman b d an nounced on tho sunday before the election that the following would be his theme for tho following sunday morning the verdict nnd its sig nificance- notwithstanding that tho verdict was different to thn hftpoft o and expected tho sermon- was fftrth- fcj uttlert qujll n et tl ujcl it i qetl4 rlhl ftnfl mo l nt net yp wtuofl riant nflr w h ik cd n intoxipfttlnir lq0p m kflfl hny ft flmtnicntlin wiitini withtlio ltiril pleflbci tlmt tho now taw wiw to 1 hertgefl about with u iiafo- gunrils to ircbont hurtful obunc in hla opinion oil yho wll liquor ii- itrolly nlwuld bo iwnt o unl without tho oitln t n ane th ani to np- ply to ah who wero tounil ntosloated apd ehieiinlly every flrivor of ft motor cur wtm wnn tn noiwoiuilon ot liquor tireln every ono ulioum work tc lot the atrlot enforcement ot tho now lapr vna to brine ontario tho greatest iouble measure of sobriety ao4 prosjwrtty crlpps of the second line erin nnd intends removlns with hla family to vancouver b c mr crlpps hna sold his form the william allan home stead to mr walter lambert mr crlptpa will move to his new property shortly- jhe firemens ball nd supper the 26th annual ball and supper of acton fire brigade last friday even ing was largely attended a number of visiting ftremen and their idles be ing present the proceedings were enjoyed throughout- the music by a gueljtb orchestra was highly spoken of and tho supper whs equal to any provided in the years of the post succesiful judging quartette tbe team coaihed by mrg h clemens agricultural representative which mado tho nlshost score in tbe intercounty judging competition at the provincial winter fair at guelph carrying oft the john s martin trophy were earl howse pllkington howard barbour isrln township irwin copas nlcnol township r b clemens agricultural representative wellington county th 10000th vassal wthen the caiuidlan pacific steamer melita arrvled at antwerp bel gium she was given an official welcome and a great popular demonstration as the ten thoust- dantb vessel to enter the port of ant werp this year an elaborato pro gramme was arraneed in hor honor the melita is the steamship which conveyed the canadian press party- from montreal to antwerp tn june 1924 t7t mi1ton north wbrd south ward east ward oakville- no 1 no 2 st albsns w a bsxssr tho annual baxnnr and sale of homemade baking of the womens auxiliary of st albans church wna held in the parish hall on saturday afternoon the abundance of articles for sale many of them suitable for christmas gifts presented an attrac tive appearance in the prettily decor ated parish hull cakes plea and toothsomo candy found numerous buyers tea was served afternoon and evening the proceeds were frlte sat isfactory fortunat townrpf alliston at a meeting held in alliston at the weekend t p iioblaw head of the groceterias and a native of alliston offered to donate the sum ot 100000 for the construction and endowment of a general hospital in the town to be known nb tho stevenson einorlal hospital in memory gt william stev enson his grandfather a plonoer of esso township a proyblonal board of ctoyernor including the local physicians mayor j h mitchell mbp dr f ci- banting and dr j w s mcculloush was appointed with dr j o cunningham m chair man and yf s knight seoretary- treasufoj tin nv brand of tamneransi come on in boya we dont know what fergusons going to do for us yet but its all right well get the beer parlors youll see was the cx- hlllarated declaration of a local bar keeper of former days clad in his oldlme barroom oostume whlto apron and all on thursday as he accosted people on the street opposite his barroom of former days this class of men is oiulto prepared to demonstrate the true temperance weve heard so much about lately their happiness at the outcome of the election shines out in eager amllee anticipatory of hoperul coming of easy disposition of boozo again operating the acton rink a mooting was held last thursday evening for citizens who were inter ested in operating tho rink tho rink has been owned ontl managed by the boardmoro co sinco itfl construction some tlmo ago mr n h garden informed the council the rink hoxl not boon bringing in enough revenue to pay the runnlncr oxponses and he naked that the council cooperate with thorn tnerofaro the council cntlcxt tho meeting for thursday- evening to decide tho mnttcr it was decided that a commlttoo should be appointed consisting of messrs chavlc symox mr shorey and one member from the council to cooperate with messrs beardmoro co nnd see if the rink could not be put on a better paylng basis no 3 no 4 advance poll ksque6lmg 1 a sproats 1 b milton heights 2 a norvni 2 b hornby 3 stewarttown 4 dublin 5 a thomp cora 6 b gqienwllliams ne1bon no 1 freeman no 2 nelson village no j kilbride no 4 lrfiwvlllc r no 5 bells no 5 appleby no 7 strathcona nassaoaweta no 1 campbellvlllo no 2 brookvllle no 3 khatchbull 18s ut 158 354 311 361 243 23 1292 39 84 79 39 89 50 76 44 212 154 77 75 44 31 61 190 123 113 67 notes of the election ridings wiped out by redistribution twentynine constituencies ars given at eliminated under measure liberal moj- ims bruce wcs jflowhlniw 38 coobrnne ilg 27 cfurliam west bragg lennox vroamnn northumberland wesc clarke ottawa wet fisfter s rpegvfaalyt ry conro carmlohaol iddleeai en jyoohorn norfolk orth v frje wehintn ba vv- anw cenmpvatlva nurhni bast fallla huron centre wlgle london book norfolk south martin northumberland bust bolford simooe south rowe simcoe wost jamieson toronto purkdalo prlco nivcrdalo oakley nortlib a icwls 10205 v n 13 b thompson 9919 nw a crawford 1421 nw m nosbltt 10981 s ba currio x019 n sb ii owens tti sw a mccaubinnd 47t pw p mobrlen 5168 wellington west chambers s7 windsor wilson 1s31 3 75 37 tn 1370 1034 t25 7m1 84 3g6 c 1580 4615 9309 trafaix3ar no 1 boyno 75 no 2 drumquln 101 no 3 postvlllo 41 no 4 munns 84 no 5 palermo 76 no 6 a mccraneys 116 132 no 7 sheridan 170 795 6164 majority of hillmer 365 49 s 21e 175 95 93 1271 65 202 143 5799 lifes social side mr harold cosh spent the week end with toronto friends miss fern llrown visited friends in toronto nt the end ot the week miss kathleen galhmlth spent the weokend with friends in toronto miss reno forbes of quelph visit ed at the home of mr n forbes over the weekend miaa bernlee bold was home from ouetfai general hospital for a day or so la week mr ana mrs wilson of toronto spent tho weekend at the home of mr john i- kennedy miss ida sfiswlck has returned from the hospital at hamilton where she has been tra nlnjfas a nurse miss clara b lantx went to ham ilton on mo iday to take a position with mr j brown druggtat there mr and mrs f j browning and miss fittle dills of toronto spent the weekend at the homo of mr geo dills master georfce baxter off hamilton visited his brother pastor w j bax ter of the baptist church during- the week mrs thomson of grand valley who has been visiting her sister mrs thomas watson hers returned home last week misses c tslvlngatona and e dcmpsey of guelph visited at the formers errand parents mr and mrs georpo sopor over th weekend mr thomas rumley park avenue was taken seriously iii the flrst of the week and was taken to guelph hos pital for a sorlous operation on mon day i mr malclom ilolllneer church st who has been confined to the house for two months or more is ablo to walk out again though lie is still far from well mr und mrs joe j kennedy no miss etta hutton have gone to florida for the winter mr kennedy having resumed his former position as bookkeeper ut duncdln louge dune- din florida the boy parliament bepresentative keen contest bstwssn elvin qsmbu aoton and john modtrmid gosrgaftovrn the candidates for halton for rep resentation in the older boys parlln- ment for ontario were john lylcder- mld son of postmaster mcdermld of georgetown jand elvln gamble son t0t b f gamblo acton it was a close congest nd vfa won by the gsprgetawn 0anuiuavr tere is some oottuxdntlon to acton folks apart from tho ft thata mo- pwww mejpi a fine youns man at sterling character and ability in asmuch as his mother nettle cobban is a native of acton n the election was well fought out on real oldtime election lines both of the young men worked energetic ally in the campaign lines and de fended the various planks in their re spective platforms with much en- thuslasmandconsldershe oratorical ability in the several meetings hold in the vurioub towns of the riding they acquitted themselves remarkably well and wo believe aroused much in terest in hoys work in thlm county sme who heard their addresses nay they were as able and were really better delivered than those of the candidates in the general election on tho 1st inst o the sixth session of tho older boya parliament will be held in the parlia ment buildings toronto from de cember 27 th to sis l 0 there was goodnatured rivalry be tween the workers of both parties on election day tho number of votes polled in acton was 981 in georgetown 980 in milton 957 all tho cars available were busy bringing in both wet and dry electors from early morning until late at night fergus made a record dry vote ot n which tho town is justly rfroud sam carter received 500 votes more than the hon mr goldlc tho voto blood carter 787 goldle 287 nichol town ship also favored carter by 230 ma jority every township gave a niajorlty for pettit as follows bsqueslng 117 nelson 277 nassagaweya 203 and trafalgar 329 every town gave a majority tor hillmer acton 29 georgetown 70 miltoni burling ton 39b oakville 737 tho rumors that an abundance of liquor was ready to bo supplied to celebrate the election wednesday night was evidently unfoided there was no evidence whatever of any disturbance of liquor everything was quiet and orderly both day and night the rural polling places adjacent to acton dublin and knatchbull amply maintained their old time repu tation for polling dry votes when the great moral issue oftempcrance la at stake dublin gave 100 majority and knatchbull 126 last wednesday for the prohibition candidate tho condition of the roads on elec- b tlon day especially in tho sections of the county where the clay has not been overcome hod much to do with the result of election in the sec- tlon of ashgrove stewarttown and norval alone a careful estimate pf the votes unpolled was 120 nearly all of which would have been polled for mr pettit the tack roads were simply impassible a rather g od story is told of tbe experience oc a wet worker driving voters to the poll at dublin from beardmoro crescent three electors were drlyen down at ono time as each in turn was given the ballot it was ascertained that none of them could either read or write the oath was consequently administered and tho jhst voter asked how he intended to vote for pettit was the prompt reply and in a tone destructive of privacy for tho people outside the poll could not help but hear this wast the experience with each of the three supposedly wet voters needless to say the laugh was on the enthusiastic hillmer worker very even vote in acton pettit had majority in polling sub- division no 1 and hillmer in no 2 the ontario elections in acton showed that the two candidates were very evenly matched in the opinion of the electors here in the two poll- lng places of polling subdivision no 1 mr pettit scored a majority ot 38 while in no 2 mr hillmer secured a majority of 67 giving him the small majority or 29 in actonv the vote xsas polled as follows polling subdivision no 1 v hillmerpettlt town hall no 1 u 108 104 town hall no 2 93 13l majority for pettit 201 339 38 i l polling subdivision no 2 hillmer pettit customs house 140 118 hynds store b9 12 309 242 majority for hillmer 67 net majority foe hillmer 29 there was a good deal of excite ment hero during the polling of tho vote mr hlllniers friends were counting on a big majority the most sanguine workers looked for 200 of a plurality over mr pettit the con servative headquarters here counted on about 1 50 of a majority when the summing up of the ballots at the town- hall showed a majority of 38 for mr pettit they were nonpulsed and na turally downhearted but when tha figures for no 2 come in showing that mr hillmer had a majority of 61 there there chagrin was somewhat modified it was however rather hu miliating to have to report to head quarters at milton a surplus from aoton of only 29 however whan the reports of the vote throughout the county were re ceived over the radio ot about ten oclock showing mr hillmer elected with 350 of a majoityjul was serene again there were 88 more votes polled in acton in the election lost week than in the federal elections in september iast wednesday 991 ballots were cast on september 14th the voto was 913 v if r to halton county rate j 12321742 paid by ths nins munlci- psiuus to the county treasury ii li oh the basis of the now equalisa tion of ossessmdm by judge kmrot the county rates required from the various municipalities ihls year aro an fol lows acton 9 8817 60 burlington 19293 is georgetown f 11858 17 milton 10429 96 oakvtfle 24624 02 ksquoslng 35127 76 nastfagaweya ai 15245 60 nelson bl- 40036 80 trafalgar 66833 26 332174 82