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-w .. T. Srnwmr. . 3'9 x the. Capital £1,eoo,ceo. s l l l Reserve £359,909. (cuâ€""*"WW lllllllil Deposits of 81 and over Received. Interest: at 3 per cent. 3 ugâ€"wâ€"mâ€"‘eyq Farmers’ Eloise Discounted. H. A. HQBINSGE‘S, , Manager. OFFICE HOURS: 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. S tturdays, 9 to 12-30, and 4 to 6 p. m. n. "â€" m-____ __/‘~" Professional Cards. LEGAL. . ___...,..._â€"-._.â€"._.._ _____ Fifiâ€"A. ill CDIAHMI D. ARRISTER,SOLICITOR,&c.,LINDSAY and Fenelon Fells. Lindsay olfice, 'Milne’s block, near post-office. Fenelon Falls office, over J. C. McKeggie & Co.’s Bunk. The Fcnelon Fulls office will be open every Wednesday afternoon from ar- rival of train from Lindsay. W Money to loan on real estate at'lowest current I ates. _________________.__.â€"__-â€"â€"â€"â€"a M OLA UG ll Ll N & P EE l1. ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &0. Money to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. Office, Kent street, opposite Market, Lindsay. R. J. llollnuotmn. G. ll. HOPKINS. ARRISTER, 5w. SOLICITOR FOR the Ontario Bonk. Money to lonn at owest rates on terms to suit the borrower. Offices: No.6, Willimn Street South, Lind- ny, Ont. J. A. PEEL srnwsnr s O’CONNOR, )ARl‘tISTERS, NOTARIES, &c. MONEY I to loan at lowest current rules. Terms to suit borrcWers. . Office on corner of Kent and York streets, Lindsay. L. V. O’CONNOR, B. A ________________..___._._.â€"_â€"â€"~ MOORE & JACKSON, ARRIS’I‘ERS, sonrorrons, &c. or; lice, Willisz street, Lindsay. F. D. Moons. A. JACKSON MEDICAL. ______â€"â€"â€" ____-â€"â€" DR. H. H. GRAHAM; -u.n.,c.1u., 11.11. 0 5. Eng., M. c. r. &8., ONT., r. 'r. M. s.â€" HYSICIAN, SURGEON &‘ ACCOUCH- P cur. Oflice. Frnncis Street, Feuelon Fells. ________________..___..â€"â€"â€" DR. A. WILSON. -â€"M. 3., M. c. r. s 3., Ontario,â€" HYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUOH- our. Office, Colbornc Street, Fenelon Falls. P_____â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"'._.__‘_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-: DENTAL. Dr. S. d. SIMS, DENTIST, Fennel on Falls. Graduate of Toronto University and Royal College of Dental Surgeons. ALL BRANCHES 0F DENTISTRY performed according to the latest improved methods at moderate prices. OFFICE :â€"-Over Burgoyne's store, 001- orue street _____________________.._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- Q...“ -. Dr. NEELllllDS, DENTIST, LINDSAY, Extracts teeth without pain by gas (vital- ined air) administered by him for 27 years. He studied the gas under Dr.‘Colton, of New York, the originator of gas for extract- ing teeth. Dr. Colton writes Dr. Neelands but he hats given the gas to 186,417 per- ons without on accident from the gas. Other pain obtunders used. A good set of teeth inserted for film. 13E? Dr. Neelnzols visits Fenelon Falls (McA‘rthur House) the third Tuesday ofevery month. Coll curly ; ud secure on appointment ASundet-lnud lady writes Dr. Neelands that he lmd mnde her a successful fit after having eight sets of teeth made in Toronto and elsewhere. melon dolls , FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH, 1903. our new spring stock of Boots and . Shoes come. We want you to see it. It explains its good points far bet- ter than we could do. You will notice first of all that it is partiCularly large. We wanted it that way so that every demand of our customers could be met. We have the product; of the largest and best shoe manufacturers'in Catn- ada, and When you buy a. pair of Em- press or Slater Shoes you have the satisfaction of knowing that the price you pay for them in Fenelon Falls is just the same as you would pay for them in Toronto or any city or town in Canada. We invite you to call. l. l. You can get the “ G. R. Go.” Rubbers at . W. L. Robson’s. Who ’95 Your Teller 59 It you ask any pagticulsrly. well~dressed man in Fenelon Falls or surrounding district, “Who makes your clothes?” invariably he . Will tell you c , TO W N I.aEl'Y"..5 .- Be one of the number, and call and see What he is doing for the Fall and Winter. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN t till? Engagement Rings Wedding Rings, ‘ 3- Diamond Rugs. ‘ WRITE es. it. sent, Lindsay, For particulars. You will save 'money. You can rely on what you get. ‘ The Pulpit and the Social Problem. The attitude ol' nmuy professed fol- lowers of' Christ in regard to the social problem that touches the every day life of' the common people is truly appalling. lu thousands of churches all over this land, Sunday after Sunday. the pulpit goes on droning out platitudes to self- satisficd and drowsy congregations, only turning aside occasionally from the beat on path to take a fling at the sic-culled disturbcrs of the peace, the " troublers of' Israel ” who have the cfl‘rontery to demand anything different from the present, while all the time the very stones without seem to cry aloud for the gospel of social justice and brother- hood proclaimed by the Nazarene. At a noted reform gathering in New York City, some time ago. Dr. I. K. Funk, of the well-known publishing house of' Funk & .Wnsualls, acting as chairman, made the following remarks: " May we expect, in the battle now on, the assistance of the clergy and the churches ? No; with some noble excep- tions. No! Christianity with its every heart-throb is on our side; Churchiani- ty is against us. Christianity walks by faith, cares Only for principle. Church- ianity is obsrquious, crawls in the dust. is always politic. cares for bread and butter. servos eternally the powers that. be. Said Wendell Phillips, ‘ The aver- age preacher averages lower in courage than the average coward among other men.’ Too severe and sweeping? Yes. But history with its iron pen has writ- tcn,-nc»cr to be cfi'aced, the awful ver- dict thnt there were to be found no- where in the North more obscquious apologists for the buying and selling of Negroes than in the vast majority of' the pulpits of' the North.” ' it. is difficult to escape the force of this strong arraignment ol' the pulpit, or to avoid its direct application at the present moment. The majority of the pulpits of this country are. apparently, as completely under the paralyzing in- fluence of' capitalism as the most SGl'VllO political agent of' Morgan or Rockefeller. Add here we have the most pitiful as poor of mammonism and the most dead- ly peril which threatens our national lti, the peril against which Lincoln raised his warning voice. The cold, cunning, heartless serpent ol' the money power has wormed its Wily and injected its poison into our social, commercial and political life, corrupting the springs of education and legislation until now it would eliminate all moral considerations from the church of God itself'and throt- tle the national conscience. “ Religion,” it is said. (in a way that means, ‘You ’d better believe it’) “has nothing to do with social and political questions. They must be dealt with and settled according to the iron law of' wu- submlt, to be content wish their lot and with such things as the ‘ Christin] men to whom God has enlru~tod the property interests of the country" Sec. lit to let them huvc,nnd to be thankful l‘or ‘prrtsi perity ’ and soaring prices ” And the preachers, For the most put". have been doing their best to Follow this advice. 'l'o disregard it would be to lose their livings, and to destroy what little opportunity is left them to do EOOdI The pulpit has dev-atod atten- tion. to “ religious” discussion, \t'lllui leuvmg out the very heart ol‘ religion. The churches have been substitutin the most miserable subterl'uges of' “ set- vtces.” and “charity” for the divine requirement of justice and righteous- ness until the climax of Capitalism scout-5 to have been reached. and is well ex- pressed ‘iu the words of‘ scripture: “ ."t wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely", and the priests henr rule by their means; and my. people love to have ll. so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? " We would not, however, dcal.unf‘nir~ ly with either pulpit or pew. We be- lieve that a. great number of Christian mintsters and people are in full sympu: thy with the struggle of' the masses For social betterment. Many of the capital: ists are likewise convinced of the justice of the demands of the toilcrs. We be. lieve there are thousands of' people'To the churches who are at heart Socialists ol' the most class-conscious type. But they are slaves of the present system, and are unwilling to make the Sacrifice which an avowal of their-faith would at the present time involve. We do not excuse their weakness and cowardice; but we hope for a. great revival of the. spirit of' Christian Heroism, and we are glad to put it down to the crcditof the churches that the number of' ministers who are speaking out plainly in behalf of human rights is increasinglrom week to week. The preachers are : finding their voices, the churches are standing by them, and the light of a New Day is breaking on the horizon. Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men; Aid it, paper; old it, typo; Aid it, for the hour is ripe. â€"â€"-â€"The Vanguard. .9.- Senator Palmer’s Socialism. , Though she hushed more than a week to think the matter over, Detroit has not fully recovered from the shock of discovering rx-Scnutor Thomas W. Palmer's strong tendency toward Social- ism, and his conviction that it. is to tria umph in this country, and to prove it remedy for many of the ills of humani- ty and a damage to no one. The mt- prise of it arises from tho l'nct that Mr. Palmer's origin, experience. association and environment have not been these which are popularly recognised as f'uvo- rable to the acceptance and (luv-.lnpmntlt of” such theories of government. A man of' inherited and acquired Wealth, 01" high distincriou in public lil'c; u practi» cal business man; never conspicuous as u‘theorist or given to reforming a mold which he finds pleasant and satisfactory as it is; distinctly of the cosy-going temperament, he is almost- the last- man on whom such sentiments might be ex- pccted to take hold. That they have done so is a notable sign of the times. Mon not more than 30 years old can readily recall the illlltl when, if a person of his type and publ- tion had come to hold such view, he would have been most reluctant to ex- press them, for Fear of' popular censure and a. certain sort oF’ostracism. 'l‘lw best he could have expected would lot-.c been to be considered a Certain kind ox" “ crank ”; the worst, to here his sanity questioned. But Socialism is becoming respectable. In circles whore, lco r: fifteen years ago, it was considered it. criminal doctrine. or charitnblv describâ€" ed as the harmless veporings ol' the dis- contented clements, it is now nble to command respectful consideration and to find occa‘sionnl frank convertsâ€"#27!- gns or the cruel strif'e of-competition.\. trait News-Tribune. Christian sentiment will not be allowed to interfere with modern business meth- ods. A Christian mun has a perfect right to exploit his brethren if he can do sdiwithin the law; and if he cannot do so within the law, he has a pcrl’ect right to see that the low is framed nu that he can do so. The preachers had better leave the ethics at buying and sellin'r mining and nmuul’acturing, vot- at log and lcgislnting, l0 ‘ practical ’ men. His prices are right, COllSiStellt VVillh first-Class “While they themselves stick to the ‘ gos- style and workmanship. He makes no. other. pel._’ Their business is to teach the people Christian resignatiOn, to tell them in the name of Christ to tomely cooâ€"â€" Count Tolstoy says that the rich whl do anything for the poor but get all their backs. Socialism will do anything 3'- r the rich but let them stay on the butva of their follows. Read up on Soci;xi£.â€"m. Rob a chicken roost and you an» :t thief’l Wreck a bank and you Hl't‘ :ll embezzlcr. Ruin your Competitor :1. xi you are a “financier.” Plunder the pot. lie and you are n magnate. l’lclurn w. drihlet of your stealings and you are t philanthropist. Socialism will tlt.‘.~:ll'<N this incentive. ‘ ....- N .... "l'u‘ .‘â€" < 33'} ‘Fysigluiiagng r- ;:.-..«.,‘g Ministicgféé§éflgbyifi V . tun gt fgflisg :_ _ y. a . J. I; :1“; j' 'I R_,-.,,_,»\_,... A V ‘..-.~ -“ v. .._._ ‘