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LUGAL onus. Wome The matter appearing in this column of the Citizen‘s Committee. A, From the Orillia Times. The most important local option con- test that Ontario has seen is now in full swing. One hundred and sixty-four municipalities will vote on January 3, 1910, for the closing of the bar and the banishing of the trach in intoxicating liquors as a legalized and protected business. The contest is interesting, not only in the increased number of places attacked, but also in the places, many of them being the strong- holds of the trailic, two cities and thirty- four towns being in the list. The boasted strength of the traffic in the tovms and cities has to some extent been recognized. . The toWns and cities were avoided and contests entered in the townships, which were most promis- ing. The liquor men claimcu the friend- ship of other branches of business on the ground that it fostered trade ;~but an increasing number of people new con- sider these only false pretences, and v have no hesitation in styling the liquor trallic an Ishmaelite, and treat it as such. Its hand is against everyone, and every hand should be against it. Every legitimate business sullers because of the money worse than wasted at the bar. Complaint has been made in many towns and villages by the busineSs men that the hotel-keeper sends his cash to the city for supplies, so that his trade is worth very little at home. For several reasons it is evident that the trade is losing its grip of the towns. The forces arrayed in opposition to the liquor traffic are greatly encouraged by the successful enforcement that is seen where local option is being worked. Mr. Ayhurst and his band of special de- tectives are doing ellective work, though the methods made use of are not approv- ed by all who want prohibition ; yet so long as the law breaker resorts to so many schemes to cheat the law and de- moralize those who have a weakness for liquor, they can only be met by counter schemes. The law must be enforced. The Scott Act was brought into disre- pute by persistent violation. 'l‘he ma- chinery was lax, and the people got dis- » couraged. But the machinery for en- forcement is much improved. instead of the order in council at Ottawa facilitat- ing the transportation of liquor into Scott Act counties, we have the law for- bidding it being taken into loml option muniCipalities for the purpose of sale. Instead of the railway and express com- panicsbeing able to defy the oflicers , while the liquor was in their possession, those officers can-now seize such liquor, and the burden of proof that it. was not for sale is now on the owner. This ques- tion-is largely decided by the quantity. Thefwholesale man is in danger of losing his goods and does not care to take the risk. The penalties have also been. doubled, so that violating local option as a business has become extremer scaly. Orillia is an example that the citizens may ,well be proud of. The oilicers of the law have done themsolvos credit by honestly endeavoring to en force the law. The intoxicated and profane man upon theistreet is very seldom seen, and all cases have been properly punished, busi- ness has been decidedly satisfactory, good progress having been made in all departments. The hotel accommodation hasfibeen good, and no complaint is heard except from those who would like to prolitjby the sale of liquor. A weighty responsibility rests upon the electors who have to say by thelr ballots, on January 3, if this respectable Let our statefiof things is to continue. motto be, “ What we have we hold.” I». MISS MYRTLE POWLES, of Powles' Corner, who won the $450 Heintzman piano in the Montreal Wit- noss subscription contest in District No. 6. W» The gyrsie; who travelled through this district last summer cost the coun- ty of Peterborough $167.24. ' .._.*~__. Newspapers inform us that it cost half amillion dollars to produce the new American tarifl’. Half a million dollars to perpetrate a humbug on the consumer, calculated to obstruct a foreign trade which great effort is put forth in other ways to cultivateâ€"bo- tween nations that have a minimum of an anomaly products to exchangeâ€"Ex. 9? is published under the direction jg , 1'53? WW WWW 3‘81"“ rVii-Nine Herald of Light ,_..â€"â€"â€"â€" To come in and examine our stock of Christmas grocerles as to quality and price. All the new and fresh fruit in stockâ€"Raisins,» Currants, Dates, Prunes, Apricots, Figs,» "Malaga Grapes, Layer Raisins, Mince Meat, Candied Peel, Oranges, Lemons, Cranberries, Almonds, Walnuts Filb- erts, Brazils, Peanuts, Shelled Nuts. Candyâ€"large assortment. EBBSDN & SN. 0 In Men’s Good Clothes 1]] Some men made money out of othcrfmen’a habits. g-Not necessarily bad habits but the cheer- ful, clinging customs which may be old-fashioned. (J The cable companies collect 25 cents award, .for messages to 'England, even though wireless telegraphy carries messages as accurately at hall the price. Cable stocks are high in prioéhand the owners rely upon the long-enduring of an established habit. ' l] Twenty years ago, not ten men in Canada believed that street cars could be successfully operatedby electricity. Two Ottawamen converted us into a five cent car-riding generation 7 6}] Eifteen years ago nobody believed that Semi- ready tailoring was a better system than retail tailoring. Interested men pooh-poohed the idea. As Agnes Lamb; said, “ Practical men scorn the dreamer. . . .. . .Who wrecks his life trying to prove his dream a reality. Yet. . . . . .the Poet of action whose poem has been his Life, the. Hunter who has chased the idea down the long trail. . . g.". .has been a. Herald of Light for all Humanity? '. (ii The Semi-ready ideals a practical reality. Yet many men can be pooh-poohed into paying $5 and $10 more and getting illâ€"made tailorâ€"made clothes. It has been their habit. Conservative men do not, all see the Herald of Light in the first years of lustrous beaming. The continuous ray oféiSemia ready success must ultimately canry conivictlion~ Each year adds to its brightness audits lightness; as the way of today 11 tailoring 306d tier- men. ’/ Nu. GEQ. L. MILNE â€" LI F W fluzflmxfim fin: WWI‘W In" 3... WWWW’WW :2 I where. . order. ior repairing bring. it here. w JOHN ' SLATER, ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES NEXT DOOR TO POST-OFFICE. 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We’re in better shape to do this now than at any time, and can meet every reasonable requirement at the least possible expense. Come in and look through _ the stock we have and the catalogue of things we can very quickly get. It pays to be particular what gun you buy and we’ve been particular in advance of your need. , ; .We get the best as a. matter of course. _ Hearâ€"d2; . . . ...Jos. House Maid Wanted. To go to Lindsay. General housework, . good home, no washing. Apply: Mus. Gno.uW. BEALL', Lindenhurst; Lindsay; INSTRUCTION. J. A. -MCKONE, Principal. Take Cue:- ‘ Of the old rigs. New ones cost money. We make a. specialty of re- pairing, repainting, etc. If you have anything! I that needs fixing up, bring it here. Or if , you need a new one, ' . we can build its-good ‘ I as the best. i. .c. CHAMBERS. Colborne Street, , Fenelon Falls. ‘, \J Stone & Wellingtor FON'l‘IgsIgg iggpnms. ' ' rouonro, ONTARIO. 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