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Watch your label; it tells whea your subscription expires $1.50 per year in advance. 6 cents 18 single copy. EDITORIAL "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam: His first, best country ever is at home." WE-ARE AT WAR. The die is cast. many. Government of that country ever of bullying and persecution has had already done that inthe mos - they had voluntarily enlisted for That is the spirit of our people; and as the war progresses, and horror is piled upon horror, that spirit will deepen, and we shall prepare ourselves * "for the. necessary sacrifices that will be required of us if we are to retain the happy freedom that has been ours. these many years, Canada is at war with Ger- Canadians have been at war with-the ment, sorrow, and suffering to thousands. There needed to bé no declaration of war to express our feelings as a people. Thousands of young men j or boy in a way so that the girl or boy comes home, and is unable longer to affiliate with the since their policy brought amaze- children. t practical way-- military service, rest of the household, is a tragedy. tion would lift the whole family. farmer -who last year attended four Chatauquas, spending a week at each, with his wife and six' They have mutual thémes and are growing up together." University Extension Courses now take the. place of the Chautauqua in some measure, certain that our adult population needs something of the kind if they are going to remain an intelli-. gent people, able to deal successfully with con- stantly changing conditions. the coming years will require knowledge and in- telligence even greater than were required in True educa I know one It is The problems of former years. . The greatest danger that, will confront our peo- - ple will be the temptation to profit by the misery . >04 =~ 2 of the world. Potentially this' country is im- . THE DANGER OF TOO MUCH mensely wealthy. Fields and 'mines and forests have thé raw material out of which the world's The trouble with a great many people to- day needs may be supplied. All we have to do is to is that their "eyes ave bigger than their stomach". - develop those resources, To do so fairly, without They want to go places, see things, gnd experience undue. profit, will be a severe test of character. -thrills. The result is that they accomplish little "All of us did not always resist the profiteering Jor nothing. It is no use trying to conduct a three- temptation during the war of 1914- 1918. Only a ring 'mental circus, Nature has not made suf- full understanding of the seriousness of the ficient provision to enable any of us to under- British position will prevent us from doing the stand a blaring radio, a good book, and an anj- same thing again. Brifain cannot afford to waste mated conversation among six people, - resources, hor can she afford to pay too dearly The fact is .that thé world is offering us too for them, = much. We carat absorb it all. We must make We shall be a foolish people if we underrate our our choice, We must realize our limitations. The enemy. This is a war not-of men and of prin-! problem that confronts nll of us is ta make the ciples only; but it is at present a war of machines, choice that will hest develop our own personalities. of gases and high explosives. It is a war to de- It is not a sign of stupidity if one daes nop . termine who shall be world masters. ] follow nll the sports, and hecome familiar. with . Thie stakes are the highest humanity has ever' the leading athletes. Athletics have their place; . geen. The war equipment is the most stupendous but they do not need to be a necessary part of all that has ever been gathered together. Dictator- our lives. The same' is true of the movies, the ~ ship has convinced itself that unlimited power is. funnies, and the dance. All these have a legiti- 'within its 'grasp. That dream is not going to be mate place in the life of the country, The danger easily abandoned. to be -avoided is that these shall absorb.all ou¥ Our. people are accepting the facts of war as thought, so that 'good books, proper study, and loyal British citizens should. If the sad time productive thinking become well-nigh impossible. comes that iption is y (if 'ever that This community has produced a number of men times does come) then even Quebec will be able and women with first-class 'minds who are doing . to see their duty. Happily that day seems far worth-while things in the warld of to-day, They distant because the. voluntary response has: baen © ~ ade their choice, They set their minds to study s0 greAtigr .'and -to- develop their special skills, They ave re-. If consaription ever does come, "it 'should be warded, and the world has been rewarded, toa. - z complete. ~All citizens--rich or poor, pld or young That 'three-fold division~of the flay Into--work, should be required to serve as they are able. recreation, and sleep, is wiségnd profitable, The munition worker and the manufacturer, or ~ Electricity has upset that happy triangle, and our any other "stay-at-homes" should not be allowed hours of pleasure and excitement hecome toa to grow rich, while the soldier in the- trenches great to allow good work to be done by us, risks life .and endures misery with no hops of One of the most fortunate things that can como riches, Rie into any persan's life 1a the ability to choose. one's : 1 i om life work.] Once. the choice is made and;the mind Fo > od : is set with determination to accomplish its pur- : pose, the battle of life is half won. eis : THEOL) THATAURUA The choice itself acts as a magnet to draw to ' A few years ago "Chatauqua" was an educative ourselves the thoughts and materials alt of which force of the right kind. Thevfallowing pars- 'we can build our success ig carrying forward that graph, written by Elbert Hubbard, aptly describes choice. Friends bring us baoks, tell us of appor- the plan: tunities tp further our knowledge, and introduce f. © "Our growing desire for knowledge has shawn us to people wha are engaged in the type of ork "ug the injustice of educating one or twa nents have decided to da, - of a family, and letting the rest grow up wi +, The person wha has na purpose In life is like a pA _ minds thokal by parsley and pigweed, Not only. ship without a rudder, None of us can enjoy the 'Injustice but the silliness and vacuity of it, everything. The sooner we choose, and set our- ave apparent. The fact is hal educating one girl selves to life's task the better for everybody, i : A patriotic erga aklons will he al-' (A) Sales tax No chang e made In New War Taxes lowed asa deduction from Income for the rate, 2 * at income tax purposes up to 60 per cent, (B) The following Home are re- Rg hr A a tax onlof the net taxable income of the tax-| moved from the eine of exemp- excess profits of all businesses payer. tions from sales ; whether incorporated or not. Busi- ness firms may elect to be taxed 'under either one or two plans. - Under, the . first alfernative;- profits in excess of « | "a i 8 J] 4 | sl Dope ) : \ Se | { x | . | "9 i |) iE FT b per. cent of capital are to be taxed at graduated rates as. follows: On profits in excess of 6 per cent. but not exceeding 10 per tent of cap- ital--10 per cent; on profits in excess of 10 pet cent but not exceeding 16 per cent of capital--20 per cent; on profits in excess of 16 per cent. but not exceeding 20 per cent. of capital 30 per cent. on profits in excess of 20 per cent. but not exceeding 26 per, cent of capital--40 per cent; on profits in excess of 26 per cent of capital --60 per cenf, Under the second option, the tax: _ payer would pay tax at the rate of 60 per cent on all profits for the last four years, Hs Taxes levied finder this new meas- ure pre jn addition to taxes payable under the Income War Tax Act. 2. Income Tax, (a) Income tax.ap] plying to indi: viduals is increased through provision for a war surtax of 20 per cen. of the total tax otherwise payable, (b) Corporation income tax rate in- erensed from 16 per cent to 18.-per|Mm cent and In the case of consolidated re- turns from 17 per cent to 20 per cent. (¢) Voluntary donations to approva § . Changes in income tax relating 'to individuals are applicable to-the-in- come of 1939 and fiscal period ending therein, while the incrgase in the cor- poration income tax applies, to the, in- come earned in 1940 and to fiscal per- jods therein ending after March 31. 3. - Excise Act: ! (A) Rate of duty on domestic spirits is increased from $4 to $7 per proof gallan, and on imported spists from $5 to $8 per proof gallon, : (B) Canadian brandy -- Rate in- creased from $3 to $6 per proof gal- lon with a corresponding $3 increase on all brandy imported. (C) Beer -- 'Tax ah malt inereased from six cents to 10 cents per pound, Malt syrup for hrewing beer--rate increased from 10 cents to 15 cents per pound with corresponding Increase in import rate, Beer brewed from substafires other than malt--rate increased from 22, | to 30c, per gallon, All beer imported--rates increased by nine cents per gallon, (D) Clgarettes--Domestic rate in- trease $4 per 1,000 to $5 per 1000 with $1 added to the rate on imports, (E) Manufactured tobacco' -- Da. mestic rate increased from 20 cents to 26 cents per pound. with five cents per pound {ncrease on Imported rates. 4. Special War Revenue Act: vw 4 Salted or smoked at canned fish, electricity and giigused for domestic purposes. (C) Wines--The rate of tax on all wines except sparkling wines is in- creased from 7% cents to 16 cents per gallon, and on cha pagne and spark- ling wines the present rate of 76 cents is increased to $1.60 per gallon, Equal increases are'being made in the Yates applying™o wines imported, (D) Soft drinks--a new cxeise tax is levied on carbonic acid gas and similar preparations used for aerating non-alcoholic béverages, at the rate of 2 eents per pound, b. Tea: Cffstoms tariff rates on all tea imported will be increased as follows . Involcgd at less than 35 cents per pound---5 cents per pound. Invaleed at 36 cents per pound or more, but less than 45 cents per Ib, -- 7% cents per pound, Invoiced at 46 cents or more per pound--10 cents per pound; 6. Coffee: An increase of 10 cents pér pound on imports under all tarifts. -Changes under the. Excise Act, the Special. War Revenue Act and the customs (tariff are effective Sept. 12, except in thé case of the. increase in excise and customs duties on spirits including brandy, which.are to be ef- fective-as of Sept 3, 1939, 'hoarse maan, y 1 DEATH OF burgh International Club. resident in Elinburgh". -well attended. an tionulities i recented th \ Australia, China, "Do they call Austria?" rr Et tion was disconcerting. over the room. 4 "stopped him--*"Where is ones felt the full tragedy is Austria? nation that made Vienna a good place to live in, no 6 Austria," Bev erley N. Smallman Last evening 1 went to a meeting of the Edin- is, "To promote friendly relations and social inter- course between members of various nationalities "There, are' usually some thirty Usfrepsity) ag it is customary in the course of cyening ta call the roll hy nationalities. srtiveys proud to stand when Canada is called. it last night there was a change, incident, a moment of tenseness, unimportant in "itself, left some of us a little closer to the throb- . bing pulse of the homeless humanity, The roll was called--Sweden, Germany, Iceland, lady who wal" visiting the club for the first time. . | She ig an Austrian refugee, She whispered to me, ing so from previous meetings. on, was finished--and-Austria had not been called. The secretary was proceeding rather hurriedly hen a woman's voice cut in--*"What of Austria?" he suddenness and appropriatness of the ques- ' The secretary paused, then bolted ~on_with what he was saying. ? Not the land nor the riches of the land that is now Germany's, hut the spivit of a man and he was sorry ta say what he must say. He cut it short as far as words gO. are many: Austrians here to- night --But I must atlhere to Thy hilitory and geography. A NATION Tht object of this Club The meetings are always (mostly students at the We A little' 1 , | was sitting beside a know- The roll-call went I told her, "yes", A wave of whisper went Again the voice: Austria?" 1 think eveyy- of the question. Where a gay ¢ity of music and The secretary is a kind "I know there There is THESE ARE THE HEADINGS As the war continues, we shall daily see headings like these-- Canadian House Vites $100,000,000 for' War Operations, ~~ British' Troops iol A All Fronts, afer; 'Poles Resist on Larger Formations. Thrown into Line by French in the West. But as Conmyentator Kennedy points out, these and similar items of news give imperfect pictures of Necessarily strict censqrship- E actual war conditions. must be maintained. There is no value in giving news "to the enemy of either victories or losses. * AIR-RAID PRELUDE _ Beverley N. Smallm I know what it is like to be in an air-rald, I know what one thinks, what one feels and what one does--up to the time the bombs begin to drop. After months of speculation on the dreaded possibility -1 have experienced in stark reality the prelude to an air- raid. Yes, I was there, Charley! It happened on a morning! when, re- covering from the horrors of the dentist's chair, I decided to spend a quiet morning in bed. My wife had left the house some time before and after a restless night I. was deep in sleép--a numbing, dreamless sleep, You haev never heard: an alr-rald siren, nor lived under the shadow of its necessily so you cannat appreciate the effect, The sound carries the im- plication of it's warning. It sings a death-gong--serpentine undulations. of horrid sound that begins with a low, rises to. a terrifying shrick and sinks again to a moan. (The effect is electric.) Into the deep cave of my sleep then, came this dreadful sound. My body jerked into wakefulness, my mind far behind. Shocking sound and emotion left no room for slow reason. . Air raid! my denses yelled. Air\rald my mind accepted. In the distance I could hear the wail and moan of other sirens, Over head, the deep throb of a plane. Enemy bomber or defending pursuit plane! - I- jumped out of bed, Keep away from windows! Keep out of the streets! I began to dress. Gas. mask! I thought of ours deep in a trunk somewhere, "Souvenirs" we called them. Oh, well, everyone says they are no good anyway. A sort of detachment began to oc- cupy me. This" was itl This was what we had all talked about, pre- tending secretly that it wouldn't hap- pen to us. It seemed to me now that we had always known it would hdppen. It was inevitable--bey6iid my respons- ibility --and this brought a sort of calm fatalism. A great religious faith would function in much the same way. "But at the centre of this flat fatal- ism a painful thought surged and' re: belled. My wifé--would she go to the appointed shelter or try to come honte through the streets. Telephones, transportation; 'services, would all he stopped. Do something! My trouders! If a man must be at mercy of bar- barians let him 'at least appear as a gentleman--with his pants on! Where are my trousers? Why must people be always going around hanging up &llclothes where they can't be found? Irritating! - Vastly irritating! ~~ Trri- tating out of all proportion. Trans- ference of the emotional objective 1 The sirens wail on. © More planes} overhead. No shouting or disturbance in the street." There wouldn't be! These people are so passive; so used to accepting without question thay if they were told to stand in the street and catch bombs in a bidnket: they would|* not hestitate, .- 'Dressed at last. Down the stairs. The lady of the house is probably in the air-raid shelter at the back. . No! At the foot of the stairs looking at me in: surprise. "Why Mr. Smallman, I thought you were in bed. = Did the sirens waken' you? There was a notice of this drill in the paper last night. I thought you'd seen it!" Its reaction, not action, that kills. I'm still in bed! ' | 13 Picture Postcard "|from Germany To Mr. and Mrs, Cutts, Port Pergy, Ontario, Leibnitz, Germany How do you like 'this vineyard? Gaby wine 'made here. We are now "Jin extreme south of Germany after [two months in Berlin, My- husband has a job he likes very much in Agri- cultural Ministration. This is the province we came from, only the south end. Not many mountains. Climate like Niagara. With love to all, . ) L. V. Ritschl. GP ONTARIO COUNTY BOYS MAKE GOOD SHOWING AT CN.E. Eleven boys from Ontario County Calf Club competed with their calves at the C.N.E. in the Inter-County Calf Club Competitions, In Holsteins, Dauglas Hart of Ux- bridge, stood first in a very large class of calves. Gordon Beare,, Uxbridge, was 8th in the same class. In the class for the group, the three Holstein calves from Ontario County stood third, : In the class for Shorthorn Calves four calves from this County were shown. Walter Beath of Oshawa was first." Donald Christie of Manchester, was second, Ivan Rennie, Blackwater, 3rd and John Millman, Uxbridge was 6th. There were 16 entries in ths class. The calves shown by Walter Beuth, Donald Christie and Ivan Ren- nie, comprised a group of 3 Shorthorn calves which won first place. The class for boys showing-the most ability in the showing of a Shorthorncalf was wan by Donald Beath, with:Ivan Ren- nie second, ' The group of three Jersey Calves shown by Wm, Hamer, Myrtle Station, George Boake and Homer Boake, of Whitby stood 3rd. tO -------- ------ MARRIED -Martyn-Parker A pretty wedding was -solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mus. Clarence Croxall, Uxbridge, when Jean Ander- son Parker was, united in marriage' to J William Earl Martyn, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Martyn, Prince Albert, Ont. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. J. Denny, on the lawn under an arch of evergreens. The bride, given in marriage by Mr. Crox- an, was becomingly .gowned in white taffeta made _in bauffant style, with wrist length veil caught to the head by a coronet of lily of the valley, and carried a bouquet of "Ophelia roses, lily of the valley and fern. The bride of 'Burlington, gowned in aqua marine blue net over. taffeta with matching accessories and carried talisman roses. The groom was attended by his brother, Mr. Allan Martyn. The wed- ding music was played by the groom's sister Mrs. B..Wanamaker, Toronto, avhite : Miss Norine Croxall saws ") Love You Truly" before the ceremony, and during the signing of the register "All Mine Alone." Receiving were Mrs, Croxall. gowned in Dahlia velvet, wearing a corsage of talisman roses. The groom's mother wore navy crepe dress with corsage of American Beauty roses. After a dainty buffet supper served to about seventy guests, the happy couple left amid showers of conf¥tti on a trip to the Thousand Islands and points east. "For- going away the bride wore a comet blue dress with navy coat and accessories. On their réturn, they will reside in Prince Albert, = RR dg com " BLACKSTOCK "Recent visitors were: Mrs. Hery of California. with her' Song and his wife, Mr. wd Mrs. . Willan. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ritches and family of Peterboro with Mrs, Ritches' sisted and her husband, Mr and Mrs. R. Hooper. Mis Emma Rutledge and Mr. Wal- lece Holmes of Oshawa with Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Forder. Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Lamb, and 'family of Lindsay, 'Mr. and Mrs. H. Lamb and Carol of Lindsay, Wrs. F. Lamb of Manchester with Mr. and Mrs. T. Smith, Mr. and Mrs, Harry VanCamp and supose -- but still d -- ned irritating! Ah, hung up in the wardreba of all} places! was attended by Mrs, Clarkson Playter}. Editor and Publisher. SAMUEL FARMER, Glen with Mr. and Mrs, Harry Suggitt of Janetville.. Mr. and Mrs. Avthive Wiliamson of Omemee with Mrs. Jas, Marlow. My. and Mrs. Russell Willan, To- ronto with her mother Mrs. Wm. Steele. . Mr.-and Mys. Richard Bulmer and family of Fenelon. Falls with Mr, and- Mrs. Mervin Graham, Mr. and Mrs, A, Larmer and family, Mi and Mus. J. Larmer with relatives in Milbrook. Mrs. Florence Thompson and Ann with "Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dixon in Toronto. : A number from here joined with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Nesbitt of Nestleton in the celebration of their Diamond Wedding Aniversary Saturday, September 2nd. We are pleased to Know that Mr. Frank Stinson is progressing favor- ably after his recent heart attack. The - regular meeting- of the W.A. of the United Church was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Gunn with an attendance of 26. The devotional period was taken by Mrs. Cecil Hill. The. program consisted of the follow- ing humbers: A reading by Miss H. Mountjoy, "Try Everything Once"; a vocal duet by Mrs. Saddler and Vivian, and a very interesting account of her experiences in connection with' Young Peoples' catiow-by 'Miss Susie VanCamp. At the on close refreshments were served by the group in charge. i The _Scptember meeting of the Victorian Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Tennyson Samells with an attendance of 30 members and visitors. The guest speaker for the afternoon was Mr. Harold Macklin of Tyrone. who. gave a splendid ad- dress on "Economics Start at Home". Other itmes were readings by Miss Grace Mountjoy and -Mrs. Wilbur, Archer and an' instrumental by Mrs. M. Mount joy. Hon. Arthur Meighen Speaks "If we do not win this war on the banks of the Rhine,-we are going to have to fight it on the banks of the St.-Lawrence." : The Prime Minister, he continued was no longer a leader of a political party. He was a leader and guardian of the nation. "The Prime Minister", said Mr. Meighen, "says there is no family, no honte and no individual in Canada whose fortunes and whose freedom are not bound up in the present struggle. then pour own minds will tell you the truth that flows therefrom, your tell you 'what rational beings must do in order the struggle may. eventuate the only way that will minds will mean life to the people of Canada. "The I'rime Minister has said that we stand for, effective co- operation by 'Britain's side. Let. us remember that decision and let us stand certain that those words are translated into deeds take our as ones people to make with no, possibly avoidable delay and that no guilt falls on Canada in re- spect of our duty in this struggle." GP WINTER FAIR AND CAR SHOW CANCELLED Cancellation of both the Royal Winter Fair and the Automobile show was announced today by Mayor Day after militaty authorities had an- nounced they buildings in 'the C.N.E. grounds as soon as they are made ready for hous- ing of troops during the winter. "The American Hospital Associa- tion convention, arranged for inthe Automotive building for Sept. 26- 29 will be held, "" his Worship. stated. "The Coliseum will be used almost im- mediately, and the Automotive build- ing will be made ready after the American Hospital Association meets. During occupancy of the Exhibition tinued to be used by the publi¢. This roadway to the west, will be fénced off from the grounds, which will-be under military confrol and guard. [3 would take over 'all. "Learn these words," he urged, "and Sports during her va- grounds by 'the military, Mayor Day . said the Lake Shore drive.will be con.' EA is -- ed -- <pchn re poe ETN SA AI NTI I A ry ee + Se Lk = - N fi 2 i cr