2 Thrift Versus Spendthrift Earning twenty dollars a week and banking bw; you are better able to rise aboye emergencies than the _ man making a hundred and saving nothing. A sav- ings account is a backing that gives you confidence ‘and power. Efficient and courteous service is se you at any branch of this Bank. IMPERIAL | BANK M. R.; HAY, LIST OWEL EL BRANCH, ia ene The Listowel Banner * PubHshed every Thursday after- noon by The Banner Publishing Co. C. V. Blatchford President and General Manager The Banner has a large and grow- ing circulation throughout North Perth and portions pf the County of Wellington. No advertising can effectively reach the public in the thriving district of which Listowel is the c¢ntre, without appearing in The Banger. OTICE TO AD TISERS All advertisements must be in office fot later than ten o'clock Tuesday morning to insure insertion in the fol- lowing issue. Telephones: Office 61, Residence 6. Our Commercial well equipped for tu work. ; Department is ng.out the best e Thusday, Sept. 1st., 1921. ASKING TOO MUCH OF ALMIGHTY Printers of the Toronto branch of the International Typoghaphical Un- ion, who have been on strike nearly three months for the forty-four hour week and dollar an hour pay, on Tuesday offered up prayers .in Labor Temple for the success of their the: 1 FRIM OTHER PAPERS ~_ ele ONE WAY TO GET EVEN. armers’ Sun.) Dr. Forbes eisai P.P., is very much peeved at the-H Ww an- = The Attorney General should pub- lish the number of liquor prescrip- tions the doctor issues and thus give him something worthwhile to be peeved about. RETURN OF MODESTY. (Minneapolis News.) Spéed the day! Modesty is once more in fashion. The pendulum has swung as far to the radical extreme as it could very well_go, and now it is swinging back to the good old-fash- joned, wholesome things. The world . surfeited with the bizarre and in sheer disgust is reacting to sager pleasures. For months movie direc- tors have been announcing that the “vamp,” with all her poster effects, was passing. The death knell of jazz has been rung, and dress has begun to show an inclination to ,go away back to the models made immortal by Godley’s Lady’s Book. Next to the accomplishment of world peace and the reduction of taxes, this is as hope- fula sign of a return to normal as we gould have. fight, according to the Toronto Globe, which adds: “The suggestion was made by a member that by prayer the union might obtain the results which it has so far failed to secure, and follow- ing the meeting in the assembly hall | LIQUOR IN MOTOR CARS | (Toronto Globe.) | Liquor im motor cars is more dan- gerous than dynamite. How long | Would the management of a railway tolerate the taking of a bottle of } Dade ssi into the cab of his engine by a number of the strikers pr to one of the smaller rooms in building for a prayer meeting. “It was the first time a trades un- ion turned to prayer in its fight with employers, and it is doubtful if such the! a scene was ever witnessed in the La-| bor Temple." And it is doubtful, The Banner thinks, swer the prayer of the printers in a, manner to their liking, for their de- mands appear so untimely and ex- treme, that even the Almighty, we think, will feel that they are asking too much. The labor situaggon today is a bit) critical. Thousan of men are un- yoluntarily out of employment; many of them, unfortunately, chaps who workéd in France at $1.10 a day at the risk of their lives. would be glad to have work at any reasonable figure, but not so with the) job printers, whose slogan in the face of an industrial depression that re- flects itself in the printing trade, is “‘more pay and less work.” The man who throws down his tools in these critical times and re-| fuses to work unless he gets $44 for a 44-hour week, isn’t much sympathy. IN HIGH COURSES The changes that have been made in ‘the high school courses of study as a result of the attention given the matter by the special committee on High School education, were announ- ced by Hon. R. H. Grant recently and are being communicated to schoo! ‘boards, principals and others affected. The changes are so important as to effect a revolution in high school ed- ucation and té give the high school and continuation schools an entirely new status in the educational system of the province. Briefly the aim of the department has been to provide a_ five-year course of training ‘that will be an end in itself, instead of a step to univer- sity or normal school work. Hitherto the training given tm schools has had either or both of these as an ob- jective and the student who wished to round off his education by a high school course was obliged to take all the subjects required for crepe or normal school matriculati n. Un- der the new system, matricuvation is still provided for, but by the .adop- tion of the optional system, applted to all but a few subjects, the student can take the instruction he wants. A feature of the plan is that the option lies with school boards to de- cide which of the optional courses CHANGES will be provided, and this will permit ‘ oy boards bs, arrange the courses in way to meet ue peationtar needs - the noe dis Such a radical a necessarily pacers a radical change in the ex- Taination system, and hereafter the student will be permitted to write on} an examination in one or more sub- jects at the end of the year when He completes that subject. On obtaining 60 per cent. of the marks assigned to that paper the student will be given a certificate of standing. It will not be necessary to get an aggregate per- centage as in the past. The values of the changes is that the student will not have to carry on in all the sub- jects in order to be ready for the fin- al examinations. High school grad- uation diplomas will be granted, to pupils who have passed. an exaniih- ation on twelve papers on the sub- jects of the Lower and Middle school courses, of which at least six papers must be on the Middle school work. Bairyme rymen's Exchange — The regular meeting of the Lis- towel Blots nial pais ge will be if the Lord will an-) Most of these | deserving of . SCHOOL, engineer? There would be no opportunity for a second of- | tense. Men of otherwise good repute are apparently disposed to disregar the law that frbids the carrying or keeping of liquor in motor cars. Fines for the breach of this law are fre- quently imposed, yet they seem tr have little effect in making an end | of the practise. “| In several motor accidents recent- | ly of a serious nature the persons re- sponsible have been arrested on a | charge of drunkenness. The magis- trates may not be able to impose a jail sentence without the option of a | fine upon persons wHo carry liquor in their cars, but they can discourage the dangercus habit by intimating | that citizens discovered to be intox- icated while in charge of a motor will be sent to prison for a term long enough to make the practise distinct- 1 ly unpopular. A motor car driven by a drunken man along a_ crowded ate street is a menace to every foot | passenger upon it, as well as to the piped motorists. The growing habit of carrying a hip-pocket flash while | motoring should be stamped out ruth- lessly. It is even more prevalent a- mong the rich and influential than among people who in pre-prohbibition | days were most prone to public drink- ing. Not Satisfied With Dewart’s Leadership Woodstock, April 28.--‘‘I most strongly believe in the Liberal prin- ciples, but I Want to say that I am not satisfied with the Liberal leader- ship in this province, and 1 think Ernie Drury is the real Liberal lead- er. I can see in the future a new Lib- ral party with Drury at ‘its head.” Such was the opinion expressed by Rev. Dr. Thos. Wearing of Wood- stock College in withdrawing his name from nomination at the North Oxford |Liberal bie ee here Sat- urday, at which W Day of East Nissouri was chosen as candidate had contest the seat left. vacant in Provincial Legislature by the dents of John Calder. Dr. Wearing’s criticism of Libera} leadership in Ontario brought forth much applause as well as cries of dissension from the floor of the con- vention. The doctor fis an Vd school- mate of Premier Drury’s. Previous to the receiving of nom- inations a telegram was received from Hartley Dewart, K.C., Stating that owing to [the reception to the Governor-General in Toronto he had missed train connections. Sells Butcher Business— Mr. G. A. Kennedy, the Wallace street butcher, has disposed of his business to Mr. 8. J. Stevenson, from whom he purchased it tpwards of a | year ago. The deal also includes the i block, with living quarters above. ' Mr. Bailey Here— Mr. John Bailey of Stratford, a former resident of Listowel, preach- ed morning and evening in the Con- gregational church on Sunday. His earnest messages were much appre- ciated, also the address which he gave in the afternoon at the Method- ist Sunday School, of which he was one time the superintendent. Mrs. David Jones and family and Mrs. Roy Burnett“and family have gone to Oliphant for a week. Mr. Fred Zinn of Hanover, now in ae ninety-first year, is visiting with s dayghter, Mrs. Cornelius Walters. third lin€ Wallace, coming over with Mr. and Mrs. euber, who were the guests on Sunday of Mr..and Mrs. Walter... ‘ a Degrading To.Raise Money - By Games of Chance} (acer Free Pres ej ; Social service workers and dlergy- men are heartily in agreement with latest move on the part of Hon. . Raney in putting a stop’to the tion of the games of chance, whether for commercial or charitable purposes. The objection of Dr. Forbes Godfrey, M. P. P., to the attorney-} general's action in stopping such games at -Mimico yesterday, d to be ee by political reasons. Rev. W. Millson, district social service secretary of the Methodist Church, stated that his church had stood for all time againgt gambling in any form. Opposition to the elimina- tion of the minor games of chance was coming, he said, from the same quarter as’the opposition to race track gambling had originated in. “Some believe that the ends justify the means insofar as charitable or- ganizations are concerned,” suggest- ed reporte ait gunning is wrong in principal it is wrong no matter under what cir- cumstances it is conducted,” replied Mr. Millson. ‘‘When churches conduct bazaars and charitable organizations hold lotteries a bad example is set and race track betting is encouraged. As for Dr. Godfrey, he is a politician. An official of the Social Service Counci] also approved of the attor- ney-general’s policy and added that it was “cheapening” and ‘degrading’ to any charitable organization to raise money by games of chance and| lottéries. Just as much money and a great deal more of moral support METHODIST CHUROH Rev. G. * Hazen, B.A. D. ).D., Pastor. Sunday, Bi 4th. 1921 10 om. Quarter ly Love Feast. rm 2.45 ee cueay School. 7 p.m.—tThe pastor _ CHRIST CHURCH ©. Rev. W. H. Dunpar, Rector and Rural Deak of Perth Sunday, Sept. 4th., 1921. 11 a.m—The rector. Subject: vine Leading.” 3.00 p.m.—Sunday School. 7.00 p.m.—The rector. COME TO CHURCH “Di- - EVANGELICAL CHURCH Cor. \ allace and Penelope sts. aa iL. Wing, Pastor. Sunday, Sept., 4th., 1921. 10 a.m.—Prayer Service. \ 11 a.m.—Bible School. \ 7.30 p.m.—Public ” Worship: / The pastor will preach a Service on the Labor Question. Song peryise pre- ceeding. 8 p.m. Monday—Y P. h. { 8 p.m. Wed. —Prayer Meeting. Everybody welcome. could be secured by replying on vol untary subscriptions. 7 Farm Laborers Used Worse Than Cattle ? The following over the- signature of Mr. Thos. Allen of Monkton, ap- peared in a recent issue of the Farm- ers’ Sun: I thought that the public ought to know the treatment that many laborers receive on ‘the farm labor- ers’ excursion to the West. Seven left. Toronto on a Wednesday on a special train, and got to Winnipeg on Saturday about noon. I inquir- ed if we could get connections on a branch line on Sunday out to Moose Jaw, and was ‘told that we could. We came on to Moose Jaw, and were told that a special train was going down to Shaunavon. We all started on the special, but instead of taking us down to Shaunavon they ordered at Assiniboia that all the passengers get into two coaches, and about 150 men and women crowded into them and were shunted off on a _ siding. We were then told that the train was not going any farther. There was hotel accommodation for probably 25; the rest had to find the best ac- commodation they could for 26 hoyrs. This seems an outrage—to start people on a journey and then lehvo them stranded on a siding deliber- ately. If they had not said they would take the passengers through, many would have waited where they could get accommodation, as all the pas- sengers had been travelling for over five days in crowded coaches. Surely this is a matter for the Railroad Com- mission to take up and investigate, and if the Commission cannot handle the situation it is time that a Govern- ment Commission that could was ap- pointed. And, by the way, if the pres- ent Government cannot control the Commission, the Farmers’ Party. has a big slogan for the next general elec- tion that will bring them thousands of votes. Cattle side-tracked would be fed and watered, yet there was no on this train. A Japanese Beauty. A Japanese beauty must have straight black hair. Should she have the misfortune to possess hair with the slightest tendency to wave, she will take endless trouble to straight- en it out—as much trouble, in fact, as a Canadian girl would take to produce the opposite effect. Geese’s eggs are stated to be the best, from the point of view of nour- ishment. Hen's eggs come fourth on the list. Hospital Auxiliary Meeting— The regular nthly meeting ‘of the Women’s Hospital Auxiliary will be held on Monday, September 12th., at three o'clock. 2tn Entertained Few Friends— Mrs. W. E. Binning entertained a few friends and neighbors on Thurs- ay of last week, in honor of Mrs. Wm. Mitchell and in celebration of the latter's seventieth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell were residents of Listowel many years ago and since coming here from Toronto last fall, at which time Mr. Mitchell was in very poor health, have been making their home with Mrs. Hutchinson on Division street. Mr. Mitchell is feei- ing much better and the family pur- pose returning to Toronto shortly. It is interesting to note that at Thurs- day’s gathering, there. were present four who were neighbors on Division street forty years ago. they being Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs Purcell, Mrs. Bin- ning and Mrs. Tom Wood ie Crowd at “Ex."— be—Twe Canadian National Ex- sittin is still merrily on its way toward breaking all previous records. Yesterday was not in any sense one of the big, popular days, but tha at- tendanc® totalled 74.500, a gain of 2,500 over the attendance for the corresponding day last year. The re- sult was a pleasing surprise to the Exhibition Directors and all concern- ed with thé big show. After the tre- provision for the stranded passengers | Epworth League of Methodist Church meets Tuesday night at eight o’clock next week, on account of Monday being Labor Day. . All. Young People Made Wel- come. \ Sir John Eaton Mentioned— The name of Sir John Eaton, Tor- onto, is mentioned among those sug- gested as liable to receive the ap- pointment of governor-general of Ontario, as successor to Lionel H. Clarke, whose death occurred Mon- day. + og | | BORN | 4 A McLAUGHLIN—On town line east, Monday, August 29th., to Mr. and Mrs. Coakley McLaughlin, a son. CULLEN—In Grey township, on Fri- day, August 26th., to Mr. and Mrs. James Cullen, a son. DON’T GIVE UP e*#eree @eee#ees (American Legion Weekly.) s = . . s e a s se “When Abraham Lincoln was a young man he ran for the Legislature in Illinois, and was defeated. He next entered business, failed, and was seventeen years paying his debts. “He was engaged to a beautifpl young woman—she died. “Entering politics again, “he ran for Congress, and was again defeat- “fe then tried to get an appoint- ment in the United States Land Of- fice, but failed. “He became a Candidate for the United States Senate, and was badly beaten. “He ran for vice-president, and was once more defeate “When tyou think of your hard luck think of Lincoln.’ Make No Mistake Buy your footwear at this store and avoid dis- appointment. We have a reputation for reliability that careful buyers apprec- iate. Just now we are offer- ing some special values in Women’s White High Top Shoes with high or low heels, at the very low price of $1.50 Also Women’s Pumps and Strap Slippers | $1.00 pr. | SEE OUR WINDOWS EI Pa + Tea Canadian T Seraince | Lux x 3 Sardines al _ Bibs. $1.00 7c 20c f 12c Ammonia McDonald’s| McDonald’s Powder "Doe Chewing Smoking 8c : 12 1-2¢ | 12 1-2¢ n * Royal Household Molsaecs Pies , | Fine Salt Flour 30c a gal] 2-25 | 50-70} $5.85 Canadian - _é Grape Fruit Cheese |COrm Syrup Catsup pe i ~ 30c 25c tin | 2-45¢ | 2-250 Rice Cookies Oranges | Marmalade 3-for 25c 25e Jar W. A. McDonald Phone 91 2 doz. 25¢ 40c a doz. Main Street Announcement ! Introducing W.B.Screaton As New Proprietor of the hardware business ir List- ~ owel, for the past twenty-five years conducted by S. L. Xdolph. The new management in- vites your patronage and will make every effort to give sat- isfactory service. Come in and get acquainted. This Store Welcsces You Announcement We have opened up an exclusive Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Store and will carry only the hewest styles and models in Ladies’ Coats, Wraps, Suits, Dresses, Skirts and Waists. The people of Listowel and i vicinity are cordially invited to a call and see our wonderful range ~~ of new fall models. The Listowel Style Shop Next to W. A. Johnstone's Jewelry Store mendous record-breaking crowd of Tuesday it was feared that yesterday would show a slump in attendance. | The substantial gain is all the more welcome because unexpected. To date 424,500 people have visited the/ ‘Exhibition, which is a net increase of dan the} vite 000 aver W. A. Kibler The Shoe Man Listowel ‘branch of the Canada Si RE in ‘Acco ness College, has secured, with first untancy— } Allan, principal of the} class honors, the La Salle di higher accountancy. rehateg - Bist