lace for stocks ~ ET Peotieniee polition tein a Sateee Dee eas t Box. Not only will be safe from ee and theft, but be in a con- =: venient and they are Bank. It costs little — it means much. IMPERIAL BANK LISTOWEL BRAN M.R.HAY, . rca nane a .° a seas = = Washing Ere , E eg The Logical Place Cheny Ti Tree Story x that h not who wrote the history” ot his untry so long as -he Rega invent by the young American, is eorge W: ‘ington =e the ope heres tree. Yet there is without some amusement that. observes in American newspapers, as opposition is hea the would seem to have no choice in the atter gt to give the people what “wets” will-endeayor to a The a i Brammer | wre demana tor a vote, no The Atimood Bee ae ask f be correct then it woul Editor and Proprietor. © they have the undoubted e _ ay so, and to say so dir : Published Thursday of Gach week. ‘Premicr who desires to know what Hight to sixteen pages, seven col-itne people want. That & umns to the page. All home-print.| .ige-spread popular demand for nm use mats. plebiscite we have seen nothing to Subscription rate $2.00 year,| prove, but rather the contrafy. If strictly in advance: otherwise $2. 50-| the people who want a’plebiscite are To subscribers in the — States saying so, and saying eo very loud- 60c additional for posta ly eer insistently, the people who do e Banner and Bee hes the cir-! not want a plebiscite have undoubt- eulation—several hundreds more oaks the right to say so clearly and than its gi gs excels as emphatically an advertising me rm We do job printing. of all kinds. Decision Respecting Newspapers éChristian-Guard} birth comes round, almost as eek space given to arguments about the cherry tree as about the Farewell! Address which is jh nese to have upo which the United States for all time to come will conduct its foreign af- fairs. Outside of the peruna belt, and those ba re in which the inhab- veterina We are ae the opinion that a very » (Amalgamated Oct., ist., 1923.) | jorge part of the electorate does not c. V. BLATCHFORD, wish a vote at this time, — if a -}now a general acceptance he cherry vi story as a fable. There is wever, an attendant suspic- ion that Washington was an inveter- ate liar. He is accepted as the most truthful of all Americans, who set a standard of veracity to which none of his countrymen has since had i A ypsinsce to aspire. hog the cherry tree story, anacnee @ author of it would no doubt r ane the wérd. He admitted the in. vention, but when taken to task a- —— it by Bishop Gadsden, he de- fended himself by saying, “Why is- IF THINE ENEMY HUNGER? Any person who takes a vaper reg- Britain has ever been hard ularly from the post office, whether) fighter, and she has found it ditti- addressed in his name or another’s/ cyit to recognize defeat, but she has or whether he has <n or not,) never cared to gloat over a beaten is responsible for paymen foe, and with a million of her sons If a person orders his paper discon-/ dead, and millions maimed tinued he must pay all arrears, or the! ghastly war, and with an enormous publisher may continue to.send it un-| debt threatening to strangle her peo- til payment is mede, and then collect/ ple commercially, she is yet turning the whole amount whether the paper! a listening ear to the cry of starv- is taken or not. ing Germany; and from this contin- The courts have decided that re-j ent, too, there is going fusing to take newspapers or period-| stream of beneficence to our late bit- icals from the post office, or —. ter enemy. We do not ask, we ing and leaving them unpaid, 18) not care so much, what prima facie evidence of intention of| would have done if the situation had fraud. been reversed, we only care to know what our own hearts deman Thursday, Feb. 28th., 1924 We have no excuse italism and German greed; * f not but believe that Germany is in Ed itorial large measure responsitjie Ger- es, established in 1872, and a| er the ¢ acerca visitor to this office since i trustworthy. that time, was received this wee “We are sorry to : pass on, for its career has been paper back fro thirty years at the helm. He is now) fant mortality last year stationery store in/ twenty-one per cent. and the birth ee ° ‘ rate decreased thirty per cent., regretting the passing of/ Germany no longer prints her mor- nga a can see the advant-/ tality statistics. There are 4,000,000 ages of amalgamation in a town the | unemployed; one-third of the people Bize of Wingham, and wish to con-} are dependent, and thirty-nine cente gratulate Editor Smith on his en-ja day is the highest weemoloreat Wingh terprise. The change undoubtedly| dole for a family. The Ge twill result in the publication of a/ ernment and other Governments and etter paper and enable the publish-| private beneficence are er to give superior service to the} they can to relieve this situation. ‘merchants and pthers using its col-! But there is one phase of the sit- umns. The Wingham paper Will} pation which directly affects “hereafter be known as the Advance-/ protestant churches, not only in Ger- Times. Sounds rather progressive at} many, but in all central Europe. The that, doesn’t it? churches, with their schools, oxphke- - ages, and pastors have been hit < ios The changes of national bogie y = ~ jes have ge “red phos : OTHER PAPERS «| Protestants in the midst of people o cf FROM | different faith, and poverty, and im * ¢ & obo 2 + so > rs Dt it Mil ld closed schools and E! churches. Then the universal SOME SCHEM preciation of currency has in cases wiped out endowments of all religious institutions, and hospttals, schoo!s, and orphanages are closing by scores. The cg pa printing has Toronto Globe) The ae of prohibition are agitating for a referendum on Gov- ernment éale under local option. The - $dea is to make an end ‘of prohibi- fion piecemeal, beginning with the _eities that vote for government sale. so increased tha tries pastor's salaries have —— cut CHILLY eee lovee down -o $2 a month, and h (Walkerton Telesco of them are working in the. "tlelds, A subsbcriber points out the cruel | ® ing out a scrap of covering to shield died up in a coon coat and 2 matte thoughtfulness inf costs almost a day’s spect would cost nothing. in twenty-one European (Christian Guardian i an effort| 22d they have organized a Central . There is a nthe eae Ontar-| Bureau for the Relief of the Evan- on the part of the “w of the Ontario| Selical churches in Europe. | do to secure the repeal of- neisted | head office is at Zurich, »Switzer- rs houd repeal land, and Dr. Adolf Keller is the sec- t shou retary. Dr. Keller is now in America b th pox with it any. reference to the Lalita vA laying the case before | electorate. To tell the truth they Staten aad Canes and as not much love for plebiscites, co-operation: The ‘Methodist By Belecs- nited § _and they only agree to them because} 0) ‘Church of the : On also r as they DOW! need js sore, and America can help ‘favor it. But the Government of On- pg would not repeal the gp Marope in many ways. . ro ita gol thing for the boys? It any fable.” “Undoubtedly it does, but there does seem something inappro- priate in a minister of the Gospel making up a yarn even for this good Locke Weems, Bi a clergyman. He one time was the rector of a church. which Washington attended, so it is probable that they were acquainted. The fact that the book in which the fable occurs was dedicated to Mrs. Washington ahs bigs! encase but un- that he was not “on — of intim- acy /<7fth the fami?y, and in no posi-} — = hear anecdotes unknown to financing, still less for German wr yesterday Sy gh ary the officer: declared, disclos- ed fright ful conditions. the sisters is their mother, aed 82, ®/ who appears. to health, ewith the exception of deaf- ness, despite the squalor and filth. -) Constable Peters and Captain Ar- thur Woodley of the Salvation Army, who made the inv vestigation, a with Dr. Walker, Officer) of Health of Romney, and foe A. Wilson that the sisters haye not been aierote for fourteen years, and have not been d since Peter's fait visit to the farm, seven years ago. The mother claims, the locality in which the farm is located is the a bode of evil. spirits,and-the- sitiee! a as their reason for not going eed “We sit up at night, to be pared tor persons who seek to pe aes a Starved to Death The many carcasses scattered bout-the barn and yard bear evidence of starvation, according to Mr. Pet: ers. Captdin Woodley/ made a rough tae ventory, and found 27 sheep alive and 15 dead, 6 live hogs and 6 ones, 50 chickens, 16 geese, 2 ‘Soemut and 14 do The po appeared to be well fed, no doubt from feasting on the many ‘carcasses that littered‘the premises. Captain Woodley said that only feed available about the place for the live stock was a sack of oat- meal and part of a bag 6f wheat. “The sisters adopted a rationing system in feeding the cattle,” Mr. Woodley. “The grain in a bucket and called one of “the cows by name. taken a mouthful, the women would drive it away and call another cow by name, and so On until the animals were fed.’ an! cute eculiar Headdress High Constable Peters ’ women’s attire was much the same as seven years ago when they were in the county, Police sacks and other material, Hite Constable Peters was some ‘what surprised to fiid a set of books ‘on dressmaking “nd cooking, t foodstuffs fotind in the hotse. '. Peters left-late today for the farm, to bring the women into the city,..whete.they will_facecharges czamined as to ‘their sanity. HIT BY SNOW PLOW Albert Letson of . of Alma Is In Critical Condition Palmerston, Feb: 24.—Albert -Let- son of Alma lies in the hospital here tonight in a very critical condition, having been brought here on a snow- plow extra which hit him about one and one-half miles south of while he was walking in the centre of the track & as following the snow shovel- ling gang of the C.N.R., and had fal- len behind in the walk against the heavy wind and snowstorm, and not hear the approaching extra. Letson, who is 57 years of age, has a broken left thigh-bone, and the left forearm broken in several places. Several ribs on the left side are broken, and have pierced the left lung. He also sustained a very bad scalp wound on the head. Dr. H. B. Coleman is in attendance, A widower with money to burn at- tracts an old flame. A real sport is a man who can re- the temptation to spank the 18) 8 — onchildren when he has a tooth ache. rf Successful Book Agent He was a sn aol = agent : . man’s woe; and yetywe feel ‘that our “WINGHAM TIMES” PASSES .- | people ought te xtow just how bitter The fina] issue of the Wingham | is that woo,%0 far as we can discov- » toffowin ng figures are absolute- proved by his ability. te sell three vata a4 Sar oa Bibles in biography of w he hel which won him fame, being his second venture of the kind, and being followed - lives of Franklin, Penn and Marion. His. life of Washington ap- morning service of Palmerston | ~| congregation al a resolution expressing disapproval of ‘any move to take a vote on the O erance Act. The resolution was mov- ed by James Satler and heat age by He J. Ward. Rev. J. Sem A., B.D., pastor of the arek, "presided Following is the resolution “We, the congregation merston Methodint church, assembl- ed for morning worship, and having heard that there is a proposal take another vote on Temperance Act, “Desire hereby to aeongent disapproval of the eon tio There are ceived one ounce of meat per day "e 23 and who get less now. The sup- was before the war, and in the cit- i” and industrial districts ogee fy nd its weekly issues er twogyears of age get no anarable “nd interesting. Since The re tubsteutar rate amongst uchion! 1888 there have been only four) children is ten times the normal rate. changes in the editorship, and Mr.| Owing to poverty two-thirds of the H. B. Elliott, whe eg took the| hospital beds are unoccupied . Colgate, af-| two-thirds of the tubercular “patients ter a lapse of two yaork was for| share their beds with others Di phiet ‘of 82 pages, by no onl an authoritative work, and designed to suit the tastes of persons who de- sired that their historical research- The work ran through several an amplification o the other. It was panied by sora incidents of Wash srashe % of a good little English boy published some years earlier. It was Weems was indebted ‘tor the cherry He admitted that he in- vented it, and took pride in the fact. Jn the book itself he says he had the story from a lady who wus a distant relative of the Washingtons, and as a girl on much of her time with The 8 Here is rabel Rl as ‘tt appears in “One day, cH ‘the garden, where nc often amused _bimecit hac tried the ed e of hie hat h nt Hii | some cases hostile legislation, have " . se oat that 1 ‘don't believe, the tree morning the old pen tisions. finding out what had befallen which, by and way, was a great fav- peta came into the house, and with lone 300 salighous gablicstions haye chievous author, declarin been suspended, and in some coun- g that he would not dave taken five’ guineas for his tree. No- body = tell him anything about .| the mines, or thé factories to earn practice of some farmers of bring’! iio, Gaily bread: while pastors’ _| widows and retired pastors are quiet- the animals bare hide from the bit iY starving. When a preacher finds blasts while the driver is anne that the postage on a single was a oe question; and George but quickly recovered himself, ‘ana ooking at his father, with the sweet face of youth brightened with the in- this e b -” A little ooks and periodicals are too costly the box for the to be thought of; when he sees his ‘gtraw thrown into the Gti help —_ Bynes ps pale with hunger and ‘beast to snuggle into, wo Pp t feed them;- what is he to do? Tot. crisis has brought The truth, he bravely cried out, ‘I can’t WETS WANT REFERENDUM thirty-seven Protestant church bodies tell a. lie, Pa; a know I Gan’t tell “Run to my arm a you dearest boy,’ Sipe his father in transports, ‘run Oo my arms; glad am I, tere. mo nothing «for d paid me for ita ousind tolds*Gich an act of heroism in my son is worth. morée-than a thousand ne though t as in this way, by. ee ing ae otite both his heart an e ey perance Act without a vote of - Tem ety War pve ; eed pase ens balla, te h A school presided over by a = : arsa an pere er ha Paes Fs of the matter to z ‘vote. i vi st one m9 irom the ek of the iperance fo op of the S aaerined have always been ready to The Bishop, a a genial soul,-call le, and all the temper-: _ rast she people, -which have been| fore him a ‘taken so far have justified that con- ) fidence; and we blag ge ae “pleb te a costly thing. ‘and there ¢ to be a im | girl; “how Another Vote on O. T. A. Now Like Opening a Healthily Healing Wound To Satisfy Idle Curiosity Palmerston, Feb. METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Capt. E. W. Ed ~~ pester. Sunday, ape 2nd. 24 '11 a.m.—The Pastor. | 2.45 p. m.—Sunday school. Mission- ary offering. 7 p.w.—The Pastor. BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Royal K. Gonder, —— Sunday, March "We remember well the conditions 11 a.m.—Capt. Mercer of hey Seive- under which our town existefl before | ‘this law Peconic into force. “We remember also the bitterness of the ateneste through which passed before we secured the present | law wwe recognize and rejoice in the greatly improved conditions d y. “We regard any proposal to re- open the question as being akin to the re-opening of a healthfly héaling wound, to satisfy an idle curiosity. “We hope that our legislators will have the good sense to prevent such a thing happening. “We direct that copies -resolution be -sem to our represent- ‘ative in the Legislature and to the proper member of the Cabinet.” tion Arm Sunday school at close of morning ce. serv 7 p.m.—Mr. Ed. Schlimme. a CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH W. Rayner, pastor. Sunday, March 2nd. 1924 11 a.m. pritila Secret of the Christ- ian’s Pea 3 en -Aaetay school and _ Bible Classes. —“Christ's Unlimited Power.” p.m Wednesday 7.30—Prayer and Praise meeting. sheoforfoofootenenfeolarfoteaferfontootneloefecfeetosfenten + % BORN « LS Se eee ee ee MOORE--At the Listowel hospitl, on Friday, February 2nnd. to Mr. and Mrs.‘ Russel Moore, a son. Mrs. Moore was formerly Miss Jean Young, of the Memorial! hos- pital staff. re Fable: He was poor ‘a and he got his pick of irls. A village is a place where there is the old men to do b iscuss their as .The most an: zero weather ts to 24 , ae old timer tell how it-used t An American professor 90 per cent. of the people do not know how to read a newspaper. This _Statemént will be greeted with vin- “Gictive joy by editors who have been told ane they do not know how to write one. ¥ “Papa, what do all day long at the office?” "auired the m-| | quire young daug : nothin ng,” Seaee ‘her father, | at} deeniy ‘absorbed in the evening ne eae Well, ne pursued the little fo. yoq know when. ee EVANGELICAL CHURCH Rev. M. L. Wing, Pastor. Sunday, March 2nd., 1924 10 a.m.—Public Worship. Subject: “The a Testimony a &chool. p.m.—Public ny Subject; " Peedi and Agri Monday 8 p.m.—E> “L. Wednesday 8 p.m,—Prayer meeting. ald: alicia dalled altataiialal'’ ™ + DOWD’S SALE LIST + hee pebee hehehehe bebhitd Monday, Mar. 3—For estate of John Lindsay, Elma street, west, Listo- wel, real estate. t| Thursday, March 6—For Executors, of John Karges, ee sale of farm at Queen's hote ool tendecendecee eben Do - + MOLESWORTH : es Bertefecfoctocfoctofoafeneafeotocecticheafnetoetoateesoetoctocfedfea¥eete Mr. and Mrs. Ha Grainger were in Aarore Wednes f last week, attending the funeralof Mr. Graing- er's sister, Mrs..Joseph Young, who died at her residence on Monday, February 18th. ‘Mr. Will: Murray is confined» to his home this a on aecount of an ttack of la gr ed homé Saturday, after spending a ber with friends in Toronto. m Douglas Setnrnad home Gnaary: naving suffered a paralytic istroke * while on a visit with her daughter Mrs. sion, has returned, a after a Spr lh at Pe walls * his’ Miss ae ag glares of Listo- h cousin, Mrs. E. Willis, “ath, conces- in the aa with her mother, Mrs. Mr. ae Mrs. John Love of Leb- anon spent Seay. with their daugh- of cruelty to animals, and will be} sion iss Kate Rothwell of Listowel, he is spending a few days w niece, | ae C. N. Binning, third con- Born--To Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wen- zel, boundary line, Howick and Wal- lace, - er February 24th., a ee Gowanstown visited on Tuesday with Mrs. C, Walter, third con- Cornelige Walter, of the My. Mervyn tenes ol Kurtzville, o The Listowel West Branch of the Women's Institute, met Thursday of last week at the hom oa of Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. rots, 6th. con- Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Hunter, ee dee A gp Tuesday. ~ the home of his uncle, ig s. "Sone wee 4th. prone mon- . thews. was ed to 8 Stratford, = Monday as es Juror home “ —— . W. G. Inglis. M N. Livingse e, Miss Jan- et hivinestonee and hae Mrs. Henry Schade, spent eae unday at the home of Mr; and Mr Mrs. George Gabel, a concession. Mr. Clarence Bender 3rd. conces- sion and Miss Susie Bender of Listo- wel, were guests Sunday at the home of their friend, Miss Verna Horne, 8rd. concession. An- experienced farm hand from Germany arrived last week-—-at—the home of Mr. Clayton Ankenman, al- Mrs. Perkins, sixth py There was a good attendance. Mrs, I and two daughters, Beatrice and Phyllis, 3rd. concession, spent a few days this week with the former's par®hts, Mr. and Mrs. C. Horne, 8rd. concession. Mr. Gordon Good, third concession, purposes leaving Saturday for t Davids, Ontario, about four miles = ay ® position with Mr. W. D Warne Miss Janet Livingston, 3rd. conces- sion, is in Listowel this week with ér aunt, Mrs, Wm. Helmka, who is confined to her bed with an attack of pneumonia, but at time of writ- ing. Is im»roving nicely. Miss Verna Horne, 3rd. conces- sion and Miss Ella Wetzel of Listo- wel, returned Friday to their re- spective homes after spending a number of days with relatives and friends in Preston and Kitchener. Mr. Wm. Dezell, 4th. concession, people of the community this prion ome. been spending a few days with her son, Mr. Daniel co hn at his home! of Maryborough, has returned home from the Listowel Memorial hospi- tal, and we are pleased to be able to report, is on a fair way to com- plete recovery after a severe attack of blood poisoning. ed % Mr. and Mrs. John McCauley ~~ t W. a Gra * ternal sar visiting ree Mrs oo 6 in Torcato Mr. ited ease in Mornington on Sun- day . Presbytery meeting in Stratford on. George Chapman has return- e where he had been "working. Thank You ge of sending receipts by akes this more convenient of acknowledging receipt of the fol- lowing new subscriptions or Bigg 4 will: please peer our thanks. Mr. A. W. Kress, rhage oe ne Mi. ey Jermyn, ve Sask. ood. n Mr. W. R. oie Windsor. tchen ood. tr. Mr. Frank Dennis, Atwood. ili Se a a Sie Sc oe se a + WVANDRICK’S SALE REGIS- % TER + a ae a ee i Oe 1, El mile west of Catowed. 23 head of pure bred Holstein cattle, 11 head of grade Holstein cows, 9 head of rong in the Dominion and aod Friday, March Vandrick's auction rooms, wel, a large quantity of furniture ant someone — Sale at one For private sale, a number of good farms in adjoining townships, and a? ePeoleeleefecfententeetpcteetect seen oofeedenfony “elebee + -, oe *, Dg TRALEE _% sede deeb tele bebedeceteceeledeebedeebetetectetes There were about one hundred and fifty present at the annual oyster supper of the U. F. O., on Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. , + j « = ‘| time was spent with, music, cards -— ‘dancin earty vote of-thanks was ten- dered the host and hostess for the use of their Deautital home. Officers of the club for the ensu- ing year are as follows: President, Mr. F. Loder; vice-president, Mr. James Askin; secretary-treasurer and shipper, Mr. Joseph O'Grady; auditors, Messrs. Fred McDonald and Alex ends, directors, Messrs Norwood Gibb, Wm. McWatters, Al- bert Burnett and Samuel Burnett. he next regular meeting will be held at Tralee on"’March ist. eed dete etententeetietesdesteeticteateoteetestectentengects + + " KURTZVILLE . ' afenfentenleoaetenZeateateafeafectectesteates oeontenfenfeeesfesfesfectesheate A large number from this vicinity attended the dance, held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George SXERERI on Monday evening Miss Pearl Rerees spent the past a with Listowel frien - iss Jennie Porteous Ark- wrig t, spent 5 een at the homé of Mr. and Mrs. J. Schaefer Mr. and Mrs. Alex McCabe visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Fisher- on Sunda Mr. Gordon avevere spent the past week with his parents, Mr. and M Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bolander spent antay with the latter’s moth- oe er, Mre. Mr. an vs. Joitn McCabe and daughter Tenie, spent Sunday with Mrs abe's brother, Mr. Dan on third concession. Mr. Reuben Schinbein and sister Helen, spent several days this week at the home of their uncle, Mr. John Dietz. The pt of Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert McDowell met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Jacques on Tuesday evening, and presented Mr. and Mrs. Albert McDowell, who are moving to a farm near Newbridge, with a. couch. (Intended for last week.) Mr. and Mr. Va’ Schinbein, and Mr. wad Mrs. George Ott spent Mon- day at the home of Mr. and Mrs Elliot, near Gorrie. Mr. ElNot is ser- jously ill. Miss Elizabeth Bean Spent the week-end with her friend, Miss Aud- rey Schaefer. We are pleased to hear that Miss Gertie Lohr, who "has been sick for the past week, is improving. Mr. McGra of Frausgoda, Man., is Visiting this week at the home of Mr. and-Mrs. John Schaefer. drophead Singer sewing machine, Auctioneer, Office at Grand Central Mr. and Meee a: Mitchell retarn- A Store. Mr. James Montoux of Palmerston, is spending sometime at the home of Mr. Fred Ruppel. Pp nets George Ruppel moved into his ew house on Tuesday. po es. Will Ruppel spent several days this week with her Mother, Mrs. Schinbein, who is ill. - Mr, Harry Pletch was a ‘guest San- Mar at the home af) Mr. Wm. Zur- rigg. : Mr. Wm. Vines of Listowel, and Mr. Geo rge McLaughlin of Neepawa. Man., bleak ot mimi Vine at the hom or ‘Mr. e. ‘and while in eth ki visited at the ; Norwood Gibb, and-a-very pleasant’~- i