(Kitchener Record) — A darge dance ¥ aig vive this evening in St, mas. A warning has been issued in ‘the Total anor to the effect that the moment anyone produces a pocket flask the producer! will be put out of the door, irres- pecting of sex. It is a sad reflection apon our day and generation when it is found necessary to warn young men and women-——and old ones, pos —against what a few yeers would have been regarded ar a ex example of bad taste and execra- ble manners. HOMEWORK (Bowmanville Statesman) On one oecaison a bunch of teach- ers wére overheard Ws og the subject of homework. their point of view it was quite Glaak that children nowadays are idle evaders. Had parents participated in the dis- cussion, they might have presented @ quite contradictory aspect vexed and troublesome matter. course, the teachers are not going to have it all their own way, but after ‘a period when too little consideration has been shown to the strength and capacity of growing children, is a danger iu the attitude of those who demand that work should, end with school sat da a grave danger that the pendulu will swing too far in the other Hirection. Those who wish to remove the whole burden are just as much in the wrong as those who adopt the position that child- reh’s minds can never be overwork- ed. But the wise teacher is not like- ly to err very far is this direction— not ag often, indeed. as overindulg- ent parents are prone to do. THE LOCAL OPTION Chesley Enterprise) Though Premier Ferguson has de- nied the report in dry newspapers} that he intends, to bring in a local option liquor bill at the opening of the Legislature on Feb. 10th. there are many who still believe there is something in the story that munici- palities that voted dry in 1924 will continues under the wT .A. at present. and that places which gave wet majorities will ave stronger beer and wine served in hotels and clubs with a permit to be granted to PLAN those who want to get the more ar-} dent spirits. ie The parts of the province, in a general way. that would come in the wet category are the larger cities parts of South Bruce and W aterloo, Welland and Lincoln Counties which border on the Niagara River, French Canadian Easter Ontario and Essex County, the north part: of Renfrew County, Nipissing and New Ontario with the exception of portions of Al- goma and Manitoulin Islan The four point four beer has lack- ed the kick that was expected and it has pleased neither the temperance} electors who didn’t want it. nor the ets who wanted a much — % g& gone to a large expense rooms for beer tables, hotel-keepers are quite disgruntled at not getting returns commensurate with the ex- penditure Whatever there may be in the al- jJeged concessions to the wet element in his party by the Premier, one thing is noticeable according to press despatches and that is the ad- vancing price of hotel properties in wet centres. With the supporters of the O.T.A. getting ready for the next Provincial campaign there is-~ n't any doubt that the next Local House election will be fought out on the wet and dry issue. - Premier Ferguson. is an astute politician. He hag alienated temper- ance support by his tampering with the O.T.A., and as the larger cities where his party strength lies will give wet candidates large majorities, it would be political strategy on the Premier's part to << endorsed by the wet electorate. The drys would not be satisfied with- one local option checkerboard system but it would give Premier Ferguson an opportun- ity to say he was giving the electors just what they voted for. It is our firm convictian that Premier Fer~ guaon will go further to get vote of the wets and thus retain of- fice, or he will go out for those who ‘have acquired the appetite for strong drink will put their thiret for alco-~ “hol first and politics second, bed arg tempérance voters have in too many instances put politics first and principles second. present. is used for the ee *: ANADA i is particularly adapta asa pein of wed Canadian lumber has been one of Canada’s greatest tion is slowly*but surely being corrected, and manufa be, and we are now supplying our home ‘markets with Giant ly we will be able to yesh with foreign markets when a little 1 oitation of her own industries. x the directors of the company having better than a total of 150. years 2 es, and rts septs 3 Centres in the.w re Ses of om ‘on the wai Blast Tn a aera a stich ti keane sae: ware: k diet ihe plant under excellent ment, ery respect and occupies an up-to-date stone building, and a ac the. Sterling Appraisal Co. 1925, as follows: “ swith the best of our knowledge The company leads in their line in the] ° is most completely in accord. and belief the present value of the said plant, comprising land, builid- ings, machinery and equipment after the manufacture of a modium grade of dining room and. breakfast room deducting all buildings and equipment $41.10." depreciation from is #103,- furniture, radio cabinets, etc. \ in the furniture business. The plant is modern ip ev Limited, certified ander date of April 30th. ss back Ce a er a put was 3244 % achat tliat bov-thas peabiessaruiia.| ay” Chae es ' The degree of success Saag sales is greater than the most | Bi ‘share is over $50 and thisvyalue will - “istic members of the com ae 7 dé. considcenbly er ee ipated, and tho sales for 192 cca ack ill sare upon the entire with an pany. in the equity of the which are given on ms bones 60 Oe iaeee: % ‘Records are indications of a company's achisvenient and the Blackmore:Familton Furniture Company ‘Ltd. history is one of continuous progress. The plant is a hive of. industry and wellrepaysa visit. Every department i olution of a piecefof lumber in the commodious yards of the company, To ignore the importance of this industry in Listowel is to be disinterested in civic progress. Write: or We Offer--- oO tory till it assumes the form of exquisite furniture, is a study. call for further particulars of this eminently attractive issue. Legal Opinion|| JOHNSTONE MANCHESTER & CO. « Care‘of H. B. Morphy, Esq., K. C. _LISTOWEL or . after its entran s handled By experts. The ev- | ce to the fac- - > BLACKMORE-HAMILTON FURNITURE Company, Limited LISTOWEL — (Offered, When, as andi f issued and received. by us) H. B. MORPHY, K. C: Metropolitan Bldg. Johnstone, Manchester & Co. Government, Municipal and Corporation Securities Phone Adelaide 5720 $70, 000. 00 Binckinore-HAmilten Furniture Comjpony. Limited 7 per cent. Cumulative Preference Shares carrying a bonus of 40 per cent. Common Shares (par value $100.00) 3 + Bankers f CANADIAN?BANK: OF COMMERCE \. /. LISTOWEL LISTOWEL TORONTO , 0 ’ an or Italian. Colonizing of that kindjeven opening retail chain stores on as is mittees Are Amounts Contributed For (Farmers’ Sun) 7 tends to the perpetuation in this; the outskirts of the ¢ to get rid tanding Com > The Globe, in commentirig on- the! coun try of Utd-world prejudies, and/of the handicap of own ¢on-| Named for County Council The County Roads E ALTE prospective inflow. of immigration) racial animosities. Colonists so set-| gestion. ‘ from different countries, demands! tied are inevitably inclined ‘to lookj' Better roads have greatly increas- hd tote’ éxepediture sneurred ie Ps that new-comers whose language and} qt international problems from the|ed rural production and made the : ° the period, January Dinsabar a eo oe es “Health customs are different from our OWt/ standpoint of the country of birth|farmer a better mer, Most fown| At the session of the County] 31, 1925, for att Stee eit in the shall be required to merge into @/rather than the country providing;and country merchants heve been Council last. week the ‘following common ana commonwealth. There must, it is said, be no creation of isolated foreign languages and a communities in which Hen customs will be» perpetuated. “Canada is a bi- lingual country,” The Globe says, “but this should not be an excuse for meking it poly-lingual.” With all of this The Farmers’ Sun ‘But The Sun would go further and apply the same general principle to all mi- urce/ an from which they come. There should be no more of this settling in ‘‘col- onies,”” no matter whether the colon- grants regardless of the ists be English, Scotch, Irish, Ge: =m- | Have You ‘$2.00 per Year Listowel, Ont. Enclosed $ Renewed Your Banner Subscription ? $2.50 to United States LOOK at the LABEL on YOUR PAPER CUT OUT THIS *" THE LISTOWEL BANNER * BANNER for for my subscription to THE | P.O we reeetene them with a home. Such a condition tends to the creation of isolated communities, each of which will look askance at other communities. If the melting pot is to function, if we are to creat a really united commonwealth, let us begin at the beginning. Let us throw all elements into a common pot at the start where they wHl learn from and of each oth- er instead of remaining apart an mentees sentiments of mutual THE SMALL TOWN MERCHANT (Financial -Post) for Ontario made. a public statement that should not be allow- ed to go- unchalien “It calls tor no prophet. " he said, “to discover that-within a very few xesne the smali towns in the pro- . because of improved pepe es facititten, will no longer be commer- cial centres, but contributors to the larger centres, and as far as they aro concerned will be only — residentiai boron ; Fomimerciaty the small town in this province oomed, & we might just as Rolle accept that es a statement of conditions. The larger town is going to become more proé- rous commercially, and I I am sa ighway. inion Sty an er cnacbass norance of the recent trend of Le aeat elie pete with the small town merchadt, who wales a lower overhead because se rent, tion in the city has forced ment stores to buy expensive par ing| reer to their sto grounds jacent yand the cost of doing business has © risen the : dj by employing more help and. provid- here of a ve- The deputy minister of highways] recntl ig ot ling at his farm home on the 10th, been quick to take advantage of ths situation, and to-day many of the rural motor. cars which previously took their owners to large city em- poriums to shop now g0 no grin as than the nearest town for be stores, stocks’ and selling methods pace made it unnecessary to lsewhere. Better stores are in turn building up these towns and villages ing an atmosp ness and ‘prosperity. New Warden First From That Township in 37 Years A. Beggs, newly newly created warden of hock County Council had a un- ique honor conf ar him when he was elected to lead the council in its ‘Stairs for the present year. H the first representative from Mornington Township to occupy the office in the past 37 years, the pres- ent Poe wf of the township, W.;* reeborn, was the last Morning- ps en's chair in the Stratford court The present warden was born at Mornington some 35 years ago, He is one of the youngest men ever el- evated to the wardenship. The thir son bo the late Alexander Beggs, who h Was reeve of ibveskip — three successive years, the presefit warden received his edu- cation at his birthplace and at one early age became ae in farm- ing pursuite. He is now a progres- fsive agriculturalist employing she Igtest methods of diversified farm concession, of the to township which at ang December elections returned him| as reeve for a third t Betas has also, during his public ca- ‘as a member for. two yoars on the *otaiuaton council. A LITTLE MIXED | A college profeasor, noted for strict discipline, en one ‘day and noticed 8 girl student: sit- wing eum. feet in the aisle and) ton rpbotaeiata ties to fill the ward-{ Mornington| W. A, Ro township ti standing committees were appoint to ovhalae during the year. county, totalled $39,438. The total-amount for the year moet by each municipality on ac- The Value of Quarantine_ Through the "courtesy of the Editor I have been permitted to prepare a few short articles on health for his readers. These will be along the lines of preventive medicine and will en- deavor to show that every citizen owes it to himself and his community to take an interest in the health of the place in which he lives. ‘Only by the strictest adherence - quarantine regulations can danger ous communicable be Kept a at a minimum abus the co: mon welfare are public pabhusne a ana shoul The Public Health Act (Secs. 63 and §5) uires notification within 12 hours ea) a similar capacity during years he oposite the office ahead Agricultural Committee—Douglas, | Kalbfleisch, Keith, Bradshaw, Koch Finance—Hoggarth, Mutton, Kin-jcount.of county was siren caid, Tye, Stewart, Douglas, Roach, the detailed statement of ex Keith. and Armstrong. pended o; n roads now struck tts were County Property Committee--Arm- as follows strong, Kalbfieisch, Bradshaw, Tye, Wallace $1,802. . seen Scott, Ringler, Koch and} Elma $3.5 Shear Mornington $4,292 Pacthiation Committee—Kincaid,| Logan $3,600 Bradshaw, Scott, Keith, cat Mut-| Ellice $3,068 ton, Hoggarth and Kalbdfleisc North Basthope $1,458 d \dge Commit Hibbert $73 Kalbfieisch, Scott, Roach, Hoggarth,! Fe n $4,868. Kincaid, Douglas, w,—Stew-| Downie $2,802 aa art; sae. Mutton, Ringler an®Arm-| Blansheard $3,097 e. stro Listowel $5 Domialtise Bach Education—Stew-} Mitchell $1,370 art Tye, Brad Roach, Shearer.) Milverton $2,291 Koch, hinge Mutton and ‘Hog-; South Easthope $1,529 nee Perth County $2,241. Reeve a a Sag tneaen on this seeaiee. anat his _~ rs coe ‘ as chairman by t t of i e, atat- s ing that as he had already acted in The Motorist’s Prayer (Claremont (Va). Herald) Teach us to drive thru life ‘without -cheritmg inte othey people's bus and Shearer. County Roads—-Scott, Douglas, Kincaid, “Btewart and Mutton. When the personnel of this last named committee was . Reeve . A, ach of Fullarton fownship voiced a mild protest in that he con- sidered the southérn sections of the county were not receiving adequate! representation on the committee sel-| oa to supervise the county roads ’ An amendment was therefore in- terjected after a brief discussion sub- ty g the name of Reeve Roach Reeve Mutton of Mitchell. as it_was Preserve our “tents linings Hay we may stop before we go oo far. ” Malp us hear the knocks in ~our own motors and close our ears to the clashing of other people’s gears. Keep alcobol jn our radiat- ors and out of our stomache, Absolve us from the mania of trying to pass the other au- tomobile on a narrow road. Open our eyes to traffic’s signs and keep our foot on the , brake. i ‘ —f}tor diphtheria today, your neighbor be for et sever tomorrow, no ° placarded. It simply ‘means that you are willing and anxio that your friends and neighbors should be pro- tected from the disease you hare. In the end it reacts to the bemetit of all, For while you may be placarded may and your childrén eronectey from contracting the d Help your local board of health in their efforts oo keep te free Pre- from rig ln Vex oy ‘Diphtheria TOP O' THE HILL, By Ida M. Thomag par inst Well, that doesn't It a ‘etl can see the goal. {A step at a time, me Progress; Climbing is good tor the soni, ventatie,. When you strive for heights fag a- later termed, did not however, -re- ceive any consideration as the mo- any objections hai might have held — it was explained’ by the ward- the “last word’ in road ad Potalateatioie: as ‘it affected the coun- ty. as a whole, — a matter for the liberate upon roads re- - * exclaimed the indignant that: ‘out of! nad atl your feet int" - on the Posen: oad the Aprh. when ae ciation re-ap- “ee ‘Leather cushions are better. They ~lare easier to get clean bhi the gar- age man has “fixed” y Tf a married mav ia polite you ney- er can tell if he’e chivralous or scar- ed. Insurance is like money and right- eousness. The greater your need the smalter your chance of Sane it. GBS Oo te Nase bove you, It isn’t so much the speed That counts, it’s courage, and hi Determination, yon need. The pathway about you a erows focky. You're ill and weary and spent; be tA almost succumbed Ait ene of weer and “discouragement. t risé up again! Ever on ward! You can make it He a but “will, And oh, the glory ech At last, the H 0 of the hill.” a * a eo et, a ill a @ )