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‘If they remain in the business the charges for accommodation must be increased at once. At the preaentcest‘ of provisions there hs-Rttleo: no‘pcdt w DURHAM CHRONICLE SANCTUM SIFTINGS. The Council met on Friday night in an adjourned meeting and gave the Local Option By-law its third readihg. This means a vote of the electors on the first Monday in January, with a probability that the bars will be closed 5 after the first of May 1908. I ' During this agitation the Chronicle has said very little about the question personally, but a number of contribu- tions have been published from the pen of Mr. Farquharson Who is the editor of the temperance literature in behalf of opponents of the open bar. To pass the By-law Will require the legal three-fifths vote. Some consider this an unequal contest and unfair to the advocates of temperance reform. The Chronicle never found fault with it, howeve r, believing that such a question should be passed with a. strong majority, provided it will take! a similar 1111301 1t} to repeal the act when once put in force. If it require three-fifth of the vote to put an act in- to force it would be only reasonable to expect such act to be repealed on a majority of similar magnitude. Under the three-fifths clause it is hard to pass a bylaw, but in fairness to both sides it should take the same vote to bring about a repeal. MacFaflane 61 00. The liquor men themselves arelarge-! 1y to blame for the present condition of things. They did not keep hotel according to the authority vested in them through the licenses granted. In many cases they overstepped their rights in defiance of the law, and in this way they brought discredit on the business as well as themselves. They violated the law under license and it is nothing more than natural to expect they will violate the law under the restrictions of‘local option. On the other hand the temperance people must not expect smooth sailing as soon as local option comes into eflect in a municipality. The travel- ling public must be provided with ac- commodation. When the bar, the great source of revenue to the hotels, is cut oi! they will be in none too good a mood to cater to the public demands, DURHAM. DECEMBER 12, 1907 Druggists and Booksellers Dec. 12, 1907 W. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. Call at MacFarlane’s and Four-Piece Table WE HAVE THE GOODS They only require to be seen to be appreciated. Any piece laid aside for you. No'jdeposit required. Sugars and Creams Rose Bowls Cracker Jars Water Sets Toilet Sets Vases Etc. THE $2 from the table at twenty-five cents a meal. Indeed we’ll venture to say that many a hungry man sits down to a meal and carries away more than his quarter’s worth. The increased price for accommodation which must follow the abolition of the bar will pinch! many an advocate of temperance who was never noted for his liberality atl any time. They. all admit this now, I but will they all take kindly to the changed condition of things when the time comes to pay 30, 40 or50 cents for a meal, and the same price for a night’s accommodation? The writer is not in favor of drunk- enness, nor in excessive drinking, neither is he in favor of doing injury to the town by furnishing poor accom- modation to the travelling public. The uncertainty as to the turn things may take in the event of changed con- ditions has caused us to act With cau- tion rather than to float an opinion 1 not thoroughly matured. The news received here on Monday of the death in England of Mr. W. K. Flesher touched the hearts of his old surviving. friends. Mr. Flesher, the founder and for many years one of the most prominent citizens of this village, filled a large place in the life of the community. In the early days of settlement he was postmaster, magi- strate, druggist and sometimes even doctor. In matters of dispute his advice was often sought and frequently had the effect of oil upon troubled waters. He was genial in disposition, benevolent in heart, and a man of strictest integrity. In early municipal life he exerted a great influence in the affairs of Artemesia Township, of which he was reeve for fifteen years, seven of which he was warden of the County. On the public platform he was a fluent and fascinating speaker, having the ability to hold an audience with racy and pleasing anecdotes wov- en into his addresses. From municipal office he stepped to the parliamentary arena and for a number of years was the Conservative representative for East Grey in the House of Commons. The position has been held since his retirement, as many of our readers know, by‘his son-inâ€"law, Dr. T. S. Sproule. Over thirty years ago Mr. Flesher afficiated with Prince Arthur Lodge A. F. 8: A. M. here, and has been for :L number of years an honor- ary member of the lodge. The deceased, who we learn was 80 years of age, is survived by his highly esteemed Widow. who now lives in Murkdale; one son, John, in Australia; and three daughters, Mrs. Ainslie, St. Catherines; Mrs. Sproule, Markdale; and Miss Ida. in Englandâ€"Flesherton Correspondent. Mr. Cochrane writing to the Review last week in defence of the Council’s ac- tion or rather inaction in regard to dis- l posing of the Cream Separator \Vorks : to a number of prospective purchasers ‘ has this to say regarding one of his colleagues at the Council Board :â€"“I told you, Sir, it was a regular bedlam, all talking at the one time, with the voice of my old friend Tom towering above all the others; it just seemed as if his tongue was balanced on a pivot and going like the devil at both ends. Nothing short of a charge of shot could have stopped it. It was he who set the heather in a blaze and it’s still a-burning.” SERVES THE PEOPLE RIGHT we take it that Mr. Cochrane does not consider it an evidence of weight for a man’s tongue to wag too freely. It all depends whether he is right or wrong in the Opinions expressed; he is evidently wrong in Mr. Cochrane’s opinion, and if dangerously wrong he shouldn’t be on the Council Board. Some times a man is run into a posi- tion for fun to the detriment of the whole community, a practice that should never for a moment be indulged in. The man who wants to get there is not always the best man, and it is just here that the elector should be able to discriminate. An honest elec- : tor may be deceived once, but when he 3 finds out his error he shouldn’t repeat it. 'lhe electors make the Councils, and if they play with their franchise it serves them right to get bitten. A letter from Mr. Harry Aldred of Summerberry, Sash, says :-â€"-“I can assure you and the friends of Durham and vicinity that the Robert Braith- waite shot at Grentell a short time ago, was not our friend of the Gara- fraxa. Road.” By the same mail we received a letter from Mr. Charles Braithwaite of Indian Head stating: â€" “The deceased 18 not the Robert Braith- Ewaite who left Durham for Yellow Grass some three or four years 380' He' 18 still quite hale and hearty and hopes to pay Durham a visit in the near future.” The last payment of taxes is due on Thursday, the 12th of December. Ratepayerslwill have up to that date or the morning of the 16th of Decem- bar to payfitheir taxes. After that date the roll will” be handed to the Collector with 3% added. Taxesâ€"Final Notice. It Isn’t our Bob. LOCAL OPTION AND DBUNKEN' (By Rev. Win. Farquharson.) Drunkenness’ is .a .vice that arises from the desire to enjoy the deepest satisfaction of our nature Without - possessing the inner life from which ' alone that joy can spring. Failing to reach the nether springs and draw from thence the living water, it steeps the abused body in sensuous enjoy- . ment and cheats the mind with the seeming consciousness of increased power and brilliancy. In its earliest and simplest form it is akin to all in art, literature and religion that soothes the mind, rouses the feelings, or moves.- to tears, without awakening to noble and practical activity. When the sin I is finished the drunkard appears in all lhis fleshliness, grouped according to the Apostle Paul with fornicators, adulterers, effeminate, thieves, covet- ous, revilers and extortioners. Its fascination is in the glory which it counterfeits, the illusions with which it deceives. Its curse is the residuum I of a Wasted life, the grapes of gall1 whose clusters are bitter. At the be- ginning it flatters its votaries with a sense of clearer vision, increased power and fuller joy. At the last the mask falls off, the balmination vanishes, the castles so gorgeous melt “into air, into thin air,” and the beauty, which in the intoxicating excitement seemed so fair. in the light of sober reality is seen to be but common clay. Drink is a ' deceiver, ever luring man to lie with , the swine and at the same time delud-‘ ing him with thought that that is his ' rest and his home. Starting thus with promises that are deceitful, it keeps up the appearance of truthfulness by a renewal of false hopes, which only prepare the way for a fresh harvest of sorrow, Since one stimulation failed to satisfy it must be repeated, but what was enough yester- day falls short to-day, and what serves today is insufficient for to-morrow. With this continued strain the nerves are shattered. the body weakened and the man degraded from the noble ves- sel that plows the main to the water soak ed derelict that floats at the mercy of wind and tide, a menace to every craft that sails the sea. That doom of worthiessness no man on that pathway can escape. There is a hunger of the soul that no potion of Circe can satisfy, a longing for real- ity in sad contrast to that lite of hol- lowness. To assuage that hunger men seek the balm of human fellowship. They drink together, tell their stories and join in laughter, but the hpnger is not satisfied, the spectre will not be charmed, and in their deepest soul is heard the croak of doom, the Ravin’s croakâ€"“N ever more.” Never more is there a return of the manliness which has been sacrificed at the shrine of the false deceiver. How then is the tyranny to be broken and the man once more set free? Evidently there must be an awakening of that inner life which all the intox1cating course has been trampling in the mire. It is needless to say that the ashes of that life are not to be revived by any application of force. No mere prohibition can provide that which alone can quench the soul’s insatiable thirst. Chaining a dog will not make him kind though .it may prevent him from biting, and ; keeping a man from drinking will not ’ awaken the soul that 18 dead or bring back the love that is lost. The way to the Father’s house must be opened; through the breaking up of the foun? tains in the man’s own soul. Only when he arises and comes to his Father does he win the victory over self. To enter on that course may be as the very cutting 01? of a right hand or the plucking out of ar1ght eye, to continue in it may be as a daily dying, but it is the path of blessedness whose end is peace. The message of hope is the gospel of salvation, and the power that lifts is not the arm of flesh but the spirit of the living God. In how far then may Local Option be depended on to help in this battle? Let no man be deceived. Neither Local Option nor any other law will: work an immediate or magical cure. The man who is determined to drink will still succeed in getting What his heart is set upon. Even the inexperi- enced Will-not be absolutely safe, for “stolen water is sweet,” and some ’under like circumstances have been ensnared by the curiosity of finding whether they could pull the Wires so as to procure the drink. The only class such a measure is likely to‘help are those who want to be helped. Some who know their helplessness ask our assistanCe by placing the drink Where, when the craving is upon them, they will not find it. Parents and friends are eager to fostera new spirit, to create an atmosphere so steeped with the Spirit of Christianity that! the youth may be attracted by things ; that are lovely and of good report. _ To all desirous of being helped the law is calculated to be a blessing. It will be the occasion of giving the fallen the chance again to take his feet, of awakening noble self respect in some who had lost it, and of helping others toa tasteof' thejoy of making slid the heat-tact thosenear anddear to them. To secure these blessings there isneads'tfmotonly al‘aw buta moral TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE and spiritual awakening. Give not only your vote for Local Option. but yield yourselves as servants to right. eousness unto sanctification. DEAR MB. EDITOR. :-â€"I am glad you have given a chance to show the evils of Local Option, and I hasten to fur- nish a few arguments. Some omcious person has sent me a paper called The Pioneer, evidently thinking that I needed more reading matter, which you will agree with me is absurd seeing I subscribe regularly to your valuable paper. Unlike the‘ Chronicle this paper is most one-sided and I can’t find a single straightfor- ward argument against Local Option in the whole of it. It is just full of “facts” all of which seem to favor Locol Option; and surely it is not fair to try and ram “facts” down the throat of pe0ple who don’t want facts but “arguments.” Any thoughtful person can see for himself from the facts in this paper that the enforcement of Local Option is going to strike at the very founda- tions of our social fabric. One illustration Will show What I mean and perhaps warn some before it is too late of the condition of things that will be experienced if Local Op- tion succeeds. On page 3, in the column referring to conditions in Owen Sound is this item,â€" ‘A lady went to six different: women who had been accustomed to go out washing, and could not get: them to Come for her. Four of them told her,’ “I do not have to do washing since Local Option came.” Now M1 Editor. Everybody knows! (and when I say ‘ Every body’ of cour se: I mean in the sense the society papers use it, that IS the upper ten whom the rest of mankind were created to serve) that it is a hard enough matter now to get satisfactory washerWomen, so what will it be if we get Local Option. Anyone who has studied the matter at all know that society is indebted very largely to the bar room for the supply of washerwomen. Women are so curiously constituted that once they are married and have a young family to look after they would sooner stay at home and do so than go out follow- ing the very useful avocation of wash- erwoman. \Vhen, however, the hus- band and father spends his wages in the bar room and privation stares the children in the face, she is glad to leave them, to look after themselves, to earn money at the wash tub, and thus a great want of society is sup- plied. If: space permitted I would like gto enlarge this beautiful picture which can be seen to best advantage in the large cities. The young mother taking her baby with her on the early car going off to her day’s work and return- ing after six o’clock, with both mother and babe sufficient} y worn out to enjoy ‘ sleep under conditions that would‘ make sleep otherwise impossible. When the baby gets a few years older and others have arrived, see the ad- vantage it is to that child to be initi- ated into household cares and have all the frivolity taken out of it, at an age g when other children are wasting their ‘ time in play. Then when in a few more years she becomes a woman her- self if as a result of the above she is delicate see how much work this means for doctors and for hospitals, etc. I might enlarge, but merely want to point out incidently thth if this class were removed lots of useful char- ities and the Children’s Aid Society would find then occupation gone, and the good people who lov e to help this sort of work might have to turn thei1 attention to heathen lands to find an outlet for their charities. There are many other a): most equally important questions I might ask, such as: Where are the sweat shop men going to get people towork for starva- tion wages if the supply made by the bar rooms are cut off? ‘Vhere are the manufacturers going to get children Who should be at school to work for them if their fathers don’t drink? VLJU uumVLVLlV Vuv Av- -.â€"__ . y We to get the washing done? You may think this 18 not a very serious Question but it is more so than appears now, because there Will be more wash- ing to do if Local Option is enforced. When money is not spent in drink it Will mean more white dresses for the babies and more light blouses for the Wives and older girls, and this will mean more washing to do and make ;our question still more dificult to . solve. Surely, Mr. Editor. enough has been said to show you that you should exert the bar room to get still further in their encouragement of the trade by getting more of their young men to patronize the bar and it will only be a'. few. Years till some of the healthy young. ladies of their congregations :- I M ___“__ k- (By Rev. Fuquhsr Williamson.) OPTION m WASHER- wom. DON’T FORGET THAT XMAS PRESENT Remember, both HE and SHE expect something pretty nice this Xmas and \Vebster’s High-Class Display will certainly meet with their approval. Our display of W atches, Chains, Lockets, Bracelets and Rings could not possibly be better. The latter, we challenge any J ewcllcr this side of Toronto to compete With. XVebster’s has been known all over the country for High-Class Silverw: .re and we are proud tn say mu- Xmas stock is better than ever before. \Ve consider it, a favor rather than a trouble. to show these goods, so bring along your h-iends anytime. 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This is a new (19 art- ment for us and the pmces are extensxvely 10W. Belts 250 an up. Bags 500 and up. Large Importation of Fancy Hankerohiefs New Leather Goods med We never attempted to show so large an assortmentâ€"all New designs and materials, so rich and beautiful and such a. variety that it would take a page to describe them. They’re in, however, and you may see them for the asking. Prices 25c to $2.00. You want to see The Nicest Goods PERCY (i. A. WEBSTER Silverware ! Opposite Post Office. Repairing a Specialty Durham, Ontario assortmentâ€"all New Presents