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'FOR 'YDUR ’ A COME'HERE| «Christmas Groteries ’We have a choice stock of the best lines of goods. We .also carry .China and Glassware, many " articles being most suitable for cumsfiuns PRESENTS. ' Your inspection invited. . a. a. e. newsman. .drawing to a close has been marked is) S i i for the year 1.913. d. HEARS , ~ AV E ~ i \Ve take it for granted that you desire :to remember your friends with appropriate gifts as heretofore. Come in and look over our great variety of desirable novelties, From little mementos that cost a mere trifle, to richer and more expensive presents, our stock is complete in every detail. ' ' Jewelry, Silverware Watches, Clocks Fine:~ China, Gut Glass Leather Goods. Art ignvelties We would like you to see the pretty things, whether you buy or not. ‘ Foo-r or KENT s12, LINDSAY. ISSUERSJOF MARRIAGE 'LIQEVNQ‘ESW lit}; as: lgliEfS; . .. For. a. Very Merry Christmas and: a. . I, _ -' “.3 .y. :,-.TV - . .. . g Happy‘Neinearare, extended tubal-l,- ‘3. ‘1‘? 1' Wi’v‘r CAMPBELL- -.. 5‘ .. .. 3'- .“ It“? i i r . i a thin than this as - fact that in more than half of Ontario ;.local .option is in force, andthat the ‘ people in these places cannot be in- ; And embrace this opportunity ofie‘Xâ€" l ' )pi‘cssing a hope that the year now fast by much happiness and success for our numerâ€" nous patrons and friends, and trust that you may enjoy a still greater degree of prosperity -â€"â€"-__ "I quired. In one case in Bobcaygeon l that the contrary is the case. "I tday evening the meeting was address- ier .to enforce the local option than the license law, because there still ex- isted all the machinery used to enforce 'i the Liquor License Act proving this 9i who was fined $50 and costs. ,UXbridge, one of the judges of dairy ' also in operation in Fenelon Falls. No change cultv. steam engine, and the‘reluctance of farmers to use self-bindérs'when they some to make the change of removing the sale of liquor from the hotels. .fshing liquor in the militia camps, and, l Twelfth Month DECEMBER 1912 SUN 3 BEEQfid fflgflgfla SEE DEEEEE “BEBE 7 b an 14 D CON) U SNE§H DEE Effie Jcneton Jams Eugenie. ...-.-..m«n FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1912. Merry Christmas. ._â€"_â€" The Gazette wiShes all its readers a : merry Christmas and a happy New Year. The Local Option Campaign. Two local option meetings were held 3 here ‘this 'week, one on Monday even- ing and the other on Tuesday, at which excellent addresses were deliv- ered. The hall was well filled on both occasions by appreciative audiences. ‘ T. Albert Moore, Dr D., of Toronto, ' was the speaker on Monday evening. Dr. Moore said it was a marvel to him how men could go-on repeating the as- sertion that more liquor is consumed in local option municilities than was consumed under license, in .face of the duced .to repeal the by-law. Last .J an- uary only three repeals were tried, and not one of them was successful. He quoted from the license returns, show. ing that drunkenness and crime had decreased very greatly in local option- .municipalities, and that in the portion .of the province still under license, convictions were enormously in excess of the larger-portion of the province under local option. The speaker char- acterized ‘the liquor traffic as a persist rent ‘law breaker.” He charged .those engaged in the liquor traliic with en~ ; Icouragitng the treating custom. As to the charge that local option would in- _jure business, thére‘is abundant proof Several instances were mentioned where local option had helped business, and one, case in particular was where one - ’ man had collected nine hundred dol- a lars of accounts that he had marked off his books as no good. The benefits resulting from local option had been so apparent that nothing could induce the people to go back to license where ' local option had been tried. On Tues- ed by Messrs. J os. Hickson and NV. C. Moore, of Bobcaygeon, and Rev. Dr; McTavish, of Toronto, in the order named. Mr. Hickson said it was eas- the license law, with additional facili- ties. He read several extracts from point, and dealt briefly with the vari- ous objections commonly made to local option, showing there is nothing in them. The stafi of secret service men in Toronto can be called open if re- detecti-ves were applied for. Two were sent, and they caught the offender, Mr. Hickson estimates that there is not more than one fourth of the amount of liquor consumed in Bobcaygeon,atE the very outsideplimit, that was con- sumed - under license. He is secretary of the Bobcaygeon fair, and notices a great change for the better since local option was passed Mr. Walker, of cattle, remarked on the absence of drunkenness and disorderly’conduct, and said, “if this is what local option does, it is all"right.” The ,speaker dealt briefly with the recent futile at- tempt get a repeal vote. H ' ' ‘ Mr. \V. C. Mooreuwos then called upon, and dealt ‘very effectively with the question from a business stand-u point. Bobcaygeon peOPle, he said," were intercsted ,in th'é' contest here because local option would be easier to enforce in Bobcaygeon if it were in established_ customs or usages was ever made:'févitliout diffi- He cited the" invention of the were first introducedf The time~ He complimented Hon. Colonel Sam Hughes on the stand he took in abol- I‘M i ’1 m 'w‘ " ' .9.” no -..--:;.£o..».~._'..>..;'. It Dr. Sproule in discontinuing‘its use at state dinners. If it is a good thing to banish liquor from these places, why wouldn’t 'it be a good thing to abolish it everywhere? .Mr.Moore said he be- lieves there is not nearly one-fourth as much beer consumed in Bobcaygeon as formel‘ly,.and [he had very good oppor- tunities for observing. Rowdyism ‘had almost disappeared. As to business, liquor had helped some men out of business in Bobcaygeon. There had been six new houses built in Bobcayw. geon .the past summer, andcarpenters and painters had to .be brought in from the Falls and Lindsay to do the ‘work. He could give names of men who had paid off debts that they could not pay before. A farmer ‘of his ac- quaintance, who .had been ~a-drinkcr, expressed-approval of local-Option be- cause, he said, he was not hauled off - to take a drink whenever he came to town. Mr. Moore (said that the tour- ist trade last year was the best they ever had, and tourists were better sat- isfied. One class of tourists had been lost, and did not come here any moro â€"a party of glassblowers that used a lot of liquor : the. speaker did not know where they spent their holidays now. There was another similar pal" ty from Pennsylvania, but the village was better without them. The tax rate in Bobcaygeon for 1912 is the same as in 1909, although there had been a largely increased expenditure for school purposes. Mr. Moore spoke of the attempt to repeal the bylaw. The antis had made a thorough canvas and had got only 59 per cent, while 77 per cent. was needed. One man who signed the repeal petition was :told ‘it had ‘to be voted on every three years anyway. The man who took the petition around would n’t sign it him- self. The speaker thought nonâ€"drink- ers could scarcely properly sympathize with men addicted to drink. There never was a greater libel than the as- sertion that if you let liquor alone it will let you alone. It is a mistake to say the man who drinks is a fool. Many of the brightest men have been drinkers. Local option is not perfect, but it is the best thing we have. Rev. Dr. McTavish was the next speaker. He drew an eloquent picture of :the endless procession of poverty- ‘stricken down-and-outs in New York, taking the loaves of bread given them as charity to the saloon to exchange for liquox'.g,Tlle procession ended with boys. Whose boys? Nobody can say. Anyone’s child is exposed to the dan~ ger, and may fall. On a public bridge no one is allowed ‘to drive faster than a walk. That is prohibition, and it is designed to protect property. license the hotels to ruin boys. Every good feature of the liquor law is a pro there was not one family in need of lien he wished to mention. that there has not been a single repeal :of local option in the past two years. No argument on the other side can combat that. The editorial in the Oc- tober number of the Wine and Spirit Journal was another argument for 10- cal option. This article warned the liquor trade that their business was in danger by reason of local option, and to defeat it, stating that “it is much easier to defeat local option now than said local option would be the Scott Act over again. This was not true. The Scott Act was a political football kicked between Ottawa and Toronto. Local option has the Government be- hind it to enforce it. The motto of the German emperor in the France- German war was: “Go forward in God’s name, without fear and without weariness,” Wire are in this thing to win. Let your motto be “There’s a better day dawning”; let your prayer be “God speed the right.” Votes of thanks were tendered the speakers on both evenings. . The or- chestra was present on Tuesday even- ing and rendered valuable assistance. Pension Council Proceedings. Cameron, December 14th, 1912. Council met to complete the year’s business, and all its members were present. The minutescf last meeting were read and approved. The follow- ing motions were passed : ' Parkinâ€"â€"â€"T0mpkins.â€"That the trea- surer be allowed an abatement of $8.00 on the roll of 1911. Leeâ€"Mark.â€"â€"-That Bylaw 638 be amended striking out the words “a siding ” in section 1, and using in their stead the words “ three sidings." The by-law was passed in the usual manner. . Markâ€"Tompkinsâ€"That a by-law '1 . ‘ The address was as follows: But we hibitory feature. Last year in Orillia , charity. Two arguments for local opâ€". One is called upon them to use every effort? to repeal it after it is passed.” Some. be introduced providing for‘the holllk ing' of the annual elections. The by law was given ifs three readings null signed-and sealed. Lee-â€"Murk.-â€"'l‘hat council grant ‘ $25.00 to the Fcnelon Agricultural Society, . ~ Tompkinsâ€"Parkin.â€"â€"That \Vildon Imrie‘bc appointed 'to oversee putting stone on road at lot 25 con 6. Leo Parkin.â€"â€"-’l‘hht the following taxes be refunded as charged in error: Wm. “lobster, (log tax, $1.00; Felix. Not-they, statute labor, $2.00. Leeâ€"Parkin.â€"â€"That ‘the following taxes be rcbated: Mrs. \V m. Byrnell, $1.21 ; A. Stone, $1.05. Leeâ€"-.Mark.â€"â€"That Chas. Coppiiis’s statute labor on J. Westawayls beat be performed in ‘1913. Parkinâ€"Lee. That the following bills be paid : For bonuses on wire fence, $137.50; for GSO'loads of gravâ€" el, $68.00 ; \V‘. l?."'Janics, work on road, $1.40; T. R. James, fence for gravel ,pit, $1.61.; Gargctte, printing .. election notices, $2.50 ; Ops treasurer, - half pay for work on Ops and Fenclon boundary, $14; John Brien, culvert on his heat, AJ‘IoI'c, work 'on his beat, $13; Robt. Eyrcs, 11‘,- days’ extra work on mark-$1.25 5 \V. H. Powles, postage and stationery, $3.93; \Vm..'Arks'0v., repairing scraper, $1.0031Clerk, B. M. report, iii-7.60, on salary $10.00: total, $47.00; 'l‘reasurer, on salary $315, for hall $2.00: total, $47.00 ; \Vm. Golden, extra road work, $5.00; Municipal \Vorld, for forms, $2.13. Geo. \Voolacott, one day’s road work with team, 5553,00; J. A. Patterson, _ extra road work, $5.00 ; Herbert \Vaâ€"l gar, two and one-half days’ extra road work, $2.50 ; Councillors for commie-- sion work, $48.40. ‘- .Address and Presentation. On Friday evening the stall of Towns ley Bros. tailoring establishment met at the .home of Miss Bella Rutherford of Vcrulam, one of their number, and pre- sented her with a handsome sct'of silver knives and forks and an address, which was read by Miss M. Horslcy, the pres- en-tat‘ion Theng made 'by Mr. A. Trudel. To Miss Bella Rutherford,â€" , -_1 We, the shop friends, wish to ex- press in a tangible way the love and. E esteem we'have for you. Your kind sympathetic manner, your ladylike de- ' 1 ’ portment, and‘jyour high ideals of life have won for yen a warm place in our hearts. As you leave us for your new . home we wish you to carry this little -' token of our friendship. which we hope will often serve to remind you of the many pleasant hours we spent together. i With it you have our very best wishes ' for your success and happiness. Signed on behalf of the shop friends, 9-9 Miss Maggie Horslcy Mr. Archie Trudel pawlwscm am. . ‘ 153-9 0-. Personal. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wager of Meaford are visiting Mr. L. Deyman. ,M-r. Geo. Jordan of Lindsay spent F'ri- day at the Falls. Miss Bessie Lucey, who has been vis- iting Rev. C. S. and Mrs. Lord, left on Tuesday for her home in Grafton. Miss Vera Sharp is the guest of Lind- say friends. . Miss E. Power left on Tuesday for Downeyville. Mrs. W. H. Robertson of Pcterboro was the guest over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brandon. Messrs. A. C. Ferguson and E. Barnes left on Monday for Gravenhurst. - Mr. John Stewart is home from th West. Mr. John Kelly of Clear Creek, Min- nesota, is visiting his brother, Mr. Chas. Kelly, and other relatives. This is Mr. Kelly’s first visit to his old home since he went to the States thirty-one years .MW“, ago. He intends to remove to the Can- adian West next spring. SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS TREE. The annual entertainment and Christ~ mas tree of the Salvation Army will be held on Monday, Dec. 23rd, in Dickson's hall,ccmmencing at 8 o‘clock. A good programme will be provided. Admission 150. 9-. Bibles, Hymn Books, Story and Picture Books at Vicars' Drug Store. 0.. SALE OF HOMEMADE COOKING. The Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist Church will hold a sale of homemade cooking on Saturday, Dec. 2151: in the store lately occupicdby the Misses Abbot. Admis- sion free. Tea will be served from 5 to 8 o‘clock, for 15c. o-oâ€"-â€"â€" CHRISTMAS AT S'l‘. ANDREW’S - CHURCH. On Thursday evening a Christmas tree and entertainment was largely at» tended and much enjoyed. Santa Claus excelled himself, and the tea, the pro: gramme and everything was a great success. 01) Sunday next the Pastor will preach appropriate Christmas sermons. apd the choir will render suitable Christmas? music. ' 1 , a