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»iiii lyi 1 • i i ii i i ii 1 i) 1 THOUGHTS FOR ELECTORS Whitney goes into the political battle with 6/ majority. What will the end be ? Candidate Smith is putting up a thoro campaign in West Durham and should win out. Members of the Government are as sacred as a timid girl in a ghost-haunted churchyard at midnight. Why ? The rising tide of popularity flowing toward Rowell. Do the working men know how they are being hood-winked by the Whitney Government ? So far the workmen's compensation law is only a prospect for the present Government delayed action as long as it dare do so, and now is taking the risk of delaying enforcement a little longer. Farmers, do you expect ever to be invited inside of that million dollar palace built with your money in Toronto 2 Not likely. Think of over a million dollars sunk in a Government House that is sunk in a hole in the ground. That is enough to make the farmers mad enough to punish every Whitney candidate that shows himself. Labor men have a friend in W. L. Smith. What can they expect from Whitney Government ? What opinion have the mechanics and labor men of Bowmanville and West Durham upon the policy of the Whitney party in bringing out a conservative candidate in East Hamilton in opposition to Allan Studholme, the only representative that labor has had in the provincial house 2 In the view of the government party one labor man in the legislature is one too many. Ottawa Citizen, Conservative contained this report on Friday,--"It is common gossip in the public places here, where politics is the prevailing, topic for discussion, that not only are the local liquor interests, such as the hotel-keepers in Ottawa, contributing contributing to a fund to be spent in an effort to defeat the 'abolish the bar' policy, but the owners of large whiskey distilleries in Great Britain are contributing $200,000 to the Conservative campaign fund, and a big round sum has been ^ subscribed by the whiskey makers and wholesale dealers in both Canada and the United States. Let us be consistent. In 1902 a union convention of the churches askpd for the abolition of the bar and drinking in clubs. When'Mr. Rowell became the leader of the Liberal party in Ontario, he took the churches at their word, and "Abolish the Bar" became a plank of the Liberal platform. Now the question arises, are the ministers ministers and laymen who urged upon Mr. Rowell and his predecessors the adoption of this course, to sit back and do nothing ? Are they to leave Rowell to fight alone the battle of the churches and the homes and are they to forsake him in the midst of the contest that they have been instrumental in thrusting upon him ? BOWMANVILLE, JUNE 25, 1914 THE VOICE OF WEST DURHAM SOME Select Suggestions Suitable for WEDDING PRESENTS selling at $3.00 and $5.00 Any of the following (Articles at $3.00 Any of the following Articles for $5.00 Cake Baskets, Fern Pots, Butter Dishes, Pickle Cruets, Bread Trays, Spoon Trays, Cut Glass, Celery Trays, Spoon Trays, Tumblers, Vinegars, Vinegars, Comports, Tea Spoons, Kitchen Clocks, etc. Cut Glass Bowls, Water Bottles, Bottles, Cassaroles, Pudding Dishes, Mantel Clocks, Pie Dishes, Cake Trays, etc. This is only a partial list. See our window display of the I different articles at these prices. Our assortment at other prices is very attractive C- H. HADD Y, Jeweller The House for Wedding Presents Bowmanville V illESlBISiBfiiSUMlSlSlSlSMUlSlSBIBIBISIHPI Do Away with the Drudgery of Ironing-Buy an Electric Iron Now that the days are getting warmer the discomfort discomfort of ironing with old fashioned methods becomes more apparent. Why not carry out the slogan DEAR Sir--In common with other citizens citizens of West Durham I am called upon to mark my ballot on Tune 29th in a Provincial Provincial contest. There are many honest, conscientious electors who, are perplexed, as at last they realize a great moral issue is paramount. From 1902 until 19111 supported Sir James Whitney. I took no part in the last Provincial contest. A new issue enters now, and for the first time in our history we come to close quarters with the liquor traffic. The history history of temperance reform in the Province Province is that of one long fight. Under Sir Oliver Mowat, supported by many Conservatives, Conservatives, there was great advance, when drinking customs were far different from to-day. A demand arose for a Provincial prohibitory law as regards retail sale, but it was not known that any Province had the legal powers necessary. Certain questions were sent to the Privy Council but the answers were unsatisfactory Then followed the Manitoba Liquor Act prohibiting retail sale, which was declared declared by Privy Council as constitutional. Immediately a demand was made that the Ross Government pass such an act, but Mr. Ross instead gave the Referendum. Referendum. Why? Because t the representatives representatives sent by the people to the Legislature had not been elected on that issue. Ross made the mistake of his life, however, in not appealing "to the people on the issue, even had he been defeated by the liquor forces. But that is ancient history, and we are voting, not in the dead past, but on the. living issue of today. After the Referendum the organized Christian forces, representatives of all denominations denominations and temperance organiza tions asked the government to abolish the barroom and the treating system and to impose further restrictions on the residue of the traffic. There are many who are not total abstainers or prohibitionists who believe the barroom is an economic waste, a social blight, a moral curse. No Government, Government, however, has dared to cut loose from the power of the liquor traffic and accept the policy alike demanded by Capital Capital in legitimate business, labor through its clear-headed representatives, and by the temperance orders, church synods and conferences. The people have, therefore, therefore, in the last few years concentrated for the time being on local option by municipalities, municipalities, good as far as it goes, but admittedly admittedly ineffective in the large centres where the traffic most needs to be curbed. It was not known in the early years that a Provincial Local Option Law was constitutional. constitutional. Placed on the statute book by a Liberal Government, it has been amended by the Conservative Government, Government, and in some respects strengthened. The growth of local option areas in recent recent years has not been due so much to any Government as to the advance of temperance sentiment in social, industrial and commercial circles due to years of previous agitations. The barrooms have not been abolished by the Government as falsely claimed to fool some' honest temperance temperance Conservatives, but by the overwhelming overwhelming votes of the citizens, irrespective irrespective of party, and through a law enacted by Mowat and amended by Whitney. Liquor Traffic Entrenched Local Option has been a step in the evolution of social progress, but it has about reached its limit. The liquor traffic in all large centres and in scores of the smaller towns and cities, stands defiant, devilish, damning; and it is still true that no man liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself; and it is just as true that no municipality liveth, or can live, to itself, itself, or die to itself alone. Far better, if necessary, that the bars should open in Darlington than in the great centres, for where one life here would be ruined, one home wrecked, one soul blighted, a dozen "ives and homes feel its curse in the city. Where one from the city comes to live in :he country, a dozen from the country go to the city. The Barroom Must Go Whatever the ultimate solution of the liquor traffic, the barroom must go. At last a leader has accepted the policy of the organized temperance forces and has refused to lead a party without that plank. He has shown a courage no other man in the public life of Ontario has shown. His policy means that every barroom in the Province shall be wiped out, and no licenses can be issued in any part of a municipality in the place of barroom licenses; every club liquor license is abolished; abolished; and the treating system, that has its tap-root in the barroom, is abolished. No temperance policy was ever yet proposed without someone asking why something else was not done. That is a favorite weapon of the liquor forces, but it is indeed strange that temperance men should now seek to use a favorite excuse of the traffic. A hotel keeper, himself total abstainer and a good fellow, told me once he was in favor of a law that took in every place, but he was against local op tion. We were then in a local option fight. Rowell has gone as far as the organized organized temperance forces have asked. His policy deals with shops. In 82 municipalities municipalities shop licenses exist. Under the present system it requires a 60% vote to get rid of a shop license, and that vote is by a municipality. Under the Rowell policy, the shops can be abolished on a 50 % vote of the whole county, for Rowell does not abolish local option, but extends it county-wide to deal with shops. Some German and French centres, in some large cities, shops no doubt would still ex ist for a few years, but not in the average county. Take Napanee--there are, suffer by it and have no power to rid themselves ot it unless we help Mr. Smith, an able public man, who could well represent represent the artisans, business men and farmers, could say to the Province that West Durham is true to the principles of social progress. There are noble and honest men in the ranks of the Conservatives of West Durham, Durham, and attempts are being made to blur the issue. Once they understandthe issue, nothing would induce them to desert their principles. Boiled down, the. real issue is not the sincerity of Rowell or Whitney, but our own sincerity, and. I am deeply concerned that these noble men should not worship the idol of party, which is the curse of our system, for this, I regard, regard, as a preliminary campaign. The blood mdbey of the traffic may debauch the province, yet as surely as there is a God, the Christian conscience will recoil from perpetrating a system that is at war with eyery legitimate business and every noble ideal. And - it is undeniable that our vote on the 29th lines us up with brewers, distillers, and every lower element element or against them. S. F. Dixon. The Parsonage, Courtice, June 22nd. Only Five Shopping Days Left of m I the Big Ju ne Sale I Come atid get your share while the prices are down and the Bargains last Here are a few Extra Specials for the Last Five Days of the sale Dress Goods THE ROWELL MEETING Continued from page 1 but the complete eradication of the traffic will suffice. In the beginning, however, however, it was desired that a practical policy be put into force. Shops comè under further restrictions. They can be removed by local option; not with the three-fifths majority, but with a simple majority in any municipality. I shall go one step farther. In some coun ties that are dry there are in small towns straggling shops that have survived here and there. We will make local option county wide, and any county can clean out any of these licensed shops by a straight county majority. Local option would have carried in many. places had the married women,, otherwise qualified, possessed the right to vote. We will give these married women the franchise and they will help you remove the shops by local option. In conclusion, this fight is between organized organized Christianity and the liquor inter ests. You've got to choose and you can't shirk it. The question is vastly bigger than the Government. It is the issue of the home, the family and the future wel fare of this province. I promised I would formulate a policy and submit it to the Legislature and the people. I've carried out my pledge, and I put upon you the responsibility of the decision. You vote for the bars to either go or stay. I say it in all solemnity that this must rest upon the conscience of the men who believe that the bar is a curse. He who votes for the continuance of the open bar must share in the responsibility of every home wrecked, every life blasted, and every child denied a fair chance by the continued continued existence of the bar. Mr. Rowèll told of the Liberal candidate candidate in Haldimand, Mr. Gibson's experience experience with a Conservative father who was going to vote to remove the bars because because of his boys. "One of my boys may go wrong" this father said. "But I never want my boy to say to me: "Father, I went wrong through the open bar. You had the chance to help wipe it out, but you preferred your party to me. I'm down and out and you are responsible for it." That's a responsibility I will never take. going to vote for you and the abolition of the bar." That is the responsibility responsibility every man must take. The responsibility responsibility would extend to those who could have been more active between now and June 29. For in this issue he who is not with us is against us, and every man must take his stand on one side or the other. Mr. Rowell greatly appreciated the resolution he received by telegraph during during the progress of his meeting here from the Whitby and Lindsay Association of Baptist churches in session at Oshawa strongly endorsing the "Abolish the Bar" policy on which he is staking his political life. The resolution had been unanimously unanimously passed. Ratines, plain and fancy colors, regular 65c. and 75c. yd. Sale price 45c. Plain and Fancy colored Crepes and Ratines, air new goods and good patterns. Regular 40c and 50c., sale price 25c. yd. Special line of wash crepes in stripes and fancy patterns, good assortment of colors, sale price 15c per yd. 2 pieces White Crepe, double width, very special 25c. yd. . . 2 I i Remnants See the Table of Remnants of. Wash Prints, Table Linens, etc., etc., all at very low prices. G good oods, pieces Sheetings 8/4 plain or twiU bleached* sheeting, sheeting, fine quality, reg. 30c yd, sale price 23c yd. 8/4 plain and twill bleached sheeting, sheeting, fine round thread, extra quality, reg. 45c, sale price 37c yd. Si sa & Pillow Cotton 42, 44, 46 in, fine quality, circular pillow cotton, special sale 22c yd. 44 and 46 in, strong fine round thread circular pillow cotton, reg. 40c yd, sale price 32c yd. Lace Curtains nice designs, $1 and $1.25, sale Special double net, 3 and_3^ yds long, reg special sale 90c pair. White and cream lace curtains, 3^ yds long, nice heavy net, open pat terns, reg. $2 and $2.25, $1.68 pair. Fancy scrim curtains, paris shade, 2-£ yds long, sale price $1.75 pair ; reg. $3.50, sale price $2.65 pair; $5.00 5.50 and 6.00, sale price $3.95. price cream or reg. $2.25, $3.25 and 56 I THE OPEN BAR 66 Do It Electrically" We will be pleased to send you an Electric Iron FREE for thirty days' trial because we know that you will like it. Phone 192 for FREE TRIAL Seymour Power & Electric Co. "At Your Sefbice" Limited think, six barroom licenses, and two shop licenses. They have been voted out twice by about 70 majority, but still run, "owing to the 60% clause. A Conservative, then, who is working for the Rowell policy, said if the barrooms were wiped out, they would soon rid themselves of the shops. The less said about "the bottle and the boy" the less, insult to a well informed electorate. What Well You Do ? I am sorry both parties did not unite in this policy. It must be carried into effect, if the electorate so desire, by one party. That is not the fault of the temperance organizations, nor of Mr. Rowell. It is the fault of the Government behind whom stand the liquor forces, for any one who believes the liquor forces are fighting the abolition of the bar with all their power would believe Satan himself. I have nothing to say against Mr. Devitt. He and I are fellow-members of the Orange order, but-he votes in the House against the abolition of the barrooms of Ontario, and thereby says that West Durham wants to shove the abominable curse into th 3 homes and hearts of thousands who ! Why ! Why ! Should this fair land of ours Be darkened with this blot Of liquor, and of barroom vile-- Is this to be our lot ? Nay! let us strive with all our-power To put this evil down, We know that right may e'er prevail And every effort crowjj Remove temptation from the weak By sweeping it aside, And save the boys of every home, Who are their parents' pride. What untold misery this hath wrought, What sorrow, hunger, strife, With little children poorly clad, God save the drunkard's wife ! There's One who knows" the grief and shame Of every broken heart Caused by the barroom's traffic--drink, Come I let us do our part. The time is here for us to work, To strike the final blow, And, if we cast our vote aright Will banish every woe. Our homeland is the dearest place, With nothing else to mar The comfort and the happiness, But just the open bar. Then let each man a giant be To battle 'gainst the wrong With courage, strength and fearlessness To help the cause along. Oh 1 : pause and think, while still there's time To save YOUR precious boy From demon drink, which surely will Body and soul destroy. Let us he guided to the right By prayer and earnest thought; And may the issue prove to be A blessing long for sought. THE BOYS'FRIEND. Commercial Traveller in the Toronto Globe: Wherever we strike a dry town the accommodation has been vastly improved improved over what it was under license, notable examples being Newmarket, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, Midland, Orillia, etc. Hotels are quiet and orderly, comfortable . beds and clean dining-rooms, well cooked food, clean table linen, no profanity, no noise, no awakening during the night by bands of noisy roysterers, but we rise in the morning refreshed from a good night's sleep, and fit to go out and do a good day's work. § S; Tabling 54 and 56 in. wide, bleached and unbleached tabling, good patterns and quality, special sale price 24c yd. Heavy damask tabling, bleached or unbleached, 60 and 70 in wide, reg. 60c and 65c, sale price 48c yd. 1 piece only, linen damask, bleached, tabling, 72 in wide, reg. $1.50, sale price $1.15. 2 pieces only, choice patterns, 72'in widfe, bleached damask tabling, 2.00 per yd, sale price $1.45 yd. reg. Towels 25 doz bath or buck towels, good size and special quality, sale price 23c towels/^* pair, 20 doz pure linen buck special sale price 33c pair. 12 doz fine bleached buck towels, assorted designs, reg. 1.50 pair, sale- price 95c pair. 2 pieces Turkish roller towelling, striped, special sale 8c yd. Rugs During the sale we special discount of squares in wool, u brussels, velvets These are all new rugs terns are specially se 1 give a will 1 5% off all our : tapestry oxminster the pat- a Sheets Bleached cotton sheets, hemmed and ready for use, size 70x90, fine quality, reg. $2.50 pair, special sale $1.85 pair. Fine quality bleached cotton sheets nicely hemstitched and ready for use, size 70x90, special sale $2.10 pair. K l 8 Toilet Sets Toilet sets, assorted patterns: Reg. $2.50 and $2.75 for $2.10. Reg. $4.50 and $4.75 for $3.90. Reg. $5.50 set, sale price $4.50. Dinner Sets Dinner sets, 97 pieces, 10 only sets, assorted patterns, reg. $12.50 to $15. sale price $10.00. set. 5 only sets, reg. 10.00 to 11.50, sale price $7.00 set. McMurtry & Co., Ltd. V.v Phone 83 The Big Departmental Store Bowmanville - HARRY BRITTAIN DIES SUDDENLY. His many relatives and friends in this town and vicinity were greatly shocked Saturday when the news came that Harry C. Brittain, jeweller, had died suddenly at his home in Moosejaw, Sask. About ten days ago tie was playing with his young son and strained a muscle of his heart, which condition was not considered serious. He had been receiving medical attention since and hopes were entertain- I ed of his ultimate recovery, but he gradually gradually became worse and passed to rest as above stated. Deceased was second son of the late William Brittain of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, and came with his parents to this town from Liverpool, England, when 12 years of age. He learned the jewelry business and conducted a business here for some years before going to Strathroy whence he removed three years ago to Moosejaw. He was an active worker in Zion Methodist church, being Superintendent Superintendent of the Sabbath School and an ardent choir worker. He is survived by his wife (nee Gertie Jon ess ot this town) one son and three daughters, besides five brothers and one sister. The interment took place at Moosejaw on Mondav. Deceased is a nephew of Mr. Joseph Brittain, "Hughen- den" this town. You Get the Best I at Cawker's 11 Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S ÎASTORIil HOME STUDY Tk* Arts Course may be takes by correspon- qenss, but students _ to graduate attend one QUEEN'S ^ UNIVERSITY KINGSTON, ONTARIO ARTS applied science EDUCATION InoludJna MEDICINE ENOIN BERING SUMMER SCHOOL JUW aed AUGUST a G. Y. CMOWN, Registrar, Kingston, Ont The old reliable purveyors are still leading. We have fiftv- five of the- best young Heifers and Steers procurable, having recently recently bought 19 steers and 6 heifers from Mr. Frank Symons. When we say BEST stock, our judgment is a safe guarantee. These cattle are for our own use, so our customers will have the best quality, largest variety and handled in the most sanitary manner. We also carry an assortment of Cooked Meats, Smoked Meats, all kinds of fresh meats, pure home rendered lard, home made sausage and poultry. Your liberal patronage thankfully received and solicit a continuance continuance of the same. m C. M. Cawker & Son PURVEYORS 0 Victoria Building, Bowmanville ESj Auto for Hire When requiring the services of an auto send us your order. Rent by the hour or day. Terms right. Leave orders at Cole's Barber Shop, one door east of Bowman House. Bowmanville Arthur Cole, Proprietor BRICK AND CEMENT WORK If you require any kind of Brick Work or Cement Work of any kind I will attend to it promptly and guarantee satisfaction. Place your orders early. Phone 170. A. TURNER, Cement Block Mfgr. Bowmanville, Coneession-st. E. y > . < 4 Mgyey®*