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GLASS Martin’s Barber Shop Right at The City Limits North Toronto. repaired prcmptly and correctly SPECTACLES S: EYEGLASSES Orders Taken for Fur Coats 167 Yonge Street, Toronto 2. (Upstairs Opposite Simpson’s) Furnishing Store The Richmond Hill Agent for FIRE, LIFE. AUTOMOBILE PLATE GLASS ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE REAL ESTATE GUARANTEE BONDS Office in the Post Office Block F. E. LUKE, Opt. D. Have Your Tonsorial Require- ments attended to while waiting for your car. ARTIFICIAL EYES FITTED Phoneâ€" -Willowdale 96W W. E. LUKE, R. O. Licensed Auctioneer County of York Live Stock and General Sales Conducted with Effeciency Phone Stouffville 9003 RICHMOND HILL CORPS W. N. Mabbett ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER lst. 1928 Box 16, Elgin Mills, Ontario A. G. SAVAGE John Donald POYNTZ AVENUE LANSING, ONT. OPTOMETRISTS Lieut. Whiteher Officer in Charge Sunday Services TEL. 113 Richmond Hill â€"â€"AND~â€"â€" . 11 am. 7 pm. Ontario I would ask for a little space in your valuable “letters from the people” section for some reflection which if not pleasant may be profitable, The statement at the Court of Re- vision as reported in your last issue that the assessment in Richmond Hill is ROTTEN should be enough to make the citizens of the town take sufficient interest in the matter to investigate very fully. The statement coming from a member of the Municipal Council is sufficient to warrant an in- vestigation and should warrant im- mediate action. Richmond Hill citiz- ens should not be penalized by a ROT- TEN assessment and if the assessâ€" ment is fair and equitable the im- pression should not be broadcasted that it is ROTTEN. A revision and equalization, of the Village asseSS- ment has been talked of for many months‘ I would like to see the Rate- payers Association or the Board of Trade take this question up very seri- ously and see if something could be done. Fair just and equitable asses- sment is the keystone of good municil pal administration. One hundred years- from nowâ€"â€" Have you ever thought of it.â€"When you‘see the fading leaf, the opening bud or the ‘perfect blossom, did you ever think who will look upon the flowers that will bloom‘ the buds that will unfold or the leaves that will fall and wither. One hundred years from now when you have walked the streets, meeting the people that pass and repass like the waves of the ocean did you ever think who will walk these streets one hundred years from now. Such thoughts are not pleasant yet it is well to cherish them that we may more fully realize the fleeting nature of earthly things. Yes, they are sad thoughts, yet the pulse must cease its beating, decay must set its seal on the perishing frame while the “soul” feels not the touch of time or years, Editor Liberal, Dear Sir:â€" While perusing the columns of the Toronto Globe of Friday, October 26, I came across a letter by Anna Moyle of Richmond Hill. This’ epistle ad- dressed to the Home Maker depart- ment was entitled “Save Our Boys” and purported to be a statement of the conditions'as they exist under the present Liquor Control Act in this vicinity. One has only to glance over this letter which is Written in a combinab ion of Dime thriller and True Story Magazine style to realize that it is the product of a mind which is more interested in denouncing the present liquor act than in furthering the cause of temperance. In support of this statement allow me to quote from the letter. “You told us of the efforts being made by the liquor people to get hold of our boys and girls, and have them vote for liquor control at the next election. I want to tell you the re- sult. Editor Liberal, Sirzâ€" ' We know that each passing season bears with it many changes, but leav_ es and flowers are not all that fade or the voice of music all that pase a- way. Death is in the world, and all. humanity must feel the touch of the Great Destroyer. Let us linger on the thought that though the skies may be as beautiful and the earth rob- ed in as much loveliness yet the eyes that now look upon them will all be closed; yes closed in the sleep that knows no waking until the trumpet shall sound at the last great day of Judgment. One hundred years and the child upon whose path the snows of the first winter are falling, and the old man who for four score years and ten have marked the blossoms fade will have “passed away.” “One of those present evening in her own home husband and family what and found to her horror FAVORS ACTION ON ASSESS. MENT QUESTION Editor Liberal Sir:â€" TAKES EXCEPTION TO LETTER DISCRIBING LOCAL CONDI- TIONS UNDER L. C. A. “One of those present, during the ening in her own home, repeated to sband and family what you told us, d found to her horror, amazement d heart-breaking agony, that her In dearly loved eldest son, only 16, (I acquired a taste for liquor.” The above statement is set out in LOOKING FORWARD LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE a part Richmond Hill October 27. 1 Richmond Hill October .30th Richmond Hill October 29th RATEPAYER OBSERVER a conversation 1928 I Guiding his footsteps, shielding him as much as possible from observation, she took hime to her home. Placing him on the lounge, a cup of strong coffee was prepared! While drinking it she tried to find. out where and from whom the liquor had been ob- ’tained, but he refused to tell. For an hour he lay like a log, in a drunken sleep, this faithful friend wiping the damp hair and brow. Then he be- came restless and began to mutter to himself. For some time the patient listener waited, when suddenly he \threw up his hands, crying out: “Let me tell you of another case in my own experience. Going home ear- ly one evening a woman noticed a boy of seventeen, the eldest of a large family, leaning against the fence, too much under the influence of liquor to stand alone. Speaking to him, \she said: “No, no, I don’t want it. No, I hate the,stuff; take it away. It will break mother’s heart. Take it away, I tell .you.” And then the anxiously waitedâ€"for {name was unconsciously given. “My boy, my boy, what are you goâ€" ing to do? You cannot stay here.” Suspicious were confirmed. action quickly taken, and soon a certain place raided. Butâ€"take notice, good readersâ€"nothing was found, though this fiend in the shape of a man opâ€" ‘enly boasted: “They came within two feet of it.” which took place between Miss Moyle and an other lady regarding a temper- ance address delivered by Miss Moyle. The date of which while not given must have been previous to the vote on liquor control as it was on this subject she was speaking. Now Mr. Editor where and when did this boy acquire .this appetite. It surely must have been under the 0.T.A. as it is apparent that “at the date of the ad- dress the L.C.A_ was not as yet carr- ied by the people. Let me quote some of the more dra- matic part of this letter. “I won’t g6 home; it will kill moth- er,” he mumbled. Putting her arm through his, this noble Christian woman said: “Come home With me till you are over this.” Other school boys, 15, 16, 17 years of age, in this community are drink- ing, within 20 miles -of Toronto. This splendid woman then told me of her own sorrow: a dearly loved brother spending $45 a week on liquor in Toronto and they are helpless. Three motherless children left for otâ€" hers to care for, their father a dis- grace to the honored name he bears, one of the oldest in Canada.” In closing may I say Miss Moyle’s Temperance utterances resemble too much those hoary old stock arguments of the past fifties to carry much weight with the present day residents of this community. The days are gone when “The face on the bar room floor" can be applied to our liquor habits. May I use a portion of Miss Moyle’s slogan. “Save the Temper- ance cause from Advocates like these.” I am still May I ask the pertinent question if this is the condition that exists in this community, why in the name of Temperance does not Miss Moyle disâ€" cuss these things through the local press and draw the attention of our own people to these conditions rather than broadcasting to the world. A statement that reflects upon the good name of every young boy in this com- munity. Then there is this man with the $45 a week thirst. This mans age is not given but I judge from the way this Ontario liquor works he must be at least 23 or 24 years old and I am wondering what kin‘d of a salary he will have to draw when he is sixty if he hopes to appease 'this terrible thirst. Here is a young man who was unâ€" able to stand with out the side of a fence. ‘He was guided along the streets and into a home. Here, drunk as he was he would not give the name of the man who supplied the liquor. Drunk as he was he was sober enough to fear for the result his actions would have on his mother. Then aft- er receiving this cup of strong coffee he apparently lapsed into uncons- ciousness and while in this unconsci- ous condition he still remembered his mother's, feelings but he forgot about the bootleggers welfare and spilled the beans. Now Mr. Editor I would like to know just what kind of liquor this lad was drinking Br was it that strong cup of coffee that set his min in such a muddle. ‘ Lastly there is the statement that boys 15, 16, 17 years of age in this community are drinking. A. C. HENDERSON THORNHILL. ONTARIO PLUMBING AND TINSMITHING Hot Water Heating and General Repairs THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO SOBER AND DRY On Monday some of the boys are 011' to the north country to hunt game. Who ever heard of a bunch of women going away for a week’s holidays? Mrs. F. Tennyson spent Monday with Mrs. W. Gohn. Mrs. Meyers, of Stouffville is visit- ing her son Mr. Allan Meyers. Mr. Woods gave a fine addreSS on Sunday morning to a full house; also baptized two children. Mr. Harris, of Toronto, was the speaker on Sun- day evening, his subject being, Christ- ian Adventure. The choir rendered an anthem under the leadership of Mrs. Padget. The W.M.S. had a very successful Thank-offering meeting on Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Shantz of Stoqffville, gave a very helpful pict- ure of their work in Africa. The off- ering was over eighty dollars and pleased the officers of the very much, Mr, Wilkinson is improved and Mrs. McRill is picking up. Also lMiss Ruth Walker is out after undergoing an operation on her throat. We hope soon to see Billie Hood around. Mr. and Mrs. D. Hood spent Sun- day afternoon in Markham. Miss Florence Craig has returned from her trip across the line. Oui' choir will assist in the service of praise at Box Grove next Sunday. Miss Drew Kelly is now on the road to recovery. Miss Katie Craig, of Buffalo{ visit- ed at her home over the week-end. 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