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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1929-01-17, Page 3
wwwww THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE OUR WKhX GPM NEIGHGORLINESSEDITORIAL 50 YEARS AGODISTRICT NEWS URGENT W- D- Wilson, manager of the Ro yal Bahki at st. Marys, has left for the West Indies, where he will enjoy a month’s holidays. Speak thou th# truth, Det others fence And trini their words- for pay; in pleasant sunshine of pretence Let others bask their day. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17th, 1939 public in two. indica* woi‘se. At pyesoPt tha stat© of the major ity of the -country roads is far from satisfactory. Naturally we are look ing for the county and, township iatliers to help ns to better things. Just now there is neither motoring iMir sleighing or wheeling. Rather, any of our roads furnish opportunit* les for all three modes of convey ance. Anyone may see the conse quence of this state of affairs. Farm ers cannot get their teaming done, merchants are held up for their goods, T^e attendance at schools and churches are. cut So far, conditions give every ^^iion of becoming steadily There is no reason, why this 'increas ing abominableness of road condi tions should not become more and more aggravated., Why should not the county and x township fathers put theix* brains in .steep and solve tlie problem? It may be replied that this is a hard nut .to .crack, • Yet it is the business of township and county councils to overconie pr to remove difficulties. Why t Should not these bodies find the remedy, try it out on -one or two county.and township roads, and if it is likely to prove excessively expen sive, submit, the-scheme to the votes of the people., The present mode of carrying- on has • not the virtues of cheapness ahd convendeiice to -commend ‘‘ re- THE PROBLEM This plan of bringing a large num ber p£ inexperienced men to work on Canadian farms • has a great many elements of danger in it, Foi* one thing, there is no real-..shortage of labor In this country. True, there are seasons when, the farmers require ad ditional help, • such as in harvesting and in seeding time. But for the most part, the pressing need of Canadian farmers is not labor. Of course ^he unemployment situ- ®atiou of Great Britain is very grave, But why transfer the situation frpm ' Britain to Canada?" Yet tkis is what is being done when men are brought here without, provision being made for their employment at remunera tive work, Now, what is to be suggested should the present policy of bringing farm labor to Canada be carried out? First of all. the inexperienced farm worer should be informed that for a year at least he is of very little use to any farmer. He is well paid if he gets his board and clothing and a very small wage. That is the simple fact of tlie case. In the next place the inexperienced man starting with a farmer should be required to for at least three years with farmer who undertakes to train in agriculture. By so doing I stay the him -the farmer will be able to get some slight return for the time and patience and finances invested. Farmers cannot he expected to work for purely pa triotic purposes nor, altogether for philanthropic ends. Like every- otliei’ business man, the farmer must work for a financial profit, In the second place, there should he conte provision made for tlie care •of these inexperienced men during Hie slack period iu farm operations. This may be done by tlie govern- mient’s securing some land, land, that is, in need of development, up on which these men may be set to work at a minimum wage and.under such general conditions as will not be an .inducement for men to loaf. On these farms the men will be taught, to work and given every in ducement to be inventive and enter prising.. Allowing these men to be ’ idle and to congregate into loafing groups is the worst of all possible policies. Few men do their best till driven by the harp spur of necessity. The inexperienced man who is free •to wander whither lie will, comfort ing himself with the assurance that .somebody will take ' care of him whether be labor or loaf, is not a good from ■may will. sort for Canada, let him come what quarter of the globe and speak what language he he iSome people could even hurt them* •selves falling into .luck. * * * Fish are much like men. ;sire bragged about only when dead. They Guard, thou tth.e though clouds of night ' • Down on thy, watchtower stoop Though thpu sjiouldat see thine heart’s delight Borne from the© by their swoop. -—Selected Mtes M. G, Bayne, of Exeter and Mr. Gordon Inglis, of Marwayne, Al ta., are spending a fews days at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A- M. Bayne, Water Street,—St. Mayys Journal* Argus. THIS ’N THAT King Winter has been able to prove a “come back.”««« «** With the churches closed on Sun day the saving of coal would abopt offset’ the loss of collections. **¥ You can’t tell a family th$t have all been down with the “flu” at once that the epidemic isn’t serious,♦ ♦ ♦ * * * * If cold weather is hard on the “Flp” germs, there must have been a lot of them kick off over the week end. The County Roads System has purchased a snow plow to be used on the county roafls around Goderich. The plow is propelled by a gravel truck with a separate operator for the plow. illness from the double pneumoxi- Snowden, of the Bayfield, passed Miss Snowden lived with her Miss Rose Snowden and is After a week’s flu developing into ia, Miss Elizabeth Bauble Line, near away, sister, survived also by one brother. ♦ * * * « trgic death who lost her destroyed the * v ❖ of Mrs. life in home of At her home in Hibbert township, Mary Jane ^tahaffy, wife of John G. Miller, died from the flu at the age of seventy-five years. The late Mrs. Miller was among the early pioneers of Hibbert and besides her husband she leaves a family of sons and dau ghters. The Ruth, which tist in Watertown, Mass,, reveals a further t tra'gedy in the married life of the “king of swat.” It is an other striking example, that neither wealth nor fame* brings about time happiness. ' , Babe a fire a den- Goderich' has been getting hex* share‘of'publicity of late, but not un- ‘duly. When speaking of the beauty of the scenery of Huron’s county town and the district surrounding, Goderich merits all that can be said about it. Too often we fail to ap preciate the beauty at’our own door and the same might be said about the Goderich harbor, which is at present the winter home of many of the Great Lake freighters. We little realize harbor to this part of Western On tario. the importance of a good A conference, has been held at Ot tawa to see it.something could be done to keep liquor from being ship ped from Canada to the United States. The best the conference could do was to report progress. We must con fess that we know very little about the liquor exporting business, but if -it is anything like what we read and hear "from • the Bord^y cities’, resi dents it is one great big farmee and the ,sooner Canada, seeks to. qleai* it up with proper laws and law enforce ment, the better for the honor of Canada and Canadians. After an illness with the “flu” fox’ only two days Joshua James Pull man, of Mitchell, died at the age of 85 years. The deceased had lived in Hibbert Township and in Mitchell for about seventy-five years. He is survived by his widow-, one son and three daughters. The death occurred recently at the home of Miss McDermid, Seaforth, of Miss Catherine Murchie, one of the oldest residents of the ditsrict. Miss Murchie was the daughter of the late Alexander Murchie and Jean Hamilton. The remains were laid to rest in Maitlandbank cemetery. *Mrs. David Miller, who had been ill for a considerable ' time passed away at her home in Hibbert. The deceased woman, who was a daugh ter of the late Thomas Colquhoun, was a native of that township. Be sides hex’ husband she leaves one son and two daughters to mourn their loss. Sid. Riddell, repair man of the Blanshard township telephone line had a narrow escape from death when his truck collided with a car, neither driver being able to see on account of the heavy flurry of show The truck left the road and rolled over. The car that collided with the -truck was not damaged. it is not altogether ,a paradox that the closer a man’s neighbors are the people living in a row of houses in a city block are less dependent on one another than the people are who occupy neighboring farms and ranch es. The city dwellers have frienqs in the next .street or out in the su burbs with whom they can associate almost as easily as with the neigh bor next door, If they are ill or in trouble, it does not matter of great importance to them whether they are on terms of intimacy with their near est neighbor, oi’ even whether they are on good terms with him. More* over, in the city there is no excuse for the neighborly habit of borrow ing. In the country exchanges of magazines books and other articles among neighbors are common and promote the spirit of neighborliness. The ifests need need arises, neighborly spirit alive and warm when there is no practical means of demonstrating it. Neighbors whom you are helping or who are helping you So often the subject of your un kind or caustic criticism. But when the occasion for helpfulness has pass ed, there is often tlie temptation, to discuss your neighbors with other neighbors, and’ what begins as dis cussion ends sometimes in gossip, Neighborhood gossip kills neighbor liness. The good neighbor is5 one who, besides helping when ,lie can,, keeps locked in his^ breast the tart of bitter or unfriendly comments that people have confided in him; he will not speak unkindly even of those neighbors whom lie does not like. He will be more inteested in maintaining a spirit of harmony and co-operation 'in the community than in exhibiting tlie.sharpness of his in sight into human nature. What is true neighborliness? Among persons is true to some de gree of neighborliness among, na tions. All the time the mechanical inventions of man are drawing the nations into closer and closer neigh borhood. The harmony of their neighborhood life will depend on the spirit of neighborliness than that they show. If the people of one country persist in saying hard things about the people of another country, they are bad neighbors and may get themselves and everyone else into serious trouble. Not to criticize or to censure, but to commend when we can and to helix when wds ought should be our part if wo are to be good neighbors, both in the smaller and in the larger neighborhood. impulse to be neighborly man- itself In accordance w^h the of neighborliness. Where the exists the impulse naturally The difficulty is to keep the Mr, A- Bishop, for South Huron, left Exeter station on Mon day morning last for Toronto to at tend the fourth and last session of the pesent> Ontario Government. On Monday afternoon last a val uable cow belonging to Mr, Thomas paiiantyne was killed by a northern bound train on the London Huron & Bruce, The following persons were elect ed office bearer in the Exeter Divis ion s. of T, at its regular meeting held on Monday evening; S. Jory, Mary Gidley, R. White, Aggie Hen derson, A, Grigg, R. Crocker, Will J, Clare, Chas. Snell, Lizzie Weir, S. Balsdon, Geo. Hurd and M. J, White, Mr. Richard Luker, of the fifth concession, of Hay, set a trap for the purpose of catching wild cats, and on going to the trap on Sunday evening, found that he had trapp ed a monster. The "cat measured 3 feet 10 inches high, and weighed 23 pounds'. This is the second Luker has caught during the two weeks. The annual meeting of the phen and Usborne Agricultural ciety was held at the Commercial Hotel on Monday last. The election of officers took place with the fol lowing results; president, Mr. Jas. Oke; vice-president, Mr. D. McInnis; secretary, Mr. A. G. Dyer; treasurer, M. Ij. Pickard. Directos, Messrs. W. Lewis, T. M. Kay, John Hunter, J, Dignan, W. Brock, I, Bowerman, J. Fislibern, Bawden. rett and At the members No. 2, held in th© engine room on Friday evening last, the following persons for the J. Drew, kins, I Wm. Sutton, John Taylor, G. Hurd, G. Hill, Frank Howard, Jas. Gould, George Thomas, D. Spicer and "Geo. Willis. Flashing Eyes Laughing Eyes Do wncast Eyes Eyes ieB Your Qhty&tcter jBrpwp eyes for strength-—Blue for generosity—Gray eyes for jealousy-ASparkling eyes in dicate beauity, y?< ana good health, tpo! Dp your eyes sparkle? ?Are the whites clear or are theiy tinged with yellpw 1“J:—' - out-o£-sorts ue to epnstipa- — need jBrpwn pyp for Strengil ® ’/—Gray .< jealpusy-LSparkling e dicate bear*;- — health, tpo ! m *** There looks like a split at Salva tion Army Headquarters in England. Certainly things are not what they should be in the leadership camps of this great, world-wide organization. It seems pretty hard on the grand old man, General Bramwell Booth, to call for his resignation at a time when he is recovering from a very critical illness and what makes It look the more uncharitable -is the fact that the call is coming through the medium of the general’s sister. On the other hand if a great organiza tion is suffering through the lack of leaderhip then the feelings of one man must be sacrificed foi’ the good of the whole. There are some things that are not. clear to the public mind which might well be cleared up. According to custom, the county warden fq.r.19^9 will J),n chosen frp,m. among the Liberal members of the County Council. The choice will probably be made from the.following five: Reeve -Thomas Inglis, of Ho- wick; Reeve Robert Turner, of Gode rich; Reeve J. W. Beattie, of Sea forth; Reeve J-. A. Manson, of Stan-' ley and Reeve Kennedy, of Tucker smith. The funeral took place in Gode rich of the second oldest resident of the town in the person of William Stewart. He came to Canada when a young man and farmed for a few years in Goderich township, but for over sixty years resided in Goderich. Fox* 30 years he was on the local staff of the Bank of Montreal. Surviving are two sons and one daughter. tlie common the crow as in - the first Mr. last Ste- So- John Willis and Auditors Messrs, Wm. Sweet. regular meeting of the Defiance Fire Co. William* M. Eac- of the FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE HAY TWP. FIRE INS Uli. CO. The Annual Financial Report of The Hay Township Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company, has been printed and in 'a few days will be mailed to *each" policyholder. This enterprising Company is in a good, healthy and flourishing condition, and has during the past year issued 932 Policies covering an insurance of $3,727,680.00, and the year closed with 2001 Policies in forcing insur ing property to the amount of $7,- 852,300.00. The amount of losses during 19 2 8 were considerably lower than tlie previous year being only $10,381.56, which losses were most ly caused by lightning, which is un avoidable by the policyholder. The Manager’s financial, statement shows a nice balance in the banks of $4,- 657.11 and the totaty assets of the Company amounts to'\he handsome sum of $226,920.00 This however, includes the residue df Premium notes. Besides the handsome bal ance on hand there is an ..investment of about $20,000.00 in Government Bonds and Debentures. Tjhe annual meeting of the Company will be held in the Town Hall, Zurich, oh Monday, Jaiiuary the 2Sth, 1929, lit 2 p.m. when the following Directors’ terms of office will expire, all of whom are, eligible Elliott, Webb, On Wednesday, January the 9tli, Baabara M. Russell, widow of Wm. Anderson, -died at her home in Rus- seldale in her eighty-sixth year. Her sister, the late Miss Helen Russell, who lived .with her, died on Saturday of last week in her eighty-third year. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson went to Cali fornia to live after they were mar ried, and after her husband’s death between- fifteen and twenty years ago she came back to Russeldale where she lived with her Sister. In terment Was made in Roy’s cemetery. were elected office current year: Wm. E. Gill, J. Crocker, Handford, John bearers Treble, C. Per Grange, 25 YEARS AGO Siiico correct reliable wavering. * Xi >> Well, those wfio didn’t get decor ated in the (great war .can save their tax receipts to astonish their grand* children. —-indicating condition V- tion? If sb. A Vegetable Product B23 from. the Eyes itt Try a regular d.-iily course for a short period, Your eyes will tell the story, Reed about Character Jtiture Beecham Adtfertisemehts._____ Sale) ,4gentr: JH^rold JF, Ritchie & Co., Limited, Toronto MATRIMONIAL AGENCY Favored by Sir Geo. MacMunn— Young Women Eager to Come to Canada and Men Eager for Brides, A A first class matrimonial agency is really needed to draw British im migrants to Canada, according to Sir George MacMunn, K.C.B., organizing director of the Church of England Council of Empire and -Settlement, who was in Toronto recently on the heels of Lord Lovat to encourage the immediate settlement of English families here. He is convinced that mutual bene fit would follow the arrival of fam ilies and youths but, when asked if this would not tend to make Canada a nation of men, he suggested the help to marriage scheme. “There are very many young Eng lishmen looking for wives in Canada today,” .Sir George told the Star, “I am constantly getting letters and telegrams from them ahd to meet the situation we may have to start— either through government or church auspices—a really first-class monial agency. “I can see no objection plan at all. We would, have a card index giving the character, means, location and general appear ances of the young man seeking a bride. No details are worked out, of course, but the scheme of intro duction could go on naturally from there. What we would be primarily interested in’ would be character. “The women would probably be eager to come to Canada if assured of a husband. Recently a rector in a parish near London announced from his pulpit that there had not been a wedding in 'his parish in a year, yet the place w;as alive with eligible and attractive young women. The fact was cabled to Australia, Canada and South Africa. Six weeks later that rector had a portfolio filled with hun dreds of letters from all parts of the world, cables from here, from Aus tralia and other parts of the empire soliciting his help in securing one of the eligible young ladies as a bride. Rev. R. J. M. Perkins and Mr..T. Hawkins left Tuesday morning by train to attend the Rural Deanery Meeting at Clinton,, but were com pelled to return back owing to the train becoming stuck in th’e snow between here and Hensail. Rev. Mr. Martin and Mrs. Martin, Rev. C. Fletcher, - and Miss F. Bawden were also going to attend tlie Pres bytery. % Mr. Robert McHardy, tlie evange list, who has been conducting meet ings in the James St.- Methodist church for the past two -weeks with considerable success, left Tuesday for his home in Toronto. The farmers of the- congregation of the Cavee Presbyterian „ church very kindly remembered theii’ pastox- Rev. W. M. Martin last week by presenting him With a bountiful sup ply of oats for his horse. The following officers have been installed in the Exeter Lodge, I.O.- O.F., Ed. Dignan, John Hind, W. J. Heaman, Geo/EdCrett, R. N. Creech, E. J. Spackman, s; Poplestone,. W. W. Tainan, Frank Delbridge, V/m. Melville, Wm. Statham, Tlios. Boyle, Sam Rowe, Bert Fuke. R. N. Taylor. Miss Edith Sanders gave a very bright and enjoyable evening party to a number of her young friends; on: Monday evening. matri- to the on file JACK MIXER’S INDICTMENT OF THE CROW Enjoying a continent-wide repu tation as a nature* lover and protec- to of bird’ life, Jack Miner, from Iris famous Kingsville bird sanctuary in Ontario, has declared ruthless war .against the crow. He conducts a spirited campaign annually by his love for feathered songsters, insec tivorous and game birds, he has de vised a special trap for enemy. Mr. Miners denounces a wholesale murderer degree, declares his depredations far outweigh his usefulness and lnain^ this the birds he slaughters annually would, if left alone, do twice as much in the destruction of insect pests, as the crow could or would do. This is endo’rsation from rtn au thoritative source of the campaign in stituted by the Government of Sask atchewan fox* the destruction- of the crow, in which it invites all. residents of the Province to participate. The campaign has an economic feature which all farmers, gardeners and poultry-keepers should appreciate. Besides being the inveterate enemy of poultry, and bird-life generally, the crow is' the greatest ally of the insect pests which annually take such heavy toll of field and garden crops. True the crow himself is not avers© to a hearty meal of such in sects when nothing better offers, but he infinitely prefers to satisfy his gluttony on the eggs of more use ful birds. Preservation of these use ful birds, man’s allies in tlie fight, against the insect pests, is a second feature of the anti-crow campaign. Justifiable on two grounds, there fore, the campaign should assume province-wide proportions. Mr. Miner, in a recent article published in the magazine “Rod and Gun” has replied to those who de clare a crow campaign is "interfer ence with the balance of nature.7 His argument is conclusive and con vincing. He scouts the idea that man has no right -to interfere, with nature and that crows were intend ed to act as they do. He asks whether it is interfering with nature to kill snakes and other animals dangerous to human life, and then proceeds to State that, no mnttoi’ how intensive a war bo waged against the crow, the black gentleman is too shrewd and wary a bird to be in danger of ex termination. Crows by their depre dations control poultry, song, insec tivorous and game bird life, he says, why then, should man not control the crow?” A survey of current publications places the Family Herald and Week ly fitar of Montreal in the lead fog variety and quality ways recognized as and counsellor5' to survey proclaims it ly popular in urban of reading. Al- a steady guide the farmer the almost as equal homes. CLANDEBOYE W. I. The Clandeboye branch of the Wo men’s Institute held the meeting tbi’ January., at the home of Mrs. Gitas. Carter of the village. The president, Mrs. H. McFalls, was in charge. Roll- call was answered with a • Scqtch story. One new mernbei' was enroll ed. The house-dress parade was' of great interest, as tlie dresses were in variety, and all were extremely neat and well suited to the individual wearers. The first prize went to Mrs. Omar Cunningham, and second prize to Mrs. G, Youiig. Tn the guess ing contest (guessing the number of beans in a jar), the first prize was won by Mrs. C. Carter, second’vprize won by Mrs. W. McWilliams and third prize to Mrs. R. J. Carley Announcement was made that Mrs. Beamish will give an address at*the February meeting, which will be held at tlie home of Mrs. Ward rfodgins, Clandeboye. At the close of the meeting,'' lunch was served by the hostess and lunch committee, Mrs. Edginton, Mrs. E. Collins and Mrs. Wm. McWilliams. . old the girls they barris- at the for re-election: William R. Goldie Graham and Stephen they ^egan broadcasting the time man’s faith ill his watch is showing signs of strand caught an ■car radiator and the barbed wire against the wind- ‘’The less a woman wears, mere she eats/’ Rats? The We know could wear less but couldn’t cat more. hands conducting his hardware Is too heavy. A couple of men' in St. Marys per formed a most fiendish act recently when they stretched a lengthy strand of barbed wire across the paved thoroughfare some four feet off the ground and fixed the ends firmly about a tree and hydro pole at either side -of the roadway. The'intention was apparently to catch some unsus pecting motorist. Mr. Wltzel, of Stratford, happened along with a large sedan, the ornament on the this giving way, then slashed up shield, shattering it, and then the weight of the car broke the wire. Mr Weitzel sustained lacerated from the flying glass. William Campbell McKay, ter, formerly of Toronto, died residence of his brother, Dr. Chas. McKay, Seaforth1 on. January 9th. About fop'r years ago .he suffered'a slight stybke of' paralysis Mi/ his of fice,- in the Imperial Bahk Building, Toronto; ,and was recovering when a more severe one qcimrred wlii'ch deprived him of speech, and the use of his right arm amL-leg/ .He^was born in the Township of McKillpp and received Iris education .at. the Seaforth Collegiate insti^ufe. <He was an outstanding figtire ‘ in athletic circles in the early days. He took great pride la ,|he local Lioiis Club and their wdjrk. He is survived by his widuw and three sisters and one brother, The funeral was held on Friday to the Seaforth cemetery HIBBERT OFFICERS RESIGN OFFICES Stratford, January 11, foresting happenings have taken place in the Township of Hibbert in the last few days, in the resignation of William Hills, township treasurer and J. Jordan, township clerk, Mr. Jordan had held the position of clerk of Itibbert Township for 3o years, and'his resignation will come before tlie township 'board on Mon day. He declttred' idiat he was‘re signing on account of llLlmalth. Mr. Hills has been treasurer for eight years, and stated that he is re signing because his position, in nd* dition to business, Heart Was Weak Nerves Were Bad COULDN’T DO HOUSEWORK Many women become weak and tub down and unable to look after their household duties owingto the heart , action becoming impaired or the nervous system unsirtmng. Nature intended women to be strong, healthy and happy instead of weak, and wretched, and to all women whose heart is not functioning properly and whose nerves are unstrung we would recommend a* the best remedy to tone up and strengthen these weakened organs. Mrs. E. Barron, Bulwor, Quo., writes ‘Over a year ago my heart Was weak, and I* was so nervous X could got very little sleep. 1 became SO had .1 was unable to do my house work. I got some of Milburn’s Heart and Nerve ‘Pills Which I used with great success. I cun now do all my woA without any trouble, and as X Mb the mother of fb* children and live on Si farm you ban bm X have plenty* tb <&■”' < Price 50c. a box or dealers, or inailod direct on HDMsC ■•< pries by Xho t, Milbwm W, Toronto, Ont