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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-02-02, Page 2WUKSPAY, FEBRUARY S, 1033 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE ♦ 15 YEARS AGO BATTLES STAGED IN CITY STREETS On Saturday morning Mr. R. N Treble met with an accident at Exe ter North when he slipped on a piece of ice on the road injuring hia knee cap. Mr. Harold Bissett, of the Mel ons Bank, Simcoe, has been trans ferred to Toronto. Mrs. Geo. O’Brien and little son and Miss Idella Neugent, who have been visiting the former’s parents Mr. Rich. Glanville, in Stephen, re turned to their homes in Park River N. Dakota on Wednesday. King Storm had this district in his power the end of last week. On Saturday the trains were three or The stores closed night, a thing in Exeter on Lambrook left Wayne, Ind, their son for a St. Marys, whc four hours late, about 8.30 Saturday never before known a Saturday. Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Saturday for Fort where they will visit short time. Mrs. Robinson, of has been visiting Mrs. John H. Scott for a few weeks, returned to her home on Tuesday. Messrs. Frank and Fred Walters of Detroit and Battle Creek, respec tively, arrived here Saturday owing to the illness of their father Mr James Wallters. Mr. Fred Gillespie left Friday for Red Willow, Alta., where he intends remaining. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Seawright left Saturday for Westfield, N. Y., where they intend remaining for a couple pro-of months. Mr. Seawright is cessor at the Canning Factory. 25 YEARS AGO sev- ■Rd Medical Missionary in China Tells of Conditions in City of Chengtu In a letter received by Mrs. A. B. Carr, of Blyth, from her son, Dr. E. C. Wiltord, of Chengtu, China lie writes of the terrible fighting taking place right in the streets of he city. Pavements and curbing have been torn up and used to barricade places of business; business) in gen eral is at a standstill. Machine guns were in the city streets and parts of shrapnel had entered the homes of the residents. The hospit als are terribly crowded, 600 wound ed soldiers being crowded into a building with an accomodation for 120. Dr, Wilford, who is a surgeon is kept very busy, having to make many amputations each day. The sanitary conditions of the woundea Chinese who are brought to the United Church hospitals is appall ing. Up to date of writing, none oi the missionaries or tnelr families had were or tnelr been injured although in terrible danger. WINCHELSEA Mr. Clias. Brown had the misfor tune to get his hand caught in the root pulper one day last week bad ly lacerating his fingers. Mr. R. E. Pooley spent the week end in, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbs, Saints- burg, visited with Mr. and Mrs. N Clarke on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lome Sholdice and family, of Centralia, visited with Mr and Mrs. Newton Clarke on Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Sunday with Mr. and McFalls, at Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Garnet with friends at Elimville on (Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Gunning of Kirkton, visited with the ’ latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clarke one day last week. Miss Ella Francis spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Francis at Kirkton. Mr. Hal Brown and Miss Ethel Brown, of Centralia, visited their mother Mrs. H. Brown one last week. Car Drivers Make Plea (or Saint’s Protection The holy Saini Francisca is the pa troness of nmiorisrs. She was. in the Middle ages, a charitable woman who mitigated many misfortunes. On the Roman forum stands her little church, appearing almost fragile, yet most beautiful, amid the mighty arches and ruins of ancient Rome. Upon her feast day, iu March, there come every year hundreds and still automobiles to the little church. All sorts of cars Ing not only to the wealthy, but to the poor as well. Ambassadors and other government officials are represented, Instead of chauffeurs sitting at the wheel in solemn state, these function aries and many lovely young ladies, too, drive their own cars to the conse crated spot, where at the altar of Saint Francisca their vehicles may be pro tected against disaster and misfortune for another year. Successive services are held in which the guardianship of the saint is invoked, and all the cars driven to the precincts of her altar are blessed and dedicated to her, that she may intercede for their owners and drivers, and guard them from peril and accident during the year to come, and very appropriately at the season of the year when motor traveling is most prevalent. Certainly these cere monies have a deep and solemn signi ficance, occurring as they do in the Very center of what was 'anciently a pagan Rome!—Berliner TageblatL Here and There L.----__—------------------ Editorial Comment Supports Beatty Consolidation Plan Batten spent Mrs. Garnet Johns visited more hundreds of square before this are there, belong- “The decrease in freight car loadings which jjegan in 1930 has continued almost uninterruptedly. In 1931 up to the end of the first week ol' December, 558/359 less freight cars had been loaded on all Canadian Railways than for the same period of the previous year. Luring the samo period of this year 376,016 less cars were loaded than in 1931. The decline in pas senger business has been rela tively the same. The resultant ef fect upon railway earnings has Leon naturally disastrous. For the first ten months of 1931 Canadian Pacific gross revenue declined 22.1 per cent, as compared with that of 1930. For the first ten months of this year now closing there was a further decline of 15,4 per cent. The decline con tinues, and there certainly ap pears to be no evidence in sight that for many years we shall see them entirely eliminated and our earnings back where they were m 1928."—-E. W. Beatty, K.C., Chair man and President, Canadian Pa cific Railway, in his review ot 1932. In the vacation Seas and adian Pacific liner “Empress ot Japan" cleared the Narrows at Vancouver January 14 with a list of 411 passengers. vanguard of the winter traffic to the South the Orient, the Can- 15 years ago Mr. Ed. Knight, who has for eral years resided on Thames has moved back onto the farm he recently purchased from Mr. R. G Sieldon and on which he resided previous to moving to the Thames- Road. On Sunday last at the conclusion of the morning service, Rev. S. F Sharp, who has been pastor of Ca- ven Presbyterian church for nearly nine years, announced publicly liic. resignation as pastor of the church Mr. J. H. Ross, buttermaker a* Mr. Medd’s creamery here, was suc cessful in capturing two second prizes for butter at the Dairymen’s Convention held, at Stratford last week. Mr. J. M. Broderick, of Regina visited his mother here for a few days after attending a Dominion Convention of the Ford Motor Com pany at Ford, Ontario. Mr. Fred Bawden, druggist ol Toronto, who has been ill for some time, arrived here to visit his par ents last week, and is now s’owlv recovering. A very unfortunate accident oc curred on Tuesday of last week on the farm of James Ziler, when Wil liam Miller, of the 14th con. of Hav had the misfortune to have his right hand drawn into the straw cutter and it was so badly broken that ampu tation was necessary. Drs. Campbell and Orme performed operation. SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS OFFICERS Taylor -: the A GOOD CROP OF POTATOES During the past summer we have referred more than once to the gar den grown by Mr. J. J. O’Brien Andrew St. This week we wish call the attention of our readers his success in growing potatoes, nephew in Parry Sound sent him a bag of potatoes of the Green Mountain variety. These he planted in a block 45 feet long" by 40 feet wide. The seed potatoes were planted in hills 26 2-3 inches apart in rows 3 0 inches wide so that he had exactly 324 hills in the patch. The seed was made by cutting a po tato into two pieces and only one piece was1 planted in each hill. The planting was done the last day of May and the digging the second week in September. At digging time the produce of many hills were weighed when it was found that the average weight of a hill best The hill the that an acre producing at the same rate would yield 508 2-5 bushels Mr. O’Brien says it was the best crop he eved grew and he has grown some good ones. of to to A District was 3 lbs. 14 1-4 ounces the one weighing 4 pounds 10 oz three largest potatoes from this together weighed 3 lbs. From data it can be easily calculated Engaged “The happiest thing in all the world is having A maid so true,” he said “It’s not to be compared,” she ans wered, “With having a trousseau made.” with ; day The school board held a meeting in the council chambers and follow ing are the officers elected for the year 1933. H. Horton, chairman; A L. Case, secretary-treasurer. Other members of the board, F. Manns, W. O. Goodwin, A. Clark, E. McQueen. The school board had a very suc cessful year. School inspectors’ re ports for end -of yeai* were encour aging, giving all the teachers high credit for good work. The school rooms are in excellent condition an the board looks forward to a perous year. i At what age is the average man dr woman in his or her prime of life? is often asked, and what is the average length of life? The prime of life, says the' Cleve land Plain Dealer, is the period of full vigor and power, that which succeeds youth and precedes age. The average length of life in the United States, according to estimates made by the United States public health service, is fifty-six years. Sta tistics indicating the expectation of life place Australia at the head of the list with an average length of sixty- one years. New Zealand comes sec ond, with an average expectation of sixty years. The average expecta tion of life at birth in various countries, according to the United States, bureau of the census, is as follows': Den mark, Norway and Sweden, fifty-seven years; England, fifty-three years ; Hol land, fifty-two; Switzerland, fifty-one; France, fifty; Germany, forty-six; Ja pan, forty-four and India, twenty- three, males life at Recent payment by Great Brit ain of $95,550,000 war debt instal ment, reminds old-timers of the war days when $96,000,000 in gold whs shipped by Canadian Pacific Express from Asia to England, via Canada, and was carried across the Dominion on a special Can adian Pacific train, having abso lute right-of-way. The train trav elled without lights and was pro1 tected by scores of armed guards. “Dark and uncertain as the out look may appear to the casual ob server, I still think that in this wider field the year has not been without important developments leading towards trade stabiliza tion and encouragement”—E. W. Beatty, K.C., Chairman and Presi dent, Canadian Pacific Railway, in his review of 1932. pros- THIS ’N THAT Grandma: “Didn’t your father know I was coming?” Johnny: “No, gran. Mother kept it from him—he hasn’t been feeling well lately.” Since she had neglected to send a list of books, the librarian was. at a loss to know which volume to1 siend Finally he asked: “Has your mothei read ‘Freckles’?” “No, sir”, replied the boy prompt ly: “they’re brown!” “Now,” isa.id the isupersaiesmam “this instrument turnsi green if the liquor is good—red if it is bad.’ “Sorry, but I’m color-blind,” apolo gized the customer. “Got anything with a gong on it?’ The traveller had returned to native village after being abroad twenty year**. He stopped as he saw a little boy wheeling a small baby down the road '‘Ah, a new face, I see!” ‘‘No, sir, it isn’t,” replied the-boy, looking at the baby. “It’s just been washed, that’s all.” his for There had been a rear-end collis ion. One of the drivers climbed out in fit of temper and strode up to the man standing on the sidewalk thinking him to be the other driver “Say, where’s your tail light?” lie roared. The innocent bystander looked up at him. “What do you think I am, a blooming lightning bug. Half the Ills of Life .Are Caused By Constipation F MILBURN'S iXA-LlVJ ■F• rlLLS^r Constipation is one of the most frequent ills of mankind, and one that is only too often allowed to go unlooked t after until some serious complication sets in.. Keep your bowels in a good, healthy condition by the use of Milburn’s Laxa-Liver Pills. They regulate the flow of bile to act properly, on the bowels, making , them active and tegular by removing the constipation and all its allied troubles. t For sale fit all drug and general stores; put Up only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Statistics also show that fe- have a greater expectation birth than males. “Through intelligent education' the economic and social futility of war will eventually be recog nized,” is the view of Sir Norman Angell, British economist and dis peller of war illusions. He Sailed „ recently by Canadian Pacific liner “Montrose” after a lecture tour in the United States. of England’s Earthquake Year” About one hundred and seventy years ago England experienced the first of a series of severe earthquakes, which created great alarm. The first shock was very distinct, the second still more severe, and a crazy soldier scared many folk almost out of their wits by predicting that the third, which he timed for April 6, would to tally destroy London. On April 5, tens of thousands of all ranks quitted the metropolis, and many who remained were afraid to go to bed,, but spent the night in the streets. The prophecy proved false, of course, but further shocks were felt in various parts of the country in the spring and summer of that year, and some held the proph et justified—with some error-’of date and locality—by the awful earthquake which ahortly after destroyed Lisbon. Should Appeal to Tourists The Baltic republics of Lithuania, Latvia, Esthonla and Finland, formed from territories of the old Russian empire as a result of the World war, otter the tourist a region of great in terest and beauty for exploration. Scenes of natural splendor abound along the winding coastlines and amid the dense northern forests of all these countries and about the vast and in numerable lakes of Finland. What Is not generally known is that, each of these peoples boasts of long centuries •f Independent civilizations and that of nun beauty in inany of the cities relics spoiled and charming medieval remain. Coffee Production The regions best adapted production of coffee are those between the parallels 15 degrees north and 15 degrees south latitude and from 1,000 to 4,000 feet above sea level. It is cultivated from latitude 25 degrees north to 30 degrees south in places where the temperature does not fall below 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Moist and somewhat shady slopes are found most desirable. Little streams of wa ter are conducted ’to the roots of trees which are kept very wet until the fruit Is nearly ripe, then the water Is turned off to keep the fruit from becoming too succulent. to the Area Taken From Mexico The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848. conveyed ty the United States the territory which has since heroine the states of California, Nevada and and til is Five purchased from Mexico about 45,000 square miles of southern Arizona for $10.0(K),000. Since this treaty, Mexi co has retriafned approximately the same size as It at present n<1 Utah. part of Colorado, the largest parts of Now Mexico Arizona. Previous to that time, territory belonged to Mexico, years later, the United States Of the 4,046,512 pounds of can ned pineapple consumed in Can ada between April 1 and Novem ber 30, 1932, all but 158,583 lbs. came from countries within the Empire, nearly half the total be ing from the Straits Settlements. Editorial opinion throughout Canada has been very largely in favor of the proposals advanced by E. W. Beatty, K.C., Chairman -and President, Canadian Pacific Railway, looking toward the con solidation of the two railway sys tems under one management, as the only practical means of re lieving the intolerable burden up on the Canadian taxpayers. Mr. Beatty made his proposal in a re cent speech before the Toronto Canadian Club, and the following paragraphs frpm leading editori als on thd subject, clearly indicate the nation-wide scope of support ing public opinion. A total of 47 daily newspapers commented up to January 20th, of which 32 were in favor of consolidation. “This is far and away the most candid, constructive, and striking contribution to the discussion of our transportation problem that has yet been made.” — Montreal Gazette. “Drastic action appears to be essential if the tremendous bur den is to be lifted from the should ers of our people.”—Halifax Her ald. “It is essential with our small population that the railway mile age and service should not outrun the needs of the country.”—Hali fax Chronicle. “Mr. Beatty’s call for action is timely." — Saint John Telegraph- Journal. “There is much that appeals in the suggestion of Mr. E. W. Beatty, K.C.”—•Hamilton Herald. “We agree with the President of the Canadian Pacific Railway that the country must get down to bed rock."—Mail & Empire, Tor onto. “Mr. Beatty has offered a solu tion of the railway problem, defin ite steps to this end should not be delayed."—Border Cities Star, Windsor. < “The most constructive of all suggestions have emanated from Mr. Beatty.”—Victoria Colonist. “He urges the drastic remedies he deems necessary, regardless of every consideration, except the salvation of the two great railway systems and of the State.”—Van couver News. “Mr. Beatty’s carefully consid ered pronouncement compels seri ous thought, as to whether the unexplored perils of a monopoly are great enough to require that the Canadian public shall go on paying millions annually for the doubtful privilege of having sep arate systems.”—Woodstock Sen tinel-Review. “It would be a muddle worse confounded if the Duff recommen dations were to be adopted by Parliament." — Sherbrooke Daily Record. “Mr. Beatty’s view is obviously in accordance with the general movement as it is coming through out the-world.”—Ottawa Citizen. needs is a of a tough “What the country cool-headed solution problem. We can’t afford to go on as we are doing, The one fact stands out, that the Duff Com mission report was based on poli tics, while Mr. Beatty’s arguments rest on the plain business re quirements of the situation.”— Sault Ste. Marie Star. “Mr. Beatty has courageously made clear the issue between half- baked quasi public ownership, and full private ownership and man agement, operating under the con trol of Parliament."—Moose Jaw Times. “With no solution reached, Mr. Beattyls address should be read and digested. If there is to be consolidation there must either be a publicly o.wned system or a pri vately owned system. That is the issue. The Duff Commission did not settle it." — Lethbridge Herald. “The more one studies the cold figures in the case and acquires a better understanding of the dis astrous results financially in the operation of the C. N. R., the more inevitable becomes the conclusion that public ownership has proven disastrous.” — Brantford Exposi tor, “There appears to be no course open but a merger of the two great systems."—Galt Reporter. “Mr. Beatty has shown great courage in his proposals.” — The Financial Post. “This merger seems to be the best ,the only means of getting out of the dilemma into which we are thrust.” — La Presse, Mont real. “As put by the President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the choice before Canada seems to be whether this country would best be served by two insolvent rail roads, or by one solvent road."— Toronto Telegram. “It is significant that Mr. Beatty is interested primarily in bringing about amalgamation, secondly in the form this amalgamation should take.”—Calgary Albertan. “When the two systems are lumped into private or public ownership, and the budgets bal anced, then that unified system can be put to work for Canada.”— Vancouver Sun. “E. W. Beatty, President of the C. P. R., claims the way out of the mess is the amalgamation of our two lines under one manage ment, and the Labor Leader is in clined to agree with him.”—Labor Leader, Toronto. The newspapers in opposition to Mr. Beatty’s proposals include : The Vancouver Province, Edmon ton Bulletin, Toronto Globe, Tor onto Star, Le Devoir, Montreal; Le Soleil, Quebec City; Montreal Daily Star, Victoria Times, Mani toba Free Press, Winnipeg Tri bune, and the Edmonton Journal. NOW is a good time to your Needs Supplied Come in and talk it over! Work Promptly Done Prices Reasonable.♦ Exeter Times-Advocate PHONE 31 w a