The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-07-13, Page 2THURSDAY, 4UDY 13, J 933 THE EXETER TIMES-AQVOCATE
This striking picture reproduced above played1 an important part
in a recent highway safety campaign in the United States. This picture
will be used by the Motor Vehicles Branch of the Ontario Department
of Highways in safety advertising. The Department is using the press,
the radio, and the schools in an endeavor to stem the tide of accidents
on the highways. Last year’s record shows 502 persons killed and 8,231
injured in automobile accidents in this province.
HOG SHIPMENT IS CHICAGO BAD ?
Report of hog shipments for the
month ending May 31, 1933.
Centralia: Total hogs 66, select
“bacon 15, bacon 43, butchers 5.
Exeter: Total hogs 129, select ba-
can 49, bacon 64, butchers 14, lights
and feeders 2.
Hensall: Total hogs 660, select
bacon 226, bacon 376, butchers 44,
heavies 3, extra heavies 1, lights &
feeders 6.
Huron County locals: Total hogs
3859, select bacon 943, bacon 2535,
butchers 260, heavies 45, lights and
feeders 27.
Huron County: Total hogs 9460,
select bacon 2743, bacon 5064, but
chers 740, heavies 713, extra heavies
2, lights and feeders 11:3.
THE HORSE WALKED ON
The following true story written
by Dr. W. E. Weekes appeared in
the July issue of the Canadian
National Railways Magazine won
him second prize amounting to $15
The story is as follows:
(W. E. Weekes, iM.D., of Exeter
Ont.—and who should know more
funny stories than a doctor on con
struction!—<is responsible for this
one, which took second prize.)
James & James were building
temporary trestles back in the days
of construction of the X.&Y.Z.R. At
Mile 19 the gang was nearly finish
ed but the caps and stringers were
not yet all in place. The stringers
were hewed to twelves inches sur*
face, eighteen feet long, green spruce
and an old horse was used to haul
these timbers by means of block and
tackle tcf their place. James, Junior
was on one of his tours of inspec
tion. He met the foreman at the
point where the trestle joined the
"dump.” As he stopped to talk to
him, he petted the old horse. In a
few moments he moved off and on
to the trestle, followed by the fore
man. James was doing the talking
and he continued to do so as he
walked along the stringers. He
wasn’t a bit dizzy as the ground fell
away beneath his narrow path, nor
did the steps behind him falter.
Finally James’ speech required a
reply from the foreman, and when
it was not forthcoming, he turned
to repeat the question, only to find
—the horse! The foreman was not
to be seen. When I arrived on the
scene, eighteen men had been carry
ing poles for over an hour to build
a platform large enough to turn the
beast around, and he wasn’t turned
around when I left.
Two local men who have justj
come back from a motor trip to the
Chicago Fair, have an idea that all
the stories they have heard about
the Windy City being a tough ‘joint’
have some bearing in the facts.
Their own experiences would seem
to indicate that there are a few
thieves still able to be up and
around in that city. When Milton
Dunnell and Allen Crojzier pulleQ
away from the Stone Town a week
or so ago on what they expected
would be a fine trip their car equip
ped with two spare tires and wheels
to say nothing of a set of golf clubs
and a .lacrosse stick. When they
came home they still had the car
body and enough tires to serve all
wheels but the golf irons and gut
ted stick were missing. On the last
night before shaking the dust of
Chicago off their tires some of the
petty gangsters stealthily removed
the two front wheels the golf clubs
and anything else carryable from
the St. Marys car, so that when the
locals went out for an early start
in the dawning they got a rude
shock. The two spare wheels ana
the tires came in handy too.—St
Marys Journal-Argus.
Barber! “Haven't I shaved you
before, sir?”
Customer; "No, I got that scar in
France.** ' . ,
An impressive display of products
of the Goderich Salt Co. in The Star
window is attracting much attention
these days. Few citizens realizea
that the manufactured products of
this company were so many and var
ied until they viewed the display.
One feature is that every container
bears the words in bold type "God
erich Salt” and thus the town is ad
vertised throughout the length and
breadth of the country. On display
are fine and coarse salt, dairy salt,
cheese salt, table salt, cooking salt,
rock salt, crushed rock salt, etc.
put up in icotton and jute bags ana
cartons. In the display is a unique
leather hat box which once held the
silk topper of the late G. R. Rice,
the founder of the company. This
gentleman came here frojm Boston
in the 70’s. In the box were found
a number of cancelled cheques bear
ing the date 187 6, issued to his step
daughters, who were then attending
boarding school in Montreal. The
box was found in an obscure place
and is in a fine state of preservation
It is quite an oddity.
The pretentiousness of the salt
display has caused some Goderich*
ites to rub their eyes. Over sixty
men are at present at work erecting
ah addition to the plant, a picture
of which appears in the window.
Obe hundred tons of Salt is shipped
from .Goderich every day.—Goderich
Star*
A Visit To Naples
Miss Katharine Leckie, who is at
present in the Old Land with her
father, Rev. pr. Neil* Leckie, has
sent the Journal-Argus, St, Marys
the following highly interesting ac
count of her recent visit to Italy
while on the way from Egypt to
England.
Plymouth, England.
Pear Mr. Eedy:
I should have written to you
soon with some further account of
the interesting journey which I have
been able to make this year in some
pf the countries around the Medi
terranean Sea. I think that I wrote
last just after leaving Egypt for
Italy. This voyage took three days
on board a ship which was making
a voyage round the world, starting
from New York and returning to
that same point; but I noticed from
some talk with pasengers that on
such a journey they had too much
sea, and not enough of land travel
ling. A few days of sea at a time is
enough.
We left this Americn ship at
Naples, and at first sight of that
beautiful bay we remembered the
words, "See Naples and die.” which
means, I suppose that having seen
this place in all its loveliness ,there
is nothing else worth living for
Well we refused to die, on the con
trary making good use of a three
days stay to explore this fascinating
region. I made the ascent of the
famous valcano, Mount Vesuvius.,
even entering the large crater at the
sunymit. On the lower slopes of the
mountain there are vineyards and
olive orchards, also the homes of the
Italian peasants. Then the mountain
side becomes bare and forbidding
and littered everywhere with mass
es of old lava. At the top there is a
saucer-like crater nearly a quarter
of a mile wide, the floor of which
sounds thin and hollow as one walks
across it. Then in the middle there
is a smaller crater which is always
more or less active. It is a rough
cone sixty feet high and I climbed
to the very top and gazed down into
the awful inside of the volcano. Oh
it was fearful, the rumbling noises
the belching smoke and steam, the
hissing and the queer feeling that
I was looking down into the inside
of the world. My companion stayed
at the foot of this crater, being
afraid to climb to the edge of'it5
but I would not have imissed it for
anything, and I do not suppose 1
shall evOr see anything like it again
Just a few days after my visit, the
activity of- the crater became sc
great that no one was allowed to go
near it„ There is an observatory half
way down the mountain side and the
officials keep careful watch over the
habits of this awful mountain and
give warning when it misbehaves.
And of course the other marvel
lous sight in the vicinity of Naples
is that of the cities of Pompeii and
Herculaneum which were buried
long ago under the dreadful showers
of lava and ashes which came down
from "Old Vesuve” as the mountain
is called. These beautiful Roman
cities have been partly excavated
and I had the rare opportunity of
walking along the streets and into
some of the houses and gardens of a
city though charred and partly
ruined is much the same now as It
was in the first century of the Chris
tian Era. The inhabitants must have
been living in great wealth and lux
ury when this destruction fell upon
them.
From Naples I went to Rome and
it would be silly for me to attempt
in a few words to write about this
great city. Temples, arches, monu
ments, medieval churches, the Cas
tle of St. Angelo, St. Peter’s, the
largest church in the world, with
its great dome, the ruined Colliseum
where, under its huge arches one
can imagine the growl of the Hun
gry lions waiting to be let loose in
the arena, the Catacombs, sombre
and full of deep memories, the Vat
ican in which the Pope, if he were'
a prisoner, had the most wonderful
prison to live in. Old things and -new
things, strangers mingled. It seem
ed wrong, to stay only a (few days
in a city within one might spend a
life-time and not exhaust its treas
ures. I must go back some other
day.
From Rome to Florence and Mi
lan, -then to Lake Gerieva, and then
by Paris to England once more
where my ten week's journey ended
in a little Devonshire village among
the little Devonshire fields and hed
ges.
KATHARINE R. LECKIE.
W.C.T.U. Convention
The tailor that cuts out girls’
bathing suits ought to be placed in
Charge of the government budget.
The Huron Qounty W. C. T. U.
held its Thirty-Sixth Annual Con*
vention in Wingham United church,
July 4th, 1933 with morning and
afternoon sessions. The President
Miss Jean Murray presiding,
The Devotional Exercises were
conducted by the Blyth Union.
in the absence of the Rep.-Sec'y,.
Miss A. E. Consitt, Hensall Mrs. C.
W, Christie, Exeter, was appointed
pro-tem.
The roll of officer was called and
the Superintendents of the depart
ments reported as follows:
Evangelistic, Christian Steward
ship and Jail Work—Mrs. Richmond.
Blyth.
Anti-Narcotics and Medical Tem
perance—'Mrs. B. W- F. Beavers, of
Exeter.
Canadian Marine—Miss Davidson
Goderich.
Citizenship & Canadianization—
Mrs. Dougall, Hensall.
Flowers, Fruit & Delicacies—
Mrs. and Miss Davidson, Goderich.
Law and Sabbath Observance and
Legislation—Mrs. A. T- Cooper, of
Clinton.
Little White Ribboners — Miss
Lewis, Wingham.
Medal Contest—Mrs. Bender, of
Blyth. x
Moral Education, Mothers’ Meet
ings, Health and Heredity—'Mrs.
Beaton, Clinton. v
Publicity and Social Meetings—
Mrs. Buell, Blyth.
Press—Mrs. Walter Hern, Goder
ich.
Peace and Arbitration,—(Mrs. A. E
Lloyd, Wingham.
Scientific Temperance in Day
Schools—Mrs. (Rev.) Moorhouse of
Brussels.
Temperance in S. S.—Miss Jean
Murray.
Travellers’ Aid—Mrs. (Rev.)
Down. Showing splendid work and;
satisfactory progress had been made,]
The afternoon session opened with
“Onward Christian Soldiers” after
which Rev. Currie of the convention
church led in prayer and the devo
tional exercises were continued by
the Clinton Union.
Address of welcome was given by
Mrs. (Rev.) K. McLean, of Wirtg-
ham, who gave a stirring-review of
the Liquor Control Act of Canada,
stating over $170,000,0)00 had been
received by liquor stores and that
it would require all the forces that
Temperance people can mobolize to
combat this evil, requiring the cour
age of Joshua, wisdom of Solomon,,
and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Miss Murray in her response, drew
attention to the fact that the Tem
perance situation required the s co
operation of all Christian workers'
Mayor Willis brought greetings
from the Council and impressed the
women very favorably with his stand
on Temperance.
The Treasurer’s report was very
encouraging reporting $115.87 for
the Budget and $28.00 for the Co.
Fund.
Mrs. Cooper reported as a result
of Miss Duff’s visit a Young People’s
Branch and a Y. "JV. O. „T. U. in
Blyth.
Mrs. Johnson deplored lack of
leaders in L. T. L, work.
A solo was sweetly rendered by
Mrs. Wilford, "I’m sure I’ll not pass
again this way.”
'A very impressive memorial ser
vice was conducted by Mrs. Moor
house while Mrs. Geo. Williams ren
dered a very appropriate solo.
Mrs. W. Wellwood, Mrs. Thomas
Field, of Wingham; Mrs. Walter
Rose, of Brussels; Mrs. J. C. Stone
man, of Toronto, formerly of Hen
sall and Mrs. A. T. Lucas, of Clinton
having "passed on” to higher ser
vice during the year. Miss Duff then
led in prayer.
Miss Duff, of Toronto, our Field
Secretary in her address stated the
W. C. T. U. has been the driving
force in every notable advance that
has been made. It is 43 years since
Francis Willard organized W.C.T.U.
Margaret Bugh Lucas , was first
world’s president, Letita Yeaman
was first Dominion President.
The first national convention was
held in Mexico in Mexico City. Our
late president, Mrs. Gordon Wright
said: "We need not have Govern
ment Control, if we stand for it, we
support it.”
The speaker added I want to leave
these words with you, "Never mark
your ballot for any one who stands
for liquor.” As Christ sat beside the
Treas. box so he’ watches us,. What
we put in the ballot box.
‘This traffic must be watched over
in this and every land. ,
Duet, by .Miss Ziurbrigg and Miss
Mitchell, Wingham; piano solo by
Miss Tana Reid.
Address by Rev, Mr. Moorehouse
Of Brussels, pn Intemperance and the
Kingdom of God movement,
Temperance means total abstinance
and when the church stands for it
the liquor 'problem will <be solved.
Prohibition wiped out gold cures,
emptied jails and the inebriate asyl
ums, but since Liquor Control has
come into force, gold cure institutes
and the inebriate asylums have been
re-established and the jails have
been filled A pleasing feature of
the afternoon was the presehtatiop
of a county life-membership pin to
Mrs. J. Anderton, of Wingham.
The election of officers resulted
as follows:
Hon. .Pres., Mrs, McGuire, Brus
sels; Advisory Pres. Mrs. A.E. Lloyd
Wingham and Mrs. A. IT. Cooper, of
Clinton; Pres., Miss Jean Murray, of
Exeter; 1st Vice-Pres., Mrs. R. J.
Tindall, Wingham; 2nd Vice-Pres.
Mrs. (Rev.) Moorehouse, Brussels;
Cor.' Sec., Miss Ethel Murdock, of
Hensall; Rec. Sec., Mrs. C. W.
Christie, Exeterf; T^eas., Miss M)l
Bailie, Goderich; Y. Sec. and L. T.
L. Sec., Mrs. G. Johnson, Goderich.
The ftjUov^ing resolutions were
brought in by the resolution com
mittee and adopted by the conven
tion.
1. Be it resolved that very effort
be made to frustrate the aims of the
liquor interests for beer and wine
by the glass and that we place on
record our appreciation of the Hon
ourable G. W. Henry in offsetting
the attempts of the Moderation
League as the problem of dealing
with the liquor traffic is now world
wide we re-affirm our unalterable
allegiance to the prohibition cause
and our opposition to the liquor
traffic.
Continuation and High Schools pf
our Province, regarding the evil
effects of alcohol and tobacco on the
hupan body,
3. Resolved that this convention
place on record its appreciation of
Miss Duff’s visit to our county in
the Spring and the splendid work
accomplished by her at that time,
and also our appreciation pf her
presence in our convention to-day.
4. That we record our apprecia
tion of the inspiring address deliver
ed by Rev. iMr. Moorhouse and our
gratitude to those who have con
tributed to the musica: part of the
program.
5. That we express our gratitude
for the hospitality of the Official
Board of the Wingham United
Church, and that of the Wingham
W.C.T.U.
Rev Mr. Smith, of Wingham,
closed the session with prayer.
MRS. AGNES JOHNSON
There passed away at her home^
In West Williams recently Mrs.
Angus Johnson after a lengthy ill
ness. Mrs. Johnson was formely An
nie E, Watson and was born at
Greenway fn 1887. In 1913 she mar
led the late Angus Johnson, who
predeceased her less than a year
ago. One son and one daughter sur
vive also two step-daughters.
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2. Resolved that we commend the
present method of instruction to the
young through the Sunday .School
Temperance Course of Study and'
would also urge the signing of the
pledge; also that more effective
teaching be requested in the Public
MI had always been in
good health until I be
gan having trouble with
my stomach. I couldn’t
eat anything without
discomfort and contin
ually had heaitburn, severe gas pains and
headaches. I can truthfully say ‘Fruit-a-tives
completely restored me to health.”
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