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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-09-13, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY* SEPTEMBER 13, 1934 CAIRN DEDICATED A cairn, lias been dedicated to the ^memory of Orville Shoebottom, who gave his life in an effort to save a companion from drowning at Port Stanley in July 1933. The stone is in the grounds of the St, Lawrence School, London, and has been erect ed by the Mothers’ Club of the school o~f which Orville was a former pupil, The cairn bears the inscription “In memory of Orville .Shoebottom drowned on July 27, 1933, in a brave effort to save his companion,” ROBBING MAIL BOXES Stephen Council Tlie Council of the Township of Stephen met in the 'Town Hall Cred- iton>, ton Tuesday, September 4th, 1934 at 1 p.m. All members were, present. The minutes of the previous regular meeting and the special meetings held on the 11th and 25th of August were read and adopted. Moved by Mr. Edward -Lamport, seconded by Mr. Roy Rotz: That a grant of $25.00 be made to the Ex eter Agricultural Society. Carried. ' Moved by Chester Mawhinney, seconded by Mr. Edward Lamport: That By-law No. 4S7 to levy the tax rates upon the rateable property of the Township of Stephen for the yeai’ 19|3:4 having been read three times, be passed and signed by the Reeve and Clerk and the (Seal of the Corporation attached thereto; That the penalties for the non-payment of taxes shall be 3 % if not paid on December 16, 1934, 4% if not paid on January 1, 1935 and 5% on February 1, 193 5. Carried. The Clerk read a letter he had re ceived from H. Brcwn, of Parkhill with his account amounting to $7.75 for having his automobile damaged while driving on the 19th concess ion. Ordered ■ filed. The following contracts were let to haul gravel on: First Side Road—Block 4, Sim Ireland $2.00 a cord; Block 5, Nel son Schenk $2.90' a cord; Block 6. Henry Clarke $1.70 a cord; Block 7, Gordon McKeever, $1,150 a cord; Block 8, Stephen Morrison, $2,501 a cord; Block 9, Sim Ireland $2.85 a cord. Exeter Side Road—Block 5, Sim Ireland $1.85' a cord; Block 7, Sim Ireland $3.60 a cord. Moved by Mr. Roy Ratz, seconded by Mr. Alonzo McCann: 'That the following pay sheets and orders be passed: Preston Dearing, road 2, $13.50; Albert Fahner road 6. $2.00; Ben McCann, road 12, $198.30; "Wesley Mellin, road 17, $11.77; Augustus Latta, road 18, $11.75; Roy Holt, road 20, $11.45; John Morrissey, road 22, $3.40; George Eilber, supt. salary for August $'34.50; Joseph McKeever, road 11, $14.85; Sand ford "White, road 3, $1.13; Louis Ziler, gravel $16.88,; James Ziler, gravel $5t0.44; Isaiah Tetreau, roan 14, $368.44; Matthew Sweitzer, rd. 15, $4.37; total $742.78. Hydro Electric Power Com., hy dro account $6.79; Centralia Farm ers Co-Operative Co., cement for the yard $3 8.25;/Canadian Bank of Com merce, commission on cheques $2.- 2’5; Treas, Co. of Huron, acct, indig ent patient, McGregor $27.10; Exe ter Agricultural Grant $25.00; G. A. McCubbin, survey, plans and reports re Walker Drain Outlet $40.00; C. Mawhinney, assistance, survey re Walker Drain Outlet $3.00; H. K. Eilber, assistance, survey re Walk er Drain Outlet $6.00; H. K. Eilber, Printing by-law and serving Walk er Drain Outlet $25.00'; H. K. Eilber Clerk’s fees, Walker Drain Outlet $25.00; Russell Wanner, Allowance re Walker Drain Outlet $15.00; N. Ravelie, allowance re Walker Drain Outlet $125.00. Carried. The Council adjourned to meet again in the Town Hall, Crediton, on Monday, the 1st day of October, 1934, at 1 p.m, Herbert K. Eilber, Twp. Clerk EDITORIAL *■■■■ — ................. ....................... -.. ...... ■ Where you find luxury you are sure to find labour troubles.♦ ♦♦•♦*** Greed and self-indulgence pave the way to individual and national ruin. *•'»'**'•*• Strange, isn’t it, how much trouble there is over wealth some folk don’t need and other people can’t use? ♦ *♦♦♦*** CONGRATULATIONS AND A SUGGESTION! We congratulate Attorney General Roebuck on his effort to assure Ontario a clean magisterial bench. And when we are on this theme we suggest that judges keep their noses out of political investigations. We recall the sagacious remark of the late Alex- ander MacKenzie, “I have been very fortunate in that I never have had an election trial. But should I ever have such an experience I’d just a little rather that the judges would be men who had been liberals in their day.”* * * * * * * * INSOLENT Temperance people were told that sweetness and light would follow the free sale of wine and beer. Well, the people, in a Iambi like mood heeded the politicians but. instead of sweetness and light has come insolence away beyond all power of telling, The liquor people refused to be controlled. Authority to sell has been inter preted to mean license to 'debauch. Men who for years were get ting on without iquor are breaking out again as the liquor makes its appeal to them an appeal whose strength and subtleness only one who has' come under its influence knows' anything about. Wo men, once again, are haunting the beverage rooms to find their husbands and their .sons. Tears dried for a generation are freely flowing once more. The liquor traffic is as insolent as ever it was, MAKE A NOTE OF IT No longer can law hide itself behind its majesty, nor religion shelter herself behind her sanctity nor government behind its dig nity. No, nor any longer can business, big or little, afford to keep its methods in the dark. All alike must of their own accord, come out into the light, for there is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed. Further, and this is of firstrate importance, the Anglo Saxon people need to do a whole lot of waking up or the matters of outstanding value will pass out of their hands, both on the continent of America and in Europe. Here are a few lines from Longfellow that suit these times exactly: “Let us, then, be up and doing With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait.” ««««««•* OFF COLOUR? HOW IS YOUR LIVER? Wake up your Liver Bile -—Without Calomel Your liver’s a very Bmall organ, but .it cer tainly can put your digestive and eliminative organs out of kilter, by refusing to pour out its daily two pounds of liquid bile into your bowels You won’t completely correct such a condition by taking salts, oil, mineral water, laxative candy or chewing gum, or roughage. When they’ve moved your bowels they’re through—-and you need a liver stimulant. Carter’s Little Liver Pills will soon bring back the sunshino into your lifo. They’re purely vege table. Safe. Suro. Ask for them by name. Rcfuae substitutes. 25c at all druggists. 48 WILSONS REALLY KILL One pad kills flics all day and every day for* 2 or 3 weeks. 3 pads in each packet. Nd spraying, no stickiness, no bad odor. Ask. your Druggist, Grocery or General Store. 10 CENTS PER PACKET WHY PAY MORE? THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., Hamilton, Oht. r-........... ' ri HE KNEW When some of our people out West were busy destroying the ranching grounds of those fine provinces an Indian Chief approach ing the big tractor plowman and said quietly as he pointed to the upturned so. “Wrong side up! No feed;” We recall the day when this remark was heralded all over Canada with shouts of laugther as exemplifying the ignorance of the poor benighted In dian. This hour the railway companies and the governments, both provincial and federal, are moving the inhabitants of that very reg-, ion to another part of the province, in order that starvation may be escaped. What in the way of sod-destruction, the railroads invited the world to do and what the government subsidized, the railways to carry out, the church blessed and business men approved. We’re a strangely like the dove and as strangely unlike the serpent when it comes to being solidly practical. Nature and circumstances have a way of calling the bluff of the hardiest souls. * * * * * ♦ ♦ * HE WASN’T NEEDED Twenty-five years ago a certain professor was heard to say that it was a mistake for settlers to be taking up land in portions of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta. This well-informed citizen pointed out that 'these portions of the West were subject to drought that ran in cycles, of from sixteen to a few years longer in length. There were other cycles of drought 'that were longer than this. He said that it was about time for one of these cycles to begin. He pointed out 'that these cycles did not run with the split second reg ularity of railway trains but that they ran nevertheless. It seems that the professor lias- been right. To this may be added the other fact that these informed men are now saying that the areas now suf fering from dirt storms had better be allowed to sod over, if they will, and be left to pasture. If greater disasters are not to be en countered, it is up to the governments of one sort or another to heed this’warning and to seek out grasses that will grow on this soil and to get the sowing done forthwith. The next thing will be to see to it that the grass is left undisturbed. If this grass cover ing is not provided everything points to a growing desert area that will menace Canada to an extent that will prove serious beyond all telling. This is a statement of simple fact. But then, govern ments seldom respect facts.* * ♦ ♦ ♦ * * * THE LASH We hope the boys and the girls and the parents of this section will read this for it is full of stuff worth thinking about and acting upon. ’ In a recent issue our big brother, The Times-Journal of St. Thomas, has a fine editorial on this subject. For one thing it gives favourable comment on the words of Ernest. Bertrand, K. C., senior crown prosecutor of Montreal. Here are the words of this learned authority as given by our big brother: Recently Ernest Bertrand, K. C., senior crown prosecutor of Montreal, spoke highly of the values of the lash as a deterrent to crime. “In my experience,” he said, “we do not often find habit ual offenders who have been whipped. Administered properly, this kind of punishment does more to reform criminals and deter others from crime than tickets-of-leave, parole and probation and, more over, it is economical to thexstate.” Continuing the Times-Journal gives in the following words the experience of the magisstrata of Guelph The experience of the Montreal crown prosecutdr and of the Guelph magistrate indicates that the lash, if properly used, may be made to play -an important part in the reformation of those who have stepped foul of the law. Undoubtedly there are cases where the lash should not be applied. We 'have in mind boys below par in health and physical strength and those whose mental make-up is such that the lash, instead of correcting their criminal propensi ties, would intensify them by inflaming their minds with resent ment. In such cases the lash should be withheld; in the first ■•■'lass certainly, although it might eventually have a salutary effect in the second. But the administrators of justice are, as a rule, level headed and may be depended upon to apply the lash in those eases where it is likely to do the most good and the least harm, physi cally or otherwise. With the normal, healthy offenders, the re sults are generally beneficial, 'as court records testify. We wish to give a bit of experience from an incident in the court in Toronto. A couple of lads had been playing the black guard with some, girls who did not know at first the intentions of the young scoundrels. The dads of ‘the boys were in court along with their hopefuls, in the expectation that a fine would smooth the whole matter over. A smooth tongued, oily lawyer was present who talked about “young blood and about boys being boys.” How ever the crown and the magistrate did not see things that way and a sound spanking was ordered .along with other wholesome treat ment. “Will there be a good job done?” the writer softly inquired. “A good job? 'The very best! We have it done by a man that knows how!” and the bravo young dandies despite exquisite mani curing and perfuming were led out for their medicine. The only difficulty about all this is that parents do not look after their own children. An ounce of mother is worth a ton of magistrate. A dad who knows* his business and who attends to it is worth a dozen judges. The solid palm of a good right hand well applied in 'the proper place and under the right circumstances is worth a dozen straps and two- rods of hangman’s rope. We wish with all our heart that a whole lot of people wo know would read this and act upon it. If they don’t society knows the remedy, Hay Council The regular monthly meeting of the council of the Township of Hay was held in the Town Hall, Zurich, on Tuesday, September 4th, with all the members present, After the min utes of the August meeting had been read and adopted, the corres pondence was disposed of. The fol lowing resolutions were passed: That By-law No. 11, 1934, confirming the rates struck for county purposes, township rate, township road rate, police village rates, general school rate and special school rates be read three times and finally passed. That accounts covering payments on the township roads, telephone and gen eral accounts be passed as per vouch ers: Township Roads—J. M. Ziler, rd 10, $2.63; J. Parke, road 1, $8.25; 'P. Schade, rd. 1,3, $5.05; S. Martin, road 6, 52c.; F. E. Denomme, road 10, $4.50; Hy. Steinbach, Zurich vil lage streets, $11.83; Fred J. Haber- road 7, $4.10; R. Adams, road 10, $145.94; W. Farrell, road 18, $1.75 D. Tieman, cement, road 10, $13.00; P. Campbell, road 14, $4.95; W. Coleman, rd. 2, $11.60; Dominion Road Machinery Co., repairs $'6.43, Telephone accounts—Zurich Hydro, lights, central office two months $4.14; Bell Telephone Co., tolls Jane to July $205.69; Northern Elec tric, Co., supplies $65.07; Zurich C. switching, 4 weeks $68; H. G. Hess, labor, etc., $97.65. General Accts.— Zurich Hydro, lights, town hall two ' months, $2.58; D. Gestetner (Can-! ada) papei’ and ink, $5S.18; H. Steinbach, fence viewer, $2; J. Eck-1 stein, fence viewer, $2; J. Pfaff,] fence viewer $2; Mildred Haberer, 1st uaward, Soldiers’ War Mmorial Scholarship $27.50; Marjorie Gall man, 2nd award, $16.5101; Gertrude Turkheim, 3rd award, $11; s. Mar tin, account, $1.45. The1 council ad journed to meet again on Mdndoy October 1st, at 1.30 o’clock in the afternoon.—A. F. Hess, Clerk. Ferguson-Beirnes Re-Union The third annual reunion of the Ferguson-Beirnes. families was hela on Labor Day, Sept. 3rd at Sopher Park, Galt, with Mr, and Mrs. D, B, McDonald, of that city, as host and hostess. About eighty relatives were present from Galt, Newark, N. J., Detroit, Parkhill, Owen Sound, Pres ton, Toronto, Exeter and Hensail, Kitchener and Shakespeare. After the delicious and abundant dinner a softball game followed. A fine pro gram of sports was then enjoyed un der the direction of Mi’. Lome Saud- ers, of Kitchener; Mr. D. B. McDon ald, Galt and Mrs. C. W. Christie, of Exeter. The following is the result of the sports: Novelty race, (Getting even with hubby) Mrs. T. Ferguson Seaforth; Mrs. Stanks, Owen Sound; Mrs. James, Parkhill. Mystery race, Mrs. Lome Sauder, Kitchener; Tom Ferguson, Seaforth. Water race, Theron Saunder, Miss Celia. Christie. Soap race, Mr. Jeunings, Mrs. Stranks Paper bag race, L. Christie, Miss Jennings; dodge ball, Mrs. A. Hop kins, Miss Celia Christie; Feeding elephont, Mr. Lloyd Hagey and Mrs. Wolfe, Mr. Lome Sauder and Mrs. Stranks; kicking slipper, Olga Bell, Muriel Beirnes; young men’s race, Dan Clair, Earl Christie and Elgin Nott, tie; young women’s race, Olga Bell, Muriel Beirnes; married ladies race, Mrs. Hopkins, N. J., Mrs. L. Sauder, Kitchener. Prizes were pre sented to the oldest couple present who were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fergus on, of Hensail. Youngest, child was Catherine Beirnes, Owen Sound. Longest distance Mesdames, Clair, Hopkins and McDonald, of Newark, N. J. Leather overnight case won by Mrs. McDonald, of Newark, N.J., in the guessing contest,. Mr. L. Sauder, Kitchener, elected president and the reunion to be held near Owen Sound on the farm of the ori ginal Bairnes’ home in 1913 5. A vote of thanks was given to Mr. and Mrs. D. B. McDonald, the former very ably replying. Pilfering of letters from private boxes in the Goderich postoffices has come to light and has been trac ed to juveniles, who succeeded in moving or removing loose glass fronts of the boxes to secure the en velopes. One boy of tender years got hold of a letter containing a cheque for a substantial amount. Opened it a nd tried to cash it at a store. The merchant reported the incident to the municipal police, who have the matter in hand. Its a wise woman who knows her own lipstick from the rest on her husband’s handkerchief. ZURICH JUNIOR INSTITUTE The monthly meeting of the Zur ich Institute was held in Hensail Town Hall on September 5;th. The meeting was in charge of the presi dent Miss Irene Mousseau which was opened by singing the Institute Ode followed by the Lord’s Prayer. The minutes of the last monthly meeting were read and approved. The roll call was responded to by “My Fa vorite Dessert.” The business and correspondence was then dealt with. First on the program was a reading by Miss Mary Coleman entitled ‘My Sister’s Wedding.’ Next was a solo, Miss Kathryn Drysdale; Miss Grace Gelinas then favored us with a mon ologue and last was a pleasing in strumental by Miss Pearl Elder. The meeting closed by singing the Maple Leaf and the boys joined the -girls for the joint meeting . We were pleased to have with us for the ev ening the Parkhill Junior Institute and Junior Farmers. 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