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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-01-03, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, JANUARY 1935 ....iff W. C. T. U. The W.C.T.U. met in Main Street Ghurch. *M!iss Hartn'oll conducted the devotional exercises taking for her subject “Handicaps” reading from 2 Samuel 9 th chapter in which is the istory of Mephihosheth»at Da­ vid’s table. This son of Jonathan was lame in both his* feet, but he had a joyial friend friend in David. The human family is handicapped iby sin, but Christ, the royal friend stands ever ready to help and to give 'the strength to overcome. As I-Iis fol­ lowers He asks us to remove tempta­ tions from the way of especially of those who have or who may acquire •a taste for intoxicants. The president, Mrs. Pearce, presid­ ed during the remainder of the meet­ ing. It was decided, on motion that five dollars be given to the win­ ners of prizes in the Temperance Study Course. These are open to all the Sunday Schools in South Huron. The subject of “Citizenship” wae discussed. The aim of this' department is increased knowledge in the theory and practice of government and in­ creased influence of women in pol­ itics in demanding law-observing! of­ ficials. In 'Toronto, the District Union invites the candidates for mun­ icipal office to speak at their Decem­ ber meeting outlining 'their proposed municipal platform. Women should study the laws governing elections. It is illegal to hire a conveyance ‘to take a voter to the polls; the one who receives and the one who pays are both culpable. It is a crime to treat an elector to drink or .a. meal, to promise him 'a job or hold out monetary inducement of any| kind to influence his vote. According to an editorial in the Globe, impersonation is a common practice. Affairs have reached a ser­ ious stage when on the floor of the House of 'Commons, ,Hion. Mr. Cahan can, make the statement that imper-/ senators are imported from New York and that in one of his elections l.OO'Oi voters were impersonated be­ fore they got to the polls. Every one >is convinced that huge sums of money are collected and dis­ bursed secretly and that statements from official agents do not begin to get at the truth. The sources of all campaign funds should be disclosed as well, as the itemized disburse­ ments. If anything will remove t’ne evils of election spending it will be full publicity for which the Act does not approve. There hag been progress made this year in the recognition of women’s capabilities as citizens1 in the service of the community, as witness the ap­ pointment of Mrs. Dalas M'acKenzie a,s Justice of the -peace at iSt. Thomas and the appointment of Mi'ss J. Beat- tie to the Community Welfare Coun­ cil of Ontario to oversee and to pro­ mote Community recreation program so much needed in these days 'of un­ employment when many find them­ selves with unaccustomed leisure on their hands. A£ citizens*, too women should lend their influence against gambling de­ vices at fairs and, should agitate tor better* films in our local movie theatres. It is of interest to note that a sur­ vey of Canadian School History text­ books has recently been made by fifty well known'history teachers and professors to ascertain in how far these books are free from encourag­ ing the militaristic spirit and how far they keep before the student the advancement of the race towards freedom, better modes of living, cul­ ture and the reaizations of high ideals. It has been recommended that Superintendents of the Peace and Ar­ bitration Deportment especially should , familiarize themselves with this report so that our History text­ books put ino the hands of our chil­ dren may provide a better under­ standing of relationships between .nations upon which the hope of peace so largely depends. The meeting was closed by Miss Hartnoil, pronouncing the benedic­ tion. WELL KNOWN DOCTOR AT MITCHELL DIES MITCHELL—After a brief illness Dr. Robert McGill', well-known prac­ titioner of Mitchell, died at his home on Saturday morning in his |57th year. He was born in Chesley and had .been a prominent resident of Mitchell, being an active worker 'in Knox Church. Besides his wife sur­ viving are one son and one daughter Keith at home and Mrs. Harry Kay- Smith, Toronto. The funeral was held Monday afternoon. WEEK OF PRAYER SERVICES Exeter January 7, Trivitt Memorial, Rev. W. A. Young. January 8, Salvation Army, Rev. A. Sinclair'. January 9, James Street, Rev. L. C. Harrison. January 10, Main Street, Rev. E. F. Chandler. January 11, Caven, Rev. S. R. Johnston. Hensall January 8, Carmel, Rev. M. A. Hunt. January 9, St. Paul’s, Rev. S. M. Gordon. January 10, United, Rev. R. N. Stewart. Kippen January 9, Rev. A. E. Elliott. Cent jralia , January 8, Rev. J. II. Stainton Lucan January 9, United, Rev. W. A. Young. January TO,, Church of England, Rev. J. H. Stainton. 25 YEARS AGO January C, 1010 The (Local Option By-law failed in being carried by a very email nuni’ her. The votes for the By-law num­ bered 281 and those against 220. In Stephen the By-law was defeated by 65. In the election for reeveship in Exeter the contest w’as a close one, the result being a majority of 12 in favor of William Bawden who de­ feated Mr. McCallum. The council for the village for 19il0 will then consist of Reeve Wm. Bawden; coun­ cillors, W. J. Heaman, C. Luker, W. H. Levett, W. A. Balk,will. In Stephen the old council was re­ elected with the exception of the reeve, Mir. Willert, who was defeat­ ed by Mr. .Sweitzer. Deputy Reeve, Anderson defeated Sanders and the councillors1, Wuerth, Love, Yearley, and Kellerman. In Usborne John Moir was re-elect­ ed Reeve by acclamation' and on Monday the old councillors Messrs. Atkinson, Andrew, Ellerington and Routly were re-elected by vote of the people. Mr. and Mfrs. Simon Downie of Carstairs, Alta., were guest's of Mr. and Mrs. John Spaceman' for a week Mrs. Downie and Mrs. Spackmian are sisters. Messrs. E. Jones, L. Heywood and John Walker, divinity students have returned to their studies at Belleville after holidaying at their homes here for a. few days. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Madge left on Tuesday morning for Los Angeles, Calif., to visit for a few weeks. Mflss Olive Madge left last week for Ayr, where she has been apoointed organs ist in a church. 15 YEARS AGO January 1, 1920 Mrs. Clubine, who has been here owing to the illness of her father, Mr. William Parsons, returned to/ her home in Hamilton last week ac­ companied by her father, who is im­ proving. Mr. R. G. .Seldon was in South Bend, Indiana on business thisi week. Mrs. C. Knight is spending a few days in Ilderton and St. Thomas in, company with her nephew, Capt. W. J, Knight. Mies Ruth Wildfong was award­ ed the bronze medal for prof'iciencj7 in pianoforte playing and a.11 work relating to the examination recently. Messrs. Gordon and George Bed­ ford, of London, visited their sisters Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. I-Ieywood for a few days. The old council in Usborne was elected by acclamation as follows*: Reeve, Art 'Mlitchell; Councillors, J. Hanna., John, Morgan, Fred Stewa.rt, Wm. Coates. 4 CKNO WLEDGMRNT A short time ago Miss Emma Smale, of Mitchell, whose birthday fails on November 29th, the wedding day of the Duke and Duchess of Kent isent a card of congratulations to Windsor Castle for* the distinguished couple. Much to her surprise she recently received an acknowledgment from the recipients. NATIVE OF KIRKTON Mrs. Elizabeth Ann. Langford, wife of Elias Langford, died at her home 900 Dundas Street, London. She was 71 years of age. Born near Kirkton Mrs. Langford had lived in London tor the past 35 years where tor 30 yeans her husband was employed on. the Street Railway, Had she livedl until Christams Day she and Mr, Langford would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Langford was a member of the Cen­ tennial United church. Surviving be­ sides her hueband are her mother Mrs. Mary Jane Hicks, of Kirkton; one daughter, Mrs. K. Warren, of In­ gersoll; one granddaughter, Miss V.iolet , London; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Anderson, of Kirk'ton and Mrs Allen Cox, Clinton and two brothers Daniel and John Hickjs, of Kirkton. Interment was made in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, London.—St. Marys, Jour- nal-Argus. SAMUEL R. HARLTON Samuel R. Harlton, a much re­ spected resident, died at the family residence on Main Street, Granton, on Friday evening. Deceased, who was a son of Thomas Harlton and Martha Brown, was born near Brins­ ley, in the Township of McGillivray on July 29, I860. When of boy of 16 he, with his parents, moved to* the Township of Stephen where he re­ sided until his marriage to Margar­ et Hutchinson, of McGillivray, when he and his wife engaged in farming in the Township of West Williams and afterwards Stephen until his wife’s death. A few years later he bought lot number 13, on the Sth concession of Blanshard. He was then married to Mrs. Annie Long, of London Township. About four months ago on account of declining health, he had to relinquish farming and moved to Granton. He is sur­ vived by his widow 'and one daugh­ ter, Mrs. Robert Gathers, Parkhill, also four brothers, Thomas G., of Moose Jaw; Gershon, of Blanshard; Elipah, of Granton, and Herbert on the homestead, in Stephen and two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Jackson, Sea­ forth, and Mrs. Lilah Hickey, Green­ way. He was a successful farmer and a lover of good horses. He was a Conservative and an adherent of the Granton United Church. The fun­ eral was held from the family resh deuce on Monday, the services being conducted by Rev. L. C. Harvey, in­ terment being in the Park/hill ceme­ tery. TWO CHARGES OF FRAUD DISMISSED AT GODERICH 1GODERI1CH—Two charges of fraud against Louis Menrosa, Hen­ sail auto salesman were dismissed ip court at Goderich on Thursday of la»5t week by Magestrate J. A. Mak­ ins. In each case accused had inr- tormed the men to whom he issued cheques that the money would not be available immediately. The com­ plainants, Alex Lillico, of Seaforth, and John McLean, wafted some time before laying their complain to before the justice of the peace. His worship held there was no intent to defraud. The amounts had been paid by Men­ dosa previous to his appearance in court. John Best, Seaforth., appeared tor accused. PLOUGH FURROW IN OCEAN BED New Device Lays Cable and Buries It HALIFAX—-It’s *not quite spring yet, but juet the same they’ve been doing a bit of ploughing out here in the Atlantic. And it’s not the ploughing of the ocean waves that the poets like to write about either. No, this a. real honest-to-goodness ploughing, with a real plow digging into real earth and turning up a clean, straight furrow that would delight a farmer’s heart. To tell the truth, it goes the farmer one bet­ ter, because our plow does the plant­ ing too, and covers up the furrow again when it’s through. The planting has been going on far below' the surface, on the Atlantic’s rough bottom. Submarine cable is what they’ve been planting!—or lay­ ing'—)100 miles to the southwest of Ireland, and already twenty miles of it have been laid down. The horse, so to speak, in this new form of ploughing is the good ship, Lord Kelvin, a cable steamer which was moved from Halifax to England this year to conduct exper­ iments in deep-set cable-laying. Word reaching here indicates they have been successful. The idea is to bury the cables so they will be safe from the trawls of deep-sea fishing craft. And here’s how they do it. Three quarters of a mile behind the Lord Kelvin, the plough is drag­ Dr, Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup ged. 4s it negotiates the ridge's and depression of the ocean bed, it cuts out a trench 18 inches deep. Cable is fed into the trench and! then earth is scraped back over it. Result—-the cable is protected 8Q effectively the Lord Kelvin has been able to' dig it out only once out of twenty attempts. Which wouldn’t appear to give the trawlers much chance. The innovation is expected to cut down on the damage caused by the trawls and effect a heavy saving. One company alone spends around $250,000 yearly in repairing its cables. MRS. JANE WHITE Though her passing did not come as a surprise to her many friends, yet the death of Mrs. Jane White, wife of Mr. Harry White, of Kirkton. came as a shock to m«*ny in 'this dis­ trict. Mrs*. White whose majden ■name was Jane Ethel Montgomery was a daughter of the late Francis Montgomery. Her mother who was a daughter of the Francis Robinson of the Fourth Line, died when she was but' an infant and so Mrs, White was raised by her grandparents, making her home after their death with Mr. and Mrs. John Morpeth. About 2'0 years ago she became the wife of •Mir. Hairy White. The young couple lived in Kirkton for about a, year then Mr. White purchased the Mor- phet farm which has been their home ever since. Mrs. White was a val­ ued member of S>t. Paul’s Anglican church, K'irkton and for many years was active in choir and in all depart­ ments o.f the church work. She was 59 years of age. Some two years ago she underwent a seriousi operation and 'though this was successful and for some time hopes seemed 'bright for her complete recovery, she was stricken with further trouble last year. She spent eighteen weeks in bed immediately previous to' her death. She is the only surviving member of her family and she leaves a devoted husband to mourn her loss The funeral was held on Wednes­ day afternoon during one of the worst storms experienced here in. some years. Rev. Mr. Parsons con­ ducted the services in St. Paul’s Church and interment was made in Kirkton cemetery. Don’t Blame Mother For the Children’s Colds Despite all the mother can do the youngsters will run out of doors not properly dressed; have too much clothing on; get overheated and cool off too sud­ denly; get their feet wet; kick off the bed clothes, and do a dozen other things the mother cannot prevent. Mothers will And a few doses of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is all that is necessary to check the colds before any serious trouble may develop. The children will like it too, it is so pleasant to take.. For sale at all drug and general stores. S' SIXTEEN PRIZES , \ TO BE GIVEN AWAY to subscribers of the Times-Advocate lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll FIRST PRIZE $5.00 FIVE PRIZES OF $2.00 EACH TEN PRIZES OF $1.00 EACH llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli These prizes will be given to the subscribers of the TIMES-ADVOCATE who pay their sub­ scriptions before February 16. 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