HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-04-21, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, APRW ftlgt, 1Q38
EVOLUTION
Did You Know That—
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As welcome as the buds in iSpring!
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There is no more
law of gravitation.
sentiment in business than there is in the
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Whether man ascended or descend
ed from monkeys or whether he
came up out of the slime of (primeval
ooze 'in the Paleozoic time’ I don’t
pretend to know , . . and, neither
do you.
The only thing I do know is that we
are all doing it , . . we all strive in
some way to be better than .we are.
We just can’t help evolving ... It
is one of the basic laws of nature.
Nothing stands still — all life is a
matter of progression retrogression.
It is my motion that ouri trials and
tribulations, our .griefs and omr sor
rows are given us that we may grow
strong enough to fight oui' iway to
ward a more complete happiness.
It is my belief that we mould our
own lives .pretty much according to
the character of thoughts we pour
into that mold. Just as there are
weeds in the garden to form con
trast with .beauty and flowers, so I
suppose there must Ibe folks lower
down on the scale of evolution, who
by (comparison, bring out the 'beauty
in the lives of others and in turn
aspire to greater beauty and achieve
ments themselves. The contrasts
they afford is an inspiration to them
selves to evolve into something bet
ter.
Hate is a weed. No one can go
through life sowing unkind thoughts
and expect to reap a harvest of
friendships and of peace. God is
Love (so t'he theologians tell us)
which, being true, means we simply
have to grow more lovable if we
want to help the Creator.(carry out
the great Plan.
Evolution sounds ’awfully’ high-
browish ... so does fundamental-
iam . . . bu^ it simiply means this:
Follow tlhe line of least resistance to
the Ultimate Good.
Every time I hear folks fighting
over the petty issues .of life, I am re
minded of a verse by Verne Dewitt
Rowell:
I know not of a thousand creeds
Which one is right;
A child in midnight gloom and dark
ness lost,
I seek the light.
I only (know that nothing is today
As yesterday;
The whole world changes and I, too.
evolve
In Cod’s Own Way.
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SONG
Who gave me all the songs I sing?
The laughter and the woe
That lived on earth in many a spring
’•And winter—long ago.
I only give old laughter voice
Old sorrows wake from sleep
Give me no praise when I rejoice
No pity when I weep.
Par Agon
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In the newspaper the other day, a
writer spoke of the ancient Athenians
looking down on all other (people as
barbarians. Somehow there was a
slip-up and the word .was printed
‘carbarians.’ A proof reader icaught
and corrected it, however, if it had
been printed it might have given ms
a new word—expressive of tlhe dan
gerous drivers on our highways.
While the public as a whole con
forms fairly well to certain recogniz
ed standards and statutes, about 15
percent are 'icarfoarians’—they cause
all the highway hazards and high
insurance rates.
In other words, about 15 percent
of the licensed motorists cause most
of the deaths and property damage.
Every owner of a 'Moton Vehicle
who pays auto insurance is paying a
higher rate than necessary because
of the 15 per cent who are incom-
potent and careless—the drivers who
are continually operating their cars
differently from the other 85 per-,
cent.* * ♦
PRANKISH PROBLEMS
Answer to Problem No. 9: The
man "has one half-dollar, one quar
ter and three dimes.
Prankish Problem No. 10: One
engine pumps a tank full in one
and one-half hours and another en
gine will fill the same tank in one
hour. By putting both engines to
gether, how long wii.ll it. take them
to fill the tank?
(If you can’t solve this, look for
the correct answer in the next issue)
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QUIDNUNC
Three percent of the adult popu
lation of the United States have
graduated from 'College wihile an
other four percent have attended
some college.
The temperature of motor brakes
sometimes rises as high as 1,400 de
grees in quick deceleration.
.For 74 years, playing cards were
used for money in Canada due to a
lack of coins.
Wihile the* average .SiChool year in
the U.S.A, is about eight and a half
months, there are more than 600,000
children attending rural schools
which are open about six months
each year,
Instalment paper was first used
in financing automobile sales in San
Francisco in 1913.
About 1,000 television ssets are
in the hands of the public in and
near London, England, and over the
BBC there are television broadcasts
daily—one hour in the afternoon and
one hour in the evening.
Kajaks (there are five other ac
cepted ways of spelling it) were first
used in the Arctic regions. They are
a small hunting canoe with a seal
skin covering and are Ibecoming in
creasingly as popular as skiing has
become in tlhe past few years.
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To My Pal
You are my Pal, Daddy O’Mine.
You taught me how to give and take
To dire a horse and ‘shoot straight’
Glad too, you taught me there was
no fear
Glad you loved dogs and that you
teased
Mom to let me keep the stray ones
I found.
Glad you taught me the creed— ’
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of
our country—”
Glad that you taught me how to
catch a ball,
To build a (kite and to fly it too.
Glad you taught me to ‘keep that left
Up and the right always ready’.
Glad you taught me how to whistle
And, never (no matter what) to*
whine.
Glad you liked to read to me and to
Take me with you on picture jour
neys u’
To out-of-the-way places.
Glad you taught me your favorite
•prayer’
And to understand that real praying
was
To pray for the happiness and health
of others
But never for myself.
Glad that you always found time
every.day
To be a little boy too.
I’m truly glad you. are my father,
Daddy O’Mine, but .gladder still that
‘Me and you is pals’.
***iD.addy’s Pal
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The American Analyst
Any middle-aged person can tell
about the marvelous developments
of industry and science in America
in the past generation; and most of
us, take even the newer inventions,
such as radio, the (talking pictures,
electric refrigeration, the airplane,
etc., as common places, yet all these
developments (have given employment
at high wages to many thousands of
people.
Yet when we look forward, we can
see in tlhe years that lie ahead so
many new things that will add to the
health, wealth and happiness of mil
lions of our people that the great in
dustries of today such as ithe auto
mobile and telephone will seem small
by comparison.
More than thirty different com
panies are now working on new al
loys. Think of what these can mean
to the equipment field; new machin
ery 'replacement units for over Two
Hundred Thousand manufacturing
concerns—think of what they will
mean in our homes and offices.
(Science has discovered that indus
trial fumes which used to destroy
crops can now Ibe used to make them
grow more abundantly.
More and more, skimmed milk will
be used in the plastic industries.
Hundreds of new industrial uses for
casein are now being developed —
thanks to more than four hundred
chemical research laboratories.
•Oat hulls are being converted into
lacquer and in time most every pres
ent day waste materials in mining
and industry as well as agriculture
will be utilized for useful’ purposes.
.Down in Texas they have built a
plant to extract sodium sulphate
from the impregnated waters of a
great lake.
These are but a few of the many
new developments’” that are taking
■place ’daily now. Progress is slow
but steady. New industries, seem
ingly develop overnight — after the
preliminary research, has found a way
to make things useful for man-kind.
Commercially and industrially this
country is truly in its infancy. What
We heed in this country is to give
more thought to material develop
ment and spiritual well being and
less thought to the petty aspirations
and selfish ambitions Of a few poli
ticians who think all voters are
‘suckers.’
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The column ending
Is not So hard—-
Perhaps you’ll help me—
How about It, Pard
THE COLONEL
There’s a* feeling that this is to be a good crop season. The
West is more hopeful than it lhas been for years.
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.Did you notice how “Well .put on’’ were those folks who se
cured their Easter outfits in this good town?
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Good Friday proved one of the mildest Good Fridays we have
had for many a .Spring. Does this portend a warm seeding?
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And now there’s talk of recalling the markers for 1938 “at a
very little additional cost to the car owner.” Hmmm-m!
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There is not likely to be war in Europe for some little time.
The cost of preventing such a catastrophe has Ibeen tremendous.
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And how the teachers and school children gained vim for the
remainder of the school year as those Easter holidays passed along.
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The tax rate for Perth 'County is well under the 4 mills rate.
This county has good roads and bridges and is going well generally.
Congratulations, neighbor.
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It’s a pleasant sight to note the number of men who keep up
their interest in gardening. There is nothing better for frazzled
nerves ad crazy stomach than an hour or two per day with hoe and
garden rake.
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FOR INSTANCE
When the talk of the sailors’ strike was occupying the head
lines the owners of a boat told their men “iStrike if you like. If
you strike we’ll tie up the Iboat for the summer. Last season we
barely got by. This season if we sail the boat we’ll scarcely make
a dollar. iSorry, boys, but we don’t find money growing on goose
berry 'buslies.”
Visiting Graveyards tor Sights you
See and Read
* *
Here lies the body of Henry Moore
who got in the way of a 44.
* *
Here lies a man who ne'er did good
or bad; loved feut himself and not a
rival had.
When he died nobody laughed,
nobody cried—where .he went, how
he fares nobody knows, nobody cares * *
Here lies the mother of patience,
the wife of Shadrack Johnson iby
Whoim she had 12 sons and 12 dau
ghters and died m childbed with the
25th at the age of 35.
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R - I - P
QUIET
is requested for the Benefit of those
who have Retired
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MBS. VIRGINIA COUTCHER
Born April 2, 1849
All is Well
Mrs. Coutcher is still alive
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MYSELF
..'Gravestone in Ann Arbor, Mich...
* *
Here lies the remains of Percival
Tapp. He drove his car with a girl
on his Lap.
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D. D. D. D. D. in D. D. Buried D.
To the D.
The 9 “D’s” Marker Meaning
Daniel D. Darkie, Did Die in Decem
ber Decently buried Delivered to
the Dead
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Kings and Monarchs of the dead,
That so many worms have fed;
I am (coming to your chilly bed,
Edge close and give me room.
* *
Beneath these stones, repose the
(bones of I. Grim, who took the beer
from year to year, and then the beer
took him.
* *
The old habits of “Putting it Off”
and “Taking a Chance” furnish’ the
grave digger employment.
, iS. J. S.
Making Canada
A Better Place in Which to Live and Work
A Series of Letters From Distinguished Canadians on Vital
Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada
Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
and Addressed to the President, George W. James, of Bowjnanville
INTERESTING
Not so long ago the street car drivers of Detroit went on strike.
■Folk who hitherto had patronized street cars forwit'h took to bus
service and liked it. 'When the strike was over, the citizens con
tinued with the bus service. Soon there will be a great many
street car workers ouit of a jolb. This is wortlh thinking about.
Business conditions change over night.
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ON THE MAP
‘ iSome citizens in Hamilton were inclined to fee critical of the
work being done in the Hamilton iSchools. The result was an ex
position of the school work. 'One of the largest buildings in the
city was engaged for this .purpose and the teachers and children
and 'Collegiate Institute students fell to. This exposition was at
tended by the ten thousand. Visitors from other cities came, saw,
admired, and praised beyond all telling. Had it been physically
possible the exposition might ihave been shown in Toronto and
other .centres. Hamilton schools are on the map.
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THE PLEA FOR UNITY
'Canadians who .realize the drift of things are making a plea
for unity. The danger of disunity that Laurier and MacDonald fore
saw seems to be not only on the horizon but at our very doors. East
and West are making their special pleas. Provinces and municipal
ities are doing all they can to get some ond else to assume their
responsibilities. Glass after class is urging its special claims. We
lack a common language. Religiously we have almost as many de
nominations or sects as we Ihave communities. All this in a count
ry with less than 1,2 millions of a .population. Anyone may see
what is likely to take place should a strong, mischievous magnetic
•personality arise who can spread tlhe contagion of erroneous but
plausible ideas. In such a mood 'Canada is ready to elect in haste
and to repent through toilsome mis-used years.
THE POLISH
We have in mind these times when so much is being said about
loyalty to local stores and shops what a man who lived in the
neighborhood for a life time said when .he was asked why he always
patronized a certain place of business.
“You see,” he said “he always puts the polish on what he does
for.me. The other day- he was doing a little business for me. There
were half a dozen waiting for his attention but he did not hurry my
job. He gave me as much attention as if tlhe shop were empty. He’s
done that for 20 years.” »
We were a bit interested in what this man said and kept an
open eye as to how this dealer carried on. He never hurries but
his shop is never empty. Has his store well filled with patrons
who pay their way. He has found real gold in that bit of “polish.”
IT SEEMED HARD
The head of the largest financial houses in New York was
found guilty of theft and was sentenced to (Sing Sing prison. This
man had walked in the highest grades of New York’s society. He
was trusted and honored not only fey thousands but by millions. The
other morning he left his city to serve his sentence, hand cuiffed to
two other prisoners. Thousands of people thronged the Railway
station to witness his humiliation as he was hurried away to spend
nearly four years in a cell seven feet by six and one half feet by
four and one half feet wide. It looked very hard. But, then, the
end of the trails,grsson always is hard,. Wrong doing brings its
doom. It’s a dangerous and difficult thing to handle other people’s
money. The higher some men rise and the larger the place they
hold in public confidence, the harder they fall. What’s that old
laying? “Justice may ibe slow of foot, but she always overtakes the
•guilty.” Note that word “always.”
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THAT’ FIRST OFFENCE
Every so often we hear of youthful thieves who are brought
before the magistrate and asked to fee let off on suspended sen
tence, the only reason for the clemency asked feeing that they are
first offenders. This practice may fee all very well in some In
stances. Iii other instances the young offender is turned loose
upon his old environment with the idea that crime is not a serious
affair. We do not believe that the severe sentence always pre
vent the repetition of crime. What we do urge is that the first of
fender should be put under environment wherein he is cured of his
criminal proclivities. He must not be nagged regarding his of
fence. He must not be patronised. He must not ibe regarded as a
sort of hero. It must not be thought that a lecture from a magis
trate will atone for the neglect of years or lay propensities that
may have come down a long line of ancestors. What he heeds is
careful handling as careful handling as a sick boy receives in a well
ordered hospital. The first offender must be looked upon as hav
ing reached a crisis in his career and as requiring treatment his
special case demands. It’s not so much a matter of sentence as it
is a matter of treatment.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
EXTENDED ONE WEEK
Dr. Duncan (McArthur, Ontario De-'
puty minister of .education, gave
school children cheering news when
he announced they would have near
ly an extra week of summer holidays
this year.
Doctor 'McArthur said children
would return to school on September
6, the day after Labor Day, instead
of the usual 'September 1. The de
puty minister explained the length
ened holidays as a move to make it
possible (for teachers taking summer
courses to have a -full month’s holi
day before returning to school.
‘For several years to come, sum
mer courses will 'have to be provided
for the retraining of teachers that
they may fee prepared adequately to
teach the new courses of studies,”
said Dr. Arthur.
“It is only fair and proper that
these teachers who are engaged in
taking summer courses should be
assured of a reasonable holiday, and
I am certain they should have at
least one month.”
LETTER NO. 1
(Read the editorial on this page
for explanation of tills series of let
ters.)
Dear Sir:
I have just received your letter,
You are in position to give a great
service to (Canada. I was raised on
a farm and know the constructive
work done by the rural -weekly pap
ers. I still read them. These pub
lications, being rural, as read to a
greater extent, for the number of
copies issued, than any othei’ class
of papers.
You have asked me for sugges
tions, and without giving the mat
ter careful thought, the suggestions
that come first to my mind are as
follows.
1. To encourage the highest re
gard for government, for law and
the enforcement of law.
2. That you urge the election, to
our different government bodies,
men and women of the highest
character and whose purpose will
be to serve the people of this coun
try unselfishly and to the best of
their ability. And on the other
hand endeavor to break down polit
ical organizations which seek to
control government for a selfish pur
pose and not for the benefit of the
people at large.
3. To encourage people to be self-
supporting and to live within their
means, and wherever possible, to ac
cumulate. I see no reason for the
extensive dole that seems to exist,
not only in our country, but other
countries. There is as good an op
portunity today to make a .living in
Canada as there has been any time
in the past. As a matter of fact. I
think present conditions are more
favorable. ‘
4. That we secure and maintain
a,n export market. Canada is nat
urally an export country and our suc-
css depends largely on our efforts
along these lines.
5. To' build an export market we
C. H. CARLISLE
must compete in quality, in price
and service. To compete in price
we must have competitive costs,
therefore, low costs for the basis of
our success.
6. That you encourage a better
understanding between the rural
and urban districts. Each of these
districts are depending on the other,
It is inly through intelligent plan
ning and close co-operation of rural
and city people that we can achieve
the best results.
7. That you use your best efforts
to eliminate waste, which is ruin
ing this country and has put it into
a serous condition through unnec-
cessary debit. The two major sour
ces of waste are the Canadian Na
tional Railways and the multiplicity
of governments and the unnecess
ary number of people employed by
these governments.
Canada must do a better job than
she has done in the recent past if
we are to meet our obligations and
to reduce our taxes and get a great
er stability among our people.
Yours very truly,
C. H. CARLISLE,
President, Dominion Bank
LONDESBORO MINISTER
INVITED TO EGMONDVILLE
Egmondville United Church has
issued a unanimous call to Rev. W.
A. Gardiner, of Londesboro. He will
follow Rev. A. W. .Shepherd, who
resigned some weeks ago.
CALL PETROLIA PASTOR
At a largely attended congrega
tional meeting held in Northside
United Church, Seaforth, Rev. Her
bert V. Workman, of Petrolia, was
extended t'he call to become minister.
He has announced his intention of
accepting.
RETIRES ON PENSION
Francis Jeffery, section man on
the C. N. R. at Goderich, ras retired
on pension after 31 years’ service
with the railway. Mr. Jeffery entered
the service at Goderich on June 7,
■1907, and has been employed as sec
tion man and section foreman there
throughout his entire period of ser
vice.
The reason there are so few great
leaders is the Tact that most of us
qualify as followers.
SEVEN HUNDRED AT WORK
ON DISNEY CARTOONS
Walt Disney’s, Mickey Mouse’s
papa, is like the old woman who liv
ed in a shoe. He has so many brain
children he doesn’t know what to
do.
While the other film studios are
cutting out jobs and slackening pro
duction, Disney’s plant employs more
than 700 workers, a record number,
the “help wanted” signs hang on
the door.
Mickey, who made his first hit 10
years ago, is still the No. star. Dis
ney says so. But Mickey was almost
crowded out as tlhe Disney family
grew. It’s strictly on his creator’s
orders that he’s making a comeback
this year.
As Disney sees it, Donald Duck
and other upstarts have been getting
the best gags. They were a fresh
stimiullus and unintentially the ani
mators slighted Mickey.
Donald’s now an established star.
Pluto and Goofy, the dogs, have
won popularity. Wilbur, the grass
hopper; Gus, the goose, and Donald’s
three duckling nephews, Huey, Dew
ey and Looey, are on .the upswing.
The Three Little Pigs, after an
absence of five years, are coming
back—with tlhe big Ibad wolf. This
time they will use a lie detector to
foil the wolf, who by now has three
little wolves. Eighteen short car
toons a year is the studio schedule.
LESS CHICKENS IN THE U. S.
It is officially estimated fey the
U. S. Department of Agriculture that
chickens or farms in the United
States in 193 8 are the lowest in
number for 15 years,' a decline of 7.9
per cent from 19 37 being registered.
Th total number for 19'38, as at Jan
uary 1, is estimated at 387,'251,000
as compared with 420,257,000 in
1937.
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Stubborn Cases
Of Constipation
Constipation May Become
Serious If Allowed To Continue
Keep Your Bowels Regular With
They Do Not Gripe, Weaken or Sicken
Fortunate Houses and Barns:
Modern and Well-Kept
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§3 1iar
According to reports received in
Canada, the quality and packing of
Canadian eggs exported to the Unit
ed Kingdom has been beyoud orit-,
icisrn.
What an air of good for
tune is presented to the passer
by, by well-conditioned,
newly painted, modernized
farm buildings. They add
financial values
to farms.
If you have
not the ready
cash to fix up your house and
barns, you can borrow the
necessary funds, under the
Home Improvement Plan,
available at any one of our
500 branches. We are co-op
erating heartily in home and
farm improvement. The terms
are convenient. Ask for trar
booklet on Home Improve
ment Loans.
India possesses the largest num
her of catle of any country in the
world, but, owing to adverse climatic
and economic conditions, the produc
tive value of the catle industry is not
commensurate with its size. ’The
majority of milk cows in India are
Seriously unfed.
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