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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-03-23, Page 3I THE EXETER TIMES.ADVOCATE IF YOU WON’T SIGN XT, DON’T SAY IT EDITORIALIwi 1 A w A*1 A 14 A great many of us have acquired the unfortunate faculty of gaying toe much. We purport to know too much about the other fellow and his per­ sonal business affairs. Without mak­ ing sure of our facts, we proceed to collect and pass out gossip. A great many persons, as soon as they see or hear of something suspicious, proceed to make it the shaky foundation for their next conversation. One of the best methors to pursue in trying to break ourselves of this pernicious habit of peddling idle gossip is to adopt and live up to the following rule:— Whenever you are tempted to tel) a bit of gossip you have heard, or whenever you see something that you do not understand, give it this test before you tell it: Would you be wining to write •out, sign your name ro and pass around the gossip which yoq have heard or the suspicions which have been aroused in you by what you have seen or heard? Could you honestly say that what you are about to say wr repeat would be right, and that by repeating it, you would not be injuring anyone and would not object to having"* it published over your signature? If what you might otherwise say will not bear this test, let it alone. Let the subject drop right there. If you won’t sign it, you are suspicious of it — so — Don’t Say It.* * »fc Why is it that, people who are easily shocked at naughty ' stories, like to talk about them.* * * A man is in his prime as long as he is engaged in constructive work.at v v Health not for Spring: Spend less for meat and buy a stout pair of walking shoes.* * What good does it do a one- armed man to go fishing? —-he misses most of the fun of talking about it afterwards,* * * It doesn’t help the harmony, No siree, it .don’t, When hubby has the ’will’ power And wifey has the ‘won’ts.’V* * * FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION James Madison, 4th President of the U. S. A., was born at .Ft. -Conway Virginia, March 16, 1751. He served two terms as President and follow­ ing the example of George Washing­ ton refused the nomination for a third term. He earned the title of “Father o’" the Constitution” because of his share in drafting the original ar­ ticles and because he wrote the first ten amendments that were ratified and adopted.* * * Andrew Jackson, 7th President oi the U. S. A. was born March 15, 1767. He .served as president from 1829. to 1837. Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President, was born March 18, 1837 Served his first term from 1885 to 1889 and served again from 1893 tc 11897.* * * . The present rate of timber con­ sumption is 4 times as great as the annual growth of .trees.* * * RIGHT THINKING Back of the light that hangs above me as I write, there is a powerhouse that generates the -current. Without the current, the filament in that bulb would not glow. „ Back of every personality, there is a power house of right thinking and worth while purpose. If you would spread light in the world (that has all too much of darkness) see to it that your ideas and your ideals are the kind that glow.* * * A MAN’S PRAYER Let me live, Oh Mighty Master, Such a life as men shall know, Tasting triumph and disaster, Joy - and not too much of woe; Let me run the amut over, Let me fight and love and laugh, And when I’m beneath the clover Let this be my epitaph: Another Bad Night Could Get No Rest To tho thousands who are toesing, night after night, on sleepless beds, or who pace the floor with nerves unhinged, to those who Wako up with bad dreams and nightmares, we offer in Milbum’s Health and Nerve Pills a remedy to help soothe and calm the nerves and bring back the shat­ tered nervoiis system to a perfect condition. Then no mote broken rest, no more nightmares, no more getting up in the morning feeling as tired as when you went to bed. Tho T. Milburn Oo., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. Here lies one who took his chances In the busy world of men; Battled luck and -circumstances Fought and fell and fought again; Won sometimes, but didn’t well, Took his beating, but kept /going, Never let his courage fail. He was fallible and human, Therefore loved and understood Both his fellow men and women, Whether good or not so good; Kept his spirit undimihished, Never lay down on a friend, Played the game until it was finished Lived a sportsman to the end. -ft -k SALESMANSHIP J. R. Arbuckle, the coffee king, who left an estate of a $100,000,009 is credited with this story which he was wont to use as an example oi the keen discretion which he con­ tended was necessary to business success — “A woman well on in years en­ tered a drug store and said to the druggist: “.Have you any cream for restoring the complexion?’ “Restor­ ing Miss? You mean preserving!’ said tho druggist heartily. —and, he. sold the woman more than $15.00 worth of cosmetics.” * * # PRANKISH PROBLEMS Answer to Prankish Problem No 57 which appeared in our last issue: The train travelled 88.8 plus miles. Speed of train, 22.2 plus miles pei hour. Prankish Problem No. 58: A has a lot 400 ft.'long and 200 ft. wide. He wishes to construct a concrete walk 3 ft. wire, diagonally across the lot from opposite corners, the op­ posite diagonal corners of the walk intersecting with the opposite cor­ ners of the lot. What will be the area of the /ground covered by the walk? (Correct answer will appear in this space, next issue.) * * * ■One day a very pretty young lady who had a poodle dog in her lap chanced to be riding on the street car. A blue-nosed lad sitting next to the girl addressed her thusly: “My what a nasty little dog. Don’t you think, my young lady, it would look -much nicer if you had a baby on your lap?” “No,” replied the pretty one in calm, even voice, “it wouldn’t. You see, I’m not married.”* * * SIMPLICITUDES ------the impossible is usually the ob­ vious - after it is done. —to most of us, Opportunity means a chance to make money — without earning it. —-if you ain't educated -— you gotta use your brains. —never acknowledge failure un­ til .you have made your last attempt —and never make your last attempt until you have succeeded.* * * When a candidate throws his hat in the ring, it is a good sign that it is too small for him.* * * Nothing is more sacred in human relationships than sincere grief — except unselfish love. He who speaks insults—must lis­ ten to insults. * * * A GAUGE A large New Fork Department Store utilizes the following set of questions to best test fitness of ap­ plicants for positions in the institu­ tion. The eight points cover a suf­ ficient variety of information neces­ sary to satisfy the personnel direct­ or. 1. Personal interests,.x hobbies, amusements, sports, 1 2. Correct answers to twelve widely varied questions pertaining to general information. 3. Pleasant personality. 4. Self-control as proved by pro­ vocation on tlie-spot. 5. Physical condition. 6. Social state. 7. Future plans - ambitions. 8. The applicant has to sell the store -— that is, he has to tell all the good points he knows about the store — just as if he were discussing the store with an acquaintance. Question. No, 4 is important — the test of self-control. The applicant for a position is deliberately provok­ ed by a remark of a personal ttature which will reveal the amount of self­ control he may shpw when encoun­ tering unreasonable customers. These same tests —— with some modifications Or additions —might very well be applied to applicants as well as present employees of most every business organization.* * * And, now, good readers - Adios — adieu Until our next visit — Don’t be blue. THE COLONEL What we get of March sunshine is welcome, ****** V March began like a Tar and is keeping on like a Tartar. f ******** Farmers may as well face up to it —- the person who takes a drink of unpasteurized milk takes long chances.******** An old friend refuses to buy garden seeds. He says that get­ ting them into the .ground develops in him a serious attack of the backache.**** **** Hitler and his people must smile as they see Britishers aiding them with money wherewith to obliterate the last noble thing for r. which Britain stands. Some of Premier’s King’s best friends are hoping that he may take the House in hand and eliminate the useless talk, holding up the business of the nation.w * * * * * Ever think of it, should the Germans get control of Canada the fust thing they wpuld do would be to cancel every bond held against the government or any of the provinces? nr * ;• * Our big brother, Lorne Eedy, of the St, Mary’s Journal-Argus, was overtaken by a car accident as he journeyed Florida ward the other day. We were not surprised that Brother Eedy escaped un­ hurt. It takes far more than'a car accident to dent an editor. This word of pilfering on the part of civil servants makes bad reading. What a pity that all who handle other people’s money did not know that to appropriate any portion of the money they handle to ones rnvate use, for any purpose whatsoever is stealing and is bound to be found out. When a civil servant is “in with the boys” or is trying to keep up with some Jones or other, he is headed in the wrong direction. ******* IT WON’T WORK As Chamberlain works on with his policy of appeasement with Germany, and as British money lenders strive to be on good terms with the German people by lending money to them, they must often • tm. '. is of the wise man, “There are three things that are never satisfied, yea four that say not “Enough!” The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water and the fire that saith not “ough!” To these 4 may be added “and the soul of Germany.” The democracies have found out that there is no use in the appeal of reason and conscince to a leader and to a people who recognize the supremacy of neither. ******** WE SERVE “I did not know a thing about it till I saw it in the paper!” We often hear this said and said of an important event at that. For despite radio and telephone, the newspaper is the great purveyor of information. So let us hear from you, say, when a man bites a dog, or when your home is visited by a venturesome little soul ment or when some friend from a distance pays you a visit or when you make up your mind to visit another region. The peo (.©rested in all these things and wish to laugh with and to wail with you. Send in the news and we’ll do our very best to get to the attention of those interested, and that is about everybody in the community. ******** THE RIGHT STAND Congratulations are freely offered, Col. George Drew, the lead­ er of the opposition in the Ontario house, on his arranging with his party caucus that she should be the only speaker on their side of the house in reply to the speech from the throne. His action is the propei’ thing. It saves time and money for the Province and does not take away one thing from the efficiency of parliament. But why did not the government make a similar move? Would it not be a good thing if in the discussion of bills and such matters each party in the House decided upon one man to re­ present it, post him thoroughly on the party’s strand and have him do the talking? .In this way the views of the,^parties would come before the House with a maximum saving of time. HONOUR THE KING By all means let us honour the King as he 'pays Canada a visit this summer. In the effort to do so let us not belittle ourselves in his royal judgment. Yet that is the very thing we are likely to do, zfor His Majesty is richly endowed with sound judgment and is as well informed as any man we know. For one thing, His Majesty despises pretence. Why, then, should Canada expend time and money in pretending that she is rich and prosperous while we do not balance our business budgets. Why seek to give him the impression that we are getting on nicely finan­ cially while ottr -business future is mortgaged away beyond the dan­ ger point? Would we not honour our king and hearten the men in the mother country whose counsel he seeks by showing him that we have halted the mad race for spending away •.beyond oui* ability to pay? We’ll honour our king not by spending anillions on bunt­ ing and bands and costly train service, but by letting him hear the hum of industry made by toiling, patient, liberal, tax-paying citizen­ ry who keep this country-safe, religious and wholesome. ******** A SIGNIFICANT MOVE A Significant move is being made by imany of the real estate owners of the Province. These owners are forming an organization whose object is to have no moneys voted by various parliaments apd councils only without the approbation of real estate owners. This move may seem backward and unenlightened, but second thought shows that there is a great deal in the contention of this organization We recall one instance that illustrates our point. A certain incor­ porated village was led by five men in an agitation for a certain enterprise envolving the expenditure of a large sum of money by the council. Not one of the five agitators had ten cents of a stake in the village. Every one of them was a renter. They succeeded in getting the by-law passed. In four years not one of the agitators was in the village to bear his share of the debt he used his influence to incur. As long as taxes are made a primary charge against pro­ perty, real estate owners should have the last word as the incurring of taxes. The situation is worth looking into. Men are becoming reluctant to put their money into propery when their doing so puts them in the position of being obliged to pay taxes over which they have very little control. “WHERE’S THAT LADY” A first class English blacksmith landed in St. Thomas about 20 years ago. He had a little money in the bank, but as he had come by it hard he had no intention of spending it unless very hard necessity pressed him. He went from one shop to another but no opening presented itself for one of his craft. At last one shopowner said “Do you really want work? If you do there’s a lady over there who wants her garden dug. “.Show me that lady!” was the answer given with a vim. in 10 minutes he was busy. By noon he had a dollar in his pocket and another job of digging. And so on for three days. The blacksmith had been observing, meanwhile, and as luck would have it, one of his shoers Was taken ill and our friend sent for. He proved a first-class workman and Was engaged at good pay. That blacksmith still is very much to the fore. He owns Iris own shop and his own house and has some money whore it is doing him some good. “Show me that job!” is written all over him. ******** VERY FINE As We listened in on the proceedings the other night when the Leaguers took over the work begun by George McCullagh we were impressed by one thought. Here was Ur. Hubert Bruce a man of wealth, at the very head of his profession in Canada, leaving the comfort of his fireside on a cold, blustering March night to serve his country as he thought she should bo served, By taking this ac­ tion he will not add one iota to his popularity. In the work he is doing there is for him little but toil and a troubled spirit,'sleepless nights and laborious days. He cannot be .greater or more esteemed in Ontario’s eye than he is this hour. However, there are rewards quite other than these. There is the sense of doing his bit to rouse his people to a sense of their responsibilities and of their opportun­ ities. There will be the joy of effort and of achievement and of genuinely pioneering. HO cannot but enjoy tho impalpable reward of days well spent in unselfish service and of identifying himself with the needs of the patient, taxpaying toiling people. For mon like Dr. Bruce these rewards are rather to bo chosen than all tho gold in Ontario and all the titles a sovereign can bestow. May his tribe increase. Elim ville in those Thames commitee Boundary Changes in Huron Presbytery Boundary changes in four pastoral charges in the Huron Presbytery and elimination of two circuits was recommended at the regular meet­ ing of the Presbytery held in Wes­ ley Willis United Church Tuesday of last week. The Nile and charges are to be merged of Benmiller, Dungannon, Road and Woodham, A composed of Rev. W. P. Lane, God­ erich North Street United; Rev. A. V. Robb, Bluevale, chairman of Presbytery; Rev. A. Sinclair, Blytli; Miss L. Holborn, Benmiller; M, T. Corliss, Clinton, and A. M. Robert­ son, Goderich, had been appointed to arrange a plan of boundary chan­ ges and made mitte. arranged and adopted are: Benmiller charge and the appropriation for each appointment1 consists of Benmiller, $700; Smiths! Hill, $250; Nile, $400; Leeburn, $200: total salary, $1,550. One. preaching service at each appoint-j ment will be held each Sunday as: follows: Leeburn, 10 a. m.; Ben­ miller, 11:30 a. in.: Smiths Hill, I 3:00 p. m. and Nile, 7 p. in. The Dungannon charge and salary appro­ priation will be:Dungannon, $850.; Port Albert, $400.; Crewe, $200.; total $1,5 00. The hours of service: 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m. res­ pectively. The recommended chan­ ges on the Thames Road and Woodham charges are subject to approval of Perth Presbytery and London. A feature of the changes which caused considerable discussion was that of place of residence of the ministers in charge and the motion was amended by appointment of a commission to deal directly with the congregation concerned. The sale of some church properties will also have to be made and an equitable apportioning of the proceeds of sale as between the churches arrived at. Debate Transfer of Canadidates The chairman of the Presbytery Rev. A. V. Robb, Bluevale, was in charge of the meeting and opened with a short devotional period. A lengthly discussion took place in connection with a remit from Gen­ eral Council on the transfer of can­ didates. At the 7th General Coun­ cil session it was enacted: That every candidate for the ministry of The Church is a candidate for ministry of The United Church Canada and not merely for the min­ istry in any particular conference. The Transfer Committee shall place candidates for the ministry recom­ mended for ordination in the con­ ference where their services are most needed for the adequate plying of all pastoral charges, vided that such ministers have right if they should so desire, to re­ turn after two years than five to the ordained them, which the ministers, were vote “yes” or “no” was: favor of the following that under the general heading of The Ministry under the Basis of Union there be added the follow­ ing: “Notwithstanding anything herein-before contained the Trans­ fer Committee shall have authority to transfer candidates istry, recommended to the Conference ■ opinion of the their the tor al shall Conference for years after ordination unless sooner transferred to some other Con­ ference by action of the Transtir Committee.” A standing vote was taken which was almost unani­ mously in the negative. Transfer Is Requested There was one request for a transfer that of Rev. H. Wilding of Holmes­ ville, who requested a transfer to the British Columbia Conference. The request was referred to the Transfer Committee. Sympathetic reference was made of the illness of the pastor of Wesley Willis, Rev. A,. Lane, and of the secretary, Rev, H. M.. Wright, of St. Helens, neither of whom were able to be present. It was decided that another meeting of Presbytery will be held before conference in June. Dinner was served in the dining hall of the church by the Women’s Association. Resolutions of appreciation for use of the church and for the service accorded were passed, next meeting will be held in United church, Wingham. I THURSDAY, MARCH 23, loap FUFF* Every Farpter and Gardener should have our Mg jagg seed and Nursery Book. Jt includes full Information on the fro rid famedCannells’ Hoot Seeds tor , which ve are sole North-American distributors. Write today. DOMINION SEED HOUSE, Georgetown, Ontario WARNING TO TURNIP GROWERS Loddon, Norfolk, England, Feb. 1st, 1938, It has been brought to our attention that certain Ontario Seed Firms, other than Dominion Seed haye been offering Turnip Seed purporting to |ba “Canneils1 Purple King '. This is to notify you Plat seeds, of our growing are available on the Worth American Continent only from The Dominion 6>ted House, Georgetown, Ontario, or their duly authorized agents. For your protection, all our seeds are sold in sealed packages only and bear this signature, Quidnunc .. . , j- the recommendation was to Presbytery by that com- The pastoral charges as The'group of nine at Gizeli near the site salary of the ancient city of Memphis — originally there were eleven in this j group. The largest of this group | had an original height of 481 feet - ■ present height, 452 ft; measurement ! of the side walls from base to apex j is 612 feet - of the base, 755 feet on each of the four sides —- covering I approximately 13 acres. The estimat­ ed weight is seven million tons — estimated age is over six thousand years old. For many centuries before the Pryamids were built, a race of people in Mexico built massive monuments. These mounds while not as great as the pyramids, neverthe­ less were of imposing size, One of these mounds is now 412 feet in dia- i meter and 52 feet in height. When . we realize that this mound is nearly ' twice as old as'the pyramids - from' • 10,000 to 12,0'00 years old - and con- ■ sider erosion, tropical rains and ele- s ments, it is easily understood that ■ these Mexican mounds were perhaps equal in size to any similai’ struc­ ture ever built by man. The Airport at Washington, D.C handles close to four million pieces of air mail annually. President Roosevelt receives about 4,000 let­ ters a day (not ail’ mail) and since his inauguration has received an es­ timated Seven Million letters in 3 c. postage for first class mail — this means more thon Two Hundred Thousand Dollars for postage alone. The per capita tax per individual in Great Britain is $10.00 and in the U. S. A., $92.00. Of this figure, the federal govern­ ment in the U. S. A. gets 41 per cent and the national government in Gt Britain receives 83 per cent. Unemployment surveys show that the highest idleness percentage ex­ ists in the age group under 25 years. The percentage of white workers unemployed is estimated at 20.8 of alf potential wage per cent, of negro U. .S. A. It is estimated more than three acres of virgin soil open to home­ steaders at one dollar an acre — yet. less than 130 homesteads are up in a year’s time. The palm furnishes man more useful things than any one tree. The lists includes starch, oil, wax, sugar, wine, dyeing pro­ ducts, timber, food, clothing, fiber, fuel, etc. The 'cocoanut palm - so rich in material important to the human race - can flourish on coral reefs where there is little or no soil. The average person consumes about five pounds of salt a year, The av­ erage person needs about 3'0 grains of salt per day but .consumes about 100 grains — there are about 7,000 grains to the pound — avoirdupois weight. In Middle Egypt about forty pyr­ amids are now left standing, of these, the most remarkable are the approximately “SNOW WHITE DINNER” An enterprising restaurant keeper struck an original note when he planned his menu. If If it’s nourishment you want “Doe” recommends Cream of Tomato Soup now make yourselves “Happy” with Roast Stuffed Chicken and Ham and Tongue Do not be “Bashful” in helping yourselves to Green and Potato Salads Rolls and Butter the pepper and mustard has made you “Sneezy” have some Charlotte Russe or for those who want a “Dopey” mixture try Plum Pudding and Rum Sauce “Grumpy” old devils who are still hungry can have Cheese, Biscuits and Celery to prevent that “Sleepy” feeling, try a cup of Coffee Goderich Harbor the of sup- pro- the and not more conference which The question upon asked to Are you in legislation, services adequate Charges serve ; for the min- for ordination, where, in the Transfer Committee are most needed for supply of all Pas- and such ministers the church in that a period of two THE DEAR HOY Ice in the Goderich harbor proper is still one foot thick and the Mait­ land River is still solidly frozen over despite gale-like winds and heavy rains. The H. J. Heinz Co., of Canada, will ship its 1939 crop of beans from the Hensall-Exeter district, of South Huron, from Goderich, by water, to its English factories, it was made known. The company has taken out a lease on storage space in the muni­ cipal warehouse on the south pier, and bean growers in this district will now deliver their crop to this point instead of Leamington, as formerly. with other taken that there hundred million MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE The Outcome of 121 Years’ Successful Operation . . . (’■ “Did the children behave when you bathed them?” asked tho mis­ tress of the new French nurse. * “All but ze biggest boy - and mirableu! - how he fight and kick and nearly fear ze face off me be­ fore I could get him in.” “Which biggest boy - we've only one hoy, and he’s onjy two years old?” “Eet is not heem at all, I mean. ’Tis the boy who wo.ars glasses an’ has ze curly hair.” “Boy! boy!” exclaimed the start­ led mistress, “That’s not a boy! That’s my husband” » There is a spirit of service and co-operation about the Bank of Montreal which appeals strongly to the holders of its more than one million deposit accounts. You will enjoy banking with the Bank of Montreal because it gives the kind of service that customers appreciate. BANK OF MONTREAL ESTABMSHED 1817 Exeter Branch: W. H. MOISE, Manager "YOUR BANK. AND HOW YOU MAY USfi fof MW * . ..........., . ............ t..................... . ,,... ............................ 80S