No preview available
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-10-02, Page 4Incorporated in 1855 CAPITAL AND RESERVE $9,000,000 Over 130 Branches LUCKNOW SENTINEL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13th, 1921. - ublished every Thursday morning at Lucknow, Ontario. A. D. MACKENZIE, Proprietor and Editor. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13th, 1921. THE MOLSONS BANK The cost of living is falling, also the price of food stuff. This necessitates increased production. Produce more and deposit your surplus in The Molsons Bank where it will be ready for any call and yet be earning interest. T. S. REID, MANAGER, LUCKNOW BRANCH DEERING and McCORMICK FARM MACHINES and REPAIRS I.H.C. Tractors and Engines; Geo. White Louden’s & Son Threshing Machines; Litter Carriers, Stalls, Stancions and Water Bowls; Coiled Wire and Woven Fence;Frost’s Connor’s Perfection Electric Washer; Gourlay, Winter and Deeming Pianos. FOR SALE BY ~ W. O. ANDREW, - LUCKNOW J (HEAD OFFICE HAMILTON ESTABLISHED 1872 M ANY a good chance is lost for want of ready money. Some­ times a few extra dollars make all the difference. Decide upon a fixed regular deposit in the Bank, and then exceed it, if possible. To-day is the best day to start. TO! BANK OF HAMILTON LUCKNOW BRANCH—J. A. Glennie, Manager ROD AND GUN—OCTOBER The October issue of Rod and Gun In Canada will be perused with great pleasure by all those to whom the great out-doors is calling. “Nova Scotia Fishing As It Is” appears in this splendid number written in a fascinating, original way by Percy E. Nobbs. H. Mortimer Batten’s story entitled “Banska, The Terrible” is of an appealing nature and will prove of intense interest to both young and old. “The Industrious One” by F. V. Williame will doubtless attract the interest of every reader. This, to­ gether with stories and articles by the usual clever nature writers, Rob­ ert Page Lincoln, A. Bryan Williams, J. W. Winson, also the instructive columns of the various departments, add greatly to the value of the mag­ azine. RUSTLESS STEEL Rustless steel seems to be a com­ pletely established fact and it should be looked into for employment in various industries. In England sev­ eral steel works are paying special attention to the production of such steel. The metal contains a large amount of chrome and is said to be remarkable for its hardness and strength. Its resistance to chemical action is such that it is not affected by boiling in nitric acid. It is used as a substitute for nickel-plated metal in the manufacture of instruments. SLEEP Can you do it well ? Just one or two doses of DR. MILES’ NERVINE—$1.20 will soothe the irritated and over-strain­ ed nerves. Guaranteed Safe and Sure. Sold by A. E. McKim Roll that fragrant smoke across your tongue—close your eyes. D’yer get that flavor of real sun-cured tobacco—the right taste of sweet Virginia leaf ? It’s ripened into every strand of the golden leaf by the sun of ol’ Virginny. P.M.’s a man’s smoke. THE COMING ELECTION It is now settled that the election of a new House of Commons will be held on December 6th, nominations to be held two weeks earlier, on November 22nd. Premier Meighen, evidently, is not afraid to face the music. A month ago he told the country that there would be a general election before the end of the year, and now parlia­ ment is dissolved and the date of the election set far enough in advance to give the country ample time for the discussion of every public issue. Nor can any party complain that there was no time for organization and the putting of candidates in the field. There is no snatching a snap verdict. Public opinion, as far enlightened as it can be, should find fair expression on December 6th. The situation is somewhat pecu­ liar. It cannot be said that there is a direct and clean-cut issue between the parties in the field. Premier Meighen and his newspaper -support­ ers declare that the main issue is Protection or Free Trade, but neith­ er the Liberals nor Progressives pre­ tend to be free traders. Both say that there must be a tariff for reven­ ue, and that it would never do to pass at once from the present system of protection to a system of free trade. The Conservative Party may be said to stand now, as in days gone by, for what Sir Robert Borden styled “ade­ quate protection;” and Liberals may be said to stand for the same thing, only they claim that their con­ ception of an adequate protection tariff is different from that of the Conservative Party; that under their management the tariff would be more in the interests of the average man, and that, of course, it would be more honestly administered. (The deepest conviction of a party man is that the opposite party is a bunch of rascals so far as politics are concerned.) It may fairly be assumed that either party in power will frame a tariff and administer it in the way that will bring it the greatest political support. That will be in the interests of the big manufacturers, for these, in an election contest count for more than ten times their number of the general crowd. The Progressive or Farmers’ Party doubtless is something of a Free Trade party, and should it come into power there likely would be consid­ erable change, but should the party come into power, it too would find that in order to hold office there would have to be compromises on every hand. The “middle of the road” man or party doesn’t hold office in a democratic country. MEMORIALS TO SOLDIERS The Women’s Institute at Holy­ rood, backed, of course, by the people of the Township, have set a com­ mendable example in procuring an enduring memorial to the fallen sold­ iers of the municipality. The erection of a suitable monu­ ment to the soldiers who fell in the Great War, is a patriotic duty recog­ nized by everybody; yet three years after the close of the war, many towns, villages and townships have taken no action. What form shall the memorial take? is the stumbling block in al­ most every instance, and perhaps that point should be one of the first decided by a committee or organiz­ ation taking up the work. In a num­ ber of places funds have been col­ lected, but division as to the sort of monument to provide has brought the good work to a stand-still. We all feel that Lucknow ought to be doing something along this line. Always when Lucknow does a thing of this kind, it does it right. Have we a live organization with the con­ fidence of the public to take up this patriotic duty ? THE KU KLUX KLAN AGAIN Within the past year there has been revived in the Southern States, and in spots throughout the whole country that dangerous and lawless organization known as the “Ku Klux Klan.” This organization first developed in the Southern States soon after the Civil War which freed the negro slav­ es. It was a white man’s organiza­ tion, and the original purpose of it was to “keep 'the negro in his place.” Following the victory of the North over the South, the negroes doubtless were disposed to abuse their new freedom, and as the Southern whites could no longer hold the black man down by law, they decided to do so by terror. To do this the Ku Klux Klan was created. It likely did some good and necessary work; but there can be no doubt that many Klans greatly abus­ ed their power. Their methods were the very limit of lawlessness. When the displeasure of the Klan was in­ curred the unfortunate offender was visited (usually at night) by a band of masked men, and was beaten or put to death as the temper of the gang might determine. Above every­ thing the Klan was secret. No one could tell whether his neighbor be­ longed to it, and an unguarded word of criticism might bring down upon the unfortunate critic the ^horrors of a midnight visit by the murder gang. After a period of activity this law­ lessness * subsided, or perhaps took the more open form of daylight lynchings. But the Klan, in its or­ iginal form, has come into existence again. It is now said to be not mere­ ly anti-negro, but anti-Catholic, anti- Jewish, and anti-Foreigner. It pre­ tends to be pure Americanism. A necessary qualification for member­ ship is that one be American-born. Travellers from the South say that it has created a general feeling of uneasiness, of suspicion and fear. Men are afraid to discuss it openly, for they cannot be sure that a mem­ ber is not present, and adverse crit­ icism may result in becoming a man marked for punishment. The organization of such lawless bodies as this Ku Klux Klan is an unmistakable evidence of barbarism. The recognized machinery of govern­ ment and law enforcement are dis­ regarded and defied. AGNES McPHAIL CANDIDATE CUT DOWN THE FIRE WASTE This is Fire Prevention Week. Did you know that? And what is meant by “Fire Prevention Week”? It means a week set apart by the Ontario Government, at the request of the Fire Marshall for a special effort on the part of everybody to cut down the fire waste of the province. There is need of it for the fire waste of Canada is enormous and disgrace­ ful. The government records show that for the past three years, the waste by fire in Ontario averaged a million doiMars per month. This is $5.00 per head for every man, woman, and child in the province. The loss in European countries is only 33c. per capita, against our $5.00. Those who nave made a study of the subject say chat 90 per cent, of this waste is pre­ ventable by reasonable care. We have developed careless habits with matches, cigars, cigarettes, gas- olnie and coal oil. The fire marshall is doing what he can to teach the people to be more careful with these things. That is why he has asked everybody to clean up this week. He wants the stove pipes and chimneys put in good condition so that they will not start a fire when brought into use in the cold weather. He also wants everybody to clear away all the old papers and other combustible material that may have accummulat- ed in the basement or the sheds dur­ ing summer. The careless placing of an oil lamp or lantern is a frequent cause of fire in houses and barns. Our fire mar­ shall reminds his readers that it was the careless placing of a lantern too near a cow’s foot, by Mrs. O’Leary, caused the great Chicago fire in 1871, when 200 persons perished and 15,000 houses were destroyed. In 1920 Ontario had fires, causing a loss of $11,771,718. We all lose by this. Miss Agnes McPhail, the Ceylon School teacher, who was nominated at Durham last week by the U. F. O_, is amongst the very first of the wo­ men of Canada to be ^nominated for Dominion House. Of Scotch descent, Miss McPhail, was born in a typical loghouse in the Township of Proton 31 years ago, so that she knows the farmer’s pro­ blem intimately. But it is the farm­ er’s wife in whom she is chiefly in­ terested. The lot of the women on the farm is a hard one and Miss Mc­ Phail is out to see that in future they get a few comforts out1 of life. One of the first things she did at the Convention was to draw attention to the fact that only one woman dele­ gate had been sent to the Convention from the whole riding of Southeast Grey. It was not good enough that the men should continue to run things. She accepted the nomination thankfully in the name of woman­ hood, after beating several men in the ballot, and reminded the men­ folk that , women were not going to be content in future to sit at home sewing. A former school teacher in North York in Sharon, Miss McPhail en­ livened the proceedings of the tariff commission in Toronto, last Decem­ ber when she announced herself as a plain farmer’s daughter, and told Sir Henry Drayton, the chairman of the commission, that never before had she stood in the presence of a real knight. She then proceeded to casti­ gate protection and all its works in a spirit of mingled raillery and indig­ nation, declaring that the exactions of the present tariff make matrimony with farmers an unalluring advent­ ure which she herself declined to em­ bark upon. She thinks the farmers of Ontario under the protective tar­ iff system are like the old Indians under the Hudson Bay Company— they take what is handed out to them. Applied After Shaving Keeps the Skin Soft and Smooth MANY men suffer from irritation of the skin as a result of shaving. With some it assumes a form of eczema and becomes most annoying and unsightly. By applying a little of Dr. Chase’s Ointment after shav­ ing the irritation is overcome and such ailments as Barber’s Itch and Eczema are avoided. 50 cents a box, all dealers, or Edmanson, ( Bates & Co., Ltd., Toronto. A kind heart is a fountain of glad­ ness, making everything in its vicin­ ity to freshen into smiles. The Red Front Hardware Now Is the Time to Repair for Winter Reduced Prices on all lines of Stoves, Ranges, wood and coal Heaters. Pumps for well and cistern, Pipe and Fittings; Brantford Roofing, 1, 2 or 3 ply, As­ phalt and Crystal, all at a Lower Price. If you require Window Glass get the new price before pur­ chasing. Pyramid Brand Portland Ce­ ment, Parisrone, Lime and Pulpstone. RAE & PORTEOUS, I PHONE 66. LUCKNOW. ----—r.......... A HIGHWAY PERIL (London Advertiser) The agitation to have all vehicles carry lights after dark on country highways continues to spread. Since' automobiles became numerous there has always been a danger in navigat­ ing the rural roads in the darkness because of lightless horse-drawn bug­ gies, carriages and carts. Today this peril has been increased through the law compelling motorists to use non­ glare headlights. The glaring head­ light, although a good deal of a nuis­ ance, enabled the motorist to pick up the lampless vehicle in plenty of time to avoid collisions. Under the new regulations, however, the automobile driver finds himself within a compar­ atively few yards of an unlighted ve­ hicle before he is aware of it, and should he be travelling at only a fair rate of speed, the situation is fre­ quently a perilous one. There are few notorists who have not experienced this suddenly looming up of an un­ lighted vehicle, and can testify to the narrow margin between safety and an accident, Many owners of horse-drawn car- tude that the road is theirs by orig­ inal right. They consider that it is up to the motorist to keep out of the way, and with this view there will al­ ways be a lot of sympathy from all except the speed demon, but as a matter of their own safety, wouldn’t it be advisable for the drivers of horse-drawn vehicles to carry lamps ? JOY RIDERS PINCHED (Walkerton Telescope) Three Mildmay young men, who started out early Sunday morning to have a “time”, had a sorry time of it before the day was done. Cephus, Lobsinger, Will Layton and Walter Sandy were the trio, the latter se­ curing the car from the garage where he worked. At a farmer’s out in Car-4 rick they stopped, while some of the party had a few drinks from a bottle of whiskey they had brought along. They also took on a fourth passeng­ er there, Paul Lovack. By the time they got to Walkerton the excursion­ ists felt great. As they sailed by the Hartley House corner, one of them waved to a citizen and let out a yell like a redskin. That yell cost him $10 and costs, for the citizen on the corner proved to be Chief Fergu-, son in his Sunday clothes and the joyous holler gave the whole game away. While the Chief was preparing to follow in another car, a citizen phoned in that the crew were motor­ ing in the ditch in the West Ward. A few minutes later they came back through town again in the opposite direction and were pinched by the Chief. By telling the whole story, Lobsinger escaped serious punish­ ment and was let off with $10 and costs; Layton paid $9.18 all for be­ ing disorderly, and Sandy $10 and costs. There was no charge against the other man, Lovack. A man generally has the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind. Hay - Fever SUMMER COLDS, ASTHMA, spoil many a holiday. RAZ - MAH Positively stops these troubles * Sneezing, weezing, coughing, weeping eyes aren’t necessary— unless you like being that way. $1.00 at your druggist’s, or write Templetons, Toronto, for a free trial* SOLD BY A. E. McKTM, LUCKNO^