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The Clinton News Record, 1932-11-17, Page 4THURS., NOV. 17, 1932 .L The president of the Imperial To4 bacco •Company announces that the reduction in duty on cigarettes will be passed on to the public. Well why not? All increases in duty were passed on to the public 1,==1120 A New York church is threatened with disruption because the ntinisteri backed by his bishop, is willing to allow negroes to worship there. The objectors have no argument, but color prejudices die hard and • few there .be without them. London bobbies were able to han- dle the army of hunger -marchers that descended upon London and were joined by the large and tur- bulent rabble which every great city can supply, It•was a severe test of the efficiency of the London police which will add to the respect in which that body is held. Many years ago, when the Sinn Fein were in pro- cess of formation, a member of it, boasted that "we have a hundred thousand men; we have forty thousand under arums and we we can go and take London today." Well why don't you do it?" asked a tener•. "Do it? How the divil can we do it? The police won't let us," Still, it was an unnecessary test of efficiency. An army of that sort should have been dispersed before it reached London. There is too high combustible material in a large city. Under similar circumstances London was once given over to pillage and arson when Lord George Gordon Iet a large deputation into the city to present a petition to parliament. Ths idea behind a big deputation is force -to overawe or intimidate by strength of numbers rather than by argument or by reason. Many as the marchers were, they were a very small minority of the people who gave a mandate to the National gov- ernment to place restrictions on the A dole. One of these restrictions ie the means test against which the marchers protested. The revised contract bridge ruler] make no change in the count for honors which always appeared to be too great a reward for luck, The melancholy days have come, The saddest of the year, Our coalban's. empty as a drum And <coal bills in arrear. Short selling ought to be 'a brake upon buying when the latter runs wild but it did not serve in that ca, parity in 1927-8-9 Those were bad days for shorts. If they tried to make money by selling short they had to cover at higher prices created by a buying public crazed with specs Mellon. If, as W. R. Horson main- tains, the stock exchange is mainly responsible for our troubles, why, not curb its activities, by making illegal to sell something you have not got? The law applies something of that principle when it makes it an offence to issue a cheque: on a banli in which yon have no funds. It made but little difference to the Canadian farmer how the United States elections went. Both Hooves and Roosevelt were one when it came to protection for the American far- mer. While Roosevelt talked of ret vision downwards he changed his tune when he addressed the em;batt, led farmers of the middle states. A medical authority says that high heels have the effect of making girls appear to be bow-legged. We men- tion the opinion that high heels may cause bow-legs but it is short skirts that make them appear that way. C==it.==> We have gone a long way, since the days of John Howard, in the di, rection of prison reform. There hail been a vast improvement in the character •of our prisons. They are clean, sanitary and well -ventilated, Prison discipline has behind it the thought of reformation rather than punishment, Convicts are enconrag- 'ed to good behaviour by the reward of lessened sentences. Insurrections such as occurred in three peniten- tiaries in Canada and three in the United States show the difficulty of drawing the line between, severity and lenity in the treatment of oun prison population. Laxity in dis- cipline may cause outbreaks of that sort just as well as undue severityi The authorities should be slow in making concessions that would ap- pear to be the result of rebellion. What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING TAF +.AST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The New Era, Nov. 18th, 1892: A Tall Boy: Master Bert Hovey, son of Mr, C. E. Hovey of town, is a pretty tall boy for his age. He is only fifteen years yet measures six feet two and a half inches. Can he be beaten in Ontario? iTlne Clinilon Organ --»The• Clinton Organ Co.,, this week made a ship- ment of fifteen of their excellent organs, some going to England, oths ers to Nova Scotia and Manitobal This company, with inrceased staff and facilities, is moving along the high road of success. A Change -In this week's issue of The News -Record Mr. Whitely inti- mates his retirement from the edi, torial management thereof and his partner, Mr. Todd makes his bow as sole proprietor and editor. From a news standpoint the News -Record is the best Conservative paper in the county brit its editorial opinions and our own differ so materially that we cannot endorse that part of it, We trust, however, that Mr. Todd may find the venture a financial suc4 Cess. 171r. J. Leslie, Jr., has returned home after spending the summer in the northwest. He is not "dead struck" on it. Mr. 8, J. Latta, principal of Zurich school and town clerk, was in town on Saturday. Mr. Latta combines printing with his various other dut- ies, though so far he has done it more for recreation than for remun- eration. Mrs. Turnbull of Toronto is visit- ing her ;sister, Mrs. L. Greig. t Miss Pinning of Toronto, sister of Mr. J. Pinning, was -here last week and ]eft directly for the old conn) t try; .she occupies a high -salaried) o position. as chief milliner with a To- a ronto wholesale firm and goes to the p English and French' markets for the ,. latest styles'in goods. Dr. A. Shaw,; of Watertown, Dak., who died a few days since, was an uncle of Dr. Shaw in town and fors merly taught school, in 1luIlett. Mr. James Armstrong of Varna was in town last week and purchas. ed a handsome set of parlor furni- ture from Mr. J. C. Stevenson, who also furnished a complete outfit for Mr. John Carbert of Hullett who re- cently 'got married. Since the Toronto papers have started• using type -setting machines the leader has to nearly -break his neck trying to read some of the in: vetted lines, The American Elections --IA more decisive victory than that obtained by the Democratic party in the United States last week has never been recorded. It was a clean sweepl As some 'of the American paper8 themselves 'had it, "it was a land, slide, a cyclone' and blizzard all rol- led into one." It was a straight contest between tariff reform. on one side and protection on the other. Democrats far the first time in 36 years will have complete control of the government. (Must have Ibsen something like the recent elections Cleveland was returned over Harri- son in this instance.) It was quite a fall of snow for the 10th of November. The town wood. yards are out of wood and many citis tons likewise. Five weeks to Christmas, which falls on Sunday this year. The Stavely Estate -Mfr. Wim. Brunsdon of Londesboro, the sur- viving executor named in' the will of the late James Stavely, has taken charge of the estate and has made application for probate. The value of the estate as so far appears in he neighborhood of $35,000, and by the will the whole estate goes to one Frank Thompson, Who ,predeceasled he testator, leaving three children, ne of whom has been in town with view to making claim to the pro- erty. The supposition however is that the beneficiary named in the will being dead, the property lapses and in the event of it being proved that Mr, (Stavely had no heirs the whole estate will go to the Province. Messrs. Manning and Scott have been appointed by the Attorney -General to TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD represent hint in this matter, From The ',rows -Record, Nov. 1Gbh, , 1892: (The retiring and the continuing editors of The News -Record take ov- er' two columns to say farewell and how -de -do, and one thing we note the. remaining man suggest is that Clin- ton should have a "live Board of Trade." Alack and alas, this jour nal has been harping on that string continually for forty years and Clin- ton hasn't got one yet, or should we say, Now?) Mark the Date -11892 will be re- membered for its two early snow- storms, the 4th of October and the 4th of November. Shooting at Seaforth: The Clinton' Gun Club paid a visit to Seaforth last Thursday and returned with a share at least ,of the laurels ! E. R. Watson of •Goderich, a member of the Clinton Club, scored high enough to win the handsome pipe donated by 114r. Stephens and tied Dane of Brussels and secured half the toll cash prize. Those -present from town were: John McMurray, J, Blackall, E. Hovey, George Hinehley, Wm. Foster, 0..S. Doan, -Henry Cole, J. McCrae, John Powell and Charles Ilale. The four apple counties of the province this year are Bruce, Huron, Halton and Grey, among which Hu- ron stands first, Bruce second. It is' estimated -that the return to the farmers in these four counties thi year will be from two and a half t ' three millions dollars. A Cent With a 11foral-IWbe have nailed up in The News -Record a cent which points to a moral. It is one recently owned and held for some 'years by the late James Stavely , James Stavely started out in the world penniless, a cent was not much at that time but he died worth $40,4 000. Benson, son of the Huron pioneer printer, Mr. George Cox of Goderieb, was in town last Wednesday. The ladies of the Ontario street Methodist church held a Thanksgiv- ing social on last Thursday evening which was a decided success. Re- freshments were served in the lecture room from 7 to 8.30 -Afterwards the following program was given: chor- us by the choir; chairman's address; quartette; Misses Millie Andrews and Miller and Messrs. Holloway and Downs; recitation, Miss Millie Smyth solo, Miss M. Andrews; ,recitation, Mr. Barrington; solo, Mr. Spaulding; reading, •Miss Mountcastle; quartette, Misses Andrews and •Miller, Messrs. Holloway and Downs; reading, 1VIt•, I. Houston, M.A.; duet, Miss Andrew and Miss Miller; reading, Mrs. Smyth, chorus by the choir. The pastor, the Rev. W. Smyth, presided. At the fair held in Roxborough, Scotland, recently the first prize scones were made from flour manu- factured by James Fair, Clinton. s 1903, when Ontario's representation o was reduced from 92 to 85, Nova Scotia 20 to 18, New Brunswick 14 to 13 and Prince Edward Islind 5 to 4. On the other hand, the. Western provinces gained • because of the heavy immigration there around the turn of the century, after the rail, way had caused everything to boom' west o' the Great Lakes, Then Al- berta and Saskatchewan became sep- arate provinces in 1905 and it was agreed that the representation should be reapportioned on the basis of the quinquennial census of 1906, which gave .Saskatchewan 10 members and Alberta 7. BIG CHANGE IN 1911 The census of 1911, with its large, but unevenly distributed increase in population, led to very considerable changes. In that year Ontario went back to its original, and present, re- presentation of 82. Nova Scotia went from 20 to 18, New lBrunswick 13 to 11, and Prince Edward Island 4 to 3, On the other hand Mani- toba went up from 10 to 15, 'Saskat- chewan 10 to 16, Alberta 7 to 12 and British Columbia 7 to 13. The net result was an inrcedse of 13 mem- bers in the House of Commons, bring- ing the membership to 234. In the following session Prince Edward Is- land got one more seat, malting 235 members. As a result of the census of 1921, a new Representation Act was pas- sed, reducing Nova Scotia's repre- sentatives from 16 to 14 and inereas ing the number of Manitoba mem- bers froin 15 to 17, Saskatchewan 16 to 21, Alberta 12 to 16 and British Columbia 13 to 14, the representa- tion of the remaining provinces and the Yukon Territory remaining un- affected. Thus the total member- ship became 245. The total repre- sentation in the next House is not likely to be increased or decreased, The changes probably will be in boundary lines only, although some provinces may lose or gain a few seats. EXETER: A number of the cler- gyinen of South Huron met recently in Exeter and reorganized the min- isterial association which for the past few years had ceased to func- tion. Clergy were present from Exe, ter, Hensall, Bayfield, Centralia and Grand +Bend. Rev. James Anthony, of Thames Road United, was elected president; Rev. M. B. Parker, Ang- lican, •af Hensall, vice-president; Rev, J. B. Rhodes, Exeter, Presbyterian, secretary -treasurer. Rev. J. H. Stain- ton, of James Street United, was made president of the program coni., mittee, The Salvation Army cap- tain was prevented by illness from being present. The subiects dis- cussed were boys' parliaments and boys' work. Rev. fit, B. Parker ins vited the association to hold the next meeting in Ilensall, where it is ex- pected the Rev. E. L. Vivian will be the speaker. A. vote of thank, was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Vivian whose home was loaned for the reorganiza- tion meeting. ZURICH: J, Petzke, of Zurich, suffered a bad gash on bis left leg above the ankle in a motor crash in Kitchener on Friday, when the small coach he was driving was rammed from the rear by a large car driven by Paul Butler, of Strathroy. The cars were proceeding toward Guelph, with Butler following Petze. Evi- dently thinking the latter was turn- ing off the road ahead of him Buts ler continued on and caught the rear of the small car, driving it off the road into a telegraph pole. The front of the small coach was crump, led and Petzwe's leg was jammed a- gainst the instrument board. The larger car with slightly damaged. o=Jw-a SEAFORTH: The service in con•, nection with the annual parade of the Huron County veterans was held at 2.30 Friday afternoon in First Presbyterian Church, which was fi1-, led to. capacity. The following branches of the Legion were largely represented: Goderich, Clinton, Exe, ter, Brussels, Mitchell, Seaforth and Wingham. Bands from ' Goderich, Exeter, Clinton and Seaforth also took part in the parade. Rev, I. E. Koine offered the opening prayer, while Messrs. Scott, Rennie, Reid and Parke then sang an appropriate sel- ection, "A Nation's Heroes Calmly Sleep." The pastor, Rev. Irving E. Keine, extended greetings to the members of the Legion, after which James T. Scott sang a solo, "There is No Death." Major Rev. Canon Appleyard, M.A., I1L:C,, the new in- cumbent :of St. Thomas Church, who was the guest speaker, gave an able address on "What the Day Means To Us" Canon Appleyard saw active service at the front, receiving the military cross. He was also decor- ated by the King for his nuistrations to the wounded at Vimy. The ser- vice was conducted at the park, to which the branches of the Legion marched. C. H. Sills, president of the Seaforth branch and zone repro, sentative of the 'Canadian Legion, placed the wreath on the monument and Buglers F. 'Bier of Hensall; R. Henry, Goderich, and H, Swan, Sea, forth, sounded the "Reveille," which ended one of the most impressive and successful memorial services ever held in the county. bb BRUSSELS: Mr. and Mrs. James Bowman, weIIknown citizens of town, were honored on the celebration of their 5011 wedding anniversary when they were surrounded by their chil- dren, grandchildren and great-grand- children at the home of J. H. and Mrs. Galbraith, the latter being their second daughter. Many old friends called to express congratulations and many 'messages were also received from a host of well-wishers. The home was gorgeously decorated for the occasion. It was on November 12, 1882, that James Bowman, son of the late John and Sarah Bowman of Morris Township, Huron County. was united in marriage to Sarah Work, daughter of the late Robert and Betsy Work, of the Township of Grey, the ceremony being performed at Wingham by the late Rev. Mr, Mc, Quarrie, of St. Andrew's Presbyter, ran Church. SEAFORTH: Death came with startling suddenness to Mrs. Hugh Wright, an esteemed resident of Seaforth. Mrs, Wright had been calling on a neighbor in the after- noon and returned in apparently her usual health. During the evening some friends dropped in and while conversing with them, she was seiz- ed with an acute heart attack. Med- ical aid was summoned, but she pas. sed away shortly after. The deceas- ed, formerly Miss Janet McPherson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Me - Pherson, of Hibbert, was married 17. years ago. Her husband and one son, John, survive. Redistribution Bills Before Next Ellections As a result of the decennial cen- sus of 1931, there will be a redis- tribution before the next elections of the constituencies in the House of Commons and the Legislature of On- tario. The legal raison de'etre of the census is to enable redistribution measures to be passed. Quebec, un- der the B. N. A. Act, has a fixed number of 65 members, and the re- presentation from the other provihces is estimated on that basis. Ontario's 82 seats will not be changed in numbers, but there will be alterations in riding boundaries due to the trend ,from the country to 'the city. It is ekpected, also, that there will be a reduction in the number of seats in the Legislature, involving more drastic changes. In view of the ap- proaching legislation, something of the history of redistribution in the Dominion is of interest. The first Nouse of .Commons con- sisted of 181 members, made up of 82 for Ontario, 65 for Quebec, 19 for Nova Scotia and 15 for, New Brunss wick. To this number were added, under the Manitoba Act of 1870, four members to represent the newly ere• ated province; also, according to the agreement under which British Col- umbia entered Confederation in 1871 6 members were added, making a total of 19 to 21 and New Brunswick from 16 to 17 members, making a total of 200. To these were added in 1874, as a result of Prince Ed- ward Island's entry into Confedera- tion, 6 new members. CENSUS OF 1881 The second census of 1881 again increased Ontario's number of members, this . time to 92, Manitoba from 4 to 5, • bringing the member- ship of the House of Commons to. 211. To these were added four mem, bers from the North West Territor- ies, After the census of 1891 the representation of Nova Scotia wait reduced by one, New +Brunswick by four. Prince Edwao,d. Island by one, Manitoba went from five to seven, the others remaining the same. The census of 1901 also cans- ` ed .a readjustment, ,which came in 44,186 IS .NEW UNIT The population of Quebec, which constitutes the basis from which the unit of representation in other pro- vinces is fixed, in 1031 was 2,872,- 078, which, divided by 65, gives a unit of representation of 44,186. (If you don't believe it, try it). The quotient obtained by dividing the population of each province as shown at the date of the census is the unit (44,186) indictees the number of members to which each province is entitled. One of the chief factors which will influence the committee of Par- liament chargedwith the responsi. bi'lity of framing a redistribution act is the change in the centres of point- ( lation and the steady drift in the last ten years from the farms to the cities and towns. For instance, in Ontario there has been a truly ass tonashing decrease in township popu- lations, Many villages and town alsohave lost population, but the cities show uniform gains. This is often a sore point with members res presenting a rural constituency. They go to the Legislature or Parliament to find a city like Toronto with from a 'dozen to 16 members in. the House, They themselves represent territories far 'larger geographically, but far smaller in population. Yet there is no remedy for the situation unles:l we depart from the fundamental principle of our system 'of respon-i stile government, -,"Rep, by .Pop" - or representation by population. -London Free Press. E. HOWAR.D DURNIN, B.A. who will give a series of three lec- tures in Wesley -Willis church next week, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- day evenings. The Goderich Star, in reporting the first lecture had the following to say regarding punish- ments: "The age-old question, 'To spank or not to spank?' never yet satisfactorily answered was revived during the open forum at MacKay Hall on Tuesday evening, when E. Howard Durnin, B.A., talked on child psychology, the first of four lectures on the week's program. About a score of people, educationists anti parents, nearly all past middle life, were present. The lecturer strongly stressed dis. cipline in the rearing of children. It covered most everything, he said. 'It PACE 3 isteaching the child so he will learn .' to ,control himself. Discipline is not suppression. A child has certain energies which he must control, T1ed • • direction of this 'stimOilating energy fills the whole sphere, Very .often a spanking will help. Every child is inherently both good and bad. If you can get along without spanking, by allmeans do so, t get •diseapline --42 you can't get i'but without spank- ing, then spank." "Make the spanking sudden and swift. Lick him and get it over with. Spank hint when be knows he has done wrong. Nip it in the bud," urg- ed the lecturer. Up spoke 'the matron. `But is it right to bring punishment an a chile' quickly, on the impulse, without get- ting the child's viewpoint, his under- standing?' she asked. `Yes, make sure you're right, then go ahead. Give him some leeway, give hint ono or two chances, but al - days act at the psychological mom- ent,' answered Mt'. Durnin, The following letter is from a Stratficrd clergyman: "AL% E. H, Durnin, B.A., has been giving Lectures on "The Kingdom of Mind" in the City of Stratford. I acted as chairman for his first lec- tures on "Child, Psychology" This Lecture was most interesting and ed- ucational and every person who at- tended learned something. Mr. Durnin is a most fluent speaker and certainly has the faculty of putting facts to his audience; so that they' moat sit up and think. The open dis- cussion was most interesting,--i- Wallace, Rector St. Paul's, Stratford, Ont." Miracle* of the Present Day Mrs. J. was happy In her home with her husband and two lit- tle children. It is true they didn't have much but, until the hus- band tools sick and their savings were used up, life was pleasant enough. Long clays and nights of worry and anxiety coupled • with ex- tra work had their dire effect, how- ever, and a breakdown caused the doctor to secure her admission to the Muskoka Hospital fOr Con- sumptives, She hopelessness, but before laag the kindly medical and nursing at- tention, the .uninterrupted rest, the fresh air and good food, worked their"miracle." Now Mrs. J. is quite sure that she will go home 'soon, to face and overcome lltes off theltretturntaof hope and health. which so often aro the gifts of the Muskoka Hospital. This work needs the generous sup - pa of tnotirrdinituldbecaiee. A sub- scription from you will be grate- fully received. Please send it to G..4. Reid, 228 College St., Toronto 2. The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and save your time, energy and money. 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