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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-08-24, Page 3'THURS., AUGUST 24, 1933 INGATE E S 1.14ui ^,' Cli.r The Metropolitan Police Commis- sion of London, England, has passed an edictforbidding a policeman's marrying during lits first four years of service. He will have to get his 'braining and discipline in some oth- er way. o lit. Hon. Mackenzie King does not think the C.C.F, has a' snowball's chance of securing ? control of the house of Commons. No one can be sure of that but Mr. King is on firm- er ground when he says it will not control the Senate and will therefore not be able, to carry out its program. Perhaps at that stage it will not care, and willbe glad to have some body which it can bless privately and , eurse publicly for standing in the way. This has happened more than • once in Canadian -history. Heywood Broun takes to task those U. S. athletes who are fertile of ex, ruses when they fail to win interna, tional competitions, and instances the case of one golfer who attribut- ed his defeat to the strong east wind. Mr. Broun makes the obvious com- ment that the east wind was blow- ing just as strongly against the Eng- lish competitor. Voltaire in that famous paragraph where he says the English shot one admiral "to encourage the others" points out that Admiral Byng was shot because he did not attack the French fleet which was only a short distance away. He makes a similar comment to that of Heywood Broun, viz., that the British fleet was exact- ly the same distance from the French fleet as the French fleet was from the British, The French admiral did not attack either but he was not shot "pour encourages les artres," esiergazea All the Liquor Control 'Boards re- port loss of revenues. Dearth of money is doing yeoman service for temperance and total abstinence. < Kidnappers have some mysterious way of finding out who the wealthy men are in the United States, We have it! They find out ,who haven't paid income taxes during the past three years. o,vnaras Speculators in brewery and distil- lery shares are betting that Uncle Sam is thirsty. At that it looks like a sure thing. Those Jews who last winter, stag- ed demonstrations in Toronto a- gainst Iiitlerism should realize by this time that it was a mistake to make Canada the stamping ground for hostile demonstration against a friendly power. An organization somewhat like the Nazis has sprung up in Toronto and is flaunting swas- tika emblems, and police have had some dificulty in preventing clashes. It is not likely that this is a coun- ter -demonstration against the anti - Hitler demonstrations. We can do without them. A boycott by a government of its own nationals engaged in legitimate business is something new but that is what is going on now in the United States under the National Recovery Administration. Employ- ers of labor refusing to accept the codes of General Hugh S. Johnson are threatened with and subjected to boycott, The end may justify it, but it is a drastic operation. So far as employers of labor are concerned it is voluntary with them whether they accept or reject the codes, but what General Johnson says is "you may do as you please but if you don't do what we please, we shall ask the people to boycott your goods." Governments have engaged in boycotts before but always against other countries. What are retalia- tory tariffs, embargoes and anti- dumping legislation but a species of boycott? Britain boycotts the Free State because of its failure to pay land annuities and the Free State answers it with a boycott of English goods. But this action of General Johnson is 'entirely different. Act- ing for the government he calls up- on the people to boycott citizens of /the, United States who decline to ''''carry out a voluntary proposal. One effect of the act is to increase prices but that was one of its objects. we doubt, however, if an increase in the price of coal was contemplated, but the coal operators announce an increase of fifty cents a ton on an- thracite and give N. I. R. A. (Na•) tional Industrial Recovery Act) as the reason . If . they did not have that reason they would find anoth- er. The. advent of autumn always means an increase in prices. - They can see fall coming afar off and do not Wait for the melancholy days when the frost is on the "pumpkin" and the fodder's in the hock. Kidnapping in the United States has been altogether too successful a racket. Naturally many of the re- latives' of the victim are primarily interested in his return alive and ob- ject to police interference. But they don't object to police interference any more than the kidnappers do. They object because the kidnappers objected and sent or left instructions to that effect with threats as to the consequence of disobedience. • Agitators for free speech demand also free assembly and we can well understand that they would not en- joy free speech at apl unless there was an assembly. The Cooperative Commonwealth has started out with all the equip- ment of a major political party. It has met and after a great deal of discussion has agreed upon a pro- gramme which it will endeavour to sell to the electors as an alternative to the Conservative and Liberal plat- forms. To the same extent at least it is the product of the unrest that goes with hard tines. Those who would know where we had hard tines be, fore may ascertain the years by finding out when the Grangers flour- ished, the Papulists, the Patrons of Industry, the United Farmers. Such times breed third parties. They mix things up a bit, and help to destroy party fences; so that candidates cannot tell by their names and for- mer political affiliations how people are going to vote. Those other class-conscious organ- izations had their day and ceased to be. How the C.C.F. will fare rests in the lap of the gods, but it is not innpossible that it may have the op, portunity, like the Labor -Socialists of the United Kingdom, to show what it can do as a government. Em- bracing former organizations anti labor unions, and being attractive to the disaffected in the two major pol- itical parties it promises to be a de- termining factor in the elections. A clergyman declares the C.C.F. platform to be the only one from which religion can be practiced, by which he probably means that it is the only one which he will preach from his pulpit. Other clergymen have taken to this new gospel with the same avid- ity and will no doubt preach as zeaeuously as if it were a sacred duty. The newly constiuted party, therefore, starts out with this ad- vantage over the other parties] witch may, however, have off -set- ting disadvantages, for there are maniy people who objir},tto'clerical in- fluence in secular affairs. Wumoiwrimogaismamenm map THE CLINTON NEWS-RECOIW ment consists in spending •publicsuro these •new conditions of labor) money on public works and makingGe,neral Johnson. will not stop . short private enployers of labor agree toof a' boycott against employers who shorter hours. ;lir the drive to en -fail to sign on the dotted line. In Judge Stubb's plea for the hum- anization of justice conveys the in- ference that justice as administered in, Canada is not humanized. Here and them ane may find errors and miscarriages, but that is because the instruments of justice are human. Our laws are made and administered by humans and consequently are li- able to error, but for a thousand years we have been humanizing jus- tice through trial by jury, the right of appeal, remissions, tickets of leave parole boards, executive aleareney, reformations and industrial farms: Justice is now more liable to lean toward lenity than severity. The national recovery programme now under weigh in the United States gives a clue to the cause of American inaction at London]. Spreading out present unemployment to cover men who were unemployed, reducing hours of labor while still maintaining fair , wages, without reference to. what the rest of the world is doing, means that Roosevelt has decided to play a lone hand. Those who ex, petted him to reduce tariffs are go, ing to be disappointed. He cannot ask large employers of labor under these conditionsto carry on if they are opposed to the competition of countries that have notenacted'sim, ilar •conditions of labour. If Mr. Roosevelt's representatives cut rather a sorry figure at London it is because he had in the meantime made up his mind to a new national. ist programme and did not wish to make international commitments ;,that would interfere. His experi- mraremeasewame What Clinton was Doing in feP :M9 The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING TSR LAST DE- , CADS OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Aug. 24th, young man of most ,estimable quail - 1892: • ties. Miss Shaw of Brussels, sister • of Mullett: William Grainger's •cele- Dr. Shaw, waspresent at the Huron brated •Shorthorn cow, Fair Maid of Medical Association picnic and spent Hullett, in the butter test at the Saturday in Clinton, , Word's Fair, gave tho largest flow Mr. ,Smith Kilty is laid up with of milk given by any Ontario cow, an attack of partial paralysis of the namely 50 pounds per day, which limbs, supposed to be the effects of was only equalled by a cow from tho overheating himself and getting State of Kansas. chilled after it. Holmesville: Mr. Will Elford in- tends going to Manitoba next Tues- day, where he has obtained a posi- tion as weighman in a grain eleva- tor. Exeter and Clinton cricket will likely cross willows, here clay this week. clubs some On Saturday night about 11.50 as Walter Swinbank of Hodgens' Drygoods House and two companions were near the railway trackon their way hone, 'the report of a pistol shot and the unpleasant whizzing of a bullet diverted their Sabbath -turn- ed thoughts toward bodily self-pre- servation. Mr. Fred Pickett, who lives in the vicinity also heard the shot. Whether the shootist meant mischief is as yet a mystery. There was a largely -attended ves- try meeting in St. Paul's church school room on Monday evening. The three -months' notice was unanimous- ly waived, Rev. Rural Dean Craig's resignation accepted and the follow- ing resolution, moved by J. Ransford, and seconded by H. C. 'Brewer, en- dorsed by every member present: (An appreciative resolution follow., ed) Mr. Ransford was elected dele- gate to confer with His Lordship, the Bishop of Iiuron, in reference to Rural Dean Craig's successor. here. Where Was I At? There were several hundred acres of wheat cut on the streets and other places in •Clinton, where men most do congre- gate, during the past week. The cut, ting was done with the jaws of the disputants. Doc. Blackall and Coun- cillor Johnson started two men in an imaginary 100 -acre wheat field with old fashioned cradles in their hands. No. I took a four foot swath around the field, No. 2 took another four foot swath, inside and alongside No. 1. The men cut with equal rapidity until the whole field of wheat was cut down. The problem to decide is whieh cut the most. Same say No. 1, some say No. 2. All the lending brainy men of the town have espous- ed'one side or the other, and society is all torn up over it. The brick walls of stores, packing boxes, the counters of stores and hotels and every other surface that will admit of pencil diagrams and figures are covered with illustrations and cal- culations in favor of No. 1 or No. 2 Former friends of a life time have become estranged in heated argu- ments over the problem.... Business is completely paralyzed, Farmers come in and take a hand, or rather a tongue, in the discussion and forget to make purchases. One man who came in to buy a dollar's worth sof sugar and a few yards of calico took up the cause of No. 1 ... is reported to have ordered a barrel of sugar and a twenty dollar dress for his wife. . . . The "Goderich Scandal, The Privy Council endorsement of the Manitoba Legislation abolishing separate schools, the possible closing of the Sault Ste. Marie canal, Glad- stone and home rule, Blake bidding the devil good morning in Ireland. 2000 dying daily in Russia and the East from cholera and the West Hu- ron protest are all forgotten in the excitement. Messrs. Manning and Scott, bar- risters, have received a letter from a lawyer in Texas ' who wanted to know how long residence in Ontario is required before divorce proceed- ings could be taken here; if, he could hire a witness here as cheaply as in Chicago; if it was necessary to not- ify the defendant and other equally trifling matters. 112x. James Miller left on Monday on a visit to Woodstock. He drove all the way. Miss Aggie Phipps has taken of position as clerk in the grocery store of George Swallow, Clinton. Mr. Jacob Taylor and wife are spending a week at Goderich enjoy- ing the lake breezes. On Saturday Mr. Will Jackson left for Chicago, the following persons also going to the World's Fair: John Jenkins, Thomas Jenkins, bliss Anna Jenkins, Peter and David •Cantelon, Rev. Mr. McGee and wife. Mr. W. Taylor of Mineapolis, who has been here on a visit to his par- ents, left for home on Tuesday. It is 12 years since he was a resident• of this town and he remarked that he never knew it to look prettier or more progressive than it does now. and there is a possibility that he may return and become a resident of this place. WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, Aug. 20th, 1902. The following were booked to the 4=ffiglPt. From The New Era, Aug. 25th, 1893 The Clinton Bicycle Club is ar- ranging for a good focal meet on Friday ecening, .Sept. 1st, in whieh there will be a number of good races. Quite a number of^Clintonians at, tended a Bicycle meet in Seaforth on Wednesday, although the announce, ments for it scattered broadcast, said it would take place "Wednesday, 23rd, 1993." Coming Events: Invitations are out for the marriage of Mr. Dudley Holmes and Miss Ellwood of •Gode- rich, which is totake place in St. George's church on the 0th of Sept. Invitations have also been issued for a similar event to take place at Highview, Clinton, on the 6th of Sept. when Miss Aggie Jackson, third daughter of Mr, T, Jackson, Sr, "(an. excellent and popular young', lady) will wed Dr. Belden of Sea- forth, a former 'Clintonian and e PAGE 3' west this week, by Mr. F. R. Hodg•ons town agent of the G. T. R.: Charles Twitchell, R. Harrison, 3. McKenzie, , JMcDonald, T. Eagle, G Leitch R. ) , , Farquhar, D. C. Fraser, R. A ,learn, D, Dowser, C. McLennan, G. ITi+sLit- son, Mr•s. H, Murphy, Miss Jessie Murpl?y, L. Butts, M.. Graham, D Forrester, N. Sanders, G. Rands, W. II. Colwell, D. McDonald, '. Parker. Dr. E. G. Wilford and his 'mother of Blythwere the guests yesterday of Mrs. T. 'McKenzie, Jr. The doctor' leaves next week for the Old Land where he will take a post graduate course, after.which he goes to China as a medical missionary and repre- sentative of Elm street Methodist church, Toronto. Mr. James 3. Naylor, proprietor of the Lucknow Sentinel, was intown on Saturday last, having run down tc see . The News-Reeord's up-to-date. plant and was impressed by our type -setting machine, big newspaper press and job presses, folder, etc., all von by eletcricity . . . the only newspaper office in the county of Huron which has a complete electric service. Last week the local C. P. R. agent sold fifty-three tickets for the west and this weelc booked nineteen. The other towns in the county report a- bout the same so that Huron is do- ing at least its share in furnishing helpers in the harvesting. Capt. McTaggart has resigned the position as secretary of the Colle- giate Institute Board. From The New Era, Aug. 20th, 1908: The highest mark reported in any one subject is 99 out of 100 in phys- ics, obtained by Joseph E. Weir. Among the successful students none deserve more credit than Don- ald Ross who took the complete Ma- triculation examination, although he only passed into the Collegiate In- stitute two years ago. Miss E. C. Tiplady, who is to be congratulated on receiving her Sen- ior leaving examination, is teaching at Monkton. Miss Tiplady has been a most successful student and The New Era wishes her every success as a teacher. • People who think Clinton taxes high at 221-2 mills are well off as compared with Seaforth with a rate of 27 mills for Provincial school and 28 1-10 for separate school. oes Ads tisin Prices? rim Ashfield: A company has been organized for the purpose of opening up a coal oil bed. Derrick and other apparatus are here and operations have begun: 141 sees Lillie and Lou Little intend opening a store forthe sale of all descriptions of home made pastry, bread, buns, cakes, etc. They will al- so serve hot .and cold luncheons as desired. We understand that Win, G. A. McKee, B.A. (Mr. Dnherty's son -in- law) a former classical master of Clinton and 'London Collogiates, has been appointed supervisor of Schools in Strathcona, Alta., also classical master in the university. PIGEON RACING BEING - REVIVED Five racing pigeons were recently received in Moncton, N.B., from the Meaford Pigeon Club, Meaford, Ont., with instructions to release on arrival after watering the birds. Enough. feed accompanied the birds to carry them over the journey from 'Meaford and request was made for informa- tion as to time of liberation, weather conditions, etc. The Canadian National Express re- cently carried a shipment of racing. pigeons from Halifax, N.S. to be en- tered in the 300 mile race to be stag- ed in connection w.th the World's Fair at Chicago. GULLIBILITY IN WEATHER LORE • Weather prognosticating varies all the way from the meterological sur- veys maintained by the various gov- ernments to Uncle Hiram and his rheumatism and a new method has cone to light along the water front at St. John, N.B. Mariners versed in this weather lore, on leaving the harbor, pay attention to tine "stance" of the seagulls as they perch on structures.. They say the gulls all face the same way and 'invariably look out toward the direction from which the wind will come. Suddenly the gulls will turn toward the east with the wind still due south, but the seamen weather prophet knows that the wind will soon be around in the east, in about two or three hours. "Believe it or not-" IIURON COUNTY TREASURER UNDER ARREST The position of treasurer of Huron County was vacant over the week -end, due " to the resig- nation o1 ",Gordon Young, who was later arrested, following the discov- ery of shortages in the County ac- counts. and mutilation of books and failure to account -for moneys. War- den Ballantyne visited the County town on Monday with'a view of put- ting the county's house in order and' thus enable it to carry ''on business. • Under a by-law passed in 1920 it was found that Chunty Clerk G. W.' Holman had been appointed deputy treasurer to act in an emergency, The clerk was empowered to do so on Monday by the warden and checks and•other business which have been hold up were duly disposed of, Warden Ballantyne said he had not yet decided on the date of a specials meeting of the council, pending the preliminary trial of the ex -treasurer on Friday. There is a chance of thin trial being adjourned another .week, he said. •:,a"'i"#I GODERICI{: William Allin, aged 91, died here Sunday. He was a son of John and Elizabeth Walters Alltn, who came from Devonshire, England, and settled in Colborne Township. As a young elan he was a carriage, maker, working in London and Clin' ton, but in later years he farmed on the third concession of Colborne. Thirteen years ago he retired to Goderich. Deceased was a member of Victoria Street United Church and of the Octogenarian Club. He was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth Treble. There were five children born to the union—Mrs. Charles Breckow, Goderich; Mrs. William Jewell, Colborne; Mrs, Heth, erington, in the West, and John and Ward Allin. Forty-nine years ago he married Elizabeth Jewell and there were born one son and four daughters --)Everett Allin, at home; Mrs. Samuel Young, West Wawa - nosh; Mrs. John Caddoek, Goderich Township; Mrs. William Pitblado and Mrs, Fred Masterson, of Goder- ich. One sister, ono brother, 33 grandchildren and four great -grand-. children also survive. An Advertisement Addressed to the Public of this Community When you hear of a manufacturer who spends $100,000 or more each year on advertising, you may feel like saying—"Terrible! What waste! and it is we—the public—who have to pay for it all!" But stop! Before you make judgments, look at facts. Manufacturers who advertise spend from 2 to 5 per cent. of their sales on advertising. Let us put it at 3 per cent. of the price which you pay for their article of sale. So if you pay 25 cents for an advertised article, you are paying three-fourths of one cent to pay for making it known to and wanted by you. The price would not be less indeed, it might easily be more—if the article had no money spent on it to make it known to and wanted by you. It is economy, so far as you are concerned, to have manufac- turers develop a huge demand for their product, by the agency of press advertising. You pay for the advertising, of course, but you pay a smaller price for the advertised article than would be necessary if the manufacturer's output were smaller; Advertised articles have to be better than non -advertised ar- ticles, and since they are made in larger quantities, they can be made and sold at least as cheaply as imitative non -advertised articles. If you are a thrifty and wise buyer, you will buy the article made known to you by faithfully -maintained press advertising. The stranger product should be shunned. Be very friendly, therefore, to nationally -advertised products— foods, toilet aids, motor cars, radio sets, and all else -- which are also locally advertised—in this newspaper. The Clinton .News -Record $1.50 a year. Worth More