The Clinton News Record, 1933-09-21, Page 3.THURS., SEPT. 21, 1933
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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What Clinton was Doingin Nineties
The Gay N neties
DO YOU REMEMBER' WHAT HAPPENED DURING TOR LAST DE-
CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?
tlti'rorn The News -Record, Sept. 21st,
1892:
Within eight days' thirty-eight
ars of oats have been shipped Pped from
Irwin's elevator, .
Market For Apples: .Some of our
exchanges are making merry over
the price obtainable for apples in
the neighborhood of Seaforth and
quote the Expositor as saying that
75e a barrel, delivered, is the price
at that ,place. Wie do not know
whether the Expositor is responsible
for quoting that as the price, but'we do
know that $1.50 per barrel on the
trees 'is the average price paid by
Clinton- buyers, for merchantable
winter apples. Moral—Come to.
Clinton to do -your selling as well
as your buying.
Lightning Freaks: Two gentle.
men were driving from Goderioh on
Sunday evening when the thunder
and lightning and rain storm came
on. Electricity seemed to hover on
all sides but no fear was entertain-
ed until a deadly ball of fire followed
the road and buried itself in Moth-
er earth close by the rig. No one
was injured.
Two Harriston men jumped into
the Maitland River the other day
after a supposed little girl floating
down the stream. When one of the
heroes reached the drowning object
it was found to be a large wax doll.
Muskrat Chase: Mr. 3, W. Biter
had an exciting chase after a huge
muskrat on Thursday evening of Iast
week. His Ratship was bathing in a
pool of water near the town hall
when Mr. Roter made a dash for him
with an umbrella and followed the
animal in hot pursuit to Dr. S'haw's
office, Here the animal bounded
with a heavy thud against the Doe-
tor's door, seeking to escape. An
almost hand-to-hand encounter en-
sued, but finally the water -animal
eseaped through the ceIIar window
and into the cold, aft flue. It was
intended to dispatch the animal in
the morning but it ate its way out
and escaped unharmed during the
night.
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From The New Era, Sept. 22nd, 1893:
Mr. J. P. Doherty was the winner
of one of the trotting races at Lon,
don on Tuesday with the horse, Jolm
Nelson.
The C. P. R. will make a "North-
West" exhibit at the Huron •Central
Pair, to be in charge of their re-
presentative, Mr. Cavan. The cre-
dit of getting it here should be giv
en theirs local agent, Mr. A. T. Coo-
per.
Mr. Hairy T. Rance, en the re-
commendation of the D. M. G., has
been appointed to the command of
the Exeter Volunteer company, with
the rank of captain. Mr. Rance is
well qualified for the position, and
is as genial, affable and gentleman-
ly a young man as is to be found in
the town.
The days are now shorter by two
hours than they were in June, a
ffulI hour having been cut off each
end of them and the shortening pro-
cess is going on at the clipping rate
of about three moments every twen-
ty-four hours.
On Monday evening Mr. Geo. La -
vis was driving a heifer into town
when it ran up along the Huron
road and, as he thought, crossed the
track, urging his horse forward
quickly to get ahead of it he was
just going up the grade that leads
to the railway track, when Mr. Rich-
ard Baker drove quickly up the grade
on the other side, both unaware of
the other's presenee. In an instant
there was a collision, the force of
which locked the buggies together
and threw Mr. Baker violently out
on his head. The buggies were
slightly broken but no serious injury
sustained by either Lavis or Baker.
The heifer, instead of crossing the
track had turned up it, and as the
evening train came along it struck
the animal and killed it.'
(Gunn—Douglas—On the 20th inst.,
at the residence of William Murray,
Fee,, Clinton, uncle •of the bride, by
the Rev. Alex. Stewart, Mr. Andrew
Gunn of Toronto, to Miss Minnie
Douglas, daughter of John Douglas,
Woodstock. '"
Brooks-+Cantelon At the resi-
dence of the brides father, Clinton,
en the 20th inst., by the Rev. Jas.
Livingston, Kincardine, assisted by
the Rev. J. W. Holmes, Mr. 3. E.
Brooks, Mitchell, to Miss Minnie, on-
ly daughter of Mr. W. Cantelon.
Varna: A strange bet took place
in our little village between two of
our local sports. Fred bet that
George Rufus was David Henry. Da,
vid Henry denied the charge; Sandy
held the money and Fred now
mourns the loss of his brand new
five dollar bill.
On Monday evening last Mr. R.
Colelough tied a young and spirited
colt in the hotel shed, which broke
the bridle and came out on the
road. Master Manny Ward very
pluckily caught the animal, when he
reared up, knocked the boy down
and stepped on his arm and the
wheel of the buggy ran over him,
but fortunately, no bones were brok-
en. The colt was caught by Mr.
Rebt, Ward, with but slight damage
to the horse or rig.
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WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY
WAS YOUNG
From The News -Record, Sept. 17th,
1908:
Salkeld--'Laithwaite—At the resi-
dence of the bride's parents, in Gode-
rich, on Sept. 9th, by Rev. Dr. Dom
gall, Harry L. Salkeld, reeve of
Goderich township, to Clarice Elea,
nor, daughter of Mr. James Laith-
waite of Goderich.
Couch- & Co. Advertisement: "We
take pleaesure in announcing our
first millinery opening, Monday,
Sept, 21st, and following week. The
store will be open Monday evening
from 8 to 10.30 and we extend a
cordial invitation to all."
For several years the Baptist eon,
gregation worshipping in the old
frame building on the Base line has
been considering the question of
building a new church. After long
and careful thought it was decided
at last to build and locate the
church in Auburn. Work was com-
menced three weeks ago and on Tues.,
day the corner stone was laid amid
great rejoicing.
Preen The New Era, Sept. 17th, 1008:
The ladies of St. Paul's church will
serve dinner in the council chamber
on "Laurier Day," Sept. 23rd.
The Young Peoples' Guild will
serve a hot dinner and supper on
Sept. 23rd in the store lately occupied
by Mr, Walter T. Smith.
The ladies of Ontario street church
will serve a hot dinner on the 23rd in
the lecture room of the church. Sup-
per also served from G to 7.
It is quite likely that as many
Conservatives, and Liberals will
come here on Wednesday next to
hear the most gifted orator that
Canada has produced.
The coming visit of Sir Wilfred
Laurier toClinton On Sept. 23rd will
make the fourth visit of a Dominion
Premier to this place. Away back
in the early 70's Sir Jahn A. Mac-
Donald held a political demonstration
here, followed a few years later by
lion. Alexander Mackenzie, and this
in turn was followed by a visit from
Sir John Thompson.
James Tucker has a mammoth
blood turnip beet grown in his gar-
den measuring 21 inches in circum-
ference.
The following left Tuesday to take
in the London Fair: W. Plumsteel,
Mrs. Rasom and daughters, A, Wilk -
en, John Derry, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Searle, T. Jackson, Sr., B. Langford;
T. Beacom, T. Murphy and Dr, Ag-
new.
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
A NEW DISEASE
A new disease has broken out in
the township, according to the re-
port of a man who came into aur of-
fice a few days ago. He told of a
neighbor, who had recently died, suf•,
feting from "mignacions anemia."
We presume the disease will be
somewhat similar to pernicious an-
emia, but of a more •combative type,
and consequently harder to handle.
Pickering News.
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TIDESAT GODERICH
One morning last week the .lake
level at Goderich harbor dropped
sharply about two feet, exposing
some yards of beach which 'is usual•
ly submerged. The water came back
gradually to . the normal level, and
later the recession was repeated sev-
eral'times, but each timethe drop
was less, until the peculiar action
ceased altogether. This pronamenon
has been noticed frequently at the
harbor, but nobody seems to know
the explanation. It is said to be a
sign or an accompaniment, of squ-
ally weather.. On one occasion
the drop was about four feet and
when the water came back again a
fishing boat alongside the wharf
was eaught under the waling • and
was with some difficulty extricated
before it filled with the rising wa,
ter.—Goderich Signal.
HOW TO LIVE THROUGH
AUTUMN DAYS
Now it is autumn time. What mag-
nificent dayspring is every morning.
To awaken and greet the golden
dawn, its smile brightening one's
face, to feel a reverence for the day
with its opportunities for doing some
kind or good deed, to approach our
activities with a clean mind, to re-
cognize ,in.' each opportunity the ill -
timate Purpose of God, to meet men
and women and little children with
a smiling face and a kindly thought
in one's heart, to be gentle, kind and
courteous 'through the day, and sleep
with the feeling .that comes from a
knowledge of scum, work well done;
this is how one loves to wisely' waste
the beauteous days of autumn.
—Listowel Standard,
A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION
A suggestion has been made that
in the matter of aiding unemplay,
inept by some constructive policy or;
the part of provincial and federal
governments the planting of sugar
maple trees along the proposed
trans:Canada highway is a good one,
It would be necessary, however, to
provide against the ravages of hydro
and telephone vandals who care no
more about a beautiful tree than a
crow does about a toll gate. The
maple is the finest shade tree in
the world and in time would become
a revenue producer by providing
employment annually to men in the
making of sugar and syrup. They
are an adornment to the landscape
and would materially 'aid in the
scheme of reforestation.
—Milverton Sun.
A REMARKABLE ESCAP1I
The business men were quite ex-
cited on Monday afternoon, when
Mrs. S. Curring, who was on the
switchboard at the Blyth Telephone
office at the time, informed them
by phone that Dorothy, five year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mce
Gee, at the north end of .the village}
had fallen into the well. A number
of the men immediately got into/
cars and rushed to the scene of the
accident and Mr. E, Munro was the
hero of the occasion, as he immediat-
ely got a rope, descended into the
well, tied the rope around the little
girl and the others soon had her
landed on top, not niuch the worse
of her experience, as while she had
some slight bruises, it still makes
a person shudder to think how mir-
aculous or providential it was that
she escaped more serious injuries, as
she only had slight bruises. It seems
she ]rad been playing around the
pump when the platform broke, pre-
cipitating both pump and child, The
pump did not go down far, but the
child fell clear to the bottom, which
is about forty feet deep with about
four feet of water. Her parents can
hardly explain'how she escaped from
hitting the pump, piping or cross
arms to the sides of the brick curb;
ing, or what stopped her from get,
ting into the water, but they think
that probably when near the bottom
one of the supports held her, al-
though her feet and limbs were quite
wet and she said to her mother, "my
the water was cold."
' —+Blyth Standard.
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THOSE AUDITS
A few years ago before the situa-
tion became serious, we drew atten-
tion to the necessity of there being
a correct audit of council and insur-
ance and lodge and church and oth-
er such treasurers' books. We were
scoffed at and practically told to
mind our own business "for" said
our critics, "such work is well done
and there's no occasion for casting
reflections upon capable and honest
men."
Well, circumstances are speaking
for themselves. In addition to what
we said about the importance of haw
ing the audit done well the urged
that auditors be held finanically re
sponsible for their statements. We
said as plainly as we could, that if
an auditor said that the parties for
whom he audited had a definite sum
in their possession while that sum
was not there at all, that the and,
itors should make up that sum,
Again we were scoffed at and told
that the auditor got such a miserable
pittance for his work that he could
not afford to go into the accounts
carefully. Till he was adequately
remunerated for his work, there was
no sense in his being accurate. Ae
gain cireumstances are speaking. A
large portion of the pubile asked for
a cheap job and they got it—a ;lob
that was at once cheap and unsatis-
factory.—Exeter Times -Advocate
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WHAT THE PREMIER SAID
Premier Henry was asked by a
delegation .af printers' union officials
to permit the advertising of liquor
in the Province, • The .premier very
properly replied that the, purpose of
the present Aet is to limit the sale
of spirituous liquors.: To permit ad-
vertising would be contrary to the
avowed principle of the Act when
it was endorsed by the voters of the
province --St. Marys Journal -Argus,
ACHIEVEMENTS OF YOUTH
When Lindbergh flew to France --
at
at just 25—every newspaper had to
dwell upon his youth. He was a
mere kid, Yet, we are reminded by
the Atlantic Monthly, he was as old
as Keats was at death. He was a
year older than .Pittwhen he be-
came prime minister. He was eight
DANGER IN MOTOR TAXATION NEWS OF HAPPENINGS
Total Payment in Gasoline Tag in
CANADA :.
The question of what bills the
motorist ;should be expected to pay,
besides those for highway expendi-
ture was raised by R. S. McLaughlin,
president of General Motors of Can-
ada Limited, at a Directors' Lunch,
eon at the' Canadian National Exhib=
ition. - "When a province . collects
more money in taxation than it
spends on highways," said Mr, Mc-
Laughlin, "a point of danger has
been reached, There is the possi-
bility that :over -,taxation may restrict
the use of motor cars." , Mr. Mc-
Laughlin quoted the figures for
1932 to show what revenue the pro-
vinees had obtained from automo-
biles. The table follows;
Registrations Gas. Tax
Prince Edward $122,466 $134,398
Nova Scotia .. , 1,106,825 957,781
New Brunswick 838,866 782,261
Quebec 5,221,201 5,250,172
Ontario , 7,589,459 13,510,755
Manitoba . .. 964,790 1,514,260
Saskatchewan . 1,5.18,087 1,328,951
Alberta . . 1,483,627 1,555,227
Bri. Columbia . 1,978,528 2,053,511
Yukon . . 2,432
i'
Total
for Canada ..$21,126,271 $27,083,818
years older than Mendelssohn was
when he composed his overture to
"A Midsummer Night's Dream." John
Ericsson, who did many things be-
sides build the Monitor, was a
draftsman at 12 and a full-fledged
engineer at 15. Chatterton finished
at 18, Galois, the mathematician, at
20. Jane Austen was writing one of
her hest novels at 21. Smololett wad
a physician, married and busy as a
man of letters at 24. En round
years, Shelley was through at 30,
Shubbert at 31, Mozart at 35, Dan -
ton at 35, Bizet and Byron at 361
MoseIy, the British scientist, had
contributed his work and given up
his life in the battle of Gallipoli at
the age of 27. At 30 Kipling had
published a dozen volumes or more,
including several of his best.
—.Hanover Post.
IN THE COUNTY AND
DISTRICT
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SE•AFORT*: A quiet wedding
was solemnized at the home of Mn,
and Ml's. Isaac Hudson, Seaforth,
when Anna Dorene, elder ,daughter
of Mr: and Mi's. Isaac Hudson, was
united tri inarriage to Wilfred Hay
Coleman, of Tuckersmith, only son
of Mrs, • Samuel Coleman and the
late Mr. Coleman. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. W. P, Lane,
of Northside United Church. The
bride, who was given in .marriage by
her father entered the drawing -room
to the strains of the bridal chorus
from"Lohengrin," played 'by Miss
Violet Tyndall, who also played dur-
ing the signing of the register. The
bride: was lovely in, a white chiffon
organdie dress, white lace mittens,
white shoes and a wreath of orange
blossoms on .her head, She carried
a white Bible, from which white
satin ribbons hung, tied with tiny
rosebuds. Following the 'ceremony
a dainty luncheon was served to the
immediate relatives of the couple.
After the reception, the couple left
on a motor trip to Muskoka, the
bride traveling in a wine knitted
suit, with beige accessories. On
their return Mr. and Mrs. Coleman
will reside ,on the groom's farm in
Tuckersmith. An interesting fea-
ture of the occasion was the pre-
sence of the bride's grandmother.
Mrs. Hudson, in her 93rd year, and
the groom's grandmother, who is in
her 84th year.
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EXETER: James Street United
Church was the scene of the mar-
riage of Avis Devene, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lindenfield,
and Mervyn Ryerson, son of Mrs. A.
Cudmore, of Usborne, and the late
Samuel Cndmore. Beautiful ferns
and Michaelmas daisies banked the
altar and made an effective setting
Tor the cenernony which was (per-
formed by Rev. Harold Stainton, B.
D., pastor of the church. W. R.
Goulding, A.T.C.M„ organist, played
softly during the ceremony and ac-
companied Harry Hoffman, of Dash.
wood, who sang "Oh, Promise Me,"
during the signing of the register.
The bride, who was given away by
her father, was gowned in 'ivory silk
net over soft taffeta, with tight
bodice and fuII skirt appliqued in
taffeta. A large white picture hat,
silk net glovea and white kid pumps
were worn and -she.. carried a bou-
quet of, Jiohanna Hill roses' and a;
hand -made •lace handkerchief, an
heirloom of the bridegroom's mother,
Miss Lulu- Lindenfielcl, .as her, sis-
ter's bridesmaid, ehose a gown of
crepe in soft green shade made in
long princess lines, with embroider-
ed' capelet. Silk net gloves, picture
hat and white kip. pumps, completed
the costume. She carried .a'bouquet
of .golden yellow .daisies and ferns.
Mr, Walter Johns, of Exeter; attend-
ed , the bridegroom, and Messrs:
Lloyd Lindenfield and Harold •Cud -
more, brothers of the bride and
groom, were ushers. Following 'the
ceremony a reception was held . at
the bride's home, where a dainty
luncheon was served, the attendants
being Misses Grace, Forrest, Mar-
garet Douglas, Mary McKaig and
Velma Turner,R.N. The young cou-
ple left on a motor trip through the
Bruce Peninsula, the bride travelling
in a navy and gray ensemble of trav-
el tweed, with hat and access'orios in
matching tones. Upon their return
they will reside in Exeter. The bride
is a Golden Jubilee class graduate
of Victoria Hospital,
TIME BRITAIN RETURNED TO
SAFETY ON THE SEAS
Earl Jellicoe, former Admiral of
the Fleet, in his speech from the
bulwarks of Nelson's flagship "Vic-
tory," declared as he opened Naval
Week at Portsmouth, England, that
Britain's disarmament gesture in
reducing her Navy by much more
than 50 per cent. since the war had
been ignored and it was time she
returned to safety. He stated that
every other nation except France,
and Germany, who had her navy
forcibly reduced, had increased their
naval strength while Great Britair
was reducing hers.—The Sailor.
METHODISM'S ANNIVERSARY
OBSERVED AT OLD NIAGARA
The 110th anniversary of the com-
mencement of Methodism hi Niagara,
on -the -Lake was observed on Sun-
day with special services itt Grace
Unitech Church, Sunday Was also the
elsa9.y o 1e ho ding of the
first Parliament itt Niagara -on -the -
Lake, in 1792: At the morning' cera
vice , in Grace Church the special
preacher was Rev, Dr. T. Albert
1Vloore assisted by Rev. J. Fred Kaye,
the pastor. At the special historical'
service in the afternoon, Mrs, F. C.
Stephenson of Toronto, anther of
"One Hundred Years of, Canadian
Methodism," gave an address dwel-
ling upon the 'history of the Metho-
dist •Church in • Niagara Peninsula.
Dr. F. C. Stephenson assisted in the
service. Rev. S. Judson Kelly of Lon-
don, Ont., pioneer Methodist minister
preached at the evening service.
ENGLISH BOYS ON
CANADIAN " TOUR
Edward -Shackleton, son of the
late Sir Edward Shacldeton, the Ant-
arctic explorer, has completed ar-
rangements for the Canadian part of
a group
schools
an educational tour in which
of boys from English public
are now partigipating.
Leaving Newfoundland recently,
'the boys crossed to North Sydney,
Nova Scotia, and then began their
' travels through the Maritime Pro-
vinces, visiting agricultural, mining
and industrial centres. Later they '
will go to Quebec, Montreal and Ot,
tawa, their visit to Quebec pro-
vince presenting ' opportunities +af
airing their knowledge of the French
language.
HARD ON METHODISTS
A. Methodist minister was travel,
ling through the mountain regions of•
the South and stopped at a cabin.
Knocking on the door, an old woman
answered. •
"Beg pardon, ma'am, but can you
tell pre if there are any Methodists
in these parts?"
"Wa'al, I dunno. My man shot
something the other day when he
went huntin"—but I dunno if it was.
Methodist or not. Its hide is tack-
ed up out there on the barn and you
all can go out and see for yourself -
SADLY MISSED
An English bishop received the
following nate from the vicar of a
village in his diocese:
"My Lord: I regret to inform you
of the death of my wifo. Can you
possibly send one a substitute for
the week -end ?"—Boston Transcript.
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ocal Rtai1ors
Is It Fair?
Not a week passes that you are not being canvassed
by representatives of nationally -advertised products
to stock and push them, and to give them good
window and counter displays.
zeInTilla II MEW ,oma
Their representatives tell you of the large sums of money being spent in metropolitan daily
newspapers and in nationally -circulated magazines like "MacLean's," Chatelaine," "Canadian Home
Journal," "Canadian" and others, to create and maintain consumer demand, and they try 'hard to
persuade you that such "remote" advertising will surely create and sustain large local demand.
It is admitted that it is advantageous to You
and your customers for you to stock nationally-
aelvertised products, but such products will sell
faster if they are, FOCALLY advertised, in this
newspaper, in addition to being advertised in
non -local publications.
There is no geed' or sound reason why a na-
tional advertiser should not do local advertis-
ing, in this newspaper. Yon will be told, when
you say to the representative of firms canvas-
sing you to stock and push his firm's product,
"Oh, we could never afford to do local advertis,
ing." What he really means, when he says such
words, is that he doesn't expect large local sales,
If he did, then he would see that these Meal
safes can provide a sum of money adequate to
maintain a local advertising campaign,
WGry should you help a national advertiser to '
develop his business in the territory covered by
the circulation of this newspaper without adver-
tising co-operation from him?
You provide local distribution facilities for
manufacturers of branded products, and your
value to them is recognized, Why, then, should
these manufacturers not assist you to sell these
goods, if stocked by you, by a series of local
advertisements, perhaps carrying your name as
local distributor, published in this newspaper?
e The more frequently and vigorously you present your point of view to national advertisers,
direct and through the representative who calls on you, the more surely will you persuade them to
accept it,
(N.B. Cut out this advertisement. Paste it on a card, and then
show it to representatives who urge you to stock goods
not being locally advertised.)
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