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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-11-16, Page 3THURS., NOV, 16, 1933 SKiNG*4EWS oI.HuShCiark A retail merchant writes to anews- paper• saying that medical men who do a great deal of work for which they never expect to be paid are, no different from himself and ethers, in •the retail trade who necessarily in- cur bad debts. There is a difference however. A doctor cannot refuse to answer the call' 'of distress. A. retail merchant need not sell goods on cre- dit We can tell pretty accurately by the amount of the succession duties what a man's estate is worth, says a • financial writer, Sure. It's a dead giveaway'. Tile Agassis, B. C. hen that laid 357 eggs in 365 days should get the blue eagle. She looked after pro- duction, aII right but it must grieve her to think that she must leave to bungling, blundering man the job of looking after the transportation and distribution end of the business. oxvirresea Last year another hen, in Florida, made a similar record and we repro- duce a verse written on that occasion "Fool!" the rooster said Reduc- tion Practice I implore- you. Please! Can't you see what mass produc- tion Did to other industries?" eserrelgered Tammany is defeated in the . New York city elections. But the setback is not serious. It takes New • York a long time to tire of graft and waste in its municipal administration. Once in every generation it becomes shocked and turns on Tammany, but the shock soon passes. The city tir- es quickly of being good and returns to the wigwam as a wandering prod- igal does to his ancestral roof -tree, o "Jimmy Walker was the most pop- ular Mayor the city ever had. He was a song -writer, a wise -cracker, a elay-boy, a gigolo. The .city's debt ]oubled while he was Mayor, and graft was brought home to himself and his 'brother and other relatives and close friends, including one Sherwood who paid a fine of $50,- 000 rather than appear in the Sea - bury investigation. Amo We sometimes think democracy, would vindicate itself if there were just enough people who would vote against a candidate, because he was popular 'in favor of one who was strong and honest but decidedly up.. popular.. {One party in B. C. calling itself non-partisan is opposed •to further borrowing by the province ut in fa- vor of an issue of new currency guaranteed by the province. If the bills were to be issued they would contain three words that we know of, —,"promise to pay" Here's a chap who declares that recovery is to be brought about by, a decree of fashion. The slim, slen- der, spirituelle type of, girl is going out, says he, and the Mae West type is coming in. Waxing enthusiastieti he declares that bust measurements will increase with the unrecorded years. Hips and thighs will be worn again, comfortably, upholstered Plump and buxom will be the two words most frequently used to des; tribe the prize beauties of to -mor-, row. They will be builded upon gen- erous plans and specifications. Ang- ularities will yield to curves, the sin- uosities of Mae's magnificent con- tour. ems How will that •bring about econ- omic recovery, he asks, and he ans- wers it by saying it will start where it ought to start --!with the farmer. To achieve fashionable physical pro- portions the dear girls will eat and drink so much more that a market will be provided which will do away with the necessity for reducing crop acreage. He predicts the day is not far off when the farmer will rise to call Mae West blessed. If she "done anyone wrong" it was not the farm- er, and now her style is going to drive away agrarian distress and dis- content. She alone can vamp the fretful west. Then the prophet nose-dives from the sublime and tells us that agricul- tural betterment brought about in this way will be augmented by the repeal of the 18th amendment when free Americans will drink the liqui- fied products of wheat and barley and rye instead of the synthetic stuff they were drinking in Volsteadian days. It is a frightful drop from the, ethereal blue to the material drab. It is anti -climax. We liked hini bet- ter when he was talking of the girl who has started at the right place and in the right way to bring about national recovery. What Clinton wasDoing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record Nov. 16th, 1892: Tax Collector Wheatley is on his rounds again. So- far things look pretty well and we believe there will be very little to collect at the expiry of the time allotted. On Saturday last James H. Combe sent out 300 coupons inviting the holders to call and get a free sam- ple of Cream of Witch Hazel and in Iess than five hours afterwards one third of the coupons had beer presented at the store and sampler distributed. It will be remembered that some time ago Capt. Dancey of Goderich obtained a verdict against the Grand Trunk Company for $1000' for being unlawfully put off the train near Lucan. The case was appealed. The last phase of it is that the Grand Trunk will be granted a new trial unless Dancey accepts $500 and pays part of the costs. (It is interesting to note that The News -Record at this time was advo- cating a waterworks system for Clinton. Evidently this paper was the first to advocate this and it was some time before its efforts bore any fruit, but no doubt it sowed seeds which eventually resulted in the installing of an up-to-date wat- erworks system.—Ed.) Mr. Mr. Wim, Morris of Salt£ord was a welcome visitor in this office on Saturday. He has been . a constant reader of The News -Record for Many years and is a prompt paying ea- -scriber. Mr, Morris says that Clin- ton is forging ahead and has made big strides in the past few years. (Mute thing we must have, he says, h a waterworks system, People should know what they are drinking, good or bad water, ' • The local Orange Lodge met Mon- day. There was a fair attendance and considerable business was trans - ,acted.. The brethren have decided to carpet the new hall leased by them in the McKay BIock. The ladies of Ontario street church held a Thanksgiving social on last Thursday evening which was a de- cided success. Miss Fannie Rance and Miss Ag- gie Jackson left on Monday for a visit to Toronto. They will be ab- sent About a month. (With this issue of The News -Re- cord, Nov, 16th, 1892, the partner- ship between Messrs. Whitely and Todd is dissolved and Mr. Todd as- sumes proprietorship.) 4®GIDmO From The New Era, Nov. 1893: Mr. Alex. Cooper spent Sunday in Goderich with a friend who may yet be more than a sister to him. Mr. John Bailey near the ceme- tery has been going around on crut- ches lately, the result of a severely sprained ankle. We are pleased to see Mr. John Ransford out again after an illness that has not left him as strong and vigorous as is his usual wont. It is with the deepest regret that we chronicle the death of the Rev, J. H. Simpson, the belov- ed pastor of the Union church, Brucefield, which took place at the manse on Thursday morning, the 9th inst. Holmesville--.At the F'orrester's Court last week the annual election of officers took place and they be- gan their new year with the follow- ing official staff: C. R., Wm. Stan- ley; Vice C. It., Charles Williams; F. S., John Trewartha; R. S., Ed, Lavis, Treasurer, S. Sturdy; Chaplain, George Levis; Senior Woodward, D. W. Burns; Junior Woodward, W. H, Lobb; Senior Beadle, S. Lowery; Junior Beadle, W. Jervis. The result of the plebisite organ- ization meeting last Friday was:— TON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 Township officers — President: .rev. E. A. Fear; Sec.-treas., Fred C. El- ford; polling sub -division ,No. 1 President: Win.MeMat , vice-pres., D. 1Swaffield; Sec.-Treas., Robt. Davidson; S. D. No. 2, Pres., 'John Ifolmes;, Vice -Pres., John Marquis; Sec.-Treas., Edw, Acheson; S, D. No. 5—Pies., E. A. Fear; Vice -Pres.; C. Nesbitt; Sec.-Treas.,. H. Elford. D. McGillicuddy of the Goderich Sig- nal was present and gave a rousing address on the work, after which Mr. Colwell of Varna gave a short speech and Mr. Fear, before closing, gave a full explanation of what was meant by the plebiscite. •(The plebiscite mentioned above was one` to be taken on prohibition, n the importation,. . manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a bev- erage.—E'd.) Londesboro:--On Saturday after- noon a meeting • was held in the temperance hall . for the purpose of forming an organization to look after the interest of the Plebiscite Vote ... M. M. Braithwaite was el- ected President, Mr. Wm. Stickel, Secretary and Mr, •Bond Lawrason, Treasurer. Committees were ap- pointed for each department and Scrutineers were also suggested to make their application to the muni- cipal clerk. oemiteve WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, Nov. 19th, 1908: Mr. Norman Sheppard, after a holiday of ten days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sheppard, re- turned to his duties at Hamilton last week. Mr: Albert Seeley was in Thames- ville on Friday installing a gasoline engine and yesterday he was in Sea - forth engaged in the same work. He is an expert with engines of this sort. Gus. Collyer and Bert Hovey hunted the deer in the Huntsville district and had an experience they wish never to be repeated. One of their party was accidentally shot and they had to carry him twenty miles to a railway station ... The injured man is now in Toronto hos- pital. Mr, Wm. Carter of Constance who is known as the "Chicken King" of Huron from the fact that he is the largest and most successful breeder, placed in his pens on Tuesday fouv Hamburgs which he imported from Glue, Lancashire, England. He had to pay a fancy price for them but was after the best quality obtain- able and price was a secondary con- sideration. • Rev. T. T. Shields of London who is to speak in the Baptist church four nights next week, has achieved an enviable reputation as a pastor in Hamilton, London and other places , .. The Baptist of 'Clinton are for- tunate in securing this gifted and popular preacher, and all should take advantage of the opportunity of hearing him. Messrs. J. A. Ford and Angus Mc- Leod have formed a partnership and this a.m. took over the business of Mr. W. G. Perrin, who has been in the grain business for so many years. The new firm intend to buy and sell all kinds of grain, feed, etc., and may handle coal. Charlie Kerr had his face and eyes scorched a little by the explos- ion of an alcohol lamp in the science room of the C. I, on Friday. The young ladies of town will give a leap year dance in the Pas- time Club rooms this evening. At a meeting of a few enterpris- ing citizens held the other evening the Clinton Bowling Alley ,Company was formed with a capital of $1900, made up of $100 shares. The offi- cers of the company are as follows: President, J. B. Hoover; .Sec•-Treas- ui'er, Capt. McTaggart; management J. Fair and R. Graham. The stock- holders are: J. B. Hoover, M. D. McTaggart, W. and T. Jackson, J. Hunter, J. Harland, Dr. 'Ball, W. J. Stevenson, T. T. Murphy, T. Mason, J. Hamilton, R. Graham, W. Mc- Connell J. McMurchie and J. Fah'. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING BIRTHPLACE OF THE TELEPHONE The people of the United States claim that that country is where the idea of the telephone was conceived, and the claim is still maintained, not- withstanding, that Dr. Alexander Bell stated publicly at Brantford, and later at Boston, that "the concep- tion of the telephone took place dur ing the summer visit to his father's residence in Brantford in 1874 and the, apparatus was just as it was subse- quently made a. one -membrane tele- phone on either dnd. The experi- ment of August 10, 1876, Made from Brantford to Paris, was the first transmission, the first clear and in- telligible transmission of speech ov- er the real line that has ever beets made." This should be sufficient to prove that Canada is the home of the telephone. The claim is also• made in the republic that Cyril McCormick, of Chicago, was the inventer of the wee- per, although a Scot invented and op- erated it in 'Canada five years before the announced invention of McCor- mick.—Milverton Sun. Cs'1Cb THE SMALL BONDHOLDER Far out in an ,isolated section of Northern Alberta is a thrifty farmer, who in the good years, saved his money and invested it in Governinent bonds, on which he now draws a modest interest. I•Ie felt he was ren- dering his country a service by lend- ing them a small amount of surplur cash when it was asked for. But some of his C.C.F. acquaintances have stigmatized him as a "bloated capit- alist" and a "coupon -clipping paras- ite," which made him very angry and he utters a vigorous protest in an interesting article which is feat- ured on the editorial page of the Ed- monton Journal. "A Very Small Coupon Clipper" expresses a point of view to which sufficient attention • possibly has not been given in these difficult times. The depression has placed a penalty on thrift. The man who spent all he had in the boom years and the one who saved and has had his savings demolished by unemployment are on an equal footing today one is as much entitled to benefit by the relief From The New Era, Nov. 19th, 1908: The County Council will meet at Goderich on the let of December. The price of milk has advanced slightly this week; instead of giving 33' pints for $1, as heretofore, the consumer only gets 29. Mr. Lal. Paisley, wlho has been living on the Robinson farm, just outside the town, purchased by him some time ago, has moved back to town and Mr. Levi' Trick, who has bought the farm from Mr. Paisley will move thereto in the course of a few days. We welcome "Lal" back in our midst again, • It is said that an interview be- tween the German Emperor and a newspaper correspondent, which was to have appeared in the Century Magazine, was left out on the pay - Mont . of $50,000. ' We leave lots of things out of The'New for less than that. • Porter's •Hill:—Miss Ruth A. Shaw of Colobrne has been engaged for the-. school here for next year at a salary of 0400. Tuckersmith:—A: F. Johns has purchased the fi0-;acre farm of J.' K. Wise on the Huron road, adjoin- ing his other property,. system as the other. As for the man who invested his Money in bonds — the small fellow with $500 or $1,000 saved—can ,hardly be called a "cou- poneclipping parasite.' He loaned his, savings to his country in a time of national emergency, just' as did those who bought Victory 'bonds. : As the Alberta writer says, he feat that in good times he should prepare himself for eventualities so that if anything happened he would not become a charge upon his community. Naw he has heard the C.C.F; and says: "But now, it seems, ems, my reasoning was hopelessly wrong. I have be - coma a coupon -clipping g Paxasit e , when all I was trying to be was a decent, independent citizen. It seems I should, have bought that car I wanted to, years ago; that I should have taken that trip 'to the old coun- try when I had the chance—spent every cent as soon after I made it as possible. •. Then, when the depression came, and my income shrank to about a third of its normal size, I should not have been able to pay my taxes or my insurance. Most probably I should have applied for relief work on the road. • "1 do not like to be called a para site by people who have as many or more material comforts than me, just because I have loaned my sav- ings to the same Government which loaned money to me and on similar terms, while • they spent theirs on other things—probably more unwise- ly thap well." The writer undoubtedly expresser the opinion of the average small hold- er of Government or other bonds. With these people the backbone of the country and representative of the nation, the policies of the C.C.F. do not go down.—London Free Press. CeSealMett JUST SO A Mitchell woman who celebrated her hundredth birthday Iast week was asked to what she attributed her long life. Her reply, "Good victuals" Ieft nothing more to be said. --,Goderich Signal. cesEqemer FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO Talking of the weather, Mr. John II. Edward, whose memory goes a long way back, informed The Signal the other day that' the, 26th day of Oetdbex, 1879, was a very warm °day. On that day James Burke, of the. Bayfield road, was hauling a load of grain to Clinton and on the; Huron road, between .ITolmesville and Clin- ton, one of his horses succumbed to the heat and died on the road. Apple;' in barrels at the 'Clinton railway sta- tion, awaiting shipment, were scalded by the heat and ruined for marketing purposes. The shippers hadto empty the barrels and take them back to the orchards to he refilled with ap- ples that had not been spoiled. —Goderich ,Signal. • c1r so THE BEE AND THE MOTOR • Something must be done about the highway activities of the honey bee. At too frequent intervals this busy little pest pays such personal atten- tion to autoists that accidents rel stilt. Apparently zealous proinoters of safety have another' problem to face.—:Exchange. How would it do to put screens on?—Forest Standard, c=iteree. MONOXIDE GAS Monoxide gas continues to tales its toll of life. Two men at St. Catharines last week were killed by monoxide gas from the exhaust pipe of a gasoline engine pump while working in the hold of a sandsuck- er. Warning after warning has been given the public re the dangerous gas that is always present where gasoline engines are operated. This gas is odorless and tasteless, and only After exceptional circumstances has the victim of these fumes s chance for his life• If the exhaust of your car is leaky the fumes from the source will often permeate the car with disastrous effects on the occupants. When driving your car in winter make certain that there is proper ventilation, or you, too, may be a victim of monoxide gas. —Wingham Advance -Times NOVEMBER STRAWBERRIES Although there is snow on the ground and anti -freeze in the radia- tors, strawberries are still being picked in at least one Goderich gar- den. There is a healthy specimen on display in The Star window. 'It was grown - by Manson Read, Brock street,and was picked o e. p d n Wednes- day, edn s day, November,z$th• Owing to pres- sure on our time we have been un- able to consult our special weather forecasters ' on the significance of this strawberry defying the rules 'and ' regulations. Perhaps' it is an- other sign of a mild winter. —(Goderich Star. TRAIN MUST HAVE BEEN' -'VERY COMFORTABLE Men still hold firstplace for reo membering to remove their personal effects when they leave railway ears, accordingto C. M. Loveys,o the f lost -and -found department, Caniedian National Railways, Montreal. He says children come next and women last. "Seldom indeed do we ever find toys left in the cars; but the finding of women's shawls, umbrellas and hats is still a ooinmon occurrence. Often we find money in the handbags left by women. Very often these ef- fects belong to people returning or going to Europe and are never re- claimed. The prize oversight mentioned by Mr. Loveys was the ease of a woman who not only forgot her personal ef- fects when her train got to Levis, Quebec, where she intended to get off to take a liner for Europe, but en- tirely forgot to get off the train herself until she was several hun- dred miles past her stop. Workmen's Compensation There were 3.558 accidents report- ed to The Workmen's Compensation Board during the month of October, as compared with 3,462 during Sep- tember, and 3,342 during October last year. The fatal accidents numbered 20,. as compared with 23 in September, and 32 in October a year ago. The total benefits awarded a- mounted to $342,598.62, of which $289,236.18 was for compensation and $53,362.44 for medical aid, as compared with $286,462.85 awarded in September, and $317,506.31 a- warded last October. The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and save your time, energy and money. • Local Retailers Theg Owe You Sales Assistance You know thoroughly well that you have power, in your store, to influence the decision of your customers in regard to what they buy from you. Your customers rely on you to give them products which, in use or consumption, will give them complete satisfaction. You know and your customers know that, in regard to nearly every class of product, there are several brands of equal merit. Thus, A's soup is the equal of B's or C's soup; D's shoes are the equal of E's or F's shoes; G's radio sets are the equal of H's or I's sets; J's hosiery is the equal of IC's or L's hosiery; M's electric washing machine or refrigerator is the equal of N's or O's washing machine or refrigerator; and so on and so on. • Makers of advertised products recognize that you have access to the attention and favor of several hundred buyers—your regular and irre- gular customers, and they want to use your dis- tribution facilities for their advantage. But me they willing, in every instance, to assist you to sell their product if you stock it—assist you with a; series of local advertisements, to be pub- Iished in this newspaper? , They say that they will provide you with plenty of window and counter display material, and printed matter; but quite often they de- cline to use local advertising, in this newspaper, over your name! They tell you that they are spending a whale of a lot of money in big -city dailies and in na- tionally -circulated magazies; out you know — or can get to know -.that in the territory served by this newspaper upwards of 90 per cent of the families living in it do not subscribe to national magazines and big city dailies. This means that the job of promoting local sales rs to be put on your shoulders, If it is right to use big city dailies and nation- ally -circulated magazines then, by the same tok- en, it is right to use local weekly newspapers! It is no compliment to you as a retailer or to the buyers of this town and territory for a na- tional advertiser to decline to advertise his pro- duct in this newspaper. You can get much more advertising for your store and stock -than you are now getting, if you insist, as a condition of stocking a parti- cular product, that it he locally advertised in this newspaper. N.B.: Show this advertisement to men who urge you to stock and push the sale of their goods, yet who tell you that their firm carnes assist their local sale by advertising. The Clinton News -Record $1.50 a year. Worth More