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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1930-01-23, Page 4;p4 TK$ CLINTON NlIWB-BECOIRit COOPER'S . STORE: -NEWS Two Shopping Days Yel For Thrifty Shoppers To Secure sone' -of Our SPECIAL VALUES Throughout the Store. A. T. COOPER• 1 "THE STORE WITH THE STOCK" CLINTON PHONE 36 LEADERS IN LOW PRICES i y=- -sem::•.. Sherlock Manning Pianos HowAbout Treating Your- self to a PIANO ..:. : J McNEIL Clinton's -Musical Instrument Representative Always ;at Your Service _ . Boal 113 or Phone 273, Clinton Eggs (11r000.. WE RECOGNIZE QUALITY . ' and DISTRIBUTE THE CASH�ACCORDINGLY at CLINTON' CREAMERY, CLINTON PHONE 145 SEAFORTH BRANCH,-SEAFORTII PHONE 162 CLINTON BRANCH, CLINTON ONTARIO PHONE 190 Gu1I11, Langlois & Co., Limited HEAD OFFICE -- MONTREAL. RUB COLI3ORNE, Mr. L V • Lawson had;; the misfor- tune to have his foot disabled from a:tree trunk slipping down and pinch- ing it 'on Saturday' afternoon. .. Upon investigation by the doctor one of the little bones was `-' found to bo cracked. Mr. and Mrs. Wim. Service have been engaged as care takers of towtn ship hall, Carlow. The,` Horticplturar Society ;net on Tuesday with . the president .in •`the chairs The followings officers were appointed; President, Edgar V..Law- son; First Vice, Mrs. A. Horton; 2nd Vice, Mrs: Aaron Fisher; Directors, Mrs:. T. Millan, Dr. Weir, Mrs; John Young, Wm, L. Young, Miss Amelia Mc1llwain, Rev. R.. B. Cunning. Mrs ,Wine. Mclllwain was appointed to attend the. Horticultural- Conven- tion' in Toronto in February.• The report of the year's work showed in- terest and improvement was looked forward to for the yea!: There are fifty sevenmembers and after all ex- penses, were paid a balance of $82.00 was left over for 1930, '141;•r. and -Mrs. David Bean entertain- ed a few of their friends on Thursday evening, Miss Mary. Addison was present for the oeeassion, •Mm and Mus. Earnest Mitchell, en- tertained an Friday evening. Mrs. Allin Allin entertained the Young Ladies class -of Bemniiler church and the'Young Stens' class on Wednesday , evening. The report is, they enjoyed the evening very much. A hunting party was organized to - clean out o'cleanout a sections of the territory of. Jack rabbi one day last week. We hope for+ the good of the cause that it will take place often and all over Hu- ron. Mr. and gisse flurliman' -of Van- 'couver visited at, Mr. J. A. Young's recently. • 'The. Benmiiter church held its ;eon- fregationai sheeting on Mondayeven- •ing. .Ali' dope's-t4nepts' show an" in- terested congregation' as well as nur`vettreut. forward to' clearing they. debts: The funeral procession passed through the;'8th concession`from God - swish en route to Auburn for service in memory of Mrs. Roberton, thence to Ball's ,cemetery for burial making the•trip past here by motor. FORMER MER LONDDSBOIW CITIZEN PASSES • On VOledirdsdity m.anningi January 15th, there passed away in Palmer- ston Hospital,. Thomas Sampson, in. his 55th year. Deceased was a native of. Devon- shire, England, coming tq this Coun- try at the age; of eighteen years. For a few years ;lie worked on farms ,in the vicinity o) Lonclesboro and'in the year 1898 he *tartest' on the Old Grand Trunk Itaiiw'ay at Londeeboro as seetionman:'. One year later he was promoted to the -position of sec- tion foreman, which position he filled until five ,years ago when he was ap-' pointed roadmaster over the-Durhatn, Newton, Kincardine and Southamp- ton subdivisions with headquarters at. Palmerston: In 1899 hemarried Mary Elizabeth Lyons who'5ifrvtves; along with three children, Mrs. W. D. Gillies of Nia- gara Falls, Ont.a Susie at home • and Fred of the C.N.R. at Toronto. • He also leaves' four slaters,'` three . of whom reside in England, and Mr's. Edith Ball ,of Clinton. 1 A short service was held: at: his late residence on Thursday evening conducted by the Rev. Mr. Ballantyne of :tire United Church, of ;which the deceased was a member and chair- man of' the official board. Rev. Mr.. McKenzie assisted Rev. Ballantyne. Friday -morning the remains were broughttb' Londesboso,, _a :special coach being provided by the Company for the relatives ;,.and friends.. The remains '-worms taken to the United Church where' a public service was. held at 1.30 p.m., conducted:by .the Rev. Mr. Johnson. s '-After the service the Marone Or. - ;der, o€ ewhich - the deceased was a :prcaninaii!t melaberx ' pesc£ormed the last burial rites, Mr. W. White .of Palmerston end: Mr. John Fingland of - Londesbor o, officiating:: Inter- menttook place in•the Union Cense-' tory. .: ; . Among those who attended from a distance' wee: -Mr; W. Ds Gillies of Niagara -Fails, Ont.; Mrs. G: Middle- ton, Owen. Sound; Messrs. John Spin- dler, Lucknow; Wan, Guy, . Guelph; gra. Leeman 'Wioods,•.:Guelph; Mr. Joseph Mays, • Toronto; Mks. (Rev.) OsborneHighgate, _and: Messrs. L. Schmohi, J. 11. 1 eskings, VN,. White, G. A. 'Baker. D. A. McNeil, L. Pen - der, W. Scrimgeour, M.. MieLay, S. Mathers, W. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. C, }ranccek all' of Palmerston. Messrs. P. East, A. Moody, C. Mane, J. Billo, J. C .,Aitken, T. J. Wrennick, W. Graham, A Bishop, C. Loggi.cy, T. Gilles, 'W. Martin and wife, all of Stratford; -Mesere..IL Bugg and A. Kaizen of ,London; Messrs. A. Dah- mer, G. V7'. Rattan, Atwood; Messrs. H. McAllister, Ripley; A, Holmes, Bluevale; A. Hamilton, Henfryn; R. Hill, Listowel;. J. Zimmerman, Milverton; It. Stonehouse, Belgrave; F. Richards, Blyth; A. Lucas, Clin- ton; J. Addison, Brucefield; T. Shed - dick, Hensall; 0. Burney,, Exeter; and S. Cudmonq, Hohrttesviile. Mrs. E. Bail of Clinton had been with her brother' prior to his death and Mr. W. Lyon went up to Pal- merston and accompanied the re- mains to Londesboro. The floral tributes were very many and very beautiful, including those from the Supt., staff and officers, Stratford; the Gen. Supt. and staff, Toronto; the section staff and offic- ial staff Palmerston; Brotherhood of Trainmen, his associates in the Church and, fraternal organizations, besides many from family and per- sonal friends. IMPORTANCE 'OF CLEAN, SEED IS EMPHASIZED Since ,final returns issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics ..show Unit drops' 'throughout ` the . greater• part of Canada were below the aver- age in 1929, , the question , of. seed supply assumes even greater im- portance than usual, and farmers are advised to make free use"of the Dom- inion -wide Government Seed Service. They are also urged to take great care in seeing that the seed grain sown 'receives attention in' the way of cleaning and gradipg. The Dominion government has gone to great expense in establishing a series of seed -testing laboratories. from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and at these places up to three samples of each farmer's grain will be tested free of charge. With this scsrvice at the, disposal of the farmer there is no excuse for buying blindfolded; and for the greater protection of the buyer it is contrary to law to sell anything but graded seed, the grade to be Plainly visible in the advertise- ment and on the bag. Where any- thing else is offered .the officials point out,it is always advisable to send a sample to the nearest goveen mont laboratory, where an opinion of the real value will be given. Labor -atories are located at Quebec, Ot- tawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Cal g y Important Questions on Sessional Agenda. Ottawa, January 20th. (Spec -other countries are not banning tial to the News -Record such exports to the United States. Parliament has been summoned to border, such is looked upon as a po- asseneble on Thursday, February 20 tential hazard to the present harm - tor the fourth session of the siz- I onions' international relations. 'Whet= teeth Parliament. The date, a her Parliament will sanction the co - week later than last year; is said to operation mooted, is doubtful. be due to the desire to have the three federal by-elections concluded . The St.Lawrence waterway pro - and to conclude other conferences' jest will also conte up this session, and arrangements before the House . although'Elaere is:nothing to show so meets. 1 far,:, that' treatment will' be leg - The volume of business in sight I isiative. Ari international angle in is large, and may be said to be con -;this connection is that the terminal in ;nary cards, respecially . Brent of the new lake terminal at Prescott will necessitate the deepen - in view of the fact that, 'this being ing of the channel: The channel is the fourth session of the parliament, international and dredging by both there: is usage for dissolution and EC' the United States and Canada will general election although no indicat= be necessary, -tion 'of such has been given by the • Government. Even if it is certain ! The fourth international question that an election will not take place, will- have reference to the Sockeye however, political warfare is in the Sainsotr Treaty, which was held- up offing,. , last year.. .The tariff will. probably come ,rn, In rine with *'domestic legislation tor chief • attention, especially: in there will be. the ratification of the view of the.fact that the United agreements with the. province of As for - the armed force along the States Congress is expected to dis- pose of its tariff revision. , If -the provisions of the - new tariff effect Canada adversely, agitation for sir- ;lar tariff action• will no doubt find • its way into .the. house. In addition the Canadian tariff Board has been extremely,', busy for the past few The Companies Act and 'Grain Aet months and will resume its sessions' art. two other measures due for con- shortly; so that there is every in- sideration in the House; :and in ad- diation that tariff changes will be dition the .report of the Royal Cent - foreshadowed hi the budget. mission appointed to look 'into the question of salary revision, for the Another proposal certain to evoke • technical . and prbfe'asional officials discussion is that of the United Stat- of the government service,• is expect es for a large armed forded • along ed some 'trine during'the session: the `border to enforce prohibition.'A' large nunber a£ private bills Linked up • with this question is the g one reviousl discussed of vohi- and divorce bills in addition indicate p Y p that the session will be a heavy one, biting the. export from Caeada of espoiall liquor cargoes to the United States. yin.view of the profuse dis- '1' o• main:'argun1ents,•';pro and eon,- mission which the question enumerat- are stressed. Go one gide is stressed ed are liable to evoke. the'sti,posed' moral obligations• of • I. Canada 'to help out' its neighbor in • ntiilrng prohibition effecti�z, .and •WIALTON': "Tliewhole. community. >tbe, fact: that Canada is 'collecting was ,sheeted to hear ;of the sudden 'si toll' • from " i busine's's , death,;' b' ; N.i. Sander .Lawson; of the w`hmh :is , lit violation of tire Am>�r�-: elglstl'1rne. of Morris,, which occurred c.t-tes. e other side points 'at hof'home Fridaynight The, late au eta n . , Tlt i , a,,.: * a "thati'the cost`rif'aiding the Uni'teil''-' iel—av'son had:been aillag•' for a Tit little, more than a week. She held a Slates'• to eitfivrce its laws ,would,, • . , tc • . would be lesin "'* k' 3,011- it opt 'plane in phur h Werk, She: ''' kla , �•ea , -Canada ti u. d g .. ., 'large atn unt af'''revenue if `it 'pro=' ,?s siii Givetl '' by lid' hatband an4 an g habitee the; expo,t ••of liquor, `alit;' bl1l dataghter),`•Miss rtiliLawso'ni.l genitalia and 'Alberta ' for the re- turn of their natural resources, and it is possible also that Saskatchewan may be included, although negotiat- ions cannot be said to' be very con- piete with the latter government. ' ar . The seed drill survey conducted in Ontario last .year and similar sur- veys throughout the different parts of the Dominion in the past years have shown that weedseeds in huge quantities are .actually being sown by .the farmers themselves. The greater part of seed grain used, if examined in the seed laboratories would not .even each the lowest of all official grades, grade 8. On the other hand, if tested, clean and plump well graded seedwere used, this seed would outyield the ordinary variety by a margin sufficient to cover five or six tines the extra cost of such seed. The weed menace is growing, and the losses due to it are enormous," stated Prof, J. E. Hewett, of the On- tario Agricultural. College, where hundreds of samples of seed are an- alysed yearly. Many farmers' sam- ples according ,to 'Prof. Hewitt con- tain as high. as 72 seeds of Canada thistle alone tothe ounce which would mean. about 17,280 thistles to the acre, with each plant replacing several' plants of the grain besides ruining the grade of the crop. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1930 Ever since the invention of Bell's telephone fifty years ago the stuffy of electrical communication has un- folded one phase after another of a fascinating drama of science. With plans already well under Way for the laying of a telephone cable beneath the Atlantic we now learn. that. the, Bell - .Telephone research department has just placed inserviee this huge -Ford tri -motor all ` metaI monoplane.. In the outfitting of this plane destined to:be the largest' and.. most complete flying radio laboratory an the world, Bell Laboratories are following• their established policy of snaking pioneer studies of all phases of electrical communication.The plane' has•been specially designed to adapt it to research work, and will be used _ for the development of radio appara-• tus for aircraft communication from the earliest experimental stages through to apparatus under actual flying conditions. • , . the Anal- teeting of the the various organizations which fol- lowed were .most .r, encouraging and indicated • 'a. very: •successful year. ,The report . of the Board of Man- agement :read by Dr. Ross and the financial report by M. McKellar showed the total receipts to be $9,- 067.88; 9,067.88; contributions by -envelope $3,- 287.41; open collection ;$1,084.38 and Missions, $1,660. Mrs. Robert Smith' acid Mks. T. Swan Smith presented the report of the senior W.. M. S. The members• of '.the Board of Management -for 1980 are, R. McLean 3..Beattie, M. A. Reid, 'W. E. Kers- CULROSS 5'ARMER GUILTY OF STEALING CATTLE After a trial which lasted almost three . full days, Wliliiarn. McCrae, of Culross Township was . found: guilty late Saturday afternoon, .Jas;. 1lth, at Wialkdrton, of stealing- cattle from Thos. ,,Goodfellow, of the, .same township. .,A large. number of wit- nesses itneases were examined on both side, with the chief interest: centering a- round the identity of the ,dattle. Goodfellow contended that the cattle Were his property while! McCrae claimed he was the owner, but Good- fellow had a number of witnesses who swore to the fact that the beasts belonged to him, while there was 'but one witness, for 1111eOrae who swore they belonged to trim, It was nearly. five o'clock, Saturday afternoon when the jury returned With 'Weir verdict ,of guil,,ty. HisI3, oner judge Owens passed sontenee on McCrae, sending ,him to the.Outeer io Reformatory iatory'-,at;Guelph , for two years lass oneday de:termih- a te, one year and ear indeterminate. He will have to serve the first terni and • it•' will: depend ,on his behaviour while fir; : t on to whether he serves urnsas any Mere time. . NEWS OF HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTY AND . DISTRICT EXETER: Rev. H. H. Savauge of Pontiac, Michigan, who was to have addressed a meeting in Main street United Church recently, tele- phoned from Lucan that he was un- able to get through thd snowbanks there. He got as far as Lucan by motor front London, but not until af- ter the northbound train had gone. People had come •in for 30 miles to hear him. Rev. F. Irwin ,of Central 1929 17895.50 9 2-10 McTavish CANADIAN AIR MAIL PILOTS PRAISED. OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 20th, (Spec- ial to the ws-Record:)—. Canadian air mail pilots came in for the highest praise from Irving Glover, iecond assistant post- master -general -of the United States, who is in Ottawa for .the purpose of obtaining closer, co-operation be- tween Canadian and American pori tai services relative to air- mail. Mr. Glover,. in. praising the Cana- dian pilots,-observedthat the,picture lake and Wt. R. Plant; treasurer, M. of the hitherto inaccessible places of McKellar; auditors), 0. Aberhardt; H' the North WesttTerritories now ba - Stewart; ' musid committees Mrs. J, ing opened up. for exploitation and A' Stewart; •Mrs. X. C. Greig, Miss F. being served with air mail. was a Beattie; Messes. J. Scott and 'J. G. stimulating one, and he paid tribute Mullen. to the enthusiasm of , the Canadian SEAFORTH: At the. annual sheet- ing of the Seaforth Agricultural Soc- iety the following officers and di- rectors were elected for 1980: Hon- orary president, Thomas E..Living- .stone; president, William S. 13road- foot; first vice-president, Humphrey Snell; second vice-president, John M. Eckert; third vice-president, Robert Arc'ltibald, Jr.; secretary -treasurer, A. D. Sutherland; auditors, R.' J, Beatty and Thomas Malady; direc- tors, Hibbert Township, Mrs. J. 'Woes den, James Hill, Russell Scott, Hal- lett, Mrs. Jamas J. Hugill, William Livingston,. Miss McGregor, William Mason; Mclfillop, Mrs. Irwin Tre- wartha, William: Beattie, Robert Campbell, Jr., Gordon MaGavin, Thomas O. Scott; Tuckersrnith, Mrs. Hugh MeGregor, Robert Archibald,, Jr., Ira W. Johns, D. McIntosh, And- rew Moore; Seaforth, Mrs. J, B. Tyr•eman, Mrs: W. J. Dickson, Misses Ethel Beattie and Belle Smith, J. WtIsley Beattiq, J. F. Daly, Dr. Har- burn, William Iiartry, John McIn- tosh; delegate, to provincial conven- tion at . Toronto, Thomas 19. Living- ston; delegate to district convention at Stratford, Ira W. Johns. It was decided to hold a spring show at a date to bo chosen later. During the year the directors erected' additional sheep pens. The society is behind the movement to sae sheep on every farm as a means to eradicate the weed menace and will offer increased prize money in this line with ad- ditional classes for girls and bays. SEAFOFILII: An excellent, dinner. was provided by the Ladies' Ald, a very large and representative con- gregation attended the annual meet- ing of Northside United Church on Monday evening. The past. •year which closed with no liabilities and over $400 in the treasury .has proved the best of the history of the con- gregation, The reports of the dif- ferent organizations were most grat- ifying, $2,600 was gontribated to the missionary and maintenance fund which exceeded the allocation. The W. M. S. with' 110 members also con- teibuted $860 which was more than their allocation. Very complimen tary reference was trade .to the Pastor, Rev,. WI. P. Lane and his wife and daughter, to wlsoni a very pres- sing invitation endorsed- by'a .unan- unan- imous standing vote was eitended to remain with the congregation for the fifth year. W. Hartry on behalf of thd ' congregation presented Mrs. Lane with a sheaf of beautiful roses as a token of appreciation. The per- sonnel of the. Boards remains the same, the retiring members being re -!elected. John -McNay was elect- ed to the 'session to fill a va.candy caused 'by the - death of the Thomas Grieve.", Refreshments ere served at the close by the Ladies' Aid Society. se GODERICH: The funeral of the late Mrs. Thomas McEwen, who pas- sed -;away Tuesday was held Sunday afternoon from the residence of her son, Mayor J. J. IVT,eEwen, Montreal street. The services were conducted by Itev. R. C. M'eDermid, of the Pres- byterian church, and the .pallbearers were 'Wm. Tait, Robert Tait; -Charles Black, George Miotionaid, Joseph Knight, Joseph - Barton. Deceased • had been ill only about true weeks and was in her seventy-fifth year. 'She was the. daughter of the Late Mr. and' Mxs. James Cad, and was born 'in the Orkney Islands., Her husband redeceased . her' :twelve years ago. p.. She is survived. by four ,sons: J. J. McEwen' of ,.:Goderich, T: M. and Wt C. of Kindersley, Seek,; and Bert of Calgary. OneInether;'John Cutt, of Goderich, and €t sister,. 'VA.' 3 • C. I T nd the Ki rail Rangers un- Coomber of Shellbeeek, Sask, ''also to a�`i officials and ...the courage of the Canadian pilots who carried* • out their duties under extremely -adverse conditions. These latter were the silent heroes who injected into their tasks all the elements of bravery that were demanded of airmen dur- ing 'the war. Mr. Glover Conferred with Cana- dian post office officials with refer- ence to the negotiations on foot to link up the proposed new Canadian prairie air mail service' with tine United States middle, west system. The next international development, in the opinion -of Mr. Glover, will be an air mail line from Minneapolis and St. Paul .to Winnipeg, via Fargo and Grand Forks, North -Dakota. WlNGHA1Vf: The: Canadian Pact - fie Railway announces the retirement of one of its veteran employees, iso the person of William T. Stinson, who has been station agent at Blyth for the past seven years. Mr. Stin- son entered the services of the corn- • -pally on Nov. 21, 1:888'eand has been serving continuously for -the past 46 years. in May, 1885, Mr. Stinson was promoted to agent and operator at ,promoted and has since seen ser- vice'''as' agent' at Moberly,, Avonmore, Bethany, • Colborne, ' Grafton and Blyth. DEEP-SEATED RHEUMATIC PAINS Quickly Yield.to powerful 'Penetrating Oil. • Probably no affliction is more common or responsible for more in- tense suffering than rheumatism. ,Thousands of otherwise robust per- sons drag through a life of misery and agony. Siere is a new treatment, Simply get a.abottie of M,00ne's Emerald Oil (full strength) and apply to the af- fected f feeted parts. It's easy and pleasant to use and there is no doubt but what the most stubborn and severe cases yield quickly to its powerful, pene- trating influence. The first appli- cation brings blessed relief. All good drug stores have it. Hullett's Financial Condition Township Finances.—In view of certain rumors regarding the finan- ciai condition of Huilett Township, the past, Reeve, Ernest Adams, and Councillors Leiper, Mogridge, Forbes and Lawson, have copied the follow- ing report from the township clerk's books, which will explain themselves to the reader. The township books are , open to inspection by any rate- payer at any time and the township's financial condition need not be in doubt. Assets Value of road machinery...S4,000.00 A quantity of 18 -inch tile valued at 650.00 $4,650.00 Available Assets Unpaid taxes . $1,369.14 Liabilities Due Goderich Tp.. $220.62 Due McKillop Tp. .... • 25.70 Due Morris Tp. 89.54 Unpaid accounts . • 6.00 Unpaid deben, on crusher2,864.80 Cash, due banks . 4,417.00 Total Liabilities . $7,623.70 Township County Expend. Ratsfor Balahrce Gov, Grant Year Levy Rate Rds. Brgs. Year •on hand on Roads 1921 1 $14911.801 76-10 ( $10680,661 d1-2 1 $210,5.11 $1755,76 1922 12855.00 6 6.10 9759.15 5 1-2 3236.57 1974.69 6 2-10 6777.30 5 1113.46 1981.26 6 2-10 .9 153.81 51-2 2213.67 1504,96 7 2-10 6723.20 4 1-2 480.47 1869.0? 8 2-10 7993.52 41-2 2462.02 1813.05 1927 , 15339..00 7 9-10 11110.69 41-2 651.63. 2462.76 192e i 15339.00 7 9-10 10395.07 41-2 141.38 3288.32 14410,19,' 41-2 4417.00. 8282.75 1 4504.80 I claim, is • an incorrect statement, and further, I claim the sunt of $141.- 38 141: 38 was actually a deficit, In addition to this deficit, there was a boundary account owing McKillop for that year of $280; an account owing to Gode- ricle township of 3280, and a further sum of $952 owing: to the contractor, Mr. Stevenson, making a total deficit of $1653.38 :for tate year. In 1029 their statement, elainss a balance on hand of $4,417. This, I claim, is another incorrect statement, this sum being also a 'defic't. My proof for stating this was a deficit is thefactthat at the first meeting of council held en January 1.3th, 1930, the council had to pass a by-law •to iberrow money, and I had to sign a note for $5,000 to straighten up with the Bank for last year's bus- iness, and besides we owe a debenture debt for the crusher of $2,864.80. This means that under the present financial conditions of the township, it will be necessary to levy a special rate of 2'milis or more to again get on solid ground.. In my first statement, I said if the •couneiilors would only co-operate with me in figuring the estitnares a little closer, without injuring the township, T hoped we would be able to get back to solid ground without raising the tax rate materially. It would be: better for these men. who published this statement last week, if they would hold `a second aneeting and look over the'books mores carefully to• find out their' own mis- takes, before they asked the rate- a er . to itispent them. py_ ` other state- In reference totheir . treats I could give the ratepayers a good deal more infonpn4Son, if it is g necessary. 1923 12083.70 1924 1 12083.70 1925 14140.50 1926 15940.20 is was called upon to give an ad 1930 dress, and did so. Rev. D. also spoke: BLYTI-I: A quiet ;wedding• cere- mony was perfermeed at the home of Mr.' and' Mrs. •James Watt, Blyth, on Saturday, January 4th, *hen Miss Mabel Stafford, daughter of the late -John Stafford, of McKillop Tp., be- camd the 'bride of Mx. Robert Wkt- son, of Hulle'tt Tp., the ceremony be- ing, performed by Rev. E. Anderson, of Blyth. The bride- was beautifully gowned in peach georgette over silk, with shoes and hose to match, and' was given away by Mr, James Whtt, After the 'signing 81 the register, the happy couple left' for Huilett, the bride travelling in a blue fiat crepe With hat, cart, shoes and hoes to snatch, where a wedding dinner was served at • the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter McDonald. After a pleasant evening the newly married couple went to the grooms home.. The best wishes of a large circle of friends ge with .the happy "couple to their new home in Hullett. ' GODERICII, Jrtn. 22—The Godek'- bell Homing:. Pigeon Club 'field a very successful: euchre and dance of invited guests last night in the Odd "Fellows' hall. Cards from 9 to 11 o'clock,. lunoh- and then dancing... Everyone :present had a most cut joyablb tilnier*• SEAF'ORT.H, Jan. 22 The annual meeting of First` Presbyterian church held on Monday' evening, Jan. 21st was well attended, Ar- Et R. Ross, Chats4iiap., of the . Board of .Manage•• nsent.presided P1ve pastor, Rev, hy- ing B. Kane read the session letter in- which., lie 'Madespecie]. Mention . of the unparallbeled ;success made by the Goforth ;.Vit ion 'Band, the C.. G. der Mrs C. Bred% ` The rel(os is eL Survive. ;. • The above is the statement issued in the county papers last week by Messrs. Ernest Adams, James Leiper, Herbert M'ogridgo, James Forbes and Robert Lawson, The following is my reply to that financial statement: Taking their figures, as published last week, of the balances, on 'hand at the close of the yebrs 1921-2-3-4, dur- which years I was Reeve, it shows. theexcellent financial standing of the Township for these years. In 1925 Mr, Clark was Reeve. I was returned again in 1926 and at the close of that year, the balance on hand, as shown by the statement, was $2,462.02. In addition to this balance - there was a suns. of $2,651 owing to the township from parties benefited by the Hemlock Drain branches A and B From this amount, however, was to be deducted the suns of $952 that was owing Mr. Stevenson, the contractor, and Also a further sum of $450 owing Mr. Gaffney, the sub-eontractor,leav- ing a cash balance due the township, at the close of that year, $1,249. In addition •,'that year, there was due the township frons. Morris, tthe sum of $498,80, from the. Bowes drain and there was • .a further additional sum in unpaid taxes for 1926 of $468.45. This makes the total surplus of the Township .at the close of 1026, $4,678.27. Notwithstanding that there was a balance . of $4,678.27 at the .close .of. 1926, and that these sums owing on, drains and `iliMaid`taxes were collect- ed in 19,27,28' peat will notice by their own atatehnent, that the ;balance at. the end txf 1927 had fallen, to the sum of $651.53, •, y, - In 1928, by t.he.5a @ statement, they atement thry icla?m a.balac a• q $14i.3S, This ,: • e .. G Reeve. . r • A T. ARM dNi T • , i41• S ;�'