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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1931-09-03, Page 4.s. 1 which is .very pretty." l'''t''''''"'''''*'"'"m";'*'"""A"''""'"''''''n."."'"'"""":"'"'"'"""'' . a PAR'S STORE NEWS �°O® • G1Yandi said the question of his ginto Lonion was in'God's hands, .going which shows -that a the Mahatma had t ' .. .. e ride which course will be not yet decided : the Mae embarrassing tSov- o the erninent of Great Britain and the civil authorities ce India. w Coals,� Hats' and Dresse L. E D' WITH E SE P A.. LADIES. WILL Bl; THE LADI OUR -ASTONISHING PRICES. • OPE:t A. i, .. V "TiiE. STORE WITH THE STOCK" PHONE 36 A Grave made P1tACTISING PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS 'RE•ADIZE THE DANGER OF PYRRHOEA IN UNDERMINING- GOOD HEALTH MANY PRACTITIONERS ALSO ADVISE THE REGULAR IN USE OF PYRRHOL INFECTPING THIS DREADED WE KNOW OF NOTHING BETTER -GET IT NOW AT W.S.R. Holmes, Phm.B CLlNT013, ONT. 27te �.,�,pQ, yK,r PHONE 51 TIHE 'CLINTON-NEWS RECORD. The dispatch says that having made .this declaration o Gllandi sat s down toPin yarn. arm. `We are waiting nervously for the next 'one. have composed thein differences as- cordingto latest despatches, each declaring himself satisfied • with the agreement teethed. • It is believed that a general jail delivery was planned at Portsmouth, and that its discovery saved fa very serious situation. The authorities would give out no information but leve that the 'n stop it ' believed in Kns g plot was a desperate one and that had it come to head serious trouble would have ensued; I imet Wid `'Napper Tandy and be tuk the bf'the1hand Sez he "How's poor•. ould Ireland and- how ndhow does she stand?" "Feint," sez I, "they're fightin'i' see, I, "they're fightin' foine, They're fightin once again," sez T "tire battle ,of the Boyne." There will be a tremendous re- ductien in the number of unem- ployed within a few days. Thousands• of teachers and students who' were' thrown out of employment two months ago are to go back' t' work: me Giveyou an Estimate Let y On. any of those rooms that you have to paper' or' paint, as I have a large assortment of papers to choose from,5c to $2.00 a roll. Le Try a can of four-hour .enamel or varnish. Let me :tell you how to fix Up. that bath room with oilcloth and paneling. call will bring the books to your door. A phone ne I sell paper whether hanging it or not. Phone 234 D. A. Kil Painter and Decorator in Indiana after having . been guests at the Albion Hotel for !a Week. 'Amongst those whq ave spent the summer er part of it in out. midst and have : returned to their homes are: Mr. and Mrs, L. 'WI. Dip- per, Bowie nville; Mr. and Mrs, G. Stanbury and family, Dr. and Mos, G. St Atkinson, and two daughters, Exeter; Mr. and Mrs, F. Moser and family, Waterloo, Mr. and Mrs, R. T. Orr and family,' Mr. and Mrs. H: 3. Ball i Peter and family and Mr, A. E. S.. R. McConkey and Miss Margaret McLennan, Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Beal, M'r. and Mrs. E. V.' Bu- dhanan, Mr. and Mrs• I." D. Patter- son and family and Mr. W. Turnbull, Mr. and Mrs, E. V. 'Corbett and . two sons, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. H. Fergu- son -and two sons Mrs. M. M. Dil- IIicks Mrs. R lc,•i and family and Dr. and Mrs. Tillmann and family, Dr. and Mrs- S. R. 'Thomas., Howard and Dorothy Thomas, Mrs. F. V. Granger and family, 'Mrs. H. Tan- ner and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mil- ligan and daughter, Mi. and Mrs. W. H. Robinson and family, Mr. and . Mrs.' M. Aikenhead and daughter; London; Dr. and Mi s. Harvey Reid and family, Mr. and . Mrs.. C, Kilty and family,. Mr. and• Mrs. W. D. Stevenson and family, Mrs. A. G. Hodgins, Miss M. _Hodgins, Prof. Lloyd, Cecil and Reginald Hodgins. Mr. and. Mis. W. B. Ferguson' and two children, Toronto. Rev.. W. A. Schmidt and family, 'Buffalo; Mr. and Mrs. G. Hodgin and family, Rev. and Mrs. IT. Lang -Ford, Mrs. R. Bricker and little son, Kitchener; Dr. and Mrs. 3..M. Livingston and family, Waterloo; Mr. and .Mrs. J. V. Field and family, Tavistock; Dr. and Mis. Flock and two children, Windsor; Mrs. J. M.. Young and dauahteer, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. G. Cumnghame and family, Mass Jessie Grainger, Clinton; Mrs. Lecky and family', Landon. Mrs. E. N. Hart of ,London is at her cottage. Miss Berthena Sturgeon is attend- ing Clinton Collegiate Institute. Fred . Weston has returned to Clinton to resume his studies at the Collegiate. BAYFIELD Mrs. Cadotte and daughter and MissBust of St. Cl ail Mich., .were thee guests of Mr. and Mrs. -John Pease for few days• last week. 'Mee A. Thompson, Misses Emma and •Gertrude Thompson and Miss Janet Brown of. Toronto visited with Mi. and Mrs. Rdbert Delgaty over the week -end.' Miss Blake of Niagara -on the -lake is the guest of Misses J. B. and 0. P. Rankin. Mrs. G. W. and Miss Anna 'Words returned home last Wednesday after having spent the, summer in 'Bolton Landing, N.Y.; with - the foemer's daughter, Mrs. H. Gorsby. Rev. and Mrs. H. Crosby and three children 'accompanied 'them home and spent a few days with them before going on to Sarnia, near where they have taken a cottage. Miss Ida Reid returned to Detroit last week after baying spent the summer with her brother and sister. Rev. and Mrs. H. Assiter left en Tuesday for Leechburg,. Phi., 'after having spent the past month in- Dr. Metcalf's cottage. Mrs. David Prentice of Toronto came on Sunday to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. Stinson. Mr. and Mrs, C. Plater and chil- dren spent Sunday with Mrs. Plater's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McLeod. Miss Louise, McLeod. who has "been visiting her sister. in Detroit, re- turned home with them ,and is new attending the Clinton Collegiate In- stitute. Mv. Jas. A. Cameron, B.A., Miss Isobel and Master Evans Cameron returned to Toronto on Monday -after having spent the summer with his brother, John R. Cameron. Miss Rubio Fisher of Kitchener was the guest of her aunt. Mrs. F. A. Edwards over the weiik-end. Miss Anna Elliott left on Monday to resume her teaching duties on the Toronto Public School Staff. She was accompanied to tbb city. by Mis- ses Betty and Margaret Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Eric York and little -daughter of Toronto are •visiting Mrs. Yr, •Ice's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. A. Ford King and Master Dotrglae, who have been vis- iting the foraner's• parents, have re- turned to Toronto. Mrs.' W. 0, Richardson, Robert and Ruth, returned to their home in Waterloo last week after having spent the Summer with her father, Rev. R. M. Gale•• Rev. R. M. 1Gale left on Monday to spend part c' his vacation with his brothler in Bay City, Mich. Mr. and 'Mrs. Norval Gemeinhardt and little daughter retuned to Sagi- naw, Mich., on Thursday of last week after having visited the former's par- ents. Mr. and Mrs..A. D. Barr, who have spent the sununer in K. Mcorebouse's cottage, returned to their home 'in Windsor on Tuesday. Mr. David Dewar, Jr„ returned hone on Thursday after having spent the vacation on a motor trip with Mr. Wilfred Turnbull who is also a teacher on the Toronto Public School Staff. They went through Northern Ontario and the Prairie Provinces to Vancouver, B.C., down Pacific Coast to Los . Angeles. the Pa e California, through into Mexico, where they spent two days and then turning north they carne home by Cblicago. The trip was a most en- joyable one and they found excels lent tourist accerumodation all along the route which they took.. Misses Elva and Anne •and Mr. Monday'to se - David Dewar left on surae their duties on the teaching staff of the Toronto Public Schools. 'Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Neelin left on Monday, to spend e, few days in To- ronto. • Mrs. Agnes Murray of Detroit is visiting her sons, William and Ron- ald Murray. The old familial; school bell sum- moned the children to study again on Tuesday. morning. Miss •-Isabel Kirk of Glanworth took charge as principal and Miss Margaret Fergu- son of. Egmondville as assistant .for the coming year.: • • • • Mr. P: Dyment of Fordson spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. John Tippet. Mrs. Dyment and two ho have been visiting At the annual fair at Hurdwan- dering, an elephant :dealer -was try;. ing to sell, an elephant which was unsound but which he 'had fixed up for the sale. Noting a native .criti- cally examining the beast, he went to him and said, "Don't say any- thing to damage the sale and if I get five hundred rupees for the ele- phant I'll give you fifty." He got that price and paid the commission Upon- asking the. native how he had become a judge of elephants the native said he had never seen one before and when he showed so much curiosity he was only trying to dis- cover which was the head and'which the tail. This story, which appeared in 'a paper in India, does not seem so absurd after reading the evidence given before the Bea.uharnois com- mittee by Mr. Sweezey and Mr. Aird. Little Quibs of News in General r LQKING,INEWS .�CoI.HuBLC 2r It was the .considered opinion of Arnold Bennett that a well-dressed woman is a civilizing 'influence and a public benefactor. And civiliza- tion like a mere man lags admiringly behind:° The average business at his tory, and not he reserves for tranquility • and ness cares and people, agents, make his, house • During the rough sea caused by the heavy windstorm a ,motor freight- er owned and manned by Chicagoians was sunk near Southampton Satur- day. The owners and one. of the three members of the crew, were rescued by a gas boat from Southampton. The other two mien had got off in the boat's own life boat. The engine had gone wrong on Thursday and•they had drifted about, the storm increas- ing their danger every herr. The owners said they -vera on their way theboat an that d to Miami, Fla., represented their entire fortune. They carried no insurance. you in one minute." „ The other fellow, quietly: "Well, from what I know of you, i 'should, judge you wouldn't say so unless you were dead sure of it." Osnabruck Centre, a small village in Stormont County, was swept by fire on Saturday, two persons injur- ed and thirty people left honieless, the .fire being started by -two 'young boys playing with matches. The newly -formed ,National ermnent in England has not the 'power without sanction of parliament to impose new taxation nor itas it power to reduce iby order -in -council the dole. Many economies, however, will be effected. u pick- ed youths A couple of HamiltonY 1 ed up a bomb on the grotutds c' the Canadian National Exhibtion on Sat- urday, and u with the a tokathote o tosee what took an axe to open it was inside. It exploded, injuring both boys somewhat, though neeser- iously. Three St.'`Marys boys attacked a 'traffic officer on the highway near Barrie on Sunday evening' but the officer succeeded in . holding all three until assistance arrived 'when they were placed lit ;custody. • man transacts his The Toronto street railway shoeved office, shop of fa - a defieit cf nearly half a million last at. his house which year and this year it will probably domestic peace and be double the' amount. The Ottawa freedom from bust- street railway has passed its divi- worries. It is other ' dead, In smaller cities electric rail - pedlars, etc„ who their place,of bust-. ways have been riing ed. It p, rather mean to bring the matter up, mess. but what are those people doing now who, some years ago, tried: to stam- pede the people of Ontario into a vast extension of radial lines?' They are giving advice :on other things. • Sherman may 'have been all fight when he said - war"is :hell, but he only added to the difficulty of.char- acterizing a Quebec election. Labor leaders are men whose busi- ness it- is to see that when times are good wages shall go up and when bad wages shall not go down. ' ' There is a reason why Bernard Shaw should approve the Russian ex- -periment, ' In one respect at least, it 'carries out his ideas. In the long, preface. to his play, "Getting Mar- ried," written in 1910 he says: "The husband, .=then,' is to. be : allowed . to -discard his' ' wife when he is tired of her,and the. :wife 'the'husband n when another man; strikes' het fancy?" to tell who did cry the last."O gl in the I Sept. 3,"1662, 'be sold three "hulloes" One must reply unhesitatinglyan recd*ds. in `his diary that "it d The auctioneer's hammer with his going -going -gone 15 a very old insti- tution, but not so old that it had no predecessor. Three b mired years =ago in England auction sales were conducted by the inch of. candle. The last bid made before the flame went out was the successful.one. "Need- less to say, it was . hard fee 'the auctioneer' to get bids until the can- dle was well -Bight spent. On Nov. 5, 1660, Pepys sold two ships in this way and . observed how they (the -prospective bidders) "do invite- one another. and at last how they- all do rcry and we have much to -do It is estimated• that; -the death rate front floods in China has rcaehed 250,000. affirmative; for if we are to deny every 'proposition that can be stated in offensive terms, by its opponents, we -shall never +be able to affirm anything at alt" and Things "are not what they seem a, seine things never will be so long 55 theycover -'peach .:baskets•with .. red 'gaue. .'S ... was pleasant to see bow backward men are et first; to bid, arid yet when the candle is going out how they bawl and dispute • afterwards who bid the 'most first. And here L. observed one man cunnmger. than? the 'rest 'Oat ` was 'sure 'to' bid the last man and to carry it; and in. quirin . the reason he told me that. just9,t just as the flame goes out the .yinolte, descends, which is a'thina•'I never observed before, and by that h¢ de The 'bully savagely: °I can' ]tilt '.now. -the instant when: to bid, last, STANLEY An event of interest to a wide cir- cle of friends took place in Church- ill United church on Wednesday, Au- gust 7th, when Isobel' Irving Mac- Dougall of Hensall and William Mc- Ewen of Stanley township were uni- ted in marriage, The ceremony was performed by the brattier of the groom, Rev. John McEwen of Churchill. • -+- Rt. Hon. 3."I1. Thomas, neeretary for the Dominions and Colonies in the new British Cabinet has.resigned as the head of the National Union of Labor men. The exeeutive de- manded that he resign from the cabinet or as head of the' Union. He preferred to retain his place in the cabinet..: -r-- • Montreal is suffering from -an -epi- demic of infantile paralysis • and has appealed to those who have suffered from the disease to give a pitetioin of their blood for the manufacture of serum, The 'bride was smartly attired in blouse ered of egg -shell of avy pe lue andwith hat Organization for the world's -grain of black felt with ostrich mount. exhibition and conference to be held She wore a fox fur and a corsage of at- Regina next year will continue, Premier roses, according to a statement issued at After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Regina following a conference be- McEwen left fora motor trip to To- tween the executive committee of onto, Niagara Falls and othler points, the show and Hon. Robert Weir, De - in will reside on the groom's farm minion Minister of Agriculture. Con - in Stanley. sideration to proposals either to post - The bride is a daughter of the late pone or cancel the exhibition was to yen Mr, and Mrs, Peter MacDoug_ have been 9,t pY Th statement contained hint all of Hensall and a niere of the late Dr. Fletcher of Thames Road church, who was in 1918 Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Mr. McEwen is active in all community work, particularly in church and educational interests. A host of friends unite in wishing Mr. and Mrs. McEwen many years of happy married life. Mrs. John Pearson was a visitor in London for a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Waiter Holmes. Miss Helen and blaster Bobby Holmes have returned to their home in London after spending the holi- days with their grandmother, Mrs. John hn Pearson. ilmanr of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilman'. Moose Jaw spent the week -end with Mrs. James Thomson. has o Ripley le 1 McLeod f P Y Edward Mr. D duties in returned to his teaching dt s S. S. No. 10. Miss Anna Caldwell of Rochester. N,Y., is spending her holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Caldwell. Mr. and Mis. Wnt. Baird and Thel- ma of Toronto, spent the week -end at the home an* Mi. Gen. Baird. Miss W'ightntan of Nelson, B.C,, was last week the guest of Mrs. Thomas B. Baird, . Mrs, Frank Hobson of St. Thomas spent the week -end with 'her sister, Mrs. Thomas Snowden.' Mr. Robert Penhale motored to St. Thames on Monday last. • Mr. and Mrs., Geo. -Coleman visited friends on the Salable Line last Sun- day., • Glad to report that Mrs. Thomas Snowden is recovering as quickly as can be expected. Mr, and Mrs. Legge of Highgate and Mrs. Butcher are visiting'rela- tives and friends on the second. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1931 FIFTY YEARS OF BU.TTER, CHEESE 'AND EGG• PRICES ,, Average• wholesale -prices of finest quality Butter, Cheese and, Ilgis, from 1880 to' 1930 inclusive, `taken from the Montreal market report as appeared, in the- Montreal "Gazette" (froth 1880 to 1887 inclusive and. the Ottawa "Farm Journal" (firm 1138 to 1930), on or oc ot.r about the dates given. Compiled. by W. E. Stephen, S r Y Treasurer of the National Dairy Council of Canada, Ottawa. YEAR ,BUTTER CHEESE EGGS June Dec. J Dec,.June Dec. June 16th 16th 15th 15th .15t'h ; 15th 1880 1881 1882 " • 1883 1884 85 18, .1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891, 1892 '1.893 1894 1895 1896 ' 1897 1898 19,99 1900. 1901 1902 ' 190:3 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1918 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 • .1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 C 0 c 21.50 26.75 10.75 21.25 25,75 ' 9.25 23.00 24.00 10.75 12.75 20.50 26.75 10.25 1,1x.75 20.00 23.75. 9.25 11.75 20.50 18.75 11.25 9.00 17.00 24.00 7,00 12.00 18.75 22.25 9.00 21.50' 25.75 9.00 19.75 23.00 9.25 18.75 22.75 8.75 18.75 23.50 ' 9.00 ,17.75 23.25 8.75 18.75- 23.25 9.25 18.25 21.25 9.00 15.25 19.25 7.25 16.25 18.25 7.00 17.75 1975. 8.50 16.75 20.25 7.25 17.00 21.50. 8.50 19.25 21.25 9.75 19.25 20.25 8.75 19.75 22.75 10.00 1850 21.25 10.50 16.75 20.75. 8.25 18.75 23.50 9.50 21.00 25.25 '11,00 20.75 27.75 11.75 22.26 27.25 11.25. 22.25 26.25 11.50 23.25 25.75 11.50 22.00 30.75 11.25 24.75. 3L00 11.00 25.25 28.75 11.75 24.75 27.25 ' 13.00 15.50 26 27.25 38:50 16.75 17.50 21 48 28.75 .42/75 16.50 25.00 26 60 38.25 42.25 21.75 21.25 35 54 44.25 50.50 22.75 24.50 42 64 ' 52.75 68.00 29.50 30.00 48 80 56.25 52.75 28.75 26.25 56 85 29.50 40.50 15.50 19.25 38 55 35.25 37.25 16.25- 19.50 34 45 32.25 42.00 16.25 18.25 33 50 33.25 34.75 16.75 19.00 31 46 35.50 42.50 19.50 22.25 34 45 37.00 40.25 19.75 18.80 36 46 34.50 37.75 18.00 20.75 33 46 35.25 40.75 20.00 20.75 34 58 37.50 40.75 19.00 18.75 36 62 27.50 29.25 16.25 11.50 37 45 20.50 11.25 22 C c e 12.75 11 25 12.25 14 25 14% 25 , 16 30 16. • 21 20 22 ' 12 26 10.75 13 20 11.75 . 14 21 10.75 13 23 9.75 13 25 11.00 12 20 10.5 .. r.. 10 17 7,0.75 11. 21 10.25 9 14 8.75 10 15 9.25 10 21 10.75 ' 10 21 9'.75 ' 12 • 23 12,00 13 • 22 11.25 13' 20 10.00 12 26 •12.25 14 ' 25 10.75 ' 14 28 10.25 15 25 12.50 17 27 ' 12.50 17 25 ' 12.75 18 28 12.25 19 32 11.75 21 83 ' ° 12.00. 21 35 14.50 22 37 ' 12.00 • 23 32 13.50 22 38 ' 45 Plans FOT World's Grain ia. In .1877 he was united in mar - i riagel to Miss Ella Willson, sister of Exhibit at Regina tie late ()Miss C. Willson, of Seaforth, who passed away in 1902. In 1912 Mr. Scutt was again married to Mrs. Shortreed, who survives him, but; who has been an invalid for some years. He is also survived by two sons and one daughter, Roy Scott, of Peace' -River; Clarence Scott and Mrs. Walter Pickard, of Vancouver. GODERICH: "The College Flap- per," sponsored by the Goderieh Lions Miss McRae02 ire NI ss i nd directed b dub Y 'Barrie has a number of cases of typhoid, the disease 'having been .trac- ed 'ito a certain afternoon tea and a'' salad served at it. • , Sir Hall, Caine, noted noveliest, has died at his home, the Isle of Mann, aged seventy-eight years. His. books, which were most popular twenty-five or thirty years'ago,:had their setting for the most. part in the Isle of Mann. . daughters w her parents returned home with her husband.- Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Kenyon and Lawrence Kenyon left on Monday for. their home in 'Middletown, Ohio, af- ter having spent August at the Rita Hotel. Miss itachael Taylor end Miss' Ada Bingleywho • motored to Winnipeg returned to the"village on .Tuesday, Miss Bingley left' far her home in Detroit: on Wednesday. Mr., and Mrs. E. W. Hewett rf De- troit re occupying one of the Box cottages. Mr's. H. .A. Lawson Florence and Harry of Stratfot;d and.Mrs. Gery of Windsor are at their cottage. Miss Charlotte, Haggard. and 1VIis6. E. M. Teizisky efeDotroit-'are stay ing with Mrs. Geo. Little.Dr: -. and Mrs.. W. G. King and daughter, Betty, and Mrs. Cneney'of Detroit , are -etthe fornter's cottage, "King's 'Sniff." Mr. -.and Mrs. H. McLaren and two daiighters returned' to. Port El- gin on Sunday ' after having visited Mrs.:McLar•en's. sister, Miss J, Stir- ling M 1 Mrst Stemen and Mrs, Angus_'left on Monday for their 'tome the conferees: The noUniversal Producing Company, was that the project would be abandoned. an outstanding , success Thursday It reed: . "Matters of interest to the exhib- ition and conference were discussed and presented to Mr, Weir who, in night. The program opened with a special baby pageant "Take Me Back to Babyland," in which Miss Mary McKay was dramatic reader. A num- n.t lee in cos- . Hochildren ins turn, will present them to Rt I bei of littlesleepmg R. B. Bennett, Prime Minister of tunes made a fitting background. Canada. GODDRIOH: The Goderich "The organization will continue as Board of Trade met on Monday night in the town 'hall. F. E. Hibbert, chairman of the Retail.Merchants' Committee, reported that nothing de- finite had been arrived at regarding trucks cutting in' on the railroads in the carrying of freiglet, except that it was suggested that the merchants get their freight and express by Rt. Hon. Ramsay MacDonald, %ho last week resigned` as premier of Great Britain and head cf. a Labor, government and was immediately asked by the king to form a national government with: the other political parties, has been asked iby his con- stituents', to resige. , Ile refuses to do so until,. the present .,task facing the, government, that o1 bringing the natice's financial affairs to a. satis- factory basis, is accomplished. The Pope and' •th Italian. Dictator usual." The press was not admitted to the meeting, but it was learned that the members of the executive attending were unanimous in the view that the 1932 exhibition should neither be postponed nor cancelled. The meeting was thoroughly re presentative of the executive. Mr. railroad if at all possible, GODS" Weir, who is chairman of the nation- RICH: The matter of rais- al committee of the chairman of ing funds to send R. Stoddart to the organization, did not attend the the Dominion championship games in recent it was was discussed ata e't 'Winnipeg ' capacity, R that Y>g eetin in Pp 'meeting learned. IIs attended solely as the meeting of the Board of Trade and Minister of Agriculture for the Do- a committee appointed to canvass minion and, it is understood, having the citizens to raise the necessary a- head the arguments of the members mount. of the executive as to why the ex- CREDITON: Mrs. Magdalena hibition should be continued, con- Beaver, widow of Charles Eilber, is sented.to present these views tc Mr. Crediton's oldest mother. She was Bennett when the Premier comes 't6 born in Pushlinch township 84 years the city."• go and came to Crediton a little aver For some days it has 'been rumor- thirty years ago. She was twice ed that the 'exhibition was 10 be married, first to A. Martin, to which cancelled. The ground,. it was stat- union three. children were born. Mrs. ed, was that, because of the economic Robert Watson, Wawaneso, Man., Al. difficulties with which the Dominion fred Martin, Maciclln, Sask., and Mrs, is faced it wouldbe unwise. te, cons ,Albert Morlock, with whom she' lives tinue the 'heavy expenditure neeea in Crediton. She was later married easy to carry the show through to a to Charles Either who, died 28 years conclusion. - ago. The old lady is quite. active and conversant and delights in reminis- ing on the early years COUNTY NEWS CONSTANCE Mr. and Mrs. S. Munn, Mt•, Charles Colcl.ough and Master James Att- wood of Blenheim spent the week- end as , i se guests at the lady's sis- terr Mrs. Robt. Grimoldby. Miss' Kathleen Allen of Blenheim, who has spent t11e past couple of mantes withher sister, M s. Har- old Colclough, ` .returned home on Sunday. :rift.. " and Mrs. "P. Gardiner of London spent Sunday with Mi. and Mrs. B. Stephensoli. Master Mac Stephenson:: of Brus- sels .who: has spent' the :summer va- cation with, his : grandparents, Mr, and Mis. Geo.Riley,'returned home on:Sunday.; Mr: and Mrs: W.Manson and Jr,, Mrs. W. Milison, 'Sr.,; Cleveland, Ohio are spending .a few days at t1le home o+: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lindsay. ;School re -opened on Tuesday morn- ing lvith our teacher, lttiss Viola Morrison, re-engaged for the ccniing term. . • Mr. Lorno'. Lawson of Toronto spending his vacation -at the home' of his .parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Law- 'SEAFORTH: The remains of i WEALTH IN STRAW James Scott, a former well-known'bus. Several farmers near Raymond, were brought of of reaffroh, which here from Van - Alberta, have laid aside their com- ' to couver, 'B.C., were buried on Tues- bines nd fitted gedin,p old binders td day in the family plot at the Matt- land Bank ,Cemetery; The funeral, that the straw would balance the which was under, Masonic auspices, labor-saving or the cc`nbine. They took place from First Presbyterian will feed the straw to live stock and Church, Rev. Irving B.'Kaine office get fertility' in the manure, A iateig: Max. Scott was 84 years old municipality in the dry district of and until the past year 'had enjoyed Saskatchewan propose to make an remarkably good health. Last win- f advance of. $2 per ton to those who he underwent"a serious operation � will stack their straw for winter anter feeding. deceased regained his health. Te- 1 It is difficult to,get rid of the aid deceased was . e of ofe pioneer laterRe-1 1 idea that straw is an encumbrance best Scott, One r the raatneer rests to be burned or left to spoil. on the born •atf theHuronhTeactand was I ground. Straw has not a high value born •at Banat Head. ,the Seat home stead at Roxboro, in 1847. As aI as a feed arid should not be fed a- • un g man. be. engaged in the- piano lone. It is however true economy, yo gwhether in the Bast or. West, to fern business in Seaforth is partnership.iait back to the soil in some fashion. with his brother, the late Archibald • Scott. The firm,: Scott Bros., also operated the first electric light plant in Seaforth, which was continuedin operation until the advent of hydro. Besides his business -operations here Mr. Scott was interested in real es- tate, owning extensive holdings . of farm! lands in Manitoba and the Peace River -district. At his death he wasthe owner of the Scott Bloc's one of the Oldest and best-known` Some, lousiness ,sago Mr. Scott s tn-- ed into manure .by the ad - 2r ears ago, Scott xalnoved to` turn. straw ydition of small quantities of chemi- tl West and had resided in Edmon The chemist of the Ohio Experi- ment- Station points out that each ton" of straw • contains about ten pounds cif nitrogen, four of phos- phoric acid and twenty of potash. Mixed with the 'stable manure it be- comes an absorbent for fertilizing elements, that would otherwise be lost. ,here. live stock are not kept in sufficient numbers a recently dis- covered method makes it possible to ae. ts curbing the winters M Victor-'' eats and, water; on n, P .