The Clinton News Record, 1931-11-12, Page 3THURSDAY, NOVli;MB1;R, 12, 1931
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C:�un.ty News
Happenings in the Countg
and District.
S1:AFORTIe: The funeral of
Margaret •(balder, an esteemed real-
- dent of the town or the past two
years and widow of George Habkirk,
of 11/ cKiIlop, whose death occurred'
suddenly, was held' Thursday after-
noon from Cavan Church. Interment
was made in the Maitl indbank Ceme-
tery.. Rev. L B. Keine and Rev. Wt
F. Smith officiated at the'hhurch and
grave. The deceased was horn in
Oxford County, being a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Calder, of
Winthrop, where she spent the most
of• her life. In 1887 she was mar-
ried to George Habkirk, of 14%Killop,
who predeceased her 25 years ago.
Surviving are two Sons, Errol, of
1VInKillop, and Orval, of Winghani.
WALTON: •St. 'George's Anglican
Church was the scene of a pretty
fall wedding, the first wedding, by
the way, held in that church in fifty
years, on Tuesday afternoon of last
week, when Mary Urania, elder
daughter of Mr. arid Mrs. Charles
Pollard, of Morris Township, was
united in marriage to Wiliiam Edgar
Hollinger, of Detroit, son of Mr.
Jacob Hollinger• and the late Mrs,
Hollinger of Grey Township. The
church was decorated for the occa-
sion with autumn flowers and ferns.
The bride's pastor, Rev. F. G. Pic-
kard, officiated. To the strains of
the bridal chorus from Lnhengrin,
played by Miss Jessie Alcock, of Grey
Township, the bride entered the
church on the arm of her father.
She was charming in a gown of shell
pink georgette with lace, over which
she wore a ,beautiful veil of iedey
tulle caught with seed pearls to
form a cap effect, failing in grace-
ful folds, and white hose and kid
slippers to match. She carried a -
bouquet of pink and white carna-
tions and maidenhair fern. The bride
was attended 'by cher sister, Miss Mil-
dred r Pollard, of Brussels, who was
prettily gowned in a dress of flow-
ered chiffon, with large picture hat,
slippers and hose to match and ear,
ricd a bouquet of baby mums and
maidenhair fern. The 'bridegroom
Was attended by; his cousin, Doughis.
Ennis, of Walton. During the sign,
ing of register Miss Winona Frain
of Exeter sang "0 Perfect Love."
She Was attired in a gown of bine.
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A buffet luncheon was serv-
ed to immediate friends of the bride
and bridegroom. Mrs, Cleveland
Stafford of Wroxeter poured tea,
Three cousins of the beide, Misses
Marguerite Bolger, Freida Pollard
and Laura Knight, assisted' in the
dining room, which was decorated
with shell pink and white streamers'
frons a large white wedding bell. A-
mong those who attended the wed,
cling from a distance were Mr. and
Mrs, Cleveland Stafford -of Wrote -
ter; Mr. find Mrs. Alex. Elliott and
Hazel, of Exeter; Miss Winona Frain
of Exeter; Miss Olive Bolger. of
Stratford. The ushers were Harold
Bolger and Harold Bolger, cousins
of the bride. A reception was held
the same evening, -when a happy
time was spent in cards and dancing,
The bride's going away costume was
a tweed suit, with fur scarf and ac-
cessories to match. After a short
honeymoon in Western Ontario, Mr.
and Mrs. Hollinger will reside in
Detroit.
For Third Time Jury Disagrees
Trial of McNeil Brothers For Robbery of Brussels
Bank Again Co Ines To Naught.
For the third time within one year
a Supreme Court jury has failed to
ngree as to the guilt or innocence of
Gilford and Harvey McNeil, accused
of robbing, while armed, the Brus-
sells branch of the Bank of Nova
Scotia, of $6,000 on October 29, 1930.
Last Friday night at 9 o'clock, after
deliberating for 12 hours, the jury
reported a disagreement for the third
time since it retired at 10 o'clock in
the morning and was discharged by
Justice Logie. ,
"Have you reached a verdict?"
asked the court clerk:
"We have not," replied the jury
foreman,
"Is there any chance of your rea-
ching an agreement?" inquired
:fudge Logie.
"There is not."
"You have deliberated a very long
time. When you are deadlocked as
you are there is no use keeping you
up all night. The situation is now in
the hands of the attorney -general.
You have had a trying week and
you are now discharged," said Jus -
Within a year the McNeil broth-
ers have been placed on trial three
times, the proceedings consuming 12
days all told, in February, in June
and again in November.
It was announced by defense
council?. C. Makins, K. C., for Har-
vey McNeil, and Campbell Grant,
who aoted at all three trials for Gil-
ford McNeil, that immediate repre-
sentation would be made to the at-
totney-general to have the prisoners
discharged, Their mother,whose
home is in Regina, awaited the news
of the trial at the home of friends in
.The ,prisoners were much pleased
with the news of disagreement, as
were numerous relatives from Tees- I
rater -and Wialkerbon, who were in,
attendance' at the trial. The prison-+
ers were returned,to the County jail,
hut it was with light hearts and
Jaunty step at the conclusion of four
anxious days.
Court Room Crowded
At the conclusion of Justice. Log-
ic's address, whioh wasstrongly a-
gainst the prisoners, his lordship
told the jurors to 'retire and' that'
meals and if necessary, beds..,would
be provided for them until they had
reached a verdict. 'This was taken to
mean that there was little possibility
of a third disagreement in this ease.
Half an hour .before the court op-
ened at nine o'clock the court noon
was filled to overflowing. At " 8.e0
o'clock the prisoners, ` showing the
effects of a sleepless night, entered
the dock. They were in charge of
Jailer J. B. Reynolds, who has been
their constant attendant throughout
the trial: At 8.55 the jury filed in
nd sharp at nine, as the court
ouse clock tolled the hour, justice
gie took his seat.
Unlike other sessions of the trial,
there were very few women present,
rhe judge's charge to the jury last;
ed exactly one hour and was very
strongly against the prisoners, so
much so that 'strenuous objection
was taken to it by the defence coune
ser, T. C. Makins, K:C., and Camp-
bell Grant, who charged that his
Lordship's summing up was biased
and not founded on the evidence.
The defence also contended that his
Lordship assumed too much.
Justice Logic refused to recall the
jury as, suggested by Mr. Makin.s
"I know that the court of appeal
I is driving the judge to the position
of junior, or assistant defence,couu-
se1, but I still hold it is my duty
I
and my privilege to charge against
the prisoners if in my opinion the
evidence and the circumstances war-
rant it," said Justice Logie.
An extract from a letter written
limn Detroit 'by Gilford to the
brother, Hatvey in Teeswater, dated
Sept. 11, 1930, six weeks before the
robbery, was dealt with at length by
the trial judge. Sentences written
by Gilford read: "I will have to pay
$20 to $30 for' any good reliable
auto --.T have now only $05 left, so
will have to get a couple of pays
under my belt to play safe on th\
job to finish plans and purchases,"
This letter' was taken from Har-
vey's pockets when he was arrest-
ed al his home in Teeswater nine
days after the Brussels robbery.
What Did Dash Mean?
"I will have to pay $20 to $30 for
any„ good reliable auto -et" repeated
his lordship. What does that dash
after "auto" mean? .noes it signify
automatic or automobile.. The pris-
oners' explanation is that .ciphers
were accidentally left,off the :.$20
and $30 and that ie infers .to autont..
bila. Do on believe • that , or do
do you believe'1± has reference to
this dangerous, merderous weapon
which was found, fully loaded under
Gilford McNeil's mattress as he
slept. Why did, he have it there?
Was it one ofthe two automatics us-
ed in the bank robbery? Was it the
gun which Manager Wilmot says
was shoved in his face with the com-
mand, 'Put 'ern up, •or I'll blow your
d ' brains out?"
The judge divided his address in•,
to two parts, the alibi of the defence
which he ridiculed and the ,identifi-
cation of Crown witnesses, which he
commended. He simmered •the de-
fence testimony which he considered
of any importance down to two wit-
nesses, Frank Moore, uncle of the ac-
cused, who swore he was 'talking to
accused on the day and hour, of the
robbery. Tile other was Louis War-
ner, former chief of Police of Tees -
water
His Lordship pointed out that
Moore was a relative of, the accus-
ed and naturally interested. *hen he
was asked nine days after the ?soli
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rale c ou e e au a the dollar blas • Grim -visaged rate undsma,yeil• You
bevy if he knew anything of the shrunk, assail;
Mare and (his ever -lords 1011
dry you
Heightupon eloquent height slew You
scale
Sinhp)y determined ;that peace . must
prevail! '
Life for fie surely will never ' grow
stale
prisoners' doings ori the dayof the
robbery he had replied in the mega
tive, yet he came along a year after
and gave the court a minute account
of being in ,company with his :nep-
hews on the very day add at the
very hour of the eobbery. "Can you'
believe a witness tvho acts in that
manner' asked His Lordship.
Bandits Use Cunning.
"As for Louis Warner, he is a self
confessed thief. You also may think
he is a liar. His explanatioli of how
his fingers teuohed the keys of a
cash register. in 'a restaurant
whereas the trite story is that this
man, while an offieer of. the law,
put his hands into the till of that
cash register and stole honey, Sell
which he was sentenced to a term
in jail, I ask you not to give any
credence to his testimony at all.
"Bank robbers lay their plans
with devilish cunning. They are
aware of the danger of identifica-
tion. The use of masks is not a.Y
popular among them as it once
was. Masks obscure the vision.
There are other ways of disguise
such as to apply grease to the face
and thee adoption for th4 robbery of
a disguised tone of voice," the judge
said, as 'he reveiwed the evidence'
of Manager Wilmot, the customer,
Lamont, and of Oliver, •Sparling and
Denman, all of whom identified the
McNeils as the robbers.
These witnesses, he said, were
disinterested. They were reliable
citizens in good standing in their
community, They were known to
be honest and they had made their
identifications after a careful study'
of the features of the accused: La-
mont, he said, had six opportunities
to identify the accused during the
progrtee of the robbery, and he now
was positive in his identification.
His Lordship warned against
jurymen disclosing their delibera-
tions to the public after the trial,
No juryman or newspaperman
should commit -that blunder, he said,
as he read a ruling on the point of
the British Court of Appeal,
Remembrance Day
{
The guns are stilled along the Wes-
tern front; .
No more their echoes roar.
A hush of peace hangs over all the
Med,
And yet in Flanders Fields the erns-
ses stand
Together, row on row.
The guns are stilled. No more their
fiery brehth
Leads hosts to battle, to conquer or
to death;
Beneath the wide blue sky
The last of heroes have lain down
to die.
The pant and heat of war have pas-
sed.
The world in peace, at last, at hist!
Has laid its bloody arms upon the
grass
Of Flanders Fields, And in the west
The sun, in sinking to its rest,
Is no more red than they.
And now when we, who were so
young,
But now are old --
Old with the ex.perienoe'of long, lung
years of life --
Wen we look back upon this old-
time strife
We can yet hear and feel the pulse
and beat,
The cries of victory, sounds of tram-
pling feet.
And feeling, if net knowing, all of
These,
Our hearts cry out: "We thank Thee
'Lord, for peace," .
PIPES 0' PAN.
TUE TIME TO SPEND:
If governments and municipalities
incurred their heaviest obligations
and made necessary improvements in
time of depression rather than in
boom years, there would ibe some
hope of getting taxes doevn to a rea-
sonable and sane level
Any farmer wbg added a mortgage
to his property, say in 1920, would,
no doubt, compute, that with a cer-
tain quantity of milk, beef, eggs,
hogs; potatoes or wheat, he could
meet the interest charges and per-
haps put something by against the
principal. The debt and the farmer's
dollar at that time .had a eertain de-
finite relation, one to the other,
but that relation was not fixed.
Mile the debt remained, the same,
the farmer's dollar in relation to it
has dropepd to lesd than 50 cents
lrt other words, the mortgage has
doubled in those five years. •
-Governments, municipalities cor-
porations and individuals are all lab-
ouring under a similar burden to-
day. It is human nature to spend.
freely in good tunes, and even our
brightest and most excprienced
statesmen have stepped into the same
trap. The glorious American instal-
ment plan of "easy, selling" has ae-
celerated the buying pace, and all
over this; continent pubiie bodies and
private individuals find themselves
under obligation to pay debts` which
ti
Tom Moole Canada's 5500
and
le labour leader, adds still another
argument why expenditure.; sh•r,u ,!
be made in hard times rather than in
pericels of prosperity. In good times
labour is fully employed' by the var-
ious branches of industry, and pub
lie spending bodies shoeld not then
compete. Capital expenditures should
be made iris times of depression; so
as to provide employment when bus-
nesis is quiet, and thus maintain con-
tinuity in the size and number of the
pay envelopes.
Another good feature of this plan
is that public spending bodies would
not have the courage in hard times
to incur 'large debts. ' Private indi-
viduals would be rotrenehing, and the
electorate would see to it that their
governments pursued a 'policy of
thrift and: economy...—Farmer's Advo-
cate.
Approximately 63,800 barrels of the
herring caught by Quebec fishermen
in 1930 were used as bait.
15L14J QOs O)Woe
a ' HOW MY ' WORLDH
WAGS
By That Ancient Mariner
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Dean D. Hurnldy. 0
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If those Canadian mining -stocks
do begin to rise, won't they he the
old laughing -stocks!
Beth St. Thomas and Milton re-
port second crops of raspberries.
What is Ontario conning to? A saint
and a pont trying to give the rest of
Canada the razzber'ry?
Au ad. in the Nugget, North Bay,
Ont,, calls for musicians to form a
symphony orchestra; then follows an
ad. regarding filing saws and sharp,
ening butcher knives. 1'Io hum! The
old watehward, preparedness.
That Canadian •iblountie who mas-
queraded as a Communist for 10
years might be detailed to cion kilts
and mingle among the Scotch for a
season. Perhaps he'll find out where
all the money went that used to be
in circulation..
The Graphic of Compbellton, N.B.,
carried a story from New York a-
bort the burning of a toy factory,
and of how the dolls were heard to
call "Mama! Manuel Mama!" These
must have been old stock, as the
Modern doll, we understand, always
calls in any emergency for her sugar
cloddy.
"Miss Agnes Macpbeil is en a
speaking tour of western Canada:"
Hail! Hail; Miss Agnes Macphail!
Lone lady treading political vale.
"Arms and the man" do not cause
you to quail,
MOM
While we havewith us Miss Agnes
leracphail,
Canadian. Wheat,
The wheat situation and my sciat-
ica have been bothering"rne quite a
bit Iately. But, with they help of a
loose-leaf note book and a bottle of
turpentine, both troubles seem con-
siderably cleared up now.
I made three efforts last week to
get through to Ramsay MacDonald
on the trails -Atlantic telephone; but
twice 1 got the wrong number, and i
the this'd time the line .was busy, The
trey, reason I diilli't try again was
he ecuee 1 didn't have the money h.an.
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Novo, if the Sovietcaenot fill ';the
grain eontraas, we must still' consid.,
ere the per capita everhead of the old
oaken bucket-
shops,
Despite the teduetlon in railway
passenger ears, this would be fully
equal to Britain's Conservative net
gain, 1'f not more. so, And—expressed in reverse English
---it . plainly shows that . the square
root of all the touchdowns scored in
the Canadian autumn football series
coincides with the upsdard revision
of,piSices for haircuts and shaves.
Which shouldleave a comfortable
margin for cigarettes and chocolates
and possibly peanuts as well.
Thus the wheat situation shows
that the job of the cereal story -writ-
er is no more. As Shakespeare ex-
pressed it: •
Some millions of farmers grew wheat
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IWe thought that they grew it to est.
Birt they put it in. bins
That reach up to their chins,
And they lived on potatoes and meat„
MY LADY MOTORS AT NIGHT
Thanks; all the same, Mr. Longfel-
low! •
"Stars of the summer night,"
You .are old-fashioned quite.
"Far in yon azure deeps
Why congregate in heaps?
"Hide, hide yosn golden light." .
You'll not be hissed a mite,
"She sleeps, my lady sleeps." '
Oh, yeah! Like heck she sleeps,
"Moon of the summer night;"
Watch while her car takes flight!
"Far down yon western steeps,"
Sixty—to 'her --just creeps.
"Sink, sink in•eilver light,"
Paled by her ear glare bright.
".She sleeps, my lady sleeps,"
Sure, kid, dike heck she sleeps.
-Dean. D. Hurnidy,
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In this town are many retailers who could
and should have larger businesses.
The right way to get oe in business is to set
sales mark for the ,year --$5,000, $10,000, $20,-
000, 560,000—whatever is reasonable and within
one's financial ability,
Then the year's objective should be reduced
to weekly and nteanthly amounts, in accordance
with the seasonal character of one's business.
Then the next thing to do is to calculate the
number of sales transactions needed each week
to produce the weekly sales objective. Thus,
if one's average sales transaction is 60 cants,
and if ene's weekly sales objective is $100;
then, clearly, the retailer must have 200 sales
transactions every week, This may, mean 200
customers.
So the retailer's job is to get into his store
200. customers each week—an average of 34 a
day.
These customers to be secured at the rate of
200 a week require to be (1) invited, publicly
and regularly, by advertisements in this news-
paper; (2) informed about the seller's mer-
chandise, prices and service—again by adver-
tisements in this newspaper, and (3) so well
served by the retailer, that they will become
"repeaters,"
Themain thing is customer attraction in re-
quired and pre -determined numbers, and this Is
achieved by interesting and warm-blooded• ad-
vertisements in this newspaper. ,
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