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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1924-01-24, Page 4rd ; NU Full wit an di Continue to the end ofe P Ser h.gt :wsele's :News=record' Tor list of Bargains. Because' o pax `Icl':• gc, t>rtd. varied stock most .et the lines are still on sale; Chile Nae SP,eeial • attractimts in 01 Yw .`�pw a6 $e, per X011.... "ap - Kiper. during' ,£ani&iy 20e. toner i, Wools an 1 Paper 'Departtr.cnt. vltlr paper c will also take your order re hand• Olaf SVa11 d 1 cuivar = at 121 relit , er roll instead of S 'cents IS A GENUINE SA CLANTON THE REASONS FOR NO MORE . Asseini41y as the supreme com,rt of. the VOTING' Rev, Alfred Gandier, D.l) , Modeed- tor oi', the "General Assembly of the PresbyterianChurch, gives !the follow- i1g reasons why there ,cannot..be and. ought not to be another vote :ort Church Union: • Anti ,Unionist writers, arid streakers are now, calling for another vote' of the Presbyterian peeple on the ques- tion of Church. Union." and asking, "why not trust the people?" thereby suggesting ' that the ,Committee o0 Church Union are afraid to trust the people. I feel it naoessery that the Moderator, of the Assembly should make a clear 'statement: 80'to,,the present .situation and spears with con_ plete `tfrankpass on the' 'whole ques- tion of,alotlier vote." ' 'L .The people ',have been trusted and trusted fully: By their own dir- ect vote' and through• their represen- tetives-in Presbyteries and General Assembly the people have elearly.in dicated their will. They. voted direct- 'ly at the only time when according to our Constitution they . could vote, namely before action was taken "by Presbyteries 'under the Barrier .Act. `Before the ?rileliyter'ies and Assembly took anal: action. under the Barrier Act, net only were all the people in- vited•to'vote for or a*must Union on •.the present basis,. their were distinctly told that this' Was the final vote and `that the matter Was, now to be set- tled." Thus ''challenged to 'express their. mind, twenty-two. per' cent. " of the Church members voted' against Union,.' while of those 'voting there was a majority of 40,000 in favor of 113100. More than 100,000 'did not vote and''thereby declared' their wit- lingness to accept the decision of the majority of those who did vote. In the light of -that vote:of.the peo- ple, the Presbyterians by a majority of 58 t0'18 voted in favor of Union on the present 'basis, and :the General Assembly,,bya similar vote of 4 to 1,' passed .the, TTnion• proposals into a permanent enactment of the Church. Since that decision the Assembly -it- self could not change the Church's polity on Union without referring the matter' to the Presbyteries under the Barmier Act. That • the Bresbyterc res'would rot entertai i n Such npro- posal for one moment is, evidenced, by the fact" that lass ,spring out of 56 Pres+byteiies considering the'question 52 overtuzied the;Assembly to proceed forthwith to the' eonsuntmation, o0 Union, _ Let it be' remembered 'that Presbyteries are' thoroughly 1'epresa entative, • everyreongregation in ' the laird being:represented 31 'the Pres- ^., bytery by its Minister and ane rep- resenthtive Eider. , • 2. The etiestien of Church Union having been ' finally decided by the Px''esbyterian ' Church in Canada through a vote of her members and adherents, followed :liy the constitu- tional action of the Pr'esbyter4es un- der ,the Barrier 'Act and the General Church, the Assembly of 1923. -gave final instruction to.the Union Commit- tes and the time is vast to ask,' any- one to vote on this natter.' 3. Th ,Assembly 1lavipg decided to proceed forthwith to ,the consumma- tion of Union'` instructed its Union Committee, in co-operation with` simi- lar :Committees from other negotiat- ing: Churches to put the Bills in final shape, secure their enactment and take all^.other steps necessary, to emery outithe decision of'the Church. Do Ariti-Unionists believe tiiat'the Union Committee could ignore the instruction Of. Assembly, take natters into its own hands and instead of ,g'o- ing' forward as instructed turn ,aside On a tack of its-owir and call fpr-. an. othor'vote? That would,be not only a divisive but a subversive course such as "has; never even been thought of in the -Whole history of, our Church, and would leave' us without, Church. Government oe , Church order giving the whole situatibn over .,to chaos. .4. Even were it possible, another vote would do no good, There would still be a majority and a minority, and promineet anti -Unionists heve,de- dared- that no matter what the na- jority'they would' not enter •the Un- ited Church. No one couIci', give pledges that another vote, whatever the majority, would''pfevont a sjalit, anti no pier given by'pay.oiganiz_ ation could be held to ibtl" •binxing.. 5. 'A, fate vote could not how be taken.. Thousands of our Presbyter, tan.7aeeple, the very ones most inter- ested. and whose rights ate most eon- cerired in the verdict, are now in Union Churches and would be 'dis- franchised. The Presbyterian "Church in Canada, having decided her .policy, 'fornmallydeciared that:decisien to the ether negotiating Churches and en= couragged local Union adiong congre- gations 'wherever it 'was though des- irable, nrrlviding them with a Con- stitution "until the Organic '(Jninn of the three negotiating Churches is eon- eumsnated." •.:More than twelve: hun- dred pastoral charges ' with : some three, thousand congregations` have taken our Church at her word and' have entered •into Union in all good faith, To go to the people now for another vote would be' to ask wheth- er- our. Church is 'to be untrue toco- venants ; solemnly made: with others after long and careful, coarsideratlon, and believed to be necessary to the most. effective''service,;, n'the part of out : Canadian' Churches. There;.; are shine things the Piesbytertan•'Church In, . Canada floes note do and one of them is to ask questions of.herself or anyone else as to whether sire is to keepfaith - or not. Some have recently'.sngg'ested that Parliament should-order-anpther Vote. 'Do they know what they are suggest - Ing? Nothing less than that Parlia- ment should- dictate ehe policy and procedure of a particular Church, The duty of Parliamentas to see that the Churches applying for " legislation Gare is or IV ltei ia1s cleanse .wlh SURPRISE, Iee1 loft and 'well washed; and; carry ` `tale truly - clean , GO p(i:�4asi.ng, to t'31 se keeper. , i' ,1 Zi,r,, t e .tloliteter dy¢ ractdn#,,'0 <iny 'Woul l rajse.a. far bigger ques- tion than th�it of the present:Church Union and one in which all the -Chur- ches era, 'equ flay s concerned, -namely the whole question of spiritual Trec-, dour- and of state control in religion. If 'Parliament• can decide the -polity and procedure of the Presbyterian Church and 'demand' that it be:other than Presbyterian, then Parliament can do the 'same with the .Anglican and 13aptist'' aper Methodist and Rd - man Catholic and all other Churches in;Canada. That would be Erastian>" ism unheard of in modern times, and the spiritual freedom, for "which the Scottish Churches `pave contended since the Reformation and which they, have now Tully attained would' be at .iii end in Canada. No one intaginee that any Logisiature would.: assume such responsibility ifit could. Let me say, further, that I depre. sate the tendency: to magnify the diffi- culties in the way, and to overesti- mate the :oppositions that eieists to the policy of the Church. At the ' Union of 1875 the feeling ryas, just as 'strong as it is,toclay and the opposi-: time relatively as great. At that time there was alt appeal -to the Courts for :an injunction to prevent the negotiating Churches from apply- frig forlegislation, 1 •i the legislation was opposed in, Parliament and in the Pro- vincial Legislature, the ease was tak- en: to the Privy Council, there were many and dire;forebodings, of evil; but the legislation, was:: secured and the Union effected. Ultimately all the non-concurring congregations came into the-ittion,;the fears of the, Anti -Unionists of that clay were clis- credited 'awl the .highest., hopes of•. the Unionists, far more t1t11 realized. Every great 'forward .movement .ie. an _adventure of faith, end were the. counsels of the faint-hearted to' pre-' tail the Church would be permanently static and her new needs never net. pzesidepit, G. McCartney; dire F M Iierchor J, Czrlty, ort ofe` olfrirop, J Ilayt Jqh 1s � x0acifoot of Tu9'j sinllt :'.y� l[zhaol J ��+w Mason fox;J ujle t;,J. it Intos'ii �1 J ' Sutherland W. Iartty fox Sofoath; secretary;: M. &orle wk; 'tre surer; R. M. Jones. The'ser tug^'fair wily be held as usual on April 2, and the fall fair on the Thursday and Friday fo1- loy ing the' Londpn vhtbition, t rest Presbyterian ,Sunday school; =SeaEorth, has just completed a. sue-' 'bdssful'year, $494:78 haling. been oon-'. tributed for the ,,general. fund„ and $70,20 for missions, with a balanceof ,111' the 'treasury." The. present staff of::teeehers,was re' -elected by ac- clamation, The secretary reported 161'on'the roll and an ,average at- tendance' t-tendance=gf 1267 The; eaforth Ile Cro3s Societyheld S. d it„ annual meeting for the election of officers in the Carnegie Library on Thursday,when the following wore. e- lected: President, Sire. F. Hohnstead; finh, vice-president, Mrs. H, 4. Gib- son, • second vice-president,- Mrs. A. Scott; secretary, Mrs, L. T.-DeLaeeq; treasurer, Mrs. J. G. Mullen; execu- tive committee, Mrs G. A. Sills,Mrs. W. Duncan;' Mrs, C. Stewart, Mrs. T. H. Brown, Mrs...II, Edge 344,s, J: Pinkney,'Mrs. F. H Larkin, .Mrs. C. Eberllart, ;Miss'Grieve, Mrs. '11 P. Ir- win, Mrs. 5..4, 13ure,ows'and Mrs. J. B. Thompson. The 'amount raised ng theyear during 3 8.34 Mrs. riwas •8 1 F J. Burrows was appointed to rep-, resect The Society at ,the annual meet- ing of the council of the 6ntario Di vision..being herd in Toronto this week:, J'hsriiarriage took place on Thurs-. day, January 10th, at the home of the bride's parents, Godeeieh, of Miss E- thel G. Nairn, daughter of Mr.' aril -Mrs. Chas, A, -bairn, and Mr. R.. Cockburn Plays, son Ot. Mr. and Mrs. -R. C. 1 -lays. The young couple wilt reside in Goderich. The groom is junior xriember;.of the lady firmof. Hays and Hays.'" Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bois of Sea. S tl e 1 b ted t] . g ld "'_ WHAT A .TEN SPOT . CAN DO IF C;IV.e.N-A GOOD CHANCE Last week there 'was a little gath- ering in ath-ering'in town of a few -of our promin- ent' man at Eddy Jones': Eddy, keeps a boavdirie: house. Around the table at leis wife, Mrs. -le -hes, TIM •Lyman; who rune a dry, goads store end finery thole Mr.. Horrigan„' the baker; Eddy Becjlctett,'the flour and feed .and coal dettle', and Mr. Hemp' the grocer. When supper was over; Mr. Jones Look 81,0 one of his pocket and hand - "ed it.to :Mrs..Jones with^the remark that here 'was 310 towards the $20 he had promised her. Mrs: Jones hand- ed it to Mr. Lyman,. saying, "That pays for the new hat I got- on Christ - 1110.S. - ”' •. Mar. Lyman, in turn, handed it to. Mr. Honey, the . grocer', remnrlring that it would 1 just ever his grocery ac- count, ' IVIt;; Irony handed it • to Mr. 'H0r11011 requesting him to apply it an Itis `bread accoune,.and' Mr: Harri- gan handed, it to' Mr, Beckett to: ap- ply, on his flour. bill. Edify Beckett handed it to Mr, Jones :asf.-ittg him to credit it*dfi"his board •13111, . Mr. Jones again passed" the bill to his wife saying that he lead now paid the, $20 he had promised her, She, in' turn.' paid it to Mr. I4ormigan to settle her (bread bill. Mr. Ilorxcigen .passed` it on to Mr, Honey.to apply on his grocery account,• and' he handl ed it to Mr. Lyman to pay for those' clothes he got last week for the kids. 1VIr. Lyman passed it back to Mr. Jones; tolling him to 'apply it 'on that note that would be due next month'. Mr.. ,Tones nut the bill back in his' pocket observing' that he had not. sup- posed a greenback could 'go. so hall But supposing• 'Nfis.,. Zones -had bought that hat at a city stereethen the $10 would have !gone out of town and 'never•come back---..Eyehang0. News off Happeningi h the Count Qnd District' Messrs. ;Gordon, Sutcliff and. Har- old 'Warrenee haye :bought. out. the Bedford hotel, Goderich, leasing"the building and pugchasing.the furnish rugs.•, Mr.,Bodfot'd is retiring from business but will remain n citizen - Of the town, ` Goderich town council is up against a -probable 'expenditure of $60,000' for the construction of a new intake pipe. and; the Collegiate '• Institue hoard want to ley plans before 'it;for 'the enlargement of the; school :building. The erection- of a''ihew town hall' 1s' also being discussed, So Goderich taxpayers are likely to be Trent busy for the next fart ,year's finding the "wherewithal" for all these projects. Mrs, E. A. Brock of Wingham fell downstairs and broke her left arm be- tween the'elbow and the shoulder the' other day. Mr. Tony Meahon of. Wroxeter, while driving his team over a` bridge, slipped on: some ice and. fractured his -left,' leg between the knee and the ankle. - The council and municipal ofllcials of Wroxeter presented Mr'. D. McTav ish, for some years village cleric with a'handsone' eheque;peior :to his re.: moval to Brussels where he has taken the position of Manager of the Far men's Co-operative store, Thos.' McKenzie of. Goderich passed away last week at the age, of seventy. seven years.;;' He ,is survived lby,jrie° wife and two., daughters: Mrs. Walter Duchangn,of.Toronto and Mrs. Edwards of'Goderich. The annual meeting or the Seaforth Agricultural,. Society was field 'in,the garnegie Library Ari ptturday.. The, reports 3tcrseni,ecl 1yy, the secaetary' and treasurer were meet encOnreging,. there being .a balance of 946 in the•: treasury. The -directors intend tel. -i -i "'To,` `a spscial offort,thi,, time io trod.; tile, the tirdtnberShip, '- Tho followirme e elected:. President Dr 3:%arkiu',", first vt s-prasidentt, T I r e Alteond vice-preeident ii iCa zits, the fie rally int *tir It ar } e e ra re o en anmver- Bary of their >marriage at a • fafnily dinner held In their honors on January 5th at the residence of their eldest son, H. C. Box,', of Seaforth. Mr.' Box. -came to Canada from Loudon, England, in 1852, and settled in Woodstock, where`he lived till' 1854, afterwards residing near Exeter. In 1868 he went to California, where Im remained two years, and returning to sated in Stratford, where, in company with B. MoVeey, he carried on a: fur- niture factory for three years., In 1874 he was married in Ailsa Craig,, by the '1 ev. R. W. Williams, 06 Miss Mary Hartieib, daughter of " John I eetleib,. of Soutlr'Easthope,.corn ng. with his wife to Seaforth ` le 1$75, where they have `since resided, Stanley District •L.O.L. held their Annual meeting in Varna on Tuesday January 80h, and the following off-' cers were elected: D.W.M., Ben Rathwell. D.D.M., Geo. Petty. Chaplain;Geo. Castle. Ree,-Searetary,'Fred McClynront, Fin. -Secretary, Carl ,Diehl: District Treasurer, J. W. Reid. Lecturers, .1e, McMurray, L. Clark, Marshal, J, W. McLeod, Ex -Mayor W. H. "Gurney of Wing - hien " has been appointed chairman of the Wingham Public' Utilities Coin - mission. QUICK GROWING 'TREES FOR • " THE'PRAIRIES .Many :of tbs',species.'which can be. tired on the prairies are very rapid growers, ler "example, cottonwood, willow, Russian poplar and Manitoba maple.. It 'is safe, to say that wood large ,enou h',for fuel can. be grown' :iron any,'these trees within. sire years. -Forestry Branch Bulletin No. 'i5`EBRUA er ROI? AND GtJN i.Ther6 +is interesting reading: for eyexy, sportsman lir the' Pebeuer se cue of: %Rod and Gun in -Canada, eluding;as:'it does stories ate articles denling•.with deer :and m6OSe hunting, fishing' and canoeing; photographing cvtld life,': animal' --stories,. grins and ammunition, talks on outdoor life ar- titles on trapping, and an interesting kennel department. .'``A*Diary, of the Limberleet Hunt- ing Club"' by :iia -cold` Tarlton'is'a'good account;, of this flourishing' club and ie .written ,in em Original style: 'Bon- nyeastlea Dale`' the well lhiown Cana- dian ,paturalitt of Nova Scotia' Contin- ues •his, atticlh ori "Camera- Hunting bofo1`e.,<the' ISS'eason opees in Nova Scotia";which' is written with the au- thor's t ease and ability which" make his contributions= outstanding. "An Indian Enoch Arden by Martin Burt tee is an -Interesting ' yarn; while "Touring the " Wilderness by Ray Brayle '-is an article dealing with the outfit necessary" for .a trip into ' the, ; wilds which Will,be of interest "to all ,I those who- are planiantg trips, - J. W. Winson has his first aeticle "Bird and Man", which bperis':a seriee,on Cana- dian Birds, • 10" subject on which' this wrIter'is;an authority, M,' U. Bates, a trapper of., long experience :has his department ,,filled with interest' for the trapper, while F. V'. Williams has contributed en amusing account of ";A, Tale' Twice Told." „W. C. Motley and•,F; -I3. Walker are also'represent- You can't'' feel' so goon's but whattigt •• will: make. you feel better. •; T `I71`,, ,raziEel; 7 Ste' +,anci 'r h and i4��awere. - e of Can:rdr z<n �� `bll u s r yea pl rlen afrd lort wages whi yldoitli4e that figure.,Ji ants ale presentable 4 tames °, care, a little forethought, a lit of qu.;ries moo 'souse, r'rll prevent thous accidents and reduce both' hue far ng'•eird money losses. .'ln average of 204' aceidc ,TO ported every day in 1923 to th, men's Compensation Board' ;c: direct action '(iy Management a to assist'in !reducing these '"materially for the present- ye too MANY ACCII M ORTCIVIF .Last year stands out in the history - of compensation' in this Province as the year in which there were more. .accidents reported to the -Compensa- tion Board than ever; Before, In 1923 there •were. 61,109 accidents re ported 1by, industry to the Board;' of which 379 Were fatal. :These figures on the basis of accident frequency, contrast unfavourably with the 1922 figures, when 50,411 accidents were reported, of. which 418 were' fatal. The' only consolation in the report is; the tact that' the increase 's in acci- dents of a more minor nature. Up to 19223, the largest" number of acci- dents i•epoxted was in 1920 when there were 04, 851. in 1923 benefits awarded amounted to 86,173,761.74; in 1922,00 05,692,896, 61, and in 1921 to 86,189;263,49. No one will quarrel -with the principle of compensation but the whole cone -nun, it niay ee song i y y a b stand aghast at y b the thought tha4''accidents in inudstry 1'I FIRE -PROOFING WOO Wood is such a convenient ial, on account of the ease wit U. is worked, its relative strep low Dost, and attractive app that if it could be 'rendered fit it would be almost ideal for n?, poses. The Forest_Products atonies of the Forestry Bran pertinent of the Interior, are gating various processes for ing wood resistent to firs. T oratories point out that it is T by impregnation with 'certain ender 'wood fire-t;etardant, th .decrease its natural infiami very, considerably. It can made extreniely.diffieult to igt the 'persistence of glowing can be prevented. This is a 1 Why do you suppose a million customers buy from, the 300 DOMINION STORES each week? They do it for steady savings. DOIVIINrON.buy- ingexperts search the World for high-grade foodstuffs at special prices available only to this largest grocery organization in Canada. You feed your family for less when you have the habit of buying at the nearest red front DOMINION ` STORE. • on'C • less These Dom Richrnello Coffee, Dominion Store's' Spe Brand 1/2 1b, Toy Pail Peanut Butter 11 b. C a Baker's and Cowan's Cocoa I/2 Ib, till 44e3C . Brigger's ' Mare at1 Ib. opyl mal adb 4. 117 e` 1 t' . C jar Fm White Beans s C .,,... ,..,.41b. Riverside Peas 1 rV o. 4.. ..tin ..r. �. RiversideCorn tins S C • Thom ins.. Prince Pint White to Riverside Tonnat- oes 2 tins ei Blue :Rose -Rice .,.. 3 lbs. Special Blend Tea pactsag e b St. Lawrence Valley Jarn, Zaspberr3r and E ,6,05109 '1 .1- Proof that Ford predominatesis fact that 50 per cent of all oar's Ford predominates because it s ttials, of adequate, economical tr Ford has been the pioneer in t dustry; has blazed the trial -in ev sound transportation principle. Ford s;evice is an outstanding predomi nance.t Authorized' For foundwherever motor cars capable, business -like and prom More than .4,000 service statio assurance , of this. See Any Authorized