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CLINTON
COMKUNICATIONS the Crown Attorney did' everything in
• his power to associate the punishment
To the Editor of The News -Record: the boy had -received: with his rash
Rarely has the traged3r of a suicide net of self -destructions, notwithstand-
created so mach interest, both locally ing- that the boy's naturally despoil -
and throughout the country, as was dent nature was amply proved by
evident during the inquest over the those who knew him, and: bytheehoine
body of tlie late Charles Bulpitt, a 16- representative who was present At the
soar -cid home. boy employed by. N3r, inquest, and that not nue word of:evi-
J. Benson Cox, of Colborne T. The donee proved, that this boy was abused •-
unfortueate affair is most regrettable, in ails 'WAY, or had ever complained
both because of the suieide of the boy to anyone about his treatment at the
and because ono of our most respeeted Cox home. It was shown that be
citizens has .been' blamed for the bad a comfortable room, warm clothes
tragedy • and sentenced to jail 'ter two and good food; that he only did such
months therefor.: work as he should.be well able to do,
and that he was through -,with his
It may not be out of place tit this work at an early hour in the evening,
juncture for one who, not only .l:cpt 1 Two doctors: gave -unequivocal testi-
Isis dare open at the inquest and also ninny that the marks found on his
at the trial, but also to the expres- i body, .were caused by strangulation,
sions of local opinion from the first; and that those on his hands did not
until now to review the case in order + indicate that he had been v hi ped. In
t a p.
that the larger public mar farm a addition • to all this soveral entirely
more mature jlldgment.eoneerning•. it. favorable testimonies were given by
When .the news of the suicide first neighbors and fernier: employ e:a: ou
tame out, circumstantial evidence/I:he Cox farm.- One of these. a young•
seerecl to point strongly against Mr. man, who had been a house boy, and
Cox, The marks found on the hods who bad lived for five years with Mr -
which might be caused by abuse, the and Mrs. Cox, gale • particularly.
statement of Mr. Cox ,that he had stgongetestiniony in i1tr.•. Colied favor.
:whipped the boy, the early hour that. barn credibly infornoc1 that this
,young roan—Mr. Farrent, now mar-
biecl--nanrod his baby after Mfr, Cox,
whiclifis strong evidence that hit res-,
it was necessary for all hands to rise
'at on thtCox dairy farm, the
seem-
ingly paltry suin that nlr. Cox had
'agreed to pay the boy, and the fact tiniony: was genuine. •
Shut the Iionte.had had same'diii]cul-, a for-
. •in colleetin ' the aniohnt Mr. Cox ,Some of the. testimonies �vhic]t �ot-
Y g s
had' agreed to. pay. two former Home was
employees gave against Mr. Cox,
blab Ito- was manifestly valueless, coming who bad worked for
e the :act that Mr, Cox was f? oat rite class of persons it did.
i therwitlr f l A little incident at the inquest will
,known as a hustler contributed to at- snow .'t e_str i bias Hires of": the
tach blame to Mr. Cox for the death o Ir strpag t
of -ilio. boy. Both the 'jury ' and the Crown Attorney, against Mr. Cox, A
the defo
witness for
press evidently shared strongly in nse was beginning
this feeling. All through the inquest to give very ' damaging evidence zL-
iiesse`s,forthe Crown when he �he eharaeter of ewas
interrupted by the Crown Attorney
who said in effect, "You are prejcdie-
ed against the boy and in favor of M.
Cox, "although :lir. Cox's name had
not been mentioned either by the wit-
mess or his questioner.
Mr. Cox is known as a roan of sterl-
ing character whose word is as good
as his bond, and .who has a ,strong
sense of what is right. •Iris frank
and voluntary admission from first 'to
last thatbe, had whipped the, Loy for
lying r✓as the only evidence against
hint.
The tido of public opinion has now
turned strongly in Mr. Cox's favor..
'It is recognized that, although it ape,
pears to be, strictly speaking against
the law to whipthese boys the fect
that the employers of the Flome boys
and girls ate in a limited though very
veal sense .their guardians, anti are
permitted by the Home authorities to
chastise them, :places; Mr.Cox%` act
of whipping the unfortunate boy a,
.r
to Ulm and strep nen
tto orggans of ri1ligestion and
elinrinatioh, improve appetite,
stop :icit headaches, relieve
halenessA correct eenstii'ation.
he acts promptly, pleasantly,
mildly, yet thoroughly.
Twtrio,' aw
Get2Seet BOXa
Ho* to Wash and
Preserve Woolens,
Woolen garments or articles
cleansed with SURPRISE
,swap feel soft, fluffy, and well
washed. Dry woolen articles
hi, a moderate temperature ,
not in the sun -and do 'not
allow them to freeze. .Sun .is•
injurious to'', WOO, , freezing
causes shrinkage.
.bet rn mdictaok'•ofen4C.
: lid va h reg ,rd, to the l+ y Mshts
boy Wn tit { 1?eeejve tray �qbe lir off ryr,
mer¢,�Int'-
� pard n�ll bow. " 'hut
with all iyeen- lads there, is bound to
be a rage; of smaller debitas :well.
rasa 4r, dk%,•aeCount. `In other words,
ln,
he tE044 a's much darn tge as he is
woath, andif be is:careless and un-
willing, his ' debit, account is' likely to
1>"e:v ry large;. there' are so manq
ways an. indiirerent 'boy can do harm
on a farm. `One. of: the home boys
'who had run away 'from the Ccs farm
Who 'ave. evidence agaist Dir. COX'
as evidently one ot:this kind.'
Si ffice its to say the sober second'
bought t of the local pnblie t;hat`itZr.
Oox's ntence was unwarranted, and
that he is the unioitunate victim- of
'circumstances for whhh.he was •only
Slightly responsible, and strong pe.
titions are hpi lg Iazoely st'gned fol
his spccdyrel u3e,lvoni gaol,
- EV. A. L, ALLIN,
(loclerich, Ont,
DOOb TIIE SMALL TOWN OFFER
OPPORTUNITIES COR
SIICCF$S 1
A common subject of complaint
among small town merchants evei•y-
where is tliat a large Dart of the
trade of their community goes to ex-
clusive city' shops and catalogue lions
et, These inercliants will tell you
that the departmental ,traders could
do better by :baying at. hone and this
is in most cases true. The truth that
applies here is that the average Man
is blind to the opportunities that sur-
round hoes.. The merchant who sees
trade that should be his, going to the
city, neglects the .means at his dis-
posal -of combating that opposition,
In making this statement we will take
the precaution tostick to facts that
we know first hand. ;very publisher
of 'an average Mural newspaper hat
had the offer 'at some time or other of
large advertising contracts from the•
big city stores. The departmental mo-
guls see the value of the weelcly'•press
as advertising media and would be
glad to use urea: if they eould. Row
ninny small town merchants talo fu1]
'advantage' of the, opportunity that is
denied thedepartment store? Some
do net 'advertise at all. Others sel-
dom change 'their ads, the same an-
nouncement .: running month after
month in the local press,— a sort of
monument to the non, progressiveness
'of the advertiser. Others change:
their copy every week but give it only
superfieral attention. Everyweekly'
pian kirows the Claes of tion-advertiss-.
¢r who never invests any money in to
eal newspapers Of Proved worth, but
is always ready to throw: away $5 or
ell() in directory or programme pub-
licity of negligible value. The local
merchants who give -tune and atten-
tion to their newspaper space get re-
enita that are not equalled through.
any ether .class of media but such
merchantsare not always in.the inn-:
jority,
%Iowfetive
said, o t n hear it .aid; and still
-oftener feel it in this attitude' of small
town folks, that• there is no ' chance
toanything , do a yt ti i, worth while in the
rural, community: If you think so,
?12i% plan, it is true sq far as you your.,
self are, concerned, The statement
is usually male from the standpoint
of dollars and emits, Ftom a linen-,
dial standpoint then, Sire money -make
ing opportunitii>s lacking in the coun-
try town? '4rle have in mind a cou-
ple of-brothers
ouple:of-brothers who, graduated from::
Toronto Ilniversity at the same time,
one in Law and the .other in Engin-
eering. They were bright rind far,
seeing chaps. They decided .to ens -
bark. in ,business and took what ap-
peared to be the suicidal step of go-
ing. back :to their old home town, : a
place only half :the 'size of. Welker.
ton to stake: a humble start. In less
than twenty years- they have develop-
ed step by Step one of the largest in-
dustries of. the iTominion of Canada,
employing many hundreds of men.
They are the makers of the Samoa ,
B,T. products, Is this case an ex-
ception? Well, statistics show that
tite average millionaire of the United
States, to-ds'y lives in a' town about
the size of Walkerton. The country"
also furnishes many ''conspicuous ex-
amples,of'small-town merehants who
with . seemingly small opportunities,
have been able, in spite of the depart-
ment story bogey, to win' substantial.,
success bY, measuring up :in dome de-
gree to their opportunities. The same
truth holds good in other lines :of en-
deavor Where. success cannot be guag-
ed by aponey-making standards. In
fact we could point out a few exam -
pies in the town, . of Walkerton. A
man 'who:wotrld make the most of
himself can find oppotttnaities any-.
'where.
Russel II. Conwell, the great. let-,
tuner, drives this home well in his
hook "Acres,'of piamonds,." aptly it:"
lustrating it from -the experience of
the Arab farmer who became obsessed
with the ambition to acquire dia-
moods, In corder to raise money to'
'start a world -wide -search for the pre-
cious stones; he sold his tine farm.
The day after he had given:posses-
cion, the new owner was attracted by
brilliant stone found in the "bed •ol
the creek where the cattle watered. Ie
proved to he a valuable diamond and
this' led .to the opening of the world—
famous Golconda mine. The lesson;
we need to learn is that our mine o2
opportunities,lies at home. Our pot
of gold is in 001 own back yard, not
at the end of the rain -bow. If we
dig, we.wilI win success, A similar
truth was uttered by a successful far-
mer when he said: "There is a better"
farm under every fares."—Walkerton
Telescope.
CANADIAN larATIONAL°RAIL-
WAYS EARNINGS
The gross' earnings of the Canadian.
i'lafional Railways for the Week end-
ing February 7, 1024' were 1;4,321.,334
being an increase of $352,649 or 9
per cent. over the corresponding per-
iod of 1923.
The gross earnings of the Canadian
National Railways 'from January 1 to
Ei eb.s nary 7 have lseen1122,649,821i, be -
mg; a decrease of 284,317 92 ae com-
pared with 4Aferb8Ondirig period of
0 I THE BEST BA
1'he World Had Been Sean
For the 'Finest' Varietya
Z,.
Elier•:r
U, 1. i7. No. ,21 Was Tho
veloped From {hc elandschert>s4T,.
From: Russia—Started„, " Prom 0
Single Seed at'Guglpis Irs 100:1 --
Feeding for lateen.
(Contributed by Ontario Department. pt
AgrictiltUre," rorento:l
The 0.15.0. -llo, 21 barley bas been
such "a marked success Canada
ii'.
1 C l,l L
that a Lew words regarding its ori -
,gin and devolopinent inay:be of 10-
terest to the many, iarnlel°s: g,0:riny'
that grain:
4 world :Search tor tate :lest Barley,:
Duringthe year 1885; the. Field'
Husbandry Department of the On-
tario Agricultural 'College made a
world search tov'the best variety of
barley in existence.: in the spring of
1889, fifty-seven diherent.lkinds of
barley were grown under .test. A
variety from Russia, under the namd
of Mandschcuri,:gave such:good re-
sults in the first and rolipwing tests,
surpassing ail ocher varieties in a
five year:ave'Iage by five Bushels per
acre per annual, That it was multi-
plied fele distribution, In 1892 this
variety, i1•fandsciidui i, was distributed
in
pound :lotsvto eo-operative 'expert-,
menters_titroughoul` Outas'ioans was
confirmed' in co-operative: test for
each of eighteen yeare, It gave snob
.good retuius their Dow tate pound
lots sent' to tile tanners this Harley
was rapidly incls.Lscd until it became'
,the most evtensive:ly grown barley hi
the prow pe
Tire Ciao tscheui'i. ti Great Pother
l'ariety,
in the spring of 1103 t etWeen nine
and ten thou ted selected gr fins o1
the [viitadseheut•i barley 'were planted
by hand, at e7+ia1 dletances Apart. in
tho .exp riiiontat grounds incl
!nettled gave en -opportunity 101' each
plant to show its indlvlduality. At
different stages of growth and when
ripe the 'plexis weed carefully ex-
amined, diad the :most promising ones
were selected and threshed, alter
which_tile grain: from tiro Individual
plants was ozatziiued. ra defilite
number of rains- from each of the
selected phots :were sown stpi,i•iitely,
in
the eerier; of 1994, The best per-
formers, in decreasing ... ntlttlllets,
w,e,,'e continued in the tests from year
to year. Tile plant ' etcctect by the
writer in 1903 iso probably the most
outstandiug individual was included
in the seeding list as naiuber 21, and
the:`progeuy gave such txcellen' re-
sults that it was introduced intothe
co-operative experiments ie the
spring or 1006 where it has been in-
cluded continually since that date
uudor the came of 0....C, No. 21. it
gave such good satisfaction through,
out t Ontario that the tareters -in-
creased It rapidly and 'fur the last
few years there ha., been scarcely a
field of axsy utter' variety -or barley
grown in •thejirovittee. • .
Started from tt Single Seed las 1901L
The 0.A.C. tio, 21 barley, :Thiel:
was started from a 'single seed in
1908 is a six -rowed, bearded barley
With stiff' straw and white: grain of
good quality. In the experi;dteuts at
the College tiro common six -rowed
variety of barleyhas ;been surparsr.d
by the Mandselieeri in a period of
this -t 'ee caverage
ht ars • n.
tya
yield per ;:ole' per bynnum of tn
bushels, and by the 0.15.0. No, 21,
in a period of seventeen ,; 'ars by
eleven bushels. Aceordiog to re-
ports of the Statistics !Wench or the
Ontario Department Of Agriculture,
the'barlcty clop o1' Ontario has chide
au actual increase in yield per (:qre
for the lust twenty-one years, in tort-
parison with the two previous de-
cades of 17.33 per cent.,or an average
yield per acre per finiftim of four aud.
one-half bushels.—Department of Ex.
tension, 0-A.,Coiieg•e, GueIlrh,
tlYoldy- Oretiirery fitter. -
Where dream has been pasteurized,
moldiness of butter is almost always'
duo to surface contaminations which
take place after the batter has been
removed from the churn. The sir
during the summer is always a Po-,
fennel source of :infection, 1004015 as
It is, depeudirrg on the surroundings,
with a larger nr smaller number of
mold spores, Untreated. or Inena-
cieutly treated' print wrappers and
box liners are frequently the cause.
Infection ' hat also been traced • in
some cases to the ; unpara>nned• and
untreated wood of the boxes in which•
thebutter+ Prieto are etoreds Walls
and ceilings of thebox storage space
abovesomo .creanidries, dire to tho
warm andnitltt conditions which pre-
vail' daring • the summer, arefre-
quently green with molds, from
whichcrop lifter Crop of ripened
spores becomes, scattered' around.
Until such time as butterniakers
take complete and tlierough steps to
destroy mold spores, which' otherwise
would 'come in close contact with but-
ter surfaces,<mbidineas of butter will
continue to oceiir,—D. 11. .Tones,
O.A. College, Guelph.o
Control of Ithizoctonia, or Black Scurf
Ivxperimentofo havePotatoes. been conducted'
Tor four years•with the' object of de-
termining if. the , ashount of black
scurf or rhizoctonia can be reduced
by selecting• tubers free- from the
charaeterisiic little black lumps or
sclerotia, end if treating them with i
Corrosive sublimate and what
strbngths.of corrosive sublimate, and
wh.at•immersion, gives the best re -
stilts, in the control of the di1ease.
lt'roui results on these experiments
we recommend immersion bf seed
tubers before they are cut in corro-
sive sublimate of a strength of 'one'
part by Weight to one thousand of
water for two hours•, This treatment
also controls potato scab.—.T. 111.
Howitt, 0: A. College, Guelph,
Featherless 1iens.e.
Hens racy lose their neck feathers
from a Variety of causes. hither
mites, change -in reed, or individual
'cussedness may ceuee feathers to be
removed from the neck.. 1f caused
by a change of: fed you can rectify
this conilltiop. 'It it 1s: a ease of
feather pulling this may be oYerConte:,
•by giving tiro birdd
more' range an
'a little Mer,' animal proleiny,in lire
ration., 15;11 is a•':cage .p1 'elites' you:
'ehouid pitreimee an ointment consist-'
ing of fire parte of vaseli'ne'and ono
part of on of caraway. This material.
eh.aald ,bc thoroughly, tubbed 'Lou' the
gaud a,14egte4 This treatment should..
be stip t1ii 1n three of four days,
tri °ea haw dirfaplreeri'n.,._
F, PRPPAIIAl4ON 01 GRAIN
FOR SEED1N(
• (h:.yperinlental Farris Note}
Inrtn•trin 6 �• grain ioi;'seedln r iu'-
p g 6 p.
9oses a good Tanning mill ie pr rut1 -.1
ally neeessary,: The proper adjust -
:111g of this is chine to 59 the work
required demands care and good
judgement as regards the choice and
arrangement of sieves for the Idnd
of grain to be cleaned. : The size of
sieve wlil depend on the 5110 of grains
to :the cleaned and' also en the nsake
of the,fanniiig• mill used.:' Ifowever,
h any -difficulty is experienced in :vet-
ting' the right ,adjustment, the maker
of the in11 will help
select the right
si.z.b of sieve, 11 he js;furnishedwitha
one pound sample of the grain in
question.
In cleaning grain it is desirable,l t
o
Ilse a top smeve ,ehfgz(2tions Ju
big enough to lik'?' e, lfcrne1s to
pass';ihxo}1ghc "s 1se seha11' and
other Coarse. ^lnitterlat and seeds no
wanted vx ':)ve eatried over Ibe-tot,
rind .deiiver¢d; separately. The air
blast should be heavy' evo•t);h, to blow
dirt,; light kernels. and many of the
weed seeds, clear of the geed'' grain.
`Che' lower sieve should be smaller
than. the topsieve and allow the weed
seeds and broken'- kernels to pass
through. The feed. should be lheavyi
enough to keep the top sieve thinly
covered. This will tend to carry the
rough material over the end. It is
usually teeessary to pass, the • seed
grain through the mill: at least tw,vicc
before a thoroughly satisfactory sem.'
ple is obtained. If oats and barley'
sere the tt lt}�4va oa3rr,, 1lie �Irea±oej, a,
100 int P' F pal>Icy.
ll hon ilia 1 tnlri on',the l,eme 111101 (
is riot sults le ,fol ding•„ scecf
51101ld-�be pnrelissed frons a thorough
ci
ly i,lIdabi'soru•ce arila" prefei'ably reg- mdtiei :1 avariety prnveta
suitable to the distriet.
11 1s no1; economical to sow -ro'orly
"racled seed or seed e ntamin
': 0 g 'weed :+
seeds. Weeds in a crop entail ; direct
loss as they take up space,: moisture
plant .food. They also add to the
cost of harvesting, threshing' and
handling. -�I. G. C. Fraser, Cea.etil-
ist, Central Experimental I'arnr.
are,,present 131 large quantities Wherd Goderich is 'preparing- to collect'
cleaning wheat, it will pay to let a
uses twice a yeas', tha5 is In tw
Fairly heavy flow cove:' the to sieve,
even to the point of..allowing some stalments,;not that a, double tax will
wheat •to pass over in order, to iu- bo collected.
s,
'I
eettE ell` e
NE DOLLAR out of every tan!
` That's about what v
a ort save on
your groceries through DOMINION
STORES, "No Delivery" policy. You
want high-grade foods, at the lowest
price. Why pay for a' delivery wagon
or truck, for oats or gasoline, for, the'
driver's salary? You pay the cost when
a store delivers yourpurchase. do to
the :nearest,red front DOMINION
STORE and savethis money.
ECONOM' ( ,DAY DOMINION SPECIALS
SAGO and TAPIOCA
2 lbs. - - =' -
4-15. TIN SUPERBA JAM
Raspberry and Y Strawberry
1-1b. JAR CRABAPPLE•
JJELLY, - _`
, jar -
PEARLINE
2 pkts. -
AUNT JEMIMA PAN-
CAKE FLOUR, pkt. -
CROWN CORN SYRUP
5-1b. pail -
1'IOMADE. KETCHUP
Large bottle , - -
MINCEMEAT`
• ,
c
PURE CLOVER MONEY
5 -lb. ail - - -`
p ��
LOBSTER
GRANULATED or ,,
YELLOW SUGA41 ns
R
d
10.1145. ,. . _ ..
;GRANULATED or
rV SU AR
YELLO n 004,5
100 1lis,
CARNATION •
CONDENSED MILK is'e
Baby, 4 tins - - - o
CARNATIOItf
CONDENSED MILK _ 9 r C
1& -oz. can, 2 tins - - -a.
BRAZIL NUTS uw c
New, large, washed, 2 lbs.
CANADIAN, PEAMEAL
BACK : BACON':
Half or whole, ib.
CANADIAN PEAMEAL
BACK BACON
Sliced, ib. - -
CLARK'S PORK & BEANS
No. 1 size, 2 for - -
_ems
CAND—kiiinibugs,
pion Creams, Kisses, I.X.L.
Chocolates, Jelly Beans,:
etc., Ib. - - - -
1_l
c
�1�
D.S.L. CORNFLAKES ell rs.�.s-;,C°
3 pkts. for - -
QUAKER OATS
1
�tt
Small, 2 p1f'ts, fore - - - ���C
'X`ILLSON'S ALUMINUM
OATS, pkt. - -
SPECXAL BLEND TEA
Red Bag. Reg. 65e. 1b.; for
PURE LARD 000 on
20-15. fail - - - a. oeeli
ALL LAUNDRY SOAPS
10 Bars -
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F
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iTeirea
Thi! Ford is the product of a
:self-made insdtutioii which, over
a period of years, has provided
dependable transportation for all
peoples.
Recognizing the value of Ford
transportation, these peoples have
purchased Ford products in such
•volume that" the sale of Ford cars
andtrucks equals the sales of all
father snakes combined.
As,aresult, the resources of ,Ford.
,of Canada are now over;20,-
01.013 000, These resources mean -
Fara Pralsminallas
ability to buythe best material
at a minirnum price.
They mean the ability to organ-
ize each process of :production,
from the purchase of,naaterials to
the completion of the finished car,
on such a basis that every non-
essential operation.' is eliminated.
The economies thus accomplished
are reflected in,Fordl prices
which, always consistently low,
are now the lowest in history.
This is what Ford. resources,
Tnean to you:
See .Any ;Authorized• Ford Realer;
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