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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-02-20, Page 3THURS., FEB. 20, 1036 THE ' CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE WIIAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINTIES 00 Yt)I) REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING TFC LAST DE- is,•• CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Feb. ]9th, 1896: A recent issue of the Canadian Gazette contained the appointment of Mr. J. A. Cooper,' son of Me, Wm. Cooper of town, as lieutenant in the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto. Lieut. Cooper joined, the battalion as a pri- vate in the University Company over five years ago. He has been sures- sive; y corporal,sergeant and color - sergeant and now been raised to the rank of commissioned officer in this the largest and best drilled .volun= fees battalion in Canada. Last Friday evening at the meet- ing of Clinton Star Lodge LO,G.T.,. the following officers were installed for the present quarter: Chief Teen Alar, J. W. Moore; vice, Miss B. Wilson; chaplain, Mrs. Stevenson; ree-secretary, T. McNeil; finrsecre- Lary, A. Cooper; treasurer, Mrs, Sea- ward; guard, Miss N. Brown, 'rnar- sha]1, T. Ford; deputy -marshal], Miss Grainger; sentinel, A. Kitt, Miss 1. Tebbutt was .elected organist. The school room of the Ontario • street church was well filled on Monday evening at the meeting of the E.L. of C.E. The meeting Was Was Young under the control of the social de- partment and"was presided over by Mrs. B. J. Gibbings; social,vice presi- dent. A. J. Cooper made a fine ad- dress on "Loyalty to Christ," and Perry Plun:steeI read an.. excellent essay on "Religious Social Life." About fifty delegates attended the years. annual meeting of the Huron Patron In Christ church, London, on Sat - Association in Clinton town hall , . , urday'Iast Miss Edna Copp and Mr. The following officers were duly James E. Doherty were united in elected for the current year: County marriage by the Rev. C. R. Gunne, President, John Govenlock, Seaforth; formerly of St. Paul's churen,Clin- Vice, B. S. Phillips, Ilensall; secre- ton. tary-treasurer, W. S. Lawrence,, Clin- ton; auditors, R. ,Comsnon, Seaforth and J. W. Yeo, Holrnesville. '"A .delegation from Perth County Dr. Field, principal of .•Goderich Council was here last week inspect- Collegiate, who was appointed in- ing the House of Refuge for the specter of Public schools in East Hu - purpose o f gaining information ron, will take up his work on April prior to erecting a similar building lst. Inspector Robb is in charge nn - in Perth. ti] April. Dogs carried off a quarter of beef from W. Southcott's residence in Exeter recently, It had been cut up and was left to cool when the dogs discovered it, Froin. The New Era, Feb: 21st, 18961 Mr. Jas. Walkinshaw has invested in a fine Doherty organ, purchased through Mrs. Emerson. Messrs, W. Coats and Jas. Seat were in Goderich this week wiedtiig up their duties as egectitbl!s hit ".tlie estate of the late lrlaetlli Whitehead. The anniversary 'celebration o f the volunters of '66 'and their friends will be held at the Point Farm on Monday, March 9th and The New Era acknowledges receipt of a ticket. Refreshments will be served from 11 a.m. to 11 pan. (so it reads, anyway), The tickets have been placed at one dollar, (little enough, one would think) which includes transfer from Goderich to the Point Farm and re- turn. When The Present Century From The' News -Record, Feb. 16th, 1911: An old resident of Clinton passed away on Wednesday last in the per- son of Edward Herman, who died at - ter an illness 'lasting over three Fronv The New Era, Feb. 16th, 1911: WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING THE LANDSCAPE BLOCKERS I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely` as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. .The Newton (Mo.) Journal. NO MORE PAY FOR COUNCIL- LORS Seaforth council tolled the knell of ',remuneration for members of council on Monday evening: when it passed Bylaw No. 371, to rescind the bylaw providing for the salaries. The, sal- ary bylaw, passed early in. 1935 by last year's council, was the subject of considerable comment, both in council and throughout the town. The new council at its first meeting inti. mated that salaries would go at the earliest opportunity. -Seaforth Expositor. TOWN CLOCK OVERCOME BX WINTER'S' WILD WINDS For the past two weeks the people of Goderich have been ,trying to keep warm by ahnost every means known to the present civilized world. Hands have been clad in heavy mit- tens, and; scarves have been pulled up over'veind-burned faces as the wintry blasts swooped down upon ' the country. Throughout : this per- iod, the town clock braved the shrill piercing breath of Ding Winter and dared him to do his 'worst, . .Early Monday morning, the weather man was tripinphant. The hands of the clock ceased' to move, and the boast- ful- Booming of the timepiece .could not be heard counting out the hours. The clock was frozen, proving that he who strikes last strikes best. —Goderich Star. BIG GAME eaterageinnommorm PARADE OF SONG BITS OF GAY 'NINTIES WILL BE HEARD ON NEXT "LET'S GO TO THE MUSIC HALL" PROGRAM -C,OM MISSION TO PRESENT BROADCAST' ON THE USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paying homage to one of the larg- est radio audiences in Canada, Hum- phrey Giffington-Sledds and his ros- ter of music hall stars again will pre- sent sang and mirth. from the Cana - in particular the feeling that with his especial blessing all's well once ;more. "Just, Supposin' " dian Radio Cotnlibeion studios at When the were only high hi h to • Toi'ontb;, Oh Sattirday, Feballiiey 22, a grassho er," we used t pI? o `just, 'spose" this and pretend the other. Then we became pirates, big gapie hunters, anything: but what we actu- ally were or could . ever dream of really being. "Just Supposing" is a game we never stop playing.: How. often the man of the house sits in -front of the stove or open fire, and as the smoke lazily curls from his pipe or 'cigar, dreams of the day when he stood at the cross roads of his life, and had to decide by which road he would travel, and as he dreams he "Just Supposes" what would have happened, had he taken a different road from the ,one he now travels. Would he, for instance, have married the woman who shares the comforts of his home, the woman who, as she sits on the other side of the fire, is busy "Just Supposing" on her own account? Who can tell? In the series of "Just Supposin'" dram- as presented each Tuesday from Win- nipeg we are permitted to enter not only the past and the present lives of various mythical characters, but see also the "might have been," had the charactersin question done thus of so at some critcal period of their existence. The "Just Supposing" The Canadian Radio Conunistion part of their lives as pictured in the announces a fifteen minute broadcast magic crystal of Hassan, the mystic. address dealing with• the use of the We can never really know what English language in speech by the "might have been," we can only "Just eminent British scholar, Professor Suppose." Lloyd James, for Wednesday, March 4. Professor James occupies. the Chair of Phonetics at the School of Oriental Studies, University of Lon- don, and is recognized as an author- ity on the use of English in speech. 'a humorous nature, come to light He is a member of ' a Committee concerning members of the "Vesper which assists in the n selec i ' • ton and Choir" whish broadcasts over the training of British broadcasting an- Commissibn's national network on nouucers. Professor James is visit- Sunday afternoons, but here's one we ing the United States and Canada, heard about .only the other day and He will be heard on the Radio Com- we couldn't resist passing it along. mission's national network from 10.30 to 10.45 p.m, EST, March 4. at 8 30 p,ht, EST, "Let's Go To The M9ti4 Halle again will parade some of the hit's of the 9(l's and the years that followed after, when such stars as Vesta Tilley and Eugene Stratton strutted the boards of the; London variety stage. George Patton will open the show, with the permission of the Chairman, with "Ask a Policeman." . The Chair- man has deigned to take the stage for the second item on the bill, a gay song titled "Archibald, Certainly Not." George Young, the producer of this coast-to-coast favourite, Will step into the spotlight with "Little Dolly Daydream." Larry Burford, whose quaint per- sonality is a feature of the program, will be heard in "Shall Us? Let's," and -dainty Yonne Miller, whose voice is one of the joys of the Cana- dian airwaves, will be heard in' Vesta Tilley's great number, "Everybody's Awfully Good To Do." The three waiters will wind up the show with "Fol-the-rol-loi." English, As 'She Is Spoke One on the "Vesper Hour" ' It's not very often 'that stories of .A member of the Winnipeg choir{ participating in the spectacular sing - enters upon the 80th year' of its his- ing of the .Christmas carols on the tory as a separate comity. The Act Christmas Day brgadeast, received dissolving the union of Huron and Super -Salesmanship as a Yuletide gift a beautiful Tartan Bruce was passed in 1856, and thoIt takes all ]rinds of people to scarf. The choir member in question, first Bruce county council met in make a world; it takes all kinds of a vete.. P broadcaster, by the way, Walkerton in January, 1867, and e1-nerswas A. Thompson Hay, more famil- ected George Cromer of Greenock its generally to a kine an audience; but iarly known as "Archie" Hay. Now first warden, the speaking the eaver Bs of to know Archie is to appreciate the During the intervening ,period, 63 One Yto ses foods of Beaver Burd ,ehii1:ming quality of his speaking appeals to as large n variety al,udr- wardens have occupied the throne of voice, with its broad Scotch burr, and once as any Thisof the rural drama's pre -::when Ariaie tells the story on him- Bruce, and of these five •held the sen'liatiorzs. ' ruza! drama zrrzit- honor for more than one year, as fel-self ie is enhanced by his witty maa- Iows: John Purvis of Kinloss, 2 years; ren by Prier D. Dales full , the net of telling. • little everyday incidentss of lila ,ern a John Gillies of Eldersiie, b years,' tyiiical western prairie horse. Slut It seems he had been boasting it was .one of these inr:ide James Brocklebank of Brant, '5 years;' proud] to the other members of the ' Robert Bird of Kincardine, '7 -Yeats, brought forth protest in a most rtm- nts whim • y choir about his gift, loudly proclaim - and and Robert Purvis of Kincardine, 3; usual form from a listener iter 'one of ing the praise of stylists who at last years.—Hanover Post. our larger Canadian cities. It was had turned to the manufacture of --.-- lilt: this Scotch scarfs, . made of Scotch wool and bearing the many and varied tar Dut]ng the course of a seeeiit tan ,uf :Scotch clans. Came a' lzilI in Youngblood episode the scene was the story telling as the scarf was; It is unfortunate that the Grey-: laid in the home of the Younglelootls ]passed an•ound for inspection; then a Bruce Tourist Association cannot' with the action centering :around :the Baud guffaw from another choir mean - get the financial support that such; entire Wally. The topic under 8'is- .bar who minutely, inspecting the. an organization deserves. The rea- cession was that of modernizing the scarf discovered that the 'label . bore, son is largely that County Councils hone with one of the latent faa'm 'hese words "Made in England" , cannot see their way ,'clear . at the, lighting. ,plants. Harry being leech- .Aa•ehie still wears the scarf - - . nine present time to make substantial anically minded thought it would be ins the label. grants to such organizations, whose a good idea to rig up one in his ,own work is acknowledged as beneficial house and, of course, not to be rout. We all realize the benefit ' to be de- done, Ted told Pa Youngblood that lie COMMISSION FEATURES ,rived from, promoting the tourist at- could do the same in their, home.' DAY By DAY tractions of our counties, but ,the re- There's the situation --now here's thesults for some years must of neves- reaction of one listener. (All Times. Eastern Standard) sity remain intangible, and the tax- This listener either works for or 'Thursday, February 20: payers do not like to see money represented a concern which sold and 9.30 p.m. "Woodwind Duo"— spent for which there is little visible distributed farm' lighting plants in Rosald ..Hudson, flutist; Hubert An return. There is no doubt that such the west, and said listener was quite Berson,.: clarinetist, and Nester Ivi- an expenditure is justifiable, butthe indignant that the Youngbloods had zney, pianist. From Winnipeg. watch -word "Economy' has, we are not had under discussion absolutely 10.00 p.nt. "For You, Madame" afraid, become an obession.' the most modern type of farm light- Orchestra and ladies forum.. -Froin' —Kincardine Review -Reporter ing equipment, and the cost to the Montreal. f` farmer . . etc.'... and here'was an Friday, February 21: excellent opportunity for the Young- 9.30 p.m. "Canadian Concert Hall bloods to . , • etc., etc. of the .Air"-- ---e___ Aar"----e___ Featuring orchestra directed by Dr. - J. J. Gagner. From Montreal. 10.00 p.m. "Up-to-the-Minute"— Featuring latest news, music' literary, and sports releases. From Toronto. Saturday, February; 22: t_• ,8.30 pent."Let's Go to the' Music Hall Old;•tinne music hall program by George Young. CRBC-MBS interna- tional exchange program., • From the studio building., He had ' been, Toronto: there for neai?ly three • weeks. He • 10.30 p.m. Don Rester and his Or - didn't suffer, however, for lie's made chestra 'from the Mount Royal Hotel, up of green American oilcloth, has Montreal-: an expansive grin and used to have a .Sunday, •February .23: long, hooked tai]; but he came home 6.00 pan. "And, It Came to Pass" --- and left his tail behind him. Biblical dramatization produced un-' Members of the cast -would not der direction of Rupert Caplan. From like us to accuse them of being super- Mentreai. stitious, but the night Felix wander- 7.00 p.m: "Garden of°Melody"— ed they searched frantically, until Musical tone pictures, under direction within a few seconds of the opening of W. Knight Wilson. From Regina, those, and throughout the broadcast Monday February 24• grouped around .• the vocal "mike" with a "here's hoping" look in their eyes and their fingers crossed. How- ever, Felix will again sit in his usu- al placeatop a curtain rod and smile benignly'dowii upon "rNd 'Moiirnful Numbers," giving the voce]. ensemble UNFORTUNATE WHERE SOME OF THE MONEY' GOES In grandfather's time folk' used to turn out and break roads. Dobbin and Dexter and Buck' and Berry and Jack and Bill were all the better of the fun and no one was one cent the poorer: The, work was done and no It is not often one goes out rabbit raise was required on the tax bill, hunting with'a .22 rifle :and. ends by. But nowt We have the costly bagging a lion. But that is what snowplow` and the highly paid, gang happened on Friday night when some and a tax bill sufficient to keep the unknown hunters, presumably in roads' of the old `days 'going' satisfac- quest of jack rabbits, at the rear of torily for a whole county for six the . Commercial Hotel, . - miscued on months of: the year. We are keen on their aim with the result that the bul. conveniences but they come high. let shattered a window and continu The music is very nice but it takes ing across the hotel dining room em- cash to pay ,the, aiddrer. bedded itself in the large picture of in those old days people paid for a lion which hangs on the wall in the their farms. They put up with few room. The picture is the pioperty .of inconveniences but they had a corn - the Seaforth Lions Club and was petency in old, age. Nowadays a presented to the Club some years ago great many people.live' on the old age by the late Dr. Charles Mackay. , pension or get onto the relief lists,; --Seaforth Expositor. the pewees that be meanwhile bor- rowing money that becomes a tax: on the future and burden for the pre- sent. 'Hard times? What 'are to be looked , for when people . insist on having everything easy -and nice. ' Y —Exeter Times -Advocate. BRUCE COUNTY ENTERS UPON ITS 80TH YEAR With the year 1936 Bruce couni Felix Is Back! Thereis great rejoicing among the. members of the "No Mournful Num- bers" vocal. ensemble. Felix has re- tuned and will once again occupy his' place of honour during the broad- casts, Felix, a eat, was re -discover- ed locked in a.locker at the rear of ...10.00 p.m. Canadian Teachers' Fed- eration Address—Speakers to be Her, Excellency Lady Tweedsmuir, Hon. Norman Rogers, Minister of. Labour, and Jessie M. Norris, President of. Canadian Teachers' Federation: From Ottawa. }. Gill'o�a Sees It Through When Henry Gillop set up to be en astrologer and a prophet he did •so in all good` :faith.: He had aiway's been attracted to the stars. As a young man he had listened to lec- tures on astronomy, so that when he went slightly off his mental balance it was natural enough that he should be attracted to the pseudo -science which pretends to read the future in a clear night sky. This is always the first step to prophesying the end .ofthe world, but most astrologers have had the sense to date it at a time when they themselves will, be out of earshot of human derision.. , Henry Gillop, however, was honest. He told what he ,really thought he read in the heavens, and while still a youngish man he was helped enor- mously by coincidence. He foretold almost to. the date the. Great War which began in 1914, and although most • of his subsequent prophecies went wrong, he gained a few follow- ers and a little credence. It wasn't his faire _, that most of his subsequent soothsayings were gain -said by a Providence greater than the stars. People came and worried. him. Ile was clay in the hands of the horoscope maniacs. They wanted to know whom they were going to many, when they were going to die, and how Cousin George was getting on in Australia. So to oblige then; lie tried to read the things which mortal sight is too short to see, and he was thus nearly always wrong, except when h e caught himself guessing. He was a pretty good guesser, so that those who knew himstill had a limited faith • in him. After he had guessed right he con- gratulated himself on his gift, and after he had guessed wrong he told himself—and others who challenged him—that he had yet, to perfect him; self in the strangest and most re- mote of all -the sciences. At the beginning . of bis obsession he was an insurance clerk. He nev- er married. Perhaps he had read in his'heavens that it would be unwise. }Ie'snhoked little and drank less, he dressed as badly as he dared, and his money went to amass a really re- spectable scientific library and to purchase an enormous telescope. which brought him almost into intim- acy with the objects of his interest. Gillop had a little money when he One morning he Said to Gillop: 'Excuse ane, sir, but could you find out for me through the _-stars whether—ahem-,- whether I'm going to marry a young lady on whom my heart is—mean, 1 rather thought of getting Married, If it wouldn't be giving you any trouble, sir. "Not at all," said Gillop kindly, and added in a tone turned suddenly sharp: "Date' of birth?" "Hers or mine, sir ?" "Both." Gillop' went off' with the two dates carefully written -down, and re- turned to the shop next morning. Be ! shook his head at young Brooks. "No," he said sho'tly, "you won't marry her." "Oh!" protested young Brooks, as if Gillop had already deprived him of the young woman's affections, "Anel," 'added Gillop, "you can think yourself lucky. You wouldn't be happy with her," For a while after that Brooks was not so cordial to the prophet. But some six weeks later he smiled sheepishly at Mr, Gillop and said: "You were quite right what you said about that young lady, sir. She isn't no good to any one," "I said nothing of the sort," said Mr. Gillop indignantly. "I merely said----" "No, but it was what you meant," said young Brooks admiringly. "And you was quite right, too. And I shan't ever forget it." One day, a month or so later, Gil- lop entered the shop looking troub- led and preoccupied, gave a small or- der, and hesitated with his hand on the parcel. "Mr. Brooks," he said suddenly, "are you a God-fearing man?" "Well, sir," said Brooks, slightly embarrassed, "I don't exactly know what you mean. But I shallsoon have to start going to chapel, be- cause of niy new young lady." "There are few people that I talks to," said Gillop, "and fewer still that respect me, so you shall be the, first to know. Briefly, the end of the world is coming on August the thir- tieth." Young Brooks' mouth dropped op. en. "Are you sure!"' said Gillop, with magnificent simplicity, "But don't 1 be afraid. Just prepare for it. And prepare others." "Well, Pm—well, 1 hope it's not right, sir. I haven't been confirm - retired from t h e insurance world —i not much, but he could live quite happily in the modest comfort he required. He told people frankly that he did not know when he was going to die, because he had never had the courage to find out. Hewenton living in the same lit- tle house in the same suburb. Ile had built a small observatory on the roof, which made Sweet Tnnisfail — for that was the name of his resi- clence—look a little odd. Few of his neighbours were on more than nod- ding terns with him, and the local tradesmen treated him with •respect they considered due to :uncertified in sanity. Among those who were most im- pressed by him was Bertie Brooks, who served behind a gz•ocei's counter neat Oiiiop's home. Gillop, like most men .idle live a- lone—he kept no 'housekeeper or maid—was a bad caterer, 'Be was forever forgetting small •essenatils, .such as tea and sugar •and salt. Thus he was in and out of the stores three ,on. Fear times' on a• week -day, while on Sundays he borrowed odds and ands of forgotten 'tribes, from his neighbours. Brooks, of the neglected -education,. worshipped intellect. Brook said quite often that, other people Might laugh at old Gillop, but he didn't] Mr. Gillop was a very clever' inan, or be wouldn't always be forgetting the • things he wanted most. Really clever mien were all like that, said young Brooks. When the shop was empty of all save those two ---as quite' often it Was he would try to get Gillop to talk, and generally he succeeded, for Gillop was as fond of flattery as most other people and got very little of it elsewhere _. Young Brooks would say: "Pound of lump? Yes sir. Half of best Ceylon? Excuse'me,• sir, but you was telling me something about the influence of Mars, and I was very interested. Did I gather from you— Tin of cocoa, yes, ma'am. Excuse me sir.--" • So young ,Brooks, after a piece- meal fashion, learned a little about astronomy, and a little about astrol- ogy. He had a thirst for knowledge; and his faith in Gillop was almost touching.•• 10.30 p.ni Geoffrey Waddington and his Royal York Hotel Orchestra.. From Toronto. Tuesday, February 25: 8.00 p.m. "Show Time on the --International stars of, stage and screen interviewed from the Green Room of: Loew's Theatre, Montreal. 9.00 p.m. "No Mournful Numbers" --Comedyteam with orchestra. From Winnipeg. Wednesday, February 26: 9.00 p.m. "The Road to Yester- day"_ Soloists and orchestra direction of Roland Todd. From Toronto. 10.00 p.m. "Club Thirteen" -- Orchestra and variety. From Cal- gar'y ed" 1i "Repent then and prepare,'.' said Gillop quietly. "Como round and see i me to -night. I will let you look through my glass and explain exactly what I mean. You are not a young man of high' learning, but you have intelligence, and I have no doubt that you will leave my house convinced:' Brooks hesitated. -"Thane you, sir," he said, "but it's. like this, I've got another young lady now, and I've sort of promised to take her to the pictures. "Come round afterwards," ,aid Gillop. "Indeed, midnight will be the best time for me to show you what I mean. But as to the young woman with whom you are walking out I fear you are destined never to marry her. Izn Heaven, where I trust you may be soon, there is no marrying not giving in marriage." That evening Brooks told the young lady, in a mysterious tone, that some- thing- strange and dreadful might prevent them from remarrying, al- though itcould never kill their mut- ual devotion. And the girl just loved it. She was a great reader; and this was exactly the sort of thing that the hero said to the heroine in the- } first chapter just before somebody else murdered the old squire. The young man afterwards went • found to Gillop's house, where : he was taken to the roof and allowed to look through the great telescope.. Gillop pointed out, , several of the:, heavenly bodies, naming them fam'il= iarly, and young ,Brooks nodded wieely' while looking at the wrong ones. - Then .Gillop began his. lectu}e,. Which Was all about planets and .or- bits and other matters with which Brooks :Was utterly unfamiliar. But the young man was very fond of long-- 1 words which he couldn't understand,. and went d Next morawayning•. Gillopconvinces.et to wgllt. to convince the rest of the world.'lis began by writing letters to the lead- ing newspapers, all of which ignored& therm Even the local paper—the cor- respondence columns, of which there occupied at that tithe by a bitter coir- troversy about the local cost of elec.:- tele light — declined to receive his; message. Gillop was ,almost frantic.. He must let people know. But how?" There was a corner at the back_ of:' the market -place, out of the way. of' the traffic, and highly favoured by - public orators. The Salvation Army^ held meetings there doing atrium:-- phant route march of nearly a quar-- terof a mile to the local barracks._ One evening Gilolp took a ,deal box: to the spot, stood upon it, and nerv- ed himself to hold forth. ' He got his audienee and, despite interruptions from scurrilous persons, anxious to air their wit, he got iso hearing. . And more men and .women: than he knew went away uncomfort- able, for few people entirely disbe- lieve prophecies of disaster. Those - who jeered the loudest were the near- est to being convinced. The police intervened in a semi- official manner, Having found that `" Gillop could not be certified —for he. was sane on all other points and un- deniably harmless — they gave him a friendly hint. Gillop received it` in the same spirit and held his last meeting. And it was as a result of this last meeting that he burnt his, boats. "'Ere," roared a voice from the crowd, "if we're all goin west end of next August, wet about givin' year money to the pore? You can't: spend it all ---not in that time. Let some of the pore have something in. their stomachs while they're think- ing about the Day of Judgment." , To do Gillop justice, he was stert- led to think that the idea had not hitherto occurred to him. "So I will!" he shouted back, "So. I will. In the days which followed, Gillely was one of the best known lunatics— if lunatic he were—tizat the district had ever known. And he gabled more and more converts. When a man has - given proof of his sincerity followers, are not far to seek, Iiis fame be- gan to spread, and even the Londbrs Press dignified him with a para- graph or two. To the local ministers of religion' he was a mixed blessing. Their chur- ches and chapels were filled, as never before, by the uneasy. Each and all' of these ministers told their flocks; that no man knew whew the Day was• conning. This wave of terror, tihey: said, although probably groundless,. showed the need for men to Took into their own hearts, For some of them• the Last Day would come even before the time annouisced by the local prop- het, In the early morning of August 30th Gillop awoke to find a terrific thunderstorm raging. So it was a- (continued on page 6) "I'm Your Watchman!" 'Tin a tolephone, to he sure, and I'm an A., -Num- ber -One , Num• ber-One watchman at the same time. I guard your homeagainst emergencies— fire, sudden sickness, unwelcome prowl- ers — things that can hap- peu in the best of regulated families: Let's ]rope they don't ]hap• pen to you! But, in case they do, it's always wise to he prepared. I'll work for very cry little; too; only a few cents a day." HAVE l'OU A TI;LI:I'IT.ONi;, IN yOildt I.;OTvt ,, ? Our local busiaarss a{$ca will gladly supply inforrraati.on.