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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-10-10, Page 3THURS., OCT. 10, 1935 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE :2 WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINTIES DO YOU REMEMBER WIIAT HAP PENED DURING TOR LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Oct. 9th, 1895: !Phe last collection from business men for street watering hasbeen made. Albert 'street is pretty well cut up with the season's traffic and requires. a good supply of road -making ni ter- fal. The uncertainty of recreation in bicycle riding was demonstrated' the ether day when a rider in crossing the road on Albert street from one business house to another hada tire punctured in eighteen different plac- es. Mr. James Snell of Hullett has an apple tree in full bloom. Miss Shaw, sister of Dr. Shaw, has resigned her position as Libiraarian of the Public Library, 'Brusisels, ova ing to her intended removal to Tees - water. She has filled the bill splen- didly. Mr. Thomas Smallacombe and Miss Mary Shipley were joined in Wedlock yesterday. Mr. Woods of London is repairing and replacing the windows of St. Paul's church. The painters are also at work and electric lights will be placed therein. The escaped lunatic is supposed to lee in the vicinity of Porter's Hill. Just as we go to press we learn of a tragedy on Monday evening when a young man named Lang cut the threat of his sweebheart, .Miss Rob- inson, daughter of Ma•. Beverley Rob- inson of Lobo township. Lang then cut his own throat and died. The girl may recover. The cheap western excursion trips offered by the G.T.R. took quite a crowd and the . following passengers were booked by Mr. W. Jackson: James McGill and wife, Mrs, C. Coats .and son, F. J. and Mas Ball, W. Stanley, Geo. Sherman and wife, and Geo. Armour, Chicago; John Butchart, Grand Rapids; Miss Wil- kie, •Cincinnatti; James. Mann, Cleve- land; Joseph Jervis, S. Merrill, and W� Tebbutt, Saginaw; Ben .Switzer, J, Trouse, W. Kay, James Pair, Dat Fair, Mrs. Biggart and J. Quig- ley, Detroit. Glazier—i(Fb;eem to—On j %h'a and inst., at the residence of the bride's father, 118r. Thos. Glazier to Miss Cecile E, Freeman, daughter .of Mr. henry Freeman of Hullett. At Monday night's council meet- ing, all members present except De- puty Reeve Cantelon, the resignation of Mr. Searle was neither accepted or rejected and he will probably re- main a member of council for the balance of the year. A communica- tion was received from the solicitor of Mr: George Cook, Joseph street, requesting that the street in front of his residence be placed in proper state of repair, otherwise Iegal pro- ceedings will be taken. Councillor McKenzie said the. matter would be attended to. Mr. A..' T. Cooper has been ap- pointed Dominion Express Company money order agent for Clinton. From The New Era, Oct, llth, 1895: Mr, Joseph Biddlecombe, who has been >jiin business' continuously for over 40 years, finds his health be- coming so precarious that it is ne- cessary for him to retire. The other day Mr. Blackall was sent for.very hurriedly to attend a sick horse which would neither eat nor drink , . The horse's tempera- ture indicated no ailment but when he looked in the anim'al's mouth'and found a piece of hemlock lumber wedged across the jaw the cause of the ailment was soon tsolved. An informal meeting was held in the council chamber on Tuesday ev- ening for the formation of a hortt- cultural society. A committee con- sisting of A. McKenzie, T. Hollo- way, 3..Stevenson, J. C. Gilroy, W. Coats, T. Cottle and H. Foster was appointed to secure •members and we understand is meeting with suc- cess. A small choir has been organized to take charge of the singing of the Rattenbury street Sunday. School, with Mr. Albert Holloway as leader. Auburn:—Last Tuesday evening the reeves of East and West. Wawa - nosh met in this village. The im- portant question was in regard to some difficulty in the new Union School Section. Wlho was to wait on the reeve of Hullett? Neither being over anxious they drew cuts, the loser to remain in the village in anxious anticipation of the result. The shorter won and performed his mission. Mr. Abner Cosens of Lot..28, Con. - 3, Tuckersmith, who is giving un farming, will have a sale of his stock and effects on Wednesday. WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record ,Oct. 13th, 1910: By the end of next week 160 wat- erworks services will have been in- stalled and if the good weather con- tinues still more may be asking for connection. From The New Era, Ott. 13th, 1910: It is a coincidence that Thanksgiv- ing Day and Hallowe'en come on the same day this year, Mr. M. C. Kauffman left Iast week to take over the Drumbo, Express. Mr. E. Hall takes his place as fore: man in The New Era Office. Holmesville:—A large business is being done in poultry this season in this village, close to two tons of dressed poultry has already been shipped to Montreal. WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING TROUBLE -MAKERS If it was possible to put to sleep far a period of years all the miller ists who are to be found in almost every land, how much more pleas- ant and secure this 'old world would bel—Brockville Recorder. NO LATE SATURDAY SHOPPING Two years ago St. Marys did away with Saturday midnight shopping by passing a by-law which provides that .stores be closed at ten p,m. In the. winter months and at eleven o' - clack during the summer. The win- ter schedule of earlier closing starts again this week. The earlier dos- ing has been a blessing,to merchants and their clerks. Nobody has erre- fered and:we.believe that no ,one could favor going back to' the old Midnight hours, —St. Marys Journal -Argus. A BAD SLIP We believe that the ,Stevens can- didate in this riding, Mr. Harry Wat- eon, made a statement Monday night at his meeting here that he sincerely regrets today, , He said that real reform is long overdue. and if you don't rvote fur the Stevens' party in this election it may be your last chance. Reform is coming, if. not by the •ballot, maybe by blood- shed. Such a statement by any con testant is regrettable and does him a . lot more harm than good. • .ffjistowel' 'Banner. DEFENCE OF WEEDS The Duluth•Herald says a world of weary tillers, of the .soil will be only too glad to believe Dr. Charles Thom, of the United States Departmenb of Agriculture,whoell a agricultu- ral is ltu. s nu t n C ral meeting in England that weeds save rich topsoil by preventing eros- imn and, after death, enrich the soil they occupied. This seems part of the concerted effort by scientists and some statesmen to convince mankind that such old virtues as hard work and saving are.now vices, .because they are anti-isoeial' in causing over- production. Dr. Thom's cheery mes- sage will not be so impressive, how- ever, to those who` have seen what weeds can do to the most promising garden in a two weeks' vacation by the owner, --Brandon Sun. WE'VE ALL: DONE IT A salesman called on the editor of the Wiarton Echo the other day and offered him cash payment for a page of advertising .for firms in a nearby.: city. The offer was, turned down because the Wiarton Eeho be- lieved that it would result in Wharton money being spent out of town, while, it should be spent at home. He won- ders, however, whether he wasn't foolish in not accepting the business and asks: "How many town mer- chants would sacrifice the price of,a full-page advertisement in our in- terests?" It is a. reasonable query, Weekly newspapers often prove themselves among the best friends, which home -town.' merchants posses's, but they must sometimes think of man's ingratitude as they learn of, merchants giving business to out-of- tewn printing salesmen. —Hanover Post. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Will correspondents please not in- sert notices in their copy about en- tertainments to be held to make money. Newspapers are not run for fun, but as commercial enterprizes, space is all they•have to sell in or- der to meet'operating expenses. Such notices should' appear in the advertising co lumps.•People won ld not think of.asking grocers, from whom they have bought a couple of pounds of butter, to give than $2.00 ROUND THE COUNTRY Stettler (Alta.) Editor Pokes a 'B'it of Fun, at Ppemier and His Cruses (Premier Aberhart started some- thing when he came back to his, home town of Seaforth and -told the congregation of his old church about the poverty of Alberta. Many Allier - ?lens resented it and Have said so plainly, The following is from The Independent, published in ,Stettler, Alta., and treats the shatter rather lightly but rather effectively, too). "The High River Times, whieh has always been fair to political' parties and particularly so to the late U. F, A. Government, has an article in its issue of .,September 19th entitled "Did Aberhart Exaggerate at .Sea- forth?" and it gees on to criticise Premier Aberhart :for his remarks about poverty in Alberta at a church service on September 15th in his old home town. The main part of the article is as follows: aMany Albertans probably the majority of Albertans—were start- led at the picture of adverse con- ditions here, attributed to Premier A'berhart in a speech at his home in Seaforbh, Ontario. He is report, ed as saying "there are people starv- ing in Alberta; women who have worn nothing but gunny sacks made from binder twine bags in the last three years; children who have not tasted butter or milk in the last three years, though they live on farms, Children are crying for food is Alberta." Referring to the many ears around Ontario, Mr. Aberhart is reported Contrasting:"In Alberta they 'c not buy cars or gasoline." in quite as ' acute degree in Ontar;�, or' Quebec or many ocher po evinces. No ono can deny that there is po.-- erty and has ship in certain drought areas of Albeiha. So: long as there is relief, there. is hardship. But three years of.milkless diet in the. country seems a bit thick. Milk prices being ' what they ace, it is neither economi- cal nor thrifty to•deprive a farm child of this food. There is hardship in some parts of all provinces, as shown by employment records and. relief costs. But the picture of destruction as attributed to Mir. Aberhart's speech is so far from typical that Albertans read it, incredulously "Lawk-a- mercy, this is none of L" To be chosen as •the Horrible Ex ample; of "poverty in the midst of plenty" is net to the liking .of Al- bertans. Moreover, it, is questionable wisdom to paint such a picture of Alberta when bound on a "borrow- ing" mission. It would not increase the feeling of security in Alberta's productiveness," Mr: Clark, editor of the Times, comes, I think, from Kincardine in the county of Bruce, and if this is the case, he 'should be acquainted with the psychology of these church sermons in the county of Huron. 'Before we can criticise Mr. Aber - hart, we have to recall' the type of people that he was speaking to, and also to make allowance for the fact that he was speaking in church and not before the Royal Canadian Geo- graphic Association or some.other scientific gathering. Many of the people of Seaforth are descended from'the old Scotch covenanters and they , prize their religion even more than their herds of fat cattle, and horses. The old Presbyterian church in which he preached was founded more than six- ty years ago, and it has now attain- ed the architectural dimensions of a city • church because -people support the church in that centre, instead of the golf clubs or the garages. In the early days no musical instrument was allowed within the sacred edifice except the presenter's tuning fork, but as time went .on a large pipe or- gan was installed. Ontario people do not enjoy the extended variety of experiences that we go through in Albrta. They don't have to dodge hail or drouth or frost or grasshoppers and therefore the range of their emotional life is de- pendent upon religion. They go through the same routine day after day. Most of them are fairly well fixed as they follow the same established lines of business. that their fathers and grandfathers engaged in, whether on the farms or in the stores, and they can calcul- ate almost exactly what they will be doing 'next week or next month, or even next year. As Solomon says: "The thing that hath been is that which shall be and that which is done, is that which shall be deme and there is no new thing under the sun." In Alberta, on the other hand, a man may be a 'station agent one week and a cabinet minister the next. as an- If you were a, part of that Large audience which listened to Premier Aberhart, would you gain a favor- able or a true picture of Alberta from these words? W'ould you en- vision any of the scenes with which we are familiar—the blocks upon blocks of good cars which line the streets of the rural towns every Sat- urday evening, the well-dressed, vig- orous groups of country people, who meet at social gatherings through the pretence, the sturdy children, the endless stretch of fertile fields, the herds of stook visible on all sides? Mr. Aberhart was, no doubt, em- phasizing the injustice of "poverty in the midst of .plenty," but it was, unfortunate that Alberta was pre- sented in such a dolorous light. Ic would, no doubt, be found that "por.- erty in the midst of plenty" exists worth of sugar. But that is exactly what every newspaper has to con- tend with. It is largely owing to thoaghtles'sness, 'but some distinction must be made between news and ad- vertising. If a charge is made, a col- lection taken up, or anything is for sale, then any notice referring to it, is an effort to increase the receipts and should be 'paid for. A month ago, we had a pleasant experience with a reader, who quickly saw the justice of our attitude when it was explain- ed, and has since sent in readers on a mutually satisfactory basis. Will others kindly follow his example. ;Goderieh Star. FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE JOBS Wage-earners in Canada are find- ing more jobs. You might not think so by watch- ing relief rolls and costs, but if you would search out the good news, analyze the figures prepared and tabulated eaoh month by the Domin- ion Bureau of .Statistics. The bureau receives returns monthly from ever 9,000 business firms which employ normally almost a million workers or about 45 per cent of the total indus trial working force of Canada. • Assuming this "sample". is still proportionately the same, what do we find? In short that there are now about 2,770,000 people back' at work, a gain of 4 percent. or 115,000 com- pared with the same month a year ago. Compared with the Autumn of 1932 thiis means employment at the present time for 460,000 more wage- earners. Among the sixty different indus- trial groups which comprise these figures, two in particular stand out. like mountain tops. One is silk firms; the other metal mining. For instance, silk plants are now employ- ing 51-4 men for every ane they em- ployed in the so-called "normal", year, 1926. They have two men em- ployed for every one in 1931. And the new figures show that the "metal mines" -as apart from coal mining and non, -metallic minerals -- have have now doubled their staffs as com- pared with the low point of the de- pression; are employing 23 per cent. more men than at this time a year, ago, and reached a new record level of employment on Sept. 1. Two important groups show smal- ler employment thane at this time last year. Logging camps, are sea- sonally quiet and employing 9 per cent. less than a . year ago, but are looking forward to an active' season in the bush for 1935-36. Construes tion is 6 per cent. less active thanat this time .a year ago, due to eonsid. era 1 b lessgovernment work n the. i Y o highways. Building and railway construction are ahead of this time i last year.-Fiinancial Post. Ontario is known as the Garden of • Canada, and the girls have that creamy complexion that comes from lots of moisture in the atmosphere, but love -making is frowned upon on Sunday by the pioneers, as a large proportion of the older people con- sider that pleasure of ani• kind is sinful if indulged in ,on the Sabbath Day. Hence the Sabbath Day revolves. around the churches, and the chur• ches revolve around the Sunday ser- mons. In other words, the emotional life of the community is closely con. nected with the sensations that are aroused by listening to well prepared discourses ,that arouse the feelings more than they deal with every -day facts. Premier Aberhart knows Ontario and he knows the people of his old home town so he was quite aware that what they wanted in a sermon, was to hear about something they were not accustomed to. They want- ed and ed to hear about poverty in the midst of plenty, and the .thicker it was laid on the better. Our evangelist premier of Alberta like . our evangelist premier of Can- ada saw that it would not be effec- tive to have his style hedged around with a prosy outline of mere facts, so he told the audience about the woe wen who have worn gunnysacks made from: binder,twine bags, and. about the children on the farms who have not tasted 'milk or butter for the past three years. But what of it? Somewhere in Alberta there are women who wear gunny sacks and 'somewhere. there are children who have, not tasted milk and .butter for the past three years,' and while these may be ex- treme and isolated. example of pav- erty,.they, indicate that there are lots of women who have not enough clothes to wear .and lots of. children who do not get enough milk' and but T am surprised that an ,old: ()Mario boy like Mr'. Clark did not recognize the cleverness of a master preacher n'usin `e elle Dries tha g g 1 farm of expression before a church audience n Ontario. Anybody should recog- nize that the premier waslaying stress en poverty so that he could build up a telling climax about ,So- cial Credit. The darker he drew 'the picture about poverty, the brighter wouldbe the remedy. And nobody can gainsay that there is, poverty in Alberta, in the midst of plenty—lots of it—and that some remedy must be found. Because Me, Aberhart spoke in 'parables, does that make poverty any the less? The Times seems to think that. Premier Al:erlsiart 's'hould not ,slave talked poverty when he went on a "borrowing' mission as it would not increase the feeling of security 11, Alberta's productiveness." It seems to me that the reaction would be just the reverse. By talk- ing poverty in an Ontario church;• the premier awakened a distinct roe ligious emotion which will prove fit ground for the growth of _ Social Credit in that part of Western On- tario, and which will impel all those good people down there to write to Mr. Bennett and urge him to lend us more money. The Independent' would be the last paper to criticise ecus, Premier on what he said atchurch in Seaforth,' Ontario,' In the current issue ea the Seaforth paper, Mr, Aberhart clos- ing words are reported as follows: "Give us your hand," we say to the financiers. . "W`here are you go.' ing to get the money?" they ask. "We are not going to feed the peo. pre money, we are going ' to feed them ,goods. We're going to catch the food that is being thrown down the sewers." And it is about time" UNEXPECTED VISITORS REACH SHIP IN STORM( There was music on board the Canadian National Steamships liner "Lady Hawkins" as she lay at her berth the other day. It came from the throats of feathered songsters which alighted on the decks of the liner as she rounded Grand Manaan Island at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy ,on her way to Saint John, N.B. from British Guiana and the British Wrest Indies with cruise pas- sengers. The birds fluttered wearily in hundreds to the decks in the early morning after battling a heavy rain- storm and, upon recovering their strength, the majority spread their wings and took off again. Several of the little yellow -breasted visitors, however, were found dead from ex- haustion while others, in the belief they were canaries, were caught by some of the colored members of the crew. They are ,of little value as pets for their vocal powers, however, sess1^ Now cl=SNAPSNOT CiJIL SUNSETS afee See .asr i r;e Sunset pictures add interest to your snapshot album. DID you ever stop to realize how considerate Mother Nature is of the amateur photographer? Month after month she changes the appear- ance of landscapes, trees, shrubs and even the skies; giving us some- thing new to snap almost every day. She has now shifted her scenery to her autumn display of new flow- ers, colorful foliage and last but not least—beautiful clouded skies to serve us with fascinating back- grounds for landscapes and sunset snapshots. Don't overlook the opportunity to capture a few of these beautiful sun- sets for your snapshot album. They add interest to your picture collec- tions and usually bring that highly prized remark from your friends— "There's a beautiful picture. How did you take it?" An artistic sunset picture possi- bility is not waiting for you every night in the week so don't rush out the door after reading this and ex- pect to get one. Maybe you will but it is doubtful. A good sunset picture is just one of those things you watch and wait for. You will find that a foreground of water or a background of hills will add much to the interest and artistic appearance of •your sunset. By all means wait until there are clouds.- for you will find that the clouds "make the picture." No set rule' can be made on the exposure time for sunset pictures but generally you will get a properly' exposed negative if you set the dia- phragm at 1.16 and the shutter speed. at 1/100 of'a second. This setting of the diaphragm and shutter depends much on the brightness of your set-. ting sun. Believe it or not, attractive"moon- light" scenes can be made by sun- light. This is bast done during the sunset hour and when there are masses of clouds floating in the western sky which create lighting conditions favorable for picturing "moonlight" scenes. The sun can. be wholly or partially obscured and if if the light is red, yellow or orange- s rangea snapshot exposure with a medium stop opening can be given. To secure a night effect from a negative exposed in this manner, it must be printed long enough so that. , all but the highlights will be dark. If you don't do your own printing' explain what effect you want to your • finisher. You will get a lot of pleasure tak- ing these pictures and the result wilt be well worth your time and effort. JOHN VAN GUILDER. as they do not have the musical trill of the canary but confine themsel- ves to cheeps. I "The birds were amazingly tame," stated an officer. "When I passed the watchman making his rounds or the ship, he had one of them perch- ed on his finger and it seemed glad of companionship." The birds have greyish green beaks, are black a- round the eyes and have sharp; beaks. It is belielved, they were mi- j grating south when overtaken by the rainstorm. DIETING HINT A Scot who was somewhat shocked' in discovering that his fellow Werk man carried his wife's false teeth in: his pocket enquired the reason, and' Sandy calmly replied --."i hae a sus- picion that she eats between meals."• Sales of cattle at public yards in Canada during the first 34 weelcs of 1935 were 439,385 head compared - with 387,215 for the corresponding• period of 1934. ... Lay in your winter's supply of HAMCO COKE now cc rNn sunny days prepare for winter blizzards." The animals of the field and forest obey this dictum by instinct—man's logic gives him the same good advice. It is the height of wisdom to settle your fuel problem now. Turn your thoughts to Hamco Coke — order your winter's supply—and settle down for the coziest, most trouble-free winter you've ever had. Hamco Coke is easy to bank at night and quick to respond in the morning. Think of these "extras" too—lighter on the shovel, minimum ashes and com- plete freedom from dust• or dirt. Remember—coke will heat your home at a lower cost than other hard fuel ARCO co E ENGLISH SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED COKE 'WAY LACK IN YEAR 1600 Although the Chinese are believed• to liar,re known the merits of coke 2,000 years ago, the. credit for the re -discovery of coke as a practical fug goes to an English scientist. It was not untilIre middle of the 18th century that industry began to rely on coke to any considerable extent. By that time smelting with coke was In vogue in England and on the continent. One hundred years ago the first Beehive Coke Ovens were built on this continent. The superior merits of coke as a heat- ing agent were soon recognized and it was not long before coke was manufactured at the pit mouth of most of the coal mines' in Pennsylvania. By 1919, on this continen alone more than 44 million tons of coke were being produced each year. Since then, as the value of coke both in great in- dustrial plants and in home furnaces has become more gen- erally recognized, the increase in tonnage each year has been phenomenal. In the coking process, the volatile matter is driven off from coal, leaving a fuel that is high- ly heat producing—a fuel which contains approximately 89% carbon, the vital heating element in all domestic fuels, x2 HAMCO COKE SOLD' BY A. D. MCCARTNEY J. B. MUSTARD COAL CO. W. J. MILLER & SON• For Prompt and 'Careful Delivery of HAMCO COKE Lehigh Valley, Antraeite of all sizes. Alberta•Goal, Pocahontas'Briquets, Disco, Or Steam Coal Phone 256 *flour Local Dealer A. D. MMcCartney PHONE 74 ' for HAMCO COKE and all Other Fuels. Alta MKS J. B. Mustard COAL CO. WE CAN SUPPLY YOUR WANTS:. FOR HAlV.2CO UOKE e J. Milier AND SON COAL OF ALL KINDS': Phones: 46w and 46j.,