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SEAFORTH NEWS.
GUIDING YOUNG CANADA.
Moralists, some of whom have no
children, are always warning modern
parents that they do not assert thein-.
selves enough ,in the, management of
their children., and that they are
themselves to blame for the manifest
rejection of 'authority by the younger
generation. The harassed parent, con-
s
fused by a state of -palely that he
'finds strange and inexplicable, and o'f-
ten _surrounded by a family of boys
and girls whose practices seems' as pe-
culiar to him as those of a brood of
young clucks must be to a mother hen
that has hatched them from the egg,
thinks he may,indee'd, be at, fault, but
is quite uncertain how to, go about
dealing with the situation.
It may be true, as many parents.as-
• seri, that the old-fashioned methods
'o'f discipline and education do not ;pro-
duce the results that were once ex-
pected from them, and that children,
do not so much rebel against such me-
thods as good-naturedly ignore them:
But that is no reason for abandoning
the effort to guide and direct the
.growth and developm•ett't of the chil-
dren. 'There are ways- of gaining the
'confidence and influencing the minds
of these restless and inquisitive young
people. Some paretR.s have found them
out and many more could do so if
they would apply themselves to the
task, instead of lamenting the difficul-
ties of it.
We are sure that, among other
things, there is need for a much more
careful and sympathetic 'oversight of
the reading that children and young
people do. They are assailed today 'by
a perfectly unprecedented flood of un-
worthy literature, a part of it merely
cheap and flashy, much of it subtly
immoral, and some of it flatly nasty.
This stuff, conspicuously and often ra-
ther attractively displayed on the
news stands, transported- by express
to avoid trouble with the post -office
authorities, appealing to the immature
mind by its air of sophistication, can-
not but debauch the taste and injure
the morals of the boys and girls who
read it. Are parents as careful as they
ought to be to find out whether their
children are reading this kind of fic-
tion, and to point out to them frankly
its falsity and its poisonous nature?
/We are inclined to think that many of
them are not, 11 we belieue the reports
that some from those whose business
it is to sell periodical literature to the
public.
It will pay parents who desire their
children to grow up intelligent and
clean -minded to stake very sure that
their boys and girls are not in danger
of forming a taste for this harmful
reading. They should be more careful
to protect them from it than to guard
them against infectious disease, for
the effects of unclean reading are more
permanent and injurious than those of
bodily illness. And in no w -ay can they
do so more surely than by inoculating
theta, so to speak, with the antitoxin
of a familiarity with and a liking for
clean and wholesome books. One who
knows the taste of good food cannot
easily be persuaded that tainted food
is good to eat,
HUR:OiN NEWS.
Newton Baker, a 'highly esteemed
resident of Exeter, rlied soddenly- at
his home last week. His 'fanmily had
been holidaying at Grand Bend and
Mr. Baker had come 'home for sup-
plies. 4Vhee he did not return to the
Bend, Mrs, Snell became alarmed and
when neighbors went to investigate
they found Mr. 'Baker lying in the
garden with a partly filled container o
berries. His wife, formerly Nora Hill,
and one daughter, Mrs. Milo Snell, of
Exeter, survive. He was in his 71st
year. Four brothers and three sisters.
also survive.
Taylor -Dearing --The wedding took
place at 'Trivia Memorial church of
:Miss StellaPearl'Dearing, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dearing of
'Stephen, and 'Mr. Sylvester Basil Tay-
lor. The bridesmaid wtu Miss 'Rosa
Dearing and the groom was supported
by 3Ir. Percy Harris of Ctiseihurst.
Mrs: William R. Frayne of U,.borne
passed away at the age of 50 years
following an illness of several weeks.
She was formerly 'Ahnena Perkins
'Kerslake, daughter of the late R.,hert
.1Keralake. Her husband and three
son: and one sanghter survive.
Golden Wedding.—An event a'f un-
ttsttal interest took place in \Vinghant
on July 27, when. Mr, and sirs. A. H
'Musgrove were at home to friends on
the occasion of the fiftieth arviiveaa.sry
of their wedding. Sevearl of the guests
of fifty years ago were present, among -
at whom was the bridesmaid, •efrs,
:Frank Henry, of Whitechurch. Many
.congratulatory messages were receive,
.from a distance, several of which werc
from Mr. Musgr ,ve's forur:r pup'(
and his old associates in the Omari,
legisalture,
Huskie and Boston Bull Mix it Up.
-'Ott Sunday afternoon Joe Kelley's
dog and a Boston bull got into a mi;,
up as dogewill do out at Bogie's.
',beach, Joe Kelley rescued his dog be'
the other canine still had the spirit o:
No premium but quality has
ever been given with , Salada
PP
IIMISVISISSZCZOW
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TEA
'Fresh from the gardens'
tight its him and kept jtimping up try-
ing to reach his enemy in Joe's arras.
At one stage in the game he took a
'bite at. Joe, whether by design or mis-
take and Joe dropped his dog to look
after his knee. The owner of the dog
gave Joe's dog a. kick 'to keep him
away from hostilities and Joe avenged
his dog's injury on the other dog's
owner, so report says. At least one
'Crown officer is said to have witnessed
the scrap, ,both the dog and Man part
of it, but there was no sequel in
court.—Goderich Star.
Miss McMahon, -,Aged 91 years, 11
months, Mise . Mary Adelaide Mc-
Mahon, who was horn in Goderich,
passed away in the Gode'rich hospital.
after sustaining a fracture of the thigh
3 weeks ago, the result of tripping in
her dress. Mies McMahon was barn
in Goderich, the daughter of the late
(James and Eliza 'McMahon, who came
from Ireland,' For a third of a cen-
tury she was a teacher in the `Goderich
public schools and some of our older
residents were among her pupils. She
was the last of a family of title and"is
survived by three nephews and two
nieces, Dr. J. B. Whitely of Goderich;
Nlr, Chas. Whitely, 'Goderich Town-
ship; Mr. Geo. 'McMillan who lived
with her; and the 'Misses Jennie and
(Lily Whitely,
Thomas Sloan. — After a lingering
illness there passed away at the family'
residence, Hullett, a much respected
resident of that township in the per-
son ofThomas ,W. Sloan, He had been
in poor health the past couple of years.
:Deceased was 'born in Hallett Town-
ship on the farm now operated by
Thos. McMillan MP., eldest child of
the late Andrew and Janet :McMichael
Sloan, Upwards of sixty years ago
the family moved to Morris, just north
,f Blyth, on the farm now owned by
Mr Fred Oster, where he lived until
1900. He served '4 years on the coun-
cil board. He was a life long Liberal
in politics, displaying considerable ac-
tivity when an election was at hand,
He was an adherent of Queen Street
United Church, Blyth. Thirty-four
years ago he married Johanna Krael-
ing of Morris township who with one
son George, survive, Besides, his im-
mediate fancily he leaves two sisters:
Mrs. 'J. Coombs of Toronto; Mrs. W.
'Walker, Goderich, and three brothers,
Dr. J. Sloan. Oakland, Cal,,; Dr. LVm.
Sloan of Timmins, Ont., and Andrew
Sloan of Galt.
VIIMMOIMMIN
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1931.
LLOYD GEORGE 'LLL,
David Lloyd George, Great Britain's
wartime premier, was reported to be '
le lding his own, after an operation for
a'kidney ailment, although the out-
come was not considered at allcertain
because of the age of the veteran
meat
said:
tatestnian. Ano{ificial state
'So far Mr. Lloyd George's condition
continues satisfactory" .Che words `so
far'were interpreted by some observer
i nein
h
u's
to meat levet the attending p Ysacra
were apparently conservatively ' quali-
fying their statement. The operation.
was1an emergency one. The :former
premier was ,attended by the King's
own physician, Lord .Dawson of 'Penn,
acid others of the most famous song -
eons in England. They pronounced
the operation successful. Just after
taking the anaesthetic Lloyd,. George
dictated a note to the Liberal's'ummer
school which opened at 'Catnbridige,
..11t, Iffilimmullialaulio
\till'iam<W.. Sloan, son' of the late
Dr. and 'Mrs: Sloaa of Blyth, passed
away in Toronto last week. The fun-
eral was held to :Blyth cemetery.
Engagement,—Mr. and .Mrs, W. Ro-
binson of. Clinton amtounde the en-
gagement of their elder daughter,
Muriel M., to Mr. Charles W. Cole of
St. Thomas, youngest soli of Mrs. Cole
and the late A, T. Cole of 'Blyth, the
wedding to take places early in Au-
gust,
Fell From Tree.—Mr. John Gelman
Jr. of Zurich while working in the or-
chard of his father's farm north of
Zurich, fell out of an apple tree and
sustained a fracture of the right arm,
Mr. Gellman will be Paid off work for
some time at the most busy time of
the year.
Died.1 Detroit. -Mrs. W. C. Wag-
ner and Mrs. D. McClinchey of Zur-
ich attended the funeral of the late
Miss Lillian Bender, the,former's niece
at Detroit, the youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Bender, of that
city who died from the effects of an
attack of appendicitis, aged 21 years.
Mrs. Wagner and Mrs. MCClin:chey
also visited with friends at Vermillion,
Ohio.
Mr. Ferdinand Haberer narrowly es-
caped serious injuries when he fell out
of a tree, a distance of about eighteen
feet from the ground. He 'was en-
deavoring to capture a swarm of bees
which had lodged near the top of an
apple tree on the farm of Mr. E.
Rader. near Dashwood. When he
reached out to get the bees the limb
snapped off and Mr. Haberer was
hurled to the ground, receiving a num-
ber of bruises and a severe shaking up.
er pulpits,
The remains of Ifei'bert Clifford
(Lloyd) Wilken, :wh'o anet his death in
an automobile alceident at Iroquois,
On'ta'rio, were breugh't to Clinton last
week where the funeral service Was
conducted, The htte
Wrllc t
was born at Londesboro, 'where his
parents then resided, in Meech, 1897.
(While he Was quite young his parents
moved
t0'Clintontoua
and
ashere that
he grew up, was educated in the pub-
lic school and collegiate and com-
menced his life' work, that of bank-
ing. His' parents` were the late Alfred'
Wilkes, .wsh'o' was a shoemaker by
trade, and the late Jane Wilson, both
o'f whom died in 'Clinton, He was also
stationed at Taristack and at the time
of his tragiic,•death'was, accountant tel-
ler in , the Iroquois branch. Eight
years ago he married Miss Vera Mar-
shall of. Exeter, who survives him, Be-
sides his widow, one brother Karl, of
Windsor, anal four sisters, Mrs.: Mc-
Coy, of Lott'don; Miss Ida, Mrs. L.
Edwards and Mrs, J. P. Timmony,' of
Detroit, Michigan,
CLINTON
Miss May Whiteman of British Col-
umbia who has 'been visiting friends
in Seafortb, has .been visiting Mrs, W.
C. Brown the past week. Miss White-
man was formerly of Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. N. Sidclair, K.
C. and Miss Minerva of Oshawa have
been visiting with George Shipley and
his mother, at the homestead,
'Mr. and Mrs, ,Charles Hawke who
have been resident of Clinton for the
past twenty years, are moving to To-
ronto. They have been active in all
'branches of the work in .Ontario Street
'United Church, and Mr. Hawke has
on many occasions preached from oeh-
STOP' OFF AT
0kl 1(0 IU WESTtERi�
Minaki, in the Lake of the Woods
District, is one of the most charm•
ing beauty spots between Toronto
and the Prairies. Surrounded by
cool forests and clear lakes, it
offers the finest of outdoor sports
and recreations, coupled with the
luxurious comforts of a modern
metropolitan hotel.
Stop off at Minaki on your way
West—or stay for the whole Sum-
mer. Great fishing—sporty golf—
tennis—swimming—motor boat-
ing—picnic cruises—and a very
enjoyable social life in and
about the Bungalow Lodge.
Full information from the nearest Agent
of Canadian NationalRaiiways.
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CALNLALHAALISti
BRUSSELS.
Mrs. (Dr.) MclK'eivey, formerly of
'Brussels, passed away at the home of
her daughter. Mrs. (Dr.) ,F. T. Bryan's,
2'2 Crescent Road, Toronto. Se'vera'l
years ago deceased fell and brokeher
hip which had left her badly crippled,
and again some weeks ago she melt
with a similar accident. Mrs. Mc-
Kelvey, whose maiden name was Ca-
therine Sinith,
atheritte'Stn"th, was born near Toronto,
but lived most of her life in Brussels,
being united in marriage to the late
Dr. Alex. McKelvey 51 years ago.
Since the death of her husband in,
1912 she has made her hate in To-
ronto spending occasional summers in
Brussels. Deceased was 79 years of
age. Surviving are her son Dr. A. Mc-
'helvey, and daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) F. T.
Bryans, both of 'Toronto. The funer-
al took place from the home of her
daughter in Toronto.
LAND IN: WALES.
The trim red monoplane on a dash
around the world from New York with
he flyers, Hugh :Herndon Jr. and
Clyde hangborn, made their first rand
ng after a successful trans Atlantic
crossing, at the village;'o'f Moylegrove,
The 'bandit
tear Cardigan Wales. Tt g
was made an a hazardous hillside, ' but
sh,e red monoplane was undamaged.
There was gasoline .in the tanks for
at least another eight hoot's' journey,
the pilots said. Herndon and Pang -
born said that although they flew
somewhat the same 'course as had
been planned by the Boardman ship,
they saw nothing of them. "We made a
nice trip and flew above fog most of
the .way,' but lost our bearings a little
bit toward the end, Which trade it ne-
cessary for ups to come down," said.
IPangborn. The landing was made 31'.
hours, 42 minutes 'after leaving .Floyd:
Bennett Field, 13raoktyn, Pansggborn
estimated the distance at 3,1150 'miles,
The flyers,showed no i14 effects from
their long trip. Patigb'orn, despite dis-
appointment at fa'i.Itire to reach Mos-
cow in one cruise, expressed c'onrfi,d-
ence in their venture.
They slept several hours during the
night at the Black Lion LITli in Cardi-
gan. They arrived at the 'hotel with-
out "advance arrangements and were
not recognized 15y the woman at 'the
desk when they entered. "'We j•uet flew
over from America," d'angb.arn said,
"We'd like a bed and 'something to
eat." The, cowman thought they ,were
joking with her and was etnbas'ra'ssed
when she 'was assured that the two
were actually transaAtlantic tflyers.
IS.he hurried off at once .to order a meal
of Welsh hour and eggs.
The dyers ate ravenously and. then
went to bed.
"The 'forced landing near ;Cardigan,"
Pans -thorn declared, "cost us just half
a day. From the time we bit the vicin-
ity of Newfoundland until we were
over Ireland there was nothing to see
except fog -airways fog beneath u5.
We kept welt over it but it .was a
pretty dreary prospect. Finally •there.
was a tiny hole in the gray floor be-
neath us, 'and I saw what I thought
was a ship. I nosed cloven through
the 'hole and found we 'were almost
flat on the ground, and what I had
thought was a ship was a rose -cover-
ed Irish 'cottage. We straightened out
and continued the flight, hitting the
fog again. It never let up after that
and finely we had to came down. It
took just about 25 hours to reach the
Irish coastline where we saw .that
pretty cottage."
THE SOAPED BALL.
BIRTHS.
'Rivers.—On Thursday, 'July 23rd, to
Mr, and Mrs. Harper C.:Rivers, Exet-
er, a daughter (Ann Marie).
lDawaon.—+On 'Friday, rJuly 2411, to
Mr: and Mrs. Fred :Dawson, of Us-
borne, a daughter.
Young.—On Sat., July 25th, to Mr.
and Mrs, Chas. Young, Porter's Hill,
a son.
Patient: Is the Doctor in?
Attendant: No, he stept out for.
lunch.
Patient: Will he be in after lunch?
Attendant: Why, no, that's what he
went out after.
A FAVOIRED ISLE.
'Fleeing from burdensome taxation
and the. double jeopardy of succession
duties levied en individuals with large
stockholdings, both in the place of
residence at death and in the jurisdic-
tions containing company headquar-
ters.
ters. special Dominion incorporations
with a total capitalization of over a
hundred million .debars have establish-
ed .Charlottetow=u as their official
headquarters this year. A few of these
companies are believed to be Americ-
an in origin, but the remainder are al-
most entirely 'formed by,individuals or.
corporations in •England, 'Quebec, and
Ontario. The 24 companies which
have thus far domiciled themselves in
Prince Elwand Island, their capitaliza-
tion ranging from, $155,000 to $34;000,-
900, have all reflected the carefully
planned nature of the tremendous
movement of capital by selecting the
Prince Edward list'and Trust 'Company
as their oven repository agent and cus-
todian, The magnet which is luring
:he companies to Charlotte'taton, and.
which is expected to lure three or four
tines as anally more 'before many
months have elapsed, is a special act
which, under certain conditions, the
domiciled companies and persons in-
terested in them are exempt from col-
lection of succession deities and from
all other vexatious taxes, with the ex-
ception of e special yearly registration
:ax. The conditions are that the in-
:orporations, basking taxless iu the.
liscreet quarters of the P. E.'1. Trust,
Company, shall not hold property in
that province, shall not offer securi-
ties for sale in the province, or other-
wise compete with companies actually
>perating in the island. Further, com-
panies with Charlottetown headquar-
ters are not exempt from succession
duties, corporation or income or other
axes, unless 95 per cent, of the issued
apitalization is held by persons non-
resident in the province. The special
yearly registration tax, the only one
to be levied .on the .companies, is the.
:neans choses by the provin•ce as a .re-
turn for providing such a haven. 'The
agricultural nature of the island, its
;mall 'size and absence of any. large
•:axahle corporations, combined, it is
'believed, to make the government
'end a kindly ear towards' the proposal.
In effect, it allows corporations and in-
dividuals in other parts of Canada and
:he world to establish technical head-
1uarters in Charlottetown in return for
general tax and succession duty ex-
emption, coupled with a moderate an -
mai single levy:
,Railroad builders and traitrtnten have
met with peculiar difficulties since the
history of rails began, but perhaps no.
stranger stumbling block was ever
placed its their way than the "soaped
rail" between Pox Trap and Seal Cove
in the early days of the Newfoundland
Railway. This was recently describ-
ed'by .David'Candow-, veteran engineer.
who recalled with clarity the Battle .of
Fox Trap.
"To those who are not familiar with
the story, I will say that this battle
was about to be fought viten the en-
gineers were trying to put the, railroad
through at Fox Trap. The residents
protested strongly and to such an ex-
tent that Judge Prowse and a squad of
police went there and kept ,chem off.
Pitchforks were in evidence and the
governor at that time had to have a
battle cruiser anchored in Conception
Bay. This quieted :natters, and the
railroad went its way. Very tittle trou-
ble was experienced at Fox `Trap after
the rails were put through but I re-
member that one time an old man ap-
peared with •a gun to shoot all and
sundry for killing a cow the previous
day. Our next experience was meeting
the soaped rail from Fox Trap to Seal
Cove. It tools us tett or twelve hours
to go this short .distance, the engine
turning over but staking no headway.
'Tine and again we have heard of tails
being spiked and fish plates tampered
with, but in only one instance did I
figure in a wreck which was caused
through such circumstances. This was
caused 'by a nut driven ein a joint of
the rails. The engine turned over on
'its right side with men :slider it. I was
there about 45 Minutes before . being
pulled out" Trainmen in those days
had to load all their owe freight at St.
Johns for the road, after returning
front the run,
A model of Niagara carrying an
amount of water directly proportion-
al to that Of the real Niagara is help-
ing engineers to remedy an. cvil that
threatens to destroy the beauty of the
faftts, As the liinestone wears away
underneath the Horseshoe fall's more
and more water is concentrated and
seems likely before many years 'bo
make the falls no more than a huge
,ally. '
Mistress—Now, Matilda, I want you
to show es what you can dt toniglt:.
We have a few eery special friends
coining for a musical evening.
Maid -Well, .ma'am, I ain't done he
singing for years' to speak df, but if
you -all insists upon' it, you can put are
dawn for The Holy Cityl
Want and For Sale Ads, 3 times 50c
saying he -regretted he was unable to
attend and that 'he had arranged for
his daughter, Miss Megan Lloyd
'George to take his place. He, also dic-
tated a personal note to 'hes daughter
wh'ic'h slhe will read at the opening of
the summer school; The King .and
Queen, the .Prince. of Wales and other
,memlbe'rs of the royal Family sent
messages 'f sympathy to the farmer
premier anda number of letter, cable-
grants and telepmone calls were re-
ceivedfromall parts of the country
expressing sympathy, es'teetn and af-
fection.
FLY TO TURKEY.
'Succe'ssfully completing their non-
5top long distance flight from New
York Russel Boardman and 'John Po-
lando landed their Bell'anca monk -
,plane at Istanbul, 'Turkey last 'wee
The Cape Cod came down at the air-
drome to ,be received by .cheering
throngs: Aided by a strong following
wind, it circled into .the field`in glit-
teringly brit'1'iant sunshine, whichi a
replaced a cloudy morning. Joseph C. ,
Crew, the American ambassador, who
had waited for the 'flyers since 3 ''a:m.,
was the first to greet theta and shake
their hands. The crowd,` .closed in,
and the flyers were taken to the centre
of airdrome, where they were given.
an ovation. !The actual distance Of
their flight was estimated at 4,984
miles. The fliers eme`ged from the,
plane smiting modestly but delighted
by their reception. They seemed a
'little dated from their long hours in
the air. Crew presented them to the
•Governor of •Constantinaple, and other
officials. The G'overnor's spokesman,
speaking in lEnmgl'is'h, said: We wel-
come you to. Turkey. Our State 'is'
pleased to have the honor of re'ceivin'g..
the heroes of a. record flight, and ap-
preciates your ;making Instan,bul your
distant objective.
(Boardman presented the 'Governor
with a sealed' packet for Mustapha
Kemal, president of Turkey. The pack-
et had a parachute inserted under its
springs. Polando des'cri'bed the trip
most successful. The fliers reached
'Turkey almost exactly on schedule,
within a few minutes of the time they
`had' set. iPolandosaid they lost much
time crossing Europe. "We 'had to feel
our way," 'he said, "and fly low at
times to negotiate the passes in the
Alps, ,
The Boardman -Poland° plane Cape
Cod' took off at 4:59 a.m. Tuesday and
was notpositively identified at any
point of its flight. The fliers had fore-
cast that they would arrive in'approxi-
tniatey 50 lours' flying time, and they
were about an hour longer. Most of
the trip appears to have been through
'fog, wh'iich accounted for difficulty in
following their progress.' The ship
was equipped with up-to-date instru-
ments for 'blind "lying which b:roii•gh't
the flight to a perfect finish. ;From the
time Boardman tend 'Polando left the
Floyd Bennett Field, New 'York, until
they came down at IInstanibul'the only
report that they had been sighted
came from Newfoundland. • Persons on
the ground there saw two planes fly-
ing high and 'fast, headingfor the
open sea: They were too far away' to
distinguish the anal•kings, but there
was no doubt that the two ships, were
those which had started almost simul-
taneously from New York; Board
-
man's for Istanbul and the other ,for
Moscow. The Boardman -'Poland°
flight was conceived with the object
of establishing a new long distance
non step record for heavier that air
machines. And in flying to Istanbul,.
Turkey, they claim, this object has
been accomplished.
The 4'984 miles was covered in 4
hours and 20 minutes. 47
The"absolute airline" distance, from
Neto York to Istanbul is 4,635 miles,
according to U.6S. Navy department
figures. The 'flyers previously had an -
flounced they would claim a record an
a.basis of distance traversed.
1Dieuclanne Coste and Maurice 'Bel-
fonte made the •w'orld's straight lime
listance record of, flying afront Le'
Bourget to-'Coulart, China, in 1929, a ,
distance of 4,912 miles.
Jones-:t,V'illiants and Jenkins flew
from London to Karachi, Inidia, cov-
ering 4,130 miles, in 1929.
'The famous Alcock -(Brown flight of
1919, 'from ,St. J'ohn's. to N'fld to Cli,f-
filen, I're'land, spanned a dis'tanice of
1,'•9d0 unifies: