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The Seaforth News, 1932-02-04, Page 2PACE TWO HURON NEWS. New Bridge at Ointon,-=The new ravincial:highways "bridge at Clinton wild be o'pet ed for traffic this week, it is'Fmnonw,ced The .tincture is of re inforced con rete and spans the Bay 'field river on No. 4 highway. Farm :Purchased -\[r; Harold 'Tay- Jor has purchased the one hundred acre farm of \1r, Albert Penwfirden, lot 11, con. 4, Us'borne, The latter is giving up h ousekeep!ng and will hold an auction:. sale of his household ef- fects.' Died in Exeter, -.The death took place in Exeter on Friday last of Mrs. E. H. Morse, who passed away at the home of her- daughter, Mrs. D. A. 'Gordon. Messrs. E. C, Morse and IR. C. 'Morse of the Exeter Luinpher Co are sons, these families ha,viteg .znoved to Exeter the past year. ;Young Lady Stands Treat,-llf -Young lady invites her toy frien',d out in her father's car and uses her Dad's 'hard earned eche to take theist to Shows and dances, can the pater re - :cover the money in a lawsuit against .the too -easily, persuaded' swain?. ,Judge Costello had that riddle, to :Solve at Zurich court last week and aeth•qugh the compl'aint originated before Leap Year, he decided that generous young ladies were within their rights to stand treats for thei "big boys" without Dadhaving a .cremeba'ck. Celebrates 94th Birthday.\'Lrs 'John Sanders of Virdent, ;Manitoba 'ce'le'brated her 914th birthday on Sun day, January 10th at the home of he daughter, Mrs, ee', R. Down. Mrs Sanders was born at Brighton, Ont ario, January IOth, 1838, the 'secon'd child of the late Robert and Sarah /I -Toward. When twenty years old she became the' bride of John San- ders of Exeter, ,where they lived untie 1285, theyear of the last 'Riel Reb eelioit in what are now the Provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, when they decided that Manitoba was the land of opportunity and went there They located near Killarney. Two years. later her husband died, and as sisted by her eldest son Jack site con tinned to operate the farm, which she still owns. She raised her family d twelve children, six of whom are stil living. and her great great grandson was baptised' on her birthday. Last of L. & W. Crew Leave, -Mr nBVilliam Sneath, the last remaining member of the -old London crew is leaving \Vingh•ann )next week after a T1111 of 26 years, for Brantford, where lie will run front that city to Black :Rock, Mr. Sneath has been off work for the .last three months with an in lured leg. Celebrated Birthday. -There was a .most pleasant gathering held on 'Tuesday, January 19th, at' the home of Hugh R. Elliott, Graham's Survey 1Brussels south, when a number of his close fancily friends gathered to cel- ebrate .with him and his family on the occasion of his 86th birthday. He being in fairly good health at the present time, was able to partake in all the happy doings of this pleasant gathering, Increasing the happiness of this occasion was the celebrating of the birthday of his nephew, Wil- lard II. Elliott of :Seaforth, who with his farni'ly and his mother, Mrs. Jar- dine Elliott were among the friends 'of this happy gathering, also friends front !Brussels. After having partak- en of a most appetizing dinner at high noon the afternoon was spent in pleasant chat andreminiscences of the happenings of their 'earlier years by the older ones present,. while .the younger people .there spent the time in other amusements. While Mr, Elliott and his nephew were cel- ebrating'h.ere, there was just such an- other celebration taking place at Wiseton, Sask., of Mr. Elliott's grand son, Jack Elliott, at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. 'El- liott, Jack being six years old on Jan. 19th, the same date as Grandpa Elliott. All too soon this enjoyable day :Grew to 'a chose and again wish- ing them many happy returns of the day, the friend's took their departure, --43rtn,sels Post, Obituary, ---4011 January 26th, Chas. IB'e'mlhridige, 7h line \[orris, passed away after an 'illness of four weeks from kidney trouble and other ail men•ts. • The deceased was born' in the county of Lincolnshire, England', in. 1,852 and came to Canada at the age of 22 and first settled near Lon- desboro and 13 years ego 'moved to Morris" township. His wife, Rebecca (Jordan, passed away last year. One son, Charles, at home, and one dangh +ter, Mrs. Samuel Alcock, 'of Morris township,survive. The Funereal was Iihe'Id on Thursday afternoon from his late home N. half 'Lot 11, Con. 7,' at ..2.30 p.m, I tdterntieiit was in Union &Cemetery, $Myth, Douglas' Egy'p'tian Liniment i s without a rival. Stops bleeding in- stantly. Cauterizes wounds and pre- vents 'blood Poisoning. THE SEAFORTf1 NEWS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1932. as substitute a 7es‘jom tk r5ar ns 'Western Wedding. -The wedding tookface on S'aturd'ay a'ftern'oon, p , J'antiary 2, 1932, on the yacht, "Dear- leaps," Burt^ard Inlet, \Tancouver, when Norma Helen, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J, T. Dodds, Swift 'Current, became the bride of Joseph' !Le's'lie ISecord, of Vancouver, former- ly of Moose, aw and Regina. Rev, Dr. Bruening of the Wesley United Church, per'forned the ceremony. Brussels Agricultural Society -At the annu'a'l meeting of the Brussels Agri- cultural Society the. old officers were re-elected: Hon. president, Rebbt. Ni- chol. president, Jas. Burgess;first vice president, P. A. McArthur; 2nd vice, Thos:Miller•; secretary -treasur- er, D. M, McTavish; directors, Ge'o, Muldoon, W. Y1ti11, Robert Bow- man, 0. Hemingway, ''N. S. Scott, Jas. S. Arm's'trong, Ed', Iiryans, Bert Hemingway, W. R. Broad'foot, W. Turnbull, T. C.' Wilson, E. Hoover; lady directors, Mrs, G. Muldoon, Mrs. IR. Hamilton, Mrs, P. A, McArthur, Mrs. A. C. Dames, Mrs. O. Heming- way, Miss Grace Stewart, Miss Beth (Hoover, auditors, 11. Bleckand, N. F. Gerry,. Would Take, Dr. Six Weeks. - A recent news despatch states that Dr. E. C. Wilford, on a distant mis- sion field, has received a high award. Busy in a mission hospital he the in- terior of China, he was informed that high -honors for surgery had been conferred on him by his fellow sur- geons of this continent. Dr. Wil- ford is chuckliu•g over an invitation to dinner with the American College of Surgeons in the new '`\naldorf As toria, New York, Dr, Wilford' is a 1,\restern Ontario old boy, and is well knowtt in Huron and Lambt'on coun- ties, He went out to China from Blyth in 1909, after graduating from the University of Toronto and taking post -graduate work in Edinburgh. IHe went through the 1912 revolution in China, and the second revolution is 1926=28. Returning to Canada in 1928, he settled in practice at Petrolia but returned to his field in Szechwan last year at the urgent .request of his missionary .colleagues. While in 'Scotland, Dr. 'Wilford won several degrees. His latest degree is Fellow of the American College o'f Surgeons. I5 would have taken six weeks to reach New :York for the dinner of the American College of Surgeons: TO !BUILD AIR GIANT. Take the 100 -yard stretch between two football goals, add 28 feet, and you have the wing -spread of the air - Plane's latest challenge to the dirig- ible., rhe Dutch Koolhaven flying boat, being built in the Netherlands, Ten motors of 1000 -horsepower each will propel this giant through the air at 140 miles an hour. With a light load range of 3,200 utiles, its normal load of 200 passengers and two tons of freight can he flown nonstop for 2,- 20.0 miles. Thus it will accotnmoda'te the load of a dirigible, although hav- ing'about half its cruising range, But it can be constructed at half the diri- gible's cost, or about $1,200,000. The propeller arran'ge'ment will be. unusual, three huge "sticks" hydrau- lically driven by the motors, The ship will .follow the "fiyiit'g wing" trend' of "bodyless" planes, sine it will have hardly any fuselage and will carry its passengers, freight and motors withi'n the huge single. wing: Why Holland should be making such a departure in airplane design is appreciated welled it is realized' that the D'u'tch East 'Indies are connected .to the mother country 9000 miles away by a •first-class flying service, Judge: "W'h•a't have yon to say for yourself?" Prisoner; <T say 'I wish I was in a place where there; are no traffic cops," Judge: "Gran'ted; 60 days!" 'Newedd:"I don't tike to say it, but really, my wife's cooking is terrible." Oldiwedd: "Cheer up, old man! The fiist hundred 'biscuits are the, hardest," Want and For Sale Ads, 1 time 25.c, Nu uu it �0 C COIlCounty At the inaugural meeting of Huron County Council, the Clerk read a batch of correspogdence, which was filed or sent to various 'co'nnrittees. Lennox and Addington (watts. Hur- on County to join in protest against reduced grants to rural schools and to ask the Provincial 'Government to cut Nie counties' share of old age pesi- siona 10%, retroactive to July 1,'1931. These resolutions were re- ferred to the educational and legisla- tion •conun'ittees respectively. j. W. Beattie Of Seaforth and' Clerk 'Holman told, of the visit of Col: lVer, '\>1T. Denison, inspector of legal 'of- fices, to •G'oderie'h to investigate com- plaints into the alleged high cost of administration of ,justice in this •coun- ty When asked to speak, Ex -(Warden Beattie said he hadinquired about the high cost of justice and told Col- onel Dennison pf the discussion that took place in council in December; that twice inside of a short period grand juries had inspected the coon ty buildings, county home and chit - red's shelter.' Council committees ldok after these well and he saw no reason why .grand juries should in- spect these twice. The excessive .costs of the MdNeit trials would be gone into and Colonel Dennison promised that the matter w'ou'ld be looked into and 'he hoped to have some explana- tion to report. Adjournment of courts add to the costs. The' Agricultural Representative, Mr. M'dLeod, submitted, his financial statement, showing receipts of $359.- 35, 359:35, and a balance of $117(170. R. H. Thompson tendered Isis resignation as te tneMier of the road-conalnis•Sio•n.. Reeve MdKib'b'on 'moved that a letter 'of appreciation of his services 'be for- warded ihlln Th'o•mpsou. Harry 'G. Strang of Exeter, who is attending the O.A.C. at Guelph wrote ;thanking the council for a scholarship of $100. He. announced his intention of taking up farming and that he had obtained standing of second place in a class of ninety-three.. Mr. R, E, Manning. df' Clinton tendered his re- signation as representative an Clinton 'Wednesday, Session-. Colle'gia'te In's'titute 'B'oard. The morning 'session. of '13uron County 'Council on 'Wednesday . was largely occupied with 'hearing; reports of coeporeti;on 'Officers. an comment- ing- on his report, 'Roy Patterson, County Engineer, said there'had 'be'en comp'ara'tively few serious 'accidents on the ,County roads in '1:9131, The 'Pu'b'lic School Inspectors, E. C. Beaconre and Dr. ',Field, submitted reports, The Striking 'Oooctnietee's report was as Follows„ the first teamed' being the: chairman. !Executive -' :Moser, Geiger, Scott, Craigie, /Wallace. Leg.isla:tive-Scott Archibald, B•cov- er, Smith, ,Douglas.. 'Finance Goldthorpe, . Smia'h Mc- Quart'ie, Matheson, 'Leiner. Education. - •:-rands, Archibald, Cardiff, \IcQuarrie, 'Wallace. Property-I.ffaake, Douglas, Moser, Taylor; Stewart, 'Huse of Refuge-MdN'abb, 'S'te'w - art, Bai0antyue, Wright. Children's Shelter - Goldthorpe, Sweitzer, McKibben, Old' Age Pensions-'.Bot1m'tan 'Henke, Craigie, Geiger, 31dKihbon; this committee to select its own chairman. Roads Commission - McKenzie, 'Gamble, Elliott. Cemntery-tFratacis, MdN'abh, Agriculture and iAvdvisory-Wright, Carter, Baliaotyne; Matheson, Canna - bell. Warden_-1Gannlle, ({cowman, Tay- lor, Leiper, !Robert Higgins of 'Hensel!, and John Cameron , Ashfield, were ap- pointed County Auditors for 1932. Other applicants were:, A. E. 'Irwin, B'aynfield; 'Leonard 'Kent, Colborne; Abner Cosens, W'ingham; A. E. Chamberlain, Seaforth. :The 'En'ginee'r's report pointed out that there are now r5 miles of sur- face treated road's :through villages and hamlets, eight and a hale miles of which.wa's treated for the first time last year, IA ,distributor and four gravel pits were purchased dur- ing the year, also one drag line. The 1931' expen'ditures 011 roads are made uli as fo'llo'ws: R•o a d ooastruction, • $.17;333,63; bridge construction, $1,113.50; main- tenatnce and repairs, 1$61,1659.51; ma- chinery and repairs, $11;57.5.11; pur- chase and development of gravel pits, $2;5'51.24; ,superintendence, $5,072.16; county _bridges, 25883.29; total, $130,- 388.44; deductible receipts, $2,060.72; net total, '$128;327;72;1 government grant should 'be 04,163.26.' A vote of thanks was •tendered En- gineer •habtergon on, motion of 'R'eeve Geiger who expressed the 'opinion that the report was the best • the 'Engineer had ever given. County Treasurer Gordon Young reported the financial condition of Huron county as flourishing at the afternaop session of the Huron coun- ty council on Wednesday. The stand- ing of the county highway account is the best for some thee and the gen- eral deficits are being gradtt'ally wiped out. The report given by Mr. Young is as follows: (General account: Outstanding notes -$55,000; retired notes -$1'0,000; borrowed -.1$130,000; total loans - $175,000; loans retired, $140,000; bat- ance of notes carried over into 1932-- $35,000. County Highway account: Out- standing notes, $78,000; retired in Jan- uary, $10,000 total, $68,000, At the end of April the Government subsidy of $68;000 cleared up all loans. ,During the year the county bor- rowed $100,000 in new notes and re- tired $40,000, leaving a balance,. of $60,000; estimated' Government grant, $65,000; estimated balance, $5,000, Provincial Highway account; Cre- dit balance $25,125:'8; interest, $612,- 05; proceeds, $44,271.17; total receipts, $69;971.118. Payments: Debenture issue, '$1i2, - 950o -4'6; provincial .highway work, 1930, $S9;0'3'3.76; total, $71,984.22, . which ex- ceeds the receipts by $2,1913.04,' Li'abitity: ,Bank •deficit, $2,013.04; provincial highway account ,maturing in "July, $47;5'59.97; debenture to ma- ture December, 1932, $12,950.46; total liability, $62,622:47. Children Aid Report. H. T Edwards, supeeinitendent of the Children's Aid Society, reported :tile cost for maintenance as $3,396.714, int. presenting his report Mr. Edwards said, 'The first aim and object of revery Children's Aid Society ;is that lof•preveition. Ilf children can be sav- ed and helped in earlyyears, there will be a tremendous saving to the community. Domestic difficulties and Family troubles by, which children are affected are assisted' in being zci,ed ley the Children's Aid •Societies, "'We have found it difficult to place. children in foster Montes this: past year, ,But we find those homes where wards have been placed are d'oing' all they can in snaking these. children good ci'tizens'" At present there are tee children inn -the Shelter, six girls an'd' font- boys, It should be remembered that in car- ing for these children, require a great deal of painstaking ':efforts on the Part of the matron. who is doing splendid work, ,The • Unmarried Parent Act has giv- enst,treh work. Forty-one cases were' reported this year. 7l'h'is is au ixt- crease from other years. It is recom- mended that .where it is ,at ail possible the mother should keep her child. Cases of truancy, theft, disorderly conduct, slnop'breakinlg,. daaniage to property are bnougth't before the juv- enile court. The sObject is to show the child that these acts are wrong and must be stopped. The past year shows •a decrease in these cases. Only thitity-'five have appeared in count and Sour boys have been .seat to iedus- trial schools. poinbmeu•t and, control of county .'chood inspectors has been - assumed )y the Ontario Department of Kdaca_ Lion. 'IJ'nder thcea circunstances it is no longer necessary th'at limits of inspectorates coincide with' county iounclaries, and in addition the,' size of•inspectotattes may be changed at the wil'1 of the .AI'itt;ister:df Education. Sucha change. came into effect in the county of Huron in September; 1.931, when the township of. East Wa- wanosh was transferred from the in- pe.ctora'te of West' 1ltiron to that of 'East 'Huron, under the direction 01 Dr. J. Arc Field; 'There are noiv:80 rural and four urban ,schools in the 'inspectorate du, the rural schools 101 teacher's 'are regularly employed and in the urban schools,24 teachers. The;nutnuber of teachers holding fust class certificates continues to increase. ,At present for- ty teachers in the inspectorate or :al most One-third of the total, hold thtd certificate.: For the first time in several' years an increase in ,the enrolment was es- ea'blisbe'el, indicating that the , former :trend olf population from the rural to the u'rlban. centres, has been re-';' versed, temporarily at least. The: percentage of attettcbatuce for 1931 reached the high levelof 91.95, ate increase of n'e'arly 3 per cent over the ;previous year. 'Attendance . grants are now given; by bhe Department of Education oec the basis of average • attendancet Though the grant on the individual School is not large, the sun:.- total for the township is quite worth'wh'ile. The ^establislemenh of a new :'basis for the apportion'men't of legislative grants and the prevalent 'business' and financial depression, are two factors, which have operated to bring about a reduction in teachers' salaries. Where- as last year most teachers in 'rural schools were in receipts of 'a salary. of $1,.000, the average for the preval- ent year is $891. In a few • cases teas- eliers in the rural' schools are still in receipt. of salaries of $1,000, or more; but salaries of $800 are iiow common. The principle underlying the pres- ent apportionment of grants is to the. effect that the stronger sections shall bear a larger .proportion of the cost of conducting their .schools, and that greater assistance shall be given the weaker ones. Whereas in. 1930. the total legislative and county grants for the inspectorate amounted to $34,- 402132, 34,- 40?32, the figure for the ,past year ,was $25;.659.87, An interesting feature of ' the' present scheme, is -that rural sothoots, and this, applies' to such schools only, may receive a grant of '50 per cent of the cost of all; approv- ed equipnnen,t. Tie total number ofcandidates at the. .entrance examination from. the ;schools in the inspectorate was•. 366,, !of whom 296 secured entrance stand - 'hi 87 of these taking; first. class: !totters. Beginning with June, 1932, :the system of accepting the, reeom- rnenela'tioes of the:prin'cipals with'c&tulli.f„ alis limiting cottditions is to be put 'into effect fol: the, entrance• examine, tion. Dr, Field said that school sec- ''tions in his inspeetora'te were in good'. ,financial condition. There were nto, deficits. and in many cases .handsome balances were being carried, some of which were sufficiennt • to. finance the. school for a wahole year. 'In d'scussing,; the sehool fairs Dr. Field. said the;', were excellent and a ,goods thing. ,for the school, as cotnp'eti'tioa',was• good: and taught children to be ,good losers, and goo& apoaetas and taught children fair dealing;. ,Dr. Field. and.Mr. 'Beacom anseverad many question's regarding the extra, term required by the department . of ;education at 'N'ormal wh'ic'h sante: tueeaebers, designated as unfair, T'he; 'apprecia'ti:ou of thememberswras ex- pressed to the inspectors in a, vote of' . thantes, Huron county council,. in se'ssiqn. on Thursday, was asked to reduce the salaries, of all otlficiaie otter which the. Couttrat has control, by twenty per cent.: ,the request Come in the fotsto, of a mon Reeves Traylor and 4Vrigltt'ancltiobywas, teiferrect to the exe- cutive coinnsi't'tee,. Another. tmotiote was for a l0 per cepa cut, At the same time Reeve McNab( asked that a resolu'ti'on be forward- ed to Prime itdittister R B. Bennett; Premier Geo. 5. Hemet and the Rt. 81on. W• L,.:hlacicenzie King, leader of rthe oppositiott, askuh'g that all goy ertunent officials' salaries 'be seduce{ 20 o•er. cpn,t . Legal adoption' is the one part 'of 'our work bloat is a pleasure. E.1 even children were legally made members of Danilies, concluded Mr. Edwards, 'The. work. of the: Lion's Club of. !Gc!derich: and Seato'cbh in conttectiott with crippled children was com- mended, highly in bhe report, Would Mark Tomb I3, McCreath, newly elected coun- cillor'of Colborne, was given a hear- ing. He asked thee assistance of the reeves in having the Dunlop tomb on Galtfor•d. Hill markedina. special way. He 'sh'oweda sketch of the tomb and its surroundings. Mr. Duttlop was a dust settler and the first warden. of Huron County. Mr.. le.eCreath's idea. was to have the word's 'Dunlop's To'm'b" printed in. cobblestones on the Side of the hill in .eight foot letters. As it will require three hundred stones, Mr. McCreath said it.was his inten- tion to ask school teachers to parade with children to the tomb, each child carrying a stone,, and he wished the co-operation of the, reeves lit: carry- ing this out attd particulars; will be sentout in a circular. letter. He was asking no financial ass'is'tance. The warden said that the. speaker was not asking anything unr.eas'oneble, and asked the reeves to co-operate. Mr. George B..Spotton, :tL:i'„ 'being .present, was asked to speak: He commented' on the: Happy position of the province of Ontario which asked a loan of twenty-five millions and a few hours alter it head Been. over- subscribed. He discussed the: part the Dom'inion and Ontario Govern ments take in taation,•and also the cost to them of social legislation such asi .\Lathers' Allowance, .Old Age pen- sions, administration ref justice. Pn the latter the judges' sal'a'ries are paid by the D'omin'ion Government; the .Crown A'ttorney's salary is partly ar- ranged for, . and the magistrate's sal- ary is paid by. tile' Gevertemen't. Hae thought social legislation was being run ton fast, Thee Mothers' Allowance, iWorktnen's Cam!peeaation, and Old !Age Pensions are: good, but lie ex - reheat neo care ex- pressed the•s fear t re c e shotiid be taken in their legis'Iationt;. "It is time we 'checked over the drains on the,: pu'blid: .treasury. and Fo-operate in Mowing the people (where things might lie cut off:. Coun- ty affairs should not. always be rate - gated to ate-galtedto other bodies and centralize - ',non of legislation. to the city. of T'o- ko•tnto," bMr, C. A. Ri'itertsoiti, leCe'L.A, in a rief address offered his assistance !willingly in matters relating to coun- ty roasts, He said it might 'be false economy ` to econoimize• toe ittatch in ;road building. In, order to get grants :don't burden the. taxpayer too nmtch, ;Mr.'Rolbentsmn urged:_ He endorsed Mr. IMtcCreatii's 'id'ea , o'f' specially marking the place of the, Dunlop tomb, Ide th'ough't too many conrm'is- ,sdons were. appointed; and. urged that 'scemeteries be cleaned' tip with the eo- ;operation, or the reeves., 'T'i'ne coon- borer inspector, O. Ginn, explained some •tna5tters regarding his work on: an en'q'uiry from Reeve Ste- wart, Tite remuneration he receives came uttd:'er fire,' M1: 'Ginn said one inspector is appointed for: each coun- ty. '0Vt't1i' tlte,1. consent of the reeve, he may appoint an assistan't. He had only one roast "working for him. Mr: Ginn ;received $470 last year. Only one conviction had been imide. Fifty per cent. Of :Mr, G'inn's salary is paid iby the department. (Reeve M'dNabb _advocated rover Vision tro-staltute labor. In his town- ship work was done hetter by statute ,l'abor'tlten it h'as been since. The road commissioner's ' salary ltad been reduces! from $5:00 to $3:50. ' The 'hi•gh'w^ay.s department didn't approve, ,"Why should they object .to our re- ducing his salary?" asked ' iol•t•; Mc- theablb. He urged co-operation„ Reeve IWcighh saw no reason 'to go back to statute labor. Sn his to'wnshi'p they haven't a draw over two miles and they have thirteen pabrolm'en. The warden said he Feet the wish 61 the 'coun'cilwould molt be to go back, School Inspector B'eaoom, in his repont, , ndn'ted out that , the ap-; A motion sponsored hy' Reeve. Sweitzer and .BI 0 wltuan asking n that Ctit a g by-law be prepared .confirming ' the app'o•in'Gment of Traffic Officer Lever and giving him' authority to act under 'and to lay itvloramttionsunder the L. C. A. as Tra'fific 011fieer.was carried, 'The Thurstday afternoon session, was a sh'ort one as Counciladjourned, early in ander 'to ' a'llo'w committees to meet and prepare reports, (Reeve Smith iitlq'uiired of • the Cowl- ty E'n'gineer, "Are you 'a full time of- ficial of 'f-ficialof the County, or are your ditt- ies only cettaiin ones?" I3'e also aslc- e'd, "'In connection with "b"idges' or culverts do you change extra for plans and specifioation's ?" . leer, Pat'ters'on said th'a't he gives full time if nieces.