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The Wingham Advance Times, 1934-08-23, Page 2'AO TWO THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES The Wingham Advance -Tingles Published at �t'VINGIrIAM - ONTARIO Every Thursday morning by The Advance -Times Publishing Co. ffitibscription Rate --^ One Year $2.00 Sb months, $1.00 in advance To U. S. A. $2.50 per year. Foreign rate, $3.00 per year, ,Advertising rates on application. MAKING. A FARCE OF SOFTBALL PLAY-OFFS During the softball schedule this summer many an evening has been enjoyed by a large number of spec- tators, and when the play-offs started •on Monday evening of last week it was expected, as it should be, that the best contests of the season would take place. Such, however, was not the case, both of the first two games in the "A" class having turned out to be farcial exhibitions that no person could witness without being disgusted. Neither team, Transport Oil or Sil- vertowns, seem able to take defeat gracefully. In the first game with the Silvertowns ahead, and with an un- derstanding that seven innings must be played, the Transport Oil did ev- erything possible .to delay the game, while Silvertowns tried to hasten things by offering at balls six feet over their. heads. The situation on Thursday evening was just reversed, after Transport Oil scored nine runs in the second inning the Silvertowns seemed no more an- xious that the game should finish than did their opponents in the previous game. They say the game was finish- ed after dark, but we were too dis- gusted to wait and see any more. If the Softball League is to continue and prosper such burlesques should be stopped. * * * SUGGESTS CO-OPERATION In welcoming the delegates of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Associa- tion to Montreal last Thursday morn Ing, Mayor Houde, of Montreal, stressed the idea, that in these times of business depression when unem- ployment is so great and the problems of government so difficult, that the best brains of the country should be utilized. He was of the opinion that no matter bow clever or sincere a member of Parliament may be if he sat on the opposition benches much of his usefulness was lost. Mayor Houde felt at this time, that the best men of both the old parties should co-operate and that their doing so would be of great benefit to the people of Canada. The recovery in England and Scot- land under the National Government has been one of the wonders of - the century and, no doubt, Mayor Houde lead this in mind when he championed the idea of co-operation in Canada. The rumour that the formation of a United Government in Canada has of- ten of late been heard, but as to its actual birth very little has been said or, we believe, done. Whether either of the old parties would countenance such a plan we are not prepared to say, but the idea cer- ,tainly contains food for thought.. * * * * ,BOYS TO-DAY— TOMORROW LEADERS LEADERS During the last three days of last week it was our pleasure to attend !the annual Convention of the Canad- ian Weekly Newspaper Association, held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal These annual gatherings are a de- cided help to the country editor, who is privileged to attend. There are sev- eral reasons why this is the case. The first and most important is that it is 'impressed upon him that he has a duty to perform that is of vital im- portance "Helping to Build a Na - `tion," The part that a weekly paper plays in this this great endeavour ac- cording to the speakers at the con- ivention, is of great importance and of !great benefit to the people whom they serve, if the paper is alive to its pos- 'sib'ilities. One of the . suggestions that im- pressed us must was that, if we are to do our share, we must try and fos- .ter in the communities we serve that which will benefit our youth physical- ly, morally and mentally as they will in the future be the guiding hands that .will carry on the work started by our forefathers and for which we today are responsible. How best this can be accomplished is a very difficult question, but the REDUCED FAR Week -end —Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 First Class Fare and One -Quarter for Round Trip Between all points in Canada—also to certain U.S. destinations. 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OF COMMERCE :!tom' ..•�.;�.Auli:l,l appeal put forward by several speak- ers in this regard, places this prob- lem asof major importance in Can- ada's future. * The chilly weather of Monday morning is just a reminder that the summer is fast disappearing. * *' * ( U. We were in attendance at, . the Weekly Newspaper Association Con- vention last `,week but like Fanner John "the best part of the journey was. •getting home." * * * * Hitler is now President of Germany but the Opposition he received was double that in his last election. It may be a case of `the higher he goes, the farther he will fall. • x * * Mrs. Jean Blewitt, noted Canadian authoress, is dead, at the age of '72 years. Her contributions to Canadian literature were worth while. * * * * The Canadian West suffered a hail storm which did $4,000,000' damage. The manner with which these West- ern people carry on in the face of adversity is a fine example to the rest of Canada. * s * * Kidnappings are one form of vice that Canada has been free of until re- cently. It is hoped the police will be able to stamp it out before it gets a hold on the minds of the unscrupu- lous. k c ° * * Two weeks from now the children will be back at their school studies. Time flies, but never so fast as dur- ing the holidays. * * * The apple crop will be a short one this year. The thrifty housewife, not to be outdone, has been canning apple- sauce from early apples. s- * The trouble with many people is that when they stop to think they ne- glect to move forward after such heavy exertion. * * ;lt* We noticed a sign which said "Now is the time to show the fly what's swat." It is a difficult job to swat a fly but it is better to swat unsuc- cessfully than never to have swatted at all. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON HOSEA PREACHES GOD'S LOVE. Sunday, Aug. 26,—Hosea 6, 11, 14. Golden Text: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16.) If one has any doubt of the divine and unique inspiration of the Bible, a careful study of the Old Testament pught to clear away the doubt. Some people talk about the Old Testament as though it were obsolete literature: interesting as an antique and curio, but of no value for today. They pro- claim their ignorance who say this. For the Old Testament writings of the eighth century B.C., such as this lesson from Hosea, and Old. Testa- ment writings that date back a mil- ennium and a half before the time of Christ, thrill with the same glorious and precious revelations of God that we find in the richest and most spir- 'tual of the New Testament Writings. There is not only no conflict between the Old and New, but the New can- not be understood except in the light of the Old. The Lesson Committee, therefore, have fitly chosen one •of the richest and most beautiful passages in the en- tire New Testament as the Golden Text for this lesson in which Hosea preaches God's love. "God so loved the world" wrote the beloved Apostle John. "I will heal their backsliding, I will love thein freely," wrote Hosea seven centuries earlier, of the love, of God. But, says some one, does not the Old Testament picture a stern and vindictive God, revealed in the thund- ers and lightnings of Sinai and in His inexorable Law? Vindictive —• never. Stern — yes. Should not, a righteous Judge on the bench be stern in pronouncing sen- tence upon a inurderer who thinks no- thing of deliberate, premeditated des- troying of human life; upon a kidnap- per who tortures the hearts of par- ents and steals the bodies, and if he wants to the life, of helpless children? God's sternness and inexorable law are directed. against those who would wreck and destroy the human race. The lesson opens with the prophet Hosea's pleading word to God's people Israel, as the spokesman of God. "Come, and let us return unto the Lords for 1Xe hath torn, and He will heal us; Xie hath smitten; and He will bind us up." Is it possible kr one and the same God to lodge and punishthe sinner and to love, forgive and ;restore that .1t 411 same sinner? Some critics of the Bi- ble tell us it is not. If they find in a single book , of the Bible, such as Isaiah, passages declaring God's nee= essary judgment Amon the sinner, and other passages declaring God's forgiv- ing love of the sinner, they say that those different passages must neces- sarily have been written by different men; that no one man could have pic- tured Gerd in two such contradictory aspects. It takes but a moment's thought` to. see the, folly of this reasoning. Does, a human father never punish a child whom he loves? Having shownthe child the danger and harmfulness of wrongdoing, the "exceeding sinfulness of sin," does that htunan father, after punishment, never take that child into his arms and hold it close to his heart, and tell the child of his love? Human parents have not higher standards or more loving hearts than the heavenly Father. These chapters in Hosea are filled with the two aspects not contradic- tory or conflicting—of the character. and attitude and personality and ways of God. They set forth God's neces- sary judgment upon sin; and they set forth God's infinite, pleading, never failing love of the sinner. God could not be a truly loving God if He were not truly righteous and just. In contrast with God's perfect righteousness and perfect love, the prophet describes the superficial and ephemeral righteousness of men. "0 Ephriam, what shall I do unto thee? . .. for your goodness is as a morn- ing cloud, and as the early dew it go- eth away.", God love His people too much to condone, their sins; He never ignores, tones down or whitewashes the black- ness of sin. "And my people are bent to backsliding from Me; though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt Him." There is Israel's persistent sin. But immediately, in the next verse, God's deep love is poured out: "How shall I give thee up, Ephriam?" The closing chapter of this brief, but surpassingly beautiful book of Old Testament prophecy is God's pleading, loving entreaty: "0 Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity." The wonedrful fact of the Gospel— and the Gospel runs all through the Old Testament as well as the New— is that God by His grace can actually enable and empower men to live righteously instead of sinfully. "I will be as the dew unto Israel," declares Israel's God; "he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Leb- anon." Israel's sin was the most common and characteristic sin of proud Can- ada as of most nations in this twen- tieth century: the exultation of man, of self. How men love to point to the work of their handsand magnify themselves to the skies! But here is Israel's saving repentance—God grant that it may be true of Canada and the United States: "Neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods." When men turn from self, from man, recognizing their own sinful, hopeless and lost condition, they .find Him a God abundantly able and eager to save. "For the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein." EARLY TOPPING Its Influence on the Composition and Yield of Turnips (Experimental Farms Note) The question of cutting turnip tops for green food some weeks before the roots are pulled, is one of farm econ- omics. Is it more profitable to use, the turnip leaves in the early fall or to leave the roots intact with the fol- iage until harvested? Three years of investigation have resulted in consis- tent and conclusive results. The locations of this experiment were at the Experimental Stations at Charlottetown and. R:ustico, P.E.I. Roots and leaves from a crop which was topped early and from one left. untopped until the roots were .pulled were analysed and afforded data from which composition and yield of total dry matter and nutrients per acre were calculated. The leaves from theearlier topped turnips ate more succulent or in oth- er words, contain a lower percentage of dry matter than the leaves of the turnips at the time the roots are dug. The yield of dry matter is, however, heavier from the leaves of the earlier topped roots. In consequence, consid- ering the leaves only, the argument would be in favor of early topping but a consideration of the roots re- verses this decision. The yield of dry matter from the roots harvested at the later date is much the heavier --- an increased weight of from 15 to 25 per cent. Fur- ther, the total weight of dry matter from both roots and leaves is always greater from the turnips topped when pulled. The total dry matter of the Thursday, August 23rd, 1934 HAVE you noticed how all Canada has taken to Chevrolet—and to Chevrolet's famous Knee -Action -Ride? Again in 1934 --just the same as it was in 1933 and '32—public demand for Chevrolet cars has sent production to the highest total obtained by any manufacturer! And if there is one single feature which more than any other has contributed to this great leadership, it is Chevrolet's bump - conquering, bounce -abolishing Knee -Action Ride! No other ride in any low-priced car eeeeneeeeeeee can compare with it for comfort, safety or stability! Owners themselves have proved that in millions of miles of driving. Why not try the ride -sensation of 1934 today? We'll gladly provide a Chevrolet for you to drive yourself. READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Master Six from Standard Six from '844 $710 Delivered, fully equipped, at factory, Oshawa, Ont. Freight and Government license only extra. New low time -prices on the GMAC plan. A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE . . PRODUCED IN CANADA CRAWFORD'S GARAGE WINGI-IAM ONTARIO crop has every year been increased by leaving the crop untopped. The yield of sugar (a valuable nutrient in roots) from the untopped crop has also been the heavier. In one crop the increase was almost fifty per. cent. This figure is unusually, high, the av- erage being about twelve per cent. It is evident that there is growth of the turnip during the autumn weeks and a transference of carbohydrates from leaf to root, resulting in ,great- er stores of nutrients in the root. This storage is considerably checked by early topping and in consequence the practice of using the tops in early au- tumn is non -economic. .A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN -MEDICAL' ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA BABY SLEEPS Babies cry because crying is one of. the few ways they have of expressing their feelings, or of securing the at- tention they need. Just how often or for how long a baby will cry will de- pend upon a'number of things. The new -horn baby sleeps most of the time, waking only to be fed and then going off to sleep again. As the child grows older, he sleeps less, and if he is to sleep throughout the night then he must be trained, from birth, i in regular habits of sleeping, feeding, elimination and bathing. It is much rl'ore simple to establish the proper habits from the first than to have to correct bad habits later on. The baby will not sleep regularly utnless he has other daily habits which are also regular. 'Teed by the clock" is good advice which might be ex- tended to bed -time, bathing and elim- ination. It is helpful to the child's development to have these habits es- tablished early so that they become second nature to him, requiring no at- tention, and leaving him free to de- velop other activities. The baby who is upset when feed- ing time comes is apt toswallow a great deal of air with his food; this may mean that he will not secure suf- ficient food, and the result is a rest- less sleep after such a feeding. Hold- ing the child over the shoulder and gently patting his back helps to ex- pel the air from the stomach. Keeping him warm enough, but not too warm, and turning him so as to give him• a change of position, encour- age sound sleep. The baby has not the same ability as the adult to ad- just the body temperature, hence the importance of providing him with just the right amount of clothing and cov- ers, depending upon the temperature. The baby who is over -clothed is irrit- able and restless because he is uncom- fortable. Colic gives rise to severe pains; it is due to an irritation of the bowel from some cause. The baby with col- ic usually lies with his legs drawn up, and the pain gives rise to piercing cries. Bowel Movement gives relief, and the baby will be willing to take some food. A cold in the head not only inter- feres with breathing, but, in the case of the baby, , it interferes with his suckling, so it is to be expected that his sleep will be restless if he has a cold. Fever is another cause of poor sleep. As previously stated, the con- trol of body temperature is not well established in the baby, and so/babies rain high temperatures very readily. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••"•••=1 • ■ Maitland Creamer ■ y• • • • ■ • ■ ■ • ■ • • Cream and Eggs 1 • • Call U • • S For Prices A ■ Buyers Of 1 1 1 Phone 271 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ THE UNITED FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE I COMPANY, LIMITED, a WInghald 1•Ontario. ■ ■