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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1924-05-29, Page 45. 741101.1!NNN.IN ONININNIN NNOINw111ONION NN iwkwwllsr . • ■• ■ ■• ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ • I® urnrner Frocks Can't Have Too ..n Fresh arrivals showing the latest ��' Ly designs of Ratine Dresses ■ VoileDresses • ■ Linen Dresses ■ ■ ■ n Suits Coats Wraps for lateSpring and Summer wear. Lingerie Specially Priced • ■ ■ • M Slips, Step -Ins, Bloomers, etc. made from fine quality English En :lish Madapolin in a good range of shades, • and all marked at special prices. ■ a • ■ Silk Hose, six good shades, real value ..... ,1.00 pair ■ ■ • ■ ■ ■ 0 ■ ■ Window Shades 79c. White Curtain Rods 79c • .■ House and Porch Dresses 47 only Dresses, made from good quality Percales and Ginghams, good styles and colors, sizes 14 to.42, and regularly priced to 6.50: This Week - End End to clear at $ f:00 each. Silk Madras Curtaining 1.85. Ihw alp 'W'INO King Brose Phone 71 AM ADVANCE -TIME$ ./M1W�g4.p<i,P a.rur,.�4iuwu9.w!.4,'W4'R CROP COMMENT ON THE WORLD'S CURRENT EVENTS From Near and Far, Outside Our ' Own Community. Condensed To Make Clear, Concise and Quick Reading Possible. Lumber must be getting less plenti-'lwas the `suicide yesterday of their Jul every Year where the strawberry twenty-five year old son .Axel Sward, boxes are made. at 'Gractton, Minnesota, where he x x `x went following the murder of his. To Amelias Jarvis, Pepall, Srnith et parents. al, Ontario was the nnilch low—there x x x - seems to be no getting away from Within less than 24 hours of the that fact. gallows, Joseph Frelier, sentenced x x• x to death : and slated to hang last Two women, two men and one child Thursday for the death of Mrs. Ber - were injured (but no deaths resulted) eron over two years ago, was granted when their car was struck by a pass- a:stay of execution today until Oeto eager tz'aiii at a level crossing at Is- ber 21st. lington last Saturday, x x x x x x There is :a silent eloquence in the A subscriber writes us wanting to example of a successful life—an ex - know what we do with our old clo- ample that is irresistible, Many suc- thes, Quite a simple question. • We cesses have been brought about by take them off at night and put them taking advantages of' opportunities. on in the morning. A vast host of men and women have x x x conte face to face with opportunity A Walkerton business man has through ' The Advance -Times .want missed a lot of.wood 'from his wood- ads. pile lately. To catch the thief he has x x x Woodbine, race track, Toronto, op- ened Saturday, with an ideal day for the 65th running of the King's Plate. The winner of the plate, Maternal Pride, paid $193 for $200 x x x A liquor inspector and squad partic- ipated in a vain raid on a pool room ri r and barber shop in Amp o , Ont., last week. x x x The average man is less careful .of his work than of his lodging. He's. willing to trust 'his work to others, but he insists upon doing the loafing himself. x x x Premier Mackenzie King was un- able to remember the amount of the loan needed to save the Home Bank when questioned by' the- McKeown Commission. It will be remembered that ' he also forgot his r during the period 1914-1918. x x x Rev, Dr. C. W. Gordon, of St. Ste.. phen's ,Church, Winnipeg, as "Ralph Connor" draws a>salary 'of $1 a , year from the ;ministry. He has so many outside engagements that an associ- ate has been appointed to help in his church. The helper gets the lion's. share of the salary. x x x, Meeting a U. S. paper maker re- cently, I. was surprised at hearing the excitement that our proposed embar- go on pulpwood going to the States has aroused --and the very apparent apathy to this important protection to our national wealth among Canadians. x x Racoon Coats -$285 to $400. Look- ing backward twenty-five, one thoroughly believes "wonders will ne- ver ceasd. This .coat was looked upon as quite common in those days, the coon,, has evidently come : to its own. • - x x »x Dr. Perry, coroner, returned a ver- dict of accidental .death concerning, Harry Woorley, 170 Wood St., who was • crushed between two C. N. R cars on Monday. x' . x x Pope will declare 1925 a holy year, This gives 1925 warning in advance, all it has to do is to be a bit different - from the few million years that have preceded it to .-turn the trick. x x x , Do 'you send your dolllars out of town to trade for you? Or do ' you spend them in your ?our rower home 'town P The -further away , you trade your dollars the longer they will be in re- turning to you., sprinkled sand all around the pile so when the thief comes next time '• he -will leave the number of .his slipper. This man takes no; back seat to Sher -f lock Holmes. 4 A lodge` of Elks was dedicated in Pembroke, Ont. last week. 5s x•x Quite •a few towns in Ontario are holding Victoria Day on Mdnday, May, 26, instead of Saturday. x x x At the meeting of the `Hamilton Methodist district today, Rev, A. I. Terryberry, Sec. Lord's Day com- mercialism, and the Alliance will ask the, Attorney General to shut up Sun- day, gas stations, drug stores andare- freshm.ent booths. A. Good Salary Does not guarantee a good reputation Does not _always mean an easy time. Usually means heavy responsibility. x x x Thompson's Dept. Store, Burping- ton, was burglariously entered last Saturday. Dry goods: value''d . at $2,000 were stolen. , x,x x Wheat seeding' in . Alberta will be completed May 2oth according to the crop report. x x x About the time a town begins to be proud of its traffic problem,` the stores quit closing for a funeral. An ele en year old girl rl as see re- IY shocked whenshe- went to post t a let- ter at -the letter box attached to a Hydro pole on a street in Toronto. A jury at Hamilton, after being out eight hours, failed to reach an agree- ment in the action 'for $5,o0o damages brought byArthur Kuntz against g James Clauk. chief of police of Went- worth county. x, x x Horace Spicer, motorist, Dearborn, Michigan, is held on bail of'$ro,000 waiting developments in the condition. of Annabell Thomson, eight year old daughter of Win. Thomson, Langford who was struck, it is charged, by Spicer's car on Friday :last x x x A nineear old' North Bayboyhas y four burglary charges to face, in a juvenile court there. x x x C. Coverdale, . Canfield.; A Alex. Mit- chell, itchell, Cayuga, 'were ` killed instantly and Rev. C. Herbert Woltz, Cayuga, injured, when a railway car crashed. into an automobile in which they were riding at a ,levelcrossing near, Sim- coe. ■, Winghanij TIM NO CROAKER Toothe Editur av the Advance-Toimes,' Deer Sur,— Be a : on ava fewcould noights r ys g lasht wake the frogs:shtopped croa- kin, but whin they shtopped. the min got shtarted,; 'Twas the same ould shtory I hey been afther hearin fer fifty years, moore arr less, as the lawyers say. 'Twas backward shpring an "no growth," sade rottin in the ground, an clover shpoiled, anfall -whate gots back iviry day, an a lot av other tings, too numerous to min- shttn,as me frind, Jawn Purvis the auctioneer wud say. These grumb- lers Pers usht ayther hev short loives arr h s ort. memories if they can't remember a lot av wurseY ears than this wan. An shure 'tisn't only the min who do be grumblin, fer the wimmin say they nivir wus so far behoind wid theer house claynin, an theerhas been no. weather yit sootable fer shpring soots an. if ,wari•um weather don't soon cb5me they will hev wasted the money they shpint on shirt waists lasht Jin- nywary, 'Tis awl be rayson av ix picktin too much in this• wurruld. As ould Mishter Carlyle said, an, shure, he wus' a woise man if theer ivir wus wan. He said that if ye only consid- hered that ye desarved to be hanged, which he belayed wus mosht loikely, ye wud tank it a privilidge to be on- ly shot. Aar coorse theer are :some min I fale sorry fer, on account av theer nation- ality, faith it takes awl 1:oinds av payple to make up a wurruld,as the fellah•sez,an we can't awl be Ir- ish. As.1 tould ye befoor I have a shmallshtake av Scotch in me own tin, but I am not lettin it worry ai1ch. a:nnv shlape over rite anny, nor ino,,. it. As the ould sayin is, "what can't be cured' will have to be indur. cd.>, Thin, a lot a� :#'ellahs to be worryin theer heads aff, becaws they lift theer .ould parthies an voted wid the U.F.O.'s. Me wurrud to thim is fer thim to cheer up; fer no matther what happens to ye, if yehev a shtrong conshtistushun, ye will git over it. I reinimber how .me ould nayber, jack Pott, got caught in the tumblin rod av wan av thim ould harse power trashin .masheens, man any years ago, an befoor we cud git the harses shtopped,- he wus badly bruk up, an shtripped as clane as a young robin a day ould. Well, we carried him home, nivir ixpictin him. to live, bud. wid the good care av his missus, (theer wus no thrained nur- sesisix inth m days) in wakes . he wus : grain about agin nearlyy as well as ivir. I wus so glad about it that I let him, bate me tin dollars -in. a harse thrade, fer, shure, I tought it wud plaze him an hilp him to grow shtrong quicker. Av coorse I got it back ,agin, wid interest whin. we made our nixt dale, about a year af- therwards. "D'ye moind that I tould ye lasht wake about the thrimmin I gave " a Tory U.F.O.,on the shtrates av Wingham, an wid good iffickt, but ye . can't thrate iviry pashunt aloike, fer, shure, aven the dochtors know that much. Some av thein lads who. hey gone ashthray y -e hev to thrate wid a dose av what sae bys that wus. in Fraance wud call "hoigh brow` shtuff." I met a fellah av that koind only yisterday an tould him that I back to his oiild jawb, The same as befoor, an carry on. Some, min ye kin shlam, an some ye have to blarney a bit to git thim to go the way ye want thim to go. Ye can't use the same mithods whin droivin a hdrse ;as whin droivin a mule, arr wid a hogh shpirited harse as wid wan that is only shtubborn arr balky. The tings to do are to kape shwate, shtop grumblin an vote Tory whin- ivir ye git achance. I wus1no a sed to- kthat the la-. p y w dies as far away as B. C. are afther raydin me letthers. Yis, 'twas play - zed I wus, iritoirely, but I can't say I wus surproised, fer, shure, I wus always .s-htron ' id` y g w the laches, though I do be ha av n a harrud jawb to make the missus belave it. Yours till nixtoma ke Timothy Hay. A TRIBUTE TO MY -CHUM In childhoods hours when birds and flowers Meant most of life' to me, I bad a chum who oft would come And share my childish glee; , Or if a loss my waywould cross, My chum was always there With cheerful heart to share the smart; The loss to help ine.•bear... And when in youth through false and truth , knew that he jined the U.F.O.'s wid NIX way I had to make, the besht av' intinshuns, an fer the This faithful chum oft saved me from The error or good avthe counthry, and h anmistake, tosa fol h�tke Y, g, aginst the foorces av fraud an privi- And in lifes race when every pace lidge that wus runnin tings in both Was tested on the 'beat av the ould parthies. I said .he wus' as much av a pathriot as the laves that whit •oversaya foight the Huns bttt tow tlis,t' the war wus over- in both cases, the ting to do wus to git INSININNINN®111 IMO®®/IIIA 0®!®®® iamm®!111masa t O w THE FIVORO1S110P ... 0 ■ 0 ■' -- We Sell --- N ■ 111 IN ■ III I McClarys Electric Ranges 0 ■ ■ �■it ■ : 1 IIID Uti1itei . .... Wingharn ■ ■ PbOne 1St MN NMI IN N INIONNONNONNONNION Moffatt Electric Ranges Hydro Lamps Hotpoint Appliances w Our Prices are Right. Our Work, is the Best. ■ ■ We Guarantee Everything We Sell. • ■ 1 Crawford Mock. This .chum was near and with a cheep Has helped me win the heat., - When manhoods day in many ways Our paths had spread apart, This: churn of mine sttill held the line Connecting heart to heart''. And through the stage of riper age, While other frieiids have come, No one I've found in all the round More faithful than by churn. And looking back along life's track My feelings seek in verse to speak A tribute to my Chum, To trials overcome; From. Childhoods years, smiles and tears, Along life's chequered way, My b th J" 1 b y 1 ; throtigh ro er ern las een m c num , And is my chum today. T. A. Calhoun, London. FORDYCE Mr. and Mrs, Benjamin McClanna- ghat' and family visited at: Mr, James Barbour's one day .recently. Mr, C, F Martin has been busy pressing hay in Robinsonhis locality lately. Mr. William Ris at present drawing hay to Whitechurch station. Mr. Stephen Edwards visited at Mr. Joseph Chamney's on Sunday last. in n family Mr, an Mrs. A. HaV s and a M , dM y visited at E. Taylor's on Sunday last, Mrs, M, Gardner' visited at Beter Leavers one day last week. Mr'. John Martin, has `purchased. a fine black Iioleangus Bull a very fine animal. A few from this locality attended the ball at St. Augustine on Friday e� ening last. x x x Agood sport is a man who, gives his, straw hat fifty yards start before giv- ing chase, e x x x .A farmer near Galt has a calf with a bulldog face. No doubt the popu- larity .of . this animal in the pasture, field will depend ort whether it barks or bawls. x ,'x x A' tragic sequel to. the double mur- der of John: Sward and his wife, Mar- tina Sward, ,Swedish settlers in De - wart :township, • Rainy River district, 'Thursday, May, agth,,. 5904' and Mrs.; MacGregor on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Frank: 'Vanner and Carl "pi Wingham and Mrs, Jas. Cor- nelius and Mr, Amos Cornelius are visiting this weep with friends in London, Komoka. and Springbank. Mr. Thos. McCreight has Purchas- ed a new Ford Sedan. Master George Bisbee of Wingham. spent the week -end with Master Jim- mie Weir. , ;Misses Barbara nod Mary Weir of Wingham spent the holiday with their mother, Mrs, Fred Davidson. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Farrier and Winnifred and Olive visited with Mr, and Mrs, Sam Reid of•Ashfield,. on Sunday. Born—On Friday, May 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reid of Ashfield, a daughter. WHITECHURCH Miss Lavina Carrick of Wingham, spent Sunday at her home here. Messrs.: Fred Newman and Harry: Medhurst motored. from Toronto and spent•„the week -end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Naylor. Miss Jean MacGregor of Toronto spent the week -end at the home of her parents here, Mr. Wes.. Moore of Palmerston Spent . Saturday with his mother Mrs. Isaiah- Moore who was celebrating her eighty-sixth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Ben, Clenaghan and children' spent Saturday with her pare enta, Mr. and :Airs. Jas, $arbour of ....:�....�n� _. 1 Fo•rdyce. CREAM! ''" Mrs.Jas. Barbour 'r. and . Mr. and s � the also spent ' r n of Goderich, ` child e P 24th with his parents at Fordyce. ' Master Robert Lott rettirned-'to his' home here from Wingham Hos- pital on Friday. Misses Anne IVIcCrorie and Flora Ross . of Toronto spent the week -end with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Mac Ross. Miss Ida McQuoid of Lucknow, spent the week -end with" friends in Luckiiow. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cameron and children of Ashfield visited at` Mr. Wm. Purdon's on Sattu•day. Mr. and 1VIrs. Gordon Jamieson and daughter of.Paramount Spent Sunday with her parents.1VIr• and Mrs. Dan McInnes, of Langside. Mr, and Mrs, Milton Bruce and Myrtle and Chester visited with Mr. and Mrs. "'John Pardon.' and other East Wawanosh relatives on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs, Archie Paterson, and children. bf. Lucktiow visited with Mr, and Mrs, Cecil Falconer. on 'Sunday.- Mrs. Sunday: Mrs. George Harkness was operat- ed on for appendicitis in Winghan'i Hospital on Friday. Mrs. Mcl3rien and Miss Tena Latd- -with the former s 1� are visiting <w daughter Mrs, Albert Lovett of Clin- ton.' Mr, and. Mrs. Nathaniel Bolt and lora of Martiecli spent Sunday with. their daughter Mrs, John. Purdon. Ivtrs, Win..Beacroft spent last week. 'With Mrs, Ed. Browning of Kincar- dine, Mr. and;, Mrs, Dan Falconer of Cor - bettor' and Mr.1 and Mrs. Wm. Vat concr of BInevale spent. Sunday with their fattier, Mr.: George ' Pal - Cozier of Culross; Mr, and Mrs. Jack Henderson and children visited with her parents. Mr. pair lb... Butterfat for No. x Cream de- livered at the Creamery. Bring along your can The United Farmer Co -Op. Co., Ltd. Wedding Rings, Di amond Rings and Marriage Li- cence Information if. R. Hamilton's, Jeweler 2 1111 IJl full*IIIUIIIIIII*IIhIIII�IIIPIIIUIII■IIIUII! '.1, ■ Fine .Residence . For Sale _ S ■ A , I� .. A two storey brick dwexiiag� ill well situated and with modeiin, convenieaiees � will be sold at a -- reasonable price. This is g all4 . Abner 'Cosens I insurance and Real Estate. a '�III�IIIMIIIiI■li`I�Ili�ll U�il I�IIItl�ikn�lllwlll�ilfl� pt BLYTH Mr. John Morritt of London .Busi- ness ,College spent Victoria Day: with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ben Moriitt,. Mr, Harry C._Johptson,of Hamilton spent the week:encl at his home here: Mr, and Mrs. Knechtel of Durham and Mr. Cousins and daughter of Listowel were visitors at the •Metho- dist Parsonage for the week -end. Mr. and. Mrs. Aaron Bennett St. Thomas set Sunda with the for- spent y x mer's sister Mrs. Elmo Livingstone. A number from town attended the funeral on Sunday of the late Mrs. William Hiles of Clinton and former- ly of.Londesboro where she lived the major part of her life. She is sur- vived by her husband and one daugh- ter Mrs. Fowler of Seaforth. Inter -I ment took place in Union Cemetery. !. At the regular meeting of the Coun-. , cil held on=Friday night, ,the: street paving. was abandoned for the pre- sent. Much credit is due t� County Engineer' Paterson, who attended several meetings and greatly assisted with his practical business like meth- ods. The poles for Hydro Electric are being placed this week in" a few weeks the town will be in darkness for a period`of time while constructing the new wires. - "The . Colonel's Maid" will be pre- sented for the second time on the ::ev- ening of June 6th in Memorial Hall under the auspices of ;the Women's Institute. On Tuesday evening, May 2oth, the D. D. G. M. visited the Blyth Lodge, and after the work of the evening was completed the brethren retired p t to the Meniefial Hall, where a splen did,banquet was served by the `ladies of` the town, W. Bro. 'Peter W. Scott acting as toastmaster. The follow- ing , toasts were: given: "The King,"' responded to by the singing, of the National h Anthem; the toast,. to Grand Lodge as resonde -to byR. W. Bro. Wilton, Loughlin and; Tern- ay; "The Craft" by W. Bro. f. ,J, Mc- Ewen; "Our -Visitors,"by W. Bros, Stewart and Jobb, of Wingham, W. Aro. Sampson, of Londesboro, W. ros.. J. Robertson and.C. Robertson R bertson and W.: `Bro. •Jho: Wilson and Col. Varcoe of Morningstar Lodge,. Car- low, W. Bros. McDermid and. McKay, of Goderich arid` li. Bro Wm..Neil.l, of" Brussels; "Junior Wardens," by W. Bro. Jz o. S. Scott, of Blyth. Over one hundred Masons were present. and after the singing of "We are All Jolly Good', Fellows" the members of the craft dispersed to their re- spective homes. Blyth: Lodge is in a kourishin condition.• g IItWillik II a stilIstILWIinlfill intoompi ll ill�lllll�`r: Christies sr- 1� Just Arrived HAND PAINTED ■ CHINAWARE This very choice assort meat of fancy China- ; ware arrived too:late to yg ars get prices ready for this a;dvt. Suitable for Marriage Gifts Pottery-, any pcc'assion it is just the thing Prices run from 35c up ■':;: The Quality Food Store ° VIII®III■III®III■Illlillhllll®II1i111I■III®III>rllli■�y' . Meeting of Huron County. Council The Council it o 0 of the Corporation of the County of Huron will meet in the Council Chamber, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, the 3rd: day of June 5924. All accounts against the County must be in the hands. of the Clerk not later than Monday preced- ing the meeting of Council. Goderich May xsth.., • 1924. Geo. W. Holman, County Clerk, This is a• most unique assortment. Each piece has special wording de- noting pit's use, and is also scenic. For reas- onable priced gifts on Say It With Flowers; Bulbs now for planting. Prices on request. MRS. WMVI.• SNEATH Box 42. Tel. 142. ,. ASHFIELD Born'—In - Wingham Hospital' on. - Thursday, May 15th 'to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rutherford, a son, Congratula. - tions. Mrs. Charles Alton and little dam ghter Fern; from Toronto is visiting with her brother, Mr. Cyril Campbell loth con. M.and nd Mrs. Sam Morrison,near Whitechurch visited last Sundawith Tier parents Mr, and Mrs. D. K. AP_: ton, hear Lanes,. • '" Mrs. James Hackett, sr. near Bel= fast is visiting' this week 'With her` daughter, Mrs. Will Lane, of Ripley,`. Mr. James Lane; ,of Lanes, spent a. --- couple of days last week in. Ri ' le y; with his son and daughter, Mr, ill. Lane, and I1"rs. Alex. Treleaven, The following motore d from East st Ashfieldi W.M.S. Auxto the Presby- terial held in Walton, Tuesday, along - with Mr:-AdamJ n ston oh ;James Little Miss Mary Vint; RMrsev. Mr, and: Mrsa Cummings and Margaret Mr: Robert ,Vint and Arnold of Wingham spent Sunday with relatives ore the Toth con, Quite. a.. few --around here went to Ripley on Wednesday, Dollar Day,,,. supposed to be looking n for'largains» bargains,» but they were hard to find, they think dollar day is getting to.bera thing of" the past. _ Miss McLeod,.from4th con." Kinloss is:engaged of gaged as teacher in Bel- fast school. Dr. and Mrs. Simpson of. Kintaif,; were in Belfast school Thursday vac- ina'ting\the school children. • ■G ■ ■1 LYCEUM ■ ■ l ■ Wed. and Thur.' May 28 and 2 .a, net. ■>. ■ ▪ ,. d Sweetheart heirt ® f •. ire w c. Adapted from the Old Poem of James W. Riley • ,ALSO "OUR GANG" COMEDY THE CHAMPION ■ IL I■4 ■;. 1111v. ■ . • ■;;; 'NV ... 1111 '111V ,P• I ■ Its IIIal Rural ComedyDrama of a young. man: from Boston: in aNew ■''i „ ■ England town. Comedy City Slickers ■ ■. ®+.! ■ ■, ■i. ■ ' Special — Moan., Tues. Weds June 2 .3 and 4 ■ i caramouc e1I Le; Fri, and Sat., May 3o, and. se. "Quincy Adams' Sawyer" "SCAI2AMOUCHE" is Rex Ingrain's' greatest. undertaking • In since THE FOUR HORSEMEN"■ ■and is ;destined to .succeed that: ■ ■ memorable filth as the epic of the screen. It is magnificient in ▪ setting, gorgeous in costuming, vMr. Ingram reveals real genius. ital in theme. In itsdirectionTh e cast xs,perfect. There are so principals, each of whom is a star of sufficient' magnitude to alone carry the average picture, and, in addition there are xo,000 other persons in the cast. Rafael Sabatini, the author of the story, is one of the really outstanding writers of the day and his novels rank at the top of the best sellers, Scaramouche, the chief chaaracter, is probably the greatest hero of modern fiction: Don't miss this ' you picture r 'f love romanve, thrilling action, adventure and truly remarkable acting, INIONIONNONININNIONNll�RICES c5c and "ooc