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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1920-02-20, Page 13RUARY 13 1920.- -rnoon, interment bedng made cemetery. Late Jamee ceurred in Detroit, Mich. on ,y, January 29th a a Hibbert p pioneer of the forties, in SOU` ef Jame Williams, late in. Mr. Wilzdams came• to in 1847 as a young lad with ents, brothers and sisters. eg their landing in Montreal six weeks' voyage, his father t down by fever. Another vessel journey brought the to Hamilton, from whence an trip took them to St. Columbart rislitown), and shortly atter- settlement etas made on a xna located two and. one-half ast and one and a quarter outh of Seaforth. Later Mr. Is became a framer and con - in Dublinfrom which place 'lumber of years he engaged asive building operations, both Tillage and adjacent townships.. for a time owned and oper- le Railway Hotel in Dublin.. is family he moved to Detroit -enty years ago. His death .ame somewhat suddenly, al - he had been ailing for a year, 'tually due to the complicated ies a old age, Mr. Williams e his eightieth year. The fun- hich was held from St. Leos . Detroit, to Mount Olivet Cern-. ii Monday, February 2nd, was attended, the pallbearers be- rth County friends of the de.. boyhood days. The remains terred beside those of his wife, veho passed away seven yeara vir, Williams is survived by a of eight children—John R., of e; James, Jr., Mathew E., Thomas E., Mrs. Joseph Alice Meand Ellen, of De - iso two sisters, Mrs. Thomas of Seaforth, and Mrs. Camp. Kenton, Ohio. Buy.To -Wear l. No . Readen. Appare-w. r cct =cc. - FIFTY -FOURTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2723 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1920. McLean Bros, Publishers 1 $1.50 a Year in Advance Etc. e of the whole seas - at or Set of Furs at es. There is yet 13ose. You know wear, and prices Don't delay— ce of the season's low ordinary. -day or to- n get strict- ents—Our f the com- r you come nity knows Garments we y are hacked YOU cannot buy now til1 ught what- nter appar- e and see Greig . Clothing Co' orce o Sell $20,000 High -Grade Merchandise at mercy of the public. Stock is turned over to A. C Clark, stock broker of Toronto, Ont., who on Friday. February at nine am., will start this great selling event See bills for further particulars Come Early and Avoid the rush Men's Fine Hose 39c _Stout winter work hose 28c Fleece lined, underwear 98c Heavy wool rib underwear $1.65 Work mitts and gloves irom 48c Fine shirts from 98c Fine e_iunday and work pants $2.95 Men's, Boys' and Women's sweater coats, Women's coats, Iv en's coats 1 and suits, rain coats, hats, caps,tiesi collars, suspenders, etc., all to be cleared at low price on the dollar. See bills forparticulars Greig Clothing Co: Main & Market Streets Opposite the Town Hall, Seaforth WILL THE WORLD pc, "DRY," a vote of their ovniepeople, prohibited AND WHEN? the traffic,. within their own About 2,240 years BC. Khambor era. The Congress -which submi the . - murabi (spelled Hamraurabi by Amer- scholarst reigned in Babylonio, and his reputation as a law-giVer has survived for more than .forty centuries. In his code of laws were elaborate Excise laws governing the traffic in intoxicating ,liquors 4 It was therein sought , to lessen the the amendment unanimously, so over - evils of drunkenness , and, at the whelming was public (minion rn its eame time, continue the sale of favor. Never has a law been enacted liquor. One . of the official graven in America that luid such a body of steles proclaiming these laws is now popular support behind It. It was the moderate man who solved the slavery problem, Abraham Lincoln was a moderate man, cursed by the aboli- tionist and the slaveholder alike. Just so it was the average man, in most cases, probably the moderate edrinker, prohibition con.stitutional amendment to the Legislatures was elected by the people on that issue by an over- whelming majority. The Legislatures of the fortn-five States that ratified this 'amendment were elected on that • issue and pledged te take this action. Many Of these Legislatures ratified preserved, believe; in the British Museum. The code also contained laws regulating slavery. Since that time more, than eighty generations have sought a way to solve the problem of deunkenness and, at the same time, continue the sale who established prohibition: in the United States. In between the two extremes—between the professional prohibitionist and the liquor dealer— there came the moderate man, the occasional drinker, who was willing to forgo his glass of wine for the conon good. He put the welfare -of his town, his business, and his coun- try above the small demands of his appetite. Prohibition of the liquor traffie will not come in England or any other country until the peeple want it, un- til the great body of tfie people, as in America, demand it. In this age of democracy, it can and will come in no other way. Andthe great soul �f democracy is not to be found in the slums nor in the palaces of the rich. It is in the keeping of the middle classes-, the small shopkeeper, the wage eerner, and the men f see walking pad my office in Fleet street. There is no royal road to prohibition. It is wholly a matter of information and education. Those who advocate the prohibition of the traffic raust re- ly wholly on justifying their cense. They do not have to show that the drink traffic is bad, because that is all but universally admitted. The trade itself, by proposing a bill for the better regulation of the ;drink business admits that the business is bad, and needs unusual provisions and restric- tions for its government. The pro- hibitionists must show that then - policy has been and is -effective where 'tried. .Until this has been. done there can be no prohibition in Englend or anywhere else. No nation can. adopt this policy in any other way, and in no other way can peainanent prohibi- tion be secured. In no other way should its advocates seek to establish 'that programme. The burden' of establishing these contentions in eeat -Britain rests up- on such organizations as the United Kingdom* A1liance,11 the Scottish Per - Missive Bill and TemperancenA.ssocia- tion and the British Women's Tem- perance Aspociation. This is the bur- den that similar organizations in other countries have taken themselves. The Anti -Saloon League of America has no concern in the matter other than aiding such organizations upon their application and in such ways as may be agreeable and helpful to them. This aid will be limited to the furnishing of literature and information regard- ing the operations of prohibition in America and the counteracting of the grotesque stories that are being re- tailed -on this side of the Atlantic re- garding this policy in the United Staten To a limited extent, American speakers will be furnished to .British organizations, who will tell the story of America's dealing with the drink problem-. These speakers will tell why we prohibited the traffic, how it was brought about, and the results that have come to our Country by the adoption of the dry programme. Fur- ther than that we will not go, as we -don't propose to interfere with British affairs in any manner whatever. Not a speaker whom. we control in Britain win speak except at the request and under the auspices of a British organ- ization, I believe that another decade will see the termination of the drink traf- fic in the British Islands. Outward appearances at this time do not war- rant such a conclusion, it is true. But. the case of the traffic is now on the docket for • trial, end my confidence in the instinct of )the British people for justice is such that I'believe the verdict will be rendered within that 'time. — William E. ("Pussyfoot") Johnson.' of liquor. A large part of the world is still gnawing on that particular file. The file is still intact. The problem is as acute as ever. Ameri- ca, Canada and Finland' have solved the problem so far as they are con- cerned. The balance of the world is still studying , and' gnawing. As fort'y centuries of history looked down on the armies of Napoleon in Egypt, so forty centuries of dismal failure of regulation of the liquor traffic looks' down on. the efforts of the temperance reformers to -day. The century that has recently passed into history -solved the Khammurabi pro- blem of slavury throughout the world by abolishing slavery.Undoubtedly this century will abolish the evils of the liquor traffic by abolishing the traffic. The 111 stronghold of slav- ery in the wor was in America, the "home of the free." The slave -hold- ing South fought a war to retain slavery, but were slavery to be sub- mitted to a, vote of the former slave - holding' States to -day it would fail bY a 20 to 1 majority. • Then even many of the slaves fought against freedona, just as many victims of drink to -day fight against freedom from their own chains of appetite: It is one of the anomalies of history that men often shed their bloed fight- ing against theireown freedom. It must be borne in mind that the drunkenness of ancient 'times was drunkenness from the use of =ford - fled wine and beer. In other words, it was drunkenness front the traffic in "light wines a= beer." Every case of drunkness mentioned in the Bible arose from drinking wine or,iperhaps beer (barley wine). Noah got drunk and disgraced. himself on wiae. Bel- shazzar's feast was a drunken carous- al on beer and wine. The drunken cer- ousels portrayed on the tombs of 'am:, cient Egypt and in the Book of the Dead were drunkenness from wine and beer, mostly beer. Alexander the Great drink himself to death at 33 years of age on wine and beer. The distillation of spirits was unknown un- til the eleventh century. All the drunken orgies of history, down to the Middle Ages, beastly carousals that have often changed the map of the world, arose from the traffic in wine and beer. The traffic in wine and beer is as much the problem of drunkenness as is the study of the sun as well as the stars a part of the study of astronomy. Wine and beer never have been separated from the history of drupkepness, and never -will be. Drunkenness will continue as long as the traffic in 'intoxicants con- tinues, whether these intoeicants be wine and beer or whether they be arrack and whisky, and regardless of whether the man who sells it be a saint or a burglar. It is the alcohol that intoxicates, and_ not the hand that deals it out. About twenty years ago a British author, Dr. Vapley French, wrote a book entitled "Nineteen Centuries d Drink in England" mostly a record of schemes to prevent drunkenness by seiling liquor. In 1903, in collabor- ation with the lion. John G. Woolley, I wrote a volume of 533 pages on "Temperance Progress in the Cen- tury." There was not much "pro-• gress" about it except that therein was shthen that development of the idea in the minds of the people that, just as the evils of slavery were abol- ished by abolishing slavery, just so must the evils of the drink traffic be abolished by abolishing the traffic. The two go together just as does death go with the bubonic plague and as thunder follows the light- ning. A few days before his death Abra- ham Lincoln said to his friend the late Major James B. Merwine "Now that slavery is dead, the next great reform will be the overthrow of the liquor traffic." Most of us Americans believe that Abraham Lincoln was a prophet sent of God to work out His . own great purpose in human affairs. , We in America believe that as the last ; century ended the exploitation of the blaek for the profit of the few, this century will see the end of the ex- ploitation of the victims of drink for the benefit of liquor corporation.s. How will this come to pass? Slav- ery met its end in the Golgotha. of civil war. The, divine right of kings , went down for ever on the fields of . Flanders. But the liquor traffic is meeting its end solely through the metropolis he planned to make it. The operations of conscience in the dem- summer hotelewhich was to make the ocracy of the world. Except as temp- city famed far and wide, was built orary military measures, as in Russia but never completely furnished nor or in time of public‘disturbance, Pro- occupied. Foundations were laid for hibition of the liquor traffic, where other buildings of importance as a kind permanent, has always been by action of civic centre, but construction. was of the people themselves. Prohibition never started. A harbor and docks is and always has been a people's were planned and a pier -that stood law. The American "dry" always far out from land like an island Was made their appeal to the people. They the only product of.. a Government trusted the people. The liquor inter- grant that ever materialized. Streets ests, like other sinister speeial in- were- laid out and surveys made, but terests, did not trust the people, and the promised influx of population did always opposed submitting the stile- not take -place, ject to a referendum. Undoubtedly a . This was the stage at which the maiclitY of the American people were "Magic City" as it was commonly not total abstainers in the strict Brit- known, remained for a quarter of a ish sense. The liquor traffic were century, until a month or so ago a thus afraid to trust the decision to wrecking concern got possession of their own customers. Before the ad- the big ,brick hotel and advertised its vent of national prohibition thirty-two material for sale. The Interior finish Cill,"4•4C acc,cca AL. THE END OF ST. JOSEPH Numerous farm teams, drawing bricks from the demolished summer hotel at St. Joseph, and truck -loads of timber from the same source, destined for shipment to London, where building material is expensive, may be seen on the roads from the lake shore these days. They mark the end of the romantic history of the dream city bn the bank of Lake Hurore a ' city which never got very far into the stage of reality, but which twenty-five years ago was exn pected to become a wonderful centre of population and industry. St. Joseph, the dream city of Nar- cisse Cantin, a French Canadian, was destined never to be one-tenth the INTERMEDIATE SEMI - FINAL 'O , xi. A. CHAMPIONSMP HOCKE PALACE RINK, SEA.FORTH uesday, Feb. 24th Wiarton vs. Seaforth sawmill and brickyard were in the embryo stage. People in the surrounding country, and particularly people throughout Huron County, were at a loss to see how the city being promoted by Mr. Cantin was going to prosper. The Brussels Post remarked at the tirae: "St. Joseph needs a 'harbor as badly as a goose needs sklepockets." At all events the harbor did not materialize and the city never became the centre of population for Western Ontario. $t. Joseph is still on the map, and is just like scores of other villages along the lake shore. But with the demolition of the big hotel, the place has lost most of its glamor, for while the building was never more than the abode of the birds and the rats, it added lustre to the coin- , munity. Motorists -will miss a well-known landmar It should. be the best ever played year. on the lake shore route this Here is one geme you Must see. Game called at 8.15 pan. year. . in this rink Wiarton, with the same, team, put Seaforth �u t of the running a few years ago. But to beat the bunch this season they will play sixty minutes of the fastest hockey they ever, played. ave to Admission - Children - - War Tax Included -50 cents 25 cents as new and in the first place had been of unusually high quality. What fur- niture there was in the old hotel was of coably and luxurious type. It had been planned to make the place the most attractive in the Province. Tour- ists on. their way to Bayfiend and other points from London and the south, often event by the lake shore road through St. Joseph and the old hotel invariably found itself 'the centre of interest during the years it lay unused sun neglected. But it has disappeared now. Only piles of brick and timner remain, with hundreds of doors and window frames and these ate rapidly being removed. The fate of St. Joseph is rapidly' being fulfilled according' to the pre- diction! of Mr. Sherrittt M.P., for North MicIdlesexa who in 1902 op- posed a grant of $5,000 for harbor works at St. Joseph, and sain in Par - Bement; "The time is aiming when the hotel will be torn down and the bricks used by the farmers, a the, township for their bank barns." That is exaetly what is being done now. The original plan,' for St. Ioseph Was to Wake it a centre of industry as well as the most beautiful summer resort on the lakes. The natural ad- vantages of the place were not many, but such as there were made good capital in the hands of the promoter. There was an excellent beach and pleasant surroundings, and these still remain but they are not unusual along the .east shore of Huron. As for industries, a brickyard and saw- mill were to be established. For an expenditure of $5,000 the Minister of Public Works was assured he could make a harbor at St. -Joseph with ten feet of water, though it eves also boasted that a man could wade out into the 'lake for a quarter of a mile without swimming. As workers in the industrial life of the city -to -be, French-Canadians were to be brought from Chicago. Mr. Cantin and the parish priest of St. Joseph went to Ottawa and explained the immigration scheme. At least twenty-five families could be brought from Chicago, it was explained. The district surrounding St. Joseph had been settled: for forty years with French-Canadians, but they had come from old Quebec. According to the Minister Of Public Works twenty-five families actually came from Chicago, but this was dispute n by others in Parliament at the time the matter came up for discussiore The big brick trade and the sawmill did not materialize. The chief reason for this, no doubt, was because the transportation facili- ties did not become 'available. When the harbor was built, vessels were to have sailed from St. Joseph laden with bricks - for Chicago. The idea was hailed by some with ridicule, but many regarded the plan as feasible, As for the sawmill, there was some difficulty with raw material. There were no tracts of wooded land oi any consequence. in the district, it was said. Those whose capital built the big hotel were Montreal men, headed by Mr. Vallee, of that city, whose capital financed many big undertakings , of the kind in Canada. When the Minister of Public Works at Ottawa asked for $5,000 to spend on the harbor works at St. Joseph there was quite a storm. Chief among the critics was the member for North Middlesex, Mr. Sherritt, who explain- ed to the House the stage which the city of St. Joseph had then reached, and, further, what little prospect there was of industrial ,development. The Minister was forced to defend Ihimself. "We are paying ,large sums for people from Russian and Poland," he said, "and I thought it would be a good thing to bring a few French- Canadians to invade Ontario." At this time the hotel had been under consteuction for two years and the NOTICE We expect to unload a car of Purity Flour, Shorts and Feedstuffs, on MONDAY, FEB. 23rd Special price off the oar. W. G. NEAL WALTON, ONT. TO AVOID INFLUENZA Avoid contact with other people as far as possible. Especially avoid crowds indoors, in street cars, theatres, motion -picture houses and other places 'of public assemblage. Avoid persons suffering from "colds," sore throats and coughs. Avoid .ehilling of the body or liv- ing in rooms of tenmerature below 65 degrees or above 72 degrees F. Sleep and work in clean, fresh air. Keep your hands clean, and keep them out �f your mouth. Avoid enpectorating in public places, and see that others' do like- wise. Avoid visiting the sick. Eat plain, nourishing food and avoid alcoholic stimulants. Cover your nese with your hand- kerchief when you sneeze, your mouth when you cough. Change handkerchiefs frequently. Promptly disinfect sbiled handkerchiefs by boil- ing or washing with soap and water. Dont worry. Keep your feet warm. Wet feet demand prompt attention. Wet clothes are dangerous atid fluid .be removed as Soon as possible. Oftentimes it is impossibte to tell a, cold froth mild influenza, There- fore: - If you get a cold go to bed' in a wefl 'ventilated' room. Keep warm. Keep away from other people. Do net. kiss anyone. Use individual bas- ins and knives, forks, spoons, towels, handkerchiefs, soap, wash plates and cups. Every case of influenza should go to bed at once under the care of a physician. The patient should stay in bed at lease -three days after fever has disappeared and until convalesc- ence is well. established. The patient must not cough or Sneeze except when a inask' or hand- kerehief is held before the face. He should be in a warm, well -venti- lated room*. There is no specific for the disease. Symptoms should be met as they a- rise. The great danger is from pneu- monia. Avoid it by staying in bed while actually ill and until convales- cence is fully established. The complications of influenza are worse than the disease. G. W. V. A. CLUB HOUSE Below are given the proposed rules to govern the operation of the new club rooms, which are now rapidly approaching completion. These pro- posed regulations should satisfy the most fastidious and be a guarantee to the people of Seaforth and district that the veterans have, and will con- tinue to have a real gentlemen's club for gentlemen. This is the keynote behind the whole affair and with the hearty co-operation of, the people there should be absolutely no difficulty in our maintaining one of the finest club houses in the eounty. The Veteran's Committee, while justly proud of what they have so far ac- complished, have most heartily to thank such generous donors as Miss Emily Cresswell, the Committee of the Allied Fair, the Seafoeth War Aux- iliary, Miss Lukes, besides many others who in their •own way are seconding the efforts of the building committee. On the completion of the hall we shall have a reading room, a card room, two club pool tables, a 'gYmnasiunt, and a first class bowling alley, and since all partitions are removable we shall also have one of the finest dancing floors in west- ern Ontario. The rules proposed are, of course, subjeet to ratification, but in the main these -will be the ones to govern. A general meeting of all service men will be held in the new club rooms, on Wednesday, February 25th, this includes members of the G. W. V. A.; men who terve seen service m England or in Caaada, and also volunteers who were declared medi- cally unfit, following an examination by the Military authorities in Canada. All such, under the new regulations recently voted upon, are eligible as soldier -members of the Seaforth Branch, G. W. V. A. The proposed rules are as follows: 1.—The following will not be tol- erated or permitted in or around the club house: Noisy, rough, disorderly or ungentlemanly conduct; use of pro- fane or obscene language; the use of spiritous or intoxicating liquors; gambling in any form. 2.—The Club Muse is for the ex- clusive use of soldier Members, as- sociate members, membeta of the G. W. V. A., Ladies' Auxiliary and visi- tors, and no one may be introduced as a visitor who is a resident of Sea - forth or within a radius of five miles therefrom. Any returned soldier may visit and enjoy the privileges of the club house, but any visitor must re- tire immediately upon the request of the manager. 8.—All members and visitors shall subscri4 to the =lea laid down, and agree to comply theraWith by signing • her's and visitor's book. 4.—Any order given by the manager must be unhesitatingly obeyed, and if anyone feels agrieved thereby, Ms or her only remedy shall be by written complaint to the Executive Committee, whose adjudication shall be final and binding. 5.—Any injury ter damage done to the Club E011.945 or to any of its equip- ment slaall be paid for by the person or persons causing such injury or damage. 6.—Anyone desiring to become a member shall sign an aPPliaatian form in writing, and all such applica- tions will be subject to acceptance by the Executive Committee. Forms may. be had from the Secretary. 7.,—Members and associate mem- bers while in the Club House shall be on an equal footing as regards rights and privileges. 8.—Proposed fees: Associate mem- bers, $8.00 per annum; Soldier mera- bers, $5.00 per annum. All fees pay- able in advance, half yearly, with application form. 9.—Rules governing the G. W. V. A. Ladies' Auxiliary shall be outlined by the ladies theinselves. AUTUMN VERSUS SPRING PLOUGHING There are so many different soilA plough and so many kinds of ploughs to plough then' with, that no definite rule can be laid down as the best -method for all soils. We plough to bury vegetation and manure, so that they may -decay and feed the future plants. We plough to pulverize the soil and fit it to re- ceive the seed. No other implement will do so much in one operation toward the reeking of an ideal seed tied, as a good plough in skilled hands. We plough to increase the water hold- ing -capacity of the soil. We plough to destroy weeds, insects and rodents. Why should we plovrin the autman? Because this comparatively slow op- eration may be performed more econ- omicalty when horse and roan power are not at such a premiarn as they are during the rush of 'Spring seed- ing. Early autunm ploughing enables the heat from the September.sun to hasten the decomposition of one seasott's refuse plant growth so that it may feed the succeeding one. Late autumn ridging with a plough great- ly benefits many SOHO by exporang the greatest possible surface to the action a freezing and thawin.g, no- turets most wonderful pulverizer, which has --made most of the seed' beds throughout the ages, and is to- day our greatest agent in producing the tilth so necessary for large crone. In the eutumn a dryt soil may be ploughed without causmg the same injury that would follow ploughing a soil in that condition in the spring, It is aleo possible to plough land so wet in the late autunm that there is a gloss or sheen from the mould- board, Imowing that the frost of winter will turn what would inake clods at other seasons, into mellow seed beds in the spring. ttight- soils that Now, and soils on stgeFp hill sides that wash, should not he exposed to the gales and heavy rains of winter and early spring. Some' heavy clay sons that puddle during the heavy spring rains are better left and ploughed when they have reached the right degree of friability to -crumble under the mould- board. Land, that has produced a hoed crop such as potatoes, turnips, =angels or vegetables) usually pro- duces a better crop if the .seed bed. is formed for the following grain drop without using the plough. Ribbing hi late autumn has been the only use of the plough that has increased such crops at Charlottetown - A few results from cultural ex- periments at Charlottetown, that bear direetly on this problem, .are of in- terest. The figures secured are from average yields covering four seasons from fields of oats on a comparatiitly level, sandy loam. soil. Sod ploughed in August gave 4'7 bushels and 14 pounds; sod ploughed in November (no other autunm. work), 42 bushels and 32 pounds; sod ploughed in springs, 34 bushels and 9 pounds. Loss from spring ploughing compared with August ploughing, 13 bushels and 5 pounds; compared With November ploughing, 8 bushels and 23 pounds. There were forty-five plots itt this partichlar five-year rotation, and the spring ploughing of sod averaged six bushels below the poorest autumn method of breaking sod. Therefore plough your Bed id the autunm, and as much of your stubble as you can. Leave your land after a hoed trop -without ploughing, exzept to rib it. HURON NOTES —The fine 150 sere farm of James Dickson, known as the William Perrie farm, adjoining Cratibrook, has been sold to Albert Foerster, of the same line, who gets possession on March 1st. —The one hundred acre farm a George A. Meehan on the 16th con- cession of Grey has been sold to Robt. Campbell, of Logan, who gets posses- sion on April lst, The price is said to be $6,500. Mr, and Mrs. Meehan may move to Bru-sels or Blyth, —Mr. J. Armstrong, Belgrave re- ceived eighteen bogs from darrie Bros., of the 12th concession of These Wawanosh last week, which averaged 283 pounds. The entire lot brought in the neighborhood of $1,000. The priee paid per hundredweight was $18.50. —Union church, lith conce,ssion of Grey will hold their anniversary ser- vices on Sabbath 23rd inst., when Rev. D Wren, 4.A., Mount FOreSt, a former pastor, w;11 preach. Mon- day evening he will deliver his pore ler lecture; "A Day When Everytking Goes Wrong." The proceeds from the lecture will be dev eatpply the needs of .N4