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The Huron Expositor, 1920-06-18, Page 1JUNE 11, 1920 emeneentoementiote, VIS/1------MACTAVISR esday during Jiine, July,, August I ntber. 10. )44 August Do- cla oti ty during June, July L'Our Store JLLY REFUNDED OR RANGED rhich keeps a -ceaseless influence asiness. That set pm -pose. is to tributiche through this community e of the world's markets at the Ting and prompt cash payments g dissatisfied with the purchases ;xpectations after you have ex- tilingIy exchange the goods or 0 PROSPECTIVE IDES • WHOLE NUMBER 2740} FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR - McLean Bna., PabIleherat * Year In Alkalies - Get Awa From It! 6 14-1 03: -44 rn SKIRTS $500 TO rp, $12.50 5 WAISTS $1.50 TO $12.50 As in 'Wearing Apparel Ictorily IN UNDERWEAR pod materials, neat home-made garments rst recognized in our ASILY SETTLED ecial order for a Summer t will be right. LKS ARE HERE We refer to the Hot Stuff the weather man is serv- ing up these day -and you don't need an ocean voy- age or a lake trip nor yet to flee to the mountain top. A brief visit to our Store with a little cash, interview Our Cool Clothes service department, and you have the problem solved. Cool Underwear in two piecel or c-ombina- 75c to $2.00 Cool Shirts in light gauzey cotton, Gingham or tion solid silk $1.50 to t 4a' 4tP" rid - IZ1 Hat, Po' 40. d to the stock recently. New at different prices up to $5.00 - eh black silks at $1.50, $1.75, recommend our colored faille and wearing quality. Special to $2.50 a yard. DRESS FINDINGS 4;.. Ael Dress Liningt and Dress owl ressmakers and others in need that they can, buy them quick- PEI torily from us; SUMMER DRESSES 0.1 a the quality. We present de- n from a great assembly. voiles, pretty patterns, printed ... - --- to $2.C1O ties, Voiles, 11,Iarquisettes, etc., - .. . . -....35c to $1.50 am and Prints, Imported and clean finish. Best tellers 30c to 85c an Ilcad Suiting, both White 50c to $1.00 • VISH th r4.4 SH--MACTAVIS1 oo Cool Sox in all colors, silk or lise. .50c to $1.50 Cool Hats in straw, sailors, panamas, etc., $1.00 to $7.00 Cool Outing Suits and Trousers, in Palm Beach, cotton or light wools- . Suits $22.00 to $30,00 Trousers $3.09 to $7.00 Raincoats for men and women . .$7.00 to $20.00 The .Greig Clothing "THE CITY OF FEAR" Ottawa, June 17. --.Ottawa is the E eity of fear. To begin with there are E two hundred and thirty-one members = of the House of Commons who realize how frail is the thread on which their E political existence hangs. A general E election might cut them off any day. = Their shuddering's, and sliiverings g are bad enough but When you add to = them the tremors of fifteen thousand employees of the Inside Civil Service Who don't know where the lightning is going to strike' next a deep gloom naturally falls over the community. Roughly speaking one-half the popula- tion of Ottawa depends directly or indirectly on Government jobs, so that when the signs of the time point to a large number of office holders getting it in the neck, the landscape takes on a solemn hush and the 'blue Laurentian niountains look bluer than ever. Some seven years ago there was a little tiff between T the Hon. Robert - Rogers and Dr. Shortt, then chairman of the Civil Service Commission, who was indiscreet enough to remark that the . Inside Civil .Service had about three men to every one job: This statement was never positively denied, but Dr. Shortt was demoted for his candor to the Archives 'Department where his passion for figures will net be so dangerous. If there were three men to every job seven years ago there are perhaps -five now, considering the war bureaus and the supernumerary employments for *returned soldiers.- The war bureaus, some of which are still at full.war strength, gave opporttmity to many young Ottawa ladies from serv- ant girls up -I use the word servant _girl with trepidation, remembering General MacLean's experience -to go on their country's pay roll,where they remain to this day, --having learned in the meanwhile the gentle art of pull, which keeps -a job going after the job itself has run down. Spade lacks here to mention the departments which should be ruthlessly dernoboliz- ed but which, persist in lingering superfluous. Moreover the regular departments of the service are -clut- tered up- and the machinery much retarded by the extra hands which were taken on during the war period and sIa after. Aaici• before, there are now perhaps five men to every job and though four of them do next to no- thing they are all bound to make themselves look important by multi- plying red tape. Only the other day I heard a hard working official of Parliamentm complaining that a simble requisition he' had made for an arm chair had already gone through ten pairs of hands and the chairwa . s not in place yet. - An Indoor Sport, , A favorite indoor sport with amateur statisticians is to walk along the cor- ridor of any Government building- and open a door at random. In a romn harboring twenty tax -eaters the re- sults will be about as follows; Five chewing gum,- two reading, three drinking water, one knitting, three gossiping, two looking out of the window and four working. An enter- prising investigator . of my acquaint- ance tells me that he has never known this proportion of drones to busy bees to fail. However, there is a feeling that thene fat sleepy days are over. eThere is a hint of alarm in the air. The Gov- ernment, pressed for money, begins to lend an ear to nosey Members of Parliament who ask what this man or that 'does for the salary he is credit- ed with in the Auditor General's re- port. It has begun, albeit timidly, to cut down on the Civil Service and fifteen thousand civil servants ask anxiously where the axe is going to fall Aext. It is the Inside Civil Service that apprehends the crack of doom. There are hereditary 'Inside Civil Service families in Ottawa, people who have been so long inside that they wouldn't know what to do if they found them- selves on the outside. Naturally, they are in favor of things as they are even when such things can no longer be. The air is full of their low moans. Besides the hereditary In- side Civil Service there are thousands of fugitives from the battle of life, the rewarded veterans of long -forgot- ten party fights, who have grown grey doing nothing for their grateful coun- try' at so much per month. Tired persons from every walk of life have found shelter in the Inside Civil Ser- vice and the older they get the more tired they are. They have that tired .feeling after eating which mites in the cheese usually experience. More- over the Inside Civil Service is stuff- ed with the useless sons and Peer relations of statesmen past and pres- ent, patriots who, in a metaphorical sense, bled for their country to bleed it afterwards to the third and fourth generation. These tired, useless, and lazy people in the Inside Civil Service, cost the country many million dollars a year. They would probably go on, costing it if the Government wasn't so hard up for money that the old free-andseasy methods have to be abolished. The Government has bor- rowed and taxed -now it must save and saving, like charity, begins at home and home is Ottawa. Let Well Enough Alone. Of course all the beneficiaries of the old system are up in arms against a change. Any change, they agrue, will be for the worse -for them. Some- thing has gone wrong with the Inside - Civil Service they complain -some- thing has gone wrong with its insides. The Government prescription is that a purgative is needed. One never knows where a purgative is going to end. At all events the Inside Civil Service is not the snug harbor that When General Sir Arthur Currie it used to be, where, safe at home, was in office he had a simple rule for 10 days only for cash. Ready Roofing Reg. Special $5.75 55.25 54.00 53.50 54.00 $3.50 53.75 _53.25 3 -ply B. Asphalt Roofing, per roll 2 -ply B. Asphalt Roofing, per roll 2 -ply Leatheroid Roofing, per 'roll 1 -ply Leatheroid Roofing, per roll 3,000 Square Ft. Beaver Board, per square foot 3 -Burner Perfection oil stoves 4 -Burner Perfection oil stoves Simmons' Famous Blue En- a,mel 3 -burner oil stove Oil stove ovens, New Perfection 6!4e 5%c 531.00 $27.00 540.00 535.00 534.00 529.00 59.25 5.8.50 Sole agent for Frost Fence, Martin Senour 100 per cent Pure Paint, Gold Medal Twine The Big Hardware H. EDGE xlvitobt COUNTY ince M▪ OM ONO 414=1 OW MIN MEM IMmI =▪ MI OM =▪ = 111=11 14=11 MOP OEM IMMMI 4=• 1440 II= 1=11 5 • ntion FIRST PRESI3YIERIAN, CHURCH ( SEAFqRTH, JUNE 23rd Afternoon and Evening Sessions . DR. A. S. GRANT,' of Toronto, will speak in addition to other prominent workers. =- SEAFORTH C. L PRMOTION EXAMS. - ... The following students have been = suctessful and are promoted to re- = spective forms. The names are ar- s ranged in, erder of merit and are the = result of weekly examinations held = throughout the year and the final of existence' affer that? Perish the thought. I did intend saying • Oome- thing about the round robin and the 79 members, who signed it asking , for higher pay, but never mind I sup- pose we all like a bit of easy -made moncy.-J. J. L consolidated schools.- If Ontario would spend five times as mu,ele on educe -tiles as we spend on moving pictures in- stead of one-fifth as at present it would be better, for the rising genera- tion. The 254 acts passed by the TeegiShaed ture-were evidence that the Govern- ment was on the job and not one word. -of thin legislation could be construed as class legislation. The new Elec- tion Act was _eulogized and: referred to as a great advance. J. M. ceovenlock, MPP, for Center. Huron)also addressed the gathering - and thte, warden, G. C. Petty, of Hen - sell presided. After a vote of thanks - the remarkable percentage of 92. to the visitors had been passed the June exams. The first -student hEts gathering broke up with the singing- ' (Hon.), R: McGregor (Hon.), H. "God Save the ICing." Form I Exams;, promoted to Form of 2A -,J. Archibald (Hon.), E. Toward Farnham (Hon.), F. Jackson (Hon.), G. Aberhart (Hen.), Godkin (Hon.), - ▪ IC. Aberhart (Hon.), D. Kerslake' (Hon.), S. Cluff (Hon.) - Pass -M. Alexander, V. Crozier, M. McCuitig, J. McIntosh, A. Ament, L. Marriott, P. Strong, R. Moore, L. Lane, G. Livingstone, R. McKay, T. Johnstone, M. McLean. Prontoted to 2A on. term work -K. Rankin. Promoted to Form' 2B -N. Mont- gomery, E. Flannery, E. Beattie, S. Ferguson, M. Dempsey, E. Stewart, F. Crich, A. Love, L. Purcell, M. Mc- Cowan, L. Eekart, Landsboro, E. Kennedy, H: Peterson, N. Wilson, M. Hudson, Cameron (term -work), A BANQUET WILL BE SERVER AT 6 p.m. TICKETS 50 CENTS DR. A. J. IRWIN, Wingham V'resident REV. A. M. BOYLE, lielgrave - Secretary the danger past, the mariner on life's sea, could live happily ever. afterwards with nothing to do but draw his pay envelope once a month and 'kick for a raise in wages with a view to divert- ing attention .from his intrinstic idle - nese. The Inside Civil Service is no longer a-- soft snap. Publicists and sinners begin to insist that- one man shall do one man's work for one man's pay and that there shall not be any idle salary - drawing hands for Satan to find mis- chief for. The trouble began, so they say, when the Civil Service Commis- sion butted in. Up to that time it was easy to get into the Civil Ser- vice and hard to get out. Now it .is the other way round -methods having been discovered to give a man a job Without inflicting him on the country's pay roll until death do them part. In one department at leas t, -M r. Breadner's Ineorne Tax Department- . hiring anti firing. It was this -did the jobholder take part in the Laet Hundred Days? If he didn't, good bye! This simple rule was rapdily reducing the Militia Department to a reasonable business footing. It is rumored that General Me.Brien will many on the good work along Sir Arthur's lines. The rule may also be applied to the Soldier's Civil Re- establishment Department, which is in similar need of thinning out -H. F. G. FROM AN OLD McKILLOP CORRESPONDENT Dear Expositor: -Owing to bereave- ment I have. hesitated to write except business letters for some time. This is my excuse for not appearing in eral and his 'family were here for The Expositor. The Govaror-Gen- some days during the r es at the Woodbine and, of course, Toronto had men are hired on their merits and then to make a display of some kind, fired for their demerits at h month's so University Avenue from Queen notice. This is good business alla SCreet to College Street was filled Mr. Breadner's plan begins to find ' with young lads, some in Ted coats 1 grate in other departments. The deer and some in brown, and they were be - may come when Government jobs will ing put through military rapers un - be like most other jobs iti this cold, little _chaps had herder' a cruel, :world, t einthie eorrle-lque conntee.' o- s on. I think if these horn til ran% tence. The Civil Service Commission though still under bit and rein of a centralized patronage system, has had a salutary and disturbing influence on the dry bones of precedent and tradi- tion. Even if the old patronage sys- tem came back it is reasonable to suppose that the Inside Civil Service would. not suffer as it has done in the paste for the simple reason that were taught habits of order and in- dustry it would be better for all con= cerned. Paul Rader, the Chicago evangelist, was here for several days. He held two services each day in Massey,Hall and drew crowds at each service. I went once, and noticed that the col- lection was taken up early in the proceedings so •as to not miss any the country can no longer afford to Whether the meetings were produc- who might be inclined to slip out. support- an army of spongers. More- tive of good or otherwise is an open over it is within the mark to expect question. that narrow circumstances may yet There* has been from one to two duce and reorganize the public de- month. Young girls and some middle every week for a force a Canadian. Government to re- tag days here partments, cutting their member in, aged women volunteer for the purpose half, _doubling their efficiency, and and are on every street corner, some - doing away with the expensive over- times le the number of thousands, lapping which is the curse of the and thy step smilingly towards the present system. pedestrian with the remark: "Please The Object Lesson. buy a tag." If they see you have an in.cljnation, to drop a ,coin in the box Meanwhile the Government has begun to unload -timidly it is true_ they pin a tag somewhere on the front of your coat. The tag day for aged but it has begun. There's the rub! Where will it ease off next? Just now working women's home brought in they are pensioning the old timers but 415,000. About twice that amount the day may come when they will take was taken in on the Salvation Army buteof course the Salvation Army the ground that a 'Government ern- day,. ployee must Observe thrift, and not lassies have a- lot of practice and are depend on pensions, if he would pro- good at the job. The last to be held vide for his old age. The Printing was fer a club house for men, who Bureau is the great object lesson be- lost a leg or arm or their eyesight fore Ottawa's weeping eyes. Within overseas, and was a great success, a year four hundred bureau employees nearly $40,000 having been taken, in have. been. let go -their pensions by 2,500 ladies. I have never failed graded according to length of service. giving so far, as there is a good deal Cynics allege that four hundred more in it all which appeals to ones sym- can be let go and the loss not be Pethy. Zionists have been instructed felt --but that looks like a large to call at all the Jewish homes on order. Sunday next for money to help re - The Printing Bureau is the center construct Palestine and they ask for of the cyclone which is to whirl the $100,000 from Toronto, I have doubts laggards and thelingerers into oblivion about them getting it. There are and leave 9nly the workers behind. many wealthy Jews here but take the What's more every worker is to have Jews in parts altogether they are enough work and the old syetem by much more cheerful takers than, which printing was jobbed out, that givers. should have kept the Bureau at least The session of Parliament has come half busy, is to be done, away with. to a close. I went to hear the debates Useless publications, unnecessary quite frequently and must say that maps, superfluous blue books -in the debating abilities of the Members which the departments were prolific_ of the present House are nothing to are to be cut out. As Editor of brag about. On, the Government side Publications, Mr. Fred Cook, a veteran Drury and McBride of Brantford, are newspaper man, may be relied on to about all there is to it. The others ditch all the trash and give the hot on that side are chiefly listeners. stuff the right of -way. The office of Among the Liberals, Tolmie of Wind - King's printer -now that Mr. -Tache sor, - and Brackin, of Chatham, t are moves on to the library -is amalgam- good speakers and Clarke, of Coleurg, ated with that of under Secretary of is a humorist. In the Conservative State and thus a . salary is saved. corner Henry, of York, McCrea, of Every little helps. Sudbury, and. Ross, of Kingston, are The Militia Department is said to worth listening to. Fergus, their be in for a thorough housecleaning. leader, has been away taking a rest Looking forward to the day when the for some weeks. I might mention the farmers will be ill the saddle and manner in which the Government un - militarism will be cut to the bone, the dertook to cancel the road scheme of high officials of the Militia Depart- the former Government, by now under- ment are weeding out the pay rolls. taking to build four times the- mile - This weeding out falls heaviest on age, and I never heard a cheep about officials who did not have an over- Government House during the ses- seas record. Half a dozen arm -chair Sir Lionel Clark and his wife dis- generals have been retired and more played excellent diplomacy in. the are to follow, along with Colonels, early days of the session, by inviting 1 Majors and Captains, who have drawn the wives of all the members to come pay for many a long year but who and eat, drink, and take the rim of never heard a shot fired in, anger. the house for one day at least. Does any one suppose -that the husbands of these ladies would vote the house out i 1 J. Lane (teem work). Form2B, arranged i order of merit The following are prometed to 8B -Harvey Bristow, Clifford Brit- ton, Leslie Bristow, Ralph Weiland, Jean Wallace, Frank Cuelmore, Frank Rankin (term work), Albert Brownlee. The following are promoted to 2A: Margaret Tough, Lillian Knox, John Pepper, Angus Robertson. THE IT. F. 0. PICNIC Rain interfered sonieViat with the attendance at the monffer picnie of South Huron farmers at Isyndal's 'grove on the London. Road on Tues- day, but did not dampen the enthus- iasm of the 800 persons present. Wen. Black, county director for Smith Huron, presided, and a good program of sports concluded the event. Andeew Hicks, M.P.P., Ontalitio Governitinnt whip and member for South Huron, speaking referredt in. passing to the charges he made at the London ptcnie recently and the -comment they have 'stirred up. Mr. MacBride, M. P. P., Brantford, he said, wanted to knew why he did not bring on an investiga- tion. The papers had riot printed. all the facts and defended his position in ve 41 ; COMITY COURT The County Court was held last week in Goderich, Judge Dickson pre- siding. The first case was Glazier vs. Devereaax, the plaintiff, Mrs. Mary Ann Glazier, a widow residing in Ashfield, suing Joseph Devereaux for damages for the loss of a eowe - The plaintiff and the defendants live on adjoining farms, and it was claim- edairithnagt The i edefineendanftenerzdgleaented p the plaintiff's now wandered through and. was impounded by the defendant. Ow- ing to alleged ill-treatment by the - defendant the cow• developed lockjaw - and had to be slaughtered. It was claimed also that the defendant's cattle had repeatedly come on plain- tiff's land and injured the trops and further that .the defendant's dog had. killed fifteen of her turkey a and ducks.. Plaintiff claimed 4300 and costs. The defence put in a general denial of the charges and also a counter Oahflk for damages by reason of plaintiff's cattle, trespassing on defendant's lands and deetroying crops. This case was 'commenced at three o'clock Tueeday afternoon and was not concluded until 2.15 Wednesday afternoon, when the jury - retired. Jenusdgmta. ent was for plaintiff for 881 and Haanilton; vs. Cole occupied the rest of Wednesday afternoon and Thurs- day morning. James M. Hamilton, of the 16th concession of Godetich town, - ship, was the plaintiff, and William H. Cole, thresher, of Clinton, the de- - fendant Cole was engaged by Ham- ilton last fall -to thresh his wheat and oats aid te rnen he sent to do the job, Plaintiff claimed, did it se uneldllfullY and carelessly that one- third of the grain. was Jost. The jury retired at one o'clock Thursday af- ternoon and at 4.15 came out for fur- ther instenctions, 'having been unable. • to agree. HH is onor sent them back mt im also referred to hydro de- to see if they could not reach a ver- lopment and said that if nothrohe un- diet At a few -minutes to seven oteloelts that evening they again re- ported Ittilare-ite agree on a veract and were diecharged. This may mean) a new trial. Huron County Flax Mills Limited vs. Joseph Eisenhofer. In the COUTItY Court at Goderich last week the above case, which lasted for three days, was heard before Judge Dickson and a Grand Jury, Joseph Eisenhofer, the defendant was honorably acquitted) by the jury on the charge brought against him by the plaintiffs, of hating ob- tained money under false pretences. , The jury had only retired or about two or three minutes when they re- turned the verdict of "not guilty." The charge of stealing flax eeecl was withdrawn and was not tried at all. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Seeger and Mr. Charles Garrow, whilst the defendant was defended by J. M. Best, of Seaforth, peeted occurred the .4,01uppewa tonne, would be coneOletedeley' 1921 Hon. F. C. Biggs minister of pubti orks, who left early to inspect th oad between St. Marys and Sarnia aid that one million dollars had been pent in education, but it was no alf enough. The committee favore etting aside, of twice that amount. I e younger generation had educatio hey could get along in the world n atter what turned up. He explaine he superannuation proposal, and sal would be self-supporting in te ears. A. A. Powers, President of the TT . 0. Co-operative Company, and. Mrs eorge Brodie, President of the U. F W. O. announced to speak were un voidable abient At a banquet given in Clinton b he Huron County Council in hono f Hon F. C. Biggs and Mr. W. A McLean, Deputy Minister .of High- • - ays, previous to their appearance t the picnic Mr. McLean said: "Although Huron County roads will ompare favorably with most of the ()unties of Ontario it is still quite oticeable that most every objection nd defect may be seen as one drives hrough your county and notice the onstruction of roads." Mr. McLean, however, assured the County Council that his department was willing to co-operate as fully as possible in assisting the municipalities o get the best results from their ef- forts and money expended, and for this purpose the engineers would come to the county not so much as nspectors, but as assistants or in- structors. Hon. F. C. Biggs made a practical business man's speech and greatly pleased the members of the council by his candid explanation of the various acts passed and amended at the last session of the Legislature. He em- phasized the fact that instead of limit- ing their efforts to a few hundred miles of roads it would be extended to 1,824 miles'and their best efforts will be made to have these brought up to standard as soon as possible. He advocated two -track roads arid claimed that they vrould wear more than twice as long as roads with a single track. He stroregly urged each township to have its own superinten- dent who would work under the coun- ty superintendent and provincial of- ficers so that roads would be uniform- ly constructed and in the most effici- ent mermen HURON NOTES -While sharpening stakes the axe. slipped out of the' hands of Earnest Rae, 2nd line of Grey, striking his belroosteh.er, Gordon- Rae; oie the forehead, just above the eye, inflicting a nasty gash that required several stitches to. -When the executors of the estate, of the late Dr. MeDermid, of Hensall,. were recently going through some of his papers they came across a twenty- five cent piece wrapped in paper.. The paper was -ated 30th November,. 1876, and stated that it was the first. money he had received in Hensall.It was paid by Mrs. Burns for the ex- tracting of a tooth for her Mil, Donald. Burns. -Councillor Alex, R. Stewart, of Brussels, and W. F. Vanstene, Wing - ham, a former well known Brusselite, have bought the Bluevale flax retitle torn it_ down and moved it to Brus- sels, where a share of the fine material has been utilized in the constructlom of a piggery, 30 x 100 feet, on the Leckie property, *south of the fair ground. They vrill have -capacity for - from 180 to 200 hogs, which -will weigh from 100 to 125 pounds to, commence with. The buttermilk from: Brussels creamery will be utilized,. along with grein, etc., for the feed. The building is finished. -Last Mondlay night, niter a week's illness, Mrs. James Fulton, of Brussels, passed 'away, from an at- tack of pneumonia. Few' knew she was ill. Deceased's maiden name was, Trees along the highways here are Jannet A. McInnis and she was born rectiving every care by the depart- in County Lanark, nearly 74 years a- ment and the appointment of Mr. go. When eight years of Age the Moore for the special work of beauti- family came westward to grey town- fyieig the highways woukl bring ship and about forty-seven years age splendid results, he said. Village and deceased was married to the late Jas. towns would now receive larger grants Fulton, who died twenty-seven years and more commissions because of ago. Two sons, James and Will, and. amendments to the act passed at the two daughters, Mrs. H. Keys and last session_ The new Nonglare Head- Mrs. P. Moir, survive. Duncan Mc -i light Act for motorists would come Innis, Grey township, is a brother, into effect in a few weeks and he an& Mrs, R. L. Scott, Preston, and advised motorists to buy only lights Mrs. John Scott, Woodstock, sisters - - approved by the department of -Mrs. Fulton. In the fall of 1904 The minister referred to the in- Mrs Fulton went to 13russels and creased grants to education and made her home up to the time of her stated that transportation was at death. She was a flue woman ale present the greatest objection to highly esteemed by all who knew her.