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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1923-06-08, Page 1a 1 14 FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR I WHOLE NUMBER 2895 SEAFORTH, AY, JUNE 8, 1923. StewartBros. Hot Weather Specials Comfortable Apparel --at-- Comfortable Prices Men's Underwear Two-piece high grade Balbrig- gan Underwear for men, cool, comfortable, good fitting, good wearing. All sizes. 75c MEN'S COMBINATIONS Long sleeve or short sleeve; long leg or knee length, in Bal- briggan. Alt sizes ...�to$1.75 Boys' Sweaters Navy trimmed red, brown trim- med orange, plain brown, white and khaki, sizes 22 to 32, best quality 50c Men's Straw Hats High grade Straw Hats, stylish dressy hats, in English, Canad- ianand American makes. siz Alles $1.75 to $3.00 Boys' Stockings Black ribbed, fast color, good weight; sizes 72. to 2Q 11111/ ................... ��7r Extra quality black ribbed, ex- tra fine grade cotton; color guaranteed. 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On Thursday, South Huron U.F.O., ap represented by delegates to the party convention, took away his sword and shield and gave them to another, who promises, if elected, to follow Hon. E. C. Drury. It is not only a verdict for the Premier, but a deliberate pro- nouncement against the strict draw- ing of the class line, for the conven- tion rejected two farmers whose names went to the ballot, and chose one who is not a farmer. The can- didate is W. G. Medd, of Exeter, who operates several creameries in Huron County. The vote was 102 for Medd, 66 for Mr. Hicks and 31 for W. D. Saunders, of Exeter -a clear majority for Mr. Medd on the first ballot. The choice of the convention sub- scribes to the U.F.O. platform—sorue- what in the ietekground in recent years—the i,o a:,ng having adopted before the nominations this resolu- tion, moved Ly L. Rader, of Hay, and 1'. Dewar, of Bayfield: "That this convention requires its candidate to indorse the policy and the principles laid down in the platform of the United Farmers of Ontario; to agree to support the group that represents the United Farmers in the Legislature and constantly to maintain the iden- tity of the Farmers' group by non- support of a coalition or fusion with either Reform or Conservative par- ties." By the irony of fate, the candidate is thus pledged to follow the same course that got "Andy" Hicks into trouble. W. A. Amos, speaking later in the afternoon, took widely different ground, but it was too late to do Mr. Hicks any good. The vote was over. Mr. Medd is a resident of Exeter, an extensive operator in the cream- ery business and past president of tie Dairymen's Association of West- ern Ontario. He has been active as a prohibitionist and Sunday School )exactly 200 delegates represented the six townships and three villages of South Huron. These proposed, by nominating ballot, 22 names, G. Lay- ton being returning officer, was de- clared ineligible. Wm. Black, '1!.P., and J. Scott were present. The oth- ers were: W, Archibald, Mrs. Gtenn, W. D. Saunders, W, G .Medd, R. J. ibelliillan, 0. Jervis, A. Hicks, Frank Wash, John Laporte, Mr. Westlake, S. Tuffts, Wm. Turnbull, N. Clarke, Mrs. James Smillie, Mr. Caron, H. Tyndall, Oscar Klopp, Elmer 14lopp and M, Elliott. All withdrew except Messrs. Saunders, Medd and Hicks, A very unusual feature of the con- vention was the fact that the nomin- ation was not made unanimous, neith- er of the defeated aspirants moving or seconding a motion to that effect, Mrs. W. Glenn, of Usborne, used her five minutes to do as much dam- age as possible to Mr. Hicks. "We have never yet had a Govern- ment speaker here," she said, "to tell us the other side of Mr. Hicks' story. We have 44 members, or thereabouts, and when Mr. Hicks threw his bomb these members passed a resolution which this meeting will not have for- gotten. They expressed absolute confi- dence in lion, E. C. Drury. They said Mr. Hicks' statements were unwar- ranted and not in accordance wit.n the facts. He said Mr. Drury asked to go into the King Cabinet. The members again passed a resolution stating that these statements were absolutely un- called for and not according to the facts. I want to ask you, ladies and gent,jemen, whether the word of forty members, the pick of the province, is valueless. Is there only one man who is good and true, and the premier and his whole Government, except two or three, worthless and unre- liable?" The convention—or the executive— extended Mr. Hicks the courtesy of twenty minutes' time in which to re- port upon the events of four years in the Legislature. It was a straight- forward, businesslike speech, as far us it went. Mr. Hicks reiterated his statement about Mr. Drury asking leave to join the King Cabinet. Then he started to say something about Mr. Hay, when the chairman called time. "The greatest evidence of fusion was confusion. The last four weeks we sat in Toronto it was nothing but confusion, and I never felt as happy as when I was no longer responsible as Whip for bills or a majority on the floor of the House. "Though you take a man out of private life and make him a prime minister, he is still simply a citizen of this Canada we live in, and as a citizen has a right to do his duty, no matter what the political exigencies may be, and 1 want to tell you this, that the great trouble has been dur- ing the last session that instead of Mr. Drury coneulting on all occisions his elected men, who have been ex- tremely loyal to him, he was consult- ing with the Liberal leader. The Wednesday before my break—" "Time," said the chairman. "I am sorry," said Mr. Hicks. "I intended to have read the question- naire and showed you I have ample evidence, but I can only say that the Liberal leader—" "Go ahead," called members of the audience. Time," shouted others. Mr. Hicks took his seat. "At that very moment," said Mr. Hicks, regarding the Federal Cabinet incident, "our Progressivee at Ottawa were seriously in need of a leader, — and had he asked to go to lead the Centre Huron Electors YOUR 'V' . EnIS REQUESTED FGovelllookOR � Liberal Candidate Mr. Govenlodk stands for ECONOMY,, in Public Expen ores; REDUCTION of Provin- cial Taxation; AREFUL, HONEST Adminis- tration of the T tuber and other resources of the Province; mord Equitable Hydro Power Rates; a well Balanced Educational System; a Legisla- ture and Gove'r'nment representing the whole people—not any class especially. GORDON YOUNG, R. R. ROSS, President C. 1L Liberal Ass. Chairman Seaforth Liberal Ass. I= �.s Progressives I would have called him a hero. Our members said, 'No, Premier Drury we cannot et you go; we would be at a lose without you." He said, 'I am going to make one re- quest, that you do not put a straw in my path, but see that I can go at any time without a question being asked, but I will stay with you until after the coming election.' "Now, gentlemen, after what I I had promised the honest, sincere farmer and hist wife, in many in - I stances in your own homes, 00 your verandas, in your kitchens, that I would, if elected, come back to you a straight U.F.O. man, not stepping to right or left, my faith began ,o be shaken, and I had to protect myself to come back here to -day and look you squarely in the face. 1 have fought a clean game, and that is all I wish, to come back toou with a clean record. But if I had not taken that action I would have had to come back and make excuses, and an ex- cuse is only a lie nicely clothed. (Heal', hear!) Mr. Sanders doubted the wisdom or selecting a non -farmer. "If our organization must cater and have to go outside for support for rep- resentatives," he said, "say then it is one step towards destructipn. Mr. Medd is as fine a man as you have in the country, but does he know your requirements? This movement orig- inated among the farmers. I have worked through the province on its behalf, and stand by it still. I think more of the organization then the political side." Frank Welsh, of Varna, said Mr. Hicks made a mistake when be did not come to his executive with his troubles. The situation in South Huron is serious," said Mr. Medd. "'&sere is a division of opinion and people out- side know it. Is there any way of reconciling those who are opposed in matters of opinion in this move- ment? Is there any one that cen carry the standard of the U. F. 0. and have the support of every loyal member? Mr:. Hicks and I are per- sonal friends and will be, no matter what is done here, but I want to say that I thought he did not act wisely. It is my opinion still. I have voted for both the other parties in my time and I want to tell you as long as there is a U. F. 0. movement as a political force in this land I am done with both the other parties. 1 stand on the U. F. 0. platform, as you do." On the result of the ballot being announced in his favor, Mr. Medd asked a few minutes to consider. "It is a serious matter," he said, "and I want to know that every man and woman of the U. F. 0 are ready to stand for the cause. I want to tell you that the two old parties be- lieve that the U. F. 0. are going down and out in this election. While I live in a town, I have been identified with farm work and problems, and my sympathies have been with the farm- ers all the years that I have been able to think. We cannot afford to trifle with the O.T.A. Men Canne7 drive automobiles and drink whiskey at the same time." :111 11111 111111 I I I I I I I I I 1111 I I I 11111111111 I I I I I I I I !_ Red Cedar Shingles XXXXX and XXX Brantford AsphaltShingles IN GREEN AND REIN _ N. Cly,ff & Sons SEAFORTH, ONT. E i1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111g= "You are not driving a car all the time," suggested a delegate. "I stand on the U.F.O. platform," continued Mr. Medd. "If E. C. Drury is the leader—.i don't know whether he will be or not, he might not be elected; it is for the people to choose their leader—but I want to fell you whoever is elected as leader, accord- ing to the resolution passed by you people this afternoon,. I must stand true so long as he leads on the United Farmers' platform." (Applause). After Mr. Amos' address, Mr. Medd Intermediate W. F. A. FOOTBALL BRUCEFIELD vs. KINBURN At Kinburn, on , TUESDAY, JUNE 12th, 1923 Game called at 6.30 p.m. EVERYONE COME. 111111111 "Strictly Business" This Play will be given by the Ladies of Clinton Methodist Church, in the Constance Church —on— Tuesday, June 12th ADMISSION - - 35 Cents ATTENTION The Cleveland Sunday News Leader will be sold hereafter at E. UMBACH'S DRUG STORE Seaforth Ontario. Atx ,i` lie A' M fati,8 who had consulted, ; II kda v�#e' � ; meantime, announced acceptance.. thn nomination. HICKS GOES BACK ON U. F. OP Andrew Hicks hos pledged bis imp - port to N. W. Trewar'tha in the com- ing provincial electrons in South Huron, and will electioneer for the Conservative candidate., provided the I iteral nominee withdraws from the field. His position in the contest was definitely stated Monday night. "i will cast my vote for Mr. Tee- ' wartha in any event',' stated Mr. Hicks. "Subject to the withdrawal from the field of the Liberal candi- date I will also support him on the public platform throughout the con- stituency." It had been reported that Mr. Hicks would support the U.F.O. can- didate, but he denies that such will be his attitude. A WORD ON THE ELECTION Dear Expositor:— Just xpositor:Just a word on the election. 'Fire Hon. Mr, Ferguson says it is a piece of effrontery for either Drury or Raney to say he is hitched up to the wets. Well, if he is not, one of bis Conservative candidates declared him- self in favor of a wine and beer ,,please in the Ontario Temperance Act, and other changes towards gov- ernment control, as in Quebec. Now if there are enough followers of that class behind Mr. Ferguson, the other men are not far astray, and the Lib- erty League will take off their hats and hurrah for Ferguson. It does seem too bad to me, when that party have the honor of putting the O.T.A. on the statute books of Ontario to dishonor or spoil a good name by seeking to do something to spoil the Act. Sorely the temperance voters will look well to it that they do not vote for that class of candidates in either party, as any that advocate the above should find that they are left home after the electiop, so that all will know, as in the past, that when the people of Ontario have ex- pressed themselves strong for tem- perance, that they mean it still. T. C. THE COMING CONTEST Deaf Expositor:— With your kind permission I wish to have a short letter inserted in your valuable journal. Mr. Drury and his Government are being assailed from all quarters at the present time, and as my pity and sympathy is always for the under dog, I will call thing's by their proper names and may have something good to say about the U.F.O. before I get through. This Government have been great spenders, I freely admit. Before the last election at a time when they did net for one minute expect to have enough members elected to hold the reins of government, some of those aspiring to be Members of Parlia- ment declared against spending much money. Of course one could hardly call the remarks concerning Hearsts' 400 miles of expensive roads for joy rides, or the cry against Government House expenditure as pledges. It was merely fault finding. Now it is said that there are 1,500 miles of road, either built or con- templated, and Government House is just left as it was. Surely the peo- ple of this Province have sufficient dignity to leave Government House as it is. I heard Drury say that he did not interfere with the work of the heads of the other departments. I believe this was a fault. The late Alexander McKenzie, when Prime Minister of this country, said he had to be by his guns night and day, to keep the treasury from being raided and rob- bed. To be sure this was figurative language, but I regret to say that Drury did not follow the other's ex- ample. And now a few words of praise and I have done. As I was living in Toronto I attended once in a while at the Parliament during two or three sessions, and know something of what I am writing about. ' There is Mothers' Pensions. There has been sotne fault. found with this, hut in fact there is nothing ton gond for a widowed'mnnther who has young chil- dren to raise and educate. The measure is here to stay and those who don't like it wilt just have to grin and hear. Another measure in regard to parents who spend too much in educating their children for pro- fessions, or in setting them up on farms or in mercantile pursuits, and find that in their old age they are up against it on the rocks, so to speak. The children mustnow come to their a;d, instead of sending them over the hill. Then there is the measure con- cerning children born nut of wedlock. The mother has to endure the suffer- ing and to make the male Iiable to the stigma, and, if possible, make him responsible for the maintenance of the child. An old Scottish regulation is aim coupled with the measura. Any of your readers, who don't know whet it is can find nut.. At any rate. i have heard of boys and girls danc- ing at their fether's and mother's wedding over there. Then there is the Workmen's Compensation, an act ni n former government, but I notic- ed when a labor member wanted to have it increased the Premier gave a careful and sympathetic hearing. And a meaxe death deserted wives . . donrt know. 'Whether not. It ie to bring drel up to the.inggit Is he doeeilas, Of.nowrse O. T. A. framed in detail', Government and then leif pie to ,decide by their v the wet Tories and a Grits who say they are, to Bill Hearst where the the axe. If I had my way place the ebap who habituallyr; liquor on the criminal list, and also the rascal who runs bills or boirinfaw: money, which he never pays or itdver- intended to pay, on the same list. J, J. IRVINE. SIR LIVES LOST IN FIRE Mrs. Silas Stanlake 36• her fou children, Clarence, 6; Stanlake, r Charlie, 4; Wil- fred, 2, and an unnamed baby; two weeks old, and her brother, Alfred. aged 45, lost their lives early Satur- day morning in a fire which burned their home . on the • Lake Road at Sodom, three miles west of Exeter. Silas -Stanlake himself was badly burned. • 'He saved his adopted daugh. ter, aged 20, and his oldest boy, aged twelve. At midnight Stanlake was awak- ened by smoke and went downstairs to the kitchen. .As. heopened a door tc get a. fire -extinguisher which he kept in the summer kitchen, a wall of pent-up flame burst in upon him. Then he rushed back to the bedroom& on the second floor to awaken his sleeping loved ones. His wife was the first aroused - "Go downstairs and out. The house is on fire," advised the husband. The mother started for the stairs. Then she turned and hurried back to the bedroom. "My 'baby," she shouted in explanation, as the hus- band stared at her returning. Then he rushed to the three front bed- rooms, awakening Beatrir}>,$Iro- they , and se itis- r of whomAlbertere t P Parateson;'xoo;eA;sr;:,;t The brother reached-;the•;he 4: of the stairs and then, as it;$njc_ stricken, darted back toward his -teed - room and was seen no more. But the girl and the boy Harry made' their way downstairs. There the father threw them out of a window. Then he tried to rescue the o hers, but was prevented by the flaes. At last, weak to the point of collapse, be reached the broken window and fell to the ground. By this time, neighbors had ar- rived. Although they organized a bucket brigade and lent every as- sistance, they were powerless to save the rest of the family. The house was engulfed in flames which prevented anyone from approaching it. Dr. H. K. Hyndman, of Exeter, was called and took charge of the three members of the Stanlake family who had escaped the fire. The father is burned and bruised, but will recover. The two children, Beatrice and Harry, are else bruised from their fall. Motorists were attracted from miles around. Soon after the fire became visitle almost one hundred cars were on the scene. The drivers and their friends did all they could to quell the flames. The fire apparently broke out in the kitchen. The Stanlake home- stead is an old frame building, erect- ed forty years ago, and proved an, easy prey to the flames. Mrs. Stanlake was formerly a school teacher at Sodom. She mar- ried Silas Stanlake fifteen years ago. The fire, it is thought, may have caught from a smudge used during the day to rid the house of mos- quitoes. i' WALTON Notes.—Mrs. J. H. McLaughlin's father, Mr. R. Woods, has been visit- ing at her home on the 14th conces- sion.—Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McLaugh- lin and Been wish to thank all those kind friends who called on her while she was laid 'aside by an appendix operation, and especially those who brought flowers and other tokens of cheer and remembrances. Mrs. Mc- Laughlin had the good fortune to Le under the wise and skillful care of Nurse Ferguson. MANLEY Notes.—Mr. John Murray, Jr., of the Montreal Banking staff, Kitchen- er. son of Mr. John Murray of this place, was united in marriage last Monday, the 41.h inst., to Misa 'Paf- ford, of Peterhoro, Ont., and on their return will reside in Kitchener. Their many friends wish them a smooth journey through the stream of life.— Mrs.. .Tehn Holden. Mr. Joe McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Archie McKay and W. J McKay, who attended the funeral of the late W. McKay, have returned to their respective homes.—Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Mr. Con Cotter metnred from Owen Sound last Sun- dae unday and returned on Tuesday, accom- panied by Mrs. Con Cotter, who bas remained here since the death of her father. Mr. Michael Wall,—Mr. Thos. McKay wears a smile since last Mon- day. the 4th inst., when his wife pre- sented him with a boy.—Mr. Con Eckert has returned to our midst af- ter spending a few holidays at home. --Mr. Ed. Sternigal has engaged a chauffeur to avoid further trouble with car accidents.. --Mr. Hopper has completed Ids contract drilling Mr. Peter Rckart's well. He found a spring at 185 feet deep, which rose within fifteen feet of the top. 8