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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1935-01-18, Page 2Yi ti if st ki fr' ,ilt a�,h�y{i 1, 11 kttr''�P'lii' +ld� iMX a.�'.CfiS rr 1-4 i si oxpositor Established. 1860 c'Pliail McLean, Editoro idled at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ^sday "afternoon by McLean Subscription rate, a ' year in Advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single 'copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. Members of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Class "A" Weeklies of Canada, and the Huron County Press Association. SEAFORTH, Friday, January 18th. The Wardenship According to long established cus- tom the Wardenship in Huron Coun- ty is occupied by a Conservative and Liberal in alternate years. This year it is the Liberals turn and there are four in the field: Reeve W. R. Archibald, of Tuckersmith; Reeve J. M. Eckert, of 'McKillop Reeve. M. Matheson, of Ashfield, and Reeve William Sweitzer, of Stephen, all of whom represent rural town - There' has probably never been a year when the decisions of Municipal voters have played greater havoc with the aspirations towards the Wardenship, as two of the -supposed- ly outstanding contestants -for this important office were defeated at the polls. Nor have there been many years when the fight for the Wardenship was as open a .contest as it will be this year. All the four contestants have had years of experience in municipal. councils as well as very considerable experience in county affairs, gained while they have been members of the County Council, and any one of them would fill the office of -Warden with credit to themselves and their con- stituencies, as well as with honor to the county. It will be a hard fight, but one that will Ieave in its wake no hard feel- ings. May the best man win! • Mr. Bennett's Broadcasts Mr. Bennett has finished his series of five broadcasts on Canadian af- fairs and what he proposes to do about _them. How he would abolish the evil that has crept into our Can- adian government and how he wiiI expand the good points of that same government—if there have been any good points left .after his five years in office. Mr. Bennett is a very astute poli- tician and an exceedingly clever man, and being all that there are a good many people in Canada who are wondering why he used five broad- casts when the first one would have served his purpose as well, if not bet- ter. There can be no denial of the fact that Mr. Bennett's first broadcast caught the ear of the nation. Peo- ple, irrespective of politics, sat up and took notice. His programme, as outlined in that speech, was so abso- lutely opposed to anything that Mr. Bennett; or the party of which he is the leader, had ever espoused before,. that political parties of all stripes and colors were astounded. One might even say they were dis- played, because Mr. Bennett had stolen his thunder wherever there was any. He abolished the Liberal party at one sweep, and re -named them Tories. He took a little from the C. C. F. and a little from every other off -shoot of the old political parties, and claimed it as his own. No wonder people were astounded. No wonder they looked upon Mr. Bennett as a new man. The dispenser of a new Heaven and a new earth. And they wondered, too, what future broadcasts would reveal towards this ,'end. And then the other broadcasts palm, and one by one as they . came hey whittled away a little More each Mine from the original bold proposals torfises until there was little • substance -left, and that little. ; ot+ r Wen/rite, and might even ci�nfitsn�, . in fir: Bennett aid • his fiew Deal is dyingdown and it will •ooutunue to decrease to the vanish- ing point, unless the Premier imple- ments his prof iises with corre•Spond- ia.g legislation at the approaching -sessionof Parliament. Unless. Mr. Bennett does that his 1935' promises are not likely to ac- coniphsh anything more in the way of reforming Capitalism and the ev- ils of Government which he has so . loudly condemned, than his 1930 promises did to end .unemployment. ° The Curfew Law •Several towns in Ontario, includ- ing Seaforth, have a curfew law which means . that after the curfew bell is rung each evening at 9 o'clock, it is against the law for children un- der a certain age to roam the streets of those towns, unless they are ac - accompanied by their parents 'or guardians. It is a good law and a sensible one, too. Children have no business on the streets after nine o'clock at night, and when they are there, they are learning nothing that will be of benefit to them in future life. On the contrary, they are acquir- ing a street education at the expense of the education which our schools provide, as no child can be physical - 1y fit to do justice to him or herself at school after spending the greater part of the previous night roaming about the streets. Beneficial' as the curfew law could and should be, we have often won- dered why tonin councils are satis- fied to include it in their by-laws and let it go at that. Because it has always been that way, we didn't suppose the curfew law possessed any real teeth. • It was just something in the nature of a gesture towards better things. But we were wrong, entirely wrong, as we learned a short time ago when . ten parents in Fort Erie were sentenced for allowing their children to be on the streets of that town after the sounding of the cur- few bell.' Apparently, it is not lack of teeth in the law, but lack of backbone in the councils, that makes the curfew law a law to be considered lightly, where it is given any consideration at all. Other- towns which have the cur- few included in their by-laws, and whose duties in the enforcement of it seem to consist entirely of ringing the bell at nine o'clock, might copy the example of Fort Erie with pro- fit. At least it wouldn't hurt the town; it wouldn't hurt the children, and it might do the parents a whole lot of good. ems® WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY. Mr. Bennett's Publicity (Toronto Globe) The Ottawa Journal has been sizing up the audience the Prime 'Minister received for his aerial addresses and concludes that, "without the free publicity given him by the newspapers, Mr. Bennett's -radio audience would have been a great- ly diminished one." Yet, it points cub, for the privilege of putting his speeches on .the air he paid $10,000 and for the newsiPaper publicity nothing. What Mr. Bennett umdeubted'ly did was pay $10,000 for the privilege of putting his person- ality across with his "unseen audiertoe," fully aware that the newrsrparpea- audience would get it any'way. And in going to this expense to reach a possible '750,000 radio sets, trusting that the newspaper publishers would look after him with their 2,000,000 readers, he achieved the maximum o f publicity at a minimum of cost. It would be another tune if newspapers decided to draw a sharp line between the air and the printed page. There could 'beep'o comparison be- tween the respe'c'tive valuesof each when a Prime 'Minister wishes to place a set program beeforesth,e electors. The print is available for reading and study at leisure. The air speech is gone as soon as over with, altlhough the high- lights of the impression may remain. •Somie speeches are better left this, way; 'tih•ey sound better than they read. But lira Bennett Basked his audience to study the facts "with care And diligence," something it would bre useless to say if they were not available for study. The comparison its, as, the J9ernal says, hiteresting, although it will not bring a cheque frown the Prinne 'Minister. • The Uncredited Clipping (Port Arthur News -Chronicle) The press clipping (bureau figures are out again and, as .usual, those topping the list in number of times quoted by others are expressing their pride. The first form are the Toronto Daily Star, Ottawa Journal, Toronto Mail and Empire and Tonomto Globe. The Nevv's-'Chrorriele enjoys a respectable pesitiori, forty -,third among "143, but is somewhat inclined to doubt the accuracy of the comiplieation since, as this is written, there is o'n`"the editorial desk another Onttario paper which Oratta'iitrts ne less than eight ii ems from the Nelae-- .'Chronieki, editorial ' page, tot one of Which is credited to shit paper. • .ii ; Years ,Agone Interesting items picked from The Expositor of fifty and twenty-five years ago. 1 - From The Huron Expositor of January 21, 1910 Mr. W. Sims has been appointed Postmaster in Blyth to siuceeed the late Mx, McKinnon. At the annual meeting of the Bay- field- Cemetery 'Company, the •follow- ing officers were elected: President, James Thomsen; vice-president, T. J. Marks; secretary -treasurer, A. E. Er- win; directors, ,John Middleton, Gab- rrriei .Elliott,. James 'Cameron, John Ml.Naughten, Robert • Hanley and Thomas' Brownett. Mr. D. S. Faust has recently in- stalled in the Zurich post office a finte cabinet •of locked boxes. • Mr. H. Soldan, who has been in Hensall from the West visiting with friends, returned last week with a carload of horses. :Alt 'thee last meeting • of the Sea - forth public school board, it was de- cided that in the interests of the pupils that no hone work be given to dlhe purp'ils in any of the four lower roenvst One of the few remaining early settlers in this district, in the person of Mr. Alexander Scott, d'i'ed at the home of his sen -in-law, Ma :J,''J. Oluff on Tuesday. Mr. Scott had reached the good age of 86 years and .... the 1g -sleeker (pant theseyeaes were spent in Seaforth. ,Mr. George Nott, one of the old residents of the west end, Tucker smith, was instantly killed in Clinton on Tuesday, when the horse he 'was driving became unamaniageable and threw him out of the rig. The following have been appointed license comernissioners for South Hur- on: Peter Douglas, Joseph Canning and William De'1'bridge. Mr. J, "S: Welsh of Seaforth has •purehas:e'd in. Waterloo'' County 4,000 feet, extra fine pine, which he will use for pump heads and other things in connection with his •pump• works. The (boxes for R. R. No. 2 from Seaforth to Brussels, have been re- ceived and free delivery service be- tween these two points will be start- ed in a few days. Ain open-air rink has .been started in Brueefield on McDonald's flats. In Size the rink is larger than any of those 'eeclosed in the nearby towns. A train on the London, Huron and Bruce was derailed on Friday morn- ing fast half a mile north of Kippen owing to the spreading of a rail and the Stratford Auxiliary did not have the road cleared again until Bate in the evening. Mr. Ja'mles B. McLean of Kippen disposed of his heavy team of horses lasrb week to Mr: David Donovan of Seatferth,, the consideration being $575. ' Bran was selling on the •Seaforth market this week at $21; shorts at $23; butter at 31 cents a pound; eggs at 26 cents and. long wood, per cord, $6.00. w'heir John raleM Ilan first went to Parliament as member for South Hur- on? "Jahn Me`Milluxi first appeared m Ottawa in 1888 as, member for South Huron," says Fred Cook in his column "Fifty' Years Ago and Since," wehich appears in the Mail, and Em- pire, "and sat in iparlianrent for four terms, 'being finally retired in 1901. He was 'a native of Dumfriesshire, Sloo'tland, hut came to Canada when quite a young man. Always he re- tained hia ibaoad Scotch accent. , "As a practical farmer he had few 'equals in the House of rCompnens," he construes, • "and when the esti- mates far the Departane sit of Agri- culture were under consideration, he game Sir 'John Carling many a bad quarter of an hour. "Mir. 'McMillan had few intimate frienid!s ire Ottawa _ aaud practically no chums. He would ramble off alone to 'bhe Experimental Farm, make' his notes, and then pointedly give expression to therm in the House, sometimes in language which Hansard had to tone down. One day he startled the Commons by declaring that the 'thoroughbred cows at the 'Farm were suffering from tuberculosis. The application of bhe bovine test showed that he was right and some twenty head of valuable animals had to be slaughtered. • fAMr. •McMillan was one of the pioneers in the export of live cattle • From The Huron Expositor of January 16, 1885 Butter was selling on the •Seaforth market at 16 cents; eggs at 18 cents; dressed hogs, $5:90; 'hay, $7.00 per ton;• potatoes, 30 cents per busheu; long woad at $2.50; fall wheat, 75c per bushel; oats, 28c per bushel. The grist and flour mull at Bruce - field the property of Mr. Adam Smith, was completely destroyed .by fire to- gether with the contents on Thursday morning last. • There were between 400 and 500 people present at the carnival held in the mammoth skating rink of Mr. James {'oxworth in Hensel( on Tues- day evening. At the carnival held in the Do- minion Rink, Seaforth; on Thursday evening, the prize winners were:— Gents"' comic, John Garde*, George Town; ladies' comic, Annie Dawson, Louisa Mose l y. Now that we have telephone con- nection in Seaforth, we next want the electric" light and Main Street !blo'c'k paved. Mr. George Bailey has been elected Mayor of Elgmondiville after an ex- citing contest. At the annual meeting of the Tuck- ersmith Agricultural Society, held in Seaforth on Thursday, the following officers were appointed: President, John T. Hickson; vice-president, R. McKee; directors, John McDowell and Thomas Gd'v'enlock, McKillop; R. Armstrong, L. Tasker 'and John Fowler, Hallett; Geo. T. McKay and W. S. Mundell, Tuokersmvith; D.' Hogan and J. W. Carroll, Seaforth. The amount of miilk received art the Wlalrton Cheese and Butter Factory bast season was 1,527,925 pounds. The anteumit of cheese manufactured was 144,193 pounds, bringing $15,694.30. The d'ireetors elected for the coming year are Matthew Morrison, James Ryan, Jonathan Moore, John Stafford and' George Forrest. At a 'mleetin'g of the Tuckersmith School Board, .held: at Daly's Hotel, Egm s ndevi'ile, on Thurs'd'ay, when the newly -elected trustees took over their duties. The trustees are: Ward 1, Samuel Wallace; Na 2. Francis Lay- ton; No. 3, George T. 'McKay; No. 4, Wulliann Erfgie. 'Mr. George Sproat was reeelec'ted secrebary-t aiasrurerr. • !While Cutting tim'b'er in the bush one day last week, Mr. 'Stephen God - kin met With a painful accident when a limb fell on hien, fracturing sev- eral ribs and eausirng other internal injuries. There are new thirty scholars at- tending the night school ixein'g held in the Mechanics Instiiturte "t3ooms in Seaforth: The front of a shop in a busy south London strrD'et was 'being painted • a b'rig'ht red. The man at the tap of the ladder, Iet • hie ptarint-Pot .fall on his mate anderriieatli, tivho consequent- .ly got well catered with all paint. "Keep •y'th r Meath shut, Alf," Warn- ed the. wired 'aihoae, "or else 'they'll be elievire lietleatei d ' parade sin '4'1 *!.,1 to 'the United `I ingdlonit'. Gaud 'blti t 00 (' a fine ibeaq'iness. As be adlvaameed Years he allowed( hi '' soars to bear the brunt of e.(hipanients and oaleis. had not creaseed the AtleatCic fox 15 year when it oeeciuma ed Abp, Whim 'that ie Would 'snake one more -trip, prrolbablpr his last, to the land o1" haus lritiibh. He did so, and the following session made hats one social ca111',, pearial , on Mrs. Roibert Sedgewick, wife of the well known judge elf the S'uprem'e Gaunt of Canadia, a ciharming , lady of Scottish ancestbry.. They' were' greeit friends' and Mrs. Sedg�e:wic gave -him a. very cordial welcome when he call- ed at her hoarse. Oiveam the tea able on this parbicul'ae -occasion the hostess asked the deur old"Sdot about his trip the previous ,St rmaner. "Douibblesis you saw mart' changes in Scotland?'" she inquired. , • "Indeed, 'Mesitress 'Sedgewick there were imannie• changes." "And during your - fifteen years albsence I suppose quite a number of your friendes had passed away?" "Aye, a gu'id ma'nnie had passed awa." "And of !those who were left and ,of the ,things you had to tell them about Canada what astonished them most?" And then the old gentleman's pride asserted itself. "Weel, ye see," he confided to his hostess, "they were varry mu'teh suspe esed at ma Am- mtu.,rican ooksent." JUST A SMILE OR TWO Jones ---Could I borrow enough on niey policy to buy a car? ,Official (life company)—You might, but we'd have to cancel your policy if you drove that kind of a car. 'Hubby—What became of that un- paid ,bill the hardware store sent us a few days aigo? Wifie--lOh, that? I sent it back marked "Insufficient Funds." • Man-+Guese I'll have to stop call- ing my wife. "Toots. Neighbor--Wl luy ? • IMani--It .always reminds her that she wants an autoni'obile. SUNDAY AFTERNOON i • (By Isabel Hamilton, Goderich, bat-) Soldiers of the cross, arise! Gird you with your armour bright; 'Mighty are your enemies, (Hard the 'bat'tle . ye must fight. Guard •the helpless; seek the strayed; 'Comfort troubles; 'banish grief; In the might of God arrayed, Scatter sin and unbelief. W. W. How. • PRAYER Help us, Lord, erer to keep in mind Thy example of lowly service, believ- ing that whatsoever we do for others we do for Thee. Amen. 4 S. S. LESSON FOR JANUARY 20th Lesson Topic—Peteer's Lesson In Humble Service. Lesson Passage .— John 13:1-17; I Peter 5:5. Golden Text—I Peter 5:5. Devotional Reading—Luke 14:7-11. In the third verse of this chapter we read: "Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God." At this point wonder is excited. Wfgf inquire what will he do .now, at this critical and trying juncture of his life? Jesus knows the fullness of the mystery set forth in his incarnation; he sees the beginning in the light of the eend; he knows all;, he sees God be- hind him sending him] into the world —sees God before hum welcoming him after the completion of his earth-, Another is proud •of his power; an- ly ministry. What will he do now? , other of his talent; and still another of his' character. As long as the heart dwells in a fair habitation of its own it has no' place in God's spir- itual temple self-satisfaction is an insuperable {carrier to the reception of the Gospel of Christ." • WORLD MISSIONS Why We Are Returning To Africa By Dr. W: E. Strangway, Chissanyba, Angelo (Continued) When sitting in church one Sunday morning, there was a congregation of about a thousand people, and the minister was preaching a sermon. When he was about half way through it hat sermon I saw the front door of the church opening slowly, and there stood the witch doctor, carrying in a bundle wrapped in skirl, everything that was dear and sacred to him. He carried his divining basket over which he had prayed every morning and ev- ery evening. He also had all of those charnrls with which he had practiced "medicine" during his career es a witch doctor. He had never been in a church service before. He did not understand what it was to sing hymns. He looked afbo'ut 'him and then came slowly up right in the pul- pit. He touched' the minister on the shoulder and whis!pered,.to him, as if to say: "You • have said, enough for this morning; let me say something." The minister, without a word orf ex- planation, sat down, and the old witch •doctor put his great bundle in front otf him. He stood before that congregation and, gave them that morning a ,sermon they will never forget. He gold them how with that divining basket and those charms he had practised medicine; how he would not treat anyone Unless they had first brought him a hands'om'e fee; how his world's goads had a'ccumnlated until he -became the 'wealthiest man in the whole eomnnueity; and then of chow his blindness 'came on, and how he went to the witch doctors himself, and each one A f therms said: "If sou pay nie sufficiently I can cure y'om' So he began to 'hand out again all the things he had accumulated dur- ing his life'ti'me; and continued doing t'ha't until he had visited every native declbor in :the *'hole earrimnnity; Whet lie had 4004 ,all he had and had nothw ing left, Acid w shill blind, sia iiieotte L����ee� bi fid: `flWili' ++ i ttft, y try, iihle se auauiF armed aa Steak„'aebout it art Orion bastraltal, haat he Went though t nt Pa ,yrs; • Fire Friday Morning A fire at the home of 'Guy ,Miaare,•. CamlbriagRoald, Bast 'Friday morning,- caused iby overheated furnace 'piipes,. forbwniatttely was noticed before it had. gained much headway. It soon was ,extin'guis'hed by the Ore; brigade, ,which responded • to an. elarm: Thta. fire was creeping up be'tw'een the walka. when it. ....first was .Miticed, about; 8.30 a.sei.aa. Goderieh SSignal. . Injured By Fall When preparing the evening meat Mixes. Chris. Luker of Exeter had just come from the cellar leaving the' trap , -door open. 'Mrs. Luker missed her footing and fell through the opening_ Fortunately her injuries, while pain- ful, are not considered •seriious, Dr_ M. C. G. Fletcher rendered assis+t- ance.—lExelber Tines-Adviooate. ” has been an ,encouragemen't to him to point to some •older 'man and say, "He does it." 'We .thus live in one another, and the past 'becomes the in- spiration of the present; and' .the pre- cedents and examples are vitalized into the living influential forces of to -day. This is how our greatest work has been done.—(From a ser- mon by Dr. Joseph Parker). I Peter 5:5. "Likewise, ye younger, submit your - .selves unto "the elder. Yea, all of you be sulbject one to another, and be clothed with humility; for. God re- sisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the hu'mlble," ,In a sermon on this text Dean Al- ford has the following to say: "Who are the proud? One hsps thee pride of birth. A long line of hon- ored ancestry has preceded him; he boasts of his blood and he strives to be the best of his line. But thisis not the pride of birth in the offensive sense. It is the pride of birth to 'stand aloof in thought from the poor and lowly, to deny in practice the universal brotherhood of mankind, to .depreciate God's gifts and God's peo- ple—this pride of birth God. resist- eth. Another is proud of his wealth. Here also it is none the less true Lhat. God by His promises resisteth the proud. The mere pride of t b e possession of this world's means.— how it does make; discord in all the course of God's governmteht and Gad's' redemiption of the world! Just as when the disciples asked who is thee greatest in the kingdom of heaven, Jesus set a little child in the midst of therm, so..: now he began to wash the disciples' feet. This was how Jesus turned to practical account his highest consciousness of Sonshiip. In the very fullness and glory of his power :he laid' aside his garments, took a towel, girded himself and be- gan to wash the disciples' feet. In the course of his attention to the disciples Jesus came 'to Simon 'Peter. That disciple said to him : "Don't thou wash my feet?" "Yes." "Lord, thou shalt never wash niy feet." Peter 'saw nothing beyond the mere fact of washing feet. To him it was only a fact; it was not an erniblem. It lost its m'eani'ng because lie did not look at it in a spiritual light. Therefore Jesus said: 'What thou knowes,t not now thou shalt know hereafter." Do the will and afterwards thou shalt know the doc- trine. ;Sometimes things are to be done, and the explanation is to Dome after the fact. In ,the case, before -us the explanation came immled'iately af- ter the event. Astter he had washed their 'feet, and takers his garments, and was set down again, he said un - 'bo therm': "K,now ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well; for so I arm. If I then, your Lord and' ,Ma'siber, have washed your feel; ye also ought to wash ante another's feet." He didn't merely lay 'dawn the doctrine, he gave the example. It was not a theory, it was a fact. There it was—a stoop that could never be forgotten: An argument which so ingenuity could ever iimpair. It was worth tlloing, or he who never trifled with life would nods have stet the example. We re- quire all the stimulus of illustrious 'precedent in order to do some things which are unwel'com'e in lvfet Even if we could see them as duties we could never 'bring ourselves to dis- charge therm'. We want aeomiebo'dy else to to do it 'first. We want to hide ourselves under a great namle. Christ provides for this peculiarity of our natuaie, He allows us to use his name and example. We all knout* well what tibsr is an life. The younlg 'meas who wants to try souse new plan of doing his weak, trwembles, a little before doing so, and Oen he relaas, "I will deo it." And When he McCabe - Murray The wedding was solemnized at St. John's Episcopal Church, Detroit, ori. January 4tih, of Edna Murray, de -righ- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walker Murray',. Port Albert, and Frederick Elliott McCabe, son of Mr. and! Mrs. James McCabe, Benmldller. The Rev. Irwin. C. Johnson officiated.—+Gederich Star.. •re A January Freshet The ice on the Maitland Ritv+er, weakened by several days of nizldi winter weather and rainy broke sev- eral miles up the, valley' and poured out intothe open waters of Laker✓ Huron early Wednesday mornings With the temperature, according to the o'ffr'cial observer, varying about the 43 mark and frequent rains, the snow rapidly disappeared and se swel- led the river that the premature break: occurred. The fiver ice was only a few inches thick,+-Gederich Signal, Reed - Robertson Thea marriage was quietly solemniz- ed at Knox .Presbyterian 'Church •Mianse, Godericih, on Saturday, Dec.. 29th, at 1.30 p.'m',., of Dorothy ,Julia, elder d'auiglhter of Charles A. Robert- son, M.P.P.ifor 'North Huron; and the late Mns. Robertson, and William (H'arold Reed, eldest son of Richard L. ,Reed and the late Mrs. L..Reed of Dungannon. Rev. D. J. Lane, cousin of the 'bridegroom, officiated. Mr_ and 'Mrs. Reed left by motor the.same afternoon for Detroit and points south where they will ,spend their ho'ney- moon—(Blyth Standard. Celebrates 87th Birthday Congrartulations are due to Mrs. E- WaEson who attained her 87th birth- day having been born in the Town- ship of Missouri (Thorndale) on Jan- uary 6th, 1848. The estee sed lady LS not enjoying the best of health but is blessed with all her faculties,' en- joys reading and being interested h the welfare of the people of -the corn - =ray in which she has .spent the greater part of her life.—Blyth Stan- dard. Bad Storms The tearible storms the past week have closed up the• roads for auto traffic, but the thaws this week have- taken aveta'kren away .practically all the snow. - On Tuesday considerable rain also fell and on Tuesday evening the big county'snow plow shoved its way- from ayfrom 1Ie•nsall in, and now the auto - again runs nicely to Hensall. Ther weather this winter seems to changer very rapidly •an'd severely when it does neake a dhange.—Zurich Herald-.. Former Pastor Passed Away Rev. Ernest R. Fitch, aged 56 years, passed away at his -home, Granville,. Ohio, of •pneumonia on Thursday, December 27Th. For the last nine years he was Ohio Director of . the - Northern Baptris't 'Convention., 'Mr. Fitch was a graduate of Woodstock. College and McMaster University. He _ took advanced work at the University of Chicago. Prior to going to the United States about 1902 he was ,pas- tor of the local Baptist Church. Sur- viving are his widow, formerly Pearl Lamont of this eamlmunity, and four children, also one brother and sis- ter.-4wingham Advance -Times, Dr. Martin's Car Wrecked • Dr. W. W. Martin narrowly escap- ed serionis injury when his car was wrecked on Thursday last. The acini- dent occurned when. his car gent out of control on the icy Saltford hill - Snow whirled about by the wind ipa'r- ti.ally obscured his view and his car sideswiiped the guard posits lbesi'de•the road, wrecking the side of the oar. Dr. Martin escaped with a shaking up• but the czar was so badly damaged( that he bas p'rocure'd a new one. Dr.. Martin has entered a damage action against the county for $150, claiming' that had the past been vertical in- stead of on an angle, borne over by the weight of the bank, the car would have -been damaged but slightly.-- Goderich Signal. the operation, and of his •joy when he meld see again:- Taking up his bun- dle he put all those things sacred 'to him in the pastor's, arms and said: "Do as you like with these.. them 'and destroy therm. I shall 'never require them again." He then took his seat in the front row among the church elders. That morning he con- demned every native doctor carrying. on witchcraft in Africa. I watched as the 'weeks passed to see if that witch doctor would be faithful. Each Sunday morning ho was there in the same pew, and one '$unday he rode up and publicly asked that hs might join one of the cac•e- chumeir 'classes: He remained for a year studying, and at the end of the year he was received into the neem bership of the church. As the weeks passed he ,still continued to alttend all chiareh sea -vices. I want to go back to Africa to see if that 'old witch doctor .is still in the front pew of our ehurch. I want to go 'back to see