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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 8th.
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The Iluron Old Bops
The Huron Old Boys' Association
of Toronto held its annual gathering
in that city on Friday evening last,
when some four hundred people at-,
tended this yearly social event.
It is 'claimed that it was the Coun-
ties of Huron and Bruce' that popu-
lated
opelated the Western Provinces, and
there is much evidence to substanti-
ate that claim, but it is quite evident
too that' Huron County has a name, •
and a fame in Toronto as well.
The Huron Old Boys' Association'
of Toronto is one of the oldest and
strongest organizations of its kind.
in Canada.' Year by year sees it
grow in numbers and enthusiasm and
that is as it should be.
Natives of Huron .who have One
out into the outer world, have much
to be -proud of and lnuchnto remem-
ber in their native county.
No other county in the Province
has a greater history. No other
county has produced more or greater
men and women in world affairs.
And there is something in the blood
of the native Huronite, a something
that has been passed down from his
pioneer ancestry, , in many respects
the, .,greatest of all pioneers, that
prevents his forgetting, or forget-
ting to honor the memory of his na-
tive heath, no matter in what part of
the world he or she may be in. And
Toronto Huronites, it would appear,
are no exception_. •
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Departmental Exams to be Free
The Hepburn Government is to be
commended in its action of abolish-
ing the fee heretofore charged Col-
legiate Institute pupils who write de-
partmental examinations.
Many parents, particularly in the
past few years, who are sacrificing
themselves to provide their children
with an education, have found these
fees a considerable drain on their re-
sources and innot a few cases an
unsurmountable barrier.
No doubt the new ruling will en-
tail a very considerable additional
expense upon the Department of Ed-
ntcation, but the Province, as a whole,
can much better afford the addition-
al expense, than the individual par-
ent or pupil, in whose path of educa-
tion no unnecessary obstacle should
be placed.
The credit of passing the depart-
'men'tal examinations is a very con-
siderable asset in the life of any
young boy or gill, no matter whether
he or she intends to make education
a life work or not.
Like learning a trade, once acquir-
ed, they are not hard to carry, and
in after life ' the possession of the
qualification they bring will always
be an asset, something like a dividend
from a sound investment upon which
to fall back upon.
There is no such thing as too much
education and the way to it, both for
parents and children, should be made
as easy. as po'saible.
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.Needs Some Investigation Too
Many tiides during the hearings
of the Price Spreads Commission,
'which has been sitting in Ottawa for
some months, the people of Canada
learned with real amazement of the
salaries that were being paid some,
if not most,. of the executive officers'
o big business firms under investi-
afiol.' . y,
t! these business executives
the treMendeuu salaries
'ere earning honer .for
thea cox aces, or thef:.wlvo:ild not
be occupying the positions they did.
At the same time, h'oWever, the
amount of these., salaries created an
uneasy feeling in the minds of the
general public that big business
could not always be legitimate busi-
ness if its profits, were such as to
make the payment of such excessive
salaries possible.
That somewhere along'the line of
big 'business, both the (golden rule
and the moral code had entirely been
lost sight of. That the general pub-
lic was beingouged `without mercy,
in order to pay dividends to a priv-
ileged few.
At least the evidence pointed that
way and at least Mr. Bennett and his
governjtn'ent, or Mr. Bennett . with-
out his government, would appear to
'have taken that view of the situa-
tion, or he would not now be promis-
ing such legislation as would reform
capitalism, which in other letters,
spells big business.
And we believe Mr. Bennett vv�11
be doing the right thing if, and whCn,
he does insert a government spoke in
the wheel of big business.
But—there i s another matter
along the same lines, that should be
drawn to Mr. Bennett's attention,
because it, too, most nearly concerns
the general taxpayer. There is
something else that needs investiga-
tion.
And that matter is the amount of
salary Mr. Bennett is paying the
solicitor of the Government Price
Spreads Commission, who is a gen-
tleman by the name of Mr: Norman
Somerville.
This gentleman; we _are given to
understand, is receiving $150 per day
for his services, and, in addition, $15
per day for expenses, making his to-
tal daily remuneration $165.
Mr. Somerville, like the executives
of big business, may be a good man,
but for the returns he is producing,
or has produced, the Canadian_ tax-
payers can not afford to pay any
such a salary as $165 per day.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
Too Many Guesses
(Hamilton Herald)
Through four years of his administration
Premier Bennett has held that the depression in
Canada was caused by "forces let loose a=broad."
He has spoken on innumerable occasions of
"grave international dislocations."
But now, with his term and the depression
g ,bot'h seemingly movin=g toward their end, he has
discovered that the troulbles of the Dominion have
resulted from the acts of his predecessor in of-
fice.
Our problems, Mr. Bennett now insists, were
brou=ght into being because Mr. King let the
evils of speculation "increase to the ex -tent of
ruin to thousands of his fellow citizens."
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Public Works Not A Cure
(Stratford Beacon -Herald)
A 300 -page volume has been published by the .
League of Nations under the general title "Na-
tional Public Works," and the purpose is to give
the experience of various nations which have
emlplloyed public works as a means of combatting
unemployment.
Great Britain is reported to have found the
puibli>c works • method lacking in producing 'the
desired results, and the plan is being dropped
and will not •be repeated. It was found that pub-
ic works had a relatively small effect on unem-
ployment compared to the heavy expenditure,
and the works when completed leave burdens
wh=ich impede reco=very. The report says it is
the 'belief of Britain that recovery will come
more surely by the creation of confidence, par-
ticularly by a balanced budget, the lowering of
the rate of interest and the removal of hind-
rances to trade. •
Public works have been carried on in a goad
many countries, and the reasons are chiefly two,
(1) the desire to give unemployed person's some-
thing to do, and (2) those in places of au=tho'ri'ty
did not know what else to do. It has been con-
tended that by building bridges and roads the
country will get something for its expenditure,
whereas by the dole there is no return. In many
cases it has been found that by the time material
costs were ,included the public works has been
extretnely •expensive.
According to the Geneva report Britain be •
-
lieves the surer way to return to !better times
is by a route which runs closer to the correction
of conditions which played their part in bring-
ing the upset in the first place. A return of
confidence is sought by balancing the 'budget,
thus 'wiping out the fear of new or' increased
taxation; by the lowering of interest rates, the
effect being to make money cheaper for the needs
of business, and by rex-novel of hindrances to
trade. That is by freer trade. That lash
mire can can !be made effectiye only by the action of
other countries as well as Britain. It would
serve no good purpose for Britain to remove
barriers to her markets if the same move were
mot -made else here. It would, create v=ivre im-
port business on which- there, 'would be slight
chance to collect reve=nuer, but it would not assist
ewparts, and therefore the British worloerre would
have no more employment.
It does look as though the British idea is
sound enough;. The trouble With a programme
which consists of public corks only is that when
the programtmle is over the meat are again out
of work. They are hack where they were at
the beginning. Nothing has been set in mention
which has with=in it the genius of continuing un-
der ilts WPM power. The . world -he .tirade in values
baeed on =gold is little, mere than ontie.4hitd of
'w(hat it 'was in 19ig9, anti' the 1) bedding of; that
*food trtadie eppleete be, Be the ;time 'vheit /dere
eerietis elteril rah uMd be ditieted,
i's Agone
fnteresting, items piece frim
The. >�,:epositor of fifty and
twenty -Ave years ago. .
From. The Bron Expositor of
February 6; 18$6
McMichael -Brown. -- At the resi-
dence of Robert 'Scott, on February 4,
by Rev. A. • D. McDonald, James G.
1nklniahael, son of the late Thomas
MldMicharel, of 'Hellen, to Mise Agnes
Brown, of McKillop. .
At th-e council meeting of Seaforth
town on. Monday evening last, ' the
collector gave his report, stating that
only 126;10, was all that was owing
in taxes for the previous year, this
amount glincipally on income from
parties wEo had left tw'wn.
Mr. John 1VPc'Miillan held an auction
sale of 'Canadian bred Clydesdale
horses on •Wednesday last. The wea-
ther was very favorable and there
was an immense crowd of people
present. Twenty-three animals were
offered and of these 16 • were sold,
bringing the total sum of $5,238.00.
Mr. Arthur Forbes has purchased
the draying 'business and stock of Mr.
Joseph Abell and Mr. Abell has pur-
chased a half interest in Whiteley's
livery.
Mr. Welsh, proprietor of the Brus-
sels stage line, has placed on this
end of •the route, a handsome new
covered sleigh which affords nearly
as great a degree of cointfort as a
railway ear.
The pitch holes are getting bad on
the North Road, (but not nearly as
bad as last year.
lMe. )WIallOiam B'lackwelly who for
selve(all nears, 'held tlhe responsible
position of teller in the Bank of
Commerce in this town, left here on
Thursday for Chicago. Mr. R. P.
Christie,, of the same institution, al-
so left on Thursday for :S'inmteoe. �.
At a meeting held in St. Thomas'
Church -Monday evening last, Mrs.
Punchard, the organist, was present-
ed with a purse containing $26.00 and
Miss Maggie Campbell, leader of the
choir, was made the recipient of a
handsome gold chain and locket.
In the list of those who passed
their examinations before" the -Law
Society at Toronto last week and
were licensed as barristers, we have
pleasure in noticing the name of Mx.
Hector !Cowan; son of Mr. John Cow-
an, of McKillop.
There is still a good demand for
horses. !Mr. Thomas Harrah sold his
team of draught horses last week
for $320.00.
Mr. Christopher Dale, Jr., of Hule
let, has .purchased from his brother;
John, the old homestead farm, on the
5th concession. He now owns 500
acres of excellent land.
While 'Mr. Walter Harrah, of Har -
lock, was coming home from Sea -
forth one cold day about two weeks
ago, his hands were badly frozen and
he has not been able to, do any work
since.
No. 4 school house is to have a fine
new bell to grace its top and to hurry
the rbaixas'ra1ong-..to • steheel.
The following are the names of the
pupils who stand highest in their re-
spective classes for January in the
Kinlbu'rn School: Senior F o u r t h
—1st, John Scott; 2nd, ,Robert Scott;
3rd, Samuel Lawson. Jr. IV --- 1st,
James Wheatley; 2nd, James Arm-
strong; 3rd, Thomas Wheatley. •SSr.
ILII—+1st, Katie Coates; 2nd, Edwin
Britton; 3rd, Ronald Snell.
The amount of milk received at the
Brucefield cheese factory during 1884
was 1,047,011 pounds; 96,181 pounds
of cheese were erreade. The factory is
conducted by Mr. Hugh 'McCartney.
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From The Huron Expositor of
of February 11, 1910
At a sale of Shorthorn cattle at
the Union Stock Yards, Toronto, on
W=ednesday las=t week, Mr. Georgie
McKee, _lIcKillop, purchased "Goad
Times," a year-old, from the herd of
Senator Edwards, for $265,
Mr. George Douglas has sold his
farm on the Bronson Line, Stanley,
near- Blake, to a Mx. Graber, of Min-
nesota.
For a village of Belgrave's sive,
we would like to know where it can
he beaten for heavy weight men- On
the Main 'Street there are ten men
that weigh considerably over 'a ton,
namely: J. L. Geddes, J. Stewart,
Dr. Kirkby, D. Sproat, T: Hill, R. E.
McKenzie, C. 'MeCelland, S. Van Nor-
man, Dan Geddes and C. P. Carlisle.
Mr. Peter ,McKenzie, Brucefield,
hos bought the farm of Edward Cald-
well of Tuckersmith.
Graham Bros. sold 17 head of cat-
tle to Mr. O'Keefe, of Seaforth.
Mr. Moses Gasoho, Zurich, has pur-
chased from the S. Rennie estate the
grocery and flour and feed business
next the Herald office.
The carnival in the rink here on
Friday evening last was most suc-
cessful, the prize winners being:—
Ladies' character, "Indian Princess,"
:Miss C. F.veratt; "Hlearts and Diam-
onds," Miss Marshall and Miss West-
cott; gents' . character, "Zulu," Peter
Gordon; gent's comic, Clown, Herb.
Marrsha1 ;; girls' fancy, '"Butterfly,"
Winona Berry; boys' comic, "Cloven.,"
Lloyd Soole. The boys' race was
quite interesting and well contested.
Dalton Reid, however, proved too fast
and won by a good margin, with 0.
Dick as second.
Mr. J. J. Darwin, who has been on
the staff of The Expositor for over
36 years, •hay reslgu d and taken a
pi:nition with the Prudential Insur-
ance Company.
IMr. T. F. Coleman has sold his resi-
dence on Goderich Street to Mt.
Henry Edge, who is now one of the
town's largest property owners.
=One rink ,of ciur'lors composed of
'George Bethune, W. Bethune, W. Me -
Dougall and W. Ament, are in Petao-
lia this week taking part in a curling
bonstpiel.
Mr. H. 'Rapiers', of 'Manley, is get-
ting signatures to a petition to have
the boundary line opened between Me-
•Killop and Leger.
1Vfe. and Mrs. R. Rabinaon of Lead -
bury ,have gti!itee a curiosity on their
faran int the. !Tape of a chicken With
t;:wwo pairs afte1e feet ~tugs.
'Mr. A. Grp l it►ntiio . ederitle diapSed..
tit *vs •i d *ink lig,
When a nenebex of ;Seaforth busi-
ness, oven decided to band together
and build a reopeation grounds for
the town?
vt Early • iii, ,1886 the 'need of ericldet
and 4 •generali -recreation ,grounds was
felt and after some menthe spent in
dt]•seussion, a company was 'organiz-
ed in May of that year. The cos
P'any sold shares at $10 each and
with„ tlhe capital 'derived , therefrom
penthased the 'Garter' lots on Senth
Main 'Street for $700. The bats., which
were sixteen in aumlber and co wpri--
ing nearly • tha'+ee acres, were speedily
put in 'shape, the 'iumti ro vennentt>s cosh-
ing in,th'e neighborhood of $1,000.
• The original offieea.^•s of the, com-
pany were: President, Dr. Coleman;
vice-president, F. Holmstead; trees -
urler, 'E. ICC ladjetmtaau; steeritary, Mee.
Wli'lsion, and Directors A.. IL Ireland,
W. 'b. Reid and M. Y. M]ciLean. Other
•sharehaldemaAlnitelled, .R«.,!Wli!1se n, •,Dun
:can. and Dw'noan, F.. T. Coleman, J. S.
obexes, L. IMvatl het, IR. Jamieson,
Dr. 'Soobt, J. Dorsey and D. D. Wile
Icon.
'On July 21, In.e5; the new grown da
Were opened with a cricket Match, be-
divween •S'eaforth and Clinton, eveltich
the Clinton !beam w!011 by lei runs.
The tormpany, never at any time
too 'prosperous, auppeama.. to have ruin:
tribe =financial difficul'tiess early 'in • the
prese=nt century. The cash balance
carried over at the ,end of 1906 was
Al cents, and by 1909 the company
decided to 'sell •the property but with-,'
out success.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
The class had been having a les-
son on laundry work, and the teach-
er wee quetstioeiing the girls. "Wha=t
is rbhe first thing to be done when .tlhe
washing is finished?" she asked; but
everyone was silent.
"Now come along, she said, "sure-
ly ylou know what your mutter does
when she has finished washing!",
"Please, teacher," answered one of
the girls," she takes the handle off
the wringer so •as the lodger can't
-use it."
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A comm erciel traveller held up in
the Orkney Islands by a storm wired
to his fmm in Aberdeen:
"Marooned by storm. Wire, in-
structions."
• �They replied:
Commence sunumier holidays as of
yesterday."
;Mother: '°W'il'l .Dry dear little Fred -
die's pho=to be anything like him?"
Photograpiherr: "Yes, madam, but
we can alter that."
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Man—Sly wife is 'cooking her first
'Christm=as meal—will you come to
dinner?
Friend=Certainly, old man. I have
always snared your troubles.
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A young nilan consulted a physic-
ian about "tobacco heart," which he
thought he had contracted by ex-
cesesu%e smdo'kir.g. "Doctor," said he,
"de you believe that the use of to-
bacco tends to shorten ',a man's
da ?"
Ys.
"Do I?" exclaimed the doctor, "I
know it does. • I tried to stop once,
end the days were ninety • hours
long!"
; SUNDAY AFTERNOON .'
• ' (By Isabel Hamil=ton, Goderich, Ont.)
'Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,
My sinful maladies remove;
Be Thou my light, be Thou my guide;
O'er every, thought and step preside.
Lead me to Christ, the living way,
Nor let me from His pastures stray;
Lead me to holiness—the road
That I must take to dwell with God.
Simon Browne.
PRAYER
We pray that as we study this great
declarationof belief in the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ by one
who had denied his Lord, we may
have our faith renewed for greater
devotion to our Lord. Amen.
S. S. LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 10
Lesson Topic -Peter Preaches At
Pentecost.
Lesson Passage—Acts 2:22-28, 36•
41. .
Golden Text—Acts 2:38.
Devotional Reading — Phillippians
2:5-11.
To -day's lesson is the first -record-
ed sermon preached by the Apostle
Peter. It was called forth by the
meeking remarks of the crowd after
the coming of the Holy Ghost on the
day of Pentecost.
Peter, who not so long before had
denied his Lord, proclaims that
Jesus of Nazareth was a man ap-
proved of God. They had seen His
miracles and wonders; they them-
selves had crucified' ;Him and were
verily wicked in the doing of it even
though His death at their hands had
been decreed beforehand by God.
Peter in using the words "determin-
ate counsel and foreknowledge of
God" pointed out to his listeners that
Jesus was delivered according to the
previous intention and design of
God. The reason why this was em-
phasized by Peter, was that he might
convince -the Jews that Jesus was not
delivered by weakness, or because he
was unable to rescue himself. Such
an opinion would have been ineon'
sistent with the belief that he was
the Messiah. It was then ter assert
tree dignity of Jesus, and to dhow
that His death was in accordance
with 'the fixed design of God and
therefore that it did not interfere
in the least with his claims to be the
Messiah. The same thing Jesus ex-
pressly affirmed when He said to Pil-
ate: "Thou couldst have no power
at all against Me except it were giv-
en thee from above; therefore he
that delivered Me unto thee hath
the greater sin." He, once so timid,
now charged his countrymen, regard-
less of their anger and his own dan-
ger with this autrocious crime. It
*as a striking instance of the fidelity
of the preacher which says, as Nath-
an did to David, "Thou art the man."
Peter then proceeded to state the
main point in his discourse — t h e
raising of Jesus by God from the
dead. Jesus could not the held by
the grave ,because such would not be
consis=tent with the promises of Scrip-
ture. Jesus was the Prince of life
(Arts 3:15) and, had life in himself
(Jahn 1:4) and he had power to lay
c'-•• -, his life, and to take it again
(Jcii.i 10:18). He came, also, that
through death He might destroy him
chat had the power of death, that is,
the devil (;Heb. 2:14); and as- it was
his purpose to gain this victory, he
could not live defeated ,in it by !being
confined to the '!grave.
25 -28. --('chis doctrine that the Mes-
siah must rise from, the dead, Peter
procee=ded prove by a quotation
from the •Old temente--jPsalm, 16:
8-11, The person referred to in the
psalms expected to be raised from
the dead. That expectation Peter
declared was now fulfilled; end the
Messiah was filled with joy in his
exhaltat]oa to the throne 'of the uni-
verse. Be has "ascended to his
Father and our Father"; he "is seat-
ed at tlhe right hand of'God!'; and he
has entered on that "joy which was
set fore !rim"; he is "crowned With
'glory and 'honi,or" } and -"all things are
put under Ili<is' feet," • .
36-41 sill elt ed' Up the argu'
itieeste of hiss eexmwer ^er dieteurse. Ne
had .established the VOWS ,which he
set ort to prove, and now he applies
it to his hearers. "God had made
that same Jesus, whom ye have cruci-
fied, both. Lord and Christ."
When his hearers heard this dec-
laration, and This proof that Jesus
was the Messiah, they were suddenly
and deeply affected with anguish and
alarm,. • The causes of their grief may
have been these: (1) Their sorrow
that the 'Messiah had been ••put to
death by his own countrymen. (2)
Their deep sense of guilt in having
done this. (3) The fear of His wrath.
lee was still alive, exalted to be their
Lord, and intrusted: with all power.
They were afraid of -His vengeance;
they were conscious that they deserv-
ed it, and they supposed that they
were exposed ,to it. (4) What they
had done could not be undone. The
guilt remained; they could not wash
it out. The foregoing reasons ex-
press the usual feelings which sinners
have when they are convicted of sin.
'Being convinced of their guilt they
witlh one accord, asked the most
momentous question in life: `"What
must Ido to be saved?" Peter gave
the answer that stands good to this
day. Religion demands that the sin-
i;er should at once surrender himself
to God by genuine repentance; by
confession that God is right, and that
he was wrong; and .by a firm purpose
to live a life of holiness "Repent,
and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the re-
mission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost."—(From
Barnes' Comimentary).
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WORLD MISSIONS
Tsai Tsu's Thank -Offering
(Continued)
Tsai Tsu did not forget his habits
of gratitude on becoming a Christian.
Upon the first anniversary of his
baptism he brought to the pastor a
thankoffering •of ten dollars. The other
two lay members followed his ex-
ample, so that the first annual thank -
offering of Golden Well Church a-
mounted to thirty dollars. The mem-
bership has grown and with it the
offering until it now amounts to $2;-
000, all received qn a single Sunday.
Moreover, the good custom has spread
'throughout the !Conference, which
now contributes over $17,000 annual-
ly in recognition of God's blessing
throughout the year.
None of this thank -offering money
is used for local church expenses, all
being devoted to -evangelism, among
non-Christian people. During t h e
early year of its history the church
at Golden Well was equipped only
with benches without backs. Naturally
its members were desirous of replac-
ing these with comfortable pews.
Several times they made a start at
raising the funds necessary for this
purpose, but on each occasion there
arose some fresh opportunity to open
a n•ewchapel and thereby preach the -
gospel to their non Ohristian neigh-
bors. As a result they waited long
years for their new seats, .but to -day
no less Than eight subsidary church-
es have, grown up out of the mission-
ary efforts of the church at Golden
Well.
Forty years have passed and the
church et Golden Well is now a part
of the great :Church of 'Christ in
China, which has 12,000 members. A
new ehwrch erected at a 'eost. of $40,-
000 was dedicated recently free of
debts and self=supporting.
It Was the great ambition of Tsai.
Tsu's life to (become a successful ev-
angelist. In spite of -a 'qu•enchles's
enthusia&n his •effoerts seemed to 'fall
short of success. one mean he sought
for sixteen years without bringing
him! to a d'elesion. On the day that
Tsai Tsu died, howev=er, his friend's
heart was touched and he became a
Ohristian. And 'the man has' been
successful where Tsai Tsu seemed to
fail. By his own personal' effort& he
has led, more than sixty people to
Christ. rWith their hel=p "he has er-
gamized a 'congregation which Tonne
one of the eight originating •froirt the
*tee
of the Golden
ei'Ohu h.--
ed bythe United 'Cthiti'b'kr Pere
bseit re Board. -
From. A Ratepayer
Of JIensall
1!he. following eorrespondenee • has -•-•
been in the thandlb of tbhe editor for
soanle time, but through lack of space •
it has not been possible to publish its
until this week.
The Editor The Huron Expositor
Dear !Sir: -!Allow me a 'snzual'I space
in Our val'u'able paper, tre the eke,
tion _of 'Wiltliam Ames! and Owen Gel --
ger for the n!ffiee of Reeve.
tI1 is quite amusing to read the, line
your coreespondent.faiom Hensel' took
in writing 'bo' The •'Exposito=r, and int
the way he %Alined IVIIr. Jones' came
paStgn and gave it !support. r
;But the t=ruth is.. Mr, Jones had a.
full Mon=th before -the nomination to
make his canvas for votes and, we
know he took full 'advantage of that
time, during which he even had the
nerve to ask Mr. 'Geiger's eneployee's
for their votes and influence. Bure
after the nondesaetion his text was
Mr. El'ligsen, a hotelkeeper, .because
Mr. Elligsen was one of the move
on Mx. Geiger's nomination papers,
and in spite of the fact -that whine -
ever you hear a report of Mir. Elllig-
sere that report: gives hien credit for
being one of the best h•otelkeepers in
Ontario, as well as being a citizens
who is highly reapecbed by all.
Mir. Jones took gre=at credit to him-
self for his vote in council against
granting a license to Mr. Elligsen's
hotel, and in his campaign asked the
suppo=rt of the ternpeaialnee pteopllle,
claiming that Mr. Geiger was not a
supporter of temperance because he
had Mr. Elligsen's name on his rleonn-
inati'on papers, while he, himself nom-
inated one of the councillor* and sec-
onded the nomination of the' two other
councillors who were the three in-
s'brumeental in passing the motion.
through council, which gave the vil-
lage hotel its beer and wine license.
Another eamipaign' storey was to the
effect that in the .Onward Adult 'Bible
Class of the United Church, Mr. Gei-
ger talked +against temperance. Mr.
Geiger, did 'not 'talk against temper-
ance. • What he did say Was that
temperance :must start, at home, and
that if -all people would practise• what=.
they preach the temperance cause
would never, at any time, be an issue_
Z myself have overheard Mr. Gei-
ger say •that he had never bought a
liquor permit of any kind since the
did license law"was repealed 'and that
since the new law had come into ef-
fect he had not seen a beer parlor,
but that if he ever had need to see
one he would not hesitate a bit he
doing so.
In enniparing the two candidates
we would ask 'Mr. Jones what he has
ever done for the laboring class. Has
he ever spent $25 of his ownt mtoney
towa=rds helping labor? No! No!
He would rather take the money him-
self!
On the othe=r hand, Mr. Geiger has
'been in business in Hensel] for 45:
years and during that time he has
spent in one way and another ever
$200,000, and is one of 'the largest
taxpayers in Huron 'County.
He has been Chairman of the School
Board and for eleven years was Reeve
and for one year Warden of the coun-
ty and'during those years he brought
back to the village, thousands of dol-
lars in rebates on our streets, and
grants to our schools, to our stock
show and seed show, both of which
were brought from Brucefield tea
Hensall through his influence. The
police cells in our town hall were
made possible by a county grant., of
$200 which was also secured. through
the influence of Mr. Geiger.
All of which shows which was the
most capable candidate, and if it had
not been for the temperance issue
and other misleading stories brought
into the campaign, there is no doubt
that Mir. Geiger would haave,,, beers
elected•.
At any rate, it would appear that
Mr. Jones, he endorsing all three coun-
cillors, who voted for the bee'r and
wine issue, had buried his temrper-
anee conscience under a bushel for all
time.
Yours sincerely,
RATEPAYER.
Hensall, Feb. 2, 1934.
••
Corn, The Old
Reliable Standby,
The Edition. The Huron Expositor:
(Dear Sir: ..
Farmers all over the province have
come to realize that corn is one crop
which cannot .be duplicated over es
period of years.
Away back in Bible times, when
the seven lean years of famine swe=pt
over Israel, Joseph sold corn to his
brothers. This shows us that corm
then was king. And now, after thou-
sands of sears have passed, we why
are farming to -'day, findns
• that corns
will stand the drought; with proper
tillage will produce more tons of
fodder per acre than any fodder plant
grown, and, in addition, yields of 75
(bushel-ear corn is quite frequent.
This, when properly preserved, will
make one of the best feeds, on the
farm, for all kinds of live stock, es-
pecially cattle. •`
(Farmers, of course, usually •kno'vef
that corn has all of these gond points'.
But the big question has.,been: How
are 'you going to 'preserve all the
nutriment value in this feed? Some
have tried growing possibly , four
acres nein their 100 -acre farina; and
usually find the atmlospheric chang-
es net so much on the 'lowering of
the nutriment value of the fodder
that by Naw Year's sho'c'ked corn • is
not worthernlore than thetime
takes t6 drew it in and cut it up.
Thie means ,that the fodder value
onto in it is really lost. The only
real value left then is the cogs, which e,,,., --
of course, are good feed if matured
and the mice and rats have not de-
stroyed then,.
Then, of course, the idea of cutting
this corn up into a barge heap when
green has been used and proved
somewhat better than shocking, but
in the curing process there was a
heavy wastage and then the idea of
•pi"ateing the horn in a du ovt or pit
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