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The Huron Expositor, 1935-12-06, Page 2yc. 41 !y, 5 t fel ��19 jt�ai i". $S3 to f!. 0 ro0E7cpositor Established 1860 th McPhail McLean, Editor. Wished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in dvance; foregn, $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, December 6. It Must Be Just About Right Since the signing of the Reciproc- ity Treaty in Washington a few weeks ago, there has been a great deal of discussion pro and con as to the merits or demerits of the new trade treaty between Canada and the United States. Some of this discussion has been fair; some of it biased. Some of it has been quiet; some of it has been rabid, and it has not by any means been confined to one or either coun- try. In some Canadian papers we read that the new Reciprocity treaty will sound the death knell of many Cana- dian industries and that all will be seriously embarrassed by it. That the reduction of tariffs on farm products will not materially help the lot of the Canadian farmer, And even if it did, it was a small sop to pay for the privilege of ruining Canadian industries. In some American papers we read that the reduction of duties on Cana- dian farm products will impoverish the American agricultural industry. That American industry has gain- ed little, and that little at the ex- pense of the American farmer, dairy and lumber men. Even ex -President -Herbert Hoov- er has added his lament, when he said the Reciprocity Treaty between the two countries meant "more of the abundant life for Canadians." But as far as we can Pearn, neither country has laid any claim to the be- lief that they have out -guessed, out- witted or out -smarted the other by the terms of the Washington agree- ment. • Under these circumstances, there- fore, is it not reasonable to believe that the Reciprocity Treaty must be just about right, and by the terms of it, industry and farming in both countries will benefit? 0 The Week's Motor Casualties The snow, sleet and ice which cov- ered the Ontario highways last week and part of this, brought a heavy toll of casualties to the motoring public in almost every part of the Province. Many deaths resulted, hundreds of people were injured, and the mone- tary loss resulting/from accidents, ran into many thousands of dollars. The weather, of course, was the primary cause, whether the result of the accidents was either 4njury or death, but the weather was not en- tirely responsible, and, therefore, should not be blamed for it all. People helve become so accustomed to perfect surfaced highways and unlimited speed that they are apt to forget that the Ontario winter has still to be reckoned with and always will have to be reckoned with, until motor cars, no matter how power- fully and substantially built, are run on rails, the same as trains. They forget that a motor car on ice or any slippery surface, is just about as independent as the wind that bloweth where it listeth. That no matter how experienced, careful and capable a motor driver may bp, under certain conditions of pavement he is just about as helpless behind the wheel as a babe would be. The motorist forgets that on an icy pavement, as far as practical use is concerned, he has neither steering wheel nor brakes. That in trying to use either or both, he is only adding to his own danger, as well as to the l tst' of the travelling public. e is only one thing, under such conditions, wh ch the motorist, un- fortunately, n ver seetns to forget and that is the as. Still more unfor- tunately, that ialways does work in a ear, under any conditions. And, that gas will drive a car in circles, or into the ditch, or into an- other car just as fast, or a little fast- er, than it will drive it along the straightaway. That has been proven so often that one wonders that the lesson has not been brought forcibly home to every motor driver. But has it? Well, just pick up a paper —.any paper will do—and glance ov- er the casualty list of the past week, and it should not take one long to come to a decision. • The 1936 Motor Licenses The ruling of Hon. T. B. McQues- ten, Minister of Highways for On- tario, that the deadline for this year's motor' licenses will be Decem- ber' 31st, and that after that date a strict check, followed by prosecution, will be the lot of any motorist who tries to extend the time of using his old license plates, does not seem to meet with very general approval on either the part of the motorists or the business public. In other years it has been the cus- tom of the Highway Department to extend the time during which old markers might be used well on into the spring of each year. This cus- tom probably arose from the fact that motorists, particularly in the country districts, used their cars sel- dom in the winter months that there seemed no necessity for them to pur- chase new license plates until their cars were brought into general use. This year, however, the Highway Minister has allowed no choice in the matter. Either have your cars decor- ated with the new license plates by January 1st, or keep them off the roads, is his ruling. Of course the motorist can take a chance if he wishes. Can run his car with the old plates, and with it run the chance of paying a fine for so do- ing. But in these days that is a chance very few motorists, even in the country, are going to take. As a result, if the Minister sticks to his present ruling, a good many, if not a majority of country cars, are going to remain in the barns this winter and will not be seen until the coming of spring. The farmer is not going to pay out any money until he has to. And, if he only uses his car a few times in the winter, he thinks new licenses are a stiff price to pay for the privilege. He will buy them eventually, but not now. Not until he has a use for them. But the farmer and the people in the country are not the only ones who are objecting to the new ruling of the Highway Minister. In fact the chief objection has already come from the Toronto Board of Trade and the Retail Merchants' Associa- tion of Ontario, both of which have sent a strongly -worded petition to Mr. McQuesten. Both of these organizations main- tain, and it might be said with a good deal of truth, that if motorists have to buy their licenses in Decem- ber, it will seriously cripple the buy- ing capacity of these people for that month, which would seriously affect the Christmas trade, that so an im- portant an item to every merchant, great and small. And, when one considers that $8,- 000,000 are spent in the purchase of licenses in Ontario, the threat to bus- iness is not by any means an idle one, or one that can be easily overlooked, particularly when that great sum is withdrawn from business circulation in the most important business month in the year. Most people, particularly on the farm and in the smaller centres, con- sirier that when they pay their taxes —if they do—when they become due in December, that they are doing pretty well. And they are. But if they have to dig down again for car licenses in the same month, there is going to be very little left to spend in the Christ- mas shopping, very little, indeed. And if they don't buy their licenses, they can't use their cars, which means that they will stay at home. Any way you look at it, business will suffer. Travel by car has be- come the general mode of transpor- ears Agone Inte'eating items picked from The Eleposi'tor of fifty and , twenty-five year ago. DID YOU From The Huron Expositor of December 9, 1910 The members of the Walton, Beef Ring met at John Bennett's recently to settle accounts. John Smillie; Jno. Bennett, John Ewen and Jas. Lawson with James MIeF'adzean as secretary, were appointed a committee to look after the details for 1911, Mr. Robert Ballantyne, of Win- chelsea, net with an accident the other day while threshing at Mr. Russell .Skinner's, Usborne. He had part of his thlumrib' cut off by getting it caught in the cogs of the wheels of the cutting (box. While engaged in threshing clever for J. Steekle, of near Blake, on Tues- day of last week, the spark from the engine blew into driving house where it ignited the corn, It was im- possible to save the building. Mr. Walter McBeath is moving in- to Hemsall this week into Mr. Petty's dwelling on Queen St. Mr. Harry Smith, well known stock man of Hen.sall, had a number of fine animals on exhibition at the Chicago Fat Stock Show. :ur. W. E. Kerslake bought from Mr. John Ransford the old Pike farm on the 5th concession of Hullett. He will use it as a grazing -farm. 'Messrs. Thomas McMichael and son of Hullett have their well known stal- lion "Black Band Sensation" at the Winter Fair, Guelph, this week. !Messrs. W. A'ment, John Dodds, C. H. Broadfoot, D. T. Pinkney and R. E. Cresswell were in London on Wed- nesday, attending a Shriner's meeting. Mr: T. Cann, Usborne, has installed a phone in his residence. Mr. Robert Murdock, of Brucefield, attended the Fat Stock Show at Guelph this week. . From The Huron Expositor of December 11, 1885 Mr. G. L. Courtice has been ap- pointed postmaster at IHolmesville. It is reported that Messrs. Joseph Garter, of Blyth, and A. Taylor, of Belgrave, have fallen heirs to a large and valuable estates in the Old Coun- try. 'Mr. Dickson, barrister of Wingham, has been appointed Clerk of East Hur- on, under the new Franchise Act, and Dr. Holmes, County Treasurer. The 'Clerk for West Huron, F. G. Neelin, has received the appointment for the south riding. Much interest has been created ov- er the advent of a pair of twins in an Ashfield household. They weigh only 41/2 pounds; one is a tiny midget sof 1% pounds. The smallest one could almost be hidden in a stalwart hand. Mr. Jackson's tannery in E•gmond- ville had a marrow escape on !Mon- day evening last. Somewood had been left on the furnace to dry when it ignited and set fire to the ceiling above. The fire was noticed by a neighbor who extinguished the fire in a few minutes with a few pailfuls of water. The snowplow was out this week, paving a way for pedestrians. Messrs. George Sproat, Jas. For- syth, Peter Daymond and D. McCloy are the retirimg members of the Tuck- ersnvith'pu'blic school board this year. Mr. E. Hallett, Seaforth, has. leas- ed the ice skating rink and curling rinks for the season. Last week two cattle belonging to Mr. Thomas Passmore crawled into a place underneath the barn where they becarue fast. A portion of the barn floor rad to be removed to release thein. Mr. H. Davis, of Wingham, has sold his farm in Stanley Township to Jas. Ross for $4,360. The farm contains 73 acres and is situated on the Bay- field Road, near Bannockburn. tation, even in the country districts. Farmers have dis- pensed with their drivers, even with the old-time fur coat and extra warm cloth- ing that horse drawn trans- portation demands. They prefer to stay home rather than go back to the old, slow, cold days. But that is only one side of the question. The Minis- ter of Highways has his side too. And to him, a very nec- essary and important one. Contrary to the very widely held opinion, Governments are not rich. In fact, during the past few years they have become very poor indeed, and the Government o f which Mr. McQuesten is a member, is no exception to the rule. There is a possibility that Mr. McQuesten has as many uses for that $8,000,000 as have the members of the Toronto Board of Trade, or the members of the Retail Merchants' Association, or both together. At any rate, he has the say as to when the money. shall be paid, and if he says December, who can blame him? If the choice was up to you or me or the Toronto Board of Trade, or the Re- tail Merchants' Association, what would you or I or they do ? If we could get $8,000,- 000 this month of Decem- ber, would we take it? We wonder! Did ypu ever 'know that Seaferth has 'two streets of the same name, in addition to at least one street with- out any mime of any kind? A limp of the town, contained in "The New Historical Atlas of Huron County," published an 1879, throws light on the !various• thoroughfares of Seaforth. If ever Seaforth got to the stage where a postal delivery service was inaugurated, something would have to be done about those two streets with the name of 'George. The fact that one runs from the Carnegie Lib- rary on Main Street to the eastern limits of the town, and the other from the residence of Mrs. G. T. Turn- bull, on East William Street, to the Coleman lots On the east, wouldn't help much. The street without a name of any kind is that running from the Salva- tion Army Barracks, on North Main Street, to the eastern limits'. Any - other nameless affair is that running V R NI easterly: f o•m blxd residence of W. R. Smith to , e fair grounds. !Many changes are apparent in the intervening years. What is now known as John Street is. referred to ion the map as St. John Street. The street which now connlntenoes at the Collegiate and nuns south is not shown!. James Street stops Tniear where the Scott .Memorial Hospital now• is, and co'mi nlenoes again west of Anne Street, the intervening area !be- ing the farm of Thomas Adams. Both 'Snarling and Jarvis (Streets are shown •asscontinudng across the C4 N. R. right-of-way, wfhe :eas there is now only one crossing, that of Main Street, within the municipality. Hur- on Street, according to the map, con- tinues westerly to meet Spading St., bertnow it steps at Jarvis. !South of the railway and to the east of Marin Street appears a verit- able forest of streets, including Oak, Birch, Willow, Ash, Elm and Maple Streets. None are in use to -day. JUST A SMILE OR TWO Abraham was passing away, and around him the members of 'the fam- ily were grouped, weeping and pray- ing. His lips were seen to move, and Rachel, his dutiful wife, bent forward to catch his words. "Wife," he w;hisrpered, "is every- body present?" "Yes, dear," sobbed Rachel, "we are all here:" "Are you quite sure, wife Is Mos- es here? And Reuben and Rebecca, and little Ikey?" "Yes, father," sobbed Rachel, "we are all here, all listening." "Just as I thought," nvoaned the old Hebrew as he turned his face to the wall. "r not dead yet, and already' hey have 'begun to neglect the store" ra® • • SUNDAY AFTERNOON • (By Isabel Hamilton, Goderie.h, Ont.) 0 Soldiers of the cross arise! Gird you with your armor bright Mighty are your enemies. O'er a faithless fallen world Raise your banner in the sky; Let it flat there wide unfurled; Bear it onward; lift it high. —W. W. How. PRAYER Help all who are fighting the good fight of faith. May the sword of the Spirit remain unsheathed until the kingdoms ,of • this world own Thee Lord of all. Amen. S. S. LESSON FOR DECEMBER 8 Lesson Topic-eNehemiah Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem. Lesson Passage — Nehemiah 4:6-9; 15-21. Golden Text --Nehemiah 4:6. When God designs that certain men shall fill high office or undertake im- portant work, He gives them special preparation. Moses was fitted for governing by having been brought up in Pharaoh's court, and David in Saul's. So here we see Nehemiah acting as the King's cup 'bearer. Thus he had free access to the King and was permitted to mare request of him. This `he did on behdlf of the city of Jerusalem. He was empow- ered to go and build the walls and was given an 'order on the governors of the Iand not only to permit him to pass through their respective pro- vinces, but to supply him with need- ful things; with another order upon the keeper of the forest of Lebanon, to give hiVnv timber for the work he designed to do. On reaching Jerusalem he made a tour of inspection; in the night-time he viewed the walls to .see if the old foundation would serve, and what of the old material could be used again. When he revealed his mission and the interest the King of Persia had taken in it, the people concurred and said, "Let us rise up and build." The work was undertaken with a good heart. Priests, rulers, tradesmen, all joined in the enterprise. Evensome women did a part—"And next unto him repaired Shallum, the son of Ha- lohesh, the ruler of the half -part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters" (3:12). A's they worked they were subject to the scorn and derision of their heathen neighbors. It vexed them to the heart to see a man amongst them who professedly sought the wel- fare of the remnant sof the children of Israel. The leaders of this oppo- sition were Sanballat and T•obiah't- Samaritans who had misrepresented the Jews to the king as rebellious. Now to see Nehemiah come from the King with power to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, thus strengthen- ing the position of the very people they denounced, was galling, and they set to work to frustrate the un- dertaking. These enemy leaders did not cease with scorn and derision on their own part. They began to spread abroad the same spirit. Instead of hinder- ing the work it helped, for Nehemiah had recourse to prayer, "Hear, 0 our God;' for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon "their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity; and cover not their in- iquity, and let not their sin be blot- ted out from before Thee: for they have provoked Thee to anger before the builders." Heartened instead of discouraged, the work went on until it was 'half completed: "For all the people had a mind to work." They had more than that, for they watched as well. See what course Nehemiah took that the people might not be taken unawares. He set a watch night and day, but before that• he fulfilled the command we have from Jesus Christ to pray as well as watch. This systematic procedure of posting guards !became 'known to the enemy, as well as the faith the Jews' had in their God when they found that their design was.iscovered, and that the Jews were on their guard, they concluded it was to no purpose to attempt anything: for God had brought their counsel to nought. However, the workers did not lessen their vigilance, for one design having failed on the part of the enemy was no assurance that another plot might not be ' set on foot. So while one ul)i,; half was at work Neherniah had the other .half under arms. They no doubt changed duty and so they were said to "work with one hand and hold their weapons with the other." Care was taken both to get, and give, early notice of the approach of the enemy, in case they should endeavor to surprise them. Nehemiah kept a trumpeter always by him to sound an alarm upon the first intimation of danger. The work was large, and the builders were dispersed: for in all parts of the wall they were labor- ing at the same time. 'Nehemiah con- tinually walked round to oversee the work, and encourage the workmen, and so would have speedy intelligence if the enemy 'made an attack, of which, by sound of trumpet, he would soon give notice to all, and they must immediately repair to him with a full assurance that their God would fight for them. So very in- tent was Nehemiah upon :his work, and so close did he held the workmen to it, that they slept .intheir clothes. It was a visible sign that their mind and heart were on their work to a finish. There are lessons for builders to- day—character builders against whom there are many enemies—rulers of the ,darkness of this world. We must keep the weapons of our warfare in our hands. The word of God is the sword of the Spirit which we should always have close at hand. The lab- orers in the Kingdom of God should be on the alert against the enemy, who is full of all subtlety and all mis- chief, an enemy of all righteousness. And in order to fight such they must. Abe ever fighting the good fight of faith.—Henry's 'Bi•ble. • WORLD MISSIONS There was an article in the British tVeekly of February 21st entitled, "What Does the Salvation Army Hope to Have Accomplished by This Time Next Year?" It was written by General Evangeline Booth, now head of that great -organization. The following is copied from it: First, I would say we hope that when we reach this time next year and look back to the present date, aver the days which will have filled in the space between then and now, we shall have been strengthened in all that is meant when we speak of "the Salvation Army spirit." We hope that our consecration to our great fundamental purpose 'of help- ing to win the world for God will have become more complete; that, in utter abandonment of all that may be contrary to the achievement of our objective, we shall, have become more and more a peole of one di- recting thought — that in !Christ Jesus there is provided salvation from all sin for all sinners; that in proclamation of this Gospel we shall be more insistent, more definite, more convincing, more effective for in a very real sense the Salvation Army and all its works is a crystallization of the profound truth that in Jesus Christ there is to be found all the world needs to redress its wrongs, to quench its fixes of passrion, to estab- lish it in justice and truth, to soothe its sorrows, to ''bring to an end the jealousies, fears, misunderstandings, unholy ambitions Which keep it in constant turm!oii-all that is needed to bring in the reign of Peace and Love, so that, loving God with all his heart, and his neighbor as himself, 'man. gray march unhindered, and with dauntless courage and unshaken con- fidence, to the fulfilment of God's plans and purposes, Which include all that pertains to his happiness and wen -being. As a specific step towards this we hope that the next twelve nvonths will be marked by a definite spiritual awakening, a revival, not only of in- terest in religion in the abstract, but of individual coming to God in re- pentance for salvation, and a conse- quent espousal of His cause. It is !our earnest desire that not only shall we bane part in the gen- eral attack upon evil which is being. planned by the Orhurch at large, and which claims my highest admiration, but that throughout the Salvation Army there shall be a definite awak- ening to the necessity, of aggressive warfare on the part of every indi- •Jidnal who marchers in its ranks. s3 St. Au e 'stine, Pia-, Nov. 24. The t> ditor, Th Huron Epappaitor: • Dear Sir: We are enjoying Flori- da with ibo inevitable sunshine, flowers, and I might add ndaq augoes. 1 have a real honest -to -goodness .fish story. There was os exhibition here this week a huge whale captured off the coast of Southern California three years ago, weighiavg 68 tons and measuring 55 feet in length, the• world's greatest monster of the deep. It is transported by the railway on its own specially constructed' car .120 feet tong. its very limited swallowing capac- ity would encourage some .of the sceptical ones in their !belief that it was a physical impossibility for Jonah to enter 'therin, but the fish of Scripture record, we are told, was a "prepared" one by the Almighty, thus leaving no room for controversy. This whale's mouth could ecc:om¢no- date several men, but its throat was so small that a fair-sized orange would choke it, Its heart weighed :1,200 pounds and its tongue 500; One would think that such an enormous creature would be invincible, but its arch enemy is the "Killer" shark, one of which, a 'mere six or seven feet in length, was exhibited along with it. U These sharks attack and literally tear the whales to pieces wlith their formidable rows of teeth. !We are enjoying our prolonged stay in St. Augustine and up to the pres- ent time the weather has been. de- lightful, but we are now feeling the effect of the extreme cold 'weather up north, but No damage to the fruit so far. ,I am anxious to get my Expositor to -morrow to •see what happened to: my intimate friend, Alex. Cuthill. WM. SOME'RVILLE. Seen in the County Papers Two Valuable Dogs Disappeared Two dogs owned by Judge T. M.. Costello have been missing since Sat- urday last. One, an Irish Water Span- iel, is a large liver colored dog with a thick curly coat and answers to the name of "Shaun." The other ie a beautiful little white English setter with black and tan markings. It's name is "Chick." Both dogs are reg- istered and have the usual arm -long pedigree. An intensive search is be- ing made for the pets, which are both valuable, and Judge Costello would welcome any information leading to their whereabouts. Goderich Star. Seven Of Eighten Horses :Sold There were a number of admirers of fine horses, at the Blue Water Stables of Dr. J. B. Whitely on Wed- nesday afternoon when eighteen hors- es were offered for sale by Auction- eer Thomas Gundry. Seven* of the horses changed hands. Prospective 'buyers were present from Toronto, but the majcrity of them came from Western 'Ontario points, where Dr. Whitley's famous racing stable is best known.--Goderich Star. Won Pair Ducks John Wiggins and Thomas McDer- mott won th& prize of a pair of ducks at the Royal Bowling Alleys on Monday night with a score of .1440 for three games. The runners-up, Royal Lloyd and Walter Heitman had a total of 1335 points. Ten games we:e keenly contested. — Goderich, Star. Half Ton of Geese At Supper The goose supper provided by the Women's Association of North Street Church was attended by the largest crowd the Association has known dur- ing the years they haae been spon- sor:ng these suppers. Over 800 peo- ple were served at the supper and 84 geese (the total weight) of which would be about half a ton, about 120 loaves of broad, four and a half bags of potatoes and '179 pies were used. There was enough left over to serve 20 men who came in the next day from where they are working on the summer camp road off the Blue Wa- ter Highway _Goderich Star. • Tried Out Fire Siren On Monday afternoon the Bickley Company, Woodstock, sent a repre- sentative up to give a demonstration of a fire siren, the t.nvn council and; fire brigade being interested in pro- curing a new and up-to-date fire alarm. The siren was placed on top of the Town Hall and, judging from the noise it made, such an alarm would rouse the town pretty well.. Members of the coin:oil and brigade• went to differ ern part of the town to test the carrying power of the siren. The siren would be operated from the telephone office, when a fire call would come in, there would be no de- lay in .'rying to locate the night- watchman, who might he at the other end of the town, but the alarm would immsediately be started. Such an ar- rangement should save precious min- utes at the very beginning and ire that way .s'ave property of the citi- zens.—Clinbon NetwssRecord. Bowlers Elect Officers• The annual meeting of' the Clinton Lawn Bowling Club was held Wednes nay evening With a large number of members present. Plans were made for next season and the following of - ricers were elected: President, J. L. Heard; vice-president, Rev. K. Mc- Goun; sec.-treas., M. J. Schoenh.als ; grounds committee: J. Zapfe, A. Mc- Cartney, J. McKnight, C. Draper; jit- ney comhnlittee: Rev. K. MeGoun, J. Lovett, H. Monteith, H. Clark, Fred Ford; tournament committee; P. Liv- ermore, W. Johnson, G. Lawson, Dr. Thompson; membership committee : F. 'Pennebaker, A, Knight, W. •S. R. Holmes, F. Bawden.—Clinto•n News - Record. f�y (Continued op Page 6) d iiri�.,+tell W,sF l','S A