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which befe}k. her ".'.' ' essday night.
Electrical stoornis'131' : :: 8hels`telir
'Accede Will'' ;always ireetlind her of
the frightful incident.. Mrs. Fischer
was sitting ;.on the side Of cher bed
writing a fetter when the 'belt ' of
lightning struck the chimneys attd
boomed into, her room. She scarcely
secail�s what • happened.. It all occur-,
red in a split fraction of a second:
moi n gham.. A droc e -Times.
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llanenV,AMt; thea ,tieing to” suer feet,
s tools t'h'e oath;
"I'`s'wear to the: Wefherlanda :people,
that I will always keep and m ntain
t the ;constitetiore
el swear that I will defend,, and
keep the independence and the terri-
toey •of the Empire with. ,all+ ICI pow-
er, that I willprotect the general and
Individual liberty and rights sof all me
subjects, and for the maintenanleand
promotion of the general and indi'•'id-
ual prosperity will apply ail means
which the laws. ,put at my disposal;, as
is the duty of a good monarch."
She then raised her right hand and
spoke the sacramental confirmation
of the oath: "So truly help me, God
Almighty!"
When the ceremony was over and
while heralds proclaimed the event,
the youngest Queen of Europe, sur-
rounded by her suite, returned from
the church to the palace.
'High Conception of Duties
Forty years have since passed. And
Queen Wilhelmina has remained as a
woman, as a mother and' as a Chris-
tian. The 'secret of the universal rev-
erence fix. the Queen lies not only in
her wisdom, judgtent, tact and con-
stitutional sense, but first and fore-
most in her life of thigh principle, her
high conception of her, calling.
Queen Wilhelmina has lived and
continues to live in close contact with
the needs and wants and hopes of her
people, rejoicing with them in, times
of prosperity, .consoling and helping
them in times of sorrow,
Great material progress has also
marked' her 40 -year reign. Her acces-
sion to the throne coincided with a•
revival, of"' architecture, which had
fallen into decline in the Nineteenth
century. Revolutionary changes in
transport, trade and agriculture have
been accompanied by a 70 per cent.
increase in population'—from 5,074,631
to 8,639,539.
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irole:land. music, colour.
gaiety - strangenewamuse-
ment - area attractions.
Games of skill, roller coast-
er, aeroplaneo and, ponies.
Novelty devices for thrills
acid fun. For young and 'old
--Frnlexlandl
The World -famous Royal
Artillery Band from England!
Leading Canadian bands -
50 in all! Music for everyone
thg Mendelssohn Choir.
the Welsh Imperial singers,
the dance orchestras of
Benny Goodman, Guy
Lombardo, Tommy Dorsey,
Buddy Rogers!
Horse Show! Under the
floodlights of the Coliseum
Show Ring—some of the
-world's finest horses and
'horsemen! Dozens of excit-
ing jumping classes. bar-
nese
arnese horses, ponies! Even-
ings, September 2nd to
September 10th. General
edmissioiq- 25 cents. Ire-
served. 50 cents.
"The Decades"! A glorious
pageant of colour, music and
beauty depicting Canada's
history! 1200 performers on
a brilliantly lighted 1000 -
foot stage! As a finale each
evening—the most breath-
taking pyrotechnic dieplay
on the Continent, General
admission and reserved
seats,
Do machines replace men ?
See a complete bottling
unit, electric stoves being
manufectnred before your
eyes, mensclothes being
expertly tailored. Industry
— dramatized end spot-
lighted for your interest.
Tickets of C.2.1 E. Information Bureau, 8 icing W
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ELWOOD A. n11GAR .
President /Ignored Manager
The fit}.Xowing Ao a Ppm composed,
`by M 's,litellard, •rown', of E+_ catch,
rt u inn 'nd, Nr:' Rich-.
Albe a,
toot',mar 1>a
and A11e31,Brown: Who, died at an Ed,--
mdnton hosp tall Friday, January 29.
1932, at the age of 49 years. ansa Die
mouths, for their son. Mervin, the
youngest -of a family of seveu chil-
dren, wh was six years old when his
father died.
My f ther was an engitneee,
,P brave ad brave could be;
I 'loved him ewe dearly, -
And he thought the•world of me:
When he was called to go to work,
Why then, I'd leave my play
And help 'hln1 carry 71s big grip
Down the road a'ifftle way.
And' when I'd see him coming home
Again way down the street,
I'd run to meet him joyfully
With swift and eager feet.
I'd run andeget his 'slippers,
And climb upon his knee;
Then peep into his lunch pail—
There was something there for me.
Sometimes he'd sing a funny song
That would make me laugh with joy,
Or tell me something that he did
When the was a little boy.
But now I stand out at the gate,
And • look for him in vain;
And when I hear a whistle blow,
I know it is not his train.
His watch he handled with, such care,
Still hangs upon the wall,
He said that I might have it
When I grow big and tall.
Advance in Many Lines
In 1899, the year after Queen Wil-
helmina's accession, the first electric
tramway connected Haarlem to
Zandvoort-on-Sea, a distance of six
miles. • Today the Netherlands is cov-
ered by a network of streamlined
electric and Diesel trains.
Industry has been enormously de-
veloped. In 1900, 650,674 persons were
engaged in manufacturing, and today
this number is 1,235,912.
The position of the farmers has
been improved through' the estab-
lishment of farm credit banks and
the development of various assur-
ance systems and auctions. Through
fallowing of barren grounds in those
40 years nearly 700,000 acres have
been added to Netherlands arable
soil. Huge reclamation works have
been started, such as the Zuiderzee
draining scheme, whieh ultimately
is- to add 500,000 acres or 10 per cent.
to Netherlands fertile soil. The first
part of this scheme alreadry has been
completed and 50,000 acres of erst-
while sea bottom is now yielding
abundant crops.
Aviation, always greatly encour-
aged and supported by Queen Wil-
helmina's active. interest, won for the
Netherlands a prominent place in the
world's air services. Today. fast
Douglas, Lockheed and Fokker ma-
chines carry mails and passengers at
200 miles per hour, and faster, three
times a week in both directions from
Amsterdam to 9,000 mile distant
Java, even . linking up Amsterdam to
Sydney, by a twice weekly through
connection from Batavia to Australia.
In Europe only, the Netherlands ma-
chines cover daily a distance of half
the circumference of the globe.
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I asked my Mamma if she thought
That maybe way up there,
He is running trains for Jesus,
In that city bright and fair.
Hie engine would be wonderful,
The rails all shilling bright,
And he'd never need a headlight
For there, there is no night.
So when this life is over,
And the angels' gather all,
I hope to meet my father
Who answered his last call.
(Mr. Brown was a brother, of Mrs.
Richard Rogers, James St., Seaforth.
He 'worked as an engineer for twenty
years). •
• ** 9p3�Q ''cotton •''p1
lx int #trueta�tes nate,
p St which t 4,ntllre.;c
ton,, belt 3.53.600.
Stretching :for_ Bixty' square 'mules.
,acroatr• the„MistFlst,ppl Delta, the
38,d04acre 'Delta : &:Fine Land Come,
Pane .of Seat; Mieelssipei, one of tole
largest ,planteti ':f the *orld, 16
managed by Oscar dohtlaton, a native,
Mbi assippian, and .le mimed by the
biggest' Cotton spin•. hrs' organization.
in the world, tette line Cotton Spin-
ners' & Doublers' , ,. ociation, Ltd., of
Manchester, Englaa
Gross earnings. for;1936, a more reg-.
presentative year than .1937, totalled
$879,000 after •the sh..areeropperet
earning of half the caiceereturns were
deducted. Cottons realized $463,000 of
this and cottonseed., which Delta &
Pine produces 'in mice quality that it
holds the world record for •largest
sales made by any producer brought
$120,000. The plantation paid an in-
come tax which exceeded $100,000,
but received'$68,000.. back from the
Governmlen't as a subsidy payment.
Net operaliug profit rfor 1937, which
includes everything except bonded in-
terest, such_ as plantation expenses,
taxes, etc,; was $265,000 as compared
to a 1936 operating profit of $518,000
and a. 1935 operating profit of $250,-
000.
Yield Far Above Average
Contrasted to an average U. S. cot-
ton pield of 11,17 pounds per acre dur-
ing 1936, the plantation realized 638
pounds of premium grade lint cotton
per acre, or 15,000 bales and realized
a price of 13.25 cents per pound as
compared to the average price Of
11.9 cents per pound. DPL's first cot-
ton crop brought 2,800 bales.. In 1937
I634 pounds of premiums grade lint cot -
ton was raised per acre, but at least
50 pounds an acre was lost because
of heavy rains. Cotton' acreage was
reduced to about 12,000 acres in 1937
and 10,000 acres this year.
CKNX, WINGHAM
100 Kcs. 250 Metres
WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, August 26-10.30 a,m., Sal-
vation Army Hour; 11, "Clippings";
11.30, "House of Peter MacGregor";
12.00 noon; Canadian Farm and Home
}}our; 7.00 p.m., The Master Singers.
Saturday, August 27-10:'30- a.m.,
Shut -Ins; 12 noon, Canadian Farm &
Home Hour; 12.45 p.m., CKNX Hill -
Billies; 6.15, Sport Reporter; 7.30,
Barn Dance.
Coal Tonnage Expanded
In 1898 the mining district in the
Province .Limburg produced 300,000
tons of coal; today Limburg has an
annual production of around 13,-
000,000 tons.
Shipping has grown substantially.
Since the low level was reached in
1890, Netherlands' tbnnage has in-
creased sixfold. In 1900, two per cent
of the world commercial marine car-
ried! the Netherlands .flag. In 1914 It
was 32 per cent. Today Netherlands
is 2,634;321 registered tons, or 4 per
cent. of the world tonnage. •
Great social improvements have
been carried out. Industry in 1898
had an unlimited working day, with
a maximum of 11 'hours for women
and juveniles only. Today there is a
general maximum of 81/2 hours per
daye In 1898 there was only a scheme
for an accident insurance act for
industry. Today there is a legally
organized insurance system for ac-
cidents, sickness and old age.
In1898, 28 per cent, of all dwelling's
had only one room. Today these
humble dwelling form only 7 por
cent. of all available homes. In 1898,
41 per cent. of all dwellings com-
prised three ormore rooms, today
this category is 78 per cent. of the
total. 1n 1898, 23,000,000 florins was
spent on public elementary instruc-
tion; today 200,000,000 florins per
year.
Sunday, August 28-11 a.m., Wing -
ham United Church; 12.30 p.m., The
Music Box; 7, St. Andrew's Church.
Monday, August 29-11 a.m., "Clip-
pings"; 11.30, "House of Peter Mac-
Gregor"; 6.30 p.m., Opportunities; 7,
Jack & Loretta Clemens; 8, Kenneth
Rentoul, songs. ,
Tuesday, August 30-11.45 a.m.,
"Jack and Jill"; 12.45 p.m-, McCal-
lum Sisters; 1.30, Glad Tidings Hour;
7, The Vass Family.
Wednesday, August 31111 a.m.,
"Clippings"; 11.30, "House of Peter
MacGregor"; 7 p.m.:, "Light Up and
Listen Club."
Thursday, Sept. 1-11.45 a -m., "Jack
& Jill"; 12.45 p.m., Me allum Sis-
ters; 7, "Light Up & Listen. Club."
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epfr the entire �S
ola lx eback tlupervdsing SmiglitnIt
and ilnstructin$ 'gross in • Delta- d0
Pino'a
Jatcst, VOW' growing niethodds.
Rot socialistlo, 'But • iSocial•
`. Although. • .any .:sof- M'r.•Joheeton's•
mallegers or officers would. shun the
wart,-aneialistic as ~applied to their
plantation • •gover-nment, still. the ,fact.
remains 'that probably the only, planta
tion in the South still emu on the
'prodigious antebellum scale adheres
strictly to a' "one, for all and all for
one" ,policy. Under the "halves" bas-
is which is treed, the tenant provides
only the labor and the landlord fur-
nishes everything else — a cabin,
mules, tools, cotton seed, hogs, -'seed
for a garden and credit for food,
clothing, etc: ' The program also eu.es
meat for the -tenants free. At the end
of the season the cropper is paid for
half • the crop which he has turned
over to the landlord, less, of course,
credit extended and three-quarters of
the fertilizing and pest poisoning
costs --a unique partnership and prob-
ably the only one where the owner of
a Rosiness shales the proceeds equal-
ly with this employees and in addition
provides everything in advance.
Are you cohsid+
for winter feectiug,
Department of Agl•<
gladly co-operates' Nal forme
ing for the purchase and winter, ,.
cattle, and extends loans at moderi
Whatever your plans, have tai talk !vii
Branch Manager whoyou will find Were
ed and pleased to discuss them with
THE
,.DOMINION-
§ se'r'a .1SUED 1871
SEAFORTH BRANCH ,
E. C. Boswell - - Manager
Seven years of appreciable profit as
against three years of' deficit are rea-
sons why Mr. Johnston's, name has
been spotlighted, in the cotton belt
since he took over the plantation in
1927 and steered a $5,000,000 British
investment through flood and depres-
sion.
Sixteen miles from Greenville and
the Mississippi River where steam-
boats to New Orleans docked in
ante-bellum days, is Scott, the plan-
tation town co'n iteting of a dirt
street, 300 white people, and a mod-
ern office building for Mr. Johnston
and other officials. There is also a
plantation, department store where
Negroes buy food and clothes by
means of credit certificates issued
for their convenience before they
harvest their crop, a railroad station
(the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley) and
about five company stores, three of
which are recent additions, and up-
to-date steel structures for storing
cotton, etc. Away from the tobvn, a
long row of attractive white houses
are provided for the plantation offic-
ials and a plantation hotel is main-
tained for transients.
Many Corn Borers
Heavy corn borer infestation in
corn being marketed from Essex and
Kent Counties is reported by London
truckers. A London district market
gardener and trucker destroyed more
than half a shipment of 100 dozen ears
of corn he .trucked to London recent-
ly, found to be infested with ,the bor-
er.
Other truckers 'have experienced
similar cases, althoughdamage was
found to be less,than in the case cit-
ed.
Up to the present time the wide-
spread damage done by the borer has
tended to keep early corn prices at a
higher level than usual. Per dozen
ears, corn retailed at 20 to 25 cents
on London market.
Corn 14 Feet High
Beyond Scott, cotton fields sprawl
flatly against. ,I,he sky.' Five thou-
sand acres rof corn, which grows
from 12 to 14 feet high, furnishes
corn•on the cob to the entire planta-
tion which consists of about 100 white
families and 1,000 sharecropper lam -
Mee -3,300 Negroes. All food con-
sumed on the plantation is raised.
there, as Well as feed which, with
forage crops, comprise 7,200 acres.
There are also 9,000 acres of fuel and
7,300 acres of mule', lots and unused
land dotted with c1'eks, drainage dit-
ches and tenant cabins placed half a
mile apart.
The plantation's first substantial
profit since its purchase in 1912 was
shown after Mr. Johnston became
president in 1927. Mr. Johnston at-
tributes his comeback in spite of
business recessions and the 1927
and order was strengthened. I overflow of the Mississippi River,
Today, the Netherlands people hold wthich broke its levees exactly, et
the entire Royal Family, Queen -Wil- Scott, to scientific methods and
helmina, Crown Princess' Juliana, and constant experimentation.
herhusband, Prince Bernhard and Twelve unit managers personally
baby princess Beatrix, in cordial af- supervise each of the 3,300 sharecrop-
fection, while during a week's nation-
wide celebrations of Queen Wilhel-
mina's accession to the Throne forty
years ago, they recall the blessings
of four decades of devoted service to
the nation.
"In pre-war days," a leader writer
assures us, "there would have been
a war long before now." But there
has been a war long before now, now
hasn't there?
An old lady's advice on choosing a
gardener:
"Look at his trousers. If they're
patched on the lnnees, you want him;
if they're patched on the seat, you
don't."
Socialist Revolution Halted
The remembrance of the Queen's
wise and 'loving guidance in the
difficult war years 1914 to 1918 added
special entilhasis to a manifesto is-
sued by all the Ministers of the Cab-
inet urging the people to support the
legally -elected authorities, when' in
November, 1918, a Socialist revolu-
tion appeared imminent. This mani-
festo beoamo the starting point for a
complete reversal of public opinion'.
Spontaneous demonstrations took
place; wherever the Queen, escorted
by the Prince, 'Consort Henry and
little Princess Juliana, appeared, the
public unharnessed the horses from
her carriage and drew the carriage
through the streets in triumph, amid
the cheerer and jubilation of the
crowds. The Queen thea started on
an extensive tour of the country and
received the .homage of the Nation,
mobile the people's adhesion to law
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pers. Mr. Johnston and Jesse W. Fox.
General Manager, plan the plantation
operations and instruct the unit man-
agers. No orders are given the ten-
ants except through their unit man-
agers—not even by Messrs. Johnston
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Keep adayor two - Sep.12-17
4 The week of Western Ontario' 's own big exhnbilwu
PRIZE , LIST - $ 2,000.
Speed Events Daily—Night Horse . Shorr—Photograph'
Dog Show—Superb Grandstand Spectacle—Hobby Fair
Carnival bedway—liandredie of Eshiblts
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APOLOGY!
The M. L. Store and their entire
Staff take this opportunity to of-
fer their apologies to the num-
erous people who were turned
away from their Sale.
• The M. L. Store will continue
their Sensational Grand Open-
ing
Prices for another week for
the benefit of the many hundreds
of people who were turned away
from our door due to the huge
crowds that came to this great
selling event.
THANKS !
Again the M. L. Store and their
` entire Staff wish to extend their
heartiest thanks to the people of
Seaforth and vicinity for the co-
operation which they extended -
us during the opening days.
THE M. L. STORE
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