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The Huron Expositor, 1938-11-18, Page 2,t, • THE ON EX .'OSITO ER yF 1�1 ,I In' xpositor Shed 1860 McLean, Editor. gat Seaforth, Ontario, ev- sray afternoon by McLean t bSex'iption rates, $1.50 a year in ranee; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single ),es 4 cents :. each. SSl1AFORTH,' Friday, November 48. The Bye -Elections The three bye -elections to fill the vacant seats in the House of Com- mons were held on Monday of this • week, and there was just one sur- prise result in the voting, the Gov- errlrnent capturing the Western seat of Brandon from the Conservatives by a majority of close to one thou- sand. In the City of London, Hon. Dr. Manion, Leader of the Conservatile party, scored a win over his C C.F. opponent by a comfortable majority of over three thousand. In. South Waterloo the Conserva- tive candidate piled up an all-time record of over four thousand of a majority, his Liberal and C.C.F. op- ponents both losing their deposits. The Liberal gain in Brandon in- creases the Government membership in the House of Commons to 180, the greatest number of seats any party has held in the' House since Confed- eration. ° • The Ropal Winter Fair For the seventeenth successive year the Royal Winter Fair is again in operation at Toronto. Ontario, and particularly Toronto, does not lack for noted exhibitions, but it is questionable if there is an event of the kind on the North American Continent that is the equal of what The Royal has become during the seventeen years of its existence. This year it gives every indication of being greater than ever. Every department shows an increase in en- tries and its special attractions, al- ready nationally and internationally known features, -have been -increased in number and excellence. The Fair is more than a Fair. It is a Iiberal education not only in the agricultural and live stock industry, but in the field of horticulture, manu- facture and of the arts and sciences. Consequently, it is one of the most popular and most largely attended functions in Ontario, and each year draws more largely from the other Provinces of Canada, from the .Unit- ed States, and in recent years from Great Britain. • e Champion of Minorities A ery few weeks ago a Jewish youth ° his teens, who has since been prono need to be mentally un- balanced, shot and killed a Nazi diplomat in the City of Paris. The youth was captured and, as no one condones an act of murder, no doubt would have paid the pen- alty of . his foolish act. The French courts of law would have seen to that, if they have not ..already. At least, that is the way we look at these things in Canada, arrd the way they are looked upon in quite a few other civilized countries too. But that.is not the way it happened in Germany. • As the result of the rash act of that irresponsible boy, Berlin and other centres in Germany witnessed last week the most bloody, brutal anti-Jewish riots that that or" any other country has seen perpetrated against any race of people, not ex- cluding • the extermination of the ruling and middle, classes in the Rus- sian revolution. These riots were.. explained by Dr. •Gabbels,who is Herr Hitler's right band Stan, as being "typical, spon- taneous, popular demonstrations," which would imply that being . the popular will of the .people, the Jews .and its the German people,. must be lid rt jk risible for them. In 'accordance with this reasoning G' n ;n "us;tice;. the Nazi .,Gov - ;h 'ecreed, that close to a 4 Ia Jewish sub- te be deprived of ossit3nep but de - 91 (T/l_lu,r'S.,f. Our boasted civilization may not be all that is claimed for it, but there r ` are few countries, which do make a chin of civilization, that would re- cognize Justice under Nazi terms. These things are particularly hard to understand in the face of Mr. Hit- ler's recent and loudly proclaimed championship of ''oppressed minori- ties in other countries so near to Germany. ,• Hard To Understand It is rather hard for the ordinary taxpayer to understand the attitude or the reasoning of the single unem- ployed men in Toronto who refuse to work one day a week in return for seven days' housing and food. What theory or doctrine these un- employed men hold, we do not know, but we do know that it is one the taxpayer neither understands nor appreciates. And .the taxpayer has abundant reason for his lack of appreciation. The unemployed seems to forget that " however unfortunate his position may be, with one day's work and sev- en days' keep, he is in a much better position 'than the average taxpayer. As a matter of fact, the average householder and business man is having a pretty hard struggle to keep his• head out of water, and it has been that way for, quite some time. He is working six or seven days a week; cutting expenses to the bone, and living on as meagre a diet as most unemployed. And the ordinary taxpayer has to do these things in order to save en- ough money to pay his taxes out of which taxes comes the fund which ...- provides for the unemployed. The Ontario taxpayer is not by any means heartless. He appreci- ates his responsibilities to the unem- ployed and- willingly or unwillingly he fulfills them. At least he has up to the present time, but we are a little afraid that a few more straws like refusing to work one day a week for seven days' keep will prove to be one that he will not submit to have added to his already abundant burden. E Monep Waiting To Be Used No doubt in every country there are large sums of money lying dormant, which, if they were avail- able for municipal and Government uses, might prove most useful and from the taxpayers' viewpoint, most Providential. That, at any rate, is the situation in the United States, where it has been discovered that a sum,estimat- ed at three billions of dollars is tied up in bequests, the terms of which have become impossible to carry out. Included in these bequests, there are trust funds for the ransom 'of American seamen from the Barbary pirate's; for the maintenance of horse watering troughs in large cit- ies; for the aid of stranded emi- grants on their way to take up lands in the West; for the relief of super- annuated wool carders, a race as ex- tinct as the dadoes, and for many other strange and lost causes. • And the United States is begin- ning to wonder what it can do about this money. There are laws in many States of the Union which provide that dormant accounts in banks where no trace of the owners have been discovered after a term of years, shall revert to the State: Why not apply some similar method to philanthropic legacies that have out- , lived any possible usefulness? And why not? Three billion dol- lars is a sizeable sum at any time, and when it is in actual cash waiting to be put into circulation without first collecting it from the taxpay- ers, it is—well we know what some Governments would call"it. Even Mr. Roosevelt, who is used to thinking in billions and spend- ing them too—might welcome such a windfall. As for Mr. King. Given a gift of three billion's of dollars, , Mr. King could , just about settle Canada's national debt; settle him- self up in business for life, and set- tle Mr. Hepburn too. And Mr., Hepburn? Well, if On- tario' estates would yield just a frac- tion' of those billions, Ontario -would be stepping out so high, wide and handsome; that lir. Hepburn would . not even •have time' to think of Mr. Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Fifty and Twenty-five Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor November 21, 1913 The storm of, Sunday and Monday did some damage in Tuckersmith. The windmill at the House of Refuge was damtaged and .part of the roof of Mr; Fred Waldron's barn on the London Road, was blown off. The larrge bank barn and outbuild- ings on the farmu of Mr. Henry Baer - mann, McKillop, near Manley, with all .its contents, was completely de- stroyed by fire between four and five o'clock last Thursday morning. On Monday evening last the ladies of the Altar Society of St. James' Church, Seaforth, presented Miss O'Keefe with a handsome silver tea service on the eve- of her marriage. Mr. A. L. Smith, accountant in the local branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, who has been on a hunt- ing trip to the north country, ship- ped a tine deer home. Mr. James F. Reid, who has been head °miller at the Ogilvie Mills here for a great many years, has retired from that position. Mr. Glen Holmes, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Holmes, of Seaforth, had a very unpleasant and memorable ex- perience during the great storm on the lakes ,last week. He left Fort William on. Saturday night 'on the C. P. R. Steamer Athabaska for Port Mc- Nichol. When they got into Lake Huron they met the full force of the storm and on several occasions ,the cabins were full of water and they despaired of their lives. Mr. T. E. Hays,of this town. re- ceived) a letter from his son-in-law, Mr. E. C. Munroe, in ;Saskatchewan. wlhen be informed hini; that from 100 acres of land he had a'yrield of 2:520 bushels of wheat, all of which graded high. Mr. A. R. Box has this. week made very extensive improvements to his restaurant, :having erected a hand- some hardwood partition between the front store and the tea room. Mr. C. MacKay, C.P.R. agent at' Walton, has been promoted to a simi- lar position at Monkton Duncan Johnston, of Walton, has shipped about 100 tons of sugar beets from that station. Mr. Thomas Ching, Jr., formerly of Exeter, has been appointed sporting editor of the Winnipeg Telegram. The fierce storm which raged on the upper lakes and especially on Lake Huron on Sunray, the 9th inst., was unprecedented in its severity and the calamitous loss of life and property. There were eight vessels wrecked and with their cargoes rest heavily at the bottom of Lake Huron. Phil Osifer of Lazy Meadows (fir Harry J. Boyle) 0 "U N H APP I N.gSS" I have a cousin who is about. as happy looking as,an undertaker with the itch at a funeral. He goes around with a wreath of grief on his face all the time, and the everlasting fear that he's going to die. His conversa- tion is made up of gruesome bits about all the people who have died .suddenly in the neighborhood dur- ing the past fifty years. He takes a morbid thrill out of discovering that he has symptoms. of a dread disease. I was talking to him today and it made me remember 'when we were at school together. At a very tender age he started his career.., of trying to corner all the money in the school. He would do your homework for so much . get you out of a jam for so much . . . and although the cash among the pupils in those days was very small, he managed,.to get about rennety per cent Then one.day at supper my mother announced that cousin Albert had started a hank account. Of course all the eyes in the house were cast on me . . . I was the black sheep be- cause I never had the saving 'habit I would never amount to any- thing . . . I would never be any more than a humble tiller of the soil and cousin Albert would be a great financier like J. P. Morgan. Yes, that Was the beginning of Al- bert's saving career. Bit it also start- ed his worrying. The other ruffians of my owe calibre took ,great pains to inform him of all the banks that were closing their doors, and he be- came so panicky at one time that he was about to withdrew all his money from the bank and bury .it like pir- ate gold. While we idled along during sum- mer vacations. Albert was working out on neighboring farms. He was a good worker too. but he never had all the pleasures of lying on a river bank fishing. and wondering if the folks would find out that you sneak- ed out of the turnip patch. At fourteen he was raising two • From The Huron Expositor November 23, 1888 The old store at Stan:lock's Mills in the Township of Stephen is being plastered and fitted for a church. On Sunday, Nov. 25th, the Catholic Church at Limerick, Stephen Town- ship, will be dedicated. The church is one of the finest, in Western On- tario, and/ is alike creditable to Fr. Kelly and his parishioners. Mrs. S. Dorrance has purchased the residence of Mr. S. Bennett on Gode- rich Street and has removed to town to live. Mr. James Martin, of Tuckersmith, has rented the farm of Mr. Robert Fannon of the Mill Road. Messes, Hugh Grieve and James Stewart have shipped to Buffalo this fall over 2500 geese and as many ducks and chickens, which were all purchased .in this vicinity. The Seafo(eh Collegiate Institute football club beat the Clinton club in a match in.that town'our-Thanks- giving Day by four goals to one. Mr. J. Dickson, B.A., is at present conducting a singing class in Cavan Presbyterian Church, Winthrop,, on Thursday evening,of each week. Mr. William Homey, the enterpris- ing wagon maker of Winthrop, has •constru'cted a cider mill and is doing considerable grinding for the farmers of that vicinity. Mr. Peter Dodds, of Winthrop, is building a new houses Mr. David Millson, of Kinburn, has erected a splendid stone stabling un- derneath his barn on his fine farm near there. Also Mrs. William Snell has enlarged Muer barn and put stone stabling underneath. A very painful and what might have proved a more serious accident, happened on the 14th inst. to ,Gilbert, a little son of Mr. John Sinclair, coun- cillor'of Tucker.wurith. A pan of hot pork was accidentally spilled and fell on his brow and face, burning him badly. Mrs. Hull:iston, of the 4th conces- sion, of Tuckersmith, ha.s had, erect- ed and completed during tip summer months, a beautiful brick residence. The work was performed by Measure. D. Sproat and J. Wallace, contractors of Epmondville. Mr. James, Stewart, of the 2nd con cegssdon of Turnberry, has a turnip that weighs 24 pounds and Mr. Thos. Powell, of the 7th concession of the same township, has a potato that weighs 4 pounds. The other day a rather peculiar ac- cident happened at Stephen Salt Works. whereby a large tbreeuineh steel shaft was broken. A belt run- ning on a wheel on a shaft was slip- ping and one of the workmen, to pre- rentethis, threw in a handful of resin, whicth tightened the grip of the belt so quickly that it broke the belt and shalt also. • Billy, aged six, pilled all the crusts Pram his toast on his plate. "When I was a little boy I always ate trey crusts," Staid his father. ."Did your like then?" asked Billy, eagerly. , pigs and a calf and trying for alt the prizes at the fairs around .He -pnac= deadly lived- with t'he stock and he was worried sick whenever one of them looked) in the least bit, "peak- ed." Oth, yes, he wap preparing for his great career, while we were id- ling and enjoying it. Albert was constantly , held up in favor by all, the parents of the neighborhood as a shining example of a good boy. At the same time he was increasing in "disfavor" with all the. boys of my owz 'Ce. blossomed into a man with a b.account, while we were shill having hard times to find enough money to even buy clothes with. We went to all the local parties and we` thought vaguely of the time when we would settle down on farms of our own. Then he bought a farm. Placed a sizeable amount down in cash and the rest on a mortgage. He worked night and day, and the older people said: "There's a young man who will get ahead" . . . and the young peo- ple just laughed at him, and some were a little jealous. Then he up and married homely° Matilda Applejack, whose father was the biggest land owner in the coun- ty. They were married in the morn. ing and in the afternoon he was hoe- ing turnips, while she walked, up and down the rows with him. It was her honeymoon and so slhe was spared from hoeing the turnips. Albert prospered and he raised a big family, and his wife was a gtreat worker. Both of them now • are worn out, and just husks of what they once were. And nowAlbertis worrying about his family and if he will have enough money ter leave them . . and !how soon he's going to die . . and if he will have a lingering death, Somehow, I don't envy him.• I much pr:efer teenye life to its fullest extent, and .I believe that )my family will respect • me more for leaving them a mortgaged farm than Albert's will for sizeable bank accounts. Seem in ..the • County'l Papers Engineer of Superior 111 Ed. Hurl, engineer on the Steamer Superior, was brought - ashore on Thursday last when the ship was in port and atter a -day 111 at a hotel ,here he was. removed to Alexandra Hospital.- His illness is considered serious and may mean the end'bf his career of thirty-nine years as a sail- or. His position on the Superior was filled by Engineer Hurst of Coiling- wood.—Goderich Signal -Star. JUST A SMILE OR TWO "I can't offer you wealth and mo- tor cars and a house in the country like Jimmy Smith, but I can give you Loge." "There's nothing like love, dar- ling," she replied, snuggling closer. "By the way, where does the man Smith live?" • He was reading to his newspaper report ,,of a fire. "And, my dear," he said;, "one poor woman had to escape down a water pipe!" "0,hi!" sighed his wife, "how lovely to be as slim as that!" • "I always had a. presentiment I would die young," said the chorus girl. "And you didn't, after all, did you?" said her girl friend. wife the Silver ., edding of Esteemed Couple On Friday last, at their home on St. David's Street, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. O'Brien quietly cele•bnated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wel- ding, receiving a number of friends and numerous, congratulatory mes- sages and gifts. In honer of the oc- casion the couple enjoyed an anni- versary dinner on Sunday, when they were surrounded by their five chil- dren. It was on November 4, 1913, that Maude O'Grady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James O'Grady, of Strat- ford, was united in, marriage to D. M. O'Brien, of Goderich, son of Mr. and Mrs. David O'Brien. of Stratford. The ceremony was conducted, at St. Joseph's Ohurch, Stratford, by Rev. L. P. Lowry. The couple have lived in Goderich since their marriage,•— Goderich Signal -Star. New Scale in Operation The new town scale is now com- pletely installed and has been- in- spected. Since Thursday of last week it has been in use and it will no doubt give good satisfaction for many years. It has a capacity of 49,000 pounds, so will be available to han- dle any load that is being transport- ed in these parts.—Wingham Advance Times. Instructor: "How is your father getting on with his reducing exer- cises?" Small Son: "Oh, fine! The ship the had tattooed on his chest is only a rowing -boat now." • "I've worked. for the boss for twenty-five years." "What a coincidence? To -day's my silver wedding anniversary, too." • "Whenever I'm in the dumps, I get myself a new hat," said Mrs. Smith- son. "I was wondering where you bought them," replied her best friend. • "Look, Mrs. Miggs, I can write with my dagears in the dust you've left on my desk." Ash, that's edication, sir, ain't it?" same • • • Agriculture Holds Ivey To Unemployment Bogey (By R. J. Deadhman, M.P.) • Why are you idle? Why it it so difficult to get a job? Ten years ago in Canada unemployment was minor incident of Our national econ- omy. Why now does it occupy a ma- jor place? Three weeks ago in; Kentville, Nova Scotia, I sat .down opposite Mr. Burns, editor of the Enterprise, and asked by way of introduction, this plain di- rect question: "What is the greatest problem of the Annapolis valley?" I fully expected to hear of some diffi- culty directly related to agriculture, the growing of apples, markets, mar- keting or ' some related difficulty. Quick as a flash came the' answer: "Youth growing up with nothing to do." Three months ago I sat oppos- ite, Howard Green;, M.P., at lunch in the Terminal Club, Vancouver. To him. I put the same problem. The an- swer was double-barrelled: "Unem- ployment and national, unity." In re- ality it is ,one answer, the latter is relater) to the former. 'Phe issue of national ,unity would disappear if theme was full employment: Men do not quarrel if, under freedom, they. know where they can get their bread and butter. Always the Same Question! Across all. this country which lies between, 1 have posed the same ques- tion;. I ask It+egaim—I put it to you because you are , interested directly, positively. You afire either unemploy- ed, or through your taxes paying for the maintenance of the unemployed. Don't you feel that you ought to do some thinking about it? Lt's. your job. Wisat do you say? I will play fair with you. There is a perfectly good answer available to my persist- ent questioning. You. may say: "Af- ter your name a.t the (head of this article appears, the Tetters M.P. and that means member of pariiament. Why donit you think about it yourself, why doesn't parliament present a remedy?" Again the answer to that Is that there are questions so big thmit the answer will never some from the delegated, few unless it ex - tete d,n the minds, of .the people from wallah they received their authority. Besides, I ani willing to make this challenging suuggesttiomr-great nation- al eeou'omiic rind social problems will not be soettlomfwy'p.) .' •txzfifivbgkgj not be settled by parliament— fear mote that it will Create them. The aaaweer will eomie from ,the inventor, the scientist, the banker, the busin:etsl matt Parl'damenrt esuld not solve the problem of cancer. w The only (faring. it cottrd do id provide tihe Money . for r` es: , m. "You may have these, then," said the Cherttb, Pushing his plate across -to–his- truer. l)r. Banting, or some other man pf like mind. Changes, 1928-1938 But a fragmentary contribution is worth what it is worth — nothing bore. If it stimulates thought, it has a value—not otherwise. Ten years 7928-19$8. Why the difference be- tween these two periods? Relatively small unemployment in 1928—much now. I must as far as possible avoid figures. They give a chance for lazy people to exclaim: "I never can un- derstand figures—and besides I have heard that figures lie, and I abhor lies!" There will be few figures in this story. It will be as simple as two poached eggs on toast, or are oblser cup of tea. Farmer and Unemployment Roughly, half ,the people of Canada live on farms, or are directly depend- ent on those who do. In 1928 you could exchange any farm product, wheat, chickens, eggs, milk, a steer, or 'any other thing grown or produced on a farm for a sufficient volume of the things tilts fanner. needs, to maintain a decent standard of living on the farm. Now watch thda sentence. The price of the things the farmer s•o4d fell so low that he was compelled to limit his purchases bo the absolute essen- tials of life. 'So the sales of the manufacturer, the wholesaler, the merchant fell off and there was un- emaployment. There was unemlploy- meet because the farmer could not buy. Isn't that 'simple? There is not a figure in it except a date. I mar- vel aft the simplicity of the statement —hand me the accolade! And yet I do not know ihow to solve problem of unemployment without in some way restoring farm purchasing power. Do you? Are you interested? If you are not- then stop right here—you have read too far If you think that you are not lrrtterested in unemployment. But you are paying fbr it neverthe- lese! MIIk and the City What is the farmer getting aright now for mtilc, one of the basic pro- ducts.? Remember, too, that the da.4ry industry is the ct, kbane of agricul- ture. Leet us a ant x-ray ,photo- graph of the aagricrultural spinal Col- man.. - 'Iibe 'e;etnom4c division of the de- partment e- partm�e' Intiof agrictiliture at Ottawa' re - (fatty nide ati dnroeSitigablob, into the NI o., Clouds Blot Out Eclipse Many who were anxious to see the moan in eclipse on Monday after- noon were disappointed as the sky became quite cloudy about five o'clock , and spoiled the show. Some reported a peculiar coloring to the clouds about 70 p.m., which they thought had something to do with the unus- • ual lunar spectacle that was ruined by the clonrds,—Wi•nghaur Advance - Times. Amateur Night Went Over Big . The amateur night held in the town hall on Wednesday night last week under the auspices of the Wtngham Athletic Association, was a two -fold ' success. It was well attended by an appreciative audience and there were 27 entries. The entries were divided into five classes and Bert Cullimore won the grand prize of $5, as best of ia.il sel'eetions. Winners in t h e various classes were: Instrumental, Gordon Davidson, Ivens Ureh, Bran- don; dancing.' Ken Crawford, McCal lum Sisters; vocal, Bert Oullimore. Ila. and, Betty Craig. Auburn; comic. L. Edwards and Herb Hartford, C. Workman, Brussels; children under 12, Jean McCall, Lond•esboro; Jack Agar. The door prize of $5' was won by Earl Lough.—Wingham Advance. Times. Injured in Bush Mr. James Doherty met with mis- fortune on Monday. He 'and Mr. Ed. Johnston were cutting wood in Mr. Johnston's bush in Westfield and Mr. Doherty had goned to the water` pail for a drink. At the same time Mr. Johnston was engaged in carrying a. long pry -pole on his shoulder. Ia some way the end of it slipped and a small snag of a limb on the end of it struck Ms. Doherty on the head. The blow rendered him undonscious for more than half an hour and he lost considerable bleed from a cut, which the impact of the limb open- ed. Medical aid and a few stitches fixed Mr. Doherty up as good as new again, ..except that he must keep his head swathed in bandages until the wound heals.—Blyth Standard: Rounds Out 20 Years' Service Twenty years as a carrier of His Majesty's mail may not be a record from the point of service, and it"may not even seem out of the ordinary to many people connected with busi- ness, in fact the gentleman about whom this little article is written, can hardly believe that the length of time is so long, but the fact that he, Mr. George Mains, mail carrier on R. R. No. 3, has delivered mall to boxholders on this route wince the year 1918, should, in itself, be a tri- bute to bus faithfulness to his duties. —Blyth Standard. Music Pupils Are Medal Winners The two little daughters of Mr. andMrs. Earl L. Straw, of Brigden. (formerly Ella Rutledge, of Clinton) agaitf'succeeded in wining honors at the Canadian Musical Festival, Lon- don. Bonita Diane won the )gold medal, obtaing 81 marks in a class of twelve contestants, playing piano solo under 11 years. Jo Anne Mari- lyn won 80 marks in piano solo un- der 10 yeara. In a piano duet they won second place with 78 marks in a class under 12 years of age.—Olin- ton News -Record. Buys Seaforth Stock E. J. McTavish, general met -alma of Brussels, :has bought the dry goode stock of the MacPavish• store, Sea- tOrtb, and will conduct the business 1, "here, opening, in the near future. Mr. McTavish is a progressive business mart who will, no doubt,- make a, suc- oess of this new business enterprise. Instantly Killed William Harold Paton, 27 -year-old, son of Wiillarnr Panton, of McGillivray Township, near Lieury, was almost Instantly killed at about 5 a.m. Sat- urday Morning When his car crashed irate an Witt guard( railing along a s iraan bridge about a mile south of f eant#nned on Page 8),