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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-11-12, Page 3(.■’ THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Jg, 103$ Sunday School Lesson THE HEROISM OF CHRlSflTAN FAITH Sunday, November 15—Acts 21:12 to 23:3 0; Romans 9:1-5, Golden Text Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life lor his friends. (John 15:12.) Paul’s life agreed with his teach ings. He practised what he preach ed. Nowhere does this come out more convincingly than in the pres ent lesson. Tie held to his convic tions even though he knew this might mean his death—as it did, in the end. The narrative is dramatic'in the extreme. As Paul left Tyre, his Christian friends, with' their wives and children, brought him on his way to the ship in which he was to sail, and all kneeled together on the shore and prayed. Vividly this shows the deep human affection .of the apostles and his loved fellow Christians. Soon after, at Caesarea, Paul be ing on his way to Jerusalem, a pro phet predicted by inspiration of the .Holy .Spirit that Paul yould be plac ed under arrest at Jerusalem and delivered “into the hands of the Gentiles.” His friends pleaded with him not to continue on his way to Jerusalem. With what result? “Then Paul answered, what mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. The prophecy came true. Vindic tive, resentful Jews led an attack upon Paul in the temple. As in their attack on Christ, they brought ly ing charges against him, mob pas sion and violence were aroused, and Paul would have been killed but for the interference of the Roman mili tary guard. The chief captain, with soldiers and centurions, rescued the apostle and carried him away to the military castle nearby. From the top of the building Paul, having ob tained the chief’s permission, made an address to the surging mob be low. It was a crowd of Jews, and “he spake unto them in the Hebrew ton gue.’’ This silenced them, probably amazed them. Simply but fearlessly he told his story. He declared that he himself was a Jew, brought up under the teaching gwf one of the ramous rabbis, Gama- ■L, “and taught according to the ^perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.” It was tactful beginning, and a true one. Te told of his having “persecuted ■'V (that is, the Christians) un- ath.” Then he told how he mly been struck down, a great light from hea- ’ound about him, as he v to Damascus to bring Ch. vusalem in his per- &iste. aons. Fea. , he told of his convers ion as u--sus of Nazareth appeared to him and Paul recognized and ad dressed Him as Lord. . .So the apostle continued in his faithful testimony and witness to Christ as the Son of God and Mes siah, till mob passion and hatred broke loose again as they cried: “Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live.” Paul was following in the foot steps of his Lord and Saviour, when Christ was brought before Pilate; the Jews “cried out all at once, say ing, Away with this man” (Luke 2:8.) And false witnesses brought lying charges against Christ, as they did against Paul. The chief captain gave orders that Paul “be examined by scourging”. Paul quietly asked the Centurion, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncon demned?” This word was brought at once to the chief captain, who ques tioned Paul for himself, and we read that “the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.” It was a serious thing to scourge a Roman citizen without a fair and legal trial. The next day the chief captain brought Paul before the Sanhedrin, the Jewish council of chief priests and the high priest. The long story of the trial is given in Acts 23; and the Roman officer had to rescue Paul again from the violence ’ '<?f those men. This chief captain learned latei' that more than 40 Jews had band ed themselves together in conspir acy neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul. He acted quickly and decisively. He called two centurions told them to take. 200 infantry, 70 cavalry, and 200 spear men and at the third hour of the night, start with Paul from Jerusal em to Caeserea and “bring him safe unto Felix the Governor.” We were given the actual letter sent by the Chief Captain, Claudius Lysias, “Unto the most Excellent Governor Felix,” describing the pris oner and explaining why he was sent to the Governor. That was but the beginning of a long-drawn-out imprisonment and judicial trial for Paul; yet he wrote of his great burden of love and sor row foi’ the Jews. Did he hate them because they had tried, ovei* and over again, to murder him? Here is his answer: “I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.” The Golden Text was spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. It describes the Saviour, and it des cribes Paul. Does it describe us io day? EDITORI A b XJ X X wJ X** X Xm. Ever seen the grass greener at this time of year? **** **** Preachers and priests potter in politics. Page Father Coughlin. ******** Those fine days found all hands and the cook busy in the apple orchard. The producer who has lowered the quality of his output is a public enemy. * ******* There’s just no day on the good old farm when one does not need to step lively, ******** These are the days when the nimble dollar is stepping lively. Only the alert overtake him. ******** Two Brokers Must Serve Long Terms Five-Year Terms Imposed on Gordon McLaren and Robert S. Fletcher PLEAD GUILTY Justice Expresses Opinion Major Fart of Theft Was by Convicted Barrister ? Salada Brown Label .A QUIET, WELL CONDUCTED, CONVENIENT, MODERN 100 ROOM HOTEI__85 WITH BATH WRITE FOR FOLDER TAKE A DE LUXE TAXI FROM DEPOT OR WHARF—25o STEPHEN COUNCIL The Council of the Township of Stephen met in the Town Hall, Cre- diton, on Monday, the 2nd day of November 193i6, at 1 p.m. All mem bers were present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted. MCann-Lamport: That Bond No. 0-65 695 issued by The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company for $4,000 on behalf of F. W. Mor- lock, Collector of Taxes, be accept ed and the clerk shall deposit the same with the Clerk of the Peace of the Ccunty of Huron as provided by law. Carried. Ratz-Mawhinney: That a grant of $li5.00 be given to the South Huron Flowmen’s Association. Carried. McCann-Lamport: That the Reeve ,be authorized to sign the contract with Edward Fahner on behalf of the Municipality for the widening of the side-road between Lots 5 and 6, Concession 4. Carried. Correspondence was read from the Board of Health regarding supply of Insulin to Indigent Patients and from The Mother’s Allowance Board re: Waghorn. Ordered filed. Katz-Lamport: That the following pay-sheets and orders be passed: Sandford White, road 3, $51.77; Clayton Sims, road 5, $10.40; John F. Smith, road 6, $11.40; Peter Re- gier read 10, $131.45; Dennis O’ Rourke, road -11, $50.40; Ben Mc Cann, road 12, $30.90; Wm. Hod gins, road 17, $4.00; Augustus Lat ta, road 18, $8.8 8; Harold Turner, road 19, $4.05; John Gill, road 20, $6.20; Geo. Eilber, salary for Octo ber $4(8.0 0; Wm. Desjardine, road 21, $4.05; M. C. Sweitzer, road 15, $3.37; Harry Year ley, road 9, $69,- 00; Gravel pit repairs $13.75; James Ziler, gravel $72.19; Jerry Camp bell, gravel $33.75; total $553.56. . Orders—Prov. Treasurer, Amuse ment Tax tickets $5.86; Canada Law List Pub. Co., statute book $‘5,15; Bank of 'Commerce, cashing road cheques $2.15; E. Guettinger, Milk Inspector $12.00; H. K. Eilber, Reg. fee and expen. re. University Course $25.00; Dr. C. C. Misener, Account, re: Haggitt $3.00; Sundry persons, supp. etc. re: Waghorn $24.95; Dorn of Canada General Insurance Co., premium on Treas. Bond $30.00; W. Shapton, grant to S. Huron Plow men’s Association $15.00. Carried. The council adjourned to meet again in the Town Hall in Crediton on Monday, December 7, 1936, at 1 p.m. H. K. Eilber, Clerk Let us not throttle the new prosperity in its cradle. Strikers and price raiseis please tuxe notice, Glad we didn’t burn those flannens last spring and that we didn’t sell the furnace to the junk man. ******** Silos are all very well for feeding purposes, but for real fun and matrimony promotion, give us the old fashioned husking bee. ******** Are Canadian to rest content with the “let John Bull do it for us” and the “let Uncle Sam protect us” policy? That way lies trouble. * * * *.* * * * WOIWCH THINKING ABOUT We have come across two expressions that we pass on. The first “A11 people are nice if you allow them to be” is from the lips of Canon Peter Green. All we have to say is that it simply is not true. Jesse James and Al Ca'pone had their way. Were they nice? Bill Sykes and Nancy Had were allowed their way. Would the Can on like to live with either? Some clergymen need to repent of their smugness and to stick'to the tenth. In the same category is Hazlitt”s “Desire to please and you infallibly will please.” Yet a great English paper wastes half a column in eulogy of this Polly anna blaism. ******** YOU You are the fellow who has to deside Whether you’ll do it or toss it aside. You are the fellow who maikes up your mind Whether you’ll lead or linger behind— Whether you’ll try for the goal that’s afar Or be contented to stay where you are. Take it or leave it. Here’s something to do! Just think it over. It’s all u'p to you! —Edgar A. Guest «•**«*»* I 4 Rlood Bitters Easy to Rehearse (First Friend: “What 'part in. the 'play are they giving you?” iSeond Friend: “I’m to be the heroine’s father.” First Friend: “What does he do?” Second Friend: “He dies five years before the curtain rises on the first act.” GODERICH—Passing of sentence Thursday afternoon on Gordon G. (McLaren and Robert S. Fietcher, Toronto brokers, who earlier in the day pleaded guilty to 32 charges of theft, one of forgery and one of ut tering the forged document, marks the finish of the famous Huggard case that has been in the public eye since last spring. Late Thursday afternoon Mr. Jus tice Nicol Jeffery, the presiding jur ist, sentenced McLaren to a term of five years in Kingston penitentiary to date from Thursday. Fletcher drew a similiar sentence his to date from the time of his arrest in May last. Some weeks ago John J. Hug gard, former Seaforth lawyer, was sentenced to three years in the peni tentiary after he had confessed to theft charges involving approximate ly $1(50,000. This sum was largely in the form of securities entrusted to him by his clients and which were used in payment of or security for stocks purchased through the firm of McLaren and Fletcher. Just before sentence was passed, McLaren put in a word for his part ner. He declared that .Fletcher had no knowledge that the signature ol‘ Alexander Campbell, of Seaforth, one of the victims of the defalca tions, was forged at the time he (Fletcher) witnessed it. He said (Fletcher had not known for a good part of the time of the thefs. He made no plea for himself. Fletcher said he had nothing to say, before sentence was passed on him, except he had a wife and two sisters dependent upon him and that he had not knowledge of the thefts for some time. Judge Passes Sentence In passing sentence, Mr. Justice Jeffery expressed the opinion it was true in a sense this was not a case of theft in the way the public un derstands it. He felt in all proba bility the major part of the initial theft was by Huggard, but the fact remained McLaren and Fletcher had pleaded guilty to forgery and theft. Directing his remarks to McLaren the judge felt it was true the position of the accused was desperate, but he believed McLaren was a man of in telligence and should have known better. “You started in business without being properly financed and you could not resist the temptation when the time came. In truth, it has beeji exemplified that the “wages of sin is death.” Mr. Jeffery spoke of the suffering that would be caused McLaren’s wife and two sons, who will be made to suffer through no fault of their own. In referring to McLaren’s overseas service the judge said, “You served your country nobly and well, but you have failed miserably in your duty to honor.” He complimented the accused on what he had said on be half of Fletcher, “you acted like a man in taking the major part of the crime on yourself.” Addressing Fletcher, Mr. Jeffery said he could not understand what 'prompted him to sign the forged document. His Lordship did not wish to believe it was a common thing for documents to be witnessed without knowing the documents were genuinely signed. “You say, and I don’t know but what it probably is true that you did not know it was forged. If that is the general practice and I don’t think it is, I can’t think it is proper for a person to sign a document as a witness where they did not see it signed. This is a crime and should be punished. Being an inexperienced man and too much of a trusting na ture you relied too much on every thing going right, and find out your error too late.” Changes Fleas Changing his plea Thursday morn ing McLaren admitted his guilt to. 32 charges of theft, one charge of forging Dominion of Canada bonds to the value of $10,000, and one charge of uttering the forged docu ment. His former partner, Fletcher early in the afternoon pleaded guilty on the same charge. First intimation of a change of heart by the former friends and bus iness associates of John J. Huggard came Thursday morning after a To ronto handwriting expert had ex pressed the profession opinion that McLaren had forged the name of Alexander Campbell, of Seaforth, to> the power of attorney for ten thou sand dollars’ worth of Dominion Bonds. Both brokers previously had pleaded not guilty on charges o£ forging and uttering, which had been left in Huggard’s trust by Campbell a client of the Seaforth lawyer. After hearing A. F, Farmer, the hand writing expert, testify that “without doubt,” McLaren had .forg ed the document, solicitors for Mc Laren and Fletcher received instruc tions from their clients to enter pleas of guilty. Mr. justice Jeffery, explaining the situation to the jury which had. been hearing the evidence,. advised that, despite, the plea of guilt, he had no right to take the case from thp. jury. He instructed the jury to retire. It took them about fifteen minues for the jury to bring in ver dicts of guilty on the forging and. uttering counts. His Lordship then asked whether the Crown wished to proceed with further charges against the accused. The Crown replied in the affirma tive and 32 charges of theft were read to McLaren. The reading of charges took 45 minutes, and Mc Laren smiled occasionally during the reading. Fletcher appeared nervous and ill at ease. When reading the charges had been finished. McLaren pleaded guilty to all of them, bringing the total of counts, -on which he has pleaded guilty to thirty-four. Read ing of 32 silimiar charges against Fletcher proceeded in the afternoon^ upon • resumption of court and he likewise pleaded guilty. ANNOUNCEMENT, The engagement is announced o£ Beatrice Elizabeth, on]#? daughter o£ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dav""' pen, to Mr. Edwin youngest son of Mr. al Colborne, Goderich,.-'The take place early/in Novi K THE CONSEQUENCE Spain is reaping as she sowed. Anyone reading the stories of life in that sunny country, .cannot but be impressed -with the galant- ry of her sons and the beauty of her daughters. These people ■had the genius foi' rule, for domination. They had the potential- ites of the rarest and finest in art and building that the world ever has known. But they lacked stability. They could not set an ideal before them and work patiently and toil tremendously for its accom plishment. They simply did not know the way of self denial and of sacrifice for a great end. And now the rec.ord! Word comes that 200,000 of them have been 'killed in the present fratricidal struggle. Ovei’ 150,000 of these fine people have been ruthlessly slaughtered, not on the bat tlefield, 'but as they went about the day’s work, shot as men shoot rabbits. Spain sowed to the flesh, to-pleasure and to having a good time. She avoided the workshop and the farm and the river and the sea. 'She is reaping the harvest that grows from such a seeding. But let not Canadians take the holier than thou attitude. ******** A VENTURE The United Church of Canada is likely to have a new paper serving her. For some time there has been dis-satisfaction with the services rendered the church by The New Outlook. However, the kickers got their exercise for their reward. Say what they would, the powers that be in the church did nothing useful5 that the kick ers could see. At the last meeting of the General Council some thing was talked about but the kickers saw no results. Weeks have passed since the'Council rose and things journalistic have continued unimproved. No doubt there has been plenty of talk and discus sion, 'but results were not forthcoming. And now this new paper is on the horizon. And who knows the outcome? Journalistic ventures are precarious' in any field these days. It takes money to make the press go. Mere mortals rush in where angels fear to tread. On the other hand, where there is no venture there is no advance. • *•••**« r THAT STATEMENT The Manchester Guardian thus attempts to clear at least one feature of the statement recently made by Leopold, King of Belgium “Before forming any opinion on the statement of King Leopold it is necessary to discover, first, how far it commits the Belgian Government and, secondly, what it means. The statement was originally an address to a 'Council of Ministers held in private, and was published at the request <of the Prime Minister; one may therefore assume that it represents a general agreement of the Bel gian Government. It is not, however, an official announcement made in the name of the Government, and if its acceptance should mean the abrogation of any international agreements the Govern ment would still have to give notice of the fact. At (present no treaty has 'bean annulled, no notice of such intention has been giv en, and all international agreements by which Belgium is bound must be considered to be still in force.” • ***» '♦ ♦ • IT’S ONI/Y COMMON SENSE (;St. Marys Journal-Argus) To maintain that citizens of a town should buy everything at home would be a narrow doctrine. Certain commodities cannot always be purchased in one’s own town even if the local stores are particularly well furnished as they are in St. Marys. Also to deny oneself the privilege while way from home, of purchasing an article that particularly attracts the eye and suits the fancy, is surely car ing the idea too far. But in a general way, we think that citizens should realize that going out of town to make ordinary puerhases is bad business, for oneself and for the community. If everybody did it local business would sag, the tax burden would increase, property values would fall, and everybody would feel the unfavorable effect. 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