The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-05-12, Page 7LIGHTNING
THE EXETER TIMES-ADVQCATE
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THURSDAY, MAY 12th, 1938
Of course, you remember the
story about the teacher who asked
her class how it was that lightning
never strikes trice m the same place
—and the reply of one 'boy—
“thet it dont becuz after it hits
oncet the same place ain’t there no
more.”
Well, Opportunity is something
like lightning. (Sometimes it hits you
all of sudden and if you are the right
kind, you won’t be there when it
comes around the second time—if
if ever does.
For, instead of being annihilated
when it hits you, you will be elec
trified and animated into action and
will seize your chance and hang on
like a bull terrier pup.
Opportunity, like lightning, | has
the habit of striking in the most un
expected places, and strangely eno
ugh for a very large majority of
people, opportunity strikes in our
own trade, occupation or profession.
Opportunity is not like luck. Luck
is fickle—she may smile on-you one
day and turn her back on us the
next; but Opportunity, like lightn
ing, hits so hard that if we grasp it
when it hits, we can hang on and it
is ours forever more.
■How shall be know opportunity
when she does come?
By training ourselves to have dis
cernment to perceive, courage to un
dertake, 'patience to carry on and
follow thru. With these attributes
or virtues properly developed, the
whole universe changes for us and
brings positive achievement and suc
cess out of the morass of meaning
less negation.
’Remember the poem, of Berton
Braley that starts off—
With doubt and dismay you are
smitten
You think there’s no chance for you,
son?
Why, the best books harven’t been
written
The best race hasn’t been rtyn,
The best score hasn’t been made yet,
The best song hasn’t been sung,
The bestrtune hasn’t been played yet
■Cheer up, for the world is young!
* * *
Enthusiasm is the fruit of sincer
ity.* * *
Take a tip from nature; your ears
were not made to shut, and, your
mouth was.* * *
Achievement is the yard-stick toy
which the world measures you-—am
bition is the standard of measure
ment used only by our real friends.
* * *
When you think the door of a
successful future is closed to you,
the ivory knob that holds the door
shut is not on the door.* ■*■ ♦
■He who saves the boss’s time—
Into the boss’s chair, will climb. ■
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quidnunc
In 130, about 46.08 percent of all
American families were home own
ers. In 19 3 8, the estimate of indi
vidually owned farms, occupied and
worked by their owners was 3,899,-
000 and almost an equal number
owned subject to mortgage but in
which the occupant has considerable
personal property. Including' the
farms, 1'4' million homes in the Unit
ed States are owned by people' who
live in them and an almost equal
number owned subject to mortgage
or land contract.
Russia has set aside 18 million
acres for Jewish settlement and 'as
soon as the population reaches 25,-
0 0 0, it will be proclaimed a Jewish
Republic and admitted to the USSR.
Russia has four other projects dr
regions set apart for Jews and the
total population of these five dis
tricts are about 85,000.
The Jewish population of the
world is estimated at about twelve
million, of which, about three mil
lion or one-fourth live in the Unit
ed States.
There are more people of Celtic
•origin (Irish, Scotch and Welsh) in
the United States than in all Europe.
The number of Japanese and
Chinese in the United States are
about equal—aproximately 78,000
each—most of them live on the Pa
cific coast.
Get Rid Of The
Cough That Sticks
Don’t Let It Settle
In The Bronchial Tubes
Dr. Wood’s
Norway Pine
Loosens The Phlegm and Mucous
Dislodges Accumulations
* T. MILBURN CO. LTD. PRODUCT
The number of people of Spanish
descent (not Mexican) living in the
United States is about One Million,
four hundred and fifty thousand.
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Tlio Blushing Bridle
They tell of the blushing bride
Who to the altar goes,
Down the aisles of the church
'Between the friend-filled rows;
There’s Billy whom she motored with
And Bob with whom she swam;
There’s Jack—she used to golf with
LA. nd iSteve who called her ‘lamb’;
There’s Ted, the football man she
owned,
And Don of tennis days;
There’s Herbert, too, and blond
Eugene;
They took her to the plays.
And there is Harry, high school .beau
With whom she used to mush,
No wonder she’s a blushing bride,
Ye Gods! she ought to blush!* * *
Crystal-Gazing,
‘‘Say, Grandpa, make a noise like
a frog.”
‘‘What for, Tommy.”
“Why, Dad says when you croak
we’ll get $5,000.00” x .
* * *
He: “Some day, I shall die and
leave you.”
(She (tenderly): “How much.”
* .* *
New Huooy: “If I were to die,
would you marry again?”
Movie Blonde: “You funny man.
What gives you the idea I’ll wait
that long.”• ♦ •
Prankish Problems
Answer to Problem No. 12 which
apeared in last week’s column: 3 0
melons at 3 for $1.00 bring $10.00
30 melons at 2 for $1.00 bring $15.
60 melons at 5 for $>2.00 bring $24.
because when 60 melons are sold at 5
for $2.00, 36 go at 3 for $1.00 and
24 go at 2 for $1.00. Thus 6 of the
large (2 for $1.00) melons were
sold as small (3 for $1.00) making
the dollar difference.
Prankish Problem No. 13: A barn
is 40 feet square. A horse is tied
to one corner by a rope 80 feet
long. Over what area in square ft.
can the horse graze?
(Watch for the correct answer in
this space in our next issue.)
* * *
Salesmanship
(Salesmanship is as much a pro
fession as is the practice of. Law or
Medicine.
Experience has proven that a
salesman can build up a clientele
in the same manner as a lawyer or
a physician—provided he realizes
that to hold his ‘.practice’, his trade,
he must continually strive to render
the utmost in service and quality.
A salesman is a person who can
and does help his customers make
money—keep that thought persist
ently in mind.
To build up a clientele for your
self as well as a list of profitable
accounts for your firm, first, know
your goods; then study proper meth
ods of approach; “First impressions
are lasting.”
Merely presenting your card and
saying you represent the “So-and-so
Company” is negative and will not
cause a favorable impression. Your
prospect is interested in his own
business—m his own problems— in
making money; he is not interested
in you or the name of the company
you represent. He is interested in
furthering the interest Of the busi
ness he represents.
Too many salesmen make their
approach apologetically and the im
pression conveyed to the prospect
are doubt and suspicion.
Believe in what you are selling.
Believe in yourself and believe that
you are rendering a helpful service
and your approach will come natur->
ally.
* * *
An ignorant person is one w,ho be
lieve that his own town is the centre
of civilization.
* * *
Retraining the business of an old.
customer is far more important than
getting the business of a new cus
tomer.
* * *
Knowledge is proud. Wisdom is
humble. o
* * *
Good servants are not as rare as
good masters.
♦ * *
Trouble is—there is too much pet
ting before marriage and not enough
afterward.
* * *
One, two, three, four,
(Column ending is a chore.
Four, three, two, one,
Last line. Column’s done.
THE COLONEL
■The perennial borders are humping right along.* * * * « * * * •
A finger length of knee action is worth a mile of jitters. ********
An hour spent in fixing up the garden brings sure reward.
# * ' * •* * •* * I* ■
If only he could get a lawn mower without backaches’
193 8 has enjoyed a seeding unsurpassed for weather and soil
conditions.* *******
Who will have the most alluringly dressed window next Sat
urday night?
, **** 5-*«*
Who’ll have the first green peas and new potatoes grow® in
his own garden?
********
And not a vacant house in this good town. Some houses are
under repair, of course!
* * • * * * *
If you know of a better town than Exeter for business or resi
dential purposes, go to it.
*♦*♦»»**
Canada, in some respects, is crippled by over-organization. She
has forgotten that she is an organism.
********
Let no one deceive himself, that meeting between Mussolini
and Hitler of last week was unfriendly to Britain,
********
Better planting corn and sowing oats, and seeding onions
and fixing up the strawberry bed and fixing the rhubarb patch than
talking politics on the street corner.
********
The author of “Cry Havoc” has thought matters over and now
issues a book telling us that war is all right 'under certain circum
stances. A wise man changes his mind. A donkey, never.********
They’re telling us that the Ontario government, pursuing its
policy of serving where service is most needed, is building a mental
Hospital right there in Elgin county, .hard by the city of St. Thomas
*♦****•.»
ANOTHER. OPEN DOOR
If Canadian politicians insist on blundering occasionally, the
fact remains that Canada has loads and loads of commercial oppor
tunities for getting on well. Witness the way Britain saw to it
that Canada should be favoured when the new trade arrangement
was made with Ireland. We hope with all our might that Canada
will not go to sleep. Britain’s good will is one of our best assets. ********
SO MUCH FOR JAPAN
Word comes from Rev. John and Mrs. Stinson, missionaries of
the United Church to China that conditions in Shanghai are hid
eous beyond all telling. After the boat docked, these two devoted
souls got off the boat for a stroll and saw four women shot before
their eyes. They learned that women are being sold to the Japanese
soldiers for 40 cents. To^ such conditions United Church mission
aries are returning with brave hearts. Of such‘conditions muni
tion makers approve and provocate. It will do our souls good to
think about the missionaries and the conditions they face next Sun
day morning as we take our places in our complacent pews.********
A MENACING BUNCH
We join with all the world in hoping that the Western Prov
inces may .have a bumper crop. Farmers out there who have stuck
it through with dogged perserverance are deserving of the 'highest
commendation. Should their returns be beyond all expectations no
one will be gladder than the people of Ontario.
Just the same, we “must speak out against the way in which
so many are taking advantage of the present outlook to exploit
every soul 'they can inveigle into counting his chickens before they
are hatched. Already the speculator who thrives on the toil of
others is getting in his evil wonk. What he can do to reap what
he did not sow he is doing to the top of his covetous bent. These
gentry are flocking westward to light starling-like upon the farm
er’s last grain of wheat and his last shock of oats. These folk be
long to the horse and cattle rustling fraternity and should be dosed
from the same bottle.
A BIT JITTERY
That visit of Hitler to Mussolini smacks of the school boy scar
ed stiff whistling like a calliope to assure everyone that he is the
biggest bully in town. The more the jitters, jitter, the bolder his
front.
However, the fact remains that what a man or nation sows he
is bound to reap. When money is spent for bunting that the people
greatly need for bread, trouble is just around the corner. The
bands and the processions and the torch lights may impress the
people for a day, but governments are quite another thing. Rome
centuries ago tried the way of games and feasting rather than the
way of integrity and industry and downright thrift, only to find the
enemy thundering down iher gates.
Germany tried the way of marching legions and toasting the day of
slaughter, only to find her ruler driven into exile and her people
reduced tg grinding poverty. Rome’s exhibition of the show busi
ness of last week, when so many Italians and Germans find the
economic sledding difficult to impossible, can be neither morally
rght nor economically sound. Rulers cannot long fool their sub
jects.
********
THEIR OWN FAULT
Till Mayor of Belleville is asking Premier Hepburn tO' call a
meeting representative of the municipalities of Ontario' to consider
the financial situation of some of the municipalities of the Prov
ince. It' is pointed out that many of the municipalities referred to
’ are on the verge of bankruptcy and that unless something is done
by the Province to remedy the situation that grave results seem to
be inevitable.
Of the gravity of the financial condition of some municipalities
there is no doubt in the world. All are agreed on that point.
Where we do not agree is in the remedy.
Why should municipalities who have kept down expenses be
required either directly or indirectly, or both directly and indirect
ly, bear the financial burdens of those who have spent beyond their
power to pay? Such.a course would encourage reckless expendi
ture on the part of very municipality in the Province. A quarter
century ago at least, the sanest business man of the continent point
ed out the folly of mortgaging the financial future. But their
warning, in some municipalities, fell on unheeding ears. At this
time these municipalities feel the pinch of the shoe they them-
«. selves thoughtlessly chose and now look for relief from taxpayers
who exercised sound judgment. (Surely the time has come when
municipalities should pay for their own folly. Sensible people as
serted themselves and sternly refuse to pull other folks’ chestnuts
out of the lire. Premier Hepburn will do well to mind the step.
BRITAIN STILL THE LEADER
“We may as well roll up the map of Europe” we’ll not need
it for some years,” some of us said recalling the remarks of Pitt,
one of England’s great prime ministers. “You see,” we said, “Hit
ler is scraping all that was done by the treaty of Versailles!”
Germany had determined on a policy of expansion without re
gard to her pledges, the Austrian annexation being proof to the
world of her aggressive intentions. She was not over-keen to in
vade France, though that was and is her intention. France and
Britain know that Germany will not rest (unless she is soundly
thrashed again) till she has bled France white. Her next objective
is Britain, with all that involves. France and Britian have no il
lusions.
German artists and politicians continue to picture Britishers
as pigs, and. Frenchmen as frog-eaters and Uncle .Sam as a numb
skull “colonist” who can’t see an inch before his nose. Everyone
who has eyes in his head sees this. Germany desires not only to
control Europe but to dominate the world. There is no limit to
her madness.
In view of this modern horror .Britain and France have entered
into what looks like a real alliance, both military and economic.
Hitler rallied a population of 75,000,000 many of whom were hard
up. Britain and France have rallied a population of 80,000,000
backed by resources of unmeasured possibilities. No mailed fist
is shaken in the face of Germany. Rather, France and Britain
say to Germany* “We wish to trade with you and with you tO' pro
mote every art and industry worthy of 20th century civilization.
But if you must play the bully, we’re not afraid.
■France and Britain have put the issue squarely up to Germany.
If one drop of blood is shed in a European war. the entire guilt and
every disastrous consequence will rest upon Hitler and the German
people whom he has so calamitously misled.
Did You Know That"’
Rags Make Paper,
Paper Makes Money,
Money Makes Banks,
Ranks Makes Loans
Loans Makes Poverty and
Poverty Makes Rags.
WHERE
Where can a man buy a cap for his
knees
Or a Key to a Lock of his Hair
Can his eyes be called an Academy,
Because there are pupils there?
In the Crown of his head that Gems
are found?
Who travels the Bridge of his nose
Can he use, when shingling the roof
of his house,
The nails on the end of his toes!
■Can the Crook of his elbow be sent
to jail?
If so what did he do?
How does he sharpen his Shoulder
Blades?
I’ll be hanged if I know, do you?
Can he sit in the Shade of the palm
■of his hand?
Does the Calf of his leg eat the Corn
on his toes?
Or beat the Drum of his ear?
If so, who not grow corn on the ear.
Author Unknown
* * ♦
Have you somewhat to do To-mor
row; do it To-day.
* * *
Nerve to do and dare is worth
more as an asset, than -cash capital.
* * *
We .cannot buy—keys for the ele
phant’s Trunk; or Yeast for the
sunrise.
* * *
An infant’s cry,
A lover’s sigh;
A family strife,
And that is Life—
A fevered brain,
A bed of pain,
A lack of breath,
And that is Death—
>S. J. S.
USBORNE COUNCIL
The Municipal Council of Usborne
Township met with a full attendance
The minutes of the April 2nd meet-
ting were read and approved.
Communications were received as
follows:
Three from the Registrar of the
Board of Review of the Creditors’
Arrangement Act. Clerk was in
structed to notify that tax arrears
are registered.
From Dept, of Public Welfare re.
registration of employed men regis
tered on relief.
From Ontario Dpartment of High
ways, .Formal notification that the
Thames Road is now a King’s High
way.
From the Dominion Safe and Vault
Co. acknowledging cheque.
Power Grader was insured against
fire in Usborne and Hibbert Fire In
surance Co. for $3,000.
Court of Revision on Assessment
Roll, was set at June 4, 3 p.m.
Assessor reported ihis Roll closed
and turned over. He also reported
15 wood lots exempt.
It was moved by Fisher and Coop
er that the Collector be instructed
to return his Roll with $1987.82 not
collected on May 7, 193S. Carried.
Plans for proposed work on roads
and bridges for the month of May
were approved on motion of Cooper
and Berry.
The Municipal Tax Rate for 193 8
was set at 3 mills including the 1
mill provincial subsidy.
The Relief Officer reported 4
families on relief in April. Moved by
Hodgert and Fisher that Kirk and
Harris be struck off, leaving no able-
bodied men on relief. Carried.
The road superintendent’s voucher
amounting to $2279.20 was approved
on motion by Berry and Fisher.
Tihe Treasurer reported total re
ceipts for the month of April $5 83.-
80 and a cash balance May 1, of
$2394.51.
Moved by Hodgert and Berry that
orders be issued covering the fol
lowing salaries and allowances $197.-
83; supplies $62.35; miscellaneous
$9.56.
‘The Council adjourned to meet on
Saturday, June 4th, at 1 p.m.
A. W. Morgan, Clerk
DISCUSS ROAD WORK
CLINTON—.County Engineer Roy
Patterson, Godefich, was here and
in an advisory capacity accompanied
the mayor and members of the coun
cil in an inspection of the streets,
which it is proposed will be surfaced
this summer. The council has re
solved to do a considerable amount
of permanent street surfacing in
stead of spending money on repair
work year after year.
, MITCHELL — Mayor George Mc-
McLean had a leg amputated at Tor
onto General Hospital. Operation
was made necessary by a foot ail
ment.
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Making Canada
A Better Place in Which to Live and Work
A Series of Letters From Distinguished Canadians on Vital
Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada
Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
and Addressed to the President, George W, James, of Bowmanville
LETTER NO. 4
Dear Sir:
I have always felt that the “Week
lies” of this country are a far more
influential and important section of
the Canadian ‘Press’ than our people
understand. They carry into the
homes of their readers intimate local
news that has a direct interest and
their influence is accordingly great.
That is one reason why I believe the
railways perform a useful service to
the country in helping to make it
possible for the editors and publish
ers of the weekly newspapers to tra
vel across the country once a year to
meet in convention and exchange
ideas on public questions. I believe
it highly desirable that your mem
bership should visit various parts of
the country from year to year, and
thus become acquainted with the
problems which our widely varying
communities have before them.
You ask me what endeavour 1
would recommend to your editors
to help make Canada a better place
m which to live and work. It is a
tremendous question and I am sure
it is one upon which every one of
your intelligent and patriotically in
clined membership will (have definite
ideas.
Canada is faced with many (prob
lems. We have met and passed more
or less safely through, several during
the last quarter century. Those
ahead are just as serious, but if we
meet them with courage and a deter
mination of consider only the wel
fare of the country at large, they
will prove no more insuperable than
did those which form high points in
our past history.
(Some of our (problems are econo
mic and perhaps there are the more
serious. They mostly have found
their basis in world-wide conditions
and to some extent in limitations
imposed by geographical situation,
and there are those which are the
direct result of public extravagance
and a general disregard of the or
dinary laws of economics in those
days when we were more prosperous
than we .have lately been.
There are 'problems ahead, also,
which seem to arise out of racial dif
ferences and from the fact that in
various parts of this country we have
communities who find it difficult
to think along the lines of those of
us who live in other areas.
In my humble opinion, the editors
of the weekly newspapers would do
well tO' devote Study and space to
such national problems as these I
have indicated. I know of no better
•help to arriving at sound construc
tive decisions than may be found in
the exchange of ideas which will be
a natural result of your meeting to
gether in convention. I have an
idea that many of these problems
would not exist were all Canadians
even reasonbly well informed on the
points of view held by their fellow
citizens in other parts of the coun
try.
Undoubtedly some of the difficul-
FORMER M.L.A. FOR PERTH
DIES
SEAFORTH—A. A. Colquhoun ex-
M.L.A., for Perth County died in
the Scott Memorial Hospital, Friday
May 6th, from pneumonia which de
veloped following an operation. Mr.
Colquhoun was born in Hibbert Tp.
where he farmed for many years.
In 1913 he was elected reeve of that
township and held the reeveship for
13 consecutive years. In 1922 he
was elected warden of Perth County.
In 19 27 Mr. Colquhoun was liberal
condidate for the Ontario Legisla
ture for Perth and was elected. He
was organizer and secretary of the
McKillop, Logan and Hibbert Town
ship telephone sytem. He is surviv
ed by his wife, one son, Vinsord, of
Staffa; one daughter Mrs. R. Davis,
of Merriton; three brothers, William
of Staffa, Herbert, of Winnipeg and
Dr. R. R. Colquhoun, of California;
five sisters, Mrs. E. Kennedy, of
Clinton; Mrs. H. Fitzsimmons, of
Clinton; Mrs. Adam McMurray, of
Harriston and Mrs. Frank Brookes,
of Winnipeg.
SIR EDWARD BEATTY
G.B.E., K.C., LL.D.
Chairmhn and President
Canadian Pacific Railway
ties that confront us are the result
of bad leadership to which we have
given undue confidence. ..Some of
these self-constituted leaders .have
been educated by self-interest and
others by belief in economic theories
more remarkable for their novelty
and widely heralded by thoroughly
undependable promises of relief than
they were for the soundness of their
economic bases. The need is for
sound leadership in facing national
problems, and I would suggest that
as these problems move forward to
their solution it would be well if
those who discuss them m editorial
columns should look towards sound
dependable leaders whose proposals
for dealing with our problems are
founded upon time-tested and proven
fundamentals; and havingfound
such leaders, they should be given
whole-hearted support even when po
litical expediency would seem to
point in other directions.
I greatly fear that you will con
sider this letter unnecessarily long,
but, I hope, not without interest.
The offer of advice -on othei’ people
business is usually a thankless task,
i but you have asked me for my ideas
on these matters and I am glad to
comply. Furthermore, we all see
difficulties ahead for this country,
and I believe you and your colleg-
ues can do much to help meet them.
I am convinced, also, that insofar
as you do so you will strengthen the
position of your own newspapers m
the communities in which they live.
With all good wishes for the suc
cess of your 'Convention, and for
yourself, I remain,
Yours very truly,
E. W. BEATTY,
President, ’Canadian Pacific
Railway Company
“Mother, when the light goes out,
where does it go?”
“I don’t know. You might just
as well ask me where your father
goes when he goes out!”
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