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The Clinton News Record, 1932-02-04, Page 4THURS.,`FFB, 4, 1932 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 41.01101100.1111110/11114111. 11111, Q�KING�NE' 1Hu:hC1 �S Statistics are of Iittle use in some instances, to the very persons whoshould be niost irsterested in hem. The enterprising burglar bungles, although the figures show that very few of his kind escape to enjoy the fruits of; their burglary tor banditry. "What' is credit?" is the heading of an article in a financial jourilai, Simple question. Credit is the name of a small river in. Canada. . Many persons 'who would resent the accusation of discourtesy and in- gratitude will, nevertheless, switch to another station when the adver- tising announcements commence. The average Scot will not have much sympathy for the Dartmoor prisoners who revolted because they could not have sugar with their .porridge General. Chiang of the Chinese Nationalist army served with the Turks in their war against Bulgaria but because they eut his pay ho left them and joined the' Bulgarian army. Cut out this paragraph and place it where the' boss can see it. 'Charles Dickens, as a boy worked in a blacking factory and in one of his books he mentions a brand of shoe -blacking that is famous even to -day. Edwin Pugh In his work on Dickers' Originals, tells rof an enter- prising manufacturer who thought , to ,advertise his products on the pavements, which the authorities re -1 fused to allow. His chalk artist had started to write on the pavement Warren's Blacking is the Best" He had written, "Warren's B when the authorities interfered. A coming along said the rest is "lacking." loud. Whether or not a minister shall resign, depends upon himself—de- pends entirely upon the strength of his convictions or upon political ex- pediency. In these days, when cher- ished ideas are being consigned to. the scrap heap, and when the world knows that its greatest statesmen have erred egregiously iii' under- standing and judgment, a :cabin -- et minister may be forgiven if he says "R7eIl, I don't agree with the majority of 'my colleagues on this question but it is quite possible that they are right and I am wrong." It is an admission that a politician or oven a statesman hates to make. The new 'rule gives ]rim greater latitude than that. It enables him to stay in the cabinet and openly contend that he is right and the ma- jority of his colleagues wrong, and that is the course which the dissen- tient will surely adopt. On hearing that an attempt was about to be made to rob the village bank, citizens armed to prevent it. Could civic pride go further? The legislature of Quebee has again' turned down a bill which would give votes to women. The government of that province prob- ably remembers what happened to other governments that granted woman suffrage. For generations it has been accept, ed as a canon of constitutional gov- ernment that a member of the gov- ernment disagreeing with the ma- jority has no option, but must re- sign. In scores of instances this has been done. In thousands of instances it has not been done. Cabinet ministers would tell you privately they did not agree with this or that action of the cabinet. A hundred years ago, a British prime minister declared the constitutional position ; succinctly, when he said that cabinet 1 ministers could think as they please, but must talk alike. Cabinet rule was .a full chorus --Ino solo parts. The action of the present government of Britain is a new departure only in this, individual ministers may not only disapprove what the govern- ment is doing, but may say so out Try this one on your friends: What was the name of the president of the United States thirty years 'ago? They may have excellent memories or they may know American ,history better than you do, but, just the same, the answer is Hoover. Goldsmith, revised to suit changed climatic • enoditions in Canada: "And winter lingering warms the lap of May" Electing a Bishop Does he canvas, does lie smile? Does he pull the wires the while? Does he circularize the see, When he would' a bishop be? What is news must ever remain a moot question, bet, roughly speaking, we should' say that news is the stuff which is used sometimes to disguise propaganda. Sir Alfred Morine told the Houle Builders' Association that what Can- ada needs is a vigorous inunieration policy; that we cannot sustain in- dustry on a large scale unless we double our population. It is a fam- iliar theory, :but how did it work 'out in the United States? Huron County Council. flowers around the eeurt house. Re. Peered to Executive Committee. The morning session, Wednesday was largely occupied with hearing reports of Corporation officers. In com- menting on his report, Roy Patter- son, County Engineer said there had been comparatively few serilous ac- cidents on the County roads in 1931. The Public School Inspector, E. C. Beacons, and Dr. Field also submit- ted reports. The Striking Committee's report was as follows, the first named be- ing the chairman: Executive—Moser, Geiger, Scott, Craigia, Wallace. Legislative—Scott, Archibald, Bea- ver, Smith, Douglas. Finance—Goldthorpe, Smith, Me- Quarrie, Matheson, Leiper. Education — Francis, Archibal;dr Cardiff, McQuarrie, Wallace. Property—Haake, Douglas, liiloser, Taylor, Stewart. House of Refuge--M1eNabb, +Stew- art, Ballantyne, Wright. Children's Shelter -- Goldthorpe, Sweitzer, IVecKibirlon. •Old Age Pen$iane — Bowman, Haake, Craigie, Geiger, McKibben, this committee • to select its own chairman. • Good roads — McKenzie, Gamble, Elliott. Cemetery—Francis, McNabb. Agriculture and Advisory—Wright, Carter, Ballantyne, Matheson, Camp- bell. (Continued from page 2 Morris, was appointed to the Wing - ham High School Board. A. d'. Gold- thorpe was appointed to the Crim- inal Audit Board for 1932. A motion of Reeves Craigie, God- erieb, and McKibben of Winghatn, ea grant $1,000 to the Goderieh, Clinton, Wiingham and Scott Mem- orial Seaforth Hospitals, was re- ferred to the Executive Committee. Colonel H. B. Combe and Dr. Ev- ans of Clinhon were appointed to the Clinton Collegiate Institute Beard on motion of Reeves Elliott and Haack°. William May was appointed to Exeter High School Board for 1932, 83-34 on motion of Reeves Frances and Wallace. A, motion by Reeves McKenzie and Matheson that the usual grants be given to school fairs of the Bounty was referred to Executive, Committee. The same committee will also deal with the granting of $25 to ;Public Library boards; also to the Iiensall Seed and Stock Show; Huron Plowmen's Associa- tion and the :Clinton .Spring Horse Slsow. A motion asked that grants to agricultural associations be given providing they allow no midway on the same grounds. R. S. Hays was appointed to Sea - earth Collegiate. Institute Board. Reeve McKibbon said that aecord- ing to statistics, two men Are ape pointed to cemetery boards annually and coked council to decide whether they should be members of council or •not. The Minister of Health ad- vised that there was no reason why members of council should not be members of the cemetery commis- sion,' le essrs. Geiger and Haake moved that members of council be appointed, which Was carried. Reeves Moser and Craigie moved that a grant of $25 be given for Warden --- Gamble, Bowman, Tay- lor, Leieer. Robert Higgins of Iiensall, and John Cameron, Ashfield, were ap, pointed County Auditors for 1932. Other applicants were: A. E. Erwin, Bayfield; Leonard Kent, Colborne; Aber Cosens, • Wingham; A. E. Chamberlain, Se+eforth. The Engineer's report pointed out that there aro new 25 miles of sur- face treated.++ roads through villages and hamlets, eight and a half miles. of which was treated for the. first time last year.. A 'distributor and four gravel pits were purchased du ing the ,year, elect one drag - The '1931 expenditures on roads are made up as follows: 4load eanstruetilon, $47,833.63; 1180• bridge construction, �1, . 5 , main- tenance and repairs, $61,659.51; ma- chinery and ;repairs, $11,575;11; pur- chase and development of gravel pits, 42,551.24; ; superintendence, 45,- 072.16; County bridges, $583.29:; to, tal, 4130,388.44; 'deductible receipts, 42,060.72'; net total, 4128,327.72; gov- ernment grant should be 464,163.8'6. A vote of thanks was tendered Engineer Patterson on motion of Reeve Geiger ' who expressed the opinion that the report was the bei:. the Engineer had ever. givep, County Treasurer•, Gordon Young, l reported the financial eonditon of Huron county as flourishing at the afternoon session of the Huron coun- ty council on Wednesday. The stand, ing of, the county highway account is the best for seine time and the gen- eral account deficits ars being grad- ually wiped out. The report given b) Me. Young is as fellows; • tGeneral Account Outstanding notes, 1$55,000; 'retired notes, e10,- 000; boriiowed, 4130,000; total loans, 4175,000; loans retired, 4140,000. balance' of 'notes carried over into 1982, $35,000. • ;County Highway Recount: Out- standing notes, $78,000; retired in January, $10,000; total, $68,000. At the end of April the .Government subsidy lei $68,000 eleared up all loans. During the year the county bor- rowed $100,000 in new notes and re- tired 440,000, leaving a balance of 460,000; estimated Government grant 465,000; estimated balance, $5,000. Provincial highway Accounts Cre- dit balance, $25,125.48; interest, 4612.05; proceeds, $44,271.17; total receipts, 469,971.1e. Payments: Debenture issue, 312,- 950.40; provincial highway work, 1930, 459,033.76; total, 471,984.22, which exceeds the receipts by $2,- 013.04. Liability: Bank deficit, $2,013.04; Provincial highway account maturing in July, 447,559.97; debenture to ma, lure December, 1932, $12,950.46; total liability, $02,622.47. Children's Aid Report 12. T. Edwards, superintendent of the ChiIdren's Aid Society, reported the cost for maintenance as 33,896.- 74. 3,896:74. In presenting his report Me. Ed- wards said, "The first alp and ob- ject of every Children's Aid Society is that of prevention. If children can be saved and helped in early years, there will be a tremendous saving to the community. Domestic difficulties and family troubles by Which children are affected are as- sisted in s-sisted.in being solved by the Chili dren's Aid Societies. "We have found it difficult to place children in faster homes this past year. But we find those homes where wards have been placed are doing all they can in making these children good citizens. At present there are ten children in the Shelter, six girls and four boys. It should be remembered that the caring for these children, re- quires a great deal of painstaking ef- forts on the part of thee -mat -roe who is doing spelndid worst." , The Utunarried Parent Act, has given much work. Forty-one eases were reported this year. This is an increase *one other years. It is re- commended that where it is at all possible the mother should keep her child. Cases of truancy, theft, disorderly conduct, sliiopbrealting, damage to property are brought before .the juv- enile court. The object is to show the child that these acts are wrong and must be stopped. 'Phe past year shows a decrease in these cases, Only thirty-five have appeared in court and four boys have been sent to industrial schools. Legal adoption is the one part o2 our work that is a pleasure. Elev- en children were legally made members of families, concluded Mr. Edwards. Would Mark Tomb H. McCreath, newly elected councilor, of Colborne, was given a hearing. He asked the assistance of the reeves in having the Dunlop tomb .on Saltford Hill marked•in a special way. He showed a sketch of the tomb and its surroundings,• M1. Dunlop was a first settler and the first warded sof Hui -on County. Mr. McCreath's idea was to have the words, "Dunlop Tomb" printed in cobblestones on the side of the hill in eight foot letters. As it will re- quire three hundred stones, Mv. McCreath said it was his intention to ask schorol teachers to parade with children to the tomb, each child carrying a stone, and he wished the co-operation of the reeves in carn',y- ing this out and particulars will be sent out in a circular letter. ' He was asking no financial assistance, The warden .said that the •speaker was not asking anything unreasonable and asked (she reeves to do -operate. George B. Spotter', h1.P., being present, wasasked to speak. He commented on the happy positioei of the province of Ontario which asked :for a lean of twenty-five msllicm: and a few hours after' it had been oversubscribed. Ile discussed the part the Dominion and Ontario Governmentstake in 'taxation,' and also the cost.tv them lee social legis, lation such as Mother's Allowance, Old Age Pensions, administration of justice. In .the latter the judges' salaries are -paid by the Dominion Government; the Crown Attorney's salary is partly arranged tor, and the magistrate's salary is , paid by the Government. He thought social legislation Vas being run too fast. The 'Mother's Allowance, Work- men's Compensation and Oid Age Pensions are good, but the expres- ed the 'opinion that mare cave should be taken in their legislation. . "It is time we ehecked over the drains en the public treasury and co -Operate in showing ` the 'people. where things might be out off, County affairs should not always be relegated to other bodies and cep tralizatilon of legislation to the eity of Toronto." C. A. Robertson, M.L.A., in a brief address offered bis 'assistance will- ingly in matters. relating to county roads. Ile said it night be false ec- onomy to economize too much in road building. In order to get grants don't burden the taxpayer toe much, Mr. Robertson urged. He en- dorsed Mir. IlecCreath's idea of specially marking the place of the Dunlop tomb. He thought too many commissions were tappointed and urged that cemeteries be cleaned up with the co-operation of the reeves. Salaries Discussed The corn borer inspector, O. Ginn, explained some matters re- garding his work on an enquiry from Reeve Stewart. The remuner- ation ation he receives came under fire. Mr. Ginn said one inspector is ap- pointed for each county. With the consent of the reeve,he play ap- point an assistant. He had only one man working for him. Mr. Ginn re- ceived $470 last year. Only one conviction had been made. Fifty percent of Mr. Ginn's salary is paid by the department. Reeve 11llcNab advocated revers- ion to statute labor. In his township work was clone better by statute labor than it has been since. The hears commissioner's salary had been reduced from 45.00 to $3.50. The highways department didn't ap- prove. "Why should they object to our reducing his salary," asked Mr. McNab. He urged co-operation, Reeve Wright saw no reason to go back to statute labor. In his town- ship they haven't a -draw over two miles and they have thirteen patrol- men. The warden said he felt the wish :of the council would not be to go back. School Inspector Beacom in his report, painted out that the appoint- ment and control of county school inspectors has been assumed by the Ontario Deartnient of Education. Under these circumstances it is no longer necessary that limits 'of in- spectorates coincide with county boundaries, and in addition the size of inspectorates may be changed at the will of the Minister of Education. Such a change came into effect in the county of Huron in September, 1931, when the township of East Wawanash was transferred from the inspectorate of West Huron to that of East Huron, under the direction of Dr. J. M. Field. There are now 80 rural and four urban' schools in the inspectorate. In the rural schools 101 teachers are regularly employed and in the urban schools 24 teachers, The number of teachers holding first class cer- tificates eontinues to increase. At present forty teaehers in the in- spectorate, or •almost !one-third tof the total, hold this class of certifi Cate. Larger Enrolment For the first time in several years an increase in the enrolment was 05- tablished, indicating that the former trend of population from the rural to the urban centres has been re- versed, temporarily at least. The percentage of attendance for 1931 reached the high level of 91.95., an increase of nearly 3 per cent. over the previous year. Attendance grange are now given by the Department of Education ton the basis of average attendance. Though the grant on the individual school is not large, the sum total for the township is quite worth while. The establishment of a new basis for the apportionment of legislative grants and the prevalent 'business and financial depression, are two factor's which have operated to bring about a reduction in teachers' salaries, Whereas last year niiost teachers in rural schools were in receipt of a salary of $1,000, the av- erage for the prevalent /ear is 4891. In a feW cases teachers• in the rural schools are still in receipt of eat- eries atcries of $1,000 ormore, but salaries of 14800 are now common. The principle underlying the pres- ent apportionment of giants is to the effeet that the stronger sections shall bear a larger proportion of the cost of conducting their schools, and (Continued on page 7) THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their . Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always . Helpful and In s piring • APRON STRINGS From holy hopes and wistful fears, From age -long dreams, from listen- ing ears; From memories of sweet good -nights, From trivial every -clay delights, Froin little loving ministries, Warn hands and supplicating knees, Yes, out of just such common things - God made a Mother's Apron •S•trings! So frail they seem, and yet their hold Is stronger: far than chains of gold. They have drawn men from No Man's Land Back to their own familiar strand. The mariner in wintry blast, Just as redem,ption point was past, Has caught at them, and found that wings Grew from his Mother's Apron Strings! Let those who slight them or despise, Pray humbly for anointed eyes. And you, who find them wearisome, Remember that a day will come When all the gentle "pulls" will cease 'lo fret you and distut your peace. You shall be free to go your way, With none to grieve nor say you nay. Yet life may prove a lonesome thing Without your Mothers Apron String! —Fay Inchfawn. THE GOOD SAMARITAN Journeying down life's pilgrim way, I fell among thieves one wintry day. Sickness was one, and the other was Pain; Between them they robbed nre of John and Jane. They took my strength, and they took my hope, ' And left pie all in the dark to grope. They tore .my peace to a flimsy thread. For ,lane had gone home, and John was in bed! Ting -a -ling! Ting -.a -ling! 'Twas the front -door beta. And there stood leers. Smith, so tt•ini, So neat, with violets in her dress, With stylish shoes and dainty hose; I, still in all my working clothes, Felt old and worn and sad and grim, Quite draggled with untidiness. "011," she said sweetly. "is it true? I heard your husband had the 'flu, And that's a very tiresome thing! I thought he'd not been looking well. We're neighbours, so I called to see. What! Jane gone tool Dear 1nel Dear use! No. I can't stop! I'm nearly dead! I've always such a wretched head. I'm rushing now to post a letter. Goocl-byol I hope they'll soon be better!" Rat -tats 'Twas Mrs. Banks, "Oh, you poor dear! I've heard a- bout it all! I thought it world be neighbourly to call. But no—no, thanks! I really cannot stay! I only carie to say That if you should remember any- thing Which must be done, I fancy Widow -Spring Perhaps could give you just an hour or so. Of course she cannot scrub, nor Wash—oh not She can't cook either; but I think she might Be willing to do sometihing clean and light." I thanked her. Yes, my milk had boiled Right over, and was burnt. And John's beef -tea Had simmered all away. Yet how I'd toiled To make it strong and rich as it could be! I washed the greasy saucepans — yes, with tears! The last few days had seemed to nre like ,years. My fingers trembled, and my knees were weak, _ And I could scarcely speak To little Mrs. Brown Sho knocked so gently that I had not heard. So in .she came, with just a cheery word, And as she tallied she ,started wash- ing up. She coaxed me to sit down. "For 'tie as easy, dear, to wipe a cup And rest your Legs as well!" She did not ask: - "Shall I do this?" She simply did each task. ' She %seruibbed the sink and swept the float, And looked around for something more. She caught the .milkman as he pas- sed,. So poor Sohn got his food at last.: She fetched up groceries from the town, And got the tea --kind Mrs. Brown! eee She washed the children, and she said She'd love top ut them, all to bed:` At last, schen everything was right, She found her hitt and said "Good- night." —Fay Inchfawn. SELF -DEPENDENCE Weary of myself, and'. sick of asking What I am, •and what I ought to be, At this vessel's prow I stand, which „bears me Forwards, forwards, o'er the starlit sea. • 'And a look of passionate desire O'er the sea and to the stars I send: "Ye who froin ley childhood up have calm'd ane, Calm me, ah, compose me to the end! • "All once more", I cried, "ye stars, ye. waters, On my heart your nighty charm re- new; Still, still let me, as I gaze upon you, Feel my soul becoming vast like you!" From the intense, clear, star -sown . vault of heaven, Over the' lit sea's unquiet way, In the rustling night -air carne the • answer: `Wouldst thou be as these are? Live as they. "Unaffrighted by the silence round them, Undistracted by the sights they see, These demand not that the things without them Yield them love, amusement, sym- pathy. "And with joy the stars perform ' their shining, And the sea its long moon-silver'cl roll; For self -poised they live, nor pine With noting All the fever of some differing soul. "Bounded by themselves, and unre, gardful In what state 'God's other works may be, In their own tasks all their powers pouring, These attain the mighty life you see". 0 air -born voice! long since, severely clear, A cry like thine In mine cam heart I hear: "Resolve to be thyself; _,and know that he, Who finds himself, loses his misery!" —Matthew Arnold. PALLADIUM Set where the upper streams of Sim- ' ais flow Was the Palladium, high 'mid rock and wood; And Hector was in Ilium, far below, And 'Fought, and saw it not—but there it stood! It stood, and sun and moonshine rain'd their light On the pure columns of its glen - built hall. • Backward and forward roll'd the waves of fight Round Troy—but while this stood, Troy could not fall. Se, in its lovely moonlight, lives the soul, lEountains surround It and sweet virgin air; Cold plashing, past it, crystal waters roll; We visit it by moments, ah, too rare! We shall renew the battle in the plain To -morrow; red with blood will Xanthus be; Hector and Ajax will be there again, Helen will come upon the wall to see. Then we shall rust in shade, or shine in strife, And fluctuate 'twixt !blind hopes and blind despairs, And fancy that we put forth all our life, And never know, how with the soul it fares. Still doth the soul from it's long fastness high, Upon our life a ruling effluence send. And when it fate, fight as we will, we die; And while it lasts, we cannot wholly encs. —lMatbhow Arnold. PEN AND INK Ye wanderers that were my sires, Who read men's fortunes in the • hand, Who voyaged with your smithy fires From waste to waste across the land Why .did you leave for gaath and town Yalu' ' life by heath and river's brink? Why lay your •gipsy free deni.down And doom your ehild to Pen and' Yon Iwnek i ed of your wad -wood meal' That crowned, or failed to crown, the day, Too Honest or too tame to steal, You broke into the eedten way: Plied horn or awl like other men Aird learned to love the guineas" chink-- Oh, recreant sires, who doomed me then To earn so few with Fen. and Ink!• Where it hath fallen the tree must. lie. 'Tis overelate for me to roam, Yet the caged bird who hears the 017 Of his wild fellows fleeting home,, May feel no sharper pang than ruin,. Who seen to hear, whono'er I think, Spate in the stream, and wind in' pine, Call me to quit dull Pen and Inst. For then the spirit wandering, That sleeps within the blood, a- wakes; For then the summer and the spring I fain would meet by streams and` lakes, But ah, my birthright long is sold, But eustien chains me, link apt link, And I must get me, as of old, Back to to my tools, to Pen and' Ink. —Andrew Lang. "WHENCE COMETH MY HELP" Let me sleep among the shadows of the mountains wnen I die, In the murmur of the pines and sliding streams, Where the long day loiters by Like a cloud across the sky And the moon -drenched night is musical with dreams. Lay me down within a canyon of the mountains, far away, In a valley finers with dim and rosy Iight, Whew the flashing rivers play Out across the golden day And a noise of many waters brims the night. Let me lie where glinting rivers nimble clown the slanted glade Under bending alders garrulous- and arrulousand cool, Where they gather in the shade To the dazzling, sheer cascade, Where they plunge and sleep with- in the pebbled pool All the wisdom, all the beauty, I have lived for unaware Carne upon me by the rote of high- land sills; I have seen God walking there In the solemn .soundless air When the morning Wakened won- der in the hills. I am what the mountains made me sof their green and gold and gray Of the dawnlight and the moon- light and the foam. Mighty mothers far away, Ye who washed my soul in spray, I am coining, mother mountains, corning home. When I draw my dreams about me, when I leave the darkling plain Where my soul forgets to soar and learns to plod, I shall go back home again To the kingdoms of the rain, To the blue purilieus of !leaven,,. nearer God. Where the rose of dawn blooms ear- lier across the miles of mist, Between the tides of sundown .and moonrise, I shall keep a lover's tryst With the gold and amethyst, mete the eters for my companions in the skies. --octet Shepherd. FAR FLUNG SOURCES EQUAL- LED IN B. W. I. Trade Commissioner Nacres Few • Products Now Available From Nearby Tropics Lester Glass, recently appointed Trade Commissioner in Canada for the "eastern group" of the British Wiest Indies, sent the following as a part +of an inaugural message to the Canadian -West Indian Magazine: "There are many products consumed in Canada to -day which are import- ed from the most remote corners of the globe and which may be procur- ed easily in the West Indies; peanuts wine all the way from China, nut- inegs are brought from Java, cashew nuts find their way here .from die. tant India. Fruits, cocoanuts, ar- rowroot, vegetables produced in many lands are sold in Canadian shops. These products are all avail- able from the West Indies and in these days economic co-operation is most highly desirable. At the mom- ent there are many things enjoyed" in Canada which owe their origin oto - the West Indies. Perhaps the delis sous flavor of the chocolate you had' last evening was due to the use of Wiest Indian cocoa and perhaps the drive you will take next. Sunday will be made smooth and pleasurable by Trinidad asphalt on the road."