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The Clinton News Record, 1933-04-13, Page 3ITHURS., APRIL 13, 1933 1111•1111/1/11101=1.. limasagimrsumnammor THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE. 3 Railway passenger traffic is due for another slump. The board of railway commissioners is restricting the issue of passes. One of the finest characters an Canadian public life passed away with Frank Oliver. Independent, honest, straightforward and courage- ous, his public life wag one struggle after another. On lone occasion he denounced his opponents as thugs, thieves, blackmailers and porchclimb- ers and when ordered to withdraw he apologized if his words were too flattering. Tilven when fighting pol- itical friends he did not mince his words and yet he always • held the re- spect and admiration of friends and • • foes alike. The Russians owe Britain over a billion pounds. Yet she can't get even an apology from them. It may or may not be an advant- age to the politicians that the things people are talking about to -day are not the things they will be talking about a year or two hence. There would be more bandits caught if we could only educate mot- or cars to make a noise like gun- shots when back -firing. c=7[s4 Let us not go off at half-cock on this thing. By the democratic pro- cess of election the Nazis are the government of Germany and are re- cognized as such by Great, Britain. It is alleged they are persecuting Jews in that country. This the Hitler government denies. In Canada and the United. States we have people trying to involve us in the dispute by calling public meetings of protest and organizing boycotts, in volation of what we have always understood to be comity of nations. There is a regular way of making representa- tions to other governments and that is through the official channels. o==:11==c) It was the Duke of Cambridge who, during one of the Crimean bat- tles exclaimed: "My God, they're fir- ing on the Guards!" What he meant is that even the J. P. Morgan Corn- ANOTHER HOWLER Q: -Who is Aimee Semple Mac- pherson? A.—/A woman in Los Angeles who conducts evangelipstic services. That "hail Hitler" business what started the reign of terror. C_7G-o It is a case sof "to him that bath." Greta Garbo can get publiicty mere- ly by trying to avoid it as she sin- cerely tries to do. Other screen stars would .give anything to gain the pub- licity which Garbo shuns. Bernard Shaw could not escape publicity even if he shaved off his whiskers and travelled under an assumed name. But there is nothing of the shrinking violet about Shaw. If public atten- tion is the penalty of greatness he is a glutton for punishment. The rule appears to be that if you do not need publicity you can have more than you want of it for nothing, Whereas if you really want it you have to pay for it. s odr� When the United States was under prohibition Canada helped them en- force the law by placing an embargo on the export of beer and spirits to that country. Now that they are go- ing off the dry standard they will see to it themselves that Canadian beer and spirits do mos get in if a high tarriff can keep them out. Many 'times since it started, the Sino-Japanese war has been crowded off the front pages. It would seem to be a dubious enterprise to conduct a war that can be driven off the front page by kidnappers, boycotts, bank failuresy earthquakes, torna- does and Bernard Shaw. Cwt High taxes are a good thing. They call attention to the way we spend money. If all governments, federal, provincial and municipal, had only kept increasing the tax rate to meet the expenditure, we should be in e fairly good position to -day. Instead of that we continued borrowing on the theory that posterity had a right to pay a portion of our improvidence: instead of assuming that it would have enough of its own to look after without being saddled with ours. We had a right to assume that, because we had reason to expect that poster - parry is not immune from investiga- ity would inherit 'our disposition to tion. live beyond our means. What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? ....] i 4 .,.. From The News -Record, Apr. 12th, 1893: Potato King Cantelon shipped an- other car of excellent potatoes from Clinton to Lucan yesterday. Mr. C. J. Stewart has placed a tele- phone in his grocery store. His in- creasing trade demands increased ae- cemmodations. Cricket: The use of the willow will be suspended this season on ac- count of the grounds not being in shape. This is a matter of great re- gret as the club is otherwise in shape to place a very strong team in the field. Now is the time for persons who yearly find fault with the list of prizes given by the agricultural so- cieties to hand in their suggestions. Rev. James Livingstone, formerly of Clinton, will take part in a Lady True Blue entertainment at Wingham tomorrow night. Miss Annie Saunders of Exeter spent Easter in Clinton, the guest of her brother, Ed. Saunders. Miss Porterfield of Bayfield is holi- daying at her home in Clinton. Dr. Shaw has bought from W. W. Ferran the well-bred mare by "Fay- ette Wilkens," at a good figure. The animal is a perfect beauty and the Doctor is to be congratulated on se - .curing so swift a piece of horseflesh. Hiram Hill has purchased two driv- ers, one from George Shipley and tone from Ben. Switzer. Street Watering: The streets of Clinton have not for many years em- erged from the winter covering in such fine shape. The dust is flying and the watering cart should soon be on the road. And the work should be paid for out 'of the general or street appropriation. Let the cart be got out early and let the town pay for the work. Our whole people receive the benefit. Gardener Allenson has peas sow,ed and peeping above ground. A promising young school teacher of Elma was granted the rare privi- lege of seeing type lice in the Bee of- fice last Monday. He saw them much to the delight of the "devil" who had "been there before." 'The News -Record has beenhousecleaning for several days and this office is one of the few where "type lice" cannot be found. (If you do not know what type lice are ask some old printer. We do not have them in modern offices. Ed.) Clinton Amateur Minstrels: The Amateur Minstrels played to a crowd- ed house in the town hall last Thurs- day evening. As previously predicted the whole entertainment was of a high character ... Mr. W. P. Spauld- ing, in 16th century costume, proved himself almost a faultless, interlocu- tor, capable of always grasping the situation, and the simplicity with. which be replied to endmen, Stanbury, Emerton, N. Fair and Wheeler, fully illustrated his capabilities. (The re- port is too long to reproduce but the following names appeared in the pro- gram: W. Holloway, Stoneman, Cantelon, Taylor, A. J. Holloway, Mc- Rae, Story, Downs, Israel, Long, W. and R. Moore, Foster, Harland, Chid - ley, May, as taking part in the what The News -Record declared was 'one of the best ever attended in Clin- ton.' "). Many farmers in Goderich townshir commenced plowing last Friday. ISir Kt. Frank Layton left on Mon- day for Toronto, where he will ?offi- cially represent Kearns Tent, No. 66, (Maccabees) ' at the Provincial Tent meeting, An OldJournal:TheMitchell Ad- vocate has entered upon its thirty. fourth yeaer and is as vigorous as ever. It is one of the few papers in the province under the one ,manage - !inept for such a long time. (And The Advocate is still "going strong," after forty years, a son of the editor at that time still at the helm.)' The 12th of July: At the annua' meeting of the L.O.L. of South Huron it was decided to celebrate the 12th of July at Exeter ... Special railway rates arranged for from all points. Lacrosse: On Thursday evening of last week the annual meeting of the Junior Dauntless Lacrosse Club was held at the Grand Union... fol- lowing officers were elected: Pres.,. Dr. Shaw, vice-pres., A. B. E. Moore: sec.-treas., F. Fair; manager, W. H. Ball; committee, I. Read, E Cantelon, W. Doherty. From The New Era, Apr. 14th, 1803: A Big Price: As the result of the last fair here Mr. Thos. Anderson of Goderich Township, the other day sold to Mr. John MaMann of Seaforth a young gelding for the handsome sum of $216. It was a beauty and weigh- ed about 1800 lbs. This is the high- est price paid in this vicinity for a horse for a considerable time. Notes: Inspector Tom has been ap• pointed 'one of the officers of ' the Ontario Educational Association. Mr. Joyner, who recently purchased the Grant property on Dinsley Ter- race, took possession of it last week. Miss Hattie Ijumball, who has been looking after the telephone exchange during her brother's illness, is now released from her duties by his re- covery. Mr. W. Holloway will take part In the cantata, "Under the Palms" to be given in Seaforth on Wednesday next. His part will be manipulating a cello. On Tuesday a little girl named Graelis fell over the bannisters at school and broke her arm. It was her first day at school. Mr. J. Ransford leaves New York Saturday for Liverpool by the Um- brella of the Canard Line, being tick- eted through by Mr. W. Jackson. The report of the recent examina- tions of Trinity Medical College, To- ronto, had the following reference to a popular and well-known Bayfield boy: "First year, R. B. J. Stanbury. first class honours and certificate of honour." C=G—> WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, Apr. 9th, 1908: Thanks: On Saturday last Mr. P. Quigley of Hullett presented The News -Record with a large jar of newly -made maple syrup. It was de- licious and much enjoyed by those who have had the pleasure of par- taking of it. . A Draughtsman: Mr. S. Kemp' has completed his course at the Scranton School and has received his diploma as Architectural Draughtsman. The course was a stiff one and covered five years study, but Mr. Kemp not only passed the examination in' each department but with such a high per- centage as to win warm praise from the School, He is now prepared to furnish plans and specifications to parties who contemplate building. A Tasty Luncheon: On Friday ev- ening last about two -score members of the Business Men's Association sat down to a tasty luncheon at Bartliff's restaurant. After the good things served had been disposed of Mr. Fred Jackson opened the dis- cussion. He spoke of the credit system, saying among other things that a long account was a positive loss to the retail merchant... Mr. N. Baer of Colborne township spoke of the Maitland bridge, upon which he is so well ihformed. He objects to the changing of the position sof the bridge from the standpoint of con- venience and expense ... Mr. David Cantelon agreed with Mr. Baer and urged that every effort be made to retain the bridge at its present'pos- ition, A committee consisting of J. Ransford, A. T. Cooper and D. Cante- Ion was appointed to confer with the county council committee which has the matter in hand. Death of John MdGarva: On Sat- urday last there passed into eternal. rest one of the best-known and most highly -respected citizens • of Clinton in the person of John McGarva .. . Mr. McGarva was a man of the staunchest intergrity. His mere word was as good as a bond and he deservedly occupied an exalted posi- tion in the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. An Accident: While assisting in the getting -ready -for building operations at St. Joseph's church yesterday Mr. Walter Swinbank had the misfortune to have his right wrist badly sprain- ed. Mrs. S. Agnew's house was broken into yesterday afternoon and clothing belonging tie her soit-llorgan taken. The Town Council: J. and N. Fair put in a bill for ;$270.80 for damages sustained in their -mill during the re - tent freshet. A committee consisting of Messrs. Wiltse, Ford, Graham, Taylor and 'Gibbings was appointed to deal with Messrs. Fair and effect a settlement. An account of $100 was received from Dr. Shaw, the medical health officer, for services rendered during the late smallpox epidemic. There was no variance of opinion as to the value of the, Doctor's services on that occasion and the $100 was una- 'Cottle, who recently bought a honer niniously granted. on William' street, from Mr. Arthur The New Pastor: „Sunday was •a Knox, Wingloam,-thiS week resold it good day for the Baptists of Clinton to Mr, W. H. Watts, 'Collegiate care - when their' new pastor, Rev. T. W. . . Char-lesworth, commenced his labor: among them. He comes with strong recommendations 'from leaders in the denomination who have 'known him and the work he has done for many years. . Mr. 'Charlesworth is a man of large sympathy and in hie former psstorates has thrown him- self heartily into all Christian and benevolent work in which all bodies can unite and we feel sure the town generally will be helped by his pre- sence. Willis Church: The pulpit of Wil- lis church was occupied on Sunday evening by Rev. Mi. Gauld, Presby- terian missionary in North Formosa. . Besides the anthem by the choir a selection was rendered by a quar- tette consisting of Mesdames Dow- ser and Campbell and Messrs. Good- win and Pearson. The Stock Show a Success: The weather on Thursday last was bad for out of door functions, 'but, never- theless, the Spring Show held in Clinton ion that day was a pronounc- ed suceess... . The quality of the stock and grain could not have been better ... That the show was such a success notwithstanding the draw, backs was due in part to the splendid reputation it established in former years and also to the energy of the promoters, particularly James Fair and J. W. Shaw, M.D., who are cer- tainly entitled to the thanks of all concerned. A Bad Accident: Mrs. Charlie Mid- dleton, Goderich'tp., met with a very serious accident on Tuesday after- noon. She had driven in to visit her mother, Mrs. Coats, Sr., and on leav- ing the latter's home, Albert street, the horse became unmanagable, and started down the hill at a rapid rate. When opposite Dr. Ball's it left the road and at Walter King's ran be- tween a post and a tree. The colli- sion smashed the buggy, threw Mrs. Middleton out and shot her along the cement walk unto Mr. Arthur Cook's lawn.... The injured lady was removed to the hospital where she has since remained in an un- conscious condition, except at rare intervals. Later: As The News -Re- cord goes to press this morning the hospital surgeons say that Mrs. Middleton is now improving and they express strong hope of her ultimate complete recovery. From The New Era, Apr. 9th, 1908: A Mild Pastime: A. stranger wan- dered into the Pastime Club one ev- ening this week and was much sur. prised to see nearly all the boys crowded around a table in one corner. Supposing that some "illegal" game was in progress he joined the crowd to find out what gave so much in- terest. His suspicions were well- founded. Two of the prominent mem- bers of the club, two young men well spoken of about town, were indulg- ing in the awful game of—checkers? We always understood that "gamb- ling" was forbidden in this club. We understand from other sources that many of the members of the club are very proficient at this game. Going To Be Married: Miss Lily Miller, eldest daughter of Mr. Jacob Miller, left here on Monday for Seattle, Wash. She goes on a very pleasant errand, for on her arrival she goes to the home of her uncle, Mr. Gilmour, where she will be mar- ried to Mr. James Watters of Seat- tle, formerly of Clinton.... Miss Miller is a most estimable young lady and the very best wishes of her many friends go with her to her new home. Har second youngest sister, Miss In- ez, who had been in Chicago, return- ed to town in order to accompany her sister to the west. One of The Old Timers: The work of pulling down the frame of St. Joseph's church to make way for the new edifice, commenced on Monday. This building is one of the oldest in town, having been erected origially about the year 1854 and used for a number of years by the members of Willis congregation as a place of worship before the erection of the present church. Afterwards it was used for a short time as a waggon shop, eventually coming into the possession of the members of St. Joseph's congregation and by them refitted for church pruposes. It will be replaced by a handsome brick edi- fice. The first year the old church was put up it was blown down and re -erected the next year by Mr. Tho- mas Plummer. The timbers for the church, and the frame is as good as the day it was built, were handled by Mr. Duncan McDonald, still a resi- dent of town. Manager Transferred: Mr. R. T. Dunlop, formerly of the Sovereign bank here, has taken over the man- agement of . the Farmer's Bank, Dashwood. Some Property Changes: Mr, John Farquhar has bought the house on Maple street at present occupied by Mr. Watkins and owned by Mr. J. Twit chell ... Mr. W. Walker who is en- ployed with Mr. G. McTaggart, has bought the Adam Foster property on High street and will move into it ..., In his line of work few men are more reliable than Mr. Walker and it is a good sign to see men like him owning their own homes. Mr. T. /takes•. The latter is one of the most industrious, hardworking and reliable men in town and will make a splen- did Canadian citizen. What Other Newspapers are Saying THRIFT IS GOOD THING Economy is a good thing but it needs to be practised at the right thne and in the right place. We needed more economy back in 1929 than we do today, it might have kept us out of our present troubles. How- ever, thrift of the right kind is pro- per today. There is no need to waste things, or throw away some- thing that is usable. But doing without something that is needed and that can be paid for ceases to be thrift. It's like going on a diet and ruining one's health by eating too little.—Listowel Banner. Ott HUSBAND AND WIFE DIE THE SAME DAY The home of Robert Smith, of Fullerton, was heavily smitten over the week -end when death visited it twice within the' space of a few hours and removed both Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith. Mrs. Smith's death was not unexpected as she had been ailing since January with her heart. She passed away on Satur- day and on Sunday, Mr. Smith, who had been suffering from a severe head ache, died about noon as a re- sult of cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Smith was aged seventy years while his wife was four years his junior. They are survived by ten chidren. —Exeter Times -Advocate. DOG CAUSES ACCIDENT Wilson McCreath, of The Star staff received painful injuries yesterday noon in an accident with his motor- cycle and is recovering at his home in Saltford. En route home for dinner on his machine, he was chased along Victoria street by a dog and in front 'of Craig's garage swerved sharply to avoid hitting the animal, upsetting the motorcycle. He was thrown viol- ently to the road under the machine, sustaining a cut above the eye whit. required several stitches to close, al- so painful abrasions and lacerations He was carried into the garage un- conscious and later removed to Dr. Whitely's office, where he partly re- covered. After his injuries received attention he was taken home. Herb Greene, who was riding tandem with Wilson, escaped with a few scratches when he was thrown clear. ;Goderich Star. GREAT STUFF We congratulate the staff of the Ilderton branch of the Bank of Com- merce on the brave fight they put up in defence of the property entrusted to their care. The wounded men were injured in doing their simple duty. For that reason they are worthy of all praise. Has not the time come when men should do exactly as these bank men did? Should they not fight in de- fence of their trust? Further, should not all men in similar places be men who are trained to be quick and deadly with lethal weapons? When the gentry of the road learn that they are likely to have holes bored through them by bullets from a .45 revolver they are likely tc think twice before they attempt rob- bery. Meanwhile we look upon the staff of the Ilderton bank as heroes. The county shpuld tangibly recognize them as such. —Exeter Times -Advocate. AN EASY WAY A Toronto paper reports that dur- ing a sitting of the Legislature last week, not a solitary member of the Opposition was in his seat. We pre- sume the absentees thought the Gov- ernment would have things its own way in any event, but that's an easy Way to earn their salaries. Aylmer Express. cto WHY ARE THERE NO WOMEN TRANSIENTS? Everyone knows what a transient means. We have had a kery close and intimate acquaintainceship with this new class of society which has sprung up so quickly and has reach- ed such numbers in the past two or, three years. Some are worthy of help and sym- pathy; others are not. Both classes are to be met with everywhere: They are on every road and highway; ev- ery householder has catered to and fed them, every town hall in every town and village has sheltered them almost every night during the past winter. But they are all men. Why? Aro there no women out of work, unable to secure employment of any kind, no women hard up? Undoubtedly there are. Thousands upon thousands of them. How do they live' or exist or how do 'they clothe themselves in these times of depression? Is it pride, or are they more will- ing to work at any kind of work? Are they more adaptable than mess more easily satisfied? Are they more grateful for small mercies? Have they more bone and less wish- bone than men; more sand or what? Whatever it is, there are no Wo- men transients, not in the country at any rate.—Seaforth Expositor. ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME? —Are you a jig saw addict? If you would put in the same interest and stick -to it-iveness in your regular employment which returns you an income, you would not be bothered so much with the depression as you probably are now. ' Solving jig saw puzzles is all right in its way as a pastime, unless you sit up until twr and three o'clock in the morning, and then it interferes with your regular work.—Pickering News. IS IT A KINDNESS? No one claims it is fair to those who pay their taxes to allowothers- not to. When all is said and done is it an act of kindness to any tax pay- er to permit'' histaxes to go unpaid' ' year after yeas.'? The interest 1 charges mount very rapidly. The taxes must be paid sometime and' when the day of reckoning comes, as it always' does, the amount to be paid' for the taxes plus interest is much: higher than would be required were the taxes paid when first due. The person who puts off paying the taxes. , when due is, generally speaking, in- viting trouble later Ton. To force the' payment of taxes when due may at the time 'eesnunkind, but really is it not an act of kindness In most cases?' —Listowel Standard., PLAN NEW FORESTS FROM SEEDLING TREES Vast though her forest areas be, Canada as the largest exporterof' newsprint, is taking ' steps to con- serve her stands of timber. A not- able example of her success in con, servation is the establishment of ,a new forest in Ontario, the result of planting 7,000,000 seedling trees during the last five years. YOUNGEST JOCKEY TAKES MOUNT TO EPSOM The lad in this picture is little Fred Winter, not yet five and prob- ably the youngest and lighest horse pilot. The picture of self-assurance,. he leads his steed to the track at Epsom, England, where his dad is a trainer. "Never mind— we'll soon fix that" For 30 cents you can telephpne about 100 mulles by making an "any- one" call (station - to -station) after 8.30 p.m. See list of rates in front of directory. Mrs. Hendry was in great dis- tress. She had broken her spec- tacles and the prescription was. at the optician's in the city. "That means I can't go to the social tomorrow night," she said. "Whatever will I do?" "Don't worry," Tom Hendry consoled her. "I'll just 'phone the optician right now and he can have a new pair here in to- morrow's mail." In any emergency, great or small, your telephone is ready to help. Long Distance is easy to use, clear, quick and surprisingly in- expensive. Du s>ta a alai lilltnnaleflatve